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* [PATCH v14 1/3] Add API of sorts for transition table handling in trigger.c
@ 2022-02-02 19:58 Alvaro Herrera <[email protected]>
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From: Alvaro Herrera @ 2022-02-02 19:58 UTC (permalink / raw)

Preparatory patch for further additions in this area, particularly to
allow MERGE having separate transition tables for each action.

Author: Pavan Deolasee <[email protected]>
Reviewed-by: Álvaro Herrera <[email protected]>
Discussion: https://postgr.es/m/CABOikdNj+8HEJ5D8tu56mrPkjHVRrBb2_cdKWwpiYNcjXgDw8g@mail.gmail.com
Discussion: https://postgr.es/m/[email protected]
---
 src/backend/commands/trigger.c | 170 +++++++++++++++++++++++----------
 1 file changed, 118 insertions(+), 52 deletions(-)

diff --git a/src/backend/commands/trigger.c b/src/backend/commands/trigger.c
index 1a9c1ac290..23af3f2269 100644
--- a/src/backend/commands/trigger.c
+++ b/src/backend/commands/trigger.c
@@ -94,6 +94,16 @@ static HeapTuple ExecCallTriggerFunc(TriggerData *trigdata,
 									 FmgrInfo *finfo,
 									 Instrumentation *instr,
 									 MemoryContext per_tuple_context);
+static Tuplestorestate *AfterTriggerGetTransitionTable(int event,
+													   TupleTableSlot *oldslot,
+													   TupleTableSlot *newslot,
+													   TransitionCaptureState *transition_capture);
+static void TransitionTableAddTuple(EState *estate,
+									TransitionCaptureState *transition_capture,
+									ResultRelInfo *relinfo,
+									TupleTableSlot *slot,
+									TupleTableSlot *original_insert_tuple,
+									Tuplestorestate *tuplestore);
 static void AfterTriggerSaveEvent(EState *estate, ResultRelInfo *relinfo,
 								  int event, bool row_trigger,
 								  TupleTableSlot *oldtup, TupleTableSlot *newtup,
@@ -5650,6 +5660,91 @@ AfterTriggerPendingOnRel(Oid relid)
 	return false;
 }
 
+/*
+ * Get the transition table for the given event and depending on whether we are
+ * processing the old or the new tuple.
+ */
+static Tuplestorestate *
+AfterTriggerGetTransitionTable(int event,
+							   TupleTableSlot *oldslot,
+							   TupleTableSlot *newslot,
+							   TransitionCaptureState *transition_capture)
+{
+	Tuplestorestate *tuplestore = NULL;
+	bool		delete_old_table = transition_capture->tcs_delete_old_table;
+	bool		update_old_table = transition_capture->tcs_update_old_table;
+	bool		update_new_table = transition_capture->tcs_update_new_table;
+	bool		insert_new_table = transition_capture->tcs_insert_new_table;
+
+	/*
+	 * For INSERT events NEW should be non-NULL, for DELETE events OLD
+	 * should be non-NULL, whereas for UPDATE events normally both OLD and
+	 * NEW are non-NULL.  But for UPDATE events fired for capturing
+	 * transition tuples during UPDATE partition-key row movement, OLD is
+	 * NULL when the event is for a row being inserted, whereas NEW is
+	 * NULL when the event is for a row being deleted.
+	 */
+	Assert(!(event == TRIGGER_EVENT_DELETE && delete_old_table &&
+			 TupIsNull(oldslot)));
+	Assert(!(event == TRIGGER_EVENT_INSERT && insert_new_table &&
+			 TupIsNull(newslot)));
+
+	if (!TupIsNull(oldslot))
+	{
+		Assert(TupIsNull(newslot));
+		if (event == TRIGGER_EVENT_DELETE && delete_old_table)
+			tuplestore = transition_capture->tcs_private->old_tuplestore;
+		else if (event == TRIGGER_EVENT_UPDATE && update_old_table)
+			tuplestore = transition_capture->tcs_private->old_tuplestore;
+	}
+	else if (!TupIsNull(newslot))
+	{
+		Assert(TupIsNull(oldslot));
+		if (event == TRIGGER_EVENT_INSERT && insert_new_table)
+			tuplestore = transition_capture->tcs_private->new_tuplestore;
+		else if (event == TRIGGER_EVENT_UPDATE && update_new_table)
+			tuplestore = transition_capture->tcs_private->new_tuplestore;
+	}
+
+	return tuplestore;
+}
+
+/*
+ * Add the given heap tuple to the given tuplestore, applying the conversion
+ * map if necessary.
+ *
+ * If original_insert_tuple is given, we can add that tuple without conversion.
+ */
+static void
+TransitionTableAddTuple(EState *estate,
+						TransitionCaptureState *transition_capture,
+						ResultRelInfo *relinfo,
+						TupleTableSlot *slot,
+						TupleTableSlot *original_insert_tuple,
+						Tuplestorestate *tuplestore)
+{
+	TupleConversionMap *map;
+
+	/*
+	 * Nothing needs to be done if we don't have a tuplestore.
+	 */
+	if (tuplestore == NULL)
+		return;
+
+	if (original_insert_tuple)
+		tuplestore_puttupleslot(tuplestore, original_insert_tuple);
+	else if ((map = ExecGetChildToRootMap(relinfo)) != NULL)
+	{
+		AfterTriggersTableData *table = transition_capture->tcs_private;
+		TupleTableSlot *storeslot;
+
+		storeslot = GetAfterTriggersStoreSlot(table, map->outdesc);
+		execute_attr_map_slot(map->attrMap, slot, storeslot);
+		tuplestore_puttupleslot(tuplestore, storeslot);
+	}
+	else
+		tuplestore_puttupleslot(tuplestore, slot);
+}
 
 /* ----------
  * AfterTriggerSaveEvent()
@@ -5709,68 +5804,39 @@ AfterTriggerSaveEvent(EState *estate, ResultRelInfo *relinfo,
 	 */
 	if (row_trigger && transition_capture != NULL)
 	{
-		TupleTableSlot *original_insert_tuple = transition_capture->tcs_original_insert_tuple;
-		TupleConversionMap *map = ExecGetChildToRootMap(relinfo);
-		bool		delete_old_table = transition_capture->tcs_delete_old_table;
-		bool		update_old_table = transition_capture->tcs_update_old_table;
-		bool		update_new_table = transition_capture->tcs_update_new_table;
-		bool		insert_new_table = transition_capture->tcs_insert_new_table;
 
 		/*
-		 * For INSERT events NEW should be non-NULL, for DELETE events OLD
-		 * should be non-NULL, whereas for UPDATE events normally both OLD and
-		 * NEW are non-NULL.  But for UPDATE events fired for capturing
-		 * transition tuples during UPDATE partition-key row movement, OLD is
-		 * NULL when the event is for a row being inserted, whereas NEW is
-		 * NULL when the event is for a row being deleted.
+		 * Capture the old tuple in the appropriate transition table based on
+		 * the event.
 		 */
-		Assert(!(event == TRIGGER_EVENT_DELETE && delete_old_table &&
-				 TupIsNull(oldslot)));
-		Assert(!(event == TRIGGER_EVENT_INSERT && insert_new_table &&
-				 TupIsNull(newslot)));
-
-		if (!TupIsNull(oldslot) &&
-			((event == TRIGGER_EVENT_DELETE && delete_old_table) ||
-			 (event == TRIGGER_EVENT_UPDATE && update_old_table)))
+		if (!TupIsNull(oldslot))
 		{
 			Tuplestorestate *old_tuplestore;
 
-			old_tuplestore = transition_capture->tcs_private->old_tuplestore;
-
-			if (map != NULL)
-			{
-				AfterTriggersTableData *table = transition_capture->tcs_private;
-				TupleTableSlot *storeslot;
-
-				storeslot = GetAfterTriggersStoreSlot(table, map->outdesc);
-				execute_attr_map_slot(map->attrMap, oldslot, storeslot);
-				tuplestore_puttupleslot(old_tuplestore, storeslot);
-			}
-			else
-				tuplestore_puttupleslot(old_tuplestore, oldslot);
+			old_tuplestore = AfterTriggerGetTransitionTable(event,
+															oldslot,
+															NULL,
+															transition_capture);
+			TransitionTableAddTuple(estate, transition_capture, relinfo,
+									oldslot, NULL, old_tuplestore);
 		}
-		if (!TupIsNull(newslot) &&
-			((event == TRIGGER_EVENT_INSERT && insert_new_table) ||
-			 (event == TRIGGER_EVENT_UPDATE && update_new_table)))
+
+		/*
+		 * Capture the new tuple in the appropriate transition table based on
+		 * the event.
+		 */
+		if (!TupIsNull(newslot))
 		{
 			Tuplestorestate *new_tuplestore;
 
-			new_tuplestore = transition_capture->tcs_private->new_tuplestore;
-
-			if (original_insert_tuple != NULL)
-				tuplestore_puttupleslot(new_tuplestore,
-										original_insert_tuple);
-			else if (map != NULL)
-			{
-				AfterTriggersTableData *table = transition_capture->tcs_private;
-				TupleTableSlot *storeslot;
-
-				storeslot = GetAfterTriggersStoreSlot(table, map->outdesc);
-				execute_attr_map_slot(map->attrMap, newslot, storeslot);
-				tuplestore_puttupleslot(new_tuplestore, storeslot);
-			}
-			else
-				tuplestore_puttupleslot(new_tuplestore, newslot);
+			new_tuplestore = AfterTriggerGetTransitionTable(event,
+															NULL,
+															newslot,
+															transition_capture);
+			TransitionTableAddTuple(estate, transition_capture, relinfo,
+									newslot,
+									transition_capture->tcs_original_insert_tuple,
+									new_tuplestore);
 		}
 
 		/*
-- 
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* [PATCH v5] Track skipped vacuum and analyze activity per relation
@ 2026-03-24 04:09 Yugo Nagata <[email protected]>
  0 siblings, 0 replies; 374+ messages in thread

From: Yugo Nagata @ 2026-03-24 04:09 UTC (permalink / raw)

This commit adds eight fields to the relation statistics that track
the last time vacuum or analyze has been attempted but skipped due to
lock unavailability, along with their counts:

-    last_skipped_vacuum
-    last_skipped_autovacuum
-    last_skipped_analyze
-    last_skipped_autoanalyze
-    skipped_vacuum_count
-    skipped_autovacuum_count
-    skipped_analyze_count
-    skipped_autoanalyze_count

These field can help users confirm that autovacuum is actively attempting
to run on a table that has not been vacuumed or analyzed for a long time,
and that the lack of progress is due to repeated skips rather than inactivity.
---
 doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml                  |  88 ++++++
 src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql          |   8 +
 src/backend/commands/vacuum.c                 | 100 +++++--
 src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c  |  64 +++++
 src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c           |  24 ++
 src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat               |  32 +++
 src/include/pgstat.h                          |  16 ++
 .../isolation/expected/vacuum-skip-locked.out | 260 ++++++++++++++++--
 .../isolation/specs/vacuum-skip-locked.spec   |  41 +--
 src/test/regress/expected/rules.out           |  24 ++
 10 files changed, 601 insertions(+), 56 deletions(-)

diff --git a/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml b/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml
index 08d5b824552..a9b579d87a9 100644
--- a/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml
+++ b/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml
@@ -4387,6 +4387,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_vacuum</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time a manual vacuum on this table was attempted but skipped due to
+       lock unavailability (not counting <command>VACUUM FULL</command>)
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>last_autovacuum</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
@@ -4397,6 +4407,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_autovacuum</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time a vacuum on this table by the autovacuum daemon was attempted
+       but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>last_analyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
@@ -4406,6 +4426,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_analyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time a manual analyze on this table was attempted but skipped due to
+       lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>last_autoanalyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
@@ -4416,6 +4446,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_autoanalyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time at which an analyze on this table by the autovacuum was
+       attempted but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>vacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4426,6 +4466,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_vacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times manual vacuums on this table have been attempted but skipped
+       due to lock unavailability (not counting <command>VACUUM FULL</command>)
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>autovacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4436,6 +4486,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_autovacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times vacuums on this table by the autovacuum daemon have been
+       attempted but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>analyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4445,6 +4505,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_analyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times manual analyzes on this table have been attempted but
+       skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>autoanalyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4455,6 +4525,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_autoanalyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times analyzes on this table by the autovacuum daemon have
+       been attempted but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>total_vacuum_time</structfield> <type>double precision</type>
@@ -4510,6 +4590,14 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
    </tgroup>
   </table>
 
+  <note>
+   <para>
+    When a manual vacuum or analyze on a parent table in an inheritance or
+    partitioning hierarchy is skipped, the statistics are recorded only for
+    the parent table, not for its children.
+   </para>
+  </note>
+
  </sect2>
 
  <sect2 id="monitoring-pg-stat-autovacuum-scores-view">
diff --git a/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql b/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql
index 73a1c1c4670..f509fc7876b 100644
--- a/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql
+++ b/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql
@@ -736,13 +736,21 @@ CREATE VIEW pg_stat_all_tables AS
             pg_stat_get_mod_since_analyze(C.oid) AS n_mod_since_analyze,
             pg_stat_get_ins_since_vacuum(C.oid) AS n_ins_since_vacuum,
             pg_stat_get_last_vacuum_time(C.oid) as last_vacuum,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_vacuum,
             pg_stat_get_last_autovacuum_time(C.oid) as last_autovacuum,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_autovacuum,
             pg_stat_get_last_analyze_time(C.oid) as last_analyze,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_analyze,
             pg_stat_get_last_autoanalyze_time(C.oid) as last_autoanalyze,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_autoanalyze,
             pg_stat_get_vacuum_count(C.oid) AS vacuum_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count(C.oid) AS skipped_vacuum_count,
             pg_stat_get_autovacuum_count(C.oid) AS autovacuum_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count(C.oid) AS skipped_autovacuum_count,
             pg_stat_get_analyze_count(C.oid) AS analyze_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count(C.oid) AS skipped_analyze_count,
             pg_stat_get_autoanalyze_count(C.oid) AS autoanalyze_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count(C.oid) AS skipped_autoanalyze_count,
             pg_stat_get_total_vacuum_time(C.oid) AS total_vacuum_time,
             pg_stat_get_total_autovacuum_time(C.oid) AS total_autovacuum_time,
             pg_stat_get_total_analyze_time(C.oid) AS total_analyze_time,
diff --git a/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c b/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c
index 99d0db82ed7..df6526225e4 100644
--- a/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c
+++ b/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c
@@ -793,8 +793,25 @@ vacuum_open_relation(Oid relid, RangeVar *relation, uint32 options,
 		rel = try_relation_open(relid, NoLock);
 	else
 	{
+		int flags = 0;
 		rel = NULL;
 		rel_lock = false;
+
+		if ((options & VACOPT_VACUUM) != 0 && (options & VACOPT_FULL) == 0)
+		{
+			if (AmAutoVacuumWorkerProcess())
+				flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOVACUUM;
+			else
+				flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM;
+		}
+		if ((options & VACOPT_ANALYZE) != 0)
+		{
+			if (AmAutoVacuumWorkerProcess())
+				flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOANALYZE;
+			else
+				flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE;
+		}
+		pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(relid, flags);
 	}
 
 	/* if relation is opened, leave */
@@ -905,7 +922,6 @@ expand_vacuum_rel(VacuumRelation *vrel, MemoryContext vac_context,
 		Form_pg_class classForm;
 		bool		include_children;
 		bool		is_partitioned_table;
-		int			rvr_opts;
 
 		/*
 		 * Since autovacuum workers supply OIDs when calling vacuum(), no
@@ -918,29 +934,69 @@ expand_vacuum_rel(VacuumRelation *vrel, MemoryContext vac_context,
 		 * below, as well as find_all_inheritors's expectation that the caller
 		 * holds some lock on the starting relation.
 		 */
-		rvr_opts = (options & VACOPT_SKIP_LOCKED) ? RVR_SKIP_LOCKED : 0;
-		relid = RangeVarGetRelidExtended(vrel->relation,
-										 AccessShareLock,
-										 rvr_opts,
-										 NULL, NULL);
-
-		/*
-		 * If the lock is unavailable, emit the same log statement that
-		 * vacuum_rel() and analyze_rel() would.
-		 */
-		if (!OidIsValid(relid))
+		if (!(options & VACOPT_SKIP_LOCKED))
 		{
-			if (options & VACOPT_VACUUM)
-				ereport(WARNING,
-						(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
-						 errmsg("skipping vacuum of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
-								vrel->relation->relname)));
-			else
-				ereport(WARNING,
-						(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
-						 errmsg("skipping analyze of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
+			relid = RangeVarGetRelidExtended(vrel->relation,
+											 AccessShareLock,
+											 0, NULL, NULL);
+			if (!OidIsValid(relid))
+				return vacrels;
+		}
+		else
+		{
+			/* Get relid for reporting before taking a lock */
+			relid = RangeVarGetRelid(vrel->relation, NoLock, false);
+
+			if (!ConditionalLockRelationOid(relid, AccessShareLock))
+			{
+				int	flags = 0;
+				/*
+				 * If the lock is unavailable, emit the same log statement that
+				 * vacuum_rel() and analyze_rel() would.
+				 */
+				if (options & VACOPT_VACUUM)
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping vacuum of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
 								vrel->relation->relname)));
-			return vacrels;
+				else
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping analyze of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
+									vrel->relation->relname)));
+
+				if ((options & VACOPT_VACUUM) != 0 && (options & VACOPT_FULL) == 0)
+					flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM;
+				if ((options & VACOPT_ANALYZE) != 0)
+					flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE;
+
+				pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(relid, flags);
+
+				return vacrels;
+			}
+
+			/*
+			 * Now that we have the lock, probe to see if the relation really
+			 * exists or not.
+			 */
+			if (!SearchSysCacheExists1(RELOID, ObjectIdGetDatum(relid)))
+			{
+				if (options & VACOPT_VACUUM)
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_UNDEFINED_TABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping vacuum of \"%s\" --- relation no longer exists",
+									vrel->relation->relname)));
+				else
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_UNDEFINED_TABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping analyze of \"%s\" --- relation no longer exists",
+									vrel->relation->relname)));
+
+				/* Release useless lock */
+				UnlockRelationOid(relid, AccessShareLock);
+
+				return vacrels;
+			}
 		}
 
 		/*
diff --git a/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c b/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c
index b2ca28f83ba..532d9023f8c 100644
--- a/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c
+++ b/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c
@@ -17,12 +17,14 @@
 
 #include "postgres.h"
 
+#include "access/htup_details.h"
 #include "access/twophase_rmgr.h"
 #include "access/xact.h"
 #include "catalog/catalog.h"
 #include "utils/memutils.h"
 #include "utils/pgstat_internal.h"
 #include "utils/rel.h"
+#include "utils/syscache.h"
 #include "utils/timestamp.h"
 
 
@@ -367,6 +369,68 @@ pgstat_report_analyze(Relation rel,
 	(void) pgstat_flush_backend(false, PGSTAT_BACKEND_FLUSH_IO);
 }
 
+/*
+ * Report that the table was skipped during vacuum or/and analyze.
+ */
+void
+pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(Oid relid, int flags)
+{
+	PgStat_EntryRef *entry_ref;
+	PgStatShared_Relation *shtabentry;
+	PgStat_StatTabEntry *tabentry;
+	TimestampTz ts;
+	HeapTuple	classTup;
+	bool		isshared;
+
+	if (!pgstat_track_counts || !flags)
+		return;
+
+	classTup = SearchSysCache1(RELOID, ObjectIdGetDatum(relid));
+	if (!HeapTupleIsValid(classTup))
+		return;			/* somebody deleted the rel, forget it */
+	isshared = ((Form_pg_class) GETSTRUCT(classTup))->relisshared;
+	ReleaseSysCache(classTup);
+
+	/* Store the data in the table's hash table entry. */
+	ts = GetCurrentTimestamp();
+
+	/* block acquiring lock for the same reason as pgstat_report_autovac() */
+	entry_ref = pgstat_get_entry_ref_locked(PGSTAT_KIND_RELATION,
+											isshared ? InvalidOid : MyDatabaseId,
+											relid, false);
+
+	shtabentry = (PgStatShared_Relation *) entry_ref->shared_stats;
+	tabentry = &shtabentry->stats;
+
+	if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM)
+	{
+		tabentry->last_skipped_vacuum_time = ts;
+		tabentry->skipped_vacuum_count++;
+	}
+	else if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOVACUUM)
+	{
+		tabentry->last_skipped_autovacuum_time = ts;
+		tabentry->skipped_autovacuum_count++;
+	}
+
+	if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE)
+	{
+		tabentry->last_skipped_analyze_time = ts;
+		tabentry->skipped_analyze_count++;
+	}
+	else if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOANALYZE)
+	{
+		tabentry->last_skipped_autoanalyze_time = ts;
+		tabentry->skipped_autoanalyze_count++;
+	}
+
+	pgstat_unlock_entry(entry_ref);
+
+	/* see pgstat_report_vacuum() */
+	pgstat_flush_io(false);
+	(void) pgstat_flush_backend(false, PGSTAT_BACKEND_FLUSH_IO);
+}
+
 /*
  * count a tuple insertion of n tuples
  */
diff --git a/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c b/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c
index 1408de387ea..90a8968faa0 100644
--- a/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c
+++ b/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c
@@ -84,6 +84,18 @@ PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(mod_since_analyze)
 /* pg_stat_get_numscans */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(numscans)
 
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_analyze_count)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_autoanalyze_count)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_autovacuum_count)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_vacuum_count)
+
 /* pg_stat_get_tuples_deleted */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(tuples_deleted)
 
@@ -170,6 +182,18 @@ PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_vacuum_time)
 /* pg_stat_get_lastscan */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(lastscan)
 
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_analyze_time)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_autoanalyze_time)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_autovacuum_time)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_vacuum_time)
+
 /* pg_stat_get_stat_reset_time */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(stat_reset_time)
 
diff --git a/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat b/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat
index fa9ae79082b..32debb34863 100644
--- a/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat
+++ b/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat
@@ -5680,6 +5680,38 @@
   proargmodes => '{o,o,o,o,o,o,o,o,o,o}',
   proargnames => '{oid,score,xid_score,mxid_score,vacuum_score,vacuum_insert_score,analyze_score,do_vacuum,do_analyze,for_wraparound}',
   prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_autovacuum_scores' },
+{ oid => '8142', descr => 'statistics: last skipped vacuum time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time' },
+{ oid => '8143', descr => 'statistics: last skipped auto vacuum time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time' },
+{ oid => '8144', descr => 'statistics: last skipped analyze time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time' },
+{ oid => '8145', descr => 'statistics: last skipped auto analyze time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time' },
+{ oid => '8146', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped vacuum for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count' },
+{ oid => '8147', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped auto vacuum for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count' },
+{ oid => '8148', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped analyzes for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count' },
+{ oid => '8149', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped auto analyzes for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count' },
 { oid => '1936', descr => 'statistics: currently active backend IDs',
   proname => 'pg_stat_get_backend_idset', prorows => '100', proretset => 't',
   provolatile => 's', proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int4',
diff --git a/src/include/pgstat.h b/src/include/pgstat.h
index dfa2e837638..98941f953d1 100644
--- a/src/include/pgstat.h
+++ b/src/include/pgstat.h
@@ -479,6 +479,15 @@ typedef struct PgStat_StatTabEntry
 	TimestampTz last_autoanalyze_time;	/* autovacuum initiated */
 	PgStat_Counter autoanalyze_count;
 
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_vacuum_time;	/* user initiated vacuum */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_vacuum_count;
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_autovacuum_time;	/* autovacuum initiated */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_autovacuum_count;
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_analyze_time;	/* user initiated */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_analyze_count;
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_autoanalyze_time;	/* autovacuum initiated */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_autoanalyze_count;
+
 	PgStat_Counter total_vacuum_time;	/* times in milliseconds */
 	PgStat_Counter total_autovacuum_time;
 	PgStat_Counter total_analyze_time;
@@ -703,6 +712,13 @@ extern void pgstat_report_analyze(Relation rel,
 								  PgStat_Counter livetuples, PgStat_Counter deadtuples,
 								  bool resetcounter, TimestampTz starttime);
 
+/* flags for pgstat_flush_backend() */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM		(1 << 0)	/* vacuum is skipped */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE		(1 << 1)	/* analyze is skipped */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOVACUUM	(1 << 2)	/* autovacuum is skipped */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOANALYZE	(1 << 3)	/* autoanalyze is skipped */
+extern void pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(Oid relid, int flags);
+
 /*
  * If stats are enabled, but pending data hasn't been prepared yet, call
  * pgstat_assoc_relation() to do so. See its comment for why this is done
diff --git a/src/test/isolation/expected/vacuum-skip-locked.out b/src/test/isolation/expected/vacuum-skip-locked.out
index 99db281a159..e2cff175b7c 100644
--- a/src/test/isolation/expected/vacuum-skip-locked.out
+++ b/src/test/isolation/expected/vacuum-skip-locked.out
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 Parsed test spec with 2 sessions
 
-starting permutation: lock_share vac_specified commit
+starting permutation: lock_share vac_specified commit check_stat
 step lock_share: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN SHARE MODE;
@@ -10,8 +10,22 @@ step vac_specified: VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED) part1, part2;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
 
-starting permutation: lock_share vac_all_parts commit
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   1|            0|                    0
+part2  |           1|                   0|            0|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
+
+starting permutation: lock_share vac_all_parts commit check_stat
 step lock_share: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN SHARE MODE;
@@ -20,8 +34,22 @@ step vac_all_parts: VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED) parted;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   1|            0|                    0
+part2  |           1|                   0|            0|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
 
-starting permutation: lock_share analyze_specified commit
+starting permutation: lock_share analyze_specified commit check_stat
 step lock_share: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN SHARE MODE;
@@ -31,8 +59,22 @@ step analyze_specified: ANALYZE (SKIP_LOCKED) part1, part2;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
 
-starting permutation: lock_share analyze_all_parts commit
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   0|            0|                    1
+part2  |           0|                   0|            1|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
+
+starting permutation: lock_share analyze_all_parts commit check_stat
 step lock_share: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN SHARE MODE;
@@ -41,8 +83,22 @@ step analyze_all_parts: ANALYZE (SKIP_LOCKED) parted;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            1|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   0|            0|                    1
+part2  |           0|                   0|            1|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
 
-starting permutation: lock_share vac_analyze_specified commit
+starting permutation: lock_share vac_analyze_specified commit check_stat
 step lock_share: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN SHARE MODE;
@@ -52,8 +108,22 @@ step vac_analyze_specified: VACUUM (ANALYZE, SKIP_LOCKED) part1, part2;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
 
-starting permutation: lock_share vac_analyze_all_parts commit
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   1|            0|                    1
+part2  |           1|                   0|            1|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
+
+starting permutation: lock_share vac_analyze_all_parts commit check_stat
 step lock_share: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN SHARE MODE;
@@ -62,8 +132,22 @@ step vac_analyze_all_parts: VACUUM (ANALYZE, SKIP_LOCKED) parted;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            1|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   1|            0|                    1
+part2  |           1|                   0|            1|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
 
-starting permutation: lock_share vac_full_specified commit
+starting permutation: lock_share vac_full_specified commit check_stat
 step lock_share: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN SHARE MODE;
@@ -73,8 +157,22 @@ step vac_full_specified: VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED, FULL) part1, part2;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
 
-starting permutation: lock_share vac_full_all_parts commit
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part2  |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
+
+starting permutation: lock_share vac_full_all_parts commit check_stat
 step lock_share: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN SHARE MODE;
@@ -83,8 +181,22 @@ step vac_full_all_parts: VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED, FULL) parted;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part2  |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+(3 rows)
 
-starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_specified commit
+
+starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_specified commit check_stat
 step lock_access_exclusive: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN ACCESS EXCLUSIVE MODE;
@@ -94,8 +206,22 @@ step vac_specified: VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED) part1, part2;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   1|            0|                    0
+part2  |           1|                   0|            0|                    0
+(3 rows)
 
-starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_all_parts commit
+
+starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_all_parts commit check_stat
 step lock_access_exclusive: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN ACCESS EXCLUSIVE MODE;
@@ -104,8 +230,22 @@ step vac_all_parts: VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED) parted;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   1|            0|                    0
+part2  |           1|                   0|            0|                    0
+(3 rows)
 
-starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive analyze_specified commit
+
+starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive analyze_specified commit check_stat
 step lock_access_exclusive: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN ACCESS EXCLUSIVE MODE;
@@ -115,8 +255,22 @@ step analyze_specified: ANALYZE (SKIP_LOCKED) part1, part2;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   0|            0|                    1
+part2  |           0|                   0|            1|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
 
-starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive analyze_all_parts commit
+starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive analyze_all_parts commit check_stat
 step lock_access_exclusive: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN ACCESS EXCLUSIVE MODE;
@@ -126,8 +280,22 @@ step commit:
 	COMMIT;
 
 step analyze_all_parts: <... completed>
-
-starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_analyze_specified commit
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            1|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   0|            1|                    0
+part2  |           0|                   0|            1|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
+
+starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_analyze_specified commit check_stat
 step lock_access_exclusive: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN ACCESS EXCLUSIVE MODE;
@@ -137,8 +305,22 @@ step vac_analyze_specified: VACUUM (ANALYZE, SKIP_LOCKED) part1, part2;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   1|            0|                    1
+part2  |           1|                   0|            1|                    0
+(3 rows)
 
-starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_analyze_all_parts commit
+
+starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_analyze_all_parts commit check_stat
 step lock_access_exclusive: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN ACCESS EXCLUSIVE MODE;
@@ -148,8 +330,22 @@ step commit:
 	COMMIT;
 
 step vac_analyze_all_parts: <... completed>
-
-starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_full_specified commit
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            1|                    0
+part1  |           1|                   0|            1|                    0
+part2  |           1|                   0|            1|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
+
+starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_full_specified commit check_stat
 step lock_access_exclusive: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN ACCESS EXCLUSIVE MODE;
@@ -159,8 +355,22 @@ step vac_full_specified: VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED, FULL) part1, part2;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
 
-starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_full_all_parts commit
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part2  |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
+
+starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_full_all_parts commit check_stat
 step lock_access_exclusive: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN ACCESS EXCLUSIVE MODE;
@@ -169,3 +379,17 @@ step vac_full_all_parts: VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED, FULL) parted;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part2  |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
diff --git a/src/test/isolation/specs/vacuum-skip-locked.spec b/src/test/isolation/specs/vacuum-skip-locked.spec
index 3fad6e1c92a..b0da75d4b6d 100644
--- a/src/test/isolation/specs/vacuum-skip-locked.spec
+++ b/src/test/isolation/specs/vacuum-skip-locked.spec
@@ -33,6 +33,15 @@ step commit
 	COMMIT;
 }
 
+step check_stat
+{
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+}
+
 session s2
 step vac_specified			{ VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED) part1, part2; }
 step vac_all_parts			{ VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED) parted; }
@@ -43,19 +52,19 @@ step vac_analyze_all_parts	{ VACUUM (ANALYZE, SKIP_LOCKED) parted; }
 step vac_full_specified		{ VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED, FULL) part1, part2; }
 step vac_full_all_parts		{ VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED, FULL) parted; }
 
-permutation lock_share vac_specified commit
-permutation lock_share vac_all_parts commit
-permutation lock_share analyze_specified commit
-permutation lock_share analyze_all_parts commit
-permutation lock_share vac_analyze_specified commit
-permutation lock_share vac_analyze_all_parts commit
-permutation lock_share vac_full_specified commit
-permutation lock_share vac_full_all_parts commit
-permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_specified commit
-permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_all_parts commit
-permutation lock_access_exclusive analyze_specified commit
-permutation lock_access_exclusive analyze_all_parts commit
-permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_analyze_specified commit
-permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_analyze_all_parts commit
-permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_full_specified commit
-permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_full_all_parts commit
+permutation lock_share vac_specified commit check_stat
+permutation lock_share vac_all_parts commit check_stat
+permutation lock_share analyze_specified commit check_stat
+permutation lock_share analyze_all_parts commit check_stat
+permutation lock_share vac_analyze_specified commit check_stat
+permutation lock_share vac_analyze_all_parts commit check_stat
+permutation lock_share vac_full_specified commit check_stat
+permutation lock_share vac_full_all_parts commit check_stat
+permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_specified commit check_stat
+permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_all_parts commit check_stat
+permutation lock_access_exclusive analyze_specified commit check_stat
+permutation lock_access_exclusive analyze_all_parts commit check_stat
+permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_analyze_specified commit check_stat
+permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_analyze_all_parts commit check_stat
+permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_full_specified commit check_stat
+permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_full_all_parts commit check_stat
diff --git a/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out b/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out
index a65a5bf0c4f..9b2075d3373 100644
--- a/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out
+++ b/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out
@@ -1835,13 +1835,21 @@ pg_stat_all_tables| SELECT c.oid AS relid,
     pg_stat_get_mod_since_analyze(c.oid) AS n_mod_since_analyze,
     pg_stat_get_ins_since_vacuum(c.oid) AS n_ins_since_vacuum,
     pg_stat_get_last_vacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_vacuum,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_vacuum,
     pg_stat_get_last_autovacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_autovacuum,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_autovacuum,
     pg_stat_get_last_analyze_time(c.oid) AS last_analyze,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_analyze,
     pg_stat_get_last_autoanalyze_time(c.oid) AS last_autoanalyze,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_autoanalyze,
     pg_stat_get_vacuum_count(c.oid) AS vacuum_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count(c.oid) AS skipped_vacuum_count,
     pg_stat_get_autovacuum_count(c.oid) AS autovacuum_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count(c.oid) AS skipped_autovacuum_count,
     pg_stat_get_analyze_count(c.oid) AS analyze_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count(c.oid) AS skipped_analyze_count,
     pg_stat_get_autoanalyze_count(c.oid) AS autoanalyze_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count(c.oid) AS skipped_autoanalyze_count,
     pg_stat_get_total_vacuum_time(c.oid) AS total_vacuum_time,
     pg_stat_get_total_autovacuum_time(c.oid) AS total_autovacuum_time,
     pg_stat_get_total_analyze_time(c.oid) AS total_analyze_time,
@@ -2346,13 +2354,21 @@ pg_stat_sys_tables| SELECT relid,
     n_mod_since_analyze,
     n_ins_since_vacuum,
     last_vacuum,
+    last_skipped_vacuum,
     last_autovacuum,
+    last_skipped_autovacuum,
     last_analyze,
+    last_skipped_analyze,
     last_autoanalyze,
+    last_skipped_autoanalyze,
     vacuum_count,
+    skipped_vacuum_count,
     autovacuum_count,
+    skipped_autovacuum_count,
     analyze_count,
+    skipped_analyze_count,
     autoanalyze_count,
+    skipped_autoanalyze_count,
     total_vacuum_time,
     total_autovacuum_time,
     total_analyze_time,
@@ -2401,13 +2417,21 @@ pg_stat_user_tables| SELECT relid,
     n_mod_since_analyze,
     n_ins_since_vacuum,
     last_vacuum,
+    last_skipped_vacuum,
     last_autovacuum,
+    last_skipped_autovacuum,
     last_analyze,
+    last_skipped_analyze,
     last_autoanalyze,
+    last_skipped_autoanalyze,
     vacuum_count,
+    skipped_vacuum_count,
     autovacuum_count,
+    skipped_autovacuum_count,
     analyze_count,
+    skipped_analyze_count,
     autoanalyze_count,
+    skipped_autoanalyze_count,
     total_vacuum_time,
     total_autovacuum_time,
     total_analyze_time,
-- 
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* [PATCH v3] Track skipped vacuum and analyze activity per relation
@ 2026-03-24 04:09 Yugo Nagata <[email protected]>
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From: Yugo Nagata @ 2026-03-24 04:09 UTC (permalink / raw)

This commit adds eight fields to the relation statistics that track
the last time vacuum or analyze has been attempted but skipped due to
lock unavailability, along with their counts:

-    last_skipped_vacuum
-    last_skipped_autovacuum
-    last_skipped_analyze
-    last_skipped_autoanalyze
-    skipped_vacuum_count
-    skipped_autovacuum_count
-    skipped_analyze_count
-    skipped_autoanalyze_count

These field can help users confirm that autovacuum is actively attempting
to run on a table that has not been vacuumed or analyzed for a long time,
and that the lack of progress is due to repeated skips rather than inactivity.
---
 doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml                 | 80 +++++++++++++++++
 src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql         |  8 ++
 src/backend/commands/vacuum.c                | 95 +++++++++++++++-----
 src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c | 68 ++++++++++++++
 src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c          | 24 +++++
 src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat              | 32 +++++++
 src/include/pgstat.h                         | 16 ++++
 src/test/regress/expected/rules.out          | 24 +++++
 8 files changed, 324 insertions(+), 23 deletions(-)

diff --git a/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml b/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml
index bb75ed1069b..9ec8070b2fc 100644
--- a/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml
+++ b/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml
@@ -4372,6 +4372,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_vacuum</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time a manual vacuum on this table was attempted but skipped due to
+       lock unavailability (not counting <command>VACUUM FULL</command>)
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>last_autovacuum</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
@@ -4382,6 +4392,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_autovacuum</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time a vacuum on this table by the autovacuum daemon was attempted
+       but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>last_analyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
@@ -4391,6 +4411,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_analyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time a manual analyze on this table was attempted but skipped due to
+       lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>last_autoanalyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
@@ -4401,6 +4431,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_autoanalyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time at which an analyze on this table by the autovacuum was
+       attempted but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>vacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4411,6 +4451,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_vacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times vacuums on this table have been attempted but skipped
+       due to lock unavailability (not counting <command>VACUUM FULL</command>)
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>autovacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4421,6 +4471,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_autovacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times vacuums on this table by the autovacuum daemon have been
+       attempted but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>analyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4430,6 +4490,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_analyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times manual analyzes on this table have been attempted but
+       skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>autoanalyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4440,6 +4510,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_autoanalyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times analyzes on this table by the autovacuum daemon have
+       been attempted but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>total_vacuum_time</structfield> <type>double precision</type>
diff --git a/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql b/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql
index e54018004db..2ca02a0354c 100644
--- a/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql
+++ b/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql
@@ -736,13 +736,21 @@ CREATE VIEW pg_stat_all_tables AS
             pg_stat_get_mod_since_analyze(C.oid) AS n_mod_since_analyze,
             pg_stat_get_ins_since_vacuum(C.oid) AS n_ins_since_vacuum,
             pg_stat_get_last_vacuum_time(C.oid) as last_vacuum,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_vacuum,
             pg_stat_get_last_autovacuum_time(C.oid) as last_autovacuum,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_autovacuum,
             pg_stat_get_last_analyze_time(C.oid) as last_analyze,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_analyze,
             pg_stat_get_last_autoanalyze_time(C.oid) as last_autoanalyze,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_autoanalyze,
             pg_stat_get_vacuum_count(C.oid) AS vacuum_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count(C.oid) AS skipped_vacuum_count,
             pg_stat_get_autovacuum_count(C.oid) AS autovacuum_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count(C.oid) AS skipped_autovacuum_count,
             pg_stat_get_analyze_count(C.oid) AS analyze_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count(C.oid) AS skipped_analyze_count,
             pg_stat_get_autoanalyze_count(C.oid) AS autoanalyze_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count(C.oid) AS skipped_autoanalyze_count,
             pg_stat_get_total_vacuum_time(C.oid) AS total_vacuum_time,
             pg_stat_get_total_autovacuum_time(C.oid) AS total_autovacuum_time,
             pg_stat_get_total_analyze_time(C.oid) AS total_analyze_time,
diff --git a/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c b/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c
index bce3a2daa24..ce83b3171be 100644
--- a/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c
+++ b/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c
@@ -792,8 +792,18 @@ vacuum_open_relation(Oid relid, RangeVar *relation, bits32 options,
 		rel = try_relation_open(relid, NoLock);
 	else
 	{
+		bits8 flags = 0;
 		rel = NULL;
 		rel_lock = false;
+
+		if ((options & VACOPT_VACUUM) != 0)
+			flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM;
+		if ((options & VACOPT_ANALYZE) != 0)
+			flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE;
+		if (AmAutoVacuumWorkerProcess())
+			flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOVAC;
+
+		pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(relid, flags);
 	}
 
 	/* if relation is opened, leave */
@@ -801,7 +811,7 @@ vacuum_open_relation(Oid relid, RangeVar *relation, bits32 options,
 		return rel;
 
 	/*
-	 * Relation could not be opened, hence generate if possible a log
+	 * Relation could not be opened hence generate if possible a log
 	 * informing on the situation.
 	 *
 	 * If the RangeVar is not defined, we do not have enough information to
@@ -904,7 +914,6 @@ expand_vacuum_rel(VacuumRelation *vrel, MemoryContext vac_context,
 		Form_pg_class classForm;
 		bool		include_children;
 		bool		is_partitioned_table;
-		int			rvr_opts;
 
 		/*
 		 * Since autovacuum workers supply OIDs when calling vacuum(), no
@@ -917,29 +926,69 @@ expand_vacuum_rel(VacuumRelation *vrel, MemoryContext vac_context,
 		 * below, as well as find_all_inheritors's expectation that the caller
 		 * holds some lock on the starting relation.
 		 */
-		rvr_opts = (options & VACOPT_SKIP_LOCKED) ? RVR_SKIP_LOCKED : 0;
-		relid = RangeVarGetRelidExtended(vrel->relation,
-										 AccessShareLock,
-										 rvr_opts,
-										 NULL, NULL);
-
-		/*
-		 * If the lock is unavailable, emit the same log statement that
-		 * vacuum_rel() and analyze_rel() would.
-		 */
-		if (!OidIsValid(relid))
+		if (!(options & VACOPT_SKIP_LOCKED))
 		{
-			if (options & VACOPT_VACUUM)
-				ereport(WARNING,
-						(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
-						 errmsg("skipping vacuum of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
-								vrel->relation->relname)));
-			else
-				ereport(WARNING,
-						(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
-						 errmsg("skipping analyze of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
+			relid = RangeVarGetRelidExtended(vrel->relation,
+											 AccessShareLock,
+											 0, NULL, NULL);
+			if (!OidIsValid(relid))
+				return vacrels;
+		}
+		else
+		{
+			/* Get relid for reporting before taking a lock */
+			relid = RangeVarGetRelid(vrel->relation, NoLock, false);
+
+			if (!ConditionalLockRelationOid(relid, AccessShareLock))
+			{
+				bits8	flags = 0;
+				/*
+				 * If the lock is unavailable, emit the same log statement that
+				 * vacuum_rel() and analyze_rel() would.
+				 */
+				if (options & VACOPT_VACUUM)
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping vacuum of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
 								vrel->relation->relname)));
-			return vacrels;
+				else
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping analyze of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
+									vrel->relation->relname)));
+
+				if ((options & VACOPT_VACUUM) != 0)
+					flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM;
+				if ((options & VACOPT_ANALYZE) != 0)
+					flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE;
+
+				pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(relid, flags);
+
+				return vacrels;
+			}
+
+			/*
+			 * Now that we have the lock, probe to see if the relation really
+			 * exists or not.
+			 */
+			if (!SearchSysCacheExists1(RELOID, ObjectIdGetDatum(relid)))
+			{
+				if (options & VACOPT_VACUUM)
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_UNDEFINED_TABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping vacuum of \"%s\" --- relation no longer exists",
+									vrel->relation->relname)));
+				else
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_UNDEFINED_TABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping analyze of \"%s\" --- relation no longer exists",
+									vrel->relation->relname)));
+
+				/* Release useless lock */
+				UnlockRelationOid(relid, AccessShareLock);
+
+				return vacrels;
+			}
 		}
 
 		/*
diff --git a/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c b/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c
index bc8c43b96aa..cec4c88980e 100644
--- a/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c
+++ b/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c
@@ -17,6 +17,7 @@
 
 #include "postgres.h"
 
+#include "access/htup_details.h"
 #include "access/twophase_rmgr.h"
 #include "access/xact.h"
 #include "catalog/catalog.h"
@@ -366,6 +367,73 @@ pgstat_report_analyze(Relation rel,
 	(void) pgstat_flush_backend(false, PGSTAT_BACKEND_FLUSH_IO);
 }
 
+/*
+ * Report that the table was skipped during vacuum or/and analyze.
+ */
+void
+pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(Oid relid, bits8 flags)
+{
+	PgStat_EntryRef *entry_ref;
+	PgStatShared_Relation *shtabentry;
+	PgStat_StatTabEntry *tabentry;
+	TimestampTz ts;
+	HeapTuple	classTup;
+	bool		isshared;
+
+	if (!pgstat_track_counts || !(flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANY))
+		return;
+
+	classTup = SearchSysCache1(RELOID, ObjectIdGetDatum(relid));
+	if (!HeapTupleIsValid(classTup))
+		return;			/* somebody deleted the rel, forget it */
+	isshared = ((Form_pg_class) GETSTRUCT(classTup))->relisshared;
+	ReleaseSysCache(classTup);
+
+	/* Store the data in the table's hash table entry. */
+	ts = GetCurrentTimestamp();
+
+	/* block acquiring lock for the same reason as pgstat_report_autovac() */
+	entry_ref = pgstat_get_entry_ref_locked(PGSTAT_KIND_RELATION,
+											isshared ? InvalidOid : MyDatabaseId,
+											relid, false);
+
+	shtabentry = (PgStatShared_Relation *) entry_ref->shared_stats;
+	tabentry = &shtabentry->stats;
+
+	if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOVAC)
+	{
+		if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM)
+		{
+			tabentry->last_skipped_autovacuum_time = ts;
+			tabentry->skipped_autovacuum_count++;
+		}
+		if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE)
+		{
+			tabentry->last_skipped_autoanalyze_time = ts;
+			tabentry->skipped_autoanalyze_count++;
+		}
+	}
+	else
+	{
+		if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM)
+		{
+			tabentry->last_skipped_vacuum_time = ts;
+			tabentry->skipped_vacuum_count++;
+		}
+		if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE)
+		{
+			tabentry->last_skipped_analyze_time = ts;
+			tabentry->skipped_analyze_count++;
+		}
+	}
+
+	pgstat_unlock_entry(entry_ref);
+
+	/* see pgstat_report_vacuum() */
+	pgstat_flush_io(false);
+	(void) pgstat_flush_backend(false, PGSTAT_BACKEND_FLUSH_IO);
+}
+
 /*
  * count a tuple insertion of n tuples
  */
diff --git a/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c b/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c
index 9185a8e6b83..18aaa3996e1 100644
--- a/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c
+++ b/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c
@@ -84,6 +84,18 @@ PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(mod_since_analyze)
 /* pg_stat_get_numscans */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(numscans)
 
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_analyze_count)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_autoanalyze_count)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_autovacuum_count)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_vacuum_count)
+
 /* pg_stat_get_tuples_deleted */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(tuples_deleted)
 
@@ -170,6 +182,18 @@ PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_vacuum_time)
 /* pg_stat_get_lastscan */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(lastscan)
 
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_analyze_time)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_autoanalyze_time)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_autovacuum_time)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_vacuum_time)
+
 /* pg_stat_get_stat_reset_time */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(stat_reset_time)
 
diff --git a/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat b/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat
index 0118e970dda..ccfe3d9e02a 100644
--- a/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat
+++ b/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat
@@ -5667,6 +5667,38 @@
   proname => 'pg_stat_get_total_autoanalyze_time', provolatile => 's',
   proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'float8', proargtypes => 'oid',
   prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_total_autoanalyze_time' },
+{ oid => '8142', descr => 'statistics: last skipped vacuum time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time' },
+{ oid => '8143', descr => 'statistics: last skipped auto vacuum time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time' },
+{ oid => '8144', descr => 'statistics: last skipped analyze time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time' },
+{ oid => '8145', descr => 'statistics: last skipped auto analyze time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time' },
+{ oid => '8146', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped vacuum for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count' },
+{ oid => '8147', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped auto vacuum for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count' },
+{ oid => '8148', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped analyzes for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count' },
+{ oid => '8149', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped auto analyzes for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count' },
 { oid => '1936', descr => 'statistics: currently active backend IDs',
   proname => 'pg_stat_get_backend_idset', prorows => '100', proretset => 't',
   provolatile => 's', proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int4',
diff --git a/src/include/pgstat.h b/src/include/pgstat.h
index 8e3549c3752..343081a7a25 100644
--- a/src/include/pgstat.h
+++ b/src/include/pgstat.h
@@ -479,6 +479,15 @@ typedef struct PgStat_StatTabEntry
 	TimestampTz last_autoanalyze_time;	/* autovacuum initiated */
 	PgStat_Counter autoanalyze_count;
 
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_vacuum_time;	/* user initiated vacuum */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_vacuum_count;
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_autovacuum_time;	/* autovacuum initiated */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_autovacuum_count;
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_analyze_time;	/* user initiated */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_analyze_count;
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_autoanalyze_time;	/* autovacuum initiated */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_autoanalyze_count;
+
 	PgStat_Counter total_vacuum_time;	/* times in milliseconds */
 	PgStat_Counter total_autovacuum_time;
 	PgStat_Counter total_analyze_time;
@@ -707,6 +716,13 @@ extern void pgstat_report_analyze(Relation rel,
 								  PgStat_Counter livetuples, PgStat_Counter deadtuples,
 								  bool resetcounter, TimestampTz starttime);
 
+/* flags for pgstat_flush_backend() */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM	(1 << 0)	/* vacuum is skipped */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE	(1 << 1)	/* analyze is skipped */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOVAC	(1 << 2)	/* skipped during autovacuum/autoanalyze */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANY   (PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM | PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE)
+extern void pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(Oid relid, bits8 flags);
+
 /*
  * If stats are enabled, but pending data hasn't been prepared yet, call
  * pgstat_assoc_relation() to do so. See its comment for why this is done
diff --git a/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out b/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out
index 2b3cf6d8569..4ccfc43e903 100644
--- a/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out
+++ b/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out
@@ -1835,13 +1835,21 @@ pg_stat_all_tables| SELECT c.oid AS relid,
     pg_stat_get_mod_since_analyze(c.oid) AS n_mod_since_analyze,
     pg_stat_get_ins_since_vacuum(c.oid) AS n_ins_since_vacuum,
     pg_stat_get_last_vacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_vacuum,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_vacuum,
     pg_stat_get_last_autovacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_autovacuum,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_autovacuum,
     pg_stat_get_last_analyze_time(c.oid) AS last_analyze,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_analyze,
     pg_stat_get_last_autoanalyze_time(c.oid) AS last_autoanalyze,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_autoanalyze,
     pg_stat_get_vacuum_count(c.oid) AS vacuum_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count(c.oid) AS skipped_vacuum_count,
     pg_stat_get_autovacuum_count(c.oid) AS autovacuum_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count(c.oid) AS skipped_autovacuum_count,
     pg_stat_get_analyze_count(c.oid) AS analyze_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count(c.oid) AS skipped_analyze_count,
     pg_stat_get_autoanalyze_count(c.oid) AS autoanalyze_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count(c.oid) AS skipped_autoanalyze_count,
     pg_stat_get_total_vacuum_time(c.oid) AS total_vacuum_time,
     pg_stat_get_total_autovacuum_time(c.oid) AS total_autovacuum_time,
     pg_stat_get_total_analyze_time(c.oid) AS total_analyze_time,
@@ -2293,13 +2301,21 @@ pg_stat_sys_tables| SELECT relid,
     n_mod_since_analyze,
     n_ins_since_vacuum,
     last_vacuum,
+    last_skipped_vacuum,
     last_autovacuum,
+    last_skipped_autovacuum,
     last_analyze,
+    last_skipped_analyze,
     last_autoanalyze,
+    last_skipped_autoanalyze,
     vacuum_count,
+    skipped_vacuum_count,
     autovacuum_count,
+    skipped_autovacuum_count,
     analyze_count,
+    skipped_analyze_count,
     autoanalyze_count,
+    skipped_autoanalyze_count,
     total_vacuum_time,
     total_autovacuum_time,
     total_analyze_time,
@@ -2348,13 +2364,21 @@ pg_stat_user_tables| SELECT relid,
     n_mod_since_analyze,
     n_ins_since_vacuum,
     last_vacuum,
+    last_skipped_vacuum,
     last_autovacuum,
+    last_skipped_autovacuum,
     last_analyze,
+    last_skipped_analyze,
     last_autoanalyze,
+    last_skipped_autoanalyze,
     vacuum_count,
+    skipped_vacuum_count,
     autovacuum_count,
+    skipped_autovacuum_count,
     analyze_count,
+    skipped_analyze_count,
     autoanalyze_count,
+    skipped_autoanalyze_count,
     total_vacuum_time,
     total_autovacuum_time,
     total_analyze_time,
-- 
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* [PATCH v4] Track skipped vacuum and analyze activity per relation
@ 2026-03-24 04:09 Yugo Nagata <[email protected]>
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From: Yugo Nagata @ 2026-03-24 04:09 UTC (permalink / raw)

This commit adds eight fields to the relation statistics that track
the last time vacuum or analyze has been attempted but skipped due to
lock unavailability, along with their counts:

-    last_skipped_vacuum
-    last_skipped_autovacuum
-    last_skipped_analyze
-    last_skipped_autoanalyze
-    skipped_vacuum_count
-    skipped_autovacuum_count
-    skipped_analyze_count
-    skipped_autoanalyze_count

These field can help users confirm that autovacuum is actively attempting
to run on a table that has not been vacuumed or analyzed for a long time,
and that the lack of progress is due to repeated skips rather than inactivity.
---
 doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml                 |  88 ++++++++++++++++
 src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql         |   8 ++
 src/backend/commands/vacuum.c                | 102 ++++++++++++++-----
 src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c |  64 ++++++++++++
 src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c          |  24 +++++
 src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat              |  32 ++++++
 src/include/pgstat.h                         |  16 +++
 src/test/regress/expected/rules.out          |  24 +++++
 8 files changed, 335 insertions(+), 23 deletions(-)

diff --git a/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml b/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml
index 08d5b824552..a9b579d87a9 100644
--- a/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml
+++ b/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml
@@ -4387,6 +4387,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_vacuum</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time a manual vacuum on this table was attempted but skipped due to
+       lock unavailability (not counting <command>VACUUM FULL</command>)
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>last_autovacuum</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
@@ -4397,6 +4407,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_autovacuum</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time a vacuum on this table by the autovacuum daemon was attempted
+       but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>last_analyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
@@ -4406,6 +4426,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_analyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time a manual analyze on this table was attempted but skipped due to
+       lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>last_autoanalyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
@@ -4416,6 +4446,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_autoanalyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time at which an analyze on this table by the autovacuum was
+       attempted but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>vacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4426,6 +4466,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_vacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times manual vacuums on this table have been attempted but skipped
+       due to lock unavailability (not counting <command>VACUUM FULL</command>)
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>autovacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4436,6 +4486,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_autovacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times vacuums on this table by the autovacuum daemon have been
+       attempted but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>analyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4445,6 +4505,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_analyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times manual analyzes on this table have been attempted but
+       skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>autoanalyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4455,6 +4525,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_autoanalyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times analyzes on this table by the autovacuum daemon have
+       been attempted but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>total_vacuum_time</structfield> <type>double precision</type>
@@ -4510,6 +4590,14 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
    </tgroup>
   </table>
 
+  <note>
+   <para>
+    When a manual vacuum or analyze on a parent table in an inheritance or
+    partitioning hierarchy is skipped, the statistics are recorded only for
+    the parent table, not for its children.
+   </para>
+  </note>
+
  </sect2>
 
  <sect2 id="monitoring-pg-stat-autovacuum-scores-view">
diff --git a/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql b/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql
index 73a1c1c4670..f509fc7876b 100644
--- a/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql
+++ b/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql
@@ -736,13 +736,21 @@ CREATE VIEW pg_stat_all_tables AS
             pg_stat_get_mod_since_analyze(C.oid) AS n_mod_since_analyze,
             pg_stat_get_ins_since_vacuum(C.oid) AS n_ins_since_vacuum,
             pg_stat_get_last_vacuum_time(C.oid) as last_vacuum,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_vacuum,
             pg_stat_get_last_autovacuum_time(C.oid) as last_autovacuum,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_autovacuum,
             pg_stat_get_last_analyze_time(C.oid) as last_analyze,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_analyze,
             pg_stat_get_last_autoanalyze_time(C.oid) as last_autoanalyze,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_autoanalyze,
             pg_stat_get_vacuum_count(C.oid) AS vacuum_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count(C.oid) AS skipped_vacuum_count,
             pg_stat_get_autovacuum_count(C.oid) AS autovacuum_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count(C.oid) AS skipped_autovacuum_count,
             pg_stat_get_analyze_count(C.oid) AS analyze_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count(C.oid) AS skipped_analyze_count,
             pg_stat_get_autoanalyze_count(C.oid) AS autoanalyze_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count(C.oid) AS skipped_autoanalyze_count,
             pg_stat_get_total_vacuum_time(C.oid) AS total_vacuum_time,
             pg_stat_get_total_autovacuum_time(C.oid) AS total_autovacuum_time,
             pg_stat_get_total_analyze_time(C.oid) AS total_analyze_time,
diff --git a/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c b/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c
index 99d0db82ed7..97cd5ea8d10 100644
--- a/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c
+++ b/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c
@@ -793,8 +793,25 @@ vacuum_open_relation(Oid relid, RangeVar *relation, uint32 options,
 		rel = try_relation_open(relid, NoLock);
 	else
 	{
+		int flags = 0;
 		rel = NULL;
 		rel_lock = false;
+
+		if ((options & VACOPT_VACUUM) != 0)
+		{
+			if (AmAutoVacuumWorkerProcess())
+				flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOVACUUM;
+			else
+				flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM;
+		}
+		if ((options & VACOPT_ANALYZE) != 0)
+		{
+			if (AmAutoVacuumWorkerProcess())
+				flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOANALYZE;
+			else
+				flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE;
+		}
+		pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(relid, flags);
 	}
 
 	/* if relation is opened, leave */
@@ -802,7 +819,7 @@ vacuum_open_relation(Oid relid, RangeVar *relation, uint32 options,
 		return rel;
 
 	/*
-	 * Relation could not be opened, hence generate if possible a log
+	 * Relation could not be opened hence generate if possible a log
 	 * informing on the situation.
 	 *
 	 * If the RangeVar is not defined, we do not have enough information to
@@ -905,7 +922,6 @@ expand_vacuum_rel(VacuumRelation *vrel, MemoryContext vac_context,
 		Form_pg_class classForm;
 		bool		include_children;
 		bool		is_partitioned_table;
-		int			rvr_opts;
 
 		/*
 		 * Since autovacuum workers supply OIDs when calling vacuum(), no
@@ -918,29 +934,69 @@ expand_vacuum_rel(VacuumRelation *vrel, MemoryContext vac_context,
 		 * below, as well as find_all_inheritors's expectation that the caller
 		 * holds some lock on the starting relation.
 		 */
-		rvr_opts = (options & VACOPT_SKIP_LOCKED) ? RVR_SKIP_LOCKED : 0;
-		relid = RangeVarGetRelidExtended(vrel->relation,
-										 AccessShareLock,
-										 rvr_opts,
-										 NULL, NULL);
-
-		/*
-		 * If the lock is unavailable, emit the same log statement that
-		 * vacuum_rel() and analyze_rel() would.
-		 */
-		if (!OidIsValid(relid))
+		if (!(options & VACOPT_SKIP_LOCKED))
 		{
-			if (options & VACOPT_VACUUM)
-				ereport(WARNING,
-						(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
-						 errmsg("skipping vacuum of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
-								vrel->relation->relname)));
-			else
-				ereport(WARNING,
-						(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
-						 errmsg("skipping analyze of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
+			relid = RangeVarGetRelidExtended(vrel->relation,
+											 AccessShareLock,
+											 0, NULL, NULL);
+			if (!OidIsValid(relid))
+				return vacrels;
+		}
+		else
+		{
+			/* Get relid for reporting before taking a lock */
+			relid = RangeVarGetRelid(vrel->relation, NoLock, false);
+
+			if (!ConditionalLockRelationOid(relid, AccessShareLock))
+			{
+				int	flags = 0;
+				/*
+				 * If the lock is unavailable, emit the same log statement that
+				 * vacuum_rel() and analyze_rel() would.
+				 */
+				if (options & VACOPT_VACUUM)
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping vacuum of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
 								vrel->relation->relname)));
-			return vacrels;
+				else
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping analyze of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
+									vrel->relation->relname)));
+
+				if ((options & VACOPT_VACUUM) != 0)
+					flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM;
+				if ((options & VACOPT_ANALYZE) != 0)
+					flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE;
+
+				pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(relid, flags);
+
+				return vacrels;
+			}
+
+			/*
+			 * Now that we have the lock, probe to see if the relation really
+			 * exists or not.
+			 */
+			if (!SearchSysCacheExists1(RELOID, ObjectIdGetDatum(relid)))
+			{
+				if (options & VACOPT_VACUUM)
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_UNDEFINED_TABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping vacuum of \"%s\" --- relation no longer exists",
+									vrel->relation->relname)));
+				else
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_UNDEFINED_TABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping analyze of \"%s\" --- relation no longer exists",
+									vrel->relation->relname)));
+
+				/* Release useless lock */
+				UnlockRelationOid(relid, AccessShareLock);
+
+				return vacrels;
+			}
 		}
 
 		/*
diff --git a/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c b/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c
index b2ca28f83ba..532d9023f8c 100644
--- a/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c
+++ b/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c
@@ -17,12 +17,14 @@
 
 #include "postgres.h"
 
+#include "access/htup_details.h"
 #include "access/twophase_rmgr.h"
 #include "access/xact.h"
 #include "catalog/catalog.h"
 #include "utils/memutils.h"
 #include "utils/pgstat_internal.h"
 #include "utils/rel.h"
+#include "utils/syscache.h"
 #include "utils/timestamp.h"
 
 
@@ -367,6 +369,68 @@ pgstat_report_analyze(Relation rel,
 	(void) pgstat_flush_backend(false, PGSTAT_BACKEND_FLUSH_IO);
 }
 
+/*
+ * Report that the table was skipped during vacuum or/and analyze.
+ */
+void
+pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(Oid relid, int flags)
+{
+	PgStat_EntryRef *entry_ref;
+	PgStatShared_Relation *shtabentry;
+	PgStat_StatTabEntry *tabentry;
+	TimestampTz ts;
+	HeapTuple	classTup;
+	bool		isshared;
+
+	if (!pgstat_track_counts || !flags)
+		return;
+
+	classTup = SearchSysCache1(RELOID, ObjectIdGetDatum(relid));
+	if (!HeapTupleIsValid(classTup))
+		return;			/* somebody deleted the rel, forget it */
+	isshared = ((Form_pg_class) GETSTRUCT(classTup))->relisshared;
+	ReleaseSysCache(classTup);
+
+	/* Store the data in the table's hash table entry. */
+	ts = GetCurrentTimestamp();
+
+	/* block acquiring lock for the same reason as pgstat_report_autovac() */
+	entry_ref = pgstat_get_entry_ref_locked(PGSTAT_KIND_RELATION,
+											isshared ? InvalidOid : MyDatabaseId,
+											relid, false);
+
+	shtabentry = (PgStatShared_Relation *) entry_ref->shared_stats;
+	tabentry = &shtabentry->stats;
+
+	if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM)
+	{
+		tabentry->last_skipped_vacuum_time = ts;
+		tabentry->skipped_vacuum_count++;
+	}
+	else if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOVACUUM)
+	{
+		tabentry->last_skipped_autovacuum_time = ts;
+		tabentry->skipped_autovacuum_count++;
+	}
+
+	if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE)
+	{
+		tabentry->last_skipped_analyze_time = ts;
+		tabentry->skipped_analyze_count++;
+	}
+	else if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOANALYZE)
+	{
+		tabentry->last_skipped_autoanalyze_time = ts;
+		tabentry->skipped_autoanalyze_count++;
+	}
+
+	pgstat_unlock_entry(entry_ref);
+
+	/* see pgstat_report_vacuum() */
+	pgstat_flush_io(false);
+	(void) pgstat_flush_backend(false, PGSTAT_BACKEND_FLUSH_IO);
+}
+
 /*
  * count a tuple insertion of n tuples
  */
diff --git a/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c b/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c
index 1408de387ea..90a8968faa0 100644
--- a/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c
+++ b/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c
@@ -84,6 +84,18 @@ PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(mod_since_analyze)
 /* pg_stat_get_numscans */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(numscans)
 
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_analyze_count)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_autoanalyze_count)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_autovacuum_count)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_vacuum_count)
+
 /* pg_stat_get_tuples_deleted */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(tuples_deleted)
 
@@ -170,6 +182,18 @@ PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_vacuum_time)
 /* pg_stat_get_lastscan */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(lastscan)
 
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_analyze_time)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_autoanalyze_time)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_autovacuum_time)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_vacuum_time)
+
 /* pg_stat_get_stat_reset_time */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(stat_reset_time)
 
diff --git a/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat b/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat
index fa9ae79082b..32debb34863 100644
--- a/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat
+++ b/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat
@@ -5680,6 +5680,38 @@
   proargmodes => '{o,o,o,o,o,o,o,o,o,o}',
   proargnames => '{oid,score,xid_score,mxid_score,vacuum_score,vacuum_insert_score,analyze_score,do_vacuum,do_analyze,for_wraparound}',
   prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_autovacuum_scores' },
+{ oid => '8142', descr => 'statistics: last skipped vacuum time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time' },
+{ oid => '8143', descr => 'statistics: last skipped auto vacuum time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time' },
+{ oid => '8144', descr => 'statistics: last skipped analyze time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time' },
+{ oid => '8145', descr => 'statistics: last skipped auto analyze time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time' },
+{ oid => '8146', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped vacuum for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count' },
+{ oid => '8147', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped auto vacuum for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count' },
+{ oid => '8148', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped analyzes for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count' },
+{ oid => '8149', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped auto analyzes for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count' },
 { oid => '1936', descr => 'statistics: currently active backend IDs',
   proname => 'pg_stat_get_backend_idset', prorows => '100', proretset => 't',
   provolatile => 's', proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int4',
diff --git a/src/include/pgstat.h b/src/include/pgstat.h
index dfa2e837638..98941f953d1 100644
--- a/src/include/pgstat.h
+++ b/src/include/pgstat.h
@@ -479,6 +479,15 @@ typedef struct PgStat_StatTabEntry
 	TimestampTz last_autoanalyze_time;	/* autovacuum initiated */
 	PgStat_Counter autoanalyze_count;
 
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_vacuum_time;	/* user initiated vacuum */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_vacuum_count;
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_autovacuum_time;	/* autovacuum initiated */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_autovacuum_count;
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_analyze_time;	/* user initiated */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_analyze_count;
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_autoanalyze_time;	/* autovacuum initiated */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_autoanalyze_count;
+
 	PgStat_Counter total_vacuum_time;	/* times in milliseconds */
 	PgStat_Counter total_autovacuum_time;
 	PgStat_Counter total_analyze_time;
@@ -703,6 +712,13 @@ extern void pgstat_report_analyze(Relation rel,
 								  PgStat_Counter livetuples, PgStat_Counter deadtuples,
 								  bool resetcounter, TimestampTz starttime);
 
+/* flags for pgstat_flush_backend() */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM		(1 << 0)	/* vacuum is skipped */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE		(1 << 1)	/* analyze is skipped */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOVACUUM	(1 << 2)	/* autovacuum is skipped */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOANALYZE	(1 << 3)	/* autoanalyze is skipped */
+extern void pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(Oid relid, int flags);
+
 /*
  * If stats are enabled, but pending data hasn't been prepared yet, call
  * pgstat_assoc_relation() to do so. See its comment for why this is done
diff --git a/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out b/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out
index a65a5bf0c4f..9b2075d3373 100644
--- a/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out
+++ b/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out
@@ -1835,13 +1835,21 @@ pg_stat_all_tables| SELECT c.oid AS relid,
     pg_stat_get_mod_since_analyze(c.oid) AS n_mod_since_analyze,
     pg_stat_get_ins_since_vacuum(c.oid) AS n_ins_since_vacuum,
     pg_stat_get_last_vacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_vacuum,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_vacuum,
     pg_stat_get_last_autovacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_autovacuum,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_autovacuum,
     pg_stat_get_last_analyze_time(c.oid) AS last_analyze,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_analyze,
     pg_stat_get_last_autoanalyze_time(c.oid) AS last_autoanalyze,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_autoanalyze,
     pg_stat_get_vacuum_count(c.oid) AS vacuum_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count(c.oid) AS skipped_vacuum_count,
     pg_stat_get_autovacuum_count(c.oid) AS autovacuum_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count(c.oid) AS skipped_autovacuum_count,
     pg_stat_get_analyze_count(c.oid) AS analyze_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count(c.oid) AS skipped_analyze_count,
     pg_stat_get_autoanalyze_count(c.oid) AS autoanalyze_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count(c.oid) AS skipped_autoanalyze_count,
     pg_stat_get_total_vacuum_time(c.oid) AS total_vacuum_time,
     pg_stat_get_total_autovacuum_time(c.oid) AS total_autovacuum_time,
     pg_stat_get_total_analyze_time(c.oid) AS total_analyze_time,
@@ -2346,13 +2354,21 @@ pg_stat_sys_tables| SELECT relid,
     n_mod_since_analyze,
     n_ins_since_vacuum,
     last_vacuum,
+    last_skipped_vacuum,
     last_autovacuum,
+    last_skipped_autovacuum,
     last_analyze,
+    last_skipped_analyze,
     last_autoanalyze,
+    last_skipped_autoanalyze,
     vacuum_count,
+    skipped_vacuum_count,
     autovacuum_count,
+    skipped_autovacuum_count,
     analyze_count,
+    skipped_analyze_count,
     autoanalyze_count,
+    skipped_autoanalyze_count,
     total_vacuum_time,
     total_autovacuum_time,
     total_analyze_time,
@@ -2401,13 +2417,21 @@ pg_stat_user_tables| SELECT relid,
     n_mod_since_analyze,
     n_ins_since_vacuum,
     last_vacuum,
+    last_skipped_vacuum,
     last_autovacuum,
+    last_skipped_autovacuum,
     last_analyze,
+    last_skipped_analyze,
     last_autoanalyze,
+    last_skipped_autoanalyze,
     vacuum_count,
+    skipped_vacuum_count,
     autovacuum_count,
+    skipped_autovacuum_count,
     analyze_count,
+    skipped_analyze_count,
     autoanalyze_count,
+    skipped_autoanalyze_count,
     total_vacuum_time,
     total_autovacuum_time,
     total_analyze_time,
-- 
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* [PATCH v4] Track skipped vacuum and analyze activity per relation
@ 2026-03-24 04:09 Yugo Nagata <[email protected]>
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From: Yugo Nagata @ 2026-03-24 04:09 UTC (permalink / raw)

This commit adds eight fields to the relation statistics that track
the last time vacuum or analyze has been attempted but skipped due to
lock unavailability, along with their counts:

-    last_skipped_vacuum
-    last_skipped_autovacuum
-    last_skipped_analyze
-    last_skipped_autoanalyze
-    skipped_vacuum_count
-    skipped_autovacuum_count
-    skipped_analyze_count
-    skipped_autoanalyze_count

These field can help users confirm that autovacuum is actively attempting
to run on a table that has not been vacuumed or analyzed for a long time,
and that the lack of progress is due to repeated skips rather than inactivity.
---
 doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml                 |  88 ++++++++++++++++
 src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql         |   8 ++
 src/backend/commands/vacuum.c                | 102 ++++++++++++++-----
 src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c |  64 ++++++++++++
 src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c          |  24 +++++
 src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat              |  32 ++++++
 src/include/pgstat.h                         |  16 +++
 src/test/regress/expected/rules.out          |  24 +++++
 8 files changed, 335 insertions(+), 23 deletions(-)

diff --git a/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml b/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml
index 08d5b824552..a9b579d87a9 100644
--- a/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml
+++ b/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml
@@ -4387,6 +4387,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_vacuum</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time a manual vacuum on this table was attempted but skipped due to
+       lock unavailability (not counting <command>VACUUM FULL</command>)
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>last_autovacuum</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
@@ -4397,6 +4407,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_autovacuum</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time a vacuum on this table by the autovacuum daemon was attempted
+       but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>last_analyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
@@ -4406,6 +4426,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_analyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time a manual analyze on this table was attempted but skipped due to
+       lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>last_autoanalyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
@@ -4416,6 +4446,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_autoanalyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time at which an analyze on this table by the autovacuum was
+       attempted but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>vacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4426,6 +4466,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_vacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times manual vacuums on this table have been attempted but skipped
+       due to lock unavailability (not counting <command>VACUUM FULL</command>)
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>autovacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4436,6 +4486,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_autovacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times vacuums on this table by the autovacuum daemon have been
+       attempted but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>analyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4445,6 +4505,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_analyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times manual analyzes on this table have been attempted but
+       skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>autoanalyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4455,6 +4525,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_autoanalyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times analyzes on this table by the autovacuum daemon have
+       been attempted but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>total_vacuum_time</structfield> <type>double precision</type>
@@ -4510,6 +4590,14 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
    </tgroup>
   </table>
 
+  <note>
+   <para>
+    When a manual vacuum or analyze on a parent table in an inheritance or
+    partitioning hierarchy is skipped, the statistics are recorded only for
+    the parent table, not for its children.
+   </para>
+  </note>
+
  </sect2>
 
  <sect2 id="monitoring-pg-stat-autovacuum-scores-view">
diff --git a/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql b/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql
index 73a1c1c4670..f509fc7876b 100644
--- a/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql
+++ b/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql
@@ -736,13 +736,21 @@ CREATE VIEW pg_stat_all_tables AS
             pg_stat_get_mod_since_analyze(C.oid) AS n_mod_since_analyze,
             pg_stat_get_ins_since_vacuum(C.oid) AS n_ins_since_vacuum,
             pg_stat_get_last_vacuum_time(C.oid) as last_vacuum,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_vacuum,
             pg_stat_get_last_autovacuum_time(C.oid) as last_autovacuum,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_autovacuum,
             pg_stat_get_last_analyze_time(C.oid) as last_analyze,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_analyze,
             pg_stat_get_last_autoanalyze_time(C.oid) as last_autoanalyze,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_autoanalyze,
             pg_stat_get_vacuum_count(C.oid) AS vacuum_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count(C.oid) AS skipped_vacuum_count,
             pg_stat_get_autovacuum_count(C.oid) AS autovacuum_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count(C.oid) AS skipped_autovacuum_count,
             pg_stat_get_analyze_count(C.oid) AS analyze_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count(C.oid) AS skipped_analyze_count,
             pg_stat_get_autoanalyze_count(C.oid) AS autoanalyze_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count(C.oid) AS skipped_autoanalyze_count,
             pg_stat_get_total_vacuum_time(C.oid) AS total_vacuum_time,
             pg_stat_get_total_autovacuum_time(C.oid) AS total_autovacuum_time,
             pg_stat_get_total_analyze_time(C.oid) AS total_analyze_time,
diff --git a/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c b/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c
index 99d0db82ed7..97cd5ea8d10 100644
--- a/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c
+++ b/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c
@@ -793,8 +793,25 @@ vacuum_open_relation(Oid relid, RangeVar *relation, uint32 options,
 		rel = try_relation_open(relid, NoLock);
 	else
 	{
+		int flags = 0;
 		rel = NULL;
 		rel_lock = false;
+
+		if ((options & VACOPT_VACUUM) != 0)
+		{
+			if (AmAutoVacuumWorkerProcess())
+				flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOVACUUM;
+			else
+				flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM;
+		}
+		if ((options & VACOPT_ANALYZE) != 0)
+		{
+			if (AmAutoVacuumWorkerProcess())
+				flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOANALYZE;
+			else
+				flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE;
+		}
+		pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(relid, flags);
 	}
 
 	/* if relation is opened, leave */
@@ -802,7 +819,7 @@ vacuum_open_relation(Oid relid, RangeVar *relation, uint32 options,
 		return rel;
 
 	/*
-	 * Relation could not be opened, hence generate if possible a log
+	 * Relation could not be opened hence generate if possible a log
 	 * informing on the situation.
 	 *
 	 * If the RangeVar is not defined, we do not have enough information to
@@ -905,7 +922,6 @@ expand_vacuum_rel(VacuumRelation *vrel, MemoryContext vac_context,
 		Form_pg_class classForm;
 		bool		include_children;
 		bool		is_partitioned_table;
-		int			rvr_opts;
 
 		/*
 		 * Since autovacuum workers supply OIDs when calling vacuum(), no
@@ -918,29 +934,69 @@ expand_vacuum_rel(VacuumRelation *vrel, MemoryContext vac_context,
 		 * below, as well as find_all_inheritors's expectation that the caller
 		 * holds some lock on the starting relation.
 		 */
-		rvr_opts = (options & VACOPT_SKIP_LOCKED) ? RVR_SKIP_LOCKED : 0;
-		relid = RangeVarGetRelidExtended(vrel->relation,
-										 AccessShareLock,
-										 rvr_opts,
-										 NULL, NULL);
-
-		/*
-		 * If the lock is unavailable, emit the same log statement that
-		 * vacuum_rel() and analyze_rel() would.
-		 */
-		if (!OidIsValid(relid))
+		if (!(options & VACOPT_SKIP_LOCKED))
 		{
-			if (options & VACOPT_VACUUM)
-				ereport(WARNING,
-						(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
-						 errmsg("skipping vacuum of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
-								vrel->relation->relname)));
-			else
-				ereport(WARNING,
-						(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
-						 errmsg("skipping analyze of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
+			relid = RangeVarGetRelidExtended(vrel->relation,
+											 AccessShareLock,
+											 0, NULL, NULL);
+			if (!OidIsValid(relid))
+				return vacrels;
+		}
+		else
+		{
+			/* Get relid for reporting before taking a lock */
+			relid = RangeVarGetRelid(vrel->relation, NoLock, false);
+
+			if (!ConditionalLockRelationOid(relid, AccessShareLock))
+			{
+				int	flags = 0;
+				/*
+				 * If the lock is unavailable, emit the same log statement that
+				 * vacuum_rel() and analyze_rel() would.
+				 */
+				if (options & VACOPT_VACUUM)
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping vacuum of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
 								vrel->relation->relname)));
-			return vacrels;
+				else
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping analyze of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
+									vrel->relation->relname)));
+
+				if ((options & VACOPT_VACUUM) != 0)
+					flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM;
+				if ((options & VACOPT_ANALYZE) != 0)
+					flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE;
+
+				pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(relid, flags);
+
+				return vacrels;
+			}
+
+			/*
+			 * Now that we have the lock, probe to see if the relation really
+			 * exists or not.
+			 */
+			if (!SearchSysCacheExists1(RELOID, ObjectIdGetDatum(relid)))
+			{
+				if (options & VACOPT_VACUUM)
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_UNDEFINED_TABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping vacuum of \"%s\" --- relation no longer exists",
+									vrel->relation->relname)));
+				else
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_UNDEFINED_TABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping analyze of \"%s\" --- relation no longer exists",
+									vrel->relation->relname)));
+
+				/* Release useless lock */
+				UnlockRelationOid(relid, AccessShareLock);
+
+				return vacrels;
+			}
 		}
 
 		/*
diff --git a/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c b/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c
index b2ca28f83ba..532d9023f8c 100644
--- a/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c
+++ b/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c
@@ -17,12 +17,14 @@
 
 #include "postgres.h"
 
+#include "access/htup_details.h"
 #include "access/twophase_rmgr.h"
 #include "access/xact.h"
 #include "catalog/catalog.h"
 #include "utils/memutils.h"
 #include "utils/pgstat_internal.h"
 #include "utils/rel.h"
+#include "utils/syscache.h"
 #include "utils/timestamp.h"
 
 
@@ -367,6 +369,68 @@ pgstat_report_analyze(Relation rel,
 	(void) pgstat_flush_backend(false, PGSTAT_BACKEND_FLUSH_IO);
 }
 
+/*
+ * Report that the table was skipped during vacuum or/and analyze.
+ */
+void
+pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(Oid relid, int flags)
+{
+	PgStat_EntryRef *entry_ref;
+	PgStatShared_Relation *shtabentry;
+	PgStat_StatTabEntry *tabentry;
+	TimestampTz ts;
+	HeapTuple	classTup;
+	bool		isshared;
+
+	if (!pgstat_track_counts || !flags)
+		return;
+
+	classTup = SearchSysCache1(RELOID, ObjectIdGetDatum(relid));
+	if (!HeapTupleIsValid(classTup))
+		return;			/* somebody deleted the rel, forget it */
+	isshared = ((Form_pg_class) GETSTRUCT(classTup))->relisshared;
+	ReleaseSysCache(classTup);
+
+	/* Store the data in the table's hash table entry. */
+	ts = GetCurrentTimestamp();
+
+	/* block acquiring lock for the same reason as pgstat_report_autovac() */
+	entry_ref = pgstat_get_entry_ref_locked(PGSTAT_KIND_RELATION,
+											isshared ? InvalidOid : MyDatabaseId,
+											relid, false);
+
+	shtabentry = (PgStatShared_Relation *) entry_ref->shared_stats;
+	tabentry = &shtabentry->stats;
+
+	if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM)
+	{
+		tabentry->last_skipped_vacuum_time = ts;
+		tabentry->skipped_vacuum_count++;
+	}
+	else if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOVACUUM)
+	{
+		tabentry->last_skipped_autovacuum_time = ts;
+		tabentry->skipped_autovacuum_count++;
+	}
+
+	if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE)
+	{
+		tabentry->last_skipped_analyze_time = ts;
+		tabentry->skipped_analyze_count++;
+	}
+	else if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOANALYZE)
+	{
+		tabentry->last_skipped_autoanalyze_time = ts;
+		tabentry->skipped_autoanalyze_count++;
+	}
+
+	pgstat_unlock_entry(entry_ref);
+
+	/* see pgstat_report_vacuum() */
+	pgstat_flush_io(false);
+	(void) pgstat_flush_backend(false, PGSTAT_BACKEND_FLUSH_IO);
+}
+
 /*
  * count a tuple insertion of n tuples
  */
diff --git a/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c b/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c
index 1408de387ea..90a8968faa0 100644
--- a/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c
+++ b/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c
@@ -84,6 +84,18 @@ PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(mod_since_analyze)
 /* pg_stat_get_numscans */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(numscans)
 
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_analyze_count)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_autoanalyze_count)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_autovacuum_count)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_vacuum_count)
+
 /* pg_stat_get_tuples_deleted */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(tuples_deleted)
 
@@ -170,6 +182,18 @@ PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_vacuum_time)
 /* pg_stat_get_lastscan */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(lastscan)
 
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_analyze_time)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_autoanalyze_time)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_autovacuum_time)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_vacuum_time)
+
 /* pg_stat_get_stat_reset_time */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(stat_reset_time)
 
diff --git a/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat b/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat
index fa9ae79082b..32debb34863 100644
--- a/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat
+++ b/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat
@@ -5680,6 +5680,38 @@
   proargmodes => '{o,o,o,o,o,o,o,o,o,o}',
   proargnames => '{oid,score,xid_score,mxid_score,vacuum_score,vacuum_insert_score,analyze_score,do_vacuum,do_analyze,for_wraparound}',
   prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_autovacuum_scores' },
+{ oid => '8142', descr => 'statistics: last skipped vacuum time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time' },
+{ oid => '8143', descr => 'statistics: last skipped auto vacuum time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time' },
+{ oid => '8144', descr => 'statistics: last skipped analyze time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time' },
+{ oid => '8145', descr => 'statistics: last skipped auto analyze time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time' },
+{ oid => '8146', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped vacuum for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count' },
+{ oid => '8147', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped auto vacuum for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count' },
+{ oid => '8148', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped analyzes for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count' },
+{ oid => '8149', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped auto analyzes for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count' },
 { oid => '1936', descr => 'statistics: currently active backend IDs',
   proname => 'pg_stat_get_backend_idset', prorows => '100', proretset => 't',
   provolatile => 's', proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int4',
diff --git a/src/include/pgstat.h b/src/include/pgstat.h
index dfa2e837638..98941f953d1 100644
--- a/src/include/pgstat.h
+++ b/src/include/pgstat.h
@@ -479,6 +479,15 @@ typedef struct PgStat_StatTabEntry
 	TimestampTz last_autoanalyze_time;	/* autovacuum initiated */
 	PgStat_Counter autoanalyze_count;
 
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_vacuum_time;	/* user initiated vacuum */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_vacuum_count;
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_autovacuum_time;	/* autovacuum initiated */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_autovacuum_count;
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_analyze_time;	/* user initiated */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_analyze_count;
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_autoanalyze_time;	/* autovacuum initiated */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_autoanalyze_count;
+
 	PgStat_Counter total_vacuum_time;	/* times in milliseconds */
 	PgStat_Counter total_autovacuum_time;
 	PgStat_Counter total_analyze_time;
@@ -703,6 +712,13 @@ extern void pgstat_report_analyze(Relation rel,
 								  PgStat_Counter livetuples, PgStat_Counter deadtuples,
 								  bool resetcounter, TimestampTz starttime);
 
+/* flags for pgstat_flush_backend() */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM		(1 << 0)	/* vacuum is skipped */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE		(1 << 1)	/* analyze is skipped */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOVACUUM	(1 << 2)	/* autovacuum is skipped */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOANALYZE	(1 << 3)	/* autoanalyze is skipped */
+extern void pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(Oid relid, int flags);
+
 /*
  * If stats are enabled, but pending data hasn't been prepared yet, call
  * pgstat_assoc_relation() to do so. See its comment for why this is done
diff --git a/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out b/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out
index a65a5bf0c4f..9b2075d3373 100644
--- a/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out
+++ b/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out
@@ -1835,13 +1835,21 @@ pg_stat_all_tables| SELECT c.oid AS relid,
     pg_stat_get_mod_since_analyze(c.oid) AS n_mod_since_analyze,
     pg_stat_get_ins_since_vacuum(c.oid) AS n_ins_since_vacuum,
     pg_stat_get_last_vacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_vacuum,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_vacuum,
     pg_stat_get_last_autovacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_autovacuum,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_autovacuum,
     pg_stat_get_last_analyze_time(c.oid) AS last_analyze,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_analyze,
     pg_stat_get_last_autoanalyze_time(c.oid) AS last_autoanalyze,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_autoanalyze,
     pg_stat_get_vacuum_count(c.oid) AS vacuum_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count(c.oid) AS skipped_vacuum_count,
     pg_stat_get_autovacuum_count(c.oid) AS autovacuum_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count(c.oid) AS skipped_autovacuum_count,
     pg_stat_get_analyze_count(c.oid) AS analyze_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count(c.oid) AS skipped_analyze_count,
     pg_stat_get_autoanalyze_count(c.oid) AS autoanalyze_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count(c.oid) AS skipped_autoanalyze_count,
     pg_stat_get_total_vacuum_time(c.oid) AS total_vacuum_time,
     pg_stat_get_total_autovacuum_time(c.oid) AS total_autovacuum_time,
     pg_stat_get_total_analyze_time(c.oid) AS total_analyze_time,
@@ -2346,13 +2354,21 @@ pg_stat_sys_tables| SELECT relid,
     n_mod_since_analyze,
     n_ins_since_vacuum,
     last_vacuum,
+    last_skipped_vacuum,
     last_autovacuum,
+    last_skipped_autovacuum,
     last_analyze,
+    last_skipped_analyze,
     last_autoanalyze,
+    last_skipped_autoanalyze,
     vacuum_count,
+    skipped_vacuum_count,
     autovacuum_count,
+    skipped_autovacuum_count,
     analyze_count,
+    skipped_analyze_count,
     autoanalyze_count,
+    skipped_autoanalyze_count,
     total_vacuum_time,
     total_autovacuum_time,
     total_analyze_time,
@@ -2401,13 +2417,21 @@ pg_stat_user_tables| SELECT relid,
     n_mod_since_analyze,
     n_ins_since_vacuum,
     last_vacuum,
+    last_skipped_vacuum,
     last_autovacuum,
+    last_skipped_autovacuum,
     last_analyze,
+    last_skipped_analyze,
     last_autoanalyze,
+    last_skipped_autoanalyze,
     vacuum_count,
+    skipped_vacuum_count,
     autovacuum_count,
+    skipped_autovacuum_count,
     analyze_count,
+    skipped_analyze_count,
     autoanalyze_count,
+    skipped_autoanalyze_count,
     total_vacuum_time,
     total_autovacuum_time,
     total_analyze_time,
-- 
2.43.0


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* [PATCH v3] Track skipped vacuum and analyze activity per relation
@ 2026-03-24 04:09 Yugo Nagata <[email protected]>
  0 siblings, 0 replies; 374+ messages in thread

From: Yugo Nagata @ 2026-03-24 04:09 UTC (permalink / raw)

This commit adds eight fields to the relation statistics that track
the last time vacuum or analyze has been attempted but skipped due to
lock unavailability, along with their counts:

-    last_skipped_vacuum
-    last_skipped_autovacuum
-    last_skipped_analyze
-    last_skipped_autoanalyze
-    skipped_vacuum_count
-    skipped_autovacuum_count
-    skipped_analyze_count
-    skipped_autoanalyze_count

These field can help users confirm that autovacuum is actively attempting
to run on a table that has not been vacuumed or analyzed for a long time,
and that the lack of progress is due to repeated skips rather than inactivity.
---
 doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml                 | 80 +++++++++++++++++
 src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql         |  8 ++
 src/backend/commands/vacuum.c                | 95 +++++++++++++++-----
 src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c | 68 ++++++++++++++
 src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c          | 24 +++++
 src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat              | 32 +++++++
 src/include/pgstat.h                         | 16 ++++
 src/test/regress/expected/rules.out          | 24 +++++
 8 files changed, 324 insertions(+), 23 deletions(-)

diff --git a/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml b/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml
index bb75ed1069b..9ec8070b2fc 100644
--- a/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml
+++ b/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml
@@ -4372,6 +4372,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_vacuum</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time a manual vacuum on this table was attempted but skipped due to
+       lock unavailability (not counting <command>VACUUM FULL</command>)
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>last_autovacuum</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
@@ -4382,6 +4392,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_autovacuum</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time a vacuum on this table by the autovacuum daemon was attempted
+       but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>last_analyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
@@ -4391,6 +4411,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_analyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time a manual analyze on this table was attempted but skipped due to
+       lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>last_autoanalyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
@@ -4401,6 +4431,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_autoanalyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time at which an analyze on this table by the autovacuum was
+       attempted but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>vacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4411,6 +4451,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_vacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times vacuums on this table have been attempted but skipped
+       due to lock unavailability (not counting <command>VACUUM FULL</command>)
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>autovacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4421,6 +4471,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_autovacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times vacuums on this table by the autovacuum daemon have been
+       attempted but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>analyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4430,6 +4490,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_analyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times manual analyzes on this table have been attempted but
+       skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>autoanalyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4440,6 +4510,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_autoanalyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times analyzes on this table by the autovacuum daemon have
+       been attempted but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>total_vacuum_time</structfield> <type>double precision</type>
diff --git a/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql b/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql
index e54018004db..2ca02a0354c 100644
--- a/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql
+++ b/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql
@@ -736,13 +736,21 @@ CREATE VIEW pg_stat_all_tables AS
             pg_stat_get_mod_since_analyze(C.oid) AS n_mod_since_analyze,
             pg_stat_get_ins_since_vacuum(C.oid) AS n_ins_since_vacuum,
             pg_stat_get_last_vacuum_time(C.oid) as last_vacuum,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_vacuum,
             pg_stat_get_last_autovacuum_time(C.oid) as last_autovacuum,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_autovacuum,
             pg_stat_get_last_analyze_time(C.oid) as last_analyze,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_analyze,
             pg_stat_get_last_autoanalyze_time(C.oid) as last_autoanalyze,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_autoanalyze,
             pg_stat_get_vacuum_count(C.oid) AS vacuum_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count(C.oid) AS skipped_vacuum_count,
             pg_stat_get_autovacuum_count(C.oid) AS autovacuum_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count(C.oid) AS skipped_autovacuum_count,
             pg_stat_get_analyze_count(C.oid) AS analyze_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count(C.oid) AS skipped_analyze_count,
             pg_stat_get_autoanalyze_count(C.oid) AS autoanalyze_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count(C.oid) AS skipped_autoanalyze_count,
             pg_stat_get_total_vacuum_time(C.oid) AS total_vacuum_time,
             pg_stat_get_total_autovacuum_time(C.oid) AS total_autovacuum_time,
             pg_stat_get_total_analyze_time(C.oid) AS total_analyze_time,
diff --git a/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c b/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c
index bce3a2daa24..ce83b3171be 100644
--- a/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c
+++ b/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c
@@ -792,8 +792,18 @@ vacuum_open_relation(Oid relid, RangeVar *relation, bits32 options,
 		rel = try_relation_open(relid, NoLock);
 	else
 	{
+		bits8 flags = 0;
 		rel = NULL;
 		rel_lock = false;
+
+		if ((options & VACOPT_VACUUM) != 0)
+			flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM;
+		if ((options & VACOPT_ANALYZE) != 0)
+			flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE;
+		if (AmAutoVacuumWorkerProcess())
+			flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOVAC;
+
+		pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(relid, flags);
 	}
 
 	/* if relation is opened, leave */
@@ -801,7 +811,7 @@ vacuum_open_relation(Oid relid, RangeVar *relation, bits32 options,
 		return rel;
 
 	/*
-	 * Relation could not be opened, hence generate if possible a log
+	 * Relation could not be opened hence generate if possible a log
 	 * informing on the situation.
 	 *
 	 * If the RangeVar is not defined, we do not have enough information to
@@ -904,7 +914,6 @@ expand_vacuum_rel(VacuumRelation *vrel, MemoryContext vac_context,
 		Form_pg_class classForm;
 		bool		include_children;
 		bool		is_partitioned_table;
-		int			rvr_opts;
 
 		/*
 		 * Since autovacuum workers supply OIDs when calling vacuum(), no
@@ -917,29 +926,69 @@ expand_vacuum_rel(VacuumRelation *vrel, MemoryContext vac_context,
 		 * below, as well as find_all_inheritors's expectation that the caller
 		 * holds some lock on the starting relation.
 		 */
-		rvr_opts = (options & VACOPT_SKIP_LOCKED) ? RVR_SKIP_LOCKED : 0;
-		relid = RangeVarGetRelidExtended(vrel->relation,
-										 AccessShareLock,
-										 rvr_opts,
-										 NULL, NULL);
-
-		/*
-		 * If the lock is unavailable, emit the same log statement that
-		 * vacuum_rel() and analyze_rel() would.
-		 */
-		if (!OidIsValid(relid))
+		if (!(options & VACOPT_SKIP_LOCKED))
 		{
-			if (options & VACOPT_VACUUM)
-				ereport(WARNING,
-						(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
-						 errmsg("skipping vacuum of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
-								vrel->relation->relname)));
-			else
-				ereport(WARNING,
-						(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
-						 errmsg("skipping analyze of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
+			relid = RangeVarGetRelidExtended(vrel->relation,
+											 AccessShareLock,
+											 0, NULL, NULL);
+			if (!OidIsValid(relid))
+				return vacrels;
+		}
+		else
+		{
+			/* Get relid for reporting before taking a lock */
+			relid = RangeVarGetRelid(vrel->relation, NoLock, false);
+
+			if (!ConditionalLockRelationOid(relid, AccessShareLock))
+			{
+				bits8	flags = 0;
+				/*
+				 * If the lock is unavailable, emit the same log statement that
+				 * vacuum_rel() and analyze_rel() would.
+				 */
+				if (options & VACOPT_VACUUM)
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping vacuum of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
 								vrel->relation->relname)));
-			return vacrels;
+				else
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping analyze of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
+									vrel->relation->relname)));
+
+				if ((options & VACOPT_VACUUM) != 0)
+					flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM;
+				if ((options & VACOPT_ANALYZE) != 0)
+					flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE;
+
+				pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(relid, flags);
+
+				return vacrels;
+			}
+
+			/*
+			 * Now that we have the lock, probe to see if the relation really
+			 * exists or not.
+			 */
+			if (!SearchSysCacheExists1(RELOID, ObjectIdGetDatum(relid)))
+			{
+				if (options & VACOPT_VACUUM)
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_UNDEFINED_TABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping vacuum of \"%s\" --- relation no longer exists",
+									vrel->relation->relname)));
+				else
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_UNDEFINED_TABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping analyze of \"%s\" --- relation no longer exists",
+									vrel->relation->relname)));
+
+				/* Release useless lock */
+				UnlockRelationOid(relid, AccessShareLock);
+
+				return vacrels;
+			}
 		}
 
 		/*
diff --git a/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c b/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c
index bc8c43b96aa..cec4c88980e 100644
--- a/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c
+++ b/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c
@@ -17,6 +17,7 @@
 
 #include "postgres.h"
 
+#include "access/htup_details.h"
 #include "access/twophase_rmgr.h"
 #include "access/xact.h"
 #include "catalog/catalog.h"
@@ -366,6 +367,73 @@ pgstat_report_analyze(Relation rel,
 	(void) pgstat_flush_backend(false, PGSTAT_BACKEND_FLUSH_IO);
 }
 
+/*
+ * Report that the table was skipped during vacuum or/and analyze.
+ */
+void
+pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(Oid relid, bits8 flags)
+{
+	PgStat_EntryRef *entry_ref;
+	PgStatShared_Relation *shtabentry;
+	PgStat_StatTabEntry *tabentry;
+	TimestampTz ts;
+	HeapTuple	classTup;
+	bool		isshared;
+
+	if (!pgstat_track_counts || !(flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANY))
+		return;
+
+	classTup = SearchSysCache1(RELOID, ObjectIdGetDatum(relid));
+	if (!HeapTupleIsValid(classTup))
+		return;			/* somebody deleted the rel, forget it */
+	isshared = ((Form_pg_class) GETSTRUCT(classTup))->relisshared;
+	ReleaseSysCache(classTup);
+
+	/* Store the data in the table's hash table entry. */
+	ts = GetCurrentTimestamp();
+
+	/* block acquiring lock for the same reason as pgstat_report_autovac() */
+	entry_ref = pgstat_get_entry_ref_locked(PGSTAT_KIND_RELATION,
+											isshared ? InvalidOid : MyDatabaseId,
+											relid, false);
+
+	shtabentry = (PgStatShared_Relation *) entry_ref->shared_stats;
+	tabentry = &shtabentry->stats;
+
+	if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOVAC)
+	{
+		if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM)
+		{
+			tabentry->last_skipped_autovacuum_time = ts;
+			tabentry->skipped_autovacuum_count++;
+		}
+		if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE)
+		{
+			tabentry->last_skipped_autoanalyze_time = ts;
+			tabentry->skipped_autoanalyze_count++;
+		}
+	}
+	else
+	{
+		if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM)
+		{
+			tabentry->last_skipped_vacuum_time = ts;
+			tabentry->skipped_vacuum_count++;
+		}
+		if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE)
+		{
+			tabentry->last_skipped_analyze_time = ts;
+			tabentry->skipped_analyze_count++;
+		}
+	}
+
+	pgstat_unlock_entry(entry_ref);
+
+	/* see pgstat_report_vacuum() */
+	pgstat_flush_io(false);
+	(void) pgstat_flush_backend(false, PGSTAT_BACKEND_FLUSH_IO);
+}
+
 /*
  * count a tuple insertion of n tuples
  */
diff --git a/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c b/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c
index 9185a8e6b83..18aaa3996e1 100644
--- a/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c
+++ b/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c
@@ -84,6 +84,18 @@ PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(mod_since_analyze)
 /* pg_stat_get_numscans */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(numscans)
 
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_analyze_count)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_autoanalyze_count)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_autovacuum_count)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_vacuum_count)
+
 /* pg_stat_get_tuples_deleted */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(tuples_deleted)
 
@@ -170,6 +182,18 @@ PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_vacuum_time)
 /* pg_stat_get_lastscan */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(lastscan)
 
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_analyze_time)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_autoanalyze_time)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_autovacuum_time)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_vacuum_time)
+
 /* pg_stat_get_stat_reset_time */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(stat_reset_time)
 
diff --git a/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat b/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat
index 0118e970dda..ccfe3d9e02a 100644
--- a/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat
+++ b/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat
@@ -5667,6 +5667,38 @@
   proname => 'pg_stat_get_total_autoanalyze_time', provolatile => 's',
   proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'float8', proargtypes => 'oid',
   prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_total_autoanalyze_time' },
+{ oid => '8142', descr => 'statistics: last skipped vacuum time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time' },
+{ oid => '8143', descr => 'statistics: last skipped auto vacuum time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time' },
+{ oid => '8144', descr => 'statistics: last skipped analyze time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time' },
+{ oid => '8145', descr => 'statistics: last skipped auto analyze time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time' },
+{ oid => '8146', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped vacuum for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count' },
+{ oid => '8147', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped auto vacuum for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count' },
+{ oid => '8148', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped analyzes for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count' },
+{ oid => '8149', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped auto analyzes for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count' },
 { oid => '1936', descr => 'statistics: currently active backend IDs',
   proname => 'pg_stat_get_backend_idset', prorows => '100', proretset => 't',
   provolatile => 's', proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int4',
diff --git a/src/include/pgstat.h b/src/include/pgstat.h
index 8e3549c3752..343081a7a25 100644
--- a/src/include/pgstat.h
+++ b/src/include/pgstat.h
@@ -479,6 +479,15 @@ typedef struct PgStat_StatTabEntry
 	TimestampTz last_autoanalyze_time;	/* autovacuum initiated */
 	PgStat_Counter autoanalyze_count;
 
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_vacuum_time;	/* user initiated vacuum */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_vacuum_count;
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_autovacuum_time;	/* autovacuum initiated */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_autovacuum_count;
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_analyze_time;	/* user initiated */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_analyze_count;
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_autoanalyze_time;	/* autovacuum initiated */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_autoanalyze_count;
+
 	PgStat_Counter total_vacuum_time;	/* times in milliseconds */
 	PgStat_Counter total_autovacuum_time;
 	PgStat_Counter total_analyze_time;
@@ -707,6 +716,13 @@ extern void pgstat_report_analyze(Relation rel,
 								  PgStat_Counter livetuples, PgStat_Counter deadtuples,
 								  bool resetcounter, TimestampTz starttime);
 
+/* flags for pgstat_flush_backend() */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM	(1 << 0)	/* vacuum is skipped */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE	(1 << 1)	/* analyze is skipped */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOVAC	(1 << 2)	/* skipped during autovacuum/autoanalyze */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANY   (PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM | PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE)
+extern void pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(Oid relid, bits8 flags);
+
 /*
  * If stats are enabled, but pending data hasn't been prepared yet, call
  * pgstat_assoc_relation() to do so. See its comment for why this is done
diff --git a/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out b/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out
index 2b3cf6d8569..4ccfc43e903 100644
--- a/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out
+++ b/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out
@@ -1835,13 +1835,21 @@ pg_stat_all_tables| SELECT c.oid AS relid,
     pg_stat_get_mod_since_analyze(c.oid) AS n_mod_since_analyze,
     pg_stat_get_ins_since_vacuum(c.oid) AS n_ins_since_vacuum,
     pg_stat_get_last_vacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_vacuum,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_vacuum,
     pg_stat_get_last_autovacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_autovacuum,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_autovacuum,
     pg_stat_get_last_analyze_time(c.oid) AS last_analyze,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_analyze,
     pg_stat_get_last_autoanalyze_time(c.oid) AS last_autoanalyze,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_autoanalyze,
     pg_stat_get_vacuum_count(c.oid) AS vacuum_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count(c.oid) AS skipped_vacuum_count,
     pg_stat_get_autovacuum_count(c.oid) AS autovacuum_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count(c.oid) AS skipped_autovacuum_count,
     pg_stat_get_analyze_count(c.oid) AS analyze_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count(c.oid) AS skipped_analyze_count,
     pg_stat_get_autoanalyze_count(c.oid) AS autoanalyze_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count(c.oid) AS skipped_autoanalyze_count,
     pg_stat_get_total_vacuum_time(c.oid) AS total_vacuum_time,
     pg_stat_get_total_autovacuum_time(c.oid) AS total_autovacuum_time,
     pg_stat_get_total_analyze_time(c.oid) AS total_analyze_time,
@@ -2293,13 +2301,21 @@ pg_stat_sys_tables| SELECT relid,
     n_mod_since_analyze,
     n_ins_since_vacuum,
     last_vacuum,
+    last_skipped_vacuum,
     last_autovacuum,
+    last_skipped_autovacuum,
     last_analyze,
+    last_skipped_analyze,
     last_autoanalyze,
+    last_skipped_autoanalyze,
     vacuum_count,
+    skipped_vacuum_count,
     autovacuum_count,
+    skipped_autovacuum_count,
     analyze_count,
+    skipped_analyze_count,
     autoanalyze_count,
+    skipped_autoanalyze_count,
     total_vacuum_time,
     total_autovacuum_time,
     total_analyze_time,
@@ -2348,13 +2364,21 @@ pg_stat_user_tables| SELECT relid,
     n_mod_since_analyze,
     n_ins_since_vacuum,
     last_vacuum,
+    last_skipped_vacuum,
     last_autovacuum,
+    last_skipped_autovacuum,
     last_analyze,
+    last_skipped_analyze,
     last_autoanalyze,
+    last_skipped_autoanalyze,
     vacuum_count,
+    skipped_vacuum_count,
     autovacuum_count,
+    skipped_autovacuum_count,
     analyze_count,
+    skipped_analyze_count,
     autoanalyze_count,
+    skipped_autoanalyze_count,
     total_vacuum_time,
     total_autovacuum_time,
     total_analyze_time,
-- 
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* [PATCH v3] Track skipped vacuum and analyze activity per relation
@ 2026-03-24 04:09 Yugo Nagata <[email protected]>
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From: Yugo Nagata @ 2026-03-24 04:09 UTC (permalink / raw)

This commit adds eight fields to the relation statistics that track
the last time vacuum or analyze has been attempted but skipped due to
lock unavailability, along with their counts:

-    last_skipped_vacuum
-    last_skipped_autovacuum
-    last_skipped_analyze
-    last_skipped_autoanalyze
-    skipped_vacuum_count
-    skipped_autovacuum_count
-    skipped_analyze_count
-    skipped_autoanalyze_count

These field can help users confirm that autovacuum is actively attempting
to run on a table that has not been vacuumed or analyzed for a long time,
and that the lack of progress is due to repeated skips rather than inactivity.
---
 doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml                 | 80 +++++++++++++++++
 src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql         |  8 ++
 src/backend/commands/vacuum.c                | 95 +++++++++++++++-----
 src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c | 68 ++++++++++++++
 src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c          | 24 +++++
 src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat              | 32 +++++++
 src/include/pgstat.h                         | 16 ++++
 src/test/regress/expected/rules.out          | 24 +++++
 8 files changed, 324 insertions(+), 23 deletions(-)

diff --git a/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml b/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml
index bb75ed1069b..9ec8070b2fc 100644
--- a/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml
+++ b/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml
@@ -4372,6 +4372,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_vacuum</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time a manual vacuum on this table was attempted but skipped due to
+       lock unavailability (not counting <command>VACUUM FULL</command>)
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>last_autovacuum</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
@@ -4382,6 +4392,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_autovacuum</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time a vacuum on this table by the autovacuum daemon was attempted
+       but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>last_analyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
@@ -4391,6 +4411,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_analyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time a manual analyze on this table was attempted but skipped due to
+       lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>last_autoanalyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
@@ -4401,6 +4431,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_autoanalyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time at which an analyze on this table by the autovacuum was
+       attempted but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>vacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4411,6 +4451,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_vacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times vacuums on this table have been attempted but skipped
+       due to lock unavailability (not counting <command>VACUUM FULL</command>)
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>autovacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4421,6 +4471,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_autovacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times vacuums on this table by the autovacuum daemon have been
+       attempted but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>analyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4430,6 +4490,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_analyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times manual analyzes on this table have been attempted but
+       skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>autoanalyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4440,6 +4510,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_autoanalyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times analyzes on this table by the autovacuum daemon have
+       been attempted but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>total_vacuum_time</structfield> <type>double precision</type>
diff --git a/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql b/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql
index e54018004db..2ca02a0354c 100644
--- a/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql
+++ b/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql
@@ -736,13 +736,21 @@ CREATE VIEW pg_stat_all_tables AS
             pg_stat_get_mod_since_analyze(C.oid) AS n_mod_since_analyze,
             pg_stat_get_ins_since_vacuum(C.oid) AS n_ins_since_vacuum,
             pg_stat_get_last_vacuum_time(C.oid) as last_vacuum,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_vacuum,
             pg_stat_get_last_autovacuum_time(C.oid) as last_autovacuum,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_autovacuum,
             pg_stat_get_last_analyze_time(C.oid) as last_analyze,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_analyze,
             pg_stat_get_last_autoanalyze_time(C.oid) as last_autoanalyze,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_autoanalyze,
             pg_stat_get_vacuum_count(C.oid) AS vacuum_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count(C.oid) AS skipped_vacuum_count,
             pg_stat_get_autovacuum_count(C.oid) AS autovacuum_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count(C.oid) AS skipped_autovacuum_count,
             pg_stat_get_analyze_count(C.oid) AS analyze_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count(C.oid) AS skipped_analyze_count,
             pg_stat_get_autoanalyze_count(C.oid) AS autoanalyze_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count(C.oid) AS skipped_autoanalyze_count,
             pg_stat_get_total_vacuum_time(C.oid) AS total_vacuum_time,
             pg_stat_get_total_autovacuum_time(C.oid) AS total_autovacuum_time,
             pg_stat_get_total_analyze_time(C.oid) AS total_analyze_time,
diff --git a/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c b/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c
index bce3a2daa24..ce83b3171be 100644
--- a/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c
+++ b/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c
@@ -792,8 +792,18 @@ vacuum_open_relation(Oid relid, RangeVar *relation, bits32 options,
 		rel = try_relation_open(relid, NoLock);
 	else
 	{
+		bits8 flags = 0;
 		rel = NULL;
 		rel_lock = false;
+
+		if ((options & VACOPT_VACUUM) != 0)
+			flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM;
+		if ((options & VACOPT_ANALYZE) != 0)
+			flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE;
+		if (AmAutoVacuumWorkerProcess())
+			flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOVAC;
+
+		pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(relid, flags);
 	}
 
 	/* if relation is opened, leave */
@@ -801,7 +811,7 @@ vacuum_open_relation(Oid relid, RangeVar *relation, bits32 options,
 		return rel;
 
 	/*
-	 * Relation could not be opened, hence generate if possible a log
+	 * Relation could not be opened hence generate if possible a log
 	 * informing on the situation.
 	 *
 	 * If the RangeVar is not defined, we do not have enough information to
@@ -904,7 +914,6 @@ expand_vacuum_rel(VacuumRelation *vrel, MemoryContext vac_context,
 		Form_pg_class classForm;
 		bool		include_children;
 		bool		is_partitioned_table;
-		int			rvr_opts;
 
 		/*
 		 * Since autovacuum workers supply OIDs when calling vacuum(), no
@@ -917,29 +926,69 @@ expand_vacuum_rel(VacuumRelation *vrel, MemoryContext vac_context,
 		 * below, as well as find_all_inheritors's expectation that the caller
 		 * holds some lock on the starting relation.
 		 */
-		rvr_opts = (options & VACOPT_SKIP_LOCKED) ? RVR_SKIP_LOCKED : 0;
-		relid = RangeVarGetRelidExtended(vrel->relation,
-										 AccessShareLock,
-										 rvr_opts,
-										 NULL, NULL);
-
-		/*
-		 * If the lock is unavailable, emit the same log statement that
-		 * vacuum_rel() and analyze_rel() would.
-		 */
-		if (!OidIsValid(relid))
+		if (!(options & VACOPT_SKIP_LOCKED))
 		{
-			if (options & VACOPT_VACUUM)
-				ereport(WARNING,
-						(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
-						 errmsg("skipping vacuum of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
-								vrel->relation->relname)));
-			else
-				ereport(WARNING,
-						(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
-						 errmsg("skipping analyze of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
+			relid = RangeVarGetRelidExtended(vrel->relation,
+											 AccessShareLock,
+											 0, NULL, NULL);
+			if (!OidIsValid(relid))
+				return vacrels;
+		}
+		else
+		{
+			/* Get relid for reporting before taking a lock */
+			relid = RangeVarGetRelid(vrel->relation, NoLock, false);
+
+			if (!ConditionalLockRelationOid(relid, AccessShareLock))
+			{
+				bits8	flags = 0;
+				/*
+				 * If the lock is unavailable, emit the same log statement that
+				 * vacuum_rel() and analyze_rel() would.
+				 */
+				if (options & VACOPT_VACUUM)
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping vacuum of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
 								vrel->relation->relname)));
-			return vacrels;
+				else
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping analyze of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
+									vrel->relation->relname)));
+
+				if ((options & VACOPT_VACUUM) != 0)
+					flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM;
+				if ((options & VACOPT_ANALYZE) != 0)
+					flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE;
+
+				pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(relid, flags);
+
+				return vacrels;
+			}
+
+			/*
+			 * Now that we have the lock, probe to see if the relation really
+			 * exists or not.
+			 */
+			if (!SearchSysCacheExists1(RELOID, ObjectIdGetDatum(relid)))
+			{
+				if (options & VACOPT_VACUUM)
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_UNDEFINED_TABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping vacuum of \"%s\" --- relation no longer exists",
+									vrel->relation->relname)));
+				else
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_UNDEFINED_TABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping analyze of \"%s\" --- relation no longer exists",
+									vrel->relation->relname)));
+
+				/* Release useless lock */
+				UnlockRelationOid(relid, AccessShareLock);
+
+				return vacrels;
+			}
 		}
 
 		/*
diff --git a/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c b/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c
index bc8c43b96aa..cec4c88980e 100644
--- a/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c
+++ b/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c
@@ -17,6 +17,7 @@
 
 #include "postgres.h"
 
+#include "access/htup_details.h"
 #include "access/twophase_rmgr.h"
 #include "access/xact.h"
 #include "catalog/catalog.h"
@@ -366,6 +367,73 @@ pgstat_report_analyze(Relation rel,
 	(void) pgstat_flush_backend(false, PGSTAT_BACKEND_FLUSH_IO);
 }
 
+/*
+ * Report that the table was skipped during vacuum or/and analyze.
+ */
+void
+pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(Oid relid, bits8 flags)
+{
+	PgStat_EntryRef *entry_ref;
+	PgStatShared_Relation *shtabentry;
+	PgStat_StatTabEntry *tabentry;
+	TimestampTz ts;
+	HeapTuple	classTup;
+	bool		isshared;
+
+	if (!pgstat_track_counts || !(flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANY))
+		return;
+
+	classTup = SearchSysCache1(RELOID, ObjectIdGetDatum(relid));
+	if (!HeapTupleIsValid(classTup))
+		return;			/* somebody deleted the rel, forget it */
+	isshared = ((Form_pg_class) GETSTRUCT(classTup))->relisshared;
+	ReleaseSysCache(classTup);
+
+	/* Store the data in the table's hash table entry. */
+	ts = GetCurrentTimestamp();
+
+	/* block acquiring lock for the same reason as pgstat_report_autovac() */
+	entry_ref = pgstat_get_entry_ref_locked(PGSTAT_KIND_RELATION,
+											isshared ? InvalidOid : MyDatabaseId,
+											relid, false);
+
+	shtabentry = (PgStatShared_Relation *) entry_ref->shared_stats;
+	tabentry = &shtabentry->stats;
+
+	if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOVAC)
+	{
+		if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM)
+		{
+			tabentry->last_skipped_autovacuum_time = ts;
+			tabentry->skipped_autovacuum_count++;
+		}
+		if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE)
+		{
+			tabentry->last_skipped_autoanalyze_time = ts;
+			tabentry->skipped_autoanalyze_count++;
+		}
+	}
+	else
+	{
+		if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM)
+		{
+			tabentry->last_skipped_vacuum_time = ts;
+			tabentry->skipped_vacuum_count++;
+		}
+		if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE)
+		{
+			tabentry->last_skipped_analyze_time = ts;
+			tabentry->skipped_analyze_count++;
+		}
+	}
+
+	pgstat_unlock_entry(entry_ref);
+
+	/* see pgstat_report_vacuum() */
+	pgstat_flush_io(false);
+	(void) pgstat_flush_backend(false, PGSTAT_BACKEND_FLUSH_IO);
+}
+
 /*
  * count a tuple insertion of n tuples
  */
diff --git a/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c b/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c
index 9185a8e6b83..18aaa3996e1 100644
--- a/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c
+++ b/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c
@@ -84,6 +84,18 @@ PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(mod_since_analyze)
 /* pg_stat_get_numscans */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(numscans)
 
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_analyze_count)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_autoanalyze_count)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_autovacuum_count)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_vacuum_count)
+
 /* pg_stat_get_tuples_deleted */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(tuples_deleted)
 
@@ -170,6 +182,18 @@ PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_vacuum_time)
 /* pg_stat_get_lastscan */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(lastscan)
 
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_analyze_time)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_autoanalyze_time)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_autovacuum_time)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_vacuum_time)
+
 /* pg_stat_get_stat_reset_time */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(stat_reset_time)
 
diff --git a/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat b/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat
index 0118e970dda..ccfe3d9e02a 100644
--- a/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat
+++ b/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat
@@ -5667,6 +5667,38 @@
   proname => 'pg_stat_get_total_autoanalyze_time', provolatile => 's',
   proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'float8', proargtypes => 'oid',
   prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_total_autoanalyze_time' },
+{ oid => '8142', descr => 'statistics: last skipped vacuum time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time' },
+{ oid => '8143', descr => 'statistics: last skipped auto vacuum time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time' },
+{ oid => '8144', descr => 'statistics: last skipped analyze time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time' },
+{ oid => '8145', descr => 'statistics: last skipped auto analyze time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time' },
+{ oid => '8146', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped vacuum for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count' },
+{ oid => '8147', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped auto vacuum for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count' },
+{ oid => '8148', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped analyzes for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count' },
+{ oid => '8149', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped auto analyzes for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count' },
 { oid => '1936', descr => 'statistics: currently active backend IDs',
   proname => 'pg_stat_get_backend_idset', prorows => '100', proretset => 't',
   provolatile => 's', proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int4',
diff --git a/src/include/pgstat.h b/src/include/pgstat.h
index 8e3549c3752..343081a7a25 100644
--- a/src/include/pgstat.h
+++ b/src/include/pgstat.h
@@ -479,6 +479,15 @@ typedef struct PgStat_StatTabEntry
 	TimestampTz last_autoanalyze_time;	/* autovacuum initiated */
 	PgStat_Counter autoanalyze_count;
 
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_vacuum_time;	/* user initiated vacuum */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_vacuum_count;
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_autovacuum_time;	/* autovacuum initiated */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_autovacuum_count;
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_analyze_time;	/* user initiated */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_analyze_count;
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_autoanalyze_time;	/* autovacuum initiated */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_autoanalyze_count;
+
 	PgStat_Counter total_vacuum_time;	/* times in milliseconds */
 	PgStat_Counter total_autovacuum_time;
 	PgStat_Counter total_analyze_time;
@@ -707,6 +716,13 @@ extern void pgstat_report_analyze(Relation rel,
 								  PgStat_Counter livetuples, PgStat_Counter deadtuples,
 								  bool resetcounter, TimestampTz starttime);
 
+/* flags for pgstat_flush_backend() */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM	(1 << 0)	/* vacuum is skipped */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE	(1 << 1)	/* analyze is skipped */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOVAC	(1 << 2)	/* skipped during autovacuum/autoanalyze */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANY   (PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM | PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE)
+extern void pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(Oid relid, bits8 flags);
+
 /*
  * If stats are enabled, but pending data hasn't been prepared yet, call
  * pgstat_assoc_relation() to do so. See its comment for why this is done
diff --git a/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out b/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out
index 2b3cf6d8569..4ccfc43e903 100644
--- a/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out
+++ b/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out
@@ -1835,13 +1835,21 @@ pg_stat_all_tables| SELECT c.oid AS relid,
     pg_stat_get_mod_since_analyze(c.oid) AS n_mod_since_analyze,
     pg_stat_get_ins_since_vacuum(c.oid) AS n_ins_since_vacuum,
     pg_stat_get_last_vacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_vacuum,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_vacuum,
     pg_stat_get_last_autovacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_autovacuum,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_autovacuum,
     pg_stat_get_last_analyze_time(c.oid) AS last_analyze,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_analyze,
     pg_stat_get_last_autoanalyze_time(c.oid) AS last_autoanalyze,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_autoanalyze,
     pg_stat_get_vacuum_count(c.oid) AS vacuum_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count(c.oid) AS skipped_vacuum_count,
     pg_stat_get_autovacuum_count(c.oid) AS autovacuum_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count(c.oid) AS skipped_autovacuum_count,
     pg_stat_get_analyze_count(c.oid) AS analyze_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count(c.oid) AS skipped_analyze_count,
     pg_stat_get_autoanalyze_count(c.oid) AS autoanalyze_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count(c.oid) AS skipped_autoanalyze_count,
     pg_stat_get_total_vacuum_time(c.oid) AS total_vacuum_time,
     pg_stat_get_total_autovacuum_time(c.oid) AS total_autovacuum_time,
     pg_stat_get_total_analyze_time(c.oid) AS total_analyze_time,
@@ -2293,13 +2301,21 @@ pg_stat_sys_tables| SELECT relid,
     n_mod_since_analyze,
     n_ins_since_vacuum,
     last_vacuum,
+    last_skipped_vacuum,
     last_autovacuum,
+    last_skipped_autovacuum,
     last_analyze,
+    last_skipped_analyze,
     last_autoanalyze,
+    last_skipped_autoanalyze,
     vacuum_count,
+    skipped_vacuum_count,
     autovacuum_count,
+    skipped_autovacuum_count,
     analyze_count,
+    skipped_analyze_count,
     autoanalyze_count,
+    skipped_autoanalyze_count,
     total_vacuum_time,
     total_autovacuum_time,
     total_analyze_time,
@@ -2348,13 +2364,21 @@ pg_stat_user_tables| SELECT relid,
     n_mod_since_analyze,
     n_ins_since_vacuum,
     last_vacuum,
+    last_skipped_vacuum,
     last_autovacuum,
+    last_skipped_autovacuum,
     last_analyze,
+    last_skipped_analyze,
     last_autoanalyze,
+    last_skipped_autoanalyze,
     vacuum_count,
+    skipped_vacuum_count,
     autovacuum_count,
+    skipped_autovacuum_count,
     analyze_count,
+    skipped_analyze_count,
     autoanalyze_count,
+    skipped_autoanalyze_count,
     total_vacuum_time,
     total_autovacuum_time,
     total_analyze_time,
-- 
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* [PATCH v3] Track skipped vacuum and analyze activity per relation
@ 2026-03-24 04:09 Yugo Nagata <[email protected]>
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From: Yugo Nagata @ 2026-03-24 04:09 UTC (permalink / raw)

This commit adds eight fields to the relation statistics that track
the last time vacuum or analyze has been attempted but skipped due to
lock unavailability, along with their counts:

-    last_skipped_vacuum
-    last_skipped_autovacuum
-    last_skipped_analyze
-    last_skipped_autoanalyze
-    skipped_vacuum_count
-    skipped_autovacuum_count
-    skipped_analyze_count
-    skipped_autoanalyze_count

These field can help users confirm that autovacuum is actively attempting
to run on a table that has not been vacuumed or analyzed for a long time,
and that the lack of progress is due to repeated skips rather than inactivity.
---
 doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml                 | 80 +++++++++++++++++
 src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql         |  8 ++
 src/backend/commands/vacuum.c                | 95 +++++++++++++++-----
 src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c | 68 ++++++++++++++
 src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c          | 24 +++++
 src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat              | 32 +++++++
 src/include/pgstat.h                         | 16 ++++
 src/test/regress/expected/rules.out          | 24 +++++
 8 files changed, 324 insertions(+), 23 deletions(-)

diff --git a/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml b/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml
index bb75ed1069b..9ec8070b2fc 100644
--- a/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml
+++ b/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml
@@ -4372,6 +4372,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_vacuum</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time a manual vacuum on this table was attempted but skipped due to
+       lock unavailability (not counting <command>VACUUM FULL</command>)
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>last_autovacuum</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
@@ -4382,6 +4392,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_autovacuum</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time a vacuum on this table by the autovacuum daemon was attempted
+       but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>last_analyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
@@ -4391,6 +4411,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_analyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time a manual analyze on this table was attempted but skipped due to
+       lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>last_autoanalyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
@@ -4401,6 +4431,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_autoanalyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time at which an analyze on this table by the autovacuum was
+       attempted but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>vacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4411,6 +4451,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_vacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times vacuums on this table have been attempted but skipped
+       due to lock unavailability (not counting <command>VACUUM FULL</command>)
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>autovacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4421,6 +4471,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_autovacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times vacuums on this table by the autovacuum daemon have been
+       attempted but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>analyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4430,6 +4490,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_analyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times manual analyzes on this table have been attempted but
+       skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>autoanalyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4440,6 +4510,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_autoanalyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times analyzes on this table by the autovacuum daemon have
+       been attempted but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>total_vacuum_time</structfield> <type>double precision</type>
diff --git a/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql b/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql
index e54018004db..2ca02a0354c 100644
--- a/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql
+++ b/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql
@@ -736,13 +736,21 @@ CREATE VIEW pg_stat_all_tables AS
             pg_stat_get_mod_since_analyze(C.oid) AS n_mod_since_analyze,
             pg_stat_get_ins_since_vacuum(C.oid) AS n_ins_since_vacuum,
             pg_stat_get_last_vacuum_time(C.oid) as last_vacuum,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_vacuum,
             pg_stat_get_last_autovacuum_time(C.oid) as last_autovacuum,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_autovacuum,
             pg_stat_get_last_analyze_time(C.oid) as last_analyze,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_analyze,
             pg_stat_get_last_autoanalyze_time(C.oid) as last_autoanalyze,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_autoanalyze,
             pg_stat_get_vacuum_count(C.oid) AS vacuum_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count(C.oid) AS skipped_vacuum_count,
             pg_stat_get_autovacuum_count(C.oid) AS autovacuum_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count(C.oid) AS skipped_autovacuum_count,
             pg_stat_get_analyze_count(C.oid) AS analyze_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count(C.oid) AS skipped_analyze_count,
             pg_stat_get_autoanalyze_count(C.oid) AS autoanalyze_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count(C.oid) AS skipped_autoanalyze_count,
             pg_stat_get_total_vacuum_time(C.oid) AS total_vacuum_time,
             pg_stat_get_total_autovacuum_time(C.oid) AS total_autovacuum_time,
             pg_stat_get_total_analyze_time(C.oid) AS total_analyze_time,
diff --git a/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c b/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c
index bce3a2daa24..ce83b3171be 100644
--- a/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c
+++ b/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c
@@ -792,8 +792,18 @@ vacuum_open_relation(Oid relid, RangeVar *relation, bits32 options,
 		rel = try_relation_open(relid, NoLock);
 	else
 	{
+		bits8 flags = 0;
 		rel = NULL;
 		rel_lock = false;
+
+		if ((options & VACOPT_VACUUM) != 0)
+			flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM;
+		if ((options & VACOPT_ANALYZE) != 0)
+			flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE;
+		if (AmAutoVacuumWorkerProcess())
+			flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOVAC;
+
+		pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(relid, flags);
 	}
 
 	/* if relation is opened, leave */
@@ -801,7 +811,7 @@ vacuum_open_relation(Oid relid, RangeVar *relation, bits32 options,
 		return rel;
 
 	/*
-	 * Relation could not be opened, hence generate if possible a log
+	 * Relation could not be opened hence generate if possible a log
 	 * informing on the situation.
 	 *
 	 * If the RangeVar is not defined, we do not have enough information to
@@ -904,7 +914,6 @@ expand_vacuum_rel(VacuumRelation *vrel, MemoryContext vac_context,
 		Form_pg_class classForm;
 		bool		include_children;
 		bool		is_partitioned_table;
-		int			rvr_opts;
 
 		/*
 		 * Since autovacuum workers supply OIDs when calling vacuum(), no
@@ -917,29 +926,69 @@ expand_vacuum_rel(VacuumRelation *vrel, MemoryContext vac_context,
 		 * below, as well as find_all_inheritors's expectation that the caller
 		 * holds some lock on the starting relation.
 		 */
-		rvr_opts = (options & VACOPT_SKIP_LOCKED) ? RVR_SKIP_LOCKED : 0;
-		relid = RangeVarGetRelidExtended(vrel->relation,
-										 AccessShareLock,
-										 rvr_opts,
-										 NULL, NULL);
-
-		/*
-		 * If the lock is unavailable, emit the same log statement that
-		 * vacuum_rel() and analyze_rel() would.
-		 */
-		if (!OidIsValid(relid))
+		if (!(options & VACOPT_SKIP_LOCKED))
 		{
-			if (options & VACOPT_VACUUM)
-				ereport(WARNING,
-						(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
-						 errmsg("skipping vacuum of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
-								vrel->relation->relname)));
-			else
-				ereport(WARNING,
-						(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
-						 errmsg("skipping analyze of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
+			relid = RangeVarGetRelidExtended(vrel->relation,
+											 AccessShareLock,
+											 0, NULL, NULL);
+			if (!OidIsValid(relid))
+				return vacrels;
+		}
+		else
+		{
+			/* Get relid for reporting before taking a lock */
+			relid = RangeVarGetRelid(vrel->relation, NoLock, false);
+
+			if (!ConditionalLockRelationOid(relid, AccessShareLock))
+			{
+				bits8	flags = 0;
+				/*
+				 * If the lock is unavailable, emit the same log statement that
+				 * vacuum_rel() and analyze_rel() would.
+				 */
+				if (options & VACOPT_VACUUM)
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping vacuum of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
 								vrel->relation->relname)));
-			return vacrels;
+				else
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping analyze of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
+									vrel->relation->relname)));
+
+				if ((options & VACOPT_VACUUM) != 0)
+					flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM;
+				if ((options & VACOPT_ANALYZE) != 0)
+					flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE;
+
+				pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(relid, flags);
+
+				return vacrels;
+			}
+
+			/*
+			 * Now that we have the lock, probe to see if the relation really
+			 * exists or not.
+			 */
+			if (!SearchSysCacheExists1(RELOID, ObjectIdGetDatum(relid)))
+			{
+				if (options & VACOPT_VACUUM)
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_UNDEFINED_TABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping vacuum of \"%s\" --- relation no longer exists",
+									vrel->relation->relname)));
+				else
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_UNDEFINED_TABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping analyze of \"%s\" --- relation no longer exists",
+									vrel->relation->relname)));
+
+				/* Release useless lock */
+				UnlockRelationOid(relid, AccessShareLock);
+
+				return vacrels;
+			}
 		}
 
 		/*
diff --git a/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c b/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c
index bc8c43b96aa..cec4c88980e 100644
--- a/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c
+++ b/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c
@@ -17,6 +17,7 @@
 
 #include "postgres.h"
 
+#include "access/htup_details.h"
 #include "access/twophase_rmgr.h"
 #include "access/xact.h"
 #include "catalog/catalog.h"
@@ -366,6 +367,73 @@ pgstat_report_analyze(Relation rel,
 	(void) pgstat_flush_backend(false, PGSTAT_BACKEND_FLUSH_IO);
 }
 
+/*
+ * Report that the table was skipped during vacuum or/and analyze.
+ */
+void
+pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(Oid relid, bits8 flags)
+{
+	PgStat_EntryRef *entry_ref;
+	PgStatShared_Relation *shtabentry;
+	PgStat_StatTabEntry *tabentry;
+	TimestampTz ts;
+	HeapTuple	classTup;
+	bool		isshared;
+
+	if (!pgstat_track_counts || !(flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANY))
+		return;
+
+	classTup = SearchSysCache1(RELOID, ObjectIdGetDatum(relid));
+	if (!HeapTupleIsValid(classTup))
+		return;			/* somebody deleted the rel, forget it */
+	isshared = ((Form_pg_class) GETSTRUCT(classTup))->relisshared;
+	ReleaseSysCache(classTup);
+
+	/* Store the data in the table's hash table entry. */
+	ts = GetCurrentTimestamp();
+
+	/* block acquiring lock for the same reason as pgstat_report_autovac() */
+	entry_ref = pgstat_get_entry_ref_locked(PGSTAT_KIND_RELATION,
+											isshared ? InvalidOid : MyDatabaseId,
+											relid, false);
+
+	shtabentry = (PgStatShared_Relation *) entry_ref->shared_stats;
+	tabentry = &shtabentry->stats;
+
+	if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOVAC)
+	{
+		if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM)
+		{
+			tabentry->last_skipped_autovacuum_time = ts;
+			tabentry->skipped_autovacuum_count++;
+		}
+		if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE)
+		{
+			tabentry->last_skipped_autoanalyze_time = ts;
+			tabentry->skipped_autoanalyze_count++;
+		}
+	}
+	else
+	{
+		if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM)
+		{
+			tabentry->last_skipped_vacuum_time = ts;
+			tabentry->skipped_vacuum_count++;
+		}
+		if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE)
+		{
+			tabentry->last_skipped_analyze_time = ts;
+			tabentry->skipped_analyze_count++;
+		}
+	}
+
+	pgstat_unlock_entry(entry_ref);
+
+	/* see pgstat_report_vacuum() */
+	pgstat_flush_io(false);
+	(void) pgstat_flush_backend(false, PGSTAT_BACKEND_FLUSH_IO);
+}
+
 /*
  * count a tuple insertion of n tuples
  */
diff --git a/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c b/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c
index 9185a8e6b83..18aaa3996e1 100644
--- a/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c
+++ b/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c
@@ -84,6 +84,18 @@ PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(mod_since_analyze)
 /* pg_stat_get_numscans */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(numscans)
 
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_analyze_count)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_autoanalyze_count)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_autovacuum_count)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_vacuum_count)
+
 /* pg_stat_get_tuples_deleted */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(tuples_deleted)
 
@@ -170,6 +182,18 @@ PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_vacuum_time)
 /* pg_stat_get_lastscan */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(lastscan)
 
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_analyze_time)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_autoanalyze_time)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_autovacuum_time)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_vacuum_time)
+
 /* pg_stat_get_stat_reset_time */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(stat_reset_time)
 
diff --git a/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat b/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat
index 0118e970dda..ccfe3d9e02a 100644
--- a/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat
+++ b/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat
@@ -5667,6 +5667,38 @@
   proname => 'pg_stat_get_total_autoanalyze_time', provolatile => 's',
   proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'float8', proargtypes => 'oid',
   prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_total_autoanalyze_time' },
+{ oid => '8142', descr => 'statistics: last skipped vacuum time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time' },
+{ oid => '8143', descr => 'statistics: last skipped auto vacuum time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time' },
+{ oid => '8144', descr => 'statistics: last skipped analyze time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time' },
+{ oid => '8145', descr => 'statistics: last skipped auto analyze time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time' },
+{ oid => '8146', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped vacuum for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count' },
+{ oid => '8147', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped auto vacuum for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count' },
+{ oid => '8148', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped analyzes for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count' },
+{ oid => '8149', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped auto analyzes for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count' },
 { oid => '1936', descr => 'statistics: currently active backend IDs',
   proname => 'pg_stat_get_backend_idset', prorows => '100', proretset => 't',
   provolatile => 's', proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int4',
diff --git a/src/include/pgstat.h b/src/include/pgstat.h
index 8e3549c3752..343081a7a25 100644
--- a/src/include/pgstat.h
+++ b/src/include/pgstat.h
@@ -479,6 +479,15 @@ typedef struct PgStat_StatTabEntry
 	TimestampTz last_autoanalyze_time;	/* autovacuum initiated */
 	PgStat_Counter autoanalyze_count;
 
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_vacuum_time;	/* user initiated vacuum */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_vacuum_count;
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_autovacuum_time;	/* autovacuum initiated */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_autovacuum_count;
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_analyze_time;	/* user initiated */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_analyze_count;
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_autoanalyze_time;	/* autovacuum initiated */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_autoanalyze_count;
+
 	PgStat_Counter total_vacuum_time;	/* times in milliseconds */
 	PgStat_Counter total_autovacuum_time;
 	PgStat_Counter total_analyze_time;
@@ -707,6 +716,13 @@ extern void pgstat_report_analyze(Relation rel,
 								  PgStat_Counter livetuples, PgStat_Counter deadtuples,
 								  bool resetcounter, TimestampTz starttime);
 
+/* flags for pgstat_flush_backend() */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM	(1 << 0)	/* vacuum is skipped */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE	(1 << 1)	/* analyze is skipped */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOVAC	(1 << 2)	/* skipped during autovacuum/autoanalyze */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANY   (PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM | PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE)
+extern void pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(Oid relid, bits8 flags);
+
 /*
  * If stats are enabled, but pending data hasn't been prepared yet, call
  * pgstat_assoc_relation() to do so. See its comment for why this is done
diff --git a/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out b/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out
index 2b3cf6d8569..4ccfc43e903 100644
--- a/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out
+++ b/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out
@@ -1835,13 +1835,21 @@ pg_stat_all_tables| SELECT c.oid AS relid,
     pg_stat_get_mod_since_analyze(c.oid) AS n_mod_since_analyze,
     pg_stat_get_ins_since_vacuum(c.oid) AS n_ins_since_vacuum,
     pg_stat_get_last_vacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_vacuum,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_vacuum,
     pg_stat_get_last_autovacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_autovacuum,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_autovacuum,
     pg_stat_get_last_analyze_time(c.oid) AS last_analyze,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_analyze,
     pg_stat_get_last_autoanalyze_time(c.oid) AS last_autoanalyze,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_autoanalyze,
     pg_stat_get_vacuum_count(c.oid) AS vacuum_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count(c.oid) AS skipped_vacuum_count,
     pg_stat_get_autovacuum_count(c.oid) AS autovacuum_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count(c.oid) AS skipped_autovacuum_count,
     pg_stat_get_analyze_count(c.oid) AS analyze_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count(c.oid) AS skipped_analyze_count,
     pg_stat_get_autoanalyze_count(c.oid) AS autoanalyze_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count(c.oid) AS skipped_autoanalyze_count,
     pg_stat_get_total_vacuum_time(c.oid) AS total_vacuum_time,
     pg_stat_get_total_autovacuum_time(c.oid) AS total_autovacuum_time,
     pg_stat_get_total_analyze_time(c.oid) AS total_analyze_time,
@@ -2293,13 +2301,21 @@ pg_stat_sys_tables| SELECT relid,
     n_mod_since_analyze,
     n_ins_since_vacuum,
     last_vacuum,
+    last_skipped_vacuum,
     last_autovacuum,
+    last_skipped_autovacuum,
     last_analyze,
+    last_skipped_analyze,
     last_autoanalyze,
+    last_skipped_autoanalyze,
     vacuum_count,
+    skipped_vacuum_count,
     autovacuum_count,
+    skipped_autovacuum_count,
     analyze_count,
+    skipped_analyze_count,
     autoanalyze_count,
+    skipped_autoanalyze_count,
     total_vacuum_time,
     total_autovacuum_time,
     total_analyze_time,
@@ -2348,13 +2364,21 @@ pg_stat_user_tables| SELECT relid,
     n_mod_since_analyze,
     n_ins_since_vacuum,
     last_vacuum,
+    last_skipped_vacuum,
     last_autovacuum,
+    last_skipped_autovacuum,
     last_analyze,
+    last_skipped_analyze,
     last_autoanalyze,
+    last_skipped_autoanalyze,
     vacuum_count,
+    skipped_vacuum_count,
     autovacuum_count,
+    skipped_autovacuum_count,
     analyze_count,
+    skipped_analyze_count,
     autoanalyze_count,
+    skipped_autoanalyze_count,
     total_vacuum_time,
     total_autovacuum_time,
     total_analyze_time,
-- 
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* [PATCH v4] Track skipped vacuum and analyze activity per relation
@ 2026-03-24 04:09 Yugo Nagata <[email protected]>
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From: Yugo Nagata @ 2026-03-24 04:09 UTC (permalink / raw)

This commit adds eight fields to the relation statistics that track
the last time vacuum or analyze has been attempted but skipped due to
lock unavailability, along with their counts:

-    last_skipped_vacuum
-    last_skipped_autovacuum
-    last_skipped_analyze
-    last_skipped_autoanalyze
-    skipped_vacuum_count
-    skipped_autovacuum_count
-    skipped_analyze_count
-    skipped_autoanalyze_count

These field can help users confirm that autovacuum is actively attempting
to run on a table that has not been vacuumed or analyzed for a long time,
and that the lack of progress is due to repeated skips rather than inactivity.
---
 doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml                 |  88 ++++++++++++++++
 src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql         |   8 ++
 src/backend/commands/vacuum.c                | 102 ++++++++++++++-----
 src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c |  64 ++++++++++++
 src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c          |  24 +++++
 src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat              |  32 ++++++
 src/include/pgstat.h                         |  16 +++
 src/test/regress/expected/rules.out          |  24 +++++
 8 files changed, 335 insertions(+), 23 deletions(-)

diff --git a/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml b/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml
index 08d5b824552..a9b579d87a9 100644
--- a/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml
+++ b/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml
@@ -4387,6 +4387,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_vacuum</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time a manual vacuum on this table was attempted but skipped due to
+       lock unavailability (not counting <command>VACUUM FULL</command>)
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>last_autovacuum</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
@@ -4397,6 +4407,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_autovacuum</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time a vacuum on this table by the autovacuum daemon was attempted
+       but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>last_analyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
@@ -4406,6 +4426,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_analyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time a manual analyze on this table was attempted but skipped due to
+       lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>last_autoanalyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
@@ -4416,6 +4446,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_autoanalyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time at which an analyze on this table by the autovacuum was
+       attempted but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>vacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4426,6 +4466,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_vacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times manual vacuums on this table have been attempted but skipped
+       due to lock unavailability (not counting <command>VACUUM FULL</command>)
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>autovacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4436,6 +4486,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_autovacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times vacuums on this table by the autovacuum daemon have been
+       attempted but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>analyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4445,6 +4505,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_analyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times manual analyzes on this table have been attempted but
+       skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>autoanalyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4455,6 +4525,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_autoanalyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times analyzes on this table by the autovacuum daemon have
+       been attempted but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>total_vacuum_time</structfield> <type>double precision</type>
@@ -4510,6 +4590,14 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
    </tgroup>
   </table>
 
+  <note>
+   <para>
+    When a manual vacuum or analyze on a parent table in an inheritance or
+    partitioning hierarchy is skipped, the statistics are recorded only for
+    the parent table, not for its children.
+   </para>
+  </note>
+
  </sect2>
 
  <sect2 id="monitoring-pg-stat-autovacuum-scores-view">
diff --git a/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql b/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql
index 73a1c1c4670..f509fc7876b 100644
--- a/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql
+++ b/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql
@@ -736,13 +736,21 @@ CREATE VIEW pg_stat_all_tables AS
             pg_stat_get_mod_since_analyze(C.oid) AS n_mod_since_analyze,
             pg_stat_get_ins_since_vacuum(C.oid) AS n_ins_since_vacuum,
             pg_stat_get_last_vacuum_time(C.oid) as last_vacuum,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_vacuum,
             pg_stat_get_last_autovacuum_time(C.oid) as last_autovacuum,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_autovacuum,
             pg_stat_get_last_analyze_time(C.oid) as last_analyze,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_analyze,
             pg_stat_get_last_autoanalyze_time(C.oid) as last_autoanalyze,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_autoanalyze,
             pg_stat_get_vacuum_count(C.oid) AS vacuum_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count(C.oid) AS skipped_vacuum_count,
             pg_stat_get_autovacuum_count(C.oid) AS autovacuum_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count(C.oid) AS skipped_autovacuum_count,
             pg_stat_get_analyze_count(C.oid) AS analyze_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count(C.oid) AS skipped_analyze_count,
             pg_stat_get_autoanalyze_count(C.oid) AS autoanalyze_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count(C.oid) AS skipped_autoanalyze_count,
             pg_stat_get_total_vacuum_time(C.oid) AS total_vacuum_time,
             pg_stat_get_total_autovacuum_time(C.oid) AS total_autovacuum_time,
             pg_stat_get_total_analyze_time(C.oid) AS total_analyze_time,
diff --git a/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c b/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c
index 99d0db82ed7..97cd5ea8d10 100644
--- a/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c
+++ b/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c
@@ -793,8 +793,25 @@ vacuum_open_relation(Oid relid, RangeVar *relation, uint32 options,
 		rel = try_relation_open(relid, NoLock);
 	else
 	{
+		int flags = 0;
 		rel = NULL;
 		rel_lock = false;
+
+		if ((options & VACOPT_VACUUM) != 0)
+		{
+			if (AmAutoVacuumWorkerProcess())
+				flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOVACUUM;
+			else
+				flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM;
+		}
+		if ((options & VACOPT_ANALYZE) != 0)
+		{
+			if (AmAutoVacuumWorkerProcess())
+				flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOANALYZE;
+			else
+				flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE;
+		}
+		pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(relid, flags);
 	}
 
 	/* if relation is opened, leave */
@@ -802,7 +819,7 @@ vacuum_open_relation(Oid relid, RangeVar *relation, uint32 options,
 		return rel;
 
 	/*
-	 * Relation could not be opened, hence generate if possible a log
+	 * Relation could not be opened hence generate if possible a log
 	 * informing on the situation.
 	 *
 	 * If the RangeVar is not defined, we do not have enough information to
@@ -905,7 +922,6 @@ expand_vacuum_rel(VacuumRelation *vrel, MemoryContext vac_context,
 		Form_pg_class classForm;
 		bool		include_children;
 		bool		is_partitioned_table;
-		int			rvr_opts;
 
 		/*
 		 * Since autovacuum workers supply OIDs when calling vacuum(), no
@@ -918,29 +934,69 @@ expand_vacuum_rel(VacuumRelation *vrel, MemoryContext vac_context,
 		 * below, as well as find_all_inheritors's expectation that the caller
 		 * holds some lock on the starting relation.
 		 */
-		rvr_opts = (options & VACOPT_SKIP_LOCKED) ? RVR_SKIP_LOCKED : 0;
-		relid = RangeVarGetRelidExtended(vrel->relation,
-										 AccessShareLock,
-										 rvr_opts,
-										 NULL, NULL);
-
-		/*
-		 * If the lock is unavailable, emit the same log statement that
-		 * vacuum_rel() and analyze_rel() would.
-		 */
-		if (!OidIsValid(relid))
+		if (!(options & VACOPT_SKIP_LOCKED))
 		{
-			if (options & VACOPT_VACUUM)
-				ereport(WARNING,
-						(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
-						 errmsg("skipping vacuum of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
-								vrel->relation->relname)));
-			else
-				ereport(WARNING,
-						(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
-						 errmsg("skipping analyze of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
+			relid = RangeVarGetRelidExtended(vrel->relation,
+											 AccessShareLock,
+											 0, NULL, NULL);
+			if (!OidIsValid(relid))
+				return vacrels;
+		}
+		else
+		{
+			/* Get relid for reporting before taking a lock */
+			relid = RangeVarGetRelid(vrel->relation, NoLock, false);
+
+			if (!ConditionalLockRelationOid(relid, AccessShareLock))
+			{
+				int	flags = 0;
+				/*
+				 * If the lock is unavailable, emit the same log statement that
+				 * vacuum_rel() and analyze_rel() would.
+				 */
+				if (options & VACOPT_VACUUM)
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping vacuum of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
 								vrel->relation->relname)));
-			return vacrels;
+				else
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping analyze of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
+									vrel->relation->relname)));
+
+				if ((options & VACOPT_VACUUM) != 0)
+					flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM;
+				if ((options & VACOPT_ANALYZE) != 0)
+					flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE;
+
+				pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(relid, flags);
+
+				return vacrels;
+			}
+
+			/*
+			 * Now that we have the lock, probe to see if the relation really
+			 * exists or not.
+			 */
+			if (!SearchSysCacheExists1(RELOID, ObjectIdGetDatum(relid)))
+			{
+				if (options & VACOPT_VACUUM)
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_UNDEFINED_TABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping vacuum of \"%s\" --- relation no longer exists",
+									vrel->relation->relname)));
+				else
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_UNDEFINED_TABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping analyze of \"%s\" --- relation no longer exists",
+									vrel->relation->relname)));
+
+				/* Release useless lock */
+				UnlockRelationOid(relid, AccessShareLock);
+
+				return vacrels;
+			}
 		}
 
 		/*
diff --git a/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c b/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c
index b2ca28f83ba..532d9023f8c 100644
--- a/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c
+++ b/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c
@@ -17,12 +17,14 @@
 
 #include "postgres.h"
 
+#include "access/htup_details.h"
 #include "access/twophase_rmgr.h"
 #include "access/xact.h"
 #include "catalog/catalog.h"
 #include "utils/memutils.h"
 #include "utils/pgstat_internal.h"
 #include "utils/rel.h"
+#include "utils/syscache.h"
 #include "utils/timestamp.h"
 
 
@@ -367,6 +369,68 @@ pgstat_report_analyze(Relation rel,
 	(void) pgstat_flush_backend(false, PGSTAT_BACKEND_FLUSH_IO);
 }
 
+/*
+ * Report that the table was skipped during vacuum or/and analyze.
+ */
+void
+pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(Oid relid, int flags)
+{
+	PgStat_EntryRef *entry_ref;
+	PgStatShared_Relation *shtabentry;
+	PgStat_StatTabEntry *tabentry;
+	TimestampTz ts;
+	HeapTuple	classTup;
+	bool		isshared;
+
+	if (!pgstat_track_counts || !flags)
+		return;
+
+	classTup = SearchSysCache1(RELOID, ObjectIdGetDatum(relid));
+	if (!HeapTupleIsValid(classTup))
+		return;			/* somebody deleted the rel, forget it */
+	isshared = ((Form_pg_class) GETSTRUCT(classTup))->relisshared;
+	ReleaseSysCache(classTup);
+
+	/* Store the data in the table's hash table entry. */
+	ts = GetCurrentTimestamp();
+
+	/* block acquiring lock for the same reason as pgstat_report_autovac() */
+	entry_ref = pgstat_get_entry_ref_locked(PGSTAT_KIND_RELATION,
+											isshared ? InvalidOid : MyDatabaseId,
+											relid, false);
+
+	shtabentry = (PgStatShared_Relation *) entry_ref->shared_stats;
+	tabentry = &shtabentry->stats;
+
+	if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM)
+	{
+		tabentry->last_skipped_vacuum_time = ts;
+		tabentry->skipped_vacuum_count++;
+	}
+	else if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOVACUUM)
+	{
+		tabentry->last_skipped_autovacuum_time = ts;
+		tabentry->skipped_autovacuum_count++;
+	}
+
+	if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE)
+	{
+		tabentry->last_skipped_analyze_time = ts;
+		tabentry->skipped_analyze_count++;
+	}
+	else if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOANALYZE)
+	{
+		tabentry->last_skipped_autoanalyze_time = ts;
+		tabentry->skipped_autoanalyze_count++;
+	}
+
+	pgstat_unlock_entry(entry_ref);
+
+	/* see pgstat_report_vacuum() */
+	pgstat_flush_io(false);
+	(void) pgstat_flush_backend(false, PGSTAT_BACKEND_FLUSH_IO);
+}
+
 /*
  * count a tuple insertion of n tuples
  */
diff --git a/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c b/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c
index 1408de387ea..90a8968faa0 100644
--- a/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c
+++ b/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c
@@ -84,6 +84,18 @@ PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(mod_since_analyze)
 /* pg_stat_get_numscans */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(numscans)
 
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_analyze_count)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_autoanalyze_count)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_autovacuum_count)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_vacuum_count)
+
 /* pg_stat_get_tuples_deleted */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(tuples_deleted)
 
@@ -170,6 +182,18 @@ PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_vacuum_time)
 /* pg_stat_get_lastscan */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(lastscan)
 
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_analyze_time)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_autoanalyze_time)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_autovacuum_time)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_vacuum_time)
+
 /* pg_stat_get_stat_reset_time */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(stat_reset_time)
 
diff --git a/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat b/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat
index fa9ae79082b..32debb34863 100644
--- a/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat
+++ b/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat
@@ -5680,6 +5680,38 @@
   proargmodes => '{o,o,o,o,o,o,o,o,o,o}',
   proargnames => '{oid,score,xid_score,mxid_score,vacuum_score,vacuum_insert_score,analyze_score,do_vacuum,do_analyze,for_wraparound}',
   prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_autovacuum_scores' },
+{ oid => '8142', descr => 'statistics: last skipped vacuum time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time' },
+{ oid => '8143', descr => 'statistics: last skipped auto vacuum time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time' },
+{ oid => '8144', descr => 'statistics: last skipped analyze time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time' },
+{ oid => '8145', descr => 'statistics: last skipped auto analyze time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time' },
+{ oid => '8146', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped vacuum for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count' },
+{ oid => '8147', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped auto vacuum for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count' },
+{ oid => '8148', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped analyzes for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count' },
+{ oid => '8149', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped auto analyzes for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count' },
 { oid => '1936', descr => 'statistics: currently active backend IDs',
   proname => 'pg_stat_get_backend_idset', prorows => '100', proretset => 't',
   provolatile => 's', proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int4',
diff --git a/src/include/pgstat.h b/src/include/pgstat.h
index dfa2e837638..98941f953d1 100644
--- a/src/include/pgstat.h
+++ b/src/include/pgstat.h
@@ -479,6 +479,15 @@ typedef struct PgStat_StatTabEntry
 	TimestampTz last_autoanalyze_time;	/* autovacuum initiated */
 	PgStat_Counter autoanalyze_count;
 
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_vacuum_time;	/* user initiated vacuum */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_vacuum_count;
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_autovacuum_time;	/* autovacuum initiated */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_autovacuum_count;
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_analyze_time;	/* user initiated */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_analyze_count;
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_autoanalyze_time;	/* autovacuum initiated */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_autoanalyze_count;
+
 	PgStat_Counter total_vacuum_time;	/* times in milliseconds */
 	PgStat_Counter total_autovacuum_time;
 	PgStat_Counter total_analyze_time;
@@ -703,6 +712,13 @@ extern void pgstat_report_analyze(Relation rel,
 								  PgStat_Counter livetuples, PgStat_Counter deadtuples,
 								  bool resetcounter, TimestampTz starttime);
 
+/* flags for pgstat_flush_backend() */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM		(1 << 0)	/* vacuum is skipped */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE		(1 << 1)	/* analyze is skipped */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOVACUUM	(1 << 2)	/* autovacuum is skipped */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOANALYZE	(1 << 3)	/* autoanalyze is skipped */
+extern void pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(Oid relid, int flags);
+
 /*
  * If stats are enabled, but pending data hasn't been prepared yet, call
  * pgstat_assoc_relation() to do so. See its comment for why this is done
diff --git a/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out b/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out
index a65a5bf0c4f..9b2075d3373 100644
--- a/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out
+++ b/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out
@@ -1835,13 +1835,21 @@ pg_stat_all_tables| SELECT c.oid AS relid,
     pg_stat_get_mod_since_analyze(c.oid) AS n_mod_since_analyze,
     pg_stat_get_ins_since_vacuum(c.oid) AS n_ins_since_vacuum,
     pg_stat_get_last_vacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_vacuum,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_vacuum,
     pg_stat_get_last_autovacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_autovacuum,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_autovacuum,
     pg_stat_get_last_analyze_time(c.oid) AS last_analyze,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_analyze,
     pg_stat_get_last_autoanalyze_time(c.oid) AS last_autoanalyze,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_autoanalyze,
     pg_stat_get_vacuum_count(c.oid) AS vacuum_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count(c.oid) AS skipped_vacuum_count,
     pg_stat_get_autovacuum_count(c.oid) AS autovacuum_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count(c.oid) AS skipped_autovacuum_count,
     pg_stat_get_analyze_count(c.oid) AS analyze_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count(c.oid) AS skipped_analyze_count,
     pg_stat_get_autoanalyze_count(c.oid) AS autoanalyze_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count(c.oid) AS skipped_autoanalyze_count,
     pg_stat_get_total_vacuum_time(c.oid) AS total_vacuum_time,
     pg_stat_get_total_autovacuum_time(c.oid) AS total_autovacuum_time,
     pg_stat_get_total_analyze_time(c.oid) AS total_analyze_time,
@@ -2346,13 +2354,21 @@ pg_stat_sys_tables| SELECT relid,
     n_mod_since_analyze,
     n_ins_since_vacuum,
     last_vacuum,
+    last_skipped_vacuum,
     last_autovacuum,
+    last_skipped_autovacuum,
     last_analyze,
+    last_skipped_analyze,
     last_autoanalyze,
+    last_skipped_autoanalyze,
     vacuum_count,
+    skipped_vacuum_count,
     autovacuum_count,
+    skipped_autovacuum_count,
     analyze_count,
+    skipped_analyze_count,
     autoanalyze_count,
+    skipped_autoanalyze_count,
     total_vacuum_time,
     total_autovacuum_time,
     total_analyze_time,
@@ -2401,13 +2417,21 @@ pg_stat_user_tables| SELECT relid,
     n_mod_since_analyze,
     n_ins_since_vacuum,
     last_vacuum,
+    last_skipped_vacuum,
     last_autovacuum,
+    last_skipped_autovacuum,
     last_analyze,
+    last_skipped_analyze,
     last_autoanalyze,
+    last_skipped_autoanalyze,
     vacuum_count,
+    skipped_vacuum_count,
     autovacuum_count,
+    skipped_autovacuum_count,
     analyze_count,
+    skipped_analyze_count,
     autoanalyze_count,
+    skipped_autoanalyze_count,
     total_vacuum_time,
     total_autovacuum_time,
     total_analyze_time,
-- 
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* [PATCH v5] Track skipped vacuum and analyze activity per relation
@ 2026-03-24 04:09 Yugo Nagata <[email protected]>
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From: Yugo Nagata @ 2026-03-24 04:09 UTC (permalink / raw)

This commit adds eight fields to the relation statistics that track
the last time vacuum or analyze has been attempted but skipped due to
lock unavailability, along with their counts:

-    last_skipped_vacuum
-    last_skipped_autovacuum
-    last_skipped_analyze
-    last_skipped_autoanalyze
-    skipped_vacuum_count
-    skipped_autovacuum_count
-    skipped_analyze_count
-    skipped_autoanalyze_count

These field can help users confirm that autovacuum is actively attempting
to run on a table that has not been vacuumed or analyzed for a long time,
and that the lack of progress is due to repeated skips rather than inactivity.
---
 doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml                  |  88 ++++++
 src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql          |   8 +
 src/backend/commands/vacuum.c                 | 100 +++++--
 src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c  |  64 +++++
 src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c           |  24 ++
 src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat               |  32 +++
 src/include/pgstat.h                          |  16 ++
 .../isolation/expected/vacuum-skip-locked.out | 260 ++++++++++++++++--
 .../isolation/specs/vacuum-skip-locked.spec   |  41 +--
 src/test/regress/expected/rules.out           |  24 ++
 10 files changed, 601 insertions(+), 56 deletions(-)

diff --git a/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml b/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml
index 08d5b824552..a9b579d87a9 100644
--- a/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml
+++ b/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml
@@ -4387,6 +4387,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_vacuum</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time a manual vacuum on this table was attempted but skipped due to
+       lock unavailability (not counting <command>VACUUM FULL</command>)
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>last_autovacuum</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
@@ -4397,6 +4407,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_autovacuum</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time a vacuum on this table by the autovacuum daemon was attempted
+       but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>last_analyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
@@ -4406,6 +4426,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_analyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time a manual analyze on this table was attempted but skipped due to
+       lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>last_autoanalyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
@@ -4416,6 +4446,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_autoanalyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time at which an analyze on this table by the autovacuum was
+       attempted but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>vacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4426,6 +4466,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_vacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times manual vacuums on this table have been attempted but skipped
+       due to lock unavailability (not counting <command>VACUUM FULL</command>)
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>autovacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4436,6 +4486,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_autovacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times vacuums on this table by the autovacuum daemon have been
+       attempted but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>analyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4445,6 +4505,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_analyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times manual analyzes on this table have been attempted but
+       skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>autoanalyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4455,6 +4525,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_autoanalyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times analyzes on this table by the autovacuum daemon have
+       been attempted but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>total_vacuum_time</structfield> <type>double precision</type>
@@ -4510,6 +4590,14 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
    </tgroup>
   </table>
 
+  <note>
+   <para>
+    When a manual vacuum or analyze on a parent table in an inheritance or
+    partitioning hierarchy is skipped, the statistics are recorded only for
+    the parent table, not for its children.
+   </para>
+  </note>
+
  </sect2>
 
  <sect2 id="monitoring-pg-stat-autovacuum-scores-view">
diff --git a/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql b/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql
index 73a1c1c4670..f509fc7876b 100644
--- a/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql
+++ b/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql
@@ -736,13 +736,21 @@ CREATE VIEW pg_stat_all_tables AS
             pg_stat_get_mod_since_analyze(C.oid) AS n_mod_since_analyze,
             pg_stat_get_ins_since_vacuum(C.oid) AS n_ins_since_vacuum,
             pg_stat_get_last_vacuum_time(C.oid) as last_vacuum,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_vacuum,
             pg_stat_get_last_autovacuum_time(C.oid) as last_autovacuum,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_autovacuum,
             pg_stat_get_last_analyze_time(C.oid) as last_analyze,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_analyze,
             pg_stat_get_last_autoanalyze_time(C.oid) as last_autoanalyze,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_autoanalyze,
             pg_stat_get_vacuum_count(C.oid) AS vacuum_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count(C.oid) AS skipped_vacuum_count,
             pg_stat_get_autovacuum_count(C.oid) AS autovacuum_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count(C.oid) AS skipped_autovacuum_count,
             pg_stat_get_analyze_count(C.oid) AS analyze_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count(C.oid) AS skipped_analyze_count,
             pg_stat_get_autoanalyze_count(C.oid) AS autoanalyze_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count(C.oid) AS skipped_autoanalyze_count,
             pg_stat_get_total_vacuum_time(C.oid) AS total_vacuum_time,
             pg_stat_get_total_autovacuum_time(C.oid) AS total_autovacuum_time,
             pg_stat_get_total_analyze_time(C.oid) AS total_analyze_time,
diff --git a/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c b/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c
index 99d0db82ed7..df6526225e4 100644
--- a/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c
+++ b/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c
@@ -793,8 +793,25 @@ vacuum_open_relation(Oid relid, RangeVar *relation, uint32 options,
 		rel = try_relation_open(relid, NoLock);
 	else
 	{
+		int flags = 0;
 		rel = NULL;
 		rel_lock = false;
+
+		if ((options & VACOPT_VACUUM) != 0 && (options & VACOPT_FULL) == 0)
+		{
+			if (AmAutoVacuumWorkerProcess())
+				flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOVACUUM;
+			else
+				flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM;
+		}
+		if ((options & VACOPT_ANALYZE) != 0)
+		{
+			if (AmAutoVacuumWorkerProcess())
+				flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOANALYZE;
+			else
+				flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE;
+		}
+		pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(relid, flags);
 	}
 
 	/* if relation is opened, leave */
@@ -905,7 +922,6 @@ expand_vacuum_rel(VacuumRelation *vrel, MemoryContext vac_context,
 		Form_pg_class classForm;
 		bool		include_children;
 		bool		is_partitioned_table;
-		int			rvr_opts;
 
 		/*
 		 * Since autovacuum workers supply OIDs when calling vacuum(), no
@@ -918,29 +934,69 @@ expand_vacuum_rel(VacuumRelation *vrel, MemoryContext vac_context,
 		 * below, as well as find_all_inheritors's expectation that the caller
 		 * holds some lock on the starting relation.
 		 */
-		rvr_opts = (options & VACOPT_SKIP_LOCKED) ? RVR_SKIP_LOCKED : 0;
-		relid = RangeVarGetRelidExtended(vrel->relation,
-										 AccessShareLock,
-										 rvr_opts,
-										 NULL, NULL);
-
-		/*
-		 * If the lock is unavailable, emit the same log statement that
-		 * vacuum_rel() and analyze_rel() would.
-		 */
-		if (!OidIsValid(relid))
+		if (!(options & VACOPT_SKIP_LOCKED))
 		{
-			if (options & VACOPT_VACUUM)
-				ereport(WARNING,
-						(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
-						 errmsg("skipping vacuum of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
-								vrel->relation->relname)));
-			else
-				ereport(WARNING,
-						(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
-						 errmsg("skipping analyze of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
+			relid = RangeVarGetRelidExtended(vrel->relation,
+											 AccessShareLock,
+											 0, NULL, NULL);
+			if (!OidIsValid(relid))
+				return vacrels;
+		}
+		else
+		{
+			/* Get relid for reporting before taking a lock */
+			relid = RangeVarGetRelid(vrel->relation, NoLock, false);
+
+			if (!ConditionalLockRelationOid(relid, AccessShareLock))
+			{
+				int	flags = 0;
+				/*
+				 * If the lock is unavailable, emit the same log statement that
+				 * vacuum_rel() and analyze_rel() would.
+				 */
+				if (options & VACOPT_VACUUM)
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping vacuum of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
 								vrel->relation->relname)));
-			return vacrels;
+				else
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping analyze of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
+									vrel->relation->relname)));
+
+				if ((options & VACOPT_VACUUM) != 0 && (options & VACOPT_FULL) == 0)
+					flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM;
+				if ((options & VACOPT_ANALYZE) != 0)
+					flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE;
+
+				pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(relid, flags);
+
+				return vacrels;
+			}
+
+			/*
+			 * Now that we have the lock, probe to see if the relation really
+			 * exists or not.
+			 */
+			if (!SearchSysCacheExists1(RELOID, ObjectIdGetDatum(relid)))
+			{
+				if (options & VACOPT_VACUUM)
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_UNDEFINED_TABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping vacuum of \"%s\" --- relation no longer exists",
+									vrel->relation->relname)));
+				else
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_UNDEFINED_TABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping analyze of \"%s\" --- relation no longer exists",
+									vrel->relation->relname)));
+
+				/* Release useless lock */
+				UnlockRelationOid(relid, AccessShareLock);
+
+				return vacrels;
+			}
 		}
 
 		/*
diff --git a/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c b/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c
index b2ca28f83ba..532d9023f8c 100644
--- a/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c
+++ b/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c
@@ -17,12 +17,14 @@
 
 #include "postgres.h"
 
+#include "access/htup_details.h"
 #include "access/twophase_rmgr.h"
 #include "access/xact.h"
 #include "catalog/catalog.h"
 #include "utils/memutils.h"
 #include "utils/pgstat_internal.h"
 #include "utils/rel.h"
+#include "utils/syscache.h"
 #include "utils/timestamp.h"
 
 
@@ -367,6 +369,68 @@ pgstat_report_analyze(Relation rel,
 	(void) pgstat_flush_backend(false, PGSTAT_BACKEND_FLUSH_IO);
 }
 
+/*
+ * Report that the table was skipped during vacuum or/and analyze.
+ */
+void
+pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(Oid relid, int flags)
+{
+	PgStat_EntryRef *entry_ref;
+	PgStatShared_Relation *shtabentry;
+	PgStat_StatTabEntry *tabentry;
+	TimestampTz ts;
+	HeapTuple	classTup;
+	bool		isshared;
+
+	if (!pgstat_track_counts || !flags)
+		return;
+
+	classTup = SearchSysCache1(RELOID, ObjectIdGetDatum(relid));
+	if (!HeapTupleIsValid(classTup))
+		return;			/* somebody deleted the rel, forget it */
+	isshared = ((Form_pg_class) GETSTRUCT(classTup))->relisshared;
+	ReleaseSysCache(classTup);
+
+	/* Store the data in the table's hash table entry. */
+	ts = GetCurrentTimestamp();
+
+	/* block acquiring lock for the same reason as pgstat_report_autovac() */
+	entry_ref = pgstat_get_entry_ref_locked(PGSTAT_KIND_RELATION,
+											isshared ? InvalidOid : MyDatabaseId,
+											relid, false);
+
+	shtabentry = (PgStatShared_Relation *) entry_ref->shared_stats;
+	tabentry = &shtabentry->stats;
+
+	if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM)
+	{
+		tabentry->last_skipped_vacuum_time = ts;
+		tabentry->skipped_vacuum_count++;
+	}
+	else if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOVACUUM)
+	{
+		tabentry->last_skipped_autovacuum_time = ts;
+		tabentry->skipped_autovacuum_count++;
+	}
+
+	if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE)
+	{
+		tabentry->last_skipped_analyze_time = ts;
+		tabentry->skipped_analyze_count++;
+	}
+	else if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOANALYZE)
+	{
+		tabentry->last_skipped_autoanalyze_time = ts;
+		tabentry->skipped_autoanalyze_count++;
+	}
+
+	pgstat_unlock_entry(entry_ref);
+
+	/* see pgstat_report_vacuum() */
+	pgstat_flush_io(false);
+	(void) pgstat_flush_backend(false, PGSTAT_BACKEND_FLUSH_IO);
+}
+
 /*
  * count a tuple insertion of n tuples
  */
diff --git a/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c b/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c
index 1408de387ea..90a8968faa0 100644
--- a/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c
+++ b/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c
@@ -84,6 +84,18 @@ PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(mod_since_analyze)
 /* pg_stat_get_numscans */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(numscans)
 
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_analyze_count)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_autoanalyze_count)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_autovacuum_count)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_vacuum_count)
+
 /* pg_stat_get_tuples_deleted */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(tuples_deleted)
 
@@ -170,6 +182,18 @@ PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_vacuum_time)
 /* pg_stat_get_lastscan */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(lastscan)
 
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_analyze_time)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_autoanalyze_time)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_autovacuum_time)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_vacuum_time)
+
 /* pg_stat_get_stat_reset_time */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(stat_reset_time)
 
diff --git a/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat b/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat
index fa9ae79082b..32debb34863 100644
--- a/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat
+++ b/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat
@@ -5680,6 +5680,38 @@
   proargmodes => '{o,o,o,o,o,o,o,o,o,o}',
   proargnames => '{oid,score,xid_score,mxid_score,vacuum_score,vacuum_insert_score,analyze_score,do_vacuum,do_analyze,for_wraparound}',
   prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_autovacuum_scores' },
+{ oid => '8142', descr => 'statistics: last skipped vacuum time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time' },
+{ oid => '8143', descr => 'statistics: last skipped auto vacuum time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time' },
+{ oid => '8144', descr => 'statistics: last skipped analyze time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time' },
+{ oid => '8145', descr => 'statistics: last skipped auto analyze time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time' },
+{ oid => '8146', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped vacuum for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count' },
+{ oid => '8147', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped auto vacuum for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count' },
+{ oid => '8148', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped analyzes for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count' },
+{ oid => '8149', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped auto analyzes for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count' },
 { oid => '1936', descr => 'statistics: currently active backend IDs',
   proname => 'pg_stat_get_backend_idset', prorows => '100', proretset => 't',
   provolatile => 's', proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int4',
diff --git a/src/include/pgstat.h b/src/include/pgstat.h
index dfa2e837638..98941f953d1 100644
--- a/src/include/pgstat.h
+++ b/src/include/pgstat.h
@@ -479,6 +479,15 @@ typedef struct PgStat_StatTabEntry
 	TimestampTz last_autoanalyze_time;	/* autovacuum initiated */
 	PgStat_Counter autoanalyze_count;
 
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_vacuum_time;	/* user initiated vacuum */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_vacuum_count;
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_autovacuum_time;	/* autovacuum initiated */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_autovacuum_count;
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_analyze_time;	/* user initiated */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_analyze_count;
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_autoanalyze_time;	/* autovacuum initiated */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_autoanalyze_count;
+
 	PgStat_Counter total_vacuum_time;	/* times in milliseconds */
 	PgStat_Counter total_autovacuum_time;
 	PgStat_Counter total_analyze_time;
@@ -703,6 +712,13 @@ extern void pgstat_report_analyze(Relation rel,
 								  PgStat_Counter livetuples, PgStat_Counter deadtuples,
 								  bool resetcounter, TimestampTz starttime);
 
+/* flags for pgstat_flush_backend() */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM		(1 << 0)	/* vacuum is skipped */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE		(1 << 1)	/* analyze is skipped */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOVACUUM	(1 << 2)	/* autovacuum is skipped */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOANALYZE	(1 << 3)	/* autoanalyze is skipped */
+extern void pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(Oid relid, int flags);
+
 /*
  * If stats are enabled, but pending data hasn't been prepared yet, call
  * pgstat_assoc_relation() to do so. See its comment for why this is done
diff --git a/src/test/isolation/expected/vacuum-skip-locked.out b/src/test/isolation/expected/vacuum-skip-locked.out
index 99db281a159..e2cff175b7c 100644
--- a/src/test/isolation/expected/vacuum-skip-locked.out
+++ b/src/test/isolation/expected/vacuum-skip-locked.out
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 Parsed test spec with 2 sessions
 
-starting permutation: lock_share vac_specified commit
+starting permutation: lock_share vac_specified commit check_stat
 step lock_share: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN SHARE MODE;
@@ -10,8 +10,22 @@ step vac_specified: VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED) part1, part2;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
 
-starting permutation: lock_share vac_all_parts commit
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   1|            0|                    0
+part2  |           1|                   0|            0|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
+
+starting permutation: lock_share vac_all_parts commit check_stat
 step lock_share: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN SHARE MODE;
@@ -20,8 +34,22 @@ step vac_all_parts: VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED) parted;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   1|            0|                    0
+part2  |           1|                   0|            0|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
 
-starting permutation: lock_share analyze_specified commit
+starting permutation: lock_share analyze_specified commit check_stat
 step lock_share: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN SHARE MODE;
@@ -31,8 +59,22 @@ step analyze_specified: ANALYZE (SKIP_LOCKED) part1, part2;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
 
-starting permutation: lock_share analyze_all_parts commit
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   0|            0|                    1
+part2  |           0|                   0|            1|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
+
+starting permutation: lock_share analyze_all_parts commit check_stat
 step lock_share: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN SHARE MODE;
@@ -41,8 +83,22 @@ step analyze_all_parts: ANALYZE (SKIP_LOCKED) parted;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            1|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   0|            0|                    1
+part2  |           0|                   0|            1|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
 
-starting permutation: lock_share vac_analyze_specified commit
+starting permutation: lock_share vac_analyze_specified commit check_stat
 step lock_share: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN SHARE MODE;
@@ -52,8 +108,22 @@ step vac_analyze_specified: VACUUM (ANALYZE, SKIP_LOCKED) part1, part2;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
 
-starting permutation: lock_share vac_analyze_all_parts commit
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   1|            0|                    1
+part2  |           1|                   0|            1|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
+
+starting permutation: lock_share vac_analyze_all_parts commit check_stat
 step lock_share: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN SHARE MODE;
@@ -62,8 +132,22 @@ step vac_analyze_all_parts: VACUUM (ANALYZE, SKIP_LOCKED) parted;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            1|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   1|            0|                    1
+part2  |           1|                   0|            1|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
 
-starting permutation: lock_share vac_full_specified commit
+starting permutation: lock_share vac_full_specified commit check_stat
 step lock_share: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN SHARE MODE;
@@ -73,8 +157,22 @@ step vac_full_specified: VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED, FULL) part1, part2;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
 
-starting permutation: lock_share vac_full_all_parts commit
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part2  |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
+
+starting permutation: lock_share vac_full_all_parts commit check_stat
 step lock_share: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN SHARE MODE;
@@ -83,8 +181,22 @@ step vac_full_all_parts: VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED, FULL) parted;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part2  |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+(3 rows)
 
-starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_specified commit
+
+starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_specified commit check_stat
 step lock_access_exclusive: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN ACCESS EXCLUSIVE MODE;
@@ -94,8 +206,22 @@ step vac_specified: VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED) part1, part2;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   1|            0|                    0
+part2  |           1|                   0|            0|                    0
+(3 rows)
 
-starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_all_parts commit
+
+starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_all_parts commit check_stat
 step lock_access_exclusive: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN ACCESS EXCLUSIVE MODE;
@@ -104,8 +230,22 @@ step vac_all_parts: VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED) parted;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   1|            0|                    0
+part2  |           1|                   0|            0|                    0
+(3 rows)
 
-starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive analyze_specified commit
+
+starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive analyze_specified commit check_stat
 step lock_access_exclusive: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN ACCESS EXCLUSIVE MODE;
@@ -115,8 +255,22 @@ step analyze_specified: ANALYZE (SKIP_LOCKED) part1, part2;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   0|            0|                    1
+part2  |           0|                   0|            1|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
 
-starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive analyze_all_parts commit
+starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive analyze_all_parts commit check_stat
 step lock_access_exclusive: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN ACCESS EXCLUSIVE MODE;
@@ -126,8 +280,22 @@ step commit:
 	COMMIT;
 
 step analyze_all_parts: <... completed>
-
-starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_analyze_specified commit
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            1|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   0|            1|                    0
+part2  |           0|                   0|            1|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
+
+starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_analyze_specified commit check_stat
 step lock_access_exclusive: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN ACCESS EXCLUSIVE MODE;
@@ -137,8 +305,22 @@ step vac_analyze_specified: VACUUM (ANALYZE, SKIP_LOCKED) part1, part2;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   1|            0|                    1
+part2  |           1|                   0|            1|                    0
+(3 rows)
 
-starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_analyze_all_parts commit
+
+starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_analyze_all_parts commit check_stat
 step lock_access_exclusive: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN ACCESS EXCLUSIVE MODE;
@@ -148,8 +330,22 @@ step commit:
 	COMMIT;
 
 step vac_analyze_all_parts: <... completed>
-
-starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_full_specified commit
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            1|                    0
+part1  |           1|                   0|            1|                    0
+part2  |           1|                   0|            1|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
+
+starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_full_specified commit check_stat
 step lock_access_exclusive: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN ACCESS EXCLUSIVE MODE;
@@ -159,8 +355,22 @@ step vac_full_specified: VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED, FULL) part1, part2;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
 
-starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_full_all_parts commit
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part2  |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
+
+starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_full_all_parts commit check_stat
 step lock_access_exclusive: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN ACCESS EXCLUSIVE MODE;
@@ -169,3 +379,17 @@ step vac_full_all_parts: VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED, FULL) parted;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part2  |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
diff --git a/src/test/isolation/specs/vacuum-skip-locked.spec b/src/test/isolation/specs/vacuum-skip-locked.spec
index 3fad6e1c92a..b0da75d4b6d 100644
--- a/src/test/isolation/specs/vacuum-skip-locked.spec
+++ b/src/test/isolation/specs/vacuum-skip-locked.spec
@@ -33,6 +33,15 @@ step commit
 	COMMIT;
 }
 
+step check_stat
+{
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+}
+
 session s2
 step vac_specified			{ VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED) part1, part2; }
 step vac_all_parts			{ VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED) parted; }
@@ -43,19 +52,19 @@ step vac_analyze_all_parts	{ VACUUM (ANALYZE, SKIP_LOCKED) parted; }
 step vac_full_specified		{ VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED, FULL) part1, part2; }
 step vac_full_all_parts		{ VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED, FULL) parted; }
 
-permutation lock_share vac_specified commit
-permutation lock_share vac_all_parts commit
-permutation lock_share analyze_specified commit
-permutation lock_share analyze_all_parts commit
-permutation lock_share vac_analyze_specified commit
-permutation lock_share vac_analyze_all_parts commit
-permutation lock_share vac_full_specified commit
-permutation lock_share vac_full_all_parts commit
-permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_specified commit
-permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_all_parts commit
-permutation lock_access_exclusive analyze_specified commit
-permutation lock_access_exclusive analyze_all_parts commit
-permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_analyze_specified commit
-permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_analyze_all_parts commit
-permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_full_specified commit
-permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_full_all_parts commit
+permutation lock_share vac_specified commit check_stat
+permutation lock_share vac_all_parts commit check_stat
+permutation lock_share analyze_specified commit check_stat
+permutation lock_share analyze_all_parts commit check_stat
+permutation lock_share vac_analyze_specified commit check_stat
+permutation lock_share vac_analyze_all_parts commit check_stat
+permutation lock_share vac_full_specified commit check_stat
+permutation lock_share vac_full_all_parts commit check_stat
+permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_specified commit check_stat
+permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_all_parts commit check_stat
+permutation lock_access_exclusive analyze_specified commit check_stat
+permutation lock_access_exclusive analyze_all_parts commit check_stat
+permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_analyze_specified commit check_stat
+permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_analyze_all_parts commit check_stat
+permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_full_specified commit check_stat
+permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_full_all_parts commit check_stat
diff --git a/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out b/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out
index a65a5bf0c4f..9b2075d3373 100644
--- a/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out
+++ b/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out
@@ -1835,13 +1835,21 @@ pg_stat_all_tables| SELECT c.oid AS relid,
     pg_stat_get_mod_since_analyze(c.oid) AS n_mod_since_analyze,
     pg_stat_get_ins_since_vacuum(c.oid) AS n_ins_since_vacuum,
     pg_stat_get_last_vacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_vacuum,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_vacuum,
     pg_stat_get_last_autovacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_autovacuum,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_autovacuum,
     pg_stat_get_last_analyze_time(c.oid) AS last_analyze,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_analyze,
     pg_stat_get_last_autoanalyze_time(c.oid) AS last_autoanalyze,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_autoanalyze,
     pg_stat_get_vacuum_count(c.oid) AS vacuum_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count(c.oid) AS skipped_vacuum_count,
     pg_stat_get_autovacuum_count(c.oid) AS autovacuum_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count(c.oid) AS skipped_autovacuum_count,
     pg_stat_get_analyze_count(c.oid) AS analyze_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count(c.oid) AS skipped_analyze_count,
     pg_stat_get_autoanalyze_count(c.oid) AS autoanalyze_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count(c.oid) AS skipped_autoanalyze_count,
     pg_stat_get_total_vacuum_time(c.oid) AS total_vacuum_time,
     pg_stat_get_total_autovacuum_time(c.oid) AS total_autovacuum_time,
     pg_stat_get_total_analyze_time(c.oid) AS total_analyze_time,
@@ -2346,13 +2354,21 @@ pg_stat_sys_tables| SELECT relid,
     n_mod_since_analyze,
     n_ins_since_vacuum,
     last_vacuum,
+    last_skipped_vacuum,
     last_autovacuum,
+    last_skipped_autovacuum,
     last_analyze,
+    last_skipped_analyze,
     last_autoanalyze,
+    last_skipped_autoanalyze,
     vacuum_count,
+    skipped_vacuum_count,
     autovacuum_count,
+    skipped_autovacuum_count,
     analyze_count,
+    skipped_analyze_count,
     autoanalyze_count,
+    skipped_autoanalyze_count,
     total_vacuum_time,
     total_autovacuum_time,
     total_analyze_time,
@@ -2401,13 +2417,21 @@ pg_stat_user_tables| SELECT relid,
     n_mod_since_analyze,
     n_ins_since_vacuum,
     last_vacuum,
+    last_skipped_vacuum,
     last_autovacuum,
+    last_skipped_autovacuum,
     last_analyze,
+    last_skipped_analyze,
     last_autoanalyze,
+    last_skipped_autoanalyze,
     vacuum_count,
+    skipped_vacuum_count,
     autovacuum_count,
+    skipped_autovacuum_count,
     analyze_count,
+    skipped_analyze_count,
     autoanalyze_count,
+    skipped_autoanalyze_count,
     total_vacuum_time,
     total_autovacuum_time,
     total_analyze_time,
-- 
2.43.0


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* [PATCH v3] Track skipped vacuum and analyze activity per relation
@ 2026-03-24 04:09 Yugo Nagata <[email protected]>
  0 siblings, 0 replies; 374+ messages in thread

From: Yugo Nagata @ 2026-03-24 04:09 UTC (permalink / raw)

This commit adds eight fields to the relation statistics that track
the last time vacuum or analyze has been attempted but skipped due to
lock unavailability, along with their counts:

-    last_skipped_vacuum
-    last_skipped_autovacuum
-    last_skipped_analyze
-    last_skipped_autoanalyze
-    skipped_vacuum_count
-    skipped_autovacuum_count
-    skipped_analyze_count
-    skipped_autoanalyze_count

These field can help users confirm that autovacuum is actively attempting
to run on a table that has not been vacuumed or analyzed for a long time,
and that the lack of progress is due to repeated skips rather than inactivity.
---
 doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml                 | 80 +++++++++++++++++
 src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql         |  8 ++
 src/backend/commands/vacuum.c                | 95 +++++++++++++++-----
 src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c | 68 ++++++++++++++
 src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c          | 24 +++++
 src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat              | 32 +++++++
 src/include/pgstat.h                         | 16 ++++
 src/test/regress/expected/rules.out          | 24 +++++
 8 files changed, 324 insertions(+), 23 deletions(-)

diff --git a/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml b/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml
index bb75ed1069b..9ec8070b2fc 100644
--- a/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml
+++ b/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml
@@ -4372,6 +4372,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_vacuum</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time a manual vacuum on this table was attempted but skipped due to
+       lock unavailability (not counting <command>VACUUM FULL</command>)
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>last_autovacuum</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
@@ -4382,6 +4392,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_autovacuum</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time a vacuum on this table by the autovacuum daemon was attempted
+       but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>last_analyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
@@ -4391,6 +4411,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_analyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time a manual analyze on this table was attempted but skipped due to
+       lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>last_autoanalyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
@@ -4401,6 +4431,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_autoanalyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time at which an analyze on this table by the autovacuum was
+       attempted but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>vacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4411,6 +4451,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_vacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times vacuums on this table have been attempted but skipped
+       due to lock unavailability (not counting <command>VACUUM FULL</command>)
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>autovacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4421,6 +4471,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_autovacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times vacuums on this table by the autovacuum daemon have been
+       attempted but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>analyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4430,6 +4490,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_analyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times manual analyzes on this table have been attempted but
+       skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>autoanalyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4440,6 +4510,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_autoanalyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times analyzes on this table by the autovacuum daemon have
+       been attempted but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>total_vacuum_time</structfield> <type>double precision</type>
diff --git a/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql b/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql
index e54018004db..2ca02a0354c 100644
--- a/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql
+++ b/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql
@@ -736,13 +736,21 @@ CREATE VIEW pg_stat_all_tables AS
             pg_stat_get_mod_since_analyze(C.oid) AS n_mod_since_analyze,
             pg_stat_get_ins_since_vacuum(C.oid) AS n_ins_since_vacuum,
             pg_stat_get_last_vacuum_time(C.oid) as last_vacuum,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_vacuum,
             pg_stat_get_last_autovacuum_time(C.oid) as last_autovacuum,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_autovacuum,
             pg_stat_get_last_analyze_time(C.oid) as last_analyze,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_analyze,
             pg_stat_get_last_autoanalyze_time(C.oid) as last_autoanalyze,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_autoanalyze,
             pg_stat_get_vacuum_count(C.oid) AS vacuum_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count(C.oid) AS skipped_vacuum_count,
             pg_stat_get_autovacuum_count(C.oid) AS autovacuum_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count(C.oid) AS skipped_autovacuum_count,
             pg_stat_get_analyze_count(C.oid) AS analyze_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count(C.oid) AS skipped_analyze_count,
             pg_stat_get_autoanalyze_count(C.oid) AS autoanalyze_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count(C.oid) AS skipped_autoanalyze_count,
             pg_stat_get_total_vacuum_time(C.oid) AS total_vacuum_time,
             pg_stat_get_total_autovacuum_time(C.oid) AS total_autovacuum_time,
             pg_stat_get_total_analyze_time(C.oid) AS total_analyze_time,
diff --git a/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c b/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c
index bce3a2daa24..ce83b3171be 100644
--- a/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c
+++ b/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c
@@ -792,8 +792,18 @@ vacuum_open_relation(Oid relid, RangeVar *relation, bits32 options,
 		rel = try_relation_open(relid, NoLock);
 	else
 	{
+		bits8 flags = 0;
 		rel = NULL;
 		rel_lock = false;
+
+		if ((options & VACOPT_VACUUM) != 0)
+			flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM;
+		if ((options & VACOPT_ANALYZE) != 0)
+			flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE;
+		if (AmAutoVacuumWorkerProcess())
+			flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOVAC;
+
+		pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(relid, flags);
 	}
 
 	/* if relation is opened, leave */
@@ -801,7 +811,7 @@ vacuum_open_relation(Oid relid, RangeVar *relation, bits32 options,
 		return rel;
 
 	/*
-	 * Relation could not be opened, hence generate if possible a log
+	 * Relation could not be opened hence generate if possible a log
 	 * informing on the situation.
 	 *
 	 * If the RangeVar is not defined, we do not have enough information to
@@ -904,7 +914,6 @@ expand_vacuum_rel(VacuumRelation *vrel, MemoryContext vac_context,
 		Form_pg_class classForm;
 		bool		include_children;
 		bool		is_partitioned_table;
-		int			rvr_opts;
 
 		/*
 		 * Since autovacuum workers supply OIDs when calling vacuum(), no
@@ -917,29 +926,69 @@ expand_vacuum_rel(VacuumRelation *vrel, MemoryContext vac_context,
 		 * below, as well as find_all_inheritors's expectation that the caller
 		 * holds some lock on the starting relation.
 		 */
-		rvr_opts = (options & VACOPT_SKIP_LOCKED) ? RVR_SKIP_LOCKED : 0;
-		relid = RangeVarGetRelidExtended(vrel->relation,
-										 AccessShareLock,
-										 rvr_opts,
-										 NULL, NULL);
-
-		/*
-		 * If the lock is unavailable, emit the same log statement that
-		 * vacuum_rel() and analyze_rel() would.
-		 */
-		if (!OidIsValid(relid))
+		if (!(options & VACOPT_SKIP_LOCKED))
 		{
-			if (options & VACOPT_VACUUM)
-				ereport(WARNING,
-						(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
-						 errmsg("skipping vacuum of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
-								vrel->relation->relname)));
-			else
-				ereport(WARNING,
-						(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
-						 errmsg("skipping analyze of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
+			relid = RangeVarGetRelidExtended(vrel->relation,
+											 AccessShareLock,
+											 0, NULL, NULL);
+			if (!OidIsValid(relid))
+				return vacrels;
+		}
+		else
+		{
+			/* Get relid for reporting before taking a lock */
+			relid = RangeVarGetRelid(vrel->relation, NoLock, false);
+
+			if (!ConditionalLockRelationOid(relid, AccessShareLock))
+			{
+				bits8	flags = 0;
+				/*
+				 * If the lock is unavailable, emit the same log statement that
+				 * vacuum_rel() and analyze_rel() would.
+				 */
+				if (options & VACOPT_VACUUM)
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping vacuum of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
 								vrel->relation->relname)));
-			return vacrels;
+				else
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping analyze of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
+									vrel->relation->relname)));
+
+				if ((options & VACOPT_VACUUM) != 0)
+					flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM;
+				if ((options & VACOPT_ANALYZE) != 0)
+					flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE;
+
+				pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(relid, flags);
+
+				return vacrels;
+			}
+
+			/*
+			 * Now that we have the lock, probe to see if the relation really
+			 * exists or not.
+			 */
+			if (!SearchSysCacheExists1(RELOID, ObjectIdGetDatum(relid)))
+			{
+				if (options & VACOPT_VACUUM)
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_UNDEFINED_TABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping vacuum of \"%s\" --- relation no longer exists",
+									vrel->relation->relname)));
+				else
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_UNDEFINED_TABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping analyze of \"%s\" --- relation no longer exists",
+									vrel->relation->relname)));
+
+				/* Release useless lock */
+				UnlockRelationOid(relid, AccessShareLock);
+
+				return vacrels;
+			}
 		}
 
 		/*
diff --git a/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c b/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c
index bc8c43b96aa..cec4c88980e 100644
--- a/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c
+++ b/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c
@@ -17,6 +17,7 @@
 
 #include "postgres.h"
 
+#include "access/htup_details.h"
 #include "access/twophase_rmgr.h"
 #include "access/xact.h"
 #include "catalog/catalog.h"
@@ -366,6 +367,73 @@ pgstat_report_analyze(Relation rel,
 	(void) pgstat_flush_backend(false, PGSTAT_BACKEND_FLUSH_IO);
 }
 
+/*
+ * Report that the table was skipped during vacuum or/and analyze.
+ */
+void
+pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(Oid relid, bits8 flags)
+{
+	PgStat_EntryRef *entry_ref;
+	PgStatShared_Relation *shtabentry;
+	PgStat_StatTabEntry *tabentry;
+	TimestampTz ts;
+	HeapTuple	classTup;
+	bool		isshared;
+
+	if (!pgstat_track_counts || !(flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANY))
+		return;
+
+	classTup = SearchSysCache1(RELOID, ObjectIdGetDatum(relid));
+	if (!HeapTupleIsValid(classTup))
+		return;			/* somebody deleted the rel, forget it */
+	isshared = ((Form_pg_class) GETSTRUCT(classTup))->relisshared;
+	ReleaseSysCache(classTup);
+
+	/* Store the data in the table's hash table entry. */
+	ts = GetCurrentTimestamp();
+
+	/* block acquiring lock for the same reason as pgstat_report_autovac() */
+	entry_ref = pgstat_get_entry_ref_locked(PGSTAT_KIND_RELATION,
+											isshared ? InvalidOid : MyDatabaseId,
+											relid, false);
+
+	shtabentry = (PgStatShared_Relation *) entry_ref->shared_stats;
+	tabentry = &shtabentry->stats;
+
+	if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOVAC)
+	{
+		if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM)
+		{
+			tabentry->last_skipped_autovacuum_time = ts;
+			tabentry->skipped_autovacuum_count++;
+		}
+		if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE)
+		{
+			tabentry->last_skipped_autoanalyze_time = ts;
+			tabentry->skipped_autoanalyze_count++;
+		}
+	}
+	else
+	{
+		if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM)
+		{
+			tabentry->last_skipped_vacuum_time = ts;
+			tabentry->skipped_vacuum_count++;
+		}
+		if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE)
+		{
+			tabentry->last_skipped_analyze_time = ts;
+			tabentry->skipped_analyze_count++;
+		}
+	}
+
+	pgstat_unlock_entry(entry_ref);
+
+	/* see pgstat_report_vacuum() */
+	pgstat_flush_io(false);
+	(void) pgstat_flush_backend(false, PGSTAT_BACKEND_FLUSH_IO);
+}
+
 /*
  * count a tuple insertion of n tuples
  */
diff --git a/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c b/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c
index 9185a8e6b83..18aaa3996e1 100644
--- a/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c
+++ b/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c
@@ -84,6 +84,18 @@ PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(mod_since_analyze)
 /* pg_stat_get_numscans */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(numscans)
 
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_analyze_count)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_autoanalyze_count)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_autovacuum_count)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_vacuum_count)
+
 /* pg_stat_get_tuples_deleted */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(tuples_deleted)
 
@@ -170,6 +182,18 @@ PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_vacuum_time)
 /* pg_stat_get_lastscan */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(lastscan)
 
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_analyze_time)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_autoanalyze_time)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_autovacuum_time)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_vacuum_time)
+
 /* pg_stat_get_stat_reset_time */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(stat_reset_time)
 
diff --git a/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat b/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat
index 0118e970dda..ccfe3d9e02a 100644
--- a/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat
+++ b/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat
@@ -5667,6 +5667,38 @@
   proname => 'pg_stat_get_total_autoanalyze_time', provolatile => 's',
   proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'float8', proargtypes => 'oid',
   prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_total_autoanalyze_time' },
+{ oid => '8142', descr => 'statistics: last skipped vacuum time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time' },
+{ oid => '8143', descr => 'statistics: last skipped auto vacuum time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time' },
+{ oid => '8144', descr => 'statistics: last skipped analyze time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time' },
+{ oid => '8145', descr => 'statistics: last skipped auto analyze time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time' },
+{ oid => '8146', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped vacuum for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count' },
+{ oid => '8147', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped auto vacuum for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count' },
+{ oid => '8148', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped analyzes for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count' },
+{ oid => '8149', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped auto analyzes for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count' },
 { oid => '1936', descr => 'statistics: currently active backend IDs',
   proname => 'pg_stat_get_backend_idset', prorows => '100', proretset => 't',
   provolatile => 's', proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int4',
diff --git a/src/include/pgstat.h b/src/include/pgstat.h
index 8e3549c3752..343081a7a25 100644
--- a/src/include/pgstat.h
+++ b/src/include/pgstat.h
@@ -479,6 +479,15 @@ typedef struct PgStat_StatTabEntry
 	TimestampTz last_autoanalyze_time;	/* autovacuum initiated */
 	PgStat_Counter autoanalyze_count;
 
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_vacuum_time;	/* user initiated vacuum */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_vacuum_count;
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_autovacuum_time;	/* autovacuum initiated */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_autovacuum_count;
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_analyze_time;	/* user initiated */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_analyze_count;
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_autoanalyze_time;	/* autovacuum initiated */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_autoanalyze_count;
+
 	PgStat_Counter total_vacuum_time;	/* times in milliseconds */
 	PgStat_Counter total_autovacuum_time;
 	PgStat_Counter total_analyze_time;
@@ -707,6 +716,13 @@ extern void pgstat_report_analyze(Relation rel,
 								  PgStat_Counter livetuples, PgStat_Counter deadtuples,
 								  bool resetcounter, TimestampTz starttime);
 
+/* flags for pgstat_flush_backend() */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM	(1 << 0)	/* vacuum is skipped */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE	(1 << 1)	/* analyze is skipped */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOVAC	(1 << 2)	/* skipped during autovacuum/autoanalyze */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANY   (PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM | PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE)
+extern void pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(Oid relid, bits8 flags);
+
 /*
  * If stats are enabled, but pending data hasn't been prepared yet, call
  * pgstat_assoc_relation() to do so. See its comment for why this is done
diff --git a/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out b/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out
index 2b3cf6d8569..4ccfc43e903 100644
--- a/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out
+++ b/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out
@@ -1835,13 +1835,21 @@ pg_stat_all_tables| SELECT c.oid AS relid,
     pg_stat_get_mod_since_analyze(c.oid) AS n_mod_since_analyze,
     pg_stat_get_ins_since_vacuum(c.oid) AS n_ins_since_vacuum,
     pg_stat_get_last_vacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_vacuum,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_vacuum,
     pg_stat_get_last_autovacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_autovacuum,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_autovacuum,
     pg_stat_get_last_analyze_time(c.oid) AS last_analyze,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_analyze,
     pg_stat_get_last_autoanalyze_time(c.oid) AS last_autoanalyze,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_autoanalyze,
     pg_stat_get_vacuum_count(c.oid) AS vacuum_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count(c.oid) AS skipped_vacuum_count,
     pg_stat_get_autovacuum_count(c.oid) AS autovacuum_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count(c.oid) AS skipped_autovacuum_count,
     pg_stat_get_analyze_count(c.oid) AS analyze_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count(c.oid) AS skipped_analyze_count,
     pg_stat_get_autoanalyze_count(c.oid) AS autoanalyze_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count(c.oid) AS skipped_autoanalyze_count,
     pg_stat_get_total_vacuum_time(c.oid) AS total_vacuum_time,
     pg_stat_get_total_autovacuum_time(c.oid) AS total_autovacuum_time,
     pg_stat_get_total_analyze_time(c.oid) AS total_analyze_time,
@@ -2293,13 +2301,21 @@ pg_stat_sys_tables| SELECT relid,
     n_mod_since_analyze,
     n_ins_since_vacuum,
     last_vacuum,
+    last_skipped_vacuum,
     last_autovacuum,
+    last_skipped_autovacuum,
     last_analyze,
+    last_skipped_analyze,
     last_autoanalyze,
+    last_skipped_autoanalyze,
     vacuum_count,
+    skipped_vacuum_count,
     autovacuum_count,
+    skipped_autovacuum_count,
     analyze_count,
+    skipped_analyze_count,
     autoanalyze_count,
+    skipped_autoanalyze_count,
     total_vacuum_time,
     total_autovacuum_time,
     total_analyze_time,
@@ -2348,13 +2364,21 @@ pg_stat_user_tables| SELECT relid,
     n_mod_since_analyze,
     n_ins_since_vacuum,
     last_vacuum,
+    last_skipped_vacuum,
     last_autovacuum,
+    last_skipped_autovacuum,
     last_analyze,
+    last_skipped_analyze,
     last_autoanalyze,
+    last_skipped_autoanalyze,
     vacuum_count,
+    skipped_vacuum_count,
     autovacuum_count,
+    skipped_autovacuum_count,
     analyze_count,
+    skipped_analyze_count,
     autoanalyze_count,
+    skipped_autoanalyze_count,
     total_vacuum_time,
     total_autovacuum_time,
     total_analyze_time,
-- 
2.43.0


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* [PATCH v5] Track skipped vacuum and analyze activity per relation
@ 2026-03-24 04:09 Yugo Nagata <[email protected]>
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From: Yugo Nagata @ 2026-03-24 04:09 UTC (permalink / raw)

This commit adds eight fields to the relation statistics that track
the last time vacuum or analyze has been attempted but skipped due to
lock unavailability, along with their counts:

-    last_skipped_vacuum
-    last_skipped_autovacuum
-    last_skipped_analyze
-    last_skipped_autoanalyze
-    skipped_vacuum_count
-    skipped_autovacuum_count
-    skipped_analyze_count
-    skipped_autoanalyze_count

These field can help users confirm that autovacuum is actively attempting
to run on a table that has not been vacuumed or analyzed for a long time,
and that the lack of progress is due to repeated skips rather than inactivity.
---
 doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml                  |  88 ++++++
 src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql          |   8 +
 src/backend/commands/vacuum.c                 | 100 +++++--
 src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c  |  64 +++++
 src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c           |  24 ++
 src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat               |  32 +++
 src/include/pgstat.h                          |  16 ++
 .../isolation/expected/vacuum-skip-locked.out | 260 ++++++++++++++++--
 .../isolation/specs/vacuum-skip-locked.spec   |  41 +--
 src/test/regress/expected/rules.out           |  24 ++
 10 files changed, 601 insertions(+), 56 deletions(-)

diff --git a/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml b/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml
index 08d5b824552..a9b579d87a9 100644
--- a/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml
+++ b/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml
@@ -4387,6 +4387,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_vacuum</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time a manual vacuum on this table was attempted but skipped due to
+       lock unavailability (not counting <command>VACUUM FULL</command>)
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>last_autovacuum</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
@@ -4397,6 +4407,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_autovacuum</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time a vacuum on this table by the autovacuum daemon was attempted
+       but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>last_analyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
@@ -4406,6 +4426,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_analyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time a manual analyze on this table was attempted but skipped due to
+       lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>last_autoanalyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
@@ -4416,6 +4446,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_autoanalyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time at which an analyze on this table by the autovacuum was
+       attempted but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>vacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4426,6 +4466,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_vacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times manual vacuums on this table have been attempted but skipped
+       due to lock unavailability (not counting <command>VACUUM FULL</command>)
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>autovacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4436,6 +4486,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_autovacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times vacuums on this table by the autovacuum daemon have been
+       attempted but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>analyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4445,6 +4505,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_analyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times manual analyzes on this table have been attempted but
+       skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>autoanalyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4455,6 +4525,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_autoanalyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times analyzes on this table by the autovacuum daemon have
+       been attempted but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>total_vacuum_time</structfield> <type>double precision</type>
@@ -4510,6 +4590,14 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
    </tgroup>
   </table>
 
+  <note>
+   <para>
+    When a manual vacuum or analyze on a parent table in an inheritance or
+    partitioning hierarchy is skipped, the statistics are recorded only for
+    the parent table, not for its children.
+   </para>
+  </note>
+
  </sect2>
 
  <sect2 id="monitoring-pg-stat-autovacuum-scores-view">
diff --git a/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql b/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql
index 73a1c1c4670..f509fc7876b 100644
--- a/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql
+++ b/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql
@@ -736,13 +736,21 @@ CREATE VIEW pg_stat_all_tables AS
             pg_stat_get_mod_since_analyze(C.oid) AS n_mod_since_analyze,
             pg_stat_get_ins_since_vacuum(C.oid) AS n_ins_since_vacuum,
             pg_stat_get_last_vacuum_time(C.oid) as last_vacuum,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_vacuum,
             pg_stat_get_last_autovacuum_time(C.oid) as last_autovacuum,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_autovacuum,
             pg_stat_get_last_analyze_time(C.oid) as last_analyze,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_analyze,
             pg_stat_get_last_autoanalyze_time(C.oid) as last_autoanalyze,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_autoanalyze,
             pg_stat_get_vacuum_count(C.oid) AS vacuum_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count(C.oid) AS skipped_vacuum_count,
             pg_stat_get_autovacuum_count(C.oid) AS autovacuum_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count(C.oid) AS skipped_autovacuum_count,
             pg_stat_get_analyze_count(C.oid) AS analyze_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count(C.oid) AS skipped_analyze_count,
             pg_stat_get_autoanalyze_count(C.oid) AS autoanalyze_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count(C.oid) AS skipped_autoanalyze_count,
             pg_stat_get_total_vacuum_time(C.oid) AS total_vacuum_time,
             pg_stat_get_total_autovacuum_time(C.oid) AS total_autovacuum_time,
             pg_stat_get_total_analyze_time(C.oid) AS total_analyze_time,
diff --git a/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c b/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c
index 99d0db82ed7..df6526225e4 100644
--- a/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c
+++ b/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c
@@ -793,8 +793,25 @@ vacuum_open_relation(Oid relid, RangeVar *relation, uint32 options,
 		rel = try_relation_open(relid, NoLock);
 	else
 	{
+		int flags = 0;
 		rel = NULL;
 		rel_lock = false;
+
+		if ((options & VACOPT_VACUUM) != 0 && (options & VACOPT_FULL) == 0)
+		{
+			if (AmAutoVacuumWorkerProcess())
+				flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOVACUUM;
+			else
+				flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM;
+		}
+		if ((options & VACOPT_ANALYZE) != 0)
+		{
+			if (AmAutoVacuumWorkerProcess())
+				flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOANALYZE;
+			else
+				flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE;
+		}
+		pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(relid, flags);
 	}
 
 	/* if relation is opened, leave */
@@ -905,7 +922,6 @@ expand_vacuum_rel(VacuumRelation *vrel, MemoryContext vac_context,
 		Form_pg_class classForm;
 		bool		include_children;
 		bool		is_partitioned_table;
-		int			rvr_opts;
 
 		/*
 		 * Since autovacuum workers supply OIDs when calling vacuum(), no
@@ -918,29 +934,69 @@ expand_vacuum_rel(VacuumRelation *vrel, MemoryContext vac_context,
 		 * below, as well as find_all_inheritors's expectation that the caller
 		 * holds some lock on the starting relation.
 		 */
-		rvr_opts = (options & VACOPT_SKIP_LOCKED) ? RVR_SKIP_LOCKED : 0;
-		relid = RangeVarGetRelidExtended(vrel->relation,
-										 AccessShareLock,
-										 rvr_opts,
-										 NULL, NULL);
-
-		/*
-		 * If the lock is unavailable, emit the same log statement that
-		 * vacuum_rel() and analyze_rel() would.
-		 */
-		if (!OidIsValid(relid))
+		if (!(options & VACOPT_SKIP_LOCKED))
 		{
-			if (options & VACOPT_VACUUM)
-				ereport(WARNING,
-						(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
-						 errmsg("skipping vacuum of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
-								vrel->relation->relname)));
-			else
-				ereport(WARNING,
-						(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
-						 errmsg("skipping analyze of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
+			relid = RangeVarGetRelidExtended(vrel->relation,
+											 AccessShareLock,
+											 0, NULL, NULL);
+			if (!OidIsValid(relid))
+				return vacrels;
+		}
+		else
+		{
+			/* Get relid for reporting before taking a lock */
+			relid = RangeVarGetRelid(vrel->relation, NoLock, false);
+
+			if (!ConditionalLockRelationOid(relid, AccessShareLock))
+			{
+				int	flags = 0;
+				/*
+				 * If the lock is unavailable, emit the same log statement that
+				 * vacuum_rel() and analyze_rel() would.
+				 */
+				if (options & VACOPT_VACUUM)
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping vacuum of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
 								vrel->relation->relname)));
-			return vacrels;
+				else
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping analyze of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
+									vrel->relation->relname)));
+
+				if ((options & VACOPT_VACUUM) != 0 && (options & VACOPT_FULL) == 0)
+					flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM;
+				if ((options & VACOPT_ANALYZE) != 0)
+					flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE;
+
+				pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(relid, flags);
+
+				return vacrels;
+			}
+
+			/*
+			 * Now that we have the lock, probe to see if the relation really
+			 * exists or not.
+			 */
+			if (!SearchSysCacheExists1(RELOID, ObjectIdGetDatum(relid)))
+			{
+				if (options & VACOPT_VACUUM)
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_UNDEFINED_TABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping vacuum of \"%s\" --- relation no longer exists",
+									vrel->relation->relname)));
+				else
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_UNDEFINED_TABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping analyze of \"%s\" --- relation no longer exists",
+									vrel->relation->relname)));
+
+				/* Release useless lock */
+				UnlockRelationOid(relid, AccessShareLock);
+
+				return vacrels;
+			}
 		}
 
 		/*
diff --git a/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c b/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c
index b2ca28f83ba..532d9023f8c 100644
--- a/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c
+++ b/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c
@@ -17,12 +17,14 @@
 
 #include "postgres.h"
 
+#include "access/htup_details.h"
 #include "access/twophase_rmgr.h"
 #include "access/xact.h"
 #include "catalog/catalog.h"
 #include "utils/memutils.h"
 #include "utils/pgstat_internal.h"
 #include "utils/rel.h"
+#include "utils/syscache.h"
 #include "utils/timestamp.h"
 
 
@@ -367,6 +369,68 @@ pgstat_report_analyze(Relation rel,
 	(void) pgstat_flush_backend(false, PGSTAT_BACKEND_FLUSH_IO);
 }
 
+/*
+ * Report that the table was skipped during vacuum or/and analyze.
+ */
+void
+pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(Oid relid, int flags)
+{
+	PgStat_EntryRef *entry_ref;
+	PgStatShared_Relation *shtabentry;
+	PgStat_StatTabEntry *tabentry;
+	TimestampTz ts;
+	HeapTuple	classTup;
+	bool		isshared;
+
+	if (!pgstat_track_counts || !flags)
+		return;
+
+	classTup = SearchSysCache1(RELOID, ObjectIdGetDatum(relid));
+	if (!HeapTupleIsValid(classTup))
+		return;			/* somebody deleted the rel, forget it */
+	isshared = ((Form_pg_class) GETSTRUCT(classTup))->relisshared;
+	ReleaseSysCache(classTup);
+
+	/* Store the data in the table's hash table entry. */
+	ts = GetCurrentTimestamp();
+
+	/* block acquiring lock for the same reason as pgstat_report_autovac() */
+	entry_ref = pgstat_get_entry_ref_locked(PGSTAT_KIND_RELATION,
+											isshared ? InvalidOid : MyDatabaseId,
+											relid, false);
+
+	shtabentry = (PgStatShared_Relation *) entry_ref->shared_stats;
+	tabentry = &shtabentry->stats;
+
+	if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM)
+	{
+		tabentry->last_skipped_vacuum_time = ts;
+		tabentry->skipped_vacuum_count++;
+	}
+	else if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOVACUUM)
+	{
+		tabentry->last_skipped_autovacuum_time = ts;
+		tabentry->skipped_autovacuum_count++;
+	}
+
+	if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE)
+	{
+		tabentry->last_skipped_analyze_time = ts;
+		tabentry->skipped_analyze_count++;
+	}
+	else if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOANALYZE)
+	{
+		tabentry->last_skipped_autoanalyze_time = ts;
+		tabentry->skipped_autoanalyze_count++;
+	}
+
+	pgstat_unlock_entry(entry_ref);
+
+	/* see pgstat_report_vacuum() */
+	pgstat_flush_io(false);
+	(void) pgstat_flush_backend(false, PGSTAT_BACKEND_FLUSH_IO);
+}
+
 /*
  * count a tuple insertion of n tuples
  */
diff --git a/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c b/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c
index 1408de387ea..90a8968faa0 100644
--- a/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c
+++ b/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c
@@ -84,6 +84,18 @@ PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(mod_since_analyze)
 /* pg_stat_get_numscans */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(numscans)
 
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_analyze_count)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_autoanalyze_count)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_autovacuum_count)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_vacuum_count)
+
 /* pg_stat_get_tuples_deleted */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(tuples_deleted)
 
@@ -170,6 +182,18 @@ PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_vacuum_time)
 /* pg_stat_get_lastscan */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(lastscan)
 
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_analyze_time)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_autoanalyze_time)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_autovacuum_time)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_vacuum_time)
+
 /* pg_stat_get_stat_reset_time */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(stat_reset_time)
 
diff --git a/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat b/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat
index fa9ae79082b..32debb34863 100644
--- a/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat
+++ b/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat
@@ -5680,6 +5680,38 @@
   proargmodes => '{o,o,o,o,o,o,o,o,o,o}',
   proargnames => '{oid,score,xid_score,mxid_score,vacuum_score,vacuum_insert_score,analyze_score,do_vacuum,do_analyze,for_wraparound}',
   prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_autovacuum_scores' },
+{ oid => '8142', descr => 'statistics: last skipped vacuum time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time' },
+{ oid => '8143', descr => 'statistics: last skipped auto vacuum time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time' },
+{ oid => '8144', descr => 'statistics: last skipped analyze time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time' },
+{ oid => '8145', descr => 'statistics: last skipped auto analyze time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time' },
+{ oid => '8146', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped vacuum for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count' },
+{ oid => '8147', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped auto vacuum for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count' },
+{ oid => '8148', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped analyzes for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count' },
+{ oid => '8149', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped auto analyzes for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count' },
 { oid => '1936', descr => 'statistics: currently active backend IDs',
   proname => 'pg_stat_get_backend_idset', prorows => '100', proretset => 't',
   provolatile => 's', proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int4',
diff --git a/src/include/pgstat.h b/src/include/pgstat.h
index dfa2e837638..98941f953d1 100644
--- a/src/include/pgstat.h
+++ b/src/include/pgstat.h
@@ -479,6 +479,15 @@ typedef struct PgStat_StatTabEntry
 	TimestampTz last_autoanalyze_time;	/* autovacuum initiated */
 	PgStat_Counter autoanalyze_count;
 
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_vacuum_time;	/* user initiated vacuum */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_vacuum_count;
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_autovacuum_time;	/* autovacuum initiated */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_autovacuum_count;
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_analyze_time;	/* user initiated */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_analyze_count;
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_autoanalyze_time;	/* autovacuum initiated */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_autoanalyze_count;
+
 	PgStat_Counter total_vacuum_time;	/* times in milliseconds */
 	PgStat_Counter total_autovacuum_time;
 	PgStat_Counter total_analyze_time;
@@ -703,6 +712,13 @@ extern void pgstat_report_analyze(Relation rel,
 								  PgStat_Counter livetuples, PgStat_Counter deadtuples,
 								  bool resetcounter, TimestampTz starttime);
 
+/* flags for pgstat_flush_backend() */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM		(1 << 0)	/* vacuum is skipped */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE		(1 << 1)	/* analyze is skipped */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOVACUUM	(1 << 2)	/* autovacuum is skipped */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOANALYZE	(1 << 3)	/* autoanalyze is skipped */
+extern void pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(Oid relid, int flags);
+
 /*
  * If stats are enabled, but pending data hasn't been prepared yet, call
  * pgstat_assoc_relation() to do so. See its comment for why this is done
diff --git a/src/test/isolation/expected/vacuum-skip-locked.out b/src/test/isolation/expected/vacuum-skip-locked.out
index 99db281a159..e2cff175b7c 100644
--- a/src/test/isolation/expected/vacuum-skip-locked.out
+++ b/src/test/isolation/expected/vacuum-skip-locked.out
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 Parsed test spec with 2 sessions
 
-starting permutation: lock_share vac_specified commit
+starting permutation: lock_share vac_specified commit check_stat
 step lock_share: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN SHARE MODE;
@@ -10,8 +10,22 @@ step vac_specified: VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED) part1, part2;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
 
-starting permutation: lock_share vac_all_parts commit
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   1|            0|                    0
+part2  |           1|                   0|            0|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
+
+starting permutation: lock_share vac_all_parts commit check_stat
 step lock_share: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN SHARE MODE;
@@ -20,8 +34,22 @@ step vac_all_parts: VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED) parted;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   1|            0|                    0
+part2  |           1|                   0|            0|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
 
-starting permutation: lock_share analyze_specified commit
+starting permutation: lock_share analyze_specified commit check_stat
 step lock_share: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN SHARE MODE;
@@ -31,8 +59,22 @@ step analyze_specified: ANALYZE (SKIP_LOCKED) part1, part2;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
 
-starting permutation: lock_share analyze_all_parts commit
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   0|            0|                    1
+part2  |           0|                   0|            1|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
+
+starting permutation: lock_share analyze_all_parts commit check_stat
 step lock_share: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN SHARE MODE;
@@ -41,8 +83,22 @@ step analyze_all_parts: ANALYZE (SKIP_LOCKED) parted;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            1|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   0|            0|                    1
+part2  |           0|                   0|            1|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
 
-starting permutation: lock_share vac_analyze_specified commit
+starting permutation: lock_share vac_analyze_specified commit check_stat
 step lock_share: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN SHARE MODE;
@@ -52,8 +108,22 @@ step vac_analyze_specified: VACUUM (ANALYZE, SKIP_LOCKED) part1, part2;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
 
-starting permutation: lock_share vac_analyze_all_parts commit
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   1|            0|                    1
+part2  |           1|                   0|            1|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
+
+starting permutation: lock_share vac_analyze_all_parts commit check_stat
 step lock_share: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN SHARE MODE;
@@ -62,8 +132,22 @@ step vac_analyze_all_parts: VACUUM (ANALYZE, SKIP_LOCKED) parted;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            1|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   1|            0|                    1
+part2  |           1|                   0|            1|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
 
-starting permutation: lock_share vac_full_specified commit
+starting permutation: lock_share vac_full_specified commit check_stat
 step lock_share: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN SHARE MODE;
@@ -73,8 +157,22 @@ step vac_full_specified: VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED, FULL) part1, part2;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
 
-starting permutation: lock_share vac_full_all_parts commit
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part2  |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
+
+starting permutation: lock_share vac_full_all_parts commit check_stat
 step lock_share: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN SHARE MODE;
@@ -83,8 +181,22 @@ step vac_full_all_parts: VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED, FULL) parted;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part2  |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+(3 rows)
 
-starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_specified commit
+
+starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_specified commit check_stat
 step lock_access_exclusive: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN ACCESS EXCLUSIVE MODE;
@@ -94,8 +206,22 @@ step vac_specified: VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED) part1, part2;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   1|            0|                    0
+part2  |           1|                   0|            0|                    0
+(3 rows)
 
-starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_all_parts commit
+
+starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_all_parts commit check_stat
 step lock_access_exclusive: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN ACCESS EXCLUSIVE MODE;
@@ -104,8 +230,22 @@ step vac_all_parts: VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED) parted;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   1|            0|                    0
+part2  |           1|                   0|            0|                    0
+(3 rows)
 
-starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive analyze_specified commit
+
+starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive analyze_specified commit check_stat
 step lock_access_exclusive: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN ACCESS EXCLUSIVE MODE;
@@ -115,8 +255,22 @@ step analyze_specified: ANALYZE (SKIP_LOCKED) part1, part2;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   0|            0|                    1
+part2  |           0|                   0|            1|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
 
-starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive analyze_all_parts commit
+starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive analyze_all_parts commit check_stat
 step lock_access_exclusive: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN ACCESS EXCLUSIVE MODE;
@@ -126,8 +280,22 @@ step commit:
 	COMMIT;
 
 step analyze_all_parts: <... completed>
-
-starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_analyze_specified commit
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            1|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   0|            1|                    0
+part2  |           0|                   0|            1|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
+
+starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_analyze_specified commit check_stat
 step lock_access_exclusive: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN ACCESS EXCLUSIVE MODE;
@@ -137,8 +305,22 @@ step vac_analyze_specified: VACUUM (ANALYZE, SKIP_LOCKED) part1, part2;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   1|            0|                    1
+part2  |           1|                   0|            1|                    0
+(3 rows)
 
-starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_analyze_all_parts commit
+
+starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_analyze_all_parts commit check_stat
 step lock_access_exclusive: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN ACCESS EXCLUSIVE MODE;
@@ -148,8 +330,22 @@ step commit:
 	COMMIT;
 
 step vac_analyze_all_parts: <... completed>
-
-starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_full_specified commit
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            1|                    0
+part1  |           1|                   0|            1|                    0
+part2  |           1|                   0|            1|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
+
+starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_full_specified commit check_stat
 step lock_access_exclusive: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN ACCESS EXCLUSIVE MODE;
@@ -159,8 +355,22 @@ step vac_full_specified: VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED, FULL) part1, part2;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
 
-starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_full_all_parts commit
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part2  |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
+
+starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_full_all_parts commit check_stat
 step lock_access_exclusive: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN ACCESS EXCLUSIVE MODE;
@@ -169,3 +379,17 @@ step vac_full_all_parts: VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED, FULL) parted;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part2  |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
diff --git a/src/test/isolation/specs/vacuum-skip-locked.spec b/src/test/isolation/specs/vacuum-skip-locked.spec
index 3fad6e1c92a..b0da75d4b6d 100644
--- a/src/test/isolation/specs/vacuum-skip-locked.spec
+++ b/src/test/isolation/specs/vacuum-skip-locked.spec
@@ -33,6 +33,15 @@ step commit
 	COMMIT;
 }
 
+step check_stat
+{
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+}
+
 session s2
 step vac_specified			{ VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED) part1, part2; }
 step vac_all_parts			{ VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED) parted; }
@@ -43,19 +52,19 @@ step vac_analyze_all_parts	{ VACUUM (ANALYZE, SKIP_LOCKED) parted; }
 step vac_full_specified		{ VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED, FULL) part1, part2; }
 step vac_full_all_parts		{ VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED, FULL) parted; }
 
-permutation lock_share vac_specified commit
-permutation lock_share vac_all_parts commit
-permutation lock_share analyze_specified commit
-permutation lock_share analyze_all_parts commit
-permutation lock_share vac_analyze_specified commit
-permutation lock_share vac_analyze_all_parts commit
-permutation lock_share vac_full_specified commit
-permutation lock_share vac_full_all_parts commit
-permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_specified commit
-permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_all_parts commit
-permutation lock_access_exclusive analyze_specified commit
-permutation lock_access_exclusive analyze_all_parts commit
-permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_analyze_specified commit
-permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_analyze_all_parts commit
-permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_full_specified commit
-permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_full_all_parts commit
+permutation lock_share vac_specified commit check_stat
+permutation lock_share vac_all_parts commit check_stat
+permutation lock_share analyze_specified commit check_stat
+permutation lock_share analyze_all_parts commit check_stat
+permutation lock_share vac_analyze_specified commit check_stat
+permutation lock_share vac_analyze_all_parts commit check_stat
+permutation lock_share vac_full_specified commit check_stat
+permutation lock_share vac_full_all_parts commit check_stat
+permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_specified commit check_stat
+permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_all_parts commit check_stat
+permutation lock_access_exclusive analyze_specified commit check_stat
+permutation lock_access_exclusive analyze_all_parts commit check_stat
+permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_analyze_specified commit check_stat
+permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_analyze_all_parts commit check_stat
+permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_full_specified commit check_stat
+permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_full_all_parts commit check_stat
diff --git a/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out b/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out
index a65a5bf0c4f..9b2075d3373 100644
--- a/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out
+++ b/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out
@@ -1835,13 +1835,21 @@ pg_stat_all_tables| SELECT c.oid AS relid,
     pg_stat_get_mod_since_analyze(c.oid) AS n_mod_since_analyze,
     pg_stat_get_ins_since_vacuum(c.oid) AS n_ins_since_vacuum,
     pg_stat_get_last_vacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_vacuum,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_vacuum,
     pg_stat_get_last_autovacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_autovacuum,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_autovacuum,
     pg_stat_get_last_analyze_time(c.oid) AS last_analyze,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_analyze,
     pg_stat_get_last_autoanalyze_time(c.oid) AS last_autoanalyze,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_autoanalyze,
     pg_stat_get_vacuum_count(c.oid) AS vacuum_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count(c.oid) AS skipped_vacuum_count,
     pg_stat_get_autovacuum_count(c.oid) AS autovacuum_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count(c.oid) AS skipped_autovacuum_count,
     pg_stat_get_analyze_count(c.oid) AS analyze_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count(c.oid) AS skipped_analyze_count,
     pg_stat_get_autoanalyze_count(c.oid) AS autoanalyze_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count(c.oid) AS skipped_autoanalyze_count,
     pg_stat_get_total_vacuum_time(c.oid) AS total_vacuum_time,
     pg_stat_get_total_autovacuum_time(c.oid) AS total_autovacuum_time,
     pg_stat_get_total_analyze_time(c.oid) AS total_analyze_time,
@@ -2346,13 +2354,21 @@ pg_stat_sys_tables| SELECT relid,
     n_mod_since_analyze,
     n_ins_since_vacuum,
     last_vacuum,
+    last_skipped_vacuum,
     last_autovacuum,
+    last_skipped_autovacuum,
     last_analyze,
+    last_skipped_analyze,
     last_autoanalyze,
+    last_skipped_autoanalyze,
     vacuum_count,
+    skipped_vacuum_count,
     autovacuum_count,
+    skipped_autovacuum_count,
     analyze_count,
+    skipped_analyze_count,
     autoanalyze_count,
+    skipped_autoanalyze_count,
     total_vacuum_time,
     total_autovacuum_time,
     total_analyze_time,
@@ -2401,13 +2417,21 @@ pg_stat_user_tables| SELECT relid,
     n_mod_since_analyze,
     n_ins_since_vacuum,
     last_vacuum,
+    last_skipped_vacuum,
     last_autovacuum,
+    last_skipped_autovacuum,
     last_analyze,
+    last_skipped_analyze,
     last_autoanalyze,
+    last_skipped_autoanalyze,
     vacuum_count,
+    skipped_vacuum_count,
     autovacuum_count,
+    skipped_autovacuum_count,
     analyze_count,
+    skipped_analyze_count,
     autoanalyze_count,
+    skipped_autoanalyze_count,
     total_vacuum_time,
     total_autovacuum_time,
     total_analyze_time,
-- 
2.43.0


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* [PATCH v5] Track skipped vacuum and analyze activity per relation
@ 2026-03-24 04:09 Yugo Nagata <[email protected]>
  0 siblings, 0 replies; 374+ messages in thread

From: Yugo Nagata @ 2026-03-24 04:09 UTC (permalink / raw)

This commit adds eight fields to the relation statistics that track
the last time vacuum or analyze has been attempted but skipped due to
lock unavailability, along with their counts:

-    last_skipped_vacuum
-    last_skipped_autovacuum
-    last_skipped_analyze
-    last_skipped_autoanalyze
-    skipped_vacuum_count
-    skipped_autovacuum_count
-    skipped_analyze_count
-    skipped_autoanalyze_count

These field can help users confirm that autovacuum is actively attempting
to run on a table that has not been vacuumed or analyzed for a long time,
and that the lack of progress is due to repeated skips rather than inactivity.
---
 doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml                  |  88 ++++++
 src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql          |   8 +
 src/backend/commands/vacuum.c                 | 100 +++++--
 src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c  |  64 +++++
 src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c           |  24 ++
 src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat               |  32 +++
 src/include/pgstat.h                          |  16 ++
 .../isolation/expected/vacuum-skip-locked.out | 260 ++++++++++++++++--
 .../isolation/specs/vacuum-skip-locked.spec   |  41 +--
 src/test/regress/expected/rules.out           |  24 ++
 10 files changed, 601 insertions(+), 56 deletions(-)

diff --git a/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml b/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml
index 08d5b824552..a9b579d87a9 100644
--- a/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml
+++ b/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml
@@ -4387,6 +4387,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_vacuum</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time a manual vacuum on this table was attempted but skipped due to
+       lock unavailability (not counting <command>VACUUM FULL</command>)
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>last_autovacuum</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
@@ -4397,6 +4407,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_autovacuum</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time a vacuum on this table by the autovacuum daemon was attempted
+       but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>last_analyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
@@ -4406,6 +4426,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_analyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time a manual analyze on this table was attempted but skipped due to
+       lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>last_autoanalyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
@@ -4416,6 +4446,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_autoanalyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time at which an analyze on this table by the autovacuum was
+       attempted but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>vacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4426,6 +4466,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_vacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times manual vacuums on this table have been attempted but skipped
+       due to lock unavailability (not counting <command>VACUUM FULL</command>)
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>autovacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4436,6 +4486,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_autovacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times vacuums on this table by the autovacuum daemon have been
+       attempted but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>analyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4445,6 +4505,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_analyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times manual analyzes on this table have been attempted but
+       skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>autoanalyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4455,6 +4525,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_autoanalyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times analyzes on this table by the autovacuum daemon have
+       been attempted but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>total_vacuum_time</structfield> <type>double precision</type>
@@ -4510,6 +4590,14 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
    </tgroup>
   </table>
 
+  <note>
+   <para>
+    When a manual vacuum or analyze on a parent table in an inheritance or
+    partitioning hierarchy is skipped, the statistics are recorded only for
+    the parent table, not for its children.
+   </para>
+  </note>
+
  </sect2>
 
  <sect2 id="monitoring-pg-stat-autovacuum-scores-view">
diff --git a/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql b/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql
index 73a1c1c4670..f509fc7876b 100644
--- a/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql
+++ b/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql
@@ -736,13 +736,21 @@ CREATE VIEW pg_stat_all_tables AS
             pg_stat_get_mod_since_analyze(C.oid) AS n_mod_since_analyze,
             pg_stat_get_ins_since_vacuum(C.oid) AS n_ins_since_vacuum,
             pg_stat_get_last_vacuum_time(C.oid) as last_vacuum,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_vacuum,
             pg_stat_get_last_autovacuum_time(C.oid) as last_autovacuum,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_autovacuum,
             pg_stat_get_last_analyze_time(C.oid) as last_analyze,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_analyze,
             pg_stat_get_last_autoanalyze_time(C.oid) as last_autoanalyze,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_autoanalyze,
             pg_stat_get_vacuum_count(C.oid) AS vacuum_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count(C.oid) AS skipped_vacuum_count,
             pg_stat_get_autovacuum_count(C.oid) AS autovacuum_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count(C.oid) AS skipped_autovacuum_count,
             pg_stat_get_analyze_count(C.oid) AS analyze_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count(C.oid) AS skipped_analyze_count,
             pg_stat_get_autoanalyze_count(C.oid) AS autoanalyze_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count(C.oid) AS skipped_autoanalyze_count,
             pg_stat_get_total_vacuum_time(C.oid) AS total_vacuum_time,
             pg_stat_get_total_autovacuum_time(C.oid) AS total_autovacuum_time,
             pg_stat_get_total_analyze_time(C.oid) AS total_analyze_time,
diff --git a/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c b/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c
index 99d0db82ed7..df6526225e4 100644
--- a/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c
+++ b/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c
@@ -793,8 +793,25 @@ vacuum_open_relation(Oid relid, RangeVar *relation, uint32 options,
 		rel = try_relation_open(relid, NoLock);
 	else
 	{
+		int flags = 0;
 		rel = NULL;
 		rel_lock = false;
+
+		if ((options & VACOPT_VACUUM) != 0 && (options & VACOPT_FULL) == 0)
+		{
+			if (AmAutoVacuumWorkerProcess())
+				flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOVACUUM;
+			else
+				flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM;
+		}
+		if ((options & VACOPT_ANALYZE) != 0)
+		{
+			if (AmAutoVacuumWorkerProcess())
+				flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOANALYZE;
+			else
+				flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE;
+		}
+		pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(relid, flags);
 	}
 
 	/* if relation is opened, leave */
@@ -905,7 +922,6 @@ expand_vacuum_rel(VacuumRelation *vrel, MemoryContext vac_context,
 		Form_pg_class classForm;
 		bool		include_children;
 		bool		is_partitioned_table;
-		int			rvr_opts;
 
 		/*
 		 * Since autovacuum workers supply OIDs when calling vacuum(), no
@@ -918,29 +934,69 @@ expand_vacuum_rel(VacuumRelation *vrel, MemoryContext vac_context,
 		 * below, as well as find_all_inheritors's expectation that the caller
 		 * holds some lock on the starting relation.
 		 */
-		rvr_opts = (options & VACOPT_SKIP_LOCKED) ? RVR_SKIP_LOCKED : 0;
-		relid = RangeVarGetRelidExtended(vrel->relation,
-										 AccessShareLock,
-										 rvr_opts,
-										 NULL, NULL);
-
-		/*
-		 * If the lock is unavailable, emit the same log statement that
-		 * vacuum_rel() and analyze_rel() would.
-		 */
-		if (!OidIsValid(relid))
+		if (!(options & VACOPT_SKIP_LOCKED))
 		{
-			if (options & VACOPT_VACUUM)
-				ereport(WARNING,
-						(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
-						 errmsg("skipping vacuum of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
-								vrel->relation->relname)));
-			else
-				ereport(WARNING,
-						(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
-						 errmsg("skipping analyze of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
+			relid = RangeVarGetRelidExtended(vrel->relation,
+											 AccessShareLock,
+											 0, NULL, NULL);
+			if (!OidIsValid(relid))
+				return vacrels;
+		}
+		else
+		{
+			/* Get relid for reporting before taking a lock */
+			relid = RangeVarGetRelid(vrel->relation, NoLock, false);
+
+			if (!ConditionalLockRelationOid(relid, AccessShareLock))
+			{
+				int	flags = 0;
+				/*
+				 * If the lock is unavailable, emit the same log statement that
+				 * vacuum_rel() and analyze_rel() would.
+				 */
+				if (options & VACOPT_VACUUM)
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping vacuum of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
 								vrel->relation->relname)));
-			return vacrels;
+				else
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping analyze of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
+									vrel->relation->relname)));
+
+				if ((options & VACOPT_VACUUM) != 0 && (options & VACOPT_FULL) == 0)
+					flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM;
+				if ((options & VACOPT_ANALYZE) != 0)
+					flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE;
+
+				pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(relid, flags);
+
+				return vacrels;
+			}
+
+			/*
+			 * Now that we have the lock, probe to see if the relation really
+			 * exists or not.
+			 */
+			if (!SearchSysCacheExists1(RELOID, ObjectIdGetDatum(relid)))
+			{
+				if (options & VACOPT_VACUUM)
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_UNDEFINED_TABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping vacuum of \"%s\" --- relation no longer exists",
+									vrel->relation->relname)));
+				else
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_UNDEFINED_TABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping analyze of \"%s\" --- relation no longer exists",
+									vrel->relation->relname)));
+
+				/* Release useless lock */
+				UnlockRelationOid(relid, AccessShareLock);
+
+				return vacrels;
+			}
 		}
 
 		/*
diff --git a/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c b/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c
index b2ca28f83ba..532d9023f8c 100644
--- a/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c
+++ b/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c
@@ -17,12 +17,14 @@
 
 #include "postgres.h"
 
+#include "access/htup_details.h"
 #include "access/twophase_rmgr.h"
 #include "access/xact.h"
 #include "catalog/catalog.h"
 #include "utils/memutils.h"
 #include "utils/pgstat_internal.h"
 #include "utils/rel.h"
+#include "utils/syscache.h"
 #include "utils/timestamp.h"
 
 
@@ -367,6 +369,68 @@ pgstat_report_analyze(Relation rel,
 	(void) pgstat_flush_backend(false, PGSTAT_BACKEND_FLUSH_IO);
 }
 
+/*
+ * Report that the table was skipped during vacuum or/and analyze.
+ */
+void
+pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(Oid relid, int flags)
+{
+	PgStat_EntryRef *entry_ref;
+	PgStatShared_Relation *shtabentry;
+	PgStat_StatTabEntry *tabentry;
+	TimestampTz ts;
+	HeapTuple	classTup;
+	bool		isshared;
+
+	if (!pgstat_track_counts || !flags)
+		return;
+
+	classTup = SearchSysCache1(RELOID, ObjectIdGetDatum(relid));
+	if (!HeapTupleIsValid(classTup))
+		return;			/* somebody deleted the rel, forget it */
+	isshared = ((Form_pg_class) GETSTRUCT(classTup))->relisshared;
+	ReleaseSysCache(classTup);
+
+	/* Store the data in the table's hash table entry. */
+	ts = GetCurrentTimestamp();
+
+	/* block acquiring lock for the same reason as pgstat_report_autovac() */
+	entry_ref = pgstat_get_entry_ref_locked(PGSTAT_KIND_RELATION,
+											isshared ? InvalidOid : MyDatabaseId,
+											relid, false);
+
+	shtabentry = (PgStatShared_Relation *) entry_ref->shared_stats;
+	tabentry = &shtabentry->stats;
+
+	if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM)
+	{
+		tabentry->last_skipped_vacuum_time = ts;
+		tabentry->skipped_vacuum_count++;
+	}
+	else if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOVACUUM)
+	{
+		tabentry->last_skipped_autovacuum_time = ts;
+		tabentry->skipped_autovacuum_count++;
+	}
+
+	if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE)
+	{
+		tabentry->last_skipped_analyze_time = ts;
+		tabentry->skipped_analyze_count++;
+	}
+	else if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOANALYZE)
+	{
+		tabentry->last_skipped_autoanalyze_time = ts;
+		tabentry->skipped_autoanalyze_count++;
+	}
+
+	pgstat_unlock_entry(entry_ref);
+
+	/* see pgstat_report_vacuum() */
+	pgstat_flush_io(false);
+	(void) pgstat_flush_backend(false, PGSTAT_BACKEND_FLUSH_IO);
+}
+
 /*
  * count a tuple insertion of n tuples
  */
diff --git a/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c b/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c
index 1408de387ea..90a8968faa0 100644
--- a/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c
+++ b/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c
@@ -84,6 +84,18 @@ PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(mod_since_analyze)
 /* pg_stat_get_numscans */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(numscans)
 
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_analyze_count)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_autoanalyze_count)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_autovacuum_count)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_vacuum_count)
+
 /* pg_stat_get_tuples_deleted */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(tuples_deleted)
 
@@ -170,6 +182,18 @@ PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_vacuum_time)
 /* pg_stat_get_lastscan */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(lastscan)
 
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_analyze_time)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_autoanalyze_time)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_autovacuum_time)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_vacuum_time)
+
 /* pg_stat_get_stat_reset_time */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(stat_reset_time)
 
diff --git a/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat b/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat
index fa9ae79082b..32debb34863 100644
--- a/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat
+++ b/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat
@@ -5680,6 +5680,38 @@
   proargmodes => '{o,o,o,o,o,o,o,o,o,o}',
   proargnames => '{oid,score,xid_score,mxid_score,vacuum_score,vacuum_insert_score,analyze_score,do_vacuum,do_analyze,for_wraparound}',
   prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_autovacuum_scores' },
+{ oid => '8142', descr => 'statistics: last skipped vacuum time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time' },
+{ oid => '8143', descr => 'statistics: last skipped auto vacuum time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time' },
+{ oid => '8144', descr => 'statistics: last skipped analyze time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time' },
+{ oid => '8145', descr => 'statistics: last skipped auto analyze time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time' },
+{ oid => '8146', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped vacuum for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count' },
+{ oid => '8147', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped auto vacuum for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count' },
+{ oid => '8148', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped analyzes for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count' },
+{ oid => '8149', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped auto analyzes for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count' },
 { oid => '1936', descr => 'statistics: currently active backend IDs',
   proname => 'pg_stat_get_backend_idset', prorows => '100', proretset => 't',
   provolatile => 's', proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int4',
diff --git a/src/include/pgstat.h b/src/include/pgstat.h
index dfa2e837638..98941f953d1 100644
--- a/src/include/pgstat.h
+++ b/src/include/pgstat.h
@@ -479,6 +479,15 @@ typedef struct PgStat_StatTabEntry
 	TimestampTz last_autoanalyze_time;	/* autovacuum initiated */
 	PgStat_Counter autoanalyze_count;
 
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_vacuum_time;	/* user initiated vacuum */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_vacuum_count;
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_autovacuum_time;	/* autovacuum initiated */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_autovacuum_count;
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_analyze_time;	/* user initiated */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_analyze_count;
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_autoanalyze_time;	/* autovacuum initiated */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_autoanalyze_count;
+
 	PgStat_Counter total_vacuum_time;	/* times in milliseconds */
 	PgStat_Counter total_autovacuum_time;
 	PgStat_Counter total_analyze_time;
@@ -703,6 +712,13 @@ extern void pgstat_report_analyze(Relation rel,
 								  PgStat_Counter livetuples, PgStat_Counter deadtuples,
 								  bool resetcounter, TimestampTz starttime);
 
+/* flags for pgstat_flush_backend() */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM		(1 << 0)	/* vacuum is skipped */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE		(1 << 1)	/* analyze is skipped */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOVACUUM	(1 << 2)	/* autovacuum is skipped */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOANALYZE	(1 << 3)	/* autoanalyze is skipped */
+extern void pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(Oid relid, int flags);
+
 /*
  * If stats are enabled, but pending data hasn't been prepared yet, call
  * pgstat_assoc_relation() to do so. See its comment for why this is done
diff --git a/src/test/isolation/expected/vacuum-skip-locked.out b/src/test/isolation/expected/vacuum-skip-locked.out
index 99db281a159..e2cff175b7c 100644
--- a/src/test/isolation/expected/vacuum-skip-locked.out
+++ b/src/test/isolation/expected/vacuum-skip-locked.out
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 Parsed test spec with 2 sessions
 
-starting permutation: lock_share vac_specified commit
+starting permutation: lock_share vac_specified commit check_stat
 step lock_share: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN SHARE MODE;
@@ -10,8 +10,22 @@ step vac_specified: VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED) part1, part2;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
 
-starting permutation: lock_share vac_all_parts commit
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   1|            0|                    0
+part2  |           1|                   0|            0|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
+
+starting permutation: lock_share vac_all_parts commit check_stat
 step lock_share: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN SHARE MODE;
@@ -20,8 +34,22 @@ step vac_all_parts: VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED) parted;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   1|            0|                    0
+part2  |           1|                   0|            0|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
 
-starting permutation: lock_share analyze_specified commit
+starting permutation: lock_share analyze_specified commit check_stat
 step lock_share: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN SHARE MODE;
@@ -31,8 +59,22 @@ step analyze_specified: ANALYZE (SKIP_LOCKED) part1, part2;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
 
-starting permutation: lock_share analyze_all_parts commit
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   0|            0|                    1
+part2  |           0|                   0|            1|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
+
+starting permutation: lock_share analyze_all_parts commit check_stat
 step lock_share: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN SHARE MODE;
@@ -41,8 +83,22 @@ step analyze_all_parts: ANALYZE (SKIP_LOCKED) parted;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            1|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   0|            0|                    1
+part2  |           0|                   0|            1|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
 
-starting permutation: lock_share vac_analyze_specified commit
+starting permutation: lock_share vac_analyze_specified commit check_stat
 step lock_share: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN SHARE MODE;
@@ -52,8 +108,22 @@ step vac_analyze_specified: VACUUM (ANALYZE, SKIP_LOCKED) part1, part2;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
 
-starting permutation: lock_share vac_analyze_all_parts commit
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   1|            0|                    1
+part2  |           1|                   0|            1|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
+
+starting permutation: lock_share vac_analyze_all_parts commit check_stat
 step lock_share: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN SHARE MODE;
@@ -62,8 +132,22 @@ step vac_analyze_all_parts: VACUUM (ANALYZE, SKIP_LOCKED) parted;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            1|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   1|            0|                    1
+part2  |           1|                   0|            1|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
 
-starting permutation: lock_share vac_full_specified commit
+starting permutation: lock_share vac_full_specified commit check_stat
 step lock_share: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN SHARE MODE;
@@ -73,8 +157,22 @@ step vac_full_specified: VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED, FULL) part1, part2;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
 
-starting permutation: lock_share vac_full_all_parts commit
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part2  |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
+
+starting permutation: lock_share vac_full_all_parts commit check_stat
 step lock_share: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN SHARE MODE;
@@ -83,8 +181,22 @@ step vac_full_all_parts: VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED, FULL) parted;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part2  |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+(3 rows)
 
-starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_specified commit
+
+starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_specified commit check_stat
 step lock_access_exclusive: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN ACCESS EXCLUSIVE MODE;
@@ -94,8 +206,22 @@ step vac_specified: VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED) part1, part2;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   1|            0|                    0
+part2  |           1|                   0|            0|                    0
+(3 rows)
 
-starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_all_parts commit
+
+starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_all_parts commit check_stat
 step lock_access_exclusive: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN ACCESS EXCLUSIVE MODE;
@@ -104,8 +230,22 @@ step vac_all_parts: VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED) parted;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   1|            0|                    0
+part2  |           1|                   0|            0|                    0
+(3 rows)
 
-starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive analyze_specified commit
+
+starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive analyze_specified commit check_stat
 step lock_access_exclusive: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN ACCESS EXCLUSIVE MODE;
@@ -115,8 +255,22 @@ step analyze_specified: ANALYZE (SKIP_LOCKED) part1, part2;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   0|            0|                    1
+part2  |           0|                   0|            1|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
 
-starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive analyze_all_parts commit
+starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive analyze_all_parts commit check_stat
 step lock_access_exclusive: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN ACCESS EXCLUSIVE MODE;
@@ -126,8 +280,22 @@ step commit:
 	COMMIT;
 
 step analyze_all_parts: <... completed>
-
-starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_analyze_specified commit
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            1|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   0|            1|                    0
+part2  |           0|                   0|            1|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
+
+starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_analyze_specified commit check_stat
 step lock_access_exclusive: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN ACCESS EXCLUSIVE MODE;
@@ -137,8 +305,22 @@ step vac_analyze_specified: VACUUM (ANALYZE, SKIP_LOCKED) part1, part2;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   1|            0|                    1
+part2  |           1|                   0|            1|                    0
+(3 rows)
 
-starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_analyze_all_parts commit
+
+starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_analyze_all_parts commit check_stat
 step lock_access_exclusive: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN ACCESS EXCLUSIVE MODE;
@@ -148,8 +330,22 @@ step commit:
 	COMMIT;
 
 step vac_analyze_all_parts: <... completed>
-
-starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_full_specified commit
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            1|                    0
+part1  |           1|                   0|            1|                    0
+part2  |           1|                   0|            1|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
+
+starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_full_specified commit check_stat
 step lock_access_exclusive: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN ACCESS EXCLUSIVE MODE;
@@ -159,8 +355,22 @@ step vac_full_specified: VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED, FULL) part1, part2;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
 
-starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_full_all_parts commit
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part2  |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
+
+starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_full_all_parts commit check_stat
 step lock_access_exclusive: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN ACCESS EXCLUSIVE MODE;
@@ -169,3 +379,17 @@ step vac_full_all_parts: VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED, FULL) parted;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part2  |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
diff --git a/src/test/isolation/specs/vacuum-skip-locked.spec b/src/test/isolation/specs/vacuum-skip-locked.spec
index 3fad6e1c92a..b0da75d4b6d 100644
--- a/src/test/isolation/specs/vacuum-skip-locked.spec
+++ b/src/test/isolation/specs/vacuum-skip-locked.spec
@@ -33,6 +33,15 @@ step commit
 	COMMIT;
 }
 
+step check_stat
+{
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+}
+
 session s2
 step vac_specified			{ VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED) part1, part2; }
 step vac_all_parts			{ VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED) parted; }
@@ -43,19 +52,19 @@ step vac_analyze_all_parts	{ VACUUM (ANALYZE, SKIP_LOCKED) parted; }
 step vac_full_specified		{ VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED, FULL) part1, part2; }
 step vac_full_all_parts		{ VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED, FULL) parted; }
 
-permutation lock_share vac_specified commit
-permutation lock_share vac_all_parts commit
-permutation lock_share analyze_specified commit
-permutation lock_share analyze_all_parts commit
-permutation lock_share vac_analyze_specified commit
-permutation lock_share vac_analyze_all_parts commit
-permutation lock_share vac_full_specified commit
-permutation lock_share vac_full_all_parts commit
-permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_specified commit
-permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_all_parts commit
-permutation lock_access_exclusive analyze_specified commit
-permutation lock_access_exclusive analyze_all_parts commit
-permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_analyze_specified commit
-permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_analyze_all_parts commit
-permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_full_specified commit
-permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_full_all_parts commit
+permutation lock_share vac_specified commit check_stat
+permutation lock_share vac_all_parts commit check_stat
+permutation lock_share analyze_specified commit check_stat
+permutation lock_share analyze_all_parts commit check_stat
+permutation lock_share vac_analyze_specified commit check_stat
+permutation lock_share vac_analyze_all_parts commit check_stat
+permutation lock_share vac_full_specified commit check_stat
+permutation lock_share vac_full_all_parts commit check_stat
+permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_specified commit check_stat
+permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_all_parts commit check_stat
+permutation lock_access_exclusive analyze_specified commit check_stat
+permutation lock_access_exclusive analyze_all_parts commit check_stat
+permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_analyze_specified commit check_stat
+permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_analyze_all_parts commit check_stat
+permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_full_specified commit check_stat
+permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_full_all_parts commit check_stat
diff --git a/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out b/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out
index a65a5bf0c4f..9b2075d3373 100644
--- a/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out
+++ b/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out
@@ -1835,13 +1835,21 @@ pg_stat_all_tables| SELECT c.oid AS relid,
     pg_stat_get_mod_since_analyze(c.oid) AS n_mod_since_analyze,
     pg_stat_get_ins_since_vacuum(c.oid) AS n_ins_since_vacuum,
     pg_stat_get_last_vacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_vacuum,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_vacuum,
     pg_stat_get_last_autovacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_autovacuum,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_autovacuum,
     pg_stat_get_last_analyze_time(c.oid) AS last_analyze,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_analyze,
     pg_stat_get_last_autoanalyze_time(c.oid) AS last_autoanalyze,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_autoanalyze,
     pg_stat_get_vacuum_count(c.oid) AS vacuum_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count(c.oid) AS skipped_vacuum_count,
     pg_stat_get_autovacuum_count(c.oid) AS autovacuum_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count(c.oid) AS skipped_autovacuum_count,
     pg_stat_get_analyze_count(c.oid) AS analyze_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count(c.oid) AS skipped_analyze_count,
     pg_stat_get_autoanalyze_count(c.oid) AS autoanalyze_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count(c.oid) AS skipped_autoanalyze_count,
     pg_stat_get_total_vacuum_time(c.oid) AS total_vacuum_time,
     pg_stat_get_total_autovacuum_time(c.oid) AS total_autovacuum_time,
     pg_stat_get_total_analyze_time(c.oid) AS total_analyze_time,
@@ -2346,13 +2354,21 @@ pg_stat_sys_tables| SELECT relid,
     n_mod_since_analyze,
     n_ins_since_vacuum,
     last_vacuum,
+    last_skipped_vacuum,
     last_autovacuum,
+    last_skipped_autovacuum,
     last_analyze,
+    last_skipped_analyze,
     last_autoanalyze,
+    last_skipped_autoanalyze,
     vacuum_count,
+    skipped_vacuum_count,
     autovacuum_count,
+    skipped_autovacuum_count,
     analyze_count,
+    skipped_analyze_count,
     autoanalyze_count,
+    skipped_autoanalyze_count,
     total_vacuum_time,
     total_autovacuum_time,
     total_analyze_time,
@@ -2401,13 +2417,21 @@ pg_stat_user_tables| SELECT relid,
     n_mod_since_analyze,
     n_ins_since_vacuum,
     last_vacuum,
+    last_skipped_vacuum,
     last_autovacuum,
+    last_skipped_autovacuum,
     last_analyze,
+    last_skipped_analyze,
     last_autoanalyze,
+    last_skipped_autoanalyze,
     vacuum_count,
+    skipped_vacuum_count,
     autovacuum_count,
+    skipped_autovacuum_count,
     analyze_count,
+    skipped_analyze_count,
     autoanalyze_count,
+    skipped_autoanalyze_count,
     total_vacuum_time,
     total_autovacuum_time,
     total_analyze_time,
-- 
2.43.0


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* [PATCH v3] Track skipped vacuum and analyze activity per relation
@ 2026-03-24 04:09 Yugo Nagata <[email protected]>
  0 siblings, 0 replies; 374+ messages in thread

From: Yugo Nagata @ 2026-03-24 04:09 UTC (permalink / raw)

This commit adds eight fields to the relation statistics that track
the last time vacuum or analyze has been attempted but skipped due to
lock unavailability, along with their counts:

-    last_skipped_vacuum
-    last_skipped_autovacuum
-    last_skipped_analyze
-    last_skipped_autoanalyze
-    skipped_vacuum_count
-    skipped_autovacuum_count
-    skipped_analyze_count
-    skipped_autoanalyze_count

These field can help users confirm that autovacuum is actively attempting
to run on a table that has not been vacuumed or analyzed for a long time,
and that the lack of progress is due to repeated skips rather than inactivity.
---
 doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml                 | 80 +++++++++++++++++
 src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql         |  8 ++
 src/backend/commands/vacuum.c                | 95 +++++++++++++++-----
 src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c | 68 ++++++++++++++
 src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c          | 24 +++++
 src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat              | 32 +++++++
 src/include/pgstat.h                         | 16 ++++
 src/test/regress/expected/rules.out          | 24 +++++
 8 files changed, 324 insertions(+), 23 deletions(-)

diff --git a/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml b/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml
index bb75ed1069b..9ec8070b2fc 100644
--- a/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml
+++ b/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml
@@ -4372,6 +4372,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_vacuum</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time a manual vacuum on this table was attempted but skipped due to
+       lock unavailability (not counting <command>VACUUM FULL</command>)
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>last_autovacuum</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
@@ -4382,6 +4392,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_autovacuum</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time a vacuum on this table by the autovacuum daemon was attempted
+       but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>last_analyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
@@ -4391,6 +4411,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_analyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time a manual analyze on this table was attempted but skipped due to
+       lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>last_autoanalyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
@@ -4401,6 +4431,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_autoanalyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time at which an analyze on this table by the autovacuum was
+       attempted but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>vacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4411,6 +4451,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_vacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times vacuums on this table have been attempted but skipped
+       due to lock unavailability (not counting <command>VACUUM FULL</command>)
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>autovacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4421,6 +4471,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_autovacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times vacuums on this table by the autovacuum daemon have been
+       attempted but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>analyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4430,6 +4490,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_analyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times manual analyzes on this table have been attempted but
+       skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>autoanalyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4440,6 +4510,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_autoanalyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times analyzes on this table by the autovacuum daemon have
+       been attempted but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>total_vacuum_time</structfield> <type>double precision</type>
diff --git a/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql b/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql
index e54018004db..2ca02a0354c 100644
--- a/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql
+++ b/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql
@@ -736,13 +736,21 @@ CREATE VIEW pg_stat_all_tables AS
             pg_stat_get_mod_since_analyze(C.oid) AS n_mod_since_analyze,
             pg_stat_get_ins_since_vacuum(C.oid) AS n_ins_since_vacuum,
             pg_stat_get_last_vacuum_time(C.oid) as last_vacuum,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_vacuum,
             pg_stat_get_last_autovacuum_time(C.oid) as last_autovacuum,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_autovacuum,
             pg_stat_get_last_analyze_time(C.oid) as last_analyze,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_analyze,
             pg_stat_get_last_autoanalyze_time(C.oid) as last_autoanalyze,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_autoanalyze,
             pg_stat_get_vacuum_count(C.oid) AS vacuum_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count(C.oid) AS skipped_vacuum_count,
             pg_stat_get_autovacuum_count(C.oid) AS autovacuum_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count(C.oid) AS skipped_autovacuum_count,
             pg_stat_get_analyze_count(C.oid) AS analyze_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count(C.oid) AS skipped_analyze_count,
             pg_stat_get_autoanalyze_count(C.oid) AS autoanalyze_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count(C.oid) AS skipped_autoanalyze_count,
             pg_stat_get_total_vacuum_time(C.oid) AS total_vacuum_time,
             pg_stat_get_total_autovacuum_time(C.oid) AS total_autovacuum_time,
             pg_stat_get_total_analyze_time(C.oid) AS total_analyze_time,
diff --git a/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c b/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c
index bce3a2daa24..ce83b3171be 100644
--- a/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c
+++ b/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c
@@ -792,8 +792,18 @@ vacuum_open_relation(Oid relid, RangeVar *relation, bits32 options,
 		rel = try_relation_open(relid, NoLock);
 	else
 	{
+		bits8 flags = 0;
 		rel = NULL;
 		rel_lock = false;
+
+		if ((options & VACOPT_VACUUM) != 0)
+			flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM;
+		if ((options & VACOPT_ANALYZE) != 0)
+			flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE;
+		if (AmAutoVacuumWorkerProcess())
+			flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOVAC;
+
+		pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(relid, flags);
 	}
 
 	/* if relation is opened, leave */
@@ -801,7 +811,7 @@ vacuum_open_relation(Oid relid, RangeVar *relation, bits32 options,
 		return rel;
 
 	/*
-	 * Relation could not be opened, hence generate if possible a log
+	 * Relation could not be opened hence generate if possible a log
 	 * informing on the situation.
 	 *
 	 * If the RangeVar is not defined, we do not have enough information to
@@ -904,7 +914,6 @@ expand_vacuum_rel(VacuumRelation *vrel, MemoryContext vac_context,
 		Form_pg_class classForm;
 		bool		include_children;
 		bool		is_partitioned_table;
-		int			rvr_opts;
 
 		/*
 		 * Since autovacuum workers supply OIDs when calling vacuum(), no
@@ -917,29 +926,69 @@ expand_vacuum_rel(VacuumRelation *vrel, MemoryContext vac_context,
 		 * below, as well as find_all_inheritors's expectation that the caller
 		 * holds some lock on the starting relation.
 		 */
-		rvr_opts = (options & VACOPT_SKIP_LOCKED) ? RVR_SKIP_LOCKED : 0;
-		relid = RangeVarGetRelidExtended(vrel->relation,
-										 AccessShareLock,
-										 rvr_opts,
-										 NULL, NULL);
-
-		/*
-		 * If the lock is unavailable, emit the same log statement that
-		 * vacuum_rel() and analyze_rel() would.
-		 */
-		if (!OidIsValid(relid))
+		if (!(options & VACOPT_SKIP_LOCKED))
 		{
-			if (options & VACOPT_VACUUM)
-				ereport(WARNING,
-						(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
-						 errmsg("skipping vacuum of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
-								vrel->relation->relname)));
-			else
-				ereport(WARNING,
-						(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
-						 errmsg("skipping analyze of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
+			relid = RangeVarGetRelidExtended(vrel->relation,
+											 AccessShareLock,
+											 0, NULL, NULL);
+			if (!OidIsValid(relid))
+				return vacrels;
+		}
+		else
+		{
+			/* Get relid for reporting before taking a lock */
+			relid = RangeVarGetRelid(vrel->relation, NoLock, false);
+
+			if (!ConditionalLockRelationOid(relid, AccessShareLock))
+			{
+				bits8	flags = 0;
+				/*
+				 * If the lock is unavailable, emit the same log statement that
+				 * vacuum_rel() and analyze_rel() would.
+				 */
+				if (options & VACOPT_VACUUM)
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping vacuum of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
 								vrel->relation->relname)));
-			return vacrels;
+				else
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping analyze of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
+									vrel->relation->relname)));
+
+				if ((options & VACOPT_VACUUM) != 0)
+					flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM;
+				if ((options & VACOPT_ANALYZE) != 0)
+					flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE;
+
+				pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(relid, flags);
+
+				return vacrels;
+			}
+
+			/*
+			 * Now that we have the lock, probe to see if the relation really
+			 * exists or not.
+			 */
+			if (!SearchSysCacheExists1(RELOID, ObjectIdGetDatum(relid)))
+			{
+				if (options & VACOPT_VACUUM)
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_UNDEFINED_TABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping vacuum of \"%s\" --- relation no longer exists",
+									vrel->relation->relname)));
+				else
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_UNDEFINED_TABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping analyze of \"%s\" --- relation no longer exists",
+									vrel->relation->relname)));
+
+				/* Release useless lock */
+				UnlockRelationOid(relid, AccessShareLock);
+
+				return vacrels;
+			}
 		}
 
 		/*
diff --git a/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c b/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c
index bc8c43b96aa..cec4c88980e 100644
--- a/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c
+++ b/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c
@@ -17,6 +17,7 @@
 
 #include "postgres.h"
 
+#include "access/htup_details.h"
 #include "access/twophase_rmgr.h"
 #include "access/xact.h"
 #include "catalog/catalog.h"
@@ -366,6 +367,73 @@ pgstat_report_analyze(Relation rel,
 	(void) pgstat_flush_backend(false, PGSTAT_BACKEND_FLUSH_IO);
 }
 
+/*
+ * Report that the table was skipped during vacuum or/and analyze.
+ */
+void
+pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(Oid relid, bits8 flags)
+{
+	PgStat_EntryRef *entry_ref;
+	PgStatShared_Relation *shtabentry;
+	PgStat_StatTabEntry *tabentry;
+	TimestampTz ts;
+	HeapTuple	classTup;
+	bool		isshared;
+
+	if (!pgstat_track_counts || !(flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANY))
+		return;
+
+	classTup = SearchSysCache1(RELOID, ObjectIdGetDatum(relid));
+	if (!HeapTupleIsValid(classTup))
+		return;			/* somebody deleted the rel, forget it */
+	isshared = ((Form_pg_class) GETSTRUCT(classTup))->relisshared;
+	ReleaseSysCache(classTup);
+
+	/* Store the data in the table's hash table entry. */
+	ts = GetCurrentTimestamp();
+
+	/* block acquiring lock for the same reason as pgstat_report_autovac() */
+	entry_ref = pgstat_get_entry_ref_locked(PGSTAT_KIND_RELATION,
+											isshared ? InvalidOid : MyDatabaseId,
+											relid, false);
+
+	shtabentry = (PgStatShared_Relation *) entry_ref->shared_stats;
+	tabentry = &shtabentry->stats;
+
+	if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOVAC)
+	{
+		if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM)
+		{
+			tabentry->last_skipped_autovacuum_time = ts;
+			tabentry->skipped_autovacuum_count++;
+		}
+		if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE)
+		{
+			tabentry->last_skipped_autoanalyze_time = ts;
+			tabentry->skipped_autoanalyze_count++;
+		}
+	}
+	else
+	{
+		if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM)
+		{
+			tabentry->last_skipped_vacuum_time = ts;
+			tabentry->skipped_vacuum_count++;
+		}
+		if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE)
+		{
+			tabentry->last_skipped_analyze_time = ts;
+			tabentry->skipped_analyze_count++;
+		}
+	}
+
+	pgstat_unlock_entry(entry_ref);
+
+	/* see pgstat_report_vacuum() */
+	pgstat_flush_io(false);
+	(void) pgstat_flush_backend(false, PGSTAT_BACKEND_FLUSH_IO);
+}
+
 /*
  * count a tuple insertion of n tuples
  */
diff --git a/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c b/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c
index 9185a8e6b83..18aaa3996e1 100644
--- a/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c
+++ b/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c
@@ -84,6 +84,18 @@ PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(mod_since_analyze)
 /* pg_stat_get_numscans */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(numscans)
 
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_analyze_count)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_autoanalyze_count)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_autovacuum_count)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_vacuum_count)
+
 /* pg_stat_get_tuples_deleted */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(tuples_deleted)
 
@@ -170,6 +182,18 @@ PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_vacuum_time)
 /* pg_stat_get_lastscan */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(lastscan)
 
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_analyze_time)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_autoanalyze_time)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_autovacuum_time)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_vacuum_time)
+
 /* pg_stat_get_stat_reset_time */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(stat_reset_time)
 
diff --git a/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat b/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat
index 0118e970dda..ccfe3d9e02a 100644
--- a/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat
+++ b/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat
@@ -5667,6 +5667,38 @@
   proname => 'pg_stat_get_total_autoanalyze_time', provolatile => 's',
   proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'float8', proargtypes => 'oid',
   prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_total_autoanalyze_time' },
+{ oid => '8142', descr => 'statistics: last skipped vacuum time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time' },
+{ oid => '8143', descr => 'statistics: last skipped auto vacuum time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time' },
+{ oid => '8144', descr => 'statistics: last skipped analyze time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time' },
+{ oid => '8145', descr => 'statistics: last skipped auto analyze time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time' },
+{ oid => '8146', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped vacuum for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count' },
+{ oid => '8147', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped auto vacuum for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count' },
+{ oid => '8148', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped analyzes for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count' },
+{ oid => '8149', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped auto analyzes for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count' },
 { oid => '1936', descr => 'statistics: currently active backend IDs',
   proname => 'pg_stat_get_backend_idset', prorows => '100', proretset => 't',
   provolatile => 's', proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int4',
diff --git a/src/include/pgstat.h b/src/include/pgstat.h
index 8e3549c3752..343081a7a25 100644
--- a/src/include/pgstat.h
+++ b/src/include/pgstat.h
@@ -479,6 +479,15 @@ typedef struct PgStat_StatTabEntry
 	TimestampTz last_autoanalyze_time;	/* autovacuum initiated */
 	PgStat_Counter autoanalyze_count;
 
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_vacuum_time;	/* user initiated vacuum */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_vacuum_count;
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_autovacuum_time;	/* autovacuum initiated */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_autovacuum_count;
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_analyze_time;	/* user initiated */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_analyze_count;
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_autoanalyze_time;	/* autovacuum initiated */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_autoanalyze_count;
+
 	PgStat_Counter total_vacuum_time;	/* times in milliseconds */
 	PgStat_Counter total_autovacuum_time;
 	PgStat_Counter total_analyze_time;
@@ -707,6 +716,13 @@ extern void pgstat_report_analyze(Relation rel,
 								  PgStat_Counter livetuples, PgStat_Counter deadtuples,
 								  bool resetcounter, TimestampTz starttime);
 
+/* flags for pgstat_flush_backend() */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM	(1 << 0)	/* vacuum is skipped */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE	(1 << 1)	/* analyze is skipped */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOVAC	(1 << 2)	/* skipped during autovacuum/autoanalyze */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANY   (PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM | PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE)
+extern void pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(Oid relid, bits8 flags);
+
 /*
  * If stats are enabled, but pending data hasn't been prepared yet, call
  * pgstat_assoc_relation() to do so. See its comment for why this is done
diff --git a/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out b/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out
index 2b3cf6d8569..4ccfc43e903 100644
--- a/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out
+++ b/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out
@@ -1835,13 +1835,21 @@ pg_stat_all_tables| SELECT c.oid AS relid,
     pg_stat_get_mod_since_analyze(c.oid) AS n_mod_since_analyze,
     pg_stat_get_ins_since_vacuum(c.oid) AS n_ins_since_vacuum,
     pg_stat_get_last_vacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_vacuum,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_vacuum,
     pg_stat_get_last_autovacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_autovacuum,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_autovacuum,
     pg_stat_get_last_analyze_time(c.oid) AS last_analyze,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_analyze,
     pg_stat_get_last_autoanalyze_time(c.oid) AS last_autoanalyze,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_autoanalyze,
     pg_stat_get_vacuum_count(c.oid) AS vacuum_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count(c.oid) AS skipped_vacuum_count,
     pg_stat_get_autovacuum_count(c.oid) AS autovacuum_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count(c.oid) AS skipped_autovacuum_count,
     pg_stat_get_analyze_count(c.oid) AS analyze_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count(c.oid) AS skipped_analyze_count,
     pg_stat_get_autoanalyze_count(c.oid) AS autoanalyze_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count(c.oid) AS skipped_autoanalyze_count,
     pg_stat_get_total_vacuum_time(c.oid) AS total_vacuum_time,
     pg_stat_get_total_autovacuum_time(c.oid) AS total_autovacuum_time,
     pg_stat_get_total_analyze_time(c.oid) AS total_analyze_time,
@@ -2293,13 +2301,21 @@ pg_stat_sys_tables| SELECT relid,
     n_mod_since_analyze,
     n_ins_since_vacuum,
     last_vacuum,
+    last_skipped_vacuum,
     last_autovacuum,
+    last_skipped_autovacuum,
     last_analyze,
+    last_skipped_analyze,
     last_autoanalyze,
+    last_skipped_autoanalyze,
     vacuum_count,
+    skipped_vacuum_count,
     autovacuum_count,
+    skipped_autovacuum_count,
     analyze_count,
+    skipped_analyze_count,
     autoanalyze_count,
+    skipped_autoanalyze_count,
     total_vacuum_time,
     total_autovacuum_time,
     total_analyze_time,
@@ -2348,13 +2364,21 @@ pg_stat_user_tables| SELECT relid,
     n_mod_since_analyze,
     n_ins_since_vacuum,
     last_vacuum,
+    last_skipped_vacuum,
     last_autovacuum,
+    last_skipped_autovacuum,
     last_analyze,
+    last_skipped_analyze,
     last_autoanalyze,
+    last_skipped_autoanalyze,
     vacuum_count,
+    skipped_vacuum_count,
     autovacuum_count,
+    skipped_autovacuum_count,
     analyze_count,
+    skipped_analyze_count,
     autoanalyze_count,
+    skipped_autoanalyze_count,
     total_vacuum_time,
     total_autovacuum_time,
     total_analyze_time,
-- 
2.43.0


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* [PATCH v3] Track skipped vacuum and analyze activity per relation
@ 2026-03-24 04:09 Yugo Nagata <[email protected]>
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From: Yugo Nagata @ 2026-03-24 04:09 UTC (permalink / raw)

This commit adds eight fields to the relation statistics that track
the last time vacuum or analyze has been attempted but skipped due to
lock unavailability, along with their counts:

-    last_skipped_vacuum
-    last_skipped_autovacuum
-    last_skipped_analyze
-    last_skipped_autoanalyze
-    skipped_vacuum_count
-    skipped_autovacuum_count
-    skipped_analyze_count
-    skipped_autoanalyze_count

These field can help users confirm that autovacuum is actively attempting
to run on a table that has not been vacuumed or analyzed for a long time,
and that the lack of progress is due to repeated skips rather than inactivity.
---
 doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml                 | 80 +++++++++++++++++
 src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql         |  8 ++
 src/backend/commands/vacuum.c                | 95 +++++++++++++++-----
 src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c | 68 ++++++++++++++
 src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c          | 24 +++++
 src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat              | 32 +++++++
 src/include/pgstat.h                         | 16 ++++
 src/test/regress/expected/rules.out          | 24 +++++
 8 files changed, 324 insertions(+), 23 deletions(-)

diff --git a/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml b/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml
index bb75ed1069b..9ec8070b2fc 100644
--- a/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml
+++ b/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml
@@ -4372,6 +4372,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_vacuum</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time a manual vacuum on this table was attempted but skipped due to
+       lock unavailability (not counting <command>VACUUM FULL</command>)
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>last_autovacuum</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
@@ -4382,6 +4392,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_autovacuum</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time a vacuum on this table by the autovacuum daemon was attempted
+       but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>last_analyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
@@ -4391,6 +4411,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_analyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time a manual analyze on this table was attempted but skipped due to
+       lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>last_autoanalyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
@@ -4401,6 +4431,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_autoanalyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time at which an analyze on this table by the autovacuum was
+       attempted but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>vacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4411,6 +4451,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_vacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times vacuums on this table have been attempted but skipped
+       due to lock unavailability (not counting <command>VACUUM FULL</command>)
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>autovacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4421,6 +4471,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_autovacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times vacuums on this table by the autovacuum daemon have been
+       attempted but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>analyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4430,6 +4490,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_analyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times manual analyzes on this table have been attempted but
+       skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>autoanalyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4440,6 +4510,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_autoanalyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times analyzes on this table by the autovacuum daemon have
+       been attempted but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>total_vacuum_time</structfield> <type>double precision</type>
diff --git a/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql b/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql
index e54018004db..2ca02a0354c 100644
--- a/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql
+++ b/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql
@@ -736,13 +736,21 @@ CREATE VIEW pg_stat_all_tables AS
             pg_stat_get_mod_since_analyze(C.oid) AS n_mod_since_analyze,
             pg_stat_get_ins_since_vacuum(C.oid) AS n_ins_since_vacuum,
             pg_stat_get_last_vacuum_time(C.oid) as last_vacuum,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_vacuum,
             pg_stat_get_last_autovacuum_time(C.oid) as last_autovacuum,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_autovacuum,
             pg_stat_get_last_analyze_time(C.oid) as last_analyze,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_analyze,
             pg_stat_get_last_autoanalyze_time(C.oid) as last_autoanalyze,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_autoanalyze,
             pg_stat_get_vacuum_count(C.oid) AS vacuum_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count(C.oid) AS skipped_vacuum_count,
             pg_stat_get_autovacuum_count(C.oid) AS autovacuum_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count(C.oid) AS skipped_autovacuum_count,
             pg_stat_get_analyze_count(C.oid) AS analyze_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count(C.oid) AS skipped_analyze_count,
             pg_stat_get_autoanalyze_count(C.oid) AS autoanalyze_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count(C.oid) AS skipped_autoanalyze_count,
             pg_stat_get_total_vacuum_time(C.oid) AS total_vacuum_time,
             pg_stat_get_total_autovacuum_time(C.oid) AS total_autovacuum_time,
             pg_stat_get_total_analyze_time(C.oid) AS total_analyze_time,
diff --git a/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c b/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c
index bce3a2daa24..ce83b3171be 100644
--- a/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c
+++ b/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c
@@ -792,8 +792,18 @@ vacuum_open_relation(Oid relid, RangeVar *relation, bits32 options,
 		rel = try_relation_open(relid, NoLock);
 	else
 	{
+		bits8 flags = 0;
 		rel = NULL;
 		rel_lock = false;
+
+		if ((options & VACOPT_VACUUM) != 0)
+			flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM;
+		if ((options & VACOPT_ANALYZE) != 0)
+			flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE;
+		if (AmAutoVacuumWorkerProcess())
+			flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOVAC;
+
+		pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(relid, flags);
 	}
 
 	/* if relation is opened, leave */
@@ -801,7 +811,7 @@ vacuum_open_relation(Oid relid, RangeVar *relation, bits32 options,
 		return rel;
 
 	/*
-	 * Relation could not be opened, hence generate if possible a log
+	 * Relation could not be opened hence generate if possible a log
 	 * informing on the situation.
 	 *
 	 * If the RangeVar is not defined, we do not have enough information to
@@ -904,7 +914,6 @@ expand_vacuum_rel(VacuumRelation *vrel, MemoryContext vac_context,
 		Form_pg_class classForm;
 		bool		include_children;
 		bool		is_partitioned_table;
-		int			rvr_opts;
 
 		/*
 		 * Since autovacuum workers supply OIDs when calling vacuum(), no
@@ -917,29 +926,69 @@ expand_vacuum_rel(VacuumRelation *vrel, MemoryContext vac_context,
 		 * below, as well as find_all_inheritors's expectation that the caller
 		 * holds some lock on the starting relation.
 		 */
-		rvr_opts = (options & VACOPT_SKIP_LOCKED) ? RVR_SKIP_LOCKED : 0;
-		relid = RangeVarGetRelidExtended(vrel->relation,
-										 AccessShareLock,
-										 rvr_opts,
-										 NULL, NULL);
-
-		/*
-		 * If the lock is unavailable, emit the same log statement that
-		 * vacuum_rel() and analyze_rel() would.
-		 */
-		if (!OidIsValid(relid))
+		if (!(options & VACOPT_SKIP_LOCKED))
 		{
-			if (options & VACOPT_VACUUM)
-				ereport(WARNING,
-						(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
-						 errmsg("skipping vacuum of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
-								vrel->relation->relname)));
-			else
-				ereport(WARNING,
-						(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
-						 errmsg("skipping analyze of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
+			relid = RangeVarGetRelidExtended(vrel->relation,
+											 AccessShareLock,
+											 0, NULL, NULL);
+			if (!OidIsValid(relid))
+				return vacrels;
+		}
+		else
+		{
+			/* Get relid for reporting before taking a lock */
+			relid = RangeVarGetRelid(vrel->relation, NoLock, false);
+
+			if (!ConditionalLockRelationOid(relid, AccessShareLock))
+			{
+				bits8	flags = 0;
+				/*
+				 * If the lock is unavailable, emit the same log statement that
+				 * vacuum_rel() and analyze_rel() would.
+				 */
+				if (options & VACOPT_VACUUM)
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping vacuum of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
 								vrel->relation->relname)));
-			return vacrels;
+				else
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping analyze of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
+									vrel->relation->relname)));
+
+				if ((options & VACOPT_VACUUM) != 0)
+					flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM;
+				if ((options & VACOPT_ANALYZE) != 0)
+					flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE;
+
+				pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(relid, flags);
+
+				return vacrels;
+			}
+
+			/*
+			 * Now that we have the lock, probe to see if the relation really
+			 * exists or not.
+			 */
+			if (!SearchSysCacheExists1(RELOID, ObjectIdGetDatum(relid)))
+			{
+				if (options & VACOPT_VACUUM)
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_UNDEFINED_TABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping vacuum of \"%s\" --- relation no longer exists",
+									vrel->relation->relname)));
+				else
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_UNDEFINED_TABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping analyze of \"%s\" --- relation no longer exists",
+									vrel->relation->relname)));
+
+				/* Release useless lock */
+				UnlockRelationOid(relid, AccessShareLock);
+
+				return vacrels;
+			}
 		}
 
 		/*
diff --git a/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c b/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c
index bc8c43b96aa..cec4c88980e 100644
--- a/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c
+++ b/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c
@@ -17,6 +17,7 @@
 
 #include "postgres.h"
 
+#include "access/htup_details.h"
 #include "access/twophase_rmgr.h"
 #include "access/xact.h"
 #include "catalog/catalog.h"
@@ -366,6 +367,73 @@ pgstat_report_analyze(Relation rel,
 	(void) pgstat_flush_backend(false, PGSTAT_BACKEND_FLUSH_IO);
 }
 
+/*
+ * Report that the table was skipped during vacuum or/and analyze.
+ */
+void
+pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(Oid relid, bits8 flags)
+{
+	PgStat_EntryRef *entry_ref;
+	PgStatShared_Relation *shtabentry;
+	PgStat_StatTabEntry *tabentry;
+	TimestampTz ts;
+	HeapTuple	classTup;
+	bool		isshared;
+
+	if (!pgstat_track_counts || !(flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANY))
+		return;
+
+	classTup = SearchSysCache1(RELOID, ObjectIdGetDatum(relid));
+	if (!HeapTupleIsValid(classTup))
+		return;			/* somebody deleted the rel, forget it */
+	isshared = ((Form_pg_class) GETSTRUCT(classTup))->relisshared;
+	ReleaseSysCache(classTup);
+
+	/* Store the data in the table's hash table entry. */
+	ts = GetCurrentTimestamp();
+
+	/* block acquiring lock for the same reason as pgstat_report_autovac() */
+	entry_ref = pgstat_get_entry_ref_locked(PGSTAT_KIND_RELATION,
+											isshared ? InvalidOid : MyDatabaseId,
+											relid, false);
+
+	shtabentry = (PgStatShared_Relation *) entry_ref->shared_stats;
+	tabentry = &shtabentry->stats;
+
+	if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOVAC)
+	{
+		if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM)
+		{
+			tabentry->last_skipped_autovacuum_time = ts;
+			tabentry->skipped_autovacuum_count++;
+		}
+		if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE)
+		{
+			tabentry->last_skipped_autoanalyze_time = ts;
+			tabentry->skipped_autoanalyze_count++;
+		}
+	}
+	else
+	{
+		if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM)
+		{
+			tabentry->last_skipped_vacuum_time = ts;
+			tabentry->skipped_vacuum_count++;
+		}
+		if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE)
+		{
+			tabentry->last_skipped_analyze_time = ts;
+			tabentry->skipped_analyze_count++;
+		}
+	}
+
+	pgstat_unlock_entry(entry_ref);
+
+	/* see pgstat_report_vacuum() */
+	pgstat_flush_io(false);
+	(void) pgstat_flush_backend(false, PGSTAT_BACKEND_FLUSH_IO);
+}
+
 /*
  * count a tuple insertion of n tuples
  */
diff --git a/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c b/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c
index 9185a8e6b83..18aaa3996e1 100644
--- a/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c
+++ b/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c
@@ -84,6 +84,18 @@ PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(mod_since_analyze)
 /* pg_stat_get_numscans */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(numscans)
 
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_analyze_count)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_autoanalyze_count)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_autovacuum_count)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_vacuum_count)
+
 /* pg_stat_get_tuples_deleted */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(tuples_deleted)
 
@@ -170,6 +182,18 @@ PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_vacuum_time)
 /* pg_stat_get_lastscan */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(lastscan)
 
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_analyze_time)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_autoanalyze_time)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_autovacuum_time)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_vacuum_time)
+
 /* pg_stat_get_stat_reset_time */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(stat_reset_time)
 
diff --git a/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat b/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat
index 0118e970dda..ccfe3d9e02a 100644
--- a/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat
+++ b/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat
@@ -5667,6 +5667,38 @@
   proname => 'pg_stat_get_total_autoanalyze_time', provolatile => 's',
   proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'float8', proargtypes => 'oid',
   prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_total_autoanalyze_time' },
+{ oid => '8142', descr => 'statistics: last skipped vacuum time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time' },
+{ oid => '8143', descr => 'statistics: last skipped auto vacuum time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time' },
+{ oid => '8144', descr => 'statistics: last skipped analyze time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time' },
+{ oid => '8145', descr => 'statistics: last skipped auto analyze time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time' },
+{ oid => '8146', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped vacuum for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count' },
+{ oid => '8147', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped auto vacuum for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count' },
+{ oid => '8148', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped analyzes for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count' },
+{ oid => '8149', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped auto analyzes for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count' },
 { oid => '1936', descr => 'statistics: currently active backend IDs',
   proname => 'pg_stat_get_backend_idset', prorows => '100', proretset => 't',
   provolatile => 's', proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int4',
diff --git a/src/include/pgstat.h b/src/include/pgstat.h
index 8e3549c3752..343081a7a25 100644
--- a/src/include/pgstat.h
+++ b/src/include/pgstat.h
@@ -479,6 +479,15 @@ typedef struct PgStat_StatTabEntry
 	TimestampTz last_autoanalyze_time;	/* autovacuum initiated */
 	PgStat_Counter autoanalyze_count;
 
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_vacuum_time;	/* user initiated vacuum */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_vacuum_count;
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_autovacuum_time;	/* autovacuum initiated */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_autovacuum_count;
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_analyze_time;	/* user initiated */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_analyze_count;
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_autoanalyze_time;	/* autovacuum initiated */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_autoanalyze_count;
+
 	PgStat_Counter total_vacuum_time;	/* times in milliseconds */
 	PgStat_Counter total_autovacuum_time;
 	PgStat_Counter total_analyze_time;
@@ -707,6 +716,13 @@ extern void pgstat_report_analyze(Relation rel,
 								  PgStat_Counter livetuples, PgStat_Counter deadtuples,
 								  bool resetcounter, TimestampTz starttime);
 
+/* flags for pgstat_flush_backend() */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM	(1 << 0)	/* vacuum is skipped */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE	(1 << 1)	/* analyze is skipped */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOVAC	(1 << 2)	/* skipped during autovacuum/autoanalyze */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANY   (PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM | PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE)
+extern void pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(Oid relid, bits8 flags);
+
 /*
  * If stats are enabled, but pending data hasn't been prepared yet, call
  * pgstat_assoc_relation() to do so. See its comment for why this is done
diff --git a/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out b/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out
index 2b3cf6d8569..4ccfc43e903 100644
--- a/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out
+++ b/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out
@@ -1835,13 +1835,21 @@ pg_stat_all_tables| SELECT c.oid AS relid,
     pg_stat_get_mod_since_analyze(c.oid) AS n_mod_since_analyze,
     pg_stat_get_ins_since_vacuum(c.oid) AS n_ins_since_vacuum,
     pg_stat_get_last_vacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_vacuum,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_vacuum,
     pg_stat_get_last_autovacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_autovacuum,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_autovacuum,
     pg_stat_get_last_analyze_time(c.oid) AS last_analyze,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_analyze,
     pg_stat_get_last_autoanalyze_time(c.oid) AS last_autoanalyze,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_autoanalyze,
     pg_stat_get_vacuum_count(c.oid) AS vacuum_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count(c.oid) AS skipped_vacuum_count,
     pg_stat_get_autovacuum_count(c.oid) AS autovacuum_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count(c.oid) AS skipped_autovacuum_count,
     pg_stat_get_analyze_count(c.oid) AS analyze_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count(c.oid) AS skipped_analyze_count,
     pg_stat_get_autoanalyze_count(c.oid) AS autoanalyze_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count(c.oid) AS skipped_autoanalyze_count,
     pg_stat_get_total_vacuum_time(c.oid) AS total_vacuum_time,
     pg_stat_get_total_autovacuum_time(c.oid) AS total_autovacuum_time,
     pg_stat_get_total_analyze_time(c.oid) AS total_analyze_time,
@@ -2293,13 +2301,21 @@ pg_stat_sys_tables| SELECT relid,
     n_mod_since_analyze,
     n_ins_since_vacuum,
     last_vacuum,
+    last_skipped_vacuum,
     last_autovacuum,
+    last_skipped_autovacuum,
     last_analyze,
+    last_skipped_analyze,
     last_autoanalyze,
+    last_skipped_autoanalyze,
     vacuum_count,
+    skipped_vacuum_count,
     autovacuum_count,
+    skipped_autovacuum_count,
     analyze_count,
+    skipped_analyze_count,
     autoanalyze_count,
+    skipped_autoanalyze_count,
     total_vacuum_time,
     total_autovacuum_time,
     total_analyze_time,
@@ -2348,13 +2364,21 @@ pg_stat_user_tables| SELECT relid,
     n_mod_since_analyze,
     n_ins_since_vacuum,
     last_vacuum,
+    last_skipped_vacuum,
     last_autovacuum,
+    last_skipped_autovacuum,
     last_analyze,
+    last_skipped_analyze,
     last_autoanalyze,
+    last_skipped_autoanalyze,
     vacuum_count,
+    skipped_vacuum_count,
     autovacuum_count,
+    skipped_autovacuum_count,
     analyze_count,
+    skipped_analyze_count,
     autoanalyze_count,
+    skipped_autoanalyze_count,
     total_vacuum_time,
     total_autovacuum_time,
     total_analyze_time,
-- 
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* [PATCH v3] Track skipped vacuum and analyze activity per relation
@ 2026-03-24 04:09 Yugo Nagata <[email protected]>
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From: Yugo Nagata @ 2026-03-24 04:09 UTC (permalink / raw)

This commit adds eight fields to the relation statistics that track
the last time vacuum or analyze has been attempted but skipped due to
lock unavailability, along with their counts:

-    last_skipped_vacuum
-    last_skipped_autovacuum
-    last_skipped_analyze
-    last_skipped_autoanalyze
-    skipped_vacuum_count
-    skipped_autovacuum_count
-    skipped_analyze_count
-    skipped_autoanalyze_count

These field can help users confirm that autovacuum is actively attempting
to run on a table that has not been vacuumed or analyzed for a long time,
and that the lack of progress is due to repeated skips rather than inactivity.
---
 doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml                 | 80 +++++++++++++++++
 src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql         |  8 ++
 src/backend/commands/vacuum.c                | 95 +++++++++++++++-----
 src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c | 68 ++++++++++++++
 src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c          | 24 +++++
 src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat              | 32 +++++++
 src/include/pgstat.h                         | 16 ++++
 src/test/regress/expected/rules.out          | 24 +++++
 8 files changed, 324 insertions(+), 23 deletions(-)

diff --git a/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml b/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml
index bb75ed1069b..9ec8070b2fc 100644
--- a/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml
+++ b/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml
@@ -4372,6 +4372,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_vacuum</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time a manual vacuum on this table was attempted but skipped due to
+       lock unavailability (not counting <command>VACUUM FULL</command>)
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>last_autovacuum</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
@@ -4382,6 +4392,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_autovacuum</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time a vacuum on this table by the autovacuum daemon was attempted
+       but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>last_analyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
@@ -4391,6 +4411,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_analyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time a manual analyze on this table was attempted but skipped due to
+       lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>last_autoanalyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
@@ -4401,6 +4431,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_autoanalyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time at which an analyze on this table by the autovacuum was
+       attempted but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>vacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4411,6 +4451,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_vacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times vacuums on this table have been attempted but skipped
+       due to lock unavailability (not counting <command>VACUUM FULL</command>)
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>autovacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4421,6 +4471,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_autovacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times vacuums on this table by the autovacuum daemon have been
+       attempted but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>analyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4430,6 +4490,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_analyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times manual analyzes on this table have been attempted but
+       skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>autoanalyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4440,6 +4510,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_autoanalyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times analyzes on this table by the autovacuum daemon have
+       been attempted but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>total_vacuum_time</structfield> <type>double precision</type>
diff --git a/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql b/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql
index e54018004db..2ca02a0354c 100644
--- a/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql
+++ b/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql
@@ -736,13 +736,21 @@ CREATE VIEW pg_stat_all_tables AS
             pg_stat_get_mod_since_analyze(C.oid) AS n_mod_since_analyze,
             pg_stat_get_ins_since_vacuum(C.oid) AS n_ins_since_vacuum,
             pg_stat_get_last_vacuum_time(C.oid) as last_vacuum,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_vacuum,
             pg_stat_get_last_autovacuum_time(C.oid) as last_autovacuum,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_autovacuum,
             pg_stat_get_last_analyze_time(C.oid) as last_analyze,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_analyze,
             pg_stat_get_last_autoanalyze_time(C.oid) as last_autoanalyze,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_autoanalyze,
             pg_stat_get_vacuum_count(C.oid) AS vacuum_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count(C.oid) AS skipped_vacuum_count,
             pg_stat_get_autovacuum_count(C.oid) AS autovacuum_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count(C.oid) AS skipped_autovacuum_count,
             pg_stat_get_analyze_count(C.oid) AS analyze_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count(C.oid) AS skipped_analyze_count,
             pg_stat_get_autoanalyze_count(C.oid) AS autoanalyze_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count(C.oid) AS skipped_autoanalyze_count,
             pg_stat_get_total_vacuum_time(C.oid) AS total_vacuum_time,
             pg_stat_get_total_autovacuum_time(C.oid) AS total_autovacuum_time,
             pg_stat_get_total_analyze_time(C.oid) AS total_analyze_time,
diff --git a/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c b/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c
index bce3a2daa24..ce83b3171be 100644
--- a/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c
+++ b/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c
@@ -792,8 +792,18 @@ vacuum_open_relation(Oid relid, RangeVar *relation, bits32 options,
 		rel = try_relation_open(relid, NoLock);
 	else
 	{
+		bits8 flags = 0;
 		rel = NULL;
 		rel_lock = false;
+
+		if ((options & VACOPT_VACUUM) != 0)
+			flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM;
+		if ((options & VACOPT_ANALYZE) != 0)
+			flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE;
+		if (AmAutoVacuumWorkerProcess())
+			flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOVAC;
+
+		pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(relid, flags);
 	}
 
 	/* if relation is opened, leave */
@@ -801,7 +811,7 @@ vacuum_open_relation(Oid relid, RangeVar *relation, bits32 options,
 		return rel;
 
 	/*
-	 * Relation could not be opened, hence generate if possible a log
+	 * Relation could not be opened hence generate if possible a log
 	 * informing on the situation.
 	 *
 	 * If the RangeVar is not defined, we do not have enough information to
@@ -904,7 +914,6 @@ expand_vacuum_rel(VacuumRelation *vrel, MemoryContext vac_context,
 		Form_pg_class classForm;
 		bool		include_children;
 		bool		is_partitioned_table;
-		int			rvr_opts;
 
 		/*
 		 * Since autovacuum workers supply OIDs when calling vacuum(), no
@@ -917,29 +926,69 @@ expand_vacuum_rel(VacuumRelation *vrel, MemoryContext vac_context,
 		 * below, as well as find_all_inheritors's expectation that the caller
 		 * holds some lock on the starting relation.
 		 */
-		rvr_opts = (options & VACOPT_SKIP_LOCKED) ? RVR_SKIP_LOCKED : 0;
-		relid = RangeVarGetRelidExtended(vrel->relation,
-										 AccessShareLock,
-										 rvr_opts,
-										 NULL, NULL);
-
-		/*
-		 * If the lock is unavailable, emit the same log statement that
-		 * vacuum_rel() and analyze_rel() would.
-		 */
-		if (!OidIsValid(relid))
+		if (!(options & VACOPT_SKIP_LOCKED))
 		{
-			if (options & VACOPT_VACUUM)
-				ereport(WARNING,
-						(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
-						 errmsg("skipping vacuum of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
-								vrel->relation->relname)));
-			else
-				ereport(WARNING,
-						(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
-						 errmsg("skipping analyze of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
+			relid = RangeVarGetRelidExtended(vrel->relation,
+											 AccessShareLock,
+											 0, NULL, NULL);
+			if (!OidIsValid(relid))
+				return vacrels;
+		}
+		else
+		{
+			/* Get relid for reporting before taking a lock */
+			relid = RangeVarGetRelid(vrel->relation, NoLock, false);
+
+			if (!ConditionalLockRelationOid(relid, AccessShareLock))
+			{
+				bits8	flags = 0;
+				/*
+				 * If the lock is unavailable, emit the same log statement that
+				 * vacuum_rel() and analyze_rel() would.
+				 */
+				if (options & VACOPT_VACUUM)
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping vacuum of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
 								vrel->relation->relname)));
-			return vacrels;
+				else
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping analyze of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
+									vrel->relation->relname)));
+
+				if ((options & VACOPT_VACUUM) != 0)
+					flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM;
+				if ((options & VACOPT_ANALYZE) != 0)
+					flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE;
+
+				pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(relid, flags);
+
+				return vacrels;
+			}
+
+			/*
+			 * Now that we have the lock, probe to see if the relation really
+			 * exists or not.
+			 */
+			if (!SearchSysCacheExists1(RELOID, ObjectIdGetDatum(relid)))
+			{
+				if (options & VACOPT_VACUUM)
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_UNDEFINED_TABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping vacuum of \"%s\" --- relation no longer exists",
+									vrel->relation->relname)));
+				else
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_UNDEFINED_TABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping analyze of \"%s\" --- relation no longer exists",
+									vrel->relation->relname)));
+
+				/* Release useless lock */
+				UnlockRelationOid(relid, AccessShareLock);
+
+				return vacrels;
+			}
 		}
 
 		/*
diff --git a/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c b/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c
index bc8c43b96aa..cec4c88980e 100644
--- a/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c
+++ b/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c
@@ -17,6 +17,7 @@
 
 #include "postgres.h"
 
+#include "access/htup_details.h"
 #include "access/twophase_rmgr.h"
 #include "access/xact.h"
 #include "catalog/catalog.h"
@@ -366,6 +367,73 @@ pgstat_report_analyze(Relation rel,
 	(void) pgstat_flush_backend(false, PGSTAT_BACKEND_FLUSH_IO);
 }
 
+/*
+ * Report that the table was skipped during vacuum or/and analyze.
+ */
+void
+pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(Oid relid, bits8 flags)
+{
+	PgStat_EntryRef *entry_ref;
+	PgStatShared_Relation *shtabentry;
+	PgStat_StatTabEntry *tabentry;
+	TimestampTz ts;
+	HeapTuple	classTup;
+	bool		isshared;
+
+	if (!pgstat_track_counts || !(flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANY))
+		return;
+
+	classTup = SearchSysCache1(RELOID, ObjectIdGetDatum(relid));
+	if (!HeapTupleIsValid(classTup))
+		return;			/* somebody deleted the rel, forget it */
+	isshared = ((Form_pg_class) GETSTRUCT(classTup))->relisshared;
+	ReleaseSysCache(classTup);
+
+	/* Store the data in the table's hash table entry. */
+	ts = GetCurrentTimestamp();
+
+	/* block acquiring lock for the same reason as pgstat_report_autovac() */
+	entry_ref = pgstat_get_entry_ref_locked(PGSTAT_KIND_RELATION,
+											isshared ? InvalidOid : MyDatabaseId,
+											relid, false);
+
+	shtabentry = (PgStatShared_Relation *) entry_ref->shared_stats;
+	tabentry = &shtabentry->stats;
+
+	if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOVAC)
+	{
+		if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM)
+		{
+			tabentry->last_skipped_autovacuum_time = ts;
+			tabentry->skipped_autovacuum_count++;
+		}
+		if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE)
+		{
+			tabentry->last_skipped_autoanalyze_time = ts;
+			tabentry->skipped_autoanalyze_count++;
+		}
+	}
+	else
+	{
+		if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM)
+		{
+			tabentry->last_skipped_vacuum_time = ts;
+			tabentry->skipped_vacuum_count++;
+		}
+		if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE)
+		{
+			tabentry->last_skipped_analyze_time = ts;
+			tabentry->skipped_analyze_count++;
+		}
+	}
+
+	pgstat_unlock_entry(entry_ref);
+
+	/* see pgstat_report_vacuum() */
+	pgstat_flush_io(false);
+	(void) pgstat_flush_backend(false, PGSTAT_BACKEND_FLUSH_IO);
+}
+
 /*
  * count a tuple insertion of n tuples
  */
diff --git a/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c b/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c
index 9185a8e6b83..18aaa3996e1 100644
--- a/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c
+++ b/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c
@@ -84,6 +84,18 @@ PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(mod_since_analyze)
 /* pg_stat_get_numscans */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(numscans)
 
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_analyze_count)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_autoanalyze_count)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_autovacuum_count)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_vacuum_count)
+
 /* pg_stat_get_tuples_deleted */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(tuples_deleted)
 
@@ -170,6 +182,18 @@ PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_vacuum_time)
 /* pg_stat_get_lastscan */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(lastscan)
 
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_analyze_time)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_autoanalyze_time)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_autovacuum_time)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_vacuum_time)
+
 /* pg_stat_get_stat_reset_time */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(stat_reset_time)
 
diff --git a/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat b/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat
index 0118e970dda..ccfe3d9e02a 100644
--- a/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat
+++ b/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat
@@ -5667,6 +5667,38 @@
   proname => 'pg_stat_get_total_autoanalyze_time', provolatile => 's',
   proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'float8', proargtypes => 'oid',
   prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_total_autoanalyze_time' },
+{ oid => '8142', descr => 'statistics: last skipped vacuum time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time' },
+{ oid => '8143', descr => 'statistics: last skipped auto vacuum time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time' },
+{ oid => '8144', descr => 'statistics: last skipped analyze time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time' },
+{ oid => '8145', descr => 'statistics: last skipped auto analyze time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time' },
+{ oid => '8146', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped vacuum for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count' },
+{ oid => '8147', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped auto vacuum for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count' },
+{ oid => '8148', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped analyzes for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count' },
+{ oid => '8149', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped auto analyzes for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count' },
 { oid => '1936', descr => 'statistics: currently active backend IDs',
   proname => 'pg_stat_get_backend_idset', prorows => '100', proretset => 't',
   provolatile => 's', proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int4',
diff --git a/src/include/pgstat.h b/src/include/pgstat.h
index 8e3549c3752..343081a7a25 100644
--- a/src/include/pgstat.h
+++ b/src/include/pgstat.h
@@ -479,6 +479,15 @@ typedef struct PgStat_StatTabEntry
 	TimestampTz last_autoanalyze_time;	/* autovacuum initiated */
 	PgStat_Counter autoanalyze_count;
 
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_vacuum_time;	/* user initiated vacuum */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_vacuum_count;
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_autovacuum_time;	/* autovacuum initiated */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_autovacuum_count;
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_analyze_time;	/* user initiated */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_analyze_count;
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_autoanalyze_time;	/* autovacuum initiated */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_autoanalyze_count;
+
 	PgStat_Counter total_vacuum_time;	/* times in milliseconds */
 	PgStat_Counter total_autovacuum_time;
 	PgStat_Counter total_analyze_time;
@@ -707,6 +716,13 @@ extern void pgstat_report_analyze(Relation rel,
 								  PgStat_Counter livetuples, PgStat_Counter deadtuples,
 								  bool resetcounter, TimestampTz starttime);
 
+/* flags for pgstat_flush_backend() */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM	(1 << 0)	/* vacuum is skipped */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE	(1 << 1)	/* analyze is skipped */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOVAC	(1 << 2)	/* skipped during autovacuum/autoanalyze */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANY   (PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM | PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE)
+extern void pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(Oid relid, bits8 flags);
+
 /*
  * If stats are enabled, but pending data hasn't been prepared yet, call
  * pgstat_assoc_relation() to do so. See its comment for why this is done
diff --git a/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out b/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out
index 2b3cf6d8569..4ccfc43e903 100644
--- a/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out
+++ b/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out
@@ -1835,13 +1835,21 @@ pg_stat_all_tables| SELECT c.oid AS relid,
     pg_stat_get_mod_since_analyze(c.oid) AS n_mod_since_analyze,
     pg_stat_get_ins_since_vacuum(c.oid) AS n_ins_since_vacuum,
     pg_stat_get_last_vacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_vacuum,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_vacuum,
     pg_stat_get_last_autovacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_autovacuum,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_autovacuum,
     pg_stat_get_last_analyze_time(c.oid) AS last_analyze,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_analyze,
     pg_stat_get_last_autoanalyze_time(c.oid) AS last_autoanalyze,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_autoanalyze,
     pg_stat_get_vacuum_count(c.oid) AS vacuum_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count(c.oid) AS skipped_vacuum_count,
     pg_stat_get_autovacuum_count(c.oid) AS autovacuum_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count(c.oid) AS skipped_autovacuum_count,
     pg_stat_get_analyze_count(c.oid) AS analyze_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count(c.oid) AS skipped_analyze_count,
     pg_stat_get_autoanalyze_count(c.oid) AS autoanalyze_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count(c.oid) AS skipped_autoanalyze_count,
     pg_stat_get_total_vacuum_time(c.oid) AS total_vacuum_time,
     pg_stat_get_total_autovacuum_time(c.oid) AS total_autovacuum_time,
     pg_stat_get_total_analyze_time(c.oid) AS total_analyze_time,
@@ -2293,13 +2301,21 @@ pg_stat_sys_tables| SELECT relid,
     n_mod_since_analyze,
     n_ins_since_vacuum,
     last_vacuum,
+    last_skipped_vacuum,
     last_autovacuum,
+    last_skipped_autovacuum,
     last_analyze,
+    last_skipped_analyze,
     last_autoanalyze,
+    last_skipped_autoanalyze,
     vacuum_count,
+    skipped_vacuum_count,
     autovacuum_count,
+    skipped_autovacuum_count,
     analyze_count,
+    skipped_analyze_count,
     autoanalyze_count,
+    skipped_autoanalyze_count,
     total_vacuum_time,
     total_autovacuum_time,
     total_analyze_time,
@@ -2348,13 +2364,21 @@ pg_stat_user_tables| SELECT relid,
     n_mod_since_analyze,
     n_ins_since_vacuum,
     last_vacuum,
+    last_skipped_vacuum,
     last_autovacuum,
+    last_skipped_autovacuum,
     last_analyze,
+    last_skipped_analyze,
     last_autoanalyze,
+    last_skipped_autoanalyze,
     vacuum_count,
+    skipped_vacuum_count,
     autovacuum_count,
+    skipped_autovacuum_count,
     analyze_count,
+    skipped_analyze_count,
     autoanalyze_count,
+    skipped_autoanalyze_count,
     total_vacuum_time,
     total_autovacuum_time,
     total_analyze_time,
-- 
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* [PATCH v5] Track skipped vacuum and analyze activity per relation
@ 2026-03-24 04:09 Yugo Nagata <[email protected]>
  0 siblings, 0 replies; 374+ messages in thread

From: Yugo Nagata @ 2026-03-24 04:09 UTC (permalink / raw)

This commit adds eight fields to the relation statistics that track
the last time vacuum or analyze has been attempted but skipped due to
lock unavailability, along with their counts:

-    last_skipped_vacuum
-    last_skipped_autovacuum
-    last_skipped_analyze
-    last_skipped_autoanalyze
-    skipped_vacuum_count
-    skipped_autovacuum_count
-    skipped_analyze_count
-    skipped_autoanalyze_count

These field can help users confirm that autovacuum is actively attempting
to run on a table that has not been vacuumed or analyzed for a long time,
and that the lack of progress is due to repeated skips rather than inactivity.
---
 doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml                  |  88 ++++++
 src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql          |   8 +
 src/backend/commands/vacuum.c                 | 100 +++++--
 src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c  |  64 +++++
 src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c           |  24 ++
 src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat               |  32 +++
 src/include/pgstat.h                          |  16 ++
 .../isolation/expected/vacuum-skip-locked.out | 260 ++++++++++++++++--
 .../isolation/specs/vacuum-skip-locked.spec   |  41 +--
 src/test/regress/expected/rules.out           |  24 ++
 10 files changed, 601 insertions(+), 56 deletions(-)

diff --git a/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml b/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml
index 08d5b824552..a9b579d87a9 100644
--- a/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml
+++ b/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml
@@ -4387,6 +4387,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_vacuum</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time a manual vacuum on this table was attempted but skipped due to
+       lock unavailability (not counting <command>VACUUM FULL</command>)
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>last_autovacuum</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
@@ -4397,6 +4407,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_autovacuum</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time a vacuum on this table by the autovacuum daemon was attempted
+       but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>last_analyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
@@ -4406,6 +4426,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_analyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time a manual analyze on this table was attempted but skipped due to
+       lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>last_autoanalyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
@@ -4416,6 +4446,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_autoanalyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time at which an analyze on this table by the autovacuum was
+       attempted but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>vacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4426,6 +4466,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_vacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times manual vacuums on this table have been attempted but skipped
+       due to lock unavailability (not counting <command>VACUUM FULL</command>)
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>autovacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4436,6 +4486,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_autovacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times vacuums on this table by the autovacuum daemon have been
+       attempted but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>analyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4445,6 +4505,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_analyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times manual analyzes on this table have been attempted but
+       skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>autoanalyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4455,6 +4525,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_autoanalyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times analyzes on this table by the autovacuum daemon have
+       been attempted but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>total_vacuum_time</structfield> <type>double precision</type>
@@ -4510,6 +4590,14 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
    </tgroup>
   </table>
 
+  <note>
+   <para>
+    When a manual vacuum or analyze on a parent table in an inheritance or
+    partitioning hierarchy is skipped, the statistics are recorded only for
+    the parent table, not for its children.
+   </para>
+  </note>
+
  </sect2>
 
  <sect2 id="monitoring-pg-stat-autovacuum-scores-view">
diff --git a/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql b/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql
index 73a1c1c4670..f509fc7876b 100644
--- a/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql
+++ b/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql
@@ -736,13 +736,21 @@ CREATE VIEW pg_stat_all_tables AS
             pg_stat_get_mod_since_analyze(C.oid) AS n_mod_since_analyze,
             pg_stat_get_ins_since_vacuum(C.oid) AS n_ins_since_vacuum,
             pg_stat_get_last_vacuum_time(C.oid) as last_vacuum,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_vacuum,
             pg_stat_get_last_autovacuum_time(C.oid) as last_autovacuum,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_autovacuum,
             pg_stat_get_last_analyze_time(C.oid) as last_analyze,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_analyze,
             pg_stat_get_last_autoanalyze_time(C.oid) as last_autoanalyze,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_autoanalyze,
             pg_stat_get_vacuum_count(C.oid) AS vacuum_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count(C.oid) AS skipped_vacuum_count,
             pg_stat_get_autovacuum_count(C.oid) AS autovacuum_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count(C.oid) AS skipped_autovacuum_count,
             pg_stat_get_analyze_count(C.oid) AS analyze_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count(C.oid) AS skipped_analyze_count,
             pg_stat_get_autoanalyze_count(C.oid) AS autoanalyze_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count(C.oid) AS skipped_autoanalyze_count,
             pg_stat_get_total_vacuum_time(C.oid) AS total_vacuum_time,
             pg_stat_get_total_autovacuum_time(C.oid) AS total_autovacuum_time,
             pg_stat_get_total_analyze_time(C.oid) AS total_analyze_time,
diff --git a/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c b/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c
index 99d0db82ed7..df6526225e4 100644
--- a/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c
+++ b/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c
@@ -793,8 +793,25 @@ vacuum_open_relation(Oid relid, RangeVar *relation, uint32 options,
 		rel = try_relation_open(relid, NoLock);
 	else
 	{
+		int flags = 0;
 		rel = NULL;
 		rel_lock = false;
+
+		if ((options & VACOPT_VACUUM) != 0 && (options & VACOPT_FULL) == 0)
+		{
+			if (AmAutoVacuumWorkerProcess())
+				flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOVACUUM;
+			else
+				flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM;
+		}
+		if ((options & VACOPT_ANALYZE) != 0)
+		{
+			if (AmAutoVacuumWorkerProcess())
+				flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOANALYZE;
+			else
+				flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE;
+		}
+		pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(relid, flags);
 	}
 
 	/* if relation is opened, leave */
@@ -905,7 +922,6 @@ expand_vacuum_rel(VacuumRelation *vrel, MemoryContext vac_context,
 		Form_pg_class classForm;
 		bool		include_children;
 		bool		is_partitioned_table;
-		int			rvr_opts;
 
 		/*
 		 * Since autovacuum workers supply OIDs when calling vacuum(), no
@@ -918,29 +934,69 @@ expand_vacuum_rel(VacuumRelation *vrel, MemoryContext vac_context,
 		 * below, as well as find_all_inheritors's expectation that the caller
 		 * holds some lock on the starting relation.
 		 */
-		rvr_opts = (options & VACOPT_SKIP_LOCKED) ? RVR_SKIP_LOCKED : 0;
-		relid = RangeVarGetRelidExtended(vrel->relation,
-										 AccessShareLock,
-										 rvr_opts,
-										 NULL, NULL);
-
-		/*
-		 * If the lock is unavailable, emit the same log statement that
-		 * vacuum_rel() and analyze_rel() would.
-		 */
-		if (!OidIsValid(relid))
+		if (!(options & VACOPT_SKIP_LOCKED))
 		{
-			if (options & VACOPT_VACUUM)
-				ereport(WARNING,
-						(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
-						 errmsg("skipping vacuum of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
-								vrel->relation->relname)));
-			else
-				ereport(WARNING,
-						(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
-						 errmsg("skipping analyze of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
+			relid = RangeVarGetRelidExtended(vrel->relation,
+											 AccessShareLock,
+											 0, NULL, NULL);
+			if (!OidIsValid(relid))
+				return vacrels;
+		}
+		else
+		{
+			/* Get relid for reporting before taking a lock */
+			relid = RangeVarGetRelid(vrel->relation, NoLock, false);
+
+			if (!ConditionalLockRelationOid(relid, AccessShareLock))
+			{
+				int	flags = 0;
+				/*
+				 * If the lock is unavailable, emit the same log statement that
+				 * vacuum_rel() and analyze_rel() would.
+				 */
+				if (options & VACOPT_VACUUM)
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping vacuum of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
 								vrel->relation->relname)));
-			return vacrels;
+				else
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping analyze of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
+									vrel->relation->relname)));
+
+				if ((options & VACOPT_VACUUM) != 0 && (options & VACOPT_FULL) == 0)
+					flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM;
+				if ((options & VACOPT_ANALYZE) != 0)
+					flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE;
+
+				pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(relid, flags);
+
+				return vacrels;
+			}
+
+			/*
+			 * Now that we have the lock, probe to see if the relation really
+			 * exists or not.
+			 */
+			if (!SearchSysCacheExists1(RELOID, ObjectIdGetDatum(relid)))
+			{
+				if (options & VACOPT_VACUUM)
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_UNDEFINED_TABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping vacuum of \"%s\" --- relation no longer exists",
+									vrel->relation->relname)));
+				else
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_UNDEFINED_TABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping analyze of \"%s\" --- relation no longer exists",
+									vrel->relation->relname)));
+
+				/* Release useless lock */
+				UnlockRelationOid(relid, AccessShareLock);
+
+				return vacrels;
+			}
 		}
 
 		/*
diff --git a/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c b/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c
index b2ca28f83ba..532d9023f8c 100644
--- a/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c
+++ b/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c
@@ -17,12 +17,14 @@
 
 #include "postgres.h"
 
+#include "access/htup_details.h"
 #include "access/twophase_rmgr.h"
 #include "access/xact.h"
 #include "catalog/catalog.h"
 #include "utils/memutils.h"
 #include "utils/pgstat_internal.h"
 #include "utils/rel.h"
+#include "utils/syscache.h"
 #include "utils/timestamp.h"
 
 
@@ -367,6 +369,68 @@ pgstat_report_analyze(Relation rel,
 	(void) pgstat_flush_backend(false, PGSTAT_BACKEND_FLUSH_IO);
 }
 
+/*
+ * Report that the table was skipped during vacuum or/and analyze.
+ */
+void
+pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(Oid relid, int flags)
+{
+	PgStat_EntryRef *entry_ref;
+	PgStatShared_Relation *shtabentry;
+	PgStat_StatTabEntry *tabentry;
+	TimestampTz ts;
+	HeapTuple	classTup;
+	bool		isshared;
+
+	if (!pgstat_track_counts || !flags)
+		return;
+
+	classTup = SearchSysCache1(RELOID, ObjectIdGetDatum(relid));
+	if (!HeapTupleIsValid(classTup))
+		return;			/* somebody deleted the rel, forget it */
+	isshared = ((Form_pg_class) GETSTRUCT(classTup))->relisshared;
+	ReleaseSysCache(classTup);
+
+	/* Store the data in the table's hash table entry. */
+	ts = GetCurrentTimestamp();
+
+	/* block acquiring lock for the same reason as pgstat_report_autovac() */
+	entry_ref = pgstat_get_entry_ref_locked(PGSTAT_KIND_RELATION,
+											isshared ? InvalidOid : MyDatabaseId,
+											relid, false);
+
+	shtabentry = (PgStatShared_Relation *) entry_ref->shared_stats;
+	tabentry = &shtabentry->stats;
+
+	if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM)
+	{
+		tabentry->last_skipped_vacuum_time = ts;
+		tabentry->skipped_vacuum_count++;
+	}
+	else if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOVACUUM)
+	{
+		tabentry->last_skipped_autovacuum_time = ts;
+		tabentry->skipped_autovacuum_count++;
+	}
+
+	if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE)
+	{
+		tabentry->last_skipped_analyze_time = ts;
+		tabentry->skipped_analyze_count++;
+	}
+	else if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOANALYZE)
+	{
+		tabentry->last_skipped_autoanalyze_time = ts;
+		tabentry->skipped_autoanalyze_count++;
+	}
+
+	pgstat_unlock_entry(entry_ref);
+
+	/* see pgstat_report_vacuum() */
+	pgstat_flush_io(false);
+	(void) pgstat_flush_backend(false, PGSTAT_BACKEND_FLUSH_IO);
+}
+
 /*
  * count a tuple insertion of n tuples
  */
diff --git a/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c b/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c
index 1408de387ea..90a8968faa0 100644
--- a/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c
+++ b/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c
@@ -84,6 +84,18 @@ PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(mod_since_analyze)
 /* pg_stat_get_numscans */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(numscans)
 
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_analyze_count)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_autoanalyze_count)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_autovacuum_count)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_vacuum_count)
+
 /* pg_stat_get_tuples_deleted */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(tuples_deleted)
 
@@ -170,6 +182,18 @@ PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_vacuum_time)
 /* pg_stat_get_lastscan */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(lastscan)
 
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_analyze_time)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_autoanalyze_time)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_autovacuum_time)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_vacuum_time)
+
 /* pg_stat_get_stat_reset_time */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(stat_reset_time)
 
diff --git a/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat b/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat
index fa9ae79082b..32debb34863 100644
--- a/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat
+++ b/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat
@@ -5680,6 +5680,38 @@
   proargmodes => '{o,o,o,o,o,o,o,o,o,o}',
   proargnames => '{oid,score,xid_score,mxid_score,vacuum_score,vacuum_insert_score,analyze_score,do_vacuum,do_analyze,for_wraparound}',
   prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_autovacuum_scores' },
+{ oid => '8142', descr => 'statistics: last skipped vacuum time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time' },
+{ oid => '8143', descr => 'statistics: last skipped auto vacuum time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time' },
+{ oid => '8144', descr => 'statistics: last skipped analyze time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time' },
+{ oid => '8145', descr => 'statistics: last skipped auto analyze time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time' },
+{ oid => '8146', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped vacuum for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count' },
+{ oid => '8147', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped auto vacuum for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count' },
+{ oid => '8148', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped analyzes for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count' },
+{ oid => '8149', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped auto analyzes for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count' },
 { oid => '1936', descr => 'statistics: currently active backend IDs',
   proname => 'pg_stat_get_backend_idset', prorows => '100', proretset => 't',
   provolatile => 's', proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int4',
diff --git a/src/include/pgstat.h b/src/include/pgstat.h
index dfa2e837638..98941f953d1 100644
--- a/src/include/pgstat.h
+++ b/src/include/pgstat.h
@@ -479,6 +479,15 @@ typedef struct PgStat_StatTabEntry
 	TimestampTz last_autoanalyze_time;	/* autovacuum initiated */
 	PgStat_Counter autoanalyze_count;
 
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_vacuum_time;	/* user initiated vacuum */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_vacuum_count;
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_autovacuum_time;	/* autovacuum initiated */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_autovacuum_count;
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_analyze_time;	/* user initiated */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_analyze_count;
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_autoanalyze_time;	/* autovacuum initiated */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_autoanalyze_count;
+
 	PgStat_Counter total_vacuum_time;	/* times in milliseconds */
 	PgStat_Counter total_autovacuum_time;
 	PgStat_Counter total_analyze_time;
@@ -703,6 +712,13 @@ extern void pgstat_report_analyze(Relation rel,
 								  PgStat_Counter livetuples, PgStat_Counter deadtuples,
 								  bool resetcounter, TimestampTz starttime);
 
+/* flags for pgstat_flush_backend() */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM		(1 << 0)	/* vacuum is skipped */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE		(1 << 1)	/* analyze is skipped */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOVACUUM	(1 << 2)	/* autovacuum is skipped */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOANALYZE	(1 << 3)	/* autoanalyze is skipped */
+extern void pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(Oid relid, int flags);
+
 /*
  * If stats are enabled, but pending data hasn't been prepared yet, call
  * pgstat_assoc_relation() to do so. See its comment for why this is done
diff --git a/src/test/isolation/expected/vacuum-skip-locked.out b/src/test/isolation/expected/vacuum-skip-locked.out
index 99db281a159..e2cff175b7c 100644
--- a/src/test/isolation/expected/vacuum-skip-locked.out
+++ b/src/test/isolation/expected/vacuum-skip-locked.out
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 Parsed test spec with 2 sessions
 
-starting permutation: lock_share vac_specified commit
+starting permutation: lock_share vac_specified commit check_stat
 step lock_share: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN SHARE MODE;
@@ -10,8 +10,22 @@ step vac_specified: VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED) part1, part2;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
 
-starting permutation: lock_share vac_all_parts commit
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   1|            0|                    0
+part2  |           1|                   0|            0|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
+
+starting permutation: lock_share vac_all_parts commit check_stat
 step lock_share: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN SHARE MODE;
@@ -20,8 +34,22 @@ step vac_all_parts: VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED) parted;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   1|            0|                    0
+part2  |           1|                   0|            0|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
 
-starting permutation: lock_share analyze_specified commit
+starting permutation: lock_share analyze_specified commit check_stat
 step lock_share: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN SHARE MODE;
@@ -31,8 +59,22 @@ step analyze_specified: ANALYZE (SKIP_LOCKED) part1, part2;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
 
-starting permutation: lock_share analyze_all_parts commit
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   0|            0|                    1
+part2  |           0|                   0|            1|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
+
+starting permutation: lock_share analyze_all_parts commit check_stat
 step lock_share: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN SHARE MODE;
@@ -41,8 +83,22 @@ step analyze_all_parts: ANALYZE (SKIP_LOCKED) parted;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            1|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   0|            0|                    1
+part2  |           0|                   0|            1|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
 
-starting permutation: lock_share vac_analyze_specified commit
+starting permutation: lock_share vac_analyze_specified commit check_stat
 step lock_share: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN SHARE MODE;
@@ -52,8 +108,22 @@ step vac_analyze_specified: VACUUM (ANALYZE, SKIP_LOCKED) part1, part2;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
 
-starting permutation: lock_share vac_analyze_all_parts commit
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   1|            0|                    1
+part2  |           1|                   0|            1|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
+
+starting permutation: lock_share vac_analyze_all_parts commit check_stat
 step lock_share: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN SHARE MODE;
@@ -62,8 +132,22 @@ step vac_analyze_all_parts: VACUUM (ANALYZE, SKIP_LOCKED) parted;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            1|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   1|            0|                    1
+part2  |           1|                   0|            1|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
 
-starting permutation: lock_share vac_full_specified commit
+starting permutation: lock_share vac_full_specified commit check_stat
 step lock_share: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN SHARE MODE;
@@ -73,8 +157,22 @@ step vac_full_specified: VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED, FULL) part1, part2;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
 
-starting permutation: lock_share vac_full_all_parts commit
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part2  |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
+
+starting permutation: lock_share vac_full_all_parts commit check_stat
 step lock_share: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN SHARE MODE;
@@ -83,8 +181,22 @@ step vac_full_all_parts: VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED, FULL) parted;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part2  |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+(3 rows)
 
-starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_specified commit
+
+starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_specified commit check_stat
 step lock_access_exclusive: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN ACCESS EXCLUSIVE MODE;
@@ -94,8 +206,22 @@ step vac_specified: VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED) part1, part2;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   1|            0|                    0
+part2  |           1|                   0|            0|                    0
+(3 rows)
 
-starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_all_parts commit
+
+starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_all_parts commit check_stat
 step lock_access_exclusive: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN ACCESS EXCLUSIVE MODE;
@@ -104,8 +230,22 @@ step vac_all_parts: VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED) parted;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   1|            0|                    0
+part2  |           1|                   0|            0|                    0
+(3 rows)
 
-starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive analyze_specified commit
+
+starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive analyze_specified commit check_stat
 step lock_access_exclusive: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN ACCESS EXCLUSIVE MODE;
@@ -115,8 +255,22 @@ step analyze_specified: ANALYZE (SKIP_LOCKED) part1, part2;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   0|            0|                    1
+part2  |           0|                   0|            1|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
 
-starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive analyze_all_parts commit
+starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive analyze_all_parts commit check_stat
 step lock_access_exclusive: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN ACCESS EXCLUSIVE MODE;
@@ -126,8 +280,22 @@ step commit:
 	COMMIT;
 
 step analyze_all_parts: <... completed>
-
-starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_analyze_specified commit
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            1|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   0|            1|                    0
+part2  |           0|                   0|            1|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
+
+starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_analyze_specified commit check_stat
 step lock_access_exclusive: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN ACCESS EXCLUSIVE MODE;
@@ -137,8 +305,22 @@ step vac_analyze_specified: VACUUM (ANALYZE, SKIP_LOCKED) part1, part2;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   1|            0|                    1
+part2  |           1|                   0|            1|                    0
+(3 rows)
 
-starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_analyze_all_parts commit
+
+starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_analyze_all_parts commit check_stat
 step lock_access_exclusive: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN ACCESS EXCLUSIVE MODE;
@@ -148,8 +330,22 @@ step commit:
 	COMMIT;
 
 step vac_analyze_all_parts: <... completed>
-
-starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_full_specified commit
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            1|                    0
+part1  |           1|                   0|            1|                    0
+part2  |           1|                   0|            1|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
+
+starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_full_specified commit check_stat
 step lock_access_exclusive: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN ACCESS EXCLUSIVE MODE;
@@ -159,8 +355,22 @@ step vac_full_specified: VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED, FULL) part1, part2;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
 
-starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_full_all_parts commit
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part2  |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
+
+starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_full_all_parts commit check_stat
 step lock_access_exclusive: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN ACCESS EXCLUSIVE MODE;
@@ -169,3 +379,17 @@ step vac_full_all_parts: VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED, FULL) parted;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part2  |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
diff --git a/src/test/isolation/specs/vacuum-skip-locked.spec b/src/test/isolation/specs/vacuum-skip-locked.spec
index 3fad6e1c92a..b0da75d4b6d 100644
--- a/src/test/isolation/specs/vacuum-skip-locked.spec
+++ b/src/test/isolation/specs/vacuum-skip-locked.spec
@@ -33,6 +33,15 @@ step commit
 	COMMIT;
 }
 
+step check_stat
+{
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+}
+
 session s2
 step vac_specified			{ VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED) part1, part2; }
 step vac_all_parts			{ VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED) parted; }
@@ -43,19 +52,19 @@ step vac_analyze_all_parts	{ VACUUM (ANALYZE, SKIP_LOCKED) parted; }
 step vac_full_specified		{ VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED, FULL) part1, part2; }
 step vac_full_all_parts		{ VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED, FULL) parted; }
 
-permutation lock_share vac_specified commit
-permutation lock_share vac_all_parts commit
-permutation lock_share analyze_specified commit
-permutation lock_share analyze_all_parts commit
-permutation lock_share vac_analyze_specified commit
-permutation lock_share vac_analyze_all_parts commit
-permutation lock_share vac_full_specified commit
-permutation lock_share vac_full_all_parts commit
-permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_specified commit
-permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_all_parts commit
-permutation lock_access_exclusive analyze_specified commit
-permutation lock_access_exclusive analyze_all_parts commit
-permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_analyze_specified commit
-permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_analyze_all_parts commit
-permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_full_specified commit
-permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_full_all_parts commit
+permutation lock_share vac_specified commit check_stat
+permutation lock_share vac_all_parts commit check_stat
+permutation lock_share analyze_specified commit check_stat
+permutation lock_share analyze_all_parts commit check_stat
+permutation lock_share vac_analyze_specified commit check_stat
+permutation lock_share vac_analyze_all_parts commit check_stat
+permutation lock_share vac_full_specified commit check_stat
+permutation lock_share vac_full_all_parts commit check_stat
+permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_specified commit check_stat
+permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_all_parts commit check_stat
+permutation lock_access_exclusive analyze_specified commit check_stat
+permutation lock_access_exclusive analyze_all_parts commit check_stat
+permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_analyze_specified commit check_stat
+permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_analyze_all_parts commit check_stat
+permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_full_specified commit check_stat
+permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_full_all_parts commit check_stat
diff --git a/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out b/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out
index a65a5bf0c4f..9b2075d3373 100644
--- a/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out
+++ b/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out
@@ -1835,13 +1835,21 @@ pg_stat_all_tables| SELECT c.oid AS relid,
     pg_stat_get_mod_since_analyze(c.oid) AS n_mod_since_analyze,
     pg_stat_get_ins_since_vacuum(c.oid) AS n_ins_since_vacuum,
     pg_stat_get_last_vacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_vacuum,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_vacuum,
     pg_stat_get_last_autovacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_autovacuum,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_autovacuum,
     pg_stat_get_last_analyze_time(c.oid) AS last_analyze,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_analyze,
     pg_stat_get_last_autoanalyze_time(c.oid) AS last_autoanalyze,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_autoanalyze,
     pg_stat_get_vacuum_count(c.oid) AS vacuum_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count(c.oid) AS skipped_vacuum_count,
     pg_stat_get_autovacuum_count(c.oid) AS autovacuum_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count(c.oid) AS skipped_autovacuum_count,
     pg_stat_get_analyze_count(c.oid) AS analyze_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count(c.oid) AS skipped_analyze_count,
     pg_stat_get_autoanalyze_count(c.oid) AS autoanalyze_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count(c.oid) AS skipped_autoanalyze_count,
     pg_stat_get_total_vacuum_time(c.oid) AS total_vacuum_time,
     pg_stat_get_total_autovacuum_time(c.oid) AS total_autovacuum_time,
     pg_stat_get_total_analyze_time(c.oid) AS total_analyze_time,
@@ -2346,13 +2354,21 @@ pg_stat_sys_tables| SELECT relid,
     n_mod_since_analyze,
     n_ins_since_vacuum,
     last_vacuum,
+    last_skipped_vacuum,
     last_autovacuum,
+    last_skipped_autovacuum,
     last_analyze,
+    last_skipped_analyze,
     last_autoanalyze,
+    last_skipped_autoanalyze,
     vacuum_count,
+    skipped_vacuum_count,
     autovacuum_count,
+    skipped_autovacuum_count,
     analyze_count,
+    skipped_analyze_count,
     autoanalyze_count,
+    skipped_autoanalyze_count,
     total_vacuum_time,
     total_autovacuum_time,
     total_analyze_time,
@@ -2401,13 +2417,21 @@ pg_stat_user_tables| SELECT relid,
     n_mod_since_analyze,
     n_ins_since_vacuum,
     last_vacuum,
+    last_skipped_vacuum,
     last_autovacuum,
+    last_skipped_autovacuum,
     last_analyze,
+    last_skipped_analyze,
     last_autoanalyze,
+    last_skipped_autoanalyze,
     vacuum_count,
+    skipped_vacuum_count,
     autovacuum_count,
+    skipped_autovacuum_count,
     analyze_count,
+    skipped_analyze_count,
     autoanalyze_count,
+    skipped_autoanalyze_count,
     total_vacuum_time,
     total_autovacuum_time,
     total_analyze_time,
-- 
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* [PATCH v4] Track skipped vacuum and analyze activity per relation
@ 2026-03-24 04:09 Yugo Nagata <[email protected]>
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From: Yugo Nagata @ 2026-03-24 04:09 UTC (permalink / raw)

This commit adds eight fields to the relation statistics that track
the last time vacuum or analyze has been attempted but skipped due to
lock unavailability, along with their counts:

-    last_skipped_vacuum
-    last_skipped_autovacuum
-    last_skipped_analyze
-    last_skipped_autoanalyze
-    skipped_vacuum_count
-    skipped_autovacuum_count
-    skipped_analyze_count
-    skipped_autoanalyze_count

These field can help users confirm that autovacuum is actively attempting
to run on a table that has not been vacuumed or analyzed for a long time,
and that the lack of progress is due to repeated skips rather than inactivity.
---
 doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml                 |  88 ++++++++++++++++
 src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql         |   8 ++
 src/backend/commands/vacuum.c                | 102 ++++++++++++++-----
 src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c |  64 ++++++++++++
 src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c          |  24 +++++
 src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat              |  32 ++++++
 src/include/pgstat.h                         |  16 +++
 src/test/regress/expected/rules.out          |  24 +++++
 8 files changed, 335 insertions(+), 23 deletions(-)

diff --git a/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml b/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml
index 08d5b824552..a9b579d87a9 100644
--- a/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml
+++ b/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml
@@ -4387,6 +4387,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_vacuum</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time a manual vacuum on this table was attempted but skipped due to
+       lock unavailability (not counting <command>VACUUM FULL</command>)
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>last_autovacuum</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
@@ -4397,6 +4407,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_autovacuum</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time a vacuum on this table by the autovacuum daemon was attempted
+       but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>last_analyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
@@ -4406,6 +4426,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_analyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time a manual analyze on this table was attempted but skipped due to
+       lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>last_autoanalyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
@@ -4416,6 +4446,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_autoanalyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time at which an analyze on this table by the autovacuum was
+       attempted but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>vacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4426,6 +4466,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_vacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times manual vacuums on this table have been attempted but skipped
+       due to lock unavailability (not counting <command>VACUUM FULL</command>)
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>autovacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4436,6 +4486,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_autovacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times vacuums on this table by the autovacuum daemon have been
+       attempted but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>analyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4445,6 +4505,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_analyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times manual analyzes on this table have been attempted but
+       skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>autoanalyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4455,6 +4525,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_autoanalyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times analyzes on this table by the autovacuum daemon have
+       been attempted but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>total_vacuum_time</structfield> <type>double precision</type>
@@ -4510,6 +4590,14 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
    </tgroup>
   </table>
 
+  <note>
+   <para>
+    When a manual vacuum or analyze on a parent table in an inheritance or
+    partitioning hierarchy is skipped, the statistics are recorded only for
+    the parent table, not for its children.
+   </para>
+  </note>
+
  </sect2>
 
  <sect2 id="monitoring-pg-stat-autovacuum-scores-view">
diff --git a/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql b/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql
index 73a1c1c4670..f509fc7876b 100644
--- a/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql
+++ b/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql
@@ -736,13 +736,21 @@ CREATE VIEW pg_stat_all_tables AS
             pg_stat_get_mod_since_analyze(C.oid) AS n_mod_since_analyze,
             pg_stat_get_ins_since_vacuum(C.oid) AS n_ins_since_vacuum,
             pg_stat_get_last_vacuum_time(C.oid) as last_vacuum,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_vacuum,
             pg_stat_get_last_autovacuum_time(C.oid) as last_autovacuum,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_autovacuum,
             pg_stat_get_last_analyze_time(C.oid) as last_analyze,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_analyze,
             pg_stat_get_last_autoanalyze_time(C.oid) as last_autoanalyze,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_autoanalyze,
             pg_stat_get_vacuum_count(C.oid) AS vacuum_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count(C.oid) AS skipped_vacuum_count,
             pg_stat_get_autovacuum_count(C.oid) AS autovacuum_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count(C.oid) AS skipped_autovacuum_count,
             pg_stat_get_analyze_count(C.oid) AS analyze_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count(C.oid) AS skipped_analyze_count,
             pg_stat_get_autoanalyze_count(C.oid) AS autoanalyze_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count(C.oid) AS skipped_autoanalyze_count,
             pg_stat_get_total_vacuum_time(C.oid) AS total_vacuum_time,
             pg_stat_get_total_autovacuum_time(C.oid) AS total_autovacuum_time,
             pg_stat_get_total_analyze_time(C.oid) AS total_analyze_time,
diff --git a/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c b/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c
index 99d0db82ed7..97cd5ea8d10 100644
--- a/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c
+++ b/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c
@@ -793,8 +793,25 @@ vacuum_open_relation(Oid relid, RangeVar *relation, uint32 options,
 		rel = try_relation_open(relid, NoLock);
 	else
 	{
+		int flags = 0;
 		rel = NULL;
 		rel_lock = false;
+
+		if ((options & VACOPT_VACUUM) != 0)
+		{
+			if (AmAutoVacuumWorkerProcess())
+				flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOVACUUM;
+			else
+				flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM;
+		}
+		if ((options & VACOPT_ANALYZE) != 0)
+		{
+			if (AmAutoVacuumWorkerProcess())
+				flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOANALYZE;
+			else
+				flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE;
+		}
+		pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(relid, flags);
 	}
 
 	/* if relation is opened, leave */
@@ -802,7 +819,7 @@ vacuum_open_relation(Oid relid, RangeVar *relation, uint32 options,
 		return rel;
 
 	/*
-	 * Relation could not be opened, hence generate if possible a log
+	 * Relation could not be opened hence generate if possible a log
 	 * informing on the situation.
 	 *
 	 * If the RangeVar is not defined, we do not have enough information to
@@ -905,7 +922,6 @@ expand_vacuum_rel(VacuumRelation *vrel, MemoryContext vac_context,
 		Form_pg_class classForm;
 		bool		include_children;
 		bool		is_partitioned_table;
-		int			rvr_opts;
 
 		/*
 		 * Since autovacuum workers supply OIDs when calling vacuum(), no
@@ -918,29 +934,69 @@ expand_vacuum_rel(VacuumRelation *vrel, MemoryContext vac_context,
 		 * below, as well as find_all_inheritors's expectation that the caller
 		 * holds some lock on the starting relation.
 		 */
-		rvr_opts = (options & VACOPT_SKIP_LOCKED) ? RVR_SKIP_LOCKED : 0;
-		relid = RangeVarGetRelidExtended(vrel->relation,
-										 AccessShareLock,
-										 rvr_opts,
-										 NULL, NULL);
-
-		/*
-		 * If the lock is unavailable, emit the same log statement that
-		 * vacuum_rel() and analyze_rel() would.
-		 */
-		if (!OidIsValid(relid))
+		if (!(options & VACOPT_SKIP_LOCKED))
 		{
-			if (options & VACOPT_VACUUM)
-				ereport(WARNING,
-						(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
-						 errmsg("skipping vacuum of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
-								vrel->relation->relname)));
-			else
-				ereport(WARNING,
-						(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
-						 errmsg("skipping analyze of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
+			relid = RangeVarGetRelidExtended(vrel->relation,
+											 AccessShareLock,
+											 0, NULL, NULL);
+			if (!OidIsValid(relid))
+				return vacrels;
+		}
+		else
+		{
+			/* Get relid for reporting before taking a lock */
+			relid = RangeVarGetRelid(vrel->relation, NoLock, false);
+
+			if (!ConditionalLockRelationOid(relid, AccessShareLock))
+			{
+				int	flags = 0;
+				/*
+				 * If the lock is unavailable, emit the same log statement that
+				 * vacuum_rel() and analyze_rel() would.
+				 */
+				if (options & VACOPT_VACUUM)
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping vacuum of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
 								vrel->relation->relname)));
-			return vacrels;
+				else
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping analyze of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
+									vrel->relation->relname)));
+
+				if ((options & VACOPT_VACUUM) != 0)
+					flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM;
+				if ((options & VACOPT_ANALYZE) != 0)
+					flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE;
+
+				pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(relid, flags);
+
+				return vacrels;
+			}
+
+			/*
+			 * Now that we have the lock, probe to see if the relation really
+			 * exists or not.
+			 */
+			if (!SearchSysCacheExists1(RELOID, ObjectIdGetDatum(relid)))
+			{
+				if (options & VACOPT_VACUUM)
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_UNDEFINED_TABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping vacuum of \"%s\" --- relation no longer exists",
+									vrel->relation->relname)));
+				else
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_UNDEFINED_TABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping analyze of \"%s\" --- relation no longer exists",
+									vrel->relation->relname)));
+
+				/* Release useless lock */
+				UnlockRelationOid(relid, AccessShareLock);
+
+				return vacrels;
+			}
 		}
 
 		/*
diff --git a/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c b/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c
index b2ca28f83ba..532d9023f8c 100644
--- a/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c
+++ b/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c
@@ -17,12 +17,14 @@
 
 #include "postgres.h"
 
+#include "access/htup_details.h"
 #include "access/twophase_rmgr.h"
 #include "access/xact.h"
 #include "catalog/catalog.h"
 #include "utils/memutils.h"
 #include "utils/pgstat_internal.h"
 #include "utils/rel.h"
+#include "utils/syscache.h"
 #include "utils/timestamp.h"
 
 
@@ -367,6 +369,68 @@ pgstat_report_analyze(Relation rel,
 	(void) pgstat_flush_backend(false, PGSTAT_BACKEND_FLUSH_IO);
 }
 
+/*
+ * Report that the table was skipped during vacuum or/and analyze.
+ */
+void
+pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(Oid relid, int flags)
+{
+	PgStat_EntryRef *entry_ref;
+	PgStatShared_Relation *shtabentry;
+	PgStat_StatTabEntry *tabentry;
+	TimestampTz ts;
+	HeapTuple	classTup;
+	bool		isshared;
+
+	if (!pgstat_track_counts || !flags)
+		return;
+
+	classTup = SearchSysCache1(RELOID, ObjectIdGetDatum(relid));
+	if (!HeapTupleIsValid(classTup))
+		return;			/* somebody deleted the rel, forget it */
+	isshared = ((Form_pg_class) GETSTRUCT(classTup))->relisshared;
+	ReleaseSysCache(classTup);
+
+	/* Store the data in the table's hash table entry. */
+	ts = GetCurrentTimestamp();
+
+	/* block acquiring lock for the same reason as pgstat_report_autovac() */
+	entry_ref = pgstat_get_entry_ref_locked(PGSTAT_KIND_RELATION,
+											isshared ? InvalidOid : MyDatabaseId,
+											relid, false);
+
+	shtabentry = (PgStatShared_Relation *) entry_ref->shared_stats;
+	tabentry = &shtabentry->stats;
+
+	if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM)
+	{
+		tabentry->last_skipped_vacuum_time = ts;
+		tabentry->skipped_vacuum_count++;
+	}
+	else if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOVACUUM)
+	{
+		tabentry->last_skipped_autovacuum_time = ts;
+		tabentry->skipped_autovacuum_count++;
+	}
+
+	if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE)
+	{
+		tabentry->last_skipped_analyze_time = ts;
+		tabentry->skipped_analyze_count++;
+	}
+	else if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOANALYZE)
+	{
+		tabentry->last_skipped_autoanalyze_time = ts;
+		tabentry->skipped_autoanalyze_count++;
+	}
+
+	pgstat_unlock_entry(entry_ref);
+
+	/* see pgstat_report_vacuum() */
+	pgstat_flush_io(false);
+	(void) pgstat_flush_backend(false, PGSTAT_BACKEND_FLUSH_IO);
+}
+
 /*
  * count a tuple insertion of n tuples
  */
diff --git a/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c b/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c
index 1408de387ea..90a8968faa0 100644
--- a/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c
+++ b/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c
@@ -84,6 +84,18 @@ PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(mod_since_analyze)
 /* pg_stat_get_numscans */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(numscans)
 
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_analyze_count)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_autoanalyze_count)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_autovacuum_count)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_vacuum_count)
+
 /* pg_stat_get_tuples_deleted */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(tuples_deleted)
 
@@ -170,6 +182,18 @@ PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_vacuum_time)
 /* pg_stat_get_lastscan */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(lastscan)
 
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_analyze_time)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_autoanalyze_time)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_autovacuum_time)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_vacuum_time)
+
 /* pg_stat_get_stat_reset_time */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(stat_reset_time)
 
diff --git a/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat b/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat
index fa9ae79082b..32debb34863 100644
--- a/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat
+++ b/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat
@@ -5680,6 +5680,38 @@
   proargmodes => '{o,o,o,o,o,o,o,o,o,o}',
   proargnames => '{oid,score,xid_score,mxid_score,vacuum_score,vacuum_insert_score,analyze_score,do_vacuum,do_analyze,for_wraparound}',
   prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_autovacuum_scores' },
+{ oid => '8142', descr => 'statistics: last skipped vacuum time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time' },
+{ oid => '8143', descr => 'statistics: last skipped auto vacuum time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time' },
+{ oid => '8144', descr => 'statistics: last skipped analyze time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time' },
+{ oid => '8145', descr => 'statistics: last skipped auto analyze time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time' },
+{ oid => '8146', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped vacuum for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count' },
+{ oid => '8147', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped auto vacuum for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count' },
+{ oid => '8148', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped analyzes for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count' },
+{ oid => '8149', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped auto analyzes for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count' },
 { oid => '1936', descr => 'statistics: currently active backend IDs',
   proname => 'pg_stat_get_backend_idset', prorows => '100', proretset => 't',
   provolatile => 's', proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int4',
diff --git a/src/include/pgstat.h b/src/include/pgstat.h
index dfa2e837638..98941f953d1 100644
--- a/src/include/pgstat.h
+++ b/src/include/pgstat.h
@@ -479,6 +479,15 @@ typedef struct PgStat_StatTabEntry
 	TimestampTz last_autoanalyze_time;	/* autovacuum initiated */
 	PgStat_Counter autoanalyze_count;
 
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_vacuum_time;	/* user initiated vacuum */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_vacuum_count;
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_autovacuum_time;	/* autovacuum initiated */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_autovacuum_count;
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_analyze_time;	/* user initiated */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_analyze_count;
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_autoanalyze_time;	/* autovacuum initiated */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_autoanalyze_count;
+
 	PgStat_Counter total_vacuum_time;	/* times in milliseconds */
 	PgStat_Counter total_autovacuum_time;
 	PgStat_Counter total_analyze_time;
@@ -703,6 +712,13 @@ extern void pgstat_report_analyze(Relation rel,
 								  PgStat_Counter livetuples, PgStat_Counter deadtuples,
 								  bool resetcounter, TimestampTz starttime);
 
+/* flags for pgstat_flush_backend() */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM		(1 << 0)	/* vacuum is skipped */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE		(1 << 1)	/* analyze is skipped */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOVACUUM	(1 << 2)	/* autovacuum is skipped */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOANALYZE	(1 << 3)	/* autoanalyze is skipped */
+extern void pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(Oid relid, int flags);
+
 /*
  * If stats are enabled, but pending data hasn't been prepared yet, call
  * pgstat_assoc_relation() to do so. See its comment for why this is done
diff --git a/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out b/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out
index a65a5bf0c4f..9b2075d3373 100644
--- a/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out
+++ b/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out
@@ -1835,13 +1835,21 @@ pg_stat_all_tables| SELECT c.oid AS relid,
     pg_stat_get_mod_since_analyze(c.oid) AS n_mod_since_analyze,
     pg_stat_get_ins_since_vacuum(c.oid) AS n_ins_since_vacuum,
     pg_stat_get_last_vacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_vacuum,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_vacuum,
     pg_stat_get_last_autovacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_autovacuum,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_autovacuum,
     pg_stat_get_last_analyze_time(c.oid) AS last_analyze,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_analyze,
     pg_stat_get_last_autoanalyze_time(c.oid) AS last_autoanalyze,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_autoanalyze,
     pg_stat_get_vacuum_count(c.oid) AS vacuum_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count(c.oid) AS skipped_vacuum_count,
     pg_stat_get_autovacuum_count(c.oid) AS autovacuum_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count(c.oid) AS skipped_autovacuum_count,
     pg_stat_get_analyze_count(c.oid) AS analyze_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count(c.oid) AS skipped_analyze_count,
     pg_stat_get_autoanalyze_count(c.oid) AS autoanalyze_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count(c.oid) AS skipped_autoanalyze_count,
     pg_stat_get_total_vacuum_time(c.oid) AS total_vacuum_time,
     pg_stat_get_total_autovacuum_time(c.oid) AS total_autovacuum_time,
     pg_stat_get_total_analyze_time(c.oid) AS total_analyze_time,
@@ -2346,13 +2354,21 @@ pg_stat_sys_tables| SELECT relid,
     n_mod_since_analyze,
     n_ins_since_vacuum,
     last_vacuum,
+    last_skipped_vacuum,
     last_autovacuum,
+    last_skipped_autovacuum,
     last_analyze,
+    last_skipped_analyze,
     last_autoanalyze,
+    last_skipped_autoanalyze,
     vacuum_count,
+    skipped_vacuum_count,
     autovacuum_count,
+    skipped_autovacuum_count,
     analyze_count,
+    skipped_analyze_count,
     autoanalyze_count,
+    skipped_autoanalyze_count,
     total_vacuum_time,
     total_autovacuum_time,
     total_analyze_time,
@@ -2401,13 +2417,21 @@ pg_stat_user_tables| SELECT relid,
     n_mod_since_analyze,
     n_ins_since_vacuum,
     last_vacuum,
+    last_skipped_vacuum,
     last_autovacuum,
+    last_skipped_autovacuum,
     last_analyze,
+    last_skipped_analyze,
     last_autoanalyze,
+    last_skipped_autoanalyze,
     vacuum_count,
+    skipped_vacuum_count,
     autovacuum_count,
+    skipped_autovacuum_count,
     analyze_count,
+    skipped_analyze_count,
     autoanalyze_count,
+    skipped_autoanalyze_count,
     total_vacuum_time,
     total_autovacuum_time,
     total_analyze_time,
-- 
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* [PATCH v5] Track skipped vacuum and analyze activity per relation
@ 2026-03-24 04:09 Yugo Nagata <[email protected]>
  0 siblings, 0 replies; 374+ messages in thread

From: Yugo Nagata @ 2026-03-24 04:09 UTC (permalink / raw)

This commit adds eight fields to the relation statistics that track
the last time vacuum or analyze has been attempted but skipped due to
lock unavailability, along with their counts:

-    last_skipped_vacuum
-    last_skipped_autovacuum
-    last_skipped_analyze
-    last_skipped_autoanalyze
-    skipped_vacuum_count
-    skipped_autovacuum_count
-    skipped_analyze_count
-    skipped_autoanalyze_count

These field can help users confirm that autovacuum is actively attempting
to run on a table that has not been vacuumed or analyzed for a long time,
and that the lack of progress is due to repeated skips rather than inactivity.
---
 doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml                  |  88 ++++++
 src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql          |   8 +
 src/backend/commands/vacuum.c                 | 100 +++++--
 src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c  |  64 +++++
 src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c           |  24 ++
 src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat               |  32 +++
 src/include/pgstat.h                          |  16 ++
 .../isolation/expected/vacuum-skip-locked.out | 260 ++++++++++++++++--
 .../isolation/specs/vacuum-skip-locked.spec   |  41 +--
 src/test/regress/expected/rules.out           |  24 ++
 10 files changed, 601 insertions(+), 56 deletions(-)

diff --git a/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml b/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml
index 08d5b824552..a9b579d87a9 100644
--- a/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml
+++ b/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml
@@ -4387,6 +4387,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_vacuum</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time a manual vacuum on this table was attempted but skipped due to
+       lock unavailability (not counting <command>VACUUM FULL</command>)
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>last_autovacuum</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
@@ -4397,6 +4407,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_autovacuum</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time a vacuum on this table by the autovacuum daemon was attempted
+       but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>last_analyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
@@ -4406,6 +4426,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_analyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time a manual analyze on this table was attempted but skipped due to
+       lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>last_autoanalyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
@@ -4416,6 +4446,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_autoanalyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time at which an analyze on this table by the autovacuum was
+       attempted but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>vacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4426,6 +4466,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_vacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times manual vacuums on this table have been attempted but skipped
+       due to lock unavailability (not counting <command>VACUUM FULL</command>)
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>autovacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4436,6 +4486,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_autovacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times vacuums on this table by the autovacuum daemon have been
+       attempted but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>analyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4445,6 +4505,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_analyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times manual analyzes on this table have been attempted but
+       skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>autoanalyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4455,6 +4525,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_autoanalyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times analyzes on this table by the autovacuum daemon have
+       been attempted but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>total_vacuum_time</structfield> <type>double precision</type>
@@ -4510,6 +4590,14 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
    </tgroup>
   </table>
 
+  <note>
+   <para>
+    When a manual vacuum or analyze on a parent table in an inheritance or
+    partitioning hierarchy is skipped, the statistics are recorded only for
+    the parent table, not for its children.
+   </para>
+  </note>
+
  </sect2>
 
  <sect2 id="monitoring-pg-stat-autovacuum-scores-view">
diff --git a/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql b/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql
index 73a1c1c4670..f509fc7876b 100644
--- a/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql
+++ b/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql
@@ -736,13 +736,21 @@ CREATE VIEW pg_stat_all_tables AS
             pg_stat_get_mod_since_analyze(C.oid) AS n_mod_since_analyze,
             pg_stat_get_ins_since_vacuum(C.oid) AS n_ins_since_vacuum,
             pg_stat_get_last_vacuum_time(C.oid) as last_vacuum,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_vacuum,
             pg_stat_get_last_autovacuum_time(C.oid) as last_autovacuum,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_autovacuum,
             pg_stat_get_last_analyze_time(C.oid) as last_analyze,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_analyze,
             pg_stat_get_last_autoanalyze_time(C.oid) as last_autoanalyze,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_autoanalyze,
             pg_stat_get_vacuum_count(C.oid) AS vacuum_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count(C.oid) AS skipped_vacuum_count,
             pg_stat_get_autovacuum_count(C.oid) AS autovacuum_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count(C.oid) AS skipped_autovacuum_count,
             pg_stat_get_analyze_count(C.oid) AS analyze_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count(C.oid) AS skipped_analyze_count,
             pg_stat_get_autoanalyze_count(C.oid) AS autoanalyze_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count(C.oid) AS skipped_autoanalyze_count,
             pg_stat_get_total_vacuum_time(C.oid) AS total_vacuum_time,
             pg_stat_get_total_autovacuum_time(C.oid) AS total_autovacuum_time,
             pg_stat_get_total_analyze_time(C.oid) AS total_analyze_time,
diff --git a/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c b/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c
index 99d0db82ed7..df6526225e4 100644
--- a/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c
+++ b/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c
@@ -793,8 +793,25 @@ vacuum_open_relation(Oid relid, RangeVar *relation, uint32 options,
 		rel = try_relation_open(relid, NoLock);
 	else
 	{
+		int flags = 0;
 		rel = NULL;
 		rel_lock = false;
+
+		if ((options & VACOPT_VACUUM) != 0 && (options & VACOPT_FULL) == 0)
+		{
+			if (AmAutoVacuumWorkerProcess())
+				flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOVACUUM;
+			else
+				flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM;
+		}
+		if ((options & VACOPT_ANALYZE) != 0)
+		{
+			if (AmAutoVacuumWorkerProcess())
+				flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOANALYZE;
+			else
+				flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE;
+		}
+		pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(relid, flags);
 	}
 
 	/* if relation is opened, leave */
@@ -905,7 +922,6 @@ expand_vacuum_rel(VacuumRelation *vrel, MemoryContext vac_context,
 		Form_pg_class classForm;
 		bool		include_children;
 		bool		is_partitioned_table;
-		int			rvr_opts;
 
 		/*
 		 * Since autovacuum workers supply OIDs when calling vacuum(), no
@@ -918,29 +934,69 @@ expand_vacuum_rel(VacuumRelation *vrel, MemoryContext vac_context,
 		 * below, as well as find_all_inheritors's expectation that the caller
 		 * holds some lock on the starting relation.
 		 */
-		rvr_opts = (options & VACOPT_SKIP_LOCKED) ? RVR_SKIP_LOCKED : 0;
-		relid = RangeVarGetRelidExtended(vrel->relation,
-										 AccessShareLock,
-										 rvr_opts,
-										 NULL, NULL);
-
-		/*
-		 * If the lock is unavailable, emit the same log statement that
-		 * vacuum_rel() and analyze_rel() would.
-		 */
-		if (!OidIsValid(relid))
+		if (!(options & VACOPT_SKIP_LOCKED))
 		{
-			if (options & VACOPT_VACUUM)
-				ereport(WARNING,
-						(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
-						 errmsg("skipping vacuum of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
-								vrel->relation->relname)));
-			else
-				ereport(WARNING,
-						(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
-						 errmsg("skipping analyze of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
+			relid = RangeVarGetRelidExtended(vrel->relation,
+											 AccessShareLock,
+											 0, NULL, NULL);
+			if (!OidIsValid(relid))
+				return vacrels;
+		}
+		else
+		{
+			/* Get relid for reporting before taking a lock */
+			relid = RangeVarGetRelid(vrel->relation, NoLock, false);
+
+			if (!ConditionalLockRelationOid(relid, AccessShareLock))
+			{
+				int	flags = 0;
+				/*
+				 * If the lock is unavailable, emit the same log statement that
+				 * vacuum_rel() and analyze_rel() would.
+				 */
+				if (options & VACOPT_VACUUM)
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping vacuum of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
 								vrel->relation->relname)));
-			return vacrels;
+				else
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping analyze of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
+									vrel->relation->relname)));
+
+				if ((options & VACOPT_VACUUM) != 0 && (options & VACOPT_FULL) == 0)
+					flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM;
+				if ((options & VACOPT_ANALYZE) != 0)
+					flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE;
+
+				pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(relid, flags);
+
+				return vacrels;
+			}
+
+			/*
+			 * Now that we have the lock, probe to see if the relation really
+			 * exists or not.
+			 */
+			if (!SearchSysCacheExists1(RELOID, ObjectIdGetDatum(relid)))
+			{
+				if (options & VACOPT_VACUUM)
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_UNDEFINED_TABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping vacuum of \"%s\" --- relation no longer exists",
+									vrel->relation->relname)));
+				else
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_UNDEFINED_TABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping analyze of \"%s\" --- relation no longer exists",
+									vrel->relation->relname)));
+
+				/* Release useless lock */
+				UnlockRelationOid(relid, AccessShareLock);
+
+				return vacrels;
+			}
 		}
 
 		/*
diff --git a/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c b/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c
index b2ca28f83ba..532d9023f8c 100644
--- a/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c
+++ b/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c
@@ -17,12 +17,14 @@
 
 #include "postgres.h"
 
+#include "access/htup_details.h"
 #include "access/twophase_rmgr.h"
 #include "access/xact.h"
 #include "catalog/catalog.h"
 #include "utils/memutils.h"
 #include "utils/pgstat_internal.h"
 #include "utils/rel.h"
+#include "utils/syscache.h"
 #include "utils/timestamp.h"
 
 
@@ -367,6 +369,68 @@ pgstat_report_analyze(Relation rel,
 	(void) pgstat_flush_backend(false, PGSTAT_BACKEND_FLUSH_IO);
 }
 
+/*
+ * Report that the table was skipped during vacuum or/and analyze.
+ */
+void
+pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(Oid relid, int flags)
+{
+	PgStat_EntryRef *entry_ref;
+	PgStatShared_Relation *shtabentry;
+	PgStat_StatTabEntry *tabentry;
+	TimestampTz ts;
+	HeapTuple	classTup;
+	bool		isshared;
+
+	if (!pgstat_track_counts || !flags)
+		return;
+
+	classTup = SearchSysCache1(RELOID, ObjectIdGetDatum(relid));
+	if (!HeapTupleIsValid(classTup))
+		return;			/* somebody deleted the rel, forget it */
+	isshared = ((Form_pg_class) GETSTRUCT(classTup))->relisshared;
+	ReleaseSysCache(classTup);
+
+	/* Store the data in the table's hash table entry. */
+	ts = GetCurrentTimestamp();
+
+	/* block acquiring lock for the same reason as pgstat_report_autovac() */
+	entry_ref = pgstat_get_entry_ref_locked(PGSTAT_KIND_RELATION,
+											isshared ? InvalidOid : MyDatabaseId,
+											relid, false);
+
+	shtabentry = (PgStatShared_Relation *) entry_ref->shared_stats;
+	tabentry = &shtabentry->stats;
+
+	if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM)
+	{
+		tabentry->last_skipped_vacuum_time = ts;
+		tabentry->skipped_vacuum_count++;
+	}
+	else if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOVACUUM)
+	{
+		tabentry->last_skipped_autovacuum_time = ts;
+		tabentry->skipped_autovacuum_count++;
+	}
+
+	if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE)
+	{
+		tabentry->last_skipped_analyze_time = ts;
+		tabentry->skipped_analyze_count++;
+	}
+	else if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOANALYZE)
+	{
+		tabentry->last_skipped_autoanalyze_time = ts;
+		tabentry->skipped_autoanalyze_count++;
+	}
+
+	pgstat_unlock_entry(entry_ref);
+
+	/* see pgstat_report_vacuum() */
+	pgstat_flush_io(false);
+	(void) pgstat_flush_backend(false, PGSTAT_BACKEND_FLUSH_IO);
+}
+
 /*
  * count a tuple insertion of n tuples
  */
diff --git a/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c b/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c
index 1408de387ea..90a8968faa0 100644
--- a/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c
+++ b/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c
@@ -84,6 +84,18 @@ PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(mod_since_analyze)
 /* pg_stat_get_numscans */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(numscans)
 
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_analyze_count)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_autoanalyze_count)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_autovacuum_count)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_vacuum_count)
+
 /* pg_stat_get_tuples_deleted */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(tuples_deleted)
 
@@ -170,6 +182,18 @@ PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_vacuum_time)
 /* pg_stat_get_lastscan */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(lastscan)
 
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_analyze_time)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_autoanalyze_time)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_autovacuum_time)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_vacuum_time)
+
 /* pg_stat_get_stat_reset_time */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(stat_reset_time)
 
diff --git a/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat b/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat
index fa9ae79082b..32debb34863 100644
--- a/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat
+++ b/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat
@@ -5680,6 +5680,38 @@
   proargmodes => '{o,o,o,o,o,o,o,o,o,o}',
   proargnames => '{oid,score,xid_score,mxid_score,vacuum_score,vacuum_insert_score,analyze_score,do_vacuum,do_analyze,for_wraparound}',
   prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_autovacuum_scores' },
+{ oid => '8142', descr => 'statistics: last skipped vacuum time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time' },
+{ oid => '8143', descr => 'statistics: last skipped auto vacuum time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time' },
+{ oid => '8144', descr => 'statistics: last skipped analyze time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time' },
+{ oid => '8145', descr => 'statistics: last skipped auto analyze time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time' },
+{ oid => '8146', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped vacuum for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count' },
+{ oid => '8147', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped auto vacuum for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count' },
+{ oid => '8148', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped analyzes for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count' },
+{ oid => '8149', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped auto analyzes for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count' },
 { oid => '1936', descr => 'statistics: currently active backend IDs',
   proname => 'pg_stat_get_backend_idset', prorows => '100', proretset => 't',
   provolatile => 's', proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int4',
diff --git a/src/include/pgstat.h b/src/include/pgstat.h
index dfa2e837638..98941f953d1 100644
--- a/src/include/pgstat.h
+++ b/src/include/pgstat.h
@@ -479,6 +479,15 @@ typedef struct PgStat_StatTabEntry
 	TimestampTz last_autoanalyze_time;	/* autovacuum initiated */
 	PgStat_Counter autoanalyze_count;
 
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_vacuum_time;	/* user initiated vacuum */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_vacuum_count;
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_autovacuum_time;	/* autovacuum initiated */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_autovacuum_count;
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_analyze_time;	/* user initiated */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_analyze_count;
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_autoanalyze_time;	/* autovacuum initiated */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_autoanalyze_count;
+
 	PgStat_Counter total_vacuum_time;	/* times in milliseconds */
 	PgStat_Counter total_autovacuum_time;
 	PgStat_Counter total_analyze_time;
@@ -703,6 +712,13 @@ extern void pgstat_report_analyze(Relation rel,
 								  PgStat_Counter livetuples, PgStat_Counter deadtuples,
 								  bool resetcounter, TimestampTz starttime);
 
+/* flags for pgstat_flush_backend() */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM		(1 << 0)	/* vacuum is skipped */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE		(1 << 1)	/* analyze is skipped */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOVACUUM	(1 << 2)	/* autovacuum is skipped */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOANALYZE	(1 << 3)	/* autoanalyze is skipped */
+extern void pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(Oid relid, int flags);
+
 /*
  * If stats are enabled, but pending data hasn't been prepared yet, call
  * pgstat_assoc_relation() to do so. See its comment for why this is done
diff --git a/src/test/isolation/expected/vacuum-skip-locked.out b/src/test/isolation/expected/vacuum-skip-locked.out
index 99db281a159..e2cff175b7c 100644
--- a/src/test/isolation/expected/vacuum-skip-locked.out
+++ b/src/test/isolation/expected/vacuum-skip-locked.out
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 Parsed test spec with 2 sessions
 
-starting permutation: lock_share vac_specified commit
+starting permutation: lock_share vac_specified commit check_stat
 step lock_share: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN SHARE MODE;
@@ -10,8 +10,22 @@ step vac_specified: VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED) part1, part2;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
 
-starting permutation: lock_share vac_all_parts commit
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   1|            0|                    0
+part2  |           1|                   0|            0|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
+
+starting permutation: lock_share vac_all_parts commit check_stat
 step lock_share: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN SHARE MODE;
@@ -20,8 +34,22 @@ step vac_all_parts: VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED) parted;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   1|            0|                    0
+part2  |           1|                   0|            0|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
 
-starting permutation: lock_share analyze_specified commit
+starting permutation: lock_share analyze_specified commit check_stat
 step lock_share: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN SHARE MODE;
@@ -31,8 +59,22 @@ step analyze_specified: ANALYZE (SKIP_LOCKED) part1, part2;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
 
-starting permutation: lock_share analyze_all_parts commit
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   0|            0|                    1
+part2  |           0|                   0|            1|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
+
+starting permutation: lock_share analyze_all_parts commit check_stat
 step lock_share: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN SHARE MODE;
@@ -41,8 +83,22 @@ step analyze_all_parts: ANALYZE (SKIP_LOCKED) parted;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            1|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   0|            0|                    1
+part2  |           0|                   0|            1|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
 
-starting permutation: lock_share vac_analyze_specified commit
+starting permutation: lock_share vac_analyze_specified commit check_stat
 step lock_share: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN SHARE MODE;
@@ -52,8 +108,22 @@ step vac_analyze_specified: VACUUM (ANALYZE, SKIP_LOCKED) part1, part2;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
 
-starting permutation: lock_share vac_analyze_all_parts commit
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   1|            0|                    1
+part2  |           1|                   0|            1|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
+
+starting permutation: lock_share vac_analyze_all_parts commit check_stat
 step lock_share: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN SHARE MODE;
@@ -62,8 +132,22 @@ step vac_analyze_all_parts: VACUUM (ANALYZE, SKIP_LOCKED) parted;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            1|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   1|            0|                    1
+part2  |           1|                   0|            1|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
 
-starting permutation: lock_share vac_full_specified commit
+starting permutation: lock_share vac_full_specified commit check_stat
 step lock_share: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN SHARE MODE;
@@ -73,8 +157,22 @@ step vac_full_specified: VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED, FULL) part1, part2;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
 
-starting permutation: lock_share vac_full_all_parts commit
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part2  |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
+
+starting permutation: lock_share vac_full_all_parts commit check_stat
 step lock_share: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN SHARE MODE;
@@ -83,8 +181,22 @@ step vac_full_all_parts: VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED, FULL) parted;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part2  |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+(3 rows)
 
-starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_specified commit
+
+starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_specified commit check_stat
 step lock_access_exclusive: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN ACCESS EXCLUSIVE MODE;
@@ -94,8 +206,22 @@ step vac_specified: VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED) part1, part2;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   1|            0|                    0
+part2  |           1|                   0|            0|                    0
+(3 rows)
 
-starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_all_parts commit
+
+starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_all_parts commit check_stat
 step lock_access_exclusive: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN ACCESS EXCLUSIVE MODE;
@@ -104,8 +230,22 @@ step vac_all_parts: VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED) parted;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   1|            0|                    0
+part2  |           1|                   0|            0|                    0
+(3 rows)
 
-starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive analyze_specified commit
+
+starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive analyze_specified commit check_stat
 step lock_access_exclusive: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN ACCESS EXCLUSIVE MODE;
@@ -115,8 +255,22 @@ step analyze_specified: ANALYZE (SKIP_LOCKED) part1, part2;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   0|            0|                    1
+part2  |           0|                   0|            1|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
 
-starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive analyze_all_parts commit
+starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive analyze_all_parts commit check_stat
 step lock_access_exclusive: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN ACCESS EXCLUSIVE MODE;
@@ -126,8 +280,22 @@ step commit:
 	COMMIT;
 
 step analyze_all_parts: <... completed>
-
-starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_analyze_specified commit
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            1|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   0|            1|                    0
+part2  |           0|                   0|            1|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
+
+starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_analyze_specified commit check_stat
 step lock_access_exclusive: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN ACCESS EXCLUSIVE MODE;
@@ -137,8 +305,22 @@ step vac_analyze_specified: VACUUM (ANALYZE, SKIP_LOCKED) part1, part2;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   1|            0|                    1
+part2  |           1|                   0|            1|                    0
+(3 rows)
 
-starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_analyze_all_parts commit
+
+starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_analyze_all_parts commit check_stat
 step lock_access_exclusive: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN ACCESS EXCLUSIVE MODE;
@@ -148,8 +330,22 @@ step commit:
 	COMMIT;
 
 step vac_analyze_all_parts: <... completed>
-
-starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_full_specified commit
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            1|                    0
+part1  |           1|                   0|            1|                    0
+part2  |           1|                   0|            1|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
+
+starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_full_specified commit check_stat
 step lock_access_exclusive: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN ACCESS EXCLUSIVE MODE;
@@ -159,8 +355,22 @@ step vac_full_specified: VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED, FULL) part1, part2;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
 
-starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_full_all_parts commit
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part2  |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
+
+starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_full_all_parts commit check_stat
 step lock_access_exclusive: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN ACCESS EXCLUSIVE MODE;
@@ -169,3 +379,17 @@ step vac_full_all_parts: VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED, FULL) parted;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part2  |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
diff --git a/src/test/isolation/specs/vacuum-skip-locked.spec b/src/test/isolation/specs/vacuum-skip-locked.spec
index 3fad6e1c92a..b0da75d4b6d 100644
--- a/src/test/isolation/specs/vacuum-skip-locked.spec
+++ b/src/test/isolation/specs/vacuum-skip-locked.spec
@@ -33,6 +33,15 @@ step commit
 	COMMIT;
 }
 
+step check_stat
+{
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+}
+
 session s2
 step vac_specified			{ VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED) part1, part2; }
 step vac_all_parts			{ VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED) parted; }
@@ -43,19 +52,19 @@ step vac_analyze_all_parts	{ VACUUM (ANALYZE, SKIP_LOCKED) parted; }
 step vac_full_specified		{ VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED, FULL) part1, part2; }
 step vac_full_all_parts		{ VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED, FULL) parted; }
 
-permutation lock_share vac_specified commit
-permutation lock_share vac_all_parts commit
-permutation lock_share analyze_specified commit
-permutation lock_share analyze_all_parts commit
-permutation lock_share vac_analyze_specified commit
-permutation lock_share vac_analyze_all_parts commit
-permutation lock_share vac_full_specified commit
-permutation lock_share vac_full_all_parts commit
-permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_specified commit
-permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_all_parts commit
-permutation lock_access_exclusive analyze_specified commit
-permutation lock_access_exclusive analyze_all_parts commit
-permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_analyze_specified commit
-permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_analyze_all_parts commit
-permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_full_specified commit
-permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_full_all_parts commit
+permutation lock_share vac_specified commit check_stat
+permutation lock_share vac_all_parts commit check_stat
+permutation lock_share analyze_specified commit check_stat
+permutation lock_share analyze_all_parts commit check_stat
+permutation lock_share vac_analyze_specified commit check_stat
+permutation lock_share vac_analyze_all_parts commit check_stat
+permutation lock_share vac_full_specified commit check_stat
+permutation lock_share vac_full_all_parts commit check_stat
+permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_specified commit check_stat
+permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_all_parts commit check_stat
+permutation lock_access_exclusive analyze_specified commit check_stat
+permutation lock_access_exclusive analyze_all_parts commit check_stat
+permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_analyze_specified commit check_stat
+permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_analyze_all_parts commit check_stat
+permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_full_specified commit check_stat
+permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_full_all_parts commit check_stat
diff --git a/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out b/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out
index a65a5bf0c4f..9b2075d3373 100644
--- a/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out
+++ b/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out
@@ -1835,13 +1835,21 @@ pg_stat_all_tables| SELECT c.oid AS relid,
     pg_stat_get_mod_since_analyze(c.oid) AS n_mod_since_analyze,
     pg_stat_get_ins_since_vacuum(c.oid) AS n_ins_since_vacuum,
     pg_stat_get_last_vacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_vacuum,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_vacuum,
     pg_stat_get_last_autovacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_autovacuum,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_autovacuum,
     pg_stat_get_last_analyze_time(c.oid) AS last_analyze,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_analyze,
     pg_stat_get_last_autoanalyze_time(c.oid) AS last_autoanalyze,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_autoanalyze,
     pg_stat_get_vacuum_count(c.oid) AS vacuum_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count(c.oid) AS skipped_vacuum_count,
     pg_stat_get_autovacuum_count(c.oid) AS autovacuum_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count(c.oid) AS skipped_autovacuum_count,
     pg_stat_get_analyze_count(c.oid) AS analyze_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count(c.oid) AS skipped_analyze_count,
     pg_stat_get_autoanalyze_count(c.oid) AS autoanalyze_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count(c.oid) AS skipped_autoanalyze_count,
     pg_stat_get_total_vacuum_time(c.oid) AS total_vacuum_time,
     pg_stat_get_total_autovacuum_time(c.oid) AS total_autovacuum_time,
     pg_stat_get_total_analyze_time(c.oid) AS total_analyze_time,
@@ -2346,13 +2354,21 @@ pg_stat_sys_tables| SELECT relid,
     n_mod_since_analyze,
     n_ins_since_vacuum,
     last_vacuum,
+    last_skipped_vacuum,
     last_autovacuum,
+    last_skipped_autovacuum,
     last_analyze,
+    last_skipped_analyze,
     last_autoanalyze,
+    last_skipped_autoanalyze,
     vacuum_count,
+    skipped_vacuum_count,
     autovacuum_count,
+    skipped_autovacuum_count,
     analyze_count,
+    skipped_analyze_count,
     autoanalyze_count,
+    skipped_autoanalyze_count,
     total_vacuum_time,
     total_autovacuum_time,
     total_analyze_time,
@@ -2401,13 +2417,21 @@ pg_stat_user_tables| SELECT relid,
     n_mod_since_analyze,
     n_ins_since_vacuum,
     last_vacuum,
+    last_skipped_vacuum,
     last_autovacuum,
+    last_skipped_autovacuum,
     last_analyze,
+    last_skipped_analyze,
     last_autoanalyze,
+    last_skipped_autoanalyze,
     vacuum_count,
+    skipped_vacuum_count,
     autovacuum_count,
+    skipped_autovacuum_count,
     analyze_count,
+    skipped_analyze_count,
     autoanalyze_count,
+    skipped_autoanalyze_count,
     total_vacuum_time,
     total_autovacuum_time,
     total_analyze_time,
-- 
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* [PATCH v3] Track skipped vacuum and analyze activity per relation
@ 2026-03-24 04:09 Yugo Nagata <[email protected]>
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From: Yugo Nagata @ 2026-03-24 04:09 UTC (permalink / raw)

This commit adds eight fields to the relation statistics that track
the last time vacuum or analyze has been attempted but skipped due to
lock unavailability, along with their counts:

-    last_skipped_vacuum
-    last_skipped_autovacuum
-    last_skipped_analyze
-    last_skipped_autoanalyze
-    skipped_vacuum_count
-    skipped_autovacuum_count
-    skipped_analyze_count
-    skipped_autoanalyze_count

These field can help users confirm that autovacuum is actively attempting
to run on a table that has not been vacuumed or analyzed for a long time,
and that the lack of progress is due to repeated skips rather than inactivity.
---
 doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml                 | 80 +++++++++++++++++
 src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql         |  8 ++
 src/backend/commands/vacuum.c                | 95 +++++++++++++++-----
 src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c | 68 ++++++++++++++
 src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c          | 24 +++++
 src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat              | 32 +++++++
 src/include/pgstat.h                         | 16 ++++
 src/test/regress/expected/rules.out          | 24 +++++
 8 files changed, 324 insertions(+), 23 deletions(-)

diff --git a/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml b/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml
index bb75ed1069b..9ec8070b2fc 100644
--- a/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml
+++ b/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml
@@ -4372,6 +4372,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_vacuum</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time a manual vacuum on this table was attempted but skipped due to
+       lock unavailability (not counting <command>VACUUM FULL</command>)
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>last_autovacuum</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
@@ -4382,6 +4392,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_autovacuum</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time a vacuum on this table by the autovacuum daemon was attempted
+       but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>last_analyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
@@ -4391,6 +4411,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_analyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time a manual analyze on this table was attempted but skipped due to
+       lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>last_autoanalyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
@@ -4401,6 +4431,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_autoanalyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time at which an analyze on this table by the autovacuum was
+       attempted but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>vacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4411,6 +4451,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_vacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times vacuums on this table have been attempted but skipped
+       due to lock unavailability (not counting <command>VACUUM FULL</command>)
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>autovacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4421,6 +4471,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_autovacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times vacuums on this table by the autovacuum daemon have been
+       attempted but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>analyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4430,6 +4490,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_analyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times manual analyzes on this table have been attempted but
+       skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>autoanalyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4440,6 +4510,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_autoanalyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times analyzes on this table by the autovacuum daemon have
+       been attempted but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>total_vacuum_time</structfield> <type>double precision</type>
diff --git a/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql b/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql
index e54018004db..2ca02a0354c 100644
--- a/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql
+++ b/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql
@@ -736,13 +736,21 @@ CREATE VIEW pg_stat_all_tables AS
             pg_stat_get_mod_since_analyze(C.oid) AS n_mod_since_analyze,
             pg_stat_get_ins_since_vacuum(C.oid) AS n_ins_since_vacuum,
             pg_stat_get_last_vacuum_time(C.oid) as last_vacuum,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_vacuum,
             pg_stat_get_last_autovacuum_time(C.oid) as last_autovacuum,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_autovacuum,
             pg_stat_get_last_analyze_time(C.oid) as last_analyze,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_analyze,
             pg_stat_get_last_autoanalyze_time(C.oid) as last_autoanalyze,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_autoanalyze,
             pg_stat_get_vacuum_count(C.oid) AS vacuum_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count(C.oid) AS skipped_vacuum_count,
             pg_stat_get_autovacuum_count(C.oid) AS autovacuum_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count(C.oid) AS skipped_autovacuum_count,
             pg_stat_get_analyze_count(C.oid) AS analyze_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count(C.oid) AS skipped_analyze_count,
             pg_stat_get_autoanalyze_count(C.oid) AS autoanalyze_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count(C.oid) AS skipped_autoanalyze_count,
             pg_stat_get_total_vacuum_time(C.oid) AS total_vacuum_time,
             pg_stat_get_total_autovacuum_time(C.oid) AS total_autovacuum_time,
             pg_stat_get_total_analyze_time(C.oid) AS total_analyze_time,
diff --git a/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c b/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c
index bce3a2daa24..ce83b3171be 100644
--- a/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c
+++ b/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c
@@ -792,8 +792,18 @@ vacuum_open_relation(Oid relid, RangeVar *relation, bits32 options,
 		rel = try_relation_open(relid, NoLock);
 	else
 	{
+		bits8 flags = 0;
 		rel = NULL;
 		rel_lock = false;
+
+		if ((options & VACOPT_VACUUM) != 0)
+			flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM;
+		if ((options & VACOPT_ANALYZE) != 0)
+			flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE;
+		if (AmAutoVacuumWorkerProcess())
+			flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOVAC;
+
+		pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(relid, flags);
 	}
 
 	/* if relation is opened, leave */
@@ -801,7 +811,7 @@ vacuum_open_relation(Oid relid, RangeVar *relation, bits32 options,
 		return rel;
 
 	/*
-	 * Relation could not be opened, hence generate if possible a log
+	 * Relation could not be opened hence generate if possible a log
 	 * informing on the situation.
 	 *
 	 * If the RangeVar is not defined, we do not have enough information to
@@ -904,7 +914,6 @@ expand_vacuum_rel(VacuumRelation *vrel, MemoryContext vac_context,
 		Form_pg_class classForm;
 		bool		include_children;
 		bool		is_partitioned_table;
-		int			rvr_opts;
 
 		/*
 		 * Since autovacuum workers supply OIDs when calling vacuum(), no
@@ -917,29 +926,69 @@ expand_vacuum_rel(VacuumRelation *vrel, MemoryContext vac_context,
 		 * below, as well as find_all_inheritors's expectation that the caller
 		 * holds some lock on the starting relation.
 		 */
-		rvr_opts = (options & VACOPT_SKIP_LOCKED) ? RVR_SKIP_LOCKED : 0;
-		relid = RangeVarGetRelidExtended(vrel->relation,
-										 AccessShareLock,
-										 rvr_opts,
-										 NULL, NULL);
-
-		/*
-		 * If the lock is unavailable, emit the same log statement that
-		 * vacuum_rel() and analyze_rel() would.
-		 */
-		if (!OidIsValid(relid))
+		if (!(options & VACOPT_SKIP_LOCKED))
 		{
-			if (options & VACOPT_VACUUM)
-				ereport(WARNING,
-						(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
-						 errmsg("skipping vacuum of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
-								vrel->relation->relname)));
-			else
-				ereport(WARNING,
-						(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
-						 errmsg("skipping analyze of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
+			relid = RangeVarGetRelidExtended(vrel->relation,
+											 AccessShareLock,
+											 0, NULL, NULL);
+			if (!OidIsValid(relid))
+				return vacrels;
+		}
+		else
+		{
+			/* Get relid for reporting before taking a lock */
+			relid = RangeVarGetRelid(vrel->relation, NoLock, false);
+
+			if (!ConditionalLockRelationOid(relid, AccessShareLock))
+			{
+				bits8	flags = 0;
+				/*
+				 * If the lock is unavailable, emit the same log statement that
+				 * vacuum_rel() and analyze_rel() would.
+				 */
+				if (options & VACOPT_VACUUM)
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping vacuum of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
 								vrel->relation->relname)));
-			return vacrels;
+				else
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping analyze of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
+									vrel->relation->relname)));
+
+				if ((options & VACOPT_VACUUM) != 0)
+					flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM;
+				if ((options & VACOPT_ANALYZE) != 0)
+					flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE;
+
+				pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(relid, flags);
+
+				return vacrels;
+			}
+
+			/*
+			 * Now that we have the lock, probe to see if the relation really
+			 * exists or not.
+			 */
+			if (!SearchSysCacheExists1(RELOID, ObjectIdGetDatum(relid)))
+			{
+				if (options & VACOPT_VACUUM)
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_UNDEFINED_TABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping vacuum of \"%s\" --- relation no longer exists",
+									vrel->relation->relname)));
+				else
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_UNDEFINED_TABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping analyze of \"%s\" --- relation no longer exists",
+									vrel->relation->relname)));
+
+				/* Release useless lock */
+				UnlockRelationOid(relid, AccessShareLock);
+
+				return vacrels;
+			}
 		}
 
 		/*
diff --git a/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c b/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c
index bc8c43b96aa..cec4c88980e 100644
--- a/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c
+++ b/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c
@@ -17,6 +17,7 @@
 
 #include "postgres.h"
 
+#include "access/htup_details.h"
 #include "access/twophase_rmgr.h"
 #include "access/xact.h"
 #include "catalog/catalog.h"
@@ -366,6 +367,73 @@ pgstat_report_analyze(Relation rel,
 	(void) pgstat_flush_backend(false, PGSTAT_BACKEND_FLUSH_IO);
 }
 
+/*
+ * Report that the table was skipped during vacuum or/and analyze.
+ */
+void
+pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(Oid relid, bits8 flags)
+{
+	PgStat_EntryRef *entry_ref;
+	PgStatShared_Relation *shtabentry;
+	PgStat_StatTabEntry *tabentry;
+	TimestampTz ts;
+	HeapTuple	classTup;
+	bool		isshared;
+
+	if (!pgstat_track_counts || !(flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANY))
+		return;
+
+	classTup = SearchSysCache1(RELOID, ObjectIdGetDatum(relid));
+	if (!HeapTupleIsValid(classTup))
+		return;			/* somebody deleted the rel, forget it */
+	isshared = ((Form_pg_class) GETSTRUCT(classTup))->relisshared;
+	ReleaseSysCache(classTup);
+
+	/* Store the data in the table's hash table entry. */
+	ts = GetCurrentTimestamp();
+
+	/* block acquiring lock for the same reason as pgstat_report_autovac() */
+	entry_ref = pgstat_get_entry_ref_locked(PGSTAT_KIND_RELATION,
+											isshared ? InvalidOid : MyDatabaseId,
+											relid, false);
+
+	shtabentry = (PgStatShared_Relation *) entry_ref->shared_stats;
+	tabentry = &shtabentry->stats;
+
+	if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOVAC)
+	{
+		if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM)
+		{
+			tabentry->last_skipped_autovacuum_time = ts;
+			tabentry->skipped_autovacuum_count++;
+		}
+		if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE)
+		{
+			tabentry->last_skipped_autoanalyze_time = ts;
+			tabentry->skipped_autoanalyze_count++;
+		}
+	}
+	else
+	{
+		if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM)
+		{
+			tabentry->last_skipped_vacuum_time = ts;
+			tabentry->skipped_vacuum_count++;
+		}
+		if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE)
+		{
+			tabentry->last_skipped_analyze_time = ts;
+			tabentry->skipped_analyze_count++;
+		}
+	}
+
+	pgstat_unlock_entry(entry_ref);
+
+	/* see pgstat_report_vacuum() */
+	pgstat_flush_io(false);
+	(void) pgstat_flush_backend(false, PGSTAT_BACKEND_FLUSH_IO);
+}
+
 /*
  * count a tuple insertion of n tuples
  */
diff --git a/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c b/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c
index 9185a8e6b83..18aaa3996e1 100644
--- a/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c
+++ b/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c
@@ -84,6 +84,18 @@ PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(mod_since_analyze)
 /* pg_stat_get_numscans */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(numscans)
 
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_analyze_count)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_autoanalyze_count)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_autovacuum_count)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_vacuum_count)
+
 /* pg_stat_get_tuples_deleted */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(tuples_deleted)
 
@@ -170,6 +182,18 @@ PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_vacuum_time)
 /* pg_stat_get_lastscan */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(lastscan)
 
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_analyze_time)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_autoanalyze_time)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_autovacuum_time)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_vacuum_time)
+
 /* pg_stat_get_stat_reset_time */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(stat_reset_time)
 
diff --git a/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat b/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat
index 0118e970dda..ccfe3d9e02a 100644
--- a/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat
+++ b/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat
@@ -5667,6 +5667,38 @@
   proname => 'pg_stat_get_total_autoanalyze_time', provolatile => 's',
   proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'float8', proargtypes => 'oid',
   prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_total_autoanalyze_time' },
+{ oid => '8142', descr => 'statistics: last skipped vacuum time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time' },
+{ oid => '8143', descr => 'statistics: last skipped auto vacuum time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time' },
+{ oid => '8144', descr => 'statistics: last skipped analyze time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time' },
+{ oid => '8145', descr => 'statistics: last skipped auto analyze time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time' },
+{ oid => '8146', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped vacuum for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count' },
+{ oid => '8147', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped auto vacuum for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count' },
+{ oid => '8148', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped analyzes for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count' },
+{ oid => '8149', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped auto analyzes for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count' },
 { oid => '1936', descr => 'statistics: currently active backend IDs',
   proname => 'pg_stat_get_backend_idset', prorows => '100', proretset => 't',
   provolatile => 's', proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int4',
diff --git a/src/include/pgstat.h b/src/include/pgstat.h
index 8e3549c3752..343081a7a25 100644
--- a/src/include/pgstat.h
+++ b/src/include/pgstat.h
@@ -479,6 +479,15 @@ typedef struct PgStat_StatTabEntry
 	TimestampTz last_autoanalyze_time;	/* autovacuum initiated */
 	PgStat_Counter autoanalyze_count;
 
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_vacuum_time;	/* user initiated vacuum */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_vacuum_count;
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_autovacuum_time;	/* autovacuum initiated */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_autovacuum_count;
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_analyze_time;	/* user initiated */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_analyze_count;
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_autoanalyze_time;	/* autovacuum initiated */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_autoanalyze_count;
+
 	PgStat_Counter total_vacuum_time;	/* times in milliseconds */
 	PgStat_Counter total_autovacuum_time;
 	PgStat_Counter total_analyze_time;
@@ -707,6 +716,13 @@ extern void pgstat_report_analyze(Relation rel,
 								  PgStat_Counter livetuples, PgStat_Counter deadtuples,
 								  bool resetcounter, TimestampTz starttime);
 
+/* flags for pgstat_flush_backend() */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM	(1 << 0)	/* vacuum is skipped */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE	(1 << 1)	/* analyze is skipped */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOVAC	(1 << 2)	/* skipped during autovacuum/autoanalyze */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANY   (PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM | PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE)
+extern void pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(Oid relid, bits8 flags);
+
 /*
  * If stats are enabled, but pending data hasn't been prepared yet, call
  * pgstat_assoc_relation() to do so. See its comment for why this is done
diff --git a/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out b/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out
index 2b3cf6d8569..4ccfc43e903 100644
--- a/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out
+++ b/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out
@@ -1835,13 +1835,21 @@ pg_stat_all_tables| SELECT c.oid AS relid,
     pg_stat_get_mod_since_analyze(c.oid) AS n_mod_since_analyze,
     pg_stat_get_ins_since_vacuum(c.oid) AS n_ins_since_vacuum,
     pg_stat_get_last_vacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_vacuum,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_vacuum,
     pg_stat_get_last_autovacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_autovacuum,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_autovacuum,
     pg_stat_get_last_analyze_time(c.oid) AS last_analyze,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_analyze,
     pg_stat_get_last_autoanalyze_time(c.oid) AS last_autoanalyze,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_autoanalyze,
     pg_stat_get_vacuum_count(c.oid) AS vacuum_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count(c.oid) AS skipped_vacuum_count,
     pg_stat_get_autovacuum_count(c.oid) AS autovacuum_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count(c.oid) AS skipped_autovacuum_count,
     pg_stat_get_analyze_count(c.oid) AS analyze_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count(c.oid) AS skipped_analyze_count,
     pg_stat_get_autoanalyze_count(c.oid) AS autoanalyze_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count(c.oid) AS skipped_autoanalyze_count,
     pg_stat_get_total_vacuum_time(c.oid) AS total_vacuum_time,
     pg_stat_get_total_autovacuum_time(c.oid) AS total_autovacuum_time,
     pg_stat_get_total_analyze_time(c.oid) AS total_analyze_time,
@@ -2293,13 +2301,21 @@ pg_stat_sys_tables| SELECT relid,
     n_mod_since_analyze,
     n_ins_since_vacuum,
     last_vacuum,
+    last_skipped_vacuum,
     last_autovacuum,
+    last_skipped_autovacuum,
     last_analyze,
+    last_skipped_analyze,
     last_autoanalyze,
+    last_skipped_autoanalyze,
     vacuum_count,
+    skipped_vacuum_count,
     autovacuum_count,
+    skipped_autovacuum_count,
     analyze_count,
+    skipped_analyze_count,
     autoanalyze_count,
+    skipped_autoanalyze_count,
     total_vacuum_time,
     total_autovacuum_time,
     total_analyze_time,
@@ -2348,13 +2364,21 @@ pg_stat_user_tables| SELECT relid,
     n_mod_since_analyze,
     n_ins_since_vacuum,
     last_vacuum,
+    last_skipped_vacuum,
     last_autovacuum,
+    last_skipped_autovacuum,
     last_analyze,
+    last_skipped_analyze,
     last_autoanalyze,
+    last_skipped_autoanalyze,
     vacuum_count,
+    skipped_vacuum_count,
     autovacuum_count,
+    skipped_autovacuum_count,
     analyze_count,
+    skipped_analyze_count,
     autoanalyze_count,
+    skipped_autoanalyze_count,
     total_vacuum_time,
     total_autovacuum_time,
     total_analyze_time,
-- 
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* [PATCH v3] Track skipped vacuum and analyze activity per relation
@ 2026-03-24 04:09 Yugo Nagata <[email protected]>
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From: Yugo Nagata @ 2026-03-24 04:09 UTC (permalink / raw)

This commit adds eight fields to the relation statistics that track
the last time vacuum or analyze has been attempted but skipped due to
lock unavailability, along with their counts:

-    last_skipped_vacuum
-    last_skipped_autovacuum
-    last_skipped_analyze
-    last_skipped_autoanalyze
-    skipped_vacuum_count
-    skipped_autovacuum_count
-    skipped_analyze_count
-    skipped_autoanalyze_count

These field can help users confirm that autovacuum is actively attempting
to run on a table that has not been vacuumed or analyzed for a long time,
and that the lack of progress is due to repeated skips rather than inactivity.
---
 doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml                 | 80 +++++++++++++++++
 src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql         |  8 ++
 src/backend/commands/vacuum.c                | 95 +++++++++++++++-----
 src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c | 68 ++++++++++++++
 src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c          | 24 +++++
 src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat              | 32 +++++++
 src/include/pgstat.h                         | 16 ++++
 src/test/regress/expected/rules.out          | 24 +++++
 8 files changed, 324 insertions(+), 23 deletions(-)

diff --git a/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml b/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml
index bb75ed1069b..9ec8070b2fc 100644
--- a/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml
+++ b/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml
@@ -4372,6 +4372,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_vacuum</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time a manual vacuum on this table was attempted but skipped due to
+       lock unavailability (not counting <command>VACUUM FULL</command>)
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>last_autovacuum</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
@@ -4382,6 +4392,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_autovacuum</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time a vacuum on this table by the autovacuum daemon was attempted
+       but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>last_analyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
@@ -4391,6 +4411,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_analyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time a manual analyze on this table was attempted but skipped due to
+       lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>last_autoanalyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
@@ -4401,6 +4431,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_autoanalyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time at which an analyze on this table by the autovacuum was
+       attempted but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>vacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4411,6 +4451,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_vacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times vacuums on this table have been attempted but skipped
+       due to lock unavailability (not counting <command>VACUUM FULL</command>)
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>autovacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4421,6 +4471,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_autovacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times vacuums on this table by the autovacuum daemon have been
+       attempted but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>analyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4430,6 +4490,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_analyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times manual analyzes on this table have been attempted but
+       skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>autoanalyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4440,6 +4510,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_autoanalyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times analyzes on this table by the autovacuum daemon have
+       been attempted but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>total_vacuum_time</structfield> <type>double precision</type>
diff --git a/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql b/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql
index e54018004db..2ca02a0354c 100644
--- a/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql
+++ b/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql
@@ -736,13 +736,21 @@ CREATE VIEW pg_stat_all_tables AS
             pg_stat_get_mod_since_analyze(C.oid) AS n_mod_since_analyze,
             pg_stat_get_ins_since_vacuum(C.oid) AS n_ins_since_vacuum,
             pg_stat_get_last_vacuum_time(C.oid) as last_vacuum,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_vacuum,
             pg_stat_get_last_autovacuum_time(C.oid) as last_autovacuum,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_autovacuum,
             pg_stat_get_last_analyze_time(C.oid) as last_analyze,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_analyze,
             pg_stat_get_last_autoanalyze_time(C.oid) as last_autoanalyze,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_autoanalyze,
             pg_stat_get_vacuum_count(C.oid) AS vacuum_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count(C.oid) AS skipped_vacuum_count,
             pg_stat_get_autovacuum_count(C.oid) AS autovacuum_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count(C.oid) AS skipped_autovacuum_count,
             pg_stat_get_analyze_count(C.oid) AS analyze_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count(C.oid) AS skipped_analyze_count,
             pg_stat_get_autoanalyze_count(C.oid) AS autoanalyze_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count(C.oid) AS skipped_autoanalyze_count,
             pg_stat_get_total_vacuum_time(C.oid) AS total_vacuum_time,
             pg_stat_get_total_autovacuum_time(C.oid) AS total_autovacuum_time,
             pg_stat_get_total_analyze_time(C.oid) AS total_analyze_time,
diff --git a/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c b/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c
index bce3a2daa24..ce83b3171be 100644
--- a/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c
+++ b/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c
@@ -792,8 +792,18 @@ vacuum_open_relation(Oid relid, RangeVar *relation, bits32 options,
 		rel = try_relation_open(relid, NoLock);
 	else
 	{
+		bits8 flags = 0;
 		rel = NULL;
 		rel_lock = false;
+
+		if ((options & VACOPT_VACUUM) != 0)
+			flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM;
+		if ((options & VACOPT_ANALYZE) != 0)
+			flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE;
+		if (AmAutoVacuumWorkerProcess())
+			flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOVAC;
+
+		pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(relid, flags);
 	}
 
 	/* if relation is opened, leave */
@@ -801,7 +811,7 @@ vacuum_open_relation(Oid relid, RangeVar *relation, bits32 options,
 		return rel;
 
 	/*
-	 * Relation could not be opened, hence generate if possible a log
+	 * Relation could not be opened hence generate if possible a log
 	 * informing on the situation.
 	 *
 	 * If the RangeVar is not defined, we do not have enough information to
@@ -904,7 +914,6 @@ expand_vacuum_rel(VacuumRelation *vrel, MemoryContext vac_context,
 		Form_pg_class classForm;
 		bool		include_children;
 		bool		is_partitioned_table;
-		int			rvr_opts;
 
 		/*
 		 * Since autovacuum workers supply OIDs when calling vacuum(), no
@@ -917,29 +926,69 @@ expand_vacuum_rel(VacuumRelation *vrel, MemoryContext vac_context,
 		 * below, as well as find_all_inheritors's expectation that the caller
 		 * holds some lock on the starting relation.
 		 */
-		rvr_opts = (options & VACOPT_SKIP_LOCKED) ? RVR_SKIP_LOCKED : 0;
-		relid = RangeVarGetRelidExtended(vrel->relation,
-										 AccessShareLock,
-										 rvr_opts,
-										 NULL, NULL);
-
-		/*
-		 * If the lock is unavailable, emit the same log statement that
-		 * vacuum_rel() and analyze_rel() would.
-		 */
-		if (!OidIsValid(relid))
+		if (!(options & VACOPT_SKIP_LOCKED))
 		{
-			if (options & VACOPT_VACUUM)
-				ereport(WARNING,
-						(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
-						 errmsg("skipping vacuum of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
-								vrel->relation->relname)));
-			else
-				ereport(WARNING,
-						(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
-						 errmsg("skipping analyze of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
+			relid = RangeVarGetRelidExtended(vrel->relation,
+											 AccessShareLock,
+											 0, NULL, NULL);
+			if (!OidIsValid(relid))
+				return vacrels;
+		}
+		else
+		{
+			/* Get relid for reporting before taking a lock */
+			relid = RangeVarGetRelid(vrel->relation, NoLock, false);
+
+			if (!ConditionalLockRelationOid(relid, AccessShareLock))
+			{
+				bits8	flags = 0;
+				/*
+				 * If the lock is unavailable, emit the same log statement that
+				 * vacuum_rel() and analyze_rel() would.
+				 */
+				if (options & VACOPT_VACUUM)
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping vacuum of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
 								vrel->relation->relname)));
-			return vacrels;
+				else
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping analyze of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
+									vrel->relation->relname)));
+
+				if ((options & VACOPT_VACUUM) != 0)
+					flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM;
+				if ((options & VACOPT_ANALYZE) != 0)
+					flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE;
+
+				pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(relid, flags);
+
+				return vacrels;
+			}
+
+			/*
+			 * Now that we have the lock, probe to see if the relation really
+			 * exists or not.
+			 */
+			if (!SearchSysCacheExists1(RELOID, ObjectIdGetDatum(relid)))
+			{
+				if (options & VACOPT_VACUUM)
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_UNDEFINED_TABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping vacuum of \"%s\" --- relation no longer exists",
+									vrel->relation->relname)));
+				else
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_UNDEFINED_TABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping analyze of \"%s\" --- relation no longer exists",
+									vrel->relation->relname)));
+
+				/* Release useless lock */
+				UnlockRelationOid(relid, AccessShareLock);
+
+				return vacrels;
+			}
 		}
 
 		/*
diff --git a/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c b/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c
index bc8c43b96aa..cec4c88980e 100644
--- a/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c
+++ b/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c
@@ -17,6 +17,7 @@
 
 #include "postgres.h"
 
+#include "access/htup_details.h"
 #include "access/twophase_rmgr.h"
 #include "access/xact.h"
 #include "catalog/catalog.h"
@@ -366,6 +367,73 @@ pgstat_report_analyze(Relation rel,
 	(void) pgstat_flush_backend(false, PGSTAT_BACKEND_FLUSH_IO);
 }
 
+/*
+ * Report that the table was skipped during vacuum or/and analyze.
+ */
+void
+pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(Oid relid, bits8 flags)
+{
+	PgStat_EntryRef *entry_ref;
+	PgStatShared_Relation *shtabentry;
+	PgStat_StatTabEntry *tabentry;
+	TimestampTz ts;
+	HeapTuple	classTup;
+	bool		isshared;
+
+	if (!pgstat_track_counts || !(flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANY))
+		return;
+
+	classTup = SearchSysCache1(RELOID, ObjectIdGetDatum(relid));
+	if (!HeapTupleIsValid(classTup))
+		return;			/* somebody deleted the rel, forget it */
+	isshared = ((Form_pg_class) GETSTRUCT(classTup))->relisshared;
+	ReleaseSysCache(classTup);
+
+	/* Store the data in the table's hash table entry. */
+	ts = GetCurrentTimestamp();
+
+	/* block acquiring lock for the same reason as pgstat_report_autovac() */
+	entry_ref = pgstat_get_entry_ref_locked(PGSTAT_KIND_RELATION,
+											isshared ? InvalidOid : MyDatabaseId,
+											relid, false);
+
+	shtabentry = (PgStatShared_Relation *) entry_ref->shared_stats;
+	tabentry = &shtabentry->stats;
+
+	if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOVAC)
+	{
+		if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM)
+		{
+			tabentry->last_skipped_autovacuum_time = ts;
+			tabentry->skipped_autovacuum_count++;
+		}
+		if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE)
+		{
+			tabentry->last_skipped_autoanalyze_time = ts;
+			tabentry->skipped_autoanalyze_count++;
+		}
+	}
+	else
+	{
+		if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM)
+		{
+			tabentry->last_skipped_vacuum_time = ts;
+			tabentry->skipped_vacuum_count++;
+		}
+		if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE)
+		{
+			tabentry->last_skipped_analyze_time = ts;
+			tabentry->skipped_analyze_count++;
+		}
+	}
+
+	pgstat_unlock_entry(entry_ref);
+
+	/* see pgstat_report_vacuum() */
+	pgstat_flush_io(false);
+	(void) pgstat_flush_backend(false, PGSTAT_BACKEND_FLUSH_IO);
+}
+
 /*
  * count a tuple insertion of n tuples
  */
diff --git a/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c b/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c
index 9185a8e6b83..18aaa3996e1 100644
--- a/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c
+++ b/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c
@@ -84,6 +84,18 @@ PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(mod_since_analyze)
 /* pg_stat_get_numscans */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(numscans)
 
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_analyze_count)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_autoanalyze_count)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_autovacuum_count)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_vacuum_count)
+
 /* pg_stat_get_tuples_deleted */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(tuples_deleted)
 
@@ -170,6 +182,18 @@ PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_vacuum_time)
 /* pg_stat_get_lastscan */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(lastscan)
 
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_analyze_time)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_autoanalyze_time)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_autovacuum_time)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_vacuum_time)
+
 /* pg_stat_get_stat_reset_time */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(stat_reset_time)
 
diff --git a/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat b/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat
index 0118e970dda..ccfe3d9e02a 100644
--- a/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat
+++ b/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat
@@ -5667,6 +5667,38 @@
   proname => 'pg_stat_get_total_autoanalyze_time', provolatile => 's',
   proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'float8', proargtypes => 'oid',
   prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_total_autoanalyze_time' },
+{ oid => '8142', descr => 'statistics: last skipped vacuum time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time' },
+{ oid => '8143', descr => 'statistics: last skipped auto vacuum time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time' },
+{ oid => '8144', descr => 'statistics: last skipped analyze time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time' },
+{ oid => '8145', descr => 'statistics: last skipped auto analyze time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time' },
+{ oid => '8146', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped vacuum for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count' },
+{ oid => '8147', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped auto vacuum for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count' },
+{ oid => '8148', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped analyzes for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count' },
+{ oid => '8149', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped auto analyzes for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count' },
 { oid => '1936', descr => 'statistics: currently active backend IDs',
   proname => 'pg_stat_get_backend_idset', prorows => '100', proretset => 't',
   provolatile => 's', proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int4',
diff --git a/src/include/pgstat.h b/src/include/pgstat.h
index 8e3549c3752..343081a7a25 100644
--- a/src/include/pgstat.h
+++ b/src/include/pgstat.h
@@ -479,6 +479,15 @@ typedef struct PgStat_StatTabEntry
 	TimestampTz last_autoanalyze_time;	/* autovacuum initiated */
 	PgStat_Counter autoanalyze_count;
 
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_vacuum_time;	/* user initiated vacuum */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_vacuum_count;
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_autovacuum_time;	/* autovacuum initiated */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_autovacuum_count;
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_analyze_time;	/* user initiated */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_analyze_count;
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_autoanalyze_time;	/* autovacuum initiated */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_autoanalyze_count;
+
 	PgStat_Counter total_vacuum_time;	/* times in milliseconds */
 	PgStat_Counter total_autovacuum_time;
 	PgStat_Counter total_analyze_time;
@@ -707,6 +716,13 @@ extern void pgstat_report_analyze(Relation rel,
 								  PgStat_Counter livetuples, PgStat_Counter deadtuples,
 								  bool resetcounter, TimestampTz starttime);
 
+/* flags for pgstat_flush_backend() */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM	(1 << 0)	/* vacuum is skipped */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE	(1 << 1)	/* analyze is skipped */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOVAC	(1 << 2)	/* skipped during autovacuum/autoanalyze */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANY   (PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM | PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE)
+extern void pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(Oid relid, bits8 flags);
+
 /*
  * If stats are enabled, but pending data hasn't been prepared yet, call
  * pgstat_assoc_relation() to do so. See its comment for why this is done
diff --git a/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out b/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out
index 2b3cf6d8569..4ccfc43e903 100644
--- a/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out
+++ b/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out
@@ -1835,13 +1835,21 @@ pg_stat_all_tables| SELECT c.oid AS relid,
     pg_stat_get_mod_since_analyze(c.oid) AS n_mod_since_analyze,
     pg_stat_get_ins_since_vacuum(c.oid) AS n_ins_since_vacuum,
     pg_stat_get_last_vacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_vacuum,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_vacuum,
     pg_stat_get_last_autovacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_autovacuum,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_autovacuum,
     pg_stat_get_last_analyze_time(c.oid) AS last_analyze,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_analyze,
     pg_stat_get_last_autoanalyze_time(c.oid) AS last_autoanalyze,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_autoanalyze,
     pg_stat_get_vacuum_count(c.oid) AS vacuum_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count(c.oid) AS skipped_vacuum_count,
     pg_stat_get_autovacuum_count(c.oid) AS autovacuum_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count(c.oid) AS skipped_autovacuum_count,
     pg_stat_get_analyze_count(c.oid) AS analyze_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count(c.oid) AS skipped_analyze_count,
     pg_stat_get_autoanalyze_count(c.oid) AS autoanalyze_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count(c.oid) AS skipped_autoanalyze_count,
     pg_stat_get_total_vacuum_time(c.oid) AS total_vacuum_time,
     pg_stat_get_total_autovacuum_time(c.oid) AS total_autovacuum_time,
     pg_stat_get_total_analyze_time(c.oid) AS total_analyze_time,
@@ -2293,13 +2301,21 @@ pg_stat_sys_tables| SELECT relid,
     n_mod_since_analyze,
     n_ins_since_vacuum,
     last_vacuum,
+    last_skipped_vacuum,
     last_autovacuum,
+    last_skipped_autovacuum,
     last_analyze,
+    last_skipped_analyze,
     last_autoanalyze,
+    last_skipped_autoanalyze,
     vacuum_count,
+    skipped_vacuum_count,
     autovacuum_count,
+    skipped_autovacuum_count,
     analyze_count,
+    skipped_analyze_count,
     autoanalyze_count,
+    skipped_autoanalyze_count,
     total_vacuum_time,
     total_autovacuum_time,
     total_analyze_time,
@@ -2348,13 +2364,21 @@ pg_stat_user_tables| SELECT relid,
     n_mod_since_analyze,
     n_ins_since_vacuum,
     last_vacuum,
+    last_skipped_vacuum,
     last_autovacuum,
+    last_skipped_autovacuum,
     last_analyze,
+    last_skipped_analyze,
     last_autoanalyze,
+    last_skipped_autoanalyze,
     vacuum_count,
+    skipped_vacuum_count,
     autovacuum_count,
+    skipped_autovacuum_count,
     analyze_count,
+    skipped_analyze_count,
     autoanalyze_count,
+    skipped_autoanalyze_count,
     total_vacuum_time,
     total_autovacuum_time,
     total_analyze_time,
-- 
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* [PATCH v4] Track skipped vacuum and analyze activity per relation
@ 2026-03-24 04:09 Yugo Nagata <[email protected]>
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From: Yugo Nagata @ 2026-03-24 04:09 UTC (permalink / raw)

This commit adds eight fields to the relation statistics that track
the last time vacuum or analyze has been attempted but skipped due to
lock unavailability, along with their counts:

-    last_skipped_vacuum
-    last_skipped_autovacuum
-    last_skipped_analyze
-    last_skipped_autoanalyze
-    skipped_vacuum_count
-    skipped_autovacuum_count
-    skipped_analyze_count
-    skipped_autoanalyze_count

These field can help users confirm that autovacuum is actively attempting
to run on a table that has not been vacuumed or analyzed for a long time,
and that the lack of progress is due to repeated skips rather than inactivity.
---
 doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml                 |  88 ++++++++++++++++
 src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql         |   8 ++
 src/backend/commands/vacuum.c                | 102 ++++++++++++++-----
 src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c |  64 ++++++++++++
 src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c          |  24 +++++
 src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat              |  32 ++++++
 src/include/pgstat.h                         |  16 +++
 src/test/regress/expected/rules.out          |  24 +++++
 8 files changed, 335 insertions(+), 23 deletions(-)

diff --git a/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml b/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml
index 08d5b824552..a9b579d87a9 100644
--- a/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml
+++ b/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml
@@ -4387,6 +4387,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_vacuum</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time a manual vacuum on this table was attempted but skipped due to
+       lock unavailability (not counting <command>VACUUM FULL</command>)
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>last_autovacuum</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
@@ -4397,6 +4407,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_autovacuum</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time a vacuum on this table by the autovacuum daemon was attempted
+       but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>last_analyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
@@ -4406,6 +4426,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_analyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time a manual analyze on this table was attempted but skipped due to
+       lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>last_autoanalyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
@@ -4416,6 +4446,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_autoanalyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time at which an analyze on this table by the autovacuum was
+       attempted but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>vacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4426,6 +4466,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_vacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times manual vacuums on this table have been attempted but skipped
+       due to lock unavailability (not counting <command>VACUUM FULL</command>)
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>autovacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4436,6 +4486,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_autovacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times vacuums on this table by the autovacuum daemon have been
+       attempted but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>analyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4445,6 +4505,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_analyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times manual analyzes on this table have been attempted but
+       skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>autoanalyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4455,6 +4525,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_autoanalyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times analyzes on this table by the autovacuum daemon have
+       been attempted but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>total_vacuum_time</structfield> <type>double precision</type>
@@ -4510,6 +4590,14 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
    </tgroup>
   </table>
 
+  <note>
+   <para>
+    When a manual vacuum or analyze on a parent table in an inheritance or
+    partitioning hierarchy is skipped, the statistics are recorded only for
+    the parent table, not for its children.
+   </para>
+  </note>
+
  </sect2>
 
  <sect2 id="monitoring-pg-stat-autovacuum-scores-view">
diff --git a/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql b/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql
index 73a1c1c4670..f509fc7876b 100644
--- a/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql
+++ b/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql
@@ -736,13 +736,21 @@ CREATE VIEW pg_stat_all_tables AS
             pg_stat_get_mod_since_analyze(C.oid) AS n_mod_since_analyze,
             pg_stat_get_ins_since_vacuum(C.oid) AS n_ins_since_vacuum,
             pg_stat_get_last_vacuum_time(C.oid) as last_vacuum,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_vacuum,
             pg_stat_get_last_autovacuum_time(C.oid) as last_autovacuum,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_autovacuum,
             pg_stat_get_last_analyze_time(C.oid) as last_analyze,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_analyze,
             pg_stat_get_last_autoanalyze_time(C.oid) as last_autoanalyze,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_autoanalyze,
             pg_stat_get_vacuum_count(C.oid) AS vacuum_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count(C.oid) AS skipped_vacuum_count,
             pg_stat_get_autovacuum_count(C.oid) AS autovacuum_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count(C.oid) AS skipped_autovacuum_count,
             pg_stat_get_analyze_count(C.oid) AS analyze_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count(C.oid) AS skipped_analyze_count,
             pg_stat_get_autoanalyze_count(C.oid) AS autoanalyze_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count(C.oid) AS skipped_autoanalyze_count,
             pg_stat_get_total_vacuum_time(C.oid) AS total_vacuum_time,
             pg_stat_get_total_autovacuum_time(C.oid) AS total_autovacuum_time,
             pg_stat_get_total_analyze_time(C.oid) AS total_analyze_time,
diff --git a/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c b/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c
index 99d0db82ed7..97cd5ea8d10 100644
--- a/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c
+++ b/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c
@@ -793,8 +793,25 @@ vacuum_open_relation(Oid relid, RangeVar *relation, uint32 options,
 		rel = try_relation_open(relid, NoLock);
 	else
 	{
+		int flags = 0;
 		rel = NULL;
 		rel_lock = false;
+
+		if ((options & VACOPT_VACUUM) != 0)
+		{
+			if (AmAutoVacuumWorkerProcess())
+				flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOVACUUM;
+			else
+				flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM;
+		}
+		if ((options & VACOPT_ANALYZE) != 0)
+		{
+			if (AmAutoVacuumWorkerProcess())
+				flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOANALYZE;
+			else
+				flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE;
+		}
+		pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(relid, flags);
 	}
 
 	/* if relation is opened, leave */
@@ -802,7 +819,7 @@ vacuum_open_relation(Oid relid, RangeVar *relation, uint32 options,
 		return rel;
 
 	/*
-	 * Relation could not be opened, hence generate if possible a log
+	 * Relation could not be opened hence generate if possible a log
 	 * informing on the situation.
 	 *
 	 * If the RangeVar is not defined, we do not have enough information to
@@ -905,7 +922,6 @@ expand_vacuum_rel(VacuumRelation *vrel, MemoryContext vac_context,
 		Form_pg_class classForm;
 		bool		include_children;
 		bool		is_partitioned_table;
-		int			rvr_opts;
 
 		/*
 		 * Since autovacuum workers supply OIDs when calling vacuum(), no
@@ -918,29 +934,69 @@ expand_vacuum_rel(VacuumRelation *vrel, MemoryContext vac_context,
 		 * below, as well as find_all_inheritors's expectation that the caller
 		 * holds some lock on the starting relation.
 		 */
-		rvr_opts = (options & VACOPT_SKIP_LOCKED) ? RVR_SKIP_LOCKED : 0;
-		relid = RangeVarGetRelidExtended(vrel->relation,
-										 AccessShareLock,
-										 rvr_opts,
-										 NULL, NULL);
-
-		/*
-		 * If the lock is unavailable, emit the same log statement that
-		 * vacuum_rel() and analyze_rel() would.
-		 */
-		if (!OidIsValid(relid))
+		if (!(options & VACOPT_SKIP_LOCKED))
 		{
-			if (options & VACOPT_VACUUM)
-				ereport(WARNING,
-						(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
-						 errmsg("skipping vacuum of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
-								vrel->relation->relname)));
-			else
-				ereport(WARNING,
-						(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
-						 errmsg("skipping analyze of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
+			relid = RangeVarGetRelidExtended(vrel->relation,
+											 AccessShareLock,
+											 0, NULL, NULL);
+			if (!OidIsValid(relid))
+				return vacrels;
+		}
+		else
+		{
+			/* Get relid for reporting before taking a lock */
+			relid = RangeVarGetRelid(vrel->relation, NoLock, false);
+
+			if (!ConditionalLockRelationOid(relid, AccessShareLock))
+			{
+				int	flags = 0;
+				/*
+				 * If the lock is unavailable, emit the same log statement that
+				 * vacuum_rel() and analyze_rel() would.
+				 */
+				if (options & VACOPT_VACUUM)
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping vacuum of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
 								vrel->relation->relname)));
-			return vacrels;
+				else
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping analyze of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
+									vrel->relation->relname)));
+
+				if ((options & VACOPT_VACUUM) != 0)
+					flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM;
+				if ((options & VACOPT_ANALYZE) != 0)
+					flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE;
+
+				pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(relid, flags);
+
+				return vacrels;
+			}
+
+			/*
+			 * Now that we have the lock, probe to see if the relation really
+			 * exists or not.
+			 */
+			if (!SearchSysCacheExists1(RELOID, ObjectIdGetDatum(relid)))
+			{
+				if (options & VACOPT_VACUUM)
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_UNDEFINED_TABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping vacuum of \"%s\" --- relation no longer exists",
+									vrel->relation->relname)));
+				else
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_UNDEFINED_TABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping analyze of \"%s\" --- relation no longer exists",
+									vrel->relation->relname)));
+
+				/* Release useless lock */
+				UnlockRelationOid(relid, AccessShareLock);
+
+				return vacrels;
+			}
 		}
 
 		/*
diff --git a/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c b/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c
index b2ca28f83ba..532d9023f8c 100644
--- a/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c
+++ b/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c
@@ -17,12 +17,14 @@
 
 #include "postgres.h"
 
+#include "access/htup_details.h"
 #include "access/twophase_rmgr.h"
 #include "access/xact.h"
 #include "catalog/catalog.h"
 #include "utils/memutils.h"
 #include "utils/pgstat_internal.h"
 #include "utils/rel.h"
+#include "utils/syscache.h"
 #include "utils/timestamp.h"
 
 
@@ -367,6 +369,68 @@ pgstat_report_analyze(Relation rel,
 	(void) pgstat_flush_backend(false, PGSTAT_BACKEND_FLUSH_IO);
 }
 
+/*
+ * Report that the table was skipped during vacuum or/and analyze.
+ */
+void
+pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(Oid relid, int flags)
+{
+	PgStat_EntryRef *entry_ref;
+	PgStatShared_Relation *shtabentry;
+	PgStat_StatTabEntry *tabentry;
+	TimestampTz ts;
+	HeapTuple	classTup;
+	bool		isshared;
+
+	if (!pgstat_track_counts || !flags)
+		return;
+
+	classTup = SearchSysCache1(RELOID, ObjectIdGetDatum(relid));
+	if (!HeapTupleIsValid(classTup))
+		return;			/* somebody deleted the rel, forget it */
+	isshared = ((Form_pg_class) GETSTRUCT(classTup))->relisshared;
+	ReleaseSysCache(classTup);
+
+	/* Store the data in the table's hash table entry. */
+	ts = GetCurrentTimestamp();
+
+	/* block acquiring lock for the same reason as pgstat_report_autovac() */
+	entry_ref = pgstat_get_entry_ref_locked(PGSTAT_KIND_RELATION,
+											isshared ? InvalidOid : MyDatabaseId,
+											relid, false);
+
+	shtabentry = (PgStatShared_Relation *) entry_ref->shared_stats;
+	tabentry = &shtabentry->stats;
+
+	if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM)
+	{
+		tabentry->last_skipped_vacuum_time = ts;
+		tabentry->skipped_vacuum_count++;
+	}
+	else if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOVACUUM)
+	{
+		tabentry->last_skipped_autovacuum_time = ts;
+		tabentry->skipped_autovacuum_count++;
+	}
+
+	if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE)
+	{
+		tabentry->last_skipped_analyze_time = ts;
+		tabentry->skipped_analyze_count++;
+	}
+	else if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOANALYZE)
+	{
+		tabentry->last_skipped_autoanalyze_time = ts;
+		tabentry->skipped_autoanalyze_count++;
+	}
+
+	pgstat_unlock_entry(entry_ref);
+
+	/* see pgstat_report_vacuum() */
+	pgstat_flush_io(false);
+	(void) pgstat_flush_backend(false, PGSTAT_BACKEND_FLUSH_IO);
+}
+
 /*
  * count a tuple insertion of n tuples
  */
diff --git a/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c b/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c
index 1408de387ea..90a8968faa0 100644
--- a/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c
+++ b/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c
@@ -84,6 +84,18 @@ PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(mod_since_analyze)
 /* pg_stat_get_numscans */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(numscans)
 
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_analyze_count)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_autoanalyze_count)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_autovacuum_count)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_vacuum_count)
+
 /* pg_stat_get_tuples_deleted */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(tuples_deleted)
 
@@ -170,6 +182,18 @@ PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_vacuum_time)
 /* pg_stat_get_lastscan */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(lastscan)
 
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_analyze_time)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_autoanalyze_time)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_autovacuum_time)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_vacuum_time)
+
 /* pg_stat_get_stat_reset_time */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(stat_reset_time)
 
diff --git a/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat b/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat
index fa9ae79082b..32debb34863 100644
--- a/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat
+++ b/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat
@@ -5680,6 +5680,38 @@
   proargmodes => '{o,o,o,o,o,o,o,o,o,o}',
   proargnames => '{oid,score,xid_score,mxid_score,vacuum_score,vacuum_insert_score,analyze_score,do_vacuum,do_analyze,for_wraparound}',
   prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_autovacuum_scores' },
+{ oid => '8142', descr => 'statistics: last skipped vacuum time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time' },
+{ oid => '8143', descr => 'statistics: last skipped auto vacuum time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time' },
+{ oid => '8144', descr => 'statistics: last skipped analyze time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time' },
+{ oid => '8145', descr => 'statistics: last skipped auto analyze time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time' },
+{ oid => '8146', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped vacuum for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count' },
+{ oid => '8147', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped auto vacuum for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count' },
+{ oid => '8148', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped analyzes for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count' },
+{ oid => '8149', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped auto analyzes for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count' },
 { oid => '1936', descr => 'statistics: currently active backend IDs',
   proname => 'pg_stat_get_backend_idset', prorows => '100', proretset => 't',
   provolatile => 's', proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int4',
diff --git a/src/include/pgstat.h b/src/include/pgstat.h
index dfa2e837638..98941f953d1 100644
--- a/src/include/pgstat.h
+++ b/src/include/pgstat.h
@@ -479,6 +479,15 @@ typedef struct PgStat_StatTabEntry
 	TimestampTz last_autoanalyze_time;	/* autovacuum initiated */
 	PgStat_Counter autoanalyze_count;
 
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_vacuum_time;	/* user initiated vacuum */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_vacuum_count;
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_autovacuum_time;	/* autovacuum initiated */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_autovacuum_count;
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_analyze_time;	/* user initiated */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_analyze_count;
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_autoanalyze_time;	/* autovacuum initiated */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_autoanalyze_count;
+
 	PgStat_Counter total_vacuum_time;	/* times in milliseconds */
 	PgStat_Counter total_autovacuum_time;
 	PgStat_Counter total_analyze_time;
@@ -703,6 +712,13 @@ extern void pgstat_report_analyze(Relation rel,
 								  PgStat_Counter livetuples, PgStat_Counter deadtuples,
 								  bool resetcounter, TimestampTz starttime);
 
+/* flags for pgstat_flush_backend() */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM		(1 << 0)	/* vacuum is skipped */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE		(1 << 1)	/* analyze is skipped */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOVACUUM	(1 << 2)	/* autovacuum is skipped */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOANALYZE	(1 << 3)	/* autoanalyze is skipped */
+extern void pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(Oid relid, int flags);
+
 /*
  * If stats are enabled, but pending data hasn't been prepared yet, call
  * pgstat_assoc_relation() to do so. See its comment for why this is done
diff --git a/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out b/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out
index a65a5bf0c4f..9b2075d3373 100644
--- a/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out
+++ b/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out
@@ -1835,13 +1835,21 @@ pg_stat_all_tables| SELECT c.oid AS relid,
     pg_stat_get_mod_since_analyze(c.oid) AS n_mod_since_analyze,
     pg_stat_get_ins_since_vacuum(c.oid) AS n_ins_since_vacuum,
     pg_stat_get_last_vacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_vacuum,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_vacuum,
     pg_stat_get_last_autovacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_autovacuum,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_autovacuum,
     pg_stat_get_last_analyze_time(c.oid) AS last_analyze,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_analyze,
     pg_stat_get_last_autoanalyze_time(c.oid) AS last_autoanalyze,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_autoanalyze,
     pg_stat_get_vacuum_count(c.oid) AS vacuum_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count(c.oid) AS skipped_vacuum_count,
     pg_stat_get_autovacuum_count(c.oid) AS autovacuum_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count(c.oid) AS skipped_autovacuum_count,
     pg_stat_get_analyze_count(c.oid) AS analyze_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count(c.oid) AS skipped_analyze_count,
     pg_stat_get_autoanalyze_count(c.oid) AS autoanalyze_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count(c.oid) AS skipped_autoanalyze_count,
     pg_stat_get_total_vacuum_time(c.oid) AS total_vacuum_time,
     pg_stat_get_total_autovacuum_time(c.oid) AS total_autovacuum_time,
     pg_stat_get_total_analyze_time(c.oid) AS total_analyze_time,
@@ -2346,13 +2354,21 @@ pg_stat_sys_tables| SELECT relid,
     n_mod_since_analyze,
     n_ins_since_vacuum,
     last_vacuum,
+    last_skipped_vacuum,
     last_autovacuum,
+    last_skipped_autovacuum,
     last_analyze,
+    last_skipped_analyze,
     last_autoanalyze,
+    last_skipped_autoanalyze,
     vacuum_count,
+    skipped_vacuum_count,
     autovacuum_count,
+    skipped_autovacuum_count,
     analyze_count,
+    skipped_analyze_count,
     autoanalyze_count,
+    skipped_autoanalyze_count,
     total_vacuum_time,
     total_autovacuum_time,
     total_analyze_time,
@@ -2401,13 +2417,21 @@ pg_stat_user_tables| SELECT relid,
     n_mod_since_analyze,
     n_ins_since_vacuum,
     last_vacuum,
+    last_skipped_vacuum,
     last_autovacuum,
+    last_skipped_autovacuum,
     last_analyze,
+    last_skipped_analyze,
     last_autoanalyze,
+    last_skipped_autoanalyze,
     vacuum_count,
+    skipped_vacuum_count,
     autovacuum_count,
+    skipped_autovacuum_count,
     analyze_count,
+    skipped_analyze_count,
     autoanalyze_count,
+    skipped_autoanalyze_count,
     total_vacuum_time,
     total_autovacuum_time,
     total_analyze_time,
-- 
2.43.0


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* [PATCH v4] Track skipped vacuum and analyze activity per relation
@ 2026-03-24 04:09 Yugo Nagata <[email protected]>
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From: Yugo Nagata @ 2026-03-24 04:09 UTC (permalink / raw)

This commit adds eight fields to the relation statistics that track
the last time vacuum or analyze has been attempted but skipped due to
lock unavailability, along with their counts:

-    last_skipped_vacuum
-    last_skipped_autovacuum
-    last_skipped_analyze
-    last_skipped_autoanalyze
-    skipped_vacuum_count
-    skipped_autovacuum_count
-    skipped_analyze_count
-    skipped_autoanalyze_count

These field can help users confirm that autovacuum is actively attempting
to run on a table that has not been vacuumed or analyzed for a long time,
and that the lack of progress is due to repeated skips rather than inactivity.
---
 doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml                 |  88 ++++++++++++++++
 src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql         |   8 ++
 src/backend/commands/vacuum.c                | 102 ++++++++++++++-----
 src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c |  64 ++++++++++++
 src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c          |  24 +++++
 src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat              |  32 ++++++
 src/include/pgstat.h                         |  16 +++
 src/test/regress/expected/rules.out          |  24 +++++
 8 files changed, 335 insertions(+), 23 deletions(-)

diff --git a/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml b/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml
index 08d5b824552..a9b579d87a9 100644
--- a/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml
+++ b/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml
@@ -4387,6 +4387,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_vacuum</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time a manual vacuum on this table was attempted but skipped due to
+       lock unavailability (not counting <command>VACUUM FULL</command>)
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>last_autovacuum</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
@@ -4397,6 +4407,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_autovacuum</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time a vacuum on this table by the autovacuum daemon was attempted
+       but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>last_analyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
@@ -4406,6 +4426,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_analyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time a manual analyze on this table was attempted but skipped due to
+       lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>last_autoanalyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
@@ -4416,6 +4446,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_autoanalyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time at which an analyze on this table by the autovacuum was
+       attempted but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>vacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4426,6 +4466,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_vacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times manual vacuums on this table have been attempted but skipped
+       due to lock unavailability (not counting <command>VACUUM FULL</command>)
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>autovacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4436,6 +4486,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_autovacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times vacuums on this table by the autovacuum daemon have been
+       attempted but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>analyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4445,6 +4505,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_analyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times manual analyzes on this table have been attempted but
+       skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>autoanalyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4455,6 +4525,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_autoanalyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times analyzes on this table by the autovacuum daemon have
+       been attempted but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>total_vacuum_time</structfield> <type>double precision</type>
@@ -4510,6 +4590,14 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
    </tgroup>
   </table>
 
+  <note>
+   <para>
+    When a manual vacuum or analyze on a parent table in an inheritance or
+    partitioning hierarchy is skipped, the statistics are recorded only for
+    the parent table, not for its children.
+   </para>
+  </note>
+
  </sect2>
 
  <sect2 id="monitoring-pg-stat-autovacuum-scores-view">
diff --git a/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql b/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql
index 73a1c1c4670..f509fc7876b 100644
--- a/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql
+++ b/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql
@@ -736,13 +736,21 @@ CREATE VIEW pg_stat_all_tables AS
             pg_stat_get_mod_since_analyze(C.oid) AS n_mod_since_analyze,
             pg_stat_get_ins_since_vacuum(C.oid) AS n_ins_since_vacuum,
             pg_stat_get_last_vacuum_time(C.oid) as last_vacuum,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_vacuum,
             pg_stat_get_last_autovacuum_time(C.oid) as last_autovacuum,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_autovacuum,
             pg_stat_get_last_analyze_time(C.oid) as last_analyze,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_analyze,
             pg_stat_get_last_autoanalyze_time(C.oid) as last_autoanalyze,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_autoanalyze,
             pg_stat_get_vacuum_count(C.oid) AS vacuum_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count(C.oid) AS skipped_vacuum_count,
             pg_stat_get_autovacuum_count(C.oid) AS autovacuum_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count(C.oid) AS skipped_autovacuum_count,
             pg_stat_get_analyze_count(C.oid) AS analyze_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count(C.oid) AS skipped_analyze_count,
             pg_stat_get_autoanalyze_count(C.oid) AS autoanalyze_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count(C.oid) AS skipped_autoanalyze_count,
             pg_stat_get_total_vacuum_time(C.oid) AS total_vacuum_time,
             pg_stat_get_total_autovacuum_time(C.oid) AS total_autovacuum_time,
             pg_stat_get_total_analyze_time(C.oid) AS total_analyze_time,
diff --git a/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c b/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c
index 99d0db82ed7..97cd5ea8d10 100644
--- a/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c
+++ b/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c
@@ -793,8 +793,25 @@ vacuum_open_relation(Oid relid, RangeVar *relation, uint32 options,
 		rel = try_relation_open(relid, NoLock);
 	else
 	{
+		int flags = 0;
 		rel = NULL;
 		rel_lock = false;
+
+		if ((options & VACOPT_VACUUM) != 0)
+		{
+			if (AmAutoVacuumWorkerProcess())
+				flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOVACUUM;
+			else
+				flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM;
+		}
+		if ((options & VACOPT_ANALYZE) != 0)
+		{
+			if (AmAutoVacuumWorkerProcess())
+				flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOANALYZE;
+			else
+				flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE;
+		}
+		pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(relid, flags);
 	}
 
 	/* if relation is opened, leave */
@@ -802,7 +819,7 @@ vacuum_open_relation(Oid relid, RangeVar *relation, uint32 options,
 		return rel;
 
 	/*
-	 * Relation could not be opened, hence generate if possible a log
+	 * Relation could not be opened hence generate if possible a log
 	 * informing on the situation.
 	 *
 	 * If the RangeVar is not defined, we do not have enough information to
@@ -905,7 +922,6 @@ expand_vacuum_rel(VacuumRelation *vrel, MemoryContext vac_context,
 		Form_pg_class classForm;
 		bool		include_children;
 		bool		is_partitioned_table;
-		int			rvr_opts;
 
 		/*
 		 * Since autovacuum workers supply OIDs when calling vacuum(), no
@@ -918,29 +934,69 @@ expand_vacuum_rel(VacuumRelation *vrel, MemoryContext vac_context,
 		 * below, as well as find_all_inheritors's expectation that the caller
 		 * holds some lock on the starting relation.
 		 */
-		rvr_opts = (options & VACOPT_SKIP_LOCKED) ? RVR_SKIP_LOCKED : 0;
-		relid = RangeVarGetRelidExtended(vrel->relation,
-										 AccessShareLock,
-										 rvr_opts,
-										 NULL, NULL);
-
-		/*
-		 * If the lock is unavailable, emit the same log statement that
-		 * vacuum_rel() and analyze_rel() would.
-		 */
-		if (!OidIsValid(relid))
+		if (!(options & VACOPT_SKIP_LOCKED))
 		{
-			if (options & VACOPT_VACUUM)
-				ereport(WARNING,
-						(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
-						 errmsg("skipping vacuum of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
-								vrel->relation->relname)));
-			else
-				ereport(WARNING,
-						(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
-						 errmsg("skipping analyze of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
+			relid = RangeVarGetRelidExtended(vrel->relation,
+											 AccessShareLock,
+											 0, NULL, NULL);
+			if (!OidIsValid(relid))
+				return vacrels;
+		}
+		else
+		{
+			/* Get relid for reporting before taking a lock */
+			relid = RangeVarGetRelid(vrel->relation, NoLock, false);
+
+			if (!ConditionalLockRelationOid(relid, AccessShareLock))
+			{
+				int	flags = 0;
+				/*
+				 * If the lock is unavailable, emit the same log statement that
+				 * vacuum_rel() and analyze_rel() would.
+				 */
+				if (options & VACOPT_VACUUM)
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping vacuum of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
 								vrel->relation->relname)));
-			return vacrels;
+				else
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping analyze of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
+									vrel->relation->relname)));
+
+				if ((options & VACOPT_VACUUM) != 0)
+					flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM;
+				if ((options & VACOPT_ANALYZE) != 0)
+					flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE;
+
+				pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(relid, flags);
+
+				return vacrels;
+			}
+
+			/*
+			 * Now that we have the lock, probe to see if the relation really
+			 * exists or not.
+			 */
+			if (!SearchSysCacheExists1(RELOID, ObjectIdGetDatum(relid)))
+			{
+				if (options & VACOPT_VACUUM)
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_UNDEFINED_TABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping vacuum of \"%s\" --- relation no longer exists",
+									vrel->relation->relname)));
+				else
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_UNDEFINED_TABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping analyze of \"%s\" --- relation no longer exists",
+									vrel->relation->relname)));
+
+				/* Release useless lock */
+				UnlockRelationOid(relid, AccessShareLock);
+
+				return vacrels;
+			}
 		}
 
 		/*
diff --git a/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c b/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c
index b2ca28f83ba..532d9023f8c 100644
--- a/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c
+++ b/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c
@@ -17,12 +17,14 @@
 
 #include "postgres.h"
 
+#include "access/htup_details.h"
 #include "access/twophase_rmgr.h"
 #include "access/xact.h"
 #include "catalog/catalog.h"
 #include "utils/memutils.h"
 #include "utils/pgstat_internal.h"
 #include "utils/rel.h"
+#include "utils/syscache.h"
 #include "utils/timestamp.h"
 
 
@@ -367,6 +369,68 @@ pgstat_report_analyze(Relation rel,
 	(void) pgstat_flush_backend(false, PGSTAT_BACKEND_FLUSH_IO);
 }
 
+/*
+ * Report that the table was skipped during vacuum or/and analyze.
+ */
+void
+pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(Oid relid, int flags)
+{
+	PgStat_EntryRef *entry_ref;
+	PgStatShared_Relation *shtabentry;
+	PgStat_StatTabEntry *tabentry;
+	TimestampTz ts;
+	HeapTuple	classTup;
+	bool		isshared;
+
+	if (!pgstat_track_counts || !flags)
+		return;
+
+	classTup = SearchSysCache1(RELOID, ObjectIdGetDatum(relid));
+	if (!HeapTupleIsValid(classTup))
+		return;			/* somebody deleted the rel, forget it */
+	isshared = ((Form_pg_class) GETSTRUCT(classTup))->relisshared;
+	ReleaseSysCache(classTup);
+
+	/* Store the data in the table's hash table entry. */
+	ts = GetCurrentTimestamp();
+
+	/* block acquiring lock for the same reason as pgstat_report_autovac() */
+	entry_ref = pgstat_get_entry_ref_locked(PGSTAT_KIND_RELATION,
+											isshared ? InvalidOid : MyDatabaseId,
+											relid, false);
+
+	shtabentry = (PgStatShared_Relation *) entry_ref->shared_stats;
+	tabentry = &shtabentry->stats;
+
+	if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM)
+	{
+		tabentry->last_skipped_vacuum_time = ts;
+		tabentry->skipped_vacuum_count++;
+	}
+	else if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOVACUUM)
+	{
+		tabentry->last_skipped_autovacuum_time = ts;
+		tabentry->skipped_autovacuum_count++;
+	}
+
+	if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE)
+	{
+		tabentry->last_skipped_analyze_time = ts;
+		tabentry->skipped_analyze_count++;
+	}
+	else if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOANALYZE)
+	{
+		tabentry->last_skipped_autoanalyze_time = ts;
+		tabentry->skipped_autoanalyze_count++;
+	}
+
+	pgstat_unlock_entry(entry_ref);
+
+	/* see pgstat_report_vacuum() */
+	pgstat_flush_io(false);
+	(void) pgstat_flush_backend(false, PGSTAT_BACKEND_FLUSH_IO);
+}
+
 /*
  * count a tuple insertion of n tuples
  */
diff --git a/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c b/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c
index 1408de387ea..90a8968faa0 100644
--- a/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c
+++ b/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c
@@ -84,6 +84,18 @@ PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(mod_since_analyze)
 /* pg_stat_get_numscans */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(numscans)
 
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_analyze_count)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_autoanalyze_count)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_autovacuum_count)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_vacuum_count)
+
 /* pg_stat_get_tuples_deleted */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(tuples_deleted)
 
@@ -170,6 +182,18 @@ PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_vacuum_time)
 /* pg_stat_get_lastscan */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(lastscan)
 
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_analyze_time)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_autoanalyze_time)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_autovacuum_time)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_vacuum_time)
+
 /* pg_stat_get_stat_reset_time */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(stat_reset_time)
 
diff --git a/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat b/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat
index fa9ae79082b..32debb34863 100644
--- a/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat
+++ b/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat
@@ -5680,6 +5680,38 @@
   proargmodes => '{o,o,o,o,o,o,o,o,o,o}',
   proargnames => '{oid,score,xid_score,mxid_score,vacuum_score,vacuum_insert_score,analyze_score,do_vacuum,do_analyze,for_wraparound}',
   prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_autovacuum_scores' },
+{ oid => '8142', descr => 'statistics: last skipped vacuum time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time' },
+{ oid => '8143', descr => 'statistics: last skipped auto vacuum time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time' },
+{ oid => '8144', descr => 'statistics: last skipped analyze time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time' },
+{ oid => '8145', descr => 'statistics: last skipped auto analyze time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time' },
+{ oid => '8146', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped vacuum for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count' },
+{ oid => '8147', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped auto vacuum for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count' },
+{ oid => '8148', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped analyzes for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count' },
+{ oid => '8149', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped auto analyzes for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count' },
 { oid => '1936', descr => 'statistics: currently active backend IDs',
   proname => 'pg_stat_get_backend_idset', prorows => '100', proretset => 't',
   provolatile => 's', proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int4',
diff --git a/src/include/pgstat.h b/src/include/pgstat.h
index dfa2e837638..98941f953d1 100644
--- a/src/include/pgstat.h
+++ b/src/include/pgstat.h
@@ -479,6 +479,15 @@ typedef struct PgStat_StatTabEntry
 	TimestampTz last_autoanalyze_time;	/* autovacuum initiated */
 	PgStat_Counter autoanalyze_count;
 
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_vacuum_time;	/* user initiated vacuum */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_vacuum_count;
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_autovacuum_time;	/* autovacuum initiated */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_autovacuum_count;
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_analyze_time;	/* user initiated */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_analyze_count;
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_autoanalyze_time;	/* autovacuum initiated */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_autoanalyze_count;
+
 	PgStat_Counter total_vacuum_time;	/* times in milliseconds */
 	PgStat_Counter total_autovacuum_time;
 	PgStat_Counter total_analyze_time;
@@ -703,6 +712,13 @@ extern void pgstat_report_analyze(Relation rel,
 								  PgStat_Counter livetuples, PgStat_Counter deadtuples,
 								  bool resetcounter, TimestampTz starttime);
 
+/* flags for pgstat_flush_backend() */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM		(1 << 0)	/* vacuum is skipped */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE		(1 << 1)	/* analyze is skipped */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOVACUUM	(1 << 2)	/* autovacuum is skipped */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOANALYZE	(1 << 3)	/* autoanalyze is skipped */
+extern void pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(Oid relid, int flags);
+
 /*
  * If stats are enabled, but pending data hasn't been prepared yet, call
  * pgstat_assoc_relation() to do so. See its comment for why this is done
diff --git a/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out b/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out
index a65a5bf0c4f..9b2075d3373 100644
--- a/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out
+++ b/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out
@@ -1835,13 +1835,21 @@ pg_stat_all_tables| SELECT c.oid AS relid,
     pg_stat_get_mod_since_analyze(c.oid) AS n_mod_since_analyze,
     pg_stat_get_ins_since_vacuum(c.oid) AS n_ins_since_vacuum,
     pg_stat_get_last_vacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_vacuum,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_vacuum,
     pg_stat_get_last_autovacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_autovacuum,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_autovacuum,
     pg_stat_get_last_analyze_time(c.oid) AS last_analyze,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_analyze,
     pg_stat_get_last_autoanalyze_time(c.oid) AS last_autoanalyze,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_autoanalyze,
     pg_stat_get_vacuum_count(c.oid) AS vacuum_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count(c.oid) AS skipped_vacuum_count,
     pg_stat_get_autovacuum_count(c.oid) AS autovacuum_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count(c.oid) AS skipped_autovacuum_count,
     pg_stat_get_analyze_count(c.oid) AS analyze_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count(c.oid) AS skipped_analyze_count,
     pg_stat_get_autoanalyze_count(c.oid) AS autoanalyze_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count(c.oid) AS skipped_autoanalyze_count,
     pg_stat_get_total_vacuum_time(c.oid) AS total_vacuum_time,
     pg_stat_get_total_autovacuum_time(c.oid) AS total_autovacuum_time,
     pg_stat_get_total_analyze_time(c.oid) AS total_analyze_time,
@@ -2346,13 +2354,21 @@ pg_stat_sys_tables| SELECT relid,
     n_mod_since_analyze,
     n_ins_since_vacuum,
     last_vacuum,
+    last_skipped_vacuum,
     last_autovacuum,
+    last_skipped_autovacuum,
     last_analyze,
+    last_skipped_analyze,
     last_autoanalyze,
+    last_skipped_autoanalyze,
     vacuum_count,
+    skipped_vacuum_count,
     autovacuum_count,
+    skipped_autovacuum_count,
     analyze_count,
+    skipped_analyze_count,
     autoanalyze_count,
+    skipped_autoanalyze_count,
     total_vacuum_time,
     total_autovacuum_time,
     total_analyze_time,
@@ -2401,13 +2417,21 @@ pg_stat_user_tables| SELECT relid,
     n_mod_since_analyze,
     n_ins_since_vacuum,
     last_vacuum,
+    last_skipped_vacuum,
     last_autovacuum,
+    last_skipped_autovacuum,
     last_analyze,
+    last_skipped_analyze,
     last_autoanalyze,
+    last_skipped_autoanalyze,
     vacuum_count,
+    skipped_vacuum_count,
     autovacuum_count,
+    skipped_autovacuum_count,
     analyze_count,
+    skipped_analyze_count,
     autoanalyze_count,
+    skipped_autoanalyze_count,
     total_vacuum_time,
     total_autovacuum_time,
     total_analyze_time,
-- 
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* [PATCH v4] Track skipped vacuum and analyze activity per relation
@ 2026-03-24 04:09 Yugo Nagata <[email protected]>
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From: Yugo Nagata @ 2026-03-24 04:09 UTC (permalink / raw)

This commit adds eight fields to the relation statistics that track
the last time vacuum or analyze has been attempted but skipped due to
lock unavailability, along with their counts:

-    last_skipped_vacuum
-    last_skipped_autovacuum
-    last_skipped_analyze
-    last_skipped_autoanalyze
-    skipped_vacuum_count
-    skipped_autovacuum_count
-    skipped_analyze_count
-    skipped_autoanalyze_count

These field can help users confirm that autovacuum is actively attempting
to run on a table that has not been vacuumed or analyzed for a long time,
and that the lack of progress is due to repeated skips rather than inactivity.
---
 doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml                 |  88 ++++++++++++++++
 src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql         |   8 ++
 src/backend/commands/vacuum.c                | 102 ++++++++++++++-----
 src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c |  64 ++++++++++++
 src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c          |  24 +++++
 src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat              |  32 ++++++
 src/include/pgstat.h                         |  16 +++
 src/test/regress/expected/rules.out          |  24 +++++
 8 files changed, 335 insertions(+), 23 deletions(-)

diff --git a/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml b/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml
index 08d5b824552..a9b579d87a9 100644
--- a/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml
+++ b/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml
@@ -4387,6 +4387,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_vacuum</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time a manual vacuum on this table was attempted but skipped due to
+       lock unavailability (not counting <command>VACUUM FULL</command>)
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>last_autovacuum</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
@@ -4397,6 +4407,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_autovacuum</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time a vacuum on this table by the autovacuum daemon was attempted
+       but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>last_analyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
@@ -4406,6 +4426,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_analyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time a manual analyze on this table was attempted but skipped due to
+       lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>last_autoanalyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
@@ -4416,6 +4446,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_autoanalyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time at which an analyze on this table by the autovacuum was
+       attempted but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>vacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4426,6 +4466,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_vacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times manual vacuums on this table have been attempted but skipped
+       due to lock unavailability (not counting <command>VACUUM FULL</command>)
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>autovacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4436,6 +4486,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_autovacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times vacuums on this table by the autovacuum daemon have been
+       attempted but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>analyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4445,6 +4505,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_analyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times manual analyzes on this table have been attempted but
+       skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>autoanalyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4455,6 +4525,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_autoanalyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times analyzes on this table by the autovacuum daemon have
+       been attempted but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>total_vacuum_time</structfield> <type>double precision</type>
@@ -4510,6 +4590,14 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
    </tgroup>
   </table>
 
+  <note>
+   <para>
+    When a manual vacuum or analyze on a parent table in an inheritance or
+    partitioning hierarchy is skipped, the statistics are recorded only for
+    the parent table, not for its children.
+   </para>
+  </note>
+
  </sect2>
 
  <sect2 id="monitoring-pg-stat-autovacuum-scores-view">
diff --git a/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql b/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql
index 73a1c1c4670..f509fc7876b 100644
--- a/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql
+++ b/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql
@@ -736,13 +736,21 @@ CREATE VIEW pg_stat_all_tables AS
             pg_stat_get_mod_since_analyze(C.oid) AS n_mod_since_analyze,
             pg_stat_get_ins_since_vacuum(C.oid) AS n_ins_since_vacuum,
             pg_stat_get_last_vacuum_time(C.oid) as last_vacuum,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_vacuum,
             pg_stat_get_last_autovacuum_time(C.oid) as last_autovacuum,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_autovacuum,
             pg_stat_get_last_analyze_time(C.oid) as last_analyze,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_analyze,
             pg_stat_get_last_autoanalyze_time(C.oid) as last_autoanalyze,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_autoanalyze,
             pg_stat_get_vacuum_count(C.oid) AS vacuum_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count(C.oid) AS skipped_vacuum_count,
             pg_stat_get_autovacuum_count(C.oid) AS autovacuum_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count(C.oid) AS skipped_autovacuum_count,
             pg_stat_get_analyze_count(C.oid) AS analyze_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count(C.oid) AS skipped_analyze_count,
             pg_stat_get_autoanalyze_count(C.oid) AS autoanalyze_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count(C.oid) AS skipped_autoanalyze_count,
             pg_stat_get_total_vacuum_time(C.oid) AS total_vacuum_time,
             pg_stat_get_total_autovacuum_time(C.oid) AS total_autovacuum_time,
             pg_stat_get_total_analyze_time(C.oid) AS total_analyze_time,
diff --git a/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c b/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c
index 99d0db82ed7..97cd5ea8d10 100644
--- a/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c
+++ b/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c
@@ -793,8 +793,25 @@ vacuum_open_relation(Oid relid, RangeVar *relation, uint32 options,
 		rel = try_relation_open(relid, NoLock);
 	else
 	{
+		int flags = 0;
 		rel = NULL;
 		rel_lock = false;
+
+		if ((options & VACOPT_VACUUM) != 0)
+		{
+			if (AmAutoVacuumWorkerProcess())
+				flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOVACUUM;
+			else
+				flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM;
+		}
+		if ((options & VACOPT_ANALYZE) != 0)
+		{
+			if (AmAutoVacuumWorkerProcess())
+				flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOANALYZE;
+			else
+				flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE;
+		}
+		pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(relid, flags);
 	}
 
 	/* if relation is opened, leave */
@@ -802,7 +819,7 @@ vacuum_open_relation(Oid relid, RangeVar *relation, uint32 options,
 		return rel;
 
 	/*
-	 * Relation could not be opened, hence generate if possible a log
+	 * Relation could not be opened hence generate if possible a log
 	 * informing on the situation.
 	 *
 	 * If the RangeVar is not defined, we do not have enough information to
@@ -905,7 +922,6 @@ expand_vacuum_rel(VacuumRelation *vrel, MemoryContext vac_context,
 		Form_pg_class classForm;
 		bool		include_children;
 		bool		is_partitioned_table;
-		int			rvr_opts;
 
 		/*
 		 * Since autovacuum workers supply OIDs when calling vacuum(), no
@@ -918,29 +934,69 @@ expand_vacuum_rel(VacuumRelation *vrel, MemoryContext vac_context,
 		 * below, as well as find_all_inheritors's expectation that the caller
 		 * holds some lock on the starting relation.
 		 */
-		rvr_opts = (options & VACOPT_SKIP_LOCKED) ? RVR_SKIP_LOCKED : 0;
-		relid = RangeVarGetRelidExtended(vrel->relation,
-										 AccessShareLock,
-										 rvr_opts,
-										 NULL, NULL);
-
-		/*
-		 * If the lock is unavailable, emit the same log statement that
-		 * vacuum_rel() and analyze_rel() would.
-		 */
-		if (!OidIsValid(relid))
+		if (!(options & VACOPT_SKIP_LOCKED))
 		{
-			if (options & VACOPT_VACUUM)
-				ereport(WARNING,
-						(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
-						 errmsg("skipping vacuum of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
-								vrel->relation->relname)));
-			else
-				ereport(WARNING,
-						(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
-						 errmsg("skipping analyze of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
+			relid = RangeVarGetRelidExtended(vrel->relation,
+											 AccessShareLock,
+											 0, NULL, NULL);
+			if (!OidIsValid(relid))
+				return vacrels;
+		}
+		else
+		{
+			/* Get relid for reporting before taking a lock */
+			relid = RangeVarGetRelid(vrel->relation, NoLock, false);
+
+			if (!ConditionalLockRelationOid(relid, AccessShareLock))
+			{
+				int	flags = 0;
+				/*
+				 * If the lock is unavailable, emit the same log statement that
+				 * vacuum_rel() and analyze_rel() would.
+				 */
+				if (options & VACOPT_VACUUM)
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping vacuum of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
 								vrel->relation->relname)));
-			return vacrels;
+				else
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping analyze of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
+									vrel->relation->relname)));
+
+				if ((options & VACOPT_VACUUM) != 0)
+					flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM;
+				if ((options & VACOPT_ANALYZE) != 0)
+					flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE;
+
+				pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(relid, flags);
+
+				return vacrels;
+			}
+
+			/*
+			 * Now that we have the lock, probe to see if the relation really
+			 * exists or not.
+			 */
+			if (!SearchSysCacheExists1(RELOID, ObjectIdGetDatum(relid)))
+			{
+				if (options & VACOPT_VACUUM)
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_UNDEFINED_TABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping vacuum of \"%s\" --- relation no longer exists",
+									vrel->relation->relname)));
+				else
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_UNDEFINED_TABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping analyze of \"%s\" --- relation no longer exists",
+									vrel->relation->relname)));
+
+				/* Release useless lock */
+				UnlockRelationOid(relid, AccessShareLock);
+
+				return vacrels;
+			}
 		}
 
 		/*
diff --git a/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c b/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c
index b2ca28f83ba..532d9023f8c 100644
--- a/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c
+++ b/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c
@@ -17,12 +17,14 @@
 
 #include "postgres.h"
 
+#include "access/htup_details.h"
 #include "access/twophase_rmgr.h"
 #include "access/xact.h"
 #include "catalog/catalog.h"
 #include "utils/memutils.h"
 #include "utils/pgstat_internal.h"
 #include "utils/rel.h"
+#include "utils/syscache.h"
 #include "utils/timestamp.h"
 
 
@@ -367,6 +369,68 @@ pgstat_report_analyze(Relation rel,
 	(void) pgstat_flush_backend(false, PGSTAT_BACKEND_FLUSH_IO);
 }
 
+/*
+ * Report that the table was skipped during vacuum or/and analyze.
+ */
+void
+pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(Oid relid, int flags)
+{
+	PgStat_EntryRef *entry_ref;
+	PgStatShared_Relation *shtabentry;
+	PgStat_StatTabEntry *tabentry;
+	TimestampTz ts;
+	HeapTuple	classTup;
+	bool		isshared;
+
+	if (!pgstat_track_counts || !flags)
+		return;
+
+	classTup = SearchSysCache1(RELOID, ObjectIdGetDatum(relid));
+	if (!HeapTupleIsValid(classTup))
+		return;			/* somebody deleted the rel, forget it */
+	isshared = ((Form_pg_class) GETSTRUCT(classTup))->relisshared;
+	ReleaseSysCache(classTup);
+
+	/* Store the data in the table's hash table entry. */
+	ts = GetCurrentTimestamp();
+
+	/* block acquiring lock for the same reason as pgstat_report_autovac() */
+	entry_ref = pgstat_get_entry_ref_locked(PGSTAT_KIND_RELATION,
+											isshared ? InvalidOid : MyDatabaseId,
+											relid, false);
+
+	shtabentry = (PgStatShared_Relation *) entry_ref->shared_stats;
+	tabentry = &shtabentry->stats;
+
+	if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM)
+	{
+		tabentry->last_skipped_vacuum_time = ts;
+		tabentry->skipped_vacuum_count++;
+	}
+	else if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOVACUUM)
+	{
+		tabentry->last_skipped_autovacuum_time = ts;
+		tabentry->skipped_autovacuum_count++;
+	}
+
+	if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE)
+	{
+		tabentry->last_skipped_analyze_time = ts;
+		tabentry->skipped_analyze_count++;
+	}
+	else if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOANALYZE)
+	{
+		tabentry->last_skipped_autoanalyze_time = ts;
+		tabentry->skipped_autoanalyze_count++;
+	}
+
+	pgstat_unlock_entry(entry_ref);
+
+	/* see pgstat_report_vacuum() */
+	pgstat_flush_io(false);
+	(void) pgstat_flush_backend(false, PGSTAT_BACKEND_FLUSH_IO);
+}
+
 /*
  * count a tuple insertion of n tuples
  */
diff --git a/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c b/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c
index 1408de387ea..90a8968faa0 100644
--- a/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c
+++ b/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c
@@ -84,6 +84,18 @@ PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(mod_since_analyze)
 /* pg_stat_get_numscans */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(numscans)
 
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_analyze_count)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_autoanalyze_count)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_autovacuum_count)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_vacuum_count)
+
 /* pg_stat_get_tuples_deleted */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(tuples_deleted)
 
@@ -170,6 +182,18 @@ PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_vacuum_time)
 /* pg_stat_get_lastscan */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(lastscan)
 
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_analyze_time)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_autoanalyze_time)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_autovacuum_time)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_vacuum_time)
+
 /* pg_stat_get_stat_reset_time */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(stat_reset_time)
 
diff --git a/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat b/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat
index fa9ae79082b..32debb34863 100644
--- a/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat
+++ b/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat
@@ -5680,6 +5680,38 @@
   proargmodes => '{o,o,o,o,o,o,o,o,o,o}',
   proargnames => '{oid,score,xid_score,mxid_score,vacuum_score,vacuum_insert_score,analyze_score,do_vacuum,do_analyze,for_wraparound}',
   prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_autovacuum_scores' },
+{ oid => '8142', descr => 'statistics: last skipped vacuum time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time' },
+{ oid => '8143', descr => 'statistics: last skipped auto vacuum time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time' },
+{ oid => '8144', descr => 'statistics: last skipped analyze time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time' },
+{ oid => '8145', descr => 'statistics: last skipped auto analyze time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time' },
+{ oid => '8146', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped vacuum for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count' },
+{ oid => '8147', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped auto vacuum for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count' },
+{ oid => '8148', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped analyzes for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count' },
+{ oid => '8149', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped auto analyzes for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count' },
 { oid => '1936', descr => 'statistics: currently active backend IDs',
   proname => 'pg_stat_get_backend_idset', prorows => '100', proretset => 't',
   provolatile => 's', proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int4',
diff --git a/src/include/pgstat.h b/src/include/pgstat.h
index dfa2e837638..98941f953d1 100644
--- a/src/include/pgstat.h
+++ b/src/include/pgstat.h
@@ -479,6 +479,15 @@ typedef struct PgStat_StatTabEntry
 	TimestampTz last_autoanalyze_time;	/* autovacuum initiated */
 	PgStat_Counter autoanalyze_count;
 
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_vacuum_time;	/* user initiated vacuum */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_vacuum_count;
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_autovacuum_time;	/* autovacuum initiated */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_autovacuum_count;
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_analyze_time;	/* user initiated */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_analyze_count;
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_autoanalyze_time;	/* autovacuum initiated */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_autoanalyze_count;
+
 	PgStat_Counter total_vacuum_time;	/* times in milliseconds */
 	PgStat_Counter total_autovacuum_time;
 	PgStat_Counter total_analyze_time;
@@ -703,6 +712,13 @@ extern void pgstat_report_analyze(Relation rel,
 								  PgStat_Counter livetuples, PgStat_Counter deadtuples,
 								  bool resetcounter, TimestampTz starttime);
 
+/* flags for pgstat_flush_backend() */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM		(1 << 0)	/* vacuum is skipped */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE		(1 << 1)	/* analyze is skipped */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOVACUUM	(1 << 2)	/* autovacuum is skipped */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOANALYZE	(1 << 3)	/* autoanalyze is skipped */
+extern void pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(Oid relid, int flags);
+
 /*
  * If stats are enabled, but pending data hasn't been prepared yet, call
  * pgstat_assoc_relation() to do so. See its comment for why this is done
diff --git a/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out b/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out
index a65a5bf0c4f..9b2075d3373 100644
--- a/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out
+++ b/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out
@@ -1835,13 +1835,21 @@ pg_stat_all_tables| SELECT c.oid AS relid,
     pg_stat_get_mod_since_analyze(c.oid) AS n_mod_since_analyze,
     pg_stat_get_ins_since_vacuum(c.oid) AS n_ins_since_vacuum,
     pg_stat_get_last_vacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_vacuum,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_vacuum,
     pg_stat_get_last_autovacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_autovacuum,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_autovacuum,
     pg_stat_get_last_analyze_time(c.oid) AS last_analyze,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_analyze,
     pg_stat_get_last_autoanalyze_time(c.oid) AS last_autoanalyze,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_autoanalyze,
     pg_stat_get_vacuum_count(c.oid) AS vacuum_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count(c.oid) AS skipped_vacuum_count,
     pg_stat_get_autovacuum_count(c.oid) AS autovacuum_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count(c.oid) AS skipped_autovacuum_count,
     pg_stat_get_analyze_count(c.oid) AS analyze_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count(c.oid) AS skipped_analyze_count,
     pg_stat_get_autoanalyze_count(c.oid) AS autoanalyze_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count(c.oid) AS skipped_autoanalyze_count,
     pg_stat_get_total_vacuum_time(c.oid) AS total_vacuum_time,
     pg_stat_get_total_autovacuum_time(c.oid) AS total_autovacuum_time,
     pg_stat_get_total_analyze_time(c.oid) AS total_analyze_time,
@@ -2346,13 +2354,21 @@ pg_stat_sys_tables| SELECT relid,
     n_mod_since_analyze,
     n_ins_since_vacuum,
     last_vacuum,
+    last_skipped_vacuum,
     last_autovacuum,
+    last_skipped_autovacuum,
     last_analyze,
+    last_skipped_analyze,
     last_autoanalyze,
+    last_skipped_autoanalyze,
     vacuum_count,
+    skipped_vacuum_count,
     autovacuum_count,
+    skipped_autovacuum_count,
     analyze_count,
+    skipped_analyze_count,
     autoanalyze_count,
+    skipped_autoanalyze_count,
     total_vacuum_time,
     total_autovacuum_time,
     total_analyze_time,
@@ -2401,13 +2417,21 @@ pg_stat_user_tables| SELECT relid,
     n_mod_since_analyze,
     n_ins_since_vacuum,
     last_vacuum,
+    last_skipped_vacuum,
     last_autovacuum,
+    last_skipped_autovacuum,
     last_analyze,
+    last_skipped_analyze,
     last_autoanalyze,
+    last_skipped_autoanalyze,
     vacuum_count,
+    skipped_vacuum_count,
     autovacuum_count,
+    skipped_autovacuum_count,
     analyze_count,
+    skipped_analyze_count,
     autoanalyze_count,
+    skipped_autoanalyze_count,
     total_vacuum_time,
     total_autovacuum_time,
     total_analyze_time,
-- 
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* [PATCH v5] Track skipped vacuum and analyze activity per relation
@ 2026-03-24 04:09 Yugo Nagata <[email protected]>
  0 siblings, 0 replies; 374+ messages in thread

From: Yugo Nagata @ 2026-03-24 04:09 UTC (permalink / raw)

This commit adds eight fields to the relation statistics that track
the last time vacuum or analyze has been attempted but skipped due to
lock unavailability, along with their counts:

-    last_skipped_vacuum
-    last_skipped_autovacuum
-    last_skipped_analyze
-    last_skipped_autoanalyze
-    skipped_vacuum_count
-    skipped_autovacuum_count
-    skipped_analyze_count
-    skipped_autoanalyze_count

These field can help users confirm that autovacuum is actively attempting
to run on a table that has not been vacuumed or analyzed for a long time,
and that the lack of progress is due to repeated skips rather than inactivity.
---
 doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml                  |  88 ++++++
 src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql          |   8 +
 src/backend/commands/vacuum.c                 | 100 +++++--
 src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c  |  64 +++++
 src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c           |  24 ++
 src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat               |  32 +++
 src/include/pgstat.h                          |  16 ++
 .../isolation/expected/vacuum-skip-locked.out | 260 ++++++++++++++++--
 .../isolation/specs/vacuum-skip-locked.spec   |  41 +--
 src/test/regress/expected/rules.out           |  24 ++
 10 files changed, 601 insertions(+), 56 deletions(-)

diff --git a/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml b/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml
index 08d5b824552..a9b579d87a9 100644
--- a/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml
+++ b/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml
@@ -4387,6 +4387,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_vacuum</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time a manual vacuum on this table was attempted but skipped due to
+       lock unavailability (not counting <command>VACUUM FULL</command>)
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>last_autovacuum</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
@@ -4397,6 +4407,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_autovacuum</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time a vacuum on this table by the autovacuum daemon was attempted
+       but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>last_analyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
@@ -4406,6 +4426,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_analyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time a manual analyze on this table was attempted but skipped due to
+       lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>last_autoanalyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
@@ -4416,6 +4446,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_autoanalyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time at which an analyze on this table by the autovacuum was
+       attempted but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>vacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4426,6 +4466,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_vacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times manual vacuums on this table have been attempted but skipped
+       due to lock unavailability (not counting <command>VACUUM FULL</command>)
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>autovacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4436,6 +4486,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_autovacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times vacuums on this table by the autovacuum daemon have been
+       attempted but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>analyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4445,6 +4505,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_analyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times manual analyzes on this table have been attempted but
+       skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>autoanalyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4455,6 +4525,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_autoanalyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times analyzes on this table by the autovacuum daemon have
+       been attempted but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>total_vacuum_time</structfield> <type>double precision</type>
@@ -4510,6 +4590,14 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
    </tgroup>
   </table>
 
+  <note>
+   <para>
+    When a manual vacuum or analyze on a parent table in an inheritance or
+    partitioning hierarchy is skipped, the statistics are recorded only for
+    the parent table, not for its children.
+   </para>
+  </note>
+
  </sect2>
 
  <sect2 id="monitoring-pg-stat-autovacuum-scores-view">
diff --git a/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql b/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql
index 73a1c1c4670..f509fc7876b 100644
--- a/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql
+++ b/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql
@@ -736,13 +736,21 @@ CREATE VIEW pg_stat_all_tables AS
             pg_stat_get_mod_since_analyze(C.oid) AS n_mod_since_analyze,
             pg_stat_get_ins_since_vacuum(C.oid) AS n_ins_since_vacuum,
             pg_stat_get_last_vacuum_time(C.oid) as last_vacuum,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_vacuum,
             pg_stat_get_last_autovacuum_time(C.oid) as last_autovacuum,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_autovacuum,
             pg_stat_get_last_analyze_time(C.oid) as last_analyze,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_analyze,
             pg_stat_get_last_autoanalyze_time(C.oid) as last_autoanalyze,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_autoanalyze,
             pg_stat_get_vacuum_count(C.oid) AS vacuum_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count(C.oid) AS skipped_vacuum_count,
             pg_stat_get_autovacuum_count(C.oid) AS autovacuum_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count(C.oid) AS skipped_autovacuum_count,
             pg_stat_get_analyze_count(C.oid) AS analyze_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count(C.oid) AS skipped_analyze_count,
             pg_stat_get_autoanalyze_count(C.oid) AS autoanalyze_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count(C.oid) AS skipped_autoanalyze_count,
             pg_stat_get_total_vacuum_time(C.oid) AS total_vacuum_time,
             pg_stat_get_total_autovacuum_time(C.oid) AS total_autovacuum_time,
             pg_stat_get_total_analyze_time(C.oid) AS total_analyze_time,
diff --git a/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c b/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c
index 99d0db82ed7..df6526225e4 100644
--- a/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c
+++ b/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c
@@ -793,8 +793,25 @@ vacuum_open_relation(Oid relid, RangeVar *relation, uint32 options,
 		rel = try_relation_open(relid, NoLock);
 	else
 	{
+		int flags = 0;
 		rel = NULL;
 		rel_lock = false;
+
+		if ((options & VACOPT_VACUUM) != 0 && (options & VACOPT_FULL) == 0)
+		{
+			if (AmAutoVacuumWorkerProcess())
+				flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOVACUUM;
+			else
+				flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM;
+		}
+		if ((options & VACOPT_ANALYZE) != 0)
+		{
+			if (AmAutoVacuumWorkerProcess())
+				flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOANALYZE;
+			else
+				flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE;
+		}
+		pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(relid, flags);
 	}
 
 	/* if relation is opened, leave */
@@ -905,7 +922,6 @@ expand_vacuum_rel(VacuumRelation *vrel, MemoryContext vac_context,
 		Form_pg_class classForm;
 		bool		include_children;
 		bool		is_partitioned_table;
-		int			rvr_opts;
 
 		/*
 		 * Since autovacuum workers supply OIDs when calling vacuum(), no
@@ -918,29 +934,69 @@ expand_vacuum_rel(VacuumRelation *vrel, MemoryContext vac_context,
 		 * below, as well as find_all_inheritors's expectation that the caller
 		 * holds some lock on the starting relation.
 		 */
-		rvr_opts = (options & VACOPT_SKIP_LOCKED) ? RVR_SKIP_LOCKED : 0;
-		relid = RangeVarGetRelidExtended(vrel->relation,
-										 AccessShareLock,
-										 rvr_opts,
-										 NULL, NULL);
-
-		/*
-		 * If the lock is unavailable, emit the same log statement that
-		 * vacuum_rel() and analyze_rel() would.
-		 */
-		if (!OidIsValid(relid))
+		if (!(options & VACOPT_SKIP_LOCKED))
 		{
-			if (options & VACOPT_VACUUM)
-				ereport(WARNING,
-						(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
-						 errmsg("skipping vacuum of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
-								vrel->relation->relname)));
-			else
-				ereport(WARNING,
-						(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
-						 errmsg("skipping analyze of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
+			relid = RangeVarGetRelidExtended(vrel->relation,
+											 AccessShareLock,
+											 0, NULL, NULL);
+			if (!OidIsValid(relid))
+				return vacrels;
+		}
+		else
+		{
+			/* Get relid for reporting before taking a lock */
+			relid = RangeVarGetRelid(vrel->relation, NoLock, false);
+
+			if (!ConditionalLockRelationOid(relid, AccessShareLock))
+			{
+				int	flags = 0;
+				/*
+				 * If the lock is unavailable, emit the same log statement that
+				 * vacuum_rel() and analyze_rel() would.
+				 */
+				if (options & VACOPT_VACUUM)
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping vacuum of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
 								vrel->relation->relname)));
-			return vacrels;
+				else
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping analyze of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
+									vrel->relation->relname)));
+
+				if ((options & VACOPT_VACUUM) != 0 && (options & VACOPT_FULL) == 0)
+					flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM;
+				if ((options & VACOPT_ANALYZE) != 0)
+					flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE;
+
+				pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(relid, flags);
+
+				return vacrels;
+			}
+
+			/*
+			 * Now that we have the lock, probe to see if the relation really
+			 * exists or not.
+			 */
+			if (!SearchSysCacheExists1(RELOID, ObjectIdGetDatum(relid)))
+			{
+				if (options & VACOPT_VACUUM)
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_UNDEFINED_TABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping vacuum of \"%s\" --- relation no longer exists",
+									vrel->relation->relname)));
+				else
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_UNDEFINED_TABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping analyze of \"%s\" --- relation no longer exists",
+									vrel->relation->relname)));
+
+				/* Release useless lock */
+				UnlockRelationOid(relid, AccessShareLock);
+
+				return vacrels;
+			}
 		}
 
 		/*
diff --git a/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c b/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c
index b2ca28f83ba..532d9023f8c 100644
--- a/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c
+++ b/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c
@@ -17,12 +17,14 @@
 
 #include "postgres.h"
 
+#include "access/htup_details.h"
 #include "access/twophase_rmgr.h"
 #include "access/xact.h"
 #include "catalog/catalog.h"
 #include "utils/memutils.h"
 #include "utils/pgstat_internal.h"
 #include "utils/rel.h"
+#include "utils/syscache.h"
 #include "utils/timestamp.h"
 
 
@@ -367,6 +369,68 @@ pgstat_report_analyze(Relation rel,
 	(void) pgstat_flush_backend(false, PGSTAT_BACKEND_FLUSH_IO);
 }
 
+/*
+ * Report that the table was skipped during vacuum or/and analyze.
+ */
+void
+pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(Oid relid, int flags)
+{
+	PgStat_EntryRef *entry_ref;
+	PgStatShared_Relation *shtabentry;
+	PgStat_StatTabEntry *tabentry;
+	TimestampTz ts;
+	HeapTuple	classTup;
+	bool		isshared;
+
+	if (!pgstat_track_counts || !flags)
+		return;
+
+	classTup = SearchSysCache1(RELOID, ObjectIdGetDatum(relid));
+	if (!HeapTupleIsValid(classTup))
+		return;			/* somebody deleted the rel, forget it */
+	isshared = ((Form_pg_class) GETSTRUCT(classTup))->relisshared;
+	ReleaseSysCache(classTup);
+
+	/* Store the data in the table's hash table entry. */
+	ts = GetCurrentTimestamp();
+
+	/* block acquiring lock for the same reason as pgstat_report_autovac() */
+	entry_ref = pgstat_get_entry_ref_locked(PGSTAT_KIND_RELATION,
+											isshared ? InvalidOid : MyDatabaseId,
+											relid, false);
+
+	shtabentry = (PgStatShared_Relation *) entry_ref->shared_stats;
+	tabentry = &shtabentry->stats;
+
+	if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM)
+	{
+		tabentry->last_skipped_vacuum_time = ts;
+		tabentry->skipped_vacuum_count++;
+	}
+	else if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOVACUUM)
+	{
+		tabentry->last_skipped_autovacuum_time = ts;
+		tabentry->skipped_autovacuum_count++;
+	}
+
+	if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE)
+	{
+		tabentry->last_skipped_analyze_time = ts;
+		tabentry->skipped_analyze_count++;
+	}
+	else if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOANALYZE)
+	{
+		tabentry->last_skipped_autoanalyze_time = ts;
+		tabentry->skipped_autoanalyze_count++;
+	}
+
+	pgstat_unlock_entry(entry_ref);
+
+	/* see pgstat_report_vacuum() */
+	pgstat_flush_io(false);
+	(void) pgstat_flush_backend(false, PGSTAT_BACKEND_FLUSH_IO);
+}
+
 /*
  * count a tuple insertion of n tuples
  */
diff --git a/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c b/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c
index 1408de387ea..90a8968faa0 100644
--- a/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c
+++ b/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c
@@ -84,6 +84,18 @@ PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(mod_since_analyze)
 /* pg_stat_get_numscans */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(numscans)
 
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_analyze_count)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_autoanalyze_count)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_autovacuum_count)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_vacuum_count)
+
 /* pg_stat_get_tuples_deleted */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(tuples_deleted)
 
@@ -170,6 +182,18 @@ PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_vacuum_time)
 /* pg_stat_get_lastscan */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(lastscan)
 
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_analyze_time)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_autoanalyze_time)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_autovacuum_time)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_vacuum_time)
+
 /* pg_stat_get_stat_reset_time */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(stat_reset_time)
 
diff --git a/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat b/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat
index fa9ae79082b..32debb34863 100644
--- a/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat
+++ b/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat
@@ -5680,6 +5680,38 @@
   proargmodes => '{o,o,o,o,o,o,o,o,o,o}',
   proargnames => '{oid,score,xid_score,mxid_score,vacuum_score,vacuum_insert_score,analyze_score,do_vacuum,do_analyze,for_wraparound}',
   prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_autovacuum_scores' },
+{ oid => '8142', descr => 'statistics: last skipped vacuum time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time' },
+{ oid => '8143', descr => 'statistics: last skipped auto vacuum time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time' },
+{ oid => '8144', descr => 'statistics: last skipped analyze time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time' },
+{ oid => '8145', descr => 'statistics: last skipped auto analyze time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time' },
+{ oid => '8146', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped vacuum for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count' },
+{ oid => '8147', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped auto vacuum for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count' },
+{ oid => '8148', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped analyzes for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count' },
+{ oid => '8149', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped auto analyzes for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count' },
 { oid => '1936', descr => 'statistics: currently active backend IDs',
   proname => 'pg_stat_get_backend_idset', prorows => '100', proretset => 't',
   provolatile => 's', proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int4',
diff --git a/src/include/pgstat.h b/src/include/pgstat.h
index dfa2e837638..98941f953d1 100644
--- a/src/include/pgstat.h
+++ b/src/include/pgstat.h
@@ -479,6 +479,15 @@ typedef struct PgStat_StatTabEntry
 	TimestampTz last_autoanalyze_time;	/* autovacuum initiated */
 	PgStat_Counter autoanalyze_count;
 
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_vacuum_time;	/* user initiated vacuum */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_vacuum_count;
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_autovacuum_time;	/* autovacuum initiated */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_autovacuum_count;
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_analyze_time;	/* user initiated */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_analyze_count;
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_autoanalyze_time;	/* autovacuum initiated */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_autoanalyze_count;
+
 	PgStat_Counter total_vacuum_time;	/* times in milliseconds */
 	PgStat_Counter total_autovacuum_time;
 	PgStat_Counter total_analyze_time;
@@ -703,6 +712,13 @@ extern void pgstat_report_analyze(Relation rel,
 								  PgStat_Counter livetuples, PgStat_Counter deadtuples,
 								  bool resetcounter, TimestampTz starttime);
 
+/* flags for pgstat_flush_backend() */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM		(1 << 0)	/* vacuum is skipped */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE		(1 << 1)	/* analyze is skipped */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOVACUUM	(1 << 2)	/* autovacuum is skipped */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOANALYZE	(1 << 3)	/* autoanalyze is skipped */
+extern void pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(Oid relid, int flags);
+
 /*
  * If stats are enabled, but pending data hasn't been prepared yet, call
  * pgstat_assoc_relation() to do so. See its comment for why this is done
diff --git a/src/test/isolation/expected/vacuum-skip-locked.out b/src/test/isolation/expected/vacuum-skip-locked.out
index 99db281a159..e2cff175b7c 100644
--- a/src/test/isolation/expected/vacuum-skip-locked.out
+++ b/src/test/isolation/expected/vacuum-skip-locked.out
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 Parsed test spec with 2 sessions
 
-starting permutation: lock_share vac_specified commit
+starting permutation: lock_share vac_specified commit check_stat
 step lock_share: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN SHARE MODE;
@@ -10,8 +10,22 @@ step vac_specified: VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED) part1, part2;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
 
-starting permutation: lock_share vac_all_parts commit
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   1|            0|                    0
+part2  |           1|                   0|            0|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
+
+starting permutation: lock_share vac_all_parts commit check_stat
 step lock_share: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN SHARE MODE;
@@ -20,8 +34,22 @@ step vac_all_parts: VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED) parted;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   1|            0|                    0
+part2  |           1|                   0|            0|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
 
-starting permutation: lock_share analyze_specified commit
+starting permutation: lock_share analyze_specified commit check_stat
 step lock_share: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN SHARE MODE;
@@ -31,8 +59,22 @@ step analyze_specified: ANALYZE (SKIP_LOCKED) part1, part2;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
 
-starting permutation: lock_share analyze_all_parts commit
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   0|            0|                    1
+part2  |           0|                   0|            1|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
+
+starting permutation: lock_share analyze_all_parts commit check_stat
 step lock_share: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN SHARE MODE;
@@ -41,8 +83,22 @@ step analyze_all_parts: ANALYZE (SKIP_LOCKED) parted;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            1|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   0|            0|                    1
+part2  |           0|                   0|            1|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
 
-starting permutation: lock_share vac_analyze_specified commit
+starting permutation: lock_share vac_analyze_specified commit check_stat
 step lock_share: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN SHARE MODE;
@@ -52,8 +108,22 @@ step vac_analyze_specified: VACUUM (ANALYZE, SKIP_LOCKED) part1, part2;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
 
-starting permutation: lock_share vac_analyze_all_parts commit
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   1|            0|                    1
+part2  |           1|                   0|            1|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
+
+starting permutation: lock_share vac_analyze_all_parts commit check_stat
 step lock_share: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN SHARE MODE;
@@ -62,8 +132,22 @@ step vac_analyze_all_parts: VACUUM (ANALYZE, SKIP_LOCKED) parted;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            1|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   1|            0|                    1
+part2  |           1|                   0|            1|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
 
-starting permutation: lock_share vac_full_specified commit
+starting permutation: lock_share vac_full_specified commit check_stat
 step lock_share: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN SHARE MODE;
@@ -73,8 +157,22 @@ step vac_full_specified: VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED, FULL) part1, part2;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
 
-starting permutation: lock_share vac_full_all_parts commit
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part2  |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
+
+starting permutation: lock_share vac_full_all_parts commit check_stat
 step lock_share: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN SHARE MODE;
@@ -83,8 +181,22 @@ step vac_full_all_parts: VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED, FULL) parted;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part2  |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+(3 rows)
 
-starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_specified commit
+
+starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_specified commit check_stat
 step lock_access_exclusive: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN ACCESS EXCLUSIVE MODE;
@@ -94,8 +206,22 @@ step vac_specified: VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED) part1, part2;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   1|            0|                    0
+part2  |           1|                   0|            0|                    0
+(3 rows)
 
-starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_all_parts commit
+
+starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_all_parts commit check_stat
 step lock_access_exclusive: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN ACCESS EXCLUSIVE MODE;
@@ -104,8 +230,22 @@ step vac_all_parts: VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED) parted;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   1|            0|                    0
+part2  |           1|                   0|            0|                    0
+(3 rows)
 
-starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive analyze_specified commit
+
+starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive analyze_specified commit check_stat
 step lock_access_exclusive: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN ACCESS EXCLUSIVE MODE;
@@ -115,8 +255,22 @@ step analyze_specified: ANALYZE (SKIP_LOCKED) part1, part2;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   0|            0|                    1
+part2  |           0|                   0|            1|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
 
-starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive analyze_all_parts commit
+starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive analyze_all_parts commit check_stat
 step lock_access_exclusive: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN ACCESS EXCLUSIVE MODE;
@@ -126,8 +280,22 @@ step commit:
 	COMMIT;
 
 step analyze_all_parts: <... completed>
-
-starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_analyze_specified commit
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            1|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   0|            1|                    0
+part2  |           0|                   0|            1|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
+
+starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_analyze_specified commit check_stat
 step lock_access_exclusive: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN ACCESS EXCLUSIVE MODE;
@@ -137,8 +305,22 @@ step vac_analyze_specified: VACUUM (ANALYZE, SKIP_LOCKED) part1, part2;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   1|            0|                    1
+part2  |           1|                   0|            1|                    0
+(3 rows)
 
-starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_analyze_all_parts commit
+
+starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_analyze_all_parts commit check_stat
 step lock_access_exclusive: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN ACCESS EXCLUSIVE MODE;
@@ -148,8 +330,22 @@ step commit:
 	COMMIT;
 
 step vac_analyze_all_parts: <... completed>
-
-starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_full_specified commit
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            1|                    0
+part1  |           1|                   0|            1|                    0
+part2  |           1|                   0|            1|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
+
+starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_full_specified commit check_stat
 step lock_access_exclusive: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN ACCESS EXCLUSIVE MODE;
@@ -159,8 +355,22 @@ step vac_full_specified: VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED, FULL) part1, part2;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
 
-starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_full_all_parts commit
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part2  |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
+
+starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_full_all_parts commit check_stat
 step lock_access_exclusive: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN ACCESS EXCLUSIVE MODE;
@@ -169,3 +379,17 @@ step vac_full_all_parts: VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED, FULL) parted;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part2  |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
diff --git a/src/test/isolation/specs/vacuum-skip-locked.spec b/src/test/isolation/specs/vacuum-skip-locked.spec
index 3fad6e1c92a..b0da75d4b6d 100644
--- a/src/test/isolation/specs/vacuum-skip-locked.spec
+++ b/src/test/isolation/specs/vacuum-skip-locked.spec
@@ -33,6 +33,15 @@ step commit
 	COMMIT;
 }
 
+step check_stat
+{
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+}
+
 session s2
 step vac_specified			{ VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED) part1, part2; }
 step vac_all_parts			{ VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED) parted; }
@@ -43,19 +52,19 @@ step vac_analyze_all_parts	{ VACUUM (ANALYZE, SKIP_LOCKED) parted; }
 step vac_full_specified		{ VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED, FULL) part1, part2; }
 step vac_full_all_parts		{ VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED, FULL) parted; }
 
-permutation lock_share vac_specified commit
-permutation lock_share vac_all_parts commit
-permutation lock_share analyze_specified commit
-permutation lock_share analyze_all_parts commit
-permutation lock_share vac_analyze_specified commit
-permutation lock_share vac_analyze_all_parts commit
-permutation lock_share vac_full_specified commit
-permutation lock_share vac_full_all_parts commit
-permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_specified commit
-permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_all_parts commit
-permutation lock_access_exclusive analyze_specified commit
-permutation lock_access_exclusive analyze_all_parts commit
-permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_analyze_specified commit
-permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_analyze_all_parts commit
-permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_full_specified commit
-permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_full_all_parts commit
+permutation lock_share vac_specified commit check_stat
+permutation lock_share vac_all_parts commit check_stat
+permutation lock_share analyze_specified commit check_stat
+permutation lock_share analyze_all_parts commit check_stat
+permutation lock_share vac_analyze_specified commit check_stat
+permutation lock_share vac_analyze_all_parts commit check_stat
+permutation lock_share vac_full_specified commit check_stat
+permutation lock_share vac_full_all_parts commit check_stat
+permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_specified commit check_stat
+permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_all_parts commit check_stat
+permutation lock_access_exclusive analyze_specified commit check_stat
+permutation lock_access_exclusive analyze_all_parts commit check_stat
+permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_analyze_specified commit check_stat
+permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_analyze_all_parts commit check_stat
+permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_full_specified commit check_stat
+permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_full_all_parts commit check_stat
diff --git a/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out b/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out
index a65a5bf0c4f..9b2075d3373 100644
--- a/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out
+++ b/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out
@@ -1835,13 +1835,21 @@ pg_stat_all_tables| SELECT c.oid AS relid,
     pg_stat_get_mod_since_analyze(c.oid) AS n_mod_since_analyze,
     pg_stat_get_ins_since_vacuum(c.oid) AS n_ins_since_vacuum,
     pg_stat_get_last_vacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_vacuum,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_vacuum,
     pg_stat_get_last_autovacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_autovacuum,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_autovacuum,
     pg_stat_get_last_analyze_time(c.oid) AS last_analyze,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_analyze,
     pg_stat_get_last_autoanalyze_time(c.oid) AS last_autoanalyze,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_autoanalyze,
     pg_stat_get_vacuum_count(c.oid) AS vacuum_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count(c.oid) AS skipped_vacuum_count,
     pg_stat_get_autovacuum_count(c.oid) AS autovacuum_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count(c.oid) AS skipped_autovacuum_count,
     pg_stat_get_analyze_count(c.oid) AS analyze_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count(c.oid) AS skipped_analyze_count,
     pg_stat_get_autoanalyze_count(c.oid) AS autoanalyze_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count(c.oid) AS skipped_autoanalyze_count,
     pg_stat_get_total_vacuum_time(c.oid) AS total_vacuum_time,
     pg_stat_get_total_autovacuum_time(c.oid) AS total_autovacuum_time,
     pg_stat_get_total_analyze_time(c.oid) AS total_analyze_time,
@@ -2346,13 +2354,21 @@ pg_stat_sys_tables| SELECT relid,
     n_mod_since_analyze,
     n_ins_since_vacuum,
     last_vacuum,
+    last_skipped_vacuum,
     last_autovacuum,
+    last_skipped_autovacuum,
     last_analyze,
+    last_skipped_analyze,
     last_autoanalyze,
+    last_skipped_autoanalyze,
     vacuum_count,
+    skipped_vacuum_count,
     autovacuum_count,
+    skipped_autovacuum_count,
     analyze_count,
+    skipped_analyze_count,
     autoanalyze_count,
+    skipped_autoanalyze_count,
     total_vacuum_time,
     total_autovacuum_time,
     total_analyze_time,
@@ -2401,13 +2417,21 @@ pg_stat_user_tables| SELECT relid,
     n_mod_since_analyze,
     n_ins_since_vacuum,
     last_vacuum,
+    last_skipped_vacuum,
     last_autovacuum,
+    last_skipped_autovacuum,
     last_analyze,
+    last_skipped_analyze,
     last_autoanalyze,
+    last_skipped_autoanalyze,
     vacuum_count,
+    skipped_vacuum_count,
     autovacuum_count,
+    skipped_autovacuum_count,
     analyze_count,
+    skipped_analyze_count,
     autoanalyze_count,
+    skipped_autoanalyze_count,
     total_vacuum_time,
     total_autovacuum_time,
     total_analyze_time,
-- 
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* [PATCH v4] Track skipped vacuum and analyze activity per relation
@ 2026-03-24 04:09 Yugo Nagata <[email protected]>
  0 siblings, 0 replies; 374+ messages in thread

From: Yugo Nagata @ 2026-03-24 04:09 UTC (permalink / raw)

This commit adds eight fields to the relation statistics that track
the last time vacuum or analyze has been attempted but skipped due to
lock unavailability, along with their counts:

-    last_skipped_vacuum
-    last_skipped_autovacuum
-    last_skipped_analyze
-    last_skipped_autoanalyze
-    skipped_vacuum_count
-    skipped_autovacuum_count
-    skipped_analyze_count
-    skipped_autoanalyze_count

These field can help users confirm that autovacuum is actively attempting
to run on a table that has not been vacuumed or analyzed for a long time,
and that the lack of progress is due to repeated skips rather than inactivity.
---
 doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml                 |  88 ++++++++++++++++
 src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql         |   8 ++
 src/backend/commands/vacuum.c                | 102 ++++++++++++++-----
 src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c |  64 ++++++++++++
 src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c          |  24 +++++
 src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat              |  32 ++++++
 src/include/pgstat.h                         |  16 +++
 src/test/regress/expected/rules.out          |  24 +++++
 8 files changed, 335 insertions(+), 23 deletions(-)

diff --git a/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml b/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml
index 08d5b824552..a9b579d87a9 100644
--- a/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml
+++ b/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml
@@ -4387,6 +4387,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_vacuum</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time a manual vacuum on this table was attempted but skipped due to
+       lock unavailability (not counting <command>VACUUM FULL</command>)
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>last_autovacuum</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
@@ -4397,6 +4407,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_autovacuum</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time a vacuum on this table by the autovacuum daemon was attempted
+       but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>last_analyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
@@ -4406,6 +4426,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_analyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time a manual analyze on this table was attempted but skipped due to
+       lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>last_autoanalyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
@@ -4416,6 +4446,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_autoanalyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time at which an analyze on this table by the autovacuum was
+       attempted but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>vacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4426,6 +4466,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_vacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times manual vacuums on this table have been attempted but skipped
+       due to lock unavailability (not counting <command>VACUUM FULL</command>)
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>autovacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4436,6 +4486,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_autovacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times vacuums on this table by the autovacuum daemon have been
+       attempted but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>analyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4445,6 +4505,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_analyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times manual analyzes on this table have been attempted but
+       skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>autoanalyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4455,6 +4525,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_autoanalyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times analyzes on this table by the autovacuum daemon have
+       been attempted but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>total_vacuum_time</structfield> <type>double precision</type>
@@ -4510,6 +4590,14 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
    </tgroup>
   </table>
 
+  <note>
+   <para>
+    When a manual vacuum or analyze on a parent table in an inheritance or
+    partitioning hierarchy is skipped, the statistics are recorded only for
+    the parent table, not for its children.
+   </para>
+  </note>
+
  </sect2>
 
  <sect2 id="monitoring-pg-stat-autovacuum-scores-view">
diff --git a/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql b/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql
index 73a1c1c4670..f509fc7876b 100644
--- a/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql
+++ b/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql
@@ -736,13 +736,21 @@ CREATE VIEW pg_stat_all_tables AS
             pg_stat_get_mod_since_analyze(C.oid) AS n_mod_since_analyze,
             pg_stat_get_ins_since_vacuum(C.oid) AS n_ins_since_vacuum,
             pg_stat_get_last_vacuum_time(C.oid) as last_vacuum,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_vacuum,
             pg_stat_get_last_autovacuum_time(C.oid) as last_autovacuum,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_autovacuum,
             pg_stat_get_last_analyze_time(C.oid) as last_analyze,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_analyze,
             pg_stat_get_last_autoanalyze_time(C.oid) as last_autoanalyze,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_autoanalyze,
             pg_stat_get_vacuum_count(C.oid) AS vacuum_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count(C.oid) AS skipped_vacuum_count,
             pg_stat_get_autovacuum_count(C.oid) AS autovacuum_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count(C.oid) AS skipped_autovacuum_count,
             pg_stat_get_analyze_count(C.oid) AS analyze_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count(C.oid) AS skipped_analyze_count,
             pg_stat_get_autoanalyze_count(C.oid) AS autoanalyze_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count(C.oid) AS skipped_autoanalyze_count,
             pg_stat_get_total_vacuum_time(C.oid) AS total_vacuum_time,
             pg_stat_get_total_autovacuum_time(C.oid) AS total_autovacuum_time,
             pg_stat_get_total_analyze_time(C.oid) AS total_analyze_time,
diff --git a/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c b/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c
index 99d0db82ed7..97cd5ea8d10 100644
--- a/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c
+++ b/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c
@@ -793,8 +793,25 @@ vacuum_open_relation(Oid relid, RangeVar *relation, uint32 options,
 		rel = try_relation_open(relid, NoLock);
 	else
 	{
+		int flags = 0;
 		rel = NULL;
 		rel_lock = false;
+
+		if ((options & VACOPT_VACUUM) != 0)
+		{
+			if (AmAutoVacuumWorkerProcess())
+				flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOVACUUM;
+			else
+				flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM;
+		}
+		if ((options & VACOPT_ANALYZE) != 0)
+		{
+			if (AmAutoVacuumWorkerProcess())
+				flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOANALYZE;
+			else
+				flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE;
+		}
+		pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(relid, flags);
 	}
 
 	/* if relation is opened, leave */
@@ -802,7 +819,7 @@ vacuum_open_relation(Oid relid, RangeVar *relation, uint32 options,
 		return rel;
 
 	/*
-	 * Relation could not be opened, hence generate if possible a log
+	 * Relation could not be opened hence generate if possible a log
 	 * informing on the situation.
 	 *
 	 * If the RangeVar is not defined, we do not have enough information to
@@ -905,7 +922,6 @@ expand_vacuum_rel(VacuumRelation *vrel, MemoryContext vac_context,
 		Form_pg_class classForm;
 		bool		include_children;
 		bool		is_partitioned_table;
-		int			rvr_opts;
 
 		/*
 		 * Since autovacuum workers supply OIDs when calling vacuum(), no
@@ -918,29 +934,69 @@ expand_vacuum_rel(VacuumRelation *vrel, MemoryContext vac_context,
 		 * below, as well as find_all_inheritors's expectation that the caller
 		 * holds some lock on the starting relation.
 		 */
-		rvr_opts = (options & VACOPT_SKIP_LOCKED) ? RVR_SKIP_LOCKED : 0;
-		relid = RangeVarGetRelidExtended(vrel->relation,
-										 AccessShareLock,
-										 rvr_opts,
-										 NULL, NULL);
-
-		/*
-		 * If the lock is unavailable, emit the same log statement that
-		 * vacuum_rel() and analyze_rel() would.
-		 */
-		if (!OidIsValid(relid))
+		if (!(options & VACOPT_SKIP_LOCKED))
 		{
-			if (options & VACOPT_VACUUM)
-				ereport(WARNING,
-						(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
-						 errmsg("skipping vacuum of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
-								vrel->relation->relname)));
-			else
-				ereport(WARNING,
-						(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
-						 errmsg("skipping analyze of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
+			relid = RangeVarGetRelidExtended(vrel->relation,
+											 AccessShareLock,
+											 0, NULL, NULL);
+			if (!OidIsValid(relid))
+				return vacrels;
+		}
+		else
+		{
+			/* Get relid for reporting before taking a lock */
+			relid = RangeVarGetRelid(vrel->relation, NoLock, false);
+
+			if (!ConditionalLockRelationOid(relid, AccessShareLock))
+			{
+				int	flags = 0;
+				/*
+				 * If the lock is unavailable, emit the same log statement that
+				 * vacuum_rel() and analyze_rel() would.
+				 */
+				if (options & VACOPT_VACUUM)
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping vacuum of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
 								vrel->relation->relname)));
-			return vacrels;
+				else
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping analyze of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
+									vrel->relation->relname)));
+
+				if ((options & VACOPT_VACUUM) != 0)
+					flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM;
+				if ((options & VACOPT_ANALYZE) != 0)
+					flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE;
+
+				pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(relid, flags);
+
+				return vacrels;
+			}
+
+			/*
+			 * Now that we have the lock, probe to see if the relation really
+			 * exists or not.
+			 */
+			if (!SearchSysCacheExists1(RELOID, ObjectIdGetDatum(relid)))
+			{
+				if (options & VACOPT_VACUUM)
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_UNDEFINED_TABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping vacuum of \"%s\" --- relation no longer exists",
+									vrel->relation->relname)));
+				else
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_UNDEFINED_TABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping analyze of \"%s\" --- relation no longer exists",
+									vrel->relation->relname)));
+
+				/* Release useless lock */
+				UnlockRelationOid(relid, AccessShareLock);
+
+				return vacrels;
+			}
 		}
 
 		/*
diff --git a/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c b/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c
index b2ca28f83ba..532d9023f8c 100644
--- a/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c
+++ b/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c
@@ -17,12 +17,14 @@
 
 #include "postgres.h"
 
+#include "access/htup_details.h"
 #include "access/twophase_rmgr.h"
 #include "access/xact.h"
 #include "catalog/catalog.h"
 #include "utils/memutils.h"
 #include "utils/pgstat_internal.h"
 #include "utils/rel.h"
+#include "utils/syscache.h"
 #include "utils/timestamp.h"
 
 
@@ -367,6 +369,68 @@ pgstat_report_analyze(Relation rel,
 	(void) pgstat_flush_backend(false, PGSTAT_BACKEND_FLUSH_IO);
 }
 
+/*
+ * Report that the table was skipped during vacuum or/and analyze.
+ */
+void
+pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(Oid relid, int flags)
+{
+	PgStat_EntryRef *entry_ref;
+	PgStatShared_Relation *shtabentry;
+	PgStat_StatTabEntry *tabentry;
+	TimestampTz ts;
+	HeapTuple	classTup;
+	bool		isshared;
+
+	if (!pgstat_track_counts || !flags)
+		return;
+
+	classTup = SearchSysCache1(RELOID, ObjectIdGetDatum(relid));
+	if (!HeapTupleIsValid(classTup))
+		return;			/* somebody deleted the rel, forget it */
+	isshared = ((Form_pg_class) GETSTRUCT(classTup))->relisshared;
+	ReleaseSysCache(classTup);
+
+	/* Store the data in the table's hash table entry. */
+	ts = GetCurrentTimestamp();
+
+	/* block acquiring lock for the same reason as pgstat_report_autovac() */
+	entry_ref = pgstat_get_entry_ref_locked(PGSTAT_KIND_RELATION,
+											isshared ? InvalidOid : MyDatabaseId,
+											relid, false);
+
+	shtabentry = (PgStatShared_Relation *) entry_ref->shared_stats;
+	tabentry = &shtabentry->stats;
+
+	if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM)
+	{
+		tabentry->last_skipped_vacuum_time = ts;
+		tabentry->skipped_vacuum_count++;
+	}
+	else if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOVACUUM)
+	{
+		tabentry->last_skipped_autovacuum_time = ts;
+		tabentry->skipped_autovacuum_count++;
+	}
+
+	if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE)
+	{
+		tabentry->last_skipped_analyze_time = ts;
+		tabentry->skipped_analyze_count++;
+	}
+	else if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOANALYZE)
+	{
+		tabentry->last_skipped_autoanalyze_time = ts;
+		tabentry->skipped_autoanalyze_count++;
+	}
+
+	pgstat_unlock_entry(entry_ref);
+
+	/* see pgstat_report_vacuum() */
+	pgstat_flush_io(false);
+	(void) pgstat_flush_backend(false, PGSTAT_BACKEND_FLUSH_IO);
+}
+
 /*
  * count a tuple insertion of n tuples
  */
diff --git a/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c b/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c
index 1408de387ea..90a8968faa0 100644
--- a/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c
+++ b/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c
@@ -84,6 +84,18 @@ PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(mod_since_analyze)
 /* pg_stat_get_numscans */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(numscans)
 
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_analyze_count)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_autoanalyze_count)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_autovacuum_count)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_vacuum_count)
+
 /* pg_stat_get_tuples_deleted */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(tuples_deleted)
 
@@ -170,6 +182,18 @@ PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_vacuum_time)
 /* pg_stat_get_lastscan */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(lastscan)
 
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_analyze_time)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_autoanalyze_time)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_autovacuum_time)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_vacuum_time)
+
 /* pg_stat_get_stat_reset_time */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(stat_reset_time)
 
diff --git a/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat b/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat
index fa9ae79082b..32debb34863 100644
--- a/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat
+++ b/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat
@@ -5680,6 +5680,38 @@
   proargmodes => '{o,o,o,o,o,o,o,o,o,o}',
   proargnames => '{oid,score,xid_score,mxid_score,vacuum_score,vacuum_insert_score,analyze_score,do_vacuum,do_analyze,for_wraparound}',
   prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_autovacuum_scores' },
+{ oid => '8142', descr => 'statistics: last skipped vacuum time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time' },
+{ oid => '8143', descr => 'statistics: last skipped auto vacuum time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time' },
+{ oid => '8144', descr => 'statistics: last skipped analyze time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time' },
+{ oid => '8145', descr => 'statistics: last skipped auto analyze time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time' },
+{ oid => '8146', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped vacuum for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count' },
+{ oid => '8147', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped auto vacuum for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count' },
+{ oid => '8148', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped analyzes for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count' },
+{ oid => '8149', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped auto analyzes for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count' },
 { oid => '1936', descr => 'statistics: currently active backend IDs',
   proname => 'pg_stat_get_backend_idset', prorows => '100', proretset => 't',
   provolatile => 's', proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int4',
diff --git a/src/include/pgstat.h b/src/include/pgstat.h
index dfa2e837638..98941f953d1 100644
--- a/src/include/pgstat.h
+++ b/src/include/pgstat.h
@@ -479,6 +479,15 @@ typedef struct PgStat_StatTabEntry
 	TimestampTz last_autoanalyze_time;	/* autovacuum initiated */
 	PgStat_Counter autoanalyze_count;
 
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_vacuum_time;	/* user initiated vacuum */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_vacuum_count;
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_autovacuum_time;	/* autovacuum initiated */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_autovacuum_count;
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_analyze_time;	/* user initiated */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_analyze_count;
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_autoanalyze_time;	/* autovacuum initiated */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_autoanalyze_count;
+
 	PgStat_Counter total_vacuum_time;	/* times in milliseconds */
 	PgStat_Counter total_autovacuum_time;
 	PgStat_Counter total_analyze_time;
@@ -703,6 +712,13 @@ extern void pgstat_report_analyze(Relation rel,
 								  PgStat_Counter livetuples, PgStat_Counter deadtuples,
 								  bool resetcounter, TimestampTz starttime);
 
+/* flags for pgstat_flush_backend() */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM		(1 << 0)	/* vacuum is skipped */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE		(1 << 1)	/* analyze is skipped */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOVACUUM	(1 << 2)	/* autovacuum is skipped */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOANALYZE	(1 << 3)	/* autoanalyze is skipped */
+extern void pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(Oid relid, int flags);
+
 /*
  * If stats are enabled, but pending data hasn't been prepared yet, call
  * pgstat_assoc_relation() to do so. See its comment for why this is done
diff --git a/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out b/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out
index a65a5bf0c4f..9b2075d3373 100644
--- a/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out
+++ b/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out
@@ -1835,13 +1835,21 @@ pg_stat_all_tables| SELECT c.oid AS relid,
     pg_stat_get_mod_since_analyze(c.oid) AS n_mod_since_analyze,
     pg_stat_get_ins_since_vacuum(c.oid) AS n_ins_since_vacuum,
     pg_stat_get_last_vacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_vacuum,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_vacuum,
     pg_stat_get_last_autovacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_autovacuum,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_autovacuum,
     pg_stat_get_last_analyze_time(c.oid) AS last_analyze,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_analyze,
     pg_stat_get_last_autoanalyze_time(c.oid) AS last_autoanalyze,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_autoanalyze,
     pg_stat_get_vacuum_count(c.oid) AS vacuum_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count(c.oid) AS skipped_vacuum_count,
     pg_stat_get_autovacuum_count(c.oid) AS autovacuum_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count(c.oid) AS skipped_autovacuum_count,
     pg_stat_get_analyze_count(c.oid) AS analyze_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count(c.oid) AS skipped_analyze_count,
     pg_stat_get_autoanalyze_count(c.oid) AS autoanalyze_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count(c.oid) AS skipped_autoanalyze_count,
     pg_stat_get_total_vacuum_time(c.oid) AS total_vacuum_time,
     pg_stat_get_total_autovacuum_time(c.oid) AS total_autovacuum_time,
     pg_stat_get_total_analyze_time(c.oid) AS total_analyze_time,
@@ -2346,13 +2354,21 @@ pg_stat_sys_tables| SELECT relid,
     n_mod_since_analyze,
     n_ins_since_vacuum,
     last_vacuum,
+    last_skipped_vacuum,
     last_autovacuum,
+    last_skipped_autovacuum,
     last_analyze,
+    last_skipped_analyze,
     last_autoanalyze,
+    last_skipped_autoanalyze,
     vacuum_count,
+    skipped_vacuum_count,
     autovacuum_count,
+    skipped_autovacuum_count,
     analyze_count,
+    skipped_analyze_count,
     autoanalyze_count,
+    skipped_autoanalyze_count,
     total_vacuum_time,
     total_autovacuum_time,
     total_analyze_time,
@@ -2401,13 +2417,21 @@ pg_stat_user_tables| SELECT relid,
     n_mod_since_analyze,
     n_ins_since_vacuum,
     last_vacuum,
+    last_skipped_vacuum,
     last_autovacuum,
+    last_skipped_autovacuum,
     last_analyze,
+    last_skipped_analyze,
     last_autoanalyze,
+    last_skipped_autoanalyze,
     vacuum_count,
+    skipped_vacuum_count,
     autovacuum_count,
+    skipped_autovacuum_count,
     analyze_count,
+    skipped_analyze_count,
     autoanalyze_count,
+    skipped_autoanalyze_count,
     total_vacuum_time,
     total_autovacuum_time,
     total_analyze_time,
-- 
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* [PATCH v4] Track skipped vacuum and analyze activity per relation
@ 2026-03-24 04:09 Yugo Nagata <[email protected]>
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From: Yugo Nagata @ 2026-03-24 04:09 UTC (permalink / raw)

This commit adds eight fields to the relation statistics that track
the last time vacuum or analyze has been attempted but skipped due to
lock unavailability, along with their counts:

-    last_skipped_vacuum
-    last_skipped_autovacuum
-    last_skipped_analyze
-    last_skipped_autoanalyze
-    skipped_vacuum_count
-    skipped_autovacuum_count
-    skipped_analyze_count
-    skipped_autoanalyze_count

These field can help users confirm that autovacuum is actively attempting
to run on a table that has not been vacuumed or analyzed for a long time,
and that the lack of progress is due to repeated skips rather than inactivity.
---
 doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml                 |  88 ++++++++++++++++
 src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql         |   8 ++
 src/backend/commands/vacuum.c                | 102 ++++++++++++++-----
 src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c |  64 ++++++++++++
 src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c          |  24 +++++
 src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat              |  32 ++++++
 src/include/pgstat.h                         |  16 +++
 src/test/regress/expected/rules.out          |  24 +++++
 8 files changed, 335 insertions(+), 23 deletions(-)

diff --git a/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml b/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml
index 08d5b824552..a9b579d87a9 100644
--- a/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml
+++ b/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml
@@ -4387,6 +4387,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_vacuum</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time a manual vacuum on this table was attempted but skipped due to
+       lock unavailability (not counting <command>VACUUM FULL</command>)
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>last_autovacuum</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
@@ -4397,6 +4407,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_autovacuum</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time a vacuum on this table by the autovacuum daemon was attempted
+       but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>last_analyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
@@ -4406,6 +4426,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_analyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time a manual analyze on this table was attempted but skipped due to
+       lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>last_autoanalyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
@@ -4416,6 +4446,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_autoanalyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time at which an analyze on this table by the autovacuum was
+       attempted but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>vacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4426,6 +4466,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_vacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times manual vacuums on this table have been attempted but skipped
+       due to lock unavailability (not counting <command>VACUUM FULL</command>)
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>autovacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4436,6 +4486,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_autovacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times vacuums on this table by the autovacuum daemon have been
+       attempted but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>analyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4445,6 +4505,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_analyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times manual analyzes on this table have been attempted but
+       skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>autoanalyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4455,6 +4525,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_autoanalyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times analyzes on this table by the autovacuum daemon have
+       been attempted but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>total_vacuum_time</structfield> <type>double precision</type>
@@ -4510,6 +4590,14 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
    </tgroup>
   </table>
 
+  <note>
+   <para>
+    When a manual vacuum or analyze on a parent table in an inheritance or
+    partitioning hierarchy is skipped, the statistics are recorded only for
+    the parent table, not for its children.
+   </para>
+  </note>
+
  </sect2>
 
  <sect2 id="monitoring-pg-stat-autovacuum-scores-view">
diff --git a/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql b/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql
index 73a1c1c4670..f509fc7876b 100644
--- a/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql
+++ b/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql
@@ -736,13 +736,21 @@ CREATE VIEW pg_stat_all_tables AS
             pg_stat_get_mod_since_analyze(C.oid) AS n_mod_since_analyze,
             pg_stat_get_ins_since_vacuum(C.oid) AS n_ins_since_vacuum,
             pg_stat_get_last_vacuum_time(C.oid) as last_vacuum,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_vacuum,
             pg_stat_get_last_autovacuum_time(C.oid) as last_autovacuum,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_autovacuum,
             pg_stat_get_last_analyze_time(C.oid) as last_analyze,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_analyze,
             pg_stat_get_last_autoanalyze_time(C.oid) as last_autoanalyze,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_autoanalyze,
             pg_stat_get_vacuum_count(C.oid) AS vacuum_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count(C.oid) AS skipped_vacuum_count,
             pg_stat_get_autovacuum_count(C.oid) AS autovacuum_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count(C.oid) AS skipped_autovacuum_count,
             pg_stat_get_analyze_count(C.oid) AS analyze_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count(C.oid) AS skipped_analyze_count,
             pg_stat_get_autoanalyze_count(C.oid) AS autoanalyze_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count(C.oid) AS skipped_autoanalyze_count,
             pg_stat_get_total_vacuum_time(C.oid) AS total_vacuum_time,
             pg_stat_get_total_autovacuum_time(C.oid) AS total_autovacuum_time,
             pg_stat_get_total_analyze_time(C.oid) AS total_analyze_time,
diff --git a/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c b/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c
index 99d0db82ed7..97cd5ea8d10 100644
--- a/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c
+++ b/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c
@@ -793,8 +793,25 @@ vacuum_open_relation(Oid relid, RangeVar *relation, uint32 options,
 		rel = try_relation_open(relid, NoLock);
 	else
 	{
+		int flags = 0;
 		rel = NULL;
 		rel_lock = false;
+
+		if ((options & VACOPT_VACUUM) != 0)
+		{
+			if (AmAutoVacuumWorkerProcess())
+				flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOVACUUM;
+			else
+				flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM;
+		}
+		if ((options & VACOPT_ANALYZE) != 0)
+		{
+			if (AmAutoVacuumWorkerProcess())
+				flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOANALYZE;
+			else
+				flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE;
+		}
+		pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(relid, flags);
 	}
 
 	/* if relation is opened, leave */
@@ -802,7 +819,7 @@ vacuum_open_relation(Oid relid, RangeVar *relation, uint32 options,
 		return rel;
 
 	/*
-	 * Relation could not be opened, hence generate if possible a log
+	 * Relation could not be opened hence generate if possible a log
 	 * informing on the situation.
 	 *
 	 * If the RangeVar is not defined, we do not have enough information to
@@ -905,7 +922,6 @@ expand_vacuum_rel(VacuumRelation *vrel, MemoryContext vac_context,
 		Form_pg_class classForm;
 		bool		include_children;
 		bool		is_partitioned_table;
-		int			rvr_opts;
 
 		/*
 		 * Since autovacuum workers supply OIDs when calling vacuum(), no
@@ -918,29 +934,69 @@ expand_vacuum_rel(VacuumRelation *vrel, MemoryContext vac_context,
 		 * below, as well as find_all_inheritors's expectation that the caller
 		 * holds some lock on the starting relation.
 		 */
-		rvr_opts = (options & VACOPT_SKIP_LOCKED) ? RVR_SKIP_LOCKED : 0;
-		relid = RangeVarGetRelidExtended(vrel->relation,
-										 AccessShareLock,
-										 rvr_opts,
-										 NULL, NULL);
-
-		/*
-		 * If the lock is unavailable, emit the same log statement that
-		 * vacuum_rel() and analyze_rel() would.
-		 */
-		if (!OidIsValid(relid))
+		if (!(options & VACOPT_SKIP_LOCKED))
 		{
-			if (options & VACOPT_VACUUM)
-				ereport(WARNING,
-						(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
-						 errmsg("skipping vacuum of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
-								vrel->relation->relname)));
-			else
-				ereport(WARNING,
-						(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
-						 errmsg("skipping analyze of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
+			relid = RangeVarGetRelidExtended(vrel->relation,
+											 AccessShareLock,
+											 0, NULL, NULL);
+			if (!OidIsValid(relid))
+				return vacrels;
+		}
+		else
+		{
+			/* Get relid for reporting before taking a lock */
+			relid = RangeVarGetRelid(vrel->relation, NoLock, false);
+
+			if (!ConditionalLockRelationOid(relid, AccessShareLock))
+			{
+				int	flags = 0;
+				/*
+				 * If the lock is unavailable, emit the same log statement that
+				 * vacuum_rel() and analyze_rel() would.
+				 */
+				if (options & VACOPT_VACUUM)
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping vacuum of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
 								vrel->relation->relname)));
-			return vacrels;
+				else
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping analyze of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
+									vrel->relation->relname)));
+
+				if ((options & VACOPT_VACUUM) != 0)
+					flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM;
+				if ((options & VACOPT_ANALYZE) != 0)
+					flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE;
+
+				pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(relid, flags);
+
+				return vacrels;
+			}
+
+			/*
+			 * Now that we have the lock, probe to see if the relation really
+			 * exists or not.
+			 */
+			if (!SearchSysCacheExists1(RELOID, ObjectIdGetDatum(relid)))
+			{
+				if (options & VACOPT_VACUUM)
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_UNDEFINED_TABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping vacuum of \"%s\" --- relation no longer exists",
+									vrel->relation->relname)));
+				else
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_UNDEFINED_TABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping analyze of \"%s\" --- relation no longer exists",
+									vrel->relation->relname)));
+
+				/* Release useless lock */
+				UnlockRelationOid(relid, AccessShareLock);
+
+				return vacrels;
+			}
 		}
 
 		/*
diff --git a/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c b/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c
index b2ca28f83ba..532d9023f8c 100644
--- a/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c
+++ b/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c
@@ -17,12 +17,14 @@
 
 #include "postgres.h"
 
+#include "access/htup_details.h"
 #include "access/twophase_rmgr.h"
 #include "access/xact.h"
 #include "catalog/catalog.h"
 #include "utils/memutils.h"
 #include "utils/pgstat_internal.h"
 #include "utils/rel.h"
+#include "utils/syscache.h"
 #include "utils/timestamp.h"
 
 
@@ -367,6 +369,68 @@ pgstat_report_analyze(Relation rel,
 	(void) pgstat_flush_backend(false, PGSTAT_BACKEND_FLUSH_IO);
 }
 
+/*
+ * Report that the table was skipped during vacuum or/and analyze.
+ */
+void
+pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(Oid relid, int flags)
+{
+	PgStat_EntryRef *entry_ref;
+	PgStatShared_Relation *shtabentry;
+	PgStat_StatTabEntry *tabentry;
+	TimestampTz ts;
+	HeapTuple	classTup;
+	bool		isshared;
+
+	if (!pgstat_track_counts || !flags)
+		return;
+
+	classTup = SearchSysCache1(RELOID, ObjectIdGetDatum(relid));
+	if (!HeapTupleIsValid(classTup))
+		return;			/* somebody deleted the rel, forget it */
+	isshared = ((Form_pg_class) GETSTRUCT(classTup))->relisshared;
+	ReleaseSysCache(classTup);
+
+	/* Store the data in the table's hash table entry. */
+	ts = GetCurrentTimestamp();
+
+	/* block acquiring lock for the same reason as pgstat_report_autovac() */
+	entry_ref = pgstat_get_entry_ref_locked(PGSTAT_KIND_RELATION,
+											isshared ? InvalidOid : MyDatabaseId,
+											relid, false);
+
+	shtabentry = (PgStatShared_Relation *) entry_ref->shared_stats;
+	tabentry = &shtabentry->stats;
+
+	if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM)
+	{
+		tabentry->last_skipped_vacuum_time = ts;
+		tabentry->skipped_vacuum_count++;
+	}
+	else if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOVACUUM)
+	{
+		tabentry->last_skipped_autovacuum_time = ts;
+		tabentry->skipped_autovacuum_count++;
+	}
+
+	if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE)
+	{
+		tabentry->last_skipped_analyze_time = ts;
+		tabentry->skipped_analyze_count++;
+	}
+	else if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOANALYZE)
+	{
+		tabentry->last_skipped_autoanalyze_time = ts;
+		tabentry->skipped_autoanalyze_count++;
+	}
+
+	pgstat_unlock_entry(entry_ref);
+
+	/* see pgstat_report_vacuum() */
+	pgstat_flush_io(false);
+	(void) pgstat_flush_backend(false, PGSTAT_BACKEND_FLUSH_IO);
+}
+
 /*
  * count a tuple insertion of n tuples
  */
diff --git a/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c b/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c
index 1408de387ea..90a8968faa0 100644
--- a/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c
+++ b/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c
@@ -84,6 +84,18 @@ PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(mod_since_analyze)
 /* pg_stat_get_numscans */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(numscans)
 
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_analyze_count)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_autoanalyze_count)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_autovacuum_count)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_vacuum_count)
+
 /* pg_stat_get_tuples_deleted */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(tuples_deleted)
 
@@ -170,6 +182,18 @@ PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_vacuum_time)
 /* pg_stat_get_lastscan */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(lastscan)
 
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_analyze_time)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_autoanalyze_time)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_autovacuum_time)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_vacuum_time)
+
 /* pg_stat_get_stat_reset_time */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(stat_reset_time)
 
diff --git a/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat b/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat
index fa9ae79082b..32debb34863 100644
--- a/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat
+++ b/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat
@@ -5680,6 +5680,38 @@
   proargmodes => '{o,o,o,o,o,o,o,o,o,o}',
   proargnames => '{oid,score,xid_score,mxid_score,vacuum_score,vacuum_insert_score,analyze_score,do_vacuum,do_analyze,for_wraparound}',
   prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_autovacuum_scores' },
+{ oid => '8142', descr => 'statistics: last skipped vacuum time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time' },
+{ oid => '8143', descr => 'statistics: last skipped auto vacuum time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time' },
+{ oid => '8144', descr => 'statistics: last skipped analyze time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time' },
+{ oid => '8145', descr => 'statistics: last skipped auto analyze time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time' },
+{ oid => '8146', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped vacuum for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count' },
+{ oid => '8147', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped auto vacuum for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count' },
+{ oid => '8148', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped analyzes for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count' },
+{ oid => '8149', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped auto analyzes for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count' },
 { oid => '1936', descr => 'statistics: currently active backend IDs',
   proname => 'pg_stat_get_backend_idset', prorows => '100', proretset => 't',
   provolatile => 's', proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int4',
diff --git a/src/include/pgstat.h b/src/include/pgstat.h
index dfa2e837638..98941f953d1 100644
--- a/src/include/pgstat.h
+++ b/src/include/pgstat.h
@@ -479,6 +479,15 @@ typedef struct PgStat_StatTabEntry
 	TimestampTz last_autoanalyze_time;	/* autovacuum initiated */
 	PgStat_Counter autoanalyze_count;
 
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_vacuum_time;	/* user initiated vacuum */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_vacuum_count;
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_autovacuum_time;	/* autovacuum initiated */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_autovacuum_count;
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_analyze_time;	/* user initiated */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_analyze_count;
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_autoanalyze_time;	/* autovacuum initiated */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_autoanalyze_count;
+
 	PgStat_Counter total_vacuum_time;	/* times in milliseconds */
 	PgStat_Counter total_autovacuum_time;
 	PgStat_Counter total_analyze_time;
@@ -703,6 +712,13 @@ extern void pgstat_report_analyze(Relation rel,
 								  PgStat_Counter livetuples, PgStat_Counter deadtuples,
 								  bool resetcounter, TimestampTz starttime);
 
+/* flags for pgstat_flush_backend() */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM		(1 << 0)	/* vacuum is skipped */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE		(1 << 1)	/* analyze is skipped */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOVACUUM	(1 << 2)	/* autovacuum is skipped */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOANALYZE	(1 << 3)	/* autoanalyze is skipped */
+extern void pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(Oid relid, int flags);
+
 /*
  * If stats are enabled, but pending data hasn't been prepared yet, call
  * pgstat_assoc_relation() to do so. See its comment for why this is done
diff --git a/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out b/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out
index a65a5bf0c4f..9b2075d3373 100644
--- a/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out
+++ b/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out
@@ -1835,13 +1835,21 @@ pg_stat_all_tables| SELECT c.oid AS relid,
     pg_stat_get_mod_since_analyze(c.oid) AS n_mod_since_analyze,
     pg_stat_get_ins_since_vacuum(c.oid) AS n_ins_since_vacuum,
     pg_stat_get_last_vacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_vacuum,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_vacuum,
     pg_stat_get_last_autovacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_autovacuum,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_autovacuum,
     pg_stat_get_last_analyze_time(c.oid) AS last_analyze,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_analyze,
     pg_stat_get_last_autoanalyze_time(c.oid) AS last_autoanalyze,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_autoanalyze,
     pg_stat_get_vacuum_count(c.oid) AS vacuum_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count(c.oid) AS skipped_vacuum_count,
     pg_stat_get_autovacuum_count(c.oid) AS autovacuum_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count(c.oid) AS skipped_autovacuum_count,
     pg_stat_get_analyze_count(c.oid) AS analyze_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count(c.oid) AS skipped_analyze_count,
     pg_stat_get_autoanalyze_count(c.oid) AS autoanalyze_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count(c.oid) AS skipped_autoanalyze_count,
     pg_stat_get_total_vacuum_time(c.oid) AS total_vacuum_time,
     pg_stat_get_total_autovacuum_time(c.oid) AS total_autovacuum_time,
     pg_stat_get_total_analyze_time(c.oid) AS total_analyze_time,
@@ -2346,13 +2354,21 @@ pg_stat_sys_tables| SELECT relid,
     n_mod_since_analyze,
     n_ins_since_vacuum,
     last_vacuum,
+    last_skipped_vacuum,
     last_autovacuum,
+    last_skipped_autovacuum,
     last_analyze,
+    last_skipped_analyze,
     last_autoanalyze,
+    last_skipped_autoanalyze,
     vacuum_count,
+    skipped_vacuum_count,
     autovacuum_count,
+    skipped_autovacuum_count,
     analyze_count,
+    skipped_analyze_count,
     autoanalyze_count,
+    skipped_autoanalyze_count,
     total_vacuum_time,
     total_autovacuum_time,
     total_analyze_time,
@@ -2401,13 +2417,21 @@ pg_stat_user_tables| SELECT relid,
     n_mod_since_analyze,
     n_ins_since_vacuum,
     last_vacuum,
+    last_skipped_vacuum,
     last_autovacuum,
+    last_skipped_autovacuum,
     last_analyze,
+    last_skipped_analyze,
     last_autoanalyze,
+    last_skipped_autoanalyze,
     vacuum_count,
+    skipped_vacuum_count,
     autovacuum_count,
+    skipped_autovacuum_count,
     analyze_count,
+    skipped_analyze_count,
     autoanalyze_count,
+    skipped_autoanalyze_count,
     total_vacuum_time,
     total_autovacuum_time,
     total_analyze_time,
-- 
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* [PATCH v5] Track skipped vacuum and analyze activity per relation
@ 2026-03-24 04:09 Yugo Nagata <[email protected]>
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From: Yugo Nagata @ 2026-03-24 04:09 UTC (permalink / raw)

This commit adds eight fields to the relation statistics that track
the last time vacuum or analyze has been attempted but skipped due to
lock unavailability, along with their counts:

-    last_skipped_vacuum
-    last_skipped_autovacuum
-    last_skipped_analyze
-    last_skipped_autoanalyze
-    skipped_vacuum_count
-    skipped_autovacuum_count
-    skipped_analyze_count
-    skipped_autoanalyze_count

These field can help users confirm that autovacuum is actively attempting
to run on a table that has not been vacuumed or analyzed for a long time,
and that the lack of progress is due to repeated skips rather than inactivity.
---
 doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml                  |  88 ++++++
 src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql          |   8 +
 src/backend/commands/vacuum.c                 | 100 +++++--
 src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c  |  64 +++++
 src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c           |  24 ++
 src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat               |  32 +++
 src/include/pgstat.h                          |  16 ++
 .../isolation/expected/vacuum-skip-locked.out | 260 ++++++++++++++++--
 .../isolation/specs/vacuum-skip-locked.spec   |  41 +--
 src/test/regress/expected/rules.out           |  24 ++
 10 files changed, 601 insertions(+), 56 deletions(-)

diff --git a/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml b/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml
index 08d5b824552..a9b579d87a9 100644
--- a/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml
+++ b/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml
@@ -4387,6 +4387,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_vacuum</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time a manual vacuum on this table was attempted but skipped due to
+       lock unavailability (not counting <command>VACUUM FULL</command>)
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>last_autovacuum</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
@@ -4397,6 +4407,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_autovacuum</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time a vacuum on this table by the autovacuum daemon was attempted
+       but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>last_analyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
@@ -4406,6 +4426,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_analyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time a manual analyze on this table was attempted but skipped due to
+       lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>last_autoanalyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
@@ -4416,6 +4446,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_autoanalyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time at which an analyze on this table by the autovacuum was
+       attempted but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>vacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4426,6 +4466,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_vacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times manual vacuums on this table have been attempted but skipped
+       due to lock unavailability (not counting <command>VACUUM FULL</command>)
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>autovacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4436,6 +4486,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_autovacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times vacuums on this table by the autovacuum daemon have been
+       attempted but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>analyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4445,6 +4505,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_analyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times manual analyzes on this table have been attempted but
+       skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>autoanalyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4455,6 +4525,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_autoanalyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times analyzes on this table by the autovacuum daemon have
+       been attempted but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>total_vacuum_time</structfield> <type>double precision</type>
@@ -4510,6 +4590,14 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
    </tgroup>
   </table>
 
+  <note>
+   <para>
+    When a manual vacuum or analyze on a parent table in an inheritance or
+    partitioning hierarchy is skipped, the statistics are recorded only for
+    the parent table, not for its children.
+   </para>
+  </note>
+
  </sect2>
 
  <sect2 id="monitoring-pg-stat-autovacuum-scores-view">
diff --git a/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql b/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql
index 73a1c1c4670..f509fc7876b 100644
--- a/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql
+++ b/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql
@@ -736,13 +736,21 @@ CREATE VIEW pg_stat_all_tables AS
             pg_stat_get_mod_since_analyze(C.oid) AS n_mod_since_analyze,
             pg_stat_get_ins_since_vacuum(C.oid) AS n_ins_since_vacuum,
             pg_stat_get_last_vacuum_time(C.oid) as last_vacuum,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_vacuum,
             pg_stat_get_last_autovacuum_time(C.oid) as last_autovacuum,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_autovacuum,
             pg_stat_get_last_analyze_time(C.oid) as last_analyze,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_analyze,
             pg_stat_get_last_autoanalyze_time(C.oid) as last_autoanalyze,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_autoanalyze,
             pg_stat_get_vacuum_count(C.oid) AS vacuum_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count(C.oid) AS skipped_vacuum_count,
             pg_stat_get_autovacuum_count(C.oid) AS autovacuum_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count(C.oid) AS skipped_autovacuum_count,
             pg_stat_get_analyze_count(C.oid) AS analyze_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count(C.oid) AS skipped_analyze_count,
             pg_stat_get_autoanalyze_count(C.oid) AS autoanalyze_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count(C.oid) AS skipped_autoanalyze_count,
             pg_stat_get_total_vacuum_time(C.oid) AS total_vacuum_time,
             pg_stat_get_total_autovacuum_time(C.oid) AS total_autovacuum_time,
             pg_stat_get_total_analyze_time(C.oid) AS total_analyze_time,
diff --git a/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c b/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c
index 99d0db82ed7..df6526225e4 100644
--- a/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c
+++ b/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c
@@ -793,8 +793,25 @@ vacuum_open_relation(Oid relid, RangeVar *relation, uint32 options,
 		rel = try_relation_open(relid, NoLock);
 	else
 	{
+		int flags = 0;
 		rel = NULL;
 		rel_lock = false;
+
+		if ((options & VACOPT_VACUUM) != 0 && (options & VACOPT_FULL) == 0)
+		{
+			if (AmAutoVacuumWorkerProcess())
+				flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOVACUUM;
+			else
+				flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM;
+		}
+		if ((options & VACOPT_ANALYZE) != 0)
+		{
+			if (AmAutoVacuumWorkerProcess())
+				flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOANALYZE;
+			else
+				flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE;
+		}
+		pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(relid, flags);
 	}
 
 	/* if relation is opened, leave */
@@ -905,7 +922,6 @@ expand_vacuum_rel(VacuumRelation *vrel, MemoryContext vac_context,
 		Form_pg_class classForm;
 		bool		include_children;
 		bool		is_partitioned_table;
-		int			rvr_opts;
 
 		/*
 		 * Since autovacuum workers supply OIDs when calling vacuum(), no
@@ -918,29 +934,69 @@ expand_vacuum_rel(VacuumRelation *vrel, MemoryContext vac_context,
 		 * below, as well as find_all_inheritors's expectation that the caller
 		 * holds some lock on the starting relation.
 		 */
-		rvr_opts = (options & VACOPT_SKIP_LOCKED) ? RVR_SKIP_LOCKED : 0;
-		relid = RangeVarGetRelidExtended(vrel->relation,
-										 AccessShareLock,
-										 rvr_opts,
-										 NULL, NULL);
-
-		/*
-		 * If the lock is unavailable, emit the same log statement that
-		 * vacuum_rel() and analyze_rel() would.
-		 */
-		if (!OidIsValid(relid))
+		if (!(options & VACOPT_SKIP_LOCKED))
 		{
-			if (options & VACOPT_VACUUM)
-				ereport(WARNING,
-						(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
-						 errmsg("skipping vacuum of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
-								vrel->relation->relname)));
-			else
-				ereport(WARNING,
-						(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
-						 errmsg("skipping analyze of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
+			relid = RangeVarGetRelidExtended(vrel->relation,
+											 AccessShareLock,
+											 0, NULL, NULL);
+			if (!OidIsValid(relid))
+				return vacrels;
+		}
+		else
+		{
+			/* Get relid for reporting before taking a lock */
+			relid = RangeVarGetRelid(vrel->relation, NoLock, false);
+
+			if (!ConditionalLockRelationOid(relid, AccessShareLock))
+			{
+				int	flags = 0;
+				/*
+				 * If the lock is unavailable, emit the same log statement that
+				 * vacuum_rel() and analyze_rel() would.
+				 */
+				if (options & VACOPT_VACUUM)
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping vacuum of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
 								vrel->relation->relname)));
-			return vacrels;
+				else
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping analyze of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
+									vrel->relation->relname)));
+
+				if ((options & VACOPT_VACUUM) != 0 && (options & VACOPT_FULL) == 0)
+					flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM;
+				if ((options & VACOPT_ANALYZE) != 0)
+					flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE;
+
+				pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(relid, flags);
+
+				return vacrels;
+			}
+
+			/*
+			 * Now that we have the lock, probe to see if the relation really
+			 * exists or not.
+			 */
+			if (!SearchSysCacheExists1(RELOID, ObjectIdGetDatum(relid)))
+			{
+				if (options & VACOPT_VACUUM)
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_UNDEFINED_TABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping vacuum of \"%s\" --- relation no longer exists",
+									vrel->relation->relname)));
+				else
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_UNDEFINED_TABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping analyze of \"%s\" --- relation no longer exists",
+									vrel->relation->relname)));
+
+				/* Release useless lock */
+				UnlockRelationOid(relid, AccessShareLock);
+
+				return vacrels;
+			}
 		}
 
 		/*
diff --git a/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c b/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c
index b2ca28f83ba..532d9023f8c 100644
--- a/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c
+++ b/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c
@@ -17,12 +17,14 @@
 
 #include "postgres.h"
 
+#include "access/htup_details.h"
 #include "access/twophase_rmgr.h"
 #include "access/xact.h"
 #include "catalog/catalog.h"
 #include "utils/memutils.h"
 #include "utils/pgstat_internal.h"
 #include "utils/rel.h"
+#include "utils/syscache.h"
 #include "utils/timestamp.h"
 
 
@@ -367,6 +369,68 @@ pgstat_report_analyze(Relation rel,
 	(void) pgstat_flush_backend(false, PGSTAT_BACKEND_FLUSH_IO);
 }
 
+/*
+ * Report that the table was skipped during vacuum or/and analyze.
+ */
+void
+pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(Oid relid, int flags)
+{
+	PgStat_EntryRef *entry_ref;
+	PgStatShared_Relation *shtabentry;
+	PgStat_StatTabEntry *tabentry;
+	TimestampTz ts;
+	HeapTuple	classTup;
+	bool		isshared;
+
+	if (!pgstat_track_counts || !flags)
+		return;
+
+	classTup = SearchSysCache1(RELOID, ObjectIdGetDatum(relid));
+	if (!HeapTupleIsValid(classTup))
+		return;			/* somebody deleted the rel, forget it */
+	isshared = ((Form_pg_class) GETSTRUCT(classTup))->relisshared;
+	ReleaseSysCache(classTup);
+
+	/* Store the data in the table's hash table entry. */
+	ts = GetCurrentTimestamp();
+
+	/* block acquiring lock for the same reason as pgstat_report_autovac() */
+	entry_ref = pgstat_get_entry_ref_locked(PGSTAT_KIND_RELATION,
+											isshared ? InvalidOid : MyDatabaseId,
+											relid, false);
+
+	shtabentry = (PgStatShared_Relation *) entry_ref->shared_stats;
+	tabentry = &shtabentry->stats;
+
+	if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM)
+	{
+		tabentry->last_skipped_vacuum_time = ts;
+		tabentry->skipped_vacuum_count++;
+	}
+	else if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOVACUUM)
+	{
+		tabentry->last_skipped_autovacuum_time = ts;
+		tabentry->skipped_autovacuum_count++;
+	}
+
+	if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE)
+	{
+		tabentry->last_skipped_analyze_time = ts;
+		tabentry->skipped_analyze_count++;
+	}
+	else if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOANALYZE)
+	{
+		tabentry->last_skipped_autoanalyze_time = ts;
+		tabentry->skipped_autoanalyze_count++;
+	}
+
+	pgstat_unlock_entry(entry_ref);
+
+	/* see pgstat_report_vacuum() */
+	pgstat_flush_io(false);
+	(void) pgstat_flush_backend(false, PGSTAT_BACKEND_FLUSH_IO);
+}
+
 /*
  * count a tuple insertion of n tuples
  */
diff --git a/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c b/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c
index 1408de387ea..90a8968faa0 100644
--- a/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c
+++ b/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c
@@ -84,6 +84,18 @@ PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(mod_since_analyze)
 /* pg_stat_get_numscans */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(numscans)
 
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_analyze_count)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_autoanalyze_count)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_autovacuum_count)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_vacuum_count)
+
 /* pg_stat_get_tuples_deleted */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(tuples_deleted)
 
@@ -170,6 +182,18 @@ PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_vacuum_time)
 /* pg_stat_get_lastscan */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(lastscan)
 
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_analyze_time)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_autoanalyze_time)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_autovacuum_time)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_vacuum_time)
+
 /* pg_stat_get_stat_reset_time */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(stat_reset_time)
 
diff --git a/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat b/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat
index fa9ae79082b..32debb34863 100644
--- a/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat
+++ b/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat
@@ -5680,6 +5680,38 @@
   proargmodes => '{o,o,o,o,o,o,o,o,o,o}',
   proargnames => '{oid,score,xid_score,mxid_score,vacuum_score,vacuum_insert_score,analyze_score,do_vacuum,do_analyze,for_wraparound}',
   prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_autovacuum_scores' },
+{ oid => '8142', descr => 'statistics: last skipped vacuum time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time' },
+{ oid => '8143', descr => 'statistics: last skipped auto vacuum time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time' },
+{ oid => '8144', descr => 'statistics: last skipped analyze time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time' },
+{ oid => '8145', descr => 'statistics: last skipped auto analyze time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time' },
+{ oid => '8146', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped vacuum for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count' },
+{ oid => '8147', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped auto vacuum for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count' },
+{ oid => '8148', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped analyzes for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count' },
+{ oid => '8149', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped auto analyzes for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count' },
 { oid => '1936', descr => 'statistics: currently active backend IDs',
   proname => 'pg_stat_get_backend_idset', prorows => '100', proretset => 't',
   provolatile => 's', proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int4',
diff --git a/src/include/pgstat.h b/src/include/pgstat.h
index dfa2e837638..98941f953d1 100644
--- a/src/include/pgstat.h
+++ b/src/include/pgstat.h
@@ -479,6 +479,15 @@ typedef struct PgStat_StatTabEntry
 	TimestampTz last_autoanalyze_time;	/* autovacuum initiated */
 	PgStat_Counter autoanalyze_count;
 
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_vacuum_time;	/* user initiated vacuum */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_vacuum_count;
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_autovacuum_time;	/* autovacuum initiated */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_autovacuum_count;
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_analyze_time;	/* user initiated */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_analyze_count;
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_autoanalyze_time;	/* autovacuum initiated */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_autoanalyze_count;
+
 	PgStat_Counter total_vacuum_time;	/* times in milliseconds */
 	PgStat_Counter total_autovacuum_time;
 	PgStat_Counter total_analyze_time;
@@ -703,6 +712,13 @@ extern void pgstat_report_analyze(Relation rel,
 								  PgStat_Counter livetuples, PgStat_Counter deadtuples,
 								  bool resetcounter, TimestampTz starttime);
 
+/* flags for pgstat_flush_backend() */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM		(1 << 0)	/* vacuum is skipped */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE		(1 << 1)	/* analyze is skipped */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOVACUUM	(1 << 2)	/* autovacuum is skipped */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOANALYZE	(1 << 3)	/* autoanalyze is skipped */
+extern void pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(Oid relid, int flags);
+
 /*
  * If stats are enabled, but pending data hasn't been prepared yet, call
  * pgstat_assoc_relation() to do so. See its comment for why this is done
diff --git a/src/test/isolation/expected/vacuum-skip-locked.out b/src/test/isolation/expected/vacuum-skip-locked.out
index 99db281a159..e2cff175b7c 100644
--- a/src/test/isolation/expected/vacuum-skip-locked.out
+++ b/src/test/isolation/expected/vacuum-skip-locked.out
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 Parsed test spec with 2 sessions
 
-starting permutation: lock_share vac_specified commit
+starting permutation: lock_share vac_specified commit check_stat
 step lock_share: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN SHARE MODE;
@@ -10,8 +10,22 @@ step vac_specified: VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED) part1, part2;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
 
-starting permutation: lock_share vac_all_parts commit
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   1|            0|                    0
+part2  |           1|                   0|            0|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
+
+starting permutation: lock_share vac_all_parts commit check_stat
 step lock_share: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN SHARE MODE;
@@ -20,8 +34,22 @@ step vac_all_parts: VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED) parted;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   1|            0|                    0
+part2  |           1|                   0|            0|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
 
-starting permutation: lock_share analyze_specified commit
+starting permutation: lock_share analyze_specified commit check_stat
 step lock_share: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN SHARE MODE;
@@ -31,8 +59,22 @@ step analyze_specified: ANALYZE (SKIP_LOCKED) part1, part2;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
 
-starting permutation: lock_share analyze_all_parts commit
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   0|            0|                    1
+part2  |           0|                   0|            1|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
+
+starting permutation: lock_share analyze_all_parts commit check_stat
 step lock_share: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN SHARE MODE;
@@ -41,8 +83,22 @@ step analyze_all_parts: ANALYZE (SKIP_LOCKED) parted;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            1|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   0|            0|                    1
+part2  |           0|                   0|            1|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
 
-starting permutation: lock_share vac_analyze_specified commit
+starting permutation: lock_share vac_analyze_specified commit check_stat
 step lock_share: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN SHARE MODE;
@@ -52,8 +108,22 @@ step vac_analyze_specified: VACUUM (ANALYZE, SKIP_LOCKED) part1, part2;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
 
-starting permutation: lock_share vac_analyze_all_parts commit
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   1|            0|                    1
+part2  |           1|                   0|            1|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
+
+starting permutation: lock_share vac_analyze_all_parts commit check_stat
 step lock_share: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN SHARE MODE;
@@ -62,8 +132,22 @@ step vac_analyze_all_parts: VACUUM (ANALYZE, SKIP_LOCKED) parted;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            1|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   1|            0|                    1
+part2  |           1|                   0|            1|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
 
-starting permutation: lock_share vac_full_specified commit
+starting permutation: lock_share vac_full_specified commit check_stat
 step lock_share: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN SHARE MODE;
@@ -73,8 +157,22 @@ step vac_full_specified: VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED, FULL) part1, part2;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
 
-starting permutation: lock_share vac_full_all_parts commit
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part2  |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
+
+starting permutation: lock_share vac_full_all_parts commit check_stat
 step lock_share: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN SHARE MODE;
@@ -83,8 +181,22 @@ step vac_full_all_parts: VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED, FULL) parted;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part2  |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+(3 rows)
 
-starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_specified commit
+
+starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_specified commit check_stat
 step lock_access_exclusive: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN ACCESS EXCLUSIVE MODE;
@@ -94,8 +206,22 @@ step vac_specified: VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED) part1, part2;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   1|            0|                    0
+part2  |           1|                   0|            0|                    0
+(3 rows)
 
-starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_all_parts commit
+
+starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_all_parts commit check_stat
 step lock_access_exclusive: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN ACCESS EXCLUSIVE MODE;
@@ -104,8 +230,22 @@ step vac_all_parts: VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED) parted;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   1|            0|                    0
+part2  |           1|                   0|            0|                    0
+(3 rows)
 
-starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive analyze_specified commit
+
+starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive analyze_specified commit check_stat
 step lock_access_exclusive: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN ACCESS EXCLUSIVE MODE;
@@ -115,8 +255,22 @@ step analyze_specified: ANALYZE (SKIP_LOCKED) part1, part2;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   0|            0|                    1
+part2  |           0|                   0|            1|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
 
-starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive analyze_all_parts commit
+starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive analyze_all_parts commit check_stat
 step lock_access_exclusive: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN ACCESS EXCLUSIVE MODE;
@@ -126,8 +280,22 @@ step commit:
 	COMMIT;
 
 step analyze_all_parts: <... completed>
-
-starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_analyze_specified commit
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            1|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   0|            1|                    0
+part2  |           0|                   0|            1|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
+
+starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_analyze_specified commit check_stat
 step lock_access_exclusive: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN ACCESS EXCLUSIVE MODE;
@@ -137,8 +305,22 @@ step vac_analyze_specified: VACUUM (ANALYZE, SKIP_LOCKED) part1, part2;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   1|            0|                    1
+part2  |           1|                   0|            1|                    0
+(3 rows)
 
-starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_analyze_all_parts commit
+
+starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_analyze_all_parts commit check_stat
 step lock_access_exclusive: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN ACCESS EXCLUSIVE MODE;
@@ -148,8 +330,22 @@ step commit:
 	COMMIT;
 
 step vac_analyze_all_parts: <... completed>
-
-starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_full_specified commit
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            1|                    0
+part1  |           1|                   0|            1|                    0
+part2  |           1|                   0|            1|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
+
+starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_full_specified commit check_stat
 step lock_access_exclusive: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN ACCESS EXCLUSIVE MODE;
@@ -159,8 +355,22 @@ step vac_full_specified: VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED, FULL) part1, part2;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
 
-starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_full_all_parts commit
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part2  |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
+
+starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_full_all_parts commit check_stat
 step lock_access_exclusive: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN ACCESS EXCLUSIVE MODE;
@@ -169,3 +379,17 @@ step vac_full_all_parts: VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED, FULL) parted;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part2  |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
diff --git a/src/test/isolation/specs/vacuum-skip-locked.spec b/src/test/isolation/specs/vacuum-skip-locked.spec
index 3fad6e1c92a..b0da75d4b6d 100644
--- a/src/test/isolation/specs/vacuum-skip-locked.spec
+++ b/src/test/isolation/specs/vacuum-skip-locked.spec
@@ -33,6 +33,15 @@ step commit
 	COMMIT;
 }
 
+step check_stat
+{
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+}
+
 session s2
 step vac_specified			{ VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED) part1, part2; }
 step vac_all_parts			{ VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED) parted; }
@@ -43,19 +52,19 @@ step vac_analyze_all_parts	{ VACUUM (ANALYZE, SKIP_LOCKED) parted; }
 step vac_full_specified		{ VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED, FULL) part1, part2; }
 step vac_full_all_parts		{ VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED, FULL) parted; }
 
-permutation lock_share vac_specified commit
-permutation lock_share vac_all_parts commit
-permutation lock_share analyze_specified commit
-permutation lock_share analyze_all_parts commit
-permutation lock_share vac_analyze_specified commit
-permutation lock_share vac_analyze_all_parts commit
-permutation lock_share vac_full_specified commit
-permutation lock_share vac_full_all_parts commit
-permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_specified commit
-permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_all_parts commit
-permutation lock_access_exclusive analyze_specified commit
-permutation lock_access_exclusive analyze_all_parts commit
-permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_analyze_specified commit
-permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_analyze_all_parts commit
-permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_full_specified commit
-permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_full_all_parts commit
+permutation lock_share vac_specified commit check_stat
+permutation lock_share vac_all_parts commit check_stat
+permutation lock_share analyze_specified commit check_stat
+permutation lock_share analyze_all_parts commit check_stat
+permutation lock_share vac_analyze_specified commit check_stat
+permutation lock_share vac_analyze_all_parts commit check_stat
+permutation lock_share vac_full_specified commit check_stat
+permutation lock_share vac_full_all_parts commit check_stat
+permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_specified commit check_stat
+permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_all_parts commit check_stat
+permutation lock_access_exclusive analyze_specified commit check_stat
+permutation lock_access_exclusive analyze_all_parts commit check_stat
+permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_analyze_specified commit check_stat
+permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_analyze_all_parts commit check_stat
+permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_full_specified commit check_stat
+permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_full_all_parts commit check_stat
diff --git a/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out b/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out
index a65a5bf0c4f..9b2075d3373 100644
--- a/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out
+++ b/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out
@@ -1835,13 +1835,21 @@ pg_stat_all_tables| SELECT c.oid AS relid,
     pg_stat_get_mod_since_analyze(c.oid) AS n_mod_since_analyze,
     pg_stat_get_ins_since_vacuum(c.oid) AS n_ins_since_vacuum,
     pg_stat_get_last_vacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_vacuum,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_vacuum,
     pg_stat_get_last_autovacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_autovacuum,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_autovacuum,
     pg_stat_get_last_analyze_time(c.oid) AS last_analyze,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_analyze,
     pg_stat_get_last_autoanalyze_time(c.oid) AS last_autoanalyze,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_autoanalyze,
     pg_stat_get_vacuum_count(c.oid) AS vacuum_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count(c.oid) AS skipped_vacuum_count,
     pg_stat_get_autovacuum_count(c.oid) AS autovacuum_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count(c.oid) AS skipped_autovacuum_count,
     pg_stat_get_analyze_count(c.oid) AS analyze_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count(c.oid) AS skipped_analyze_count,
     pg_stat_get_autoanalyze_count(c.oid) AS autoanalyze_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count(c.oid) AS skipped_autoanalyze_count,
     pg_stat_get_total_vacuum_time(c.oid) AS total_vacuum_time,
     pg_stat_get_total_autovacuum_time(c.oid) AS total_autovacuum_time,
     pg_stat_get_total_analyze_time(c.oid) AS total_analyze_time,
@@ -2346,13 +2354,21 @@ pg_stat_sys_tables| SELECT relid,
     n_mod_since_analyze,
     n_ins_since_vacuum,
     last_vacuum,
+    last_skipped_vacuum,
     last_autovacuum,
+    last_skipped_autovacuum,
     last_analyze,
+    last_skipped_analyze,
     last_autoanalyze,
+    last_skipped_autoanalyze,
     vacuum_count,
+    skipped_vacuum_count,
     autovacuum_count,
+    skipped_autovacuum_count,
     analyze_count,
+    skipped_analyze_count,
     autoanalyze_count,
+    skipped_autoanalyze_count,
     total_vacuum_time,
     total_autovacuum_time,
     total_analyze_time,
@@ -2401,13 +2417,21 @@ pg_stat_user_tables| SELECT relid,
     n_mod_since_analyze,
     n_ins_since_vacuum,
     last_vacuum,
+    last_skipped_vacuum,
     last_autovacuum,
+    last_skipped_autovacuum,
     last_analyze,
+    last_skipped_analyze,
     last_autoanalyze,
+    last_skipped_autoanalyze,
     vacuum_count,
+    skipped_vacuum_count,
     autovacuum_count,
+    skipped_autovacuum_count,
     analyze_count,
+    skipped_analyze_count,
     autoanalyze_count,
+    skipped_autoanalyze_count,
     total_vacuum_time,
     total_autovacuum_time,
     total_analyze_time,
-- 
2.43.0


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* [PATCH v4] Track skipped vacuum and analyze activity per relation
@ 2026-03-24 04:09 Yugo Nagata <[email protected]>
  0 siblings, 0 replies; 374+ messages in thread

From: Yugo Nagata @ 2026-03-24 04:09 UTC (permalink / raw)

This commit adds eight fields to the relation statistics that track
the last time vacuum or analyze has been attempted but skipped due to
lock unavailability, along with their counts:

-    last_skipped_vacuum
-    last_skipped_autovacuum
-    last_skipped_analyze
-    last_skipped_autoanalyze
-    skipped_vacuum_count
-    skipped_autovacuum_count
-    skipped_analyze_count
-    skipped_autoanalyze_count

These field can help users confirm that autovacuum is actively attempting
to run on a table that has not been vacuumed or analyzed for a long time,
and that the lack of progress is due to repeated skips rather than inactivity.
---
 doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml                 |  88 ++++++++++++++++
 src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql         |   8 ++
 src/backend/commands/vacuum.c                | 102 ++++++++++++++-----
 src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c |  64 ++++++++++++
 src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c          |  24 +++++
 src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat              |  32 ++++++
 src/include/pgstat.h                         |  16 +++
 src/test/regress/expected/rules.out          |  24 +++++
 8 files changed, 335 insertions(+), 23 deletions(-)

diff --git a/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml b/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml
index 08d5b824552..a9b579d87a9 100644
--- a/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml
+++ b/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml
@@ -4387,6 +4387,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_vacuum</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time a manual vacuum on this table was attempted but skipped due to
+       lock unavailability (not counting <command>VACUUM FULL</command>)
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>last_autovacuum</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
@@ -4397,6 +4407,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_autovacuum</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time a vacuum on this table by the autovacuum daemon was attempted
+       but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>last_analyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
@@ -4406,6 +4426,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_analyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time a manual analyze on this table was attempted but skipped due to
+       lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>last_autoanalyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
@@ -4416,6 +4446,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_autoanalyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time at which an analyze on this table by the autovacuum was
+       attempted but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>vacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4426,6 +4466,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_vacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times manual vacuums on this table have been attempted but skipped
+       due to lock unavailability (not counting <command>VACUUM FULL</command>)
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>autovacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4436,6 +4486,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_autovacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times vacuums on this table by the autovacuum daemon have been
+       attempted but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>analyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4445,6 +4505,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_analyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times manual analyzes on this table have been attempted but
+       skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>autoanalyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4455,6 +4525,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_autoanalyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times analyzes on this table by the autovacuum daemon have
+       been attempted but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>total_vacuum_time</structfield> <type>double precision</type>
@@ -4510,6 +4590,14 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
    </tgroup>
   </table>
 
+  <note>
+   <para>
+    When a manual vacuum or analyze on a parent table in an inheritance or
+    partitioning hierarchy is skipped, the statistics are recorded only for
+    the parent table, not for its children.
+   </para>
+  </note>
+
  </sect2>
 
  <sect2 id="monitoring-pg-stat-autovacuum-scores-view">
diff --git a/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql b/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql
index 73a1c1c4670..f509fc7876b 100644
--- a/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql
+++ b/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql
@@ -736,13 +736,21 @@ CREATE VIEW pg_stat_all_tables AS
             pg_stat_get_mod_since_analyze(C.oid) AS n_mod_since_analyze,
             pg_stat_get_ins_since_vacuum(C.oid) AS n_ins_since_vacuum,
             pg_stat_get_last_vacuum_time(C.oid) as last_vacuum,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_vacuum,
             pg_stat_get_last_autovacuum_time(C.oid) as last_autovacuum,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_autovacuum,
             pg_stat_get_last_analyze_time(C.oid) as last_analyze,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_analyze,
             pg_stat_get_last_autoanalyze_time(C.oid) as last_autoanalyze,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_autoanalyze,
             pg_stat_get_vacuum_count(C.oid) AS vacuum_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count(C.oid) AS skipped_vacuum_count,
             pg_stat_get_autovacuum_count(C.oid) AS autovacuum_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count(C.oid) AS skipped_autovacuum_count,
             pg_stat_get_analyze_count(C.oid) AS analyze_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count(C.oid) AS skipped_analyze_count,
             pg_stat_get_autoanalyze_count(C.oid) AS autoanalyze_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count(C.oid) AS skipped_autoanalyze_count,
             pg_stat_get_total_vacuum_time(C.oid) AS total_vacuum_time,
             pg_stat_get_total_autovacuum_time(C.oid) AS total_autovacuum_time,
             pg_stat_get_total_analyze_time(C.oid) AS total_analyze_time,
diff --git a/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c b/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c
index 99d0db82ed7..97cd5ea8d10 100644
--- a/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c
+++ b/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c
@@ -793,8 +793,25 @@ vacuum_open_relation(Oid relid, RangeVar *relation, uint32 options,
 		rel = try_relation_open(relid, NoLock);
 	else
 	{
+		int flags = 0;
 		rel = NULL;
 		rel_lock = false;
+
+		if ((options & VACOPT_VACUUM) != 0)
+		{
+			if (AmAutoVacuumWorkerProcess())
+				flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOVACUUM;
+			else
+				flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM;
+		}
+		if ((options & VACOPT_ANALYZE) != 0)
+		{
+			if (AmAutoVacuumWorkerProcess())
+				flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOANALYZE;
+			else
+				flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE;
+		}
+		pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(relid, flags);
 	}
 
 	/* if relation is opened, leave */
@@ -802,7 +819,7 @@ vacuum_open_relation(Oid relid, RangeVar *relation, uint32 options,
 		return rel;
 
 	/*
-	 * Relation could not be opened, hence generate if possible a log
+	 * Relation could not be opened hence generate if possible a log
 	 * informing on the situation.
 	 *
 	 * If the RangeVar is not defined, we do not have enough information to
@@ -905,7 +922,6 @@ expand_vacuum_rel(VacuumRelation *vrel, MemoryContext vac_context,
 		Form_pg_class classForm;
 		bool		include_children;
 		bool		is_partitioned_table;
-		int			rvr_opts;
 
 		/*
 		 * Since autovacuum workers supply OIDs when calling vacuum(), no
@@ -918,29 +934,69 @@ expand_vacuum_rel(VacuumRelation *vrel, MemoryContext vac_context,
 		 * below, as well as find_all_inheritors's expectation that the caller
 		 * holds some lock on the starting relation.
 		 */
-		rvr_opts = (options & VACOPT_SKIP_LOCKED) ? RVR_SKIP_LOCKED : 0;
-		relid = RangeVarGetRelidExtended(vrel->relation,
-										 AccessShareLock,
-										 rvr_opts,
-										 NULL, NULL);
-
-		/*
-		 * If the lock is unavailable, emit the same log statement that
-		 * vacuum_rel() and analyze_rel() would.
-		 */
-		if (!OidIsValid(relid))
+		if (!(options & VACOPT_SKIP_LOCKED))
 		{
-			if (options & VACOPT_VACUUM)
-				ereport(WARNING,
-						(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
-						 errmsg("skipping vacuum of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
-								vrel->relation->relname)));
-			else
-				ereport(WARNING,
-						(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
-						 errmsg("skipping analyze of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
+			relid = RangeVarGetRelidExtended(vrel->relation,
+											 AccessShareLock,
+											 0, NULL, NULL);
+			if (!OidIsValid(relid))
+				return vacrels;
+		}
+		else
+		{
+			/* Get relid for reporting before taking a lock */
+			relid = RangeVarGetRelid(vrel->relation, NoLock, false);
+
+			if (!ConditionalLockRelationOid(relid, AccessShareLock))
+			{
+				int	flags = 0;
+				/*
+				 * If the lock is unavailable, emit the same log statement that
+				 * vacuum_rel() and analyze_rel() would.
+				 */
+				if (options & VACOPT_VACUUM)
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping vacuum of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
 								vrel->relation->relname)));
-			return vacrels;
+				else
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping analyze of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
+									vrel->relation->relname)));
+
+				if ((options & VACOPT_VACUUM) != 0)
+					flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM;
+				if ((options & VACOPT_ANALYZE) != 0)
+					flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE;
+
+				pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(relid, flags);
+
+				return vacrels;
+			}
+
+			/*
+			 * Now that we have the lock, probe to see if the relation really
+			 * exists or not.
+			 */
+			if (!SearchSysCacheExists1(RELOID, ObjectIdGetDatum(relid)))
+			{
+				if (options & VACOPT_VACUUM)
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_UNDEFINED_TABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping vacuum of \"%s\" --- relation no longer exists",
+									vrel->relation->relname)));
+				else
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_UNDEFINED_TABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping analyze of \"%s\" --- relation no longer exists",
+									vrel->relation->relname)));
+
+				/* Release useless lock */
+				UnlockRelationOid(relid, AccessShareLock);
+
+				return vacrels;
+			}
 		}
 
 		/*
diff --git a/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c b/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c
index b2ca28f83ba..532d9023f8c 100644
--- a/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c
+++ b/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c
@@ -17,12 +17,14 @@
 
 #include "postgres.h"
 
+#include "access/htup_details.h"
 #include "access/twophase_rmgr.h"
 #include "access/xact.h"
 #include "catalog/catalog.h"
 #include "utils/memutils.h"
 #include "utils/pgstat_internal.h"
 #include "utils/rel.h"
+#include "utils/syscache.h"
 #include "utils/timestamp.h"
 
 
@@ -367,6 +369,68 @@ pgstat_report_analyze(Relation rel,
 	(void) pgstat_flush_backend(false, PGSTAT_BACKEND_FLUSH_IO);
 }
 
+/*
+ * Report that the table was skipped during vacuum or/and analyze.
+ */
+void
+pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(Oid relid, int flags)
+{
+	PgStat_EntryRef *entry_ref;
+	PgStatShared_Relation *shtabentry;
+	PgStat_StatTabEntry *tabentry;
+	TimestampTz ts;
+	HeapTuple	classTup;
+	bool		isshared;
+
+	if (!pgstat_track_counts || !flags)
+		return;
+
+	classTup = SearchSysCache1(RELOID, ObjectIdGetDatum(relid));
+	if (!HeapTupleIsValid(classTup))
+		return;			/* somebody deleted the rel, forget it */
+	isshared = ((Form_pg_class) GETSTRUCT(classTup))->relisshared;
+	ReleaseSysCache(classTup);
+
+	/* Store the data in the table's hash table entry. */
+	ts = GetCurrentTimestamp();
+
+	/* block acquiring lock for the same reason as pgstat_report_autovac() */
+	entry_ref = pgstat_get_entry_ref_locked(PGSTAT_KIND_RELATION,
+											isshared ? InvalidOid : MyDatabaseId,
+											relid, false);
+
+	shtabentry = (PgStatShared_Relation *) entry_ref->shared_stats;
+	tabentry = &shtabentry->stats;
+
+	if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM)
+	{
+		tabentry->last_skipped_vacuum_time = ts;
+		tabentry->skipped_vacuum_count++;
+	}
+	else if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOVACUUM)
+	{
+		tabentry->last_skipped_autovacuum_time = ts;
+		tabentry->skipped_autovacuum_count++;
+	}
+
+	if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE)
+	{
+		tabentry->last_skipped_analyze_time = ts;
+		tabentry->skipped_analyze_count++;
+	}
+	else if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOANALYZE)
+	{
+		tabentry->last_skipped_autoanalyze_time = ts;
+		tabentry->skipped_autoanalyze_count++;
+	}
+
+	pgstat_unlock_entry(entry_ref);
+
+	/* see pgstat_report_vacuum() */
+	pgstat_flush_io(false);
+	(void) pgstat_flush_backend(false, PGSTAT_BACKEND_FLUSH_IO);
+}
+
 /*
  * count a tuple insertion of n tuples
  */
diff --git a/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c b/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c
index 1408de387ea..90a8968faa0 100644
--- a/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c
+++ b/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c
@@ -84,6 +84,18 @@ PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(mod_since_analyze)
 /* pg_stat_get_numscans */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(numscans)
 
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_analyze_count)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_autoanalyze_count)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_autovacuum_count)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_vacuum_count)
+
 /* pg_stat_get_tuples_deleted */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(tuples_deleted)
 
@@ -170,6 +182,18 @@ PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_vacuum_time)
 /* pg_stat_get_lastscan */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(lastscan)
 
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_analyze_time)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_autoanalyze_time)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_autovacuum_time)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_vacuum_time)
+
 /* pg_stat_get_stat_reset_time */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(stat_reset_time)
 
diff --git a/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat b/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat
index fa9ae79082b..32debb34863 100644
--- a/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat
+++ b/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat
@@ -5680,6 +5680,38 @@
   proargmodes => '{o,o,o,o,o,o,o,o,o,o}',
   proargnames => '{oid,score,xid_score,mxid_score,vacuum_score,vacuum_insert_score,analyze_score,do_vacuum,do_analyze,for_wraparound}',
   prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_autovacuum_scores' },
+{ oid => '8142', descr => 'statistics: last skipped vacuum time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time' },
+{ oid => '8143', descr => 'statistics: last skipped auto vacuum time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time' },
+{ oid => '8144', descr => 'statistics: last skipped analyze time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time' },
+{ oid => '8145', descr => 'statistics: last skipped auto analyze time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time' },
+{ oid => '8146', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped vacuum for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count' },
+{ oid => '8147', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped auto vacuum for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count' },
+{ oid => '8148', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped analyzes for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count' },
+{ oid => '8149', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped auto analyzes for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count' },
 { oid => '1936', descr => 'statistics: currently active backend IDs',
   proname => 'pg_stat_get_backend_idset', prorows => '100', proretset => 't',
   provolatile => 's', proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int4',
diff --git a/src/include/pgstat.h b/src/include/pgstat.h
index dfa2e837638..98941f953d1 100644
--- a/src/include/pgstat.h
+++ b/src/include/pgstat.h
@@ -479,6 +479,15 @@ typedef struct PgStat_StatTabEntry
 	TimestampTz last_autoanalyze_time;	/* autovacuum initiated */
 	PgStat_Counter autoanalyze_count;
 
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_vacuum_time;	/* user initiated vacuum */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_vacuum_count;
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_autovacuum_time;	/* autovacuum initiated */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_autovacuum_count;
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_analyze_time;	/* user initiated */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_analyze_count;
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_autoanalyze_time;	/* autovacuum initiated */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_autoanalyze_count;
+
 	PgStat_Counter total_vacuum_time;	/* times in milliseconds */
 	PgStat_Counter total_autovacuum_time;
 	PgStat_Counter total_analyze_time;
@@ -703,6 +712,13 @@ extern void pgstat_report_analyze(Relation rel,
 								  PgStat_Counter livetuples, PgStat_Counter deadtuples,
 								  bool resetcounter, TimestampTz starttime);
 
+/* flags for pgstat_flush_backend() */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM		(1 << 0)	/* vacuum is skipped */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE		(1 << 1)	/* analyze is skipped */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOVACUUM	(1 << 2)	/* autovacuum is skipped */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOANALYZE	(1 << 3)	/* autoanalyze is skipped */
+extern void pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(Oid relid, int flags);
+
 /*
  * If stats are enabled, but pending data hasn't been prepared yet, call
  * pgstat_assoc_relation() to do so. See its comment for why this is done
diff --git a/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out b/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out
index a65a5bf0c4f..9b2075d3373 100644
--- a/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out
+++ b/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out
@@ -1835,13 +1835,21 @@ pg_stat_all_tables| SELECT c.oid AS relid,
     pg_stat_get_mod_since_analyze(c.oid) AS n_mod_since_analyze,
     pg_stat_get_ins_since_vacuum(c.oid) AS n_ins_since_vacuum,
     pg_stat_get_last_vacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_vacuum,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_vacuum,
     pg_stat_get_last_autovacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_autovacuum,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_autovacuum,
     pg_stat_get_last_analyze_time(c.oid) AS last_analyze,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_analyze,
     pg_stat_get_last_autoanalyze_time(c.oid) AS last_autoanalyze,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_autoanalyze,
     pg_stat_get_vacuum_count(c.oid) AS vacuum_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count(c.oid) AS skipped_vacuum_count,
     pg_stat_get_autovacuum_count(c.oid) AS autovacuum_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count(c.oid) AS skipped_autovacuum_count,
     pg_stat_get_analyze_count(c.oid) AS analyze_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count(c.oid) AS skipped_analyze_count,
     pg_stat_get_autoanalyze_count(c.oid) AS autoanalyze_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count(c.oid) AS skipped_autoanalyze_count,
     pg_stat_get_total_vacuum_time(c.oid) AS total_vacuum_time,
     pg_stat_get_total_autovacuum_time(c.oid) AS total_autovacuum_time,
     pg_stat_get_total_analyze_time(c.oid) AS total_analyze_time,
@@ -2346,13 +2354,21 @@ pg_stat_sys_tables| SELECT relid,
     n_mod_since_analyze,
     n_ins_since_vacuum,
     last_vacuum,
+    last_skipped_vacuum,
     last_autovacuum,
+    last_skipped_autovacuum,
     last_analyze,
+    last_skipped_analyze,
     last_autoanalyze,
+    last_skipped_autoanalyze,
     vacuum_count,
+    skipped_vacuum_count,
     autovacuum_count,
+    skipped_autovacuum_count,
     analyze_count,
+    skipped_analyze_count,
     autoanalyze_count,
+    skipped_autoanalyze_count,
     total_vacuum_time,
     total_autovacuum_time,
     total_analyze_time,
@@ -2401,13 +2417,21 @@ pg_stat_user_tables| SELECT relid,
     n_mod_since_analyze,
     n_ins_since_vacuum,
     last_vacuum,
+    last_skipped_vacuum,
     last_autovacuum,
+    last_skipped_autovacuum,
     last_analyze,
+    last_skipped_analyze,
     last_autoanalyze,
+    last_skipped_autoanalyze,
     vacuum_count,
+    skipped_vacuum_count,
     autovacuum_count,
+    skipped_autovacuum_count,
     analyze_count,
+    skipped_analyze_count,
     autoanalyze_count,
+    skipped_autoanalyze_count,
     total_vacuum_time,
     total_autovacuum_time,
     total_analyze_time,
-- 
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* [PATCH v3] Track skipped vacuum and analyze activity per relation
@ 2026-03-24 04:09 Yugo Nagata <[email protected]>
  0 siblings, 0 replies; 374+ messages in thread

From: Yugo Nagata @ 2026-03-24 04:09 UTC (permalink / raw)

This commit adds eight fields to the relation statistics that track
the last time vacuum or analyze has been attempted but skipped due to
lock unavailability, along with their counts:

-    last_skipped_vacuum
-    last_skipped_autovacuum
-    last_skipped_analyze
-    last_skipped_autoanalyze
-    skipped_vacuum_count
-    skipped_autovacuum_count
-    skipped_analyze_count
-    skipped_autoanalyze_count

These field can help users confirm that autovacuum is actively attempting
to run on a table that has not been vacuumed or analyzed for a long time,
and that the lack of progress is due to repeated skips rather than inactivity.
---
 doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml                 | 80 +++++++++++++++++
 src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql         |  8 ++
 src/backend/commands/vacuum.c                | 95 +++++++++++++++-----
 src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c | 68 ++++++++++++++
 src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c          | 24 +++++
 src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat              | 32 +++++++
 src/include/pgstat.h                         | 16 ++++
 src/test/regress/expected/rules.out          | 24 +++++
 8 files changed, 324 insertions(+), 23 deletions(-)

diff --git a/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml b/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml
index bb75ed1069b..9ec8070b2fc 100644
--- a/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml
+++ b/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml
@@ -4372,6 +4372,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_vacuum</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time a manual vacuum on this table was attempted but skipped due to
+       lock unavailability (not counting <command>VACUUM FULL</command>)
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>last_autovacuum</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
@@ -4382,6 +4392,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_autovacuum</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time a vacuum on this table by the autovacuum daemon was attempted
+       but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>last_analyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
@@ -4391,6 +4411,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_analyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time a manual analyze on this table was attempted but skipped due to
+       lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>last_autoanalyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
@@ -4401,6 +4431,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_autoanalyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time at which an analyze on this table by the autovacuum was
+       attempted but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>vacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4411,6 +4451,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_vacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times vacuums on this table have been attempted but skipped
+       due to lock unavailability (not counting <command>VACUUM FULL</command>)
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>autovacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4421,6 +4471,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_autovacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times vacuums on this table by the autovacuum daemon have been
+       attempted but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>analyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4430,6 +4490,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_analyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times manual analyzes on this table have been attempted but
+       skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>autoanalyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4440,6 +4510,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_autoanalyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times analyzes on this table by the autovacuum daemon have
+       been attempted but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>total_vacuum_time</structfield> <type>double precision</type>
diff --git a/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql b/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql
index e54018004db..2ca02a0354c 100644
--- a/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql
+++ b/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql
@@ -736,13 +736,21 @@ CREATE VIEW pg_stat_all_tables AS
             pg_stat_get_mod_since_analyze(C.oid) AS n_mod_since_analyze,
             pg_stat_get_ins_since_vacuum(C.oid) AS n_ins_since_vacuum,
             pg_stat_get_last_vacuum_time(C.oid) as last_vacuum,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_vacuum,
             pg_stat_get_last_autovacuum_time(C.oid) as last_autovacuum,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_autovacuum,
             pg_stat_get_last_analyze_time(C.oid) as last_analyze,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_analyze,
             pg_stat_get_last_autoanalyze_time(C.oid) as last_autoanalyze,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_autoanalyze,
             pg_stat_get_vacuum_count(C.oid) AS vacuum_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count(C.oid) AS skipped_vacuum_count,
             pg_stat_get_autovacuum_count(C.oid) AS autovacuum_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count(C.oid) AS skipped_autovacuum_count,
             pg_stat_get_analyze_count(C.oid) AS analyze_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count(C.oid) AS skipped_analyze_count,
             pg_stat_get_autoanalyze_count(C.oid) AS autoanalyze_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count(C.oid) AS skipped_autoanalyze_count,
             pg_stat_get_total_vacuum_time(C.oid) AS total_vacuum_time,
             pg_stat_get_total_autovacuum_time(C.oid) AS total_autovacuum_time,
             pg_stat_get_total_analyze_time(C.oid) AS total_analyze_time,
diff --git a/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c b/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c
index bce3a2daa24..ce83b3171be 100644
--- a/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c
+++ b/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c
@@ -792,8 +792,18 @@ vacuum_open_relation(Oid relid, RangeVar *relation, bits32 options,
 		rel = try_relation_open(relid, NoLock);
 	else
 	{
+		bits8 flags = 0;
 		rel = NULL;
 		rel_lock = false;
+
+		if ((options & VACOPT_VACUUM) != 0)
+			flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM;
+		if ((options & VACOPT_ANALYZE) != 0)
+			flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE;
+		if (AmAutoVacuumWorkerProcess())
+			flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOVAC;
+
+		pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(relid, flags);
 	}
 
 	/* if relation is opened, leave */
@@ -801,7 +811,7 @@ vacuum_open_relation(Oid relid, RangeVar *relation, bits32 options,
 		return rel;
 
 	/*
-	 * Relation could not be opened, hence generate if possible a log
+	 * Relation could not be opened hence generate if possible a log
 	 * informing on the situation.
 	 *
 	 * If the RangeVar is not defined, we do not have enough information to
@@ -904,7 +914,6 @@ expand_vacuum_rel(VacuumRelation *vrel, MemoryContext vac_context,
 		Form_pg_class classForm;
 		bool		include_children;
 		bool		is_partitioned_table;
-		int			rvr_opts;
 
 		/*
 		 * Since autovacuum workers supply OIDs when calling vacuum(), no
@@ -917,29 +926,69 @@ expand_vacuum_rel(VacuumRelation *vrel, MemoryContext vac_context,
 		 * below, as well as find_all_inheritors's expectation that the caller
 		 * holds some lock on the starting relation.
 		 */
-		rvr_opts = (options & VACOPT_SKIP_LOCKED) ? RVR_SKIP_LOCKED : 0;
-		relid = RangeVarGetRelidExtended(vrel->relation,
-										 AccessShareLock,
-										 rvr_opts,
-										 NULL, NULL);
-
-		/*
-		 * If the lock is unavailable, emit the same log statement that
-		 * vacuum_rel() and analyze_rel() would.
-		 */
-		if (!OidIsValid(relid))
+		if (!(options & VACOPT_SKIP_LOCKED))
 		{
-			if (options & VACOPT_VACUUM)
-				ereport(WARNING,
-						(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
-						 errmsg("skipping vacuum of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
-								vrel->relation->relname)));
-			else
-				ereport(WARNING,
-						(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
-						 errmsg("skipping analyze of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
+			relid = RangeVarGetRelidExtended(vrel->relation,
+											 AccessShareLock,
+											 0, NULL, NULL);
+			if (!OidIsValid(relid))
+				return vacrels;
+		}
+		else
+		{
+			/* Get relid for reporting before taking a lock */
+			relid = RangeVarGetRelid(vrel->relation, NoLock, false);
+
+			if (!ConditionalLockRelationOid(relid, AccessShareLock))
+			{
+				bits8	flags = 0;
+				/*
+				 * If the lock is unavailable, emit the same log statement that
+				 * vacuum_rel() and analyze_rel() would.
+				 */
+				if (options & VACOPT_VACUUM)
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping vacuum of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
 								vrel->relation->relname)));
-			return vacrels;
+				else
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping analyze of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
+									vrel->relation->relname)));
+
+				if ((options & VACOPT_VACUUM) != 0)
+					flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM;
+				if ((options & VACOPT_ANALYZE) != 0)
+					flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE;
+
+				pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(relid, flags);
+
+				return vacrels;
+			}
+
+			/*
+			 * Now that we have the lock, probe to see if the relation really
+			 * exists or not.
+			 */
+			if (!SearchSysCacheExists1(RELOID, ObjectIdGetDatum(relid)))
+			{
+				if (options & VACOPT_VACUUM)
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_UNDEFINED_TABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping vacuum of \"%s\" --- relation no longer exists",
+									vrel->relation->relname)));
+				else
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_UNDEFINED_TABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping analyze of \"%s\" --- relation no longer exists",
+									vrel->relation->relname)));
+
+				/* Release useless lock */
+				UnlockRelationOid(relid, AccessShareLock);
+
+				return vacrels;
+			}
 		}
 
 		/*
diff --git a/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c b/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c
index bc8c43b96aa..cec4c88980e 100644
--- a/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c
+++ b/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c
@@ -17,6 +17,7 @@
 
 #include "postgres.h"
 
+#include "access/htup_details.h"
 #include "access/twophase_rmgr.h"
 #include "access/xact.h"
 #include "catalog/catalog.h"
@@ -366,6 +367,73 @@ pgstat_report_analyze(Relation rel,
 	(void) pgstat_flush_backend(false, PGSTAT_BACKEND_FLUSH_IO);
 }
 
+/*
+ * Report that the table was skipped during vacuum or/and analyze.
+ */
+void
+pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(Oid relid, bits8 flags)
+{
+	PgStat_EntryRef *entry_ref;
+	PgStatShared_Relation *shtabentry;
+	PgStat_StatTabEntry *tabentry;
+	TimestampTz ts;
+	HeapTuple	classTup;
+	bool		isshared;
+
+	if (!pgstat_track_counts || !(flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANY))
+		return;
+
+	classTup = SearchSysCache1(RELOID, ObjectIdGetDatum(relid));
+	if (!HeapTupleIsValid(classTup))
+		return;			/* somebody deleted the rel, forget it */
+	isshared = ((Form_pg_class) GETSTRUCT(classTup))->relisshared;
+	ReleaseSysCache(classTup);
+
+	/* Store the data in the table's hash table entry. */
+	ts = GetCurrentTimestamp();
+
+	/* block acquiring lock for the same reason as pgstat_report_autovac() */
+	entry_ref = pgstat_get_entry_ref_locked(PGSTAT_KIND_RELATION,
+											isshared ? InvalidOid : MyDatabaseId,
+											relid, false);
+
+	shtabentry = (PgStatShared_Relation *) entry_ref->shared_stats;
+	tabentry = &shtabentry->stats;
+
+	if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOVAC)
+	{
+		if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM)
+		{
+			tabentry->last_skipped_autovacuum_time = ts;
+			tabentry->skipped_autovacuum_count++;
+		}
+		if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE)
+		{
+			tabentry->last_skipped_autoanalyze_time = ts;
+			tabentry->skipped_autoanalyze_count++;
+		}
+	}
+	else
+	{
+		if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM)
+		{
+			tabentry->last_skipped_vacuum_time = ts;
+			tabentry->skipped_vacuum_count++;
+		}
+		if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE)
+		{
+			tabentry->last_skipped_analyze_time = ts;
+			tabentry->skipped_analyze_count++;
+		}
+	}
+
+	pgstat_unlock_entry(entry_ref);
+
+	/* see pgstat_report_vacuum() */
+	pgstat_flush_io(false);
+	(void) pgstat_flush_backend(false, PGSTAT_BACKEND_FLUSH_IO);
+}
+
 /*
  * count a tuple insertion of n tuples
  */
diff --git a/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c b/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c
index 9185a8e6b83..18aaa3996e1 100644
--- a/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c
+++ b/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c
@@ -84,6 +84,18 @@ PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(mod_since_analyze)
 /* pg_stat_get_numscans */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(numscans)
 
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_analyze_count)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_autoanalyze_count)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_autovacuum_count)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_vacuum_count)
+
 /* pg_stat_get_tuples_deleted */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(tuples_deleted)
 
@@ -170,6 +182,18 @@ PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_vacuum_time)
 /* pg_stat_get_lastscan */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(lastscan)
 
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_analyze_time)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_autoanalyze_time)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_autovacuum_time)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_vacuum_time)
+
 /* pg_stat_get_stat_reset_time */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(stat_reset_time)
 
diff --git a/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat b/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat
index 0118e970dda..ccfe3d9e02a 100644
--- a/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat
+++ b/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat
@@ -5667,6 +5667,38 @@
   proname => 'pg_stat_get_total_autoanalyze_time', provolatile => 's',
   proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'float8', proargtypes => 'oid',
   prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_total_autoanalyze_time' },
+{ oid => '8142', descr => 'statistics: last skipped vacuum time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time' },
+{ oid => '8143', descr => 'statistics: last skipped auto vacuum time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time' },
+{ oid => '8144', descr => 'statistics: last skipped analyze time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time' },
+{ oid => '8145', descr => 'statistics: last skipped auto analyze time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time' },
+{ oid => '8146', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped vacuum for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count' },
+{ oid => '8147', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped auto vacuum for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count' },
+{ oid => '8148', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped analyzes for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count' },
+{ oid => '8149', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped auto analyzes for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count' },
 { oid => '1936', descr => 'statistics: currently active backend IDs',
   proname => 'pg_stat_get_backend_idset', prorows => '100', proretset => 't',
   provolatile => 's', proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int4',
diff --git a/src/include/pgstat.h b/src/include/pgstat.h
index 8e3549c3752..343081a7a25 100644
--- a/src/include/pgstat.h
+++ b/src/include/pgstat.h
@@ -479,6 +479,15 @@ typedef struct PgStat_StatTabEntry
 	TimestampTz last_autoanalyze_time;	/* autovacuum initiated */
 	PgStat_Counter autoanalyze_count;
 
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_vacuum_time;	/* user initiated vacuum */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_vacuum_count;
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_autovacuum_time;	/* autovacuum initiated */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_autovacuum_count;
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_analyze_time;	/* user initiated */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_analyze_count;
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_autoanalyze_time;	/* autovacuum initiated */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_autoanalyze_count;
+
 	PgStat_Counter total_vacuum_time;	/* times in milliseconds */
 	PgStat_Counter total_autovacuum_time;
 	PgStat_Counter total_analyze_time;
@@ -707,6 +716,13 @@ extern void pgstat_report_analyze(Relation rel,
 								  PgStat_Counter livetuples, PgStat_Counter deadtuples,
 								  bool resetcounter, TimestampTz starttime);
 
+/* flags for pgstat_flush_backend() */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM	(1 << 0)	/* vacuum is skipped */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE	(1 << 1)	/* analyze is skipped */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOVAC	(1 << 2)	/* skipped during autovacuum/autoanalyze */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANY   (PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM | PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE)
+extern void pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(Oid relid, bits8 flags);
+
 /*
  * If stats are enabled, but pending data hasn't been prepared yet, call
  * pgstat_assoc_relation() to do so. See its comment for why this is done
diff --git a/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out b/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out
index 2b3cf6d8569..4ccfc43e903 100644
--- a/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out
+++ b/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out
@@ -1835,13 +1835,21 @@ pg_stat_all_tables| SELECT c.oid AS relid,
     pg_stat_get_mod_since_analyze(c.oid) AS n_mod_since_analyze,
     pg_stat_get_ins_since_vacuum(c.oid) AS n_ins_since_vacuum,
     pg_stat_get_last_vacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_vacuum,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_vacuum,
     pg_stat_get_last_autovacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_autovacuum,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_autovacuum,
     pg_stat_get_last_analyze_time(c.oid) AS last_analyze,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_analyze,
     pg_stat_get_last_autoanalyze_time(c.oid) AS last_autoanalyze,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_autoanalyze,
     pg_stat_get_vacuum_count(c.oid) AS vacuum_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count(c.oid) AS skipped_vacuum_count,
     pg_stat_get_autovacuum_count(c.oid) AS autovacuum_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count(c.oid) AS skipped_autovacuum_count,
     pg_stat_get_analyze_count(c.oid) AS analyze_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count(c.oid) AS skipped_analyze_count,
     pg_stat_get_autoanalyze_count(c.oid) AS autoanalyze_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count(c.oid) AS skipped_autoanalyze_count,
     pg_stat_get_total_vacuum_time(c.oid) AS total_vacuum_time,
     pg_stat_get_total_autovacuum_time(c.oid) AS total_autovacuum_time,
     pg_stat_get_total_analyze_time(c.oid) AS total_analyze_time,
@@ -2293,13 +2301,21 @@ pg_stat_sys_tables| SELECT relid,
     n_mod_since_analyze,
     n_ins_since_vacuum,
     last_vacuum,
+    last_skipped_vacuum,
     last_autovacuum,
+    last_skipped_autovacuum,
     last_analyze,
+    last_skipped_analyze,
     last_autoanalyze,
+    last_skipped_autoanalyze,
     vacuum_count,
+    skipped_vacuum_count,
     autovacuum_count,
+    skipped_autovacuum_count,
     analyze_count,
+    skipped_analyze_count,
     autoanalyze_count,
+    skipped_autoanalyze_count,
     total_vacuum_time,
     total_autovacuum_time,
     total_analyze_time,
@@ -2348,13 +2364,21 @@ pg_stat_user_tables| SELECT relid,
     n_mod_since_analyze,
     n_ins_since_vacuum,
     last_vacuum,
+    last_skipped_vacuum,
     last_autovacuum,
+    last_skipped_autovacuum,
     last_analyze,
+    last_skipped_analyze,
     last_autoanalyze,
+    last_skipped_autoanalyze,
     vacuum_count,
+    skipped_vacuum_count,
     autovacuum_count,
+    skipped_autovacuum_count,
     analyze_count,
+    skipped_analyze_count,
     autoanalyze_count,
+    skipped_autoanalyze_count,
     total_vacuum_time,
     total_autovacuum_time,
     total_analyze_time,
-- 
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* [PATCH v3] Track skipped vacuum and analyze activity per relation
@ 2026-03-24 04:09 Yugo Nagata <[email protected]>
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From: Yugo Nagata @ 2026-03-24 04:09 UTC (permalink / raw)

This commit adds eight fields to the relation statistics that track
the last time vacuum or analyze has been attempted but skipped due to
lock unavailability, along with their counts:

-    last_skipped_vacuum
-    last_skipped_autovacuum
-    last_skipped_analyze
-    last_skipped_autoanalyze
-    skipped_vacuum_count
-    skipped_autovacuum_count
-    skipped_analyze_count
-    skipped_autoanalyze_count

These field can help users confirm that autovacuum is actively attempting
to run on a table that has not been vacuumed or analyzed for a long time,
and that the lack of progress is due to repeated skips rather than inactivity.
---
 doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml                 | 80 +++++++++++++++++
 src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql         |  8 ++
 src/backend/commands/vacuum.c                | 95 +++++++++++++++-----
 src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c | 68 ++++++++++++++
 src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c          | 24 +++++
 src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat              | 32 +++++++
 src/include/pgstat.h                         | 16 ++++
 src/test/regress/expected/rules.out          | 24 +++++
 8 files changed, 324 insertions(+), 23 deletions(-)

diff --git a/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml b/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml
index bb75ed1069b..9ec8070b2fc 100644
--- a/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml
+++ b/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml
@@ -4372,6 +4372,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_vacuum</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time a manual vacuum on this table was attempted but skipped due to
+       lock unavailability (not counting <command>VACUUM FULL</command>)
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>last_autovacuum</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
@@ -4382,6 +4392,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_autovacuum</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time a vacuum on this table by the autovacuum daemon was attempted
+       but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>last_analyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
@@ -4391,6 +4411,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_analyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time a manual analyze on this table was attempted but skipped due to
+       lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>last_autoanalyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
@@ -4401,6 +4431,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_autoanalyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time at which an analyze on this table by the autovacuum was
+       attempted but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>vacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4411,6 +4451,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_vacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times vacuums on this table have been attempted but skipped
+       due to lock unavailability (not counting <command>VACUUM FULL</command>)
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>autovacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4421,6 +4471,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_autovacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times vacuums on this table by the autovacuum daemon have been
+       attempted but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>analyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4430,6 +4490,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_analyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times manual analyzes on this table have been attempted but
+       skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>autoanalyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4440,6 +4510,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_autoanalyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times analyzes on this table by the autovacuum daemon have
+       been attempted but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>total_vacuum_time</structfield> <type>double precision</type>
diff --git a/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql b/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql
index e54018004db..2ca02a0354c 100644
--- a/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql
+++ b/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql
@@ -736,13 +736,21 @@ CREATE VIEW pg_stat_all_tables AS
             pg_stat_get_mod_since_analyze(C.oid) AS n_mod_since_analyze,
             pg_stat_get_ins_since_vacuum(C.oid) AS n_ins_since_vacuum,
             pg_stat_get_last_vacuum_time(C.oid) as last_vacuum,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_vacuum,
             pg_stat_get_last_autovacuum_time(C.oid) as last_autovacuum,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_autovacuum,
             pg_stat_get_last_analyze_time(C.oid) as last_analyze,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_analyze,
             pg_stat_get_last_autoanalyze_time(C.oid) as last_autoanalyze,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_autoanalyze,
             pg_stat_get_vacuum_count(C.oid) AS vacuum_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count(C.oid) AS skipped_vacuum_count,
             pg_stat_get_autovacuum_count(C.oid) AS autovacuum_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count(C.oid) AS skipped_autovacuum_count,
             pg_stat_get_analyze_count(C.oid) AS analyze_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count(C.oid) AS skipped_analyze_count,
             pg_stat_get_autoanalyze_count(C.oid) AS autoanalyze_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count(C.oid) AS skipped_autoanalyze_count,
             pg_stat_get_total_vacuum_time(C.oid) AS total_vacuum_time,
             pg_stat_get_total_autovacuum_time(C.oid) AS total_autovacuum_time,
             pg_stat_get_total_analyze_time(C.oid) AS total_analyze_time,
diff --git a/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c b/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c
index bce3a2daa24..ce83b3171be 100644
--- a/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c
+++ b/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c
@@ -792,8 +792,18 @@ vacuum_open_relation(Oid relid, RangeVar *relation, bits32 options,
 		rel = try_relation_open(relid, NoLock);
 	else
 	{
+		bits8 flags = 0;
 		rel = NULL;
 		rel_lock = false;
+
+		if ((options & VACOPT_VACUUM) != 0)
+			flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM;
+		if ((options & VACOPT_ANALYZE) != 0)
+			flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE;
+		if (AmAutoVacuumWorkerProcess())
+			flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOVAC;
+
+		pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(relid, flags);
 	}
 
 	/* if relation is opened, leave */
@@ -801,7 +811,7 @@ vacuum_open_relation(Oid relid, RangeVar *relation, bits32 options,
 		return rel;
 
 	/*
-	 * Relation could not be opened, hence generate if possible a log
+	 * Relation could not be opened hence generate if possible a log
 	 * informing on the situation.
 	 *
 	 * If the RangeVar is not defined, we do not have enough information to
@@ -904,7 +914,6 @@ expand_vacuum_rel(VacuumRelation *vrel, MemoryContext vac_context,
 		Form_pg_class classForm;
 		bool		include_children;
 		bool		is_partitioned_table;
-		int			rvr_opts;
 
 		/*
 		 * Since autovacuum workers supply OIDs when calling vacuum(), no
@@ -917,29 +926,69 @@ expand_vacuum_rel(VacuumRelation *vrel, MemoryContext vac_context,
 		 * below, as well as find_all_inheritors's expectation that the caller
 		 * holds some lock on the starting relation.
 		 */
-		rvr_opts = (options & VACOPT_SKIP_LOCKED) ? RVR_SKIP_LOCKED : 0;
-		relid = RangeVarGetRelidExtended(vrel->relation,
-										 AccessShareLock,
-										 rvr_opts,
-										 NULL, NULL);
-
-		/*
-		 * If the lock is unavailable, emit the same log statement that
-		 * vacuum_rel() and analyze_rel() would.
-		 */
-		if (!OidIsValid(relid))
+		if (!(options & VACOPT_SKIP_LOCKED))
 		{
-			if (options & VACOPT_VACUUM)
-				ereport(WARNING,
-						(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
-						 errmsg("skipping vacuum of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
-								vrel->relation->relname)));
-			else
-				ereport(WARNING,
-						(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
-						 errmsg("skipping analyze of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
+			relid = RangeVarGetRelidExtended(vrel->relation,
+											 AccessShareLock,
+											 0, NULL, NULL);
+			if (!OidIsValid(relid))
+				return vacrels;
+		}
+		else
+		{
+			/* Get relid for reporting before taking a lock */
+			relid = RangeVarGetRelid(vrel->relation, NoLock, false);
+
+			if (!ConditionalLockRelationOid(relid, AccessShareLock))
+			{
+				bits8	flags = 0;
+				/*
+				 * If the lock is unavailable, emit the same log statement that
+				 * vacuum_rel() and analyze_rel() would.
+				 */
+				if (options & VACOPT_VACUUM)
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping vacuum of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
 								vrel->relation->relname)));
-			return vacrels;
+				else
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping analyze of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
+									vrel->relation->relname)));
+
+				if ((options & VACOPT_VACUUM) != 0)
+					flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM;
+				if ((options & VACOPT_ANALYZE) != 0)
+					flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE;
+
+				pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(relid, flags);
+
+				return vacrels;
+			}
+
+			/*
+			 * Now that we have the lock, probe to see if the relation really
+			 * exists or not.
+			 */
+			if (!SearchSysCacheExists1(RELOID, ObjectIdGetDatum(relid)))
+			{
+				if (options & VACOPT_VACUUM)
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_UNDEFINED_TABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping vacuum of \"%s\" --- relation no longer exists",
+									vrel->relation->relname)));
+				else
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_UNDEFINED_TABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping analyze of \"%s\" --- relation no longer exists",
+									vrel->relation->relname)));
+
+				/* Release useless lock */
+				UnlockRelationOid(relid, AccessShareLock);
+
+				return vacrels;
+			}
 		}
 
 		/*
diff --git a/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c b/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c
index bc8c43b96aa..cec4c88980e 100644
--- a/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c
+++ b/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c
@@ -17,6 +17,7 @@
 
 #include "postgres.h"
 
+#include "access/htup_details.h"
 #include "access/twophase_rmgr.h"
 #include "access/xact.h"
 #include "catalog/catalog.h"
@@ -366,6 +367,73 @@ pgstat_report_analyze(Relation rel,
 	(void) pgstat_flush_backend(false, PGSTAT_BACKEND_FLUSH_IO);
 }
 
+/*
+ * Report that the table was skipped during vacuum or/and analyze.
+ */
+void
+pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(Oid relid, bits8 flags)
+{
+	PgStat_EntryRef *entry_ref;
+	PgStatShared_Relation *shtabentry;
+	PgStat_StatTabEntry *tabentry;
+	TimestampTz ts;
+	HeapTuple	classTup;
+	bool		isshared;
+
+	if (!pgstat_track_counts || !(flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANY))
+		return;
+
+	classTup = SearchSysCache1(RELOID, ObjectIdGetDatum(relid));
+	if (!HeapTupleIsValid(classTup))
+		return;			/* somebody deleted the rel, forget it */
+	isshared = ((Form_pg_class) GETSTRUCT(classTup))->relisshared;
+	ReleaseSysCache(classTup);
+
+	/* Store the data in the table's hash table entry. */
+	ts = GetCurrentTimestamp();
+
+	/* block acquiring lock for the same reason as pgstat_report_autovac() */
+	entry_ref = pgstat_get_entry_ref_locked(PGSTAT_KIND_RELATION,
+											isshared ? InvalidOid : MyDatabaseId,
+											relid, false);
+
+	shtabentry = (PgStatShared_Relation *) entry_ref->shared_stats;
+	tabentry = &shtabentry->stats;
+
+	if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOVAC)
+	{
+		if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM)
+		{
+			tabentry->last_skipped_autovacuum_time = ts;
+			tabentry->skipped_autovacuum_count++;
+		}
+		if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE)
+		{
+			tabentry->last_skipped_autoanalyze_time = ts;
+			tabentry->skipped_autoanalyze_count++;
+		}
+	}
+	else
+	{
+		if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM)
+		{
+			tabentry->last_skipped_vacuum_time = ts;
+			tabentry->skipped_vacuum_count++;
+		}
+		if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE)
+		{
+			tabentry->last_skipped_analyze_time = ts;
+			tabentry->skipped_analyze_count++;
+		}
+	}
+
+	pgstat_unlock_entry(entry_ref);
+
+	/* see pgstat_report_vacuum() */
+	pgstat_flush_io(false);
+	(void) pgstat_flush_backend(false, PGSTAT_BACKEND_FLUSH_IO);
+}
+
 /*
  * count a tuple insertion of n tuples
  */
diff --git a/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c b/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c
index 9185a8e6b83..18aaa3996e1 100644
--- a/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c
+++ b/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c
@@ -84,6 +84,18 @@ PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(mod_since_analyze)
 /* pg_stat_get_numscans */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(numscans)
 
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_analyze_count)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_autoanalyze_count)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_autovacuum_count)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_vacuum_count)
+
 /* pg_stat_get_tuples_deleted */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(tuples_deleted)
 
@@ -170,6 +182,18 @@ PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_vacuum_time)
 /* pg_stat_get_lastscan */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(lastscan)
 
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_analyze_time)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_autoanalyze_time)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_autovacuum_time)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_vacuum_time)
+
 /* pg_stat_get_stat_reset_time */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(stat_reset_time)
 
diff --git a/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat b/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat
index 0118e970dda..ccfe3d9e02a 100644
--- a/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat
+++ b/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat
@@ -5667,6 +5667,38 @@
   proname => 'pg_stat_get_total_autoanalyze_time', provolatile => 's',
   proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'float8', proargtypes => 'oid',
   prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_total_autoanalyze_time' },
+{ oid => '8142', descr => 'statistics: last skipped vacuum time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time' },
+{ oid => '8143', descr => 'statistics: last skipped auto vacuum time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time' },
+{ oid => '8144', descr => 'statistics: last skipped analyze time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time' },
+{ oid => '8145', descr => 'statistics: last skipped auto analyze time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time' },
+{ oid => '8146', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped vacuum for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count' },
+{ oid => '8147', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped auto vacuum for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count' },
+{ oid => '8148', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped analyzes for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count' },
+{ oid => '8149', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped auto analyzes for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count' },
 { oid => '1936', descr => 'statistics: currently active backend IDs',
   proname => 'pg_stat_get_backend_idset', prorows => '100', proretset => 't',
   provolatile => 's', proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int4',
diff --git a/src/include/pgstat.h b/src/include/pgstat.h
index 8e3549c3752..343081a7a25 100644
--- a/src/include/pgstat.h
+++ b/src/include/pgstat.h
@@ -479,6 +479,15 @@ typedef struct PgStat_StatTabEntry
 	TimestampTz last_autoanalyze_time;	/* autovacuum initiated */
 	PgStat_Counter autoanalyze_count;
 
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_vacuum_time;	/* user initiated vacuum */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_vacuum_count;
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_autovacuum_time;	/* autovacuum initiated */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_autovacuum_count;
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_analyze_time;	/* user initiated */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_analyze_count;
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_autoanalyze_time;	/* autovacuum initiated */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_autoanalyze_count;
+
 	PgStat_Counter total_vacuum_time;	/* times in milliseconds */
 	PgStat_Counter total_autovacuum_time;
 	PgStat_Counter total_analyze_time;
@@ -707,6 +716,13 @@ extern void pgstat_report_analyze(Relation rel,
 								  PgStat_Counter livetuples, PgStat_Counter deadtuples,
 								  bool resetcounter, TimestampTz starttime);
 
+/* flags for pgstat_flush_backend() */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM	(1 << 0)	/* vacuum is skipped */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE	(1 << 1)	/* analyze is skipped */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOVAC	(1 << 2)	/* skipped during autovacuum/autoanalyze */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANY   (PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM | PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE)
+extern void pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(Oid relid, bits8 flags);
+
 /*
  * If stats are enabled, but pending data hasn't been prepared yet, call
  * pgstat_assoc_relation() to do so. See its comment for why this is done
diff --git a/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out b/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out
index 2b3cf6d8569..4ccfc43e903 100644
--- a/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out
+++ b/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out
@@ -1835,13 +1835,21 @@ pg_stat_all_tables| SELECT c.oid AS relid,
     pg_stat_get_mod_since_analyze(c.oid) AS n_mod_since_analyze,
     pg_stat_get_ins_since_vacuum(c.oid) AS n_ins_since_vacuum,
     pg_stat_get_last_vacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_vacuum,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_vacuum,
     pg_stat_get_last_autovacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_autovacuum,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_autovacuum,
     pg_stat_get_last_analyze_time(c.oid) AS last_analyze,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_analyze,
     pg_stat_get_last_autoanalyze_time(c.oid) AS last_autoanalyze,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_autoanalyze,
     pg_stat_get_vacuum_count(c.oid) AS vacuum_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count(c.oid) AS skipped_vacuum_count,
     pg_stat_get_autovacuum_count(c.oid) AS autovacuum_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count(c.oid) AS skipped_autovacuum_count,
     pg_stat_get_analyze_count(c.oid) AS analyze_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count(c.oid) AS skipped_analyze_count,
     pg_stat_get_autoanalyze_count(c.oid) AS autoanalyze_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count(c.oid) AS skipped_autoanalyze_count,
     pg_stat_get_total_vacuum_time(c.oid) AS total_vacuum_time,
     pg_stat_get_total_autovacuum_time(c.oid) AS total_autovacuum_time,
     pg_stat_get_total_analyze_time(c.oid) AS total_analyze_time,
@@ -2293,13 +2301,21 @@ pg_stat_sys_tables| SELECT relid,
     n_mod_since_analyze,
     n_ins_since_vacuum,
     last_vacuum,
+    last_skipped_vacuum,
     last_autovacuum,
+    last_skipped_autovacuum,
     last_analyze,
+    last_skipped_analyze,
     last_autoanalyze,
+    last_skipped_autoanalyze,
     vacuum_count,
+    skipped_vacuum_count,
     autovacuum_count,
+    skipped_autovacuum_count,
     analyze_count,
+    skipped_analyze_count,
     autoanalyze_count,
+    skipped_autoanalyze_count,
     total_vacuum_time,
     total_autovacuum_time,
     total_analyze_time,
@@ -2348,13 +2364,21 @@ pg_stat_user_tables| SELECT relid,
     n_mod_since_analyze,
     n_ins_since_vacuum,
     last_vacuum,
+    last_skipped_vacuum,
     last_autovacuum,
+    last_skipped_autovacuum,
     last_analyze,
+    last_skipped_analyze,
     last_autoanalyze,
+    last_skipped_autoanalyze,
     vacuum_count,
+    skipped_vacuum_count,
     autovacuum_count,
+    skipped_autovacuum_count,
     analyze_count,
+    skipped_analyze_count,
     autoanalyze_count,
+    skipped_autoanalyze_count,
     total_vacuum_time,
     total_autovacuum_time,
     total_analyze_time,
-- 
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* [PATCH v5] Track skipped vacuum and analyze activity per relation
@ 2026-03-24 04:09 Yugo Nagata <[email protected]>
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From: Yugo Nagata @ 2026-03-24 04:09 UTC (permalink / raw)

This commit adds eight fields to the relation statistics that track
the last time vacuum or analyze has been attempted but skipped due to
lock unavailability, along with their counts:

-    last_skipped_vacuum
-    last_skipped_autovacuum
-    last_skipped_analyze
-    last_skipped_autoanalyze
-    skipped_vacuum_count
-    skipped_autovacuum_count
-    skipped_analyze_count
-    skipped_autoanalyze_count

These field can help users confirm that autovacuum is actively attempting
to run on a table that has not been vacuumed or analyzed for a long time,
and that the lack of progress is due to repeated skips rather than inactivity.
---
 doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml                  |  88 ++++++
 src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql          |   8 +
 src/backend/commands/vacuum.c                 | 100 +++++--
 src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c  |  64 +++++
 src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c           |  24 ++
 src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat               |  32 +++
 src/include/pgstat.h                          |  16 ++
 .../isolation/expected/vacuum-skip-locked.out | 260 ++++++++++++++++--
 .../isolation/specs/vacuum-skip-locked.spec   |  41 +--
 src/test/regress/expected/rules.out           |  24 ++
 10 files changed, 601 insertions(+), 56 deletions(-)

diff --git a/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml b/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml
index 08d5b824552..a9b579d87a9 100644
--- a/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml
+++ b/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml
@@ -4387,6 +4387,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_vacuum</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time a manual vacuum on this table was attempted but skipped due to
+       lock unavailability (not counting <command>VACUUM FULL</command>)
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>last_autovacuum</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
@@ -4397,6 +4407,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_autovacuum</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time a vacuum on this table by the autovacuum daemon was attempted
+       but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>last_analyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
@@ -4406,6 +4426,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_analyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time a manual analyze on this table was attempted but skipped due to
+       lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>last_autoanalyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
@@ -4416,6 +4446,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_autoanalyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time at which an analyze on this table by the autovacuum was
+       attempted but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>vacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4426,6 +4466,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_vacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times manual vacuums on this table have been attempted but skipped
+       due to lock unavailability (not counting <command>VACUUM FULL</command>)
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>autovacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4436,6 +4486,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_autovacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times vacuums on this table by the autovacuum daemon have been
+       attempted but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>analyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4445,6 +4505,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_analyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times manual analyzes on this table have been attempted but
+       skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>autoanalyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4455,6 +4525,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_autoanalyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times analyzes on this table by the autovacuum daemon have
+       been attempted but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>total_vacuum_time</structfield> <type>double precision</type>
@@ -4510,6 +4590,14 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
    </tgroup>
   </table>
 
+  <note>
+   <para>
+    When a manual vacuum or analyze on a parent table in an inheritance or
+    partitioning hierarchy is skipped, the statistics are recorded only for
+    the parent table, not for its children.
+   </para>
+  </note>
+
  </sect2>
 
  <sect2 id="monitoring-pg-stat-autovacuum-scores-view">
diff --git a/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql b/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql
index 73a1c1c4670..f509fc7876b 100644
--- a/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql
+++ b/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql
@@ -736,13 +736,21 @@ CREATE VIEW pg_stat_all_tables AS
             pg_stat_get_mod_since_analyze(C.oid) AS n_mod_since_analyze,
             pg_stat_get_ins_since_vacuum(C.oid) AS n_ins_since_vacuum,
             pg_stat_get_last_vacuum_time(C.oid) as last_vacuum,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_vacuum,
             pg_stat_get_last_autovacuum_time(C.oid) as last_autovacuum,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_autovacuum,
             pg_stat_get_last_analyze_time(C.oid) as last_analyze,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_analyze,
             pg_stat_get_last_autoanalyze_time(C.oid) as last_autoanalyze,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_autoanalyze,
             pg_stat_get_vacuum_count(C.oid) AS vacuum_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count(C.oid) AS skipped_vacuum_count,
             pg_stat_get_autovacuum_count(C.oid) AS autovacuum_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count(C.oid) AS skipped_autovacuum_count,
             pg_stat_get_analyze_count(C.oid) AS analyze_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count(C.oid) AS skipped_analyze_count,
             pg_stat_get_autoanalyze_count(C.oid) AS autoanalyze_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count(C.oid) AS skipped_autoanalyze_count,
             pg_stat_get_total_vacuum_time(C.oid) AS total_vacuum_time,
             pg_stat_get_total_autovacuum_time(C.oid) AS total_autovacuum_time,
             pg_stat_get_total_analyze_time(C.oid) AS total_analyze_time,
diff --git a/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c b/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c
index 99d0db82ed7..df6526225e4 100644
--- a/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c
+++ b/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c
@@ -793,8 +793,25 @@ vacuum_open_relation(Oid relid, RangeVar *relation, uint32 options,
 		rel = try_relation_open(relid, NoLock);
 	else
 	{
+		int flags = 0;
 		rel = NULL;
 		rel_lock = false;
+
+		if ((options & VACOPT_VACUUM) != 0 && (options & VACOPT_FULL) == 0)
+		{
+			if (AmAutoVacuumWorkerProcess())
+				flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOVACUUM;
+			else
+				flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM;
+		}
+		if ((options & VACOPT_ANALYZE) != 0)
+		{
+			if (AmAutoVacuumWorkerProcess())
+				flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOANALYZE;
+			else
+				flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE;
+		}
+		pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(relid, flags);
 	}
 
 	/* if relation is opened, leave */
@@ -905,7 +922,6 @@ expand_vacuum_rel(VacuumRelation *vrel, MemoryContext vac_context,
 		Form_pg_class classForm;
 		bool		include_children;
 		bool		is_partitioned_table;
-		int			rvr_opts;
 
 		/*
 		 * Since autovacuum workers supply OIDs when calling vacuum(), no
@@ -918,29 +934,69 @@ expand_vacuum_rel(VacuumRelation *vrel, MemoryContext vac_context,
 		 * below, as well as find_all_inheritors's expectation that the caller
 		 * holds some lock on the starting relation.
 		 */
-		rvr_opts = (options & VACOPT_SKIP_LOCKED) ? RVR_SKIP_LOCKED : 0;
-		relid = RangeVarGetRelidExtended(vrel->relation,
-										 AccessShareLock,
-										 rvr_opts,
-										 NULL, NULL);
-
-		/*
-		 * If the lock is unavailable, emit the same log statement that
-		 * vacuum_rel() and analyze_rel() would.
-		 */
-		if (!OidIsValid(relid))
+		if (!(options & VACOPT_SKIP_LOCKED))
 		{
-			if (options & VACOPT_VACUUM)
-				ereport(WARNING,
-						(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
-						 errmsg("skipping vacuum of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
-								vrel->relation->relname)));
-			else
-				ereport(WARNING,
-						(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
-						 errmsg("skipping analyze of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
+			relid = RangeVarGetRelidExtended(vrel->relation,
+											 AccessShareLock,
+											 0, NULL, NULL);
+			if (!OidIsValid(relid))
+				return vacrels;
+		}
+		else
+		{
+			/* Get relid for reporting before taking a lock */
+			relid = RangeVarGetRelid(vrel->relation, NoLock, false);
+
+			if (!ConditionalLockRelationOid(relid, AccessShareLock))
+			{
+				int	flags = 0;
+				/*
+				 * If the lock is unavailable, emit the same log statement that
+				 * vacuum_rel() and analyze_rel() would.
+				 */
+				if (options & VACOPT_VACUUM)
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping vacuum of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
 								vrel->relation->relname)));
-			return vacrels;
+				else
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping analyze of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
+									vrel->relation->relname)));
+
+				if ((options & VACOPT_VACUUM) != 0 && (options & VACOPT_FULL) == 0)
+					flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM;
+				if ((options & VACOPT_ANALYZE) != 0)
+					flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE;
+
+				pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(relid, flags);
+
+				return vacrels;
+			}
+
+			/*
+			 * Now that we have the lock, probe to see if the relation really
+			 * exists or not.
+			 */
+			if (!SearchSysCacheExists1(RELOID, ObjectIdGetDatum(relid)))
+			{
+				if (options & VACOPT_VACUUM)
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_UNDEFINED_TABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping vacuum of \"%s\" --- relation no longer exists",
+									vrel->relation->relname)));
+				else
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_UNDEFINED_TABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping analyze of \"%s\" --- relation no longer exists",
+									vrel->relation->relname)));
+
+				/* Release useless lock */
+				UnlockRelationOid(relid, AccessShareLock);
+
+				return vacrels;
+			}
 		}
 
 		/*
diff --git a/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c b/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c
index b2ca28f83ba..532d9023f8c 100644
--- a/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c
+++ b/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c
@@ -17,12 +17,14 @@
 
 #include "postgres.h"
 
+#include "access/htup_details.h"
 #include "access/twophase_rmgr.h"
 #include "access/xact.h"
 #include "catalog/catalog.h"
 #include "utils/memutils.h"
 #include "utils/pgstat_internal.h"
 #include "utils/rel.h"
+#include "utils/syscache.h"
 #include "utils/timestamp.h"
 
 
@@ -367,6 +369,68 @@ pgstat_report_analyze(Relation rel,
 	(void) pgstat_flush_backend(false, PGSTAT_BACKEND_FLUSH_IO);
 }
 
+/*
+ * Report that the table was skipped during vacuum or/and analyze.
+ */
+void
+pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(Oid relid, int flags)
+{
+	PgStat_EntryRef *entry_ref;
+	PgStatShared_Relation *shtabentry;
+	PgStat_StatTabEntry *tabentry;
+	TimestampTz ts;
+	HeapTuple	classTup;
+	bool		isshared;
+
+	if (!pgstat_track_counts || !flags)
+		return;
+
+	classTup = SearchSysCache1(RELOID, ObjectIdGetDatum(relid));
+	if (!HeapTupleIsValid(classTup))
+		return;			/* somebody deleted the rel, forget it */
+	isshared = ((Form_pg_class) GETSTRUCT(classTup))->relisshared;
+	ReleaseSysCache(classTup);
+
+	/* Store the data in the table's hash table entry. */
+	ts = GetCurrentTimestamp();
+
+	/* block acquiring lock for the same reason as pgstat_report_autovac() */
+	entry_ref = pgstat_get_entry_ref_locked(PGSTAT_KIND_RELATION,
+											isshared ? InvalidOid : MyDatabaseId,
+											relid, false);
+
+	shtabentry = (PgStatShared_Relation *) entry_ref->shared_stats;
+	tabentry = &shtabentry->stats;
+
+	if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM)
+	{
+		tabentry->last_skipped_vacuum_time = ts;
+		tabentry->skipped_vacuum_count++;
+	}
+	else if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOVACUUM)
+	{
+		tabentry->last_skipped_autovacuum_time = ts;
+		tabentry->skipped_autovacuum_count++;
+	}
+
+	if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE)
+	{
+		tabentry->last_skipped_analyze_time = ts;
+		tabentry->skipped_analyze_count++;
+	}
+	else if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOANALYZE)
+	{
+		tabentry->last_skipped_autoanalyze_time = ts;
+		tabentry->skipped_autoanalyze_count++;
+	}
+
+	pgstat_unlock_entry(entry_ref);
+
+	/* see pgstat_report_vacuum() */
+	pgstat_flush_io(false);
+	(void) pgstat_flush_backend(false, PGSTAT_BACKEND_FLUSH_IO);
+}
+
 /*
  * count a tuple insertion of n tuples
  */
diff --git a/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c b/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c
index 1408de387ea..90a8968faa0 100644
--- a/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c
+++ b/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c
@@ -84,6 +84,18 @@ PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(mod_since_analyze)
 /* pg_stat_get_numscans */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(numscans)
 
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_analyze_count)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_autoanalyze_count)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_autovacuum_count)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_vacuum_count)
+
 /* pg_stat_get_tuples_deleted */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(tuples_deleted)
 
@@ -170,6 +182,18 @@ PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_vacuum_time)
 /* pg_stat_get_lastscan */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(lastscan)
 
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_analyze_time)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_autoanalyze_time)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_autovacuum_time)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_vacuum_time)
+
 /* pg_stat_get_stat_reset_time */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(stat_reset_time)
 
diff --git a/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat b/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat
index fa9ae79082b..32debb34863 100644
--- a/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat
+++ b/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat
@@ -5680,6 +5680,38 @@
   proargmodes => '{o,o,o,o,o,o,o,o,o,o}',
   proargnames => '{oid,score,xid_score,mxid_score,vacuum_score,vacuum_insert_score,analyze_score,do_vacuum,do_analyze,for_wraparound}',
   prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_autovacuum_scores' },
+{ oid => '8142', descr => 'statistics: last skipped vacuum time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time' },
+{ oid => '8143', descr => 'statistics: last skipped auto vacuum time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time' },
+{ oid => '8144', descr => 'statistics: last skipped analyze time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time' },
+{ oid => '8145', descr => 'statistics: last skipped auto analyze time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time' },
+{ oid => '8146', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped vacuum for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count' },
+{ oid => '8147', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped auto vacuum for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count' },
+{ oid => '8148', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped analyzes for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count' },
+{ oid => '8149', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped auto analyzes for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count' },
 { oid => '1936', descr => 'statistics: currently active backend IDs',
   proname => 'pg_stat_get_backend_idset', prorows => '100', proretset => 't',
   provolatile => 's', proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int4',
diff --git a/src/include/pgstat.h b/src/include/pgstat.h
index dfa2e837638..98941f953d1 100644
--- a/src/include/pgstat.h
+++ b/src/include/pgstat.h
@@ -479,6 +479,15 @@ typedef struct PgStat_StatTabEntry
 	TimestampTz last_autoanalyze_time;	/* autovacuum initiated */
 	PgStat_Counter autoanalyze_count;
 
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_vacuum_time;	/* user initiated vacuum */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_vacuum_count;
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_autovacuum_time;	/* autovacuum initiated */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_autovacuum_count;
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_analyze_time;	/* user initiated */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_analyze_count;
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_autoanalyze_time;	/* autovacuum initiated */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_autoanalyze_count;
+
 	PgStat_Counter total_vacuum_time;	/* times in milliseconds */
 	PgStat_Counter total_autovacuum_time;
 	PgStat_Counter total_analyze_time;
@@ -703,6 +712,13 @@ extern void pgstat_report_analyze(Relation rel,
 								  PgStat_Counter livetuples, PgStat_Counter deadtuples,
 								  bool resetcounter, TimestampTz starttime);
 
+/* flags for pgstat_flush_backend() */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM		(1 << 0)	/* vacuum is skipped */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE		(1 << 1)	/* analyze is skipped */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOVACUUM	(1 << 2)	/* autovacuum is skipped */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOANALYZE	(1 << 3)	/* autoanalyze is skipped */
+extern void pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(Oid relid, int flags);
+
 /*
  * If stats are enabled, but pending data hasn't been prepared yet, call
  * pgstat_assoc_relation() to do so. See its comment for why this is done
diff --git a/src/test/isolation/expected/vacuum-skip-locked.out b/src/test/isolation/expected/vacuum-skip-locked.out
index 99db281a159..e2cff175b7c 100644
--- a/src/test/isolation/expected/vacuum-skip-locked.out
+++ b/src/test/isolation/expected/vacuum-skip-locked.out
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 Parsed test spec with 2 sessions
 
-starting permutation: lock_share vac_specified commit
+starting permutation: lock_share vac_specified commit check_stat
 step lock_share: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN SHARE MODE;
@@ -10,8 +10,22 @@ step vac_specified: VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED) part1, part2;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
 
-starting permutation: lock_share vac_all_parts commit
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   1|            0|                    0
+part2  |           1|                   0|            0|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
+
+starting permutation: lock_share vac_all_parts commit check_stat
 step lock_share: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN SHARE MODE;
@@ -20,8 +34,22 @@ step vac_all_parts: VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED) parted;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   1|            0|                    0
+part2  |           1|                   0|            0|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
 
-starting permutation: lock_share analyze_specified commit
+starting permutation: lock_share analyze_specified commit check_stat
 step lock_share: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN SHARE MODE;
@@ -31,8 +59,22 @@ step analyze_specified: ANALYZE (SKIP_LOCKED) part1, part2;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
 
-starting permutation: lock_share analyze_all_parts commit
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   0|            0|                    1
+part2  |           0|                   0|            1|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
+
+starting permutation: lock_share analyze_all_parts commit check_stat
 step lock_share: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN SHARE MODE;
@@ -41,8 +83,22 @@ step analyze_all_parts: ANALYZE (SKIP_LOCKED) parted;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            1|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   0|            0|                    1
+part2  |           0|                   0|            1|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
 
-starting permutation: lock_share vac_analyze_specified commit
+starting permutation: lock_share vac_analyze_specified commit check_stat
 step lock_share: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN SHARE MODE;
@@ -52,8 +108,22 @@ step vac_analyze_specified: VACUUM (ANALYZE, SKIP_LOCKED) part1, part2;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
 
-starting permutation: lock_share vac_analyze_all_parts commit
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   1|            0|                    1
+part2  |           1|                   0|            1|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
+
+starting permutation: lock_share vac_analyze_all_parts commit check_stat
 step lock_share: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN SHARE MODE;
@@ -62,8 +132,22 @@ step vac_analyze_all_parts: VACUUM (ANALYZE, SKIP_LOCKED) parted;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            1|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   1|            0|                    1
+part2  |           1|                   0|            1|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
 
-starting permutation: lock_share vac_full_specified commit
+starting permutation: lock_share vac_full_specified commit check_stat
 step lock_share: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN SHARE MODE;
@@ -73,8 +157,22 @@ step vac_full_specified: VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED, FULL) part1, part2;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
 
-starting permutation: lock_share vac_full_all_parts commit
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part2  |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
+
+starting permutation: lock_share vac_full_all_parts commit check_stat
 step lock_share: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN SHARE MODE;
@@ -83,8 +181,22 @@ step vac_full_all_parts: VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED, FULL) parted;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part2  |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+(3 rows)
 
-starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_specified commit
+
+starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_specified commit check_stat
 step lock_access_exclusive: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN ACCESS EXCLUSIVE MODE;
@@ -94,8 +206,22 @@ step vac_specified: VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED) part1, part2;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   1|            0|                    0
+part2  |           1|                   0|            0|                    0
+(3 rows)
 
-starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_all_parts commit
+
+starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_all_parts commit check_stat
 step lock_access_exclusive: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN ACCESS EXCLUSIVE MODE;
@@ -104,8 +230,22 @@ step vac_all_parts: VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED) parted;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   1|            0|                    0
+part2  |           1|                   0|            0|                    0
+(3 rows)
 
-starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive analyze_specified commit
+
+starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive analyze_specified commit check_stat
 step lock_access_exclusive: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN ACCESS EXCLUSIVE MODE;
@@ -115,8 +255,22 @@ step analyze_specified: ANALYZE (SKIP_LOCKED) part1, part2;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   0|            0|                    1
+part2  |           0|                   0|            1|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
 
-starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive analyze_all_parts commit
+starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive analyze_all_parts commit check_stat
 step lock_access_exclusive: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN ACCESS EXCLUSIVE MODE;
@@ -126,8 +280,22 @@ step commit:
 	COMMIT;
 
 step analyze_all_parts: <... completed>
-
-starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_analyze_specified commit
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            1|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   0|            1|                    0
+part2  |           0|                   0|            1|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
+
+starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_analyze_specified commit check_stat
 step lock_access_exclusive: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN ACCESS EXCLUSIVE MODE;
@@ -137,8 +305,22 @@ step vac_analyze_specified: VACUUM (ANALYZE, SKIP_LOCKED) part1, part2;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   1|            0|                    1
+part2  |           1|                   0|            1|                    0
+(3 rows)
 
-starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_analyze_all_parts commit
+
+starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_analyze_all_parts commit check_stat
 step lock_access_exclusive: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN ACCESS EXCLUSIVE MODE;
@@ -148,8 +330,22 @@ step commit:
 	COMMIT;
 
 step vac_analyze_all_parts: <... completed>
-
-starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_full_specified commit
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            1|                    0
+part1  |           1|                   0|            1|                    0
+part2  |           1|                   0|            1|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
+
+starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_full_specified commit check_stat
 step lock_access_exclusive: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN ACCESS EXCLUSIVE MODE;
@@ -159,8 +355,22 @@ step vac_full_specified: VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED, FULL) part1, part2;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
 
-starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_full_all_parts commit
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part2  |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
+
+starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_full_all_parts commit check_stat
 step lock_access_exclusive: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN ACCESS EXCLUSIVE MODE;
@@ -169,3 +379,17 @@ step vac_full_all_parts: VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED, FULL) parted;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part2  |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
diff --git a/src/test/isolation/specs/vacuum-skip-locked.spec b/src/test/isolation/specs/vacuum-skip-locked.spec
index 3fad6e1c92a..b0da75d4b6d 100644
--- a/src/test/isolation/specs/vacuum-skip-locked.spec
+++ b/src/test/isolation/specs/vacuum-skip-locked.spec
@@ -33,6 +33,15 @@ step commit
 	COMMIT;
 }
 
+step check_stat
+{
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+}
+
 session s2
 step vac_specified			{ VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED) part1, part2; }
 step vac_all_parts			{ VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED) parted; }
@@ -43,19 +52,19 @@ step vac_analyze_all_parts	{ VACUUM (ANALYZE, SKIP_LOCKED) parted; }
 step vac_full_specified		{ VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED, FULL) part1, part2; }
 step vac_full_all_parts		{ VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED, FULL) parted; }
 
-permutation lock_share vac_specified commit
-permutation lock_share vac_all_parts commit
-permutation lock_share analyze_specified commit
-permutation lock_share analyze_all_parts commit
-permutation lock_share vac_analyze_specified commit
-permutation lock_share vac_analyze_all_parts commit
-permutation lock_share vac_full_specified commit
-permutation lock_share vac_full_all_parts commit
-permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_specified commit
-permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_all_parts commit
-permutation lock_access_exclusive analyze_specified commit
-permutation lock_access_exclusive analyze_all_parts commit
-permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_analyze_specified commit
-permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_analyze_all_parts commit
-permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_full_specified commit
-permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_full_all_parts commit
+permutation lock_share vac_specified commit check_stat
+permutation lock_share vac_all_parts commit check_stat
+permutation lock_share analyze_specified commit check_stat
+permutation lock_share analyze_all_parts commit check_stat
+permutation lock_share vac_analyze_specified commit check_stat
+permutation lock_share vac_analyze_all_parts commit check_stat
+permutation lock_share vac_full_specified commit check_stat
+permutation lock_share vac_full_all_parts commit check_stat
+permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_specified commit check_stat
+permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_all_parts commit check_stat
+permutation lock_access_exclusive analyze_specified commit check_stat
+permutation lock_access_exclusive analyze_all_parts commit check_stat
+permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_analyze_specified commit check_stat
+permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_analyze_all_parts commit check_stat
+permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_full_specified commit check_stat
+permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_full_all_parts commit check_stat
diff --git a/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out b/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out
index a65a5bf0c4f..9b2075d3373 100644
--- a/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out
+++ b/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out
@@ -1835,13 +1835,21 @@ pg_stat_all_tables| SELECT c.oid AS relid,
     pg_stat_get_mod_since_analyze(c.oid) AS n_mod_since_analyze,
     pg_stat_get_ins_since_vacuum(c.oid) AS n_ins_since_vacuum,
     pg_stat_get_last_vacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_vacuum,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_vacuum,
     pg_stat_get_last_autovacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_autovacuum,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_autovacuum,
     pg_stat_get_last_analyze_time(c.oid) AS last_analyze,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_analyze,
     pg_stat_get_last_autoanalyze_time(c.oid) AS last_autoanalyze,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_autoanalyze,
     pg_stat_get_vacuum_count(c.oid) AS vacuum_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count(c.oid) AS skipped_vacuum_count,
     pg_stat_get_autovacuum_count(c.oid) AS autovacuum_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count(c.oid) AS skipped_autovacuum_count,
     pg_stat_get_analyze_count(c.oid) AS analyze_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count(c.oid) AS skipped_analyze_count,
     pg_stat_get_autoanalyze_count(c.oid) AS autoanalyze_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count(c.oid) AS skipped_autoanalyze_count,
     pg_stat_get_total_vacuum_time(c.oid) AS total_vacuum_time,
     pg_stat_get_total_autovacuum_time(c.oid) AS total_autovacuum_time,
     pg_stat_get_total_analyze_time(c.oid) AS total_analyze_time,
@@ -2346,13 +2354,21 @@ pg_stat_sys_tables| SELECT relid,
     n_mod_since_analyze,
     n_ins_since_vacuum,
     last_vacuum,
+    last_skipped_vacuum,
     last_autovacuum,
+    last_skipped_autovacuum,
     last_analyze,
+    last_skipped_analyze,
     last_autoanalyze,
+    last_skipped_autoanalyze,
     vacuum_count,
+    skipped_vacuum_count,
     autovacuum_count,
+    skipped_autovacuum_count,
     analyze_count,
+    skipped_analyze_count,
     autoanalyze_count,
+    skipped_autoanalyze_count,
     total_vacuum_time,
     total_autovacuum_time,
     total_analyze_time,
@@ -2401,13 +2417,21 @@ pg_stat_user_tables| SELECT relid,
     n_mod_since_analyze,
     n_ins_since_vacuum,
     last_vacuum,
+    last_skipped_vacuum,
     last_autovacuum,
+    last_skipped_autovacuum,
     last_analyze,
+    last_skipped_analyze,
     last_autoanalyze,
+    last_skipped_autoanalyze,
     vacuum_count,
+    skipped_vacuum_count,
     autovacuum_count,
+    skipped_autovacuum_count,
     analyze_count,
+    skipped_analyze_count,
     autoanalyze_count,
+    skipped_autoanalyze_count,
     total_vacuum_time,
     total_autovacuum_time,
     total_analyze_time,
-- 
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* [PATCH v3] Track skipped vacuum and analyze activity per relation
@ 2026-03-24 04:09 Yugo Nagata <[email protected]>
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From: Yugo Nagata @ 2026-03-24 04:09 UTC (permalink / raw)

This commit adds eight fields to the relation statistics that track
the last time vacuum or analyze has been attempted but skipped due to
lock unavailability, along with their counts:

-    last_skipped_vacuum
-    last_skipped_autovacuum
-    last_skipped_analyze
-    last_skipped_autoanalyze
-    skipped_vacuum_count
-    skipped_autovacuum_count
-    skipped_analyze_count
-    skipped_autoanalyze_count

These field can help users confirm that autovacuum is actively attempting
to run on a table that has not been vacuumed or analyzed for a long time,
and that the lack of progress is due to repeated skips rather than inactivity.
---
 doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml                 | 80 +++++++++++++++++
 src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql         |  8 ++
 src/backend/commands/vacuum.c                | 95 +++++++++++++++-----
 src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c | 68 ++++++++++++++
 src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c          | 24 +++++
 src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat              | 32 +++++++
 src/include/pgstat.h                         | 16 ++++
 src/test/regress/expected/rules.out          | 24 +++++
 8 files changed, 324 insertions(+), 23 deletions(-)

diff --git a/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml b/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml
index bb75ed1069b..9ec8070b2fc 100644
--- a/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml
+++ b/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml
@@ -4372,6 +4372,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_vacuum</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time a manual vacuum on this table was attempted but skipped due to
+       lock unavailability (not counting <command>VACUUM FULL</command>)
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>last_autovacuum</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
@@ -4382,6 +4392,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_autovacuum</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time a vacuum on this table by the autovacuum daemon was attempted
+       but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>last_analyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
@@ -4391,6 +4411,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_analyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time a manual analyze on this table was attempted but skipped due to
+       lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>last_autoanalyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
@@ -4401,6 +4431,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_autoanalyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time at which an analyze on this table by the autovacuum was
+       attempted but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>vacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4411,6 +4451,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_vacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times vacuums on this table have been attempted but skipped
+       due to lock unavailability (not counting <command>VACUUM FULL</command>)
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>autovacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4421,6 +4471,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_autovacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times vacuums on this table by the autovacuum daemon have been
+       attempted but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>analyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4430,6 +4490,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_analyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times manual analyzes on this table have been attempted but
+       skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>autoanalyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4440,6 +4510,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_autoanalyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times analyzes on this table by the autovacuum daemon have
+       been attempted but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>total_vacuum_time</structfield> <type>double precision</type>
diff --git a/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql b/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql
index e54018004db..2ca02a0354c 100644
--- a/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql
+++ b/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql
@@ -736,13 +736,21 @@ CREATE VIEW pg_stat_all_tables AS
             pg_stat_get_mod_since_analyze(C.oid) AS n_mod_since_analyze,
             pg_stat_get_ins_since_vacuum(C.oid) AS n_ins_since_vacuum,
             pg_stat_get_last_vacuum_time(C.oid) as last_vacuum,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_vacuum,
             pg_stat_get_last_autovacuum_time(C.oid) as last_autovacuum,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_autovacuum,
             pg_stat_get_last_analyze_time(C.oid) as last_analyze,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_analyze,
             pg_stat_get_last_autoanalyze_time(C.oid) as last_autoanalyze,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_autoanalyze,
             pg_stat_get_vacuum_count(C.oid) AS vacuum_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count(C.oid) AS skipped_vacuum_count,
             pg_stat_get_autovacuum_count(C.oid) AS autovacuum_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count(C.oid) AS skipped_autovacuum_count,
             pg_stat_get_analyze_count(C.oid) AS analyze_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count(C.oid) AS skipped_analyze_count,
             pg_stat_get_autoanalyze_count(C.oid) AS autoanalyze_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count(C.oid) AS skipped_autoanalyze_count,
             pg_stat_get_total_vacuum_time(C.oid) AS total_vacuum_time,
             pg_stat_get_total_autovacuum_time(C.oid) AS total_autovacuum_time,
             pg_stat_get_total_analyze_time(C.oid) AS total_analyze_time,
diff --git a/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c b/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c
index bce3a2daa24..ce83b3171be 100644
--- a/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c
+++ b/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c
@@ -792,8 +792,18 @@ vacuum_open_relation(Oid relid, RangeVar *relation, bits32 options,
 		rel = try_relation_open(relid, NoLock);
 	else
 	{
+		bits8 flags = 0;
 		rel = NULL;
 		rel_lock = false;
+
+		if ((options & VACOPT_VACUUM) != 0)
+			flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM;
+		if ((options & VACOPT_ANALYZE) != 0)
+			flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE;
+		if (AmAutoVacuumWorkerProcess())
+			flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOVAC;
+
+		pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(relid, flags);
 	}
 
 	/* if relation is opened, leave */
@@ -801,7 +811,7 @@ vacuum_open_relation(Oid relid, RangeVar *relation, bits32 options,
 		return rel;
 
 	/*
-	 * Relation could not be opened, hence generate if possible a log
+	 * Relation could not be opened hence generate if possible a log
 	 * informing on the situation.
 	 *
 	 * If the RangeVar is not defined, we do not have enough information to
@@ -904,7 +914,6 @@ expand_vacuum_rel(VacuumRelation *vrel, MemoryContext vac_context,
 		Form_pg_class classForm;
 		bool		include_children;
 		bool		is_partitioned_table;
-		int			rvr_opts;
 
 		/*
 		 * Since autovacuum workers supply OIDs when calling vacuum(), no
@@ -917,29 +926,69 @@ expand_vacuum_rel(VacuumRelation *vrel, MemoryContext vac_context,
 		 * below, as well as find_all_inheritors's expectation that the caller
 		 * holds some lock on the starting relation.
 		 */
-		rvr_opts = (options & VACOPT_SKIP_LOCKED) ? RVR_SKIP_LOCKED : 0;
-		relid = RangeVarGetRelidExtended(vrel->relation,
-										 AccessShareLock,
-										 rvr_opts,
-										 NULL, NULL);
-
-		/*
-		 * If the lock is unavailable, emit the same log statement that
-		 * vacuum_rel() and analyze_rel() would.
-		 */
-		if (!OidIsValid(relid))
+		if (!(options & VACOPT_SKIP_LOCKED))
 		{
-			if (options & VACOPT_VACUUM)
-				ereport(WARNING,
-						(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
-						 errmsg("skipping vacuum of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
-								vrel->relation->relname)));
-			else
-				ereport(WARNING,
-						(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
-						 errmsg("skipping analyze of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
+			relid = RangeVarGetRelidExtended(vrel->relation,
+											 AccessShareLock,
+											 0, NULL, NULL);
+			if (!OidIsValid(relid))
+				return vacrels;
+		}
+		else
+		{
+			/* Get relid for reporting before taking a lock */
+			relid = RangeVarGetRelid(vrel->relation, NoLock, false);
+
+			if (!ConditionalLockRelationOid(relid, AccessShareLock))
+			{
+				bits8	flags = 0;
+				/*
+				 * If the lock is unavailable, emit the same log statement that
+				 * vacuum_rel() and analyze_rel() would.
+				 */
+				if (options & VACOPT_VACUUM)
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping vacuum of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
 								vrel->relation->relname)));
-			return vacrels;
+				else
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping analyze of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
+									vrel->relation->relname)));
+
+				if ((options & VACOPT_VACUUM) != 0)
+					flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM;
+				if ((options & VACOPT_ANALYZE) != 0)
+					flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE;
+
+				pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(relid, flags);
+
+				return vacrels;
+			}
+
+			/*
+			 * Now that we have the lock, probe to see if the relation really
+			 * exists or not.
+			 */
+			if (!SearchSysCacheExists1(RELOID, ObjectIdGetDatum(relid)))
+			{
+				if (options & VACOPT_VACUUM)
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_UNDEFINED_TABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping vacuum of \"%s\" --- relation no longer exists",
+									vrel->relation->relname)));
+				else
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_UNDEFINED_TABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping analyze of \"%s\" --- relation no longer exists",
+									vrel->relation->relname)));
+
+				/* Release useless lock */
+				UnlockRelationOid(relid, AccessShareLock);
+
+				return vacrels;
+			}
 		}
 
 		/*
diff --git a/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c b/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c
index bc8c43b96aa..cec4c88980e 100644
--- a/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c
+++ b/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c
@@ -17,6 +17,7 @@
 
 #include "postgres.h"
 
+#include "access/htup_details.h"
 #include "access/twophase_rmgr.h"
 #include "access/xact.h"
 #include "catalog/catalog.h"
@@ -366,6 +367,73 @@ pgstat_report_analyze(Relation rel,
 	(void) pgstat_flush_backend(false, PGSTAT_BACKEND_FLUSH_IO);
 }
 
+/*
+ * Report that the table was skipped during vacuum or/and analyze.
+ */
+void
+pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(Oid relid, bits8 flags)
+{
+	PgStat_EntryRef *entry_ref;
+	PgStatShared_Relation *shtabentry;
+	PgStat_StatTabEntry *tabentry;
+	TimestampTz ts;
+	HeapTuple	classTup;
+	bool		isshared;
+
+	if (!pgstat_track_counts || !(flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANY))
+		return;
+
+	classTup = SearchSysCache1(RELOID, ObjectIdGetDatum(relid));
+	if (!HeapTupleIsValid(classTup))
+		return;			/* somebody deleted the rel, forget it */
+	isshared = ((Form_pg_class) GETSTRUCT(classTup))->relisshared;
+	ReleaseSysCache(classTup);
+
+	/* Store the data in the table's hash table entry. */
+	ts = GetCurrentTimestamp();
+
+	/* block acquiring lock for the same reason as pgstat_report_autovac() */
+	entry_ref = pgstat_get_entry_ref_locked(PGSTAT_KIND_RELATION,
+											isshared ? InvalidOid : MyDatabaseId,
+											relid, false);
+
+	shtabentry = (PgStatShared_Relation *) entry_ref->shared_stats;
+	tabentry = &shtabentry->stats;
+
+	if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOVAC)
+	{
+		if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM)
+		{
+			tabentry->last_skipped_autovacuum_time = ts;
+			tabentry->skipped_autovacuum_count++;
+		}
+		if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE)
+		{
+			tabentry->last_skipped_autoanalyze_time = ts;
+			tabentry->skipped_autoanalyze_count++;
+		}
+	}
+	else
+	{
+		if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM)
+		{
+			tabentry->last_skipped_vacuum_time = ts;
+			tabentry->skipped_vacuum_count++;
+		}
+		if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE)
+		{
+			tabentry->last_skipped_analyze_time = ts;
+			tabentry->skipped_analyze_count++;
+		}
+	}
+
+	pgstat_unlock_entry(entry_ref);
+
+	/* see pgstat_report_vacuum() */
+	pgstat_flush_io(false);
+	(void) pgstat_flush_backend(false, PGSTAT_BACKEND_FLUSH_IO);
+}
+
 /*
  * count a tuple insertion of n tuples
  */
diff --git a/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c b/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c
index 9185a8e6b83..18aaa3996e1 100644
--- a/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c
+++ b/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c
@@ -84,6 +84,18 @@ PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(mod_since_analyze)
 /* pg_stat_get_numscans */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(numscans)
 
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_analyze_count)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_autoanalyze_count)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_autovacuum_count)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_vacuum_count)
+
 /* pg_stat_get_tuples_deleted */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(tuples_deleted)
 
@@ -170,6 +182,18 @@ PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_vacuum_time)
 /* pg_stat_get_lastscan */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(lastscan)
 
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_analyze_time)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_autoanalyze_time)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_autovacuum_time)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_vacuum_time)
+
 /* pg_stat_get_stat_reset_time */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(stat_reset_time)
 
diff --git a/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat b/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat
index 0118e970dda..ccfe3d9e02a 100644
--- a/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat
+++ b/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat
@@ -5667,6 +5667,38 @@
   proname => 'pg_stat_get_total_autoanalyze_time', provolatile => 's',
   proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'float8', proargtypes => 'oid',
   prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_total_autoanalyze_time' },
+{ oid => '8142', descr => 'statistics: last skipped vacuum time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time' },
+{ oid => '8143', descr => 'statistics: last skipped auto vacuum time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time' },
+{ oid => '8144', descr => 'statistics: last skipped analyze time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time' },
+{ oid => '8145', descr => 'statistics: last skipped auto analyze time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time' },
+{ oid => '8146', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped vacuum for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count' },
+{ oid => '8147', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped auto vacuum for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count' },
+{ oid => '8148', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped analyzes for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count' },
+{ oid => '8149', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped auto analyzes for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count' },
 { oid => '1936', descr => 'statistics: currently active backend IDs',
   proname => 'pg_stat_get_backend_idset', prorows => '100', proretset => 't',
   provolatile => 's', proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int4',
diff --git a/src/include/pgstat.h b/src/include/pgstat.h
index 8e3549c3752..343081a7a25 100644
--- a/src/include/pgstat.h
+++ b/src/include/pgstat.h
@@ -479,6 +479,15 @@ typedef struct PgStat_StatTabEntry
 	TimestampTz last_autoanalyze_time;	/* autovacuum initiated */
 	PgStat_Counter autoanalyze_count;
 
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_vacuum_time;	/* user initiated vacuum */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_vacuum_count;
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_autovacuum_time;	/* autovacuum initiated */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_autovacuum_count;
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_analyze_time;	/* user initiated */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_analyze_count;
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_autoanalyze_time;	/* autovacuum initiated */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_autoanalyze_count;
+
 	PgStat_Counter total_vacuum_time;	/* times in milliseconds */
 	PgStat_Counter total_autovacuum_time;
 	PgStat_Counter total_analyze_time;
@@ -707,6 +716,13 @@ extern void pgstat_report_analyze(Relation rel,
 								  PgStat_Counter livetuples, PgStat_Counter deadtuples,
 								  bool resetcounter, TimestampTz starttime);
 
+/* flags for pgstat_flush_backend() */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM	(1 << 0)	/* vacuum is skipped */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE	(1 << 1)	/* analyze is skipped */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOVAC	(1 << 2)	/* skipped during autovacuum/autoanalyze */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANY   (PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM | PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE)
+extern void pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(Oid relid, bits8 flags);
+
 /*
  * If stats are enabled, but pending data hasn't been prepared yet, call
  * pgstat_assoc_relation() to do so. See its comment for why this is done
diff --git a/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out b/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out
index 2b3cf6d8569..4ccfc43e903 100644
--- a/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out
+++ b/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out
@@ -1835,13 +1835,21 @@ pg_stat_all_tables| SELECT c.oid AS relid,
     pg_stat_get_mod_since_analyze(c.oid) AS n_mod_since_analyze,
     pg_stat_get_ins_since_vacuum(c.oid) AS n_ins_since_vacuum,
     pg_stat_get_last_vacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_vacuum,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_vacuum,
     pg_stat_get_last_autovacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_autovacuum,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_autovacuum,
     pg_stat_get_last_analyze_time(c.oid) AS last_analyze,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_analyze,
     pg_stat_get_last_autoanalyze_time(c.oid) AS last_autoanalyze,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_autoanalyze,
     pg_stat_get_vacuum_count(c.oid) AS vacuum_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count(c.oid) AS skipped_vacuum_count,
     pg_stat_get_autovacuum_count(c.oid) AS autovacuum_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count(c.oid) AS skipped_autovacuum_count,
     pg_stat_get_analyze_count(c.oid) AS analyze_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count(c.oid) AS skipped_analyze_count,
     pg_stat_get_autoanalyze_count(c.oid) AS autoanalyze_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count(c.oid) AS skipped_autoanalyze_count,
     pg_stat_get_total_vacuum_time(c.oid) AS total_vacuum_time,
     pg_stat_get_total_autovacuum_time(c.oid) AS total_autovacuum_time,
     pg_stat_get_total_analyze_time(c.oid) AS total_analyze_time,
@@ -2293,13 +2301,21 @@ pg_stat_sys_tables| SELECT relid,
     n_mod_since_analyze,
     n_ins_since_vacuum,
     last_vacuum,
+    last_skipped_vacuum,
     last_autovacuum,
+    last_skipped_autovacuum,
     last_analyze,
+    last_skipped_analyze,
     last_autoanalyze,
+    last_skipped_autoanalyze,
     vacuum_count,
+    skipped_vacuum_count,
     autovacuum_count,
+    skipped_autovacuum_count,
     analyze_count,
+    skipped_analyze_count,
     autoanalyze_count,
+    skipped_autoanalyze_count,
     total_vacuum_time,
     total_autovacuum_time,
     total_analyze_time,
@@ -2348,13 +2364,21 @@ pg_stat_user_tables| SELECT relid,
     n_mod_since_analyze,
     n_ins_since_vacuum,
     last_vacuum,
+    last_skipped_vacuum,
     last_autovacuum,
+    last_skipped_autovacuum,
     last_analyze,
+    last_skipped_analyze,
     last_autoanalyze,
+    last_skipped_autoanalyze,
     vacuum_count,
+    skipped_vacuum_count,
     autovacuum_count,
+    skipped_autovacuum_count,
     analyze_count,
+    skipped_analyze_count,
     autoanalyze_count,
+    skipped_autoanalyze_count,
     total_vacuum_time,
     total_autovacuum_time,
     total_analyze_time,
-- 
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* [PATCH v3] Track skipped vacuum and analyze activity per relation
@ 2026-03-24 04:09 Yugo Nagata <[email protected]>
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From: Yugo Nagata @ 2026-03-24 04:09 UTC (permalink / raw)

This commit adds eight fields to the relation statistics that track
the last time vacuum or analyze has been attempted but skipped due to
lock unavailability, along with their counts:

-    last_skipped_vacuum
-    last_skipped_autovacuum
-    last_skipped_analyze
-    last_skipped_autoanalyze
-    skipped_vacuum_count
-    skipped_autovacuum_count
-    skipped_analyze_count
-    skipped_autoanalyze_count

These field can help users confirm that autovacuum is actively attempting
to run on a table that has not been vacuumed or analyzed for a long time,
and that the lack of progress is due to repeated skips rather than inactivity.
---
 doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml                 | 80 +++++++++++++++++
 src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql         |  8 ++
 src/backend/commands/vacuum.c                | 95 +++++++++++++++-----
 src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c | 68 ++++++++++++++
 src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c          | 24 +++++
 src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat              | 32 +++++++
 src/include/pgstat.h                         | 16 ++++
 src/test/regress/expected/rules.out          | 24 +++++
 8 files changed, 324 insertions(+), 23 deletions(-)

diff --git a/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml b/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml
index bb75ed1069b..9ec8070b2fc 100644
--- a/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml
+++ b/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml
@@ -4372,6 +4372,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_vacuum</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time a manual vacuum on this table was attempted but skipped due to
+       lock unavailability (not counting <command>VACUUM FULL</command>)
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>last_autovacuum</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
@@ -4382,6 +4392,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_autovacuum</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time a vacuum on this table by the autovacuum daemon was attempted
+       but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>last_analyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
@@ -4391,6 +4411,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_analyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time a manual analyze on this table was attempted but skipped due to
+       lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>last_autoanalyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
@@ -4401,6 +4431,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_autoanalyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time at which an analyze on this table by the autovacuum was
+       attempted but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>vacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4411,6 +4451,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_vacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times vacuums on this table have been attempted but skipped
+       due to lock unavailability (not counting <command>VACUUM FULL</command>)
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>autovacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4421,6 +4471,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_autovacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times vacuums on this table by the autovacuum daemon have been
+       attempted but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>analyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4430,6 +4490,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_analyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times manual analyzes on this table have been attempted but
+       skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>autoanalyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4440,6 +4510,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_autoanalyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times analyzes on this table by the autovacuum daemon have
+       been attempted but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>total_vacuum_time</structfield> <type>double precision</type>
diff --git a/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql b/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql
index e54018004db..2ca02a0354c 100644
--- a/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql
+++ b/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql
@@ -736,13 +736,21 @@ CREATE VIEW pg_stat_all_tables AS
             pg_stat_get_mod_since_analyze(C.oid) AS n_mod_since_analyze,
             pg_stat_get_ins_since_vacuum(C.oid) AS n_ins_since_vacuum,
             pg_stat_get_last_vacuum_time(C.oid) as last_vacuum,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_vacuum,
             pg_stat_get_last_autovacuum_time(C.oid) as last_autovacuum,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_autovacuum,
             pg_stat_get_last_analyze_time(C.oid) as last_analyze,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_analyze,
             pg_stat_get_last_autoanalyze_time(C.oid) as last_autoanalyze,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_autoanalyze,
             pg_stat_get_vacuum_count(C.oid) AS vacuum_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count(C.oid) AS skipped_vacuum_count,
             pg_stat_get_autovacuum_count(C.oid) AS autovacuum_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count(C.oid) AS skipped_autovacuum_count,
             pg_stat_get_analyze_count(C.oid) AS analyze_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count(C.oid) AS skipped_analyze_count,
             pg_stat_get_autoanalyze_count(C.oid) AS autoanalyze_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count(C.oid) AS skipped_autoanalyze_count,
             pg_stat_get_total_vacuum_time(C.oid) AS total_vacuum_time,
             pg_stat_get_total_autovacuum_time(C.oid) AS total_autovacuum_time,
             pg_stat_get_total_analyze_time(C.oid) AS total_analyze_time,
diff --git a/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c b/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c
index bce3a2daa24..ce83b3171be 100644
--- a/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c
+++ b/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c
@@ -792,8 +792,18 @@ vacuum_open_relation(Oid relid, RangeVar *relation, bits32 options,
 		rel = try_relation_open(relid, NoLock);
 	else
 	{
+		bits8 flags = 0;
 		rel = NULL;
 		rel_lock = false;
+
+		if ((options & VACOPT_VACUUM) != 0)
+			flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM;
+		if ((options & VACOPT_ANALYZE) != 0)
+			flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE;
+		if (AmAutoVacuumWorkerProcess())
+			flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOVAC;
+
+		pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(relid, flags);
 	}
 
 	/* if relation is opened, leave */
@@ -801,7 +811,7 @@ vacuum_open_relation(Oid relid, RangeVar *relation, bits32 options,
 		return rel;
 
 	/*
-	 * Relation could not be opened, hence generate if possible a log
+	 * Relation could not be opened hence generate if possible a log
 	 * informing on the situation.
 	 *
 	 * If the RangeVar is not defined, we do not have enough information to
@@ -904,7 +914,6 @@ expand_vacuum_rel(VacuumRelation *vrel, MemoryContext vac_context,
 		Form_pg_class classForm;
 		bool		include_children;
 		bool		is_partitioned_table;
-		int			rvr_opts;
 
 		/*
 		 * Since autovacuum workers supply OIDs when calling vacuum(), no
@@ -917,29 +926,69 @@ expand_vacuum_rel(VacuumRelation *vrel, MemoryContext vac_context,
 		 * below, as well as find_all_inheritors's expectation that the caller
 		 * holds some lock on the starting relation.
 		 */
-		rvr_opts = (options & VACOPT_SKIP_LOCKED) ? RVR_SKIP_LOCKED : 0;
-		relid = RangeVarGetRelidExtended(vrel->relation,
-										 AccessShareLock,
-										 rvr_opts,
-										 NULL, NULL);
-
-		/*
-		 * If the lock is unavailable, emit the same log statement that
-		 * vacuum_rel() and analyze_rel() would.
-		 */
-		if (!OidIsValid(relid))
+		if (!(options & VACOPT_SKIP_LOCKED))
 		{
-			if (options & VACOPT_VACUUM)
-				ereport(WARNING,
-						(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
-						 errmsg("skipping vacuum of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
-								vrel->relation->relname)));
-			else
-				ereport(WARNING,
-						(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
-						 errmsg("skipping analyze of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
+			relid = RangeVarGetRelidExtended(vrel->relation,
+											 AccessShareLock,
+											 0, NULL, NULL);
+			if (!OidIsValid(relid))
+				return vacrels;
+		}
+		else
+		{
+			/* Get relid for reporting before taking a lock */
+			relid = RangeVarGetRelid(vrel->relation, NoLock, false);
+
+			if (!ConditionalLockRelationOid(relid, AccessShareLock))
+			{
+				bits8	flags = 0;
+				/*
+				 * If the lock is unavailable, emit the same log statement that
+				 * vacuum_rel() and analyze_rel() would.
+				 */
+				if (options & VACOPT_VACUUM)
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping vacuum of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
 								vrel->relation->relname)));
-			return vacrels;
+				else
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping analyze of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
+									vrel->relation->relname)));
+
+				if ((options & VACOPT_VACUUM) != 0)
+					flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM;
+				if ((options & VACOPT_ANALYZE) != 0)
+					flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE;
+
+				pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(relid, flags);
+
+				return vacrels;
+			}
+
+			/*
+			 * Now that we have the lock, probe to see if the relation really
+			 * exists or not.
+			 */
+			if (!SearchSysCacheExists1(RELOID, ObjectIdGetDatum(relid)))
+			{
+				if (options & VACOPT_VACUUM)
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_UNDEFINED_TABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping vacuum of \"%s\" --- relation no longer exists",
+									vrel->relation->relname)));
+				else
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_UNDEFINED_TABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping analyze of \"%s\" --- relation no longer exists",
+									vrel->relation->relname)));
+
+				/* Release useless lock */
+				UnlockRelationOid(relid, AccessShareLock);
+
+				return vacrels;
+			}
 		}
 
 		/*
diff --git a/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c b/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c
index bc8c43b96aa..cec4c88980e 100644
--- a/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c
+++ b/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c
@@ -17,6 +17,7 @@
 
 #include "postgres.h"
 
+#include "access/htup_details.h"
 #include "access/twophase_rmgr.h"
 #include "access/xact.h"
 #include "catalog/catalog.h"
@@ -366,6 +367,73 @@ pgstat_report_analyze(Relation rel,
 	(void) pgstat_flush_backend(false, PGSTAT_BACKEND_FLUSH_IO);
 }
 
+/*
+ * Report that the table was skipped during vacuum or/and analyze.
+ */
+void
+pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(Oid relid, bits8 flags)
+{
+	PgStat_EntryRef *entry_ref;
+	PgStatShared_Relation *shtabentry;
+	PgStat_StatTabEntry *tabentry;
+	TimestampTz ts;
+	HeapTuple	classTup;
+	bool		isshared;
+
+	if (!pgstat_track_counts || !(flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANY))
+		return;
+
+	classTup = SearchSysCache1(RELOID, ObjectIdGetDatum(relid));
+	if (!HeapTupleIsValid(classTup))
+		return;			/* somebody deleted the rel, forget it */
+	isshared = ((Form_pg_class) GETSTRUCT(classTup))->relisshared;
+	ReleaseSysCache(classTup);
+
+	/* Store the data in the table's hash table entry. */
+	ts = GetCurrentTimestamp();
+
+	/* block acquiring lock for the same reason as pgstat_report_autovac() */
+	entry_ref = pgstat_get_entry_ref_locked(PGSTAT_KIND_RELATION,
+											isshared ? InvalidOid : MyDatabaseId,
+											relid, false);
+
+	shtabentry = (PgStatShared_Relation *) entry_ref->shared_stats;
+	tabentry = &shtabentry->stats;
+
+	if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOVAC)
+	{
+		if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM)
+		{
+			tabentry->last_skipped_autovacuum_time = ts;
+			tabentry->skipped_autovacuum_count++;
+		}
+		if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE)
+		{
+			tabentry->last_skipped_autoanalyze_time = ts;
+			tabentry->skipped_autoanalyze_count++;
+		}
+	}
+	else
+	{
+		if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM)
+		{
+			tabentry->last_skipped_vacuum_time = ts;
+			tabentry->skipped_vacuum_count++;
+		}
+		if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE)
+		{
+			tabentry->last_skipped_analyze_time = ts;
+			tabentry->skipped_analyze_count++;
+		}
+	}
+
+	pgstat_unlock_entry(entry_ref);
+
+	/* see pgstat_report_vacuum() */
+	pgstat_flush_io(false);
+	(void) pgstat_flush_backend(false, PGSTAT_BACKEND_FLUSH_IO);
+}
+
 /*
  * count a tuple insertion of n tuples
  */
diff --git a/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c b/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c
index 9185a8e6b83..18aaa3996e1 100644
--- a/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c
+++ b/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c
@@ -84,6 +84,18 @@ PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(mod_since_analyze)
 /* pg_stat_get_numscans */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(numscans)
 
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_analyze_count)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_autoanalyze_count)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_autovacuum_count)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_vacuum_count)
+
 /* pg_stat_get_tuples_deleted */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(tuples_deleted)
 
@@ -170,6 +182,18 @@ PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_vacuum_time)
 /* pg_stat_get_lastscan */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(lastscan)
 
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_analyze_time)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_autoanalyze_time)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_autovacuum_time)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_vacuum_time)
+
 /* pg_stat_get_stat_reset_time */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(stat_reset_time)
 
diff --git a/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat b/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat
index 0118e970dda..ccfe3d9e02a 100644
--- a/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat
+++ b/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat
@@ -5667,6 +5667,38 @@
   proname => 'pg_stat_get_total_autoanalyze_time', provolatile => 's',
   proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'float8', proargtypes => 'oid',
   prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_total_autoanalyze_time' },
+{ oid => '8142', descr => 'statistics: last skipped vacuum time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time' },
+{ oid => '8143', descr => 'statistics: last skipped auto vacuum time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time' },
+{ oid => '8144', descr => 'statistics: last skipped analyze time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time' },
+{ oid => '8145', descr => 'statistics: last skipped auto analyze time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time' },
+{ oid => '8146', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped vacuum for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count' },
+{ oid => '8147', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped auto vacuum for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count' },
+{ oid => '8148', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped analyzes for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count' },
+{ oid => '8149', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped auto analyzes for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count' },
 { oid => '1936', descr => 'statistics: currently active backend IDs',
   proname => 'pg_stat_get_backend_idset', prorows => '100', proretset => 't',
   provolatile => 's', proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int4',
diff --git a/src/include/pgstat.h b/src/include/pgstat.h
index 8e3549c3752..343081a7a25 100644
--- a/src/include/pgstat.h
+++ b/src/include/pgstat.h
@@ -479,6 +479,15 @@ typedef struct PgStat_StatTabEntry
 	TimestampTz last_autoanalyze_time;	/* autovacuum initiated */
 	PgStat_Counter autoanalyze_count;
 
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_vacuum_time;	/* user initiated vacuum */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_vacuum_count;
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_autovacuum_time;	/* autovacuum initiated */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_autovacuum_count;
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_analyze_time;	/* user initiated */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_analyze_count;
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_autoanalyze_time;	/* autovacuum initiated */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_autoanalyze_count;
+
 	PgStat_Counter total_vacuum_time;	/* times in milliseconds */
 	PgStat_Counter total_autovacuum_time;
 	PgStat_Counter total_analyze_time;
@@ -707,6 +716,13 @@ extern void pgstat_report_analyze(Relation rel,
 								  PgStat_Counter livetuples, PgStat_Counter deadtuples,
 								  bool resetcounter, TimestampTz starttime);
 
+/* flags for pgstat_flush_backend() */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM	(1 << 0)	/* vacuum is skipped */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE	(1 << 1)	/* analyze is skipped */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOVAC	(1 << 2)	/* skipped during autovacuum/autoanalyze */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANY   (PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM | PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE)
+extern void pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(Oid relid, bits8 flags);
+
 /*
  * If stats are enabled, but pending data hasn't been prepared yet, call
  * pgstat_assoc_relation() to do so. See its comment for why this is done
diff --git a/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out b/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out
index 2b3cf6d8569..4ccfc43e903 100644
--- a/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out
+++ b/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out
@@ -1835,13 +1835,21 @@ pg_stat_all_tables| SELECT c.oid AS relid,
     pg_stat_get_mod_since_analyze(c.oid) AS n_mod_since_analyze,
     pg_stat_get_ins_since_vacuum(c.oid) AS n_ins_since_vacuum,
     pg_stat_get_last_vacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_vacuum,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_vacuum,
     pg_stat_get_last_autovacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_autovacuum,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_autovacuum,
     pg_stat_get_last_analyze_time(c.oid) AS last_analyze,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_analyze,
     pg_stat_get_last_autoanalyze_time(c.oid) AS last_autoanalyze,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_autoanalyze,
     pg_stat_get_vacuum_count(c.oid) AS vacuum_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count(c.oid) AS skipped_vacuum_count,
     pg_stat_get_autovacuum_count(c.oid) AS autovacuum_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count(c.oid) AS skipped_autovacuum_count,
     pg_stat_get_analyze_count(c.oid) AS analyze_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count(c.oid) AS skipped_analyze_count,
     pg_stat_get_autoanalyze_count(c.oid) AS autoanalyze_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count(c.oid) AS skipped_autoanalyze_count,
     pg_stat_get_total_vacuum_time(c.oid) AS total_vacuum_time,
     pg_stat_get_total_autovacuum_time(c.oid) AS total_autovacuum_time,
     pg_stat_get_total_analyze_time(c.oid) AS total_analyze_time,
@@ -2293,13 +2301,21 @@ pg_stat_sys_tables| SELECT relid,
     n_mod_since_analyze,
     n_ins_since_vacuum,
     last_vacuum,
+    last_skipped_vacuum,
     last_autovacuum,
+    last_skipped_autovacuum,
     last_analyze,
+    last_skipped_analyze,
     last_autoanalyze,
+    last_skipped_autoanalyze,
     vacuum_count,
+    skipped_vacuum_count,
     autovacuum_count,
+    skipped_autovacuum_count,
     analyze_count,
+    skipped_analyze_count,
     autoanalyze_count,
+    skipped_autoanalyze_count,
     total_vacuum_time,
     total_autovacuum_time,
     total_analyze_time,
@@ -2348,13 +2364,21 @@ pg_stat_user_tables| SELECT relid,
     n_mod_since_analyze,
     n_ins_since_vacuum,
     last_vacuum,
+    last_skipped_vacuum,
     last_autovacuum,
+    last_skipped_autovacuum,
     last_analyze,
+    last_skipped_analyze,
     last_autoanalyze,
+    last_skipped_autoanalyze,
     vacuum_count,
+    skipped_vacuum_count,
     autovacuum_count,
+    skipped_autovacuum_count,
     analyze_count,
+    skipped_analyze_count,
     autoanalyze_count,
+    skipped_autoanalyze_count,
     total_vacuum_time,
     total_autovacuum_time,
     total_analyze_time,
-- 
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* [PATCH v4] Track skipped vacuum and analyze activity per relation
@ 2026-03-24 04:09 Yugo Nagata <[email protected]>
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From: Yugo Nagata @ 2026-03-24 04:09 UTC (permalink / raw)

This commit adds eight fields to the relation statistics that track
the last time vacuum or analyze has been attempted but skipped due to
lock unavailability, along with their counts:

-    last_skipped_vacuum
-    last_skipped_autovacuum
-    last_skipped_analyze
-    last_skipped_autoanalyze
-    skipped_vacuum_count
-    skipped_autovacuum_count
-    skipped_analyze_count
-    skipped_autoanalyze_count

These field can help users confirm that autovacuum is actively attempting
to run on a table that has not been vacuumed or analyzed for a long time,
and that the lack of progress is due to repeated skips rather than inactivity.
---
 doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml                 |  88 ++++++++++++++++
 src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql         |   8 ++
 src/backend/commands/vacuum.c                | 102 ++++++++++++++-----
 src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c |  64 ++++++++++++
 src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c          |  24 +++++
 src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat              |  32 ++++++
 src/include/pgstat.h                         |  16 +++
 src/test/regress/expected/rules.out          |  24 +++++
 8 files changed, 335 insertions(+), 23 deletions(-)

diff --git a/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml b/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml
index 08d5b824552..a9b579d87a9 100644
--- a/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml
+++ b/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml
@@ -4387,6 +4387,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_vacuum</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time a manual vacuum on this table was attempted but skipped due to
+       lock unavailability (not counting <command>VACUUM FULL</command>)
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>last_autovacuum</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
@@ -4397,6 +4407,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_autovacuum</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time a vacuum on this table by the autovacuum daemon was attempted
+       but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>last_analyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
@@ -4406,6 +4426,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_analyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time a manual analyze on this table was attempted but skipped due to
+       lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>last_autoanalyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
@@ -4416,6 +4446,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_autoanalyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time at which an analyze on this table by the autovacuum was
+       attempted but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>vacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4426,6 +4466,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_vacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times manual vacuums on this table have been attempted but skipped
+       due to lock unavailability (not counting <command>VACUUM FULL</command>)
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>autovacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4436,6 +4486,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_autovacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times vacuums on this table by the autovacuum daemon have been
+       attempted but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>analyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4445,6 +4505,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_analyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times manual analyzes on this table have been attempted but
+       skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>autoanalyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4455,6 +4525,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_autoanalyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times analyzes on this table by the autovacuum daemon have
+       been attempted but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>total_vacuum_time</structfield> <type>double precision</type>
@@ -4510,6 +4590,14 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
    </tgroup>
   </table>
 
+  <note>
+   <para>
+    When a manual vacuum or analyze on a parent table in an inheritance or
+    partitioning hierarchy is skipped, the statistics are recorded only for
+    the parent table, not for its children.
+   </para>
+  </note>
+
  </sect2>
 
  <sect2 id="monitoring-pg-stat-autovacuum-scores-view">
diff --git a/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql b/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql
index 73a1c1c4670..f509fc7876b 100644
--- a/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql
+++ b/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql
@@ -736,13 +736,21 @@ CREATE VIEW pg_stat_all_tables AS
             pg_stat_get_mod_since_analyze(C.oid) AS n_mod_since_analyze,
             pg_stat_get_ins_since_vacuum(C.oid) AS n_ins_since_vacuum,
             pg_stat_get_last_vacuum_time(C.oid) as last_vacuum,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_vacuum,
             pg_stat_get_last_autovacuum_time(C.oid) as last_autovacuum,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_autovacuum,
             pg_stat_get_last_analyze_time(C.oid) as last_analyze,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_analyze,
             pg_stat_get_last_autoanalyze_time(C.oid) as last_autoanalyze,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_autoanalyze,
             pg_stat_get_vacuum_count(C.oid) AS vacuum_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count(C.oid) AS skipped_vacuum_count,
             pg_stat_get_autovacuum_count(C.oid) AS autovacuum_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count(C.oid) AS skipped_autovacuum_count,
             pg_stat_get_analyze_count(C.oid) AS analyze_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count(C.oid) AS skipped_analyze_count,
             pg_stat_get_autoanalyze_count(C.oid) AS autoanalyze_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count(C.oid) AS skipped_autoanalyze_count,
             pg_stat_get_total_vacuum_time(C.oid) AS total_vacuum_time,
             pg_stat_get_total_autovacuum_time(C.oid) AS total_autovacuum_time,
             pg_stat_get_total_analyze_time(C.oid) AS total_analyze_time,
diff --git a/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c b/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c
index 99d0db82ed7..97cd5ea8d10 100644
--- a/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c
+++ b/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c
@@ -793,8 +793,25 @@ vacuum_open_relation(Oid relid, RangeVar *relation, uint32 options,
 		rel = try_relation_open(relid, NoLock);
 	else
 	{
+		int flags = 0;
 		rel = NULL;
 		rel_lock = false;
+
+		if ((options & VACOPT_VACUUM) != 0)
+		{
+			if (AmAutoVacuumWorkerProcess())
+				flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOVACUUM;
+			else
+				flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM;
+		}
+		if ((options & VACOPT_ANALYZE) != 0)
+		{
+			if (AmAutoVacuumWorkerProcess())
+				flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOANALYZE;
+			else
+				flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE;
+		}
+		pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(relid, flags);
 	}
 
 	/* if relation is opened, leave */
@@ -802,7 +819,7 @@ vacuum_open_relation(Oid relid, RangeVar *relation, uint32 options,
 		return rel;
 
 	/*
-	 * Relation could not be opened, hence generate if possible a log
+	 * Relation could not be opened hence generate if possible a log
 	 * informing on the situation.
 	 *
 	 * If the RangeVar is not defined, we do not have enough information to
@@ -905,7 +922,6 @@ expand_vacuum_rel(VacuumRelation *vrel, MemoryContext vac_context,
 		Form_pg_class classForm;
 		bool		include_children;
 		bool		is_partitioned_table;
-		int			rvr_opts;
 
 		/*
 		 * Since autovacuum workers supply OIDs when calling vacuum(), no
@@ -918,29 +934,69 @@ expand_vacuum_rel(VacuumRelation *vrel, MemoryContext vac_context,
 		 * below, as well as find_all_inheritors's expectation that the caller
 		 * holds some lock on the starting relation.
 		 */
-		rvr_opts = (options & VACOPT_SKIP_LOCKED) ? RVR_SKIP_LOCKED : 0;
-		relid = RangeVarGetRelidExtended(vrel->relation,
-										 AccessShareLock,
-										 rvr_opts,
-										 NULL, NULL);
-
-		/*
-		 * If the lock is unavailable, emit the same log statement that
-		 * vacuum_rel() and analyze_rel() would.
-		 */
-		if (!OidIsValid(relid))
+		if (!(options & VACOPT_SKIP_LOCKED))
 		{
-			if (options & VACOPT_VACUUM)
-				ereport(WARNING,
-						(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
-						 errmsg("skipping vacuum of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
-								vrel->relation->relname)));
-			else
-				ereport(WARNING,
-						(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
-						 errmsg("skipping analyze of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
+			relid = RangeVarGetRelidExtended(vrel->relation,
+											 AccessShareLock,
+											 0, NULL, NULL);
+			if (!OidIsValid(relid))
+				return vacrels;
+		}
+		else
+		{
+			/* Get relid for reporting before taking a lock */
+			relid = RangeVarGetRelid(vrel->relation, NoLock, false);
+
+			if (!ConditionalLockRelationOid(relid, AccessShareLock))
+			{
+				int	flags = 0;
+				/*
+				 * If the lock is unavailable, emit the same log statement that
+				 * vacuum_rel() and analyze_rel() would.
+				 */
+				if (options & VACOPT_VACUUM)
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping vacuum of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
 								vrel->relation->relname)));
-			return vacrels;
+				else
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping analyze of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
+									vrel->relation->relname)));
+
+				if ((options & VACOPT_VACUUM) != 0)
+					flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM;
+				if ((options & VACOPT_ANALYZE) != 0)
+					flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE;
+
+				pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(relid, flags);
+
+				return vacrels;
+			}
+
+			/*
+			 * Now that we have the lock, probe to see if the relation really
+			 * exists or not.
+			 */
+			if (!SearchSysCacheExists1(RELOID, ObjectIdGetDatum(relid)))
+			{
+				if (options & VACOPT_VACUUM)
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_UNDEFINED_TABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping vacuum of \"%s\" --- relation no longer exists",
+									vrel->relation->relname)));
+				else
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_UNDEFINED_TABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping analyze of \"%s\" --- relation no longer exists",
+									vrel->relation->relname)));
+
+				/* Release useless lock */
+				UnlockRelationOid(relid, AccessShareLock);
+
+				return vacrels;
+			}
 		}
 
 		/*
diff --git a/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c b/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c
index b2ca28f83ba..532d9023f8c 100644
--- a/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c
+++ b/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c
@@ -17,12 +17,14 @@
 
 #include "postgres.h"
 
+#include "access/htup_details.h"
 #include "access/twophase_rmgr.h"
 #include "access/xact.h"
 #include "catalog/catalog.h"
 #include "utils/memutils.h"
 #include "utils/pgstat_internal.h"
 #include "utils/rel.h"
+#include "utils/syscache.h"
 #include "utils/timestamp.h"
 
 
@@ -367,6 +369,68 @@ pgstat_report_analyze(Relation rel,
 	(void) pgstat_flush_backend(false, PGSTAT_BACKEND_FLUSH_IO);
 }
 
+/*
+ * Report that the table was skipped during vacuum or/and analyze.
+ */
+void
+pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(Oid relid, int flags)
+{
+	PgStat_EntryRef *entry_ref;
+	PgStatShared_Relation *shtabentry;
+	PgStat_StatTabEntry *tabentry;
+	TimestampTz ts;
+	HeapTuple	classTup;
+	bool		isshared;
+
+	if (!pgstat_track_counts || !flags)
+		return;
+
+	classTup = SearchSysCache1(RELOID, ObjectIdGetDatum(relid));
+	if (!HeapTupleIsValid(classTup))
+		return;			/* somebody deleted the rel, forget it */
+	isshared = ((Form_pg_class) GETSTRUCT(classTup))->relisshared;
+	ReleaseSysCache(classTup);
+
+	/* Store the data in the table's hash table entry. */
+	ts = GetCurrentTimestamp();
+
+	/* block acquiring lock for the same reason as pgstat_report_autovac() */
+	entry_ref = pgstat_get_entry_ref_locked(PGSTAT_KIND_RELATION,
+											isshared ? InvalidOid : MyDatabaseId,
+											relid, false);
+
+	shtabentry = (PgStatShared_Relation *) entry_ref->shared_stats;
+	tabentry = &shtabentry->stats;
+
+	if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM)
+	{
+		tabentry->last_skipped_vacuum_time = ts;
+		tabentry->skipped_vacuum_count++;
+	}
+	else if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOVACUUM)
+	{
+		tabentry->last_skipped_autovacuum_time = ts;
+		tabentry->skipped_autovacuum_count++;
+	}
+
+	if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE)
+	{
+		tabentry->last_skipped_analyze_time = ts;
+		tabentry->skipped_analyze_count++;
+	}
+	else if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOANALYZE)
+	{
+		tabentry->last_skipped_autoanalyze_time = ts;
+		tabentry->skipped_autoanalyze_count++;
+	}
+
+	pgstat_unlock_entry(entry_ref);
+
+	/* see pgstat_report_vacuum() */
+	pgstat_flush_io(false);
+	(void) pgstat_flush_backend(false, PGSTAT_BACKEND_FLUSH_IO);
+}
+
 /*
  * count a tuple insertion of n tuples
  */
diff --git a/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c b/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c
index 1408de387ea..90a8968faa0 100644
--- a/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c
+++ b/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c
@@ -84,6 +84,18 @@ PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(mod_since_analyze)
 /* pg_stat_get_numscans */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(numscans)
 
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_analyze_count)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_autoanalyze_count)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_autovacuum_count)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_vacuum_count)
+
 /* pg_stat_get_tuples_deleted */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(tuples_deleted)
 
@@ -170,6 +182,18 @@ PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_vacuum_time)
 /* pg_stat_get_lastscan */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(lastscan)
 
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_analyze_time)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_autoanalyze_time)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_autovacuum_time)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_vacuum_time)
+
 /* pg_stat_get_stat_reset_time */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(stat_reset_time)
 
diff --git a/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat b/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat
index fa9ae79082b..32debb34863 100644
--- a/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat
+++ b/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat
@@ -5680,6 +5680,38 @@
   proargmodes => '{o,o,o,o,o,o,o,o,o,o}',
   proargnames => '{oid,score,xid_score,mxid_score,vacuum_score,vacuum_insert_score,analyze_score,do_vacuum,do_analyze,for_wraparound}',
   prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_autovacuum_scores' },
+{ oid => '8142', descr => 'statistics: last skipped vacuum time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time' },
+{ oid => '8143', descr => 'statistics: last skipped auto vacuum time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time' },
+{ oid => '8144', descr => 'statistics: last skipped analyze time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time' },
+{ oid => '8145', descr => 'statistics: last skipped auto analyze time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time' },
+{ oid => '8146', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped vacuum for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count' },
+{ oid => '8147', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped auto vacuum for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count' },
+{ oid => '8148', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped analyzes for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count' },
+{ oid => '8149', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped auto analyzes for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count' },
 { oid => '1936', descr => 'statistics: currently active backend IDs',
   proname => 'pg_stat_get_backend_idset', prorows => '100', proretset => 't',
   provolatile => 's', proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int4',
diff --git a/src/include/pgstat.h b/src/include/pgstat.h
index dfa2e837638..98941f953d1 100644
--- a/src/include/pgstat.h
+++ b/src/include/pgstat.h
@@ -479,6 +479,15 @@ typedef struct PgStat_StatTabEntry
 	TimestampTz last_autoanalyze_time;	/* autovacuum initiated */
 	PgStat_Counter autoanalyze_count;
 
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_vacuum_time;	/* user initiated vacuum */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_vacuum_count;
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_autovacuum_time;	/* autovacuum initiated */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_autovacuum_count;
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_analyze_time;	/* user initiated */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_analyze_count;
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_autoanalyze_time;	/* autovacuum initiated */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_autoanalyze_count;
+
 	PgStat_Counter total_vacuum_time;	/* times in milliseconds */
 	PgStat_Counter total_autovacuum_time;
 	PgStat_Counter total_analyze_time;
@@ -703,6 +712,13 @@ extern void pgstat_report_analyze(Relation rel,
 								  PgStat_Counter livetuples, PgStat_Counter deadtuples,
 								  bool resetcounter, TimestampTz starttime);
 
+/* flags for pgstat_flush_backend() */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM		(1 << 0)	/* vacuum is skipped */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE		(1 << 1)	/* analyze is skipped */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOVACUUM	(1 << 2)	/* autovacuum is skipped */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOANALYZE	(1 << 3)	/* autoanalyze is skipped */
+extern void pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(Oid relid, int flags);
+
 /*
  * If stats are enabled, but pending data hasn't been prepared yet, call
  * pgstat_assoc_relation() to do so. See its comment for why this is done
diff --git a/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out b/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out
index a65a5bf0c4f..9b2075d3373 100644
--- a/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out
+++ b/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out
@@ -1835,13 +1835,21 @@ pg_stat_all_tables| SELECT c.oid AS relid,
     pg_stat_get_mod_since_analyze(c.oid) AS n_mod_since_analyze,
     pg_stat_get_ins_since_vacuum(c.oid) AS n_ins_since_vacuum,
     pg_stat_get_last_vacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_vacuum,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_vacuum,
     pg_stat_get_last_autovacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_autovacuum,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_autovacuum,
     pg_stat_get_last_analyze_time(c.oid) AS last_analyze,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_analyze,
     pg_stat_get_last_autoanalyze_time(c.oid) AS last_autoanalyze,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_autoanalyze,
     pg_stat_get_vacuum_count(c.oid) AS vacuum_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count(c.oid) AS skipped_vacuum_count,
     pg_stat_get_autovacuum_count(c.oid) AS autovacuum_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count(c.oid) AS skipped_autovacuum_count,
     pg_stat_get_analyze_count(c.oid) AS analyze_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count(c.oid) AS skipped_analyze_count,
     pg_stat_get_autoanalyze_count(c.oid) AS autoanalyze_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count(c.oid) AS skipped_autoanalyze_count,
     pg_stat_get_total_vacuum_time(c.oid) AS total_vacuum_time,
     pg_stat_get_total_autovacuum_time(c.oid) AS total_autovacuum_time,
     pg_stat_get_total_analyze_time(c.oid) AS total_analyze_time,
@@ -2346,13 +2354,21 @@ pg_stat_sys_tables| SELECT relid,
     n_mod_since_analyze,
     n_ins_since_vacuum,
     last_vacuum,
+    last_skipped_vacuum,
     last_autovacuum,
+    last_skipped_autovacuum,
     last_analyze,
+    last_skipped_analyze,
     last_autoanalyze,
+    last_skipped_autoanalyze,
     vacuum_count,
+    skipped_vacuum_count,
     autovacuum_count,
+    skipped_autovacuum_count,
     analyze_count,
+    skipped_analyze_count,
     autoanalyze_count,
+    skipped_autoanalyze_count,
     total_vacuum_time,
     total_autovacuum_time,
     total_analyze_time,
@@ -2401,13 +2417,21 @@ pg_stat_user_tables| SELECT relid,
     n_mod_since_analyze,
     n_ins_since_vacuum,
     last_vacuum,
+    last_skipped_vacuum,
     last_autovacuum,
+    last_skipped_autovacuum,
     last_analyze,
+    last_skipped_analyze,
     last_autoanalyze,
+    last_skipped_autoanalyze,
     vacuum_count,
+    skipped_vacuum_count,
     autovacuum_count,
+    skipped_autovacuum_count,
     analyze_count,
+    skipped_analyze_count,
     autoanalyze_count,
+    skipped_autoanalyze_count,
     total_vacuum_time,
     total_autovacuum_time,
     total_analyze_time,
-- 
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* [PATCH v3] Track skipped vacuum and analyze activity per relation
@ 2026-03-24 04:09 Yugo Nagata <[email protected]>
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From: Yugo Nagata @ 2026-03-24 04:09 UTC (permalink / raw)

This commit adds eight fields to the relation statistics that track
the last time vacuum or analyze has been attempted but skipped due to
lock unavailability, along with their counts:

-    last_skipped_vacuum
-    last_skipped_autovacuum
-    last_skipped_analyze
-    last_skipped_autoanalyze
-    skipped_vacuum_count
-    skipped_autovacuum_count
-    skipped_analyze_count
-    skipped_autoanalyze_count

These field can help users confirm that autovacuum is actively attempting
to run on a table that has not been vacuumed or analyzed for a long time,
and that the lack of progress is due to repeated skips rather than inactivity.
---
 doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml                 | 80 +++++++++++++++++
 src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql         |  8 ++
 src/backend/commands/vacuum.c                | 95 +++++++++++++++-----
 src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c | 68 ++++++++++++++
 src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c          | 24 +++++
 src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat              | 32 +++++++
 src/include/pgstat.h                         | 16 ++++
 src/test/regress/expected/rules.out          | 24 +++++
 8 files changed, 324 insertions(+), 23 deletions(-)

diff --git a/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml b/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml
index bb75ed1069b..9ec8070b2fc 100644
--- a/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml
+++ b/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml
@@ -4372,6 +4372,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_vacuum</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time a manual vacuum on this table was attempted but skipped due to
+       lock unavailability (not counting <command>VACUUM FULL</command>)
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>last_autovacuum</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
@@ -4382,6 +4392,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_autovacuum</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time a vacuum on this table by the autovacuum daemon was attempted
+       but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>last_analyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
@@ -4391,6 +4411,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_analyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time a manual analyze on this table was attempted but skipped due to
+       lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>last_autoanalyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
@@ -4401,6 +4431,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_autoanalyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time at which an analyze on this table by the autovacuum was
+       attempted but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>vacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4411,6 +4451,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_vacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times vacuums on this table have been attempted but skipped
+       due to lock unavailability (not counting <command>VACUUM FULL</command>)
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>autovacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4421,6 +4471,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_autovacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times vacuums on this table by the autovacuum daemon have been
+       attempted but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>analyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4430,6 +4490,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_analyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times manual analyzes on this table have been attempted but
+       skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>autoanalyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4440,6 +4510,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_autoanalyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times analyzes on this table by the autovacuum daemon have
+       been attempted but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>total_vacuum_time</structfield> <type>double precision</type>
diff --git a/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql b/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql
index e54018004db..2ca02a0354c 100644
--- a/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql
+++ b/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql
@@ -736,13 +736,21 @@ CREATE VIEW pg_stat_all_tables AS
             pg_stat_get_mod_since_analyze(C.oid) AS n_mod_since_analyze,
             pg_stat_get_ins_since_vacuum(C.oid) AS n_ins_since_vacuum,
             pg_stat_get_last_vacuum_time(C.oid) as last_vacuum,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_vacuum,
             pg_stat_get_last_autovacuum_time(C.oid) as last_autovacuum,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_autovacuum,
             pg_stat_get_last_analyze_time(C.oid) as last_analyze,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_analyze,
             pg_stat_get_last_autoanalyze_time(C.oid) as last_autoanalyze,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_autoanalyze,
             pg_stat_get_vacuum_count(C.oid) AS vacuum_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count(C.oid) AS skipped_vacuum_count,
             pg_stat_get_autovacuum_count(C.oid) AS autovacuum_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count(C.oid) AS skipped_autovacuum_count,
             pg_stat_get_analyze_count(C.oid) AS analyze_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count(C.oid) AS skipped_analyze_count,
             pg_stat_get_autoanalyze_count(C.oid) AS autoanalyze_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count(C.oid) AS skipped_autoanalyze_count,
             pg_stat_get_total_vacuum_time(C.oid) AS total_vacuum_time,
             pg_stat_get_total_autovacuum_time(C.oid) AS total_autovacuum_time,
             pg_stat_get_total_analyze_time(C.oid) AS total_analyze_time,
diff --git a/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c b/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c
index bce3a2daa24..ce83b3171be 100644
--- a/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c
+++ b/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c
@@ -792,8 +792,18 @@ vacuum_open_relation(Oid relid, RangeVar *relation, bits32 options,
 		rel = try_relation_open(relid, NoLock);
 	else
 	{
+		bits8 flags = 0;
 		rel = NULL;
 		rel_lock = false;
+
+		if ((options & VACOPT_VACUUM) != 0)
+			flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM;
+		if ((options & VACOPT_ANALYZE) != 0)
+			flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE;
+		if (AmAutoVacuumWorkerProcess())
+			flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOVAC;
+
+		pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(relid, flags);
 	}
 
 	/* if relation is opened, leave */
@@ -801,7 +811,7 @@ vacuum_open_relation(Oid relid, RangeVar *relation, bits32 options,
 		return rel;
 
 	/*
-	 * Relation could not be opened, hence generate if possible a log
+	 * Relation could not be opened hence generate if possible a log
 	 * informing on the situation.
 	 *
 	 * If the RangeVar is not defined, we do not have enough information to
@@ -904,7 +914,6 @@ expand_vacuum_rel(VacuumRelation *vrel, MemoryContext vac_context,
 		Form_pg_class classForm;
 		bool		include_children;
 		bool		is_partitioned_table;
-		int			rvr_opts;
 
 		/*
 		 * Since autovacuum workers supply OIDs when calling vacuum(), no
@@ -917,29 +926,69 @@ expand_vacuum_rel(VacuumRelation *vrel, MemoryContext vac_context,
 		 * below, as well as find_all_inheritors's expectation that the caller
 		 * holds some lock on the starting relation.
 		 */
-		rvr_opts = (options & VACOPT_SKIP_LOCKED) ? RVR_SKIP_LOCKED : 0;
-		relid = RangeVarGetRelidExtended(vrel->relation,
-										 AccessShareLock,
-										 rvr_opts,
-										 NULL, NULL);
-
-		/*
-		 * If the lock is unavailable, emit the same log statement that
-		 * vacuum_rel() and analyze_rel() would.
-		 */
-		if (!OidIsValid(relid))
+		if (!(options & VACOPT_SKIP_LOCKED))
 		{
-			if (options & VACOPT_VACUUM)
-				ereport(WARNING,
-						(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
-						 errmsg("skipping vacuum of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
-								vrel->relation->relname)));
-			else
-				ereport(WARNING,
-						(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
-						 errmsg("skipping analyze of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
+			relid = RangeVarGetRelidExtended(vrel->relation,
+											 AccessShareLock,
+											 0, NULL, NULL);
+			if (!OidIsValid(relid))
+				return vacrels;
+		}
+		else
+		{
+			/* Get relid for reporting before taking a lock */
+			relid = RangeVarGetRelid(vrel->relation, NoLock, false);
+
+			if (!ConditionalLockRelationOid(relid, AccessShareLock))
+			{
+				bits8	flags = 0;
+				/*
+				 * If the lock is unavailable, emit the same log statement that
+				 * vacuum_rel() and analyze_rel() would.
+				 */
+				if (options & VACOPT_VACUUM)
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping vacuum of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
 								vrel->relation->relname)));
-			return vacrels;
+				else
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping analyze of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
+									vrel->relation->relname)));
+
+				if ((options & VACOPT_VACUUM) != 0)
+					flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM;
+				if ((options & VACOPT_ANALYZE) != 0)
+					flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE;
+
+				pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(relid, flags);
+
+				return vacrels;
+			}
+
+			/*
+			 * Now that we have the lock, probe to see if the relation really
+			 * exists or not.
+			 */
+			if (!SearchSysCacheExists1(RELOID, ObjectIdGetDatum(relid)))
+			{
+				if (options & VACOPT_VACUUM)
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_UNDEFINED_TABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping vacuum of \"%s\" --- relation no longer exists",
+									vrel->relation->relname)));
+				else
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_UNDEFINED_TABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping analyze of \"%s\" --- relation no longer exists",
+									vrel->relation->relname)));
+
+				/* Release useless lock */
+				UnlockRelationOid(relid, AccessShareLock);
+
+				return vacrels;
+			}
 		}
 
 		/*
diff --git a/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c b/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c
index bc8c43b96aa..cec4c88980e 100644
--- a/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c
+++ b/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c
@@ -17,6 +17,7 @@
 
 #include "postgres.h"
 
+#include "access/htup_details.h"
 #include "access/twophase_rmgr.h"
 #include "access/xact.h"
 #include "catalog/catalog.h"
@@ -366,6 +367,73 @@ pgstat_report_analyze(Relation rel,
 	(void) pgstat_flush_backend(false, PGSTAT_BACKEND_FLUSH_IO);
 }
 
+/*
+ * Report that the table was skipped during vacuum or/and analyze.
+ */
+void
+pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(Oid relid, bits8 flags)
+{
+	PgStat_EntryRef *entry_ref;
+	PgStatShared_Relation *shtabentry;
+	PgStat_StatTabEntry *tabentry;
+	TimestampTz ts;
+	HeapTuple	classTup;
+	bool		isshared;
+
+	if (!pgstat_track_counts || !(flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANY))
+		return;
+
+	classTup = SearchSysCache1(RELOID, ObjectIdGetDatum(relid));
+	if (!HeapTupleIsValid(classTup))
+		return;			/* somebody deleted the rel, forget it */
+	isshared = ((Form_pg_class) GETSTRUCT(classTup))->relisshared;
+	ReleaseSysCache(classTup);
+
+	/* Store the data in the table's hash table entry. */
+	ts = GetCurrentTimestamp();
+
+	/* block acquiring lock for the same reason as pgstat_report_autovac() */
+	entry_ref = pgstat_get_entry_ref_locked(PGSTAT_KIND_RELATION,
+											isshared ? InvalidOid : MyDatabaseId,
+											relid, false);
+
+	shtabentry = (PgStatShared_Relation *) entry_ref->shared_stats;
+	tabentry = &shtabentry->stats;
+
+	if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOVAC)
+	{
+		if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM)
+		{
+			tabentry->last_skipped_autovacuum_time = ts;
+			tabentry->skipped_autovacuum_count++;
+		}
+		if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE)
+		{
+			tabentry->last_skipped_autoanalyze_time = ts;
+			tabentry->skipped_autoanalyze_count++;
+		}
+	}
+	else
+	{
+		if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM)
+		{
+			tabentry->last_skipped_vacuum_time = ts;
+			tabentry->skipped_vacuum_count++;
+		}
+		if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE)
+		{
+			tabentry->last_skipped_analyze_time = ts;
+			tabentry->skipped_analyze_count++;
+		}
+	}
+
+	pgstat_unlock_entry(entry_ref);
+
+	/* see pgstat_report_vacuum() */
+	pgstat_flush_io(false);
+	(void) pgstat_flush_backend(false, PGSTAT_BACKEND_FLUSH_IO);
+}
+
 /*
  * count a tuple insertion of n tuples
  */
diff --git a/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c b/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c
index 9185a8e6b83..18aaa3996e1 100644
--- a/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c
+++ b/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c
@@ -84,6 +84,18 @@ PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(mod_since_analyze)
 /* pg_stat_get_numscans */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(numscans)
 
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_analyze_count)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_autoanalyze_count)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_autovacuum_count)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_vacuum_count)
+
 /* pg_stat_get_tuples_deleted */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(tuples_deleted)
 
@@ -170,6 +182,18 @@ PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_vacuum_time)
 /* pg_stat_get_lastscan */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(lastscan)
 
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_analyze_time)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_autoanalyze_time)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_autovacuum_time)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_vacuum_time)
+
 /* pg_stat_get_stat_reset_time */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(stat_reset_time)
 
diff --git a/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat b/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat
index 0118e970dda..ccfe3d9e02a 100644
--- a/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat
+++ b/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat
@@ -5667,6 +5667,38 @@
   proname => 'pg_stat_get_total_autoanalyze_time', provolatile => 's',
   proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'float8', proargtypes => 'oid',
   prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_total_autoanalyze_time' },
+{ oid => '8142', descr => 'statistics: last skipped vacuum time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time' },
+{ oid => '8143', descr => 'statistics: last skipped auto vacuum time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time' },
+{ oid => '8144', descr => 'statistics: last skipped analyze time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time' },
+{ oid => '8145', descr => 'statistics: last skipped auto analyze time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time' },
+{ oid => '8146', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped vacuum for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count' },
+{ oid => '8147', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped auto vacuum for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count' },
+{ oid => '8148', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped analyzes for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count' },
+{ oid => '8149', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped auto analyzes for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count' },
 { oid => '1936', descr => 'statistics: currently active backend IDs',
   proname => 'pg_stat_get_backend_idset', prorows => '100', proretset => 't',
   provolatile => 's', proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int4',
diff --git a/src/include/pgstat.h b/src/include/pgstat.h
index 8e3549c3752..343081a7a25 100644
--- a/src/include/pgstat.h
+++ b/src/include/pgstat.h
@@ -479,6 +479,15 @@ typedef struct PgStat_StatTabEntry
 	TimestampTz last_autoanalyze_time;	/* autovacuum initiated */
 	PgStat_Counter autoanalyze_count;
 
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_vacuum_time;	/* user initiated vacuum */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_vacuum_count;
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_autovacuum_time;	/* autovacuum initiated */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_autovacuum_count;
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_analyze_time;	/* user initiated */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_analyze_count;
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_autoanalyze_time;	/* autovacuum initiated */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_autoanalyze_count;
+
 	PgStat_Counter total_vacuum_time;	/* times in milliseconds */
 	PgStat_Counter total_autovacuum_time;
 	PgStat_Counter total_analyze_time;
@@ -707,6 +716,13 @@ extern void pgstat_report_analyze(Relation rel,
 								  PgStat_Counter livetuples, PgStat_Counter deadtuples,
 								  bool resetcounter, TimestampTz starttime);
 
+/* flags for pgstat_flush_backend() */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM	(1 << 0)	/* vacuum is skipped */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE	(1 << 1)	/* analyze is skipped */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOVAC	(1 << 2)	/* skipped during autovacuum/autoanalyze */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANY   (PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM | PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE)
+extern void pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(Oid relid, bits8 flags);
+
 /*
  * If stats are enabled, but pending data hasn't been prepared yet, call
  * pgstat_assoc_relation() to do so. See its comment for why this is done
diff --git a/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out b/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out
index 2b3cf6d8569..4ccfc43e903 100644
--- a/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out
+++ b/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out
@@ -1835,13 +1835,21 @@ pg_stat_all_tables| SELECT c.oid AS relid,
     pg_stat_get_mod_since_analyze(c.oid) AS n_mod_since_analyze,
     pg_stat_get_ins_since_vacuum(c.oid) AS n_ins_since_vacuum,
     pg_stat_get_last_vacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_vacuum,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_vacuum,
     pg_stat_get_last_autovacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_autovacuum,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_autovacuum,
     pg_stat_get_last_analyze_time(c.oid) AS last_analyze,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_analyze,
     pg_stat_get_last_autoanalyze_time(c.oid) AS last_autoanalyze,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_autoanalyze,
     pg_stat_get_vacuum_count(c.oid) AS vacuum_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count(c.oid) AS skipped_vacuum_count,
     pg_stat_get_autovacuum_count(c.oid) AS autovacuum_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count(c.oid) AS skipped_autovacuum_count,
     pg_stat_get_analyze_count(c.oid) AS analyze_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count(c.oid) AS skipped_analyze_count,
     pg_stat_get_autoanalyze_count(c.oid) AS autoanalyze_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count(c.oid) AS skipped_autoanalyze_count,
     pg_stat_get_total_vacuum_time(c.oid) AS total_vacuum_time,
     pg_stat_get_total_autovacuum_time(c.oid) AS total_autovacuum_time,
     pg_stat_get_total_analyze_time(c.oid) AS total_analyze_time,
@@ -2293,13 +2301,21 @@ pg_stat_sys_tables| SELECT relid,
     n_mod_since_analyze,
     n_ins_since_vacuum,
     last_vacuum,
+    last_skipped_vacuum,
     last_autovacuum,
+    last_skipped_autovacuum,
     last_analyze,
+    last_skipped_analyze,
     last_autoanalyze,
+    last_skipped_autoanalyze,
     vacuum_count,
+    skipped_vacuum_count,
     autovacuum_count,
+    skipped_autovacuum_count,
     analyze_count,
+    skipped_analyze_count,
     autoanalyze_count,
+    skipped_autoanalyze_count,
     total_vacuum_time,
     total_autovacuum_time,
     total_analyze_time,
@@ -2348,13 +2364,21 @@ pg_stat_user_tables| SELECT relid,
     n_mod_since_analyze,
     n_ins_since_vacuum,
     last_vacuum,
+    last_skipped_vacuum,
     last_autovacuum,
+    last_skipped_autovacuum,
     last_analyze,
+    last_skipped_analyze,
     last_autoanalyze,
+    last_skipped_autoanalyze,
     vacuum_count,
+    skipped_vacuum_count,
     autovacuum_count,
+    skipped_autovacuum_count,
     analyze_count,
+    skipped_analyze_count,
     autoanalyze_count,
+    skipped_autoanalyze_count,
     total_vacuum_time,
     total_autovacuum_time,
     total_analyze_time,
-- 
2.43.0


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* [PATCH v3] Track skipped vacuum and analyze activity per relation
@ 2026-03-24 04:09 Yugo Nagata <[email protected]>
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From: Yugo Nagata @ 2026-03-24 04:09 UTC (permalink / raw)

This commit adds eight fields to the relation statistics that track
the last time vacuum or analyze has been attempted but skipped due to
lock unavailability, along with their counts:

-    last_skipped_vacuum
-    last_skipped_autovacuum
-    last_skipped_analyze
-    last_skipped_autoanalyze
-    skipped_vacuum_count
-    skipped_autovacuum_count
-    skipped_analyze_count
-    skipped_autoanalyze_count

These field can help users confirm that autovacuum is actively attempting
to run on a table that has not been vacuumed or analyzed for a long time,
and that the lack of progress is due to repeated skips rather than inactivity.
---
 doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml                 | 80 +++++++++++++++++
 src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql         |  8 ++
 src/backend/commands/vacuum.c                | 95 +++++++++++++++-----
 src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c | 68 ++++++++++++++
 src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c          | 24 +++++
 src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat              | 32 +++++++
 src/include/pgstat.h                         | 16 ++++
 src/test/regress/expected/rules.out          | 24 +++++
 8 files changed, 324 insertions(+), 23 deletions(-)

diff --git a/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml b/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml
index bb75ed1069b..9ec8070b2fc 100644
--- a/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml
+++ b/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml
@@ -4372,6 +4372,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_vacuum</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time a manual vacuum on this table was attempted but skipped due to
+       lock unavailability (not counting <command>VACUUM FULL</command>)
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>last_autovacuum</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
@@ -4382,6 +4392,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_autovacuum</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time a vacuum on this table by the autovacuum daemon was attempted
+       but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>last_analyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
@@ -4391,6 +4411,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_analyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time a manual analyze on this table was attempted but skipped due to
+       lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>last_autoanalyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
@@ -4401,6 +4431,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_autoanalyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time at which an analyze on this table by the autovacuum was
+       attempted but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>vacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4411,6 +4451,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_vacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times vacuums on this table have been attempted but skipped
+       due to lock unavailability (not counting <command>VACUUM FULL</command>)
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>autovacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4421,6 +4471,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_autovacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times vacuums on this table by the autovacuum daemon have been
+       attempted but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>analyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4430,6 +4490,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_analyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times manual analyzes on this table have been attempted but
+       skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>autoanalyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4440,6 +4510,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_autoanalyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times analyzes on this table by the autovacuum daemon have
+       been attempted but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>total_vacuum_time</structfield> <type>double precision</type>
diff --git a/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql b/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql
index e54018004db..2ca02a0354c 100644
--- a/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql
+++ b/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql
@@ -736,13 +736,21 @@ CREATE VIEW pg_stat_all_tables AS
             pg_stat_get_mod_since_analyze(C.oid) AS n_mod_since_analyze,
             pg_stat_get_ins_since_vacuum(C.oid) AS n_ins_since_vacuum,
             pg_stat_get_last_vacuum_time(C.oid) as last_vacuum,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_vacuum,
             pg_stat_get_last_autovacuum_time(C.oid) as last_autovacuum,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_autovacuum,
             pg_stat_get_last_analyze_time(C.oid) as last_analyze,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_analyze,
             pg_stat_get_last_autoanalyze_time(C.oid) as last_autoanalyze,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_autoanalyze,
             pg_stat_get_vacuum_count(C.oid) AS vacuum_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count(C.oid) AS skipped_vacuum_count,
             pg_stat_get_autovacuum_count(C.oid) AS autovacuum_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count(C.oid) AS skipped_autovacuum_count,
             pg_stat_get_analyze_count(C.oid) AS analyze_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count(C.oid) AS skipped_analyze_count,
             pg_stat_get_autoanalyze_count(C.oid) AS autoanalyze_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count(C.oid) AS skipped_autoanalyze_count,
             pg_stat_get_total_vacuum_time(C.oid) AS total_vacuum_time,
             pg_stat_get_total_autovacuum_time(C.oid) AS total_autovacuum_time,
             pg_stat_get_total_analyze_time(C.oid) AS total_analyze_time,
diff --git a/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c b/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c
index bce3a2daa24..ce83b3171be 100644
--- a/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c
+++ b/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c
@@ -792,8 +792,18 @@ vacuum_open_relation(Oid relid, RangeVar *relation, bits32 options,
 		rel = try_relation_open(relid, NoLock);
 	else
 	{
+		bits8 flags = 0;
 		rel = NULL;
 		rel_lock = false;
+
+		if ((options & VACOPT_VACUUM) != 0)
+			flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM;
+		if ((options & VACOPT_ANALYZE) != 0)
+			flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE;
+		if (AmAutoVacuumWorkerProcess())
+			flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOVAC;
+
+		pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(relid, flags);
 	}
 
 	/* if relation is opened, leave */
@@ -801,7 +811,7 @@ vacuum_open_relation(Oid relid, RangeVar *relation, bits32 options,
 		return rel;
 
 	/*
-	 * Relation could not be opened, hence generate if possible a log
+	 * Relation could not be opened hence generate if possible a log
 	 * informing on the situation.
 	 *
 	 * If the RangeVar is not defined, we do not have enough information to
@@ -904,7 +914,6 @@ expand_vacuum_rel(VacuumRelation *vrel, MemoryContext vac_context,
 		Form_pg_class classForm;
 		bool		include_children;
 		bool		is_partitioned_table;
-		int			rvr_opts;
 
 		/*
 		 * Since autovacuum workers supply OIDs when calling vacuum(), no
@@ -917,29 +926,69 @@ expand_vacuum_rel(VacuumRelation *vrel, MemoryContext vac_context,
 		 * below, as well as find_all_inheritors's expectation that the caller
 		 * holds some lock on the starting relation.
 		 */
-		rvr_opts = (options & VACOPT_SKIP_LOCKED) ? RVR_SKIP_LOCKED : 0;
-		relid = RangeVarGetRelidExtended(vrel->relation,
-										 AccessShareLock,
-										 rvr_opts,
-										 NULL, NULL);
-
-		/*
-		 * If the lock is unavailable, emit the same log statement that
-		 * vacuum_rel() and analyze_rel() would.
-		 */
-		if (!OidIsValid(relid))
+		if (!(options & VACOPT_SKIP_LOCKED))
 		{
-			if (options & VACOPT_VACUUM)
-				ereport(WARNING,
-						(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
-						 errmsg("skipping vacuum of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
-								vrel->relation->relname)));
-			else
-				ereport(WARNING,
-						(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
-						 errmsg("skipping analyze of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
+			relid = RangeVarGetRelidExtended(vrel->relation,
+											 AccessShareLock,
+											 0, NULL, NULL);
+			if (!OidIsValid(relid))
+				return vacrels;
+		}
+		else
+		{
+			/* Get relid for reporting before taking a lock */
+			relid = RangeVarGetRelid(vrel->relation, NoLock, false);
+
+			if (!ConditionalLockRelationOid(relid, AccessShareLock))
+			{
+				bits8	flags = 0;
+				/*
+				 * If the lock is unavailable, emit the same log statement that
+				 * vacuum_rel() and analyze_rel() would.
+				 */
+				if (options & VACOPT_VACUUM)
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping vacuum of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
 								vrel->relation->relname)));
-			return vacrels;
+				else
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping analyze of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
+									vrel->relation->relname)));
+
+				if ((options & VACOPT_VACUUM) != 0)
+					flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM;
+				if ((options & VACOPT_ANALYZE) != 0)
+					flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE;
+
+				pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(relid, flags);
+
+				return vacrels;
+			}
+
+			/*
+			 * Now that we have the lock, probe to see if the relation really
+			 * exists or not.
+			 */
+			if (!SearchSysCacheExists1(RELOID, ObjectIdGetDatum(relid)))
+			{
+				if (options & VACOPT_VACUUM)
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_UNDEFINED_TABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping vacuum of \"%s\" --- relation no longer exists",
+									vrel->relation->relname)));
+				else
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_UNDEFINED_TABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping analyze of \"%s\" --- relation no longer exists",
+									vrel->relation->relname)));
+
+				/* Release useless lock */
+				UnlockRelationOid(relid, AccessShareLock);
+
+				return vacrels;
+			}
 		}
 
 		/*
diff --git a/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c b/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c
index bc8c43b96aa..cec4c88980e 100644
--- a/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c
+++ b/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c
@@ -17,6 +17,7 @@
 
 #include "postgres.h"
 
+#include "access/htup_details.h"
 #include "access/twophase_rmgr.h"
 #include "access/xact.h"
 #include "catalog/catalog.h"
@@ -366,6 +367,73 @@ pgstat_report_analyze(Relation rel,
 	(void) pgstat_flush_backend(false, PGSTAT_BACKEND_FLUSH_IO);
 }
 
+/*
+ * Report that the table was skipped during vacuum or/and analyze.
+ */
+void
+pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(Oid relid, bits8 flags)
+{
+	PgStat_EntryRef *entry_ref;
+	PgStatShared_Relation *shtabentry;
+	PgStat_StatTabEntry *tabentry;
+	TimestampTz ts;
+	HeapTuple	classTup;
+	bool		isshared;
+
+	if (!pgstat_track_counts || !(flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANY))
+		return;
+
+	classTup = SearchSysCache1(RELOID, ObjectIdGetDatum(relid));
+	if (!HeapTupleIsValid(classTup))
+		return;			/* somebody deleted the rel, forget it */
+	isshared = ((Form_pg_class) GETSTRUCT(classTup))->relisshared;
+	ReleaseSysCache(classTup);
+
+	/* Store the data in the table's hash table entry. */
+	ts = GetCurrentTimestamp();
+
+	/* block acquiring lock for the same reason as pgstat_report_autovac() */
+	entry_ref = pgstat_get_entry_ref_locked(PGSTAT_KIND_RELATION,
+											isshared ? InvalidOid : MyDatabaseId,
+											relid, false);
+
+	shtabentry = (PgStatShared_Relation *) entry_ref->shared_stats;
+	tabentry = &shtabentry->stats;
+
+	if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOVAC)
+	{
+		if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM)
+		{
+			tabentry->last_skipped_autovacuum_time = ts;
+			tabentry->skipped_autovacuum_count++;
+		}
+		if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE)
+		{
+			tabentry->last_skipped_autoanalyze_time = ts;
+			tabentry->skipped_autoanalyze_count++;
+		}
+	}
+	else
+	{
+		if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM)
+		{
+			tabentry->last_skipped_vacuum_time = ts;
+			tabentry->skipped_vacuum_count++;
+		}
+		if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE)
+		{
+			tabentry->last_skipped_analyze_time = ts;
+			tabentry->skipped_analyze_count++;
+		}
+	}
+
+	pgstat_unlock_entry(entry_ref);
+
+	/* see pgstat_report_vacuum() */
+	pgstat_flush_io(false);
+	(void) pgstat_flush_backend(false, PGSTAT_BACKEND_FLUSH_IO);
+}
+
 /*
  * count a tuple insertion of n tuples
  */
diff --git a/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c b/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c
index 9185a8e6b83..18aaa3996e1 100644
--- a/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c
+++ b/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c
@@ -84,6 +84,18 @@ PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(mod_since_analyze)
 /* pg_stat_get_numscans */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(numscans)
 
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_analyze_count)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_autoanalyze_count)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_autovacuum_count)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_vacuum_count)
+
 /* pg_stat_get_tuples_deleted */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(tuples_deleted)
 
@@ -170,6 +182,18 @@ PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_vacuum_time)
 /* pg_stat_get_lastscan */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(lastscan)
 
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_analyze_time)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_autoanalyze_time)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_autovacuum_time)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_vacuum_time)
+
 /* pg_stat_get_stat_reset_time */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(stat_reset_time)
 
diff --git a/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat b/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat
index 0118e970dda..ccfe3d9e02a 100644
--- a/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat
+++ b/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat
@@ -5667,6 +5667,38 @@
   proname => 'pg_stat_get_total_autoanalyze_time', provolatile => 's',
   proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'float8', proargtypes => 'oid',
   prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_total_autoanalyze_time' },
+{ oid => '8142', descr => 'statistics: last skipped vacuum time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time' },
+{ oid => '8143', descr => 'statistics: last skipped auto vacuum time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time' },
+{ oid => '8144', descr => 'statistics: last skipped analyze time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time' },
+{ oid => '8145', descr => 'statistics: last skipped auto analyze time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time' },
+{ oid => '8146', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped vacuum for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count' },
+{ oid => '8147', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped auto vacuum for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count' },
+{ oid => '8148', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped analyzes for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count' },
+{ oid => '8149', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped auto analyzes for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count' },
 { oid => '1936', descr => 'statistics: currently active backend IDs',
   proname => 'pg_stat_get_backend_idset', prorows => '100', proretset => 't',
   provolatile => 's', proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int4',
diff --git a/src/include/pgstat.h b/src/include/pgstat.h
index 8e3549c3752..343081a7a25 100644
--- a/src/include/pgstat.h
+++ b/src/include/pgstat.h
@@ -479,6 +479,15 @@ typedef struct PgStat_StatTabEntry
 	TimestampTz last_autoanalyze_time;	/* autovacuum initiated */
 	PgStat_Counter autoanalyze_count;
 
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_vacuum_time;	/* user initiated vacuum */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_vacuum_count;
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_autovacuum_time;	/* autovacuum initiated */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_autovacuum_count;
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_analyze_time;	/* user initiated */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_analyze_count;
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_autoanalyze_time;	/* autovacuum initiated */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_autoanalyze_count;
+
 	PgStat_Counter total_vacuum_time;	/* times in milliseconds */
 	PgStat_Counter total_autovacuum_time;
 	PgStat_Counter total_analyze_time;
@@ -707,6 +716,13 @@ extern void pgstat_report_analyze(Relation rel,
 								  PgStat_Counter livetuples, PgStat_Counter deadtuples,
 								  bool resetcounter, TimestampTz starttime);
 
+/* flags for pgstat_flush_backend() */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM	(1 << 0)	/* vacuum is skipped */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE	(1 << 1)	/* analyze is skipped */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOVAC	(1 << 2)	/* skipped during autovacuum/autoanalyze */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANY   (PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM | PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE)
+extern void pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(Oid relid, bits8 flags);
+
 /*
  * If stats are enabled, but pending data hasn't been prepared yet, call
  * pgstat_assoc_relation() to do so. See its comment for why this is done
diff --git a/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out b/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out
index 2b3cf6d8569..4ccfc43e903 100644
--- a/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out
+++ b/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out
@@ -1835,13 +1835,21 @@ pg_stat_all_tables| SELECT c.oid AS relid,
     pg_stat_get_mod_since_analyze(c.oid) AS n_mod_since_analyze,
     pg_stat_get_ins_since_vacuum(c.oid) AS n_ins_since_vacuum,
     pg_stat_get_last_vacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_vacuum,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_vacuum,
     pg_stat_get_last_autovacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_autovacuum,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_autovacuum,
     pg_stat_get_last_analyze_time(c.oid) AS last_analyze,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_analyze,
     pg_stat_get_last_autoanalyze_time(c.oid) AS last_autoanalyze,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_autoanalyze,
     pg_stat_get_vacuum_count(c.oid) AS vacuum_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count(c.oid) AS skipped_vacuum_count,
     pg_stat_get_autovacuum_count(c.oid) AS autovacuum_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count(c.oid) AS skipped_autovacuum_count,
     pg_stat_get_analyze_count(c.oid) AS analyze_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count(c.oid) AS skipped_analyze_count,
     pg_stat_get_autoanalyze_count(c.oid) AS autoanalyze_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count(c.oid) AS skipped_autoanalyze_count,
     pg_stat_get_total_vacuum_time(c.oid) AS total_vacuum_time,
     pg_stat_get_total_autovacuum_time(c.oid) AS total_autovacuum_time,
     pg_stat_get_total_analyze_time(c.oid) AS total_analyze_time,
@@ -2293,13 +2301,21 @@ pg_stat_sys_tables| SELECT relid,
     n_mod_since_analyze,
     n_ins_since_vacuum,
     last_vacuum,
+    last_skipped_vacuum,
     last_autovacuum,
+    last_skipped_autovacuum,
     last_analyze,
+    last_skipped_analyze,
     last_autoanalyze,
+    last_skipped_autoanalyze,
     vacuum_count,
+    skipped_vacuum_count,
     autovacuum_count,
+    skipped_autovacuum_count,
     analyze_count,
+    skipped_analyze_count,
     autoanalyze_count,
+    skipped_autoanalyze_count,
     total_vacuum_time,
     total_autovacuum_time,
     total_analyze_time,
@@ -2348,13 +2364,21 @@ pg_stat_user_tables| SELECT relid,
     n_mod_since_analyze,
     n_ins_since_vacuum,
     last_vacuum,
+    last_skipped_vacuum,
     last_autovacuum,
+    last_skipped_autovacuum,
     last_analyze,
+    last_skipped_analyze,
     last_autoanalyze,
+    last_skipped_autoanalyze,
     vacuum_count,
+    skipped_vacuum_count,
     autovacuum_count,
+    skipped_autovacuum_count,
     analyze_count,
+    skipped_analyze_count,
     autoanalyze_count,
+    skipped_autoanalyze_count,
     total_vacuum_time,
     total_autovacuum_time,
     total_analyze_time,
-- 
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* [PATCH v3] Track skipped vacuum and analyze activity per relation
@ 2026-03-24 04:09 Yugo Nagata <[email protected]>
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From: Yugo Nagata @ 2026-03-24 04:09 UTC (permalink / raw)

This commit adds eight fields to the relation statistics that track
the last time vacuum or analyze has been attempted but skipped due to
lock unavailability, along with their counts:

-    last_skipped_vacuum
-    last_skipped_autovacuum
-    last_skipped_analyze
-    last_skipped_autoanalyze
-    skipped_vacuum_count
-    skipped_autovacuum_count
-    skipped_analyze_count
-    skipped_autoanalyze_count

These field can help users confirm that autovacuum is actively attempting
to run on a table that has not been vacuumed or analyzed for a long time,
and that the lack of progress is due to repeated skips rather than inactivity.
---
 doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml                 | 80 +++++++++++++++++
 src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql         |  8 ++
 src/backend/commands/vacuum.c                | 95 +++++++++++++++-----
 src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c | 68 ++++++++++++++
 src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c          | 24 +++++
 src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat              | 32 +++++++
 src/include/pgstat.h                         | 16 ++++
 src/test/regress/expected/rules.out          | 24 +++++
 8 files changed, 324 insertions(+), 23 deletions(-)

diff --git a/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml b/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml
index bb75ed1069b..9ec8070b2fc 100644
--- a/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml
+++ b/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml
@@ -4372,6 +4372,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_vacuum</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time a manual vacuum on this table was attempted but skipped due to
+       lock unavailability (not counting <command>VACUUM FULL</command>)
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>last_autovacuum</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
@@ -4382,6 +4392,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_autovacuum</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time a vacuum on this table by the autovacuum daemon was attempted
+       but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>last_analyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
@@ -4391,6 +4411,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_analyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time a manual analyze on this table was attempted but skipped due to
+       lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>last_autoanalyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
@@ -4401,6 +4431,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_autoanalyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time at which an analyze on this table by the autovacuum was
+       attempted but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>vacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4411,6 +4451,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_vacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times vacuums on this table have been attempted but skipped
+       due to lock unavailability (not counting <command>VACUUM FULL</command>)
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>autovacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4421,6 +4471,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_autovacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times vacuums on this table by the autovacuum daemon have been
+       attempted but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>analyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4430,6 +4490,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_analyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times manual analyzes on this table have been attempted but
+       skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>autoanalyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4440,6 +4510,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_autoanalyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times analyzes on this table by the autovacuum daemon have
+       been attempted but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>total_vacuum_time</structfield> <type>double precision</type>
diff --git a/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql b/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql
index e54018004db..2ca02a0354c 100644
--- a/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql
+++ b/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql
@@ -736,13 +736,21 @@ CREATE VIEW pg_stat_all_tables AS
             pg_stat_get_mod_since_analyze(C.oid) AS n_mod_since_analyze,
             pg_stat_get_ins_since_vacuum(C.oid) AS n_ins_since_vacuum,
             pg_stat_get_last_vacuum_time(C.oid) as last_vacuum,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_vacuum,
             pg_stat_get_last_autovacuum_time(C.oid) as last_autovacuum,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_autovacuum,
             pg_stat_get_last_analyze_time(C.oid) as last_analyze,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_analyze,
             pg_stat_get_last_autoanalyze_time(C.oid) as last_autoanalyze,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_autoanalyze,
             pg_stat_get_vacuum_count(C.oid) AS vacuum_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count(C.oid) AS skipped_vacuum_count,
             pg_stat_get_autovacuum_count(C.oid) AS autovacuum_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count(C.oid) AS skipped_autovacuum_count,
             pg_stat_get_analyze_count(C.oid) AS analyze_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count(C.oid) AS skipped_analyze_count,
             pg_stat_get_autoanalyze_count(C.oid) AS autoanalyze_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count(C.oid) AS skipped_autoanalyze_count,
             pg_stat_get_total_vacuum_time(C.oid) AS total_vacuum_time,
             pg_stat_get_total_autovacuum_time(C.oid) AS total_autovacuum_time,
             pg_stat_get_total_analyze_time(C.oid) AS total_analyze_time,
diff --git a/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c b/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c
index bce3a2daa24..ce83b3171be 100644
--- a/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c
+++ b/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c
@@ -792,8 +792,18 @@ vacuum_open_relation(Oid relid, RangeVar *relation, bits32 options,
 		rel = try_relation_open(relid, NoLock);
 	else
 	{
+		bits8 flags = 0;
 		rel = NULL;
 		rel_lock = false;
+
+		if ((options & VACOPT_VACUUM) != 0)
+			flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM;
+		if ((options & VACOPT_ANALYZE) != 0)
+			flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE;
+		if (AmAutoVacuumWorkerProcess())
+			flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOVAC;
+
+		pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(relid, flags);
 	}
 
 	/* if relation is opened, leave */
@@ -801,7 +811,7 @@ vacuum_open_relation(Oid relid, RangeVar *relation, bits32 options,
 		return rel;
 
 	/*
-	 * Relation could not be opened, hence generate if possible a log
+	 * Relation could not be opened hence generate if possible a log
 	 * informing on the situation.
 	 *
 	 * If the RangeVar is not defined, we do not have enough information to
@@ -904,7 +914,6 @@ expand_vacuum_rel(VacuumRelation *vrel, MemoryContext vac_context,
 		Form_pg_class classForm;
 		bool		include_children;
 		bool		is_partitioned_table;
-		int			rvr_opts;
 
 		/*
 		 * Since autovacuum workers supply OIDs when calling vacuum(), no
@@ -917,29 +926,69 @@ expand_vacuum_rel(VacuumRelation *vrel, MemoryContext vac_context,
 		 * below, as well as find_all_inheritors's expectation that the caller
 		 * holds some lock on the starting relation.
 		 */
-		rvr_opts = (options & VACOPT_SKIP_LOCKED) ? RVR_SKIP_LOCKED : 0;
-		relid = RangeVarGetRelidExtended(vrel->relation,
-										 AccessShareLock,
-										 rvr_opts,
-										 NULL, NULL);
-
-		/*
-		 * If the lock is unavailable, emit the same log statement that
-		 * vacuum_rel() and analyze_rel() would.
-		 */
-		if (!OidIsValid(relid))
+		if (!(options & VACOPT_SKIP_LOCKED))
 		{
-			if (options & VACOPT_VACUUM)
-				ereport(WARNING,
-						(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
-						 errmsg("skipping vacuum of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
-								vrel->relation->relname)));
-			else
-				ereport(WARNING,
-						(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
-						 errmsg("skipping analyze of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
+			relid = RangeVarGetRelidExtended(vrel->relation,
+											 AccessShareLock,
+											 0, NULL, NULL);
+			if (!OidIsValid(relid))
+				return vacrels;
+		}
+		else
+		{
+			/* Get relid for reporting before taking a lock */
+			relid = RangeVarGetRelid(vrel->relation, NoLock, false);
+
+			if (!ConditionalLockRelationOid(relid, AccessShareLock))
+			{
+				bits8	flags = 0;
+				/*
+				 * If the lock is unavailable, emit the same log statement that
+				 * vacuum_rel() and analyze_rel() would.
+				 */
+				if (options & VACOPT_VACUUM)
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping vacuum of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
 								vrel->relation->relname)));
-			return vacrels;
+				else
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping analyze of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
+									vrel->relation->relname)));
+
+				if ((options & VACOPT_VACUUM) != 0)
+					flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM;
+				if ((options & VACOPT_ANALYZE) != 0)
+					flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE;
+
+				pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(relid, flags);
+
+				return vacrels;
+			}
+
+			/*
+			 * Now that we have the lock, probe to see if the relation really
+			 * exists or not.
+			 */
+			if (!SearchSysCacheExists1(RELOID, ObjectIdGetDatum(relid)))
+			{
+				if (options & VACOPT_VACUUM)
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_UNDEFINED_TABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping vacuum of \"%s\" --- relation no longer exists",
+									vrel->relation->relname)));
+				else
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_UNDEFINED_TABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping analyze of \"%s\" --- relation no longer exists",
+									vrel->relation->relname)));
+
+				/* Release useless lock */
+				UnlockRelationOid(relid, AccessShareLock);
+
+				return vacrels;
+			}
 		}
 
 		/*
diff --git a/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c b/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c
index bc8c43b96aa..cec4c88980e 100644
--- a/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c
+++ b/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c
@@ -17,6 +17,7 @@
 
 #include "postgres.h"
 
+#include "access/htup_details.h"
 #include "access/twophase_rmgr.h"
 #include "access/xact.h"
 #include "catalog/catalog.h"
@@ -366,6 +367,73 @@ pgstat_report_analyze(Relation rel,
 	(void) pgstat_flush_backend(false, PGSTAT_BACKEND_FLUSH_IO);
 }
 
+/*
+ * Report that the table was skipped during vacuum or/and analyze.
+ */
+void
+pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(Oid relid, bits8 flags)
+{
+	PgStat_EntryRef *entry_ref;
+	PgStatShared_Relation *shtabentry;
+	PgStat_StatTabEntry *tabentry;
+	TimestampTz ts;
+	HeapTuple	classTup;
+	bool		isshared;
+
+	if (!pgstat_track_counts || !(flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANY))
+		return;
+
+	classTup = SearchSysCache1(RELOID, ObjectIdGetDatum(relid));
+	if (!HeapTupleIsValid(classTup))
+		return;			/* somebody deleted the rel, forget it */
+	isshared = ((Form_pg_class) GETSTRUCT(classTup))->relisshared;
+	ReleaseSysCache(classTup);
+
+	/* Store the data in the table's hash table entry. */
+	ts = GetCurrentTimestamp();
+
+	/* block acquiring lock for the same reason as pgstat_report_autovac() */
+	entry_ref = pgstat_get_entry_ref_locked(PGSTAT_KIND_RELATION,
+											isshared ? InvalidOid : MyDatabaseId,
+											relid, false);
+
+	shtabentry = (PgStatShared_Relation *) entry_ref->shared_stats;
+	tabentry = &shtabentry->stats;
+
+	if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOVAC)
+	{
+		if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM)
+		{
+			tabentry->last_skipped_autovacuum_time = ts;
+			tabentry->skipped_autovacuum_count++;
+		}
+		if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE)
+		{
+			tabentry->last_skipped_autoanalyze_time = ts;
+			tabentry->skipped_autoanalyze_count++;
+		}
+	}
+	else
+	{
+		if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM)
+		{
+			tabentry->last_skipped_vacuum_time = ts;
+			tabentry->skipped_vacuum_count++;
+		}
+		if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE)
+		{
+			tabentry->last_skipped_analyze_time = ts;
+			tabentry->skipped_analyze_count++;
+		}
+	}
+
+	pgstat_unlock_entry(entry_ref);
+
+	/* see pgstat_report_vacuum() */
+	pgstat_flush_io(false);
+	(void) pgstat_flush_backend(false, PGSTAT_BACKEND_FLUSH_IO);
+}
+
 /*
  * count a tuple insertion of n tuples
  */
diff --git a/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c b/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c
index 9185a8e6b83..18aaa3996e1 100644
--- a/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c
+++ b/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c
@@ -84,6 +84,18 @@ PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(mod_since_analyze)
 /* pg_stat_get_numscans */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(numscans)
 
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_analyze_count)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_autoanalyze_count)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_autovacuum_count)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_vacuum_count)
+
 /* pg_stat_get_tuples_deleted */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(tuples_deleted)
 
@@ -170,6 +182,18 @@ PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_vacuum_time)
 /* pg_stat_get_lastscan */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(lastscan)
 
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_analyze_time)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_autoanalyze_time)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_autovacuum_time)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_vacuum_time)
+
 /* pg_stat_get_stat_reset_time */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(stat_reset_time)
 
diff --git a/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat b/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat
index 0118e970dda..ccfe3d9e02a 100644
--- a/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat
+++ b/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat
@@ -5667,6 +5667,38 @@
   proname => 'pg_stat_get_total_autoanalyze_time', provolatile => 's',
   proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'float8', proargtypes => 'oid',
   prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_total_autoanalyze_time' },
+{ oid => '8142', descr => 'statistics: last skipped vacuum time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time' },
+{ oid => '8143', descr => 'statistics: last skipped auto vacuum time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time' },
+{ oid => '8144', descr => 'statistics: last skipped analyze time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time' },
+{ oid => '8145', descr => 'statistics: last skipped auto analyze time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time' },
+{ oid => '8146', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped vacuum for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count' },
+{ oid => '8147', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped auto vacuum for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count' },
+{ oid => '8148', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped analyzes for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count' },
+{ oid => '8149', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped auto analyzes for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count' },
 { oid => '1936', descr => 'statistics: currently active backend IDs',
   proname => 'pg_stat_get_backend_idset', prorows => '100', proretset => 't',
   provolatile => 's', proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int4',
diff --git a/src/include/pgstat.h b/src/include/pgstat.h
index 8e3549c3752..343081a7a25 100644
--- a/src/include/pgstat.h
+++ b/src/include/pgstat.h
@@ -479,6 +479,15 @@ typedef struct PgStat_StatTabEntry
 	TimestampTz last_autoanalyze_time;	/* autovacuum initiated */
 	PgStat_Counter autoanalyze_count;
 
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_vacuum_time;	/* user initiated vacuum */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_vacuum_count;
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_autovacuum_time;	/* autovacuum initiated */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_autovacuum_count;
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_analyze_time;	/* user initiated */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_analyze_count;
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_autoanalyze_time;	/* autovacuum initiated */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_autoanalyze_count;
+
 	PgStat_Counter total_vacuum_time;	/* times in milliseconds */
 	PgStat_Counter total_autovacuum_time;
 	PgStat_Counter total_analyze_time;
@@ -707,6 +716,13 @@ extern void pgstat_report_analyze(Relation rel,
 								  PgStat_Counter livetuples, PgStat_Counter deadtuples,
 								  bool resetcounter, TimestampTz starttime);
 
+/* flags for pgstat_flush_backend() */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM	(1 << 0)	/* vacuum is skipped */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE	(1 << 1)	/* analyze is skipped */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOVAC	(1 << 2)	/* skipped during autovacuum/autoanalyze */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANY   (PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM | PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE)
+extern void pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(Oid relid, bits8 flags);
+
 /*
  * If stats are enabled, but pending data hasn't been prepared yet, call
  * pgstat_assoc_relation() to do so. See its comment for why this is done
diff --git a/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out b/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out
index 2b3cf6d8569..4ccfc43e903 100644
--- a/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out
+++ b/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out
@@ -1835,13 +1835,21 @@ pg_stat_all_tables| SELECT c.oid AS relid,
     pg_stat_get_mod_since_analyze(c.oid) AS n_mod_since_analyze,
     pg_stat_get_ins_since_vacuum(c.oid) AS n_ins_since_vacuum,
     pg_stat_get_last_vacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_vacuum,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_vacuum,
     pg_stat_get_last_autovacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_autovacuum,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_autovacuum,
     pg_stat_get_last_analyze_time(c.oid) AS last_analyze,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_analyze,
     pg_stat_get_last_autoanalyze_time(c.oid) AS last_autoanalyze,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_autoanalyze,
     pg_stat_get_vacuum_count(c.oid) AS vacuum_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count(c.oid) AS skipped_vacuum_count,
     pg_stat_get_autovacuum_count(c.oid) AS autovacuum_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count(c.oid) AS skipped_autovacuum_count,
     pg_stat_get_analyze_count(c.oid) AS analyze_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count(c.oid) AS skipped_analyze_count,
     pg_stat_get_autoanalyze_count(c.oid) AS autoanalyze_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count(c.oid) AS skipped_autoanalyze_count,
     pg_stat_get_total_vacuum_time(c.oid) AS total_vacuum_time,
     pg_stat_get_total_autovacuum_time(c.oid) AS total_autovacuum_time,
     pg_stat_get_total_analyze_time(c.oid) AS total_analyze_time,
@@ -2293,13 +2301,21 @@ pg_stat_sys_tables| SELECT relid,
     n_mod_since_analyze,
     n_ins_since_vacuum,
     last_vacuum,
+    last_skipped_vacuum,
     last_autovacuum,
+    last_skipped_autovacuum,
     last_analyze,
+    last_skipped_analyze,
     last_autoanalyze,
+    last_skipped_autoanalyze,
     vacuum_count,
+    skipped_vacuum_count,
     autovacuum_count,
+    skipped_autovacuum_count,
     analyze_count,
+    skipped_analyze_count,
     autoanalyze_count,
+    skipped_autoanalyze_count,
     total_vacuum_time,
     total_autovacuum_time,
     total_analyze_time,
@@ -2348,13 +2364,21 @@ pg_stat_user_tables| SELECT relid,
     n_mod_since_analyze,
     n_ins_since_vacuum,
     last_vacuum,
+    last_skipped_vacuum,
     last_autovacuum,
+    last_skipped_autovacuum,
     last_analyze,
+    last_skipped_analyze,
     last_autoanalyze,
+    last_skipped_autoanalyze,
     vacuum_count,
+    skipped_vacuum_count,
     autovacuum_count,
+    skipped_autovacuum_count,
     analyze_count,
+    skipped_analyze_count,
     autoanalyze_count,
+    skipped_autoanalyze_count,
     total_vacuum_time,
     total_autovacuum_time,
     total_analyze_time,
-- 
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* [PATCH v5] Track skipped vacuum and analyze activity per relation
@ 2026-03-24 04:09 Yugo Nagata <[email protected]>
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From: Yugo Nagata @ 2026-03-24 04:09 UTC (permalink / raw)

This commit adds eight fields to the relation statistics that track
the last time vacuum or analyze has been attempted but skipped due to
lock unavailability, along with their counts:

-    last_skipped_vacuum
-    last_skipped_autovacuum
-    last_skipped_analyze
-    last_skipped_autoanalyze
-    skipped_vacuum_count
-    skipped_autovacuum_count
-    skipped_analyze_count
-    skipped_autoanalyze_count

These field can help users confirm that autovacuum is actively attempting
to run on a table that has not been vacuumed or analyzed for a long time,
and that the lack of progress is due to repeated skips rather than inactivity.
---
 doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml                  |  88 ++++++
 src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql          |   8 +
 src/backend/commands/vacuum.c                 | 100 +++++--
 src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c  |  64 +++++
 src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c           |  24 ++
 src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat               |  32 +++
 src/include/pgstat.h                          |  16 ++
 .../isolation/expected/vacuum-skip-locked.out | 260 ++++++++++++++++--
 .../isolation/specs/vacuum-skip-locked.spec   |  41 +--
 src/test/regress/expected/rules.out           |  24 ++
 10 files changed, 601 insertions(+), 56 deletions(-)

diff --git a/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml b/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml
index 08d5b824552..a9b579d87a9 100644
--- a/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml
+++ b/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml
@@ -4387,6 +4387,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_vacuum</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time a manual vacuum on this table was attempted but skipped due to
+       lock unavailability (not counting <command>VACUUM FULL</command>)
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>last_autovacuum</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
@@ -4397,6 +4407,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_autovacuum</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time a vacuum on this table by the autovacuum daemon was attempted
+       but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>last_analyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
@@ -4406,6 +4426,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_analyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time a manual analyze on this table was attempted but skipped due to
+       lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>last_autoanalyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
@@ -4416,6 +4446,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_autoanalyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time at which an analyze on this table by the autovacuum was
+       attempted but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>vacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4426,6 +4466,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_vacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times manual vacuums on this table have been attempted but skipped
+       due to lock unavailability (not counting <command>VACUUM FULL</command>)
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>autovacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4436,6 +4486,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_autovacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times vacuums on this table by the autovacuum daemon have been
+       attempted but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>analyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4445,6 +4505,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_analyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times manual analyzes on this table have been attempted but
+       skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>autoanalyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4455,6 +4525,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_autoanalyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times analyzes on this table by the autovacuum daemon have
+       been attempted but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>total_vacuum_time</structfield> <type>double precision</type>
@@ -4510,6 +4590,14 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
    </tgroup>
   </table>
 
+  <note>
+   <para>
+    When a manual vacuum or analyze on a parent table in an inheritance or
+    partitioning hierarchy is skipped, the statistics are recorded only for
+    the parent table, not for its children.
+   </para>
+  </note>
+
  </sect2>
 
  <sect2 id="monitoring-pg-stat-autovacuum-scores-view">
diff --git a/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql b/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql
index 73a1c1c4670..f509fc7876b 100644
--- a/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql
+++ b/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql
@@ -736,13 +736,21 @@ CREATE VIEW pg_stat_all_tables AS
             pg_stat_get_mod_since_analyze(C.oid) AS n_mod_since_analyze,
             pg_stat_get_ins_since_vacuum(C.oid) AS n_ins_since_vacuum,
             pg_stat_get_last_vacuum_time(C.oid) as last_vacuum,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_vacuum,
             pg_stat_get_last_autovacuum_time(C.oid) as last_autovacuum,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_autovacuum,
             pg_stat_get_last_analyze_time(C.oid) as last_analyze,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_analyze,
             pg_stat_get_last_autoanalyze_time(C.oid) as last_autoanalyze,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_autoanalyze,
             pg_stat_get_vacuum_count(C.oid) AS vacuum_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count(C.oid) AS skipped_vacuum_count,
             pg_stat_get_autovacuum_count(C.oid) AS autovacuum_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count(C.oid) AS skipped_autovacuum_count,
             pg_stat_get_analyze_count(C.oid) AS analyze_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count(C.oid) AS skipped_analyze_count,
             pg_stat_get_autoanalyze_count(C.oid) AS autoanalyze_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count(C.oid) AS skipped_autoanalyze_count,
             pg_stat_get_total_vacuum_time(C.oid) AS total_vacuum_time,
             pg_stat_get_total_autovacuum_time(C.oid) AS total_autovacuum_time,
             pg_stat_get_total_analyze_time(C.oid) AS total_analyze_time,
diff --git a/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c b/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c
index 99d0db82ed7..df6526225e4 100644
--- a/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c
+++ b/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c
@@ -793,8 +793,25 @@ vacuum_open_relation(Oid relid, RangeVar *relation, uint32 options,
 		rel = try_relation_open(relid, NoLock);
 	else
 	{
+		int flags = 0;
 		rel = NULL;
 		rel_lock = false;
+
+		if ((options & VACOPT_VACUUM) != 0 && (options & VACOPT_FULL) == 0)
+		{
+			if (AmAutoVacuumWorkerProcess())
+				flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOVACUUM;
+			else
+				flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM;
+		}
+		if ((options & VACOPT_ANALYZE) != 0)
+		{
+			if (AmAutoVacuumWorkerProcess())
+				flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOANALYZE;
+			else
+				flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE;
+		}
+		pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(relid, flags);
 	}
 
 	/* if relation is opened, leave */
@@ -905,7 +922,6 @@ expand_vacuum_rel(VacuumRelation *vrel, MemoryContext vac_context,
 		Form_pg_class classForm;
 		bool		include_children;
 		bool		is_partitioned_table;
-		int			rvr_opts;
 
 		/*
 		 * Since autovacuum workers supply OIDs when calling vacuum(), no
@@ -918,29 +934,69 @@ expand_vacuum_rel(VacuumRelation *vrel, MemoryContext vac_context,
 		 * below, as well as find_all_inheritors's expectation that the caller
 		 * holds some lock on the starting relation.
 		 */
-		rvr_opts = (options & VACOPT_SKIP_LOCKED) ? RVR_SKIP_LOCKED : 0;
-		relid = RangeVarGetRelidExtended(vrel->relation,
-										 AccessShareLock,
-										 rvr_opts,
-										 NULL, NULL);
-
-		/*
-		 * If the lock is unavailable, emit the same log statement that
-		 * vacuum_rel() and analyze_rel() would.
-		 */
-		if (!OidIsValid(relid))
+		if (!(options & VACOPT_SKIP_LOCKED))
 		{
-			if (options & VACOPT_VACUUM)
-				ereport(WARNING,
-						(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
-						 errmsg("skipping vacuum of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
-								vrel->relation->relname)));
-			else
-				ereport(WARNING,
-						(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
-						 errmsg("skipping analyze of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
+			relid = RangeVarGetRelidExtended(vrel->relation,
+											 AccessShareLock,
+											 0, NULL, NULL);
+			if (!OidIsValid(relid))
+				return vacrels;
+		}
+		else
+		{
+			/* Get relid for reporting before taking a lock */
+			relid = RangeVarGetRelid(vrel->relation, NoLock, false);
+
+			if (!ConditionalLockRelationOid(relid, AccessShareLock))
+			{
+				int	flags = 0;
+				/*
+				 * If the lock is unavailable, emit the same log statement that
+				 * vacuum_rel() and analyze_rel() would.
+				 */
+				if (options & VACOPT_VACUUM)
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping vacuum of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
 								vrel->relation->relname)));
-			return vacrels;
+				else
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping analyze of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
+									vrel->relation->relname)));
+
+				if ((options & VACOPT_VACUUM) != 0 && (options & VACOPT_FULL) == 0)
+					flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM;
+				if ((options & VACOPT_ANALYZE) != 0)
+					flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE;
+
+				pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(relid, flags);
+
+				return vacrels;
+			}
+
+			/*
+			 * Now that we have the lock, probe to see if the relation really
+			 * exists or not.
+			 */
+			if (!SearchSysCacheExists1(RELOID, ObjectIdGetDatum(relid)))
+			{
+				if (options & VACOPT_VACUUM)
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_UNDEFINED_TABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping vacuum of \"%s\" --- relation no longer exists",
+									vrel->relation->relname)));
+				else
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_UNDEFINED_TABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping analyze of \"%s\" --- relation no longer exists",
+									vrel->relation->relname)));
+
+				/* Release useless lock */
+				UnlockRelationOid(relid, AccessShareLock);
+
+				return vacrels;
+			}
 		}
 
 		/*
diff --git a/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c b/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c
index b2ca28f83ba..532d9023f8c 100644
--- a/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c
+++ b/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c
@@ -17,12 +17,14 @@
 
 #include "postgres.h"
 
+#include "access/htup_details.h"
 #include "access/twophase_rmgr.h"
 #include "access/xact.h"
 #include "catalog/catalog.h"
 #include "utils/memutils.h"
 #include "utils/pgstat_internal.h"
 #include "utils/rel.h"
+#include "utils/syscache.h"
 #include "utils/timestamp.h"
 
 
@@ -367,6 +369,68 @@ pgstat_report_analyze(Relation rel,
 	(void) pgstat_flush_backend(false, PGSTAT_BACKEND_FLUSH_IO);
 }
 
+/*
+ * Report that the table was skipped during vacuum or/and analyze.
+ */
+void
+pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(Oid relid, int flags)
+{
+	PgStat_EntryRef *entry_ref;
+	PgStatShared_Relation *shtabentry;
+	PgStat_StatTabEntry *tabentry;
+	TimestampTz ts;
+	HeapTuple	classTup;
+	bool		isshared;
+
+	if (!pgstat_track_counts || !flags)
+		return;
+
+	classTup = SearchSysCache1(RELOID, ObjectIdGetDatum(relid));
+	if (!HeapTupleIsValid(classTup))
+		return;			/* somebody deleted the rel, forget it */
+	isshared = ((Form_pg_class) GETSTRUCT(classTup))->relisshared;
+	ReleaseSysCache(classTup);
+
+	/* Store the data in the table's hash table entry. */
+	ts = GetCurrentTimestamp();
+
+	/* block acquiring lock for the same reason as pgstat_report_autovac() */
+	entry_ref = pgstat_get_entry_ref_locked(PGSTAT_KIND_RELATION,
+											isshared ? InvalidOid : MyDatabaseId,
+											relid, false);
+
+	shtabentry = (PgStatShared_Relation *) entry_ref->shared_stats;
+	tabentry = &shtabentry->stats;
+
+	if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM)
+	{
+		tabentry->last_skipped_vacuum_time = ts;
+		tabentry->skipped_vacuum_count++;
+	}
+	else if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOVACUUM)
+	{
+		tabentry->last_skipped_autovacuum_time = ts;
+		tabentry->skipped_autovacuum_count++;
+	}
+
+	if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE)
+	{
+		tabentry->last_skipped_analyze_time = ts;
+		tabentry->skipped_analyze_count++;
+	}
+	else if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOANALYZE)
+	{
+		tabentry->last_skipped_autoanalyze_time = ts;
+		tabentry->skipped_autoanalyze_count++;
+	}
+
+	pgstat_unlock_entry(entry_ref);
+
+	/* see pgstat_report_vacuum() */
+	pgstat_flush_io(false);
+	(void) pgstat_flush_backend(false, PGSTAT_BACKEND_FLUSH_IO);
+}
+
 /*
  * count a tuple insertion of n tuples
  */
diff --git a/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c b/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c
index 1408de387ea..90a8968faa0 100644
--- a/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c
+++ b/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c
@@ -84,6 +84,18 @@ PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(mod_since_analyze)
 /* pg_stat_get_numscans */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(numscans)
 
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_analyze_count)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_autoanalyze_count)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_autovacuum_count)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_vacuum_count)
+
 /* pg_stat_get_tuples_deleted */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(tuples_deleted)
 
@@ -170,6 +182,18 @@ PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_vacuum_time)
 /* pg_stat_get_lastscan */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(lastscan)
 
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_analyze_time)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_autoanalyze_time)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_autovacuum_time)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_vacuum_time)
+
 /* pg_stat_get_stat_reset_time */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(stat_reset_time)
 
diff --git a/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat b/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat
index fa9ae79082b..32debb34863 100644
--- a/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat
+++ b/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat
@@ -5680,6 +5680,38 @@
   proargmodes => '{o,o,o,o,o,o,o,o,o,o}',
   proargnames => '{oid,score,xid_score,mxid_score,vacuum_score,vacuum_insert_score,analyze_score,do_vacuum,do_analyze,for_wraparound}',
   prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_autovacuum_scores' },
+{ oid => '8142', descr => 'statistics: last skipped vacuum time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time' },
+{ oid => '8143', descr => 'statistics: last skipped auto vacuum time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time' },
+{ oid => '8144', descr => 'statistics: last skipped analyze time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time' },
+{ oid => '8145', descr => 'statistics: last skipped auto analyze time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time' },
+{ oid => '8146', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped vacuum for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count' },
+{ oid => '8147', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped auto vacuum for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count' },
+{ oid => '8148', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped analyzes for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count' },
+{ oid => '8149', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped auto analyzes for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count' },
 { oid => '1936', descr => 'statistics: currently active backend IDs',
   proname => 'pg_stat_get_backend_idset', prorows => '100', proretset => 't',
   provolatile => 's', proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int4',
diff --git a/src/include/pgstat.h b/src/include/pgstat.h
index dfa2e837638..98941f953d1 100644
--- a/src/include/pgstat.h
+++ b/src/include/pgstat.h
@@ -479,6 +479,15 @@ typedef struct PgStat_StatTabEntry
 	TimestampTz last_autoanalyze_time;	/* autovacuum initiated */
 	PgStat_Counter autoanalyze_count;
 
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_vacuum_time;	/* user initiated vacuum */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_vacuum_count;
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_autovacuum_time;	/* autovacuum initiated */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_autovacuum_count;
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_analyze_time;	/* user initiated */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_analyze_count;
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_autoanalyze_time;	/* autovacuum initiated */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_autoanalyze_count;
+
 	PgStat_Counter total_vacuum_time;	/* times in milliseconds */
 	PgStat_Counter total_autovacuum_time;
 	PgStat_Counter total_analyze_time;
@@ -703,6 +712,13 @@ extern void pgstat_report_analyze(Relation rel,
 								  PgStat_Counter livetuples, PgStat_Counter deadtuples,
 								  bool resetcounter, TimestampTz starttime);
 
+/* flags for pgstat_flush_backend() */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM		(1 << 0)	/* vacuum is skipped */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE		(1 << 1)	/* analyze is skipped */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOVACUUM	(1 << 2)	/* autovacuum is skipped */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOANALYZE	(1 << 3)	/* autoanalyze is skipped */
+extern void pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(Oid relid, int flags);
+
 /*
  * If stats are enabled, but pending data hasn't been prepared yet, call
  * pgstat_assoc_relation() to do so. See its comment for why this is done
diff --git a/src/test/isolation/expected/vacuum-skip-locked.out b/src/test/isolation/expected/vacuum-skip-locked.out
index 99db281a159..e2cff175b7c 100644
--- a/src/test/isolation/expected/vacuum-skip-locked.out
+++ b/src/test/isolation/expected/vacuum-skip-locked.out
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 Parsed test spec with 2 sessions
 
-starting permutation: lock_share vac_specified commit
+starting permutation: lock_share vac_specified commit check_stat
 step lock_share: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN SHARE MODE;
@@ -10,8 +10,22 @@ step vac_specified: VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED) part1, part2;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
 
-starting permutation: lock_share vac_all_parts commit
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   1|            0|                    0
+part2  |           1|                   0|            0|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
+
+starting permutation: lock_share vac_all_parts commit check_stat
 step lock_share: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN SHARE MODE;
@@ -20,8 +34,22 @@ step vac_all_parts: VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED) parted;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   1|            0|                    0
+part2  |           1|                   0|            0|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
 
-starting permutation: lock_share analyze_specified commit
+starting permutation: lock_share analyze_specified commit check_stat
 step lock_share: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN SHARE MODE;
@@ -31,8 +59,22 @@ step analyze_specified: ANALYZE (SKIP_LOCKED) part1, part2;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
 
-starting permutation: lock_share analyze_all_parts commit
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   0|            0|                    1
+part2  |           0|                   0|            1|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
+
+starting permutation: lock_share analyze_all_parts commit check_stat
 step lock_share: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN SHARE MODE;
@@ -41,8 +83,22 @@ step analyze_all_parts: ANALYZE (SKIP_LOCKED) parted;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            1|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   0|            0|                    1
+part2  |           0|                   0|            1|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
 
-starting permutation: lock_share vac_analyze_specified commit
+starting permutation: lock_share vac_analyze_specified commit check_stat
 step lock_share: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN SHARE MODE;
@@ -52,8 +108,22 @@ step vac_analyze_specified: VACUUM (ANALYZE, SKIP_LOCKED) part1, part2;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
 
-starting permutation: lock_share vac_analyze_all_parts commit
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   1|            0|                    1
+part2  |           1|                   0|            1|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
+
+starting permutation: lock_share vac_analyze_all_parts commit check_stat
 step lock_share: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN SHARE MODE;
@@ -62,8 +132,22 @@ step vac_analyze_all_parts: VACUUM (ANALYZE, SKIP_LOCKED) parted;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            1|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   1|            0|                    1
+part2  |           1|                   0|            1|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
 
-starting permutation: lock_share vac_full_specified commit
+starting permutation: lock_share vac_full_specified commit check_stat
 step lock_share: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN SHARE MODE;
@@ -73,8 +157,22 @@ step vac_full_specified: VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED, FULL) part1, part2;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
 
-starting permutation: lock_share vac_full_all_parts commit
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part2  |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
+
+starting permutation: lock_share vac_full_all_parts commit check_stat
 step lock_share: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN SHARE MODE;
@@ -83,8 +181,22 @@ step vac_full_all_parts: VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED, FULL) parted;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part2  |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+(3 rows)
 
-starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_specified commit
+
+starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_specified commit check_stat
 step lock_access_exclusive: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN ACCESS EXCLUSIVE MODE;
@@ -94,8 +206,22 @@ step vac_specified: VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED) part1, part2;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   1|            0|                    0
+part2  |           1|                   0|            0|                    0
+(3 rows)
 
-starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_all_parts commit
+
+starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_all_parts commit check_stat
 step lock_access_exclusive: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN ACCESS EXCLUSIVE MODE;
@@ -104,8 +230,22 @@ step vac_all_parts: VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED) parted;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   1|            0|                    0
+part2  |           1|                   0|            0|                    0
+(3 rows)
 
-starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive analyze_specified commit
+
+starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive analyze_specified commit check_stat
 step lock_access_exclusive: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN ACCESS EXCLUSIVE MODE;
@@ -115,8 +255,22 @@ step analyze_specified: ANALYZE (SKIP_LOCKED) part1, part2;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   0|            0|                    1
+part2  |           0|                   0|            1|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
 
-starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive analyze_all_parts commit
+starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive analyze_all_parts commit check_stat
 step lock_access_exclusive: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN ACCESS EXCLUSIVE MODE;
@@ -126,8 +280,22 @@ step commit:
 	COMMIT;
 
 step analyze_all_parts: <... completed>
-
-starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_analyze_specified commit
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            1|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   0|            1|                    0
+part2  |           0|                   0|            1|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
+
+starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_analyze_specified commit check_stat
 step lock_access_exclusive: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN ACCESS EXCLUSIVE MODE;
@@ -137,8 +305,22 @@ step vac_analyze_specified: VACUUM (ANALYZE, SKIP_LOCKED) part1, part2;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   1|            0|                    1
+part2  |           1|                   0|            1|                    0
+(3 rows)
 
-starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_analyze_all_parts commit
+
+starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_analyze_all_parts commit check_stat
 step lock_access_exclusive: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN ACCESS EXCLUSIVE MODE;
@@ -148,8 +330,22 @@ step commit:
 	COMMIT;
 
 step vac_analyze_all_parts: <... completed>
-
-starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_full_specified commit
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            1|                    0
+part1  |           1|                   0|            1|                    0
+part2  |           1|                   0|            1|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
+
+starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_full_specified commit check_stat
 step lock_access_exclusive: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN ACCESS EXCLUSIVE MODE;
@@ -159,8 +355,22 @@ step vac_full_specified: VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED, FULL) part1, part2;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
 
-starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_full_all_parts commit
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part2  |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
+
+starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_full_all_parts commit check_stat
 step lock_access_exclusive: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN ACCESS EXCLUSIVE MODE;
@@ -169,3 +379,17 @@ step vac_full_all_parts: VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED, FULL) parted;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part2  |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
diff --git a/src/test/isolation/specs/vacuum-skip-locked.spec b/src/test/isolation/specs/vacuum-skip-locked.spec
index 3fad6e1c92a..b0da75d4b6d 100644
--- a/src/test/isolation/specs/vacuum-skip-locked.spec
+++ b/src/test/isolation/specs/vacuum-skip-locked.spec
@@ -33,6 +33,15 @@ step commit
 	COMMIT;
 }
 
+step check_stat
+{
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+}
+
 session s2
 step vac_specified			{ VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED) part1, part2; }
 step vac_all_parts			{ VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED) parted; }
@@ -43,19 +52,19 @@ step vac_analyze_all_parts	{ VACUUM (ANALYZE, SKIP_LOCKED) parted; }
 step vac_full_specified		{ VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED, FULL) part1, part2; }
 step vac_full_all_parts		{ VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED, FULL) parted; }
 
-permutation lock_share vac_specified commit
-permutation lock_share vac_all_parts commit
-permutation lock_share analyze_specified commit
-permutation lock_share analyze_all_parts commit
-permutation lock_share vac_analyze_specified commit
-permutation lock_share vac_analyze_all_parts commit
-permutation lock_share vac_full_specified commit
-permutation lock_share vac_full_all_parts commit
-permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_specified commit
-permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_all_parts commit
-permutation lock_access_exclusive analyze_specified commit
-permutation lock_access_exclusive analyze_all_parts commit
-permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_analyze_specified commit
-permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_analyze_all_parts commit
-permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_full_specified commit
-permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_full_all_parts commit
+permutation lock_share vac_specified commit check_stat
+permutation lock_share vac_all_parts commit check_stat
+permutation lock_share analyze_specified commit check_stat
+permutation lock_share analyze_all_parts commit check_stat
+permutation lock_share vac_analyze_specified commit check_stat
+permutation lock_share vac_analyze_all_parts commit check_stat
+permutation lock_share vac_full_specified commit check_stat
+permutation lock_share vac_full_all_parts commit check_stat
+permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_specified commit check_stat
+permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_all_parts commit check_stat
+permutation lock_access_exclusive analyze_specified commit check_stat
+permutation lock_access_exclusive analyze_all_parts commit check_stat
+permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_analyze_specified commit check_stat
+permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_analyze_all_parts commit check_stat
+permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_full_specified commit check_stat
+permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_full_all_parts commit check_stat
diff --git a/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out b/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out
index a65a5bf0c4f..9b2075d3373 100644
--- a/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out
+++ b/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out
@@ -1835,13 +1835,21 @@ pg_stat_all_tables| SELECT c.oid AS relid,
     pg_stat_get_mod_since_analyze(c.oid) AS n_mod_since_analyze,
     pg_stat_get_ins_since_vacuum(c.oid) AS n_ins_since_vacuum,
     pg_stat_get_last_vacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_vacuum,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_vacuum,
     pg_stat_get_last_autovacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_autovacuum,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_autovacuum,
     pg_stat_get_last_analyze_time(c.oid) AS last_analyze,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_analyze,
     pg_stat_get_last_autoanalyze_time(c.oid) AS last_autoanalyze,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_autoanalyze,
     pg_stat_get_vacuum_count(c.oid) AS vacuum_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count(c.oid) AS skipped_vacuum_count,
     pg_stat_get_autovacuum_count(c.oid) AS autovacuum_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count(c.oid) AS skipped_autovacuum_count,
     pg_stat_get_analyze_count(c.oid) AS analyze_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count(c.oid) AS skipped_analyze_count,
     pg_stat_get_autoanalyze_count(c.oid) AS autoanalyze_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count(c.oid) AS skipped_autoanalyze_count,
     pg_stat_get_total_vacuum_time(c.oid) AS total_vacuum_time,
     pg_stat_get_total_autovacuum_time(c.oid) AS total_autovacuum_time,
     pg_stat_get_total_analyze_time(c.oid) AS total_analyze_time,
@@ -2346,13 +2354,21 @@ pg_stat_sys_tables| SELECT relid,
     n_mod_since_analyze,
     n_ins_since_vacuum,
     last_vacuum,
+    last_skipped_vacuum,
     last_autovacuum,
+    last_skipped_autovacuum,
     last_analyze,
+    last_skipped_analyze,
     last_autoanalyze,
+    last_skipped_autoanalyze,
     vacuum_count,
+    skipped_vacuum_count,
     autovacuum_count,
+    skipped_autovacuum_count,
     analyze_count,
+    skipped_analyze_count,
     autoanalyze_count,
+    skipped_autoanalyze_count,
     total_vacuum_time,
     total_autovacuum_time,
     total_analyze_time,
@@ -2401,13 +2417,21 @@ pg_stat_user_tables| SELECT relid,
     n_mod_since_analyze,
     n_ins_since_vacuum,
     last_vacuum,
+    last_skipped_vacuum,
     last_autovacuum,
+    last_skipped_autovacuum,
     last_analyze,
+    last_skipped_analyze,
     last_autoanalyze,
+    last_skipped_autoanalyze,
     vacuum_count,
+    skipped_vacuum_count,
     autovacuum_count,
+    skipped_autovacuum_count,
     analyze_count,
+    skipped_analyze_count,
     autoanalyze_count,
+    skipped_autoanalyze_count,
     total_vacuum_time,
     total_autovacuum_time,
     total_analyze_time,
-- 
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* [PATCH v3] Track skipped vacuum and analyze activity per relation
@ 2026-03-24 04:09 Yugo Nagata <[email protected]>
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From: Yugo Nagata @ 2026-03-24 04:09 UTC (permalink / raw)

This commit adds eight fields to the relation statistics that track
the last time vacuum or analyze has been attempted but skipped due to
lock unavailability, along with their counts:

-    last_skipped_vacuum
-    last_skipped_autovacuum
-    last_skipped_analyze
-    last_skipped_autoanalyze
-    skipped_vacuum_count
-    skipped_autovacuum_count
-    skipped_analyze_count
-    skipped_autoanalyze_count

These field can help users confirm that autovacuum is actively attempting
to run on a table that has not been vacuumed or analyzed for a long time,
and that the lack of progress is due to repeated skips rather than inactivity.
---
 doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml                 | 80 +++++++++++++++++
 src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql         |  8 ++
 src/backend/commands/vacuum.c                | 95 +++++++++++++++-----
 src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c | 68 ++++++++++++++
 src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c          | 24 +++++
 src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat              | 32 +++++++
 src/include/pgstat.h                         | 16 ++++
 src/test/regress/expected/rules.out          | 24 +++++
 8 files changed, 324 insertions(+), 23 deletions(-)

diff --git a/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml b/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml
index bb75ed1069b..9ec8070b2fc 100644
--- a/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml
+++ b/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml
@@ -4372,6 +4372,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_vacuum</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time a manual vacuum on this table was attempted but skipped due to
+       lock unavailability (not counting <command>VACUUM FULL</command>)
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>last_autovacuum</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
@@ -4382,6 +4392,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_autovacuum</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time a vacuum on this table by the autovacuum daemon was attempted
+       but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>last_analyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
@@ -4391,6 +4411,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_analyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time a manual analyze on this table was attempted but skipped due to
+       lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>last_autoanalyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
@@ -4401,6 +4431,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_autoanalyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time at which an analyze on this table by the autovacuum was
+       attempted but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>vacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4411,6 +4451,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_vacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times vacuums on this table have been attempted but skipped
+       due to lock unavailability (not counting <command>VACUUM FULL</command>)
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>autovacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4421,6 +4471,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_autovacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times vacuums on this table by the autovacuum daemon have been
+       attempted but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>analyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4430,6 +4490,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_analyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times manual analyzes on this table have been attempted but
+       skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>autoanalyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4440,6 +4510,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_autoanalyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times analyzes on this table by the autovacuum daemon have
+       been attempted but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>total_vacuum_time</structfield> <type>double precision</type>
diff --git a/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql b/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql
index e54018004db..2ca02a0354c 100644
--- a/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql
+++ b/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql
@@ -736,13 +736,21 @@ CREATE VIEW pg_stat_all_tables AS
             pg_stat_get_mod_since_analyze(C.oid) AS n_mod_since_analyze,
             pg_stat_get_ins_since_vacuum(C.oid) AS n_ins_since_vacuum,
             pg_stat_get_last_vacuum_time(C.oid) as last_vacuum,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_vacuum,
             pg_stat_get_last_autovacuum_time(C.oid) as last_autovacuum,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_autovacuum,
             pg_stat_get_last_analyze_time(C.oid) as last_analyze,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_analyze,
             pg_stat_get_last_autoanalyze_time(C.oid) as last_autoanalyze,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_autoanalyze,
             pg_stat_get_vacuum_count(C.oid) AS vacuum_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count(C.oid) AS skipped_vacuum_count,
             pg_stat_get_autovacuum_count(C.oid) AS autovacuum_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count(C.oid) AS skipped_autovacuum_count,
             pg_stat_get_analyze_count(C.oid) AS analyze_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count(C.oid) AS skipped_analyze_count,
             pg_stat_get_autoanalyze_count(C.oid) AS autoanalyze_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count(C.oid) AS skipped_autoanalyze_count,
             pg_stat_get_total_vacuum_time(C.oid) AS total_vacuum_time,
             pg_stat_get_total_autovacuum_time(C.oid) AS total_autovacuum_time,
             pg_stat_get_total_analyze_time(C.oid) AS total_analyze_time,
diff --git a/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c b/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c
index bce3a2daa24..ce83b3171be 100644
--- a/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c
+++ b/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c
@@ -792,8 +792,18 @@ vacuum_open_relation(Oid relid, RangeVar *relation, bits32 options,
 		rel = try_relation_open(relid, NoLock);
 	else
 	{
+		bits8 flags = 0;
 		rel = NULL;
 		rel_lock = false;
+
+		if ((options & VACOPT_VACUUM) != 0)
+			flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM;
+		if ((options & VACOPT_ANALYZE) != 0)
+			flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE;
+		if (AmAutoVacuumWorkerProcess())
+			flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOVAC;
+
+		pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(relid, flags);
 	}
 
 	/* if relation is opened, leave */
@@ -801,7 +811,7 @@ vacuum_open_relation(Oid relid, RangeVar *relation, bits32 options,
 		return rel;
 
 	/*
-	 * Relation could not be opened, hence generate if possible a log
+	 * Relation could not be opened hence generate if possible a log
 	 * informing on the situation.
 	 *
 	 * If the RangeVar is not defined, we do not have enough information to
@@ -904,7 +914,6 @@ expand_vacuum_rel(VacuumRelation *vrel, MemoryContext vac_context,
 		Form_pg_class classForm;
 		bool		include_children;
 		bool		is_partitioned_table;
-		int			rvr_opts;
 
 		/*
 		 * Since autovacuum workers supply OIDs when calling vacuum(), no
@@ -917,29 +926,69 @@ expand_vacuum_rel(VacuumRelation *vrel, MemoryContext vac_context,
 		 * below, as well as find_all_inheritors's expectation that the caller
 		 * holds some lock on the starting relation.
 		 */
-		rvr_opts = (options & VACOPT_SKIP_LOCKED) ? RVR_SKIP_LOCKED : 0;
-		relid = RangeVarGetRelidExtended(vrel->relation,
-										 AccessShareLock,
-										 rvr_opts,
-										 NULL, NULL);
-
-		/*
-		 * If the lock is unavailable, emit the same log statement that
-		 * vacuum_rel() and analyze_rel() would.
-		 */
-		if (!OidIsValid(relid))
+		if (!(options & VACOPT_SKIP_LOCKED))
 		{
-			if (options & VACOPT_VACUUM)
-				ereport(WARNING,
-						(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
-						 errmsg("skipping vacuum of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
-								vrel->relation->relname)));
-			else
-				ereport(WARNING,
-						(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
-						 errmsg("skipping analyze of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
+			relid = RangeVarGetRelidExtended(vrel->relation,
+											 AccessShareLock,
+											 0, NULL, NULL);
+			if (!OidIsValid(relid))
+				return vacrels;
+		}
+		else
+		{
+			/* Get relid for reporting before taking a lock */
+			relid = RangeVarGetRelid(vrel->relation, NoLock, false);
+
+			if (!ConditionalLockRelationOid(relid, AccessShareLock))
+			{
+				bits8	flags = 0;
+				/*
+				 * If the lock is unavailable, emit the same log statement that
+				 * vacuum_rel() and analyze_rel() would.
+				 */
+				if (options & VACOPT_VACUUM)
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping vacuum of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
 								vrel->relation->relname)));
-			return vacrels;
+				else
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping analyze of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
+									vrel->relation->relname)));
+
+				if ((options & VACOPT_VACUUM) != 0)
+					flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM;
+				if ((options & VACOPT_ANALYZE) != 0)
+					flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE;
+
+				pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(relid, flags);
+
+				return vacrels;
+			}
+
+			/*
+			 * Now that we have the lock, probe to see if the relation really
+			 * exists or not.
+			 */
+			if (!SearchSysCacheExists1(RELOID, ObjectIdGetDatum(relid)))
+			{
+				if (options & VACOPT_VACUUM)
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_UNDEFINED_TABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping vacuum of \"%s\" --- relation no longer exists",
+									vrel->relation->relname)));
+				else
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_UNDEFINED_TABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping analyze of \"%s\" --- relation no longer exists",
+									vrel->relation->relname)));
+
+				/* Release useless lock */
+				UnlockRelationOid(relid, AccessShareLock);
+
+				return vacrels;
+			}
 		}
 
 		/*
diff --git a/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c b/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c
index bc8c43b96aa..cec4c88980e 100644
--- a/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c
+++ b/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c
@@ -17,6 +17,7 @@
 
 #include "postgres.h"
 
+#include "access/htup_details.h"
 #include "access/twophase_rmgr.h"
 #include "access/xact.h"
 #include "catalog/catalog.h"
@@ -366,6 +367,73 @@ pgstat_report_analyze(Relation rel,
 	(void) pgstat_flush_backend(false, PGSTAT_BACKEND_FLUSH_IO);
 }
 
+/*
+ * Report that the table was skipped during vacuum or/and analyze.
+ */
+void
+pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(Oid relid, bits8 flags)
+{
+	PgStat_EntryRef *entry_ref;
+	PgStatShared_Relation *shtabentry;
+	PgStat_StatTabEntry *tabentry;
+	TimestampTz ts;
+	HeapTuple	classTup;
+	bool		isshared;
+
+	if (!pgstat_track_counts || !(flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANY))
+		return;
+
+	classTup = SearchSysCache1(RELOID, ObjectIdGetDatum(relid));
+	if (!HeapTupleIsValid(classTup))
+		return;			/* somebody deleted the rel, forget it */
+	isshared = ((Form_pg_class) GETSTRUCT(classTup))->relisshared;
+	ReleaseSysCache(classTup);
+
+	/* Store the data in the table's hash table entry. */
+	ts = GetCurrentTimestamp();
+
+	/* block acquiring lock for the same reason as pgstat_report_autovac() */
+	entry_ref = pgstat_get_entry_ref_locked(PGSTAT_KIND_RELATION,
+											isshared ? InvalidOid : MyDatabaseId,
+											relid, false);
+
+	shtabentry = (PgStatShared_Relation *) entry_ref->shared_stats;
+	tabentry = &shtabentry->stats;
+
+	if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOVAC)
+	{
+		if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM)
+		{
+			tabentry->last_skipped_autovacuum_time = ts;
+			tabentry->skipped_autovacuum_count++;
+		}
+		if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE)
+		{
+			tabentry->last_skipped_autoanalyze_time = ts;
+			tabentry->skipped_autoanalyze_count++;
+		}
+	}
+	else
+	{
+		if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM)
+		{
+			tabentry->last_skipped_vacuum_time = ts;
+			tabentry->skipped_vacuum_count++;
+		}
+		if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE)
+		{
+			tabentry->last_skipped_analyze_time = ts;
+			tabentry->skipped_analyze_count++;
+		}
+	}
+
+	pgstat_unlock_entry(entry_ref);
+
+	/* see pgstat_report_vacuum() */
+	pgstat_flush_io(false);
+	(void) pgstat_flush_backend(false, PGSTAT_BACKEND_FLUSH_IO);
+}
+
 /*
  * count a tuple insertion of n tuples
  */
diff --git a/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c b/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c
index 9185a8e6b83..18aaa3996e1 100644
--- a/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c
+++ b/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c
@@ -84,6 +84,18 @@ PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(mod_since_analyze)
 /* pg_stat_get_numscans */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(numscans)
 
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_analyze_count)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_autoanalyze_count)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_autovacuum_count)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_vacuum_count)
+
 /* pg_stat_get_tuples_deleted */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(tuples_deleted)
 
@@ -170,6 +182,18 @@ PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_vacuum_time)
 /* pg_stat_get_lastscan */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(lastscan)
 
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_analyze_time)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_autoanalyze_time)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_autovacuum_time)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_vacuum_time)
+
 /* pg_stat_get_stat_reset_time */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(stat_reset_time)
 
diff --git a/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat b/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat
index 0118e970dda..ccfe3d9e02a 100644
--- a/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat
+++ b/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat
@@ -5667,6 +5667,38 @@
   proname => 'pg_stat_get_total_autoanalyze_time', provolatile => 's',
   proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'float8', proargtypes => 'oid',
   prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_total_autoanalyze_time' },
+{ oid => '8142', descr => 'statistics: last skipped vacuum time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time' },
+{ oid => '8143', descr => 'statistics: last skipped auto vacuum time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time' },
+{ oid => '8144', descr => 'statistics: last skipped analyze time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time' },
+{ oid => '8145', descr => 'statistics: last skipped auto analyze time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time' },
+{ oid => '8146', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped vacuum for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count' },
+{ oid => '8147', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped auto vacuum for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count' },
+{ oid => '8148', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped analyzes for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count' },
+{ oid => '8149', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped auto analyzes for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count' },
 { oid => '1936', descr => 'statistics: currently active backend IDs',
   proname => 'pg_stat_get_backend_idset', prorows => '100', proretset => 't',
   provolatile => 's', proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int4',
diff --git a/src/include/pgstat.h b/src/include/pgstat.h
index 8e3549c3752..343081a7a25 100644
--- a/src/include/pgstat.h
+++ b/src/include/pgstat.h
@@ -479,6 +479,15 @@ typedef struct PgStat_StatTabEntry
 	TimestampTz last_autoanalyze_time;	/* autovacuum initiated */
 	PgStat_Counter autoanalyze_count;
 
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_vacuum_time;	/* user initiated vacuum */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_vacuum_count;
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_autovacuum_time;	/* autovacuum initiated */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_autovacuum_count;
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_analyze_time;	/* user initiated */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_analyze_count;
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_autoanalyze_time;	/* autovacuum initiated */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_autoanalyze_count;
+
 	PgStat_Counter total_vacuum_time;	/* times in milliseconds */
 	PgStat_Counter total_autovacuum_time;
 	PgStat_Counter total_analyze_time;
@@ -707,6 +716,13 @@ extern void pgstat_report_analyze(Relation rel,
 								  PgStat_Counter livetuples, PgStat_Counter deadtuples,
 								  bool resetcounter, TimestampTz starttime);
 
+/* flags for pgstat_flush_backend() */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM	(1 << 0)	/* vacuum is skipped */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE	(1 << 1)	/* analyze is skipped */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOVAC	(1 << 2)	/* skipped during autovacuum/autoanalyze */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANY   (PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM | PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE)
+extern void pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(Oid relid, bits8 flags);
+
 /*
  * If stats are enabled, but pending data hasn't been prepared yet, call
  * pgstat_assoc_relation() to do so. See its comment for why this is done
diff --git a/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out b/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out
index 2b3cf6d8569..4ccfc43e903 100644
--- a/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out
+++ b/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out
@@ -1835,13 +1835,21 @@ pg_stat_all_tables| SELECT c.oid AS relid,
     pg_stat_get_mod_since_analyze(c.oid) AS n_mod_since_analyze,
     pg_stat_get_ins_since_vacuum(c.oid) AS n_ins_since_vacuum,
     pg_stat_get_last_vacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_vacuum,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_vacuum,
     pg_stat_get_last_autovacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_autovacuum,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_autovacuum,
     pg_stat_get_last_analyze_time(c.oid) AS last_analyze,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_analyze,
     pg_stat_get_last_autoanalyze_time(c.oid) AS last_autoanalyze,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_autoanalyze,
     pg_stat_get_vacuum_count(c.oid) AS vacuum_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count(c.oid) AS skipped_vacuum_count,
     pg_stat_get_autovacuum_count(c.oid) AS autovacuum_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count(c.oid) AS skipped_autovacuum_count,
     pg_stat_get_analyze_count(c.oid) AS analyze_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count(c.oid) AS skipped_analyze_count,
     pg_stat_get_autoanalyze_count(c.oid) AS autoanalyze_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count(c.oid) AS skipped_autoanalyze_count,
     pg_stat_get_total_vacuum_time(c.oid) AS total_vacuum_time,
     pg_stat_get_total_autovacuum_time(c.oid) AS total_autovacuum_time,
     pg_stat_get_total_analyze_time(c.oid) AS total_analyze_time,
@@ -2293,13 +2301,21 @@ pg_stat_sys_tables| SELECT relid,
     n_mod_since_analyze,
     n_ins_since_vacuum,
     last_vacuum,
+    last_skipped_vacuum,
     last_autovacuum,
+    last_skipped_autovacuum,
     last_analyze,
+    last_skipped_analyze,
     last_autoanalyze,
+    last_skipped_autoanalyze,
     vacuum_count,
+    skipped_vacuum_count,
     autovacuum_count,
+    skipped_autovacuum_count,
     analyze_count,
+    skipped_analyze_count,
     autoanalyze_count,
+    skipped_autoanalyze_count,
     total_vacuum_time,
     total_autovacuum_time,
     total_analyze_time,
@@ -2348,13 +2364,21 @@ pg_stat_user_tables| SELECT relid,
     n_mod_since_analyze,
     n_ins_since_vacuum,
     last_vacuum,
+    last_skipped_vacuum,
     last_autovacuum,
+    last_skipped_autovacuum,
     last_analyze,
+    last_skipped_analyze,
     last_autoanalyze,
+    last_skipped_autoanalyze,
     vacuum_count,
+    skipped_vacuum_count,
     autovacuum_count,
+    skipped_autovacuum_count,
     analyze_count,
+    skipped_analyze_count,
     autoanalyze_count,
+    skipped_autoanalyze_count,
     total_vacuum_time,
     total_autovacuum_time,
     total_analyze_time,
-- 
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* [PATCH v4] Track skipped vacuum and analyze activity per relation
@ 2026-03-24 04:09 Yugo Nagata <[email protected]>
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From: Yugo Nagata @ 2026-03-24 04:09 UTC (permalink / raw)

This commit adds eight fields to the relation statistics that track
the last time vacuum or analyze has been attempted but skipped due to
lock unavailability, along with their counts:

-    last_skipped_vacuum
-    last_skipped_autovacuum
-    last_skipped_analyze
-    last_skipped_autoanalyze
-    skipped_vacuum_count
-    skipped_autovacuum_count
-    skipped_analyze_count
-    skipped_autoanalyze_count

These field can help users confirm that autovacuum is actively attempting
to run on a table that has not been vacuumed or analyzed for a long time,
and that the lack of progress is due to repeated skips rather than inactivity.
---
 doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml                 |  88 ++++++++++++++++
 src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql         |   8 ++
 src/backend/commands/vacuum.c                | 102 ++++++++++++++-----
 src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c |  64 ++++++++++++
 src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c          |  24 +++++
 src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat              |  32 ++++++
 src/include/pgstat.h                         |  16 +++
 src/test/regress/expected/rules.out          |  24 +++++
 8 files changed, 335 insertions(+), 23 deletions(-)

diff --git a/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml b/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml
index 08d5b824552..a9b579d87a9 100644
--- a/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml
+++ b/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml
@@ -4387,6 +4387,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_vacuum</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time a manual vacuum on this table was attempted but skipped due to
+       lock unavailability (not counting <command>VACUUM FULL</command>)
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>last_autovacuum</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
@@ -4397,6 +4407,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_autovacuum</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time a vacuum on this table by the autovacuum daemon was attempted
+       but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>last_analyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
@@ -4406,6 +4426,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_analyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time a manual analyze on this table was attempted but skipped due to
+       lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>last_autoanalyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
@@ -4416,6 +4446,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_autoanalyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time at which an analyze on this table by the autovacuum was
+       attempted but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>vacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4426,6 +4466,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_vacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times manual vacuums on this table have been attempted but skipped
+       due to lock unavailability (not counting <command>VACUUM FULL</command>)
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>autovacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4436,6 +4486,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_autovacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times vacuums on this table by the autovacuum daemon have been
+       attempted but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>analyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4445,6 +4505,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_analyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times manual analyzes on this table have been attempted but
+       skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>autoanalyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4455,6 +4525,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_autoanalyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times analyzes on this table by the autovacuum daemon have
+       been attempted but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>total_vacuum_time</structfield> <type>double precision</type>
@@ -4510,6 +4590,14 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
    </tgroup>
   </table>
 
+  <note>
+   <para>
+    When a manual vacuum or analyze on a parent table in an inheritance or
+    partitioning hierarchy is skipped, the statistics are recorded only for
+    the parent table, not for its children.
+   </para>
+  </note>
+
  </sect2>
 
  <sect2 id="monitoring-pg-stat-autovacuum-scores-view">
diff --git a/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql b/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql
index 73a1c1c4670..f509fc7876b 100644
--- a/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql
+++ b/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql
@@ -736,13 +736,21 @@ CREATE VIEW pg_stat_all_tables AS
             pg_stat_get_mod_since_analyze(C.oid) AS n_mod_since_analyze,
             pg_stat_get_ins_since_vacuum(C.oid) AS n_ins_since_vacuum,
             pg_stat_get_last_vacuum_time(C.oid) as last_vacuum,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_vacuum,
             pg_stat_get_last_autovacuum_time(C.oid) as last_autovacuum,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_autovacuum,
             pg_stat_get_last_analyze_time(C.oid) as last_analyze,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_analyze,
             pg_stat_get_last_autoanalyze_time(C.oid) as last_autoanalyze,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_autoanalyze,
             pg_stat_get_vacuum_count(C.oid) AS vacuum_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count(C.oid) AS skipped_vacuum_count,
             pg_stat_get_autovacuum_count(C.oid) AS autovacuum_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count(C.oid) AS skipped_autovacuum_count,
             pg_stat_get_analyze_count(C.oid) AS analyze_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count(C.oid) AS skipped_analyze_count,
             pg_stat_get_autoanalyze_count(C.oid) AS autoanalyze_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count(C.oid) AS skipped_autoanalyze_count,
             pg_stat_get_total_vacuum_time(C.oid) AS total_vacuum_time,
             pg_stat_get_total_autovacuum_time(C.oid) AS total_autovacuum_time,
             pg_stat_get_total_analyze_time(C.oid) AS total_analyze_time,
diff --git a/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c b/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c
index 99d0db82ed7..97cd5ea8d10 100644
--- a/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c
+++ b/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c
@@ -793,8 +793,25 @@ vacuum_open_relation(Oid relid, RangeVar *relation, uint32 options,
 		rel = try_relation_open(relid, NoLock);
 	else
 	{
+		int flags = 0;
 		rel = NULL;
 		rel_lock = false;
+
+		if ((options & VACOPT_VACUUM) != 0)
+		{
+			if (AmAutoVacuumWorkerProcess())
+				flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOVACUUM;
+			else
+				flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM;
+		}
+		if ((options & VACOPT_ANALYZE) != 0)
+		{
+			if (AmAutoVacuumWorkerProcess())
+				flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOANALYZE;
+			else
+				flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE;
+		}
+		pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(relid, flags);
 	}
 
 	/* if relation is opened, leave */
@@ -802,7 +819,7 @@ vacuum_open_relation(Oid relid, RangeVar *relation, uint32 options,
 		return rel;
 
 	/*
-	 * Relation could not be opened, hence generate if possible a log
+	 * Relation could not be opened hence generate if possible a log
 	 * informing on the situation.
 	 *
 	 * If the RangeVar is not defined, we do not have enough information to
@@ -905,7 +922,6 @@ expand_vacuum_rel(VacuumRelation *vrel, MemoryContext vac_context,
 		Form_pg_class classForm;
 		bool		include_children;
 		bool		is_partitioned_table;
-		int			rvr_opts;
 
 		/*
 		 * Since autovacuum workers supply OIDs when calling vacuum(), no
@@ -918,29 +934,69 @@ expand_vacuum_rel(VacuumRelation *vrel, MemoryContext vac_context,
 		 * below, as well as find_all_inheritors's expectation that the caller
 		 * holds some lock on the starting relation.
 		 */
-		rvr_opts = (options & VACOPT_SKIP_LOCKED) ? RVR_SKIP_LOCKED : 0;
-		relid = RangeVarGetRelidExtended(vrel->relation,
-										 AccessShareLock,
-										 rvr_opts,
-										 NULL, NULL);
-
-		/*
-		 * If the lock is unavailable, emit the same log statement that
-		 * vacuum_rel() and analyze_rel() would.
-		 */
-		if (!OidIsValid(relid))
+		if (!(options & VACOPT_SKIP_LOCKED))
 		{
-			if (options & VACOPT_VACUUM)
-				ereport(WARNING,
-						(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
-						 errmsg("skipping vacuum of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
-								vrel->relation->relname)));
-			else
-				ereport(WARNING,
-						(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
-						 errmsg("skipping analyze of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
+			relid = RangeVarGetRelidExtended(vrel->relation,
+											 AccessShareLock,
+											 0, NULL, NULL);
+			if (!OidIsValid(relid))
+				return vacrels;
+		}
+		else
+		{
+			/* Get relid for reporting before taking a lock */
+			relid = RangeVarGetRelid(vrel->relation, NoLock, false);
+
+			if (!ConditionalLockRelationOid(relid, AccessShareLock))
+			{
+				int	flags = 0;
+				/*
+				 * If the lock is unavailable, emit the same log statement that
+				 * vacuum_rel() and analyze_rel() would.
+				 */
+				if (options & VACOPT_VACUUM)
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping vacuum of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
 								vrel->relation->relname)));
-			return vacrels;
+				else
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping analyze of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
+									vrel->relation->relname)));
+
+				if ((options & VACOPT_VACUUM) != 0)
+					flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM;
+				if ((options & VACOPT_ANALYZE) != 0)
+					flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE;
+
+				pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(relid, flags);
+
+				return vacrels;
+			}
+
+			/*
+			 * Now that we have the lock, probe to see if the relation really
+			 * exists or not.
+			 */
+			if (!SearchSysCacheExists1(RELOID, ObjectIdGetDatum(relid)))
+			{
+				if (options & VACOPT_VACUUM)
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_UNDEFINED_TABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping vacuum of \"%s\" --- relation no longer exists",
+									vrel->relation->relname)));
+				else
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_UNDEFINED_TABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping analyze of \"%s\" --- relation no longer exists",
+									vrel->relation->relname)));
+
+				/* Release useless lock */
+				UnlockRelationOid(relid, AccessShareLock);
+
+				return vacrels;
+			}
 		}
 
 		/*
diff --git a/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c b/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c
index b2ca28f83ba..532d9023f8c 100644
--- a/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c
+++ b/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c
@@ -17,12 +17,14 @@
 
 #include "postgres.h"
 
+#include "access/htup_details.h"
 #include "access/twophase_rmgr.h"
 #include "access/xact.h"
 #include "catalog/catalog.h"
 #include "utils/memutils.h"
 #include "utils/pgstat_internal.h"
 #include "utils/rel.h"
+#include "utils/syscache.h"
 #include "utils/timestamp.h"
 
 
@@ -367,6 +369,68 @@ pgstat_report_analyze(Relation rel,
 	(void) pgstat_flush_backend(false, PGSTAT_BACKEND_FLUSH_IO);
 }
 
+/*
+ * Report that the table was skipped during vacuum or/and analyze.
+ */
+void
+pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(Oid relid, int flags)
+{
+	PgStat_EntryRef *entry_ref;
+	PgStatShared_Relation *shtabentry;
+	PgStat_StatTabEntry *tabentry;
+	TimestampTz ts;
+	HeapTuple	classTup;
+	bool		isshared;
+
+	if (!pgstat_track_counts || !flags)
+		return;
+
+	classTup = SearchSysCache1(RELOID, ObjectIdGetDatum(relid));
+	if (!HeapTupleIsValid(classTup))
+		return;			/* somebody deleted the rel, forget it */
+	isshared = ((Form_pg_class) GETSTRUCT(classTup))->relisshared;
+	ReleaseSysCache(classTup);
+
+	/* Store the data in the table's hash table entry. */
+	ts = GetCurrentTimestamp();
+
+	/* block acquiring lock for the same reason as pgstat_report_autovac() */
+	entry_ref = pgstat_get_entry_ref_locked(PGSTAT_KIND_RELATION,
+											isshared ? InvalidOid : MyDatabaseId,
+											relid, false);
+
+	shtabentry = (PgStatShared_Relation *) entry_ref->shared_stats;
+	tabentry = &shtabentry->stats;
+
+	if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM)
+	{
+		tabentry->last_skipped_vacuum_time = ts;
+		tabentry->skipped_vacuum_count++;
+	}
+	else if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOVACUUM)
+	{
+		tabentry->last_skipped_autovacuum_time = ts;
+		tabentry->skipped_autovacuum_count++;
+	}
+
+	if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE)
+	{
+		tabentry->last_skipped_analyze_time = ts;
+		tabentry->skipped_analyze_count++;
+	}
+	else if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOANALYZE)
+	{
+		tabentry->last_skipped_autoanalyze_time = ts;
+		tabentry->skipped_autoanalyze_count++;
+	}
+
+	pgstat_unlock_entry(entry_ref);
+
+	/* see pgstat_report_vacuum() */
+	pgstat_flush_io(false);
+	(void) pgstat_flush_backend(false, PGSTAT_BACKEND_FLUSH_IO);
+}
+
 /*
  * count a tuple insertion of n tuples
  */
diff --git a/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c b/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c
index 1408de387ea..90a8968faa0 100644
--- a/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c
+++ b/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c
@@ -84,6 +84,18 @@ PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(mod_since_analyze)
 /* pg_stat_get_numscans */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(numscans)
 
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_analyze_count)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_autoanalyze_count)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_autovacuum_count)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_vacuum_count)
+
 /* pg_stat_get_tuples_deleted */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(tuples_deleted)
 
@@ -170,6 +182,18 @@ PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_vacuum_time)
 /* pg_stat_get_lastscan */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(lastscan)
 
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_analyze_time)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_autoanalyze_time)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_autovacuum_time)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_vacuum_time)
+
 /* pg_stat_get_stat_reset_time */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(stat_reset_time)
 
diff --git a/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat b/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat
index fa9ae79082b..32debb34863 100644
--- a/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat
+++ b/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat
@@ -5680,6 +5680,38 @@
   proargmodes => '{o,o,o,o,o,o,o,o,o,o}',
   proargnames => '{oid,score,xid_score,mxid_score,vacuum_score,vacuum_insert_score,analyze_score,do_vacuum,do_analyze,for_wraparound}',
   prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_autovacuum_scores' },
+{ oid => '8142', descr => 'statistics: last skipped vacuum time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time' },
+{ oid => '8143', descr => 'statistics: last skipped auto vacuum time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time' },
+{ oid => '8144', descr => 'statistics: last skipped analyze time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time' },
+{ oid => '8145', descr => 'statistics: last skipped auto analyze time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time' },
+{ oid => '8146', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped vacuum for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count' },
+{ oid => '8147', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped auto vacuum for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count' },
+{ oid => '8148', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped analyzes for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count' },
+{ oid => '8149', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped auto analyzes for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count' },
 { oid => '1936', descr => 'statistics: currently active backend IDs',
   proname => 'pg_stat_get_backend_idset', prorows => '100', proretset => 't',
   provolatile => 's', proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int4',
diff --git a/src/include/pgstat.h b/src/include/pgstat.h
index dfa2e837638..98941f953d1 100644
--- a/src/include/pgstat.h
+++ b/src/include/pgstat.h
@@ -479,6 +479,15 @@ typedef struct PgStat_StatTabEntry
 	TimestampTz last_autoanalyze_time;	/* autovacuum initiated */
 	PgStat_Counter autoanalyze_count;
 
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_vacuum_time;	/* user initiated vacuum */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_vacuum_count;
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_autovacuum_time;	/* autovacuum initiated */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_autovacuum_count;
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_analyze_time;	/* user initiated */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_analyze_count;
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_autoanalyze_time;	/* autovacuum initiated */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_autoanalyze_count;
+
 	PgStat_Counter total_vacuum_time;	/* times in milliseconds */
 	PgStat_Counter total_autovacuum_time;
 	PgStat_Counter total_analyze_time;
@@ -703,6 +712,13 @@ extern void pgstat_report_analyze(Relation rel,
 								  PgStat_Counter livetuples, PgStat_Counter deadtuples,
 								  bool resetcounter, TimestampTz starttime);
 
+/* flags for pgstat_flush_backend() */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM		(1 << 0)	/* vacuum is skipped */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE		(1 << 1)	/* analyze is skipped */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOVACUUM	(1 << 2)	/* autovacuum is skipped */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOANALYZE	(1 << 3)	/* autoanalyze is skipped */
+extern void pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(Oid relid, int flags);
+
 /*
  * If stats are enabled, but pending data hasn't been prepared yet, call
  * pgstat_assoc_relation() to do so. See its comment for why this is done
diff --git a/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out b/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out
index a65a5bf0c4f..9b2075d3373 100644
--- a/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out
+++ b/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out
@@ -1835,13 +1835,21 @@ pg_stat_all_tables| SELECT c.oid AS relid,
     pg_stat_get_mod_since_analyze(c.oid) AS n_mod_since_analyze,
     pg_stat_get_ins_since_vacuum(c.oid) AS n_ins_since_vacuum,
     pg_stat_get_last_vacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_vacuum,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_vacuum,
     pg_stat_get_last_autovacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_autovacuum,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_autovacuum,
     pg_stat_get_last_analyze_time(c.oid) AS last_analyze,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_analyze,
     pg_stat_get_last_autoanalyze_time(c.oid) AS last_autoanalyze,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_autoanalyze,
     pg_stat_get_vacuum_count(c.oid) AS vacuum_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count(c.oid) AS skipped_vacuum_count,
     pg_stat_get_autovacuum_count(c.oid) AS autovacuum_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count(c.oid) AS skipped_autovacuum_count,
     pg_stat_get_analyze_count(c.oid) AS analyze_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count(c.oid) AS skipped_analyze_count,
     pg_stat_get_autoanalyze_count(c.oid) AS autoanalyze_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count(c.oid) AS skipped_autoanalyze_count,
     pg_stat_get_total_vacuum_time(c.oid) AS total_vacuum_time,
     pg_stat_get_total_autovacuum_time(c.oid) AS total_autovacuum_time,
     pg_stat_get_total_analyze_time(c.oid) AS total_analyze_time,
@@ -2346,13 +2354,21 @@ pg_stat_sys_tables| SELECT relid,
     n_mod_since_analyze,
     n_ins_since_vacuum,
     last_vacuum,
+    last_skipped_vacuum,
     last_autovacuum,
+    last_skipped_autovacuum,
     last_analyze,
+    last_skipped_analyze,
     last_autoanalyze,
+    last_skipped_autoanalyze,
     vacuum_count,
+    skipped_vacuum_count,
     autovacuum_count,
+    skipped_autovacuum_count,
     analyze_count,
+    skipped_analyze_count,
     autoanalyze_count,
+    skipped_autoanalyze_count,
     total_vacuum_time,
     total_autovacuum_time,
     total_analyze_time,
@@ -2401,13 +2417,21 @@ pg_stat_user_tables| SELECT relid,
     n_mod_since_analyze,
     n_ins_since_vacuum,
     last_vacuum,
+    last_skipped_vacuum,
     last_autovacuum,
+    last_skipped_autovacuum,
     last_analyze,
+    last_skipped_analyze,
     last_autoanalyze,
+    last_skipped_autoanalyze,
     vacuum_count,
+    skipped_vacuum_count,
     autovacuum_count,
+    skipped_autovacuum_count,
     analyze_count,
+    skipped_analyze_count,
     autoanalyze_count,
+    skipped_autoanalyze_count,
     total_vacuum_time,
     total_autovacuum_time,
     total_analyze_time,
-- 
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* [PATCH v3] Track skipped vacuum and analyze activity per relation
@ 2026-03-24 04:09 Yugo Nagata <[email protected]>
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From: Yugo Nagata @ 2026-03-24 04:09 UTC (permalink / raw)

This commit adds eight fields to the relation statistics that track
the last time vacuum or analyze has been attempted but skipped due to
lock unavailability, along with their counts:

-    last_skipped_vacuum
-    last_skipped_autovacuum
-    last_skipped_analyze
-    last_skipped_autoanalyze
-    skipped_vacuum_count
-    skipped_autovacuum_count
-    skipped_analyze_count
-    skipped_autoanalyze_count

These field can help users confirm that autovacuum is actively attempting
to run on a table that has not been vacuumed or analyzed for a long time,
and that the lack of progress is due to repeated skips rather than inactivity.
---
 doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml                 | 80 +++++++++++++++++
 src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql         |  8 ++
 src/backend/commands/vacuum.c                | 95 +++++++++++++++-----
 src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c | 68 ++++++++++++++
 src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c          | 24 +++++
 src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat              | 32 +++++++
 src/include/pgstat.h                         | 16 ++++
 src/test/regress/expected/rules.out          | 24 +++++
 8 files changed, 324 insertions(+), 23 deletions(-)

diff --git a/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml b/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml
index bb75ed1069b..9ec8070b2fc 100644
--- a/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml
+++ b/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml
@@ -4372,6 +4372,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_vacuum</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time a manual vacuum on this table was attempted but skipped due to
+       lock unavailability (not counting <command>VACUUM FULL</command>)
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>last_autovacuum</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
@@ -4382,6 +4392,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_autovacuum</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time a vacuum on this table by the autovacuum daemon was attempted
+       but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>last_analyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
@@ -4391,6 +4411,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_analyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time a manual analyze on this table was attempted but skipped due to
+       lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>last_autoanalyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
@@ -4401,6 +4431,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_autoanalyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time at which an analyze on this table by the autovacuum was
+       attempted but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>vacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4411,6 +4451,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_vacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times vacuums on this table have been attempted but skipped
+       due to lock unavailability (not counting <command>VACUUM FULL</command>)
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>autovacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4421,6 +4471,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_autovacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times vacuums on this table by the autovacuum daemon have been
+       attempted but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>analyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4430,6 +4490,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_analyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times manual analyzes on this table have been attempted but
+       skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>autoanalyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4440,6 +4510,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_autoanalyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times analyzes on this table by the autovacuum daemon have
+       been attempted but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>total_vacuum_time</structfield> <type>double precision</type>
diff --git a/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql b/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql
index e54018004db..2ca02a0354c 100644
--- a/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql
+++ b/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql
@@ -736,13 +736,21 @@ CREATE VIEW pg_stat_all_tables AS
             pg_stat_get_mod_since_analyze(C.oid) AS n_mod_since_analyze,
             pg_stat_get_ins_since_vacuum(C.oid) AS n_ins_since_vacuum,
             pg_stat_get_last_vacuum_time(C.oid) as last_vacuum,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_vacuum,
             pg_stat_get_last_autovacuum_time(C.oid) as last_autovacuum,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_autovacuum,
             pg_stat_get_last_analyze_time(C.oid) as last_analyze,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_analyze,
             pg_stat_get_last_autoanalyze_time(C.oid) as last_autoanalyze,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_autoanalyze,
             pg_stat_get_vacuum_count(C.oid) AS vacuum_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count(C.oid) AS skipped_vacuum_count,
             pg_stat_get_autovacuum_count(C.oid) AS autovacuum_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count(C.oid) AS skipped_autovacuum_count,
             pg_stat_get_analyze_count(C.oid) AS analyze_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count(C.oid) AS skipped_analyze_count,
             pg_stat_get_autoanalyze_count(C.oid) AS autoanalyze_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count(C.oid) AS skipped_autoanalyze_count,
             pg_stat_get_total_vacuum_time(C.oid) AS total_vacuum_time,
             pg_stat_get_total_autovacuum_time(C.oid) AS total_autovacuum_time,
             pg_stat_get_total_analyze_time(C.oid) AS total_analyze_time,
diff --git a/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c b/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c
index bce3a2daa24..ce83b3171be 100644
--- a/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c
+++ b/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c
@@ -792,8 +792,18 @@ vacuum_open_relation(Oid relid, RangeVar *relation, bits32 options,
 		rel = try_relation_open(relid, NoLock);
 	else
 	{
+		bits8 flags = 0;
 		rel = NULL;
 		rel_lock = false;
+
+		if ((options & VACOPT_VACUUM) != 0)
+			flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM;
+		if ((options & VACOPT_ANALYZE) != 0)
+			flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE;
+		if (AmAutoVacuumWorkerProcess())
+			flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOVAC;
+
+		pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(relid, flags);
 	}
 
 	/* if relation is opened, leave */
@@ -801,7 +811,7 @@ vacuum_open_relation(Oid relid, RangeVar *relation, bits32 options,
 		return rel;
 
 	/*
-	 * Relation could not be opened, hence generate if possible a log
+	 * Relation could not be opened hence generate if possible a log
 	 * informing on the situation.
 	 *
 	 * If the RangeVar is not defined, we do not have enough information to
@@ -904,7 +914,6 @@ expand_vacuum_rel(VacuumRelation *vrel, MemoryContext vac_context,
 		Form_pg_class classForm;
 		bool		include_children;
 		bool		is_partitioned_table;
-		int			rvr_opts;
 
 		/*
 		 * Since autovacuum workers supply OIDs when calling vacuum(), no
@@ -917,29 +926,69 @@ expand_vacuum_rel(VacuumRelation *vrel, MemoryContext vac_context,
 		 * below, as well as find_all_inheritors's expectation that the caller
 		 * holds some lock on the starting relation.
 		 */
-		rvr_opts = (options & VACOPT_SKIP_LOCKED) ? RVR_SKIP_LOCKED : 0;
-		relid = RangeVarGetRelidExtended(vrel->relation,
-										 AccessShareLock,
-										 rvr_opts,
-										 NULL, NULL);
-
-		/*
-		 * If the lock is unavailable, emit the same log statement that
-		 * vacuum_rel() and analyze_rel() would.
-		 */
-		if (!OidIsValid(relid))
+		if (!(options & VACOPT_SKIP_LOCKED))
 		{
-			if (options & VACOPT_VACUUM)
-				ereport(WARNING,
-						(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
-						 errmsg("skipping vacuum of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
-								vrel->relation->relname)));
-			else
-				ereport(WARNING,
-						(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
-						 errmsg("skipping analyze of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
+			relid = RangeVarGetRelidExtended(vrel->relation,
+											 AccessShareLock,
+											 0, NULL, NULL);
+			if (!OidIsValid(relid))
+				return vacrels;
+		}
+		else
+		{
+			/* Get relid for reporting before taking a lock */
+			relid = RangeVarGetRelid(vrel->relation, NoLock, false);
+
+			if (!ConditionalLockRelationOid(relid, AccessShareLock))
+			{
+				bits8	flags = 0;
+				/*
+				 * If the lock is unavailable, emit the same log statement that
+				 * vacuum_rel() and analyze_rel() would.
+				 */
+				if (options & VACOPT_VACUUM)
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping vacuum of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
 								vrel->relation->relname)));
-			return vacrels;
+				else
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping analyze of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
+									vrel->relation->relname)));
+
+				if ((options & VACOPT_VACUUM) != 0)
+					flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM;
+				if ((options & VACOPT_ANALYZE) != 0)
+					flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE;
+
+				pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(relid, flags);
+
+				return vacrels;
+			}
+
+			/*
+			 * Now that we have the lock, probe to see if the relation really
+			 * exists or not.
+			 */
+			if (!SearchSysCacheExists1(RELOID, ObjectIdGetDatum(relid)))
+			{
+				if (options & VACOPT_VACUUM)
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_UNDEFINED_TABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping vacuum of \"%s\" --- relation no longer exists",
+									vrel->relation->relname)));
+				else
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_UNDEFINED_TABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping analyze of \"%s\" --- relation no longer exists",
+									vrel->relation->relname)));
+
+				/* Release useless lock */
+				UnlockRelationOid(relid, AccessShareLock);
+
+				return vacrels;
+			}
 		}
 
 		/*
diff --git a/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c b/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c
index bc8c43b96aa..cec4c88980e 100644
--- a/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c
+++ b/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c
@@ -17,6 +17,7 @@
 
 #include "postgres.h"
 
+#include "access/htup_details.h"
 #include "access/twophase_rmgr.h"
 #include "access/xact.h"
 #include "catalog/catalog.h"
@@ -366,6 +367,73 @@ pgstat_report_analyze(Relation rel,
 	(void) pgstat_flush_backend(false, PGSTAT_BACKEND_FLUSH_IO);
 }
 
+/*
+ * Report that the table was skipped during vacuum or/and analyze.
+ */
+void
+pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(Oid relid, bits8 flags)
+{
+	PgStat_EntryRef *entry_ref;
+	PgStatShared_Relation *shtabentry;
+	PgStat_StatTabEntry *tabentry;
+	TimestampTz ts;
+	HeapTuple	classTup;
+	bool		isshared;
+
+	if (!pgstat_track_counts || !(flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANY))
+		return;
+
+	classTup = SearchSysCache1(RELOID, ObjectIdGetDatum(relid));
+	if (!HeapTupleIsValid(classTup))
+		return;			/* somebody deleted the rel, forget it */
+	isshared = ((Form_pg_class) GETSTRUCT(classTup))->relisshared;
+	ReleaseSysCache(classTup);
+
+	/* Store the data in the table's hash table entry. */
+	ts = GetCurrentTimestamp();
+
+	/* block acquiring lock for the same reason as pgstat_report_autovac() */
+	entry_ref = pgstat_get_entry_ref_locked(PGSTAT_KIND_RELATION,
+											isshared ? InvalidOid : MyDatabaseId,
+											relid, false);
+
+	shtabentry = (PgStatShared_Relation *) entry_ref->shared_stats;
+	tabentry = &shtabentry->stats;
+
+	if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOVAC)
+	{
+		if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM)
+		{
+			tabentry->last_skipped_autovacuum_time = ts;
+			tabentry->skipped_autovacuum_count++;
+		}
+		if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE)
+		{
+			tabentry->last_skipped_autoanalyze_time = ts;
+			tabentry->skipped_autoanalyze_count++;
+		}
+	}
+	else
+	{
+		if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM)
+		{
+			tabentry->last_skipped_vacuum_time = ts;
+			tabentry->skipped_vacuum_count++;
+		}
+		if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE)
+		{
+			tabentry->last_skipped_analyze_time = ts;
+			tabentry->skipped_analyze_count++;
+		}
+	}
+
+	pgstat_unlock_entry(entry_ref);
+
+	/* see pgstat_report_vacuum() */
+	pgstat_flush_io(false);
+	(void) pgstat_flush_backend(false, PGSTAT_BACKEND_FLUSH_IO);
+}
+
 /*
  * count a tuple insertion of n tuples
  */
diff --git a/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c b/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c
index 9185a8e6b83..18aaa3996e1 100644
--- a/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c
+++ b/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c
@@ -84,6 +84,18 @@ PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(mod_since_analyze)
 /* pg_stat_get_numscans */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(numscans)
 
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_analyze_count)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_autoanalyze_count)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_autovacuum_count)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_vacuum_count)
+
 /* pg_stat_get_tuples_deleted */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(tuples_deleted)
 
@@ -170,6 +182,18 @@ PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_vacuum_time)
 /* pg_stat_get_lastscan */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(lastscan)
 
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_analyze_time)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_autoanalyze_time)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_autovacuum_time)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_vacuum_time)
+
 /* pg_stat_get_stat_reset_time */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(stat_reset_time)
 
diff --git a/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat b/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat
index 0118e970dda..ccfe3d9e02a 100644
--- a/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat
+++ b/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat
@@ -5667,6 +5667,38 @@
   proname => 'pg_stat_get_total_autoanalyze_time', provolatile => 's',
   proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'float8', proargtypes => 'oid',
   prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_total_autoanalyze_time' },
+{ oid => '8142', descr => 'statistics: last skipped vacuum time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time' },
+{ oid => '8143', descr => 'statistics: last skipped auto vacuum time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time' },
+{ oid => '8144', descr => 'statistics: last skipped analyze time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time' },
+{ oid => '8145', descr => 'statistics: last skipped auto analyze time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time' },
+{ oid => '8146', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped vacuum for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count' },
+{ oid => '8147', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped auto vacuum for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count' },
+{ oid => '8148', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped analyzes for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count' },
+{ oid => '8149', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped auto analyzes for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count' },
 { oid => '1936', descr => 'statistics: currently active backend IDs',
   proname => 'pg_stat_get_backend_idset', prorows => '100', proretset => 't',
   provolatile => 's', proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int4',
diff --git a/src/include/pgstat.h b/src/include/pgstat.h
index 8e3549c3752..343081a7a25 100644
--- a/src/include/pgstat.h
+++ b/src/include/pgstat.h
@@ -479,6 +479,15 @@ typedef struct PgStat_StatTabEntry
 	TimestampTz last_autoanalyze_time;	/* autovacuum initiated */
 	PgStat_Counter autoanalyze_count;
 
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_vacuum_time;	/* user initiated vacuum */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_vacuum_count;
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_autovacuum_time;	/* autovacuum initiated */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_autovacuum_count;
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_analyze_time;	/* user initiated */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_analyze_count;
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_autoanalyze_time;	/* autovacuum initiated */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_autoanalyze_count;
+
 	PgStat_Counter total_vacuum_time;	/* times in milliseconds */
 	PgStat_Counter total_autovacuum_time;
 	PgStat_Counter total_analyze_time;
@@ -707,6 +716,13 @@ extern void pgstat_report_analyze(Relation rel,
 								  PgStat_Counter livetuples, PgStat_Counter deadtuples,
 								  bool resetcounter, TimestampTz starttime);
 
+/* flags for pgstat_flush_backend() */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM	(1 << 0)	/* vacuum is skipped */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE	(1 << 1)	/* analyze is skipped */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOVAC	(1 << 2)	/* skipped during autovacuum/autoanalyze */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANY   (PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM | PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE)
+extern void pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(Oid relid, bits8 flags);
+
 /*
  * If stats are enabled, but pending data hasn't been prepared yet, call
  * pgstat_assoc_relation() to do so. See its comment for why this is done
diff --git a/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out b/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out
index 2b3cf6d8569..4ccfc43e903 100644
--- a/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out
+++ b/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out
@@ -1835,13 +1835,21 @@ pg_stat_all_tables| SELECT c.oid AS relid,
     pg_stat_get_mod_since_analyze(c.oid) AS n_mod_since_analyze,
     pg_stat_get_ins_since_vacuum(c.oid) AS n_ins_since_vacuum,
     pg_stat_get_last_vacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_vacuum,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_vacuum,
     pg_stat_get_last_autovacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_autovacuum,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_autovacuum,
     pg_stat_get_last_analyze_time(c.oid) AS last_analyze,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_analyze,
     pg_stat_get_last_autoanalyze_time(c.oid) AS last_autoanalyze,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_autoanalyze,
     pg_stat_get_vacuum_count(c.oid) AS vacuum_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count(c.oid) AS skipped_vacuum_count,
     pg_stat_get_autovacuum_count(c.oid) AS autovacuum_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count(c.oid) AS skipped_autovacuum_count,
     pg_stat_get_analyze_count(c.oid) AS analyze_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count(c.oid) AS skipped_analyze_count,
     pg_stat_get_autoanalyze_count(c.oid) AS autoanalyze_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count(c.oid) AS skipped_autoanalyze_count,
     pg_stat_get_total_vacuum_time(c.oid) AS total_vacuum_time,
     pg_stat_get_total_autovacuum_time(c.oid) AS total_autovacuum_time,
     pg_stat_get_total_analyze_time(c.oid) AS total_analyze_time,
@@ -2293,13 +2301,21 @@ pg_stat_sys_tables| SELECT relid,
     n_mod_since_analyze,
     n_ins_since_vacuum,
     last_vacuum,
+    last_skipped_vacuum,
     last_autovacuum,
+    last_skipped_autovacuum,
     last_analyze,
+    last_skipped_analyze,
     last_autoanalyze,
+    last_skipped_autoanalyze,
     vacuum_count,
+    skipped_vacuum_count,
     autovacuum_count,
+    skipped_autovacuum_count,
     analyze_count,
+    skipped_analyze_count,
     autoanalyze_count,
+    skipped_autoanalyze_count,
     total_vacuum_time,
     total_autovacuum_time,
     total_analyze_time,
@@ -2348,13 +2364,21 @@ pg_stat_user_tables| SELECT relid,
     n_mod_since_analyze,
     n_ins_since_vacuum,
     last_vacuum,
+    last_skipped_vacuum,
     last_autovacuum,
+    last_skipped_autovacuum,
     last_analyze,
+    last_skipped_analyze,
     last_autoanalyze,
+    last_skipped_autoanalyze,
     vacuum_count,
+    skipped_vacuum_count,
     autovacuum_count,
+    skipped_autovacuum_count,
     analyze_count,
+    skipped_analyze_count,
     autoanalyze_count,
+    skipped_autoanalyze_count,
     total_vacuum_time,
     total_autovacuum_time,
     total_analyze_time,
-- 
2.43.0


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* [PATCH v4] Track skipped vacuum and analyze activity per relation
@ 2026-03-24 04:09 Yugo Nagata <[email protected]>
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From: Yugo Nagata @ 2026-03-24 04:09 UTC (permalink / raw)

This commit adds eight fields to the relation statistics that track
the last time vacuum or analyze has been attempted but skipped due to
lock unavailability, along with their counts:

-    last_skipped_vacuum
-    last_skipped_autovacuum
-    last_skipped_analyze
-    last_skipped_autoanalyze
-    skipped_vacuum_count
-    skipped_autovacuum_count
-    skipped_analyze_count
-    skipped_autoanalyze_count

These field can help users confirm that autovacuum is actively attempting
to run on a table that has not been vacuumed or analyzed for a long time,
and that the lack of progress is due to repeated skips rather than inactivity.
---
 doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml                 |  88 ++++++++++++++++
 src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql         |   8 ++
 src/backend/commands/vacuum.c                | 102 ++++++++++++++-----
 src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c |  64 ++++++++++++
 src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c          |  24 +++++
 src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat              |  32 ++++++
 src/include/pgstat.h                         |  16 +++
 src/test/regress/expected/rules.out          |  24 +++++
 8 files changed, 335 insertions(+), 23 deletions(-)

diff --git a/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml b/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml
index 08d5b824552..a9b579d87a9 100644
--- a/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml
+++ b/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml
@@ -4387,6 +4387,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_vacuum</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time a manual vacuum on this table was attempted but skipped due to
+       lock unavailability (not counting <command>VACUUM FULL</command>)
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>last_autovacuum</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
@@ -4397,6 +4407,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_autovacuum</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time a vacuum on this table by the autovacuum daemon was attempted
+       but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>last_analyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
@@ -4406,6 +4426,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_analyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time a manual analyze on this table was attempted but skipped due to
+       lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>last_autoanalyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
@@ -4416,6 +4446,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_autoanalyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time at which an analyze on this table by the autovacuum was
+       attempted but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>vacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4426,6 +4466,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_vacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times manual vacuums on this table have been attempted but skipped
+       due to lock unavailability (not counting <command>VACUUM FULL</command>)
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>autovacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4436,6 +4486,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_autovacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times vacuums on this table by the autovacuum daemon have been
+       attempted but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>analyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4445,6 +4505,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_analyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times manual analyzes on this table have been attempted but
+       skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>autoanalyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4455,6 +4525,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_autoanalyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times analyzes on this table by the autovacuum daemon have
+       been attempted but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>total_vacuum_time</structfield> <type>double precision</type>
@@ -4510,6 +4590,14 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
    </tgroup>
   </table>
 
+  <note>
+   <para>
+    When a manual vacuum or analyze on a parent table in an inheritance or
+    partitioning hierarchy is skipped, the statistics are recorded only for
+    the parent table, not for its children.
+   </para>
+  </note>
+
  </sect2>
 
  <sect2 id="monitoring-pg-stat-autovacuum-scores-view">
diff --git a/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql b/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql
index 73a1c1c4670..f509fc7876b 100644
--- a/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql
+++ b/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql
@@ -736,13 +736,21 @@ CREATE VIEW pg_stat_all_tables AS
             pg_stat_get_mod_since_analyze(C.oid) AS n_mod_since_analyze,
             pg_stat_get_ins_since_vacuum(C.oid) AS n_ins_since_vacuum,
             pg_stat_get_last_vacuum_time(C.oid) as last_vacuum,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_vacuum,
             pg_stat_get_last_autovacuum_time(C.oid) as last_autovacuum,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_autovacuum,
             pg_stat_get_last_analyze_time(C.oid) as last_analyze,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_analyze,
             pg_stat_get_last_autoanalyze_time(C.oid) as last_autoanalyze,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_autoanalyze,
             pg_stat_get_vacuum_count(C.oid) AS vacuum_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count(C.oid) AS skipped_vacuum_count,
             pg_stat_get_autovacuum_count(C.oid) AS autovacuum_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count(C.oid) AS skipped_autovacuum_count,
             pg_stat_get_analyze_count(C.oid) AS analyze_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count(C.oid) AS skipped_analyze_count,
             pg_stat_get_autoanalyze_count(C.oid) AS autoanalyze_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count(C.oid) AS skipped_autoanalyze_count,
             pg_stat_get_total_vacuum_time(C.oid) AS total_vacuum_time,
             pg_stat_get_total_autovacuum_time(C.oid) AS total_autovacuum_time,
             pg_stat_get_total_analyze_time(C.oid) AS total_analyze_time,
diff --git a/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c b/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c
index 99d0db82ed7..97cd5ea8d10 100644
--- a/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c
+++ b/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c
@@ -793,8 +793,25 @@ vacuum_open_relation(Oid relid, RangeVar *relation, uint32 options,
 		rel = try_relation_open(relid, NoLock);
 	else
 	{
+		int flags = 0;
 		rel = NULL;
 		rel_lock = false;
+
+		if ((options & VACOPT_VACUUM) != 0)
+		{
+			if (AmAutoVacuumWorkerProcess())
+				flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOVACUUM;
+			else
+				flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM;
+		}
+		if ((options & VACOPT_ANALYZE) != 0)
+		{
+			if (AmAutoVacuumWorkerProcess())
+				flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOANALYZE;
+			else
+				flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE;
+		}
+		pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(relid, flags);
 	}
 
 	/* if relation is opened, leave */
@@ -802,7 +819,7 @@ vacuum_open_relation(Oid relid, RangeVar *relation, uint32 options,
 		return rel;
 
 	/*
-	 * Relation could not be opened, hence generate if possible a log
+	 * Relation could not be opened hence generate if possible a log
 	 * informing on the situation.
 	 *
 	 * If the RangeVar is not defined, we do not have enough information to
@@ -905,7 +922,6 @@ expand_vacuum_rel(VacuumRelation *vrel, MemoryContext vac_context,
 		Form_pg_class classForm;
 		bool		include_children;
 		bool		is_partitioned_table;
-		int			rvr_opts;
 
 		/*
 		 * Since autovacuum workers supply OIDs when calling vacuum(), no
@@ -918,29 +934,69 @@ expand_vacuum_rel(VacuumRelation *vrel, MemoryContext vac_context,
 		 * below, as well as find_all_inheritors's expectation that the caller
 		 * holds some lock on the starting relation.
 		 */
-		rvr_opts = (options & VACOPT_SKIP_LOCKED) ? RVR_SKIP_LOCKED : 0;
-		relid = RangeVarGetRelidExtended(vrel->relation,
-										 AccessShareLock,
-										 rvr_opts,
-										 NULL, NULL);
-
-		/*
-		 * If the lock is unavailable, emit the same log statement that
-		 * vacuum_rel() and analyze_rel() would.
-		 */
-		if (!OidIsValid(relid))
+		if (!(options & VACOPT_SKIP_LOCKED))
 		{
-			if (options & VACOPT_VACUUM)
-				ereport(WARNING,
-						(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
-						 errmsg("skipping vacuum of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
-								vrel->relation->relname)));
-			else
-				ereport(WARNING,
-						(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
-						 errmsg("skipping analyze of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
+			relid = RangeVarGetRelidExtended(vrel->relation,
+											 AccessShareLock,
+											 0, NULL, NULL);
+			if (!OidIsValid(relid))
+				return vacrels;
+		}
+		else
+		{
+			/* Get relid for reporting before taking a lock */
+			relid = RangeVarGetRelid(vrel->relation, NoLock, false);
+
+			if (!ConditionalLockRelationOid(relid, AccessShareLock))
+			{
+				int	flags = 0;
+				/*
+				 * If the lock is unavailable, emit the same log statement that
+				 * vacuum_rel() and analyze_rel() would.
+				 */
+				if (options & VACOPT_VACUUM)
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping vacuum of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
 								vrel->relation->relname)));
-			return vacrels;
+				else
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping analyze of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
+									vrel->relation->relname)));
+
+				if ((options & VACOPT_VACUUM) != 0)
+					flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM;
+				if ((options & VACOPT_ANALYZE) != 0)
+					flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE;
+
+				pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(relid, flags);
+
+				return vacrels;
+			}
+
+			/*
+			 * Now that we have the lock, probe to see if the relation really
+			 * exists or not.
+			 */
+			if (!SearchSysCacheExists1(RELOID, ObjectIdGetDatum(relid)))
+			{
+				if (options & VACOPT_VACUUM)
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_UNDEFINED_TABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping vacuum of \"%s\" --- relation no longer exists",
+									vrel->relation->relname)));
+				else
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_UNDEFINED_TABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping analyze of \"%s\" --- relation no longer exists",
+									vrel->relation->relname)));
+
+				/* Release useless lock */
+				UnlockRelationOid(relid, AccessShareLock);
+
+				return vacrels;
+			}
 		}
 
 		/*
diff --git a/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c b/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c
index b2ca28f83ba..532d9023f8c 100644
--- a/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c
+++ b/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c
@@ -17,12 +17,14 @@
 
 #include "postgres.h"
 
+#include "access/htup_details.h"
 #include "access/twophase_rmgr.h"
 #include "access/xact.h"
 #include "catalog/catalog.h"
 #include "utils/memutils.h"
 #include "utils/pgstat_internal.h"
 #include "utils/rel.h"
+#include "utils/syscache.h"
 #include "utils/timestamp.h"
 
 
@@ -367,6 +369,68 @@ pgstat_report_analyze(Relation rel,
 	(void) pgstat_flush_backend(false, PGSTAT_BACKEND_FLUSH_IO);
 }
 
+/*
+ * Report that the table was skipped during vacuum or/and analyze.
+ */
+void
+pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(Oid relid, int flags)
+{
+	PgStat_EntryRef *entry_ref;
+	PgStatShared_Relation *shtabentry;
+	PgStat_StatTabEntry *tabentry;
+	TimestampTz ts;
+	HeapTuple	classTup;
+	bool		isshared;
+
+	if (!pgstat_track_counts || !flags)
+		return;
+
+	classTup = SearchSysCache1(RELOID, ObjectIdGetDatum(relid));
+	if (!HeapTupleIsValid(classTup))
+		return;			/* somebody deleted the rel, forget it */
+	isshared = ((Form_pg_class) GETSTRUCT(classTup))->relisshared;
+	ReleaseSysCache(classTup);
+
+	/* Store the data in the table's hash table entry. */
+	ts = GetCurrentTimestamp();
+
+	/* block acquiring lock for the same reason as pgstat_report_autovac() */
+	entry_ref = pgstat_get_entry_ref_locked(PGSTAT_KIND_RELATION,
+											isshared ? InvalidOid : MyDatabaseId,
+											relid, false);
+
+	shtabentry = (PgStatShared_Relation *) entry_ref->shared_stats;
+	tabentry = &shtabentry->stats;
+
+	if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM)
+	{
+		tabentry->last_skipped_vacuum_time = ts;
+		tabentry->skipped_vacuum_count++;
+	}
+	else if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOVACUUM)
+	{
+		tabentry->last_skipped_autovacuum_time = ts;
+		tabentry->skipped_autovacuum_count++;
+	}
+
+	if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE)
+	{
+		tabentry->last_skipped_analyze_time = ts;
+		tabentry->skipped_analyze_count++;
+	}
+	else if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOANALYZE)
+	{
+		tabentry->last_skipped_autoanalyze_time = ts;
+		tabentry->skipped_autoanalyze_count++;
+	}
+
+	pgstat_unlock_entry(entry_ref);
+
+	/* see pgstat_report_vacuum() */
+	pgstat_flush_io(false);
+	(void) pgstat_flush_backend(false, PGSTAT_BACKEND_FLUSH_IO);
+}
+
 /*
  * count a tuple insertion of n tuples
  */
diff --git a/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c b/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c
index 1408de387ea..90a8968faa0 100644
--- a/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c
+++ b/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c
@@ -84,6 +84,18 @@ PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(mod_since_analyze)
 /* pg_stat_get_numscans */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(numscans)
 
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_analyze_count)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_autoanalyze_count)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_autovacuum_count)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_vacuum_count)
+
 /* pg_stat_get_tuples_deleted */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(tuples_deleted)
 
@@ -170,6 +182,18 @@ PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_vacuum_time)
 /* pg_stat_get_lastscan */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(lastscan)
 
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_analyze_time)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_autoanalyze_time)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_autovacuum_time)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_vacuum_time)
+
 /* pg_stat_get_stat_reset_time */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(stat_reset_time)
 
diff --git a/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat b/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat
index fa9ae79082b..32debb34863 100644
--- a/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat
+++ b/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat
@@ -5680,6 +5680,38 @@
   proargmodes => '{o,o,o,o,o,o,o,o,o,o}',
   proargnames => '{oid,score,xid_score,mxid_score,vacuum_score,vacuum_insert_score,analyze_score,do_vacuum,do_analyze,for_wraparound}',
   prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_autovacuum_scores' },
+{ oid => '8142', descr => 'statistics: last skipped vacuum time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time' },
+{ oid => '8143', descr => 'statistics: last skipped auto vacuum time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time' },
+{ oid => '8144', descr => 'statistics: last skipped analyze time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time' },
+{ oid => '8145', descr => 'statistics: last skipped auto analyze time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time' },
+{ oid => '8146', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped vacuum for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count' },
+{ oid => '8147', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped auto vacuum for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count' },
+{ oid => '8148', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped analyzes for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count' },
+{ oid => '8149', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped auto analyzes for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count' },
 { oid => '1936', descr => 'statistics: currently active backend IDs',
   proname => 'pg_stat_get_backend_idset', prorows => '100', proretset => 't',
   provolatile => 's', proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int4',
diff --git a/src/include/pgstat.h b/src/include/pgstat.h
index dfa2e837638..98941f953d1 100644
--- a/src/include/pgstat.h
+++ b/src/include/pgstat.h
@@ -479,6 +479,15 @@ typedef struct PgStat_StatTabEntry
 	TimestampTz last_autoanalyze_time;	/* autovacuum initiated */
 	PgStat_Counter autoanalyze_count;
 
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_vacuum_time;	/* user initiated vacuum */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_vacuum_count;
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_autovacuum_time;	/* autovacuum initiated */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_autovacuum_count;
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_analyze_time;	/* user initiated */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_analyze_count;
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_autoanalyze_time;	/* autovacuum initiated */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_autoanalyze_count;
+
 	PgStat_Counter total_vacuum_time;	/* times in milliseconds */
 	PgStat_Counter total_autovacuum_time;
 	PgStat_Counter total_analyze_time;
@@ -703,6 +712,13 @@ extern void pgstat_report_analyze(Relation rel,
 								  PgStat_Counter livetuples, PgStat_Counter deadtuples,
 								  bool resetcounter, TimestampTz starttime);
 
+/* flags for pgstat_flush_backend() */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM		(1 << 0)	/* vacuum is skipped */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE		(1 << 1)	/* analyze is skipped */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOVACUUM	(1 << 2)	/* autovacuum is skipped */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOANALYZE	(1 << 3)	/* autoanalyze is skipped */
+extern void pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(Oid relid, int flags);
+
 /*
  * If stats are enabled, but pending data hasn't been prepared yet, call
  * pgstat_assoc_relation() to do so. See its comment for why this is done
diff --git a/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out b/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out
index a65a5bf0c4f..9b2075d3373 100644
--- a/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out
+++ b/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out
@@ -1835,13 +1835,21 @@ pg_stat_all_tables| SELECT c.oid AS relid,
     pg_stat_get_mod_since_analyze(c.oid) AS n_mod_since_analyze,
     pg_stat_get_ins_since_vacuum(c.oid) AS n_ins_since_vacuum,
     pg_stat_get_last_vacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_vacuum,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_vacuum,
     pg_stat_get_last_autovacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_autovacuum,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_autovacuum,
     pg_stat_get_last_analyze_time(c.oid) AS last_analyze,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_analyze,
     pg_stat_get_last_autoanalyze_time(c.oid) AS last_autoanalyze,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_autoanalyze,
     pg_stat_get_vacuum_count(c.oid) AS vacuum_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count(c.oid) AS skipped_vacuum_count,
     pg_stat_get_autovacuum_count(c.oid) AS autovacuum_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count(c.oid) AS skipped_autovacuum_count,
     pg_stat_get_analyze_count(c.oid) AS analyze_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count(c.oid) AS skipped_analyze_count,
     pg_stat_get_autoanalyze_count(c.oid) AS autoanalyze_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count(c.oid) AS skipped_autoanalyze_count,
     pg_stat_get_total_vacuum_time(c.oid) AS total_vacuum_time,
     pg_stat_get_total_autovacuum_time(c.oid) AS total_autovacuum_time,
     pg_stat_get_total_analyze_time(c.oid) AS total_analyze_time,
@@ -2346,13 +2354,21 @@ pg_stat_sys_tables| SELECT relid,
     n_mod_since_analyze,
     n_ins_since_vacuum,
     last_vacuum,
+    last_skipped_vacuum,
     last_autovacuum,
+    last_skipped_autovacuum,
     last_analyze,
+    last_skipped_analyze,
     last_autoanalyze,
+    last_skipped_autoanalyze,
     vacuum_count,
+    skipped_vacuum_count,
     autovacuum_count,
+    skipped_autovacuum_count,
     analyze_count,
+    skipped_analyze_count,
     autoanalyze_count,
+    skipped_autoanalyze_count,
     total_vacuum_time,
     total_autovacuum_time,
     total_analyze_time,
@@ -2401,13 +2417,21 @@ pg_stat_user_tables| SELECT relid,
     n_mod_since_analyze,
     n_ins_since_vacuum,
     last_vacuum,
+    last_skipped_vacuum,
     last_autovacuum,
+    last_skipped_autovacuum,
     last_analyze,
+    last_skipped_analyze,
     last_autoanalyze,
+    last_skipped_autoanalyze,
     vacuum_count,
+    skipped_vacuum_count,
     autovacuum_count,
+    skipped_autovacuum_count,
     analyze_count,
+    skipped_analyze_count,
     autoanalyze_count,
+    skipped_autoanalyze_count,
     total_vacuum_time,
     total_autovacuum_time,
     total_analyze_time,
-- 
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* [PATCH v4] Track skipped vacuum and analyze activity per relation
@ 2026-03-24 04:09 Yugo Nagata <[email protected]>
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From: Yugo Nagata @ 2026-03-24 04:09 UTC (permalink / raw)

This commit adds eight fields to the relation statistics that track
the last time vacuum or analyze has been attempted but skipped due to
lock unavailability, along with their counts:

-    last_skipped_vacuum
-    last_skipped_autovacuum
-    last_skipped_analyze
-    last_skipped_autoanalyze
-    skipped_vacuum_count
-    skipped_autovacuum_count
-    skipped_analyze_count
-    skipped_autoanalyze_count

These field can help users confirm that autovacuum is actively attempting
to run on a table that has not been vacuumed or analyzed for a long time,
and that the lack of progress is due to repeated skips rather than inactivity.
---
 doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml                 |  88 ++++++++++++++++
 src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql         |   8 ++
 src/backend/commands/vacuum.c                | 102 ++++++++++++++-----
 src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c |  64 ++++++++++++
 src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c          |  24 +++++
 src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat              |  32 ++++++
 src/include/pgstat.h                         |  16 +++
 src/test/regress/expected/rules.out          |  24 +++++
 8 files changed, 335 insertions(+), 23 deletions(-)

diff --git a/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml b/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml
index 08d5b824552..a9b579d87a9 100644
--- a/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml
+++ b/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml
@@ -4387,6 +4387,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_vacuum</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time a manual vacuum on this table was attempted but skipped due to
+       lock unavailability (not counting <command>VACUUM FULL</command>)
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>last_autovacuum</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
@@ -4397,6 +4407,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_autovacuum</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time a vacuum on this table by the autovacuum daemon was attempted
+       but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>last_analyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
@@ -4406,6 +4426,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_analyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time a manual analyze on this table was attempted but skipped due to
+       lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>last_autoanalyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
@@ -4416,6 +4446,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_autoanalyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time at which an analyze on this table by the autovacuum was
+       attempted but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>vacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4426,6 +4466,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_vacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times manual vacuums on this table have been attempted but skipped
+       due to lock unavailability (not counting <command>VACUUM FULL</command>)
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>autovacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4436,6 +4486,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_autovacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times vacuums on this table by the autovacuum daemon have been
+       attempted but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>analyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4445,6 +4505,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_analyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times manual analyzes on this table have been attempted but
+       skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>autoanalyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4455,6 +4525,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_autoanalyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times analyzes on this table by the autovacuum daemon have
+       been attempted but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>total_vacuum_time</structfield> <type>double precision</type>
@@ -4510,6 +4590,14 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
    </tgroup>
   </table>
 
+  <note>
+   <para>
+    When a manual vacuum or analyze on a parent table in an inheritance or
+    partitioning hierarchy is skipped, the statistics are recorded only for
+    the parent table, not for its children.
+   </para>
+  </note>
+
  </sect2>
 
  <sect2 id="monitoring-pg-stat-autovacuum-scores-view">
diff --git a/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql b/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql
index 73a1c1c4670..f509fc7876b 100644
--- a/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql
+++ b/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql
@@ -736,13 +736,21 @@ CREATE VIEW pg_stat_all_tables AS
             pg_stat_get_mod_since_analyze(C.oid) AS n_mod_since_analyze,
             pg_stat_get_ins_since_vacuum(C.oid) AS n_ins_since_vacuum,
             pg_stat_get_last_vacuum_time(C.oid) as last_vacuum,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_vacuum,
             pg_stat_get_last_autovacuum_time(C.oid) as last_autovacuum,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_autovacuum,
             pg_stat_get_last_analyze_time(C.oid) as last_analyze,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_analyze,
             pg_stat_get_last_autoanalyze_time(C.oid) as last_autoanalyze,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_autoanalyze,
             pg_stat_get_vacuum_count(C.oid) AS vacuum_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count(C.oid) AS skipped_vacuum_count,
             pg_stat_get_autovacuum_count(C.oid) AS autovacuum_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count(C.oid) AS skipped_autovacuum_count,
             pg_stat_get_analyze_count(C.oid) AS analyze_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count(C.oid) AS skipped_analyze_count,
             pg_stat_get_autoanalyze_count(C.oid) AS autoanalyze_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count(C.oid) AS skipped_autoanalyze_count,
             pg_stat_get_total_vacuum_time(C.oid) AS total_vacuum_time,
             pg_stat_get_total_autovacuum_time(C.oid) AS total_autovacuum_time,
             pg_stat_get_total_analyze_time(C.oid) AS total_analyze_time,
diff --git a/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c b/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c
index 99d0db82ed7..97cd5ea8d10 100644
--- a/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c
+++ b/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c
@@ -793,8 +793,25 @@ vacuum_open_relation(Oid relid, RangeVar *relation, uint32 options,
 		rel = try_relation_open(relid, NoLock);
 	else
 	{
+		int flags = 0;
 		rel = NULL;
 		rel_lock = false;
+
+		if ((options & VACOPT_VACUUM) != 0)
+		{
+			if (AmAutoVacuumWorkerProcess())
+				flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOVACUUM;
+			else
+				flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM;
+		}
+		if ((options & VACOPT_ANALYZE) != 0)
+		{
+			if (AmAutoVacuumWorkerProcess())
+				flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOANALYZE;
+			else
+				flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE;
+		}
+		pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(relid, flags);
 	}
 
 	/* if relation is opened, leave */
@@ -802,7 +819,7 @@ vacuum_open_relation(Oid relid, RangeVar *relation, uint32 options,
 		return rel;
 
 	/*
-	 * Relation could not be opened, hence generate if possible a log
+	 * Relation could not be opened hence generate if possible a log
 	 * informing on the situation.
 	 *
 	 * If the RangeVar is not defined, we do not have enough information to
@@ -905,7 +922,6 @@ expand_vacuum_rel(VacuumRelation *vrel, MemoryContext vac_context,
 		Form_pg_class classForm;
 		bool		include_children;
 		bool		is_partitioned_table;
-		int			rvr_opts;
 
 		/*
 		 * Since autovacuum workers supply OIDs when calling vacuum(), no
@@ -918,29 +934,69 @@ expand_vacuum_rel(VacuumRelation *vrel, MemoryContext vac_context,
 		 * below, as well as find_all_inheritors's expectation that the caller
 		 * holds some lock on the starting relation.
 		 */
-		rvr_opts = (options & VACOPT_SKIP_LOCKED) ? RVR_SKIP_LOCKED : 0;
-		relid = RangeVarGetRelidExtended(vrel->relation,
-										 AccessShareLock,
-										 rvr_opts,
-										 NULL, NULL);
-
-		/*
-		 * If the lock is unavailable, emit the same log statement that
-		 * vacuum_rel() and analyze_rel() would.
-		 */
-		if (!OidIsValid(relid))
+		if (!(options & VACOPT_SKIP_LOCKED))
 		{
-			if (options & VACOPT_VACUUM)
-				ereport(WARNING,
-						(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
-						 errmsg("skipping vacuum of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
-								vrel->relation->relname)));
-			else
-				ereport(WARNING,
-						(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
-						 errmsg("skipping analyze of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
+			relid = RangeVarGetRelidExtended(vrel->relation,
+											 AccessShareLock,
+											 0, NULL, NULL);
+			if (!OidIsValid(relid))
+				return vacrels;
+		}
+		else
+		{
+			/* Get relid for reporting before taking a lock */
+			relid = RangeVarGetRelid(vrel->relation, NoLock, false);
+
+			if (!ConditionalLockRelationOid(relid, AccessShareLock))
+			{
+				int	flags = 0;
+				/*
+				 * If the lock is unavailable, emit the same log statement that
+				 * vacuum_rel() and analyze_rel() would.
+				 */
+				if (options & VACOPT_VACUUM)
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping vacuum of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
 								vrel->relation->relname)));
-			return vacrels;
+				else
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping analyze of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
+									vrel->relation->relname)));
+
+				if ((options & VACOPT_VACUUM) != 0)
+					flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM;
+				if ((options & VACOPT_ANALYZE) != 0)
+					flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE;
+
+				pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(relid, flags);
+
+				return vacrels;
+			}
+
+			/*
+			 * Now that we have the lock, probe to see if the relation really
+			 * exists or not.
+			 */
+			if (!SearchSysCacheExists1(RELOID, ObjectIdGetDatum(relid)))
+			{
+				if (options & VACOPT_VACUUM)
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_UNDEFINED_TABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping vacuum of \"%s\" --- relation no longer exists",
+									vrel->relation->relname)));
+				else
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_UNDEFINED_TABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping analyze of \"%s\" --- relation no longer exists",
+									vrel->relation->relname)));
+
+				/* Release useless lock */
+				UnlockRelationOid(relid, AccessShareLock);
+
+				return vacrels;
+			}
 		}
 
 		/*
diff --git a/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c b/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c
index b2ca28f83ba..532d9023f8c 100644
--- a/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c
+++ b/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c
@@ -17,12 +17,14 @@
 
 #include "postgres.h"
 
+#include "access/htup_details.h"
 #include "access/twophase_rmgr.h"
 #include "access/xact.h"
 #include "catalog/catalog.h"
 #include "utils/memutils.h"
 #include "utils/pgstat_internal.h"
 #include "utils/rel.h"
+#include "utils/syscache.h"
 #include "utils/timestamp.h"
 
 
@@ -367,6 +369,68 @@ pgstat_report_analyze(Relation rel,
 	(void) pgstat_flush_backend(false, PGSTAT_BACKEND_FLUSH_IO);
 }
 
+/*
+ * Report that the table was skipped during vacuum or/and analyze.
+ */
+void
+pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(Oid relid, int flags)
+{
+	PgStat_EntryRef *entry_ref;
+	PgStatShared_Relation *shtabentry;
+	PgStat_StatTabEntry *tabentry;
+	TimestampTz ts;
+	HeapTuple	classTup;
+	bool		isshared;
+
+	if (!pgstat_track_counts || !flags)
+		return;
+
+	classTup = SearchSysCache1(RELOID, ObjectIdGetDatum(relid));
+	if (!HeapTupleIsValid(classTup))
+		return;			/* somebody deleted the rel, forget it */
+	isshared = ((Form_pg_class) GETSTRUCT(classTup))->relisshared;
+	ReleaseSysCache(classTup);
+
+	/* Store the data in the table's hash table entry. */
+	ts = GetCurrentTimestamp();
+
+	/* block acquiring lock for the same reason as pgstat_report_autovac() */
+	entry_ref = pgstat_get_entry_ref_locked(PGSTAT_KIND_RELATION,
+											isshared ? InvalidOid : MyDatabaseId,
+											relid, false);
+
+	shtabentry = (PgStatShared_Relation *) entry_ref->shared_stats;
+	tabentry = &shtabentry->stats;
+
+	if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM)
+	{
+		tabentry->last_skipped_vacuum_time = ts;
+		tabentry->skipped_vacuum_count++;
+	}
+	else if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOVACUUM)
+	{
+		tabentry->last_skipped_autovacuum_time = ts;
+		tabentry->skipped_autovacuum_count++;
+	}
+
+	if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE)
+	{
+		tabentry->last_skipped_analyze_time = ts;
+		tabentry->skipped_analyze_count++;
+	}
+	else if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOANALYZE)
+	{
+		tabentry->last_skipped_autoanalyze_time = ts;
+		tabentry->skipped_autoanalyze_count++;
+	}
+
+	pgstat_unlock_entry(entry_ref);
+
+	/* see pgstat_report_vacuum() */
+	pgstat_flush_io(false);
+	(void) pgstat_flush_backend(false, PGSTAT_BACKEND_FLUSH_IO);
+}
+
 /*
  * count a tuple insertion of n tuples
  */
diff --git a/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c b/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c
index 1408de387ea..90a8968faa0 100644
--- a/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c
+++ b/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c
@@ -84,6 +84,18 @@ PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(mod_since_analyze)
 /* pg_stat_get_numscans */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(numscans)
 
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_analyze_count)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_autoanalyze_count)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_autovacuum_count)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_vacuum_count)
+
 /* pg_stat_get_tuples_deleted */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(tuples_deleted)
 
@@ -170,6 +182,18 @@ PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_vacuum_time)
 /* pg_stat_get_lastscan */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(lastscan)
 
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_analyze_time)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_autoanalyze_time)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_autovacuum_time)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_vacuum_time)
+
 /* pg_stat_get_stat_reset_time */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(stat_reset_time)
 
diff --git a/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat b/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat
index fa9ae79082b..32debb34863 100644
--- a/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat
+++ b/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat
@@ -5680,6 +5680,38 @@
   proargmodes => '{o,o,o,o,o,o,o,o,o,o}',
   proargnames => '{oid,score,xid_score,mxid_score,vacuum_score,vacuum_insert_score,analyze_score,do_vacuum,do_analyze,for_wraparound}',
   prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_autovacuum_scores' },
+{ oid => '8142', descr => 'statistics: last skipped vacuum time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time' },
+{ oid => '8143', descr => 'statistics: last skipped auto vacuum time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time' },
+{ oid => '8144', descr => 'statistics: last skipped analyze time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time' },
+{ oid => '8145', descr => 'statistics: last skipped auto analyze time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time' },
+{ oid => '8146', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped vacuum for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count' },
+{ oid => '8147', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped auto vacuum for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count' },
+{ oid => '8148', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped analyzes for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count' },
+{ oid => '8149', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped auto analyzes for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count' },
 { oid => '1936', descr => 'statistics: currently active backend IDs',
   proname => 'pg_stat_get_backend_idset', prorows => '100', proretset => 't',
   provolatile => 's', proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int4',
diff --git a/src/include/pgstat.h b/src/include/pgstat.h
index dfa2e837638..98941f953d1 100644
--- a/src/include/pgstat.h
+++ b/src/include/pgstat.h
@@ -479,6 +479,15 @@ typedef struct PgStat_StatTabEntry
 	TimestampTz last_autoanalyze_time;	/* autovacuum initiated */
 	PgStat_Counter autoanalyze_count;
 
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_vacuum_time;	/* user initiated vacuum */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_vacuum_count;
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_autovacuum_time;	/* autovacuum initiated */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_autovacuum_count;
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_analyze_time;	/* user initiated */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_analyze_count;
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_autoanalyze_time;	/* autovacuum initiated */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_autoanalyze_count;
+
 	PgStat_Counter total_vacuum_time;	/* times in milliseconds */
 	PgStat_Counter total_autovacuum_time;
 	PgStat_Counter total_analyze_time;
@@ -703,6 +712,13 @@ extern void pgstat_report_analyze(Relation rel,
 								  PgStat_Counter livetuples, PgStat_Counter deadtuples,
 								  bool resetcounter, TimestampTz starttime);
 
+/* flags for pgstat_flush_backend() */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM		(1 << 0)	/* vacuum is skipped */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE		(1 << 1)	/* analyze is skipped */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOVACUUM	(1 << 2)	/* autovacuum is skipped */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOANALYZE	(1 << 3)	/* autoanalyze is skipped */
+extern void pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(Oid relid, int flags);
+
 /*
  * If stats are enabled, but pending data hasn't been prepared yet, call
  * pgstat_assoc_relation() to do so. See its comment for why this is done
diff --git a/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out b/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out
index a65a5bf0c4f..9b2075d3373 100644
--- a/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out
+++ b/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out
@@ -1835,13 +1835,21 @@ pg_stat_all_tables| SELECT c.oid AS relid,
     pg_stat_get_mod_since_analyze(c.oid) AS n_mod_since_analyze,
     pg_stat_get_ins_since_vacuum(c.oid) AS n_ins_since_vacuum,
     pg_stat_get_last_vacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_vacuum,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_vacuum,
     pg_stat_get_last_autovacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_autovacuum,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_autovacuum,
     pg_stat_get_last_analyze_time(c.oid) AS last_analyze,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_analyze,
     pg_stat_get_last_autoanalyze_time(c.oid) AS last_autoanalyze,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_autoanalyze,
     pg_stat_get_vacuum_count(c.oid) AS vacuum_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count(c.oid) AS skipped_vacuum_count,
     pg_stat_get_autovacuum_count(c.oid) AS autovacuum_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count(c.oid) AS skipped_autovacuum_count,
     pg_stat_get_analyze_count(c.oid) AS analyze_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count(c.oid) AS skipped_analyze_count,
     pg_stat_get_autoanalyze_count(c.oid) AS autoanalyze_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count(c.oid) AS skipped_autoanalyze_count,
     pg_stat_get_total_vacuum_time(c.oid) AS total_vacuum_time,
     pg_stat_get_total_autovacuum_time(c.oid) AS total_autovacuum_time,
     pg_stat_get_total_analyze_time(c.oid) AS total_analyze_time,
@@ -2346,13 +2354,21 @@ pg_stat_sys_tables| SELECT relid,
     n_mod_since_analyze,
     n_ins_since_vacuum,
     last_vacuum,
+    last_skipped_vacuum,
     last_autovacuum,
+    last_skipped_autovacuum,
     last_analyze,
+    last_skipped_analyze,
     last_autoanalyze,
+    last_skipped_autoanalyze,
     vacuum_count,
+    skipped_vacuum_count,
     autovacuum_count,
+    skipped_autovacuum_count,
     analyze_count,
+    skipped_analyze_count,
     autoanalyze_count,
+    skipped_autoanalyze_count,
     total_vacuum_time,
     total_autovacuum_time,
     total_analyze_time,
@@ -2401,13 +2417,21 @@ pg_stat_user_tables| SELECT relid,
     n_mod_since_analyze,
     n_ins_since_vacuum,
     last_vacuum,
+    last_skipped_vacuum,
     last_autovacuum,
+    last_skipped_autovacuum,
     last_analyze,
+    last_skipped_analyze,
     last_autoanalyze,
+    last_skipped_autoanalyze,
     vacuum_count,
+    skipped_vacuum_count,
     autovacuum_count,
+    skipped_autovacuum_count,
     analyze_count,
+    skipped_analyze_count,
     autoanalyze_count,
+    skipped_autoanalyze_count,
     total_vacuum_time,
     total_autovacuum_time,
     total_analyze_time,
-- 
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* [PATCH v5] Track skipped vacuum and analyze activity per relation
@ 2026-03-24 04:09 Yugo Nagata <[email protected]>
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From: Yugo Nagata @ 2026-03-24 04:09 UTC (permalink / raw)

This commit adds eight fields to the relation statistics that track
the last time vacuum or analyze has been attempted but skipped due to
lock unavailability, along with their counts:

-    last_skipped_vacuum
-    last_skipped_autovacuum
-    last_skipped_analyze
-    last_skipped_autoanalyze
-    skipped_vacuum_count
-    skipped_autovacuum_count
-    skipped_analyze_count
-    skipped_autoanalyze_count

These field can help users confirm that autovacuum is actively attempting
to run on a table that has not been vacuumed or analyzed for a long time,
and that the lack of progress is due to repeated skips rather than inactivity.
---
 doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml                  |  88 ++++++
 src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql          |   8 +
 src/backend/commands/vacuum.c                 | 100 +++++--
 src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c  |  64 +++++
 src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c           |  24 ++
 src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat               |  32 +++
 src/include/pgstat.h                          |  16 ++
 .../isolation/expected/vacuum-skip-locked.out | 260 ++++++++++++++++--
 .../isolation/specs/vacuum-skip-locked.spec   |  41 +--
 src/test/regress/expected/rules.out           |  24 ++
 10 files changed, 601 insertions(+), 56 deletions(-)

diff --git a/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml b/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml
index 08d5b824552..a9b579d87a9 100644
--- a/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml
+++ b/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml
@@ -4387,6 +4387,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_vacuum</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time a manual vacuum on this table was attempted but skipped due to
+       lock unavailability (not counting <command>VACUUM FULL</command>)
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>last_autovacuum</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
@@ -4397,6 +4407,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_autovacuum</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time a vacuum on this table by the autovacuum daemon was attempted
+       but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>last_analyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
@@ -4406,6 +4426,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_analyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time a manual analyze on this table was attempted but skipped due to
+       lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>last_autoanalyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
@@ -4416,6 +4446,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_autoanalyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time at which an analyze on this table by the autovacuum was
+       attempted but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>vacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4426,6 +4466,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_vacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times manual vacuums on this table have been attempted but skipped
+       due to lock unavailability (not counting <command>VACUUM FULL</command>)
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>autovacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4436,6 +4486,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_autovacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times vacuums on this table by the autovacuum daemon have been
+       attempted but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>analyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4445,6 +4505,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_analyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times manual analyzes on this table have been attempted but
+       skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>autoanalyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4455,6 +4525,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_autoanalyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times analyzes on this table by the autovacuum daemon have
+       been attempted but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>total_vacuum_time</structfield> <type>double precision</type>
@@ -4510,6 +4590,14 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
    </tgroup>
   </table>
 
+  <note>
+   <para>
+    When a manual vacuum or analyze on a parent table in an inheritance or
+    partitioning hierarchy is skipped, the statistics are recorded only for
+    the parent table, not for its children.
+   </para>
+  </note>
+
  </sect2>
 
  <sect2 id="monitoring-pg-stat-autovacuum-scores-view">
diff --git a/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql b/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql
index 73a1c1c4670..f509fc7876b 100644
--- a/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql
+++ b/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql
@@ -736,13 +736,21 @@ CREATE VIEW pg_stat_all_tables AS
             pg_stat_get_mod_since_analyze(C.oid) AS n_mod_since_analyze,
             pg_stat_get_ins_since_vacuum(C.oid) AS n_ins_since_vacuum,
             pg_stat_get_last_vacuum_time(C.oid) as last_vacuum,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_vacuum,
             pg_stat_get_last_autovacuum_time(C.oid) as last_autovacuum,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_autovacuum,
             pg_stat_get_last_analyze_time(C.oid) as last_analyze,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_analyze,
             pg_stat_get_last_autoanalyze_time(C.oid) as last_autoanalyze,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_autoanalyze,
             pg_stat_get_vacuum_count(C.oid) AS vacuum_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count(C.oid) AS skipped_vacuum_count,
             pg_stat_get_autovacuum_count(C.oid) AS autovacuum_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count(C.oid) AS skipped_autovacuum_count,
             pg_stat_get_analyze_count(C.oid) AS analyze_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count(C.oid) AS skipped_analyze_count,
             pg_stat_get_autoanalyze_count(C.oid) AS autoanalyze_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count(C.oid) AS skipped_autoanalyze_count,
             pg_stat_get_total_vacuum_time(C.oid) AS total_vacuum_time,
             pg_stat_get_total_autovacuum_time(C.oid) AS total_autovacuum_time,
             pg_stat_get_total_analyze_time(C.oid) AS total_analyze_time,
diff --git a/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c b/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c
index 99d0db82ed7..df6526225e4 100644
--- a/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c
+++ b/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c
@@ -793,8 +793,25 @@ vacuum_open_relation(Oid relid, RangeVar *relation, uint32 options,
 		rel = try_relation_open(relid, NoLock);
 	else
 	{
+		int flags = 0;
 		rel = NULL;
 		rel_lock = false;
+
+		if ((options & VACOPT_VACUUM) != 0 && (options & VACOPT_FULL) == 0)
+		{
+			if (AmAutoVacuumWorkerProcess())
+				flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOVACUUM;
+			else
+				flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM;
+		}
+		if ((options & VACOPT_ANALYZE) != 0)
+		{
+			if (AmAutoVacuumWorkerProcess())
+				flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOANALYZE;
+			else
+				flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE;
+		}
+		pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(relid, flags);
 	}
 
 	/* if relation is opened, leave */
@@ -905,7 +922,6 @@ expand_vacuum_rel(VacuumRelation *vrel, MemoryContext vac_context,
 		Form_pg_class classForm;
 		bool		include_children;
 		bool		is_partitioned_table;
-		int			rvr_opts;
 
 		/*
 		 * Since autovacuum workers supply OIDs when calling vacuum(), no
@@ -918,29 +934,69 @@ expand_vacuum_rel(VacuumRelation *vrel, MemoryContext vac_context,
 		 * below, as well as find_all_inheritors's expectation that the caller
 		 * holds some lock on the starting relation.
 		 */
-		rvr_opts = (options & VACOPT_SKIP_LOCKED) ? RVR_SKIP_LOCKED : 0;
-		relid = RangeVarGetRelidExtended(vrel->relation,
-										 AccessShareLock,
-										 rvr_opts,
-										 NULL, NULL);
-
-		/*
-		 * If the lock is unavailable, emit the same log statement that
-		 * vacuum_rel() and analyze_rel() would.
-		 */
-		if (!OidIsValid(relid))
+		if (!(options & VACOPT_SKIP_LOCKED))
 		{
-			if (options & VACOPT_VACUUM)
-				ereport(WARNING,
-						(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
-						 errmsg("skipping vacuum of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
-								vrel->relation->relname)));
-			else
-				ereport(WARNING,
-						(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
-						 errmsg("skipping analyze of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
+			relid = RangeVarGetRelidExtended(vrel->relation,
+											 AccessShareLock,
+											 0, NULL, NULL);
+			if (!OidIsValid(relid))
+				return vacrels;
+		}
+		else
+		{
+			/* Get relid for reporting before taking a lock */
+			relid = RangeVarGetRelid(vrel->relation, NoLock, false);
+
+			if (!ConditionalLockRelationOid(relid, AccessShareLock))
+			{
+				int	flags = 0;
+				/*
+				 * If the lock is unavailable, emit the same log statement that
+				 * vacuum_rel() and analyze_rel() would.
+				 */
+				if (options & VACOPT_VACUUM)
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping vacuum of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
 								vrel->relation->relname)));
-			return vacrels;
+				else
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping analyze of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
+									vrel->relation->relname)));
+
+				if ((options & VACOPT_VACUUM) != 0 && (options & VACOPT_FULL) == 0)
+					flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM;
+				if ((options & VACOPT_ANALYZE) != 0)
+					flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE;
+
+				pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(relid, flags);
+
+				return vacrels;
+			}
+
+			/*
+			 * Now that we have the lock, probe to see if the relation really
+			 * exists or not.
+			 */
+			if (!SearchSysCacheExists1(RELOID, ObjectIdGetDatum(relid)))
+			{
+				if (options & VACOPT_VACUUM)
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_UNDEFINED_TABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping vacuum of \"%s\" --- relation no longer exists",
+									vrel->relation->relname)));
+				else
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_UNDEFINED_TABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping analyze of \"%s\" --- relation no longer exists",
+									vrel->relation->relname)));
+
+				/* Release useless lock */
+				UnlockRelationOid(relid, AccessShareLock);
+
+				return vacrels;
+			}
 		}
 
 		/*
diff --git a/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c b/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c
index b2ca28f83ba..532d9023f8c 100644
--- a/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c
+++ b/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c
@@ -17,12 +17,14 @@
 
 #include "postgres.h"
 
+#include "access/htup_details.h"
 #include "access/twophase_rmgr.h"
 #include "access/xact.h"
 #include "catalog/catalog.h"
 #include "utils/memutils.h"
 #include "utils/pgstat_internal.h"
 #include "utils/rel.h"
+#include "utils/syscache.h"
 #include "utils/timestamp.h"
 
 
@@ -367,6 +369,68 @@ pgstat_report_analyze(Relation rel,
 	(void) pgstat_flush_backend(false, PGSTAT_BACKEND_FLUSH_IO);
 }
 
+/*
+ * Report that the table was skipped during vacuum or/and analyze.
+ */
+void
+pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(Oid relid, int flags)
+{
+	PgStat_EntryRef *entry_ref;
+	PgStatShared_Relation *shtabentry;
+	PgStat_StatTabEntry *tabentry;
+	TimestampTz ts;
+	HeapTuple	classTup;
+	bool		isshared;
+
+	if (!pgstat_track_counts || !flags)
+		return;
+
+	classTup = SearchSysCache1(RELOID, ObjectIdGetDatum(relid));
+	if (!HeapTupleIsValid(classTup))
+		return;			/* somebody deleted the rel, forget it */
+	isshared = ((Form_pg_class) GETSTRUCT(classTup))->relisshared;
+	ReleaseSysCache(classTup);
+
+	/* Store the data in the table's hash table entry. */
+	ts = GetCurrentTimestamp();
+
+	/* block acquiring lock for the same reason as pgstat_report_autovac() */
+	entry_ref = pgstat_get_entry_ref_locked(PGSTAT_KIND_RELATION,
+											isshared ? InvalidOid : MyDatabaseId,
+											relid, false);
+
+	shtabentry = (PgStatShared_Relation *) entry_ref->shared_stats;
+	tabentry = &shtabentry->stats;
+
+	if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM)
+	{
+		tabentry->last_skipped_vacuum_time = ts;
+		tabentry->skipped_vacuum_count++;
+	}
+	else if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOVACUUM)
+	{
+		tabentry->last_skipped_autovacuum_time = ts;
+		tabentry->skipped_autovacuum_count++;
+	}
+
+	if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE)
+	{
+		tabentry->last_skipped_analyze_time = ts;
+		tabentry->skipped_analyze_count++;
+	}
+	else if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOANALYZE)
+	{
+		tabentry->last_skipped_autoanalyze_time = ts;
+		tabentry->skipped_autoanalyze_count++;
+	}
+
+	pgstat_unlock_entry(entry_ref);
+
+	/* see pgstat_report_vacuum() */
+	pgstat_flush_io(false);
+	(void) pgstat_flush_backend(false, PGSTAT_BACKEND_FLUSH_IO);
+}
+
 /*
  * count a tuple insertion of n tuples
  */
diff --git a/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c b/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c
index 1408de387ea..90a8968faa0 100644
--- a/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c
+++ b/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c
@@ -84,6 +84,18 @@ PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(mod_since_analyze)
 /* pg_stat_get_numscans */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(numscans)
 
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_analyze_count)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_autoanalyze_count)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_autovacuum_count)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_vacuum_count)
+
 /* pg_stat_get_tuples_deleted */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(tuples_deleted)
 
@@ -170,6 +182,18 @@ PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_vacuum_time)
 /* pg_stat_get_lastscan */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(lastscan)
 
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_analyze_time)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_autoanalyze_time)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_autovacuum_time)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_vacuum_time)
+
 /* pg_stat_get_stat_reset_time */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(stat_reset_time)
 
diff --git a/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat b/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat
index fa9ae79082b..32debb34863 100644
--- a/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat
+++ b/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat
@@ -5680,6 +5680,38 @@
   proargmodes => '{o,o,o,o,o,o,o,o,o,o}',
   proargnames => '{oid,score,xid_score,mxid_score,vacuum_score,vacuum_insert_score,analyze_score,do_vacuum,do_analyze,for_wraparound}',
   prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_autovacuum_scores' },
+{ oid => '8142', descr => 'statistics: last skipped vacuum time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time' },
+{ oid => '8143', descr => 'statistics: last skipped auto vacuum time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time' },
+{ oid => '8144', descr => 'statistics: last skipped analyze time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time' },
+{ oid => '8145', descr => 'statistics: last skipped auto analyze time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time' },
+{ oid => '8146', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped vacuum for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count' },
+{ oid => '8147', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped auto vacuum for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count' },
+{ oid => '8148', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped analyzes for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count' },
+{ oid => '8149', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped auto analyzes for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count' },
 { oid => '1936', descr => 'statistics: currently active backend IDs',
   proname => 'pg_stat_get_backend_idset', prorows => '100', proretset => 't',
   provolatile => 's', proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int4',
diff --git a/src/include/pgstat.h b/src/include/pgstat.h
index dfa2e837638..98941f953d1 100644
--- a/src/include/pgstat.h
+++ b/src/include/pgstat.h
@@ -479,6 +479,15 @@ typedef struct PgStat_StatTabEntry
 	TimestampTz last_autoanalyze_time;	/* autovacuum initiated */
 	PgStat_Counter autoanalyze_count;
 
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_vacuum_time;	/* user initiated vacuum */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_vacuum_count;
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_autovacuum_time;	/* autovacuum initiated */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_autovacuum_count;
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_analyze_time;	/* user initiated */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_analyze_count;
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_autoanalyze_time;	/* autovacuum initiated */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_autoanalyze_count;
+
 	PgStat_Counter total_vacuum_time;	/* times in milliseconds */
 	PgStat_Counter total_autovacuum_time;
 	PgStat_Counter total_analyze_time;
@@ -703,6 +712,13 @@ extern void pgstat_report_analyze(Relation rel,
 								  PgStat_Counter livetuples, PgStat_Counter deadtuples,
 								  bool resetcounter, TimestampTz starttime);
 
+/* flags for pgstat_flush_backend() */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM		(1 << 0)	/* vacuum is skipped */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE		(1 << 1)	/* analyze is skipped */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOVACUUM	(1 << 2)	/* autovacuum is skipped */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOANALYZE	(1 << 3)	/* autoanalyze is skipped */
+extern void pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(Oid relid, int flags);
+
 /*
  * If stats are enabled, but pending data hasn't been prepared yet, call
  * pgstat_assoc_relation() to do so. See its comment for why this is done
diff --git a/src/test/isolation/expected/vacuum-skip-locked.out b/src/test/isolation/expected/vacuum-skip-locked.out
index 99db281a159..e2cff175b7c 100644
--- a/src/test/isolation/expected/vacuum-skip-locked.out
+++ b/src/test/isolation/expected/vacuum-skip-locked.out
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 Parsed test spec with 2 sessions
 
-starting permutation: lock_share vac_specified commit
+starting permutation: lock_share vac_specified commit check_stat
 step lock_share: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN SHARE MODE;
@@ -10,8 +10,22 @@ step vac_specified: VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED) part1, part2;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
 
-starting permutation: lock_share vac_all_parts commit
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   1|            0|                    0
+part2  |           1|                   0|            0|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
+
+starting permutation: lock_share vac_all_parts commit check_stat
 step lock_share: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN SHARE MODE;
@@ -20,8 +34,22 @@ step vac_all_parts: VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED) parted;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   1|            0|                    0
+part2  |           1|                   0|            0|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
 
-starting permutation: lock_share analyze_specified commit
+starting permutation: lock_share analyze_specified commit check_stat
 step lock_share: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN SHARE MODE;
@@ -31,8 +59,22 @@ step analyze_specified: ANALYZE (SKIP_LOCKED) part1, part2;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
 
-starting permutation: lock_share analyze_all_parts commit
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   0|            0|                    1
+part2  |           0|                   0|            1|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
+
+starting permutation: lock_share analyze_all_parts commit check_stat
 step lock_share: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN SHARE MODE;
@@ -41,8 +83,22 @@ step analyze_all_parts: ANALYZE (SKIP_LOCKED) parted;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            1|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   0|            0|                    1
+part2  |           0|                   0|            1|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
 
-starting permutation: lock_share vac_analyze_specified commit
+starting permutation: lock_share vac_analyze_specified commit check_stat
 step lock_share: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN SHARE MODE;
@@ -52,8 +108,22 @@ step vac_analyze_specified: VACUUM (ANALYZE, SKIP_LOCKED) part1, part2;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
 
-starting permutation: lock_share vac_analyze_all_parts commit
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   1|            0|                    1
+part2  |           1|                   0|            1|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
+
+starting permutation: lock_share vac_analyze_all_parts commit check_stat
 step lock_share: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN SHARE MODE;
@@ -62,8 +132,22 @@ step vac_analyze_all_parts: VACUUM (ANALYZE, SKIP_LOCKED) parted;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            1|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   1|            0|                    1
+part2  |           1|                   0|            1|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
 
-starting permutation: lock_share vac_full_specified commit
+starting permutation: lock_share vac_full_specified commit check_stat
 step lock_share: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN SHARE MODE;
@@ -73,8 +157,22 @@ step vac_full_specified: VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED, FULL) part1, part2;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
 
-starting permutation: lock_share vac_full_all_parts commit
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part2  |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
+
+starting permutation: lock_share vac_full_all_parts commit check_stat
 step lock_share: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN SHARE MODE;
@@ -83,8 +181,22 @@ step vac_full_all_parts: VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED, FULL) parted;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part2  |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+(3 rows)
 
-starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_specified commit
+
+starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_specified commit check_stat
 step lock_access_exclusive: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN ACCESS EXCLUSIVE MODE;
@@ -94,8 +206,22 @@ step vac_specified: VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED) part1, part2;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   1|            0|                    0
+part2  |           1|                   0|            0|                    0
+(3 rows)
 
-starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_all_parts commit
+
+starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_all_parts commit check_stat
 step lock_access_exclusive: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN ACCESS EXCLUSIVE MODE;
@@ -104,8 +230,22 @@ step vac_all_parts: VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED) parted;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   1|            0|                    0
+part2  |           1|                   0|            0|                    0
+(3 rows)
 
-starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive analyze_specified commit
+
+starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive analyze_specified commit check_stat
 step lock_access_exclusive: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN ACCESS EXCLUSIVE MODE;
@@ -115,8 +255,22 @@ step analyze_specified: ANALYZE (SKIP_LOCKED) part1, part2;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   0|            0|                    1
+part2  |           0|                   0|            1|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
 
-starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive analyze_all_parts commit
+starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive analyze_all_parts commit check_stat
 step lock_access_exclusive: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN ACCESS EXCLUSIVE MODE;
@@ -126,8 +280,22 @@ step commit:
 	COMMIT;
 
 step analyze_all_parts: <... completed>
-
-starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_analyze_specified commit
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            1|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   0|            1|                    0
+part2  |           0|                   0|            1|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
+
+starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_analyze_specified commit check_stat
 step lock_access_exclusive: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN ACCESS EXCLUSIVE MODE;
@@ -137,8 +305,22 @@ step vac_analyze_specified: VACUUM (ANALYZE, SKIP_LOCKED) part1, part2;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   1|            0|                    1
+part2  |           1|                   0|            1|                    0
+(3 rows)
 
-starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_analyze_all_parts commit
+
+starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_analyze_all_parts commit check_stat
 step lock_access_exclusive: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN ACCESS EXCLUSIVE MODE;
@@ -148,8 +330,22 @@ step commit:
 	COMMIT;
 
 step vac_analyze_all_parts: <... completed>
-
-starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_full_specified commit
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            1|                    0
+part1  |           1|                   0|            1|                    0
+part2  |           1|                   0|            1|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
+
+starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_full_specified commit check_stat
 step lock_access_exclusive: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN ACCESS EXCLUSIVE MODE;
@@ -159,8 +355,22 @@ step vac_full_specified: VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED, FULL) part1, part2;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
 
-starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_full_all_parts commit
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part2  |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
+
+starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_full_all_parts commit check_stat
 step lock_access_exclusive: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN ACCESS EXCLUSIVE MODE;
@@ -169,3 +379,17 @@ step vac_full_all_parts: VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED, FULL) parted;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part2  |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
diff --git a/src/test/isolation/specs/vacuum-skip-locked.spec b/src/test/isolation/specs/vacuum-skip-locked.spec
index 3fad6e1c92a..b0da75d4b6d 100644
--- a/src/test/isolation/specs/vacuum-skip-locked.spec
+++ b/src/test/isolation/specs/vacuum-skip-locked.spec
@@ -33,6 +33,15 @@ step commit
 	COMMIT;
 }
 
+step check_stat
+{
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+}
+
 session s2
 step vac_specified			{ VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED) part1, part2; }
 step vac_all_parts			{ VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED) parted; }
@@ -43,19 +52,19 @@ step vac_analyze_all_parts	{ VACUUM (ANALYZE, SKIP_LOCKED) parted; }
 step vac_full_specified		{ VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED, FULL) part1, part2; }
 step vac_full_all_parts		{ VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED, FULL) parted; }
 
-permutation lock_share vac_specified commit
-permutation lock_share vac_all_parts commit
-permutation lock_share analyze_specified commit
-permutation lock_share analyze_all_parts commit
-permutation lock_share vac_analyze_specified commit
-permutation lock_share vac_analyze_all_parts commit
-permutation lock_share vac_full_specified commit
-permutation lock_share vac_full_all_parts commit
-permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_specified commit
-permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_all_parts commit
-permutation lock_access_exclusive analyze_specified commit
-permutation lock_access_exclusive analyze_all_parts commit
-permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_analyze_specified commit
-permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_analyze_all_parts commit
-permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_full_specified commit
-permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_full_all_parts commit
+permutation lock_share vac_specified commit check_stat
+permutation lock_share vac_all_parts commit check_stat
+permutation lock_share analyze_specified commit check_stat
+permutation lock_share analyze_all_parts commit check_stat
+permutation lock_share vac_analyze_specified commit check_stat
+permutation lock_share vac_analyze_all_parts commit check_stat
+permutation lock_share vac_full_specified commit check_stat
+permutation lock_share vac_full_all_parts commit check_stat
+permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_specified commit check_stat
+permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_all_parts commit check_stat
+permutation lock_access_exclusive analyze_specified commit check_stat
+permutation lock_access_exclusive analyze_all_parts commit check_stat
+permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_analyze_specified commit check_stat
+permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_analyze_all_parts commit check_stat
+permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_full_specified commit check_stat
+permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_full_all_parts commit check_stat
diff --git a/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out b/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out
index a65a5bf0c4f..9b2075d3373 100644
--- a/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out
+++ b/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out
@@ -1835,13 +1835,21 @@ pg_stat_all_tables| SELECT c.oid AS relid,
     pg_stat_get_mod_since_analyze(c.oid) AS n_mod_since_analyze,
     pg_stat_get_ins_since_vacuum(c.oid) AS n_ins_since_vacuum,
     pg_stat_get_last_vacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_vacuum,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_vacuum,
     pg_stat_get_last_autovacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_autovacuum,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_autovacuum,
     pg_stat_get_last_analyze_time(c.oid) AS last_analyze,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_analyze,
     pg_stat_get_last_autoanalyze_time(c.oid) AS last_autoanalyze,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_autoanalyze,
     pg_stat_get_vacuum_count(c.oid) AS vacuum_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count(c.oid) AS skipped_vacuum_count,
     pg_stat_get_autovacuum_count(c.oid) AS autovacuum_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count(c.oid) AS skipped_autovacuum_count,
     pg_stat_get_analyze_count(c.oid) AS analyze_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count(c.oid) AS skipped_analyze_count,
     pg_stat_get_autoanalyze_count(c.oid) AS autoanalyze_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count(c.oid) AS skipped_autoanalyze_count,
     pg_stat_get_total_vacuum_time(c.oid) AS total_vacuum_time,
     pg_stat_get_total_autovacuum_time(c.oid) AS total_autovacuum_time,
     pg_stat_get_total_analyze_time(c.oid) AS total_analyze_time,
@@ -2346,13 +2354,21 @@ pg_stat_sys_tables| SELECT relid,
     n_mod_since_analyze,
     n_ins_since_vacuum,
     last_vacuum,
+    last_skipped_vacuum,
     last_autovacuum,
+    last_skipped_autovacuum,
     last_analyze,
+    last_skipped_analyze,
     last_autoanalyze,
+    last_skipped_autoanalyze,
     vacuum_count,
+    skipped_vacuum_count,
     autovacuum_count,
+    skipped_autovacuum_count,
     analyze_count,
+    skipped_analyze_count,
     autoanalyze_count,
+    skipped_autoanalyze_count,
     total_vacuum_time,
     total_autovacuum_time,
     total_analyze_time,
@@ -2401,13 +2417,21 @@ pg_stat_user_tables| SELECT relid,
     n_mod_since_analyze,
     n_ins_since_vacuum,
     last_vacuum,
+    last_skipped_vacuum,
     last_autovacuum,
+    last_skipped_autovacuum,
     last_analyze,
+    last_skipped_analyze,
     last_autoanalyze,
+    last_skipped_autoanalyze,
     vacuum_count,
+    skipped_vacuum_count,
     autovacuum_count,
+    skipped_autovacuum_count,
     analyze_count,
+    skipped_analyze_count,
     autoanalyze_count,
+    skipped_autoanalyze_count,
     total_vacuum_time,
     total_autovacuum_time,
     total_analyze_time,
-- 
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* [PATCH v5] Track skipped vacuum and analyze activity per relation
@ 2026-03-24 04:09 Yugo Nagata <[email protected]>
  0 siblings, 0 replies; 374+ messages in thread

From: Yugo Nagata @ 2026-03-24 04:09 UTC (permalink / raw)

This commit adds eight fields to the relation statistics that track
the last time vacuum or analyze has been attempted but skipped due to
lock unavailability, along with their counts:

-    last_skipped_vacuum
-    last_skipped_autovacuum
-    last_skipped_analyze
-    last_skipped_autoanalyze
-    skipped_vacuum_count
-    skipped_autovacuum_count
-    skipped_analyze_count
-    skipped_autoanalyze_count

These field can help users confirm that autovacuum is actively attempting
to run on a table that has not been vacuumed or analyzed for a long time,
and that the lack of progress is due to repeated skips rather than inactivity.
---
 doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml                  |  88 ++++++
 src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql          |   8 +
 src/backend/commands/vacuum.c                 | 100 +++++--
 src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c  |  64 +++++
 src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c           |  24 ++
 src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat               |  32 +++
 src/include/pgstat.h                          |  16 ++
 .../isolation/expected/vacuum-skip-locked.out | 260 ++++++++++++++++--
 .../isolation/specs/vacuum-skip-locked.spec   |  41 +--
 src/test/regress/expected/rules.out           |  24 ++
 10 files changed, 601 insertions(+), 56 deletions(-)

diff --git a/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml b/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml
index 08d5b824552..a9b579d87a9 100644
--- a/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml
+++ b/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml
@@ -4387,6 +4387,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_vacuum</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time a manual vacuum on this table was attempted but skipped due to
+       lock unavailability (not counting <command>VACUUM FULL</command>)
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>last_autovacuum</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
@@ -4397,6 +4407,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_autovacuum</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time a vacuum on this table by the autovacuum daemon was attempted
+       but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>last_analyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
@@ -4406,6 +4426,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_analyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time a manual analyze on this table was attempted but skipped due to
+       lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>last_autoanalyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
@@ -4416,6 +4446,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_autoanalyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time at which an analyze on this table by the autovacuum was
+       attempted but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>vacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4426,6 +4466,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_vacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times manual vacuums on this table have been attempted but skipped
+       due to lock unavailability (not counting <command>VACUUM FULL</command>)
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>autovacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4436,6 +4486,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_autovacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times vacuums on this table by the autovacuum daemon have been
+       attempted but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>analyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4445,6 +4505,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_analyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times manual analyzes on this table have been attempted but
+       skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>autoanalyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4455,6 +4525,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_autoanalyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times analyzes on this table by the autovacuum daemon have
+       been attempted but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>total_vacuum_time</structfield> <type>double precision</type>
@@ -4510,6 +4590,14 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
    </tgroup>
   </table>
 
+  <note>
+   <para>
+    When a manual vacuum or analyze on a parent table in an inheritance or
+    partitioning hierarchy is skipped, the statistics are recorded only for
+    the parent table, not for its children.
+   </para>
+  </note>
+
  </sect2>
 
  <sect2 id="monitoring-pg-stat-autovacuum-scores-view">
diff --git a/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql b/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql
index 73a1c1c4670..f509fc7876b 100644
--- a/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql
+++ b/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql
@@ -736,13 +736,21 @@ CREATE VIEW pg_stat_all_tables AS
             pg_stat_get_mod_since_analyze(C.oid) AS n_mod_since_analyze,
             pg_stat_get_ins_since_vacuum(C.oid) AS n_ins_since_vacuum,
             pg_stat_get_last_vacuum_time(C.oid) as last_vacuum,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_vacuum,
             pg_stat_get_last_autovacuum_time(C.oid) as last_autovacuum,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_autovacuum,
             pg_stat_get_last_analyze_time(C.oid) as last_analyze,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_analyze,
             pg_stat_get_last_autoanalyze_time(C.oid) as last_autoanalyze,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_autoanalyze,
             pg_stat_get_vacuum_count(C.oid) AS vacuum_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count(C.oid) AS skipped_vacuum_count,
             pg_stat_get_autovacuum_count(C.oid) AS autovacuum_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count(C.oid) AS skipped_autovacuum_count,
             pg_stat_get_analyze_count(C.oid) AS analyze_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count(C.oid) AS skipped_analyze_count,
             pg_stat_get_autoanalyze_count(C.oid) AS autoanalyze_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count(C.oid) AS skipped_autoanalyze_count,
             pg_stat_get_total_vacuum_time(C.oid) AS total_vacuum_time,
             pg_stat_get_total_autovacuum_time(C.oid) AS total_autovacuum_time,
             pg_stat_get_total_analyze_time(C.oid) AS total_analyze_time,
diff --git a/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c b/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c
index 99d0db82ed7..df6526225e4 100644
--- a/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c
+++ b/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c
@@ -793,8 +793,25 @@ vacuum_open_relation(Oid relid, RangeVar *relation, uint32 options,
 		rel = try_relation_open(relid, NoLock);
 	else
 	{
+		int flags = 0;
 		rel = NULL;
 		rel_lock = false;
+
+		if ((options & VACOPT_VACUUM) != 0 && (options & VACOPT_FULL) == 0)
+		{
+			if (AmAutoVacuumWorkerProcess())
+				flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOVACUUM;
+			else
+				flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM;
+		}
+		if ((options & VACOPT_ANALYZE) != 0)
+		{
+			if (AmAutoVacuumWorkerProcess())
+				flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOANALYZE;
+			else
+				flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE;
+		}
+		pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(relid, flags);
 	}
 
 	/* if relation is opened, leave */
@@ -905,7 +922,6 @@ expand_vacuum_rel(VacuumRelation *vrel, MemoryContext vac_context,
 		Form_pg_class classForm;
 		bool		include_children;
 		bool		is_partitioned_table;
-		int			rvr_opts;
 
 		/*
 		 * Since autovacuum workers supply OIDs when calling vacuum(), no
@@ -918,29 +934,69 @@ expand_vacuum_rel(VacuumRelation *vrel, MemoryContext vac_context,
 		 * below, as well as find_all_inheritors's expectation that the caller
 		 * holds some lock on the starting relation.
 		 */
-		rvr_opts = (options & VACOPT_SKIP_LOCKED) ? RVR_SKIP_LOCKED : 0;
-		relid = RangeVarGetRelidExtended(vrel->relation,
-										 AccessShareLock,
-										 rvr_opts,
-										 NULL, NULL);
-
-		/*
-		 * If the lock is unavailable, emit the same log statement that
-		 * vacuum_rel() and analyze_rel() would.
-		 */
-		if (!OidIsValid(relid))
+		if (!(options & VACOPT_SKIP_LOCKED))
 		{
-			if (options & VACOPT_VACUUM)
-				ereport(WARNING,
-						(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
-						 errmsg("skipping vacuum of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
-								vrel->relation->relname)));
-			else
-				ereport(WARNING,
-						(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
-						 errmsg("skipping analyze of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
+			relid = RangeVarGetRelidExtended(vrel->relation,
+											 AccessShareLock,
+											 0, NULL, NULL);
+			if (!OidIsValid(relid))
+				return vacrels;
+		}
+		else
+		{
+			/* Get relid for reporting before taking a lock */
+			relid = RangeVarGetRelid(vrel->relation, NoLock, false);
+
+			if (!ConditionalLockRelationOid(relid, AccessShareLock))
+			{
+				int	flags = 0;
+				/*
+				 * If the lock is unavailable, emit the same log statement that
+				 * vacuum_rel() and analyze_rel() would.
+				 */
+				if (options & VACOPT_VACUUM)
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping vacuum of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
 								vrel->relation->relname)));
-			return vacrels;
+				else
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping analyze of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
+									vrel->relation->relname)));
+
+				if ((options & VACOPT_VACUUM) != 0 && (options & VACOPT_FULL) == 0)
+					flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM;
+				if ((options & VACOPT_ANALYZE) != 0)
+					flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE;
+
+				pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(relid, flags);
+
+				return vacrels;
+			}
+
+			/*
+			 * Now that we have the lock, probe to see if the relation really
+			 * exists or not.
+			 */
+			if (!SearchSysCacheExists1(RELOID, ObjectIdGetDatum(relid)))
+			{
+				if (options & VACOPT_VACUUM)
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_UNDEFINED_TABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping vacuum of \"%s\" --- relation no longer exists",
+									vrel->relation->relname)));
+				else
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_UNDEFINED_TABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping analyze of \"%s\" --- relation no longer exists",
+									vrel->relation->relname)));
+
+				/* Release useless lock */
+				UnlockRelationOid(relid, AccessShareLock);
+
+				return vacrels;
+			}
 		}
 
 		/*
diff --git a/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c b/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c
index b2ca28f83ba..532d9023f8c 100644
--- a/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c
+++ b/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c
@@ -17,12 +17,14 @@
 
 #include "postgres.h"
 
+#include "access/htup_details.h"
 #include "access/twophase_rmgr.h"
 #include "access/xact.h"
 #include "catalog/catalog.h"
 #include "utils/memutils.h"
 #include "utils/pgstat_internal.h"
 #include "utils/rel.h"
+#include "utils/syscache.h"
 #include "utils/timestamp.h"
 
 
@@ -367,6 +369,68 @@ pgstat_report_analyze(Relation rel,
 	(void) pgstat_flush_backend(false, PGSTAT_BACKEND_FLUSH_IO);
 }
 
+/*
+ * Report that the table was skipped during vacuum or/and analyze.
+ */
+void
+pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(Oid relid, int flags)
+{
+	PgStat_EntryRef *entry_ref;
+	PgStatShared_Relation *shtabentry;
+	PgStat_StatTabEntry *tabentry;
+	TimestampTz ts;
+	HeapTuple	classTup;
+	bool		isshared;
+
+	if (!pgstat_track_counts || !flags)
+		return;
+
+	classTup = SearchSysCache1(RELOID, ObjectIdGetDatum(relid));
+	if (!HeapTupleIsValid(classTup))
+		return;			/* somebody deleted the rel, forget it */
+	isshared = ((Form_pg_class) GETSTRUCT(classTup))->relisshared;
+	ReleaseSysCache(classTup);
+
+	/* Store the data in the table's hash table entry. */
+	ts = GetCurrentTimestamp();
+
+	/* block acquiring lock for the same reason as pgstat_report_autovac() */
+	entry_ref = pgstat_get_entry_ref_locked(PGSTAT_KIND_RELATION,
+											isshared ? InvalidOid : MyDatabaseId,
+											relid, false);
+
+	shtabentry = (PgStatShared_Relation *) entry_ref->shared_stats;
+	tabentry = &shtabentry->stats;
+
+	if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM)
+	{
+		tabentry->last_skipped_vacuum_time = ts;
+		tabentry->skipped_vacuum_count++;
+	}
+	else if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOVACUUM)
+	{
+		tabentry->last_skipped_autovacuum_time = ts;
+		tabentry->skipped_autovacuum_count++;
+	}
+
+	if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE)
+	{
+		tabentry->last_skipped_analyze_time = ts;
+		tabentry->skipped_analyze_count++;
+	}
+	else if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOANALYZE)
+	{
+		tabentry->last_skipped_autoanalyze_time = ts;
+		tabentry->skipped_autoanalyze_count++;
+	}
+
+	pgstat_unlock_entry(entry_ref);
+
+	/* see pgstat_report_vacuum() */
+	pgstat_flush_io(false);
+	(void) pgstat_flush_backend(false, PGSTAT_BACKEND_FLUSH_IO);
+}
+
 /*
  * count a tuple insertion of n tuples
  */
diff --git a/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c b/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c
index 1408de387ea..90a8968faa0 100644
--- a/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c
+++ b/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c
@@ -84,6 +84,18 @@ PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(mod_since_analyze)
 /* pg_stat_get_numscans */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(numscans)
 
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_analyze_count)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_autoanalyze_count)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_autovacuum_count)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_vacuum_count)
+
 /* pg_stat_get_tuples_deleted */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(tuples_deleted)
 
@@ -170,6 +182,18 @@ PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_vacuum_time)
 /* pg_stat_get_lastscan */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(lastscan)
 
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_analyze_time)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_autoanalyze_time)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_autovacuum_time)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_vacuum_time)
+
 /* pg_stat_get_stat_reset_time */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(stat_reset_time)
 
diff --git a/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat b/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat
index fa9ae79082b..32debb34863 100644
--- a/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat
+++ b/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat
@@ -5680,6 +5680,38 @@
   proargmodes => '{o,o,o,o,o,o,o,o,o,o}',
   proargnames => '{oid,score,xid_score,mxid_score,vacuum_score,vacuum_insert_score,analyze_score,do_vacuum,do_analyze,for_wraparound}',
   prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_autovacuum_scores' },
+{ oid => '8142', descr => 'statistics: last skipped vacuum time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time' },
+{ oid => '8143', descr => 'statistics: last skipped auto vacuum time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time' },
+{ oid => '8144', descr => 'statistics: last skipped analyze time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time' },
+{ oid => '8145', descr => 'statistics: last skipped auto analyze time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time' },
+{ oid => '8146', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped vacuum for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count' },
+{ oid => '8147', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped auto vacuum for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count' },
+{ oid => '8148', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped analyzes for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count' },
+{ oid => '8149', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped auto analyzes for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count' },
 { oid => '1936', descr => 'statistics: currently active backend IDs',
   proname => 'pg_stat_get_backend_idset', prorows => '100', proretset => 't',
   provolatile => 's', proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int4',
diff --git a/src/include/pgstat.h b/src/include/pgstat.h
index dfa2e837638..98941f953d1 100644
--- a/src/include/pgstat.h
+++ b/src/include/pgstat.h
@@ -479,6 +479,15 @@ typedef struct PgStat_StatTabEntry
 	TimestampTz last_autoanalyze_time;	/* autovacuum initiated */
 	PgStat_Counter autoanalyze_count;
 
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_vacuum_time;	/* user initiated vacuum */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_vacuum_count;
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_autovacuum_time;	/* autovacuum initiated */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_autovacuum_count;
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_analyze_time;	/* user initiated */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_analyze_count;
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_autoanalyze_time;	/* autovacuum initiated */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_autoanalyze_count;
+
 	PgStat_Counter total_vacuum_time;	/* times in milliseconds */
 	PgStat_Counter total_autovacuum_time;
 	PgStat_Counter total_analyze_time;
@@ -703,6 +712,13 @@ extern void pgstat_report_analyze(Relation rel,
 								  PgStat_Counter livetuples, PgStat_Counter deadtuples,
 								  bool resetcounter, TimestampTz starttime);
 
+/* flags for pgstat_flush_backend() */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM		(1 << 0)	/* vacuum is skipped */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE		(1 << 1)	/* analyze is skipped */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOVACUUM	(1 << 2)	/* autovacuum is skipped */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOANALYZE	(1 << 3)	/* autoanalyze is skipped */
+extern void pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(Oid relid, int flags);
+
 /*
  * If stats are enabled, but pending data hasn't been prepared yet, call
  * pgstat_assoc_relation() to do so. See its comment for why this is done
diff --git a/src/test/isolation/expected/vacuum-skip-locked.out b/src/test/isolation/expected/vacuum-skip-locked.out
index 99db281a159..e2cff175b7c 100644
--- a/src/test/isolation/expected/vacuum-skip-locked.out
+++ b/src/test/isolation/expected/vacuum-skip-locked.out
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 Parsed test spec with 2 sessions
 
-starting permutation: lock_share vac_specified commit
+starting permutation: lock_share vac_specified commit check_stat
 step lock_share: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN SHARE MODE;
@@ -10,8 +10,22 @@ step vac_specified: VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED) part1, part2;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
 
-starting permutation: lock_share vac_all_parts commit
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   1|            0|                    0
+part2  |           1|                   0|            0|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
+
+starting permutation: lock_share vac_all_parts commit check_stat
 step lock_share: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN SHARE MODE;
@@ -20,8 +34,22 @@ step vac_all_parts: VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED) parted;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   1|            0|                    0
+part2  |           1|                   0|            0|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
 
-starting permutation: lock_share analyze_specified commit
+starting permutation: lock_share analyze_specified commit check_stat
 step lock_share: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN SHARE MODE;
@@ -31,8 +59,22 @@ step analyze_specified: ANALYZE (SKIP_LOCKED) part1, part2;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
 
-starting permutation: lock_share analyze_all_parts commit
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   0|            0|                    1
+part2  |           0|                   0|            1|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
+
+starting permutation: lock_share analyze_all_parts commit check_stat
 step lock_share: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN SHARE MODE;
@@ -41,8 +83,22 @@ step analyze_all_parts: ANALYZE (SKIP_LOCKED) parted;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            1|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   0|            0|                    1
+part2  |           0|                   0|            1|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
 
-starting permutation: lock_share vac_analyze_specified commit
+starting permutation: lock_share vac_analyze_specified commit check_stat
 step lock_share: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN SHARE MODE;
@@ -52,8 +108,22 @@ step vac_analyze_specified: VACUUM (ANALYZE, SKIP_LOCKED) part1, part2;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
 
-starting permutation: lock_share vac_analyze_all_parts commit
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   1|            0|                    1
+part2  |           1|                   0|            1|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
+
+starting permutation: lock_share vac_analyze_all_parts commit check_stat
 step lock_share: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN SHARE MODE;
@@ -62,8 +132,22 @@ step vac_analyze_all_parts: VACUUM (ANALYZE, SKIP_LOCKED) parted;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            1|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   1|            0|                    1
+part2  |           1|                   0|            1|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
 
-starting permutation: lock_share vac_full_specified commit
+starting permutation: lock_share vac_full_specified commit check_stat
 step lock_share: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN SHARE MODE;
@@ -73,8 +157,22 @@ step vac_full_specified: VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED, FULL) part1, part2;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
 
-starting permutation: lock_share vac_full_all_parts commit
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part2  |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
+
+starting permutation: lock_share vac_full_all_parts commit check_stat
 step lock_share: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN SHARE MODE;
@@ -83,8 +181,22 @@ step vac_full_all_parts: VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED, FULL) parted;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part2  |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+(3 rows)
 
-starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_specified commit
+
+starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_specified commit check_stat
 step lock_access_exclusive: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN ACCESS EXCLUSIVE MODE;
@@ -94,8 +206,22 @@ step vac_specified: VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED) part1, part2;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   1|            0|                    0
+part2  |           1|                   0|            0|                    0
+(3 rows)
 
-starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_all_parts commit
+
+starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_all_parts commit check_stat
 step lock_access_exclusive: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN ACCESS EXCLUSIVE MODE;
@@ -104,8 +230,22 @@ step vac_all_parts: VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED) parted;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   1|            0|                    0
+part2  |           1|                   0|            0|                    0
+(3 rows)
 
-starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive analyze_specified commit
+
+starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive analyze_specified commit check_stat
 step lock_access_exclusive: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN ACCESS EXCLUSIVE MODE;
@@ -115,8 +255,22 @@ step analyze_specified: ANALYZE (SKIP_LOCKED) part1, part2;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   0|            0|                    1
+part2  |           0|                   0|            1|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
 
-starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive analyze_all_parts commit
+starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive analyze_all_parts commit check_stat
 step lock_access_exclusive: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN ACCESS EXCLUSIVE MODE;
@@ -126,8 +280,22 @@ step commit:
 	COMMIT;
 
 step analyze_all_parts: <... completed>
-
-starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_analyze_specified commit
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            1|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   0|            1|                    0
+part2  |           0|                   0|            1|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
+
+starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_analyze_specified commit check_stat
 step lock_access_exclusive: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN ACCESS EXCLUSIVE MODE;
@@ -137,8 +305,22 @@ step vac_analyze_specified: VACUUM (ANALYZE, SKIP_LOCKED) part1, part2;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   1|            0|                    1
+part2  |           1|                   0|            1|                    0
+(3 rows)
 
-starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_analyze_all_parts commit
+
+starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_analyze_all_parts commit check_stat
 step lock_access_exclusive: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN ACCESS EXCLUSIVE MODE;
@@ -148,8 +330,22 @@ step commit:
 	COMMIT;
 
 step vac_analyze_all_parts: <... completed>
-
-starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_full_specified commit
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            1|                    0
+part1  |           1|                   0|            1|                    0
+part2  |           1|                   0|            1|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
+
+starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_full_specified commit check_stat
 step lock_access_exclusive: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN ACCESS EXCLUSIVE MODE;
@@ -159,8 +355,22 @@ step vac_full_specified: VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED, FULL) part1, part2;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
 
-starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_full_all_parts commit
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part2  |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
+
+starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_full_all_parts commit check_stat
 step lock_access_exclusive: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN ACCESS EXCLUSIVE MODE;
@@ -169,3 +379,17 @@ step vac_full_all_parts: VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED, FULL) parted;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part2  |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
diff --git a/src/test/isolation/specs/vacuum-skip-locked.spec b/src/test/isolation/specs/vacuum-skip-locked.spec
index 3fad6e1c92a..b0da75d4b6d 100644
--- a/src/test/isolation/specs/vacuum-skip-locked.spec
+++ b/src/test/isolation/specs/vacuum-skip-locked.spec
@@ -33,6 +33,15 @@ step commit
 	COMMIT;
 }
 
+step check_stat
+{
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+}
+
 session s2
 step vac_specified			{ VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED) part1, part2; }
 step vac_all_parts			{ VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED) parted; }
@@ -43,19 +52,19 @@ step vac_analyze_all_parts	{ VACUUM (ANALYZE, SKIP_LOCKED) parted; }
 step vac_full_specified		{ VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED, FULL) part1, part2; }
 step vac_full_all_parts		{ VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED, FULL) parted; }
 
-permutation lock_share vac_specified commit
-permutation lock_share vac_all_parts commit
-permutation lock_share analyze_specified commit
-permutation lock_share analyze_all_parts commit
-permutation lock_share vac_analyze_specified commit
-permutation lock_share vac_analyze_all_parts commit
-permutation lock_share vac_full_specified commit
-permutation lock_share vac_full_all_parts commit
-permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_specified commit
-permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_all_parts commit
-permutation lock_access_exclusive analyze_specified commit
-permutation lock_access_exclusive analyze_all_parts commit
-permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_analyze_specified commit
-permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_analyze_all_parts commit
-permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_full_specified commit
-permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_full_all_parts commit
+permutation lock_share vac_specified commit check_stat
+permutation lock_share vac_all_parts commit check_stat
+permutation lock_share analyze_specified commit check_stat
+permutation lock_share analyze_all_parts commit check_stat
+permutation lock_share vac_analyze_specified commit check_stat
+permutation lock_share vac_analyze_all_parts commit check_stat
+permutation lock_share vac_full_specified commit check_stat
+permutation lock_share vac_full_all_parts commit check_stat
+permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_specified commit check_stat
+permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_all_parts commit check_stat
+permutation lock_access_exclusive analyze_specified commit check_stat
+permutation lock_access_exclusive analyze_all_parts commit check_stat
+permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_analyze_specified commit check_stat
+permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_analyze_all_parts commit check_stat
+permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_full_specified commit check_stat
+permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_full_all_parts commit check_stat
diff --git a/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out b/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out
index a65a5bf0c4f..9b2075d3373 100644
--- a/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out
+++ b/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out
@@ -1835,13 +1835,21 @@ pg_stat_all_tables| SELECT c.oid AS relid,
     pg_stat_get_mod_since_analyze(c.oid) AS n_mod_since_analyze,
     pg_stat_get_ins_since_vacuum(c.oid) AS n_ins_since_vacuum,
     pg_stat_get_last_vacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_vacuum,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_vacuum,
     pg_stat_get_last_autovacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_autovacuum,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_autovacuum,
     pg_stat_get_last_analyze_time(c.oid) AS last_analyze,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_analyze,
     pg_stat_get_last_autoanalyze_time(c.oid) AS last_autoanalyze,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_autoanalyze,
     pg_stat_get_vacuum_count(c.oid) AS vacuum_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count(c.oid) AS skipped_vacuum_count,
     pg_stat_get_autovacuum_count(c.oid) AS autovacuum_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count(c.oid) AS skipped_autovacuum_count,
     pg_stat_get_analyze_count(c.oid) AS analyze_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count(c.oid) AS skipped_analyze_count,
     pg_stat_get_autoanalyze_count(c.oid) AS autoanalyze_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count(c.oid) AS skipped_autoanalyze_count,
     pg_stat_get_total_vacuum_time(c.oid) AS total_vacuum_time,
     pg_stat_get_total_autovacuum_time(c.oid) AS total_autovacuum_time,
     pg_stat_get_total_analyze_time(c.oid) AS total_analyze_time,
@@ -2346,13 +2354,21 @@ pg_stat_sys_tables| SELECT relid,
     n_mod_since_analyze,
     n_ins_since_vacuum,
     last_vacuum,
+    last_skipped_vacuum,
     last_autovacuum,
+    last_skipped_autovacuum,
     last_analyze,
+    last_skipped_analyze,
     last_autoanalyze,
+    last_skipped_autoanalyze,
     vacuum_count,
+    skipped_vacuum_count,
     autovacuum_count,
+    skipped_autovacuum_count,
     analyze_count,
+    skipped_analyze_count,
     autoanalyze_count,
+    skipped_autoanalyze_count,
     total_vacuum_time,
     total_autovacuum_time,
     total_analyze_time,
@@ -2401,13 +2417,21 @@ pg_stat_user_tables| SELECT relid,
     n_mod_since_analyze,
     n_ins_since_vacuum,
     last_vacuum,
+    last_skipped_vacuum,
     last_autovacuum,
+    last_skipped_autovacuum,
     last_analyze,
+    last_skipped_analyze,
     last_autoanalyze,
+    last_skipped_autoanalyze,
     vacuum_count,
+    skipped_vacuum_count,
     autovacuum_count,
+    skipped_autovacuum_count,
     analyze_count,
+    skipped_analyze_count,
     autoanalyze_count,
+    skipped_autoanalyze_count,
     total_vacuum_time,
     total_autovacuum_time,
     total_analyze_time,
-- 
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* [PATCH v3] Track skipped vacuum and analyze activity per relation
@ 2026-03-24 04:09 Yugo Nagata <[email protected]>
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From: Yugo Nagata @ 2026-03-24 04:09 UTC (permalink / raw)

This commit adds eight fields to the relation statistics that track
the last time vacuum or analyze has been attempted but skipped due to
lock unavailability, along with their counts:

-    last_skipped_vacuum
-    last_skipped_autovacuum
-    last_skipped_analyze
-    last_skipped_autoanalyze
-    skipped_vacuum_count
-    skipped_autovacuum_count
-    skipped_analyze_count
-    skipped_autoanalyze_count

These field can help users confirm that autovacuum is actively attempting
to run on a table that has not been vacuumed or analyzed for a long time,
and that the lack of progress is due to repeated skips rather than inactivity.
---
 doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml                 | 80 +++++++++++++++++
 src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql         |  8 ++
 src/backend/commands/vacuum.c                | 95 +++++++++++++++-----
 src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c | 68 ++++++++++++++
 src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c          | 24 +++++
 src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat              | 32 +++++++
 src/include/pgstat.h                         | 16 ++++
 src/test/regress/expected/rules.out          | 24 +++++
 8 files changed, 324 insertions(+), 23 deletions(-)

diff --git a/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml b/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml
index bb75ed1069b..9ec8070b2fc 100644
--- a/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml
+++ b/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml
@@ -4372,6 +4372,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_vacuum</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time a manual vacuum on this table was attempted but skipped due to
+       lock unavailability (not counting <command>VACUUM FULL</command>)
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>last_autovacuum</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
@@ -4382,6 +4392,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_autovacuum</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time a vacuum on this table by the autovacuum daemon was attempted
+       but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>last_analyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
@@ -4391,6 +4411,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_analyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time a manual analyze on this table was attempted but skipped due to
+       lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>last_autoanalyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
@@ -4401,6 +4431,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_autoanalyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time at which an analyze on this table by the autovacuum was
+       attempted but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>vacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4411,6 +4451,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_vacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times vacuums on this table have been attempted but skipped
+       due to lock unavailability (not counting <command>VACUUM FULL</command>)
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>autovacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4421,6 +4471,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_autovacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times vacuums on this table by the autovacuum daemon have been
+       attempted but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>analyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4430,6 +4490,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_analyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times manual analyzes on this table have been attempted but
+       skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>autoanalyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4440,6 +4510,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_autoanalyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times analyzes on this table by the autovacuum daemon have
+       been attempted but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>total_vacuum_time</structfield> <type>double precision</type>
diff --git a/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql b/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql
index e54018004db..2ca02a0354c 100644
--- a/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql
+++ b/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql
@@ -736,13 +736,21 @@ CREATE VIEW pg_stat_all_tables AS
             pg_stat_get_mod_since_analyze(C.oid) AS n_mod_since_analyze,
             pg_stat_get_ins_since_vacuum(C.oid) AS n_ins_since_vacuum,
             pg_stat_get_last_vacuum_time(C.oid) as last_vacuum,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_vacuum,
             pg_stat_get_last_autovacuum_time(C.oid) as last_autovacuum,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_autovacuum,
             pg_stat_get_last_analyze_time(C.oid) as last_analyze,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_analyze,
             pg_stat_get_last_autoanalyze_time(C.oid) as last_autoanalyze,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_autoanalyze,
             pg_stat_get_vacuum_count(C.oid) AS vacuum_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count(C.oid) AS skipped_vacuum_count,
             pg_stat_get_autovacuum_count(C.oid) AS autovacuum_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count(C.oid) AS skipped_autovacuum_count,
             pg_stat_get_analyze_count(C.oid) AS analyze_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count(C.oid) AS skipped_analyze_count,
             pg_stat_get_autoanalyze_count(C.oid) AS autoanalyze_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count(C.oid) AS skipped_autoanalyze_count,
             pg_stat_get_total_vacuum_time(C.oid) AS total_vacuum_time,
             pg_stat_get_total_autovacuum_time(C.oid) AS total_autovacuum_time,
             pg_stat_get_total_analyze_time(C.oid) AS total_analyze_time,
diff --git a/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c b/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c
index bce3a2daa24..ce83b3171be 100644
--- a/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c
+++ b/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c
@@ -792,8 +792,18 @@ vacuum_open_relation(Oid relid, RangeVar *relation, bits32 options,
 		rel = try_relation_open(relid, NoLock);
 	else
 	{
+		bits8 flags = 0;
 		rel = NULL;
 		rel_lock = false;
+
+		if ((options & VACOPT_VACUUM) != 0)
+			flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM;
+		if ((options & VACOPT_ANALYZE) != 0)
+			flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE;
+		if (AmAutoVacuumWorkerProcess())
+			flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOVAC;
+
+		pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(relid, flags);
 	}
 
 	/* if relation is opened, leave */
@@ -801,7 +811,7 @@ vacuum_open_relation(Oid relid, RangeVar *relation, bits32 options,
 		return rel;
 
 	/*
-	 * Relation could not be opened, hence generate if possible a log
+	 * Relation could not be opened hence generate if possible a log
 	 * informing on the situation.
 	 *
 	 * If the RangeVar is not defined, we do not have enough information to
@@ -904,7 +914,6 @@ expand_vacuum_rel(VacuumRelation *vrel, MemoryContext vac_context,
 		Form_pg_class classForm;
 		bool		include_children;
 		bool		is_partitioned_table;
-		int			rvr_opts;
 
 		/*
 		 * Since autovacuum workers supply OIDs when calling vacuum(), no
@@ -917,29 +926,69 @@ expand_vacuum_rel(VacuumRelation *vrel, MemoryContext vac_context,
 		 * below, as well as find_all_inheritors's expectation that the caller
 		 * holds some lock on the starting relation.
 		 */
-		rvr_opts = (options & VACOPT_SKIP_LOCKED) ? RVR_SKIP_LOCKED : 0;
-		relid = RangeVarGetRelidExtended(vrel->relation,
-										 AccessShareLock,
-										 rvr_opts,
-										 NULL, NULL);
-
-		/*
-		 * If the lock is unavailable, emit the same log statement that
-		 * vacuum_rel() and analyze_rel() would.
-		 */
-		if (!OidIsValid(relid))
+		if (!(options & VACOPT_SKIP_LOCKED))
 		{
-			if (options & VACOPT_VACUUM)
-				ereport(WARNING,
-						(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
-						 errmsg("skipping vacuum of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
-								vrel->relation->relname)));
-			else
-				ereport(WARNING,
-						(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
-						 errmsg("skipping analyze of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
+			relid = RangeVarGetRelidExtended(vrel->relation,
+											 AccessShareLock,
+											 0, NULL, NULL);
+			if (!OidIsValid(relid))
+				return vacrels;
+		}
+		else
+		{
+			/* Get relid for reporting before taking a lock */
+			relid = RangeVarGetRelid(vrel->relation, NoLock, false);
+
+			if (!ConditionalLockRelationOid(relid, AccessShareLock))
+			{
+				bits8	flags = 0;
+				/*
+				 * If the lock is unavailable, emit the same log statement that
+				 * vacuum_rel() and analyze_rel() would.
+				 */
+				if (options & VACOPT_VACUUM)
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping vacuum of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
 								vrel->relation->relname)));
-			return vacrels;
+				else
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping analyze of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
+									vrel->relation->relname)));
+
+				if ((options & VACOPT_VACUUM) != 0)
+					flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM;
+				if ((options & VACOPT_ANALYZE) != 0)
+					flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE;
+
+				pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(relid, flags);
+
+				return vacrels;
+			}
+
+			/*
+			 * Now that we have the lock, probe to see if the relation really
+			 * exists or not.
+			 */
+			if (!SearchSysCacheExists1(RELOID, ObjectIdGetDatum(relid)))
+			{
+				if (options & VACOPT_VACUUM)
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_UNDEFINED_TABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping vacuum of \"%s\" --- relation no longer exists",
+									vrel->relation->relname)));
+				else
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_UNDEFINED_TABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping analyze of \"%s\" --- relation no longer exists",
+									vrel->relation->relname)));
+
+				/* Release useless lock */
+				UnlockRelationOid(relid, AccessShareLock);
+
+				return vacrels;
+			}
 		}
 
 		/*
diff --git a/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c b/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c
index bc8c43b96aa..cec4c88980e 100644
--- a/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c
+++ b/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c
@@ -17,6 +17,7 @@
 
 #include "postgres.h"
 
+#include "access/htup_details.h"
 #include "access/twophase_rmgr.h"
 #include "access/xact.h"
 #include "catalog/catalog.h"
@@ -366,6 +367,73 @@ pgstat_report_analyze(Relation rel,
 	(void) pgstat_flush_backend(false, PGSTAT_BACKEND_FLUSH_IO);
 }
 
+/*
+ * Report that the table was skipped during vacuum or/and analyze.
+ */
+void
+pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(Oid relid, bits8 flags)
+{
+	PgStat_EntryRef *entry_ref;
+	PgStatShared_Relation *shtabentry;
+	PgStat_StatTabEntry *tabentry;
+	TimestampTz ts;
+	HeapTuple	classTup;
+	bool		isshared;
+
+	if (!pgstat_track_counts || !(flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANY))
+		return;
+
+	classTup = SearchSysCache1(RELOID, ObjectIdGetDatum(relid));
+	if (!HeapTupleIsValid(classTup))
+		return;			/* somebody deleted the rel, forget it */
+	isshared = ((Form_pg_class) GETSTRUCT(classTup))->relisshared;
+	ReleaseSysCache(classTup);
+
+	/* Store the data in the table's hash table entry. */
+	ts = GetCurrentTimestamp();
+
+	/* block acquiring lock for the same reason as pgstat_report_autovac() */
+	entry_ref = pgstat_get_entry_ref_locked(PGSTAT_KIND_RELATION,
+											isshared ? InvalidOid : MyDatabaseId,
+											relid, false);
+
+	shtabentry = (PgStatShared_Relation *) entry_ref->shared_stats;
+	tabentry = &shtabentry->stats;
+
+	if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOVAC)
+	{
+		if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM)
+		{
+			tabentry->last_skipped_autovacuum_time = ts;
+			tabentry->skipped_autovacuum_count++;
+		}
+		if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE)
+		{
+			tabentry->last_skipped_autoanalyze_time = ts;
+			tabentry->skipped_autoanalyze_count++;
+		}
+	}
+	else
+	{
+		if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM)
+		{
+			tabentry->last_skipped_vacuum_time = ts;
+			tabentry->skipped_vacuum_count++;
+		}
+		if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE)
+		{
+			tabentry->last_skipped_analyze_time = ts;
+			tabentry->skipped_analyze_count++;
+		}
+	}
+
+	pgstat_unlock_entry(entry_ref);
+
+	/* see pgstat_report_vacuum() */
+	pgstat_flush_io(false);
+	(void) pgstat_flush_backend(false, PGSTAT_BACKEND_FLUSH_IO);
+}
+
 /*
  * count a tuple insertion of n tuples
  */
diff --git a/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c b/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c
index 9185a8e6b83..18aaa3996e1 100644
--- a/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c
+++ b/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c
@@ -84,6 +84,18 @@ PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(mod_since_analyze)
 /* pg_stat_get_numscans */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(numscans)
 
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_analyze_count)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_autoanalyze_count)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_autovacuum_count)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_vacuum_count)
+
 /* pg_stat_get_tuples_deleted */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(tuples_deleted)
 
@@ -170,6 +182,18 @@ PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_vacuum_time)
 /* pg_stat_get_lastscan */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(lastscan)
 
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_analyze_time)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_autoanalyze_time)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_autovacuum_time)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_vacuum_time)
+
 /* pg_stat_get_stat_reset_time */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(stat_reset_time)
 
diff --git a/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat b/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat
index 0118e970dda..ccfe3d9e02a 100644
--- a/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat
+++ b/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat
@@ -5667,6 +5667,38 @@
   proname => 'pg_stat_get_total_autoanalyze_time', provolatile => 's',
   proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'float8', proargtypes => 'oid',
   prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_total_autoanalyze_time' },
+{ oid => '8142', descr => 'statistics: last skipped vacuum time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time' },
+{ oid => '8143', descr => 'statistics: last skipped auto vacuum time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time' },
+{ oid => '8144', descr => 'statistics: last skipped analyze time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time' },
+{ oid => '8145', descr => 'statistics: last skipped auto analyze time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time' },
+{ oid => '8146', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped vacuum for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count' },
+{ oid => '8147', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped auto vacuum for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count' },
+{ oid => '8148', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped analyzes for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count' },
+{ oid => '8149', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped auto analyzes for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count' },
 { oid => '1936', descr => 'statistics: currently active backend IDs',
   proname => 'pg_stat_get_backend_idset', prorows => '100', proretset => 't',
   provolatile => 's', proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int4',
diff --git a/src/include/pgstat.h b/src/include/pgstat.h
index 8e3549c3752..343081a7a25 100644
--- a/src/include/pgstat.h
+++ b/src/include/pgstat.h
@@ -479,6 +479,15 @@ typedef struct PgStat_StatTabEntry
 	TimestampTz last_autoanalyze_time;	/* autovacuum initiated */
 	PgStat_Counter autoanalyze_count;
 
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_vacuum_time;	/* user initiated vacuum */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_vacuum_count;
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_autovacuum_time;	/* autovacuum initiated */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_autovacuum_count;
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_analyze_time;	/* user initiated */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_analyze_count;
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_autoanalyze_time;	/* autovacuum initiated */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_autoanalyze_count;
+
 	PgStat_Counter total_vacuum_time;	/* times in milliseconds */
 	PgStat_Counter total_autovacuum_time;
 	PgStat_Counter total_analyze_time;
@@ -707,6 +716,13 @@ extern void pgstat_report_analyze(Relation rel,
 								  PgStat_Counter livetuples, PgStat_Counter deadtuples,
 								  bool resetcounter, TimestampTz starttime);
 
+/* flags for pgstat_flush_backend() */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM	(1 << 0)	/* vacuum is skipped */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE	(1 << 1)	/* analyze is skipped */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOVAC	(1 << 2)	/* skipped during autovacuum/autoanalyze */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANY   (PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM | PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE)
+extern void pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(Oid relid, bits8 flags);
+
 /*
  * If stats are enabled, but pending data hasn't been prepared yet, call
  * pgstat_assoc_relation() to do so. See its comment for why this is done
diff --git a/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out b/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out
index 2b3cf6d8569..4ccfc43e903 100644
--- a/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out
+++ b/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out
@@ -1835,13 +1835,21 @@ pg_stat_all_tables| SELECT c.oid AS relid,
     pg_stat_get_mod_since_analyze(c.oid) AS n_mod_since_analyze,
     pg_stat_get_ins_since_vacuum(c.oid) AS n_ins_since_vacuum,
     pg_stat_get_last_vacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_vacuum,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_vacuum,
     pg_stat_get_last_autovacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_autovacuum,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_autovacuum,
     pg_stat_get_last_analyze_time(c.oid) AS last_analyze,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_analyze,
     pg_stat_get_last_autoanalyze_time(c.oid) AS last_autoanalyze,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_autoanalyze,
     pg_stat_get_vacuum_count(c.oid) AS vacuum_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count(c.oid) AS skipped_vacuum_count,
     pg_stat_get_autovacuum_count(c.oid) AS autovacuum_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count(c.oid) AS skipped_autovacuum_count,
     pg_stat_get_analyze_count(c.oid) AS analyze_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count(c.oid) AS skipped_analyze_count,
     pg_stat_get_autoanalyze_count(c.oid) AS autoanalyze_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count(c.oid) AS skipped_autoanalyze_count,
     pg_stat_get_total_vacuum_time(c.oid) AS total_vacuum_time,
     pg_stat_get_total_autovacuum_time(c.oid) AS total_autovacuum_time,
     pg_stat_get_total_analyze_time(c.oid) AS total_analyze_time,
@@ -2293,13 +2301,21 @@ pg_stat_sys_tables| SELECT relid,
     n_mod_since_analyze,
     n_ins_since_vacuum,
     last_vacuum,
+    last_skipped_vacuum,
     last_autovacuum,
+    last_skipped_autovacuum,
     last_analyze,
+    last_skipped_analyze,
     last_autoanalyze,
+    last_skipped_autoanalyze,
     vacuum_count,
+    skipped_vacuum_count,
     autovacuum_count,
+    skipped_autovacuum_count,
     analyze_count,
+    skipped_analyze_count,
     autoanalyze_count,
+    skipped_autoanalyze_count,
     total_vacuum_time,
     total_autovacuum_time,
     total_analyze_time,
@@ -2348,13 +2364,21 @@ pg_stat_user_tables| SELECT relid,
     n_mod_since_analyze,
     n_ins_since_vacuum,
     last_vacuum,
+    last_skipped_vacuum,
     last_autovacuum,
+    last_skipped_autovacuum,
     last_analyze,
+    last_skipped_analyze,
     last_autoanalyze,
+    last_skipped_autoanalyze,
     vacuum_count,
+    skipped_vacuum_count,
     autovacuum_count,
+    skipped_autovacuum_count,
     analyze_count,
+    skipped_analyze_count,
     autoanalyze_count,
+    skipped_autoanalyze_count,
     total_vacuum_time,
     total_autovacuum_time,
     total_analyze_time,
-- 
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* [PATCH v4] Track skipped vacuum and analyze activity per relation
@ 2026-03-24 04:09 Yugo Nagata <[email protected]>
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From: Yugo Nagata @ 2026-03-24 04:09 UTC (permalink / raw)

This commit adds eight fields to the relation statistics that track
the last time vacuum or analyze has been attempted but skipped due to
lock unavailability, along with their counts:

-    last_skipped_vacuum
-    last_skipped_autovacuum
-    last_skipped_analyze
-    last_skipped_autoanalyze
-    skipped_vacuum_count
-    skipped_autovacuum_count
-    skipped_analyze_count
-    skipped_autoanalyze_count

These field can help users confirm that autovacuum is actively attempting
to run on a table that has not been vacuumed or analyzed for a long time,
and that the lack of progress is due to repeated skips rather than inactivity.
---
 doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml                 |  88 ++++++++++++++++
 src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql         |   8 ++
 src/backend/commands/vacuum.c                | 102 ++++++++++++++-----
 src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c |  64 ++++++++++++
 src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c          |  24 +++++
 src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat              |  32 ++++++
 src/include/pgstat.h                         |  16 +++
 src/test/regress/expected/rules.out          |  24 +++++
 8 files changed, 335 insertions(+), 23 deletions(-)

diff --git a/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml b/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml
index 08d5b824552..a9b579d87a9 100644
--- a/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml
+++ b/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml
@@ -4387,6 +4387,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_vacuum</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time a manual vacuum on this table was attempted but skipped due to
+       lock unavailability (not counting <command>VACUUM FULL</command>)
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>last_autovacuum</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
@@ -4397,6 +4407,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_autovacuum</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time a vacuum on this table by the autovacuum daemon was attempted
+       but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>last_analyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
@@ -4406,6 +4426,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_analyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time a manual analyze on this table was attempted but skipped due to
+       lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>last_autoanalyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
@@ -4416,6 +4446,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_autoanalyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time at which an analyze on this table by the autovacuum was
+       attempted but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>vacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4426,6 +4466,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_vacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times manual vacuums on this table have been attempted but skipped
+       due to lock unavailability (not counting <command>VACUUM FULL</command>)
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>autovacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4436,6 +4486,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_autovacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times vacuums on this table by the autovacuum daemon have been
+       attempted but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>analyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4445,6 +4505,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_analyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times manual analyzes on this table have been attempted but
+       skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>autoanalyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4455,6 +4525,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_autoanalyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times analyzes on this table by the autovacuum daemon have
+       been attempted but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>total_vacuum_time</structfield> <type>double precision</type>
@@ -4510,6 +4590,14 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
    </tgroup>
   </table>
 
+  <note>
+   <para>
+    When a manual vacuum or analyze on a parent table in an inheritance or
+    partitioning hierarchy is skipped, the statistics are recorded only for
+    the parent table, not for its children.
+   </para>
+  </note>
+
  </sect2>
 
  <sect2 id="monitoring-pg-stat-autovacuum-scores-view">
diff --git a/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql b/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql
index 73a1c1c4670..f509fc7876b 100644
--- a/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql
+++ b/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql
@@ -736,13 +736,21 @@ CREATE VIEW pg_stat_all_tables AS
             pg_stat_get_mod_since_analyze(C.oid) AS n_mod_since_analyze,
             pg_stat_get_ins_since_vacuum(C.oid) AS n_ins_since_vacuum,
             pg_stat_get_last_vacuum_time(C.oid) as last_vacuum,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_vacuum,
             pg_stat_get_last_autovacuum_time(C.oid) as last_autovacuum,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_autovacuum,
             pg_stat_get_last_analyze_time(C.oid) as last_analyze,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_analyze,
             pg_stat_get_last_autoanalyze_time(C.oid) as last_autoanalyze,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_autoanalyze,
             pg_stat_get_vacuum_count(C.oid) AS vacuum_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count(C.oid) AS skipped_vacuum_count,
             pg_stat_get_autovacuum_count(C.oid) AS autovacuum_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count(C.oid) AS skipped_autovacuum_count,
             pg_stat_get_analyze_count(C.oid) AS analyze_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count(C.oid) AS skipped_analyze_count,
             pg_stat_get_autoanalyze_count(C.oid) AS autoanalyze_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count(C.oid) AS skipped_autoanalyze_count,
             pg_stat_get_total_vacuum_time(C.oid) AS total_vacuum_time,
             pg_stat_get_total_autovacuum_time(C.oid) AS total_autovacuum_time,
             pg_stat_get_total_analyze_time(C.oid) AS total_analyze_time,
diff --git a/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c b/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c
index 99d0db82ed7..97cd5ea8d10 100644
--- a/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c
+++ b/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c
@@ -793,8 +793,25 @@ vacuum_open_relation(Oid relid, RangeVar *relation, uint32 options,
 		rel = try_relation_open(relid, NoLock);
 	else
 	{
+		int flags = 0;
 		rel = NULL;
 		rel_lock = false;
+
+		if ((options & VACOPT_VACUUM) != 0)
+		{
+			if (AmAutoVacuumWorkerProcess())
+				flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOVACUUM;
+			else
+				flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM;
+		}
+		if ((options & VACOPT_ANALYZE) != 0)
+		{
+			if (AmAutoVacuumWorkerProcess())
+				flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOANALYZE;
+			else
+				flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE;
+		}
+		pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(relid, flags);
 	}
 
 	/* if relation is opened, leave */
@@ -802,7 +819,7 @@ vacuum_open_relation(Oid relid, RangeVar *relation, uint32 options,
 		return rel;
 
 	/*
-	 * Relation could not be opened, hence generate if possible a log
+	 * Relation could not be opened hence generate if possible a log
 	 * informing on the situation.
 	 *
 	 * If the RangeVar is not defined, we do not have enough information to
@@ -905,7 +922,6 @@ expand_vacuum_rel(VacuumRelation *vrel, MemoryContext vac_context,
 		Form_pg_class classForm;
 		bool		include_children;
 		bool		is_partitioned_table;
-		int			rvr_opts;
 
 		/*
 		 * Since autovacuum workers supply OIDs when calling vacuum(), no
@@ -918,29 +934,69 @@ expand_vacuum_rel(VacuumRelation *vrel, MemoryContext vac_context,
 		 * below, as well as find_all_inheritors's expectation that the caller
 		 * holds some lock on the starting relation.
 		 */
-		rvr_opts = (options & VACOPT_SKIP_LOCKED) ? RVR_SKIP_LOCKED : 0;
-		relid = RangeVarGetRelidExtended(vrel->relation,
-										 AccessShareLock,
-										 rvr_opts,
-										 NULL, NULL);
-
-		/*
-		 * If the lock is unavailable, emit the same log statement that
-		 * vacuum_rel() and analyze_rel() would.
-		 */
-		if (!OidIsValid(relid))
+		if (!(options & VACOPT_SKIP_LOCKED))
 		{
-			if (options & VACOPT_VACUUM)
-				ereport(WARNING,
-						(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
-						 errmsg("skipping vacuum of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
-								vrel->relation->relname)));
-			else
-				ereport(WARNING,
-						(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
-						 errmsg("skipping analyze of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
+			relid = RangeVarGetRelidExtended(vrel->relation,
+											 AccessShareLock,
+											 0, NULL, NULL);
+			if (!OidIsValid(relid))
+				return vacrels;
+		}
+		else
+		{
+			/* Get relid for reporting before taking a lock */
+			relid = RangeVarGetRelid(vrel->relation, NoLock, false);
+
+			if (!ConditionalLockRelationOid(relid, AccessShareLock))
+			{
+				int	flags = 0;
+				/*
+				 * If the lock is unavailable, emit the same log statement that
+				 * vacuum_rel() and analyze_rel() would.
+				 */
+				if (options & VACOPT_VACUUM)
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping vacuum of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
 								vrel->relation->relname)));
-			return vacrels;
+				else
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping analyze of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
+									vrel->relation->relname)));
+
+				if ((options & VACOPT_VACUUM) != 0)
+					flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM;
+				if ((options & VACOPT_ANALYZE) != 0)
+					flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE;
+
+				pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(relid, flags);
+
+				return vacrels;
+			}
+
+			/*
+			 * Now that we have the lock, probe to see if the relation really
+			 * exists or not.
+			 */
+			if (!SearchSysCacheExists1(RELOID, ObjectIdGetDatum(relid)))
+			{
+				if (options & VACOPT_VACUUM)
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_UNDEFINED_TABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping vacuum of \"%s\" --- relation no longer exists",
+									vrel->relation->relname)));
+				else
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_UNDEFINED_TABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping analyze of \"%s\" --- relation no longer exists",
+									vrel->relation->relname)));
+
+				/* Release useless lock */
+				UnlockRelationOid(relid, AccessShareLock);
+
+				return vacrels;
+			}
 		}
 
 		/*
diff --git a/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c b/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c
index b2ca28f83ba..532d9023f8c 100644
--- a/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c
+++ b/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c
@@ -17,12 +17,14 @@
 
 #include "postgres.h"
 
+#include "access/htup_details.h"
 #include "access/twophase_rmgr.h"
 #include "access/xact.h"
 #include "catalog/catalog.h"
 #include "utils/memutils.h"
 #include "utils/pgstat_internal.h"
 #include "utils/rel.h"
+#include "utils/syscache.h"
 #include "utils/timestamp.h"
 
 
@@ -367,6 +369,68 @@ pgstat_report_analyze(Relation rel,
 	(void) pgstat_flush_backend(false, PGSTAT_BACKEND_FLUSH_IO);
 }
 
+/*
+ * Report that the table was skipped during vacuum or/and analyze.
+ */
+void
+pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(Oid relid, int flags)
+{
+	PgStat_EntryRef *entry_ref;
+	PgStatShared_Relation *shtabentry;
+	PgStat_StatTabEntry *tabentry;
+	TimestampTz ts;
+	HeapTuple	classTup;
+	bool		isshared;
+
+	if (!pgstat_track_counts || !flags)
+		return;
+
+	classTup = SearchSysCache1(RELOID, ObjectIdGetDatum(relid));
+	if (!HeapTupleIsValid(classTup))
+		return;			/* somebody deleted the rel, forget it */
+	isshared = ((Form_pg_class) GETSTRUCT(classTup))->relisshared;
+	ReleaseSysCache(classTup);
+
+	/* Store the data in the table's hash table entry. */
+	ts = GetCurrentTimestamp();
+
+	/* block acquiring lock for the same reason as pgstat_report_autovac() */
+	entry_ref = pgstat_get_entry_ref_locked(PGSTAT_KIND_RELATION,
+											isshared ? InvalidOid : MyDatabaseId,
+											relid, false);
+
+	shtabentry = (PgStatShared_Relation *) entry_ref->shared_stats;
+	tabentry = &shtabentry->stats;
+
+	if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM)
+	{
+		tabentry->last_skipped_vacuum_time = ts;
+		tabentry->skipped_vacuum_count++;
+	}
+	else if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOVACUUM)
+	{
+		tabentry->last_skipped_autovacuum_time = ts;
+		tabentry->skipped_autovacuum_count++;
+	}
+
+	if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE)
+	{
+		tabentry->last_skipped_analyze_time = ts;
+		tabentry->skipped_analyze_count++;
+	}
+	else if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOANALYZE)
+	{
+		tabentry->last_skipped_autoanalyze_time = ts;
+		tabentry->skipped_autoanalyze_count++;
+	}
+
+	pgstat_unlock_entry(entry_ref);
+
+	/* see pgstat_report_vacuum() */
+	pgstat_flush_io(false);
+	(void) pgstat_flush_backend(false, PGSTAT_BACKEND_FLUSH_IO);
+}
+
 /*
  * count a tuple insertion of n tuples
  */
diff --git a/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c b/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c
index 1408de387ea..90a8968faa0 100644
--- a/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c
+++ b/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c
@@ -84,6 +84,18 @@ PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(mod_since_analyze)
 /* pg_stat_get_numscans */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(numscans)
 
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_analyze_count)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_autoanalyze_count)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_autovacuum_count)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_vacuum_count)
+
 /* pg_stat_get_tuples_deleted */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(tuples_deleted)
 
@@ -170,6 +182,18 @@ PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_vacuum_time)
 /* pg_stat_get_lastscan */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(lastscan)
 
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_analyze_time)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_autoanalyze_time)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_autovacuum_time)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_vacuum_time)
+
 /* pg_stat_get_stat_reset_time */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(stat_reset_time)
 
diff --git a/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat b/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat
index fa9ae79082b..32debb34863 100644
--- a/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat
+++ b/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat
@@ -5680,6 +5680,38 @@
   proargmodes => '{o,o,o,o,o,o,o,o,o,o}',
   proargnames => '{oid,score,xid_score,mxid_score,vacuum_score,vacuum_insert_score,analyze_score,do_vacuum,do_analyze,for_wraparound}',
   prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_autovacuum_scores' },
+{ oid => '8142', descr => 'statistics: last skipped vacuum time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time' },
+{ oid => '8143', descr => 'statistics: last skipped auto vacuum time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time' },
+{ oid => '8144', descr => 'statistics: last skipped analyze time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time' },
+{ oid => '8145', descr => 'statistics: last skipped auto analyze time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time' },
+{ oid => '8146', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped vacuum for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count' },
+{ oid => '8147', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped auto vacuum for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count' },
+{ oid => '8148', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped analyzes for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count' },
+{ oid => '8149', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped auto analyzes for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count' },
 { oid => '1936', descr => 'statistics: currently active backend IDs',
   proname => 'pg_stat_get_backend_idset', prorows => '100', proretset => 't',
   provolatile => 's', proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int4',
diff --git a/src/include/pgstat.h b/src/include/pgstat.h
index dfa2e837638..98941f953d1 100644
--- a/src/include/pgstat.h
+++ b/src/include/pgstat.h
@@ -479,6 +479,15 @@ typedef struct PgStat_StatTabEntry
 	TimestampTz last_autoanalyze_time;	/* autovacuum initiated */
 	PgStat_Counter autoanalyze_count;
 
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_vacuum_time;	/* user initiated vacuum */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_vacuum_count;
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_autovacuum_time;	/* autovacuum initiated */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_autovacuum_count;
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_analyze_time;	/* user initiated */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_analyze_count;
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_autoanalyze_time;	/* autovacuum initiated */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_autoanalyze_count;
+
 	PgStat_Counter total_vacuum_time;	/* times in milliseconds */
 	PgStat_Counter total_autovacuum_time;
 	PgStat_Counter total_analyze_time;
@@ -703,6 +712,13 @@ extern void pgstat_report_analyze(Relation rel,
 								  PgStat_Counter livetuples, PgStat_Counter deadtuples,
 								  bool resetcounter, TimestampTz starttime);
 
+/* flags for pgstat_flush_backend() */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM		(1 << 0)	/* vacuum is skipped */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE		(1 << 1)	/* analyze is skipped */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOVACUUM	(1 << 2)	/* autovacuum is skipped */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOANALYZE	(1 << 3)	/* autoanalyze is skipped */
+extern void pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(Oid relid, int flags);
+
 /*
  * If stats are enabled, but pending data hasn't been prepared yet, call
  * pgstat_assoc_relation() to do so. See its comment for why this is done
diff --git a/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out b/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out
index a65a5bf0c4f..9b2075d3373 100644
--- a/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out
+++ b/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out
@@ -1835,13 +1835,21 @@ pg_stat_all_tables| SELECT c.oid AS relid,
     pg_stat_get_mod_since_analyze(c.oid) AS n_mod_since_analyze,
     pg_stat_get_ins_since_vacuum(c.oid) AS n_ins_since_vacuum,
     pg_stat_get_last_vacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_vacuum,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_vacuum,
     pg_stat_get_last_autovacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_autovacuum,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_autovacuum,
     pg_stat_get_last_analyze_time(c.oid) AS last_analyze,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_analyze,
     pg_stat_get_last_autoanalyze_time(c.oid) AS last_autoanalyze,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_autoanalyze,
     pg_stat_get_vacuum_count(c.oid) AS vacuum_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count(c.oid) AS skipped_vacuum_count,
     pg_stat_get_autovacuum_count(c.oid) AS autovacuum_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count(c.oid) AS skipped_autovacuum_count,
     pg_stat_get_analyze_count(c.oid) AS analyze_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count(c.oid) AS skipped_analyze_count,
     pg_stat_get_autoanalyze_count(c.oid) AS autoanalyze_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count(c.oid) AS skipped_autoanalyze_count,
     pg_stat_get_total_vacuum_time(c.oid) AS total_vacuum_time,
     pg_stat_get_total_autovacuum_time(c.oid) AS total_autovacuum_time,
     pg_stat_get_total_analyze_time(c.oid) AS total_analyze_time,
@@ -2346,13 +2354,21 @@ pg_stat_sys_tables| SELECT relid,
     n_mod_since_analyze,
     n_ins_since_vacuum,
     last_vacuum,
+    last_skipped_vacuum,
     last_autovacuum,
+    last_skipped_autovacuum,
     last_analyze,
+    last_skipped_analyze,
     last_autoanalyze,
+    last_skipped_autoanalyze,
     vacuum_count,
+    skipped_vacuum_count,
     autovacuum_count,
+    skipped_autovacuum_count,
     analyze_count,
+    skipped_analyze_count,
     autoanalyze_count,
+    skipped_autoanalyze_count,
     total_vacuum_time,
     total_autovacuum_time,
     total_analyze_time,
@@ -2401,13 +2417,21 @@ pg_stat_user_tables| SELECT relid,
     n_mod_since_analyze,
     n_ins_since_vacuum,
     last_vacuum,
+    last_skipped_vacuum,
     last_autovacuum,
+    last_skipped_autovacuum,
     last_analyze,
+    last_skipped_analyze,
     last_autoanalyze,
+    last_skipped_autoanalyze,
     vacuum_count,
+    skipped_vacuum_count,
     autovacuum_count,
+    skipped_autovacuum_count,
     analyze_count,
+    skipped_analyze_count,
     autoanalyze_count,
+    skipped_autoanalyze_count,
     total_vacuum_time,
     total_autovacuum_time,
     total_analyze_time,
-- 
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* [PATCH v4] Track skipped vacuum and analyze activity per relation
@ 2026-03-24 04:09 Yugo Nagata <[email protected]>
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From: Yugo Nagata @ 2026-03-24 04:09 UTC (permalink / raw)

This commit adds eight fields to the relation statistics that track
the last time vacuum or analyze has been attempted but skipped due to
lock unavailability, along with their counts:

-    last_skipped_vacuum
-    last_skipped_autovacuum
-    last_skipped_analyze
-    last_skipped_autoanalyze
-    skipped_vacuum_count
-    skipped_autovacuum_count
-    skipped_analyze_count
-    skipped_autoanalyze_count

These field can help users confirm that autovacuum is actively attempting
to run on a table that has not been vacuumed or analyzed for a long time,
and that the lack of progress is due to repeated skips rather than inactivity.
---
 doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml                 |  88 ++++++++++++++++
 src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql         |   8 ++
 src/backend/commands/vacuum.c                | 102 ++++++++++++++-----
 src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c |  64 ++++++++++++
 src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c          |  24 +++++
 src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat              |  32 ++++++
 src/include/pgstat.h                         |  16 +++
 src/test/regress/expected/rules.out          |  24 +++++
 8 files changed, 335 insertions(+), 23 deletions(-)

diff --git a/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml b/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml
index 08d5b824552..a9b579d87a9 100644
--- a/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml
+++ b/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml
@@ -4387,6 +4387,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_vacuum</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time a manual vacuum on this table was attempted but skipped due to
+       lock unavailability (not counting <command>VACUUM FULL</command>)
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>last_autovacuum</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
@@ -4397,6 +4407,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_autovacuum</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time a vacuum on this table by the autovacuum daemon was attempted
+       but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>last_analyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
@@ -4406,6 +4426,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_analyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time a manual analyze on this table was attempted but skipped due to
+       lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>last_autoanalyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
@@ -4416,6 +4446,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_autoanalyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time at which an analyze on this table by the autovacuum was
+       attempted but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>vacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4426,6 +4466,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_vacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times manual vacuums on this table have been attempted but skipped
+       due to lock unavailability (not counting <command>VACUUM FULL</command>)
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>autovacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4436,6 +4486,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_autovacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times vacuums on this table by the autovacuum daemon have been
+       attempted but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>analyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4445,6 +4505,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_analyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times manual analyzes on this table have been attempted but
+       skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>autoanalyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4455,6 +4525,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_autoanalyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times analyzes on this table by the autovacuum daemon have
+       been attempted but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>total_vacuum_time</structfield> <type>double precision</type>
@@ -4510,6 +4590,14 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
    </tgroup>
   </table>
 
+  <note>
+   <para>
+    When a manual vacuum or analyze on a parent table in an inheritance or
+    partitioning hierarchy is skipped, the statistics are recorded only for
+    the parent table, not for its children.
+   </para>
+  </note>
+
  </sect2>
 
  <sect2 id="monitoring-pg-stat-autovacuum-scores-view">
diff --git a/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql b/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql
index 73a1c1c4670..f509fc7876b 100644
--- a/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql
+++ b/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql
@@ -736,13 +736,21 @@ CREATE VIEW pg_stat_all_tables AS
             pg_stat_get_mod_since_analyze(C.oid) AS n_mod_since_analyze,
             pg_stat_get_ins_since_vacuum(C.oid) AS n_ins_since_vacuum,
             pg_stat_get_last_vacuum_time(C.oid) as last_vacuum,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_vacuum,
             pg_stat_get_last_autovacuum_time(C.oid) as last_autovacuum,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_autovacuum,
             pg_stat_get_last_analyze_time(C.oid) as last_analyze,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_analyze,
             pg_stat_get_last_autoanalyze_time(C.oid) as last_autoanalyze,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_autoanalyze,
             pg_stat_get_vacuum_count(C.oid) AS vacuum_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count(C.oid) AS skipped_vacuum_count,
             pg_stat_get_autovacuum_count(C.oid) AS autovacuum_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count(C.oid) AS skipped_autovacuum_count,
             pg_stat_get_analyze_count(C.oid) AS analyze_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count(C.oid) AS skipped_analyze_count,
             pg_stat_get_autoanalyze_count(C.oid) AS autoanalyze_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count(C.oid) AS skipped_autoanalyze_count,
             pg_stat_get_total_vacuum_time(C.oid) AS total_vacuum_time,
             pg_stat_get_total_autovacuum_time(C.oid) AS total_autovacuum_time,
             pg_stat_get_total_analyze_time(C.oid) AS total_analyze_time,
diff --git a/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c b/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c
index 99d0db82ed7..97cd5ea8d10 100644
--- a/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c
+++ b/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c
@@ -793,8 +793,25 @@ vacuum_open_relation(Oid relid, RangeVar *relation, uint32 options,
 		rel = try_relation_open(relid, NoLock);
 	else
 	{
+		int flags = 0;
 		rel = NULL;
 		rel_lock = false;
+
+		if ((options & VACOPT_VACUUM) != 0)
+		{
+			if (AmAutoVacuumWorkerProcess())
+				flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOVACUUM;
+			else
+				flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM;
+		}
+		if ((options & VACOPT_ANALYZE) != 0)
+		{
+			if (AmAutoVacuumWorkerProcess())
+				flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOANALYZE;
+			else
+				flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE;
+		}
+		pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(relid, flags);
 	}
 
 	/* if relation is opened, leave */
@@ -802,7 +819,7 @@ vacuum_open_relation(Oid relid, RangeVar *relation, uint32 options,
 		return rel;
 
 	/*
-	 * Relation could not be opened, hence generate if possible a log
+	 * Relation could not be opened hence generate if possible a log
 	 * informing on the situation.
 	 *
 	 * If the RangeVar is not defined, we do not have enough information to
@@ -905,7 +922,6 @@ expand_vacuum_rel(VacuumRelation *vrel, MemoryContext vac_context,
 		Form_pg_class classForm;
 		bool		include_children;
 		bool		is_partitioned_table;
-		int			rvr_opts;
 
 		/*
 		 * Since autovacuum workers supply OIDs when calling vacuum(), no
@@ -918,29 +934,69 @@ expand_vacuum_rel(VacuumRelation *vrel, MemoryContext vac_context,
 		 * below, as well as find_all_inheritors's expectation that the caller
 		 * holds some lock on the starting relation.
 		 */
-		rvr_opts = (options & VACOPT_SKIP_LOCKED) ? RVR_SKIP_LOCKED : 0;
-		relid = RangeVarGetRelidExtended(vrel->relation,
-										 AccessShareLock,
-										 rvr_opts,
-										 NULL, NULL);
-
-		/*
-		 * If the lock is unavailable, emit the same log statement that
-		 * vacuum_rel() and analyze_rel() would.
-		 */
-		if (!OidIsValid(relid))
+		if (!(options & VACOPT_SKIP_LOCKED))
 		{
-			if (options & VACOPT_VACUUM)
-				ereport(WARNING,
-						(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
-						 errmsg("skipping vacuum of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
-								vrel->relation->relname)));
-			else
-				ereport(WARNING,
-						(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
-						 errmsg("skipping analyze of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
+			relid = RangeVarGetRelidExtended(vrel->relation,
+											 AccessShareLock,
+											 0, NULL, NULL);
+			if (!OidIsValid(relid))
+				return vacrels;
+		}
+		else
+		{
+			/* Get relid for reporting before taking a lock */
+			relid = RangeVarGetRelid(vrel->relation, NoLock, false);
+
+			if (!ConditionalLockRelationOid(relid, AccessShareLock))
+			{
+				int	flags = 0;
+				/*
+				 * If the lock is unavailable, emit the same log statement that
+				 * vacuum_rel() and analyze_rel() would.
+				 */
+				if (options & VACOPT_VACUUM)
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping vacuum of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
 								vrel->relation->relname)));
-			return vacrels;
+				else
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping analyze of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
+									vrel->relation->relname)));
+
+				if ((options & VACOPT_VACUUM) != 0)
+					flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM;
+				if ((options & VACOPT_ANALYZE) != 0)
+					flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE;
+
+				pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(relid, flags);
+
+				return vacrels;
+			}
+
+			/*
+			 * Now that we have the lock, probe to see if the relation really
+			 * exists or not.
+			 */
+			if (!SearchSysCacheExists1(RELOID, ObjectIdGetDatum(relid)))
+			{
+				if (options & VACOPT_VACUUM)
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_UNDEFINED_TABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping vacuum of \"%s\" --- relation no longer exists",
+									vrel->relation->relname)));
+				else
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_UNDEFINED_TABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping analyze of \"%s\" --- relation no longer exists",
+									vrel->relation->relname)));
+
+				/* Release useless lock */
+				UnlockRelationOid(relid, AccessShareLock);
+
+				return vacrels;
+			}
 		}
 
 		/*
diff --git a/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c b/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c
index b2ca28f83ba..532d9023f8c 100644
--- a/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c
+++ b/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c
@@ -17,12 +17,14 @@
 
 #include "postgres.h"
 
+#include "access/htup_details.h"
 #include "access/twophase_rmgr.h"
 #include "access/xact.h"
 #include "catalog/catalog.h"
 #include "utils/memutils.h"
 #include "utils/pgstat_internal.h"
 #include "utils/rel.h"
+#include "utils/syscache.h"
 #include "utils/timestamp.h"
 
 
@@ -367,6 +369,68 @@ pgstat_report_analyze(Relation rel,
 	(void) pgstat_flush_backend(false, PGSTAT_BACKEND_FLUSH_IO);
 }
 
+/*
+ * Report that the table was skipped during vacuum or/and analyze.
+ */
+void
+pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(Oid relid, int flags)
+{
+	PgStat_EntryRef *entry_ref;
+	PgStatShared_Relation *shtabentry;
+	PgStat_StatTabEntry *tabentry;
+	TimestampTz ts;
+	HeapTuple	classTup;
+	bool		isshared;
+
+	if (!pgstat_track_counts || !flags)
+		return;
+
+	classTup = SearchSysCache1(RELOID, ObjectIdGetDatum(relid));
+	if (!HeapTupleIsValid(classTup))
+		return;			/* somebody deleted the rel, forget it */
+	isshared = ((Form_pg_class) GETSTRUCT(classTup))->relisshared;
+	ReleaseSysCache(classTup);
+
+	/* Store the data in the table's hash table entry. */
+	ts = GetCurrentTimestamp();
+
+	/* block acquiring lock for the same reason as pgstat_report_autovac() */
+	entry_ref = pgstat_get_entry_ref_locked(PGSTAT_KIND_RELATION,
+											isshared ? InvalidOid : MyDatabaseId,
+											relid, false);
+
+	shtabentry = (PgStatShared_Relation *) entry_ref->shared_stats;
+	tabentry = &shtabentry->stats;
+
+	if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM)
+	{
+		tabentry->last_skipped_vacuum_time = ts;
+		tabentry->skipped_vacuum_count++;
+	}
+	else if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOVACUUM)
+	{
+		tabentry->last_skipped_autovacuum_time = ts;
+		tabentry->skipped_autovacuum_count++;
+	}
+
+	if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE)
+	{
+		tabentry->last_skipped_analyze_time = ts;
+		tabentry->skipped_analyze_count++;
+	}
+	else if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOANALYZE)
+	{
+		tabentry->last_skipped_autoanalyze_time = ts;
+		tabentry->skipped_autoanalyze_count++;
+	}
+
+	pgstat_unlock_entry(entry_ref);
+
+	/* see pgstat_report_vacuum() */
+	pgstat_flush_io(false);
+	(void) pgstat_flush_backend(false, PGSTAT_BACKEND_FLUSH_IO);
+}
+
 /*
  * count a tuple insertion of n tuples
  */
diff --git a/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c b/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c
index 1408de387ea..90a8968faa0 100644
--- a/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c
+++ b/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c
@@ -84,6 +84,18 @@ PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(mod_since_analyze)
 /* pg_stat_get_numscans */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(numscans)
 
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_analyze_count)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_autoanalyze_count)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_autovacuum_count)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_vacuum_count)
+
 /* pg_stat_get_tuples_deleted */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(tuples_deleted)
 
@@ -170,6 +182,18 @@ PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_vacuum_time)
 /* pg_stat_get_lastscan */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(lastscan)
 
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_analyze_time)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_autoanalyze_time)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_autovacuum_time)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_vacuum_time)
+
 /* pg_stat_get_stat_reset_time */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(stat_reset_time)
 
diff --git a/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat b/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat
index fa9ae79082b..32debb34863 100644
--- a/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat
+++ b/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat
@@ -5680,6 +5680,38 @@
   proargmodes => '{o,o,o,o,o,o,o,o,o,o}',
   proargnames => '{oid,score,xid_score,mxid_score,vacuum_score,vacuum_insert_score,analyze_score,do_vacuum,do_analyze,for_wraparound}',
   prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_autovacuum_scores' },
+{ oid => '8142', descr => 'statistics: last skipped vacuum time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time' },
+{ oid => '8143', descr => 'statistics: last skipped auto vacuum time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time' },
+{ oid => '8144', descr => 'statistics: last skipped analyze time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time' },
+{ oid => '8145', descr => 'statistics: last skipped auto analyze time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time' },
+{ oid => '8146', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped vacuum for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count' },
+{ oid => '8147', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped auto vacuum for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count' },
+{ oid => '8148', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped analyzes for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count' },
+{ oid => '8149', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped auto analyzes for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count' },
 { oid => '1936', descr => 'statistics: currently active backend IDs',
   proname => 'pg_stat_get_backend_idset', prorows => '100', proretset => 't',
   provolatile => 's', proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int4',
diff --git a/src/include/pgstat.h b/src/include/pgstat.h
index dfa2e837638..98941f953d1 100644
--- a/src/include/pgstat.h
+++ b/src/include/pgstat.h
@@ -479,6 +479,15 @@ typedef struct PgStat_StatTabEntry
 	TimestampTz last_autoanalyze_time;	/* autovacuum initiated */
 	PgStat_Counter autoanalyze_count;
 
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_vacuum_time;	/* user initiated vacuum */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_vacuum_count;
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_autovacuum_time;	/* autovacuum initiated */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_autovacuum_count;
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_analyze_time;	/* user initiated */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_analyze_count;
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_autoanalyze_time;	/* autovacuum initiated */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_autoanalyze_count;
+
 	PgStat_Counter total_vacuum_time;	/* times in milliseconds */
 	PgStat_Counter total_autovacuum_time;
 	PgStat_Counter total_analyze_time;
@@ -703,6 +712,13 @@ extern void pgstat_report_analyze(Relation rel,
 								  PgStat_Counter livetuples, PgStat_Counter deadtuples,
 								  bool resetcounter, TimestampTz starttime);
 
+/* flags for pgstat_flush_backend() */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM		(1 << 0)	/* vacuum is skipped */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE		(1 << 1)	/* analyze is skipped */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOVACUUM	(1 << 2)	/* autovacuum is skipped */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOANALYZE	(1 << 3)	/* autoanalyze is skipped */
+extern void pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(Oid relid, int flags);
+
 /*
  * If stats are enabled, but pending data hasn't been prepared yet, call
  * pgstat_assoc_relation() to do so. See its comment for why this is done
diff --git a/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out b/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out
index a65a5bf0c4f..9b2075d3373 100644
--- a/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out
+++ b/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out
@@ -1835,13 +1835,21 @@ pg_stat_all_tables| SELECT c.oid AS relid,
     pg_stat_get_mod_since_analyze(c.oid) AS n_mod_since_analyze,
     pg_stat_get_ins_since_vacuum(c.oid) AS n_ins_since_vacuum,
     pg_stat_get_last_vacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_vacuum,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_vacuum,
     pg_stat_get_last_autovacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_autovacuum,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_autovacuum,
     pg_stat_get_last_analyze_time(c.oid) AS last_analyze,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_analyze,
     pg_stat_get_last_autoanalyze_time(c.oid) AS last_autoanalyze,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_autoanalyze,
     pg_stat_get_vacuum_count(c.oid) AS vacuum_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count(c.oid) AS skipped_vacuum_count,
     pg_stat_get_autovacuum_count(c.oid) AS autovacuum_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count(c.oid) AS skipped_autovacuum_count,
     pg_stat_get_analyze_count(c.oid) AS analyze_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count(c.oid) AS skipped_analyze_count,
     pg_stat_get_autoanalyze_count(c.oid) AS autoanalyze_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count(c.oid) AS skipped_autoanalyze_count,
     pg_stat_get_total_vacuum_time(c.oid) AS total_vacuum_time,
     pg_stat_get_total_autovacuum_time(c.oid) AS total_autovacuum_time,
     pg_stat_get_total_analyze_time(c.oid) AS total_analyze_time,
@@ -2346,13 +2354,21 @@ pg_stat_sys_tables| SELECT relid,
     n_mod_since_analyze,
     n_ins_since_vacuum,
     last_vacuum,
+    last_skipped_vacuum,
     last_autovacuum,
+    last_skipped_autovacuum,
     last_analyze,
+    last_skipped_analyze,
     last_autoanalyze,
+    last_skipped_autoanalyze,
     vacuum_count,
+    skipped_vacuum_count,
     autovacuum_count,
+    skipped_autovacuum_count,
     analyze_count,
+    skipped_analyze_count,
     autoanalyze_count,
+    skipped_autoanalyze_count,
     total_vacuum_time,
     total_autovacuum_time,
     total_analyze_time,
@@ -2401,13 +2417,21 @@ pg_stat_user_tables| SELECT relid,
     n_mod_since_analyze,
     n_ins_since_vacuum,
     last_vacuum,
+    last_skipped_vacuum,
     last_autovacuum,
+    last_skipped_autovacuum,
     last_analyze,
+    last_skipped_analyze,
     last_autoanalyze,
+    last_skipped_autoanalyze,
     vacuum_count,
+    skipped_vacuum_count,
     autovacuum_count,
+    skipped_autovacuum_count,
     analyze_count,
+    skipped_analyze_count,
     autoanalyze_count,
+    skipped_autoanalyze_count,
     total_vacuum_time,
     total_autovacuum_time,
     total_analyze_time,
-- 
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* [PATCH v5] Track skipped vacuum and analyze activity per relation
@ 2026-03-24 04:09 Yugo Nagata <[email protected]>
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From: Yugo Nagata @ 2026-03-24 04:09 UTC (permalink / raw)

This commit adds eight fields to the relation statistics that track
the last time vacuum or analyze has been attempted but skipped due to
lock unavailability, along with their counts:

-    last_skipped_vacuum
-    last_skipped_autovacuum
-    last_skipped_analyze
-    last_skipped_autoanalyze
-    skipped_vacuum_count
-    skipped_autovacuum_count
-    skipped_analyze_count
-    skipped_autoanalyze_count

These field can help users confirm that autovacuum is actively attempting
to run on a table that has not been vacuumed or analyzed for a long time,
and that the lack of progress is due to repeated skips rather than inactivity.
---
 doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml                  |  88 ++++++
 src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql          |   8 +
 src/backend/commands/vacuum.c                 | 100 +++++--
 src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c  |  64 +++++
 src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c           |  24 ++
 src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat               |  32 +++
 src/include/pgstat.h                          |  16 ++
 .../isolation/expected/vacuum-skip-locked.out | 260 ++++++++++++++++--
 .../isolation/specs/vacuum-skip-locked.spec   |  41 +--
 src/test/regress/expected/rules.out           |  24 ++
 10 files changed, 601 insertions(+), 56 deletions(-)

diff --git a/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml b/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml
index 08d5b824552..a9b579d87a9 100644
--- a/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml
+++ b/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml
@@ -4387,6 +4387,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_vacuum</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time a manual vacuum on this table was attempted but skipped due to
+       lock unavailability (not counting <command>VACUUM FULL</command>)
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>last_autovacuum</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
@@ -4397,6 +4407,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_autovacuum</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time a vacuum on this table by the autovacuum daemon was attempted
+       but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>last_analyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
@@ -4406,6 +4426,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_analyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time a manual analyze on this table was attempted but skipped due to
+       lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>last_autoanalyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
@@ -4416,6 +4446,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_autoanalyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time at which an analyze on this table by the autovacuum was
+       attempted but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>vacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4426,6 +4466,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_vacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times manual vacuums on this table have been attempted but skipped
+       due to lock unavailability (not counting <command>VACUUM FULL</command>)
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>autovacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4436,6 +4486,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_autovacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times vacuums on this table by the autovacuum daemon have been
+       attempted but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>analyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4445,6 +4505,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_analyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times manual analyzes on this table have been attempted but
+       skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>autoanalyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4455,6 +4525,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_autoanalyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times analyzes on this table by the autovacuum daemon have
+       been attempted but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>total_vacuum_time</structfield> <type>double precision</type>
@@ -4510,6 +4590,14 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
    </tgroup>
   </table>
 
+  <note>
+   <para>
+    When a manual vacuum or analyze on a parent table in an inheritance or
+    partitioning hierarchy is skipped, the statistics are recorded only for
+    the parent table, not for its children.
+   </para>
+  </note>
+
  </sect2>
 
  <sect2 id="monitoring-pg-stat-autovacuum-scores-view">
diff --git a/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql b/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql
index 73a1c1c4670..f509fc7876b 100644
--- a/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql
+++ b/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql
@@ -736,13 +736,21 @@ CREATE VIEW pg_stat_all_tables AS
             pg_stat_get_mod_since_analyze(C.oid) AS n_mod_since_analyze,
             pg_stat_get_ins_since_vacuum(C.oid) AS n_ins_since_vacuum,
             pg_stat_get_last_vacuum_time(C.oid) as last_vacuum,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_vacuum,
             pg_stat_get_last_autovacuum_time(C.oid) as last_autovacuum,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_autovacuum,
             pg_stat_get_last_analyze_time(C.oid) as last_analyze,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_analyze,
             pg_stat_get_last_autoanalyze_time(C.oid) as last_autoanalyze,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_autoanalyze,
             pg_stat_get_vacuum_count(C.oid) AS vacuum_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count(C.oid) AS skipped_vacuum_count,
             pg_stat_get_autovacuum_count(C.oid) AS autovacuum_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count(C.oid) AS skipped_autovacuum_count,
             pg_stat_get_analyze_count(C.oid) AS analyze_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count(C.oid) AS skipped_analyze_count,
             pg_stat_get_autoanalyze_count(C.oid) AS autoanalyze_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count(C.oid) AS skipped_autoanalyze_count,
             pg_stat_get_total_vacuum_time(C.oid) AS total_vacuum_time,
             pg_stat_get_total_autovacuum_time(C.oid) AS total_autovacuum_time,
             pg_stat_get_total_analyze_time(C.oid) AS total_analyze_time,
diff --git a/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c b/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c
index 99d0db82ed7..df6526225e4 100644
--- a/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c
+++ b/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c
@@ -793,8 +793,25 @@ vacuum_open_relation(Oid relid, RangeVar *relation, uint32 options,
 		rel = try_relation_open(relid, NoLock);
 	else
 	{
+		int flags = 0;
 		rel = NULL;
 		rel_lock = false;
+
+		if ((options & VACOPT_VACUUM) != 0 && (options & VACOPT_FULL) == 0)
+		{
+			if (AmAutoVacuumWorkerProcess())
+				flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOVACUUM;
+			else
+				flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM;
+		}
+		if ((options & VACOPT_ANALYZE) != 0)
+		{
+			if (AmAutoVacuumWorkerProcess())
+				flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOANALYZE;
+			else
+				flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE;
+		}
+		pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(relid, flags);
 	}
 
 	/* if relation is opened, leave */
@@ -905,7 +922,6 @@ expand_vacuum_rel(VacuumRelation *vrel, MemoryContext vac_context,
 		Form_pg_class classForm;
 		bool		include_children;
 		bool		is_partitioned_table;
-		int			rvr_opts;
 
 		/*
 		 * Since autovacuum workers supply OIDs when calling vacuum(), no
@@ -918,29 +934,69 @@ expand_vacuum_rel(VacuumRelation *vrel, MemoryContext vac_context,
 		 * below, as well as find_all_inheritors's expectation that the caller
 		 * holds some lock on the starting relation.
 		 */
-		rvr_opts = (options & VACOPT_SKIP_LOCKED) ? RVR_SKIP_LOCKED : 0;
-		relid = RangeVarGetRelidExtended(vrel->relation,
-										 AccessShareLock,
-										 rvr_opts,
-										 NULL, NULL);
-
-		/*
-		 * If the lock is unavailable, emit the same log statement that
-		 * vacuum_rel() and analyze_rel() would.
-		 */
-		if (!OidIsValid(relid))
+		if (!(options & VACOPT_SKIP_LOCKED))
 		{
-			if (options & VACOPT_VACUUM)
-				ereport(WARNING,
-						(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
-						 errmsg("skipping vacuum of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
-								vrel->relation->relname)));
-			else
-				ereport(WARNING,
-						(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
-						 errmsg("skipping analyze of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
+			relid = RangeVarGetRelidExtended(vrel->relation,
+											 AccessShareLock,
+											 0, NULL, NULL);
+			if (!OidIsValid(relid))
+				return vacrels;
+		}
+		else
+		{
+			/* Get relid for reporting before taking a lock */
+			relid = RangeVarGetRelid(vrel->relation, NoLock, false);
+
+			if (!ConditionalLockRelationOid(relid, AccessShareLock))
+			{
+				int	flags = 0;
+				/*
+				 * If the lock is unavailable, emit the same log statement that
+				 * vacuum_rel() and analyze_rel() would.
+				 */
+				if (options & VACOPT_VACUUM)
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping vacuum of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
 								vrel->relation->relname)));
-			return vacrels;
+				else
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping analyze of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
+									vrel->relation->relname)));
+
+				if ((options & VACOPT_VACUUM) != 0 && (options & VACOPT_FULL) == 0)
+					flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM;
+				if ((options & VACOPT_ANALYZE) != 0)
+					flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE;
+
+				pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(relid, flags);
+
+				return vacrels;
+			}
+
+			/*
+			 * Now that we have the lock, probe to see if the relation really
+			 * exists or not.
+			 */
+			if (!SearchSysCacheExists1(RELOID, ObjectIdGetDatum(relid)))
+			{
+				if (options & VACOPT_VACUUM)
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_UNDEFINED_TABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping vacuum of \"%s\" --- relation no longer exists",
+									vrel->relation->relname)));
+				else
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_UNDEFINED_TABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping analyze of \"%s\" --- relation no longer exists",
+									vrel->relation->relname)));
+
+				/* Release useless lock */
+				UnlockRelationOid(relid, AccessShareLock);
+
+				return vacrels;
+			}
 		}
 
 		/*
diff --git a/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c b/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c
index b2ca28f83ba..532d9023f8c 100644
--- a/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c
+++ b/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c
@@ -17,12 +17,14 @@
 
 #include "postgres.h"
 
+#include "access/htup_details.h"
 #include "access/twophase_rmgr.h"
 #include "access/xact.h"
 #include "catalog/catalog.h"
 #include "utils/memutils.h"
 #include "utils/pgstat_internal.h"
 #include "utils/rel.h"
+#include "utils/syscache.h"
 #include "utils/timestamp.h"
 
 
@@ -367,6 +369,68 @@ pgstat_report_analyze(Relation rel,
 	(void) pgstat_flush_backend(false, PGSTAT_BACKEND_FLUSH_IO);
 }
 
+/*
+ * Report that the table was skipped during vacuum or/and analyze.
+ */
+void
+pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(Oid relid, int flags)
+{
+	PgStat_EntryRef *entry_ref;
+	PgStatShared_Relation *shtabentry;
+	PgStat_StatTabEntry *tabentry;
+	TimestampTz ts;
+	HeapTuple	classTup;
+	bool		isshared;
+
+	if (!pgstat_track_counts || !flags)
+		return;
+
+	classTup = SearchSysCache1(RELOID, ObjectIdGetDatum(relid));
+	if (!HeapTupleIsValid(classTup))
+		return;			/* somebody deleted the rel, forget it */
+	isshared = ((Form_pg_class) GETSTRUCT(classTup))->relisshared;
+	ReleaseSysCache(classTup);
+
+	/* Store the data in the table's hash table entry. */
+	ts = GetCurrentTimestamp();
+
+	/* block acquiring lock for the same reason as pgstat_report_autovac() */
+	entry_ref = pgstat_get_entry_ref_locked(PGSTAT_KIND_RELATION,
+											isshared ? InvalidOid : MyDatabaseId,
+											relid, false);
+
+	shtabentry = (PgStatShared_Relation *) entry_ref->shared_stats;
+	tabentry = &shtabentry->stats;
+
+	if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM)
+	{
+		tabentry->last_skipped_vacuum_time = ts;
+		tabentry->skipped_vacuum_count++;
+	}
+	else if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOVACUUM)
+	{
+		tabentry->last_skipped_autovacuum_time = ts;
+		tabentry->skipped_autovacuum_count++;
+	}
+
+	if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE)
+	{
+		tabentry->last_skipped_analyze_time = ts;
+		tabentry->skipped_analyze_count++;
+	}
+	else if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOANALYZE)
+	{
+		tabentry->last_skipped_autoanalyze_time = ts;
+		tabentry->skipped_autoanalyze_count++;
+	}
+
+	pgstat_unlock_entry(entry_ref);
+
+	/* see pgstat_report_vacuum() */
+	pgstat_flush_io(false);
+	(void) pgstat_flush_backend(false, PGSTAT_BACKEND_FLUSH_IO);
+}
+
 /*
  * count a tuple insertion of n tuples
  */
diff --git a/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c b/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c
index 1408de387ea..90a8968faa0 100644
--- a/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c
+++ b/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c
@@ -84,6 +84,18 @@ PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(mod_since_analyze)
 /* pg_stat_get_numscans */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(numscans)
 
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_analyze_count)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_autoanalyze_count)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_autovacuum_count)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_vacuum_count)
+
 /* pg_stat_get_tuples_deleted */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(tuples_deleted)
 
@@ -170,6 +182,18 @@ PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_vacuum_time)
 /* pg_stat_get_lastscan */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(lastscan)
 
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_analyze_time)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_autoanalyze_time)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_autovacuum_time)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_vacuum_time)
+
 /* pg_stat_get_stat_reset_time */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(stat_reset_time)
 
diff --git a/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat b/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat
index fa9ae79082b..32debb34863 100644
--- a/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat
+++ b/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat
@@ -5680,6 +5680,38 @@
   proargmodes => '{o,o,o,o,o,o,o,o,o,o}',
   proargnames => '{oid,score,xid_score,mxid_score,vacuum_score,vacuum_insert_score,analyze_score,do_vacuum,do_analyze,for_wraparound}',
   prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_autovacuum_scores' },
+{ oid => '8142', descr => 'statistics: last skipped vacuum time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time' },
+{ oid => '8143', descr => 'statistics: last skipped auto vacuum time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time' },
+{ oid => '8144', descr => 'statistics: last skipped analyze time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time' },
+{ oid => '8145', descr => 'statistics: last skipped auto analyze time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time' },
+{ oid => '8146', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped vacuum for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count' },
+{ oid => '8147', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped auto vacuum for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count' },
+{ oid => '8148', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped analyzes for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count' },
+{ oid => '8149', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped auto analyzes for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count' },
 { oid => '1936', descr => 'statistics: currently active backend IDs',
   proname => 'pg_stat_get_backend_idset', prorows => '100', proretset => 't',
   provolatile => 's', proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int4',
diff --git a/src/include/pgstat.h b/src/include/pgstat.h
index dfa2e837638..98941f953d1 100644
--- a/src/include/pgstat.h
+++ b/src/include/pgstat.h
@@ -479,6 +479,15 @@ typedef struct PgStat_StatTabEntry
 	TimestampTz last_autoanalyze_time;	/* autovacuum initiated */
 	PgStat_Counter autoanalyze_count;
 
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_vacuum_time;	/* user initiated vacuum */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_vacuum_count;
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_autovacuum_time;	/* autovacuum initiated */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_autovacuum_count;
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_analyze_time;	/* user initiated */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_analyze_count;
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_autoanalyze_time;	/* autovacuum initiated */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_autoanalyze_count;
+
 	PgStat_Counter total_vacuum_time;	/* times in milliseconds */
 	PgStat_Counter total_autovacuum_time;
 	PgStat_Counter total_analyze_time;
@@ -703,6 +712,13 @@ extern void pgstat_report_analyze(Relation rel,
 								  PgStat_Counter livetuples, PgStat_Counter deadtuples,
 								  bool resetcounter, TimestampTz starttime);
 
+/* flags for pgstat_flush_backend() */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM		(1 << 0)	/* vacuum is skipped */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE		(1 << 1)	/* analyze is skipped */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOVACUUM	(1 << 2)	/* autovacuum is skipped */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOANALYZE	(1 << 3)	/* autoanalyze is skipped */
+extern void pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(Oid relid, int flags);
+
 /*
  * If stats are enabled, but pending data hasn't been prepared yet, call
  * pgstat_assoc_relation() to do so. See its comment for why this is done
diff --git a/src/test/isolation/expected/vacuum-skip-locked.out b/src/test/isolation/expected/vacuum-skip-locked.out
index 99db281a159..e2cff175b7c 100644
--- a/src/test/isolation/expected/vacuum-skip-locked.out
+++ b/src/test/isolation/expected/vacuum-skip-locked.out
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 Parsed test spec with 2 sessions
 
-starting permutation: lock_share vac_specified commit
+starting permutation: lock_share vac_specified commit check_stat
 step lock_share: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN SHARE MODE;
@@ -10,8 +10,22 @@ step vac_specified: VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED) part1, part2;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
 
-starting permutation: lock_share vac_all_parts commit
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   1|            0|                    0
+part2  |           1|                   0|            0|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
+
+starting permutation: lock_share vac_all_parts commit check_stat
 step lock_share: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN SHARE MODE;
@@ -20,8 +34,22 @@ step vac_all_parts: VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED) parted;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   1|            0|                    0
+part2  |           1|                   0|            0|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
 
-starting permutation: lock_share analyze_specified commit
+starting permutation: lock_share analyze_specified commit check_stat
 step lock_share: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN SHARE MODE;
@@ -31,8 +59,22 @@ step analyze_specified: ANALYZE (SKIP_LOCKED) part1, part2;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
 
-starting permutation: lock_share analyze_all_parts commit
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   0|            0|                    1
+part2  |           0|                   0|            1|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
+
+starting permutation: lock_share analyze_all_parts commit check_stat
 step lock_share: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN SHARE MODE;
@@ -41,8 +83,22 @@ step analyze_all_parts: ANALYZE (SKIP_LOCKED) parted;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            1|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   0|            0|                    1
+part2  |           0|                   0|            1|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
 
-starting permutation: lock_share vac_analyze_specified commit
+starting permutation: lock_share vac_analyze_specified commit check_stat
 step lock_share: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN SHARE MODE;
@@ -52,8 +108,22 @@ step vac_analyze_specified: VACUUM (ANALYZE, SKIP_LOCKED) part1, part2;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
 
-starting permutation: lock_share vac_analyze_all_parts commit
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   1|            0|                    1
+part2  |           1|                   0|            1|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
+
+starting permutation: lock_share vac_analyze_all_parts commit check_stat
 step lock_share: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN SHARE MODE;
@@ -62,8 +132,22 @@ step vac_analyze_all_parts: VACUUM (ANALYZE, SKIP_LOCKED) parted;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            1|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   1|            0|                    1
+part2  |           1|                   0|            1|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
 
-starting permutation: lock_share vac_full_specified commit
+starting permutation: lock_share vac_full_specified commit check_stat
 step lock_share: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN SHARE MODE;
@@ -73,8 +157,22 @@ step vac_full_specified: VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED, FULL) part1, part2;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
 
-starting permutation: lock_share vac_full_all_parts commit
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part2  |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
+
+starting permutation: lock_share vac_full_all_parts commit check_stat
 step lock_share: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN SHARE MODE;
@@ -83,8 +181,22 @@ step vac_full_all_parts: VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED, FULL) parted;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part2  |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+(3 rows)
 
-starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_specified commit
+
+starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_specified commit check_stat
 step lock_access_exclusive: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN ACCESS EXCLUSIVE MODE;
@@ -94,8 +206,22 @@ step vac_specified: VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED) part1, part2;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   1|            0|                    0
+part2  |           1|                   0|            0|                    0
+(3 rows)
 
-starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_all_parts commit
+
+starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_all_parts commit check_stat
 step lock_access_exclusive: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN ACCESS EXCLUSIVE MODE;
@@ -104,8 +230,22 @@ step vac_all_parts: VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED) parted;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   1|            0|                    0
+part2  |           1|                   0|            0|                    0
+(3 rows)
 
-starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive analyze_specified commit
+
+starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive analyze_specified commit check_stat
 step lock_access_exclusive: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN ACCESS EXCLUSIVE MODE;
@@ -115,8 +255,22 @@ step analyze_specified: ANALYZE (SKIP_LOCKED) part1, part2;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   0|            0|                    1
+part2  |           0|                   0|            1|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
 
-starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive analyze_all_parts commit
+starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive analyze_all_parts commit check_stat
 step lock_access_exclusive: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN ACCESS EXCLUSIVE MODE;
@@ -126,8 +280,22 @@ step commit:
 	COMMIT;
 
 step analyze_all_parts: <... completed>
-
-starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_analyze_specified commit
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            1|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   0|            1|                    0
+part2  |           0|                   0|            1|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
+
+starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_analyze_specified commit check_stat
 step lock_access_exclusive: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN ACCESS EXCLUSIVE MODE;
@@ -137,8 +305,22 @@ step vac_analyze_specified: VACUUM (ANALYZE, SKIP_LOCKED) part1, part2;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   1|            0|                    1
+part2  |           1|                   0|            1|                    0
+(3 rows)
 
-starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_analyze_all_parts commit
+
+starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_analyze_all_parts commit check_stat
 step lock_access_exclusive: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN ACCESS EXCLUSIVE MODE;
@@ -148,8 +330,22 @@ step commit:
 	COMMIT;
 
 step vac_analyze_all_parts: <... completed>
-
-starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_full_specified commit
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            1|                    0
+part1  |           1|                   0|            1|                    0
+part2  |           1|                   0|            1|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
+
+starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_full_specified commit check_stat
 step lock_access_exclusive: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN ACCESS EXCLUSIVE MODE;
@@ -159,8 +355,22 @@ step vac_full_specified: VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED, FULL) part1, part2;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
 
-starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_full_all_parts commit
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part2  |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
+
+starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_full_all_parts commit check_stat
 step lock_access_exclusive: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN ACCESS EXCLUSIVE MODE;
@@ -169,3 +379,17 @@ step vac_full_all_parts: VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED, FULL) parted;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part2  |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
diff --git a/src/test/isolation/specs/vacuum-skip-locked.spec b/src/test/isolation/specs/vacuum-skip-locked.spec
index 3fad6e1c92a..b0da75d4b6d 100644
--- a/src/test/isolation/specs/vacuum-skip-locked.spec
+++ b/src/test/isolation/specs/vacuum-skip-locked.spec
@@ -33,6 +33,15 @@ step commit
 	COMMIT;
 }
 
+step check_stat
+{
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+}
+
 session s2
 step vac_specified			{ VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED) part1, part2; }
 step vac_all_parts			{ VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED) parted; }
@@ -43,19 +52,19 @@ step vac_analyze_all_parts	{ VACUUM (ANALYZE, SKIP_LOCKED) parted; }
 step vac_full_specified		{ VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED, FULL) part1, part2; }
 step vac_full_all_parts		{ VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED, FULL) parted; }
 
-permutation lock_share vac_specified commit
-permutation lock_share vac_all_parts commit
-permutation lock_share analyze_specified commit
-permutation lock_share analyze_all_parts commit
-permutation lock_share vac_analyze_specified commit
-permutation lock_share vac_analyze_all_parts commit
-permutation lock_share vac_full_specified commit
-permutation lock_share vac_full_all_parts commit
-permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_specified commit
-permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_all_parts commit
-permutation lock_access_exclusive analyze_specified commit
-permutation lock_access_exclusive analyze_all_parts commit
-permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_analyze_specified commit
-permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_analyze_all_parts commit
-permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_full_specified commit
-permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_full_all_parts commit
+permutation lock_share vac_specified commit check_stat
+permutation lock_share vac_all_parts commit check_stat
+permutation lock_share analyze_specified commit check_stat
+permutation lock_share analyze_all_parts commit check_stat
+permutation lock_share vac_analyze_specified commit check_stat
+permutation lock_share vac_analyze_all_parts commit check_stat
+permutation lock_share vac_full_specified commit check_stat
+permutation lock_share vac_full_all_parts commit check_stat
+permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_specified commit check_stat
+permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_all_parts commit check_stat
+permutation lock_access_exclusive analyze_specified commit check_stat
+permutation lock_access_exclusive analyze_all_parts commit check_stat
+permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_analyze_specified commit check_stat
+permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_analyze_all_parts commit check_stat
+permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_full_specified commit check_stat
+permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_full_all_parts commit check_stat
diff --git a/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out b/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out
index a65a5bf0c4f..9b2075d3373 100644
--- a/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out
+++ b/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out
@@ -1835,13 +1835,21 @@ pg_stat_all_tables| SELECT c.oid AS relid,
     pg_stat_get_mod_since_analyze(c.oid) AS n_mod_since_analyze,
     pg_stat_get_ins_since_vacuum(c.oid) AS n_ins_since_vacuum,
     pg_stat_get_last_vacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_vacuum,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_vacuum,
     pg_stat_get_last_autovacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_autovacuum,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_autovacuum,
     pg_stat_get_last_analyze_time(c.oid) AS last_analyze,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_analyze,
     pg_stat_get_last_autoanalyze_time(c.oid) AS last_autoanalyze,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_autoanalyze,
     pg_stat_get_vacuum_count(c.oid) AS vacuum_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count(c.oid) AS skipped_vacuum_count,
     pg_stat_get_autovacuum_count(c.oid) AS autovacuum_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count(c.oid) AS skipped_autovacuum_count,
     pg_stat_get_analyze_count(c.oid) AS analyze_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count(c.oid) AS skipped_analyze_count,
     pg_stat_get_autoanalyze_count(c.oid) AS autoanalyze_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count(c.oid) AS skipped_autoanalyze_count,
     pg_stat_get_total_vacuum_time(c.oid) AS total_vacuum_time,
     pg_stat_get_total_autovacuum_time(c.oid) AS total_autovacuum_time,
     pg_stat_get_total_analyze_time(c.oid) AS total_analyze_time,
@@ -2346,13 +2354,21 @@ pg_stat_sys_tables| SELECT relid,
     n_mod_since_analyze,
     n_ins_since_vacuum,
     last_vacuum,
+    last_skipped_vacuum,
     last_autovacuum,
+    last_skipped_autovacuum,
     last_analyze,
+    last_skipped_analyze,
     last_autoanalyze,
+    last_skipped_autoanalyze,
     vacuum_count,
+    skipped_vacuum_count,
     autovacuum_count,
+    skipped_autovacuum_count,
     analyze_count,
+    skipped_analyze_count,
     autoanalyze_count,
+    skipped_autoanalyze_count,
     total_vacuum_time,
     total_autovacuum_time,
     total_analyze_time,
@@ -2401,13 +2417,21 @@ pg_stat_user_tables| SELECT relid,
     n_mod_since_analyze,
     n_ins_since_vacuum,
     last_vacuum,
+    last_skipped_vacuum,
     last_autovacuum,
+    last_skipped_autovacuum,
     last_analyze,
+    last_skipped_analyze,
     last_autoanalyze,
+    last_skipped_autoanalyze,
     vacuum_count,
+    skipped_vacuum_count,
     autovacuum_count,
+    skipped_autovacuum_count,
     analyze_count,
+    skipped_analyze_count,
     autoanalyze_count,
+    skipped_autoanalyze_count,
     total_vacuum_time,
     total_autovacuum_time,
     total_analyze_time,
-- 
2.43.0


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* [PATCH v4] Track skipped vacuum and analyze activity per relation
@ 2026-03-24 04:09 Yugo Nagata <[email protected]>
  0 siblings, 0 replies; 374+ messages in thread

From: Yugo Nagata @ 2026-03-24 04:09 UTC (permalink / raw)

This commit adds eight fields to the relation statistics that track
the last time vacuum or analyze has been attempted but skipped due to
lock unavailability, along with their counts:

-    last_skipped_vacuum
-    last_skipped_autovacuum
-    last_skipped_analyze
-    last_skipped_autoanalyze
-    skipped_vacuum_count
-    skipped_autovacuum_count
-    skipped_analyze_count
-    skipped_autoanalyze_count

These field can help users confirm that autovacuum is actively attempting
to run on a table that has not been vacuumed or analyzed for a long time,
and that the lack of progress is due to repeated skips rather than inactivity.
---
 doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml                 |  88 ++++++++++++++++
 src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql         |   8 ++
 src/backend/commands/vacuum.c                | 102 ++++++++++++++-----
 src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c |  64 ++++++++++++
 src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c          |  24 +++++
 src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat              |  32 ++++++
 src/include/pgstat.h                         |  16 +++
 src/test/regress/expected/rules.out          |  24 +++++
 8 files changed, 335 insertions(+), 23 deletions(-)

diff --git a/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml b/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml
index 08d5b824552..a9b579d87a9 100644
--- a/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml
+++ b/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml
@@ -4387,6 +4387,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_vacuum</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time a manual vacuum on this table was attempted but skipped due to
+       lock unavailability (not counting <command>VACUUM FULL</command>)
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>last_autovacuum</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
@@ -4397,6 +4407,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_autovacuum</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time a vacuum on this table by the autovacuum daemon was attempted
+       but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>last_analyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
@@ -4406,6 +4426,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_analyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time a manual analyze on this table was attempted but skipped due to
+       lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>last_autoanalyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
@@ -4416,6 +4446,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_autoanalyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time at which an analyze on this table by the autovacuum was
+       attempted but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>vacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4426,6 +4466,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_vacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times manual vacuums on this table have been attempted but skipped
+       due to lock unavailability (not counting <command>VACUUM FULL</command>)
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>autovacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4436,6 +4486,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_autovacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times vacuums on this table by the autovacuum daemon have been
+       attempted but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>analyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4445,6 +4505,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_analyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times manual analyzes on this table have been attempted but
+       skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>autoanalyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4455,6 +4525,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_autoanalyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times analyzes on this table by the autovacuum daemon have
+       been attempted but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>total_vacuum_time</structfield> <type>double precision</type>
@@ -4510,6 +4590,14 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
    </tgroup>
   </table>
 
+  <note>
+   <para>
+    When a manual vacuum or analyze on a parent table in an inheritance or
+    partitioning hierarchy is skipped, the statistics are recorded only for
+    the parent table, not for its children.
+   </para>
+  </note>
+
  </sect2>
 
  <sect2 id="monitoring-pg-stat-autovacuum-scores-view">
diff --git a/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql b/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql
index 73a1c1c4670..f509fc7876b 100644
--- a/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql
+++ b/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql
@@ -736,13 +736,21 @@ CREATE VIEW pg_stat_all_tables AS
             pg_stat_get_mod_since_analyze(C.oid) AS n_mod_since_analyze,
             pg_stat_get_ins_since_vacuum(C.oid) AS n_ins_since_vacuum,
             pg_stat_get_last_vacuum_time(C.oid) as last_vacuum,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_vacuum,
             pg_stat_get_last_autovacuum_time(C.oid) as last_autovacuum,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_autovacuum,
             pg_stat_get_last_analyze_time(C.oid) as last_analyze,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_analyze,
             pg_stat_get_last_autoanalyze_time(C.oid) as last_autoanalyze,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_autoanalyze,
             pg_stat_get_vacuum_count(C.oid) AS vacuum_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count(C.oid) AS skipped_vacuum_count,
             pg_stat_get_autovacuum_count(C.oid) AS autovacuum_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count(C.oid) AS skipped_autovacuum_count,
             pg_stat_get_analyze_count(C.oid) AS analyze_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count(C.oid) AS skipped_analyze_count,
             pg_stat_get_autoanalyze_count(C.oid) AS autoanalyze_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count(C.oid) AS skipped_autoanalyze_count,
             pg_stat_get_total_vacuum_time(C.oid) AS total_vacuum_time,
             pg_stat_get_total_autovacuum_time(C.oid) AS total_autovacuum_time,
             pg_stat_get_total_analyze_time(C.oid) AS total_analyze_time,
diff --git a/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c b/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c
index 99d0db82ed7..97cd5ea8d10 100644
--- a/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c
+++ b/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c
@@ -793,8 +793,25 @@ vacuum_open_relation(Oid relid, RangeVar *relation, uint32 options,
 		rel = try_relation_open(relid, NoLock);
 	else
 	{
+		int flags = 0;
 		rel = NULL;
 		rel_lock = false;
+
+		if ((options & VACOPT_VACUUM) != 0)
+		{
+			if (AmAutoVacuumWorkerProcess())
+				flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOVACUUM;
+			else
+				flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM;
+		}
+		if ((options & VACOPT_ANALYZE) != 0)
+		{
+			if (AmAutoVacuumWorkerProcess())
+				flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOANALYZE;
+			else
+				flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE;
+		}
+		pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(relid, flags);
 	}
 
 	/* if relation is opened, leave */
@@ -802,7 +819,7 @@ vacuum_open_relation(Oid relid, RangeVar *relation, uint32 options,
 		return rel;
 
 	/*
-	 * Relation could not be opened, hence generate if possible a log
+	 * Relation could not be opened hence generate if possible a log
 	 * informing on the situation.
 	 *
 	 * If the RangeVar is not defined, we do not have enough information to
@@ -905,7 +922,6 @@ expand_vacuum_rel(VacuumRelation *vrel, MemoryContext vac_context,
 		Form_pg_class classForm;
 		bool		include_children;
 		bool		is_partitioned_table;
-		int			rvr_opts;
 
 		/*
 		 * Since autovacuum workers supply OIDs when calling vacuum(), no
@@ -918,29 +934,69 @@ expand_vacuum_rel(VacuumRelation *vrel, MemoryContext vac_context,
 		 * below, as well as find_all_inheritors's expectation that the caller
 		 * holds some lock on the starting relation.
 		 */
-		rvr_opts = (options & VACOPT_SKIP_LOCKED) ? RVR_SKIP_LOCKED : 0;
-		relid = RangeVarGetRelidExtended(vrel->relation,
-										 AccessShareLock,
-										 rvr_opts,
-										 NULL, NULL);
-
-		/*
-		 * If the lock is unavailable, emit the same log statement that
-		 * vacuum_rel() and analyze_rel() would.
-		 */
-		if (!OidIsValid(relid))
+		if (!(options & VACOPT_SKIP_LOCKED))
 		{
-			if (options & VACOPT_VACUUM)
-				ereport(WARNING,
-						(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
-						 errmsg("skipping vacuum of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
-								vrel->relation->relname)));
-			else
-				ereport(WARNING,
-						(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
-						 errmsg("skipping analyze of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
+			relid = RangeVarGetRelidExtended(vrel->relation,
+											 AccessShareLock,
+											 0, NULL, NULL);
+			if (!OidIsValid(relid))
+				return vacrels;
+		}
+		else
+		{
+			/* Get relid for reporting before taking a lock */
+			relid = RangeVarGetRelid(vrel->relation, NoLock, false);
+
+			if (!ConditionalLockRelationOid(relid, AccessShareLock))
+			{
+				int	flags = 0;
+				/*
+				 * If the lock is unavailable, emit the same log statement that
+				 * vacuum_rel() and analyze_rel() would.
+				 */
+				if (options & VACOPT_VACUUM)
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping vacuum of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
 								vrel->relation->relname)));
-			return vacrels;
+				else
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping analyze of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
+									vrel->relation->relname)));
+
+				if ((options & VACOPT_VACUUM) != 0)
+					flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM;
+				if ((options & VACOPT_ANALYZE) != 0)
+					flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE;
+
+				pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(relid, flags);
+
+				return vacrels;
+			}
+
+			/*
+			 * Now that we have the lock, probe to see if the relation really
+			 * exists or not.
+			 */
+			if (!SearchSysCacheExists1(RELOID, ObjectIdGetDatum(relid)))
+			{
+				if (options & VACOPT_VACUUM)
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_UNDEFINED_TABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping vacuum of \"%s\" --- relation no longer exists",
+									vrel->relation->relname)));
+				else
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_UNDEFINED_TABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping analyze of \"%s\" --- relation no longer exists",
+									vrel->relation->relname)));
+
+				/* Release useless lock */
+				UnlockRelationOid(relid, AccessShareLock);
+
+				return vacrels;
+			}
 		}
 
 		/*
diff --git a/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c b/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c
index b2ca28f83ba..532d9023f8c 100644
--- a/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c
+++ b/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c
@@ -17,12 +17,14 @@
 
 #include "postgres.h"
 
+#include "access/htup_details.h"
 #include "access/twophase_rmgr.h"
 #include "access/xact.h"
 #include "catalog/catalog.h"
 #include "utils/memutils.h"
 #include "utils/pgstat_internal.h"
 #include "utils/rel.h"
+#include "utils/syscache.h"
 #include "utils/timestamp.h"
 
 
@@ -367,6 +369,68 @@ pgstat_report_analyze(Relation rel,
 	(void) pgstat_flush_backend(false, PGSTAT_BACKEND_FLUSH_IO);
 }
 
+/*
+ * Report that the table was skipped during vacuum or/and analyze.
+ */
+void
+pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(Oid relid, int flags)
+{
+	PgStat_EntryRef *entry_ref;
+	PgStatShared_Relation *shtabentry;
+	PgStat_StatTabEntry *tabentry;
+	TimestampTz ts;
+	HeapTuple	classTup;
+	bool		isshared;
+
+	if (!pgstat_track_counts || !flags)
+		return;
+
+	classTup = SearchSysCache1(RELOID, ObjectIdGetDatum(relid));
+	if (!HeapTupleIsValid(classTup))
+		return;			/* somebody deleted the rel, forget it */
+	isshared = ((Form_pg_class) GETSTRUCT(classTup))->relisshared;
+	ReleaseSysCache(classTup);
+
+	/* Store the data in the table's hash table entry. */
+	ts = GetCurrentTimestamp();
+
+	/* block acquiring lock for the same reason as pgstat_report_autovac() */
+	entry_ref = pgstat_get_entry_ref_locked(PGSTAT_KIND_RELATION,
+											isshared ? InvalidOid : MyDatabaseId,
+											relid, false);
+
+	shtabentry = (PgStatShared_Relation *) entry_ref->shared_stats;
+	tabentry = &shtabentry->stats;
+
+	if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM)
+	{
+		tabentry->last_skipped_vacuum_time = ts;
+		tabentry->skipped_vacuum_count++;
+	}
+	else if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOVACUUM)
+	{
+		tabentry->last_skipped_autovacuum_time = ts;
+		tabentry->skipped_autovacuum_count++;
+	}
+
+	if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE)
+	{
+		tabentry->last_skipped_analyze_time = ts;
+		tabentry->skipped_analyze_count++;
+	}
+	else if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOANALYZE)
+	{
+		tabentry->last_skipped_autoanalyze_time = ts;
+		tabentry->skipped_autoanalyze_count++;
+	}
+
+	pgstat_unlock_entry(entry_ref);
+
+	/* see pgstat_report_vacuum() */
+	pgstat_flush_io(false);
+	(void) pgstat_flush_backend(false, PGSTAT_BACKEND_FLUSH_IO);
+}
+
 /*
  * count a tuple insertion of n tuples
  */
diff --git a/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c b/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c
index 1408de387ea..90a8968faa0 100644
--- a/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c
+++ b/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c
@@ -84,6 +84,18 @@ PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(mod_since_analyze)
 /* pg_stat_get_numscans */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(numscans)
 
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_analyze_count)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_autoanalyze_count)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_autovacuum_count)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_vacuum_count)
+
 /* pg_stat_get_tuples_deleted */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(tuples_deleted)
 
@@ -170,6 +182,18 @@ PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_vacuum_time)
 /* pg_stat_get_lastscan */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(lastscan)
 
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_analyze_time)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_autoanalyze_time)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_autovacuum_time)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_vacuum_time)
+
 /* pg_stat_get_stat_reset_time */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(stat_reset_time)
 
diff --git a/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat b/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat
index fa9ae79082b..32debb34863 100644
--- a/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat
+++ b/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat
@@ -5680,6 +5680,38 @@
   proargmodes => '{o,o,o,o,o,o,o,o,o,o}',
   proargnames => '{oid,score,xid_score,mxid_score,vacuum_score,vacuum_insert_score,analyze_score,do_vacuum,do_analyze,for_wraparound}',
   prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_autovacuum_scores' },
+{ oid => '8142', descr => 'statistics: last skipped vacuum time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time' },
+{ oid => '8143', descr => 'statistics: last skipped auto vacuum time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time' },
+{ oid => '8144', descr => 'statistics: last skipped analyze time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time' },
+{ oid => '8145', descr => 'statistics: last skipped auto analyze time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time' },
+{ oid => '8146', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped vacuum for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count' },
+{ oid => '8147', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped auto vacuum for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count' },
+{ oid => '8148', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped analyzes for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count' },
+{ oid => '8149', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped auto analyzes for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count' },
 { oid => '1936', descr => 'statistics: currently active backend IDs',
   proname => 'pg_stat_get_backend_idset', prorows => '100', proretset => 't',
   provolatile => 's', proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int4',
diff --git a/src/include/pgstat.h b/src/include/pgstat.h
index dfa2e837638..98941f953d1 100644
--- a/src/include/pgstat.h
+++ b/src/include/pgstat.h
@@ -479,6 +479,15 @@ typedef struct PgStat_StatTabEntry
 	TimestampTz last_autoanalyze_time;	/* autovacuum initiated */
 	PgStat_Counter autoanalyze_count;
 
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_vacuum_time;	/* user initiated vacuum */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_vacuum_count;
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_autovacuum_time;	/* autovacuum initiated */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_autovacuum_count;
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_analyze_time;	/* user initiated */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_analyze_count;
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_autoanalyze_time;	/* autovacuum initiated */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_autoanalyze_count;
+
 	PgStat_Counter total_vacuum_time;	/* times in milliseconds */
 	PgStat_Counter total_autovacuum_time;
 	PgStat_Counter total_analyze_time;
@@ -703,6 +712,13 @@ extern void pgstat_report_analyze(Relation rel,
 								  PgStat_Counter livetuples, PgStat_Counter deadtuples,
 								  bool resetcounter, TimestampTz starttime);
 
+/* flags for pgstat_flush_backend() */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM		(1 << 0)	/* vacuum is skipped */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE		(1 << 1)	/* analyze is skipped */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOVACUUM	(1 << 2)	/* autovacuum is skipped */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOANALYZE	(1 << 3)	/* autoanalyze is skipped */
+extern void pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(Oid relid, int flags);
+
 /*
  * If stats are enabled, but pending data hasn't been prepared yet, call
  * pgstat_assoc_relation() to do so. See its comment for why this is done
diff --git a/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out b/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out
index a65a5bf0c4f..9b2075d3373 100644
--- a/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out
+++ b/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out
@@ -1835,13 +1835,21 @@ pg_stat_all_tables| SELECT c.oid AS relid,
     pg_stat_get_mod_since_analyze(c.oid) AS n_mod_since_analyze,
     pg_stat_get_ins_since_vacuum(c.oid) AS n_ins_since_vacuum,
     pg_stat_get_last_vacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_vacuum,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_vacuum,
     pg_stat_get_last_autovacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_autovacuum,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_autovacuum,
     pg_stat_get_last_analyze_time(c.oid) AS last_analyze,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_analyze,
     pg_stat_get_last_autoanalyze_time(c.oid) AS last_autoanalyze,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_autoanalyze,
     pg_stat_get_vacuum_count(c.oid) AS vacuum_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count(c.oid) AS skipped_vacuum_count,
     pg_stat_get_autovacuum_count(c.oid) AS autovacuum_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count(c.oid) AS skipped_autovacuum_count,
     pg_stat_get_analyze_count(c.oid) AS analyze_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count(c.oid) AS skipped_analyze_count,
     pg_stat_get_autoanalyze_count(c.oid) AS autoanalyze_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count(c.oid) AS skipped_autoanalyze_count,
     pg_stat_get_total_vacuum_time(c.oid) AS total_vacuum_time,
     pg_stat_get_total_autovacuum_time(c.oid) AS total_autovacuum_time,
     pg_stat_get_total_analyze_time(c.oid) AS total_analyze_time,
@@ -2346,13 +2354,21 @@ pg_stat_sys_tables| SELECT relid,
     n_mod_since_analyze,
     n_ins_since_vacuum,
     last_vacuum,
+    last_skipped_vacuum,
     last_autovacuum,
+    last_skipped_autovacuum,
     last_analyze,
+    last_skipped_analyze,
     last_autoanalyze,
+    last_skipped_autoanalyze,
     vacuum_count,
+    skipped_vacuum_count,
     autovacuum_count,
+    skipped_autovacuum_count,
     analyze_count,
+    skipped_analyze_count,
     autoanalyze_count,
+    skipped_autoanalyze_count,
     total_vacuum_time,
     total_autovacuum_time,
     total_analyze_time,
@@ -2401,13 +2417,21 @@ pg_stat_user_tables| SELECT relid,
     n_mod_since_analyze,
     n_ins_since_vacuum,
     last_vacuum,
+    last_skipped_vacuum,
     last_autovacuum,
+    last_skipped_autovacuum,
     last_analyze,
+    last_skipped_analyze,
     last_autoanalyze,
+    last_skipped_autoanalyze,
     vacuum_count,
+    skipped_vacuum_count,
     autovacuum_count,
+    skipped_autovacuum_count,
     analyze_count,
+    skipped_analyze_count,
     autoanalyze_count,
+    skipped_autoanalyze_count,
     total_vacuum_time,
     total_autovacuum_time,
     total_analyze_time,
-- 
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* [PATCH v5] Track skipped vacuum and analyze activity per relation
@ 2026-03-24 04:09 Yugo Nagata <[email protected]>
  0 siblings, 0 replies; 374+ messages in thread

From: Yugo Nagata @ 2026-03-24 04:09 UTC (permalink / raw)

This commit adds eight fields to the relation statistics that track
the last time vacuum or analyze has been attempted but skipped due to
lock unavailability, along with their counts:

-    last_skipped_vacuum
-    last_skipped_autovacuum
-    last_skipped_analyze
-    last_skipped_autoanalyze
-    skipped_vacuum_count
-    skipped_autovacuum_count
-    skipped_analyze_count
-    skipped_autoanalyze_count

These field can help users confirm that autovacuum is actively attempting
to run on a table that has not been vacuumed or analyzed for a long time,
and that the lack of progress is due to repeated skips rather than inactivity.
---
 doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml                  |  88 ++++++
 src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql          |   8 +
 src/backend/commands/vacuum.c                 | 100 +++++--
 src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c  |  64 +++++
 src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c           |  24 ++
 src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat               |  32 +++
 src/include/pgstat.h                          |  16 ++
 .../isolation/expected/vacuum-skip-locked.out | 260 ++++++++++++++++--
 .../isolation/specs/vacuum-skip-locked.spec   |  41 +--
 src/test/regress/expected/rules.out           |  24 ++
 10 files changed, 601 insertions(+), 56 deletions(-)

diff --git a/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml b/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml
index 08d5b824552..a9b579d87a9 100644
--- a/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml
+++ b/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml
@@ -4387,6 +4387,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_vacuum</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time a manual vacuum on this table was attempted but skipped due to
+       lock unavailability (not counting <command>VACUUM FULL</command>)
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>last_autovacuum</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
@@ -4397,6 +4407,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_autovacuum</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time a vacuum on this table by the autovacuum daemon was attempted
+       but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>last_analyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
@@ -4406,6 +4426,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_analyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time a manual analyze on this table was attempted but skipped due to
+       lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>last_autoanalyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
@@ -4416,6 +4446,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_autoanalyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time at which an analyze on this table by the autovacuum was
+       attempted but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>vacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4426,6 +4466,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_vacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times manual vacuums on this table have been attempted but skipped
+       due to lock unavailability (not counting <command>VACUUM FULL</command>)
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>autovacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4436,6 +4486,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_autovacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times vacuums on this table by the autovacuum daemon have been
+       attempted but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>analyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4445,6 +4505,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_analyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times manual analyzes on this table have been attempted but
+       skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>autoanalyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4455,6 +4525,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_autoanalyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times analyzes on this table by the autovacuum daemon have
+       been attempted but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>total_vacuum_time</structfield> <type>double precision</type>
@@ -4510,6 +4590,14 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
    </tgroup>
   </table>
 
+  <note>
+   <para>
+    When a manual vacuum or analyze on a parent table in an inheritance or
+    partitioning hierarchy is skipped, the statistics are recorded only for
+    the parent table, not for its children.
+   </para>
+  </note>
+
  </sect2>
 
  <sect2 id="monitoring-pg-stat-autovacuum-scores-view">
diff --git a/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql b/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql
index 73a1c1c4670..f509fc7876b 100644
--- a/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql
+++ b/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql
@@ -736,13 +736,21 @@ CREATE VIEW pg_stat_all_tables AS
             pg_stat_get_mod_since_analyze(C.oid) AS n_mod_since_analyze,
             pg_stat_get_ins_since_vacuum(C.oid) AS n_ins_since_vacuum,
             pg_stat_get_last_vacuum_time(C.oid) as last_vacuum,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_vacuum,
             pg_stat_get_last_autovacuum_time(C.oid) as last_autovacuum,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_autovacuum,
             pg_stat_get_last_analyze_time(C.oid) as last_analyze,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_analyze,
             pg_stat_get_last_autoanalyze_time(C.oid) as last_autoanalyze,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_autoanalyze,
             pg_stat_get_vacuum_count(C.oid) AS vacuum_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count(C.oid) AS skipped_vacuum_count,
             pg_stat_get_autovacuum_count(C.oid) AS autovacuum_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count(C.oid) AS skipped_autovacuum_count,
             pg_stat_get_analyze_count(C.oid) AS analyze_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count(C.oid) AS skipped_analyze_count,
             pg_stat_get_autoanalyze_count(C.oid) AS autoanalyze_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count(C.oid) AS skipped_autoanalyze_count,
             pg_stat_get_total_vacuum_time(C.oid) AS total_vacuum_time,
             pg_stat_get_total_autovacuum_time(C.oid) AS total_autovacuum_time,
             pg_stat_get_total_analyze_time(C.oid) AS total_analyze_time,
diff --git a/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c b/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c
index 99d0db82ed7..df6526225e4 100644
--- a/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c
+++ b/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c
@@ -793,8 +793,25 @@ vacuum_open_relation(Oid relid, RangeVar *relation, uint32 options,
 		rel = try_relation_open(relid, NoLock);
 	else
 	{
+		int flags = 0;
 		rel = NULL;
 		rel_lock = false;
+
+		if ((options & VACOPT_VACUUM) != 0 && (options & VACOPT_FULL) == 0)
+		{
+			if (AmAutoVacuumWorkerProcess())
+				flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOVACUUM;
+			else
+				flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM;
+		}
+		if ((options & VACOPT_ANALYZE) != 0)
+		{
+			if (AmAutoVacuumWorkerProcess())
+				flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOANALYZE;
+			else
+				flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE;
+		}
+		pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(relid, flags);
 	}
 
 	/* if relation is opened, leave */
@@ -905,7 +922,6 @@ expand_vacuum_rel(VacuumRelation *vrel, MemoryContext vac_context,
 		Form_pg_class classForm;
 		bool		include_children;
 		bool		is_partitioned_table;
-		int			rvr_opts;
 
 		/*
 		 * Since autovacuum workers supply OIDs when calling vacuum(), no
@@ -918,29 +934,69 @@ expand_vacuum_rel(VacuumRelation *vrel, MemoryContext vac_context,
 		 * below, as well as find_all_inheritors's expectation that the caller
 		 * holds some lock on the starting relation.
 		 */
-		rvr_opts = (options & VACOPT_SKIP_LOCKED) ? RVR_SKIP_LOCKED : 0;
-		relid = RangeVarGetRelidExtended(vrel->relation,
-										 AccessShareLock,
-										 rvr_opts,
-										 NULL, NULL);
-
-		/*
-		 * If the lock is unavailable, emit the same log statement that
-		 * vacuum_rel() and analyze_rel() would.
-		 */
-		if (!OidIsValid(relid))
+		if (!(options & VACOPT_SKIP_LOCKED))
 		{
-			if (options & VACOPT_VACUUM)
-				ereport(WARNING,
-						(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
-						 errmsg("skipping vacuum of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
-								vrel->relation->relname)));
-			else
-				ereport(WARNING,
-						(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
-						 errmsg("skipping analyze of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
+			relid = RangeVarGetRelidExtended(vrel->relation,
+											 AccessShareLock,
+											 0, NULL, NULL);
+			if (!OidIsValid(relid))
+				return vacrels;
+		}
+		else
+		{
+			/* Get relid for reporting before taking a lock */
+			relid = RangeVarGetRelid(vrel->relation, NoLock, false);
+
+			if (!ConditionalLockRelationOid(relid, AccessShareLock))
+			{
+				int	flags = 0;
+				/*
+				 * If the lock is unavailable, emit the same log statement that
+				 * vacuum_rel() and analyze_rel() would.
+				 */
+				if (options & VACOPT_VACUUM)
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping vacuum of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
 								vrel->relation->relname)));
-			return vacrels;
+				else
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping analyze of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
+									vrel->relation->relname)));
+
+				if ((options & VACOPT_VACUUM) != 0 && (options & VACOPT_FULL) == 0)
+					flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM;
+				if ((options & VACOPT_ANALYZE) != 0)
+					flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE;
+
+				pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(relid, flags);
+
+				return vacrels;
+			}
+
+			/*
+			 * Now that we have the lock, probe to see if the relation really
+			 * exists or not.
+			 */
+			if (!SearchSysCacheExists1(RELOID, ObjectIdGetDatum(relid)))
+			{
+				if (options & VACOPT_VACUUM)
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_UNDEFINED_TABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping vacuum of \"%s\" --- relation no longer exists",
+									vrel->relation->relname)));
+				else
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_UNDEFINED_TABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping analyze of \"%s\" --- relation no longer exists",
+									vrel->relation->relname)));
+
+				/* Release useless lock */
+				UnlockRelationOid(relid, AccessShareLock);
+
+				return vacrels;
+			}
 		}
 
 		/*
diff --git a/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c b/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c
index b2ca28f83ba..532d9023f8c 100644
--- a/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c
+++ b/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c
@@ -17,12 +17,14 @@
 
 #include "postgres.h"
 
+#include "access/htup_details.h"
 #include "access/twophase_rmgr.h"
 #include "access/xact.h"
 #include "catalog/catalog.h"
 #include "utils/memutils.h"
 #include "utils/pgstat_internal.h"
 #include "utils/rel.h"
+#include "utils/syscache.h"
 #include "utils/timestamp.h"
 
 
@@ -367,6 +369,68 @@ pgstat_report_analyze(Relation rel,
 	(void) pgstat_flush_backend(false, PGSTAT_BACKEND_FLUSH_IO);
 }
 
+/*
+ * Report that the table was skipped during vacuum or/and analyze.
+ */
+void
+pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(Oid relid, int flags)
+{
+	PgStat_EntryRef *entry_ref;
+	PgStatShared_Relation *shtabentry;
+	PgStat_StatTabEntry *tabentry;
+	TimestampTz ts;
+	HeapTuple	classTup;
+	bool		isshared;
+
+	if (!pgstat_track_counts || !flags)
+		return;
+
+	classTup = SearchSysCache1(RELOID, ObjectIdGetDatum(relid));
+	if (!HeapTupleIsValid(classTup))
+		return;			/* somebody deleted the rel, forget it */
+	isshared = ((Form_pg_class) GETSTRUCT(classTup))->relisshared;
+	ReleaseSysCache(classTup);
+
+	/* Store the data in the table's hash table entry. */
+	ts = GetCurrentTimestamp();
+
+	/* block acquiring lock for the same reason as pgstat_report_autovac() */
+	entry_ref = pgstat_get_entry_ref_locked(PGSTAT_KIND_RELATION,
+											isshared ? InvalidOid : MyDatabaseId,
+											relid, false);
+
+	shtabentry = (PgStatShared_Relation *) entry_ref->shared_stats;
+	tabentry = &shtabentry->stats;
+
+	if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM)
+	{
+		tabentry->last_skipped_vacuum_time = ts;
+		tabentry->skipped_vacuum_count++;
+	}
+	else if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOVACUUM)
+	{
+		tabentry->last_skipped_autovacuum_time = ts;
+		tabentry->skipped_autovacuum_count++;
+	}
+
+	if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE)
+	{
+		tabentry->last_skipped_analyze_time = ts;
+		tabentry->skipped_analyze_count++;
+	}
+	else if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOANALYZE)
+	{
+		tabentry->last_skipped_autoanalyze_time = ts;
+		tabentry->skipped_autoanalyze_count++;
+	}
+
+	pgstat_unlock_entry(entry_ref);
+
+	/* see pgstat_report_vacuum() */
+	pgstat_flush_io(false);
+	(void) pgstat_flush_backend(false, PGSTAT_BACKEND_FLUSH_IO);
+}
+
 /*
  * count a tuple insertion of n tuples
  */
diff --git a/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c b/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c
index 1408de387ea..90a8968faa0 100644
--- a/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c
+++ b/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c
@@ -84,6 +84,18 @@ PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(mod_since_analyze)
 /* pg_stat_get_numscans */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(numscans)
 
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_analyze_count)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_autoanalyze_count)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_autovacuum_count)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_vacuum_count)
+
 /* pg_stat_get_tuples_deleted */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(tuples_deleted)
 
@@ -170,6 +182,18 @@ PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_vacuum_time)
 /* pg_stat_get_lastscan */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(lastscan)
 
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_analyze_time)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_autoanalyze_time)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_autovacuum_time)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_vacuum_time)
+
 /* pg_stat_get_stat_reset_time */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(stat_reset_time)
 
diff --git a/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat b/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat
index fa9ae79082b..32debb34863 100644
--- a/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat
+++ b/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat
@@ -5680,6 +5680,38 @@
   proargmodes => '{o,o,o,o,o,o,o,o,o,o}',
   proargnames => '{oid,score,xid_score,mxid_score,vacuum_score,vacuum_insert_score,analyze_score,do_vacuum,do_analyze,for_wraparound}',
   prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_autovacuum_scores' },
+{ oid => '8142', descr => 'statistics: last skipped vacuum time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time' },
+{ oid => '8143', descr => 'statistics: last skipped auto vacuum time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time' },
+{ oid => '8144', descr => 'statistics: last skipped analyze time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time' },
+{ oid => '8145', descr => 'statistics: last skipped auto analyze time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time' },
+{ oid => '8146', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped vacuum for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count' },
+{ oid => '8147', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped auto vacuum for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count' },
+{ oid => '8148', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped analyzes for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count' },
+{ oid => '8149', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped auto analyzes for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count' },
 { oid => '1936', descr => 'statistics: currently active backend IDs',
   proname => 'pg_stat_get_backend_idset', prorows => '100', proretset => 't',
   provolatile => 's', proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int4',
diff --git a/src/include/pgstat.h b/src/include/pgstat.h
index dfa2e837638..98941f953d1 100644
--- a/src/include/pgstat.h
+++ b/src/include/pgstat.h
@@ -479,6 +479,15 @@ typedef struct PgStat_StatTabEntry
 	TimestampTz last_autoanalyze_time;	/* autovacuum initiated */
 	PgStat_Counter autoanalyze_count;
 
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_vacuum_time;	/* user initiated vacuum */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_vacuum_count;
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_autovacuum_time;	/* autovacuum initiated */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_autovacuum_count;
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_analyze_time;	/* user initiated */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_analyze_count;
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_autoanalyze_time;	/* autovacuum initiated */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_autoanalyze_count;
+
 	PgStat_Counter total_vacuum_time;	/* times in milliseconds */
 	PgStat_Counter total_autovacuum_time;
 	PgStat_Counter total_analyze_time;
@@ -703,6 +712,13 @@ extern void pgstat_report_analyze(Relation rel,
 								  PgStat_Counter livetuples, PgStat_Counter deadtuples,
 								  bool resetcounter, TimestampTz starttime);
 
+/* flags for pgstat_flush_backend() */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM		(1 << 0)	/* vacuum is skipped */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE		(1 << 1)	/* analyze is skipped */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOVACUUM	(1 << 2)	/* autovacuum is skipped */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOANALYZE	(1 << 3)	/* autoanalyze is skipped */
+extern void pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(Oid relid, int flags);
+
 /*
  * If stats are enabled, but pending data hasn't been prepared yet, call
  * pgstat_assoc_relation() to do so. See its comment for why this is done
diff --git a/src/test/isolation/expected/vacuum-skip-locked.out b/src/test/isolation/expected/vacuum-skip-locked.out
index 99db281a159..e2cff175b7c 100644
--- a/src/test/isolation/expected/vacuum-skip-locked.out
+++ b/src/test/isolation/expected/vacuum-skip-locked.out
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 Parsed test spec with 2 sessions
 
-starting permutation: lock_share vac_specified commit
+starting permutation: lock_share vac_specified commit check_stat
 step lock_share: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN SHARE MODE;
@@ -10,8 +10,22 @@ step vac_specified: VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED) part1, part2;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
 
-starting permutation: lock_share vac_all_parts commit
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   1|            0|                    0
+part2  |           1|                   0|            0|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
+
+starting permutation: lock_share vac_all_parts commit check_stat
 step lock_share: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN SHARE MODE;
@@ -20,8 +34,22 @@ step vac_all_parts: VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED) parted;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   1|            0|                    0
+part2  |           1|                   0|            0|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
 
-starting permutation: lock_share analyze_specified commit
+starting permutation: lock_share analyze_specified commit check_stat
 step lock_share: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN SHARE MODE;
@@ -31,8 +59,22 @@ step analyze_specified: ANALYZE (SKIP_LOCKED) part1, part2;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
 
-starting permutation: lock_share analyze_all_parts commit
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   0|            0|                    1
+part2  |           0|                   0|            1|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
+
+starting permutation: lock_share analyze_all_parts commit check_stat
 step lock_share: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN SHARE MODE;
@@ -41,8 +83,22 @@ step analyze_all_parts: ANALYZE (SKIP_LOCKED) parted;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            1|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   0|            0|                    1
+part2  |           0|                   0|            1|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
 
-starting permutation: lock_share vac_analyze_specified commit
+starting permutation: lock_share vac_analyze_specified commit check_stat
 step lock_share: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN SHARE MODE;
@@ -52,8 +108,22 @@ step vac_analyze_specified: VACUUM (ANALYZE, SKIP_LOCKED) part1, part2;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
 
-starting permutation: lock_share vac_analyze_all_parts commit
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   1|            0|                    1
+part2  |           1|                   0|            1|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
+
+starting permutation: lock_share vac_analyze_all_parts commit check_stat
 step lock_share: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN SHARE MODE;
@@ -62,8 +132,22 @@ step vac_analyze_all_parts: VACUUM (ANALYZE, SKIP_LOCKED) parted;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            1|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   1|            0|                    1
+part2  |           1|                   0|            1|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
 
-starting permutation: lock_share vac_full_specified commit
+starting permutation: lock_share vac_full_specified commit check_stat
 step lock_share: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN SHARE MODE;
@@ -73,8 +157,22 @@ step vac_full_specified: VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED, FULL) part1, part2;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
 
-starting permutation: lock_share vac_full_all_parts commit
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part2  |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
+
+starting permutation: lock_share vac_full_all_parts commit check_stat
 step lock_share: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN SHARE MODE;
@@ -83,8 +181,22 @@ step vac_full_all_parts: VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED, FULL) parted;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part2  |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+(3 rows)
 
-starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_specified commit
+
+starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_specified commit check_stat
 step lock_access_exclusive: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN ACCESS EXCLUSIVE MODE;
@@ -94,8 +206,22 @@ step vac_specified: VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED) part1, part2;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   1|            0|                    0
+part2  |           1|                   0|            0|                    0
+(3 rows)
 
-starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_all_parts commit
+
+starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_all_parts commit check_stat
 step lock_access_exclusive: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN ACCESS EXCLUSIVE MODE;
@@ -104,8 +230,22 @@ step vac_all_parts: VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED) parted;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   1|            0|                    0
+part2  |           1|                   0|            0|                    0
+(3 rows)
 
-starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive analyze_specified commit
+
+starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive analyze_specified commit check_stat
 step lock_access_exclusive: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN ACCESS EXCLUSIVE MODE;
@@ -115,8 +255,22 @@ step analyze_specified: ANALYZE (SKIP_LOCKED) part1, part2;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   0|            0|                    1
+part2  |           0|                   0|            1|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
 
-starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive analyze_all_parts commit
+starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive analyze_all_parts commit check_stat
 step lock_access_exclusive: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN ACCESS EXCLUSIVE MODE;
@@ -126,8 +280,22 @@ step commit:
 	COMMIT;
 
 step analyze_all_parts: <... completed>
-
-starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_analyze_specified commit
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            1|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   0|            1|                    0
+part2  |           0|                   0|            1|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
+
+starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_analyze_specified commit check_stat
 step lock_access_exclusive: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN ACCESS EXCLUSIVE MODE;
@@ -137,8 +305,22 @@ step vac_analyze_specified: VACUUM (ANALYZE, SKIP_LOCKED) part1, part2;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   1|            0|                    1
+part2  |           1|                   0|            1|                    0
+(3 rows)
 
-starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_analyze_all_parts commit
+
+starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_analyze_all_parts commit check_stat
 step lock_access_exclusive: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN ACCESS EXCLUSIVE MODE;
@@ -148,8 +330,22 @@ step commit:
 	COMMIT;
 
 step vac_analyze_all_parts: <... completed>
-
-starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_full_specified commit
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            1|                    0
+part1  |           1|                   0|            1|                    0
+part2  |           1|                   0|            1|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
+
+starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_full_specified commit check_stat
 step lock_access_exclusive: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN ACCESS EXCLUSIVE MODE;
@@ -159,8 +355,22 @@ step vac_full_specified: VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED, FULL) part1, part2;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
 
-starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_full_all_parts commit
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part2  |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
+
+starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_full_all_parts commit check_stat
 step lock_access_exclusive: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN ACCESS EXCLUSIVE MODE;
@@ -169,3 +379,17 @@ step vac_full_all_parts: VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED, FULL) parted;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part2  |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
diff --git a/src/test/isolation/specs/vacuum-skip-locked.spec b/src/test/isolation/specs/vacuum-skip-locked.spec
index 3fad6e1c92a..b0da75d4b6d 100644
--- a/src/test/isolation/specs/vacuum-skip-locked.spec
+++ b/src/test/isolation/specs/vacuum-skip-locked.spec
@@ -33,6 +33,15 @@ step commit
 	COMMIT;
 }
 
+step check_stat
+{
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+}
+
 session s2
 step vac_specified			{ VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED) part1, part2; }
 step vac_all_parts			{ VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED) parted; }
@@ -43,19 +52,19 @@ step vac_analyze_all_parts	{ VACUUM (ANALYZE, SKIP_LOCKED) parted; }
 step vac_full_specified		{ VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED, FULL) part1, part2; }
 step vac_full_all_parts		{ VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED, FULL) parted; }
 
-permutation lock_share vac_specified commit
-permutation lock_share vac_all_parts commit
-permutation lock_share analyze_specified commit
-permutation lock_share analyze_all_parts commit
-permutation lock_share vac_analyze_specified commit
-permutation lock_share vac_analyze_all_parts commit
-permutation lock_share vac_full_specified commit
-permutation lock_share vac_full_all_parts commit
-permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_specified commit
-permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_all_parts commit
-permutation lock_access_exclusive analyze_specified commit
-permutation lock_access_exclusive analyze_all_parts commit
-permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_analyze_specified commit
-permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_analyze_all_parts commit
-permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_full_specified commit
-permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_full_all_parts commit
+permutation lock_share vac_specified commit check_stat
+permutation lock_share vac_all_parts commit check_stat
+permutation lock_share analyze_specified commit check_stat
+permutation lock_share analyze_all_parts commit check_stat
+permutation lock_share vac_analyze_specified commit check_stat
+permutation lock_share vac_analyze_all_parts commit check_stat
+permutation lock_share vac_full_specified commit check_stat
+permutation lock_share vac_full_all_parts commit check_stat
+permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_specified commit check_stat
+permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_all_parts commit check_stat
+permutation lock_access_exclusive analyze_specified commit check_stat
+permutation lock_access_exclusive analyze_all_parts commit check_stat
+permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_analyze_specified commit check_stat
+permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_analyze_all_parts commit check_stat
+permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_full_specified commit check_stat
+permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_full_all_parts commit check_stat
diff --git a/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out b/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out
index a65a5bf0c4f..9b2075d3373 100644
--- a/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out
+++ b/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out
@@ -1835,13 +1835,21 @@ pg_stat_all_tables| SELECT c.oid AS relid,
     pg_stat_get_mod_since_analyze(c.oid) AS n_mod_since_analyze,
     pg_stat_get_ins_since_vacuum(c.oid) AS n_ins_since_vacuum,
     pg_stat_get_last_vacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_vacuum,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_vacuum,
     pg_stat_get_last_autovacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_autovacuum,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_autovacuum,
     pg_stat_get_last_analyze_time(c.oid) AS last_analyze,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_analyze,
     pg_stat_get_last_autoanalyze_time(c.oid) AS last_autoanalyze,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_autoanalyze,
     pg_stat_get_vacuum_count(c.oid) AS vacuum_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count(c.oid) AS skipped_vacuum_count,
     pg_stat_get_autovacuum_count(c.oid) AS autovacuum_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count(c.oid) AS skipped_autovacuum_count,
     pg_stat_get_analyze_count(c.oid) AS analyze_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count(c.oid) AS skipped_analyze_count,
     pg_stat_get_autoanalyze_count(c.oid) AS autoanalyze_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count(c.oid) AS skipped_autoanalyze_count,
     pg_stat_get_total_vacuum_time(c.oid) AS total_vacuum_time,
     pg_stat_get_total_autovacuum_time(c.oid) AS total_autovacuum_time,
     pg_stat_get_total_analyze_time(c.oid) AS total_analyze_time,
@@ -2346,13 +2354,21 @@ pg_stat_sys_tables| SELECT relid,
     n_mod_since_analyze,
     n_ins_since_vacuum,
     last_vacuum,
+    last_skipped_vacuum,
     last_autovacuum,
+    last_skipped_autovacuum,
     last_analyze,
+    last_skipped_analyze,
     last_autoanalyze,
+    last_skipped_autoanalyze,
     vacuum_count,
+    skipped_vacuum_count,
     autovacuum_count,
+    skipped_autovacuum_count,
     analyze_count,
+    skipped_analyze_count,
     autoanalyze_count,
+    skipped_autoanalyze_count,
     total_vacuum_time,
     total_autovacuum_time,
     total_analyze_time,
@@ -2401,13 +2417,21 @@ pg_stat_user_tables| SELECT relid,
     n_mod_since_analyze,
     n_ins_since_vacuum,
     last_vacuum,
+    last_skipped_vacuum,
     last_autovacuum,
+    last_skipped_autovacuum,
     last_analyze,
+    last_skipped_analyze,
     last_autoanalyze,
+    last_skipped_autoanalyze,
     vacuum_count,
+    skipped_vacuum_count,
     autovacuum_count,
+    skipped_autovacuum_count,
     analyze_count,
+    skipped_analyze_count,
     autoanalyze_count,
+    skipped_autoanalyze_count,
     total_vacuum_time,
     total_autovacuum_time,
     total_analyze_time,
-- 
2.43.0


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* [PATCH v5] Track skipped vacuum and analyze activity per relation
@ 2026-03-24 04:09 Yugo Nagata <[email protected]>
  0 siblings, 0 replies; 374+ messages in thread

From: Yugo Nagata @ 2026-03-24 04:09 UTC (permalink / raw)

This commit adds eight fields to the relation statistics that track
the last time vacuum or analyze has been attempted but skipped due to
lock unavailability, along with their counts:

-    last_skipped_vacuum
-    last_skipped_autovacuum
-    last_skipped_analyze
-    last_skipped_autoanalyze
-    skipped_vacuum_count
-    skipped_autovacuum_count
-    skipped_analyze_count
-    skipped_autoanalyze_count

These field can help users confirm that autovacuum is actively attempting
to run on a table that has not been vacuumed or analyzed for a long time,
and that the lack of progress is due to repeated skips rather than inactivity.
---
 doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml                  |  88 ++++++
 src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql          |   8 +
 src/backend/commands/vacuum.c                 | 100 +++++--
 src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c  |  64 +++++
 src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c           |  24 ++
 src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat               |  32 +++
 src/include/pgstat.h                          |  16 ++
 .../isolation/expected/vacuum-skip-locked.out | 260 ++++++++++++++++--
 .../isolation/specs/vacuum-skip-locked.spec   |  41 +--
 src/test/regress/expected/rules.out           |  24 ++
 10 files changed, 601 insertions(+), 56 deletions(-)

diff --git a/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml b/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml
index 08d5b824552..a9b579d87a9 100644
--- a/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml
+++ b/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml
@@ -4387,6 +4387,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_vacuum</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time a manual vacuum on this table was attempted but skipped due to
+       lock unavailability (not counting <command>VACUUM FULL</command>)
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>last_autovacuum</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
@@ -4397,6 +4407,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_autovacuum</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time a vacuum on this table by the autovacuum daemon was attempted
+       but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>last_analyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
@@ -4406,6 +4426,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_analyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time a manual analyze on this table was attempted but skipped due to
+       lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>last_autoanalyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
@@ -4416,6 +4446,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_autoanalyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time at which an analyze on this table by the autovacuum was
+       attempted but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>vacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4426,6 +4466,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_vacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times manual vacuums on this table have been attempted but skipped
+       due to lock unavailability (not counting <command>VACUUM FULL</command>)
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>autovacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4436,6 +4486,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_autovacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times vacuums on this table by the autovacuum daemon have been
+       attempted but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>analyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4445,6 +4505,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_analyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times manual analyzes on this table have been attempted but
+       skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>autoanalyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4455,6 +4525,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_autoanalyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times analyzes on this table by the autovacuum daemon have
+       been attempted but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>total_vacuum_time</structfield> <type>double precision</type>
@@ -4510,6 +4590,14 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
    </tgroup>
   </table>
 
+  <note>
+   <para>
+    When a manual vacuum or analyze on a parent table in an inheritance or
+    partitioning hierarchy is skipped, the statistics are recorded only for
+    the parent table, not for its children.
+   </para>
+  </note>
+
  </sect2>
 
  <sect2 id="monitoring-pg-stat-autovacuum-scores-view">
diff --git a/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql b/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql
index 73a1c1c4670..f509fc7876b 100644
--- a/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql
+++ b/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql
@@ -736,13 +736,21 @@ CREATE VIEW pg_stat_all_tables AS
             pg_stat_get_mod_since_analyze(C.oid) AS n_mod_since_analyze,
             pg_stat_get_ins_since_vacuum(C.oid) AS n_ins_since_vacuum,
             pg_stat_get_last_vacuum_time(C.oid) as last_vacuum,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_vacuum,
             pg_stat_get_last_autovacuum_time(C.oid) as last_autovacuum,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_autovacuum,
             pg_stat_get_last_analyze_time(C.oid) as last_analyze,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_analyze,
             pg_stat_get_last_autoanalyze_time(C.oid) as last_autoanalyze,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_autoanalyze,
             pg_stat_get_vacuum_count(C.oid) AS vacuum_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count(C.oid) AS skipped_vacuum_count,
             pg_stat_get_autovacuum_count(C.oid) AS autovacuum_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count(C.oid) AS skipped_autovacuum_count,
             pg_stat_get_analyze_count(C.oid) AS analyze_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count(C.oid) AS skipped_analyze_count,
             pg_stat_get_autoanalyze_count(C.oid) AS autoanalyze_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count(C.oid) AS skipped_autoanalyze_count,
             pg_stat_get_total_vacuum_time(C.oid) AS total_vacuum_time,
             pg_stat_get_total_autovacuum_time(C.oid) AS total_autovacuum_time,
             pg_stat_get_total_analyze_time(C.oid) AS total_analyze_time,
diff --git a/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c b/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c
index 99d0db82ed7..df6526225e4 100644
--- a/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c
+++ b/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c
@@ -793,8 +793,25 @@ vacuum_open_relation(Oid relid, RangeVar *relation, uint32 options,
 		rel = try_relation_open(relid, NoLock);
 	else
 	{
+		int flags = 0;
 		rel = NULL;
 		rel_lock = false;
+
+		if ((options & VACOPT_VACUUM) != 0 && (options & VACOPT_FULL) == 0)
+		{
+			if (AmAutoVacuumWorkerProcess())
+				flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOVACUUM;
+			else
+				flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM;
+		}
+		if ((options & VACOPT_ANALYZE) != 0)
+		{
+			if (AmAutoVacuumWorkerProcess())
+				flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOANALYZE;
+			else
+				flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE;
+		}
+		pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(relid, flags);
 	}
 
 	/* if relation is opened, leave */
@@ -905,7 +922,6 @@ expand_vacuum_rel(VacuumRelation *vrel, MemoryContext vac_context,
 		Form_pg_class classForm;
 		bool		include_children;
 		bool		is_partitioned_table;
-		int			rvr_opts;
 
 		/*
 		 * Since autovacuum workers supply OIDs when calling vacuum(), no
@@ -918,29 +934,69 @@ expand_vacuum_rel(VacuumRelation *vrel, MemoryContext vac_context,
 		 * below, as well as find_all_inheritors's expectation that the caller
 		 * holds some lock on the starting relation.
 		 */
-		rvr_opts = (options & VACOPT_SKIP_LOCKED) ? RVR_SKIP_LOCKED : 0;
-		relid = RangeVarGetRelidExtended(vrel->relation,
-										 AccessShareLock,
-										 rvr_opts,
-										 NULL, NULL);
-
-		/*
-		 * If the lock is unavailable, emit the same log statement that
-		 * vacuum_rel() and analyze_rel() would.
-		 */
-		if (!OidIsValid(relid))
+		if (!(options & VACOPT_SKIP_LOCKED))
 		{
-			if (options & VACOPT_VACUUM)
-				ereport(WARNING,
-						(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
-						 errmsg("skipping vacuum of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
-								vrel->relation->relname)));
-			else
-				ereport(WARNING,
-						(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
-						 errmsg("skipping analyze of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
+			relid = RangeVarGetRelidExtended(vrel->relation,
+											 AccessShareLock,
+											 0, NULL, NULL);
+			if (!OidIsValid(relid))
+				return vacrels;
+		}
+		else
+		{
+			/* Get relid for reporting before taking a lock */
+			relid = RangeVarGetRelid(vrel->relation, NoLock, false);
+
+			if (!ConditionalLockRelationOid(relid, AccessShareLock))
+			{
+				int	flags = 0;
+				/*
+				 * If the lock is unavailable, emit the same log statement that
+				 * vacuum_rel() and analyze_rel() would.
+				 */
+				if (options & VACOPT_VACUUM)
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping vacuum of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
 								vrel->relation->relname)));
-			return vacrels;
+				else
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping analyze of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
+									vrel->relation->relname)));
+
+				if ((options & VACOPT_VACUUM) != 0 && (options & VACOPT_FULL) == 0)
+					flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM;
+				if ((options & VACOPT_ANALYZE) != 0)
+					flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE;
+
+				pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(relid, flags);
+
+				return vacrels;
+			}
+
+			/*
+			 * Now that we have the lock, probe to see if the relation really
+			 * exists or not.
+			 */
+			if (!SearchSysCacheExists1(RELOID, ObjectIdGetDatum(relid)))
+			{
+				if (options & VACOPT_VACUUM)
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_UNDEFINED_TABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping vacuum of \"%s\" --- relation no longer exists",
+									vrel->relation->relname)));
+				else
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_UNDEFINED_TABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping analyze of \"%s\" --- relation no longer exists",
+									vrel->relation->relname)));
+
+				/* Release useless lock */
+				UnlockRelationOid(relid, AccessShareLock);
+
+				return vacrels;
+			}
 		}
 
 		/*
diff --git a/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c b/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c
index b2ca28f83ba..532d9023f8c 100644
--- a/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c
+++ b/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c
@@ -17,12 +17,14 @@
 
 #include "postgres.h"
 
+#include "access/htup_details.h"
 #include "access/twophase_rmgr.h"
 #include "access/xact.h"
 #include "catalog/catalog.h"
 #include "utils/memutils.h"
 #include "utils/pgstat_internal.h"
 #include "utils/rel.h"
+#include "utils/syscache.h"
 #include "utils/timestamp.h"
 
 
@@ -367,6 +369,68 @@ pgstat_report_analyze(Relation rel,
 	(void) pgstat_flush_backend(false, PGSTAT_BACKEND_FLUSH_IO);
 }
 
+/*
+ * Report that the table was skipped during vacuum or/and analyze.
+ */
+void
+pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(Oid relid, int flags)
+{
+	PgStat_EntryRef *entry_ref;
+	PgStatShared_Relation *shtabentry;
+	PgStat_StatTabEntry *tabentry;
+	TimestampTz ts;
+	HeapTuple	classTup;
+	bool		isshared;
+
+	if (!pgstat_track_counts || !flags)
+		return;
+
+	classTup = SearchSysCache1(RELOID, ObjectIdGetDatum(relid));
+	if (!HeapTupleIsValid(classTup))
+		return;			/* somebody deleted the rel, forget it */
+	isshared = ((Form_pg_class) GETSTRUCT(classTup))->relisshared;
+	ReleaseSysCache(classTup);
+
+	/* Store the data in the table's hash table entry. */
+	ts = GetCurrentTimestamp();
+
+	/* block acquiring lock for the same reason as pgstat_report_autovac() */
+	entry_ref = pgstat_get_entry_ref_locked(PGSTAT_KIND_RELATION,
+											isshared ? InvalidOid : MyDatabaseId,
+											relid, false);
+
+	shtabentry = (PgStatShared_Relation *) entry_ref->shared_stats;
+	tabentry = &shtabentry->stats;
+
+	if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM)
+	{
+		tabentry->last_skipped_vacuum_time = ts;
+		tabentry->skipped_vacuum_count++;
+	}
+	else if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOVACUUM)
+	{
+		tabentry->last_skipped_autovacuum_time = ts;
+		tabentry->skipped_autovacuum_count++;
+	}
+
+	if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE)
+	{
+		tabentry->last_skipped_analyze_time = ts;
+		tabentry->skipped_analyze_count++;
+	}
+	else if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOANALYZE)
+	{
+		tabentry->last_skipped_autoanalyze_time = ts;
+		tabentry->skipped_autoanalyze_count++;
+	}
+
+	pgstat_unlock_entry(entry_ref);
+
+	/* see pgstat_report_vacuum() */
+	pgstat_flush_io(false);
+	(void) pgstat_flush_backend(false, PGSTAT_BACKEND_FLUSH_IO);
+}
+
 /*
  * count a tuple insertion of n tuples
  */
diff --git a/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c b/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c
index 1408de387ea..90a8968faa0 100644
--- a/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c
+++ b/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c
@@ -84,6 +84,18 @@ PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(mod_since_analyze)
 /* pg_stat_get_numscans */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(numscans)
 
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_analyze_count)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_autoanalyze_count)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_autovacuum_count)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_vacuum_count)
+
 /* pg_stat_get_tuples_deleted */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(tuples_deleted)
 
@@ -170,6 +182,18 @@ PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_vacuum_time)
 /* pg_stat_get_lastscan */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(lastscan)
 
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_analyze_time)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_autoanalyze_time)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_autovacuum_time)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_vacuum_time)
+
 /* pg_stat_get_stat_reset_time */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(stat_reset_time)
 
diff --git a/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat b/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat
index fa9ae79082b..32debb34863 100644
--- a/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat
+++ b/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat
@@ -5680,6 +5680,38 @@
   proargmodes => '{o,o,o,o,o,o,o,o,o,o}',
   proargnames => '{oid,score,xid_score,mxid_score,vacuum_score,vacuum_insert_score,analyze_score,do_vacuum,do_analyze,for_wraparound}',
   prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_autovacuum_scores' },
+{ oid => '8142', descr => 'statistics: last skipped vacuum time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time' },
+{ oid => '8143', descr => 'statistics: last skipped auto vacuum time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time' },
+{ oid => '8144', descr => 'statistics: last skipped analyze time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time' },
+{ oid => '8145', descr => 'statistics: last skipped auto analyze time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time' },
+{ oid => '8146', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped vacuum for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count' },
+{ oid => '8147', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped auto vacuum for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count' },
+{ oid => '8148', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped analyzes for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count' },
+{ oid => '8149', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped auto analyzes for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count' },
 { oid => '1936', descr => 'statistics: currently active backend IDs',
   proname => 'pg_stat_get_backend_idset', prorows => '100', proretset => 't',
   provolatile => 's', proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int4',
diff --git a/src/include/pgstat.h b/src/include/pgstat.h
index dfa2e837638..98941f953d1 100644
--- a/src/include/pgstat.h
+++ b/src/include/pgstat.h
@@ -479,6 +479,15 @@ typedef struct PgStat_StatTabEntry
 	TimestampTz last_autoanalyze_time;	/* autovacuum initiated */
 	PgStat_Counter autoanalyze_count;
 
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_vacuum_time;	/* user initiated vacuum */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_vacuum_count;
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_autovacuum_time;	/* autovacuum initiated */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_autovacuum_count;
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_analyze_time;	/* user initiated */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_analyze_count;
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_autoanalyze_time;	/* autovacuum initiated */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_autoanalyze_count;
+
 	PgStat_Counter total_vacuum_time;	/* times in milliseconds */
 	PgStat_Counter total_autovacuum_time;
 	PgStat_Counter total_analyze_time;
@@ -703,6 +712,13 @@ extern void pgstat_report_analyze(Relation rel,
 								  PgStat_Counter livetuples, PgStat_Counter deadtuples,
 								  bool resetcounter, TimestampTz starttime);
 
+/* flags for pgstat_flush_backend() */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM		(1 << 0)	/* vacuum is skipped */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE		(1 << 1)	/* analyze is skipped */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOVACUUM	(1 << 2)	/* autovacuum is skipped */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOANALYZE	(1 << 3)	/* autoanalyze is skipped */
+extern void pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(Oid relid, int flags);
+
 /*
  * If stats are enabled, but pending data hasn't been prepared yet, call
  * pgstat_assoc_relation() to do so. See its comment for why this is done
diff --git a/src/test/isolation/expected/vacuum-skip-locked.out b/src/test/isolation/expected/vacuum-skip-locked.out
index 99db281a159..e2cff175b7c 100644
--- a/src/test/isolation/expected/vacuum-skip-locked.out
+++ b/src/test/isolation/expected/vacuum-skip-locked.out
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 Parsed test spec with 2 sessions
 
-starting permutation: lock_share vac_specified commit
+starting permutation: lock_share vac_specified commit check_stat
 step lock_share: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN SHARE MODE;
@@ -10,8 +10,22 @@ step vac_specified: VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED) part1, part2;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
 
-starting permutation: lock_share vac_all_parts commit
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   1|            0|                    0
+part2  |           1|                   0|            0|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
+
+starting permutation: lock_share vac_all_parts commit check_stat
 step lock_share: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN SHARE MODE;
@@ -20,8 +34,22 @@ step vac_all_parts: VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED) parted;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   1|            0|                    0
+part2  |           1|                   0|            0|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
 
-starting permutation: lock_share analyze_specified commit
+starting permutation: lock_share analyze_specified commit check_stat
 step lock_share: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN SHARE MODE;
@@ -31,8 +59,22 @@ step analyze_specified: ANALYZE (SKIP_LOCKED) part1, part2;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
 
-starting permutation: lock_share analyze_all_parts commit
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   0|            0|                    1
+part2  |           0|                   0|            1|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
+
+starting permutation: lock_share analyze_all_parts commit check_stat
 step lock_share: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN SHARE MODE;
@@ -41,8 +83,22 @@ step analyze_all_parts: ANALYZE (SKIP_LOCKED) parted;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            1|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   0|            0|                    1
+part2  |           0|                   0|            1|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
 
-starting permutation: lock_share vac_analyze_specified commit
+starting permutation: lock_share vac_analyze_specified commit check_stat
 step lock_share: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN SHARE MODE;
@@ -52,8 +108,22 @@ step vac_analyze_specified: VACUUM (ANALYZE, SKIP_LOCKED) part1, part2;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
 
-starting permutation: lock_share vac_analyze_all_parts commit
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   1|            0|                    1
+part2  |           1|                   0|            1|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
+
+starting permutation: lock_share vac_analyze_all_parts commit check_stat
 step lock_share: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN SHARE MODE;
@@ -62,8 +132,22 @@ step vac_analyze_all_parts: VACUUM (ANALYZE, SKIP_LOCKED) parted;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            1|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   1|            0|                    1
+part2  |           1|                   0|            1|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
 
-starting permutation: lock_share vac_full_specified commit
+starting permutation: lock_share vac_full_specified commit check_stat
 step lock_share: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN SHARE MODE;
@@ -73,8 +157,22 @@ step vac_full_specified: VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED, FULL) part1, part2;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
 
-starting permutation: lock_share vac_full_all_parts commit
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part2  |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
+
+starting permutation: lock_share vac_full_all_parts commit check_stat
 step lock_share: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN SHARE MODE;
@@ -83,8 +181,22 @@ step vac_full_all_parts: VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED, FULL) parted;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part2  |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+(3 rows)
 
-starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_specified commit
+
+starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_specified commit check_stat
 step lock_access_exclusive: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN ACCESS EXCLUSIVE MODE;
@@ -94,8 +206,22 @@ step vac_specified: VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED) part1, part2;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   1|            0|                    0
+part2  |           1|                   0|            0|                    0
+(3 rows)
 
-starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_all_parts commit
+
+starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_all_parts commit check_stat
 step lock_access_exclusive: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN ACCESS EXCLUSIVE MODE;
@@ -104,8 +230,22 @@ step vac_all_parts: VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED) parted;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   1|            0|                    0
+part2  |           1|                   0|            0|                    0
+(3 rows)
 
-starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive analyze_specified commit
+
+starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive analyze_specified commit check_stat
 step lock_access_exclusive: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN ACCESS EXCLUSIVE MODE;
@@ -115,8 +255,22 @@ step analyze_specified: ANALYZE (SKIP_LOCKED) part1, part2;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   0|            0|                    1
+part2  |           0|                   0|            1|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
 
-starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive analyze_all_parts commit
+starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive analyze_all_parts commit check_stat
 step lock_access_exclusive: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN ACCESS EXCLUSIVE MODE;
@@ -126,8 +280,22 @@ step commit:
 	COMMIT;
 
 step analyze_all_parts: <... completed>
-
-starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_analyze_specified commit
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            1|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   0|            1|                    0
+part2  |           0|                   0|            1|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
+
+starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_analyze_specified commit check_stat
 step lock_access_exclusive: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN ACCESS EXCLUSIVE MODE;
@@ -137,8 +305,22 @@ step vac_analyze_specified: VACUUM (ANALYZE, SKIP_LOCKED) part1, part2;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   1|            0|                    1
+part2  |           1|                   0|            1|                    0
+(3 rows)
 
-starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_analyze_all_parts commit
+
+starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_analyze_all_parts commit check_stat
 step lock_access_exclusive: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN ACCESS EXCLUSIVE MODE;
@@ -148,8 +330,22 @@ step commit:
 	COMMIT;
 
 step vac_analyze_all_parts: <... completed>
-
-starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_full_specified commit
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            1|                    0
+part1  |           1|                   0|            1|                    0
+part2  |           1|                   0|            1|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
+
+starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_full_specified commit check_stat
 step lock_access_exclusive: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN ACCESS EXCLUSIVE MODE;
@@ -159,8 +355,22 @@ step vac_full_specified: VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED, FULL) part1, part2;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
 
-starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_full_all_parts commit
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part2  |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
+
+starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_full_all_parts commit check_stat
 step lock_access_exclusive: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN ACCESS EXCLUSIVE MODE;
@@ -169,3 +379,17 @@ step vac_full_all_parts: VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED, FULL) parted;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part2  |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
diff --git a/src/test/isolation/specs/vacuum-skip-locked.spec b/src/test/isolation/specs/vacuum-skip-locked.spec
index 3fad6e1c92a..b0da75d4b6d 100644
--- a/src/test/isolation/specs/vacuum-skip-locked.spec
+++ b/src/test/isolation/specs/vacuum-skip-locked.spec
@@ -33,6 +33,15 @@ step commit
 	COMMIT;
 }
 
+step check_stat
+{
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+}
+
 session s2
 step vac_specified			{ VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED) part1, part2; }
 step vac_all_parts			{ VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED) parted; }
@@ -43,19 +52,19 @@ step vac_analyze_all_parts	{ VACUUM (ANALYZE, SKIP_LOCKED) parted; }
 step vac_full_specified		{ VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED, FULL) part1, part2; }
 step vac_full_all_parts		{ VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED, FULL) parted; }
 
-permutation lock_share vac_specified commit
-permutation lock_share vac_all_parts commit
-permutation lock_share analyze_specified commit
-permutation lock_share analyze_all_parts commit
-permutation lock_share vac_analyze_specified commit
-permutation lock_share vac_analyze_all_parts commit
-permutation lock_share vac_full_specified commit
-permutation lock_share vac_full_all_parts commit
-permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_specified commit
-permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_all_parts commit
-permutation lock_access_exclusive analyze_specified commit
-permutation lock_access_exclusive analyze_all_parts commit
-permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_analyze_specified commit
-permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_analyze_all_parts commit
-permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_full_specified commit
-permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_full_all_parts commit
+permutation lock_share vac_specified commit check_stat
+permutation lock_share vac_all_parts commit check_stat
+permutation lock_share analyze_specified commit check_stat
+permutation lock_share analyze_all_parts commit check_stat
+permutation lock_share vac_analyze_specified commit check_stat
+permutation lock_share vac_analyze_all_parts commit check_stat
+permutation lock_share vac_full_specified commit check_stat
+permutation lock_share vac_full_all_parts commit check_stat
+permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_specified commit check_stat
+permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_all_parts commit check_stat
+permutation lock_access_exclusive analyze_specified commit check_stat
+permutation lock_access_exclusive analyze_all_parts commit check_stat
+permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_analyze_specified commit check_stat
+permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_analyze_all_parts commit check_stat
+permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_full_specified commit check_stat
+permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_full_all_parts commit check_stat
diff --git a/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out b/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out
index a65a5bf0c4f..9b2075d3373 100644
--- a/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out
+++ b/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out
@@ -1835,13 +1835,21 @@ pg_stat_all_tables| SELECT c.oid AS relid,
     pg_stat_get_mod_since_analyze(c.oid) AS n_mod_since_analyze,
     pg_stat_get_ins_since_vacuum(c.oid) AS n_ins_since_vacuum,
     pg_stat_get_last_vacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_vacuum,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_vacuum,
     pg_stat_get_last_autovacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_autovacuum,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_autovacuum,
     pg_stat_get_last_analyze_time(c.oid) AS last_analyze,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_analyze,
     pg_stat_get_last_autoanalyze_time(c.oid) AS last_autoanalyze,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_autoanalyze,
     pg_stat_get_vacuum_count(c.oid) AS vacuum_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count(c.oid) AS skipped_vacuum_count,
     pg_stat_get_autovacuum_count(c.oid) AS autovacuum_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count(c.oid) AS skipped_autovacuum_count,
     pg_stat_get_analyze_count(c.oid) AS analyze_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count(c.oid) AS skipped_analyze_count,
     pg_stat_get_autoanalyze_count(c.oid) AS autoanalyze_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count(c.oid) AS skipped_autoanalyze_count,
     pg_stat_get_total_vacuum_time(c.oid) AS total_vacuum_time,
     pg_stat_get_total_autovacuum_time(c.oid) AS total_autovacuum_time,
     pg_stat_get_total_analyze_time(c.oid) AS total_analyze_time,
@@ -2346,13 +2354,21 @@ pg_stat_sys_tables| SELECT relid,
     n_mod_since_analyze,
     n_ins_since_vacuum,
     last_vacuum,
+    last_skipped_vacuum,
     last_autovacuum,
+    last_skipped_autovacuum,
     last_analyze,
+    last_skipped_analyze,
     last_autoanalyze,
+    last_skipped_autoanalyze,
     vacuum_count,
+    skipped_vacuum_count,
     autovacuum_count,
+    skipped_autovacuum_count,
     analyze_count,
+    skipped_analyze_count,
     autoanalyze_count,
+    skipped_autoanalyze_count,
     total_vacuum_time,
     total_autovacuum_time,
     total_analyze_time,
@@ -2401,13 +2417,21 @@ pg_stat_user_tables| SELECT relid,
     n_mod_since_analyze,
     n_ins_since_vacuum,
     last_vacuum,
+    last_skipped_vacuum,
     last_autovacuum,
+    last_skipped_autovacuum,
     last_analyze,
+    last_skipped_analyze,
     last_autoanalyze,
+    last_skipped_autoanalyze,
     vacuum_count,
+    skipped_vacuum_count,
     autovacuum_count,
+    skipped_autovacuum_count,
     analyze_count,
+    skipped_analyze_count,
     autoanalyze_count,
+    skipped_autoanalyze_count,
     total_vacuum_time,
     total_autovacuum_time,
     total_analyze_time,
-- 
2.43.0


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* [PATCH v3] Track skipped vacuum and analyze activity per relation
@ 2026-03-24 04:09 Yugo Nagata <[email protected]>
  0 siblings, 0 replies; 374+ messages in thread

From: Yugo Nagata @ 2026-03-24 04:09 UTC (permalink / raw)

This commit adds eight fields to the relation statistics that track
the last time vacuum or analyze has been attempted but skipped due to
lock unavailability, along with their counts:

-    last_skipped_vacuum
-    last_skipped_autovacuum
-    last_skipped_analyze
-    last_skipped_autoanalyze
-    skipped_vacuum_count
-    skipped_autovacuum_count
-    skipped_analyze_count
-    skipped_autoanalyze_count

These field can help users confirm that autovacuum is actively attempting
to run on a table that has not been vacuumed or analyzed for a long time,
and that the lack of progress is due to repeated skips rather than inactivity.
---
 doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml                 | 80 +++++++++++++++++
 src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql         |  8 ++
 src/backend/commands/vacuum.c                | 95 +++++++++++++++-----
 src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c | 68 ++++++++++++++
 src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c          | 24 +++++
 src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat              | 32 +++++++
 src/include/pgstat.h                         | 16 ++++
 src/test/regress/expected/rules.out          | 24 +++++
 8 files changed, 324 insertions(+), 23 deletions(-)

diff --git a/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml b/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml
index bb75ed1069b..9ec8070b2fc 100644
--- a/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml
+++ b/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml
@@ -4372,6 +4372,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_vacuum</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time a manual vacuum on this table was attempted but skipped due to
+       lock unavailability (not counting <command>VACUUM FULL</command>)
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>last_autovacuum</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
@@ -4382,6 +4392,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_autovacuum</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time a vacuum on this table by the autovacuum daemon was attempted
+       but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>last_analyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
@@ -4391,6 +4411,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_analyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time a manual analyze on this table was attempted but skipped due to
+       lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>last_autoanalyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
@@ -4401,6 +4431,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_autoanalyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time at which an analyze on this table by the autovacuum was
+       attempted but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>vacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4411,6 +4451,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_vacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times vacuums on this table have been attempted but skipped
+       due to lock unavailability (not counting <command>VACUUM FULL</command>)
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>autovacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4421,6 +4471,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_autovacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times vacuums on this table by the autovacuum daemon have been
+       attempted but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>analyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4430,6 +4490,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_analyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times manual analyzes on this table have been attempted but
+       skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>autoanalyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4440,6 +4510,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_autoanalyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times analyzes on this table by the autovacuum daemon have
+       been attempted but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>total_vacuum_time</structfield> <type>double precision</type>
diff --git a/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql b/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql
index e54018004db..2ca02a0354c 100644
--- a/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql
+++ b/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql
@@ -736,13 +736,21 @@ CREATE VIEW pg_stat_all_tables AS
             pg_stat_get_mod_since_analyze(C.oid) AS n_mod_since_analyze,
             pg_stat_get_ins_since_vacuum(C.oid) AS n_ins_since_vacuum,
             pg_stat_get_last_vacuum_time(C.oid) as last_vacuum,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_vacuum,
             pg_stat_get_last_autovacuum_time(C.oid) as last_autovacuum,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_autovacuum,
             pg_stat_get_last_analyze_time(C.oid) as last_analyze,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_analyze,
             pg_stat_get_last_autoanalyze_time(C.oid) as last_autoanalyze,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_autoanalyze,
             pg_stat_get_vacuum_count(C.oid) AS vacuum_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count(C.oid) AS skipped_vacuum_count,
             pg_stat_get_autovacuum_count(C.oid) AS autovacuum_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count(C.oid) AS skipped_autovacuum_count,
             pg_stat_get_analyze_count(C.oid) AS analyze_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count(C.oid) AS skipped_analyze_count,
             pg_stat_get_autoanalyze_count(C.oid) AS autoanalyze_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count(C.oid) AS skipped_autoanalyze_count,
             pg_stat_get_total_vacuum_time(C.oid) AS total_vacuum_time,
             pg_stat_get_total_autovacuum_time(C.oid) AS total_autovacuum_time,
             pg_stat_get_total_analyze_time(C.oid) AS total_analyze_time,
diff --git a/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c b/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c
index bce3a2daa24..ce83b3171be 100644
--- a/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c
+++ b/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c
@@ -792,8 +792,18 @@ vacuum_open_relation(Oid relid, RangeVar *relation, bits32 options,
 		rel = try_relation_open(relid, NoLock);
 	else
 	{
+		bits8 flags = 0;
 		rel = NULL;
 		rel_lock = false;
+
+		if ((options & VACOPT_VACUUM) != 0)
+			flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM;
+		if ((options & VACOPT_ANALYZE) != 0)
+			flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE;
+		if (AmAutoVacuumWorkerProcess())
+			flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOVAC;
+
+		pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(relid, flags);
 	}
 
 	/* if relation is opened, leave */
@@ -801,7 +811,7 @@ vacuum_open_relation(Oid relid, RangeVar *relation, bits32 options,
 		return rel;
 
 	/*
-	 * Relation could not be opened, hence generate if possible a log
+	 * Relation could not be opened hence generate if possible a log
 	 * informing on the situation.
 	 *
 	 * If the RangeVar is not defined, we do not have enough information to
@@ -904,7 +914,6 @@ expand_vacuum_rel(VacuumRelation *vrel, MemoryContext vac_context,
 		Form_pg_class classForm;
 		bool		include_children;
 		bool		is_partitioned_table;
-		int			rvr_opts;
 
 		/*
 		 * Since autovacuum workers supply OIDs when calling vacuum(), no
@@ -917,29 +926,69 @@ expand_vacuum_rel(VacuumRelation *vrel, MemoryContext vac_context,
 		 * below, as well as find_all_inheritors's expectation that the caller
 		 * holds some lock on the starting relation.
 		 */
-		rvr_opts = (options & VACOPT_SKIP_LOCKED) ? RVR_SKIP_LOCKED : 0;
-		relid = RangeVarGetRelidExtended(vrel->relation,
-										 AccessShareLock,
-										 rvr_opts,
-										 NULL, NULL);
-
-		/*
-		 * If the lock is unavailable, emit the same log statement that
-		 * vacuum_rel() and analyze_rel() would.
-		 */
-		if (!OidIsValid(relid))
+		if (!(options & VACOPT_SKIP_LOCKED))
 		{
-			if (options & VACOPT_VACUUM)
-				ereport(WARNING,
-						(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
-						 errmsg("skipping vacuum of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
-								vrel->relation->relname)));
-			else
-				ereport(WARNING,
-						(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
-						 errmsg("skipping analyze of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
+			relid = RangeVarGetRelidExtended(vrel->relation,
+											 AccessShareLock,
+											 0, NULL, NULL);
+			if (!OidIsValid(relid))
+				return vacrels;
+		}
+		else
+		{
+			/* Get relid for reporting before taking a lock */
+			relid = RangeVarGetRelid(vrel->relation, NoLock, false);
+
+			if (!ConditionalLockRelationOid(relid, AccessShareLock))
+			{
+				bits8	flags = 0;
+				/*
+				 * If the lock is unavailable, emit the same log statement that
+				 * vacuum_rel() and analyze_rel() would.
+				 */
+				if (options & VACOPT_VACUUM)
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping vacuum of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
 								vrel->relation->relname)));
-			return vacrels;
+				else
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping analyze of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
+									vrel->relation->relname)));
+
+				if ((options & VACOPT_VACUUM) != 0)
+					flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM;
+				if ((options & VACOPT_ANALYZE) != 0)
+					flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE;
+
+				pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(relid, flags);
+
+				return vacrels;
+			}
+
+			/*
+			 * Now that we have the lock, probe to see if the relation really
+			 * exists or not.
+			 */
+			if (!SearchSysCacheExists1(RELOID, ObjectIdGetDatum(relid)))
+			{
+				if (options & VACOPT_VACUUM)
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_UNDEFINED_TABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping vacuum of \"%s\" --- relation no longer exists",
+									vrel->relation->relname)));
+				else
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_UNDEFINED_TABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping analyze of \"%s\" --- relation no longer exists",
+									vrel->relation->relname)));
+
+				/* Release useless lock */
+				UnlockRelationOid(relid, AccessShareLock);
+
+				return vacrels;
+			}
 		}
 
 		/*
diff --git a/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c b/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c
index bc8c43b96aa..cec4c88980e 100644
--- a/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c
+++ b/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c
@@ -17,6 +17,7 @@
 
 #include "postgres.h"
 
+#include "access/htup_details.h"
 #include "access/twophase_rmgr.h"
 #include "access/xact.h"
 #include "catalog/catalog.h"
@@ -366,6 +367,73 @@ pgstat_report_analyze(Relation rel,
 	(void) pgstat_flush_backend(false, PGSTAT_BACKEND_FLUSH_IO);
 }
 
+/*
+ * Report that the table was skipped during vacuum or/and analyze.
+ */
+void
+pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(Oid relid, bits8 flags)
+{
+	PgStat_EntryRef *entry_ref;
+	PgStatShared_Relation *shtabentry;
+	PgStat_StatTabEntry *tabentry;
+	TimestampTz ts;
+	HeapTuple	classTup;
+	bool		isshared;
+
+	if (!pgstat_track_counts || !(flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANY))
+		return;
+
+	classTup = SearchSysCache1(RELOID, ObjectIdGetDatum(relid));
+	if (!HeapTupleIsValid(classTup))
+		return;			/* somebody deleted the rel, forget it */
+	isshared = ((Form_pg_class) GETSTRUCT(classTup))->relisshared;
+	ReleaseSysCache(classTup);
+
+	/* Store the data in the table's hash table entry. */
+	ts = GetCurrentTimestamp();
+
+	/* block acquiring lock for the same reason as pgstat_report_autovac() */
+	entry_ref = pgstat_get_entry_ref_locked(PGSTAT_KIND_RELATION,
+											isshared ? InvalidOid : MyDatabaseId,
+											relid, false);
+
+	shtabentry = (PgStatShared_Relation *) entry_ref->shared_stats;
+	tabentry = &shtabentry->stats;
+
+	if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOVAC)
+	{
+		if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM)
+		{
+			tabentry->last_skipped_autovacuum_time = ts;
+			tabentry->skipped_autovacuum_count++;
+		}
+		if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE)
+		{
+			tabentry->last_skipped_autoanalyze_time = ts;
+			tabentry->skipped_autoanalyze_count++;
+		}
+	}
+	else
+	{
+		if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM)
+		{
+			tabentry->last_skipped_vacuum_time = ts;
+			tabentry->skipped_vacuum_count++;
+		}
+		if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE)
+		{
+			tabentry->last_skipped_analyze_time = ts;
+			tabentry->skipped_analyze_count++;
+		}
+	}
+
+	pgstat_unlock_entry(entry_ref);
+
+	/* see pgstat_report_vacuum() */
+	pgstat_flush_io(false);
+	(void) pgstat_flush_backend(false, PGSTAT_BACKEND_FLUSH_IO);
+}
+
 /*
  * count a tuple insertion of n tuples
  */
diff --git a/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c b/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c
index 9185a8e6b83..18aaa3996e1 100644
--- a/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c
+++ b/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c
@@ -84,6 +84,18 @@ PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(mod_since_analyze)
 /* pg_stat_get_numscans */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(numscans)
 
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_analyze_count)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_autoanalyze_count)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_autovacuum_count)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_vacuum_count)
+
 /* pg_stat_get_tuples_deleted */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(tuples_deleted)
 
@@ -170,6 +182,18 @@ PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_vacuum_time)
 /* pg_stat_get_lastscan */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(lastscan)
 
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_analyze_time)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_autoanalyze_time)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_autovacuum_time)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_vacuum_time)
+
 /* pg_stat_get_stat_reset_time */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(stat_reset_time)
 
diff --git a/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat b/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat
index 0118e970dda..ccfe3d9e02a 100644
--- a/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat
+++ b/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat
@@ -5667,6 +5667,38 @@
   proname => 'pg_stat_get_total_autoanalyze_time', provolatile => 's',
   proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'float8', proargtypes => 'oid',
   prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_total_autoanalyze_time' },
+{ oid => '8142', descr => 'statistics: last skipped vacuum time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time' },
+{ oid => '8143', descr => 'statistics: last skipped auto vacuum time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time' },
+{ oid => '8144', descr => 'statistics: last skipped analyze time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time' },
+{ oid => '8145', descr => 'statistics: last skipped auto analyze time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time' },
+{ oid => '8146', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped vacuum for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count' },
+{ oid => '8147', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped auto vacuum for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count' },
+{ oid => '8148', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped analyzes for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count' },
+{ oid => '8149', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped auto analyzes for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count' },
 { oid => '1936', descr => 'statistics: currently active backend IDs',
   proname => 'pg_stat_get_backend_idset', prorows => '100', proretset => 't',
   provolatile => 's', proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int4',
diff --git a/src/include/pgstat.h b/src/include/pgstat.h
index 8e3549c3752..343081a7a25 100644
--- a/src/include/pgstat.h
+++ b/src/include/pgstat.h
@@ -479,6 +479,15 @@ typedef struct PgStat_StatTabEntry
 	TimestampTz last_autoanalyze_time;	/* autovacuum initiated */
 	PgStat_Counter autoanalyze_count;
 
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_vacuum_time;	/* user initiated vacuum */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_vacuum_count;
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_autovacuum_time;	/* autovacuum initiated */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_autovacuum_count;
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_analyze_time;	/* user initiated */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_analyze_count;
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_autoanalyze_time;	/* autovacuum initiated */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_autoanalyze_count;
+
 	PgStat_Counter total_vacuum_time;	/* times in milliseconds */
 	PgStat_Counter total_autovacuum_time;
 	PgStat_Counter total_analyze_time;
@@ -707,6 +716,13 @@ extern void pgstat_report_analyze(Relation rel,
 								  PgStat_Counter livetuples, PgStat_Counter deadtuples,
 								  bool resetcounter, TimestampTz starttime);
 
+/* flags for pgstat_flush_backend() */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM	(1 << 0)	/* vacuum is skipped */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE	(1 << 1)	/* analyze is skipped */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOVAC	(1 << 2)	/* skipped during autovacuum/autoanalyze */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANY   (PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM | PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE)
+extern void pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(Oid relid, bits8 flags);
+
 /*
  * If stats are enabled, but pending data hasn't been prepared yet, call
  * pgstat_assoc_relation() to do so. See its comment for why this is done
diff --git a/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out b/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out
index 2b3cf6d8569..4ccfc43e903 100644
--- a/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out
+++ b/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out
@@ -1835,13 +1835,21 @@ pg_stat_all_tables| SELECT c.oid AS relid,
     pg_stat_get_mod_since_analyze(c.oid) AS n_mod_since_analyze,
     pg_stat_get_ins_since_vacuum(c.oid) AS n_ins_since_vacuum,
     pg_stat_get_last_vacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_vacuum,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_vacuum,
     pg_stat_get_last_autovacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_autovacuum,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_autovacuum,
     pg_stat_get_last_analyze_time(c.oid) AS last_analyze,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_analyze,
     pg_stat_get_last_autoanalyze_time(c.oid) AS last_autoanalyze,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_autoanalyze,
     pg_stat_get_vacuum_count(c.oid) AS vacuum_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count(c.oid) AS skipped_vacuum_count,
     pg_stat_get_autovacuum_count(c.oid) AS autovacuum_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count(c.oid) AS skipped_autovacuum_count,
     pg_stat_get_analyze_count(c.oid) AS analyze_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count(c.oid) AS skipped_analyze_count,
     pg_stat_get_autoanalyze_count(c.oid) AS autoanalyze_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count(c.oid) AS skipped_autoanalyze_count,
     pg_stat_get_total_vacuum_time(c.oid) AS total_vacuum_time,
     pg_stat_get_total_autovacuum_time(c.oid) AS total_autovacuum_time,
     pg_stat_get_total_analyze_time(c.oid) AS total_analyze_time,
@@ -2293,13 +2301,21 @@ pg_stat_sys_tables| SELECT relid,
     n_mod_since_analyze,
     n_ins_since_vacuum,
     last_vacuum,
+    last_skipped_vacuum,
     last_autovacuum,
+    last_skipped_autovacuum,
     last_analyze,
+    last_skipped_analyze,
     last_autoanalyze,
+    last_skipped_autoanalyze,
     vacuum_count,
+    skipped_vacuum_count,
     autovacuum_count,
+    skipped_autovacuum_count,
     analyze_count,
+    skipped_analyze_count,
     autoanalyze_count,
+    skipped_autoanalyze_count,
     total_vacuum_time,
     total_autovacuum_time,
     total_analyze_time,
@@ -2348,13 +2364,21 @@ pg_stat_user_tables| SELECT relid,
     n_mod_since_analyze,
     n_ins_since_vacuum,
     last_vacuum,
+    last_skipped_vacuum,
     last_autovacuum,
+    last_skipped_autovacuum,
     last_analyze,
+    last_skipped_analyze,
     last_autoanalyze,
+    last_skipped_autoanalyze,
     vacuum_count,
+    skipped_vacuum_count,
     autovacuum_count,
+    skipped_autovacuum_count,
     analyze_count,
+    skipped_analyze_count,
     autoanalyze_count,
+    skipped_autoanalyze_count,
     total_vacuum_time,
     total_autovacuum_time,
     total_analyze_time,
-- 
2.43.0


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* [PATCH v3] Track skipped vacuum and analyze activity per relation
@ 2026-03-24 04:09 Yugo Nagata <[email protected]>
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From: Yugo Nagata @ 2026-03-24 04:09 UTC (permalink / raw)

This commit adds eight fields to the relation statistics that track
the last time vacuum or analyze has been attempted but skipped due to
lock unavailability, along with their counts:

-    last_skipped_vacuum
-    last_skipped_autovacuum
-    last_skipped_analyze
-    last_skipped_autoanalyze
-    skipped_vacuum_count
-    skipped_autovacuum_count
-    skipped_analyze_count
-    skipped_autoanalyze_count

These field can help users confirm that autovacuum is actively attempting
to run on a table that has not been vacuumed or analyzed for a long time,
and that the lack of progress is due to repeated skips rather than inactivity.
---
 doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml                 | 80 +++++++++++++++++
 src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql         |  8 ++
 src/backend/commands/vacuum.c                | 95 +++++++++++++++-----
 src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c | 68 ++++++++++++++
 src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c          | 24 +++++
 src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat              | 32 +++++++
 src/include/pgstat.h                         | 16 ++++
 src/test/regress/expected/rules.out          | 24 +++++
 8 files changed, 324 insertions(+), 23 deletions(-)

diff --git a/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml b/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml
index bb75ed1069b..9ec8070b2fc 100644
--- a/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml
+++ b/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml
@@ -4372,6 +4372,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_vacuum</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time a manual vacuum on this table was attempted but skipped due to
+       lock unavailability (not counting <command>VACUUM FULL</command>)
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>last_autovacuum</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
@@ -4382,6 +4392,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_autovacuum</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time a vacuum on this table by the autovacuum daemon was attempted
+       but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>last_analyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
@@ -4391,6 +4411,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_analyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time a manual analyze on this table was attempted but skipped due to
+       lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>last_autoanalyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
@@ -4401,6 +4431,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_autoanalyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time at which an analyze on this table by the autovacuum was
+       attempted but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>vacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4411,6 +4451,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_vacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times vacuums on this table have been attempted but skipped
+       due to lock unavailability (not counting <command>VACUUM FULL</command>)
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>autovacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4421,6 +4471,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_autovacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times vacuums on this table by the autovacuum daemon have been
+       attempted but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>analyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4430,6 +4490,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_analyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times manual analyzes on this table have been attempted but
+       skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>autoanalyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4440,6 +4510,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_autoanalyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times analyzes on this table by the autovacuum daemon have
+       been attempted but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>total_vacuum_time</structfield> <type>double precision</type>
diff --git a/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql b/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql
index e54018004db..2ca02a0354c 100644
--- a/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql
+++ b/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql
@@ -736,13 +736,21 @@ CREATE VIEW pg_stat_all_tables AS
             pg_stat_get_mod_since_analyze(C.oid) AS n_mod_since_analyze,
             pg_stat_get_ins_since_vacuum(C.oid) AS n_ins_since_vacuum,
             pg_stat_get_last_vacuum_time(C.oid) as last_vacuum,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_vacuum,
             pg_stat_get_last_autovacuum_time(C.oid) as last_autovacuum,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_autovacuum,
             pg_stat_get_last_analyze_time(C.oid) as last_analyze,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_analyze,
             pg_stat_get_last_autoanalyze_time(C.oid) as last_autoanalyze,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_autoanalyze,
             pg_stat_get_vacuum_count(C.oid) AS vacuum_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count(C.oid) AS skipped_vacuum_count,
             pg_stat_get_autovacuum_count(C.oid) AS autovacuum_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count(C.oid) AS skipped_autovacuum_count,
             pg_stat_get_analyze_count(C.oid) AS analyze_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count(C.oid) AS skipped_analyze_count,
             pg_stat_get_autoanalyze_count(C.oid) AS autoanalyze_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count(C.oid) AS skipped_autoanalyze_count,
             pg_stat_get_total_vacuum_time(C.oid) AS total_vacuum_time,
             pg_stat_get_total_autovacuum_time(C.oid) AS total_autovacuum_time,
             pg_stat_get_total_analyze_time(C.oid) AS total_analyze_time,
diff --git a/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c b/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c
index bce3a2daa24..ce83b3171be 100644
--- a/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c
+++ b/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c
@@ -792,8 +792,18 @@ vacuum_open_relation(Oid relid, RangeVar *relation, bits32 options,
 		rel = try_relation_open(relid, NoLock);
 	else
 	{
+		bits8 flags = 0;
 		rel = NULL;
 		rel_lock = false;
+
+		if ((options & VACOPT_VACUUM) != 0)
+			flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM;
+		if ((options & VACOPT_ANALYZE) != 0)
+			flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE;
+		if (AmAutoVacuumWorkerProcess())
+			flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOVAC;
+
+		pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(relid, flags);
 	}
 
 	/* if relation is opened, leave */
@@ -801,7 +811,7 @@ vacuum_open_relation(Oid relid, RangeVar *relation, bits32 options,
 		return rel;
 
 	/*
-	 * Relation could not be opened, hence generate if possible a log
+	 * Relation could not be opened hence generate if possible a log
 	 * informing on the situation.
 	 *
 	 * If the RangeVar is not defined, we do not have enough information to
@@ -904,7 +914,6 @@ expand_vacuum_rel(VacuumRelation *vrel, MemoryContext vac_context,
 		Form_pg_class classForm;
 		bool		include_children;
 		bool		is_partitioned_table;
-		int			rvr_opts;
 
 		/*
 		 * Since autovacuum workers supply OIDs when calling vacuum(), no
@@ -917,29 +926,69 @@ expand_vacuum_rel(VacuumRelation *vrel, MemoryContext vac_context,
 		 * below, as well as find_all_inheritors's expectation that the caller
 		 * holds some lock on the starting relation.
 		 */
-		rvr_opts = (options & VACOPT_SKIP_LOCKED) ? RVR_SKIP_LOCKED : 0;
-		relid = RangeVarGetRelidExtended(vrel->relation,
-										 AccessShareLock,
-										 rvr_opts,
-										 NULL, NULL);
-
-		/*
-		 * If the lock is unavailable, emit the same log statement that
-		 * vacuum_rel() and analyze_rel() would.
-		 */
-		if (!OidIsValid(relid))
+		if (!(options & VACOPT_SKIP_LOCKED))
 		{
-			if (options & VACOPT_VACUUM)
-				ereport(WARNING,
-						(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
-						 errmsg("skipping vacuum of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
-								vrel->relation->relname)));
-			else
-				ereport(WARNING,
-						(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
-						 errmsg("skipping analyze of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
+			relid = RangeVarGetRelidExtended(vrel->relation,
+											 AccessShareLock,
+											 0, NULL, NULL);
+			if (!OidIsValid(relid))
+				return vacrels;
+		}
+		else
+		{
+			/* Get relid for reporting before taking a lock */
+			relid = RangeVarGetRelid(vrel->relation, NoLock, false);
+
+			if (!ConditionalLockRelationOid(relid, AccessShareLock))
+			{
+				bits8	flags = 0;
+				/*
+				 * If the lock is unavailable, emit the same log statement that
+				 * vacuum_rel() and analyze_rel() would.
+				 */
+				if (options & VACOPT_VACUUM)
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping vacuum of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
 								vrel->relation->relname)));
-			return vacrels;
+				else
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping analyze of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
+									vrel->relation->relname)));
+
+				if ((options & VACOPT_VACUUM) != 0)
+					flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM;
+				if ((options & VACOPT_ANALYZE) != 0)
+					flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE;
+
+				pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(relid, flags);
+
+				return vacrels;
+			}
+
+			/*
+			 * Now that we have the lock, probe to see if the relation really
+			 * exists or not.
+			 */
+			if (!SearchSysCacheExists1(RELOID, ObjectIdGetDatum(relid)))
+			{
+				if (options & VACOPT_VACUUM)
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_UNDEFINED_TABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping vacuum of \"%s\" --- relation no longer exists",
+									vrel->relation->relname)));
+				else
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_UNDEFINED_TABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping analyze of \"%s\" --- relation no longer exists",
+									vrel->relation->relname)));
+
+				/* Release useless lock */
+				UnlockRelationOid(relid, AccessShareLock);
+
+				return vacrels;
+			}
 		}
 
 		/*
diff --git a/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c b/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c
index bc8c43b96aa..cec4c88980e 100644
--- a/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c
+++ b/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c
@@ -17,6 +17,7 @@
 
 #include "postgres.h"
 
+#include "access/htup_details.h"
 #include "access/twophase_rmgr.h"
 #include "access/xact.h"
 #include "catalog/catalog.h"
@@ -366,6 +367,73 @@ pgstat_report_analyze(Relation rel,
 	(void) pgstat_flush_backend(false, PGSTAT_BACKEND_FLUSH_IO);
 }
 
+/*
+ * Report that the table was skipped during vacuum or/and analyze.
+ */
+void
+pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(Oid relid, bits8 flags)
+{
+	PgStat_EntryRef *entry_ref;
+	PgStatShared_Relation *shtabentry;
+	PgStat_StatTabEntry *tabentry;
+	TimestampTz ts;
+	HeapTuple	classTup;
+	bool		isshared;
+
+	if (!pgstat_track_counts || !(flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANY))
+		return;
+
+	classTup = SearchSysCache1(RELOID, ObjectIdGetDatum(relid));
+	if (!HeapTupleIsValid(classTup))
+		return;			/* somebody deleted the rel, forget it */
+	isshared = ((Form_pg_class) GETSTRUCT(classTup))->relisshared;
+	ReleaseSysCache(classTup);
+
+	/* Store the data in the table's hash table entry. */
+	ts = GetCurrentTimestamp();
+
+	/* block acquiring lock for the same reason as pgstat_report_autovac() */
+	entry_ref = pgstat_get_entry_ref_locked(PGSTAT_KIND_RELATION,
+											isshared ? InvalidOid : MyDatabaseId,
+											relid, false);
+
+	shtabentry = (PgStatShared_Relation *) entry_ref->shared_stats;
+	tabentry = &shtabentry->stats;
+
+	if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOVAC)
+	{
+		if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM)
+		{
+			tabentry->last_skipped_autovacuum_time = ts;
+			tabentry->skipped_autovacuum_count++;
+		}
+		if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE)
+		{
+			tabentry->last_skipped_autoanalyze_time = ts;
+			tabentry->skipped_autoanalyze_count++;
+		}
+	}
+	else
+	{
+		if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM)
+		{
+			tabentry->last_skipped_vacuum_time = ts;
+			tabentry->skipped_vacuum_count++;
+		}
+		if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE)
+		{
+			tabentry->last_skipped_analyze_time = ts;
+			tabentry->skipped_analyze_count++;
+		}
+	}
+
+	pgstat_unlock_entry(entry_ref);
+
+	/* see pgstat_report_vacuum() */
+	pgstat_flush_io(false);
+	(void) pgstat_flush_backend(false, PGSTAT_BACKEND_FLUSH_IO);
+}
+
 /*
  * count a tuple insertion of n tuples
  */
diff --git a/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c b/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c
index 9185a8e6b83..18aaa3996e1 100644
--- a/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c
+++ b/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c
@@ -84,6 +84,18 @@ PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(mod_since_analyze)
 /* pg_stat_get_numscans */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(numscans)
 
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_analyze_count)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_autoanalyze_count)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_autovacuum_count)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_vacuum_count)
+
 /* pg_stat_get_tuples_deleted */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(tuples_deleted)
 
@@ -170,6 +182,18 @@ PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_vacuum_time)
 /* pg_stat_get_lastscan */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(lastscan)
 
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_analyze_time)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_autoanalyze_time)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_autovacuum_time)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_vacuum_time)
+
 /* pg_stat_get_stat_reset_time */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(stat_reset_time)
 
diff --git a/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat b/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat
index 0118e970dda..ccfe3d9e02a 100644
--- a/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat
+++ b/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat
@@ -5667,6 +5667,38 @@
   proname => 'pg_stat_get_total_autoanalyze_time', provolatile => 's',
   proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'float8', proargtypes => 'oid',
   prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_total_autoanalyze_time' },
+{ oid => '8142', descr => 'statistics: last skipped vacuum time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time' },
+{ oid => '8143', descr => 'statistics: last skipped auto vacuum time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time' },
+{ oid => '8144', descr => 'statistics: last skipped analyze time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time' },
+{ oid => '8145', descr => 'statistics: last skipped auto analyze time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time' },
+{ oid => '8146', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped vacuum for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count' },
+{ oid => '8147', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped auto vacuum for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count' },
+{ oid => '8148', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped analyzes for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count' },
+{ oid => '8149', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped auto analyzes for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count' },
 { oid => '1936', descr => 'statistics: currently active backend IDs',
   proname => 'pg_stat_get_backend_idset', prorows => '100', proretset => 't',
   provolatile => 's', proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int4',
diff --git a/src/include/pgstat.h b/src/include/pgstat.h
index 8e3549c3752..343081a7a25 100644
--- a/src/include/pgstat.h
+++ b/src/include/pgstat.h
@@ -479,6 +479,15 @@ typedef struct PgStat_StatTabEntry
 	TimestampTz last_autoanalyze_time;	/* autovacuum initiated */
 	PgStat_Counter autoanalyze_count;
 
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_vacuum_time;	/* user initiated vacuum */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_vacuum_count;
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_autovacuum_time;	/* autovacuum initiated */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_autovacuum_count;
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_analyze_time;	/* user initiated */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_analyze_count;
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_autoanalyze_time;	/* autovacuum initiated */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_autoanalyze_count;
+
 	PgStat_Counter total_vacuum_time;	/* times in milliseconds */
 	PgStat_Counter total_autovacuum_time;
 	PgStat_Counter total_analyze_time;
@@ -707,6 +716,13 @@ extern void pgstat_report_analyze(Relation rel,
 								  PgStat_Counter livetuples, PgStat_Counter deadtuples,
 								  bool resetcounter, TimestampTz starttime);
 
+/* flags for pgstat_flush_backend() */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM	(1 << 0)	/* vacuum is skipped */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE	(1 << 1)	/* analyze is skipped */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOVAC	(1 << 2)	/* skipped during autovacuum/autoanalyze */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANY   (PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM | PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE)
+extern void pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(Oid relid, bits8 flags);
+
 /*
  * If stats are enabled, but pending data hasn't been prepared yet, call
  * pgstat_assoc_relation() to do so. See its comment for why this is done
diff --git a/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out b/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out
index 2b3cf6d8569..4ccfc43e903 100644
--- a/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out
+++ b/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out
@@ -1835,13 +1835,21 @@ pg_stat_all_tables| SELECT c.oid AS relid,
     pg_stat_get_mod_since_analyze(c.oid) AS n_mod_since_analyze,
     pg_stat_get_ins_since_vacuum(c.oid) AS n_ins_since_vacuum,
     pg_stat_get_last_vacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_vacuum,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_vacuum,
     pg_stat_get_last_autovacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_autovacuum,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_autovacuum,
     pg_stat_get_last_analyze_time(c.oid) AS last_analyze,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_analyze,
     pg_stat_get_last_autoanalyze_time(c.oid) AS last_autoanalyze,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_autoanalyze,
     pg_stat_get_vacuum_count(c.oid) AS vacuum_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count(c.oid) AS skipped_vacuum_count,
     pg_stat_get_autovacuum_count(c.oid) AS autovacuum_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count(c.oid) AS skipped_autovacuum_count,
     pg_stat_get_analyze_count(c.oid) AS analyze_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count(c.oid) AS skipped_analyze_count,
     pg_stat_get_autoanalyze_count(c.oid) AS autoanalyze_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count(c.oid) AS skipped_autoanalyze_count,
     pg_stat_get_total_vacuum_time(c.oid) AS total_vacuum_time,
     pg_stat_get_total_autovacuum_time(c.oid) AS total_autovacuum_time,
     pg_stat_get_total_analyze_time(c.oid) AS total_analyze_time,
@@ -2293,13 +2301,21 @@ pg_stat_sys_tables| SELECT relid,
     n_mod_since_analyze,
     n_ins_since_vacuum,
     last_vacuum,
+    last_skipped_vacuum,
     last_autovacuum,
+    last_skipped_autovacuum,
     last_analyze,
+    last_skipped_analyze,
     last_autoanalyze,
+    last_skipped_autoanalyze,
     vacuum_count,
+    skipped_vacuum_count,
     autovacuum_count,
+    skipped_autovacuum_count,
     analyze_count,
+    skipped_analyze_count,
     autoanalyze_count,
+    skipped_autoanalyze_count,
     total_vacuum_time,
     total_autovacuum_time,
     total_analyze_time,
@@ -2348,13 +2364,21 @@ pg_stat_user_tables| SELECT relid,
     n_mod_since_analyze,
     n_ins_since_vacuum,
     last_vacuum,
+    last_skipped_vacuum,
     last_autovacuum,
+    last_skipped_autovacuum,
     last_analyze,
+    last_skipped_analyze,
     last_autoanalyze,
+    last_skipped_autoanalyze,
     vacuum_count,
+    skipped_vacuum_count,
     autovacuum_count,
+    skipped_autovacuum_count,
     analyze_count,
+    skipped_analyze_count,
     autoanalyze_count,
+    skipped_autoanalyze_count,
     total_vacuum_time,
     total_autovacuum_time,
     total_analyze_time,
-- 
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* [PATCH v3] Track skipped vacuum and analyze activity per relation
@ 2026-03-24 04:09 Yugo Nagata <[email protected]>
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From: Yugo Nagata @ 2026-03-24 04:09 UTC (permalink / raw)

This commit adds eight fields to the relation statistics that track
the last time vacuum or analyze has been attempted but skipped due to
lock unavailability, along with their counts:

-    last_skipped_vacuum
-    last_skipped_autovacuum
-    last_skipped_analyze
-    last_skipped_autoanalyze
-    skipped_vacuum_count
-    skipped_autovacuum_count
-    skipped_analyze_count
-    skipped_autoanalyze_count

These field can help users confirm that autovacuum is actively attempting
to run on a table that has not been vacuumed or analyzed for a long time,
and that the lack of progress is due to repeated skips rather than inactivity.
---
 doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml                 | 80 +++++++++++++++++
 src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql         |  8 ++
 src/backend/commands/vacuum.c                | 95 +++++++++++++++-----
 src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c | 68 ++++++++++++++
 src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c          | 24 +++++
 src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat              | 32 +++++++
 src/include/pgstat.h                         | 16 ++++
 src/test/regress/expected/rules.out          | 24 +++++
 8 files changed, 324 insertions(+), 23 deletions(-)

diff --git a/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml b/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml
index bb75ed1069b..9ec8070b2fc 100644
--- a/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml
+++ b/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml
@@ -4372,6 +4372,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_vacuum</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time a manual vacuum on this table was attempted but skipped due to
+       lock unavailability (not counting <command>VACUUM FULL</command>)
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>last_autovacuum</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
@@ -4382,6 +4392,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_autovacuum</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time a vacuum on this table by the autovacuum daemon was attempted
+       but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>last_analyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
@@ -4391,6 +4411,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_analyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time a manual analyze on this table was attempted but skipped due to
+       lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>last_autoanalyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
@@ -4401,6 +4431,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_autoanalyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time at which an analyze on this table by the autovacuum was
+       attempted but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>vacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4411,6 +4451,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_vacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times vacuums on this table have been attempted but skipped
+       due to lock unavailability (not counting <command>VACUUM FULL</command>)
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>autovacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4421,6 +4471,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_autovacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times vacuums on this table by the autovacuum daemon have been
+       attempted but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>analyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4430,6 +4490,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_analyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times manual analyzes on this table have been attempted but
+       skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>autoanalyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4440,6 +4510,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_autoanalyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times analyzes on this table by the autovacuum daemon have
+       been attempted but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>total_vacuum_time</structfield> <type>double precision</type>
diff --git a/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql b/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql
index e54018004db..2ca02a0354c 100644
--- a/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql
+++ b/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql
@@ -736,13 +736,21 @@ CREATE VIEW pg_stat_all_tables AS
             pg_stat_get_mod_since_analyze(C.oid) AS n_mod_since_analyze,
             pg_stat_get_ins_since_vacuum(C.oid) AS n_ins_since_vacuum,
             pg_stat_get_last_vacuum_time(C.oid) as last_vacuum,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_vacuum,
             pg_stat_get_last_autovacuum_time(C.oid) as last_autovacuum,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_autovacuum,
             pg_stat_get_last_analyze_time(C.oid) as last_analyze,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_analyze,
             pg_stat_get_last_autoanalyze_time(C.oid) as last_autoanalyze,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_autoanalyze,
             pg_stat_get_vacuum_count(C.oid) AS vacuum_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count(C.oid) AS skipped_vacuum_count,
             pg_stat_get_autovacuum_count(C.oid) AS autovacuum_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count(C.oid) AS skipped_autovacuum_count,
             pg_stat_get_analyze_count(C.oid) AS analyze_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count(C.oid) AS skipped_analyze_count,
             pg_stat_get_autoanalyze_count(C.oid) AS autoanalyze_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count(C.oid) AS skipped_autoanalyze_count,
             pg_stat_get_total_vacuum_time(C.oid) AS total_vacuum_time,
             pg_stat_get_total_autovacuum_time(C.oid) AS total_autovacuum_time,
             pg_stat_get_total_analyze_time(C.oid) AS total_analyze_time,
diff --git a/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c b/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c
index bce3a2daa24..ce83b3171be 100644
--- a/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c
+++ b/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c
@@ -792,8 +792,18 @@ vacuum_open_relation(Oid relid, RangeVar *relation, bits32 options,
 		rel = try_relation_open(relid, NoLock);
 	else
 	{
+		bits8 flags = 0;
 		rel = NULL;
 		rel_lock = false;
+
+		if ((options & VACOPT_VACUUM) != 0)
+			flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM;
+		if ((options & VACOPT_ANALYZE) != 0)
+			flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE;
+		if (AmAutoVacuumWorkerProcess())
+			flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOVAC;
+
+		pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(relid, flags);
 	}
 
 	/* if relation is opened, leave */
@@ -801,7 +811,7 @@ vacuum_open_relation(Oid relid, RangeVar *relation, bits32 options,
 		return rel;
 
 	/*
-	 * Relation could not be opened, hence generate if possible a log
+	 * Relation could not be opened hence generate if possible a log
 	 * informing on the situation.
 	 *
 	 * If the RangeVar is not defined, we do not have enough information to
@@ -904,7 +914,6 @@ expand_vacuum_rel(VacuumRelation *vrel, MemoryContext vac_context,
 		Form_pg_class classForm;
 		bool		include_children;
 		bool		is_partitioned_table;
-		int			rvr_opts;
 
 		/*
 		 * Since autovacuum workers supply OIDs when calling vacuum(), no
@@ -917,29 +926,69 @@ expand_vacuum_rel(VacuumRelation *vrel, MemoryContext vac_context,
 		 * below, as well as find_all_inheritors's expectation that the caller
 		 * holds some lock on the starting relation.
 		 */
-		rvr_opts = (options & VACOPT_SKIP_LOCKED) ? RVR_SKIP_LOCKED : 0;
-		relid = RangeVarGetRelidExtended(vrel->relation,
-										 AccessShareLock,
-										 rvr_opts,
-										 NULL, NULL);
-
-		/*
-		 * If the lock is unavailable, emit the same log statement that
-		 * vacuum_rel() and analyze_rel() would.
-		 */
-		if (!OidIsValid(relid))
+		if (!(options & VACOPT_SKIP_LOCKED))
 		{
-			if (options & VACOPT_VACUUM)
-				ereport(WARNING,
-						(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
-						 errmsg("skipping vacuum of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
-								vrel->relation->relname)));
-			else
-				ereport(WARNING,
-						(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
-						 errmsg("skipping analyze of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
+			relid = RangeVarGetRelidExtended(vrel->relation,
+											 AccessShareLock,
+											 0, NULL, NULL);
+			if (!OidIsValid(relid))
+				return vacrels;
+		}
+		else
+		{
+			/* Get relid for reporting before taking a lock */
+			relid = RangeVarGetRelid(vrel->relation, NoLock, false);
+
+			if (!ConditionalLockRelationOid(relid, AccessShareLock))
+			{
+				bits8	flags = 0;
+				/*
+				 * If the lock is unavailable, emit the same log statement that
+				 * vacuum_rel() and analyze_rel() would.
+				 */
+				if (options & VACOPT_VACUUM)
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping vacuum of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
 								vrel->relation->relname)));
-			return vacrels;
+				else
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping analyze of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
+									vrel->relation->relname)));
+
+				if ((options & VACOPT_VACUUM) != 0)
+					flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM;
+				if ((options & VACOPT_ANALYZE) != 0)
+					flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE;
+
+				pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(relid, flags);
+
+				return vacrels;
+			}
+
+			/*
+			 * Now that we have the lock, probe to see if the relation really
+			 * exists or not.
+			 */
+			if (!SearchSysCacheExists1(RELOID, ObjectIdGetDatum(relid)))
+			{
+				if (options & VACOPT_VACUUM)
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_UNDEFINED_TABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping vacuum of \"%s\" --- relation no longer exists",
+									vrel->relation->relname)));
+				else
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_UNDEFINED_TABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping analyze of \"%s\" --- relation no longer exists",
+									vrel->relation->relname)));
+
+				/* Release useless lock */
+				UnlockRelationOid(relid, AccessShareLock);
+
+				return vacrels;
+			}
 		}
 
 		/*
diff --git a/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c b/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c
index bc8c43b96aa..cec4c88980e 100644
--- a/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c
+++ b/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c
@@ -17,6 +17,7 @@
 
 #include "postgres.h"
 
+#include "access/htup_details.h"
 #include "access/twophase_rmgr.h"
 #include "access/xact.h"
 #include "catalog/catalog.h"
@@ -366,6 +367,73 @@ pgstat_report_analyze(Relation rel,
 	(void) pgstat_flush_backend(false, PGSTAT_BACKEND_FLUSH_IO);
 }
 
+/*
+ * Report that the table was skipped during vacuum or/and analyze.
+ */
+void
+pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(Oid relid, bits8 flags)
+{
+	PgStat_EntryRef *entry_ref;
+	PgStatShared_Relation *shtabentry;
+	PgStat_StatTabEntry *tabentry;
+	TimestampTz ts;
+	HeapTuple	classTup;
+	bool		isshared;
+
+	if (!pgstat_track_counts || !(flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANY))
+		return;
+
+	classTup = SearchSysCache1(RELOID, ObjectIdGetDatum(relid));
+	if (!HeapTupleIsValid(classTup))
+		return;			/* somebody deleted the rel, forget it */
+	isshared = ((Form_pg_class) GETSTRUCT(classTup))->relisshared;
+	ReleaseSysCache(classTup);
+
+	/* Store the data in the table's hash table entry. */
+	ts = GetCurrentTimestamp();
+
+	/* block acquiring lock for the same reason as pgstat_report_autovac() */
+	entry_ref = pgstat_get_entry_ref_locked(PGSTAT_KIND_RELATION,
+											isshared ? InvalidOid : MyDatabaseId,
+											relid, false);
+
+	shtabentry = (PgStatShared_Relation *) entry_ref->shared_stats;
+	tabentry = &shtabentry->stats;
+
+	if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOVAC)
+	{
+		if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM)
+		{
+			tabentry->last_skipped_autovacuum_time = ts;
+			tabentry->skipped_autovacuum_count++;
+		}
+		if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE)
+		{
+			tabentry->last_skipped_autoanalyze_time = ts;
+			tabentry->skipped_autoanalyze_count++;
+		}
+	}
+	else
+	{
+		if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM)
+		{
+			tabentry->last_skipped_vacuum_time = ts;
+			tabentry->skipped_vacuum_count++;
+		}
+		if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE)
+		{
+			tabentry->last_skipped_analyze_time = ts;
+			tabentry->skipped_analyze_count++;
+		}
+	}
+
+	pgstat_unlock_entry(entry_ref);
+
+	/* see pgstat_report_vacuum() */
+	pgstat_flush_io(false);
+	(void) pgstat_flush_backend(false, PGSTAT_BACKEND_FLUSH_IO);
+}
+
 /*
  * count a tuple insertion of n tuples
  */
diff --git a/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c b/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c
index 9185a8e6b83..18aaa3996e1 100644
--- a/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c
+++ b/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c
@@ -84,6 +84,18 @@ PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(mod_since_analyze)
 /* pg_stat_get_numscans */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(numscans)
 
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_analyze_count)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_autoanalyze_count)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_autovacuum_count)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_vacuum_count)
+
 /* pg_stat_get_tuples_deleted */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(tuples_deleted)
 
@@ -170,6 +182,18 @@ PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_vacuum_time)
 /* pg_stat_get_lastscan */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(lastscan)
 
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_analyze_time)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_autoanalyze_time)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_autovacuum_time)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_vacuum_time)
+
 /* pg_stat_get_stat_reset_time */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(stat_reset_time)
 
diff --git a/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat b/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat
index 0118e970dda..ccfe3d9e02a 100644
--- a/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat
+++ b/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat
@@ -5667,6 +5667,38 @@
   proname => 'pg_stat_get_total_autoanalyze_time', provolatile => 's',
   proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'float8', proargtypes => 'oid',
   prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_total_autoanalyze_time' },
+{ oid => '8142', descr => 'statistics: last skipped vacuum time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time' },
+{ oid => '8143', descr => 'statistics: last skipped auto vacuum time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time' },
+{ oid => '8144', descr => 'statistics: last skipped analyze time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time' },
+{ oid => '8145', descr => 'statistics: last skipped auto analyze time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time' },
+{ oid => '8146', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped vacuum for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count' },
+{ oid => '8147', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped auto vacuum for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count' },
+{ oid => '8148', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped analyzes for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count' },
+{ oid => '8149', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped auto analyzes for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count' },
 { oid => '1936', descr => 'statistics: currently active backend IDs',
   proname => 'pg_stat_get_backend_idset', prorows => '100', proretset => 't',
   provolatile => 's', proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int4',
diff --git a/src/include/pgstat.h b/src/include/pgstat.h
index 8e3549c3752..343081a7a25 100644
--- a/src/include/pgstat.h
+++ b/src/include/pgstat.h
@@ -479,6 +479,15 @@ typedef struct PgStat_StatTabEntry
 	TimestampTz last_autoanalyze_time;	/* autovacuum initiated */
 	PgStat_Counter autoanalyze_count;
 
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_vacuum_time;	/* user initiated vacuum */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_vacuum_count;
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_autovacuum_time;	/* autovacuum initiated */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_autovacuum_count;
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_analyze_time;	/* user initiated */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_analyze_count;
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_autoanalyze_time;	/* autovacuum initiated */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_autoanalyze_count;
+
 	PgStat_Counter total_vacuum_time;	/* times in milliseconds */
 	PgStat_Counter total_autovacuum_time;
 	PgStat_Counter total_analyze_time;
@@ -707,6 +716,13 @@ extern void pgstat_report_analyze(Relation rel,
 								  PgStat_Counter livetuples, PgStat_Counter deadtuples,
 								  bool resetcounter, TimestampTz starttime);
 
+/* flags for pgstat_flush_backend() */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM	(1 << 0)	/* vacuum is skipped */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE	(1 << 1)	/* analyze is skipped */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOVAC	(1 << 2)	/* skipped during autovacuum/autoanalyze */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANY   (PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM | PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE)
+extern void pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(Oid relid, bits8 flags);
+
 /*
  * If stats are enabled, but pending data hasn't been prepared yet, call
  * pgstat_assoc_relation() to do so. See its comment for why this is done
diff --git a/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out b/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out
index 2b3cf6d8569..4ccfc43e903 100644
--- a/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out
+++ b/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out
@@ -1835,13 +1835,21 @@ pg_stat_all_tables| SELECT c.oid AS relid,
     pg_stat_get_mod_since_analyze(c.oid) AS n_mod_since_analyze,
     pg_stat_get_ins_since_vacuum(c.oid) AS n_ins_since_vacuum,
     pg_stat_get_last_vacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_vacuum,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_vacuum,
     pg_stat_get_last_autovacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_autovacuum,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_autovacuum,
     pg_stat_get_last_analyze_time(c.oid) AS last_analyze,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_analyze,
     pg_stat_get_last_autoanalyze_time(c.oid) AS last_autoanalyze,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_autoanalyze,
     pg_stat_get_vacuum_count(c.oid) AS vacuum_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count(c.oid) AS skipped_vacuum_count,
     pg_stat_get_autovacuum_count(c.oid) AS autovacuum_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count(c.oid) AS skipped_autovacuum_count,
     pg_stat_get_analyze_count(c.oid) AS analyze_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count(c.oid) AS skipped_analyze_count,
     pg_stat_get_autoanalyze_count(c.oid) AS autoanalyze_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count(c.oid) AS skipped_autoanalyze_count,
     pg_stat_get_total_vacuum_time(c.oid) AS total_vacuum_time,
     pg_stat_get_total_autovacuum_time(c.oid) AS total_autovacuum_time,
     pg_stat_get_total_analyze_time(c.oid) AS total_analyze_time,
@@ -2293,13 +2301,21 @@ pg_stat_sys_tables| SELECT relid,
     n_mod_since_analyze,
     n_ins_since_vacuum,
     last_vacuum,
+    last_skipped_vacuum,
     last_autovacuum,
+    last_skipped_autovacuum,
     last_analyze,
+    last_skipped_analyze,
     last_autoanalyze,
+    last_skipped_autoanalyze,
     vacuum_count,
+    skipped_vacuum_count,
     autovacuum_count,
+    skipped_autovacuum_count,
     analyze_count,
+    skipped_analyze_count,
     autoanalyze_count,
+    skipped_autoanalyze_count,
     total_vacuum_time,
     total_autovacuum_time,
     total_analyze_time,
@@ -2348,13 +2364,21 @@ pg_stat_user_tables| SELECT relid,
     n_mod_since_analyze,
     n_ins_since_vacuum,
     last_vacuum,
+    last_skipped_vacuum,
     last_autovacuum,
+    last_skipped_autovacuum,
     last_analyze,
+    last_skipped_analyze,
     last_autoanalyze,
+    last_skipped_autoanalyze,
     vacuum_count,
+    skipped_vacuum_count,
     autovacuum_count,
+    skipped_autovacuum_count,
     analyze_count,
+    skipped_analyze_count,
     autoanalyze_count,
+    skipped_autoanalyze_count,
     total_vacuum_time,
     total_autovacuum_time,
     total_analyze_time,
-- 
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* [PATCH v5] Track skipped vacuum and analyze activity per relation
@ 2026-03-24 04:09 Yugo Nagata <[email protected]>
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From: Yugo Nagata @ 2026-03-24 04:09 UTC (permalink / raw)

This commit adds eight fields to the relation statistics that track
the last time vacuum or analyze has been attempted but skipped due to
lock unavailability, along with their counts:

-    last_skipped_vacuum
-    last_skipped_autovacuum
-    last_skipped_analyze
-    last_skipped_autoanalyze
-    skipped_vacuum_count
-    skipped_autovacuum_count
-    skipped_analyze_count
-    skipped_autoanalyze_count

These field can help users confirm that autovacuum is actively attempting
to run on a table that has not been vacuumed or analyzed for a long time,
and that the lack of progress is due to repeated skips rather than inactivity.
---
 doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml                  |  88 ++++++
 src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql          |   8 +
 src/backend/commands/vacuum.c                 | 100 +++++--
 src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c  |  64 +++++
 src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c           |  24 ++
 src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat               |  32 +++
 src/include/pgstat.h                          |  16 ++
 .../isolation/expected/vacuum-skip-locked.out | 260 ++++++++++++++++--
 .../isolation/specs/vacuum-skip-locked.spec   |  41 +--
 src/test/regress/expected/rules.out           |  24 ++
 10 files changed, 601 insertions(+), 56 deletions(-)

diff --git a/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml b/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml
index 08d5b824552..a9b579d87a9 100644
--- a/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml
+++ b/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml
@@ -4387,6 +4387,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_vacuum</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time a manual vacuum on this table was attempted but skipped due to
+       lock unavailability (not counting <command>VACUUM FULL</command>)
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>last_autovacuum</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
@@ -4397,6 +4407,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_autovacuum</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time a vacuum on this table by the autovacuum daemon was attempted
+       but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>last_analyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
@@ -4406,6 +4426,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_analyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time a manual analyze on this table was attempted but skipped due to
+       lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>last_autoanalyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
@@ -4416,6 +4446,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_autoanalyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time at which an analyze on this table by the autovacuum was
+       attempted but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>vacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4426,6 +4466,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_vacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times manual vacuums on this table have been attempted but skipped
+       due to lock unavailability (not counting <command>VACUUM FULL</command>)
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>autovacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4436,6 +4486,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_autovacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times vacuums on this table by the autovacuum daemon have been
+       attempted but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>analyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4445,6 +4505,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_analyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times manual analyzes on this table have been attempted but
+       skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>autoanalyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4455,6 +4525,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_autoanalyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times analyzes on this table by the autovacuum daemon have
+       been attempted but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>total_vacuum_time</structfield> <type>double precision</type>
@@ -4510,6 +4590,14 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
    </tgroup>
   </table>
 
+  <note>
+   <para>
+    When a manual vacuum or analyze on a parent table in an inheritance or
+    partitioning hierarchy is skipped, the statistics are recorded only for
+    the parent table, not for its children.
+   </para>
+  </note>
+
  </sect2>
 
  <sect2 id="monitoring-pg-stat-autovacuum-scores-view">
diff --git a/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql b/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql
index 73a1c1c4670..f509fc7876b 100644
--- a/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql
+++ b/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql
@@ -736,13 +736,21 @@ CREATE VIEW pg_stat_all_tables AS
             pg_stat_get_mod_since_analyze(C.oid) AS n_mod_since_analyze,
             pg_stat_get_ins_since_vacuum(C.oid) AS n_ins_since_vacuum,
             pg_stat_get_last_vacuum_time(C.oid) as last_vacuum,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_vacuum,
             pg_stat_get_last_autovacuum_time(C.oid) as last_autovacuum,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_autovacuum,
             pg_stat_get_last_analyze_time(C.oid) as last_analyze,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_analyze,
             pg_stat_get_last_autoanalyze_time(C.oid) as last_autoanalyze,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_autoanalyze,
             pg_stat_get_vacuum_count(C.oid) AS vacuum_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count(C.oid) AS skipped_vacuum_count,
             pg_stat_get_autovacuum_count(C.oid) AS autovacuum_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count(C.oid) AS skipped_autovacuum_count,
             pg_stat_get_analyze_count(C.oid) AS analyze_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count(C.oid) AS skipped_analyze_count,
             pg_stat_get_autoanalyze_count(C.oid) AS autoanalyze_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count(C.oid) AS skipped_autoanalyze_count,
             pg_stat_get_total_vacuum_time(C.oid) AS total_vacuum_time,
             pg_stat_get_total_autovacuum_time(C.oid) AS total_autovacuum_time,
             pg_stat_get_total_analyze_time(C.oid) AS total_analyze_time,
diff --git a/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c b/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c
index 99d0db82ed7..df6526225e4 100644
--- a/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c
+++ b/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c
@@ -793,8 +793,25 @@ vacuum_open_relation(Oid relid, RangeVar *relation, uint32 options,
 		rel = try_relation_open(relid, NoLock);
 	else
 	{
+		int flags = 0;
 		rel = NULL;
 		rel_lock = false;
+
+		if ((options & VACOPT_VACUUM) != 0 && (options & VACOPT_FULL) == 0)
+		{
+			if (AmAutoVacuumWorkerProcess())
+				flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOVACUUM;
+			else
+				flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM;
+		}
+		if ((options & VACOPT_ANALYZE) != 0)
+		{
+			if (AmAutoVacuumWorkerProcess())
+				flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOANALYZE;
+			else
+				flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE;
+		}
+		pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(relid, flags);
 	}
 
 	/* if relation is opened, leave */
@@ -905,7 +922,6 @@ expand_vacuum_rel(VacuumRelation *vrel, MemoryContext vac_context,
 		Form_pg_class classForm;
 		bool		include_children;
 		bool		is_partitioned_table;
-		int			rvr_opts;
 
 		/*
 		 * Since autovacuum workers supply OIDs when calling vacuum(), no
@@ -918,29 +934,69 @@ expand_vacuum_rel(VacuumRelation *vrel, MemoryContext vac_context,
 		 * below, as well as find_all_inheritors's expectation that the caller
 		 * holds some lock on the starting relation.
 		 */
-		rvr_opts = (options & VACOPT_SKIP_LOCKED) ? RVR_SKIP_LOCKED : 0;
-		relid = RangeVarGetRelidExtended(vrel->relation,
-										 AccessShareLock,
-										 rvr_opts,
-										 NULL, NULL);
-
-		/*
-		 * If the lock is unavailable, emit the same log statement that
-		 * vacuum_rel() and analyze_rel() would.
-		 */
-		if (!OidIsValid(relid))
+		if (!(options & VACOPT_SKIP_LOCKED))
 		{
-			if (options & VACOPT_VACUUM)
-				ereport(WARNING,
-						(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
-						 errmsg("skipping vacuum of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
-								vrel->relation->relname)));
-			else
-				ereport(WARNING,
-						(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
-						 errmsg("skipping analyze of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
+			relid = RangeVarGetRelidExtended(vrel->relation,
+											 AccessShareLock,
+											 0, NULL, NULL);
+			if (!OidIsValid(relid))
+				return vacrels;
+		}
+		else
+		{
+			/* Get relid for reporting before taking a lock */
+			relid = RangeVarGetRelid(vrel->relation, NoLock, false);
+
+			if (!ConditionalLockRelationOid(relid, AccessShareLock))
+			{
+				int	flags = 0;
+				/*
+				 * If the lock is unavailable, emit the same log statement that
+				 * vacuum_rel() and analyze_rel() would.
+				 */
+				if (options & VACOPT_VACUUM)
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping vacuum of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
 								vrel->relation->relname)));
-			return vacrels;
+				else
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping analyze of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
+									vrel->relation->relname)));
+
+				if ((options & VACOPT_VACUUM) != 0 && (options & VACOPT_FULL) == 0)
+					flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM;
+				if ((options & VACOPT_ANALYZE) != 0)
+					flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE;
+
+				pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(relid, flags);
+
+				return vacrels;
+			}
+
+			/*
+			 * Now that we have the lock, probe to see if the relation really
+			 * exists or not.
+			 */
+			if (!SearchSysCacheExists1(RELOID, ObjectIdGetDatum(relid)))
+			{
+				if (options & VACOPT_VACUUM)
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_UNDEFINED_TABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping vacuum of \"%s\" --- relation no longer exists",
+									vrel->relation->relname)));
+				else
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_UNDEFINED_TABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping analyze of \"%s\" --- relation no longer exists",
+									vrel->relation->relname)));
+
+				/* Release useless lock */
+				UnlockRelationOid(relid, AccessShareLock);
+
+				return vacrels;
+			}
 		}
 
 		/*
diff --git a/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c b/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c
index b2ca28f83ba..532d9023f8c 100644
--- a/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c
+++ b/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c
@@ -17,12 +17,14 @@
 
 #include "postgres.h"
 
+#include "access/htup_details.h"
 #include "access/twophase_rmgr.h"
 #include "access/xact.h"
 #include "catalog/catalog.h"
 #include "utils/memutils.h"
 #include "utils/pgstat_internal.h"
 #include "utils/rel.h"
+#include "utils/syscache.h"
 #include "utils/timestamp.h"
 
 
@@ -367,6 +369,68 @@ pgstat_report_analyze(Relation rel,
 	(void) pgstat_flush_backend(false, PGSTAT_BACKEND_FLUSH_IO);
 }
 
+/*
+ * Report that the table was skipped during vacuum or/and analyze.
+ */
+void
+pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(Oid relid, int flags)
+{
+	PgStat_EntryRef *entry_ref;
+	PgStatShared_Relation *shtabentry;
+	PgStat_StatTabEntry *tabentry;
+	TimestampTz ts;
+	HeapTuple	classTup;
+	bool		isshared;
+
+	if (!pgstat_track_counts || !flags)
+		return;
+
+	classTup = SearchSysCache1(RELOID, ObjectIdGetDatum(relid));
+	if (!HeapTupleIsValid(classTup))
+		return;			/* somebody deleted the rel, forget it */
+	isshared = ((Form_pg_class) GETSTRUCT(classTup))->relisshared;
+	ReleaseSysCache(classTup);
+
+	/* Store the data in the table's hash table entry. */
+	ts = GetCurrentTimestamp();
+
+	/* block acquiring lock for the same reason as pgstat_report_autovac() */
+	entry_ref = pgstat_get_entry_ref_locked(PGSTAT_KIND_RELATION,
+											isshared ? InvalidOid : MyDatabaseId,
+											relid, false);
+
+	shtabentry = (PgStatShared_Relation *) entry_ref->shared_stats;
+	tabentry = &shtabentry->stats;
+
+	if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM)
+	{
+		tabentry->last_skipped_vacuum_time = ts;
+		tabentry->skipped_vacuum_count++;
+	}
+	else if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOVACUUM)
+	{
+		tabentry->last_skipped_autovacuum_time = ts;
+		tabentry->skipped_autovacuum_count++;
+	}
+
+	if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE)
+	{
+		tabentry->last_skipped_analyze_time = ts;
+		tabentry->skipped_analyze_count++;
+	}
+	else if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOANALYZE)
+	{
+		tabentry->last_skipped_autoanalyze_time = ts;
+		tabentry->skipped_autoanalyze_count++;
+	}
+
+	pgstat_unlock_entry(entry_ref);
+
+	/* see pgstat_report_vacuum() */
+	pgstat_flush_io(false);
+	(void) pgstat_flush_backend(false, PGSTAT_BACKEND_FLUSH_IO);
+}
+
 /*
  * count a tuple insertion of n tuples
  */
diff --git a/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c b/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c
index 1408de387ea..90a8968faa0 100644
--- a/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c
+++ b/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c
@@ -84,6 +84,18 @@ PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(mod_since_analyze)
 /* pg_stat_get_numscans */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(numscans)
 
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_analyze_count)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_autoanalyze_count)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_autovacuum_count)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_vacuum_count)
+
 /* pg_stat_get_tuples_deleted */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(tuples_deleted)
 
@@ -170,6 +182,18 @@ PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_vacuum_time)
 /* pg_stat_get_lastscan */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(lastscan)
 
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_analyze_time)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_autoanalyze_time)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_autovacuum_time)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_vacuum_time)
+
 /* pg_stat_get_stat_reset_time */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(stat_reset_time)
 
diff --git a/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat b/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat
index fa9ae79082b..32debb34863 100644
--- a/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat
+++ b/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat
@@ -5680,6 +5680,38 @@
   proargmodes => '{o,o,o,o,o,o,o,o,o,o}',
   proargnames => '{oid,score,xid_score,mxid_score,vacuum_score,vacuum_insert_score,analyze_score,do_vacuum,do_analyze,for_wraparound}',
   prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_autovacuum_scores' },
+{ oid => '8142', descr => 'statistics: last skipped vacuum time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time' },
+{ oid => '8143', descr => 'statistics: last skipped auto vacuum time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time' },
+{ oid => '8144', descr => 'statistics: last skipped analyze time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time' },
+{ oid => '8145', descr => 'statistics: last skipped auto analyze time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time' },
+{ oid => '8146', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped vacuum for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count' },
+{ oid => '8147', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped auto vacuum for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count' },
+{ oid => '8148', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped analyzes for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count' },
+{ oid => '8149', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped auto analyzes for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count' },
 { oid => '1936', descr => 'statistics: currently active backend IDs',
   proname => 'pg_stat_get_backend_idset', prorows => '100', proretset => 't',
   provolatile => 's', proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int4',
diff --git a/src/include/pgstat.h b/src/include/pgstat.h
index dfa2e837638..98941f953d1 100644
--- a/src/include/pgstat.h
+++ b/src/include/pgstat.h
@@ -479,6 +479,15 @@ typedef struct PgStat_StatTabEntry
 	TimestampTz last_autoanalyze_time;	/* autovacuum initiated */
 	PgStat_Counter autoanalyze_count;
 
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_vacuum_time;	/* user initiated vacuum */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_vacuum_count;
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_autovacuum_time;	/* autovacuum initiated */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_autovacuum_count;
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_analyze_time;	/* user initiated */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_analyze_count;
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_autoanalyze_time;	/* autovacuum initiated */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_autoanalyze_count;
+
 	PgStat_Counter total_vacuum_time;	/* times in milliseconds */
 	PgStat_Counter total_autovacuum_time;
 	PgStat_Counter total_analyze_time;
@@ -703,6 +712,13 @@ extern void pgstat_report_analyze(Relation rel,
 								  PgStat_Counter livetuples, PgStat_Counter deadtuples,
 								  bool resetcounter, TimestampTz starttime);
 
+/* flags for pgstat_flush_backend() */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM		(1 << 0)	/* vacuum is skipped */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE		(1 << 1)	/* analyze is skipped */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOVACUUM	(1 << 2)	/* autovacuum is skipped */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOANALYZE	(1 << 3)	/* autoanalyze is skipped */
+extern void pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(Oid relid, int flags);
+
 /*
  * If stats are enabled, but pending data hasn't been prepared yet, call
  * pgstat_assoc_relation() to do so. See its comment for why this is done
diff --git a/src/test/isolation/expected/vacuum-skip-locked.out b/src/test/isolation/expected/vacuum-skip-locked.out
index 99db281a159..e2cff175b7c 100644
--- a/src/test/isolation/expected/vacuum-skip-locked.out
+++ b/src/test/isolation/expected/vacuum-skip-locked.out
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 Parsed test spec with 2 sessions
 
-starting permutation: lock_share vac_specified commit
+starting permutation: lock_share vac_specified commit check_stat
 step lock_share: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN SHARE MODE;
@@ -10,8 +10,22 @@ step vac_specified: VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED) part1, part2;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
 
-starting permutation: lock_share vac_all_parts commit
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   1|            0|                    0
+part2  |           1|                   0|            0|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
+
+starting permutation: lock_share vac_all_parts commit check_stat
 step lock_share: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN SHARE MODE;
@@ -20,8 +34,22 @@ step vac_all_parts: VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED) parted;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   1|            0|                    0
+part2  |           1|                   0|            0|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
 
-starting permutation: lock_share analyze_specified commit
+starting permutation: lock_share analyze_specified commit check_stat
 step lock_share: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN SHARE MODE;
@@ -31,8 +59,22 @@ step analyze_specified: ANALYZE (SKIP_LOCKED) part1, part2;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
 
-starting permutation: lock_share analyze_all_parts commit
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   0|            0|                    1
+part2  |           0|                   0|            1|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
+
+starting permutation: lock_share analyze_all_parts commit check_stat
 step lock_share: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN SHARE MODE;
@@ -41,8 +83,22 @@ step analyze_all_parts: ANALYZE (SKIP_LOCKED) parted;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            1|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   0|            0|                    1
+part2  |           0|                   0|            1|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
 
-starting permutation: lock_share vac_analyze_specified commit
+starting permutation: lock_share vac_analyze_specified commit check_stat
 step lock_share: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN SHARE MODE;
@@ -52,8 +108,22 @@ step vac_analyze_specified: VACUUM (ANALYZE, SKIP_LOCKED) part1, part2;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
 
-starting permutation: lock_share vac_analyze_all_parts commit
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   1|            0|                    1
+part2  |           1|                   0|            1|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
+
+starting permutation: lock_share vac_analyze_all_parts commit check_stat
 step lock_share: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN SHARE MODE;
@@ -62,8 +132,22 @@ step vac_analyze_all_parts: VACUUM (ANALYZE, SKIP_LOCKED) parted;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            1|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   1|            0|                    1
+part2  |           1|                   0|            1|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
 
-starting permutation: lock_share vac_full_specified commit
+starting permutation: lock_share vac_full_specified commit check_stat
 step lock_share: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN SHARE MODE;
@@ -73,8 +157,22 @@ step vac_full_specified: VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED, FULL) part1, part2;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
 
-starting permutation: lock_share vac_full_all_parts commit
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part2  |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
+
+starting permutation: lock_share vac_full_all_parts commit check_stat
 step lock_share: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN SHARE MODE;
@@ -83,8 +181,22 @@ step vac_full_all_parts: VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED, FULL) parted;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part2  |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+(3 rows)
 
-starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_specified commit
+
+starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_specified commit check_stat
 step lock_access_exclusive: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN ACCESS EXCLUSIVE MODE;
@@ -94,8 +206,22 @@ step vac_specified: VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED) part1, part2;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   1|            0|                    0
+part2  |           1|                   0|            0|                    0
+(3 rows)
 
-starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_all_parts commit
+
+starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_all_parts commit check_stat
 step lock_access_exclusive: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN ACCESS EXCLUSIVE MODE;
@@ -104,8 +230,22 @@ step vac_all_parts: VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED) parted;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   1|            0|                    0
+part2  |           1|                   0|            0|                    0
+(3 rows)
 
-starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive analyze_specified commit
+
+starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive analyze_specified commit check_stat
 step lock_access_exclusive: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN ACCESS EXCLUSIVE MODE;
@@ -115,8 +255,22 @@ step analyze_specified: ANALYZE (SKIP_LOCKED) part1, part2;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   0|            0|                    1
+part2  |           0|                   0|            1|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
 
-starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive analyze_all_parts commit
+starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive analyze_all_parts commit check_stat
 step lock_access_exclusive: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN ACCESS EXCLUSIVE MODE;
@@ -126,8 +280,22 @@ step commit:
 	COMMIT;
 
 step analyze_all_parts: <... completed>
-
-starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_analyze_specified commit
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            1|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   0|            1|                    0
+part2  |           0|                   0|            1|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
+
+starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_analyze_specified commit check_stat
 step lock_access_exclusive: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN ACCESS EXCLUSIVE MODE;
@@ -137,8 +305,22 @@ step vac_analyze_specified: VACUUM (ANALYZE, SKIP_LOCKED) part1, part2;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   1|            0|                    1
+part2  |           1|                   0|            1|                    0
+(3 rows)
 
-starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_analyze_all_parts commit
+
+starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_analyze_all_parts commit check_stat
 step lock_access_exclusive: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN ACCESS EXCLUSIVE MODE;
@@ -148,8 +330,22 @@ step commit:
 	COMMIT;
 
 step vac_analyze_all_parts: <... completed>
-
-starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_full_specified commit
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            1|                    0
+part1  |           1|                   0|            1|                    0
+part2  |           1|                   0|            1|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
+
+starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_full_specified commit check_stat
 step lock_access_exclusive: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN ACCESS EXCLUSIVE MODE;
@@ -159,8 +355,22 @@ step vac_full_specified: VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED, FULL) part1, part2;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
 
-starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_full_all_parts commit
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part2  |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
+
+starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_full_all_parts commit check_stat
 step lock_access_exclusive: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN ACCESS EXCLUSIVE MODE;
@@ -169,3 +379,17 @@ step vac_full_all_parts: VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED, FULL) parted;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part2  |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
diff --git a/src/test/isolation/specs/vacuum-skip-locked.spec b/src/test/isolation/specs/vacuum-skip-locked.spec
index 3fad6e1c92a..b0da75d4b6d 100644
--- a/src/test/isolation/specs/vacuum-skip-locked.spec
+++ b/src/test/isolation/specs/vacuum-skip-locked.spec
@@ -33,6 +33,15 @@ step commit
 	COMMIT;
 }
 
+step check_stat
+{
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+}
+
 session s2
 step vac_specified			{ VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED) part1, part2; }
 step vac_all_parts			{ VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED) parted; }
@@ -43,19 +52,19 @@ step vac_analyze_all_parts	{ VACUUM (ANALYZE, SKIP_LOCKED) parted; }
 step vac_full_specified		{ VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED, FULL) part1, part2; }
 step vac_full_all_parts		{ VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED, FULL) parted; }
 
-permutation lock_share vac_specified commit
-permutation lock_share vac_all_parts commit
-permutation lock_share analyze_specified commit
-permutation lock_share analyze_all_parts commit
-permutation lock_share vac_analyze_specified commit
-permutation lock_share vac_analyze_all_parts commit
-permutation lock_share vac_full_specified commit
-permutation lock_share vac_full_all_parts commit
-permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_specified commit
-permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_all_parts commit
-permutation lock_access_exclusive analyze_specified commit
-permutation lock_access_exclusive analyze_all_parts commit
-permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_analyze_specified commit
-permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_analyze_all_parts commit
-permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_full_specified commit
-permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_full_all_parts commit
+permutation lock_share vac_specified commit check_stat
+permutation lock_share vac_all_parts commit check_stat
+permutation lock_share analyze_specified commit check_stat
+permutation lock_share analyze_all_parts commit check_stat
+permutation lock_share vac_analyze_specified commit check_stat
+permutation lock_share vac_analyze_all_parts commit check_stat
+permutation lock_share vac_full_specified commit check_stat
+permutation lock_share vac_full_all_parts commit check_stat
+permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_specified commit check_stat
+permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_all_parts commit check_stat
+permutation lock_access_exclusive analyze_specified commit check_stat
+permutation lock_access_exclusive analyze_all_parts commit check_stat
+permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_analyze_specified commit check_stat
+permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_analyze_all_parts commit check_stat
+permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_full_specified commit check_stat
+permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_full_all_parts commit check_stat
diff --git a/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out b/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out
index a65a5bf0c4f..9b2075d3373 100644
--- a/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out
+++ b/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out
@@ -1835,13 +1835,21 @@ pg_stat_all_tables| SELECT c.oid AS relid,
     pg_stat_get_mod_since_analyze(c.oid) AS n_mod_since_analyze,
     pg_stat_get_ins_since_vacuum(c.oid) AS n_ins_since_vacuum,
     pg_stat_get_last_vacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_vacuum,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_vacuum,
     pg_stat_get_last_autovacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_autovacuum,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_autovacuum,
     pg_stat_get_last_analyze_time(c.oid) AS last_analyze,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_analyze,
     pg_stat_get_last_autoanalyze_time(c.oid) AS last_autoanalyze,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_autoanalyze,
     pg_stat_get_vacuum_count(c.oid) AS vacuum_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count(c.oid) AS skipped_vacuum_count,
     pg_stat_get_autovacuum_count(c.oid) AS autovacuum_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count(c.oid) AS skipped_autovacuum_count,
     pg_stat_get_analyze_count(c.oid) AS analyze_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count(c.oid) AS skipped_analyze_count,
     pg_stat_get_autoanalyze_count(c.oid) AS autoanalyze_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count(c.oid) AS skipped_autoanalyze_count,
     pg_stat_get_total_vacuum_time(c.oid) AS total_vacuum_time,
     pg_stat_get_total_autovacuum_time(c.oid) AS total_autovacuum_time,
     pg_stat_get_total_analyze_time(c.oid) AS total_analyze_time,
@@ -2346,13 +2354,21 @@ pg_stat_sys_tables| SELECT relid,
     n_mod_since_analyze,
     n_ins_since_vacuum,
     last_vacuum,
+    last_skipped_vacuum,
     last_autovacuum,
+    last_skipped_autovacuum,
     last_analyze,
+    last_skipped_analyze,
     last_autoanalyze,
+    last_skipped_autoanalyze,
     vacuum_count,
+    skipped_vacuum_count,
     autovacuum_count,
+    skipped_autovacuum_count,
     analyze_count,
+    skipped_analyze_count,
     autoanalyze_count,
+    skipped_autoanalyze_count,
     total_vacuum_time,
     total_autovacuum_time,
     total_analyze_time,
@@ -2401,13 +2417,21 @@ pg_stat_user_tables| SELECT relid,
     n_mod_since_analyze,
     n_ins_since_vacuum,
     last_vacuum,
+    last_skipped_vacuum,
     last_autovacuum,
+    last_skipped_autovacuum,
     last_analyze,
+    last_skipped_analyze,
     last_autoanalyze,
+    last_skipped_autoanalyze,
     vacuum_count,
+    skipped_vacuum_count,
     autovacuum_count,
+    skipped_autovacuum_count,
     analyze_count,
+    skipped_analyze_count,
     autoanalyze_count,
+    skipped_autoanalyze_count,
     total_vacuum_time,
     total_autovacuum_time,
     total_analyze_time,
-- 
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* [PATCH v5] Track skipped vacuum and analyze activity per relation
@ 2026-03-24 04:09 Yugo Nagata <[email protected]>
  0 siblings, 0 replies; 374+ messages in thread

From: Yugo Nagata @ 2026-03-24 04:09 UTC (permalink / raw)

This commit adds eight fields to the relation statistics that track
the last time vacuum or analyze has been attempted but skipped due to
lock unavailability, along with their counts:

-    last_skipped_vacuum
-    last_skipped_autovacuum
-    last_skipped_analyze
-    last_skipped_autoanalyze
-    skipped_vacuum_count
-    skipped_autovacuum_count
-    skipped_analyze_count
-    skipped_autoanalyze_count

These field can help users confirm that autovacuum is actively attempting
to run on a table that has not been vacuumed or analyzed for a long time,
and that the lack of progress is due to repeated skips rather than inactivity.
---
 doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml                  |  88 ++++++
 src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql          |   8 +
 src/backend/commands/vacuum.c                 | 100 +++++--
 src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c  |  64 +++++
 src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c           |  24 ++
 src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat               |  32 +++
 src/include/pgstat.h                          |  16 ++
 .../isolation/expected/vacuum-skip-locked.out | 260 ++++++++++++++++--
 .../isolation/specs/vacuum-skip-locked.spec   |  41 +--
 src/test/regress/expected/rules.out           |  24 ++
 10 files changed, 601 insertions(+), 56 deletions(-)

diff --git a/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml b/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml
index 08d5b824552..a9b579d87a9 100644
--- a/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml
+++ b/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml
@@ -4387,6 +4387,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_vacuum</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time a manual vacuum on this table was attempted but skipped due to
+       lock unavailability (not counting <command>VACUUM FULL</command>)
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>last_autovacuum</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
@@ -4397,6 +4407,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_autovacuum</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time a vacuum on this table by the autovacuum daemon was attempted
+       but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>last_analyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
@@ -4406,6 +4426,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_analyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time a manual analyze on this table was attempted but skipped due to
+       lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>last_autoanalyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
@@ -4416,6 +4446,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_autoanalyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time at which an analyze on this table by the autovacuum was
+       attempted but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>vacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4426,6 +4466,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_vacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times manual vacuums on this table have been attempted but skipped
+       due to lock unavailability (not counting <command>VACUUM FULL</command>)
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>autovacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4436,6 +4486,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_autovacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times vacuums on this table by the autovacuum daemon have been
+       attempted but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>analyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4445,6 +4505,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_analyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times manual analyzes on this table have been attempted but
+       skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>autoanalyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4455,6 +4525,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_autoanalyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times analyzes on this table by the autovacuum daemon have
+       been attempted but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>total_vacuum_time</structfield> <type>double precision</type>
@@ -4510,6 +4590,14 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
    </tgroup>
   </table>
 
+  <note>
+   <para>
+    When a manual vacuum or analyze on a parent table in an inheritance or
+    partitioning hierarchy is skipped, the statistics are recorded only for
+    the parent table, not for its children.
+   </para>
+  </note>
+
  </sect2>
 
  <sect2 id="monitoring-pg-stat-autovacuum-scores-view">
diff --git a/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql b/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql
index 73a1c1c4670..f509fc7876b 100644
--- a/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql
+++ b/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql
@@ -736,13 +736,21 @@ CREATE VIEW pg_stat_all_tables AS
             pg_stat_get_mod_since_analyze(C.oid) AS n_mod_since_analyze,
             pg_stat_get_ins_since_vacuum(C.oid) AS n_ins_since_vacuum,
             pg_stat_get_last_vacuum_time(C.oid) as last_vacuum,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_vacuum,
             pg_stat_get_last_autovacuum_time(C.oid) as last_autovacuum,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_autovacuum,
             pg_stat_get_last_analyze_time(C.oid) as last_analyze,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_analyze,
             pg_stat_get_last_autoanalyze_time(C.oid) as last_autoanalyze,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_autoanalyze,
             pg_stat_get_vacuum_count(C.oid) AS vacuum_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count(C.oid) AS skipped_vacuum_count,
             pg_stat_get_autovacuum_count(C.oid) AS autovacuum_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count(C.oid) AS skipped_autovacuum_count,
             pg_stat_get_analyze_count(C.oid) AS analyze_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count(C.oid) AS skipped_analyze_count,
             pg_stat_get_autoanalyze_count(C.oid) AS autoanalyze_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count(C.oid) AS skipped_autoanalyze_count,
             pg_stat_get_total_vacuum_time(C.oid) AS total_vacuum_time,
             pg_stat_get_total_autovacuum_time(C.oid) AS total_autovacuum_time,
             pg_stat_get_total_analyze_time(C.oid) AS total_analyze_time,
diff --git a/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c b/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c
index 99d0db82ed7..df6526225e4 100644
--- a/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c
+++ b/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c
@@ -793,8 +793,25 @@ vacuum_open_relation(Oid relid, RangeVar *relation, uint32 options,
 		rel = try_relation_open(relid, NoLock);
 	else
 	{
+		int flags = 0;
 		rel = NULL;
 		rel_lock = false;
+
+		if ((options & VACOPT_VACUUM) != 0 && (options & VACOPT_FULL) == 0)
+		{
+			if (AmAutoVacuumWorkerProcess())
+				flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOVACUUM;
+			else
+				flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM;
+		}
+		if ((options & VACOPT_ANALYZE) != 0)
+		{
+			if (AmAutoVacuumWorkerProcess())
+				flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOANALYZE;
+			else
+				flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE;
+		}
+		pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(relid, flags);
 	}
 
 	/* if relation is opened, leave */
@@ -905,7 +922,6 @@ expand_vacuum_rel(VacuumRelation *vrel, MemoryContext vac_context,
 		Form_pg_class classForm;
 		bool		include_children;
 		bool		is_partitioned_table;
-		int			rvr_opts;
 
 		/*
 		 * Since autovacuum workers supply OIDs when calling vacuum(), no
@@ -918,29 +934,69 @@ expand_vacuum_rel(VacuumRelation *vrel, MemoryContext vac_context,
 		 * below, as well as find_all_inheritors's expectation that the caller
 		 * holds some lock on the starting relation.
 		 */
-		rvr_opts = (options & VACOPT_SKIP_LOCKED) ? RVR_SKIP_LOCKED : 0;
-		relid = RangeVarGetRelidExtended(vrel->relation,
-										 AccessShareLock,
-										 rvr_opts,
-										 NULL, NULL);
-
-		/*
-		 * If the lock is unavailable, emit the same log statement that
-		 * vacuum_rel() and analyze_rel() would.
-		 */
-		if (!OidIsValid(relid))
+		if (!(options & VACOPT_SKIP_LOCKED))
 		{
-			if (options & VACOPT_VACUUM)
-				ereport(WARNING,
-						(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
-						 errmsg("skipping vacuum of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
-								vrel->relation->relname)));
-			else
-				ereport(WARNING,
-						(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
-						 errmsg("skipping analyze of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
+			relid = RangeVarGetRelidExtended(vrel->relation,
+											 AccessShareLock,
+											 0, NULL, NULL);
+			if (!OidIsValid(relid))
+				return vacrels;
+		}
+		else
+		{
+			/* Get relid for reporting before taking a lock */
+			relid = RangeVarGetRelid(vrel->relation, NoLock, false);
+
+			if (!ConditionalLockRelationOid(relid, AccessShareLock))
+			{
+				int	flags = 0;
+				/*
+				 * If the lock is unavailable, emit the same log statement that
+				 * vacuum_rel() and analyze_rel() would.
+				 */
+				if (options & VACOPT_VACUUM)
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping vacuum of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
 								vrel->relation->relname)));
-			return vacrels;
+				else
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping analyze of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
+									vrel->relation->relname)));
+
+				if ((options & VACOPT_VACUUM) != 0 && (options & VACOPT_FULL) == 0)
+					flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM;
+				if ((options & VACOPT_ANALYZE) != 0)
+					flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE;
+
+				pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(relid, flags);
+
+				return vacrels;
+			}
+
+			/*
+			 * Now that we have the lock, probe to see if the relation really
+			 * exists or not.
+			 */
+			if (!SearchSysCacheExists1(RELOID, ObjectIdGetDatum(relid)))
+			{
+				if (options & VACOPT_VACUUM)
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_UNDEFINED_TABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping vacuum of \"%s\" --- relation no longer exists",
+									vrel->relation->relname)));
+				else
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_UNDEFINED_TABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping analyze of \"%s\" --- relation no longer exists",
+									vrel->relation->relname)));
+
+				/* Release useless lock */
+				UnlockRelationOid(relid, AccessShareLock);
+
+				return vacrels;
+			}
 		}
 
 		/*
diff --git a/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c b/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c
index b2ca28f83ba..532d9023f8c 100644
--- a/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c
+++ b/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c
@@ -17,12 +17,14 @@
 
 #include "postgres.h"
 
+#include "access/htup_details.h"
 #include "access/twophase_rmgr.h"
 #include "access/xact.h"
 #include "catalog/catalog.h"
 #include "utils/memutils.h"
 #include "utils/pgstat_internal.h"
 #include "utils/rel.h"
+#include "utils/syscache.h"
 #include "utils/timestamp.h"
 
 
@@ -367,6 +369,68 @@ pgstat_report_analyze(Relation rel,
 	(void) pgstat_flush_backend(false, PGSTAT_BACKEND_FLUSH_IO);
 }
 
+/*
+ * Report that the table was skipped during vacuum or/and analyze.
+ */
+void
+pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(Oid relid, int flags)
+{
+	PgStat_EntryRef *entry_ref;
+	PgStatShared_Relation *shtabentry;
+	PgStat_StatTabEntry *tabentry;
+	TimestampTz ts;
+	HeapTuple	classTup;
+	bool		isshared;
+
+	if (!pgstat_track_counts || !flags)
+		return;
+
+	classTup = SearchSysCache1(RELOID, ObjectIdGetDatum(relid));
+	if (!HeapTupleIsValid(classTup))
+		return;			/* somebody deleted the rel, forget it */
+	isshared = ((Form_pg_class) GETSTRUCT(classTup))->relisshared;
+	ReleaseSysCache(classTup);
+
+	/* Store the data in the table's hash table entry. */
+	ts = GetCurrentTimestamp();
+
+	/* block acquiring lock for the same reason as pgstat_report_autovac() */
+	entry_ref = pgstat_get_entry_ref_locked(PGSTAT_KIND_RELATION,
+											isshared ? InvalidOid : MyDatabaseId,
+											relid, false);
+
+	shtabentry = (PgStatShared_Relation *) entry_ref->shared_stats;
+	tabentry = &shtabentry->stats;
+
+	if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM)
+	{
+		tabentry->last_skipped_vacuum_time = ts;
+		tabentry->skipped_vacuum_count++;
+	}
+	else if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOVACUUM)
+	{
+		tabentry->last_skipped_autovacuum_time = ts;
+		tabentry->skipped_autovacuum_count++;
+	}
+
+	if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE)
+	{
+		tabentry->last_skipped_analyze_time = ts;
+		tabentry->skipped_analyze_count++;
+	}
+	else if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOANALYZE)
+	{
+		tabentry->last_skipped_autoanalyze_time = ts;
+		tabentry->skipped_autoanalyze_count++;
+	}
+
+	pgstat_unlock_entry(entry_ref);
+
+	/* see pgstat_report_vacuum() */
+	pgstat_flush_io(false);
+	(void) pgstat_flush_backend(false, PGSTAT_BACKEND_FLUSH_IO);
+}
+
 /*
  * count a tuple insertion of n tuples
  */
diff --git a/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c b/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c
index 1408de387ea..90a8968faa0 100644
--- a/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c
+++ b/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c
@@ -84,6 +84,18 @@ PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(mod_since_analyze)
 /* pg_stat_get_numscans */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(numscans)
 
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_analyze_count)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_autoanalyze_count)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_autovacuum_count)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_vacuum_count)
+
 /* pg_stat_get_tuples_deleted */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(tuples_deleted)
 
@@ -170,6 +182,18 @@ PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_vacuum_time)
 /* pg_stat_get_lastscan */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(lastscan)
 
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_analyze_time)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_autoanalyze_time)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_autovacuum_time)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_vacuum_time)
+
 /* pg_stat_get_stat_reset_time */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(stat_reset_time)
 
diff --git a/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat b/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat
index fa9ae79082b..32debb34863 100644
--- a/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat
+++ b/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat
@@ -5680,6 +5680,38 @@
   proargmodes => '{o,o,o,o,o,o,o,o,o,o}',
   proargnames => '{oid,score,xid_score,mxid_score,vacuum_score,vacuum_insert_score,analyze_score,do_vacuum,do_analyze,for_wraparound}',
   prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_autovacuum_scores' },
+{ oid => '8142', descr => 'statistics: last skipped vacuum time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time' },
+{ oid => '8143', descr => 'statistics: last skipped auto vacuum time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time' },
+{ oid => '8144', descr => 'statistics: last skipped analyze time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time' },
+{ oid => '8145', descr => 'statistics: last skipped auto analyze time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time' },
+{ oid => '8146', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped vacuum for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count' },
+{ oid => '8147', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped auto vacuum for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count' },
+{ oid => '8148', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped analyzes for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count' },
+{ oid => '8149', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped auto analyzes for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count' },
 { oid => '1936', descr => 'statistics: currently active backend IDs',
   proname => 'pg_stat_get_backend_idset', prorows => '100', proretset => 't',
   provolatile => 's', proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int4',
diff --git a/src/include/pgstat.h b/src/include/pgstat.h
index dfa2e837638..98941f953d1 100644
--- a/src/include/pgstat.h
+++ b/src/include/pgstat.h
@@ -479,6 +479,15 @@ typedef struct PgStat_StatTabEntry
 	TimestampTz last_autoanalyze_time;	/* autovacuum initiated */
 	PgStat_Counter autoanalyze_count;
 
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_vacuum_time;	/* user initiated vacuum */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_vacuum_count;
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_autovacuum_time;	/* autovacuum initiated */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_autovacuum_count;
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_analyze_time;	/* user initiated */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_analyze_count;
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_autoanalyze_time;	/* autovacuum initiated */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_autoanalyze_count;
+
 	PgStat_Counter total_vacuum_time;	/* times in milliseconds */
 	PgStat_Counter total_autovacuum_time;
 	PgStat_Counter total_analyze_time;
@@ -703,6 +712,13 @@ extern void pgstat_report_analyze(Relation rel,
 								  PgStat_Counter livetuples, PgStat_Counter deadtuples,
 								  bool resetcounter, TimestampTz starttime);
 
+/* flags for pgstat_flush_backend() */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM		(1 << 0)	/* vacuum is skipped */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE		(1 << 1)	/* analyze is skipped */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOVACUUM	(1 << 2)	/* autovacuum is skipped */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOANALYZE	(1 << 3)	/* autoanalyze is skipped */
+extern void pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(Oid relid, int flags);
+
 /*
  * If stats are enabled, but pending data hasn't been prepared yet, call
  * pgstat_assoc_relation() to do so. See its comment for why this is done
diff --git a/src/test/isolation/expected/vacuum-skip-locked.out b/src/test/isolation/expected/vacuum-skip-locked.out
index 99db281a159..e2cff175b7c 100644
--- a/src/test/isolation/expected/vacuum-skip-locked.out
+++ b/src/test/isolation/expected/vacuum-skip-locked.out
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 Parsed test spec with 2 sessions
 
-starting permutation: lock_share vac_specified commit
+starting permutation: lock_share vac_specified commit check_stat
 step lock_share: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN SHARE MODE;
@@ -10,8 +10,22 @@ step vac_specified: VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED) part1, part2;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
 
-starting permutation: lock_share vac_all_parts commit
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   1|            0|                    0
+part2  |           1|                   0|            0|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
+
+starting permutation: lock_share vac_all_parts commit check_stat
 step lock_share: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN SHARE MODE;
@@ -20,8 +34,22 @@ step vac_all_parts: VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED) parted;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   1|            0|                    0
+part2  |           1|                   0|            0|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
 
-starting permutation: lock_share analyze_specified commit
+starting permutation: lock_share analyze_specified commit check_stat
 step lock_share: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN SHARE MODE;
@@ -31,8 +59,22 @@ step analyze_specified: ANALYZE (SKIP_LOCKED) part1, part2;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
 
-starting permutation: lock_share analyze_all_parts commit
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   0|            0|                    1
+part2  |           0|                   0|            1|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
+
+starting permutation: lock_share analyze_all_parts commit check_stat
 step lock_share: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN SHARE MODE;
@@ -41,8 +83,22 @@ step analyze_all_parts: ANALYZE (SKIP_LOCKED) parted;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            1|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   0|            0|                    1
+part2  |           0|                   0|            1|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
 
-starting permutation: lock_share vac_analyze_specified commit
+starting permutation: lock_share vac_analyze_specified commit check_stat
 step lock_share: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN SHARE MODE;
@@ -52,8 +108,22 @@ step vac_analyze_specified: VACUUM (ANALYZE, SKIP_LOCKED) part1, part2;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
 
-starting permutation: lock_share vac_analyze_all_parts commit
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   1|            0|                    1
+part2  |           1|                   0|            1|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
+
+starting permutation: lock_share vac_analyze_all_parts commit check_stat
 step lock_share: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN SHARE MODE;
@@ -62,8 +132,22 @@ step vac_analyze_all_parts: VACUUM (ANALYZE, SKIP_LOCKED) parted;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            1|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   1|            0|                    1
+part2  |           1|                   0|            1|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
 
-starting permutation: lock_share vac_full_specified commit
+starting permutation: lock_share vac_full_specified commit check_stat
 step lock_share: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN SHARE MODE;
@@ -73,8 +157,22 @@ step vac_full_specified: VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED, FULL) part1, part2;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
 
-starting permutation: lock_share vac_full_all_parts commit
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part2  |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
+
+starting permutation: lock_share vac_full_all_parts commit check_stat
 step lock_share: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN SHARE MODE;
@@ -83,8 +181,22 @@ step vac_full_all_parts: VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED, FULL) parted;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part2  |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+(3 rows)
 
-starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_specified commit
+
+starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_specified commit check_stat
 step lock_access_exclusive: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN ACCESS EXCLUSIVE MODE;
@@ -94,8 +206,22 @@ step vac_specified: VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED) part1, part2;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   1|            0|                    0
+part2  |           1|                   0|            0|                    0
+(3 rows)
 
-starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_all_parts commit
+
+starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_all_parts commit check_stat
 step lock_access_exclusive: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN ACCESS EXCLUSIVE MODE;
@@ -104,8 +230,22 @@ step vac_all_parts: VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED) parted;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   1|            0|                    0
+part2  |           1|                   0|            0|                    0
+(3 rows)
 
-starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive analyze_specified commit
+
+starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive analyze_specified commit check_stat
 step lock_access_exclusive: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN ACCESS EXCLUSIVE MODE;
@@ -115,8 +255,22 @@ step analyze_specified: ANALYZE (SKIP_LOCKED) part1, part2;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   0|            0|                    1
+part2  |           0|                   0|            1|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
 
-starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive analyze_all_parts commit
+starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive analyze_all_parts commit check_stat
 step lock_access_exclusive: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN ACCESS EXCLUSIVE MODE;
@@ -126,8 +280,22 @@ step commit:
 	COMMIT;
 
 step analyze_all_parts: <... completed>
-
-starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_analyze_specified commit
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            1|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   0|            1|                    0
+part2  |           0|                   0|            1|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
+
+starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_analyze_specified commit check_stat
 step lock_access_exclusive: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN ACCESS EXCLUSIVE MODE;
@@ -137,8 +305,22 @@ step vac_analyze_specified: VACUUM (ANALYZE, SKIP_LOCKED) part1, part2;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   1|            0|                    1
+part2  |           1|                   0|            1|                    0
+(3 rows)
 
-starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_analyze_all_parts commit
+
+starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_analyze_all_parts commit check_stat
 step lock_access_exclusive: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN ACCESS EXCLUSIVE MODE;
@@ -148,8 +330,22 @@ step commit:
 	COMMIT;
 
 step vac_analyze_all_parts: <... completed>
-
-starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_full_specified commit
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            1|                    0
+part1  |           1|                   0|            1|                    0
+part2  |           1|                   0|            1|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
+
+starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_full_specified commit check_stat
 step lock_access_exclusive: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN ACCESS EXCLUSIVE MODE;
@@ -159,8 +355,22 @@ step vac_full_specified: VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED, FULL) part1, part2;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
 
-starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_full_all_parts commit
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part2  |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
+
+starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_full_all_parts commit check_stat
 step lock_access_exclusive: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN ACCESS EXCLUSIVE MODE;
@@ -169,3 +379,17 @@ step vac_full_all_parts: VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED, FULL) parted;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part2  |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
diff --git a/src/test/isolation/specs/vacuum-skip-locked.spec b/src/test/isolation/specs/vacuum-skip-locked.spec
index 3fad6e1c92a..b0da75d4b6d 100644
--- a/src/test/isolation/specs/vacuum-skip-locked.spec
+++ b/src/test/isolation/specs/vacuum-skip-locked.spec
@@ -33,6 +33,15 @@ step commit
 	COMMIT;
 }
 
+step check_stat
+{
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+}
+
 session s2
 step vac_specified			{ VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED) part1, part2; }
 step vac_all_parts			{ VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED) parted; }
@@ -43,19 +52,19 @@ step vac_analyze_all_parts	{ VACUUM (ANALYZE, SKIP_LOCKED) parted; }
 step vac_full_specified		{ VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED, FULL) part1, part2; }
 step vac_full_all_parts		{ VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED, FULL) parted; }
 
-permutation lock_share vac_specified commit
-permutation lock_share vac_all_parts commit
-permutation lock_share analyze_specified commit
-permutation lock_share analyze_all_parts commit
-permutation lock_share vac_analyze_specified commit
-permutation lock_share vac_analyze_all_parts commit
-permutation lock_share vac_full_specified commit
-permutation lock_share vac_full_all_parts commit
-permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_specified commit
-permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_all_parts commit
-permutation lock_access_exclusive analyze_specified commit
-permutation lock_access_exclusive analyze_all_parts commit
-permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_analyze_specified commit
-permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_analyze_all_parts commit
-permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_full_specified commit
-permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_full_all_parts commit
+permutation lock_share vac_specified commit check_stat
+permutation lock_share vac_all_parts commit check_stat
+permutation lock_share analyze_specified commit check_stat
+permutation lock_share analyze_all_parts commit check_stat
+permutation lock_share vac_analyze_specified commit check_stat
+permutation lock_share vac_analyze_all_parts commit check_stat
+permutation lock_share vac_full_specified commit check_stat
+permutation lock_share vac_full_all_parts commit check_stat
+permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_specified commit check_stat
+permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_all_parts commit check_stat
+permutation lock_access_exclusive analyze_specified commit check_stat
+permutation lock_access_exclusive analyze_all_parts commit check_stat
+permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_analyze_specified commit check_stat
+permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_analyze_all_parts commit check_stat
+permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_full_specified commit check_stat
+permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_full_all_parts commit check_stat
diff --git a/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out b/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out
index a65a5bf0c4f..9b2075d3373 100644
--- a/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out
+++ b/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out
@@ -1835,13 +1835,21 @@ pg_stat_all_tables| SELECT c.oid AS relid,
     pg_stat_get_mod_since_analyze(c.oid) AS n_mod_since_analyze,
     pg_stat_get_ins_since_vacuum(c.oid) AS n_ins_since_vacuum,
     pg_stat_get_last_vacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_vacuum,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_vacuum,
     pg_stat_get_last_autovacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_autovacuum,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_autovacuum,
     pg_stat_get_last_analyze_time(c.oid) AS last_analyze,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_analyze,
     pg_stat_get_last_autoanalyze_time(c.oid) AS last_autoanalyze,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_autoanalyze,
     pg_stat_get_vacuum_count(c.oid) AS vacuum_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count(c.oid) AS skipped_vacuum_count,
     pg_stat_get_autovacuum_count(c.oid) AS autovacuum_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count(c.oid) AS skipped_autovacuum_count,
     pg_stat_get_analyze_count(c.oid) AS analyze_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count(c.oid) AS skipped_analyze_count,
     pg_stat_get_autoanalyze_count(c.oid) AS autoanalyze_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count(c.oid) AS skipped_autoanalyze_count,
     pg_stat_get_total_vacuum_time(c.oid) AS total_vacuum_time,
     pg_stat_get_total_autovacuum_time(c.oid) AS total_autovacuum_time,
     pg_stat_get_total_analyze_time(c.oid) AS total_analyze_time,
@@ -2346,13 +2354,21 @@ pg_stat_sys_tables| SELECT relid,
     n_mod_since_analyze,
     n_ins_since_vacuum,
     last_vacuum,
+    last_skipped_vacuum,
     last_autovacuum,
+    last_skipped_autovacuum,
     last_analyze,
+    last_skipped_analyze,
     last_autoanalyze,
+    last_skipped_autoanalyze,
     vacuum_count,
+    skipped_vacuum_count,
     autovacuum_count,
+    skipped_autovacuum_count,
     analyze_count,
+    skipped_analyze_count,
     autoanalyze_count,
+    skipped_autoanalyze_count,
     total_vacuum_time,
     total_autovacuum_time,
     total_analyze_time,
@@ -2401,13 +2417,21 @@ pg_stat_user_tables| SELECT relid,
     n_mod_since_analyze,
     n_ins_since_vacuum,
     last_vacuum,
+    last_skipped_vacuum,
     last_autovacuum,
+    last_skipped_autovacuum,
     last_analyze,
+    last_skipped_analyze,
     last_autoanalyze,
+    last_skipped_autoanalyze,
     vacuum_count,
+    skipped_vacuum_count,
     autovacuum_count,
+    skipped_autovacuum_count,
     analyze_count,
+    skipped_analyze_count,
     autoanalyze_count,
+    skipped_autoanalyze_count,
     total_vacuum_time,
     total_autovacuum_time,
     total_analyze_time,
-- 
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* [PATCH v5] Track skipped vacuum and analyze activity per relation
@ 2026-03-24 04:09 Yugo Nagata <[email protected]>
  0 siblings, 0 replies; 374+ messages in thread

From: Yugo Nagata @ 2026-03-24 04:09 UTC (permalink / raw)

This commit adds eight fields to the relation statistics that track
the last time vacuum or analyze has been attempted but skipped due to
lock unavailability, along with their counts:

-    last_skipped_vacuum
-    last_skipped_autovacuum
-    last_skipped_analyze
-    last_skipped_autoanalyze
-    skipped_vacuum_count
-    skipped_autovacuum_count
-    skipped_analyze_count
-    skipped_autoanalyze_count

These field can help users confirm that autovacuum is actively attempting
to run on a table that has not been vacuumed or analyzed for a long time,
and that the lack of progress is due to repeated skips rather than inactivity.
---
 doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml                  |  88 ++++++
 src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql          |   8 +
 src/backend/commands/vacuum.c                 | 100 +++++--
 src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c  |  64 +++++
 src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c           |  24 ++
 src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat               |  32 +++
 src/include/pgstat.h                          |  16 ++
 .../isolation/expected/vacuum-skip-locked.out | 260 ++++++++++++++++--
 .../isolation/specs/vacuum-skip-locked.spec   |  41 +--
 src/test/regress/expected/rules.out           |  24 ++
 10 files changed, 601 insertions(+), 56 deletions(-)

diff --git a/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml b/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml
index 08d5b824552..a9b579d87a9 100644
--- a/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml
+++ b/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml
@@ -4387,6 +4387,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_vacuum</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time a manual vacuum on this table was attempted but skipped due to
+       lock unavailability (not counting <command>VACUUM FULL</command>)
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>last_autovacuum</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
@@ -4397,6 +4407,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_autovacuum</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time a vacuum on this table by the autovacuum daemon was attempted
+       but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>last_analyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
@@ -4406,6 +4426,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_analyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time a manual analyze on this table was attempted but skipped due to
+       lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>last_autoanalyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
@@ -4416,6 +4446,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_autoanalyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time at which an analyze on this table by the autovacuum was
+       attempted but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>vacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4426,6 +4466,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_vacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times manual vacuums on this table have been attempted but skipped
+       due to lock unavailability (not counting <command>VACUUM FULL</command>)
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>autovacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4436,6 +4486,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_autovacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times vacuums on this table by the autovacuum daemon have been
+       attempted but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>analyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4445,6 +4505,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_analyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times manual analyzes on this table have been attempted but
+       skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>autoanalyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4455,6 +4525,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_autoanalyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times analyzes on this table by the autovacuum daemon have
+       been attempted but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>total_vacuum_time</structfield> <type>double precision</type>
@@ -4510,6 +4590,14 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
    </tgroup>
   </table>
 
+  <note>
+   <para>
+    When a manual vacuum or analyze on a parent table in an inheritance or
+    partitioning hierarchy is skipped, the statistics are recorded only for
+    the parent table, not for its children.
+   </para>
+  </note>
+
  </sect2>
 
  <sect2 id="monitoring-pg-stat-autovacuum-scores-view">
diff --git a/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql b/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql
index 73a1c1c4670..f509fc7876b 100644
--- a/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql
+++ b/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql
@@ -736,13 +736,21 @@ CREATE VIEW pg_stat_all_tables AS
             pg_stat_get_mod_since_analyze(C.oid) AS n_mod_since_analyze,
             pg_stat_get_ins_since_vacuum(C.oid) AS n_ins_since_vacuum,
             pg_stat_get_last_vacuum_time(C.oid) as last_vacuum,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_vacuum,
             pg_stat_get_last_autovacuum_time(C.oid) as last_autovacuum,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_autovacuum,
             pg_stat_get_last_analyze_time(C.oid) as last_analyze,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_analyze,
             pg_stat_get_last_autoanalyze_time(C.oid) as last_autoanalyze,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_autoanalyze,
             pg_stat_get_vacuum_count(C.oid) AS vacuum_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count(C.oid) AS skipped_vacuum_count,
             pg_stat_get_autovacuum_count(C.oid) AS autovacuum_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count(C.oid) AS skipped_autovacuum_count,
             pg_stat_get_analyze_count(C.oid) AS analyze_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count(C.oid) AS skipped_analyze_count,
             pg_stat_get_autoanalyze_count(C.oid) AS autoanalyze_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count(C.oid) AS skipped_autoanalyze_count,
             pg_stat_get_total_vacuum_time(C.oid) AS total_vacuum_time,
             pg_stat_get_total_autovacuum_time(C.oid) AS total_autovacuum_time,
             pg_stat_get_total_analyze_time(C.oid) AS total_analyze_time,
diff --git a/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c b/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c
index 99d0db82ed7..df6526225e4 100644
--- a/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c
+++ b/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c
@@ -793,8 +793,25 @@ vacuum_open_relation(Oid relid, RangeVar *relation, uint32 options,
 		rel = try_relation_open(relid, NoLock);
 	else
 	{
+		int flags = 0;
 		rel = NULL;
 		rel_lock = false;
+
+		if ((options & VACOPT_VACUUM) != 0 && (options & VACOPT_FULL) == 0)
+		{
+			if (AmAutoVacuumWorkerProcess())
+				flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOVACUUM;
+			else
+				flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM;
+		}
+		if ((options & VACOPT_ANALYZE) != 0)
+		{
+			if (AmAutoVacuumWorkerProcess())
+				flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOANALYZE;
+			else
+				flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE;
+		}
+		pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(relid, flags);
 	}
 
 	/* if relation is opened, leave */
@@ -905,7 +922,6 @@ expand_vacuum_rel(VacuumRelation *vrel, MemoryContext vac_context,
 		Form_pg_class classForm;
 		bool		include_children;
 		bool		is_partitioned_table;
-		int			rvr_opts;
 
 		/*
 		 * Since autovacuum workers supply OIDs when calling vacuum(), no
@@ -918,29 +934,69 @@ expand_vacuum_rel(VacuumRelation *vrel, MemoryContext vac_context,
 		 * below, as well as find_all_inheritors's expectation that the caller
 		 * holds some lock on the starting relation.
 		 */
-		rvr_opts = (options & VACOPT_SKIP_LOCKED) ? RVR_SKIP_LOCKED : 0;
-		relid = RangeVarGetRelidExtended(vrel->relation,
-										 AccessShareLock,
-										 rvr_opts,
-										 NULL, NULL);
-
-		/*
-		 * If the lock is unavailable, emit the same log statement that
-		 * vacuum_rel() and analyze_rel() would.
-		 */
-		if (!OidIsValid(relid))
+		if (!(options & VACOPT_SKIP_LOCKED))
 		{
-			if (options & VACOPT_VACUUM)
-				ereport(WARNING,
-						(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
-						 errmsg("skipping vacuum of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
-								vrel->relation->relname)));
-			else
-				ereport(WARNING,
-						(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
-						 errmsg("skipping analyze of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
+			relid = RangeVarGetRelidExtended(vrel->relation,
+											 AccessShareLock,
+											 0, NULL, NULL);
+			if (!OidIsValid(relid))
+				return vacrels;
+		}
+		else
+		{
+			/* Get relid for reporting before taking a lock */
+			relid = RangeVarGetRelid(vrel->relation, NoLock, false);
+
+			if (!ConditionalLockRelationOid(relid, AccessShareLock))
+			{
+				int	flags = 0;
+				/*
+				 * If the lock is unavailable, emit the same log statement that
+				 * vacuum_rel() and analyze_rel() would.
+				 */
+				if (options & VACOPT_VACUUM)
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping vacuum of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
 								vrel->relation->relname)));
-			return vacrels;
+				else
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping analyze of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
+									vrel->relation->relname)));
+
+				if ((options & VACOPT_VACUUM) != 0 && (options & VACOPT_FULL) == 0)
+					flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM;
+				if ((options & VACOPT_ANALYZE) != 0)
+					flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE;
+
+				pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(relid, flags);
+
+				return vacrels;
+			}
+
+			/*
+			 * Now that we have the lock, probe to see if the relation really
+			 * exists or not.
+			 */
+			if (!SearchSysCacheExists1(RELOID, ObjectIdGetDatum(relid)))
+			{
+				if (options & VACOPT_VACUUM)
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_UNDEFINED_TABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping vacuum of \"%s\" --- relation no longer exists",
+									vrel->relation->relname)));
+				else
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_UNDEFINED_TABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping analyze of \"%s\" --- relation no longer exists",
+									vrel->relation->relname)));
+
+				/* Release useless lock */
+				UnlockRelationOid(relid, AccessShareLock);
+
+				return vacrels;
+			}
 		}
 
 		/*
diff --git a/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c b/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c
index b2ca28f83ba..532d9023f8c 100644
--- a/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c
+++ b/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c
@@ -17,12 +17,14 @@
 
 #include "postgres.h"
 
+#include "access/htup_details.h"
 #include "access/twophase_rmgr.h"
 #include "access/xact.h"
 #include "catalog/catalog.h"
 #include "utils/memutils.h"
 #include "utils/pgstat_internal.h"
 #include "utils/rel.h"
+#include "utils/syscache.h"
 #include "utils/timestamp.h"
 
 
@@ -367,6 +369,68 @@ pgstat_report_analyze(Relation rel,
 	(void) pgstat_flush_backend(false, PGSTAT_BACKEND_FLUSH_IO);
 }
 
+/*
+ * Report that the table was skipped during vacuum or/and analyze.
+ */
+void
+pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(Oid relid, int flags)
+{
+	PgStat_EntryRef *entry_ref;
+	PgStatShared_Relation *shtabentry;
+	PgStat_StatTabEntry *tabentry;
+	TimestampTz ts;
+	HeapTuple	classTup;
+	bool		isshared;
+
+	if (!pgstat_track_counts || !flags)
+		return;
+
+	classTup = SearchSysCache1(RELOID, ObjectIdGetDatum(relid));
+	if (!HeapTupleIsValid(classTup))
+		return;			/* somebody deleted the rel, forget it */
+	isshared = ((Form_pg_class) GETSTRUCT(classTup))->relisshared;
+	ReleaseSysCache(classTup);
+
+	/* Store the data in the table's hash table entry. */
+	ts = GetCurrentTimestamp();
+
+	/* block acquiring lock for the same reason as pgstat_report_autovac() */
+	entry_ref = pgstat_get_entry_ref_locked(PGSTAT_KIND_RELATION,
+											isshared ? InvalidOid : MyDatabaseId,
+											relid, false);
+
+	shtabentry = (PgStatShared_Relation *) entry_ref->shared_stats;
+	tabentry = &shtabentry->stats;
+
+	if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM)
+	{
+		tabentry->last_skipped_vacuum_time = ts;
+		tabentry->skipped_vacuum_count++;
+	}
+	else if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOVACUUM)
+	{
+		tabentry->last_skipped_autovacuum_time = ts;
+		tabentry->skipped_autovacuum_count++;
+	}
+
+	if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE)
+	{
+		tabentry->last_skipped_analyze_time = ts;
+		tabentry->skipped_analyze_count++;
+	}
+	else if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOANALYZE)
+	{
+		tabentry->last_skipped_autoanalyze_time = ts;
+		tabentry->skipped_autoanalyze_count++;
+	}
+
+	pgstat_unlock_entry(entry_ref);
+
+	/* see pgstat_report_vacuum() */
+	pgstat_flush_io(false);
+	(void) pgstat_flush_backend(false, PGSTAT_BACKEND_FLUSH_IO);
+}
+
 /*
  * count a tuple insertion of n tuples
  */
diff --git a/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c b/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c
index 1408de387ea..90a8968faa0 100644
--- a/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c
+++ b/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c
@@ -84,6 +84,18 @@ PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(mod_since_analyze)
 /* pg_stat_get_numscans */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(numscans)
 
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_analyze_count)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_autoanalyze_count)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_autovacuum_count)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_vacuum_count)
+
 /* pg_stat_get_tuples_deleted */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(tuples_deleted)
 
@@ -170,6 +182,18 @@ PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_vacuum_time)
 /* pg_stat_get_lastscan */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(lastscan)
 
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_analyze_time)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_autoanalyze_time)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_autovacuum_time)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_vacuum_time)
+
 /* pg_stat_get_stat_reset_time */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(stat_reset_time)
 
diff --git a/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat b/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat
index fa9ae79082b..32debb34863 100644
--- a/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat
+++ b/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat
@@ -5680,6 +5680,38 @@
   proargmodes => '{o,o,o,o,o,o,o,o,o,o}',
   proargnames => '{oid,score,xid_score,mxid_score,vacuum_score,vacuum_insert_score,analyze_score,do_vacuum,do_analyze,for_wraparound}',
   prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_autovacuum_scores' },
+{ oid => '8142', descr => 'statistics: last skipped vacuum time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time' },
+{ oid => '8143', descr => 'statistics: last skipped auto vacuum time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time' },
+{ oid => '8144', descr => 'statistics: last skipped analyze time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time' },
+{ oid => '8145', descr => 'statistics: last skipped auto analyze time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time' },
+{ oid => '8146', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped vacuum for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count' },
+{ oid => '8147', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped auto vacuum for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count' },
+{ oid => '8148', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped analyzes for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count' },
+{ oid => '8149', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped auto analyzes for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count' },
 { oid => '1936', descr => 'statistics: currently active backend IDs',
   proname => 'pg_stat_get_backend_idset', prorows => '100', proretset => 't',
   provolatile => 's', proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int4',
diff --git a/src/include/pgstat.h b/src/include/pgstat.h
index dfa2e837638..98941f953d1 100644
--- a/src/include/pgstat.h
+++ b/src/include/pgstat.h
@@ -479,6 +479,15 @@ typedef struct PgStat_StatTabEntry
 	TimestampTz last_autoanalyze_time;	/* autovacuum initiated */
 	PgStat_Counter autoanalyze_count;
 
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_vacuum_time;	/* user initiated vacuum */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_vacuum_count;
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_autovacuum_time;	/* autovacuum initiated */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_autovacuum_count;
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_analyze_time;	/* user initiated */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_analyze_count;
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_autoanalyze_time;	/* autovacuum initiated */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_autoanalyze_count;
+
 	PgStat_Counter total_vacuum_time;	/* times in milliseconds */
 	PgStat_Counter total_autovacuum_time;
 	PgStat_Counter total_analyze_time;
@@ -703,6 +712,13 @@ extern void pgstat_report_analyze(Relation rel,
 								  PgStat_Counter livetuples, PgStat_Counter deadtuples,
 								  bool resetcounter, TimestampTz starttime);
 
+/* flags for pgstat_flush_backend() */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM		(1 << 0)	/* vacuum is skipped */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE		(1 << 1)	/* analyze is skipped */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOVACUUM	(1 << 2)	/* autovacuum is skipped */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOANALYZE	(1 << 3)	/* autoanalyze is skipped */
+extern void pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(Oid relid, int flags);
+
 /*
  * If stats are enabled, but pending data hasn't been prepared yet, call
  * pgstat_assoc_relation() to do so. See its comment for why this is done
diff --git a/src/test/isolation/expected/vacuum-skip-locked.out b/src/test/isolation/expected/vacuum-skip-locked.out
index 99db281a159..e2cff175b7c 100644
--- a/src/test/isolation/expected/vacuum-skip-locked.out
+++ b/src/test/isolation/expected/vacuum-skip-locked.out
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 Parsed test spec with 2 sessions
 
-starting permutation: lock_share vac_specified commit
+starting permutation: lock_share vac_specified commit check_stat
 step lock_share: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN SHARE MODE;
@@ -10,8 +10,22 @@ step vac_specified: VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED) part1, part2;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
 
-starting permutation: lock_share vac_all_parts commit
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   1|            0|                    0
+part2  |           1|                   0|            0|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
+
+starting permutation: lock_share vac_all_parts commit check_stat
 step lock_share: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN SHARE MODE;
@@ -20,8 +34,22 @@ step vac_all_parts: VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED) parted;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   1|            0|                    0
+part2  |           1|                   0|            0|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
 
-starting permutation: lock_share analyze_specified commit
+starting permutation: lock_share analyze_specified commit check_stat
 step lock_share: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN SHARE MODE;
@@ -31,8 +59,22 @@ step analyze_specified: ANALYZE (SKIP_LOCKED) part1, part2;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
 
-starting permutation: lock_share analyze_all_parts commit
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   0|            0|                    1
+part2  |           0|                   0|            1|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
+
+starting permutation: lock_share analyze_all_parts commit check_stat
 step lock_share: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN SHARE MODE;
@@ -41,8 +83,22 @@ step analyze_all_parts: ANALYZE (SKIP_LOCKED) parted;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            1|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   0|            0|                    1
+part2  |           0|                   0|            1|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
 
-starting permutation: lock_share vac_analyze_specified commit
+starting permutation: lock_share vac_analyze_specified commit check_stat
 step lock_share: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN SHARE MODE;
@@ -52,8 +108,22 @@ step vac_analyze_specified: VACUUM (ANALYZE, SKIP_LOCKED) part1, part2;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
 
-starting permutation: lock_share vac_analyze_all_parts commit
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   1|            0|                    1
+part2  |           1|                   0|            1|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
+
+starting permutation: lock_share vac_analyze_all_parts commit check_stat
 step lock_share: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN SHARE MODE;
@@ -62,8 +132,22 @@ step vac_analyze_all_parts: VACUUM (ANALYZE, SKIP_LOCKED) parted;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            1|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   1|            0|                    1
+part2  |           1|                   0|            1|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
 
-starting permutation: lock_share vac_full_specified commit
+starting permutation: lock_share vac_full_specified commit check_stat
 step lock_share: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN SHARE MODE;
@@ -73,8 +157,22 @@ step vac_full_specified: VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED, FULL) part1, part2;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
 
-starting permutation: lock_share vac_full_all_parts commit
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part2  |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
+
+starting permutation: lock_share vac_full_all_parts commit check_stat
 step lock_share: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN SHARE MODE;
@@ -83,8 +181,22 @@ step vac_full_all_parts: VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED, FULL) parted;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part2  |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+(3 rows)
 
-starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_specified commit
+
+starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_specified commit check_stat
 step lock_access_exclusive: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN ACCESS EXCLUSIVE MODE;
@@ -94,8 +206,22 @@ step vac_specified: VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED) part1, part2;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   1|            0|                    0
+part2  |           1|                   0|            0|                    0
+(3 rows)
 
-starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_all_parts commit
+
+starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_all_parts commit check_stat
 step lock_access_exclusive: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN ACCESS EXCLUSIVE MODE;
@@ -104,8 +230,22 @@ step vac_all_parts: VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED) parted;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   1|            0|                    0
+part2  |           1|                   0|            0|                    0
+(3 rows)
 
-starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive analyze_specified commit
+
+starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive analyze_specified commit check_stat
 step lock_access_exclusive: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN ACCESS EXCLUSIVE MODE;
@@ -115,8 +255,22 @@ step analyze_specified: ANALYZE (SKIP_LOCKED) part1, part2;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   0|            0|                    1
+part2  |           0|                   0|            1|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
 
-starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive analyze_all_parts commit
+starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive analyze_all_parts commit check_stat
 step lock_access_exclusive: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN ACCESS EXCLUSIVE MODE;
@@ -126,8 +280,22 @@ step commit:
 	COMMIT;
 
 step analyze_all_parts: <... completed>
-
-starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_analyze_specified commit
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            1|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   0|            1|                    0
+part2  |           0|                   0|            1|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
+
+starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_analyze_specified commit check_stat
 step lock_access_exclusive: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN ACCESS EXCLUSIVE MODE;
@@ -137,8 +305,22 @@ step vac_analyze_specified: VACUUM (ANALYZE, SKIP_LOCKED) part1, part2;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   1|            0|                    1
+part2  |           1|                   0|            1|                    0
+(3 rows)
 
-starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_analyze_all_parts commit
+
+starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_analyze_all_parts commit check_stat
 step lock_access_exclusive: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN ACCESS EXCLUSIVE MODE;
@@ -148,8 +330,22 @@ step commit:
 	COMMIT;
 
 step vac_analyze_all_parts: <... completed>
-
-starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_full_specified commit
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            1|                    0
+part1  |           1|                   0|            1|                    0
+part2  |           1|                   0|            1|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
+
+starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_full_specified commit check_stat
 step lock_access_exclusive: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN ACCESS EXCLUSIVE MODE;
@@ -159,8 +355,22 @@ step vac_full_specified: VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED, FULL) part1, part2;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
 
-starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_full_all_parts commit
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part2  |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
+
+starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_full_all_parts commit check_stat
 step lock_access_exclusive: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN ACCESS EXCLUSIVE MODE;
@@ -169,3 +379,17 @@ step vac_full_all_parts: VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED, FULL) parted;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part2  |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
diff --git a/src/test/isolation/specs/vacuum-skip-locked.spec b/src/test/isolation/specs/vacuum-skip-locked.spec
index 3fad6e1c92a..b0da75d4b6d 100644
--- a/src/test/isolation/specs/vacuum-skip-locked.spec
+++ b/src/test/isolation/specs/vacuum-skip-locked.spec
@@ -33,6 +33,15 @@ step commit
 	COMMIT;
 }
 
+step check_stat
+{
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+}
+
 session s2
 step vac_specified			{ VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED) part1, part2; }
 step vac_all_parts			{ VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED) parted; }
@@ -43,19 +52,19 @@ step vac_analyze_all_parts	{ VACUUM (ANALYZE, SKIP_LOCKED) parted; }
 step vac_full_specified		{ VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED, FULL) part1, part2; }
 step vac_full_all_parts		{ VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED, FULL) parted; }
 
-permutation lock_share vac_specified commit
-permutation lock_share vac_all_parts commit
-permutation lock_share analyze_specified commit
-permutation lock_share analyze_all_parts commit
-permutation lock_share vac_analyze_specified commit
-permutation lock_share vac_analyze_all_parts commit
-permutation lock_share vac_full_specified commit
-permutation lock_share vac_full_all_parts commit
-permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_specified commit
-permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_all_parts commit
-permutation lock_access_exclusive analyze_specified commit
-permutation lock_access_exclusive analyze_all_parts commit
-permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_analyze_specified commit
-permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_analyze_all_parts commit
-permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_full_specified commit
-permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_full_all_parts commit
+permutation lock_share vac_specified commit check_stat
+permutation lock_share vac_all_parts commit check_stat
+permutation lock_share analyze_specified commit check_stat
+permutation lock_share analyze_all_parts commit check_stat
+permutation lock_share vac_analyze_specified commit check_stat
+permutation lock_share vac_analyze_all_parts commit check_stat
+permutation lock_share vac_full_specified commit check_stat
+permutation lock_share vac_full_all_parts commit check_stat
+permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_specified commit check_stat
+permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_all_parts commit check_stat
+permutation lock_access_exclusive analyze_specified commit check_stat
+permutation lock_access_exclusive analyze_all_parts commit check_stat
+permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_analyze_specified commit check_stat
+permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_analyze_all_parts commit check_stat
+permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_full_specified commit check_stat
+permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_full_all_parts commit check_stat
diff --git a/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out b/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out
index a65a5bf0c4f..9b2075d3373 100644
--- a/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out
+++ b/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out
@@ -1835,13 +1835,21 @@ pg_stat_all_tables| SELECT c.oid AS relid,
     pg_stat_get_mod_since_analyze(c.oid) AS n_mod_since_analyze,
     pg_stat_get_ins_since_vacuum(c.oid) AS n_ins_since_vacuum,
     pg_stat_get_last_vacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_vacuum,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_vacuum,
     pg_stat_get_last_autovacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_autovacuum,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_autovacuum,
     pg_stat_get_last_analyze_time(c.oid) AS last_analyze,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_analyze,
     pg_stat_get_last_autoanalyze_time(c.oid) AS last_autoanalyze,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_autoanalyze,
     pg_stat_get_vacuum_count(c.oid) AS vacuum_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count(c.oid) AS skipped_vacuum_count,
     pg_stat_get_autovacuum_count(c.oid) AS autovacuum_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count(c.oid) AS skipped_autovacuum_count,
     pg_stat_get_analyze_count(c.oid) AS analyze_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count(c.oid) AS skipped_analyze_count,
     pg_stat_get_autoanalyze_count(c.oid) AS autoanalyze_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count(c.oid) AS skipped_autoanalyze_count,
     pg_stat_get_total_vacuum_time(c.oid) AS total_vacuum_time,
     pg_stat_get_total_autovacuum_time(c.oid) AS total_autovacuum_time,
     pg_stat_get_total_analyze_time(c.oid) AS total_analyze_time,
@@ -2346,13 +2354,21 @@ pg_stat_sys_tables| SELECT relid,
     n_mod_since_analyze,
     n_ins_since_vacuum,
     last_vacuum,
+    last_skipped_vacuum,
     last_autovacuum,
+    last_skipped_autovacuum,
     last_analyze,
+    last_skipped_analyze,
     last_autoanalyze,
+    last_skipped_autoanalyze,
     vacuum_count,
+    skipped_vacuum_count,
     autovacuum_count,
+    skipped_autovacuum_count,
     analyze_count,
+    skipped_analyze_count,
     autoanalyze_count,
+    skipped_autoanalyze_count,
     total_vacuum_time,
     total_autovacuum_time,
     total_analyze_time,
@@ -2401,13 +2417,21 @@ pg_stat_user_tables| SELECT relid,
     n_mod_since_analyze,
     n_ins_since_vacuum,
     last_vacuum,
+    last_skipped_vacuum,
     last_autovacuum,
+    last_skipped_autovacuum,
     last_analyze,
+    last_skipped_analyze,
     last_autoanalyze,
+    last_skipped_autoanalyze,
     vacuum_count,
+    skipped_vacuum_count,
     autovacuum_count,
+    skipped_autovacuum_count,
     analyze_count,
+    skipped_analyze_count,
     autoanalyze_count,
+    skipped_autoanalyze_count,
     total_vacuum_time,
     total_autovacuum_time,
     total_analyze_time,
-- 
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* [PATCH v3] Track skipped vacuum and analyze activity per relation
@ 2026-03-24 04:09 Yugo Nagata <[email protected]>
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From: Yugo Nagata @ 2026-03-24 04:09 UTC (permalink / raw)

This commit adds eight fields to the relation statistics that track
the last time vacuum or analyze has been attempted but skipped due to
lock unavailability, along with their counts:

-    last_skipped_vacuum
-    last_skipped_autovacuum
-    last_skipped_analyze
-    last_skipped_autoanalyze
-    skipped_vacuum_count
-    skipped_autovacuum_count
-    skipped_analyze_count
-    skipped_autoanalyze_count

These field can help users confirm that autovacuum is actively attempting
to run on a table that has not been vacuumed or analyzed for a long time,
and that the lack of progress is due to repeated skips rather than inactivity.
---
 doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml                 | 80 +++++++++++++++++
 src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql         |  8 ++
 src/backend/commands/vacuum.c                | 95 +++++++++++++++-----
 src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c | 68 ++++++++++++++
 src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c          | 24 +++++
 src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat              | 32 +++++++
 src/include/pgstat.h                         | 16 ++++
 src/test/regress/expected/rules.out          | 24 +++++
 8 files changed, 324 insertions(+), 23 deletions(-)

diff --git a/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml b/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml
index bb75ed1069b..9ec8070b2fc 100644
--- a/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml
+++ b/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml
@@ -4372,6 +4372,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_vacuum</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time a manual vacuum on this table was attempted but skipped due to
+       lock unavailability (not counting <command>VACUUM FULL</command>)
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>last_autovacuum</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
@@ -4382,6 +4392,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_autovacuum</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time a vacuum on this table by the autovacuum daemon was attempted
+       but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>last_analyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
@@ -4391,6 +4411,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_analyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time a manual analyze on this table was attempted but skipped due to
+       lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>last_autoanalyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
@@ -4401,6 +4431,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_autoanalyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time at which an analyze on this table by the autovacuum was
+       attempted but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>vacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4411,6 +4451,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_vacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times vacuums on this table have been attempted but skipped
+       due to lock unavailability (not counting <command>VACUUM FULL</command>)
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>autovacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4421,6 +4471,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_autovacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times vacuums on this table by the autovacuum daemon have been
+       attempted but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>analyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4430,6 +4490,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_analyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times manual analyzes on this table have been attempted but
+       skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>autoanalyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4440,6 +4510,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_autoanalyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times analyzes on this table by the autovacuum daemon have
+       been attempted but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>total_vacuum_time</structfield> <type>double precision</type>
diff --git a/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql b/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql
index e54018004db..2ca02a0354c 100644
--- a/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql
+++ b/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql
@@ -736,13 +736,21 @@ CREATE VIEW pg_stat_all_tables AS
             pg_stat_get_mod_since_analyze(C.oid) AS n_mod_since_analyze,
             pg_stat_get_ins_since_vacuum(C.oid) AS n_ins_since_vacuum,
             pg_stat_get_last_vacuum_time(C.oid) as last_vacuum,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_vacuum,
             pg_stat_get_last_autovacuum_time(C.oid) as last_autovacuum,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_autovacuum,
             pg_stat_get_last_analyze_time(C.oid) as last_analyze,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_analyze,
             pg_stat_get_last_autoanalyze_time(C.oid) as last_autoanalyze,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_autoanalyze,
             pg_stat_get_vacuum_count(C.oid) AS vacuum_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count(C.oid) AS skipped_vacuum_count,
             pg_stat_get_autovacuum_count(C.oid) AS autovacuum_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count(C.oid) AS skipped_autovacuum_count,
             pg_stat_get_analyze_count(C.oid) AS analyze_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count(C.oid) AS skipped_analyze_count,
             pg_stat_get_autoanalyze_count(C.oid) AS autoanalyze_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count(C.oid) AS skipped_autoanalyze_count,
             pg_stat_get_total_vacuum_time(C.oid) AS total_vacuum_time,
             pg_stat_get_total_autovacuum_time(C.oid) AS total_autovacuum_time,
             pg_stat_get_total_analyze_time(C.oid) AS total_analyze_time,
diff --git a/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c b/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c
index bce3a2daa24..ce83b3171be 100644
--- a/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c
+++ b/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c
@@ -792,8 +792,18 @@ vacuum_open_relation(Oid relid, RangeVar *relation, bits32 options,
 		rel = try_relation_open(relid, NoLock);
 	else
 	{
+		bits8 flags = 0;
 		rel = NULL;
 		rel_lock = false;
+
+		if ((options & VACOPT_VACUUM) != 0)
+			flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM;
+		if ((options & VACOPT_ANALYZE) != 0)
+			flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE;
+		if (AmAutoVacuumWorkerProcess())
+			flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOVAC;
+
+		pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(relid, flags);
 	}
 
 	/* if relation is opened, leave */
@@ -801,7 +811,7 @@ vacuum_open_relation(Oid relid, RangeVar *relation, bits32 options,
 		return rel;
 
 	/*
-	 * Relation could not be opened, hence generate if possible a log
+	 * Relation could not be opened hence generate if possible a log
 	 * informing on the situation.
 	 *
 	 * If the RangeVar is not defined, we do not have enough information to
@@ -904,7 +914,6 @@ expand_vacuum_rel(VacuumRelation *vrel, MemoryContext vac_context,
 		Form_pg_class classForm;
 		bool		include_children;
 		bool		is_partitioned_table;
-		int			rvr_opts;
 
 		/*
 		 * Since autovacuum workers supply OIDs when calling vacuum(), no
@@ -917,29 +926,69 @@ expand_vacuum_rel(VacuumRelation *vrel, MemoryContext vac_context,
 		 * below, as well as find_all_inheritors's expectation that the caller
 		 * holds some lock on the starting relation.
 		 */
-		rvr_opts = (options & VACOPT_SKIP_LOCKED) ? RVR_SKIP_LOCKED : 0;
-		relid = RangeVarGetRelidExtended(vrel->relation,
-										 AccessShareLock,
-										 rvr_opts,
-										 NULL, NULL);
-
-		/*
-		 * If the lock is unavailable, emit the same log statement that
-		 * vacuum_rel() and analyze_rel() would.
-		 */
-		if (!OidIsValid(relid))
+		if (!(options & VACOPT_SKIP_LOCKED))
 		{
-			if (options & VACOPT_VACUUM)
-				ereport(WARNING,
-						(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
-						 errmsg("skipping vacuum of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
-								vrel->relation->relname)));
-			else
-				ereport(WARNING,
-						(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
-						 errmsg("skipping analyze of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
+			relid = RangeVarGetRelidExtended(vrel->relation,
+											 AccessShareLock,
+											 0, NULL, NULL);
+			if (!OidIsValid(relid))
+				return vacrels;
+		}
+		else
+		{
+			/* Get relid for reporting before taking a lock */
+			relid = RangeVarGetRelid(vrel->relation, NoLock, false);
+
+			if (!ConditionalLockRelationOid(relid, AccessShareLock))
+			{
+				bits8	flags = 0;
+				/*
+				 * If the lock is unavailable, emit the same log statement that
+				 * vacuum_rel() and analyze_rel() would.
+				 */
+				if (options & VACOPT_VACUUM)
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping vacuum of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
 								vrel->relation->relname)));
-			return vacrels;
+				else
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping analyze of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
+									vrel->relation->relname)));
+
+				if ((options & VACOPT_VACUUM) != 0)
+					flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM;
+				if ((options & VACOPT_ANALYZE) != 0)
+					flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE;
+
+				pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(relid, flags);
+
+				return vacrels;
+			}
+
+			/*
+			 * Now that we have the lock, probe to see if the relation really
+			 * exists or not.
+			 */
+			if (!SearchSysCacheExists1(RELOID, ObjectIdGetDatum(relid)))
+			{
+				if (options & VACOPT_VACUUM)
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_UNDEFINED_TABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping vacuum of \"%s\" --- relation no longer exists",
+									vrel->relation->relname)));
+				else
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_UNDEFINED_TABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping analyze of \"%s\" --- relation no longer exists",
+									vrel->relation->relname)));
+
+				/* Release useless lock */
+				UnlockRelationOid(relid, AccessShareLock);
+
+				return vacrels;
+			}
 		}
 
 		/*
diff --git a/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c b/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c
index bc8c43b96aa..cec4c88980e 100644
--- a/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c
+++ b/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c
@@ -17,6 +17,7 @@
 
 #include "postgres.h"
 
+#include "access/htup_details.h"
 #include "access/twophase_rmgr.h"
 #include "access/xact.h"
 #include "catalog/catalog.h"
@@ -366,6 +367,73 @@ pgstat_report_analyze(Relation rel,
 	(void) pgstat_flush_backend(false, PGSTAT_BACKEND_FLUSH_IO);
 }
 
+/*
+ * Report that the table was skipped during vacuum or/and analyze.
+ */
+void
+pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(Oid relid, bits8 flags)
+{
+	PgStat_EntryRef *entry_ref;
+	PgStatShared_Relation *shtabentry;
+	PgStat_StatTabEntry *tabentry;
+	TimestampTz ts;
+	HeapTuple	classTup;
+	bool		isshared;
+
+	if (!pgstat_track_counts || !(flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANY))
+		return;
+
+	classTup = SearchSysCache1(RELOID, ObjectIdGetDatum(relid));
+	if (!HeapTupleIsValid(classTup))
+		return;			/* somebody deleted the rel, forget it */
+	isshared = ((Form_pg_class) GETSTRUCT(classTup))->relisshared;
+	ReleaseSysCache(classTup);
+
+	/* Store the data in the table's hash table entry. */
+	ts = GetCurrentTimestamp();
+
+	/* block acquiring lock for the same reason as pgstat_report_autovac() */
+	entry_ref = pgstat_get_entry_ref_locked(PGSTAT_KIND_RELATION,
+											isshared ? InvalidOid : MyDatabaseId,
+											relid, false);
+
+	shtabentry = (PgStatShared_Relation *) entry_ref->shared_stats;
+	tabentry = &shtabentry->stats;
+
+	if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOVAC)
+	{
+		if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM)
+		{
+			tabentry->last_skipped_autovacuum_time = ts;
+			tabentry->skipped_autovacuum_count++;
+		}
+		if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE)
+		{
+			tabentry->last_skipped_autoanalyze_time = ts;
+			tabentry->skipped_autoanalyze_count++;
+		}
+	}
+	else
+	{
+		if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM)
+		{
+			tabentry->last_skipped_vacuum_time = ts;
+			tabentry->skipped_vacuum_count++;
+		}
+		if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE)
+		{
+			tabentry->last_skipped_analyze_time = ts;
+			tabentry->skipped_analyze_count++;
+		}
+	}
+
+	pgstat_unlock_entry(entry_ref);
+
+	/* see pgstat_report_vacuum() */
+	pgstat_flush_io(false);
+	(void) pgstat_flush_backend(false, PGSTAT_BACKEND_FLUSH_IO);
+}
+
 /*
  * count a tuple insertion of n tuples
  */
diff --git a/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c b/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c
index 9185a8e6b83..18aaa3996e1 100644
--- a/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c
+++ b/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c
@@ -84,6 +84,18 @@ PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(mod_since_analyze)
 /* pg_stat_get_numscans */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(numscans)
 
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_analyze_count)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_autoanalyze_count)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_autovacuum_count)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_vacuum_count)
+
 /* pg_stat_get_tuples_deleted */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(tuples_deleted)
 
@@ -170,6 +182,18 @@ PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_vacuum_time)
 /* pg_stat_get_lastscan */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(lastscan)
 
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_analyze_time)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_autoanalyze_time)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_autovacuum_time)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_vacuum_time)
+
 /* pg_stat_get_stat_reset_time */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(stat_reset_time)
 
diff --git a/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat b/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat
index 0118e970dda..ccfe3d9e02a 100644
--- a/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat
+++ b/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat
@@ -5667,6 +5667,38 @@
   proname => 'pg_stat_get_total_autoanalyze_time', provolatile => 's',
   proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'float8', proargtypes => 'oid',
   prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_total_autoanalyze_time' },
+{ oid => '8142', descr => 'statistics: last skipped vacuum time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time' },
+{ oid => '8143', descr => 'statistics: last skipped auto vacuum time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time' },
+{ oid => '8144', descr => 'statistics: last skipped analyze time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time' },
+{ oid => '8145', descr => 'statistics: last skipped auto analyze time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time' },
+{ oid => '8146', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped vacuum for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count' },
+{ oid => '8147', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped auto vacuum for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count' },
+{ oid => '8148', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped analyzes for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count' },
+{ oid => '8149', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped auto analyzes for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count' },
 { oid => '1936', descr => 'statistics: currently active backend IDs',
   proname => 'pg_stat_get_backend_idset', prorows => '100', proretset => 't',
   provolatile => 's', proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int4',
diff --git a/src/include/pgstat.h b/src/include/pgstat.h
index 8e3549c3752..343081a7a25 100644
--- a/src/include/pgstat.h
+++ b/src/include/pgstat.h
@@ -479,6 +479,15 @@ typedef struct PgStat_StatTabEntry
 	TimestampTz last_autoanalyze_time;	/* autovacuum initiated */
 	PgStat_Counter autoanalyze_count;
 
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_vacuum_time;	/* user initiated vacuum */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_vacuum_count;
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_autovacuum_time;	/* autovacuum initiated */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_autovacuum_count;
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_analyze_time;	/* user initiated */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_analyze_count;
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_autoanalyze_time;	/* autovacuum initiated */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_autoanalyze_count;
+
 	PgStat_Counter total_vacuum_time;	/* times in milliseconds */
 	PgStat_Counter total_autovacuum_time;
 	PgStat_Counter total_analyze_time;
@@ -707,6 +716,13 @@ extern void pgstat_report_analyze(Relation rel,
 								  PgStat_Counter livetuples, PgStat_Counter deadtuples,
 								  bool resetcounter, TimestampTz starttime);
 
+/* flags for pgstat_flush_backend() */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM	(1 << 0)	/* vacuum is skipped */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE	(1 << 1)	/* analyze is skipped */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOVAC	(1 << 2)	/* skipped during autovacuum/autoanalyze */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANY   (PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM | PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE)
+extern void pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(Oid relid, bits8 flags);
+
 /*
  * If stats are enabled, but pending data hasn't been prepared yet, call
  * pgstat_assoc_relation() to do so. See its comment for why this is done
diff --git a/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out b/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out
index 2b3cf6d8569..4ccfc43e903 100644
--- a/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out
+++ b/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out
@@ -1835,13 +1835,21 @@ pg_stat_all_tables| SELECT c.oid AS relid,
     pg_stat_get_mod_since_analyze(c.oid) AS n_mod_since_analyze,
     pg_stat_get_ins_since_vacuum(c.oid) AS n_ins_since_vacuum,
     pg_stat_get_last_vacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_vacuum,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_vacuum,
     pg_stat_get_last_autovacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_autovacuum,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_autovacuum,
     pg_stat_get_last_analyze_time(c.oid) AS last_analyze,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_analyze,
     pg_stat_get_last_autoanalyze_time(c.oid) AS last_autoanalyze,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_autoanalyze,
     pg_stat_get_vacuum_count(c.oid) AS vacuum_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count(c.oid) AS skipped_vacuum_count,
     pg_stat_get_autovacuum_count(c.oid) AS autovacuum_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count(c.oid) AS skipped_autovacuum_count,
     pg_stat_get_analyze_count(c.oid) AS analyze_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count(c.oid) AS skipped_analyze_count,
     pg_stat_get_autoanalyze_count(c.oid) AS autoanalyze_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count(c.oid) AS skipped_autoanalyze_count,
     pg_stat_get_total_vacuum_time(c.oid) AS total_vacuum_time,
     pg_stat_get_total_autovacuum_time(c.oid) AS total_autovacuum_time,
     pg_stat_get_total_analyze_time(c.oid) AS total_analyze_time,
@@ -2293,13 +2301,21 @@ pg_stat_sys_tables| SELECT relid,
     n_mod_since_analyze,
     n_ins_since_vacuum,
     last_vacuum,
+    last_skipped_vacuum,
     last_autovacuum,
+    last_skipped_autovacuum,
     last_analyze,
+    last_skipped_analyze,
     last_autoanalyze,
+    last_skipped_autoanalyze,
     vacuum_count,
+    skipped_vacuum_count,
     autovacuum_count,
+    skipped_autovacuum_count,
     analyze_count,
+    skipped_analyze_count,
     autoanalyze_count,
+    skipped_autoanalyze_count,
     total_vacuum_time,
     total_autovacuum_time,
     total_analyze_time,
@@ -2348,13 +2364,21 @@ pg_stat_user_tables| SELECT relid,
     n_mod_since_analyze,
     n_ins_since_vacuum,
     last_vacuum,
+    last_skipped_vacuum,
     last_autovacuum,
+    last_skipped_autovacuum,
     last_analyze,
+    last_skipped_analyze,
     last_autoanalyze,
+    last_skipped_autoanalyze,
     vacuum_count,
+    skipped_vacuum_count,
     autovacuum_count,
+    skipped_autovacuum_count,
     analyze_count,
+    skipped_analyze_count,
     autoanalyze_count,
+    skipped_autoanalyze_count,
     total_vacuum_time,
     total_autovacuum_time,
     total_analyze_time,
-- 
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* [PATCH v3] Track skipped vacuum and analyze activity per relation
@ 2026-03-24 04:09 Yugo Nagata <[email protected]>
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From: Yugo Nagata @ 2026-03-24 04:09 UTC (permalink / raw)

This commit adds eight fields to the relation statistics that track
the last time vacuum or analyze has been attempted but skipped due to
lock unavailability, along with their counts:

-    last_skipped_vacuum
-    last_skipped_autovacuum
-    last_skipped_analyze
-    last_skipped_autoanalyze
-    skipped_vacuum_count
-    skipped_autovacuum_count
-    skipped_analyze_count
-    skipped_autoanalyze_count

These field can help users confirm that autovacuum is actively attempting
to run on a table that has not been vacuumed or analyzed for a long time,
and that the lack of progress is due to repeated skips rather than inactivity.
---
 doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml                 | 80 +++++++++++++++++
 src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql         |  8 ++
 src/backend/commands/vacuum.c                | 95 +++++++++++++++-----
 src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c | 68 ++++++++++++++
 src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c          | 24 +++++
 src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat              | 32 +++++++
 src/include/pgstat.h                         | 16 ++++
 src/test/regress/expected/rules.out          | 24 +++++
 8 files changed, 324 insertions(+), 23 deletions(-)

diff --git a/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml b/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml
index bb75ed1069b..9ec8070b2fc 100644
--- a/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml
+++ b/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml
@@ -4372,6 +4372,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_vacuum</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time a manual vacuum on this table was attempted but skipped due to
+       lock unavailability (not counting <command>VACUUM FULL</command>)
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>last_autovacuum</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
@@ -4382,6 +4392,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_autovacuum</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time a vacuum on this table by the autovacuum daemon was attempted
+       but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>last_analyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
@@ -4391,6 +4411,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_analyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time a manual analyze on this table was attempted but skipped due to
+       lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>last_autoanalyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
@@ -4401,6 +4431,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_autoanalyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time at which an analyze on this table by the autovacuum was
+       attempted but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>vacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4411,6 +4451,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_vacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times vacuums on this table have been attempted but skipped
+       due to lock unavailability (not counting <command>VACUUM FULL</command>)
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>autovacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4421,6 +4471,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_autovacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times vacuums on this table by the autovacuum daemon have been
+       attempted but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>analyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4430,6 +4490,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_analyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times manual analyzes on this table have been attempted but
+       skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>autoanalyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4440,6 +4510,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_autoanalyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times analyzes on this table by the autovacuum daemon have
+       been attempted but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>total_vacuum_time</structfield> <type>double precision</type>
diff --git a/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql b/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql
index e54018004db..2ca02a0354c 100644
--- a/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql
+++ b/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql
@@ -736,13 +736,21 @@ CREATE VIEW pg_stat_all_tables AS
             pg_stat_get_mod_since_analyze(C.oid) AS n_mod_since_analyze,
             pg_stat_get_ins_since_vacuum(C.oid) AS n_ins_since_vacuum,
             pg_stat_get_last_vacuum_time(C.oid) as last_vacuum,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_vacuum,
             pg_stat_get_last_autovacuum_time(C.oid) as last_autovacuum,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_autovacuum,
             pg_stat_get_last_analyze_time(C.oid) as last_analyze,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_analyze,
             pg_stat_get_last_autoanalyze_time(C.oid) as last_autoanalyze,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_autoanalyze,
             pg_stat_get_vacuum_count(C.oid) AS vacuum_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count(C.oid) AS skipped_vacuum_count,
             pg_stat_get_autovacuum_count(C.oid) AS autovacuum_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count(C.oid) AS skipped_autovacuum_count,
             pg_stat_get_analyze_count(C.oid) AS analyze_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count(C.oid) AS skipped_analyze_count,
             pg_stat_get_autoanalyze_count(C.oid) AS autoanalyze_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count(C.oid) AS skipped_autoanalyze_count,
             pg_stat_get_total_vacuum_time(C.oid) AS total_vacuum_time,
             pg_stat_get_total_autovacuum_time(C.oid) AS total_autovacuum_time,
             pg_stat_get_total_analyze_time(C.oid) AS total_analyze_time,
diff --git a/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c b/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c
index bce3a2daa24..ce83b3171be 100644
--- a/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c
+++ b/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c
@@ -792,8 +792,18 @@ vacuum_open_relation(Oid relid, RangeVar *relation, bits32 options,
 		rel = try_relation_open(relid, NoLock);
 	else
 	{
+		bits8 flags = 0;
 		rel = NULL;
 		rel_lock = false;
+
+		if ((options & VACOPT_VACUUM) != 0)
+			flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM;
+		if ((options & VACOPT_ANALYZE) != 0)
+			flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE;
+		if (AmAutoVacuumWorkerProcess())
+			flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOVAC;
+
+		pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(relid, flags);
 	}
 
 	/* if relation is opened, leave */
@@ -801,7 +811,7 @@ vacuum_open_relation(Oid relid, RangeVar *relation, bits32 options,
 		return rel;
 
 	/*
-	 * Relation could not be opened, hence generate if possible a log
+	 * Relation could not be opened hence generate if possible a log
 	 * informing on the situation.
 	 *
 	 * If the RangeVar is not defined, we do not have enough information to
@@ -904,7 +914,6 @@ expand_vacuum_rel(VacuumRelation *vrel, MemoryContext vac_context,
 		Form_pg_class classForm;
 		bool		include_children;
 		bool		is_partitioned_table;
-		int			rvr_opts;
 
 		/*
 		 * Since autovacuum workers supply OIDs when calling vacuum(), no
@@ -917,29 +926,69 @@ expand_vacuum_rel(VacuumRelation *vrel, MemoryContext vac_context,
 		 * below, as well as find_all_inheritors's expectation that the caller
 		 * holds some lock on the starting relation.
 		 */
-		rvr_opts = (options & VACOPT_SKIP_LOCKED) ? RVR_SKIP_LOCKED : 0;
-		relid = RangeVarGetRelidExtended(vrel->relation,
-										 AccessShareLock,
-										 rvr_opts,
-										 NULL, NULL);
-
-		/*
-		 * If the lock is unavailable, emit the same log statement that
-		 * vacuum_rel() and analyze_rel() would.
-		 */
-		if (!OidIsValid(relid))
+		if (!(options & VACOPT_SKIP_LOCKED))
 		{
-			if (options & VACOPT_VACUUM)
-				ereport(WARNING,
-						(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
-						 errmsg("skipping vacuum of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
-								vrel->relation->relname)));
-			else
-				ereport(WARNING,
-						(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
-						 errmsg("skipping analyze of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
+			relid = RangeVarGetRelidExtended(vrel->relation,
+											 AccessShareLock,
+											 0, NULL, NULL);
+			if (!OidIsValid(relid))
+				return vacrels;
+		}
+		else
+		{
+			/* Get relid for reporting before taking a lock */
+			relid = RangeVarGetRelid(vrel->relation, NoLock, false);
+
+			if (!ConditionalLockRelationOid(relid, AccessShareLock))
+			{
+				bits8	flags = 0;
+				/*
+				 * If the lock is unavailable, emit the same log statement that
+				 * vacuum_rel() and analyze_rel() would.
+				 */
+				if (options & VACOPT_VACUUM)
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping vacuum of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
 								vrel->relation->relname)));
-			return vacrels;
+				else
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping analyze of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
+									vrel->relation->relname)));
+
+				if ((options & VACOPT_VACUUM) != 0)
+					flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM;
+				if ((options & VACOPT_ANALYZE) != 0)
+					flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE;
+
+				pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(relid, flags);
+
+				return vacrels;
+			}
+
+			/*
+			 * Now that we have the lock, probe to see if the relation really
+			 * exists or not.
+			 */
+			if (!SearchSysCacheExists1(RELOID, ObjectIdGetDatum(relid)))
+			{
+				if (options & VACOPT_VACUUM)
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_UNDEFINED_TABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping vacuum of \"%s\" --- relation no longer exists",
+									vrel->relation->relname)));
+				else
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_UNDEFINED_TABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping analyze of \"%s\" --- relation no longer exists",
+									vrel->relation->relname)));
+
+				/* Release useless lock */
+				UnlockRelationOid(relid, AccessShareLock);
+
+				return vacrels;
+			}
 		}
 
 		/*
diff --git a/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c b/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c
index bc8c43b96aa..cec4c88980e 100644
--- a/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c
+++ b/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c
@@ -17,6 +17,7 @@
 
 #include "postgres.h"
 
+#include "access/htup_details.h"
 #include "access/twophase_rmgr.h"
 #include "access/xact.h"
 #include "catalog/catalog.h"
@@ -366,6 +367,73 @@ pgstat_report_analyze(Relation rel,
 	(void) pgstat_flush_backend(false, PGSTAT_BACKEND_FLUSH_IO);
 }
 
+/*
+ * Report that the table was skipped during vacuum or/and analyze.
+ */
+void
+pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(Oid relid, bits8 flags)
+{
+	PgStat_EntryRef *entry_ref;
+	PgStatShared_Relation *shtabentry;
+	PgStat_StatTabEntry *tabentry;
+	TimestampTz ts;
+	HeapTuple	classTup;
+	bool		isshared;
+
+	if (!pgstat_track_counts || !(flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANY))
+		return;
+
+	classTup = SearchSysCache1(RELOID, ObjectIdGetDatum(relid));
+	if (!HeapTupleIsValid(classTup))
+		return;			/* somebody deleted the rel, forget it */
+	isshared = ((Form_pg_class) GETSTRUCT(classTup))->relisshared;
+	ReleaseSysCache(classTup);
+
+	/* Store the data in the table's hash table entry. */
+	ts = GetCurrentTimestamp();
+
+	/* block acquiring lock for the same reason as pgstat_report_autovac() */
+	entry_ref = pgstat_get_entry_ref_locked(PGSTAT_KIND_RELATION,
+											isshared ? InvalidOid : MyDatabaseId,
+											relid, false);
+
+	shtabentry = (PgStatShared_Relation *) entry_ref->shared_stats;
+	tabentry = &shtabentry->stats;
+
+	if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOVAC)
+	{
+		if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM)
+		{
+			tabentry->last_skipped_autovacuum_time = ts;
+			tabentry->skipped_autovacuum_count++;
+		}
+		if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE)
+		{
+			tabentry->last_skipped_autoanalyze_time = ts;
+			tabentry->skipped_autoanalyze_count++;
+		}
+	}
+	else
+	{
+		if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM)
+		{
+			tabentry->last_skipped_vacuum_time = ts;
+			tabentry->skipped_vacuum_count++;
+		}
+		if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE)
+		{
+			tabentry->last_skipped_analyze_time = ts;
+			tabentry->skipped_analyze_count++;
+		}
+	}
+
+	pgstat_unlock_entry(entry_ref);
+
+	/* see pgstat_report_vacuum() */
+	pgstat_flush_io(false);
+	(void) pgstat_flush_backend(false, PGSTAT_BACKEND_FLUSH_IO);
+}
+
 /*
  * count a tuple insertion of n tuples
  */
diff --git a/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c b/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c
index 9185a8e6b83..18aaa3996e1 100644
--- a/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c
+++ b/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c
@@ -84,6 +84,18 @@ PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(mod_since_analyze)
 /* pg_stat_get_numscans */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(numscans)
 
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_analyze_count)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_autoanalyze_count)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_autovacuum_count)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_vacuum_count)
+
 /* pg_stat_get_tuples_deleted */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(tuples_deleted)
 
@@ -170,6 +182,18 @@ PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_vacuum_time)
 /* pg_stat_get_lastscan */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(lastscan)
 
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_analyze_time)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_autoanalyze_time)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_autovacuum_time)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_vacuum_time)
+
 /* pg_stat_get_stat_reset_time */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(stat_reset_time)
 
diff --git a/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat b/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat
index 0118e970dda..ccfe3d9e02a 100644
--- a/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat
+++ b/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat
@@ -5667,6 +5667,38 @@
   proname => 'pg_stat_get_total_autoanalyze_time', provolatile => 's',
   proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'float8', proargtypes => 'oid',
   prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_total_autoanalyze_time' },
+{ oid => '8142', descr => 'statistics: last skipped vacuum time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time' },
+{ oid => '8143', descr => 'statistics: last skipped auto vacuum time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time' },
+{ oid => '8144', descr => 'statistics: last skipped analyze time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time' },
+{ oid => '8145', descr => 'statistics: last skipped auto analyze time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time' },
+{ oid => '8146', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped vacuum for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count' },
+{ oid => '8147', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped auto vacuum for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count' },
+{ oid => '8148', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped analyzes for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count' },
+{ oid => '8149', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped auto analyzes for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count' },
 { oid => '1936', descr => 'statistics: currently active backend IDs',
   proname => 'pg_stat_get_backend_idset', prorows => '100', proretset => 't',
   provolatile => 's', proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int4',
diff --git a/src/include/pgstat.h b/src/include/pgstat.h
index 8e3549c3752..343081a7a25 100644
--- a/src/include/pgstat.h
+++ b/src/include/pgstat.h
@@ -479,6 +479,15 @@ typedef struct PgStat_StatTabEntry
 	TimestampTz last_autoanalyze_time;	/* autovacuum initiated */
 	PgStat_Counter autoanalyze_count;
 
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_vacuum_time;	/* user initiated vacuum */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_vacuum_count;
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_autovacuum_time;	/* autovacuum initiated */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_autovacuum_count;
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_analyze_time;	/* user initiated */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_analyze_count;
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_autoanalyze_time;	/* autovacuum initiated */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_autoanalyze_count;
+
 	PgStat_Counter total_vacuum_time;	/* times in milliseconds */
 	PgStat_Counter total_autovacuum_time;
 	PgStat_Counter total_analyze_time;
@@ -707,6 +716,13 @@ extern void pgstat_report_analyze(Relation rel,
 								  PgStat_Counter livetuples, PgStat_Counter deadtuples,
 								  bool resetcounter, TimestampTz starttime);
 
+/* flags for pgstat_flush_backend() */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM	(1 << 0)	/* vacuum is skipped */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE	(1 << 1)	/* analyze is skipped */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOVAC	(1 << 2)	/* skipped during autovacuum/autoanalyze */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANY   (PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM | PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE)
+extern void pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(Oid relid, bits8 flags);
+
 /*
  * If stats are enabled, but pending data hasn't been prepared yet, call
  * pgstat_assoc_relation() to do so. See its comment for why this is done
diff --git a/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out b/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out
index 2b3cf6d8569..4ccfc43e903 100644
--- a/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out
+++ b/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out
@@ -1835,13 +1835,21 @@ pg_stat_all_tables| SELECT c.oid AS relid,
     pg_stat_get_mod_since_analyze(c.oid) AS n_mod_since_analyze,
     pg_stat_get_ins_since_vacuum(c.oid) AS n_ins_since_vacuum,
     pg_stat_get_last_vacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_vacuum,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_vacuum,
     pg_stat_get_last_autovacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_autovacuum,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_autovacuum,
     pg_stat_get_last_analyze_time(c.oid) AS last_analyze,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_analyze,
     pg_stat_get_last_autoanalyze_time(c.oid) AS last_autoanalyze,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_autoanalyze,
     pg_stat_get_vacuum_count(c.oid) AS vacuum_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count(c.oid) AS skipped_vacuum_count,
     pg_stat_get_autovacuum_count(c.oid) AS autovacuum_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count(c.oid) AS skipped_autovacuum_count,
     pg_stat_get_analyze_count(c.oid) AS analyze_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count(c.oid) AS skipped_analyze_count,
     pg_stat_get_autoanalyze_count(c.oid) AS autoanalyze_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count(c.oid) AS skipped_autoanalyze_count,
     pg_stat_get_total_vacuum_time(c.oid) AS total_vacuum_time,
     pg_stat_get_total_autovacuum_time(c.oid) AS total_autovacuum_time,
     pg_stat_get_total_analyze_time(c.oid) AS total_analyze_time,
@@ -2293,13 +2301,21 @@ pg_stat_sys_tables| SELECT relid,
     n_mod_since_analyze,
     n_ins_since_vacuum,
     last_vacuum,
+    last_skipped_vacuum,
     last_autovacuum,
+    last_skipped_autovacuum,
     last_analyze,
+    last_skipped_analyze,
     last_autoanalyze,
+    last_skipped_autoanalyze,
     vacuum_count,
+    skipped_vacuum_count,
     autovacuum_count,
+    skipped_autovacuum_count,
     analyze_count,
+    skipped_analyze_count,
     autoanalyze_count,
+    skipped_autoanalyze_count,
     total_vacuum_time,
     total_autovacuum_time,
     total_analyze_time,
@@ -2348,13 +2364,21 @@ pg_stat_user_tables| SELECT relid,
     n_mod_since_analyze,
     n_ins_since_vacuum,
     last_vacuum,
+    last_skipped_vacuum,
     last_autovacuum,
+    last_skipped_autovacuum,
     last_analyze,
+    last_skipped_analyze,
     last_autoanalyze,
+    last_skipped_autoanalyze,
     vacuum_count,
+    skipped_vacuum_count,
     autovacuum_count,
+    skipped_autovacuum_count,
     analyze_count,
+    skipped_analyze_count,
     autoanalyze_count,
+    skipped_autoanalyze_count,
     total_vacuum_time,
     total_autovacuum_time,
     total_analyze_time,
-- 
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* [PATCH v5] Track skipped vacuum and analyze activity per relation
@ 2026-03-24 04:09 Yugo Nagata <[email protected]>
  0 siblings, 0 replies; 374+ messages in thread

From: Yugo Nagata @ 2026-03-24 04:09 UTC (permalink / raw)

This commit adds eight fields to the relation statistics that track
the last time vacuum or analyze has been attempted but skipped due to
lock unavailability, along with their counts:

-    last_skipped_vacuum
-    last_skipped_autovacuum
-    last_skipped_analyze
-    last_skipped_autoanalyze
-    skipped_vacuum_count
-    skipped_autovacuum_count
-    skipped_analyze_count
-    skipped_autoanalyze_count

These field can help users confirm that autovacuum is actively attempting
to run on a table that has not been vacuumed or analyzed for a long time,
and that the lack of progress is due to repeated skips rather than inactivity.
---
 doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml                  |  88 ++++++
 src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql          |   8 +
 src/backend/commands/vacuum.c                 | 100 +++++--
 src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c  |  64 +++++
 src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c           |  24 ++
 src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat               |  32 +++
 src/include/pgstat.h                          |  16 ++
 .../isolation/expected/vacuum-skip-locked.out | 260 ++++++++++++++++--
 .../isolation/specs/vacuum-skip-locked.spec   |  41 +--
 src/test/regress/expected/rules.out           |  24 ++
 10 files changed, 601 insertions(+), 56 deletions(-)

diff --git a/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml b/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml
index 08d5b824552..a9b579d87a9 100644
--- a/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml
+++ b/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml
@@ -4387,6 +4387,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_vacuum</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time a manual vacuum on this table was attempted but skipped due to
+       lock unavailability (not counting <command>VACUUM FULL</command>)
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>last_autovacuum</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
@@ -4397,6 +4407,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_autovacuum</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time a vacuum on this table by the autovacuum daemon was attempted
+       but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>last_analyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
@@ -4406,6 +4426,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_analyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time a manual analyze on this table was attempted but skipped due to
+       lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>last_autoanalyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
@@ -4416,6 +4446,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_autoanalyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time at which an analyze on this table by the autovacuum was
+       attempted but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>vacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4426,6 +4466,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_vacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times manual vacuums on this table have been attempted but skipped
+       due to lock unavailability (not counting <command>VACUUM FULL</command>)
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>autovacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4436,6 +4486,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_autovacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times vacuums on this table by the autovacuum daemon have been
+       attempted but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>analyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4445,6 +4505,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_analyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times manual analyzes on this table have been attempted but
+       skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>autoanalyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4455,6 +4525,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_autoanalyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times analyzes on this table by the autovacuum daemon have
+       been attempted but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>total_vacuum_time</structfield> <type>double precision</type>
@@ -4510,6 +4590,14 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
    </tgroup>
   </table>
 
+  <note>
+   <para>
+    When a manual vacuum or analyze on a parent table in an inheritance or
+    partitioning hierarchy is skipped, the statistics are recorded only for
+    the parent table, not for its children.
+   </para>
+  </note>
+
  </sect2>
 
  <sect2 id="monitoring-pg-stat-autovacuum-scores-view">
diff --git a/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql b/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql
index 73a1c1c4670..f509fc7876b 100644
--- a/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql
+++ b/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql
@@ -736,13 +736,21 @@ CREATE VIEW pg_stat_all_tables AS
             pg_stat_get_mod_since_analyze(C.oid) AS n_mod_since_analyze,
             pg_stat_get_ins_since_vacuum(C.oid) AS n_ins_since_vacuum,
             pg_stat_get_last_vacuum_time(C.oid) as last_vacuum,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_vacuum,
             pg_stat_get_last_autovacuum_time(C.oid) as last_autovacuum,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_autovacuum,
             pg_stat_get_last_analyze_time(C.oid) as last_analyze,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_analyze,
             pg_stat_get_last_autoanalyze_time(C.oid) as last_autoanalyze,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_autoanalyze,
             pg_stat_get_vacuum_count(C.oid) AS vacuum_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count(C.oid) AS skipped_vacuum_count,
             pg_stat_get_autovacuum_count(C.oid) AS autovacuum_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count(C.oid) AS skipped_autovacuum_count,
             pg_stat_get_analyze_count(C.oid) AS analyze_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count(C.oid) AS skipped_analyze_count,
             pg_stat_get_autoanalyze_count(C.oid) AS autoanalyze_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count(C.oid) AS skipped_autoanalyze_count,
             pg_stat_get_total_vacuum_time(C.oid) AS total_vacuum_time,
             pg_stat_get_total_autovacuum_time(C.oid) AS total_autovacuum_time,
             pg_stat_get_total_analyze_time(C.oid) AS total_analyze_time,
diff --git a/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c b/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c
index 99d0db82ed7..df6526225e4 100644
--- a/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c
+++ b/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c
@@ -793,8 +793,25 @@ vacuum_open_relation(Oid relid, RangeVar *relation, uint32 options,
 		rel = try_relation_open(relid, NoLock);
 	else
 	{
+		int flags = 0;
 		rel = NULL;
 		rel_lock = false;
+
+		if ((options & VACOPT_VACUUM) != 0 && (options & VACOPT_FULL) == 0)
+		{
+			if (AmAutoVacuumWorkerProcess())
+				flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOVACUUM;
+			else
+				flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM;
+		}
+		if ((options & VACOPT_ANALYZE) != 0)
+		{
+			if (AmAutoVacuumWorkerProcess())
+				flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOANALYZE;
+			else
+				flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE;
+		}
+		pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(relid, flags);
 	}
 
 	/* if relation is opened, leave */
@@ -905,7 +922,6 @@ expand_vacuum_rel(VacuumRelation *vrel, MemoryContext vac_context,
 		Form_pg_class classForm;
 		bool		include_children;
 		bool		is_partitioned_table;
-		int			rvr_opts;
 
 		/*
 		 * Since autovacuum workers supply OIDs when calling vacuum(), no
@@ -918,29 +934,69 @@ expand_vacuum_rel(VacuumRelation *vrel, MemoryContext vac_context,
 		 * below, as well as find_all_inheritors's expectation that the caller
 		 * holds some lock on the starting relation.
 		 */
-		rvr_opts = (options & VACOPT_SKIP_LOCKED) ? RVR_SKIP_LOCKED : 0;
-		relid = RangeVarGetRelidExtended(vrel->relation,
-										 AccessShareLock,
-										 rvr_opts,
-										 NULL, NULL);
-
-		/*
-		 * If the lock is unavailable, emit the same log statement that
-		 * vacuum_rel() and analyze_rel() would.
-		 */
-		if (!OidIsValid(relid))
+		if (!(options & VACOPT_SKIP_LOCKED))
 		{
-			if (options & VACOPT_VACUUM)
-				ereport(WARNING,
-						(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
-						 errmsg("skipping vacuum of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
-								vrel->relation->relname)));
-			else
-				ereport(WARNING,
-						(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
-						 errmsg("skipping analyze of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
+			relid = RangeVarGetRelidExtended(vrel->relation,
+											 AccessShareLock,
+											 0, NULL, NULL);
+			if (!OidIsValid(relid))
+				return vacrels;
+		}
+		else
+		{
+			/* Get relid for reporting before taking a lock */
+			relid = RangeVarGetRelid(vrel->relation, NoLock, false);
+
+			if (!ConditionalLockRelationOid(relid, AccessShareLock))
+			{
+				int	flags = 0;
+				/*
+				 * If the lock is unavailable, emit the same log statement that
+				 * vacuum_rel() and analyze_rel() would.
+				 */
+				if (options & VACOPT_VACUUM)
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping vacuum of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
 								vrel->relation->relname)));
-			return vacrels;
+				else
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping analyze of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
+									vrel->relation->relname)));
+
+				if ((options & VACOPT_VACUUM) != 0 && (options & VACOPT_FULL) == 0)
+					flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM;
+				if ((options & VACOPT_ANALYZE) != 0)
+					flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE;
+
+				pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(relid, flags);
+
+				return vacrels;
+			}
+
+			/*
+			 * Now that we have the lock, probe to see if the relation really
+			 * exists or not.
+			 */
+			if (!SearchSysCacheExists1(RELOID, ObjectIdGetDatum(relid)))
+			{
+				if (options & VACOPT_VACUUM)
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_UNDEFINED_TABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping vacuum of \"%s\" --- relation no longer exists",
+									vrel->relation->relname)));
+				else
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_UNDEFINED_TABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping analyze of \"%s\" --- relation no longer exists",
+									vrel->relation->relname)));
+
+				/* Release useless lock */
+				UnlockRelationOid(relid, AccessShareLock);
+
+				return vacrels;
+			}
 		}
 
 		/*
diff --git a/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c b/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c
index b2ca28f83ba..532d9023f8c 100644
--- a/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c
+++ b/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c
@@ -17,12 +17,14 @@
 
 #include "postgres.h"
 
+#include "access/htup_details.h"
 #include "access/twophase_rmgr.h"
 #include "access/xact.h"
 #include "catalog/catalog.h"
 #include "utils/memutils.h"
 #include "utils/pgstat_internal.h"
 #include "utils/rel.h"
+#include "utils/syscache.h"
 #include "utils/timestamp.h"
 
 
@@ -367,6 +369,68 @@ pgstat_report_analyze(Relation rel,
 	(void) pgstat_flush_backend(false, PGSTAT_BACKEND_FLUSH_IO);
 }
 
+/*
+ * Report that the table was skipped during vacuum or/and analyze.
+ */
+void
+pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(Oid relid, int flags)
+{
+	PgStat_EntryRef *entry_ref;
+	PgStatShared_Relation *shtabentry;
+	PgStat_StatTabEntry *tabentry;
+	TimestampTz ts;
+	HeapTuple	classTup;
+	bool		isshared;
+
+	if (!pgstat_track_counts || !flags)
+		return;
+
+	classTup = SearchSysCache1(RELOID, ObjectIdGetDatum(relid));
+	if (!HeapTupleIsValid(classTup))
+		return;			/* somebody deleted the rel, forget it */
+	isshared = ((Form_pg_class) GETSTRUCT(classTup))->relisshared;
+	ReleaseSysCache(classTup);
+
+	/* Store the data in the table's hash table entry. */
+	ts = GetCurrentTimestamp();
+
+	/* block acquiring lock for the same reason as pgstat_report_autovac() */
+	entry_ref = pgstat_get_entry_ref_locked(PGSTAT_KIND_RELATION,
+											isshared ? InvalidOid : MyDatabaseId,
+											relid, false);
+
+	shtabentry = (PgStatShared_Relation *) entry_ref->shared_stats;
+	tabentry = &shtabentry->stats;
+
+	if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM)
+	{
+		tabentry->last_skipped_vacuum_time = ts;
+		tabentry->skipped_vacuum_count++;
+	}
+	else if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOVACUUM)
+	{
+		tabentry->last_skipped_autovacuum_time = ts;
+		tabentry->skipped_autovacuum_count++;
+	}
+
+	if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE)
+	{
+		tabentry->last_skipped_analyze_time = ts;
+		tabentry->skipped_analyze_count++;
+	}
+	else if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOANALYZE)
+	{
+		tabentry->last_skipped_autoanalyze_time = ts;
+		tabentry->skipped_autoanalyze_count++;
+	}
+
+	pgstat_unlock_entry(entry_ref);
+
+	/* see pgstat_report_vacuum() */
+	pgstat_flush_io(false);
+	(void) pgstat_flush_backend(false, PGSTAT_BACKEND_FLUSH_IO);
+}
+
 /*
  * count a tuple insertion of n tuples
  */
diff --git a/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c b/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c
index 1408de387ea..90a8968faa0 100644
--- a/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c
+++ b/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c
@@ -84,6 +84,18 @@ PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(mod_since_analyze)
 /* pg_stat_get_numscans */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(numscans)
 
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_analyze_count)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_autoanalyze_count)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_autovacuum_count)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_vacuum_count)
+
 /* pg_stat_get_tuples_deleted */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(tuples_deleted)
 
@@ -170,6 +182,18 @@ PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_vacuum_time)
 /* pg_stat_get_lastscan */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(lastscan)
 
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_analyze_time)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_autoanalyze_time)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_autovacuum_time)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_vacuum_time)
+
 /* pg_stat_get_stat_reset_time */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(stat_reset_time)
 
diff --git a/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat b/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat
index fa9ae79082b..32debb34863 100644
--- a/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat
+++ b/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat
@@ -5680,6 +5680,38 @@
   proargmodes => '{o,o,o,o,o,o,o,o,o,o}',
   proargnames => '{oid,score,xid_score,mxid_score,vacuum_score,vacuum_insert_score,analyze_score,do_vacuum,do_analyze,for_wraparound}',
   prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_autovacuum_scores' },
+{ oid => '8142', descr => 'statistics: last skipped vacuum time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time' },
+{ oid => '8143', descr => 'statistics: last skipped auto vacuum time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time' },
+{ oid => '8144', descr => 'statistics: last skipped analyze time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time' },
+{ oid => '8145', descr => 'statistics: last skipped auto analyze time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time' },
+{ oid => '8146', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped vacuum for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count' },
+{ oid => '8147', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped auto vacuum for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count' },
+{ oid => '8148', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped analyzes for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count' },
+{ oid => '8149', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped auto analyzes for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count' },
 { oid => '1936', descr => 'statistics: currently active backend IDs',
   proname => 'pg_stat_get_backend_idset', prorows => '100', proretset => 't',
   provolatile => 's', proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int4',
diff --git a/src/include/pgstat.h b/src/include/pgstat.h
index dfa2e837638..98941f953d1 100644
--- a/src/include/pgstat.h
+++ b/src/include/pgstat.h
@@ -479,6 +479,15 @@ typedef struct PgStat_StatTabEntry
 	TimestampTz last_autoanalyze_time;	/* autovacuum initiated */
 	PgStat_Counter autoanalyze_count;
 
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_vacuum_time;	/* user initiated vacuum */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_vacuum_count;
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_autovacuum_time;	/* autovacuum initiated */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_autovacuum_count;
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_analyze_time;	/* user initiated */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_analyze_count;
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_autoanalyze_time;	/* autovacuum initiated */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_autoanalyze_count;
+
 	PgStat_Counter total_vacuum_time;	/* times in milliseconds */
 	PgStat_Counter total_autovacuum_time;
 	PgStat_Counter total_analyze_time;
@@ -703,6 +712,13 @@ extern void pgstat_report_analyze(Relation rel,
 								  PgStat_Counter livetuples, PgStat_Counter deadtuples,
 								  bool resetcounter, TimestampTz starttime);
 
+/* flags for pgstat_flush_backend() */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM		(1 << 0)	/* vacuum is skipped */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE		(1 << 1)	/* analyze is skipped */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOVACUUM	(1 << 2)	/* autovacuum is skipped */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOANALYZE	(1 << 3)	/* autoanalyze is skipped */
+extern void pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(Oid relid, int flags);
+
 /*
  * If stats are enabled, but pending data hasn't been prepared yet, call
  * pgstat_assoc_relation() to do so. See its comment for why this is done
diff --git a/src/test/isolation/expected/vacuum-skip-locked.out b/src/test/isolation/expected/vacuum-skip-locked.out
index 99db281a159..e2cff175b7c 100644
--- a/src/test/isolation/expected/vacuum-skip-locked.out
+++ b/src/test/isolation/expected/vacuum-skip-locked.out
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 Parsed test spec with 2 sessions
 
-starting permutation: lock_share vac_specified commit
+starting permutation: lock_share vac_specified commit check_stat
 step lock_share: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN SHARE MODE;
@@ -10,8 +10,22 @@ step vac_specified: VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED) part1, part2;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
 
-starting permutation: lock_share vac_all_parts commit
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   1|            0|                    0
+part2  |           1|                   0|            0|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
+
+starting permutation: lock_share vac_all_parts commit check_stat
 step lock_share: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN SHARE MODE;
@@ -20,8 +34,22 @@ step vac_all_parts: VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED) parted;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   1|            0|                    0
+part2  |           1|                   0|            0|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
 
-starting permutation: lock_share analyze_specified commit
+starting permutation: lock_share analyze_specified commit check_stat
 step lock_share: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN SHARE MODE;
@@ -31,8 +59,22 @@ step analyze_specified: ANALYZE (SKIP_LOCKED) part1, part2;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
 
-starting permutation: lock_share analyze_all_parts commit
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   0|            0|                    1
+part2  |           0|                   0|            1|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
+
+starting permutation: lock_share analyze_all_parts commit check_stat
 step lock_share: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN SHARE MODE;
@@ -41,8 +83,22 @@ step analyze_all_parts: ANALYZE (SKIP_LOCKED) parted;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            1|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   0|            0|                    1
+part2  |           0|                   0|            1|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
 
-starting permutation: lock_share vac_analyze_specified commit
+starting permutation: lock_share vac_analyze_specified commit check_stat
 step lock_share: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN SHARE MODE;
@@ -52,8 +108,22 @@ step vac_analyze_specified: VACUUM (ANALYZE, SKIP_LOCKED) part1, part2;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
 
-starting permutation: lock_share vac_analyze_all_parts commit
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   1|            0|                    1
+part2  |           1|                   0|            1|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
+
+starting permutation: lock_share vac_analyze_all_parts commit check_stat
 step lock_share: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN SHARE MODE;
@@ -62,8 +132,22 @@ step vac_analyze_all_parts: VACUUM (ANALYZE, SKIP_LOCKED) parted;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            1|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   1|            0|                    1
+part2  |           1|                   0|            1|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
 
-starting permutation: lock_share vac_full_specified commit
+starting permutation: lock_share vac_full_specified commit check_stat
 step lock_share: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN SHARE MODE;
@@ -73,8 +157,22 @@ step vac_full_specified: VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED, FULL) part1, part2;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
 
-starting permutation: lock_share vac_full_all_parts commit
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part2  |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
+
+starting permutation: lock_share vac_full_all_parts commit check_stat
 step lock_share: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN SHARE MODE;
@@ -83,8 +181,22 @@ step vac_full_all_parts: VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED, FULL) parted;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part2  |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+(3 rows)
 
-starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_specified commit
+
+starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_specified commit check_stat
 step lock_access_exclusive: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN ACCESS EXCLUSIVE MODE;
@@ -94,8 +206,22 @@ step vac_specified: VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED) part1, part2;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   1|            0|                    0
+part2  |           1|                   0|            0|                    0
+(3 rows)
 
-starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_all_parts commit
+
+starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_all_parts commit check_stat
 step lock_access_exclusive: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN ACCESS EXCLUSIVE MODE;
@@ -104,8 +230,22 @@ step vac_all_parts: VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED) parted;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   1|            0|                    0
+part2  |           1|                   0|            0|                    0
+(3 rows)
 
-starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive analyze_specified commit
+
+starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive analyze_specified commit check_stat
 step lock_access_exclusive: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN ACCESS EXCLUSIVE MODE;
@@ -115,8 +255,22 @@ step analyze_specified: ANALYZE (SKIP_LOCKED) part1, part2;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   0|            0|                    1
+part2  |           0|                   0|            1|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
 
-starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive analyze_all_parts commit
+starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive analyze_all_parts commit check_stat
 step lock_access_exclusive: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN ACCESS EXCLUSIVE MODE;
@@ -126,8 +280,22 @@ step commit:
 	COMMIT;
 
 step analyze_all_parts: <... completed>
-
-starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_analyze_specified commit
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            1|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   0|            1|                    0
+part2  |           0|                   0|            1|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
+
+starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_analyze_specified commit check_stat
 step lock_access_exclusive: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN ACCESS EXCLUSIVE MODE;
@@ -137,8 +305,22 @@ step vac_analyze_specified: VACUUM (ANALYZE, SKIP_LOCKED) part1, part2;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   1|            0|                    1
+part2  |           1|                   0|            1|                    0
+(3 rows)
 
-starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_analyze_all_parts commit
+
+starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_analyze_all_parts commit check_stat
 step lock_access_exclusive: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN ACCESS EXCLUSIVE MODE;
@@ -148,8 +330,22 @@ step commit:
 	COMMIT;
 
 step vac_analyze_all_parts: <... completed>
-
-starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_full_specified commit
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            1|                    0
+part1  |           1|                   0|            1|                    0
+part2  |           1|                   0|            1|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
+
+starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_full_specified commit check_stat
 step lock_access_exclusive: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN ACCESS EXCLUSIVE MODE;
@@ -159,8 +355,22 @@ step vac_full_specified: VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED, FULL) part1, part2;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
 
-starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_full_all_parts commit
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part2  |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
+
+starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_full_all_parts commit check_stat
 step lock_access_exclusive: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN ACCESS EXCLUSIVE MODE;
@@ -169,3 +379,17 @@ step vac_full_all_parts: VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED, FULL) parted;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part2  |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
diff --git a/src/test/isolation/specs/vacuum-skip-locked.spec b/src/test/isolation/specs/vacuum-skip-locked.spec
index 3fad6e1c92a..b0da75d4b6d 100644
--- a/src/test/isolation/specs/vacuum-skip-locked.spec
+++ b/src/test/isolation/specs/vacuum-skip-locked.spec
@@ -33,6 +33,15 @@ step commit
 	COMMIT;
 }
 
+step check_stat
+{
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+}
+
 session s2
 step vac_specified			{ VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED) part1, part2; }
 step vac_all_parts			{ VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED) parted; }
@@ -43,19 +52,19 @@ step vac_analyze_all_parts	{ VACUUM (ANALYZE, SKIP_LOCKED) parted; }
 step vac_full_specified		{ VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED, FULL) part1, part2; }
 step vac_full_all_parts		{ VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED, FULL) parted; }
 
-permutation lock_share vac_specified commit
-permutation lock_share vac_all_parts commit
-permutation lock_share analyze_specified commit
-permutation lock_share analyze_all_parts commit
-permutation lock_share vac_analyze_specified commit
-permutation lock_share vac_analyze_all_parts commit
-permutation lock_share vac_full_specified commit
-permutation lock_share vac_full_all_parts commit
-permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_specified commit
-permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_all_parts commit
-permutation lock_access_exclusive analyze_specified commit
-permutation lock_access_exclusive analyze_all_parts commit
-permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_analyze_specified commit
-permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_analyze_all_parts commit
-permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_full_specified commit
-permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_full_all_parts commit
+permutation lock_share vac_specified commit check_stat
+permutation lock_share vac_all_parts commit check_stat
+permutation lock_share analyze_specified commit check_stat
+permutation lock_share analyze_all_parts commit check_stat
+permutation lock_share vac_analyze_specified commit check_stat
+permutation lock_share vac_analyze_all_parts commit check_stat
+permutation lock_share vac_full_specified commit check_stat
+permutation lock_share vac_full_all_parts commit check_stat
+permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_specified commit check_stat
+permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_all_parts commit check_stat
+permutation lock_access_exclusive analyze_specified commit check_stat
+permutation lock_access_exclusive analyze_all_parts commit check_stat
+permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_analyze_specified commit check_stat
+permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_analyze_all_parts commit check_stat
+permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_full_specified commit check_stat
+permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_full_all_parts commit check_stat
diff --git a/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out b/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out
index a65a5bf0c4f..9b2075d3373 100644
--- a/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out
+++ b/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out
@@ -1835,13 +1835,21 @@ pg_stat_all_tables| SELECT c.oid AS relid,
     pg_stat_get_mod_since_analyze(c.oid) AS n_mod_since_analyze,
     pg_stat_get_ins_since_vacuum(c.oid) AS n_ins_since_vacuum,
     pg_stat_get_last_vacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_vacuum,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_vacuum,
     pg_stat_get_last_autovacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_autovacuum,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_autovacuum,
     pg_stat_get_last_analyze_time(c.oid) AS last_analyze,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_analyze,
     pg_stat_get_last_autoanalyze_time(c.oid) AS last_autoanalyze,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_autoanalyze,
     pg_stat_get_vacuum_count(c.oid) AS vacuum_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count(c.oid) AS skipped_vacuum_count,
     pg_stat_get_autovacuum_count(c.oid) AS autovacuum_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count(c.oid) AS skipped_autovacuum_count,
     pg_stat_get_analyze_count(c.oid) AS analyze_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count(c.oid) AS skipped_analyze_count,
     pg_stat_get_autoanalyze_count(c.oid) AS autoanalyze_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count(c.oid) AS skipped_autoanalyze_count,
     pg_stat_get_total_vacuum_time(c.oid) AS total_vacuum_time,
     pg_stat_get_total_autovacuum_time(c.oid) AS total_autovacuum_time,
     pg_stat_get_total_analyze_time(c.oid) AS total_analyze_time,
@@ -2346,13 +2354,21 @@ pg_stat_sys_tables| SELECT relid,
     n_mod_since_analyze,
     n_ins_since_vacuum,
     last_vacuum,
+    last_skipped_vacuum,
     last_autovacuum,
+    last_skipped_autovacuum,
     last_analyze,
+    last_skipped_analyze,
     last_autoanalyze,
+    last_skipped_autoanalyze,
     vacuum_count,
+    skipped_vacuum_count,
     autovacuum_count,
+    skipped_autovacuum_count,
     analyze_count,
+    skipped_analyze_count,
     autoanalyze_count,
+    skipped_autoanalyze_count,
     total_vacuum_time,
     total_autovacuum_time,
     total_analyze_time,
@@ -2401,13 +2417,21 @@ pg_stat_user_tables| SELECT relid,
     n_mod_since_analyze,
     n_ins_since_vacuum,
     last_vacuum,
+    last_skipped_vacuum,
     last_autovacuum,
+    last_skipped_autovacuum,
     last_analyze,
+    last_skipped_analyze,
     last_autoanalyze,
+    last_skipped_autoanalyze,
     vacuum_count,
+    skipped_vacuum_count,
     autovacuum_count,
+    skipped_autovacuum_count,
     analyze_count,
+    skipped_analyze_count,
     autoanalyze_count,
+    skipped_autoanalyze_count,
     total_vacuum_time,
     total_autovacuum_time,
     total_analyze_time,
-- 
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* [PATCH v4] Track skipped vacuum and analyze activity per relation
@ 2026-03-24 04:09 Yugo Nagata <[email protected]>
  0 siblings, 0 replies; 374+ messages in thread

From: Yugo Nagata @ 2026-03-24 04:09 UTC (permalink / raw)

This commit adds eight fields to the relation statistics that track
the last time vacuum or analyze has been attempted but skipped due to
lock unavailability, along with their counts:

-    last_skipped_vacuum
-    last_skipped_autovacuum
-    last_skipped_analyze
-    last_skipped_autoanalyze
-    skipped_vacuum_count
-    skipped_autovacuum_count
-    skipped_analyze_count
-    skipped_autoanalyze_count

These field can help users confirm that autovacuum is actively attempting
to run on a table that has not been vacuumed or analyzed for a long time,
and that the lack of progress is due to repeated skips rather than inactivity.
---
 doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml                 |  88 ++++++++++++++++
 src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql         |   8 ++
 src/backend/commands/vacuum.c                | 102 ++++++++++++++-----
 src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c |  64 ++++++++++++
 src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c          |  24 +++++
 src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat              |  32 ++++++
 src/include/pgstat.h                         |  16 +++
 src/test/regress/expected/rules.out          |  24 +++++
 8 files changed, 335 insertions(+), 23 deletions(-)

diff --git a/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml b/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml
index 08d5b824552..a9b579d87a9 100644
--- a/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml
+++ b/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml
@@ -4387,6 +4387,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_vacuum</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time a manual vacuum on this table was attempted but skipped due to
+       lock unavailability (not counting <command>VACUUM FULL</command>)
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>last_autovacuum</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
@@ -4397,6 +4407,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_autovacuum</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time a vacuum on this table by the autovacuum daemon was attempted
+       but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>last_analyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
@@ -4406,6 +4426,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_analyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time a manual analyze on this table was attempted but skipped due to
+       lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>last_autoanalyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
@@ -4416,6 +4446,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_autoanalyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time at which an analyze on this table by the autovacuum was
+       attempted but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>vacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4426,6 +4466,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_vacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times manual vacuums on this table have been attempted but skipped
+       due to lock unavailability (not counting <command>VACUUM FULL</command>)
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>autovacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4436,6 +4486,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_autovacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times vacuums on this table by the autovacuum daemon have been
+       attempted but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>analyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4445,6 +4505,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_analyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times manual analyzes on this table have been attempted but
+       skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>autoanalyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4455,6 +4525,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_autoanalyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times analyzes on this table by the autovacuum daemon have
+       been attempted but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>total_vacuum_time</structfield> <type>double precision</type>
@@ -4510,6 +4590,14 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
    </tgroup>
   </table>
 
+  <note>
+   <para>
+    When a manual vacuum or analyze on a parent table in an inheritance or
+    partitioning hierarchy is skipped, the statistics are recorded only for
+    the parent table, not for its children.
+   </para>
+  </note>
+
  </sect2>
 
  <sect2 id="monitoring-pg-stat-autovacuum-scores-view">
diff --git a/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql b/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql
index 73a1c1c4670..f509fc7876b 100644
--- a/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql
+++ b/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql
@@ -736,13 +736,21 @@ CREATE VIEW pg_stat_all_tables AS
             pg_stat_get_mod_since_analyze(C.oid) AS n_mod_since_analyze,
             pg_stat_get_ins_since_vacuum(C.oid) AS n_ins_since_vacuum,
             pg_stat_get_last_vacuum_time(C.oid) as last_vacuum,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_vacuum,
             pg_stat_get_last_autovacuum_time(C.oid) as last_autovacuum,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_autovacuum,
             pg_stat_get_last_analyze_time(C.oid) as last_analyze,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_analyze,
             pg_stat_get_last_autoanalyze_time(C.oid) as last_autoanalyze,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_autoanalyze,
             pg_stat_get_vacuum_count(C.oid) AS vacuum_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count(C.oid) AS skipped_vacuum_count,
             pg_stat_get_autovacuum_count(C.oid) AS autovacuum_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count(C.oid) AS skipped_autovacuum_count,
             pg_stat_get_analyze_count(C.oid) AS analyze_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count(C.oid) AS skipped_analyze_count,
             pg_stat_get_autoanalyze_count(C.oid) AS autoanalyze_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count(C.oid) AS skipped_autoanalyze_count,
             pg_stat_get_total_vacuum_time(C.oid) AS total_vacuum_time,
             pg_stat_get_total_autovacuum_time(C.oid) AS total_autovacuum_time,
             pg_stat_get_total_analyze_time(C.oid) AS total_analyze_time,
diff --git a/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c b/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c
index 99d0db82ed7..97cd5ea8d10 100644
--- a/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c
+++ b/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c
@@ -793,8 +793,25 @@ vacuum_open_relation(Oid relid, RangeVar *relation, uint32 options,
 		rel = try_relation_open(relid, NoLock);
 	else
 	{
+		int flags = 0;
 		rel = NULL;
 		rel_lock = false;
+
+		if ((options & VACOPT_VACUUM) != 0)
+		{
+			if (AmAutoVacuumWorkerProcess())
+				flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOVACUUM;
+			else
+				flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM;
+		}
+		if ((options & VACOPT_ANALYZE) != 0)
+		{
+			if (AmAutoVacuumWorkerProcess())
+				flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOANALYZE;
+			else
+				flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE;
+		}
+		pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(relid, flags);
 	}
 
 	/* if relation is opened, leave */
@@ -802,7 +819,7 @@ vacuum_open_relation(Oid relid, RangeVar *relation, uint32 options,
 		return rel;
 
 	/*
-	 * Relation could not be opened, hence generate if possible a log
+	 * Relation could not be opened hence generate if possible a log
 	 * informing on the situation.
 	 *
 	 * If the RangeVar is not defined, we do not have enough information to
@@ -905,7 +922,6 @@ expand_vacuum_rel(VacuumRelation *vrel, MemoryContext vac_context,
 		Form_pg_class classForm;
 		bool		include_children;
 		bool		is_partitioned_table;
-		int			rvr_opts;
 
 		/*
 		 * Since autovacuum workers supply OIDs when calling vacuum(), no
@@ -918,29 +934,69 @@ expand_vacuum_rel(VacuumRelation *vrel, MemoryContext vac_context,
 		 * below, as well as find_all_inheritors's expectation that the caller
 		 * holds some lock on the starting relation.
 		 */
-		rvr_opts = (options & VACOPT_SKIP_LOCKED) ? RVR_SKIP_LOCKED : 0;
-		relid = RangeVarGetRelidExtended(vrel->relation,
-										 AccessShareLock,
-										 rvr_opts,
-										 NULL, NULL);
-
-		/*
-		 * If the lock is unavailable, emit the same log statement that
-		 * vacuum_rel() and analyze_rel() would.
-		 */
-		if (!OidIsValid(relid))
+		if (!(options & VACOPT_SKIP_LOCKED))
 		{
-			if (options & VACOPT_VACUUM)
-				ereport(WARNING,
-						(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
-						 errmsg("skipping vacuum of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
-								vrel->relation->relname)));
-			else
-				ereport(WARNING,
-						(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
-						 errmsg("skipping analyze of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
+			relid = RangeVarGetRelidExtended(vrel->relation,
+											 AccessShareLock,
+											 0, NULL, NULL);
+			if (!OidIsValid(relid))
+				return vacrels;
+		}
+		else
+		{
+			/* Get relid for reporting before taking a lock */
+			relid = RangeVarGetRelid(vrel->relation, NoLock, false);
+
+			if (!ConditionalLockRelationOid(relid, AccessShareLock))
+			{
+				int	flags = 0;
+				/*
+				 * If the lock is unavailable, emit the same log statement that
+				 * vacuum_rel() and analyze_rel() would.
+				 */
+				if (options & VACOPT_VACUUM)
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping vacuum of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
 								vrel->relation->relname)));
-			return vacrels;
+				else
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping analyze of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
+									vrel->relation->relname)));
+
+				if ((options & VACOPT_VACUUM) != 0)
+					flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM;
+				if ((options & VACOPT_ANALYZE) != 0)
+					flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE;
+
+				pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(relid, flags);
+
+				return vacrels;
+			}
+
+			/*
+			 * Now that we have the lock, probe to see if the relation really
+			 * exists or not.
+			 */
+			if (!SearchSysCacheExists1(RELOID, ObjectIdGetDatum(relid)))
+			{
+				if (options & VACOPT_VACUUM)
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_UNDEFINED_TABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping vacuum of \"%s\" --- relation no longer exists",
+									vrel->relation->relname)));
+				else
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_UNDEFINED_TABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping analyze of \"%s\" --- relation no longer exists",
+									vrel->relation->relname)));
+
+				/* Release useless lock */
+				UnlockRelationOid(relid, AccessShareLock);
+
+				return vacrels;
+			}
 		}
 
 		/*
diff --git a/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c b/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c
index b2ca28f83ba..532d9023f8c 100644
--- a/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c
+++ b/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c
@@ -17,12 +17,14 @@
 
 #include "postgres.h"
 
+#include "access/htup_details.h"
 #include "access/twophase_rmgr.h"
 #include "access/xact.h"
 #include "catalog/catalog.h"
 #include "utils/memutils.h"
 #include "utils/pgstat_internal.h"
 #include "utils/rel.h"
+#include "utils/syscache.h"
 #include "utils/timestamp.h"
 
 
@@ -367,6 +369,68 @@ pgstat_report_analyze(Relation rel,
 	(void) pgstat_flush_backend(false, PGSTAT_BACKEND_FLUSH_IO);
 }
 
+/*
+ * Report that the table was skipped during vacuum or/and analyze.
+ */
+void
+pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(Oid relid, int flags)
+{
+	PgStat_EntryRef *entry_ref;
+	PgStatShared_Relation *shtabentry;
+	PgStat_StatTabEntry *tabentry;
+	TimestampTz ts;
+	HeapTuple	classTup;
+	bool		isshared;
+
+	if (!pgstat_track_counts || !flags)
+		return;
+
+	classTup = SearchSysCache1(RELOID, ObjectIdGetDatum(relid));
+	if (!HeapTupleIsValid(classTup))
+		return;			/* somebody deleted the rel, forget it */
+	isshared = ((Form_pg_class) GETSTRUCT(classTup))->relisshared;
+	ReleaseSysCache(classTup);
+
+	/* Store the data in the table's hash table entry. */
+	ts = GetCurrentTimestamp();
+
+	/* block acquiring lock for the same reason as pgstat_report_autovac() */
+	entry_ref = pgstat_get_entry_ref_locked(PGSTAT_KIND_RELATION,
+											isshared ? InvalidOid : MyDatabaseId,
+											relid, false);
+
+	shtabentry = (PgStatShared_Relation *) entry_ref->shared_stats;
+	tabentry = &shtabentry->stats;
+
+	if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM)
+	{
+		tabentry->last_skipped_vacuum_time = ts;
+		tabentry->skipped_vacuum_count++;
+	}
+	else if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOVACUUM)
+	{
+		tabentry->last_skipped_autovacuum_time = ts;
+		tabentry->skipped_autovacuum_count++;
+	}
+
+	if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE)
+	{
+		tabentry->last_skipped_analyze_time = ts;
+		tabentry->skipped_analyze_count++;
+	}
+	else if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOANALYZE)
+	{
+		tabentry->last_skipped_autoanalyze_time = ts;
+		tabentry->skipped_autoanalyze_count++;
+	}
+
+	pgstat_unlock_entry(entry_ref);
+
+	/* see pgstat_report_vacuum() */
+	pgstat_flush_io(false);
+	(void) pgstat_flush_backend(false, PGSTAT_BACKEND_FLUSH_IO);
+}
+
 /*
  * count a tuple insertion of n tuples
  */
diff --git a/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c b/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c
index 1408de387ea..90a8968faa0 100644
--- a/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c
+++ b/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c
@@ -84,6 +84,18 @@ PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(mod_since_analyze)
 /* pg_stat_get_numscans */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(numscans)
 
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_analyze_count)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_autoanalyze_count)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_autovacuum_count)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_vacuum_count)
+
 /* pg_stat_get_tuples_deleted */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(tuples_deleted)
 
@@ -170,6 +182,18 @@ PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_vacuum_time)
 /* pg_stat_get_lastscan */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(lastscan)
 
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_analyze_time)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_autoanalyze_time)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_autovacuum_time)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_vacuum_time)
+
 /* pg_stat_get_stat_reset_time */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(stat_reset_time)
 
diff --git a/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat b/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat
index fa9ae79082b..32debb34863 100644
--- a/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat
+++ b/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat
@@ -5680,6 +5680,38 @@
   proargmodes => '{o,o,o,o,o,o,o,o,o,o}',
   proargnames => '{oid,score,xid_score,mxid_score,vacuum_score,vacuum_insert_score,analyze_score,do_vacuum,do_analyze,for_wraparound}',
   prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_autovacuum_scores' },
+{ oid => '8142', descr => 'statistics: last skipped vacuum time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time' },
+{ oid => '8143', descr => 'statistics: last skipped auto vacuum time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time' },
+{ oid => '8144', descr => 'statistics: last skipped analyze time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time' },
+{ oid => '8145', descr => 'statistics: last skipped auto analyze time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time' },
+{ oid => '8146', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped vacuum for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count' },
+{ oid => '8147', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped auto vacuum for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count' },
+{ oid => '8148', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped analyzes for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count' },
+{ oid => '8149', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped auto analyzes for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count' },
 { oid => '1936', descr => 'statistics: currently active backend IDs',
   proname => 'pg_stat_get_backend_idset', prorows => '100', proretset => 't',
   provolatile => 's', proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int4',
diff --git a/src/include/pgstat.h b/src/include/pgstat.h
index dfa2e837638..98941f953d1 100644
--- a/src/include/pgstat.h
+++ b/src/include/pgstat.h
@@ -479,6 +479,15 @@ typedef struct PgStat_StatTabEntry
 	TimestampTz last_autoanalyze_time;	/* autovacuum initiated */
 	PgStat_Counter autoanalyze_count;
 
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_vacuum_time;	/* user initiated vacuum */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_vacuum_count;
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_autovacuum_time;	/* autovacuum initiated */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_autovacuum_count;
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_analyze_time;	/* user initiated */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_analyze_count;
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_autoanalyze_time;	/* autovacuum initiated */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_autoanalyze_count;
+
 	PgStat_Counter total_vacuum_time;	/* times in milliseconds */
 	PgStat_Counter total_autovacuum_time;
 	PgStat_Counter total_analyze_time;
@@ -703,6 +712,13 @@ extern void pgstat_report_analyze(Relation rel,
 								  PgStat_Counter livetuples, PgStat_Counter deadtuples,
 								  bool resetcounter, TimestampTz starttime);
 
+/* flags for pgstat_flush_backend() */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM		(1 << 0)	/* vacuum is skipped */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE		(1 << 1)	/* analyze is skipped */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOVACUUM	(1 << 2)	/* autovacuum is skipped */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOANALYZE	(1 << 3)	/* autoanalyze is skipped */
+extern void pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(Oid relid, int flags);
+
 /*
  * If stats are enabled, but pending data hasn't been prepared yet, call
  * pgstat_assoc_relation() to do so. See its comment for why this is done
diff --git a/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out b/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out
index a65a5bf0c4f..9b2075d3373 100644
--- a/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out
+++ b/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out
@@ -1835,13 +1835,21 @@ pg_stat_all_tables| SELECT c.oid AS relid,
     pg_stat_get_mod_since_analyze(c.oid) AS n_mod_since_analyze,
     pg_stat_get_ins_since_vacuum(c.oid) AS n_ins_since_vacuum,
     pg_stat_get_last_vacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_vacuum,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_vacuum,
     pg_stat_get_last_autovacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_autovacuum,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_autovacuum,
     pg_stat_get_last_analyze_time(c.oid) AS last_analyze,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_analyze,
     pg_stat_get_last_autoanalyze_time(c.oid) AS last_autoanalyze,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_autoanalyze,
     pg_stat_get_vacuum_count(c.oid) AS vacuum_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count(c.oid) AS skipped_vacuum_count,
     pg_stat_get_autovacuum_count(c.oid) AS autovacuum_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count(c.oid) AS skipped_autovacuum_count,
     pg_stat_get_analyze_count(c.oid) AS analyze_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count(c.oid) AS skipped_analyze_count,
     pg_stat_get_autoanalyze_count(c.oid) AS autoanalyze_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count(c.oid) AS skipped_autoanalyze_count,
     pg_stat_get_total_vacuum_time(c.oid) AS total_vacuum_time,
     pg_stat_get_total_autovacuum_time(c.oid) AS total_autovacuum_time,
     pg_stat_get_total_analyze_time(c.oid) AS total_analyze_time,
@@ -2346,13 +2354,21 @@ pg_stat_sys_tables| SELECT relid,
     n_mod_since_analyze,
     n_ins_since_vacuum,
     last_vacuum,
+    last_skipped_vacuum,
     last_autovacuum,
+    last_skipped_autovacuum,
     last_analyze,
+    last_skipped_analyze,
     last_autoanalyze,
+    last_skipped_autoanalyze,
     vacuum_count,
+    skipped_vacuum_count,
     autovacuum_count,
+    skipped_autovacuum_count,
     analyze_count,
+    skipped_analyze_count,
     autoanalyze_count,
+    skipped_autoanalyze_count,
     total_vacuum_time,
     total_autovacuum_time,
     total_analyze_time,
@@ -2401,13 +2417,21 @@ pg_stat_user_tables| SELECT relid,
     n_mod_since_analyze,
     n_ins_since_vacuum,
     last_vacuum,
+    last_skipped_vacuum,
     last_autovacuum,
+    last_skipped_autovacuum,
     last_analyze,
+    last_skipped_analyze,
     last_autoanalyze,
+    last_skipped_autoanalyze,
     vacuum_count,
+    skipped_vacuum_count,
     autovacuum_count,
+    skipped_autovacuum_count,
     analyze_count,
+    skipped_analyze_count,
     autoanalyze_count,
+    skipped_autoanalyze_count,
     total_vacuum_time,
     total_autovacuum_time,
     total_analyze_time,
-- 
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* [PATCH v5] Track skipped vacuum and analyze activity per relation
@ 2026-03-24 04:09 Yugo Nagata <[email protected]>
  0 siblings, 0 replies; 374+ messages in thread

From: Yugo Nagata @ 2026-03-24 04:09 UTC (permalink / raw)

This commit adds eight fields to the relation statistics that track
the last time vacuum or analyze has been attempted but skipped due to
lock unavailability, along with their counts:

-    last_skipped_vacuum
-    last_skipped_autovacuum
-    last_skipped_analyze
-    last_skipped_autoanalyze
-    skipped_vacuum_count
-    skipped_autovacuum_count
-    skipped_analyze_count
-    skipped_autoanalyze_count

These field can help users confirm that autovacuum is actively attempting
to run on a table that has not been vacuumed or analyzed for a long time,
and that the lack of progress is due to repeated skips rather than inactivity.
---
 doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml                  |  88 ++++++
 src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql          |   8 +
 src/backend/commands/vacuum.c                 | 100 +++++--
 src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c  |  64 +++++
 src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c           |  24 ++
 src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat               |  32 +++
 src/include/pgstat.h                          |  16 ++
 .../isolation/expected/vacuum-skip-locked.out | 260 ++++++++++++++++--
 .../isolation/specs/vacuum-skip-locked.spec   |  41 +--
 src/test/regress/expected/rules.out           |  24 ++
 10 files changed, 601 insertions(+), 56 deletions(-)

diff --git a/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml b/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml
index 08d5b824552..a9b579d87a9 100644
--- a/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml
+++ b/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml
@@ -4387,6 +4387,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_vacuum</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time a manual vacuum on this table was attempted but skipped due to
+       lock unavailability (not counting <command>VACUUM FULL</command>)
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>last_autovacuum</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
@@ -4397,6 +4407,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_autovacuum</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time a vacuum on this table by the autovacuum daemon was attempted
+       but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>last_analyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
@@ -4406,6 +4426,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_analyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time a manual analyze on this table was attempted but skipped due to
+       lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>last_autoanalyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
@@ -4416,6 +4446,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_autoanalyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time at which an analyze on this table by the autovacuum was
+       attempted but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>vacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4426,6 +4466,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_vacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times manual vacuums on this table have been attempted but skipped
+       due to lock unavailability (not counting <command>VACUUM FULL</command>)
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>autovacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4436,6 +4486,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_autovacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times vacuums on this table by the autovacuum daemon have been
+       attempted but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>analyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4445,6 +4505,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_analyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times manual analyzes on this table have been attempted but
+       skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>autoanalyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4455,6 +4525,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_autoanalyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times analyzes on this table by the autovacuum daemon have
+       been attempted but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>total_vacuum_time</structfield> <type>double precision</type>
@@ -4510,6 +4590,14 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
    </tgroup>
   </table>
 
+  <note>
+   <para>
+    When a manual vacuum or analyze on a parent table in an inheritance or
+    partitioning hierarchy is skipped, the statistics are recorded only for
+    the parent table, not for its children.
+   </para>
+  </note>
+
  </sect2>
 
  <sect2 id="monitoring-pg-stat-autovacuum-scores-view">
diff --git a/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql b/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql
index 73a1c1c4670..f509fc7876b 100644
--- a/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql
+++ b/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql
@@ -736,13 +736,21 @@ CREATE VIEW pg_stat_all_tables AS
             pg_stat_get_mod_since_analyze(C.oid) AS n_mod_since_analyze,
             pg_stat_get_ins_since_vacuum(C.oid) AS n_ins_since_vacuum,
             pg_stat_get_last_vacuum_time(C.oid) as last_vacuum,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_vacuum,
             pg_stat_get_last_autovacuum_time(C.oid) as last_autovacuum,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_autovacuum,
             pg_stat_get_last_analyze_time(C.oid) as last_analyze,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_analyze,
             pg_stat_get_last_autoanalyze_time(C.oid) as last_autoanalyze,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_autoanalyze,
             pg_stat_get_vacuum_count(C.oid) AS vacuum_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count(C.oid) AS skipped_vacuum_count,
             pg_stat_get_autovacuum_count(C.oid) AS autovacuum_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count(C.oid) AS skipped_autovacuum_count,
             pg_stat_get_analyze_count(C.oid) AS analyze_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count(C.oid) AS skipped_analyze_count,
             pg_stat_get_autoanalyze_count(C.oid) AS autoanalyze_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count(C.oid) AS skipped_autoanalyze_count,
             pg_stat_get_total_vacuum_time(C.oid) AS total_vacuum_time,
             pg_stat_get_total_autovacuum_time(C.oid) AS total_autovacuum_time,
             pg_stat_get_total_analyze_time(C.oid) AS total_analyze_time,
diff --git a/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c b/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c
index 99d0db82ed7..df6526225e4 100644
--- a/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c
+++ b/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c
@@ -793,8 +793,25 @@ vacuum_open_relation(Oid relid, RangeVar *relation, uint32 options,
 		rel = try_relation_open(relid, NoLock);
 	else
 	{
+		int flags = 0;
 		rel = NULL;
 		rel_lock = false;
+
+		if ((options & VACOPT_VACUUM) != 0 && (options & VACOPT_FULL) == 0)
+		{
+			if (AmAutoVacuumWorkerProcess())
+				flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOVACUUM;
+			else
+				flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM;
+		}
+		if ((options & VACOPT_ANALYZE) != 0)
+		{
+			if (AmAutoVacuumWorkerProcess())
+				flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOANALYZE;
+			else
+				flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE;
+		}
+		pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(relid, flags);
 	}
 
 	/* if relation is opened, leave */
@@ -905,7 +922,6 @@ expand_vacuum_rel(VacuumRelation *vrel, MemoryContext vac_context,
 		Form_pg_class classForm;
 		bool		include_children;
 		bool		is_partitioned_table;
-		int			rvr_opts;
 
 		/*
 		 * Since autovacuum workers supply OIDs when calling vacuum(), no
@@ -918,29 +934,69 @@ expand_vacuum_rel(VacuumRelation *vrel, MemoryContext vac_context,
 		 * below, as well as find_all_inheritors's expectation that the caller
 		 * holds some lock on the starting relation.
 		 */
-		rvr_opts = (options & VACOPT_SKIP_LOCKED) ? RVR_SKIP_LOCKED : 0;
-		relid = RangeVarGetRelidExtended(vrel->relation,
-										 AccessShareLock,
-										 rvr_opts,
-										 NULL, NULL);
-
-		/*
-		 * If the lock is unavailable, emit the same log statement that
-		 * vacuum_rel() and analyze_rel() would.
-		 */
-		if (!OidIsValid(relid))
+		if (!(options & VACOPT_SKIP_LOCKED))
 		{
-			if (options & VACOPT_VACUUM)
-				ereport(WARNING,
-						(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
-						 errmsg("skipping vacuum of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
-								vrel->relation->relname)));
-			else
-				ereport(WARNING,
-						(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
-						 errmsg("skipping analyze of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
+			relid = RangeVarGetRelidExtended(vrel->relation,
+											 AccessShareLock,
+											 0, NULL, NULL);
+			if (!OidIsValid(relid))
+				return vacrels;
+		}
+		else
+		{
+			/* Get relid for reporting before taking a lock */
+			relid = RangeVarGetRelid(vrel->relation, NoLock, false);
+
+			if (!ConditionalLockRelationOid(relid, AccessShareLock))
+			{
+				int	flags = 0;
+				/*
+				 * If the lock is unavailable, emit the same log statement that
+				 * vacuum_rel() and analyze_rel() would.
+				 */
+				if (options & VACOPT_VACUUM)
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping vacuum of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
 								vrel->relation->relname)));
-			return vacrels;
+				else
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping analyze of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
+									vrel->relation->relname)));
+
+				if ((options & VACOPT_VACUUM) != 0 && (options & VACOPT_FULL) == 0)
+					flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM;
+				if ((options & VACOPT_ANALYZE) != 0)
+					flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE;
+
+				pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(relid, flags);
+
+				return vacrels;
+			}
+
+			/*
+			 * Now that we have the lock, probe to see if the relation really
+			 * exists or not.
+			 */
+			if (!SearchSysCacheExists1(RELOID, ObjectIdGetDatum(relid)))
+			{
+				if (options & VACOPT_VACUUM)
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_UNDEFINED_TABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping vacuum of \"%s\" --- relation no longer exists",
+									vrel->relation->relname)));
+				else
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_UNDEFINED_TABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping analyze of \"%s\" --- relation no longer exists",
+									vrel->relation->relname)));
+
+				/* Release useless lock */
+				UnlockRelationOid(relid, AccessShareLock);
+
+				return vacrels;
+			}
 		}
 
 		/*
diff --git a/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c b/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c
index b2ca28f83ba..532d9023f8c 100644
--- a/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c
+++ b/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c
@@ -17,12 +17,14 @@
 
 #include "postgres.h"
 
+#include "access/htup_details.h"
 #include "access/twophase_rmgr.h"
 #include "access/xact.h"
 #include "catalog/catalog.h"
 #include "utils/memutils.h"
 #include "utils/pgstat_internal.h"
 #include "utils/rel.h"
+#include "utils/syscache.h"
 #include "utils/timestamp.h"
 
 
@@ -367,6 +369,68 @@ pgstat_report_analyze(Relation rel,
 	(void) pgstat_flush_backend(false, PGSTAT_BACKEND_FLUSH_IO);
 }
 
+/*
+ * Report that the table was skipped during vacuum or/and analyze.
+ */
+void
+pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(Oid relid, int flags)
+{
+	PgStat_EntryRef *entry_ref;
+	PgStatShared_Relation *shtabentry;
+	PgStat_StatTabEntry *tabentry;
+	TimestampTz ts;
+	HeapTuple	classTup;
+	bool		isshared;
+
+	if (!pgstat_track_counts || !flags)
+		return;
+
+	classTup = SearchSysCache1(RELOID, ObjectIdGetDatum(relid));
+	if (!HeapTupleIsValid(classTup))
+		return;			/* somebody deleted the rel, forget it */
+	isshared = ((Form_pg_class) GETSTRUCT(classTup))->relisshared;
+	ReleaseSysCache(classTup);
+
+	/* Store the data in the table's hash table entry. */
+	ts = GetCurrentTimestamp();
+
+	/* block acquiring lock for the same reason as pgstat_report_autovac() */
+	entry_ref = pgstat_get_entry_ref_locked(PGSTAT_KIND_RELATION,
+											isshared ? InvalidOid : MyDatabaseId,
+											relid, false);
+
+	shtabentry = (PgStatShared_Relation *) entry_ref->shared_stats;
+	tabentry = &shtabentry->stats;
+
+	if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM)
+	{
+		tabentry->last_skipped_vacuum_time = ts;
+		tabentry->skipped_vacuum_count++;
+	}
+	else if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOVACUUM)
+	{
+		tabentry->last_skipped_autovacuum_time = ts;
+		tabentry->skipped_autovacuum_count++;
+	}
+
+	if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE)
+	{
+		tabentry->last_skipped_analyze_time = ts;
+		tabentry->skipped_analyze_count++;
+	}
+	else if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOANALYZE)
+	{
+		tabentry->last_skipped_autoanalyze_time = ts;
+		tabentry->skipped_autoanalyze_count++;
+	}
+
+	pgstat_unlock_entry(entry_ref);
+
+	/* see pgstat_report_vacuum() */
+	pgstat_flush_io(false);
+	(void) pgstat_flush_backend(false, PGSTAT_BACKEND_FLUSH_IO);
+}
+
 /*
  * count a tuple insertion of n tuples
  */
diff --git a/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c b/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c
index 1408de387ea..90a8968faa0 100644
--- a/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c
+++ b/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c
@@ -84,6 +84,18 @@ PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(mod_since_analyze)
 /* pg_stat_get_numscans */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(numscans)
 
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_analyze_count)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_autoanalyze_count)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_autovacuum_count)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_vacuum_count)
+
 /* pg_stat_get_tuples_deleted */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(tuples_deleted)
 
@@ -170,6 +182,18 @@ PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_vacuum_time)
 /* pg_stat_get_lastscan */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(lastscan)
 
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_analyze_time)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_autoanalyze_time)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_autovacuum_time)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_vacuum_time)
+
 /* pg_stat_get_stat_reset_time */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(stat_reset_time)
 
diff --git a/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat b/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat
index fa9ae79082b..32debb34863 100644
--- a/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat
+++ b/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat
@@ -5680,6 +5680,38 @@
   proargmodes => '{o,o,o,o,o,o,o,o,o,o}',
   proargnames => '{oid,score,xid_score,mxid_score,vacuum_score,vacuum_insert_score,analyze_score,do_vacuum,do_analyze,for_wraparound}',
   prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_autovacuum_scores' },
+{ oid => '8142', descr => 'statistics: last skipped vacuum time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time' },
+{ oid => '8143', descr => 'statistics: last skipped auto vacuum time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time' },
+{ oid => '8144', descr => 'statistics: last skipped analyze time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time' },
+{ oid => '8145', descr => 'statistics: last skipped auto analyze time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time' },
+{ oid => '8146', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped vacuum for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count' },
+{ oid => '8147', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped auto vacuum for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count' },
+{ oid => '8148', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped analyzes for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count' },
+{ oid => '8149', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped auto analyzes for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count' },
 { oid => '1936', descr => 'statistics: currently active backend IDs',
   proname => 'pg_stat_get_backend_idset', prorows => '100', proretset => 't',
   provolatile => 's', proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int4',
diff --git a/src/include/pgstat.h b/src/include/pgstat.h
index dfa2e837638..98941f953d1 100644
--- a/src/include/pgstat.h
+++ b/src/include/pgstat.h
@@ -479,6 +479,15 @@ typedef struct PgStat_StatTabEntry
 	TimestampTz last_autoanalyze_time;	/* autovacuum initiated */
 	PgStat_Counter autoanalyze_count;
 
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_vacuum_time;	/* user initiated vacuum */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_vacuum_count;
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_autovacuum_time;	/* autovacuum initiated */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_autovacuum_count;
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_analyze_time;	/* user initiated */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_analyze_count;
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_autoanalyze_time;	/* autovacuum initiated */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_autoanalyze_count;
+
 	PgStat_Counter total_vacuum_time;	/* times in milliseconds */
 	PgStat_Counter total_autovacuum_time;
 	PgStat_Counter total_analyze_time;
@@ -703,6 +712,13 @@ extern void pgstat_report_analyze(Relation rel,
 								  PgStat_Counter livetuples, PgStat_Counter deadtuples,
 								  bool resetcounter, TimestampTz starttime);
 
+/* flags for pgstat_flush_backend() */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM		(1 << 0)	/* vacuum is skipped */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE		(1 << 1)	/* analyze is skipped */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOVACUUM	(1 << 2)	/* autovacuum is skipped */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOANALYZE	(1 << 3)	/* autoanalyze is skipped */
+extern void pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(Oid relid, int flags);
+
 /*
  * If stats are enabled, but pending data hasn't been prepared yet, call
  * pgstat_assoc_relation() to do so. See its comment for why this is done
diff --git a/src/test/isolation/expected/vacuum-skip-locked.out b/src/test/isolation/expected/vacuum-skip-locked.out
index 99db281a159..e2cff175b7c 100644
--- a/src/test/isolation/expected/vacuum-skip-locked.out
+++ b/src/test/isolation/expected/vacuum-skip-locked.out
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 Parsed test spec with 2 sessions
 
-starting permutation: lock_share vac_specified commit
+starting permutation: lock_share vac_specified commit check_stat
 step lock_share: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN SHARE MODE;
@@ -10,8 +10,22 @@ step vac_specified: VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED) part1, part2;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
 
-starting permutation: lock_share vac_all_parts commit
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   1|            0|                    0
+part2  |           1|                   0|            0|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
+
+starting permutation: lock_share vac_all_parts commit check_stat
 step lock_share: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN SHARE MODE;
@@ -20,8 +34,22 @@ step vac_all_parts: VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED) parted;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   1|            0|                    0
+part2  |           1|                   0|            0|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
 
-starting permutation: lock_share analyze_specified commit
+starting permutation: lock_share analyze_specified commit check_stat
 step lock_share: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN SHARE MODE;
@@ -31,8 +59,22 @@ step analyze_specified: ANALYZE (SKIP_LOCKED) part1, part2;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
 
-starting permutation: lock_share analyze_all_parts commit
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   0|            0|                    1
+part2  |           0|                   0|            1|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
+
+starting permutation: lock_share analyze_all_parts commit check_stat
 step lock_share: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN SHARE MODE;
@@ -41,8 +83,22 @@ step analyze_all_parts: ANALYZE (SKIP_LOCKED) parted;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            1|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   0|            0|                    1
+part2  |           0|                   0|            1|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
 
-starting permutation: lock_share vac_analyze_specified commit
+starting permutation: lock_share vac_analyze_specified commit check_stat
 step lock_share: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN SHARE MODE;
@@ -52,8 +108,22 @@ step vac_analyze_specified: VACUUM (ANALYZE, SKIP_LOCKED) part1, part2;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
 
-starting permutation: lock_share vac_analyze_all_parts commit
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   1|            0|                    1
+part2  |           1|                   0|            1|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
+
+starting permutation: lock_share vac_analyze_all_parts commit check_stat
 step lock_share: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN SHARE MODE;
@@ -62,8 +132,22 @@ step vac_analyze_all_parts: VACUUM (ANALYZE, SKIP_LOCKED) parted;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            1|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   1|            0|                    1
+part2  |           1|                   0|            1|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
 
-starting permutation: lock_share vac_full_specified commit
+starting permutation: lock_share vac_full_specified commit check_stat
 step lock_share: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN SHARE MODE;
@@ -73,8 +157,22 @@ step vac_full_specified: VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED, FULL) part1, part2;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
 
-starting permutation: lock_share vac_full_all_parts commit
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part2  |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
+
+starting permutation: lock_share vac_full_all_parts commit check_stat
 step lock_share: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN SHARE MODE;
@@ -83,8 +181,22 @@ step vac_full_all_parts: VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED, FULL) parted;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part2  |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+(3 rows)
 
-starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_specified commit
+
+starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_specified commit check_stat
 step lock_access_exclusive: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN ACCESS EXCLUSIVE MODE;
@@ -94,8 +206,22 @@ step vac_specified: VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED) part1, part2;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   1|            0|                    0
+part2  |           1|                   0|            0|                    0
+(3 rows)
 
-starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_all_parts commit
+
+starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_all_parts commit check_stat
 step lock_access_exclusive: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN ACCESS EXCLUSIVE MODE;
@@ -104,8 +230,22 @@ step vac_all_parts: VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED) parted;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   1|            0|                    0
+part2  |           1|                   0|            0|                    0
+(3 rows)
 
-starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive analyze_specified commit
+
+starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive analyze_specified commit check_stat
 step lock_access_exclusive: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN ACCESS EXCLUSIVE MODE;
@@ -115,8 +255,22 @@ step analyze_specified: ANALYZE (SKIP_LOCKED) part1, part2;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   0|            0|                    1
+part2  |           0|                   0|            1|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
 
-starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive analyze_all_parts commit
+starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive analyze_all_parts commit check_stat
 step lock_access_exclusive: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN ACCESS EXCLUSIVE MODE;
@@ -126,8 +280,22 @@ step commit:
 	COMMIT;
 
 step analyze_all_parts: <... completed>
-
-starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_analyze_specified commit
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            1|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   0|            1|                    0
+part2  |           0|                   0|            1|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
+
+starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_analyze_specified commit check_stat
 step lock_access_exclusive: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN ACCESS EXCLUSIVE MODE;
@@ -137,8 +305,22 @@ step vac_analyze_specified: VACUUM (ANALYZE, SKIP_LOCKED) part1, part2;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   1|            0|                    1
+part2  |           1|                   0|            1|                    0
+(3 rows)
 
-starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_analyze_all_parts commit
+
+starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_analyze_all_parts commit check_stat
 step lock_access_exclusive: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN ACCESS EXCLUSIVE MODE;
@@ -148,8 +330,22 @@ step commit:
 	COMMIT;
 
 step vac_analyze_all_parts: <... completed>
-
-starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_full_specified commit
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            1|                    0
+part1  |           1|                   0|            1|                    0
+part2  |           1|                   0|            1|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
+
+starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_full_specified commit check_stat
 step lock_access_exclusive: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN ACCESS EXCLUSIVE MODE;
@@ -159,8 +355,22 @@ step vac_full_specified: VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED, FULL) part1, part2;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
 
-starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_full_all_parts commit
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part2  |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
+
+starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_full_all_parts commit check_stat
 step lock_access_exclusive: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN ACCESS EXCLUSIVE MODE;
@@ -169,3 +379,17 @@ step vac_full_all_parts: VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED, FULL) parted;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part2  |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
diff --git a/src/test/isolation/specs/vacuum-skip-locked.spec b/src/test/isolation/specs/vacuum-skip-locked.spec
index 3fad6e1c92a..b0da75d4b6d 100644
--- a/src/test/isolation/specs/vacuum-skip-locked.spec
+++ b/src/test/isolation/specs/vacuum-skip-locked.spec
@@ -33,6 +33,15 @@ step commit
 	COMMIT;
 }
 
+step check_stat
+{
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+}
+
 session s2
 step vac_specified			{ VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED) part1, part2; }
 step vac_all_parts			{ VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED) parted; }
@@ -43,19 +52,19 @@ step vac_analyze_all_parts	{ VACUUM (ANALYZE, SKIP_LOCKED) parted; }
 step vac_full_specified		{ VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED, FULL) part1, part2; }
 step vac_full_all_parts		{ VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED, FULL) parted; }
 
-permutation lock_share vac_specified commit
-permutation lock_share vac_all_parts commit
-permutation lock_share analyze_specified commit
-permutation lock_share analyze_all_parts commit
-permutation lock_share vac_analyze_specified commit
-permutation lock_share vac_analyze_all_parts commit
-permutation lock_share vac_full_specified commit
-permutation lock_share vac_full_all_parts commit
-permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_specified commit
-permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_all_parts commit
-permutation lock_access_exclusive analyze_specified commit
-permutation lock_access_exclusive analyze_all_parts commit
-permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_analyze_specified commit
-permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_analyze_all_parts commit
-permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_full_specified commit
-permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_full_all_parts commit
+permutation lock_share vac_specified commit check_stat
+permutation lock_share vac_all_parts commit check_stat
+permutation lock_share analyze_specified commit check_stat
+permutation lock_share analyze_all_parts commit check_stat
+permutation lock_share vac_analyze_specified commit check_stat
+permutation lock_share vac_analyze_all_parts commit check_stat
+permutation lock_share vac_full_specified commit check_stat
+permutation lock_share vac_full_all_parts commit check_stat
+permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_specified commit check_stat
+permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_all_parts commit check_stat
+permutation lock_access_exclusive analyze_specified commit check_stat
+permutation lock_access_exclusive analyze_all_parts commit check_stat
+permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_analyze_specified commit check_stat
+permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_analyze_all_parts commit check_stat
+permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_full_specified commit check_stat
+permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_full_all_parts commit check_stat
diff --git a/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out b/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out
index a65a5bf0c4f..9b2075d3373 100644
--- a/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out
+++ b/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out
@@ -1835,13 +1835,21 @@ pg_stat_all_tables| SELECT c.oid AS relid,
     pg_stat_get_mod_since_analyze(c.oid) AS n_mod_since_analyze,
     pg_stat_get_ins_since_vacuum(c.oid) AS n_ins_since_vacuum,
     pg_stat_get_last_vacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_vacuum,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_vacuum,
     pg_stat_get_last_autovacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_autovacuum,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_autovacuum,
     pg_stat_get_last_analyze_time(c.oid) AS last_analyze,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_analyze,
     pg_stat_get_last_autoanalyze_time(c.oid) AS last_autoanalyze,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_autoanalyze,
     pg_stat_get_vacuum_count(c.oid) AS vacuum_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count(c.oid) AS skipped_vacuum_count,
     pg_stat_get_autovacuum_count(c.oid) AS autovacuum_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count(c.oid) AS skipped_autovacuum_count,
     pg_stat_get_analyze_count(c.oid) AS analyze_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count(c.oid) AS skipped_analyze_count,
     pg_stat_get_autoanalyze_count(c.oid) AS autoanalyze_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count(c.oid) AS skipped_autoanalyze_count,
     pg_stat_get_total_vacuum_time(c.oid) AS total_vacuum_time,
     pg_stat_get_total_autovacuum_time(c.oid) AS total_autovacuum_time,
     pg_stat_get_total_analyze_time(c.oid) AS total_analyze_time,
@@ -2346,13 +2354,21 @@ pg_stat_sys_tables| SELECT relid,
     n_mod_since_analyze,
     n_ins_since_vacuum,
     last_vacuum,
+    last_skipped_vacuum,
     last_autovacuum,
+    last_skipped_autovacuum,
     last_analyze,
+    last_skipped_analyze,
     last_autoanalyze,
+    last_skipped_autoanalyze,
     vacuum_count,
+    skipped_vacuum_count,
     autovacuum_count,
+    skipped_autovacuum_count,
     analyze_count,
+    skipped_analyze_count,
     autoanalyze_count,
+    skipped_autoanalyze_count,
     total_vacuum_time,
     total_autovacuum_time,
     total_analyze_time,
@@ -2401,13 +2417,21 @@ pg_stat_user_tables| SELECT relid,
     n_mod_since_analyze,
     n_ins_since_vacuum,
     last_vacuum,
+    last_skipped_vacuum,
     last_autovacuum,
+    last_skipped_autovacuum,
     last_analyze,
+    last_skipped_analyze,
     last_autoanalyze,
+    last_skipped_autoanalyze,
     vacuum_count,
+    skipped_vacuum_count,
     autovacuum_count,
+    skipped_autovacuum_count,
     analyze_count,
+    skipped_analyze_count,
     autoanalyze_count,
+    skipped_autoanalyze_count,
     total_vacuum_time,
     total_autovacuum_time,
     total_analyze_time,
-- 
2.43.0


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* [PATCH v3] Track skipped vacuum and analyze activity per relation
@ 2026-03-24 04:09 Yugo Nagata <[email protected]>
  0 siblings, 0 replies; 374+ messages in thread

From: Yugo Nagata @ 2026-03-24 04:09 UTC (permalink / raw)

This commit adds eight fields to the relation statistics that track
the last time vacuum or analyze has been attempted but skipped due to
lock unavailability, along with their counts:

-    last_skipped_vacuum
-    last_skipped_autovacuum
-    last_skipped_analyze
-    last_skipped_autoanalyze
-    skipped_vacuum_count
-    skipped_autovacuum_count
-    skipped_analyze_count
-    skipped_autoanalyze_count

These field can help users confirm that autovacuum is actively attempting
to run on a table that has not been vacuumed or analyzed for a long time,
and that the lack of progress is due to repeated skips rather than inactivity.
---
 doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml                 | 80 +++++++++++++++++
 src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql         |  8 ++
 src/backend/commands/vacuum.c                | 95 +++++++++++++++-----
 src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c | 68 ++++++++++++++
 src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c          | 24 +++++
 src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat              | 32 +++++++
 src/include/pgstat.h                         | 16 ++++
 src/test/regress/expected/rules.out          | 24 +++++
 8 files changed, 324 insertions(+), 23 deletions(-)

diff --git a/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml b/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml
index bb75ed1069b..9ec8070b2fc 100644
--- a/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml
+++ b/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml
@@ -4372,6 +4372,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_vacuum</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time a manual vacuum on this table was attempted but skipped due to
+       lock unavailability (not counting <command>VACUUM FULL</command>)
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>last_autovacuum</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
@@ -4382,6 +4392,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_autovacuum</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time a vacuum on this table by the autovacuum daemon was attempted
+       but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>last_analyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
@@ -4391,6 +4411,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_analyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time a manual analyze on this table was attempted but skipped due to
+       lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>last_autoanalyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
@@ -4401,6 +4431,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_autoanalyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time at which an analyze on this table by the autovacuum was
+       attempted but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>vacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4411,6 +4451,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_vacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times vacuums on this table have been attempted but skipped
+       due to lock unavailability (not counting <command>VACUUM FULL</command>)
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>autovacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4421,6 +4471,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_autovacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times vacuums on this table by the autovacuum daemon have been
+       attempted but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>analyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4430,6 +4490,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_analyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times manual analyzes on this table have been attempted but
+       skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>autoanalyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4440,6 +4510,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_autoanalyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times analyzes on this table by the autovacuum daemon have
+       been attempted but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>total_vacuum_time</structfield> <type>double precision</type>
diff --git a/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql b/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql
index e54018004db..2ca02a0354c 100644
--- a/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql
+++ b/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql
@@ -736,13 +736,21 @@ CREATE VIEW pg_stat_all_tables AS
             pg_stat_get_mod_since_analyze(C.oid) AS n_mod_since_analyze,
             pg_stat_get_ins_since_vacuum(C.oid) AS n_ins_since_vacuum,
             pg_stat_get_last_vacuum_time(C.oid) as last_vacuum,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_vacuum,
             pg_stat_get_last_autovacuum_time(C.oid) as last_autovacuum,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_autovacuum,
             pg_stat_get_last_analyze_time(C.oid) as last_analyze,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_analyze,
             pg_stat_get_last_autoanalyze_time(C.oid) as last_autoanalyze,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_autoanalyze,
             pg_stat_get_vacuum_count(C.oid) AS vacuum_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count(C.oid) AS skipped_vacuum_count,
             pg_stat_get_autovacuum_count(C.oid) AS autovacuum_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count(C.oid) AS skipped_autovacuum_count,
             pg_stat_get_analyze_count(C.oid) AS analyze_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count(C.oid) AS skipped_analyze_count,
             pg_stat_get_autoanalyze_count(C.oid) AS autoanalyze_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count(C.oid) AS skipped_autoanalyze_count,
             pg_stat_get_total_vacuum_time(C.oid) AS total_vacuum_time,
             pg_stat_get_total_autovacuum_time(C.oid) AS total_autovacuum_time,
             pg_stat_get_total_analyze_time(C.oid) AS total_analyze_time,
diff --git a/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c b/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c
index bce3a2daa24..ce83b3171be 100644
--- a/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c
+++ b/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c
@@ -792,8 +792,18 @@ vacuum_open_relation(Oid relid, RangeVar *relation, bits32 options,
 		rel = try_relation_open(relid, NoLock);
 	else
 	{
+		bits8 flags = 0;
 		rel = NULL;
 		rel_lock = false;
+
+		if ((options & VACOPT_VACUUM) != 0)
+			flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM;
+		if ((options & VACOPT_ANALYZE) != 0)
+			flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE;
+		if (AmAutoVacuumWorkerProcess())
+			flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOVAC;
+
+		pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(relid, flags);
 	}
 
 	/* if relation is opened, leave */
@@ -801,7 +811,7 @@ vacuum_open_relation(Oid relid, RangeVar *relation, bits32 options,
 		return rel;
 
 	/*
-	 * Relation could not be opened, hence generate if possible a log
+	 * Relation could not be opened hence generate if possible a log
 	 * informing on the situation.
 	 *
 	 * If the RangeVar is not defined, we do not have enough information to
@@ -904,7 +914,6 @@ expand_vacuum_rel(VacuumRelation *vrel, MemoryContext vac_context,
 		Form_pg_class classForm;
 		bool		include_children;
 		bool		is_partitioned_table;
-		int			rvr_opts;
 
 		/*
 		 * Since autovacuum workers supply OIDs when calling vacuum(), no
@@ -917,29 +926,69 @@ expand_vacuum_rel(VacuumRelation *vrel, MemoryContext vac_context,
 		 * below, as well as find_all_inheritors's expectation that the caller
 		 * holds some lock on the starting relation.
 		 */
-		rvr_opts = (options & VACOPT_SKIP_LOCKED) ? RVR_SKIP_LOCKED : 0;
-		relid = RangeVarGetRelidExtended(vrel->relation,
-										 AccessShareLock,
-										 rvr_opts,
-										 NULL, NULL);
-
-		/*
-		 * If the lock is unavailable, emit the same log statement that
-		 * vacuum_rel() and analyze_rel() would.
-		 */
-		if (!OidIsValid(relid))
+		if (!(options & VACOPT_SKIP_LOCKED))
 		{
-			if (options & VACOPT_VACUUM)
-				ereport(WARNING,
-						(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
-						 errmsg("skipping vacuum of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
-								vrel->relation->relname)));
-			else
-				ereport(WARNING,
-						(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
-						 errmsg("skipping analyze of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
+			relid = RangeVarGetRelidExtended(vrel->relation,
+											 AccessShareLock,
+											 0, NULL, NULL);
+			if (!OidIsValid(relid))
+				return vacrels;
+		}
+		else
+		{
+			/* Get relid for reporting before taking a lock */
+			relid = RangeVarGetRelid(vrel->relation, NoLock, false);
+
+			if (!ConditionalLockRelationOid(relid, AccessShareLock))
+			{
+				bits8	flags = 0;
+				/*
+				 * If the lock is unavailable, emit the same log statement that
+				 * vacuum_rel() and analyze_rel() would.
+				 */
+				if (options & VACOPT_VACUUM)
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping vacuum of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
 								vrel->relation->relname)));
-			return vacrels;
+				else
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping analyze of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
+									vrel->relation->relname)));
+
+				if ((options & VACOPT_VACUUM) != 0)
+					flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM;
+				if ((options & VACOPT_ANALYZE) != 0)
+					flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE;
+
+				pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(relid, flags);
+
+				return vacrels;
+			}
+
+			/*
+			 * Now that we have the lock, probe to see if the relation really
+			 * exists or not.
+			 */
+			if (!SearchSysCacheExists1(RELOID, ObjectIdGetDatum(relid)))
+			{
+				if (options & VACOPT_VACUUM)
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_UNDEFINED_TABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping vacuum of \"%s\" --- relation no longer exists",
+									vrel->relation->relname)));
+				else
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_UNDEFINED_TABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping analyze of \"%s\" --- relation no longer exists",
+									vrel->relation->relname)));
+
+				/* Release useless lock */
+				UnlockRelationOid(relid, AccessShareLock);
+
+				return vacrels;
+			}
 		}
 
 		/*
diff --git a/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c b/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c
index bc8c43b96aa..cec4c88980e 100644
--- a/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c
+++ b/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c
@@ -17,6 +17,7 @@
 
 #include "postgres.h"
 
+#include "access/htup_details.h"
 #include "access/twophase_rmgr.h"
 #include "access/xact.h"
 #include "catalog/catalog.h"
@@ -366,6 +367,73 @@ pgstat_report_analyze(Relation rel,
 	(void) pgstat_flush_backend(false, PGSTAT_BACKEND_FLUSH_IO);
 }
 
+/*
+ * Report that the table was skipped during vacuum or/and analyze.
+ */
+void
+pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(Oid relid, bits8 flags)
+{
+	PgStat_EntryRef *entry_ref;
+	PgStatShared_Relation *shtabentry;
+	PgStat_StatTabEntry *tabentry;
+	TimestampTz ts;
+	HeapTuple	classTup;
+	bool		isshared;
+
+	if (!pgstat_track_counts || !(flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANY))
+		return;
+
+	classTup = SearchSysCache1(RELOID, ObjectIdGetDatum(relid));
+	if (!HeapTupleIsValid(classTup))
+		return;			/* somebody deleted the rel, forget it */
+	isshared = ((Form_pg_class) GETSTRUCT(classTup))->relisshared;
+	ReleaseSysCache(classTup);
+
+	/* Store the data in the table's hash table entry. */
+	ts = GetCurrentTimestamp();
+
+	/* block acquiring lock for the same reason as pgstat_report_autovac() */
+	entry_ref = pgstat_get_entry_ref_locked(PGSTAT_KIND_RELATION,
+											isshared ? InvalidOid : MyDatabaseId,
+											relid, false);
+
+	shtabentry = (PgStatShared_Relation *) entry_ref->shared_stats;
+	tabentry = &shtabentry->stats;
+
+	if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOVAC)
+	{
+		if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM)
+		{
+			tabentry->last_skipped_autovacuum_time = ts;
+			tabentry->skipped_autovacuum_count++;
+		}
+		if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE)
+		{
+			tabentry->last_skipped_autoanalyze_time = ts;
+			tabentry->skipped_autoanalyze_count++;
+		}
+	}
+	else
+	{
+		if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM)
+		{
+			tabentry->last_skipped_vacuum_time = ts;
+			tabentry->skipped_vacuum_count++;
+		}
+		if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE)
+		{
+			tabentry->last_skipped_analyze_time = ts;
+			tabentry->skipped_analyze_count++;
+		}
+	}
+
+	pgstat_unlock_entry(entry_ref);
+
+	/* see pgstat_report_vacuum() */
+	pgstat_flush_io(false);
+	(void) pgstat_flush_backend(false, PGSTAT_BACKEND_FLUSH_IO);
+}
+
 /*
  * count a tuple insertion of n tuples
  */
diff --git a/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c b/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c
index 9185a8e6b83..18aaa3996e1 100644
--- a/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c
+++ b/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c
@@ -84,6 +84,18 @@ PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(mod_since_analyze)
 /* pg_stat_get_numscans */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(numscans)
 
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_analyze_count)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_autoanalyze_count)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_autovacuum_count)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_vacuum_count)
+
 /* pg_stat_get_tuples_deleted */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(tuples_deleted)
 
@@ -170,6 +182,18 @@ PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_vacuum_time)
 /* pg_stat_get_lastscan */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(lastscan)
 
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_analyze_time)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_autoanalyze_time)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_autovacuum_time)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_vacuum_time)
+
 /* pg_stat_get_stat_reset_time */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(stat_reset_time)
 
diff --git a/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat b/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat
index 0118e970dda..ccfe3d9e02a 100644
--- a/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat
+++ b/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat
@@ -5667,6 +5667,38 @@
   proname => 'pg_stat_get_total_autoanalyze_time', provolatile => 's',
   proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'float8', proargtypes => 'oid',
   prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_total_autoanalyze_time' },
+{ oid => '8142', descr => 'statistics: last skipped vacuum time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time' },
+{ oid => '8143', descr => 'statistics: last skipped auto vacuum time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time' },
+{ oid => '8144', descr => 'statistics: last skipped analyze time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time' },
+{ oid => '8145', descr => 'statistics: last skipped auto analyze time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time' },
+{ oid => '8146', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped vacuum for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count' },
+{ oid => '8147', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped auto vacuum for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count' },
+{ oid => '8148', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped analyzes for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count' },
+{ oid => '8149', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped auto analyzes for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count' },
 { oid => '1936', descr => 'statistics: currently active backend IDs',
   proname => 'pg_stat_get_backend_idset', prorows => '100', proretset => 't',
   provolatile => 's', proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int4',
diff --git a/src/include/pgstat.h b/src/include/pgstat.h
index 8e3549c3752..343081a7a25 100644
--- a/src/include/pgstat.h
+++ b/src/include/pgstat.h
@@ -479,6 +479,15 @@ typedef struct PgStat_StatTabEntry
 	TimestampTz last_autoanalyze_time;	/* autovacuum initiated */
 	PgStat_Counter autoanalyze_count;
 
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_vacuum_time;	/* user initiated vacuum */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_vacuum_count;
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_autovacuum_time;	/* autovacuum initiated */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_autovacuum_count;
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_analyze_time;	/* user initiated */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_analyze_count;
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_autoanalyze_time;	/* autovacuum initiated */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_autoanalyze_count;
+
 	PgStat_Counter total_vacuum_time;	/* times in milliseconds */
 	PgStat_Counter total_autovacuum_time;
 	PgStat_Counter total_analyze_time;
@@ -707,6 +716,13 @@ extern void pgstat_report_analyze(Relation rel,
 								  PgStat_Counter livetuples, PgStat_Counter deadtuples,
 								  bool resetcounter, TimestampTz starttime);
 
+/* flags for pgstat_flush_backend() */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM	(1 << 0)	/* vacuum is skipped */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE	(1 << 1)	/* analyze is skipped */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOVAC	(1 << 2)	/* skipped during autovacuum/autoanalyze */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANY   (PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM | PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE)
+extern void pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(Oid relid, bits8 flags);
+
 /*
  * If stats are enabled, but pending data hasn't been prepared yet, call
  * pgstat_assoc_relation() to do so. See its comment for why this is done
diff --git a/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out b/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out
index 2b3cf6d8569..4ccfc43e903 100644
--- a/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out
+++ b/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out
@@ -1835,13 +1835,21 @@ pg_stat_all_tables| SELECT c.oid AS relid,
     pg_stat_get_mod_since_analyze(c.oid) AS n_mod_since_analyze,
     pg_stat_get_ins_since_vacuum(c.oid) AS n_ins_since_vacuum,
     pg_stat_get_last_vacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_vacuum,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_vacuum,
     pg_stat_get_last_autovacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_autovacuum,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_autovacuum,
     pg_stat_get_last_analyze_time(c.oid) AS last_analyze,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_analyze,
     pg_stat_get_last_autoanalyze_time(c.oid) AS last_autoanalyze,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_autoanalyze,
     pg_stat_get_vacuum_count(c.oid) AS vacuum_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count(c.oid) AS skipped_vacuum_count,
     pg_stat_get_autovacuum_count(c.oid) AS autovacuum_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count(c.oid) AS skipped_autovacuum_count,
     pg_stat_get_analyze_count(c.oid) AS analyze_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count(c.oid) AS skipped_analyze_count,
     pg_stat_get_autoanalyze_count(c.oid) AS autoanalyze_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count(c.oid) AS skipped_autoanalyze_count,
     pg_stat_get_total_vacuum_time(c.oid) AS total_vacuum_time,
     pg_stat_get_total_autovacuum_time(c.oid) AS total_autovacuum_time,
     pg_stat_get_total_analyze_time(c.oid) AS total_analyze_time,
@@ -2293,13 +2301,21 @@ pg_stat_sys_tables| SELECT relid,
     n_mod_since_analyze,
     n_ins_since_vacuum,
     last_vacuum,
+    last_skipped_vacuum,
     last_autovacuum,
+    last_skipped_autovacuum,
     last_analyze,
+    last_skipped_analyze,
     last_autoanalyze,
+    last_skipped_autoanalyze,
     vacuum_count,
+    skipped_vacuum_count,
     autovacuum_count,
+    skipped_autovacuum_count,
     analyze_count,
+    skipped_analyze_count,
     autoanalyze_count,
+    skipped_autoanalyze_count,
     total_vacuum_time,
     total_autovacuum_time,
     total_analyze_time,
@@ -2348,13 +2364,21 @@ pg_stat_user_tables| SELECT relid,
     n_mod_since_analyze,
     n_ins_since_vacuum,
     last_vacuum,
+    last_skipped_vacuum,
     last_autovacuum,
+    last_skipped_autovacuum,
     last_analyze,
+    last_skipped_analyze,
     last_autoanalyze,
+    last_skipped_autoanalyze,
     vacuum_count,
+    skipped_vacuum_count,
     autovacuum_count,
+    skipped_autovacuum_count,
     analyze_count,
+    skipped_analyze_count,
     autoanalyze_count,
+    skipped_autoanalyze_count,
     total_vacuum_time,
     total_autovacuum_time,
     total_analyze_time,
-- 
2.43.0


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* [PATCH v5] Track skipped vacuum and analyze activity per relation
@ 2026-03-24 04:09 Yugo Nagata <[email protected]>
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From: Yugo Nagata @ 2026-03-24 04:09 UTC (permalink / raw)

This commit adds eight fields to the relation statistics that track
the last time vacuum or analyze has been attempted but skipped due to
lock unavailability, along with their counts:

-    last_skipped_vacuum
-    last_skipped_autovacuum
-    last_skipped_analyze
-    last_skipped_autoanalyze
-    skipped_vacuum_count
-    skipped_autovacuum_count
-    skipped_analyze_count
-    skipped_autoanalyze_count

These field can help users confirm that autovacuum is actively attempting
to run on a table that has not been vacuumed or analyzed for a long time,
and that the lack of progress is due to repeated skips rather than inactivity.
---
 doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml                  |  88 ++++++
 src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql          |   8 +
 src/backend/commands/vacuum.c                 | 100 +++++--
 src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c  |  64 +++++
 src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c           |  24 ++
 src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat               |  32 +++
 src/include/pgstat.h                          |  16 ++
 .../isolation/expected/vacuum-skip-locked.out | 260 ++++++++++++++++--
 .../isolation/specs/vacuum-skip-locked.spec   |  41 +--
 src/test/regress/expected/rules.out           |  24 ++
 10 files changed, 601 insertions(+), 56 deletions(-)

diff --git a/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml b/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml
index 08d5b824552..a9b579d87a9 100644
--- a/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml
+++ b/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml
@@ -4387,6 +4387,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_vacuum</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time a manual vacuum on this table was attempted but skipped due to
+       lock unavailability (not counting <command>VACUUM FULL</command>)
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>last_autovacuum</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
@@ -4397,6 +4407,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_autovacuum</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time a vacuum on this table by the autovacuum daemon was attempted
+       but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>last_analyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
@@ -4406,6 +4426,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_analyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time a manual analyze on this table was attempted but skipped due to
+       lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>last_autoanalyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
@@ -4416,6 +4446,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_autoanalyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time at which an analyze on this table by the autovacuum was
+       attempted but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>vacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4426,6 +4466,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_vacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times manual vacuums on this table have been attempted but skipped
+       due to lock unavailability (not counting <command>VACUUM FULL</command>)
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>autovacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4436,6 +4486,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_autovacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times vacuums on this table by the autovacuum daemon have been
+       attempted but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>analyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4445,6 +4505,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_analyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times manual analyzes on this table have been attempted but
+       skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>autoanalyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4455,6 +4525,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_autoanalyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times analyzes on this table by the autovacuum daemon have
+       been attempted but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>total_vacuum_time</structfield> <type>double precision</type>
@@ -4510,6 +4590,14 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
    </tgroup>
   </table>
 
+  <note>
+   <para>
+    When a manual vacuum or analyze on a parent table in an inheritance or
+    partitioning hierarchy is skipped, the statistics are recorded only for
+    the parent table, not for its children.
+   </para>
+  </note>
+
  </sect2>
 
  <sect2 id="monitoring-pg-stat-autovacuum-scores-view">
diff --git a/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql b/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql
index 73a1c1c4670..f509fc7876b 100644
--- a/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql
+++ b/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql
@@ -736,13 +736,21 @@ CREATE VIEW pg_stat_all_tables AS
             pg_stat_get_mod_since_analyze(C.oid) AS n_mod_since_analyze,
             pg_stat_get_ins_since_vacuum(C.oid) AS n_ins_since_vacuum,
             pg_stat_get_last_vacuum_time(C.oid) as last_vacuum,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_vacuum,
             pg_stat_get_last_autovacuum_time(C.oid) as last_autovacuum,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_autovacuum,
             pg_stat_get_last_analyze_time(C.oid) as last_analyze,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_analyze,
             pg_stat_get_last_autoanalyze_time(C.oid) as last_autoanalyze,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_autoanalyze,
             pg_stat_get_vacuum_count(C.oid) AS vacuum_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count(C.oid) AS skipped_vacuum_count,
             pg_stat_get_autovacuum_count(C.oid) AS autovacuum_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count(C.oid) AS skipped_autovacuum_count,
             pg_stat_get_analyze_count(C.oid) AS analyze_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count(C.oid) AS skipped_analyze_count,
             pg_stat_get_autoanalyze_count(C.oid) AS autoanalyze_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count(C.oid) AS skipped_autoanalyze_count,
             pg_stat_get_total_vacuum_time(C.oid) AS total_vacuum_time,
             pg_stat_get_total_autovacuum_time(C.oid) AS total_autovacuum_time,
             pg_stat_get_total_analyze_time(C.oid) AS total_analyze_time,
diff --git a/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c b/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c
index 99d0db82ed7..df6526225e4 100644
--- a/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c
+++ b/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c
@@ -793,8 +793,25 @@ vacuum_open_relation(Oid relid, RangeVar *relation, uint32 options,
 		rel = try_relation_open(relid, NoLock);
 	else
 	{
+		int flags = 0;
 		rel = NULL;
 		rel_lock = false;
+
+		if ((options & VACOPT_VACUUM) != 0 && (options & VACOPT_FULL) == 0)
+		{
+			if (AmAutoVacuumWorkerProcess())
+				flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOVACUUM;
+			else
+				flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM;
+		}
+		if ((options & VACOPT_ANALYZE) != 0)
+		{
+			if (AmAutoVacuumWorkerProcess())
+				flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOANALYZE;
+			else
+				flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE;
+		}
+		pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(relid, flags);
 	}
 
 	/* if relation is opened, leave */
@@ -905,7 +922,6 @@ expand_vacuum_rel(VacuumRelation *vrel, MemoryContext vac_context,
 		Form_pg_class classForm;
 		bool		include_children;
 		bool		is_partitioned_table;
-		int			rvr_opts;
 
 		/*
 		 * Since autovacuum workers supply OIDs when calling vacuum(), no
@@ -918,29 +934,69 @@ expand_vacuum_rel(VacuumRelation *vrel, MemoryContext vac_context,
 		 * below, as well as find_all_inheritors's expectation that the caller
 		 * holds some lock on the starting relation.
 		 */
-		rvr_opts = (options & VACOPT_SKIP_LOCKED) ? RVR_SKIP_LOCKED : 0;
-		relid = RangeVarGetRelidExtended(vrel->relation,
-										 AccessShareLock,
-										 rvr_opts,
-										 NULL, NULL);
-
-		/*
-		 * If the lock is unavailable, emit the same log statement that
-		 * vacuum_rel() and analyze_rel() would.
-		 */
-		if (!OidIsValid(relid))
+		if (!(options & VACOPT_SKIP_LOCKED))
 		{
-			if (options & VACOPT_VACUUM)
-				ereport(WARNING,
-						(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
-						 errmsg("skipping vacuum of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
-								vrel->relation->relname)));
-			else
-				ereport(WARNING,
-						(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
-						 errmsg("skipping analyze of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
+			relid = RangeVarGetRelidExtended(vrel->relation,
+											 AccessShareLock,
+											 0, NULL, NULL);
+			if (!OidIsValid(relid))
+				return vacrels;
+		}
+		else
+		{
+			/* Get relid for reporting before taking a lock */
+			relid = RangeVarGetRelid(vrel->relation, NoLock, false);
+
+			if (!ConditionalLockRelationOid(relid, AccessShareLock))
+			{
+				int	flags = 0;
+				/*
+				 * If the lock is unavailable, emit the same log statement that
+				 * vacuum_rel() and analyze_rel() would.
+				 */
+				if (options & VACOPT_VACUUM)
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping vacuum of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
 								vrel->relation->relname)));
-			return vacrels;
+				else
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping analyze of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
+									vrel->relation->relname)));
+
+				if ((options & VACOPT_VACUUM) != 0 && (options & VACOPT_FULL) == 0)
+					flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM;
+				if ((options & VACOPT_ANALYZE) != 0)
+					flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE;
+
+				pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(relid, flags);
+
+				return vacrels;
+			}
+
+			/*
+			 * Now that we have the lock, probe to see if the relation really
+			 * exists or not.
+			 */
+			if (!SearchSysCacheExists1(RELOID, ObjectIdGetDatum(relid)))
+			{
+				if (options & VACOPT_VACUUM)
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_UNDEFINED_TABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping vacuum of \"%s\" --- relation no longer exists",
+									vrel->relation->relname)));
+				else
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_UNDEFINED_TABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping analyze of \"%s\" --- relation no longer exists",
+									vrel->relation->relname)));
+
+				/* Release useless lock */
+				UnlockRelationOid(relid, AccessShareLock);
+
+				return vacrels;
+			}
 		}
 
 		/*
diff --git a/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c b/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c
index b2ca28f83ba..532d9023f8c 100644
--- a/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c
+++ b/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c
@@ -17,12 +17,14 @@
 
 #include "postgres.h"
 
+#include "access/htup_details.h"
 #include "access/twophase_rmgr.h"
 #include "access/xact.h"
 #include "catalog/catalog.h"
 #include "utils/memutils.h"
 #include "utils/pgstat_internal.h"
 #include "utils/rel.h"
+#include "utils/syscache.h"
 #include "utils/timestamp.h"
 
 
@@ -367,6 +369,68 @@ pgstat_report_analyze(Relation rel,
 	(void) pgstat_flush_backend(false, PGSTAT_BACKEND_FLUSH_IO);
 }
 
+/*
+ * Report that the table was skipped during vacuum or/and analyze.
+ */
+void
+pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(Oid relid, int flags)
+{
+	PgStat_EntryRef *entry_ref;
+	PgStatShared_Relation *shtabentry;
+	PgStat_StatTabEntry *tabentry;
+	TimestampTz ts;
+	HeapTuple	classTup;
+	bool		isshared;
+
+	if (!pgstat_track_counts || !flags)
+		return;
+
+	classTup = SearchSysCache1(RELOID, ObjectIdGetDatum(relid));
+	if (!HeapTupleIsValid(classTup))
+		return;			/* somebody deleted the rel, forget it */
+	isshared = ((Form_pg_class) GETSTRUCT(classTup))->relisshared;
+	ReleaseSysCache(classTup);
+
+	/* Store the data in the table's hash table entry. */
+	ts = GetCurrentTimestamp();
+
+	/* block acquiring lock for the same reason as pgstat_report_autovac() */
+	entry_ref = pgstat_get_entry_ref_locked(PGSTAT_KIND_RELATION,
+											isshared ? InvalidOid : MyDatabaseId,
+											relid, false);
+
+	shtabentry = (PgStatShared_Relation *) entry_ref->shared_stats;
+	tabentry = &shtabentry->stats;
+
+	if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM)
+	{
+		tabentry->last_skipped_vacuum_time = ts;
+		tabentry->skipped_vacuum_count++;
+	}
+	else if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOVACUUM)
+	{
+		tabentry->last_skipped_autovacuum_time = ts;
+		tabentry->skipped_autovacuum_count++;
+	}
+
+	if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE)
+	{
+		tabentry->last_skipped_analyze_time = ts;
+		tabentry->skipped_analyze_count++;
+	}
+	else if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOANALYZE)
+	{
+		tabentry->last_skipped_autoanalyze_time = ts;
+		tabentry->skipped_autoanalyze_count++;
+	}
+
+	pgstat_unlock_entry(entry_ref);
+
+	/* see pgstat_report_vacuum() */
+	pgstat_flush_io(false);
+	(void) pgstat_flush_backend(false, PGSTAT_BACKEND_FLUSH_IO);
+}
+
 /*
  * count a tuple insertion of n tuples
  */
diff --git a/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c b/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c
index 1408de387ea..90a8968faa0 100644
--- a/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c
+++ b/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c
@@ -84,6 +84,18 @@ PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(mod_since_analyze)
 /* pg_stat_get_numscans */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(numscans)
 
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_analyze_count)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_autoanalyze_count)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_autovacuum_count)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_vacuum_count)
+
 /* pg_stat_get_tuples_deleted */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(tuples_deleted)
 
@@ -170,6 +182,18 @@ PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_vacuum_time)
 /* pg_stat_get_lastscan */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(lastscan)
 
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_analyze_time)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_autoanalyze_time)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_autovacuum_time)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_vacuum_time)
+
 /* pg_stat_get_stat_reset_time */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(stat_reset_time)
 
diff --git a/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat b/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat
index fa9ae79082b..32debb34863 100644
--- a/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat
+++ b/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat
@@ -5680,6 +5680,38 @@
   proargmodes => '{o,o,o,o,o,o,o,o,o,o}',
   proargnames => '{oid,score,xid_score,mxid_score,vacuum_score,vacuum_insert_score,analyze_score,do_vacuum,do_analyze,for_wraparound}',
   prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_autovacuum_scores' },
+{ oid => '8142', descr => 'statistics: last skipped vacuum time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time' },
+{ oid => '8143', descr => 'statistics: last skipped auto vacuum time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time' },
+{ oid => '8144', descr => 'statistics: last skipped analyze time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time' },
+{ oid => '8145', descr => 'statistics: last skipped auto analyze time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time' },
+{ oid => '8146', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped vacuum for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count' },
+{ oid => '8147', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped auto vacuum for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count' },
+{ oid => '8148', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped analyzes for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count' },
+{ oid => '8149', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped auto analyzes for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count' },
 { oid => '1936', descr => 'statistics: currently active backend IDs',
   proname => 'pg_stat_get_backend_idset', prorows => '100', proretset => 't',
   provolatile => 's', proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int4',
diff --git a/src/include/pgstat.h b/src/include/pgstat.h
index dfa2e837638..98941f953d1 100644
--- a/src/include/pgstat.h
+++ b/src/include/pgstat.h
@@ -479,6 +479,15 @@ typedef struct PgStat_StatTabEntry
 	TimestampTz last_autoanalyze_time;	/* autovacuum initiated */
 	PgStat_Counter autoanalyze_count;
 
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_vacuum_time;	/* user initiated vacuum */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_vacuum_count;
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_autovacuum_time;	/* autovacuum initiated */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_autovacuum_count;
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_analyze_time;	/* user initiated */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_analyze_count;
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_autoanalyze_time;	/* autovacuum initiated */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_autoanalyze_count;
+
 	PgStat_Counter total_vacuum_time;	/* times in milliseconds */
 	PgStat_Counter total_autovacuum_time;
 	PgStat_Counter total_analyze_time;
@@ -703,6 +712,13 @@ extern void pgstat_report_analyze(Relation rel,
 								  PgStat_Counter livetuples, PgStat_Counter deadtuples,
 								  bool resetcounter, TimestampTz starttime);
 
+/* flags for pgstat_flush_backend() */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM		(1 << 0)	/* vacuum is skipped */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE		(1 << 1)	/* analyze is skipped */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOVACUUM	(1 << 2)	/* autovacuum is skipped */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOANALYZE	(1 << 3)	/* autoanalyze is skipped */
+extern void pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(Oid relid, int flags);
+
 /*
  * If stats are enabled, but pending data hasn't been prepared yet, call
  * pgstat_assoc_relation() to do so. See its comment for why this is done
diff --git a/src/test/isolation/expected/vacuum-skip-locked.out b/src/test/isolation/expected/vacuum-skip-locked.out
index 99db281a159..e2cff175b7c 100644
--- a/src/test/isolation/expected/vacuum-skip-locked.out
+++ b/src/test/isolation/expected/vacuum-skip-locked.out
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 Parsed test spec with 2 sessions
 
-starting permutation: lock_share vac_specified commit
+starting permutation: lock_share vac_specified commit check_stat
 step lock_share: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN SHARE MODE;
@@ -10,8 +10,22 @@ step vac_specified: VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED) part1, part2;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
 
-starting permutation: lock_share vac_all_parts commit
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   1|            0|                    0
+part2  |           1|                   0|            0|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
+
+starting permutation: lock_share vac_all_parts commit check_stat
 step lock_share: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN SHARE MODE;
@@ -20,8 +34,22 @@ step vac_all_parts: VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED) parted;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   1|            0|                    0
+part2  |           1|                   0|            0|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
 
-starting permutation: lock_share analyze_specified commit
+starting permutation: lock_share analyze_specified commit check_stat
 step lock_share: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN SHARE MODE;
@@ -31,8 +59,22 @@ step analyze_specified: ANALYZE (SKIP_LOCKED) part1, part2;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
 
-starting permutation: lock_share analyze_all_parts commit
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   0|            0|                    1
+part2  |           0|                   0|            1|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
+
+starting permutation: lock_share analyze_all_parts commit check_stat
 step lock_share: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN SHARE MODE;
@@ -41,8 +83,22 @@ step analyze_all_parts: ANALYZE (SKIP_LOCKED) parted;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            1|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   0|            0|                    1
+part2  |           0|                   0|            1|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
 
-starting permutation: lock_share vac_analyze_specified commit
+starting permutation: lock_share vac_analyze_specified commit check_stat
 step lock_share: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN SHARE MODE;
@@ -52,8 +108,22 @@ step vac_analyze_specified: VACUUM (ANALYZE, SKIP_LOCKED) part1, part2;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
 
-starting permutation: lock_share vac_analyze_all_parts commit
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   1|            0|                    1
+part2  |           1|                   0|            1|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
+
+starting permutation: lock_share vac_analyze_all_parts commit check_stat
 step lock_share: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN SHARE MODE;
@@ -62,8 +132,22 @@ step vac_analyze_all_parts: VACUUM (ANALYZE, SKIP_LOCKED) parted;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            1|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   1|            0|                    1
+part2  |           1|                   0|            1|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
 
-starting permutation: lock_share vac_full_specified commit
+starting permutation: lock_share vac_full_specified commit check_stat
 step lock_share: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN SHARE MODE;
@@ -73,8 +157,22 @@ step vac_full_specified: VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED, FULL) part1, part2;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
 
-starting permutation: lock_share vac_full_all_parts commit
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part2  |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
+
+starting permutation: lock_share vac_full_all_parts commit check_stat
 step lock_share: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN SHARE MODE;
@@ -83,8 +181,22 @@ step vac_full_all_parts: VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED, FULL) parted;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part2  |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+(3 rows)
 
-starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_specified commit
+
+starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_specified commit check_stat
 step lock_access_exclusive: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN ACCESS EXCLUSIVE MODE;
@@ -94,8 +206,22 @@ step vac_specified: VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED) part1, part2;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   1|            0|                    0
+part2  |           1|                   0|            0|                    0
+(3 rows)
 
-starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_all_parts commit
+
+starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_all_parts commit check_stat
 step lock_access_exclusive: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN ACCESS EXCLUSIVE MODE;
@@ -104,8 +230,22 @@ step vac_all_parts: VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED) parted;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   1|            0|                    0
+part2  |           1|                   0|            0|                    0
+(3 rows)
 
-starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive analyze_specified commit
+
+starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive analyze_specified commit check_stat
 step lock_access_exclusive: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN ACCESS EXCLUSIVE MODE;
@@ -115,8 +255,22 @@ step analyze_specified: ANALYZE (SKIP_LOCKED) part1, part2;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   0|            0|                    1
+part2  |           0|                   0|            1|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
 
-starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive analyze_all_parts commit
+starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive analyze_all_parts commit check_stat
 step lock_access_exclusive: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN ACCESS EXCLUSIVE MODE;
@@ -126,8 +280,22 @@ step commit:
 	COMMIT;
 
 step analyze_all_parts: <... completed>
-
-starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_analyze_specified commit
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            1|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   0|            1|                    0
+part2  |           0|                   0|            1|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
+
+starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_analyze_specified commit check_stat
 step lock_access_exclusive: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN ACCESS EXCLUSIVE MODE;
@@ -137,8 +305,22 @@ step vac_analyze_specified: VACUUM (ANALYZE, SKIP_LOCKED) part1, part2;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   1|            0|                    1
+part2  |           1|                   0|            1|                    0
+(3 rows)
 
-starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_analyze_all_parts commit
+
+starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_analyze_all_parts commit check_stat
 step lock_access_exclusive: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN ACCESS EXCLUSIVE MODE;
@@ -148,8 +330,22 @@ step commit:
 	COMMIT;
 
 step vac_analyze_all_parts: <... completed>
-
-starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_full_specified commit
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            1|                    0
+part1  |           1|                   0|            1|                    0
+part2  |           1|                   0|            1|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
+
+starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_full_specified commit check_stat
 step lock_access_exclusive: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN ACCESS EXCLUSIVE MODE;
@@ -159,8 +355,22 @@ step vac_full_specified: VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED, FULL) part1, part2;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
 
-starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_full_all_parts commit
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part2  |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
+
+starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_full_all_parts commit check_stat
 step lock_access_exclusive: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN ACCESS EXCLUSIVE MODE;
@@ -169,3 +379,17 @@ step vac_full_all_parts: VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED, FULL) parted;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part2  |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
diff --git a/src/test/isolation/specs/vacuum-skip-locked.spec b/src/test/isolation/specs/vacuum-skip-locked.spec
index 3fad6e1c92a..b0da75d4b6d 100644
--- a/src/test/isolation/specs/vacuum-skip-locked.spec
+++ b/src/test/isolation/specs/vacuum-skip-locked.spec
@@ -33,6 +33,15 @@ step commit
 	COMMIT;
 }
 
+step check_stat
+{
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+}
+
 session s2
 step vac_specified			{ VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED) part1, part2; }
 step vac_all_parts			{ VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED) parted; }
@@ -43,19 +52,19 @@ step vac_analyze_all_parts	{ VACUUM (ANALYZE, SKIP_LOCKED) parted; }
 step vac_full_specified		{ VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED, FULL) part1, part2; }
 step vac_full_all_parts		{ VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED, FULL) parted; }
 
-permutation lock_share vac_specified commit
-permutation lock_share vac_all_parts commit
-permutation lock_share analyze_specified commit
-permutation lock_share analyze_all_parts commit
-permutation lock_share vac_analyze_specified commit
-permutation lock_share vac_analyze_all_parts commit
-permutation lock_share vac_full_specified commit
-permutation lock_share vac_full_all_parts commit
-permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_specified commit
-permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_all_parts commit
-permutation lock_access_exclusive analyze_specified commit
-permutation lock_access_exclusive analyze_all_parts commit
-permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_analyze_specified commit
-permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_analyze_all_parts commit
-permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_full_specified commit
-permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_full_all_parts commit
+permutation lock_share vac_specified commit check_stat
+permutation lock_share vac_all_parts commit check_stat
+permutation lock_share analyze_specified commit check_stat
+permutation lock_share analyze_all_parts commit check_stat
+permutation lock_share vac_analyze_specified commit check_stat
+permutation lock_share vac_analyze_all_parts commit check_stat
+permutation lock_share vac_full_specified commit check_stat
+permutation lock_share vac_full_all_parts commit check_stat
+permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_specified commit check_stat
+permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_all_parts commit check_stat
+permutation lock_access_exclusive analyze_specified commit check_stat
+permutation lock_access_exclusive analyze_all_parts commit check_stat
+permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_analyze_specified commit check_stat
+permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_analyze_all_parts commit check_stat
+permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_full_specified commit check_stat
+permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_full_all_parts commit check_stat
diff --git a/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out b/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out
index a65a5bf0c4f..9b2075d3373 100644
--- a/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out
+++ b/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out
@@ -1835,13 +1835,21 @@ pg_stat_all_tables| SELECT c.oid AS relid,
     pg_stat_get_mod_since_analyze(c.oid) AS n_mod_since_analyze,
     pg_stat_get_ins_since_vacuum(c.oid) AS n_ins_since_vacuum,
     pg_stat_get_last_vacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_vacuum,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_vacuum,
     pg_stat_get_last_autovacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_autovacuum,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_autovacuum,
     pg_stat_get_last_analyze_time(c.oid) AS last_analyze,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_analyze,
     pg_stat_get_last_autoanalyze_time(c.oid) AS last_autoanalyze,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_autoanalyze,
     pg_stat_get_vacuum_count(c.oid) AS vacuum_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count(c.oid) AS skipped_vacuum_count,
     pg_stat_get_autovacuum_count(c.oid) AS autovacuum_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count(c.oid) AS skipped_autovacuum_count,
     pg_stat_get_analyze_count(c.oid) AS analyze_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count(c.oid) AS skipped_analyze_count,
     pg_stat_get_autoanalyze_count(c.oid) AS autoanalyze_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count(c.oid) AS skipped_autoanalyze_count,
     pg_stat_get_total_vacuum_time(c.oid) AS total_vacuum_time,
     pg_stat_get_total_autovacuum_time(c.oid) AS total_autovacuum_time,
     pg_stat_get_total_analyze_time(c.oid) AS total_analyze_time,
@@ -2346,13 +2354,21 @@ pg_stat_sys_tables| SELECT relid,
     n_mod_since_analyze,
     n_ins_since_vacuum,
     last_vacuum,
+    last_skipped_vacuum,
     last_autovacuum,
+    last_skipped_autovacuum,
     last_analyze,
+    last_skipped_analyze,
     last_autoanalyze,
+    last_skipped_autoanalyze,
     vacuum_count,
+    skipped_vacuum_count,
     autovacuum_count,
+    skipped_autovacuum_count,
     analyze_count,
+    skipped_analyze_count,
     autoanalyze_count,
+    skipped_autoanalyze_count,
     total_vacuum_time,
     total_autovacuum_time,
     total_analyze_time,
@@ -2401,13 +2417,21 @@ pg_stat_user_tables| SELECT relid,
     n_mod_since_analyze,
     n_ins_since_vacuum,
     last_vacuum,
+    last_skipped_vacuum,
     last_autovacuum,
+    last_skipped_autovacuum,
     last_analyze,
+    last_skipped_analyze,
     last_autoanalyze,
+    last_skipped_autoanalyze,
     vacuum_count,
+    skipped_vacuum_count,
     autovacuum_count,
+    skipped_autovacuum_count,
     analyze_count,
+    skipped_analyze_count,
     autoanalyze_count,
+    skipped_autoanalyze_count,
     total_vacuum_time,
     total_autovacuum_time,
     total_analyze_time,
-- 
2.43.0


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* [PATCH v4] Track skipped vacuum and analyze activity per relation
@ 2026-03-24 04:09 Yugo Nagata <[email protected]>
  0 siblings, 0 replies; 374+ messages in thread

From: Yugo Nagata @ 2026-03-24 04:09 UTC (permalink / raw)

This commit adds eight fields to the relation statistics that track
the last time vacuum or analyze has been attempted but skipped due to
lock unavailability, along with their counts:

-    last_skipped_vacuum
-    last_skipped_autovacuum
-    last_skipped_analyze
-    last_skipped_autoanalyze
-    skipped_vacuum_count
-    skipped_autovacuum_count
-    skipped_analyze_count
-    skipped_autoanalyze_count

These field can help users confirm that autovacuum is actively attempting
to run on a table that has not been vacuumed or analyzed for a long time,
and that the lack of progress is due to repeated skips rather than inactivity.
---
 doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml                 |  88 ++++++++++++++++
 src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql         |   8 ++
 src/backend/commands/vacuum.c                | 102 ++++++++++++++-----
 src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c |  64 ++++++++++++
 src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c          |  24 +++++
 src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat              |  32 ++++++
 src/include/pgstat.h                         |  16 +++
 src/test/regress/expected/rules.out          |  24 +++++
 8 files changed, 335 insertions(+), 23 deletions(-)

diff --git a/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml b/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml
index 08d5b824552..a9b579d87a9 100644
--- a/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml
+++ b/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml
@@ -4387,6 +4387,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_vacuum</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time a manual vacuum on this table was attempted but skipped due to
+       lock unavailability (not counting <command>VACUUM FULL</command>)
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>last_autovacuum</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
@@ -4397,6 +4407,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_autovacuum</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time a vacuum on this table by the autovacuum daemon was attempted
+       but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>last_analyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
@@ -4406,6 +4426,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_analyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time a manual analyze on this table was attempted but skipped due to
+       lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>last_autoanalyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
@@ -4416,6 +4446,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_autoanalyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time at which an analyze on this table by the autovacuum was
+       attempted but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>vacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4426,6 +4466,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_vacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times manual vacuums on this table have been attempted but skipped
+       due to lock unavailability (not counting <command>VACUUM FULL</command>)
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>autovacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4436,6 +4486,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_autovacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times vacuums on this table by the autovacuum daemon have been
+       attempted but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>analyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4445,6 +4505,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_analyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times manual analyzes on this table have been attempted but
+       skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>autoanalyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4455,6 +4525,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_autoanalyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times analyzes on this table by the autovacuum daemon have
+       been attempted but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>total_vacuum_time</structfield> <type>double precision</type>
@@ -4510,6 +4590,14 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
    </tgroup>
   </table>
 
+  <note>
+   <para>
+    When a manual vacuum or analyze on a parent table in an inheritance or
+    partitioning hierarchy is skipped, the statistics are recorded only for
+    the parent table, not for its children.
+   </para>
+  </note>
+
  </sect2>
 
  <sect2 id="monitoring-pg-stat-autovacuum-scores-view">
diff --git a/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql b/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql
index 73a1c1c4670..f509fc7876b 100644
--- a/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql
+++ b/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql
@@ -736,13 +736,21 @@ CREATE VIEW pg_stat_all_tables AS
             pg_stat_get_mod_since_analyze(C.oid) AS n_mod_since_analyze,
             pg_stat_get_ins_since_vacuum(C.oid) AS n_ins_since_vacuum,
             pg_stat_get_last_vacuum_time(C.oid) as last_vacuum,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_vacuum,
             pg_stat_get_last_autovacuum_time(C.oid) as last_autovacuum,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_autovacuum,
             pg_stat_get_last_analyze_time(C.oid) as last_analyze,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_analyze,
             pg_stat_get_last_autoanalyze_time(C.oid) as last_autoanalyze,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_autoanalyze,
             pg_stat_get_vacuum_count(C.oid) AS vacuum_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count(C.oid) AS skipped_vacuum_count,
             pg_stat_get_autovacuum_count(C.oid) AS autovacuum_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count(C.oid) AS skipped_autovacuum_count,
             pg_stat_get_analyze_count(C.oid) AS analyze_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count(C.oid) AS skipped_analyze_count,
             pg_stat_get_autoanalyze_count(C.oid) AS autoanalyze_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count(C.oid) AS skipped_autoanalyze_count,
             pg_stat_get_total_vacuum_time(C.oid) AS total_vacuum_time,
             pg_stat_get_total_autovacuum_time(C.oid) AS total_autovacuum_time,
             pg_stat_get_total_analyze_time(C.oid) AS total_analyze_time,
diff --git a/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c b/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c
index 99d0db82ed7..97cd5ea8d10 100644
--- a/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c
+++ b/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c
@@ -793,8 +793,25 @@ vacuum_open_relation(Oid relid, RangeVar *relation, uint32 options,
 		rel = try_relation_open(relid, NoLock);
 	else
 	{
+		int flags = 0;
 		rel = NULL;
 		rel_lock = false;
+
+		if ((options & VACOPT_VACUUM) != 0)
+		{
+			if (AmAutoVacuumWorkerProcess())
+				flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOVACUUM;
+			else
+				flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM;
+		}
+		if ((options & VACOPT_ANALYZE) != 0)
+		{
+			if (AmAutoVacuumWorkerProcess())
+				flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOANALYZE;
+			else
+				flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE;
+		}
+		pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(relid, flags);
 	}
 
 	/* if relation is opened, leave */
@@ -802,7 +819,7 @@ vacuum_open_relation(Oid relid, RangeVar *relation, uint32 options,
 		return rel;
 
 	/*
-	 * Relation could not be opened, hence generate if possible a log
+	 * Relation could not be opened hence generate if possible a log
 	 * informing on the situation.
 	 *
 	 * If the RangeVar is not defined, we do not have enough information to
@@ -905,7 +922,6 @@ expand_vacuum_rel(VacuumRelation *vrel, MemoryContext vac_context,
 		Form_pg_class classForm;
 		bool		include_children;
 		bool		is_partitioned_table;
-		int			rvr_opts;
 
 		/*
 		 * Since autovacuum workers supply OIDs when calling vacuum(), no
@@ -918,29 +934,69 @@ expand_vacuum_rel(VacuumRelation *vrel, MemoryContext vac_context,
 		 * below, as well as find_all_inheritors's expectation that the caller
 		 * holds some lock on the starting relation.
 		 */
-		rvr_opts = (options & VACOPT_SKIP_LOCKED) ? RVR_SKIP_LOCKED : 0;
-		relid = RangeVarGetRelidExtended(vrel->relation,
-										 AccessShareLock,
-										 rvr_opts,
-										 NULL, NULL);
-
-		/*
-		 * If the lock is unavailable, emit the same log statement that
-		 * vacuum_rel() and analyze_rel() would.
-		 */
-		if (!OidIsValid(relid))
+		if (!(options & VACOPT_SKIP_LOCKED))
 		{
-			if (options & VACOPT_VACUUM)
-				ereport(WARNING,
-						(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
-						 errmsg("skipping vacuum of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
-								vrel->relation->relname)));
-			else
-				ereport(WARNING,
-						(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
-						 errmsg("skipping analyze of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
+			relid = RangeVarGetRelidExtended(vrel->relation,
+											 AccessShareLock,
+											 0, NULL, NULL);
+			if (!OidIsValid(relid))
+				return vacrels;
+		}
+		else
+		{
+			/* Get relid for reporting before taking a lock */
+			relid = RangeVarGetRelid(vrel->relation, NoLock, false);
+
+			if (!ConditionalLockRelationOid(relid, AccessShareLock))
+			{
+				int	flags = 0;
+				/*
+				 * If the lock is unavailable, emit the same log statement that
+				 * vacuum_rel() and analyze_rel() would.
+				 */
+				if (options & VACOPT_VACUUM)
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping vacuum of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
 								vrel->relation->relname)));
-			return vacrels;
+				else
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping analyze of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
+									vrel->relation->relname)));
+
+				if ((options & VACOPT_VACUUM) != 0)
+					flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM;
+				if ((options & VACOPT_ANALYZE) != 0)
+					flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE;
+
+				pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(relid, flags);
+
+				return vacrels;
+			}
+
+			/*
+			 * Now that we have the lock, probe to see if the relation really
+			 * exists or not.
+			 */
+			if (!SearchSysCacheExists1(RELOID, ObjectIdGetDatum(relid)))
+			{
+				if (options & VACOPT_VACUUM)
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_UNDEFINED_TABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping vacuum of \"%s\" --- relation no longer exists",
+									vrel->relation->relname)));
+				else
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_UNDEFINED_TABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping analyze of \"%s\" --- relation no longer exists",
+									vrel->relation->relname)));
+
+				/* Release useless lock */
+				UnlockRelationOid(relid, AccessShareLock);
+
+				return vacrels;
+			}
 		}
 
 		/*
diff --git a/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c b/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c
index b2ca28f83ba..532d9023f8c 100644
--- a/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c
+++ b/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c
@@ -17,12 +17,14 @@
 
 #include "postgres.h"
 
+#include "access/htup_details.h"
 #include "access/twophase_rmgr.h"
 #include "access/xact.h"
 #include "catalog/catalog.h"
 #include "utils/memutils.h"
 #include "utils/pgstat_internal.h"
 #include "utils/rel.h"
+#include "utils/syscache.h"
 #include "utils/timestamp.h"
 
 
@@ -367,6 +369,68 @@ pgstat_report_analyze(Relation rel,
 	(void) pgstat_flush_backend(false, PGSTAT_BACKEND_FLUSH_IO);
 }
 
+/*
+ * Report that the table was skipped during vacuum or/and analyze.
+ */
+void
+pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(Oid relid, int flags)
+{
+	PgStat_EntryRef *entry_ref;
+	PgStatShared_Relation *shtabentry;
+	PgStat_StatTabEntry *tabentry;
+	TimestampTz ts;
+	HeapTuple	classTup;
+	bool		isshared;
+
+	if (!pgstat_track_counts || !flags)
+		return;
+
+	classTup = SearchSysCache1(RELOID, ObjectIdGetDatum(relid));
+	if (!HeapTupleIsValid(classTup))
+		return;			/* somebody deleted the rel, forget it */
+	isshared = ((Form_pg_class) GETSTRUCT(classTup))->relisshared;
+	ReleaseSysCache(classTup);
+
+	/* Store the data in the table's hash table entry. */
+	ts = GetCurrentTimestamp();
+
+	/* block acquiring lock for the same reason as pgstat_report_autovac() */
+	entry_ref = pgstat_get_entry_ref_locked(PGSTAT_KIND_RELATION,
+											isshared ? InvalidOid : MyDatabaseId,
+											relid, false);
+
+	shtabentry = (PgStatShared_Relation *) entry_ref->shared_stats;
+	tabentry = &shtabentry->stats;
+
+	if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM)
+	{
+		tabentry->last_skipped_vacuum_time = ts;
+		tabentry->skipped_vacuum_count++;
+	}
+	else if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOVACUUM)
+	{
+		tabentry->last_skipped_autovacuum_time = ts;
+		tabentry->skipped_autovacuum_count++;
+	}
+
+	if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE)
+	{
+		tabentry->last_skipped_analyze_time = ts;
+		tabentry->skipped_analyze_count++;
+	}
+	else if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOANALYZE)
+	{
+		tabentry->last_skipped_autoanalyze_time = ts;
+		tabentry->skipped_autoanalyze_count++;
+	}
+
+	pgstat_unlock_entry(entry_ref);
+
+	/* see pgstat_report_vacuum() */
+	pgstat_flush_io(false);
+	(void) pgstat_flush_backend(false, PGSTAT_BACKEND_FLUSH_IO);
+}
+
 /*
  * count a tuple insertion of n tuples
  */
diff --git a/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c b/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c
index 1408de387ea..90a8968faa0 100644
--- a/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c
+++ b/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c
@@ -84,6 +84,18 @@ PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(mod_since_analyze)
 /* pg_stat_get_numscans */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(numscans)
 
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_analyze_count)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_autoanalyze_count)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_autovacuum_count)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_vacuum_count)
+
 /* pg_stat_get_tuples_deleted */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(tuples_deleted)
 
@@ -170,6 +182,18 @@ PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_vacuum_time)
 /* pg_stat_get_lastscan */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(lastscan)
 
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_analyze_time)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_autoanalyze_time)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_autovacuum_time)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_vacuum_time)
+
 /* pg_stat_get_stat_reset_time */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(stat_reset_time)
 
diff --git a/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat b/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat
index fa9ae79082b..32debb34863 100644
--- a/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat
+++ b/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat
@@ -5680,6 +5680,38 @@
   proargmodes => '{o,o,o,o,o,o,o,o,o,o}',
   proargnames => '{oid,score,xid_score,mxid_score,vacuum_score,vacuum_insert_score,analyze_score,do_vacuum,do_analyze,for_wraparound}',
   prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_autovacuum_scores' },
+{ oid => '8142', descr => 'statistics: last skipped vacuum time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time' },
+{ oid => '8143', descr => 'statistics: last skipped auto vacuum time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time' },
+{ oid => '8144', descr => 'statistics: last skipped analyze time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time' },
+{ oid => '8145', descr => 'statistics: last skipped auto analyze time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time' },
+{ oid => '8146', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped vacuum for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count' },
+{ oid => '8147', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped auto vacuum for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count' },
+{ oid => '8148', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped analyzes for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count' },
+{ oid => '8149', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped auto analyzes for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count' },
 { oid => '1936', descr => 'statistics: currently active backend IDs',
   proname => 'pg_stat_get_backend_idset', prorows => '100', proretset => 't',
   provolatile => 's', proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int4',
diff --git a/src/include/pgstat.h b/src/include/pgstat.h
index dfa2e837638..98941f953d1 100644
--- a/src/include/pgstat.h
+++ b/src/include/pgstat.h
@@ -479,6 +479,15 @@ typedef struct PgStat_StatTabEntry
 	TimestampTz last_autoanalyze_time;	/* autovacuum initiated */
 	PgStat_Counter autoanalyze_count;
 
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_vacuum_time;	/* user initiated vacuum */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_vacuum_count;
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_autovacuum_time;	/* autovacuum initiated */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_autovacuum_count;
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_analyze_time;	/* user initiated */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_analyze_count;
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_autoanalyze_time;	/* autovacuum initiated */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_autoanalyze_count;
+
 	PgStat_Counter total_vacuum_time;	/* times in milliseconds */
 	PgStat_Counter total_autovacuum_time;
 	PgStat_Counter total_analyze_time;
@@ -703,6 +712,13 @@ extern void pgstat_report_analyze(Relation rel,
 								  PgStat_Counter livetuples, PgStat_Counter deadtuples,
 								  bool resetcounter, TimestampTz starttime);
 
+/* flags for pgstat_flush_backend() */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM		(1 << 0)	/* vacuum is skipped */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE		(1 << 1)	/* analyze is skipped */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOVACUUM	(1 << 2)	/* autovacuum is skipped */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOANALYZE	(1 << 3)	/* autoanalyze is skipped */
+extern void pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(Oid relid, int flags);
+
 /*
  * If stats are enabled, but pending data hasn't been prepared yet, call
  * pgstat_assoc_relation() to do so. See its comment for why this is done
diff --git a/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out b/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out
index a65a5bf0c4f..9b2075d3373 100644
--- a/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out
+++ b/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out
@@ -1835,13 +1835,21 @@ pg_stat_all_tables| SELECT c.oid AS relid,
     pg_stat_get_mod_since_analyze(c.oid) AS n_mod_since_analyze,
     pg_stat_get_ins_since_vacuum(c.oid) AS n_ins_since_vacuum,
     pg_stat_get_last_vacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_vacuum,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_vacuum,
     pg_stat_get_last_autovacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_autovacuum,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_autovacuum,
     pg_stat_get_last_analyze_time(c.oid) AS last_analyze,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_analyze,
     pg_stat_get_last_autoanalyze_time(c.oid) AS last_autoanalyze,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_autoanalyze,
     pg_stat_get_vacuum_count(c.oid) AS vacuum_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count(c.oid) AS skipped_vacuum_count,
     pg_stat_get_autovacuum_count(c.oid) AS autovacuum_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count(c.oid) AS skipped_autovacuum_count,
     pg_stat_get_analyze_count(c.oid) AS analyze_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count(c.oid) AS skipped_analyze_count,
     pg_stat_get_autoanalyze_count(c.oid) AS autoanalyze_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count(c.oid) AS skipped_autoanalyze_count,
     pg_stat_get_total_vacuum_time(c.oid) AS total_vacuum_time,
     pg_stat_get_total_autovacuum_time(c.oid) AS total_autovacuum_time,
     pg_stat_get_total_analyze_time(c.oid) AS total_analyze_time,
@@ -2346,13 +2354,21 @@ pg_stat_sys_tables| SELECT relid,
     n_mod_since_analyze,
     n_ins_since_vacuum,
     last_vacuum,
+    last_skipped_vacuum,
     last_autovacuum,
+    last_skipped_autovacuum,
     last_analyze,
+    last_skipped_analyze,
     last_autoanalyze,
+    last_skipped_autoanalyze,
     vacuum_count,
+    skipped_vacuum_count,
     autovacuum_count,
+    skipped_autovacuum_count,
     analyze_count,
+    skipped_analyze_count,
     autoanalyze_count,
+    skipped_autoanalyze_count,
     total_vacuum_time,
     total_autovacuum_time,
     total_analyze_time,
@@ -2401,13 +2417,21 @@ pg_stat_user_tables| SELECT relid,
     n_mod_since_analyze,
     n_ins_since_vacuum,
     last_vacuum,
+    last_skipped_vacuum,
     last_autovacuum,
+    last_skipped_autovacuum,
     last_analyze,
+    last_skipped_analyze,
     last_autoanalyze,
+    last_skipped_autoanalyze,
     vacuum_count,
+    skipped_vacuum_count,
     autovacuum_count,
+    skipped_autovacuum_count,
     analyze_count,
+    skipped_analyze_count,
     autoanalyze_count,
+    skipped_autoanalyze_count,
     total_vacuum_time,
     total_autovacuum_time,
     total_analyze_time,
-- 
2.43.0


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* [PATCH v3] Track skipped vacuum and analyze activity per relation
@ 2026-03-24 04:09 Yugo Nagata <[email protected]>
  0 siblings, 0 replies; 374+ messages in thread

From: Yugo Nagata @ 2026-03-24 04:09 UTC (permalink / raw)

This commit adds eight fields to the relation statistics that track
the last time vacuum or analyze has been attempted but skipped due to
lock unavailability, along with their counts:

-    last_skipped_vacuum
-    last_skipped_autovacuum
-    last_skipped_analyze
-    last_skipped_autoanalyze
-    skipped_vacuum_count
-    skipped_autovacuum_count
-    skipped_analyze_count
-    skipped_autoanalyze_count

These field can help users confirm that autovacuum is actively attempting
to run on a table that has not been vacuumed or analyzed for a long time,
and that the lack of progress is due to repeated skips rather than inactivity.
---
 doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml                 | 80 +++++++++++++++++
 src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql         |  8 ++
 src/backend/commands/vacuum.c                | 95 +++++++++++++++-----
 src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c | 68 ++++++++++++++
 src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c          | 24 +++++
 src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat              | 32 +++++++
 src/include/pgstat.h                         | 16 ++++
 src/test/regress/expected/rules.out          | 24 +++++
 8 files changed, 324 insertions(+), 23 deletions(-)

diff --git a/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml b/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml
index bb75ed1069b..9ec8070b2fc 100644
--- a/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml
+++ b/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml
@@ -4372,6 +4372,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_vacuum</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time a manual vacuum on this table was attempted but skipped due to
+       lock unavailability (not counting <command>VACUUM FULL</command>)
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>last_autovacuum</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
@@ -4382,6 +4392,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_autovacuum</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time a vacuum on this table by the autovacuum daemon was attempted
+       but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>last_analyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
@@ -4391,6 +4411,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_analyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time a manual analyze on this table was attempted but skipped due to
+       lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>last_autoanalyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
@@ -4401,6 +4431,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_autoanalyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time at which an analyze on this table by the autovacuum was
+       attempted but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>vacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4411,6 +4451,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_vacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times vacuums on this table have been attempted but skipped
+       due to lock unavailability (not counting <command>VACUUM FULL</command>)
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>autovacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4421,6 +4471,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_autovacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times vacuums on this table by the autovacuum daemon have been
+       attempted but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>analyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4430,6 +4490,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_analyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times manual analyzes on this table have been attempted but
+       skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>autoanalyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4440,6 +4510,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_autoanalyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times analyzes on this table by the autovacuum daemon have
+       been attempted but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>total_vacuum_time</structfield> <type>double precision</type>
diff --git a/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql b/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql
index e54018004db..2ca02a0354c 100644
--- a/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql
+++ b/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql
@@ -736,13 +736,21 @@ CREATE VIEW pg_stat_all_tables AS
             pg_stat_get_mod_since_analyze(C.oid) AS n_mod_since_analyze,
             pg_stat_get_ins_since_vacuum(C.oid) AS n_ins_since_vacuum,
             pg_stat_get_last_vacuum_time(C.oid) as last_vacuum,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_vacuum,
             pg_stat_get_last_autovacuum_time(C.oid) as last_autovacuum,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_autovacuum,
             pg_stat_get_last_analyze_time(C.oid) as last_analyze,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_analyze,
             pg_stat_get_last_autoanalyze_time(C.oid) as last_autoanalyze,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_autoanalyze,
             pg_stat_get_vacuum_count(C.oid) AS vacuum_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count(C.oid) AS skipped_vacuum_count,
             pg_stat_get_autovacuum_count(C.oid) AS autovacuum_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count(C.oid) AS skipped_autovacuum_count,
             pg_stat_get_analyze_count(C.oid) AS analyze_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count(C.oid) AS skipped_analyze_count,
             pg_stat_get_autoanalyze_count(C.oid) AS autoanalyze_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count(C.oid) AS skipped_autoanalyze_count,
             pg_stat_get_total_vacuum_time(C.oid) AS total_vacuum_time,
             pg_stat_get_total_autovacuum_time(C.oid) AS total_autovacuum_time,
             pg_stat_get_total_analyze_time(C.oid) AS total_analyze_time,
diff --git a/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c b/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c
index bce3a2daa24..ce83b3171be 100644
--- a/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c
+++ b/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c
@@ -792,8 +792,18 @@ vacuum_open_relation(Oid relid, RangeVar *relation, bits32 options,
 		rel = try_relation_open(relid, NoLock);
 	else
 	{
+		bits8 flags = 0;
 		rel = NULL;
 		rel_lock = false;
+
+		if ((options & VACOPT_VACUUM) != 0)
+			flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM;
+		if ((options & VACOPT_ANALYZE) != 0)
+			flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE;
+		if (AmAutoVacuumWorkerProcess())
+			flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOVAC;
+
+		pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(relid, flags);
 	}
 
 	/* if relation is opened, leave */
@@ -801,7 +811,7 @@ vacuum_open_relation(Oid relid, RangeVar *relation, bits32 options,
 		return rel;
 
 	/*
-	 * Relation could not be opened, hence generate if possible a log
+	 * Relation could not be opened hence generate if possible a log
 	 * informing on the situation.
 	 *
 	 * If the RangeVar is not defined, we do not have enough information to
@@ -904,7 +914,6 @@ expand_vacuum_rel(VacuumRelation *vrel, MemoryContext vac_context,
 		Form_pg_class classForm;
 		bool		include_children;
 		bool		is_partitioned_table;
-		int			rvr_opts;
 
 		/*
 		 * Since autovacuum workers supply OIDs when calling vacuum(), no
@@ -917,29 +926,69 @@ expand_vacuum_rel(VacuumRelation *vrel, MemoryContext vac_context,
 		 * below, as well as find_all_inheritors's expectation that the caller
 		 * holds some lock on the starting relation.
 		 */
-		rvr_opts = (options & VACOPT_SKIP_LOCKED) ? RVR_SKIP_LOCKED : 0;
-		relid = RangeVarGetRelidExtended(vrel->relation,
-										 AccessShareLock,
-										 rvr_opts,
-										 NULL, NULL);
-
-		/*
-		 * If the lock is unavailable, emit the same log statement that
-		 * vacuum_rel() and analyze_rel() would.
-		 */
-		if (!OidIsValid(relid))
+		if (!(options & VACOPT_SKIP_LOCKED))
 		{
-			if (options & VACOPT_VACUUM)
-				ereport(WARNING,
-						(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
-						 errmsg("skipping vacuum of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
-								vrel->relation->relname)));
-			else
-				ereport(WARNING,
-						(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
-						 errmsg("skipping analyze of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
+			relid = RangeVarGetRelidExtended(vrel->relation,
+											 AccessShareLock,
+											 0, NULL, NULL);
+			if (!OidIsValid(relid))
+				return vacrels;
+		}
+		else
+		{
+			/* Get relid for reporting before taking a lock */
+			relid = RangeVarGetRelid(vrel->relation, NoLock, false);
+
+			if (!ConditionalLockRelationOid(relid, AccessShareLock))
+			{
+				bits8	flags = 0;
+				/*
+				 * If the lock is unavailable, emit the same log statement that
+				 * vacuum_rel() and analyze_rel() would.
+				 */
+				if (options & VACOPT_VACUUM)
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping vacuum of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
 								vrel->relation->relname)));
-			return vacrels;
+				else
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping analyze of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
+									vrel->relation->relname)));
+
+				if ((options & VACOPT_VACUUM) != 0)
+					flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM;
+				if ((options & VACOPT_ANALYZE) != 0)
+					flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE;
+
+				pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(relid, flags);
+
+				return vacrels;
+			}
+
+			/*
+			 * Now that we have the lock, probe to see if the relation really
+			 * exists or not.
+			 */
+			if (!SearchSysCacheExists1(RELOID, ObjectIdGetDatum(relid)))
+			{
+				if (options & VACOPT_VACUUM)
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_UNDEFINED_TABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping vacuum of \"%s\" --- relation no longer exists",
+									vrel->relation->relname)));
+				else
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_UNDEFINED_TABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping analyze of \"%s\" --- relation no longer exists",
+									vrel->relation->relname)));
+
+				/* Release useless lock */
+				UnlockRelationOid(relid, AccessShareLock);
+
+				return vacrels;
+			}
 		}
 
 		/*
diff --git a/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c b/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c
index bc8c43b96aa..cec4c88980e 100644
--- a/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c
+++ b/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c
@@ -17,6 +17,7 @@
 
 #include "postgres.h"
 
+#include "access/htup_details.h"
 #include "access/twophase_rmgr.h"
 #include "access/xact.h"
 #include "catalog/catalog.h"
@@ -366,6 +367,73 @@ pgstat_report_analyze(Relation rel,
 	(void) pgstat_flush_backend(false, PGSTAT_BACKEND_FLUSH_IO);
 }
 
+/*
+ * Report that the table was skipped during vacuum or/and analyze.
+ */
+void
+pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(Oid relid, bits8 flags)
+{
+	PgStat_EntryRef *entry_ref;
+	PgStatShared_Relation *shtabentry;
+	PgStat_StatTabEntry *tabentry;
+	TimestampTz ts;
+	HeapTuple	classTup;
+	bool		isshared;
+
+	if (!pgstat_track_counts || !(flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANY))
+		return;
+
+	classTup = SearchSysCache1(RELOID, ObjectIdGetDatum(relid));
+	if (!HeapTupleIsValid(classTup))
+		return;			/* somebody deleted the rel, forget it */
+	isshared = ((Form_pg_class) GETSTRUCT(classTup))->relisshared;
+	ReleaseSysCache(classTup);
+
+	/* Store the data in the table's hash table entry. */
+	ts = GetCurrentTimestamp();
+
+	/* block acquiring lock for the same reason as pgstat_report_autovac() */
+	entry_ref = pgstat_get_entry_ref_locked(PGSTAT_KIND_RELATION,
+											isshared ? InvalidOid : MyDatabaseId,
+											relid, false);
+
+	shtabentry = (PgStatShared_Relation *) entry_ref->shared_stats;
+	tabentry = &shtabentry->stats;
+
+	if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOVAC)
+	{
+		if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM)
+		{
+			tabentry->last_skipped_autovacuum_time = ts;
+			tabentry->skipped_autovacuum_count++;
+		}
+		if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE)
+		{
+			tabentry->last_skipped_autoanalyze_time = ts;
+			tabentry->skipped_autoanalyze_count++;
+		}
+	}
+	else
+	{
+		if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM)
+		{
+			tabentry->last_skipped_vacuum_time = ts;
+			tabentry->skipped_vacuum_count++;
+		}
+		if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE)
+		{
+			tabentry->last_skipped_analyze_time = ts;
+			tabentry->skipped_analyze_count++;
+		}
+	}
+
+	pgstat_unlock_entry(entry_ref);
+
+	/* see pgstat_report_vacuum() */
+	pgstat_flush_io(false);
+	(void) pgstat_flush_backend(false, PGSTAT_BACKEND_FLUSH_IO);
+}
+
 /*
  * count a tuple insertion of n tuples
  */
diff --git a/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c b/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c
index 9185a8e6b83..18aaa3996e1 100644
--- a/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c
+++ b/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c
@@ -84,6 +84,18 @@ PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(mod_since_analyze)
 /* pg_stat_get_numscans */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(numscans)
 
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_analyze_count)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_autoanalyze_count)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_autovacuum_count)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_vacuum_count)
+
 /* pg_stat_get_tuples_deleted */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(tuples_deleted)
 
@@ -170,6 +182,18 @@ PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_vacuum_time)
 /* pg_stat_get_lastscan */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(lastscan)
 
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_analyze_time)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_autoanalyze_time)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_autovacuum_time)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_vacuum_time)
+
 /* pg_stat_get_stat_reset_time */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(stat_reset_time)
 
diff --git a/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat b/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat
index 0118e970dda..ccfe3d9e02a 100644
--- a/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat
+++ b/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat
@@ -5667,6 +5667,38 @@
   proname => 'pg_stat_get_total_autoanalyze_time', provolatile => 's',
   proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'float8', proargtypes => 'oid',
   prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_total_autoanalyze_time' },
+{ oid => '8142', descr => 'statistics: last skipped vacuum time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time' },
+{ oid => '8143', descr => 'statistics: last skipped auto vacuum time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time' },
+{ oid => '8144', descr => 'statistics: last skipped analyze time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time' },
+{ oid => '8145', descr => 'statistics: last skipped auto analyze time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time' },
+{ oid => '8146', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped vacuum for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count' },
+{ oid => '8147', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped auto vacuum for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count' },
+{ oid => '8148', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped analyzes for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count' },
+{ oid => '8149', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped auto analyzes for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count' },
 { oid => '1936', descr => 'statistics: currently active backend IDs',
   proname => 'pg_stat_get_backend_idset', prorows => '100', proretset => 't',
   provolatile => 's', proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int4',
diff --git a/src/include/pgstat.h b/src/include/pgstat.h
index 8e3549c3752..343081a7a25 100644
--- a/src/include/pgstat.h
+++ b/src/include/pgstat.h
@@ -479,6 +479,15 @@ typedef struct PgStat_StatTabEntry
 	TimestampTz last_autoanalyze_time;	/* autovacuum initiated */
 	PgStat_Counter autoanalyze_count;
 
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_vacuum_time;	/* user initiated vacuum */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_vacuum_count;
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_autovacuum_time;	/* autovacuum initiated */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_autovacuum_count;
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_analyze_time;	/* user initiated */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_analyze_count;
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_autoanalyze_time;	/* autovacuum initiated */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_autoanalyze_count;
+
 	PgStat_Counter total_vacuum_time;	/* times in milliseconds */
 	PgStat_Counter total_autovacuum_time;
 	PgStat_Counter total_analyze_time;
@@ -707,6 +716,13 @@ extern void pgstat_report_analyze(Relation rel,
 								  PgStat_Counter livetuples, PgStat_Counter deadtuples,
 								  bool resetcounter, TimestampTz starttime);
 
+/* flags for pgstat_flush_backend() */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM	(1 << 0)	/* vacuum is skipped */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE	(1 << 1)	/* analyze is skipped */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOVAC	(1 << 2)	/* skipped during autovacuum/autoanalyze */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANY   (PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM | PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE)
+extern void pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(Oid relid, bits8 flags);
+
 /*
  * If stats are enabled, but pending data hasn't been prepared yet, call
  * pgstat_assoc_relation() to do so. See its comment for why this is done
diff --git a/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out b/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out
index 2b3cf6d8569..4ccfc43e903 100644
--- a/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out
+++ b/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out
@@ -1835,13 +1835,21 @@ pg_stat_all_tables| SELECT c.oid AS relid,
     pg_stat_get_mod_since_analyze(c.oid) AS n_mod_since_analyze,
     pg_stat_get_ins_since_vacuum(c.oid) AS n_ins_since_vacuum,
     pg_stat_get_last_vacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_vacuum,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_vacuum,
     pg_stat_get_last_autovacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_autovacuum,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_autovacuum,
     pg_stat_get_last_analyze_time(c.oid) AS last_analyze,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_analyze,
     pg_stat_get_last_autoanalyze_time(c.oid) AS last_autoanalyze,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_autoanalyze,
     pg_stat_get_vacuum_count(c.oid) AS vacuum_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count(c.oid) AS skipped_vacuum_count,
     pg_stat_get_autovacuum_count(c.oid) AS autovacuum_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count(c.oid) AS skipped_autovacuum_count,
     pg_stat_get_analyze_count(c.oid) AS analyze_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count(c.oid) AS skipped_analyze_count,
     pg_stat_get_autoanalyze_count(c.oid) AS autoanalyze_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count(c.oid) AS skipped_autoanalyze_count,
     pg_stat_get_total_vacuum_time(c.oid) AS total_vacuum_time,
     pg_stat_get_total_autovacuum_time(c.oid) AS total_autovacuum_time,
     pg_stat_get_total_analyze_time(c.oid) AS total_analyze_time,
@@ -2293,13 +2301,21 @@ pg_stat_sys_tables| SELECT relid,
     n_mod_since_analyze,
     n_ins_since_vacuum,
     last_vacuum,
+    last_skipped_vacuum,
     last_autovacuum,
+    last_skipped_autovacuum,
     last_analyze,
+    last_skipped_analyze,
     last_autoanalyze,
+    last_skipped_autoanalyze,
     vacuum_count,
+    skipped_vacuum_count,
     autovacuum_count,
+    skipped_autovacuum_count,
     analyze_count,
+    skipped_analyze_count,
     autoanalyze_count,
+    skipped_autoanalyze_count,
     total_vacuum_time,
     total_autovacuum_time,
     total_analyze_time,
@@ -2348,13 +2364,21 @@ pg_stat_user_tables| SELECT relid,
     n_mod_since_analyze,
     n_ins_since_vacuum,
     last_vacuum,
+    last_skipped_vacuum,
     last_autovacuum,
+    last_skipped_autovacuum,
     last_analyze,
+    last_skipped_analyze,
     last_autoanalyze,
+    last_skipped_autoanalyze,
     vacuum_count,
+    skipped_vacuum_count,
     autovacuum_count,
+    skipped_autovacuum_count,
     analyze_count,
+    skipped_analyze_count,
     autoanalyze_count,
+    skipped_autoanalyze_count,
     total_vacuum_time,
     total_autovacuum_time,
     total_analyze_time,
-- 
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* [PATCH v5] Track skipped vacuum and analyze activity per relation
@ 2026-03-24 04:09 Yugo Nagata <[email protected]>
  0 siblings, 0 replies; 374+ messages in thread

From: Yugo Nagata @ 2026-03-24 04:09 UTC (permalink / raw)

This commit adds eight fields to the relation statistics that track
the last time vacuum or analyze has been attempted but skipped due to
lock unavailability, along with their counts:

-    last_skipped_vacuum
-    last_skipped_autovacuum
-    last_skipped_analyze
-    last_skipped_autoanalyze
-    skipped_vacuum_count
-    skipped_autovacuum_count
-    skipped_analyze_count
-    skipped_autoanalyze_count

These field can help users confirm that autovacuum is actively attempting
to run on a table that has not been vacuumed or analyzed for a long time,
and that the lack of progress is due to repeated skips rather than inactivity.
---
 doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml                  |  88 ++++++
 src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql          |   8 +
 src/backend/commands/vacuum.c                 | 100 +++++--
 src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c  |  64 +++++
 src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c           |  24 ++
 src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat               |  32 +++
 src/include/pgstat.h                          |  16 ++
 .../isolation/expected/vacuum-skip-locked.out | 260 ++++++++++++++++--
 .../isolation/specs/vacuum-skip-locked.spec   |  41 +--
 src/test/regress/expected/rules.out           |  24 ++
 10 files changed, 601 insertions(+), 56 deletions(-)

diff --git a/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml b/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml
index 08d5b824552..a9b579d87a9 100644
--- a/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml
+++ b/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml
@@ -4387,6 +4387,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_vacuum</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time a manual vacuum on this table was attempted but skipped due to
+       lock unavailability (not counting <command>VACUUM FULL</command>)
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>last_autovacuum</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
@@ -4397,6 +4407,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_autovacuum</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time a vacuum on this table by the autovacuum daemon was attempted
+       but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>last_analyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
@@ -4406,6 +4426,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_analyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time a manual analyze on this table was attempted but skipped due to
+       lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>last_autoanalyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
@@ -4416,6 +4446,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_autoanalyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time at which an analyze on this table by the autovacuum was
+       attempted but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>vacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4426,6 +4466,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_vacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times manual vacuums on this table have been attempted but skipped
+       due to lock unavailability (not counting <command>VACUUM FULL</command>)
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>autovacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4436,6 +4486,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_autovacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times vacuums on this table by the autovacuum daemon have been
+       attempted but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>analyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4445,6 +4505,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_analyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times manual analyzes on this table have been attempted but
+       skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>autoanalyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4455,6 +4525,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_autoanalyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times analyzes on this table by the autovacuum daemon have
+       been attempted but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>total_vacuum_time</structfield> <type>double precision</type>
@@ -4510,6 +4590,14 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
    </tgroup>
   </table>
 
+  <note>
+   <para>
+    When a manual vacuum or analyze on a parent table in an inheritance or
+    partitioning hierarchy is skipped, the statistics are recorded only for
+    the parent table, not for its children.
+   </para>
+  </note>
+
  </sect2>
 
  <sect2 id="monitoring-pg-stat-autovacuum-scores-view">
diff --git a/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql b/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql
index 73a1c1c4670..f509fc7876b 100644
--- a/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql
+++ b/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql
@@ -736,13 +736,21 @@ CREATE VIEW pg_stat_all_tables AS
             pg_stat_get_mod_since_analyze(C.oid) AS n_mod_since_analyze,
             pg_stat_get_ins_since_vacuum(C.oid) AS n_ins_since_vacuum,
             pg_stat_get_last_vacuum_time(C.oid) as last_vacuum,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_vacuum,
             pg_stat_get_last_autovacuum_time(C.oid) as last_autovacuum,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_autovacuum,
             pg_stat_get_last_analyze_time(C.oid) as last_analyze,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_analyze,
             pg_stat_get_last_autoanalyze_time(C.oid) as last_autoanalyze,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_autoanalyze,
             pg_stat_get_vacuum_count(C.oid) AS vacuum_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count(C.oid) AS skipped_vacuum_count,
             pg_stat_get_autovacuum_count(C.oid) AS autovacuum_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count(C.oid) AS skipped_autovacuum_count,
             pg_stat_get_analyze_count(C.oid) AS analyze_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count(C.oid) AS skipped_analyze_count,
             pg_stat_get_autoanalyze_count(C.oid) AS autoanalyze_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count(C.oid) AS skipped_autoanalyze_count,
             pg_stat_get_total_vacuum_time(C.oid) AS total_vacuum_time,
             pg_stat_get_total_autovacuum_time(C.oid) AS total_autovacuum_time,
             pg_stat_get_total_analyze_time(C.oid) AS total_analyze_time,
diff --git a/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c b/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c
index 99d0db82ed7..df6526225e4 100644
--- a/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c
+++ b/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c
@@ -793,8 +793,25 @@ vacuum_open_relation(Oid relid, RangeVar *relation, uint32 options,
 		rel = try_relation_open(relid, NoLock);
 	else
 	{
+		int flags = 0;
 		rel = NULL;
 		rel_lock = false;
+
+		if ((options & VACOPT_VACUUM) != 0 && (options & VACOPT_FULL) == 0)
+		{
+			if (AmAutoVacuumWorkerProcess())
+				flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOVACUUM;
+			else
+				flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM;
+		}
+		if ((options & VACOPT_ANALYZE) != 0)
+		{
+			if (AmAutoVacuumWorkerProcess())
+				flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOANALYZE;
+			else
+				flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE;
+		}
+		pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(relid, flags);
 	}
 
 	/* if relation is opened, leave */
@@ -905,7 +922,6 @@ expand_vacuum_rel(VacuumRelation *vrel, MemoryContext vac_context,
 		Form_pg_class classForm;
 		bool		include_children;
 		bool		is_partitioned_table;
-		int			rvr_opts;
 
 		/*
 		 * Since autovacuum workers supply OIDs when calling vacuum(), no
@@ -918,29 +934,69 @@ expand_vacuum_rel(VacuumRelation *vrel, MemoryContext vac_context,
 		 * below, as well as find_all_inheritors's expectation that the caller
 		 * holds some lock on the starting relation.
 		 */
-		rvr_opts = (options & VACOPT_SKIP_LOCKED) ? RVR_SKIP_LOCKED : 0;
-		relid = RangeVarGetRelidExtended(vrel->relation,
-										 AccessShareLock,
-										 rvr_opts,
-										 NULL, NULL);
-
-		/*
-		 * If the lock is unavailable, emit the same log statement that
-		 * vacuum_rel() and analyze_rel() would.
-		 */
-		if (!OidIsValid(relid))
+		if (!(options & VACOPT_SKIP_LOCKED))
 		{
-			if (options & VACOPT_VACUUM)
-				ereport(WARNING,
-						(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
-						 errmsg("skipping vacuum of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
-								vrel->relation->relname)));
-			else
-				ereport(WARNING,
-						(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
-						 errmsg("skipping analyze of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
+			relid = RangeVarGetRelidExtended(vrel->relation,
+											 AccessShareLock,
+											 0, NULL, NULL);
+			if (!OidIsValid(relid))
+				return vacrels;
+		}
+		else
+		{
+			/* Get relid for reporting before taking a lock */
+			relid = RangeVarGetRelid(vrel->relation, NoLock, false);
+
+			if (!ConditionalLockRelationOid(relid, AccessShareLock))
+			{
+				int	flags = 0;
+				/*
+				 * If the lock is unavailable, emit the same log statement that
+				 * vacuum_rel() and analyze_rel() would.
+				 */
+				if (options & VACOPT_VACUUM)
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping vacuum of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
 								vrel->relation->relname)));
-			return vacrels;
+				else
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping analyze of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
+									vrel->relation->relname)));
+
+				if ((options & VACOPT_VACUUM) != 0 && (options & VACOPT_FULL) == 0)
+					flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM;
+				if ((options & VACOPT_ANALYZE) != 0)
+					flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE;
+
+				pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(relid, flags);
+
+				return vacrels;
+			}
+
+			/*
+			 * Now that we have the lock, probe to see if the relation really
+			 * exists or not.
+			 */
+			if (!SearchSysCacheExists1(RELOID, ObjectIdGetDatum(relid)))
+			{
+				if (options & VACOPT_VACUUM)
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_UNDEFINED_TABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping vacuum of \"%s\" --- relation no longer exists",
+									vrel->relation->relname)));
+				else
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_UNDEFINED_TABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping analyze of \"%s\" --- relation no longer exists",
+									vrel->relation->relname)));
+
+				/* Release useless lock */
+				UnlockRelationOid(relid, AccessShareLock);
+
+				return vacrels;
+			}
 		}
 
 		/*
diff --git a/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c b/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c
index b2ca28f83ba..532d9023f8c 100644
--- a/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c
+++ b/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c
@@ -17,12 +17,14 @@
 
 #include "postgres.h"
 
+#include "access/htup_details.h"
 #include "access/twophase_rmgr.h"
 #include "access/xact.h"
 #include "catalog/catalog.h"
 #include "utils/memutils.h"
 #include "utils/pgstat_internal.h"
 #include "utils/rel.h"
+#include "utils/syscache.h"
 #include "utils/timestamp.h"
 
 
@@ -367,6 +369,68 @@ pgstat_report_analyze(Relation rel,
 	(void) pgstat_flush_backend(false, PGSTAT_BACKEND_FLUSH_IO);
 }
 
+/*
+ * Report that the table was skipped during vacuum or/and analyze.
+ */
+void
+pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(Oid relid, int flags)
+{
+	PgStat_EntryRef *entry_ref;
+	PgStatShared_Relation *shtabentry;
+	PgStat_StatTabEntry *tabentry;
+	TimestampTz ts;
+	HeapTuple	classTup;
+	bool		isshared;
+
+	if (!pgstat_track_counts || !flags)
+		return;
+
+	classTup = SearchSysCache1(RELOID, ObjectIdGetDatum(relid));
+	if (!HeapTupleIsValid(classTup))
+		return;			/* somebody deleted the rel, forget it */
+	isshared = ((Form_pg_class) GETSTRUCT(classTup))->relisshared;
+	ReleaseSysCache(classTup);
+
+	/* Store the data in the table's hash table entry. */
+	ts = GetCurrentTimestamp();
+
+	/* block acquiring lock for the same reason as pgstat_report_autovac() */
+	entry_ref = pgstat_get_entry_ref_locked(PGSTAT_KIND_RELATION,
+											isshared ? InvalidOid : MyDatabaseId,
+											relid, false);
+
+	shtabentry = (PgStatShared_Relation *) entry_ref->shared_stats;
+	tabentry = &shtabentry->stats;
+
+	if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM)
+	{
+		tabentry->last_skipped_vacuum_time = ts;
+		tabentry->skipped_vacuum_count++;
+	}
+	else if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOVACUUM)
+	{
+		tabentry->last_skipped_autovacuum_time = ts;
+		tabentry->skipped_autovacuum_count++;
+	}
+
+	if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE)
+	{
+		tabentry->last_skipped_analyze_time = ts;
+		tabentry->skipped_analyze_count++;
+	}
+	else if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOANALYZE)
+	{
+		tabentry->last_skipped_autoanalyze_time = ts;
+		tabentry->skipped_autoanalyze_count++;
+	}
+
+	pgstat_unlock_entry(entry_ref);
+
+	/* see pgstat_report_vacuum() */
+	pgstat_flush_io(false);
+	(void) pgstat_flush_backend(false, PGSTAT_BACKEND_FLUSH_IO);
+}
+
 /*
  * count a tuple insertion of n tuples
  */
diff --git a/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c b/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c
index 1408de387ea..90a8968faa0 100644
--- a/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c
+++ b/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c
@@ -84,6 +84,18 @@ PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(mod_since_analyze)
 /* pg_stat_get_numscans */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(numscans)
 
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_analyze_count)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_autoanalyze_count)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_autovacuum_count)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_vacuum_count)
+
 /* pg_stat_get_tuples_deleted */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(tuples_deleted)
 
@@ -170,6 +182,18 @@ PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_vacuum_time)
 /* pg_stat_get_lastscan */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(lastscan)
 
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_analyze_time)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_autoanalyze_time)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_autovacuum_time)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_vacuum_time)
+
 /* pg_stat_get_stat_reset_time */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(stat_reset_time)
 
diff --git a/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat b/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat
index fa9ae79082b..32debb34863 100644
--- a/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat
+++ b/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat
@@ -5680,6 +5680,38 @@
   proargmodes => '{o,o,o,o,o,o,o,o,o,o}',
   proargnames => '{oid,score,xid_score,mxid_score,vacuum_score,vacuum_insert_score,analyze_score,do_vacuum,do_analyze,for_wraparound}',
   prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_autovacuum_scores' },
+{ oid => '8142', descr => 'statistics: last skipped vacuum time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time' },
+{ oid => '8143', descr => 'statistics: last skipped auto vacuum time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time' },
+{ oid => '8144', descr => 'statistics: last skipped analyze time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time' },
+{ oid => '8145', descr => 'statistics: last skipped auto analyze time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time' },
+{ oid => '8146', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped vacuum for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count' },
+{ oid => '8147', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped auto vacuum for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count' },
+{ oid => '8148', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped analyzes for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count' },
+{ oid => '8149', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped auto analyzes for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count' },
 { oid => '1936', descr => 'statistics: currently active backend IDs',
   proname => 'pg_stat_get_backend_idset', prorows => '100', proretset => 't',
   provolatile => 's', proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int4',
diff --git a/src/include/pgstat.h b/src/include/pgstat.h
index dfa2e837638..98941f953d1 100644
--- a/src/include/pgstat.h
+++ b/src/include/pgstat.h
@@ -479,6 +479,15 @@ typedef struct PgStat_StatTabEntry
 	TimestampTz last_autoanalyze_time;	/* autovacuum initiated */
 	PgStat_Counter autoanalyze_count;
 
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_vacuum_time;	/* user initiated vacuum */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_vacuum_count;
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_autovacuum_time;	/* autovacuum initiated */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_autovacuum_count;
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_analyze_time;	/* user initiated */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_analyze_count;
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_autoanalyze_time;	/* autovacuum initiated */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_autoanalyze_count;
+
 	PgStat_Counter total_vacuum_time;	/* times in milliseconds */
 	PgStat_Counter total_autovacuum_time;
 	PgStat_Counter total_analyze_time;
@@ -703,6 +712,13 @@ extern void pgstat_report_analyze(Relation rel,
 								  PgStat_Counter livetuples, PgStat_Counter deadtuples,
 								  bool resetcounter, TimestampTz starttime);
 
+/* flags for pgstat_flush_backend() */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM		(1 << 0)	/* vacuum is skipped */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE		(1 << 1)	/* analyze is skipped */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOVACUUM	(1 << 2)	/* autovacuum is skipped */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOANALYZE	(1 << 3)	/* autoanalyze is skipped */
+extern void pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(Oid relid, int flags);
+
 /*
  * If stats are enabled, but pending data hasn't been prepared yet, call
  * pgstat_assoc_relation() to do so. See its comment for why this is done
diff --git a/src/test/isolation/expected/vacuum-skip-locked.out b/src/test/isolation/expected/vacuum-skip-locked.out
index 99db281a159..e2cff175b7c 100644
--- a/src/test/isolation/expected/vacuum-skip-locked.out
+++ b/src/test/isolation/expected/vacuum-skip-locked.out
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 Parsed test spec with 2 sessions
 
-starting permutation: lock_share vac_specified commit
+starting permutation: lock_share vac_specified commit check_stat
 step lock_share: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN SHARE MODE;
@@ -10,8 +10,22 @@ step vac_specified: VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED) part1, part2;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
 
-starting permutation: lock_share vac_all_parts commit
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   1|            0|                    0
+part2  |           1|                   0|            0|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
+
+starting permutation: lock_share vac_all_parts commit check_stat
 step lock_share: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN SHARE MODE;
@@ -20,8 +34,22 @@ step vac_all_parts: VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED) parted;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   1|            0|                    0
+part2  |           1|                   0|            0|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
 
-starting permutation: lock_share analyze_specified commit
+starting permutation: lock_share analyze_specified commit check_stat
 step lock_share: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN SHARE MODE;
@@ -31,8 +59,22 @@ step analyze_specified: ANALYZE (SKIP_LOCKED) part1, part2;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
 
-starting permutation: lock_share analyze_all_parts commit
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   0|            0|                    1
+part2  |           0|                   0|            1|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
+
+starting permutation: lock_share analyze_all_parts commit check_stat
 step lock_share: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN SHARE MODE;
@@ -41,8 +83,22 @@ step analyze_all_parts: ANALYZE (SKIP_LOCKED) parted;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            1|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   0|            0|                    1
+part2  |           0|                   0|            1|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
 
-starting permutation: lock_share vac_analyze_specified commit
+starting permutation: lock_share vac_analyze_specified commit check_stat
 step lock_share: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN SHARE MODE;
@@ -52,8 +108,22 @@ step vac_analyze_specified: VACUUM (ANALYZE, SKIP_LOCKED) part1, part2;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
 
-starting permutation: lock_share vac_analyze_all_parts commit
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   1|            0|                    1
+part2  |           1|                   0|            1|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
+
+starting permutation: lock_share vac_analyze_all_parts commit check_stat
 step lock_share: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN SHARE MODE;
@@ -62,8 +132,22 @@ step vac_analyze_all_parts: VACUUM (ANALYZE, SKIP_LOCKED) parted;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            1|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   1|            0|                    1
+part2  |           1|                   0|            1|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
 
-starting permutation: lock_share vac_full_specified commit
+starting permutation: lock_share vac_full_specified commit check_stat
 step lock_share: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN SHARE MODE;
@@ -73,8 +157,22 @@ step vac_full_specified: VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED, FULL) part1, part2;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
 
-starting permutation: lock_share vac_full_all_parts commit
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part2  |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
+
+starting permutation: lock_share vac_full_all_parts commit check_stat
 step lock_share: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN SHARE MODE;
@@ -83,8 +181,22 @@ step vac_full_all_parts: VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED, FULL) parted;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part2  |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+(3 rows)
 
-starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_specified commit
+
+starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_specified commit check_stat
 step lock_access_exclusive: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN ACCESS EXCLUSIVE MODE;
@@ -94,8 +206,22 @@ step vac_specified: VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED) part1, part2;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   1|            0|                    0
+part2  |           1|                   0|            0|                    0
+(3 rows)
 
-starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_all_parts commit
+
+starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_all_parts commit check_stat
 step lock_access_exclusive: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN ACCESS EXCLUSIVE MODE;
@@ -104,8 +230,22 @@ step vac_all_parts: VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED) parted;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   1|            0|                    0
+part2  |           1|                   0|            0|                    0
+(3 rows)
 
-starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive analyze_specified commit
+
+starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive analyze_specified commit check_stat
 step lock_access_exclusive: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN ACCESS EXCLUSIVE MODE;
@@ -115,8 +255,22 @@ step analyze_specified: ANALYZE (SKIP_LOCKED) part1, part2;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   0|            0|                    1
+part2  |           0|                   0|            1|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
 
-starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive analyze_all_parts commit
+starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive analyze_all_parts commit check_stat
 step lock_access_exclusive: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN ACCESS EXCLUSIVE MODE;
@@ -126,8 +280,22 @@ step commit:
 	COMMIT;
 
 step analyze_all_parts: <... completed>
-
-starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_analyze_specified commit
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            1|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   0|            1|                    0
+part2  |           0|                   0|            1|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
+
+starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_analyze_specified commit check_stat
 step lock_access_exclusive: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN ACCESS EXCLUSIVE MODE;
@@ -137,8 +305,22 @@ step vac_analyze_specified: VACUUM (ANALYZE, SKIP_LOCKED) part1, part2;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   1|            0|                    1
+part2  |           1|                   0|            1|                    0
+(3 rows)
 
-starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_analyze_all_parts commit
+
+starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_analyze_all_parts commit check_stat
 step lock_access_exclusive: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN ACCESS EXCLUSIVE MODE;
@@ -148,8 +330,22 @@ step commit:
 	COMMIT;
 
 step vac_analyze_all_parts: <... completed>
-
-starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_full_specified commit
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            1|                    0
+part1  |           1|                   0|            1|                    0
+part2  |           1|                   0|            1|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
+
+starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_full_specified commit check_stat
 step lock_access_exclusive: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN ACCESS EXCLUSIVE MODE;
@@ -159,8 +355,22 @@ step vac_full_specified: VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED, FULL) part1, part2;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
 
-starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_full_all_parts commit
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part2  |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
+
+starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_full_all_parts commit check_stat
 step lock_access_exclusive: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN ACCESS EXCLUSIVE MODE;
@@ -169,3 +379,17 @@ step vac_full_all_parts: VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED, FULL) parted;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part2  |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
diff --git a/src/test/isolation/specs/vacuum-skip-locked.spec b/src/test/isolation/specs/vacuum-skip-locked.spec
index 3fad6e1c92a..b0da75d4b6d 100644
--- a/src/test/isolation/specs/vacuum-skip-locked.spec
+++ b/src/test/isolation/specs/vacuum-skip-locked.spec
@@ -33,6 +33,15 @@ step commit
 	COMMIT;
 }
 
+step check_stat
+{
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+}
+
 session s2
 step vac_specified			{ VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED) part1, part2; }
 step vac_all_parts			{ VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED) parted; }
@@ -43,19 +52,19 @@ step vac_analyze_all_parts	{ VACUUM (ANALYZE, SKIP_LOCKED) parted; }
 step vac_full_specified		{ VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED, FULL) part1, part2; }
 step vac_full_all_parts		{ VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED, FULL) parted; }
 
-permutation lock_share vac_specified commit
-permutation lock_share vac_all_parts commit
-permutation lock_share analyze_specified commit
-permutation lock_share analyze_all_parts commit
-permutation lock_share vac_analyze_specified commit
-permutation lock_share vac_analyze_all_parts commit
-permutation lock_share vac_full_specified commit
-permutation lock_share vac_full_all_parts commit
-permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_specified commit
-permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_all_parts commit
-permutation lock_access_exclusive analyze_specified commit
-permutation lock_access_exclusive analyze_all_parts commit
-permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_analyze_specified commit
-permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_analyze_all_parts commit
-permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_full_specified commit
-permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_full_all_parts commit
+permutation lock_share vac_specified commit check_stat
+permutation lock_share vac_all_parts commit check_stat
+permutation lock_share analyze_specified commit check_stat
+permutation lock_share analyze_all_parts commit check_stat
+permutation lock_share vac_analyze_specified commit check_stat
+permutation lock_share vac_analyze_all_parts commit check_stat
+permutation lock_share vac_full_specified commit check_stat
+permutation lock_share vac_full_all_parts commit check_stat
+permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_specified commit check_stat
+permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_all_parts commit check_stat
+permutation lock_access_exclusive analyze_specified commit check_stat
+permutation lock_access_exclusive analyze_all_parts commit check_stat
+permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_analyze_specified commit check_stat
+permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_analyze_all_parts commit check_stat
+permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_full_specified commit check_stat
+permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_full_all_parts commit check_stat
diff --git a/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out b/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out
index a65a5bf0c4f..9b2075d3373 100644
--- a/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out
+++ b/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out
@@ -1835,13 +1835,21 @@ pg_stat_all_tables| SELECT c.oid AS relid,
     pg_stat_get_mod_since_analyze(c.oid) AS n_mod_since_analyze,
     pg_stat_get_ins_since_vacuum(c.oid) AS n_ins_since_vacuum,
     pg_stat_get_last_vacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_vacuum,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_vacuum,
     pg_stat_get_last_autovacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_autovacuum,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_autovacuum,
     pg_stat_get_last_analyze_time(c.oid) AS last_analyze,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_analyze,
     pg_stat_get_last_autoanalyze_time(c.oid) AS last_autoanalyze,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_autoanalyze,
     pg_stat_get_vacuum_count(c.oid) AS vacuum_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count(c.oid) AS skipped_vacuum_count,
     pg_stat_get_autovacuum_count(c.oid) AS autovacuum_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count(c.oid) AS skipped_autovacuum_count,
     pg_stat_get_analyze_count(c.oid) AS analyze_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count(c.oid) AS skipped_analyze_count,
     pg_stat_get_autoanalyze_count(c.oid) AS autoanalyze_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count(c.oid) AS skipped_autoanalyze_count,
     pg_stat_get_total_vacuum_time(c.oid) AS total_vacuum_time,
     pg_stat_get_total_autovacuum_time(c.oid) AS total_autovacuum_time,
     pg_stat_get_total_analyze_time(c.oid) AS total_analyze_time,
@@ -2346,13 +2354,21 @@ pg_stat_sys_tables| SELECT relid,
     n_mod_since_analyze,
     n_ins_since_vacuum,
     last_vacuum,
+    last_skipped_vacuum,
     last_autovacuum,
+    last_skipped_autovacuum,
     last_analyze,
+    last_skipped_analyze,
     last_autoanalyze,
+    last_skipped_autoanalyze,
     vacuum_count,
+    skipped_vacuum_count,
     autovacuum_count,
+    skipped_autovacuum_count,
     analyze_count,
+    skipped_analyze_count,
     autoanalyze_count,
+    skipped_autoanalyze_count,
     total_vacuum_time,
     total_autovacuum_time,
     total_analyze_time,
@@ -2401,13 +2417,21 @@ pg_stat_user_tables| SELECT relid,
     n_mod_since_analyze,
     n_ins_since_vacuum,
     last_vacuum,
+    last_skipped_vacuum,
     last_autovacuum,
+    last_skipped_autovacuum,
     last_analyze,
+    last_skipped_analyze,
     last_autoanalyze,
+    last_skipped_autoanalyze,
     vacuum_count,
+    skipped_vacuum_count,
     autovacuum_count,
+    skipped_autovacuum_count,
     analyze_count,
+    skipped_analyze_count,
     autoanalyze_count,
+    skipped_autoanalyze_count,
     total_vacuum_time,
     total_autovacuum_time,
     total_analyze_time,
-- 
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* [PATCH v3] Track skipped vacuum and analyze activity per relation
@ 2026-03-24 04:09 Yugo Nagata <[email protected]>
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From: Yugo Nagata @ 2026-03-24 04:09 UTC (permalink / raw)

This commit adds eight fields to the relation statistics that track
the last time vacuum or analyze has been attempted but skipped due to
lock unavailability, along with their counts:

-    last_skipped_vacuum
-    last_skipped_autovacuum
-    last_skipped_analyze
-    last_skipped_autoanalyze
-    skipped_vacuum_count
-    skipped_autovacuum_count
-    skipped_analyze_count
-    skipped_autoanalyze_count

These field can help users confirm that autovacuum is actively attempting
to run on a table that has not been vacuumed or analyzed for a long time,
and that the lack of progress is due to repeated skips rather than inactivity.
---
 doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml                 | 80 +++++++++++++++++
 src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql         |  8 ++
 src/backend/commands/vacuum.c                | 95 +++++++++++++++-----
 src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c | 68 ++++++++++++++
 src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c          | 24 +++++
 src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat              | 32 +++++++
 src/include/pgstat.h                         | 16 ++++
 src/test/regress/expected/rules.out          | 24 +++++
 8 files changed, 324 insertions(+), 23 deletions(-)

diff --git a/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml b/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml
index bb75ed1069b..9ec8070b2fc 100644
--- a/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml
+++ b/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml
@@ -4372,6 +4372,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_vacuum</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time a manual vacuum on this table was attempted but skipped due to
+       lock unavailability (not counting <command>VACUUM FULL</command>)
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>last_autovacuum</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
@@ -4382,6 +4392,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_autovacuum</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time a vacuum on this table by the autovacuum daemon was attempted
+       but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>last_analyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
@@ -4391,6 +4411,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_analyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time a manual analyze on this table was attempted but skipped due to
+       lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>last_autoanalyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
@@ -4401,6 +4431,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_autoanalyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time at which an analyze on this table by the autovacuum was
+       attempted but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>vacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4411,6 +4451,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_vacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times vacuums on this table have been attempted but skipped
+       due to lock unavailability (not counting <command>VACUUM FULL</command>)
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>autovacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4421,6 +4471,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_autovacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times vacuums on this table by the autovacuum daemon have been
+       attempted but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>analyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4430,6 +4490,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_analyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times manual analyzes on this table have been attempted but
+       skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>autoanalyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4440,6 +4510,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_autoanalyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times analyzes on this table by the autovacuum daemon have
+       been attempted but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>total_vacuum_time</structfield> <type>double precision</type>
diff --git a/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql b/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql
index e54018004db..2ca02a0354c 100644
--- a/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql
+++ b/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql
@@ -736,13 +736,21 @@ CREATE VIEW pg_stat_all_tables AS
             pg_stat_get_mod_since_analyze(C.oid) AS n_mod_since_analyze,
             pg_stat_get_ins_since_vacuum(C.oid) AS n_ins_since_vacuum,
             pg_stat_get_last_vacuum_time(C.oid) as last_vacuum,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_vacuum,
             pg_stat_get_last_autovacuum_time(C.oid) as last_autovacuum,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_autovacuum,
             pg_stat_get_last_analyze_time(C.oid) as last_analyze,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_analyze,
             pg_stat_get_last_autoanalyze_time(C.oid) as last_autoanalyze,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_autoanalyze,
             pg_stat_get_vacuum_count(C.oid) AS vacuum_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count(C.oid) AS skipped_vacuum_count,
             pg_stat_get_autovacuum_count(C.oid) AS autovacuum_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count(C.oid) AS skipped_autovacuum_count,
             pg_stat_get_analyze_count(C.oid) AS analyze_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count(C.oid) AS skipped_analyze_count,
             pg_stat_get_autoanalyze_count(C.oid) AS autoanalyze_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count(C.oid) AS skipped_autoanalyze_count,
             pg_stat_get_total_vacuum_time(C.oid) AS total_vacuum_time,
             pg_stat_get_total_autovacuum_time(C.oid) AS total_autovacuum_time,
             pg_stat_get_total_analyze_time(C.oid) AS total_analyze_time,
diff --git a/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c b/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c
index bce3a2daa24..ce83b3171be 100644
--- a/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c
+++ b/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c
@@ -792,8 +792,18 @@ vacuum_open_relation(Oid relid, RangeVar *relation, bits32 options,
 		rel = try_relation_open(relid, NoLock);
 	else
 	{
+		bits8 flags = 0;
 		rel = NULL;
 		rel_lock = false;
+
+		if ((options & VACOPT_VACUUM) != 0)
+			flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM;
+		if ((options & VACOPT_ANALYZE) != 0)
+			flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE;
+		if (AmAutoVacuumWorkerProcess())
+			flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOVAC;
+
+		pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(relid, flags);
 	}
 
 	/* if relation is opened, leave */
@@ -801,7 +811,7 @@ vacuum_open_relation(Oid relid, RangeVar *relation, bits32 options,
 		return rel;
 
 	/*
-	 * Relation could not be opened, hence generate if possible a log
+	 * Relation could not be opened hence generate if possible a log
 	 * informing on the situation.
 	 *
 	 * If the RangeVar is not defined, we do not have enough information to
@@ -904,7 +914,6 @@ expand_vacuum_rel(VacuumRelation *vrel, MemoryContext vac_context,
 		Form_pg_class classForm;
 		bool		include_children;
 		bool		is_partitioned_table;
-		int			rvr_opts;
 
 		/*
 		 * Since autovacuum workers supply OIDs when calling vacuum(), no
@@ -917,29 +926,69 @@ expand_vacuum_rel(VacuumRelation *vrel, MemoryContext vac_context,
 		 * below, as well as find_all_inheritors's expectation that the caller
 		 * holds some lock on the starting relation.
 		 */
-		rvr_opts = (options & VACOPT_SKIP_LOCKED) ? RVR_SKIP_LOCKED : 0;
-		relid = RangeVarGetRelidExtended(vrel->relation,
-										 AccessShareLock,
-										 rvr_opts,
-										 NULL, NULL);
-
-		/*
-		 * If the lock is unavailable, emit the same log statement that
-		 * vacuum_rel() and analyze_rel() would.
-		 */
-		if (!OidIsValid(relid))
+		if (!(options & VACOPT_SKIP_LOCKED))
 		{
-			if (options & VACOPT_VACUUM)
-				ereport(WARNING,
-						(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
-						 errmsg("skipping vacuum of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
-								vrel->relation->relname)));
-			else
-				ereport(WARNING,
-						(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
-						 errmsg("skipping analyze of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
+			relid = RangeVarGetRelidExtended(vrel->relation,
+											 AccessShareLock,
+											 0, NULL, NULL);
+			if (!OidIsValid(relid))
+				return vacrels;
+		}
+		else
+		{
+			/* Get relid for reporting before taking a lock */
+			relid = RangeVarGetRelid(vrel->relation, NoLock, false);
+
+			if (!ConditionalLockRelationOid(relid, AccessShareLock))
+			{
+				bits8	flags = 0;
+				/*
+				 * If the lock is unavailable, emit the same log statement that
+				 * vacuum_rel() and analyze_rel() would.
+				 */
+				if (options & VACOPT_VACUUM)
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping vacuum of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
 								vrel->relation->relname)));
-			return vacrels;
+				else
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping analyze of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
+									vrel->relation->relname)));
+
+				if ((options & VACOPT_VACUUM) != 0)
+					flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM;
+				if ((options & VACOPT_ANALYZE) != 0)
+					flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE;
+
+				pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(relid, flags);
+
+				return vacrels;
+			}
+
+			/*
+			 * Now that we have the lock, probe to see if the relation really
+			 * exists or not.
+			 */
+			if (!SearchSysCacheExists1(RELOID, ObjectIdGetDatum(relid)))
+			{
+				if (options & VACOPT_VACUUM)
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_UNDEFINED_TABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping vacuum of \"%s\" --- relation no longer exists",
+									vrel->relation->relname)));
+				else
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_UNDEFINED_TABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping analyze of \"%s\" --- relation no longer exists",
+									vrel->relation->relname)));
+
+				/* Release useless lock */
+				UnlockRelationOid(relid, AccessShareLock);
+
+				return vacrels;
+			}
 		}
 
 		/*
diff --git a/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c b/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c
index bc8c43b96aa..cec4c88980e 100644
--- a/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c
+++ b/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c
@@ -17,6 +17,7 @@
 
 #include "postgres.h"
 
+#include "access/htup_details.h"
 #include "access/twophase_rmgr.h"
 #include "access/xact.h"
 #include "catalog/catalog.h"
@@ -366,6 +367,73 @@ pgstat_report_analyze(Relation rel,
 	(void) pgstat_flush_backend(false, PGSTAT_BACKEND_FLUSH_IO);
 }
 
+/*
+ * Report that the table was skipped during vacuum or/and analyze.
+ */
+void
+pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(Oid relid, bits8 flags)
+{
+	PgStat_EntryRef *entry_ref;
+	PgStatShared_Relation *shtabentry;
+	PgStat_StatTabEntry *tabentry;
+	TimestampTz ts;
+	HeapTuple	classTup;
+	bool		isshared;
+
+	if (!pgstat_track_counts || !(flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANY))
+		return;
+
+	classTup = SearchSysCache1(RELOID, ObjectIdGetDatum(relid));
+	if (!HeapTupleIsValid(classTup))
+		return;			/* somebody deleted the rel, forget it */
+	isshared = ((Form_pg_class) GETSTRUCT(classTup))->relisshared;
+	ReleaseSysCache(classTup);
+
+	/* Store the data in the table's hash table entry. */
+	ts = GetCurrentTimestamp();
+
+	/* block acquiring lock for the same reason as pgstat_report_autovac() */
+	entry_ref = pgstat_get_entry_ref_locked(PGSTAT_KIND_RELATION,
+											isshared ? InvalidOid : MyDatabaseId,
+											relid, false);
+
+	shtabentry = (PgStatShared_Relation *) entry_ref->shared_stats;
+	tabentry = &shtabentry->stats;
+
+	if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOVAC)
+	{
+		if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM)
+		{
+			tabentry->last_skipped_autovacuum_time = ts;
+			tabentry->skipped_autovacuum_count++;
+		}
+		if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE)
+		{
+			tabentry->last_skipped_autoanalyze_time = ts;
+			tabentry->skipped_autoanalyze_count++;
+		}
+	}
+	else
+	{
+		if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM)
+		{
+			tabentry->last_skipped_vacuum_time = ts;
+			tabentry->skipped_vacuum_count++;
+		}
+		if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE)
+		{
+			tabentry->last_skipped_analyze_time = ts;
+			tabentry->skipped_analyze_count++;
+		}
+	}
+
+	pgstat_unlock_entry(entry_ref);
+
+	/* see pgstat_report_vacuum() */
+	pgstat_flush_io(false);
+	(void) pgstat_flush_backend(false, PGSTAT_BACKEND_FLUSH_IO);
+}
+
 /*
  * count a tuple insertion of n tuples
  */
diff --git a/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c b/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c
index 9185a8e6b83..18aaa3996e1 100644
--- a/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c
+++ b/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c
@@ -84,6 +84,18 @@ PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(mod_since_analyze)
 /* pg_stat_get_numscans */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(numscans)
 
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_analyze_count)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_autoanalyze_count)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_autovacuum_count)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_vacuum_count)
+
 /* pg_stat_get_tuples_deleted */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(tuples_deleted)
 
@@ -170,6 +182,18 @@ PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_vacuum_time)
 /* pg_stat_get_lastscan */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(lastscan)
 
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_analyze_time)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_autoanalyze_time)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_autovacuum_time)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_vacuum_time)
+
 /* pg_stat_get_stat_reset_time */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(stat_reset_time)
 
diff --git a/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat b/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat
index 0118e970dda..ccfe3d9e02a 100644
--- a/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat
+++ b/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat
@@ -5667,6 +5667,38 @@
   proname => 'pg_stat_get_total_autoanalyze_time', provolatile => 's',
   proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'float8', proargtypes => 'oid',
   prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_total_autoanalyze_time' },
+{ oid => '8142', descr => 'statistics: last skipped vacuum time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time' },
+{ oid => '8143', descr => 'statistics: last skipped auto vacuum time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time' },
+{ oid => '8144', descr => 'statistics: last skipped analyze time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time' },
+{ oid => '8145', descr => 'statistics: last skipped auto analyze time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time' },
+{ oid => '8146', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped vacuum for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count' },
+{ oid => '8147', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped auto vacuum for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count' },
+{ oid => '8148', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped analyzes for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count' },
+{ oid => '8149', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped auto analyzes for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count' },
 { oid => '1936', descr => 'statistics: currently active backend IDs',
   proname => 'pg_stat_get_backend_idset', prorows => '100', proretset => 't',
   provolatile => 's', proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int4',
diff --git a/src/include/pgstat.h b/src/include/pgstat.h
index 8e3549c3752..343081a7a25 100644
--- a/src/include/pgstat.h
+++ b/src/include/pgstat.h
@@ -479,6 +479,15 @@ typedef struct PgStat_StatTabEntry
 	TimestampTz last_autoanalyze_time;	/* autovacuum initiated */
 	PgStat_Counter autoanalyze_count;
 
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_vacuum_time;	/* user initiated vacuum */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_vacuum_count;
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_autovacuum_time;	/* autovacuum initiated */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_autovacuum_count;
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_analyze_time;	/* user initiated */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_analyze_count;
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_autoanalyze_time;	/* autovacuum initiated */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_autoanalyze_count;
+
 	PgStat_Counter total_vacuum_time;	/* times in milliseconds */
 	PgStat_Counter total_autovacuum_time;
 	PgStat_Counter total_analyze_time;
@@ -707,6 +716,13 @@ extern void pgstat_report_analyze(Relation rel,
 								  PgStat_Counter livetuples, PgStat_Counter deadtuples,
 								  bool resetcounter, TimestampTz starttime);
 
+/* flags for pgstat_flush_backend() */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM	(1 << 0)	/* vacuum is skipped */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE	(1 << 1)	/* analyze is skipped */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOVAC	(1 << 2)	/* skipped during autovacuum/autoanalyze */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANY   (PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM | PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE)
+extern void pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(Oid relid, bits8 flags);
+
 /*
  * If stats are enabled, but pending data hasn't been prepared yet, call
  * pgstat_assoc_relation() to do so. See its comment for why this is done
diff --git a/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out b/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out
index 2b3cf6d8569..4ccfc43e903 100644
--- a/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out
+++ b/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out
@@ -1835,13 +1835,21 @@ pg_stat_all_tables| SELECT c.oid AS relid,
     pg_stat_get_mod_since_analyze(c.oid) AS n_mod_since_analyze,
     pg_stat_get_ins_since_vacuum(c.oid) AS n_ins_since_vacuum,
     pg_stat_get_last_vacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_vacuum,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_vacuum,
     pg_stat_get_last_autovacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_autovacuum,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_autovacuum,
     pg_stat_get_last_analyze_time(c.oid) AS last_analyze,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_analyze,
     pg_stat_get_last_autoanalyze_time(c.oid) AS last_autoanalyze,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_autoanalyze,
     pg_stat_get_vacuum_count(c.oid) AS vacuum_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count(c.oid) AS skipped_vacuum_count,
     pg_stat_get_autovacuum_count(c.oid) AS autovacuum_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count(c.oid) AS skipped_autovacuum_count,
     pg_stat_get_analyze_count(c.oid) AS analyze_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count(c.oid) AS skipped_analyze_count,
     pg_stat_get_autoanalyze_count(c.oid) AS autoanalyze_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count(c.oid) AS skipped_autoanalyze_count,
     pg_stat_get_total_vacuum_time(c.oid) AS total_vacuum_time,
     pg_stat_get_total_autovacuum_time(c.oid) AS total_autovacuum_time,
     pg_stat_get_total_analyze_time(c.oid) AS total_analyze_time,
@@ -2293,13 +2301,21 @@ pg_stat_sys_tables| SELECT relid,
     n_mod_since_analyze,
     n_ins_since_vacuum,
     last_vacuum,
+    last_skipped_vacuum,
     last_autovacuum,
+    last_skipped_autovacuum,
     last_analyze,
+    last_skipped_analyze,
     last_autoanalyze,
+    last_skipped_autoanalyze,
     vacuum_count,
+    skipped_vacuum_count,
     autovacuum_count,
+    skipped_autovacuum_count,
     analyze_count,
+    skipped_analyze_count,
     autoanalyze_count,
+    skipped_autoanalyze_count,
     total_vacuum_time,
     total_autovacuum_time,
     total_analyze_time,
@@ -2348,13 +2364,21 @@ pg_stat_user_tables| SELECT relid,
     n_mod_since_analyze,
     n_ins_since_vacuum,
     last_vacuum,
+    last_skipped_vacuum,
     last_autovacuum,
+    last_skipped_autovacuum,
     last_analyze,
+    last_skipped_analyze,
     last_autoanalyze,
+    last_skipped_autoanalyze,
     vacuum_count,
+    skipped_vacuum_count,
     autovacuum_count,
+    skipped_autovacuum_count,
     analyze_count,
+    skipped_analyze_count,
     autoanalyze_count,
+    skipped_autoanalyze_count,
     total_vacuum_time,
     total_autovacuum_time,
     total_analyze_time,
-- 
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* [PATCH v3] Track skipped vacuum and analyze activity per relation
@ 2026-03-24 04:09 Yugo Nagata <[email protected]>
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From: Yugo Nagata @ 2026-03-24 04:09 UTC (permalink / raw)

This commit adds eight fields to the relation statistics that track
the last time vacuum or analyze has been attempted but skipped due to
lock unavailability, along with their counts:

-    last_skipped_vacuum
-    last_skipped_autovacuum
-    last_skipped_analyze
-    last_skipped_autoanalyze
-    skipped_vacuum_count
-    skipped_autovacuum_count
-    skipped_analyze_count
-    skipped_autoanalyze_count

These field can help users confirm that autovacuum is actively attempting
to run on a table that has not been vacuumed or analyzed for a long time,
and that the lack of progress is due to repeated skips rather than inactivity.
---
 doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml                 | 80 +++++++++++++++++
 src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql         |  8 ++
 src/backend/commands/vacuum.c                | 95 +++++++++++++++-----
 src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c | 68 ++++++++++++++
 src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c          | 24 +++++
 src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat              | 32 +++++++
 src/include/pgstat.h                         | 16 ++++
 src/test/regress/expected/rules.out          | 24 +++++
 8 files changed, 324 insertions(+), 23 deletions(-)

diff --git a/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml b/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml
index bb75ed1069b..9ec8070b2fc 100644
--- a/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml
+++ b/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml
@@ -4372,6 +4372,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_vacuum</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time a manual vacuum on this table was attempted but skipped due to
+       lock unavailability (not counting <command>VACUUM FULL</command>)
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>last_autovacuum</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
@@ -4382,6 +4392,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_autovacuum</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time a vacuum on this table by the autovacuum daemon was attempted
+       but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>last_analyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
@@ -4391,6 +4411,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_analyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time a manual analyze on this table was attempted but skipped due to
+       lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>last_autoanalyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
@@ -4401,6 +4431,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_autoanalyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time at which an analyze on this table by the autovacuum was
+       attempted but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>vacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4411,6 +4451,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_vacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times vacuums on this table have been attempted but skipped
+       due to lock unavailability (not counting <command>VACUUM FULL</command>)
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>autovacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4421,6 +4471,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_autovacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times vacuums on this table by the autovacuum daemon have been
+       attempted but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>analyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4430,6 +4490,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_analyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times manual analyzes on this table have been attempted but
+       skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>autoanalyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4440,6 +4510,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_autoanalyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times analyzes on this table by the autovacuum daemon have
+       been attempted but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>total_vacuum_time</structfield> <type>double precision</type>
diff --git a/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql b/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql
index e54018004db..2ca02a0354c 100644
--- a/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql
+++ b/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql
@@ -736,13 +736,21 @@ CREATE VIEW pg_stat_all_tables AS
             pg_stat_get_mod_since_analyze(C.oid) AS n_mod_since_analyze,
             pg_stat_get_ins_since_vacuum(C.oid) AS n_ins_since_vacuum,
             pg_stat_get_last_vacuum_time(C.oid) as last_vacuum,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_vacuum,
             pg_stat_get_last_autovacuum_time(C.oid) as last_autovacuum,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_autovacuum,
             pg_stat_get_last_analyze_time(C.oid) as last_analyze,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_analyze,
             pg_stat_get_last_autoanalyze_time(C.oid) as last_autoanalyze,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_autoanalyze,
             pg_stat_get_vacuum_count(C.oid) AS vacuum_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count(C.oid) AS skipped_vacuum_count,
             pg_stat_get_autovacuum_count(C.oid) AS autovacuum_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count(C.oid) AS skipped_autovacuum_count,
             pg_stat_get_analyze_count(C.oid) AS analyze_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count(C.oid) AS skipped_analyze_count,
             pg_stat_get_autoanalyze_count(C.oid) AS autoanalyze_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count(C.oid) AS skipped_autoanalyze_count,
             pg_stat_get_total_vacuum_time(C.oid) AS total_vacuum_time,
             pg_stat_get_total_autovacuum_time(C.oid) AS total_autovacuum_time,
             pg_stat_get_total_analyze_time(C.oid) AS total_analyze_time,
diff --git a/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c b/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c
index bce3a2daa24..ce83b3171be 100644
--- a/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c
+++ b/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c
@@ -792,8 +792,18 @@ vacuum_open_relation(Oid relid, RangeVar *relation, bits32 options,
 		rel = try_relation_open(relid, NoLock);
 	else
 	{
+		bits8 flags = 0;
 		rel = NULL;
 		rel_lock = false;
+
+		if ((options & VACOPT_VACUUM) != 0)
+			flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM;
+		if ((options & VACOPT_ANALYZE) != 0)
+			flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE;
+		if (AmAutoVacuumWorkerProcess())
+			flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOVAC;
+
+		pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(relid, flags);
 	}
 
 	/* if relation is opened, leave */
@@ -801,7 +811,7 @@ vacuum_open_relation(Oid relid, RangeVar *relation, bits32 options,
 		return rel;
 
 	/*
-	 * Relation could not be opened, hence generate if possible a log
+	 * Relation could not be opened hence generate if possible a log
 	 * informing on the situation.
 	 *
 	 * If the RangeVar is not defined, we do not have enough information to
@@ -904,7 +914,6 @@ expand_vacuum_rel(VacuumRelation *vrel, MemoryContext vac_context,
 		Form_pg_class classForm;
 		bool		include_children;
 		bool		is_partitioned_table;
-		int			rvr_opts;
 
 		/*
 		 * Since autovacuum workers supply OIDs when calling vacuum(), no
@@ -917,29 +926,69 @@ expand_vacuum_rel(VacuumRelation *vrel, MemoryContext vac_context,
 		 * below, as well as find_all_inheritors's expectation that the caller
 		 * holds some lock on the starting relation.
 		 */
-		rvr_opts = (options & VACOPT_SKIP_LOCKED) ? RVR_SKIP_LOCKED : 0;
-		relid = RangeVarGetRelidExtended(vrel->relation,
-										 AccessShareLock,
-										 rvr_opts,
-										 NULL, NULL);
-
-		/*
-		 * If the lock is unavailable, emit the same log statement that
-		 * vacuum_rel() and analyze_rel() would.
-		 */
-		if (!OidIsValid(relid))
+		if (!(options & VACOPT_SKIP_LOCKED))
 		{
-			if (options & VACOPT_VACUUM)
-				ereport(WARNING,
-						(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
-						 errmsg("skipping vacuum of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
-								vrel->relation->relname)));
-			else
-				ereport(WARNING,
-						(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
-						 errmsg("skipping analyze of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
+			relid = RangeVarGetRelidExtended(vrel->relation,
+											 AccessShareLock,
+											 0, NULL, NULL);
+			if (!OidIsValid(relid))
+				return vacrels;
+		}
+		else
+		{
+			/* Get relid for reporting before taking a lock */
+			relid = RangeVarGetRelid(vrel->relation, NoLock, false);
+
+			if (!ConditionalLockRelationOid(relid, AccessShareLock))
+			{
+				bits8	flags = 0;
+				/*
+				 * If the lock is unavailable, emit the same log statement that
+				 * vacuum_rel() and analyze_rel() would.
+				 */
+				if (options & VACOPT_VACUUM)
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping vacuum of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
 								vrel->relation->relname)));
-			return vacrels;
+				else
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping analyze of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
+									vrel->relation->relname)));
+
+				if ((options & VACOPT_VACUUM) != 0)
+					flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM;
+				if ((options & VACOPT_ANALYZE) != 0)
+					flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE;
+
+				pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(relid, flags);
+
+				return vacrels;
+			}
+
+			/*
+			 * Now that we have the lock, probe to see if the relation really
+			 * exists or not.
+			 */
+			if (!SearchSysCacheExists1(RELOID, ObjectIdGetDatum(relid)))
+			{
+				if (options & VACOPT_VACUUM)
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_UNDEFINED_TABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping vacuum of \"%s\" --- relation no longer exists",
+									vrel->relation->relname)));
+				else
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_UNDEFINED_TABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping analyze of \"%s\" --- relation no longer exists",
+									vrel->relation->relname)));
+
+				/* Release useless lock */
+				UnlockRelationOid(relid, AccessShareLock);
+
+				return vacrels;
+			}
 		}
 
 		/*
diff --git a/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c b/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c
index bc8c43b96aa..cec4c88980e 100644
--- a/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c
+++ b/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c
@@ -17,6 +17,7 @@
 
 #include "postgres.h"
 
+#include "access/htup_details.h"
 #include "access/twophase_rmgr.h"
 #include "access/xact.h"
 #include "catalog/catalog.h"
@@ -366,6 +367,73 @@ pgstat_report_analyze(Relation rel,
 	(void) pgstat_flush_backend(false, PGSTAT_BACKEND_FLUSH_IO);
 }
 
+/*
+ * Report that the table was skipped during vacuum or/and analyze.
+ */
+void
+pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(Oid relid, bits8 flags)
+{
+	PgStat_EntryRef *entry_ref;
+	PgStatShared_Relation *shtabentry;
+	PgStat_StatTabEntry *tabentry;
+	TimestampTz ts;
+	HeapTuple	classTup;
+	bool		isshared;
+
+	if (!pgstat_track_counts || !(flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANY))
+		return;
+
+	classTup = SearchSysCache1(RELOID, ObjectIdGetDatum(relid));
+	if (!HeapTupleIsValid(classTup))
+		return;			/* somebody deleted the rel, forget it */
+	isshared = ((Form_pg_class) GETSTRUCT(classTup))->relisshared;
+	ReleaseSysCache(classTup);
+
+	/* Store the data in the table's hash table entry. */
+	ts = GetCurrentTimestamp();
+
+	/* block acquiring lock for the same reason as pgstat_report_autovac() */
+	entry_ref = pgstat_get_entry_ref_locked(PGSTAT_KIND_RELATION,
+											isshared ? InvalidOid : MyDatabaseId,
+											relid, false);
+
+	shtabentry = (PgStatShared_Relation *) entry_ref->shared_stats;
+	tabentry = &shtabentry->stats;
+
+	if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOVAC)
+	{
+		if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM)
+		{
+			tabentry->last_skipped_autovacuum_time = ts;
+			tabentry->skipped_autovacuum_count++;
+		}
+		if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE)
+		{
+			tabentry->last_skipped_autoanalyze_time = ts;
+			tabentry->skipped_autoanalyze_count++;
+		}
+	}
+	else
+	{
+		if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM)
+		{
+			tabentry->last_skipped_vacuum_time = ts;
+			tabentry->skipped_vacuum_count++;
+		}
+		if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE)
+		{
+			tabentry->last_skipped_analyze_time = ts;
+			tabentry->skipped_analyze_count++;
+		}
+	}
+
+	pgstat_unlock_entry(entry_ref);
+
+	/* see pgstat_report_vacuum() */
+	pgstat_flush_io(false);
+	(void) pgstat_flush_backend(false, PGSTAT_BACKEND_FLUSH_IO);
+}
+
 /*
  * count a tuple insertion of n tuples
  */
diff --git a/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c b/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c
index 9185a8e6b83..18aaa3996e1 100644
--- a/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c
+++ b/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c
@@ -84,6 +84,18 @@ PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(mod_since_analyze)
 /* pg_stat_get_numscans */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(numscans)
 
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_analyze_count)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_autoanalyze_count)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_autovacuum_count)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_vacuum_count)
+
 /* pg_stat_get_tuples_deleted */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(tuples_deleted)
 
@@ -170,6 +182,18 @@ PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_vacuum_time)
 /* pg_stat_get_lastscan */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(lastscan)
 
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_analyze_time)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_autoanalyze_time)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_autovacuum_time)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_vacuum_time)
+
 /* pg_stat_get_stat_reset_time */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(stat_reset_time)
 
diff --git a/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat b/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat
index 0118e970dda..ccfe3d9e02a 100644
--- a/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat
+++ b/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat
@@ -5667,6 +5667,38 @@
   proname => 'pg_stat_get_total_autoanalyze_time', provolatile => 's',
   proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'float8', proargtypes => 'oid',
   prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_total_autoanalyze_time' },
+{ oid => '8142', descr => 'statistics: last skipped vacuum time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time' },
+{ oid => '8143', descr => 'statistics: last skipped auto vacuum time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time' },
+{ oid => '8144', descr => 'statistics: last skipped analyze time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time' },
+{ oid => '8145', descr => 'statistics: last skipped auto analyze time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time' },
+{ oid => '8146', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped vacuum for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count' },
+{ oid => '8147', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped auto vacuum for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count' },
+{ oid => '8148', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped analyzes for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count' },
+{ oid => '8149', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped auto analyzes for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count' },
 { oid => '1936', descr => 'statistics: currently active backend IDs',
   proname => 'pg_stat_get_backend_idset', prorows => '100', proretset => 't',
   provolatile => 's', proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int4',
diff --git a/src/include/pgstat.h b/src/include/pgstat.h
index 8e3549c3752..343081a7a25 100644
--- a/src/include/pgstat.h
+++ b/src/include/pgstat.h
@@ -479,6 +479,15 @@ typedef struct PgStat_StatTabEntry
 	TimestampTz last_autoanalyze_time;	/* autovacuum initiated */
 	PgStat_Counter autoanalyze_count;
 
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_vacuum_time;	/* user initiated vacuum */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_vacuum_count;
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_autovacuum_time;	/* autovacuum initiated */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_autovacuum_count;
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_analyze_time;	/* user initiated */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_analyze_count;
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_autoanalyze_time;	/* autovacuum initiated */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_autoanalyze_count;
+
 	PgStat_Counter total_vacuum_time;	/* times in milliseconds */
 	PgStat_Counter total_autovacuum_time;
 	PgStat_Counter total_analyze_time;
@@ -707,6 +716,13 @@ extern void pgstat_report_analyze(Relation rel,
 								  PgStat_Counter livetuples, PgStat_Counter deadtuples,
 								  bool resetcounter, TimestampTz starttime);
 
+/* flags for pgstat_flush_backend() */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM	(1 << 0)	/* vacuum is skipped */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE	(1 << 1)	/* analyze is skipped */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOVAC	(1 << 2)	/* skipped during autovacuum/autoanalyze */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANY   (PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM | PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE)
+extern void pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(Oid relid, bits8 flags);
+
 /*
  * If stats are enabled, but pending data hasn't been prepared yet, call
  * pgstat_assoc_relation() to do so. See its comment for why this is done
diff --git a/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out b/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out
index 2b3cf6d8569..4ccfc43e903 100644
--- a/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out
+++ b/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out
@@ -1835,13 +1835,21 @@ pg_stat_all_tables| SELECT c.oid AS relid,
     pg_stat_get_mod_since_analyze(c.oid) AS n_mod_since_analyze,
     pg_stat_get_ins_since_vacuum(c.oid) AS n_ins_since_vacuum,
     pg_stat_get_last_vacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_vacuum,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_vacuum,
     pg_stat_get_last_autovacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_autovacuum,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_autovacuum,
     pg_stat_get_last_analyze_time(c.oid) AS last_analyze,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_analyze,
     pg_stat_get_last_autoanalyze_time(c.oid) AS last_autoanalyze,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_autoanalyze,
     pg_stat_get_vacuum_count(c.oid) AS vacuum_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count(c.oid) AS skipped_vacuum_count,
     pg_stat_get_autovacuum_count(c.oid) AS autovacuum_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count(c.oid) AS skipped_autovacuum_count,
     pg_stat_get_analyze_count(c.oid) AS analyze_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count(c.oid) AS skipped_analyze_count,
     pg_stat_get_autoanalyze_count(c.oid) AS autoanalyze_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count(c.oid) AS skipped_autoanalyze_count,
     pg_stat_get_total_vacuum_time(c.oid) AS total_vacuum_time,
     pg_stat_get_total_autovacuum_time(c.oid) AS total_autovacuum_time,
     pg_stat_get_total_analyze_time(c.oid) AS total_analyze_time,
@@ -2293,13 +2301,21 @@ pg_stat_sys_tables| SELECT relid,
     n_mod_since_analyze,
     n_ins_since_vacuum,
     last_vacuum,
+    last_skipped_vacuum,
     last_autovacuum,
+    last_skipped_autovacuum,
     last_analyze,
+    last_skipped_analyze,
     last_autoanalyze,
+    last_skipped_autoanalyze,
     vacuum_count,
+    skipped_vacuum_count,
     autovacuum_count,
+    skipped_autovacuum_count,
     analyze_count,
+    skipped_analyze_count,
     autoanalyze_count,
+    skipped_autoanalyze_count,
     total_vacuum_time,
     total_autovacuum_time,
     total_analyze_time,
@@ -2348,13 +2364,21 @@ pg_stat_user_tables| SELECT relid,
     n_mod_since_analyze,
     n_ins_since_vacuum,
     last_vacuum,
+    last_skipped_vacuum,
     last_autovacuum,
+    last_skipped_autovacuum,
     last_analyze,
+    last_skipped_analyze,
     last_autoanalyze,
+    last_skipped_autoanalyze,
     vacuum_count,
+    skipped_vacuum_count,
     autovacuum_count,
+    skipped_autovacuum_count,
     analyze_count,
+    skipped_analyze_count,
     autoanalyze_count,
+    skipped_autoanalyze_count,
     total_vacuum_time,
     total_autovacuum_time,
     total_analyze_time,
-- 
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* [PATCH v4] Track skipped vacuum and analyze activity per relation
@ 2026-03-24 04:09 Yugo Nagata <[email protected]>
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From: Yugo Nagata @ 2026-03-24 04:09 UTC (permalink / raw)

This commit adds eight fields to the relation statistics that track
the last time vacuum or analyze has been attempted but skipped due to
lock unavailability, along with their counts:

-    last_skipped_vacuum
-    last_skipped_autovacuum
-    last_skipped_analyze
-    last_skipped_autoanalyze
-    skipped_vacuum_count
-    skipped_autovacuum_count
-    skipped_analyze_count
-    skipped_autoanalyze_count

These field can help users confirm that autovacuum is actively attempting
to run on a table that has not been vacuumed or analyzed for a long time,
and that the lack of progress is due to repeated skips rather than inactivity.
---
 doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml                 |  88 ++++++++++++++++
 src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql         |   8 ++
 src/backend/commands/vacuum.c                | 102 ++++++++++++++-----
 src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c |  64 ++++++++++++
 src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c          |  24 +++++
 src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat              |  32 ++++++
 src/include/pgstat.h                         |  16 +++
 src/test/regress/expected/rules.out          |  24 +++++
 8 files changed, 335 insertions(+), 23 deletions(-)

diff --git a/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml b/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml
index 08d5b824552..a9b579d87a9 100644
--- a/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml
+++ b/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml
@@ -4387,6 +4387,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_vacuum</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time a manual vacuum on this table was attempted but skipped due to
+       lock unavailability (not counting <command>VACUUM FULL</command>)
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>last_autovacuum</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
@@ -4397,6 +4407,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_autovacuum</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time a vacuum on this table by the autovacuum daemon was attempted
+       but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>last_analyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
@@ -4406,6 +4426,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_analyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time a manual analyze on this table was attempted but skipped due to
+       lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>last_autoanalyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
@@ -4416,6 +4446,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_autoanalyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time at which an analyze on this table by the autovacuum was
+       attempted but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>vacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4426,6 +4466,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_vacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times manual vacuums on this table have been attempted but skipped
+       due to lock unavailability (not counting <command>VACUUM FULL</command>)
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>autovacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4436,6 +4486,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_autovacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times vacuums on this table by the autovacuum daemon have been
+       attempted but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>analyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4445,6 +4505,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_analyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times manual analyzes on this table have been attempted but
+       skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>autoanalyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4455,6 +4525,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_autoanalyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times analyzes on this table by the autovacuum daemon have
+       been attempted but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>total_vacuum_time</structfield> <type>double precision</type>
@@ -4510,6 +4590,14 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
    </tgroup>
   </table>
 
+  <note>
+   <para>
+    When a manual vacuum or analyze on a parent table in an inheritance or
+    partitioning hierarchy is skipped, the statistics are recorded only for
+    the parent table, not for its children.
+   </para>
+  </note>
+
  </sect2>
 
  <sect2 id="monitoring-pg-stat-autovacuum-scores-view">
diff --git a/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql b/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql
index 73a1c1c4670..f509fc7876b 100644
--- a/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql
+++ b/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql
@@ -736,13 +736,21 @@ CREATE VIEW pg_stat_all_tables AS
             pg_stat_get_mod_since_analyze(C.oid) AS n_mod_since_analyze,
             pg_stat_get_ins_since_vacuum(C.oid) AS n_ins_since_vacuum,
             pg_stat_get_last_vacuum_time(C.oid) as last_vacuum,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_vacuum,
             pg_stat_get_last_autovacuum_time(C.oid) as last_autovacuum,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_autovacuum,
             pg_stat_get_last_analyze_time(C.oid) as last_analyze,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_analyze,
             pg_stat_get_last_autoanalyze_time(C.oid) as last_autoanalyze,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_autoanalyze,
             pg_stat_get_vacuum_count(C.oid) AS vacuum_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count(C.oid) AS skipped_vacuum_count,
             pg_stat_get_autovacuum_count(C.oid) AS autovacuum_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count(C.oid) AS skipped_autovacuum_count,
             pg_stat_get_analyze_count(C.oid) AS analyze_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count(C.oid) AS skipped_analyze_count,
             pg_stat_get_autoanalyze_count(C.oid) AS autoanalyze_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count(C.oid) AS skipped_autoanalyze_count,
             pg_stat_get_total_vacuum_time(C.oid) AS total_vacuum_time,
             pg_stat_get_total_autovacuum_time(C.oid) AS total_autovacuum_time,
             pg_stat_get_total_analyze_time(C.oid) AS total_analyze_time,
diff --git a/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c b/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c
index 99d0db82ed7..97cd5ea8d10 100644
--- a/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c
+++ b/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c
@@ -793,8 +793,25 @@ vacuum_open_relation(Oid relid, RangeVar *relation, uint32 options,
 		rel = try_relation_open(relid, NoLock);
 	else
 	{
+		int flags = 0;
 		rel = NULL;
 		rel_lock = false;
+
+		if ((options & VACOPT_VACUUM) != 0)
+		{
+			if (AmAutoVacuumWorkerProcess())
+				flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOVACUUM;
+			else
+				flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM;
+		}
+		if ((options & VACOPT_ANALYZE) != 0)
+		{
+			if (AmAutoVacuumWorkerProcess())
+				flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOANALYZE;
+			else
+				flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE;
+		}
+		pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(relid, flags);
 	}
 
 	/* if relation is opened, leave */
@@ -802,7 +819,7 @@ vacuum_open_relation(Oid relid, RangeVar *relation, uint32 options,
 		return rel;
 
 	/*
-	 * Relation could not be opened, hence generate if possible a log
+	 * Relation could not be opened hence generate if possible a log
 	 * informing on the situation.
 	 *
 	 * If the RangeVar is not defined, we do not have enough information to
@@ -905,7 +922,6 @@ expand_vacuum_rel(VacuumRelation *vrel, MemoryContext vac_context,
 		Form_pg_class classForm;
 		bool		include_children;
 		bool		is_partitioned_table;
-		int			rvr_opts;
 
 		/*
 		 * Since autovacuum workers supply OIDs when calling vacuum(), no
@@ -918,29 +934,69 @@ expand_vacuum_rel(VacuumRelation *vrel, MemoryContext vac_context,
 		 * below, as well as find_all_inheritors's expectation that the caller
 		 * holds some lock on the starting relation.
 		 */
-		rvr_opts = (options & VACOPT_SKIP_LOCKED) ? RVR_SKIP_LOCKED : 0;
-		relid = RangeVarGetRelidExtended(vrel->relation,
-										 AccessShareLock,
-										 rvr_opts,
-										 NULL, NULL);
-
-		/*
-		 * If the lock is unavailable, emit the same log statement that
-		 * vacuum_rel() and analyze_rel() would.
-		 */
-		if (!OidIsValid(relid))
+		if (!(options & VACOPT_SKIP_LOCKED))
 		{
-			if (options & VACOPT_VACUUM)
-				ereport(WARNING,
-						(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
-						 errmsg("skipping vacuum of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
-								vrel->relation->relname)));
-			else
-				ereport(WARNING,
-						(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
-						 errmsg("skipping analyze of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
+			relid = RangeVarGetRelidExtended(vrel->relation,
+											 AccessShareLock,
+											 0, NULL, NULL);
+			if (!OidIsValid(relid))
+				return vacrels;
+		}
+		else
+		{
+			/* Get relid for reporting before taking a lock */
+			relid = RangeVarGetRelid(vrel->relation, NoLock, false);
+
+			if (!ConditionalLockRelationOid(relid, AccessShareLock))
+			{
+				int	flags = 0;
+				/*
+				 * If the lock is unavailable, emit the same log statement that
+				 * vacuum_rel() and analyze_rel() would.
+				 */
+				if (options & VACOPT_VACUUM)
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping vacuum of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
 								vrel->relation->relname)));
-			return vacrels;
+				else
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping analyze of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
+									vrel->relation->relname)));
+
+				if ((options & VACOPT_VACUUM) != 0)
+					flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM;
+				if ((options & VACOPT_ANALYZE) != 0)
+					flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE;
+
+				pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(relid, flags);
+
+				return vacrels;
+			}
+
+			/*
+			 * Now that we have the lock, probe to see if the relation really
+			 * exists or not.
+			 */
+			if (!SearchSysCacheExists1(RELOID, ObjectIdGetDatum(relid)))
+			{
+				if (options & VACOPT_VACUUM)
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_UNDEFINED_TABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping vacuum of \"%s\" --- relation no longer exists",
+									vrel->relation->relname)));
+				else
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_UNDEFINED_TABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping analyze of \"%s\" --- relation no longer exists",
+									vrel->relation->relname)));
+
+				/* Release useless lock */
+				UnlockRelationOid(relid, AccessShareLock);
+
+				return vacrels;
+			}
 		}
 
 		/*
diff --git a/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c b/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c
index b2ca28f83ba..532d9023f8c 100644
--- a/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c
+++ b/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c
@@ -17,12 +17,14 @@
 
 #include "postgres.h"
 
+#include "access/htup_details.h"
 #include "access/twophase_rmgr.h"
 #include "access/xact.h"
 #include "catalog/catalog.h"
 #include "utils/memutils.h"
 #include "utils/pgstat_internal.h"
 #include "utils/rel.h"
+#include "utils/syscache.h"
 #include "utils/timestamp.h"
 
 
@@ -367,6 +369,68 @@ pgstat_report_analyze(Relation rel,
 	(void) pgstat_flush_backend(false, PGSTAT_BACKEND_FLUSH_IO);
 }
 
+/*
+ * Report that the table was skipped during vacuum or/and analyze.
+ */
+void
+pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(Oid relid, int flags)
+{
+	PgStat_EntryRef *entry_ref;
+	PgStatShared_Relation *shtabentry;
+	PgStat_StatTabEntry *tabentry;
+	TimestampTz ts;
+	HeapTuple	classTup;
+	bool		isshared;
+
+	if (!pgstat_track_counts || !flags)
+		return;
+
+	classTup = SearchSysCache1(RELOID, ObjectIdGetDatum(relid));
+	if (!HeapTupleIsValid(classTup))
+		return;			/* somebody deleted the rel, forget it */
+	isshared = ((Form_pg_class) GETSTRUCT(classTup))->relisshared;
+	ReleaseSysCache(classTup);
+
+	/* Store the data in the table's hash table entry. */
+	ts = GetCurrentTimestamp();
+
+	/* block acquiring lock for the same reason as pgstat_report_autovac() */
+	entry_ref = pgstat_get_entry_ref_locked(PGSTAT_KIND_RELATION,
+											isshared ? InvalidOid : MyDatabaseId,
+											relid, false);
+
+	shtabentry = (PgStatShared_Relation *) entry_ref->shared_stats;
+	tabentry = &shtabentry->stats;
+
+	if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM)
+	{
+		tabentry->last_skipped_vacuum_time = ts;
+		tabentry->skipped_vacuum_count++;
+	}
+	else if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOVACUUM)
+	{
+		tabentry->last_skipped_autovacuum_time = ts;
+		tabentry->skipped_autovacuum_count++;
+	}
+
+	if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE)
+	{
+		tabentry->last_skipped_analyze_time = ts;
+		tabentry->skipped_analyze_count++;
+	}
+	else if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOANALYZE)
+	{
+		tabentry->last_skipped_autoanalyze_time = ts;
+		tabentry->skipped_autoanalyze_count++;
+	}
+
+	pgstat_unlock_entry(entry_ref);
+
+	/* see pgstat_report_vacuum() */
+	pgstat_flush_io(false);
+	(void) pgstat_flush_backend(false, PGSTAT_BACKEND_FLUSH_IO);
+}
+
 /*
  * count a tuple insertion of n tuples
  */
diff --git a/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c b/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c
index 1408de387ea..90a8968faa0 100644
--- a/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c
+++ b/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c
@@ -84,6 +84,18 @@ PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(mod_since_analyze)
 /* pg_stat_get_numscans */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(numscans)
 
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_analyze_count)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_autoanalyze_count)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_autovacuum_count)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_vacuum_count)
+
 /* pg_stat_get_tuples_deleted */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(tuples_deleted)
 
@@ -170,6 +182,18 @@ PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_vacuum_time)
 /* pg_stat_get_lastscan */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(lastscan)
 
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_analyze_time)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_autoanalyze_time)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_autovacuum_time)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_vacuum_time)
+
 /* pg_stat_get_stat_reset_time */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(stat_reset_time)
 
diff --git a/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat b/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat
index fa9ae79082b..32debb34863 100644
--- a/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat
+++ b/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat
@@ -5680,6 +5680,38 @@
   proargmodes => '{o,o,o,o,o,o,o,o,o,o}',
   proargnames => '{oid,score,xid_score,mxid_score,vacuum_score,vacuum_insert_score,analyze_score,do_vacuum,do_analyze,for_wraparound}',
   prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_autovacuum_scores' },
+{ oid => '8142', descr => 'statistics: last skipped vacuum time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time' },
+{ oid => '8143', descr => 'statistics: last skipped auto vacuum time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time' },
+{ oid => '8144', descr => 'statistics: last skipped analyze time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time' },
+{ oid => '8145', descr => 'statistics: last skipped auto analyze time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time' },
+{ oid => '8146', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped vacuum for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count' },
+{ oid => '8147', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped auto vacuum for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count' },
+{ oid => '8148', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped analyzes for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count' },
+{ oid => '8149', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped auto analyzes for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count' },
 { oid => '1936', descr => 'statistics: currently active backend IDs',
   proname => 'pg_stat_get_backend_idset', prorows => '100', proretset => 't',
   provolatile => 's', proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int4',
diff --git a/src/include/pgstat.h b/src/include/pgstat.h
index dfa2e837638..98941f953d1 100644
--- a/src/include/pgstat.h
+++ b/src/include/pgstat.h
@@ -479,6 +479,15 @@ typedef struct PgStat_StatTabEntry
 	TimestampTz last_autoanalyze_time;	/* autovacuum initiated */
 	PgStat_Counter autoanalyze_count;
 
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_vacuum_time;	/* user initiated vacuum */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_vacuum_count;
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_autovacuum_time;	/* autovacuum initiated */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_autovacuum_count;
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_analyze_time;	/* user initiated */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_analyze_count;
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_autoanalyze_time;	/* autovacuum initiated */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_autoanalyze_count;
+
 	PgStat_Counter total_vacuum_time;	/* times in milliseconds */
 	PgStat_Counter total_autovacuum_time;
 	PgStat_Counter total_analyze_time;
@@ -703,6 +712,13 @@ extern void pgstat_report_analyze(Relation rel,
 								  PgStat_Counter livetuples, PgStat_Counter deadtuples,
 								  bool resetcounter, TimestampTz starttime);
 
+/* flags for pgstat_flush_backend() */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM		(1 << 0)	/* vacuum is skipped */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE		(1 << 1)	/* analyze is skipped */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOVACUUM	(1 << 2)	/* autovacuum is skipped */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOANALYZE	(1 << 3)	/* autoanalyze is skipped */
+extern void pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(Oid relid, int flags);
+
 /*
  * If stats are enabled, but pending data hasn't been prepared yet, call
  * pgstat_assoc_relation() to do so. See its comment for why this is done
diff --git a/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out b/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out
index a65a5bf0c4f..9b2075d3373 100644
--- a/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out
+++ b/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out
@@ -1835,13 +1835,21 @@ pg_stat_all_tables| SELECT c.oid AS relid,
     pg_stat_get_mod_since_analyze(c.oid) AS n_mod_since_analyze,
     pg_stat_get_ins_since_vacuum(c.oid) AS n_ins_since_vacuum,
     pg_stat_get_last_vacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_vacuum,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_vacuum,
     pg_stat_get_last_autovacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_autovacuum,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_autovacuum,
     pg_stat_get_last_analyze_time(c.oid) AS last_analyze,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_analyze,
     pg_stat_get_last_autoanalyze_time(c.oid) AS last_autoanalyze,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_autoanalyze,
     pg_stat_get_vacuum_count(c.oid) AS vacuum_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count(c.oid) AS skipped_vacuum_count,
     pg_stat_get_autovacuum_count(c.oid) AS autovacuum_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count(c.oid) AS skipped_autovacuum_count,
     pg_stat_get_analyze_count(c.oid) AS analyze_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count(c.oid) AS skipped_analyze_count,
     pg_stat_get_autoanalyze_count(c.oid) AS autoanalyze_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count(c.oid) AS skipped_autoanalyze_count,
     pg_stat_get_total_vacuum_time(c.oid) AS total_vacuum_time,
     pg_stat_get_total_autovacuum_time(c.oid) AS total_autovacuum_time,
     pg_stat_get_total_analyze_time(c.oid) AS total_analyze_time,
@@ -2346,13 +2354,21 @@ pg_stat_sys_tables| SELECT relid,
     n_mod_since_analyze,
     n_ins_since_vacuum,
     last_vacuum,
+    last_skipped_vacuum,
     last_autovacuum,
+    last_skipped_autovacuum,
     last_analyze,
+    last_skipped_analyze,
     last_autoanalyze,
+    last_skipped_autoanalyze,
     vacuum_count,
+    skipped_vacuum_count,
     autovacuum_count,
+    skipped_autovacuum_count,
     analyze_count,
+    skipped_analyze_count,
     autoanalyze_count,
+    skipped_autoanalyze_count,
     total_vacuum_time,
     total_autovacuum_time,
     total_analyze_time,
@@ -2401,13 +2417,21 @@ pg_stat_user_tables| SELECT relid,
     n_mod_since_analyze,
     n_ins_since_vacuum,
     last_vacuum,
+    last_skipped_vacuum,
     last_autovacuum,
+    last_skipped_autovacuum,
     last_analyze,
+    last_skipped_analyze,
     last_autoanalyze,
+    last_skipped_autoanalyze,
     vacuum_count,
+    skipped_vacuum_count,
     autovacuum_count,
+    skipped_autovacuum_count,
     analyze_count,
+    skipped_analyze_count,
     autoanalyze_count,
+    skipped_autoanalyze_count,
     total_vacuum_time,
     total_autovacuum_time,
     total_analyze_time,
-- 
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* [PATCH v5] Track skipped vacuum and analyze activity per relation
@ 2026-03-24 04:09 Yugo Nagata <[email protected]>
  0 siblings, 0 replies; 374+ messages in thread

From: Yugo Nagata @ 2026-03-24 04:09 UTC (permalink / raw)

This commit adds eight fields to the relation statistics that track
the last time vacuum or analyze has been attempted but skipped due to
lock unavailability, along with their counts:

-    last_skipped_vacuum
-    last_skipped_autovacuum
-    last_skipped_analyze
-    last_skipped_autoanalyze
-    skipped_vacuum_count
-    skipped_autovacuum_count
-    skipped_analyze_count
-    skipped_autoanalyze_count

These field can help users confirm that autovacuum is actively attempting
to run on a table that has not been vacuumed or analyzed for a long time,
and that the lack of progress is due to repeated skips rather than inactivity.
---
 doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml                  |  88 ++++++
 src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql          |   8 +
 src/backend/commands/vacuum.c                 | 100 +++++--
 src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c  |  64 +++++
 src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c           |  24 ++
 src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat               |  32 +++
 src/include/pgstat.h                          |  16 ++
 .../isolation/expected/vacuum-skip-locked.out | 260 ++++++++++++++++--
 .../isolation/specs/vacuum-skip-locked.spec   |  41 +--
 src/test/regress/expected/rules.out           |  24 ++
 10 files changed, 601 insertions(+), 56 deletions(-)

diff --git a/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml b/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml
index 08d5b824552..a9b579d87a9 100644
--- a/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml
+++ b/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml
@@ -4387,6 +4387,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_vacuum</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time a manual vacuum on this table was attempted but skipped due to
+       lock unavailability (not counting <command>VACUUM FULL</command>)
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>last_autovacuum</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
@@ -4397,6 +4407,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_autovacuum</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time a vacuum on this table by the autovacuum daemon was attempted
+       but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>last_analyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
@@ -4406,6 +4426,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_analyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time a manual analyze on this table was attempted but skipped due to
+       lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>last_autoanalyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
@@ -4416,6 +4446,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_autoanalyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time at which an analyze on this table by the autovacuum was
+       attempted but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>vacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4426,6 +4466,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_vacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times manual vacuums on this table have been attempted but skipped
+       due to lock unavailability (not counting <command>VACUUM FULL</command>)
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>autovacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4436,6 +4486,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_autovacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times vacuums on this table by the autovacuum daemon have been
+       attempted but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>analyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4445,6 +4505,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_analyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times manual analyzes on this table have been attempted but
+       skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>autoanalyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4455,6 +4525,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_autoanalyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times analyzes on this table by the autovacuum daemon have
+       been attempted but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>total_vacuum_time</structfield> <type>double precision</type>
@@ -4510,6 +4590,14 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
    </tgroup>
   </table>
 
+  <note>
+   <para>
+    When a manual vacuum or analyze on a parent table in an inheritance or
+    partitioning hierarchy is skipped, the statistics are recorded only for
+    the parent table, not for its children.
+   </para>
+  </note>
+
  </sect2>
 
  <sect2 id="monitoring-pg-stat-autovacuum-scores-view">
diff --git a/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql b/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql
index 73a1c1c4670..f509fc7876b 100644
--- a/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql
+++ b/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql
@@ -736,13 +736,21 @@ CREATE VIEW pg_stat_all_tables AS
             pg_stat_get_mod_since_analyze(C.oid) AS n_mod_since_analyze,
             pg_stat_get_ins_since_vacuum(C.oid) AS n_ins_since_vacuum,
             pg_stat_get_last_vacuum_time(C.oid) as last_vacuum,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_vacuum,
             pg_stat_get_last_autovacuum_time(C.oid) as last_autovacuum,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_autovacuum,
             pg_stat_get_last_analyze_time(C.oid) as last_analyze,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_analyze,
             pg_stat_get_last_autoanalyze_time(C.oid) as last_autoanalyze,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_autoanalyze,
             pg_stat_get_vacuum_count(C.oid) AS vacuum_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count(C.oid) AS skipped_vacuum_count,
             pg_stat_get_autovacuum_count(C.oid) AS autovacuum_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count(C.oid) AS skipped_autovacuum_count,
             pg_stat_get_analyze_count(C.oid) AS analyze_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count(C.oid) AS skipped_analyze_count,
             pg_stat_get_autoanalyze_count(C.oid) AS autoanalyze_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count(C.oid) AS skipped_autoanalyze_count,
             pg_stat_get_total_vacuum_time(C.oid) AS total_vacuum_time,
             pg_stat_get_total_autovacuum_time(C.oid) AS total_autovacuum_time,
             pg_stat_get_total_analyze_time(C.oid) AS total_analyze_time,
diff --git a/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c b/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c
index 99d0db82ed7..df6526225e4 100644
--- a/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c
+++ b/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c
@@ -793,8 +793,25 @@ vacuum_open_relation(Oid relid, RangeVar *relation, uint32 options,
 		rel = try_relation_open(relid, NoLock);
 	else
 	{
+		int flags = 0;
 		rel = NULL;
 		rel_lock = false;
+
+		if ((options & VACOPT_VACUUM) != 0 && (options & VACOPT_FULL) == 0)
+		{
+			if (AmAutoVacuumWorkerProcess())
+				flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOVACUUM;
+			else
+				flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM;
+		}
+		if ((options & VACOPT_ANALYZE) != 0)
+		{
+			if (AmAutoVacuumWorkerProcess())
+				flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOANALYZE;
+			else
+				flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE;
+		}
+		pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(relid, flags);
 	}
 
 	/* if relation is opened, leave */
@@ -905,7 +922,6 @@ expand_vacuum_rel(VacuumRelation *vrel, MemoryContext vac_context,
 		Form_pg_class classForm;
 		bool		include_children;
 		bool		is_partitioned_table;
-		int			rvr_opts;
 
 		/*
 		 * Since autovacuum workers supply OIDs when calling vacuum(), no
@@ -918,29 +934,69 @@ expand_vacuum_rel(VacuumRelation *vrel, MemoryContext vac_context,
 		 * below, as well as find_all_inheritors's expectation that the caller
 		 * holds some lock on the starting relation.
 		 */
-		rvr_opts = (options & VACOPT_SKIP_LOCKED) ? RVR_SKIP_LOCKED : 0;
-		relid = RangeVarGetRelidExtended(vrel->relation,
-										 AccessShareLock,
-										 rvr_opts,
-										 NULL, NULL);
-
-		/*
-		 * If the lock is unavailable, emit the same log statement that
-		 * vacuum_rel() and analyze_rel() would.
-		 */
-		if (!OidIsValid(relid))
+		if (!(options & VACOPT_SKIP_LOCKED))
 		{
-			if (options & VACOPT_VACUUM)
-				ereport(WARNING,
-						(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
-						 errmsg("skipping vacuum of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
-								vrel->relation->relname)));
-			else
-				ereport(WARNING,
-						(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
-						 errmsg("skipping analyze of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
+			relid = RangeVarGetRelidExtended(vrel->relation,
+											 AccessShareLock,
+											 0, NULL, NULL);
+			if (!OidIsValid(relid))
+				return vacrels;
+		}
+		else
+		{
+			/* Get relid for reporting before taking a lock */
+			relid = RangeVarGetRelid(vrel->relation, NoLock, false);
+
+			if (!ConditionalLockRelationOid(relid, AccessShareLock))
+			{
+				int	flags = 0;
+				/*
+				 * If the lock is unavailable, emit the same log statement that
+				 * vacuum_rel() and analyze_rel() would.
+				 */
+				if (options & VACOPT_VACUUM)
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping vacuum of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
 								vrel->relation->relname)));
-			return vacrels;
+				else
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping analyze of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
+									vrel->relation->relname)));
+
+				if ((options & VACOPT_VACUUM) != 0 && (options & VACOPT_FULL) == 0)
+					flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM;
+				if ((options & VACOPT_ANALYZE) != 0)
+					flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE;
+
+				pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(relid, flags);
+
+				return vacrels;
+			}
+
+			/*
+			 * Now that we have the lock, probe to see if the relation really
+			 * exists or not.
+			 */
+			if (!SearchSysCacheExists1(RELOID, ObjectIdGetDatum(relid)))
+			{
+				if (options & VACOPT_VACUUM)
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_UNDEFINED_TABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping vacuum of \"%s\" --- relation no longer exists",
+									vrel->relation->relname)));
+				else
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_UNDEFINED_TABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping analyze of \"%s\" --- relation no longer exists",
+									vrel->relation->relname)));
+
+				/* Release useless lock */
+				UnlockRelationOid(relid, AccessShareLock);
+
+				return vacrels;
+			}
 		}
 
 		/*
diff --git a/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c b/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c
index b2ca28f83ba..532d9023f8c 100644
--- a/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c
+++ b/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c
@@ -17,12 +17,14 @@
 
 #include "postgres.h"
 
+#include "access/htup_details.h"
 #include "access/twophase_rmgr.h"
 #include "access/xact.h"
 #include "catalog/catalog.h"
 #include "utils/memutils.h"
 #include "utils/pgstat_internal.h"
 #include "utils/rel.h"
+#include "utils/syscache.h"
 #include "utils/timestamp.h"
 
 
@@ -367,6 +369,68 @@ pgstat_report_analyze(Relation rel,
 	(void) pgstat_flush_backend(false, PGSTAT_BACKEND_FLUSH_IO);
 }
 
+/*
+ * Report that the table was skipped during vacuum or/and analyze.
+ */
+void
+pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(Oid relid, int flags)
+{
+	PgStat_EntryRef *entry_ref;
+	PgStatShared_Relation *shtabentry;
+	PgStat_StatTabEntry *tabentry;
+	TimestampTz ts;
+	HeapTuple	classTup;
+	bool		isshared;
+
+	if (!pgstat_track_counts || !flags)
+		return;
+
+	classTup = SearchSysCache1(RELOID, ObjectIdGetDatum(relid));
+	if (!HeapTupleIsValid(classTup))
+		return;			/* somebody deleted the rel, forget it */
+	isshared = ((Form_pg_class) GETSTRUCT(classTup))->relisshared;
+	ReleaseSysCache(classTup);
+
+	/* Store the data in the table's hash table entry. */
+	ts = GetCurrentTimestamp();
+
+	/* block acquiring lock for the same reason as pgstat_report_autovac() */
+	entry_ref = pgstat_get_entry_ref_locked(PGSTAT_KIND_RELATION,
+											isshared ? InvalidOid : MyDatabaseId,
+											relid, false);
+
+	shtabentry = (PgStatShared_Relation *) entry_ref->shared_stats;
+	tabentry = &shtabentry->stats;
+
+	if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM)
+	{
+		tabentry->last_skipped_vacuum_time = ts;
+		tabentry->skipped_vacuum_count++;
+	}
+	else if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOVACUUM)
+	{
+		tabentry->last_skipped_autovacuum_time = ts;
+		tabentry->skipped_autovacuum_count++;
+	}
+
+	if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE)
+	{
+		tabentry->last_skipped_analyze_time = ts;
+		tabentry->skipped_analyze_count++;
+	}
+	else if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOANALYZE)
+	{
+		tabentry->last_skipped_autoanalyze_time = ts;
+		tabentry->skipped_autoanalyze_count++;
+	}
+
+	pgstat_unlock_entry(entry_ref);
+
+	/* see pgstat_report_vacuum() */
+	pgstat_flush_io(false);
+	(void) pgstat_flush_backend(false, PGSTAT_BACKEND_FLUSH_IO);
+}
+
 /*
  * count a tuple insertion of n tuples
  */
diff --git a/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c b/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c
index 1408de387ea..90a8968faa0 100644
--- a/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c
+++ b/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c
@@ -84,6 +84,18 @@ PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(mod_since_analyze)
 /* pg_stat_get_numscans */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(numscans)
 
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_analyze_count)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_autoanalyze_count)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_autovacuum_count)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_vacuum_count)
+
 /* pg_stat_get_tuples_deleted */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(tuples_deleted)
 
@@ -170,6 +182,18 @@ PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_vacuum_time)
 /* pg_stat_get_lastscan */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(lastscan)
 
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_analyze_time)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_autoanalyze_time)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_autovacuum_time)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_vacuum_time)
+
 /* pg_stat_get_stat_reset_time */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(stat_reset_time)
 
diff --git a/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat b/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat
index fa9ae79082b..32debb34863 100644
--- a/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat
+++ b/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat
@@ -5680,6 +5680,38 @@
   proargmodes => '{o,o,o,o,o,o,o,o,o,o}',
   proargnames => '{oid,score,xid_score,mxid_score,vacuum_score,vacuum_insert_score,analyze_score,do_vacuum,do_analyze,for_wraparound}',
   prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_autovacuum_scores' },
+{ oid => '8142', descr => 'statistics: last skipped vacuum time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time' },
+{ oid => '8143', descr => 'statistics: last skipped auto vacuum time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time' },
+{ oid => '8144', descr => 'statistics: last skipped analyze time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time' },
+{ oid => '8145', descr => 'statistics: last skipped auto analyze time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time' },
+{ oid => '8146', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped vacuum for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count' },
+{ oid => '8147', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped auto vacuum for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count' },
+{ oid => '8148', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped analyzes for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count' },
+{ oid => '8149', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped auto analyzes for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count' },
 { oid => '1936', descr => 'statistics: currently active backend IDs',
   proname => 'pg_stat_get_backend_idset', prorows => '100', proretset => 't',
   provolatile => 's', proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int4',
diff --git a/src/include/pgstat.h b/src/include/pgstat.h
index dfa2e837638..98941f953d1 100644
--- a/src/include/pgstat.h
+++ b/src/include/pgstat.h
@@ -479,6 +479,15 @@ typedef struct PgStat_StatTabEntry
 	TimestampTz last_autoanalyze_time;	/* autovacuum initiated */
 	PgStat_Counter autoanalyze_count;
 
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_vacuum_time;	/* user initiated vacuum */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_vacuum_count;
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_autovacuum_time;	/* autovacuum initiated */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_autovacuum_count;
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_analyze_time;	/* user initiated */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_analyze_count;
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_autoanalyze_time;	/* autovacuum initiated */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_autoanalyze_count;
+
 	PgStat_Counter total_vacuum_time;	/* times in milliseconds */
 	PgStat_Counter total_autovacuum_time;
 	PgStat_Counter total_analyze_time;
@@ -703,6 +712,13 @@ extern void pgstat_report_analyze(Relation rel,
 								  PgStat_Counter livetuples, PgStat_Counter deadtuples,
 								  bool resetcounter, TimestampTz starttime);
 
+/* flags for pgstat_flush_backend() */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM		(1 << 0)	/* vacuum is skipped */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE		(1 << 1)	/* analyze is skipped */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOVACUUM	(1 << 2)	/* autovacuum is skipped */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOANALYZE	(1 << 3)	/* autoanalyze is skipped */
+extern void pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(Oid relid, int flags);
+
 /*
  * If stats are enabled, but pending data hasn't been prepared yet, call
  * pgstat_assoc_relation() to do so. See its comment for why this is done
diff --git a/src/test/isolation/expected/vacuum-skip-locked.out b/src/test/isolation/expected/vacuum-skip-locked.out
index 99db281a159..e2cff175b7c 100644
--- a/src/test/isolation/expected/vacuum-skip-locked.out
+++ b/src/test/isolation/expected/vacuum-skip-locked.out
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 Parsed test spec with 2 sessions
 
-starting permutation: lock_share vac_specified commit
+starting permutation: lock_share vac_specified commit check_stat
 step lock_share: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN SHARE MODE;
@@ -10,8 +10,22 @@ step vac_specified: VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED) part1, part2;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
 
-starting permutation: lock_share vac_all_parts commit
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   1|            0|                    0
+part2  |           1|                   0|            0|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
+
+starting permutation: lock_share vac_all_parts commit check_stat
 step lock_share: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN SHARE MODE;
@@ -20,8 +34,22 @@ step vac_all_parts: VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED) parted;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   1|            0|                    0
+part2  |           1|                   0|            0|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
 
-starting permutation: lock_share analyze_specified commit
+starting permutation: lock_share analyze_specified commit check_stat
 step lock_share: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN SHARE MODE;
@@ -31,8 +59,22 @@ step analyze_specified: ANALYZE (SKIP_LOCKED) part1, part2;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
 
-starting permutation: lock_share analyze_all_parts commit
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   0|            0|                    1
+part2  |           0|                   0|            1|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
+
+starting permutation: lock_share analyze_all_parts commit check_stat
 step lock_share: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN SHARE MODE;
@@ -41,8 +83,22 @@ step analyze_all_parts: ANALYZE (SKIP_LOCKED) parted;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            1|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   0|            0|                    1
+part2  |           0|                   0|            1|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
 
-starting permutation: lock_share vac_analyze_specified commit
+starting permutation: lock_share vac_analyze_specified commit check_stat
 step lock_share: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN SHARE MODE;
@@ -52,8 +108,22 @@ step vac_analyze_specified: VACUUM (ANALYZE, SKIP_LOCKED) part1, part2;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
 
-starting permutation: lock_share vac_analyze_all_parts commit
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   1|            0|                    1
+part2  |           1|                   0|            1|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
+
+starting permutation: lock_share vac_analyze_all_parts commit check_stat
 step lock_share: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN SHARE MODE;
@@ -62,8 +132,22 @@ step vac_analyze_all_parts: VACUUM (ANALYZE, SKIP_LOCKED) parted;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            1|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   1|            0|                    1
+part2  |           1|                   0|            1|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
 
-starting permutation: lock_share vac_full_specified commit
+starting permutation: lock_share vac_full_specified commit check_stat
 step lock_share: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN SHARE MODE;
@@ -73,8 +157,22 @@ step vac_full_specified: VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED, FULL) part1, part2;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
 
-starting permutation: lock_share vac_full_all_parts commit
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part2  |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
+
+starting permutation: lock_share vac_full_all_parts commit check_stat
 step lock_share: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN SHARE MODE;
@@ -83,8 +181,22 @@ step vac_full_all_parts: VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED, FULL) parted;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part2  |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+(3 rows)
 
-starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_specified commit
+
+starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_specified commit check_stat
 step lock_access_exclusive: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN ACCESS EXCLUSIVE MODE;
@@ -94,8 +206,22 @@ step vac_specified: VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED) part1, part2;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   1|            0|                    0
+part2  |           1|                   0|            0|                    0
+(3 rows)
 
-starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_all_parts commit
+
+starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_all_parts commit check_stat
 step lock_access_exclusive: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN ACCESS EXCLUSIVE MODE;
@@ -104,8 +230,22 @@ step vac_all_parts: VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED) parted;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   1|            0|                    0
+part2  |           1|                   0|            0|                    0
+(3 rows)
 
-starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive analyze_specified commit
+
+starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive analyze_specified commit check_stat
 step lock_access_exclusive: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN ACCESS EXCLUSIVE MODE;
@@ -115,8 +255,22 @@ step analyze_specified: ANALYZE (SKIP_LOCKED) part1, part2;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   0|            0|                    1
+part2  |           0|                   0|            1|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
 
-starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive analyze_all_parts commit
+starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive analyze_all_parts commit check_stat
 step lock_access_exclusive: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN ACCESS EXCLUSIVE MODE;
@@ -126,8 +280,22 @@ step commit:
 	COMMIT;
 
 step analyze_all_parts: <... completed>
-
-starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_analyze_specified commit
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            1|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   0|            1|                    0
+part2  |           0|                   0|            1|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
+
+starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_analyze_specified commit check_stat
 step lock_access_exclusive: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN ACCESS EXCLUSIVE MODE;
@@ -137,8 +305,22 @@ step vac_analyze_specified: VACUUM (ANALYZE, SKIP_LOCKED) part1, part2;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   1|            0|                    1
+part2  |           1|                   0|            1|                    0
+(3 rows)
 
-starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_analyze_all_parts commit
+
+starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_analyze_all_parts commit check_stat
 step lock_access_exclusive: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN ACCESS EXCLUSIVE MODE;
@@ -148,8 +330,22 @@ step commit:
 	COMMIT;
 
 step vac_analyze_all_parts: <... completed>
-
-starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_full_specified commit
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            1|                    0
+part1  |           1|                   0|            1|                    0
+part2  |           1|                   0|            1|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
+
+starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_full_specified commit check_stat
 step lock_access_exclusive: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN ACCESS EXCLUSIVE MODE;
@@ -159,8 +355,22 @@ step vac_full_specified: VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED, FULL) part1, part2;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
 
-starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_full_all_parts commit
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part2  |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
+
+starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_full_all_parts commit check_stat
 step lock_access_exclusive: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN ACCESS EXCLUSIVE MODE;
@@ -169,3 +379,17 @@ step vac_full_all_parts: VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED, FULL) parted;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part2  |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
diff --git a/src/test/isolation/specs/vacuum-skip-locked.spec b/src/test/isolation/specs/vacuum-skip-locked.spec
index 3fad6e1c92a..b0da75d4b6d 100644
--- a/src/test/isolation/specs/vacuum-skip-locked.spec
+++ b/src/test/isolation/specs/vacuum-skip-locked.spec
@@ -33,6 +33,15 @@ step commit
 	COMMIT;
 }
 
+step check_stat
+{
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+}
+
 session s2
 step vac_specified			{ VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED) part1, part2; }
 step vac_all_parts			{ VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED) parted; }
@@ -43,19 +52,19 @@ step vac_analyze_all_parts	{ VACUUM (ANALYZE, SKIP_LOCKED) parted; }
 step vac_full_specified		{ VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED, FULL) part1, part2; }
 step vac_full_all_parts		{ VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED, FULL) parted; }
 
-permutation lock_share vac_specified commit
-permutation lock_share vac_all_parts commit
-permutation lock_share analyze_specified commit
-permutation lock_share analyze_all_parts commit
-permutation lock_share vac_analyze_specified commit
-permutation lock_share vac_analyze_all_parts commit
-permutation lock_share vac_full_specified commit
-permutation lock_share vac_full_all_parts commit
-permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_specified commit
-permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_all_parts commit
-permutation lock_access_exclusive analyze_specified commit
-permutation lock_access_exclusive analyze_all_parts commit
-permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_analyze_specified commit
-permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_analyze_all_parts commit
-permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_full_specified commit
-permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_full_all_parts commit
+permutation lock_share vac_specified commit check_stat
+permutation lock_share vac_all_parts commit check_stat
+permutation lock_share analyze_specified commit check_stat
+permutation lock_share analyze_all_parts commit check_stat
+permutation lock_share vac_analyze_specified commit check_stat
+permutation lock_share vac_analyze_all_parts commit check_stat
+permutation lock_share vac_full_specified commit check_stat
+permutation lock_share vac_full_all_parts commit check_stat
+permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_specified commit check_stat
+permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_all_parts commit check_stat
+permutation lock_access_exclusive analyze_specified commit check_stat
+permutation lock_access_exclusive analyze_all_parts commit check_stat
+permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_analyze_specified commit check_stat
+permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_analyze_all_parts commit check_stat
+permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_full_specified commit check_stat
+permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_full_all_parts commit check_stat
diff --git a/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out b/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out
index a65a5bf0c4f..9b2075d3373 100644
--- a/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out
+++ b/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out
@@ -1835,13 +1835,21 @@ pg_stat_all_tables| SELECT c.oid AS relid,
     pg_stat_get_mod_since_analyze(c.oid) AS n_mod_since_analyze,
     pg_stat_get_ins_since_vacuum(c.oid) AS n_ins_since_vacuum,
     pg_stat_get_last_vacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_vacuum,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_vacuum,
     pg_stat_get_last_autovacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_autovacuum,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_autovacuum,
     pg_stat_get_last_analyze_time(c.oid) AS last_analyze,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_analyze,
     pg_stat_get_last_autoanalyze_time(c.oid) AS last_autoanalyze,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_autoanalyze,
     pg_stat_get_vacuum_count(c.oid) AS vacuum_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count(c.oid) AS skipped_vacuum_count,
     pg_stat_get_autovacuum_count(c.oid) AS autovacuum_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count(c.oid) AS skipped_autovacuum_count,
     pg_stat_get_analyze_count(c.oid) AS analyze_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count(c.oid) AS skipped_analyze_count,
     pg_stat_get_autoanalyze_count(c.oid) AS autoanalyze_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count(c.oid) AS skipped_autoanalyze_count,
     pg_stat_get_total_vacuum_time(c.oid) AS total_vacuum_time,
     pg_stat_get_total_autovacuum_time(c.oid) AS total_autovacuum_time,
     pg_stat_get_total_analyze_time(c.oid) AS total_analyze_time,
@@ -2346,13 +2354,21 @@ pg_stat_sys_tables| SELECT relid,
     n_mod_since_analyze,
     n_ins_since_vacuum,
     last_vacuum,
+    last_skipped_vacuum,
     last_autovacuum,
+    last_skipped_autovacuum,
     last_analyze,
+    last_skipped_analyze,
     last_autoanalyze,
+    last_skipped_autoanalyze,
     vacuum_count,
+    skipped_vacuum_count,
     autovacuum_count,
+    skipped_autovacuum_count,
     analyze_count,
+    skipped_analyze_count,
     autoanalyze_count,
+    skipped_autoanalyze_count,
     total_vacuum_time,
     total_autovacuum_time,
     total_analyze_time,
@@ -2401,13 +2417,21 @@ pg_stat_user_tables| SELECT relid,
     n_mod_since_analyze,
     n_ins_since_vacuum,
     last_vacuum,
+    last_skipped_vacuum,
     last_autovacuum,
+    last_skipped_autovacuum,
     last_analyze,
+    last_skipped_analyze,
     last_autoanalyze,
+    last_skipped_autoanalyze,
     vacuum_count,
+    skipped_vacuum_count,
     autovacuum_count,
+    skipped_autovacuum_count,
     analyze_count,
+    skipped_analyze_count,
     autoanalyze_count,
+    skipped_autoanalyze_count,
     total_vacuum_time,
     total_autovacuum_time,
     total_analyze_time,
-- 
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* [PATCH v5] Track skipped vacuum and analyze activity per relation
@ 2026-03-24 04:09 Yugo Nagata <[email protected]>
  0 siblings, 0 replies; 374+ messages in thread

From: Yugo Nagata @ 2026-03-24 04:09 UTC (permalink / raw)

This commit adds eight fields to the relation statistics that track
the last time vacuum or analyze has been attempted but skipped due to
lock unavailability, along with their counts:

-    last_skipped_vacuum
-    last_skipped_autovacuum
-    last_skipped_analyze
-    last_skipped_autoanalyze
-    skipped_vacuum_count
-    skipped_autovacuum_count
-    skipped_analyze_count
-    skipped_autoanalyze_count

These field can help users confirm that autovacuum is actively attempting
to run on a table that has not been vacuumed or analyzed for a long time,
and that the lack of progress is due to repeated skips rather than inactivity.
---
 doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml                  |  88 ++++++
 src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql          |   8 +
 src/backend/commands/vacuum.c                 | 100 +++++--
 src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c  |  64 +++++
 src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c           |  24 ++
 src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat               |  32 +++
 src/include/pgstat.h                          |  16 ++
 .../isolation/expected/vacuum-skip-locked.out | 260 ++++++++++++++++--
 .../isolation/specs/vacuum-skip-locked.spec   |  41 +--
 src/test/regress/expected/rules.out           |  24 ++
 10 files changed, 601 insertions(+), 56 deletions(-)

diff --git a/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml b/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml
index 08d5b824552..a9b579d87a9 100644
--- a/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml
+++ b/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml
@@ -4387,6 +4387,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_vacuum</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time a manual vacuum on this table was attempted but skipped due to
+       lock unavailability (not counting <command>VACUUM FULL</command>)
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>last_autovacuum</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
@@ -4397,6 +4407,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_autovacuum</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time a vacuum on this table by the autovacuum daemon was attempted
+       but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>last_analyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
@@ -4406,6 +4426,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_analyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time a manual analyze on this table was attempted but skipped due to
+       lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>last_autoanalyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
@@ -4416,6 +4446,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_autoanalyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time at which an analyze on this table by the autovacuum was
+       attempted but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>vacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4426,6 +4466,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_vacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times manual vacuums on this table have been attempted but skipped
+       due to lock unavailability (not counting <command>VACUUM FULL</command>)
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>autovacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4436,6 +4486,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_autovacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times vacuums on this table by the autovacuum daemon have been
+       attempted but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>analyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4445,6 +4505,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_analyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times manual analyzes on this table have been attempted but
+       skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>autoanalyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4455,6 +4525,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_autoanalyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times analyzes on this table by the autovacuum daemon have
+       been attempted but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>total_vacuum_time</structfield> <type>double precision</type>
@@ -4510,6 +4590,14 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
    </tgroup>
   </table>
 
+  <note>
+   <para>
+    When a manual vacuum or analyze on a parent table in an inheritance or
+    partitioning hierarchy is skipped, the statistics are recorded only for
+    the parent table, not for its children.
+   </para>
+  </note>
+
  </sect2>
 
  <sect2 id="monitoring-pg-stat-autovacuum-scores-view">
diff --git a/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql b/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql
index 73a1c1c4670..f509fc7876b 100644
--- a/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql
+++ b/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql
@@ -736,13 +736,21 @@ CREATE VIEW pg_stat_all_tables AS
             pg_stat_get_mod_since_analyze(C.oid) AS n_mod_since_analyze,
             pg_stat_get_ins_since_vacuum(C.oid) AS n_ins_since_vacuum,
             pg_stat_get_last_vacuum_time(C.oid) as last_vacuum,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_vacuum,
             pg_stat_get_last_autovacuum_time(C.oid) as last_autovacuum,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_autovacuum,
             pg_stat_get_last_analyze_time(C.oid) as last_analyze,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_analyze,
             pg_stat_get_last_autoanalyze_time(C.oid) as last_autoanalyze,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_autoanalyze,
             pg_stat_get_vacuum_count(C.oid) AS vacuum_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count(C.oid) AS skipped_vacuum_count,
             pg_stat_get_autovacuum_count(C.oid) AS autovacuum_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count(C.oid) AS skipped_autovacuum_count,
             pg_stat_get_analyze_count(C.oid) AS analyze_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count(C.oid) AS skipped_analyze_count,
             pg_stat_get_autoanalyze_count(C.oid) AS autoanalyze_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count(C.oid) AS skipped_autoanalyze_count,
             pg_stat_get_total_vacuum_time(C.oid) AS total_vacuum_time,
             pg_stat_get_total_autovacuum_time(C.oid) AS total_autovacuum_time,
             pg_stat_get_total_analyze_time(C.oid) AS total_analyze_time,
diff --git a/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c b/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c
index 99d0db82ed7..df6526225e4 100644
--- a/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c
+++ b/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c
@@ -793,8 +793,25 @@ vacuum_open_relation(Oid relid, RangeVar *relation, uint32 options,
 		rel = try_relation_open(relid, NoLock);
 	else
 	{
+		int flags = 0;
 		rel = NULL;
 		rel_lock = false;
+
+		if ((options & VACOPT_VACUUM) != 0 && (options & VACOPT_FULL) == 0)
+		{
+			if (AmAutoVacuumWorkerProcess())
+				flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOVACUUM;
+			else
+				flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM;
+		}
+		if ((options & VACOPT_ANALYZE) != 0)
+		{
+			if (AmAutoVacuumWorkerProcess())
+				flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOANALYZE;
+			else
+				flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE;
+		}
+		pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(relid, flags);
 	}
 
 	/* if relation is opened, leave */
@@ -905,7 +922,6 @@ expand_vacuum_rel(VacuumRelation *vrel, MemoryContext vac_context,
 		Form_pg_class classForm;
 		bool		include_children;
 		bool		is_partitioned_table;
-		int			rvr_opts;
 
 		/*
 		 * Since autovacuum workers supply OIDs when calling vacuum(), no
@@ -918,29 +934,69 @@ expand_vacuum_rel(VacuumRelation *vrel, MemoryContext vac_context,
 		 * below, as well as find_all_inheritors's expectation that the caller
 		 * holds some lock on the starting relation.
 		 */
-		rvr_opts = (options & VACOPT_SKIP_LOCKED) ? RVR_SKIP_LOCKED : 0;
-		relid = RangeVarGetRelidExtended(vrel->relation,
-										 AccessShareLock,
-										 rvr_opts,
-										 NULL, NULL);
-
-		/*
-		 * If the lock is unavailable, emit the same log statement that
-		 * vacuum_rel() and analyze_rel() would.
-		 */
-		if (!OidIsValid(relid))
+		if (!(options & VACOPT_SKIP_LOCKED))
 		{
-			if (options & VACOPT_VACUUM)
-				ereport(WARNING,
-						(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
-						 errmsg("skipping vacuum of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
-								vrel->relation->relname)));
-			else
-				ereport(WARNING,
-						(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
-						 errmsg("skipping analyze of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
+			relid = RangeVarGetRelidExtended(vrel->relation,
+											 AccessShareLock,
+											 0, NULL, NULL);
+			if (!OidIsValid(relid))
+				return vacrels;
+		}
+		else
+		{
+			/* Get relid for reporting before taking a lock */
+			relid = RangeVarGetRelid(vrel->relation, NoLock, false);
+
+			if (!ConditionalLockRelationOid(relid, AccessShareLock))
+			{
+				int	flags = 0;
+				/*
+				 * If the lock is unavailable, emit the same log statement that
+				 * vacuum_rel() and analyze_rel() would.
+				 */
+				if (options & VACOPT_VACUUM)
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping vacuum of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
 								vrel->relation->relname)));
-			return vacrels;
+				else
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping analyze of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
+									vrel->relation->relname)));
+
+				if ((options & VACOPT_VACUUM) != 0 && (options & VACOPT_FULL) == 0)
+					flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM;
+				if ((options & VACOPT_ANALYZE) != 0)
+					flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE;
+
+				pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(relid, flags);
+
+				return vacrels;
+			}
+
+			/*
+			 * Now that we have the lock, probe to see if the relation really
+			 * exists or not.
+			 */
+			if (!SearchSysCacheExists1(RELOID, ObjectIdGetDatum(relid)))
+			{
+				if (options & VACOPT_VACUUM)
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_UNDEFINED_TABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping vacuum of \"%s\" --- relation no longer exists",
+									vrel->relation->relname)));
+				else
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_UNDEFINED_TABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping analyze of \"%s\" --- relation no longer exists",
+									vrel->relation->relname)));
+
+				/* Release useless lock */
+				UnlockRelationOid(relid, AccessShareLock);
+
+				return vacrels;
+			}
 		}
 
 		/*
diff --git a/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c b/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c
index b2ca28f83ba..532d9023f8c 100644
--- a/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c
+++ b/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c
@@ -17,12 +17,14 @@
 
 #include "postgres.h"
 
+#include "access/htup_details.h"
 #include "access/twophase_rmgr.h"
 #include "access/xact.h"
 #include "catalog/catalog.h"
 #include "utils/memutils.h"
 #include "utils/pgstat_internal.h"
 #include "utils/rel.h"
+#include "utils/syscache.h"
 #include "utils/timestamp.h"
 
 
@@ -367,6 +369,68 @@ pgstat_report_analyze(Relation rel,
 	(void) pgstat_flush_backend(false, PGSTAT_BACKEND_FLUSH_IO);
 }
 
+/*
+ * Report that the table was skipped during vacuum or/and analyze.
+ */
+void
+pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(Oid relid, int flags)
+{
+	PgStat_EntryRef *entry_ref;
+	PgStatShared_Relation *shtabentry;
+	PgStat_StatTabEntry *tabentry;
+	TimestampTz ts;
+	HeapTuple	classTup;
+	bool		isshared;
+
+	if (!pgstat_track_counts || !flags)
+		return;
+
+	classTup = SearchSysCache1(RELOID, ObjectIdGetDatum(relid));
+	if (!HeapTupleIsValid(classTup))
+		return;			/* somebody deleted the rel, forget it */
+	isshared = ((Form_pg_class) GETSTRUCT(classTup))->relisshared;
+	ReleaseSysCache(classTup);
+
+	/* Store the data in the table's hash table entry. */
+	ts = GetCurrentTimestamp();
+
+	/* block acquiring lock for the same reason as pgstat_report_autovac() */
+	entry_ref = pgstat_get_entry_ref_locked(PGSTAT_KIND_RELATION,
+											isshared ? InvalidOid : MyDatabaseId,
+											relid, false);
+
+	shtabentry = (PgStatShared_Relation *) entry_ref->shared_stats;
+	tabentry = &shtabentry->stats;
+
+	if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM)
+	{
+		tabentry->last_skipped_vacuum_time = ts;
+		tabentry->skipped_vacuum_count++;
+	}
+	else if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOVACUUM)
+	{
+		tabentry->last_skipped_autovacuum_time = ts;
+		tabentry->skipped_autovacuum_count++;
+	}
+
+	if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE)
+	{
+		tabentry->last_skipped_analyze_time = ts;
+		tabentry->skipped_analyze_count++;
+	}
+	else if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOANALYZE)
+	{
+		tabentry->last_skipped_autoanalyze_time = ts;
+		tabentry->skipped_autoanalyze_count++;
+	}
+
+	pgstat_unlock_entry(entry_ref);
+
+	/* see pgstat_report_vacuum() */
+	pgstat_flush_io(false);
+	(void) pgstat_flush_backend(false, PGSTAT_BACKEND_FLUSH_IO);
+}
+
 /*
  * count a tuple insertion of n tuples
  */
diff --git a/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c b/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c
index 1408de387ea..90a8968faa0 100644
--- a/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c
+++ b/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c
@@ -84,6 +84,18 @@ PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(mod_since_analyze)
 /* pg_stat_get_numscans */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(numscans)
 
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_analyze_count)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_autoanalyze_count)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_autovacuum_count)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_vacuum_count)
+
 /* pg_stat_get_tuples_deleted */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(tuples_deleted)
 
@@ -170,6 +182,18 @@ PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_vacuum_time)
 /* pg_stat_get_lastscan */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(lastscan)
 
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_analyze_time)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_autoanalyze_time)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_autovacuum_time)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_vacuum_time)
+
 /* pg_stat_get_stat_reset_time */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(stat_reset_time)
 
diff --git a/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat b/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat
index fa9ae79082b..32debb34863 100644
--- a/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat
+++ b/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat
@@ -5680,6 +5680,38 @@
   proargmodes => '{o,o,o,o,o,o,o,o,o,o}',
   proargnames => '{oid,score,xid_score,mxid_score,vacuum_score,vacuum_insert_score,analyze_score,do_vacuum,do_analyze,for_wraparound}',
   prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_autovacuum_scores' },
+{ oid => '8142', descr => 'statistics: last skipped vacuum time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time' },
+{ oid => '8143', descr => 'statistics: last skipped auto vacuum time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time' },
+{ oid => '8144', descr => 'statistics: last skipped analyze time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time' },
+{ oid => '8145', descr => 'statistics: last skipped auto analyze time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time' },
+{ oid => '8146', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped vacuum for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count' },
+{ oid => '8147', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped auto vacuum for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count' },
+{ oid => '8148', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped analyzes for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count' },
+{ oid => '8149', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped auto analyzes for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count' },
 { oid => '1936', descr => 'statistics: currently active backend IDs',
   proname => 'pg_stat_get_backend_idset', prorows => '100', proretset => 't',
   provolatile => 's', proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int4',
diff --git a/src/include/pgstat.h b/src/include/pgstat.h
index dfa2e837638..98941f953d1 100644
--- a/src/include/pgstat.h
+++ b/src/include/pgstat.h
@@ -479,6 +479,15 @@ typedef struct PgStat_StatTabEntry
 	TimestampTz last_autoanalyze_time;	/* autovacuum initiated */
 	PgStat_Counter autoanalyze_count;
 
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_vacuum_time;	/* user initiated vacuum */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_vacuum_count;
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_autovacuum_time;	/* autovacuum initiated */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_autovacuum_count;
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_analyze_time;	/* user initiated */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_analyze_count;
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_autoanalyze_time;	/* autovacuum initiated */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_autoanalyze_count;
+
 	PgStat_Counter total_vacuum_time;	/* times in milliseconds */
 	PgStat_Counter total_autovacuum_time;
 	PgStat_Counter total_analyze_time;
@@ -703,6 +712,13 @@ extern void pgstat_report_analyze(Relation rel,
 								  PgStat_Counter livetuples, PgStat_Counter deadtuples,
 								  bool resetcounter, TimestampTz starttime);
 
+/* flags for pgstat_flush_backend() */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM		(1 << 0)	/* vacuum is skipped */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE		(1 << 1)	/* analyze is skipped */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOVACUUM	(1 << 2)	/* autovacuum is skipped */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOANALYZE	(1 << 3)	/* autoanalyze is skipped */
+extern void pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(Oid relid, int flags);
+
 /*
  * If stats are enabled, but pending data hasn't been prepared yet, call
  * pgstat_assoc_relation() to do so. See its comment for why this is done
diff --git a/src/test/isolation/expected/vacuum-skip-locked.out b/src/test/isolation/expected/vacuum-skip-locked.out
index 99db281a159..e2cff175b7c 100644
--- a/src/test/isolation/expected/vacuum-skip-locked.out
+++ b/src/test/isolation/expected/vacuum-skip-locked.out
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 Parsed test spec with 2 sessions
 
-starting permutation: lock_share vac_specified commit
+starting permutation: lock_share vac_specified commit check_stat
 step lock_share: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN SHARE MODE;
@@ -10,8 +10,22 @@ step vac_specified: VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED) part1, part2;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
 
-starting permutation: lock_share vac_all_parts commit
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   1|            0|                    0
+part2  |           1|                   0|            0|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
+
+starting permutation: lock_share vac_all_parts commit check_stat
 step lock_share: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN SHARE MODE;
@@ -20,8 +34,22 @@ step vac_all_parts: VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED) parted;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   1|            0|                    0
+part2  |           1|                   0|            0|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
 
-starting permutation: lock_share analyze_specified commit
+starting permutation: lock_share analyze_specified commit check_stat
 step lock_share: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN SHARE MODE;
@@ -31,8 +59,22 @@ step analyze_specified: ANALYZE (SKIP_LOCKED) part1, part2;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
 
-starting permutation: lock_share analyze_all_parts commit
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   0|            0|                    1
+part2  |           0|                   0|            1|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
+
+starting permutation: lock_share analyze_all_parts commit check_stat
 step lock_share: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN SHARE MODE;
@@ -41,8 +83,22 @@ step analyze_all_parts: ANALYZE (SKIP_LOCKED) parted;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            1|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   0|            0|                    1
+part2  |           0|                   0|            1|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
 
-starting permutation: lock_share vac_analyze_specified commit
+starting permutation: lock_share vac_analyze_specified commit check_stat
 step lock_share: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN SHARE MODE;
@@ -52,8 +108,22 @@ step vac_analyze_specified: VACUUM (ANALYZE, SKIP_LOCKED) part1, part2;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
 
-starting permutation: lock_share vac_analyze_all_parts commit
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   1|            0|                    1
+part2  |           1|                   0|            1|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
+
+starting permutation: lock_share vac_analyze_all_parts commit check_stat
 step lock_share: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN SHARE MODE;
@@ -62,8 +132,22 @@ step vac_analyze_all_parts: VACUUM (ANALYZE, SKIP_LOCKED) parted;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            1|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   1|            0|                    1
+part2  |           1|                   0|            1|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
 
-starting permutation: lock_share vac_full_specified commit
+starting permutation: lock_share vac_full_specified commit check_stat
 step lock_share: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN SHARE MODE;
@@ -73,8 +157,22 @@ step vac_full_specified: VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED, FULL) part1, part2;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
 
-starting permutation: lock_share vac_full_all_parts commit
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part2  |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
+
+starting permutation: lock_share vac_full_all_parts commit check_stat
 step lock_share: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN SHARE MODE;
@@ -83,8 +181,22 @@ step vac_full_all_parts: VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED, FULL) parted;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part2  |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+(3 rows)
 
-starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_specified commit
+
+starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_specified commit check_stat
 step lock_access_exclusive: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN ACCESS EXCLUSIVE MODE;
@@ -94,8 +206,22 @@ step vac_specified: VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED) part1, part2;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   1|            0|                    0
+part2  |           1|                   0|            0|                    0
+(3 rows)
 
-starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_all_parts commit
+
+starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_all_parts commit check_stat
 step lock_access_exclusive: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN ACCESS EXCLUSIVE MODE;
@@ -104,8 +230,22 @@ step vac_all_parts: VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED) parted;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   1|            0|                    0
+part2  |           1|                   0|            0|                    0
+(3 rows)
 
-starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive analyze_specified commit
+
+starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive analyze_specified commit check_stat
 step lock_access_exclusive: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN ACCESS EXCLUSIVE MODE;
@@ -115,8 +255,22 @@ step analyze_specified: ANALYZE (SKIP_LOCKED) part1, part2;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   0|            0|                    1
+part2  |           0|                   0|            1|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
 
-starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive analyze_all_parts commit
+starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive analyze_all_parts commit check_stat
 step lock_access_exclusive: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN ACCESS EXCLUSIVE MODE;
@@ -126,8 +280,22 @@ step commit:
 	COMMIT;
 
 step analyze_all_parts: <... completed>
-
-starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_analyze_specified commit
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            1|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   0|            1|                    0
+part2  |           0|                   0|            1|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
+
+starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_analyze_specified commit check_stat
 step lock_access_exclusive: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN ACCESS EXCLUSIVE MODE;
@@ -137,8 +305,22 @@ step vac_analyze_specified: VACUUM (ANALYZE, SKIP_LOCKED) part1, part2;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   1|            0|                    1
+part2  |           1|                   0|            1|                    0
+(3 rows)
 
-starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_analyze_all_parts commit
+
+starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_analyze_all_parts commit check_stat
 step lock_access_exclusive: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN ACCESS EXCLUSIVE MODE;
@@ -148,8 +330,22 @@ step commit:
 	COMMIT;
 
 step vac_analyze_all_parts: <... completed>
-
-starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_full_specified commit
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            1|                    0
+part1  |           1|                   0|            1|                    0
+part2  |           1|                   0|            1|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
+
+starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_full_specified commit check_stat
 step lock_access_exclusive: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN ACCESS EXCLUSIVE MODE;
@@ -159,8 +355,22 @@ step vac_full_specified: VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED, FULL) part1, part2;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
 
-starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_full_all_parts commit
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part2  |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
+
+starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_full_all_parts commit check_stat
 step lock_access_exclusive: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN ACCESS EXCLUSIVE MODE;
@@ -169,3 +379,17 @@ step vac_full_all_parts: VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED, FULL) parted;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part2  |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
diff --git a/src/test/isolation/specs/vacuum-skip-locked.spec b/src/test/isolation/specs/vacuum-skip-locked.spec
index 3fad6e1c92a..b0da75d4b6d 100644
--- a/src/test/isolation/specs/vacuum-skip-locked.spec
+++ b/src/test/isolation/specs/vacuum-skip-locked.spec
@@ -33,6 +33,15 @@ step commit
 	COMMIT;
 }
 
+step check_stat
+{
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+}
+
 session s2
 step vac_specified			{ VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED) part1, part2; }
 step vac_all_parts			{ VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED) parted; }
@@ -43,19 +52,19 @@ step vac_analyze_all_parts	{ VACUUM (ANALYZE, SKIP_LOCKED) parted; }
 step vac_full_specified		{ VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED, FULL) part1, part2; }
 step vac_full_all_parts		{ VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED, FULL) parted; }
 
-permutation lock_share vac_specified commit
-permutation lock_share vac_all_parts commit
-permutation lock_share analyze_specified commit
-permutation lock_share analyze_all_parts commit
-permutation lock_share vac_analyze_specified commit
-permutation lock_share vac_analyze_all_parts commit
-permutation lock_share vac_full_specified commit
-permutation lock_share vac_full_all_parts commit
-permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_specified commit
-permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_all_parts commit
-permutation lock_access_exclusive analyze_specified commit
-permutation lock_access_exclusive analyze_all_parts commit
-permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_analyze_specified commit
-permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_analyze_all_parts commit
-permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_full_specified commit
-permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_full_all_parts commit
+permutation lock_share vac_specified commit check_stat
+permutation lock_share vac_all_parts commit check_stat
+permutation lock_share analyze_specified commit check_stat
+permutation lock_share analyze_all_parts commit check_stat
+permutation lock_share vac_analyze_specified commit check_stat
+permutation lock_share vac_analyze_all_parts commit check_stat
+permutation lock_share vac_full_specified commit check_stat
+permutation lock_share vac_full_all_parts commit check_stat
+permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_specified commit check_stat
+permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_all_parts commit check_stat
+permutation lock_access_exclusive analyze_specified commit check_stat
+permutation lock_access_exclusive analyze_all_parts commit check_stat
+permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_analyze_specified commit check_stat
+permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_analyze_all_parts commit check_stat
+permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_full_specified commit check_stat
+permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_full_all_parts commit check_stat
diff --git a/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out b/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out
index a65a5bf0c4f..9b2075d3373 100644
--- a/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out
+++ b/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out
@@ -1835,13 +1835,21 @@ pg_stat_all_tables| SELECT c.oid AS relid,
     pg_stat_get_mod_since_analyze(c.oid) AS n_mod_since_analyze,
     pg_stat_get_ins_since_vacuum(c.oid) AS n_ins_since_vacuum,
     pg_stat_get_last_vacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_vacuum,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_vacuum,
     pg_stat_get_last_autovacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_autovacuum,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_autovacuum,
     pg_stat_get_last_analyze_time(c.oid) AS last_analyze,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_analyze,
     pg_stat_get_last_autoanalyze_time(c.oid) AS last_autoanalyze,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_autoanalyze,
     pg_stat_get_vacuum_count(c.oid) AS vacuum_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count(c.oid) AS skipped_vacuum_count,
     pg_stat_get_autovacuum_count(c.oid) AS autovacuum_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count(c.oid) AS skipped_autovacuum_count,
     pg_stat_get_analyze_count(c.oid) AS analyze_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count(c.oid) AS skipped_analyze_count,
     pg_stat_get_autoanalyze_count(c.oid) AS autoanalyze_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count(c.oid) AS skipped_autoanalyze_count,
     pg_stat_get_total_vacuum_time(c.oid) AS total_vacuum_time,
     pg_stat_get_total_autovacuum_time(c.oid) AS total_autovacuum_time,
     pg_stat_get_total_analyze_time(c.oid) AS total_analyze_time,
@@ -2346,13 +2354,21 @@ pg_stat_sys_tables| SELECT relid,
     n_mod_since_analyze,
     n_ins_since_vacuum,
     last_vacuum,
+    last_skipped_vacuum,
     last_autovacuum,
+    last_skipped_autovacuum,
     last_analyze,
+    last_skipped_analyze,
     last_autoanalyze,
+    last_skipped_autoanalyze,
     vacuum_count,
+    skipped_vacuum_count,
     autovacuum_count,
+    skipped_autovacuum_count,
     analyze_count,
+    skipped_analyze_count,
     autoanalyze_count,
+    skipped_autoanalyze_count,
     total_vacuum_time,
     total_autovacuum_time,
     total_analyze_time,
@@ -2401,13 +2417,21 @@ pg_stat_user_tables| SELECT relid,
     n_mod_since_analyze,
     n_ins_since_vacuum,
     last_vacuum,
+    last_skipped_vacuum,
     last_autovacuum,
+    last_skipped_autovacuum,
     last_analyze,
+    last_skipped_analyze,
     last_autoanalyze,
+    last_skipped_autoanalyze,
     vacuum_count,
+    skipped_vacuum_count,
     autovacuum_count,
+    skipped_autovacuum_count,
     analyze_count,
+    skipped_analyze_count,
     autoanalyze_count,
+    skipped_autoanalyze_count,
     total_vacuum_time,
     total_autovacuum_time,
     total_analyze_time,
-- 
2.43.0


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* [PATCH v5] Track skipped vacuum and analyze activity per relation
@ 2026-03-24 04:09 Yugo Nagata <[email protected]>
  0 siblings, 0 replies; 374+ messages in thread

From: Yugo Nagata @ 2026-03-24 04:09 UTC (permalink / raw)

This commit adds eight fields to the relation statistics that track
the last time vacuum or analyze has been attempted but skipped due to
lock unavailability, along with their counts:

-    last_skipped_vacuum
-    last_skipped_autovacuum
-    last_skipped_analyze
-    last_skipped_autoanalyze
-    skipped_vacuum_count
-    skipped_autovacuum_count
-    skipped_analyze_count
-    skipped_autoanalyze_count

These field can help users confirm that autovacuum is actively attempting
to run on a table that has not been vacuumed or analyzed for a long time,
and that the lack of progress is due to repeated skips rather than inactivity.
---
 doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml                  |  88 ++++++
 src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql          |   8 +
 src/backend/commands/vacuum.c                 | 100 +++++--
 src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c  |  64 +++++
 src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c           |  24 ++
 src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat               |  32 +++
 src/include/pgstat.h                          |  16 ++
 .../isolation/expected/vacuum-skip-locked.out | 260 ++++++++++++++++--
 .../isolation/specs/vacuum-skip-locked.spec   |  41 +--
 src/test/regress/expected/rules.out           |  24 ++
 10 files changed, 601 insertions(+), 56 deletions(-)

diff --git a/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml b/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml
index 08d5b824552..a9b579d87a9 100644
--- a/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml
+++ b/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml
@@ -4387,6 +4387,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_vacuum</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time a manual vacuum on this table was attempted but skipped due to
+       lock unavailability (not counting <command>VACUUM FULL</command>)
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>last_autovacuum</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
@@ -4397,6 +4407,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_autovacuum</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time a vacuum on this table by the autovacuum daemon was attempted
+       but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>last_analyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
@@ -4406,6 +4426,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_analyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time a manual analyze on this table was attempted but skipped due to
+       lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>last_autoanalyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
@@ -4416,6 +4446,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_autoanalyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time at which an analyze on this table by the autovacuum was
+       attempted but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>vacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4426,6 +4466,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_vacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times manual vacuums on this table have been attempted but skipped
+       due to lock unavailability (not counting <command>VACUUM FULL</command>)
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>autovacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4436,6 +4486,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_autovacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times vacuums on this table by the autovacuum daemon have been
+       attempted but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>analyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4445,6 +4505,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_analyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times manual analyzes on this table have been attempted but
+       skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>autoanalyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4455,6 +4525,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_autoanalyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times analyzes on this table by the autovacuum daemon have
+       been attempted but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>total_vacuum_time</structfield> <type>double precision</type>
@@ -4510,6 +4590,14 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
    </tgroup>
   </table>
 
+  <note>
+   <para>
+    When a manual vacuum or analyze on a parent table in an inheritance or
+    partitioning hierarchy is skipped, the statistics are recorded only for
+    the parent table, not for its children.
+   </para>
+  </note>
+
  </sect2>
 
  <sect2 id="monitoring-pg-stat-autovacuum-scores-view">
diff --git a/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql b/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql
index 73a1c1c4670..f509fc7876b 100644
--- a/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql
+++ b/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql
@@ -736,13 +736,21 @@ CREATE VIEW pg_stat_all_tables AS
             pg_stat_get_mod_since_analyze(C.oid) AS n_mod_since_analyze,
             pg_stat_get_ins_since_vacuum(C.oid) AS n_ins_since_vacuum,
             pg_stat_get_last_vacuum_time(C.oid) as last_vacuum,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_vacuum,
             pg_stat_get_last_autovacuum_time(C.oid) as last_autovacuum,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_autovacuum,
             pg_stat_get_last_analyze_time(C.oid) as last_analyze,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_analyze,
             pg_stat_get_last_autoanalyze_time(C.oid) as last_autoanalyze,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_autoanalyze,
             pg_stat_get_vacuum_count(C.oid) AS vacuum_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count(C.oid) AS skipped_vacuum_count,
             pg_stat_get_autovacuum_count(C.oid) AS autovacuum_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count(C.oid) AS skipped_autovacuum_count,
             pg_stat_get_analyze_count(C.oid) AS analyze_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count(C.oid) AS skipped_analyze_count,
             pg_stat_get_autoanalyze_count(C.oid) AS autoanalyze_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count(C.oid) AS skipped_autoanalyze_count,
             pg_stat_get_total_vacuum_time(C.oid) AS total_vacuum_time,
             pg_stat_get_total_autovacuum_time(C.oid) AS total_autovacuum_time,
             pg_stat_get_total_analyze_time(C.oid) AS total_analyze_time,
diff --git a/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c b/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c
index 99d0db82ed7..df6526225e4 100644
--- a/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c
+++ b/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c
@@ -793,8 +793,25 @@ vacuum_open_relation(Oid relid, RangeVar *relation, uint32 options,
 		rel = try_relation_open(relid, NoLock);
 	else
 	{
+		int flags = 0;
 		rel = NULL;
 		rel_lock = false;
+
+		if ((options & VACOPT_VACUUM) != 0 && (options & VACOPT_FULL) == 0)
+		{
+			if (AmAutoVacuumWorkerProcess())
+				flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOVACUUM;
+			else
+				flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM;
+		}
+		if ((options & VACOPT_ANALYZE) != 0)
+		{
+			if (AmAutoVacuumWorkerProcess())
+				flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOANALYZE;
+			else
+				flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE;
+		}
+		pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(relid, flags);
 	}
 
 	/* if relation is opened, leave */
@@ -905,7 +922,6 @@ expand_vacuum_rel(VacuumRelation *vrel, MemoryContext vac_context,
 		Form_pg_class classForm;
 		bool		include_children;
 		bool		is_partitioned_table;
-		int			rvr_opts;
 
 		/*
 		 * Since autovacuum workers supply OIDs when calling vacuum(), no
@@ -918,29 +934,69 @@ expand_vacuum_rel(VacuumRelation *vrel, MemoryContext vac_context,
 		 * below, as well as find_all_inheritors's expectation that the caller
 		 * holds some lock on the starting relation.
 		 */
-		rvr_opts = (options & VACOPT_SKIP_LOCKED) ? RVR_SKIP_LOCKED : 0;
-		relid = RangeVarGetRelidExtended(vrel->relation,
-										 AccessShareLock,
-										 rvr_opts,
-										 NULL, NULL);
-
-		/*
-		 * If the lock is unavailable, emit the same log statement that
-		 * vacuum_rel() and analyze_rel() would.
-		 */
-		if (!OidIsValid(relid))
+		if (!(options & VACOPT_SKIP_LOCKED))
 		{
-			if (options & VACOPT_VACUUM)
-				ereport(WARNING,
-						(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
-						 errmsg("skipping vacuum of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
-								vrel->relation->relname)));
-			else
-				ereport(WARNING,
-						(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
-						 errmsg("skipping analyze of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
+			relid = RangeVarGetRelidExtended(vrel->relation,
+											 AccessShareLock,
+											 0, NULL, NULL);
+			if (!OidIsValid(relid))
+				return vacrels;
+		}
+		else
+		{
+			/* Get relid for reporting before taking a lock */
+			relid = RangeVarGetRelid(vrel->relation, NoLock, false);
+
+			if (!ConditionalLockRelationOid(relid, AccessShareLock))
+			{
+				int	flags = 0;
+				/*
+				 * If the lock is unavailable, emit the same log statement that
+				 * vacuum_rel() and analyze_rel() would.
+				 */
+				if (options & VACOPT_VACUUM)
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping vacuum of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
 								vrel->relation->relname)));
-			return vacrels;
+				else
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping analyze of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
+									vrel->relation->relname)));
+
+				if ((options & VACOPT_VACUUM) != 0 && (options & VACOPT_FULL) == 0)
+					flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM;
+				if ((options & VACOPT_ANALYZE) != 0)
+					flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE;
+
+				pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(relid, flags);
+
+				return vacrels;
+			}
+
+			/*
+			 * Now that we have the lock, probe to see if the relation really
+			 * exists or not.
+			 */
+			if (!SearchSysCacheExists1(RELOID, ObjectIdGetDatum(relid)))
+			{
+				if (options & VACOPT_VACUUM)
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_UNDEFINED_TABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping vacuum of \"%s\" --- relation no longer exists",
+									vrel->relation->relname)));
+				else
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_UNDEFINED_TABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping analyze of \"%s\" --- relation no longer exists",
+									vrel->relation->relname)));
+
+				/* Release useless lock */
+				UnlockRelationOid(relid, AccessShareLock);
+
+				return vacrels;
+			}
 		}
 
 		/*
diff --git a/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c b/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c
index b2ca28f83ba..532d9023f8c 100644
--- a/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c
+++ b/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c
@@ -17,12 +17,14 @@
 
 #include "postgres.h"
 
+#include "access/htup_details.h"
 #include "access/twophase_rmgr.h"
 #include "access/xact.h"
 #include "catalog/catalog.h"
 #include "utils/memutils.h"
 #include "utils/pgstat_internal.h"
 #include "utils/rel.h"
+#include "utils/syscache.h"
 #include "utils/timestamp.h"
 
 
@@ -367,6 +369,68 @@ pgstat_report_analyze(Relation rel,
 	(void) pgstat_flush_backend(false, PGSTAT_BACKEND_FLUSH_IO);
 }
 
+/*
+ * Report that the table was skipped during vacuum or/and analyze.
+ */
+void
+pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(Oid relid, int flags)
+{
+	PgStat_EntryRef *entry_ref;
+	PgStatShared_Relation *shtabentry;
+	PgStat_StatTabEntry *tabentry;
+	TimestampTz ts;
+	HeapTuple	classTup;
+	bool		isshared;
+
+	if (!pgstat_track_counts || !flags)
+		return;
+
+	classTup = SearchSysCache1(RELOID, ObjectIdGetDatum(relid));
+	if (!HeapTupleIsValid(classTup))
+		return;			/* somebody deleted the rel, forget it */
+	isshared = ((Form_pg_class) GETSTRUCT(classTup))->relisshared;
+	ReleaseSysCache(classTup);
+
+	/* Store the data in the table's hash table entry. */
+	ts = GetCurrentTimestamp();
+
+	/* block acquiring lock for the same reason as pgstat_report_autovac() */
+	entry_ref = pgstat_get_entry_ref_locked(PGSTAT_KIND_RELATION,
+											isshared ? InvalidOid : MyDatabaseId,
+											relid, false);
+
+	shtabentry = (PgStatShared_Relation *) entry_ref->shared_stats;
+	tabentry = &shtabentry->stats;
+
+	if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM)
+	{
+		tabentry->last_skipped_vacuum_time = ts;
+		tabentry->skipped_vacuum_count++;
+	}
+	else if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOVACUUM)
+	{
+		tabentry->last_skipped_autovacuum_time = ts;
+		tabentry->skipped_autovacuum_count++;
+	}
+
+	if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE)
+	{
+		tabentry->last_skipped_analyze_time = ts;
+		tabentry->skipped_analyze_count++;
+	}
+	else if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOANALYZE)
+	{
+		tabentry->last_skipped_autoanalyze_time = ts;
+		tabentry->skipped_autoanalyze_count++;
+	}
+
+	pgstat_unlock_entry(entry_ref);
+
+	/* see pgstat_report_vacuum() */
+	pgstat_flush_io(false);
+	(void) pgstat_flush_backend(false, PGSTAT_BACKEND_FLUSH_IO);
+}
+
 /*
  * count a tuple insertion of n tuples
  */
diff --git a/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c b/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c
index 1408de387ea..90a8968faa0 100644
--- a/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c
+++ b/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c
@@ -84,6 +84,18 @@ PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(mod_since_analyze)
 /* pg_stat_get_numscans */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(numscans)
 
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_analyze_count)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_autoanalyze_count)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_autovacuum_count)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_vacuum_count)
+
 /* pg_stat_get_tuples_deleted */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(tuples_deleted)
 
@@ -170,6 +182,18 @@ PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_vacuum_time)
 /* pg_stat_get_lastscan */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(lastscan)
 
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_analyze_time)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_autoanalyze_time)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_autovacuum_time)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_vacuum_time)
+
 /* pg_stat_get_stat_reset_time */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(stat_reset_time)
 
diff --git a/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat b/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat
index fa9ae79082b..32debb34863 100644
--- a/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat
+++ b/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat
@@ -5680,6 +5680,38 @@
   proargmodes => '{o,o,o,o,o,o,o,o,o,o}',
   proargnames => '{oid,score,xid_score,mxid_score,vacuum_score,vacuum_insert_score,analyze_score,do_vacuum,do_analyze,for_wraparound}',
   prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_autovacuum_scores' },
+{ oid => '8142', descr => 'statistics: last skipped vacuum time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time' },
+{ oid => '8143', descr => 'statistics: last skipped auto vacuum time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time' },
+{ oid => '8144', descr => 'statistics: last skipped analyze time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time' },
+{ oid => '8145', descr => 'statistics: last skipped auto analyze time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time' },
+{ oid => '8146', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped vacuum for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count' },
+{ oid => '8147', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped auto vacuum for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count' },
+{ oid => '8148', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped analyzes for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count' },
+{ oid => '8149', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped auto analyzes for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count' },
 { oid => '1936', descr => 'statistics: currently active backend IDs',
   proname => 'pg_stat_get_backend_idset', prorows => '100', proretset => 't',
   provolatile => 's', proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int4',
diff --git a/src/include/pgstat.h b/src/include/pgstat.h
index dfa2e837638..98941f953d1 100644
--- a/src/include/pgstat.h
+++ b/src/include/pgstat.h
@@ -479,6 +479,15 @@ typedef struct PgStat_StatTabEntry
 	TimestampTz last_autoanalyze_time;	/* autovacuum initiated */
 	PgStat_Counter autoanalyze_count;
 
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_vacuum_time;	/* user initiated vacuum */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_vacuum_count;
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_autovacuum_time;	/* autovacuum initiated */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_autovacuum_count;
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_analyze_time;	/* user initiated */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_analyze_count;
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_autoanalyze_time;	/* autovacuum initiated */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_autoanalyze_count;
+
 	PgStat_Counter total_vacuum_time;	/* times in milliseconds */
 	PgStat_Counter total_autovacuum_time;
 	PgStat_Counter total_analyze_time;
@@ -703,6 +712,13 @@ extern void pgstat_report_analyze(Relation rel,
 								  PgStat_Counter livetuples, PgStat_Counter deadtuples,
 								  bool resetcounter, TimestampTz starttime);
 
+/* flags for pgstat_flush_backend() */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM		(1 << 0)	/* vacuum is skipped */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE		(1 << 1)	/* analyze is skipped */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOVACUUM	(1 << 2)	/* autovacuum is skipped */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOANALYZE	(1 << 3)	/* autoanalyze is skipped */
+extern void pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(Oid relid, int flags);
+
 /*
  * If stats are enabled, but pending data hasn't been prepared yet, call
  * pgstat_assoc_relation() to do so. See its comment for why this is done
diff --git a/src/test/isolation/expected/vacuum-skip-locked.out b/src/test/isolation/expected/vacuum-skip-locked.out
index 99db281a159..e2cff175b7c 100644
--- a/src/test/isolation/expected/vacuum-skip-locked.out
+++ b/src/test/isolation/expected/vacuum-skip-locked.out
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 Parsed test spec with 2 sessions
 
-starting permutation: lock_share vac_specified commit
+starting permutation: lock_share vac_specified commit check_stat
 step lock_share: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN SHARE MODE;
@@ -10,8 +10,22 @@ step vac_specified: VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED) part1, part2;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
 
-starting permutation: lock_share vac_all_parts commit
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   1|            0|                    0
+part2  |           1|                   0|            0|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
+
+starting permutation: lock_share vac_all_parts commit check_stat
 step lock_share: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN SHARE MODE;
@@ -20,8 +34,22 @@ step vac_all_parts: VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED) parted;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   1|            0|                    0
+part2  |           1|                   0|            0|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
 
-starting permutation: lock_share analyze_specified commit
+starting permutation: lock_share analyze_specified commit check_stat
 step lock_share: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN SHARE MODE;
@@ -31,8 +59,22 @@ step analyze_specified: ANALYZE (SKIP_LOCKED) part1, part2;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
 
-starting permutation: lock_share analyze_all_parts commit
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   0|            0|                    1
+part2  |           0|                   0|            1|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
+
+starting permutation: lock_share analyze_all_parts commit check_stat
 step lock_share: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN SHARE MODE;
@@ -41,8 +83,22 @@ step analyze_all_parts: ANALYZE (SKIP_LOCKED) parted;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            1|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   0|            0|                    1
+part2  |           0|                   0|            1|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
 
-starting permutation: lock_share vac_analyze_specified commit
+starting permutation: lock_share vac_analyze_specified commit check_stat
 step lock_share: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN SHARE MODE;
@@ -52,8 +108,22 @@ step vac_analyze_specified: VACUUM (ANALYZE, SKIP_LOCKED) part1, part2;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
 
-starting permutation: lock_share vac_analyze_all_parts commit
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   1|            0|                    1
+part2  |           1|                   0|            1|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
+
+starting permutation: lock_share vac_analyze_all_parts commit check_stat
 step lock_share: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN SHARE MODE;
@@ -62,8 +132,22 @@ step vac_analyze_all_parts: VACUUM (ANALYZE, SKIP_LOCKED) parted;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            1|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   1|            0|                    1
+part2  |           1|                   0|            1|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
 
-starting permutation: lock_share vac_full_specified commit
+starting permutation: lock_share vac_full_specified commit check_stat
 step lock_share: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN SHARE MODE;
@@ -73,8 +157,22 @@ step vac_full_specified: VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED, FULL) part1, part2;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
 
-starting permutation: lock_share vac_full_all_parts commit
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part2  |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
+
+starting permutation: lock_share vac_full_all_parts commit check_stat
 step lock_share: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN SHARE MODE;
@@ -83,8 +181,22 @@ step vac_full_all_parts: VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED, FULL) parted;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part2  |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+(3 rows)
 
-starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_specified commit
+
+starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_specified commit check_stat
 step lock_access_exclusive: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN ACCESS EXCLUSIVE MODE;
@@ -94,8 +206,22 @@ step vac_specified: VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED) part1, part2;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   1|            0|                    0
+part2  |           1|                   0|            0|                    0
+(3 rows)
 
-starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_all_parts commit
+
+starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_all_parts commit check_stat
 step lock_access_exclusive: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN ACCESS EXCLUSIVE MODE;
@@ -104,8 +230,22 @@ step vac_all_parts: VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED) parted;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   1|            0|                    0
+part2  |           1|                   0|            0|                    0
+(3 rows)
 
-starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive analyze_specified commit
+
+starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive analyze_specified commit check_stat
 step lock_access_exclusive: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN ACCESS EXCLUSIVE MODE;
@@ -115,8 +255,22 @@ step analyze_specified: ANALYZE (SKIP_LOCKED) part1, part2;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   0|            0|                    1
+part2  |           0|                   0|            1|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
 
-starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive analyze_all_parts commit
+starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive analyze_all_parts commit check_stat
 step lock_access_exclusive: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN ACCESS EXCLUSIVE MODE;
@@ -126,8 +280,22 @@ step commit:
 	COMMIT;
 
 step analyze_all_parts: <... completed>
-
-starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_analyze_specified commit
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            1|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   0|            1|                    0
+part2  |           0|                   0|            1|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
+
+starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_analyze_specified commit check_stat
 step lock_access_exclusive: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN ACCESS EXCLUSIVE MODE;
@@ -137,8 +305,22 @@ step vac_analyze_specified: VACUUM (ANALYZE, SKIP_LOCKED) part1, part2;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   1|            0|                    1
+part2  |           1|                   0|            1|                    0
+(3 rows)
 
-starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_analyze_all_parts commit
+
+starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_analyze_all_parts commit check_stat
 step lock_access_exclusive: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN ACCESS EXCLUSIVE MODE;
@@ -148,8 +330,22 @@ step commit:
 	COMMIT;
 
 step vac_analyze_all_parts: <... completed>
-
-starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_full_specified commit
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            1|                    0
+part1  |           1|                   0|            1|                    0
+part2  |           1|                   0|            1|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
+
+starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_full_specified commit check_stat
 step lock_access_exclusive: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN ACCESS EXCLUSIVE MODE;
@@ -159,8 +355,22 @@ step vac_full_specified: VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED, FULL) part1, part2;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
 
-starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_full_all_parts commit
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part2  |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
+
+starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_full_all_parts commit check_stat
 step lock_access_exclusive: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN ACCESS EXCLUSIVE MODE;
@@ -169,3 +379,17 @@ step vac_full_all_parts: VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED, FULL) parted;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part2  |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
diff --git a/src/test/isolation/specs/vacuum-skip-locked.spec b/src/test/isolation/specs/vacuum-skip-locked.spec
index 3fad6e1c92a..b0da75d4b6d 100644
--- a/src/test/isolation/specs/vacuum-skip-locked.spec
+++ b/src/test/isolation/specs/vacuum-skip-locked.spec
@@ -33,6 +33,15 @@ step commit
 	COMMIT;
 }
 
+step check_stat
+{
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+}
+
 session s2
 step vac_specified			{ VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED) part1, part2; }
 step vac_all_parts			{ VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED) parted; }
@@ -43,19 +52,19 @@ step vac_analyze_all_parts	{ VACUUM (ANALYZE, SKIP_LOCKED) parted; }
 step vac_full_specified		{ VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED, FULL) part1, part2; }
 step vac_full_all_parts		{ VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED, FULL) parted; }
 
-permutation lock_share vac_specified commit
-permutation lock_share vac_all_parts commit
-permutation lock_share analyze_specified commit
-permutation lock_share analyze_all_parts commit
-permutation lock_share vac_analyze_specified commit
-permutation lock_share vac_analyze_all_parts commit
-permutation lock_share vac_full_specified commit
-permutation lock_share vac_full_all_parts commit
-permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_specified commit
-permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_all_parts commit
-permutation lock_access_exclusive analyze_specified commit
-permutation lock_access_exclusive analyze_all_parts commit
-permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_analyze_specified commit
-permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_analyze_all_parts commit
-permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_full_specified commit
-permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_full_all_parts commit
+permutation lock_share vac_specified commit check_stat
+permutation lock_share vac_all_parts commit check_stat
+permutation lock_share analyze_specified commit check_stat
+permutation lock_share analyze_all_parts commit check_stat
+permutation lock_share vac_analyze_specified commit check_stat
+permutation lock_share vac_analyze_all_parts commit check_stat
+permutation lock_share vac_full_specified commit check_stat
+permutation lock_share vac_full_all_parts commit check_stat
+permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_specified commit check_stat
+permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_all_parts commit check_stat
+permutation lock_access_exclusive analyze_specified commit check_stat
+permutation lock_access_exclusive analyze_all_parts commit check_stat
+permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_analyze_specified commit check_stat
+permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_analyze_all_parts commit check_stat
+permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_full_specified commit check_stat
+permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_full_all_parts commit check_stat
diff --git a/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out b/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out
index a65a5bf0c4f..9b2075d3373 100644
--- a/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out
+++ b/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out
@@ -1835,13 +1835,21 @@ pg_stat_all_tables| SELECT c.oid AS relid,
     pg_stat_get_mod_since_analyze(c.oid) AS n_mod_since_analyze,
     pg_stat_get_ins_since_vacuum(c.oid) AS n_ins_since_vacuum,
     pg_stat_get_last_vacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_vacuum,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_vacuum,
     pg_stat_get_last_autovacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_autovacuum,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_autovacuum,
     pg_stat_get_last_analyze_time(c.oid) AS last_analyze,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_analyze,
     pg_stat_get_last_autoanalyze_time(c.oid) AS last_autoanalyze,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_autoanalyze,
     pg_stat_get_vacuum_count(c.oid) AS vacuum_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count(c.oid) AS skipped_vacuum_count,
     pg_stat_get_autovacuum_count(c.oid) AS autovacuum_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count(c.oid) AS skipped_autovacuum_count,
     pg_stat_get_analyze_count(c.oid) AS analyze_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count(c.oid) AS skipped_analyze_count,
     pg_stat_get_autoanalyze_count(c.oid) AS autoanalyze_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count(c.oid) AS skipped_autoanalyze_count,
     pg_stat_get_total_vacuum_time(c.oid) AS total_vacuum_time,
     pg_stat_get_total_autovacuum_time(c.oid) AS total_autovacuum_time,
     pg_stat_get_total_analyze_time(c.oid) AS total_analyze_time,
@@ -2346,13 +2354,21 @@ pg_stat_sys_tables| SELECT relid,
     n_mod_since_analyze,
     n_ins_since_vacuum,
     last_vacuum,
+    last_skipped_vacuum,
     last_autovacuum,
+    last_skipped_autovacuum,
     last_analyze,
+    last_skipped_analyze,
     last_autoanalyze,
+    last_skipped_autoanalyze,
     vacuum_count,
+    skipped_vacuum_count,
     autovacuum_count,
+    skipped_autovacuum_count,
     analyze_count,
+    skipped_analyze_count,
     autoanalyze_count,
+    skipped_autoanalyze_count,
     total_vacuum_time,
     total_autovacuum_time,
     total_analyze_time,
@@ -2401,13 +2417,21 @@ pg_stat_user_tables| SELECT relid,
     n_mod_since_analyze,
     n_ins_since_vacuum,
     last_vacuum,
+    last_skipped_vacuum,
     last_autovacuum,
+    last_skipped_autovacuum,
     last_analyze,
+    last_skipped_analyze,
     last_autoanalyze,
+    last_skipped_autoanalyze,
     vacuum_count,
+    skipped_vacuum_count,
     autovacuum_count,
+    skipped_autovacuum_count,
     analyze_count,
+    skipped_analyze_count,
     autoanalyze_count,
+    skipped_autoanalyze_count,
     total_vacuum_time,
     total_autovacuum_time,
     total_analyze_time,
-- 
2.43.0


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* [PATCH v4] Track skipped vacuum and analyze activity per relation
@ 2026-03-24 04:09 Yugo Nagata <[email protected]>
  0 siblings, 0 replies; 374+ messages in thread

From: Yugo Nagata @ 2026-03-24 04:09 UTC (permalink / raw)

This commit adds eight fields to the relation statistics that track
the last time vacuum or analyze has been attempted but skipped due to
lock unavailability, along with their counts:

-    last_skipped_vacuum
-    last_skipped_autovacuum
-    last_skipped_analyze
-    last_skipped_autoanalyze
-    skipped_vacuum_count
-    skipped_autovacuum_count
-    skipped_analyze_count
-    skipped_autoanalyze_count

These field can help users confirm that autovacuum is actively attempting
to run on a table that has not been vacuumed or analyzed for a long time,
and that the lack of progress is due to repeated skips rather than inactivity.
---
 doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml                 |  88 ++++++++++++++++
 src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql         |   8 ++
 src/backend/commands/vacuum.c                | 102 ++++++++++++++-----
 src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c |  64 ++++++++++++
 src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c          |  24 +++++
 src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat              |  32 ++++++
 src/include/pgstat.h                         |  16 +++
 src/test/regress/expected/rules.out          |  24 +++++
 8 files changed, 335 insertions(+), 23 deletions(-)

diff --git a/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml b/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml
index 08d5b824552..a9b579d87a9 100644
--- a/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml
+++ b/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml
@@ -4387,6 +4387,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_vacuum</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time a manual vacuum on this table was attempted but skipped due to
+       lock unavailability (not counting <command>VACUUM FULL</command>)
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>last_autovacuum</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
@@ -4397,6 +4407,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_autovacuum</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time a vacuum on this table by the autovacuum daemon was attempted
+       but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>last_analyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
@@ -4406,6 +4426,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_analyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time a manual analyze on this table was attempted but skipped due to
+       lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>last_autoanalyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
@@ -4416,6 +4446,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_autoanalyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time at which an analyze on this table by the autovacuum was
+       attempted but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>vacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4426,6 +4466,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_vacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times manual vacuums on this table have been attempted but skipped
+       due to lock unavailability (not counting <command>VACUUM FULL</command>)
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>autovacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4436,6 +4486,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_autovacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times vacuums on this table by the autovacuum daemon have been
+       attempted but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>analyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4445,6 +4505,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_analyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times manual analyzes on this table have been attempted but
+       skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>autoanalyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4455,6 +4525,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_autoanalyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times analyzes on this table by the autovacuum daemon have
+       been attempted but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>total_vacuum_time</structfield> <type>double precision</type>
@@ -4510,6 +4590,14 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
    </tgroup>
   </table>
 
+  <note>
+   <para>
+    When a manual vacuum or analyze on a parent table in an inheritance or
+    partitioning hierarchy is skipped, the statistics are recorded only for
+    the parent table, not for its children.
+   </para>
+  </note>
+
  </sect2>
 
  <sect2 id="monitoring-pg-stat-autovacuum-scores-view">
diff --git a/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql b/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql
index 73a1c1c4670..f509fc7876b 100644
--- a/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql
+++ b/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql
@@ -736,13 +736,21 @@ CREATE VIEW pg_stat_all_tables AS
             pg_stat_get_mod_since_analyze(C.oid) AS n_mod_since_analyze,
             pg_stat_get_ins_since_vacuum(C.oid) AS n_ins_since_vacuum,
             pg_stat_get_last_vacuum_time(C.oid) as last_vacuum,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_vacuum,
             pg_stat_get_last_autovacuum_time(C.oid) as last_autovacuum,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_autovacuum,
             pg_stat_get_last_analyze_time(C.oid) as last_analyze,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_analyze,
             pg_stat_get_last_autoanalyze_time(C.oid) as last_autoanalyze,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_autoanalyze,
             pg_stat_get_vacuum_count(C.oid) AS vacuum_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count(C.oid) AS skipped_vacuum_count,
             pg_stat_get_autovacuum_count(C.oid) AS autovacuum_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count(C.oid) AS skipped_autovacuum_count,
             pg_stat_get_analyze_count(C.oid) AS analyze_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count(C.oid) AS skipped_analyze_count,
             pg_stat_get_autoanalyze_count(C.oid) AS autoanalyze_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count(C.oid) AS skipped_autoanalyze_count,
             pg_stat_get_total_vacuum_time(C.oid) AS total_vacuum_time,
             pg_stat_get_total_autovacuum_time(C.oid) AS total_autovacuum_time,
             pg_stat_get_total_analyze_time(C.oid) AS total_analyze_time,
diff --git a/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c b/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c
index 99d0db82ed7..97cd5ea8d10 100644
--- a/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c
+++ b/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c
@@ -793,8 +793,25 @@ vacuum_open_relation(Oid relid, RangeVar *relation, uint32 options,
 		rel = try_relation_open(relid, NoLock);
 	else
 	{
+		int flags = 0;
 		rel = NULL;
 		rel_lock = false;
+
+		if ((options & VACOPT_VACUUM) != 0)
+		{
+			if (AmAutoVacuumWorkerProcess())
+				flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOVACUUM;
+			else
+				flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM;
+		}
+		if ((options & VACOPT_ANALYZE) != 0)
+		{
+			if (AmAutoVacuumWorkerProcess())
+				flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOANALYZE;
+			else
+				flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE;
+		}
+		pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(relid, flags);
 	}
 
 	/* if relation is opened, leave */
@@ -802,7 +819,7 @@ vacuum_open_relation(Oid relid, RangeVar *relation, uint32 options,
 		return rel;
 
 	/*
-	 * Relation could not be opened, hence generate if possible a log
+	 * Relation could not be opened hence generate if possible a log
 	 * informing on the situation.
 	 *
 	 * If the RangeVar is not defined, we do not have enough information to
@@ -905,7 +922,6 @@ expand_vacuum_rel(VacuumRelation *vrel, MemoryContext vac_context,
 		Form_pg_class classForm;
 		bool		include_children;
 		bool		is_partitioned_table;
-		int			rvr_opts;
 
 		/*
 		 * Since autovacuum workers supply OIDs when calling vacuum(), no
@@ -918,29 +934,69 @@ expand_vacuum_rel(VacuumRelation *vrel, MemoryContext vac_context,
 		 * below, as well as find_all_inheritors's expectation that the caller
 		 * holds some lock on the starting relation.
 		 */
-		rvr_opts = (options & VACOPT_SKIP_LOCKED) ? RVR_SKIP_LOCKED : 0;
-		relid = RangeVarGetRelidExtended(vrel->relation,
-										 AccessShareLock,
-										 rvr_opts,
-										 NULL, NULL);
-
-		/*
-		 * If the lock is unavailable, emit the same log statement that
-		 * vacuum_rel() and analyze_rel() would.
-		 */
-		if (!OidIsValid(relid))
+		if (!(options & VACOPT_SKIP_LOCKED))
 		{
-			if (options & VACOPT_VACUUM)
-				ereport(WARNING,
-						(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
-						 errmsg("skipping vacuum of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
-								vrel->relation->relname)));
-			else
-				ereport(WARNING,
-						(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
-						 errmsg("skipping analyze of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
+			relid = RangeVarGetRelidExtended(vrel->relation,
+											 AccessShareLock,
+											 0, NULL, NULL);
+			if (!OidIsValid(relid))
+				return vacrels;
+		}
+		else
+		{
+			/* Get relid for reporting before taking a lock */
+			relid = RangeVarGetRelid(vrel->relation, NoLock, false);
+
+			if (!ConditionalLockRelationOid(relid, AccessShareLock))
+			{
+				int	flags = 0;
+				/*
+				 * If the lock is unavailable, emit the same log statement that
+				 * vacuum_rel() and analyze_rel() would.
+				 */
+				if (options & VACOPT_VACUUM)
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping vacuum of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
 								vrel->relation->relname)));
-			return vacrels;
+				else
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping analyze of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
+									vrel->relation->relname)));
+
+				if ((options & VACOPT_VACUUM) != 0)
+					flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM;
+				if ((options & VACOPT_ANALYZE) != 0)
+					flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE;
+
+				pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(relid, flags);
+
+				return vacrels;
+			}
+
+			/*
+			 * Now that we have the lock, probe to see if the relation really
+			 * exists or not.
+			 */
+			if (!SearchSysCacheExists1(RELOID, ObjectIdGetDatum(relid)))
+			{
+				if (options & VACOPT_VACUUM)
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_UNDEFINED_TABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping vacuum of \"%s\" --- relation no longer exists",
+									vrel->relation->relname)));
+				else
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_UNDEFINED_TABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping analyze of \"%s\" --- relation no longer exists",
+									vrel->relation->relname)));
+
+				/* Release useless lock */
+				UnlockRelationOid(relid, AccessShareLock);
+
+				return vacrels;
+			}
 		}
 
 		/*
diff --git a/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c b/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c
index b2ca28f83ba..532d9023f8c 100644
--- a/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c
+++ b/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c
@@ -17,12 +17,14 @@
 
 #include "postgres.h"
 
+#include "access/htup_details.h"
 #include "access/twophase_rmgr.h"
 #include "access/xact.h"
 #include "catalog/catalog.h"
 #include "utils/memutils.h"
 #include "utils/pgstat_internal.h"
 #include "utils/rel.h"
+#include "utils/syscache.h"
 #include "utils/timestamp.h"
 
 
@@ -367,6 +369,68 @@ pgstat_report_analyze(Relation rel,
 	(void) pgstat_flush_backend(false, PGSTAT_BACKEND_FLUSH_IO);
 }
 
+/*
+ * Report that the table was skipped during vacuum or/and analyze.
+ */
+void
+pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(Oid relid, int flags)
+{
+	PgStat_EntryRef *entry_ref;
+	PgStatShared_Relation *shtabentry;
+	PgStat_StatTabEntry *tabentry;
+	TimestampTz ts;
+	HeapTuple	classTup;
+	bool		isshared;
+
+	if (!pgstat_track_counts || !flags)
+		return;
+
+	classTup = SearchSysCache1(RELOID, ObjectIdGetDatum(relid));
+	if (!HeapTupleIsValid(classTup))
+		return;			/* somebody deleted the rel, forget it */
+	isshared = ((Form_pg_class) GETSTRUCT(classTup))->relisshared;
+	ReleaseSysCache(classTup);
+
+	/* Store the data in the table's hash table entry. */
+	ts = GetCurrentTimestamp();
+
+	/* block acquiring lock for the same reason as pgstat_report_autovac() */
+	entry_ref = pgstat_get_entry_ref_locked(PGSTAT_KIND_RELATION,
+											isshared ? InvalidOid : MyDatabaseId,
+											relid, false);
+
+	shtabentry = (PgStatShared_Relation *) entry_ref->shared_stats;
+	tabentry = &shtabentry->stats;
+
+	if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM)
+	{
+		tabentry->last_skipped_vacuum_time = ts;
+		tabentry->skipped_vacuum_count++;
+	}
+	else if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOVACUUM)
+	{
+		tabentry->last_skipped_autovacuum_time = ts;
+		tabentry->skipped_autovacuum_count++;
+	}
+
+	if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE)
+	{
+		tabentry->last_skipped_analyze_time = ts;
+		tabentry->skipped_analyze_count++;
+	}
+	else if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOANALYZE)
+	{
+		tabentry->last_skipped_autoanalyze_time = ts;
+		tabentry->skipped_autoanalyze_count++;
+	}
+
+	pgstat_unlock_entry(entry_ref);
+
+	/* see pgstat_report_vacuum() */
+	pgstat_flush_io(false);
+	(void) pgstat_flush_backend(false, PGSTAT_BACKEND_FLUSH_IO);
+}
+
 /*
  * count a tuple insertion of n tuples
  */
diff --git a/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c b/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c
index 1408de387ea..90a8968faa0 100644
--- a/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c
+++ b/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c
@@ -84,6 +84,18 @@ PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(mod_since_analyze)
 /* pg_stat_get_numscans */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(numscans)
 
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_analyze_count)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_autoanalyze_count)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_autovacuum_count)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_vacuum_count)
+
 /* pg_stat_get_tuples_deleted */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(tuples_deleted)
 
@@ -170,6 +182,18 @@ PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_vacuum_time)
 /* pg_stat_get_lastscan */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(lastscan)
 
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_analyze_time)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_autoanalyze_time)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_autovacuum_time)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_vacuum_time)
+
 /* pg_stat_get_stat_reset_time */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(stat_reset_time)
 
diff --git a/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat b/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat
index fa9ae79082b..32debb34863 100644
--- a/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat
+++ b/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat
@@ -5680,6 +5680,38 @@
   proargmodes => '{o,o,o,o,o,o,o,o,o,o}',
   proargnames => '{oid,score,xid_score,mxid_score,vacuum_score,vacuum_insert_score,analyze_score,do_vacuum,do_analyze,for_wraparound}',
   prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_autovacuum_scores' },
+{ oid => '8142', descr => 'statistics: last skipped vacuum time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time' },
+{ oid => '8143', descr => 'statistics: last skipped auto vacuum time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time' },
+{ oid => '8144', descr => 'statistics: last skipped analyze time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time' },
+{ oid => '8145', descr => 'statistics: last skipped auto analyze time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time' },
+{ oid => '8146', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped vacuum for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count' },
+{ oid => '8147', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped auto vacuum for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count' },
+{ oid => '8148', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped analyzes for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count' },
+{ oid => '8149', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped auto analyzes for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count' },
 { oid => '1936', descr => 'statistics: currently active backend IDs',
   proname => 'pg_stat_get_backend_idset', prorows => '100', proretset => 't',
   provolatile => 's', proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int4',
diff --git a/src/include/pgstat.h b/src/include/pgstat.h
index dfa2e837638..98941f953d1 100644
--- a/src/include/pgstat.h
+++ b/src/include/pgstat.h
@@ -479,6 +479,15 @@ typedef struct PgStat_StatTabEntry
 	TimestampTz last_autoanalyze_time;	/* autovacuum initiated */
 	PgStat_Counter autoanalyze_count;
 
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_vacuum_time;	/* user initiated vacuum */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_vacuum_count;
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_autovacuum_time;	/* autovacuum initiated */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_autovacuum_count;
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_analyze_time;	/* user initiated */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_analyze_count;
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_autoanalyze_time;	/* autovacuum initiated */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_autoanalyze_count;
+
 	PgStat_Counter total_vacuum_time;	/* times in milliseconds */
 	PgStat_Counter total_autovacuum_time;
 	PgStat_Counter total_analyze_time;
@@ -703,6 +712,13 @@ extern void pgstat_report_analyze(Relation rel,
 								  PgStat_Counter livetuples, PgStat_Counter deadtuples,
 								  bool resetcounter, TimestampTz starttime);
 
+/* flags for pgstat_flush_backend() */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM		(1 << 0)	/* vacuum is skipped */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE		(1 << 1)	/* analyze is skipped */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOVACUUM	(1 << 2)	/* autovacuum is skipped */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOANALYZE	(1 << 3)	/* autoanalyze is skipped */
+extern void pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(Oid relid, int flags);
+
 /*
  * If stats are enabled, but pending data hasn't been prepared yet, call
  * pgstat_assoc_relation() to do so. See its comment for why this is done
diff --git a/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out b/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out
index a65a5bf0c4f..9b2075d3373 100644
--- a/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out
+++ b/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out
@@ -1835,13 +1835,21 @@ pg_stat_all_tables| SELECT c.oid AS relid,
     pg_stat_get_mod_since_analyze(c.oid) AS n_mod_since_analyze,
     pg_stat_get_ins_since_vacuum(c.oid) AS n_ins_since_vacuum,
     pg_stat_get_last_vacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_vacuum,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_vacuum,
     pg_stat_get_last_autovacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_autovacuum,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_autovacuum,
     pg_stat_get_last_analyze_time(c.oid) AS last_analyze,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_analyze,
     pg_stat_get_last_autoanalyze_time(c.oid) AS last_autoanalyze,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_autoanalyze,
     pg_stat_get_vacuum_count(c.oid) AS vacuum_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count(c.oid) AS skipped_vacuum_count,
     pg_stat_get_autovacuum_count(c.oid) AS autovacuum_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count(c.oid) AS skipped_autovacuum_count,
     pg_stat_get_analyze_count(c.oid) AS analyze_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count(c.oid) AS skipped_analyze_count,
     pg_stat_get_autoanalyze_count(c.oid) AS autoanalyze_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count(c.oid) AS skipped_autoanalyze_count,
     pg_stat_get_total_vacuum_time(c.oid) AS total_vacuum_time,
     pg_stat_get_total_autovacuum_time(c.oid) AS total_autovacuum_time,
     pg_stat_get_total_analyze_time(c.oid) AS total_analyze_time,
@@ -2346,13 +2354,21 @@ pg_stat_sys_tables| SELECT relid,
     n_mod_since_analyze,
     n_ins_since_vacuum,
     last_vacuum,
+    last_skipped_vacuum,
     last_autovacuum,
+    last_skipped_autovacuum,
     last_analyze,
+    last_skipped_analyze,
     last_autoanalyze,
+    last_skipped_autoanalyze,
     vacuum_count,
+    skipped_vacuum_count,
     autovacuum_count,
+    skipped_autovacuum_count,
     analyze_count,
+    skipped_analyze_count,
     autoanalyze_count,
+    skipped_autoanalyze_count,
     total_vacuum_time,
     total_autovacuum_time,
     total_analyze_time,
@@ -2401,13 +2417,21 @@ pg_stat_user_tables| SELECT relid,
     n_mod_since_analyze,
     n_ins_since_vacuum,
     last_vacuum,
+    last_skipped_vacuum,
     last_autovacuum,
+    last_skipped_autovacuum,
     last_analyze,
+    last_skipped_analyze,
     last_autoanalyze,
+    last_skipped_autoanalyze,
     vacuum_count,
+    skipped_vacuum_count,
     autovacuum_count,
+    skipped_autovacuum_count,
     analyze_count,
+    skipped_analyze_count,
     autoanalyze_count,
+    skipped_autoanalyze_count,
     total_vacuum_time,
     total_autovacuum_time,
     total_analyze_time,
-- 
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* [PATCH v3] Track skipped vacuum and analyze activity per relation
@ 2026-03-24 04:09 Yugo Nagata <[email protected]>
  0 siblings, 0 replies; 374+ messages in thread

From: Yugo Nagata @ 2026-03-24 04:09 UTC (permalink / raw)

This commit adds eight fields to the relation statistics that track
the last time vacuum or analyze has been attempted but skipped due to
lock unavailability, along with their counts:

-    last_skipped_vacuum
-    last_skipped_autovacuum
-    last_skipped_analyze
-    last_skipped_autoanalyze
-    skipped_vacuum_count
-    skipped_autovacuum_count
-    skipped_analyze_count
-    skipped_autoanalyze_count

These field can help users confirm that autovacuum is actively attempting
to run on a table that has not been vacuumed or analyzed for a long time,
and that the lack of progress is due to repeated skips rather than inactivity.
---
 doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml                 | 80 +++++++++++++++++
 src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql         |  8 ++
 src/backend/commands/vacuum.c                | 95 +++++++++++++++-----
 src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c | 68 ++++++++++++++
 src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c          | 24 +++++
 src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat              | 32 +++++++
 src/include/pgstat.h                         | 16 ++++
 src/test/regress/expected/rules.out          | 24 +++++
 8 files changed, 324 insertions(+), 23 deletions(-)

diff --git a/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml b/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml
index bb75ed1069b..9ec8070b2fc 100644
--- a/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml
+++ b/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml
@@ -4372,6 +4372,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_vacuum</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time a manual vacuum on this table was attempted but skipped due to
+       lock unavailability (not counting <command>VACUUM FULL</command>)
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>last_autovacuum</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
@@ -4382,6 +4392,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_autovacuum</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time a vacuum on this table by the autovacuum daemon was attempted
+       but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>last_analyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
@@ -4391,6 +4411,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_analyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time a manual analyze on this table was attempted but skipped due to
+       lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>last_autoanalyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
@@ -4401,6 +4431,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_autoanalyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time at which an analyze on this table by the autovacuum was
+       attempted but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>vacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4411,6 +4451,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_vacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times vacuums on this table have been attempted but skipped
+       due to lock unavailability (not counting <command>VACUUM FULL</command>)
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>autovacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4421,6 +4471,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_autovacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times vacuums on this table by the autovacuum daemon have been
+       attempted but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>analyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4430,6 +4490,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_analyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times manual analyzes on this table have been attempted but
+       skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>autoanalyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4440,6 +4510,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_autoanalyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times analyzes on this table by the autovacuum daemon have
+       been attempted but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>total_vacuum_time</structfield> <type>double precision</type>
diff --git a/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql b/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql
index e54018004db..2ca02a0354c 100644
--- a/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql
+++ b/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql
@@ -736,13 +736,21 @@ CREATE VIEW pg_stat_all_tables AS
             pg_stat_get_mod_since_analyze(C.oid) AS n_mod_since_analyze,
             pg_stat_get_ins_since_vacuum(C.oid) AS n_ins_since_vacuum,
             pg_stat_get_last_vacuum_time(C.oid) as last_vacuum,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_vacuum,
             pg_stat_get_last_autovacuum_time(C.oid) as last_autovacuum,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_autovacuum,
             pg_stat_get_last_analyze_time(C.oid) as last_analyze,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_analyze,
             pg_stat_get_last_autoanalyze_time(C.oid) as last_autoanalyze,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_autoanalyze,
             pg_stat_get_vacuum_count(C.oid) AS vacuum_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count(C.oid) AS skipped_vacuum_count,
             pg_stat_get_autovacuum_count(C.oid) AS autovacuum_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count(C.oid) AS skipped_autovacuum_count,
             pg_stat_get_analyze_count(C.oid) AS analyze_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count(C.oid) AS skipped_analyze_count,
             pg_stat_get_autoanalyze_count(C.oid) AS autoanalyze_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count(C.oid) AS skipped_autoanalyze_count,
             pg_stat_get_total_vacuum_time(C.oid) AS total_vacuum_time,
             pg_stat_get_total_autovacuum_time(C.oid) AS total_autovacuum_time,
             pg_stat_get_total_analyze_time(C.oid) AS total_analyze_time,
diff --git a/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c b/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c
index bce3a2daa24..ce83b3171be 100644
--- a/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c
+++ b/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c
@@ -792,8 +792,18 @@ vacuum_open_relation(Oid relid, RangeVar *relation, bits32 options,
 		rel = try_relation_open(relid, NoLock);
 	else
 	{
+		bits8 flags = 0;
 		rel = NULL;
 		rel_lock = false;
+
+		if ((options & VACOPT_VACUUM) != 0)
+			flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM;
+		if ((options & VACOPT_ANALYZE) != 0)
+			flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE;
+		if (AmAutoVacuumWorkerProcess())
+			flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOVAC;
+
+		pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(relid, flags);
 	}
 
 	/* if relation is opened, leave */
@@ -801,7 +811,7 @@ vacuum_open_relation(Oid relid, RangeVar *relation, bits32 options,
 		return rel;
 
 	/*
-	 * Relation could not be opened, hence generate if possible a log
+	 * Relation could not be opened hence generate if possible a log
 	 * informing on the situation.
 	 *
 	 * If the RangeVar is not defined, we do not have enough information to
@@ -904,7 +914,6 @@ expand_vacuum_rel(VacuumRelation *vrel, MemoryContext vac_context,
 		Form_pg_class classForm;
 		bool		include_children;
 		bool		is_partitioned_table;
-		int			rvr_opts;
 
 		/*
 		 * Since autovacuum workers supply OIDs when calling vacuum(), no
@@ -917,29 +926,69 @@ expand_vacuum_rel(VacuumRelation *vrel, MemoryContext vac_context,
 		 * below, as well as find_all_inheritors's expectation that the caller
 		 * holds some lock on the starting relation.
 		 */
-		rvr_opts = (options & VACOPT_SKIP_LOCKED) ? RVR_SKIP_LOCKED : 0;
-		relid = RangeVarGetRelidExtended(vrel->relation,
-										 AccessShareLock,
-										 rvr_opts,
-										 NULL, NULL);
-
-		/*
-		 * If the lock is unavailable, emit the same log statement that
-		 * vacuum_rel() and analyze_rel() would.
-		 */
-		if (!OidIsValid(relid))
+		if (!(options & VACOPT_SKIP_LOCKED))
 		{
-			if (options & VACOPT_VACUUM)
-				ereport(WARNING,
-						(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
-						 errmsg("skipping vacuum of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
-								vrel->relation->relname)));
-			else
-				ereport(WARNING,
-						(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
-						 errmsg("skipping analyze of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
+			relid = RangeVarGetRelidExtended(vrel->relation,
+											 AccessShareLock,
+											 0, NULL, NULL);
+			if (!OidIsValid(relid))
+				return vacrels;
+		}
+		else
+		{
+			/* Get relid for reporting before taking a lock */
+			relid = RangeVarGetRelid(vrel->relation, NoLock, false);
+
+			if (!ConditionalLockRelationOid(relid, AccessShareLock))
+			{
+				bits8	flags = 0;
+				/*
+				 * If the lock is unavailable, emit the same log statement that
+				 * vacuum_rel() and analyze_rel() would.
+				 */
+				if (options & VACOPT_VACUUM)
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping vacuum of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
 								vrel->relation->relname)));
-			return vacrels;
+				else
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping analyze of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
+									vrel->relation->relname)));
+
+				if ((options & VACOPT_VACUUM) != 0)
+					flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM;
+				if ((options & VACOPT_ANALYZE) != 0)
+					flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE;
+
+				pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(relid, flags);
+
+				return vacrels;
+			}
+
+			/*
+			 * Now that we have the lock, probe to see if the relation really
+			 * exists or not.
+			 */
+			if (!SearchSysCacheExists1(RELOID, ObjectIdGetDatum(relid)))
+			{
+				if (options & VACOPT_VACUUM)
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_UNDEFINED_TABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping vacuum of \"%s\" --- relation no longer exists",
+									vrel->relation->relname)));
+				else
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_UNDEFINED_TABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping analyze of \"%s\" --- relation no longer exists",
+									vrel->relation->relname)));
+
+				/* Release useless lock */
+				UnlockRelationOid(relid, AccessShareLock);
+
+				return vacrels;
+			}
 		}
 
 		/*
diff --git a/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c b/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c
index bc8c43b96aa..cec4c88980e 100644
--- a/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c
+++ b/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c
@@ -17,6 +17,7 @@
 
 #include "postgres.h"
 
+#include "access/htup_details.h"
 #include "access/twophase_rmgr.h"
 #include "access/xact.h"
 #include "catalog/catalog.h"
@@ -366,6 +367,73 @@ pgstat_report_analyze(Relation rel,
 	(void) pgstat_flush_backend(false, PGSTAT_BACKEND_FLUSH_IO);
 }
 
+/*
+ * Report that the table was skipped during vacuum or/and analyze.
+ */
+void
+pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(Oid relid, bits8 flags)
+{
+	PgStat_EntryRef *entry_ref;
+	PgStatShared_Relation *shtabentry;
+	PgStat_StatTabEntry *tabentry;
+	TimestampTz ts;
+	HeapTuple	classTup;
+	bool		isshared;
+
+	if (!pgstat_track_counts || !(flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANY))
+		return;
+
+	classTup = SearchSysCache1(RELOID, ObjectIdGetDatum(relid));
+	if (!HeapTupleIsValid(classTup))
+		return;			/* somebody deleted the rel, forget it */
+	isshared = ((Form_pg_class) GETSTRUCT(classTup))->relisshared;
+	ReleaseSysCache(classTup);
+
+	/* Store the data in the table's hash table entry. */
+	ts = GetCurrentTimestamp();
+
+	/* block acquiring lock for the same reason as pgstat_report_autovac() */
+	entry_ref = pgstat_get_entry_ref_locked(PGSTAT_KIND_RELATION,
+											isshared ? InvalidOid : MyDatabaseId,
+											relid, false);
+
+	shtabentry = (PgStatShared_Relation *) entry_ref->shared_stats;
+	tabentry = &shtabentry->stats;
+
+	if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOVAC)
+	{
+		if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM)
+		{
+			tabentry->last_skipped_autovacuum_time = ts;
+			tabentry->skipped_autovacuum_count++;
+		}
+		if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE)
+		{
+			tabentry->last_skipped_autoanalyze_time = ts;
+			tabentry->skipped_autoanalyze_count++;
+		}
+	}
+	else
+	{
+		if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM)
+		{
+			tabentry->last_skipped_vacuum_time = ts;
+			tabentry->skipped_vacuum_count++;
+		}
+		if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE)
+		{
+			tabentry->last_skipped_analyze_time = ts;
+			tabentry->skipped_analyze_count++;
+		}
+	}
+
+	pgstat_unlock_entry(entry_ref);
+
+	/* see pgstat_report_vacuum() */
+	pgstat_flush_io(false);
+	(void) pgstat_flush_backend(false, PGSTAT_BACKEND_FLUSH_IO);
+}
+
 /*
  * count a tuple insertion of n tuples
  */
diff --git a/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c b/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c
index 9185a8e6b83..18aaa3996e1 100644
--- a/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c
+++ b/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c
@@ -84,6 +84,18 @@ PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(mod_since_analyze)
 /* pg_stat_get_numscans */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(numscans)
 
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_analyze_count)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_autoanalyze_count)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_autovacuum_count)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_vacuum_count)
+
 /* pg_stat_get_tuples_deleted */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(tuples_deleted)
 
@@ -170,6 +182,18 @@ PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_vacuum_time)
 /* pg_stat_get_lastscan */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(lastscan)
 
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_analyze_time)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_autoanalyze_time)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_autovacuum_time)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_vacuum_time)
+
 /* pg_stat_get_stat_reset_time */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(stat_reset_time)
 
diff --git a/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat b/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat
index 0118e970dda..ccfe3d9e02a 100644
--- a/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat
+++ b/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat
@@ -5667,6 +5667,38 @@
   proname => 'pg_stat_get_total_autoanalyze_time', provolatile => 's',
   proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'float8', proargtypes => 'oid',
   prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_total_autoanalyze_time' },
+{ oid => '8142', descr => 'statistics: last skipped vacuum time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time' },
+{ oid => '8143', descr => 'statistics: last skipped auto vacuum time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time' },
+{ oid => '8144', descr => 'statistics: last skipped analyze time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time' },
+{ oid => '8145', descr => 'statistics: last skipped auto analyze time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time' },
+{ oid => '8146', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped vacuum for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count' },
+{ oid => '8147', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped auto vacuum for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count' },
+{ oid => '8148', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped analyzes for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count' },
+{ oid => '8149', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped auto analyzes for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count' },
 { oid => '1936', descr => 'statistics: currently active backend IDs',
   proname => 'pg_stat_get_backend_idset', prorows => '100', proretset => 't',
   provolatile => 's', proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int4',
diff --git a/src/include/pgstat.h b/src/include/pgstat.h
index 8e3549c3752..343081a7a25 100644
--- a/src/include/pgstat.h
+++ b/src/include/pgstat.h
@@ -479,6 +479,15 @@ typedef struct PgStat_StatTabEntry
 	TimestampTz last_autoanalyze_time;	/* autovacuum initiated */
 	PgStat_Counter autoanalyze_count;
 
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_vacuum_time;	/* user initiated vacuum */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_vacuum_count;
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_autovacuum_time;	/* autovacuum initiated */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_autovacuum_count;
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_analyze_time;	/* user initiated */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_analyze_count;
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_autoanalyze_time;	/* autovacuum initiated */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_autoanalyze_count;
+
 	PgStat_Counter total_vacuum_time;	/* times in milliseconds */
 	PgStat_Counter total_autovacuum_time;
 	PgStat_Counter total_analyze_time;
@@ -707,6 +716,13 @@ extern void pgstat_report_analyze(Relation rel,
 								  PgStat_Counter livetuples, PgStat_Counter deadtuples,
 								  bool resetcounter, TimestampTz starttime);
 
+/* flags for pgstat_flush_backend() */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM	(1 << 0)	/* vacuum is skipped */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE	(1 << 1)	/* analyze is skipped */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOVAC	(1 << 2)	/* skipped during autovacuum/autoanalyze */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANY   (PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM | PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE)
+extern void pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(Oid relid, bits8 flags);
+
 /*
  * If stats are enabled, but pending data hasn't been prepared yet, call
  * pgstat_assoc_relation() to do so. See its comment for why this is done
diff --git a/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out b/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out
index 2b3cf6d8569..4ccfc43e903 100644
--- a/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out
+++ b/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out
@@ -1835,13 +1835,21 @@ pg_stat_all_tables| SELECT c.oid AS relid,
     pg_stat_get_mod_since_analyze(c.oid) AS n_mod_since_analyze,
     pg_stat_get_ins_since_vacuum(c.oid) AS n_ins_since_vacuum,
     pg_stat_get_last_vacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_vacuum,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_vacuum,
     pg_stat_get_last_autovacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_autovacuum,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_autovacuum,
     pg_stat_get_last_analyze_time(c.oid) AS last_analyze,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_analyze,
     pg_stat_get_last_autoanalyze_time(c.oid) AS last_autoanalyze,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_autoanalyze,
     pg_stat_get_vacuum_count(c.oid) AS vacuum_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count(c.oid) AS skipped_vacuum_count,
     pg_stat_get_autovacuum_count(c.oid) AS autovacuum_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count(c.oid) AS skipped_autovacuum_count,
     pg_stat_get_analyze_count(c.oid) AS analyze_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count(c.oid) AS skipped_analyze_count,
     pg_stat_get_autoanalyze_count(c.oid) AS autoanalyze_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count(c.oid) AS skipped_autoanalyze_count,
     pg_stat_get_total_vacuum_time(c.oid) AS total_vacuum_time,
     pg_stat_get_total_autovacuum_time(c.oid) AS total_autovacuum_time,
     pg_stat_get_total_analyze_time(c.oid) AS total_analyze_time,
@@ -2293,13 +2301,21 @@ pg_stat_sys_tables| SELECT relid,
     n_mod_since_analyze,
     n_ins_since_vacuum,
     last_vacuum,
+    last_skipped_vacuum,
     last_autovacuum,
+    last_skipped_autovacuum,
     last_analyze,
+    last_skipped_analyze,
     last_autoanalyze,
+    last_skipped_autoanalyze,
     vacuum_count,
+    skipped_vacuum_count,
     autovacuum_count,
+    skipped_autovacuum_count,
     analyze_count,
+    skipped_analyze_count,
     autoanalyze_count,
+    skipped_autoanalyze_count,
     total_vacuum_time,
     total_autovacuum_time,
     total_analyze_time,
@@ -2348,13 +2364,21 @@ pg_stat_user_tables| SELECT relid,
     n_mod_since_analyze,
     n_ins_since_vacuum,
     last_vacuum,
+    last_skipped_vacuum,
     last_autovacuum,
+    last_skipped_autovacuum,
     last_analyze,
+    last_skipped_analyze,
     last_autoanalyze,
+    last_skipped_autoanalyze,
     vacuum_count,
+    skipped_vacuum_count,
     autovacuum_count,
+    skipped_autovacuum_count,
     analyze_count,
+    skipped_analyze_count,
     autoanalyze_count,
+    skipped_autoanalyze_count,
     total_vacuum_time,
     total_autovacuum_time,
     total_analyze_time,
-- 
2.43.0


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* [PATCH v4] Track skipped vacuum and analyze activity per relation
@ 2026-03-24 04:09 Yugo Nagata <[email protected]>
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From: Yugo Nagata @ 2026-03-24 04:09 UTC (permalink / raw)

This commit adds eight fields to the relation statistics that track
the last time vacuum or analyze has been attempted but skipped due to
lock unavailability, along with their counts:

-    last_skipped_vacuum
-    last_skipped_autovacuum
-    last_skipped_analyze
-    last_skipped_autoanalyze
-    skipped_vacuum_count
-    skipped_autovacuum_count
-    skipped_analyze_count
-    skipped_autoanalyze_count

These field can help users confirm that autovacuum is actively attempting
to run on a table that has not been vacuumed or analyzed for a long time,
and that the lack of progress is due to repeated skips rather than inactivity.
---
 doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml                 |  88 ++++++++++++++++
 src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql         |   8 ++
 src/backend/commands/vacuum.c                | 102 ++++++++++++++-----
 src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c |  64 ++++++++++++
 src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c          |  24 +++++
 src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat              |  32 ++++++
 src/include/pgstat.h                         |  16 +++
 src/test/regress/expected/rules.out          |  24 +++++
 8 files changed, 335 insertions(+), 23 deletions(-)

diff --git a/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml b/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml
index 08d5b824552..a9b579d87a9 100644
--- a/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml
+++ b/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml
@@ -4387,6 +4387,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_vacuum</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time a manual vacuum on this table was attempted but skipped due to
+       lock unavailability (not counting <command>VACUUM FULL</command>)
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>last_autovacuum</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
@@ -4397,6 +4407,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_autovacuum</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time a vacuum on this table by the autovacuum daemon was attempted
+       but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>last_analyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
@@ -4406,6 +4426,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_analyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time a manual analyze on this table was attempted but skipped due to
+       lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>last_autoanalyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
@@ -4416,6 +4446,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_autoanalyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time at which an analyze on this table by the autovacuum was
+       attempted but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>vacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4426,6 +4466,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_vacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times manual vacuums on this table have been attempted but skipped
+       due to lock unavailability (not counting <command>VACUUM FULL</command>)
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>autovacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4436,6 +4486,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_autovacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times vacuums on this table by the autovacuum daemon have been
+       attempted but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>analyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4445,6 +4505,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_analyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times manual analyzes on this table have been attempted but
+       skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>autoanalyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4455,6 +4525,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_autoanalyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times analyzes on this table by the autovacuum daemon have
+       been attempted but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>total_vacuum_time</structfield> <type>double precision</type>
@@ -4510,6 +4590,14 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
    </tgroup>
   </table>
 
+  <note>
+   <para>
+    When a manual vacuum or analyze on a parent table in an inheritance or
+    partitioning hierarchy is skipped, the statistics are recorded only for
+    the parent table, not for its children.
+   </para>
+  </note>
+
  </sect2>
 
  <sect2 id="monitoring-pg-stat-autovacuum-scores-view">
diff --git a/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql b/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql
index 73a1c1c4670..f509fc7876b 100644
--- a/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql
+++ b/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql
@@ -736,13 +736,21 @@ CREATE VIEW pg_stat_all_tables AS
             pg_stat_get_mod_since_analyze(C.oid) AS n_mod_since_analyze,
             pg_stat_get_ins_since_vacuum(C.oid) AS n_ins_since_vacuum,
             pg_stat_get_last_vacuum_time(C.oid) as last_vacuum,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_vacuum,
             pg_stat_get_last_autovacuum_time(C.oid) as last_autovacuum,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_autovacuum,
             pg_stat_get_last_analyze_time(C.oid) as last_analyze,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_analyze,
             pg_stat_get_last_autoanalyze_time(C.oid) as last_autoanalyze,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_autoanalyze,
             pg_stat_get_vacuum_count(C.oid) AS vacuum_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count(C.oid) AS skipped_vacuum_count,
             pg_stat_get_autovacuum_count(C.oid) AS autovacuum_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count(C.oid) AS skipped_autovacuum_count,
             pg_stat_get_analyze_count(C.oid) AS analyze_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count(C.oid) AS skipped_analyze_count,
             pg_stat_get_autoanalyze_count(C.oid) AS autoanalyze_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count(C.oid) AS skipped_autoanalyze_count,
             pg_stat_get_total_vacuum_time(C.oid) AS total_vacuum_time,
             pg_stat_get_total_autovacuum_time(C.oid) AS total_autovacuum_time,
             pg_stat_get_total_analyze_time(C.oid) AS total_analyze_time,
diff --git a/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c b/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c
index 99d0db82ed7..97cd5ea8d10 100644
--- a/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c
+++ b/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c
@@ -793,8 +793,25 @@ vacuum_open_relation(Oid relid, RangeVar *relation, uint32 options,
 		rel = try_relation_open(relid, NoLock);
 	else
 	{
+		int flags = 0;
 		rel = NULL;
 		rel_lock = false;
+
+		if ((options & VACOPT_VACUUM) != 0)
+		{
+			if (AmAutoVacuumWorkerProcess())
+				flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOVACUUM;
+			else
+				flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM;
+		}
+		if ((options & VACOPT_ANALYZE) != 0)
+		{
+			if (AmAutoVacuumWorkerProcess())
+				flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOANALYZE;
+			else
+				flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE;
+		}
+		pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(relid, flags);
 	}
 
 	/* if relation is opened, leave */
@@ -802,7 +819,7 @@ vacuum_open_relation(Oid relid, RangeVar *relation, uint32 options,
 		return rel;
 
 	/*
-	 * Relation could not be opened, hence generate if possible a log
+	 * Relation could not be opened hence generate if possible a log
 	 * informing on the situation.
 	 *
 	 * If the RangeVar is not defined, we do not have enough information to
@@ -905,7 +922,6 @@ expand_vacuum_rel(VacuumRelation *vrel, MemoryContext vac_context,
 		Form_pg_class classForm;
 		bool		include_children;
 		bool		is_partitioned_table;
-		int			rvr_opts;
 
 		/*
 		 * Since autovacuum workers supply OIDs when calling vacuum(), no
@@ -918,29 +934,69 @@ expand_vacuum_rel(VacuumRelation *vrel, MemoryContext vac_context,
 		 * below, as well as find_all_inheritors's expectation that the caller
 		 * holds some lock on the starting relation.
 		 */
-		rvr_opts = (options & VACOPT_SKIP_LOCKED) ? RVR_SKIP_LOCKED : 0;
-		relid = RangeVarGetRelidExtended(vrel->relation,
-										 AccessShareLock,
-										 rvr_opts,
-										 NULL, NULL);
-
-		/*
-		 * If the lock is unavailable, emit the same log statement that
-		 * vacuum_rel() and analyze_rel() would.
-		 */
-		if (!OidIsValid(relid))
+		if (!(options & VACOPT_SKIP_LOCKED))
 		{
-			if (options & VACOPT_VACUUM)
-				ereport(WARNING,
-						(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
-						 errmsg("skipping vacuum of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
-								vrel->relation->relname)));
-			else
-				ereport(WARNING,
-						(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
-						 errmsg("skipping analyze of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
+			relid = RangeVarGetRelidExtended(vrel->relation,
+											 AccessShareLock,
+											 0, NULL, NULL);
+			if (!OidIsValid(relid))
+				return vacrels;
+		}
+		else
+		{
+			/* Get relid for reporting before taking a lock */
+			relid = RangeVarGetRelid(vrel->relation, NoLock, false);
+
+			if (!ConditionalLockRelationOid(relid, AccessShareLock))
+			{
+				int	flags = 0;
+				/*
+				 * If the lock is unavailable, emit the same log statement that
+				 * vacuum_rel() and analyze_rel() would.
+				 */
+				if (options & VACOPT_VACUUM)
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping vacuum of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
 								vrel->relation->relname)));
-			return vacrels;
+				else
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping analyze of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
+									vrel->relation->relname)));
+
+				if ((options & VACOPT_VACUUM) != 0)
+					flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM;
+				if ((options & VACOPT_ANALYZE) != 0)
+					flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE;
+
+				pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(relid, flags);
+
+				return vacrels;
+			}
+
+			/*
+			 * Now that we have the lock, probe to see if the relation really
+			 * exists or not.
+			 */
+			if (!SearchSysCacheExists1(RELOID, ObjectIdGetDatum(relid)))
+			{
+				if (options & VACOPT_VACUUM)
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_UNDEFINED_TABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping vacuum of \"%s\" --- relation no longer exists",
+									vrel->relation->relname)));
+				else
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_UNDEFINED_TABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping analyze of \"%s\" --- relation no longer exists",
+									vrel->relation->relname)));
+
+				/* Release useless lock */
+				UnlockRelationOid(relid, AccessShareLock);
+
+				return vacrels;
+			}
 		}
 
 		/*
diff --git a/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c b/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c
index b2ca28f83ba..532d9023f8c 100644
--- a/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c
+++ b/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c
@@ -17,12 +17,14 @@
 
 #include "postgres.h"
 
+#include "access/htup_details.h"
 #include "access/twophase_rmgr.h"
 #include "access/xact.h"
 #include "catalog/catalog.h"
 #include "utils/memutils.h"
 #include "utils/pgstat_internal.h"
 #include "utils/rel.h"
+#include "utils/syscache.h"
 #include "utils/timestamp.h"
 
 
@@ -367,6 +369,68 @@ pgstat_report_analyze(Relation rel,
 	(void) pgstat_flush_backend(false, PGSTAT_BACKEND_FLUSH_IO);
 }
 
+/*
+ * Report that the table was skipped during vacuum or/and analyze.
+ */
+void
+pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(Oid relid, int flags)
+{
+	PgStat_EntryRef *entry_ref;
+	PgStatShared_Relation *shtabentry;
+	PgStat_StatTabEntry *tabentry;
+	TimestampTz ts;
+	HeapTuple	classTup;
+	bool		isshared;
+
+	if (!pgstat_track_counts || !flags)
+		return;
+
+	classTup = SearchSysCache1(RELOID, ObjectIdGetDatum(relid));
+	if (!HeapTupleIsValid(classTup))
+		return;			/* somebody deleted the rel, forget it */
+	isshared = ((Form_pg_class) GETSTRUCT(classTup))->relisshared;
+	ReleaseSysCache(classTup);
+
+	/* Store the data in the table's hash table entry. */
+	ts = GetCurrentTimestamp();
+
+	/* block acquiring lock for the same reason as pgstat_report_autovac() */
+	entry_ref = pgstat_get_entry_ref_locked(PGSTAT_KIND_RELATION,
+											isshared ? InvalidOid : MyDatabaseId,
+											relid, false);
+
+	shtabentry = (PgStatShared_Relation *) entry_ref->shared_stats;
+	tabentry = &shtabentry->stats;
+
+	if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM)
+	{
+		tabentry->last_skipped_vacuum_time = ts;
+		tabentry->skipped_vacuum_count++;
+	}
+	else if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOVACUUM)
+	{
+		tabentry->last_skipped_autovacuum_time = ts;
+		tabentry->skipped_autovacuum_count++;
+	}
+
+	if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE)
+	{
+		tabentry->last_skipped_analyze_time = ts;
+		tabentry->skipped_analyze_count++;
+	}
+	else if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOANALYZE)
+	{
+		tabentry->last_skipped_autoanalyze_time = ts;
+		tabentry->skipped_autoanalyze_count++;
+	}
+
+	pgstat_unlock_entry(entry_ref);
+
+	/* see pgstat_report_vacuum() */
+	pgstat_flush_io(false);
+	(void) pgstat_flush_backend(false, PGSTAT_BACKEND_FLUSH_IO);
+}
+
 /*
  * count a tuple insertion of n tuples
  */
diff --git a/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c b/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c
index 1408de387ea..90a8968faa0 100644
--- a/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c
+++ b/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c
@@ -84,6 +84,18 @@ PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(mod_since_analyze)
 /* pg_stat_get_numscans */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(numscans)
 
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_analyze_count)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_autoanalyze_count)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_autovacuum_count)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_vacuum_count)
+
 /* pg_stat_get_tuples_deleted */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(tuples_deleted)
 
@@ -170,6 +182,18 @@ PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_vacuum_time)
 /* pg_stat_get_lastscan */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(lastscan)
 
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_analyze_time)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_autoanalyze_time)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_autovacuum_time)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_vacuum_time)
+
 /* pg_stat_get_stat_reset_time */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(stat_reset_time)
 
diff --git a/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat b/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat
index fa9ae79082b..32debb34863 100644
--- a/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat
+++ b/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat
@@ -5680,6 +5680,38 @@
   proargmodes => '{o,o,o,o,o,o,o,o,o,o}',
   proargnames => '{oid,score,xid_score,mxid_score,vacuum_score,vacuum_insert_score,analyze_score,do_vacuum,do_analyze,for_wraparound}',
   prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_autovacuum_scores' },
+{ oid => '8142', descr => 'statistics: last skipped vacuum time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time' },
+{ oid => '8143', descr => 'statistics: last skipped auto vacuum time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time' },
+{ oid => '8144', descr => 'statistics: last skipped analyze time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time' },
+{ oid => '8145', descr => 'statistics: last skipped auto analyze time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time' },
+{ oid => '8146', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped vacuum for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count' },
+{ oid => '8147', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped auto vacuum for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count' },
+{ oid => '8148', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped analyzes for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count' },
+{ oid => '8149', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped auto analyzes for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count' },
 { oid => '1936', descr => 'statistics: currently active backend IDs',
   proname => 'pg_stat_get_backend_idset', prorows => '100', proretset => 't',
   provolatile => 's', proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int4',
diff --git a/src/include/pgstat.h b/src/include/pgstat.h
index dfa2e837638..98941f953d1 100644
--- a/src/include/pgstat.h
+++ b/src/include/pgstat.h
@@ -479,6 +479,15 @@ typedef struct PgStat_StatTabEntry
 	TimestampTz last_autoanalyze_time;	/* autovacuum initiated */
 	PgStat_Counter autoanalyze_count;
 
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_vacuum_time;	/* user initiated vacuum */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_vacuum_count;
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_autovacuum_time;	/* autovacuum initiated */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_autovacuum_count;
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_analyze_time;	/* user initiated */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_analyze_count;
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_autoanalyze_time;	/* autovacuum initiated */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_autoanalyze_count;
+
 	PgStat_Counter total_vacuum_time;	/* times in milliseconds */
 	PgStat_Counter total_autovacuum_time;
 	PgStat_Counter total_analyze_time;
@@ -703,6 +712,13 @@ extern void pgstat_report_analyze(Relation rel,
 								  PgStat_Counter livetuples, PgStat_Counter deadtuples,
 								  bool resetcounter, TimestampTz starttime);
 
+/* flags for pgstat_flush_backend() */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM		(1 << 0)	/* vacuum is skipped */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE		(1 << 1)	/* analyze is skipped */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOVACUUM	(1 << 2)	/* autovacuum is skipped */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOANALYZE	(1 << 3)	/* autoanalyze is skipped */
+extern void pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(Oid relid, int flags);
+
 /*
  * If stats are enabled, but pending data hasn't been prepared yet, call
  * pgstat_assoc_relation() to do so. See its comment for why this is done
diff --git a/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out b/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out
index a65a5bf0c4f..9b2075d3373 100644
--- a/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out
+++ b/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out
@@ -1835,13 +1835,21 @@ pg_stat_all_tables| SELECT c.oid AS relid,
     pg_stat_get_mod_since_analyze(c.oid) AS n_mod_since_analyze,
     pg_stat_get_ins_since_vacuum(c.oid) AS n_ins_since_vacuum,
     pg_stat_get_last_vacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_vacuum,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_vacuum,
     pg_stat_get_last_autovacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_autovacuum,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_autovacuum,
     pg_stat_get_last_analyze_time(c.oid) AS last_analyze,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_analyze,
     pg_stat_get_last_autoanalyze_time(c.oid) AS last_autoanalyze,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_autoanalyze,
     pg_stat_get_vacuum_count(c.oid) AS vacuum_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count(c.oid) AS skipped_vacuum_count,
     pg_stat_get_autovacuum_count(c.oid) AS autovacuum_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count(c.oid) AS skipped_autovacuum_count,
     pg_stat_get_analyze_count(c.oid) AS analyze_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count(c.oid) AS skipped_analyze_count,
     pg_stat_get_autoanalyze_count(c.oid) AS autoanalyze_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count(c.oid) AS skipped_autoanalyze_count,
     pg_stat_get_total_vacuum_time(c.oid) AS total_vacuum_time,
     pg_stat_get_total_autovacuum_time(c.oid) AS total_autovacuum_time,
     pg_stat_get_total_analyze_time(c.oid) AS total_analyze_time,
@@ -2346,13 +2354,21 @@ pg_stat_sys_tables| SELECT relid,
     n_mod_since_analyze,
     n_ins_since_vacuum,
     last_vacuum,
+    last_skipped_vacuum,
     last_autovacuum,
+    last_skipped_autovacuum,
     last_analyze,
+    last_skipped_analyze,
     last_autoanalyze,
+    last_skipped_autoanalyze,
     vacuum_count,
+    skipped_vacuum_count,
     autovacuum_count,
+    skipped_autovacuum_count,
     analyze_count,
+    skipped_analyze_count,
     autoanalyze_count,
+    skipped_autoanalyze_count,
     total_vacuum_time,
     total_autovacuum_time,
     total_analyze_time,
@@ -2401,13 +2417,21 @@ pg_stat_user_tables| SELECT relid,
     n_mod_since_analyze,
     n_ins_since_vacuum,
     last_vacuum,
+    last_skipped_vacuum,
     last_autovacuum,
+    last_skipped_autovacuum,
     last_analyze,
+    last_skipped_analyze,
     last_autoanalyze,
+    last_skipped_autoanalyze,
     vacuum_count,
+    skipped_vacuum_count,
     autovacuum_count,
+    skipped_autovacuum_count,
     analyze_count,
+    skipped_analyze_count,
     autoanalyze_count,
+    skipped_autoanalyze_count,
     total_vacuum_time,
     total_autovacuum_time,
     total_analyze_time,
-- 
2.43.0


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* [PATCH v5] Track skipped vacuum and analyze activity per relation
@ 2026-03-24 04:09 Yugo Nagata <[email protected]>
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From: Yugo Nagata @ 2026-03-24 04:09 UTC (permalink / raw)

This commit adds eight fields to the relation statistics that track
the last time vacuum or analyze has been attempted but skipped due to
lock unavailability, along with their counts:

-    last_skipped_vacuum
-    last_skipped_autovacuum
-    last_skipped_analyze
-    last_skipped_autoanalyze
-    skipped_vacuum_count
-    skipped_autovacuum_count
-    skipped_analyze_count
-    skipped_autoanalyze_count

These field can help users confirm that autovacuum is actively attempting
to run on a table that has not been vacuumed or analyzed for a long time,
and that the lack of progress is due to repeated skips rather than inactivity.
---
 doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml                  |  88 ++++++
 src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql          |   8 +
 src/backend/commands/vacuum.c                 | 100 +++++--
 src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c  |  64 +++++
 src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c           |  24 ++
 src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat               |  32 +++
 src/include/pgstat.h                          |  16 ++
 .../isolation/expected/vacuum-skip-locked.out | 260 ++++++++++++++++--
 .../isolation/specs/vacuum-skip-locked.spec   |  41 +--
 src/test/regress/expected/rules.out           |  24 ++
 10 files changed, 601 insertions(+), 56 deletions(-)

diff --git a/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml b/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml
index 08d5b824552..a9b579d87a9 100644
--- a/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml
+++ b/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml
@@ -4387,6 +4387,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_vacuum</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time a manual vacuum on this table was attempted but skipped due to
+       lock unavailability (not counting <command>VACUUM FULL</command>)
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>last_autovacuum</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
@@ -4397,6 +4407,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_autovacuum</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time a vacuum on this table by the autovacuum daemon was attempted
+       but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>last_analyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
@@ -4406,6 +4426,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_analyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time a manual analyze on this table was attempted but skipped due to
+       lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>last_autoanalyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
@@ -4416,6 +4446,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_autoanalyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time at which an analyze on this table by the autovacuum was
+       attempted but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>vacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4426,6 +4466,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_vacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times manual vacuums on this table have been attempted but skipped
+       due to lock unavailability (not counting <command>VACUUM FULL</command>)
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>autovacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4436,6 +4486,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_autovacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times vacuums on this table by the autovacuum daemon have been
+       attempted but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>analyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4445,6 +4505,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_analyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times manual analyzes on this table have been attempted but
+       skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>autoanalyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4455,6 +4525,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_autoanalyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times analyzes on this table by the autovacuum daemon have
+       been attempted but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>total_vacuum_time</structfield> <type>double precision</type>
@@ -4510,6 +4590,14 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
    </tgroup>
   </table>
 
+  <note>
+   <para>
+    When a manual vacuum or analyze on a parent table in an inheritance or
+    partitioning hierarchy is skipped, the statistics are recorded only for
+    the parent table, not for its children.
+   </para>
+  </note>
+
  </sect2>
 
  <sect2 id="monitoring-pg-stat-autovacuum-scores-view">
diff --git a/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql b/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql
index 73a1c1c4670..f509fc7876b 100644
--- a/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql
+++ b/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql
@@ -736,13 +736,21 @@ CREATE VIEW pg_stat_all_tables AS
             pg_stat_get_mod_since_analyze(C.oid) AS n_mod_since_analyze,
             pg_stat_get_ins_since_vacuum(C.oid) AS n_ins_since_vacuum,
             pg_stat_get_last_vacuum_time(C.oid) as last_vacuum,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_vacuum,
             pg_stat_get_last_autovacuum_time(C.oid) as last_autovacuum,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_autovacuum,
             pg_stat_get_last_analyze_time(C.oid) as last_analyze,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_analyze,
             pg_stat_get_last_autoanalyze_time(C.oid) as last_autoanalyze,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_autoanalyze,
             pg_stat_get_vacuum_count(C.oid) AS vacuum_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count(C.oid) AS skipped_vacuum_count,
             pg_stat_get_autovacuum_count(C.oid) AS autovacuum_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count(C.oid) AS skipped_autovacuum_count,
             pg_stat_get_analyze_count(C.oid) AS analyze_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count(C.oid) AS skipped_analyze_count,
             pg_stat_get_autoanalyze_count(C.oid) AS autoanalyze_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count(C.oid) AS skipped_autoanalyze_count,
             pg_stat_get_total_vacuum_time(C.oid) AS total_vacuum_time,
             pg_stat_get_total_autovacuum_time(C.oid) AS total_autovacuum_time,
             pg_stat_get_total_analyze_time(C.oid) AS total_analyze_time,
diff --git a/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c b/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c
index 99d0db82ed7..df6526225e4 100644
--- a/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c
+++ b/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c
@@ -793,8 +793,25 @@ vacuum_open_relation(Oid relid, RangeVar *relation, uint32 options,
 		rel = try_relation_open(relid, NoLock);
 	else
 	{
+		int flags = 0;
 		rel = NULL;
 		rel_lock = false;
+
+		if ((options & VACOPT_VACUUM) != 0 && (options & VACOPT_FULL) == 0)
+		{
+			if (AmAutoVacuumWorkerProcess())
+				flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOVACUUM;
+			else
+				flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM;
+		}
+		if ((options & VACOPT_ANALYZE) != 0)
+		{
+			if (AmAutoVacuumWorkerProcess())
+				flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOANALYZE;
+			else
+				flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE;
+		}
+		pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(relid, flags);
 	}
 
 	/* if relation is opened, leave */
@@ -905,7 +922,6 @@ expand_vacuum_rel(VacuumRelation *vrel, MemoryContext vac_context,
 		Form_pg_class classForm;
 		bool		include_children;
 		bool		is_partitioned_table;
-		int			rvr_opts;
 
 		/*
 		 * Since autovacuum workers supply OIDs when calling vacuum(), no
@@ -918,29 +934,69 @@ expand_vacuum_rel(VacuumRelation *vrel, MemoryContext vac_context,
 		 * below, as well as find_all_inheritors's expectation that the caller
 		 * holds some lock on the starting relation.
 		 */
-		rvr_opts = (options & VACOPT_SKIP_LOCKED) ? RVR_SKIP_LOCKED : 0;
-		relid = RangeVarGetRelidExtended(vrel->relation,
-										 AccessShareLock,
-										 rvr_opts,
-										 NULL, NULL);
-
-		/*
-		 * If the lock is unavailable, emit the same log statement that
-		 * vacuum_rel() and analyze_rel() would.
-		 */
-		if (!OidIsValid(relid))
+		if (!(options & VACOPT_SKIP_LOCKED))
 		{
-			if (options & VACOPT_VACUUM)
-				ereport(WARNING,
-						(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
-						 errmsg("skipping vacuum of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
-								vrel->relation->relname)));
-			else
-				ereport(WARNING,
-						(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
-						 errmsg("skipping analyze of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
+			relid = RangeVarGetRelidExtended(vrel->relation,
+											 AccessShareLock,
+											 0, NULL, NULL);
+			if (!OidIsValid(relid))
+				return vacrels;
+		}
+		else
+		{
+			/* Get relid for reporting before taking a lock */
+			relid = RangeVarGetRelid(vrel->relation, NoLock, false);
+
+			if (!ConditionalLockRelationOid(relid, AccessShareLock))
+			{
+				int	flags = 0;
+				/*
+				 * If the lock is unavailable, emit the same log statement that
+				 * vacuum_rel() and analyze_rel() would.
+				 */
+				if (options & VACOPT_VACUUM)
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping vacuum of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
 								vrel->relation->relname)));
-			return vacrels;
+				else
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping analyze of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
+									vrel->relation->relname)));
+
+				if ((options & VACOPT_VACUUM) != 0 && (options & VACOPT_FULL) == 0)
+					flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM;
+				if ((options & VACOPT_ANALYZE) != 0)
+					flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE;
+
+				pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(relid, flags);
+
+				return vacrels;
+			}
+
+			/*
+			 * Now that we have the lock, probe to see if the relation really
+			 * exists or not.
+			 */
+			if (!SearchSysCacheExists1(RELOID, ObjectIdGetDatum(relid)))
+			{
+				if (options & VACOPT_VACUUM)
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_UNDEFINED_TABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping vacuum of \"%s\" --- relation no longer exists",
+									vrel->relation->relname)));
+				else
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_UNDEFINED_TABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping analyze of \"%s\" --- relation no longer exists",
+									vrel->relation->relname)));
+
+				/* Release useless lock */
+				UnlockRelationOid(relid, AccessShareLock);
+
+				return vacrels;
+			}
 		}
 
 		/*
diff --git a/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c b/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c
index b2ca28f83ba..532d9023f8c 100644
--- a/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c
+++ b/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c
@@ -17,12 +17,14 @@
 
 #include "postgres.h"
 
+#include "access/htup_details.h"
 #include "access/twophase_rmgr.h"
 #include "access/xact.h"
 #include "catalog/catalog.h"
 #include "utils/memutils.h"
 #include "utils/pgstat_internal.h"
 #include "utils/rel.h"
+#include "utils/syscache.h"
 #include "utils/timestamp.h"
 
 
@@ -367,6 +369,68 @@ pgstat_report_analyze(Relation rel,
 	(void) pgstat_flush_backend(false, PGSTAT_BACKEND_FLUSH_IO);
 }
 
+/*
+ * Report that the table was skipped during vacuum or/and analyze.
+ */
+void
+pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(Oid relid, int flags)
+{
+	PgStat_EntryRef *entry_ref;
+	PgStatShared_Relation *shtabentry;
+	PgStat_StatTabEntry *tabentry;
+	TimestampTz ts;
+	HeapTuple	classTup;
+	bool		isshared;
+
+	if (!pgstat_track_counts || !flags)
+		return;
+
+	classTup = SearchSysCache1(RELOID, ObjectIdGetDatum(relid));
+	if (!HeapTupleIsValid(classTup))
+		return;			/* somebody deleted the rel, forget it */
+	isshared = ((Form_pg_class) GETSTRUCT(classTup))->relisshared;
+	ReleaseSysCache(classTup);
+
+	/* Store the data in the table's hash table entry. */
+	ts = GetCurrentTimestamp();
+
+	/* block acquiring lock for the same reason as pgstat_report_autovac() */
+	entry_ref = pgstat_get_entry_ref_locked(PGSTAT_KIND_RELATION,
+											isshared ? InvalidOid : MyDatabaseId,
+											relid, false);
+
+	shtabentry = (PgStatShared_Relation *) entry_ref->shared_stats;
+	tabentry = &shtabentry->stats;
+
+	if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM)
+	{
+		tabentry->last_skipped_vacuum_time = ts;
+		tabentry->skipped_vacuum_count++;
+	}
+	else if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOVACUUM)
+	{
+		tabentry->last_skipped_autovacuum_time = ts;
+		tabentry->skipped_autovacuum_count++;
+	}
+
+	if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE)
+	{
+		tabentry->last_skipped_analyze_time = ts;
+		tabentry->skipped_analyze_count++;
+	}
+	else if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOANALYZE)
+	{
+		tabentry->last_skipped_autoanalyze_time = ts;
+		tabentry->skipped_autoanalyze_count++;
+	}
+
+	pgstat_unlock_entry(entry_ref);
+
+	/* see pgstat_report_vacuum() */
+	pgstat_flush_io(false);
+	(void) pgstat_flush_backend(false, PGSTAT_BACKEND_FLUSH_IO);
+}
+
 /*
  * count a tuple insertion of n tuples
  */
diff --git a/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c b/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c
index 1408de387ea..90a8968faa0 100644
--- a/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c
+++ b/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c
@@ -84,6 +84,18 @@ PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(mod_since_analyze)
 /* pg_stat_get_numscans */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(numscans)
 
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_analyze_count)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_autoanalyze_count)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_autovacuum_count)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_vacuum_count)
+
 /* pg_stat_get_tuples_deleted */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(tuples_deleted)
 
@@ -170,6 +182,18 @@ PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_vacuum_time)
 /* pg_stat_get_lastscan */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(lastscan)
 
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_analyze_time)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_autoanalyze_time)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_autovacuum_time)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_vacuum_time)
+
 /* pg_stat_get_stat_reset_time */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(stat_reset_time)
 
diff --git a/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat b/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat
index fa9ae79082b..32debb34863 100644
--- a/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat
+++ b/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat
@@ -5680,6 +5680,38 @@
   proargmodes => '{o,o,o,o,o,o,o,o,o,o}',
   proargnames => '{oid,score,xid_score,mxid_score,vacuum_score,vacuum_insert_score,analyze_score,do_vacuum,do_analyze,for_wraparound}',
   prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_autovacuum_scores' },
+{ oid => '8142', descr => 'statistics: last skipped vacuum time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time' },
+{ oid => '8143', descr => 'statistics: last skipped auto vacuum time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time' },
+{ oid => '8144', descr => 'statistics: last skipped analyze time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time' },
+{ oid => '8145', descr => 'statistics: last skipped auto analyze time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time' },
+{ oid => '8146', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped vacuum for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count' },
+{ oid => '8147', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped auto vacuum for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count' },
+{ oid => '8148', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped analyzes for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count' },
+{ oid => '8149', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped auto analyzes for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count' },
 { oid => '1936', descr => 'statistics: currently active backend IDs',
   proname => 'pg_stat_get_backend_idset', prorows => '100', proretset => 't',
   provolatile => 's', proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int4',
diff --git a/src/include/pgstat.h b/src/include/pgstat.h
index dfa2e837638..98941f953d1 100644
--- a/src/include/pgstat.h
+++ b/src/include/pgstat.h
@@ -479,6 +479,15 @@ typedef struct PgStat_StatTabEntry
 	TimestampTz last_autoanalyze_time;	/* autovacuum initiated */
 	PgStat_Counter autoanalyze_count;
 
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_vacuum_time;	/* user initiated vacuum */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_vacuum_count;
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_autovacuum_time;	/* autovacuum initiated */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_autovacuum_count;
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_analyze_time;	/* user initiated */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_analyze_count;
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_autoanalyze_time;	/* autovacuum initiated */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_autoanalyze_count;
+
 	PgStat_Counter total_vacuum_time;	/* times in milliseconds */
 	PgStat_Counter total_autovacuum_time;
 	PgStat_Counter total_analyze_time;
@@ -703,6 +712,13 @@ extern void pgstat_report_analyze(Relation rel,
 								  PgStat_Counter livetuples, PgStat_Counter deadtuples,
 								  bool resetcounter, TimestampTz starttime);
 
+/* flags for pgstat_flush_backend() */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM		(1 << 0)	/* vacuum is skipped */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE		(1 << 1)	/* analyze is skipped */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOVACUUM	(1 << 2)	/* autovacuum is skipped */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOANALYZE	(1 << 3)	/* autoanalyze is skipped */
+extern void pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(Oid relid, int flags);
+
 /*
  * If stats are enabled, but pending data hasn't been prepared yet, call
  * pgstat_assoc_relation() to do so. See its comment for why this is done
diff --git a/src/test/isolation/expected/vacuum-skip-locked.out b/src/test/isolation/expected/vacuum-skip-locked.out
index 99db281a159..e2cff175b7c 100644
--- a/src/test/isolation/expected/vacuum-skip-locked.out
+++ b/src/test/isolation/expected/vacuum-skip-locked.out
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 Parsed test spec with 2 sessions
 
-starting permutation: lock_share vac_specified commit
+starting permutation: lock_share vac_specified commit check_stat
 step lock_share: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN SHARE MODE;
@@ -10,8 +10,22 @@ step vac_specified: VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED) part1, part2;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
 
-starting permutation: lock_share vac_all_parts commit
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   1|            0|                    0
+part2  |           1|                   0|            0|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
+
+starting permutation: lock_share vac_all_parts commit check_stat
 step lock_share: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN SHARE MODE;
@@ -20,8 +34,22 @@ step vac_all_parts: VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED) parted;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   1|            0|                    0
+part2  |           1|                   0|            0|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
 
-starting permutation: lock_share analyze_specified commit
+starting permutation: lock_share analyze_specified commit check_stat
 step lock_share: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN SHARE MODE;
@@ -31,8 +59,22 @@ step analyze_specified: ANALYZE (SKIP_LOCKED) part1, part2;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
 
-starting permutation: lock_share analyze_all_parts commit
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   0|            0|                    1
+part2  |           0|                   0|            1|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
+
+starting permutation: lock_share analyze_all_parts commit check_stat
 step lock_share: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN SHARE MODE;
@@ -41,8 +83,22 @@ step analyze_all_parts: ANALYZE (SKIP_LOCKED) parted;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            1|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   0|            0|                    1
+part2  |           0|                   0|            1|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
 
-starting permutation: lock_share vac_analyze_specified commit
+starting permutation: lock_share vac_analyze_specified commit check_stat
 step lock_share: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN SHARE MODE;
@@ -52,8 +108,22 @@ step vac_analyze_specified: VACUUM (ANALYZE, SKIP_LOCKED) part1, part2;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
 
-starting permutation: lock_share vac_analyze_all_parts commit
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   1|            0|                    1
+part2  |           1|                   0|            1|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
+
+starting permutation: lock_share vac_analyze_all_parts commit check_stat
 step lock_share: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN SHARE MODE;
@@ -62,8 +132,22 @@ step vac_analyze_all_parts: VACUUM (ANALYZE, SKIP_LOCKED) parted;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            1|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   1|            0|                    1
+part2  |           1|                   0|            1|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
 
-starting permutation: lock_share vac_full_specified commit
+starting permutation: lock_share vac_full_specified commit check_stat
 step lock_share: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN SHARE MODE;
@@ -73,8 +157,22 @@ step vac_full_specified: VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED, FULL) part1, part2;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
 
-starting permutation: lock_share vac_full_all_parts commit
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part2  |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
+
+starting permutation: lock_share vac_full_all_parts commit check_stat
 step lock_share: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN SHARE MODE;
@@ -83,8 +181,22 @@ step vac_full_all_parts: VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED, FULL) parted;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part2  |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+(3 rows)
 
-starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_specified commit
+
+starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_specified commit check_stat
 step lock_access_exclusive: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN ACCESS EXCLUSIVE MODE;
@@ -94,8 +206,22 @@ step vac_specified: VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED) part1, part2;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   1|            0|                    0
+part2  |           1|                   0|            0|                    0
+(3 rows)
 
-starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_all_parts commit
+
+starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_all_parts commit check_stat
 step lock_access_exclusive: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN ACCESS EXCLUSIVE MODE;
@@ -104,8 +230,22 @@ step vac_all_parts: VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED) parted;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   1|            0|                    0
+part2  |           1|                   0|            0|                    0
+(3 rows)
 
-starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive analyze_specified commit
+
+starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive analyze_specified commit check_stat
 step lock_access_exclusive: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN ACCESS EXCLUSIVE MODE;
@@ -115,8 +255,22 @@ step analyze_specified: ANALYZE (SKIP_LOCKED) part1, part2;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   0|            0|                    1
+part2  |           0|                   0|            1|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
 
-starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive analyze_all_parts commit
+starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive analyze_all_parts commit check_stat
 step lock_access_exclusive: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN ACCESS EXCLUSIVE MODE;
@@ -126,8 +280,22 @@ step commit:
 	COMMIT;
 
 step analyze_all_parts: <... completed>
-
-starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_analyze_specified commit
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            1|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   0|            1|                    0
+part2  |           0|                   0|            1|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
+
+starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_analyze_specified commit check_stat
 step lock_access_exclusive: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN ACCESS EXCLUSIVE MODE;
@@ -137,8 +305,22 @@ step vac_analyze_specified: VACUUM (ANALYZE, SKIP_LOCKED) part1, part2;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   1|            0|                    1
+part2  |           1|                   0|            1|                    0
+(3 rows)
 
-starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_analyze_all_parts commit
+
+starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_analyze_all_parts commit check_stat
 step lock_access_exclusive: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN ACCESS EXCLUSIVE MODE;
@@ -148,8 +330,22 @@ step commit:
 	COMMIT;
 
 step vac_analyze_all_parts: <... completed>
-
-starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_full_specified commit
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            1|                    0
+part1  |           1|                   0|            1|                    0
+part2  |           1|                   0|            1|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
+
+starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_full_specified commit check_stat
 step lock_access_exclusive: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN ACCESS EXCLUSIVE MODE;
@@ -159,8 +355,22 @@ step vac_full_specified: VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED, FULL) part1, part2;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
 
-starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_full_all_parts commit
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part2  |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
+
+starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_full_all_parts commit check_stat
 step lock_access_exclusive: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN ACCESS EXCLUSIVE MODE;
@@ -169,3 +379,17 @@ step vac_full_all_parts: VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED, FULL) parted;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part2  |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
diff --git a/src/test/isolation/specs/vacuum-skip-locked.spec b/src/test/isolation/specs/vacuum-skip-locked.spec
index 3fad6e1c92a..b0da75d4b6d 100644
--- a/src/test/isolation/specs/vacuum-skip-locked.spec
+++ b/src/test/isolation/specs/vacuum-skip-locked.spec
@@ -33,6 +33,15 @@ step commit
 	COMMIT;
 }
 
+step check_stat
+{
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+}
+
 session s2
 step vac_specified			{ VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED) part1, part2; }
 step vac_all_parts			{ VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED) parted; }
@@ -43,19 +52,19 @@ step vac_analyze_all_parts	{ VACUUM (ANALYZE, SKIP_LOCKED) parted; }
 step vac_full_specified		{ VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED, FULL) part1, part2; }
 step vac_full_all_parts		{ VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED, FULL) parted; }
 
-permutation lock_share vac_specified commit
-permutation lock_share vac_all_parts commit
-permutation lock_share analyze_specified commit
-permutation lock_share analyze_all_parts commit
-permutation lock_share vac_analyze_specified commit
-permutation lock_share vac_analyze_all_parts commit
-permutation lock_share vac_full_specified commit
-permutation lock_share vac_full_all_parts commit
-permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_specified commit
-permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_all_parts commit
-permutation lock_access_exclusive analyze_specified commit
-permutation lock_access_exclusive analyze_all_parts commit
-permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_analyze_specified commit
-permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_analyze_all_parts commit
-permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_full_specified commit
-permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_full_all_parts commit
+permutation lock_share vac_specified commit check_stat
+permutation lock_share vac_all_parts commit check_stat
+permutation lock_share analyze_specified commit check_stat
+permutation lock_share analyze_all_parts commit check_stat
+permutation lock_share vac_analyze_specified commit check_stat
+permutation lock_share vac_analyze_all_parts commit check_stat
+permutation lock_share vac_full_specified commit check_stat
+permutation lock_share vac_full_all_parts commit check_stat
+permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_specified commit check_stat
+permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_all_parts commit check_stat
+permutation lock_access_exclusive analyze_specified commit check_stat
+permutation lock_access_exclusive analyze_all_parts commit check_stat
+permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_analyze_specified commit check_stat
+permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_analyze_all_parts commit check_stat
+permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_full_specified commit check_stat
+permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_full_all_parts commit check_stat
diff --git a/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out b/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out
index a65a5bf0c4f..9b2075d3373 100644
--- a/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out
+++ b/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out
@@ -1835,13 +1835,21 @@ pg_stat_all_tables| SELECT c.oid AS relid,
     pg_stat_get_mod_since_analyze(c.oid) AS n_mod_since_analyze,
     pg_stat_get_ins_since_vacuum(c.oid) AS n_ins_since_vacuum,
     pg_stat_get_last_vacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_vacuum,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_vacuum,
     pg_stat_get_last_autovacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_autovacuum,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_autovacuum,
     pg_stat_get_last_analyze_time(c.oid) AS last_analyze,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_analyze,
     pg_stat_get_last_autoanalyze_time(c.oid) AS last_autoanalyze,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_autoanalyze,
     pg_stat_get_vacuum_count(c.oid) AS vacuum_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count(c.oid) AS skipped_vacuum_count,
     pg_stat_get_autovacuum_count(c.oid) AS autovacuum_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count(c.oid) AS skipped_autovacuum_count,
     pg_stat_get_analyze_count(c.oid) AS analyze_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count(c.oid) AS skipped_analyze_count,
     pg_stat_get_autoanalyze_count(c.oid) AS autoanalyze_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count(c.oid) AS skipped_autoanalyze_count,
     pg_stat_get_total_vacuum_time(c.oid) AS total_vacuum_time,
     pg_stat_get_total_autovacuum_time(c.oid) AS total_autovacuum_time,
     pg_stat_get_total_analyze_time(c.oid) AS total_analyze_time,
@@ -2346,13 +2354,21 @@ pg_stat_sys_tables| SELECT relid,
     n_mod_since_analyze,
     n_ins_since_vacuum,
     last_vacuum,
+    last_skipped_vacuum,
     last_autovacuum,
+    last_skipped_autovacuum,
     last_analyze,
+    last_skipped_analyze,
     last_autoanalyze,
+    last_skipped_autoanalyze,
     vacuum_count,
+    skipped_vacuum_count,
     autovacuum_count,
+    skipped_autovacuum_count,
     analyze_count,
+    skipped_analyze_count,
     autoanalyze_count,
+    skipped_autoanalyze_count,
     total_vacuum_time,
     total_autovacuum_time,
     total_analyze_time,
@@ -2401,13 +2417,21 @@ pg_stat_user_tables| SELECT relid,
     n_mod_since_analyze,
     n_ins_since_vacuum,
     last_vacuum,
+    last_skipped_vacuum,
     last_autovacuum,
+    last_skipped_autovacuum,
     last_analyze,
+    last_skipped_analyze,
     last_autoanalyze,
+    last_skipped_autoanalyze,
     vacuum_count,
+    skipped_vacuum_count,
     autovacuum_count,
+    skipped_autovacuum_count,
     analyze_count,
+    skipped_analyze_count,
     autoanalyze_count,
+    skipped_autoanalyze_count,
     total_vacuum_time,
     total_autovacuum_time,
     total_analyze_time,
-- 
2.43.0


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* [PATCH v5] Track skipped vacuum and analyze activity per relation
@ 2026-03-24 04:09 Yugo Nagata <[email protected]>
  0 siblings, 0 replies; 374+ messages in thread

From: Yugo Nagata @ 2026-03-24 04:09 UTC (permalink / raw)

This commit adds eight fields to the relation statistics that track
the last time vacuum or analyze has been attempted but skipped due to
lock unavailability, along with their counts:

-    last_skipped_vacuum
-    last_skipped_autovacuum
-    last_skipped_analyze
-    last_skipped_autoanalyze
-    skipped_vacuum_count
-    skipped_autovacuum_count
-    skipped_analyze_count
-    skipped_autoanalyze_count

These field can help users confirm that autovacuum is actively attempting
to run on a table that has not been vacuumed or analyzed for a long time,
and that the lack of progress is due to repeated skips rather than inactivity.
---
 doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml                  |  88 ++++++
 src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql          |   8 +
 src/backend/commands/vacuum.c                 | 100 +++++--
 src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c  |  64 +++++
 src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c           |  24 ++
 src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat               |  32 +++
 src/include/pgstat.h                          |  16 ++
 .../isolation/expected/vacuum-skip-locked.out | 260 ++++++++++++++++--
 .../isolation/specs/vacuum-skip-locked.spec   |  41 +--
 src/test/regress/expected/rules.out           |  24 ++
 10 files changed, 601 insertions(+), 56 deletions(-)

diff --git a/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml b/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml
index 08d5b824552..a9b579d87a9 100644
--- a/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml
+++ b/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml
@@ -4387,6 +4387,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_vacuum</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time a manual vacuum on this table was attempted but skipped due to
+       lock unavailability (not counting <command>VACUUM FULL</command>)
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>last_autovacuum</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
@@ -4397,6 +4407,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_autovacuum</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time a vacuum on this table by the autovacuum daemon was attempted
+       but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>last_analyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
@@ -4406,6 +4426,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_analyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time a manual analyze on this table was attempted but skipped due to
+       lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>last_autoanalyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
@@ -4416,6 +4446,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_autoanalyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time at which an analyze on this table by the autovacuum was
+       attempted but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>vacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4426,6 +4466,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_vacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times manual vacuums on this table have been attempted but skipped
+       due to lock unavailability (not counting <command>VACUUM FULL</command>)
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>autovacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4436,6 +4486,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_autovacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times vacuums on this table by the autovacuum daemon have been
+       attempted but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>analyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4445,6 +4505,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_analyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times manual analyzes on this table have been attempted but
+       skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>autoanalyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4455,6 +4525,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_autoanalyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times analyzes on this table by the autovacuum daemon have
+       been attempted but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>total_vacuum_time</structfield> <type>double precision</type>
@@ -4510,6 +4590,14 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
    </tgroup>
   </table>
 
+  <note>
+   <para>
+    When a manual vacuum or analyze on a parent table in an inheritance or
+    partitioning hierarchy is skipped, the statistics are recorded only for
+    the parent table, not for its children.
+   </para>
+  </note>
+
  </sect2>
 
  <sect2 id="monitoring-pg-stat-autovacuum-scores-view">
diff --git a/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql b/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql
index 73a1c1c4670..f509fc7876b 100644
--- a/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql
+++ b/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql
@@ -736,13 +736,21 @@ CREATE VIEW pg_stat_all_tables AS
             pg_stat_get_mod_since_analyze(C.oid) AS n_mod_since_analyze,
             pg_stat_get_ins_since_vacuum(C.oid) AS n_ins_since_vacuum,
             pg_stat_get_last_vacuum_time(C.oid) as last_vacuum,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_vacuum,
             pg_stat_get_last_autovacuum_time(C.oid) as last_autovacuum,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_autovacuum,
             pg_stat_get_last_analyze_time(C.oid) as last_analyze,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_analyze,
             pg_stat_get_last_autoanalyze_time(C.oid) as last_autoanalyze,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_autoanalyze,
             pg_stat_get_vacuum_count(C.oid) AS vacuum_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count(C.oid) AS skipped_vacuum_count,
             pg_stat_get_autovacuum_count(C.oid) AS autovacuum_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count(C.oid) AS skipped_autovacuum_count,
             pg_stat_get_analyze_count(C.oid) AS analyze_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count(C.oid) AS skipped_analyze_count,
             pg_stat_get_autoanalyze_count(C.oid) AS autoanalyze_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count(C.oid) AS skipped_autoanalyze_count,
             pg_stat_get_total_vacuum_time(C.oid) AS total_vacuum_time,
             pg_stat_get_total_autovacuum_time(C.oid) AS total_autovacuum_time,
             pg_stat_get_total_analyze_time(C.oid) AS total_analyze_time,
diff --git a/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c b/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c
index 99d0db82ed7..df6526225e4 100644
--- a/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c
+++ b/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c
@@ -793,8 +793,25 @@ vacuum_open_relation(Oid relid, RangeVar *relation, uint32 options,
 		rel = try_relation_open(relid, NoLock);
 	else
 	{
+		int flags = 0;
 		rel = NULL;
 		rel_lock = false;
+
+		if ((options & VACOPT_VACUUM) != 0 && (options & VACOPT_FULL) == 0)
+		{
+			if (AmAutoVacuumWorkerProcess())
+				flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOVACUUM;
+			else
+				flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM;
+		}
+		if ((options & VACOPT_ANALYZE) != 0)
+		{
+			if (AmAutoVacuumWorkerProcess())
+				flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOANALYZE;
+			else
+				flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE;
+		}
+		pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(relid, flags);
 	}
 
 	/* if relation is opened, leave */
@@ -905,7 +922,6 @@ expand_vacuum_rel(VacuumRelation *vrel, MemoryContext vac_context,
 		Form_pg_class classForm;
 		bool		include_children;
 		bool		is_partitioned_table;
-		int			rvr_opts;
 
 		/*
 		 * Since autovacuum workers supply OIDs when calling vacuum(), no
@@ -918,29 +934,69 @@ expand_vacuum_rel(VacuumRelation *vrel, MemoryContext vac_context,
 		 * below, as well as find_all_inheritors's expectation that the caller
 		 * holds some lock on the starting relation.
 		 */
-		rvr_opts = (options & VACOPT_SKIP_LOCKED) ? RVR_SKIP_LOCKED : 0;
-		relid = RangeVarGetRelidExtended(vrel->relation,
-										 AccessShareLock,
-										 rvr_opts,
-										 NULL, NULL);
-
-		/*
-		 * If the lock is unavailable, emit the same log statement that
-		 * vacuum_rel() and analyze_rel() would.
-		 */
-		if (!OidIsValid(relid))
+		if (!(options & VACOPT_SKIP_LOCKED))
 		{
-			if (options & VACOPT_VACUUM)
-				ereport(WARNING,
-						(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
-						 errmsg("skipping vacuum of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
-								vrel->relation->relname)));
-			else
-				ereport(WARNING,
-						(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
-						 errmsg("skipping analyze of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
+			relid = RangeVarGetRelidExtended(vrel->relation,
+											 AccessShareLock,
+											 0, NULL, NULL);
+			if (!OidIsValid(relid))
+				return vacrels;
+		}
+		else
+		{
+			/* Get relid for reporting before taking a lock */
+			relid = RangeVarGetRelid(vrel->relation, NoLock, false);
+
+			if (!ConditionalLockRelationOid(relid, AccessShareLock))
+			{
+				int	flags = 0;
+				/*
+				 * If the lock is unavailable, emit the same log statement that
+				 * vacuum_rel() and analyze_rel() would.
+				 */
+				if (options & VACOPT_VACUUM)
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping vacuum of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
 								vrel->relation->relname)));
-			return vacrels;
+				else
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping analyze of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
+									vrel->relation->relname)));
+
+				if ((options & VACOPT_VACUUM) != 0 && (options & VACOPT_FULL) == 0)
+					flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM;
+				if ((options & VACOPT_ANALYZE) != 0)
+					flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE;
+
+				pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(relid, flags);
+
+				return vacrels;
+			}
+
+			/*
+			 * Now that we have the lock, probe to see if the relation really
+			 * exists or not.
+			 */
+			if (!SearchSysCacheExists1(RELOID, ObjectIdGetDatum(relid)))
+			{
+				if (options & VACOPT_VACUUM)
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_UNDEFINED_TABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping vacuum of \"%s\" --- relation no longer exists",
+									vrel->relation->relname)));
+				else
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_UNDEFINED_TABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping analyze of \"%s\" --- relation no longer exists",
+									vrel->relation->relname)));
+
+				/* Release useless lock */
+				UnlockRelationOid(relid, AccessShareLock);
+
+				return vacrels;
+			}
 		}
 
 		/*
diff --git a/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c b/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c
index b2ca28f83ba..532d9023f8c 100644
--- a/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c
+++ b/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c
@@ -17,12 +17,14 @@
 
 #include "postgres.h"
 
+#include "access/htup_details.h"
 #include "access/twophase_rmgr.h"
 #include "access/xact.h"
 #include "catalog/catalog.h"
 #include "utils/memutils.h"
 #include "utils/pgstat_internal.h"
 #include "utils/rel.h"
+#include "utils/syscache.h"
 #include "utils/timestamp.h"
 
 
@@ -367,6 +369,68 @@ pgstat_report_analyze(Relation rel,
 	(void) pgstat_flush_backend(false, PGSTAT_BACKEND_FLUSH_IO);
 }
 
+/*
+ * Report that the table was skipped during vacuum or/and analyze.
+ */
+void
+pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(Oid relid, int flags)
+{
+	PgStat_EntryRef *entry_ref;
+	PgStatShared_Relation *shtabentry;
+	PgStat_StatTabEntry *tabentry;
+	TimestampTz ts;
+	HeapTuple	classTup;
+	bool		isshared;
+
+	if (!pgstat_track_counts || !flags)
+		return;
+
+	classTup = SearchSysCache1(RELOID, ObjectIdGetDatum(relid));
+	if (!HeapTupleIsValid(classTup))
+		return;			/* somebody deleted the rel, forget it */
+	isshared = ((Form_pg_class) GETSTRUCT(classTup))->relisshared;
+	ReleaseSysCache(classTup);
+
+	/* Store the data in the table's hash table entry. */
+	ts = GetCurrentTimestamp();
+
+	/* block acquiring lock for the same reason as pgstat_report_autovac() */
+	entry_ref = pgstat_get_entry_ref_locked(PGSTAT_KIND_RELATION,
+											isshared ? InvalidOid : MyDatabaseId,
+											relid, false);
+
+	shtabentry = (PgStatShared_Relation *) entry_ref->shared_stats;
+	tabentry = &shtabentry->stats;
+
+	if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM)
+	{
+		tabentry->last_skipped_vacuum_time = ts;
+		tabentry->skipped_vacuum_count++;
+	}
+	else if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOVACUUM)
+	{
+		tabentry->last_skipped_autovacuum_time = ts;
+		tabentry->skipped_autovacuum_count++;
+	}
+
+	if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE)
+	{
+		tabentry->last_skipped_analyze_time = ts;
+		tabentry->skipped_analyze_count++;
+	}
+	else if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOANALYZE)
+	{
+		tabentry->last_skipped_autoanalyze_time = ts;
+		tabentry->skipped_autoanalyze_count++;
+	}
+
+	pgstat_unlock_entry(entry_ref);
+
+	/* see pgstat_report_vacuum() */
+	pgstat_flush_io(false);
+	(void) pgstat_flush_backend(false, PGSTAT_BACKEND_FLUSH_IO);
+}
+
 /*
  * count a tuple insertion of n tuples
  */
diff --git a/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c b/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c
index 1408de387ea..90a8968faa0 100644
--- a/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c
+++ b/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c
@@ -84,6 +84,18 @@ PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(mod_since_analyze)
 /* pg_stat_get_numscans */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(numscans)
 
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_analyze_count)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_autoanalyze_count)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_autovacuum_count)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_vacuum_count)
+
 /* pg_stat_get_tuples_deleted */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(tuples_deleted)
 
@@ -170,6 +182,18 @@ PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_vacuum_time)
 /* pg_stat_get_lastscan */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(lastscan)
 
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_analyze_time)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_autoanalyze_time)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_autovacuum_time)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_vacuum_time)
+
 /* pg_stat_get_stat_reset_time */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(stat_reset_time)
 
diff --git a/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat b/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat
index fa9ae79082b..32debb34863 100644
--- a/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat
+++ b/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat
@@ -5680,6 +5680,38 @@
   proargmodes => '{o,o,o,o,o,o,o,o,o,o}',
   proargnames => '{oid,score,xid_score,mxid_score,vacuum_score,vacuum_insert_score,analyze_score,do_vacuum,do_analyze,for_wraparound}',
   prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_autovacuum_scores' },
+{ oid => '8142', descr => 'statistics: last skipped vacuum time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time' },
+{ oid => '8143', descr => 'statistics: last skipped auto vacuum time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time' },
+{ oid => '8144', descr => 'statistics: last skipped analyze time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time' },
+{ oid => '8145', descr => 'statistics: last skipped auto analyze time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time' },
+{ oid => '8146', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped vacuum for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count' },
+{ oid => '8147', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped auto vacuum for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count' },
+{ oid => '8148', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped analyzes for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count' },
+{ oid => '8149', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped auto analyzes for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count' },
 { oid => '1936', descr => 'statistics: currently active backend IDs',
   proname => 'pg_stat_get_backend_idset', prorows => '100', proretset => 't',
   provolatile => 's', proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int4',
diff --git a/src/include/pgstat.h b/src/include/pgstat.h
index dfa2e837638..98941f953d1 100644
--- a/src/include/pgstat.h
+++ b/src/include/pgstat.h
@@ -479,6 +479,15 @@ typedef struct PgStat_StatTabEntry
 	TimestampTz last_autoanalyze_time;	/* autovacuum initiated */
 	PgStat_Counter autoanalyze_count;
 
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_vacuum_time;	/* user initiated vacuum */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_vacuum_count;
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_autovacuum_time;	/* autovacuum initiated */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_autovacuum_count;
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_analyze_time;	/* user initiated */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_analyze_count;
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_autoanalyze_time;	/* autovacuum initiated */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_autoanalyze_count;
+
 	PgStat_Counter total_vacuum_time;	/* times in milliseconds */
 	PgStat_Counter total_autovacuum_time;
 	PgStat_Counter total_analyze_time;
@@ -703,6 +712,13 @@ extern void pgstat_report_analyze(Relation rel,
 								  PgStat_Counter livetuples, PgStat_Counter deadtuples,
 								  bool resetcounter, TimestampTz starttime);
 
+/* flags for pgstat_flush_backend() */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM		(1 << 0)	/* vacuum is skipped */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE		(1 << 1)	/* analyze is skipped */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOVACUUM	(1 << 2)	/* autovacuum is skipped */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOANALYZE	(1 << 3)	/* autoanalyze is skipped */
+extern void pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(Oid relid, int flags);
+
 /*
  * If stats are enabled, but pending data hasn't been prepared yet, call
  * pgstat_assoc_relation() to do so. See its comment for why this is done
diff --git a/src/test/isolation/expected/vacuum-skip-locked.out b/src/test/isolation/expected/vacuum-skip-locked.out
index 99db281a159..e2cff175b7c 100644
--- a/src/test/isolation/expected/vacuum-skip-locked.out
+++ b/src/test/isolation/expected/vacuum-skip-locked.out
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 Parsed test spec with 2 sessions
 
-starting permutation: lock_share vac_specified commit
+starting permutation: lock_share vac_specified commit check_stat
 step lock_share: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN SHARE MODE;
@@ -10,8 +10,22 @@ step vac_specified: VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED) part1, part2;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
 
-starting permutation: lock_share vac_all_parts commit
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   1|            0|                    0
+part2  |           1|                   0|            0|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
+
+starting permutation: lock_share vac_all_parts commit check_stat
 step lock_share: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN SHARE MODE;
@@ -20,8 +34,22 @@ step vac_all_parts: VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED) parted;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   1|            0|                    0
+part2  |           1|                   0|            0|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
 
-starting permutation: lock_share analyze_specified commit
+starting permutation: lock_share analyze_specified commit check_stat
 step lock_share: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN SHARE MODE;
@@ -31,8 +59,22 @@ step analyze_specified: ANALYZE (SKIP_LOCKED) part1, part2;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
 
-starting permutation: lock_share analyze_all_parts commit
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   0|            0|                    1
+part2  |           0|                   0|            1|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
+
+starting permutation: lock_share analyze_all_parts commit check_stat
 step lock_share: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN SHARE MODE;
@@ -41,8 +83,22 @@ step analyze_all_parts: ANALYZE (SKIP_LOCKED) parted;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            1|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   0|            0|                    1
+part2  |           0|                   0|            1|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
 
-starting permutation: lock_share vac_analyze_specified commit
+starting permutation: lock_share vac_analyze_specified commit check_stat
 step lock_share: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN SHARE MODE;
@@ -52,8 +108,22 @@ step vac_analyze_specified: VACUUM (ANALYZE, SKIP_LOCKED) part1, part2;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
 
-starting permutation: lock_share vac_analyze_all_parts commit
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   1|            0|                    1
+part2  |           1|                   0|            1|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
+
+starting permutation: lock_share vac_analyze_all_parts commit check_stat
 step lock_share: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN SHARE MODE;
@@ -62,8 +132,22 @@ step vac_analyze_all_parts: VACUUM (ANALYZE, SKIP_LOCKED) parted;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            1|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   1|            0|                    1
+part2  |           1|                   0|            1|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
 
-starting permutation: lock_share vac_full_specified commit
+starting permutation: lock_share vac_full_specified commit check_stat
 step lock_share: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN SHARE MODE;
@@ -73,8 +157,22 @@ step vac_full_specified: VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED, FULL) part1, part2;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
 
-starting permutation: lock_share vac_full_all_parts commit
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part2  |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
+
+starting permutation: lock_share vac_full_all_parts commit check_stat
 step lock_share: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN SHARE MODE;
@@ -83,8 +181,22 @@ step vac_full_all_parts: VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED, FULL) parted;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part2  |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+(3 rows)
 
-starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_specified commit
+
+starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_specified commit check_stat
 step lock_access_exclusive: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN ACCESS EXCLUSIVE MODE;
@@ -94,8 +206,22 @@ step vac_specified: VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED) part1, part2;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   1|            0|                    0
+part2  |           1|                   0|            0|                    0
+(3 rows)
 
-starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_all_parts commit
+
+starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_all_parts commit check_stat
 step lock_access_exclusive: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN ACCESS EXCLUSIVE MODE;
@@ -104,8 +230,22 @@ step vac_all_parts: VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED) parted;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   1|            0|                    0
+part2  |           1|                   0|            0|                    0
+(3 rows)
 
-starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive analyze_specified commit
+
+starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive analyze_specified commit check_stat
 step lock_access_exclusive: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN ACCESS EXCLUSIVE MODE;
@@ -115,8 +255,22 @@ step analyze_specified: ANALYZE (SKIP_LOCKED) part1, part2;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   0|            0|                    1
+part2  |           0|                   0|            1|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
 
-starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive analyze_all_parts commit
+starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive analyze_all_parts commit check_stat
 step lock_access_exclusive: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN ACCESS EXCLUSIVE MODE;
@@ -126,8 +280,22 @@ step commit:
 	COMMIT;
 
 step analyze_all_parts: <... completed>
-
-starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_analyze_specified commit
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            1|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   0|            1|                    0
+part2  |           0|                   0|            1|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
+
+starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_analyze_specified commit check_stat
 step lock_access_exclusive: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN ACCESS EXCLUSIVE MODE;
@@ -137,8 +305,22 @@ step vac_analyze_specified: VACUUM (ANALYZE, SKIP_LOCKED) part1, part2;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   1|            0|                    1
+part2  |           1|                   0|            1|                    0
+(3 rows)
 
-starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_analyze_all_parts commit
+
+starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_analyze_all_parts commit check_stat
 step lock_access_exclusive: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN ACCESS EXCLUSIVE MODE;
@@ -148,8 +330,22 @@ step commit:
 	COMMIT;
 
 step vac_analyze_all_parts: <... completed>
-
-starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_full_specified commit
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            1|                    0
+part1  |           1|                   0|            1|                    0
+part2  |           1|                   0|            1|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
+
+starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_full_specified commit check_stat
 step lock_access_exclusive: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN ACCESS EXCLUSIVE MODE;
@@ -159,8 +355,22 @@ step vac_full_specified: VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED, FULL) part1, part2;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
 
-starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_full_all_parts commit
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part2  |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
+
+starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_full_all_parts commit check_stat
 step lock_access_exclusive: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN ACCESS EXCLUSIVE MODE;
@@ -169,3 +379,17 @@ step vac_full_all_parts: VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED, FULL) parted;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part2  |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
diff --git a/src/test/isolation/specs/vacuum-skip-locked.spec b/src/test/isolation/specs/vacuum-skip-locked.spec
index 3fad6e1c92a..b0da75d4b6d 100644
--- a/src/test/isolation/specs/vacuum-skip-locked.spec
+++ b/src/test/isolation/specs/vacuum-skip-locked.spec
@@ -33,6 +33,15 @@ step commit
 	COMMIT;
 }
 
+step check_stat
+{
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+}
+
 session s2
 step vac_specified			{ VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED) part1, part2; }
 step vac_all_parts			{ VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED) parted; }
@@ -43,19 +52,19 @@ step vac_analyze_all_parts	{ VACUUM (ANALYZE, SKIP_LOCKED) parted; }
 step vac_full_specified		{ VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED, FULL) part1, part2; }
 step vac_full_all_parts		{ VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED, FULL) parted; }
 
-permutation lock_share vac_specified commit
-permutation lock_share vac_all_parts commit
-permutation lock_share analyze_specified commit
-permutation lock_share analyze_all_parts commit
-permutation lock_share vac_analyze_specified commit
-permutation lock_share vac_analyze_all_parts commit
-permutation lock_share vac_full_specified commit
-permutation lock_share vac_full_all_parts commit
-permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_specified commit
-permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_all_parts commit
-permutation lock_access_exclusive analyze_specified commit
-permutation lock_access_exclusive analyze_all_parts commit
-permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_analyze_specified commit
-permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_analyze_all_parts commit
-permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_full_specified commit
-permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_full_all_parts commit
+permutation lock_share vac_specified commit check_stat
+permutation lock_share vac_all_parts commit check_stat
+permutation lock_share analyze_specified commit check_stat
+permutation lock_share analyze_all_parts commit check_stat
+permutation lock_share vac_analyze_specified commit check_stat
+permutation lock_share vac_analyze_all_parts commit check_stat
+permutation lock_share vac_full_specified commit check_stat
+permutation lock_share vac_full_all_parts commit check_stat
+permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_specified commit check_stat
+permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_all_parts commit check_stat
+permutation lock_access_exclusive analyze_specified commit check_stat
+permutation lock_access_exclusive analyze_all_parts commit check_stat
+permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_analyze_specified commit check_stat
+permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_analyze_all_parts commit check_stat
+permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_full_specified commit check_stat
+permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_full_all_parts commit check_stat
diff --git a/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out b/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out
index a65a5bf0c4f..9b2075d3373 100644
--- a/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out
+++ b/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out
@@ -1835,13 +1835,21 @@ pg_stat_all_tables| SELECT c.oid AS relid,
     pg_stat_get_mod_since_analyze(c.oid) AS n_mod_since_analyze,
     pg_stat_get_ins_since_vacuum(c.oid) AS n_ins_since_vacuum,
     pg_stat_get_last_vacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_vacuum,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_vacuum,
     pg_stat_get_last_autovacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_autovacuum,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_autovacuum,
     pg_stat_get_last_analyze_time(c.oid) AS last_analyze,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_analyze,
     pg_stat_get_last_autoanalyze_time(c.oid) AS last_autoanalyze,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_autoanalyze,
     pg_stat_get_vacuum_count(c.oid) AS vacuum_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count(c.oid) AS skipped_vacuum_count,
     pg_stat_get_autovacuum_count(c.oid) AS autovacuum_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count(c.oid) AS skipped_autovacuum_count,
     pg_stat_get_analyze_count(c.oid) AS analyze_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count(c.oid) AS skipped_analyze_count,
     pg_stat_get_autoanalyze_count(c.oid) AS autoanalyze_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count(c.oid) AS skipped_autoanalyze_count,
     pg_stat_get_total_vacuum_time(c.oid) AS total_vacuum_time,
     pg_stat_get_total_autovacuum_time(c.oid) AS total_autovacuum_time,
     pg_stat_get_total_analyze_time(c.oid) AS total_analyze_time,
@@ -2346,13 +2354,21 @@ pg_stat_sys_tables| SELECT relid,
     n_mod_since_analyze,
     n_ins_since_vacuum,
     last_vacuum,
+    last_skipped_vacuum,
     last_autovacuum,
+    last_skipped_autovacuum,
     last_analyze,
+    last_skipped_analyze,
     last_autoanalyze,
+    last_skipped_autoanalyze,
     vacuum_count,
+    skipped_vacuum_count,
     autovacuum_count,
+    skipped_autovacuum_count,
     analyze_count,
+    skipped_analyze_count,
     autoanalyze_count,
+    skipped_autoanalyze_count,
     total_vacuum_time,
     total_autovacuum_time,
     total_analyze_time,
@@ -2401,13 +2417,21 @@ pg_stat_user_tables| SELECT relid,
     n_mod_since_analyze,
     n_ins_since_vacuum,
     last_vacuum,
+    last_skipped_vacuum,
     last_autovacuum,
+    last_skipped_autovacuum,
     last_analyze,
+    last_skipped_analyze,
     last_autoanalyze,
+    last_skipped_autoanalyze,
     vacuum_count,
+    skipped_vacuum_count,
     autovacuum_count,
+    skipped_autovacuum_count,
     analyze_count,
+    skipped_analyze_count,
     autoanalyze_count,
+    skipped_autoanalyze_count,
     total_vacuum_time,
     total_autovacuum_time,
     total_analyze_time,
-- 
2.43.0


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* [PATCH v3] Track skipped vacuum and analyze activity per relation
@ 2026-03-24 04:09 Yugo Nagata <[email protected]>
  0 siblings, 0 replies; 374+ messages in thread

From: Yugo Nagata @ 2026-03-24 04:09 UTC (permalink / raw)

This commit adds eight fields to the relation statistics that track
the last time vacuum or analyze has been attempted but skipped due to
lock unavailability, along with their counts:

-    last_skipped_vacuum
-    last_skipped_autovacuum
-    last_skipped_analyze
-    last_skipped_autoanalyze
-    skipped_vacuum_count
-    skipped_autovacuum_count
-    skipped_analyze_count
-    skipped_autoanalyze_count

These field can help users confirm that autovacuum is actively attempting
to run on a table that has not been vacuumed or analyzed for a long time,
and that the lack of progress is due to repeated skips rather than inactivity.
---
 doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml                 | 80 +++++++++++++++++
 src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql         |  8 ++
 src/backend/commands/vacuum.c                | 95 +++++++++++++++-----
 src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c | 68 ++++++++++++++
 src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c          | 24 +++++
 src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat              | 32 +++++++
 src/include/pgstat.h                         | 16 ++++
 src/test/regress/expected/rules.out          | 24 +++++
 8 files changed, 324 insertions(+), 23 deletions(-)

diff --git a/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml b/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml
index bb75ed1069b..9ec8070b2fc 100644
--- a/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml
+++ b/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml
@@ -4372,6 +4372,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_vacuum</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time a manual vacuum on this table was attempted but skipped due to
+       lock unavailability (not counting <command>VACUUM FULL</command>)
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>last_autovacuum</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
@@ -4382,6 +4392,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_autovacuum</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time a vacuum on this table by the autovacuum daemon was attempted
+       but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>last_analyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
@@ -4391,6 +4411,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_analyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time a manual analyze on this table was attempted but skipped due to
+       lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>last_autoanalyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
@@ -4401,6 +4431,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_autoanalyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time at which an analyze on this table by the autovacuum was
+       attempted but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>vacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4411,6 +4451,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_vacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times vacuums on this table have been attempted but skipped
+       due to lock unavailability (not counting <command>VACUUM FULL</command>)
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>autovacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4421,6 +4471,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_autovacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times vacuums on this table by the autovacuum daemon have been
+       attempted but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>analyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4430,6 +4490,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_analyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times manual analyzes on this table have been attempted but
+       skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>autoanalyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4440,6 +4510,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_autoanalyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times analyzes on this table by the autovacuum daemon have
+       been attempted but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>total_vacuum_time</structfield> <type>double precision</type>
diff --git a/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql b/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql
index e54018004db..2ca02a0354c 100644
--- a/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql
+++ b/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql
@@ -736,13 +736,21 @@ CREATE VIEW pg_stat_all_tables AS
             pg_stat_get_mod_since_analyze(C.oid) AS n_mod_since_analyze,
             pg_stat_get_ins_since_vacuum(C.oid) AS n_ins_since_vacuum,
             pg_stat_get_last_vacuum_time(C.oid) as last_vacuum,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_vacuum,
             pg_stat_get_last_autovacuum_time(C.oid) as last_autovacuum,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_autovacuum,
             pg_stat_get_last_analyze_time(C.oid) as last_analyze,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_analyze,
             pg_stat_get_last_autoanalyze_time(C.oid) as last_autoanalyze,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_autoanalyze,
             pg_stat_get_vacuum_count(C.oid) AS vacuum_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count(C.oid) AS skipped_vacuum_count,
             pg_stat_get_autovacuum_count(C.oid) AS autovacuum_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count(C.oid) AS skipped_autovacuum_count,
             pg_stat_get_analyze_count(C.oid) AS analyze_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count(C.oid) AS skipped_analyze_count,
             pg_stat_get_autoanalyze_count(C.oid) AS autoanalyze_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count(C.oid) AS skipped_autoanalyze_count,
             pg_stat_get_total_vacuum_time(C.oid) AS total_vacuum_time,
             pg_stat_get_total_autovacuum_time(C.oid) AS total_autovacuum_time,
             pg_stat_get_total_analyze_time(C.oid) AS total_analyze_time,
diff --git a/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c b/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c
index bce3a2daa24..ce83b3171be 100644
--- a/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c
+++ b/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c
@@ -792,8 +792,18 @@ vacuum_open_relation(Oid relid, RangeVar *relation, bits32 options,
 		rel = try_relation_open(relid, NoLock);
 	else
 	{
+		bits8 flags = 0;
 		rel = NULL;
 		rel_lock = false;
+
+		if ((options & VACOPT_VACUUM) != 0)
+			flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM;
+		if ((options & VACOPT_ANALYZE) != 0)
+			flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE;
+		if (AmAutoVacuumWorkerProcess())
+			flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOVAC;
+
+		pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(relid, flags);
 	}
 
 	/* if relation is opened, leave */
@@ -801,7 +811,7 @@ vacuum_open_relation(Oid relid, RangeVar *relation, bits32 options,
 		return rel;
 
 	/*
-	 * Relation could not be opened, hence generate if possible a log
+	 * Relation could not be opened hence generate if possible a log
 	 * informing on the situation.
 	 *
 	 * If the RangeVar is not defined, we do not have enough information to
@@ -904,7 +914,6 @@ expand_vacuum_rel(VacuumRelation *vrel, MemoryContext vac_context,
 		Form_pg_class classForm;
 		bool		include_children;
 		bool		is_partitioned_table;
-		int			rvr_opts;
 
 		/*
 		 * Since autovacuum workers supply OIDs when calling vacuum(), no
@@ -917,29 +926,69 @@ expand_vacuum_rel(VacuumRelation *vrel, MemoryContext vac_context,
 		 * below, as well as find_all_inheritors's expectation that the caller
 		 * holds some lock on the starting relation.
 		 */
-		rvr_opts = (options & VACOPT_SKIP_LOCKED) ? RVR_SKIP_LOCKED : 0;
-		relid = RangeVarGetRelidExtended(vrel->relation,
-										 AccessShareLock,
-										 rvr_opts,
-										 NULL, NULL);
-
-		/*
-		 * If the lock is unavailable, emit the same log statement that
-		 * vacuum_rel() and analyze_rel() would.
-		 */
-		if (!OidIsValid(relid))
+		if (!(options & VACOPT_SKIP_LOCKED))
 		{
-			if (options & VACOPT_VACUUM)
-				ereport(WARNING,
-						(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
-						 errmsg("skipping vacuum of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
-								vrel->relation->relname)));
-			else
-				ereport(WARNING,
-						(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
-						 errmsg("skipping analyze of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
+			relid = RangeVarGetRelidExtended(vrel->relation,
+											 AccessShareLock,
+											 0, NULL, NULL);
+			if (!OidIsValid(relid))
+				return vacrels;
+		}
+		else
+		{
+			/* Get relid for reporting before taking a lock */
+			relid = RangeVarGetRelid(vrel->relation, NoLock, false);
+
+			if (!ConditionalLockRelationOid(relid, AccessShareLock))
+			{
+				bits8	flags = 0;
+				/*
+				 * If the lock is unavailable, emit the same log statement that
+				 * vacuum_rel() and analyze_rel() would.
+				 */
+				if (options & VACOPT_VACUUM)
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping vacuum of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
 								vrel->relation->relname)));
-			return vacrels;
+				else
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping analyze of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
+									vrel->relation->relname)));
+
+				if ((options & VACOPT_VACUUM) != 0)
+					flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM;
+				if ((options & VACOPT_ANALYZE) != 0)
+					flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE;
+
+				pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(relid, flags);
+
+				return vacrels;
+			}
+
+			/*
+			 * Now that we have the lock, probe to see if the relation really
+			 * exists or not.
+			 */
+			if (!SearchSysCacheExists1(RELOID, ObjectIdGetDatum(relid)))
+			{
+				if (options & VACOPT_VACUUM)
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_UNDEFINED_TABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping vacuum of \"%s\" --- relation no longer exists",
+									vrel->relation->relname)));
+				else
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_UNDEFINED_TABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping analyze of \"%s\" --- relation no longer exists",
+									vrel->relation->relname)));
+
+				/* Release useless lock */
+				UnlockRelationOid(relid, AccessShareLock);
+
+				return vacrels;
+			}
 		}
 
 		/*
diff --git a/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c b/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c
index bc8c43b96aa..cec4c88980e 100644
--- a/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c
+++ b/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c
@@ -17,6 +17,7 @@
 
 #include "postgres.h"
 
+#include "access/htup_details.h"
 #include "access/twophase_rmgr.h"
 #include "access/xact.h"
 #include "catalog/catalog.h"
@@ -366,6 +367,73 @@ pgstat_report_analyze(Relation rel,
 	(void) pgstat_flush_backend(false, PGSTAT_BACKEND_FLUSH_IO);
 }
 
+/*
+ * Report that the table was skipped during vacuum or/and analyze.
+ */
+void
+pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(Oid relid, bits8 flags)
+{
+	PgStat_EntryRef *entry_ref;
+	PgStatShared_Relation *shtabentry;
+	PgStat_StatTabEntry *tabentry;
+	TimestampTz ts;
+	HeapTuple	classTup;
+	bool		isshared;
+
+	if (!pgstat_track_counts || !(flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANY))
+		return;
+
+	classTup = SearchSysCache1(RELOID, ObjectIdGetDatum(relid));
+	if (!HeapTupleIsValid(classTup))
+		return;			/* somebody deleted the rel, forget it */
+	isshared = ((Form_pg_class) GETSTRUCT(classTup))->relisshared;
+	ReleaseSysCache(classTup);
+
+	/* Store the data in the table's hash table entry. */
+	ts = GetCurrentTimestamp();
+
+	/* block acquiring lock for the same reason as pgstat_report_autovac() */
+	entry_ref = pgstat_get_entry_ref_locked(PGSTAT_KIND_RELATION,
+											isshared ? InvalidOid : MyDatabaseId,
+											relid, false);
+
+	shtabentry = (PgStatShared_Relation *) entry_ref->shared_stats;
+	tabentry = &shtabentry->stats;
+
+	if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOVAC)
+	{
+		if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM)
+		{
+			tabentry->last_skipped_autovacuum_time = ts;
+			tabentry->skipped_autovacuum_count++;
+		}
+		if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE)
+		{
+			tabentry->last_skipped_autoanalyze_time = ts;
+			tabentry->skipped_autoanalyze_count++;
+		}
+	}
+	else
+	{
+		if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM)
+		{
+			tabentry->last_skipped_vacuum_time = ts;
+			tabentry->skipped_vacuum_count++;
+		}
+		if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE)
+		{
+			tabentry->last_skipped_analyze_time = ts;
+			tabentry->skipped_analyze_count++;
+		}
+	}
+
+	pgstat_unlock_entry(entry_ref);
+
+	/* see pgstat_report_vacuum() */
+	pgstat_flush_io(false);
+	(void) pgstat_flush_backend(false, PGSTAT_BACKEND_FLUSH_IO);
+}
+
 /*
  * count a tuple insertion of n tuples
  */
diff --git a/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c b/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c
index 9185a8e6b83..18aaa3996e1 100644
--- a/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c
+++ b/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c
@@ -84,6 +84,18 @@ PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(mod_since_analyze)
 /* pg_stat_get_numscans */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(numscans)
 
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_analyze_count)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_autoanalyze_count)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_autovacuum_count)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_vacuum_count)
+
 /* pg_stat_get_tuples_deleted */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(tuples_deleted)
 
@@ -170,6 +182,18 @@ PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_vacuum_time)
 /* pg_stat_get_lastscan */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(lastscan)
 
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_analyze_time)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_autoanalyze_time)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_autovacuum_time)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_vacuum_time)
+
 /* pg_stat_get_stat_reset_time */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(stat_reset_time)
 
diff --git a/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat b/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat
index 0118e970dda..ccfe3d9e02a 100644
--- a/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat
+++ b/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat
@@ -5667,6 +5667,38 @@
   proname => 'pg_stat_get_total_autoanalyze_time', provolatile => 's',
   proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'float8', proargtypes => 'oid',
   prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_total_autoanalyze_time' },
+{ oid => '8142', descr => 'statistics: last skipped vacuum time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time' },
+{ oid => '8143', descr => 'statistics: last skipped auto vacuum time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time' },
+{ oid => '8144', descr => 'statistics: last skipped analyze time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time' },
+{ oid => '8145', descr => 'statistics: last skipped auto analyze time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time' },
+{ oid => '8146', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped vacuum for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count' },
+{ oid => '8147', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped auto vacuum for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count' },
+{ oid => '8148', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped analyzes for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count' },
+{ oid => '8149', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped auto analyzes for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count' },
 { oid => '1936', descr => 'statistics: currently active backend IDs',
   proname => 'pg_stat_get_backend_idset', prorows => '100', proretset => 't',
   provolatile => 's', proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int4',
diff --git a/src/include/pgstat.h b/src/include/pgstat.h
index 8e3549c3752..343081a7a25 100644
--- a/src/include/pgstat.h
+++ b/src/include/pgstat.h
@@ -479,6 +479,15 @@ typedef struct PgStat_StatTabEntry
 	TimestampTz last_autoanalyze_time;	/* autovacuum initiated */
 	PgStat_Counter autoanalyze_count;
 
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_vacuum_time;	/* user initiated vacuum */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_vacuum_count;
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_autovacuum_time;	/* autovacuum initiated */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_autovacuum_count;
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_analyze_time;	/* user initiated */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_analyze_count;
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_autoanalyze_time;	/* autovacuum initiated */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_autoanalyze_count;
+
 	PgStat_Counter total_vacuum_time;	/* times in milliseconds */
 	PgStat_Counter total_autovacuum_time;
 	PgStat_Counter total_analyze_time;
@@ -707,6 +716,13 @@ extern void pgstat_report_analyze(Relation rel,
 								  PgStat_Counter livetuples, PgStat_Counter deadtuples,
 								  bool resetcounter, TimestampTz starttime);
 
+/* flags for pgstat_flush_backend() */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM	(1 << 0)	/* vacuum is skipped */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE	(1 << 1)	/* analyze is skipped */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOVAC	(1 << 2)	/* skipped during autovacuum/autoanalyze */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANY   (PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM | PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE)
+extern void pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(Oid relid, bits8 flags);
+
 /*
  * If stats are enabled, but pending data hasn't been prepared yet, call
  * pgstat_assoc_relation() to do so. See its comment for why this is done
diff --git a/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out b/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out
index 2b3cf6d8569..4ccfc43e903 100644
--- a/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out
+++ b/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out
@@ -1835,13 +1835,21 @@ pg_stat_all_tables| SELECT c.oid AS relid,
     pg_stat_get_mod_since_analyze(c.oid) AS n_mod_since_analyze,
     pg_stat_get_ins_since_vacuum(c.oid) AS n_ins_since_vacuum,
     pg_stat_get_last_vacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_vacuum,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_vacuum,
     pg_stat_get_last_autovacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_autovacuum,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_autovacuum,
     pg_stat_get_last_analyze_time(c.oid) AS last_analyze,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_analyze,
     pg_stat_get_last_autoanalyze_time(c.oid) AS last_autoanalyze,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_autoanalyze,
     pg_stat_get_vacuum_count(c.oid) AS vacuum_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count(c.oid) AS skipped_vacuum_count,
     pg_stat_get_autovacuum_count(c.oid) AS autovacuum_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count(c.oid) AS skipped_autovacuum_count,
     pg_stat_get_analyze_count(c.oid) AS analyze_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count(c.oid) AS skipped_analyze_count,
     pg_stat_get_autoanalyze_count(c.oid) AS autoanalyze_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count(c.oid) AS skipped_autoanalyze_count,
     pg_stat_get_total_vacuum_time(c.oid) AS total_vacuum_time,
     pg_stat_get_total_autovacuum_time(c.oid) AS total_autovacuum_time,
     pg_stat_get_total_analyze_time(c.oid) AS total_analyze_time,
@@ -2293,13 +2301,21 @@ pg_stat_sys_tables| SELECT relid,
     n_mod_since_analyze,
     n_ins_since_vacuum,
     last_vacuum,
+    last_skipped_vacuum,
     last_autovacuum,
+    last_skipped_autovacuum,
     last_analyze,
+    last_skipped_analyze,
     last_autoanalyze,
+    last_skipped_autoanalyze,
     vacuum_count,
+    skipped_vacuum_count,
     autovacuum_count,
+    skipped_autovacuum_count,
     analyze_count,
+    skipped_analyze_count,
     autoanalyze_count,
+    skipped_autoanalyze_count,
     total_vacuum_time,
     total_autovacuum_time,
     total_analyze_time,
@@ -2348,13 +2364,21 @@ pg_stat_user_tables| SELECT relid,
     n_mod_since_analyze,
     n_ins_since_vacuum,
     last_vacuum,
+    last_skipped_vacuum,
     last_autovacuum,
+    last_skipped_autovacuum,
     last_analyze,
+    last_skipped_analyze,
     last_autoanalyze,
+    last_skipped_autoanalyze,
     vacuum_count,
+    skipped_vacuum_count,
     autovacuum_count,
+    skipped_autovacuum_count,
     analyze_count,
+    skipped_analyze_count,
     autoanalyze_count,
+    skipped_autoanalyze_count,
     total_vacuum_time,
     total_autovacuum_time,
     total_analyze_time,
-- 
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* [PATCH v4] Track skipped vacuum and analyze activity per relation
@ 2026-03-24 04:09 Yugo Nagata <[email protected]>
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From: Yugo Nagata @ 2026-03-24 04:09 UTC (permalink / raw)

This commit adds eight fields to the relation statistics that track
the last time vacuum or analyze has been attempted but skipped due to
lock unavailability, along with their counts:

-    last_skipped_vacuum
-    last_skipped_autovacuum
-    last_skipped_analyze
-    last_skipped_autoanalyze
-    skipped_vacuum_count
-    skipped_autovacuum_count
-    skipped_analyze_count
-    skipped_autoanalyze_count

These field can help users confirm that autovacuum is actively attempting
to run on a table that has not been vacuumed or analyzed for a long time,
and that the lack of progress is due to repeated skips rather than inactivity.
---
 doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml                 |  88 ++++++++++++++++
 src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql         |   8 ++
 src/backend/commands/vacuum.c                | 102 ++++++++++++++-----
 src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c |  64 ++++++++++++
 src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c          |  24 +++++
 src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat              |  32 ++++++
 src/include/pgstat.h                         |  16 +++
 src/test/regress/expected/rules.out          |  24 +++++
 8 files changed, 335 insertions(+), 23 deletions(-)

diff --git a/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml b/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml
index 08d5b824552..a9b579d87a9 100644
--- a/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml
+++ b/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml
@@ -4387,6 +4387,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_vacuum</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time a manual vacuum on this table was attempted but skipped due to
+       lock unavailability (not counting <command>VACUUM FULL</command>)
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>last_autovacuum</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
@@ -4397,6 +4407,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_autovacuum</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time a vacuum on this table by the autovacuum daemon was attempted
+       but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>last_analyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
@@ -4406,6 +4426,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_analyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time a manual analyze on this table was attempted but skipped due to
+       lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>last_autoanalyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
@@ -4416,6 +4446,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_autoanalyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time at which an analyze on this table by the autovacuum was
+       attempted but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>vacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4426,6 +4466,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_vacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times manual vacuums on this table have been attempted but skipped
+       due to lock unavailability (not counting <command>VACUUM FULL</command>)
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>autovacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4436,6 +4486,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_autovacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times vacuums on this table by the autovacuum daemon have been
+       attempted but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>analyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4445,6 +4505,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_analyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times manual analyzes on this table have been attempted but
+       skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>autoanalyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4455,6 +4525,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_autoanalyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times analyzes on this table by the autovacuum daemon have
+       been attempted but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>total_vacuum_time</structfield> <type>double precision</type>
@@ -4510,6 +4590,14 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
    </tgroup>
   </table>
 
+  <note>
+   <para>
+    When a manual vacuum or analyze on a parent table in an inheritance or
+    partitioning hierarchy is skipped, the statistics are recorded only for
+    the parent table, not for its children.
+   </para>
+  </note>
+
  </sect2>
 
  <sect2 id="monitoring-pg-stat-autovacuum-scores-view">
diff --git a/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql b/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql
index 73a1c1c4670..f509fc7876b 100644
--- a/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql
+++ b/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql
@@ -736,13 +736,21 @@ CREATE VIEW pg_stat_all_tables AS
             pg_stat_get_mod_since_analyze(C.oid) AS n_mod_since_analyze,
             pg_stat_get_ins_since_vacuum(C.oid) AS n_ins_since_vacuum,
             pg_stat_get_last_vacuum_time(C.oid) as last_vacuum,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_vacuum,
             pg_stat_get_last_autovacuum_time(C.oid) as last_autovacuum,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_autovacuum,
             pg_stat_get_last_analyze_time(C.oid) as last_analyze,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_analyze,
             pg_stat_get_last_autoanalyze_time(C.oid) as last_autoanalyze,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_autoanalyze,
             pg_stat_get_vacuum_count(C.oid) AS vacuum_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count(C.oid) AS skipped_vacuum_count,
             pg_stat_get_autovacuum_count(C.oid) AS autovacuum_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count(C.oid) AS skipped_autovacuum_count,
             pg_stat_get_analyze_count(C.oid) AS analyze_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count(C.oid) AS skipped_analyze_count,
             pg_stat_get_autoanalyze_count(C.oid) AS autoanalyze_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count(C.oid) AS skipped_autoanalyze_count,
             pg_stat_get_total_vacuum_time(C.oid) AS total_vacuum_time,
             pg_stat_get_total_autovacuum_time(C.oid) AS total_autovacuum_time,
             pg_stat_get_total_analyze_time(C.oid) AS total_analyze_time,
diff --git a/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c b/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c
index 99d0db82ed7..97cd5ea8d10 100644
--- a/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c
+++ b/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c
@@ -793,8 +793,25 @@ vacuum_open_relation(Oid relid, RangeVar *relation, uint32 options,
 		rel = try_relation_open(relid, NoLock);
 	else
 	{
+		int flags = 0;
 		rel = NULL;
 		rel_lock = false;
+
+		if ((options & VACOPT_VACUUM) != 0)
+		{
+			if (AmAutoVacuumWorkerProcess())
+				flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOVACUUM;
+			else
+				flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM;
+		}
+		if ((options & VACOPT_ANALYZE) != 0)
+		{
+			if (AmAutoVacuumWorkerProcess())
+				flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOANALYZE;
+			else
+				flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE;
+		}
+		pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(relid, flags);
 	}
 
 	/* if relation is opened, leave */
@@ -802,7 +819,7 @@ vacuum_open_relation(Oid relid, RangeVar *relation, uint32 options,
 		return rel;
 
 	/*
-	 * Relation could not be opened, hence generate if possible a log
+	 * Relation could not be opened hence generate if possible a log
 	 * informing on the situation.
 	 *
 	 * If the RangeVar is not defined, we do not have enough information to
@@ -905,7 +922,6 @@ expand_vacuum_rel(VacuumRelation *vrel, MemoryContext vac_context,
 		Form_pg_class classForm;
 		bool		include_children;
 		bool		is_partitioned_table;
-		int			rvr_opts;
 
 		/*
 		 * Since autovacuum workers supply OIDs when calling vacuum(), no
@@ -918,29 +934,69 @@ expand_vacuum_rel(VacuumRelation *vrel, MemoryContext vac_context,
 		 * below, as well as find_all_inheritors's expectation that the caller
 		 * holds some lock on the starting relation.
 		 */
-		rvr_opts = (options & VACOPT_SKIP_LOCKED) ? RVR_SKIP_LOCKED : 0;
-		relid = RangeVarGetRelidExtended(vrel->relation,
-										 AccessShareLock,
-										 rvr_opts,
-										 NULL, NULL);
-
-		/*
-		 * If the lock is unavailable, emit the same log statement that
-		 * vacuum_rel() and analyze_rel() would.
-		 */
-		if (!OidIsValid(relid))
+		if (!(options & VACOPT_SKIP_LOCKED))
 		{
-			if (options & VACOPT_VACUUM)
-				ereport(WARNING,
-						(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
-						 errmsg("skipping vacuum of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
-								vrel->relation->relname)));
-			else
-				ereport(WARNING,
-						(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
-						 errmsg("skipping analyze of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
+			relid = RangeVarGetRelidExtended(vrel->relation,
+											 AccessShareLock,
+											 0, NULL, NULL);
+			if (!OidIsValid(relid))
+				return vacrels;
+		}
+		else
+		{
+			/* Get relid for reporting before taking a lock */
+			relid = RangeVarGetRelid(vrel->relation, NoLock, false);
+
+			if (!ConditionalLockRelationOid(relid, AccessShareLock))
+			{
+				int	flags = 0;
+				/*
+				 * If the lock is unavailable, emit the same log statement that
+				 * vacuum_rel() and analyze_rel() would.
+				 */
+				if (options & VACOPT_VACUUM)
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping vacuum of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
 								vrel->relation->relname)));
-			return vacrels;
+				else
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping analyze of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
+									vrel->relation->relname)));
+
+				if ((options & VACOPT_VACUUM) != 0)
+					flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM;
+				if ((options & VACOPT_ANALYZE) != 0)
+					flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE;
+
+				pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(relid, flags);
+
+				return vacrels;
+			}
+
+			/*
+			 * Now that we have the lock, probe to see if the relation really
+			 * exists or not.
+			 */
+			if (!SearchSysCacheExists1(RELOID, ObjectIdGetDatum(relid)))
+			{
+				if (options & VACOPT_VACUUM)
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_UNDEFINED_TABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping vacuum of \"%s\" --- relation no longer exists",
+									vrel->relation->relname)));
+				else
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_UNDEFINED_TABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping analyze of \"%s\" --- relation no longer exists",
+									vrel->relation->relname)));
+
+				/* Release useless lock */
+				UnlockRelationOid(relid, AccessShareLock);
+
+				return vacrels;
+			}
 		}
 
 		/*
diff --git a/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c b/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c
index b2ca28f83ba..532d9023f8c 100644
--- a/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c
+++ b/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c
@@ -17,12 +17,14 @@
 
 #include "postgres.h"
 
+#include "access/htup_details.h"
 #include "access/twophase_rmgr.h"
 #include "access/xact.h"
 #include "catalog/catalog.h"
 #include "utils/memutils.h"
 #include "utils/pgstat_internal.h"
 #include "utils/rel.h"
+#include "utils/syscache.h"
 #include "utils/timestamp.h"
 
 
@@ -367,6 +369,68 @@ pgstat_report_analyze(Relation rel,
 	(void) pgstat_flush_backend(false, PGSTAT_BACKEND_FLUSH_IO);
 }
 
+/*
+ * Report that the table was skipped during vacuum or/and analyze.
+ */
+void
+pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(Oid relid, int flags)
+{
+	PgStat_EntryRef *entry_ref;
+	PgStatShared_Relation *shtabentry;
+	PgStat_StatTabEntry *tabentry;
+	TimestampTz ts;
+	HeapTuple	classTup;
+	bool		isshared;
+
+	if (!pgstat_track_counts || !flags)
+		return;
+
+	classTup = SearchSysCache1(RELOID, ObjectIdGetDatum(relid));
+	if (!HeapTupleIsValid(classTup))
+		return;			/* somebody deleted the rel, forget it */
+	isshared = ((Form_pg_class) GETSTRUCT(classTup))->relisshared;
+	ReleaseSysCache(classTup);
+
+	/* Store the data in the table's hash table entry. */
+	ts = GetCurrentTimestamp();
+
+	/* block acquiring lock for the same reason as pgstat_report_autovac() */
+	entry_ref = pgstat_get_entry_ref_locked(PGSTAT_KIND_RELATION,
+											isshared ? InvalidOid : MyDatabaseId,
+											relid, false);
+
+	shtabentry = (PgStatShared_Relation *) entry_ref->shared_stats;
+	tabentry = &shtabentry->stats;
+
+	if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM)
+	{
+		tabentry->last_skipped_vacuum_time = ts;
+		tabentry->skipped_vacuum_count++;
+	}
+	else if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOVACUUM)
+	{
+		tabentry->last_skipped_autovacuum_time = ts;
+		tabentry->skipped_autovacuum_count++;
+	}
+
+	if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE)
+	{
+		tabentry->last_skipped_analyze_time = ts;
+		tabentry->skipped_analyze_count++;
+	}
+	else if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOANALYZE)
+	{
+		tabentry->last_skipped_autoanalyze_time = ts;
+		tabentry->skipped_autoanalyze_count++;
+	}
+
+	pgstat_unlock_entry(entry_ref);
+
+	/* see pgstat_report_vacuum() */
+	pgstat_flush_io(false);
+	(void) pgstat_flush_backend(false, PGSTAT_BACKEND_FLUSH_IO);
+}
+
 /*
  * count a tuple insertion of n tuples
  */
diff --git a/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c b/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c
index 1408de387ea..90a8968faa0 100644
--- a/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c
+++ b/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c
@@ -84,6 +84,18 @@ PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(mod_since_analyze)
 /* pg_stat_get_numscans */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(numscans)
 
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_analyze_count)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_autoanalyze_count)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_autovacuum_count)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_vacuum_count)
+
 /* pg_stat_get_tuples_deleted */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(tuples_deleted)
 
@@ -170,6 +182,18 @@ PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_vacuum_time)
 /* pg_stat_get_lastscan */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(lastscan)
 
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_analyze_time)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_autoanalyze_time)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_autovacuum_time)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_vacuum_time)
+
 /* pg_stat_get_stat_reset_time */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(stat_reset_time)
 
diff --git a/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat b/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat
index fa9ae79082b..32debb34863 100644
--- a/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat
+++ b/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat
@@ -5680,6 +5680,38 @@
   proargmodes => '{o,o,o,o,o,o,o,o,o,o}',
   proargnames => '{oid,score,xid_score,mxid_score,vacuum_score,vacuum_insert_score,analyze_score,do_vacuum,do_analyze,for_wraparound}',
   prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_autovacuum_scores' },
+{ oid => '8142', descr => 'statistics: last skipped vacuum time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time' },
+{ oid => '8143', descr => 'statistics: last skipped auto vacuum time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time' },
+{ oid => '8144', descr => 'statistics: last skipped analyze time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time' },
+{ oid => '8145', descr => 'statistics: last skipped auto analyze time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time' },
+{ oid => '8146', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped vacuum for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count' },
+{ oid => '8147', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped auto vacuum for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count' },
+{ oid => '8148', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped analyzes for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count' },
+{ oid => '8149', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped auto analyzes for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count' },
 { oid => '1936', descr => 'statistics: currently active backend IDs',
   proname => 'pg_stat_get_backend_idset', prorows => '100', proretset => 't',
   provolatile => 's', proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int4',
diff --git a/src/include/pgstat.h b/src/include/pgstat.h
index dfa2e837638..98941f953d1 100644
--- a/src/include/pgstat.h
+++ b/src/include/pgstat.h
@@ -479,6 +479,15 @@ typedef struct PgStat_StatTabEntry
 	TimestampTz last_autoanalyze_time;	/* autovacuum initiated */
 	PgStat_Counter autoanalyze_count;
 
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_vacuum_time;	/* user initiated vacuum */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_vacuum_count;
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_autovacuum_time;	/* autovacuum initiated */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_autovacuum_count;
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_analyze_time;	/* user initiated */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_analyze_count;
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_autoanalyze_time;	/* autovacuum initiated */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_autoanalyze_count;
+
 	PgStat_Counter total_vacuum_time;	/* times in milliseconds */
 	PgStat_Counter total_autovacuum_time;
 	PgStat_Counter total_analyze_time;
@@ -703,6 +712,13 @@ extern void pgstat_report_analyze(Relation rel,
 								  PgStat_Counter livetuples, PgStat_Counter deadtuples,
 								  bool resetcounter, TimestampTz starttime);
 
+/* flags for pgstat_flush_backend() */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM		(1 << 0)	/* vacuum is skipped */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE		(1 << 1)	/* analyze is skipped */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOVACUUM	(1 << 2)	/* autovacuum is skipped */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOANALYZE	(1 << 3)	/* autoanalyze is skipped */
+extern void pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(Oid relid, int flags);
+
 /*
  * If stats are enabled, but pending data hasn't been prepared yet, call
  * pgstat_assoc_relation() to do so. See its comment for why this is done
diff --git a/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out b/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out
index a65a5bf0c4f..9b2075d3373 100644
--- a/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out
+++ b/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out
@@ -1835,13 +1835,21 @@ pg_stat_all_tables| SELECT c.oid AS relid,
     pg_stat_get_mod_since_analyze(c.oid) AS n_mod_since_analyze,
     pg_stat_get_ins_since_vacuum(c.oid) AS n_ins_since_vacuum,
     pg_stat_get_last_vacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_vacuum,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_vacuum,
     pg_stat_get_last_autovacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_autovacuum,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_autovacuum,
     pg_stat_get_last_analyze_time(c.oid) AS last_analyze,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_analyze,
     pg_stat_get_last_autoanalyze_time(c.oid) AS last_autoanalyze,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_autoanalyze,
     pg_stat_get_vacuum_count(c.oid) AS vacuum_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count(c.oid) AS skipped_vacuum_count,
     pg_stat_get_autovacuum_count(c.oid) AS autovacuum_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count(c.oid) AS skipped_autovacuum_count,
     pg_stat_get_analyze_count(c.oid) AS analyze_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count(c.oid) AS skipped_analyze_count,
     pg_stat_get_autoanalyze_count(c.oid) AS autoanalyze_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count(c.oid) AS skipped_autoanalyze_count,
     pg_stat_get_total_vacuum_time(c.oid) AS total_vacuum_time,
     pg_stat_get_total_autovacuum_time(c.oid) AS total_autovacuum_time,
     pg_stat_get_total_analyze_time(c.oid) AS total_analyze_time,
@@ -2346,13 +2354,21 @@ pg_stat_sys_tables| SELECT relid,
     n_mod_since_analyze,
     n_ins_since_vacuum,
     last_vacuum,
+    last_skipped_vacuum,
     last_autovacuum,
+    last_skipped_autovacuum,
     last_analyze,
+    last_skipped_analyze,
     last_autoanalyze,
+    last_skipped_autoanalyze,
     vacuum_count,
+    skipped_vacuum_count,
     autovacuum_count,
+    skipped_autovacuum_count,
     analyze_count,
+    skipped_analyze_count,
     autoanalyze_count,
+    skipped_autoanalyze_count,
     total_vacuum_time,
     total_autovacuum_time,
     total_analyze_time,
@@ -2401,13 +2417,21 @@ pg_stat_user_tables| SELECT relid,
     n_mod_since_analyze,
     n_ins_since_vacuum,
     last_vacuum,
+    last_skipped_vacuum,
     last_autovacuum,
+    last_skipped_autovacuum,
     last_analyze,
+    last_skipped_analyze,
     last_autoanalyze,
+    last_skipped_autoanalyze,
     vacuum_count,
+    skipped_vacuum_count,
     autovacuum_count,
+    skipped_autovacuum_count,
     analyze_count,
+    skipped_analyze_count,
     autoanalyze_count,
+    skipped_autoanalyze_count,
     total_vacuum_time,
     total_autovacuum_time,
     total_analyze_time,
-- 
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* [PATCH v3] Track skipped vacuum and analyze activity per relation
@ 2026-03-24 04:09 Yugo Nagata <[email protected]>
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From: Yugo Nagata @ 2026-03-24 04:09 UTC (permalink / raw)

This commit adds eight fields to the relation statistics that track
the last time vacuum or analyze has been attempted but skipped due to
lock unavailability, along with their counts:

-    last_skipped_vacuum
-    last_skipped_autovacuum
-    last_skipped_analyze
-    last_skipped_autoanalyze
-    skipped_vacuum_count
-    skipped_autovacuum_count
-    skipped_analyze_count
-    skipped_autoanalyze_count

These field can help users confirm that autovacuum is actively attempting
to run on a table that has not been vacuumed or analyzed for a long time,
and that the lack of progress is due to repeated skips rather than inactivity.
---
 doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml                 | 80 +++++++++++++++++
 src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql         |  8 ++
 src/backend/commands/vacuum.c                | 95 +++++++++++++++-----
 src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c | 68 ++++++++++++++
 src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c          | 24 +++++
 src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat              | 32 +++++++
 src/include/pgstat.h                         | 16 ++++
 src/test/regress/expected/rules.out          | 24 +++++
 8 files changed, 324 insertions(+), 23 deletions(-)

diff --git a/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml b/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml
index bb75ed1069b..9ec8070b2fc 100644
--- a/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml
+++ b/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml
@@ -4372,6 +4372,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_vacuum</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time a manual vacuum on this table was attempted but skipped due to
+       lock unavailability (not counting <command>VACUUM FULL</command>)
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>last_autovacuum</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
@@ -4382,6 +4392,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_autovacuum</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time a vacuum on this table by the autovacuum daemon was attempted
+       but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>last_analyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
@@ -4391,6 +4411,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_analyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time a manual analyze on this table was attempted but skipped due to
+       lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>last_autoanalyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
@@ -4401,6 +4431,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_autoanalyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time at which an analyze on this table by the autovacuum was
+       attempted but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>vacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4411,6 +4451,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_vacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times vacuums on this table have been attempted but skipped
+       due to lock unavailability (not counting <command>VACUUM FULL</command>)
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>autovacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4421,6 +4471,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_autovacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times vacuums on this table by the autovacuum daemon have been
+       attempted but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>analyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4430,6 +4490,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_analyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times manual analyzes on this table have been attempted but
+       skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>autoanalyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4440,6 +4510,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_autoanalyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times analyzes on this table by the autovacuum daemon have
+       been attempted but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>total_vacuum_time</structfield> <type>double precision</type>
diff --git a/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql b/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql
index e54018004db..2ca02a0354c 100644
--- a/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql
+++ b/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql
@@ -736,13 +736,21 @@ CREATE VIEW pg_stat_all_tables AS
             pg_stat_get_mod_since_analyze(C.oid) AS n_mod_since_analyze,
             pg_stat_get_ins_since_vacuum(C.oid) AS n_ins_since_vacuum,
             pg_stat_get_last_vacuum_time(C.oid) as last_vacuum,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_vacuum,
             pg_stat_get_last_autovacuum_time(C.oid) as last_autovacuum,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_autovacuum,
             pg_stat_get_last_analyze_time(C.oid) as last_analyze,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_analyze,
             pg_stat_get_last_autoanalyze_time(C.oid) as last_autoanalyze,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_autoanalyze,
             pg_stat_get_vacuum_count(C.oid) AS vacuum_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count(C.oid) AS skipped_vacuum_count,
             pg_stat_get_autovacuum_count(C.oid) AS autovacuum_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count(C.oid) AS skipped_autovacuum_count,
             pg_stat_get_analyze_count(C.oid) AS analyze_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count(C.oid) AS skipped_analyze_count,
             pg_stat_get_autoanalyze_count(C.oid) AS autoanalyze_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count(C.oid) AS skipped_autoanalyze_count,
             pg_stat_get_total_vacuum_time(C.oid) AS total_vacuum_time,
             pg_stat_get_total_autovacuum_time(C.oid) AS total_autovacuum_time,
             pg_stat_get_total_analyze_time(C.oid) AS total_analyze_time,
diff --git a/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c b/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c
index bce3a2daa24..ce83b3171be 100644
--- a/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c
+++ b/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c
@@ -792,8 +792,18 @@ vacuum_open_relation(Oid relid, RangeVar *relation, bits32 options,
 		rel = try_relation_open(relid, NoLock);
 	else
 	{
+		bits8 flags = 0;
 		rel = NULL;
 		rel_lock = false;
+
+		if ((options & VACOPT_VACUUM) != 0)
+			flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM;
+		if ((options & VACOPT_ANALYZE) != 0)
+			flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE;
+		if (AmAutoVacuumWorkerProcess())
+			flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOVAC;
+
+		pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(relid, flags);
 	}
 
 	/* if relation is opened, leave */
@@ -801,7 +811,7 @@ vacuum_open_relation(Oid relid, RangeVar *relation, bits32 options,
 		return rel;
 
 	/*
-	 * Relation could not be opened, hence generate if possible a log
+	 * Relation could not be opened hence generate if possible a log
 	 * informing on the situation.
 	 *
 	 * If the RangeVar is not defined, we do not have enough information to
@@ -904,7 +914,6 @@ expand_vacuum_rel(VacuumRelation *vrel, MemoryContext vac_context,
 		Form_pg_class classForm;
 		bool		include_children;
 		bool		is_partitioned_table;
-		int			rvr_opts;
 
 		/*
 		 * Since autovacuum workers supply OIDs when calling vacuum(), no
@@ -917,29 +926,69 @@ expand_vacuum_rel(VacuumRelation *vrel, MemoryContext vac_context,
 		 * below, as well as find_all_inheritors's expectation that the caller
 		 * holds some lock on the starting relation.
 		 */
-		rvr_opts = (options & VACOPT_SKIP_LOCKED) ? RVR_SKIP_LOCKED : 0;
-		relid = RangeVarGetRelidExtended(vrel->relation,
-										 AccessShareLock,
-										 rvr_opts,
-										 NULL, NULL);
-
-		/*
-		 * If the lock is unavailable, emit the same log statement that
-		 * vacuum_rel() and analyze_rel() would.
-		 */
-		if (!OidIsValid(relid))
+		if (!(options & VACOPT_SKIP_LOCKED))
 		{
-			if (options & VACOPT_VACUUM)
-				ereport(WARNING,
-						(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
-						 errmsg("skipping vacuum of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
-								vrel->relation->relname)));
-			else
-				ereport(WARNING,
-						(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
-						 errmsg("skipping analyze of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
+			relid = RangeVarGetRelidExtended(vrel->relation,
+											 AccessShareLock,
+											 0, NULL, NULL);
+			if (!OidIsValid(relid))
+				return vacrels;
+		}
+		else
+		{
+			/* Get relid for reporting before taking a lock */
+			relid = RangeVarGetRelid(vrel->relation, NoLock, false);
+
+			if (!ConditionalLockRelationOid(relid, AccessShareLock))
+			{
+				bits8	flags = 0;
+				/*
+				 * If the lock is unavailable, emit the same log statement that
+				 * vacuum_rel() and analyze_rel() would.
+				 */
+				if (options & VACOPT_VACUUM)
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping vacuum of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
 								vrel->relation->relname)));
-			return vacrels;
+				else
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping analyze of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
+									vrel->relation->relname)));
+
+				if ((options & VACOPT_VACUUM) != 0)
+					flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM;
+				if ((options & VACOPT_ANALYZE) != 0)
+					flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE;
+
+				pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(relid, flags);
+
+				return vacrels;
+			}
+
+			/*
+			 * Now that we have the lock, probe to see if the relation really
+			 * exists or not.
+			 */
+			if (!SearchSysCacheExists1(RELOID, ObjectIdGetDatum(relid)))
+			{
+				if (options & VACOPT_VACUUM)
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_UNDEFINED_TABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping vacuum of \"%s\" --- relation no longer exists",
+									vrel->relation->relname)));
+				else
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_UNDEFINED_TABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping analyze of \"%s\" --- relation no longer exists",
+									vrel->relation->relname)));
+
+				/* Release useless lock */
+				UnlockRelationOid(relid, AccessShareLock);
+
+				return vacrels;
+			}
 		}
 
 		/*
diff --git a/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c b/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c
index bc8c43b96aa..cec4c88980e 100644
--- a/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c
+++ b/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c
@@ -17,6 +17,7 @@
 
 #include "postgres.h"
 
+#include "access/htup_details.h"
 #include "access/twophase_rmgr.h"
 #include "access/xact.h"
 #include "catalog/catalog.h"
@@ -366,6 +367,73 @@ pgstat_report_analyze(Relation rel,
 	(void) pgstat_flush_backend(false, PGSTAT_BACKEND_FLUSH_IO);
 }
 
+/*
+ * Report that the table was skipped during vacuum or/and analyze.
+ */
+void
+pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(Oid relid, bits8 flags)
+{
+	PgStat_EntryRef *entry_ref;
+	PgStatShared_Relation *shtabentry;
+	PgStat_StatTabEntry *tabentry;
+	TimestampTz ts;
+	HeapTuple	classTup;
+	bool		isshared;
+
+	if (!pgstat_track_counts || !(flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANY))
+		return;
+
+	classTup = SearchSysCache1(RELOID, ObjectIdGetDatum(relid));
+	if (!HeapTupleIsValid(classTup))
+		return;			/* somebody deleted the rel, forget it */
+	isshared = ((Form_pg_class) GETSTRUCT(classTup))->relisshared;
+	ReleaseSysCache(classTup);
+
+	/* Store the data in the table's hash table entry. */
+	ts = GetCurrentTimestamp();
+
+	/* block acquiring lock for the same reason as pgstat_report_autovac() */
+	entry_ref = pgstat_get_entry_ref_locked(PGSTAT_KIND_RELATION,
+											isshared ? InvalidOid : MyDatabaseId,
+											relid, false);
+
+	shtabentry = (PgStatShared_Relation *) entry_ref->shared_stats;
+	tabentry = &shtabentry->stats;
+
+	if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOVAC)
+	{
+		if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM)
+		{
+			tabentry->last_skipped_autovacuum_time = ts;
+			tabentry->skipped_autovacuum_count++;
+		}
+		if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE)
+		{
+			tabentry->last_skipped_autoanalyze_time = ts;
+			tabentry->skipped_autoanalyze_count++;
+		}
+	}
+	else
+	{
+		if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM)
+		{
+			tabentry->last_skipped_vacuum_time = ts;
+			tabentry->skipped_vacuum_count++;
+		}
+		if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE)
+		{
+			tabentry->last_skipped_analyze_time = ts;
+			tabentry->skipped_analyze_count++;
+		}
+	}
+
+	pgstat_unlock_entry(entry_ref);
+
+	/* see pgstat_report_vacuum() */
+	pgstat_flush_io(false);
+	(void) pgstat_flush_backend(false, PGSTAT_BACKEND_FLUSH_IO);
+}
+
 /*
  * count a tuple insertion of n tuples
  */
diff --git a/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c b/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c
index 9185a8e6b83..18aaa3996e1 100644
--- a/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c
+++ b/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c
@@ -84,6 +84,18 @@ PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(mod_since_analyze)
 /* pg_stat_get_numscans */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(numscans)
 
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_analyze_count)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_autoanalyze_count)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_autovacuum_count)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_vacuum_count)
+
 /* pg_stat_get_tuples_deleted */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(tuples_deleted)
 
@@ -170,6 +182,18 @@ PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_vacuum_time)
 /* pg_stat_get_lastscan */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(lastscan)
 
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_analyze_time)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_autoanalyze_time)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_autovacuum_time)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_vacuum_time)
+
 /* pg_stat_get_stat_reset_time */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(stat_reset_time)
 
diff --git a/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat b/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat
index 0118e970dda..ccfe3d9e02a 100644
--- a/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat
+++ b/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat
@@ -5667,6 +5667,38 @@
   proname => 'pg_stat_get_total_autoanalyze_time', provolatile => 's',
   proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'float8', proargtypes => 'oid',
   prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_total_autoanalyze_time' },
+{ oid => '8142', descr => 'statistics: last skipped vacuum time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time' },
+{ oid => '8143', descr => 'statistics: last skipped auto vacuum time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time' },
+{ oid => '8144', descr => 'statistics: last skipped analyze time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time' },
+{ oid => '8145', descr => 'statistics: last skipped auto analyze time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time' },
+{ oid => '8146', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped vacuum for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count' },
+{ oid => '8147', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped auto vacuum for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count' },
+{ oid => '8148', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped analyzes for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count' },
+{ oid => '8149', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped auto analyzes for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count' },
 { oid => '1936', descr => 'statistics: currently active backend IDs',
   proname => 'pg_stat_get_backend_idset', prorows => '100', proretset => 't',
   provolatile => 's', proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int4',
diff --git a/src/include/pgstat.h b/src/include/pgstat.h
index 8e3549c3752..343081a7a25 100644
--- a/src/include/pgstat.h
+++ b/src/include/pgstat.h
@@ -479,6 +479,15 @@ typedef struct PgStat_StatTabEntry
 	TimestampTz last_autoanalyze_time;	/* autovacuum initiated */
 	PgStat_Counter autoanalyze_count;
 
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_vacuum_time;	/* user initiated vacuum */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_vacuum_count;
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_autovacuum_time;	/* autovacuum initiated */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_autovacuum_count;
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_analyze_time;	/* user initiated */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_analyze_count;
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_autoanalyze_time;	/* autovacuum initiated */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_autoanalyze_count;
+
 	PgStat_Counter total_vacuum_time;	/* times in milliseconds */
 	PgStat_Counter total_autovacuum_time;
 	PgStat_Counter total_analyze_time;
@@ -707,6 +716,13 @@ extern void pgstat_report_analyze(Relation rel,
 								  PgStat_Counter livetuples, PgStat_Counter deadtuples,
 								  bool resetcounter, TimestampTz starttime);
 
+/* flags for pgstat_flush_backend() */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM	(1 << 0)	/* vacuum is skipped */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE	(1 << 1)	/* analyze is skipped */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOVAC	(1 << 2)	/* skipped during autovacuum/autoanalyze */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANY   (PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM | PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE)
+extern void pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(Oid relid, bits8 flags);
+
 /*
  * If stats are enabled, but pending data hasn't been prepared yet, call
  * pgstat_assoc_relation() to do so. See its comment for why this is done
diff --git a/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out b/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out
index 2b3cf6d8569..4ccfc43e903 100644
--- a/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out
+++ b/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out
@@ -1835,13 +1835,21 @@ pg_stat_all_tables| SELECT c.oid AS relid,
     pg_stat_get_mod_since_analyze(c.oid) AS n_mod_since_analyze,
     pg_stat_get_ins_since_vacuum(c.oid) AS n_ins_since_vacuum,
     pg_stat_get_last_vacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_vacuum,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_vacuum,
     pg_stat_get_last_autovacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_autovacuum,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_autovacuum,
     pg_stat_get_last_analyze_time(c.oid) AS last_analyze,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_analyze,
     pg_stat_get_last_autoanalyze_time(c.oid) AS last_autoanalyze,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_autoanalyze,
     pg_stat_get_vacuum_count(c.oid) AS vacuum_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count(c.oid) AS skipped_vacuum_count,
     pg_stat_get_autovacuum_count(c.oid) AS autovacuum_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count(c.oid) AS skipped_autovacuum_count,
     pg_stat_get_analyze_count(c.oid) AS analyze_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count(c.oid) AS skipped_analyze_count,
     pg_stat_get_autoanalyze_count(c.oid) AS autoanalyze_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count(c.oid) AS skipped_autoanalyze_count,
     pg_stat_get_total_vacuum_time(c.oid) AS total_vacuum_time,
     pg_stat_get_total_autovacuum_time(c.oid) AS total_autovacuum_time,
     pg_stat_get_total_analyze_time(c.oid) AS total_analyze_time,
@@ -2293,13 +2301,21 @@ pg_stat_sys_tables| SELECT relid,
     n_mod_since_analyze,
     n_ins_since_vacuum,
     last_vacuum,
+    last_skipped_vacuum,
     last_autovacuum,
+    last_skipped_autovacuum,
     last_analyze,
+    last_skipped_analyze,
     last_autoanalyze,
+    last_skipped_autoanalyze,
     vacuum_count,
+    skipped_vacuum_count,
     autovacuum_count,
+    skipped_autovacuum_count,
     analyze_count,
+    skipped_analyze_count,
     autoanalyze_count,
+    skipped_autoanalyze_count,
     total_vacuum_time,
     total_autovacuum_time,
     total_analyze_time,
@@ -2348,13 +2364,21 @@ pg_stat_user_tables| SELECT relid,
     n_mod_since_analyze,
     n_ins_since_vacuum,
     last_vacuum,
+    last_skipped_vacuum,
     last_autovacuum,
+    last_skipped_autovacuum,
     last_analyze,
+    last_skipped_analyze,
     last_autoanalyze,
+    last_skipped_autoanalyze,
     vacuum_count,
+    skipped_vacuum_count,
     autovacuum_count,
+    skipped_autovacuum_count,
     analyze_count,
+    skipped_analyze_count,
     autoanalyze_count,
+    skipped_autoanalyze_count,
     total_vacuum_time,
     total_autovacuum_time,
     total_analyze_time,
-- 
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* [PATCH v3] Track skipped vacuum and analyze activity per relation
@ 2026-03-24 04:09 Yugo Nagata <[email protected]>
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From: Yugo Nagata @ 2026-03-24 04:09 UTC (permalink / raw)

This commit adds eight fields to the relation statistics that track
the last time vacuum or analyze has been attempted but skipped due to
lock unavailability, along with their counts:

-    last_skipped_vacuum
-    last_skipped_autovacuum
-    last_skipped_analyze
-    last_skipped_autoanalyze
-    skipped_vacuum_count
-    skipped_autovacuum_count
-    skipped_analyze_count
-    skipped_autoanalyze_count

These field can help users confirm that autovacuum is actively attempting
to run on a table that has not been vacuumed or analyzed for a long time,
and that the lack of progress is due to repeated skips rather than inactivity.
---
 doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml                 | 80 +++++++++++++++++
 src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql         |  8 ++
 src/backend/commands/vacuum.c                | 95 +++++++++++++++-----
 src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c | 68 ++++++++++++++
 src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c          | 24 +++++
 src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat              | 32 +++++++
 src/include/pgstat.h                         | 16 ++++
 src/test/regress/expected/rules.out          | 24 +++++
 8 files changed, 324 insertions(+), 23 deletions(-)

diff --git a/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml b/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml
index bb75ed1069b..9ec8070b2fc 100644
--- a/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml
+++ b/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml
@@ -4372,6 +4372,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_vacuum</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time a manual vacuum on this table was attempted but skipped due to
+       lock unavailability (not counting <command>VACUUM FULL</command>)
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>last_autovacuum</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
@@ -4382,6 +4392,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_autovacuum</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time a vacuum on this table by the autovacuum daemon was attempted
+       but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>last_analyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
@@ -4391,6 +4411,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_analyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time a manual analyze on this table was attempted but skipped due to
+       lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>last_autoanalyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
@@ -4401,6 +4431,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_autoanalyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time at which an analyze on this table by the autovacuum was
+       attempted but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>vacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4411,6 +4451,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_vacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times vacuums on this table have been attempted but skipped
+       due to lock unavailability (not counting <command>VACUUM FULL</command>)
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>autovacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4421,6 +4471,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_autovacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times vacuums on this table by the autovacuum daemon have been
+       attempted but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>analyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4430,6 +4490,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_analyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times manual analyzes on this table have been attempted but
+       skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>autoanalyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4440,6 +4510,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_autoanalyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times analyzes on this table by the autovacuum daemon have
+       been attempted but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>total_vacuum_time</structfield> <type>double precision</type>
diff --git a/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql b/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql
index e54018004db..2ca02a0354c 100644
--- a/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql
+++ b/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql
@@ -736,13 +736,21 @@ CREATE VIEW pg_stat_all_tables AS
             pg_stat_get_mod_since_analyze(C.oid) AS n_mod_since_analyze,
             pg_stat_get_ins_since_vacuum(C.oid) AS n_ins_since_vacuum,
             pg_stat_get_last_vacuum_time(C.oid) as last_vacuum,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_vacuum,
             pg_stat_get_last_autovacuum_time(C.oid) as last_autovacuum,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_autovacuum,
             pg_stat_get_last_analyze_time(C.oid) as last_analyze,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_analyze,
             pg_stat_get_last_autoanalyze_time(C.oid) as last_autoanalyze,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_autoanalyze,
             pg_stat_get_vacuum_count(C.oid) AS vacuum_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count(C.oid) AS skipped_vacuum_count,
             pg_stat_get_autovacuum_count(C.oid) AS autovacuum_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count(C.oid) AS skipped_autovacuum_count,
             pg_stat_get_analyze_count(C.oid) AS analyze_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count(C.oid) AS skipped_analyze_count,
             pg_stat_get_autoanalyze_count(C.oid) AS autoanalyze_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count(C.oid) AS skipped_autoanalyze_count,
             pg_stat_get_total_vacuum_time(C.oid) AS total_vacuum_time,
             pg_stat_get_total_autovacuum_time(C.oid) AS total_autovacuum_time,
             pg_stat_get_total_analyze_time(C.oid) AS total_analyze_time,
diff --git a/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c b/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c
index bce3a2daa24..ce83b3171be 100644
--- a/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c
+++ b/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c
@@ -792,8 +792,18 @@ vacuum_open_relation(Oid relid, RangeVar *relation, bits32 options,
 		rel = try_relation_open(relid, NoLock);
 	else
 	{
+		bits8 flags = 0;
 		rel = NULL;
 		rel_lock = false;
+
+		if ((options & VACOPT_VACUUM) != 0)
+			flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM;
+		if ((options & VACOPT_ANALYZE) != 0)
+			flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE;
+		if (AmAutoVacuumWorkerProcess())
+			flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOVAC;
+
+		pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(relid, flags);
 	}
 
 	/* if relation is opened, leave */
@@ -801,7 +811,7 @@ vacuum_open_relation(Oid relid, RangeVar *relation, bits32 options,
 		return rel;
 
 	/*
-	 * Relation could not be opened, hence generate if possible a log
+	 * Relation could not be opened hence generate if possible a log
 	 * informing on the situation.
 	 *
 	 * If the RangeVar is not defined, we do not have enough information to
@@ -904,7 +914,6 @@ expand_vacuum_rel(VacuumRelation *vrel, MemoryContext vac_context,
 		Form_pg_class classForm;
 		bool		include_children;
 		bool		is_partitioned_table;
-		int			rvr_opts;
 
 		/*
 		 * Since autovacuum workers supply OIDs when calling vacuum(), no
@@ -917,29 +926,69 @@ expand_vacuum_rel(VacuumRelation *vrel, MemoryContext vac_context,
 		 * below, as well as find_all_inheritors's expectation that the caller
 		 * holds some lock on the starting relation.
 		 */
-		rvr_opts = (options & VACOPT_SKIP_LOCKED) ? RVR_SKIP_LOCKED : 0;
-		relid = RangeVarGetRelidExtended(vrel->relation,
-										 AccessShareLock,
-										 rvr_opts,
-										 NULL, NULL);
-
-		/*
-		 * If the lock is unavailable, emit the same log statement that
-		 * vacuum_rel() and analyze_rel() would.
-		 */
-		if (!OidIsValid(relid))
+		if (!(options & VACOPT_SKIP_LOCKED))
 		{
-			if (options & VACOPT_VACUUM)
-				ereport(WARNING,
-						(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
-						 errmsg("skipping vacuum of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
-								vrel->relation->relname)));
-			else
-				ereport(WARNING,
-						(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
-						 errmsg("skipping analyze of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
+			relid = RangeVarGetRelidExtended(vrel->relation,
+											 AccessShareLock,
+											 0, NULL, NULL);
+			if (!OidIsValid(relid))
+				return vacrels;
+		}
+		else
+		{
+			/* Get relid for reporting before taking a lock */
+			relid = RangeVarGetRelid(vrel->relation, NoLock, false);
+
+			if (!ConditionalLockRelationOid(relid, AccessShareLock))
+			{
+				bits8	flags = 0;
+				/*
+				 * If the lock is unavailable, emit the same log statement that
+				 * vacuum_rel() and analyze_rel() would.
+				 */
+				if (options & VACOPT_VACUUM)
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping vacuum of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
 								vrel->relation->relname)));
-			return vacrels;
+				else
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping analyze of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
+									vrel->relation->relname)));
+
+				if ((options & VACOPT_VACUUM) != 0)
+					flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM;
+				if ((options & VACOPT_ANALYZE) != 0)
+					flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE;
+
+				pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(relid, flags);
+
+				return vacrels;
+			}
+
+			/*
+			 * Now that we have the lock, probe to see if the relation really
+			 * exists or not.
+			 */
+			if (!SearchSysCacheExists1(RELOID, ObjectIdGetDatum(relid)))
+			{
+				if (options & VACOPT_VACUUM)
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_UNDEFINED_TABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping vacuum of \"%s\" --- relation no longer exists",
+									vrel->relation->relname)));
+				else
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_UNDEFINED_TABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping analyze of \"%s\" --- relation no longer exists",
+									vrel->relation->relname)));
+
+				/* Release useless lock */
+				UnlockRelationOid(relid, AccessShareLock);
+
+				return vacrels;
+			}
 		}
 
 		/*
diff --git a/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c b/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c
index bc8c43b96aa..cec4c88980e 100644
--- a/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c
+++ b/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c
@@ -17,6 +17,7 @@
 
 #include "postgres.h"
 
+#include "access/htup_details.h"
 #include "access/twophase_rmgr.h"
 #include "access/xact.h"
 #include "catalog/catalog.h"
@@ -366,6 +367,73 @@ pgstat_report_analyze(Relation rel,
 	(void) pgstat_flush_backend(false, PGSTAT_BACKEND_FLUSH_IO);
 }
 
+/*
+ * Report that the table was skipped during vacuum or/and analyze.
+ */
+void
+pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(Oid relid, bits8 flags)
+{
+	PgStat_EntryRef *entry_ref;
+	PgStatShared_Relation *shtabentry;
+	PgStat_StatTabEntry *tabentry;
+	TimestampTz ts;
+	HeapTuple	classTup;
+	bool		isshared;
+
+	if (!pgstat_track_counts || !(flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANY))
+		return;
+
+	classTup = SearchSysCache1(RELOID, ObjectIdGetDatum(relid));
+	if (!HeapTupleIsValid(classTup))
+		return;			/* somebody deleted the rel, forget it */
+	isshared = ((Form_pg_class) GETSTRUCT(classTup))->relisshared;
+	ReleaseSysCache(classTup);
+
+	/* Store the data in the table's hash table entry. */
+	ts = GetCurrentTimestamp();
+
+	/* block acquiring lock for the same reason as pgstat_report_autovac() */
+	entry_ref = pgstat_get_entry_ref_locked(PGSTAT_KIND_RELATION,
+											isshared ? InvalidOid : MyDatabaseId,
+											relid, false);
+
+	shtabentry = (PgStatShared_Relation *) entry_ref->shared_stats;
+	tabentry = &shtabentry->stats;
+
+	if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOVAC)
+	{
+		if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM)
+		{
+			tabentry->last_skipped_autovacuum_time = ts;
+			tabentry->skipped_autovacuum_count++;
+		}
+		if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE)
+		{
+			tabentry->last_skipped_autoanalyze_time = ts;
+			tabentry->skipped_autoanalyze_count++;
+		}
+	}
+	else
+	{
+		if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM)
+		{
+			tabentry->last_skipped_vacuum_time = ts;
+			tabentry->skipped_vacuum_count++;
+		}
+		if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE)
+		{
+			tabentry->last_skipped_analyze_time = ts;
+			tabentry->skipped_analyze_count++;
+		}
+	}
+
+	pgstat_unlock_entry(entry_ref);
+
+	/* see pgstat_report_vacuum() */
+	pgstat_flush_io(false);
+	(void) pgstat_flush_backend(false, PGSTAT_BACKEND_FLUSH_IO);
+}
+
 /*
  * count a tuple insertion of n tuples
  */
diff --git a/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c b/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c
index 9185a8e6b83..18aaa3996e1 100644
--- a/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c
+++ b/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c
@@ -84,6 +84,18 @@ PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(mod_since_analyze)
 /* pg_stat_get_numscans */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(numscans)
 
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_analyze_count)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_autoanalyze_count)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_autovacuum_count)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_vacuum_count)
+
 /* pg_stat_get_tuples_deleted */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(tuples_deleted)
 
@@ -170,6 +182,18 @@ PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_vacuum_time)
 /* pg_stat_get_lastscan */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(lastscan)
 
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_analyze_time)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_autoanalyze_time)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_autovacuum_time)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_vacuum_time)
+
 /* pg_stat_get_stat_reset_time */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(stat_reset_time)
 
diff --git a/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat b/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat
index 0118e970dda..ccfe3d9e02a 100644
--- a/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat
+++ b/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat
@@ -5667,6 +5667,38 @@
   proname => 'pg_stat_get_total_autoanalyze_time', provolatile => 's',
   proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'float8', proargtypes => 'oid',
   prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_total_autoanalyze_time' },
+{ oid => '8142', descr => 'statistics: last skipped vacuum time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time' },
+{ oid => '8143', descr => 'statistics: last skipped auto vacuum time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time' },
+{ oid => '8144', descr => 'statistics: last skipped analyze time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time' },
+{ oid => '8145', descr => 'statistics: last skipped auto analyze time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time' },
+{ oid => '8146', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped vacuum for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count' },
+{ oid => '8147', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped auto vacuum for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count' },
+{ oid => '8148', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped analyzes for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count' },
+{ oid => '8149', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped auto analyzes for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count' },
 { oid => '1936', descr => 'statistics: currently active backend IDs',
   proname => 'pg_stat_get_backend_idset', prorows => '100', proretset => 't',
   provolatile => 's', proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int4',
diff --git a/src/include/pgstat.h b/src/include/pgstat.h
index 8e3549c3752..343081a7a25 100644
--- a/src/include/pgstat.h
+++ b/src/include/pgstat.h
@@ -479,6 +479,15 @@ typedef struct PgStat_StatTabEntry
 	TimestampTz last_autoanalyze_time;	/* autovacuum initiated */
 	PgStat_Counter autoanalyze_count;
 
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_vacuum_time;	/* user initiated vacuum */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_vacuum_count;
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_autovacuum_time;	/* autovacuum initiated */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_autovacuum_count;
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_analyze_time;	/* user initiated */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_analyze_count;
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_autoanalyze_time;	/* autovacuum initiated */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_autoanalyze_count;
+
 	PgStat_Counter total_vacuum_time;	/* times in milliseconds */
 	PgStat_Counter total_autovacuum_time;
 	PgStat_Counter total_analyze_time;
@@ -707,6 +716,13 @@ extern void pgstat_report_analyze(Relation rel,
 								  PgStat_Counter livetuples, PgStat_Counter deadtuples,
 								  bool resetcounter, TimestampTz starttime);
 
+/* flags for pgstat_flush_backend() */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM	(1 << 0)	/* vacuum is skipped */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE	(1 << 1)	/* analyze is skipped */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOVAC	(1 << 2)	/* skipped during autovacuum/autoanalyze */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANY   (PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM | PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE)
+extern void pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(Oid relid, bits8 flags);
+
 /*
  * If stats are enabled, but pending data hasn't been prepared yet, call
  * pgstat_assoc_relation() to do so. See its comment for why this is done
diff --git a/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out b/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out
index 2b3cf6d8569..4ccfc43e903 100644
--- a/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out
+++ b/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out
@@ -1835,13 +1835,21 @@ pg_stat_all_tables| SELECT c.oid AS relid,
     pg_stat_get_mod_since_analyze(c.oid) AS n_mod_since_analyze,
     pg_stat_get_ins_since_vacuum(c.oid) AS n_ins_since_vacuum,
     pg_stat_get_last_vacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_vacuum,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_vacuum,
     pg_stat_get_last_autovacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_autovacuum,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_autovacuum,
     pg_stat_get_last_analyze_time(c.oid) AS last_analyze,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_analyze,
     pg_stat_get_last_autoanalyze_time(c.oid) AS last_autoanalyze,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_autoanalyze,
     pg_stat_get_vacuum_count(c.oid) AS vacuum_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count(c.oid) AS skipped_vacuum_count,
     pg_stat_get_autovacuum_count(c.oid) AS autovacuum_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count(c.oid) AS skipped_autovacuum_count,
     pg_stat_get_analyze_count(c.oid) AS analyze_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count(c.oid) AS skipped_analyze_count,
     pg_stat_get_autoanalyze_count(c.oid) AS autoanalyze_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count(c.oid) AS skipped_autoanalyze_count,
     pg_stat_get_total_vacuum_time(c.oid) AS total_vacuum_time,
     pg_stat_get_total_autovacuum_time(c.oid) AS total_autovacuum_time,
     pg_stat_get_total_analyze_time(c.oid) AS total_analyze_time,
@@ -2293,13 +2301,21 @@ pg_stat_sys_tables| SELECT relid,
     n_mod_since_analyze,
     n_ins_since_vacuum,
     last_vacuum,
+    last_skipped_vacuum,
     last_autovacuum,
+    last_skipped_autovacuum,
     last_analyze,
+    last_skipped_analyze,
     last_autoanalyze,
+    last_skipped_autoanalyze,
     vacuum_count,
+    skipped_vacuum_count,
     autovacuum_count,
+    skipped_autovacuum_count,
     analyze_count,
+    skipped_analyze_count,
     autoanalyze_count,
+    skipped_autoanalyze_count,
     total_vacuum_time,
     total_autovacuum_time,
     total_analyze_time,
@@ -2348,13 +2364,21 @@ pg_stat_user_tables| SELECT relid,
     n_mod_since_analyze,
     n_ins_since_vacuum,
     last_vacuum,
+    last_skipped_vacuum,
     last_autovacuum,
+    last_skipped_autovacuum,
     last_analyze,
+    last_skipped_analyze,
     last_autoanalyze,
+    last_skipped_autoanalyze,
     vacuum_count,
+    skipped_vacuum_count,
     autovacuum_count,
+    skipped_autovacuum_count,
     analyze_count,
+    skipped_analyze_count,
     autoanalyze_count,
+    skipped_autoanalyze_count,
     total_vacuum_time,
     total_autovacuum_time,
     total_analyze_time,
-- 
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* [PATCH v3] Track skipped vacuum and analyze activity per relation
@ 2026-03-24 04:09 Yugo Nagata <[email protected]>
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From: Yugo Nagata @ 2026-03-24 04:09 UTC (permalink / raw)

This commit adds eight fields to the relation statistics that track
the last time vacuum or analyze has been attempted but skipped due to
lock unavailability, along with their counts:

-    last_skipped_vacuum
-    last_skipped_autovacuum
-    last_skipped_analyze
-    last_skipped_autoanalyze
-    skipped_vacuum_count
-    skipped_autovacuum_count
-    skipped_analyze_count
-    skipped_autoanalyze_count

These field can help users confirm that autovacuum is actively attempting
to run on a table that has not been vacuumed or analyzed for a long time,
and that the lack of progress is due to repeated skips rather than inactivity.
---
 doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml                 | 80 +++++++++++++++++
 src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql         |  8 ++
 src/backend/commands/vacuum.c                | 95 +++++++++++++++-----
 src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c | 68 ++++++++++++++
 src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c          | 24 +++++
 src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat              | 32 +++++++
 src/include/pgstat.h                         | 16 ++++
 src/test/regress/expected/rules.out          | 24 +++++
 8 files changed, 324 insertions(+), 23 deletions(-)

diff --git a/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml b/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml
index bb75ed1069b..9ec8070b2fc 100644
--- a/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml
+++ b/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml
@@ -4372,6 +4372,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_vacuum</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time a manual vacuum on this table was attempted but skipped due to
+       lock unavailability (not counting <command>VACUUM FULL</command>)
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>last_autovacuum</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
@@ -4382,6 +4392,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_autovacuum</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time a vacuum on this table by the autovacuum daemon was attempted
+       but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>last_analyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
@@ -4391,6 +4411,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_analyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time a manual analyze on this table was attempted but skipped due to
+       lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>last_autoanalyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
@@ -4401,6 +4431,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_autoanalyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time at which an analyze on this table by the autovacuum was
+       attempted but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>vacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4411,6 +4451,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_vacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times vacuums on this table have been attempted but skipped
+       due to lock unavailability (not counting <command>VACUUM FULL</command>)
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>autovacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4421,6 +4471,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_autovacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times vacuums on this table by the autovacuum daemon have been
+       attempted but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>analyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4430,6 +4490,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_analyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times manual analyzes on this table have been attempted but
+       skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>autoanalyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4440,6 +4510,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_autoanalyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times analyzes on this table by the autovacuum daemon have
+       been attempted but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>total_vacuum_time</structfield> <type>double precision</type>
diff --git a/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql b/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql
index e54018004db..2ca02a0354c 100644
--- a/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql
+++ b/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql
@@ -736,13 +736,21 @@ CREATE VIEW pg_stat_all_tables AS
             pg_stat_get_mod_since_analyze(C.oid) AS n_mod_since_analyze,
             pg_stat_get_ins_since_vacuum(C.oid) AS n_ins_since_vacuum,
             pg_stat_get_last_vacuum_time(C.oid) as last_vacuum,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_vacuum,
             pg_stat_get_last_autovacuum_time(C.oid) as last_autovacuum,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_autovacuum,
             pg_stat_get_last_analyze_time(C.oid) as last_analyze,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_analyze,
             pg_stat_get_last_autoanalyze_time(C.oid) as last_autoanalyze,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_autoanalyze,
             pg_stat_get_vacuum_count(C.oid) AS vacuum_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count(C.oid) AS skipped_vacuum_count,
             pg_stat_get_autovacuum_count(C.oid) AS autovacuum_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count(C.oid) AS skipped_autovacuum_count,
             pg_stat_get_analyze_count(C.oid) AS analyze_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count(C.oid) AS skipped_analyze_count,
             pg_stat_get_autoanalyze_count(C.oid) AS autoanalyze_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count(C.oid) AS skipped_autoanalyze_count,
             pg_stat_get_total_vacuum_time(C.oid) AS total_vacuum_time,
             pg_stat_get_total_autovacuum_time(C.oid) AS total_autovacuum_time,
             pg_stat_get_total_analyze_time(C.oid) AS total_analyze_time,
diff --git a/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c b/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c
index bce3a2daa24..ce83b3171be 100644
--- a/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c
+++ b/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c
@@ -792,8 +792,18 @@ vacuum_open_relation(Oid relid, RangeVar *relation, bits32 options,
 		rel = try_relation_open(relid, NoLock);
 	else
 	{
+		bits8 flags = 0;
 		rel = NULL;
 		rel_lock = false;
+
+		if ((options & VACOPT_VACUUM) != 0)
+			flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM;
+		if ((options & VACOPT_ANALYZE) != 0)
+			flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE;
+		if (AmAutoVacuumWorkerProcess())
+			flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOVAC;
+
+		pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(relid, flags);
 	}
 
 	/* if relation is opened, leave */
@@ -801,7 +811,7 @@ vacuum_open_relation(Oid relid, RangeVar *relation, bits32 options,
 		return rel;
 
 	/*
-	 * Relation could not be opened, hence generate if possible a log
+	 * Relation could not be opened hence generate if possible a log
 	 * informing on the situation.
 	 *
 	 * If the RangeVar is not defined, we do not have enough information to
@@ -904,7 +914,6 @@ expand_vacuum_rel(VacuumRelation *vrel, MemoryContext vac_context,
 		Form_pg_class classForm;
 		bool		include_children;
 		bool		is_partitioned_table;
-		int			rvr_opts;
 
 		/*
 		 * Since autovacuum workers supply OIDs when calling vacuum(), no
@@ -917,29 +926,69 @@ expand_vacuum_rel(VacuumRelation *vrel, MemoryContext vac_context,
 		 * below, as well as find_all_inheritors's expectation that the caller
 		 * holds some lock on the starting relation.
 		 */
-		rvr_opts = (options & VACOPT_SKIP_LOCKED) ? RVR_SKIP_LOCKED : 0;
-		relid = RangeVarGetRelidExtended(vrel->relation,
-										 AccessShareLock,
-										 rvr_opts,
-										 NULL, NULL);
-
-		/*
-		 * If the lock is unavailable, emit the same log statement that
-		 * vacuum_rel() and analyze_rel() would.
-		 */
-		if (!OidIsValid(relid))
+		if (!(options & VACOPT_SKIP_LOCKED))
 		{
-			if (options & VACOPT_VACUUM)
-				ereport(WARNING,
-						(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
-						 errmsg("skipping vacuum of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
-								vrel->relation->relname)));
-			else
-				ereport(WARNING,
-						(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
-						 errmsg("skipping analyze of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
+			relid = RangeVarGetRelidExtended(vrel->relation,
+											 AccessShareLock,
+											 0, NULL, NULL);
+			if (!OidIsValid(relid))
+				return vacrels;
+		}
+		else
+		{
+			/* Get relid for reporting before taking a lock */
+			relid = RangeVarGetRelid(vrel->relation, NoLock, false);
+
+			if (!ConditionalLockRelationOid(relid, AccessShareLock))
+			{
+				bits8	flags = 0;
+				/*
+				 * If the lock is unavailable, emit the same log statement that
+				 * vacuum_rel() and analyze_rel() would.
+				 */
+				if (options & VACOPT_VACUUM)
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping vacuum of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
 								vrel->relation->relname)));
-			return vacrels;
+				else
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping analyze of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
+									vrel->relation->relname)));
+
+				if ((options & VACOPT_VACUUM) != 0)
+					flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM;
+				if ((options & VACOPT_ANALYZE) != 0)
+					flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE;
+
+				pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(relid, flags);
+
+				return vacrels;
+			}
+
+			/*
+			 * Now that we have the lock, probe to see if the relation really
+			 * exists or not.
+			 */
+			if (!SearchSysCacheExists1(RELOID, ObjectIdGetDatum(relid)))
+			{
+				if (options & VACOPT_VACUUM)
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_UNDEFINED_TABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping vacuum of \"%s\" --- relation no longer exists",
+									vrel->relation->relname)));
+				else
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_UNDEFINED_TABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping analyze of \"%s\" --- relation no longer exists",
+									vrel->relation->relname)));
+
+				/* Release useless lock */
+				UnlockRelationOid(relid, AccessShareLock);
+
+				return vacrels;
+			}
 		}
 
 		/*
diff --git a/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c b/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c
index bc8c43b96aa..cec4c88980e 100644
--- a/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c
+++ b/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c
@@ -17,6 +17,7 @@
 
 #include "postgres.h"
 
+#include "access/htup_details.h"
 #include "access/twophase_rmgr.h"
 #include "access/xact.h"
 #include "catalog/catalog.h"
@@ -366,6 +367,73 @@ pgstat_report_analyze(Relation rel,
 	(void) pgstat_flush_backend(false, PGSTAT_BACKEND_FLUSH_IO);
 }
 
+/*
+ * Report that the table was skipped during vacuum or/and analyze.
+ */
+void
+pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(Oid relid, bits8 flags)
+{
+	PgStat_EntryRef *entry_ref;
+	PgStatShared_Relation *shtabentry;
+	PgStat_StatTabEntry *tabentry;
+	TimestampTz ts;
+	HeapTuple	classTup;
+	bool		isshared;
+
+	if (!pgstat_track_counts || !(flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANY))
+		return;
+
+	classTup = SearchSysCache1(RELOID, ObjectIdGetDatum(relid));
+	if (!HeapTupleIsValid(classTup))
+		return;			/* somebody deleted the rel, forget it */
+	isshared = ((Form_pg_class) GETSTRUCT(classTup))->relisshared;
+	ReleaseSysCache(classTup);
+
+	/* Store the data in the table's hash table entry. */
+	ts = GetCurrentTimestamp();
+
+	/* block acquiring lock for the same reason as pgstat_report_autovac() */
+	entry_ref = pgstat_get_entry_ref_locked(PGSTAT_KIND_RELATION,
+											isshared ? InvalidOid : MyDatabaseId,
+											relid, false);
+
+	shtabentry = (PgStatShared_Relation *) entry_ref->shared_stats;
+	tabentry = &shtabentry->stats;
+
+	if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOVAC)
+	{
+		if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM)
+		{
+			tabentry->last_skipped_autovacuum_time = ts;
+			tabentry->skipped_autovacuum_count++;
+		}
+		if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE)
+		{
+			tabentry->last_skipped_autoanalyze_time = ts;
+			tabentry->skipped_autoanalyze_count++;
+		}
+	}
+	else
+	{
+		if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM)
+		{
+			tabentry->last_skipped_vacuum_time = ts;
+			tabentry->skipped_vacuum_count++;
+		}
+		if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE)
+		{
+			tabentry->last_skipped_analyze_time = ts;
+			tabentry->skipped_analyze_count++;
+		}
+	}
+
+	pgstat_unlock_entry(entry_ref);
+
+	/* see pgstat_report_vacuum() */
+	pgstat_flush_io(false);
+	(void) pgstat_flush_backend(false, PGSTAT_BACKEND_FLUSH_IO);
+}
+
 /*
  * count a tuple insertion of n tuples
  */
diff --git a/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c b/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c
index 9185a8e6b83..18aaa3996e1 100644
--- a/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c
+++ b/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c
@@ -84,6 +84,18 @@ PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(mod_since_analyze)
 /* pg_stat_get_numscans */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(numscans)
 
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_analyze_count)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_autoanalyze_count)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_autovacuum_count)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_vacuum_count)
+
 /* pg_stat_get_tuples_deleted */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(tuples_deleted)
 
@@ -170,6 +182,18 @@ PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_vacuum_time)
 /* pg_stat_get_lastscan */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(lastscan)
 
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_analyze_time)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_autoanalyze_time)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_autovacuum_time)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_vacuum_time)
+
 /* pg_stat_get_stat_reset_time */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(stat_reset_time)
 
diff --git a/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat b/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat
index 0118e970dda..ccfe3d9e02a 100644
--- a/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat
+++ b/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat
@@ -5667,6 +5667,38 @@
   proname => 'pg_stat_get_total_autoanalyze_time', provolatile => 's',
   proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'float8', proargtypes => 'oid',
   prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_total_autoanalyze_time' },
+{ oid => '8142', descr => 'statistics: last skipped vacuum time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time' },
+{ oid => '8143', descr => 'statistics: last skipped auto vacuum time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time' },
+{ oid => '8144', descr => 'statistics: last skipped analyze time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time' },
+{ oid => '8145', descr => 'statistics: last skipped auto analyze time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time' },
+{ oid => '8146', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped vacuum for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count' },
+{ oid => '8147', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped auto vacuum for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count' },
+{ oid => '8148', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped analyzes for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count' },
+{ oid => '8149', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped auto analyzes for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count' },
 { oid => '1936', descr => 'statistics: currently active backend IDs',
   proname => 'pg_stat_get_backend_idset', prorows => '100', proretset => 't',
   provolatile => 's', proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int4',
diff --git a/src/include/pgstat.h b/src/include/pgstat.h
index 8e3549c3752..343081a7a25 100644
--- a/src/include/pgstat.h
+++ b/src/include/pgstat.h
@@ -479,6 +479,15 @@ typedef struct PgStat_StatTabEntry
 	TimestampTz last_autoanalyze_time;	/* autovacuum initiated */
 	PgStat_Counter autoanalyze_count;
 
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_vacuum_time;	/* user initiated vacuum */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_vacuum_count;
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_autovacuum_time;	/* autovacuum initiated */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_autovacuum_count;
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_analyze_time;	/* user initiated */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_analyze_count;
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_autoanalyze_time;	/* autovacuum initiated */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_autoanalyze_count;
+
 	PgStat_Counter total_vacuum_time;	/* times in milliseconds */
 	PgStat_Counter total_autovacuum_time;
 	PgStat_Counter total_analyze_time;
@@ -707,6 +716,13 @@ extern void pgstat_report_analyze(Relation rel,
 								  PgStat_Counter livetuples, PgStat_Counter deadtuples,
 								  bool resetcounter, TimestampTz starttime);
 
+/* flags for pgstat_flush_backend() */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM	(1 << 0)	/* vacuum is skipped */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE	(1 << 1)	/* analyze is skipped */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOVAC	(1 << 2)	/* skipped during autovacuum/autoanalyze */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANY   (PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM | PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE)
+extern void pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(Oid relid, bits8 flags);
+
 /*
  * If stats are enabled, but pending data hasn't been prepared yet, call
  * pgstat_assoc_relation() to do so. See its comment for why this is done
diff --git a/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out b/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out
index 2b3cf6d8569..4ccfc43e903 100644
--- a/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out
+++ b/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out
@@ -1835,13 +1835,21 @@ pg_stat_all_tables| SELECT c.oid AS relid,
     pg_stat_get_mod_since_analyze(c.oid) AS n_mod_since_analyze,
     pg_stat_get_ins_since_vacuum(c.oid) AS n_ins_since_vacuum,
     pg_stat_get_last_vacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_vacuum,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_vacuum,
     pg_stat_get_last_autovacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_autovacuum,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_autovacuum,
     pg_stat_get_last_analyze_time(c.oid) AS last_analyze,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_analyze,
     pg_stat_get_last_autoanalyze_time(c.oid) AS last_autoanalyze,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_autoanalyze,
     pg_stat_get_vacuum_count(c.oid) AS vacuum_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count(c.oid) AS skipped_vacuum_count,
     pg_stat_get_autovacuum_count(c.oid) AS autovacuum_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count(c.oid) AS skipped_autovacuum_count,
     pg_stat_get_analyze_count(c.oid) AS analyze_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count(c.oid) AS skipped_analyze_count,
     pg_stat_get_autoanalyze_count(c.oid) AS autoanalyze_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count(c.oid) AS skipped_autoanalyze_count,
     pg_stat_get_total_vacuum_time(c.oid) AS total_vacuum_time,
     pg_stat_get_total_autovacuum_time(c.oid) AS total_autovacuum_time,
     pg_stat_get_total_analyze_time(c.oid) AS total_analyze_time,
@@ -2293,13 +2301,21 @@ pg_stat_sys_tables| SELECT relid,
     n_mod_since_analyze,
     n_ins_since_vacuum,
     last_vacuum,
+    last_skipped_vacuum,
     last_autovacuum,
+    last_skipped_autovacuum,
     last_analyze,
+    last_skipped_analyze,
     last_autoanalyze,
+    last_skipped_autoanalyze,
     vacuum_count,
+    skipped_vacuum_count,
     autovacuum_count,
+    skipped_autovacuum_count,
     analyze_count,
+    skipped_analyze_count,
     autoanalyze_count,
+    skipped_autoanalyze_count,
     total_vacuum_time,
     total_autovacuum_time,
     total_analyze_time,
@@ -2348,13 +2364,21 @@ pg_stat_user_tables| SELECT relid,
     n_mod_since_analyze,
     n_ins_since_vacuum,
     last_vacuum,
+    last_skipped_vacuum,
     last_autovacuum,
+    last_skipped_autovacuum,
     last_analyze,
+    last_skipped_analyze,
     last_autoanalyze,
+    last_skipped_autoanalyze,
     vacuum_count,
+    skipped_vacuum_count,
     autovacuum_count,
+    skipped_autovacuum_count,
     analyze_count,
+    skipped_analyze_count,
     autoanalyze_count,
+    skipped_autoanalyze_count,
     total_vacuum_time,
     total_autovacuum_time,
     total_analyze_time,
-- 
2.43.0


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* [PATCH v5] Track skipped vacuum and analyze activity per relation
@ 2026-03-24 04:09 Yugo Nagata <[email protected]>
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From: Yugo Nagata @ 2026-03-24 04:09 UTC (permalink / raw)

This commit adds eight fields to the relation statistics that track
the last time vacuum or analyze has been attempted but skipped due to
lock unavailability, along with their counts:

-    last_skipped_vacuum
-    last_skipped_autovacuum
-    last_skipped_analyze
-    last_skipped_autoanalyze
-    skipped_vacuum_count
-    skipped_autovacuum_count
-    skipped_analyze_count
-    skipped_autoanalyze_count

These field can help users confirm that autovacuum is actively attempting
to run on a table that has not been vacuumed or analyzed for a long time,
and that the lack of progress is due to repeated skips rather than inactivity.
---
 doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml                  |  88 ++++++
 src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql          |   8 +
 src/backend/commands/vacuum.c                 | 100 +++++--
 src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c  |  64 +++++
 src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c           |  24 ++
 src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat               |  32 +++
 src/include/pgstat.h                          |  16 ++
 .../isolation/expected/vacuum-skip-locked.out | 260 ++++++++++++++++--
 .../isolation/specs/vacuum-skip-locked.spec   |  41 +--
 src/test/regress/expected/rules.out           |  24 ++
 10 files changed, 601 insertions(+), 56 deletions(-)

diff --git a/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml b/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml
index 08d5b824552..a9b579d87a9 100644
--- a/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml
+++ b/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml
@@ -4387,6 +4387,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_vacuum</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time a manual vacuum on this table was attempted but skipped due to
+       lock unavailability (not counting <command>VACUUM FULL</command>)
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>last_autovacuum</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
@@ -4397,6 +4407,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_autovacuum</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time a vacuum on this table by the autovacuum daemon was attempted
+       but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>last_analyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
@@ -4406,6 +4426,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_analyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time a manual analyze on this table was attempted but skipped due to
+       lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>last_autoanalyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
@@ -4416,6 +4446,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_autoanalyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time at which an analyze on this table by the autovacuum was
+       attempted but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>vacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4426,6 +4466,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_vacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times manual vacuums on this table have been attempted but skipped
+       due to lock unavailability (not counting <command>VACUUM FULL</command>)
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>autovacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4436,6 +4486,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_autovacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times vacuums on this table by the autovacuum daemon have been
+       attempted but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>analyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4445,6 +4505,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_analyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times manual analyzes on this table have been attempted but
+       skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>autoanalyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4455,6 +4525,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_autoanalyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times analyzes on this table by the autovacuum daemon have
+       been attempted but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>total_vacuum_time</structfield> <type>double precision</type>
@@ -4510,6 +4590,14 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
    </tgroup>
   </table>
 
+  <note>
+   <para>
+    When a manual vacuum or analyze on a parent table in an inheritance or
+    partitioning hierarchy is skipped, the statistics are recorded only for
+    the parent table, not for its children.
+   </para>
+  </note>
+
  </sect2>
 
  <sect2 id="monitoring-pg-stat-autovacuum-scores-view">
diff --git a/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql b/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql
index 73a1c1c4670..f509fc7876b 100644
--- a/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql
+++ b/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql
@@ -736,13 +736,21 @@ CREATE VIEW pg_stat_all_tables AS
             pg_stat_get_mod_since_analyze(C.oid) AS n_mod_since_analyze,
             pg_stat_get_ins_since_vacuum(C.oid) AS n_ins_since_vacuum,
             pg_stat_get_last_vacuum_time(C.oid) as last_vacuum,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_vacuum,
             pg_stat_get_last_autovacuum_time(C.oid) as last_autovacuum,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_autovacuum,
             pg_stat_get_last_analyze_time(C.oid) as last_analyze,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_analyze,
             pg_stat_get_last_autoanalyze_time(C.oid) as last_autoanalyze,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_autoanalyze,
             pg_stat_get_vacuum_count(C.oid) AS vacuum_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count(C.oid) AS skipped_vacuum_count,
             pg_stat_get_autovacuum_count(C.oid) AS autovacuum_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count(C.oid) AS skipped_autovacuum_count,
             pg_stat_get_analyze_count(C.oid) AS analyze_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count(C.oid) AS skipped_analyze_count,
             pg_stat_get_autoanalyze_count(C.oid) AS autoanalyze_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count(C.oid) AS skipped_autoanalyze_count,
             pg_stat_get_total_vacuum_time(C.oid) AS total_vacuum_time,
             pg_stat_get_total_autovacuum_time(C.oid) AS total_autovacuum_time,
             pg_stat_get_total_analyze_time(C.oid) AS total_analyze_time,
diff --git a/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c b/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c
index 99d0db82ed7..df6526225e4 100644
--- a/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c
+++ b/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c
@@ -793,8 +793,25 @@ vacuum_open_relation(Oid relid, RangeVar *relation, uint32 options,
 		rel = try_relation_open(relid, NoLock);
 	else
 	{
+		int flags = 0;
 		rel = NULL;
 		rel_lock = false;
+
+		if ((options & VACOPT_VACUUM) != 0 && (options & VACOPT_FULL) == 0)
+		{
+			if (AmAutoVacuumWorkerProcess())
+				flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOVACUUM;
+			else
+				flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM;
+		}
+		if ((options & VACOPT_ANALYZE) != 0)
+		{
+			if (AmAutoVacuumWorkerProcess())
+				flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOANALYZE;
+			else
+				flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE;
+		}
+		pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(relid, flags);
 	}
 
 	/* if relation is opened, leave */
@@ -905,7 +922,6 @@ expand_vacuum_rel(VacuumRelation *vrel, MemoryContext vac_context,
 		Form_pg_class classForm;
 		bool		include_children;
 		bool		is_partitioned_table;
-		int			rvr_opts;
 
 		/*
 		 * Since autovacuum workers supply OIDs when calling vacuum(), no
@@ -918,29 +934,69 @@ expand_vacuum_rel(VacuumRelation *vrel, MemoryContext vac_context,
 		 * below, as well as find_all_inheritors's expectation that the caller
 		 * holds some lock on the starting relation.
 		 */
-		rvr_opts = (options & VACOPT_SKIP_LOCKED) ? RVR_SKIP_LOCKED : 0;
-		relid = RangeVarGetRelidExtended(vrel->relation,
-										 AccessShareLock,
-										 rvr_opts,
-										 NULL, NULL);
-
-		/*
-		 * If the lock is unavailable, emit the same log statement that
-		 * vacuum_rel() and analyze_rel() would.
-		 */
-		if (!OidIsValid(relid))
+		if (!(options & VACOPT_SKIP_LOCKED))
 		{
-			if (options & VACOPT_VACUUM)
-				ereport(WARNING,
-						(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
-						 errmsg("skipping vacuum of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
-								vrel->relation->relname)));
-			else
-				ereport(WARNING,
-						(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
-						 errmsg("skipping analyze of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
+			relid = RangeVarGetRelidExtended(vrel->relation,
+											 AccessShareLock,
+											 0, NULL, NULL);
+			if (!OidIsValid(relid))
+				return vacrels;
+		}
+		else
+		{
+			/* Get relid for reporting before taking a lock */
+			relid = RangeVarGetRelid(vrel->relation, NoLock, false);
+
+			if (!ConditionalLockRelationOid(relid, AccessShareLock))
+			{
+				int	flags = 0;
+				/*
+				 * If the lock is unavailable, emit the same log statement that
+				 * vacuum_rel() and analyze_rel() would.
+				 */
+				if (options & VACOPT_VACUUM)
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping vacuum of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
 								vrel->relation->relname)));
-			return vacrels;
+				else
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping analyze of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
+									vrel->relation->relname)));
+
+				if ((options & VACOPT_VACUUM) != 0 && (options & VACOPT_FULL) == 0)
+					flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM;
+				if ((options & VACOPT_ANALYZE) != 0)
+					flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE;
+
+				pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(relid, flags);
+
+				return vacrels;
+			}
+
+			/*
+			 * Now that we have the lock, probe to see if the relation really
+			 * exists or not.
+			 */
+			if (!SearchSysCacheExists1(RELOID, ObjectIdGetDatum(relid)))
+			{
+				if (options & VACOPT_VACUUM)
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_UNDEFINED_TABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping vacuum of \"%s\" --- relation no longer exists",
+									vrel->relation->relname)));
+				else
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_UNDEFINED_TABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping analyze of \"%s\" --- relation no longer exists",
+									vrel->relation->relname)));
+
+				/* Release useless lock */
+				UnlockRelationOid(relid, AccessShareLock);
+
+				return vacrels;
+			}
 		}
 
 		/*
diff --git a/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c b/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c
index b2ca28f83ba..532d9023f8c 100644
--- a/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c
+++ b/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c
@@ -17,12 +17,14 @@
 
 #include "postgres.h"
 
+#include "access/htup_details.h"
 #include "access/twophase_rmgr.h"
 #include "access/xact.h"
 #include "catalog/catalog.h"
 #include "utils/memutils.h"
 #include "utils/pgstat_internal.h"
 #include "utils/rel.h"
+#include "utils/syscache.h"
 #include "utils/timestamp.h"
 
 
@@ -367,6 +369,68 @@ pgstat_report_analyze(Relation rel,
 	(void) pgstat_flush_backend(false, PGSTAT_BACKEND_FLUSH_IO);
 }
 
+/*
+ * Report that the table was skipped during vacuum or/and analyze.
+ */
+void
+pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(Oid relid, int flags)
+{
+	PgStat_EntryRef *entry_ref;
+	PgStatShared_Relation *shtabentry;
+	PgStat_StatTabEntry *tabentry;
+	TimestampTz ts;
+	HeapTuple	classTup;
+	bool		isshared;
+
+	if (!pgstat_track_counts || !flags)
+		return;
+
+	classTup = SearchSysCache1(RELOID, ObjectIdGetDatum(relid));
+	if (!HeapTupleIsValid(classTup))
+		return;			/* somebody deleted the rel, forget it */
+	isshared = ((Form_pg_class) GETSTRUCT(classTup))->relisshared;
+	ReleaseSysCache(classTup);
+
+	/* Store the data in the table's hash table entry. */
+	ts = GetCurrentTimestamp();
+
+	/* block acquiring lock for the same reason as pgstat_report_autovac() */
+	entry_ref = pgstat_get_entry_ref_locked(PGSTAT_KIND_RELATION,
+											isshared ? InvalidOid : MyDatabaseId,
+											relid, false);
+
+	shtabentry = (PgStatShared_Relation *) entry_ref->shared_stats;
+	tabentry = &shtabentry->stats;
+
+	if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM)
+	{
+		tabentry->last_skipped_vacuum_time = ts;
+		tabentry->skipped_vacuum_count++;
+	}
+	else if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOVACUUM)
+	{
+		tabentry->last_skipped_autovacuum_time = ts;
+		tabentry->skipped_autovacuum_count++;
+	}
+
+	if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE)
+	{
+		tabentry->last_skipped_analyze_time = ts;
+		tabentry->skipped_analyze_count++;
+	}
+	else if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOANALYZE)
+	{
+		tabentry->last_skipped_autoanalyze_time = ts;
+		tabentry->skipped_autoanalyze_count++;
+	}
+
+	pgstat_unlock_entry(entry_ref);
+
+	/* see pgstat_report_vacuum() */
+	pgstat_flush_io(false);
+	(void) pgstat_flush_backend(false, PGSTAT_BACKEND_FLUSH_IO);
+}
+
 /*
  * count a tuple insertion of n tuples
  */
diff --git a/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c b/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c
index 1408de387ea..90a8968faa0 100644
--- a/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c
+++ b/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c
@@ -84,6 +84,18 @@ PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(mod_since_analyze)
 /* pg_stat_get_numscans */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(numscans)
 
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_analyze_count)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_autoanalyze_count)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_autovacuum_count)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_vacuum_count)
+
 /* pg_stat_get_tuples_deleted */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(tuples_deleted)
 
@@ -170,6 +182,18 @@ PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_vacuum_time)
 /* pg_stat_get_lastscan */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(lastscan)
 
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_analyze_time)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_autoanalyze_time)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_autovacuum_time)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_vacuum_time)
+
 /* pg_stat_get_stat_reset_time */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(stat_reset_time)
 
diff --git a/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat b/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat
index fa9ae79082b..32debb34863 100644
--- a/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat
+++ b/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat
@@ -5680,6 +5680,38 @@
   proargmodes => '{o,o,o,o,o,o,o,o,o,o}',
   proargnames => '{oid,score,xid_score,mxid_score,vacuum_score,vacuum_insert_score,analyze_score,do_vacuum,do_analyze,for_wraparound}',
   prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_autovacuum_scores' },
+{ oid => '8142', descr => 'statistics: last skipped vacuum time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time' },
+{ oid => '8143', descr => 'statistics: last skipped auto vacuum time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time' },
+{ oid => '8144', descr => 'statistics: last skipped analyze time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time' },
+{ oid => '8145', descr => 'statistics: last skipped auto analyze time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time' },
+{ oid => '8146', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped vacuum for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count' },
+{ oid => '8147', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped auto vacuum for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count' },
+{ oid => '8148', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped analyzes for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count' },
+{ oid => '8149', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped auto analyzes for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count' },
 { oid => '1936', descr => 'statistics: currently active backend IDs',
   proname => 'pg_stat_get_backend_idset', prorows => '100', proretset => 't',
   provolatile => 's', proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int4',
diff --git a/src/include/pgstat.h b/src/include/pgstat.h
index dfa2e837638..98941f953d1 100644
--- a/src/include/pgstat.h
+++ b/src/include/pgstat.h
@@ -479,6 +479,15 @@ typedef struct PgStat_StatTabEntry
 	TimestampTz last_autoanalyze_time;	/* autovacuum initiated */
 	PgStat_Counter autoanalyze_count;
 
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_vacuum_time;	/* user initiated vacuum */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_vacuum_count;
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_autovacuum_time;	/* autovacuum initiated */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_autovacuum_count;
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_analyze_time;	/* user initiated */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_analyze_count;
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_autoanalyze_time;	/* autovacuum initiated */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_autoanalyze_count;
+
 	PgStat_Counter total_vacuum_time;	/* times in milliseconds */
 	PgStat_Counter total_autovacuum_time;
 	PgStat_Counter total_analyze_time;
@@ -703,6 +712,13 @@ extern void pgstat_report_analyze(Relation rel,
 								  PgStat_Counter livetuples, PgStat_Counter deadtuples,
 								  bool resetcounter, TimestampTz starttime);
 
+/* flags for pgstat_flush_backend() */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM		(1 << 0)	/* vacuum is skipped */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE		(1 << 1)	/* analyze is skipped */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOVACUUM	(1 << 2)	/* autovacuum is skipped */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOANALYZE	(1 << 3)	/* autoanalyze is skipped */
+extern void pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(Oid relid, int flags);
+
 /*
  * If stats are enabled, but pending data hasn't been prepared yet, call
  * pgstat_assoc_relation() to do so. See its comment for why this is done
diff --git a/src/test/isolation/expected/vacuum-skip-locked.out b/src/test/isolation/expected/vacuum-skip-locked.out
index 99db281a159..e2cff175b7c 100644
--- a/src/test/isolation/expected/vacuum-skip-locked.out
+++ b/src/test/isolation/expected/vacuum-skip-locked.out
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 Parsed test spec with 2 sessions
 
-starting permutation: lock_share vac_specified commit
+starting permutation: lock_share vac_specified commit check_stat
 step lock_share: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN SHARE MODE;
@@ -10,8 +10,22 @@ step vac_specified: VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED) part1, part2;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
 
-starting permutation: lock_share vac_all_parts commit
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   1|            0|                    0
+part2  |           1|                   0|            0|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
+
+starting permutation: lock_share vac_all_parts commit check_stat
 step lock_share: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN SHARE MODE;
@@ -20,8 +34,22 @@ step vac_all_parts: VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED) parted;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   1|            0|                    0
+part2  |           1|                   0|            0|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
 
-starting permutation: lock_share analyze_specified commit
+starting permutation: lock_share analyze_specified commit check_stat
 step lock_share: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN SHARE MODE;
@@ -31,8 +59,22 @@ step analyze_specified: ANALYZE (SKIP_LOCKED) part1, part2;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
 
-starting permutation: lock_share analyze_all_parts commit
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   0|            0|                    1
+part2  |           0|                   0|            1|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
+
+starting permutation: lock_share analyze_all_parts commit check_stat
 step lock_share: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN SHARE MODE;
@@ -41,8 +83,22 @@ step analyze_all_parts: ANALYZE (SKIP_LOCKED) parted;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            1|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   0|            0|                    1
+part2  |           0|                   0|            1|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
 
-starting permutation: lock_share vac_analyze_specified commit
+starting permutation: lock_share vac_analyze_specified commit check_stat
 step lock_share: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN SHARE MODE;
@@ -52,8 +108,22 @@ step vac_analyze_specified: VACUUM (ANALYZE, SKIP_LOCKED) part1, part2;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
 
-starting permutation: lock_share vac_analyze_all_parts commit
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   1|            0|                    1
+part2  |           1|                   0|            1|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
+
+starting permutation: lock_share vac_analyze_all_parts commit check_stat
 step lock_share: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN SHARE MODE;
@@ -62,8 +132,22 @@ step vac_analyze_all_parts: VACUUM (ANALYZE, SKIP_LOCKED) parted;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            1|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   1|            0|                    1
+part2  |           1|                   0|            1|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
 
-starting permutation: lock_share vac_full_specified commit
+starting permutation: lock_share vac_full_specified commit check_stat
 step lock_share: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN SHARE MODE;
@@ -73,8 +157,22 @@ step vac_full_specified: VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED, FULL) part1, part2;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
 
-starting permutation: lock_share vac_full_all_parts commit
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part2  |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
+
+starting permutation: lock_share vac_full_all_parts commit check_stat
 step lock_share: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN SHARE MODE;
@@ -83,8 +181,22 @@ step vac_full_all_parts: VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED, FULL) parted;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part2  |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+(3 rows)
 
-starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_specified commit
+
+starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_specified commit check_stat
 step lock_access_exclusive: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN ACCESS EXCLUSIVE MODE;
@@ -94,8 +206,22 @@ step vac_specified: VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED) part1, part2;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   1|            0|                    0
+part2  |           1|                   0|            0|                    0
+(3 rows)
 
-starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_all_parts commit
+
+starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_all_parts commit check_stat
 step lock_access_exclusive: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN ACCESS EXCLUSIVE MODE;
@@ -104,8 +230,22 @@ step vac_all_parts: VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED) parted;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   1|            0|                    0
+part2  |           1|                   0|            0|                    0
+(3 rows)
 
-starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive analyze_specified commit
+
+starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive analyze_specified commit check_stat
 step lock_access_exclusive: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN ACCESS EXCLUSIVE MODE;
@@ -115,8 +255,22 @@ step analyze_specified: ANALYZE (SKIP_LOCKED) part1, part2;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   0|            0|                    1
+part2  |           0|                   0|            1|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
 
-starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive analyze_all_parts commit
+starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive analyze_all_parts commit check_stat
 step lock_access_exclusive: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN ACCESS EXCLUSIVE MODE;
@@ -126,8 +280,22 @@ step commit:
 	COMMIT;
 
 step analyze_all_parts: <... completed>
-
-starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_analyze_specified commit
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            1|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   0|            1|                    0
+part2  |           0|                   0|            1|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
+
+starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_analyze_specified commit check_stat
 step lock_access_exclusive: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN ACCESS EXCLUSIVE MODE;
@@ -137,8 +305,22 @@ step vac_analyze_specified: VACUUM (ANALYZE, SKIP_LOCKED) part1, part2;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   1|            0|                    1
+part2  |           1|                   0|            1|                    0
+(3 rows)
 
-starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_analyze_all_parts commit
+
+starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_analyze_all_parts commit check_stat
 step lock_access_exclusive: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN ACCESS EXCLUSIVE MODE;
@@ -148,8 +330,22 @@ step commit:
 	COMMIT;
 
 step vac_analyze_all_parts: <... completed>
-
-starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_full_specified commit
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            1|                    0
+part1  |           1|                   0|            1|                    0
+part2  |           1|                   0|            1|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
+
+starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_full_specified commit check_stat
 step lock_access_exclusive: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN ACCESS EXCLUSIVE MODE;
@@ -159,8 +355,22 @@ step vac_full_specified: VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED, FULL) part1, part2;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
 
-starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_full_all_parts commit
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part2  |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
+
+starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_full_all_parts commit check_stat
 step lock_access_exclusive: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN ACCESS EXCLUSIVE MODE;
@@ -169,3 +379,17 @@ step vac_full_all_parts: VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED, FULL) parted;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part2  |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
diff --git a/src/test/isolation/specs/vacuum-skip-locked.spec b/src/test/isolation/specs/vacuum-skip-locked.spec
index 3fad6e1c92a..b0da75d4b6d 100644
--- a/src/test/isolation/specs/vacuum-skip-locked.spec
+++ b/src/test/isolation/specs/vacuum-skip-locked.spec
@@ -33,6 +33,15 @@ step commit
 	COMMIT;
 }
 
+step check_stat
+{
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+}
+
 session s2
 step vac_specified			{ VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED) part1, part2; }
 step vac_all_parts			{ VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED) parted; }
@@ -43,19 +52,19 @@ step vac_analyze_all_parts	{ VACUUM (ANALYZE, SKIP_LOCKED) parted; }
 step vac_full_specified		{ VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED, FULL) part1, part2; }
 step vac_full_all_parts		{ VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED, FULL) parted; }
 
-permutation lock_share vac_specified commit
-permutation lock_share vac_all_parts commit
-permutation lock_share analyze_specified commit
-permutation lock_share analyze_all_parts commit
-permutation lock_share vac_analyze_specified commit
-permutation lock_share vac_analyze_all_parts commit
-permutation lock_share vac_full_specified commit
-permutation lock_share vac_full_all_parts commit
-permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_specified commit
-permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_all_parts commit
-permutation lock_access_exclusive analyze_specified commit
-permutation lock_access_exclusive analyze_all_parts commit
-permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_analyze_specified commit
-permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_analyze_all_parts commit
-permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_full_specified commit
-permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_full_all_parts commit
+permutation lock_share vac_specified commit check_stat
+permutation lock_share vac_all_parts commit check_stat
+permutation lock_share analyze_specified commit check_stat
+permutation lock_share analyze_all_parts commit check_stat
+permutation lock_share vac_analyze_specified commit check_stat
+permutation lock_share vac_analyze_all_parts commit check_stat
+permutation lock_share vac_full_specified commit check_stat
+permutation lock_share vac_full_all_parts commit check_stat
+permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_specified commit check_stat
+permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_all_parts commit check_stat
+permutation lock_access_exclusive analyze_specified commit check_stat
+permutation lock_access_exclusive analyze_all_parts commit check_stat
+permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_analyze_specified commit check_stat
+permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_analyze_all_parts commit check_stat
+permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_full_specified commit check_stat
+permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_full_all_parts commit check_stat
diff --git a/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out b/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out
index a65a5bf0c4f..9b2075d3373 100644
--- a/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out
+++ b/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out
@@ -1835,13 +1835,21 @@ pg_stat_all_tables| SELECT c.oid AS relid,
     pg_stat_get_mod_since_analyze(c.oid) AS n_mod_since_analyze,
     pg_stat_get_ins_since_vacuum(c.oid) AS n_ins_since_vacuum,
     pg_stat_get_last_vacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_vacuum,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_vacuum,
     pg_stat_get_last_autovacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_autovacuum,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_autovacuum,
     pg_stat_get_last_analyze_time(c.oid) AS last_analyze,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_analyze,
     pg_stat_get_last_autoanalyze_time(c.oid) AS last_autoanalyze,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_autoanalyze,
     pg_stat_get_vacuum_count(c.oid) AS vacuum_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count(c.oid) AS skipped_vacuum_count,
     pg_stat_get_autovacuum_count(c.oid) AS autovacuum_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count(c.oid) AS skipped_autovacuum_count,
     pg_stat_get_analyze_count(c.oid) AS analyze_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count(c.oid) AS skipped_analyze_count,
     pg_stat_get_autoanalyze_count(c.oid) AS autoanalyze_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count(c.oid) AS skipped_autoanalyze_count,
     pg_stat_get_total_vacuum_time(c.oid) AS total_vacuum_time,
     pg_stat_get_total_autovacuum_time(c.oid) AS total_autovacuum_time,
     pg_stat_get_total_analyze_time(c.oid) AS total_analyze_time,
@@ -2346,13 +2354,21 @@ pg_stat_sys_tables| SELECT relid,
     n_mod_since_analyze,
     n_ins_since_vacuum,
     last_vacuum,
+    last_skipped_vacuum,
     last_autovacuum,
+    last_skipped_autovacuum,
     last_analyze,
+    last_skipped_analyze,
     last_autoanalyze,
+    last_skipped_autoanalyze,
     vacuum_count,
+    skipped_vacuum_count,
     autovacuum_count,
+    skipped_autovacuum_count,
     analyze_count,
+    skipped_analyze_count,
     autoanalyze_count,
+    skipped_autoanalyze_count,
     total_vacuum_time,
     total_autovacuum_time,
     total_analyze_time,
@@ -2401,13 +2417,21 @@ pg_stat_user_tables| SELECT relid,
     n_mod_since_analyze,
     n_ins_since_vacuum,
     last_vacuum,
+    last_skipped_vacuum,
     last_autovacuum,
+    last_skipped_autovacuum,
     last_analyze,
+    last_skipped_analyze,
     last_autoanalyze,
+    last_skipped_autoanalyze,
     vacuum_count,
+    skipped_vacuum_count,
     autovacuum_count,
+    skipped_autovacuum_count,
     analyze_count,
+    skipped_analyze_count,
     autoanalyze_count,
+    skipped_autoanalyze_count,
     total_vacuum_time,
     total_autovacuum_time,
     total_analyze_time,
-- 
2.43.0


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* [PATCH v5] Track skipped vacuum and analyze activity per relation
@ 2026-03-24 04:09 Yugo Nagata <[email protected]>
  0 siblings, 0 replies; 374+ messages in thread

From: Yugo Nagata @ 2026-03-24 04:09 UTC (permalink / raw)

This commit adds eight fields to the relation statistics that track
the last time vacuum or analyze has been attempted but skipped due to
lock unavailability, along with their counts:

-    last_skipped_vacuum
-    last_skipped_autovacuum
-    last_skipped_analyze
-    last_skipped_autoanalyze
-    skipped_vacuum_count
-    skipped_autovacuum_count
-    skipped_analyze_count
-    skipped_autoanalyze_count

These field can help users confirm that autovacuum is actively attempting
to run on a table that has not been vacuumed or analyzed for a long time,
and that the lack of progress is due to repeated skips rather than inactivity.
---
 doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml                  |  88 ++++++
 src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql          |   8 +
 src/backend/commands/vacuum.c                 | 100 +++++--
 src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c  |  64 +++++
 src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c           |  24 ++
 src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat               |  32 +++
 src/include/pgstat.h                          |  16 ++
 .../isolation/expected/vacuum-skip-locked.out | 260 ++++++++++++++++--
 .../isolation/specs/vacuum-skip-locked.spec   |  41 +--
 src/test/regress/expected/rules.out           |  24 ++
 10 files changed, 601 insertions(+), 56 deletions(-)

diff --git a/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml b/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml
index 08d5b824552..a9b579d87a9 100644
--- a/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml
+++ b/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml
@@ -4387,6 +4387,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_vacuum</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time a manual vacuum on this table was attempted but skipped due to
+       lock unavailability (not counting <command>VACUUM FULL</command>)
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>last_autovacuum</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
@@ -4397,6 +4407,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_autovacuum</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time a vacuum on this table by the autovacuum daemon was attempted
+       but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>last_analyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
@@ -4406,6 +4426,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_analyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time a manual analyze on this table was attempted but skipped due to
+       lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>last_autoanalyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
@@ -4416,6 +4446,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_autoanalyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time at which an analyze on this table by the autovacuum was
+       attempted but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>vacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4426,6 +4466,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_vacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times manual vacuums on this table have been attempted but skipped
+       due to lock unavailability (not counting <command>VACUUM FULL</command>)
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>autovacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4436,6 +4486,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_autovacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times vacuums on this table by the autovacuum daemon have been
+       attempted but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>analyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4445,6 +4505,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_analyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times manual analyzes on this table have been attempted but
+       skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>autoanalyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4455,6 +4525,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_autoanalyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times analyzes on this table by the autovacuum daemon have
+       been attempted but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>total_vacuum_time</structfield> <type>double precision</type>
@@ -4510,6 +4590,14 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
    </tgroup>
   </table>
 
+  <note>
+   <para>
+    When a manual vacuum or analyze on a parent table in an inheritance or
+    partitioning hierarchy is skipped, the statistics are recorded only for
+    the parent table, not for its children.
+   </para>
+  </note>
+
  </sect2>
 
  <sect2 id="monitoring-pg-stat-autovacuum-scores-view">
diff --git a/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql b/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql
index 73a1c1c4670..f509fc7876b 100644
--- a/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql
+++ b/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql
@@ -736,13 +736,21 @@ CREATE VIEW pg_stat_all_tables AS
             pg_stat_get_mod_since_analyze(C.oid) AS n_mod_since_analyze,
             pg_stat_get_ins_since_vacuum(C.oid) AS n_ins_since_vacuum,
             pg_stat_get_last_vacuum_time(C.oid) as last_vacuum,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_vacuum,
             pg_stat_get_last_autovacuum_time(C.oid) as last_autovacuum,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_autovacuum,
             pg_stat_get_last_analyze_time(C.oid) as last_analyze,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_analyze,
             pg_stat_get_last_autoanalyze_time(C.oid) as last_autoanalyze,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_autoanalyze,
             pg_stat_get_vacuum_count(C.oid) AS vacuum_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count(C.oid) AS skipped_vacuum_count,
             pg_stat_get_autovacuum_count(C.oid) AS autovacuum_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count(C.oid) AS skipped_autovacuum_count,
             pg_stat_get_analyze_count(C.oid) AS analyze_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count(C.oid) AS skipped_analyze_count,
             pg_stat_get_autoanalyze_count(C.oid) AS autoanalyze_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count(C.oid) AS skipped_autoanalyze_count,
             pg_stat_get_total_vacuum_time(C.oid) AS total_vacuum_time,
             pg_stat_get_total_autovacuum_time(C.oid) AS total_autovacuum_time,
             pg_stat_get_total_analyze_time(C.oid) AS total_analyze_time,
diff --git a/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c b/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c
index 99d0db82ed7..df6526225e4 100644
--- a/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c
+++ b/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c
@@ -793,8 +793,25 @@ vacuum_open_relation(Oid relid, RangeVar *relation, uint32 options,
 		rel = try_relation_open(relid, NoLock);
 	else
 	{
+		int flags = 0;
 		rel = NULL;
 		rel_lock = false;
+
+		if ((options & VACOPT_VACUUM) != 0 && (options & VACOPT_FULL) == 0)
+		{
+			if (AmAutoVacuumWorkerProcess())
+				flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOVACUUM;
+			else
+				flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM;
+		}
+		if ((options & VACOPT_ANALYZE) != 0)
+		{
+			if (AmAutoVacuumWorkerProcess())
+				flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOANALYZE;
+			else
+				flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE;
+		}
+		pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(relid, flags);
 	}
 
 	/* if relation is opened, leave */
@@ -905,7 +922,6 @@ expand_vacuum_rel(VacuumRelation *vrel, MemoryContext vac_context,
 		Form_pg_class classForm;
 		bool		include_children;
 		bool		is_partitioned_table;
-		int			rvr_opts;
 
 		/*
 		 * Since autovacuum workers supply OIDs when calling vacuum(), no
@@ -918,29 +934,69 @@ expand_vacuum_rel(VacuumRelation *vrel, MemoryContext vac_context,
 		 * below, as well as find_all_inheritors's expectation that the caller
 		 * holds some lock on the starting relation.
 		 */
-		rvr_opts = (options & VACOPT_SKIP_LOCKED) ? RVR_SKIP_LOCKED : 0;
-		relid = RangeVarGetRelidExtended(vrel->relation,
-										 AccessShareLock,
-										 rvr_opts,
-										 NULL, NULL);
-
-		/*
-		 * If the lock is unavailable, emit the same log statement that
-		 * vacuum_rel() and analyze_rel() would.
-		 */
-		if (!OidIsValid(relid))
+		if (!(options & VACOPT_SKIP_LOCKED))
 		{
-			if (options & VACOPT_VACUUM)
-				ereport(WARNING,
-						(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
-						 errmsg("skipping vacuum of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
-								vrel->relation->relname)));
-			else
-				ereport(WARNING,
-						(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
-						 errmsg("skipping analyze of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
+			relid = RangeVarGetRelidExtended(vrel->relation,
+											 AccessShareLock,
+											 0, NULL, NULL);
+			if (!OidIsValid(relid))
+				return vacrels;
+		}
+		else
+		{
+			/* Get relid for reporting before taking a lock */
+			relid = RangeVarGetRelid(vrel->relation, NoLock, false);
+
+			if (!ConditionalLockRelationOid(relid, AccessShareLock))
+			{
+				int	flags = 0;
+				/*
+				 * If the lock is unavailable, emit the same log statement that
+				 * vacuum_rel() and analyze_rel() would.
+				 */
+				if (options & VACOPT_VACUUM)
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping vacuum of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
 								vrel->relation->relname)));
-			return vacrels;
+				else
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping analyze of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
+									vrel->relation->relname)));
+
+				if ((options & VACOPT_VACUUM) != 0 && (options & VACOPT_FULL) == 0)
+					flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM;
+				if ((options & VACOPT_ANALYZE) != 0)
+					flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE;
+
+				pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(relid, flags);
+
+				return vacrels;
+			}
+
+			/*
+			 * Now that we have the lock, probe to see if the relation really
+			 * exists or not.
+			 */
+			if (!SearchSysCacheExists1(RELOID, ObjectIdGetDatum(relid)))
+			{
+				if (options & VACOPT_VACUUM)
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_UNDEFINED_TABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping vacuum of \"%s\" --- relation no longer exists",
+									vrel->relation->relname)));
+				else
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_UNDEFINED_TABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping analyze of \"%s\" --- relation no longer exists",
+									vrel->relation->relname)));
+
+				/* Release useless lock */
+				UnlockRelationOid(relid, AccessShareLock);
+
+				return vacrels;
+			}
 		}
 
 		/*
diff --git a/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c b/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c
index b2ca28f83ba..532d9023f8c 100644
--- a/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c
+++ b/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c
@@ -17,12 +17,14 @@
 
 #include "postgres.h"
 
+#include "access/htup_details.h"
 #include "access/twophase_rmgr.h"
 #include "access/xact.h"
 #include "catalog/catalog.h"
 #include "utils/memutils.h"
 #include "utils/pgstat_internal.h"
 #include "utils/rel.h"
+#include "utils/syscache.h"
 #include "utils/timestamp.h"
 
 
@@ -367,6 +369,68 @@ pgstat_report_analyze(Relation rel,
 	(void) pgstat_flush_backend(false, PGSTAT_BACKEND_FLUSH_IO);
 }
 
+/*
+ * Report that the table was skipped during vacuum or/and analyze.
+ */
+void
+pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(Oid relid, int flags)
+{
+	PgStat_EntryRef *entry_ref;
+	PgStatShared_Relation *shtabentry;
+	PgStat_StatTabEntry *tabentry;
+	TimestampTz ts;
+	HeapTuple	classTup;
+	bool		isshared;
+
+	if (!pgstat_track_counts || !flags)
+		return;
+
+	classTup = SearchSysCache1(RELOID, ObjectIdGetDatum(relid));
+	if (!HeapTupleIsValid(classTup))
+		return;			/* somebody deleted the rel, forget it */
+	isshared = ((Form_pg_class) GETSTRUCT(classTup))->relisshared;
+	ReleaseSysCache(classTup);
+
+	/* Store the data in the table's hash table entry. */
+	ts = GetCurrentTimestamp();
+
+	/* block acquiring lock for the same reason as pgstat_report_autovac() */
+	entry_ref = pgstat_get_entry_ref_locked(PGSTAT_KIND_RELATION,
+											isshared ? InvalidOid : MyDatabaseId,
+											relid, false);
+
+	shtabentry = (PgStatShared_Relation *) entry_ref->shared_stats;
+	tabentry = &shtabentry->stats;
+
+	if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM)
+	{
+		tabentry->last_skipped_vacuum_time = ts;
+		tabentry->skipped_vacuum_count++;
+	}
+	else if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOVACUUM)
+	{
+		tabentry->last_skipped_autovacuum_time = ts;
+		tabentry->skipped_autovacuum_count++;
+	}
+
+	if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE)
+	{
+		tabentry->last_skipped_analyze_time = ts;
+		tabentry->skipped_analyze_count++;
+	}
+	else if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOANALYZE)
+	{
+		tabentry->last_skipped_autoanalyze_time = ts;
+		tabentry->skipped_autoanalyze_count++;
+	}
+
+	pgstat_unlock_entry(entry_ref);
+
+	/* see pgstat_report_vacuum() */
+	pgstat_flush_io(false);
+	(void) pgstat_flush_backend(false, PGSTAT_BACKEND_FLUSH_IO);
+}
+
 /*
  * count a tuple insertion of n tuples
  */
diff --git a/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c b/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c
index 1408de387ea..90a8968faa0 100644
--- a/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c
+++ b/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c
@@ -84,6 +84,18 @@ PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(mod_since_analyze)
 /* pg_stat_get_numscans */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(numscans)
 
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_analyze_count)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_autoanalyze_count)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_autovacuum_count)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_vacuum_count)
+
 /* pg_stat_get_tuples_deleted */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(tuples_deleted)
 
@@ -170,6 +182,18 @@ PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_vacuum_time)
 /* pg_stat_get_lastscan */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(lastscan)
 
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_analyze_time)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_autoanalyze_time)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_autovacuum_time)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_vacuum_time)
+
 /* pg_stat_get_stat_reset_time */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(stat_reset_time)
 
diff --git a/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat b/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat
index fa9ae79082b..32debb34863 100644
--- a/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat
+++ b/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat
@@ -5680,6 +5680,38 @@
   proargmodes => '{o,o,o,o,o,o,o,o,o,o}',
   proargnames => '{oid,score,xid_score,mxid_score,vacuum_score,vacuum_insert_score,analyze_score,do_vacuum,do_analyze,for_wraparound}',
   prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_autovacuum_scores' },
+{ oid => '8142', descr => 'statistics: last skipped vacuum time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time' },
+{ oid => '8143', descr => 'statistics: last skipped auto vacuum time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time' },
+{ oid => '8144', descr => 'statistics: last skipped analyze time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time' },
+{ oid => '8145', descr => 'statistics: last skipped auto analyze time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time' },
+{ oid => '8146', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped vacuum for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count' },
+{ oid => '8147', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped auto vacuum for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count' },
+{ oid => '8148', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped analyzes for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count' },
+{ oid => '8149', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped auto analyzes for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count' },
 { oid => '1936', descr => 'statistics: currently active backend IDs',
   proname => 'pg_stat_get_backend_idset', prorows => '100', proretset => 't',
   provolatile => 's', proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int4',
diff --git a/src/include/pgstat.h b/src/include/pgstat.h
index dfa2e837638..98941f953d1 100644
--- a/src/include/pgstat.h
+++ b/src/include/pgstat.h
@@ -479,6 +479,15 @@ typedef struct PgStat_StatTabEntry
 	TimestampTz last_autoanalyze_time;	/* autovacuum initiated */
 	PgStat_Counter autoanalyze_count;
 
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_vacuum_time;	/* user initiated vacuum */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_vacuum_count;
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_autovacuum_time;	/* autovacuum initiated */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_autovacuum_count;
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_analyze_time;	/* user initiated */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_analyze_count;
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_autoanalyze_time;	/* autovacuum initiated */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_autoanalyze_count;
+
 	PgStat_Counter total_vacuum_time;	/* times in milliseconds */
 	PgStat_Counter total_autovacuum_time;
 	PgStat_Counter total_analyze_time;
@@ -703,6 +712,13 @@ extern void pgstat_report_analyze(Relation rel,
 								  PgStat_Counter livetuples, PgStat_Counter deadtuples,
 								  bool resetcounter, TimestampTz starttime);
 
+/* flags for pgstat_flush_backend() */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM		(1 << 0)	/* vacuum is skipped */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE		(1 << 1)	/* analyze is skipped */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOVACUUM	(1 << 2)	/* autovacuum is skipped */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOANALYZE	(1 << 3)	/* autoanalyze is skipped */
+extern void pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(Oid relid, int flags);
+
 /*
  * If stats are enabled, but pending data hasn't been prepared yet, call
  * pgstat_assoc_relation() to do so. See its comment for why this is done
diff --git a/src/test/isolation/expected/vacuum-skip-locked.out b/src/test/isolation/expected/vacuum-skip-locked.out
index 99db281a159..e2cff175b7c 100644
--- a/src/test/isolation/expected/vacuum-skip-locked.out
+++ b/src/test/isolation/expected/vacuum-skip-locked.out
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 Parsed test spec with 2 sessions
 
-starting permutation: lock_share vac_specified commit
+starting permutation: lock_share vac_specified commit check_stat
 step lock_share: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN SHARE MODE;
@@ -10,8 +10,22 @@ step vac_specified: VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED) part1, part2;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
 
-starting permutation: lock_share vac_all_parts commit
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   1|            0|                    0
+part2  |           1|                   0|            0|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
+
+starting permutation: lock_share vac_all_parts commit check_stat
 step lock_share: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN SHARE MODE;
@@ -20,8 +34,22 @@ step vac_all_parts: VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED) parted;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   1|            0|                    0
+part2  |           1|                   0|            0|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
 
-starting permutation: lock_share analyze_specified commit
+starting permutation: lock_share analyze_specified commit check_stat
 step lock_share: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN SHARE MODE;
@@ -31,8 +59,22 @@ step analyze_specified: ANALYZE (SKIP_LOCKED) part1, part2;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
 
-starting permutation: lock_share analyze_all_parts commit
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   0|            0|                    1
+part2  |           0|                   0|            1|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
+
+starting permutation: lock_share analyze_all_parts commit check_stat
 step lock_share: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN SHARE MODE;
@@ -41,8 +83,22 @@ step analyze_all_parts: ANALYZE (SKIP_LOCKED) parted;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            1|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   0|            0|                    1
+part2  |           0|                   0|            1|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
 
-starting permutation: lock_share vac_analyze_specified commit
+starting permutation: lock_share vac_analyze_specified commit check_stat
 step lock_share: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN SHARE MODE;
@@ -52,8 +108,22 @@ step vac_analyze_specified: VACUUM (ANALYZE, SKIP_LOCKED) part1, part2;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
 
-starting permutation: lock_share vac_analyze_all_parts commit
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   1|            0|                    1
+part2  |           1|                   0|            1|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
+
+starting permutation: lock_share vac_analyze_all_parts commit check_stat
 step lock_share: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN SHARE MODE;
@@ -62,8 +132,22 @@ step vac_analyze_all_parts: VACUUM (ANALYZE, SKIP_LOCKED) parted;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            1|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   1|            0|                    1
+part2  |           1|                   0|            1|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
 
-starting permutation: lock_share vac_full_specified commit
+starting permutation: lock_share vac_full_specified commit check_stat
 step lock_share: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN SHARE MODE;
@@ -73,8 +157,22 @@ step vac_full_specified: VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED, FULL) part1, part2;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
 
-starting permutation: lock_share vac_full_all_parts commit
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part2  |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
+
+starting permutation: lock_share vac_full_all_parts commit check_stat
 step lock_share: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN SHARE MODE;
@@ -83,8 +181,22 @@ step vac_full_all_parts: VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED, FULL) parted;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part2  |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+(3 rows)
 
-starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_specified commit
+
+starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_specified commit check_stat
 step lock_access_exclusive: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN ACCESS EXCLUSIVE MODE;
@@ -94,8 +206,22 @@ step vac_specified: VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED) part1, part2;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   1|            0|                    0
+part2  |           1|                   0|            0|                    0
+(3 rows)
 
-starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_all_parts commit
+
+starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_all_parts commit check_stat
 step lock_access_exclusive: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN ACCESS EXCLUSIVE MODE;
@@ -104,8 +230,22 @@ step vac_all_parts: VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED) parted;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   1|            0|                    0
+part2  |           1|                   0|            0|                    0
+(3 rows)
 
-starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive analyze_specified commit
+
+starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive analyze_specified commit check_stat
 step lock_access_exclusive: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN ACCESS EXCLUSIVE MODE;
@@ -115,8 +255,22 @@ step analyze_specified: ANALYZE (SKIP_LOCKED) part1, part2;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   0|            0|                    1
+part2  |           0|                   0|            1|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
 
-starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive analyze_all_parts commit
+starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive analyze_all_parts commit check_stat
 step lock_access_exclusive: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN ACCESS EXCLUSIVE MODE;
@@ -126,8 +280,22 @@ step commit:
 	COMMIT;
 
 step analyze_all_parts: <... completed>
-
-starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_analyze_specified commit
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            1|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   0|            1|                    0
+part2  |           0|                   0|            1|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
+
+starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_analyze_specified commit check_stat
 step lock_access_exclusive: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN ACCESS EXCLUSIVE MODE;
@@ -137,8 +305,22 @@ step vac_analyze_specified: VACUUM (ANALYZE, SKIP_LOCKED) part1, part2;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   1|            0|                    1
+part2  |           1|                   0|            1|                    0
+(3 rows)
 
-starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_analyze_all_parts commit
+
+starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_analyze_all_parts commit check_stat
 step lock_access_exclusive: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN ACCESS EXCLUSIVE MODE;
@@ -148,8 +330,22 @@ step commit:
 	COMMIT;
 
 step vac_analyze_all_parts: <... completed>
-
-starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_full_specified commit
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            1|                    0
+part1  |           1|                   0|            1|                    0
+part2  |           1|                   0|            1|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
+
+starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_full_specified commit check_stat
 step lock_access_exclusive: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN ACCESS EXCLUSIVE MODE;
@@ -159,8 +355,22 @@ step vac_full_specified: VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED, FULL) part1, part2;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
 
-starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_full_all_parts commit
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part2  |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
+
+starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_full_all_parts commit check_stat
 step lock_access_exclusive: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN ACCESS EXCLUSIVE MODE;
@@ -169,3 +379,17 @@ step vac_full_all_parts: VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED, FULL) parted;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part2  |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
diff --git a/src/test/isolation/specs/vacuum-skip-locked.spec b/src/test/isolation/specs/vacuum-skip-locked.spec
index 3fad6e1c92a..b0da75d4b6d 100644
--- a/src/test/isolation/specs/vacuum-skip-locked.spec
+++ b/src/test/isolation/specs/vacuum-skip-locked.spec
@@ -33,6 +33,15 @@ step commit
 	COMMIT;
 }
 
+step check_stat
+{
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+}
+
 session s2
 step vac_specified			{ VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED) part1, part2; }
 step vac_all_parts			{ VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED) parted; }
@@ -43,19 +52,19 @@ step vac_analyze_all_parts	{ VACUUM (ANALYZE, SKIP_LOCKED) parted; }
 step vac_full_specified		{ VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED, FULL) part1, part2; }
 step vac_full_all_parts		{ VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED, FULL) parted; }
 
-permutation lock_share vac_specified commit
-permutation lock_share vac_all_parts commit
-permutation lock_share analyze_specified commit
-permutation lock_share analyze_all_parts commit
-permutation lock_share vac_analyze_specified commit
-permutation lock_share vac_analyze_all_parts commit
-permutation lock_share vac_full_specified commit
-permutation lock_share vac_full_all_parts commit
-permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_specified commit
-permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_all_parts commit
-permutation lock_access_exclusive analyze_specified commit
-permutation lock_access_exclusive analyze_all_parts commit
-permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_analyze_specified commit
-permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_analyze_all_parts commit
-permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_full_specified commit
-permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_full_all_parts commit
+permutation lock_share vac_specified commit check_stat
+permutation lock_share vac_all_parts commit check_stat
+permutation lock_share analyze_specified commit check_stat
+permutation lock_share analyze_all_parts commit check_stat
+permutation lock_share vac_analyze_specified commit check_stat
+permutation lock_share vac_analyze_all_parts commit check_stat
+permutation lock_share vac_full_specified commit check_stat
+permutation lock_share vac_full_all_parts commit check_stat
+permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_specified commit check_stat
+permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_all_parts commit check_stat
+permutation lock_access_exclusive analyze_specified commit check_stat
+permutation lock_access_exclusive analyze_all_parts commit check_stat
+permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_analyze_specified commit check_stat
+permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_analyze_all_parts commit check_stat
+permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_full_specified commit check_stat
+permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_full_all_parts commit check_stat
diff --git a/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out b/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out
index a65a5bf0c4f..9b2075d3373 100644
--- a/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out
+++ b/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out
@@ -1835,13 +1835,21 @@ pg_stat_all_tables| SELECT c.oid AS relid,
     pg_stat_get_mod_since_analyze(c.oid) AS n_mod_since_analyze,
     pg_stat_get_ins_since_vacuum(c.oid) AS n_ins_since_vacuum,
     pg_stat_get_last_vacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_vacuum,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_vacuum,
     pg_stat_get_last_autovacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_autovacuum,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_autovacuum,
     pg_stat_get_last_analyze_time(c.oid) AS last_analyze,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_analyze,
     pg_stat_get_last_autoanalyze_time(c.oid) AS last_autoanalyze,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_autoanalyze,
     pg_stat_get_vacuum_count(c.oid) AS vacuum_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count(c.oid) AS skipped_vacuum_count,
     pg_stat_get_autovacuum_count(c.oid) AS autovacuum_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count(c.oid) AS skipped_autovacuum_count,
     pg_stat_get_analyze_count(c.oid) AS analyze_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count(c.oid) AS skipped_analyze_count,
     pg_stat_get_autoanalyze_count(c.oid) AS autoanalyze_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count(c.oid) AS skipped_autoanalyze_count,
     pg_stat_get_total_vacuum_time(c.oid) AS total_vacuum_time,
     pg_stat_get_total_autovacuum_time(c.oid) AS total_autovacuum_time,
     pg_stat_get_total_analyze_time(c.oid) AS total_analyze_time,
@@ -2346,13 +2354,21 @@ pg_stat_sys_tables| SELECT relid,
     n_mod_since_analyze,
     n_ins_since_vacuum,
     last_vacuum,
+    last_skipped_vacuum,
     last_autovacuum,
+    last_skipped_autovacuum,
     last_analyze,
+    last_skipped_analyze,
     last_autoanalyze,
+    last_skipped_autoanalyze,
     vacuum_count,
+    skipped_vacuum_count,
     autovacuum_count,
+    skipped_autovacuum_count,
     analyze_count,
+    skipped_analyze_count,
     autoanalyze_count,
+    skipped_autoanalyze_count,
     total_vacuum_time,
     total_autovacuum_time,
     total_analyze_time,
@@ -2401,13 +2417,21 @@ pg_stat_user_tables| SELECT relid,
     n_mod_since_analyze,
     n_ins_since_vacuum,
     last_vacuum,
+    last_skipped_vacuum,
     last_autovacuum,
+    last_skipped_autovacuum,
     last_analyze,
+    last_skipped_analyze,
     last_autoanalyze,
+    last_skipped_autoanalyze,
     vacuum_count,
+    skipped_vacuum_count,
     autovacuum_count,
+    skipped_autovacuum_count,
     analyze_count,
+    skipped_analyze_count,
     autoanalyze_count,
+    skipped_autoanalyze_count,
     total_vacuum_time,
     total_autovacuum_time,
     total_analyze_time,
-- 
2.43.0


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* [PATCH v4] Track skipped vacuum and analyze activity per relation
@ 2026-03-24 04:09 Yugo Nagata <[email protected]>
  0 siblings, 0 replies; 374+ messages in thread

From: Yugo Nagata @ 2026-03-24 04:09 UTC (permalink / raw)

This commit adds eight fields to the relation statistics that track
the last time vacuum or analyze has been attempted but skipped due to
lock unavailability, along with their counts:

-    last_skipped_vacuum
-    last_skipped_autovacuum
-    last_skipped_analyze
-    last_skipped_autoanalyze
-    skipped_vacuum_count
-    skipped_autovacuum_count
-    skipped_analyze_count
-    skipped_autoanalyze_count

These field can help users confirm that autovacuum is actively attempting
to run on a table that has not been vacuumed or analyzed for a long time,
and that the lack of progress is due to repeated skips rather than inactivity.
---
 doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml                 |  88 ++++++++++++++++
 src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql         |   8 ++
 src/backend/commands/vacuum.c                | 102 ++++++++++++++-----
 src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c |  64 ++++++++++++
 src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c          |  24 +++++
 src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat              |  32 ++++++
 src/include/pgstat.h                         |  16 +++
 src/test/regress/expected/rules.out          |  24 +++++
 8 files changed, 335 insertions(+), 23 deletions(-)

diff --git a/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml b/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml
index 08d5b824552..a9b579d87a9 100644
--- a/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml
+++ b/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml
@@ -4387,6 +4387,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_vacuum</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time a manual vacuum on this table was attempted but skipped due to
+       lock unavailability (not counting <command>VACUUM FULL</command>)
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>last_autovacuum</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
@@ -4397,6 +4407,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_autovacuum</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time a vacuum on this table by the autovacuum daemon was attempted
+       but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>last_analyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
@@ -4406,6 +4426,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_analyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time a manual analyze on this table was attempted but skipped due to
+       lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>last_autoanalyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
@@ -4416,6 +4446,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_autoanalyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time at which an analyze on this table by the autovacuum was
+       attempted but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>vacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4426,6 +4466,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_vacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times manual vacuums on this table have been attempted but skipped
+       due to lock unavailability (not counting <command>VACUUM FULL</command>)
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>autovacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4436,6 +4486,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_autovacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times vacuums on this table by the autovacuum daemon have been
+       attempted but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>analyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4445,6 +4505,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_analyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times manual analyzes on this table have been attempted but
+       skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>autoanalyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4455,6 +4525,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_autoanalyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times analyzes on this table by the autovacuum daemon have
+       been attempted but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>total_vacuum_time</structfield> <type>double precision</type>
@@ -4510,6 +4590,14 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
    </tgroup>
   </table>
 
+  <note>
+   <para>
+    When a manual vacuum or analyze on a parent table in an inheritance or
+    partitioning hierarchy is skipped, the statistics are recorded only for
+    the parent table, not for its children.
+   </para>
+  </note>
+
  </sect2>
 
  <sect2 id="monitoring-pg-stat-autovacuum-scores-view">
diff --git a/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql b/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql
index 73a1c1c4670..f509fc7876b 100644
--- a/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql
+++ b/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql
@@ -736,13 +736,21 @@ CREATE VIEW pg_stat_all_tables AS
             pg_stat_get_mod_since_analyze(C.oid) AS n_mod_since_analyze,
             pg_stat_get_ins_since_vacuum(C.oid) AS n_ins_since_vacuum,
             pg_stat_get_last_vacuum_time(C.oid) as last_vacuum,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_vacuum,
             pg_stat_get_last_autovacuum_time(C.oid) as last_autovacuum,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_autovacuum,
             pg_stat_get_last_analyze_time(C.oid) as last_analyze,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_analyze,
             pg_stat_get_last_autoanalyze_time(C.oid) as last_autoanalyze,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_autoanalyze,
             pg_stat_get_vacuum_count(C.oid) AS vacuum_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count(C.oid) AS skipped_vacuum_count,
             pg_stat_get_autovacuum_count(C.oid) AS autovacuum_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count(C.oid) AS skipped_autovacuum_count,
             pg_stat_get_analyze_count(C.oid) AS analyze_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count(C.oid) AS skipped_analyze_count,
             pg_stat_get_autoanalyze_count(C.oid) AS autoanalyze_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count(C.oid) AS skipped_autoanalyze_count,
             pg_stat_get_total_vacuum_time(C.oid) AS total_vacuum_time,
             pg_stat_get_total_autovacuum_time(C.oid) AS total_autovacuum_time,
             pg_stat_get_total_analyze_time(C.oid) AS total_analyze_time,
diff --git a/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c b/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c
index 99d0db82ed7..97cd5ea8d10 100644
--- a/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c
+++ b/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c
@@ -793,8 +793,25 @@ vacuum_open_relation(Oid relid, RangeVar *relation, uint32 options,
 		rel = try_relation_open(relid, NoLock);
 	else
 	{
+		int flags = 0;
 		rel = NULL;
 		rel_lock = false;
+
+		if ((options & VACOPT_VACUUM) != 0)
+		{
+			if (AmAutoVacuumWorkerProcess())
+				flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOVACUUM;
+			else
+				flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM;
+		}
+		if ((options & VACOPT_ANALYZE) != 0)
+		{
+			if (AmAutoVacuumWorkerProcess())
+				flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOANALYZE;
+			else
+				flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE;
+		}
+		pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(relid, flags);
 	}
 
 	/* if relation is opened, leave */
@@ -802,7 +819,7 @@ vacuum_open_relation(Oid relid, RangeVar *relation, uint32 options,
 		return rel;
 
 	/*
-	 * Relation could not be opened, hence generate if possible a log
+	 * Relation could not be opened hence generate if possible a log
 	 * informing on the situation.
 	 *
 	 * If the RangeVar is not defined, we do not have enough information to
@@ -905,7 +922,6 @@ expand_vacuum_rel(VacuumRelation *vrel, MemoryContext vac_context,
 		Form_pg_class classForm;
 		bool		include_children;
 		bool		is_partitioned_table;
-		int			rvr_opts;
 
 		/*
 		 * Since autovacuum workers supply OIDs when calling vacuum(), no
@@ -918,29 +934,69 @@ expand_vacuum_rel(VacuumRelation *vrel, MemoryContext vac_context,
 		 * below, as well as find_all_inheritors's expectation that the caller
 		 * holds some lock on the starting relation.
 		 */
-		rvr_opts = (options & VACOPT_SKIP_LOCKED) ? RVR_SKIP_LOCKED : 0;
-		relid = RangeVarGetRelidExtended(vrel->relation,
-										 AccessShareLock,
-										 rvr_opts,
-										 NULL, NULL);
-
-		/*
-		 * If the lock is unavailable, emit the same log statement that
-		 * vacuum_rel() and analyze_rel() would.
-		 */
-		if (!OidIsValid(relid))
+		if (!(options & VACOPT_SKIP_LOCKED))
 		{
-			if (options & VACOPT_VACUUM)
-				ereport(WARNING,
-						(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
-						 errmsg("skipping vacuum of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
-								vrel->relation->relname)));
-			else
-				ereport(WARNING,
-						(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
-						 errmsg("skipping analyze of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
+			relid = RangeVarGetRelidExtended(vrel->relation,
+											 AccessShareLock,
+											 0, NULL, NULL);
+			if (!OidIsValid(relid))
+				return vacrels;
+		}
+		else
+		{
+			/* Get relid for reporting before taking a lock */
+			relid = RangeVarGetRelid(vrel->relation, NoLock, false);
+
+			if (!ConditionalLockRelationOid(relid, AccessShareLock))
+			{
+				int	flags = 0;
+				/*
+				 * If the lock is unavailable, emit the same log statement that
+				 * vacuum_rel() and analyze_rel() would.
+				 */
+				if (options & VACOPT_VACUUM)
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping vacuum of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
 								vrel->relation->relname)));
-			return vacrels;
+				else
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping analyze of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
+									vrel->relation->relname)));
+
+				if ((options & VACOPT_VACUUM) != 0)
+					flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM;
+				if ((options & VACOPT_ANALYZE) != 0)
+					flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE;
+
+				pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(relid, flags);
+
+				return vacrels;
+			}
+
+			/*
+			 * Now that we have the lock, probe to see if the relation really
+			 * exists or not.
+			 */
+			if (!SearchSysCacheExists1(RELOID, ObjectIdGetDatum(relid)))
+			{
+				if (options & VACOPT_VACUUM)
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_UNDEFINED_TABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping vacuum of \"%s\" --- relation no longer exists",
+									vrel->relation->relname)));
+				else
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_UNDEFINED_TABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping analyze of \"%s\" --- relation no longer exists",
+									vrel->relation->relname)));
+
+				/* Release useless lock */
+				UnlockRelationOid(relid, AccessShareLock);
+
+				return vacrels;
+			}
 		}
 
 		/*
diff --git a/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c b/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c
index b2ca28f83ba..532d9023f8c 100644
--- a/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c
+++ b/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c
@@ -17,12 +17,14 @@
 
 #include "postgres.h"
 
+#include "access/htup_details.h"
 #include "access/twophase_rmgr.h"
 #include "access/xact.h"
 #include "catalog/catalog.h"
 #include "utils/memutils.h"
 #include "utils/pgstat_internal.h"
 #include "utils/rel.h"
+#include "utils/syscache.h"
 #include "utils/timestamp.h"
 
 
@@ -367,6 +369,68 @@ pgstat_report_analyze(Relation rel,
 	(void) pgstat_flush_backend(false, PGSTAT_BACKEND_FLUSH_IO);
 }
 
+/*
+ * Report that the table was skipped during vacuum or/and analyze.
+ */
+void
+pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(Oid relid, int flags)
+{
+	PgStat_EntryRef *entry_ref;
+	PgStatShared_Relation *shtabentry;
+	PgStat_StatTabEntry *tabentry;
+	TimestampTz ts;
+	HeapTuple	classTup;
+	bool		isshared;
+
+	if (!pgstat_track_counts || !flags)
+		return;
+
+	classTup = SearchSysCache1(RELOID, ObjectIdGetDatum(relid));
+	if (!HeapTupleIsValid(classTup))
+		return;			/* somebody deleted the rel, forget it */
+	isshared = ((Form_pg_class) GETSTRUCT(classTup))->relisshared;
+	ReleaseSysCache(classTup);
+
+	/* Store the data in the table's hash table entry. */
+	ts = GetCurrentTimestamp();
+
+	/* block acquiring lock for the same reason as pgstat_report_autovac() */
+	entry_ref = pgstat_get_entry_ref_locked(PGSTAT_KIND_RELATION,
+											isshared ? InvalidOid : MyDatabaseId,
+											relid, false);
+
+	shtabentry = (PgStatShared_Relation *) entry_ref->shared_stats;
+	tabentry = &shtabentry->stats;
+
+	if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM)
+	{
+		tabentry->last_skipped_vacuum_time = ts;
+		tabentry->skipped_vacuum_count++;
+	}
+	else if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOVACUUM)
+	{
+		tabentry->last_skipped_autovacuum_time = ts;
+		tabentry->skipped_autovacuum_count++;
+	}
+
+	if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE)
+	{
+		tabentry->last_skipped_analyze_time = ts;
+		tabentry->skipped_analyze_count++;
+	}
+	else if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOANALYZE)
+	{
+		tabentry->last_skipped_autoanalyze_time = ts;
+		tabentry->skipped_autoanalyze_count++;
+	}
+
+	pgstat_unlock_entry(entry_ref);
+
+	/* see pgstat_report_vacuum() */
+	pgstat_flush_io(false);
+	(void) pgstat_flush_backend(false, PGSTAT_BACKEND_FLUSH_IO);
+}
+
 /*
  * count a tuple insertion of n tuples
  */
diff --git a/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c b/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c
index 1408de387ea..90a8968faa0 100644
--- a/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c
+++ b/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c
@@ -84,6 +84,18 @@ PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(mod_since_analyze)
 /* pg_stat_get_numscans */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(numscans)
 
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_analyze_count)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_autoanalyze_count)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_autovacuum_count)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_vacuum_count)
+
 /* pg_stat_get_tuples_deleted */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(tuples_deleted)
 
@@ -170,6 +182,18 @@ PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_vacuum_time)
 /* pg_stat_get_lastscan */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(lastscan)
 
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_analyze_time)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_autoanalyze_time)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_autovacuum_time)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_vacuum_time)
+
 /* pg_stat_get_stat_reset_time */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(stat_reset_time)
 
diff --git a/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat b/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat
index fa9ae79082b..32debb34863 100644
--- a/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat
+++ b/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat
@@ -5680,6 +5680,38 @@
   proargmodes => '{o,o,o,o,o,o,o,o,o,o}',
   proargnames => '{oid,score,xid_score,mxid_score,vacuum_score,vacuum_insert_score,analyze_score,do_vacuum,do_analyze,for_wraparound}',
   prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_autovacuum_scores' },
+{ oid => '8142', descr => 'statistics: last skipped vacuum time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time' },
+{ oid => '8143', descr => 'statistics: last skipped auto vacuum time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time' },
+{ oid => '8144', descr => 'statistics: last skipped analyze time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time' },
+{ oid => '8145', descr => 'statistics: last skipped auto analyze time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time' },
+{ oid => '8146', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped vacuum for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count' },
+{ oid => '8147', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped auto vacuum for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count' },
+{ oid => '8148', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped analyzes for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count' },
+{ oid => '8149', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped auto analyzes for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count' },
 { oid => '1936', descr => 'statistics: currently active backend IDs',
   proname => 'pg_stat_get_backend_idset', prorows => '100', proretset => 't',
   provolatile => 's', proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int4',
diff --git a/src/include/pgstat.h b/src/include/pgstat.h
index dfa2e837638..98941f953d1 100644
--- a/src/include/pgstat.h
+++ b/src/include/pgstat.h
@@ -479,6 +479,15 @@ typedef struct PgStat_StatTabEntry
 	TimestampTz last_autoanalyze_time;	/* autovacuum initiated */
 	PgStat_Counter autoanalyze_count;
 
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_vacuum_time;	/* user initiated vacuum */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_vacuum_count;
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_autovacuum_time;	/* autovacuum initiated */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_autovacuum_count;
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_analyze_time;	/* user initiated */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_analyze_count;
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_autoanalyze_time;	/* autovacuum initiated */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_autoanalyze_count;
+
 	PgStat_Counter total_vacuum_time;	/* times in milliseconds */
 	PgStat_Counter total_autovacuum_time;
 	PgStat_Counter total_analyze_time;
@@ -703,6 +712,13 @@ extern void pgstat_report_analyze(Relation rel,
 								  PgStat_Counter livetuples, PgStat_Counter deadtuples,
 								  bool resetcounter, TimestampTz starttime);
 
+/* flags for pgstat_flush_backend() */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM		(1 << 0)	/* vacuum is skipped */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE		(1 << 1)	/* analyze is skipped */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOVACUUM	(1 << 2)	/* autovacuum is skipped */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOANALYZE	(1 << 3)	/* autoanalyze is skipped */
+extern void pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(Oid relid, int flags);
+
 /*
  * If stats are enabled, but pending data hasn't been prepared yet, call
  * pgstat_assoc_relation() to do so. See its comment for why this is done
diff --git a/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out b/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out
index a65a5bf0c4f..9b2075d3373 100644
--- a/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out
+++ b/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out
@@ -1835,13 +1835,21 @@ pg_stat_all_tables| SELECT c.oid AS relid,
     pg_stat_get_mod_since_analyze(c.oid) AS n_mod_since_analyze,
     pg_stat_get_ins_since_vacuum(c.oid) AS n_ins_since_vacuum,
     pg_stat_get_last_vacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_vacuum,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_vacuum,
     pg_stat_get_last_autovacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_autovacuum,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_autovacuum,
     pg_stat_get_last_analyze_time(c.oid) AS last_analyze,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_analyze,
     pg_stat_get_last_autoanalyze_time(c.oid) AS last_autoanalyze,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_autoanalyze,
     pg_stat_get_vacuum_count(c.oid) AS vacuum_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count(c.oid) AS skipped_vacuum_count,
     pg_stat_get_autovacuum_count(c.oid) AS autovacuum_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count(c.oid) AS skipped_autovacuum_count,
     pg_stat_get_analyze_count(c.oid) AS analyze_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count(c.oid) AS skipped_analyze_count,
     pg_stat_get_autoanalyze_count(c.oid) AS autoanalyze_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count(c.oid) AS skipped_autoanalyze_count,
     pg_stat_get_total_vacuum_time(c.oid) AS total_vacuum_time,
     pg_stat_get_total_autovacuum_time(c.oid) AS total_autovacuum_time,
     pg_stat_get_total_analyze_time(c.oid) AS total_analyze_time,
@@ -2346,13 +2354,21 @@ pg_stat_sys_tables| SELECT relid,
     n_mod_since_analyze,
     n_ins_since_vacuum,
     last_vacuum,
+    last_skipped_vacuum,
     last_autovacuum,
+    last_skipped_autovacuum,
     last_analyze,
+    last_skipped_analyze,
     last_autoanalyze,
+    last_skipped_autoanalyze,
     vacuum_count,
+    skipped_vacuum_count,
     autovacuum_count,
+    skipped_autovacuum_count,
     analyze_count,
+    skipped_analyze_count,
     autoanalyze_count,
+    skipped_autoanalyze_count,
     total_vacuum_time,
     total_autovacuum_time,
     total_analyze_time,
@@ -2401,13 +2417,21 @@ pg_stat_user_tables| SELECT relid,
     n_mod_since_analyze,
     n_ins_since_vacuum,
     last_vacuum,
+    last_skipped_vacuum,
     last_autovacuum,
+    last_skipped_autovacuum,
     last_analyze,
+    last_skipped_analyze,
     last_autoanalyze,
+    last_skipped_autoanalyze,
     vacuum_count,
+    skipped_vacuum_count,
     autovacuum_count,
+    skipped_autovacuum_count,
     analyze_count,
+    skipped_analyze_count,
     autoanalyze_count,
+    skipped_autoanalyze_count,
     total_vacuum_time,
     total_autovacuum_time,
     total_analyze_time,
-- 
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* [PATCH v4] Track skipped vacuum and analyze activity per relation
@ 2026-03-24 04:09 Yugo Nagata <[email protected]>
  0 siblings, 0 replies; 374+ messages in thread

From: Yugo Nagata @ 2026-03-24 04:09 UTC (permalink / raw)

This commit adds eight fields to the relation statistics that track
the last time vacuum or analyze has been attempted but skipped due to
lock unavailability, along with their counts:

-    last_skipped_vacuum
-    last_skipped_autovacuum
-    last_skipped_analyze
-    last_skipped_autoanalyze
-    skipped_vacuum_count
-    skipped_autovacuum_count
-    skipped_analyze_count
-    skipped_autoanalyze_count

These field can help users confirm that autovacuum is actively attempting
to run on a table that has not been vacuumed or analyzed for a long time,
and that the lack of progress is due to repeated skips rather than inactivity.
---
 doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml                 |  88 ++++++++++++++++
 src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql         |   8 ++
 src/backend/commands/vacuum.c                | 102 ++++++++++++++-----
 src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c |  64 ++++++++++++
 src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c          |  24 +++++
 src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat              |  32 ++++++
 src/include/pgstat.h                         |  16 +++
 src/test/regress/expected/rules.out          |  24 +++++
 8 files changed, 335 insertions(+), 23 deletions(-)

diff --git a/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml b/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml
index 08d5b824552..a9b579d87a9 100644
--- a/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml
+++ b/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml
@@ -4387,6 +4387,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_vacuum</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time a manual vacuum on this table was attempted but skipped due to
+       lock unavailability (not counting <command>VACUUM FULL</command>)
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>last_autovacuum</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
@@ -4397,6 +4407,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_autovacuum</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time a vacuum on this table by the autovacuum daemon was attempted
+       but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>last_analyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
@@ -4406,6 +4426,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_analyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time a manual analyze on this table was attempted but skipped due to
+       lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>last_autoanalyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
@@ -4416,6 +4446,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_autoanalyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time at which an analyze on this table by the autovacuum was
+       attempted but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>vacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4426,6 +4466,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_vacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times manual vacuums on this table have been attempted but skipped
+       due to lock unavailability (not counting <command>VACUUM FULL</command>)
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>autovacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4436,6 +4486,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_autovacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times vacuums on this table by the autovacuum daemon have been
+       attempted but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>analyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4445,6 +4505,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_analyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times manual analyzes on this table have been attempted but
+       skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>autoanalyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4455,6 +4525,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_autoanalyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times analyzes on this table by the autovacuum daemon have
+       been attempted but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>total_vacuum_time</structfield> <type>double precision</type>
@@ -4510,6 +4590,14 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
    </tgroup>
   </table>
 
+  <note>
+   <para>
+    When a manual vacuum or analyze on a parent table in an inheritance or
+    partitioning hierarchy is skipped, the statistics are recorded only for
+    the parent table, not for its children.
+   </para>
+  </note>
+
  </sect2>
 
  <sect2 id="monitoring-pg-stat-autovacuum-scores-view">
diff --git a/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql b/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql
index 73a1c1c4670..f509fc7876b 100644
--- a/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql
+++ b/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql
@@ -736,13 +736,21 @@ CREATE VIEW pg_stat_all_tables AS
             pg_stat_get_mod_since_analyze(C.oid) AS n_mod_since_analyze,
             pg_stat_get_ins_since_vacuum(C.oid) AS n_ins_since_vacuum,
             pg_stat_get_last_vacuum_time(C.oid) as last_vacuum,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_vacuum,
             pg_stat_get_last_autovacuum_time(C.oid) as last_autovacuum,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_autovacuum,
             pg_stat_get_last_analyze_time(C.oid) as last_analyze,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_analyze,
             pg_stat_get_last_autoanalyze_time(C.oid) as last_autoanalyze,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_autoanalyze,
             pg_stat_get_vacuum_count(C.oid) AS vacuum_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count(C.oid) AS skipped_vacuum_count,
             pg_stat_get_autovacuum_count(C.oid) AS autovacuum_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count(C.oid) AS skipped_autovacuum_count,
             pg_stat_get_analyze_count(C.oid) AS analyze_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count(C.oid) AS skipped_analyze_count,
             pg_stat_get_autoanalyze_count(C.oid) AS autoanalyze_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count(C.oid) AS skipped_autoanalyze_count,
             pg_stat_get_total_vacuum_time(C.oid) AS total_vacuum_time,
             pg_stat_get_total_autovacuum_time(C.oid) AS total_autovacuum_time,
             pg_stat_get_total_analyze_time(C.oid) AS total_analyze_time,
diff --git a/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c b/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c
index 99d0db82ed7..97cd5ea8d10 100644
--- a/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c
+++ b/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c
@@ -793,8 +793,25 @@ vacuum_open_relation(Oid relid, RangeVar *relation, uint32 options,
 		rel = try_relation_open(relid, NoLock);
 	else
 	{
+		int flags = 0;
 		rel = NULL;
 		rel_lock = false;
+
+		if ((options & VACOPT_VACUUM) != 0)
+		{
+			if (AmAutoVacuumWorkerProcess())
+				flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOVACUUM;
+			else
+				flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM;
+		}
+		if ((options & VACOPT_ANALYZE) != 0)
+		{
+			if (AmAutoVacuumWorkerProcess())
+				flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOANALYZE;
+			else
+				flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE;
+		}
+		pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(relid, flags);
 	}
 
 	/* if relation is opened, leave */
@@ -802,7 +819,7 @@ vacuum_open_relation(Oid relid, RangeVar *relation, uint32 options,
 		return rel;
 
 	/*
-	 * Relation could not be opened, hence generate if possible a log
+	 * Relation could not be opened hence generate if possible a log
 	 * informing on the situation.
 	 *
 	 * If the RangeVar is not defined, we do not have enough information to
@@ -905,7 +922,6 @@ expand_vacuum_rel(VacuumRelation *vrel, MemoryContext vac_context,
 		Form_pg_class classForm;
 		bool		include_children;
 		bool		is_partitioned_table;
-		int			rvr_opts;
 
 		/*
 		 * Since autovacuum workers supply OIDs when calling vacuum(), no
@@ -918,29 +934,69 @@ expand_vacuum_rel(VacuumRelation *vrel, MemoryContext vac_context,
 		 * below, as well as find_all_inheritors's expectation that the caller
 		 * holds some lock on the starting relation.
 		 */
-		rvr_opts = (options & VACOPT_SKIP_LOCKED) ? RVR_SKIP_LOCKED : 0;
-		relid = RangeVarGetRelidExtended(vrel->relation,
-										 AccessShareLock,
-										 rvr_opts,
-										 NULL, NULL);
-
-		/*
-		 * If the lock is unavailable, emit the same log statement that
-		 * vacuum_rel() and analyze_rel() would.
-		 */
-		if (!OidIsValid(relid))
+		if (!(options & VACOPT_SKIP_LOCKED))
 		{
-			if (options & VACOPT_VACUUM)
-				ereport(WARNING,
-						(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
-						 errmsg("skipping vacuum of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
-								vrel->relation->relname)));
-			else
-				ereport(WARNING,
-						(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
-						 errmsg("skipping analyze of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
+			relid = RangeVarGetRelidExtended(vrel->relation,
+											 AccessShareLock,
+											 0, NULL, NULL);
+			if (!OidIsValid(relid))
+				return vacrels;
+		}
+		else
+		{
+			/* Get relid for reporting before taking a lock */
+			relid = RangeVarGetRelid(vrel->relation, NoLock, false);
+
+			if (!ConditionalLockRelationOid(relid, AccessShareLock))
+			{
+				int	flags = 0;
+				/*
+				 * If the lock is unavailable, emit the same log statement that
+				 * vacuum_rel() and analyze_rel() would.
+				 */
+				if (options & VACOPT_VACUUM)
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping vacuum of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
 								vrel->relation->relname)));
-			return vacrels;
+				else
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping analyze of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
+									vrel->relation->relname)));
+
+				if ((options & VACOPT_VACUUM) != 0)
+					flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM;
+				if ((options & VACOPT_ANALYZE) != 0)
+					flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE;
+
+				pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(relid, flags);
+
+				return vacrels;
+			}
+
+			/*
+			 * Now that we have the lock, probe to see if the relation really
+			 * exists or not.
+			 */
+			if (!SearchSysCacheExists1(RELOID, ObjectIdGetDatum(relid)))
+			{
+				if (options & VACOPT_VACUUM)
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_UNDEFINED_TABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping vacuum of \"%s\" --- relation no longer exists",
+									vrel->relation->relname)));
+				else
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_UNDEFINED_TABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping analyze of \"%s\" --- relation no longer exists",
+									vrel->relation->relname)));
+
+				/* Release useless lock */
+				UnlockRelationOid(relid, AccessShareLock);
+
+				return vacrels;
+			}
 		}
 
 		/*
diff --git a/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c b/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c
index b2ca28f83ba..532d9023f8c 100644
--- a/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c
+++ b/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c
@@ -17,12 +17,14 @@
 
 #include "postgres.h"
 
+#include "access/htup_details.h"
 #include "access/twophase_rmgr.h"
 #include "access/xact.h"
 #include "catalog/catalog.h"
 #include "utils/memutils.h"
 #include "utils/pgstat_internal.h"
 #include "utils/rel.h"
+#include "utils/syscache.h"
 #include "utils/timestamp.h"
 
 
@@ -367,6 +369,68 @@ pgstat_report_analyze(Relation rel,
 	(void) pgstat_flush_backend(false, PGSTAT_BACKEND_FLUSH_IO);
 }
 
+/*
+ * Report that the table was skipped during vacuum or/and analyze.
+ */
+void
+pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(Oid relid, int flags)
+{
+	PgStat_EntryRef *entry_ref;
+	PgStatShared_Relation *shtabentry;
+	PgStat_StatTabEntry *tabentry;
+	TimestampTz ts;
+	HeapTuple	classTup;
+	bool		isshared;
+
+	if (!pgstat_track_counts || !flags)
+		return;
+
+	classTup = SearchSysCache1(RELOID, ObjectIdGetDatum(relid));
+	if (!HeapTupleIsValid(classTup))
+		return;			/* somebody deleted the rel, forget it */
+	isshared = ((Form_pg_class) GETSTRUCT(classTup))->relisshared;
+	ReleaseSysCache(classTup);
+
+	/* Store the data in the table's hash table entry. */
+	ts = GetCurrentTimestamp();
+
+	/* block acquiring lock for the same reason as pgstat_report_autovac() */
+	entry_ref = pgstat_get_entry_ref_locked(PGSTAT_KIND_RELATION,
+											isshared ? InvalidOid : MyDatabaseId,
+											relid, false);
+
+	shtabentry = (PgStatShared_Relation *) entry_ref->shared_stats;
+	tabentry = &shtabentry->stats;
+
+	if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM)
+	{
+		tabentry->last_skipped_vacuum_time = ts;
+		tabentry->skipped_vacuum_count++;
+	}
+	else if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOVACUUM)
+	{
+		tabentry->last_skipped_autovacuum_time = ts;
+		tabentry->skipped_autovacuum_count++;
+	}
+
+	if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE)
+	{
+		tabentry->last_skipped_analyze_time = ts;
+		tabentry->skipped_analyze_count++;
+	}
+	else if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOANALYZE)
+	{
+		tabentry->last_skipped_autoanalyze_time = ts;
+		tabentry->skipped_autoanalyze_count++;
+	}
+
+	pgstat_unlock_entry(entry_ref);
+
+	/* see pgstat_report_vacuum() */
+	pgstat_flush_io(false);
+	(void) pgstat_flush_backend(false, PGSTAT_BACKEND_FLUSH_IO);
+}
+
 /*
  * count a tuple insertion of n tuples
  */
diff --git a/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c b/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c
index 1408de387ea..90a8968faa0 100644
--- a/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c
+++ b/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c
@@ -84,6 +84,18 @@ PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(mod_since_analyze)
 /* pg_stat_get_numscans */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(numscans)
 
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_analyze_count)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_autoanalyze_count)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_autovacuum_count)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_vacuum_count)
+
 /* pg_stat_get_tuples_deleted */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(tuples_deleted)
 
@@ -170,6 +182,18 @@ PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_vacuum_time)
 /* pg_stat_get_lastscan */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(lastscan)
 
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_analyze_time)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_autoanalyze_time)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_autovacuum_time)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_vacuum_time)
+
 /* pg_stat_get_stat_reset_time */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(stat_reset_time)
 
diff --git a/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat b/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat
index fa9ae79082b..32debb34863 100644
--- a/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat
+++ b/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat
@@ -5680,6 +5680,38 @@
   proargmodes => '{o,o,o,o,o,o,o,o,o,o}',
   proargnames => '{oid,score,xid_score,mxid_score,vacuum_score,vacuum_insert_score,analyze_score,do_vacuum,do_analyze,for_wraparound}',
   prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_autovacuum_scores' },
+{ oid => '8142', descr => 'statistics: last skipped vacuum time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time' },
+{ oid => '8143', descr => 'statistics: last skipped auto vacuum time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time' },
+{ oid => '8144', descr => 'statistics: last skipped analyze time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time' },
+{ oid => '8145', descr => 'statistics: last skipped auto analyze time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time' },
+{ oid => '8146', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped vacuum for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count' },
+{ oid => '8147', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped auto vacuum for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count' },
+{ oid => '8148', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped analyzes for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count' },
+{ oid => '8149', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped auto analyzes for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count' },
 { oid => '1936', descr => 'statistics: currently active backend IDs',
   proname => 'pg_stat_get_backend_idset', prorows => '100', proretset => 't',
   provolatile => 's', proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int4',
diff --git a/src/include/pgstat.h b/src/include/pgstat.h
index dfa2e837638..98941f953d1 100644
--- a/src/include/pgstat.h
+++ b/src/include/pgstat.h
@@ -479,6 +479,15 @@ typedef struct PgStat_StatTabEntry
 	TimestampTz last_autoanalyze_time;	/* autovacuum initiated */
 	PgStat_Counter autoanalyze_count;
 
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_vacuum_time;	/* user initiated vacuum */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_vacuum_count;
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_autovacuum_time;	/* autovacuum initiated */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_autovacuum_count;
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_analyze_time;	/* user initiated */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_analyze_count;
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_autoanalyze_time;	/* autovacuum initiated */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_autoanalyze_count;
+
 	PgStat_Counter total_vacuum_time;	/* times in milliseconds */
 	PgStat_Counter total_autovacuum_time;
 	PgStat_Counter total_analyze_time;
@@ -703,6 +712,13 @@ extern void pgstat_report_analyze(Relation rel,
 								  PgStat_Counter livetuples, PgStat_Counter deadtuples,
 								  bool resetcounter, TimestampTz starttime);
 
+/* flags for pgstat_flush_backend() */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM		(1 << 0)	/* vacuum is skipped */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE		(1 << 1)	/* analyze is skipped */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOVACUUM	(1 << 2)	/* autovacuum is skipped */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOANALYZE	(1 << 3)	/* autoanalyze is skipped */
+extern void pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(Oid relid, int flags);
+
 /*
  * If stats are enabled, but pending data hasn't been prepared yet, call
  * pgstat_assoc_relation() to do so. See its comment for why this is done
diff --git a/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out b/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out
index a65a5bf0c4f..9b2075d3373 100644
--- a/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out
+++ b/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out
@@ -1835,13 +1835,21 @@ pg_stat_all_tables| SELECT c.oid AS relid,
     pg_stat_get_mod_since_analyze(c.oid) AS n_mod_since_analyze,
     pg_stat_get_ins_since_vacuum(c.oid) AS n_ins_since_vacuum,
     pg_stat_get_last_vacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_vacuum,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_vacuum,
     pg_stat_get_last_autovacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_autovacuum,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_autovacuum,
     pg_stat_get_last_analyze_time(c.oid) AS last_analyze,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_analyze,
     pg_stat_get_last_autoanalyze_time(c.oid) AS last_autoanalyze,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_autoanalyze,
     pg_stat_get_vacuum_count(c.oid) AS vacuum_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count(c.oid) AS skipped_vacuum_count,
     pg_stat_get_autovacuum_count(c.oid) AS autovacuum_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count(c.oid) AS skipped_autovacuum_count,
     pg_stat_get_analyze_count(c.oid) AS analyze_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count(c.oid) AS skipped_analyze_count,
     pg_stat_get_autoanalyze_count(c.oid) AS autoanalyze_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count(c.oid) AS skipped_autoanalyze_count,
     pg_stat_get_total_vacuum_time(c.oid) AS total_vacuum_time,
     pg_stat_get_total_autovacuum_time(c.oid) AS total_autovacuum_time,
     pg_stat_get_total_analyze_time(c.oid) AS total_analyze_time,
@@ -2346,13 +2354,21 @@ pg_stat_sys_tables| SELECT relid,
     n_mod_since_analyze,
     n_ins_since_vacuum,
     last_vacuum,
+    last_skipped_vacuum,
     last_autovacuum,
+    last_skipped_autovacuum,
     last_analyze,
+    last_skipped_analyze,
     last_autoanalyze,
+    last_skipped_autoanalyze,
     vacuum_count,
+    skipped_vacuum_count,
     autovacuum_count,
+    skipped_autovacuum_count,
     analyze_count,
+    skipped_analyze_count,
     autoanalyze_count,
+    skipped_autoanalyze_count,
     total_vacuum_time,
     total_autovacuum_time,
     total_analyze_time,
@@ -2401,13 +2417,21 @@ pg_stat_user_tables| SELECT relid,
     n_mod_since_analyze,
     n_ins_since_vacuum,
     last_vacuum,
+    last_skipped_vacuum,
     last_autovacuum,
+    last_skipped_autovacuum,
     last_analyze,
+    last_skipped_analyze,
     last_autoanalyze,
+    last_skipped_autoanalyze,
     vacuum_count,
+    skipped_vacuum_count,
     autovacuum_count,
+    skipped_autovacuum_count,
     analyze_count,
+    skipped_analyze_count,
     autoanalyze_count,
+    skipped_autoanalyze_count,
     total_vacuum_time,
     total_autovacuum_time,
     total_analyze_time,
-- 
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* [PATCH v5] Track skipped vacuum and analyze activity per relation
@ 2026-03-24 04:09 Yugo Nagata <[email protected]>
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From: Yugo Nagata @ 2026-03-24 04:09 UTC (permalink / raw)

This commit adds eight fields to the relation statistics that track
the last time vacuum or analyze has been attempted but skipped due to
lock unavailability, along with their counts:

-    last_skipped_vacuum
-    last_skipped_autovacuum
-    last_skipped_analyze
-    last_skipped_autoanalyze
-    skipped_vacuum_count
-    skipped_autovacuum_count
-    skipped_analyze_count
-    skipped_autoanalyze_count

These field can help users confirm that autovacuum is actively attempting
to run on a table that has not been vacuumed or analyzed for a long time,
and that the lack of progress is due to repeated skips rather than inactivity.
---
 doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml                  |  88 ++++++
 src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql          |   8 +
 src/backend/commands/vacuum.c                 | 100 +++++--
 src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c  |  64 +++++
 src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c           |  24 ++
 src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat               |  32 +++
 src/include/pgstat.h                          |  16 ++
 .../isolation/expected/vacuum-skip-locked.out | 260 ++++++++++++++++--
 .../isolation/specs/vacuum-skip-locked.spec   |  41 +--
 src/test/regress/expected/rules.out           |  24 ++
 10 files changed, 601 insertions(+), 56 deletions(-)

diff --git a/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml b/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml
index 08d5b824552..a9b579d87a9 100644
--- a/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml
+++ b/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml
@@ -4387,6 +4387,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_vacuum</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time a manual vacuum on this table was attempted but skipped due to
+       lock unavailability (not counting <command>VACUUM FULL</command>)
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>last_autovacuum</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
@@ -4397,6 +4407,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_autovacuum</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time a vacuum on this table by the autovacuum daemon was attempted
+       but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>last_analyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
@@ -4406,6 +4426,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_analyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time a manual analyze on this table was attempted but skipped due to
+       lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>last_autoanalyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
@@ -4416,6 +4446,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_autoanalyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time at which an analyze on this table by the autovacuum was
+       attempted but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>vacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4426,6 +4466,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_vacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times manual vacuums on this table have been attempted but skipped
+       due to lock unavailability (not counting <command>VACUUM FULL</command>)
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>autovacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4436,6 +4486,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_autovacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times vacuums on this table by the autovacuum daemon have been
+       attempted but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>analyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4445,6 +4505,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_analyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times manual analyzes on this table have been attempted but
+       skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>autoanalyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4455,6 +4525,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_autoanalyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times analyzes on this table by the autovacuum daemon have
+       been attempted but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>total_vacuum_time</structfield> <type>double precision</type>
@@ -4510,6 +4590,14 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
    </tgroup>
   </table>
 
+  <note>
+   <para>
+    When a manual vacuum or analyze on a parent table in an inheritance or
+    partitioning hierarchy is skipped, the statistics are recorded only for
+    the parent table, not for its children.
+   </para>
+  </note>
+
  </sect2>
 
  <sect2 id="monitoring-pg-stat-autovacuum-scores-view">
diff --git a/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql b/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql
index 73a1c1c4670..f509fc7876b 100644
--- a/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql
+++ b/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql
@@ -736,13 +736,21 @@ CREATE VIEW pg_stat_all_tables AS
             pg_stat_get_mod_since_analyze(C.oid) AS n_mod_since_analyze,
             pg_stat_get_ins_since_vacuum(C.oid) AS n_ins_since_vacuum,
             pg_stat_get_last_vacuum_time(C.oid) as last_vacuum,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_vacuum,
             pg_stat_get_last_autovacuum_time(C.oid) as last_autovacuum,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_autovacuum,
             pg_stat_get_last_analyze_time(C.oid) as last_analyze,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_analyze,
             pg_stat_get_last_autoanalyze_time(C.oid) as last_autoanalyze,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_autoanalyze,
             pg_stat_get_vacuum_count(C.oid) AS vacuum_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count(C.oid) AS skipped_vacuum_count,
             pg_stat_get_autovacuum_count(C.oid) AS autovacuum_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count(C.oid) AS skipped_autovacuum_count,
             pg_stat_get_analyze_count(C.oid) AS analyze_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count(C.oid) AS skipped_analyze_count,
             pg_stat_get_autoanalyze_count(C.oid) AS autoanalyze_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count(C.oid) AS skipped_autoanalyze_count,
             pg_stat_get_total_vacuum_time(C.oid) AS total_vacuum_time,
             pg_stat_get_total_autovacuum_time(C.oid) AS total_autovacuum_time,
             pg_stat_get_total_analyze_time(C.oid) AS total_analyze_time,
diff --git a/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c b/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c
index 99d0db82ed7..df6526225e4 100644
--- a/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c
+++ b/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c
@@ -793,8 +793,25 @@ vacuum_open_relation(Oid relid, RangeVar *relation, uint32 options,
 		rel = try_relation_open(relid, NoLock);
 	else
 	{
+		int flags = 0;
 		rel = NULL;
 		rel_lock = false;
+
+		if ((options & VACOPT_VACUUM) != 0 && (options & VACOPT_FULL) == 0)
+		{
+			if (AmAutoVacuumWorkerProcess())
+				flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOVACUUM;
+			else
+				flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM;
+		}
+		if ((options & VACOPT_ANALYZE) != 0)
+		{
+			if (AmAutoVacuumWorkerProcess())
+				flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOANALYZE;
+			else
+				flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE;
+		}
+		pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(relid, flags);
 	}
 
 	/* if relation is opened, leave */
@@ -905,7 +922,6 @@ expand_vacuum_rel(VacuumRelation *vrel, MemoryContext vac_context,
 		Form_pg_class classForm;
 		bool		include_children;
 		bool		is_partitioned_table;
-		int			rvr_opts;
 
 		/*
 		 * Since autovacuum workers supply OIDs when calling vacuum(), no
@@ -918,29 +934,69 @@ expand_vacuum_rel(VacuumRelation *vrel, MemoryContext vac_context,
 		 * below, as well as find_all_inheritors's expectation that the caller
 		 * holds some lock on the starting relation.
 		 */
-		rvr_opts = (options & VACOPT_SKIP_LOCKED) ? RVR_SKIP_LOCKED : 0;
-		relid = RangeVarGetRelidExtended(vrel->relation,
-										 AccessShareLock,
-										 rvr_opts,
-										 NULL, NULL);
-
-		/*
-		 * If the lock is unavailable, emit the same log statement that
-		 * vacuum_rel() and analyze_rel() would.
-		 */
-		if (!OidIsValid(relid))
+		if (!(options & VACOPT_SKIP_LOCKED))
 		{
-			if (options & VACOPT_VACUUM)
-				ereport(WARNING,
-						(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
-						 errmsg("skipping vacuum of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
-								vrel->relation->relname)));
-			else
-				ereport(WARNING,
-						(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
-						 errmsg("skipping analyze of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
+			relid = RangeVarGetRelidExtended(vrel->relation,
+											 AccessShareLock,
+											 0, NULL, NULL);
+			if (!OidIsValid(relid))
+				return vacrels;
+		}
+		else
+		{
+			/* Get relid for reporting before taking a lock */
+			relid = RangeVarGetRelid(vrel->relation, NoLock, false);
+
+			if (!ConditionalLockRelationOid(relid, AccessShareLock))
+			{
+				int	flags = 0;
+				/*
+				 * If the lock is unavailable, emit the same log statement that
+				 * vacuum_rel() and analyze_rel() would.
+				 */
+				if (options & VACOPT_VACUUM)
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping vacuum of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
 								vrel->relation->relname)));
-			return vacrels;
+				else
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping analyze of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
+									vrel->relation->relname)));
+
+				if ((options & VACOPT_VACUUM) != 0 && (options & VACOPT_FULL) == 0)
+					flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM;
+				if ((options & VACOPT_ANALYZE) != 0)
+					flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE;
+
+				pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(relid, flags);
+
+				return vacrels;
+			}
+
+			/*
+			 * Now that we have the lock, probe to see if the relation really
+			 * exists or not.
+			 */
+			if (!SearchSysCacheExists1(RELOID, ObjectIdGetDatum(relid)))
+			{
+				if (options & VACOPT_VACUUM)
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_UNDEFINED_TABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping vacuum of \"%s\" --- relation no longer exists",
+									vrel->relation->relname)));
+				else
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_UNDEFINED_TABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping analyze of \"%s\" --- relation no longer exists",
+									vrel->relation->relname)));
+
+				/* Release useless lock */
+				UnlockRelationOid(relid, AccessShareLock);
+
+				return vacrels;
+			}
 		}
 
 		/*
diff --git a/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c b/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c
index b2ca28f83ba..532d9023f8c 100644
--- a/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c
+++ b/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c
@@ -17,12 +17,14 @@
 
 #include "postgres.h"
 
+#include "access/htup_details.h"
 #include "access/twophase_rmgr.h"
 #include "access/xact.h"
 #include "catalog/catalog.h"
 #include "utils/memutils.h"
 #include "utils/pgstat_internal.h"
 #include "utils/rel.h"
+#include "utils/syscache.h"
 #include "utils/timestamp.h"
 
 
@@ -367,6 +369,68 @@ pgstat_report_analyze(Relation rel,
 	(void) pgstat_flush_backend(false, PGSTAT_BACKEND_FLUSH_IO);
 }
 
+/*
+ * Report that the table was skipped during vacuum or/and analyze.
+ */
+void
+pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(Oid relid, int flags)
+{
+	PgStat_EntryRef *entry_ref;
+	PgStatShared_Relation *shtabentry;
+	PgStat_StatTabEntry *tabentry;
+	TimestampTz ts;
+	HeapTuple	classTup;
+	bool		isshared;
+
+	if (!pgstat_track_counts || !flags)
+		return;
+
+	classTup = SearchSysCache1(RELOID, ObjectIdGetDatum(relid));
+	if (!HeapTupleIsValid(classTup))
+		return;			/* somebody deleted the rel, forget it */
+	isshared = ((Form_pg_class) GETSTRUCT(classTup))->relisshared;
+	ReleaseSysCache(classTup);
+
+	/* Store the data in the table's hash table entry. */
+	ts = GetCurrentTimestamp();
+
+	/* block acquiring lock for the same reason as pgstat_report_autovac() */
+	entry_ref = pgstat_get_entry_ref_locked(PGSTAT_KIND_RELATION,
+											isshared ? InvalidOid : MyDatabaseId,
+											relid, false);
+
+	shtabentry = (PgStatShared_Relation *) entry_ref->shared_stats;
+	tabentry = &shtabentry->stats;
+
+	if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM)
+	{
+		tabentry->last_skipped_vacuum_time = ts;
+		tabentry->skipped_vacuum_count++;
+	}
+	else if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOVACUUM)
+	{
+		tabentry->last_skipped_autovacuum_time = ts;
+		tabentry->skipped_autovacuum_count++;
+	}
+
+	if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE)
+	{
+		tabentry->last_skipped_analyze_time = ts;
+		tabentry->skipped_analyze_count++;
+	}
+	else if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOANALYZE)
+	{
+		tabentry->last_skipped_autoanalyze_time = ts;
+		tabentry->skipped_autoanalyze_count++;
+	}
+
+	pgstat_unlock_entry(entry_ref);
+
+	/* see pgstat_report_vacuum() */
+	pgstat_flush_io(false);
+	(void) pgstat_flush_backend(false, PGSTAT_BACKEND_FLUSH_IO);
+}
+
 /*
  * count a tuple insertion of n tuples
  */
diff --git a/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c b/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c
index 1408de387ea..90a8968faa0 100644
--- a/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c
+++ b/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c
@@ -84,6 +84,18 @@ PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(mod_since_analyze)
 /* pg_stat_get_numscans */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(numscans)
 
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_analyze_count)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_autoanalyze_count)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_autovacuum_count)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_vacuum_count)
+
 /* pg_stat_get_tuples_deleted */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(tuples_deleted)
 
@@ -170,6 +182,18 @@ PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_vacuum_time)
 /* pg_stat_get_lastscan */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(lastscan)
 
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_analyze_time)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_autoanalyze_time)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_autovacuum_time)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_vacuum_time)
+
 /* pg_stat_get_stat_reset_time */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(stat_reset_time)
 
diff --git a/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat b/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat
index fa9ae79082b..32debb34863 100644
--- a/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat
+++ b/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat
@@ -5680,6 +5680,38 @@
   proargmodes => '{o,o,o,o,o,o,o,o,o,o}',
   proargnames => '{oid,score,xid_score,mxid_score,vacuum_score,vacuum_insert_score,analyze_score,do_vacuum,do_analyze,for_wraparound}',
   prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_autovacuum_scores' },
+{ oid => '8142', descr => 'statistics: last skipped vacuum time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time' },
+{ oid => '8143', descr => 'statistics: last skipped auto vacuum time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time' },
+{ oid => '8144', descr => 'statistics: last skipped analyze time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time' },
+{ oid => '8145', descr => 'statistics: last skipped auto analyze time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time' },
+{ oid => '8146', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped vacuum for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count' },
+{ oid => '8147', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped auto vacuum for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count' },
+{ oid => '8148', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped analyzes for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count' },
+{ oid => '8149', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped auto analyzes for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count' },
 { oid => '1936', descr => 'statistics: currently active backend IDs',
   proname => 'pg_stat_get_backend_idset', prorows => '100', proretset => 't',
   provolatile => 's', proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int4',
diff --git a/src/include/pgstat.h b/src/include/pgstat.h
index dfa2e837638..98941f953d1 100644
--- a/src/include/pgstat.h
+++ b/src/include/pgstat.h
@@ -479,6 +479,15 @@ typedef struct PgStat_StatTabEntry
 	TimestampTz last_autoanalyze_time;	/* autovacuum initiated */
 	PgStat_Counter autoanalyze_count;
 
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_vacuum_time;	/* user initiated vacuum */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_vacuum_count;
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_autovacuum_time;	/* autovacuum initiated */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_autovacuum_count;
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_analyze_time;	/* user initiated */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_analyze_count;
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_autoanalyze_time;	/* autovacuum initiated */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_autoanalyze_count;
+
 	PgStat_Counter total_vacuum_time;	/* times in milliseconds */
 	PgStat_Counter total_autovacuum_time;
 	PgStat_Counter total_analyze_time;
@@ -703,6 +712,13 @@ extern void pgstat_report_analyze(Relation rel,
 								  PgStat_Counter livetuples, PgStat_Counter deadtuples,
 								  bool resetcounter, TimestampTz starttime);
 
+/* flags for pgstat_flush_backend() */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM		(1 << 0)	/* vacuum is skipped */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE		(1 << 1)	/* analyze is skipped */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOVACUUM	(1 << 2)	/* autovacuum is skipped */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOANALYZE	(1 << 3)	/* autoanalyze is skipped */
+extern void pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(Oid relid, int flags);
+
 /*
  * If stats are enabled, but pending data hasn't been prepared yet, call
  * pgstat_assoc_relation() to do so. See its comment for why this is done
diff --git a/src/test/isolation/expected/vacuum-skip-locked.out b/src/test/isolation/expected/vacuum-skip-locked.out
index 99db281a159..e2cff175b7c 100644
--- a/src/test/isolation/expected/vacuum-skip-locked.out
+++ b/src/test/isolation/expected/vacuum-skip-locked.out
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 Parsed test spec with 2 sessions
 
-starting permutation: lock_share vac_specified commit
+starting permutation: lock_share vac_specified commit check_stat
 step lock_share: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN SHARE MODE;
@@ -10,8 +10,22 @@ step vac_specified: VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED) part1, part2;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
 
-starting permutation: lock_share vac_all_parts commit
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   1|            0|                    0
+part2  |           1|                   0|            0|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
+
+starting permutation: lock_share vac_all_parts commit check_stat
 step lock_share: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN SHARE MODE;
@@ -20,8 +34,22 @@ step vac_all_parts: VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED) parted;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   1|            0|                    0
+part2  |           1|                   0|            0|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
 
-starting permutation: lock_share analyze_specified commit
+starting permutation: lock_share analyze_specified commit check_stat
 step lock_share: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN SHARE MODE;
@@ -31,8 +59,22 @@ step analyze_specified: ANALYZE (SKIP_LOCKED) part1, part2;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
 
-starting permutation: lock_share analyze_all_parts commit
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   0|            0|                    1
+part2  |           0|                   0|            1|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
+
+starting permutation: lock_share analyze_all_parts commit check_stat
 step lock_share: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN SHARE MODE;
@@ -41,8 +83,22 @@ step analyze_all_parts: ANALYZE (SKIP_LOCKED) parted;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            1|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   0|            0|                    1
+part2  |           0|                   0|            1|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
 
-starting permutation: lock_share vac_analyze_specified commit
+starting permutation: lock_share vac_analyze_specified commit check_stat
 step lock_share: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN SHARE MODE;
@@ -52,8 +108,22 @@ step vac_analyze_specified: VACUUM (ANALYZE, SKIP_LOCKED) part1, part2;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
 
-starting permutation: lock_share vac_analyze_all_parts commit
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   1|            0|                    1
+part2  |           1|                   0|            1|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
+
+starting permutation: lock_share vac_analyze_all_parts commit check_stat
 step lock_share: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN SHARE MODE;
@@ -62,8 +132,22 @@ step vac_analyze_all_parts: VACUUM (ANALYZE, SKIP_LOCKED) parted;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            1|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   1|            0|                    1
+part2  |           1|                   0|            1|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
 
-starting permutation: lock_share vac_full_specified commit
+starting permutation: lock_share vac_full_specified commit check_stat
 step lock_share: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN SHARE MODE;
@@ -73,8 +157,22 @@ step vac_full_specified: VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED, FULL) part1, part2;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
 
-starting permutation: lock_share vac_full_all_parts commit
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part2  |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
+
+starting permutation: lock_share vac_full_all_parts commit check_stat
 step lock_share: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN SHARE MODE;
@@ -83,8 +181,22 @@ step vac_full_all_parts: VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED, FULL) parted;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part2  |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+(3 rows)
 
-starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_specified commit
+
+starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_specified commit check_stat
 step lock_access_exclusive: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN ACCESS EXCLUSIVE MODE;
@@ -94,8 +206,22 @@ step vac_specified: VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED) part1, part2;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   1|            0|                    0
+part2  |           1|                   0|            0|                    0
+(3 rows)
 
-starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_all_parts commit
+
+starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_all_parts commit check_stat
 step lock_access_exclusive: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN ACCESS EXCLUSIVE MODE;
@@ -104,8 +230,22 @@ step vac_all_parts: VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED) parted;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   1|            0|                    0
+part2  |           1|                   0|            0|                    0
+(3 rows)
 
-starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive analyze_specified commit
+
+starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive analyze_specified commit check_stat
 step lock_access_exclusive: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN ACCESS EXCLUSIVE MODE;
@@ -115,8 +255,22 @@ step analyze_specified: ANALYZE (SKIP_LOCKED) part1, part2;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   0|            0|                    1
+part2  |           0|                   0|            1|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
 
-starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive analyze_all_parts commit
+starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive analyze_all_parts commit check_stat
 step lock_access_exclusive: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN ACCESS EXCLUSIVE MODE;
@@ -126,8 +280,22 @@ step commit:
 	COMMIT;
 
 step analyze_all_parts: <... completed>
-
-starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_analyze_specified commit
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            1|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   0|            1|                    0
+part2  |           0|                   0|            1|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
+
+starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_analyze_specified commit check_stat
 step lock_access_exclusive: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN ACCESS EXCLUSIVE MODE;
@@ -137,8 +305,22 @@ step vac_analyze_specified: VACUUM (ANALYZE, SKIP_LOCKED) part1, part2;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   1|            0|                    1
+part2  |           1|                   0|            1|                    0
+(3 rows)
 
-starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_analyze_all_parts commit
+
+starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_analyze_all_parts commit check_stat
 step lock_access_exclusive: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN ACCESS EXCLUSIVE MODE;
@@ -148,8 +330,22 @@ step commit:
 	COMMIT;
 
 step vac_analyze_all_parts: <... completed>
-
-starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_full_specified commit
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            1|                    0
+part1  |           1|                   0|            1|                    0
+part2  |           1|                   0|            1|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
+
+starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_full_specified commit check_stat
 step lock_access_exclusive: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN ACCESS EXCLUSIVE MODE;
@@ -159,8 +355,22 @@ step vac_full_specified: VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED, FULL) part1, part2;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
 
-starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_full_all_parts commit
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part2  |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
+
+starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_full_all_parts commit check_stat
 step lock_access_exclusive: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN ACCESS EXCLUSIVE MODE;
@@ -169,3 +379,17 @@ step vac_full_all_parts: VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED, FULL) parted;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part2  |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
diff --git a/src/test/isolation/specs/vacuum-skip-locked.spec b/src/test/isolation/specs/vacuum-skip-locked.spec
index 3fad6e1c92a..b0da75d4b6d 100644
--- a/src/test/isolation/specs/vacuum-skip-locked.spec
+++ b/src/test/isolation/specs/vacuum-skip-locked.spec
@@ -33,6 +33,15 @@ step commit
 	COMMIT;
 }
 
+step check_stat
+{
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+}
+
 session s2
 step vac_specified			{ VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED) part1, part2; }
 step vac_all_parts			{ VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED) parted; }
@@ -43,19 +52,19 @@ step vac_analyze_all_parts	{ VACUUM (ANALYZE, SKIP_LOCKED) parted; }
 step vac_full_specified		{ VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED, FULL) part1, part2; }
 step vac_full_all_parts		{ VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED, FULL) parted; }
 
-permutation lock_share vac_specified commit
-permutation lock_share vac_all_parts commit
-permutation lock_share analyze_specified commit
-permutation lock_share analyze_all_parts commit
-permutation lock_share vac_analyze_specified commit
-permutation lock_share vac_analyze_all_parts commit
-permutation lock_share vac_full_specified commit
-permutation lock_share vac_full_all_parts commit
-permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_specified commit
-permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_all_parts commit
-permutation lock_access_exclusive analyze_specified commit
-permutation lock_access_exclusive analyze_all_parts commit
-permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_analyze_specified commit
-permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_analyze_all_parts commit
-permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_full_specified commit
-permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_full_all_parts commit
+permutation lock_share vac_specified commit check_stat
+permutation lock_share vac_all_parts commit check_stat
+permutation lock_share analyze_specified commit check_stat
+permutation lock_share analyze_all_parts commit check_stat
+permutation lock_share vac_analyze_specified commit check_stat
+permutation lock_share vac_analyze_all_parts commit check_stat
+permutation lock_share vac_full_specified commit check_stat
+permutation lock_share vac_full_all_parts commit check_stat
+permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_specified commit check_stat
+permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_all_parts commit check_stat
+permutation lock_access_exclusive analyze_specified commit check_stat
+permutation lock_access_exclusive analyze_all_parts commit check_stat
+permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_analyze_specified commit check_stat
+permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_analyze_all_parts commit check_stat
+permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_full_specified commit check_stat
+permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_full_all_parts commit check_stat
diff --git a/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out b/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out
index a65a5bf0c4f..9b2075d3373 100644
--- a/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out
+++ b/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out
@@ -1835,13 +1835,21 @@ pg_stat_all_tables| SELECT c.oid AS relid,
     pg_stat_get_mod_since_analyze(c.oid) AS n_mod_since_analyze,
     pg_stat_get_ins_since_vacuum(c.oid) AS n_ins_since_vacuum,
     pg_stat_get_last_vacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_vacuum,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_vacuum,
     pg_stat_get_last_autovacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_autovacuum,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_autovacuum,
     pg_stat_get_last_analyze_time(c.oid) AS last_analyze,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_analyze,
     pg_stat_get_last_autoanalyze_time(c.oid) AS last_autoanalyze,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_autoanalyze,
     pg_stat_get_vacuum_count(c.oid) AS vacuum_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count(c.oid) AS skipped_vacuum_count,
     pg_stat_get_autovacuum_count(c.oid) AS autovacuum_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count(c.oid) AS skipped_autovacuum_count,
     pg_stat_get_analyze_count(c.oid) AS analyze_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count(c.oid) AS skipped_analyze_count,
     pg_stat_get_autoanalyze_count(c.oid) AS autoanalyze_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count(c.oid) AS skipped_autoanalyze_count,
     pg_stat_get_total_vacuum_time(c.oid) AS total_vacuum_time,
     pg_stat_get_total_autovacuum_time(c.oid) AS total_autovacuum_time,
     pg_stat_get_total_analyze_time(c.oid) AS total_analyze_time,
@@ -2346,13 +2354,21 @@ pg_stat_sys_tables| SELECT relid,
     n_mod_since_analyze,
     n_ins_since_vacuum,
     last_vacuum,
+    last_skipped_vacuum,
     last_autovacuum,
+    last_skipped_autovacuum,
     last_analyze,
+    last_skipped_analyze,
     last_autoanalyze,
+    last_skipped_autoanalyze,
     vacuum_count,
+    skipped_vacuum_count,
     autovacuum_count,
+    skipped_autovacuum_count,
     analyze_count,
+    skipped_analyze_count,
     autoanalyze_count,
+    skipped_autoanalyze_count,
     total_vacuum_time,
     total_autovacuum_time,
     total_analyze_time,
@@ -2401,13 +2417,21 @@ pg_stat_user_tables| SELECT relid,
     n_mod_since_analyze,
     n_ins_since_vacuum,
     last_vacuum,
+    last_skipped_vacuum,
     last_autovacuum,
+    last_skipped_autovacuum,
     last_analyze,
+    last_skipped_analyze,
     last_autoanalyze,
+    last_skipped_autoanalyze,
     vacuum_count,
+    skipped_vacuum_count,
     autovacuum_count,
+    skipped_autovacuum_count,
     analyze_count,
+    skipped_analyze_count,
     autoanalyze_count,
+    skipped_autoanalyze_count,
     total_vacuum_time,
     total_autovacuum_time,
     total_analyze_time,
-- 
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* [PATCH v4] Track skipped vacuum and analyze activity per relation
@ 2026-03-24 04:09 Yugo Nagata <[email protected]>
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From: Yugo Nagata @ 2026-03-24 04:09 UTC (permalink / raw)

This commit adds eight fields to the relation statistics that track
the last time vacuum or analyze has been attempted but skipped due to
lock unavailability, along with their counts:

-    last_skipped_vacuum
-    last_skipped_autovacuum
-    last_skipped_analyze
-    last_skipped_autoanalyze
-    skipped_vacuum_count
-    skipped_autovacuum_count
-    skipped_analyze_count
-    skipped_autoanalyze_count

These field can help users confirm that autovacuum is actively attempting
to run on a table that has not been vacuumed or analyzed for a long time,
and that the lack of progress is due to repeated skips rather than inactivity.
---
 doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml                 |  88 ++++++++++++++++
 src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql         |   8 ++
 src/backend/commands/vacuum.c                | 102 ++++++++++++++-----
 src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c |  64 ++++++++++++
 src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c          |  24 +++++
 src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat              |  32 ++++++
 src/include/pgstat.h                         |  16 +++
 src/test/regress/expected/rules.out          |  24 +++++
 8 files changed, 335 insertions(+), 23 deletions(-)

diff --git a/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml b/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml
index 08d5b824552..a9b579d87a9 100644
--- a/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml
+++ b/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml
@@ -4387,6 +4387,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_vacuum</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time a manual vacuum on this table was attempted but skipped due to
+       lock unavailability (not counting <command>VACUUM FULL</command>)
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>last_autovacuum</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
@@ -4397,6 +4407,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_autovacuum</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time a vacuum on this table by the autovacuum daemon was attempted
+       but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>last_analyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
@@ -4406,6 +4426,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_analyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time a manual analyze on this table was attempted but skipped due to
+       lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>last_autoanalyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
@@ -4416,6 +4446,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_autoanalyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time at which an analyze on this table by the autovacuum was
+       attempted but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>vacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4426,6 +4466,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_vacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times manual vacuums on this table have been attempted but skipped
+       due to lock unavailability (not counting <command>VACUUM FULL</command>)
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>autovacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4436,6 +4486,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_autovacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times vacuums on this table by the autovacuum daemon have been
+       attempted but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>analyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4445,6 +4505,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_analyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times manual analyzes on this table have been attempted but
+       skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>autoanalyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4455,6 +4525,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_autoanalyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times analyzes on this table by the autovacuum daemon have
+       been attempted but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>total_vacuum_time</structfield> <type>double precision</type>
@@ -4510,6 +4590,14 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
    </tgroup>
   </table>
 
+  <note>
+   <para>
+    When a manual vacuum or analyze on a parent table in an inheritance or
+    partitioning hierarchy is skipped, the statistics are recorded only for
+    the parent table, not for its children.
+   </para>
+  </note>
+
  </sect2>
 
  <sect2 id="monitoring-pg-stat-autovacuum-scores-view">
diff --git a/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql b/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql
index 73a1c1c4670..f509fc7876b 100644
--- a/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql
+++ b/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql
@@ -736,13 +736,21 @@ CREATE VIEW pg_stat_all_tables AS
             pg_stat_get_mod_since_analyze(C.oid) AS n_mod_since_analyze,
             pg_stat_get_ins_since_vacuum(C.oid) AS n_ins_since_vacuum,
             pg_stat_get_last_vacuum_time(C.oid) as last_vacuum,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_vacuum,
             pg_stat_get_last_autovacuum_time(C.oid) as last_autovacuum,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_autovacuum,
             pg_stat_get_last_analyze_time(C.oid) as last_analyze,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_analyze,
             pg_stat_get_last_autoanalyze_time(C.oid) as last_autoanalyze,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_autoanalyze,
             pg_stat_get_vacuum_count(C.oid) AS vacuum_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count(C.oid) AS skipped_vacuum_count,
             pg_stat_get_autovacuum_count(C.oid) AS autovacuum_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count(C.oid) AS skipped_autovacuum_count,
             pg_stat_get_analyze_count(C.oid) AS analyze_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count(C.oid) AS skipped_analyze_count,
             pg_stat_get_autoanalyze_count(C.oid) AS autoanalyze_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count(C.oid) AS skipped_autoanalyze_count,
             pg_stat_get_total_vacuum_time(C.oid) AS total_vacuum_time,
             pg_stat_get_total_autovacuum_time(C.oid) AS total_autovacuum_time,
             pg_stat_get_total_analyze_time(C.oid) AS total_analyze_time,
diff --git a/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c b/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c
index 99d0db82ed7..97cd5ea8d10 100644
--- a/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c
+++ b/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c
@@ -793,8 +793,25 @@ vacuum_open_relation(Oid relid, RangeVar *relation, uint32 options,
 		rel = try_relation_open(relid, NoLock);
 	else
 	{
+		int flags = 0;
 		rel = NULL;
 		rel_lock = false;
+
+		if ((options & VACOPT_VACUUM) != 0)
+		{
+			if (AmAutoVacuumWorkerProcess())
+				flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOVACUUM;
+			else
+				flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM;
+		}
+		if ((options & VACOPT_ANALYZE) != 0)
+		{
+			if (AmAutoVacuumWorkerProcess())
+				flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOANALYZE;
+			else
+				flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE;
+		}
+		pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(relid, flags);
 	}
 
 	/* if relation is opened, leave */
@@ -802,7 +819,7 @@ vacuum_open_relation(Oid relid, RangeVar *relation, uint32 options,
 		return rel;
 
 	/*
-	 * Relation could not be opened, hence generate if possible a log
+	 * Relation could not be opened hence generate if possible a log
 	 * informing on the situation.
 	 *
 	 * If the RangeVar is not defined, we do not have enough information to
@@ -905,7 +922,6 @@ expand_vacuum_rel(VacuumRelation *vrel, MemoryContext vac_context,
 		Form_pg_class classForm;
 		bool		include_children;
 		bool		is_partitioned_table;
-		int			rvr_opts;
 
 		/*
 		 * Since autovacuum workers supply OIDs when calling vacuum(), no
@@ -918,29 +934,69 @@ expand_vacuum_rel(VacuumRelation *vrel, MemoryContext vac_context,
 		 * below, as well as find_all_inheritors's expectation that the caller
 		 * holds some lock on the starting relation.
 		 */
-		rvr_opts = (options & VACOPT_SKIP_LOCKED) ? RVR_SKIP_LOCKED : 0;
-		relid = RangeVarGetRelidExtended(vrel->relation,
-										 AccessShareLock,
-										 rvr_opts,
-										 NULL, NULL);
-
-		/*
-		 * If the lock is unavailable, emit the same log statement that
-		 * vacuum_rel() and analyze_rel() would.
-		 */
-		if (!OidIsValid(relid))
+		if (!(options & VACOPT_SKIP_LOCKED))
 		{
-			if (options & VACOPT_VACUUM)
-				ereport(WARNING,
-						(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
-						 errmsg("skipping vacuum of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
-								vrel->relation->relname)));
-			else
-				ereport(WARNING,
-						(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
-						 errmsg("skipping analyze of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
+			relid = RangeVarGetRelidExtended(vrel->relation,
+											 AccessShareLock,
+											 0, NULL, NULL);
+			if (!OidIsValid(relid))
+				return vacrels;
+		}
+		else
+		{
+			/* Get relid for reporting before taking a lock */
+			relid = RangeVarGetRelid(vrel->relation, NoLock, false);
+
+			if (!ConditionalLockRelationOid(relid, AccessShareLock))
+			{
+				int	flags = 0;
+				/*
+				 * If the lock is unavailable, emit the same log statement that
+				 * vacuum_rel() and analyze_rel() would.
+				 */
+				if (options & VACOPT_VACUUM)
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping vacuum of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
 								vrel->relation->relname)));
-			return vacrels;
+				else
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping analyze of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
+									vrel->relation->relname)));
+
+				if ((options & VACOPT_VACUUM) != 0)
+					flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM;
+				if ((options & VACOPT_ANALYZE) != 0)
+					flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE;
+
+				pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(relid, flags);
+
+				return vacrels;
+			}
+
+			/*
+			 * Now that we have the lock, probe to see if the relation really
+			 * exists or not.
+			 */
+			if (!SearchSysCacheExists1(RELOID, ObjectIdGetDatum(relid)))
+			{
+				if (options & VACOPT_VACUUM)
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_UNDEFINED_TABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping vacuum of \"%s\" --- relation no longer exists",
+									vrel->relation->relname)));
+				else
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_UNDEFINED_TABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping analyze of \"%s\" --- relation no longer exists",
+									vrel->relation->relname)));
+
+				/* Release useless lock */
+				UnlockRelationOid(relid, AccessShareLock);
+
+				return vacrels;
+			}
 		}
 
 		/*
diff --git a/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c b/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c
index b2ca28f83ba..532d9023f8c 100644
--- a/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c
+++ b/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c
@@ -17,12 +17,14 @@
 
 #include "postgres.h"
 
+#include "access/htup_details.h"
 #include "access/twophase_rmgr.h"
 #include "access/xact.h"
 #include "catalog/catalog.h"
 #include "utils/memutils.h"
 #include "utils/pgstat_internal.h"
 #include "utils/rel.h"
+#include "utils/syscache.h"
 #include "utils/timestamp.h"
 
 
@@ -367,6 +369,68 @@ pgstat_report_analyze(Relation rel,
 	(void) pgstat_flush_backend(false, PGSTAT_BACKEND_FLUSH_IO);
 }
 
+/*
+ * Report that the table was skipped during vacuum or/and analyze.
+ */
+void
+pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(Oid relid, int flags)
+{
+	PgStat_EntryRef *entry_ref;
+	PgStatShared_Relation *shtabentry;
+	PgStat_StatTabEntry *tabentry;
+	TimestampTz ts;
+	HeapTuple	classTup;
+	bool		isshared;
+
+	if (!pgstat_track_counts || !flags)
+		return;
+
+	classTup = SearchSysCache1(RELOID, ObjectIdGetDatum(relid));
+	if (!HeapTupleIsValid(classTup))
+		return;			/* somebody deleted the rel, forget it */
+	isshared = ((Form_pg_class) GETSTRUCT(classTup))->relisshared;
+	ReleaseSysCache(classTup);
+
+	/* Store the data in the table's hash table entry. */
+	ts = GetCurrentTimestamp();
+
+	/* block acquiring lock for the same reason as pgstat_report_autovac() */
+	entry_ref = pgstat_get_entry_ref_locked(PGSTAT_KIND_RELATION,
+											isshared ? InvalidOid : MyDatabaseId,
+											relid, false);
+
+	shtabentry = (PgStatShared_Relation *) entry_ref->shared_stats;
+	tabentry = &shtabentry->stats;
+
+	if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM)
+	{
+		tabentry->last_skipped_vacuum_time = ts;
+		tabentry->skipped_vacuum_count++;
+	}
+	else if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOVACUUM)
+	{
+		tabentry->last_skipped_autovacuum_time = ts;
+		tabentry->skipped_autovacuum_count++;
+	}
+
+	if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE)
+	{
+		tabentry->last_skipped_analyze_time = ts;
+		tabentry->skipped_analyze_count++;
+	}
+	else if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOANALYZE)
+	{
+		tabentry->last_skipped_autoanalyze_time = ts;
+		tabentry->skipped_autoanalyze_count++;
+	}
+
+	pgstat_unlock_entry(entry_ref);
+
+	/* see pgstat_report_vacuum() */
+	pgstat_flush_io(false);
+	(void) pgstat_flush_backend(false, PGSTAT_BACKEND_FLUSH_IO);
+}
+
 /*
  * count a tuple insertion of n tuples
  */
diff --git a/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c b/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c
index 1408de387ea..90a8968faa0 100644
--- a/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c
+++ b/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c
@@ -84,6 +84,18 @@ PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(mod_since_analyze)
 /* pg_stat_get_numscans */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(numscans)
 
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_analyze_count)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_autoanalyze_count)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_autovacuum_count)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_vacuum_count)
+
 /* pg_stat_get_tuples_deleted */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(tuples_deleted)
 
@@ -170,6 +182,18 @@ PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_vacuum_time)
 /* pg_stat_get_lastscan */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(lastscan)
 
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_analyze_time)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_autoanalyze_time)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_autovacuum_time)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_vacuum_time)
+
 /* pg_stat_get_stat_reset_time */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(stat_reset_time)
 
diff --git a/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat b/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat
index fa9ae79082b..32debb34863 100644
--- a/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat
+++ b/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat
@@ -5680,6 +5680,38 @@
   proargmodes => '{o,o,o,o,o,o,o,o,o,o}',
   proargnames => '{oid,score,xid_score,mxid_score,vacuum_score,vacuum_insert_score,analyze_score,do_vacuum,do_analyze,for_wraparound}',
   prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_autovacuum_scores' },
+{ oid => '8142', descr => 'statistics: last skipped vacuum time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time' },
+{ oid => '8143', descr => 'statistics: last skipped auto vacuum time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time' },
+{ oid => '8144', descr => 'statistics: last skipped analyze time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time' },
+{ oid => '8145', descr => 'statistics: last skipped auto analyze time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time' },
+{ oid => '8146', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped vacuum for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count' },
+{ oid => '8147', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped auto vacuum for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count' },
+{ oid => '8148', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped analyzes for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count' },
+{ oid => '8149', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped auto analyzes for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count' },
 { oid => '1936', descr => 'statistics: currently active backend IDs',
   proname => 'pg_stat_get_backend_idset', prorows => '100', proretset => 't',
   provolatile => 's', proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int4',
diff --git a/src/include/pgstat.h b/src/include/pgstat.h
index dfa2e837638..98941f953d1 100644
--- a/src/include/pgstat.h
+++ b/src/include/pgstat.h
@@ -479,6 +479,15 @@ typedef struct PgStat_StatTabEntry
 	TimestampTz last_autoanalyze_time;	/* autovacuum initiated */
 	PgStat_Counter autoanalyze_count;
 
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_vacuum_time;	/* user initiated vacuum */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_vacuum_count;
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_autovacuum_time;	/* autovacuum initiated */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_autovacuum_count;
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_analyze_time;	/* user initiated */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_analyze_count;
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_autoanalyze_time;	/* autovacuum initiated */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_autoanalyze_count;
+
 	PgStat_Counter total_vacuum_time;	/* times in milliseconds */
 	PgStat_Counter total_autovacuum_time;
 	PgStat_Counter total_analyze_time;
@@ -703,6 +712,13 @@ extern void pgstat_report_analyze(Relation rel,
 								  PgStat_Counter livetuples, PgStat_Counter deadtuples,
 								  bool resetcounter, TimestampTz starttime);
 
+/* flags for pgstat_flush_backend() */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM		(1 << 0)	/* vacuum is skipped */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE		(1 << 1)	/* analyze is skipped */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOVACUUM	(1 << 2)	/* autovacuum is skipped */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOANALYZE	(1 << 3)	/* autoanalyze is skipped */
+extern void pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(Oid relid, int flags);
+
 /*
  * If stats are enabled, but pending data hasn't been prepared yet, call
  * pgstat_assoc_relation() to do so. See its comment for why this is done
diff --git a/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out b/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out
index a65a5bf0c4f..9b2075d3373 100644
--- a/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out
+++ b/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out
@@ -1835,13 +1835,21 @@ pg_stat_all_tables| SELECT c.oid AS relid,
     pg_stat_get_mod_since_analyze(c.oid) AS n_mod_since_analyze,
     pg_stat_get_ins_since_vacuum(c.oid) AS n_ins_since_vacuum,
     pg_stat_get_last_vacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_vacuum,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_vacuum,
     pg_stat_get_last_autovacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_autovacuum,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_autovacuum,
     pg_stat_get_last_analyze_time(c.oid) AS last_analyze,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_analyze,
     pg_stat_get_last_autoanalyze_time(c.oid) AS last_autoanalyze,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_autoanalyze,
     pg_stat_get_vacuum_count(c.oid) AS vacuum_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count(c.oid) AS skipped_vacuum_count,
     pg_stat_get_autovacuum_count(c.oid) AS autovacuum_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count(c.oid) AS skipped_autovacuum_count,
     pg_stat_get_analyze_count(c.oid) AS analyze_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count(c.oid) AS skipped_analyze_count,
     pg_stat_get_autoanalyze_count(c.oid) AS autoanalyze_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count(c.oid) AS skipped_autoanalyze_count,
     pg_stat_get_total_vacuum_time(c.oid) AS total_vacuum_time,
     pg_stat_get_total_autovacuum_time(c.oid) AS total_autovacuum_time,
     pg_stat_get_total_analyze_time(c.oid) AS total_analyze_time,
@@ -2346,13 +2354,21 @@ pg_stat_sys_tables| SELECT relid,
     n_mod_since_analyze,
     n_ins_since_vacuum,
     last_vacuum,
+    last_skipped_vacuum,
     last_autovacuum,
+    last_skipped_autovacuum,
     last_analyze,
+    last_skipped_analyze,
     last_autoanalyze,
+    last_skipped_autoanalyze,
     vacuum_count,
+    skipped_vacuum_count,
     autovacuum_count,
+    skipped_autovacuum_count,
     analyze_count,
+    skipped_analyze_count,
     autoanalyze_count,
+    skipped_autoanalyze_count,
     total_vacuum_time,
     total_autovacuum_time,
     total_analyze_time,
@@ -2401,13 +2417,21 @@ pg_stat_user_tables| SELECT relid,
     n_mod_since_analyze,
     n_ins_since_vacuum,
     last_vacuum,
+    last_skipped_vacuum,
     last_autovacuum,
+    last_skipped_autovacuum,
     last_analyze,
+    last_skipped_analyze,
     last_autoanalyze,
+    last_skipped_autoanalyze,
     vacuum_count,
+    skipped_vacuum_count,
     autovacuum_count,
+    skipped_autovacuum_count,
     analyze_count,
+    skipped_analyze_count,
     autoanalyze_count,
+    skipped_autoanalyze_count,
     total_vacuum_time,
     total_autovacuum_time,
     total_analyze_time,
-- 
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* [PATCH v5] Track skipped vacuum and analyze activity per relation
@ 2026-03-24 04:09 Yugo Nagata <[email protected]>
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From: Yugo Nagata @ 2026-03-24 04:09 UTC (permalink / raw)

This commit adds eight fields to the relation statistics that track
the last time vacuum or analyze has been attempted but skipped due to
lock unavailability, along with their counts:

-    last_skipped_vacuum
-    last_skipped_autovacuum
-    last_skipped_analyze
-    last_skipped_autoanalyze
-    skipped_vacuum_count
-    skipped_autovacuum_count
-    skipped_analyze_count
-    skipped_autoanalyze_count

These field can help users confirm that autovacuum is actively attempting
to run on a table that has not been vacuumed or analyzed for a long time,
and that the lack of progress is due to repeated skips rather than inactivity.
---
 doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml                  |  88 ++++++
 src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql          |   8 +
 src/backend/commands/vacuum.c                 | 100 +++++--
 src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c  |  64 +++++
 src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c           |  24 ++
 src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat               |  32 +++
 src/include/pgstat.h                          |  16 ++
 .../isolation/expected/vacuum-skip-locked.out | 260 ++++++++++++++++--
 .../isolation/specs/vacuum-skip-locked.spec   |  41 +--
 src/test/regress/expected/rules.out           |  24 ++
 10 files changed, 601 insertions(+), 56 deletions(-)

diff --git a/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml b/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml
index 08d5b824552..a9b579d87a9 100644
--- a/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml
+++ b/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml
@@ -4387,6 +4387,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_vacuum</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time a manual vacuum on this table was attempted but skipped due to
+       lock unavailability (not counting <command>VACUUM FULL</command>)
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>last_autovacuum</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
@@ -4397,6 +4407,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_autovacuum</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time a vacuum on this table by the autovacuum daemon was attempted
+       but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>last_analyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
@@ -4406,6 +4426,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_analyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time a manual analyze on this table was attempted but skipped due to
+       lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>last_autoanalyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
@@ -4416,6 +4446,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_autoanalyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time at which an analyze on this table by the autovacuum was
+       attempted but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>vacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4426,6 +4466,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_vacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times manual vacuums on this table have been attempted but skipped
+       due to lock unavailability (not counting <command>VACUUM FULL</command>)
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>autovacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4436,6 +4486,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_autovacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times vacuums on this table by the autovacuum daemon have been
+       attempted but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>analyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4445,6 +4505,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_analyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times manual analyzes on this table have been attempted but
+       skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>autoanalyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4455,6 +4525,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_autoanalyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times analyzes on this table by the autovacuum daemon have
+       been attempted but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>total_vacuum_time</structfield> <type>double precision</type>
@@ -4510,6 +4590,14 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
    </tgroup>
   </table>
 
+  <note>
+   <para>
+    When a manual vacuum or analyze on a parent table in an inheritance or
+    partitioning hierarchy is skipped, the statistics are recorded only for
+    the parent table, not for its children.
+   </para>
+  </note>
+
  </sect2>
 
  <sect2 id="monitoring-pg-stat-autovacuum-scores-view">
diff --git a/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql b/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql
index 73a1c1c4670..f509fc7876b 100644
--- a/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql
+++ b/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql
@@ -736,13 +736,21 @@ CREATE VIEW pg_stat_all_tables AS
             pg_stat_get_mod_since_analyze(C.oid) AS n_mod_since_analyze,
             pg_stat_get_ins_since_vacuum(C.oid) AS n_ins_since_vacuum,
             pg_stat_get_last_vacuum_time(C.oid) as last_vacuum,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_vacuum,
             pg_stat_get_last_autovacuum_time(C.oid) as last_autovacuum,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_autovacuum,
             pg_stat_get_last_analyze_time(C.oid) as last_analyze,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_analyze,
             pg_stat_get_last_autoanalyze_time(C.oid) as last_autoanalyze,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_autoanalyze,
             pg_stat_get_vacuum_count(C.oid) AS vacuum_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count(C.oid) AS skipped_vacuum_count,
             pg_stat_get_autovacuum_count(C.oid) AS autovacuum_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count(C.oid) AS skipped_autovacuum_count,
             pg_stat_get_analyze_count(C.oid) AS analyze_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count(C.oid) AS skipped_analyze_count,
             pg_stat_get_autoanalyze_count(C.oid) AS autoanalyze_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count(C.oid) AS skipped_autoanalyze_count,
             pg_stat_get_total_vacuum_time(C.oid) AS total_vacuum_time,
             pg_stat_get_total_autovacuum_time(C.oid) AS total_autovacuum_time,
             pg_stat_get_total_analyze_time(C.oid) AS total_analyze_time,
diff --git a/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c b/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c
index 99d0db82ed7..df6526225e4 100644
--- a/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c
+++ b/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c
@@ -793,8 +793,25 @@ vacuum_open_relation(Oid relid, RangeVar *relation, uint32 options,
 		rel = try_relation_open(relid, NoLock);
 	else
 	{
+		int flags = 0;
 		rel = NULL;
 		rel_lock = false;
+
+		if ((options & VACOPT_VACUUM) != 0 && (options & VACOPT_FULL) == 0)
+		{
+			if (AmAutoVacuumWorkerProcess())
+				flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOVACUUM;
+			else
+				flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM;
+		}
+		if ((options & VACOPT_ANALYZE) != 0)
+		{
+			if (AmAutoVacuumWorkerProcess())
+				flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOANALYZE;
+			else
+				flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE;
+		}
+		pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(relid, flags);
 	}
 
 	/* if relation is opened, leave */
@@ -905,7 +922,6 @@ expand_vacuum_rel(VacuumRelation *vrel, MemoryContext vac_context,
 		Form_pg_class classForm;
 		bool		include_children;
 		bool		is_partitioned_table;
-		int			rvr_opts;
 
 		/*
 		 * Since autovacuum workers supply OIDs when calling vacuum(), no
@@ -918,29 +934,69 @@ expand_vacuum_rel(VacuumRelation *vrel, MemoryContext vac_context,
 		 * below, as well as find_all_inheritors's expectation that the caller
 		 * holds some lock on the starting relation.
 		 */
-		rvr_opts = (options & VACOPT_SKIP_LOCKED) ? RVR_SKIP_LOCKED : 0;
-		relid = RangeVarGetRelidExtended(vrel->relation,
-										 AccessShareLock,
-										 rvr_opts,
-										 NULL, NULL);
-
-		/*
-		 * If the lock is unavailable, emit the same log statement that
-		 * vacuum_rel() and analyze_rel() would.
-		 */
-		if (!OidIsValid(relid))
+		if (!(options & VACOPT_SKIP_LOCKED))
 		{
-			if (options & VACOPT_VACUUM)
-				ereport(WARNING,
-						(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
-						 errmsg("skipping vacuum of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
-								vrel->relation->relname)));
-			else
-				ereport(WARNING,
-						(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
-						 errmsg("skipping analyze of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
+			relid = RangeVarGetRelidExtended(vrel->relation,
+											 AccessShareLock,
+											 0, NULL, NULL);
+			if (!OidIsValid(relid))
+				return vacrels;
+		}
+		else
+		{
+			/* Get relid for reporting before taking a lock */
+			relid = RangeVarGetRelid(vrel->relation, NoLock, false);
+
+			if (!ConditionalLockRelationOid(relid, AccessShareLock))
+			{
+				int	flags = 0;
+				/*
+				 * If the lock is unavailable, emit the same log statement that
+				 * vacuum_rel() and analyze_rel() would.
+				 */
+				if (options & VACOPT_VACUUM)
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping vacuum of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
 								vrel->relation->relname)));
-			return vacrels;
+				else
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping analyze of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
+									vrel->relation->relname)));
+
+				if ((options & VACOPT_VACUUM) != 0 && (options & VACOPT_FULL) == 0)
+					flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM;
+				if ((options & VACOPT_ANALYZE) != 0)
+					flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE;
+
+				pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(relid, flags);
+
+				return vacrels;
+			}
+
+			/*
+			 * Now that we have the lock, probe to see if the relation really
+			 * exists or not.
+			 */
+			if (!SearchSysCacheExists1(RELOID, ObjectIdGetDatum(relid)))
+			{
+				if (options & VACOPT_VACUUM)
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_UNDEFINED_TABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping vacuum of \"%s\" --- relation no longer exists",
+									vrel->relation->relname)));
+				else
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_UNDEFINED_TABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping analyze of \"%s\" --- relation no longer exists",
+									vrel->relation->relname)));
+
+				/* Release useless lock */
+				UnlockRelationOid(relid, AccessShareLock);
+
+				return vacrels;
+			}
 		}
 
 		/*
diff --git a/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c b/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c
index b2ca28f83ba..532d9023f8c 100644
--- a/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c
+++ b/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c
@@ -17,12 +17,14 @@
 
 #include "postgres.h"
 
+#include "access/htup_details.h"
 #include "access/twophase_rmgr.h"
 #include "access/xact.h"
 #include "catalog/catalog.h"
 #include "utils/memutils.h"
 #include "utils/pgstat_internal.h"
 #include "utils/rel.h"
+#include "utils/syscache.h"
 #include "utils/timestamp.h"
 
 
@@ -367,6 +369,68 @@ pgstat_report_analyze(Relation rel,
 	(void) pgstat_flush_backend(false, PGSTAT_BACKEND_FLUSH_IO);
 }
 
+/*
+ * Report that the table was skipped during vacuum or/and analyze.
+ */
+void
+pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(Oid relid, int flags)
+{
+	PgStat_EntryRef *entry_ref;
+	PgStatShared_Relation *shtabentry;
+	PgStat_StatTabEntry *tabentry;
+	TimestampTz ts;
+	HeapTuple	classTup;
+	bool		isshared;
+
+	if (!pgstat_track_counts || !flags)
+		return;
+
+	classTup = SearchSysCache1(RELOID, ObjectIdGetDatum(relid));
+	if (!HeapTupleIsValid(classTup))
+		return;			/* somebody deleted the rel, forget it */
+	isshared = ((Form_pg_class) GETSTRUCT(classTup))->relisshared;
+	ReleaseSysCache(classTup);
+
+	/* Store the data in the table's hash table entry. */
+	ts = GetCurrentTimestamp();
+
+	/* block acquiring lock for the same reason as pgstat_report_autovac() */
+	entry_ref = pgstat_get_entry_ref_locked(PGSTAT_KIND_RELATION,
+											isshared ? InvalidOid : MyDatabaseId,
+											relid, false);
+
+	shtabentry = (PgStatShared_Relation *) entry_ref->shared_stats;
+	tabentry = &shtabentry->stats;
+
+	if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM)
+	{
+		tabentry->last_skipped_vacuum_time = ts;
+		tabentry->skipped_vacuum_count++;
+	}
+	else if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOVACUUM)
+	{
+		tabentry->last_skipped_autovacuum_time = ts;
+		tabentry->skipped_autovacuum_count++;
+	}
+
+	if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE)
+	{
+		tabentry->last_skipped_analyze_time = ts;
+		tabentry->skipped_analyze_count++;
+	}
+	else if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOANALYZE)
+	{
+		tabentry->last_skipped_autoanalyze_time = ts;
+		tabentry->skipped_autoanalyze_count++;
+	}
+
+	pgstat_unlock_entry(entry_ref);
+
+	/* see pgstat_report_vacuum() */
+	pgstat_flush_io(false);
+	(void) pgstat_flush_backend(false, PGSTAT_BACKEND_FLUSH_IO);
+}
+
 /*
  * count a tuple insertion of n tuples
  */
diff --git a/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c b/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c
index 1408de387ea..90a8968faa0 100644
--- a/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c
+++ b/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c
@@ -84,6 +84,18 @@ PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(mod_since_analyze)
 /* pg_stat_get_numscans */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(numscans)
 
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_analyze_count)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_autoanalyze_count)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_autovacuum_count)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_vacuum_count)
+
 /* pg_stat_get_tuples_deleted */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(tuples_deleted)
 
@@ -170,6 +182,18 @@ PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_vacuum_time)
 /* pg_stat_get_lastscan */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(lastscan)
 
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_analyze_time)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_autoanalyze_time)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_autovacuum_time)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_vacuum_time)
+
 /* pg_stat_get_stat_reset_time */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(stat_reset_time)
 
diff --git a/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat b/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat
index fa9ae79082b..32debb34863 100644
--- a/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat
+++ b/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat
@@ -5680,6 +5680,38 @@
   proargmodes => '{o,o,o,o,o,o,o,o,o,o}',
   proargnames => '{oid,score,xid_score,mxid_score,vacuum_score,vacuum_insert_score,analyze_score,do_vacuum,do_analyze,for_wraparound}',
   prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_autovacuum_scores' },
+{ oid => '8142', descr => 'statistics: last skipped vacuum time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time' },
+{ oid => '8143', descr => 'statistics: last skipped auto vacuum time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time' },
+{ oid => '8144', descr => 'statistics: last skipped analyze time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time' },
+{ oid => '8145', descr => 'statistics: last skipped auto analyze time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time' },
+{ oid => '8146', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped vacuum for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count' },
+{ oid => '8147', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped auto vacuum for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count' },
+{ oid => '8148', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped analyzes for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count' },
+{ oid => '8149', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped auto analyzes for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count' },
 { oid => '1936', descr => 'statistics: currently active backend IDs',
   proname => 'pg_stat_get_backend_idset', prorows => '100', proretset => 't',
   provolatile => 's', proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int4',
diff --git a/src/include/pgstat.h b/src/include/pgstat.h
index dfa2e837638..98941f953d1 100644
--- a/src/include/pgstat.h
+++ b/src/include/pgstat.h
@@ -479,6 +479,15 @@ typedef struct PgStat_StatTabEntry
 	TimestampTz last_autoanalyze_time;	/* autovacuum initiated */
 	PgStat_Counter autoanalyze_count;
 
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_vacuum_time;	/* user initiated vacuum */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_vacuum_count;
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_autovacuum_time;	/* autovacuum initiated */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_autovacuum_count;
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_analyze_time;	/* user initiated */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_analyze_count;
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_autoanalyze_time;	/* autovacuum initiated */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_autoanalyze_count;
+
 	PgStat_Counter total_vacuum_time;	/* times in milliseconds */
 	PgStat_Counter total_autovacuum_time;
 	PgStat_Counter total_analyze_time;
@@ -703,6 +712,13 @@ extern void pgstat_report_analyze(Relation rel,
 								  PgStat_Counter livetuples, PgStat_Counter deadtuples,
 								  bool resetcounter, TimestampTz starttime);
 
+/* flags for pgstat_flush_backend() */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM		(1 << 0)	/* vacuum is skipped */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE		(1 << 1)	/* analyze is skipped */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOVACUUM	(1 << 2)	/* autovacuum is skipped */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOANALYZE	(1 << 3)	/* autoanalyze is skipped */
+extern void pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(Oid relid, int flags);
+
 /*
  * If stats are enabled, but pending data hasn't been prepared yet, call
  * pgstat_assoc_relation() to do so. See its comment for why this is done
diff --git a/src/test/isolation/expected/vacuum-skip-locked.out b/src/test/isolation/expected/vacuum-skip-locked.out
index 99db281a159..e2cff175b7c 100644
--- a/src/test/isolation/expected/vacuum-skip-locked.out
+++ b/src/test/isolation/expected/vacuum-skip-locked.out
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 Parsed test spec with 2 sessions
 
-starting permutation: lock_share vac_specified commit
+starting permutation: lock_share vac_specified commit check_stat
 step lock_share: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN SHARE MODE;
@@ -10,8 +10,22 @@ step vac_specified: VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED) part1, part2;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
 
-starting permutation: lock_share vac_all_parts commit
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   1|            0|                    0
+part2  |           1|                   0|            0|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
+
+starting permutation: lock_share vac_all_parts commit check_stat
 step lock_share: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN SHARE MODE;
@@ -20,8 +34,22 @@ step vac_all_parts: VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED) parted;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   1|            0|                    0
+part2  |           1|                   0|            0|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
 
-starting permutation: lock_share analyze_specified commit
+starting permutation: lock_share analyze_specified commit check_stat
 step lock_share: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN SHARE MODE;
@@ -31,8 +59,22 @@ step analyze_specified: ANALYZE (SKIP_LOCKED) part1, part2;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
 
-starting permutation: lock_share analyze_all_parts commit
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   0|            0|                    1
+part2  |           0|                   0|            1|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
+
+starting permutation: lock_share analyze_all_parts commit check_stat
 step lock_share: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN SHARE MODE;
@@ -41,8 +83,22 @@ step analyze_all_parts: ANALYZE (SKIP_LOCKED) parted;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            1|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   0|            0|                    1
+part2  |           0|                   0|            1|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
 
-starting permutation: lock_share vac_analyze_specified commit
+starting permutation: lock_share vac_analyze_specified commit check_stat
 step lock_share: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN SHARE MODE;
@@ -52,8 +108,22 @@ step vac_analyze_specified: VACUUM (ANALYZE, SKIP_LOCKED) part1, part2;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
 
-starting permutation: lock_share vac_analyze_all_parts commit
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   1|            0|                    1
+part2  |           1|                   0|            1|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
+
+starting permutation: lock_share vac_analyze_all_parts commit check_stat
 step lock_share: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN SHARE MODE;
@@ -62,8 +132,22 @@ step vac_analyze_all_parts: VACUUM (ANALYZE, SKIP_LOCKED) parted;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            1|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   1|            0|                    1
+part2  |           1|                   0|            1|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
 
-starting permutation: lock_share vac_full_specified commit
+starting permutation: lock_share vac_full_specified commit check_stat
 step lock_share: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN SHARE MODE;
@@ -73,8 +157,22 @@ step vac_full_specified: VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED, FULL) part1, part2;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
 
-starting permutation: lock_share vac_full_all_parts commit
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part2  |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
+
+starting permutation: lock_share vac_full_all_parts commit check_stat
 step lock_share: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN SHARE MODE;
@@ -83,8 +181,22 @@ step vac_full_all_parts: VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED, FULL) parted;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part2  |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+(3 rows)
 
-starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_specified commit
+
+starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_specified commit check_stat
 step lock_access_exclusive: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN ACCESS EXCLUSIVE MODE;
@@ -94,8 +206,22 @@ step vac_specified: VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED) part1, part2;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   1|            0|                    0
+part2  |           1|                   0|            0|                    0
+(3 rows)
 
-starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_all_parts commit
+
+starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_all_parts commit check_stat
 step lock_access_exclusive: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN ACCESS EXCLUSIVE MODE;
@@ -104,8 +230,22 @@ step vac_all_parts: VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED) parted;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   1|            0|                    0
+part2  |           1|                   0|            0|                    0
+(3 rows)
 
-starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive analyze_specified commit
+
+starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive analyze_specified commit check_stat
 step lock_access_exclusive: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN ACCESS EXCLUSIVE MODE;
@@ -115,8 +255,22 @@ step analyze_specified: ANALYZE (SKIP_LOCKED) part1, part2;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   0|            0|                    1
+part2  |           0|                   0|            1|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
 
-starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive analyze_all_parts commit
+starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive analyze_all_parts commit check_stat
 step lock_access_exclusive: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN ACCESS EXCLUSIVE MODE;
@@ -126,8 +280,22 @@ step commit:
 	COMMIT;
 
 step analyze_all_parts: <... completed>
-
-starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_analyze_specified commit
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            1|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   0|            1|                    0
+part2  |           0|                   0|            1|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
+
+starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_analyze_specified commit check_stat
 step lock_access_exclusive: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN ACCESS EXCLUSIVE MODE;
@@ -137,8 +305,22 @@ step vac_analyze_specified: VACUUM (ANALYZE, SKIP_LOCKED) part1, part2;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   1|            0|                    1
+part2  |           1|                   0|            1|                    0
+(3 rows)
 
-starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_analyze_all_parts commit
+
+starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_analyze_all_parts commit check_stat
 step lock_access_exclusive: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN ACCESS EXCLUSIVE MODE;
@@ -148,8 +330,22 @@ step commit:
 	COMMIT;
 
 step vac_analyze_all_parts: <... completed>
-
-starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_full_specified commit
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            1|                    0
+part1  |           1|                   0|            1|                    0
+part2  |           1|                   0|            1|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
+
+starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_full_specified commit check_stat
 step lock_access_exclusive: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN ACCESS EXCLUSIVE MODE;
@@ -159,8 +355,22 @@ step vac_full_specified: VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED, FULL) part1, part2;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
 
-starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_full_all_parts commit
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part2  |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
+
+starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_full_all_parts commit check_stat
 step lock_access_exclusive: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN ACCESS EXCLUSIVE MODE;
@@ -169,3 +379,17 @@ step vac_full_all_parts: VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED, FULL) parted;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part2  |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
diff --git a/src/test/isolation/specs/vacuum-skip-locked.spec b/src/test/isolation/specs/vacuum-skip-locked.spec
index 3fad6e1c92a..b0da75d4b6d 100644
--- a/src/test/isolation/specs/vacuum-skip-locked.spec
+++ b/src/test/isolation/specs/vacuum-skip-locked.spec
@@ -33,6 +33,15 @@ step commit
 	COMMIT;
 }
 
+step check_stat
+{
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+}
+
 session s2
 step vac_specified			{ VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED) part1, part2; }
 step vac_all_parts			{ VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED) parted; }
@@ -43,19 +52,19 @@ step vac_analyze_all_parts	{ VACUUM (ANALYZE, SKIP_LOCKED) parted; }
 step vac_full_specified		{ VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED, FULL) part1, part2; }
 step vac_full_all_parts		{ VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED, FULL) parted; }
 
-permutation lock_share vac_specified commit
-permutation lock_share vac_all_parts commit
-permutation lock_share analyze_specified commit
-permutation lock_share analyze_all_parts commit
-permutation lock_share vac_analyze_specified commit
-permutation lock_share vac_analyze_all_parts commit
-permutation lock_share vac_full_specified commit
-permutation lock_share vac_full_all_parts commit
-permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_specified commit
-permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_all_parts commit
-permutation lock_access_exclusive analyze_specified commit
-permutation lock_access_exclusive analyze_all_parts commit
-permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_analyze_specified commit
-permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_analyze_all_parts commit
-permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_full_specified commit
-permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_full_all_parts commit
+permutation lock_share vac_specified commit check_stat
+permutation lock_share vac_all_parts commit check_stat
+permutation lock_share analyze_specified commit check_stat
+permutation lock_share analyze_all_parts commit check_stat
+permutation lock_share vac_analyze_specified commit check_stat
+permutation lock_share vac_analyze_all_parts commit check_stat
+permutation lock_share vac_full_specified commit check_stat
+permutation lock_share vac_full_all_parts commit check_stat
+permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_specified commit check_stat
+permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_all_parts commit check_stat
+permutation lock_access_exclusive analyze_specified commit check_stat
+permutation lock_access_exclusive analyze_all_parts commit check_stat
+permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_analyze_specified commit check_stat
+permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_analyze_all_parts commit check_stat
+permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_full_specified commit check_stat
+permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_full_all_parts commit check_stat
diff --git a/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out b/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out
index a65a5bf0c4f..9b2075d3373 100644
--- a/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out
+++ b/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out
@@ -1835,13 +1835,21 @@ pg_stat_all_tables| SELECT c.oid AS relid,
     pg_stat_get_mod_since_analyze(c.oid) AS n_mod_since_analyze,
     pg_stat_get_ins_since_vacuum(c.oid) AS n_ins_since_vacuum,
     pg_stat_get_last_vacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_vacuum,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_vacuum,
     pg_stat_get_last_autovacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_autovacuum,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_autovacuum,
     pg_stat_get_last_analyze_time(c.oid) AS last_analyze,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_analyze,
     pg_stat_get_last_autoanalyze_time(c.oid) AS last_autoanalyze,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_autoanalyze,
     pg_stat_get_vacuum_count(c.oid) AS vacuum_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count(c.oid) AS skipped_vacuum_count,
     pg_stat_get_autovacuum_count(c.oid) AS autovacuum_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count(c.oid) AS skipped_autovacuum_count,
     pg_stat_get_analyze_count(c.oid) AS analyze_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count(c.oid) AS skipped_analyze_count,
     pg_stat_get_autoanalyze_count(c.oid) AS autoanalyze_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count(c.oid) AS skipped_autoanalyze_count,
     pg_stat_get_total_vacuum_time(c.oid) AS total_vacuum_time,
     pg_stat_get_total_autovacuum_time(c.oid) AS total_autovacuum_time,
     pg_stat_get_total_analyze_time(c.oid) AS total_analyze_time,
@@ -2346,13 +2354,21 @@ pg_stat_sys_tables| SELECT relid,
     n_mod_since_analyze,
     n_ins_since_vacuum,
     last_vacuum,
+    last_skipped_vacuum,
     last_autovacuum,
+    last_skipped_autovacuum,
     last_analyze,
+    last_skipped_analyze,
     last_autoanalyze,
+    last_skipped_autoanalyze,
     vacuum_count,
+    skipped_vacuum_count,
     autovacuum_count,
+    skipped_autovacuum_count,
     analyze_count,
+    skipped_analyze_count,
     autoanalyze_count,
+    skipped_autoanalyze_count,
     total_vacuum_time,
     total_autovacuum_time,
     total_analyze_time,
@@ -2401,13 +2417,21 @@ pg_stat_user_tables| SELECT relid,
     n_mod_since_analyze,
     n_ins_since_vacuum,
     last_vacuum,
+    last_skipped_vacuum,
     last_autovacuum,
+    last_skipped_autovacuum,
     last_analyze,
+    last_skipped_analyze,
     last_autoanalyze,
+    last_skipped_autoanalyze,
     vacuum_count,
+    skipped_vacuum_count,
     autovacuum_count,
+    skipped_autovacuum_count,
     analyze_count,
+    skipped_analyze_count,
     autoanalyze_count,
+    skipped_autoanalyze_count,
     total_vacuum_time,
     total_autovacuum_time,
     total_analyze_time,
-- 
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* [PATCH v5] Track skipped vacuum and analyze activity per relation
@ 2026-03-24 04:09 Yugo Nagata <[email protected]>
  0 siblings, 0 replies; 374+ messages in thread

From: Yugo Nagata @ 2026-03-24 04:09 UTC (permalink / raw)

This commit adds eight fields to the relation statistics that track
the last time vacuum or analyze has been attempted but skipped due to
lock unavailability, along with their counts:

-    last_skipped_vacuum
-    last_skipped_autovacuum
-    last_skipped_analyze
-    last_skipped_autoanalyze
-    skipped_vacuum_count
-    skipped_autovacuum_count
-    skipped_analyze_count
-    skipped_autoanalyze_count

These field can help users confirm that autovacuum is actively attempting
to run on a table that has not been vacuumed or analyzed for a long time,
and that the lack of progress is due to repeated skips rather than inactivity.
---
 doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml                  |  88 ++++++
 src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql          |   8 +
 src/backend/commands/vacuum.c                 | 100 +++++--
 src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c  |  64 +++++
 src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c           |  24 ++
 src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat               |  32 +++
 src/include/pgstat.h                          |  16 ++
 .../isolation/expected/vacuum-skip-locked.out | 260 ++++++++++++++++--
 .../isolation/specs/vacuum-skip-locked.spec   |  41 +--
 src/test/regress/expected/rules.out           |  24 ++
 10 files changed, 601 insertions(+), 56 deletions(-)

diff --git a/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml b/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml
index 08d5b824552..a9b579d87a9 100644
--- a/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml
+++ b/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml
@@ -4387,6 +4387,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_vacuum</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time a manual vacuum on this table was attempted but skipped due to
+       lock unavailability (not counting <command>VACUUM FULL</command>)
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>last_autovacuum</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
@@ -4397,6 +4407,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_autovacuum</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time a vacuum on this table by the autovacuum daemon was attempted
+       but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>last_analyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
@@ -4406,6 +4426,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_analyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time a manual analyze on this table was attempted but skipped due to
+       lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>last_autoanalyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
@@ -4416,6 +4446,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_autoanalyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time at which an analyze on this table by the autovacuum was
+       attempted but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>vacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4426,6 +4466,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_vacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times manual vacuums on this table have been attempted but skipped
+       due to lock unavailability (not counting <command>VACUUM FULL</command>)
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>autovacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4436,6 +4486,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_autovacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times vacuums on this table by the autovacuum daemon have been
+       attempted but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>analyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4445,6 +4505,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_analyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times manual analyzes on this table have been attempted but
+       skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>autoanalyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4455,6 +4525,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_autoanalyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times analyzes on this table by the autovacuum daemon have
+       been attempted but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>total_vacuum_time</structfield> <type>double precision</type>
@@ -4510,6 +4590,14 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
    </tgroup>
   </table>
 
+  <note>
+   <para>
+    When a manual vacuum or analyze on a parent table in an inheritance or
+    partitioning hierarchy is skipped, the statistics are recorded only for
+    the parent table, not for its children.
+   </para>
+  </note>
+
  </sect2>
 
  <sect2 id="monitoring-pg-stat-autovacuum-scores-view">
diff --git a/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql b/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql
index 73a1c1c4670..f509fc7876b 100644
--- a/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql
+++ b/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql
@@ -736,13 +736,21 @@ CREATE VIEW pg_stat_all_tables AS
             pg_stat_get_mod_since_analyze(C.oid) AS n_mod_since_analyze,
             pg_stat_get_ins_since_vacuum(C.oid) AS n_ins_since_vacuum,
             pg_stat_get_last_vacuum_time(C.oid) as last_vacuum,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_vacuum,
             pg_stat_get_last_autovacuum_time(C.oid) as last_autovacuum,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_autovacuum,
             pg_stat_get_last_analyze_time(C.oid) as last_analyze,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_analyze,
             pg_stat_get_last_autoanalyze_time(C.oid) as last_autoanalyze,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_autoanalyze,
             pg_stat_get_vacuum_count(C.oid) AS vacuum_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count(C.oid) AS skipped_vacuum_count,
             pg_stat_get_autovacuum_count(C.oid) AS autovacuum_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count(C.oid) AS skipped_autovacuum_count,
             pg_stat_get_analyze_count(C.oid) AS analyze_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count(C.oid) AS skipped_analyze_count,
             pg_stat_get_autoanalyze_count(C.oid) AS autoanalyze_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count(C.oid) AS skipped_autoanalyze_count,
             pg_stat_get_total_vacuum_time(C.oid) AS total_vacuum_time,
             pg_stat_get_total_autovacuum_time(C.oid) AS total_autovacuum_time,
             pg_stat_get_total_analyze_time(C.oid) AS total_analyze_time,
diff --git a/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c b/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c
index 99d0db82ed7..df6526225e4 100644
--- a/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c
+++ b/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c
@@ -793,8 +793,25 @@ vacuum_open_relation(Oid relid, RangeVar *relation, uint32 options,
 		rel = try_relation_open(relid, NoLock);
 	else
 	{
+		int flags = 0;
 		rel = NULL;
 		rel_lock = false;
+
+		if ((options & VACOPT_VACUUM) != 0 && (options & VACOPT_FULL) == 0)
+		{
+			if (AmAutoVacuumWorkerProcess())
+				flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOVACUUM;
+			else
+				flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM;
+		}
+		if ((options & VACOPT_ANALYZE) != 0)
+		{
+			if (AmAutoVacuumWorkerProcess())
+				flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOANALYZE;
+			else
+				flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE;
+		}
+		pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(relid, flags);
 	}
 
 	/* if relation is opened, leave */
@@ -905,7 +922,6 @@ expand_vacuum_rel(VacuumRelation *vrel, MemoryContext vac_context,
 		Form_pg_class classForm;
 		bool		include_children;
 		bool		is_partitioned_table;
-		int			rvr_opts;
 
 		/*
 		 * Since autovacuum workers supply OIDs when calling vacuum(), no
@@ -918,29 +934,69 @@ expand_vacuum_rel(VacuumRelation *vrel, MemoryContext vac_context,
 		 * below, as well as find_all_inheritors's expectation that the caller
 		 * holds some lock on the starting relation.
 		 */
-		rvr_opts = (options & VACOPT_SKIP_LOCKED) ? RVR_SKIP_LOCKED : 0;
-		relid = RangeVarGetRelidExtended(vrel->relation,
-										 AccessShareLock,
-										 rvr_opts,
-										 NULL, NULL);
-
-		/*
-		 * If the lock is unavailable, emit the same log statement that
-		 * vacuum_rel() and analyze_rel() would.
-		 */
-		if (!OidIsValid(relid))
+		if (!(options & VACOPT_SKIP_LOCKED))
 		{
-			if (options & VACOPT_VACUUM)
-				ereport(WARNING,
-						(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
-						 errmsg("skipping vacuum of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
-								vrel->relation->relname)));
-			else
-				ereport(WARNING,
-						(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
-						 errmsg("skipping analyze of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
+			relid = RangeVarGetRelidExtended(vrel->relation,
+											 AccessShareLock,
+											 0, NULL, NULL);
+			if (!OidIsValid(relid))
+				return vacrels;
+		}
+		else
+		{
+			/* Get relid for reporting before taking a lock */
+			relid = RangeVarGetRelid(vrel->relation, NoLock, false);
+
+			if (!ConditionalLockRelationOid(relid, AccessShareLock))
+			{
+				int	flags = 0;
+				/*
+				 * If the lock is unavailable, emit the same log statement that
+				 * vacuum_rel() and analyze_rel() would.
+				 */
+				if (options & VACOPT_VACUUM)
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping vacuum of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
 								vrel->relation->relname)));
-			return vacrels;
+				else
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping analyze of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
+									vrel->relation->relname)));
+
+				if ((options & VACOPT_VACUUM) != 0 && (options & VACOPT_FULL) == 0)
+					flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM;
+				if ((options & VACOPT_ANALYZE) != 0)
+					flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE;
+
+				pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(relid, flags);
+
+				return vacrels;
+			}
+
+			/*
+			 * Now that we have the lock, probe to see if the relation really
+			 * exists or not.
+			 */
+			if (!SearchSysCacheExists1(RELOID, ObjectIdGetDatum(relid)))
+			{
+				if (options & VACOPT_VACUUM)
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_UNDEFINED_TABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping vacuum of \"%s\" --- relation no longer exists",
+									vrel->relation->relname)));
+				else
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_UNDEFINED_TABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping analyze of \"%s\" --- relation no longer exists",
+									vrel->relation->relname)));
+
+				/* Release useless lock */
+				UnlockRelationOid(relid, AccessShareLock);
+
+				return vacrels;
+			}
 		}
 
 		/*
diff --git a/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c b/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c
index b2ca28f83ba..532d9023f8c 100644
--- a/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c
+++ b/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c
@@ -17,12 +17,14 @@
 
 #include "postgres.h"
 
+#include "access/htup_details.h"
 #include "access/twophase_rmgr.h"
 #include "access/xact.h"
 #include "catalog/catalog.h"
 #include "utils/memutils.h"
 #include "utils/pgstat_internal.h"
 #include "utils/rel.h"
+#include "utils/syscache.h"
 #include "utils/timestamp.h"
 
 
@@ -367,6 +369,68 @@ pgstat_report_analyze(Relation rel,
 	(void) pgstat_flush_backend(false, PGSTAT_BACKEND_FLUSH_IO);
 }
 
+/*
+ * Report that the table was skipped during vacuum or/and analyze.
+ */
+void
+pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(Oid relid, int flags)
+{
+	PgStat_EntryRef *entry_ref;
+	PgStatShared_Relation *shtabentry;
+	PgStat_StatTabEntry *tabentry;
+	TimestampTz ts;
+	HeapTuple	classTup;
+	bool		isshared;
+
+	if (!pgstat_track_counts || !flags)
+		return;
+
+	classTup = SearchSysCache1(RELOID, ObjectIdGetDatum(relid));
+	if (!HeapTupleIsValid(classTup))
+		return;			/* somebody deleted the rel, forget it */
+	isshared = ((Form_pg_class) GETSTRUCT(classTup))->relisshared;
+	ReleaseSysCache(classTup);
+
+	/* Store the data in the table's hash table entry. */
+	ts = GetCurrentTimestamp();
+
+	/* block acquiring lock for the same reason as pgstat_report_autovac() */
+	entry_ref = pgstat_get_entry_ref_locked(PGSTAT_KIND_RELATION,
+											isshared ? InvalidOid : MyDatabaseId,
+											relid, false);
+
+	shtabentry = (PgStatShared_Relation *) entry_ref->shared_stats;
+	tabentry = &shtabentry->stats;
+
+	if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM)
+	{
+		tabentry->last_skipped_vacuum_time = ts;
+		tabentry->skipped_vacuum_count++;
+	}
+	else if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOVACUUM)
+	{
+		tabentry->last_skipped_autovacuum_time = ts;
+		tabentry->skipped_autovacuum_count++;
+	}
+
+	if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE)
+	{
+		tabentry->last_skipped_analyze_time = ts;
+		tabentry->skipped_analyze_count++;
+	}
+	else if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOANALYZE)
+	{
+		tabentry->last_skipped_autoanalyze_time = ts;
+		tabentry->skipped_autoanalyze_count++;
+	}
+
+	pgstat_unlock_entry(entry_ref);
+
+	/* see pgstat_report_vacuum() */
+	pgstat_flush_io(false);
+	(void) pgstat_flush_backend(false, PGSTAT_BACKEND_FLUSH_IO);
+}
+
 /*
  * count a tuple insertion of n tuples
  */
diff --git a/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c b/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c
index 1408de387ea..90a8968faa0 100644
--- a/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c
+++ b/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c
@@ -84,6 +84,18 @@ PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(mod_since_analyze)
 /* pg_stat_get_numscans */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(numscans)
 
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_analyze_count)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_autoanalyze_count)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_autovacuum_count)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_vacuum_count)
+
 /* pg_stat_get_tuples_deleted */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(tuples_deleted)
 
@@ -170,6 +182,18 @@ PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_vacuum_time)
 /* pg_stat_get_lastscan */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(lastscan)
 
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_analyze_time)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_autoanalyze_time)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_autovacuum_time)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_vacuum_time)
+
 /* pg_stat_get_stat_reset_time */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(stat_reset_time)
 
diff --git a/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat b/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat
index fa9ae79082b..32debb34863 100644
--- a/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat
+++ b/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat
@@ -5680,6 +5680,38 @@
   proargmodes => '{o,o,o,o,o,o,o,o,o,o}',
   proargnames => '{oid,score,xid_score,mxid_score,vacuum_score,vacuum_insert_score,analyze_score,do_vacuum,do_analyze,for_wraparound}',
   prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_autovacuum_scores' },
+{ oid => '8142', descr => 'statistics: last skipped vacuum time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time' },
+{ oid => '8143', descr => 'statistics: last skipped auto vacuum time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time' },
+{ oid => '8144', descr => 'statistics: last skipped analyze time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time' },
+{ oid => '8145', descr => 'statistics: last skipped auto analyze time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time' },
+{ oid => '8146', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped vacuum for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count' },
+{ oid => '8147', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped auto vacuum for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count' },
+{ oid => '8148', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped analyzes for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count' },
+{ oid => '8149', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped auto analyzes for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count' },
 { oid => '1936', descr => 'statistics: currently active backend IDs',
   proname => 'pg_stat_get_backend_idset', prorows => '100', proretset => 't',
   provolatile => 's', proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int4',
diff --git a/src/include/pgstat.h b/src/include/pgstat.h
index dfa2e837638..98941f953d1 100644
--- a/src/include/pgstat.h
+++ b/src/include/pgstat.h
@@ -479,6 +479,15 @@ typedef struct PgStat_StatTabEntry
 	TimestampTz last_autoanalyze_time;	/* autovacuum initiated */
 	PgStat_Counter autoanalyze_count;
 
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_vacuum_time;	/* user initiated vacuum */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_vacuum_count;
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_autovacuum_time;	/* autovacuum initiated */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_autovacuum_count;
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_analyze_time;	/* user initiated */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_analyze_count;
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_autoanalyze_time;	/* autovacuum initiated */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_autoanalyze_count;
+
 	PgStat_Counter total_vacuum_time;	/* times in milliseconds */
 	PgStat_Counter total_autovacuum_time;
 	PgStat_Counter total_analyze_time;
@@ -703,6 +712,13 @@ extern void pgstat_report_analyze(Relation rel,
 								  PgStat_Counter livetuples, PgStat_Counter deadtuples,
 								  bool resetcounter, TimestampTz starttime);
 
+/* flags for pgstat_flush_backend() */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM		(1 << 0)	/* vacuum is skipped */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE		(1 << 1)	/* analyze is skipped */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOVACUUM	(1 << 2)	/* autovacuum is skipped */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOANALYZE	(1 << 3)	/* autoanalyze is skipped */
+extern void pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(Oid relid, int flags);
+
 /*
  * If stats are enabled, but pending data hasn't been prepared yet, call
  * pgstat_assoc_relation() to do so. See its comment for why this is done
diff --git a/src/test/isolation/expected/vacuum-skip-locked.out b/src/test/isolation/expected/vacuum-skip-locked.out
index 99db281a159..e2cff175b7c 100644
--- a/src/test/isolation/expected/vacuum-skip-locked.out
+++ b/src/test/isolation/expected/vacuum-skip-locked.out
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 Parsed test spec with 2 sessions
 
-starting permutation: lock_share vac_specified commit
+starting permutation: lock_share vac_specified commit check_stat
 step lock_share: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN SHARE MODE;
@@ -10,8 +10,22 @@ step vac_specified: VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED) part1, part2;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
 
-starting permutation: lock_share vac_all_parts commit
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   1|            0|                    0
+part2  |           1|                   0|            0|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
+
+starting permutation: lock_share vac_all_parts commit check_stat
 step lock_share: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN SHARE MODE;
@@ -20,8 +34,22 @@ step vac_all_parts: VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED) parted;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   1|            0|                    0
+part2  |           1|                   0|            0|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
 
-starting permutation: lock_share analyze_specified commit
+starting permutation: lock_share analyze_specified commit check_stat
 step lock_share: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN SHARE MODE;
@@ -31,8 +59,22 @@ step analyze_specified: ANALYZE (SKIP_LOCKED) part1, part2;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
 
-starting permutation: lock_share analyze_all_parts commit
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   0|            0|                    1
+part2  |           0|                   0|            1|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
+
+starting permutation: lock_share analyze_all_parts commit check_stat
 step lock_share: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN SHARE MODE;
@@ -41,8 +83,22 @@ step analyze_all_parts: ANALYZE (SKIP_LOCKED) parted;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            1|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   0|            0|                    1
+part2  |           0|                   0|            1|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
 
-starting permutation: lock_share vac_analyze_specified commit
+starting permutation: lock_share vac_analyze_specified commit check_stat
 step lock_share: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN SHARE MODE;
@@ -52,8 +108,22 @@ step vac_analyze_specified: VACUUM (ANALYZE, SKIP_LOCKED) part1, part2;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
 
-starting permutation: lock_share vac_analyze_all_parts commit
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   1|            0|                    1
+part2  |           1|                   0|            1|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
+
+starting permutation: lock_share vac_analyze_all_parts commit check_stat
 step lock_share: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN SHARE MODE;
@@ -62,8 +132,22 @@ step vac_analyze_all_parts: VACUUM (ANALYZE, SKIP_LOCKED) parted;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            1|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   1|            0|                    1
+part2  |           1|                   0|            1|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
 
-starting permutation: lock_share vac_full_specified commit
+starting permutation: lock_share vac_full_specified commit check_stat
 step lock_share: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN SHARE MODE;
@@ -73,8 +157,22 @@ step vac_full_specified: VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED, FULL) part1, part2;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
 
-starting permutation: lock_share vac_full_all_parts commit
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part2  |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
+
+starting permutation: lock_share vac_full_all_parts commit check_stat
 step lock_share: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN SHARE MODE;
@@ -83,8 +181,22 @@ step vac_full_all_parts: VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED, FULL) parted;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part2  |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+(3 rows)
 
-starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_specified commit
+
+starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_specified commit check_stat
 step lock_access_exclusive: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN ACCESS EXCLUSIVE MODE;
@@ -94,8 +206,22 @@ step vac_specified: VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED) part1, part2;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   1|            0|                    0
+part2  |           1|                   0|            0|                    0
+(3 rows)
 
-starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_all_parts commit
+
+starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_all_parts commit check_stat
 step lock_access_exclusive: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN ACCESS EXCLUSIVE MODE;
@@ -104,8 +230,22 @@ step vac_all_parts: VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED) parted;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   1|            0|                    0
+part2  |           1|                   0|            0|                    0
+(3 rows)
 
-starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive analyze_specified commit
+
+starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive analyze_specified commit check_stat
 step lock_access_exclusive: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN ACCESS EXCLUSIVE MODE;
@@ -115,8 +255,22 @@ step analyze_specified: ANALYZE (SKIP_LOCKED) part1, part2;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   0|            0|                    1
+part2  |           0|                   0|            1|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
 
-starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive analyze_all_parts commit
+starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive analyze_all_parts commit check_stat
 step lock_access_exclusive: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN ACCESS EXCLUSIVE MODE;
@@ -126,8 +280,22 @@ step commit:
 	COMMIT;
 
 step analyze_all_parts: <... completed>
-
-starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_analyze_specified commit
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            1|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   0|            1|                    0
+part2  |           0|                   0|            1|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
+
+starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_analyze_specified commit check_stat
 step lock_access_exclusive: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN ACCESS EXCLUSIVE MODE;
@@ -137,8 +305,22 @@ step vac_analyze_specified: VACUUM (ANALYZE, SKIP_LOCKED) part1, part2;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   1|            0|                    1
+part2  |           1|                   0|            1|                    0
+(3 rows)
 
-starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_analyze_all_parts commit
+
+starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_analyze_all_parts commit check_stat
 step lock_access_exclusive: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN ACCESS EXCLUSIVE MODE;
@@ -148,8 +330,22 @@ step commit:
 	COMMIT;
 
 step vac_analyze_all_parts: <... completed>
-
-starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_full_specified commit
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            1|                    0
+part1  |           1|                   0|            1|                    0
+part2  |           1|                   0|            1|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
+
+starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_full_specified commit check_stat
 step lock_access_exclusive: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN ACCESS EXCLUSIVE MODE;
@@ -159,8 +355,22 @@ step vac_full_specified: VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED, FULL) part1, part2;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
 
-starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_full_all_parts commit
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part2  |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
+
+starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_full_all_parts commit check_stat
 step lock_access_exclusive: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN ACCESS EXCLUSIVE MODE;
@@ -169,3 +379,17 @@ step vac_full_all_parts: VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED, FULL) parted;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part2  |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
diff --git a/src/test/isolation/specs/vacuum-skip-locked.spec b/src/test/isolation/specs/vacuum-skip-locked.spec
index 3fad6e1c92a..b0da75d4b6d 100644
--- a/src/test/isolation/specs/vacuum-skip-locked.spec
+++ b/src/test/isolation/specs/vacuum-skip-locked.spec
@@ -33,6 +33,15 @@ step commit
 	COMMIT;
 }
 
+step check_stat
+{
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+}
+
 session s2
 step vac_specified			{ VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED) part1, part2; }
 step vac_all_parts			{ VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED) parted; }
@@ -43,19 +52,19 @@ step vac_analyze_all_parts	{ VACUUM (ANALYZE, SKIP_LOCKED) parted; }
 step vac_full_specified		{ VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED, FULL) part1, part2; }
 step vac_full_all_parts		{ VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED, FULL) parted; }
 
-permutation lock_share vac_specified commit
-permutation lock_share vac_all_parts commit
-permutation lock_share analyze_specified commit
-permutation lock_share analyze_all_parts commit
-permutation lock_share vac_analyze_specified commit
-permutation lock_share vac_analyze_all_parts commit
-permutation lock_share vac_full_specified commit
-permutation lock_share vac_full_all_parts commit
-permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_specified commit
-permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_all_parts commit
-permutation lock_access_exclusive analyze_specified commit
-permutation lock_access_exclusive analyze_all_parts commit
-permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_analyze_specified commit
-permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_analyze_all_parts commit
-permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_full_specified commit
-permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_full_all_parts commit
+permutation lock_share vac_specified commit check_stat
+permutation lock_share vac_all_parts commit check_stat
+permutation lock_share analyze_specified commit check_stat
+permutation lock_share analyze_all_parts commit check_stat
+permutation lock_share vac_analyze_specified commit check_stat
+permutation lock_share vac_analyze_all_parts commit check_stat
+permutation lock_share vac_full_specified commit check_stat
+permutation lock_share vac_full_all_parts commit check_stat
+permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_specified commit check_stat
+permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_all_parts commit check_stat
+permutation lock_access_exclusive analyze_specified commit check_stat
+permutation lock_access_exclusive analyze_all_parts commit check_stat
+permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_analyze_specified commit check_stat
+permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_analyze_all_parts commit check_stat
+permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_full_specified commit check_stat
+permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_full_all_parts commit check_stat
diff --git a/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out b/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out
index a65a5bf0c4f..9b2075d3373 100644
--- a/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out
+++ b/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out
@@ -1835,13 +1835,21 @@ pg_stat_all_tables| SELECT c.oid AS relid,
     pg_stat_get_mod_since_analyze(c.oid) AS n_mod_since_analyze,
     pg_stat_get_ins_since_vacuum(c.oid) AS n_ins_since_vacuum,
     pg_stat_get_last_vacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_vacuum,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_vacuum,
     pg_stat_get_last_autovacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_autovacuum,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_autovacuum,
     pg_stat_get_last_analyze_time(c.oid) AS last_analyze,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_analyze,
     pg_stat_get_last_autoanalyze_time(c.oid) AS last_autoanalyze,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_autoanalyze,
     pg_stat_get_vacuum_count(c.oid) AS vacuum_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count(c.oid) AS skipped_vacuum_count,
     pg_stat_get_autovacuum_count(c.oid) AS autovacuum_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count(c.oid) AS skipped_autovacuum_count,
     pg_stat_get_analyze_count(c.oid) AS analyze_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count(c.oid) AS skipped_analyze_count,
     pg_stat_get_autoanalyze_count(c.oid) AS autoanalyze_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count(c.oid) AS skipped_autoanalyze_count,
     pg_stat_get_total_vacuum_time(c.oid) AS total_vacuum_time,
     pg_stat_get_total_autovacuum_time(c.oid) AS total_autovacuum_time,
     pg_stat_get_total_analyze_time(c.oid) AS total_analyze_time,
@@ -2346,13 +2354,21 @@ pg_stat_sys_tables| SELECT relid,
     n_mod_since_analyze,
     n_ins_since_vacuum,
     last_vacuum,
+    last_skipped_vacuum,
     last_autovacuum,
+    last_skipped_autovacuum,
     last_analyze,
+    last_skipped_analyze,
     last_autoanalyze,
+    last_skipped_autoanalyze,
     vacuum_count,
+    skipped_vacuum_count,
     autovacuum_count,
+    skipped_autovacuum_count,
     analyze_count,
+    skipped_analyze_count,
     autoanalyze_count,
+    skipped_autoanalyze_count,
     total_vacuum_time,
     total_autovacuum_time,
     total_analyze_time,
@@ -2401,13 +2417,21 @@ pg_stat_user_tables| SELECT relid,
     n_mod_since_analyze,
     n_ins_since_vacuum,
     last_vacuum,
+    last_skipped_vacuum,
     last_autovacuum,
+    last_skipped_autovacuum,
     last_analyze,
+    last_skipped_analyze,
     last_autoanalyze,
+    last_skipped_autoanalyze,
     vacuum_count,
+    skipped_vacuum_count,
     autovacuum_count,
+    skipped_autovacuum_count,
     analyze_count,
+    skipped_analyze_count,
     autoanalyze_count,
+    skipped_autoanalyze_count,
     total_vacuum_time,
     total_autovacuum_time,
     total_analyze_time,
-- 
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* [PATCH v3] Track skipped vacuum and analyze activity per relation
@ 2026-03-24 04:09 Yugo Nagata <[email protected]>
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From: Yugo Nagata @ 2026-03-24 04:09 UTC (permalink / raw)

This commit adds eight fields to the relation statistics that track
the last time vacuum or analyze has been attempted but skipped due to
lock unavailability, along with their counts:

-    last_skipped_vacuum
-    last_skipped_autovacuum
-    last_skipped_analyze
-    last_skipped_autoanalyze
-    skipped_vacuum_count
-    skipped_autovacuum_count
-    skipped_analyze_count
-    skipped_autoanalyze_count

These field can help users confirm that autovacuum is actively attempting
to run on a table that has not been vacuumed or analyzed for a long time,
and that the lack of progress is due to repeated skips rather than inactivity.
---
 doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml                 | 80 +++++++++++++++++
 src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql         |  8 ++
 src/backend/commands/vacuum.c                | 95 +++++++++++++++-----
 src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c | 68 ++++++++++++++
 src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c          | 24 +++++
 src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat              | 32 +++++++
 src/include/pgstat.h                         | 16 ++++
 src/test/regress/expected/rules.out          | 24 +++++
 8 files changed, 324 insertions(+), 23 deletions(-)

diff --git a/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml b/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml
index bb75ed1069b..9ec8070b2fc 100644
--- a/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml
+++ b/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml
@@ -4372,6 +4372,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_vacuum</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time a manual vacuum on this table was attempted but skipped due to
+       lock unavailability (not counting <command>VACUUM FULL</command>)
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>last_autovacuum</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
@@ -4382,6 +4392,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_autovacuum</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time a vacuum on this table by the autovacuum daemon was attempted
+       but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>last_analyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
@@ -4391,6 +4411,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_analyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time a manual analyze on this table was attempted but skipped due to
+       lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>last_autoanalyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
@@ -4401,6 +4431,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_autoanalyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time at which an analyze on this table by the autovacuum was
+       attempted but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>vacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4411,6 +4451,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_vacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times vacuums on this table have been attempted but skipped
+       due to lock unavailability (not counting <command>VACUUM FULL</command>)
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>autovacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4421,6 +4471,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_autovacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times vacuums on this table by the autovacuum daemon have been
+       attempted but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>analyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4430,6 +4490,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_analyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times manual analyzes on this table have been attempted but
+       skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>autoanalyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4440,6 +4510,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_autoanalyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times analyzes on this table by the autovacuum daemon have
+       been attempted but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>total_vacuum_time</structfield> <type>double precision</type>
diff --git a/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql b/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql
index e54018004db..2ca02a0354c 100644
--- a/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql
+++ b/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql
@@ -736,13 +736,21 @@ CREATE VIEW pg_stat_all_tables AS
             pg_stat_get_mod_since_analyze(C.oid) AS n_mod_since_analyze,
             pg_stat_get_ins_since_vacuum(C.oid) AS n_ins_since_vacuum,
             pg_stat_get_last_vacuum_time(C.oid) as last_vacuum,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_vacuum,
             pg_stat_get_last_autovacuum_time(C.oid) as last_autovacuum,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_autovacuum,
             pg_stat_get_last_analyze_time(C.oid) as last_analyze,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_analyze,
             pg_stat_get_last_autoanalyze_time(C.oid) as last_autoanalyze,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_autoanalyze,
             pg_stat_get_vacuum_count(C.oid) AS vacuum_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count(C.oid) AS skipped_vacuum_count,
             pg_stat_get_autovacuum_count(C.oid) AS autovacuum_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count(C.oid) AS skipped_autovacuum_count,
             pg_stat_get_analyze_count(C.oid) AS analyze_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count(C.oid) AS skipped_analyze_count,
             pg_stat_get_autoanalyze_count(C.oid) AS autoanalyze_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count(C.oid) AS skipped_autoanalyze_count,
             pg_stat_get_total_vacuum_time(C.oid) AS total_vacuum_time,
             pg_stat_get_total_autovacuum_time(C.oid) AS total_autovacuum_time,
             pg_stat_get_total_analyze_time(C.oid) AS total_analyze_time,
diff --git a/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c b/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c
index bce3a2daa24..ce83b3171be 100644
--- a/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c
+++ b/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c
@@ -792,8 +792,18 @@ vacuum_open_relation(Oid relid, RangeVar *relation, bits32 options,
 		rel = try_relation_open(relid, NoLock);
 	else
 	{
+		bits8 flags = 0;
 		rel = NULL;
 		rel_lock = false;
+
+		if ((options & VACOPT_VACUUM) != 0)
+			flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM;
+		if ((options & VACOPT_ANALYZE) != 0)
+			flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE;
+		if (AmAutoVacuumWorkerProcess())
+			flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOVAC;
+
+		pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(relid, flags);
 	}
 
 	/* if relation is opened, leave */
@@ -801,7 +811,7 @@ vacuum_open_relation(Oid relid, RangeVar *relation, bits32 options,
 		return rel;
 
 	/*
-	 * Relation could not be opened, hence generate if possible a log
+	 * Relation could not be opened hence generate if possible a log
 	 * informing on the situation.
 	 *
 	 * If the RangeVar is not defined, we do not have enough information to
@@ -904,7 +914,6 @@ expand_vacuum_rel(VacuumRelation *vrel, MemoryContext vac_context,
 		Form_pg_class classForm;
 		bool		include_children;
 		bool		is_partitioned_table;
-		int			rvr_opts;
 
 		/*
 		 * Since autovacuum workers supply OIDs when calling vacuum(), no
@@ -917,29 +926,69 @@ expand_vacuum_rel(VacuumRelation *vrel, MemoryContext vac_context,
 		 * below, as well as find_all_inheritors's expectation that the caller
 		 * holds some lock on the starting relation.
 		 */
-		rvr_opts = (options & VACOPT_SKIP_LOCKED) ? RVR_SKIP_LOCKED : 0;
-		relid = RangeVarGetRelidExtended(vrel->relation,
-										 AccessShareLock,
-										 rvr_opts,
-										 NULL, NULL);
-
-		/*
-		 * If the lock is unavailable, emit the same log statement that
-		 * vacuum_rel() and analyze_rel() would.
-		 */
-		if (!OidIsValid(relid))
+		if (!(options & VACOPT_SKIP_LOCKED))
 		{
-			if (options & VACOPT_VACUUM)
-				ereport(WARNING,
-						(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
-						 errmsg("skipping vacuum of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
-								vrel->relation->relname)));
-			else
-				ereport(WARNING,
-						(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
-						 errmsg("skipping analyze of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
+			relid = RangeVarGetRelidExtended(vrel->relation,
+											 AccessShareLock,
+											 0, NULL, NULL);
+			if (!OidIsValid(relid))
+				return vacrels;
+		}
+		else
+		{
+			/* Get relid for reporting before taking a lock */
+			relid = RangeVarGetRelid(vrel->relation, NoLock, false);
+
+			if (!ConditionalLockRelationOid(relid, AccessShareLock))
+			{
+				bits8	flags = 0;
+				/*
+				 * If the lock is unavailable, emit the same log statement that
+				 * vacuum_rel() and analyze_rel() would.
+				 */
+				if (options & VACOPT_VACUUM)
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping vacuum of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
 								vrel->relation->relname)));
-			return vacrels;
+				else
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping analyze of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
+									vrel->relation->relname)));
+
+				if ((options & VACOPT_VACUUM) != 0)
+					flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM;
+				if ((options & VACOPT_ANALYZE) != 0)
+					flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE;
+
+				pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(relid, flags);
+
+				return vacrels;
+			}
+
+			/*
+			 * Now that we have the lock, probe to see if the relation really
+			 * exists or not.
+			 */
+			if (!SearchSysCacheExists1(RELOID, ObjectIdGetDatum(relid)))
+			{
+				if (options & VACOPT_VACUUM)
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_UNDEFINED_TABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping vacuum of \"%s\" --- relation no longer exists",
+									vrel->relation->relname)));
+				else
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_UNDEFINED_TABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping analyze of \"%s\" --- relation no longer exists",
+									vrel->relation->relname)));
+
+				/* Release useless lock */
+				UnlockRelationOid(relid, AccessShareLock);
+
+				return vacrels;
+			}
 		}
 
 		/*
diff --git a/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c b/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c
index bc8c43b96aa..cec4c88980e 100644
--- a/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c
+++ b/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c
@@ -17,6 +17,7 @@
 
 #include "postgres.h"
 
+#include "access/htup_details.h"
 #include "access/twophase_rmgr.h"
 #include "access/xact.h"
 #include "catalog/catalog.h"
@@ -366,6 +367,73 @@ pgstat_report_analyze(Relation rel,
 	(void) pgstat_flush_backend(false, PGSTAT_BACKEND_FLUSH_IO);
 }
 
+/*
+ * Report that the table was skipped during vacuum or/and analyze.
+ */
+void
+pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(Oid relid, bits8 flags)
+{
+	PgStat_EntryRef *entry_ref;
+	PgStatShared_Relation *shtabentry;
+	PgStat_StatTabEntry *tabentry;
+	TimestampTz ts;
+	HeapTuple	classTup;
+	bool		isshared;
+
+	if (!pgstat_track_counts || !(flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANY))
+		return;
+
+	classTup = SearchSysCache1(RELOID, ObjectIdGetDatum(relid));
+	if (!HeapTupleIsValid(classTup))
+		return;			/* somebody deleted the rel, forget it */
+	isshared = ((Form_pg_class) GETSTRUCT(classTup))->relisshared;
+	ReleaseSysCache(classTup);
+
+	/* Store the data in the table's hash table entry. */
+	ts = GetCurrentTimestamp();
+
+	/* block acquiring lock for the same reason as pgstat_report_autovac() */
+	entry_ref = pgstat_get_entry_ref_locked(PGSTAT_KIND_RELATION,
+											isshared ? InvalidOid : MyDatabaseId,
+											relid, false);
+
+	shtabentry = (PgStatShared_Relation *) entry_ref->shared_stats;
+	tabentry = &shtabentry->stats;
+
+	if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOVAC)
+	{
+		if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM)
+		{
+			tabentry->last_skipped_autovacuum_time = ts;
+			tabentry->skipped_autovacuum_count++;
+		}
+		if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE)
+		{
+			tabentry->last_skipped_autoanalyze_time = ts;
+			tabentry->skipped_autoanalyze_count++;
+		}
+	}
+	else
+	{
+		if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM)
+		{
+			tabentry->last_skipped_vacuum_time = ts;
+			tabentry->skipped_vacuum_count++;
+		}
+		if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE)
+		{
+			tabentry->last_skipped_analyze_time = ts;
+			tabentry->skipped_analyze_count++;
+		}
+	}
+
+	pgstat_unlock_entry(entry_ref);
+
+	/* see pgstat_report_vacuum() */
+	pgstat_flush_io(false);
+	(void) pgstat_flush_backend(false, PGSTAT_BACKEND_FLUSH_IO);
+}
+
 /*
  * count a tuple insertion of n tuples
  */
diff --git a/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c b/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c
index 9185a8e6b83..18aaa3996e1 100644
--- a/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c
+++ b/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c
@@ -84,6 +84,18 @@ PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(mod_since_analyze)
 /* pg_stat_get_numscans */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(numscans)
 
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_analyze_count)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_autoanalyze_count)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_autovacuum_count)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_vacuum_count)
+
 /* pg_stat_get_tuples_deleted */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(tuples_deleted)
 
@@ -170,6 +182,18 @@ PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_vacuum_time)
 /* pg_stat_get_lastscan */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(lastscan)
 
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_analyze_time)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_autoanalyze_time)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_autovacuum_time)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_vacuum_time)
+
 /* pg_stat_get_stat_reset_time */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(stat_reset_time)
 
diff --git a/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat b/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat
index 0118e970dda..ccfe3d9e02a 100644
--- a/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat
+++ b/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat
@@ -5667,6 +5667,38 @@
   proname => 'pg_stat_get_total_autoanalyze_time', provolatile => 's',
   proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'float8', proargtypes => 'oid',
   prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_total_autoanalyze_time' },
+{ oid => '8142', descr => 'statistics: last skipped vacuum time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time' },
+{ oid => '8143', descr => 'statistics: last skipped auto vacuum time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time' },
+{ oid => '8144', descr => 'statistics: last skipped analyze time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time' },
+{ oid => '8145', descr => 'statistics: last skipped auto analyze time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time' },
+{ oid => '8146', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped vacuum for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count' },
+{ oid => '8147', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped auto vacuum for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count' },
+{ oid => '8148', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped analyzes for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count' },
+{ oid => '8149', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped auto analyzes for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count' },
 { oid => '1936', descr => 'statistics: currently active backend IDs',
   proname => 'pg_stat_get_backend_idset', prorows => '100', proretset => 't',
   provolatile => 's', proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int4',
diff --git a/src/include/pgstat.h b/src/include/pgstat.h
index 8e3549c3752..343081a7a25 100644
--- a/src/include/pgstat.h
+++ b/src/include/pgstat.h
@@ -479,6 +479,15 @@ typedef struct PgStat_StatTabEntry
 	TimestampTz last_autoanalyze_time;	/* autovacuum initiated */
 	PgStat_Counter autoanalyze_count;
 
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_vacuum_time;	/* user initiated vacuum */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_vacuum_count;
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_autovacuum_time;	/* autovacuum initiated */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_autovacuum_count;
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_analyze_time;	/* user initiated */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_analyze_count;
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_autoanalyze_time;	/* autovacuum initiated */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_autoanalyze_count;
+
 	PgStat_Counter total_vacuum_time;	/* times in milliseconds */
 	PgStat_Counter total_autovacuum_time;
 	PgStat_Counter total_analyze_time;
@@ -707,6 +716,13 @@ extern void pgstat_report_analyze(Relation rel,
 								  PgStat_Counter livetuples, PgStat_Counter deadtuples,
 								  bool resetcounter, TimestampTz starttime);
 
+/* flags for pgstat_flush_backend() */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM	(1 << 0)	/* vacuum is skipped */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE	(1 << 1)	/* analyze is skipped */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOVAC	(1 << 2)	/* skipped during autovacuum/autoanalyze */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANY   (PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM | PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE)
+extern void pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(Oid relid, bits8 flags);
+
 /*
  * If stats are enabled, but pending data hasn't been prepared yet, call
  * pgstat_assoc_relation() to do so. See its comment for why this is done
diff --git a/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out b/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out
index 2b3cf6d8569..4ccfc43e903 100644
--- a/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out
+++ b/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out
@@ -1835,13 +1835,21 @@ pg_stat_all_tables| SELECT c.oid AS relid,
     pg_stat_get_mod_since_analyze(c.oid) AS n_mod_since_analyze,
     pg_stat_get_ins_since_vacuum(c.oid) AS n_ins_since_vacuum,
     pg_stat_get_last_vacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_vacuum,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_vacuum,
     pg_stat_get_last_autovacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_autovacuum,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_autovacuum,
     pg_stat_get_last_analyze_time(c.oid) AS last_analyze,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_analyze,
     pg_stat_get_last_autoanalyze_time(c.oid) AS last_autoanalyze,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_autoanalyze,
     pg_stat_get_vacuum_count(c.oid) AS vacuum_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count(c.oid) AS skipped_vacuum_count,
     pg_stat_get_autovacuum_count(c.oid) AS autovacuum_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count(c.oid) AS skipped_autovacuum_count,
     pg_stat_get_analyze_count(c.oid) AS analyze_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count(c.oid) AS skipped_analyze_count,
     pg_stat_get_autoanalyze_count(c.oid) AS autoanalyze_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count(c.oid) AS skipped_autoanalyze_count,
     pg_stat_get_total_vacuum_time(c.oid) AS total_vacuum_time,
     pg_stat_get_total_autovacuum_time(c.oid) AS total_autovacuum_time,
     pg_stat_get_total_analyze_time(c.oid) AS total_analyze_time,
@@ -2293,13 +2301,21 @@ pg_stat_sys_tables| SELECT relid,
     n_mod_since_analyze,
     n_ins_since_vacuum,
     last_vacuum,
+    last_skipped_vacuum,
     last_autovacuum,
+    last_skipped_autovacuum,
     last_analyze,
+    last_skipped_analyze,
     last_autoanalyze,
+    last_skipped_autoanalyze,
     vacuum_count,
+    skipped_vacuum_count,
     autovacuum_count,
+    skipped_autovacuum_count,
     analyze_count,
+    skipped_analyze_count,
     autoanalyze_count,
+    skipped_autoanalyze_count,
     total_vacuum_time,
     total_autovacuum_time,
     total_analyze_time,
@@ -2348,13 +2364,21 @@ pg_stat_user_tables| SELECT relid,
     n_mod_since_analyze,
     n_ins_since_vacuum,
     last_vacuum,
+    last_skipped_vacuum,
     last_autovacuum,
+    last_skipped_autovacuum,
     last_analyze,
+    last_skipped_analyze,
     last_autoanalyze,
+    last_skipped_autoanalyze,
     vacuum_count,
+    skipped_vacuum_count,
     autovacuum_count,
+    skipped_autovacuum_count,
     analyze_count,
+    skipped_analyze_count,
     autoanalyze_count,
+    skipped_autoanalyze_count,
     total_vacuum_time,
     total_autovacuum_time,
     total_analyze_time,
-- 
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* [PATCH v4] Track skipped vacuum and analyze activity per relation
@ 2026-03-24 04:09 Yugo Nagata <[email protected]>
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From: Yugo Nagata @ 2026-03-24 04:09 UTC (permalink / raw)

This commit adds eight fields to the relation statistics that track
the last time vacuum or analyze has been attempted but skipped due to
lock unavailability, along with their counts:

-    last_skipped_vacuum
-    last_skipped_autovacuum
-    last_skipped_analyze
-    last_skipped_autoanalyze
-    skipped_vacuum_count
-    skipped_autovacuum_count
-    skipped_analyze_count
-    skipped_autoanalyze_count

These field can help users confirm that autovacuum is actively attempting
to run on a table that has not been vacuumed or analyzed for a long time,
and that the lack of progress is due to repeated skips rather than inactivity.
---
 doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml                 |  88 ++++++++++++++++
 src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql         |   8 ++
 src/backend/commands/vacuum.c                | 102 ++++++++++++++-----
 src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c |  64 ++++++++++++
 src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c          |  24 +++++
 src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat              |  32 ++++++
 src/include/pgstat.h                         |  16 +++
 src/test/regress/expected/rules.out          |  24 +++++
 8 files changed, 335 insertions(+), 23 deletions(-)

diff --git a/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml b/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml
index 08d5b824552..a9b579d87a9 100644
--- a/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml
+++ b/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml
@@ -4387,6 +4387,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_vacuum</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time a manual vacuum on this table was attempted but skipped due to
+       lock unavailability (not counting <command>VACUUM FULL</command>)
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>last_autovacuum</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
@@ -4397,6 +4407,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_autovacuum</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time a vacuum on this table by the autovacuum daemon was attempted
+       but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>last_analyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
@@ -4406,6 +4426,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_analyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time a manual analyze on this table was attempted but skipped due to
+       lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>last_autoanalyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
@@ -4416,6 +4446,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_autoanalyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time at which an analyze on this table by the autovacuum was
+       attempted but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>vacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4426,6 +4466,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_vacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times manual vacuums on this table have been attempted but skipped
+       due to lock unavailability (not counting <command>VACUUM FULL</command>)
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>autovacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4436,6 +4486,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_autovacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times vacuums on this table by the autovacuum daemon have been
+       attempted but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>analyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4445,6 +4505,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_analyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times manual analyzes on this table have been attempted but
+       skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>autoanalyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4455,6 +4525,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_autoanalyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times analyzes on this table by the autovacuum daemon have
+       been attempted but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>total_vacuum_time</structfield> <type>double precision</type>
@@ -4510,6 +4590,14 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
    </tgroup>
   </table>
 
+  <note>
+   <para>
+    When a manual vacuum or analyze on a parent table in an inheritance or
+    partitioning hierarchy is skipped, the statistics are recorded only for
+    the parent table, not for its children.
+   </para>
+  </note>
+
  </sect2>
 
  <sect2 id="monitoring-pg-stat-autovacuum-scores-view">
diff --git a/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql b/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql
index 73a1c1c4670..f509fc7876b 100644
--- a/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql
+++ b/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql
@@ -736,13 +736,21 @@ CREATE VIEW pg_stat_all_tables AS
             pg_stat_get_mod_since_analyze(C.oid) AS n_mod_since_analyze,
             pg_stat_get_ins_since_vacuum(C.oid) AS n_ins_since_vacuum,
             pg_stat_get_last_vacuum_time(C.oid) as last_vacuum,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_vacuum,
             pg_stat_get_last_autovacuum_time(C.oid) as last_autovacuum,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_autovacuum,
             pg_stat_get_last_analyze_time(C.oid) as last_analyze,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_analyze,
             pg_stat_get_last_autoanalyze_time(C.oid) as last_autoanalyze,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_autoanalyze,
             pg_stat_get_vacuum_count(C.oid) AS vacuum_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count(C.oid) AS skipped_vacuum_count,
             pg_stat_get_autovacuum_count(C.oid) AS autovacuum_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count(C.oid) AS skipped_autovacuum_count,
             pg_stat_get_analyze_count(C.oid) AS analyze_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count(C.oid) AS skipped_analyze_count,
             pg_stat_get_autoanalyze_count(C.oid) AS autoanalyze_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count(C.oid) AS skipped_autoanalyze_count,
             pg_stat_get_total_vacuum_time(C.oid) AS total_vacuum_time,
             pg_stat_get_total_autovacuum_time(C.oid) AS total_autovacuum_time,
             pg_stat_get_total_analyze_time(C.oid) AS total_analyze_time,
diff --git a/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c b/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c
index 99d0db82ed7..97cd5ea8d10 100644
--- a/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c
+++ b/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c
@@ -793,8 +793,25 @@ vacuum_open_relation(Oid relid, RangeVar *relation, uint32 options,
 		rel = try_relation_open(relid, NoLock);
 	else
 	{
+		int flags = 0;
 		rel = NULL;
 		rel_lock = false;
+
+		if ((options & VACOPT_VACUUM) != 0)
+		{
+			if (AmAutoVacuumWorkerProcess())
+				flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOVACUUM;
+			else
+				flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM;
+		}
+		if ((options & VACOPT_ANALYZE) != 0)
+		{
+			if (AmAutoVacuumWorkerProcess())
+				flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOANALYZE;
+			else
+				flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE;
+		}
+		pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(relid, flags);
 	}
 
 	/* if relation is opened, leave */
@@ -802,7 +819,7 @@ vacuum_open_relation(Oid relid, RangeVar *relation, uint32 options,
 		return rel;
 
 	/*
-	 * Relation could not be opened, hence generate if possible a log
+	 * Relation could not be opened hence generate if possible a log
 	 * informing on the situation.
 	 *
 	 * If the RangeVar is not defined, we do not have enough information to
@@ -905,7 +922,6 @@ expand_vacuum_rel(VacuumRelation *vrel, MemoryContext vac_context,
 		Form_pg_class classForm;
 		bool		include_children;
 		bool		is_partitioned_table;
-		int			rvr_opts;
 
 		/*
 		 * Since autovacuum workers supply OIDs when calling vacuum(), no
@@ -918,29 +934,69 @@ expand_vacuum_rel(VacuumRelation *vrel, MemoryContext vac_context,
 		 * below, as well as find_all_inheritors's expectation that the caller
 		 * holds some lock on the starting relation.
 		 */
-		rvr_opts = (options & VACOPT_SKIP_LOCKED) ? RVR_SKIP_LOCKED : 0;
-		relid = RangeVarGetRelidExtended(vrel->relation,
-										 AccessShareLock,
-										 rvr_opts,
-										 NULL, NULL);
-
-		/*
-		 * If the lock is unavailable, emit the same log statement that
-		 * vacuum_rel() and analyze_rel() would.
-		 */
-		if (!OidIsValid(relid))
+		if (!(options & VACOPT_SKIP_LOCKED))
 		{
-			if (options & VACOPT_VACUUM)
-				ereport(WARNING,
-						(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
-						 errmsg("skipping vacuum of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
-								vrel->relation->relname)));
-			else
-				ereport(WARNING,
-						(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
-						 errmsg("skipping analyze of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
+			relid = RangeVarGetRelidExtended(vrel->relation,
+											 AccessShareLock,
+											 0, NULL, NULL);
+			if (!OidIsValid(relid))
+				return vacrels;
+		}
+		else
+		{
+			/* Get relid for reporting before taking a lock */
+			relid = RangeVarGetRelid(vrel->relation, NoLock, false);
+
+			if (!ConditionalLockRelationOid(relid, AccessShareLock))
+			{
+				int	flags = 0;
+				/*
+				 * If the lock is unavailable, emit the same log statement that
+				 * vacuum_rel() and analyze_rel() would.
+				 */
+				if (options & VACOPT_VACUUM)
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping vacuum of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
 								vrel->relation->relname)));
-			return vacrels;
+				else
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping analyze of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
+									vrel->relation->relname)));
+
+				if ((options & VACOPT_VACUUM) != 0)
+					flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM;
+				if ((options & VACOPT_ANALYZE) != 0)
+					flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE;
+
+				pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(relid, flags);
+
+				return vacrels;
+			}
+
+			/*
+			 * Now that we have the lock, probe to see if the relation really
+			 * exists or not.
+			 */
+			if (!SearchSysCacheExists1(RELOID, ObjectIdGetDatum(relid)))
+			{
+				if (options & VACOPT_VACUUM)
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_UNDEFINED_TABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping vacuum of \"%s\" --- relation no longer exists",
+									vrel->relation->relname)));
+				else
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_UNDEFINED_TABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping analyze of \"%s\" --- relation no longer exists",
+									vrel->relation->relname)));
+
+				/* Release useless lock */
+				UnlockRelationOid(relid, AccessShareLock);
+
+				return vacrels;
+			}
 		}
 
 		/*
diff --git a/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c b/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c
index b2ca28f83ba..532d9023f8c 100644
--- a/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c
+++ b/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c
@@ -17,12 +17,14 @@
 
 #include "postgres.h"
 
+#include "access/htup_details.h"
 #include "access/twophase_rmgr.h"
 #include "access/xact.h"
 #include "catalog/catalog.h"
 #include "utils/memutils.h"
 #include "utils/pgstat_internal.h"
 #include "utils/rel.h"
+#include "utils/syscache.h"
 #include "utils/timestamp.h"
 
 
@@ -367,6 +369,68 @@ pgstat_report_analyze(Relation rel,
 	(void) pgstat_flush_backend(false, PGSTAT_BACKEND_FLUSH_IO);
 }
 
+/*
+ * Report that the table was skipped during vacuum or/and analyze.
+ */
+void
+pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(Oid relid, int flags)
+{
+	PgStat_EntryRef *entry_ref;
+	PgStatShared_Relation *shtabentry;
+	PgStat_StatTabEntry *tabentry;
+	TimestampTz ts;
+	HeapTuple	classTup;
+	bool		isshared;
+
+	if (!pgstat_track_counts || !flags)
+		return;
+
+	classTup = SearchSysCache1(RELOID, ObjectIdGetDatum(relid));
+	if (!HeapTupleIsValid(classTup))
+		return;			/* somebody deleted the rel, forget it */
+	isshared = ((Form_pg_class) GETSTRUCT(classTup))->relisshared;
+	ReleaseSysCache(classTup);
+
+	/* Store the data in the table's hash table entry. */
+	ts = GetCurrentTimestamp();
+
+	/* block acquiring lock for the same reason as pgstat_report_autovac() */
+	entry_ref = pgstat_get_entry_ref_locked(PGSTAT_KIND_RELATION,
+											isshared ? InvalidOid : MyDatabaseId,
+											relid, false);
+
+	shtabentry = (PgStatShared_Relation *) entry_ref->shared_stats;
+	tabentry = &shtabentry->stats;
+
+	if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM)
+	{
+		tabentry->last_skipped_vacuum_time = ts;
+		tabentry->skipped_vacuum_count++;
+	}
+	else if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOVACUUM)
+	{
+		tabentry->last_skipped_autovacuum_time = ts;
+		tabentry->skipped_autovacuum_count++;
+	}
+
+	if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE)
+	{
+		tabentry->last_skipped_analyze_time = ts;
+		tabentry->skipped_analyze_count++;
+	}
+	else if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOANALYZE)
+	{
+		tabentry->last_skipped_autoanalyze_time = ts;
+		tabentry->skipped_autoanalyze_count++;
+	}
+
+	pgstat_unlock_entry(entry_ref);
+
+	/* see pgstat_report_vacuum() */
+	pgstat_flush_io(false);
+	(void) pgstat_flush_backend(false, PGSTAT_BACKEND_FLUSH_IO);
+}
+
 /*
  * count a tuple insertion of n tuples
  */
diff --git a/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c b/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c
index 1408de387ea..90a8968faa0 100644
--- a/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c
+++ b/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c
@@ -84,6 +84,18 @@ PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(mod_since_analyze)
 /* pg_stat_get_numscans */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(numscans)
 
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_analyze_count)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_autoanalyze_count)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_autovacuum_count)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_vacuum_count)
+
 /* pg_stat_get_tuples_deleted */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(tuples_deleted)
 
@@ -170,6 +182,18 @@ PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_vacuum_time)
 /* pg_stat_get_lastscan */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(lastscan)
 
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_analyze_time)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_autoanalyze_time)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_autovacuum_time)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_vacuum_time)
+
 /* pg_stat_get_stat_reset_time */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(stat_reset_time)
 
diff --git a/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat b/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat
index fa9ae79082b..32debb34863 100644
--- a/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat
+++ b/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat
@@ -5680,6 +5680,38 @@
   proargmodes => '{o,o,o,o,o,o,o,o,o,o}',
   proargnames => '{oid,score,xid_score,mxid_score,vacuum_score,vacuum_insert_score,analyze_score,do_vacuum,do_analyze,for_wraparound}',
   prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_autovacuum_scores' },
+{ oid => '8142', descr => 'statistics: last skipped vacuum time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time' },
+{ oid => '8143', descr => 'statistics: last skipped auto vacuum time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time' },
+{ oid => '8144', descr => 'statistics: last skipped analyze time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time' },
+{ oid => '8145', descr => 'statistics: last skipped auto analyze time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time' },
+{ oid => '8146', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped vacuum for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count' },
+{ oid => '8147', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped auto vacuum for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count' },
+{ oid => '8148', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped analyzes for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count' },
+{ oid => '8149', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped auto analyzes for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count' },
 { oid => '1936', descr => 'statistics: currently active backend IDs',
   proname => 'pg_stat_get_backend_idset', prorows => '100', proretset => 't',
   provolatile => 's', proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int4',
diff --git a/src/include/pgstat.h b/src/include/pgstat.h
index dfa2e837638..98941f953d1 100644
--- a/src/include/pgstat.h
+++ b/src/include/pgstat.h
@@ -479,6 +479,15 @@ typedef struct PgStat_StatTabEntry
 	TimestampTz last_autoanalyze_time;	/* autovacuum initiated */
 	PgStat_Counter autoanalyze_count;
 
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_vacuum_time;	/* user initiated vacuum */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_vacuum_count;
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_autovacuum_time;	/* autovacuum initiated */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_autovacuum_count;
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_analyze_time;	/* user initiated */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_analyze_count;
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_autoanalyze_time;	/* autovacuum initiated */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_autoanalyze_count;
+
 	PgStat_Counter total_vacuum_time;	/* times in milliseconds */
 	PgStat_Counter total_autovacuum_time;
 	PgStat_Counter total_analyze_time;
@@ -703,6 +712,13 @@ extern void pgstat_report_analyze(Relation rel,
 								  PgStat_Counter livetuples, PgStat_Counter deadtuples,
 								  bool resetcounter, TimestampTz starttime);
 
+/* flags for pgstat_flush_backend() */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM		(1 << 0)	/* vacuum is skipped */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE		(1 << 1)	/* analyze is skipped */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOVACUUM	(1 << 2)	/* autovacuum is skipped */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOANALYZE	(1 << 3)	/* autoanalyze is skipped */
+extern void pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(Oid relid, int flags);
+
 /*
  * If stats are enabled, but pending data hasn't been prepared yet, call
  * pgstat_assoc_relation() to do so. See its comment for why this is done
diff --git a/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out b/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out
index a65a5bf0c4f..9b2075d3373 100644
--- a/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out
+++ b/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out
@@ -1835,13 +1835,21 @@ pg_stat_all_tables| SELECT c.oid AS relid,
     pg_stat_get_mod_since_analyze(c.oid) AS n_mod_since_analyze,
     pg_stat_get_ins_since_vacuum(c.oid) AS n_ins_since_vacuum,
     pg_stat_get_last_vacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_vacuum,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_vacuum,
     pg_stat_get_last_autovacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_autovacuum,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_autovacuum,
     pg_stat_get_last_analyze_time(c.oid) AS last_analyze,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_analyze,
     pg_stat_get_last_autoanalyze_time(c.oid) AS last_autoanalyze,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_autoanalyze,
     pg_stat_get_vacuum_count(c.oid) AS vacuum_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count(c.oid) AS skipped_vacuum_count,
     pg_stat_get_autovacuum_count(c.oid) AS autovacuum_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count(c.oid) AS skipped_autovacuum_count,
     pg_stat_get_analyze_count(c.oid) AS analyze_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count(c.oid) AS skipped_analyze_count,
     pg_stat_get_autoanalyze_count(c.oid) AS autoanalyze_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count(c.oid) AS skipped_autoanalyze_count,
     pg_stat_get_total_vacuum_time(c.oid) AS total_vacuum_time,
     pg_stat_get_total_autovacuum_time(c.oid) AS total_autovacuum_time,
     pg_stat_get_total_analyze_time(c.oid) AS total_analyze_time,
@@ -2346,13 +2354,21 @@ pg_stat_sys_tables| SELECT relid,
     n_mod_since_analyze,
     n_ins_since_vacuum,
     last_vacuum,
+    last_skipped_vacuum,
     last_autovacuum,
+    last_skipped_autovacuum,
     last_analyze,
+    last_skipped_analyze,
     last_autoanalyze,
+    last_skipped_autoanalyze,
     vacuum_count,
+    skipped_vacuum_count,
     autovacuum_count,
+    skipped_autovacuum_count,
     analyze_count,
+    skipped_analyze_count,
     autoanalyze_count,
+    skipped_autoanalyze_count,
     total_vacuum_time,
     total_autovacuum_time,
     total_analyze_time,
@@ -2401,13 +2417,21 @@ pg_stat_user_tables| SELECT relid,
     n_mod_since_analyze,
     n_ins_since_vacuum,
     last_vacuum,
+    last_skipped_vacuum,
     last_autovacuum,
+    last_skipped_autovacuum,
     last_analyze,
+    last_skipped_analyze,
     last_autoanalyze,
+    last_skipped_autoanalyze,
     vacuum_count,
+    skipped_vacuum_count,
     autovacuum_count,
+    skipped_autovacuum_count,
     analyze_count,
+    skipped_analyze_count,
     autoanalyze_count,
+    skipped_autoanalyze_count,
     total_vacuum_time,
     total_autovacuum_time,
     total_analyze_time,
-- 
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* [PATCH v3] Track skipped vacuum and analyze activity per relation
@ 2026-03-24 04:09 Yugo Nagata <[email protected]>
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From: Yugo Nagata @ 2026-03-24 04:09 UTC (permalink / raw)

This commit adds eight fields to the relation statistics that track
the last time vacuum or analyze has been attempted but skipped due to
lock unavailability, along with their counts:

-    last_skipped_vacuum
-    last_skipped_autovacuum
-    last_skipped_analyze
-    last_skipped_autoanalyze
-    skipped_vacuum_count
-    skipped_autovacuum_count
-    skipped_analyze_count
-    skipped_autoanalyze_count

These field can help users confirm that autovacuum is actively attempting
to run on a table that has not been vacuumed or analyzed for a long time,
and that the lack of progress is due to repeated skips rather than inactivity.
---
 doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml                 | 80 +++++++++++++++++
 src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql         |  8 ++
 src/backend/commands/vacuum.c                | 95 +++++++++++++++-----
 src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c | 68 ++++++++++++++
 src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c          | 24 +++++
 src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat              | 32 +++++++
 src/include/pgstat.h                         | 16 ++++
 src/test/regress/expected/rules.out          | 24 +++++
 8 files changed, 324 insertions(+), 23 deletions(-)

diff --git a/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml b/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml
index bb75ed1069b..9ec8070b2fc 100644
--- a/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml
+++ b/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml
@@ -4372,6 +4372,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_vacuum</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time a manual vacuum on this table was attempted but skipped due to
+       lock unavailability (not counting <command>VACUUM FULL</command>)
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>last_autovacuum</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
@@ -4382,6 +4392,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_autovacuum</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time a vacuum on this table by the autovacuum daemon was attempted
+       but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>last_analyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
@@ -4391,6 +4411,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_analyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time a manual analyze on this table was attempted but skipped due to
+       lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>last_autoanalyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
@@ -4401,6 +4431,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_autoanalyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time at which an analyze on this table by the autovacuum was
+       attempted but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>vacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4411,6 +4451,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_vacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times vacuums on this table have been attempted but skipped
+       due to lock unavailability (not counting <command>VACUUM FULL</command>)
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>autovacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4421,6 +4471,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_autovacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times vacuums on this table by the autovacuum daemon have been
+       attempted but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>analyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4430,6 +4490,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_analyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times manual analyzes on this table have been attempted but
+       skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>autoanalyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4440,6 +4510,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_autoanalyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times analyzes on this table by the autovacuum daemon have
+       been attempted but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>total_vacuum_time</structfield> <type>double precision</type>
diff --git a/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql b/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql
index e54018004db..2ca02a0354c 100644
--- a/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql
+++ b/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql
@@ -736,13 +736,21 @@ CREATE VIEW pg_stat_all_tables AS
             pg_stat_get_mod_since_analyze(C.oid) AS n_mod_since_analyze,
             pg_stat_get_ins_since_vacuum(C.oid) AS n_ins_since_vacuum,
             pg_stat_get_last_vacuum_time(C.oid) as last_vacuum,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_vacuum,
             pg_stat_get_last_autovacuum_time(C.oid) as last_autovacuum,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_autovacuum,
             pg_stat_get_last_analyze_time(C.oid) as last_analyze,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_analyze,
             pg_stat_get_last_autoanalyze_time(C.oid) as last_autoanalyze,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_autoanalyze,
             pg_stat_get_vacuum_count(C.oid) AS vacuum_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count(C.oid) AS skipped_vacuum_count,
             pg_stat_get_autovacuum_count(C.oid) AS autovacuum_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count(C.oid) AS skipped_autovacuum_count,
             pg_stat_get_analyze_count(C.oid) AS analyze_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count(C.oid) AS skipped_analyze_count,
             pg_stat_get_autoanalyze_count(C.oid) AS autoanalyze_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count(C.oid) AS skipped_autoanalyze_count,
             pg_stat_get_total_vacuum_time(C.oid) AS total_vacuum_time,
             pg_stat_get_total_autovacuum_time(C.oid) AS total_autovacuum_time,
             pg_stat_get_total_analyze_time(C.oid) AS total_analyze_time,
diff --git a/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c b/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c
index bce3a2daa24..ce83b3171be 100644
--- a/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c
+++ b/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c
@@ -792,8 +792,18 @@ vacuum_open_relation(Oid relid, RangeVar *relation, bits32 options,
 		rel = try_relation_open(relid, NoLock);
 	else
 	{
+		bits8 flags = 0;
 		rel = NULL;
 		rel_lock = false;
+
+		if ((options & VACOPT_VACUUM) != 0)
+			flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM;
+		if ((options & VACOPT_ANALYZE) != 0)
+			flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE;
+		if (AmAutoVacuumWorkerProcess())
+			flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOVAC;
+
+		pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(relid, flags);
 	}
 
 	/* if relation is opened, leave */
@@ -801,7 +811,7 @@ vacuum_open_relation(Oid relid, RangeVar *relation, bits32 options,
 		return rel;
 
 	/*
-	 * Relation could not be opened, hence generate if possible a log
+	 * Relation could not be opened hence generate if possible a log
 	 * informing on the situation.
 	 *
 	 * If the RangeVar is not defined, we do not have enough information to
@@ -904,7 +914,6 @@ expand_vacuum_rel(VacuumRelation *vrel, MemoryContext vac_context,
 		Form_pg_class classForm;
 		bool		include_children;
 		bool		is_partitioned_table;
-		int			rvr_opts;
 
 		/*
 		 * Since autovacuum workers supply OIDs when calling vacuum(), no
@@ -917,29 +926,69 @@ expand_vacuum_rel(VacuumRelation *vrel, MemoryContext vac_context,
 		 * below, as well as find_all_inheritors's expectation that the caller
 		 * holds some lock on the starting relation.
 		 */
-		rvr_opts = (options & VACOPT_SKIP_LOCKED) ? RVR_SKIP_LOCKED : 0;
-		relid = RangeVarGetRelidExtended(vrel->relation,
-										 AccessShareLock,
-										 rvr_opts,
-										 NULL, NULL);
-
-		/*
-		 * If the lock is unavailable, emit the same log statement that
-		 * vacuum_rel() and analyze_rel() would.
-		 */
-		if (!OidIsValid(relid))
+		if (!(options & VACOPT_SKIP_LOCKED))
 		{
-			if (options & VACOPT_VACUUM)
-				ereport(WARNING,
-						(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
-						 errmsg("skipping vacuum of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
-								vrel->relation->relname)));
-			else
-				ereport(WARNING,
-						(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
-						 errmsg("skipping analyze of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
+			relid = RangeVarGetRelidExtended(vrel->relation,
+											 AccessShareLock,
+											 0, NULL, NULL);
+			if (!OidIsValid(relid))
+				return vacrels;
+		}
+		else
+		{
+			/* Get relid for reporting before taking a lock */
+			relid = RangeVarGetRelid(vrel->relation, NoLock, false);
+
+			if (!ConditionalLockRelationOid(relid, AccessShareLock))
+			{
+				bits8	flags = 0;
+				/*
+				 * If the lock is unavailable, emit the same log statement that
+				 * vacuum_rel() and analyze_rel() would.
+				 */
+				if (options & VACOPT_VACUUM)
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping vacuum of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
 								vrel->relation->relname)));
-			return vacrels;
+				else
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping analyze of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
+									vrel->relation->relname)));
+
+				if ((options & VACOPT_VACUUM) != 0)
+					flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM;
+				if ((options & VACOPT_ANALYZE) != 0)
+					flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE;
+
+				pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(relid, flags);
+
+				return vacrels;
+			}
+
+			/*
+			 * Now that we have the lock, probe to see if the relation really
+			 * exists or not.
+			 */
+			if (!SearchSysCacheExists1(RELOID, ObjectIdGetDatum(relid)))
+			{
+				if (options & VACOPT_VACUUM)
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_UNDEFINED_TABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping vacuum of \"%s\" --- relation no longer exists",
+									vrel->relation->relname)));
+				else
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_UNDEFINED_TABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping analyze of \"%s\" --- relation no longer exists",
+									vrel->relation->relname)));
+
+				/* Release useless lock */
+				UnlockRelationOid(relid, AccessShareLock);
+
+				return vacrels;
+			}
 		}
 
 		/*
diff --git a/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c b/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c
index bc8c43b96aa..cec4c88980e 100644
--- a/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c
+++ b/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c
@@ -17,6 +17,7 @@
 
 #include "postgres.h"
 
+#include "access/htup_details.h"
 #include "access/twophase_rmgr.h"
 #include "access/xact.h"
 #include "catalog/catalog.h"
@@ -366,6 +367,73 @@ pgstat_report_analyze(Relation rel,
 	(void) pgstat_flush_backend(false, PGSTAT_BACKEND_FLUSH_IO);
 }
 
+/*
+ * Report that the table was skipped during vacuum or/and analyze.
+ */
+void
+pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(Oid relid, bits8 flags)
+{
+	PgStat_EntryRef *entry_ref;
+	PgStatShared_Relation *shtabentry;
+	PgStat_StatTabEntry *tabentry;
+	TimestampTz ts;
+	HeapTuple	classTup;
+	bool		isshared;
+
+	if (!pgstat_track_counts || !(flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANY))
+		return;
+
+	classTup = SearchSysCache1(RELOID, ObjectIdGetDatum(relid));
+	if (!HeapTupleIsValid(classTup))
+		return;			/* somebody deleted the rel, forget it */
+	isshared = ((Form_pg_class) GETSTRUCT(classTup))->relisshared;
+	ReleaseSysCache(classTup);
+
+	/* Store the data in the table's hash table entry. */
+	ts = GetCurrentTimestamp();
+
+	/* block acquiring lock for the same reason as pgstat_report_autovac() */
+	entry_ref = pgstat_get_entry_ref_locked(PGSTAT_KIND_RELATION,
+											isshared ? InvalidOid : MyDatabaseId,
+											relid, false);
+
+	shtabentry = (PgStatShared_Relation *) entry_ref->shared_stats;
+	tabentry = &shtabentry->stats;
+
+	if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOVAC)
+	{
+		if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM)
+		{
+			tabentry->last_skipped_autovacuum_time = ts;
+			tabentry->skipped_autovacuum_count++;
+		}
+		if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE)
+		{
+			tabentry->last_skipped_autoanalyze_time = ts;
+			tabentry->skipped_autoanalyze_count++;
+		}
+	}
+	else
+	{
+		if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM)
+		{
+			tabentry->last_skipped_vacuum_time = ts;
+			tabentry->skipped_vacuum_count++;
+		}
+		if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE)
+		{
+			tabentry->last_skipped_analyze_time = ts;
+			tabentry->skipped_analyze_count++;
+		}
+	}
+
+	pgstat_unlock_entry(entry_ref);
+
+	/* see pgstat_report_vacuum() */
+	pgstat_flush_io(false);
+	(void) pgstat_flush_backend(false, PGSTAT_BACKEND_FLUSH_IO);
+}
+
 /*
  * count a tuple insertion of n tuples
  */
diff --git a/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c b/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c
index 9185a8e6b83..18aaa3996e1 100644
--- a/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c
+++ b/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c
@@ -84,6 +84,18 @@ PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(mod_since_analyze)
 /* pg_stat_get_numscans */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(numscans)
 
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_analyze_count)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_autoanalyze_count)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_autovacuum_count)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_vacuum_count)
+
 /* pg_stat_get_tuples_deleted */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(tuples_deleted)
 
@@ -170,6 +182,18 @@ PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_vacuum_time)
 /* pg_stat_get_lastscan */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(lastscan)
 
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_analyze_time)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_autoanalyze_time)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_autovacuum_time)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_vacuum_time)
+
 /* pg_stat_get_stat_reset_time */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(stat_reset_time)
 
diff --git a/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat b/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat
index 0118e970dda..ccfe3d9e02a 100644
--- a/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat
+++ b/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat
@@ -5667,6 +5667,38 @@
   proname => 'pg_stat_get_total_autoanalyze_time', provolatile => 's',
   proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'float8', proargtypes => 'oid',
   prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_total_autoanalyze_time' },
+{ oid => '8142', descr => 'statistics: last skipped vacuum time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time' },
+{ oid => '8143', descr => 'statistics: last skipped auto vacuum time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time' },
+{ oid => '8144', descr => 'statistics: last skipped analyze time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time' },
+{ oid => '8145', descr => 'statistics: last skipped auto analyze time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time' },
+{ oid => '8146', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped vacuum for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count' },
+{ oid => '8147', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped auto vacuum for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count' },
+{ oid => '8148', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped analyzes for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count' },
+{ oid => '8149', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped auto analyzes for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count' },
 { oid => '1936', descr => 'statistics: currently active backend IDs',
   proname => 'pg_stat_get_backend_idset', prorows => '100', proretset => 't',
   provolatile => 's', proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int4',
diff --git a/src/include/pgstat.h b/src/include/pgstat.h
index 8e3549c3752..343081a7a25 100644
--- a/src/include/pgstat.h
+++ b/src/include/pgstat.h
@@ -479,6 +479,15 @@ typedef struct PgStat_StatTabEntry
 	TimestampTz last_autoanalyze_time;	/* autovacuum initiated */
 	PgStat_Counter autoanalyze_count;
 
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_vacuum_time;	/* user initiated vacuum */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_vacuum_count;
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_autovacuum_time;	/* autovacuum initiated */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_autovacuum_count;
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_analyze_time;	/* user initiated */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_analyze_count;
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_autoanalyze_time;	/* autovacuum initiated */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_autoanalyze_count;
+
 	PgStat_Counter total_vacuum_time;	/* times in milliseconds */
 	PgStat_Counter total_autovacuum_time;
 	PgStat_Counter total_analyze_time;
@@ -707,6 +716,13 @@ extern void pgstat_report_analyze(Relation rel,
 								  PgStat_Counter livetuples, PgStat_Counter deadtuples,
 								  bool resetcounter, TimestampTz starttime);
 
+/* flags for pgstat_flush_backend() */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM	(1 << 0)	/* vacuum is skipped */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE	(1 << 1)	/* analyze is skipped */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOVAC	(1 << 2)	/* skipped during autovacuum/autoanalyze */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANY   (PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM | PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE)
+extern void pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(Oid relid, bits8 flags);
+
 /*
  * If stats are enabled, but pending data hasn't been prepared yet, call
  * pgstat_assoc_relation() to do so. See its comment for why this is done
diff --git a/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out b/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out
index 2b3cf6d8569..4ccfc43e903 100644
--- a/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out
+++ b/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out
@@ -1835,13 +1835,21 @@ pg_stat_all_tables| SELECT c.oid AS relid,
     pg_stat_get_mod_since_analyze(c.oid) AS n_mod_since_analyze,
     pg_stat_get_ins_since_vacuum(c.oid) AS n_ins_since_vacuum,
     pg_stat_get_last_vacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_vacuum,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_vacuum,
     pg_stat_get_last_autovacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_autovacuum,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_autovacuum,
     pg_stat_get_last_analyze_time(c.oid) AS last_analyze,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_analyze,
     pg_stat_get_last_autoanalyze_time(c.oid) AS last_autoanalyze,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_autoanalyze,
     pg_stat_get_vacuum_count(c.oid) AS vacuum_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count(c.oid) AS skipped_vacuum_count,
     pg_stat_get_autovacuum_count(c.oid) AS autovacuum_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count(c.oid) AS skipped_autovacuum_count,
     pg_stat_get_analyze_count(c.oid) AS analyze_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count(c.oid) AS skipped_analyze_count,
     pg_stat_get_autoanalyze_count(c.oid) AS autoanalyze_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count(c.oid) AS skipped_autoanalyze_count,
     pg_stat_get_total_vacuum_time(c.oid) AS total_vacuum_time,
     pg_stat_get_total_autovacuum_time(c.oid) AS total_autovacuum_time,
     pg_stat_get_total_analyze_time(c.oid) AS total_analyze_time,
@@ -2293,13 +2301,21 @@ pg_stat_sys_tables| SELECT relid,
     n_mod_since_analyze,
     n_ins_since_vacuum,
     last_vacuum,
+    last_skipped_vacuum,
     last_autovacuum,
+    last_skipped_autovacuum,
     last_analyze,
+    last_skipped_analyze,
     last_autoanalyze,
+    last_skipped_autoanalyze,
     vacuum_count,
+    skipped_vacuum_count,
     autovacuum_count,
+    skipped_autovacuum_count,
     analyze_count,
+    skipped_analyze_count,
     autoanalyze_count,
+    skipped_autoanalyze_count,
     total_vacuum_time,
     total_autovacuum_time,
     total_analyze_time,
@@ -2348,13 +2364,21 @@ pg_stat_user_tables| SELECT relid,
     n_mod_since_analyze,
     n_ins_since_vacuum,
     last_vacuum,
+    last_skipped_vacuum,
     last_autovacuum,
+    last_skipped_autovacuum,
     last_analyze,
+    last_skipped_analyze,
     last_autoanalyze,
+    last_skipped_autoanalyze,
     vacuum_count,
+    skipped_vacuum_count,
     autovacuum_count,
+    skipped_autovacuum_count,
     analyze_count,
+    skipped_analyze_count,
     autoanalyze_count,
+    skipped_autoanalyze_count,
     total_vacuum_time,
     total_autovacuum_time,
     total_analyze_time,
-- 
2.43.0


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* [PATCH v4] Track skipped vacuum and analyze activity per relation
@ 2026-03-24 04:09 Yugo Nagata <[email protected]>
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From: Yugo Nagata @ 2026-03-24 04:09 UTC (permalink / raw)

This commit adds eight fields to the relation statistics that track
the last time vacuum or analyze has been attempted but skipped due to
lock unavailability, along with their counts:

-    last_skipped_vacuum
-    last_skipped_autovacuum
-    last_skipped_analyze
-    last_skipped_autoanalyze
-    skipped_vacuum_count
-    skipped_autovacuum_count
-    skipped_analyze_count
-    skipped_autoanalyze_count

These field can help users confirm that autovacuum is actively attempting
to run on a table that has not been vacuumed or analyzed for a long time,
and that the lack of progress is due to repeated skips rather than inactivity.
---
 doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml                 |  88 ++++++++++++++++
 src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql         |   8 ++
 src/backend/commands/vacuum.c                | 102 ++++++++++++++-----
 src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c |  64 ++++++++++++
 src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c          |  24 +++++
 src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat              |  32 ++++++
 src/include/pgstat.h                         |  16 +++
 src/test/regress/expected/rules.out          |  24 +++++
 8 files changed, 335 insertions(+), 23 deletions(-)

diff --git a/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml b/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml
index 08d5b824552..a9b579d87a9 100644
--- a/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml
+++ b/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml
@@ -4387,6 +4387,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_vacuum</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time a manual vacuum on this table was attempted but skipped due to
+       lock unavailability (not counting <command>VACUUM FULL</command>)
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>last_autovacuum</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
@@ -4397,6 +4407,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_autovacuum</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time a vacuum on this table by the autovacuum daemon was attempted
+       but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>last_analyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
@@ -4406,6 +4426,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_analyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time a manual analyze on this table was attempted but skipped due to
+       lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>last_autoanalyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
@@ -4416,6 +4446,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_autoanalyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time at which an analyze on this table by the autovacuum was
+       attempted but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>vacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4426,6 +4466,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_vacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times manual vacuums on this table have been attempted but skipped
+       due to lock unavailability (not counting <command>VACUUM FULL</command>)
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>autovacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4436,6 +4486,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_autovacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times vacuums on this table by the autovacuum daemon have been
+       attempted but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>analyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4445,6 +4505,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_analyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times manual analyzes on this table have been attempted but
+       skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>autoanalyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4455,6 +4525,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_autoanalyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times analyzes on this table by the autovacuum daemon have
+       been attempted but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>total_vacuum_time</structfield> <type>double precision</type>
@@ -4510,6 +4590,14 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
    </tgroup>
   </table>
 
+  <note>
+   <para>
+    When a manual vacuum or analyze on a parent table in an inheritance or
+    partitioning hierarchy is skipped, the statistics are recorded only for
+    the parent table, not for its children.
+   </para>
+  </note>
+
  </sect2>
 
  <sect2 id="monitoring-pg-stat-autovacuum-scores-view">
diff --git a/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql b/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql
index 73a1c1c4670..f509fc7876b 100644
--- a/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql
+++ b/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql
@@ -736,13 +736,21 @@ CREATE VIEW pg_stat_all_tables AS
             pg_stat_get_mod_since_analyze(C.oid) AS n_mod_since_analyze,
             pg_stat_get_ins_since_vacuum(C.oid) AS n_ins_since_vacuum,
             pg_stat_get_last_vacuum_time(C.oid) as last_vacuum,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_vacuum,
             pg_stat_get_last_autovacuum_time(C.oid) as last_autovacuum,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_autovacuum,
             pg_stat_get_last_analyze_time(C.oid) as last_analyze,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_analyze,
             pg_stat_get_last_autoanalyze_time(C.oid) as last_autoanalyze,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_autoanalyze,
             pg_stat_get_vacuum_count(C.oid) AS vacuum_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count(C.oid) AS skipped_vacuum_count,
             pg_stat_get_autovacuum_count(C.oid) AS autovacuum_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count(C.oid) AS skipped_autovacuum_count,
             pg_stat_get_analyze_count(C.oid) AS analyze_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count(C.oid) AS skipped_analyze_count,
             pg_stat_get_autoanalyze_count(C.oid) AS autoanalyze_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count(C.oid) AS skipped_autoanalyze_count,
             pg_stat_get_total_vacuum_time(C.oid) AS total_vacuum_time,
             pg_stat_get_total_autovacuum_time(C.oid) AS total_autovacuum_time,
             pg_stat_get_total_analyze_time(C.oid) AS total_analyze_time,
diff --git a/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c b/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c
index 99d0db82ed7..97cd5ea8d10 100644
--- a/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c
+++ b/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c
@@ -793,8 +793,25 @@ vacuum_open_relation(Oid relid, RangeVar *relation, uint32 options,
 		rel = try_relation_open(relid, NoLock);
 	else
 	{
+		int flags = 0;
 		rel = NULL;
 		rel_lock = false;
+
+		if ((options & VACOPT_VACUUM) != 0)
+		{
+			if (AmAutoVacuumWorkerProcess())
+				flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOVACUUM;
+			else
+				flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM;
+		}
+		if ((options & VACOPT_ANALYZE) != 0)
+		{
+			if (AmAutoVacuumWorkerProcess())
+				flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOANALYZE;
+			else
+				flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE;
+		}
+		pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(relid, flags);
 	}
 
 	/* if relation is opened, leave */
@@ -802,7 +819,7 @@ vacuum_open_relation(Oid relid, RangeVar *relation, uint32 options,
 		return rel;
 
 	/*
-	 * Relation could not be opened, hence generate if possible a log
+	 * Relation could not be opened hence generate if possible a log
 	 * informing on the situation.
 	 *
 	 * If the RangeVar is not defined, we do not have enough information to
@@ -905,7 +922,6 @@ expand_vacuum_rel(VacuumRelation *vrel, MemoryContext vac_context,
 		Form_pg_class classForm;
 		bool		include_children;
 		bool		is_partitioned_table;
-		int			rvr_opts;
 
 		/*
 		 * Since autovacuum workers supply OIDs when calling vacuum(), no
@@ -918,29 +934,69 @@ expand_vacuum_rel(VacuumRelation *vrel, MemoryContext vac_context,
 		 * below, as well as find_all_inheritors's expectation that the caller
 		 * holds some lock on the starting relation.
 		 */
-		rvr_opts = (options & VACOPT_SKIP_LOCKED) ? RVR_SKIP_LOCKED : 0;
-		relid = RangeVarGetRelidExtended(vrel->relation,
-										 AccessShareLock,
-										 rvr_opts,
-										 NULL, NULL);
-
-		/*
-		 * If the lock is unavailable, emit the same log statement that
-		 * vacuum_rel() and analyze_rel() would.
-		 */
-		if (!OidIsValid(relid))
+		if (!(options & VACOPT_SKIP_LOCKED))
 		{
-			if (options & VACOPT_VACUUM)
-				ereport(WARNING,
-						(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
-						 errmsg("skipping vacuum of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
-								vrel->relation->relname)));
-			else
-				ereport(WARNING,
-						(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
-						 errmsg("skipping analyze of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
+			relid = RangeVarGetRelidExtended(vrel->relation,
+											 AccessShareLock,
+											 0, NULL, NULL);
+			if (!OidIsValid(relid))
+				return vacrels;
+		}
+		else
+		{
+			/* Get relid for reporting before taking a lock */
+			relid = RangeVarGetRelid(vrel->relation, NoLock, false);
+
+			if (!ConditionalLockRelationOid(relid, AccessShareLock))
+			{
+				int	flags = 0;
+				/*
+				 * If the lock is unavailable, emit the same log statement that
+				 * vacuum_rel() and analyze_rel() would.
+				 */
+				if (options & VACOPT_VACUUM)
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping vacuum of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
 								vrel->relation->relname)));
-			return vacrels;
+				else
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping analyze of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
+									vrel->relation->relname)));
+
+				if ((options & VACOPT_VACUUM) != 0)
+					flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM;
+				if ((options & VACOPT_ANALYZE) != 0)
+					flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE;
+
+				pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(relid, flags);
+
+				return vacrels;
+			}
+
+			/*
+			 * Now that we have the lock, probe to see if the relation really
+			 * exists or not.
+			 */
+			if (!SearchSysCacheExists1(RELOID, ObjectIdGetDatum(relid)))
+			{
+				if (options & VACOPT_VACUUM)
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_UNDEFINED_TABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping vacuum of \"%s\" --- relation no longer exists",
+									vrel->relation->relname)));
+				else
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_UNDEFINED_TABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping analyze of \"%s\" --- relation no longer exists",
+									vrel->relation->relname)));
+
+				/* Release useless lock */
+				UnlockRelationOid(relid, AccessShareLock);
+
+				return vacrels;
+			}
 		}
 
 		/*
diff --git a/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c b/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c
index b2ca28f83ba..532d9023f8c 100644
--- a/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c
+++ b/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c
@@ -17,12 +17,14 @@
 
 #include "postgres.h"
 
+#include "access/htup_details.h"
 #include "access/twophase_rmgr.h"
 #include "access/xact.h"
 #include "catalog/catalog.h"
 #include "utils/memutils.h"
 #include "utils/pgstat_internal.h"
 #include "utils/rel.h"
+#include "utils/syscache.h"
 #include "utils/timestamp.h"
 
 
@@ -367,6 +369,68 @@ pgstat_report_analyze(Relation rel,
 	(void) pgstat_flush_backend(false, PGSTAT_BACKEND_FLUSH_IO);
 }
 
+/*
+ * Report that the table was skipped during vacuum or/and analyze.
+ */
+void
+pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(Oid relid, int flags)
+{
+	PgStat_EntryRef *entry_ref;
+	PgStatShared_Relation *shtabentry;
+	PgStat_StatTabEntry *tabentry;
+	TimestampTz ts;
+	HeapTuple	classTup;
+	bool		isshared;
+
+	if (!pgstat_track_counts || !flags)
+		return;
+
+	classTup = SearchSysCache1(RELOID, ObjectIdGetDatum(relid));
+	if (!HeapTupleIsValid(classTup))
+		return;			/* somebody deleted the rel, forget it */
+	isshared = ((Form_pg_class) GETSTRUCT(classTup))->relisshared;
+	ReleaseSysCache(classTup);
+
+	/* Store the data in the table's hash table entry. */
+	ts = GetCurrentTimestamp();
+
+	/* block acquiring lock for the same reason as pgstat_report_autovac() */
+	entry_ref = pgstat_get_entry_ref_locked(PGSTAT_KIND_RELATION,
+											isshared ? InvalidOid : MyDatabaseId,
+											relid, false);
+
+	shtabentry = (PgStatShared_Relation *) entry_ref->shared_stats;
+	tabentry = &shtabentry->stats;
+
+	if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM)
+	{
+		tabentry->last_skipped_vacuum_time = ts;
+		tabentry->skipped_vacuum_count++;
+	}
+	else if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOVACUUM)
+	{
+		tabentry->last_skipped_autovacuum_time = ts;
+		tabentry->skipped_autovacuum_count++;
+	}
+
+	if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE)
+	{
+		tabentry->last_skipped_analyze_time = ts;
+		tabentry->skipped_analyze_count++;
+	}
+	else if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOANALYZE)
+	{
+		tabentry->last_skipped_autoanalyze_time = ts;
+		tabentry->skipped_autoanalyze_count++;
+	}
+
+	pgstat_unlock_entry(entry_ref);
+
+	/* see pgstat_report_vacuum() */
+	pgstat_flush_io(false);
+	(void) pgstat_flush_backend(false, PGSTAT_BACKEND_FLUSH_IO);
+}
+
 /*
  * count a tuple insertion of n tuples
  */
diff --git a/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c b/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c
index 1408de387ea..90a8968faa0 100644
--- a/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c
+++ b/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c
@@ -84,6 +84,18 @@ PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(mod_since_analyze)
 /* pg_stat_get_numscans */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(numscans)
 
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_analyze_count)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_autoanalyze_count)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_autovacuum_count)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_vacuum_count)
+
 /* pg_stat_get_tuples_deleted */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(tuples_deleted)
 
@@ -170,6 +182,18 @@ PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_vacuum_time)
 /* pg_stat_get_lastscan */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(lastscan)
 
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_analyze_time)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_autoanalyze_time)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_autovacuum_time)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_vacuum_time)
+
 /* pg_stat_get_stat_reset_time */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(stat_reset_time)
 
diff --git a/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat b/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat
index fa9ae79082b..32debb34863 100644
--- a/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat
+++ b/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat
@@ -5680,6 +5680,38 @@
   proargmodes => '{o,o,o,o,o,o,o,o,o,o}',
   proargnames => '{oid,score,xid_score,mxid_score,vacuum_score,vacuum_insert_score,analyze_score,do_vacuum,do_analyze,for_wraparound}',
   prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_autovacuum_scores' },
+{ oid => '8142', descr => 'statistics: last skipped vacuum time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time' },
+{ oid => '8143', descr => 'statistics: last skipped auto vacuum time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time' },
+{ oid => '8144', descr => 'statistics: last skipped analyze time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time' },
+{ oid => '8145', descr => 'statistics: last skipped auto analyze time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time' },
+{ oid => '8146', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped vacuum for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count' },
+{ oid => '8147', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped auto vacuum for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count' },
+{ oid => '8148', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped analyzes for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count' },
+{ oid => '8149', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped auto analyzes for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count' },
 { oid => '1936', descr => 'statistics: currently active backend IDs',
   proname => 'pg_stat_get_backend_idset', prorows => '100', proretset => 't',
   provolatile => 's', proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int4',
diff --git a/src/include/pgstat.h b/src/include/pgstat.h
index dfa2e837638..98941f953d1 100644
--- a/src/include/pgstat.h
+++ b/src/include/pgstat.h
@@ -479,6 +479,15 @@ typedef struct PgStat_StatTabEntry
 	TimestampTz last_autoanalyze_time;	/* autovacuum initiated */
 	PgStat_Counter autoanalyze_count;
 
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_vacuum_time;	/* user initiated vacuum */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_vacuum_count;
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_autovacuum_time;	/* autovacuum initiated */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_autovacuum_count;
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_analyze_time;	/* user initiated */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_analyze_count;
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_autoanalyze_time;	/* autovacuum initiated */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_autoanalyze_count;
+
 	PgStat_Counter total_vacuum_time;	/* times in milliseconds */
 	PgStat_Counter total_autovacuum_time;
 	PgStat_Counter total_analyze_time;
@@ -703,6 +712,13 @@ extern void pgstat_report_analyze(Relation rel,
 								  PgStat_Counter livetuples, PgStat_Counter deadtuples,
 								  bool resetcounter, TimestampTz starttime);
 
+/* flags for pgstat_flush_backend() */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM		(1 << 0)	/* vacuum is skipped */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE		(1 << 1)	/* analyze is skipped */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOVACUUM	(1 << 2)	/* autovacuum is skipped */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOANALYZE	(1 << 3)	/* autoanalyze is skipped */
+extern void pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(Oid relid, int flags);
+
 /*
  * If stats are enabled, but pending data hasn't been prepared yet, call
  * pgstat_assoc_relation() to do so. See its comment for why this is done
diff --git a/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out b/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out
index a65a5bf0c4f..9b2075d3373 100644
--- a/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out
+++ b/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out
@@ -1835,13 +1835,21 @@ pg_stat_all_tables| SELECT c.oid AS relid,
     pg_stat_get_mod_since_analyze(c.oid) AS n_mod_since_analyze,
     pg_stat_get_ins_since_vacuum(c.oid) AS n_ins_since_vacuum,
     pg_stat_get_last_vacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_vacuum,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_vacuum,
     pg_stat_get_last_autovacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_autovacuum,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_autovacuum,
     pg_stat_get_last_analyze_time(c.oid) AS last_analyze,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_analyze,
     pg_stat_get_last_autoanalyze_time(c.oid) AS last_autoanalyze,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_autoanalyze,
     pg_stat_get_vacuum_count(c.oid) AS vacuum_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count(c.oid) AS skipped_vacuum_count,
     pg_stat_get_autovacuum_count(c.oid) AS autovacuum_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count(c.oid) AS skipped_autovacuum_count,
     pg_stat_get_analyze_count(c.oid) AS analyze_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count(c.oid) AS skipped_analyze_count,
     pg_stat_get_autoanalyze_count(c.oid) AS autoanalyze_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count(c.oid) AS skipped_autoanalyze_count,
     pg_stat_get_total_vacuum_time(c.oid) AS total_vacuum_time,
     pg_stat_get_total_autovacuum_time(c.oid) AS total_autovacuum_time,
     pg_stat_get_total_analyze_time(c.oid) AS total_analyze_time,
@@ -2346,13 +2354,21 @@ pg_stat_sys_tables| SELECT relid,
     n_mod_since_analyze,
     n_ins_since_vacuum,
     last_vacuum,
+    last_skipped_vacuum,
     last_autovacuum,
+    last_skipped_autovacuum,
     last_analyze,
+    last_skipped_analyze,
     last_autoanalyze,
+    last_skipped_autoanalyze,
     vacuum_count,
+    skipped_vacuum_count,
     autovacuum_count,
+    skipped_autovacuum_count,
     analyze_count,
+    skipped_analyze_count,
     autoanalyze_count,
+    skipped_autoanalyze_count,
     total_vacuum_time,
     total_autovacuum_time,
     total_analyze_time,
@@ -2401,13 +2417,21 @@ pg_stat_user_tables| SELECT relid,
     n_mod_since_analyze,
     n_ins_since_vacuum,
     last_vacuum,
+    last_skipped_vacuum,
     last_autovacuum,
+    last_skipped_autovacuum,
     last_analyze,
+    last_skipped_analyze,
     last_autoanalyze,
+    last_skipped_autoanalyze,
     vacuum_count,
+    skipped_vacuum_count,
     autovacuum_count,
+    skipped_autovacuum_count,
     analyze_count,
+    skipped_analyze_count,
     autoanalyze_count,
+    skipped_autoanalyze_count,
     total_vacuum_time,
     total_autovacuum_time,
     total_analyze_time,
-- 
2.43.0


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* [PATCH v5] Track skipped vacuum and analyze activity per relation
@ 2026-03-24 04:09 Yugo Nagata <[email protected]>
  0 siblings, 0 replies; 374+ messages in thread

From: Yugo Nagata @ 2026-03-24 04:09 UTC (permalink / raw)

This commit adds eight fields to the relation statistics that track
the last time vacuum or analyze has been attempted but skipped due to
lock unavailability, along with their counts:

-    last_skipped_vacuum
-    last_skipped_autovacuum
-    last_skipped_analyze
-    last_skipped_autoanalyze
-    skipped_vacuum_count
-    skipped_autovacuum_count
-    skipped_analyze_count
-    skipped_autoanalyze_count

These field can help users confirm that autovacuum is actively attempting
to run on a table that has not been vacuumed or analyzed for a long time,
and that the lack of progress is due to repeated skips rather than inactivity.
---
 doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml                  |  88 ++++++
 src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql          |   8 +
 src/backend/commands/vacuum.c                 | 100 +++++--
 src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c  |  64 +++++
 src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c           |  24 ++
 src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat               |  32 +++
 src/include/pgstat.h                          |  16 ++
 .../isolation/expected/vacuum-skip-locked.out | 260 ++++++++++++++++--
 .../isolation/specs/vacuum-skip-locked.spec   |  41 +--
 src/test/regress/expected/rules.out           |  24 ++
 10 files changed, 601 insertions(+), 56 deletions(-)

diff --git a/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml b/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml
index 08d5b824552..a9b579d87a9 100644
--- a/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml
+++ b/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml
@@ -4387,6 +4387,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_vacuum</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time a manual vacuum on this table was attempted but skipped due to
+       lock unavailability (not counting <command>VACUUM FULL</command>)
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>last_autovacuum</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
@@ -4397,6 +4407,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_autovacuum</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time a vacuum on this table by the autovacuum daemon was attempted
+       but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>last_analyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
@@ -4406,6 +4426,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_analyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time a manual analyze on this table was attempted but skipped due to
+       lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>last_autoanalyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
@@ -4416,6 +4446,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_autoanalyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time at which an analyze on this table by the autovacuum was
+       attempted but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>vacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4426,6 +4466,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_vacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times manual vacuums on this table have been attempted but skipped
+       due to lock unavailability (not counting <command>VACUUM FULL</command>)
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>autovacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4436,6 +4486,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_autovacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times vacuums on this table by the autovacuum daemon have been
+       attempted but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>analyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4445,6 +4505,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_analyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times manual analyzes on this table have been attempted but
+       skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>autoanalyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4455,6 +4525,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_autoanalyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times analyzes on this table by the autovacuum daemon have
+       been attempted but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>total_vacuum_time</structfield> <type>double precision</type>
@@ -4510,6 +4590,14 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
    </tgroup>
   </table>
 
+  <note>
+   <para>
+    When a manual vacuum or analyze on a parent table in an inheritance or
+    partitioning hierarchy is skipped, the statistics are recorded only for
+    the parent table, not for its children.
+   </para>
+  </note>
+
  </sect2>
 
  <sect2 id="monitoring-pg-stat-autovacuum-scores-view">
diff --git a/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql b/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql
index 73a1c1c4670..f509fc7876b 100644
--- a/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql
+++ b/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql
@@ -736,13 +736,21 @@ CREATE VIEW pg_stat_all_tables AS
             pg_stat_get_mod_since_analyze(C.oid) AS n_mod_since_analyze,
             pg_stat_get_ins_since_vacuum(C.oid) AS n_ins_since_vacuum,
             pg_stat_get_last_vacuum_time(C.oid) as last_vacuum,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_vacuum,
             pg_stat_get_last_autovacuum_time(C.oid) as last_autovacuum,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_autovacuum,
             pg_stat_get_last_analyze_time(C.oid) as last_analyze,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_analyze,
             pg_stat_get_last_autoanalyze_time(C.oid) as last_autoanalyze,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_autoanalyze,
             pg_stat_get_vacuum_count(C.oid) AS vacuum_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count(C.oid) AS skipped_vacuum_count,
             pg_stat_get_autovacuum_count(C.oid) AS autovacuum_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count(C.oid) AS skipped_autovacuum_count,
             pg_stat_get_analyze_count(C.oid) AS analyze_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count(C.oid) AS skipped_analyze_count,
             pg_stat_get_autoanalyze_count(C.oid) AS autoanalyze_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count(C.oid) AS skipped_autoanalyze_count,
             pg_stat_get_total_vacuum_time(C.oid) AS total_vacuum_time,
             pg_stat_get_total_autovacuum_time(C.oid) AS total_autovacuum_time,
             pg_stat_get_total_analyze_time(C.oid) AS total_analyze_time,
diff --git a/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c b/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c
index 99d0db82ed7..df6526225e4 100644
--- a/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c
+++ b/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c
@@ -793,8 +793,25 @@ vacuum_open_relation(Oid relid, RangeVar *relation, uint32 options,
 		rel = try_relation_open(relid, NoLock);
 	else
 	{
+		int flags = 0;
 		rel = NULL;
 		rel_lock = false;
+
+		if ((options & VACOPT_VACUUM) != 0 && (options & VACOPT_FULL) == 0)
+		{
+			if (AmAutoVacuumWorkerProcess())
+				flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOVACUUM;
+			else
+				flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM;
+		}
+		if ((options & VACOPT_ANALYZE) != 0)
+		{
+			if (AmAutoVacuumWorkerProcess())
+				flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOANALYZE;
+			else
+				flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE;
+		}
+		pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(relid, flags);
 	}
 
 	/* if relation is opened, leave */
@@ -905,7 +922,6 @@ expand_vacuum_rel(VacuumRelation *vrel, MemoryContext vac_context,
 		Form_pg_class classForm;
 		bool		include_children;
 		bool		is_partitioned_table;
-		int			rvr_opts;
 
 		/*
 		 * Since autovacuum workers supply OIDs when calling vacuum(), no
@@ -918,29 +934,69 @@ expand_vacuum_rel(VacuumRelation *vrel, MemoryContext vac_context,
 		 * below, as well as find_all_inheritors's expectation that the caller
 		 * holds some lock on the starting relation.
 		 */
-		rvr_opts = (options & VACOPT_SKIP_LOCKED) ? RVR_SKIP_LOCKED : 0;
-		relid = RangeVarGetRelidExtended(vrel->relation,
-										 AccessShareLock,
-										 rvr_opts,
-										 NULL, NULL);
-
-		/*
-		 * If the lock is unavailable, emit the same log statement that
-		 * vacuum_rel() and analyze_rel() would.
-		 */
-		if (!OidIsValid(relid))
+		if (!(options & VACOPT_SKIP_LOCKED))
 		{
-			if (options & VACOPT_VACUUM)
-				ereport(WARNING,
-						(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
-						 errmsg("skipping vacuum of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
-								vrel->relation->relname)));
-			else
-				ereport(WARNING,
-						(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
-						 errmsg("skipping analyze of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
+			relid = RangeVarGetRelidExtended(vrel->relation,
+											 AccessShareLock,
+											 0, NULL, NULL);
+			if (!OidIsValid(relid))
+				return vacrels;
+		}
+		else
+		{
+			/* Get relid for reporting before taking a lock */
+			relid = RangeVarGetRelid(vrel->relation, NoLock, false);
+
+			if (!ConditionalLockRelationOid(relid, AccessShareLock))
+			{
+				int	flags = 0;
+				/*
+				 * If the lock is unavailable, emit the same log statement that
+				 * vacuum_rel() and analyze_rel() would.
+				 */
+				if (options & VACOPT_VACUUM)
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping vacuum of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
 								vrel->relation->relname)));
-			return vacrels;
+				else
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping analyze of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
+									vrel->relation->relname)));
+
+				if ((options & VACOPT_VACUUM) != 0 && (options & VACOPT_FULL) == 0)
+					flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM;
+				if ((options & VACOPT_ANALYZE) != 0)
+					flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE;
+
+				pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(relid, flags);
+
+				return vacrels;
+			}
+
+			/*
+			 * Now that we have the lock, probe to see if the relation really
+			 * exists or not.
+			 */
+			if (!SearchSysCacheExists1(RELOID, ObjectIdGetDatum(relid)))
+			{
+				if (options & VACOPT_VACUUM)
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_UNDEFINED_TABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping vacuum of \"%s\" --- relation no longer exists",
+									vrel->relation->relname)));
+				else
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_UNDEFINED_TABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping analyze of \"%s\" --- relation no longer exists",
+									vrel->relation->relname)));
+
+				/* Release useless lock */
+				UnlockRelationOid(relid, AccessShareLock);
+
+				return vacrels;
+			}
 		}
 
 		/*
diff --git a/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c b/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c
index b2ca28f83ba..532d9023f8c 100644
--- a/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c
+++ b/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c
@@ -17,12 +17,14 @@
 
 #include "postgres.h"
 
+#include "access/htup_details.h"
 #include "access/twophase_rmgr.h"
 #include "access/xact.h"
 #include "catalog/catalog.h"
 #include "utils/memutils.h"
 #include "utils/pgstat_internal.h"
 #include "utils/rel.h"
+#include "utils/syscache.h"
 #include "utils/timestamp.h"
 
 
@@ -367,6 +369,68 @@ pgstat_report_analyze(Relation rel,
 	(void) pgstat_flush_backend(false, PGSTAT_BACKEND_FLUSH_IO);
 }
 
+/*
+ * Report that the table was skipped during vacuum or/and analyze.
+ */
+void
+pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(Oid relid, int flags)
+{
+	PgStat_EntryRef *entry_ref;
+	PgStatShared_Relation *shtabentry;
+	PgStat_StatTabEntry *tabentry;
+	TimestampTz ts;
+	HeapTuple	classTup;
+	bool		isshared;
+
+	if (!pgstat_track_counts || !flags)
+		return;
+
+	classTup = SearchSysCache1(RELOID, ObjectIdGetDatum(relid));
+	if (!HeapTupleIsValid(classTup))
+		return;			/* somebody deleted the rel, forget it */
+	isshared = ((Form_pg_class) GETSTRUCT(classTup))->relisshared;
+	ReleaseSysCache(classTup);
+
+	/* Store the data in the table's hash table entry. */
+	ts = GetCurrentTimestamp();
+
+	/* block acquiring lock for the same reason as pgstat_report_autovac() */
+	entry_ref = pgstat_get_entry_ref_locked(PGSTAT_KIND_RELATION,
+											isshared ? InvalidOid : MyDatabaseId,
+											relid, false);
+
+	shtabentry = (PgStatShared_Relation *) entry_ref->shared_stats;
+	tabentry = &shtabentry->stats;
+
+	if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM)
+	{
+		tabentry->last_skipped_vacuum_time = ts;
+		tabentry->skipped_vacuum_count++;
+	}
+	else if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOVACUUM)
+	{
+		tabentry->last_skipped_autovacuum_time = ts;
+		tabentry->skipped_autovacuum_count++;
+	}
+
+	if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE)
+	{
+		tabentry->last_skipped_analyze_time = ts;
+		tabentry->skipped_analyze_count++;
+	}
+	else if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOANALYZE)
+	{
+		tabentry->last_skipped_autoanalyze_time = ts;
+		tabentry->skipped_autoanalyze_count++;
+	}
+
+	pgstat_unlock_entry(entry_ref);
+
+	/* see pgstat_report_vacuum() */
+	pgstat_flush_io(false);
+	(void) pgstat_flush_backend(false, PGSTAT_BACKEND_FLUSH_IO);
+}
+
 /*
  * count a tuple insertion of n tuples
  */
diff --git a/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c b/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c
index 1408de387ea..90a8968faa0 100644
--- a/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c
+++ b/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c
@@ -84,6 +84,18 @@ PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(mod_since_analyze)
 /* pg_stat_get_numscans */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(numscans)
 
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_analyze_count)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_autoanalyze_count)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_autovacuum_count)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_vacuum_count)
+
 /* pg_stat_get_tuples_deleted */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(tuples_deleted)
 
@@ -170,6 +182,18 @@ PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_vacuum_time)
 /* pg_stat_get_lastscan */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(lastscan)
 
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_analyze_time)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_autoanalyze_time)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_autovacuum_time)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_vacuum_time)
+
 /* pg_stat_get_stat_reset_time */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(stat_reset_time)
 
diff --git a/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat b/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat
index fa9ae79082b..32debb34863 100644
--- a/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat
+++ b/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat
@@ -5680,6 +5680,38 @@
   proargmodes => '{o,o,o,o,o,o,o,o,o,o}',
   proargnames => '{oid,score,xid_score,mxid_score,vacuum_score,vacuum_insert_score,analyze_score,do_vacuum,do_analyze,for_wraparound}',
   prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_autovacuum_scores' },
+{ oid => '8142', descr => 'statistics: last skipped vacuum time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time' },
+{ oid => '8143', descr => 'statistics: last skipped auto vacuum time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time' },
+{ oid => '8144', descr => 'statistics: last skipped analyze time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time' },
+{ oid => '8145', descr => 'statistics: last skipped auto analyze time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time' },
+{ oid => '8146', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped vacuum for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count' },
+{ oid => '8147', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped auto vacuum for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count' },
+{ oid => '8148', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped analyzes for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count' },
+{ oid => '8149', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped auto analyzes for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count' },
 { oid => '1936', descr => 'statistics: currently active backend IDs',
   proname => 'pg_stat_get_backend_idset', prorows => '100', proretset => 't',
   provolatile => 's', proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int4',
diff --git a/src/include/pgstat.h b/src/include/pgstat.h
index dfa2e837638..98941f953d1 100644
--- a/src/include/pgstat.h
+++ b/src/include/pgstat.h
@@ -479,6 +479,15 @@ typedef struct PgStat_StatTabEntry
 	TimestampTz last_autoanalyze_time;	/* autovacuum initiated */
 	PgStat_Counter autoanalyze_count;
 
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_vacuum_time;	/* user initiated vacuum */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_vacuum_count;
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_autovacuum_time;	/* autovacuum initiated */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_autovacuum_count;
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_analyze_time;	/* user initiated */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_analyze_count;
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_autoanalyze_time;	/* autovacuum initiated */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_autoanalyze_count;
+
 	PgStat_Counter total_vacuum_time;	/* times in milliseconds */
 	PgStat_Counter total_autovacuum_time;
 	PgStat_Counter total_analyze_time;
@@ -703,6 +712,13 @@ extern void pgstat_report_analyze(Relation rel,
 								  PgStat_Counter livetuples, PgStat_Counter deadtuples,
 								  bool resetcounter, TimestampTz starttime);
 
+/* flags for pgstat_flush_backend() */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM		(1 << 0)	/* vacuum is skipped */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE		(1 << 1)	/* analyze is skipped */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOVACUUM	(1 << 2)	/* autovacuum is skipped */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOANALYZE	(1 << 3)	/* autoanalyze is skipped */
+extern void pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(Oid relid, int flags);
+
 /*
  * If stats are enabled, but pending data hasn't been prepared yet, call
  * pgstat_assoc_relation() to do so. See its comment for why this is done
diff --git a/src/test/isolation/expected/vacuum-skip-locked.out b/src/test/isolation/expected/vacuum-skip-locked.out
index 99db281a159..e2cff175b7c 100644
--- a/src/test/isolation/expected/vacuum-skip-locked.out
+++ b/src/test/isolation/expected/vacuum-skip-locked.out
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 Parsed test spec with 2 sessions
 
-starting permutation: lock_share vac_specified commit
+starting permutation: lock_share vac_specified commit check_stat
 step lock_share: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN SHARE MODE;
@@ -10,8 +10,22 @@ step vac_specified: VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED) part1, part2;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
 
-starting permutation: lock_share vac_all_parts commit
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   1|            0|                    0
+part2  |           1|                   0|            0|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
+
+starting permutation: lock_share vac_all_parts commit check_stat
 step lock_share: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN SHARE MODE;
@@ -20,8 +34,22 @@ step vac_all_parts: VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED) parted;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   1|            0|                    0
+part2  |           1|                   0|            0|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
 
-starting permutation: lock_share analyze_specified commit
+starting permutation: lock_share analyze_specified commit check_stat
 step lock_share: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN SHARE MODE;
@@ -31,8 +59,22 @@ step analyze_specified: ANALYZE (SKIP_LOCKED) part1, part2;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
 
-starting permutation: lock_share analyze_all_parts commit
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   0|            0|                    1
+part2  |           0|                   0|            1|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
+
+starting permutation: lock_share analyze_all_parts commit check_stat
 step lock_share: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN SHARE MODE;
@@ -41,8 +83,22 @@ step analyze_all_parts: ANALYZE (SKIP_LOCKED) parted;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            1|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   0|            0|                    1
+part2  |           0|                   0|            1|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
 
-starting permutation: lock_share vac_analyze_specified commit
+starting permutation: lock_share vac_analyze_specified commit check_stat
 step lock_share: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN SHARE MODE;
@@ -52,8 +108,22 @@ step vac_analyze_specified: VACUUM (ANALYZE, SKIP_LOCKED) part1, part2;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
 
-starting permutation: lock_share vac_analyze_all_parts commit
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   1|            0|                    1
+part2  |           1|                   0|            1|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
+
+starting permutation: lock_share vac_analyze_all_parts commit check_stat
 step lock_share: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN SHARE MODE;
@@ -62,8 +132,22 @@ step vac_analyze_all_parts: VACUUM (ANALYZE, SKIP_LOCKED) parted;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            1|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   1|            0|                    1
+part2  |           1|                   0|            1|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
 
-starting permutation: lock_share vac_full_specified commit
+starting permutation: lock_share vac_full_specified commit check_stat
 step lock_share: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN SHARE MODE;
@@ -73,8 +157,22 @@ step vac_full_specified: VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED, FULL) part1, part2;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
 
-starting permutation: lock_share vac_full_all_parts commit
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part2  |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
+
+starting permutation: lock_share vac_full_all_parts commit check_stat
 step lock_share: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN SHARE MODE;
@@ -83,8 +181,22 @@ step vac_full_all_parts: VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED, FULL) parted;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part2  |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+(3 rows)
 
-starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_specified commit
+
+starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_specified commit check_stat
 step lock_access_exclusive: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN ACCESS EXCLUSIVE MODE;
@@ -94,8 +206,22 @@ step vac_specified: VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED) part1, part2;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   1|            0|                    0
+part2  |           1|                   0|            0|                    0
+(3 rows)
 
-starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_all_parts commit
+
+starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_all_parts commit check_stat
 step lock_access_exclusive: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN ACCESS EXCLUSIVE MODE;
@@ -104,8 +230,22 @@ step vac_all_parts: VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED) parted;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   1|            0|                    0
+part2  |           1|                   0|            0|                    0
+(3 rows)
 
-starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive analyze_specified commit
+
+starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive analyze_specified commit check_stat
 step lock_access_exclusive: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN ACCESS EXCLUSIVE MODE;
@@ -115,8 +255,22 @@ step analyze_specified: ANALYZE (SKIP_LOCKED) part1, part2;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   0|            0|                    1
+part2  |           0|                   0|            1|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
 
-starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive analyze_all_parts commit
+starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive analyze_all_parts commit check_stat
 step lock_access_exclusive: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN ACCESS EXCLUSIVE MODE;
@@ -126,8 +280,22 @@ step commit:
 	COMMIT;
 
 step analyze_all_parts: <... completed>
-
-starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_analyze_specified commit
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            1|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   0|            1|                    0
+part2  |           0|                   0|            1|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
+
+starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_analyze_specified commit check_stat
 step lock_access_exclusive: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN ACCESS EXCLUSIVE MODE;
@@ -137,8 +305,22 @@ step vac_analyze_specified: VACUUM (ANALYZE, SKIP_LOCKED) part1, part2;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   1|            0|                    1
+part2  |           1|                   0|            1|                    0
+(3 rows)
 
-starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_analyze_all_parts commit
+
+starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_analyze_all_parts commit check_stat
 step lock_access_exclusive: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN ACCESS EXCLUSIVE MODE;
@@ -148,8 +330,22 @@ step commit:
 	COMMIT;
 
 step vac_analyze_all_parts: <... completed>
-
-starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_full_specified commit
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            1|                    0
+part1  |           1|                   0|            1|                    0
+part2  |           1|                   0|            1|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
+
+starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_full_specified commit check_stat
 step lock_access_exclusive: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN ACCESS EXCLUSIVE MODE;
@@ -159,8 +355,22 @@ step vac_full_specified: VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED, FULL) part1, part2;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
 
-starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_full_all_parts commit
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part2  |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
+
+starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_full_all_parts commit check_stat
 step lock_access_exclusive: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN ACCESS EXCLUSIVE MODE;
@@ -169,3 +379,17 @@ step vac_full_all_parts: VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED, FULL) parted;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part2  |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
diff --git a/src/test/isolation/specs/vacuum-skip-locked.spec b/src/test/isolation/specs/vacuum-skip-locked.spec
index 3fad6e1c92a..b0da75d4b6d 100644
--- a/src/test/isolation/specs/vacuum-skip-locked.spec
+++ b/src/test/isolation/specs/vacuum-skip-locked.spec
@@ -33,6 +33,15 @@ step commit
 	COMMIT;
 }
 
+step check_stat
+{
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+}
+
 session s2
 step vac_specified			{ VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED) part1, part2; }
 step vac_all_parts			{ VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED) parted; }
@@ -43,19 +52,19 @@ step vac_analyze_all_parts	{ VACUUM (ANALYZE, SKIP_LOCKED) parted; }
 step vac_full_specified		{ VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED, FULL) part1, part2; }
 step vac_full_all_parts		{ VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED, FULL) parted; }
 
-permutation lock_share vac_specified commit
-permutation lock_share vac_all_parts commit
-permutation lock_share analyze_specified commit
-permutation lock_share analyze_all_parts commit
-permutation lock_share vac_analyze_specified commit
-permutation lock_share vac_analyze_all_parts commit
-permutation lock_share vac_full_specified commit
-permutation lock_share vac_full_all_parts commit
-permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_specified commit
-permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_all_parts commit
-permutation lock_access_exclusive analyze_specified commit
-permutation lock_access_exclusive analyze_all_parts commit
-permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_analyze_specified commit
-permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_analyze_all_parts commit
-permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_full_specified commit
-permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_full_all_parts commit
+permutation lock_share vac_specified commit check_stat
+permutation lock_share vac_all_parts commit check_stat
+permutation lock_share analyze_specified commit check_stat
+permutation lock_share analyze_all_parts commit check_stat
+permutation lock_share vac_analyze_specified commit check_stat
+permutation lock_share vac_analyze_all_parts commit check_stat
+permutation lock_share vac_full_specified commit check_stat
+permutation lock_share vac_full_all_parts commit check_stat
+permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_specified commit check_stat
+permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_all_parts commit check_stat
+permutation lock_access_exclusive analyze_specified commit check_stat
+permutation lock_access_exclusive analyze_all_parts commit check_stat
+permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_analyze_specified commit check_stat
+permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_analyze_all_parts commit check_stat
+permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_full_specified commit check_stat
+permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_full_all_parts commit check_stat
diff --git a/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out b/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out
index a65a5bf0c4f..9b2075d3373 100644
--- a/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out
+++ b/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out
@@ -1835,13 +1835,21 @@ pg_stat_all_tables| SELECT c.oid AS relid,
     pg_stat_get_mod_since_analyze(c.oid) AS n_mod_since_analyze,
     pg_stat_get_ins_since_vacuum(c.oid) AS n_ins_since_vacuum,
     pg_stat_get_last_vacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_vacuum,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_vacuum,
     pg_stat_get_last_autovacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_autovacuum,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_autovacuum,
     pg_stat_get_last_analyze_time(c.oid) AS last_analyze,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_analyze,
     pg_stat_get_last_autoanalyze_time(c.oid) AS last_autoanalyze,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_autoanalyze,
     pg_stat_get_vacuum_count(c.oid) AS vacuum_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count(c.oid) AS skipped_vacuum_count,
     pg_stat_get_autovacuum_count(c.oid) AS autovacuum_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count(c.oid) AS skipped_autovacuum_count,
     pg_stat_get_analyze_count(c.oid) AS analyze_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count(c.oid) AS skipped_analyze_count,
     pg_stat_get_autoanalyze_count(c.oid) AS autoanalyze_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count(c.oid) AS skipped_autoanalyze_count,
     pg_stat_get_total_vacuum_time(c.oid) AS total_vacuum_time,
     pg_stat_get_total_autovacuum_time(c.oid) AS total_autovacuum_time,
     pg_stat_get_total_analyze_time(c.oid) AS total_analyze_time,
@@ -2346,13 +2354,21 @@ pg_stat_sys_tables| SELECT relid,
     n_mod_since_analyze,
     n_ins_since_vacuum,
     last_vacuum,
+    last_skipped_vacuum,
     last_autovacuum,
+    last_skipped_autovacuum,
     last_analyze,
+    last_skipped_analyze,
     last_autoanalyze,
+    last_skipped_autoanalyze,
     vacuum_count,
+    skipped_vacuum_count,
     autovacuum_count,
+    skipped_autovacuum_count,
     analyze_count,
+    skipped_analyze_count,
     autoanalyze_count,
+    skipped_autoanalyze_count,
     total_vacuum_time,
     total_autovacuum_time,
     total_analyze_time,
@@ -2401,13 +2417,21 @@ pg_stat_user_tables| SELECT relid,
     n_mod_since_analyze,
     n_ins_since_vacuum,
     last_vacuum,
+    last_skipped_vacuum,
     last_autovacuum,
+    last_skipped_autovacuum,
     last_analyze,
+    last_skipped_analyze,
     last_autoanalyze,
+    last_skipped_autoanalyze,
     vacuum_count,
+    skipped_vacuum_count,
     autovacuum_count,
+    skipped_autovacuum_count,
     analyze_count,
+    skipped_analyze_count,
     autoanalyze_count,
+    skipped_autoanalyze_count,
     total_vacuum_time,
     total_autovacuum_time,
     total_analyze_time,
-- 
2.43.0


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* [PATCH v4] Track skipped vacuum and analyze activity per relation
@ 2026-03-24 04:09 Yugo Nagata <[email protected]>
  0 siblings, 0 replies; 374+ messages in thread

From: Yugo Nagata @ 2026-03-24 04:09 UTC (permalink / raw)

This commit adds eight fields to the relation statistics that track
the last time vacuum or analyze has been attempted but skipped due to
lock unavailability, along with their counts:

-    last_skipped_vacuum
-    last_skipped_autovacuum
-    last_skipped_analyze
-    last_skipped_autoanalyze
-    skipped_vacuum_count
-    skipped_autovacuum_count
-    skipped_analyze_count
-    skipped_autoanalyze_count

These field can help users confirm that autovacuum is actively attempting
to run on a table that has not been vacuumed or analyzed for a long time,
and that the lack of progress is due to repeated skips rather than inactivity.
---
 doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml                 |  88 ++++++++++++++++
 src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql         |   8 ++
 src/backend/commands/vacuum.c                | 102 ++++++++++++++-----
 src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c |  64 ++++++++++++
 src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c          |  24 +++++
 src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat              |  32 ++++++
 src/include/pgstat.h                         |  16 +++
 src/test/regress/expected/rules.out          |  24 +++++
 8 files changed, 335 insertions(+), 23 deletions(-)

diff --git a/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml b/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml
index 08d5b824552..a9b579d87a9 100644
--- a/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml
+++ b/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml
@@ -4387,6 +4387,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_vacuum</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time a manual vacuum on this table was attempted but skipped due to
+       lock unavailability (not counting <command>VACUUM FULL</command>)
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>last_autovacuum</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
@@ -4397,6 +4407,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_autovacuum</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time a vacuum on this table by the autovacuum daemon was attempted
+       but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>last_analyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
@@ -4406,6 +4426,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_analyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time a manual analyze on this table was attempted but skipped due to
+       lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>last_autoanalyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
@@ -4416,6 +4446,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_autoanalyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time at which an analyze on this table by the autovacuum was
+       attempted but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>vacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4426,6 +4466,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_vacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times manual vacuums on this table have been attempted but skipped
+       due to lock unavailability (not counting <command>VACUUM FULL</command>)
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>autovacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4436,6 +4486,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_autovacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times vacuums on this table by the autovacuum daemon have been
+       attempted but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>analyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4445,6 +4505,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_analyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times manual analyzes on this table have been attempted but
+       skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>autoanalyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4455,6 +4525,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_autoanalyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times analyzes on this table by the autovacuum daemon have
+       been attempted but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>total_vacuum_time</structfield> <type>double precision</type>
@@ -4510,6 +4590,14 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
    </tgroup>
   </table>
 
+  <note>
+   <para>
+    When a manual vacuum or analyze on a parent table in an inheritance or
+    partitioning hierarchy is skipped, the statistics are recorded only for
+    the parent table, not for its children.
+   </para>
+  </note>
+
  </sect2>
 
  <sect2 id="monitoring-pg-stat-autovacuum-scores-view">
diff --git a/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql b/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql
index 73a1c1c4670..f509fc7876b 100644
--- a/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql
+++ b/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql
@@ -736,13 +736,21 @@ CREATE VIEW pg_stat_all_tables AS
             pg_stat_get_mod_since_analyze(C.oid) AS n_mod_since_analyze,
             pg_stat_get_ins_since_vacuum(C.oid) AS n_ins_since_vacuum,
             pg_stat_get_last_vacuum_time(C.oid) as last_vacuum,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_vacuum,
             pg_stat_get_last_autovacuum_time(C.oid) as last_autovacuum,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_autovacuum,
             pg_stat_get_last_analyze_time(C.oid) as last_analyze,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_analyze,
             pg_stat_get_last_autoanalyze_time(C.oid) as last_autoanalyze,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_autoanalyze,
             pg_stat_get_vacuum_count(C.oid) AS vacuum_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count(C.oid) AS skipped_vacuum_count,
             pg_stat_get_autovacuum_count(C.oid) AS autovacuum_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count(C.oid) AS skipped_autovacuum_count,
             pg_stat_get_analyze_count(C.oid) AS analyze_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count(C.oid) AS skipped_analyze_count,
             pg_stat_get_autoanalyze_count(C.oid) AS autoanalyze_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count(C.oid) AS skipped_autoanalyze_count,
             pg_stat_get_total_vacuum_time(C.oid) AS total_vacuum_time,
             pg_stat_get_total_autovacuum_time(C.oid) AS total_autovacuum_time,
             pg_stat_get_total_analyze_time(C.oid) AS total_analyze_time,
diff --git a/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c b/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c
index 99d0db82ed7..97cd5ea8d10 100644
--- a/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c
+++ b/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c
@@ -793,8 +793,25 @@ vacuum_open_relation(Oid relid, RangeVar *relation, uint32 options,
 		rel = try_relation_open(relid, NoLock);
 	else
 	{
+		int flags = 0;
 		rel = NULL;
 		rel_lock = false;
+
+		if ((options & VACOPT_VACUUM) != 0)
+		{
+			if (AmAutoVacuumWorkerProcess())
+				flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOVACUUM;
+			else
+				flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM;
+		}
+		if ((options & VACOPT_ANALYZE) != 0)
+		{
+			if (AmAutoVacuumWorkerProcess())
+				flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOANALYZE;
+			else
+				flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE;
+		}
+		pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(relid, flags);
 	}
 
 	/* if relation is opened, leave */
@@ -802,7 +819,7 @@ vacuum_open_relation(Oid relid, RangeVar *relation, uint32 options,
 		return rel;
 
 	/*
-	 * Relation could not be opened, hence generate if possible a log
+	 * Relation could not be opened hence generate if possible a log
 	 * informing on the situation.
 	 *
 	 * If the RangeVar is not defined, we do not have enough information to
@@ -905,7 +922,6 @@ expand_vacuum_rel(VacuumRelation *vrel, MemoryContext vac_context,
 		Form_pg_class classForm;
 		bool		include_children;
 		bool		is_partitioned_table;
-		int			rvr_opts;
 
 		/*
 		 * Since autovacuum workers supply OIDs when calling vacuum(), no
@@ -918,29 +934,69 @@ expand_vacuum_rel(VacuumRelation *vrel, MemoryContext vac_context,
 		 * below, as well as find_all_inheritors's expectation that the caller
 		 * holds some lock on the starting relation.
 		 */
-		rvr_opts = (options & VACOPT_SKIP_LOCKED) ? RVR_SKIP_LOCKED : 0;
-		relid = RangeVarGetRelidExtended(vrel->relation,
-										 AccessShareLock,
-										 rvr_opts,
-										 NULL, NULL);
-
-		/*
-		 * If the lock is unavailable, emit the same log statement that
-		 * vacuum_rel() and analyze_rel() would.
-		 */
-		if (!OidIsValid(relid))
+		if (!(options & VACOPT_SKIP_LOCKED))
 		{
-			if (options & VACOPT_VACUUM)
-				ereport(WARNING,
-						(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
-						 errmsg("skipping vacuum of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
-								vrel->relation->relname)));
-			else
-				ereport(WARNING,
-						(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
-						 errmsg("skipping analyze of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
+			relid = RangeVarGetRelidExtended(vrel->relation,
+											 AccessShareLock,
+											 0, NULL, NULL);
+			if (!OidIsValid(relid))
+				return vacrels;
+		}
+		else
+		{
+			/* Get relid for reporting before taking a lock */
+			relid = RangeVarGetRelid(vrel->relation, NoLock, false);
+
+			if (!ConditionalLockRelationOid(relid, AccessShareLock))
+			{
+				int	flags = 0;
+				/*
+				 * If the lock is unavailable, emit the same log statement that
+				 * vacuum_rel() and analyze_rel() would.
+				 */
+				if (options & VACOPT_VACUUM)
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping vacuum of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
 								vrel->relation->relname)));
-			return vacrels;
+				else
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping analyze of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
+									vrel->relation->relname)));
+
+				if ((options & VACOPT_VACUUM) != 0)
+					flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM;
+				if ((options & VACOPT_ANALYZE) != 0)
+					flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE;
+
+				pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(relid, flags);
+
+				return vacrels;
+			}
+
+			/*
+			 * Now that we have the lock, probe to see if the relation really
+			 * exists or not.
+			 */
+			if (!SearchSysCacheExists1(RELOID, ObjectIdGetDatum(relid)))
+			{
+				if (options & VACOPT_VACUUM)
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_UNDEFINED_TABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping vacuum of \"%s\" --- relation no longer exists",
+									vrel->relation->relname)));
+				else
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_UNDEFINED_TABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping analyze of \"%s\" --- relation no longer exists",
+									vrel->relation->relname)));
+
+				/* Release useless lock */
+				UnlockRelationOid(relid, AccessShareLock);
+
+				return vacrels;
+			}
 		}
 
 		/*
diff --git a/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c b/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c
index b2ca28f83ba..532d9023f8c 100644
--- a/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c
+++ b/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c
@@ -17,12 +17,14 @@
 
 #include "postgres.h"
 
+#include "access/htup_details.h"
 #include "access/twophase_rmgr.h"
 #include "access/xact.h"
 #include "catalog/catalog.h"
 #include "utils/memutils.h"
 #include "utils/pgstat_internal.h"
 #include "utils/rel.h"
+#include "utils/syscache.h"
 #include "utils/timestamp.h"
 
 
@@ -367,6 +369,68 @@ pgstat_report_analyze(Relation rel,
 	(void) pgstat_flush_backend(false, PGSTAT_BACKEND_FLUSH_IO);
 }
 
+/*
+ * Report that the table was skipped during vacuum or/and analyze.
+ */
+void
+pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(Oid relid, int flags)
+{
+	PgStat_EntryRef *entry_ref;
+	PgStatShared_Relation *shtabentry;
+	PgStat_StatTabEntry *tabentry;
+	TimestampTz ts;
+	HeapTuple	classTup;
+	bool		isshared;
+
+	if (!pgstat_track_counts || !flags)
+		return;
+
+	classTup = SearchSysCache1(RELOID, ObjectIdGetDatum(relid));
+	if (!HeapTupleIsValid(classTup))
+		return;			/* somebody deleted the rel, forget it */
+	isshared = ((Form_pg_class) GETSTRUCT(classTup))->relisshared;
+	ReleaseSysCache(classTup);
+
+	/* Store the data in the table's hash table entry. */
+	ts = GetCurrentTimestamp();
+
+	/* block acquiring lock for the same reason as pgstat_report_autovac() */
+	entry_ref = pgstat_get_entry_ref_locked(PGSTAT_KIND_RELATION,
+											isshared ? InvalidOid : MyDatabaseId,
+											relid, false);
+
+	shtabentry = (PgStatShared_Relation *) entry_ref->shared_stats;
+	tabentry = &shtabentry->stats;
+
+	if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM)
+	{
+		tabentry->last_skipped_vacuum_time = ts;
+		tabentry->skipped_vacuum_count++;
+	}
+	else if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOVACUUM)
+	{
+		tabentry->last_skipped_autovacuum_time = ts;
+		tabentry->skipped_autovacuum_count++;
+	}
+
+	if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE)
+	{
+		tabentry->last_skipped_analyze_time = ts;
+		tabentry->skipped_analyze_count++;
+	}
+	else if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOANALYZE)
+	{
+		tabentry->last_skipped_autoanalyze_time = ts;
+		tabentry->skipped_autoanalyze_count++;
+	}
+
+	pgstat_unlock_entry(entry_ref);
+
+	/* see pgstat_report_vacuum() */
+	pgstat_flush_io(false);
+	(void) pgstat_flush_backend(false, PGSTAT_BACKEND_FLUSH_IO);
+}
+
 /*
  * count a tuple insertion of n tuples
  */
diff --git a/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c b/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c
index 1408de387ea..90a8968faa0 100644
--- a/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c
+++ b/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c
@@ -84,6 +84,18 @@ PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(mod_since_analyze)
 /* pg_stat_get_numscans */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(numscans)
 
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_analyze_count)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_autoanalyze_count)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_autovacuum_count)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_vacuum_count)
+
 /* pg_stat_get_tuples_deleted */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(tuples_deleted)
 
@@ -170,6 +182,18 @@ PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_vacuum_time)
 /* pg_stat_get_lastscan */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(lastscan)
 
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_analyze_time)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_autoanalyze_time)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_autovacuum_time)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_vacuum_time)
+
 /* pg_stat_get_stat_reset_time */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(stat_reset_time)
 
diff --git a/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat b/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat
index fa9ae79082b..32debb34863 100644
--- a/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat
+++ b/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat
@@ -5680,6 +5680,38 @@
   proargmodes => '{o,o,o,o,o,o,o,o,o,o}',
   proargnames => '{oid,score,xid_score,mxid_score,vacuum_score,vacuum_insert_score,analyze_score,do_vacuum,do_analyze,for_wraparound}',
   prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_autovacuum_scores' },
+{ oid => '8142', descr => 'statistics: last skipped vacuum time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time' },
+{ oid => '8143', descr => 'statistics: last skipped auto vacuum time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time' },
+{ oid => '8144', descr => 'statistics: last skipped analyze time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time' },
+{ oid => '8145', descr => 'statistics: last skipped auto analyze time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time' },
+{ oid => '8146', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped vacuum for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count' },
+{ oid => '8147', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped auto vacuum for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count' },
+{ oid => '8148', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped analyzes for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count' },
+{ oid => '8149', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped auto analyzes for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count' },
 { oid => '1936', descr => 'statistics: currently active backend IDs',
   proname => 'pg_stat_get_backend_idset', prorows => '100', proretset => 't',
   provolatile => 's', proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int4',
diff --git a/src/include/pgstat.h b/src/include/pgstat.h
index dfa2e837638..98941f953d1 100644
--- a/src/include/pgstat.h
+++ b/src/include/pgstat.h
@@ -479,6 +479,15 @@ typedef struct PgStat_StatTabEntry
 	TimestampTz last_autoanalyze_time;	/* autovacuum initiated */
 	PgStat_Counter autoanalyze_count;
 
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_vacuum_time;	/* user initiated vacuum */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_vacuum_count;
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_autovacuum_time;	/* autovacuum initiated */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_autovacuum_count;
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_analyze_time;	/* user initiated */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_analyze_count;
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_autoanalyze_time;	/* autovacuum initiated */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_autoanalyze_count;
+
 	PgStat_Counter total_vacuum_time;	/* times in milliseconds */
 	PgStat_Counter total_autovacuum_time;
 	PgStat_Counter total_analyze_time;
@@ -703,6 +712,13 @@ extern void pgstat_report_analyze(Relation rel,
 								  PgStat_Counter livetuples, PgStat_Counter deadtuples,
 								  bool resetcounter, TimestampTz starttime);
 
+/* flags for pgstat_flush_backend() */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM		(1 << 0)	/* vacuum is skipped */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE		(1 << 1)	/* analyze is skipped */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOVACUUM	(1 << 2)	/* autovacuum is skipped */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOANALYZE	(1 << 3)	/* autoanalyze is skipped */
+extern void pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(Oid relid, int flags);
+
 /*
  * If stats are enabled, but pending data hasn't been prepared yet, call
  * pgstat_assoc_relation() to do so. See its comment for why this is done
diff --git a/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out b/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out
index a65a5bf0c4f..9b2075d3373 100644
--- a/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out
+++ b/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out
@@ -1835,13 +1835,21 @@ pg_stat_all_tables| SELECT c.oid AS relid,
     pg_stat_get_mod_since_analyze(c.oid) AS n_mod_since_analyze,
     pg_stat_get_ins_since_vacuum(c.oid) AS n_ins_since_vacuum,
     pg_stat_get_last_vacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_vacuum,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_vacuum,
     pg_stat_get_last_autovacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_autovacuum,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_autovacuum,
     pg_stat_get_last_analyze_time(c.oid) AS last_analyze,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_analyze,
     pg_stat_get_last_autoanalyze_time(c.oid) AS last_autoanalyze,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_autoanalyze,
     pg_stat_get_vacuum_count(c.oid) AS vacuum_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count(c.oid) AS skipped_vacuum_count,
     pg_stat_get_autovacuum_count(c.oid) AS autovacuum_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count(c.oid) AS skipped_autovacuum_count,
     pg_stat_get_analyze_count(c.oid) AS analyze_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count(c.oid) AS skipped_analyze_count,
     pg_stat_get_autoanalyze_count(c.oid) AS autoanalyze_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count(c.oid) AS skipped_autoanalyze_count,
     pg_stat_get_total_vacuum_time(c.oid) AS total_vacuum_time,
     pg_stat_get_total_autovacuum_time(c.oid) AS total_autovacuum_time,
     pg_stat_get_total_analyze_time(c.oid) AS total_analyze_time,
@@ -2346,13 +2354,21 @@ pg_stat_sys_tables| SELECT relid,
     n_mod_since_analyze,
     n_ins_since_vacuum,
     last_vacuum,
+    last_skipped_vacuum,
     last_autovacuum,
+    last_skipped_autovacuum,
     last_analyze,
+    last_skipped_analyze,
     last_autoanalyze,
+    last_skipped_autoanalyze,
     vacuum_count,
+    skipped_vacuum_count,
     autovacuum_count,
+    skipped_autovacuum_count,
     analyze_count,
+    skipped_analyze_count,
     autoanalyze_count,
+    skipped_autoanalyze_count,
     total_vacuum_time,
     total_autovacuum_time,
     total_analyze_time,
@@ -2401,13 +2417,21 @@ pg_stat_user_tables| SELECT relid,
     n_mod_since_analyze,
     n_ins_since_vacuum,
     last_vacuum,
+    last_skipped_vacuum,
     last_autovacuum,
+    last_skipped_autovacuum,
     last_analyze,
+    last_skipped_analyze,
     last_autoanalyze,
+    last_skipped_autoanalyze,
     vacuum_count,
+    skipped_vacuum_count,
     autovacuum_count,
+    skipped_autovacuum_count,
     analyze_count,
+    skipped_analyze_count,
     autoanalyze_count,
+    skipped_autoanalyze_count,
     total_vacuum_time,
     total_autovacuum_time,
     total_analyze_time,
-- 
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* [PATCH v4] Track skipped vacuum and analyze activity per relation
@ 2026-03-24 04:09 Yugo Nagata <[email protected]>
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From: Yugo Nagata @ 2026-03-24 04:09 UTC (permalink / raw)

This commit adds eight fields to the relation statistics that track
the last time vacuum or analyze has been attempted but skipped due to
lock unavailability, along with their counts:

-    last_skipped_vacuum
-    last_skipped_autovacuum
-    last_skipped_analyze
-    last_skipped_autoanalyze
-    skipped_vacuum_count
-    skipped_autovacuum_count
-    skipped_analyze_count
-    skipped_autoanalyze_count

These field can help users confirm that autovacuum is actively attempting
to run on a table that has not been vacuumed or analyzed for a long time,
and that the lack of progress is due to repeated skips rather than inactivity.
---
 doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml                 |  88 ++++++++++++++++
 src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql         |   8 ++
 src/backend/commands/vacuum.c                | 102 ++++++++++++++-----
 src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c |  64 ++++++++++++
 src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c          |  24 +++++
 src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat              |  32 ++++++
 src/include/pgstat.h                         |  16 +++
 src/test/regress/expected/rules.out          |  24 +++++
 8 files changed, 335 insertions(+), 23 deletions(-)

diff --git a/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml b/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml
index 08d5b824552..a9b579d87a9 100644
--- a/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml
+++ b/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml
@@ -4387,6 +4387,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_vacuum</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time a manual vacuum on this table was attempted but skipped due to
+       lock unavailability (not counting <command>VACUUM FULL</command>)
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>last_autovacuum</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
@@ -4397,6 +4407,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_autovacuum</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time a vacuum on this table by the autovacuum daemon was attempted
+       but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>last_analyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
@@ -4406,6 +4426,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_analyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time a manual analyze on this table was attempted but skipped due to
+       lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>last_autoanalyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
@@ -4416,6 +4446,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_autoanalyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time at which an analyze on this table by the autovacuum was
+       attempted but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>vacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4426,6 +4466,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_vacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times manual vacuums on this table have been attempted but skipped
+       due to lock unavailability (not counting <command>VACUUM FULL</command>)
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>autovacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4436,6 +4486,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_autovacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times vacuums on this table by the autovacuum daemon have been
+       attempted but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>analyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4445,6 +4505,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_analyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times manual analyzes on this table have been attempted but
+       skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>autoanalyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4455,6 +4525,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_autoanalyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times analyzes on this table by the autovacuum daemon have
+       been attempted but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>total_vacuum_time</structfield> <type>double precision</type>
@@ -4510,6 +4590,14 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
    </tgroup>
   </table>
 
+  <note>
+   <para>
+    When a manual vacuum or analyze on a parent table in an inheritance or
+    partitioning hierarchy is skipped, the statistics are recorded only for
+    the parent table, not for its children.
+   </para>
+  </note>
+
  </sect2>
 
  <sect2 id="monitoring-pg-stat-autovacuum-scores-view">
diff --git a/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql b/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql
index 73a1c1c4670..f509fc7876b 100644
--- a/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql
+++ b/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql
@@ -736,13 +736,21 @@ CREATE VIEW pg_stat_all_tables AS
             pg_stat_get_mod_since_analyze(C.oid) AS n_mod_since_analyze,
             pg_stat_get_ins_since_vacuum(C.oid) AS n_ins_since_vacuum,
             pg_stat_get_last_vacuum_time(C.oid) as last_vacuum,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_vacuum,
             pg_stat_get_last_autovacuum_time(C.oid) as last_autovacuum,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_autovacuum,
             pg_stat_get_last_analyze_time(C.oid) as last_analyze,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_analyze,
             pg_stat_get_last_autoanalyze_time(C.oid) as last_autoanalyze,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_autoanalyze,
             pg_stat_get_vacuum_count(C.oid) AS vacuum_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count(C.oid) AS skipped_vacuum_count,
             pg_stat_get_autovacuum_count(C.oid) AS autovacuum_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count(C.oid) AS skipped_autovacuum_count,
             pg_stat_get_analyze_count(C.oid) AS analyze_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count(C.oid) AS skipped_analyze_count,
             pg_stat_get_autoanalyze_count(C.oid) AS autoanalyze_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count(C.oid) AS skipped_autoanalyze_count,
             pg_stat_get_total_vacuum_time(C.oid) AS total_vacuum_time,
             pg_stat_get_total_autovacuum_time(C.oid) AS total_autovacuum_time,
             pg_stat_get_total_analyze_time(C.oid) AS total_analyze_time,
diff --git a/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c b/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c
index 99d0db82ed7..97cd5ea8d10 100644
--- a/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c
+++ b/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c
@@ -793,8 +793,25 @@ vacuum_open_relation(Oid relid, RangeVar *relation, uint32 options,
 		rel = try_relation_open(relid, NoLock);
 	else
 	{
+		int flags = 0;
 		rel = NULL;
 		rel_lock = false;
+
+		if ((options & VACOPT_VACUUM) != 0)
+		{
+			if (AmAutoVacuumWorkerProcess())
+				flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOVACUUM;
+			else
+				flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM;
+		}
+		if ((options & VACOPT_ANALYZE) != 0)
+		{
+			if (AmAutoVacuumWorkerProcess())
+				flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOANALYZE;
+			else
+				flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE;
+		}
+		pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(relid, flags);
 	}
 
 	/* if relation is opened, leave */
@@ -802,7 +819,7 @@ vacuum_open_relation(Oid relid, RangeVar *relation, uint32 options,
 		return rel;
 
 	/*
-	 * Relation could not be opened, hence generate if possible a log
+	 * Relation could not be opened hence generate if possible a log
 	 * informing on the situation.
 	 *
 	 * If the RangeVar is not defined, we do not have enough information to
@@ -905,7 +922,6 @@ expand_vacuum_rel(VacuumRelation *vrel, MemoryContext vac_context,
 		Form_pg_class classForm;
 		bool		include_children;
 		bool		is_partitioned_table;
-		int			rvr_opts;
 
 		/*
 		 * Since autovacuum workers supply OIDs when calling vacuum(), no
@@ -918,29 +934,69 @@ expand_vacuum_rel(VacuumRelation *vrel, MemoryContext vac_context,
 		 * below, as well as find_all_inheritors's expectation that the caller
 		 * holds some lock on the starting relation.
 		 */
-		rvr_opts = (options & VACOPT_SKIP_LOCKED) ? RVR_SKIP_LOCKED : 0;
-		relid = RangeVarGetRelidExtended(vrel->relation,
-										 AccessShareLock,
-										 rvr_opts,
-										 NULL, NULL);
-
-		/*
-		 * If the lock is unavailable, emit the same log statement that
-		 * vacuum_rel() and analyze_rel() would.
-		 */
-		if (!OidIsValid(relid))
+		if (!(options & VACOPT_SKIP_LOCKED))
 		{
-			if (options & VACOPT_VACUUM)
-				ereport(WARNING,
-						(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
-						 errmsg("skipping vacuum of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
-								vrel->relation->relname)));
-			else
-				ereport(WARNING,
-						(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
-						 errmsg("skipping analyze of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
+			relid = RangeVarGetRelidExtended(vrel->relation,
+											 AccessShareLock,
+											 0, NULL, NULL);
+			if (!OidIsValid(relid))
+				return vacrels;
+		}
+		else
+		{
+			/* Get relid for reporting before taking a lock */
+			relid = RangeVarGetRelid(vrel->relation, NoLock, false);
+
+			if (!ConditionalLockRelationOid(relid, AccessShareLock))
+			{
+				int	flags = 0;
+				/*
+				 * If the lock is unavailable, emit the same log statement that
+				 * vacuum_rel() and analyze_rel() would.
+				 */
+				if (options & VACOPT_VACUUM)
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping vacuum of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
 								vrel->relation->relname)));
-			return vacrels;
+				else
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping analyze of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
+									vrel->relation->relname)));
+
+				if ((options & VACOPT_VACUUM) != 0)
+					flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM;
+				if ((options & VACOPT_ANALYZE) != 0)
+					flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE;
+
+				pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(relid, flags);
+
+				return vacrels;
+			}
+
+			/*
+			 * Now that we have the lock, probe to see if the relation really
+			 * exists or not.
+			 */
+			if (!SearchSysCacheExists1(RELOID, ObjectIdGetDatum(relid)))
+			{
+				if (options & VACOPT_VACUUM)
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_UNDEFINED_TABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping vacuum of \"%s\" --- relation no longer exists",
+									vrel->relation->relname)));
+				else
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_UNDEFINED_TABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping analyze of \"%s\" --- relation no longer exists",
+									vrel->relation->relname)));
+
+				/* Release useless lock */
+				UnlockRelationOid(relid, AccessShareLock);
+
+				return vacrels;
+			}
 		}
 
 		/*
diff --git a/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c b/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c
index b2ca28f83ba..532d9023f8c 100644
--- a/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c
+++ b/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c
@@ -17,12 +17,14 @@
 
 #include "postgres.h"
 
+#include "access/htup_details.h"
 #include "access/twophase_rmgr.h"
 #include "access/xact.h"
 #include "catalog/catalog.h"
 #include "utils/memutils.h"
 #include "utils/pgstat_internal.h"
 #include "utils/rel.h"
+#include "utils/syscache.h"
 #include "utils/timestamp.h"
 
 
@@ -367,6 +369,68 @@ pgstat_report_analyze(Relation rel,
 	(void) pgstat_flush_backend(false, PGSTAT_BACKEND_FLUSH_IO);
 }
 
+/*
+ * Report that the table was skipped during vacuum or/and analyze.
+ */
+void
+pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(Oid relid, int flags)
+{
+	PgStat_EntryRef *entry_ref;
+	PgStatShared_Relation *shtabentry;
+	PgStat_StatTabEntry *tabentry;
+	TimestampTz ts;
+	HeapTuple	classTup;
+	bool		isshared;
+
+	if (!pgstat_track_counts || !flags)
+		return;
+
+	classTup = SearchSysCache1(RELOID, ObjectIdGetDatum(relid));
+	if (!HeapTupleIsValid(classTup))
+		return;			/* somebody deleted the rel, forget it */
+	isshared = ((Form_pg_class) GETSTRUCT(classTup))->relisshared;
+	ReleaseSysCache(classTup);
+
+	/* Store the data in the table's hash table entry. */
+	ts = GetCurrentTimestamp();
+
+	/* block acquiring lock for the same reason as pgstat_report_autovac() */
+	entry_ref = pgstat_get_entry_ref_locked(PGSTAT_KIND_RELATION,
+											isshared ? InvalidOid : MyDatabaseId,
+											relid, false);
+
+	shtabentry = (PgStatShared_Relation *) entry_ref->shared_stats;
+	tabentry = &shtabentry->stats;
+
+	if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM)
+	{
+		tabentry->last_skipped_vacuum_time = ts;
+		tabentry->skipped_vacuum_count++;
+	}
+	else if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOVACUUM)
+	{
+		tabentry->last_skipped_autovacuum_time = ts;
+		tabentry->skipped_autovacuum_count++;
+	}
+
+	if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE)
+	{
+		tabentry->last_skipped_analyze_time = ts;
+		tabentry->skipped_analyze_count++;
+	}
+	else if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOANALYZE)
+	{
+		tabentry->last_skipped_autoanalyze_time = ts;
+		tabentry->skipped_autoanalyze_count++;
+	}
+
+	pgstat_unlock_entry(entry_ref);
+
+	/* see pgstat_report_vacuum() */
+	pgstat_flush_io(false);
+	(void) pgstat_flush_backend(false, PGSTAT_BACKEND_FLUSH_IO);
+}
+
 /*
  * count a tuple insertion of n tuples
  */
diff --git a/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c b/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c
index 1408de387ea..90a8968faa0 100644
--- a/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c
+++ b/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c
@@ -84,6 +84,18 @@ PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(mod_since_analyze)
 /* pg_stat_get_numscans */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(numscans)
 
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_analyze_count)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_autoanalyze_count)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_autovacuum_count)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_vacuum_count)
+
 /* pg_stat_get_tuples_deleted */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(tuples_deleted)
 
@@ -170,6 +182,18 @@ PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_vacuum_time)
 /* pg_stat_get_lastscan */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(lastscan)
 
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_analyze_time)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_autoanalyze_time)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_autovacuum_time)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_vacuum_time)
+
 /* pg_stat_get_stat_reset_time */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(stat_reset_time)
 
diff --git a/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat b/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat
index fa9ae79082b..32debb34863 100644
--- a/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat
+++ b/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat
@@ -5680,6 +5680,38 @@
   proargmodes => '{o,o,o,o,o,o,o,o,o,o}',
   proargnames => '{oid,score,xid_score,mxid_score,vacuum_score,vacuum_insert_score,analyze_score,do_vacuum,do_analyze,for_wraparound}',
   prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_autovacuum_scores' },
+{ oid => '8142', descr => 'statistics: last skipped vacuum time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time' },
+{ oid => '8143', descr => 'statistics: last skipped auto vacuum time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time' },
+{ oid => '8144', descr => 'statistics: last skipped analyze time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time' },
+{ oid => '8145', descr => 'statistics: last skipped auto analyze time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time' },
+{ oid => '8146', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped vacuum for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count' },
+{ oid => '8147', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped auto vacuum for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count' },
+{ oid => '8148', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped analyzes for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count' },
+{ oid => '8149', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped auto analyzes for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count' },
 { oid => '1936', descr => 'statistics: currently active backend IDs',
   proname => 'pg_stat_get_backend_idset', prorows => '100', proretset => 't',
   provolatile => 's', proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int4',
diff --git a/src/include/pgstat.h b/src/include/pgstat.h
index dfa2e837638..98941f953d1 100644
--- a/src/include/pgstat.h
+++ b/src/include/pgstat.h
@@ -479,6 +479,15 @@ typedef struct PgStat_StatTabEntry
 	TimestampTz last_autoanalyze_time;	/* autovacuum initiated */
 	PgStat_Counter autoanalyze_count;
 
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_vacuum_time;	/* user initiated vacuum */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_vacuum_count;
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_autovacuum_time;	/* autovacuum initiated */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_autovacuum_count;
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_analyze_time;	/* user initiated */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_analyze_count;
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_autoanalyze_time;	/* autovacuum initiated */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_autoanalyze_count;
+
 	PgStat_Counter total_vacuum_time;	/* times in milliseconds */
 	PgStat_Counter total_autovacuum_time;
 	PgStat_Counter total_analyze_time;
@@ -703,6 +712,13 @@ extern void pgstat_report_analyze(Relation rel,
 								  PgStat_Counter livetuples, PgStat_Counter deadtuples,
 								  bool resetcounter, TimestampTz starttime);
 
+/* flags for pgstat_flush_backend() */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM		(1 << 0)	/* vacuum is skipped */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE		(1 << 1)	/* analyze is skipped */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOVACUUM	(1 << 2)	/* autovacuum is skipped */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOANALYZE	(1 << 3)	/* autoanalyze is skipped */
+extern void pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(Oid relid, int flags);
+
 /*
  * If stats are enabled, but pending data hasn't been prepared yet, call
  * pgstat_assoc_relation() to do so. See its comment for why this is done
diff --git a/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out b/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out
index a65a5bf0c4f..9b2075d3373 100644
--- a/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out
+++ b/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out
@@ -1835,13 +1835,21 @@ pg_stat_all_tables| SELECT c.oid AS relid,
     pg_stat_get_mod_since_analyze(c.oid) AS n_mod_since_analyze,
     pg_stat_get_ins_since_vacuum(c.oid) AS n_ins_since_vacuum,
     pg_stat_get_last_vacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_vacuum,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_vacuum,
     pg_stat_get_last_autovacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_autovacuum,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_autovacuum,
     pg_stat_get_last_analyze_time(c.oid) AS last_analyze,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_analyze,
     pg_stat_get_last_autoanalyze_time(c.oid) AS last_autoanalyze,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_autoanalyze,
     pg_stat_get_vacuum_count(c.oid) AS vacuum_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count(c.oid) AS skipped_vacuum_count,
     pg_stat_get_autovacuum_count(c.oid) AS autovacuum_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count(c.oid) AS skipped_autovacuum_count,
     pg_stat_get_analyze_count(c.oid) AS analyze_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count(c.oid) AS skipped_analyze_count,
     pg_stat_get_autoanalyze_count(c.oid) AS autoanalyze_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count(c.oid) AS skipped_autoanalyze_count,
     pg_stat_get_total_vacuum_time(c.oid) AS total_vacuum_time,
     pg_stat_get_total_autovacuum_time(c.oid) AS total_autovacuum_time,
     pg_stat_get_total_analyze_time(c.oid) AS total_analyze_time,
@@ -2346,13 +2354,21 @@ pg_stat_sys_tables| SELECT relid,
     n_mod_since_analyze,
     n_ins_since_vacuum,
     last_vacuum,
+    last_skipped_vacuum,
     last_autovacuum,
+    last_skipped_autovacuum,
     last_analyze,
+    last_skipped_analyze,
     last_autoanalyze,
+    last_skipped_autoanalyze,
     vacuum_count,
+    skipped_vacuum_count,
     autovacuum_count,
+    skipped_autovacuum_count,
     analyze_count,
+    skipped_analyze_count,
     autoanalyze_count,
+    skipped_autoanalyze_count,
     total_vacuum_time,
     total_autovacuum_time,
     total_analyze_time,
@@ -2401,13 +2417,21 @@ pg_stat_user_tables| SELECT relid,
     n_mod_since_analyze,
     n_ins_since_vacuum,
     last_vacuum,
+    last_skipped_vacuum,
     last_autovacuum,
+    last_skipped_autovacuum,
     last_analyze,
+    last_skipped_analyze,
     last_autoanalyze,
+    last_skipped_autoanalyze,
     vacuum_count,
+    skipped_vacuum_count,
     autovacuum_count,
+    skipped_autovacuum_count,
     analyze_count,
+    skipped_analyze_count,
     autoanalyze_count,
+    skipped_autoanalyze_count,
     total_vacuum_time,
     total_autovacuum_time,
     total_analyze_time,
-- 
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* [PATCH v5] Track skipped vacuum and analyze activity per relation
@ 2026-03-24 04:09 Yugo Nagata <[email protected]>
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From: Yugo Nagata @ 2026-03-24 04:09 UTC (permalink / raw)

This commit adds eight fields to the relation statistics that track
the last time vacuum or analyze has been attempted but skipped due to
lock unavailability, along with their counts:

-    last_skipped_vacuum
-    last_skipped_autovacuum
-    last_skipped_analyze
-    last_skipped_autoanalyze
-    skipped_vacuum_count
-    skipped_autovacuum_count
-    skipped_analyze_count
-    skipped_autoanalyze_count

These field can help users confirm that autovacuum is actively attempting
to run on a table that has not been vacuumed or analyzed for a long time,
and that the lack of progress is due to repeated skips rather than inactivity.
---
 doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml                  |  88 ++++++
 src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql          |   8 +
 src/backend/commands/vacuum.c                 | 100 +++++--
 src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c  |  64 +++++
 src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c           |  24 ++
 src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat               |  32 +++
 src/include/pgstat.h                          |  16 ++
 .../isolation/expected/vacuum-skip-locked.out | 260 ++++++++++++++++--
 .../isolation/specs/vacuum-skip-locked.spec   |  41 +--
 src/test/regress/expected/rules.out           |  24 ++
 10 files changed, 601 insertions(+), 56 deletions(-)

diff --git a/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml b/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml
index 08d5b824552..a9b579d87a9 100644
--- a/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml
+++ b/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml
@@ -4387,6 +4387,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_vacuum</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time a manual vacuum on this table was attempted but skipped due to
+       lock unavailability (not counting <command>VACUUM FULL</command>)
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>last_autovacuum</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
@@ -4397,6 +4407,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_autovacuum</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time a vacuum on this table by the autovacuum daemon was attempted
+       but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>last_analyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
@@ -4406,6 +4426,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_analyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time a manual analyze on this table was attempted but skipped due to
+       lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>last_autoanalyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
@@ -4416,6 +4446,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_autoanalyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time at which an analyze on this table by the autovacuum was
+       attempted but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>vacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4426,6 +4466,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_vacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times manual vacuums on this table have been attempted but skipped
+       due to lock unavailability (not counting <command>VACUUM FULL</command>)
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>autovacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4436,6 +4486,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_autovacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times vacuums on this table by the autovacuum daemon have been
+       attempted but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>analyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4445,6 +4505,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_analyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times manual analyzes on this table have been attempted but
+       skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>autoanalyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4455,6 +4525,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_autoanalyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times analyzes on this table by the autovacuum daemon have
+       been attempted but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>total_vacuum_time</structfield> <type>double precision</type>
@@ -4510,6 +4590,14 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
    </tgroup>
   </table>
 
+  <note>
+   <para>
+    When a manual vacuum or analyze on a parent table in an inheritance or
+    partitioning hierarchy is skipped, the statistics are recorded only for
+    the parent table, not for its children.
+   </para>
+  </note>
+
  </sect2>
 
  <sect2 id="monitoring-pg-stat-autovacuum-scores-view">
diff --git a/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql b/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql
index 73a1c1c4670..f509fc7876b 100644
--- a/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql
+++ b/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql
@@ -736,13 +736,21 @@ CREATE VIEW pg_stat_all_tables AS
             pg_stat_get_mod_since_analyze(C.oid) AS n_mod_since_analyze,
             pg_stat_get_ins_since_vacuum(C.oid) AS n_ins_since_vacuum,
             pg_stat_get_last_vacuum_time(C.oid) as last_vacuum,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_vacuum,
             pg_stat_get_last_autovacuum_time(C.oid) as last_autovacuum,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_autovacuum,
             pg_stat_get_last_analyze_time(C.oid) as last_analyze,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_analyze,
             pg_stat_get_last_autoanalyze_time(C.oid) as last_autoanalyze,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_autoanalyze,
             pg_stat_get_vacuum_count(C.oid) AS vacuum_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count(C.oid) AS skipped_vacuum_count,
             pg_stat_get_autovacuum_count(C.oid) AS autovacuum_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count(C.oid) AS skipped_autovacuum_count,
             pg_stat_get_analyze_count(C.oid) AS analyze_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count(C.oid) AS skipped_analyze_count,
             pg_stat_get_autoanalyze_count(C.oid) AS autoanalyze_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count(C.oid) AS skipped_autoanalyze_count,
             pg_stat_get_total_vacuum_time(C.oid) AS total_vacuum_time,
             pg_stat_get_total_autovacuum_time(C.oid) AS total_autovacuum_time,
             pg_stat_get_total_analyze_time(C.oid) AS total_analyze_time,
diff --git a/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c b/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c
index 99d0db82ed7..df6526225e4 100644
--- a/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c
+++ b/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c
@@ -793,8 +793,25 @@ vacuum_open_relation(Oid relid, RangeVar *relation, uint32 options,
 		rel = try_relation_open(relid, NoLock);
 	else
 	{
+		int flags = 0;
 		rel = NULL;
 		rel_lock = false;
+
+		if ((options & VACOPT_VACUUM) != 0 && (options & VACOPT_FULL) == 0)
+		{
+			if (AmAutoVacuumWorkerProcess())
+				flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOVACUUM;
+			else
+				flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM;
+		}
+		if ((options & VACOPT_ANALYZE) != 0)
+		{
+			if (AmAutoVacuumWorkerProcess())
+				flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOANALYZE;
+			else
+				flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE;
+		}
+		pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(relid, flags);
 	}
 
 	/* if relation is opened, leave */
@@ -905,7 +922,6 @@ expand_vacuum_rel(VacuumRelation *vrel, MemoryContext vac_context,
 		Form_pg_class classForm;
 		bool		include_children;
 		bool		is_partitioned_table;
-		int			rvr_opts;
 
 		/*
 		 * Since autovacuum workers supply OIDs when calling vacuum(), no
@@ -918,29 +934,69 @@ expand_vacuum_rel(VacuumRelation *vrel, MemoryContext vac_context,
 		 * below, as well as find_all_inheritors's expectation that the caller
 		 * holds some lock on the starting relation.
 		 */
-		rvr_opts = (options & VACOPT_SKIP_LOCKED) ? RVR_SKIP_LOCKED : 0;
-		relid = RangeVarGetRelidExtended(vrel->relation,
-										 AccessShareLock,
-										 rvr_opts,
-										 NULL, NULL);
-
-		/*
-		 * If the lock is unavailable, emit the same log statement that
-		 * vacuum_rel() and analyze_rel() would.
-		 */
-		if (!OidIsValid(relid))
+		if (!(options & VACOPT_SKIP_LOCKED))
 		{
-			if (options & VACOPT_VACUUM)
-				ereport(WARNING,
-						(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
-						 errmsg("skipping vacuum of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
-								vrel->relation->relname)));
-			else
-				ereport(WARNING,
-						(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
-						 errmsg("skipping analyze of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
+			relid = RangeVarGetRelidExtended(vrel->relation,
+											 AccessShareLock,
+											 0, NULL, NULL);
+			if (!OidIsValid(relid))
+				return vacrels;
+		}
+		else
+		{
+			/* Get relid for reporting before taking a lock */
+			relid = RangeVarGetRelid(vrel->relation, NoLock, false);
+
+			if (!ConditionalLockRelationOid(relid, AccessShareLock))
+			{
+				int	flags = 0;
+				/*
+				 * If the lock is unavailable, emit the same log statement that
+				 * vacuum_rel() and analyze_rel() would.
+				 */
+				if (options & VACOPT_VACUUM)
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping vacuum of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
 								vrel->relation->relname)));
-			return vacrels;
+				else
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping analyze of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
+									vrel->relation->relname)));
+
+				if ((options & VACOPT_VACUUM) != 0 && (options & VACOPT_FULL) == 0)
+					flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM;
+				if ((options & VACOPT_ANALYZE) != 0)
+					flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE;
+
+				pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(relid, flags);
+
+				return vacrels;
+			}
+
+			/*
+			 * Now that we have the lock, probe to see if the relation really
+			 * exists or not.
+			 */
+			if (!SearchSysCacheExists1(RELOID, ObjectIdGetDatum(relid)))
+			{
+				if (options & VACOPT_VACUUM)
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_UNDEFINED_TABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping vacuum of \"%s\" --- relation no longer exists",
+									vrel->relation->relname)));
+				else
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_UNDEFINED_TABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping analyze of \"%s\" --- relation no longer exists",
+									vrel->relation->relname)));
+
+				/* Release useless lock */
+				UnlockRelationOid(relid, AccessShareLock);
+
+				return vacrels;
+			}
 		}
 
 		/*
diff --git a/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c b/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c
index b2ca28f83ba..532d9023f8c 100644
--- a/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c
+++ b/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c
@@ -17,12 +17,14 @@
 
 #include "postgres.h"
 
+#include "access/htup_details.h"
 #include "access/twophase_rmgr.h"
 #include "access/xact.h"
 #include "catalog/catalog.h"
 #include "utils/memutils.h"
 #include "utils/pgstat_internal.h"
 #include "utils/rel.h"
+#include "utils/syscache.h"
 #include "utils/timestamp.h"
 
 
@@ -367,6 +369,68 @@ pgstat_report_analyze(Relation rel,
 	(void) pgstat_flush_backend(false, PGSTAT_BACKEND_FLUSH_IO);
 }
 
+/*
+ * Report that the table was skipped during vacuum or/and analyze.
+ */
+void
+pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(Oid relid, int flags)
+{
+	PgStat_EntryRef *entry_ref;
+	PgStatShared_Relation *shtabentry;
+	PgStat_StatTabEntry *tabentry;
+	TimestampTz ts;
+	HeapTuple	classTup;
+	bool		isshared;
+
+	if (!pgstat_track_counts || !flags)
+		return;
+
+	classTup = SearchSysCache1(RELOID, ObjectIdGetDatum(relid));
+	if (!HeapTupleIsValid(classTup))
+		return;			/* somebody deleted the rel, forget it */
+	isshared = ((Form_pg_class) GETSTRUCT(classTup))->relisshared;
+	ReleaseSysCache(classTup);
+
+	/* Store the data in the table's hash table entry. */
+	ts = GetCurrentTimestamp();
+
+	/* block acquiring lock for the same reason as pgstat_report_autovac() */
+	entry_ref = pgstat_get_entry_ref_locked(PGSTAT_KIND_RELATION,
+											isshared ? InvalidOid : MyDatabaseId,
+											relid, false);
+
+	shtabentry = (PgStatShared_Relation *) entry_ref->shared_stats;
+	tabentry = &shtabentry->stats;
+
+	if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM)
+	{
+		tabentry->last_skipped_vacuum_time = ts;
+		tabentry->skipped_vacuum_count++;
+	}
+	else if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOVACUUM)
+	{
+		tabentry->last_skipped_autovacuum_time = ts;
+		tabentry->skipped_autovacuum_count++;
+	}
+
+	if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE)
+	{
+		tabentry->last_skipped_analyze_time = ts;
+		tabentry->skipped_analyze_count++;
+	}
+	else if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOANALYZE)
+	{
+		tabentry->last_skipped_autoanalyze_time = ts;
+		tabentry->skipped_autoanalyze_count++;
+	}
+
+	pgstat_unlock_entry(entry_ref);
+
+	/* see pgstat_report_vacuum() */
+	pgstat_flush_io(false);
+	(void) pgstat_flush_backend(false, PGSTAT_BACKEND_FLUSH_IO);
+}
+
 /*
  * count a tuple insertion of n tuples
  */
diff --git a/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c b/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c
index 1408de387ea..90a8968faa0 100644
--- a/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c
+++ b/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c
@@ -84,6 +84,18 @@ PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(mod_since_analyze)
 /* pg_stat_get_numscans */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(numscans)
 
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_analyze_count)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_autoanalyze_count)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_autovacuum_count)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_vacuum_count)
+
 /* pg_stat_get_tuples_deleted */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(tuples_deleted)
 
@@ -170,6 +182,18 @@ PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_vacuum_time)
 /* pg_stat_get_lastscan */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(lastscan)
 
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_analyze_time)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_autoanalyze_time)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_autovacuum_time)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_vacuum_time)
+
 /* pg_stat_get_stat_reset_time */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(stat_reset_time)
 
diff --git a/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat b/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat
index fa9ae79082b..32debb34863 100644
--- a/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat
+++ b/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat
@@ -5680,6 +5680,38 @@
   proargmodes => '{o,o,o,o,o,o,o,o,o,o}',
   proargnames => '{oid,score,xid_score,mxid_score,vacuum_score,vacuum_insert_score,analyze_score,do_vacuum,do_analyze,for_wraparound}',
   prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_autovacuum_scores' },
+{ oid => '8142', descr => 'statistics: last skipped vacuum time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time' },
+{ oid => '8143', descr => 'statistics: last skipped auto vacuum time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time' },
+{ oid => '8144', descr => 'statistics: last skipped analyze time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time' },
+{ oid => '8145', descr => 'statistics: last skipped auto analyze time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time' },
+{ oid => '8146', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped vacuum for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count' },
+{ oid => '8147', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped auto vacuum for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count' },
+{ oid => '8148', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped analyzes for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count' },
+{ oid => '8149', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped auto analyzes for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count' },
 { oid => '1936', descr => 'statistics: currently active backend IDs',
   proname => 'pg_stat_get_backend_idset', prorows => '100', proretset => 't',
   provolatile => 's', proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int4',
diff --git a/src/include/pgstat.h b/src/include/pgstat.h
index dfa2e837638..98941f953d1 100644
--- a/src/include/pgstat.h
+++ b/src/include/pgstat.h
@@ -479,6 +479,15 @@ typedef struct PgStat_StatTabEntry
 	TimestampTz last_autoanalyze_time;	/* autovacuum initiated */
 	PgStat_Counter autoanalyze_count;
 
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_vacuum_time;	/* user initiated vacuum */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_vacuum_count;
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_autovacuum_time;	/* autovacuum initiated */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_autovacuum_count;
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_analyze_time;	/* user initiated */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_analyze_count;
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_autoanalyze_time;	/* autovacuum initiated */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_autoanalyze_count;
+
 	PgStat_Counter total_vacuum_time;	/* times in milliseconds */
 	PgStat_Counter total_autovacuum_time;
 	PgStat_Counter total_analyze_time;
@@ -703,6 +712,13 @@ extern void pgstat_report_analyze(Relation rel,
 								  PgStat_Counter livetuples, PgStat_Counter deadtuples,
 								  bool resetcounter, TimestampTz starttime);
 
+/* flags for pgstat_flush_backend() */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM		(1 << 0)	/* vacuum is skipped */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE		(1 << 1)	/* analyze is skipped */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOVACUUM	(1 << 2)	/* autovacuum is skipped */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOANALYZE	(1 << 3)	/* autoanalyze is skipped */
+extern void pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(Oid relid, int flags);
+
 /*
  * If stats are enabled, but pending data hasn't been prepared yet, call
  * pgstat_assoc_relation() to do so. See its comment for why this is done
diff --git a/src/test/isolation/expected/vacuum-skip-locked.out b/src/test/isolation/expected/vacuum-skip-locked.out
index 99db281a159..e2cff175b7c 100644
--- a/src/test/isolation/expected/vacuum-skip-locked.out
+++ b/src/test/isolation/expected/vacuum-skip-locked.out
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 Parsed test spec with 2 sessions
 
-starting permutation: lock_share vac_specified commit
+starting permutation: lock_share vac_specified commit check_stat
 step lock_share: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN SHARE MODE;
@@ -10,8 +10,22 @@ step vac_specified: VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED) part1, part2;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
 
-starting permutation: lock_share vac_all_parts commit
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   1|            0|                    0
+part2  |           1|                   0|            0|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
+
+starting permutation: lock_share vac_all_parts commit check_stat
 step lock_share: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN SHARE MODE;
@@ -20,8 +34,22 @@ step vac_all_parts: VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED) parted;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   1|            0|                    0
+part2  |           1|                   0|            0|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
 
-starting permutation: lock_share analyze_specified commit
+starting permutation: lock_share analyze_specified commit check_stat
 step lock_share: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN SHARE MODE;
@@ -31,8 +59,22 @@ step analyze_specified: ANALYZE (SKIP_LOCKED) part1, part2;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
 
-starting permutation: lock_share analyze_all_parts commit
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   0|            0|                    1
+part2  |           0|                   0|            1|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
+
+starting permutation: lock_share analyze_all_parts commit check_stat
 step lock_share: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN SHARE MODE;
@@ -41,8 +83,22 @@ step analyze_all_parts: ANALYZE (SKIP_LOCKED) parted;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            1|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   0|            0|                    1
+part2  |           0|                   0|            1|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
 
-starting permutation: lock_share vac_analyze_specified commit
+starting permutation: lock_share vac_analyze_specified commit check_stat
 step lock_share: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN SHARE MODE;
@@ -52,8 +108,22 @@ step vac_analyze_specified: VACUUM (ANALYZE, SKIP_LOCKED) part1, part2;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
 
-starting permutation: lock_share vac_analyze_all_parts commit
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   1|            0|                    1
+part2  |           1|                   0|            1|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
+
+starting permutation: lock_share vac_analyze_all_parts commit check_stat
 step lock_share: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN SHARE MODE;
@@ -62,8 +132,22 @@ step vac_analyze_all_parts: VACUUM (ANALYZE, SKIP_LOCKED) parted;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            1|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   1|            0|                    1
+part2  |           1|                   0|            1|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
 
-starting permutation: lock_share vac_full_specified commit
+starting permutation: lock_share vac_full_specified commit check_stat
 step lock_share: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN SHARE MODE;
@@ -73,8 +157,22 @@ step vac_full_specified: VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED, FULL) part1, part2;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
 
-starting permutation: lock_share vac_full_all_parts commit
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part2  |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
+
+starting permutation: lock_share vac_full_all_parts commit check_stat
 step lock_share: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN SHARE MODE;
@@ -83,8 +181,22 @@ step vac_full_all_parts: VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED, FULL) parted;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part2  |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+(3 rows)
 
-starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_specified commit
+
+starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_specified commit check_stat
 step lock_access_exclusive: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN ACCESS EXCLUSIVE MODE;
@@ -94,8 +206,22 @@ step vac_specified: VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED) part1, part2;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   1|            0|                    0
+part2  |           1|                   0|            0|                    0
+(3 rows)
 
-starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_all_parts commit
+
+starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_all_parts commit check_stat
 step lock_access_exclusive: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN ACCESS EXCLUSIVE MODE;
@@ -104,8 +230,22 @@ step vac_all_parts: VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED) parted;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   1|            0|                    0
+part2  |           1|                   0|            0|                    0
+(3 rows)
 
-starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive analyze_specified commit
+
+starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive analyze_specified commit check_stat
 step lock_access_exclusive: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN ACCESS EXCLUSIVE MODE;
@@ -115,8 +255,22 @@ step analyze_specified: ANALYZE (SKIP_LOCKED) part1, part2;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   0|            0|                    1
+part2  |           0|                   0|            1|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
 
-starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive analyze_all_parts commit
+starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive analyze_all_parts commit check_stat
 step lock_access_exclusive: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN ACCESS EXCLUSIVE MODE;
@@ -126,8 +280,22 @@ step commit:
 	COMMIT;
 
 step analyze_all_parts: <... completed>
-
-starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_analyze_specified commit
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            1|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   0|            1|                    0
+part2  |           0|                   0|            1|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
+
+starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_analyze_specified commit check_stat
 step lock_access_exclusive: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN ACCESS EXCLUSIVE MODE;
@@ -137,8 +305,22 @@ step vac_analyze_specified: VACUUM (ANALYZE, SKIP_LOCKED) part1, part2;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   1|            0|                    1
+part2  |           1|                   0|            1|                    0
+(3 rows)
 
-starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_analyze_all_parts commit
+
+starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_analyze_all_parts commit check_stat
 step lock_access_exclusive: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN ACCESS EXCLUSIVE MODE;
@@ -148,8 +330,22 @@ step commit:
 	COMMIT;
 
 step vac_analyze_all_parts: <... completed>
-
-starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_full_specified commit
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            1|                    0
+part1  |           1|                   0|            1|                    0
+part2  |           1|                   0|            1|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
+
+starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_full_specified commit check_stat
 step lock_access_exclusive: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN ACCESS EXCLUSIVE MODE;
@@ -159,8 +355,22 @@ step vac_full_specified: VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED, FULL) part1, part2;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
 
-starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_full_all_parts commit
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part2  |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
+
+starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_full_all_parts commit check_stat
 step lock_access_exclusive: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN ACCESS EXCLUSIVE MODE;
@@ -169,3 +379,17 @@ step vac_full_all_parts: VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED, FULL) parted;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part2  |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
diff --git a/src/test/isolation/specs/vacuum-skip-locked.spec b/src/test/isolation/specs/vacuum-skip-locked.spec
index 3fad6e1c92a..b0da75d4b6d 100644
--- a/src/test/isolation/specs/vacuum-skip-locked.spec
+++ b/src/test/isolation/specs/vacuum-skip-locked.spec
@@ -33,6 +33,15 @@ step commit
 	COMMIT;
 }
 
+step check_stat
+{
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+}
+
 session s2
 step vac_specified			{ VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED) part1, part2; }
 step vac_all_parts			{ VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED) parted; }
@@ -43,19 +52,19 @@ step vac_analyze_all_parts	{ VACUUM (ANALYZE, SKIP_LOCKED) parted; }
 step vac_full_specified		{ VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED, FULL) part1, part2; }
 step vac_full_all_parts		{ VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED, FULL) parted; }
 
-permutation lock_share vac_specified commit
-permutation lock_share vac_all_parts commit
-permutation lock_share analyze_specified commit
-permutation lock_share analyze_all_parts commit
-permutation lock_share vac_analyze_specified commit
-permutation lock_share vac_analyze_all_parts commit
-permutation lock_share vac_full_specified commit
-permutation lock_share vac_full_all_parts commit
-permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_specified commit
-permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_all_parts commit
-permutation lock_access_exclusive analyze_specified commit
-permutation lock_access_exclusive analyze_all_parts commit
-permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_analyze_specified commit
-permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_analyze_all_parts commit
-permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_full_specified commit
-permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_full_all_parts commit
+permutation lock_share vac_specified commit check_stat
+permutation lock_share vac_all_parts commit check_stat
+permutation lock_share analyze_specified commit check_stat
+permutation lock_share analyze_all_parts commit check_stat
+permutation lock_share vac_analyze_specified commit check_stat
+permutation lock_share vac_analyze_all_parts commit check_stat
+permutation lock_share vac_full_specified commit check_stat
+permutation lock_share vac_full_all_parts commit check_stat
+permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_specified commit check_stat
+permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_all_parts commit check_stat
+permutation lock_access_exclusive analyze_specified commit check_stat
+permutation lock_access_exclusive analyze_all_parts commit check_stat
+permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_analyze_specified commit check_stat
+permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_analyze_all_parts commit check_stat
+permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_full_specified commit check_stat
+permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_full_all_parts commit check_stat
diff --git a/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out b/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out
index a65a5bf0c4f..9b2075d3373 100644
--- a/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out
+++ b/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out
@@ -1835,13 +1835,21 @@ pg_stat_all_tables| SELECT c.oid AS relid,
     pg_stat_get_mod_since_analyze(c.oid) AS n_mod_since_analyze,
     pg_stat_get_ins_since_vacuum(c.oid) AS n_ins_since_vacuum,
     pg_stat_get_last_vacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_vacuum,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_vacuum,
     pg_stat_get_last_autovacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_autovacuum,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_autovacuum,
     pg_stat_get_last_analyze_time(c.oid) AS last_analyze,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_analyze,
     pg_stat_get_last_autoanalyze_time(c.oid) AS last_autoanalyze,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_autoanalyze,
     pg_stat_get_vacuum_count(c.oid) AS vacuum_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count(c.oid) AS skipped_vacuum_count,
     pg_stat_get_autovacuum_count(c.oid) AS autovacuum_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count(c.oid) AS skipped_autovacuum_count,
     pg_stat_get_analyze_count(c.oid) AS analyze_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count(c.oid) AS skipped_analyze_count,
     pg_stat_get_autoanalyze_count(c.oid) AS autoanalyze_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count(c.oid) AS skipped_autoanalyze_count,
     pg_stat_get_total_vacuum_time(c.oid) AS total_vacuum_time,
     pg_stat_get_total_autovacuum_time(c.oid) AS total_autovacuum_time,
     pg_stat_get_total_analyze_time(c.oid) AS total_analyze_time,
@@ -2346,13 +2354,21 @@ pg_stat_sys_tables| SELECT relid,
     n_mod_since_analyze,
     n_ins_since_vacuum,
     last_vacuum,
+    last_skipped_vacuum,
     last_autovacuum,
+    last_skipped_autovacuum,
     last_analyze,
+    last_skipped_analyze,
     last_autoanalyze,
+    last_skipped_autoanalyze,
     vacuum_count,
+    skipped_vacuum_count,
     autovacuum_count,
+    skipped_autovacuum_count,
     analyze_count,
+    skipped_analyze_count,
     autoanalyze_count,
+    skipped_autoanalyze_count,
     total_vacuum_time,
     total_autovacuum_time,
     total_analyze_time,
@@ -2401,13 +2417,21 @@ pg_stat_user_tables| SELECT relid,
     n_mod_since_analyze,
     n_ins_since_vacuum,
     last_vacuum,
+    last_skipped_vacuum,
     last_autovacuum,
+    last_skipped_autovacuum,
     last_analyze,
+    last_skipped_analyze,
     last_autoanalyze,
+    last_skipped_autoanalyze,
     vacuum_count,
+    skipped_vacuum_count,
     autovacuum_count,
+    skipped_autovacuum_count,
     analyze_count,
+    skipped_analyze_count,
     autoanalyze_count,
+    skipped_autoanalyze_count,
     total_vacuum_time,
     total_autovacuum_time,
     total_analyze_time,
-- 
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* [PATCH v4] Track skipped vacuum and analyze activity per relation
@ 2026-03-24 04:09 Yugo Nagata <[email protected]>
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From: Yugo Nagata @ 2026-03-24 04:09 UTC (permalink / raw)

This commit adds eight fields to the relation statistics that track
the last time vacuum or analyze has been attempted but skipped due to
lock unavailability, along with their counts:

-    last_skipped_vacuum
-    last_skipped_autovacuum
-    last_skipped_analyze
-    last_skipped_autoanalyze
-    skipped_vacuum_count
-    skipped_autovacuum_count
-    skipped_analyze_count
-    skipped_autoanalyze_count

These field can help users confirm that autovacuum is actively attempting
to run on a table that has not been vacuumed or analyzed for a long time,
and that the lack of progress is due to repeated skips rather than inactivity.
---
 doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml                 |  88 ++++++++++++++++
 src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql         |   8 ++
 src/backend/commands/vacuum.c                | 102 ++++++++++++++-----
 src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c |  64 ++++++++++++
 src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c          |  24 +++++
 src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat              |  32 ++++++
 src/include/pgstat.h                         |  16 +++
 src/test/regress/expected/rules.out          |  24 +++++
 8 files changed, 335 insertions(+), 23 deletions(-)

diff --git a/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml b/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml
index 08d5b824552..a9b579d87a9 100644
--- a/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml
+++ b/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml
@@ -4387,6 +4387,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_vacuum</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time a manual vacuum on this table was attempted but skipped due to
+       lock unavailability (not counting <command>VACUUM FULL</command>)
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>last_autovacuum</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
@@ -4397,6 +4407,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_autovacuum</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time a vacuum on this table by the autovacuum daemon was attempted
+       but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>last_analyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
@@ -4406,6 +4426,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_analyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time a manual analyze on this table was attempted but skipped due to
+       lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>last_autoanalyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
@@ -4416,6 +4446,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_autoanalyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time at which an analyze on this table by the autovacuum was
+       attempted but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>vacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4426,6 +4466,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_vacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times manual vacuums on this table have been attempted but skipped
+       due to lock unavailability (not counting <command>VACUUM FULL</command>)
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>autovacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4436,6 +4486,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_autovacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times vacuums on this table by the autovacuum daemon have been
+       attempted but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>analyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4445,6 +4505,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_analyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times manual analyzes on this table have been attempted but
+       skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>autoanalyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4455,6 +4525,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_autoanalyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times analyzes on this table by the autovacuum daemon have
+       been attempted but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>total_vacuum_time</structfield> <type>double precision</type>
@@ -4510,6 +4590,14 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
    </tgroup>
   </table>
 
+  <note>
+   <para>
+    When a manual vacuum or analyze on a parent table in an inheritance or
+    partitioning hierarchy is skipped, the statistics are recorded only for
+    the parent table, not for its children.
+   </para>
+  </note>
+
  </sect2>
 
  <sect2 id="monitoring-pg-stat-autovacuum-scores-view">
diff --git a/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql b/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql
index 73a1c1c4670..f509fc7876b 100644
--- a/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql
+++ b/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql
@@ -736,13 +736,21 @@ CREATE VIEW pg_stat_all_tables AS
             pg_stat_get_mod_since_analyze(C.oid) AS n_mod_since_analyze,
             pg_stat_get_ins_since_vacuum(C.oid) AS n_ins_since_vacuum,
             pg_stat_get_last_vacuum_time(C.oid) as last_vacuum,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_vacuum,
             pg_stat_get_last_autovacuum_time(C.oid) as last_autovacuum,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_autovacuum,
             pg_stat_get_last_analyze_time(C.oid) as last_analyze,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_analyze,
             pg_stat_get_last_autoanalyze_time(C.oid) as last_autoanalyze,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_autoanalyze,
             pg_stat_get_vacuum_count(C.oid) AS vacuum_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count(C.oid) AS skipped_vacuum_count,
             pg_stat_get_autovacuum_count(C.oid) AS autovacuum_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count(C.oid) AS skipped_autovacuum_count,
             pg_stat_get_analyze_count(C.oid) AS analyze_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count(C.oid) AS skipped_analyze_count,
             pg_stat_get_autoanalyze_count(C.oid) AS autoanalyze_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count(C.oid) AS skipped_autoanalyze_count,
             pg_stat_get_total_vacuum_time(C.oid) AS total_vacuum_time,
             pg_stat_get_total_autovacuum_time(C.oid) AS total_autovacuum_time,
             pg_stat_get_total_analyze_time(C.oid) AS total_analyze_time,
diff --git a/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c b/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c
index 99d0db82ed7..97cd5ea8d10 100644
--- a/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c
+++ b/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c
@@ -793,8 +793,25 @@ vacuum_open_relation(Oid relid, RangeVar *relation, uint32 options,
 		rel = try_relation_open(relid, NoLock);
 	else
 	{
+		int flags = 0;
 		rel = NULL;
 		rel_lock = false;
+
+		if ((options & VACOPT_VACUUM) != 0)
+		{
+			if (AmAutoVacuumWorkerProcess())
+				flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOVACUUM;
+			else
+				flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM;
+		}
+		if ((options & VACOPT_ANALYZE) != 0)
+		{
+			if (AmAutoVacuumWorkerProcess())
+				flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOANALYZE;
+			else
+				flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE;
+		}
+		pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(relid, flags);
 	}
 
 	/* if relation is opened, leave */
@@ -802,7 +819,7 @@ vacuum_open_relation(Oid relid, RangeVar *relation, uint32 options,
 		return rel;
 
 	/*
-	 * Relation could not be opened, hence generate if possible a log
+	 * Relation could not be opened hence generate if possible a log
 	 * informing on the situation.
 	 *
 	 * If the RangeVar is not defined, we do not have enough information to
@@ -905,7 +922,6 @@ expand_vacuum_rel(VacuumRelation *vrel, MemoryContext vac_context,
 		Form_pg_class classForm;
 		bool		include_children;
 		bool		is_partitioned_table;
-		int			rvr_opts;
 
 		/*
 		 * Since autovacuum workers supply OIDs when calling vacuum(), no
@@ -918,29 +934,69 @@ expand_vacuum_rel(VacuumRelation *vrel, MemoryContext vac_context,
 		 * below, as well as find_all_inheritors's expectation that the caller
 		 * holds some lock on the starting relation.
 		 */
-		rvr_opts = (options & VACOPT_SKIP_LOCKED) ? RVR_SKIP_LOCKED : 0;
-		relid = RangeVarGetRelidExtended(vrel->relation,
-										 AccessShareLock,
-										 rvr_opts,
-										 NULL, NULL);
-
-		/*
-		 * If the lock is unavailable, emit the same log statement that
-		 * vacuum_rel() and analyze_rel() would.
-		 */
-		if (!OidIsValid(relid))
+		if (!(options & VACOPT_SKIP_LOCKED))
 		{
-			if (options & VACOPT_VACUUM)
-				ereport(WARNING,
-						(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
-						 errmsg("skipping vacuum of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
-								vrel->relation->relname)));
-			else
-				ereport(WARNING,
-						(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
-						 errmsg("skipping analyze of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
+			relid = RangeVarGetRelidExtended(vrel->relation,
+											 AccessShareLock,
+											 0, NULL, NULL);
+			if (!OidIsValid(relid))
+				return vacrels;
+		}
+		else
+		{
+			/* Get relid for reporting before taking a lock */
+			relid = RangeVarGetRelid(vrel->relation, NoLock, false);
+
+			if (!ConditionalLockRelationOid(relid, AccessShareLock))
+			{
+				int	flags = 0;
+				/*
+				 * If the lock is unavailable, emit the same log statement that
+				 * vacuum_rel() and analyze_rel() would.
+				 */
+				if (options & VACOPT_VACUUM)
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping vacuum of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
 								vrel->relation->relname)));
-			return vacrels;
+				else
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping analyze of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
+									vrel->relation->relname)));
+
+				if ((options & VACOPT_VACUUM) != 0)
+					flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM;
+				if ((options & VACOPT_ANALYZE) != 0)
+					flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE;
+
+				pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(relid, flags);
+
+				return vacrels;
+			}
+
+			/*
+			 * Now that we have the lock, probe to see if the relation really
+			 * exists or not.
+			 */
+			if (!SearchSysCacheExists1(RELOID, ObjectIdGetDatum(relid)))
+			{
+				if (options & VACOPT_VACUUM)
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_UNDEFINED_TABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping vacuum of \"%s\" --- relation no longer exists",
+									vrel->relation->relname)));
+				else
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_UNDEFINED_TABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping analyze of \"%s\" --- relation no longer exists",
+									vrel->relation->relname)));
+
+				/* Release useless lock */
+				UnlockRelationOid(relid, AccessShareLock);
+
+				return vacrels;
+			}
 		}
 
 		/*
diff --git a/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c b/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c
index b2ca28f83ba..532d9023f8c 100644
--- a/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c
+++ b/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c
@@ -17,12 +17,14 @@
 
 #include "postgres.h"
 
+#include "access/htup_details.h"
 #include "access/twophase_rmgr.h"
 #include "access/xact.h"
 #include "catalog/catalog.h"
 #include "utils/memutils.h"
 #include "utils/pgstat_internal.h"
 #include "utils/rel.h"
+#include "utils/syscache.h"
 #include "utils/timestamp.h"
 
 
@@ -367,6 +369,68 @@ pgstat_report_analyze(Relation rel,
 	(void) pgstat_flush_backend(false, PGSTAT_BACKEND_FLUSH_IO);
 }
 
+/*
+ * Report that the table was skipped during vacuum or/and analyze.
+ */
+void
+pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(Oid relid, int flags)
+{
+	PgStat_EntryRef *entry_ref;
+	PgStatShared_Relation *shtabentry;
+	PgStat_StatTabEntry *tabentry;
+	TimestampTz ts;
+	HeapTuple	classTup;
+	bool		isshared;
+
+	if (!pgstat_track_counts || !flags)
+		return;
+
+	classTup = SearchSysCache1(RELOID, ObjectIdGetDatum(relid));
+	if (!HeapTupleIsValid(classTup))
+		return;			/* somebody deleted the rel, forget it */
+	isshared = ((Form_pg_class) GETSTRUCT(classTup))->relisshared;
+	ReleaseSysCache(classTup);
+
+	/* Store the data in the table's hash table entry. */
+	ts = GetCurrentTimestamp();
+
+	/* block acquiring lock for the same reason as pgstat_report_autovac() */
+	entry_ref = pgstat_get_entry_ref_locked(PGSTAT_KIND_RELATION,
+											isshared ? InvalidOid : MyDatabaseId,
+											relid, false);
+
+	shtabentry = (PgStatShared_Relation *) entry_ref->shared_stats;
+	tabentry = &shtabentry->stats;
+
+	if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM)
+	{
+		tabentry->last_skipped_vacuum_time = ts;
+		tabentry->skipped_vacuum_count++;
+	}
+	else if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOVACUUM)
+	{
+		tabentry->last_skipped_autovacuum_time = ts;
+		tabentry->skipped_autovacuum_count++;
+	}
+
+	if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE)
+	{
+		tabentry->last_skipped_analyze_time = ts;
+		tabentry->skipped_analyze_count++;
+	}
+	else if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOANALYZE)
+	{
+		tabentry->last_skipped_autoanalyze_time = ts;
+		tabentry->skipped_autoanalyze_count++;
+	}
+
+	pgstat_unlock_entry(entry_ref);
+
+	/* see pgstat_report_vacuum() */
+	pgstat_flush_io(false);
+	(void) pgstat_flush_backend(false, PGSTAT_BACKEND_FLUSH_IO);
+}
+
 /*
  * count a tuple insertion of n tuples
  */
diff --git a/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c b/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c
index 1408de387ea..90a8968faa0 100644
--- a/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c
+++ b/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c
@@ -84,6 +84,18 @@ PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(mod_since_analyze)
 /* pg_stat_get_numscans */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(numscans)
 
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_analyze_count)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_autoanalyze_count)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_autovacuum_count)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_vacuum_count)
+
 /* pg_stat_get_tuples_deleted */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(tuples_deleted)
 
@@ -170,6 +182,18 @@ PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_vacuum_time)
 /* pg_stat_get_lastscan */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(lastscan)
 
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_analyze_time)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_autoanalyze_time)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_autovacuum_time)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_vacuum_time)
+
 /* pg_stat_get_stat_reset_time */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(stat_reset_time)
 
diff --git a/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat b/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat
index fa9ae79082b..32debb34863 100644
--- a/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat
+++ b/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat
@@ -5680,6 +5680,38 @@
   proargmodes => '{o,o,o,o,o,o,o,o,o,o}',
   proargnames => '{oid,score,xid_score,mxid_score,vacuum_score,vacuum_insert_score,analyze_score,do_vacuum,do_analyze,for_wraparound}',
   prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_autovacuum_scores' },
+{ oid => '8142', descr => 'statistics: last skipped vacuum time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time' },
+{ oid => '8143', descr => 'statistics: last skipped auto vacuum time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time' },
+{ oid => '8144', descr => 'statistics: last skipped analyze time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time' },
+{ oid => '8145', descr => 'statistics: last skipped auto analyze time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time' },
+{ oid => '8146', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped vacuum for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count' },
+{ oid => '8147', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped auto vacuum for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count' },
+{ oid => '8148', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped analyzes for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count' },
+{ oid => '8149', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped auto analyzes for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count' },
 { oid => '1936', descr => 'statistics: currently active backend IDs',
   proname => 'pg_stat_get_backend_idset', prorows => '100', proretset => 't',
   provolatile => 's', proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int4',
diff --git a/src/include/pgstat.h b/src/include/pgstat.h
index dfa2e837638..98941f953d1 100644
--- a/src/include/pgstat.h
+++ b/src/include/pgstat.h
@@ -479,6 +479,15 @@ typedef struct PgStat_StatTabEntry
 	TimestampTz last_autoanalyze_time;	/* autovacuum initiated */
 	PgStat_Counter autoanalyze_count;
 
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_vacuum_time;	/* user initiated vacuum */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_vacuum_count;
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_autovacuum_time;	/* autovacuum initiated */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_autovacuum_count;
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_analyze_time;	/* user initiated */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_analyze_count;
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_autoanalyze_time;	/* autovacuum initiated */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_autoanalyze_count;
+
 	PgStat_Counter total_vacuum_time;	/* times in milliseconds */
 	PgStat_Counter total_autovacuum_time;
 	PgStat_Counter total_analyze_time;
@@ -703,6 +712,13 @@ extern void pgstat_report_analyze(Relation rel,
 								  PgStat_Counter livetuples, PgStat_Counter deadtuples,
 								  bool resetcounter, TimestampTz starttime);
 
+/* flags for pgstat_flush_backend() */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM		(1 << 0)	/* vacuum is skipped */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE		(1 << 1)	/* analyze is skipped */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOVACUUM	(1 << 2)	/* autovacuum is skipped */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOANALYZE	(1 << 3)	/* autoanalyze is skipped */
+extern void pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(Oid relid, int flags);
+
 /*
  * If stats are enabled, but pending data hasn't been prepared yet, call
  * pgstat_assoc_relation() to do so. See its comment for why this is done
diff --git a/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out b/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out
index a65a5bf0c4f..9b2075d3373 100644
--- a/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out
+++ b/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out
@@ -1835,13 +1835,21 @@ pg_stat_all_tables| SELECT c.oid AS relid,
     pg_stat_get_mod_since_analyze(c.oid) AS n_mod_since_analyze,
     pg_stat_get_ins_since_vacuum(c.oid) AS n_ins_since_vacuum,
     pg_stat_get_last_vacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_vacuum,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_vacuum,
     pg_stat_get_last_autovacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_autovacuum,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_autovacuum,
     pg_stat_get_last_analyze_time(c.oid) AS last_analyze,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_analyze,
     pg_stat_get_last_autoanalyze_time(c.oid) AS last_autoanalyze,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_autoanalyze,
     pg_stat_get_vacuum_count(c.oid) AS vacuum_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count(c.oid) AS skipped_vacuum_count,
     pg_stat_get_autovacuum_count(c.oid) AS autovacuum_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count(c.oid) AS skipped_autovacuum_count,
     pg_stat_get_analyze_count(c.oid) AS analyze_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count(c.oid) AS skipped_analyze_count,
     pg_stat_get_autoanalyze_count(c.oid) AS autoanalyze_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count(c.oid) AS skipped_autoanalyze_count,
     pg_stat_get_total_vacuum_time(c.oid) AS total_vacuum_time,
     pg_stat_get_total_autovacuum_time(c.oid) AS total_autovacuum_time,
     pg_stat_get_total_analyze_time(c.oid) AS total_analyze_time,
@@ -2346,13 +2354,21 @@ pg_stat_sys_tables| SELECT relid,
     n_mod_since_analyze,
     n_ins_since_vacuum,
     last_vacuum,
+    last_skipped_vacuum,
     last_autovacuum,
+    last_skipped_autovacuum,
     last_analyze,
+    last_skipped_analyze,
     last_autoanalyze,
+    last_skipped_autoanalyze,
     vacuum_count,
+    skipped_vacuum_count,
     autovacuum_count,
+    skipped_autovacuum_count,
     analyze_count,
+    skipped_analyze_count,
     autoanalyze_count,
+    skipped_autoanalyze_count,
     total_vacuum_time,
     total_autovacuum_time,
     total_analyze_time,
@@ -2401,13 +2417,21 @@ pg_stat_user_tables| SELECT relid,
     n_mod_since_analyze,
     n_ins_since_vacuum,
     last_vacuum,
+    last_skipped_vacuum,
     last_autovacuum,
+    last_skipped_autovacuum,
     last_analyze,
+    last_skipped_analyze,
     last_autoanalyze,
+    last_skipped_autoanalyze,
     vacuum_count,
+    skipped_vacuum_count,
     autovacuum_count,
+    skipped_autovacuum_count,
     analyze_count,
+    skipped_analyze_count,
     autoanalyze_count,
+    skipped_autoanalyze_count,
     total_vacuum_time,
     total_autovacuum_time,
     total_analyze_time,
-- 
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* [PATCH v3] Track skipped vacuum and analyze activity per relation
@ 2026-03-24 04:09 Yugo Nagata <[email protected]>
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From: Yugo Nagata @ 2026-03-24 04:09 UTC (permalink / raw)

This commit adds eight fields to the relation statistics that track
the last time vacuum or analyze has been attempted but skipped due to
lock unavailability, along with their counts:

-    last_skipped_vacuum
-    last_skipped_autovacuum
-    last_skipped_analyze
-    last_skipped_autoanalyze
-    skipped_vacuum_count
-    skipped_autovacuum_count
-    skipped_analyze_count
-    skipped_autoanalyze_count

These field can help users confirm that autovacuum is actively attempting
to run on a table that has not been vacuumed or analyzed for a long time,
and that the lack of progress is due to repeated skips rather than inactivity.
---
 doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml                 | 80 +++++++++++++++++
 src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql         |  8 ++
 src/backend/commands/vacuum.c                | 95 +++++++++++++++-----
 src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c | 68 ++++++++++++++
 src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c          | 24 +++++
 src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat              | 32 +++++++
 src/include/pgstat.h                         | 16 ++++
 src/test/regress/expected/rules.out          | 24 +++++
 8 files changed, 324 insertions(+), 23 deletions(-)

diff --git a/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml b/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml
index bb75ed1069b..9ec8070b2fc 100644
--- a/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml
+++ b/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml
@@ -4372,6 +4372,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_vacuum</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time a manual vacuum on this table was attempted but skipped due to
+       lock unavailability (not counting <command>VACUUM FULL</command>)
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>last_autovacuum</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
@@ -4382,6 +4392,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_autovacuum</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time a vacuum on this table by the autovacuum daemon was attempted
+       but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>last_analyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
@@ -4391,6 +4411,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_analyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time a manual analyze on this table was attempted but skipped due to
+       lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>last_autoanalyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
@@ -4401,6 +4431,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_autoanalyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time at which an analyze on this table by the autovacuum was
+       attempted but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>vacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4411,6 +4451,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_vacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times vacuums on this table have been attempted but skipped
+       due to lock unavailability (not counting <command>VACUUM FULL</command>)
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>autovacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4421,6 +4471,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_autovacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times vacuums on this table by the autovacuum daemon have been
+       attempted but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>analyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4430,6 +4490,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_analyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times manual analyzes on this table have been attempted but
+       skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>autoanalyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4440,6 +4510,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_autoanalyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times analyzes on this table by the autovacuum daemon have
+       been attempted but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>total_vacuum_time</structfield> <type>double precision</type>
diff --git a/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql b/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql
index e54018004db..2ca02a0354c 100644
--- a/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql
+++ b/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql
@@ -736,13 +736,21 @@ CREATE VIEW pg_stat_all_tables AS
             pg_stat_get_mod_since_analyze(C.oid) AS n_mod_since_analyze,
             pg_stat_get_ins_since_vacuum(C.oid) AS n_ins_since_vacuum,
             pg_stat_get_last_vacuum_time(C.oid) as last_vacuum,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_vacuum,
             pg_stat_get_last_autovacuum_time(C.oid) as last_autovacuum,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_autovacuum,
             pg_stat_get_last_analyze_time(C.oid) as last_analyze,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_analyze,
             pg_stat_get_last_autoanalyze_time(C.oid) as last_autoanalyze,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_autoanalyze,
             pg_stat_get_vacuum_count(C.oid) AS vacuum_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count(C.oid) AS skipped_vacuum_count,
             pg_stat_get_autovacuum_count(C.oid) AS autovacuum_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count(C.oid) AS skipped_autovacuum_count,
             pg_stat_get_analyze_count(C.oid) AS analyze_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count(C.oid) AS skipped_analyze_count,
             pg_stat_get_autoanalyze_count(C.oid) AS autoanalyze_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count(C.oid) AS skipped_autoanalyze_count,
             pg_stat_get_total_vacuum_time(C.oid) AS total_vacuum_time,
             pg_stat_get_total_autovacuum_time(C.oid) AS total_autovacuum_time,
             pg_stat_get_total_analyze_time(C.oid) AS total_analyze_time,
diff --git a/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c b/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c
index bce3a2daa24..ce83b3171be 100644
--- a/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c
+++ b/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c
@@ -792,8 +792,18 @@ vacuum_open_relation(Oid relid, RangeVar *relation, bits32 options,
 		rel = try_relation_open(relid, NoLock);
 	else
 	{
+		bits8 flags = 0;
 		rel = NULL;
 		rel_lock = false;
+
+		if ((options & VACOPT_VACUUM) != 0)
+			flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM;
+		if ((options & VACOPT_ANALYZE) != 0)
+			flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE;
+		if (AmAutoVacuumWorkerProcess())
+			flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOVAC;
+
+		pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(relid, flags);
 	}
 
 	/* if relation is opened, leave */
@@ -801,7 +811,7 @@ vacuum_open_relation(Oid relid, RangeVar *relation, bits32 options,
 		return rel;
 
 	/*
-	 * Relation could not be opened, hence generate if possible a log
+	 * Relation could not be opened hence generate if possible a log
 	 * informing on the situation.
 	 *
 	 * If the RangeVar is not defined, we do not have enough information to
@@ -904,7 +914,6 @@ expand_vacuum_rel(VacuumRelation *vrel, MemoryContext vac_context,
 		Form_pg_class classForm;
 		bool		include_children;
 		bool		is_partitioned_table;
-		int			rvr_opts;
 
 		/*
 		 * Since autovacuum workers supply OIDs when calling vacuum(), no
@@ -917,29 +926,69 @@ expand_vacuum_rel(VacuumRelation *vrel, MemoryContext vac_context,
 		 * below, as well as find_all_inheritors's expectation that the caller
 		 * holds some lock on the starting relation.
 		 */
-		rvr_opts = (options & VACOPT_SKIP_LOCKED) ? RVR_SKIP_LOCKED : 0;
-		relid = RangeVarGetRelidExtended(vrel->relation,
-										 AccessShareLock,
-										 rvr_opts,
-										 NULL, NULL);
-
-		/*
-		 * If the lock is unavailable, emit the same log statement that
-		 * vacuum_rel() and analyze_rel() would.
-		 */
-		if (!OidIsValid(relid))
+		if (!(options & VACOPT_SKIP_LOCKED))
 		{
-			if (options & VACOPT_VACUUM)
-				ereport(WARNING,
-						(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
-						 errmsg("skipping vacuum of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
-								vrel->relation->relname)));
-			else
-				ereport(WARNING,
-						(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
-						 errmsg("skipping analyze of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
+			relid = RangeVarGetRelidExtended(vrel->relation,
+											 AccessShareLock,
+											 0, NULL, NULL);
+			if (!OidIsValid(relid))
+				return vacrels;
+		}
+		else
+		{
+			/* Get relid for reporting before taking a lock */
+			relid = RangeVarGetRelid(vrel->relation, NoLock, false);
+
+			if (!ConditionalLockRelationOid(relid, AccessShareLock))
+			{
+				bits8	flags = 0;
+				/*
+				 * If the lock is unavailable, emit the same log statement that
+				 * vacuum_rel() and analyze_rel() would.
+				 */
+				if (options & VACOPT_VACUUM)
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping vacuum of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
 								vrel->relation->relname)));
-			return vacrels;
+				else
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping analyze of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
+									vrel->relation->relname)));
+
+				if ((options & VACOPT_VACUUM) != 0)
+					flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM;
+				if ((options & VACOPT_ANALYZE) != 0)
+					flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE;
+
+				pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(relid, flags);
+
+				return vacrels;
+			}
+
+			/*
+			 * Now that we have the lock, probe to see if the relation really
+			 * exists or not.
+			 */
+			if (!SearchSysCacheExists1(RELOID, ObjectIdGetDatum(relid)))
+			{
+				if (options & VACOPT_VACUUM)
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_UNDEFINED_TABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping vacuum of \"%s\" --- relation no longer exists",
+									vrel->relation->relname)));
+				else
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_UNDEFINED_TABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping analyze of \"%s\" --- relation no longer exists",
+									vrel->relation->relname)));
+
+				/* Release useless lock */
+				UnlockRelationOid(relid, AccessShareLock);
+
+				return vacrels;
+			}
 		}
 
 		/*
diff --git a/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c b/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c
index bc8c43b96aa..cec4c88980e 100644
--- a/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c
+++ b/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c
@@ -17,6 +17,7 @@
 
 #include "postgres.h"
 
+#include "access/htup_details.h"
 #include "access/twophase_rmgr.h"
 #include "access/xact.h"
 #include "catalog/catalog.h"
@@ -366,6 +367,73 @@ pgstat_report_analyze(Relation rel,
 	(void) pgstat_flush_backend(false, PGSTAT_BACKEND_FLUSH_IO);
 }
 
+/*
+ * Report that the table was skipped during vacuum or/and analyze.
+ */
+void
+pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(Oid relid, bits8 flags)
+{
+	PgStat_EntryRef *entry_ref;
+	PgStatShared_Relation *shtabentry;
+	PgStat_StatTabEntry *tabentry;
+	TimestampTz ts;
+	HeapTuple	classTup;
+	bool		isshared;
+
+	if (!pgstat_track_counts || !(flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANY))
+		return;
+
+	classTup = SearchSysCache1(RELOID, ObjectIdGetDatum(relid));
+	if (!HeapTupleIsValid(classTup))
+		return;			/* somebody deleted the rel, forget it */
+	isshared = ((Form_pg_class) GETSTRUCT(classTup))->relisshared;
+	ReleaseSysCache(classTup);
+
+	/* Store the data in the table's hash table entry. */
+	ts = GetCurrentTimestamp();
+
+	/* block acquiring lock for the same reason as pgstat_report_autovac() */
+	entry_ref = pgstat_get_entry_ref_locked(PGSTAT_KIND_RELATION,
+											isshared ? InvalidOid : MyDatabaseId,
+											relid, false);
+
+	shtabentry = (PgStatShared_Relation *) entry_ref->shared_stats;
+	tabentry = &shtabentry->stats;
+
+	if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOVAC)
+	{
+		if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM)
+		{
+			tabentry->last_skipped_autovacuum_time = ts;
+			tabentry->skipped_autovacuum_count++;
+		}
+		if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE)
+		{
+			tabentry->last_skipped_autoanalyze_time = ts;
+			tabentry->skipped_autoanalyze_count++;
+		}
+	}
+	else
+	{
+		if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM)
+		{
+			tabentry->last_skipped_vacuum_time = ts;
+			tabentry->skipped_vacuum_count++;
+		}
+		if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE)
+		{
+			tabentry->last_skipped_analyze_time = ts;
+			tabentry->skipped_analyze_count++;
+		}
+	}
+
+	pgstat_unlock_entry(entry_ref);
+
+	/* see pgstat_report_vacuum() */
+	pgstat_flush_io(false);
+	(void) pgstat_flush_backend(false, PGSTAT_BACKEND_FLUSH_IO);
+}
+
 /*
  * count a tuple insertion of n tuples
  */
diff --git a/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c b/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c
index 9185a8e6b83..18aaa3996e1 100644
--- a/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c
+++ b/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c
@@ -84,6 +84,18 @@ PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(mod_since_analyze)
 /* pg_stat_get_numscans */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(numscans)
 
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_analyze_count)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_autoanalyze_count)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_autovacuum_count)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_vacuum_count)
+
 /* pg_stat_get_tuples_deleted */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(tuples_deleted)
 
@@ -170,6 +182,18 @@ PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_vacuum_time)
 /* pg_stat_get_lastscan */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(lastscan)
 
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_analyze_time)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_autoanalyze_time)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_autovacuum_time)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_vacuum_time)
+
 /* pg_stat_get_stat_reset_time */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(stat_reset_time)
 
diff --git a/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat b/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat
index 0118e970dda..ccfe3d9e02a 100644
--- a/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat
+++ b/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat
@@ -5667,6 +5667,38 @@
   proname => 'pg_stat_get_total_autoanalyze_time', provolatile => 's',
   proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'float8', proargtypes => 'oid',
   prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_total_autoanalyze_time' },
+{ oid => '8142', descr => 'statistics: last skipped vacuum time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time' },
+{ oid => '8143', descr => 'statistics: last skipped auto vacuum time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time' },
+{ oid => '8144', descr => 'statistics: last skipped analyze time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time' },
+{ oid => '8145', descr => 'statistics: last skipped auto analyze time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time' },
+{ oid => '8146', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped vacuum for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count' },
+{ oid => '8147', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped auto vacuum for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count' },
+{ oid => '8148', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped analyzes for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count' },
+{ oid => '8149', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped auto analyzes for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count' },
 { oid => '1936', descr => 'statistics: currently active backend IDs',
   proname => 'pg_stat_get_backend_idset', prorows => '100', proretset => 't',
   provolatile => 's', proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int4',
diff --git a/src/include/pgstat.h b/src/include/pgstat.h
index 8e3549c3752..343081a7a25 100644
--- a/src/include/pgstat.h
+++ b/src/include/pgstat.h
@@ -479,6 +479,15 @@ typedef struct PgStat_StatTabEntry
 	TimestampTz last_autoanalyze_time;	/* autovacuum initiated */
 	PgStat_Counter autoanalyze_count;
 
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_vacuum_time;	/* user initiated vacuum */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_vacuum_count;
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_autovacuum_time;	/* autovacuum initiated */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_autovacuum_count;
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_analyze_time;	/* user initiated */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_analyze_count;
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_autoanalyze_time;	/* autovacuum initiated */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_autoanalyze_count;
+
 	PgStat_Counter total_vacuum_time;	/* times in milliseconds */
 	PgStat_Counter total_autovacuum_time;
 	PgStat_Counter total_analyze_time;
@@ -707,6 +716,13 @@ extern void pgstat_report_analyze(Relation rel,
 								  PgStat_Counter livetuples, PgStat_Counter deadtuples,
 								  bool resetcounter, TimestampTz starttime);
 
+/* flags for pgstat_flush_backend() */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM	(1 << 0)	/* vacuum is skipped */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE	(1 << 1)	/* analyze is skipped */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOVAC	(1 << 2)	/* skipped during autovacuum/autoanalyze */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANY   (PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM | PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE)
+extern void pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(Oid relid, bits8 flags);
+
 /*
  * If stats are enabled, but pending data hasn't been prepared yet, call
  * pgstat_assoc_relation() to do so. See its comment for why this is done
diff --git a/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out b/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out
index 2b3cf6d8569..4ccfc43e903 100644
--- a/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out
+++ b/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out
@@ -1835,13 +1835,21 @@ pg_stat_all_tables| SELECT c.oid AS relid,
     pg_stat_get_mod_since_analyze(c.oid) AS n_mod_since_analyze,
     pg_stat_get_ins_since_vacuum(c.oid) AS n_ins_since_vacuum,
     pg_stat_get_last_vacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_vacuum,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_vacuum,
     pg_stat_get_last_autovacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_autovacuum,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_autovacuum,
     pg_stat_get_last_analyze_time(c.oid) AS last_analyze,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_analyze,
     pg_stat_get_last_autoanalyze_time(c.oid) AS last_autoanalyze,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_autoanalyze,
     pg_stat_get_vacuum_count(c.oid) AS vacuum_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count(c.oid) AS skipped_vacuum_count,
     pg_stat_get_autovacuum_count(c.oid) AS autovacuum_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count(c.oid) AS skipped_autovacuum_count,
     pg_stat_get_analyze_count(c.oid) AS analyze_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count(c.oid) AS skipped_analyze_count,
     pg_stat_get_autoanalyze_count(c.oid) AS autoanalyze_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count(c.oid) AS skipped_autoanalyze_count,
     pg_stat_get_total_vacuum_time(c.oid) AS total_vacuum_time,
     pg_stat_get_total_autovacuum_time(c.oid) AS total_autovacuum_time,
     pg_stat_get_total_analyze_time(c.oid) AS total_analyze_time,
@@ -2293,13 +2301,21 @@ pg_stat_sys_tables| SELECT relid,
     n_mod_since_analyze,
     n_ins_since_vacuum,
     last_vacuum,
+    last_skipped_vacuum,
     last_autovacuum,
+    last_skipped_autovacuum,
     last_analyze,
+    last_skipped_analyze,
     last_autoanalyze,
+    last_skipped_autoanalyze,
     vacuum_count,
+    skipped_vacuum_count,
     autovacuum_count,
+    skipped_autovacuum_count,
     analyze_count,
+    skipped_analyze_count,
     autoanalyze_count,
+    skipped_autoanalyze_count,
     total_vacuum_time,
     total_autovacuum_time,
     total_analyze_time,
@@ -2348,13 +2364,21 @@ pg_stat_user_tables| SELECT relid,
     n_mod_since_analyze,
     n_ins_since_vacuum,
     last_vacuum,
+    last_skipped_vacuum,
     last_autovacuum,
+    last_skipped_autovacuum,
     last_analyze,
+    last_skipped_analyze,
     last_autoanalyze,
+    last_skipped_autoanalyze,
     vacuum_count,
+    skipped_vacuum_count,
     autovacuum_count,
+    skipped_autovacuum_count,
     analyze_count,
+    skipped_analyze_count,
     autoanalyze_count,
+    skipped_autoanalyze_count,
     total_vacuum_time,
     total_autovacuum_time,
     total_analyze_time,
-- 
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* [PATCH v4] Track skipped vacuum and analyze activity per relation
@ 2026-03-24 04:09 Yugo Nagata <[email protected]>
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From: Yugo Nagata @ 2026-03-24 04:09 UTC (permalink / raw)

This commit adds eight fields to the relation statistics that track
the last time vacuum or analyze has been attempted but skipped due to
lock unavailability, along with their counts:

-    last_skipped_vacuum
-    last_skipped_autovacuum
-    last_skipped_analyze
-    last_skipped_autoanalyze
-    skipped_vacuum_count
-    skipped_autovacuum_count
-    skipped_analyze_count
-    skipped_autoanalyze_count

These field can help users confirm that autovacuum is actively attempting
to run on a table that has not been vacuumed or analyzed for a long time,
and that the lack of progress is due to repeated skips rather than inactivity.
---
 doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml                 |  88 ++++++++++++++++
 src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql         |   8 ++
 src/backend/commands/vacuum.c                | 102 ++++++++++++++-----
 src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c |  64 ++++++++++++
 src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c          |  24 +++++
 src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat              |  32 ++++++
 src/include/pgstat.h                         |  16 +++
 src/test/regress/expected/rules.out          |  24 +++++
 8 files changed, 335 insertions(+), 23 deletions(-)

diff --git a/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml b/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml
index 08d5b824552..a9b579d87a9 100644
--- a/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml
+++ b/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml
@@ -4387,6 +4387,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_vacuum</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time a manual vacuum on this table was attempted but skipped due to
+       lock unavailability (not counting <command>VACUUM FULL</command>)
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>last_autovacuum</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
@@ -4397,6 +4407,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_autovacuum</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time a vacuum on this table by the autovacuum daemon was attempted
+       but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>last_analyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
@@ -4406,6 +4426,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_analyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time a manual analyze on this table was attempted but skipped due to
+       lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>last_autoanalyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
@@ -4416,6 +4446,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_autoanalyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time at which an analyze on this table by the autovacuum was
+       attempted but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>vacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4426,6 +4466,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_vacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times manual vacuums on this table have been attempted but skipped
+       due to lock unavailability (not counting <command>VACUUM FULL</command>)
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>autovacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4436,6 +4486,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_autovacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times vacuums on this table by the autovacuum daemon have been
+       attempted but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>analyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4445,6 +4505,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_analyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times manual analyzes on this table have been attempted but
+       skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>autoanalyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4455,6 +4525,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_autoanalyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times analyzes on this table by the autovacuum daemon have
+       been attempted but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>total_vacuum_time</structfield> <type>double precision</type>
@@ -4510,6 +4590,14 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
    </tgroup>
   </table>
 
+  <note>
+   <para>
+    When a manual vacuum or analyze on a parent table in an inheritance or
+    partitioning hierarchy is skipped, the statistics are recorded only for
+    the parent table, not for its children.
+   </para>
+  </note>
+
  </sect2>
 
  <sect2 id="monitoring-pg-stat-autovacuum-scores-view">
diff --git a/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql b/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql
index 73a1c1c4670..f509fc7876b 100644
--- a/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql
+++ b/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql
@@ -736,13 +736,21 @@ CREATE VIEW pg_stat_all_tables AS
             pg_stat_get_mod_since_analyze(C.oid) AS n_mod_since_analyze,
             pg_stat_get_ins_since_vacuum(C.oid) AS n_ins_since_vacuum,
             pg_stat_get_last_vacuum_time(C.oid) as last_vacuum,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_vacuum,
             pg_stat_get_last_autovacuum_time(C.oid) as last_autovacuum,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_autovacuum,
             pg_stat_get_last_analyze_time(C.oid) as last_analyze,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_analyze,
             pg_stat_get_last_autoanalyze_time(C.oid) as last_autoanalyze,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_autoanalyze,
             pg_stat_get_vacuum_count(C.oid) AS vacuum_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count(C.oid) AS skipped_vacuum_count,
             pg_stat_get_autovacuum_count(C.oid) AS autovacuum_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count(C.oid) AS skipped_autovacuum_count,
             pg_stat_get_analyze_count(C.oid) AS analyze_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count(C.oid) AS skipped_analyze_count,
             pg_stat_get_autoanalyze_count(C.oid) AS autoanalyze_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count(C.oid) AS skipped_autoanalyze_count,
             pg_stat_get_total_vacuum_time(C.oid) AS total_vacuum_time,
             pg_stat_get_total_autovacuum_time(C.oid) AS total_autovacuum_time,
             pg_stat_get_total_analyze_time(C.oid) AS total_analyze_time,
diff --git a/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c b/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c
index 99d0db82ed7..97cd5ea8d10 100644
--- a/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c
+++ b/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c
@@ -793,8 +793,25 @@ vacuum_open_relation(Oid relid, RangeVar *relation, uint32 options,
 		rel = try_relation_open(relid, NoLock);
 	else
 	{
+		int flags = 0;
 		rel = NULL;
 		rel_lock = false;
+
+		if ((options & VACOPT_VACUUM) != 0)
+		{
+			if (AmAutoVacuumWorkerProcess())
+				flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOVACUUM;
+			else
+				flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM;
+		}
+		if ((options & VACOPT_ANALYZE) != 0)
+		{
+			if (AmAutoVacuumWorkerProcess())
+				flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOANALYZE;
+			else
+				flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE;
+		}
+		pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(relid, flags);
 	}
 
 	/* if relation is opened, leave */
@@ -802,7 +819,7 @@ vacuum_open_relation(Oid relid, RangeVar *relation, uint32 options,
 		return rel;
 
 	/*
-	 * Relation could not be opened, hence generate if possible a log
+	 * Relation could not be opened hence generate if possible a log
 	 * informing on the situation.
 	 *
 	 * If the RangeVar is not defined, we do not have enough information to
@@ -905,7 +922,6 @@ expand_vacuum_rel(VacuumRelation *vrel, MemoryContext vac_context,
 		Form_pg_class classForm;
 		bool		include_children;
 		bool		is_partitioned_table;
-		int			rvr_opts;
 
 		/*
 		 * Since autovacuum workers supply OIDs when calling vacuum(), no
@@ -918,29 +934,69 @@ expand_vacuum_rel(VacuumRelation *vrel, MemoryContext vac_context,
 		 * below, as well as find_all_inheritors's expectation that the caller
 		 * holds some lock on the starting relation.
 		 */
-		rvr_opts = (options & VACOPT_SKIP_LOCKED) ? RVR_SKIP_LOCKED : 0;
-		relid = RangeVarGetRelidExtended(vrel->relation,
-										 AccessShareLock,
-										 rvr_opts,
-										 NULL, NULL);
-
-		/*
-		 * If the lock is unavailable, emit the same log statement that
-		 * vacuum_rel() and analyze_rel() would.
-		 */
-		if (!OidIsValid(relid))
+		if (!(options & VACOPT_SKIP_LOCKED))
 		{
-			if (options & VACOPT_VACUUM)
-				ereport(WARNING,
-						(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
-						 errmsg("skipping vacuum of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
-								vrel->relation->relname)));
-			else
-				ereport(WARNING,
-						(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
-						 errmsg("skipping analyze of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
+			relid = RangeVarGetRelidExtended(vrel->relation,
+											 AccessShareLock,
+											 0, NULL, NULL);
+			if (!OidIsValid(relid))
+				return vacrels;
+		}
+		else
+		{
+			/* Get relid for reporting before taking a lock */
+			relid = RangeVarGetRelid(vrel->relation, NoLock, false);
+
+			if (!ConditionalLockRelationOid(relid, AccessShareLock))
+			{
+				int	flags = 0;
+				/*
+				 * If the lock is unavailable, emit the same log statement that
+				 * vacuum_rel() and analyze_rel() would.
+				 */
+				if (options & VACOPT_VACUUM)
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping vacuum of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
 								vrel->relation->relname)));
-			return vacrels;
+				else
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping analyze of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
+									vrel->relation->relname)));
+
+				if ((options & VACOPT_VACUUM) != 0)
+					flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM;
+				if ((options & VACOPT_ANALYZE) != 0)
+					flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE;
+
+				pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(relid, flags);
+
+				return vacrels;
+			}
+
+			/*
+			 * Now that we have the lock, probe to see if the relation really
+			 * exists or not.
+			 */
+			if (!SearchSysCacheExists1(RELOID, ObjectIdGetDatum(relid)))
+			{
+				if (options & VACOPT_VACUUM)
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_UNDEFINED_TABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping vacuum of \"%s\" --- relation no longer exists",
+									vrel->relation->relname)));
+				else
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_UNDEFINED_TABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping analyze of \"%s\" --- relation no longer exists",
+									vrel->relation->relname)));
+
+				/* Release useless lock */
+				UnlockRelationOid(relid, AccessShareLock);
+
+				return vacrels;
+			}
 		}
 
 		/*
diff --git a/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c b/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c
index b2ca28f83ba..532d9023f8c 100644
--- a/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c
+++ b/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c
@@ -17,12 +17,14 @@
 
 #include "postgres.h"
 
+#include "access/htup_details.h"
 #include "access/twophase_rmgr.h"
 #include "access/xact.h"
 #include "catalog/catalog.h"
 #include "utils/memutils.h"
 #include "utils/pgstat_internal.h"
 #include "utils/rel.h"
+#include "utils/syscache.h"
 #include "utils/timestamp.h"
 
 
@@ -367,6 +369,68 @@ pgstat_report_analyze(Relation rel,
 	(void) pgstat_flush_backend(false, PGSTAT_BACKEND_FLUSH_IO);
 }
 
+/*
+ * Report that the table was skipped during vacuum or/and analyze.
+ */
+void
+pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(Oid relid, int flags)
+{
+	PgStat_EntryRef *entry_ref;
+	PgStatShared_Relation *shtabentry;
+	PgStat_StatTabEntry *tabentry;
+	TimestampTz ts;
+	HeapTuple	classTup;
+	bool		isshared;
+
+	if (!pgstat_track_counts || !flags)
+		return;
+
+	classTup = SearchSysCache1(RELOID, ObjectIdGetDatum(relid));
+	if (!HeapTupleIsValid(classTup))
+		return;			/* somebody deleted the rel, forget it */
+	isshared = ((Form_pg_class) GETSTRUCT(classTup))->relisshared;
+	ReleaseSysCache(classTup);
+
+	/* Store the data in the table's hash table entry. */
+	ts = GetCurrentTimestamp();
+
+	/* block acquiring lock for the same reason as pgstat_report_autovac() */
+	entry_ref = pgstat_get_entry_ref_locked(PGSTAT_KIND_RELATION,
+											isshared ? InvalidOid : MyDatabaseId,
+											relid, false);
+
+	shtabentry = (PgStatShared_Relation *) entry_ref->shared_stats;
+	tabentry = &shtabentry->stats;
+
+	if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM)
+	{
+		tabentry->last_skipped_vacuum_time = ts;
+		tabentry->skipped_vacuum_count++;
+	}
+	else if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOVACUUM)
+	{
+		tabentry->last_skipped_autovacuum_time = ts;
+		tabentry->skipped_autovacuum_count++;
+	}
+
+	if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE)
+	{
+		tabentry->last_skipped_analyze_time = ts;
+		tabentry->skipped_analyze_count++;
+	}
+	else if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOANALYZE)
+	{
+		tabentry->last_skipped_autoanalyze_time = ts;
+		tabentry->skipped_autoanalyze_count++;
+	}
+
+	pgstat_unlock_entry(entry_ref);
+
+	/* see pgstat_report_vacuum() */
+	pgstat_flush_io(false);
+	(void) pgstat_flush_backend(false, PGSTAT_BACKEND_FLUSH_IO);
+}
+
 /*
  * count a tuple insertion of n tuples
  */
diff --git a/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c b/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c
index 1408de387ea..90a8968faa0 100644
--- a/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c
+++ b/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c
@@ -84,6 +84,18 @@ PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(mod_since_analyze)
 /* pg_stat_get_numscans */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(numscans)
 
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_analyze_count)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_autoanalyze_count)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_autovacuum_count)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_vacuum_count)
+
 /* pg_stat_get_tuples_deleted */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(tuples_deleted)
 
@@ -170,6 +182,18 @@ PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_vacuum_time)
 /* pg_stat_get_lastscan */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(lastscan)
 
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_analyze_time)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_autoanalyze_time)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_autovacuum_time)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_vacuum_time)
+
 /* pg_stat_get_stat_reset_time */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(stat_reset_time)
 
diff --git a/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat b/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat
index fa9ae79082b..32debb34863 100644
--- a/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat
+++ b/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat
@@ -5680,6 +5680,38 @@
   proargmodes => '{o,o,o,o,o,o,o,o,o,o}',
   proargnames => '{oid,score,xid_score,mxid_score,vacuum_score,vacuum_insert_score,analyze_score,do_vacuum,do_analyze,for_wraparound}',
   prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_autovacuum_scores' },
+{ oid => '8142', descr => 'statistics: last skipped vacuum time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time' },
+{ oid => '8143', descr => 'statistics: last skipped auto vacuum time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time' },
+{ oid => '8144', descr => 'statistics: last skipped analyze time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time' },
+{ oid => '8145', descr => 'statistics: last skipped auto analyze time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time' },
+{ oid => '8146', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped vacuum for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count' },
+{ oid => '8147', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped auto vacuum for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count' },
+{ oid => '8148', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped analyzes for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count' },
+{ oid => '8149', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped auto analyzes for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count' },
 { oid => '1936', descr => 'statistics: currently active backend IDs',
   proname => 'pg_stat_get_backend_idset', prorows => '100', proretset => 't',
   provolatile => 's', proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int4',
diff --git a/src/include/pgstat.h b/src/include/pgstat.h
index dfa2e837638..98941f953d1 100644
--- a/src/include/pgstat.h
+++ b/src/include/pgstat.h
@@ -479,6 +479,15 @@ typedef struct PgStat_StatTabEntry
 	TimestampTz last_autoanalyze_time;	/* autovacuum initiated */
 	PgStat_Counter autoanalyze_count;
 
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_vacuum_time;	/* user initiated vacuum */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_vacuum_count;
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_autovacuum_time;	/* autovacuum initiated */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_autovacuum_count;
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_analyze_time;	/* user initiated */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_analyze_count;
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_autoanalyze_time;	/* autovacuum initiated */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_autoanalyze_count;
+
 	PgStat_Counter total_vacuum_time;	/* times in milliseconds */
 	PgStat_Counter total_autovacuum_time;
 	PgStat_Counter total_analyze_time;
@@ -703,6 +712,13 @@ extern void pgstat_report_analyze(Relation rel,
 								  PgStat_Counter livetuples, PgStat_Counter deadtuples,
 								  bool resetcounter, TimestampTz starttime);
 
+/* flags for pgstat_flush_backend() */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM		(1 << 0)	/* vacuum is skipped */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE		(1 << 1)	/* analyze is skipped */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOVACUUM	(1 << 2)	/* autovacuum is skipped */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOANALYZE	(1 << 3)	/* autoanalyze is skipped */
+extern void pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(Oid relid, int flags);
+
 /*
  * If stats are enabled, but pending data hasn't been prepared yet, call
  * pgstat_assoc_relation() to do so. See its comment for why this is done
diff --git a/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out b/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out
index a65a5bf0c4f..9b2075d3373 100644
--- a/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out
+++ b/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out
@@ -1835,13 +1835,21 @@ pg_stat_all_tables| SELECT c.oid AS relid,
     pg_stat_get_mod_since_analyze(c.oid) AS n_mod_since_analyze,
     pg_stat_get_ins_since_vacuum(c.oid) AS n_ins_since_vacuum,
     pg_stat_get_last_vacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_vacuum,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_vacuum,
     pg_stat_get_last_autovacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_autovacuum,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_autovacuum,
     pg_stat_get_last_analyze_time(c.oid) AS last_analyze,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_analyze,
     pg_stat_get_last_autoanalyze_time(c.oid) AS last_autoanalyze,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_autoanalyze,
     pg_stat_get_vacuum_count(c.oid) AS vacuum_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count(c.oid) AS skipped_vacuum_count,
     pg_stat_get_autovacuum_count(c.oid) AS autovacuum_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count(c.oid) AS skipped_autovacuum_count,
     pg_stat_get_analyze_count(c.oid) AS analyze_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count(c.oid) AS skipped_analyze_count,
     pg_stat_get_autoanalyze_count(c.oid) AS autoanalyze_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count(c.oid) AS skipped_autoanalyze_count,
     pg_stat_get_total_vacuum_time(c.oid) AS total_vacuum_time,
     pg_stat_get_total_autovacuum_time(c.oid) AS total_autovacuum_time,
     pg_stat_get_total_analyze_time(c.oid) AS total_analyze_time,
@@ -2346,13 +2354,21 @@ pg_stat_sys_tables| SELECT relid,
     n_mod_since_analyze,
     n_ins_since_vacuum,
     last_vacuum,
+    last_skipped_vacuum,
     last_autovacuum,
+    last_skipped_autovacuum,
     last_analyze,
+    last_skipped_analyze,
     last_autoanalyze,
+    last_skipped_autoanalyze,
     vacuum_count,
+    skipped_vacuum_count,
     autovacuum_count,
+    skipped_autovacuum_count,
     analyze_count,
+    skipped_analyze_count,
     autoanalyze_count,
+    skipped_autoanalyze_count,
     total_vacuum_time,
     total_autovacuum_time,
     total_analyze_time,
@@ -2401,13 +2417,21 @@ pg_stat_user_tables| SELECT relid,
     n_mod_since_analyze,
     n_ins_since_vacuum,
     last_vacuum,
+    last_skipped_vacuum,
     last_autovacuum,
+    last_skipped_autovacuum,
     last_analyze,
+    last_skipped_analyze,
     last_autoanalyze,
+    last_skipped_autoanalyze,
     vacuum_count,
+    skipped_vacuum_count,
     autovacuum_count,
+    skipped_autovacuum_count,
     analyze_count,
+    skipped_analyze_count,
     autoanalyze_count,
+    skipped_autoanalyze_count,
     total_vacuum_time,
     total_autovacuum_time,
     total_analyze_time,
-- 
2.43.0


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* [PATCH v3] Track skipped vacuum and analyze activity per relation
@ 2026-03-24 04:09 Yugo Nagata <[email protected]>
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From: Yugo Nagata @ 2026-03-24 04:09 UTC (permalink / raw)

This commit adds eight fields to the relation statistics that track
the last time vacuum or analyze has been attempted but skipped due to
lock unavailability, along with their counts:

-    last_skipped_vacuum
-    last_skipped_autovacuum
-    last_skipped_analyze
-    last_skipped_autoanalyze
-    skipped_vacuum_count
-    skipped_autovacuum_count
-    skipped_analyze_count
-    skipped_autoanalyze_count

These field can help users confirm that autovacuum is actively attempting
to run on a table that has not been vacuumed or analyzed for a long time,
and that the lack of progress is due to repeated skips rather than inactivity.
---
 doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml                 | 80 +++++++++++++++++
 src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql         |  8 ++
 src/backend/commands/vacuum.c                | 95 +++++++++++++++-----
 src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c | 68 ++++++++++++++
 src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c          | 24 +++++
 src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat              | 32 +++++++
 src/include/pgstat.h                         | 16 ++++
 src/test/regress/expected/rules.out          | 24 +++++
 8 files changed, 324 insertions(+), 23 deletions(-)

diff --git a/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml b/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml
index bb75ed1069b..9ec8070b2fc 100644
--- a/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml
+++ b/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml
@@ -4372,6 +4372,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_vacuum</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time a manual vacuum on this table was attempted but skipped due to
+       lock unavailability (not counting <command>VACUUM FULL</command>)
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>last_autovacuum</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
@@ -4382,6 +4392,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_autovacuum</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time a vacuum on this table by the autovacuum daemon was attempted
+       but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>last_analyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
@@ -4391,6 +4411,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_analyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time a manual analyze on this table was attempted but skipped due to
+       lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>last_autoanalyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
@@ -4401,6 +4431,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_autoanalyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time at which an analyze on this table by the autovacuum was
+       attempted but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>vacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4411,6 +4451,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_vacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times vacuums on this table have been attempted but skipped
+       due to lock unavailability (not counting <command>VACUUM FULL</command>)
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>autovacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4421,6 +4471,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_autovacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times vacuums on this table by the autovacuum daemon have been
+       attempted but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>analyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4430,6 +4490,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_analyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times manual analyzes on this table have been attempted but
+       skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>autoanalyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4440,6 +4510,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_autoanalyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times analyzes on this table by the autovacuum daemon have
+       been attempted but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>total_vacuum_time</structfield> <type>double precision</type>
diff --git a/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql b/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql
index e54018004db..2ca02a0354c 100644
--- a/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql
+++ b/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql
@@ -736,13 +736,21 @@ CREATE VIEW pg_stat_all_tables AS
             pg_stat_get_mod_since_analyze(C.oid) AS n_mod_since_analyze,
             pg_stat_get_ins_since_vacuum(C.oid) AS n_ins_since_vacuum,
             pg_stat_get_last_vacuum_time(C.oid) as last_vacuum,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_vacuum,
             pg_stat_get_last_autovacuum_time(C.oid) as last_autovacuum,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_autovacuum,
             pg_stat_get_last_analyze_time(C.oid) as last_analyze,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_analyze,
             pg_stat_get_last_autoanalyze_time(C.oid) as last_autoanalyze,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_autoanalyze,
             pg_stat_get_vacuum_count(C.oid) AS vacuum_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count(C.oid) AS skipped_vacuum_count,
             pg_stat_get_autovacuum_count(C.oid) AS autovacuum_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count(C.oid) AS skipped_autovacuum_count,
             pg_stat_get_analyze_count(C.oid) AS analyze_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count(C.oid) AS skipped_analyze_count,
             pg_stat_get_autoanalyze_count(C.oid) AS autoanalyze_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count(C.oid) AS skipped_autoanalyze_count,
             pg_stat_get_total_vacuum_time(C.oid) AS total_vacuum_time,
             pg_stat_get_total_autovacuum_time(C.oid) AS total_autovacuum_time,
             pg_stat_get_total_analyze_time(C.oid) AS total_analyze_time,
diff --git a/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c b/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c
index bce3a2daa24..ce83b3171be 100644
--- a/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c
+++ b/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c
@@ -792,8 +792,18 @@ vacuum_open_relation(Oid relid, RangeVar *relation, bits32 options,
 		rel = try_relation_open(relid, NoLock);
 	else
 	{
+		bits8 flags = 0;
 		rel = NULL;
 		rel_lock = false;
+
+		if ((options & VACOPT_VACUUM) != 0)
+			flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM;
+		if ((options & VACOPT_ANALYZE) != 0)
+			flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE;
+		if (AmAutoVacuumWorkerProcess())
+			flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOVAC;
+
+		pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(relid, flags);
 	}
 
 	/* if relation is opened, leave */
@@ -801,7 +811,7 @@ vacuum_open_relation(Oid relid, RangeVar *relation, bits32 options,
 		return rel;
 
 	/*
-	 * Relation could not be opened, hence generate if possible a log
+	 * Relation could not be opened hence generate if possible a log
 	 * informing on the situation.
 	 *
 	 * If the RangeVar is not defined, we do not have enough information to
@@ -904,7 +914,6 @@ expand_vacuum_rel(VacuumRelation *vrel, MemoryContext vac_context,
 		Form_pg_class classForm;
 		bool		include_children;
 		bool		is_partitioned_table;
-		int			rvr_opts;
 
 		/*
 		 * Since autovacuum workers supply OIDs when calling vacuum(), no
@@ -917,29 +926,69 @@ expand_vacuum_rel(VacuumRelation *vrel, MemoryContext vac_context,
 		 * below, as well as find_all_inheritors's expectation that the caller
 		 * holds some lock on the starting relation.
 		 */
-		rvr_opts = (options & VACOPT_SKIP_LOCKED) ? RVR_SKIP_LOCKED : 0;
-		relid = RangeVarGetRelidExtended(vrel->relation,
-										 AccessShareLock,
-										 rvr_opts,
-										 NULL, NULL);
-
-		/*
-		 * If the lock is unavailable, emit the same log statement that
-		 * vacuum_rel() and analyze_rel() would.
-		 */
-		if (!OidIsValid(relid))
+		if (!(options & VACOPT_SKIP_LOCKED))
 		{
-			if (options & VACOPT_VACUUM)
-				ereport(WARNING,
-						(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
-						 errmsg("skipping vacuum of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
-								vrel->relation->relname)));
-			else
-				ereport(WARNING,
-						(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
-						 errmsg("skipping analyze of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
+			relid = RangeVarGetRelidExtended(vrel->relation,
+											 AccessShareLock,
+											 0, NULL, NULL);
+			if (!OidIsValid(relid))
+				return vacrels;
+		}
+		else
+		{
+			/* Get relid for reporting before taking a lock */
+			relid = RangeVarGetRelid(vrel->relation, NoLock, false);
+
+			if (!ConditionalLockRelationOid(relid, AccessShareLock))
+			{
+				bits8	flags = 0;
+				/*
+				 * If the lock is unavailable, emit the same log statement that
+				 * vacuum_rel() and analyze_rel() would.
+				 */
+				if (options & VACOPT_VACUUM)
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping vacuum of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
 								vrel->relation->relname)));
-			return vacrels;
+				else
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping analyze of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
+									vrel->relation->relname)));
+
+				if ((options & VACOPT_VACUUM) != 0)
+					flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM;
+				if ((options & VACOPT_ANALYZE) != 0)
+					flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE;
+
+				pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(relid, flags);
+
+				return vacrels;
+			}
+
+			/*
+			 * Now that we have the lock, probe to see if the relation really
+			 * exists or not.
+			 */
+			if (!SearchSysCacheExists1(RELOID, ObjectIdGetDatum(relid)))
+			{
+				if (options & VACOPT_VACUUM)
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_UNDEFINED_TABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping vacuum of \"%s\" --- relation no longer exists",
+									vrel->relation->relname)));
+				else
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_UNDEFINED_TABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping analyze of \"%s\" --- relation no longer exists",
+									vrel->relation->relname)));
+
+				/* Release useless lock */
+				UnlockRelationOid(relid, AccessShareLock);
+
+				return vacrels;
+			}
 		}
 
 		/*
diff --git a/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c b/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c
index bc8c43b96aa..cec4c88980e 100644
--- a/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c
+++ b/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c
@@ -17,6 +17,7 @@
 
 #include "postgres.h"
 
+#include "access/htup_details.h"
 #include "access/twophase_rmgr.h"
 #include "access/xact.h"
 #include "catalog/catalog.h"
@@ -366,6 +367,73 @@ pgstat_report_analyze(Relation rel,
 	(void) pgstat_flush_backend(false, PGSTAT_BACKEND_FLUSH_IO);
 }
 
+/*
+ * Report that the table was skipped during vacuum or/and analyze.
+ */
+void
+pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(Oid relid, bits8 flags)
+{
+	PgStat_EntryRef *entry_ref;
+	PgStatShared_Relation *shtabentry;
+	PgStat_StatTabEntry *tabentry;
+	TimestampTz ts;
+	HeapTuple	classTup;
+	bool		isshared;
+
+	if (!pgstat_track_counts || !(flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANY))
+		return;
+
+	classTup = SearchSysCache1(RELOID, ObjectIdGetDatum(relid));
+	if (!HeapTupleIsValid(classTup))
+		return;			/* somebody deleted the rel, forget it */
+	isshared = ((Form_pg_class) GETSTRUCT(classTup))->relisshared;
+	ReleaseSysCache(classTup);
+
+	/* Store the data in the table's hash table entry. */
+	ts = GetCurrentTimestamp();
+
+	/* block acquiring lock for the same reason as pgstat_report_autovac() */
+	entry_ref = pgstat_get_entry_ref_locked(PGSTAT_KIND_RELATION,
+											isshared ? InvalidOid : MyDatabaseId,
+											relid, false);
+
+	shtabentry = (PgStatShared_Relation *) entry_ref->shared_stats;
+	tabentry = &shtabentry->stats;
+
+	if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOVAC)
+	{
+		if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM)
+		{
+			tabentry->last_skipped_autovacuum_time = ts;
+			tabentry->skipped_autovacuum_count++;
+		}
+		if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE)
+		{
+			tabentry->last_skipped_autoanalyze_time = ts;
+			tabentry->skipped_autoanalyze_count++;
+		}
+	}
+	else
+	{
+		if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM)
+		{
+			tabentry->last_skipped_vacuum_time = ts;
+			tabentry->skipped_vacuum_count++;
+		}
+		if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE)
+		{
+			tabentry->last_skipped_analyze_time = ts;
+			tabentry->skipped_analyze_count++;
+		}
+	}
+
+	pgstat_unlock_entry(entry_ref);
+
+	/* see pgstat_report_vacuum() */
+	pgstat_flush_io(false);
+	(void) pgstat_flush_backend(false, PGSTAT_BACKEND_FLUSH_IO);
+}
+
 /*
  * count a tuple insertion of n tuples
  */
diff --git a/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c b/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c
index 9185a8e6b83..18aaa3996e1 100644
--- a/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c
+++ b/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c
@@ -84,6 +84,18 @@ PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(mod_since_analyze)
 /* pg_stat_get_numscans */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(numscans)
 
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_analyze_count)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_autoanalyze_count)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_autovacuum_count)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_vacuum_count)
+
 /* pg_stat_get_tuples_deleted */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(tuples_deleted)
 
@@ -170,6 +182,18 @@ PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_vacuum_time)
 /* pg_stat_get_lastscan */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(lastscan)
 
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_analyze_time)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_autoanalyze_time)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_autovacuum_time)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_vacuum_time)
+
 /* pg_stat_get_stat_reset_time */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(stat_reset_time)
 
diff --git a/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat b/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat
index 0118e970dda..ccfe3d9e02a 100644
--- a/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat
+++ b/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat
@@ -5667,6 +5667,38 @@
   proname => 'pg_stat_get_total_autoanalyze_time', provolatile => 's',
   proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'float8', proargtypes => 'oid',
   prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_total_autoanalyze_time' },
+{ oid => '8142', descr => 'statistics: last skipped vacuum time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time' },
+{ oid => '8143', descr => 'statistics: last skipped auto vacuum time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time' },
+{ oid => '8144', descr => 'statistics: last skipped analyze time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time' },
+{ oid => '8145', descr => 'statistics: last skipped auto analyze time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time' },
+{ oid => '8146', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped vacuum for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count' },
+{ oid => '8147', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped auto vacuum for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count' },
+{ oid => '8148', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped analyzes for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count' },
+{ oid => '8149', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped auto analyzes for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count' },
 { oid => '1936', descr => 'statistics: currently active backend IDs',
   proname => 'pg_stat_get_backend_idset', prorows => '100', proretset => 't',
   provolatile => 's', proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int4',
diff --git a/src/include/pgstat.h b/src/include/pgstat.h
index 8e3549c3752..343081a7a25 100644
--- a/src/include/pgstat.h
+++ b/src/include/pgstat.h
@@ -479,6 +479,15 @@ typedef struct PgStat_StatTabEntry
 	TimestampTz last_autoanalyze_time;	/* autovacuum initiated */
 	PgStat_Counter autoanalyze_count;
 
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_vacuum_time;	/* user initiated vacuum */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_vacuum_count;
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_autovacuum_time;	/* autovacuum initiated */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_autovacuum_count;
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_analyze_time;	/* user initiated */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_analyze_count;
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_autoanalyze_time;	/* autovacuum initiated */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_autoanalyze_count;
+
 	PgStat_Counter total_vacuum_time;	/* times in milliseconds */
 	PgStat_Counter total_autovacuum_time;
 	PgStat_Counter total_analyze_time;
@@ -707,6 +716,13 @@ extern void pgstat_report_analyze(Relation rel,
 								  PgStat_Counter livetuples, PgStat_Counter deadtuples,
 								  bool resetcounter, TimestampTz starttime);
 
+/* flags for pgstat_flush_backend() */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM	(1 << 0)	/* vacuum is skipped */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE	(1 << 1)	/* analyze is skipped */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOVAC	(1 << 2)	/* skipped during autovacuum/autoanalyze */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANY   (PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM | PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE)
+extern void pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(Oid relid, bits8 flags);
+
 /*
  * If stats are enabled, but pending data hasn't been prepared yet, call
  * pgstat_assoc_relation() to do so. See its comment for why this is done
diff --git a/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out b/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out
index 2b3cf6d8569..4ccfc43e903 100644
--- a/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out
+++ b/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out
@@ -1835,13 +1835,21 @@ pg_stat_all_tables| SELECT c.oid AS relid,
     pg_stat_get_mod_since_analyze(c.oid) AS n_mod_since_analyze,
     pg_stat_get_ins_since_vacuum(c.oid) AS n_ins_since_vacuum,
     pg_stat_get_last_vacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_vacuum,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_vacuum,
     pg_stat_get_last_autovacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_autovacuum,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_autovacuum,
     pg_stat_get_last_analyze_time(c.oid) AS last_analyze,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_analyze,
     pg_stat_get_last_autoanalyze_time(c.oid) AS last_autoanalyze,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_autoanalyze,
     pg_stat_get_vacuum_count(c.oid) AS vacuum_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count(c.oid) AS skipped_vacuum_count,
     pg_stat_get_autovacuum_count(c.oid) AS autovacuum_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count(c.oid) AS skipped_autovacuum_count,
     pg_stat_get_analyze_count(c.oid) AS analyze_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count(c.oid) AS skipped_analyze_count,
     pg_stat_get_autoanalyze_count(c.oid) AS autoanalyze_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count(c.oid) AS skipped_autoanalyze_count,
     pg_stat_get_total_vacuum_time(c.oid) AS total_vacuum_time,
     pg_stat_get_total_autovacuum_time(c.oid) AS total_autovacuum_time,
     pg_stat_get_total_analyze_time(c.oid) AS total_analyze_time,
@@ -2293,13 +2301,21 @@ pg_stat_sys_tables| SELECT relid,
     n_mod_since_analyze,
     n_ins_since_vacuum,
     last_vacuum,
+    last_skipped_vacuum,
     last_autovacuum,
+    last_skipped_autovacuum,
     last_analyze,
+    last_skipped_analyze,
     last_autoanalyze,
+    last_skipped_autoanalyze,
     vacuum_count,
+    skipped_vacuum_count,
     autovacuum_count,
+    skipped_autovacuum_count,
     analyze_count,
+    skipped_analyze_count,
     autoanalyze_count,
+    skipped_autoanalyze_count,
     total_vacuum_time,
     total_autovacuum_time,
     total_analyze_time,
@@ -2348,13 +2364,21 @@ pg_stat_user_tables| SELECT relid,
     n_mod_since_analyze,
     n_ins_since_vacuum,
     last_vacuum,
+    last_skipped_vacuum,
     last_autovacuum,
+    last_skipped_autovacuum,
     last_analyze,
+    last_skipped_analyze,
     last_autoanalyze,
+    last_skipped_autoanalyze,
     vacuum_count,
+    skipped_vacuum_count,
     autovacuum_count,
+    skipped_autovacuum_count,
     analyze_count,
+    skipped_analyze_count,
     autoanalyze_count,
+    skipped_autoanalyze_count,
     total_vacuum_time,
     total_autovacuum_time,
     total_analyze_time,
-- 
2.43.0


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* [PATCH v4] Track skipped vacuum and analyze activity per relation
@ 2026-03-24 04:09 Yugo Nagata <[email protected]>
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From: Yugo Nagata @ 2026-03-24 04:09 UTC (permalink / raw)

This commit adds eight fields to the relation statistics that track
the last time vacuum or analyze has been attempted but skipped due to
lock unavailability, along with their counts:

-    last_skipped_vacuum
-    last_skipped_autovacuum
-    last_skipped_analyze
-    last_skipped_autoanalyze
-    skipped_vacuum_count
-    skipped_autovacuum_count
-    skipped_analyze_count
-    skipped_autoanalyze_count

These field can help users confirm that autovacuum is actively attempting
to run on a table that has not been vacuumed or analyzed for a long time,
and that the lack of progress is due to repeated skips rather than inactivity.
---
 doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml                 |  88 ++++++++++++++++
 src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql         |   8 ++
 src/backend/commands/vacuum.c                | 102 ++++++++++++++-----
 src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c |  64 ++++++++++++
 src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c          |  24 +++++
 src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat              |  32 ++++++
 src/include/pgstat.h                         |  16 +++
 src/test/regress/expected/rules.out          |  24 +++++
 8 files changed, 335 insertions(+), 23 deletions(-)

diff --git a/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml b/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml
index 08d5b824552..a9b579d87a9 100644
--- a/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml
+++ b/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml
@@ -4387,6 +4387,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_vacuum</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time a manual vacuum on this table was attempted but skipped due to
+       lock unavailability (not counting <command>VACUUM FULL</command>)
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>last_autovacuum</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
@@ -4397,6 +4407,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_autovacuum</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time a vacuum on this table by the autovacuum daemon was attempted
+       but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>last_analyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
@@ -4406,6 +4426,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_analyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time a manual analyze on this table was attempted but skipped due to
+       lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>last_autoanalyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
@@ -4416,6 +4446,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_autoanalyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time at which an analyze on this table by the autovacuum was
+       attempted but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>vacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4426,6 +4466,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_vacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times manual vacuums on this table have been attempted but skipped
+       due to lock unavailability (not counting <command>VACUUM FULL</command>)
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>autovacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4436,6 +4486,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_autovacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times vacuums on this table by the autovacuum daemon have been
+       attempted but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>analyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4445,6 +4505,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_analyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times manual analyzes on this table have been attempted but
+       skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>autoanalyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4455,6 +4525,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_autoanalyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times analyzes on this table by the autovacuum daemon have
+       been attempted but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>total_vacuum_time</structfield> <type>double precision</type>
@@ -4510,6 +4590,14 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
    </tgroup>
   </table>
 
+  <note>
+   <para>
+    When a manual vacuum or analyze on a parent table in an inheritance or
+    partitioning hierarchy is skipped, the statistics are recorded only for
+    the parent table, not for its children.
+   </para>
+  </note>
+
  </sect2>
 
  <sect2 id="monitoring-pg-stat-autovacuum-scores-view">
diff --git a/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql b/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql
index 73a1c1c4670..f509fc7876b 100644
--- a/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql
+++ b/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql
@@ -736,13 +736,21 @@ CREATE VIEW pg_stat_all_tables AS
             pg_stat_get_mod_since_analyze(C.oid) AS n_mod_since_analyze,
             pg_stat_get_ins_since_vacuum(C.oid) AS n_ins_since_vacuum,
             pg_stat_get_last_vacuum_time(C.oid) as last_vacuum,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_vacuum,
             pg_stat_get_last_autovacuum_time(C.oid) as last_autovacuum,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_autovacuum,
             pg_stat_get_last_analyze_time(C.oid) as last_analyze,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_analyze,
             pg_stat_get_last_autoanalyze_time(C.oid) as last_autoanalyze,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_autoanalyze,
             pg_stat_get_vacuum_count(C.oid) AS vacuum_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count(C.oid) AS skipped_vacuum_count,
             pg_stat_get_autovacuum_count(C.oid) AS autovacuum_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count(C.oid) AS skipped_autovacuum_count,
             pg_stat_get_analyze_count(C.oid) AS analyze_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count(C.oid) AS skipped_analyze_count,
             pg_stat_get_autoanalyze_count(C.oid) AS autoanalyze_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count(C.oid) AS skipped_autoanalyze_count,
             pg_stat_get_total_vacuum_time(C.oid) AS total_vacuum_time,
             pg_stat_get_total_autovacuum_time(C.oid) AS total_autovacuum_time,
             pg_stat_get_total_analyze_time(C.oid) AS total_analyze_time,
diff --git a/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c b/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c
index 99d0db82ed7..97cd5ea8d10 100644
--- a/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c
+++ b/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c
@@ -793,8 +793,25 @@ vacuum_open_relation(Oid relid, RangeVar *relation, uint32 options,
 		rel = try_relation_open(relid, NoLock);
 	else
 	{
+		int flags = 0;
 		rel = NULL;
 		rel_lock = false;
+
+		if ((options & VACOPT_VACUUM) != 0)
+		{
+			if (AmAutoVacuumWorkerProcess())
+				flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOVACUUM;
+			else
+				flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM;
+		}
+		if ((options & VACOPT_ANALYZE) != 0)
+		{
+			if (AmAutoVacuumWorkerProcess())
+				flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOANALYZE;
+			else
+				flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE;
+		}
+		pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(relid, flags);
 	}
 
 	/* if relation is opened, leave */
@@ -802,7 +819,7 @@ vacuum_open_relation(Oid relid, RangeVar *relation, uint32 options,
 		return rel;
 
 	/*
-	 * Relation could not be opened, hence generate if possible a log
+	 * Relation could not be opened hence generate if possible a log
 	 * informing on the situation.
 	 *
 	 * If the RangeVar is not defined, we do not have enough information to
@@ -905,7 +922,6 @@ expand_vacuum_rel(VacuumRelation *vrel, MemoryContext vac_context,
 		Form_pg_class classForm;
 		bool		include_children;
 		bool		is_partitioned_table;
-		int			rvr_opts;
 
 		/*
 		 * Since autovacuum workers supply OIDs when calling vacuum(), no
@@ -918,29 +934,69 @@ expand_vacuum_rel(VacuumRelation *vrel, MemoryContext vac_context,
 		 * below, as well as find_all_inheritors's expectation that the caller
 		 * holds some lock on the starting relation.
 		 */
-		rvr_opts = (options & VACOPT_SKIP_LOCKED) ? RVR_SKIP_LOCKED : 0;
-		relid = RangeVarGetRelidExtended(vrel->relation,
-										 AccessShareLock,
-										 rvr_opts,
-										 NULL, NULL);
-
-		/*
-		 * If the lock is unavailable, emit the same log statement that
-		 * vacuum_rel() and analyze_rel() would.
-		 */
-		if (!OidIsValid(relid))
+		if (!(options & VACOPT_SKIP_LOCKED))
 		{
-			if (options & VACOPT_VACUUM)
-				ereport(WARNING,
-						(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
-						 errmsg("skipping vacuum of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
-								vrel->relation->relname)));
-			else
-				ereport(WARNING,
-						(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
-						 errmsg("skipping analyze of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
+			relid = RangeVarGetRelidExtended(vrel->relation,
+											 AccessShareLock,
+											 0, NULL, NULL);
+			if (!OidIsValid(relid))
+				return vacrels;
+		}
+		else
+		{
+			/* Get relid for reporting before taking a lock */
+			relid = RangeVarGetRelid(vrel->relation, NoLock, false);
+
+			if (!ConditionalLockRelationOid(relid, AccessShareLock))
+			{
+				int	flags = 0;
+				/*
+				 * If the lock is unavailable, emit the same log statement that
+				 * vacuum_rel() and analyze_rel() would.
+				 */
+				if (options & VACOPT_VACUUM)
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping vacuum of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
 								vrel->relation->relname)));
-			return vacrels;
+				else
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping analyze of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
+									vrel->relation->relname)));
+
+				if ((options & VACOPT_VACUUM) != 0)
+					flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM;
+				if ((options & VACOPT_ANALYZE) != 0)
+					flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE;
+
+				pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(relid, flags);
+
+				return vacrels;
+			}
+
+			/*
+			 * Now that we have the lock, probe to see if the relation really
+			 * exists or not.
+			 */
+			if (!SearchSysCacheExists1(RELOID, ObjectIdGetDatum(relid)))
+			{
+				if (options & VACOPT_VACUUM)
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_UNDEFINED_TABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping vacuum of \"%s\" --- relation no longer exists",
+									vrel->relation->relname)));
+				else
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_UNDEFINED_TABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping analyze of \"%s\" --- relation no longer exists",
+									vrel->relation->relname)));
+
+				/* Release useless lock */
+				UnlockRelationOid(relid, AccessShareLock);
+
+				return vacrels;
+			}
 		}
 
 		/*
diff --git a/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c b/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c
index b2ca28f83ba..532d9023f8c 100644
--- a/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c
+++ b/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c
@@ -17,12 +17,14 @@
 
 #include "postgres.h"
 
+#include "access/htup_details.h"
 #include "access/twophase_rmgr.h"
 #include "access/xact.h"
 #include "catalog/catalog.h"
 #include "utils/memutils.h"
 #include "utils/pgstat_internal.h"
 #include "utils/rel.h"
+#include "utils/syscache.h"
 #include "utils/timestamp.h"
 
 
@@ -367,6 +369,68 @@ pgstat_report_analyze(Relation rel,
 	(void) pgstat_flush_backend(false, PGSTAT_BACKEND_FLUSH_IO);
 }
 
+/*
+ * Report that the table was skipped during vacuum or/and analyze.
+ */
+void
+pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(Oid relid, int flags)
+{
+	PgStat_EntryRef *entry_ref;
+	PgStatShared_Relation *shtabentry;
+	PgStat_StatTabEntry *tabentry;
+	TimestampTz ts;
+	HeapTuple	classTup;
+	bool		isshared;
+
+	if (!pgstat_track_counts || !flags)
+		return;
+
+	classTup = SearchSysCache1(RELOID, ObjectIdGetDatum(relid));
+	if (!HeapTupleIsValid(classTup))
+		return;			/* somebody deleted the rel, forget it */
+	isshared = ((Form_pg_class) GETSTRUCT(classTup))->relisshared;
+	ReleaseSysCache(classTup);
+
+	/* Store the data in the table's hash table entry. */
+	ts = GetCurrentTimestamp();
+
+	/* block acquiring lock for the same reason as pgstat_report_autovac() */
+	entry_ref = pgstat_get_entry_ref_locked(PGSTAT_KIND_RELATION,
+											isshared ? InvalidOid : MyDatabaseId,
+											relid, false);
+
+	shtabentry = (PgStatShared_Relation *) entry_ref->shared_stats;
+	tabentry = &shtabentry->stats;
+
+	if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM)
+	{
+		tabentry->last_skipped_vacuum_time = ts;
+		tabentry->skipped_vacuum_count++;
+	}
+	else if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOVACUUM)
+	{
+		tabentry->last_skipped_autovacuum_time = ts;
+		tabentry->skipped_autovacuum_count++;
+	}
+
+	if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE)
+	{
+		tabentry->last_skipped_analyze_time = ts;
+		tabentry->skipped_analyze_count++;
+	}
+	else if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOANALYZE)
+	{
+		tabentry->last_skipped_autoanalyze_time = ts;
+		tabentry->skipped_autoanalyze_count++;
+	}
+
+	pgstat_unlock_entry(entry_ref);
+
+	/* see pgstat_report_vacuum() */
+	pgstat_flush_io(false);
+	(void) pgstat_flush_backend(false, PGSTAT_BACKEND_FLUSH_IO);
+}
+
 /*
  * count a tuple insertion of n tuples
  */
diff --git a/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c b/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c
index 1408de387ea..90a8968faa0 100644
--- a/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c
+++ b/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c
@@ -84,6 +84,18 @@ PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(mod_since_analyze)
 /* pg_stat_get_numscans */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(numscans)
 
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_analyze_count)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_autoanalyze_count)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_autovacuum_count)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_vacuum_count)
+
 /* pg_stat_get_tuples_deleted */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(tuples_deleted)
 
@@ -170,6 +182,18 @@ PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_vacuum_time)
 /* pg_stat_get_lastscan */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(lastscan)
 
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_analyze_time)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_autoanalyze_time)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_autovacuum_time)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_vacuum_time)
+
 /* pg_stat_get_stat_reset_time */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(stat_reset_time)
 
diff --git a/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat b/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat
index fa9ae79082b..32debb34863 100644
--- a/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat
+++ b/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat
@@ -5680,6 +5680,38 @@
   proargmodes => '{o,o,o,o,o,o,o,o,o,o}',
   proargnames => '{oid,score,xid_score,mxid_score,vacuum_score,vacuum_insert_score,analyze_score,do_vacuum,do_analyze,for_wraparound}',
   prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_autovacuum_scores' },
+{ oid => '8142', descr => 'statistics: last skipped vacuum time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time' },
+{ oid => '8143', descr => 'statistics: last skipped auto vacuum time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time' },
+{ oid => '8144', descr => 'statistics: last skipped analyze time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time' },
+{ oid => '8145', descr => 'statistics: last skipped auto analyze time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time' },
+{ oid => '8146', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped vacuum for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count' },
+{ oid => '8147', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped auto vacuum for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count' },
+{ oid => '8148', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped analyzes for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count' },
+{ oid => '8149', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped auto analyzes for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count' },
 { oid => '1936', descr => 'statistics: currently active backend IDs',
   proname => 'pg_stat_get_backend_idset', prorows => '100', proretset => 't',
   provolatile => 's', proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int4',
diff --git a/src/include/pgstat.h b/src/include/pgstat.h
index dfa2e837638..98941f953d1 100644
--- a/src/include/pgstat.h
+++ b/src/include/pgstat.h
@@ -479,6 +479,15 @@ typedef struct PgStat_StatTabEntry
 	TimestampTz last_autoanalyze_time;	/* autovacuum initiated */
 	PgStat_Counter autoanalyze_count;
 
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_vacuum_time;	/* user initiated vacuum */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_vacuum_count;
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_autovacuum_time;	/* autovacuum initiated */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_autovacuum_count;
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_analyze_time;	/* user initiated */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_analyze_count;
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_autoanalyze_time;	/* autovacuum initiated */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_autoanalyze_count;
+
 	PgStat_Counter total_vacuum_time;	/* times in milliseconds */
 	PgStat_Counter total_autovacuum_time;
 	PgStat_Counter total_analyze_time;
@@ -703,6 +712,13 @@ extern void pgstat_report_analyze(Relation rel,
 								  PgStat_Counter livetuples, PgStat_Counter deadtuples,
 								  bool resetcounter, TimestampTz starttime);
 
+/* flags for pgstat_flush_backend() */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM		(1 << 0)	/* vacuum is skipped */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE		(1 << 1)	/* analyze is skipped */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOVACUUM	(1 << 2)	/* autovacuum is skipped */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOANALYZE	(1 << 3)	/* autoanalyze is skipped */
+extern void pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(Oid relid, int flags);
+
 /*
  * If stats are enabled, but pending data hasn't been prepared yet, call
  * pgstat_assoc_relation() to do so. See its comment for why this is done
diff --git a/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out b/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out
index a65a5bf0c4f..9b2075d3373 100644
--- a/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out
+++ b/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out
@@ -1835,13 +1835,21 @@ pg_stat_all_tables| SELECT c.oid AS relid,
     pg_stat_get_mod_since_analyze(c.oid) AS n_mod_since_analyze,
     pg_stat_get_ins_since_vacuum(c.oid) AS n_ins_since_vacuum,
     pg_stat_get_last_vacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_vacuum,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_vacuum,
     pg_stat_get_last_autovacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_autovacuum,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_autovacuum,
     pg_stat_get_last_analyze_time(c.oid) AS last_analyze,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_analyze,
     pg_stat_get_last_autoanalyze_time(c.oid) AS last_autoanalyze,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_autoanalyze,
     pg_stat_get_vacuum_count(c.oid) AS vacuum_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count(c.oid) AS skipped_vacuum_count,
     pg_stat_get_autovacuum_count(c.oid) AS autovacuum_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count(c.oid) AS skipped_autovacuum_count,
     pg_stat_get_analyze_count(c.oid) AS analyze_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count(c.oid) AS skipped_analyze_count,
     pg_stat_get_autoanalyze_count(c.oid) AS autoanalyze_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count(c.oid) AS skipped_autoanalyze_count,
     pg_stat_get_total_vacuum_time(c.oid) AS total_vacuum_time,
     pg_stat_get_total_autovacuum_time(c.oid) AS total_autovacuum_time,
     pg_stat_get_total_analyze_time(c.oid) AS total_analyze_time,
@@ -2346,13 +2354,21 @@ pg_stat_sys_tables| SELECT relid,
     n_mod_since_analyze,
     n_ins_since_vacuum,
     last_vacuum,
+    last_skipped_vacuum,
     last_autovacuum,
+    last_skipped_autovacuum,
     last_analyze,
+    last_skipped_analyze,
     last_autoanalyze,
+    last_skipped_autoanalyze,
     vacuum_count,
+    skipped_vacuum_count,
     autovacuum_count,
+    skipped_autovacuum_count,
     analyze_count,
+    skipped_analyze_count,
     autoanalyze_count,
+    skipped_autoanalyze_count,
     total_vacuum_time,
     total_autovacuum_time,
     total_analyze_time,
@@ -2401,13 +2417,21 @@ pg_stat_user_tables| SELECT relid,
     n_mod_since_analyze,
     n_ins_since_vacuum,
     last_vacuum,
+    last_skipped_vacuum,
     last_autovacuum,
+    last_skipped_autovacuum,
     last_analyze,
+    last_skipped_analyze,
     last_autoanalyze,
+    last_skipped_autoanalyze,
     vacuum_count,
+    skipped_vacuum_count,
     autovacuum_count,
+    skipped_autovacuum_count,
     analyze_count,
+    skipped_analyze_count,
     autoanalyze_count,
+    skipped_autoanalyze_count,
     total_vacuum_time,
     total_autovacuum_time,
     total_analyze_time,
-- 
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* [PATCH v4] Track skipped vacuum and analyze activity per relation
@ 2026-03-24 04:09 Yugo Nagata <[email protected]>
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From: Yugo Nagata @ 2026-03-24 04:09 UTC (permalink / raw)

This commit adds eight fields to the relation statistics that track
the last time vacuum or analyze has been attempted but skipped due to
lock unavailability, along with their counts:

-    last_skipped_vacuum
-    last_skipped_autovacuum
-    last_skipped_analyze
-    last_skipped_autoanalyze
-    skipped_vacuum_count
-    skipped_autovacuum_count
-    skipped_analyze_count
-    skipped_autoanalyze_count

These field can help users confirm that autovacuum is actively attempting
to run on a table that has not been vacuumed or analyzed for a long time,
and that the lack of progress is due to repeated skips rather than inactivity.
---
 doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml                 |  88 ++++++++++++++++
 src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql         |   8 ++
 src/backend/commands/vacuum.c                | 102 ++++++++++++++-----
 src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c |  64 ++++++++++++
 src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c          |  24 +++++
 src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat              |  32 ++++++
 src/include/pgstat.h                         |  16 +++
 src/test/regress/expected/rules.out          |  24 +++++
 8 files changed, 335 insertions(+), 23 deletions(-)

diff --git a/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml b/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml
index 08d5b824552..a9b579d87a9 100644
--- a/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml
+++ b/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml
@@ -4387,6 +4387,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_vacuum</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time a manual vacuum on this table was attempted but skipped due to
+       lock unavailability (not counting <command>VACUUM FULL</command>)
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>last_autovacuum</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
@@ -4397,6 +4407,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_autovacuum</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time a vacuum on this table by the autovacuum daemon was attempted
+       but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>last_analyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
@@ -4406,6 +4426,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_analyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time a manual analyze on this table was attempted but skipped due to
+       lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>last_autoanalyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
@@ -4416,6 +4446,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_autoanalyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time at which an analyze on this table by the autovacuum was
+       attempted but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>vacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4426,6 +4466,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_vacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times manual vacuums on this table have been attempted but skipped
+       due to lock unavailability (not counting <command>VACUUM FULL</command>)
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>autovacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4436,6 +4486,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_autovacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times vacuums on this table by the autovacuum daemon have been
+       attempted but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>analyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4445,6 +4505,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_analyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times manual analyzes on this table have been attempted but
+       skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>autoanalyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4455,6 +4525,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_autoanalyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times analyzes on this table by the autovacuum daemon have
+       been attempted but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>total_vacuum_time</structfield> <type>double precision</type>
@@ -4510,6 +4590,14 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
    </tgroup>
   </table>
 
+  <note>
+   <para>
+    When a manual vacuum or analyze on a parent table in an inheritance or
+    partitioning hierarchy is skipped, the statistics are recorded only for
+    the parent table, not for its children.
+   </para>
+  </note>
+
  </sect2>
 
  <sect2 id="monitoring-pg-stat-autovacuum-scores-view">
diff --git a/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql b/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql
index 73a1c1c4670..f509fc7876b 100644
--- a/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql
+++ b/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql
@@ -736,13 +736,21 @@ CREATE VIEW pg_stat_all_tables AS
             pg_stat_get_mod_since_analyze(C.oid) AS n_mod_since_analyze,
             pg_stat_get_ins_since_vacuum(C.oid) AS n_ins_since_vacuum,
             pg_stat_get_last_vacuum_time(C.oid) as last_vacuum,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_vacuum,
             pg_stat_get_last_autovacuum_time(C.oid) as last_autovacuum,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_autovacuum,
             pg_stat_get_last_analyze_time(C.oid) as last_analyze,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_analyze,
             pg_stat_get_last_autoanalyze_time(C.oid) as last_autoanalyze,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_autoanalyze,
             pg_stat_get_vacuum_count(C.oid) AS vacuum_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count(C.oid) AS skipped_vacuum_count,
             pg_stat_get_autovacuum_count(C.oid) AS autovacuum_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count(C.oid) AS skipped_autovacuum_count,
             pg_stat_get_analyze_count(C.oid) AS analyze_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count(C.oid) AS skipped_analyze_count,
             pg_stat_get_autoanalyze_count(C.oid) AS autoanalyze_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count(C.oid) AS skipped_autoanalyze_count,
             pg_stat_get_total_vacuum_time(C.oid) AS total_vacuum_time,
             pg_stat_get_total_autovacuum_time(C.oid) AS total_autovacuum_time,
             pg_stat_get_total_analyze_time(C.oid) AS total_analyze_time,
diff --git a/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c b/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c
index 99d0db82ed7..97cd5ea8d10 100644
--- a/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c
+++ b/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c
@@ -793,8 +793,25 @@ vacuum_open_relation(Oid relid, RangeVar *relation, uint32 options,
 		rel = try_relation_open(relid, NoLock);
 	else
 	{
+		int flags = 0;
 		rel = NULL;
 		rel_lock = false;
+
+		if ((options & VACOPT_VACUUM) != 0)
+		{
+			if (AmAutoVacuumWorkerProcess())
+				flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOVACUUM;
+			else
+				flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM;
+		}
+		if ((options & VACOPT_ANALYZE) != 0)
+		{
+			if (AmAutoVacuumWorkerProcess())
+				flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOANALYZE;
+			else
+				flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE;
+		}
+		pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(relid, flags);
 	}
 
 	/* if relation is opened, leave */
@@ -802,7 +819,7 @@ vacuum_open_relation(Oid relid, RangeVar *relation, uint32 options,
 		return rel;
 
 	/*
-	 * Relation could not be opened, hence generate if possible a log
+	 * Relation could not be opened hence generate if possible a log
 	 * informing on the situation.
 	 *
 	 * If the RangeVar is not defined, we do not have enough information to
@@ -905,7 +922,6 @@ expand_vacuum_rel(VacuumRelation *vrel, MemoryContext vac_context,
 		Form_pg_class classForm;
 		bool		include_children;
 		bool		is_partitioned_table;
-		int			rvr_opts;
 
 		/*
 		 * Since autovacuum workers supply OIDs when calling vacuum(), no
@@ -918,29 +934,69 @@ expand_vacuum_rel(VacuumRelation *vrel, MemoryContext vac_context,
 		 * below, as well as find_all_inheritors's expectation that the caller
 		 * holds some lock on the starting relation.
 		 */
-		rvr_opts = (options & VACOPT_SKIP_LOCKED) ? RVR_SKIP_LOCKED : 0;
-		relid = RangeVarGetRelidExtended(vrel->relation,
-										 AccessShareLock,
-										 rvr_opts,
-										 NULL, NULL);
-
-		/*
-		 * If the lock is unavailable, emit the same log statement that
-		 * vacuum_rel() and analyze_rel() would.
-		 */
-		if (!OidIsValid(relid))
+		if (!(options & VACOPT_SKIP_LOCKED))
 		{
-			if (options & VACOPT_VACUUM)
-				ereport(WARNING,
-						(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
-						 errmsg("skipping vacuum of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
-								vrel->relation->relname)));
-			else
-				ereport(WARNING,
-						(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
-						 errmsg("skipping analyze of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
+			relid = RangeVarGetRelidExtended(vrel->relation,
+											 AccessShareLock,
+											 0, NULL, NULL);
+			if (!OidIsValid(relid))
+				return vacrels;
+		}
+		else
+		{
+			/* Get relid for reporting before taking a lock */
+			relid = RangeVarGetRelid(vrel->relation, NoLock, false);
+
+			if (!ConditionalLockRelationOid(relid, AccessShareLock))
+			{
+				int	flags = 0;
+				/*
+				 * If the lock is unavailable, emit the same log statement that
+				 * vacuum_rel() and analyze_rel() would.
+				 */
+				if (options & VACOPT_VACUUM)
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping vacuum of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
 								vrel->relation->relname)));
-			return vacrels;
+				else
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping analyze of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
+									vrel->relation->relname)));
+
+				if ((options & VACOPT_VACUUM) != 0)
+					flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM;
+				if ((options & VACOPT_ANALYZE) != 0)
+					flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE;
+
+				pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(relid, flags);
+
+				return vacrels;
+			}
+
+			/*
+			 * Now that we have the lock, probe to see if the relation really
+			 * exists or not.
+			 */
+			if (!SearchSysCacheExists1(RELOID, ObjectIdGetDatum(relid)))
+			{
+				if (options & VACOPT_VACUUM)
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_UNDEFINED_TABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping vacuum of \"%s\" --- relation no longer exists",
+									vrel->relation->relname)));
+				else
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_UNDEFINED_TABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping analyze of \"%s\" --- relation no longer exists",
+									vrel->relation->relname)));
+
+				/* Release useless lock */
+				UnlockRelationOid(relid, AccessShareLock);
+
+				return vacrels;
+			}
 		}
 
 		/*
diff --git a/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c b/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c
index b2ca28f83ba..532d9023f8c 100644
--- a/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c
+++ b/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c
@@ -17,12 +17,14 @@
 
 #include "postgres.h"
 
+#include "access/htup_details.h"
 #include "access/twophase_rmgr.h"
 #include "access/xact.h"
 #include "catalog/catalog.h"
 #include "utils/memutils.h"
 #include "utils/pgstat_internal.h"
 #include "utils/rel.h"
+#include "utils/syscache.h"
 #include "utils/timestamp.h"
 
 
@@ -367,6 +369,68 @@ pgstat_report_analyze(Relation rel,
 	(void) pgstat_flush_backend(false, PGSTAT_BACKEND_FLUSH_IO);
 }
 
+/*
+ * Report that the table was skipped during vacuum or/and analyze.
+ */
+void
+pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(Oid relid, int flags)
+{
+	PgStat_EntryRef *entry_ref;
+	PgStatShared_Relation *shtabentry;
+	PgStat_StatTabEntry *tabentry;
+	TimestampTz ts;
+	HeapTuple	classTup;
+	bool		isshared;
+
+	if (!pgstat_track_counts || !flags)
+		return;
+
+	classTup = SearchSysCache1(RELOID, ObjectIdGetDatum(relid));
+	if (!HeapTupleIsValid(classTup))
+		return;			/* somebody deleted the rel, forget it */
+	isshared = ((Form_pg_class) GETSTRUCT(classTup))->relisshared;
+	ReleaseSysCache(classTup);
+
+	/* Store the data in the table's hash table entry. */
+	ts = GetCurrentTimestamp();
+
+	/* block acquiring lock for the same reason as pgstat_report_autovac() */
+	entry_ref = pgstat_get_entry_ref_locked(PGSTAT_KIND_RELATION,
+											isshared ? InvalidOid : MyDatabaseId,
+											relid, false);
+
+	shtabentry = (PgStatShared_Relation *) entry_ref->shared_stats;
+	tabentry = &shtabentry->stats;
+
+	if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM)
+	{
+		tabentry->last_skipped_vacuum_time = ts;
+		tabentry->skipped_vacuum_count++;
+	}
+	else if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOVACUUM)
+	{
+		tabentry->last_skipped_autovacuum_time = ts;
+		tabentry->skipped_autovacuum_count++;
+	}
+
+	if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE)
+	{
+		tabentry->last_skipped_analyze_time = ts;
+		tabentry->skipped_analyze_count++;
+	}
+	else if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOANALYZE)
+	{
+		tabentry->last_skipped_autoanalyze_time = ts;
+		tabentry->skipped_autoanalyze_count++;
+	}
+
+	pgstat_unlock_entry(entry_ref);
+
+	/* see pgstat_report_vacuum() */
+	pgstat_flush_io(false);
+	(void) pgstat_flush_backend(false, PGSTAT_BACKEND_FLUSH_IO);
+}
+
 /*
  * count a tuple insertion of n tuples
  */
diff --git a/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c b/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c
index 1408de387ea..90a8968faa0 100644
--- a/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c
+++ b/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c
@@ -84,6 +84,18 @@ PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(mod_since_analyze)
 /* pg_stat_get_numscans */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(numscans)
 
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_analyze_count)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_autoanalyze_count)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_autovacuum_count)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_vacuum_count)
+
 /* pg_stat_get_tuples_deleted */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(tuples_deleted)
 
@@ -170,6 +182,18 @@ PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_vacuum_time)
 /* pg_stat_get_lastscan */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(lastscan)
 
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_analyze_time)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_autoanalyze_time)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_autovacuum_time)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_vacuum_time)
+
 /* pg_stat_get_stat_reset_time */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(stat_reset_time)
 
diff --git a/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat b/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat
index fa9ae79082b..32debb34863 100644
--- a/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat
+++ b/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat
@@ -5680,6 +5680,38 @@
   proargmodes => '{o,o,o,o,o,o,o,o,o,o}',
   proargnames => '{oid,score,xid_score,mxid_score,vacuum_score,vacuum_insert_score,analyze_score,do_vacuum,do_analyze,for_wraparound}',
   prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_autovacuum_scores' },
+{ oid => '8142', descr => 'statistics: last skipped vacuum time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time' },
+{ oid => '8143', descr => 'statistics: last skipped auto vacuum time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time' },
+{ oid => '8144', descr => 'statistics: last skipped analyze time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time' },
+{ oid => '8145', descr => 'statistics: last skipped auto analyze time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time' },
+{ oid => '8146', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped vacuum for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count' },
+{ oid => '8147', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped auto vacuum for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count' },
+{ oid => '8148', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped analyzes for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count' },
+{ oid => '8149', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped auto analyzes for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count' },
 { oid => '1936', descr => 'statistics: currently active backend IDs',
   proname => 'pg_stat_get_backend_idset', prorows => '100', proretset => 't',
   provolatile => 's', proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int4',
diff --git a/src/include/pgstat.h b/src/include/pgstat.h
index dfa2e837638..98941f953d1 100644
--- a/src/include/pgstat.h
+++ b/src/include/pgstat.h
@@ -479,6 +479,15 @@ typedef struct PgStat_StatTabEntry
 	TimestampTz last_autoanalyze_time;	/* autovacuum initiated */
 	PgStat_Counter autoanalyze_count;
 
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_vacuum_time;	/* user initiated vacuum */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_vacuum_count;
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_autovacuum_time;	/* autovacuum initiated */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_autovacuum_count;
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_analyze_time;	/* user initiated */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_analyze_count;
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_autoanalyze_time;	/* autovacuum initiated */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_autoanalyze_count;
+
 	PgStat_Counter total_vacuum_time;	/* times in milliseconds */
 	PgStat_Counter total_autovacuum_time;
 	PgStat_Counter total_analyze_time;
@@ -703,6 +712,13 @@ extern void pgstat_report_analyze(Relation rel,
 								  PgStat_Counter livetuples, PgStat_Counter deadtuples,
 								  bool resetcounter, TimestampTz starttime);
 
+/* flags for pgstat_flush_backend() */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM		(1 << 0)	/* vacuum is skipped */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE		(1 << 1)	/* analyze is skipped */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOVACUUM	(1 << 2)	/* autovacuum is skipped */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOANALYZE	(1 << 3)	/* autoanalyze is skipped */
+extern void pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(Oid relid, int flags);
+
 /*
  * If stats are enabled, but pending data hasn't been prepared yet, call
  * pgstat_assoc_relation() to do so. See its comment for why this is done
diff --git a/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out b/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out
index a65a5bf0c4f..9b2075d3373 100644
--- a/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out
+++ b/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out
@@ -1835,13 +1835,21 @@ pg_stat_all_tables| SELECT c.oid AS relid,
     pg_stat_get_mod_since_analyze(c.oid) AS n_mod_since_analyze,
     pg_stat_get_ins_since_vacuum(c.oid) AS n_ins_since_vacuum,
     pg_stat_get_last_vacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_vacuum,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_vacuum,
     pg_stat_get_last_autovacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_autovacuum,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_autovacuum,
     pg_stat_get_last_analyze_time(c.oid) AS last_analyze,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_analyze,
     pg_stat_get_last_autoanalyze_time(c.oid) AS last_autoanalyze,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_autoanalyze,
     pg_stat_get_vacuum_count(c.oid) AS vacuum_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count(c.oid) AS skipped_vacuum_count,
     pg_stat_get_autovacuum_count(c.oid) AS autovacuum_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count(c.oid) AS skipped_autovacuum_count,
     pg_stat_get_analyze_count(c.oid) AS analyze_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count(c.oid) AS skipped_analyze_count,
     pg_stat_get_autoanalyze_count(c.oid) AS autoanalyze_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count(c.oid) AS skipped_autoanalyze_count,
     pg_stat_get_total_vacuum_time(c.oid) AS total_vacuum_time,
     pg_stat_get_total_autovacuum_time(c.oid) AS total_autovacuum_time,
     pg_stat_get_total_analyze_time(c.oid) AS total_analyze_time,
@@ -2346,13 +2354,21 @@ pg_stat_sys_tables| SELECT relid,
     n_mod_since_analyze,
     n_ins_since_vacuum,
     last_vacuum,
+    last_skipped_vacuum,
     last_autovacuum,
+    last_skipped_autovacuum,
     last_analyze,
+    last_skipped_analyze,
     last_autoanalyze,
+    last_skipped_autoanalyze,
     vacuum_count,
+    skipped_vacuum_count,
     autovacuum_count,
+    skipped_autovacuum_count,
     analyze_count,
+    skipped_analyze_count,
     autoanalyze_count,
+    skipped_autoanalyze_count,
     total_vacuum_time,
     total_autovacuum_time,
     total_analyze_time,
@@ -2401,13 +2417,21 @@ pg_stat_user_tables| SELECT relid,
     n_mod_since_analyze,
     n_ins_since_vacuum,
     last_vacuum,
+    last_skipped_vacuum,
     last_autovacuum,
+    last_skipped_autovacuum,
     last_analyze,
+    last_skipped_analyze,
     last_autoanalyze,
+    last_skipped_autoanalyze,
     vacuum_count,
+    skipped_vacuum_count,
     autovacuum_count,
+    skipped_autovacuum_count,
     analyze_count,
+    skipped_analyze_count,
     autoanalyze_count,
+    skipped_autoanalyze_count,
     total_vacuum_time,
     total_autovacuum_time,
     total_analyze_time,
-- 
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* [PATCH v4] Track skipped vacuum and analyze activity per relation
@ 2026-03-24 04:09 Yugo Nagata <[email protected]>
  0 siblings, 0 replies; 374+ messages in thread

From: Yugo Nagata @ 2026-03-24 04:09 UTC (permalink / raw)

This commit adds eight fields to the relation statistics that track
the last time vacuum or analyze has been attempted but skipped due to
lock unavailability, along with their counts:

-    last_skipped_vacuum
-    last_skipped_autovacuum
-    last_skipped_analyze
-    last_skipped_autoanalyze
-    skipped_vacuum_count
-    skipped_autovacuum_count
-    skipped_analyze_count
-    skipped_autoanalyze_count

These field can help users confirm that autovacuum is actively attempting
to run on a table that has not been vacuumed or analyzed for a long time,
and that the lack of progress is due to repeated skips rather than inactivity.
---
 doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml                 |  88 ++++++++++++++++
 src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql         |   8 ++
 src/backend/commands/vacuum.c                | 102 ++++++++++++++-----
 src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c |  64 ++++++++++++
 src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c          |  24 +++++
 src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat              |  32 ++++++
 src/include/pgstat.h                         |  16 +++
 src/test/regress/expected/rules.out          |  24 +++++
 8 files changed, 335 insertions(+), 23 deletions(-)

diff --git a/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml b/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml
index 08d5b824552..a9b579d87a9 100644
--- a/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml
+++ b/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml
@@ -4387,6 +4387,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_vacuum</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time a manual vacuum on this table was attempted but skipped due to
+       lock unavailability (not counting <command>VACUUM FULL</command>)
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>last_autovacuum</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
@@ -4397,6 +4407,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_autovacuum</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time a vacuum on this table by the autovacuum daemon was attempted
+       but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>last_analyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
@@ -4406,6 +4426,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_analyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time a manual analyze on this table was attempted but skipped due to
+       lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>last_autoanalyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
@@ -4416,6 +4446,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_autoanalyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time at which an analyze on this table by the autovacuum was
+       attempted but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>vacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4426,6 +4466,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_vacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times manual vacuums on this table have been attempted but skipped
+       due to lock unavailability (not counting <command>VACUUM FULL</command>)
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>autovacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4436,6 +4486,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_autovacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times vacuums on this table by the autovacuum daemon have been
+       attempted but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>analyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4445,6 +4505,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_analyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times manual analyzes on this table have been attempted but
+       skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>autoanalyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4455,6 +4525,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_autoanalyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times analyzes on this table by the autovacuum daemon have
+       been attempted but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>total_vacuum_time</structfield> <type>double precision</type>
@@ -4510,6 +4590,14 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
    </tgroup>
   </table>
 
+  <note>
+   <para>
+    When a manual vacuum or analyze on a parent table in an inheritance or
+    partitioning hierarchy is skipped, the statistics are recorded only for
+    the parent table, not for its children.
+   </para>
+  </note>
+
  </sect2>
 
  <sect2 id="monitoring-pg-stat-autovacuum-scores-view">
diff --git a/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql b/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql
index 73a1c1c4670..f509fc7876b 100644
--- a/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql
+++ b/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql
@@ -736,13 +736,21 @@ CREATE VIEW pg_stat_all_tables AS
             pg_stat_get_mod_since_analyze(C.oid) AS n_mod_since_analyze,
             pg_stat_get_ins_since_vacuum(C.oid) AS n_ins_since_vacuum,
             pg_stat_get_last_vacuum_time(C.oid) as last_vacuum,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_vacuum,
             pg_stat_get_last_autovacuum_time(C.oid) as last_autovacuum,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_autovacuum,
             pg_stat_get_last_analyze_time(C.oid) as last_analyze,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_analyze,
             pg_stat_get_last_autoanalyze_time(C.oid) as last_autoanalyze,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_autoanalyze,
             pg_stat_get_vacuum_count(C.oid) AS vacuum_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count(C.oid) AS skipped_vacuum_count,
             pg_stat_get_autovacuum_count(C.oid) AS autovacuum_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count(C.oid) AS skipped_autovacuum_count,
             pg_stat_get_analyze_count(C.oid) AS analyze_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count(C.oid) AS skipped_analyze_count,
             pg_stat_get_autoanalyze_count(C.oid) AS autoanalyze_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count(C.oid) AS skipped_autoanalyze_count,
             pg_stat_get_total_vacuum_time(C.oid) AS total_vacuum_time,
             pg_stat_get_total_autovacuum_time(C.oid) AS total_autovacuum_time,
             pg_stat_get_total_analyze_time(C.oid) AS total_analyze_time,
diff --git a/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c b/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c
index 99d0db82ed7..97cd5ea8d10 100644
--- a/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c
+++ b/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c
@@ -793,8 +793,25 @@ vacuum_open_relation(Oid relid, RangeVar *relation, uint32 options,
 		rel = try_relation_open(relid, NoLock);
 	else
 	{
+		int flags = 0;
 		rel = NULL;
 		rel_lock = false;
+
+		if ((options & VACOPT_VACUUM) != 0)
+		{
+			if (AmAutoVacuumWorkerProcess())
+				flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOVACUUM;
+			else
+				flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM;
+		}
+		if ((options & VACOPT_ANALYZE) != 0)
+		{
+			if (AmAutoVacuumWorkerProcess())
+				flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOANALYZE;
+			else
+				flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE;
+		}
+		pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(relid, flags);
 	}
 
 	/* if relation is opened, leave */
@@ -802,7 +819,7 @@ vacuum_open_relation(Oid relid, RangeVar *relation, uint32 options,
 		return rel;
 
 	/*
-	 * Relation could not be opened, hence generate if possible a log
+	 * Relation could not be opened hence generate if possible a log
 	 * informing on the situation.
 	 *
 	 * If the RangeVar is not defined, we do not have enough information to
@@ -905,7 +922,6 @@ expand_vacuum_rel(VacuumRelation *vrel, MemoryContext vac_context,
 		Form_pg_class classForm;
 		bool		include_children;
 		bool		is_partitioned_table;
-		int			rvr_opts;
 
 		/*
 		 * Since autovacuum workers supply OIDs when calling vacuum(), no
@@ -918,29 +934,69 @@ expand_vacuum_rel(VacuumRelation *vrel, MemoryContext vac_context,
 		 * below, as well as find_all_inheritors's expectation that the caller
 		 * holds some lock on the starting relation.
 		 */
-		rvr_opts = (options & VACOPT_SKIP_LOCKED) ? RVR_SKIP_LOCKED : 0;
-		relid = RangeVarGetRelidExtended(vrel->relation,
-										 AccessShareLock,
-										 rvr_opts,
-										 NULL, NULL);
-
-		/*
-		 * If the lock is unavailable, emit the same log statement that
-		 * vacuum_rel() and analyze_rel() would.
-		 */
-		if (!OidIsValid(relid))
+		if (!(options & VACOPT_SKIP_LOCKED))
 		{
-			if (options & VACOPT_VACUUM)
-				ereport(WARNING,
-						(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
-						 errmsg("skipping vacuum of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
-								vrel->relation->relname)));
-			else
-				ereport(WARNING,
-						(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
-						 errmsg("skipping analyze of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
+			relid = RangeVarGetRelidExtended(vrel->relation,
+											 AccessShareLock,
+											 0, NULL, NULL);
+			if (!OidIsValid(relid))
+				return vacrels;
+		}
+		else
+		{
+			/* Get relid for reporting before taking a lock */
+			relid = RangeVarGetRelid(vrel->relation, NoLock, false);
+
+			if (!ConditionalLockRelationOid(relid, AccessShareLock))
+			{
+				int	flags = 0;
+				/*
+				 * If the lock is unavailable, emit the same log statement that
+				 * vacuum_rel() and analyze_rel() would.
+				 */
+				if (options & VACOPT_VACUUM)
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping vacuum of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
 								vrel->relation->relname)));
-			return vacrels;
+				else
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping analyze of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
+									vrel->relation->relname)));
+
+				if ((options & VACOPT_VACUUM) != 0)
+					flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM;
+				if ((options & VACOPT_ANALYZE) != 0)
+					flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE;
+
+				pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(relid, flags);
+
+				return vacrels;
+			}
+
+			/*
+			 * Now that we have the lock, probe to see if the relation really
+			 * exists or not.
+			 */
+			if (!SearchSysCacheExists1(RELOID, ObjectIdGetDatum(relid)))
+			{
+				if (options & VACOPT_VACUUM)
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_UNDEFINED_TABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping vacuum of \"%s\" --- relation no longer exists",
+									vrel->relation->relname)));
+				else
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_UNDEFINED_TABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping analyze of \"%s\" --- relation no longer exists",
+									vrel->relation->relname)));
+
+				/* Release useless lock */
+				UnlockRelationOid(relid, AccessShareLock);
+
+				return vacrels;
+			}
 		}
 
 		/*
diff --git a/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c b/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c
index b2ca28f83ba..532d9023f8c 100644
--- a/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c
+++ b/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c
@@ -17,12 +17,14 @@
 
 #include "postgres.h"
 
+#include "access/htup_details.h"
 #include "access/twophase_rmgr.h"
 #include "access/xact.h"
 #include "catalog/catalog.h"
 #include "utils/memutils.h"
 #include "utils/pgstat_internal.h"
 #include "utils/rel.h"
+#include "utils/syscache.h"
 #include "utils/timestamp.h"
 
 
@@ -367,6 +369,68 @@ pgstat_report_analyze(Relation rel,
 	(void) pgstat_flush_backend(false, PGSTAT_BACKEND_FLUSH_IO);
 }
 
+/*
+ * Report that the table was skipped during vacuum or/and analyze.
+ */
+void
+pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(Oid relid, int flags)
+{
+	PgStat_EntryRef *entry_ref;
+	PgStatShared_Relation *shtabentry;
+	PgStat_StatTabEntry *tabentry;
+	TimestampTz ts;
+	HeapTuple	classTup;
+	bool		isshared;
+
+	if (!pgstat_track_counts || !flags)
+		return;
+
+	classTup = SearchSysCache1(RELOID, ObjectIdGetDatum(relid));
+	if (!HeapTupleIsValid(classTup))
+		return;			/* somebody deleted the rel, forget it */
+	isshared = ((Form_pg_class) GETSTRUCT(classTup))->relisshared;
+	ReleaseSysCache(classTup);
+
+	/* Store the data in the table's hash table entry. */
+	ts = GetCurrentTimestamp();
+
+	/* block acquiring lock for the same reason as pgstat_report_autovac() */
+	entry_ref = pgstat_get_entry_ref_locked(PGSTAT_KIND_RELATION,
+											isshared ? InvalidOid : MyDatabaseId,
+											relid, false);
+
+	shtabentry = (PgStatShared_Relation *) entry_ref->shared_stats;
+	tabentry = &shtabentry->stats;
+
+	if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM)
+	{
+		tabentry->last_skipped_vacuum_time = ts;
+		tabentry->skipped_vacuum_count++;
+	}
+	else if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOVACUUM)
+	{
+		tabentry->last_skipped_autovacuum_time = ts;
+		tabentry->skipped_autovacuum_count++;
+	}
+
+	if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE)
+	{
+		tabentry->last_skipped_analyze_time = ts;
+		tabentry->skipped_analyze_count++;
+	}
+	else if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOANALYZE)
+	{
+		tabentry->last_skipped_autoanalyze_time = ts;
+		tabentry->skipped_autoanalyze_count++;
+	}
+
+	pgstat_unlock_entry(entry_ref);
+
+	/* see pgstat_report_vacuum() */
+	pgstat_flush_io(false);
+	(void) pgstat_flush_backend(false, PGSTAT_BACKEND_FLUSH_IO);
+}
+
 /*
  * count a tuple insertion of n tuples
  */
diff --git a/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c b/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c
index 1408de387ea..90a8968faa0 100644
--- a/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c
+++ b/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c
@@ -84,6 +84,18 @@ PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(mod_since_analyze)
 /* pg_stat_get_numscans */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(numscans)
 
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_analyze_count)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_autoanalyze_count)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_autovacuum_count)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_vacuum_count)
+
 /* pg_stat_get_tuples_deleted */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(tuples_deleted)
 
@@ -170,6 +182,18 @@ PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_vacuum_time)
 /* pg_stat_get_lastscan */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(lastscan)
 
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_analyze_time)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_autoanalyze_time)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_autovacuum_time)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_vacuum_time)
+
 /* pg_stat_get_stat_reset_time */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(stat_reset_time)
 
diff --git a/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat b/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat
index fa9ae79082b..32debb34863 100644
--- a/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat
+++ b/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat
@@ -5680,6 +5680,38 @@
   proargmodes => '{o,o,o,o,o,o,o,o,o,o}',
   proargnames => '{oid,score,xid_score,mxid_score,vacuum_score,vacuum_insert_score,analyze_score,do_vacuum,do_analyze,for_wraparound}',
   prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_autovacuum_scores' },
+{ oid => '8142', descr => 'statistics: last skipped vacuum time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time' },
+{ oid => '8143', descr => 'statistics: last skipped auto vacuum time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time' },
+{ oid => '8144', descr => 'statistics: last skipped analyze time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time' },
+{ oid => '8145', descr => 'statistics: last skipped auto analyze time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time' },
+{ oid => '8146', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped vacuum for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count' },
+{ oid => '8147', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped auto vacuum for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count' },
+{ oid => '8148', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped analyzes for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count' },
+{ oid => '8149', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped auto analyzes for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count' },
 { oid => '1936', descr => 'statistics: currently active backend IDs',
   proname => 'pg_stat_get_backend_idset', prorows => '100', proretset => 't',
   provolatile => 's', proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int4',
diff --git a/src/include/pgstat.h b/src/include/pgstat.h
index dfa2e837638..98941f953d1 100644
--- a/src/include/pgstat.h
+++ b/src/include/pgstat.h
@@ -479,6 +479,15 @@ typedef struct PgStat_StatTabEntry
 	TimestampTz last_autoanalyze_time;	/* autovacuum initiated */
 	PgStat_Counter autoanalyze_count;
 
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_vacuum_time;	/* user initiated vacuum */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_vacuum_count;
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_autovacuum_time;	/* autovacuum initiated */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_autovacuum_count;
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_analyze_time;	/* user initiated */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_analyze_count;
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_autoanalyze_time;	/* autovacuum initiated */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_autoanalyze_count;
+
 	PgStat_Counter total_vacuum_time;	/* times in milliseconds */
 	PgStat_Counter total_autovacuum_time;
 	PgStat_Counter total_analyze_time;
@@ -703,6 +712,13 @@ extern void pgstat_report_analyze(Relation rel,
 								  PgStat_Counter livetuples, PgStat_Counter deadtuples,
 								  bool resetcounter, TimestampTz starttime);
 
+/* flags for pgstat_flush_backend() */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM		(1 << 0)	/* vacuum is skipped */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE		(1 << 1)	/* analyze is skipped */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOVACUUM	(1 << 2)	/* autovacuum is skipped */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOANALYZE	(1 << 3)	/* autoanalyze is skipped */
+extern void pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(Oid relid, int flags);
+
 /*
  * If stats are enabled, but pending data hasn't been prepared yet, call
  * pgstat_assoc_relation() to do so. See its comment for why this is done
diff --git a/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out b/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out
index a65a5bf0c4f..9b2075d3373 100644
--- a/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out
+++ b/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out
@@ -1835,13 +1835,21 @@ pg_stat_all_tables| SELECT c.oid AS relid,
     pg_stat_get_mod_since_analyze(c.oid) AS n_mod_since_analyze,
     pg_stat_get_ins_since_vacuum(c.oid) AS n_ins_since_vacuum,
     pg_stat_get_last_vacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_vacuum,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_vacuum,
     pg_stat_get_last_autovacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_autovacuum,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_autovacuum,
     pg_stat_get_last_analyze_time(c.oid) AS last_analyze,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_analyze,
     pg_stat_get_last_autoanalyze_time(c.oid) AS last_autoanalyze,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_autoanalyze,
     pg_stat_get_vacuum_count(c.oid) AS vacuum_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count(c.oid) AS skipped_vacuum_count,
     pg_stat_get_autovacuum_count(c.oid) AS autovacuum_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count(c.oid) AS skipped_autovacuum_count,
     pg_stat_get_analyze_count(c.oid) AS analyze_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count(c.oid) AS skipped_analyze_count,
     pg_stat_get_autoanalyze_count(c.oid) AS autoanalyze_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count(c.oid) AS skipped_autoanalyze_count,
     pg_stat_get_total_vacuum_time(c.oid) AS total_vacuum_time,
     pg_stat_get_total_autovacuum_time(c.oid) AS total_autovacuum_time,
     pg_stat_get_total_analyze_time(c.oid) AS total_analyze_time,
@@ -2346,13 +2354,21 @@ pg_stat_sys_tables| SELECT relid,
     n_mod_since_analyze,
     n_ins_since_vacuum,
     last_vacuum,
+    last_skipped_vacuum,
     last_autovacuum,
+    last_skipped_autovacuum,
     last_analyze,
+    last_skipped_analyze,
     last_autoanalyze,
+    last_skipped_autoanalyze,
     vacuum_count,
+    skipped_vacuum_count,
     autovacuum_count,
+    skipped_autovacuum_count,
     analyze_count,
+    skipped_analyze_count,
     autoanalyze_count,
+    skipped_autoanalyze_count,
     total_vacuum_time,
     total_autovacuum_time,
     total_analyze_time,
@@ -2401,13 +2417,21 @@ pg_stat_user_tables| SELECT relid,
     n_mod_since_analyze,
     n_ins_since_vacuum,
     last_vacuum,
+    last_skipped_vacuum,
     last_autovacuum,
+    last_skipped_autovacuum,
     last_analyze,
+    last_skipped_analyze,
     last_autoanalyze,
+    last_skipped_autoanalyze,
     vacuum_count,
+    skipped_vacuum_count,
     autovacuum_count,
+    skipped_autovacuum_count,
     analyze_count,
+    skipped_analyze_count,
     autoanalyze_count,
+    skipped_autoanalyze_count,
     total_vacuum_time,
     total_autovacuum_time,
     total_analyze_time,
-- 
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* [PATCH v5] Track skipped vacuum and analyze activity per relation
@ 2026-03-24 04:09 Yugo Nagata <[email protected]>
  0 siblings, 0 replies; 374+ messages in thread

From: Yugo Nagata @ 2026-03-24 04:09 UTC (permalink / raw)

This commit adds eight fields to the relation statistics that track
the last time vacuum or analyze has been attempted but skipped due to
lock unavailability, along with their counts:

-    last_skipped_vacuum
-    last_skipped_autovacuum
-    last_skipped_analyze
-    last_skipped_autoanalyze
-    skipped_vacuum_count
-    skipped_autovacuum_count
-    skipped_analyze_count
-    skipped_autoanalyze_count

These field can help users confirm that autovacuum is actively attempting
to run on a table that has not been vacuumed or analyzed for a long time,
and that the lack of progress is due to repeated skips rather than inactivity.
---
 doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml                  |  88 ++++++
 src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql          |   8 +
 src/backend/commands/vacuum.c                 | 100 +++++--
 src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c  |  64 +++++
 src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c           |  24 ++
 src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat               |  32 +++
 src/include/pgstat.h                          |  16 ++
 .../isolation/expected/vacuum-skip-locked.out | 260 ++++++++++++++++--
 .../isolation/specs/vacuum-skip-locked.spec   |  41 +--
 src/test/regress/expected/rules.out           |  24 ++
 10 files changed, 601 insertions(+), 56 deletions(-)

diff --git a/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml b/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml
index 08d5b824552..a9b579d87a9 100644
--- a/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml
+++ b/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml
@@ -4387,6 +4387,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_vacuum</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time a manual vacuum on this table was attempted but skipped due to
+       lock unavailability (not counting <command>VACUUM FULL</command>)
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>last_autovacuum</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
@@ -4397,6 +4407,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_autovacuum</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time a vacuum on this table by the autovacuum daemon was attempted
+       but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>last_analyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
@@ -4406,6 +4426,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_analyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time a manual analyze on this table was attempted but skipped due to
+       lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>last_autoanalyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
@@ -4416,6 +4446,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_autoanalyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time at which an analyze on this table by the autovacuum was
+       attempted but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>vacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4426,6 +4466,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_vacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times manual vacuums on this table have been attempted but skipped
+       due to lock unavailability (not counting <command>VACUUM FULL</command>)
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>autovacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4436,6 +4486,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_autovacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times vacuums on this table by the autovacuum daemon have been
+       attempted but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>analyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4445,6 +4505,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_analyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times manual analyzes on this table have been attempted but
+       skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>autoanalyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4455,6 +4525,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_autoanalyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times analyzes on this table by the autovacuum daemon have
+       been attempted but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>total_vacuum_time</structfield> <type>double precision</type>
@@ -4510,6 +4590,14 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
    </tgroup>
   </table>
 
+  <note>
+   <para>
+    When a manual vacuum or analyze on a parent table in an inheritance or
+    partitioning hierarchy is skipped, the statistics are recorded only for
+    the parent table, not for its children.
+   </para>
+  </note>
+
  </sect2>
 
  <sect2 id="monitoring-pg-stat-autovacuum-scores-view">
diff --git a/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql b/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql
index 73a1c1c4670..f509fc7876b 100644
--- a/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql
+++ b/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql
@@ -736,13 +736,21 @@ CREATE VIEW pg_stat_all_tables AS
             pg_stat_get_mod_since_analyze(C.oid) AS n_mod_since_analyze,
             pg_stat_get_ins_since_vacuum(C.oid) AS n_ins_since_vacuum,
             pg_stat_get_last_vacuum_time(C.oid) as last_vacuum,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_vacuum,
             pg_stat_get_last_autovacuum_time(C.oid) as last_autovacuum,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_autovacuum,
             pg_stat_get_last_analyze_time(C.oid) as last_analyze,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_analyze,
             pg_stat_get_last_autoanalyze_time(C.oid) as last_autoanalyze,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_autoanalyze,
             pg_stat_get_vacuum_count(C.oid) AS vacuum_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count(C.oid) AS skipped_vacuum_count,
             pg_stat_get_autovacuum_count(C.oid) AS autovacuum_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count(C.oid) AS skipped_autovacuum_count,
             pg_stat_get_analyze_count(C.oid) AS analyze_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count(C.oid) AS skipped_analyze_count,
             pg_stat_get_autoanalyze_count(C.oid) AS autoanalyze_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count(C.oid) AS skipped_autoanalyze_count,
             pg_stat_get_total_vacuum_time(C.oid) AS total_vacuum_time,
             pg_stat_get_total_autovacuum_time(C.oid) AS total_autovacuum_time,
             pg_stat_get_total_analyze_time(C.oid) AS total_analyze_time,
diff --git a/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c b/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c
index 99d0db82ed7..df6526225e4 100644
--- a/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c
+++ b/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c
@@ -793,8 +793,25 @@ vacuum_open_relation(Oid relid, RangeVar *relation, uint32 options,
 		rel = try_relation_open(relid, NoLock);
 	else
 	{
+		int flags = 0;
 		rel = NULL;
 		rel_lock = false;
+
+		if ((options & VACOPT_VACUUM) != 0 && (options & VACOPT_FULL) == 0)
+		{
+			if (AmAutoVacuumWorkerProcess())
+				flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOVACUUM;
+			else
+				flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM;
+		}
+		if ((options & VACOPT_ANALYZE) != 0)
+		{
+			if (AmAutoVacuumWorkerProcess())
+				flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOANALYZE;
+			else
+				flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE;
+		}
+		pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(relid, flags);
 	}
 
 	/* if relation is opened, leave */
@@ -905,7 +922,6 @@ expand_vacuum_rel(VacuumRelation *vrel, MemoryContext vac_context,
 		Form_pg_class classForm;
 		bool		include_children;
 		bool		is_partitioned_table;
-		int			rvr_opts;
 
 		/*
 		 * Since autovacuum workers supply OIDs when calling vacuum(), no
@@ -918,29 +934,69 @@ expand_vacuum_rel(VacuumRelation *vrel, MemoryContext vac_context,
 		 * below, as well as find_all_inheritors's expectation that the caller
 		 * holds some lock on the starting relation.
 		 */
-		rvr_opts = (options & VACOPT_SKIP_LOCKED) ? RVR_SKIP_LOCKED : 0;
-		relid = RangeVarGetRelidExtended(vrel->relation,
-										 AccessShareLock,
-										 rvr_opts,
-										 NULL, NULL);
-
-		/*
-		 * If the lock is unavailable, emit the same log statement that
-		 * vacuum_rel() and analyze_rel() would.
-		 */
-		if (!OidIsValid(relid))
+		if (!(options & VACOPT_SKIP_LOCKED))
 		{
-			if (options & VACOPT_VACUUM)
-				ereport(WARNING,
-						(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
-						 errmsg("skipping vacuum of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
-								vrel->relation->relname)));
-			else
-				ereport(WARNING,
-						(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
-						 errmsg("skipping analyze of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
+			relid = RangeVarGetRelidExtended(vrel->relation,
+											 AccessShareLock,
+											 0, NULL, NULL);
+			if (!OidIsValid(relid))
+				return vacrels;
+		}
+		else
+		{
+			/* Get relid for reporting before taking a lock */
+			relid = RangeVarGetRelid(vrel->relation, NoLock, false);
+
+			if (!ConditionalLockRelationOid(relid, AccessShareLock))
+			{
+				int	flags = 0;
+				/*
+				 * If the lock is unavailable, emit the same log statement that
+				 * vacuum_rel() and analyze_rel() would.
+				 */
+				if (options & VACOPT_VACUUM)
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping vacuum of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
 								vrel->relation->relname)));
-			return vacrels;
+				else
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping analyze of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
+									vrel->relation->relname)));
+
+				if ((options & VACOPT_VACUUM) != 0 && (options & VACOPT_FULL) == 0)
+					flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM;
+				if ((options & VACOPT_ANALYZE) != 0)
+					flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE;
+
+				pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(relid, flags);
+
+				return vacrels;
+			}
+
+			/*
+			 * Now that we have the lock, probe to see if the relation really
+			 * exists or not.
+			 */
+			if (!SearchSysCacheExists1(RELOID, ObjectIdGetDatum(relid)))
+			{
+				if (options & VACOPT_VACUUM)
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_UNDEFINED_TABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping vacuum of \"%s\" --- relation no longer exists",
+									vrel->relation->relname)));
+				else
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_UNDEFINED_TABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping analyze of \"%s\" --- relation no longer exists",
+									vrel->relation->relname)));
+
+				/* Release useless lock */
+				UnlockRelationOid(relid, AccessShareLock);
+
+				return vacrels;
+			}
 		}
 
 		/*
diff --git a/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c b/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c
index b2ca28f83ba..532d9023f8c 100644
--- a/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c
+++ b/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c
@@ -17,12 +17,14 @@
 
 #include "postgres.h"
 
+#include "access/htup_details.h"
 #include "access/twophase_rmgr.h"
 #include "access/xact.h"
 #include "catalog/catalog.h"
 #include "utils/memutils.h"
 #include "utils/pgstat_internal.h"
 #include "utils/rel.h"
+#include "utils/syscache.h"
 #include "utils/timestamp.h"
 
 
@@ -367,6 +369,68 @@ pgstat_report_analyze(Relation rel,
 	(void) pgstat_flush_backend(false, PGSTAT_BACKEND_FLUSH_IO);
 }
 
+/*
+ * Report that the table was skipped during vacuum or/and analyze.
+ */
+void
+pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(Oid relid, int flags)
+{
+	PgStat_EntryRef *entry_ref;
+	PgStatShared_Relation *shtabentry;
+	PgStat_StatTabEntry *tabentry;
+	TimestampTz ts;
+	HeapTuple	classTup;
+	bool		isshared;
+
+	if (!pgstat_track_counts || !flags)
+		return;
+
+	classTup = SearchSysCache1(RELOID, ObjectIdGetDatum(relid));
+	if (!HeapTupleIsValid(classTup))
+		return;			/* somebody deleted the rel, forget it */
+	isshared = ((Form_pg_class) GETSTRUCT(classTup))->relisshared;
+	ReleaseSysCache(classTup);
+
+	/* Store the data in the table's hash table entry. */
+	ts = GetCurrentTimestamp();
+
+	/* block acquiring lock for the same reason as pgstat_report_autovac() */
+	entry_ref = pgstat_get_entry_ref_locked(PGSTAT_KIND_RELATION,
+											isshared ? InvalidOid : MyDatabaseId,
+											relid, false);
+
+	shtabentry = (PgStatShared_Relation *) entry_ref->shared_stats;
+	tabentry = &shtabentry->stats;
+
+	if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM)
+	{
+		tabentry->last_skipped_vacuum_time = ts;
+		tabentry->skipped_vacuum_count++;
+	}
+	else if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOVACUUM)
+	{
+		tabentry->last_skipped_autovacuum_time = ts;
+		tabentry->skipped_autovacuum_count++;
+	}
+
+	if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE)
+	{
+		tabentry->last_skipped_analyze_time = ts;
+		tabentry->skipped_analyze_count++;
+	}
+	else if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOANALYZE)
+	{
+		tabentry->last_skipped_autoanalyze_time = ts;
+		tabentry->skipped_autoanalyze_count++;
+	}
+
+	pgstat_unlock_entry(entry_ref);
+
+	/* see pgstat_report_vacuum() */
+	pgstat_flush_io(false);
+	(void) pgstat_flush_backend(false, PGSTAT_BACKEND_FLUSH_IO);
+}
+
 /*
  * count a tuple insertion of n tuples
  */
diff --git a/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c b/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c
index 1408de387ea..90a8968faa0 100644
--- a/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c
+++ b/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c
@@ -84,6 +84,18 @@ PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(mod_since_analyze)
 /* pg_stat_get_numscans */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(numscans)
 
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_analyze_count)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_autoanalyze_count)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_autovacuum_count)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_vacuum_count)
+
 /* pg_stat_get_tuples_deleted */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(tuples_deleted)
 
@@ -170,6 +182,18 @@ PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_vacuum_time)
 /* pg_stat_get_lastscan */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(lastscan)
 
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_analyze_time)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_autoanalyze_time)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_autovacuum_time)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_vacuum_time)
+
 /* pg_stat_get_stat_reset_time */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(stat_reset_time)
 
diff --git a/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat b/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat
index fa9ae79082b..32debb34863 100644
--- a/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat
+++ b/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat
@@ -5680,6 +5680,38 @@
   proargmodes => '{o,o,o,o,o,o,o,o,o,o}',
   proargnames => '{oid,score,xid_score,mxid_score,vacuum_score,vacuum_insert_score,analyze_score,do_vacuum,do_analyze,for_wraparound}',
   prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_autovacuum_scores' },
+{ oid => '8142', descr => 'statistics: last skipped vacuum time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time' },
+{ oid => '8143', descr => 'statistics: last skipped auto vacuum time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time' },
+{ oid => '8144', descr => 'statistics: last skipped analyze time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time' },
+{ oid => '8145', descr => 'statistics: last skipped auto analyze time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time' },
+{ oid => '8146', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped vacuum for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count' },
+{ oid => '8147', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped auto vacuum for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count' },
+{ oid => '8148', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped analyzes for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count' },
+{ oid => '8149', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped auto analyzes for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count' },
 { oid => '1936', descr => 'statistics: currently active backend IDs',
   proname => 'pg_stat_get_backend_idset', prorows => '100', proretset => 't',
   provolatile => 's', proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int4',
diff --git a/src/include/pgstat.h b/src/include/pgstat.h
index dfa2e837638..98941f953d1 100644
--- a/src/include/pgstat.h
+++ b/src/include/pgstat.h
@@ -479,6 +479,15 @@ typedef struct PgStat_StatTabEntry
 	TimestampTz last_autoanalyze_time;	/* autovacuum initiated */
 	PgStat_Counter autoanalyze_count;
 
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_vacuum_time;	/* user initiated vacuum */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_vacuum_count;
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_autovacuum_time;	/* autovacuum initiated */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_autovacuum_count;
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_analyze_time;	/* user initiated */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_analyze_count;
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_autoanalyze_time;	/* autovacuum initiated */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_autoanalyze_count;
+
 	PgStat_Counter total_vacuum_time;	/* times in milliseconds */
 	PgStat_Counter total_autovacuum_time;
 	PgStat_Counter total_analyze_time;
@@ -703,6 +712,13 @@ extern void pgstat_report_analyze(Relation rel,
 								  PgStat_Counter livetuples, PgStat_Counter deadtuples,
 								  bool resetcounter, TimestampTz starttime);
 
+/* flags for pgstat_flush_backend() */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM		(1 << 0)	/* vacuum is skipped */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE		(1 << 1)	/* analyze is skipped */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOVACUUM	(1 << 2)	/* autovacuum is skipped */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOANALYZE	(1 << 3)	/* autoanalyze is skipped */
+extern void pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(Oid relid, int flags);
+
 /*
  * If stats are enabled, but pending data hasn't been prepared yet, call
  * pgstat_assoc_relation() to do so. See its comment for why this is done
diff --git a/src/test/isolation/expected/vacuum-skip-locked.out b/src/test/isolation/expected/vacuum-skip-locked.out
index 99db281a159..e2cff175b7c 100644
--- a/src/test/isolation/expected/vacuum-skip-locked.out
+++ b/src/test/isolation/expected/vacuum-skip-locked.out
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 Parsed test spec with 2 sessions
 
-starting permutation: lock_share vac_specified commit
+starting permutation: lock_share vac_specified commit check_stat
 step lock_share: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN SHARE MODE;
@@ -10,8 +10,22 @@ step vac_specified: VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED) part1, part2;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
 
-starting permutation: lock_share vac_all_parts commit
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   1|            0|                    0
+part2  |           1|                   0|            0|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
+
+starting permutation: lock_share vac_all_parts commit check_stat
 step lock_share: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN SHARE MODE;
@@ -20,8 +34,22 @@ step vac_all_parts: VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED) parted;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   1|            0|                    0
+part2  |           1|                   0|            0|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
 
-starting permutation: lock_share analyze_specified commit
+starting permutation: lock_share analyze_specified commit check_stat
 step lock_share: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN SHARE MODE;
@@ -31,8 +59,22 @@ step analyze_specified: ANALYZE (SKIP_LOCKED) part1, part2;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
 
-starting permutation: lock_share analyze_all_parts commit
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   0|            0|                    1
+part2  |           0|                   0|            1|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
+
+starting permutation: lock_share analyze_all_parts commit check_stat
 step lock_share: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN SHARE MODE;
@@ -41,8 +83,22 @@ step analyze_all_parts: ANALYZE (SKIP_LOCKED) parted;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            1|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   0|            0|                    1
+part2  |           0|                   0|            1|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
 
-starting permutation: lock_share vac_analyze_specified commit
+starting permutation: lock_share vac_analyze_specified commit check_stat
 step lock_share: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN SHARE MODE;
@@ -52,8 +108,22 @@ step vac_analyze_specified: VACUUM (ANALYZE, SKIP_LOCKED) part1, part2;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
 
-starting permutation: lock_share vac_analyze_all_parts commit
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   1|            0|                    1
+part2  |           1|                   0|            1|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
+
+starting permutation: lock_share vac_analyze_all_parts commit check_stat
 step lock_share: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN SHARE MODE;
@@ -62,8 +132,22 @@ step vac_analyze_all_parts: VACUUM (ANALYZE, SKIP_LOCKED) parted;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            1|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   1|            0|                    1
+part2  |           1|                   0|            1|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
 
-starting permutation: lock_share vac_full_specified commit
+starting permutation: lock_share vac_full_specified commit check_stat
 step lock_share: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN SHARE MODE;
@@ -73,8 +157,22 @@ step vac_full_specified: VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED, FULL) part1, part2;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
 
-starting permutation: lock_share vac_full_all_parts commit
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part2  |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
+
+starting permutation: lock_share vac_full_all_parts commit check_stat
 step lock_share: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN SHARE MODE;
@@ -83,8 +181,22 @@ step vac_full_all_parts: VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED, FULL) parted;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part2  |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+(3 rows)
 
-starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_specified commit
+
+starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_specified commit check_stat
 step lock_access_exclusive: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN ACCESS EXCLUSIVE MODE;
@@ -94,8 +206,22 @@ step vac_specified: VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED) part1, part2;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   1|            0|                    0
+part2  |           1|                   0|            0|                    0
+(3 rows)
 
-starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_all_parts commit
+
+starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_all_parts commit check_stat
 step lock_access_exclusive: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN ACCESS EXCLUSIVE MODE;
@@ -104,8 +230,22 @@ step vac_all_parts: VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED) parted;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   1|            0|                    0
+part2  |           1|                   0|            0|                    0
+(3 rows)
 
-starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive analyze_specified commit
+
+starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive analyze_specified commit check_stat
 step lock_access_exclusive: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN ACCESS EXCLUSIVE MODE;
@@ -115,8 +255,22 @@ step analyze_specified: ANALYZE (SKIP_LOCKED) part1, part2;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   0|            0|                    1
+part2  |           0|                   0|            1|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
 
-starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive analyze_all_parts commit
+starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive analyze_all_parts commit check_stat
 step lock_access_exclusive: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN ACCESS EXCLUSIVE MODE;
@@ -126,8 +280,22 @@ step commit:
 	COMMIT;
 
 step analyze_all_parts: <... completed>
-
-starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_analyze_specified commit
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            1|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   0|            1|                    0
+part2  |           0|                   0|            1|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
+
+starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_analyze_specified commit check_stat
 step lock_access_exclusive: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN ACCESS EXCLUSIVE MODE;
@@ -137,8 +305,22 @@ step vac_analyze_specified: VACUUM (ANALYZE, SKIP_LOCKED) part1, part2;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   1|            0|                    1
+part2  |           1|                   0|            1|                    0
+(3 rows)
 
-starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_analyze_all_parts commit
+
+starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_analyze_all_parts commit check_stat
 step lock_access_exclusive: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN ACCESS EXCLUSIVE MODE;
@@ -148,8 +330,22 @@ step commit:
 	COMMIT;
 
 step vac_analyze_all_parts: <... completed>
-
-starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_full_specified commit
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            1|                    0
+part1  |           1|                   0|            1|                    0
+part2  |           1|                   0|            1|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
+
+starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_full_specified commit check_stat
 step lock_access_exclusive: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN ACCESS EXCLUSIVE MODE;
@@ -159,8 +355,22 @@ step vac_full_specified: VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED, FULL) part1, part2;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
 
-starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_full_all_parts commit
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part2  |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
+
+starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_full_all_parts commit check_stat
 step lock_access_exclusive: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN ACCESS EXCLUSIVE MODE;
@@ -169,3 +379,17 @@ step vac_full_all_parts: VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED, FULL) parted;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part2  |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
diff --git a/src/test/isolation/specs/vacuum-skip-locked.spec b/src/test/isolation/specs/vacuum-skip-locked.spec
index 3fad6e1c92a..b0da75d4b6d 100644
--- a/src/test/isolation/specs/vacuum-skip-locked.spec
+++ b/src/test/isolation/specs/vacuum-skip-locked.spec
@@ -33,6 +33,15 @@ step commit
 	COMMIT;
 }
 
+step check_stat
+{
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+}
+
 session s2
 step vac_specified			{ VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED) part1, part2; }
 step vac_all_parts			{ VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED) parted; }
@@ -43,19 +52,19 @@ step vac_analyze_all_parts	{ VACUUM (ANALYZE, SKIP_LOCKED) parted; }
 step vac_full_specified		{ VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED, FULL) part1, part2; }
 step vac_full_all_parts		{ VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED, FULL) parted; }
 
-permutation lock_share vac_specified commit
-permutation lock_share vac_all_parts commit
-permutation lock_share analyze_specified commit
-permutation lock_share analyze_all_parts commit
-permutation lock_share vac_analyze_specified commit
-permutation lock_share vac_analyze_all_parts commit
-permutation lock_share vac_full_specified commit
-permutation lock_share vac_full_all_parts commit
-permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_specified commit
-permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_all_parts commit
-permutation lock_access_exclusive analyze_specified commit
-permutation lock_access_exclusive analyze_all_parts commit
-permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_analyze_specified commit
-permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_analyze_all_parts commit
-permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_full_specified commit
-permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_full_all_parts commit
+permutation lock_share vac_specified commit check_stat
+permutation lock_share vac_all_parts commit check_stat
+permutation lock_share analyze_specified commit check_stat
+permutation lock_share analyze_all_parts commit check_stat
+permutation lock_share vac_analyze_specified commit check_stat
+permutation lock_share vac_analyze_all_parts commit check_stat
+permutation lock_share vac_full_specified commit check_stat
+permutation lock_share vac_full_all_parts commit check_stat
+permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_specified commit check_stat
+permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_all_parts commit check_stat
+permutation lock_access_exclusive analyze_specified commit check_stat
+permutation lock_access_exclusive analyze_all_parts commit check_stat
+permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_analyze_specified commit check_stat
+permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_analyze_all_parts commit check_stat
+permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_full_specified commit check_stat
+permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_full_all_parts commit check_stat
diff --git a/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out b/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out
index a65a5bf0c4f..9b2075d3373 100644
--- a/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out
+++ b/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out
@@ -1835,13 +1835,21 @@ pg_stat_all_tables| SELECT c.oid AS relid,
     pg_stat_get_mod_since_analyze(c.oid) AS n_mod_since_analyze,
     pg_stat_get_ins_since_vacuum(c.oid) AS n_ins_since_vacuum,
     pg_stat_get_last_vacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_vacuum,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_vacuum,
     pg_stat_get_last_autovacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_autovacuum,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_autovacuum,
     pg_stat_get_last_analyze_time(c.oid) AS last_analyze,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_analyze,
     pg_stat_get_last_autoanalyze_time(c.oid) AS last_autoanalyze,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_autoanalyze,
     pg_stat_get_vacuum_count(c.oid) AS vacuum_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count(c.oid) AS skipped_vacuum_count,
     pg_stat_get_autovacuum_count(c.oid) AS autovacuum_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count(c.oid) AS skipped_autovacuum_count,
     pg_stat_get_analyze_count(c.oid) AS analyze_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count(c.oid) AS skipped_analyze_count,
     pg_stat_get_autoanalyze_count(c.oid) AS autoanalyze_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count(c.oid) AS skipped_autoanalyze_count,
     pg_stat_get_total_vacuum_time(c.oid) AS total_vacuum_time,
     pg_stat_get_total_autovacuum_time(c.oid) AS total_autovacuum_time,
     pg_stat_get_total_analyze_time(c.oid) AS total_analyze_time,
@@ -2346,13 +2354,21 @@ pg_stat_sys_tables| SELECT relid,
     n_mod_since_analyze,
     n_ins_since_vacuum,
     last_vacuum,
+    last_skipped_vacuum,
     last_autovacuum,
+    last_skipped_autovacuum,
     last_analyze,
+    last_skipped_analyze,
     last_autoanalyze,
+    last_skipped_autoanalyze,
     vacuum_count,
+    skipped_vacuum_count,
     autovacuum_count,
+    skipped_autovacuum_count,
     analyze_count,
+    skipped_analyze_count,
     autoanalyze_count,
+    skipped_autoanalyze_count,
     total_vacuum_time,
     total_autovacuum_time,
     total_analyze_time,
@@ -2401,13 +2417,21 @@ pg_stat_user_tables| SELECT relid,
     n_mod_since_analyze,
     n_ins_since_vacuum,
     last_vacuum,
+    last_skipped_vacuum,
     last_autovacuum,
+    last_skipped_autovacuum,
     last_analyze,
+    last_skipped_analyze,
     last_autoanalyze,
+    last_skipped_autoanalyze,
     vacuum_count,
+    skipped_vacuum_count,
     autovacuum_count,
+    skipped_autovacuum_count,
     analyze_count,
+    skipped_analyze_count,
     autoanalyze_count,
+    skipped_autoanalyze_count,
     total_vacuum_time,
     total_autovacuum_time,
     total_analyze_time,
-- 
2.43.0


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* [PATCH v5] Track skipped vacuum and analyze activity per relation
@ 2026-03-24 04:09 Yugo Nagata <[email protected]>
  0 siblings, 0 replies; 374+ messages in thread

From: Yugo Nagata @ 2026-03-24 04:09 UTC (permalink / raw)

This commit adds eight fields to the relation statistics that track
the last time vacuum or analyze has been attempted but skipped due to
lock unavailability, along with their counts:

-    last_skipped_vacuum
-    last_skipped_autovacuum
-    last_skipped_analyze
-    last_skipped_autoanalyze
-    skipped_vacuum_count
-    skipped_autovacuum_count
-    skipped_analyze_count
-    skipped_autoanalyze_count

These field can help users confirm that autovacuum is actively attempting
to run on a table that has not been vacuumed or analyzed for a long time,
and that the lack of progress is due to repeated skips rather than inactivity.
---
 doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml                  |  88 ++++++
 src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql          |   8 +
 src/backend/commands/vacuum.c                 | 100 +++++--
 src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c  |  64 +++++
 src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c           |  24 ++
 src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat               |  32 +++
 src/include/pgstat.h                          |  16 ++
 .../isolation/expected/vacuum-skip-locked.out | 260 ++++++++++++++++--
 .../isolation/specs/vacuum-skip-locked.spec   |  41 +--
 src/test/regress/expected/rules.out           |  24 ++
 10 files changed, 601 insertions(+), 56 deletions(-)

diff --git a/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml b/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml
index 08d5b824552..a9b579d87a9 100644
--- a/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml
+++ b/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml
@@ -4387,6 +4387,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_vacuum</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time a manual vacuum on this table was attempted but skipped due to
+       lock unavailability (not counting <command>VACUUM FULL</command>)
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>last_autovacuum</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
@@ -4397,6 +4407,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_autovacuum</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time a vacuum on this table by the autovacuum daemon was attempted
+       but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>last_analyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
@@ -4406,6 +4426,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_analyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time a manual analyze on this table was attempted but skipped due to
+       lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>last_autoanalyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
@@ -4416,6 +4446,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_autoanalyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time at which an analyze on this table by the autovacuum was
+       attempted but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>vacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4426,6 +4466,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_vacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times manual vacuums on this table have been attempted but skipped
+       due to lock unavailability (not counting <command>VACUUM FULL</command>)
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>autovacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4436,6 +4486,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_autovacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times vacuums on this table by the autovacuum daemon have been
+       attempted but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>analyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4445,6 +4505,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_analyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times manual analyzes on this table have been attempted but
+       skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>autoanalyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4455,6 +4525,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_autoanalyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times analyzes on this table by the autovacuum daemon have
+       been attempted but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>total_vacuum_time</structfield> <type>double precision</type>
@@ -4510,6 +4590,14 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
    </tgroup>
   </table>
 
+  <note>
+   <para>
+    When a manual vacuum or analyze on a parent table in an inheritance or
+    partitioning hierarchy is skipped, the statistics are recorded only for
+    the parent table, not for its children.
+   </para>
+  </note>
+
  </sect2>
 
  <sect2 id="monitoring-pg-stat-autovacuum-scores-view">
diff --git a/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql b/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql
index 73a1c1c4670..f509fc7876b 100644
--- a/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql
+++ b/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql
@@ -736,13 +736,21 @@ CREATE VIEW pg_stat_all_tables AS
             pg_stat_get_mod_since_analyze(C.oid) AS n_mod_since_analyze,
             pg_stat_get_ins_since_vacuum(C.oid) AS n_ins_since_vacuum,
             pg_stat_get_last_vacuum_time(C.oid) as last_vacuum,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_vacuum,
             pg_stat_get_last_autovacuum_time(C.oid) as last_autovacuum,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_autovacuum,
             pg_stat_get_last_analyze_time(C.oid) as last_analyze,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_analyze,
             pg_stat_get_last_autoanalyze_time(C.oid) as last_autoanalyze,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_autoanalyze,
             pg_stat_get_vacuum_count(C.oid) AS vacuum_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count(C.oid) AS skipped_vacuum_count,
             pg_stat_get_autovacuum_count(C.oid) AS autovacuum_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count(C.oid) AS skipped_autovacuum_count,
             pg_stat_get_analyze_count(C.oid) AS analyze_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count(C.oid) AS skipped_analyze_count,
             pg_stat_get_autoanalyze_count(C.oid) AS autoanalyze_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count(C.oid) AS skipped_autoanalyze_count,
             pg_stat_get_total_vacuum_time(C.oid) AS total_vacuum_time,
             pg_stat_get_total_autovacuum_time(C.oid) AS total_autovacuum_time,
             pg_stat_get_total_analyze_time(C.oid) AS total_analyze_time,
diff --git a/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c b/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c
index 99d0db82ed7..df6526225e4 100644
--- a/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c
+++ b/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c
@@ -793,8 +793,25 @@ vacuum_open_relation(Oid relid, RangeVar *relation, uint32 options,
 		rel = try_relation_open(relid, NoLock);
 	else
 	{
+		int flags = 0;
 		rel = NULL;
 		rel_lock = false;
+
+		if ((options & VACOPT_VACUUM) != 0 && (options & VACOPT_FULL) == 0)
+		{
+			if (AmAutoVacuumWorkerProcess())
+				flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOVACUUM;
+			else
+				flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM;
+		}
+		if ((options & VACOPT_ANALYZE) != 0)
+		{
+			if (AmAutoVacuumWorkerProcess())
+				flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOANALYZE;
+			else
+				flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE;
+		}
+		pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(relid, flags);
 	}
 
 	/* if relation is opened, leave */
@@ -905,7 +922,6 @@ expand_vacuum_rel(VacuumRelation *vrel, MemoryContext vac_context,
 		Form_pg_class classForm;
 		bool		include_children;
 		bool		is_partitioned_table;
-		int			rvr_opts;
 
 		/*
 		 * Since autovacuum workers supply OIDs when calling vacuum(), no
@@ -918,29 +934,69 @@ expand_vacuum_rel(VacuumRelation *vrel, MemoryContext vac_context,
 		 * below, as well as find_all_inheritors's expectation that the caller
 		 * holds some lock on the starting relation.
 		 */
-		rvr_opts = (options & VACOPT_SKIP_LOCKED) ? RVR_SKIP_LOCKED : 0;
-		relid = RangeVarGetRelidExtended(vrel->relation,
-										 AccessShareLock,
-										 rvr_opts,
-										 NULL, NULL);
-
-		/*
-		 * If the lock is unavailable, emit the same log statement that
-		 * vacuum_rel() and analyze_rel() would.
-		 */
-		if (!OidIsValid(relid))
+		if (!(options & VACOPT_SKIP_LOCKED))
 		{
-			if (options & VACOPT_VACUUM)
-				ereport(WARNING,
-						(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
-						 errmsg("skipping vacuum of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
-								vrel->relation->relname)));
-			else
-				ereport(WARNING,
-						(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
-						 errmsg("skipping analyze of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
+			relid = RangeVarGetRelidExtended(vrel->relation,
+											 AccessShareLock,
+											 0, NULL, NULL);
+			if (!OidIsValid(relid))
+				return vacrels;
+		}
+		else
+		{
+			/* Get relid for reporting before taking a lock */
+			relid = RangeVarGetRelid(vrel->relation, NoLock, false);
+
+			if (!ConditionalLockRelationOid(relid, AccessShareLock))
+			{
+				int	flags = 0;
+				/*
+				 * If the lock is unavailable, emit the same log statement that
+				 * vacuum_rel() and analyze_rel() would.
+				 */
+				if (options & VACOPT_VACUUM)
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping vacuum of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
 								vrel->relation->relname)));
-			return vacrels;
+				else
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping analyze of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
+									vrel->relation->relname)));
+
+				if ((options & VACOPT_VACUUM) != 0 && (options & VACOPT_FULL) == 0)
+					flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM;
+				if ((options & VACOPT_ANALYZE) != 0)
+					flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE;
+
+				pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(relid, flags);
+
+				return vacrels;
+			}
+
+			/*
+			 * Now that we have the lock, probe to see if the relation really
+			 * exists or not.
+			 */
+			if (!SearchSysCacheExists1(RELOID, ObjectIdGetDatum(relid)))
+			{
+				if (options & VACOPT_VACUUM)
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_UNDEFINED_TABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping vacuum of \"%s\" --- relation no longer exists",
+									vrel->relation->relname)));
+				else
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_UNDEFINED_TABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping analyze of \"%s\" --- relation no longer exists",
+									vrel->relation->relname)));
+
+				/* Release useless lock */
+				UnlockRelationOid(relid, AccessShareLock);
+
+				return vacrels;
+			}
 		}
 
 		/*
diff --git a/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c b/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c
index b2ca28f83ba..532d9023f8c 100644
--- a/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c
+++ b/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c
@@ -17,12 +17,14 @@
 
 #include "postgres.h"
 
+#include "access/htup_details.h"
 #include "access/twophase_rmgr.h"
 #include "access/xact.h"
 #include "catalog/catalog.h"
 #include "utils/memutils.h"
 #include "utils/pgstat_internal.h"
 #include "utils/rel.h"
+#include "utils/syscache.h"
 #include "utils/timestamp.h"
 
 
@@ -367,6 +369,68 @@ pgstat_report_analyze(Relation rel,
 	(void) pgstat_flush_backend(false, PGSTAT_BACKEND_FLUSH_IO);
 }
 
+/*
+ * Report that the table was skipped during vacuum or/and analyze.
+ */
+void
+pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(Oid relid, int flags)
+{
+	PgStat_EntryRef *entry_ref;
+	PgStatShared_Relation *shtabentry;
+	PgStat_StatTabEntry *tabentry;
+	TimestampTz ts;
+	HeapTuple	classTup;
+	bool		isshared;
+
+	if (!pgstat_track_counts || !flags)
+		return;
+
+	classTup = SearchSysCache1(RELOID, ObjectIdGetDatum(relid));
+	if (!HeapTupleIsValid(classTup))
+		return;			/* somebody deleted the rel, forget it */
+	isshared = ((Form_pg_class) GETSTRUCT(classTup))->relisshared;
+	ReleaseSysCache(classTup);
+
+	/* Store the data in the table's hash table entry. */
+	ts = GetCurrentTimestamp();
+
+	/* block acquiring lock for the same reason as pgstat_report_autovac() */
+	entry_ref = pgstat_get_entry_ref_locked(PGSTAT_KIND_RELATION,
+											isshared ? InvalidOid : MyDatabaseId,
+											relid, false);
+
+	shtabentry = (PgStatShared_Relation *) entry_ref->shared_stats;
+	tabentry = &shtabentry->stats;
+
+	if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM)
+	{
+		tabentry->last_skipped_vacuum_time = ts;
+		tabentry->skipped_vacuum_count++;
+	}
+	else if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOVACUUM)
+	{
+		tabentry->last_skipped_autovacuum_time = ts;
+		tabentry->skipped_autovacuum_count++;
+	}
+
+	if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE)
+	{
+		tabentry->last_skipped_analyze_time = ts;
+		tabentry->skipped_analyze_count++;
+	}
+	else if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOANALYZE)
+	{
+		tabentry->last_skipped_autoanalyze_time = ts;
+		tabentry->skipped_autoanalyze_count++;
+	}
+
+	pgstat_unlock_entry(entry_ref);
+
+	/* see pgstat_report_vacuum() */
+	pgstat_flush_io(false);
+	(void) pgstat_flush_backend(false, PGSTAT_BACKEND_FLUSH_IO);
+}
+
 /*
  * count a tuple insertion of n tuples
  */
diff --git a/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c b/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c
index 1408de387ea..90a8968faa0 100644
--- a/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c
+++ b/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c
@@ -84,6 +84,18 @@ PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(mod_since_analyze)
 /* pg_stat_get_numscans */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(numscans)
 
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_analyze_count)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_autoanalyze_count)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_autovacuum_count)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_vacuum_count)
+
 /* pg_stat_get_tuples_deleted */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(tuples_deleted)
 
@@ -170,6 +182,18 @@ PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_vacuum_time)
 /* pg_stat_get_lastscan */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(lastscan)
 
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_analyze_time)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_autoanalyze_time)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_autovacuum_time)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_vacuum_time)
+
 /* pg_stat_get_stat_reset_time */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(stat_reset_time)
 
diff --git a/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat b/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat
index fa9ae79082b..32debb34863 100644
--- a/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat
+++ b/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat
@@ -5680,6 +5680,38 @@
   proargmodes => '{o,o,o,o,o,o,o,o,o,o}',
   proargnames => '{oid,score,xid_score,mxid_score,vacuum_score,vacuum_insert_score,analyze_score,do_vacuum,do_analyze,for_wraparound}',
   prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_autovacuum_scores' },
+{ oid => '8142', descr => 'statistics: last skipped vacuum time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time' },
+{ oid => '8143', descr => 'statistics: last skipped auto vacuum time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time' },
+{ oid => '8144', descr => 'statistics: last skipped analyze time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time' },
+{ oid => '8145', descr => 'statistics: last skipped auto analyze time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time' },
+{ oid => '8146', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped vacuum for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count' },
+{ oid => '8147', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped auto vacuum for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count' },
+{ oid => '8148', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped analyzes for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count' },
+{ oid => '8149', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped auto analyzes for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count' },
 { oid => '1936', descr => 'statistics: currently active backend IDs',
   proname => 'pg_stat_get_backend_idset', prorows => '100', proretset => 't',
   provolatile => 's', proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int4',
diff --git a/src/include/pgstat.h b/src/include/pgstat.h
index dfa2e837638..98941f953d1 100644
--- a/src/include/pgstat.h
+++ b/src/include/pgstat.h
@@ -479,6 +479,15 @@ typedef struct PgStat_StatTabEntry
 	TimestampTz last_autoanalyze_time;	/* autovacuum initiated */
 	PgStat_Counter autoanalyze_count;
 
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_vacuum_time;	/* user initiated vacuum */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_vacuum_count;
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_autovacuum_time;	/* autovacuum initiated */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_autovacuum_count;
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_analyze_time;	/* user initiated */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_analyze_count;
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_autoanalyze_time;	/* autovacuum initiated */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_autoanalyze_count;
+
 	PgStat_Counter total_vacuum_time;	/* times in milliseconds */
 	PgStat_Counter total_autovacuum_time;
 	PgStat_Counter total_analyze_time;
@@ -703,6 +712,13 @@ extern void pgstat_report_analyze(Relation rel,
 								  PgStat_Counter livetuples, PgStat_Counter deadtuples,
 								  bool resetcounter, TimestampTz starttime);
 
+/* flags for pgstat_flush_backend() */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM		(1 << 0)	/* vacuum is skipped */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE		(1 << 1)	/* analyze is skipped */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOVACUUM	(1 << 2)	/* autovacuum is skipped */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOANALYZE	(1 << 3)	/* autoanalyze is skipped */
+extern void pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(Oid relid, int flags);
+
 /*
  * If stats are enabled, but pending data hasn't been prepared yet, call
  * pgstat_assoc_relation() to do so. See its comment for why this is done
diff --git a/src/test/isolation/expected/vacuum-skip-locked.out b/src/test/isolation/expected/vacuum-skip-locked.out
index 99db281a159..e2cff175b7c 100644
--- a/src/test/isolation/expected/vacuum-skip-locked.out
+++ b/src/test/isolation/expected/vacuum-skip-locked.out
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 Parsed test spec with 2 sessions
 
-starting permutation: lock_share vac_specified commit
+starting permutation: lock_share vac_specified commit check_stat
 step lock_share: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN SHARE MODE;
@@ -10,8 +10,22 @@ step vac_specified: VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED) part1, part2;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
 
-starting permutation: lock_share vac_all_parts commit
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   1|            0|                    0
+part2  |           1|                   0|            0|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
+
+starting permutation: lock_share vac_all_parts commit check_stat
 step lock_share: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN SHARE MODE;
@@ -20,8 +34,22 @@ step vac_all_parts: VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED) parted;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   1|            0|                    0
+part2  |           1|                   0|            0|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
 
-starting permutation: lock_share analyze_specified commit
+starting permutation: lock_share analyze_specified commit check_stat
 step lock_share: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN SHARE MODE;
@@ -31,8 +59,22 @@ step analyze_specified: ANALYZE (SKIP_LOCKED) part1, part2;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
 
-starting permutation: lock_share analyze_all_parts commit
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   0|            0|                    1
+part2  |           0|                   0|            1|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
+
+starting permutation: lock_share analyze_all_parts commit check_stat
 step lock_share: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN SHARE MODE;
@@ -41,8 +83,22 @@ step analyze_all_parts: ANALYZE (SKIP_LOCKED) parted;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            1|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   0|            0|                    1
+part2  |           0|                   0|            1|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
 
-starting permutation: lock_share vac_analyze_specified commit
+starting permutation: lock_share vac_analyze_specified commit check_stat
 step lock_share: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN SHARE MODE;
@@ -52,8 +108,22 @@ step vac_analyze_specified: VACUUM (ANALYZE, SKIP_LOCKED) part1, part2;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
 
-starting permutation: lock_share vac_analyze_all_parts commit
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   1|            0|                    1
+part2  |           1|                   0|            1|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
+
+starting permutation: lock_share vac_analyze_all_parts commit check_stat
 step lock_share: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN SHARE MODE;
@@ -62,8 +132,22 @@ step vac_analyze_all_parts: VACUUM (ANALYZE, SKIP_LOCKED) parted;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            1|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   1|            0|                    1
+part2  |           1|                   0|            1|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
 
-starting permutation: lock_share vac_full_specified commit
+starting permutation: lock_share vac_full_specified commit check_stat
 step lock_share: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN SHARE MODE;
@@ -73,8 +157,22 @@ step vac_full_specified: VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED, FULL) part1, part2;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
 
-starting permutation: lock_share vac_full_all_parts commit
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part2  |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
+
+starting permutation: lock_share vac_full_all_parts commit check_stat
 step lock_share: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN SHARE MODE;
@@ -83,8 +181,22 @@ step vac_full_all_parts: VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED, FULL) parted;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part2  |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+(3 rows)
 
-starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_specified commit
+
+starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_specified commit check_stat
 step lock_access_exclusive: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN ACCESS EXCLUSIVE MODE;
@@ -94,8 +206,22 @@ step vac_specified: VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED) part1, part2;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   1|            0|                    0
+part2  |           1|                   0|            0|                    0
+(3 rows)
 
-starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_all_parts commit
+
+starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_all_parts commit check_stat
 step lock_access_exclusive: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN ACCESS EXCLUSIVE MODE;
@@ -104,8 +230,22 @@ step vac_all_parts: VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED) parted;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   1|            0|                    0
+part2  |           1|                   0|            0|                    0
+(3 rows)
 
-starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive analyze_specified commit
+
+starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive analyze_specified commit check_stat
 step lock_access_exclusive: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN ACCESS EXCLUSIVE MODE;
@@ -115,8 +255,22 @@ step analyze_specified: ANALYZE (SKIP_LOCKED) part1, part2;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   0|            0|                    1
+part2  |           0|                   0|            1|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
 
-starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive analyze_all_parts commit
+starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive analyze_all_parts commit check_stat
 step lock_access_exclusive: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN ACCESS EXCLUSIVE MODE;
@@ -126,8 +280,22 @@ step commit:
 	COMMIT;
 
 step analyze_all_parts: <... completed>
-
-starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_analyze_specified commit
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            1|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   0|            1|                    0
+part2  |           0|                   0|            1|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
+
+starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_analyze_specified commit check_stat
 step lock_access_exclusive: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN ACCESS EXCLUSIVE MODE;
@@ -137,8 +305,22 @@ step vac_analyze_specified: VACUUM (ANALYZE, SKIP_LOCKED) part1, part2;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   1|            0|                    1
+part2  |           1|                   0|            1|                    0
+(3 rows)
 
-starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_analyze_all_parts commit
+
+starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_analyze_all_parts commit check_stat
 step lock_access_exclusive: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN ACCESS EXCLUSIVE MODE;
@@ -148,8 +330,22 @@ step commit:
 	COMMIT;
 
 step vac_analyze_all_parts: <... completed>
-
-starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_full_specified commit
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            1|                    0
+part1  |           1|                   0|            1|                    0
+part2  |           1|                   0|            1|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
+
+starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_full_specified commit check_stat
 step lock_access_exclusive: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN ACCESS EXCLUSIVE MODE;
@@ -159,8 +355,22 @@ step vac_full_specified: VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED, FULL) part1, part2;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
 
-starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_full_all_parts commit
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part2  |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
+
+starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_full_all_parts commit check_stat
 step lock_access_exclusive: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN ACCESS EXCLUSIVE MODE;
@@ -169,3 +379,17 @@ step vac_full_all_parts: VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED, FULL) parted;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part2  |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
diff --git a/src/test/isolation/specs/vacuum-skip-locked.spec b/src/test/isolation/specs/vacuum-skip-locked.spec
index 3fad6e1c92a..b0da75d4b6d 100644
--- a/src/test/isolation/specs/vacuum-skip-locked.spec
+++ b/src/test/isolation/specs/vacuum-skip-locked.spec
@@ -33,6 +33,15 @@ step commit
 	COMMIT;
 }
 
+step check_stat
+{
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+}
+
 session s2
 step vac_specified			{ VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED) part1, part2; }
 step vac_all_parts			{ VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED) parted; }
@@ -43,19 +52,19 @@ step vac_analyze_all_parts	{ VACUUM (ANALYZE, SKIP_LOCKED) parted; }
 step vac_full_specified		{ VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED, FULL) part1, part2; }
 step vac_full_all_parts		{ VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED, FULL) parted; }
 
-permutation lock_share vac_specified commit
-permutation lock_share vac_all_parts commit
-permutation lock_share analyze_specified commit
-permutation lock_share analyze_all_parts commit
-permutation lock_share vac_analyze_specified commit
-permutation lock_share vac_analyze_all_parts commit
-permutation lock_share vac_full_specified commit
-permutation lock_share vac_full_all_parts commit
-permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_specified commit
-permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_all_parts commit
-permutation lock_access_exclusive analyze_specified commit
-permutation lock_access_exclusive analyze_all_parts commit
-permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_analyze_specified commit
-permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_analyze_all_parts commit
-permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_full_specified commit
-permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_full_all_parts commit
+permutation lock_share vac_specified commit check_stat
+permutation lock_share vac_all_parts commit check_stat
+permutation lock_share analyze_specified commit check_stat
+permutation lock_share analyze_all_parts commit check_stat
+permutation lock_share vac_analyze_specified commit check_stat
+permutation lock_share vac_analyze_all_parts commit check_stat
+permutation lock_share vac_full_specified commit check_stat
+permutation lock_share vac_full_all_parts commit check_stat
+permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_specified commit check_stat
+permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_all_parts commit check_stat
+permutation lock_access_exclusive analyze_specified commit check_stat
+permutation lock_access_exclusive analyze_all_parts commit check_stat
+permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_analyze_specified commit check_stat
+permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_analyze_all_parts commit check_stat
+permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_full_specified commit check_stat
+permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_full_all_parts commit check_stat
diff --git a/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out b/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out
index a65a5bf0c4f..9b2075d3373 100644
--- a/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out
+++ b/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out
@@ -1835,13 +1835,21 @@ pg_stat_all_tables| SELECT c.oid AS relid,
     pg_stat_get_mod_since_analyze(c.oid) AS n_mod_since_analyze,
     pg_stat_get_ins_since_vacuum(c.oid) AS n_ins_since_vacuum,
     pg_stat_get_last_vacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_vacuum,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_vacuum,
     pg_stat_get_last_autovacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_autovacuum,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_autovacuum,
     pg_stat_get_last_analyze_time(c.oid) AS last_analyze,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_analyze,
     pg_stat_get_last_autoanalyze_time(c.oid) AS last_autoanalyze,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_autoanalyze,
     pg_stat_get_vacuum_count(c.oid) AS vacuum_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count(c.oid) AS skipped_vacuum_count,
     pg_stat_get_autovacuum_count(c.oid) AS autovacuum_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count(c.oid) AS skipped_autovacuum_count,
     pg_stat_get_analyze_count(c.oid) AS analyze_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count(c.oid) AS skipped_analyze_count,
     pg_stat_get_autoanalyze_count(c.oid) AS autoanalyze_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count(c.oid) AS skipped_autoanalyze_count,
     pg_stat_get_total_vacuum_time(c.oid) AS total_vacuum_time,
     pg_stat_get_total_autovacuum_time(c.oid) AS total_autovacuum_time,
     pg_stat_get_total_analyze_time(c.oid) AS total_analyze_time,
@@ -2346,13 +2354,21 @@ pg_stat_sys_tables| SELECT relid,
     n_mod_since_analyze,
     n_ins_since_vacuum,
     last_vacuum,
+    last_skipped_vacuum,
     last_autovacuum,
+    last_skipped_autovacuum,
     last_analyze,
+    last_skipped_analyze,
     last_autoanalyze,
+    last_skipped_autoanalyze,
     vacuum_count,
+    skipped_vacuum_count,
     autovacuum_count,
+    skipped_autovacuum_count,
     analyze_count,
+    skipped_analyze_count,
     autoanalyze_count,
+    skipped_autoanalyze_count,
     total_vacuum_time,
     total_autovacuum_time,
     total_analyze_time,
@@ -2401,13 +2417,21 @@ pg_stat_user_tables| SELECT relid,
     n_mod_since_analyze,
     n_ins_since_vacuum,
     last_vacuum,
+    last_skipped_vacuum,
     last_autovacuum,
+    last_skipped_autovacuum,
     last_analyze,
+    last_skipped_analyze,
     last_autoanalyze,
+    last_skipped_autoanalyze,
     vacuum_count,
+    skipped_vacuum_count,
     autovacuum_count,
+    skipped_autovacuum_count,
     analyze_count,
+    skipped_analyze_count,
     autoanalyze_count,
+    skipped_autoanalyze_count,
     total_vacuum_time,
     total_autovacuum_time,
     total_analyze_time,
-- 
2.43.0


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* [PATCH v3] Track skipped vacuum and analyze activity per relation
@ 2026-03-24 04:09 Yugo Nagata <[email protected]>
  0 siblings, 0 replies; 374+ messages in thread

From: Yugo Nagata @ 2026-03-24 04:09 UTC (permalink / raw)

This commit adds eight fields to the relation statistics that track
the last time vacuum or analyze has been attempted but skipped due to
lock unavailability, along with their counts:

-    last_skipped_vacuum
-    last_skipped_autovacuum
-    last_skipped_analyze
-    last_skipped_autoanalyze
-    skipped_vacuum_count
-    skipped_autovacuum_count
-    skipped_analyze_count
-    skipped_autoanalyze_count

These field can help users confirm that autovacuum is actively attempting
to run on a table that has not been vacuumed or analyzed for a long time,
and that the lack of progress is due to repeated skips rather than inactivity.
---
 doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml                 | 80 +++++++++++++++++
 src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql         |  8 ++
 src/backend/commands/vacuum.c                | 95 +++++++++++++++-----
 src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c | 68 ++++++++++++++
 src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c          | 24 +++++
 src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat              | 32 +++++++
 src/include/pgstat.h                         | 16 ++++
 src/test/regress/expected/rules.out          | 24 +++++
 8 files changed, 324 insertions(+), 23 deletions(-)

diff --git a/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml b/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml
index bb75ed1069b..9ec8070b2fc 100644
--- a/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml
+++ b/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml
@@ -4372,6 +4372,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_vacuum</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time a manual vacuum on this table was attempted but skipped due to
+       lock unavailability (not counting <command>VACUUM FULL</command>)
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>last_autovacuum</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
@@ -4382,6 +4392,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_autovacuum</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time a vacuum on this table by the autovacuum daemon was attempted
+       but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>last_analyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
@@ -4391,6 +4411,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_analyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time a manual analyze on this table was attempted but skipped due to
+       lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>last_autoanalyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
@@ -4401,6 +4431,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_autoanalyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time at which an analyze on this table by the autovacuum was
+       attempted but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>vacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4411,6 +4451,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_vacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times vacuums on this table have been attempted but skipped
+       due to lock unavailability (not counting <command>VACUUM FULL</command>)
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>autovacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4421,6 +4471,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_autovacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times vacuums on this table by the autovacuum daemon have been
+       attempted but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>analyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4430,6 +4490,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_analyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times manual analyzes on this table have been attempted but
+       skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>autoanalyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4440,6 +4510,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_autoanalyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times analyzes on this table by the autovacuum daemon have
+       been attempted but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>total_vacuum_time</structfield> <type>double precision</type>
diff --git a/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql b/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql
index e54018004db..2ca02a0354c 100644
--- a/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql
+++ b/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql
@@ -736,13 +736,21 @@ CREATE VIEW pg_stat_all_tables AS
             pg_stat_get_mod_since_analyze(C.oid) AS n_mod_since_analyze,
             pg_stat_get_ins_since_vacuum(C.oid) AS n_ins_since_vacuum,
             pg_stat_get_last_vacuum_time(C.oid) as last_vacuum,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_vacuum,
             pg_stat_get_last_autovacuum_time(C.oid) as last_autovacuum,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_autovacuum,
             pg_stat_get_last_analyze_time(C.oid) as last_analyze,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_analyze,
             pg_stat_get_last_autoanalyze_time(C.oid) as last_autoanalyze,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_autoanalyze,
             pg_stat_get_vacuum_count(C.oid) AS vacuum_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count(C.oid) AS skipped_vacuum_count,
             pg_stat_get_autovacuum_count(C.oid) AS autovacuum_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count(C.oid) AS skipped_autovacuum_count,
             pg_stat_get_analyze_count(C.oid) AS analyze_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count(C.oid) AS skipped_analyze_count,
             pg_stat_get_autoanalyze_count(C.oid) AS autoanalyze_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count(C.oid) AS skipped_autoanalyze_count,
             pg_stat_get_total_vacuum_time(C.oid) AS total_vacuum_time,
             pg_stat_get_total_autovacuum_time(C.oid) AS total_autovacuum_time,
             pg_stat_get_total_analyze_time(C.oid) AS total_analyze_time,
diff --git a/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c b/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c
index bce3a2daa24..ce83b3171be 100644
--- a/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c
+++ b/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c
@@ -792,8 +792,18 @@ vacuum_open_relation(Oid relid, RangeVar *relation, bits32 options,
 		rel = try_relation_open(relid, NoLock);
 	else
 	{
+		bits8 flags = 0;
 		rel = NULL;
 		rel_lock = false;
+
+		if ((options & VACOPT_VACUUM) != 0)
+			flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM;
+		if ((options & VACOPT_ANALYZE) != 0)
+			flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE;
+		if (AmAutoVacuumWorkerProcess())
+			flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOVAC;
+
+		pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(relid, flags);
 	}
 
 	/* if relation is opened, leave */
@@ -801,7 +811,7 @@ vacuum_open_relation(Oid relid, RangeVar *relation, bits32 options,
 		return rel;
 
 	/*
-	 * Relation could not be opened, hence generate if possible a log
+	 * Relation could not be opened hence generate if possible a log
 	 * informing on the situation.
 	 *
 	 * If the RangeVar is not defined, we do not have enough information to
@@ -904,7 +914,6 @@ expand_vacuum_rel(VacuumRelation *vrel, MemoryContext vac_context,
 		Form_pg_class classForm;
 		bool		include_children;
 		bool		is_partitioned_table;
-		int			rvr_opts;
 
 		/*
 		 * Since autovacuum workers supply OIDs when calling vacuum(), no
@@ -917,29 +926,69 @@ expand_vacuum_rel(VacuumRelation *vrel, MemoryContext vac_context,
 		 * below, as well as find_all_inheritors's expectation that the caller
 		 * holds some lock on the starting relation.
 		 */
-		rvr_opts = (options & VACOPT_SKIP_LOCKED) ? RVR_SKIP_LOCKED : 0;
-		relid = RangeVarGetRelidExtended(vrel->relation,
-										 AccessShareLock,
-										 rvr_opts,
-										 NULL, NULL);
-
-		/*
-		 * If the lock is unavailable, emit the same log statement that
-		 * vacuum_rel() and analyze_rel() would.
-		 */
-		if (!OidIsValid(relid))
+		if (!(options & VACOPT_SKIP_LOCKED))
 		{
-			if (options & VACOPT_VACUUM)
-				ereport(WARNING,
-						(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
-						 errmsg("skipping vacuum of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
-								vrel->relation->relname)));
-			else
-				ereport(WARNING,
-						(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
-						 errmsg("skipping analyze of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
+			relid = RangeVarGetRelidExtended(vrel->relation,
+											 AccessShareLock,
+											 0, NULL, NULL);
+			if (!OidIsValid(relid))
+				return vacrels;
+		}
+		else
+		{
+			/* Get relid for reporting before taking a lock */
+			relid = RangeVarGetRelid(vrel->relation, NoLock, false);
+
+			if (!ConditionalLockRelationOid(relid, AccessShareLock))
+			{
+				bits8	flags = 0;
+				/*
+				 * If the lock is unavailable, emit the same log statement that
+				 * vacuum_rel() and analyze_rel() would.
+				 */
+				if (options & VACOPT_VACUUM)
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping vacuum of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
 								vrel->relation->relname)));
-			return vacrels;
+				else
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping analyze of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
+									vrel->relation->relname)));
+
+				if ((options & VACOPT_VACUUM) != 0)
+					flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM;
+				if ((options & VACOPT_ANALYZE) != 0)
+					flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE;
+
+				pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(relid, flags);
+
+				return vacrels;
+			}
+
+			/*
+			 * Now that we have the lock, probe to see if the relation really
+			 * exists or not.
+			 */
+			if (!SearchSysCacheExists1(RELOID, ObjectIdGetDatum(relid)))
+			{
+				if (options & VACOPT_VACUUM)
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_UNDEFINED_TABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping vacuum of \"%s\" --- relation no longer exists",
+									vrel->relation->relname)));
+				else
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_UNDEFINED_TABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping analyze of \"%s\" --- relation no longer exists",
+									vrel->relation->relname)));
+
+				/* Release useless lock */
+				UnlockRelationOid(relid, AccessShareLock);
+
+				return vacrels;
+			}
 		}
 
 		/*
diff --git a/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c b/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c
index bc8c43b96aa..cec4c88980e 100644
--- a/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c
+++ b/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c
@@ -17,6 +17,7 @@
 
 #include "postgres.h"
 
+#include "access/htup_details.h"
 #include "access/twophase_rmgr.h"
 #include "access/xact.h"
 #include "catalog/catalog.h"
@@ -366,6 +367,73 @@ pgstat_report_analyze(Relation rel,
 	(void) pgstat_flush_backend(false, PGSTAT_BACKEND_FLUSH_IO);
 }
 
+/*
+ * Report that the table was skipped during vacuum or/and analyze.
+ */
+void
+pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(Oid relid, bits8 flags)
+{
+	PgStat_EntryRef *entry_ref;
+	PgStatShared_Relation *shtabentry;
+	PgStat_StatTabEntry *tabentry;
+	TimestampTz ts;
+	HeapTuple	classTup;
+	bool		isshared;
+
+	if (!pgstat_track_counts || !(flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANY))
+		return;
+
+	classTup = SearchSysCache1(RELOID, ObjectIdGetDatum(relid));
+	if (!HeapTupleIsValid(classTup))
+		return;			/* somebody deleted the rel, forget it */
+	isshared = ((Form_pg_class) GETSTRUCT(classTup))->relisshared;
+	ReleaseSysCache(classTup);
+
+	/* Store the data in the table's hash table entry. */
+	ts = GetCurrentTimestamp();
+
+	/* block acquiring lock for the same reason as pgstat_report_autovac() */
+	entry_ref = pgstat_get_entry_ref_locked(PGSTAT_KIND_RELATION,
+											isshared ? InvalidOid : MyDatabaseId,
+											relid, false);
+
+	shtabentry = (PgStatShared_Relation *) entry_ref->shared_stats;
+	tabentry = &shtabentry->stats;
+
+	if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOVAC)
+	{
+		if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM)
+		{
+			tabentry->last_skipped_autovacuum_time = ts;
+			tabentry->skipped_autovacuum_count++;
+		}
+		if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE)
+		{
+			tabentry->last_skipped_autoanalyze_time = ts;
+			tabentry->skipped_autoanalyze_count++;
+		}
+	}
+	else
+	{
+		if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM)
+		{
+			tabentry->last_skipped_vacuum_time = ts;
+			tabentry->skipped_vacuum_count++;
+		}
+		if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE)
+		{
+			tabentry->last_skipped_analyze_time = ts;
+			tabentry->skipped_analyze_count++;
+		}
+	}
+
+	pgstat_unlock_entry(entry_ref);
+
+	/* see pgstat_report_vacuum() */
+	pgstat_flush_io(false);
+	(void) pgstat_flush_backend(false, PGSTAT_BACKEND_FLUSH_IO);
+}
+
 /*
  * count a tuple insertion of n tuples
  */
diff --git a/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c b/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c
index 9185a8e6b83..18aaa3996e1 100644
--- a/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c
+++ b/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c
@@ -84,6 +84,18 @@ PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(mod_since_analyze)
 /* pg_stat_get_numscans */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(numscans)
 
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_analyze_count)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_autoanalyze_count)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_autovacuum_count)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_vacuum_count)
+
 /* pg_stat_get_tuples_deleted */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(tuples_deleted)
 
@@ -170,6 +182,18 @@ PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_vacuum_time)
 /* pg_stat_get_lastscan */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(lastscan)
 
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_analyze_time)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_autoanalyze_time)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_autovacuum_time)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_vacuum_time)
+
 /* pg_stat_get_stat_reset_time */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(stat_reset_time)
 
diff --git a/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat b/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat
index 0118e970dda..ccfe3d9e02a 100644
--- a/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat
+++ b/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat
@@ -5667,6 +5667,38 @@
   proname => 'pg_stat_get_total_autoanalyze_time', provolatile => 's',
   proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'float8', proargtypes => 'oid',
   prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_total_autoanalyze_time' },
+{ oid => '8142', descr => 'statistics: last skipped vacuum time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time' },
+{ oid => '8143', descr => 'statistics: last skipped auto vacuum time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time' },
+{ oid => '8144', descr => 'statistics: last skipped analyze time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time' },
+{ oid => '8145', descr => 'statistics: last skipped auto analyze time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time' },
+{ oid => '8146', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped vacuum for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count' },
+{ oid => '8147', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped auto vacuum for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count' },
+{ oid => '8148', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped analyzes for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count' },
+{ oid => '8149', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped auto analyzes for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count' },
 { oid => '1936', descr => 'statistics: currently active backend IDs',
   proname => 'pg_stat_get_backend_idset', prorows => '100', proretset => 't',
   provolatile => 's', proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int4',
diff --git a/src/include/pgstat.h b/src/include/pgstat.h
index 8e3549c3752..343081a7a25 100644
--- a/src/include/pgstat.h
+++ b/src/include/pgstat.h
@@ -479,6 +479,15 @@ typedef struct PgStat_StatTabEntry
 	TimestampTz last_autoanalyze_time;	/* autovacuum initiated */
 	PgStat_Counter autoanalyze_count;
 
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_vacuum_time;	/* user initiated vacuum */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_vacuum_count;
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_autovacuum_time;	/* autovacuum initiated */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_autovacuum_count;
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_analyze_time;	/* user initiated */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_analyze_count;
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_autoanalyze_time;	/* autovacuum initiated */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_autoanalyze_count;
+
 	PgStat_Counter total_vacuum_time;	/* times in milliseconds */
 	PgStat_Counter total_autovacuum_time;
 	PgStat_Counter total_analyze_time;
@@ -707,6 +716,13 @@ extern void pgstat_report_analyze(Relation rel,
 								  PgStat_Counter livetuples, PgStat_Counter deadtuples,
 								  bool resetcounter, TimestampTz starttime);
 
+/* flags for pgstat_flush_backend() */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM	(1 << 0)	/* vacuum is skipped */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE	(1 << 1)	/* analyze is skipped */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOVAC	(1 << 2)	/* skipped during autovacuum/autoanalyze */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANY   (PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM | PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE)
+extern void pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(Oid relid, bits8 flags);
+
 /*
  * If stats are enabled, but pending data hasn't been prepared yet, call
  * pgstat_assoc_relation() to do so. See its comment for why this is done
diff --git a/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out b/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out
index 2b3cf6d8569..4ccfc43e903 100644
--- a/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out
+++ b/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out
@@ -1835,13 +1835,21 @@ pg_stat_all_tables| SELECT c.oid AS relid,
     pg_stat_get_mod_since_analyze(c.oid) AS n_mod_since_analyze,
     pg_stat_get_ins_since_vacuum(c.oid) AS n_ins_since_vacuum,
     pg_stat_get_last_vacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_vacuum,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_vacuum,
     pg_stat_get_last_autovacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_autovacuum,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_autovacuum,
     pg_stat_get_last_analyze_time(c.oid) AS last_analyze,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_analyze,
     pg_stat_get_last_autoanalyze_time(c.oid) AS last_autoanalyze,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_autoanalyze,
     pg_stat_get_vacuum_count(c.oid) AS vacuum_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count(c.oid) AS skipped_vacuum_count,
     pg_stat_get_autovacuum_count(c.oid) AS autovacuum_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count(c.oid) AS skipped_autovacuum_count,
     pg_stat_get_analyze_count(c.oid) AS analyze_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count(c.oid) AS skipped_analyze_count,
     pg_stat_get_autoanalyze_count(c.oid) AS autoanalyze_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count(c.oid) AS skipped_autoanalyze_count,
     pg_stat_get_total_vacuum_time(c.oid) AS total_vacuum_time,
     pg_stat_get_total_autovacuum_time(c.oid) AS total_autovacuum_time,
     pg_stat_get_total_analyze_time(c.oid) AS total_analyze_time,
@@ -2293,13 +2301,21 @@ pg_stat_sys_tables| SELECT relid,
     n_mod_since_analyze,
     n_ins_since_vacuum,
     last_vacuum,
+    last_skipped_vacuum,
     last_autovacuum,
+    last_skipped_autovacuum,
     last_analyze,
+    last_skipped_analyze,
     last_autoanalyze,
+    last_skipped_autoanalyze,
     vacuum_count,
+    skipped_vacuum_count,
     autovacuum_count,
+    skipped_autovacuum_count,
     analyze_count,
+    skipped_analyze_count,
     autoanalyze_count,
+    skipped_autoanalyze_count,
     total_vacuum_time,
     total_autovacuum_time,
     total_analyze_time,
@@ -2348,13 +2364,21 @@ pg_stat_user_tables| SELECT relid,
     n_mod_since_analyze,
     n_ins_since_vacuum,
     last_vacuum,
+    last_skipped_vacuum,
     last_autovacuum,
+    last_skipped_autovacuum,
     last_analyze,
+    last_skipped_analyze,
     last_autoanalyze,
+    last_skipped_autoanalyze,
     vacuum_count,
+    skipped_vacuum_count,
     autovacuum_count,
+    skipped_autovacuum_count,
     analyze_count,
+    skipped_analyze_count,
     autoanalyze_count,
+    skipped_autoanalyze_count,
     total_vacuum_time,
     total_autovacuum_time,
     total_analyze_time,
-- 
2.43.0


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* [PATCH v5] Track skipped vacuum and analyze activity per relation
@ 2026-03-24 04:09 Yugo Nagata <[email protected]>
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From: Yugo Nagata @ 2026-03-24 04:09 UTC (permalink / raw)

This commit adds eight fields to the relation statistics that track
the last time vacuum or analyze has been attempted but skipped due to
lock unavailability, along with their counts:

-    last_skipped_vacuum
-    last_skipped_autovacuum
-    last_skipped_analyze
-    last_skipped_autoanalyze
-    skipped_vacuum_count
-    skipped_autovacuum_count
-    skipped_analyze_count
-    skipped_autoanalyze_count

These field can help users confirm that autovacuum is actively attempting
to run on a table that has not been vacuumed or analyzed for a long time,
and that the lack of progress is due to repeated skips rather than inactivity.
---
 doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml                  |  88 ++++++
 src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql          |   8 +
 src/backend/commands/vacuum.c                 | 100 +++++--
 src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c  |  64 +++++
 src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c           |  24 ++
 src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat               |  32 +++
 src/include/pgstat.h                          |  16 ++
 .../isolation/expected/vacuum-skip-locked.out | 260 ++++++++++++++++--
 .../isolation/specs/vacuum-skip-locked.spec   |  41 +--
 src/test/regress/expected/rules.out           |  24 ++
 10 files changed, 601 insertions(+), 56 deletions(-)

diff --git a/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml b/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml
index 08d5b824552..a9b579d87a9 100644
--- a/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml
+++ b/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml
@@ -4387,6 +4387,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_vacuum</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time a manual vacuum on this table was attempted but skipped due to
+       lock unavailability (not counting <command>VACUUM FULL</command>)
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>last_autovacuum</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
@@ -4397,6 +4407,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_autovacuum</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time a vacuum on this table by the autovacuum daemon was attempted
+       but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>last_analyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
@@ -4406,6 +4426,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_analyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time a manual analyze on this table was attempted but skipped due to
+       lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>last_autoanalyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
@@ -4416,6 +4446,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_autoanalyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time at which an analyze on this table by the autovacuum was
+       attempted but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>vacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4426,6 +4466,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_vacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times manual vacuums on this table have been attempted but skipped
+       due to lock unavailability (not counting <command>VACUUM FULL</command>)
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>autovacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4436,6 +4486,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_autovacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times vacuums on this table by the autovacuum daemon have been
+       attempted but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>analyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4445,6 +4505,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_analyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times manual analyzes on this table have been attempted but
+       skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>autoanalyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4455,6 +4525,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_autoanalyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times analyzes on this table by the autovacuum daemon have
+       been attempted but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>total_vacuum_time</structfield> <type>double precision</type>
@@ -4510,6 +4590,14 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
    </tgroup>
   </table>
 
+  <note>
+   <para>
+    When a manual vacuum or analyze on a parent table in an inheritance or
+    partitioning hierarchy is skipped, the statistics are recorded only for
+    the parent table, not for its children.
+   </para>
+  </note>
+
  </sect2>
 
  <sect2 id="monitoring-pg-stat-autovacuum-scores-view">
diff --git a/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql b/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql
index 73a1c1c4670..f509fc7876b 100644
--- a/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql
+++ b/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql
@@ -736,13 +736,21 @@ CREATE VIEW pg_stat_all_tables AS
             pg_stat_get_mod_since_analyze(C.oid) AS n_mod_since_analyze,
             pg_stat_get_ins_since_vacuum(C.oid) AS n_ins_since_vacuum,
             pg_stat_get_last_vacuum_time(C.oid) as last_vacuum,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_vacuum,
             pg_stat_get_last_autovacuum_time(C.oid) as last_autovacuum,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_autovacuum,
             pg_stat_get_last_analyze_time(C.oid) as last_analyze,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_analyze,
             pg_stat_get_last_autoanalyze_time(C.oid) as last_autoanalyze,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_autoanalyze,
             pg_stat_get_vacuum_count(C.oid) AS vacuum_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count(C.oid) AS skipped_vacuum_count,
             pg_stat_get_autovacuum_count(C.oid) AS autovacuum_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count(C.oid) AS skipped_autovacuum_count,
             pg_stat_get_analyze_count(C.oid) AS analyze_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count(C.oid) AS skipped_analyze_count,
             pg_stat_get_autoanalyze_count(C.oid) AS autoanalyze_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count(C.oid) AS skipped_autoanalyze_count,
             pg_stat_get_total_vacuum_time(C.oid) AS total_vacuum_time,
             pg_stat_get_total_autovacuum_time(C.oid) AS total_autovacuum_time,
             pg_stat_get_total_analyze_time(C.oid) AS total_analyze_time,
diff --git a/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c b/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c
index 99d0db82ed7..df6526225e4 100644
--- a/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c
+++ b/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c
@@ -793,8 +793,25 @@ vacuum_open_relation(Oid relid, RangeVar *relation, uint32 options,
 		rel = try_relation_open(relid, NoLock);
 	else
 	{
+		int flags = 0;
 		rel = NULL;
 		rel_lock = false;
+
+		if ((options & VACOPT_VACUUM) != 0 && (options & VACOPT_FULL) == 0)
+		{
+			if (AmAutoVacuumWorkerProcess())
+				flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOVACUUM;
+			else
+				flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM;
+		}
+		if ((options & VACOPT_ANALYZE) != 0)
+		{
+			if (AmAutoVacuumWorkerProcess())
+				flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOANALYZE;
+			else
+				flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE;
+		}
+		pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(relid, flags);
 	}
 
 	/* if relation is opened, leave */
@@ -905,7 +922,6 @@ expand_vacuum_rel(VacuumRelation *vrel, MemoryContext vac_context,
 		Form_pg_class classForm;
 		bool		include_children;
 		bool		is_partitioned_table;
-		int			rvr_opts;
 
 		/*
 		 * Since autovacuum workers supply OIDs when calling vacuum(), no
@@ -918,29 +934,69 @@ expand_vacuum_rel(VacuumRelation *vrel, MemoryContext vac_context,
 		 * below, as well as find_all_inheritors's expectation that the caller
 		 * holds some lock on the starting relation.
 		 */
-		rvr_opts = (options & VACOPT_SKIP_LOCKED) ? RVR_SKIP_LOCKED : 0;
-		relid = RangeVarGetRelidExtended(vrel->relation,
-										 AccessShareLock,
-										 rvr_opts,
-										 NULL, NULL);
-
-		/*
-		 * If the lock is unavailable, emit the same log statement that
-		 * vacuum_rel() and analyze_rel() would.
-		 */
-		if (!OidIsValid(relid))
+		if (!(options & VACOPT_SKIP_LOCKED))
 		{
-			if (options & VACOPT_VACUUM)
-				ereport(WARNING,
-						(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
-						 errmsg("skipping vacuum of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
-								vrel->relation->relname)));
-			else
-				ereport(WARNING,
-						(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
-						 errmsg("skipping analyze of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
+			relid = RangeVarGetRelidExtended(vrel->relation,
+											 AccessShareLock,
+											 0, NULL, NULL);
+			if (!OidIsValid(relid))
+				return vacrels;
+		}
+		else
+		{
+			/* Get relid for reporting before taking a lock */
+			relid = RangeVarGetRelid(vrel->relation, NoLock, false);
+
+			if (!ConditionalLockRelationOid(relid, AccessShareLock))
+			{
+				int	flags = 0;
+				/*
+				 * If the lock is unavailable, emit the same log statement that
+				 * vacuum_rel() and analyze_rel() would.
+				 */
+				if (options & VACOPT_VACUUM)
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping vacuum of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
 								vrel->relation->relname)));
-			return vacrels;
+				else
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping analyze of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
+									vrel->relation->relname)));
+
+				if ((options & VACOPT_VACUUM) != 0 && (options & VACOPT_FULL) == 0)
+					flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM;
+				if ((options & VACOPT_ANALYZE) != 0)
+					flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE;
+
+				pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(relid, flags);
+
+				return vacrels;
+			}
+
+			/*
+			 * Now that we have the lock, probe to see if the relation really
+			 * exists or not.
+			 */
+			if (!SearchSysCacheExists1(RELOID, ObjectIdGetDatum(relid)))
+			{
+				if (options & VACOPT_VACUUM)
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_UNDEFINED_TABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping vacuum of \"%s\" --- relation no longer exists",
+									vrel->relation->relname)));
+				else
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_UNDEFINED_TABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping analyze of \"%s\" --- relation no longer exists",
+									vrel->relation->relname)));
+
+				/* Release useless lock */
+				UnlockRelationOid(relid, AccessShareLock);
+
+				return vacrels;
+			}
 		}
 
 		/*
diff --git a/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c b/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c
index b2ca28f83ba..532d9023f8c 100644
--- a/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c
+++ b/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c
@@ -17,12 +17,14 @@
 
 #include "postgres.h"
 
+#include "access/htup_details.h"
 #include "access/twophase_rmgr.h"
 #include "access/xact.h"
 #include "catalog/catalog.h"
 #include "utils/memutils.h"
 #include "utils/pgstat_internal.h"
 #include "utils/rel.h"
+#include "utils/syscache.h"
 #include "utils/timestamp.h"
 
 
@@ -367,6 +369,68 @@ pgstat_report_analyze(Relation rel,
 	(void) pgstat_flush_backend(false, PGSTAT_BACKEND_FLUSH_IO);
 }
 
+/*
+ * Report that the table was skipped during vacuum or/and analyze.
+ */
+void
+pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(Oid relid, int flags)
+{
+	PgStat_EntryRef *entry_ref;
+	PgStatShared_Relation *shtabentry;
+	PgStat_StatTabEntry *tabentry;
+	TimestampTz ts;
+	HeapTuple	classTup;
+	bool		isshared;
+
+	if (!pgstat_track_counts || !flags)
+		return;
+
+	classTup = SearchSysCache1(RELOID, ObjectIdGetDatum(relid));
+	if (!HeapTupleIsValid(classTup))
+		return;			/* somebody deleted the rel, forget it */
+	isshared = ((Form_pg_class) GETSTRUCT(classTup))->relisshared;
+	ReleaseSysCache(classTup);
+
+	/* Store the data in the table's hash table entry. */
+	ts = GetCurrentTimestamp();
+
+	/* block acquiring lock for the same reason as pgstat_report_autovac() */
+	entry_ref = pgstat_get_entry_ref_locked(PGSTAT_KIND_RELATION,
+											isshared ? InvalidOid : MyDatabaseId,
+											relid, false);
+
+	shtabentry = (PgStatShared_Relation *) entry_ref->shared_stats;
+	tabentry = &shtabentry->stats;
+
+	if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM)
+	{
+		tabentry->last_skipped_vacuum_time = ts;
+		tabentry->skipped_vacuum_count++;
+	}
+	else if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOVACUUM)
+	{
+		tabentry->last_skipped_autovacuum_time = ts;
+		tabentry->skipped_autovacuum_count++;
+	}
+
+	if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE)
+	{
+		tabentry->last_skipped_analyze_time = ts;
+		tabentry->skipped_analyze_count++;
+	}
+	else if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOANALYZE)
+	{
+		tabentry->last_skipped_autoanalyze_time = ts;
+		tabentry->skipped_autoanalyze_count++;
+	}
+
+	pgstat_unlock_entry(entry_ref);
+
+	/* see pgstat_report_vacuum() */
+	pgstat_flush_io(false);
+	(void) pgstat_flush_backend(false, PGSTAT_BACKEND_FLUSH_IO);
+}
+
 /*
  * count a tuple insertion of n tuples
  */
diff --git a/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c b/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c
index 1408de387ea..90a8968faa0 100644
--- a/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c
+++ b/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c
@@ -84,6 +84,18 @@ PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(mod_since_analyze)
 /* pg_stat_get_numscans */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(numscans)
 
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_analyze_count)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_autoanalyze_count)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_autovacuum_count)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_vacuum_count)
+
 /* pg_stat_get_tuples_deleted */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(tuples_deleted)
 
@@ -170,6 +182,18 @@ PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_vacuum_time)
 /* pg_stat_get_lastscan */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(lastscan)
 
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_analyze_time)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_autoanalyze_time)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_autovacuum_time)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_vacuum_time)
+
 /* pg_stat_get_stat_reset_time */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(stat_reset_time)
 
diff --git a/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat b/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat
index fa9ae79082b..32debb34863 100644
--- a/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat
+++ b/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat
@@ -5680,6 +5680,38 @@
   proargmodes => '{o,o,o,o,o,o,o,o,o,o}',
   proargnames => '{oid,score,xid_score,mxid_score,vacuum_score,vacuum_insert_score,analyze_score,do_vacuum,do_analyze,for_wraparound}',
   prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_autovacuum_scores' },
+{ oid => '8142', descr => 'statistics: last skipped vacuum time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time' },
+{ oid => '8143', descr => 'statistics: last skipped auto vacuum time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time' },
+{ oid => '8144', descr => 'statistics: last skipped analyze time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time' },
+{ oid => '8145', descr => 'statistics: last skipped auto analyze time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time' },
+{ oid => '8146', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped vacuum for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count' },
+{ oid => '8147', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped auto vacuum for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count' },
+{ oid => '8148', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped analyzes for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count' },
+{ oid => '8149', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped auto analyzes for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count' },
 { oid => '1936', descr => 'statistics: currently active backend IDs',
   proname => 'pg_stat_get_backend_idset', prorows => '100', proretset => 't',
   provolatile => 's', proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int4',
diff --git a/src/include/pgstat.h b/src/include/pgstat.h
index dfa2e837638..98941f953d1 100644
--- a/src/include/pgstat.h
+++ b/src/include/pgstat.h
@@ -479,6 +479,15 @@ typedef struct PgStat_StatTabEntry
 	TimestampTz last_autoanalyze_time;	/* autovacuum initiated */
 	PgStat_Counter autoanalyze_count;
 
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_vacuum_time;	/* user initiated vacuum */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_vacuum_count;
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_autovacuum_time;	/* autovacuum initiated */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_autovacuum_count;
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_analyze_time;	/* user initiated */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_analyze_count;
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_autoanalyze_time;	/* autovacuum initiated */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_autoanalyze_count;
+
 	PgStat_Counter total_vacuum_time;	/* times in milliseconds */
 	PgStat_Counter total_autovacuum_time;
 	PgStat_Counter total_analyze_time;
@@ -703,6 +712,13 @@ extern void pgstat_report_analyze(Relation rel,
 								  PgStat_Counter livetuples, PgStat_Counter deadtuples,
 								  bool resetcounter, TimestampTz starttime);
 
+/* flags for pgstat_flush_backend() */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM		(1 << 0)	/* vacuum is skipped */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE		(1 << 1)	/* analyze is skipped */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOVACUUM	(1 << 2)	/* autovacuum is skipped */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOANALYZE	(1 << 3)	/* autoanalyze is skipped */
+extern void pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(Oid relid, int flags);
+
 /*
  * If stats are enabled, but pending data hasn't been prepared yet, call
  * pgstat_assoc_relation() to do so. See its comment for why this is done
diff --git a/src/test/isolation/expected/vacuum-skip-locked.out b/src/test/isolation/expected/vacuum-skip-locked.out
index 99db281a159..e2cff175b7c 100644
--- a/src/test/isolation/expected/vacuum-skip-locked.out
+++ b/src/test/isolation/expected/vacuum-skip-locked.out
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 Parsed test spec with 2 sessions
 
-starting permutation: lock_share vac_specified commit
+starting permutation: lock_share vac_specified commit check_stat
 step lock_share: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN SHARE MODE;
@@ -10,8 +10,22 @@ step vac_specified: VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED) part1, part2;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
 
-starting permutation: lock_share vac_all_parts commit
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   1|            0|                    0
+part2  |           1|                   0|            0|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
+
+starting permutation: lock_share vac_all_parts commit check_stat
 step lock_share: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN SHARE MODE;
@@ -20,8 +34,22 @@ step vac_all_parts: VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED) parted;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   1|            0|                    0
+part2  |           1|                   0|            0|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
 
-starting permutation: lock_share analyze_specified commit
+starting permutation: lock_share analyze_specified commit check_stat
 step lock_share: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN SHARE MODE;
@@ -31,8 +59,22 @@ step analyze_specified: ANALYZE (SKIP_LOCKED) part1, part2;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
 
-starting permutation: lock_share analyze_all_parts commit
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   0|            0|                    1
+part2  |           0|                   0|            1|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
+
+starting permutation: lock_share analyze_all_parts commit check_stat
 step lock_share: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN SHARE MODE;
@@ -41,8 +83,22 @@ step analyze_all_parts: ANALYZE (SKIP_LOCKED) parted;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            1|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   0|            0|                    1
+part2  |           0|                   0|            1|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
 
-starting permutation: lock_share vac_analyze_specified commit
+starting permutation: lock_share vac_analyze_specified commit check_stat
 step lock_share: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN SHARE MODE;
@@ -52,8 +108,22 @@ step vac_analyze_specified: VACUUM (ANALYZE, SKIP_LOCKED) part1, part2;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
 
-starting permutation: lock_share vac_analyze_all_parts commit
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   1|            0|                    1
+part2  |           1|                   0|            1|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
+
+starting permutation: lock_share vac_analyze_all_parts commit check_stat
 step lock_share: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN SHARE MODE;
@@ -62,8 +132,22 @@ step vac_analyze_all_parts: VACUUM (ANALYZE, SKIP_LOCKED) parted;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            1|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   1|            0|                    1
+part2  |           1|                   0|            1|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
 
-starting permutation: lock_share vac_full_specified commit
+starting permutation: lock_share vac_full_specified commit check_stat
 step lock_share: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN SHARE MODE;
@@ -73,8 +157,22 @@ step vac_full_specified: VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED, FULL) part1, part2;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
 
-starting permutation: lock_share vac_full_all_parts commit
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part2  |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
+
+starting permutation: lock_share vac_full_all_parts commit check_stat
 step lock_share: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN SHARE MODE;
@@ -83,8 +181,22 @@ step vac_full_all_parts: VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED, FULL) parted;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part2  |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+(3 rows)
 
-starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_specified commit
+
+starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_specified commit check_stat
 step lock_access_exclusive: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN ACCESS EXCLUSIVE MODE;
@@ -94,8 +206,22 @@ step vac_specified: VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED) part1, part2;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   1|            0|                    0
+part2  |           1|                   0|            0|                    0
+(3 rows)
 
-starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_all_parts commit
+
+starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_all_parts commit check_stat
 step lock_access_exclusive: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN ACCESS EXCLUSIVE MODE;
@@ -104,8 +230,22 @@ step vac_all_parts: VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED) parted;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   1|            0|                    0
+part2  |           1|                   0|            0|                    0
+(3 rows)
 
-starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive analyze_specified commit
+
+starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive analyze_specified commit check_stat
 step lock_access_exclusive: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN ACCESS EXCLUSIVE MODE;
@@ -115,8 +255,22 @@ step analyze_specified: ANALYZE (SKIP_LOCKED) part1, part2;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   0|            0|                    1
+part2  |           0|                   0|            1|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
 
-starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive analyze_all_parts commit
+starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive analyze_all_parts commit check_stat
 step lock_access_exclusive: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN ACCESS EXCLUSIVE MODE;
@@ -126,8 +280,22 @@ step commit:
 	COMMIT;
 
 step analyze_all_parts: <... completed>
-
-starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_analyze_specified commit
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            1|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   0|            1|                    0
+part2  |           0|                   0|            1|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
+
+starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_analyze_specified commit check_stat
 step lock_access_exclusive: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN ACCESS EXCLUSIVE MODE;
@@ -137,8 +305,22 @@ step vac_analyze_specified: VACUUM (ANALYZE, SKIP_LOCKED) part1, part2;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   1|            0|                    1
+part2  |           1|                   0|            1|                    0
+(3 rows)
 
-starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_analyze_all_parts commit
+
+starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_analyze_all_parts commit check_stat
 step lock_access_exclusive: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN ACCESS EXCLUSIVE MODE;
@@ -148,8 +330,22 @@ step commit:
 	COMMIT;
 
 step vac_analyze_all_parts: <... completed>
-
-starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_full_specified commit
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            1|                    0
+part1  |           1|                   0|            1|                    0
+part2  |           1|                   0|            1|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
+
+starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_full_specified commit check_stat
 step lock_access_exclusive: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN ACCESS EXCLUSIVE MODE;
@@ -159,8 +355,22 @@ step vac_full_specified: VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED, FULL) part1, part2;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
 
-starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_full_all_parts commit
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part2  |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
+
+starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_full_all_parts commit check_stat
 step lock_access_exclusive: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN ACCESS EXCLUSIVE MODE;
@@ -169,3 +379,17 @@ step vac_full_all_parts: VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED, FULL) parted;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part2  |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
diff --git a/src/test/isolation/specs/vacuum-skip-locked.spec b/src/test/isolation/specs/vacuum-skip-locked.spec
index 3fad6e1c92a..b0da75d4b6d 100644
--- a/src/test/isolation/specs/vacuum-skip-locked.spec
+++ b/src/test/isolation/specs/vacuum-skip-locked.spec
@@ -33,6 +33,15 @@ step commit
 	COMMIT;
 }
 
+step check_stat
+{
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+}
+
 session s2
 step vac_specified			{ VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED) part1, part2; }
 step vac_all_parts			{ VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED) parted; }
@@ -43,19 +52,19 @@ step vac_analyze_all_parts	{ VACUUM (ANALYZE, SKIP_LOCKED) parted; }
 step vac_full_specified		{ VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED, FULL) part1, part2; }
 step vac_full_all_parts		{ VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED, FULL) parted; }
 
-permutation lock_share vac_specified commit
-permutation lock_share vac_all_parts commit
-permutation lock_share analyze_specified commit
-permutation lock_share analyze_all_parts commit
-permutation lock_share vac_analyze_specified commit
-permutation lock_share vac_analyze_all_parts commit
-permutation lock_share vac_full_specified commit
-permutation lock_share vac_full_all_parts commit
-permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_specified commit
-permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_all_parts commit
-permutation lock_access_exclusive analyze_specified commit
-permutation lock_access_exclusive analyze_all_parts commit
-permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_analyze_specified commit
-permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_analyze_all_parts commit
-permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_full_specified commit
-permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_full_all_parts commit
+permutation lock_share vac_specified commit check_stat
+permutation lock_share vac_all_parts commit check_stat
+permutation lock_share analyze_specified commit check_stat
+permutation lock_share analyze_all_parts commit check_stat
+permutation lock_share vac_analyze_specified commit check_stat
+permutation lock_share vac_analyze_all_parts commit check_stat
+permutation lock_share vac_full_specified commit check_stat
+permutation lock_share vac_full_all_parts commit check_stat
+permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_specified commit check_stat
+permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_all_parts commit check_stat
+permutation lock_access_exclusive analyze_specified commit check_stat
+permutation lock_access_exclusive analyze_all_parts commit check_stat
+permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_analyze_specified commit check_stat
+permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_analyze_all_parts commit check_stat
+permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_full_specified commit check_stat
+permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_full_all_parts commit check_stat
diff --git a/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out b/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out
index a65a5bf0c4f..9b2075d3373 100644
--- a/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out
+++ b/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out
@@ -1835,13 +1835,21 @@ pg_stat_all_tables| SELECT c.oid AS relid,
     pg_stat_get_mod_since_analyze(c.oid) AS n_mod_since_analyze,
     pg_stat_get_ins_since_vacuum(c.oid) AS n_ins_since_vacuum,
     pg_stat_get_last_vacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_vacuum,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_vacuum,
     pg_stat_get_last_autovacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_autovacuum,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_autovacuum,
     pg_stat_get_last_analyze_time(c.oid) AS last_analyze,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_analyze,
     pg_stat_get_last_autoanalyze_time(c.oid) AS last_autoanalyze,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_autoanalyze,
     pg_stat_get_vacuum_count(c.oid) AS vacuum_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count(c.oid) AS skipped_vacuum_count,
     pg_stat_get_autovacuum_count(c.oid) AS autovacuum_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count(c.oid) AS skipped_autovacuum_count,
     pg_stat_get_analyze_count(c.oid) AS analyze_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count(c.oid) AS skipped_analyze_count,
     pg_stat_get_autoanalyze_count(c.oid) AS autoanalyze_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count(c.oid) AS skipped_autoanalyze_count,
     pg_stat_get_total_vacuum_time(c.oid) AS total_vacuum_time,
     pg_stat_get_total_autovacuum_time(c.oid) AS total_autovacuum_time,
     pg_stat_get_total_analyze_time(c.oid) AS total_analyze_time,
@@ -2346,13 +2354,21 @@ pg_stat_sys_tables| SELECT relid,
     n_mod_since_analyze,
     n_ins_since_vacuum,
     last_vacuum,
+    last_skipped_vacuum,
     last_autovacuum,
+    last_skipped_autovacuum,
     last_analyze,
+    last_skipped_analyze,
     last_autoanalyze,
+    last_skipped_autoanalyze,
     vacuum_count,
+    skipped_vacuum_count,
     autovacuum_count,
+    skipped_autovacuum_count,
     analyze_count,
+    skipped_analyze_count,
     autoanalyze_count,
+    skipped_autoanalyze_count,
     total_vacuum_time,
     total_autovacuum_time,
     total_analyze_time,
@@ -2401,13 +2417,21 @@ pg_stat_user_tables| SELECT relid,
     n_mod_since_analyze,
     n_ins_since_vacuum,
     last_vacuum,
+    last_skipped_vacuum,
     last_autovacuum,
+    last_skipped_autovacuum,
     last_analyze,
+    last_skipped_analyze,
     last_autoanalyze,
+    last_skipped_autoanalyze,
     vacuum_count,
+    skipped_vacuum_count,
     autovacuum_count,
+    skipped_autovacuum_count,
     analyze_count,
+    skipped_analyze_count,
     autoanalyze_count,
+    skipped_autoanalyze_count,
     total_vacuum_time,
     total_autovacuum_time,
     total_analyze_time,
-- 
2.43.0


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* [PATCH v4] Track skipped vacuum and analyze activity per relation
@ 2026-03-24 04:09 Yugo Nagata <[email protected]>
  0 siblings, 0 replies; 374+ messages in thread

From: Yugo Nagata @ 2026-03-24 04:09 UTC (permalink / raw)

This commit adds eight fields to the relation statistics that track
the last time vacuum or analyze has been attempted but skipped due to
lock unavailability, along with their counts:

-    last_skipped_vacuum
-    last_skipped_autovacuum
-    last_skipped_analyze
-    last_skipped_autoanalyze
-    skipped_vacuum_count
-    skipped_autovacuum_count
-    skipped_analyze_count
-    skipped_autoanalyze_count

These field can help users confirm that autovacuum is actively attempting
to run on a table that has not been vacuumed or analyzed for a long time,
and that the lack of progress is due to repeated skips rather than inactivity.
---
 doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml                 |  88 ++++++++++++++++
 src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql         |   8 ++
 src/backend/commands/vacuum.c                | 102 ++++++++++++++-----
 src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c |  64 ++++++++++++
 src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c          |  24 +++++
 src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat              |  32 ++++++
 src/include/pgstat.h                         |  16 +++
 src/test/regress/expected/rules.out          |  24 +++++
 8 files changed, 335 insertions(+), 23 deletions(-)

diff --git a/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml b/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml
index 08d5b824552..a9b579d87a9 100644
--- a/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml
+++ b/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml
@@ -4387,6 +4387,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_vacuum</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time a manual vacuum on this table was attempted but skipped due to
+       lock unavailability (not counting <command>VACUUM FULL</command>)
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>last_autovacuum</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
@@ -4397,6 +4407,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_autovacuum</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time a vacuum on this table by the autovacuum daemon was attempted
+       but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>last_analyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
@@ -4406,6 +4426,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_analyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time a manual analyze on this table was attempted but skipped due to
+       lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>last_autoanalyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
@@ -4416,6 +4446,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_autoanalyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time at which an analyze on this table by the autovacuum was
+       attempted but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>vacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4426,6 +4466,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_vacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times manual vacuums on this table have been attempted but skipped
+       due to lock unavailability (not counting <command>VACUUM FULL</command>)
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>autovacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4436,6 +4486,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_autovacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times vacuums on this table by the autovacuum daemon have been
+       attempted but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>analyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4445,6 +4505,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_analyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times manual analyzes on this table have been attempted but
+       skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>autoanalyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4455,6 +4525,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_autoanalyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times analyzes on this table by the autovacuum daemon have
+       been attempted but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>total_vacuum_time</structfield> <type>double precision</type>
@@ -4510,6 +4590,14 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
    </tgroup>
   </table>
 
+  <note>
+   <para>
+    When a manual vacuum or analyze on a parent table in an inheritance or
+    partitioning hierarchy is skipped, the statistics are recorded only for
+    the parent table, not for its children.
+   </para>
+  </note>
+
  </sect2>
 
  <sect2 id="monitoring-pg-stat-autovacuum-scores-view">
diff --git a/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql b/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql
index 73a1c1c4670..f509fc7876b 100644
--- a/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql
+++ b/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql
@@ -736,13 +736,21 @@ CREATE VIEW pg_stat_all_tables AS
             pg_stat_get_mod_since_analyze(C.oid) AS n_mod_since_analyze,
             pg_stat_get_ins_since_vacuum(C.oid) AS n_ins_since_vacuum,
             pg_stat_get_last_vacuum_time(C.oid) as last_vacuum,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_vacuum,
             pg_stat_get_last_autovacuum_time(C.oid) as last_autovacuum,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_autovacuum,
             pg_stat_get_last_analyze_time(C.oid) as last_analyze,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_analyze,
             pg_stat_get_last_autoanalyze_time(C.oid) as last_autoanalyze,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_autoanalyze,
             pg_stat_get_vacuum_count(C.oid) AS vacuum_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count(C.oid) AS skipped_vacuum_count,
             pg_stat_get_autovacuum_count(C.oid) AS autovacuum_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count(C.oid) AS skipped_autovacuum_count,
             pg_stat_get_analyze_count(C.oid) AS analyze_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count(C.oid) AS skipped_analyze_count,
             pg_stat_get_autoanalyze_count(C.oid) AS autoanalyze_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count(C.oid) AS skipped_autoanalyze_count,
             pg_stat_get_total_vacuum_time(C.oid) AS total_vacuum_time,
             pg_stat_get_total_autovacuum_time(C.oid) AS total_autovacuum_time,
             pg_stat_get_total_analyze_time(C.oid) AS total_analyze_time,
diff --git a/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c b/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c
index 99d0db82ed7..97cd5ea8d10 100644
--- a/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c
+++ b/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c
@@ -793,8 +793,25 @@ vacuum_open_relation(Oid relid, RangeVar *relation, uint32 options,
 		rel = try_relation_open(relid, NoLock);
 	else
 	{
+		int flags = 0;
 		rel = NULL;
 		rel_lock = false;
+
+		if ((options & VACOPT_VACUUM) != 0)
+		{
+			if (AmAutoVacuumWorkerProcess())
+				flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOVACUUM;
+			else
+				flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM;
+		}
+		if ((options & VACOPT_ANALYZE) != 0)
+		{
+			if (AmAutoVacuumWorkerProcess())
+				flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOANALYZE;
+			else
+				flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE;
+		}
+		pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(relid, flags);
 	}
 
 	/* if relation is opened, leave */
@@ -802,7 +819,7 @@ vacuum_open_relation(Oid relid, RangeVar *relation, uint32 options,
 		return rel;
 
 	/*
-	 * Relation could not be opened, hence generate if possible a log
+	 * Relation could not be opened hence generate if possible a log
 	 * informing on the situation.
 	 *
 	 * If the RangeVar is not defined, we do not have enough information to
@@ -905,7 +922,6 @@ expand_vacuum_rel(VacuumRelation *vrel, MemoryContext vac_context,
 		Form_pg_class classForm;
 		bool		include_children;
 		bool		is_partitioned_table;
-		int			rvr_opts;
 
 		/*
 		 * Since autovacuum workers supply OIDs when calling vacuum(), no
@@ -918,29 +934,69 @@ expand_vacuum_rel(VacuumRelation *vrel, MemoryContext vac_context,
 		 * below, as well as find_all_inheritors's expectation that the caller
 		 * holds some lock on the starting relation.
 		 */
-		rvr_opts = (options & VACOPT_SKIP_LOCKED) ? RVR_SKIP_LOCKED : 0;
-		relid = RangeVarGetRelidExtended(vrel->relation,
-										 AccessShareLock,
-										 rvr_opts,
-										 NULL, NULL);
-
-		/*
-		 * If the lock is unavailable, emit the same log statement that
-		 * vacuum_rel() and analyze_rel() would.
-		 */
-		if (!OidIsValid(relid))
+		if (!(options & VACOPT_SKIP_LOCKED))
 		{
-			if (options & VACOPT_VACUUM)
-				ereport(WARNING,
-						(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
-						 errmsg("skipping vacuum of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
-								vrel->relation->relname)));
-			else
-				ereport(WARNING,
-						(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
-						 errmsg("skipping analyze of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
+			relid = RangeVarGetRelidExtended(vrel->relation,
+											 AccessShareLock,
+											 0, NULL, NULL);
+			if (!OidIsValid(relid))
+				return vacrels;
+		}
+		else
+		{
+			/* Get relid for reporting before taking a lock */
+			relid = RangeVarGetRelid(vrel->relation, NoLock, false);
+
+			if (!ConditionalLockRelationOid(relid, AccessShareLock))
+			{
+				int	flags = 0;
+				/*
+				 * If the lock is unavailable, emit the same log statement that
+				 * vacuum_rel() and analyze_rel() would.
+				 */
+				if (options & VACOPT_VACUUM)
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping vacuum of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
 								vrel->relation->relname)));
-			return vacrels;
+				else
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping analyze of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
+									vrel->relation->relname)));
+
+				if ((options & VACOPT_VACUUM) != 0)
+					flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM;
+				if ((options & VACOPT_ANALYZE) != 0)
+					flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE;
+
+				pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(relid, flags);
+
+				return vacrels;
+			}
+
+			/*
+			 * Now that we have the lock, probe to see if the relation really
+			 * exists or not.
+			 */
+			if (!SearchSysCacheExists1(RELOID, ObjectIdGetDatum(relid)))
+			{
+				if (options & VACOPT_VACUUM)
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_UNDEFINED_TABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping vacuum of \"%s\" --- relation no longer exists",
+									vrel->relation->relname)));
+				else
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_UNDEFINED_TABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping analyze of \"%s\" --- relation no longer exists",
+									vrel->relation->relname)));
+
+				/* Release useless lock */
+				UnlockRelationOid(relid, AccessShareLock);
+
+				return vacrels;
+			}
 		}
 
 		/*
diff --git a/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c b/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c
index b2ca28f83ba..532d9023f8c 100644
--- a/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c
+++ b/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c
@@ -17,12 +17,14 @@
 
 #include "postgres.h"
 
+#include "access/htup_details.h"
 #include "access/twophase_rmgr.h"
 #include "access/xact.h"
 #include "catalog/catalog.h"
 #include "utils/memutils.h"
 #include "utils/pgstat_internal.h"
 #include "utils/rel.h"
+#include "utils/syscache.h"
 #include "utils/timestamp.h"
 
 
@@ -367,6 +369,68 @@ pgstat_report_analyze(Relation rel,
 	(void) pgstat_flush_backend(false, PGSTAT_BACKEND_FLUSH_IO);
 }
 
+/*
+ * Report that the table was skipped during vacuum or/and analyze.
+ */
+void
+pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(Oid relid, int flags)
+{
+	PgStat_EntryRef *entry_ref;
+	PgStatShared_Relation *shtabentry;
+	PgStat_StatTabEntry *tabentry;
+	TimestampTz ts;
+	HeapTuple	classTup;
+	bool		isshared;
+
+	if (!pgstat_track_counts || !flags)
+		return;
+
+	classTup = SearchSysCache1(RELOID, ObjectIdGetDatum(relid));
+	if (!HeapTupleIsValid(classTup))
+		return;			/* somebody deleted the rel, forget it */
+	isshared = ((Form_pg_class) GETSTRUCT(classTup))->relisshared;
+	ReleaseSysCache(classTup);
+
+	/* Store the data in the table's hash table entry. */
+	ts = GetCurrentTimestamp();
+
+	/* block acquiring lock for the same reason as pgstat_report_autovac() */
+	entry_ref = pgstat_get_entry_ref_locked(PGSTAT_KIND_RELATION,
+											isshared ? InvalidOid : MyDatabaseId,
+											relid, false);
+
+	shtabentry = (PgStatShared_Relation *) entry_ref->shared_stats;
+	tabentry = &shtabentry->stats;
+
+	if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM)
+	{
+		tabentry->last_skipped_vacuum_time = ts;
+		tabentry->skipped_vacuum_count++;
+	}
+	else if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOVACUUM)
+	{
+		tabentry->last_skipped_autovacuum_time = ts;
+		tabentry->skipped_autovacuum_count++;
+	}
+
+	if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE)
+	{
+		tabentry->last_skipped_analyze_time = ts;
+		tabentry->skipped_analyze_count++;
+	}
+	else if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOANALYZE)
+	{
+		tabentry->last_skipped_autoanalyze_time = ts;
+		tabentry->skipped_autoanalyze_count++;
+	}
+
+	pgstat_unlock_entry(entry_ref);
+
+	/* see pgstat_report_vacuum() */
+	pgstat_flush_io(false);
+	(void) pgstat_flush_backend(false, PGSTAT_BACKEND_FLUSH_IO);
+}
+
 /*
  * count a tuple insertion of n tuples
  */
diff --git a/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c b/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c
index 1408de387ea..90a8968faa0 100644
--- a/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c
+++ b/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c
@@ -84,6 +84,18 @@ PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(mod_since_analyze)
 /* pg_stat_get_numscans */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(numscans)
 
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_analyze_count)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_autoanalyze_count)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_autovacuum_count)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_vacuum_count)
+
 /* pg_stat_get_tuples_deleted */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(tuples_deleted)
 
@@ -170,6 +182,18 @@ PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_vacuum_time)
 /* pg_stat_get_lastscan */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(lastscan)
 
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_analyze_time)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_autoanalyze_time)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_autovacuum_time)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_vacuum_time)
+
 /* pg_stat_get_stat_reset_time */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(stat_reset_time)
 
diff --git a/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat b/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat
index fa9ae79082b..32debb34863 100644
--- a/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat
+++ b/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat
@@ -5680,6 +5680,38 @@
   proargmodes => '{o,o,o,o,o,o,o,o,o,o}',
   proargnames => '{oid,score,xid_score,mxid_score,vacuum_score,vacuum_insert_score,analyze_score,do_vacuum,do_analyze,for_wraparound}',
   prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_autovacuum_scores' },
+{ oid => '8142', descr => 'statistics: last skipped vacuum time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time' },
+{ oid => '8143', descr => 'statistics: last skipped auto vacuum time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time' },
+{ oid => '8144', descr => 'statistics: last skipped analyze time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time' },
+{ oid => '8145', descr => 'statistics: last skipped auto analyze time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time' },
+{ oid => '8146', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped vacuum for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count' },
+{ oid => '8147', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped auto vacuum for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count' },
+{ oid => '8148', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped analyzes for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count' },
+{ oid => '8149', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped auto analyzes for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count' },
 { oid => '1936', descr => 'statistics: currently active backend IDs',
   proname => 'pg_stat_get_backend_idset', prorows => '100', proretset => 't',
   provolatile => 's', proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int4',
diff --git a/src/include/pgstat.h b/src/include/pgstat.h
index dfa2e837638..98941f953d1 100644
--- a/src/include/pgstat.h
+++ b/src/include/pgstat.h
@@ -479,6 +479,15 @@ typedef struct PgStat_StatTabEntry
 	TimestampTz last_autoanalyze_time;	/* autovacuum initiated */
 	PgStat_Counter autoanalyze_count;
 
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_vacuum_time;	/* user initiated vacuum */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_vacuum_count;
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_autovacuum_time;	/* autovacuum initiated */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_autovacuum_count;
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_analyze_time;	/* user initiated */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_analyze_count;
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_autoanalyze_time;	/* autovacuum initiated */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_autoanalyze_count;
+
 	PgStat_Counter total_vacuum_time;	/* times in milliseconds */
 	PgStat_Counter total_autovacuum_time;
 	PgStat_Counter total_analyze_time;
@@ -703,6 +712,13 @@ extern void pgstat_report_analyze(Relation rel,
 								  PgStat_Counter livetuples, PgStat_Counter deadtuples,
 								  bool resetcounter, TimestampTz starttime);
 
+/* flags for pgstat_flush_backend() */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM		(1 << 0)	/* vacuum is skipped */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE		(1 << 1)	/* analyze is skipped */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOVACUUM	(1 << 2)	/* autovacuum is skipped */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOANALYZE	(1 << 3)	/* autoanalyze is skipped */
+extern void pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(Oid relid, int flags);
+
 /*
  * If stats are enabled, but pending data hasn't been prepared yet, call
  * pgstat_assoc_relation() to do so. See its comment for why this is done
diff --git a/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out b/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out
index a65a5bf0c4f..9b2075d3373 100644
--- a/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out
+++ b/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out
@@ -1835,13 +1835,21 @@ pg_stat_all_tables| SELECT c.oid AS relid,
     pg_stat_get_mod_since_analyze(c.oid) AS n_mod_since_analyze,
     pg_stat_get_ins_since_vacuum(c.oid) AS n_ins_since_vacuum,
     pg_stat_get_last_vacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_vacuum,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_vacuum,
     pg_stat_get_last_autovacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_autovacuum,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_autovacuum,
     pg_stat_get_last_analyze_time(c.oid) AS last_analyze,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_analyze,
     pg_stat_get_last_autoanalyze_time(c.oid) AS last_autoanalyze,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_autoanalyze,
     pg_stat_get_vacuum_count(c.oid) AS vacuum_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count(c.oid) AS skipped_vacuum_count,
     pg_stat_get_autovacuum_count(c.oid) AS autovacuum_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count(c.oid) AS skipped_autovacuum_count,
     pg_stat_get_analyze_count(c.oid) AS analyze_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count(c.oid) AS skipped_analyze_count,
     pg_stat_get_autoanalyze_count(c.oid) AS autoanalyze_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count(c.oid) AS skipped_autoanalyze_count,
     pg_stat_get_total_vacuum_time(c.oid) AS total_vacuum_time,
     pg_stat_get_total_autovacuum_time(c.oid) AS total_autovacuum_time,
     pg_stat_get_total_analyze_time(c.oid) AS total_analyze_time,
@@ -2346,13 +2354,21 @@ pg_stat_sys_tables| SELECT relid,
     n_mod_since_analyze,
     n_ins_since_vacuum,
     last_vacuum,
+    last_skipped_vacuum,
     last_autovacuum,
+    last_skipped_autovacuum,
     last_analyze,
+    last_skipped_analyze,
     last_autoanalyze,
+    last_skipped_autoanalyze,
     vacuum_count,
+    skipped_vacuum_count,
     autovacuum_count,
+    skipped_autovacuum_count,
     analyze_count,
+    skipped_analyze_count,
     autoanalyze_count,
+    skipped_autoanalyze_count,
     total_vacuum_time,
     total_autovacuum_time,
     total_analyze_time,
@@ -2401,13 +2417,21 @@ pg_stat_user_tables| SELECT relid,
     n_mod_since_analyze,
     n_ins_since_vacuum,
     last_vacuum,
+    last_skipped_vacuum,
     last_autovacuum,
+    last_skipped_autovacuum,
     last_analyze,
+    last_skipped_analyze,
     last_autoanalyze,
+    last_skipped_autoanalyze,
     vacuum_count,
+    skipped_vacuum_count,
     autovacuum_count,
+    skipped_autovacuum_count,
     analyze_count,
+    skipped_analyze_count,
     autoanalyze_count,
+    skipped_autoanalyze_count,
     total_vacuum_time,
     total_autovacuum_time,
     total_analyze_time,
-- 
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* [PATCH v3] Track skipped vacuum and analyze activity per relation
@ 2026-03-24 04:09 Yugo Nagata <[email protected]>
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From: Yugo Nagata @ 2026-03-24 04:09 UTC (permalink / raw)

This commit adds eight fields to the relation statistics that track
the last time vacuum or analyze has been attempted but skipped due to
lock unavailability, along with their counts:

-    last_skipped_vacuum
-    last_skipped_autovacuum
-    last_skipped_analyze
-    last_skipped_autoanalyze
-    skipped_vacuum_count
-    skipped_autovacuum_count
-    skipped_analyze_count
-    skipped_autoanalyze_count

These field can help users confirm that autovacuum is actively attempting
to run on a table that has not been vacuumed or analyzed for a long time,
and that the lack of progress is due to repeated skips rather than inactivity.
---
 doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml                 | 80 +++++++++++++++++
 src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql         |  8 ++
 src/backend/commands/vacuum.c                | 95 +++++++++++++++-----
 src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c | 68 ++++++++++++++
 src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c          | 24 +++++
 src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat              | 32 +++++++
 src/include/pgstat.h                         | 16 ++++
 src/test/regress/expected/rules.out          | 24 +++++
 8 files changed, 324 insertions(+), 23 deletions(-)

diff --git a/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml b/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml
index bb75ed1069b..9ec8070b2fc 100644
--- a/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml
+++ b/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml
@@ -4372,6 +4372,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_vacuum</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time a manual vacuum on this table was attempted but skipped due to
+       lock unavailability (not counting <command>VACUUM FULL</command>)
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>last_autovacuum</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
@@ -4382,6 +4392,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_autovacuum</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time a vacuum on this table by the autovacuum daemon was attempted
+       but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>last_analyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
@@ -4391,6 +4411,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_analyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time a manual analyze on this table was attempted but skipped due to
+       lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>last_autoanalyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
@@ -4401,6 +4431,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_autoanalyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time at which an analyze on this table by the autovacuum was
+       attempted but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>vacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4411,6 +4451,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_vacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times vacuums on this table have been attempted but skipped
+       due to lock unavailability (not counting <command>VACUUM FULL</command>)
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>autovacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4421,6 +4471,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_autovacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times vacuums on this table by the autovacuum daemon have been
+       attempted but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>analyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4430,6 +4490,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_analyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times manual analyzes on this table have been attempted but
+       skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>autoanalyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4440,6 +4510,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_autoanalyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times analyzes on this table by the autovacuum daemon have
+       been attempted but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>total_vacuum_time</structfield> <type>double precision</type>
diff --git a/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql b/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql
index e54018004db..2ca02a0354c 100644
--- a/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql
+++ b/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql
@@ -736,13 +736,21 @@ CREATE VIEW pg_stat_all_tables AS
             pg_stat_get_mod_since_analyze(C.oid) AS n_mod_since_analyze,
             pg_stat_get_ins_since_vacuum(C.oid) AS n_ins_since_vacuum,
             pg_stat_get_last_vacuum_time(C.oid) as last_vacuum,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_vacuum,
             pg_stat_get_last_autovacuum_time(C.oid) as last_autovacuum,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_autovacuum,
             pg_stat_get_last_analyze_time(C.oid) as last_analyze,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_analyze,
             pg_stat_get_last_autoanalyze_time(C.oid) as last_autoanalyze,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_autoanalyze,
             pg_stat_get_vacuum_count(C.oid) AS vacuum_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count(C.oid) AS skipped_vacuum_count,
             pg_stat_get_autovacuum_count(C.oid) AS autovacuum_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count(C.oid) AS skipped_autovacuum_count,
             pg_stat_get_analyze_count(C.oid) AS analyze_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count(C.oid) AS skipped_analyze_count,
             pg_stat_get_autoanalyze_count(C.oid) AS autoanalyze_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count(C.oid) AS skipped_autoanalyze_count,
             pg_stat_get_total_vacuum_time(C.oid) AS total_vacuum_time,
             pg_stat_get_total_autovacuum_time(C.oid) AS total_autovacuum_time,
             pg_stat_get_total_analyze_time(C.oid) AS total_analyze_time,
diff --git a/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c b/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c
index bce3a2daa24..ce83b3171be 100644
--- a/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c
+++ b/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c
@@ -792,8 +792,18 @@ vacuum_open_relation(Oid relid, RangeVar *relation, bits32 options,
 		rel = try_relation_open(relid, NoLock);
 	else
 	{
+		bits8 flags = 0;
 		rel = NULL;
 		rel_lock = false;
+
+		if ((options & VACOPT_VACUUM) != 0)
+			flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM;
+		if ((options & VACOPT_ANALYZE) != 0)
+			flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE;
+		if (AmAutoVacuumWorkerProcess())
+			flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOVAC;
+
+		pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(relid, flags);
 	}
 
 	/* if relation is opened, leave */
@@ -801,7 +811,7 @@ vacuum_open_relation(Oid relid, RangeVar *relation, bits32 options,
 		return rel;
 
 	/*
-	 * Relation could not be opened, hence generate if possible a log
+	 * Relation could not be opened hence generate if possible a log
 	 * informing on the situation.
 	 *
 	 * If the RangeVar is not defined, we do not have enough information to
@@ -904,7 +914,6 @@ expand_vacuum_rel(VacuumRelation *vrel, MemoryContext vac_context,
 		Form_pg_class classForm;
 		bool		include_children;
 		bool		is_partitioned_table;
-		int			rvr_opts;
 
 		/*
 		 * Since autovacuum workers supply OIDs when calling vacuum(), no
@@ -917,29 +926,69 @@ expand_vacuum_rel(VacuumRelation *vrel, MemoryContext vac_context,
 		 * below, as well as find_all_inheritors's expectation that the caller
 		 * holds some lock on the starting relation.
 		 */
-		rvr_opts = (options & VACOPT_SKIP_LOCKED) ? RVR_SKIP_LOCKED : 0;
-		relid = RangeVarGetRelidExtended(vrel->relation,
-										 AccessShareLock,
-										 rvr_opts,
-										 NULL, NULL);
-
-		/*
-		 * If the lock is unavailable, emit the same log statement that
-		 * vacuum_rel() and analyze_rel() would.
-		 */
-		if (!OidIsValid(relid))
+		if (!(options & VACOPT_SKIP_LOCKED))
 		{
-			if (options & VACOPT_VACUUM)
-				ereport(WARNING,
-						(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
-						 errmsg("skipping vacuum of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
-								vrel->relation->relname)));
-			else
-				ereport(WARNING,
-						(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
-						 errmsg("skipping analyze of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
+			relid = RangeVarGetRelidExtended(vrel->relation,
+											 AccessShareLock,
+											 0, NULL, NULL);
+			if (!OidIsValid(relid))
+				return vacrels;
+		}
+		else
+		{
+			/* Get relid for reporting before taking a lock */
+			relid = RangeVarGetRelid(vrel->relation, NoLock, false);
+
+			if (!ConditionalLockRelationOid(relid, AccessShareLock))
+			{
+				bits8	flags = 0;
+				/*
+				 * If the lock is unavailable, emit the same log statement that
+				 * vacuum_rel() and analyze_rel() would.
+				 */
+				if (options & VACOPT_VACUUM)
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping vacuum of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
 								vrel->relation->relname)));
-			return vacrels;
+				else
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping analyze of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
+									vrel->relation->relname)));
+
+				if ((options & VACOPT_VACUUM) != 0)
+					flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM;
+				if ((options & VACOPT_ANALYZE) != 0)
+					flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE;
+
+				pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(relid, flags);
+
+				return vacrels;
+			}
+
+			/*
+			 * Now that we have the lock, probe to see if the relation really
+			 * exists or not.
+			 */
+			if (!SearchSysCacheExists1(RELOID, ObjectIdGetDatum(relid)))
+			{
+				if (options & VACOPT_VACUUM)
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_UNDEFINED_TABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping vacuum of \"%s\" --- relation no longer exists",
+									vrel->relation->relname)));
+				else
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_UNDEFINED_TABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping analyze of \"%s\" --- relation no longer exists",
+									vrel->relation->relname)));
+
+				/* Release useless lock */
+				UnlockRelationOid(relid, AccessShareLock);
+
+				return vacrels;
+			}
 		}
 
 		/*
diff --git a/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c b/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c
index bc8c43b96aa..cec4c88980e 100644
--- a/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c
+++ b/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c
@@ -17,6 +17,7 @@
 
 #include "postgres.h"
 
+#include "access/htup_details.h"
 #include "access/twophase_rmgr.h"
 #include "access/xact.h"
 #include "catalog/catalog.h"
@@ -366,6 +367,73 @@ pgstat_report_analyze(Relation rel,
 	(void) pgstat_flush_backend(false, PGSTAT_BACKEND_FLUSH_IO);
 }
 
+/*
+ * Report that the table was skipped during vacuum or/and analyze.
+ */
+void
+pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(Oid relid, bits8 flags)
+{
+	PgStat_EntryRef *entry_ref;
+	PgStatShared_Relation *shtabentry;
+	PgStat_StatTabEntry *tabentry;
+	TimestampTz ts;
+	HeapTuple	classTup;
+	bool		isshared;
+
+	if (!pgstat_track_counts || !(flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANY))
+		return;
+
+	classTup = SearchSysCache1(RELOID, ObjectIdGetDatum(relid));
+	if (!HeapTupleIsValid(classTup))
+		return;			/* somebody deleted the rel, forget it */
+	isshared = ((Form_pg_class) GETSTRUCT(classTup))->relisshared;
+	ReleaseSysCache(classTup);
+
+	/* Store the data in the table's hash table entry. */
+	ts = GetCurrentTimestamp();
+
+	/* block acquiring lock for the same reason as pgstat_report_autovac() */
+	entry_ref = pgstat_get_entry_ref_locked(PGSTAT_KIND_RELATION,
+											isshared ? InvalidOid : MyDatabaseId,
+											relid, false);
+
+	shtabentry = (PgStatShared_Relation *) entry_ref->shared_stats;
+	tabentry = &shtabentry->stats;
+
+	if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOVAC)
+	{
+		if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM)
+		{
+			tabentry->last_skipped_autovacuum_time = ts;
+			tabentry->skipped_autovacuum_count++;
+		}
+		if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE)
+		{
+			tabentry->last_skipped_autoanalyze_time = ts;
+			tabentry->skipped_autoanalyze_count++;
+		}
+	}
+	else
+	{
+		if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM)
+		{
+			tabentry->last_skipped_vacuum_time = ts;
+			tabentry->skipped_vacuum_count++;
+		}
+		if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE)
+		{
+			tabentry->last_skipped_analyze_time = ts;
+			tabentry->skipped_analyze_count++;
+		}
+	}
+
+	pgstat_unlock_entry(entry_ref);
+
+	/* see pgstat_report_vacuum() */
+	pgstat_flush_io(false);
+	(void) pgstat_flush_backend(false, PGSTAT_BACKEND_FLUSH_IO);
+}
+
 /*
  * count a tuple insertion of n tuples
  */
diff --git a/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c b/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c
index 9185a8e6b83..18aaa3996e1 100644
--- a/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c
+++ b/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c
@@ -84,6 +84,18 @@ PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(mod_since_analyze)
 /* pg_stat_get_numscans */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(numscans)
 
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_analyze_count)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_autoanalyze_count)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_autovacuum_count)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_vacuum_count)
+
 /* pg_stat_get_tuples_deleted */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(tuples_deleted)
 
@@ -170,6 +182,18 @@ PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_vacuum_time)
 /* pg_stat_get_lastscan */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(lastscan)
 
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_analyze_time)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_autoanalyze_time)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_autovacuum_time)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_vacuum_time)
+
 /* pg_stat_get_stat_reset_time */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(stat_reset_time)
 
diff --git a/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat b/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat
index 0118e970dda..ccfe3d9e02a 100644
--- a/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat
+++ b/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat
@@ -5667,6 +5667,38 @@
   proname => 'pg_stat_get_total_autoanalyze_time', provolatile => 's',
   proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'float8', proargtypes => 'oid',
   prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_total_autoanalyze_time' },
+{ oid => '8142', descr => 'statistics: last skipped vacuum time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time' },
+{ oid => '8143', descr => 'statistics: last skipped auto vacuum time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time' },
+{ oid => '8144', descr => 'statistics: last skipped analyze time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time' },
+{ oid => '8145', descr => 'statistics: last skipped auto analyze time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time' },
+{ oid => '8146', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped vacuum for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count' },
+{ oid => '8147', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped auto vacuum for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count' },
+{ oid => '8148', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped analyzes for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count' },
+{ oid => '8149', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped auto analyzes for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count' },
 { oid => '1936', descr => 'statistics: currently active backend IDs',
   proname => 'pg_stat_get_backend_idset', prorows => '100', proretset => 't',
   provolatile => 's', proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int4',
diff --git a/src/include/pgstat.h b/src/include/pgstat.h
index 8e3549c3752..343081a7a25 100644
--- a/src/include/pgstat.h
+++ b/src/include/pgstat.h
@@ -479,6 +479,15 @@ typedef struct PgStat_StatTabEntry
 	TimestampTz last_autoanalyze_time;	/* autovacuum initiated */
 	PgStat_Counter autoanalyze_count;
 
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_vacuum_time;	/* user initiated vacuum */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_vacuum_count;
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_autovacuum_time;	/* autovacuum initiated */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_autovacuum_count;
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_analyze_time;	/* user initiated */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_analyze_count;
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_autoanalyze_time;	/* autovacuum initiated */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_autoanalyze_count;
+
 	PgStat_Counter total_vacuum_time;	/* times in milliseconds */
 	PgStat_Counter total_autovacuum_time;
 	PgStat_Counter total_analyze_time;
@@ -707,6 +716,13 @@ extern void pgstat_report_analyze(Relation rel,
 								  PgStat_Counter livetuples, PgStat_Counter deadtuples,
 								  bool resetcounter, TimestampTz starttime);
 
+/* flags for pgstat_flush_backend() */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM	(1 << 0)	/* vacuum is skipped */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE	(1 << 1)	/* analyze is skipped */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOVAC	(1 << 2)	/* skipped during autovacuum/autoanalyze */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANY   (PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM | PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE)
+extern void pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(Oid relid, bits8 flags);
+
 /*
  * If stats are enabled, but pending data hasn't been prepared yet, call
  * pgstat_assoc_relation() to do so. See its comment for why this is done
diff --git a/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out b/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out
index 2b3cf6d8569..4ccfc43e903 100644
--- a/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out
+++ b/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out
@@ -1835,13 +1835,21 @@ pg_stat_all_tables| SELECT c.oid AS relid,
     pg_stat_get_mod_since_analyze(c.oid) AS n_mod_since_analyze,
     pg_stat_get_ins_since_vacuum(c.oid) AS n_ins_since_vacuum,
     pg_stat_get_last_vacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_vacuum,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_vacuum,
     pg_stat_get_last_autovacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_autovacuum,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_autovacuum,
     pg_stat_get_last_analyze_time(c.oid) AS last_analyze,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_analyze,
     pg_stat_get_last_autoanalyze_time(c.oid) AS last_autoanalyze,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_autoanalyze,
     pg_stat_get_vacuum_count(c.oid) AS vacuum_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count(c.oid) AS skipped_vacuum_count,
     pg_stat_get_autovacuum_count(c.oid) AS autovacuum_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count(c.oid) AS skipped_autovacuum_count,
     pg_stat_get_analyze_count(c.oid) AS analyze_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count(c.oid) AS skipped_analyze_count,
     pg_stat_get_autoanalyze_count(c.oid) AS autoanalyze_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count(c.oid) AS skipped_autoanalyze_count,
     pg_stat_get_total_vacuum_time(c.oid) AS total_vacuum_time,
     pg_stat_get_total_autovacuum_time(c.oid) AS total_autovacuum_time,
     pg_stat_get_total_analyze_time(c.oid) AS total_analyze_time,
@@ -2293,13 +2301,21 @@ pg_stat_sys_tables| SELECT relid,
     n_mod_since_analyze,
     n_ins_since_vacuum,
     last_vacuum,
+    last_skipped_vacuum,
     last_autovacuum,
+    last_skipped_autovacuum,
     last_analyze,
+    last_skipped_analyze,
     last_autoanalyze,
+    last_skipped_autoanalyze,
     vacuum_count,
+    skipped_vacuum_count,
     autovacuum_count,
+    skipped_autovacuum_count,
     analyze_count,
+    skipped_analyze_count,
     autoanalyze_count,
+    skipped_autoanalyze_count,
     total_vacuum_time,
     total_autovacuum_time,
     total_analyze_time,
@@ -2348,13 +2364,21 @@ pg_stat_user_tables| SELECT relid,
     n_mod_since_analyze,
     n_ins_since_vacuum,
     last_vacuum,
+    last_skipped_vacuum,
     last_autovacuum,
+    last_skipped_autovacuum,
     last_analyze,
+    last_skipped_analyze,
     last_autoanalyze,
+    last_skipped_autoanalyze,
     vacuum_count,
+    skipped_vacuum_count,
     autovacuum_count,
+    skipped_autovacuum_count,
     analyze_count,
+    skipped_analyze_count,
     autoanalyze_count,
+    skipped_autoanalyze_count,
     total_vacuum_time,
     total_autovacuum_time,
     total_analyze_time,
-- 
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* [PATCH v4] Track skipped vacuum and analyze activity per relation
@ 2026-03-24 04:09 Yugo Nagata <[email protected]>
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From: Yugo Nagata @ 2026-03-24 04:09 UTC (permalink / raw)

This commit adds eight fields to the relation statistics that track
the last time vacuum or analyze has been attempted but skipped due to
lock unavailability, along with their counts:

-    last_skipped_vacuum
-    last_skipped_autovacuum
-    last_skipped_analyze
-    last_skipped_autoanalyze
-    skipped_vacuum_count
-    skipped_autovacuum_count
-    skipped_analyze_count
-    skipped_autoanalyze_count

These field can help users confirm that autovacuum is actively attempting
to run on a table that has not been vacuumed or analyzed for a long time,
and that the lack of progress is due to repeated skips rather than inactivity.
---
 doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml                 |  88 ++++++++++++++++
 src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql         |   8 ++
 src/backend/commands/vacuum.c                | 102 ++++++++++++++-----
 src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c |  64 ++++++++++++
 src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c          |  24 +++++
 src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat              |  32 ++++++
 src/include/pgstat.h                         |  16 +++
 src/test/regress/expected/rules.out          |  24 +++++
 8 files changed, 335 insertions(+), 23 deletions(-)

diff --git a/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml b/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml
index 08d5b824552..a9b579d87a9 100644
--- a/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml
+++ b/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml
@@ -4387,6 +4387,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_vacuum</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time a manual vacuum on this table was attempted but skipped due to
+       lock unavailability (not counting <command>VACUUM FULL</command>)
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>last_autovacuum</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
@@ -4397,6 +4407,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_autovacuum</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time a vacuum on this table by the autovacuum daemon was attempted
+       but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>last_analyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
@@ -4406,6 +4426,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_analyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time a manual analyze on this table was attempted but skipped due to
+       lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>last_autoanalyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
@@ -4416,6 +4446,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_autoanalyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time at which an analyze on this table by the autovacuum was
+       attempted but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>vacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4426,6 +4466,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_vacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times manual vacuums on this table have been attempted but skipped
+       due to lock unavailability (not counting <command>VACUUM FULL</command>)
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>autovacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4436,6 +4486,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_autovacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times vacuums on this table by the autovacuum daemon have been
+       attempted but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>analyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4445,6 +4505,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_analyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times manual analyzes on this table have been attempted but
+       skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>autoanalyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4455,6 +4525,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_autoanalyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times analyzes on this table by the autovacuum daemon have
+       been attempted but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>total_vacuum_time</structfield> <type>double precision</type>
@@ -4510,6 +4590,14 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
    </tgroup>
   </table>
 
+  <note>
+   <para>
+    When a manual vacuum or analyze on a parent table in an inheritance or
+    partitioning hierarchy is skipped, the statistics are recorded only for
+    the parent table, not for its children.
+   </para>
+  </note>
+
  </sect2>
 
  <sect2 id="monitoring-pg-stat-autovacuum-scores-view">
diff --git a/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql b/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql
index 73a1c1c4670..f509fc7876b 100644
--- a/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql
+++ b/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql
@@ -736,13 +736,21 @@ CREATE VIEW pg_stat_all_tables AS
             pg_stat_get_mod_since_analyze(C.oid) AS n_mod_since_analyze,
             pg_stat_get_ins_since_vacuum(C.oid) AS n_ins_since_vacuum,
             pg_stat_get_last_vacuum_time(C.oid) as last_vacuum,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_vacuum,
             pg_stat_get_last_autovacuum_time(C.oid) as last_autovacuum,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_autovacuum,
             pg_stat_get_last_analyze_time(C.oid) as last_analyze,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_analyze,
             pg_stat_get_last_autoanalyze_time(C.oid) as last_autoanalyze,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_autoanalyze,
             pg_stat_get_vacuum_count(C.oid) AS vacuum_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count(C.oid) AS skipped_vacuum_count,
             pg_stat_get_autovacuum_count(C.oid) AS autovacuum_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count(C.oid) AS skipped_autovacuum_count,
             pg_stat_get_analyze_count(C.oid) AS analyze_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count(C.oid) AS skipped_analyze_count,
             pg_stat_get_autoanalyze_count(C.oid) AS autoanalyze_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count(C.oid) AS skipped_autoanalyze_count,
             pg_stat_get_total_vacuum_time(C.oid) AS total_vacuum_time,
             pg_stat_get_total_autovacuum_time(C.oid) AS total_autovacuum_time,
             pg_stat_get_total_analyze_time(C.oid) AS total_analyze_time,
diff --git a/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c b/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c
index 99d0db82ed7..97cd5ea8d10 100644
--- a/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c
+++ b/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c
@@ -793,8 +793,25 @@ vacuum_open_relation(Oid relid, RangeVar *relation, uint32 options,
 		rel = try_relation_open(relid, NoLock);
 	else
 	{
+		int flags = 0;
 		rel = NULL;
 		rel_lock = false;
+
+		if ((options & VACOPT_VACUUM) != 0)
+		{
+			if (AmAutoVacuumWorkerProcess())
+				flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOVACUUM;
+			else
+				flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM;
+		}
+		if ((options & VACOPT_ANALYZE) != 0)
+		{
+			if (AmAutoVacuumWorkerProcess())
+				flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOANALYZE;
+			else
+				flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE;
+		}
+		pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(relid, flags);
 	}
 
 	/* if relation is opened, leave */
@@ -802,7 +819,7 @@ vacuum_open_relation(Oid relid, RangeVar *relation, uint32 options,
 		return rel;
 
 	/*
-	 * Relation could not be opened, hence generate if possible a log
+	 * Relation could not be opened hence generate if possible a log
 	 * informing on the situation.
 	 *
 	 * If the RangeVar is not defined, we do not have enough information to
@@ -905,7 +922,6 @@ expand_vacuum_rel(VacuumRelation *vrel, MemoryContext vac_context,
 		Form_pg_class classForm;
 		bool		include_children;
 		bool		is_partitioned_table;
-		int			rvr_opts;
 
 		/*
 		 * Since autovacuum workers supply OIDs when calling vacuum(), no
@@ -918,29 +934,69 @@ expand_vacuum_rel(VacuumRelation *vrel, MemoryContext vac_context,
 		 * below, as well as find_all_inheritors's expectation that the caller
 		 * holds some lock on the starting relation.
 		 */
-		rvr_opts = (options & VACOPT_SKIP_LOCKED) ? RVR_SKIP_LOCKED : 0;
-		relid = RangeVarGetRelidExtended(vrel->relation,
-										 AccessShareLock,
-										 rvr_opts,
-										 NULL, NULL);
-
-		/*
-		 * If the lock is unavailable, emit the same log statement that
-		 * vacuum_rel() and analyze_rel() would.
-		 */
-		if (!OidIsValid(relid))
+		if (!(options & VACOPT_SKIP_LOCKED))
 		{
-			if (options & VACOPT_VACUUM)
-				ereport(WARNING,
-						(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
-						 errmsg("skipping vacuum of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
-								vrel->relation->relname)));
-			else
-				ereport(WARNING,
-						(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
-						 errmsg("skipping analyze of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
+			relid = RangeVarGetRelidExtended(vrel->relation,
+											 AccessShareLock,
+											 0, NULL, NULL);
+			if (!OidIsValid(relid))
+				return vacrels;
+		}
+		else
+		{
+			/* Get relid for reporting before taking a lock */
+			relid = RangeVarGetRelid(vrel->relation, NoLock, false);
+
+			if (!ConditionalLockRelationOid(relid, AccessShareLock))
+			{
+				int	flags = 0;
+				/*
+				 * If the lock is unavailable, emit the same log statement that
+				 * vacuum_rel() and analyze_rel() would.
+				 */
+				if (options & VACOPT_VACUUM)
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping vacuum of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
 								vrel->relation->relname)));
-			return vacrels;
+				else
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping analyze of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
+									vrel->relation->relname)));
+
+				if ((options & VACOPT_VACUUM) != 0)
+					flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM;
+				if ((options & VACOPT_ANALYZE) != 0)
+					flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE;
+
+				pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(relid, flags);
+
+				return vacrels;
+			}
+
+			/*
+			 * Now that we have the lock, probe to see if the relation really
+			 * exists or not.
+			 */
+			if (!SearchSysCacheExists1(RELOID, ObjectIdGetDatum(relid)))
+			{
+				if (options & VACOPT_VACUUM)
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_UNDEFINED_TABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping vacuum of \"%s\" --- relation no longer exists",
+									vrel->relation->relname)));
+				else
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_UNDEFINED_TABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping analyze of \"%s\" --- relation no longer exists",
+									vrel->relation->relname)));
+
+				/* Release useless lock */
+				UnlockRelationOid(relid, AccessShareLock);
+
+				return vacrels;
+			}
 		}
 
 		/*
diff --git a/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c b/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c
index b2ca28f83ba..532d9023f8c 100644
--- a/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c
+++ b/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c
@@ -17,12 +17,14 @@
 
 #include "postgres.h"
 
+#include "access/htup_details.h"
 #include "access/twophase_rmgr.h"
 #include "access/xact.h"
 #include "catalog/catalog.h"
 #include "utils/memutils.h"
 #include "utils/pgstat_internal.h"
 #include "utils/rel.h"
+#include "utils/syscache.h"
 #include "utils/timestamp.h"
 
 
@@ -367,6 +369,68 @@ pgstat_report_analyze(Relation rel,
 	(void) pgstat_flush_backend(false, PGSTAT_BACKEND_FLUSH_IO);
 }
 
+/*
+ * Report that the table was skipped during vacuum or/and analyze.
+ */
+void
+pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(Oid relid, int flags)
+{
+	PgStat_EntryRef *entry_ref;
+	PgStatShared_Relation *shtabentry;
+	PgStat_StatTabEntry *tabentry;
+	TimestampTz ts;
+	HeapTuple	classTup;
+	bool		isshared;
+
+	if (!pgstat_track_counts || !flags)
+		return;
+
+	classTup = SearchSysCache1(RELOID, ObjectIdGetDatum(relid));
+	if (!HeapTupleIsValid(classTup))
+		return;			/* somebody deleted the rel, forget it */
+	isshared = ((Form_pg_class) GETSTRUCT(classTup))->relisshared;
+	ReleaseSysCache(classTup);
+
+	/* Store the data in the table's hash table entry. */
+	ts = GetCurrentTimestamp();
+
+	/* block acquiring lock for the same reason as pgstat_report_autovac() */
+	entry_ref = pgstat_get_entry_ref_locked(PGSTAT_KIND_RELATION,
+											isshared ? InvalidOid : MyDatabaseId,
+											relid, false);
+
+	shtabentry = (PgStatShared_Relation *) entry_ref->shared_stats;
+	tabentry = &shtabentry->stats;
+
+	if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM)
+	{
+		tabentry->last_skipped_vacuum_time = ts;
+		tabentry->skipped_vacuum_count++;
+	}
+	else if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOVACUUM)
+	{
+		tabentry->last_skipped_autovacuum_time = ts;
+		tabentry->skipped_autovacuum_count++;
+	}
+
+	if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE)
+	{
+		tabentry->last_skipped_analyze_time = ts;
+		tabentry->skipped_analyze_count++;
+	}
+	else if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOANALYZE)
+	{
+		tabentry->last_skipped_autoanalyze_time = ts;
+		tabentry->skipped_autoanalyze_count++;
+	}
+
+	pgstat_unlock_entry(entry_ref);
+
+	/* see pgstat_report_vacuum() */
+	pgstat_flush_io(false);
+	(void) pgstat_flush_backend(false, PGSTAT_BACKEND_FLUSH_IO);
+}
+
 /*
  * count a tuple insertion of n tuples
  */
diff --git a/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c b/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c
index 1408de387ea..90a8968faa0 100644
--- a/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c
+++ b/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c
@@ -84,6 +84,18 @@ PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(mod_since_analyze)
 /* pg_stat_get_numscans */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(numscans)
 
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_analyze_count)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_autoanalyze_count)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_autovacuum_count)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_vacuum_count)
+
 /* pg_stat_get_tuples_deleted */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(tuples_deleted)
 
@@ -170,6 +182,18 @@ PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_vacuum_time)
 /* pg_stat_get_lastscan */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(lastscan)
 
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_analyze_time)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_autoanalyze_time)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_autovacuum_time)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_vacuum_time)
+
 /* pg_stat_get_stat_reset_time */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(stat_reset_time)
 
diff --git a/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat b/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat
index fa9ae79082b..32debb34863 100644
--- a/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat
+++ b/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat
@@ -5680,6 +5680,38 @@
   proargmodes => '{o,o,o,o,o,o,o,o,o,o}',
   proargnames => '{oid,score,xid_score,mxid_score,vacuum_score,vacuum_insert_score,analyze_score,do_vacuum,do_analyze,for_wraparound}',
   prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_autovacuum_scores' },
+{ oid => '8142', descr => 'statistics: last skipped vacuum time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time' },
+{ oid => '8143', descr => 'statistics: last skipped auto vacuum time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time' },
+{ oid => '8144', descr => 'statistics: last skipped analyze time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time' },
+{ oid => '8145', descr => 'statistics: last skipped auto analyze time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time' },
+{ oid => '8146', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped vacuum for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count' },
+{ oid => '8147', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped auto vacuum for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count' },
+{ oid => '8148', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped analyzes for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count' },
+{ oid => '8149', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped auto analyzes for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count' },
 { oid => '1936', descr => 'statistics: currently active backend IDs',
   proname => 'pg_stat_get_backend_idset', prorows => '100', proretset => 't',
   provolatile => 's', proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int4',
diff --git a/src/include/pgstat.h b/src/include/pgstat.h
index dfa2e837638..98941f953d1 100644
--- a/src/include/pgstat.h
+++ b/src/include/pgstat.h
@@ -479,6 +479,15 @@ typedef struct PgStat_StatTabEntry
 	TimestampTz last_autoanalyze_time;	/* autovacuum initiated */
 	PgStat_Counter autoanalyze_count;
 
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_vacuum_time;	/* user initiated vacuum */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_vacuum_count;
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_autovacuum_time;	/* autovacuum initiated */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_autovacuum_count;
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_analyze_time;	/* user initiated */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_analyze_count;
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_autoanalyze_time;	/* autovacuum initiated */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_autoanalyze_count;
+
 	PgStat_Counter total_vacuum_time;	/* times in milliseconds */
 	PgStat_Counter total_autovacuum_time;
 	PgStat_Counter total_analyze_time;
@@ -703,6 +712,13 @@ extern void pgstat_report_analyze(Relation rel,
 								  PgStat_Counter livetuples, PgStat_Counter deadtuples,
 								  bool resetcounter, TimestampTz starttime);
 
+/* flags for pgstat_flush_backend() */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM		(1 << 0)	/* vacuum is skipped */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE		(1 << 1)	/* analyze is skipped */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOVACUUM	(1 << 2)	/* autovacuum is skipped */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOANALYZE	(1 << 3)	/* autoanalyze is skipped */
+extern void pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(Oid relid, int flags);
+
 /*
  * If stats are enabled, but pending data hasn't been prepared yet, call
  * pgstat_assoc_relation() to do so. See its comment for why this is done
diff --git a/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out b/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out
index a65a5bf0c4f..9b2075d3373 100644
--- a/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out
+++ b/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out
@@ -1835,13 +1835,21 @@ pg_stat_all_tables| SELECT c.oid AS relid,
     pg_stat_get_mod_since_analyze(c.oid) AS n_mod_since_analyze,
     pg_stat_get_ins_since_vacuum(c.oid) AS n_ins_since_vacuum,
     pg_stat_get_last_vacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_vacuum,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_vacuum,
     pg_stat_get_last_autovacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_autovacuum,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_autovacuum,
     pg_stat_get_last_analyze_time(c.oid) AS last_analyze,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_analyze,
     pg_stat_get_last_autoanalyze_time(c.oid) AS last_autoanalyze,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_autoanalyze,
     pg_stat_get_vacuum_count(c.oid) AS vacuum_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count(c.oid) AS skipped_vacuum_count,
     pg_stat_get_autovacuum_count(c.oid) AS autovacuum_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count(c.oid) AS skipped_autovacuum_count,
     pg_stat_get_analyze_count(c.oid) AS analyze_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count(c.oid) AS skipped_analyze_count,
     pg_stat_get_autoanalyze_count(c.oid) AS autoanalyze_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count(c.oid) AS skipped_autoanalyze_count,
     pg_stat_get_total_vacuum_time(c.oid) AS total_vacuum_time,
     pg_stat_get_total_autovacuum_time(c.oid) AS total_autovacuum_time,
     pg_stat_get_total_analyze_time(c.oid) AS total_analyze_time,
@@ -2346,13 +2354,21 @@ pg_stat_sys_tables| SELECT relid,
     n_mod_since_analyze,
     n_ins_since_vacuum,
     last_vacuum,
+    last_skipped_vacuum,
     last_autovacuum,
+    last_skipped_autovacuum,
     last_analyze,
+    last_skipped_analyze,
     last_autoanalyze,
+    last_skipped_autoanalyze,
     vacuum_count,
+    skipped_vacuum_count,
     autovacuum_count,
+    skipped_autovacuum_count,
     analyze_count,
+    skipped_analyze_count,
     autoanalyze_count,
+    skipped_autoanalyze_count,
     total_vacuum_time,
     total_autovacuum_time,
     total_analyze_time,
@@ -2401,13 +2417,21 @@ pg_stat_user_tables| SELECT relid,
     n_mod_since_analyze,
     n_ins_since_vacuum,
     last_vacuum,
+    last_skipped_vacuum,
     last_autovacuum,
+    last_skipped_autovacuum,
     last_analyze,
+    last_skipped_analyze,
     last_autoanalyze,
+    last_skipped_autoanalyze,
     vacuum_count,
+    skipped_vacuum_count,
     autovacuum_count,
+    skipped_autovacuum_count,
     analyze_count,
+    skipped_analyze_count,
     autoanalyze_count,
+    skipped_autoanalyze_count,
     total_vacuum_time,
     total_autovacuum_time,
     total_analyze_time,
-- 
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* [PATCH v5] Track skipped vacuum and analyze activity per relation
@ 2026-03-24 04:09 Yugo Nagata <[email protected]>
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From: Yugo Nagata @ 2026-03-24 04:09 UTC (permalink / raw)

This commit adds eight fields to the relation statistics that track
the last time vacuum or analyze has been attempted but skipped due to
lock unavailability, along with their counts:

-    last_skipped_vacuum
-    last_skipped_autovacuum
-    last_skipped_analyze
-    last_skipped_autoanalyze
-    skipped_vacuum_count
-    skipped_autovacuum_count
-    skipped_analyze_count
-    skipped_autoanalyze_count

These field can help users confirm that autovacuum is actively attempting
to run on a table that has not been vacuumed or analyzed for a long time,
and that the lack of progress is due to repeated skips rather than inactivity.
---
 doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml                  |  88 ++++++
 src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql          |   8 +
 src/backend/commands/vacuum.c                 | 100 +++++--
 src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c  |  64 +++++
 src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c           |  24 ++
 src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat               |  32 +++
 src/include/pgstat.h                          |  16 ++
 .../isolation/expected/vacuum-skip-locked.out | 260 ++++++++++++++++--
 .../isolation/specs/vacuum-skip-locked.spec   |  41 +--
 src/test/regress/expected/rules.out           |  24 ++
 10 files changed, 601 insertions(+), 56 deletions(-)

diff --git a/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml b/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml
index 08d5b824552..a9b579d87a9 100644
--- a/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml
+++ b/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml
@@ -4387,6 +4387,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_vacuum</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time a manual vacuum on this table was attempted but skipped due to
+       lock unavailability (not counting <command>VACUUM FULL</command>)
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>last_autovacuum</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
@@ -4397,6 +4407,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_autovacuum</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time a vacuum on this table by the autovacuum daemon was attempted
+       but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>last_analyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
@@ -4406,6 +4426,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_analyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time a manual analyze on this table was attempted but skipped due to
+       lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>last_autoanalyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
@@ -4416,6 +4446,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_autoanalyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time at which an analyze on this table by the autovacuum was
+       attempted but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>vacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4426,6 +4466,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_vacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times manual vacuums on this table have been attempted but skipped
+       due to lock unavailability (not counting <command>VACUUM FULL</command>)
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>autovacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4436,6 +4486,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_autovacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times vacuums on this table by the autovacuum daemon have been
+       attempted but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>analyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4445,6 +4505,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_analyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times manual analyzes on this table have been attempted but
+       skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>autoanalyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4455,6 +4525,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_autoanalyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times analyzes on this table by the autovacuum daemon have
+       been attempted but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>total_vacuum_time</structfield> <type>double precision</type>
@@ -4510,6 +4590,14 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
    </tgroup>
   </table>
 
+  <note>
+   <para>
+    When a manual vacuum or analyze on a parent table in an inheritance or
+    partitioning hierarchy is skipped, the statistics are recorded only for
+    the parent table, not for its children.
+   </para>
+  </note>
+
  </sect2>
 
  <sect2 id="monitoring-pg-stat-autovacuum-scores-view">
diff --git a/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql b/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql
index 73a1c1c4670..f509fc7876b 100644
--- a/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql
+++ b/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql
@@ -736,13 +736,21 @@ CREATE VIEW pg_stat_all_tables AS
             pg_stat_get_mod_since_analyze(C.oid) AS n_mod_since_analyze,
             pg_stat_get_ins_since_vacuum(C.oid) AS n_ins_since_vacuum,
             pg_stat_get_last_vacuum_time(C.oid) as last_vacuum,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_vacuum,
             pg_stat_get_last_autovacuum_time(C.oid) as last_autovacuum,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_autovacuum,
             pg_stat_get_last_analyze_time(C.oid) as last_analyze,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_analyze,
             pg_stat_get_last_autoanalyze_time(C.oid) as last_autoanalyze,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_autoanalyze,
             pg_stat_get_vacuum_count(C.oid) AS vacuum_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count(C.oid) AS skipped_vacuum_count,
             pg_stat_get_autovacuum_count(C.oid) AS autovacuum_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count(C.oid) AS skipped_autovacuum_count,
             pg_stat_get_analyze_count(C.oid) AS analyze_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count(C.oid) AS skipped_analyze_count,
             pg_stat_get_autoanalyze_count(C.oid) AS autoanalyze_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count(C.oid) AS skipped_autoanalyze_count,
             pg_stat_get_total_vacuum_time(C.oid) AS total_vacuum_time,
             pg_stat_get_total_autovacuum_time(C.oid) AS total_autovacuum_time,
             pg_stat_get_total_analyze_time(C.oid) AS total_analyze_time,
diff --git a/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c b/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c
index 99d0db82ed7..df6526225e4 100644
--- a/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c
+++ b/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c
@@ -793,8 +793,25 @@ vacuum_open_relation(Oid relid, RangeVar *relation, uint32 options,
 		rel = try_relation_open(relid, NoLock);
 	else
 	{
+		int flags = 0;
 		rel = NULL;
 		rel_lock = false;
+
+		if ((options & VACOPT_VACUUM) != 0 && (options & VACOPT_FULL) == 0)
+		{
+			if (AmAutoVacuumWorkerProcess())
+				flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOVACUUM;
+			else
+				flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM;
+		}
+		if ((options & VACOPT_ANALYZE) != 0)
+		{
+			if (AmAutoVacuumWorkerProcess())
+				flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOANALYZE;
+			else
+				flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE;
+		}
+		pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(relid, flags);
 	}
 
 	/* if relation is opened, leave */
@@ -905,7 +922,6 @@ expand_vacuum_rel(VacuumRelation *vrel, MemoryContext vac_context,
 		Form_pg_class classForm;
 		bool		include_children;
 		bool		is_partitioned_table;
-		int			rvr_opts;
 
 		/*
 		 * Since autovacuum workers supply OIDs when calling vacuum(), no
@@ -918,29 +934,69 @@ expand_vacuum_rel(VacuumRelation *vrel, MemoryContext vac_context,
 		 * below, as well as find_all_inheritors's expectation that the caller
 		 * holds some lock on the starting relation.
 		 */
-		rvr_opts = (options & VACOPT_SKIP_LOCKED) ? RVR_SKIP_LOCKED : 0;
-		relid = RangeVarGetRelidExtended(vrel->relation,
-										 AccessShareLock,
-										 rvr_opts,
-										 NULL, NULL);
-
-		/*
-		 * If the lock is unavailable, emit the same log statement that
-		 * vacuum_rel() and analyze_rel() would.
-		 */
-		if (!OidIsValid(relid))
+		if (!(options & VACOPT_SKIP_LOCKED))
 		{
-			if (options & VACOPT_VACUUM)
-				ereport(WARNING,
-						(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
-						 errmsg("skipping vacuum of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
-								vrel->relation->relname)));
-			else
-				ereport(WARNING,
-						(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
-						 errmsg("skipping analyze of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
+			relid = RangeVarGetRelidExtended(vrel->relation,
+											 AccessShareLock,
+											 0, NULL, NULL);
+			if (!OidIsValid(relid))
+				return vacrels;
+		}
+		else
+		{
+			/* Get relid for reporting before taking a lock */
+			relid = RangeVarGetRelid(vrel->relation, NoLock, false);
+
+			if (!ConditionalLockRelationOid(relid, AccessShareLock))
+			{
+				int	flags = 0;
+				/*
+				 * If the lock is unavailable, emit the same log statement that
+				 * vacuum_rel() and analyze_rel() would.
+				 */
+				if (options & VACOPT_VACUUM)
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping vacuum of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
 								vrel->relation->relname)));
-			return vacrels;
+				else
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping analyze of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
+									vrel->relation->relname)));
+
+				if ((options & VACOPT_VACUUM) != 0 && (options & VACOPT_FULL) == 0)
+					flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM;
+				if ((options & VACOPT_ANALYZE) != 0)
+					flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE;
+
+				pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(relid, flags);
+
+				return vacrels;
+			}
+
+			/*
+			 * Now that we have the lock, probe to see if the relation really
+			 * exists or not.
+			 */
+			if (!SearchSysCacheExists1(RELOID, ObjectIdGetDatum(relid)))
+			{
+				if (options & VACOPT_VACUUM)
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_UNDEFINED_TABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping vacuum of \"%s\" --- relation no longer exists",
+									vrel->relation->relname)));
+				else
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_UNDEFINED_TABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping analyze of \"%s\" --- relation no longer exists",
+									vrel->relation->relname)));
+
+				/* Release useless lock */
+				UnlockRelationOid(relid, AccessShareLock);
+
+				return vacrels;
+			}
 		}
 
 		/*
diff --git a/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c b/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c
index b2ca28f83ba..532d9023f8c 100644
--- a/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c
+++ b/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c
@@ -17,12 +17,14 @@
 
 #include "postgres.h"
 
+#include "access/htup_details.h"
 #include "access/twophase_rmgr.h"
 #include "access/xact.h"
 #include "catalog/catalog.h"
 #include "utils/memutils.h"
 #include "utils/pgstat_internal.h"
 #include "utils/rel.h"
+#include "utils/syscache.h"
 #include "utils/timestamp.h"
 
 
@@ -367,6 +369,68 @@ pgstat_report_analyze(Relation rel,
 	(void) pgstat_flush_backend(false, PGSTAT_BACKEND_FLUSH_IO);
 }
 
+/*
+ * Report that the table was skipped during vacuum or/and analyze.
+ */
+void
+pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(Oid relid, int flags)
+{
+	PgStat_EntryRef *entry_ref;
+	PgStatShared_Relation *shtabentry;
+	PgStat_StatTabEntry *tabentry;
+	TimestampTz ts;
+	HeapTuple	classTup;
+	bool		isshared;
+
+	if (!pgstat_track_counts || !flags)
+		return;
+
+	classTup = SearchSysCache1(RELOID, ObjectIdGetDatum(relid));
+	if (!HeapTupleIsValid(classTup))
+		return;			/* somebody deleted the rel, forget it */
+	isshared = ((Form_pg_class) GETSTRUCT(classTup))->relisshared;
+	ReleaseSysCache(classTup);
+
+	/* Store the data in the table's hash table entry. */
+	ts = GetCurrentTimestamp();
+
+	/* block acquiring lock for the same reason as pgstat_report_autovac() */
+	entry_ref = pgstat_get_entry_ref_locked(PGSTAT_KIND_RELATION,
+											isshared ? InvalidOid : MyDatabaseId,
+											relid, false);
+
+	shtabentry = (PgStatShared_Relation *) entry_ref->shared_stats;
+	tabentry = &shtabentry->stats;
+
+	if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM)
+	{
+		tabentry->last_skipped_vacuum_time = ts;
+		tabentry->skipped_vacuum_count++;
+	}
+	else if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOVACUUM)
+	{
+		tabentry->last_skipped_autovacuum_time = ts;
+		tabentry->skipped_autovacuum_count++;
+	}
+
+	if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE)
+	{
+		tabentry->last_skipped_analyze_time = ts;
+		tabentry->skipped_analyze_count++;
+	}
+	else if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOANALYZE)
+	{
+		tabentry->last_skipped_autoanalyze_time = ts;
+		tabentry->skipped_autoanalyze_count++;
+	}
+
+	pgstat_unlock_entry(entry_ref);
+
+	/* see pgstat_report_vacuum() */
+	pgstat_flush_io(false);
+	(void) pgstat_flush_backend(false, PGSTAT_BACKEND_FLUSH_IO);
+}
+
 /*
  * count a tuple insertion of n tuples
  */
diff --git a/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c b/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c
index 1408de387ea..90a8968faa0 100644
--- a/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c
+++ b/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c
@@ -84,6 +84,18 @@ PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(mod_since_analyze)
 /* pg_stat_get_numscans */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(numscans)
 
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_analyze_count)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_autoanalyze_count)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_autovacuum_count)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_vacuum_count)
+
 /* pg_stat_get_tuples_deleted */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(tuples_deleted)
 
@@ -170,6 +182,18 @@ PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_vacuum_time)
 /* pg_stat_get_lastscan */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(lastscan)
 
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_analyze_time)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_autoanalyze_time)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_autovacuum_time)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_vacuum_time)
+
 /* pg_stat_get_stat_reset_time */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(stat_reset_time)
 
diff --git a/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat b/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat
index fa9ae79082b..32debb34863 100644
--- a/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat
+++ b/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat
@@ -5680,6 +5680,38 @@
   proargmodes => '{o,o,o,o,o,o,o,o,o,o}',
   proargnames => '{oid,score,xid_score,mxid_score,vacuum_score,vacuum_insert_score,analyze_score,do_vacuum,do_analyze,for_wraparound}',
   prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_autovacuum_scores' },
+{ oid => '8142', descr => 'statistics: last skipped vacuum time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time' },
+{ oid => '8143', descr => 'statistics: last skipped auto vacuum time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time' },
+{ oid => '8144', descr => 'statistics: last skipped analyze time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time' },
+{ oid => '8145', descr => 'statistics: last skipped auto analyze time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time' },
+{ oid => '8146', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped vacuum for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count' },
+{ oid => '8147', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped auto vacuum for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count' },
+{ oid => '8148', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped analyzes for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count' },
+{ oid => '8149', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped auto analyzes for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count' },
 { oid => '1936', descr => 'statistics: currently active backend IDs',
   proname => 'pg_stat_get_backend_idset', prorows => '100', proretset => 't',
   provolatile => 's', proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int4',
diff --git a/src/include/pgstat.h b/src/include/pgstat.h
index dfa2e837638..98941f953d1 100644
--- a/src/include/pgstat.h
+++ b/src/include/pgstat.h
@@ -479,6 +479,15 @@ typedef struct PgStat_StatTabEntry
 	TimestampTz last_autoanalyze_time;	/* autovacuum initiated */
 	PgStat_Counter autoanalyze_count;
 
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_vacuum_time;	/* user initiated vacuum */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_vacuum_count;
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_autovacuum_time;	/* autovacuum initiated */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_autovacuum_count;
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_analyze_time;	/* user initiated */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_analyze_count;
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_autoanalyze_time;	/* autovacuum initiated */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_autoanalyze_count;
+
 	PgStat_Counter total_vacuum_time;	/* times in milliseconds */
 	PgStat_Counter total_autovacuum_time;
 	PgStat_Counter total_analyze_time;
@@ -703,6 +712,13 @@ extern void pgstat_report_analyze(Relation rel,
 								  PgStat_Counter livetuples, PgStat_Counter deadtuples,
 								  bool resetcounter, TimestampTz starttime);
 
+/* flags for pgstat_flush_backend() */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM		(1 << 0)	/* vacuum is skipped */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE		(1 << 1)	/* analyze is skipped */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOVACUUM	(1 << 2)	/* autovacuum is skipped */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOANALYZE	(1 << 3)	/* autoanalyze is skipped */
+extern void pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(Oid relid, int flags);
+
 /*
  * If stats are enabled, but pending data hasn't been prepared yet, call
  * pgstat_assoc_relation() to do so. See its comment for why this is done
diff --git a/src/test/isolation/expected/vacuum-skip-locked.out b/src/test/isolation/expected/vacuum-skip-locked.out
index 99db281a159..e2cff175b7c 100644
--- a/src/test/isolation/expected/vacuum-skip-locked.out
+++ b/src/test/isolation/expected/vacuum-skip-locked.out
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 Parsed test spec with 2 sessions
 
-starting permutation: lock_share vac_specified commit
+starting permutation: lock_share vac_specified commit check_stat
 step lock_share: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN SHARE MODE;
@@ -10,8 +10,22 @@ step vac_specified: VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED) part1, part2;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
 
-starting permutation: lock_share vac_all_parts commit
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   1|            0|                    0
+part2  |           1|                   0|            0|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
+
+starting permutation: lock_share vac_all_parts commit check_stat
 step lock_share: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN SHARE MODE;
@@ -20,8 +34,22 @@ step vac_all_parts: VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED) parted;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   1|            0|                    0
+part2  |           1|                   0|            0|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
 
-starting permutation: lock_share analyze_specified commit
+starting permutation: lock_share analyze_specified commit check_stat
 step lock_share: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN SHARE MODE;
@@ -31,8 +59,22 @@ step analyze_specified: ANALYZE (SKIP_LOCKED) part1, part2;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
 
-starting permutation: lock_share analyze_all_parts commit
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   0|            0|                    1
+part2  |           0|                   0|            1|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
+
+starting permutation: lock_share analyze_all_parts commit check_stat
 step lock_share: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN SHARE MODE;
@@ -41,8 +83,22 @@ step analyze_all_parts: ANALYZE (SKIP_LOCKED) parted;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            1|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   0|            0|                    1
+part2  |           0|                   0|            1|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
 
-starting permutation: lock_share vac_analyze_specified commit
+starting permutation: lock_share vac_analyze_specified commit check_stat
 step lock_share: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN SHARE MODE;
@@ -52,8 +108,22 @@ step vac_analyze_specified: VACUUM (ANALYZE, SKIP_LOCKED) part1, part2;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
 
-starting permutation: lock_share vac_analyze_all_parts commit
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   1|            0|                    1
+part2  |           1|                   0|            1|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
+
+starting permutation: lock_share vac_analyze_all_parts commit check_stat
 step lock_share: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN SHARE MODE;
@@ -62,8 +132,22 @@ step vac_analyze_all_parts: VACUUM (ANALYZE, SKIP_LOCKED) parted;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            1|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   1|            0|                    1
+part2  |           1|                   0|            1|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
 
-starting permutation: lock_share vac_full_specified commit
+starting permutation: lock_share vac_full_specified commit check_stat
 step lock_share: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN SHARE MODE;
@@ -73,8 +157,22 @@ step vac_full_specified: VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED, FULL) part1, part2;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
 
-starting permutation: lock_share vac_full_all_parts commit
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part2  |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
+
+starting permutation: lock_share vac_full_all_parts commit check_stat
 step lock_share: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN SHARE MODE;
@@ -83,8 +181,22 @@ step vac_full_all_parts: VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED, FULL) parted;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part2  |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+(3 rows)
 
-starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_specified commit
+
+starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_specified commit check_stat
 step lock_access_exclusive: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN ACCESS EXCLUSIVE MODE;
@@ -94,8 +206,22 @@ step vac_specified: VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED) part1, part2;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   1|            0|                    0
+part2  |           1|                   0|            0|                    0
+(3 rows)
 
-starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_all_parts commit
+
+starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_all_parts commit check_stat
 step lock_access_exclusive: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN ACCESS EXCLUSIVE MODE;
@@ -104,8 +230,22 @@ step vac_all_parts: VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED) parted;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   1|            0|                    0
+part2  |           1|                   0|            0|                    0
+(3 rows)
 
-starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive analyze_specified commit
+
+starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive analyze_specified commit check_stat
 step lock_access_exclusive: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN ACCESS EXCLUSIVE MODE;
@@ -115,8 +255,22 @@ step analyze_specified: ANALYZE (SKIP_LOCKED) part1, part2;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   0|            0|                    1
+part2  |           0|                   0|            1|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
 
-starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive analyze_all_parts commit
+starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive analyze_all_parts commit check_stat
 step lock_access_exclusive: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN ACCESS EXCLUSIVE MODE;
@@ -126,8 +280,22 @@ step commit:
 	COMMIT;
 
 step analyze_all_parts: <... completed>
-
-starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_analyze_specified commit
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            1|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   0|            1|                    0
+part2  |           0|                   0|            1|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
+
+starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_analyze_specified commit check_stat
 step lock_access_exclusive: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN ACCESS EXCLUSIVE MODE;
@@ -137,8 +305,22 @@ step vac_analyze_specified: VACUUM (ANALYZE, SKIP_LOCKED) part1, part2;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   1|            0|                    1
+part2  |           1|                   0|            1|                    0
+(3 rows)
 
-starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_analyze_all_parts commit
+
+starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_analyze_all_parts commit check_stat
 step lock_access_exclusive: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN ACCESS EXCLUSIVE MODE;
@@ -148,8 +330,22 @@ step commit:
 	COMMIT;
 
 step vac_analyze_all_parts: <... completed>
-
-starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_full_specified commit
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            1|                    0
+part1  |           1|                   0|            1|                    0
+part2  |           1|                   0|            1|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
+
+starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_full_specified commit check_stat
 step lock_access_exclusive: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN ACCESS EXCLUSIVE MODE;
@@ -159,8 +355,22 @@ step vac_full_specified: VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED, FULL) part1, part2;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
 
-starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_full_all_parts commit
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part2  |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
+
+starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_full_all_parts commit check_stat
 step lock_access_exclusive: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN ACCESS EXCLUSIVE MODE;
@@ -169,3 +379,17 @@ step vac_full_all_parts: VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED, FULL) parted;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part2  |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
diff --git a/src/test/isolation/specs/vacuum-skip-locked.spec b/src/test/isolation/specs/vacuum-skip-locked.spec
index 3fad6e1c92a..b0da75d4b6d 100644
--- a/src/test/isolation/specs/vacuum-skip-locked.spec
+++ b/src/test/isolation/specs/vacuum-skip-locked.spec
@@ -33,6 +33,15 @@ step commit
 	COMMIT;
 }
 
+step check_stat
+{
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+}
+
 session s2
 step vac_specified			{ VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED) part1, part2; }
 step vac_all_parts			{ VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED) parted; }
@@ -43,19 +52,19 @@ step vac_analyze_all_parts	{ VACUUM (ANALYZE, SKIP_LOCKED) parted; }
 step vac_full_specified		{ VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED, FULL) part1, part2; }
 step vac_full_all_parts		{ VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED, FULL) parted; }
 
-permutation lock_share vac_specified commit
-permutation lock_share vac_all_parts commit
-permutation lock_share analyze_specified commit
-permutation lock_share analyze_all_parts commit
-permutation lock_share vac_analyze_specified commit
-permutation lock_share vac_analyze_all_parts commit
-permutation lock_share vac_full_specified commit
-permutation lock_share vac_full_all_parts commit
-permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_specified commit
-permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_all_parts commit
-permutation lock_access_exclusive analyze_specified commit
-permutation lock_access_exclusive analyze_all_parts commit
-permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_analyze_specified commit
-permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_analyze_all_parts commit
-permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_full_specified commit
-permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_full_all_parts commit
+permutation lock_share vac_specified commit check_stat
+permutation lock_share vac_all_parts commit check_stat
+permutation lock_share analyze_specified commit check_stat
+permutation lock_share analyze_all_parts commit check_stat
+permutation lock_share vac_analyze_specified commit check_stat
+permutation lock_share vac_analyze_all_parts commit check_stat
+permutation lock_share vac_full_specified commit check_stat
+permutation lock_share vac_full_all_parts commit check_stat
+permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_specified commit check_stat
+permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_all_parts commit check_stat
+permutation lock_access_exclusive analyze_specified commit check_stat
+permutation lock_access_exclusive analyze_all_parts commit check_stat
+permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_analyze_specified commit check_stat
+permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_analyze_all_parts commit check_stat
+permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_full_specified commit check_stat
+permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_full_all_parts commit check_stat
diff --git a/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out b/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out
index a65a5bf0c4f..9b2075d3373 100644
--- a/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out
+++ b/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out
@@ -1835,13 +1835,21 @@ pg_stat_all_tables| SELECT c.oid AS relid,
     pg_stat_get_mod_since_analyze(c.oid) AS n_mod_since_analyze,
     pg_stat_get_ins_since_vacuum(c.oid) AS n_ins_since_vacuum,
     pg_stat_get_last_vacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_vacuum,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_vacuum,
     pg_stat_get_last_autovacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_autovacuum,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_autovacuum,
     pg_stat_get_last_analyze_time(c.oid) AS last_analyze,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_analyze,
     pg_stat_get_last_autoanalyze_time(c.oid) AS last_autoanalyze,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_autoanalyze,
     pg_stat_get_vacuum_count(c.oid) AS vacuum_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count(c.oid) AS skipped_vacuum_count,
     pg_stat_get_autovacuum_count(c.oid) AS autovacuum_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count(c.oid) AS skipped_autovacuum_count,
     pg_stat_get_analyze_count(c.oid) AS analyze_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count(c.oid) AS skipped_analyze_count,
     pg_stat_get_autoanalyze_count(c.oid) AS autoanalyze_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count(c.oid) AS skipped_autoanalyze_count,
     pg_stat_get_total_vacuum_time(c.oid) AS total_vacuum_time,
     pg_stat_get_total_autovacuum_time(c.oid) AS total_autovacuum_time,
     pg_stat_get_total_analyze_time(c.oid) AS total_analyze_time,
@@ -2346,13 +2354,21 @@ pg_stat_sys_tables| SELECT relid,
     n_mod_since_analyze,
     n_ins_since_vacuum,
     last_vacuum,
+    last_skipped_vacuum,
     last_autovacuum,
+    last_skipped_autovacuum,
     last_analyze,
+    last_skipped_analyze,
     last_autoanalyze,
+    last_skipped_autoanalyze,
     vacuum_count,
+    skipped_vacuum_count,
     autovacuum_count,
+    skipped_autovacuum_count,
     analyze_count,
+    skipped_analyze_count,
     autoanalyze_count,
+    skipped_autoanalyze_count,
     total_vacuum_time,
     total_autovacuum_time,
     total_analyze_time,
@@ -2401,13 +2417,21 @@ pg_stat_user_tables| SELECT relid,
     n_mod_since_analyze,
     n_ins_since_vacuum,
     last_vacuum,
+    last_skipped_vacuum,
     last_autovacuum,
+    last_skipped_autovacuum,
     last_analyze,
+    last_skipped_analyze,
     last_autoanalyze,
+    last_skipped_autoanalyze,
     vacuum_count,
+    skipped_vacuum_count,
     autovacuum_count,
+    skipped_autovacuum_count,
     analyze_count,
+    skipped_analyze_count,
     autoanalyze_count,
+    skipped_autoanalyze_count,
     total_vacuum_time,
     total_autovacuum_time,
     total_analyze_time,
-- 
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* [PATCH v3] Track skipped vacuum and analyze activity per relation
@ 2026-03-24 04:09 Yugo Nagata <[email protected]>
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From: Yugo Nagata @ 2026-03-24 04:09 UTC (permalink / raw)

This commit adds eight fields to the relation statistics that track
the last time vacuum or analyze has been attempted but skipped due to
lock unavailability, along with their counts:

-    last_skipped_vacuum
-    last_skipped_autovacuum
-    last_skipped_analyze
-    last_skipped_autoanalyze
-    skipped_vacuum_count
-    skipped_autovacuum_count
-    skipped_analyze_count
-    skipped_autoanalyze_count

These field can help users confirm that autovacuum is actively attempting
to run on a table that has not been vacuumed or analyzed for a long time,
and that the lack of progress is due to repeated skips rather than inactivity.
---
 doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml                 | 80 +++++++++++++++++
 src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql         |  8 ++
 src/backend/commands/vacuum.c                | 95 +++++++++++++++-----
 src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c | 68 ++++++++++++++
 src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c          | 24 +++++
 src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat              | 32 +++++++
 src/include/pgstat.h                         | 16 ++++
 src/test/regress/expected/rules.out          | 24 +++++
 8 files changed, 324 insertions(+), 23 deletions(-)

diff --git a/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml b/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml
index bb75ed1069b..9ec8070b2fc 100644
--- a/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml
+++ b/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml
@@ -4372,6 +4372,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_vacuum</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time a manual vacuum on this table was attempted but skipped due to
+       lock unavailability (not counting <command>VACUUM FULL</command>)
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>last_autovacuum</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
@@ -4382,6 +4392,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_autovacuum</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time a vacuum on this table by the autovacuum daemon was attempted
+       but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>last_analyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
@@ -4391,6 +4411,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_analyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time a manual analyze on this table was attempted but skipped due to
+       lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>last_autoanalyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
@@ -4401,6 +4431,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_autoanalyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time at which an analyze on this table by the autovacuum was
+       attempted but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>vacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4411,6 +4451,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_vacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times vacuums on this table have been attempted but skipped
+       due to lock unavailability (not counting <command>VACUUM FULL</command>)
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>autovacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4421,6 +4471,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_autovacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times vacuums on this table by the autovacuum daemon have been
+       attempted but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>analyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4430,6 +4490,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_analyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times manual analyzes on this table have been attempted but
+       skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>autoanalyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4440,6 +4510,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_autoanalyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times analyzes on this table by the autovacuum daemon have
+       been attempted but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>total_vacuum_time</structfield> <type>double precision</type>
diff --git a/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql b/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql
index e54018004db..2ca02a0354c 100644
--- a/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql
+++ b/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql
@@ -736,13 +736,21 @@ CREATE VIEW pg_stat_all_tables AS
             pg_stat_get_mod_since_analyze(C.oid) AS n_mod_since_analyze,
             pg_stat_get_ins_since_vacuum(C.oid) AS n_ins_since_vacuum,
             pg_stat_get_last_vacuum_time(C.oid) as last_vacuum,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_vacuum,
             pg_stat_get_last_autovacuum_time(C.oid) as last_autovacuum,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_autovacuum,
             pg_stat_get_last_analyze_time(C.oid) as last_analyze,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_analyze,
             pg_stat_get_last_autoanalyze_time(C.oid) as last_autoanalyze,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_autoanalyze,
             pg_stat_get_vacuum_count(C.oid) AS vacuum_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count(C.oid) AS skipped_vacuum_count,
             pg_stat_get_autovacuum_count(C.oid) AS autovacuum_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count(C.oid) AS skipped_autovacuum_count,
             pg_stat_get_analyze_count(C.oid) AS analyze_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count(C.oid) AS skipped_analyze_count,
             pg_stat_get_autoanalyze_count(C.oid) AS autoanalyze_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count(C.oid) AS skipped_autoanalyze_count,
             pg_stat_get_total_vacuum_time(C.oid) AS total_vacuum_time,
             pg_stat_get_total_autovacuum_time(C.oid) AS total_autovacuum_time,
             pg_stat_get_total_analyze_time(C.oid) AS total_analyze_time,
diff --git a/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c b/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c
index bce3a2daa24..ce83b3171be 100644
--- a/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c
+++ b/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c
@@ -792,8 +792,18 @@ vacuum_open_relation(Oid relid, RangeVar *relation, bits32 options,
 		rel = try_relation_open(relid, NoLock);
 	else
 	{
+		bits8 flags = 0;
 		rel = NULL;
 		rel_lock = false;
+
+		if ((options & VACOPT_VACUUM) != 0)
+			flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM;
+		if ((options & VACOPT_ANALYZE) != 0)
+			flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE;
+		if (AmAutoVacuumWorkerProcess())
+			flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOVAC;
+
+		pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(relid, flags);
 	}
 
 	/* if relation is opened, leave */
@@ -801,7 +811,7 @@ vacuum_open_relation(Oid relid, RangeVar *relation, bits32 options,
 		return rel;
 
 	/*
-	 * Relation could not be opened, hence generate if possible a log
+	 * Relation could not be opened hence generate if possible a log
 	 * informing on the situation.
 	 *
 	 * If the RangeVar is not defined, we do not have enough information to
@@ -904,7 +914,6 @@ expand_vacuum_rel(VacuumRelation *vrel, MemoryContext vac_context,
 		Form_pg_class classForm;
 		bool		include_children;
 		bool		is_partitioned_table;
-		int			rvr_opts;
 
 		/*
 		 * Since autovacuum workers supply OIDs when calling vacuum(), no
@@ -917,29 +926,69 @@ expand_vacuum_rel(VacuumRelation *vrel, MemoryContext vac_context,
 		 * below, as well as find_all_inheritors's expectation that the caller
 		 * holds some lock on the starting relation.
 		 */
-		rvr_opts = (options & VACOPT_SKIP_LOCKED) ? RVR_SKIP_LOCKED : 0;
-		relid = RangeVarGetRelidExtended(vrel->relation,
-										 AccessShareLock,
-										 rvr_opts,
-										 NULL, NULL);
-
-		/*
-		 * If the lock is unavailable, emit the same log statement that
-		 * vacuum_rel() and analyze_rel() would.
-		 */
-		if (!OidIsValid(relid))
+		if (!(options & VACOPT_SKIP_LOCKED))
 		{
-			if (options & VACOPT_VACUUM)
-				ereport(WARNING,
-						(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
-						 errmsg("skipping vacuum of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
-								vrel->relation->relname)));
-			else
-				ereport(WARNING,
-						(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
-						 errmsg("skipping analyze of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
+			relid = RangeVarGetRelidExtended(vrel->relation,
+											 AccessShareLock,
+											 0, NULL, NULL);
+			if (!OidIsValid(relid))
+				return vacrels;
+		}
+		else
+		{
+			/* Get relid for reporting before taking a lock */
+			relid = RangeVarGetRelid(vrel->relation, NoLock, false);
+
+			if (!ConditionalLockRelationOid(relid, AccessShareLock))
+			{
+				bits8	flags = 0;
+				/*
+				 * If the lock is unavailable, emit the same log statement that
+				 * vacuum_rel() and analyze_rel() would.
+				 */
+				if (options & VACOPT_VACUUM)
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping vacuum of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
 								vrel->relation->relname)));
-			return vacrels;
+				else
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping analyze of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
+									vrel->relation->relname)));
+
+				if ((options & VACOPT_VACUUM) != 0)
+					flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM;
+				if ((options & VACOPT_ANALYZE) != 0)
+					flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE;
+
+				pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(relid, flags);
+
+				return vacrels;
+			}
+
+			/*
+			 * Now that we have the lock, probe to see if the relation really
+			 * exists or not.
+			 */
+			if (!SearchSysCacheExists1(RELOID, ObjectIdGetDatum(relid)))
+			{
+				if (options & VACOPT_VACUUM)
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_UNDEFINED_TABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping vacuum of \"%s\" --- relation no longer exists",
+									vrel->relation->relname)));
+				else
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_UNDEFINED_TABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping analyze of \"%s\" --- relation no longer exists",
+									vrel->relation->relname)));
+
+				/* Release useless lock */
+				UnlockRelationOid(relid, AccessShareLock);
+
+				return vacrels;
+			}
 		}
 
 		/*
diff --git a/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c b/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c
index bc8c43b96aa..cec4c88980e 100644
--- a/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c
+++ b/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c
@@ -17,6 +17,7 @@
 
 #include "postgres.h"
 
+#include "access/htup_details.h"
 #include "access/twophase_rmgr.h"
 #include "access/xact.h"
 #include "catalog/catalog.h"
@@ -366,6 +367,73 @@ pgstat_report_analyze(Relation rel,
 	(void) pgstat_flush_backend(false, PGSTAT_BACKEND_FLUSH_IO);
 }
 
+/*
+ * Report that the table was skipped during vacuum or/and analyze.
+ */
+void
+pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(Oid relid, bits8 flags)
+{
+	PgStat_EntryRef *entry_ref;
+	PgStatShared_Relation *shtabentry;
+	PgStat_StatTabEntry *tabentry;
+	TimestampTz ts;
+	HeapTuple	classTup;
+	bool		isshared;
+
+	if (!pgstat_track_counts || !(flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANY))
+		return;
+
+	classTup = SearchSysCache1(RELOID, ObjectIdGetDatum(relid));
+	if (!HeapTupleIsValid(classTup))
+		return;			/* somebody deleted the rel, forget it */
+	isshared = ((Form_pg_class) GETSTRUCT(classTup))->relisshared;
+	ReleaseSysCache(classTup);
+
+	/* Store the data in the table's hash table entry. */
+	ts = GetCurrentTimestamp();
+
+	/* block acquiring lock for the same reason as pgstat_report_autovac() */
+	entry_ref = pgstat_get_entry_ref_locked(PGSTAT_KIND_RELATION,
+											isshared ? InvalidOid : MyDatabaseId,
+											relid, false);
+
+	shtabentry = (PgStatShared_Relation *) entry_ref->shared_stats;
+	tabentry = &shtabentry->stats;
+
+	if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOVAC)
+	{
+		if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM)
+		{
+			tabentry->last_skipped_autovacuum_time = ts;
+			tabentry->skipped_autovacuum_count++;
+		}
+		if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE)
+		{
+			tabentry->last_skipped_autoanalyze_time = ts;
+			tabentry->skipped_autoanalyze_count++;
+		}
+	}
+	else
+	{
+		if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM)
+		{
+			tabentry->last_skipped_vacuum_time = ts;
+			tabentry->skipped_vacuum_count++;
+		}
+		if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE)
+		{
+			tabentry->last_skipped_analyze_time = ts;
+			tabentry->skipped_analyze_count++;
+		}
+	}
+
+	pgstat_unlock_entry(entry_ref);
+
+	/* see pgstat_report_vacuum() */
+	pgstat_flush_io(false);
+	(void) pgstat_flush_backend(false, PGSTAT_BACKEND_FLUSH_IO);
+}
+
 /*
  * count a tuple insertion of n tuples
  */
diff --git a/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c b/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c
index 9185a8e6b83..18aaa3996e1 100644
--- a/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c
+++ b/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c
@@ -84,6 +84,18 @@ PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(mod_since_analyze)
 /* pg_stat_get_numscans */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(numscans)
 
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_analyze_count)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_autoanalyze_count)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_autovacuum_count)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_vacuum_count)
+
 /* pg_stat_get_tuples_deleted */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(tuples_deleted)
 
@@ -170,6 +182,18 @@ PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_vacuum_time)
 /* pg_stat_get_lastscan */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(lastscan)
 
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_analyze_time)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_autoanalyze_time)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_autovacuum_time)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_vacuum_time)
+
 /* pg_stat_get_stat_reset_time */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(stat_reset_time)
 
diff --git a/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat b/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat
index 0118e970dda..ccfe3d9e02a 100644
--- a/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat
+++ b/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat
@@ -5667,6 +5667,38 @@
   proname => 'pg_stat_get_total_autoanalyze_time', provolatile => 's',
   proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'float8', proargtypes => 'oid',
   prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_total_autoanalyze_time' },
+{ oid => '8142', descr => 'statistics: last skipped vacuum time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time' },
+{ oid => '8143', descr => 'statistics: last skipped auto vacuum time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time' },
+{ oid => '8144', descr => 'statistics: last skipped analyze time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time' },
+{ oid => '8145', descr => 'statistics: last skipped auto analyze time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time' },
+{ oid => '8146', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped vacuum for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count' },
+{ oid => '8147', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped auto vacuum for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count' },
+{ oid => '8148', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped analyzes for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count' },
+{ oid => '8149', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped auto analyzes for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count' },
 { oid => '1936', descr => 'statistics: currently active backend IDs',
   proname => 'pg_stat_get_backend_idset', prorows => '100', proretset => 't',
   provolatile => 's', proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int4',
diff --git a/src/include/pgstat.h b/src/include/pgstat.h
index 8e3549c3752..343081a7a25 100644
--- a/src/include/pgstat.h
+++ b/src/include/pgstat.h
@@ -479,6 +479,15 @@ typedef struct PgStat_StatTabEntry
 	TimestampTz last_autoanalyze_time;	/* autovacuum initiated */
 	PgStat_Counter autoanalyze_count;
 
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_vacuum_time;	/* user initiated vacuum */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_vacuum_count;
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_autovacuum_time;	/* autovacuum initiated */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_autovacuum_count;
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_analyze_time;	/* user initiated */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_analyze_count;
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_autoanalyze_time;	/* autovacuum initiated */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_autoanalyze_count;
+
 	PgStat_Counter total_vacuum_time;	/* times in milliseconds */
 	PgStat_Counter total_autovacuum_time;
 	PgStat_Counter total_analyze_time;
@@ -707,6 +716,13 @@ extern void pgstat_report_analyze(Relation rel,
 								  PgStat_Counter livetuples, PgStat_Counter deadtuples,
 								  bool resetcounter, TimestampTz starttime);
 
+/* flags for pgstat_flush_backend() */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM	(1 << 0)	/* vacuum is skipped */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE	(1 << 1)	/* analyze is skipped */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOVAC	(1 << 2)	/* skipped during autovacuum/autoanalyze */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANY   (PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM | PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE)
+extern void pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(Oid relid, bits8 flags);
+
 /*
  * If stats are enabled, but pending data hasn't been prepared yet, call
  * pgstat_assoc_relation() to do so. See its comment for why this is done
diff --git a/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out b/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out
index 2b3cf6d8569..4ccfc43e903 100644
--- a/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out
+++ b/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out
@@ -1835,13 +1835,21 @@ pg_stat_all_tables| SELECT c.oid AS relid,
     pg_stat_get_mod_since_analyze(c.oid) AS n_mod_since_analyze,
     pg_stat_get_ins_since_vacuum(c.oid) AS n_ins_since_vacuum,
     pg_stat_get_last_vacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_vacuum,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_vacuum,
     pg_stat_get_last_autovacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_autovacuum,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_autovacuum,
     pg_stat_get_last_analyze_time(c.oid) AS last_analyze,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_analyze,
     pg_stat_get_last_autoanalyze_time(c.oid) AS last_autoanalyze,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_autoanalyze,
     pg_stat_get_vacuum_count(c.oid) AS vacuum_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count(c.oid) AS skipped_vacuum_count,
     pg_stat_get_autovacuum_count(c.oid) AS autovacuum_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count(c.oid) AS skipped_autovacuum_count,
     pg_stat_get_analyze_count(c.oid) AS analyze_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count(c.oid) AS skipped_analyze_count,
     pg_stat_get_autoanalyze_count(c.oid) AS autoanalyze_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count(c.oid) AS skipped_autoanalyze_count,
     pg_stat_get_total_vacuum_time(c.oid) AS total_vacuum_time,
     pg_stat_get_total_autovacuum_time(c.oid) AS total_autovacuum_time,
     pg_stat_get_total_analyze_time(c.oid) AS total_analyze_time,
@@ -2293,13 +2301,21 @@ pg_stat_sys_tables| SELECT relid,
     n_mod_since_analyze,
     n_ins_since_vacuum,
     last_vacuum,
+    last_skipped_vacuum,
     last_autovacuum,
+    last_skipped_autovacuum,
     last_analyze,
+    last_skipped_analyze,
     last_autoanalyze,
+    last_skipped_autoanalyze,
     vacuum_count,
+    skipped_vacuum_count,
     autovacuum_count,
+    skipped_autovacuum_count,
     analyze_count,
+    skipped_analyze_count,
     autoanalyze_count,
+    skipped_autoanalyze_count,
     total_vacuum_time,
     total_autovacuum_time,
     total_analyze_time,
@@ -2348,13 +2364,21 @@ pg_stat_user_tables| SELECT relid,
     n_mod_since_analyze,
     n_ins_since_vacuum,
     last_vacuum,
+    last_skipped_vacuum,
     last_autovacuum,
+    last_skipped_autovacuum,
     last_analyze,
+    last_skipped_analyze,
     last_autoanalyze,
+    last_skipped_autoanalyze,
     vacuum_count,
+    skipped_vacuum_count,
     autovacuum_count,
+    skipped_autovacuum_count,
     analyze_count,
+    skipped_analyze_count,
     autoanalyze_count,
+    skipped_autoanalyze_count,
     total_vacuum_time,
     total_autovacuum_time,
     total_analyze_time,
-- 
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* [PATCH v5] Track skipped vacuum and analyze activity per relation
@ 2026-03-24 04:09 Yugo Nagata <[email protected]>
  0 siblings, 0 replies; 374+ messages in thread

From: Yugo Nagata @ 2026-03-24 04:09 UTC (permalink / raw)

This commit adds eight fields to the relation statistics that track
the last time vacuum or analyze has been attempted but skipped due to
lock unavailability, along with their counts:

-    last_skipped_vacuum
-    last_skipped_autovacuum
-    last_skipped_analyze
-    last_skipped_autoanalyze
-    skipped_vacuum_count
-    skipped_autovacuum_count
-    skipped_analyze_count
-    skipped_autoanalyze_count

These field can help users confirm that autovacuum is actively attempting
to run on a table that has not been vacuumed or analyzed for a long time,
and that the lack of progress is due to repeated skips rather than inactivity.
---
 doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml                  |  88 ++++++
 src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql          |   8 +
 src/backend/commands/vacuum.c                 | 100 +++++--
 src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c  |  64 +++++
 src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c           |  24 ++
 src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat               |  32 +++
 src/include/pgstat.h                          |  16 ++
 .../isolation/expected/vacuum-skip-locked.out | 260 ++++++++++++++++--
 .../isolation/specs/vacuum-skip-locked.spec   |  41 +--
 src/test/regress/expected/rules.out           |  24 ++
 10 files changed, 601 insertions(+), 56 deletions(-)

diff --git a/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml b/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml
index 08d5b824552..a9b579d87a9 100644
--- a/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml
+++ b/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml
@@ -4387,6 +4387,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_vacuum</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time a manual vacuum on this table was attempted but skipped due to
+       lock unavailability (not counting <command>VACUUM FULL</command>)
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>last_autovacuum</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
@@ -4397,6 +4407,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_autovacuum</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time a vacuum on this table by the autovacuum daemon was attempted
+       but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>last_analyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
@@ -4406,6 +4426,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_analyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time a manual analyze on this table was attempted but skipped due to
+       lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>last_autoanalyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
@@ -4416,6 +4446,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_autoanalyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time at which an analyze on this table by the autovacuum was
+       attempted but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>vacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4426,6 +4466,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_vacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times manual vacuums on this table have been attempted but skipped
+       due to lock unavailability (not counting <command>VACUUM FULL</command>)
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>autovacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4436,6 +4486,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_autovacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times vacuums on this table by the autovacuum daemon have been
+       attempted but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>analyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4445,6 +4505,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_analyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times manual analyzes on this table have been attempted but
+       skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>autoanalyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4455,6 +4525,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_autoanalyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times analyzes on this table by the autovacuum daemon have
+       been attempted but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>total_vacuum_time</structfield> <type>double precision</type>
@@ -4510,6 +4590,14 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
    </tgroup>
   </table>
 
+  <note>
+   <para>
+    When a manual vacuum or analyze on a parent table in an inheritance or
+    partitioning hierarchy is skipped, the statistics are recorded only for
+    the parent table, not for its children.
+   </para>
+  </note>
+
  </sect2>
 
  <sect2 id="monitoring-pg-stat-autovacuum-scores-view">
diff --git a/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql b/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql
index 73a1c1c4670..f509fc7876b 100644
--- a/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql
+++ b/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql
@@ -736,13 +736,21 @@ CREATE VIEW pg_stat_all_tables AS
             pg_stat_get_mod_since_analyze(C.oid) AS n_mod_since_analyze,
             pg_stat_get_ins_since_vacuum(C.oid) AS n_ins_since_vacuum,
             pg_stat_get_last_vacuum_time(C.oid) as last_vacuum,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_vacuum,
             pg_stat_get_last_autovacuum_time(C.oid) as last_autovacuum,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_autovacuum,
             pg_stat_get_last_analyze_time(C.oid) as last_analyze,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_analyze,
             pg_stat_get_last_autoanalyze_time(C.oid) as last_autoanalyze,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_autoanalyze,
             pg_stat_get_vacuum_count(C.oid) AS vacuum_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count(C.oid) AS skipped_vacuum_count,
             pg_stat_get_autovacuum_count(C.oid) AS autovacuum_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count(C.oid) AS skipped_autovacuum_count,
             pg_stat_get_analyze_count(C.oid) AS analyze_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count(C.oid) AS skipped_analyze_count,
             pg_stat_get_autoanalyze_count(C.oid) AS autoanalyze_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count(C.oid) AS skipped_autoanalyze_count,
             pg_stat_get_total_vacuum_time(C.oid) AS total_vacuum_time,
             pg_stat_get_total_autovacuum_time(C.oid) AS total_autovacuum_time,
             pg_stat_get_total_analyze_time(C.oid) AS total_analyze_time,
diff --git a/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c b/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c
index 99d0db82ed7..df6526225e4 100644
--- a/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c
+++ b/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c
@@ -793,8 +793,25 @@ vacuum_open_relation(Oid relid, RangeVar *relation, uint32 options,
 		rel = try_relation_open(relid, NoLock);
 	else
 	{
+		int flags = 0;
 		rel = NULL;
 		rel_lock = false;
+
+		if ((options & VACOPT_VACUUM) != 0 && (options & VACOPT_FULL) == 0)
+		{
+			if (AmAutoVacuumWorkerProcess())
+				flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOVACUUM;
+			else
+				flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM;
+		}
+		if ((options & VACOPT_ANALYZE) != 0)
+		{
+			if (AmAutoVacuumWorkerProcess())
+				flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOANALYZE;
+			else
+				flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE;
+		}
+		pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(relid, flags);
 	}
 
 	/* if relation is opened, leave */
@@ -905,7 +922,6 @@ expand_vacuum_rel(VacuumRelation *vrel, MemoryContext vac_context,
 		Form_pg_class classForm;
 		bool		include_children;
 		bool		is_partitioned_table;
-		int			rvr_opts;
 
 		/*
 		 * Since autovacuum workers supply OIDs when calling vacuum(), no
@@ -918,29 +934,69 @@ expand_vacuum_rel(VacuumRelation *vrel, MemoryContext vac_context,
 		 * below, as well as find_all_inheritors's expectation that the caller
 		 * holds some lock on the starting relation.
 		 */
-		rvr_opts = (options & VACOPT_SKIP_LOCKED) ? RVR_SKIP_LOCKED : 0;
-		relid = RangeVarGetRelidExtended(vrel->relation,
-										 AccessShareLock,
-										 rvr_opts,
-										 NULL, NULL);
-
-		/*
-		 * If the lock is unavailable, emit the same log statement that
-		 * vacuum_rel() and analyze_rel() would.
-		 */
-		if (!OidIsValid(relid))
+		if (!(options & VACOPT_SKIP_LOCKED))
 		{
-			if (options & VACOPT_VACUUM)
-				ereport(WARNING,
-						(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
-						 errmsg("skipping vacuum of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
-								vrel->relation->relname)));
-			else
-				ereport(WARNING,
-						(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
-						 errmsg("skipping analyze of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
+			relid = RangeVarGetRelidExtended(vrel->relation,
+											 AccessShareLock,
+											 0, NULL, NULL);
+			if (!OidIsValid(relid))
+				return vacrels;
+		}
+		else
+		{
+			/* Get relid for reporting before taking a lock */
+			relid = RangeVarGetRelid(vrel->relation, NoLock, false);
+
+			if (!ConditionalLockRelationOid(relid, AccessShareLock))
+			{
+				int	flags = 0;
+				/*
+				 * If the lock is unavailable, emit the same log statement that
+				 * vacuum_rel() and analyze_rel() would.
+				 */
+				if (options & VACOPT_VACUUM)
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping vacuum of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
 								vrel->relation->relname)));
-			return vacrels;
+				else
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping analyze of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
+									vrel->relation->relname)));
+
+				if ((options & VACOPT_VACUUM) != 0 && (options & VACOPT_FULL) == 0)
+					flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM;
+				if ((options & VACOPT_ANALYZE) != 0)
+					flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE;
+
+				pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(relid, flags);
+
+				return vacrels;
+			}
+
+			/*
+			 * Now that we have the lock, probe to see if the relation really
+			 * exists or not.
+			 */
+			if (!SearchSysCacheExists1(RELOID, ObjectIdGetDatum(relid)))
+			{
+				if (options & VACOPT_VACUUM)
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_UNDEFINED_TABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping vacuum of \"%s\" --- relation no longer exists",
+									vrel->relation->relname)));
+				else
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_UNDEFINED_TABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping analyze of \"%s\" --- relation no longer exists",
+									vrel->relation->relname)));
+
+				/* Release useless lock */
+				UnlockRelationOid(relid, AccessShareLock);
+
+				return vacrels;
+			}
 		}
 
 		/*
diff --git a/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c b/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c
index b2ca28f83ba..532d9023f8c 100644
--- a/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c
+++ b/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c
@@ -17,12 +17,14 @@
 
 #include "postgres.h"
 
+#include "access/htup_details.h"
 #include "access/twophase_rmgr.h"
 #include "access/xact.h"
 #include "catalog/catalog.h"
 #include "utils/memutils.h"
 #include "utils/pgstat_internal.h"
 #include "utils/rel.h"
+#include "utils/syscache.h"
 #include "utils/timestamp.h"
 
 
@@ -367,6 +369,68 @@ pgstat_report_analyze(Relation rel,
 	(void) pgstat_flush_backend(false, PGSTAT_BACKEND_FLUSH_IO);
 }
 
+/*
+ * Report that the table was skipped during vacuum or/and analyze.
+ */
+void
+pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(Oid relid, int flags)
+{
+	PgStat_EntryRef *entry_ref;
+	PgStatShared_Relation *shtabentry;
+	PgStat_StatTabEntry *tabentry;
+	TimestampTz ts;
+	HeapTuple	classTup;
+	bool		isshared;
+
+	if (!pgstat_track_counts || !flags)
+		return;
+
+	classTup = SearchSysCache1(RELOID, ObjectIdGetDatum(relid));
+	if (!HeapTupleIsValid(classTup))
+		return;			/* somebody deleted the rel, forget it */
+	isshared = ((Form_pg_class) GETSTRUCT(classTup))->relisshared;
+	ReleaseSysCache(classTup);
+
+	/* Store the data in the table's hash table entry. */
+	ts = GetCurrentTimestamp();
+
+	/* block acquiring lock for the same reason as pgstat_report_autovac() */
+	entry_ref = pgstat_get_entry_ref_locked(PGSTAT_KIND_RELATION,
+											isshared ? InvalidOid : MyDatabaseId,
+											relid, false);
+
+	shtabentry = (PgStatShared_Relation *) entry_ref->shared_stats;
+	tabentry = &shtabentry->stats;
+
+	if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM)
+	{
+		tabentry->last_skipped_vacuum_time = ts;
+		tabentry->skipped_vacuum_count++;
+	}
+	else if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOVACUUM)
+	{
+		tabentry->last_skipped_autovacuum_time = ts;
+		tabentry->skipped_autovacuum_count++;
+	}
+
+	if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE)
+	{
+		tabentry->last_skipped_analyze_time = ts;
+		tabentry->skipped_analyze_count++;
+	}
+	else if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOANALYZE)
+	{
+		tabentry->last_skipped_autoanalyze_time = ts;
+		tabentry->skipped_autoanalyze_count++;
+	}
+
+	pgstat_unlock_entry(entry_ref);
+
+	/* see pgstat_report_vacuum() */
+	pgstat_flush_io(false);
+	(void) pgstat_flush_backend(false, PGSTAT_BACKEND_FLUSH_IO);
+}
+
 /*
  * count a tuple insertion of n tuples
  */
diff --git a/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c b/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c
index 1408de387ea..90a8968faa0 100644
--- a/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c
+++ b/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c
@@ -84,6 +84,18 @@ PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(mod_since_analyze)
 /* pg_stat_get_numscans */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(numscans)
 
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_analyze_count)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_autoanalyze_count)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_autovacuum_count)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_vacuum_count)
+
 /* pg_stat_get_tuples_deleted */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(tuples_deleted)
 
@@ -170,6 +182,18 @@ PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_vacuum_time)
 /* pg_stat_get_lastscan */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(lastscan)
 
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_analyze_time)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_autoanalyze_time)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_autovacuum_time)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_vacuum_time)
+
 /* pg_stat_get_stat_reset_time */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(stat_reset_time)
 
diff --git a/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat b/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat
index fa9ae79082b..32debb34863 100644
--- a/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat
+++ b/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat
@@ -5680,6 +5680,38 @@
   proargmodes => '{o,o,o,o,o,o,o,o,o,o}',
   proargnames => '{oid,score,xid_score,mxid_score,vacuum_score,vacuum_insert_score,analyze_score,do_vacuum,do_analyze,for_wraparound}',
   prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_autovacuum_scores' },
+{ oid => '8142', descr => 'statistics: last skipped vacuum time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time' },
+{ oid => '8143', descr => 'statistics: last skipped auto vacuum time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time' },
+{ oid => '8144', descr => 'statistics: last skipped analyze time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time' },
+{ oid => '8145', descr => 'statistics: last skipped auto analyze time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time' },
+{ oid => '8146', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped vacuum for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count' },
+{ oid => '8147', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped auto vacuum for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count' },
+{ oid => '8148', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped analyzes for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count' },
+{ oid => '8149', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped auto analyzes for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count' },
 { oid => '1936', descr => 'statistics: currently active backend IDs',
   proname => 'pg_stat_get_backend_idset', prorows => '100', proretset => 't',
   provolatile => 's', proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int4',
diff --git a/src/include/pgstat.h b/src/include/pgstat.h
index dfa2e837638..98941f953d1 100644
--- a/src/include/pgstat.h
+++ b/src/include/pgstat.h
@@ -479,6 +479,15 @@ typedef struct PgStat_StatTabEntry
 	TimestampTz last_autoanalyze_time;	/* autovacuum initiated */
 	PgStat_Counter autoanalyze_count;
 
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_vacuum_time;	/* user initiated vacuum */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_vacuum_count;
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_autovacuum_time;	/* autovacuum initiated */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_autovacuum_count;
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_analyze_time;	/* user initiated */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_analyze_count;
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_autoanalyze_time;	/* autovacuum initiated */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_autoanalyze_count;
+
 	PgStat_Counter total_vacuum_time;	/* times in milliseconds */
 	PgStat_Counter total_autovacuum_time;
 	PgStat_Counter total_analyze_time;
@@ -703,6 +712,13 @@ extern void pgstat_report_analyze(Relation rel,
 								  PgStat_Counter livetuples, PgStat_Counter deadtuples,
 								  bool resetcounter, TimestampTz starttime);
 
+/* flags for pgstat_flush_backend() */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM		(1 << 0)	/* vacuum is skipped */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE		(1 << 1)	/* analyze is skipped */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOVACUUM	(1 << 2)	/* autovacuum is skipped */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOANALYZE	(1 << 3)	/* autoanalyze is skipped */
+extern void pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(Oid relid, int flags);
+
 /*
  * If stats are enabled, but pending data hasn't been prepared yet, call
  * pgstat_assoc_relation() to do so. See its comment for why this is done
diff --git a/src/test/isolation/expected/vacuum-skip-locked.out b/src/test/isolation/expected/vacuum-skip-locked.out
index 99db281a159..e2cff175b7c 100644
--- a/src/test/isolation/expected/vacuum-skip-locked.out
+++ b/src/test/isolation/expected/vacuum-skip-locked.out
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 Parsed test spec with 2 sessions
 
-starting permutation: lock_share vac_specified commit
+starting permutation: lock_share vac_specified commit check_stat
 step lock_share: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN SHARE MODE;
@@ -10,8 +10,22 @@ step vac_specified: VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED) part1, part2;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
 
-starting permutation: lock_share vac_all_parts commit
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   1|            0|                    0
+part2  |           1|                   0|            0|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
+
+starting permutation: lock_share vac_all_parts commit check_stat
 step lock_share: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN SHARE MODE;
@@ -20,8 +34,22 @@ step vac_all_parts: VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED) parted;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   1|            0|                    0
+part2  |           1|                   0|            0|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
 
-starting permutation: lock_share analyze_specified commit
+starting permutation: lock_share analyze_specified commit check_stat
 step lock_share: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN SHARE MODE;
@@ -31,8 +59,22 @@ step analyze_specified: ANALYZE (SKIP_LOCKED) part1, part2;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
 
-starting permutation: lock_share analyze_all_parts commit
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   0|            0|                    1
+part2  |           0|                   0|            1|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
+
+starting permutation: lock_share analyze_all_parts commit check_stat
 step lock_share: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN SHARE MODE;
@@ -41,8 +83,22 @@ step analyze_all_parts: ANALYZE (SKIP_LOCKED) parted;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            1|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   0|            0|                    1
+part2  |           0|                   0|            1|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
 
-starting permutation: lock_share vac_analyze_specified commit
+starting permutation: lock_share vac_analyze_specified commit check_stat
 step lock_share: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN SHARE MODE;
@@ -52,8 +108,22 @@ step vac_analyze_specified: VACUUM (ANALYZE, SKIP_LOCKED) part1, part2;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
 
-starting permutation: lock_share vac_analyze_all_parts commit
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   1|            0|                    1
+part2  |           1|                   0|            1|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
+
+starting permutation: lock_share vac_analyze_all_parts commit check_stat
 step lock_share: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN SHARE MODE;
@@ -62,8 +132,22 @@ step vac_analyze_all_parts: VACUUM (ANALYZE, SKIP_LOCKED) parted;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            1|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   1|            0|                    1
+part2  |           1|                   0|            1|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
 
-starting permutation: lock_share vac_full_specified commit
+starting permutation: lock_share vac_full_specified commit check_stat
 step lock_share: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN SHARE MODE;
@@ -73,8 +157,22 @@ step vac_full_specified: VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED, FULL) part1, part2;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
 
-starting permutation: lock_share vac_full_all_parts commit
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part2  |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
+
+starting permutation: lock_share vac_full_all_parts commit check_stat
 step lock_share: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN SHARE MODE;
@@ -83,8 +181,22 @@ step vac_full_all_parts: VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED, FULL) parted;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part2  |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+(3 rows)
 
-starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_specified commit
+
+starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_specified commit check_stat
 step lock_access_exclusive: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN ACCESS EXCLUSIVE MODE;
@@ -94,8 +206,22 @@ step vac_specified: VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED) part1, part2;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   1|            0|                    0
+part2  |           1|                   0|            0|                    0
+(3 rows)
 
-starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_all_parts commit
+
+starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_all_parts commit check_stat
 step lock_access_exclusive: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN ACCESS EXCLUSIVE MODE;
@@ -104,8 +230,22 @@ step vac_all_parts: VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED) parted;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   1|            0|                    0
+part2  |           1|                   0|            0|                    0
+(3 rows)
 
-starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive analyze_specified commit
+
+starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive analyze_specified commit check_stat
 step lock_access_exclusive: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN ACCESS EXCLUSIVE MODE;
@@ -115,8 +255,22 @@ step analyze_specified: ANALYZE (SKIP_LOCKED) part1, part2;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   0|            0|                    1
+part2  |           0|                   0|            1|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
 
-starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive analyze_all_parts commit
+starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive analyze_all_parts commit check_stat
 step lock_access_exclusive: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN ACCESS EXCLUSIVE MODE;
@@ -126,8 +280,22 @@ step commit:
 	COMMIT;
 
 step analyze_all_parts: <... completed>
-
-starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_analyze_specified commit
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            1|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   0|            1|                    0
+part2  |           0|                   0|            1|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
+
+starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_analyze_specified commit check_stat
 step lock_access_exclusive: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN ACCESS EXCLUSIVE MODE;
@@ -137,8 +305,22 @@ step vac_analyze_specified: VACUUM (ANALYZE, SKIP_LOCKED) part1, part2;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   1|            0|                    1
+part2  |           1|                   0|            1|                    0
+(3 rows)
 
-starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_analyze_all_parts commit
+
+starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_analyze_all_parts commit check_stat
 step lock_access_exclusive: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN ACCESS EXCLUSIVE MODE;
@@ -148,8 +330,22 @@ step commit:
 	COMMIT;
 
 step vac_analyze_all_parts: <... completed>
-
-starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_full_specified commit
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            1|                    0
+part1  |           1|                   0|            1|                    0
+part2  |           1|                   0|            1|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
+
+starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_full_specified commit check_stat
 step lock_access_exclusive: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN ACCESS EXCLUSIVE MODE;
@@ -159,8 +355,22 @@ step vac_full_specified: VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED, FULL) part1, part2;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
 
-starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_full_all_parts commit
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part2  |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
+
+starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_full_all_parts commit check_stat
 step lock_access_exclusive: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN ACCESS EXCLUSIVE MODE;
@@ -169,3 +379,17 @@ step vac_full_all_parts: VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED, FULL) parted;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part2  |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
diff --git a/src/test/isolation/specs/vacuum-skip-locked.spec b/src/test/isolation/specs/vacuum-skip-locked.spec
index 3fad6e1c92a..b0da75d4b6d 100644
--- a/src/test/isolation/specs/vacuum-skip-locked.spec
+++ b/src/test/isolation/specs/vacuum-skip-locked.spec
@@ -33,6 +33,15 @@ step commit
 	COMMIT;
 }
 
+step check_stat
+{
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+}
+
 session s2
 step vac_specified			{ VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED) part1, part2; }
 step vac_all_parts			{ VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED) parted; }
@@ -43,19 +52,19 @@ step vac_analyze_all_parts	{ VACUUM (ANALYZE, SKIP_LOCKED) parted; }
 step vac_full_specified		{ VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED, FULL) part1, part2; }
 step vac_full_all_parts		{ VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED, FULL) parted; }
 
-permutation lock_share vac_specified commit
-permutation lock_share vac_all_parts commit
-permutation lock_share analyze_specified commit
-permutation lock_share analyze_all_parts commit
-permutation lock_share vac_analyze_specified commit
-permutation lock_share vac_analyze_all_parts commit
-permutation lock_share vac_full_specified commit
-permutation lock_share vac_full_all_parts commit
-permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_specified commit
-permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_all_parts commit
-permutation lock_access_exclusive analyze_specified commit
-permutation lock_access_exclusive analyze_all_parts commit
-permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_analyze_specified commit
-permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_analyze_all_parts commit
-permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_full_specified commit
-permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_full_all_parts commit
+permutation lock_share vac_specified commit check_stat
+permutation lock_share vac_all_parts commit check_stat
+permutation lock_share analyze_specified commit check_stat
+permutation lock_share analyze_all_parts commit check_stat
+permutation lock_share vac_analyze_specified commit check_stat
+permutation lock_share vac_analyze_all_parts commit check_stat
+permutation lock_share vac_full_specified commit check_stat
+permutation lock_share vac_full_all_parts commit check_stat
+permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_specified commit check_stat
+permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_all_parts commit check_stat
+permutation lock_access_exclusive analyze_specified commit check_stat
+permutation lock_access_exclusive analyze_all_parts commit check_stat
+permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_analyze_specified commit check_stat
+permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_analyze_all_parts commit check_stat
+permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_full_specified commit check_stat
+permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_full_all_parts commit check_stat
diff --git a/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out b/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out
index a65a5bf0c4f..9b2075d3373 100644
--- a/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out
+++ b/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out
@@ -1835,13 +1835,21 @@ pg_stat_all_tables| SELECT c.oid AS relid,
     pg_stat_get_mod_since_analyze(c.oid) AS n_mod_since_analyze,
     pg_stat_get_ins_since_vacuum(c.oid) AS n_ins_since_vacuum,
     pg_stat_get_last_vacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_vacuum,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_vacuum,
     pg_stat_get_last_autovacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_autovacuum,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_autovacuum,
     pg_stat_get_last_analyze_time(c.oid) AS last_analyze,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_analyze,
     pg_stat_get_last_autoanalyze_time(c.oid) AS last_autoanalyze,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_autoanalyze,
     pg_stat_get_vacuum_count(c.oid) AS vacuum_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count(c.oid) AS skipped_vacuum_count,
     pg_stat_get_autovacuum_count(c.oid) AS autovacuum_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count(c.oid) AS skipped_autovacuum_count,
     pg_stat_get_analyze_count(c.oid) AS analyze_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count(c.oid) AS skipped_analyze_count,
     pg_stat_get_autoanalyze_count(c.oid) AS autoanalyze_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count(c.oid) AS skipped_autoanalyze_count,
     pg_stat_get_total_vacuum_time(c.oid) AS total_vacuum_time,
     pg_stat_get_total_autovacuum_time(c.oid) AS total_autovacuum_time,
     pg_stat_get_total_analyze_time(c.oid) AS total_analyze_time,
@@ -2346,13 +2354,21 @@ pg_stat_sys_tables| SELECT relid,
     n_mod_since_analyze,
     n_ins_since_vacuum,
     last_vacuum,
+    last_skipped_vacuum,
     last_autovacuum,
+    last_skipped_autovacuum,
     last_analyze,
+    last_skipped_analyze,
     last_autoanalyze,
+    last_skipped_autoanalyze,
     vacuum_count,
+    skipped_vacuum_count,
     autovacuum_count,
+    skipped_autovacuum_count,
     analyze_count,
+    skipped_analyze_count,
     autoanalyze_count,
+    skipped_autoanalyze_count,
     total_vacuum_time,
     total_autovacuum_time,
     total_analyze_time,
@@ -2401,13 +2417,21 @@ pg_stat_user_tables| SELECT relid,
     n_mod_since_analyze,
     n_ins_since_vacuum,
     last_vacuum,
+    last_skipped_vacuum,
     last_autovacuum,
+    last_skipped_autovacuum,
     last_analyze,
+    last_skipped_analyze,
     last_autoanalyze,
+    last_skipped_autoanalyze,
     vacuum_count,
+    skipped_vacuum_count,
     autovacuum_count,
+    skipped_autovacuum_count,
     analyze_count,
+    skipped_analyze_count,
     autoanalyze_count,
+    skipped_autoanalyze_count,
     total_vacuum_time,
     total_autovacuum_time,
     total_analyze_time,
-- 
2.43.0


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* [PATCH v4] Track skipped vacuum and analyze activity per relation
@ 2026-03-24 04:09 Yugo Nagata <[email protected]>
  0 siblings, 0 replies; 374+ messages in thread

From: Yugo Nagata @ 2026-03-24 04:09 UTC (permalink / raw)

This commit adds eight fields to the relation statistics that track
the last time vacuum or analyze has been attempted but skipped due to
lock unavailability, along with their counts:

-    last_skipped_vacuum
-    last_skipped_autovacuum
-    last_skipped_analyze
-    last_skipped_autoanalyze
-    skipped_vacuum_count
-    skipped_autovacuum_count
-    skipped_analyze_count
-    skipped_autoanalyze_count

These field can help users confirm that autovacuum is actively attempting
to run on a table that has not been vacuumed or analyzed for a long time,
and that the lack of progress is due to repeated skips rather than inactivity.
---
 doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml                 |  88 ++++++++++++++++
 src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql         |   8 ++
 src/backend/commands/vacuum.c                | 102 ++++++++++++++-----
 src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c |  64 ++++++++++++
 src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c          |  24 +++++
 src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat              |  32 ++++++
 src/include/pgstat.h                         |  16 +++
 src/test/regress/expected/rules.out          |  24 +++++
 8 files changed, 335 insertions(+), 23 deletions(-)

diff --git a/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml b/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml
index 08d5b824552..a9b579d87a9 100644
--- a/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml
+++ b/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml
@@ -4387,6 +4387,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_vacuum</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time a manual vacuum on this table was attempted but skipped due to
+       lock unavailability (not counting <command>VACUUM FULL</command>)
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>last_autovacuum</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
@@ -4397,6 +4407,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_autovacuum</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time a vacuum on this table by the autovacuum daemon was attempted
+       but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>last_analyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
@@ -4406,6 +4426,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_analyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time a manual analyze on this table was attempted but skipped due to
+       lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>last_autoanalyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
@@ -4416,6 +4446,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_autoanalyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time at which an analyze on this table by the autovacuum was
+       attempted but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>vacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4426,6 +4466,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_vacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times manual vacuums on this table have been attempted but skipped
+       due to lock unavailability (not counting <command>VACUUM FULL</command>)
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>autovacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4436,6 +4486,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_autovacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times vacuums on this table by the autovacuum daemon have been
+       attempted but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>analyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4445,6 +4505,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_analyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times manual analyzes on this table have been attempted but
+       skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>autoanalyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4455,6 +4525,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_autoanalyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times analyzes on this table by the autovacuum daemon have
+       been attempted but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>total_vacuum_time</structfield> <type>double precision</type>
@@ -4510,6 +4590,14 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
    </tgroup>
   </table>
 
+  <note>
+   <para>
+    When a manual vacuum or analyze on a parent table in an inheritance or
+    partitioning hierarchy is skipped, the statistics are recorded only for
+    the parent table, not for its children.
+   </para>
+  </note>
+
  </sect2>
 
  <sect2 id="monitoring-pg-stat-autovacuum-scores-view">
diff --git a/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql b/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql
index 73a1c1c4670..f509fc7876b 100644
--- a/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql
+++ b/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql
@@ -736,13 +736,21 @@ CREATE VIEW pg_stat_all_tables AS
             pg_stat_get_mod_since_analyze(C.oid) AS n_mod_since_analyze,
             pg_stat_get_ins_since_vacuum(C.oid) AS n_ins_since_vacuum,
             pg_stat_get_last_vacuum_time(C.oid) as last_vacuum,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_vacuum,
             pg_stat_get_last_autovacuum_time(C.oid) as last_autovacuum,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_autovacuum,
             pg_stat_get_last_analyze_time(C.oid) as last_analyze,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_analyze,
             pg_stat_get_last_autoanalyze_time(C.oid) as last_autoanalyze,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_autoanalyze,
             pg_stat_get_vacuum_count(C.oid) AS vacuum_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count(C.oid) AS skipped_vacuum_count,
             pg_stat_get_autovacuum_count(C.oid) AS autovacuum_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count(C.oid) AS skipped_autovacuum_count,
             pg_stat_get_analyze_count(C.oid) AS analyze_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count(C.oid) AS skipped_analyze_count,
             pg_stat_get_autoanalyze_count(C.oid) AS autoanalyze_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count(C.oid) AS skipped_autoanalyze_count,
             pg_stat_get_total_vacuum_time(C.oid) AS total_vacuum_time,
             pg_stat_get_total_autovacuum_time(C.oid) AS total_autovacuum_time,
             pg_stat_get_total_analyze_time(C.oid) AS total_analyze_time,
diff --git a/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c b/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c
index 99d0db82ed7..97cd5ea8d10 100644
--- a/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c
+++ b/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c
@@ -793,8 +793,25 @@ vacuum_open_relation(Oid relid, RangeVar *relation, uint32 options,
 		rel = try_relation_open(relid, NoLock);
 	else
 	{
+		int flags = 0;
 		rel = NULL;
 		rel_lock = false;
+
+		if ((options & VACOPT_VACUUM) != 0)
+		{
+			if (AmAutoVacuumWorkerProcess())
+				flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOVACUUM;
+			else
+				flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM;
+		}
+		if ((options & VACOPT_ANALYZE) != 0)
+		{
+			if (AmAutoVacuumWorkerProcess())
+				flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOANALYZE;
+			else
+				flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE;
+		}
+		pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(relid, flags);
 	}
 
 	/* if relation is opened, leave */
@@ -802,7 +819,7 @@ vacuum_open_relation(Oid relid, RangeVar *relation, uint32 options,
 		return rel;
 
 	/*
-	 * Relation could not be opened, hence generate if possible a log
+	 * Relation could not be opened hence generate if possible a log
 	 * informing on the situation.
 	 *
 	 * If the RangeVar is not defined, we do not have enough information to
@@ -905,7 +922,6 @@ expand_vacuum_rel(VacuumRelation *vrel, MemoryContext vac_context,
 		Form_pg_class classForm;
 		bool		include_children;
 		bool		is_partitioned_table;
-		int			rvr_opts;
 
 		/*
 		 * Since autovacuum workers supply OIDs when calling vacuum(), no
@@ -918,29 +934,69 @@ expand_vacuum_rel(VacuumRelation *vrel, MemoryContext vac_context,
 		 * below, as well as find_all_inheritors's expectation that the caller
 		 * holds some lock on the starting relation.
 		 */
-		rvr_opts = (options & VACOPT_SKIP_LOCKED) ? RVR_SKIP_LOCKED : 0;
-		relid = RangeVarGetRelidExtended(vrel->relation,
-										 AccessShareLock,
-										 rvr_opts,
-										 NULL, NULL);
-
-		/*
-		 * If the lock is unavailable, emit the same log statement that
-		 * vacuum_rel() and analyze_rel() would.
-		 */
-		if (!OidIsValid(relid))
+		if (!(options & VACOPT_SKIP_LOCKED))
 		{
-			if (options & VACOPT_VACUUM)
-				ereport(WARNING,
-						(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
-						 errmsg("skipping vacuum of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
-								vrel->relation->relname)));
-			else
-				ereport(WARNING,
-						(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
-						 errmsg("skipping analyze of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
+			relid = RangeVarGetRelidExtended(vrel->relation,
+											 AccessShareLock,
+											 0, NULL, NULL);
+			if (!OidIsValid(relid))
+				return vacrels;
+		}
+		else
+		{
+			/* Get relid for reporting before taking a lock */
+			relid = RangeVarGetRelid(vrel->relation, NoLock, false);
+
+			if (!ConditionalLockRelationOid(relid, AccessShareLock))
+			{
+				int	flags = 0;
+				/*
+				 * If the lock is unavailable, emit the same log statement that
+				 * vacuum_rel() and analyze_rel() would.
+				 */
+				if (options & VACOPT_VACUUM)
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping vacuum of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
 								vrel->relation->relname)));
-			return vacrels;
+				else
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping analyze of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
+									vrel->relation->relname)));
+
+				if ((options & VACOPT_VACUUM) != 0)
+					flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM;
+				if ((options & VACOPT_ANALYZE) != 0)
+					flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE;
+
+				pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(relid, flags);
+
+				return vacrels;
+			}
+
+			/*
+			 * Now that we have the lock, probe to see if the relation really
+			 * exists or not.
+			 */
+			if (!SearchSysCacheExists1(RELOID, ObjectIdGetDatum(relid)))
+			{
+				if (options & VACOPT_VACUUM)
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_UNDEFINED_TABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping vacuum of \"%s\" --- relation no longer exists",
+									vrel->relation->relname)));
+				else
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_UNDEFINED_TABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping analyze of \"%s\" --- relation no longer exists",
+									vrel->relation->relname)));
+
+				/* Release useless lock */
+				UnlockRelationOid(relid, AccessShareLock);
+
+				return vacrels;
+			}
 		}
 
 		/*
diff --git a/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c b/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c
index b2ca28f83ba..532d9023f8c 100644
--- a/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c
+++ b/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c
@@ -17,12 +17,14 @@
 
 #include "postgres.h"
 
+#include "access/htup_details.h"
 #include "access/twophase_rmgr.h"
 #include "access/xact.h"
 #include "catalog/catalog.h"
 #include "utils/memutils.h"
 #include "utils/pgstat_internal.h"
 #include "utils/rel.h"
+#include "utils/syscache.h"
 #include "utils/timestamp.h"
 
 
@@ -367,6 +369,68 @@ pgstat_report_analyze(Relation rel,
 	(void) pgstat_flush_backend(false, PGSTAT_BACKEND_FLUSH_IO);
 }
 
+/*
+ * Report that the table was skipped during vacuum or/and analyze.
+ */
+void
+pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(Oid relid, int flags)
+{
+	PgStat_EntryRef *entry_ref;
+	PgStatShared_Relation *shtabentry;
+	PgStat_StatTabEntry *tabentry;
+	TimestampTz ts;
+	HeapTuple	classTup;
+	bool		isshared;
+
+	if (!pgstat_track_counts || !flags)
+		return;
+
+	classTup = SearchSysCache1(RELOID, ObjectIdGetDatum(relid));
+	if (!HeapTupleIsValid(classTup))
+		return;			/* somebody deleted the rel, forget it */
+	isshared = ((Form_pg_class) GETSTRUCT(classTup))->relisshared;
+	ReleaseSysCache(classTup);
+
+	/* Store the data in the table's hash table entry. */
+	ts = GetCurrentTimestamp();
+
+	/* block acquiring lock for the same reason as pgstat_report_autovac() */
+	entry_ref = pgstat_get_entry_ref_locked(PGSTAT_KIND_RELATION,
+											isshared ? InvalidOid : MyDatabaseId,
+											relid, false);
+
+	shtabentry = (PgStatShared_Relation *) entry_ref->shared_stats;
+	tabentry = &shtabentry->stats;
+
+	if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM)
+	{
+		tabentry->last_skipped_vacuum_time = ts;
+		tabentry->skipped_vacuum_count++;
+	}
+	else if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOVACUUM)
+	{
+		tabentry->last_skipped_autovacuum_time = ts;
+		tabentry->skipped_autovacuum_count++;
+	}
+
+	if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE)
+	{
+		tabentry->last_skipped_analyze_time = ts;
+		tabentry->skipped_analyze_count++;
+	}
+	else if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOANALYZE)
+	{
+		tabentry->last_skipped_autoanalyze_time = ts;
+		tabentry->skipped_autoanalyze_count++;
+	}
+
+	pgstat_unlock_entry(entry_ref);
+
+	/* see pgstat_report_vacuum() */
+	pgstat_flush_io(false);
+	(void) pgstat_flush_backend(false, PGSTAT_BACKEND_FLUSH_IO);
+}
+
 /*
  * count a tuple insertion of n tuples
  */
diff --git a/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c b/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c
index 1408de387ea..90a8968faa0 100644
--- a/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c
+++ b/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c
@@ -84,6 +84,18 @@ PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(mod_since_analyze)
 /* pg_stat_get_numscans */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(numscans)
 
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_analyze_count)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_autoanalyze_count)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_autovacuum_count)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_vacuum_count)
+
 /* pg_stat_get_tuples_deleted */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(tuples_deleted)
 
@@ -170,6 +182,18 @@ PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_vacuum_time)
 /* pg_stat_get_lastscan */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(lastscan)
 
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_analyze_time)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_autoanalyze_time)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_autovacuum_time)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_vacuum_time)
+
 /* pg_stat_get_stat_reset_time */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(stat_reset_time)
 
diff --git a/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat b/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat
index fa9ae79082b..32debb34863 100644
--- a/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat
+++ b/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat
@@ -5680,6 +5680,38 @@
   proargmodes => '{o,o,o,o,o,o,o,o,o,o}',
   proargnames => '{oid,score,xid_score,mxid_score,vacuum_score,vacuum_insert_score,analyze_score,do_vacuum,do_analyze,for_wraparound}',
   prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_autovacuum_scores' },
+{ oid => '8142', descr => 'statistics: last skipped vacuum time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time' },
+{ oid => '8143', descr => 'statistics: last skipped auto vacuum time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time' },
+{ oid => '8144', descr => 'statistics: last skipped analyze time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time' },
+{ oid => '8145', descr => 'statistics: last skipped auto analyze time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time' },
+{ oid => '8146', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped vacuum for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count' },
+{ oid => '8147', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped auto vacuum for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count' },
+{ oid => '8148', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped analyzes for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count' },
+{ oid => '8149', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped auto analyzes for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count' },
 { oid => '1936', descr => 'statistics: currently active backend IDs',
   proname => 'pg_stat_get_backend_idset', prorows => '100', proretset => 't',
   provolatile => 's', proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int4',
diff --git a/src/include/pgstat.h b/src/include/pgstat.h
index dfa2e837638..98941f953d1 100644
--- a/src/include/pgstat.h
+++ b/src/include/pgstat.h
@@ -479,6 +479,15 @@ typedef struct PgStat_StatTabEntry
 	TimestampTz last_autoanalyze_time;	/* autovacuum initiated */
 	PgStat_Counter autoanalyze_count;
 
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_vacuum_time;	/* user initiated vacuum */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_vacuum_count;
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_autovacuum_time;	/* autovacuum initiated */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_autovacuum_count;
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_analyze_time;	/* user initiated */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_analyze_count;
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_autoanalyze_time;	/* autovacuum initiated */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_autoanalyze_count;
+
 	PgStat_Counter total_vacuum_time;	/* times in milliseconds */
 	PgStat_Counter total_autovacuum_time;
 	PgStat_Counter total_analyze_time;
@@ -703,6 +712,13 @@ extern void pgstat_report_analyze(Relation rel,
 								  PgStat_Counter livetuples, PgStat_Counter deadtuples,
 								  bool resetcounter, TimestampTz starttime);
 
+/* flags for pgstat_flush_backend() */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM		(1 << 0)	/* vacuum is skipped */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE		(1 << 1)	/* analyze is skipped */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOVACUUM	(1 << 2)	/* autovacuum is skipped */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOANALYZE	(1 << 3)	/* autoanalyze is skipped */
+extern void pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(Oid relid, int flags);
+
 /*
  * If stats are enabled, but pending data hasn't been prepared yet, call
  * pgstat_assoc_relation() to do so. See its comment for why this is done
diff --git a/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out b/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out
index a65a5bf0c4f..9b2075d3373 100644
--- a/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out
+++ b/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out
@@ -1835,13 +1835,21 @@ pg_stat_all_tables| SELECT c.oid AS relid,
     pg_stat_get_mod_since_analyze(c.oid) AS n_mod_since_analyze,
     pg_stat_get_ins_since_vacuum(c.oid) AS n_ins_since_vacuum,
     pg_stat_get_last_vacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_vacuum,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_vacuum,
     pg_stat_get_last_autovacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_autovacuum,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_autovacuum,
     pg_stat_get_last_analyze_time(c.oid) AS last_analyze,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_analyze,
     pg_stat_get_last_autoanalyze_time(c.oid) AS last_autoanalyze,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_autoanalyze,
     pg_stat_get_vacuum_count(c.oid) AS vacuum_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count(c.oid) AS skipped_vacuum_count,
     pg_stat_get_autovacuum_count(c.oid) AS autovacuum_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count(c.oid) AS skipped_autovacuum_count,
     pg_stat_get_analyze_count(c.oid) AS analyze_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count(c.oid) AS skipped_analyze_count,
     pg_stat_get_autoanalyze_count(c.oid) AS autoanalyze_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count(c.oid) AS skipped_autoanalyze_count,
     pg_stat_get_total_vacuum_time(c.oid) AS total_vacuum_time,
     pg_stat_get_total_autovacuum_time(c.oid) AS total_autovacuum_time,
     pg_stat_get_total_analyze_time(c.oid) AS total_analyze_time,
@@ -2346,13 +2354,21 @@ pg_stat_sys_tables| SELECT relid,
     n_mod_since_analyze,
     n_ins_since_vacuum,
     last_vacuum,
+    last_skipped_vacuum,
     last_autovacuum,
+    last_skipped_autovacuum,
     last_analyze,
+    last_skipped_analyze,
     last_autoanalyze,
+    last_skipped_autoanalyze,
     vacuum_count,
+    skipped_vacuum_count,
     autovacuum_count,
+    skipped_autovacuum_count,
     analyze_count,
+    skipped_analyze_count,
     autoanalyze_count,
+    skipped_autoanalyze_count,
     total_vacuum_time,
     total_autovacuum_time,
     total_analyze_time,
@@ -2401,13 +2417,21 @@ pg_stat_user_tables| SELECT relid,
     n_mod_since_analyze,
     n_ins_since_vacuum,
     last_vacuum,
+    last_skipped_vacuum,
     last_autovacuum,
+    last_skipped_autovacuum,
     last_analyze,
+    last_skipped_analyze,
     last_autoanalyze,
+    last_skipped_autoanalyze,
     vacuum_count,
+    skipped_vacuum_count,
     autovacuum_count,
+    skipped_autovacuum_count,
     analyze_count,
+    skipped_analyze_count,
     autoanalyze_count,
+    skipped_autoanalyze_count,
     total_vacuum_time,
     total_autovacuum_time,
     total_analyze_time,
-- 
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* [PATCH v5] Track skipped vacuum and analyze activity per relation
@ 2026-03-24 04:09 Yugo Nagata <[email protected]>
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From: Yugo Nagata @ 2026-03-24 04:09 UTC (permalink / raw)

This commit adds eight fields to the relation statistics that track
the last time vacuum or analyze has been attempted but skipped due to
lock unavailability, along with their counts:

-    last_skipped_vacuum
-    last_skipped_autovacuum
-    last_skipped_analyze
-    last_skipped_autoanalyze
-    skipped_vacuum_count
-    skipped_autovacuum_count
-    skipped_analyze_count
-    skipped_autoanalyze_count

These field can help users confirm that autovacuum is actively attempting
to run on a table that has not been vacuumed or analyzed for a long time,
and that the lack of progress is due to repeated skips rather than inactivity.
---
 doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml                  |  88 ++++++
 src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql          |   8 +
 src/backend/commands/vacuum.c                 | 100 +++++--
 src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c  |  64 +++++
 src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c           |  24 ++
 src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat               |  32 +++
 src/include/pgstat.h                          |  16 ++
 .../isolation/expected/vacuum-skip-locked.out | 260 ++++++++++++++++--
 .../isolation/specs/vacuum-skip-locked.spec   |  41 +--
 src/test/regress/expected/rules.out           |  24 ++
 10 files changed, 601 insertions(+), 56 deletions(-)

diff --git a/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml b/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml
index 08d5b824552..a9b579d87a9 100644
--- a/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml
+++ b/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml
@@ -4387,6 +4387,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_vacuum</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time a manual vacuum on this table was attempted but skipped due to
+       lock unavailability (not counting <command>VACUUM FULL</command>)
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>last_autovacuum</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
@@ -4397,6 +4407,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_autovacuum</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time a vacuum on this table by the autovacuum daemon was attempted
+       but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>last_analyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
@@ -4406,6 +4426,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_analyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time a manual analyze on this table was attempted but skipped due to
+       lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>last_autoanalyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
@@ -4416,6 +4446,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_autoanalyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time at which an analyze on this table by the autovacuum was
+       attempted but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>vacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4426,6 +4466,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_vacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times manual vacuums on this table have been attempted but skipped
+       due to lock unavailability (not counting <command>VACUUM FULL</command>)
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>autovacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4436,6 +4486,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_autovacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times vacuums on this table by the autovacuum daemon have been
+       attempted but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>analyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4445,6 +4505,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_analyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times manual analyzes on this table have been attempted but
+       skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>autoanalyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4455,6 +4525,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_autoanalyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times analyzes on this table by the autovacuum daemon have
+       been attempted but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>total_vacuum_time</structfield> <type>double precision</type>
@@ -4510,6 +4590,14 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
    </tgroup>
   </table>
 
+  <note>
+   <para>
+    When a manual vacuum or analyze on a parent table in an inheritance or
+    partitioning hierarchy is skipped, the statistics are recorded only for
+    the parent table, not for its children.
+   </para>
+  </note>
+
  </sect2>
 
  <sect2 id="monitoring-pg-stat-autovacuum-scores-view">
diff --git a/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql b/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql
index 73a1c1c4670..f509fc7876b 100644
--- a/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql
+++ b/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql
@@ -736,13 +736,21 @@ CREATE VIEW pg_stat_all_tables AS
             pg_stat_get_mod_since_analyze(C.oid) AS n_mod_since_analyze,
             pg_stat_get_ins_since_vacuum(C.oid) AS n_ins_since_vacuum,
             pg_stat_get_last_vacuum_time(C.oid) as last_vacuum,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_vacuum,
             pg_stat_get_last_autovacuum_time(C.oid) as last_autovacuum,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_autovacuum,
             pg_stat_get_last_analyze_time(C.oid) as last_analyze,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_analyze,
             pg_stat_get_last_autoanalyze_time(C.oid) as last_autoanalyze,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_autoanalyze,
             pg_stat_get_vacuum_count(C.oid) AS vacuum_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count(C.oid) AS skipped_vacuum_count,
             pg_stat_get_autovacuum_count(C.oid) AS autovacuum_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count(C.oid) AS skipped_autovacuum_count,
             pg_stat_get_analyze_count(C.oid) AS analyze_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count(C.oid) AS skipped_analyze_count,
             pg_stat_get_autoanalyze_count(C.oid) AS autoanalyze_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count(C.oid) AS skipped_autoanalyze_count,
             pg_stat_get_total_vacuum_time(C.oid) AS total_vacuum_time,
             pg_stat_get_total_autovacuum_time(C.oid) AS total_autovacuum_time,
             pg_stat_get_total_analyze_time(C.oid) AS total_analyze_time,
diff --git a/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c b/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c
index 99d0db82ed7..df6526225e4 100644
--- a/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c
+++ b/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c
@@ -793,8 +793,25 @@ vacuum_open_relation(Oid relid, RangeVar *relation, uint32 options,
 		rel = try_relation_open(relid, NoLock);
 	else
 	{
+		int flags = 0;
 		rel = NULL;
 		rel_lock = false;
+
+		if ((options & VACOPT_VACUUM) != 0 && (options & VACOPT_FULL) == 0)
+		{
+			if (AmAutoVacuumWorkerProcess())
+				flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOVACUUM;
+			else
+				flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM;
+		}
+		if ((options & VACOPT_ANALYZE) != 0)
+		{
+			if (AmAutoVacuumWorkerProcess())
+				flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOANALYZE;
+			else
+				flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE;
+		}
+		pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(relid, flags);
 	}
 
 	/* if relation is opened, leave */
@@ -905,7 +922,6 @@ expand_vacuum_rel(VacuumRelation *vrel, MemoryContext vac_context,
 		Form_pg_class classForm;
 		bool		include_children;
 		bool		is_partitioned_table;
-		int			rvr_opts;
 
 		/*
 		 * Since autovacuum workers supply OIDs when calling vacuum(), no
@@ -918,29 +934,69 @@ expand_vacuum_rel(VacuumRelation *vrel, MemoryContext vac_context,
 		 * below, as well as find_all_inheritors's expectation that the caller
 		 * holds some lock on the starting relation.
 		 */
-		rvr_opts = (options & VACOPT_SKIP_LOCKED) ? RVR_SKIP_LOCKED : 0;
-		relid = RangeVarGetRelidExtended(vrel->relation,
-										 AccessShareLock,
-										 rvr_opts,
-										 NULL, NULL);
-
-		/*
-		 * If the lock is unavailable, emit the same log statement that
-		 * vacuum_rel() and analyze_rel() would.
-		 */
-		if (!OidIsValid(relid))
+		if (!(options & VACOPT_SKIP_LOCKED))
 		{
-			if (options & VACOPT_VACUUM)
-				ereport(WARNING,
-						(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
-						 errmsg("skipping vacuum of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
-								vrel->relation->relname)));
-			else
-				ereport(WARNING,
-						(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
-						 errmsg("skipping analyze of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
+			relid = RangeVarGetRelidExtended(vrel->relation,
+											 AccessShareLock,
+											 0, NULL, NULL);
+			if (!OidIsValid(relid))
+				return vacrels;
+		}
+		else
+		{
+			/* Get relid for reporting before taking a lock */
+			relid = RangeVarGetRelid(vrel->relation, NoLock, false);
+
+			if (!ConditionalLockRelationOid(relid, AccessShareLock))
+			{
+				int	flags = 0;
+				/*
+				 * If the lock is unavailable, emit the same log statement that
+				 * vacuum_rel() and analyze_rel() would.
+				 */
+				if (options & VACOPT_VACUUM)
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping vacuum of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
 								vrel->relation->relname)));
-			return vacrels;
+				else
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping analyze of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
+									vrel->relation->relname)));
+
+				if ((options & VACOPT_VACUUM) != 0 && (options & VACOPT_FULL) == 0)
+					flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM;
+				if ((options & VACOPT_ANALYZE) != 0)
+					flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE;
+
+				pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(relid, flags);
+
+				return vacrels;
+			}
+
+			/*
+			 * Now that we have the lock, probe to see if the relation really
+			 * exists or not.
+			 */
+			if (!SearchSysCacheExists1(RELOID, ObjectIdGetDatum(relid)))
+			{
+				if (options & VACOPT_VACUUM)
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_UNDEFINED_TABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping vacuum of \"%s\" --- relation no longer exists",
+									vrel->relation->relname)));
+				else
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_UNDEFINED_TABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping analyze of \"%s\" --- relation no longer exists",
+									vrel->relation->relname)));
+
+				/* Release useless lock */
+				UnlockRelationOid(relid, AccessShareLock);
+
+				return vacrels;
+			}
 		}
 
 		/*
diff --git a/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c b/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c
index b2ca28f83ba..532d9023f8c 100644
--- a/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c
+++ b/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c
@@ -17,12 +17,14 @@
 
 #include "postgres.h"
 
+#include "access/htup_details.h"
 #include "access/twophase_rmgr.h"
 #include "access/xact.h"
 #include "catalog/catalog.h"
 #include "utils/memutils.h"
 #include "utils/pgstat_internal.h"
 #include "utils/rel.h"
+#include "utils/syscache.h"
 #include "utils/timestamp.h"
 
 
@@ -367,6 +369,68 @@ pgstat_report_analyze(Relation rel,
 	(void) pgstat_flush_backend(false, PGSTAT_BACKEND_FLUSH_IO);
 }
 
+/*
+ * Report that the table was skipped during vacuum or/and analyze.
+ */
+void
+pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(Oid relid, int flags)
+{
+	PgStat_EntryRef *entry_ref;
+	PgStatShared_Relation *shtabentry;
+	PgStat_StatTabEntry *tabentry;
+	TimestampTz ts;
+	HeapTuple	classTup;
+	bool		isshared;
+
+	if (!pgstat_track_counts || !flags)
+		return;
+
+	classTup = SearchSysCache1(RELOID, ObjectIdGetDatum(relid));
+	if (!HeapTupleIsValid(classTup))
+		return;			/* somebody deleted the rel, forget it */
+	isshared = ((Form_pg_class) GETSTRUCT(classTup))->relisshared;
+	ReleaseSysCache(classTup);
+
+	/* Store the data in the table's hash table entry. */
+	ts = GetCurrentTimestamp();
+
+	/* block acquiring lock for the same reason as pgstat_report_autovac() */
+	entry_ref = pgstat_get_entry_ref_locked(PGSTAT_KIND_RELATION,
+											isshared ? InvalidOid : MyDatabaseId,
+											relid, false);
+
+	shtabentry = (PgStatShared_Relation *) entry_ref->shared_stats;
+	tabentry = &shtabentry->stats;
+
+	if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM)
+	{
+		tabentry->last_skipped_vacuum_time = ts;
+		tabentry->skipped_vacuum_count++;
+	}
+	else if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOVACUUM)
+	{
+		tabentry->last_skipped_autovacuum_time = ts;
+		tabentry->skipped_autovacuum_count++;
+	}
+
+	if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE)
+	{
+		tabentry->last_skipped_analyze_time = ts;
+		tabentry->skipped_analyze_count++;
+	}
+	else if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOANALYZE)
+	{
+		tabentry->last_skipped_autoanalyze_time = ts;
+		tabentry->skipped_autoanalyze_count++;
+	}
+
+	pgstat_unlock_entry(entry_ref);
+
+	/* see pgstat_report_vacuum() */
+	pgstat_flush_io(false);
+	(void) pgstat_flush_backend(false, PGSTAT_BACKEND_FLUSH_IO);
+}
+
 /*
  * count a tuple insertion of n tuples
  */
diff --git a/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c b/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c
index 1408de387ea..90a8968faa0 100644
--- a/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c
+++ b/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c
@@ -84,6 +84,18 @@ PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(mod_since_analyze)
 /* pg_stat_get_numscans */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(numscans)
 
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_analyze_count)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_autoanalyze_count)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_autovacuum_count)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_vacuum_count)
+
 /* pg_stat_get_tuples_deleted */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(tuples_deleted)
 
@@ -170,6 +182,18 @@ PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_vacuum_time)
 /* pg_stat_get_lastscan */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(lastscan)
 
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_analyze_time)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_autoanalyze_time)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_autovacuum_time)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_vacuum_time)
+
 /* pg_stat_get_stat_reset_time */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(stat_reset_time)
 
diff --git a/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat b/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat
index fa9ae79082b..32debb34863 100644
--- a/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat
+++ b/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat
@@ -5680,6 +5680,38 @@
   proargmodes => '{o,o,o,o,o,o,o,o,o,o}',
   proargnames => '{oid,score,xid_score,mxid_score,vacuum_score,vacuum_insert_score,analyze_score,do_vacuum,do_analyze,for_wraparound}',
   prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_autovacuum_scores' },
+{ oid => '8142', descr => 'statistics: last skipped vacuum time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time' },
+{ oid => '8143', descr => 'statistics: last skipped auto vacuum time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time' },
+{ oid => '8144', descr => 'statistics: last skipped analyze time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time' },
+{ oid => '8145', descr => 'statistics: last skipped auto analyze time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time' },
+{ oid => '8146', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped vacuum for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count' },
+{ oid => '8147', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped auto vacuum for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count' },
+{ oid => '8148', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped analyzes for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count' },
+{ oid => '8149', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped auto analyzes for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count' },
 { oid => '1936', descr => 'statistics: currently active backend IDs',
   proname => 'pg_stat_get_backend_idset', prorows => '100', proretset => 't',
   provolatile => 's', proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int4',
diff --git a/src/include/pgstat.h b/src/include/pgstat.h
index dfa2e837638..98941f953d1 100644
--- a/src/include/pgstat.h
+++ b/src/include/pgstat.h
@@ -479,6 +479,15 @@ typedef struct PgStat_StatTabEntry
 	TimestampTz last_autoanalyze_time;	/* autovacuum initiated */
 	PgStat_Counter autoanalyze_count;
 
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_vacuum_time;	/* user initiated vacuum */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_vacuum_count;
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_autovacuum_time;	/* autovacuum initiated */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_autovacuum_count;
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_analyze_time;	/* user initiated */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_analyze_count;
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_autoanalyze_time;	/* autovacuum initiated */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_autoanalyze_count;
+
 	PgStat_Counter total_vacuum_time;	/* times in milliseconds */
 	PgStat_Counter total_autovacuum_time;
 	PgStat_Counter total_analyze_time;
@@ -703,6 +712,13 @@ extern void pgstat_report_analyze(Relation rel,
 								  PgStat_Counter livetuples, PgStat_Counter deadtuples,
 								  bool resetcounter, TimestampTz starttime);
 
+/* flags for pgstat_flush_backend() */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM		(1 << 0)	/* vacuum is skipped */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE		(1 << 1)	/* analyze is skipped */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOVACUUM	(1 << 2)	/* autovacuum is skipped */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOANALYZE	(1 << 3)	/* autoanalyze is skipped */
+extern void pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(Oid relid, int flags);
+
 /*
  * If stats are enabled, but pending data hasn't been prepared yet, call
  * pgstat_assoc_relation() to do so. See its comment for why this is done
diff --git a/src/test/isolation/expected/vacuum-skip-locked.out b/src/test/isolation/expected/vacuum-skip-locked.out
index 99db281a159..e2cff175b7c 100644
--- a/src/test/isolation/expected/vacuum-skip-locked.out
+++ b/src/test/isolation/expected/vacuum-skip-locked.out
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 Parsed test spec with 2 sessions
 
-starting permutation: lock_share vac_specified commit
+starting permutation: lock_share vac_specified commit check_stat
 step lock_share: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN SHARE MODE;
@@ -10,8 +10,22 @@ step vac_specified: VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED) part1, part2;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
 
-starting permutation: lock_share vac_all_parts commit
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   1|            0|                    0
+part2  |           1|                   0|            0|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
+
+starting permutation: lock_share vac_all_parts commit check_stat
 step lock_share: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN SHARE MODE;
@@ -20,8 +34,22 @@ step vac_all_parts: VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED) parted;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   1|            0|                    0
+part2  |           1|                   0|            0|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
 
-starting permutation: lock_share analyze_specified commit
+starting permutation: lock_share analyze_specified commit check_stat
 step lock_share: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN SHARE MODE;
@@ -31,8 +59,22 @@ step analyze_specified: ANALYZE (SKIP_LOCKED) part1, part2;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
 
-starting permutation: lock_share analyze_all_parts commit
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   0|            0|                    1
+part2  |           0|                   0|            1|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
+
+starting permutation: lock_share analyze_all_parts commit check_stat
 step lock_share: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN SHARE MODE;
@@ -41,8 +83,22 @@ step analyze_all_parts: ANALYZE (SKIP_LOCKED) parted;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            1|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   0|            0|                    1
+part2  |           0|                   0|            1|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
 
-starting permutation: lock_share vac_analyze_specified commit
+starting permutation: lock_share vac_analyze_specified commit check_stat
 step lock_share: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN SHARE MODE;
@@ -52,8 +108,22 @@ step vac_analyze_specified: VACUUM (ANALYZE, SKIP_LOCKED) part1, part2;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
 
-starting permutation: lock_share vac_analyze_all_parts commit
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   1|            0|                    1
+part2  |           1|                   0|            1|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
+
+starting permutation: lock_share vac_analyze_all_parts commit check_stat
 step lock_share: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN SHARE MODE;
@@ -62,8 +132,22 @@ step vac_analyze_all_parts: VACUUM (ANALYZE, SKIP_LOCKED) parted;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            1|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   1|            0|                    1
+part2  |           1|                   0|            1|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
 
-starting permutation: lock_share vac_full_specified commit
+starting permutation: lock_share vac_full_specified commit check_stat
 step lock_share: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN SHARE MODE;
@@ -73,8 +157,22 @@ step vac_full_specified: VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED, FULL) part1, part2;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
 
-starting permutation: lock_share vac_full_all_parts commit
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part2  |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
+
+starting permutation: lock_share vac_full_all_parts commit check_stat
 step lock_share: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN SHARE MODE;
@@ -83,8 +181,22 @@ step vac_full_all_parts: VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED, FULL) parted;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part2  |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+(3 rows)
 
-starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_specified commit
+
+starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_specified commit check_stat
 step lock_access_exclusive: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN ACCESS EXCLUSIVE MODE;
@@ -94,8 +206,22 @@ step vac_specified: VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED) part1, part2;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   1|            0|                    0
+part2  |           1|                   0|            0|                    0
+(3 rows)
 
-starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_all_parts commit
+
+starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_all_parts commit check_stat
 step lock_access_exclusive: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN ACCESS EXCLUSIVE MODE;
@@ -104,8 +230,22 @@ step vac_all_parts: VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED) parted;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   1|            0|                    0
+part2  |           1|                   0|            0|                    0
+(3 rows)
 
-starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive analyze_specified commit
+
+starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive analyze_specified commit check_stat
 step lock_access_exclusive: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN ACCESS EXCLUSIVE MODE;
@@ -115,8 +255,22 @@ step analyze_specified: ANALYZE (SKIP_LOCKED) part1, part2;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   0|            0|                    1
+part2  |           0|                   0|            1|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
 
-starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive analyze_all_parts commit
+starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive analyze_all_parts commit check_stat
 step lock_access_exclusive: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN ACCESS EXCLUSIVE MODE;
@@ -126,8 +280,22 @@ step commit:
 	COMMIT;
 
 step analyze_all_parts: <... completed>
-
-starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_analyze_specified commit
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            1|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   0|            1|                    0
+part2  |           0|                   0|            1|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
+
+starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_analyze_specified commit check_stat
 step lock_access_exclusive: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN ACCESS EXCLUSIVE MODE;
@@ -137,8 +305,22 @@ step vac_analyze_specified: VACUUM (ANALYZE, SKIP_LOCKED) part1, part2;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   1|            0|                    1
+part2  |           1|                   0|            1|                    0
+(3 rows)
 
-starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_analyze_all_parts commit
+
+starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_analyze_all_parts commit check_stat
 step lock_access_exclusive: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN ACCESS EXCLUSIVE MODE;
@@ -148,8 +330,22 @@ step commit:
 	COMMIT;
 
 step vac_analyze_all_parts: <... completed>
-
-starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_full_specified commit
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            1|                    0
+part1  |           1|                   0|            1|                    0
+part2  |           1|                   0|            1|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
+
+starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_full_specified commit check_stat
 step lock_access_exclusive: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN ACCESS EXCLUSIVE MODE;
@@ -159,8 +355,22 @@ step vac_full_specified: VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED, FULL) part1, part2;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
 
-starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_full_all_parts commit
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part2  |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
+
+starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_full_all_parts commit check_stat
 step lock_access_exclusive: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN ACCESS EXCLUSIVE MODE;
@@ -169,3 +379,17 @@ step vac_full_all_parts: VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED, FULL) parted;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part2  |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
diff --git a/src/test/isolation/specs/vacuum-skip-locked.spec b/src/test/isolation/specs/vacuum-skip-locked.spec
index 3fad6e1c92a..b0da75d4b6d 100644
--- a/src/test/isolation/specs/vacuum-skip-locked.spec
+++ b/src/test/isolation/specs/vacuum-skip-locked.spec
@@ -33,6 +33,15 @@ step commit
 	COMMIT;
 }
 
+step check_stat
+{
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+}
+
 session s2
 step vac_specified			{ VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED) part1, part2; }
 step vac_all_parts			{ VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED) parted; }
@@ -43,19 +52,19 @@ step vac_analyze_all_parts	{ VACUUM (ANALYZE, SKIP_LOCKED) parted; }
 step vac_full_specified		{ VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED, FULL) part1, part2; }
 step vac_full_all_parts		{ VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED, FULL) parted; }
 
-permutation lock_share vac_specified commit
-permutation lock_share vac_all_parts commit
-permutation lock_share analyze_specified commit
-permutation lock_share analyze_all_parts commit
-permutation lock_share vac_analyze_specified commit
-permutation lock_share vac_analyze_all_parts commit
-permutation lock_share vac_full_specified commit
-permutation lock_share vac_full_all_parts commit
-permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_specified commit
-permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_all_parts commit
-permutation lock_access_exclusive analyze_specified commit
-permutation lock_access_exclusive analyze_all_parts commit
-permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_analyze_specified commit
-permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_analyze_all_parts commit
-permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_full_specified commit
-permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_full_all_parts commit
+permutation lock_share vac_specified commit check_stat
+permutation lock_share vac_all_parts commit check_stat
+permutation lock_share analyze_specified commit check_stat
+permutation lock_share analyze_all_parts commit check_stat
+permutation lock_share vac_analyze_specified commit check_stat
+permutation lock_share vac_analyze_all_parts commit check_stat
+permutation lock_share vac_full_specified commit check_stat
+permutation lock_share vac_full_all_parts commit check_stat
+permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_specified commit check_stat
+permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_all_parts commit check_stat
+permutation lock_access_exclusive analyze_specified commit check_stat
+permutation lock_access_exclusive analyze_all_parts commit check_stat
+permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_analyze_specified commit check_stat
+permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_analyze_all_parts commit check_stat
+permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_full_specified commit check_stat
+permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_full_all_parts commit check_stat
diff --git a/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out b/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out
index a65a5bf0c4f..9b2075d3373 100644
--- a/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out
+++ b/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out
@@ -1835,13 +1835,21 @@ pg_stat_all_tables| SELECT c.oid AS relid,
     pg_stat_get_mod_since_analyze(c.oid) AS n_mod_since_analyze,
     pg_stat_get_ins_since_vacuum(c.oid) AS n_ins_since_vacuum,
     pg_stat_get_last_vacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_vacuum,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_vacuum,
     pg_stat_get_last_autovacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_autovacuum,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_autovacuum,
     pg_stat_get_last_analyze_time(c.oid) AS last_analyze,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_analyze,
     pg_stat_get_last_autoanalyze_time(c.oid) AS last_autoanalyze,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_autoanalyze,
     pg_stat_get_vacuum_count(c.oid) AS vacuum_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count(c.oid) AS skipped_vacuum_count,
     pg_stat_get_autovacuum_count(c.oid) AS autovacuum_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count(c.oid) AS skipped_autovacuum_count,
     pg_stat_get_analyze_count(c.oid) AS analyze_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count(c.oid) AS skipped_analyze_count,
     pg_stat_get_autoanalyze_count(c.oid) AS autoanalyze_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count(c.oid) AS skipped_autoanalyze_count,
     pg_stat_get_total_vacuum_time(c.oid) AS total_vacuum_time,
     pg_stat_get_total_autovacuum_time(c.oid) AS total_autovacuum_time,
     pg_stat_get_total_analyze_time(c.oid) AS total_analyze_time,
@@ -2346,13 +2354,21 @@ pg_stat_sys_tables| SELECT relid,
     n_mod_since_analyze,
     n_ins_since_vacuum,
     last_vacuum,
+    last_skipped_vacuum,
     last_autovacuum,
+    last_skipped_autovacuum,
     last_analyze,
+    last_skipped_analyze,
     last_autoanalyze,
+    last_skipped_autoanalyze,
     vacuum_count,
+    skipped_vacuum_count,
     autovacuum_count,
+    skipped_autovacuum_count,
     analyze_count,
+    skipped_analyze_count,
     autoanalyze_count,
+    skipped_autoanalyze_count,
     total_vacuum_time,
     total_autovacuum_time,
     total_analyze_time,
@@ -2401,13 +2417,21 @@ pg_stat_user_tables| SELECT relid,
     n_mod_since_analyze,
     n_ins_since_vacuum,
     last_vacuum,
+    last_skipped_vacuum,
     last_autovacuum,
+    last_skipped_autovacuum,
     last_analyze,
+    last_skipped_analyze,
     last_autoanalyze,
+    last_skipped_autoanalyze,
     vacuum_count,
+    skipped_vacuum_count,
     autovacuum_count,
+    skipped_autovacuum_count,
     analyze_count,
+    skipped_analyze_count,
     autoanalyze_count,
+    skipped_autoanalyze_count,
     total_vacuum_time,
     total_autovacuum_time,
     total_analyze_time,
-- 
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* [PATCH v4] Track skipped vacuum and analyze activity per relation
@ 2026-03-24 04:09 Yugo Nagata <[email protected]>
  0 siblings, 0 replies; 374+ messages in thread

From: Yugo Nagata @ 2026-03-24 04:09 UTC (permalink / raw)

This commit adds eight fields to the relation statistics that track
the last time vacuum or analyze has been attempted but skipped due to
lock unavailability, along with their counts:

-    last_skipped_vacuum
-    last_skipped_autovacuum
-    last_skipped_analyze
-    last_skipped_autoanalyze
-    skipped_vacuum_count
-    skipped_autovacuum_count
-    skipped_analyze_count
-    skipped_autoanalyze_count

These field can help users confirm that autovacuum is actively attempting
to run on a table that has not been vacuumed or analyzed for a long time,
and that the lack of progress is due to repeated skips rather than inactivity.
---
 doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml                 |  88 ++++++++++++++++
 src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql         |   8 ++
 src/backend/commands/vacuum.c                | 102 ++++++++++++++-----
 src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c |  64 ++++++++++++
 src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c          |  24 +++++
 src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat              |  32 ++++++
 src/include/pgstat.h                         |  16 +++
 src/test/regress/expected/rules.out          |  24 +++++
 8 files changed, 335 insertions(+), 23 deletions(-)

diff --git a/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml b/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml
index 08d5b824552..a9b579d87a9 100644
--- a/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml
+++ b/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml
@@ -4387,6 +4387,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_vacuum</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time a manual vacuum on this table was attempted but skipped due to
+       lock unavailability (not counting <command>VACUUM FULL</command>)
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>last_autovacuum</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
@@ -4397,6 +4407,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_autovacuum</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time a vacuum on this table by the autovacuum daemon was attempted
+       but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>last_analyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
@@ -4406,6 +4426,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_analyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time a manual analyze on this table was attempted but skipped due to
+       lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>last_autoanalyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
@@ -4416,6 +4446,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_autoanalyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time at which an analyze on this table by the autovacuum was
+       attempted but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>vacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4426,6 +4466,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_vacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times manual vacuums on this table have been attempted but skipped
+       due to lock unavailability (not counting <command>VACUUM FULL</command>)
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>autovacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4436,6 +4486,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_autovacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times vacuums on this table by the autovacuum daemon have been
+       attempted but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>analyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4445,6 +4505,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_analyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times manual analyzes on this table have been attempted but
+       skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>autoanalyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4455,6 +4525,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_autoanalyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times analyzes on this table by the autovacuum daemon have
+       been attempted but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>total_vacuum_time</structfield> <type>double precision</type>
@@ -4510,6 +4590,14 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
    </tgroup>
   </table>
 
+  <note>
+   <para>
+    When a manual vacuum or analyze on a parent table in an inheritance or
+    partitioning hierarchy is skipped, the statistics are recorded only for
+    the parent table, not for its children.
+   </para>
+  </note>
+
  </sect2>
 
  <sect2 id="monitoring-pg-stat-autovacuum-scores-view">
diff --git a/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql b/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql
index 73a1c1c4670..f509fc7876b 100644
--- a/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql
+++ b/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql
@@ -736,13 +736,21 @@ CREATE VIEW pg_stat_all_tables AS
             pg_stat_get_mod_since_analyze(C.oid) AS n_mod_since_analyze,
             pg_stat_get_ins_since_vacuum(C.oid) AS n_ins_since_vacuum,
             pg_stat_get_last_vacuum_time(C.oid) as last_vacuum,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_vacuum,
             pg_stat_get_last_autovacuum_time(C.oid) as last_autovacuum,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_autovacuum,
             pg_stat_get_last_analyze_time(C.oid) as last_analyze,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_analyze,
             pg_stat_get_last_autoanalyze_time(C.oid) as last_autoanalyze,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_autoanalyze,
             pg_stat_get_vacuum_count(C.oid) AS vacuum_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count(C.oid) AS skipped_vacuum_count,
             pg_stat_get_autovacuum_count(C.oid) AS autovacuum_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count(C.oid) AS skipped_autovacuum_count,
             pg_stat_get_analyze_count(C.oid) AS analyze_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count(C.oid) AS skipped_analyze_count,
             pg_stat_get_autoanalyze_count(C.oid) AS autoanalyze_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count(C.oid) AS skipped_autoanalyze_count,
             pg_stat_get_total_vacuum_time(C.oid) AS total_vacuum_time,
             pg_stat_get_total_autovacuum_time(C.oid) AS total_autovacuum_time,
             pg_stat_get_total_analyze_time(C.oid) AS total_analyze_time,
diff --git a/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c b/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c
index 99d0db82ed7..97cd5ea8d10 100644
--- a/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c
+++ b/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c
@@ -793,8 +793,25 @@ vacuum_open_relation(Oid relid, RangeVar *relation, uint32 options,
 		rel = try_relation_open(relid, NoLock);
 	else
 	{
+		int flags = 0;
 		rel = NULL;
 		rel_lock = false;
+
+		if ((options & VACOPT_VACUUM) != 0)
+		{
+			if (AmAutoVacuumWorkerProcess())
+				flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOVACUUM;
+			else
+				flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM;
+		}
+		if ((options & VACOPT_ANALYZE) != 0)
+		{
+			if (AmAutoVacuumWorkerProcess())
+				flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOANALYZE;
+			else
+				flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE;
+		}
+		pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(relid, flags);
 	}
 
 	/* if relation is opened, leave */
@@ -802,7 +819,7 @@ vacuum_open_relation(Oid relid, RangeVar *relation, uint32 options,
 		return rel;
 
 	/*
-	 * Relation could not be opened, hence generate if possible a log
+	 * Relation could not be opened hence generate if possible a log
 	 * informing on the situation.
 	 *
 	 * If the RangeVar is not defined, we do not have enough information to
@@ -905,7 +922,6 @@ expand_vacuum_rel(VacuumRelation *vrel, MemoryContext vac_context,
 		Form_pg_class classForm;
 		bool		include_children;
 		bool		is_partitioned_table;
-		int			rvr_opts;
 
 		/*
 		 * Since autovacuum workers supply OIDs when calling vacuum(), no
@@ -918,29 +934,69 @@ expand_vacuum_rel(VacuumRelation *vrel, MemoryContext vac_context,
 		 * below, as well as find_all_inheritors's expectation that the caller
 		 * holds some lock on the starting relation.
 		 */
-		rvr_opts = (options & VACOPT_SKIP_LOCKED) ? RVR_SKIP_LOCKED : 0;
-		relid = RangeVarGetRelidExtended(vrel->relation,
-										 AccessShareLock,
-										 rvr_opts,
-										 NULL, NULL);
-
-		/*
-		 * If the lock is unavailable, emit the same log statement that
-		 * vacuum_rel() and analyze_rel() would.
-		 */
-		if (!OidIsValid(relid))
+		if (!(options & VACOPT_SKIP_LOCKED))
 		{
-			if (options & VACOPT_VACUUM)
-				ereport(WARNING,
-						(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
-						 errmsg("skipping vacuum of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
-								vrel->relation->relname)));
-			else
-				ereport(WARNING,
-						(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
-						 errmsg("skipping analyze of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
+			relid = RangeVarGetRelidExtended(vrel->relation,
+											 AccessShareLock,
+											 0, NULL, NULL);
+			if (!OidIsValid(relid))
+				return vacrels;
+		}
+		else
+		{
+			/* Get relid for reporting before taking a lock */
+			relid = RangeVarGetRelid(vrel->relation, NoLock, false);
+
+			if (!ConditionalLockRelationOid(relid, AccessShareLock))
+			{
+				int	flags = 0;
+				/*
+				 * If the lock is unavailable, emit the same log statement that
+				 * vacuum_rel() and analyze_rel() would.
+				 */
+				if (options & VACOPT_VACUUM)
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping vacuum of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
 								vrel->relation->relname)));
-			return vacrels;
+				else
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping analyze of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
+									vrel->relation->relname)));
+
+				if ((options & VACOPT_VACUUM) != 0)
+					flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM;
+				if ((options & VACOPT_ANALYZE) != 0)
+					flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE;
+
+				pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(relid, flags);
+
+				return vacrels;
+			}
+
+			/*
+			 * Now that we have the lock, probe to see if the relation really
+			 * exists or not.
+			 */
+			if (!SearchSysCacheExists1(RELOID, ObjectIdGetDatum(relid)))
+			{
+				if (options & VACOPT_VACUUM)
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_UNDEFINED_TABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping vacuum of \"%s\" --- relation no longer exists",
+									vrel->relation->relname)));
+				else
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_UNDEFINED_TABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping analyze of \"%s\" --- relation no longer exists",
+									vrel->relation->relname)));
+
+				/* Release useless lock */
+				UnlockRelationOid(relid, AccessShareLock);
+
+				return vacrels;
+			}
 		}
 
 		/*
diff --git a/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c b/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c
index b2ca28f83ba..532d9023f8c 100644
--- a/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c
+++ b/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c
@@ -17,12 +17,14 @@
 
 #include "postgres.h"
 
+#include "access/htup_details.h"
 #include "access/twophase_rmgr.h"
 #include "access/xact.h"
 #include "catalog/catalog.h"
 #include "utils/memutils.h"
 #include "utils/pgstat_internal.h"
 #include "utils/rel.h"
+#include "utils/syscache.h"
 #include "utils/timestamp.h"
 
 
@@ -367,6 +369,68 @@ pgstat_report_analyze(Relation rel,
 	(void) pgstat_flush_backend(false, PGSTAT_BACKEND_FLUSH_IO);
 }
 
+/*
+ * Report that the table was skipped during vacuum or/and analyze.
+ */
+void
+pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(Oid relid, int flags)
+{
+	PgStat_EntryRef *entry_ref;
+	PgStatShared_Relation *shtabentry;
+	PgStat_StatTabEntry *tabentry;
+	TimestampTz ts;
+	HeapTuple	classTup;
+	bool		isshared;
+
+	if (!pgstat_track_counts || !flags)
+		return;
+
+	classTup = SearchSysCache1(RELOID, ObjectIdGetDatum(relid));
+	if (!HeapTupleIsValid(classTup))
+		return;			/* somebody deleted the rel, forget it */
+	isshared = ((Form_pg_class) GETSTRUCT(classTup))->relisshared;
+	ReleaseSysCache(classTup);
+
+	/* Store the data in the table's hash table entry. */
+	ts = GetCurrentTimestamp();
+
+	/* block acquiring lock for the same reason as pgstat_report_autovac() */
+	entry_ref = pgstat_get_entry_ref_locked(PGSTAT_KIND_RELATION,
+											isshared ? InvalidOid : MyDatabaseId,
+											relid, false);
+
+	shtabentry = (PgStatShared_Relation *) entry_ref->shared_stats;
+	tabentry = &shtabentry->stats;
+
+	if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM)
+	{
+		tabentry->last_skipped_vacuum_time = ts;
+		tabentry->skipped_vacuum_count++;
+	}
+	else if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOVACUUM)
+	{
+		tabentry->last_skipped_autovacuum_time = ts;
+		tabentry->skipped_autovacuum_count++;
+	}
+
+	if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE)
+	{
+		tabentry->last_skipped_analyze_time = ts;
+		tabentry->skipped_analyze_count++;
+	}
+	else if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOANALYZE)
+	{
+		tabentry->last_skipped_autoanalyze_time = ts;
+		tabentry->skipped_autoanalyze_count++;
+	}
+
+	pgstat_unlock_entry(entry_ref);
+
+	/* see pgstat_report_vacuum() */
+	pgstat_flush_io(false);
+	(void) pgstat_flush_backend(false, PGSTAT_BACKEND_FLUSH_IO);
+}
+
 /*
  * count a tuple insertion of n tuples
  */
diff --git a/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c b/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c
index 1408de387ea..90a8968faa0 100644
--- a/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c
+++ b/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c
@@ -84,6 +84,18 @@ PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(mod_since_analyze)
 /* pg_stat_get_numscans */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(numscans)
 
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_analyze_count)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_autoanalyze_count)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_autovacuum_count)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_vacuum_count)
+
 /* pg_stat_get_tuples_deleted */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(tuples_deleted)
 
@@ -170,6 +182,18 @@ PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_vacuum_time)
 /* pg_stat_get_lastscan */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(lastscan)
 
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_analyze_time)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_autoanalyze_time)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_autovacuum_time)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_vacuum_time)
+
 /* pg_stat_get_stat_reset_time */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(stat_reset_time)
 
diff --git a/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat b/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat
index fa9ae79082b..32debb34863 100644
--- a/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat
+++ b/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat
@@ -5680,6 +5680,38 @@
   proargmodes => '{o,o,o,o,o,o,o,o,o,o}',
   proargnames => '{oid,score,xid_score,mxid_score,vacuum_score,vacuum_insert_score,analyze_score,do_vacuum,do_analyze,for_wraparound}',
   prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_autovacuum_scores' },
+{ oid => '8142', descr => 'statistics: last skipped vacuum time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time' },
+{ oid => '8143', descr => 'statistics: last skipped auto vacuum time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time' },
+{ oid => '8144', descr => 'statistics: last skipped analyze time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time' },
+{ oid => '8145', descr => 'statistics: last skipped auto analyze time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time' },
+{ oid => '8146', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped vacuum for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count' },
+{ oid => '8147', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped auto vacuum for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count' },
+{ oid => '8148', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped analyzes for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count' },
+{ oid => '8149', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped auto analyzes for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count' },
 { oid => '1936', descr => 'statistics: currently active backend IDs',
   proname => 'pg_stat_get_backend_idset', prorows => '100', proretset => 't',
   provolatile => 's', proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int4',
diff --git a/src/include/pgstat.h b/src/include/pgstat.h
index dfa2e837638..98941f953d1 100644
--- a/src/include/pgstat.h
+++ b/src/include/pgstat.h
@@ -479,6 +479,15 @@ typedef struct PgStat_StatTabEntry
 	TimestampTz last_autoanalyze_time;	/* autovacuum initiated */
 	PgStat_Counter autoanalyze_count;
 
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_vacuum_time;	/* user initiated vacuum */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_vacuum_count;
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_autovacuum_time;	/* autovacuum initiated */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_autovacuum_count;
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_analyze_time;	/* user initiated */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_analyze_count;
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_autoanalyze_time;	/* autovacuum initiated */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_autoanalyze_count;
+
 	PgStat_Counter total_vacuum_time;	/* times in milliseconds */
 	PgStat_Counter total_autovacuum_time;
 	PgStat_Counter total_analyze_time;
@@ -703,6 +712,13 @@ extern void pgstat_report_analyze(Relation rel,
 								  PgStat_Counter livetuples, PgStat_Counter deadtuples,
 								  bool resetcounter, TimestampTz starttime);
 
+/* flags for pgstat_flush_backend() */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM		(1 << 0)	/* vacuum is skipped */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE		(1 << 1)	/* analyze is skipped */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOVACUUM	(1 << 2)	/* autovacuum is skipped */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOANALYZE	(1 << 3)	/* autoanalyze is skipped */
+extern void pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(Oid relid, int flags);
+
 /*
  * If stats are enabled, but pending data hasn't been prepared yet, call
  * pgstat_assoc_relation() to do so. See its comment for why this is done
diff --git a/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out b/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out
index a65a5bf0c4f..9b2075d3373 100644
--- a/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out
+++ b/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out
@@ -1835,13 +1835,21 @@ pg_stat_all_tables| SELECT c.oid AS relid,
     pg_stat_get_mod_since_analyze(c.oid) AS n_mod_since_analyze,
     pg_stat_get_ins_since_vacuum(c.oid) AS n_ins_since_vacuum,
     pg_stat_get_last_vacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_vacuum,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_vacuum,
     pg_stat_get_last_autovacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_autovacuum,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_autovacuum,
     pg_stat_get_last_analyze_time(c.oid) AS last_analyze,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_analyze,
     pg_stat_get_last_autoanalyze_time(c.oid) AS last_autoanalyze,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_autoanalyze,
     pg_stat_get_vacuum_count(c.oid) AS vacuum_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count(c.oid) AS skipped_vacuum_count,
     pg_stat_get_autovacuum_count(c.oid) AS autovacuum_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count(c.oid) AS skipped_autovacuum_count,
     pg_stat_get_analyze_count(c.oid) AS analyze_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count(c.oid) AS skipped_analyze_count,
     pg_stat_get_autoanalyze_count(c.oid) AS autoanalyze_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count(c.oid) AS skipped_autoanalyze_count,
     pg_stat_get_total_vacuum_time(c.oid) AS total_vacuum_time,
     pg_stat_get_total_autovacuum_time(c.oid) AS total_autovacuum_time,
     pg_stat_get_total_analyze_time(c.oid) AS total_analyze_time,
@@ -2346,13 +2354,21 @@ pg_stat_sys_tables| SELECT relid,
     n_mod_since_analyze,
     n_ins_since_vacuum,
     last_vacuum,
+    last_skipped_vacuum,
     last_autovacuum,
+    last_skipped_autovacuum,
     last_analyze,
+    last_skipped_analyze,
     last_autoanalyze,
+    last_skipped_autoanalyze,
     vacuum_count,
+    skipped_vacuum_count,
     autovacuum_count,
+    skipped_autovacuum_count,
     analyze_count,
+    skipped_analyze_count,
     autoanalyze_count,
+    skipped_autoanalyze_count,
     total_vacuum_time,
     total_autovacuum_time,
     total_analyze_time,
@@ -2401,13 +2417,21 @@ pg_stat_user_tables| SELECT relid,
     n_mod_since_analyze,
     n_ins_since_vacuum,
     last_vacuum,
+    last_skipped_vacuum,
     last_autovacuum,
+    last_skipped_autovacuum,
     last_analyze,
+    last_skipped_analyze,
     last_autoanalyze,
+    last_skipped_autoanalyze,
     vacuum_count,
+    skipped_vacuum_count,
     autovacuum_count,
+    skipped_autovacuum_count,
     analyze_count,
+    skipped_analyze_count,
     autoanalyze_count,
+    skipped_autoanalyze_count,
     total_vacuum_time,
     total_autovacuum_time,
     total_analyze_time,
-- 
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* [PATCH v5] Track skipped vacuum and analyze activity per relation
@ 2026-03-24 04:09 Yugo Nagata <[email protected]>
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From: Yugo Nagata @ 2026-03-24 04:09 UTC (permalink / raw)

This commit adds eight fields to the relation statistics that track
the last time vacuum or analyze has been attempted but skipped due to
lock unavailability, along with their counts:

-    last_skipped_vacuum
-    last_skipped_autovacuum
-    last_skipped_analyze
-    last_skipped_autoanalyze
-    skipped_vacuum_count
-    skipped_autovacuum_count
-    skipped_analyze_count
-    skipped_autoanalyze_count

These field can help users confirm that autovacuum is actively attempting
to run on a table that has not been vacuumed or analyzed for a long time,
and that the lack of progress is due to repeated skips rather than inactivity.
---
 doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml                  |  88 ++++++
 src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql          |   8 +
 src/backend/commands/vacuum.c                 | 100 +++++--
 src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c  |  64 +++++
 src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c           |  24 ++
 src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat               |  32 +++
 src/include/pgstat.h                          |  16 ++
 .../isolation/expected/vacuum-skip-locked.out | 260 ++++++++++++++++--
 .../isolation/specs/vacuum-skip-locked.spec   |  41 +--
 src/test/regress/expected/rules.out           |  24 ++
 10 files changed, 601 insertions(+), 56 deletions(-)

diff --git a/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml b/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml
index 08d5b824552..a9b579d87a9 100644
--- a/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml
+++ b/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml
@@ -4387,6 +4387,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_vacuum</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time a manual vacuum on this table was attempted but skipped due to
+       lock unavailability (not counting <command>VACUUM FULL</command>)
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>last_autovacuum</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
@@ -4397,6 +4407,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_autovacuum</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time a vacuum on this table by the autovacuum daemon was attempted
+       but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>last_analyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
@@ -4406,6 +4426,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_analyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time a manual analyze on this table was attempted but skipped due to
+       lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>last_autoanalyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
@@ -4416,6 +4446,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_autoanalyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time at which an analyze on this table by the autovacuum was
+       attempted but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>vacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4426,6 +4466,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_vacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times manual vacuums on this table have been attempted but skipped
+       due to lock unavailability (not counting <command>VACUUM FULL</command>)
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>autovacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4436,6 +4486,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_autovacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times vacuums on this table by the autovacuum daemon have been
+       attempted but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>analyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4445,6 +4505,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_analyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times manual analyzes on this table have been attempted but
+       skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>autoanalyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4455,6 +4525,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_autoanalyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times analyzes on this table by the autovacuum daemon have
+       been attempted but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>total_vacuum_time</structfield> <type>double precision</type>
@@ -4510,6 +4590,14 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
    </tgroup>
   </table>
 
+  <note>
+   <para>
+    When a manual vacuum or analyze on a parent table in an inheritance or
+    partitioning hierarchy is skipped, the statistics are recorded only for
+    the parent table, not for its children.
+   </para>
+  </note>
+
  </sect2>
 
  <sect2 id="monitoring-pg-stat-autovacuum-scores-view">
diff --git a/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql b/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql
index 73a1c1c4670..f509fc7876b 100644
--- a/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql
+++ b/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql
@@ -736,13 +736,21 @@ CREATE VIEW pg_stat_all_tables AS
             pg_stat_get_mod_since_analyze(C.oid) AS n_mod_since_analyze,
             pg_stat_get_ins_since_vacuum(C.oid) AS n_ins_since_vacuum,
             pg_stat_get_last_vacuum_time(C.oid) as last_vacuum,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_vacuum,
             pg_stat_get_last_autovacuum_time(C.oid) as last_autovacuum,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_autovacuum,
             pg_stat_get_last_analyze_time(C.oid) as last_analyze,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_analyze,
             pg_stat_get_last_autoanalyze_time(C.oid) as last_autoanalyze,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_autoanalyze,
             pg_stat_get_vacuum_count(C.oid) AS vacuum_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count(C.oid) AS skipped_vacuum_count,
             pg_stat_get_autovacuum_count(C.oid) AS autovacuum_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count(C.oid) AS skipped_autovacuum_count,
             pg_stat_get_analyze_count(C.oid) AS analyze_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count(C.oid) AS skipped_analyze_count,
             pg_stat_get_autoanalyze_count(C.oid) AS autoanalyze_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count(C.oid) AS skipped_autoanalyze_count,
             pg_stat_get_total_vacuum_time(C.oid) AS total_vacuum_time,
             pg_stat_get_total_autovacuum_time(C.oid) AS total_autovacuum_time,
             pg_stat_get_total_analyze_time(C.oid) AS total_analyze_time,
diff --git a/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c b/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c
index 99d0db82ed7..df6526225e4 100644
--- a/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c
+++ b/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c
@@ -793,8 +793,25 @@ vacuum_open_relation(Oid relid, RangeVar *relation, uint32 options,
 		rel = try_relation_open(relid, NoLock);
 	else
 	{
+		int flags = 0;
 		rel = NULL;
 		rel_lock = false;
+
+		if ((options & VACOPT_VACUUM) != 0 && (options & VACOPT_FULL) == 0)
+		{
+			if (AmAutoVacuumWorkerProcess())
+				flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOVACUUM;
+			else
+				flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM;
+		}
+		if ((options & VACOPT_ANALYZE) != 0)
+		{
+			if (AmAutoVacuumWorkerProcess())
+				flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOANALYZE;
+			else
+				flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE;
+		}
+		pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(relid, flags);
 	}
 
 	/* if relation is opened, leave */
@@ -905,7 +922,6 @@ expand_vacuum_rel(VacuumRelation *vrel, MemoryContext vac_context,
 		Form_pg_class classForm;
 		bool		include_children;
 		bool		is_partitioned_table;
-		int			rvr_opts;
 
 		/*
 		 * Since autovacuum workers supply OIDs when calling vacuum(), no
@@ -918,29 +934,69 @@ expand_vacuum_rel(VacuumRelation *vrel, MemoryContext vac_context,
 		 * below, as well as find_all_inheritors's expectation that the caller
 		 * holds some lock on the starting relation.
 		 */
-		rvr_opts = (options & VACOPT_SKIP_LOCKED) ? RVR_SKIP_LOCKED : 0;
-		relid = RangeVarGetRelidExtended(vrel->relation,
-										 AccessShareLock,
-										 rvr_opts,
-										 NULL, NULL);
-
-		/*
-		 * If the lock is unavailable, emit the same log statement that
-		 * vacuum_rel() and analyze_rel() would.
-		 */
-		if (!OidIsValid(relid))
+		if (!(options & VACOPT_SKIP_LOCKED))
 		{
-			if (options & VACOPT_VACUUM)
-				ereport(WARNING,
-						(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
-						 errmsg("skipping vacuum of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
-								vrel->relation->relname)));
-			else
-				ereport(WARNING,
-						(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
-						 errmsg("skipping analyze of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
+			relid = RangeVarGetRelidExtended(vrel->relation,
+											 AccessShareLock,
+											 0, NULL, NULL);
+			if (!OidIsValid(relid))
+				return vacrels;
+		}
+		else
+		{
+			/* Get relid for reporting before taking a lock */
+			relid = RangeVarGetRelid(vrel->relation, NoLock, false);
+
+			if (!ConditionalLockRelationOid(relid, AccessShareLock))
+			{
+				int	flags = 0;
+				/*
+				 * If the lock is unavailable, emit the same log statement that
+				 * vacuum_rel() and analyze_rel() would.
+				 */
+				if (options & VACOPT_VACUUM)
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping vacuum of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
 								vrel->relation->relname)));
-			return vacrels;
+				else
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping analyze of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
+									vrel->relation->relname)));
+
+				if ((options & VACOPT_VACUUM) != 0 && (options & VACOPT_FULL) == 0)
+					flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM;
+				if ((options & VACOPT_ANALYZE) != 0)
+					flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE;
+
+				pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(relid, flags);
+
+				return vacrels;
+			}
+
+			/*
+			 * Now that we have the lock, probe to see if the relation really
+			 * exists or not.
+			 */
+			if (!SearchSysCacheExists1(RELOID, ObjectIdGetDatum(relid)))
+			{
+				if (options & VACOPT_VACUUM)
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_UNDEFINED_TABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping vacuum of \"%s\" --- relation no longer exists",
+									vrel->relation->relname)));
+				else
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_UNDEFINED_TABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping analyze of \"%s\" --- relation no longer exists",
+									vrel->relation->relname)));
+
+				/* Release useless lock */
+				UnlockRelationOid(relid, AccessShareLock);
+
+				return vacrels;
+			}
 		}
 
 		/*
diff --git a/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c b/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c
index b2ca28f83ba..532d9023f8c 100644
--- a/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c
+++ b/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c
@@ -17,12 +17,14 @@
 
 #include "postgres.h"
 
+#include "access/htup_details.h"
 #include "access/twophase_rmgr.h"
 #include "access/xact.h"
 #include "catalog/catalog.h"
 #include "utils/memutils.h"
 #include "utils/pgstat_internal.h"
 #include "utils/rel.h"
+#include "utils/syscache.h"
 #include "utils/timestamp.h"
 
 
@@ -367,6 +369,68 @@ pgstat_report_analyze(Relation rel,
 	(void) pgstat_flush_backend(false, PGSTAT_BACKEND_FLUSH_IO);
 }
 
+/*
+ * Report that the table was skipped during vacuum or/and analyze.
+ */
+void
+pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(Oid relid, int flags)
+{
+	PgStat_EntryRef *entry_ref;
+	PgStatShared_Relation *shtabentry;
+	PgStat_StatTabEntry *tabentry;
+	TimestampTz ts;
+	HeapTuple	classTup;
+	bool		isshared;
+
+	if (!pgstat_track_counts || !flags)
+		return;
+
+	classTup = SearchSysCache1(RELOID, ObjectIdGetDatum(relid));
+	if (!HeapTupleIsValid(classTup))
+		return;			/* somebody deleted the rel, forget it */
+	isshared = ((Form_pg_class) GETSTRUCT(classTup))->relisshared;
+	ReleaseSysCache(classTup);
+
+	/* Store the data in the table's hash table entry. */
+	ts = GetCurrentTimestamp();
+
+	/* block acquiring lock for the same reason as pgstat_report_autovac() */
+	entry_ref = pgstat_get_entry_ref_locked(PGSTAT_KIND_RELATION,
+											isshared ? InvalidOid : MyDatabaseId,
+											relid, false);
+
+	shtabentry = (PgStatShared_Relation *) entry_ref->shared_stats;
+	tabentry = &shtabentry->stats;
+
+	if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM)
+	{
+		tabentry->last_skipped_vacuum_time = ts;
+		tabentry->skipped_vacuum_count++;
+	}
+	else if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOVACUUM)
+	{
+		tabentry->last_skipped_autovacuum_time = ts;
+		tabentry->skipped_autovacuum_count++;
+	}
+
+	if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE)
+	{
+		tabentry->last_skipped_analyze_time = ts;
+		tabentry->skipped_analyze_count++;
+	}
+	else if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOANALYZE)
+	{
+		tabentry->last_skipped_autoanalyze_time = ts;
+		tabentry->skipped_autoanalyze_count++;
+	}
+
+	pgstat_unlock_entry(entry_ref);
+
+	/* see pgstat_report_vacuum() */
+	pgstat_flush_io(false);
+	(void) pgstat_flush_backend(false, PGSTAT_BACKEND_FLUSH_IO);
+}
+
 /*
  * count a tuple insertion of n tuples
  */
diff --git a/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c b/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c
index 1408de387ea..90a8968faa0 100644
--- a/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c
+++ b/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c
@@ -84,6 +84,18 @@ PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(mod_since_analyze)
 /* pg_stat_get_numscans */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(numscans)
 
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_analyze_count)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_autoanalyze_count)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_autovacuum_count)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_vacuum_count)
+
 /* pg_stat_get_tuples_deleted */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(tuples_deleted)
 
@@ -170,6 +182,18 @@ PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_vacuum_time)
 /* pg_stat_get_lastscan */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(lastscan)
 
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_analyze_time)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_autoanalyze_time)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_autovacuum_time)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_vacuum_time)
+
 /* pg_stat_get_stat_reset_time */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(stat_reset_time)
 
diff --git a/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat b/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat
index fa9ae79082b..32debb34863 100644
--- a/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat
+++ b/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat
@@ -5680,6 +5680,38 @@
   proargmodes => '{o,o,o,o,o,o,o,o,o,o}',
   proargnames => '{oid,score,xid_score,mxid_score,vacuum_score,vacuum_insert_score,analyze_score,do_vacuum,do_analyze,for_wraparound}',
   prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_autovacuum_scores' },
+{ oid => '8142', descr => 'statistics: last skipped vacuum time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time' },
+{ oid => '8143', descr => 'statistics: last skipped auto vacuum time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time' },
+{ oid => '8144', descr => 'statistics: last skipped analyze time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time' },
+{ oid => '8145', descr => 'statistics: last skipped auto analyze time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time' },
+{ oid => '8146', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped vacuum for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count' },
+{ oid => '8147', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped auto vacuum for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count' },
+{ oid => '8148', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped analyzes for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count' },
+{ oid => '8149', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped auto analyzes for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count' },
 { oid => '1936', descr => 'statistics: currently active backend IDs',
   proname => 'pg_stat_get_backend_idset', prorows => '100', proretset => 't',
   provolatile => 's', proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int4',
diff --git a/src/include/pgstat.h b/src/include/pgstat.h
index dfa2e837638..98941f953d1 100644
--- a/src/include/pgstat.h
+++ b/src/include/pgstat.h
@@ -479,6 +479,15 @@ typedef struct PgStat_StatTabEntry
 	TimestampTz last_autoanalyze_time;	/* autovacuum initiated */
 	PgStat_Counter autoanalyze_count;
 
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_vacuum_time;	/* user initiated vacuum */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_vacuum_count;
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_autovacuum_time;	/* autovacuum initiated */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_autovacuum_count;
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_analyze_time;	/* user initiated */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_analyze_count;
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_autoanalyze_time;	/* autovacuum initiated */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_autoanalyze_count;
+
 	PgStat_Counter total_vacuum_time;	/* times in milliseconds */
 	PgStat_Counter total_autovacuum_time;
 	PgStat_Counter total_analyze_time;
@@ -703,6 +712,13 @@ extern void pgstat_report_analyze(Relation rel,
 								  PgStat_Counter livetuples, PgStat_Counter deadtuples,
 								  bool resetcounter, TimestampTz starttime);
 
+/* flags for pgstat_flush_backend() */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM		(1 << 0)	/* vacuum is skipped */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE		(1 << 1)	/* analyze is skipped */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOVACUUM	(1 << 2)	/* autovacuum is skipped */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOANALYZE	(1 << 3)	/* autoanalyze is skipped */
+extern void pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(Oid relid, int flags);
+
 /*
  * If stats are enabled, but pending data hasn't been prepared yet, call
  * pgstat_assoc_relation() to do so. See its comment for why this is done
diff --git a/src/test/isolation/expected/vacuum-skip-locked.out b/src/test/isolation/expected/vacuum-skip-locked.out
index 99db281a159..e2cff175b7c 100644
--- a/src/test/isolation/expected/vacuum-skip-locked.out
+++ b/src/test/isolation/expected/vacuum-skip-locked.out
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 Parsed test spec with 2 sessions
 
-starting permutation: lock_share vac_specified commit
+starting permutation: lock_share vac_specified commit check_stat
 step lock_share: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN SHARE MODE;
@@ -10,8 +10,22 @@ step vac_specified: VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED) part1, part2;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
 
-starting permutation: lock_share vac_all_parts commit
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   1|            0|                    0
+part2  |           1|                   0|            0|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
+
+starting permutation: lock_share vac_all_parts commit check_stat
 step lock_share: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN SHARE MODE;
@@ -20,8 +34,22 @@ step vac_all_parts: VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED) parted;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   1|            0|                    0
+part2  |           1|                   0|            0|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
 
-starting permutation: lock_share analyze_specified commit
+starting permutation: lock_share analyze_specified commit check_stat
 step lock_share: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN SHARE MODE;
@@ -31,8 +59,22 @@ step analyze_specified: ANALYZE (SKIP_LOCKED) part1, part2;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
 
-starting permutation: lock_share analyze_all_parts commit
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   0|            0|                    1
+part2  |           0|                   0|            1|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
+
+starting permutation: lock_share analyze_all_parts commit check_stat
 step lock_share: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN SHARE MODE;
@@ -41,8 +83,22 @@ step analyze_all_parts: ANALYZE (SKIP_LOCKED) parted;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            1|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   0|            0|                    1
+part2  |           0|                   0|            1|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
 
-starting permutation: lock_share vac_analyze_specified commit
+starting permutation: lock_share vac_analyze_specified commit check_stat
 step lock_share: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN SHARE MODE;
@@ -52,8 +108,22 @@ step vac_analyze_specified: VACUUM (ANALYZE, SKIP_LOCKED) part1, part2;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
 
-starting permutation: lock_share vac_analyze_all_parts commit
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   1|            0|                    1
+part2  |           1|                   0|            1|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
+
+starting permutation: lock_share vac_analyze_all_parts commit check_stat
 step lock_share: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN SHARE MODE;
@@ -62,8 +132,22 @@ step vac_analyze_all_parts: VACUUM (ANALYZE, SKIP_LOCKED) parted;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            1|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   1|            0|                    1
+part2  |           1|                   0|            1|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
 
-starting permutation: lock_share vac_full_specified commit
+starting permutation: lock_share vac_full_specified commit check_stat
 step lock_share: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN SHARE MODE;
@@ -73,8 +157,22 @@ step vac_full_specified: VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED, FULL) part1, part2;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
 
-starting permutation: lock_share vac_full_all_parts commit
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part2  |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
+
+starting permutation: lock_share vac_full_all_parts commit check_stat
 step lock_share: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN SHARE MODE;
@@ -83,8 +181,22 @@ step vac_full_all_parts: VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED, FULL) parted;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part2  |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+(3 rows)
 
-starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_specified commit
+
+starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_specified commit check_stat
 step lock_access_exclusive: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN ACCESS EXCLUSIVE MODE;
@@ -94,8 +206,22 @@ step vac_specified: VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED) part1, part2;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   1|            0|                    0
+part2  |           1|                   0|            0|                    0
+(3 rows)
 
-starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_all_parts commit
+
+starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_all_parts commit check_stat
 step lock_access_exclusive: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN ACCESS EXCLUSIVE MODE;
@@ -104,8 +230,22 @@ step vac_all_parts: VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED) parted;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   1|            0|                    0
+part2  |           1|                   0|            0|                    0
+(3 rows)
 
-starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive analyze_specified commit
+
+starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive analyze_specified commit check_stat
 step lock_access_exclusive: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN ACCESS EXCLUSIVE MODE;
@@ -115,8 +255,22 @@ step analyze_specified: ANALYZE (SKIP_LOCKED) part1, part2;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   0|            0|                    1
+part2  |           0|                   0|            1|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
 
-starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive analyze_all_parts commit
+starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive analyze_all_parts commit check_stat
 step lock_access_exclusive: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN ACCESS EXCLUSIVE MODE;
@@ -126,8 +280,22 @@ step commit:
 	COMMIT;
 
 step analyze_all_parts: <... completed>
-
-starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_analyze_specified commit
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            1|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   0|            1|                    0
+part2  |           0|                   0|            1|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
+
+starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_analyze_specified commit check_stat
 step lock_access_exclusive: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN ACCESS EXCLUSIVE MODE;
@@ -137,8 +305,22 @@ step vac_analyze_specified: VACUUM (ANALYZE, SKIP_LOCKED) part1, part2;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   1|            0|                    1
+part2  |           1|                   0|            1|                    0
+(3 rows)
 
-starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_analyze_all_parts commit
+
+starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_analyze_all_parts commit check_stat
 step lock_access_exclusive: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN ACCESS EXCLUSIVE MODE;
@@ -148,8 +330,22 @@ step commit:
 	COMMIT;
 
 step vac_analyze_all_parts: <... completed>
-
-starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_full_specified commit
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            1|                    0
+part1  |           1|                   0|            1|                    0
+part2  |           1|                   0|            1|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
+
+starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_full_specified commit check_stat
 step lock_access_exclusive: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN ACCESS EXCLUSIVE MODE;
@@ -159,8 +355,22 @@ step vac_full_specified: VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED, FULL) part1, part2;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
 
-starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_full_all_parts commit
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part2  |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
+
+starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_full_all_parts commit check_stat
 step lock_access_exclusive: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN ACCESS EXCLUSIVE MODE;
@@ -169,3 +379,17 @@ step vac_full_all_parts: VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED, FULL) parted;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part2  |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
diff --git a/src/test/isolation/specs/vacuum-skip-locked.spec b/src/test/isolation/specs/vacuum-skip-locked.spec
index 3fad6e1c92a..b0da75d4b6d 100644
--- a/src/test/isolation/specs/vacuum-skip-locked.spec
+++ b/src/test/isolation/specs/vacuum-skip-locked.spec
@@ -33,6 +33,15 @@ step commit
 	COMMIT;
 }
 
+step check_stat
+{
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+}
+
 session s2
 step vac_specified			{ VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED) part1, part2; }
 step vac_all_parts			{ VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED) parted; }
@@ -43,19 +52,19 @@ step vac_analyze_all_parts	{ VACUUM (ANALYZE, SKIP_LOCKED) parted; }
 step vac_full_specified		{ VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED, FULL) part1, part2; }
 step vac_full_all_parts		{ VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED, FULL) parted; }
 
-permutation lock_share vac_specified commit
-permutation lock_share vac_all_parts commit
-permutation lock_share analyze_specified commit
-permutation lock_share analyze_all_parts commit
-permutation lock_share vac_analyze_specified commit
-permutation lock_share vac_analyze_all_parts commit
-permutation lock_share vac_full_specified commit
-permutation lock_share vac_full_all_parts commit
-permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_specified commit
-permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_all_parts commit
-permutation lock_access_exclusive analyze_specified commit
-permutation lock_access_exclusive analyze_all_parts commit
-permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_analyze_specified commit
-permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_analyze_all_parts commit
-permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_full_specified commit
-permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_full_all_parts commit
+permutation lock_share vac_specified commit check_stat
+permutation lock_share vac_all_parts commit check_stat
+permutation lock_share analyze_specified commit check_stat
+permutation lock_share analyze_all_parts commit check_stat
+permutation lock_share vac_analyze_specified commit check_stat
+permutation lock_share vac_analyze_all_parts commit check_stat
+permutation lock_share vac_full_specified commit check_stat
+permutation lock_share vac_full_all_parts commit check_stat
+permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_specified commit check_stat
+permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_all_parts commit check_stat
+permutation lock_access_exclusive analyze_specified commit check_stat
+permutation lock_access_exclusive analyze_all_parts commit check_stat
+permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_analyze_specified commit check_stat
+permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_analyze_all_parts commit check_stat
+permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_full_specified commit check_stat
+permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_full_all_parts commit check_stat
diff --git a/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out b/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out
index a65a5bf0c4f..9b2075d3373 100644
--- a/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out
+++ b/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out
@@ -1835,13 +1835,21 @@ pg_stat_all_tables| SELECT c.oid AS relid,
     pg_stat_get_mod_since_analyze(c.oid) AS n_mod_since_analyze,
     pg_stat_get_ins_since_vacuum(c.oid) AS n_ins_since_vacuum,
     pg_stat_get_last_vacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_vacuum,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_vacuum,
     pg_stat_get_last_autovacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_autovacuum,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_autovacuum,
     pg_stat_get_last_analyze_time(c.oid) AS last_analyze,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_analyze,
     pg_stat_get_last_autoanalyze_time(c.oid) AS last_autoanalyze,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_autoanalyze,
     pg_stat_get_vacuum_count(c.oid) AS vacuum_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count(c.oid) AS skipped_vacuum_count,
     pg_stat_get_autovacuum_count(c.oid) AS autovacuum_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count(c.oid) AS skipped_autovacuum_count,
     pg_stat_get_analyze_count(c.oid) AS analyze_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count(c.oid) AS skipped_analyze_count,
     pg_stat_get_autoanalyze_count(c.oid) AS autoanalyze_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count(c.oid) AS skipped_autoanalyze_count,
     pg_stat_get_total_vacuum_time(c.oid) AS total_vacuum_time,
     pg_stat_get_total_autovacuum_time(c.oid) AS total_autovacuum_time,
     pg_stat_get_total_analyze_time(c.oid) AS total_analyze_time,
@@ -2346,13 +2354,21 @@ pg_stat_sys_tables| SELECT relid,
     n_mod_since_analyze,
     n_ins_since_vacuum,
     last_vacuum,
+    last_skipped_vacuum,
     last_autovacuum,
+    last_skipped_autovacuum,
     last_analyze,
+    last_skipped_analyze,
     last_autoanalyze,
+    last_skipped_autoanalyze,
     vacuum_count,
+    skipped_vacuum_count,
     autovacuum_count,
+    skipped_autovacuum_count,
     analyze_count,
+    skipped_analyze_count,
     autoanalyze_count,
+    skipped_autoanalyze_count,
     total_vacuum_time,
     total_autovacuum_time,
     total_analyze_time,
@@ -2401,13 +2417,21 @@ pg_stat_user_tables| SELECT relid,
     n_mod_since_analyze,
     n_ins_since_vacuum,
     last_vacuum,
+    last_skipped_vacuum,
     last_autovacuum,
+    last_skipped_autovacuum,
     last_analyze,
+    last_skipped_analyze,
     last_autoanalyze,
+    last_skipped_autoanalyze,
     vacuum_count,
+    skipped_vacuum_count,
     autovacuum_count,
+    skipped_autovacuum_count,
     analyze_count,
+    skipped_analyze_count,
     autoanalyze_count,
+    skipped_autoanalyze_count,
     total_vacuum_time,
     total_autovacuum_time,
     total_analyze_time,
-- 
2.43.0


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* [PATCH v4] Track skipped vacuum and analyze activity per relation
@ 2026-03-24 04:09 Yugo Nagata <[email protected]>
  0 siblings, 0 replies; 374+ messages in thread

From: Yugo Nagata @ 2026-03-24 04:09 UTC (permalink / raw)

This commit adds eight fields to the relation statistics that track
the last time vacuum or analyze has been attempted but skipped due to
lock unavailability, along with their counts:

-    last_skipped_vacuum
-    last_skipped_autovacuum
-    last_skipped_analyze
-    last_skipped_autoanalyze
-    skipped_vacuum_count
-    skipped_autovacuum_count
-    skipped_analyze_count
-    skipped_autoanalyze_count

These field can help users confirm that autovacuum is actively attempting
to run on a table that has not been vacuumed or analyzed for a long time,
and that the lack of progress is due to repeated skips rather than inactivity.
---
 doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml                 |  88 ++++++++++++++++
 src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql         |   8 ++
 src/backend/commands/vacuum.c                | 102 ++++++++++++++-----
 src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c |  64 ++++++++++++
 src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c          |  24 +++++
 src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat              |  32 ++++++
 src/include/pgstat.h                         |  16 +++
 src/test/regress/expected/rules.out          |  24 +++++
 8 files changed, 335 insertions(+), 23 deletions(-)

diff --git a/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml b/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml
index 08d5b824552..a9b579d87a9 100644
--- a/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml
+++ b/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml
@@ -4387,6 +4387,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_vacuum</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time a manual vacuum on this table was attempted but skipped due to
+       lock unavailability (not counting <command>VACUUM FULL</command>)
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>last_autovacuum</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
@@ -4397,6 +4407,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_autovacuum</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time a vacuum on this table by the autovacuum daemon was attempted
+       but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>last_analyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
@@ -4406,6 +4426,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_analyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time a manual analyze on this table was attempted but skipped due to
+       lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>last_autoanalyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
@@ -4416,6 +4446,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_autoanalyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time at which an analyze on this table by the autovacuum was
+       attempted but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>vacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4426,6 +4466,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_vacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times manual vacuums on this table have been attempted but skipped
+       due to lock unavailability (not counting <command>VACUUM FULL</command>)
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>autovacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4436,6 +4486,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_autovacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times vacuums on this table by the autovacuum daemon have been
+       attempted but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>analyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4445,6 +4505,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_analyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times manual analyzes on this table have been attempted but
+       skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>autoanalyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4455,6 +4525,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_autoanalyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times analyzes on this table by the autovacuum daemon have
+       been attempted but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>total_vacuum_time</structfield> <type>double precision</type>
@@ -4510,6 +4590,14 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
    </tgroup>
   </table>
 
+  <note>
+   <para>
+    When a manual vacuum or analyze on a parent table in an inheritance or
+    partitioning hierarchy is skipped, the statistics are recorded only for
+    the parent table, not for its children.
+   </para>
+  </note>
+
  </sect2>
 
  <sect2 id="monitoring-pg-stat-autovacuum-scores-view">
diff --git a/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql b/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql
index 73a1c1c4670..f509fc7876b 100644
--- a/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql
+++ b/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql
@@ -736,13 +736,21 @@ CREATE VIEW pg_stat_all_tables AS
             pg_stat_get_mod_since_analyze(C.oid) AS n_mod_since_analyze,
             pg_stat_get_ins_since_vacuum(C.oid) AS n_ins_since_vacuum,
             pg_stat_get_last_vacuum_time(C.oid) as last_vacuum,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_vacuum,
             pg_stat_get_last_autovacuum_time(C.oid) as last_autovacuum,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_autovacuum,
             pg_stat_get_last_analyze_time(C.oid) as last_analyze,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_analyze,
             pg_stat_get_last_autoanalyze_time(C.oid) as last_autoanalyze,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_autoanalyze,
             pg_stat_get_vacuum_count(C.oid) AS vacuum_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count(C.oid) AS skipped_vacuum_count,
             pg_stat_get_autovacuum_count(C.oid) AS autovacuum_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count(C.oid) AS skipped_autovacuum_count,
             pg_stat_get_analyze_count(C.oid) AS analyze_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count(C.oid) AS skipped_analyze_count,
             pg_stat_get_autoanalyze_count(C.oid) AS autoanalyze_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count(C.oid) AS skipped_autoanalyze_count,
             pg_stat_get_total_vacuum_time(C.oid) AS total_vacuum_time,
             pg_stat_get_total_autovacuum_time(C.oid) AS total_autovacuum_time,
             pg_stat_get_total_analyze_time(C.oid) AS total_analyze_time,
diff --git a/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c b/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c
index 99d0db82ed7..97cd5ea8d10 100644
--- a/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c
+++ b/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c
@@ -793,8 +793,25 @@ vacuum_open_relation(Oid relid, RangeVar *relation, uint32 options,
 		rel = try_relation_open(relid, NoLock);
 	else
 	{
+		int flags = 0;
 		rel = NULL;
 		rel_lock = false;
+
+		if ((options & VACOPT_VACUUM) != 0)
+		{
+			if (AmAutoVacuumWorkerProcess())
+				flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOVACUUM;
+			else
+				flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM;
+		}
+		if ((options & VACOPT_ANALYZE) != 0)
+		{
+			if (AmAutoVacuumWorkerProcess())
+				flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOANALYZE;
+			else
+				flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE;
+		}
+		pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(relid, flags);
 	}
 
 	/* if relation is opened, leave */
@@ -802,7 +819,7 @@ vacuum_open_relation(Oid relid, RangeVar *relation, uint32 options,
 		return rel;
 
 	/*
-	 * Relation could not be opened, hence generate if possible a log
+	 * Relation could not be opened hence generate if possible a log
 	 * informing on the situation.
 	 *
 	 * If the RangeVar is not defined, we do not have enough information to
@@ -905,7 +922,6 @@ expand_vacuum_rel(VacuumRelation *vrel, MemoryContext vac_context,
 		Form_pg_class classForm;
 		bool		include_children;
 		bool		is_partitioned_table;
-		int			rvr_opts;
 
 		/*
 		 * Since autovacuum workers supply OIDs when calling vacuum(), no
@@ -918,29 +934,69 @@ expand_vacuum_rel(VacuumRelation *vrel, MemoryContext vac_context,
 		 * below, as well as find_all_inheritors's expectation that the caller
 		 * holds some lock on the starting relation.
 		 */
-		rvr_opts = (options & VACOPT_SKIP_LOCKED) ? RVR_SKIP_LOCKED : 0;
-		relid = RangeVarGetRelidExtended(vrel->relation,
-										 AccessShareLock,
-										 rvr_opts,
-										 NULL, NULL);
-
-		/*
-		 * If the lock is unavailable, emit the same log statement that
-		 * vacuum_rel() and analyze_rel() would.
-		 */
-		if (!OidIsValid(relid))
+		if (!(options & VACOPT_SKIP_LOCKED))
 		{
-			if (options & VACOPT_VACUUM)
-				ereport(WARNING,
-						(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
-						 errmsg("skipping vacuum of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
-								vrel->relation->relname)));
-			else
-				ereport(WARNING,
-						(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
-						 errmsg("skipping analyze of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
+			relid = RangeVarGetRelidExtended(vrel->relation,
+											 AccessShareLock,
+											 0, NULL, NULL);
+			if (!OidIsValid(relid))
+				return vacrels;
+		}
+		else
+		{
+			/* Get relid for reporting before taking a lock */
+			relid = RangeVarGetRelid(vrel->relation, NoLock, false);
+
+			if (!ConditionalLockRelationOid(relid, AccessShareLock))
+			{
+				int	flags = 0;
+				/*
+				 * If the lock is unavailable, emit the same log statement that
+				 * vacuum_rel() and analyze_rel() would.
+				 */
+				if (options & VACOPT_VACUUM)
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping vacuum of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
 								vrel->relation->relname)));
-			return vacrels;
+				else
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping analyze of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
+									vrel->relation->relname)));
+
+				if ((options & VACOPT_VACUUM) != 0)
+					flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM;
+				if ((options & VACOPT_ANALYZE) != 0)
+					flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE;
+
+				pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(relid, flags);
+
+				return vacrels;
+			}
+
+			/*
+			 * Now that we have the lock, probe to see if the relation really
+			 * exists or not.
+			 */
+			if (!SearchSysCacheExists1(RELOID, ObjectIdGetDatum(relid)))
+			{
+				if (options & VACOPT_VACUUM)
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_UNDEFINED_TABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping vacuum of \"%s\" --- relation no longer exists",
+									vrel->relation->relname)));
+				else
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_UNDEFINED_TABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping analyze of \"%s\" --- relation no longer exists",
+									vrel->relation->relname)));
+
+				/* Release useless lock */
+				UnlockRelationOid(relid, AccessShareLock);
+
+				return vacrels;
+			}
 		}
 
 		/*
diff --git a/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c b/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c
index b2ca28f83ba..532d9023f8c 100644
--- a/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c
+++ b/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c
@@ -17,12 +17,14 @@
 
 #include "postgres.h"
 
+#include "access/htup_details.h"
 #include "access/twophase_rmgr.h"
 #include "access/xact.h"
 #include "catalog/catalog.h"
 #include "utils/memutils.h"
 #include "utils/pgstat_internal.h"
 #include "utils/rel.h"
+#include "utils/syscache.h"
 #include "utils/timestamp.h"
 
 
@@ -367,6 +369,68 @@ pgstat_report_analyze(Relation rel,
 	(void) pgstat_flush_backend(false, PGSTAT_BACKEND_FLUSH_IO);
 }
 
+/*
+ * Report that the table was skipped during vacuum or/and analyze.
+ */
+void
+pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(Oid relid, int flags)
+{
+	PgStat_EntryRef *entry_ref;
+	PgStatShared_Relation *shtabentry;
+	PgStat_StatTabEntry *tabentry;
+	TimestampTz ts;
+	HeapTuple	classTup;
+	bool		isshared;
+
+	if (!pgstat_track_counts || !flags)
+		return;
+
+	classTup = SearchSysCache1(RELOID, ObjectIdGetDatum(relid));
+	if (!HeapTupleIsValid(classTup))
+		return;			/* somebody deleted the rel, forget it */
+	isshared = ((Form_pg_class) GETSTRUCT(classTup))->relisshared;
+	ReleaseSysCache(classTup);
+
+	/* Store the data in the table's hash table entry. */
+	ts = GetCurrentTimestamp();
+
+	/* block acquiring lock for the same reason as pgstat_report_autovac() */
+	entry_ref = pgstat_get_entry_ref_locked(PGSTAT_KIND_RELATION,
+											isshared ? InvalidOid : MyDatabaseId,
+											relid, false);
+
+	shtabentry = (PgStatShared_Relation *) entry_ref->shared_stats;
+	tabentry = &shtabentry->stats;
+
+	if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM)
+	{
+		tabentry->last_skipped_vacuum_time = ts;
+		tabentry->skipped_vacuum_count++;
+	}
+	else if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOVACUUM)
+	{
+		tabentry->last_skipped_autovacuum_time = ts;
+		tabentry->skipped_autovacuum_count++;
+	}
+
+	if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE)
+	{
+		tabentry->last_skipped_analyze_time = ts;
+		tabentry->skipped_analyze_count++;
+	}
+	else if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOANALYZE)
+	{
+		tabentry->last_skipped_autoanalyze_time = ts;
+		tabentry->skipped_autoanalyze_count++;
+	}
+
+	pgstat_unlock_entry(entry_ref);
+
+	/* see pgstat_report_vacuum() */
+	pgstat_flush_io(false);
+	(void) pgstat_flush_backend(false, PGSTAT_BACKEND_FLUSH_IO);
+}
+
 /*
  * count a tuple insertion of n tuples
  */
diff --git a/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c b/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c
index 1408de387ea..90a8968faa0 100644
--- a/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c
+++ b/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c
@@ -84,6 +84,18 @@ PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(mod_since_analyze)
 /* pg_stat_get_numscans */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(numscans)
 
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_analyze_count)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_autoanalyze_count)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_autovacuum_count)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_vacuum_count)
+
 /* pg_stat_get_tuples_deleted */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(tuples_deleted)
 
@@ -170,6 +182,18 @@ PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_vacuum_time)
 /* pg_stat_get_lastscan */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(lastscan)
 
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_analyze_time)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_autoanalyze_time)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_autovacuum_time)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_vacuum_time)
+
 /* pg_stat_get_stat_reset_time */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(stat_reset_time)
 
diff --git a/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat b/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat
index fa9ae79082b..32debb34863 100644
--- a/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat
+++ b/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat
@@ -5680,6 +5680,38 @@
   proargmodes => '{o,o,o,o,o,o,o,o,o,o}',
   proargnames => '{oid,score,xid_score,mxid_score,vacuum_score,vacuum_insert_score,analyze_score,do_vacuum,do_analyze,for_wraparound}',
   prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_autovacuum_scores' },
+{ oid => '8142', descr => 'statistics: last skipped vacuum time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time' },
+{ oid => '8143', descr => 'statistics: last skipped auto vacuum time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time' },
+{ oid => '8144', descr => 'statistics: last skipped analyze time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time' },
+{ oid => '8145', descr => 'statistics: last skipped auto analyze time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time' },
+{ oid => '8146', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped vacuum for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count' },
+{ oid => '8147', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped auto vacuum for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count' },
+{ oid => '8148', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped analyzes for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count' },
+{ oid => '8149', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped auto analyzes for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count' },
 { oid => '1936', descr => 'statistics: currently active backend IDs',
   proname => 'pg_stat_get_backend_idset', prorows => '100', proretset => 't',
   provolatile => 's', proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int4',
diff --git a/src/include/pgstat.h b/src/include/pgstat.h
index dfa2e837638..98941f953d1 100644
--- a/src/include/pgstat.h
+++ b/src/include/pgstat.h
@@ -479,6 +479,15 @@ typedef struct PgStat_StatTabEntry
 	TimestampTz last_autoanalyze_time;	/* autovacuum initiated */
 	PgStat_Counter autoanalyze_count;
 
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_vacuum_time;	/* user initiated vacuum */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_vacuum_count;
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_autovacuum_time;	/* autovacuum initiated */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_autovacuum_count;
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_analyze_time;	/* user initiated */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_analyze_count;
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_autoanalyze_time;	/* autovacuum initiated */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_autoanalyze_count;
+
 	PgStat_Counter total_vacuum_time;	/* times in milliseconds */
 	PgStat_Counter total_autovacuum_time;
 	PgStat_Counter total_analyze_time;
@@ -703,6 +712,13 @@ extern void pgstat_report_analyze(Relation rel,
 								  PgStat_Counter livetuples, PgStat_Counter deadtuples,
 								  bool resetcounter, TimestampTz starttime);
 
+/* flags for pgstat_flush_backend() */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM		(1 << 0)	/* vacuum is skipped */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE		(1 << 1)	/* analyze is skipped */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOVACUUM	(1 << 2)	/* autovacuum is skipped */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOANALYZE	(1 << 3)	/* autoanalyze is skipped */
+extern void pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(Oid relid, int flags);
+
 /*
  * If stats are enabled, but pending data hasn't been prepared yet, call
  * pgstat_assoc_relation() to do so. See its comment for why this is done
diff --git a/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out b/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out
index a65a5bf0c4f..9b2075d3373 100644
--- a/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out
+++ b/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out
@@ -1835,13 +1835,21 @@ pg_stat_all_tables| SELECT c.oid AS relid,
     pg_stat_get_mod_since_analyze(c.oid) AS n_mod_since_analyze,
     pg_stat_get_ins_since_vacuum(c.oid) AS n_ins_since_vacuum,
     pg_stat_get_last_vacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_vacuum,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_vacuum,
     pg_stat_get_last_autovacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_autovacuum,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_autovacuum,
     pg_stat_get_last_analyze_time(c.oid) AS last_analyze,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_analyze,
     pg_stat_get_last_autoanalyze_time(c.oid) AS last_autoanalyze,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_autoanalyze,
     pg_stat_get_vacuum_count(c.oid) AS vacuum_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count(c.oid) AS skipped_vacuum_count,
     pg_stat_get_autovacuum_count(c.oid) AS autovacuum_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count(c.oid) AS skipped_autovacuum_count,
     pg_stat_get_analyze_count(c.oid) AS analyze_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count(c.oid) AS skipped_analyze_count,
     pg_stat_get_autoanalyze_count(c.oid) AS autoanalyze_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count(c.oid) AS skipped_autoanalyze_count,
     pg_stat_get_total_vacuum_time(c.oid) AS total_vacuum_time,
     pg_stat_get_total_autovacuum_time(c.oid) AS total_autovacuum_time,
     pg_stat_get_total_analyze_time(c.oid) AS total_analyze_time,
@@ -2346,13 +2354,21 @@ pg_stat_sys_tables| SELECT relid,
     n_mod_since_analyze,
     n_ins_since_vacuum,
     last_vacuum,
+    last_skipped_vacuum,
     last_autovacuum,
+    last_skipped_autovacuum,
     last_analyze,
+    last_skipped_analyze,
     last_autoanalyze,
+    last_skipped_autoanalyze,
     vacuum_count,
+    skipped_vacuum_count,
     autovacuum_count,
+    skipped_autovacuum_count,
     analyze_count,
+    skipped_analyze_count,
     autoanalyze_count,
+    skipped_autoanalyze_count,
     total_vacuum_time,
     total_autovacuum_time,
     total_analyze_time,
@@ -2401,13 +2417,21 @@ pg_stat_user_tables| SELECT relid,
     n_mod_since_analyze,
     n_ins_since_vacuum,
     last_vacuum,
+    last_skipped_vacuum,
     last_autovacuum,
+    last_skipped_autovacuum,
     last_analyze,
+    last_skipped_analyze,
     last_autoanalyze,
+    last_skipped_autoanalyze,
     vacuum_count,
+    skipped_vacuum_count,
     autovacuum_count,
+    skipped_autovacuum_count,
     analyze_count,
+    skipped_analyze_count,
     autoanalyze_count,
+    skipped_autoanalyze_count,
     total_vacuum_time,
     total_autovacuum_time,
     total_analyze_time,
-- 
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* [PATCH v3] Track skipped vacuum and analyze activity per relation
@ 2026-03-24 04:09 Yugo Nagata <[email protected]>
  0 siblings, 0 replies; 374+ messages in thread

From: Yugo Nagata @ 2026-03-24 04:09 UTC (permalink / raw)

This commit adds eight fields to the relation statistics that track
the last time vacuum or analyze has been attempted but skipped due to
lock unavailability, along with their counts:

-    last_skipped_vacuum
-    last_skipped_autovacuum
-    last_skipped_analyze
-    last_skipped_autoanalyze
-    skipped_vacuum_count
-    skipped_autovacuum_count
-    skipped_analyze_count
-    skipped_autoanalyze_count

These field can help users confirm that autovacuum is actively attempting
to run on a table that has not been vacuumed or analyzed for a long time,
and that the lack of progress is due to repeated skips rather than inactivity.
---
 doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml                 | 80 +++++++++++++++++
 src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql         |  8 ++
 src/backend/commands/vacuum.c                | 95 +++++++++++++++-----
 src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c | 68 ++++++++++++++
 src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c          | 24 +++++
 src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat              | 32 +++++++
 src/include/pgstat.h                         | 16 ++++
 src/test/regress/expected/rules.out          | 24 +++++
 8 files changed, 324 insertions(+), 23 deletions(-)

diff --git a/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml b/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml
index bb75ed1069b..9ec8070b2fc 100644
--- a/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml
+++ b/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml
@@ -4372,6 +4372,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_vacuum</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time a manual vacuum on this table was attempted but skipped due to
+       lock unavailability (not counting <command>VACUUM FULL</command>)
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>last_autovacuum</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
@@ -4382,6 +4392,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_autovacuum</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time a vacuum on this table by the autovacuum daemon was attempted
+       but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>last_analyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
@@ -4391,6 +4411,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_analyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time a manual analyze on this table was attempted but skipped due to
+       lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>last_autoanalyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
@@ -4401,6 +4431,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_autoanalyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time at which an analyze on this table by the autovacuum was
+       attempted but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>vacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4411,6 +4451,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_vacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times vacuums on this table have been attempted but skipped
+       due to lock unavailability (not counting <command>VACUUM FULL</command>)
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>autovacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4421,6 +4471,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_autovacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times vacuums on this table by the autovacuum daemon have been
+       attempted but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>analyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4430,6 +4490,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_analyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times manual analyzes on this table have been attempted but
+       skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>autoanalyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4440,6 +4510,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_autoanalyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times analyzes on this table by the autovacuum daemon have
+       been attempted but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>total_vacuum_time</structfield> <type>double precision</type>
diff --git a/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql b/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql
index e54018004db..2ca02a0354c 100644
--- a/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql
+++ b/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql
@@ -736,13 +736,21 @@ CREATE VIEW pg_stat_all_tables AS
             pg_stat_get_mod_since_analyze(C.oid) AS n_mod_since_analyze,
             pg_stat_get_ins_since_vacuum(C.oid) AS n_ins_since_vacuum,
             pg_stat_get_last_vacuum_time(C.oid) as last_vacuum,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_vacuum,
             pg_stat_get_last_autovacuum_time(C.oid) as last_autovacuum,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_autovacuum,
             pg_stat_get_last_analyze_time(C.oid) as last_analyze,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_analyze,
             pg_stat_get_last_autoanalyze_time(C.oid) as last_autoanalyze,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_autoanalyze,
             pg_stat_get_vacuum_count(C.oid) AS vacuum_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count(C.oid) AS skipped_vacuum_count,
             pg_stat_get_autovacuum_count(C.oid) AS autovacuum_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count(C.oid) AS skipped_autovacuum_count,
             pg_stat_get_analyze_count(C.oid) AS analyze_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count(C.oid) AS skipped_analyze_count,
             pg_stat_get_autoanalyze_count(C.oid) AS autoanalyze_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count(C.oid) AS skipped_autoanalyze_count,
             pg_stat_get_total_vacuum_time(C.oid) AS total_vacuum_time,
             pg_stat_get_total_autovacuum_time(C.oid) AS total_autovacuum_time,
             pg_stat_get_total_analyze_time(C.oid) AS total_analyze_time,
diff --git a/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c b/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c
index bce3a2daa24..ce83b3171be 100644
--- a/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c
+++ b/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c
@@ -792,8 +792,18 @@ vacuum_open_relation(Oid relid, RangeVar *relation, bits32 options,
 		rel = try_relation_open(relid, NoLock);
 	else
 	{
+		bits8 flags = 0;
 		rel = NULL;
 		rel_lock = false;
+
+		if ((options & VACOPT_VACUUM) != 0)
+			flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM;
+		if ((options & VACOPT_ANALYZE) != 0)
+			flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE;
+		if (AmAutoVacuumWorkerProcess())
+			flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOVAC;
+
+		pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(relid, flags);
 	}
 
 	/* if relation is opened, leave */
@@ -801,7 +811,7 @@ vacuum_open_relation(Oid relid, RangeVar *relation, bits32 options,
 		return rel;
 
 	/*
-	 * Relation could not be opened, hence generate if possible a log
+	 * Relation could not be opened hence generate if possible a log
 	 * informing on the situation.
 	 *
 	 * If the RangeVar is not defined, we do not have enough information to
@@ -904,7 +914,6 @@ expand_vacuum_rel(VacuumRelation *vrel, MemoryContext vac_context,
 		Form_pg_class classForm;
 		bool		include_children;
 		bool		is_partitioned_table;
-		int			rvr_opts;
 
 		/*
 		 * Since autovacuum workers supply OIDs when calling vacuum(), no
@@ -917,29 +926,69 @@ expand_vacuum_rel(VacuumRelation *vrel, MemoryContext vac_context,
 		 * below, as well as find_all_inheritors's expectation that the caller
 		 * holds some lock on the starting relation.
 		 */
-		rvr_opts = (options & VACOPT_SKIP_LOCKED) ? RVR_SKIP_LOCKED : 0;
-		relid = RangeVarGetRelidExtended(vrel->relation,
-										 AccessShareLock,
-										 rvr_opts,
-										 NULL, NULL);
-
-		/*
-		 * If the lock is unavailable, emit the same log statement that
-		 * vacuum_rel() and analyze_rel() would.
-		 */
-		if (!OidIsValid(relid))
+		if (!(options & VACOPT_SKIP_LOCKED))
 		{
-			if (options & VACOPT_VACUUM)
-				ereport(WARNING,
-						(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
-						 errmsg("skipping vacuum of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
-								vrel->relation->relname)));
-			else
-				ereport(WARNING,
-						(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
-						 errmsg("skipping analyze of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
+			relid = RangeVarGetRelidExtended(vrel->relation,
+											 AccessShareLock,
+											 0, NULL, NULL);
+			if (!OidIsValid(relid))
+				return vacrels;
+		}
+		else
+		{
+			/* Get relid for reporting before taking a lock */
+			relid = RangeVarGetRelid(vrel->relation, NoLock, false);
+
+			if (!ConditionalLockRelationOid(relid, AccessShareLock))
+			{
+				bits8	flags = 0;
+				/*
+				 * If the lock is unavailable, emit the same log statement that
+				 * vacuum_rel() and analyze_rel() would.
+				 */
+				if (options & VACOPT_VACUUM)
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping vacuum of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
 								vrel->relation->relname)));
-			return vacrels;
+				else
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping analyze of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
+									vrel->relation->relname)));
+
+				if ((options & VACOPT_VACUUM) != 0)
+					flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM;
+				if ((options & VACOPT_ANALYZE) != 0)
+					flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE;
+
+				pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(relid, flags);
+
+				return vacrels;
+			}
+
+			/*
+			 * Now that we have the lock, probe to see if the relation really
+			 * exists or not.
+			 */
+			if (!SearchSysCacheExists1(RELOID, ObjectIdGetDatum(relid)))
+			{
+				if (options & VACOPT_VACUUM)
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_UNDEFINED_TABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping vacuum of \"%s\" --- relation no longer exists",
+									vrel->relation->relname)));
+				else
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_UNDEFINED_TABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping analyze of \"%s\" --- relation no longer exists",
+									vrel->relation->relname)));
+
+				/* Release useless lock */
+				UnlockRelationOid(relid, AccessShareLock);
+
+				return vacrels;
+			}
 		}
 
 		/*
diff --git a/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c b/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c
index bc8c43b96aa..cec4c88980e 100644
--- a/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c
+++ b/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c
@@ -17,6 +17,7 @@
 
 #include "postgres.h"
 
+#include "access/htup_details.h"
 #include "access/twophase_rmgr.h"
 #include "access/xact.h"
 #include "catalog/catalog.h"
@@ -366,6 +367,73 @@ pgstat_report_analyze(Relation rel,
 	(void) pgstat_flush_backend(false, PGSTAT_BACKEND_FLUSH_IO);
 }
 
+/*
+ * Report that the table was skipped during vacuum or/and analyze.
+ */
+void
+pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(Oid relid, bits8 flags)
+{
+	PgStat_EntryRef *entry_ref;
+	PgStatShared_Relation *shtabentry;
+	PgStat_StatTabEntry *tabentry;
+	TimestampTz ts;
+	HeapTuple	classTup;
+	bool		isshared;
+
+	if (!pgstat_track_counts || !(flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANY))
+		return;
+
+	classTup = SearchSysCache1(RELOID, ObjectIdGetDatum(relid));
+	if (!HeapTupleIsValid(classTup))
+		return;			/* somebody deleted the rel, forget it */
+	isshared = ((Form_pg_class) GETSTRUCT(classTup))->relisshared;
+	ReleaseSysCache(classTup);
+
+	/* Store the data in the table's hash table entry. */
+	ts = GetCurrentTimestamp();
+
+	/* block acquiring lock for the same reason as pgstat_report_autovac() */
+	entry_ref = pgstat_get_entry_ref_locked(PGSTAT_KIND_RELATION,
+											isshared ? InvalidOid : MyDatabaseId,
+											relid, false);
+
+	shtabentry = (PgStatShared_Relation *) entry_ref->shared_stats;
+	tabentry = &shtabentry->stats;
+
+	if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOVAC)
+	{
+		if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM)
+		{
+			tabentry->last_skipped_autovacuum_time = ts;
+			tabentry->skipped_autovacuum_count++;
+		}
+		if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE)
+		{
+			tabentry->last_skipped_autoanalyze_time = ts;
+			tabentry->skipped_autoanalyze_count++;
+		}
+	}
+	else
+	{
+		if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM)
+		{
+			tabentry->last_skipped_vacuum_time = ts;
+			tabentry->skipped_vacuum_count++;
+		}
+		if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE)
+		{
+			tabentry->last_skipped_analyze_time = ts;
+			tabentry->skipped_analyze_count++;
+		}
+	}
+
+	pgstat_unlock_entry(entry_ref);
+
+	/* see pgstat_report_vacuum() */
+	pgstat_flush_io(false);
+	(void) pgstat_flush_backend(false, PGSTAT_BACKEND_FLUSH_IO);
+}
+
 /*
  * count a tuple insertion of n tuples
  */
diff --git a/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c b/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c
index 9185a8e6b83..18aaa3996e1 100644
--- a/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c
+++ b/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c
@@ -84,6 +84,18 @@ PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(mod_since_analyze)
 /* pg_stat_get_numscans */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(numscans)
 
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_analyze_count)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_autoanalyze_count)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_autovacuum_count)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_vacuum_count)
+
 /* pg_stat_get_tuples_deleted */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(tuples_deleted)
 
@@ -170,6 +182,18 @@ PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_vacuum_time)
 /* pg_stat_get_lastscan */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(lastscan)
 
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_analyze_time)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_autoanalyze_time)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_autovacuum_time)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_vacuum_time)
+
 /* pg_stat_get_stat_reset_time */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(stat_reset_time)
 
diff --git a/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat b/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat
index 0118e970dda..ccfe3d9e02a 100644
--- a/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat
+++ b/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat
@@ -5667,6 +5667,38 @@
   proname => 'pg_stat_get_total_autoanalyze_time', provolatile => 's',
   proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'float8', proargtypes => 'oid',
   prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_total_autoanalyze_time' },
+{ oid => '8142', descr => 'statistics: last skipped vacuum time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time' },
+{ oid => '8143', descr => 'statistics: last skipped auto vacuum time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time' },
+{ oid => '8144', descr => 'statistics: last skipped analyze time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time' },
+{ oid => '8145', descr => 'statistics: last skipped auto analyze time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time' },
+{ oid => '8146', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped vacuum for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count' },
+{ oid => '8147', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped auto vacuum for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count' },
+{ oid => '8148', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped analyzes for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count' },
+{ oid => '8149', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped auto analyzes for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count' },
 { oid => '1936', descr => 'statistics: currently active backend IDs',
   proname => 'pg_stat_get_backend_idset', prorows => '100', proretset => 't',
   provolatile => 's', proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int4',
diff --git a/src/include/pgstat.h b/src/include/pgstat.h
index 8e3549c3752..343081a7a25 100644
--- a/src/include/pgstat.h
+++ b/src/include/pgstat.h
@@ -479,6 +479,15 @@ typedef struct PgStat_StatTabEntry
 	TimestampTz last_autoanalyze_time;	/* autovacuum initiated */
 	PgStat_Counter autoanalyze_count;
 
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_vacuum_time;	/* user initiated vacuum */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_vacuum_count;
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_autovacuum_time;	/* autovacuum initiated */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_autovacuum_count;
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_analyze_time;	/* user initiated */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_analyze_count;
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_autoanalyze_time;	/* autovacuum initiated */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_autoanalyze_count;
+
 	PgStat_Counter total_vacuum_time;	/* times in milliseconds */
 	PgStat_Counter total_autovacuum_time;
 	PgStat_Counter total_analyze_time;
@@ -707,6 +716,13 @@ extern void pgstat_report_analyze(Relation rel,
 								  PgStat_Counter livetuples, PgStat_Counter deadtuples,
 								  bool resetcounter, TimestampTz starttime);
 
+/* flags for pgstat_flush_backend() */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM	(1 << 0)	/* vacuum is skipped */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE	(1 << 1)	/* analyze is skipped */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOVAC	(1 << 2)	/* skipped during autovacuum/autoanalyze */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANY   (PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM | PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE)
+extern void pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(Oid relid, bits8 flags);
+
 /*
  * If stats are enabled, but pending data hasn't been prepared yet, call
  * pgstat_assoc_relation() to do so. See its comment for why this is done
diff --git a/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out b/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out
index 2b3cf6d8569..4ccfc43e903 100644
--- a/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out
+++ b/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out
@@ -1835,13 +1835,21 @@ pg_stat_all_tables| SELECT c.oid AS relid,
     pg_stat_get_mod_since_analyze(c.oid) AS n_mod_since_analyze,
     pg_stat_get_ins_since_vacuum(c.oid) AS n_ins_since_vacuum,
     pg_stat_get_last_vacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_vacuum,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_vacuum,
     pg_stat_get_last_autovacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_autovacuum,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_autovacuum,
     pg_stat_get_last_analyze_time(c.oid) AS last_analyze,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_analyze,
     pg_stat_get_last_autoanalyze_time(c.oid) AS last_autoanalyze,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_autoanalyze,
     pg_stat_get_vacuum_count(c.oid) AS vacuum_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count(c.oid) AS skipped_vacuum_count,
     pg_stat_get_autovacuum_count(c.oid) AS autovacuum_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count(c.oid) AS skipped_autovacuum_count,
     pg_stat_get_analyze_count(c.oid) AS analyze_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count(c.oid) AS skipped_analyze_count,
     pg_stat_get_autoanalyze_count(c.oid) AS autoanalyze_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count(c.oid) AS skipped_autoanalyze_count,
     pg_stat_get_total_vacuum_time(c.oid) AS total_vacuum_time,
     pg_stat_get_total_autovacuum_time(c.oid) AS total_autovacuum_time,
     pg_stat_get_total_analyze_time(c.oid) AS total_analyze_time,
@@ -2293,13 +2301,21 @@ pg_stat_sys_tables| SELECT relid,
     n_mod_since_analyze,
     n_ins_since_vacuum,
     last_vacuum,
+    last_skipped_vacuum,
     last_autovacuum,
+    last_skipped_autovacuum,
     last_analyze,
+    last_skipped_analyze,
     last_autoanalyze,
+    last_skipped_autoanalyze,
     vacuum_count,
+    skipped_vacuum_count,
     autovacuum_count,
+    skipped_autovacuum_count,
     analyze_count,
+    skipped_analyze_count,
     autoanalyze_count,
+    skipped_autoanalyze_count,
     total_vacuum_time,
     total_autovacuum_time,
     total_analyze_time,
@@ -2348,13 +2364,21 @@ pg_stat_user_tables| SELECT relid,
     n_mod_since_analyze,
     n_ins_since_vacuum,
     last_vacuum,
+    last_skipped_vacuum,
     last_autovacuum,
+    last_skipped_autovacuum,
     last_analyze,
+    last_skipped_analyze,
     last_autoanalyze,
+    last_skipped_autoanalyze,
     vacuum_count,
+    skipped_vacuum_count,
     autovacuum_count,
+    skipped_autovacuum_count,
     analyze_count,
+    skipped_analyze_count,
     autoanalyze_count,
+    skipped_autoanalyze_count,
     total_vacuum_time,
     total_autovacuum_time,
     total_analyze_time,
-- 
2.43.0


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* [PATCH v5] Track skipped vacuum and analyze activity per relation
@ 2026-03-24 04:09 Yugo Nagata <[email protected]>
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From: Yugo Nagata @ 2026-03-24 04:09 UTC (permalink / raw)

This commit adds eight fields to the relation statistics that track
the last time vacuum or analyze has been attempted but skipped due to
lock unavailability, along with their counts:

-    last_skipped_vacuum
-    last_skipped_autovacuum
-    last_skipped_analyze
-    last_skipped_autoanalyze
-    skipped_vacuum_count
-    skipped_autovacuum_count
-    skipped_analyze_count
-    skipped_autoanalyze_count

These field can help users confirm that autovacuum is actively attempting
to run on a table that has not been vacuumed or analyzed for a long time,
and that the lack of progress is due to repeated skips rather than inactivity.
---
 doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml                  |  88 ++++++
 src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql          |   8 +
 src/backend/commands/vacuum.c                 | 100 +++++--
 src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c  |  64 +++++
 src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c           |  24 ++
 src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat               |  32 +++
 src/include/pgstat.h                          |  16 ++
 .../isolation/expected/vacuum-skip-locked.out | 260 ++++++++++++++++--
 .../isolation/specs/vacuum-skip-locked.spec   |  41 +--
 src/test/regress/expected/rules.out           |  24 ++
 10 files changed, 601 insertions(+), 56 deletions(-)

diff --git a/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml b/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml
index 08d5b824552..a9b579d87a9 100644
--- a/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml
+++ b/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml
@@ -4387,6 +4387,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_vacuum</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time a manual vacuum on this table was attempted but skipped due to
+       lock unavailability (not counting <command>VACUUM FULL</command>)
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>last_autovacuum</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
@@ -4397,6 +4407,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_autovacuum</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time a vacuum on this table by the autovacuum daemon was attempted
+       but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>last_analyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
@@ -4406,6 +4426,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_analyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time a manual analyze on this table was attempted but skipped due to
+       lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>last_autoanalyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
@@ -4416,6 +4446,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_autoanalyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time at which an analyze on this table by the autovacuum was
+       attempted but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>vacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4426,6 +4466,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_vacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times manual vacuums on this table have been attempted but skipped
+       due to lock unavailability (not counting <command>VACUUM FULL</command>)
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>autovacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4436,6 +4486,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_autovacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times vacuums on this table by the autovacuum daemon have been
+       attempted but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>analyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4445,6 +4505,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_analyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times manual analyzes on this table have been attempted but
+       skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>autoanalyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4455,6 +4525,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_autoanalyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times analyzes on this table by the autovacuum daemon have
+       been attempted but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>total_vacuum_time</structfield> <type>double precision</type>
@@ -4510,6 +4590,14 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
    </tgroup>
   </table>
 
+  <note>
+   <para>
+    When a manual vacuum or analyze on a parent table in an inheritance or
+    partitioning hierarchy is skipped, the statistics are recorded only for
+    the parent table, not for its children.
+   </para>
+  </note>
+
  </sect2>
 
  <sect2 id="monitoring-pg-stat-autovacuum-scores-view">
diff --git a/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql b/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql
index 73a1c1c4670..f509fc7876b 100644
--- a/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql
+++ b/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql
@@ -736,13 +736,21 @@ CREATE VIEW pg_stat_all_tables AS
             pg_stat_get_mod_since_analyze(C.oid) AS n_mod_since_analyze,
             pg_stat_get_ins_since_vacuum(C.oid) AS n_ins_since_vacuum,
             pg_stat_get_last_vacuum_time(C.oid) as last_vacuum,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_vacuum,
             pg_stat_get_last_autovacuum_time(C.oid) as last_autovacuum,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_autovacuum,
             pg_stat_get_last_analyze_time(C.oid) as last_analyze,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_analyze,
             pg_stat_get_last_autoanalyze_time(C.oid) as last_autoanalyze,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_autoanalyze,
             pg_stat_get_vacuum_count(C.oid) AS vacuum_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count(C.oid) AS skipped_vacuum_count,
             pg_stat_get_autovacuum_count(C.oid) AS autovacuum_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count(C.oid) AS skipped_autovacuum_count,
             pg_stat_get_analyze_count(C.oid) AS analyze_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count(C.oid) AS skipped_analyze_count,
             pg_stat_get_autoanalyze_count(C.oid) AS autoanalyze_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count(C.oid) AS skipped_autoanalyze_count,
             pg_stat_get_total_vacuum_time(C.oid) AS total_vacuum_time,
             pg_stat_get_total_autovacuum_time(C.oid) AS total_autovacuum_time,
             pg_stat_get_total_analyze_time(C.oid) AS total_analyze_time,
diff --git a/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c b/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c
index 99d0db82ed7..df6526225e4 100644
--- a/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c
+++ b/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c
@@ -793,8 +793,25 @@ vacuum_open_relation(Oid relid, RangeVar *relation, uint32 options,
 		rel = try_relation_open(relid, NoLock);
 	else
 	{
+		int flags = 0;
 		rel = NULL;
 		rel_lock = false;
+
+		if ((options & VACOPT_VACUUM) != 0 && (options & VACOPT_FULL) == 0)
+		{
+			if (AmAutoVacuumWorkerProcess())
+				flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOVACUUM;
+			else
+				flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM;
+		}
+		if ((options & VACOPT_ANALYZE) != 0)
+		{
+			if (AmAutoVacuumWorkerProcess())
+				flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOANALYZE;
+			else
+				flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE;
+		}
+		pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(relid, flags);
 	}
 
 	/* if relation is opened, leave */
@@ -905,7 +922,6 @@ expand_vacuum_rel(VacuumRelation *vrel, MemoryContext vac_context,
 		Form_pg_class classForm;
 		bool		include_children;
 		bool		is_partitioned_table;
-		int			rvr_opts;
 
 		/*
 		 * Since autovacuum workers supply OIDs when calling vacuum(), no
@@ -918,29 +934,69 @@ expand_vacuum_rel(VacuumRelation *vrel, MemoryContext vac_context,
 		 * below, as well as find_all_inheritors's expectation that the caller
 		 * holds some lock on the starting relation.
 		 */
-		rvr_opts = (options & VACOPT_SKIP_LOCKED) ? RVR_SKIP_LOCKED : 0;
-		relid = RangeVarGetRelidExtended(vrel->relation,
-										 AccessShareLock,
-										 rvr_opts,
-										 NULL, NULL);
-
-		/*
-		 * If the lock is unavailable, emit the same log statement that
-		 * vacuum_rel() and analyze_rel() would.
-		 */
-		if (!OidIsValid(relid))
+		if (!(options & VACOPT_SKIP_LOCKED))
 		{
-			if (options & VACOPT_VACUUM)
-				ereport(WARNING,
-						(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
-						 errmsg("skipping vacuum of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
-								vrel->relation->relname)));
-			else
-				ereport(WARNING,
-						(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
-						 errmsg("skipping analyze of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
+			relid = RangeVarGetRelidExtended(vrel->relation,
+											 AccessShareLock,
+											 0, NULL, NULL);
+			if (!OidIsValid(relid))
+				return vacrels;
+		}
+		else
+		{
+			/* Get relid for reporting before taking a lock */
+			relid = RangeVarGetRelid(vrel->relation, NoLock, false);
+
+			if (!ConditionalLockRelationOid(relid, AccessShareLock))
+			{
+				int	flags = 0;
+				/*
+				 * If the lock is unavailable, emit the same log statement that
+				 * vacuum_rel() and analyze_rel() would.
+				 */
+				if (options & VACOPT_VACUUM)
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping vacuum of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
 								vrel->relation->relname)));
-			return vacrels;
+				else
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping analyze of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
+									vrel->relation->relname)));
+
+				if ((options & VACOPT_VACUUM) != 0 && (options & VACOPT_FULL) == 0)
+					flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM;
+				if ((options & VACOPT_ANALYZE) != 0)
+					flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE;
+
+				pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(relid, flags);
+
+				return vacrels;
+			}
+
+			/*
+			 * Now that we have the lock, probe to see if the relation really
+			 * exists or not.
+			 */
+			if (!SearchSysCacheExists1(RELOID, ObjectIdGetDatum(relid)))
+			{
+				if (options & VACOPT_VACUUM)
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_UNDEFINED_TABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping vacuum of \"%s\" --- relation no longer exists",
+									vrel->relation->relname)));
+				else
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_UNDEFINED_TABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping analyze of \"%s\" --- relation no longer exists",
+									vrel->relation->relname)));
+
+				/* Release useless lock */
+				UnlockRelationOid(relid, AccessShareLock);
+
+				return vacrels;
+			}
 		}
 
 		/*
diff --git a/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c b/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c
index b2ca28f83ba..532d9023f8c 100644
--- a/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c
+++ b/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c
@@ -17,12 +17,14 @@
 
 #include "postgres.h"
 
+#include "access/htup_details.h"
 #include "access/twophase_rmgr.h"
 #include "access/xact.h"
 #include "catalog/catalog.h"
 #include "utils/memutils.h"
 #include "utils/pgstat_internal.h"
 #include "utils/rel.h"
+#include "utils/syscache.h"
 #include "utils/timestamp.h"
 
 
@@ -367,6 +369,68 @@ pgstat_report_analyze(Relation rel,
 	(void) pgstat_flush_backend(false, PGSTAT_BACKEND_FLUSH_IO);
 }
 
+/*
+ * Report that the table was skipped during vacuum or/and analyze.
+ */
+void
+pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(Oid relid, int flags)
+{
+	PgStat_EntryRef *entry_ref;
+	PgStatShared_Relation *shtabentry;
+	PgStat_StatTabEntry *tabentry;
+	TimestampTz ts;
+	HeapTuple	classTup;
+	bool		isshared;
+
+	if (!pgstat_track_counts || !flags)
+		return;
+
+	classTup = SearchSysCache1(RELOID, ObjectIdGetDatum(relid));
+	if (!HeapTupleIsValid(classTup))
+		return;			/* somebody deleted the rel, forget it */
+	isshared = ((Form_pg_class) GETSTRUCT(classTup))->relisshared;
+	ReleaseSysCache(classTup);
+
+	/* Store the data in the table's hash table entry. */
+	ts = GetCurrentTimestamp();
+
+	/* block acquiring lock for the same reason as pgstat_report_autovac() */
+	entry_ref = pgstat_get_entry_ref_locked(PGSTAT_KIND_RELATION,
+											isshared ? InvalidOid : MyDatabaseId,
+											relid, false);
+
+	shtabentry = (PgStatShared_Relation *) entry_ref->shared_stats;
+	tabentry = &shtabentry->stats;
+
+	if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM)
+	{
+		tabentry->last_skipped_vacuum_time = ts;
+		tabentry->skipped_vacuum_count++;
+	}
+	else if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOVACUUM)
+	{
+		tabentry->last_skipped_autovacuum_time = ts;
+		tabentry->skipped_autovacuum_count++;
+	}
+
+	if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE)
+	{
+		tabentry->last_skipped_analyze_time = ts;
+		tabentry->skipped_analyze_count++;
+	}
+	else if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOANALYZE)
+	{
+		tabentry->last_skipped_autoanalyze_time = ts;
+		tabentry->skipped_autoanalyze_count++;
+	}
+
+	pgstat_unlock_entry(entry_ref);
+
+	/* see pgstat_report_vacuum() */
+	pgstat_flush_io(false);
+	(void) pgstat_flush_backend(false, PGSTAT_BACKEND_FLUSH_IO);
+}
+
 /*
  * count a tuple insertion of n tuples
  */
diff --git a/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c b/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c
index 1408de387ea..90a8968faa0 100644
--- a/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c
+++ b/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c
@@ -84,6 +84,18 @@ PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(mod_since_analyze)
 /* pg_stat_get_numscans */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(numscans)
 
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_analyze_count)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_autoanalyze_count)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_autovacuum_count)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_vacuum_count)
+
 /* pg_stat_get_tuples_deleted */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(tuples_deleted)
 
@@ -170,6 +182,18 @@ PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_vacuum_time)
 /* pg_stat_get_lastscan */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(lastscan)
 
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_analyze_time)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_autoanalyze_time)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_autovacuum_time)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_vacuum_time)
+
 /* pg_stat_get_stat_reset_time */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(stat_reset_time)
 
diff --git a/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat b/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat
index fa9ae79082b..32debb34863 100644
--- a/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat
+++ b/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat
@@ -5680,6 +5680,38 @@
   proargmodes => '{o,o,o,o,o,o,o,o,o,o}',
   proargnames => '{oid,score,xid_score,mxid_score,vacuum_score,vacuum_insert_score,analyze_score,do_vacuum,do_analyze,for_wraparound}',
   prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_autovacuum_scores' },
+{ oid => '8142', descr => 'statistics: last skipped vacuum time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time' },
+{ oid => '8143', descr => 'statistics: last skipped auto vacuum time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time' },
+{ oid => '8144', descr => 'statistics: last skipped analyze time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time' },
+{ oid => '8145', descr => 'statistics: last skipped auto analyze time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time' },
+{ oid => '8146', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped vacuum for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count' },
+{ oid => '8147', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped auto vacuum for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count' },
+{ oid => '8148', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped analyzes for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count' },
+{ oid => '8149', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped auto analyzes for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count' },
 { oid => '1936', descr => 'statistics: currently active backend IDs',
   proname => 'pg_stat_get_backend_idset', prorows => '100', proretset => 't',
   provolatile => 's', proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int4',
diff --git a/src/include/pgstat.h b/src/include/pgstat.h
index dfa2e837638..98941f953d1 100644
--- a/src/include/pgstat.h
+++ b/src/include/pgstat.h
@@ -479,6 +479,15 @@ typedef struct PgStat_StatTabEntry
 	TimestampTz last_autoanalyze_time;	/* autovacuum initiated */
 	PgStat_Counter autoanalyze_count;
 
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_vacuum_time;	/* user initiated vacuum */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_vacuum_count;
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_autovacuum_time;	/* autovacuum initiated */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_autovacuum_count;
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_analyze_time;	/* user initiated */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_analyze_count;
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_autoanalyze_time;	/* autovacuum initiated */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_autoanalyze_count;
+
 	PgStat_Counter total_vacuum_time;	/* times in milliseconds */
 	PgStat_Counter total_autovacuum_time;
 	PgStat_Counter total_analyze_time;
@@ -703,6 +712,13 @@ extern void pgstat_report_analyze(Relation rel,
 								  PgStat_Counter livetuples, PgStat_Counter deadtuples,
 								  bool resetcounter, TimestampTz starttime);
 
+/* flags for pgstat_flush_backend() */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM		(1 << 0)	/* vacuum is skipped */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE		(1 << 1)	/* analyze is skipped */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOVACUUM	(1 << 2)	/* autovacuum is skipped */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOANALYZE	(1 << 3)	/* autoanalyze is skipped */
+extern void pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(Oid relid, int flags);
+
 /*
  * If stats are enabled, but pending data hasn't been prepared yet, call
  * pgstat_assoc_relation() to do so. See its comment for why this is done
diff --git a/src/test/isolation/expected/vacuum-skip-locked.out b/src/test/isolation/expected/vacuum-skip-locked.out
index 99db281a159..e2cff175b7c 100644
--- a/src/test/isolation/expected/vacuum-skip-locked.out
+++ b/src/test/isolation/expected/vacuum-skip-locked.out
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 Parsed test spec with 2 sessions
 
-starting permutation: lock_share vac_specified commit
+starting permutation: lock_share vac_specified commit check_stat
 step lock_share: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN SHARE MODE;
@@ -10,8 +10,22 @@ step vac_specified: VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED) part1, part2;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
 
-starting permutation: lock_share vac_all_parts commit
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   1|            0|                    0
+part2  |           1|                   0|            0|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
+
+starting permutation: lock_share vac_all_parts commit check_stat
 step lock_share: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN SHARE MODE;
@@ -20,8 +34,22 @@ step vac_all_parts: VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED) parted;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   1|            0|                    0
+part2  |           1|                   0|            0|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
 
-starting permutation: lock_share analyze_specified commit
+starting permutation: lock_share analyze_specified commit check_stat
 step lock_share: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN SHARE MODE;
@@ -31,8 +59,22 @@ step analyze_specified: ANALYZE (SKIP_LOCKED) part1, part2;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
 
-starting permutation: lock_share analyze_all_parts commit
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   0|            0|                    1
+part2  |           0|                   0|            1|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
+
+starting permutation: lock_share analyze_all_parts commit check_stat
 step lock_share: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN SHARE MODE;
@@ -41,8 +83,22 @@ step analyze_all_parts: ANALYZE (SKIP_LOCKED) parted;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            1|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   0|            0|                    1
+part2  |           0|                   0|            1|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
 
-starting permutation: lock_share vac_analyze_specified commit
+starting permutation: lock_share vac_analyze_specified commit check_stat
 step lock_share: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN SHARE MODE;
@@ -52,8 +108,22 @@ step vac_analyze_specified: VACUUM (ANALYZE, SKIP_LOCKED) part1, part2;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
 
-starting permutation: lock_share vac_analyze_all_parts commit
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   1|            0|                    1
+part2  |           1|                   0|            1|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
+
+starting permutation: lock_share vac_analyze_all_parts commit check_stat
 step lock_share: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN SHARE MODE;
@@ -62,8 +132,22 @@ step vac_analyze_all_parts: VACUUM (ANALYZE, SKIP_LOCKED) parted;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            1|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   1|            0|                    1
+part2  |           1|                   0|            1|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
 
-starting permutation: lock_share vac_full_specified commit
+starting permutation: lock_share vac_full_specified commit check_stat
 step lock_share: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN SHARE MODE;
@@ -73,8 +157,22 @@ step vac_full_specified: VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED, FULL) part1, part2;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
 
-starting permutation: lock_share vac_full_all_parts commit
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part2  |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
+
+starting permutation: lock_share vac_full_all_parts commit check_stat
 step lock_share: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN SHARE MODE;
@@ -83,8 +181,22 @@ step vac_full_all_parts: VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED, FULL) parted;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part2  |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+(3 rows)
 
-starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_specified commit
+
+starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_specified commit check_stat
 step lock_access_exclusive: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN ACCESS EXCLUSIVE MODE;
@@ -94,8 +206,22 @@ step vac_specified: VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED) part1, part2;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   1|            0|                    0
+part2  |           1|                   0|            0|                    0
+(3 rows)
 
-starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_all_parts commit
+
+starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_all_parts commit check_stat
 step lock_access_exclusive: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN ACCESS EXCLUSIVE MODE;
@@ -104,8 +230,22 @@ step vac_all_parts: VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED) parted;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   1|            0|                    0
+part2  |           1|                   0|            0|                    0
+(3 rows)
 
-starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive analyze_specified commit
+
+starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive analyze_specified commit check_stat
 step lock_access_exclusive: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN ACCESS EXCLUSIVE MODE;
@@ -115,8 +255,22 @@ step analyze_specified: ANALYZE (SKIP_LOCKED) part1, part2;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   0|            0|                    1
+part2  |           0|                   0|            1|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
 
-starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive analyze_all_parts commit
+starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive analyze_all_parts commit check_stat
 step lock_access_exclusive: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN ACCESS EXCLUSIVE MODE;
@@ -126,8 +280,22 @@ step commit:
 	COMMIT;
 
 step analyze_all_parts: <... completed>
-
-starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_analyze_specified commit
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            1|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   0|            1|                    0
+part2  |           0|                   0|            1|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
+
+starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_analyze_specified commit check_stat
 step lock_access_exclusive: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN ACCESS EXCLUSIVE MODE;
@@ -137,8 +305,22 @@ step vac_analyze_specified: VACUUM (ANALYZE, SKIP_LOCKED) part1, part2;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   1|            0|                    1
+part2  |           1|                   0|            1|                    0
+(3 rows)
 
-starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_analyze_all_parts commit
+
+starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_analyze_all_parts commit check_stat
 step lock_access_exclusive: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN ACCESS EXCLUSIVE MODE;
@@ -148,8 +330,22 @@ step commit:
 	COMMIT;
 
 step vac_analyze_all_parts: <... completed>
-
-starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_full_specified commit
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            1|                    0
+part1  |           1|                   0|            1|                    0
+part2  |           1|                   0|            1|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
+
+starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_full_specified commit check_stat
 step lock_access_exclusive: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN ACCESS EXCLUSIVE MODE;
@@ -159,8 +355,22 @@ step vac_full_specified: VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED, FULL) part1, part2;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
 
-starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_full_all_parts commit
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part2  |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
+
+starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_full_all_parts commit check_stat
 step lock_access_exclusive: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN ACCESS EXCLUSIVE MODE;
@@ -169,3 +379,17 @@ step vac_full_all_parts: VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED, FULL) parted;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part2  |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
diff --git a/src/test/isolation/specs/vacuum-skip-locked.spec b/src/test/isolation/specs/vacuum-skip-locked.spec
index 3fad6e1c92a..b0da75d4b6d 100644
--- a/src/test/isolation/specs/vacuum-skip-locked.spec
+++ b/src/test/isolation/specs/vacuum-skip-locked.spec
@@ -33,6 +33,15 @@ step commit
 	COMMIT;
 }
 
+step check_stat
+{
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+}
+
 session s2
 step vac_specified			{ VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED) part1, part2; }
 step vac_all_parts			{ VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED) parted; }
@@ -43,19 +52,19 @@ step vac_analyze_all_parts	{ VACUUM (ANALYZE, SKIP_LOCKED) parted; }
 step vac_full_specified		{ VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED, FULL) part1, part2; }
 step vac_full_all_parts		{ VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED, FULL) parted; }
 
-permutation lock_share vac_specified commit
-permutation lock_share vac_all_parts commit
-permutation lock_share analyze_specified commit
-permutation lock_share analyze_all_parts commit
-permutation lock_share vac_analyze_specified commit
-permutation lock_share vac_analyze_all_parts commit
-permutation lock_share vac_full_specified commit
-permutation lock_share vac_full_all_parts commit
-permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_specified commit
-permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_all_parts commit
-permutation lock_access_exclusive analyze_specified commit
-permutation lock_access_exclusive analyze_all_parts commit
-permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_analyze_specified commit
-permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_analyze_all_parts commit
-permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_full_specified commit
-permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_full_all_parts commit
+permutation lock_share vac_specified commit check_stat
+permutation lock_share vac_all_parts commit check_stat
+permutation lock_share analyze_specified commit check_stat
+permutation lock_share analyze_all_parts commit check_stat
+permutation lock_share vac_analyze_specified commit check_stat
+permutation lock_share vac_analyze_all_parts commit check_stat
+permutation lock_share vac_full_specified commit check_stat
+permutation lock_share vac_full_all_parts commit check_stat
+permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_specified commit check_stat
+permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_all_parts commit check_stat
+permutation lock_access_exclusive analyze_specified commit check_stat
+permutation lock_access_exclusive analyze_all_parts commit check_stat
+permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_analyze_specified commit check_stat
+permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_analyze_all_parts commit check_stat
+permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_full_specified commit check_stat
+permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_full_all_parts commit check_stat
diff --git a/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out b/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out
index a65a5bf0c4f..9b2075d3373 100644
--- a/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out
+++ b/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out
@@ -1835,13 +1835,21 @@ pg_stat_all_tables| SELECT c.oid AS relid,
     pg_stat_get_mod_since_analyze(c.oid) AS n_mod_since_analyze,
     pg_stat_get_ins_since_vacuum(c.oid) AS n_ins_since_vacuum,
     pg_stat_get_last_vacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_vacuum,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_vacuum,
     pg_stat_get_last_autovacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_autovacuum,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_autovacuum,
     pg_stat_get_last_analyze_time(c.oid) AS last_analyze,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_analyze,
     pg_stat_get_last_autoanalyze_time(c.oid) AS last_autoanalyze,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_autoanalyze,
     pg_stat_get_vacuum_count(c.oid) AS vacuum_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count(c.oid) AS skipped_vacuum_count,
     pg_stat_get_autovacuum_count(c.oid) AS autovacuum_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count(c.oid) AS skipped_autovacuum_count,
     pg_stat_get_analyze_count(c.oid) AS analyze_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count(c.oid) AS skipped_analyze_count,
     pg_stat_get_autoanalyze_count(c.oid) AS autoanalyze_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count(c.oid) AS skipped_autoanalyze_count,
     pg_stat_get_total_vacuum_time(c.oid) AS total_vacuum_time,
     pg_stat_get_total_autovacuum_time(c.oid) AS total_autovacuum_time,
     pg_stat_get_total_analyze_time(c.oid) AS total_analyze_time,
@@ -2346,13 +2354,21 @@ pg_stat_sys_tables| SELECT relid,
     n_mod_since_analyze,
     n_ins_since_vacuum,
     last_vacuum,
+    last_skipped_vacuum,
     last_autovacuum,
+    last_skipped_autovacuum,
     last_analyze,
+    last_skipped_analyze,
     last_autoanalyze,
+    last_skipped_autoanalyze,
     vacuum_count,
+    skipped_vacuum_count,
     autovacuum_count,
+    skipped_autovacuum_count,
     analyze_count,
+    skipped_analyze_count,
     autoanalyze_count,
+    skipped_autoanalyze_count,
     total_vacuum_time,
     total_autovacuum_time,
     total_analyze_time,
@@ -2401,13 +2417,21 @@ pg_stat_user_tables| SELECT relid,
     n_mod_since_analyze,
     n_ins_since_vacuum,
     last_vacuum,
+    last_skipped_vacuum,
     last_autovacuum,
+    last_skipped_autovacuum,
     last_analyze,
+    last_skipped_analyze,
     last_autoanalyze,
+    last_skipped_autoanalyze,
     vacuum_count,
+    skipped_vacuum_count,
     autovacuum_count,
+    skipped_autovacuum_count,
     analyze_count,
+    skipped_analyze_count,
     autoanalyze_count,
+    skipped_autoanalyze_count,
     total_vacuum_time,
     total_autovacuum_time,
     total_analyze_time,
-- 
2.43.0


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* [PATCH v5] Track skipped vacuum and analyze activity per relation
@ 2026-03-24 04:09 Yugo Nagata <[email protected]>
  0 siblings, 0 replies; 374+ messages in thread

From: Yugo Nagata @ 2026-03-24 04:09 UTC (permalink / raw)

This commit adds eight fields to the relation statistics that track
the last time vacuum or analyze has been attempted but skipped due to
lock unavailability, along with their counts:

-    last_skipped_vacuum
-    last_skipped_autovacuum
-    last_skipped_analyze
-    last_skipped_autoanalyze
-    skipped_vacuum_count
-    skipped_autovacuum_count
-    skipped_analyze_count
-    skipped_autoanalyze_count

These field can help users confirm that autovacuum is actively attempting
to run on a table that has not been vacuumed or analyzed for a long time,
and that the lack of progress is due to repeated skips rather than inactivity.
---
 doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml                  |  88 ++++++
 src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql          |   8 +
 src/backend/commands/vacuum.c                 | 100 +++++--
 src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c  |  64 +++++
 src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c           |  24 ++
 src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat               |  32 +++
 src/include/pgstat.h                          |  16 ++
 .../isolation/expected/vacuum-skip-locked.out | 260 ++++++++++++++++--
 .../isolation/specs/vacuum-skip-locked.spec   |  41 +--
 src/test/regress/expected/rules.out           |  24 ++
 10 files changed, 601 insertions(+), 56 deletions(-)

diff --git a/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml b/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml
index 08d5b824552..a9b579d87a9 100644
--- a/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml
+++ b/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml
@@ -4387,6 +4387,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_vacuum</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time a manual vacuum on this table was attempted but skipped due to
+       lock unavailability (not counting <command>VACUUM FULL</command>)
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>last_autovacuum</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
@@ -4397,6 +4407,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_autovacuum</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time a vacuum on this table by the autovacuum daemon was attempted
+       but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>last_analyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
@@ -4406,6 +4426,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_analyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time a manual analyze on this table was attempted but skipped due to
+       lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>last_autoanalyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
@@ -4416,6 +4446,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_autoanalyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time at which an analyze on this table by the autovacuum was
+       attempted but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>vacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4426,6 +4466,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_vacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times manual vacuums on this table have been attempted but skipped
+       due to lock unavailability (not counting <command>VACUUM FULL</command>)
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>autovacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4436,6 +4486,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_autovacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times vacuums on this table by the autovacuum daemon have been
+       attempted but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>analyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4445,6 +4505,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_analyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times manual analyzes on this table have been attempted but
+       skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>autoanalyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4455,6 +4525,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_autoanalyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times analyzes on this table by the autovacuum daemon have
+       been attempted but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>total_vacuum_time</structfield> <type>double precision</type>
@@ -4510,6 +4590,14 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
    </tgroup>
   </table>
 
+  <note>
+   <para>
+    When a manual vacuum or analyze on a parent table in an inheritance or
+    partitioning hierarchy is skipped, the statistics are recorded only for
+    the parent table, not for its children.
+   </para>
+  </note>
+
  </sect2>
 
  <sect2 id="monitoring-pg-stat-autovacuum-scores-view">
diff --git a/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql b/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql
index 73a1c1c4670..f509fc7876b 100644
--- a/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql
+++ b/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql
@@ -736,13 +736,21 @@ CREATE VIEW pg_stat_all_tables AS
             pg_stat_get_mod_since_analyze(C.oid) AS n_mod_since_analyze,
             pg_stat_get_ins_since_vacuum(C.oid) AS n_ins_since_vacuum,
             pg_stat_get_last_vacuum_time(C.oid) as last_vacuum,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_vacuum,
             pg_stat_get_last_autovacuum_time(C.oid) as last_autovacuum,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_autovacuum,
             pg_stat_get_last_analyze_time(C.oid) as last_analyze,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_analyze,
             pg_stat_get_last_autoanalyze_time(C.oid) as last_autoanalyze,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_autoanalyze,
             pg_stat_get_vacuum_count(C.oid) AS vacuum_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count(C.oid) AS skipped_vacuum_count,
             pg_stat_get_autovacuum_count(C.oid) AS autovacuum_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count(C.oid) AS skipped_autovacuum_count,
             pg_stat_get_analyze_count(C.oid) AS analyze_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count(C.oid) AS skipped_analyze_count,
             pg_stat_get_autoanalyze_count(C.oid) AS autoanalyze_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count(C.oid) AS skipped_autoanalyze_count,
             pg_stat_get_total_vacuum_time(C.oid) AS total_vacuum_time,
             pg_stat_get_total_autovacuum_time(C.oid) AS total_autovacuum_time,
             pg_stat_get_total_analyze_time(C.oid) AS total_analyze_time,
diff --git a/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c b/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c
index 99d0db82ed7..df6526225e4 100644
--- a/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c
+++ b/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c
@@ -793,8 +793,25 @@ vacuum_open_relation(Oid relid, RangeVar *relation, uint32 options,
 		rel = try_relation_open(relid, NoLock);
 	else
 	{
+		int flags = 0;
 		rel = NULL;
 		rel_lock = false;
+
+		if ((options & VACOPT_VACUUM) != 0 && (options & VACOPT_FULL) == 0)
+		{
+			if (AmAutoVacuumWorkerProcess())
+				flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOVACUUM;
+			else
+				flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM;
+		}
+		if ((options & VACOPT_ANALYZE) != 0)
+		{
+			if (AmAutoVacuumWorkerProcess())
+				flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOANALYZE;
+			else
+				flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE;
+		}
+		pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(relid, flags);
 	}
 
 	/* if relation is opened, leave */
@@ -905,7 +922,6 @@ expand_vacuum_rel(VacuumRelation *vrel, MemoryContext vac_context,
 		Form_pg_class classForm;
 		bool		include_children;
 		bool		is_partitioned_table;
-		int			rvr_opts;
 
 		/*
 		 * Since autovacuum workers supply OIDs when calling vacuum(), no
@@ -918,29 +934,69 @@ expand_vacuum_rel(VacuumRelation *vrel, MemoryContext vac_context,
 		 * below, as well as find_all_inheritors's expectation that the caller
 		 * holds some lock on the starting relation.
 		 */
-		rvr_opts = (options & VACOPT_SKIP_LOCKED) ? RVR_SKIP_LOCKED : 0;
-		relid = RangeVarGetRelidExtended(vrel->relation,
-										 AccessShareLock,
-										 rvr_opts,
-										 NULL, NULL);
-
-		/*
-		 * If the lock is unavailable, emit the same log statement that
-		 * vacuum_rel() and analyze_rel() would.
-		 */
-		if (!OidIsValid(relid))
+		if (!(options & VACOPT_SKIP_LOCKED))
 		{
-			if (options & VACOPT_VACUUM)
-				ereport(WARNING,
-						(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
-						 errmsg("skipping vacuum of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
-								vrel->relation->relname)));
-			else
-				ereport(WARNING,
-						(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
-						 errmsg("skipping analyze of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
+			relid = RangeVarGetRelidExtended(vrel->relation,
+											 AccessShareLock,
+											 0, NULL, NULL);
+			if (!OidIsValid(relid))
+				return vacrels;
+		}
+		else
+		{
+			/* Get relid for reporting before taking a lock */
+			relid = RangeVarGetRelid(vrel->relation, NoLock, false);
+
+			if (!ConditionalLockRelationOid(relid, AccessShareLock))
+			{
+				int	flags = 0;
+				/*
+				 * If the lock is unavailable, emit the same log statement that
+				 * vacuum_rel() and analyze_rel() would.
+				 */
+				if (options & VACOPT_VACUUM)
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping vacuum of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
 								vrel->relation->relname)));
-			return vacrels;
+				else
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping analyze of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
+									vrel->relation->relname)));
+
+				if ((options & VACOPT_VACUUM) != 0 && (options & VACOPT_FULL) == 0)
+					flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM;
+				if ((options & VACOPT_ANALYZE) != 0)
+					flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE;
+
+				pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(relid, flags);
+
+				return vacrels;
+			}
+
+			/*
+			 * Now that we have the lock, probe to see if the relation really
+			 * exists or not.
+			 */
+			if (!SearchSysCacheExists1(RELOID, ObjectIdGetDatum(relid)))
+			{
+				if (options & VACOPT_VACUUM)
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_UNDEFINED_TABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping vacuum of \"%s\" --- relation no longer exists",
+									vrel->relation->relname)));
+				else
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_UNDEFINED_TABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping analyze of \"%s\" --- relation no longer exists",
+									vrel->relation->relname)));
+
+				/* Release useless lock */
+				UnlockRelationOid(relid, AccessShareLock);
+
+				return vacrels;
+			}
 		}
 
 		/*
diff --git a/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c b/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c
index b2ca28f83ba..532d9023f8c 100644
--- a/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c
+++ b/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c
@@ -17,12 +17,14 @@
 
 #include "postgres.h"
 
+#include "access/htup_details.h"
 #include "access/twophase_rmgr.h"
 #include "access/xact.h"
 #include "catalog/catalog.h"
 #include "utils/memutils.h"
 #include "utils/pgstat_internal.h"
 #include "utils/rel.h"
+#include "utils/syscache.h"
 #include "utils/timestamp.h"
 
 
@@ -367,6 +369,68 @@ pgstat_report_analyze(Relation rel,
 	(void) pgstat_flush_backend(false, PGSTAT_BACKEND_FLUSH_IO);
 }
 
+/*
+ * Report that the table was skipped during vacuum or/and analyze.
+ */
+void
+pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(Oid relid, int flags)
+{
+	PgStat_EntryRef *entry_ref;
+	PgStatShared_Relation *shtabentry;
+	PgStat_StatTabEntry *tabentry;
+	TimestampTz ts;
+	HeapTuple	classTup;
+	bool		isshared;
+
+	if (!pgstat_track_counts || !flags)
+		return;
+
+	classTup = SearchSysCache1(RELOID, ObjectIdGetDatum(relid));
+	if (!HeapTupleIsValid(classTup))
+		return;			/* somebody deleted the rel, forget it */
+	isshared = ((Form_pg_class) GETSTRUCT(classTup))->relisshared;
+	ReleaseSysCache(classTup);
+
+	/* Store the data in the table's hash table entry. */
+	ts = GetCurrentTimestamp();
+
+	/* block acquiring lock for the same reason as pgstat_report_autovac() */
+	entry_ref = pgstat_get_entry_ref_locked(PGSTAT_KIND_RELATION,
+											isshared ? InvalidOid : MyDatabaseId,
+											relid, false);
+
+	shtabentry = (PgStatShared_Relation *) entry_ref->shared_stats;
+	tabentry = &shtabentry->stats;
+
+	if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM)
+	{
+		tabentry->last_skipped_vacuum_time = ts;
+		tabentry->skipped_vacuum_count++;
+	}
+	else if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOVACUUM)
+	{
+		tabentry->last_skipped_autovacuum_time = ts;
+		tabentry->skipped_autovacuum_count++;
+	}
+
+	if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE)
+	{
+		tabentry->last_skipped_analyze_time = ts;
+		tabentry->skipped_analyze_count++;
+	}
+	else if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOANALYZE)
+	{
+		tabentry->last_skipped_autoanalyze_time = ts;
+		tabentry->skipped_autoanalyze_count++;
+	}
+
+	pgstat_unlock_entry(entry_ref);
+
+	/* see pgstat_report_vacuum() */
+	pgstat_flush_io(false);
+	(void) pgstat_flush_backend(false, PGSTAT_BACKEND_FLUSH_IO);
+}
+
 /*
  * count a tuple insertion of n tuples
  */
diff --git a/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c b/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c
index 1408de387ea..90a8968faa0 100644
--- a/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c
+++ b/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c
@@ -84,6 +84,18 @@ PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(mod_since_analyze)
 /* pg_stat_get_numscans */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(numscans)
 
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_analyze_count)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_autoanalyze_count)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_autovacuum_count)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_vacuum_count)
+
 /* pg_stat_get_tuples_deleted */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(tuples_deleted)
 
@@ -170,6 +182,18 @@ PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_vacuum_time)
 /* pg_stat_get_lastscan */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(lastscan)
 
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_analyze_time)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_autoanalyze_time)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_autovacuum_time)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_vacuum_time)
+
 /* pg_stat_get_stat_reset_time */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(stat_reset_time)
 
diff --git a/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat b/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat
index fa9ae79082b..32debb34863 100644
--- a/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat
+++ b/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat
@@ -5680,6 +5680,38 @@
   proargmodes => '{o,o,o,o,o,o,o,o,o,o}',
   proargnames => '{oid,score,xid_score,mxid_score,vacuum_score,vacuum_insert_score,analyze_score,do_vacuum,do_analyze,for_wraparound}',
   prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_autovacuum_scores' },
+{ oid => '8142', descr => 'statistics: last skipped vacuum time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time' },
+{ oid => '8143', descr => 'statistics: last skipped auto vacuum time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time' },
+{ oid => '8144', descr => 'statistics: last skipped analyze time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time' },
+{ oid => '8145', descr => 'statistics: last skipped auto analyze time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time' },
+{ oid => '8146', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped vacuum for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count' },
+{ oid => '8147', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped auto vacuum for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count' },
+{ oid => '8148', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped analyzes for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count' },
+{ oid => '8149', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped auto analyzes for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count' },
 { oid => '1936', descr => 'statistics: currently active backend IDs',
   proname => 'pg_stat_get_backend_idset', prorows => '100', proretset => 't',
   provolatile => 's', proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int4',
diff --git a/src/include/pgstat.h b/src/include/pgstat.h
index dfa2e837638..98941f953d1 100644
--- a/src/include/pgstat.h
+++ b/src/include/pgstat.h
@@ -479,6 +479,15 @@ typedef struct PgStat_StatTabEntry
 	TimestampTz last_autoanalyze_time;	/* autovacuum initiated */
 	PgStat_Counter autoanalyze_count;
 
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_vacuum_time;	/* user initiated vacuum */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_vacuum_count;
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_autovacuum_time;	/* autovacuum initiated */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_autovacuum_count;
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_analyze_time;	/* user initiated */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_analyze_count;
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_autoanalyze_time;	/* autovacuum initiated */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_autoanalyze_count;
+
 	PgStat_Counter total_vacuum_time;	/* times in milliseconds */
 	PgStat_Counter total_autovacuum_time;
 	PgStat_Counter total_analyze_time;
@@ -703,6 +712,13 @@ extern void pgstat_report_analyze(Relation rel,
 								  PgStat_Counter livetuples, PgStat_Counter deadtuples,
 								  bool resetcounter, TimestampTz starttime);
 
+/* flags for pgstat_flush_backend() */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM		(1 << 0)	/* vacuum is skipped */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE		(1 << 1)	/* analyze is skipped */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOVACUUM	(1 << 2)	/* autovacuum is skipped */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOANALYZE	(1 << 3)	/* autoanalyze is skipped */
+extern void pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(Oid relid, int flags);
+
 /*
  * If stats are enabled, but pending data hasn't been prepared yet, call
  * pgstat_assoc_relation() to do so. See its comment for why this is done
diff --git a/src/test/isolation/expected/vacuum-skip-locked.out b/src/test/isolation/expected/vacuum-skip-locked.out
index 99db281a159..e2cff175b7c 100644
--- a/src/test/isolation/expected/vacuum-skip-locked.out
+++ b/src/test/isolation/expected/vacuum-skip-locked.out
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 Parsed test spec with 2 sessions
 
-starting permutation: lock_share vac_specified commit
+starting permutation: lock_share vac_specified commit check_stat
 step lock_share: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN SHARE MODE;
@@ -10,8 +10,22 @@ step vac_specified: VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED) part1, part2;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
 
-starting permutation: lock_share vac_all_parts commit
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   1|            0|                    0
+part2  |           1|                   0|            0|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
+
+starting permutation: lock_share vac_all_parts commit check_stat
 step lock_share: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN SHARE MODE;
@@ -20,8 +34,22 @@ step vac_all_parts: VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED) parted;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   1|            0|                    0
+part2  |           1|                   0|            0|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
 
-starting permutation: lock_share analyze_specified commit
+starting permutation: lock_share analyze_specified commit check_stat
 step lock_share: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN SHARE MODE;
@@ -31,8 +59,22 @@ step analyze_specified: ANALYZE (SKIP_LOCKED) part1, part2;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
 
-starting permutation: lock_share analyze_all_parts commit
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   0|            0|                    1
+part2  |           0|                   0|            1|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
+
+starting permutation: lock_share analyze_all_parts commit check_stat
 step lock_share: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN SHARE MODE;
@@ -41,8 +83,22 @@ step analyze_all_parts: ANALYZE (SKIP_LOCKED) parted;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            1|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   0|            0|                    1
+part2  |           0|                   0|            1|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
 
-starting permutation: lock_share vac_analyze_specified commit
+starting permutation: lock_share vac_analyze_specified commit check_stat
 step lock_share: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN SHARE MODE;
@@ -52,8 +108,22 @@ step vac_analyze_specified: VACUUM (ANALYZE, SKIP_LOCKED) part1, part2;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
 
-starting permutation: lock_share vac_analyze_all_parts commit
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   1|            0|                    1
+part2  |           1|                   0|            1|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
+
+starting permutation: lock_share vac_analyze_all_parts commit check_stat
 step lock_share: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN SHARE MODE;
@@ -62,8 +132,22 @@ step vac_analyze_all_parts: VACUUM (ANALYZE, SKIP_LOCKED) parted;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            1|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   1|            0|                    1
+part2  |           1|                   0|            1|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
 
-starting permutation: lock_share vac_full_specified commit
+starting permutation: lock_share vac_full_specified commit check_stat
 step lock_share: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN SHARE MODE;
@@ -73,8 +157,22 @@ step vac_full_specified: VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED, FULL) part1, part2;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
 
-starting permutation: lock_share vac_full_all_parts commit
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part2  |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
+
+starting permutation: lock_share vac_full_all_parts commit check_stat
 step lock_share: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN SHARE MODE;
@@ -83,8 +181,22 @@ step vac_full_all_parts: VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED, FULL) parted;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part2  |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+(3 rows)
 
-starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_specified commit
+
+starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_specified commit check_stat
 step lock_access_exclusive: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN ACCESS EXCLUSIVE MODE;
@@ -94,8 +206,22 @@ step vac_specified: VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED) part1, part2;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   1|            0|                    0
+part2  |           1|                   0|            0|                    0
+(3 rows)
 
-starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_all_parts commit
+
+starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_all_parts commit check_stat
 step lock_access_exclusive: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN ACCESS EXCLUSIVE MODE;
@@ -104,8 +230,22 @@ step vac_all_parts: VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED) parted;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   1|            0|                    0
+part2  |           1|                   0|            0|                    0
+(3 rows)
 
-starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive analyze_specified commit
+
+starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive analyze_specified commit check_stat
 step lock_access_exclusive: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN ACCESS EXCLUSIVE MODE;
@@ -115,8 +255,22 @@ step analyze_specified: ANALYZE (SKIP_LOCKED) part1, part2;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   0|            0|                    1
+part2  |           0|                   0|            1|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
 
-starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive analyze_all_parts commit
+starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive analyze_all_parts commit check_stat
 step lock_access_exclusive: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN ACCESS EXCLUSIVE MODE;
@@ -126,8 +280,22 @@ step commit:
 	COMMIT;
 
 step analyze_all_parts: <... completed>
-
-starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_analyze_specified commit
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            1|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   0|            1|                    0
+part2  |           0|                   0|            1|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
+
+starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_analyze_specified commit check_stat
 step lock_access_exclusive: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN ACCESS EXCLUSIVE MODE;
@@ -137,8 +305,22 @@ step vac_analyze_specified: VACUUM (ANALYZE, SKIP_LOCKED) part1, part2;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   1|            0|                    1
+part2  |           1|                   0|            1|                    0
+(3 rows)
 
-starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_analyze_all_parts commit
+
+starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_analyze_all_parts commit check_stat
 step lock_access_exclusive: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN ACCESS EXCLUSIVE MODE;
@@ -148,8 +330,22 @@ step commit:
 	COMMIT;
 
 step vac_analyze_all_parts: <... completed>
-
-starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_full_specified commit
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            1|                    0
+part1  |           1|                   0|            1|                    0
+part2  |           1|                   0|            1|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
+
+starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_full_specified commit check_stat
 step lock_access_exclusive: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN ACCESS EXCLUSIVE MODE;
@@ -159,8 +355,22 @@ step vac_full_specified: VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED, FULL) part1, part2;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
 
-starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_full_all_parts commit
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part2  |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
+
+starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_full_all_parts commit check_stat
 step lock_access_exclusive: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN ACCESS EXCLUSIVE MODE;
@@ -169,3 +379,17 @@ step vac_full_all_parts: VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED, FULL) parted;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part2  |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
diff --git a/src/test/isolation/specs/vacuum-skip-locked.spec b/src/test/isolation/specs/vacuum-skip-locked.spec
index 3fad6e1c92a..b0da75d4b6d 100644
--- a/src/test/isolation/specs/vacuum-skip-locked.spec
+++ b/src/test/isolation/specs/vacuum-skip-locked.spec
@@ -33,6 +33,15 @@ step commit
 	COMMIT;
 }
 
+step check_stat
+{
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+}
+
 session s2
 step vac_specified			{ VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED) part1, part2; }
 step vac_all_parts			{ VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED) parted; }
@@ -43,19 +52,19 @@ step vac_analyze_all_parts	{ VACUUM (ANALYZE, SKIP_LOCKED) parted; }
 step vac_full_specified		{ VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED, FULL) part1, part2; }
 step vac_full_all_parts		{ VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED, FULL) parted; }
 
-permutation lock_share vac_specified commit
-permutation lock_share vac_all_parts commit
-permutation lock_share analyze_specified commit
-permutation lock_share analyze_all_parts commit
-permutation lock_share vac_analyze_specified commit
-permutation lock_share vac_analyze_all_parts commit
-permutation lock_share vac_full_specified commit
-permutation lock_share vac_full_all_parts commit
-permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_specified commit
-permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_all_parts commit
-permutation lock_access_exclusive analyze_specified commit
-permutation lock_access_exclusive analyze_all_parts commit
-permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_analyze_specified commit
-permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_analyze_all_parts commit
-permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_full_specified commit
-permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_full_all_parts commit
+permutation lock_share vac_specified commit check_stat
+permutation lock_share vac_all_parts commit check_stat
+permutation lock_share analyze_specified commit check_stat
+permutation lock_share analyze_all_parts commit check_stat
+permutation lock_share vac_analyze_specified commit check_stat
+permutation lock_share vac_analyze_all_parts commit check_stat
+permutation lock_share vac_full_specified commit check_stat
+permutation lock_share vac_full_all_parts commit check_stat
+permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_specified commit check_stat
+permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_all_parts commit check_stat
+permutation lock_access_exclusive analyze_specified commit check_stat
+permutation lock_access_exclusive analyze_all_parts commit check_stat
+permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_analyze_specified commit check_stat
+permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_analyze_all_parts commit check_stat
+permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_full_specified commit check_stat
+permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_full_all_parts commit check_stat
diff --git a/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out b/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out
index a65a5bf0c4f..9b2075d3373 100644
--- a/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out
+++ b/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out
@@ -1835,13 +1835,21 @@ pg_stat_all_tables| SELECT c.oid AS relid,
     pg_stat_get_mod_since_analyze(c.oid) AS n_mod_since_analyze,
     pg_stat_get_ins_since_vacuum(c.oid) AS n_ins_since_vacuum,
     pg_stat_get_last_vacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_vacuum,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_vacuum,
     pg_stat_get_last_autovacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_autovacuum,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_autovacuum,
     pg_stat_get_last_analyze_time(c.oid) AS last_analyze,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_analyze,
     pg_stat_get_last_autoanalyze_time(c.oid) AS last_autoanalyze,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_autoanalyze,
     pg_stat_get_vacuum_count(c.oid) AS vacuum_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count(c.oid) AS skipped_vacuum_count,
     pg_stat_get_autovacuum_count(c.oid) AS autovacuum_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count(c.oid) AS skipped_autovacuum_count,
     pg_stat_get_analyze_count(c.oid) AS analyze_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count(c.oid) AS skipped_analyze_count,
     pg_stat_get_autoanalyze_count(c.oid) AS autoanalyze_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count(c.oid) AS skipped_autoanalyze_count,
     pg_stat_get_total_vacuum_time(c.oid) AS total_vacuum_time,
     pg_stat_get_total_autovacuum_time(c.oid) AS total_autovacuum_time,
     pg_stat_get_total_analyze_time(c.oid) AS total_analyze_time,
@@ -2346,13 +2354,21 @@ pg_stat_sys_tables| SELECT relid,
     n_mod_since_analyze,
     n_ins_since_vacuum,
     last_vacuum,
+    last_skipped_vacuum,
     last_autovacuum,
+    last_skipped_autovacuum,
     last_analyze,
+    last_skipped_analyze,
     last_autoanalyze,
+    last_skipped_autoanalyze,
     vacuum_count,
+    skipped_vacuum_count,
     autovacuum_count,
+    skipped_autovacuum_count,
     analyze_count,
+    skipped_analyze_count,
     autoanalyze_count,
+    skipped_autoanalyze_count,
     total_vacuum_time,
     total_autovacuum_time,
     total_analyze_time,
@@ -2401,13 +2417,21 @@ pg_stat_user_tables| SELECT relid,
     n_mod_since_analyze,
     n_ins_since_vacuum,
     last_vacuum,
+    last_skipped_vacuum,
     last_autovacuum,
+    last_skipped_autovacuum,
     last_analyze,
+    last_skipped_analyze,
     last_autoanalyze,
+    last_skipped_autoanalyze,
     vacuum_count,
+    skipped_vacuum_count,
     autovacuum_count,
+    skipped_autovacuum_count,
     analyze_count,
+    skipped_analyze_count,
     autoanalyze_count,
+    skipped_autoanalyze_count,
     total_vacuum_time,
     total_autovacuum_time,
     total_analyze_time,
-- 
2.43.0


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* [PATCH v4] Track skipped vacuum and analyze activity per relation
@ 2026-03-24 04:09 Yugo Nagata <[email protected]>
  0 siblings, 0 replies; 374+ messages in thread

From: Yugo Nagata @ 2026-03-24 04:09 UTC (permalink / raw)

This commit adds eight fields to the relation statistics that track
the last time vacuum or analyze has been attempted but skipped due to
lock unavailability, along with their counts:

-    last_skipped_vacuum
-    last_skipped_autovacuum
-    last_skipped_analyze
-    last_skipped_autoanalyze
-    skipped_vacuum_count
-    skipped_autovacuum_count
-    skipped_analyze_count
-    skipped_autoanalyze_count

These field can help users confirm that autovacuum is actively attempting
to run on a table that has not been vacuumed or analyzed for a long time,
and that the lack of progress is due to repeated skips rather than inactivity.
---
 doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml                 |  88 ++++++++++++++++
 src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql         |   8 ++
 src/backend/commands/vacuum.c                | 102 ++++++++++++++-----
 src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c |  64 ++++++++++++
 src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c          |  24 +++++
 src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat              |  32 ++++++
 src/include/pgstat.h                         |  16 +++
 src/test/regress/expected/rules.out          |  24 +++++
 8 files changed, 335 insertions(+), 23 deletions(-)

diff --git a/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml b/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml
index 08d5b824552..a9b579d87a9 100644
--- a/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml
+++ b/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml
@@ -4387,6 +4387,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_vacuum</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time a manual vacuum on this table was attempted but skipped due to
+       lock unavailability (not counting <command>VACUUM FULL</command>)
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>last_autovacuum</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
@@ -4397,6 +4407,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_autovacuum</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time a vacuum on this table by the autovacuum daemon was attempted
+       but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>last_analyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
@@ -4406,6 +4426,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_analyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time a manual analyze on this table was attempted but skipped due to
+       lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>last_autoanalyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
@@ -4416,6 +4446,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_autoanalyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time at which an analyze on this table by the autovacuum was
+       attempted but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>vacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4426,6 +4466,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_vacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times manual vacuums on this table have been attempted but skipped
+       due to lock unavailability (not counting <command>VACUUM FULL</command>)
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>autovacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4436,6 +4486,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_autovacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times vacuums on this table by the autovacuum daemon have been
+       attempted but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>analyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4445,6 +4505,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_analyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times manual analyzes on this table have been attempted but
+       skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>autoanalyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4455,6 +4525,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_autoanalyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times analyzes on this table by the autovacuum daemon have
+       been attempted but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>total_vacuum_time</structfield> <type>double precision</type>
@@ -4510,6 +4590,14 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
    </tgroup>
   </table>
 
+  <note>
+   <para>
+    When a manual vacuum or analyze on a parent table in an inheritance or
+    partitioning hierarchy is skipped, the statistics are recorded only for
+    the parent table, not for its children.
+   </para>
+  </note>
+
  </sect2>
 
  <sect2 id="monitoring-pg-stat-autovacuum-scores-view">
diff --git a/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql b/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql
index 73a1c1c4670..f509fc7876b 100644
--- a/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql
+++ b/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql
@@ -736,13 +736,21 @@ CREATE VIEW pg_stat_all_tables AS
             pg_stat_get_mod_since_analyze(C.oid) AS n_mod_since_analyze,
             pg_stat_get_ins_since_vacuum(C.oid) AS n_ins_since_vacuum,
             pg_stat_get_last_vacuum_time(C.oid) as last_vacuum,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_vacuum,
             pg_stat_get_last_autovacuum_time(C.oid) as last_autovacuum,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_autovacuum,
             pg_stat_get_last_analyze_time(C.oid) as last_analyze,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_analyze,
             pg_stat_get_last_autoanalyze_time(C.oid) as last_autoanalyze,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_autoanalyze,
             pg_stat_get_vacuum_count(C.oid) AS vacuum_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count(C.oid) AS skipped_vacuum_count,
             pg_stat_get_autovacuum_count(C.oid) AS autovacuum_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count(C.oid) AS skipped_autovacuum_count,
             pg_stat_get_analyze_count(C.oid) AS analyze_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count(C.oid) AS skipped_analyze_count,
             pg_stat_get_autoanalyze_count(C.oid) AS autoanalyze_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count(C.oid) AS skipped_autoanalyze_count,
             pg_stat_get_total_vacuum_time(C.oid) AS total_vacuum_time,
             pg_stat_get_total_autovacuum_time(C.oid) AS total_autovacuum_time,
             pg_stat_get_total_analyze_time(C.oid) AS total_analyze_time,
diff --git a/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c b/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c
index 99d0db82ed7..97cd5ea8d10 100644
--- a/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c
+++ b/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c
@@ -793,8 +793,25 @@ vacuum_open_relation(Oid relid, RangeVar *relation, uint32 options,
 		rel = try_relation_open(relid, NoLock);
 	else
 	{
+		int flags = 0;
 		rel = NULL;
 		rel_lock = false;
+
+		if ((options & VACOPT_VACUUM) != 0)
+		{
+			if (AmAutoVacuumWorkerProcess())
+				flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOVACUUM;
+			else
+				flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM;
+		}
+		if ((options & VACOPT_ANALYZE) != 0)
+		{
+			if (AmAutoVacuumWorkerProcess())
+				flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOANALYZE;
+			else
+				flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE;
+		}
+		pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(relid, flags);
 	}
 
 	/* if relation is opened, leave */
@@ -802,7 +819,7 @@ vacuum_open_relation(Oid relid, RangeVar *relation, uint32 options,
 		return rel;
 
 	/*
-	 * Relation could not be opened, hence generate if possible a log
+	 * Relation could not be opened hence generate if possible a log
 	 * informing on the situation.
 	 *
 	 * If the RangeVar is not defined, we do not have enough information to
@@ -905,7 +922,6 @@ expand_vacuum_rel(VacuumRelation *vrel, MemoryContext vac_context,
 		Form_pg_class classForm;
 		bool		include_children;
 		bool		is_partitioned_table;
-		int			rvr_opts;
 
 		/*
 		 * Since autovacuum workers supply OIDs when calling vacuum(), no
@@ -918,29 +934,69 @@ expand_vacuum_rel(VacuumRelation *vrel, MemoryContext vac_context,
 		 * below, as well as find_all_inheritors's expectation that the caller
 		 * holds some lock on the starting relation.
 		 */
-		rvr_opts = (options & VACOPT_SKIP_LOCKED) ? RVR_SKIP_LOCKED : 0;
-		relid = RangeVarGetRelidExtended(vrel->relation,
-										 AccessShareLock,
-										 rvr_opts,
-										 NULL, NULL);
-
-		/*
-		 * If the lock is unavailable, emit the same log statement that
-		 * vacuum_rel() and analyze_rel() would.
-		 */
-		if (!OidIsValid(relid))
+		if (!(options & VACOPT_SKIP_LOCKED))
 		{
-			if (options & VACOPT_VACUUM)
-				ereport(WARNING,
-						(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
-						 errmsg("skipping vacuum of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
-								vrel->relation->relname)));
-			else
-				ereport(WARNING,
-						(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
-						 errmsg("skipping analyze of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
+			relid = RangeVarGetRelidExtended(vrel->relation,
+											 AccessShareLock,
+											 0, NULL, NULL);
+			if (!OidIsValid(relid))
+				return vacrels;
+		}
+		else
+		{
+			/* Get relid for reporting before taking a lock */
+			relid = RangeVarGetRelid(vrel->relation, NoLock, false);
+
+			if (!ConditionalLockRelationOid(relid, AccessShareLock))
+			{
+				int	flags = 0;
+				/*
+				 * If the lock is unavailable, emit the same log statement that
+				 * vacuum_rel() and analyze_rel() would.
+				 */
+				if (options & VACOPT_VACUUM)
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping vacuum of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
 								vrel->relation->relname)));
-			return vacrels;
+				else
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping analyze of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
+									vrel->relation->relname)));
+
+				if ((options & VACOPT_VACUUM) != 0)
+					flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM;
+				if ((options & VACOPT_ANALYZE) != 0)
+					flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE;
+
+				pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(relid, flags);
+
+				return vacrels;
+			}
+
+			/*
+			 * Now that we have the lock, probe to see if the relation really
+			 * exists or not.
+			 */
+			if (!SearchSysCacheExists1(RELOID, ObjectIdGetDatum(relid)))
+			{
+				if (options & VACOPT_VACUUM)
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_UNDEFINED_TABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping vacuum of \"%s\" --- relation no longer exists",
+									vrel->relation->relname)));
+				else
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_UNDEFINED_TABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping analyze of \"%s\" --- relation no longer exists",
+									vrel->relation->relname)));
+
+				/* Release useless lock */
+				UnlockRelationOid(relid, AccessShareLock);
+
+				return vacrels;
+			}
 		}
 
 		/*
diff --git a/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c b/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c
index b2ca28f83ba..532d9023f8c 100644
--- a/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c
+++ b/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c
@@ -17,12 +17,14 @@
 
 #include "postgres.h"
 
+#include "access/htup_details.h"
 #include "access/twophase_rmgr.h"
 #include "access/xact.h"
 #include "catalog/catalog.h"
 #include "utils/memutils.h"
 #include "utils/pgstat_internal.h"
 #include "utils/rel.h"
+#include "utils/syscache.h"
 #include "utils/timestamp.h"
 
 
@@ -367,6 +369,68 @@ pgstat_report_analyze(Relation rel,
 	(void) pgstat_flush_backend(false, PGSTAT_BACKEND_FLUSH_IO);
 }
 
+/*
+ * Report that the table was skipped during vacuum or/and analyze.
+ */
+void
+pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(Oid relid, int flags)
+{
+	PgStat_EntryRef *entry_ref;
+	PgStatShared_Relation *shtabentry;
+	PgStat_StatTabEntry *tabentry;
+	TimestampTz ts;
+	HeapTuple	classTup;
+	bool		isshared;
+
+	if (!pgstat_track_counts || !flags)
+		return;
+
+	classTup = SearchSysCache1(RELOID, ObjectIdGetDatum(relid));
+	if (!HeapTupleIsValid(classTup))
+		return;			/* somebody deleted the rel, forget it */
+	isshared = ((Form_pg_class) GETSTRUCT(classTup))->relisshared;
+	ReleaseSysCache(classTup);
+
+	/* Store the data in the table's hash table entry. */
+	ts = GetCurrentTimestamp();
+
+	/* block acquiring lock for the same reason as pgstat_report_autovac() */
+	entry_ref = pgstat_get_entry_ref_locked(PGSTAT_KIND_RELATION,
+											isshared ? InvalidOid : MyDatabaseId,
+											relid, false);
+
+	shtabentry = (PgStatShared_Relation *) entry_ref->shared_stats;
+	tabentry = &shtabentry->stats;
+
+	if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM)
+	{
+		tabentry->last_skipped_vacuum_time = ts;
+		tabentry->skipped_vacuum_count++;
+	}
+	else if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOVACUUM)
+	{
+		tabentry->last_skipped_autovacuum_time = ts;
+		tabentry->skipped_autovacuum_count++;
+	}
+
+	if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE)
+	{
+		tabentry->last_skipped_analyze_time = ts;
+		tabentry->skipped_analyze_count++;
+	}
+	else if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOANALYZE)
+	{
+		tabentry->last_skipped_autoanalyze_time = ts;
+		tabentry->skipped_autoanalyze_count++;
+	}
+
+	pgstat_unlock_entry(entry_ref);
+
+	/* see pgstat_report_vacuum() */
+	pgstat_flush_io(false);
+	(void) pgstat_flush_backend(false, PGSTAT_BACKEND_FLUSH_IO);
+}
+
 /*
  * count a tuple insertion of n tuples
  */
diff --git a/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c b/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c
index 1408de387ea..90a8968faa0 100644
--- a/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c
+++ b/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c
@@ -84,6 +84,18 @@ PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(mod_since_analyze)
 /* pg_stat_get_numscans */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(numscans)
 
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_analyze_count)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_autoanalyze_count)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_autovacuum_count)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_vacuum_count)
+
 /* pg_stat_get_tuples_deleted */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(tuples_deleted)
 
@@ -170,6 +182,18 @@ PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_vacuum_time)
 /* pg_stat_get_lastscan */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(lastscan)
 
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_analyze_time)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_autoanalyze_time)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_autovacuum_time)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_vacuum_time)
+
 /* pg_stat_get_stat_reset_time */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(stat_reset_time)
 
diff --git a/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat b/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat
index fa9ae79082b..32debb34863 100644
--- a/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat
+++ b/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat
@@ -5680,6 +5680,38 @@
   proargmodes => '{o,o,o,o,o,o,o,o,o,o}',
   proargnames => '{oid,score,xid_score,mxid_score,vacuum_score,vacuum_insert_score,analyze_score,do_vacuum,do_analyze,for_wraparound}',
   prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_autovacuum_scores' },
+{ oid => '8142', descr => 'statistics: last skipped vacuum time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time' },
+{ oid => '8143', descr => 'statistics: last skipped auto vacuum time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time' },
+{ oid => '8144', descr => 'statistics: last skipped analyze time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time' },
+{ oid => '8145', descr => 'statistics: last skipped auto analyze time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time' },
+{ oid => '8146', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped vacuum for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count' },
+{ oid => '8147', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped auto vacuum for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count' },
+{ oid => '8148', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped analyzes for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count' },
+{ oid => '8149', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped auto analyzes for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count' },
 { oid => '1936', descr => 'statistics: currently active backend IDs',
   proname => 'pg_stat_get_backend_idset', prorows => '100', proretset => 't',
   provolatile => 's', proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int4',
diff --git a/src/include/pgstat.h b/src/include/pgstat.h
index dfa2e837638..98941f953d1 100644
--- a/src/include/pgstat.h
+++ b/src/include/pgstat.h
@@ -479,6 +479,15 @@ typedef struct PgStat_StatTabEntry
 	TimestampTz last_autoanalyze_time;	/* autovacuum initiated */
 	PgStat_Counter autoanalyze_count;
 
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_vacuum_time;	/* user initiated vacuum */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_vacuum_count;
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_autovacuum_time;	/* autovacuum initiated */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_autovacuum_count;
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_analyze_time;	/* user initiated */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_analyze_count;
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_autoanalyze_time;	/* autovacuum initiated */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_autoanalyze_count;
+
 	PgStat_Counter total_vacuum_time;	/* times in milliseconds */
 	PgStat_Counter total_autovacuum_time;
 	PgStat_Counter total_analyze_time;
@@ -703,6 +712,13 @@ extern void pgstat_report_analyze(Relation rel,
 								  PgStat_Counter livetuples, PgStat_Counter deadtuples,
 								  bool resetcounter, TimestampTz starttime);
 
+/* flags for pgstat_flush_backend() */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM		(1 << 0)	/* vacuum is skipped */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE		(1 << 1)	/* analyze is skipped */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOVACUUM	(1 << 2)	/* autovacuum is skipped */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOANALYZE	(1 << 3)	/* autoanalyze is skipped */
+extern void pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(Oid relid, int flags);
+
 /*
  * If stats are enabled, but pending data hasn't been prepared yet, call
  * pgstat_assoc_relation() to do so. See its comment for why this is done
diff --git a/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out b/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out
index a65a5bf0c4f..9b2075d3373 100644
--- a/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out
+++ b/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out
@@ -1835,13 +1835,21 @@ pg_stat_all_tables| SELECT c.oid AS relid,
     pg_stat_get_mod_since_analyze(c.oid) AS n_mod_since_analyze,
     pg_stat_get_ins_since_vacuum(c.oid) AS n_ins_since_vacuum,
     pg_stat_get_last_vacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_vacuum,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_vacuum,
     pg_stat_get_last_autovacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_autovacuum,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_autovacuum,
     pg_stat_get_last_analyze_time(c.oid) AS last_analyze,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_analyze,
     pg_stat_get_last_autoanalyze_time(c.oid) AS last_autoanalyze,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_autoanalyze,
     pg_stat_get_vacuum_count(c.oid) AS vacuum_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count(c.oid) AS skipped_vacuum_count,
     pg_stat_get_autovacuum_count(c.oid) AS autovacuum_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count(c.oid) AS skipped_autovacuum_count,
     pg_stat_get_analyze_count(c.oid) AS analyze_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count(c.oid) AS skipped_analyze_count,
     pg_stat_get_autoanalyze_count(c.oid) AS autoanalyze_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count(c.oid) AS skipped_autoanalyze_count,
     pg_stat_get_total_vacuum_time(c.oid) AS total_vacuum_time,
     pg_stat_get_total_autovacuum_time(c.oid) AS total_autovacuum_time,
     pg_stat_get_total_analyze_time(c.oid) AS total_analyze_time,
@@ -2346,13 +2354,21 @@ pg_stat_sys_tables| SELECT relid,
     n_mod_since_analyze,
     n_ins_since_vacuum,
     last_vacuum,
+    last_skipped_vacuum,
     last_autovacuum,
+    last_skipped_autovacuum,
     last_analyze,
+    last_skipped_analyze,
     last_autoanalyze,
+    last_skipped_autoanalyze,
     vacuum_count,
+    skipped_vacuum_count,
     autovacuum_count,
+    skipped_autovacuum_count,
     analyze_count,
+    skipped_analyze_count,
     autoanalyze_count,
+    skipped_autoanalyze_count,
     total_vacuum_time,
     total_autovacuum_time,
     total_analyze_time,
@@ -2401,13 +2417,21 @@ pg_stat_user_tables| SELECT relid,
     n_mod_since_analyze,
     n_ins_since_vacuum,
     last_vacuum,
+    last_skipped_vacuum,
     last_autovacuum,
+    last_skipped_autovacuum,
     last_analyze,
+    last_skipped_analyze,
     last_autoanalyze,
+    last_skipped_autoanalyze,
     vacuum_count,
+    skipped_vacuum_count,
     autovacuum_count,
+    skipped_autovacuum_count,
     analyze_count,
+    skipped_analyze_count,
     autoanalyze_count,
+    skipped_autoanalyze_count,
     total_vacuum_time,
     total_autovacuum_time,
     total_analyze_time,
-- 
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* [PATCH v4] Track skipped vacuum and analyze activity per relation
@ 2026-03-24 04:09 Yugo Nagata <[email protected]>
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From: Yugo Nagata @ 2026-03-24 04:09 UTC (permalink / raw)

This commit adds eight fields to the relation statistics that track
the last time vacuum or analyze has been attempted but skipped due to
lock unavailability, along with their counts:

-    last_skipped_vacuum
-    last_skipped_autovacuum
-    last_skipped_analyze
-    last_skipped_autoanalyze
-    skipped_vacuum_count
-    skipped_autovacuum_count
-    skipped_analyze_count
-    skipped_autoanalyze_count

These field can help users confirm that autovacuum is actively attempting
to run on a table that has not been vacuumed or analyzed for a long time,
and that the lack of progress is due to repeated skips rather than inactivity.
---
 doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml                 |  88 ++++++++++++++++
 src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql         |   8 ++
 src/backend/commands/vacuum.c                | 102 ++++++++++++++-----
 src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c |  64 ++++++++++++
 src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c          |  24 +++++
 src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat              |  32 ++++++
 src/include/pgstat.h                         |  16 +++
 src/test/regress/expected/rules.out          |  24 +++++
 8 files changed, 335 insertions(+), 23 deletions(-)

diff --git a/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml b/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml
index 08d5b824552..a9b579d87a9 100644
--- a/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml
+++ b/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml
@@ -4387,6 +4387,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_vacuum</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time a manual vacuum on this table was attempted but skipped due to
+       lock unavailability (not counting <command>VACUUM FULL</command>)
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>last_autovacuum</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
@@ -4397,6 +4407,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_autovacuum</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time a vacuum on this table by the autovacuum daemon was attempted
+       but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>last_analyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
@@ -4406,6 +4426,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_analyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time a manual analyze on this table was attempted but skipped due to
+       lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>last_autoanalyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
@@ -4416,6 +4446,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_autoanalyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time at which an analyze on this table by the autovacuum was
+       attempted but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>vacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4426,6 +4466,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_vacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times manual vacuums on this table have been attempted but skipped
+       due to lock unavailability (not counting <command>VACUUM FULL</command>)
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>autovacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4436,6 +4486,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_autovacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times vacuums on this table by the autovacuum daemon have been
+       attempted but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>analyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4445,6 +4505,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_analyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times manual analyzes on this table have been attempted but
+       skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>autoanalyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4455,6 +4525,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_autoanalyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times analyzes on this table by the autovacuum daemon have
+       been attempted but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>total_vacuum_time</structfield> <type>double precision</type>
@@ -4510,6 +4590,14 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
    </tgroup>
   </table>
 
+  <note>
+   <para>
+    When a manual vacuum or analyze on a parent table in an inheritance or
+    partitioning hierarchy is skipped, the statistics are recorded only for
+    the parent table, not for its children.
+   </para>
+  </note>
+
  </sect2>
 
  <sect2 id="monitoring-pg-stat-autovacuum-scores-view">
diff --git a/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql b/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql
index 73a1c1c4670..f509fc7876b 100644
--- a/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql
+++ b/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql
@@ -736,13 +736,21 @@ CREATE VIEW pg_stat_all_tables AS
             pg_stat_get_mod_since_analyze(C.oid) AS n_mod_since_analyze,
             pg_stat_get_ins_since_vacuum(C.oid) AS n_ins_since_vacuum,
             pg_stat_get_last_vacuum_time(C.oid) as last_vacuum,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_vacuum,
             pg_stat_get_last_autovacuum_time(C.oid) as last_autovacuum,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_autovacuum,
             pg_stat_get_last_analyze_time(C.oid) as last_analyze,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_analyze,
             pg_stat_get_last_autoanalyze_time(C.oid) as last_autoanalyze,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_autoanalyze,
             pg_stat_get_vacuum_count(C.oid) AS vacuum_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count(C.oid) AS skipped_vacuum_count,
             pg_stat_get_autovacuum_count(C.oid) AS autovacuum_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count(C.oid) AS skipped_autovacuum_count,
             pg_stat_get_analyze_count(C.oid) AS analyze_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count(C.oid) AS skipped_analyze_count,
             pg_stat_get_autoanalyze_count(C.oid) AS autoanalyze_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count(C.oid) AS skipped_autoanalyze_count,
             pg_stat_get_total_vacuum_time(C.oid) AS total_vacuum_time,
             pg_stat_get_total_autovacuum_time(C.oid) AS total_autovacuum_time,
             pg_stat_get_total_analyze_time(C.oid) AS total_analyze_time,
diff --git a/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c b/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c
index 99d0db82ed7..97cd5ea8d10 100644
--- a/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c
+++ b/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c
@@ -793,8 +793,25 @@ vacuum_open_relation(Oid relid, RangeVar *relation, uint32 options,
 		rel = try_relation_open(relid, NoLock);
 	else
 	{
+		int flags = 0;
 		rel = NULL;
 		rel_lock = false;
+
+		if ((options & VACOPT_VACUUM) != 0)
+		{
+			if (AmAutoVacuumWorkerProcess())
+				flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOVACUUM;
+			else
+				flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM;
+		}
+		if ((options & VACOPT_ANALYZE) != 0)
+		{
+			if (AmAutoVacuumWorkerProcess())
+				flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOANALYZE;
+			else
+				flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE;
+		}
+		pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(relid, flags);
 	}
 
 	/* if relation is opened, leave */
@@ -802,7 +819,7 @@ vacuum_open_relation(Oid relid, RangeVar *relation, uint32 options,
 		return rel;
 
 	/*
-	 * Relation could not be opened, hence generate if possible a log
+	 * Relation could not be opened hence generate if possible a log
 	 * informing on the situation.
 	 *
 	 * If the RangeVar is not defined, we do not have enough information to
@@ -905,7 +922,6 @@ expand_vacuum_rel(VacuumRelation *vrel, MemoryContext vac_context,
 		Form_pg_class classForm;
 		bool		include_children;
 		bool		is_partitioned_table;
-		int			rvr_opts;
 
 		/*
 		 * Since autovacuum workers supply OIDs when calling vacuum(), no
@@ -918,29 +934,69 @@ expand_vacuum_rel(VacuumRelation *vrel, MemoryContext vac_context,
 		 * below, as well as find_all_inheritors's expectation that the caller
 		 * holds some lock on the starting relation.
 		 */
-		rvr_opts = (options & VACOPT_SKIP_LOCKED) ? RVR_SKIP_LOCKED : 0;
-		relid = RangeVarGetRelidExtended(vrel->relation,
-										 AccessShareLock,
-										 rvr_opts,
-										 NULL, NULL);
-
-		/*
-		 * If the lock is unavailable, emit the same log statement that
-		 * vacuum_rel() and analyze_rel() would.
-		 */
-		if (!OidIsValid(relid))
+		if (!(options & VACOPT_SKIP_LOCKED))
 		{
-			if (options & VACOPT_VACUUM)
-				ereport(WARNING,
-						(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
-						 errmsg("skipping vacuum of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
-								vrel->relation->relname)));
-			else
-				ereport(WARNING,
-						(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
-						 errmsg("skipping analyze of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
+			relid = RangeVarGetRelidExtended(vrel->relation,
+											 AccessShareLock,
+											 0, NULL, NULL);
+			if (!OidIsValid(relid))
+				return vacrels;
+		}
+		else
+		{
+			/* Get relid for reporting before taking a lock */
+			relid = RangeVarGetRelid(vrel->relation, NoLock, false);
+
+			if (!ConditionalLockRelationOid(relid, AccessShareLock))
+			{
+				int	flags = 0;
+				/*
+				 * If the lock is unavailable, emit the same log statement that
+				 * vacuum_rel() and analyze_rel() would.
+				 */
+				if (options & VACOPT_VACUUM)
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping vacuum of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
 								vrel->relation->relname)));
-			return vacrels;
+				else
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping analyze of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
+									vrel->relation->relname)));
+
+				if ((options & VACOPT_VACUUM) != 0)
+					flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM;
+				if ((options & VACOPT_ANALYZE) != 0)
+					flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE;
+
+				pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(relid, flags);
+
+				return vacrels;
+			}
+
+			/*
+			 * Now that we have the lock, probe to see if the relation really
+			 * exists or not.
+			 */
+			if (!SearchSysCacheExists1(RELOID, ObjectIdGetDatum(relid)))
+			{
+				if (options & VACOPT_VACUUM)
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_UNDEFINED_TABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping vacuum of \"%s\" --- relation no longer exists",
+									vrel->relation->relname)));
+				else
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_UNDEFINED_TABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping analyze of \"%s\" --- relation no longer exists",
+									vrel->relation->relname)));
+
+				/* Release useless lock */
+				UnlockRelationOid(relid, AccessShareLock);
+
+				return vacrels;
+			}
 		}
 
 		/*
diff --git a/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c b/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c
index b2ca28f83ba..532d9023f8c 100644
--- a/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c
+++ b/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c
@@ -17,12 +17,14 @@
 
 #include "postgres.h"
 
+#include "access/htup_details.h"
 #include "access/twophase_rmgr.h"
 #include "access/xact.h"
 #include "catalog/catalog.h"
 #include "utils/memutils.h"
 #include "utils/pgstat_internal.h"
 #include "utils/rel.h"
+#include "utils/syscache.h"
 #include "utils/timestamp.h"
 
 
@@ -367,6 +369,68 @@ pgstat_report_analyze(Relation rel,
 	(void) pgstat_flush_backend(false, PGSTAT_BACKEND_FLUSH_IO);
 }
 
+/*
+ * Report that the table was skipped during vacuum or/and analyze.
+ */
+void
+pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(Oid relid, int flags)
+{
+	PgStat_EntryRef *entry_ref;
+	PgStatShared_Relation *shtabentry;
+	PgStat_StatTabEntry *tabentry;
+	TimestampTz ts;
+	HeapTuple	classTup;
+	bool		isshared;
+
+	if (!pgstat_track_counts || !flags)
+		return;
+
+	classTup = SearchSysCache1(RELOID, ObjectIdGetDatum(relid));
+	if (!HeapTupleIsValid(classTup))
+		return;			/* somebody deleted the rel, forget it */
+	isshared = ((Form_pg_class) GETSTRUCT(classTup))->relisshared;
+	ReleaseSysCache(classTup);
+
+	/* Store the data in the table's hash table entry. */
+	ts = GetCurrentTimestamp();
+
+	/* block acquiring lock for the same reason as pgstat_report_autovac() */
+	entry_ref = pgstat_get_entry_ref_locked(PGSTAT_KIND_RELATION,
+											isshared ? InvalidOid : MyDatabaseId,
+											relid, false);
+
+	shtabentry = (PgStatShared_Relation *) entry_ref->shared_stats;
+	tabentry = &shtabentry->stats;
+
+	if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM)
+	{
+		tabentry->last_skipped_vacuum_time = ts;
+		tabentry->skipped_vacuum_count++;
+	}
+	else if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOVACUUM)
+	{
+		tabentry->last_skipped_autovacuum_time = ts;
+		tabentry->skipped_autovacuum_count++;
+	}
+
+	if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE)
+	{
+		tabentry->last_skipped_analyze_time = ts;
+		tabentry->skipped_analyze_count++;
+	}
+	else if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOANALYZE)
+	{
+		tabentry->last_skipped_autoanalyze_time = ts;
+		tabentry->skipped_autoanalyze_count++;
+	}
+
+	pgstat_unlock_entry(entry_ref);
+
+	/* see pgstat_report_vacuum() */
+	pgstat_flush_io(false);
+	(void) pgstat_flush_backend(false, PGSTAT_BACKEND_FLUSH_IO);
+}
+
 /*
  * count a tuple insertion of n tuples
  */
diff --git a/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c b/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c
index 1408de387ea..90a8968faa0 100644
--- a/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c
+++ b/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c
@@ -84,6 +84,18 @@ PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(mod_since_analyze)
 /* pg_stat_get_numscans */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(numscans)
 
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_analyze_count)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_autoanalyze_count)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_autovacuum_count)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_vacuum_count)
+
 /* pg_stat_get_tuples_deleted */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(tuples_deleted)
 
@@ -170,6 +182,18 @@ PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_vacuum_time)
 /* pg_stat_get_lastscan */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(lastscan)
 
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_analyze_time)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_autoanalyze_time)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_autovacuum_time)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_vacuum_time)
+
 /* pg_stat_get_stat_reset_time */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(stat_reset_time)
 
diff --git a/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat b/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat
index fa9ae79082b..32debb34863 100644
--- a/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat
+++ b/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat
@@ -5680,6 +5680,38 @@
   proargmodes => '{o,o,o,o,o,o,o,o,o,o}',
   proargnames => '{oid,score,xid_score,mxid_score,vacuum_score,vacuum_insert_score,analyze_score,do_vacuum,do_analyze,for_wraparound}',
   prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_autovacuum_scores' },
+{ oid => '8142', descr => 'statistics: last skipped vacuum time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time' },
+{ oid => '8143', descr => 'statistics: last skipped auto vacuum time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time' },
+{ oid => '8144', descr => 'statistics: last skipped analyze time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time' },
+{ oid => '8145', descr => 'statistics: last skipped auto analyze time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time' },
+{ oid => '8146', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped vacuum for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count' },
+{ oid => '8147', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped auto vacuum for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count' },
+{ oid => '8148', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped analyzes for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count' },
+{ oid => '8149', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped auto analyzes for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count' },
 { oid => '1936', descr => 'statistics: currently active backend IDs',
   proname => 'pg_stat_get_backend_idset', prorows => '100', proretset => 't',
   provolatile => 's', proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int4',
diff --git a/src/include/pgstat.h b/src/include/pgstat.h
index dfa2e837638..98941f953d1 100644
--- a/src/include/pgstat.h
+++ b/src/include/pgstat.h
@@ -479,6 +479,15 @@ typedef struct PgStat_StatTabEntry
 	TimestampTz last_autoanalyze_time;	/* autovacuum initiated */
 	PgStat_Counter autoanalyze_count;
 
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_vacuum_time;	/* user initiated vacuum */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_vacuum_count;
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_autovacuum_time;	/* autovacuum initiated */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_autovacuum_count;
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_analyze_time;	/* user initiated */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_analyze_count;
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_autoanalyze_time;	/* autovacuum initiated */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_autoanalyze_count;
+
 	PgStat_Counter total_vacuum_time;	/* times in milliseconds */
 	PgStat_Counter total_autovacuum_time;
 	PgStat_Counter total_analyze_time;
@@ -703,6 +712,13 @@ extern void pgstat_report_analyze(Relation rel,
 								  PgStat_Counter livetuples, PgStat_Counter deadtuples,
 								  bool resetcounter, TimestampTz starttime);
 
+/* flags for pgstat_flush_backend() */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM		(1 << 0)	/* vacuum is skipped */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE		(1 << 1)	/* analyze is skipped */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOVACUUM	(1 << 2)	/* autovacuum is skipped */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOANALYZE	(1 << 3)	/* autoanalyze is skipped */
+extern void pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(Oid relid, int flags);
+
 /*
  * If stats are enabled, but pending data hasn't been prepared yet, call
  * pgstat_assoc_relation() to do so. See its comment for why this is done
diff --git a/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out b/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out
index a65a5bf0c4f..9b2075d3373 100644
--- a/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out
+++ b/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out
@@ -1835,13 +1835,21 @@ pg_stat_all_tables| SELECT c.oid AS relid,
     pg_stat_get_mod_since_analyze(c.oid) AS n_mod_since_analyze,
     pg_stat_get_ins_since_vacuum(c.oid) AS n_ins_since_vacuum,
     pg_stat_get_last_vacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_vacuum,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_vacuum,
     pg_stat_get_last_autovacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_autovacuum,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_autovacuum,
     pg_stat_get_last_analyze_time(c.oid) AS last_analyze,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_analyze,
     pg_stat_get_last_autoanalyze_time(c.oid) AS last_autoanalyze,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_autoanalyze,
     pg_stat_get_vacuum_count(c.oid) AS vacuum_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count(c.oid) AS skipped_vacuum_count,
     pg_stat_get_autovacuum_count(c.oid) AS autovacuum_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count(c.oid) AS skipped_autovacuum_count,
     pg_stat_get_analyze_count(c.oid) AS analyze_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count(c.oid) AS skipped_analyze_count,
     pg_stat_get_autoanalyze_count(c.oid) AS autoanalyze_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count(c.oid) AS skipped_autoanalyze_count,
     pg_stat_get_total_vacuum_time(c.oid) AS total_vacuum_time,
     pg_stat_get_total_autovacuum_time(c.oid) AS total_autovacuum_time,
     pg_stat_get_total_analyze_time(c.oid) AS total_analyze_time,
@@ -2346,13 +2354,21 @@ pg_stat_sys_tables| SELECT relid,
     n_mod_since_analyze,
     n_ins_since_vacuum,
     last_vacuum,
+    last_skipped_vacuum,
     last_autovacuum,
+    last_skipped_autovacuum,
     last_analyze,
+    last_skipped_analyze,
     last_autoanalyze,
+    last_skipped_autoanalyze,
     vacuum_count,
+    skipped_vacuum_count,
     autovacuum_count,
+    skipped_autovacuum_count,
     analyze_count,
+    skipped_analyze_count,
     autoanalyze_count,
+    skipped_autoanalyze_count,
     total_vacuum_time,
     total_autovacuum_time,
     total_analyze_time,
@@ -2401,13 +2417,21 @@ pg_stat_user_tables| SELECT relid,
     n_mod_since_analyze,
     n_ins_since_vacuum,
     last_vacuum,
+    last_skipped_vacuum,
     last_autovacuum,
+    last_skipped_autovacuum,
     last_analyze,
+    last_skipped_analyze,
     last_autoanalyze,
+    last_skipped_autoanalyze,
     vacuum_count,
+    skipped_vacuum_count,
     autovacuum_count,
+    skipped_autovacuum_count,
     analyze_count,
+    skipped_analyze_count,
     autoanalyze_count,
+    skipped_autoanalyze_count,
     total_vacuum_time,
     total_autovacuum_time,
     total_analyze_time,
-- 
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* [PATCH v5] Track skipped vacuum and analyze activity per relation
@ 2026-03-24 04:09 Yugo Nagata <[email protected]>
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From: Yugo Nagata @ 2026-03-24 04:09 UTC (permalink / raw)

This commit adds eight fields to the relation statistics that track
the last time vacuum or analyze has been attempted but skipped due to
lock unavailability, along with their counts:

-    last_skipped_vacuum
-    last_skipped_autovacuum
-    last_skipped_analyze
-    last_skipped_autoanalyze
-    skipped_vacuum_count
-    skipped_autovacuum_count
-    skipped_analyze_count
-    skipped_autoanalyze_count

These field can help users confirm that autovacuum is actively attempting
to run on a table that has not been vacuumed or analyzed for a long time,
and that the lack of progress is due to repeated skips rather than inactivity.
---
 doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml                  |  88 ++++++
 src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql          |   8 +
 src/backend/commands/vacuum.c                 | 100 +++++--
 src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c  |  64 +++++
 src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c           |  24 ++
 src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat               |  32 +++
 src/include/pgstat.h                          |  16 ++
 .../isolation/expected/vacuum-skip-locked.out | 260 ++++++++++++++++--
 .../isolation/specs/vacuum-skip-locked.spec   |  41 +--
 src/test/regress/expected/rules.out           |  24 ++
 10 files changed, 601 insertions(+), 56 deletions(-)

diff --git a/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml b/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml
index 08d5b824552..a9b579d87a9 100644
--- a/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml
+++ b/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml
@@ -4387,6 +4387,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_vacuum</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time a manual vacuum on this table was attempted but skipped due to
+       lock unavailability (not counting <command>VACUUM FULL</command>)
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>last_autovacuum</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
@@ -4397,6 +4407,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_autovacuum</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time a vacuum on this table by the autovacuum daemon was attempted
+       but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>last_analyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
@@ -4406,6 +4426,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_analyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time a manual analyze on this table was attempted but skipped due to
+       lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>last_autoanalyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
@@ -4416,6 +4446,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_autoanalyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time at which an analyze on this table by the autovacuum was
+       attempted but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>vacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4426,6 +4466,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_vacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times manual vacuums on this table have been attempted but skipped
+       due to lock unavailability (not counting <command>VACUUM FULL</command>)
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>autovacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4436,6 +4486,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_autovacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times vacuums on this table by the autovacuum daemon have been
+       attempted but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>analyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4445,6 +4505,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_analyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times manual analyzes on this table have been attempted but
+       skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>autoanalyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4455,6 +4525,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_autoanalyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times analyzes on this table by the autovacuum daemon have
+       been attempted but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>total_vacuum_time</structfield> <type>double precision</type>
@@ -4510,6 +4590,14 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
    </tgroup>
   </table>
 
+  <note>
+   <para>
+    When a manual vacuum or analyze on a parent table in an inheritance or
+    partitioning hierarchy is skipped, the statistics are recorded only for
+    the parent table, not for its children.
+   </para>
+  </note>
+
  </sect2>
 
  <sect2 id="monitoring-pg-stat-autovacuum-scores-view">
diff --git a/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql b/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql
index 73a1c1c4670..f509fc7876b 100644
--- a/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql
+++ b/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql
@@ -736,13 +736,21 @@ CREATE VIEW pg_stat_all_tables AS
             pg_stat_get_mod_since_analyze(C.oid) AS n_mod_since_analyze,
             pg_stat_get_ins_since_vacuum(C.oid) AS n_ins_since_vacuum,
             pg_stat_get_last_vacuum_time(C.oid) as last_vacuum,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_vacuum,
             pg_stat_get_last_autovacuum_time(C.oid) as last_autovacuum,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_autovacuum,
             pg_stat_get_last_analyze_time(C.oid) as last_analyze,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_analyze,
             pg_stat_get_last_autoanalyze_time(C.oid) as last_autoanalyze,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_autoanalyze,
             pg_stat_get_vacuum_count(C.oid) AS vacuum_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count(C.oid) AS skipped_vacuum_count,
             pg_stat_get_autovacuum_count(C.oid) AS autovacuum_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count(C.oid) AS skipped_autovacuum_count,
             pg_stat_get_analyze_count(C.oid) AS analyze_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count(C.oid) AS skipped_analyze_count,
             pg_stat_get_autoanalyze_count(C.oid) AS autoanalyze_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count(C.oid) AS skipped_autoanalyze_count,
             pg_stat_get_total_vacuum_time(C.oid) AS total_vacuum_time,
             pg_stat_get_total_autovacuum_time(C.oid) AS total_autovacuum_time,
             pg_stat_get_total_analyze_time(C.oid) AS total_analyze_time,
diff --git a/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c b/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c
index 99d0db82ed7..df6526225e4 100644
--- a/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c
+++ b/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c
@@ -793,8 +793,25 @@ vacuum_open_relation(Oid relid, RangeVar *relation, uint32 options,
 		rel = try_relation_open(relid, NoLock);
 	else
 	{
+		int flags = 0;
 		rel = NULL;
 		rel_lock = false;
+
+		if ((options & VACOPT_VACUUM) != 0 && (options & VACOPT_FULL) == 0)
+		{
+			if (AmAutoVacuumWorkerProcess())
+				flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOVACUUM;
+			else
+				flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM;
+		}
+		if ((options & VACOPT_ANALYZE) != 0)
+		{
+			if (AmAutoVacuumWorkerProcess())
+				flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOANALYZE;
+			else
+				flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE;
+		}
+		pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(relid, flags);
 	}
 
 	/* if relation is opened, leave */
@@ -905,7 +922,6 @@ expand_vacuum_rel(VacuumRelation *vrel, MemoryContext vac_context,
 		Form_pg_class classForm;
 		bool		include_children;
 		bool		is_partitioned_table;
-		int			rvr_opts;
 
 		/*
 		 * Since autovacuum workers supply OIDs when calling vacuum(), no
@@ -918,29 +934,69 @@ expand_vacuum_rel(VacuumRelation *vrel, MemoryContext vac_context,
 		 * below, as well as find_all_inheritors's expectation that the caller
 		 * holds some lock on the starting relation.
 		 */
-		rvr_opts = (options & VACOPT_SKIP_LOCKED) ? RVR_SKIP_LOCKED : 0;
-		relid = RangeVarGetRelidExtended(vrel->relation,
-										 AccessShareLock,
-										 rvr_opts,
-										 NULL, NULL);
-
-		/*
-		 * If the lock is unavailable, emit the same log statement that
-		 * vacuum_rel() and analyze_rel() would.
-		 */
-		if (!OidIsValid(relid))
+		if (!(options & VACOPT_SKIP_LOCKED))
 		{
-			if (options & VACOPT_VACUUM)
-				ereport(WARNING,
-						(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
-						 errmsg("skipping vacuum of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
-								vrel->relation->relname)));
-			else
-				ereport(WARNING,
-						(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
-						 errmsg("skipping analyze of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
+			relid = RangeVarGetRelidExtended(vrel->relation,
+											 AccessShareLock,
+											 0, NULL, NULL);
+			if (!OidIsValid(relid))
+				return vacrels;
+		}
+		else
+		{
+			/* Get relid for reporting before taking a lock */
+			relid = RangeVarGetRelid(vrel->relation, NoLock, false);
+
+			if (!ConditionalLockRelationOid(relid, AccessShareLock))
+			{
+				int	flags = 0;
+				/*
+				 * If the lock is unavailable, emit the same log statement that
+				 * vacuum_rel() and analyze_rel() would.
+				 */
+				if (options & VACOPT_VACUUM)
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping vacuum of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
 								vrel->relation->relname)));
-			return vacrels;
+				else
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping analyze of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
+									vrel->relation->relname)));
+
+				if ((options & VACOPT_VACUUM) != 0 && (options & VACOPT_FULL) == 0)
+					flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM;
+				if ((options & VACOPT_ANALYZE) != 0)
+					flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE;
+
+				pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(relid, flags);
+
+				return vacrels;
+			}
+
+			/*
+			 * Now that we have the lock, probe to see if the relation really
+			 * exists or not.
+			 */
+			if (!SearchSysCacheExists1(RELOID, ObjectIdGetDatum(relid)))
+			{
+				if (options & VACOPT_VACUUM)
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_UNDEFINED_TABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping vacuum of \"%s\" --- relation no longer exists",
+									vrel->relation->relname)));
+				else
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_UNDEFINED_TABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping analyze of \"%s\" --- relation no longer exists",
+									vrel->relation->relname)));
+
+				/* Release useless lock */
+				UnlockRelationOid(relid, AccessShareLock);
+
+				return vacrels;
+			}
 		}
 
 		/*
diff --git a/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c b/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c
index b2ca28f83ba..532d9023f8c 100644
--- a/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c
+++ b/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c
@@ -17,12 +17,14 @@
 
 #include "postgres.h"
 
+#include "access/htup_details.h"
 #include "access/twophase_rmgr.h"
 #include "access/xact.h"
 #include "catalog/catalog.h"
 #include "utils/memutils.h"
 #include "utils/pgstat_internal.h"
 #include "utils/rel.h"
+#include "utils/syscache.h"
 #include "utils/timestamp.h"
 
 
@@ -367,6 +369,68 @@ pgstat_report_analyze(Relation rel,
 	(void) pgstat_flush_backend(false, PGSTAT_BACKEND_FLUSH_IO);
 }
 
+/*
+ * Report that the table was skipped during vacuum or/and analyze.
+ */
+void
+pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(Oid relid, int flags)
+{
+	PgStat_EntryRef *entry_ref;
+	PgStatShared_Relation *shtabentry;
+	PgStat_StatTabEntry *tabentry;
+	TimestampTz ts;
+	HeapTuple	classTup;
+	bool		isshared;
+
+	if (!pgstat_track_counts || !flags)
+		return;
+
+	classTup = SearchSysCache1(RELOID, ObjectIdGetDatum(relid));
+	if (!HeapTupleIsValid(classTup))
+		return;			/* somebody deleted the rel, forget it */
+	isshared = ((Form_pg_class) GETSTRUCT(classTup))->relisshared;
+	ReleaseSysCache(classTup);
+
+	/* Store the data in the table's hash table entry. */
+	ts = GetCurrentTimestamp();
+
+	/* block acquiring lock for the same reason as pgstat_report_autovac() */
+	entry_ref = pgstat_get_entry_ref_locked(PGSTAT_KIND_RELATION,
+											isshared ? InvalidOid : MyDatabaseId,
+											relid, false);
+
+	shtabentry = (PgStatShared_Relation *) entry_ref->shared_stats;
+	tabentry = &shtabentry->stats;
+
+	if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM)
+	{
+		tabentry->last_skipped_vacuum_time = ts;
+		tabentry->skipped_vacuum_count++;
+	}
+	else if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOVACUUM)
+	{
+		tabentry->last_skipped_autovacuum_time = ts;
+		tabentry->skipped_autovacuum_count++;
+	}
+
+	if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE)
+	{
+		tabentry->last_skipped_analyze_time = ts;
+		tabentry->skipped_analyze_count++;
+	}
+	else if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOANALYZE)
+	{
+		tabentry->last_skipped_autoanalyze_time = ts;
+		tabentry->skipped_autoanalyze_count++;
+	}
+
+	pgstat_unlock_entry(entry_ref);
+
+	/* see pgstat_report_vacuum() */
+	pgstat_flush_io(false);
+	(void) pgstat_flush_backend(false, PGSTAT_BACKEND_FLUSH_IO);
+}
+
 /*
  * count a tuple insertion of n tuples
  */
diff --git a/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c b/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c
index 1408de387ea..90a8968faa0 100644
--- a/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c
+++ b/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c
@@ -84,6 +84,18 @@ PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(mod_since_analyze)
 /* pg_stat_get_numscans */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(numscans)
 
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_analyze_count)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_autoanalyze_count)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_autovacuum_count)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_vacuum_count)
+
 /* pg_stat_get_tuples_deleted */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(tuples_deleted)
 
@@ -170,6 +182,18 @@ PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_vacuum_time)
 /* pg_stat_get_lastscan */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(lastscan)
 
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_analyze_time)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_autoanalyze_time)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_autovacuum_time)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_vacuum_time)
+
 /* pg_stat_get_stat_reset_time */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(stat_reset_time)
 
diff --git a/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat b/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat
index fa9ae79082b..32debb34863 100644
--- a/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat
+++ b/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat
@@ -5680,6 +5680,38 @@
   proargmodes => '{o,o,o,o,o,o,o,o,o,o}',
   proargnames => '{oid,score,xid_score,mxid_score,vacuum_score,vacuum_insert_score,analyze_score,do_vacuum,do_analyze,for_wraparound}',
   prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_autovacuum_scores' },
+{ oid => '8142', descr => 'statistics: last skipped vacuum time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time' },
+{ oid => '8143', descr => 'statistics: last skipped auto vacuum time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time' },
+{ oid => '8144', descr => 'statistics: last skipped analyze time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time' },
+{ oid => '8145', descr => 'statistics: last skipped auto analyze time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time' },
+{ oid => '8146', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped vacuum for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count' },
+{ oid => '8147', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped auto vacuum for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count' },
+{ oid => '8148', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped analyzes for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count' },
+{ oid => '8149', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped auto analyzes for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count' },
 { oid => '1936', descr => 'statistics: currently active backend IDs',
   proname => 'pg_stat_get_backend_idset', prorows => '100', proretset => 't',
   provolatile => 's', proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int4',
diff --git a/src/include/pgstat.h b/src/include/pgstat.h
index dfa2e837638..98941f953d1 100644
--- a/src/include/pgstat.h
+++ b/src/include/pgstat.h
@@ -479,6 +479,15 @@ typedef struct PgStat_StatTabEntry
 	TimestampTz last_autoanalyze_time;	/* autovacuum initiated */
 	PgStat_Counter autoanalyze_count;
 
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_vacuum_time;	/* user initiated vacuum */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_vacuum_count;
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_autovacuum_time;	/* autovacuum initiated */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_autovacuum_count;
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_analyze_time;	/* user initiated */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_analyze_count;
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_autoanalyze_time;	/* autovacuum initiated */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_autoanalyze_count;
+
 	PgStat_Counter total_vacuum_time;	/* times in milliseconds */
 	PgStat_Counter total_autovacuum_time;
 	PgStat_Counter total_analyze_time;
@@ -703,6 +712,13 @@ extern void pgstat_report_analyze(Relation rel,
 								  PgStat_Counter livetuples, PgStat_Counter deadtuples,
 								  bool resetcounter, TimestampTz starttime);
 
+/* flags for pgstat_flush_backend() */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM		(1 << 0)	/* vacuum is skipped */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE		(1 << 1)	/* analyze is skipped */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOVACUUM	(1 << 2)	/* autovacuum is skipped */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOANALYZE	(1 << 3)	/* autoanalyze is skipped */
+extern void pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(Oid relid, int flags);
+
 /*
  * If stats are enabled, but pending data hasn't been prepared yet, call
  * pgstat_assoc_relation() to do so. See its comment for why this is done
diff --git a/src/test/isolation/expected/vacuum-skip-locked.out b/src/test/isolation/expected/vacuum-skip-locked.out
index 99db281a159..e2cff175b7c 100644
--- a/src/test/isolation/expected/vacuum-skip-locked.out
+++ b/src/test/isolation/expected/vacuum-skip-locked.out
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 Parsed test spec with 2 sessions
 
-starting permutation: lock_share vac_specified commit
+starting permutation: lock_share vac_specified commit check_stat
 step lock_share: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN SHARE MODE;
@@ -10,8 +10,22 @@ step vac_specified: VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED) part1, part2;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
 
-starting permutation: lock_share vac_all_parts commit
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   1|            0|                    0
+part2  |           1|                   0|            0|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
+
+starting permutation: lock_share vac_all_parts commit check_stat
 step lock_share: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN SHARE MODE;
@@ -20,8 +34,22 @@ step vac_all_parts: VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED) parted;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   1|            0|                    0
+part2  |           1|                   0|            0|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
 
-starting permutation: lock_share analyze_specified commit
+starting permutation: lock_share analyze_specified commit check_stat
 step lock_share: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN SHARE MODE;
@@ -31,8 +59,22 @@ step analyze_specified: ANALYZE (SKIP_LOCKED) part1, part2;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
 
-starting permutation: lock_share analyze_all_parts commit
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   0|            0|                    1
+part2  |           0|                   0|            1|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
+
+starting permutation: lock_share analyze_all_parts commit check_stat
 step lock_share: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN SHARE MODE;
@@ -41,8 +83,22 @@ step analyze_all_parts: ANALYZE (SKIP_LOCKED) parted;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            1|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   0|            0|                    1
+part2  |           0|                   0|            1|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
 
-starting permutation: lock_share vac_analyze_specified commit
+starting permutation: lock_share vac_analyze_specified commit check_stat
 step lock_share: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN SHARE MODE;
@@ -52,8 +108,22 @@ step vac_analyze_specified: VACUUM (ANALYZE, SKIP_LOCKED) part1, part2;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
 
-starting permutation: lock_share vac_analyze_all_parts commit
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   1|            0|                    1
+part2  |           1|                   0|            1|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
+
+starting permutation: lock_share vac_analyze_all_parts commit check_stat
 step lock_share: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN SHARE MODE;
@@ -62,8 +132,22 @@ step vac_analyze_all_parts: VACUUM (ANALYZE, SKIP_LOCKED) parted;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            1|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   1|            0|                    1
+part2  |           1|                   0|            1|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
 
-starting permutation: lock_share vac_full_specified commit
+starting permutation: lock_share vac_full_specified commit check_stat
 step lock_share: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN SHARE MODE;
@@ -73,8 +157,22 @@ step vac_full_specified: VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED, FULL) part1, part2;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
 
-starting permutation: lock_share vac_full_all_parts commit
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part2  |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
+
+starting permutation: lock_share vac_full_all_parts commit check_stat
 step lock_share: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN SHARE MODE;
@@ -83,8 +181,22 @@ step vac_full_all_parts: VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED, FULL) parted;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part2  |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+(3 rows)
 
-starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_specified commit
+
+starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_specified commit check_stat
 step lock_access_exclusive: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN ACCESS EXCLUSIVE MODE;
@@ -94,8 +206,22 @@ step vac_specified: VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED) part1, part2;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   1|            0|                    0
+part2  |           1|                   0|            0|                    0
+(3 rows)
 
-starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_all_parts commit
+
+starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_all_parts commit check_stat
 step lock_access_exclusive: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN ACCESS EXCLUSIVE MODE;
@@ -104,8 +230,22 @@ step vac_all_parts: VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED) parted;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   1|            0|                    0
+part2  |           1|                   0|            0|                    0
+(3 rows)
 
-starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive analyze_specified commit
+
+starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive analyze_specified commit check_stat
 step lock_access_exclusive: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN ACCESS EXCLUSIVE MODE;
@@ -115,8 +255,22 @@ step analyze_specified: ANALYZE (SKIP_LOCKED) part1, part2;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   0|            0|                    1
+part2  |           0|                   0|            1|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
 
-starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive analyze_all_parts commit
+starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive analyze_all_parts commit check_stat
 step lock_access_exclusive: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN ACCESS EXCLUSIVE MODE;
@@ -126,8 +280,22 @@ step commit:
 	COMMIT;
 
 step analyze_all_parts: <... completed>
-
-starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_analyze_specified commit
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            1|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   0|            1|                    0
+part2  |           0|                   0|            1|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
+
+starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_analyze_specified commit check_stat
 step lock_access_exclusive: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN ACCESS EXCLUSIVE MODE;
@@ -137,8 +305,22 @@ step vac_analyze_specified: VACUUM (ANALYZE, SKIP_LOCKED) part1, part2;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   1|            0|                    1
+part2  |           1|                   0|            1|                    0
+(3 rows)
 
-starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_analyze_all_parts commit
+
+starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_analyze_all_parts commit check_stat
 step lock_access_exclusive: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN ACCESS EXCLUSIVE MODE;
@@ -148,8 +330,22 @@ step commit:
 	COMMIT;
 
 step vac_analyze_all_parts: <... completed>
-
-starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_full_specified commit
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            1|                    0
+part1  |           1|                   0|            1|                    0
+part2  |           1|                   0|            1|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
+
+starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_full_specified commit check_stat
 step lock_access_exclusive: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN ACCESS EXCLUSIVE MODE;
@@ -159,8 +355,22 @@ step vac_full_specified: VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED, FULL) part1, part2;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
 
-starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_full_all_parts commit
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part2  |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
+
+starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_full_all_parts commit check_stat
 step lock_access_exclusive: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN ACCESS EXCLUSIVE MODE;
@@ -169,3 +379,17 @@ step vac_full_all_parts: VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED, FULL) parted;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part2  |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
diff --git a/src/test/isolation/specs/vacuum-skip-locked.spec b/src/test/isolation/specs/vacuum-skip-locked.spec
index 3fad6e1c92a..b0da75d4b6d 100644
--- a/src/test/isolation/specs/vacuum-skip-locked.spec
+++ b/src/test/isolation/specs/vacuum-skip-locked.spec
@@ -33,6 +33,15 @@ step commit
 	COMMIT;
 }
 
+step check_stat
+{
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+}
+
 session s2
 step vac_specified			{ VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED) part1, part2; }
 step vac_all_parts			{ VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED) parted; }
@@ -43,19 +52,19 @@ step vac_analyze_all_parts	{ VACUUM (ANALYZE, SKIP_LOCKED) parted; }
 step vac_full_specified		{ VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED, FULL) part1, part2; }
 step vac_full_all_parts		{ VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED, FULL) parted; }
 
-permutation lock_share vac_specified commit
-permutation lock_share vac_all_parts commit
-permutation lock_share analyze_specified commit
-permutation lock_share analyze_all_parts commit
-permutation lock_share vac_analyze_specified commit
-permutation lock_share vac_analyze_all_parts commit
-permutation lock_share vac_full_specified commit
-permutation lock_share vac_full_all_parts commit
-permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_specified commit
-permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_all_parts commit
-permutation lock_access_exclusive analyze_specified commit
-permutation lock_access_exclusive analyze_all_parts commit
-permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_analyze_specified commit
-permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_analyze_all_parts commit
-permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_full_specified commit
-permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_full_all_parts commit
+permutation lock_share vac_specified commit check_stat
+permutation lock_share vac_all_parts commit check_stat
+permutation lock_share analyze_specified commit check_stat
+permutation lock_share analyze_all_parts commit check_stat
+permutation lock_share vac_analyze_specified commit check_stat
+permutation lock_share vac_analyze_all_parts commit check_stat
+permutation lock_share vac_full_specified commit check_stat
+permutation lock_share vac_full_all_parts commit check_stat
+permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_specified commit check_stat
+permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_all_parts commit check_stat
+permutation lock_access_exclusive analyze_specified commit check_stat
+permutation lock_access_exclusive analyze_all_parts commit check_stat
+permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_analyze_specified commit check_stat
+permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_analyze_all_parts commit check_stat
+permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_full_specified commit check_stat
+permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_full_all_parts commit check_stat
diff --git a/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out b/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out
index a65a5bf0c4f..9b2075d3373 100644
--- a/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out
+++ b/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out
@@ -1835,13 +1835,21 @@ pg_stat_all_tables| SELECT c.oid AS relid,
     pg_stat_get_mod_since_analyze(c.oid) AS n_mod_since_analyze,
     pg_stat_get_ins_since_vacuum(c.oid) AS n_ins_since_vacuum,
     pg_stat_get_last_vacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_vacuum,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_vacuum,
     pg_stat_get_last_autovacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_autovacuum,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_autovacuum,
     pg_stat_get_last_analyze_time(c.oid) AS last_analyze,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_analyze,
     pg_stat_get_last_autoanalyze_time(c.oid) AS last_autoanalyze,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_autoanalyze,
     pg_stat_get_vacuum_count(c.oid) AS vacuum_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count(c.oid) AS skipped_vacuum_count,
     pg_stat_get_autovacuum_count(c.oid) AS autovacuum_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count(c.oid) AS skipped_autovacuum_count,
     pg_stat_get_analyze_count(c.oid) AS analyze_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count(c.oid) AS skipped_analyze_count,
     pg_stat_get_autoanalyze_count(c.oid) AS autoanalyze_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count(c.oid) AS skipped_autoanalyze_count,
     pg_stat_get_total_vacuum_time(c.oid) AS total_vacuum_time,
     pg_stat_get_total_autovacuum_time(c.oid) AS total_autovacuum_time,
     pg_stat_get_total_analyze_time(c.oid) AS total_analyze_time,
@@ -2346,13 +2354,21 @@ pg_stat_sys_tables| SELECT relid,
     n_mod_since_analyze,
     n_ins_since_vacuum,
     last_vacuum,
+    last_skipped_vacuum,
     last_autovacuum,
+    last_skipped_autovacuum,
     last_analyze,
+    last_skipped_analyze,
     last_autoanalyze,
+    last_skipped_autoanalyze,
     vacuum_count,
+    skipped_vacuum_count,
     autovacuum_count,
+    skipped_autovacuum_count,
     analyze_count,
+    skipped_analyze_count,
     autoanalyze_count,
+    skipped_autoanalyze_count,
     total_vacuum_time,
     total_autovacuum_time,
     total_analyze_time,
@@ -2401,13 +2417,21 @@ pg_stat_user_tables| SELECT relid,
     n_mod_since_analyze,
     n_ins_since_vacuum,
     last_vacuum,
+    last_skipped_vacuum,
     last_autovacuum,
+    last_skipped_autovacuum,
     last_analyze,
+    last_skipped_analyze,
     last_autoanalyze,
+    last_skipped_autoanalyze,
     vacuum_count,
+    skipped_vacuum_count,
     autovacuum_count,
+    skipped_autovacuum_count,
     analyze_count,
+    skipped_analyze_count,
     autoanalyze_count,
+    skipped_autoanalyze_count,
     total_vacuum_time,
     total_autovacuum_time,
     total_analyze_time,
-- 
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* [PATCH v5] Track skipped vacuum and analyze activity per relation
@ 2026-03-24 04:09 Yugo Nagata <[email protected]>
  0 siblings, 0 replies; 374+ messages in thread

From: Yugo Nagata @ 2026-03-24 04:09 UTC (permalink / raw)

This commit adds eight fields to the relation statistics that track
the last time vacuum or analyze has been attempted but skipped due to
lock unavailability, along with their counts:

-    last_skipped_vacuum
-    last_skipped_autovacuum
-    last_skipped_analyze
-    last_skipped_autoanalyze
-    skipped_vacuum_count
-    skipped_autovacuum_count
-    skipped_analyze_count
-    skipped_autoanalyze_count

These field can help users confirm that autovacuum is actively attempting
to run on a table that has not been vacuumed or analyzed for a long time,
and that the lack of progress is due to repeated skips rather than inactivity.
---
 doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml                  |  88 ++++++
 src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql          |   8 +
 src/backend/commands/vacuum.c                 | 100 +++++--
 src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c  |  64 +++++
 src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c           |  24 ++
 src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat               |  32 +++
 src/include/pgstat.h                          |  16 ++
 .../isolation/expected/vacuum-skip-locked.out | 260 ++++++++++++++++--
 .../isolation/specs/vacuum-skip-locked.spec   |  41 +--
 src/test/regress/expected/rules.out           |  24 ++
 10 files changed, 601 insertions(+), 56 deletions(-)

diff --git a/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml b/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml
index 08d5b824552..a9b579d87a9 100644
--- a/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml
+++ b/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml
@@ -4387,6 +4387,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_vacuum</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time a manual vacuum on this table was attempted but skipped due to
+       lock unavailability (not counting <command>VACUUM FULL</command>)
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>last_autovacuum</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
@@ -4397,6 +4407,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_autovacuum</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time a vacuum on this table by the autovacuum daemon was attempted
+       but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>last_analyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
@@ -4406,6 +4426,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_analyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time a manual analyze on this table was attempted but skipped due to
+       lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>last_autoanalyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
@@ -4416,6 +4446,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_autoanalyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time at which an analyze on this table by the autovacuum was
+       attempted but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>vacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4426,6 +4466,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_vacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times manual vacuums on this table have been attempted but skipped
+       due to lock unavailability (not counting <command>VACUUM FULL</command>)
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>autovacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4436,6 +4486,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_autovacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times vacuums on this table by the autovacuum daemon have been
+       attempted but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>analyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4445,6 +4505,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_analyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times manual analyzes on this table have been attempted but
+       skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>autoanalyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4455,6 +4525,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_autoanalyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times analyzes on this table by the autovacuum daemon have
+       been attempted but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>total_vacuum_time</structfield> <type>double precision</type>
@@ -4510,6 +4590,14 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
    </tgroup>
   </table>
 
+  <note>
+   <para>
+    When a manual vacuum or analyze on a parent table in an inheritance or
+    partitioning hierarchy is skipped, the statistics are recorded only for
+    the parent table, not for its children.
+   </para>
+  </note>
+
  </sect2>
 
  <sect2 id="monitoring-pg-stat-autovacuum-scores-view">
diff --git a/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql b/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql
index 73a1c1c4670..f509fc7876b 100644
--- a/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql
+++ b/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql
@@ -736,13 +736,21 @@ CREATE VIEW pg_stat_all_tables AS
             pg_stat_get_mod_since_analyze(C.oid) AS n_mod_since_analyze,
             pg_stat_get_ins_since_vacuum(C.oid) AS n_ins_since_vacuum,
             pg_stat_get_last_vacuum_time(C.oid) as last_vacuum,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_vacuum,
             pg_stat_get_last_autovacuum_time(C.oid) as last_autovacuum,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_autovacuum,
             pg_stat_get_last_analyze_time(C.oid) as last_analyze,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_analyze,
             pg_stat_get_last_autoanalyze_time(C.oid) as last_autoanalyze,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_autoanalyze,
             pg_stat_get_vacuum_count(C.oid) AS vacuum_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count(C.oid) AS skipped_vacuum_count,
             pg_stat_get_autovacuum_count(C.oid) AS autovacuum_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count(C.oid) AS skipped_autovacuum_count,
             pg_stat_get_analyze_count(C.oid) AS analyze_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count(C.oid) AS skipped_analyze_count,
             pg_stat_get_autoanalyze_count(C.oid) AS autoanalyze_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count(C.oid) AS skipped_autoanalyze_count,
             pg_stat_get_total_vacuum_time(C.oid) AS total_vacuum_time,
             pg_stat_get_total_autovacuum_time(C.oid) AS total_autovacuum_time,
             pg_stat_get_total_analyze_time(C.oid) AS total_analyze_time,
diff --git a/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c b/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c
index 99d0db82ed7..df6526225e4 100644
--- a/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c
+++ b/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c
@@ -793,8 +793,25 @@ vacuum_open_relation(Oid relid, RangeVar *relation, uint32 options,
 		rel = try_relation_open(relid, NoLock);
 	else
 	{
+		int flags = 0;
 		rel = NULL;
 		rel_lock = false;
+
+		if ((options & VACOPT_VACUUM) != 0 && (options & VACOPT_FULL) == 0)
+		{
+			if (AmAutoVacuumWorkerProcess())
+				flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOVACUUM;
+			else
+				flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM;
+		}
+		if ((options & VACOPT_ANALYZE) != 0)
+		{
+			if (AmAutoVacuumWorkerProcess())
+				flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOANALYZE;
+			else
+				flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE;
+		}
+		pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(relid, flags);
 	}
 
 	/* if relation is opened, leave */
@@ -905,7 +922,6 @@ expand_vacuum_rel(VacuumRelation *vrel, MemoryContext vac_context,
 		Form_pg_class classForm;
 		bool		include_children;
 		bool		is_partitioned_table;
-		int			rvr_opts;
 
 		/*
 		 * Since autovacuum workers supply OIDs when calling vacuum(), no
@@ -918,29 +934,69 @@ expand_vacuum_rel(VacuumRelation *vrel, MemoryContext vac_context,
 		 * below, as well as find_all_inheritors's expectation that the caller
 		 * holds some lock on the starting relation.
 		 */
-		rvr_opts = (options & VACOPT_SKIP_LOCKED) ? RVR_SKIP_LOCKED : 0;
-		relid = RangeVarGetRelidExtended(vrel->relation,
-										 AccessShareLock,
-										 rvr_opts,
-										 NULL, NULL);
-
-		/*
-		 * If the lock is unavailable, emit the same log statement that
-		 * vacuum_rel() and analyze_rel() would.
-		 */
-		if (!OidIsValid(relid))
+		if (!(options & VACOPT_SKIP_LOCKED))
 		{
-			if (options & VACOPT_VACUUM)
-				ereport(WARNING,
-						(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
-						 errmsg("skipping vacuum of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
-								vrel->relation->relname)));
-			else
-				ereport(WARNING,
-						(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
-						 errmsg("skipping analyze of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
+			relid = RangeVarGetRelidExtended(vrel->relation,
+											 AccessShareLock,
+											 0, NULL, NULL);
+			if (!OidIsValid(relid))
+				return vacrels;
+		}
+		else
+		{
+			/* Get relid for reporting before taking a lock */
+			relid = RangeVarGetRelid(vrel->relation, NoLock, false);
+
+			if (!ConditionalLockRelationOid(relid, AccessShareLock))
+			{
+				int	flags = 0;
+				/*
+				 * If the lock is unavailable, emit the same log statement that
+				 * vacuum_rel() and analyze_rel() would.
+				 */
+				if (options & VACOPT_VACUUM)
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping vacuum of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
 								vrel->relation->relname)));
-			return vacrels;
+				else
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping analyze of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
+									vrel->relation->relname)));
+
+				if ((options & VACOPT_VACUUM) != 0 && (options & VACOPT_FULL) == 0)
+					flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM;
+				if ((options & VACOPT_ANALYZE) != 0)
+					flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE;
+
+				pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(relid, flags);
+
+				return vacrels;
+			}
+
+			/*
+			 * Now that we have the lock, probe to see if the relation really
+			 * exists or not.
+			 */
+			if (!SearchSysCacheExists1(RELOID, ObjectIdGetDatum(relid)))
+			{
+				if (options & VACOPT_VACUUM)
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_UNDEFINED_TABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping vacuum of \"%s\" --- relation no longer exists",
+									vrel->relation->relname)));
+				else
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_UNDEFINED_TABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping analyze of \"%s\" --- relation no longer exists",
+									vrel->relation->relname)));
+
+				/* Release useless lock */
+				UnlockRelationOid(relid, AccessShareLock);
+
+				return vacrels;
+			}
 		}
 
 		/*
diff --git a/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c b/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c
index b2ca28f83ba..532d9023f8c 100644
--- a/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c
+++ b/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c
@@ -17,12 +17,14 @@
 
 #include "postgres.h"
 
+#include "access/htup_details.h"
 #include "access/twophase_rmgr.h"
 #include "access/xact.h"
 #include "catalog/catalog.h"
 #include "utils/memutils.h"
 #include "utils/pgstat_internal.h"
 #include "utils/rel.h"
+#include "utils/syscache.h"
 #include "utils/timestamp.h"
 
 
@@ -367,6 +369,68 @@ pgstat_report_analyze(Relation rel,
 	(void) pgstat_flush_backend(false, PGSTAT_BACKEND_FLUSH_IO);
 }
 
+/*
+ * Report that the table was skipped during vacuum or/and analyze.
+ */
+void
+pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(Oid relid, int flags)
+{
+	PgStat_EntryRef *entry_ref;
+	PgStatShared_Relation *shtabentry;
+	PgStat_StatTabEntry *tabentry;
+	TimestampTz ts;
+	HeapTuple	classTup;
+	bool		isshared;
+
+	if (!pgstat_track_counts || !flags)
+		return;
+
+	classTup = SearchSysCache1(RELOID, ObjectIdGetDatum(relid));
+	if (!HeapTupleIsValid(classTup))
+		return;			/* somebody deleted the rel, forget it */
+	isshared = ((Form_pg_class) GETSTRUCT(classTup))->relisshared;
+	ReleaseSysCache(classTup);
+
+	/* Store the data in the table's hash table entry. */
+	ts = GetCurrentTimestamp();
+
+	/* block acquiring lock for the same reason as pgstat_report_autovac() */
+	entry_ref = pgstat_get_entry_ref_locked(PGSTAT_KIND_RELATION,
+											isshared ? InvalidOid : MyDatabaseId,
+											relid, false);
+
+	shtabentry = (PgStatShared_Relation *) entry_ref->shared_stats;
+	tabentry = &shtabentry->stats;
+
+	if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM)
+	{
+		tabentry->last_skipped_vacuum_time = ts;
+		tabentry->skipped_vacuum_count++;
+	}
+	else if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOVACUUM)
+	{
+		tabentry->last_skipped_autovacuum_time = ts;
+		tabentry->skipped_autovacuum_count++;
+	}
+
+	if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE)
+	{
+		tabentry->last_skipped_analyze_time = ts;
+		tabentry->skipped_analyze_count++;
+	}
+	else if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOANALYZE)
+	{
+		tabentry->last_skipped_autoanalyze_time = ts;
+		tabentry->skipped_autoanalyze_count++;
+	}
+
+	pgstat_unlock_entry(entry_ref);
+
+	/* see pgstat_report_vacuum() */
+	pgstat_flush_io(false);
+	(void) pgstat_flush_backend(false, PGSTAT_BACKEND_FLUSH_IO);
+}
+
 /*
  * count a tuple insertion of n tuples
  */
diff --git a/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c b/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c
index 1408de387ea..90a8968faa0 100644
--- a/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c
+++ b/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c
@@ -84,6 +84,18 @@ PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(mod_since_analyze)
 /* pg_stat_get_numscans */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(numscans)
 
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_analyze_count)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_autoanalyze_count)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_autovacuum_count)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_vacuum_count)
+
 /* pg_stat_get_tuples_deleted */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(tuples_deleted)
 
@@ -170,6 +182,18 @@ PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_vacuum_time)
 /* pg_stat_get_lastscan */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(lastscan)
 
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_analyze_time)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_autoanalyze_time)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_autovacuum_time)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_vacuum_time)
+
 /* pg_stat_get_stat_reset_time */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(stat_reset_time)
 
diff --git a/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat b/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat
index fa9ae79082b..32debb34863 100644
--- a/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat
+++ b/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat
@@ -5680,6 +5680,38 @@
   proargmodes => '{o,o,o,o,o,o,o,o,o,o}',
   proargnames => '{oid,score,xid_score,mxid_score,vacuum_score,vacuum_insert_score,analyze_score,do_vacuum,do_analyze,for_wraparound}',
   prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_autovacuum_scores' },
+{ oid => '8142', descr => 'statistics: last skipped vacuum time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time' },
+{ oid => '8143', descr => 'statistics: last skipped auto vacuum time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time' },
+{ oid => '8144', descr => 'statistics: last skipped analyze time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time' },
+{ oid => '8145', descr => 'statistics: last skipped auto analyze time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time' },
+{ oid => '8146', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped vacuum for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count' },
+{ oid => '8147', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped auto vacuum for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count' },
+{ oid => '8148', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped analyzes for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count' },
+{ oid => '8149', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped auto analyzes for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count' },
 { oid => '1936', descr => 'statistics: currently active backend IDs',
   proname => 'pg_stat_get_backend_idset', prorows => '100', proretset => 't',
   provolatile => 's', proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int4',
diff --git a/src/include/pgstat.h b/src/include/pgstat.h
index dfa2e837638..98941f953d1 100644
--- a/src/include/pgstat.h
+++ b/src/include/pgstat.h
@@ -479,6 +479,15 @@ typedef struct PgStat_StatTabEntry
 	TimestampTz last_autoanalyze_time;	/* autovacuum initiated */
 	PgStat_Counter autoanalyze_count;
 
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_vacuum_time;	/* user initiated vacuum */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_vacuum_count;
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_autovacuum_time;	/* autovacuum initiated */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_autovacuum_count;
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_analyze_time;	/* user initiated */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_analyze_count;
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_autoanalyze_time;	/* autovacuum initiated */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_autoanalyze_count;
+
 	PgStat_Counter total_vacuum_time;	/* times in milliseconds */
 	PgStat_Counter total_autovacuum_time;
 	PgStat_Counter total_analyze_time;
@@ -703,6 +712,13 @@ extern void pgstat_report_analyze(Relation rel,
 								  PgStat_Counter livetuples, PgStat_Counter deadtuples,
 								  bool resetcounter, TimestampTz starttime);
 
+/* flags for pgstat_flush_backend() */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM		(1 << 0)	/* vacuum is skipped */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE		(1 << 1)	/* analyze is skipped */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOVACUUM	(1 << 2)	/* autovacuum is skipped */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOANALYZE	(1 << 3)	/* autoanalyze is skipped */
+extern void pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(Oid relid, int flags);
+
 /*
  * If stats are enabled, but pending data hasn't been prepared yet, call
  * pgstat_assoc_relation() to do so. See its comment for why this is done
diff --git a/src/test/isolation/expected/vacuum-skip-locked.out b/src/test/isolation/expected/vacuum-skip-locked.out
index 99db281a159..e2cff175b7c 100644
--- a/src/test/isolation/expected/vacuum-skip-locked.out
+++ b/src/test/isolation/expected/vacuum-skip-locked.out
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 Parsed test spec with 2 sessions
 
-starting permutation: lock_share vac_specified commit
+starting permutation: lock_share vac_specified commit check_stat
 step lock_share: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN SHARE MODE;
@@ -10,8 +10,22 @@ step vac_specified: VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED) part1, part2;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
 
-starting permutation: lock_share vac_all_parts commit
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   1|            0|                    0
+part2  |           1|                   0|            0|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
+
+starting permutation: lock_share vac_all_parts commit check_stat
 step lock_share: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN SHARE MODE;
@@ -20,8 +34,22 @@ step vac_all_parts: VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED) parted;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   1|            0|                    0
+part2  |           1|                   0|            0|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
 
-starting permutation: lock_share analyze_specified commit
+starting permutation: lock_share analyze_specified commit check_stat
 step lock_share: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN SHARE MODE;
@@ -31,8 +59,22 @@ step analyze_specified: ANALYZE (SKIP_LOCKED) part1, part2;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
 
-starting permutation: lock_share analyze_all_parts commit
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   0|            0|                    1
+part2  |           0|                   0|            1|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
+
+starting permutation: lock_share analyze_all_parts commit check_stat
 step lock_share: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN SHARE MODE;
@@ -41,8 +83,22 @@ step analyze_all_parts: ANALYZE (SKIP_LOCKED) parted;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            1|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   0|            0|                    1
+part2  |           0|                   0|            1|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
 
-starting permutation: lock_share vac_analyze_specified commit
+starting permutation: lock_share vac_analyze_specified commit check_stat
 step lock_share: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN SHARE MODE;
@@ -52,8 +108,22 @@ step vac_analyze_specified: VACUUM (ANALYZE, SKIP_LOCKED) part1, part2;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
 
-starting permutation: lock_share vac_analyze_all_parts commit
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   1|            0|                    1
+part2  |           1|                   0|            1|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
+
+starting permutation: lock_share vac_analyze_all_parts commit check_stat
 step lock_share: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN SHARE MODE;
@@ -62,8 +132,22 @@ step vac_analyze_all_parts: VACUUM (ANALYZE, SKIP_LOCKED) parted;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            1|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   1|            0|                    1
+part2  |           1|                   0|            1|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
 
-starting permutation: lock_share vac_full_specified commit
+starting permutation: lock_share vac_full_specified commit check_stat
 step lock_share: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN SHARE MODE;
@@ -73,8 +157,22 @@ step vac_full_specified: VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED, FULL) part1, part2;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
 
-starting permutation: lock_share vac_full_all_parts commit
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part2  |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
+
+starting permutation: lock_share vac_full_all_parts commit check_stat
 step lock_share: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN SHARE MODE;
@@ -83,8 +181,22 @@ step vac_full_all_parts: VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED, FULL) parted;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part2  |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+(3 rows)
 
-starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_specified commit
+
+starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_specified commit check_stat
 step lock_access_exclusive: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN ACCESS EXCLUSIVE MODE;
@@ -94,8 +206,22 @@ step vac_specified: VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED) part1, part2;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   1|            0|                    0
+part2  |           1|                   0|            0|                    0
+(3 rows)
 
-starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_all_parts commit
+
+starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_all_parts commit check_stat
 step lock_access_exclusive: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN ACCESS EXCLUSIVE MODE;
@@ -104,8 +230,22 @@ step vac_all_parts: VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED) parted;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   1|            0|                    0
+part2  |           1|                   0|            0|                    0
+(3 rows)
 
-starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive analyze_specified commit
+
+starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive analyze_specified commit check_stat
 step lock_access_exclusive: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN ACCESS EXCLUSIVE MODE;
@@ -115,8 +255,22 @@ step analyze_specified: ANALYZE (SKIP_LOCKED) part1, part2;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   0|            0|                    1
+part2  |           0|                   0|            1|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
 
-starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive analyze_all_parts commit
+starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive analyze_all_parts commit check_stat
 step lock_access_exclusive: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN ACCESS EXCLUSIVE MODE;
@@ -126,8 +280,22 @@ step commit:
 	COMMIT;
 
 step analyze_all_parts: <... completed>
-
-starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_analyze_specified commit
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            1|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   0|            1|                    0
+part2  |           0|                   0|            1|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
+
+starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_analyze_specified commit check_stat
 step lock_access_exclusive: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN ACCESS EXCLUSIVE MODE;
@@ -137,8 +305,22 @@ step vac_analyze_specified: VACUUM (ANALYZE, SKIP_LOCKED) part1, part2;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   1|            0|                    1
+part2  |           1|                   0|            1|                    0
+(3 rows)
 
-starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_analyze_all_parts commit
+
+starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_analyze_all_parts commit check_stat
 step lock_access_exclusive: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN ACCESS EXCLUSIVE MODE;
@@ -148,8 +330,22 @@ step commit:
 	COMMIT;
 
 step vac_analyze_all_parts: <... completed>
-
-starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_full_specified commit
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            1|                    0
+part1  |           1|                   0|            1|                    0
+part2  |           1|                   0|            1|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
+
+starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_full_specified commit check_stat
 step lock_access_exclusive: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN ACCESS EXCLUSIVE MODE;
@@ -159,8 +355,22 @@ step vac_full_specified: VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED, FULL) part1, part2;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
 
-starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_full_all_parts commit
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part2  |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
+
+starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_full_all_parts commit check_stat
 step lock_access_exclusive: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN ACCESS EXCLUSIVE MODE;
@@ -169,3 +379,17 @@ step vac_full_all_parts: VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED, FULL) parted;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part2  |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
diff --git a/src/test/isolation/specs/vacuum-skip-locked.spec b/src/test/isolation/specs/vacuum-skip-locked.spec
index 3fad6e1c92a..b0da75d4b6d 100644
--- a/src/test/isolation/specs/vacuum-skip-locked.spec
+++ b/src/test/isolation/specs/vacuum-skip-locked.spec
@@ -33,6 +33,15 @@ step commit
 	COMMIT;
 }
 
+step check_stat
+{
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+}
+
 session s2
 step vac_specified			{ VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED) part1, part2; }
 step vac_all_parts			{ VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED) parted; }
@@ -43,19 +52,19 @@ step vac_analyze_all_parts	{ VACUUM (ANALYZE, SKIP_LOCKED) parted; }
 step vac_full_specified		{ VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED, FULL) part1, part2; }
 step vac_full_all_parts		{ VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED, FULL) parted; }
 
-permutation lock_share vac_specified commit
-permutation lock_share vac_all_parts commit
-permutation lock_share analyze_specified commit
-permutation lock_share analyze_all_parts commit
-permutation lock_share vac_analyze_specified commit
-permutation lock_share vac_analyze_all_parts commit
-permutation lock_share vac_full_specified commit
-permutation lock_share vac_full_all_parts commit
-permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_specified commit
-permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_all_parts commit
-permutation lock_access_exclusive analyze_specified commit
-permutation lock_access_exclusive analyze_all_parts commit
-permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_analyze_specified commit
-permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_analyze_all_parts commit
-permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_full_specified commit
-permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_full_all_parts commit
+permutation lock_share vac_specified commit check_stat
+permutation lock_share vac_all_parts commit check_stat
+permutation lock_share analyze_specified commit check_stat
+permutation lock_share analyze_all_parts commit check_stat
+permutation lock_share vac_analyze_specified commit check_stat
+permutation lock_share vac_analyze_all_parts commit check_stat
+permutation lock_share vac_full_specified commit check_stat
+permutation lock_share vac_full_all_parts commit check_stat
+permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_specified commit check_stat
+permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_all_parts commit check_stat
+permutation lock_access_exclusive analyze_specified commit check_stat
+permutation lock_access_exclusive analyze_all_parts commit check_stat
+permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_analyze_specified commit check_stat
+permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_analyze_all_parts commit check_stat
+permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_full_specified commit check_stat
+permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_full_all_parts commit check_stat
diff --git a/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out b/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out
index a65a5bf0c4f..9b2075d3373 100644
--- a/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out
+++ b/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out
@@ -1835,13 +1835,21 @@ pg_stat_all_tables| SELECT c.oid AS relid,
     pg_stat_get_mod_since_analyze(c.oid) AS n_mod_since_analyze,
     pg_stat_get_ins_since_vacuum(c.oid) AS n_ins_since_vacuum,
     pg_stat_get_last_vacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_vacuum,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_vacuum,
     pg_stat_get_last_autovacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_autovacuum,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_autovacuum,
     pg_stat_get_last_analyze_time(c.oid) AS last_analyze,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_analyze,
     pg_stat_get_last_autoanalyze_time(c.oid) AS last_autoanalyze,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_autoanalyze,
     pg_stat_get_vacuum_count(c.oid) AS vacuum_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count(c.oid) AS skipped_vacuum_count,
     pg_stat_get_autovacuum_count(c.oid) AS autovacuum_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count(c.oid) AS skipped_autovacuum_count,
     pg_stat_get_analyze_count(c.oid) AS analyze_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count(c.oid) AS skipped_analyze_count,
     pg_stat_get_autoanalyze_count(c.oid) AS autoanalyze_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count(c.oid) AS skipped_autoanalyze_count,
     pg_stat_get_total_vacuum_time(c.oid) AS total_vacuum_time,
     pg_stat_get_total_autovacuum_time(c.oid) AS total_autovacuum_time,
     pg_stat_get_total_analyze_time(c.oid) AS total_analyze_time,
@@ -2346,13 +2354,21 @@ pg_stat_sys_tables| SELECT relid,
     n_mod_since_analyze,
     n_ins_since_vacuum,
     last_vacuum,
+    last_skipped_vacuum,
     last_autovacuum,
+    last_skipped_autovacuum,
     last_analyze,
+    last_skipped_analyze,
     last_autoanalyze,
+    last_skipped_autoanalyze,
     vacuum_count,
+    skipped_vacuum_count,
     autovacuum_count,
+    skipped_autovacuum_count,
     analyze_count,
+    skipped_analyze_count,
     autoanalyze_count,
+    skipped_autoanalyze_count,
     total_vacuum_time,
     total_autovacuum_time,
     total_analyze_time,
@@ -2401,13 +2417,21 @@ pg_stat_user_tables| SELECT relid,
     n_mod_since_analyze,
     n_ins_since_vacuum,
     last_vacuum,
+    last_skipped_vacuum,
     last_autovacuum,
+    last_skipped_autovacuum,
     last_analyze,
+    last_skipped_analyze,
     last_autoanalyze,
+    last_skipped_autoanalyze,
     vacuum_count,
+    skipped_vacuum_count,
     autovacuum_count,
+    skipped_autovacuum_count,
     analyze_count,
+    skipped_analyze_count,
     autoanalyze_count,
+    skipped_autoanalyze_count,
     total_vacuum_time,
     total_autovacuum_time,
     total_analyze_time,
-- 
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* [PATCH v5] Track skipped vacuum and analyze activity per relation
@ 2026-03-24 04:09 Yugo Nagata <[email protected]>
  0 siblings, 0 replies; 374+ messages in thread

From: Yugo Nagata @ 2026-03-24 04:09 UTC (permalink / raw)

This commit adds eight fields to the relation statistics that track
the last time vacuum or analyze has been attempted but skipped due to
lock unavailability, along with their counts:

-    last_skipped_vacuum
-    last_skipped_autovacuum
-    last_skipped_analyze
-    last_skipped_autoanalyze
-    skipped_vacuum_count
-    skipped_autovacuum_count
-    skipped_analyze_count
-    skipped_autoanalyze_count

These field can help users confirm that autovacuum is actively attempting
to run on a table that has not been vacuumed or analyzed for a long time,
and that the lack of progress is due to repeated skips rather than inactivity.
---
 doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml                  |  88 ++++++
 src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql          |   8 +
 src/backend/commands/vacuum.c                 | 100 +++++--
 src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c  |  64 +++++
 src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c           |  24 ++
 src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat               |  32 +++
 src/include/pgstat.h                          |  16 ++
 .../isolation/expected/vacuum-skip-locked.out | 260 ++++++++++++++++--
 .../isolation/specs/vacuum-skip-locked.spec   |  41 +--
 src/test/regress/expected/rules.out           |  24 ++
 10 files changed, 601 insertions(+), 56 deletions(-)

diff --git a/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml b/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml
index 08d5b824552..a9b579d87a9 100644
--- a/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml
+++ b/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml
@@ -4387,6 +4387,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_vacuum</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time a manual vacuum on this table was attempted but skipped due to
+       lock unavailability (not counting <command>VACUUM FULL</command>)
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>last_autovacuum</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
@@ -4397,6 +4407,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_autovacuum</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time a vacuum on this table by the autovacuum daemon was attempted
+       but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>last_analyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
@@ -4406,6 +4426,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_analyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time a manual analyze on this table was attempted but skipped due to
+       lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>last_autoanalyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
@@ -4416,6 +4446,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_autoanalyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time at which an analyze on this table by the autovacuum was
+       attempted but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>vacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4426,6 +4466,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_vacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times manual vacuums on this table have been attempted but skipped
+       due to lock unavailability (not counting <command>VACUUM FULL</command>)
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>autovacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4436,6 +4486,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_autovacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times vacuums on this table by the autovacuum daemon have been
+       attempted but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>analyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4445,6 +4505,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_analyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times manual analyzes on this table have been attempted but
+       skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>autoanalyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4455,6 +4525,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_autoanalyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times analyzes on this table by the autovacuum daemon have
+       been attempted but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>total_vacuum_time</structfield> <type>double precision</type>
@@ -4510,6 +4590,14 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
    </tgroup>
   </table>
 
+  <note>
+   <para>
+    When a manual vacuum or analyze on a parent table in an inheritance or
+    partitioning hierarchy is skipped, the statistics are recorded only for
+    the parent table, not for its children.
+   </para>
+  </note>
+
  </sect2>
 
  <sect2 id="monitoring-pg-stat-autovacuum-scores-view">
diff --git a/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql b/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql
index 73a1c1c4670..f509fc7876b 100644
--- a/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql
+++ b/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql
@@ -736,13 +736,21 @@ CREATE VIEW pg_stat_all_tables AS
             pg_stat_get_mod_since_analyze(C.oid) AS n_mod_since_analyze,
             pg_stat_get_ins_since_vacuum(C.oid) AS n_ins_since_vacuum,
             pg_stat_get_last_vacuum_time(C.oid) as last_vacuum,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_vacuum,
             pg_stat_get_last_autovacuum_time(C.oid) as last_autovacuum,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_autovacuum,
             pg_stat_get_last_analyze_time(C.oid) as last_analyze,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_analyze,
             pg_stat_get_last_autoanalyze_time(C.oid) as last_autoanalyze,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_autoanalyze,
             pg_stat_get_vacuum_count(C.oid) AS vacuum_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count(C.oid) AS skipped_vacuum_count,
             pg_stat_get_autovacuum_count(C.oid) AS autovacuum_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count(C.oid) AS skipped_autovacuum_count,
             pg_stat_get_analyze_count(C.oid) AS analyze_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count(C.oid) AS skipped_analyze_count,
             pg_stat_get_autoanalyze_count(C.oid) AS autoanalyze_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count(C.oid) AS skipped_autoanalyze_count,
             pg_stat_get_total_vacuum_time(C.oid) AS total_vacuum_time,
             pg_stat_get_total_autovacuum_time(C.oid) AS total_autovacuum_time,
             pg_stat_get_total_analyze_time(C.oid) AS total_analyze_time,
diff --git a/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c b/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c
index 99d0db82ed7..df6526225e4 100644
--- a/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c
+++ b/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c
@@ -793,8 +793,25 @@ vacuum_open_relation(Oid relid, RangeVar *relation, uint32 options,
 		rel = try_relation_open(relid, NoLock);
 	else
 	{
+		int flags = 0;
 		rel = NULL;
 		rel_lock = false;
+
+		if ((options & VACOPT_VACUUM) != 0 && (options & VACOPT_FULL) == 0)
+		{
+			if (AmAutoVacuumWorkerProcess())
+				flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOVACUUM;
+			else
+				flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM;
+		}
+		if ((options & VACOPT_ANALYZE) != 0)
+		{
+			if (AmAutoVacuumWorkerProcess())
+				flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOANALYZE;
+			else
+				flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE;
+		}
+		pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(relid, flags);
 	}
 
 	/* if relation is opened, leave */
@@ -905,7 +922,6 @@ expand_vacuum_rel(VacuumRelation *vrel, MemoryContext vac_context,
 		Form_pg_class classForm;
 		bool		include_children;
 		bool		is_partitioned_table;
-		int			rvr_opts;
 
 		/*
 		 * Since autovacuum workers supply OIDs when calling vacuum(), no
@@ -918,29 +934,69 @@ expand_vacuum_rel(VacuumRelation *vrel, MemoryContext vac_context,
 		 * below, as well as find_all_inheritors's expectation that the caller
 		 * holds some lock on the starting relation.
 		 */
-		rvr_opts = (options & VACOPT_SKIP_LOCKED) ? RVR_SKIP_LOCKED : 0;
-		relid = RangeVarGetRelidExtended(vrel->relation,
-										 AccessShareLock,
-										 rvr_opts,
-										 NULL, NULL);
-
-		/*
-		 * If the lock is unavailable, emit the same log statement that
-		 * vacuum_rel() and analyze_rel() would.
-		 */
-		if (!OidIsValid(relid))
+		if (!(options & VACOPT_SKIP_LOCKED))
 		{
-			if (options & VACOPT_VACUUM)
-				ereport(WARNING,
-						(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
-						 errmsg("skipping vacuum of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
-								vrel->relation->relname)));
-			else
-				ereport(WARNING,
-						(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
-						 errmsg("skipping analyze of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
+			relid = RangeVarGetRelidExtended(vrel->relation,
+											 AccessShareLock,
+											 0, NULL, NULL);
+			if (!OidIsValid(relid))
+				return vacrels;
+		}
+		else
+		{
+			/* Get relid for reporting before taking a lock */
+			relid = RangeVarGetRelid(vrel->relation, NoLock, false);
+
+			if (!ConditionalLockRelationOid(relid, AccessShareLock))
+			{
+				int	flags = 0;
+				/*
+				 * If the lock is unavailable, emit the same log statement that
+				 * vacuum_rel() and analyze_rel() would.
+				 */
+				if (options & VACOPT_VACUUM)
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping vacuum of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
 								vrel->relation->relname)));
-			return vacrels;
+				else
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping analyze of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
+									vrel->relation->relname)));
+
+				if ((options & VACOPT_VACUUM) != 0 && (options & VACOPT_FULL) == 0)
+					flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM;
+				if ((options & VACOPT_ANALYZE) != 0)
+					flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE;
+
+				pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(relid, flags);
+
+				return vacrels;
+			}
+
+			/*
+			 * Now that we have the lock, probe to see if the relation really
+			 * exists or not.
+			 */
+			if (!SearchSysCacheExists1(RELOID, ObjectIdGetDatum(relid)))
+			{
+				if (options & VACOPT_VACUUM)
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_UNDEFINED_TABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping vacuum of \"%s\" --- relation no longer exists",
+									vrel->relation->relname)));
+				else
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_UNDEFINED_TABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping analyze of \"%s\" --- relation no longer exists",
+									vrel->relation->relname)));
+
+				/* Release useless lock */
+				UnlockRelationOid(relid, AccessShareLock);
+
+				return vacrels;
+			}
 		}
 
 		/*
diff --git a/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c b/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c
index b2ca28f83ba..532d9023f8c 100644
--- a/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c
+++ b/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c
@@ -17,12 +17,14 @@
 
 #include "postgres.h"
 
+#include "access/htup_details.h"
 #include "access/twophase_rmgr.h"
 #include "access/xact.h"
 #include "catalog/catalog.h"
 #include "utils/memutils.h"
 #include "utils/pgstat_internal.h"
 #include "utils/rel.h"
+#include "utils/syscache.h"
 #include "utils/timestamp.h"
 
 
@@ -367,6 +369,68 @@ pgstat_report_analyze(Relation rel,
 	(void) pgstat_flush_backend(false, PGSTAT_BACKEND_FLUSH_IO);
 }
 
+/*
+ * Report that the table was skipped during vacuum or/and analyze.
+ */
+void
+pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(Oid relid, int flags)
+{
+	PgStat_EntryRef *entry_ref;
+	PgStatShared_Relation *shtabentry;
+	PgStat_StatTabEntry *tabentry;
+	TimestampTz ts;
+	HeapTuple	classTup;
+	bool		isshared;
+
+	if (!pgstat_track_counts || !flags)
+		return;
+
+	classTup = SearchSysCache1(RELOID, ObjectIdGetDatum(relid));
+	if (!HeapTupleIsValid(classTup))
+		return;			/* somebody deleted the rel, forget it */
+	isshared = ((Form_pg_class) GETSTRUCT(classTup))->relisshared;
+	ReleaseSysCache(classTup);
+
+	/* Store the data in the table's hash table entry. */
+	ts = GetCurrentTimestamp();
+
+	/* block acquiring lock for the same reason as pgstat_report_autovac() */
+	entry_ref = pgstat_get_entry_ref_locked(PGSTAT_KIND_RELATION,
+											isshared ? InvalidOid : MyDatabaseId,
+											relid, false);
+
+	shtabentry = (PgStatShared_Relation *) entry_ref->shared_stats;
+	tabentry = &shtabentry->stats;
+
+	if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM)
+	{
+		tabentry->last_skipped_vacuum_time = ts;
+		tabentry->skipped_vacuum_count++;
+	}
+	else if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOVACUUM)
+	{
+		tabentry->last_skipped_autovacuum_time = ts;
+		tabentry->skipped_autovacuum_count++;
+	}
+
+	if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE)
+	{
+		tabentry->last_skipped_analyze_time = ts;
+		tabentry->skipped_analyze_count++;
+	}
+	else if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOANALYZE)
+	{
+		tabentry->last_skipped_autoanalyze_time = ts;
+		tabentry->skipped_autoanalyze_count++;
+	}
+
+	pgstat_unlock_entry(entry_ref);
+
+	/* see pgstat_report_vacuum() */
+	pgstat_flush_io(false);
+	(void) pgstat_flush_backend(false, PGSTAT_BACKEND_FLUSH_IO);
+}
+
 /*
  * count a tuple insertion of n tuples
  */
diff --git a/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c b/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c
index 1408de387ea..90a8968faa0 100644
--- a/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c
+++ b/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c
@@ -84,6 +84,18 @@ PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(mod_since_analyze)
 /* pg_stat_get_numscans */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(numscans)
 
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_analyze_count)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_autoanalyze_count)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_autovacuum_count)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_vacuum_count)
+
 /* pg_stat_get_tuples_deleted */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(tuples_deleted)
 
@@ -170,6 +182,18 @@ PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_vacuum_time)
 /* pg_stat_get_lastscan */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(lastscan)
 
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_analyze_time)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_autoanalyze_time)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_autovacuum_time)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_vacuum_time)
+
 /* pg_stat_get_stat_reset_time */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(stat_reset_time)
 
diff --git a/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat b/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat
index fa9ae79082b..32debb34863 100644
--- a/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat
+++ b/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat
@@ -5680,6 +5680,38 @@
   proargmodes => '{o,o,o,o,o,o,o,o,o,o}',
   proargnames => '{oid,score,xid_score,mxid_score,vacuum_score,vacuum_insert_score,analyze_score,do_vacuum,do_analyze,for_wraparound}',
   prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_autovacuum_scores' },
+{ oid => '8142', descr => 'statistics: last skipped vacuum time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time' },
+{ oid => '8143', descr => 'statistics: last skipped auto vacuum time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time' },
+{ oid => '8144', descr => 'statistics: last skipped analyze time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time' },
+{ oid => '8145', descr => 'statistics: last skipped auto analyze time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time' },
+{ oid => '8146', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped vacuum for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count' },
+{ oid => '8147', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped auto vacuum for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count' },
+{ oid => '8148', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped analyzes for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count' },
+{ oid => '8149', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped auto analyzes for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count' },
 { oid => '1936', descr => 'statistics: currently active backend IDs',
   proname => 'pg_stat_get_backend_idset', prorows => '100', proretset => 't',
   provolatile => 's', proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int4',
diff --git a/src/include/pgstat.h b/src/include/pgstat.h
index dfa2e837638..98941f953d1 100644
--- a/src/include/pgstat.h
+++ b/src/include/pgstat.h
@@ -479,6 +479,15 @@ typedef struct PgStat_StatTabEntry
 	TimestampTz last_autoanalyze_time;	/* autovacuum initiated */
 	PgStat_Counter autoanalyze_count;
 
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_vacuum_time;	/* user initiated vacuum */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_vacuum_count;
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_autovacuum_time;	/* autovacuum initiated */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_autovacuum_count;
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_analyze_time;	/* user initiated */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_analyze_count;
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_autoanalyze_time;	/* autovacuum initiated */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_autoanalyze_count;
+
 	PgStat_Counter total_vacuum_time;	/* times in milliseconds */
 	PgStat_Counter total_autovacuum_time;
 	PgStat_Counter total_analyze_time;
@@ -703,6 +712,13 @@ extern void pgstat_report_analyze(Relation rel,
 								  PgStat_Counter livetuples, PgStat_Counter deadtuples,
 								  bool resetcounter, TimestampTz starttime);
 
+/* flags for pgstat_flush_backend() */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM		(1 << 0)	/* vacuum is skipped */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE		(1 << 1)	/* analyze is skipped */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOVACUUM	(1 << 2)	/* autovacuum is skipped */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOANALYZE	(1 << 3)	/* autoanalyze is skipped */
+extern void pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(Oid relid, int flags);
+
 /*
  * If stats are enabled, but pending data hasn't been prepared yet, call
  * pgstat_assoc_relation() to do so. See its comment for why this is done
diff --git a/src/test/isolation/expected/vacuum-skip-locked.out b/src/test/isolation/expected/vacuum-skip-locked.out
index 99db281a159..e2cff175b7c 100644
--- a/src/test/isolation/expected/vacuum-skip-locked.out
+++ b/src/test/isolation/expected/vacuum-skip-locked.out
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 Parsed test spec with 2 sessions
 
-starting permutation: lock_share vac_specified commit
+starting permutation: lock_share vac_specified commit check_stat
 step lock_share: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN SHARE MODE;
@@ -10,8 +10,22 @@ step vac_specified: VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED) part1, part2;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
 
-starting permutation: lock_share vac_all_parts commit
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   1|            0|                    0
+part2  |           1|                   0|            0|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
+
+starting permutation: lock_share vac_all_parts commit check_stat
 step lock_share: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN SHARE MODE;
@@ -20,8 +34,22 @@ step vac_all_parts: VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED) parted;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   1|            0|                    0
+part2  |           1|                   0|            0|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
 
-starting permutation: lock_share analyze_specified commit
+starting permutation: lock_share analyze_specified commit check_stat
 step lock_share: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN SHARE MODE;
@@ -31,8 +59,22 @@ step analyze_specified: ANALYZE (SKIP_LOCKED) part1, part2;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
 
-starting permutation: lock_share analyze_all_parts commit
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   0|            0|                    1
+part2  |           0|                   0|            1|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
+
+starting permutation: lock_share analyze_all_parts commit check_stat
 step lock_share: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN SHARE MODE;
@@ -41,8 +83,22 @@ step analyze_all_parts: ANALYZE (SKIP_LOCKED) parted;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            1|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   0|            0|                    1
+part2  |           0|                   0|            1|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
 
-starting permutation: lock_share vac_analyze_specified commit
+starting permutation: lock_share vac_analyze_specified commit check_stat
 step lock_share: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN SHARE MODE;
@@ -52,8 +108,22 @@ step vac_analyze_specified: VACUUM (ANALYZE, SKIP_LOCKED) part1, part2;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
 
-starting permutation: lock_share vac_analyze_all_parts commit
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   1|            0|                    1
+part2  |           1|                   0|            1|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
+
+starting permutation: lock_share vac_analyze_all_parts commit check_stat
 step lock_share: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN SHARE MODE;
@@ -62,8 +132,22 @@ step vac_analyze_all_parts: VACUUM (ANALYZE, SKIP_LOCKED) parted;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            1|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   1|            0|                    1
+part2  |           1|                   0|            1|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
 
-starting permutation: lock_share vac_full_specified commit
+starting permutation: lock_share vac_full_specified commit check_stat
 step lock_share: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN SHARE MODE;
@@ -73,8 +157,22 @@ step vac_full_specified: VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED, FULL) part1, part2;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
 
-starting permutation: lock_share vac_full_all_parts commit
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part2  |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
+
+starting permutation: lock_share vac_full_all_parts commit check_stat
 step lock_share: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN SHARE MODE;
@@ -83,8 +181,22 @@ step vac_full_all_parts: VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED, FULL) parted;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part2  |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+(3 rows)
 
-starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_specified commit
+
+starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_specified commit check_stat
 step lock_access_exclusive: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN ACCESS EXCLUSIVE MODE;
@@ -94,8 +206,22 @@ step vac_specified: VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED) part1, part2;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   1|            0|                    0
+part2  |           1|                   0|            0|                    0
+(3 rows)
 
-starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_all_parts commit
+
+starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_all_parts commit check_stat
 step lock_access_exclusive: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN ACCESS EXCLUSIVE MODE;
@@ -104,8 +230,22 @@ step vac_all_parts: VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED) parted;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   1|            0|                    0
+part2  |           1|                   0|            0|                    0
+(3 rows)
 
-starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive analyze_specified commit
+
+starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive analyze_specified commit check_stat
 step lock_access_exclusive: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN ACCESS EXCLUSIVE MODE;
@@ -115,8 +255,22 @@ step analyze_specified: ANALYZE (SKIP_LOCKED) part1, part2;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   0|            0|                    1
+part2  |           0|                   0|            1|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
 
-starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive analyze_all_parts commit
+starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive analyze_all_parts commit check_stat
 step lock_access_exclusive: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN ACCESS EXCLUSIVE MODE;
@@ -126,8 +280,22 @@ step commit:
 	COMMIT;
 
 step analyze_all_parts: <... completed>
-
-starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_analyze_specified commit
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            1|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   0|            1|                    0
+part2  |           0|                   0|            1|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
+
+starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_analyze_specified commit check_stat
 step lock_access_exclusive: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN ACCESS EXCLUSIVE MODE;
@@ -137,8 +305,22 @@ step vac_analyze_specified: VACUUM (ANALYZE, SKIP_LOCKED) part1, part2;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   1|            0|                    1
+part2  |           1|                   0|            1|                    0
+(3 rows)
 
-starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_analyze_all_parts commit
+
+starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_analyze_all_parts commit check_stat
 step lock_access_exclusive: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN ACCESS EXCLUSIVE MODE;
@@ -148,8 +330,22 @@ step commit:
 	COMMIT;
 
 step vac_analyze_all_parts: <... completed>
-
-starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_full_specified commit
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            1|                    0
+part1  |           1|                   0|            1|                    0
+part2  |           1|                   0|            1|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
+
+starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_full_specified commit check_stat
 step lock_access_exclusive: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN ACCESS EXCLUSIVE MODE;
@@ -159,8 +355,22 @@ step vac_full_specified: VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED, FULL) part1, part2;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
 
-starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_full_all_parts commit
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part2  |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
+
+starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_full_all_parts commit check_stat
 step lock_access_exclusive: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN ACCESS EXCLUSIVE MODE;
@@ -169,3 +379,17 @@ step vac_full_all_parts: VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED, FULL) parted;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part2  |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
diff --git a/src/test/isolation/specs/vacuum-skip-locked.spec b/src/test/isolation/specs/vacuum-skip-locked.spec
index 3fad6e1c92a..b0da75d4b6d 100644
--- a/src/test/isolation/specs/vacuum-skip-locked.spec
+++ b/src/test/isolation/specs/vacuum-skip-locked.spec
@@ -33,6 +33,15 @@ step commit
 	COMMIT;
 }
 
+step check_stat
+{
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+}
+
 session s2
 step vac_specified			{ VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED) part1, part2; }
 step vac_all_parts			{ VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED) parted; }
@@ -43,19 +52,19 @@ step vac_analyze_all_parts	{ VACUUM (ANALYZE, SKIP_LOCKED) parted; }
 step vac_full_specified		{ VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED, FULL) part1, part2; }
 step vac_full_all_parts		{ VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED, FULL) parted; }
 
-permutation lock_share vac_specified commit
-permutation lock_share vac_all_parts commit
-permutation lock_share analyze_specified commit
-permutation lock_share analyze_all_parts commit
-permutation lock_share vac_analyze_specified commit
-permutation lock_share vac_analyze_all_parts commit
-permutation lock_share vac_full_specified commit
-permutation lock_share vac_full_all_parts commit
-permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_specified commit
-permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_all_parts commit
-permutation lock_access_exclusive analyze_specified commit
-permutation lock_access_exclusive analyze_all_parts commit
-permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_analyze_specified commit
-permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_analyze_all_parts commit
-permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_full_specified commit
-permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_full_all_parts commit
+permutation lock_share vac_specified commit check_stat
+permutation lock_share vac_all_parts commit check_stat
+permutation lock_share analyze_specified commit check_stat
+permutation lock_share analyze_all_parts commit check_stat
+permutation lock_share vac_analyze_specified commit check_stat
+permutation lock_share vac_analyze_all_parts commit check_stat
+permutation lock_share vac_full_specified commit check_stat
+permutation lock_share vac_full_all_parts commit check_stat
+permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_specified commit check_stat
+permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_all_parts commit check_stat
+permutation lock_access_exclusive analyze_specified commit check_stat
+permutation lock_access_exclusive analyze_all_parts commit check_stat
+permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_analyze_specified commit check_stat
+permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_analyze_all_parts commit check_stat
+permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_full_specified commit check_stat
+permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_full_all_parts commit check_stat
diff --git a/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out b/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out
index a65a5bf0c4f..9b2075d3373 100644
--- a/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out
+++ b/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out
@@ -1835,13 +1835,21 @@ pg_stat_all_tables| SELECT c.oid AS relid,
     pg_stat_get_mod_since_analyze(c.oid) AS n_mod_since_analyze,
     pg_stat_get_ins_since_vacuum(c.oid) AS n_ins_since_vacuum,
     pg_stat_get_last_vacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_vacuum,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_vacuum,
     pg_stat_get_last_autovacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_autovacuum,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_autovacuum,
     pg_stat_get_last_analyze_time(c.oid) AS last_analyze,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_analyze,
     pg_stat_get_last_autoanalyze_time(c.oid) AS last_autoanalyze,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_autoanalyze,
     pg_stat_get_vacuum_count(c.oid) AS vacuum_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count(c.oid) AS skipped_vacuum_count,
     pg_stat_get_autovacuum_count(c.oid) AS autovacuum_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count(c.oid) AS skipped_autovacuum_count,
     pg_stat_get_analyze_count(c.oid) AS analyze_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count(c.oid) AS skipped_analyze_count,
     pg_stat_get_autoanalyze_count(c.oid) AS autoanalyze_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count(c.oid) AS skipped_autoanalyze_count,
     pg_stat_get_total_vacuum_time(c.oid) AS total_vacuum_time,
     pg_stat_get_total_autovacuum_time(c.oid) AS total_autovacuum_time,
     pg_stat_get_total_analyze_time(c.oid) AS total_analyze_time,
@@ -2346,13 +2354,21 @@ pg_stat_sys_tables| SELECT relid,
     n_mod_since_analyze,
     n_ins_since_vacuum,
     last_vacuum,
+    last_skipped_vacuum,
     last_autovacuum,
+    last_skipped_autovacuum,
     last_analyze,
+    last_skipped_analyze,
     last_autoanalyze,
+    last_skipped_autoanalyze,
     vacuum_count,
+    skipped_vacuum_count,
     autovacuum_count,
+    skipped_autovacuum_count,
     analyze_count,
+    skipped_analyze_count,
     autoanalyze_count,
+    skipped_autoanalyze_count,
     total_vacuum_time,
     total_autovacuum_time,
     total_analyze_time,
@@ -2401,13 +2417,21 @@ pg_stat_user_tables| SELECT relid,
     n_mod_since_analyze,
     n_ins_since_vacuum,
     last_vacuum,
+    last_skipped_vacuum,
     last_autovacuum,
+    last_skipped_autovacuum,
     last_analyze,
+    last_skipped_analyze,
     last_autoanalyze,
+    last_skipped_autoanalyze,
     vacuum_count,
+    skipped_vacuum_count,
     autovacuum_count,
+    skipped_autovacuum_count,
     analyze_count,
+    skipped_analyze_count,
     autoanalyze_count,
+    skipped_autoanalyze_count,
     total_vacuum_time,
     total_autovacuum_time,
     total_analyze_time,
-- 
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* [PATCH v4] Track skipped vacuum and analyze activity per relation
@ 2026-03-24 04:09 Yugo Nagata <[email protected]>
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From: Yugo Nagata @ 2026-03-24 04:09 UTC (permalink / raw)

This commit adds eight fields to the relation statistics that track
the last time vacuum or analyze has been attempted but skipped due to
lock unavailability, along with their counts:

-    last_skipped_vacuum
-    last_skipped_autovacuum
-    last_skipped_analyze
-    last_skipped_autoanalyze
-    skipped_vacuum_count
-    skipped_autovacuum_count
-    skipped_analyze_count
-    skipped_autoanalyze_count

These field can help users confirm that autovacuum is actively attempting
to run on a table that has not been vacuumed or analyzed for a long time,
and that the lack of progress is due to repeated skips rather than inactivity.
---
 doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml                 |  88 ++++++++++++++++
 src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql         |   8 ++
 src/backend/commands/vacuum.c                | 102 ++++++++++++++-----
 src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c |  64 ++++++++++++
 src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c          |  24 +++++
 src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat              |  32 ++++++
 src/include/pgstat.h                         |  16 +++
 src/test/regress/expected/rules.out          |  24 +++++
 8 files changed, 335 insertions(+), 23 deletions(-)

diff --git a/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml b/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml
index 08d5b824552..a9b579d87a9 100644
--- a/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml
+++ b/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml
@@ -4387,6 +4387,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_vacuum</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time a manual vacuum on this table was attempted but skipped due to
+       lock unavailability (not counting <command>VACUUM FULL</command>)
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>last_autovacuum</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
@@ -4397,6 +4407,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_autovacuum</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time a vacuum on this table by the autovacuum daemon was attempted
+       but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>last_analyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
@@ -4406,6 +4426,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_analyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time a manual analyze on this table was attempted but skipped due to
+       lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>last_autoanalyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
@@ -4416,6 +4446,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_autoanalyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time at which an analyze on this table by the autovacuum was
+       attempted but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>vacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4426,6 +4466,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_vacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times manual vacuums on this table have been attempted but skipped
+       due to lock unavailability (not counting <command>VACUUM FULL</command>)
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>autovacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4436,6 +4486,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_autovacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times vacuums on this table by the autovacuum daemon have been
+       attempted but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>analyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4445,6 +4505,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_analyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times manual analyzes on this table have been attempted but
+       skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>autoanalyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4455,6 +4525,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_autoanalyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times analyzes on this table by the autovacuum daemon have
+       been attempted but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>total_vacuum_time</structfield> <type>double precision</type>
@@ -4510,6 +4590,14 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
    </tgroup>
   </table>
 
+  <note>
+   <para>
+    When a manual vacuum or analyze on a parent table in an inheritance or
+    partitioning hierarchy is skipped, the statistics are recorded only for
+    the parent table, not for its children.
+   </para>
+  </note>
+
  </sect2>
 
  <sect2 id="monitoring-pg-stat-autovacuum-scores-view">
diff --git a/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql b/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql
index 73a1c1c4670..f509fc7876b 100644
--- a/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql
+++ b/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql
@@ -736,13 +736,21 @@ CREATE VIEW pg_stat_all_tables AS
             pg_stat_get_mod_since_analyze(C.oid) AS n_mod_since_analyze,
             pg_stat_get_ins_since_vacuum(C.oid) AS n_ins_since_vacuum,
             pg_stat_get_last_vacuum_time(C.oid) as last_vacuum,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_vacuum,
             pg_stat_get_last_autovacuum_time(C.oid) as last_autovacuum,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_autovacuum,
             pg_stat_get_last_analyze_time(C.oid) as last_analyze,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_analyze,
             pg_stat_get_last_autoanalyze_time(C.oid) as last_autoanalyze,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_autoanalyze,
             pg_stat_get_vacuum_count(C.oid) AS vacuum_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count(C.oid) AS skipped_vacuum_count,
             pg_stat_get_autovacuum_count(C.oid) AS autovacuum_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count(C.oid) AS skipped_autovacuum_count,
             pg_stat_get_analyze_count(C.oid) AS analyze_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count(C.oid) AS skipped_analyze_count,
             pg_stat_get_autoanalyze_count(C.oid) AS autoanalyze_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count(C.oid) AS skipped_autoanalyze_count,
             pg_stat_get_total_vacuum_time(C.oid) AS total_vacuum_time,
             pg_stat_get_total_autovacuum_time(C.oid) AS total_autovacuum_time,
             pg_stat_get_total_analyze_time(C.oid) AS total_analyze_time,
diff --git a/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c b/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c
index 99d0db82ed7..97cd5ea8d10 100644
--- a/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c
+++ b/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c
@@ -793,8 +793,25 @@ vacuum_open_relation(Oid relid, RangeVar *relation, uint32 options,
 		rel = try_relation_open(relid, NoLock);
 	else
 	{
+		int flags = 0;
 		rel = NULL;
 		rel_lock = false;
+
+		if ((options & VACOPT_VACUUM) != 0)
+		{
+			if (AmAutoVacuumWorkerProcess())
+				flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOVACUUM;
+			else
+				flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM;
+		}
+		if ((options & VACOPT_ANALYZE) != 0)
+		{
+			if (AmAutoVacuumWorkerProcess())
+				flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOANALYZE;
+			else
+				flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE;
+		}
+		pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(relid, flags);
 	}
 
 	/* if relation is opened, leave */
@@ -802,7 +819,7 @@ vacuum_open_relation(Oid relid, RangeVar *relation, uint32 options,
 		return rel;
 
 	/*
-	 * Relation could not be opened, hence generate if possible a log
+	 * Relation could not be opened hence generate if possible a log
 	 * informing on the situation.
 	 *
 	 * If the RangeVar is not defined, we do not have enough information to
@@ -905,7 +922,6 @@ expand_vacuum_rel(VacuumRelation *vrel, MemoryContext vac_context,
 		Form_pg_class classForm;
 		bool		include_children;
 		bool		is_partitioned_table;
-		int			rvr_opts;
 
 		/*
 		 * Since autovacuum workers supply OIDs when calling vacuum(), no
@@ -918,29 +934,69 @@ expand_vacuum_rel(VacuumRelation *vrel, MemoryContext vac_context,
 		 * below, as well as find_all_inheritors's expectation that the caller
 		 * holds some lock on the starting relation.
 		 */
-		rvr_opts = (options & VACOPT_SKIP_LOCKED) ? RVR_SKIP_LOCKED : 0;
-		relid = RangeVarGetRelidExtended(vrel->relation,
-										 AccessShareLock,
-										 rvr_opts,
-										 NULL, NULL);
-
-		/*
-		 * If the lock is unavailable, emit the same log statement that
-		 * vacuum_rel() and analyze_rel() would.
-		 */
-		if (!OidIsValid(relid))
+		if (!(options & VACOPT_SKIP_LOCKED))
 		{
-			if (options & VACOPT_VACUUM)
-				ereport(WARNING,
-						(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
-						 errmsg("skipping vacuum of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
-								vrel->relation->relname)));
-			else
-				ereport(WARNING,
-						(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
-						 errmsg("skipping analyze of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
+			relid = RangeVarGetRelidExtended(vrel->relation,
+											 AccessShareLock,
+											 0, NULL, NULL);
+			if (!OidIsValid(relid))
+				return vacrels;
+		}
+		else
+		{
+			/* Get relid for reporting before taking a lock */
+			relid = RangeVarGetRelid(vrel->relation, NoLock, false);
+
+			if (!ConditionalLockRelationOid(relid, AccessShareLock))
+			{
+				int	flags = 0;
+				/*
+				 * If the lock is unavailable, emit the same log statement that
+				 * vacuum_rel() and analyze_rel() would.
+				 */
+				if (options & VACOPT_VACUUM)
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping vacuum of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
 								vrel->relation->relname)));
-			return vacrels;
+				else
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping analyze of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
+									vrel->relation->relname)));
+
+				if ((options & VACOPT_VACUUM) != 0)
+					flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM;
+				if ((options & VACOPT_ANALYZE) != 0)
+					flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE;
+
+				pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(relid, flags);
+
+				return vacrels;
+			}
+
+			/*
+			 * Now that we have the lock, probe to see if the relation really
+			 * exists or not.
+			 */
+			if (!SearchSysCacheExists1(RELOID, ObjectIdGetDatum(relid)))
+			{
+				if (options & VACOPT_VACUUM)
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_UNDEFINED_TABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping vacuum of \"%s\" --- relation no longer exists",
+									vrel->relation->relname)));
+				else
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_UNDEFINED_TABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping analyze of \"%s\" --- relation no longer exists",
+									vrel->relation->relname)));
+
+				/* Release useless lock */
+				UnlockRelationOid(relid, AccessShareLock);
+
+				return vacrels;
+			}
 		}
 
 		/*
diff --git a/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c b/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c
index b2ca28f83ba..532d9023f8c 100644
--- a/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c
+++ b/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c
@@ -17,12 +17,14 @@
 
 #include "postgres.h"
 
+#include "access/htup_details.h"
 #include "access/twophase_rmgr.h"
 #include "access/xact.h"
 #include "catalog/catalog.h"
 #include "utils/memutils.h"
 #include "utils/pgstat_internal.h"
 #include "utils/rel.h"
+#include "utils/syscache.h"
 #include "utils/timestamp.h"
 
 
@@ -367,6 +369,68 @@ pgstat_report_analyze(Relation rel,
 	(void) pgstat_flush_backend(false, PGSTAT_BACKEND_FLUSH_IO);
 }
 
+/*
+ * Report that the table was skipped during vacuum or/and analyze.
+ */
+void
+pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(Oid relid, int flags)
+{
+	PgStat_EntryRef *entry_ref;
+	PgStatShared_Relation *shtabentry;
+	PgStat_StatTabEntry *tabentry;
+	TimestampTz ts;
+	HeapTuple	classTup;
+	bool		isshared;
+
+	if (!pgstat_track_counts || !flags)
+		return;
+
+	classTup = SearchSysCache1(RELOID, ObjectIdGetDatum(relid));
+	if (!HeapTupleIsValid(classTup))
+		return;			/* somebody deleted the rel, forget it */
+	isshared = ((Form_pg_class) GETSTRUCT(classTup))->relisshared;
+	ReleaseSysCache(classTup);
+
+	/* Store the data in the table's hash table entry. */
+	ts = GetCurrentTimestamp();
+
+	/* block acquiring lock for the same reason as pgstat_report_autovac() */
+	entry_ref = pgstat_get_entry_ref_locked(PGSTAT_KIND_RELATION,
+											isshared ? InvalidOid : MyDatabaseId,
+											relid, false);
+
+	shtabentry = (PgStatShared_Relation *) entry_ref->shared_stats;
+	tabentry = &shtabentry->stats;
+
+	if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM)
+	{
+		tabentry->last_skipped_vacuum_time = ts;
+		tabentry->skipped_vacuum_count++;
+	}
+	else if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOVACUUM)
+	{
+		tabentry->last_skipped_autovacuum_time = ts;
+		tabentry->skipped_autovacuum_count++;
+	}
+
+	if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE)
+	{
+		tabentry->last_skipped_analyze_time = ts;
+		tabentry->skipped_analyze_count++;
+	}
+	else if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOANALYZE)
+	{
+		tabentry->last_skipped_autoanalyze_time = ts;
+		tabentry->skipped_autoanalyze_count++;
+	}
+
+	pgstat_unlock_entry(entry_ref);
+
+	/* see pgstat_report_vacuum() */
+	pgstat_flush_io(false);
+	(void) pgstat_flush_backend(false, PGSTAT_BACKEND_FLUSH_IO);
+}
+
 /*
  * count a tuple insertion of n tuples
  */
diff --git a/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c b/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c
index 1408de387ea..90a8968faa0 100644
--- a/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c
+++ b/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c
@@ -84,6 +84,18 @@ PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(mod_since_analyze)
 /* pg_stat_get_numscans */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(numscans)
 
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_analyze_count)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_autoanalyze_count)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_autovacuum_count)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_vacuum_count)
+
 /* pg_stat_get_tuples_deleted */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(tuples_deleted)
 
@@ -170,6 +182,18 @@ PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_vacuum_time)
 /* pg_stat_get_lastscan */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(lastscan)
 
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_analyze_time)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_autoanalyze_time)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_autovacuum_time)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_vacuum_time)
+
 /* pg_stat_get_stat_reset_time */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(stat_reset_time)
 
diff --git a/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat b/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat
index fa9ae79082b..32debb34863 100644
--- a/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat
+++ b/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat
@@ -5680,6 +5680,38 @@
   proargmodes => '{o,o,o,o,o,o,o,o,o,o}',
   proargnames => '{oid,score,xid_score,mxid_score,vacuum_score,vacuum_insert_score,analyze_score,do_vacuum,do_analyze,for_wraparound}',
   prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_autovacuum_scores' },
+{ oid => '8142', descr => 'statistics: last skipped vacuum time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time' },
+{ oid => '8143', descr => 'statistics: last skipped auto vacuum time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time' },
+{ oid => '8144', descr => 'statistics: last skipped analyze time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time' },
+{ oid => '8145', descr => 'statistics: last skipped auto analyze time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time' },
+{ oid => '8146', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped vacuum for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count' },
+{ oid => '8147', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped auto vacuum for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count' },
+{ oid => '8148', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped analyzes for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count' },
+{ oid => '8149', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped auto analyzes for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count' },
 { oid => '1936', descr => 'statistics: currently active backend IDs',
   proname => 'pg_stat_get_backend_idset', prorows => '100', proretset => 't',
   provolatile => 's', proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int4',
diff --git a/src/include/pgstat.h b/src/include/pgstat.h
index dfa2e837638..98941f953d1 100644
--- a/src/include/pgstat.h
+++ b/src/include/pgstat.h
@@ -479,6 +479,15 @@ typedef struct PgStat_StatTabEntry
 	TimestampTz last_autoanalyze_time;	/* autovacuum initiated */
 	PgStat_Counter autoanalyze_count;
 
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_vacuum_time;	/* user initiated vacuum */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_vacuum_count;
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_autovacuum_time;	/* autovacuum initiated */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_autovacuum_count;
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_analyze_time;	/* user initiated */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_analyze_count;
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_autoanalyze_time;	/* autovacuum initiated */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_autoanalyze_count;
+
 	PgStat_Counter total_vacuum_time;	/* times in milliseconds */
 	PgStat_Counter total_autovacuum_time;
 	PgStat_Counter total_analyze_time;
@@ -703,6 +712,13 @@ extern void pgstat_report_analyze(Relation rel,
 								  PgStat_Counter livetuples, PgStat_Counter deadtuples,
 								  bool resetcounter, TimestampTz starttime);
 
+/* flags for pgstat_flush_backend() */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM		(1 << 0)	/* vacuum is skipped */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE		(1 << 1)	/* analyze is skipped */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOVACUUM	(1 << 2)	/* autovacuum is skipped */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOANALYZE	(1 << 3)	/* autoanalyze is skipped */
+extern void pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(Oid relid, int flags);
+
 /*
  * If stats are enabled, but pending data hasn't been prepared yet, call
  * pgstat_assoc_relation() to do so. See its comment for why this is done
diff --git a/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out b/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out
index a65a5bf0c4f..9b2075d3373 100644
--- a/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out
+++ b/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out
@@ -1835,13 +1835,21 @@ pg_stat_all_tables| SELECT c.oid AS relid,
     pg_stat_get_mod_since_analyze(c.oid) AS n_mod_since_analyze,
     pg_stat_get_ins_since_vacuum(c.oid) AS n_ins_since_vacuum,
     pg_stat_get_last_vacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_vacuum,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_vacuum,
     pg_stat_get_last_autovacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_autovacuum,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_autovacuum,
     pg_stat_get_last_analyze_time(c.oid) AS last_analyze,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_analyze,
     pg_stat_get_last_autoanalyze_time(c.oid) AS last_autoanalyze,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_autoanalyze,
     pg_stat_get_vacuum_count(c.oid) AS vacuum_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count(c.oid) AS skipped_vacuum_count,
     pg_stat_get_autovacuum_count(c.oid) AS autovacuum_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count(c.oid) AS skipped_autovacuum_count,
     pg_stat_get_analyze_count(c.oid) AS analyze_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count(c.oid) AS skipped_analyze_count,
     pg_stat_get_autoanalyze_count(c.oid) AS autoanalyze_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count(c.oid) AS skipped_autoanalyze_count,
     pg_stat_get_total_vacuum_time(c.oid) AS total_vacuum_time,
     pg_stat_get_total_autovacuum_time(c.oid) AS total_autovacuum_time,
     pg_stat_get_total_analyze_time(c.oid) AS total_analyze_time,
@@ -2346,13 +2354,21 @@ pg_stat_sys_tables| SELECT relid,
     n_mod_since_analyze,
     n_ins_since_vacuum,
     last_vacuum,
+    last_skipped_vacuum,
     last_autovacuum,
+    last_skipped_autovacuum,
     last_analyze,
+    last_skipped_analyze,
     last_autoanalyze,
+    last_skipped_autoanalyze,
     vacuum_count,
+    skipped_vacuum_count,
     autovacuum_count,
+    skipped_autovacuum_count,
     analyze_count,
+    skipped_analyze_count,
     autoanalyze_count,
+    skipped_autoanalyze_count,
     total_vacuum_time,
     total_autovacuum_time,
     total_analyze_time,
@@ -2401,13 +2417,21 @@ pg_stat_user_tables| SELECT relid,
     n_mod_since_analyze,
     n_ins_since_vacuum,
     last_vacuum,
+    last_skipped_vacuum,
     last_autovacuum,
+    last_skipped_autovacuum,
     last_analyze,
+    last_skipped_analyze,
     last_autoanalyze,
+    last_skipped_autoanalyze,
     vacuum_count,
+    skipped_vacuum_count,
     autovacuum_count,
+    skipped_autovacuum_count,
     analyze_count,
+    skipped_analyze_count,
     autoanalyze_count,
+    skipped_autoanalyze_count,
     total_vacuum_time,
     total_autovacuum_time,
     total_analyze_time,
-- 
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* [PATCH v5] Track skipped vacuum and analyze activity per relation
@ 2026-03-24 04:09 Yugo Nagata <[email protected]>
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From: Yugo Nagata @ 2026-03-24 04:09 UTC (permalink / raw)

This commit adds eight fields to the relation statistics that track
the last time vacuum or analyze has been attempted but skipped due to
lock unavailability, along with their counts:

-    last_skipped_vacuum
-    last_skipped_autovacuum
-    last_skipped_analyze
-    last_skipped_autoanalyze
-    skipped_vacuum_count
-    skipped_autovacuum_count
-    skipped_analyze_count
-    skipped_autoanalyze_count

These field can help users confirm that autovacuum is actively attempting
to run on a table that has not been vacuumed or analyzed for a long time,
and that the lack of progress is due to repeated skips rather than inactivity.
---
 doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml                  |  88 ++++++
 src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql          |   8 +
 src/backend/commands/vacuum.c                 | 100 +++++--
 src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c  |  64 +++++
 src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c           |  24 ++
 src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat               |  32 +++
 src/include/pgstat.h                          |  16 ++
 .../isolation/expected/vacuum-skip-locked.out | 260 ++++++++++++++++--
 .../isolation/specs/vacuum-skip-locked.spec   |  41 +--
 src/test/regress/expected/rules.out           |  24 ++
 10 files changed, 601 insertions(+), 56 deletions(-)

diff --git a/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml b/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml
index 08d5b824552..a9b579d87a9 100644
--- a/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml
+++ b/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml
@@ -4387,6 +4387,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_vacuum</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time a manual vacuum on this table was attempted but skipped due to
+       lock unavailability (not counting <command>VACUUM FULL</command>)
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>last_autovacuum</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
@@ -4397,6 +4407,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_autovacuum</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time a vacuum on this table by the autovacuum daemon was attempted
+       but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>last_analyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
@@ -4406,6 +4426,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_analyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time a manual analyze on this table was attempted but skipped due to
+       lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>last_autoanalyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
@@ -4416,6 +4446,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_autoanalyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time at which an analyze on this table by the autovacuum was
+       attempted but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>vacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4426,6 +4466,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_vacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times manual vacuums on this table have been attempted but skipped
+       due to lock unavailability (not counting <command>VACUUM FULL</command>)
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>autovacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4436,6 +4486,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_autovacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times vacuums on this table by the autovacuum daemon have been
+       attempted but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>analyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4445,6 +4505,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_analyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times manual analyzes on this table have been attempted but
+       skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>autoanalyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4455,6 +4525,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_autoanalyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times analyzes on this table by the autovacuum daemon have
+       been attempted but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>total_vacuum_time</structfield> <type>double precision</type>
@@ -4510,6 +4590,14 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
    </tgroup>
   </table>
 
+  <note>
+   <para>
+    When a manual vacuum or analyze on a parent table in an inheritance or
+    partitioning hierarchy is skipped, the statistics are recorded only for
+    the parent table, not for its children.
+   </para>
+  </note>
+
  </sect2>
 
  <sect2 id="monitoring-pg-stat-autovacuum-scores-view">
diff --git a/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql b/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql
index 73a1c1c4670..f509fc7876b 100644
--- a/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql
+++ b/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql
@@ -736,13 +736,21 @@ CREATE VIEW pg_stat_all_tables AS
             pg_stat_get_mod_since_analyze(C.oid) AS n_mod_since_analyze,
             pg_stat_get_ins_since_vacuum(C.oid) AS n_ins_since_vacuum,
             pg_stat_get_last_vacuum_time(C.oid) as last_vacuum,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_vacuum,
             pg_stat_get_last_autovacuum_time(C.oid) as last_autovacuum,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_autovacuum,
             pg_stat_get_last_analyze_time(C.oid) as last_analyze,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_analyze,
             pg_stat_get_last_autoanalyze_time(C.oid) as last_autoanalyze,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_autoanalyze,
             pg_stat_get_vacuum_count(C.oid) AS vacuum_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count(C.oid) AS skipped_vacuum_count,
             pg_stat_get_autovacuum_count(C.oid) AS autovacuum_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count(C.oid) AS skipped_autovacuum_count,
             pg_stat_get_analyze_count(C.oid) AS analyze_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count(C.oid) AS skipped_analyze_count,
             pg_stat_get_autoanalyze_count(C.oid) AS autoanalyze_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count(C.oid) AS skipped_autoanalyze_count,
             pg_stat_get_total_vacuum_time(C.oid) AS total_vacuum_time,
             pg_stat_get_total_autovacuum_time(C.oid) AS total_autovacuum_time,
             pg_stat_get_total_analyze_time(C.oid) AS total_analyze_time,
diff --git a/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c b/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c
index 99d0db82ed7..df6526225e4 100644
--- a/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c
+++ b/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c
@@ -793,8 +793,25 @@ vacuum_open_relation(Oid relid, RangeVar *relation, uint32 options,
 		rel = try_relation_open(relid, NoLock);
 	else
 	{
+		int flags = 0;
 		rel = NULL;
 		rel_lock = false;
+
+		if ((options & VACOPT_VACUUM) != 0 && (options & VACOPT_FULL) == 0)
+		{
+			if (AmAutoVacuumWorkerProcess())
+				flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOVACUUM;
+			else
+				flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM;
+		}
+		if ((options & VACOPT_ANALYZE) != 0)
+		{
+			if (AmAutoVacuumWorkerProcess())
+				flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOANALYZE;
+			else
+				flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE;
+		}
+		pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(relid, flags);
 	}
 
 	/* if relation is opened, leave */
@@ -905,7 +922,6 @@ expand_vacuum_rel(VacuumRelation *vrel, MemoryContext vac_context,
 		Form_pg_class classForm;
 		bool		include_children;
 		bool		is_partitioned_table;
-		int			rvr_opts;
 
 		/*
 		 * Since autovacuum workers supply OIDs when calling vacuum(), no
@@ -918,29 +934,69 @@ expand_vacuum_rel(VacuumRelation *vrel, MemoryContext vac_context,
 		 * below, as well as find_all_inheritors's expectation that the caller
 		 * holds some lock on the starting relation.
 		 */
-		rvr_opts = (options & VACOPT_SKIP_LOCKED) ? RVR_SKIP_LOCKED : 0;
-		relid = RangeVarGetRelidExtended(vrel->relation,
-										 AccessShareLock,
-										 rvr_opts,
-										 NULL, NULL);
-
-		/*
-		 * If the lock is unavailable, emit the same log statement that
-		 * vacuum_rel() and analyze_rel() would.
-		 */
-		if (!OidIsValid(relid))
+		if (!(options & VACOPT_SKIP_LOCKED))
 		{
-			if (options & VACOPT_VACUUM)
-				ereport(WARNING,
-						(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
-						 errmsg("skipping vacuum of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
-								vrel->relation->relname)));
-			else
-				ereport(WARNING,
-						(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
-						 errmsg("skipping analyze of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
+			relid = RangeVarGetRelidExtended(vrel->relation,
+											 AccessShareLock,
+											 0, NULL, NULL);
+			if (!OidIsValid(relid))
+				return vacrels;
+		}
+		else
+		{
+			/* Get relid for reporting before taking a lock */
+			relid = RangeVarGetRelid(vrel->relation, NoLock, false);
+
+			if (!ConditionalLockRelationOid(relid, AccessShareLock))
+			{
+				int	flags = 0;
+				/*
+				 * If the lock is unavailable, emit the same log statement that
+				 * vacuum_rel() and analyze_rel() would.
+				 */
+				if (options & VACOPT_VACUUM)
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping vacuum of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
 								vrel->relation->relname)));
-			return vacrels;
+				else
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping analyze of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
+									vrel->relation->relname)));
+
+				if ((options & VACOPT_VACUUM) != 0 && (options & VACOPT_FULL) == 0)
+					flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM;
+				if ((options & VACOPT_ANALYZE) != 0)
+					flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE;
+
+				pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(relid, flags);
+
+				return vacrels;
+			}
+
+			/*
+			 * Now that we have the lock, probe to see if the relation really
+			 * exists or not.
+			 */
+			if (!SearchSysCacheExists1(RELOID, ObjectIdGetDatum(relid)))
+			{
+				if (options & VACOPT_VACUUM)
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_UNDEFINED_TABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping vacuum of \"%s\" --- relation no longer exists",
+									vrel->relation->relname)));
+				else
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_UNDEFINED_TABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping analyze of \"%s\" --- relation no longer exists",
+									vrel->relation->relname)));
+
+				/* Release useless lock */
+				UnlockRelationOid(relid, AccessShareLock);
+
+				return vacrels;
+			}
 		}
 
 		/*
diff --git a/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c b/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c
index b2ca28f83ba..532d9023f8c 100644
--- a/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c
+++ b/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c
@@ -17,12 +17,14 @@
 
 #include "postgres.h"
 
+#include "access/htup_details.h"
 #include "access/twophase_rmgr.h"
 #include "access/xact.h"
 #include "catalog/catalog.h"
 #include "utils/memutils.h"
 #include "utils/pgstat_internal.h"
 #include "utils/rel.h"
+#include "utils/syscache.h"
 #include "utils/timestamp.h"
 
 
@@ -367,6 +369,68 @@ pgstat_report_analyze(Relation rel,
 	(void) pgstat_flush_backend(false, PGSTAT_BACKEND_FLUSH_IO);
 }
 
+/*
+ * Report that the table was skipped during vacuum or/and analyze.
+ */
+void
+pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(Oid relid, int flags)
+{
+	PgStat_EntryRef *entry_ref;
+	PgStatShared_Relation *shtabentry;
+	PgStat_StatTabEntry *tabentry;
+	TimestampTz ts;
+	HeapTuple	classTup;
+	bool		isshared;
+
+	if (!pgstat_track_counts || !flags)
+		return;
+
+	classTup = SearchSysCache1(RELOID, ObjectIdGetDatum(relid));
+	if (!HeapTupleIsValid(classTup))
+		return;			/* somebody deleted the rel, forget it */
+	isshared = ((Form_pg_class) GETSTRUCT(classTup))->relisshared;
+	ReleaseSysCache(classTup);
+
+	/* Store the data in the table's hash table entry. */
+	ts = GetCurrentTimestamp();
+
+	/* block acquiring lock for the same reason as pgstat_report_autovac() */
+	entry_ref = pgstat_get_entry_ref_locked(PGSTAT_KIND_RELATION,
+											isshared ? InvalidOid : MyDatabaseId,
+											relid, false);
+
+	shtabentry = (PgStatShared_Relation *) entry_ref->shared_stats;
+	tabentry = &shtabentry->stats;
+
+	if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM)
+	{
+		tabentry->last_skipped_vacuum_time = ts;
+		tabentry->skipped_vacuum_count++;
+	}
+	else if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOVACUUM)
+	{
+		tabentry->last_skipped_autovacuum_time = ts;
+		tabentry->skipped_autovacuum_count++;
+	}
+
+	if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE)
+	{
+		tabentry->last_skipped_analyze_time = ts;
+		tabentry->skipped_analyze_count++;
+	}
+	else if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOANALYZE)
+	{
+		tabentry->last_skipped_autoanalyze_time = ts;
+		tabentry->skipped_autoanalyze_count++;
+	}
+
+	pgstat_unlock_entry(entry_ref);
+
+	/* see pgstat_report_vacuum() */
+	pgstat_flush_io(false);
+	(void) pgstat_flush_backend(false, PGSTAT_BACKEND_FLUSH_IO);
+}
+
 /*
  * count a tuple insertion of n tuples
  */
diff --git a/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c b/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c
index 1408de387ea..90a8968faa0 100644
--- a/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c
+++ b/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c
@@ -84,6 +84,18 @@ PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(mod_since_analyze)
 /* pg_stat_get_numscans */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(numscans)
 
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_analyze_count)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_autoanalyze_count)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_autovacuum_count)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_vacuum_count)
+
 /* pg_stat_get_tuples_deleted */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(tuples_deleted)
 
@@ -170,6 +182,18 @@ PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_vacuum_time)
 /* pg_stat_get_lastscan */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(lastscan)
 
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_analyze_time)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_autoanalyze_time)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_autovacuum_time)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_vacuum_time)
+
 /* pg_stat_get_stat_reset_time */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(stat_reset_time)
 
diff --git a/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat b/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat
index fa9ae79082b..32debb34863 100644
--- a/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat
+++ b/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat
@@ -5680,6 +5680,38 @@
   proargmodes => '{o,o,o,o,o,o,o,o,o,o}',
   proargnames => '{oid,score,xid_score,mxid_score,vacuum_score,vacuum_insert_score,analyze_score,do_vacuum,do_analyze,for_wraparound}',
   prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_autovacuum_scores' },
+{ oid => '8142', descr => 'statistics: last skipped vacuum time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time' },
+{ oid => '8143', descr => 'statistics: last skipped auto vacuum time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time' },
+{ oid => '8144', descr => 'statistics: last skipped analyze time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time' },
+{ oid => '8145', descr => 'statistics: last skipped auto analyze time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time' },
+{ oid => '8146', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped vacuum for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count' },
+{ oid => '8147', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped auto vacuum for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count' },
+{ oid => '8148', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped analyzes for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count' },
+{ oid => '8149', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped auto analyzes for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count' },
 { oid => '1936', descr => 'statistics: currently active backend IDs',
   proname => 'pg_stat_get_backend_idset', prorows => '100', proretset => 't',
   provolatile => 's', proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int4',
diff --git a/src/include/pgstat.h b/src/include/pgstat.h
index dfa2e837638..98941f953d1 100644
--- a/src/include/pgstat.h
+++ b/src/include/pgstat.h
@@ -479,6 +479,15 @@ typedef struct PgStat_StatTabEntry
 	TimestampTz last_autoanalyze_time;	/* autovacuum initiated */
 	PgStat_Counter autoanalyze_count;
 
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_vacuum_time;	/* user initiated vacuum */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_vacuum_count;
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_autovacuum_time;	/* autovacuum initiated */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_autovacuum_count;
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_analyze_time;	/* user initiated */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_analyze_count;
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_autoanalyze_time;	/* autovacuum initiated */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_autoanalyze_count;
+
 	PgStat_Counter total_vacuum_time;	/* times in milliseconds */
 	PgStat_Counter total_autovacuum_time;
 	PgStat_Counter total_analyze_time;
@@ -703,6 +712,13 @@ extern void pgstat_report_analyze(Relation rel,
 								  PgStat_Counter livetuples, PgStat_Counter deadtuples,
 								  bool resetcounter, TimestampTz starttime);
 
+/* flags for pgstat_flush_backend() */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM		(1 << 0)	/* vacuum is skipped */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE		(1 << 1)	/* analyze is skipped */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOVACUUM	(1 << 2)	/* autovacuum is skipped */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOANALYZE	(1 << 3)	/* autoanalyze is skipped */
+extern void pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(Oid relid, int flags);
+
 /*
  * If stats are enabled, but pending data hasn't been prepared yet, call
  * pgstat_assoc_relation() to do so. See its comment for why this is done
diff --git a/src/test/isolation/expected/vacuum-skip-locked.out b/src/test/isolation/expected/vacuum-skip-locked.out
index 99db281a159..e2cff175b7c 100644
--- a/src/test/isolation/expected/vacuum-skip-locked.out
+++ b/src/test/isolation/expected/vacuum-skip-locked.out
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 Parsed test spec with 2 sessions
 
-starting permutation: lock_share vac_specified commit
+starting permutation: lock_share vac_specified commit check_stat
 step lock_share: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN SHARE MODE;
@@ -10,8 +10,22 @@ step vac_specified: VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED) part1, part2;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
 
-starting permutation: lock_share vac_all_parts commit
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   1|            0|                    0
+part2  |           1|                   0|            0|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
+
+starting permutation: lock_share vac_all_parts commit check_stat
 step lock_share: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN SHARE MODE;
@@ -20,8 +34,22 @@ step vac_all_parts: VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED) parted;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   1|            0|                    0
+part2  |           1|                   0|            0|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
 
-starting permutation: lock_share analyze_specified commit
+starting permutation: lock_share analyze_specified commit check_stat
 step lock_share: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN SHARE MODE;
@@ -31,8 +59,22 @@ step analyze_specified: ANALYZE (SKIP_LOCKED) part1, part2;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
 
-starting permutation: lock_share analyze_all_parts commit
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   0|            0|                    1
+part2  |           0|                   0|            1|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
+
+starting permutation: lock_share analyze_all_parts commit check_stat
 step lock_share: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN SHARE MODE;
@@ -41,8 +83,22 @@ step analyze_all_parts: ANALYZE (SKIP_LOCKED) parted;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            1|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   0|            0|                    1
+part2  |           0|                   0|            1|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
 
-starting permutation: lock_share vac_analyze_specified commit
+starting permutation: lock_share vac_analyze_specified commit check_stat
 step lock_share: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN SHARE MODE;
@@ -52,8 +108,22 @@ step vac_analyze_specified: VACUUM (ANALYZE, SKIP_LOCKED) part1, part2;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
 
-starting permutation: lock_share vac_analyze_all_parts commit
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   1|            0|                    1
+part2  |           1|                   0|            1|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
+
+starting permutation: lock_share vac_analyze_all_parts commit check_stat
 step lock_share: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN SHARE MODE;
@@ -62,8 +132,22 @@ step vac_analyze_all_parts: VACUUM (ANALYZE, SKIP_LOCKED) parted;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            1|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   1|            0|                    1
+part2  |           1|                   0|            1|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
 
-starting permutation: lock_share vac_full_specified commit
+starting permutation: lock_share vac_full_specified commit check_stat
 step lock_share: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN SHARE MODE;
@@ -73,8 +157,22 @@ step vac_full_specified: VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED, FULL) part1, part2;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
 
-starting permutation: lock_share vac_full_all_parts commit
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part2  |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
+
+starting permutation: lock_share vac_full_all_parts commit check_stat
 step lock_share: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN SHARE MODE;
@@ -83,8 +181,22 @@ step vac_full_all_parts: VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED, FULL) parted;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part2  |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+(3 rows)
 
-starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_specified commit
+
+starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_specified commit check_stat
 step lock_access_exclusive: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN ACCESS EXCLUSIVE MODE;
@@ -94,8 +206,22 @@ step vac_specified: VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED) part1, part2;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   1|            0|                    0
+part2  |           1|                   0|            0|                    0
+(3 rows)
 
-starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_all_parts commit
+
+starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_all_parts commit check_stat
 step lock_access_exclusive: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN ACCESS EXCLUSIVE MODE;
@@ -104,8 +230,22 @@ step vac_all_parts: VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED) parted;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   1|            0|                    0
+part2  |           1|                   0|            0|                    0
+(3 rows)
 
-starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive analyze_specified commit
+
+starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive analyze_specified commit check_stat
 step lock_access_exclusive: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN ACCESS EXCLUSIVE MODE;
@@ -115,8 +255,22 @@ step analyze_specified: ANALYZE (SKIP_LOCKED) part1, part2;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   0|            0|                    1
+part2  |           0|                   0|            1|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
 
-starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive analyze_all_parts commit
+starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive analyze_all_parts commit check_stat
 step lock_access_exclusive: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN ACCESS EXCLUSIVE MODE;
@@ -126,8 +280,22 @@ step commit:
 	COMMIT;
 
 step analyze_all_parts: <... completed>
-
-starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_analyze_specified commit
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            1|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   0|            1|                    0
+part2  |           0|                   0|            1|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
+
+starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_analyze_specified commit check_stat
 step lock_access_exclusive: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN ACCESS EXCLUSIVE MODE;
@@ -137,8 +305,22 @@ step vac_analyze_specified: VACUUM (ANALYZE, SKIP_LOCKED) part1, part2;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   1|            0|                    1
+part2  |           1|                   0|            1|                    0
+(3 rows)
 
-starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_analyze_all_parts commit
+
+starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_analyze_all_parts commit check_stat
 step lock_access_exclusive: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN ACCESS EXCLUSIVE MODE;
@@ -148,8 +330,22 @@ step commit:
 	COMMIT;
 
 step vac_analyze_all_parts: <... completed>
-
-starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_full_specified commit
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            1|                    0
+part1  |           1|                   0|            1|                    0
+part2  |           1|                   0|            1|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
+
+starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_full_specified commit check_stat
 step lock_access_exclusive: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN ACCESS EXCLUSIVE MODE;
@@ -159,8 +355,22 @@ step vac_full_specified: VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED, FULL) part1, part2;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
 
-starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_full_all_parts commit
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part2  |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
+
+starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_full_all_parts commit check_stat
 step lock_access_exclusive: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN ACCESS EXCLUSIVE MODE;
@@ -169,3 +379,17 @@ step vac_full_all_parts: VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED, FULL) parted;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part2  |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
diff --git a/src/test/isolation/specs/vacuum-skip-locked.spec b/src/test/isolation/specs/vacuum-skip-locked.spec
index 3fad6e1c92a..b0da75d4b6d 100644
--- a/src/test/isolation/specs/vacuum-skip-locked.spec
+++ b/src/test/isolation/specs/vacuum-skip-locked.spec
@@ -33,6 +33,15 @@ step commit
 	COMMIT;
 }
 
+step check_stat
+{
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+}
+
 session s2
 step vac_specified			{ VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED) part1, part2; }
 step vac_all_parts			{ VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED) parted; }
@@ -43,19 +52,19 @@ step vac_analyze_all_parts	{ VACUUM (ANALYZE, SKIP_LOCKED) parted; }
 step vac_full_specified		{ VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED, FULL) part1, part2; }
 step vac_full_all_parts		{ VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED, FULL) parted; }
 
-permutation lock_share vac_specified commit
-permutation lock_share vac_all_parts commit
-permutation lock_share analyze_specified commit
-permutation lock_share analyze_all_parts commit
-permutation lock_share vac_analyze_specified commit
-permutation lock_share vac_analyze_all_parts commit
-permutation lock_share vac_full_specified commit
-permutation lock_share vac_full_all_parts commit
-permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_specified commit
-permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_all_parts commit
-permutation lock_access_exclusive analyze_specified commit
-permutation lock_access_exclusive analyze_all_parts commit
-permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_analyze_specified commit
-permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_analyze_all_parts commit
-permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_full_specified commit
-permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_full_all_parts commit
+permutation lock_share vac_specified commit check_stat
+permutation lock_share vac_all_parts commit check_stat
+permutation lock_share analyze_specified commit check_stat
+permutation lock_share analyze_all_parts commit check_stat
+permutation lock_share vac_analyze_specified commit check_stat
+permutation lock_share vac_analyze_all_parts commit check_stat
+permutation lock_share vac_full_specified commit check_stat
+permutation lock_share vac_full_all_parts commit check_stat
+permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_specified commit check_stat
+permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_all_parts commit check_stat
+permutation lock_access_exclusive analyze_specified commit check_stat
+permutation lock_access_exclusive analyze_all_parts commit check_stat
+permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_analyze_specified commit check_stat
+permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_analyze_all_parts commit check_stat
+permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_full_specified commit check_stat
+permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_full_all_parts commit check_stat
diff --git a/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out b/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out
index a65a5bf0c4f..9b2075d3373 100644
--- a/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out
+++ b/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out
@@ -1835,13 +1835,21 @@ pg_stat_all_tables| SELECT c.oid AS relid,
     pg_stat_get_mod_since_analyze(c.oid) AS n_mod_since_analyze,
     pg_stat_get_ins_since_vacuum(c.oid) AS n_ins_since_vacuum,
     pg_stat_get_last_vacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_vacuum,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_vacuum,
     pg_stat_get_last_autovacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_autovacuum,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_autovacuum,
     pg_stat_get_last_analyze_time(c.oid) AS last_analyze,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_analyze,
     pg_stat_get_last_autoanalyze_time(c.oid) AS last_autoanalyze,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_autoanalyze,
     pg_stat_get_vacuum_count(c.oid) AS vacuum_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count(c.oid) AS skipped_vacuum_count,
     pg_stat_get_autovacuum_count(c.oid) AS autovacuum_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count(c.oid) AS skipped_autovacuum_count,
     pg_stat_get_analyze_count(c.oid) AS analyze_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count(c.oid) AS skipped_analyze_count,
     pg_stat_get_autoanalyze_count(c.oid) AS autoanalyze_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count(c.oid) AS skipped_autoanalyze_count,
     pg_stat_get_total_vacuum_time(c.oid) AS total_vacuum_time,
     pg_stat_get_total_autovacuum_time(c.oid) AS total_autovacuum_time,
     pg_stat_get_total_analyze_time(c.oid) AS total_analyze_time,
@@ -2346,13 +2354,21 @@ pg_stat_sys_tables| SELECT relid,
     n_mod_since_analyze,
     n_ins_since_vacuum,
     last_vacuum,
+    last_skipped_vacuum,
     last_autovacuum,
+    last_skipped_autovacuum,
     last_analyze,
+    last_skipped_analyze,
     last_autoanalyze,
+    last_skipped_autoanalyze,
     vacuum_count,
+    skipped_vacuum_count,
     autovacuum_count,
+    skipped_autovacuum_count,
     analyze_count,
+    skipped_analyze_count,
     autoanalyze_count,
+    skipped_autoanalyze_count,
     total_vacuum_time,
     total_autovacuum_time,
     total_analyze_time,
@@ -2401,13 +2417,21 @@ pg_stat_user_tables| SELECT relid,
     n_mod_since_analyze,
     n_ins_since_vacuum,
     last_vacuum,
+    last_skipped_vacuum,
     last_autovacuum,
+    last_skipped_autovacuum,
     last_analyze,
+    last_skipped_analyze,
     last_autoanalyze,
+    last_skipped_autoanalyze,
     vacuum_count,
+    skipped_vacuum_count,
     autovacuum_count,
+    skipped_autovacuum_count,
     analyze_count,
+    skipped_analyze_count,
     autoanalyze_count,
+    skipped_autoanalyze_count,
     total_vacuum_time,
     total_autovacuum_time,
     total_analyze_time,
-- 
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* [PATCH v3] Track skipped vacuum and analyze activity per relation
@ 2026-03-24 04:09 Yugo Nagata <[email protected]>
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From: Yugo Nagata @ 2026-03-24 04:09 UTC (permalink / raw)

This commit adds eight fields to the relation statistics that track
the last time vacuum or analyze has been attempted but skipped due to
lock unavailability, along with their counts:

-    last_skipped_vacuum
-    last_skipped_autovacuum
-    last_skipped_analyze
-    last_skipped_autoanalyze
-    skipped_vacuum_count
-    skipped_autovacuum_count
-    skipped_analyze_count
-    skipped_autoanalyze_count

These field can help users confirm that autovacuum is actively attempting
to run on a table that has not been vacuumed or analyzed for a long time,
and that the lack of progress is due to repeated skips rather than inactivity.
---
 doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml                 | 80 +++++++++++++++++
 src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql         |  8 ++
 src/backend/commands/vacuum.c                | 95 +++++++++++++++-----
 src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c | 68 ++++++++++++++
 src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c          | 24 +++++
 src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat              | 32 +++++++
 src/include/pgstat.h                         | 16 ++++
 src/test/regress/expected/rules.out          | 24 +++++
 8 files changed, 324 insertions(+), 23 deletions(-)

diff --git a/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml b/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml
index bb75ed1069b..9ec8070b2fc 100644
--- a/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml
+++ b/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml
@@ -4372,6 +4372,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_vacuum</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time a manual vacuum on this table was attempted but skipped due to
+       lock unavailability (not counting <command>VACUUM FULL</command>)
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>last_autovacuum</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
@@ -4382,6 +4392,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_autovacuum</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time a vacuum on this table by the autovacuum daemon was attempted
+       but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>last_analyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
@@ -4391,6 +4411,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_analyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time a manual analyze on this table was attempted but skipped due to
+       lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>last_autoanalyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
@@ -4401,6 +4431,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_autoanalyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time at which an analyze on this table by the autovacuum was
+       attempted but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>vacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4411,6 +4451,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_vacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times vacuums on this table have been attempted but skipped
+       due to lock unavailability (not counting <command>VACUUM FULL</command>)
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>autovacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4421,6 +4471,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_autovacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times vacuums on this table by the autovacuum daemon have been
+       attempted but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>analyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4430,6 +4490,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_analyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times manual analyzes on this table have been attempted but
+       skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>autoanalyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4440,6 +4510,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_autoanalyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times analyzes on this table by the autovacuum daemon have
+       been attempted but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>total_vacuum_time</structfield> <type>double precision</type>
diff --git a/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql b/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql
index e54018004db..2ca02a0354c 100644
--- a/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql
+++ b/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql
@@ -736,13 +736,21 @@ CREATE VIEW pg_stat_all_tables AS
             pg_stat_get_mod_since_analyze(C.oid) AS n_mod_since_analyze,
             pg_stat_get_ins_since_vacuum(C.oid) AS n_ins_since_vacuum,
             pg_stat_get_last_vacuum_time(C.oid) as last_vacuum,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_vacuum,
             pg_stat_get_last_autovacuum_time(C.oid) as last_autovacuum,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_autovacuum,
             pg_stat_get_last_analyze_time(C.oid) as last_analyze,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_analyze,
             pg_stat_get_last_autoanalyze_time(C.oid) as last_autoanalyze,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_autoanalyze,
             pg_stat_get_vacuum_count(C.oid) AS vacuum_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count(C.oid) AS skipped_vacuum_count,
             pg_stat_get_autovacuum_count(C.oid) AS autovacuum_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count(C.oid) AS skipped_autovacuum_count,
             pg_stat_get_analyze_count(C.oid) AS analyze_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count(C.oid) AS skipped_analyze_count,
             pg_stat_get_autoanalyze_count(C.oid) AS autoanalyze_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count(C.oid) AS skipped_autoanalyze_count,
             pg_stat_get_total_vacuum_time(C.oid) AS total_vacuum_time,
             pg_stat_get_total_autovacuum_time(C.oid) AS total_autovacuum_time,
             pg_stat_get_total_analyze_time(C.oid) AS total_analyze_time,
diff --git a/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c b/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c
index bce3a2daa24..ce83b3171be 100644
--- a/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c
+++ b/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c
@@ -792,8 +792,18 @@ vacuum_open_relation(Oid relid, RangeVar *relation, bits32 options,
 		rel = try_relation_open(relid, NoLock);
 	else
 	{
+		bits8 flags = 0;
 		rel = NULL;
 		rel_lock = false;
+
+		if ((options & VACOPT_VACUUM) != 0)
+			flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM;
+		if ((options & VACOPT_ANALYZE) != 0)
+			flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE;
+		if (AmAutoVacuumWorkerProcess())
+			flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOVAC;
+
+		pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(relid, flags);
 	}
 
 	/* if relation is opened, leave */
@@ -801,7 +811,7 @@ vacuum_open_relation(Oid relid, RangeVar *relation, bits32 options,
 		return rel;
 
 	/*
-	 * Relation could not be opened, hence generate if possible a log
+	 * Relation could not be opened hence generate if possible a log
 	 * informing on the situation.
 	 *
 	 * If the RangeVar is not defined, we do not have enough information to
@@ -904,7 +914,6 @@ expand_vacuum_rel(VacuumRelation *vrel, MemoryContext vac_context,
 		Form_pg_class classForm;
 		bool		include_children;
 		bool		is_partitioned_table;
-		int			rvr_opts;
 
 		/*
 		 * Since autovacuum workers supply OIDs when calling vacuum(), no
@@ -917,29 +926,69 @@ expand_vacuum_rel(VacuumRelation *vrel, MemoryContext vac_context,
 		 * below, as well as find_all_inheritors's expectation that the caller
 		 * holds some lock on the starting relation.
 		 */
-		rvr_opts = (options & VACOPT_SKIP_LOCKED) ? RVR_SKIP_LOCKED : 0;
-		relid = RangeVarGetRelidExtended(vrel->relation,
-										 AccessShareLock,
-										 rvr_opts,
-										 NULL, NULL);
-
-		/*
-		 * If the lock is unavailable, emit the same log statement that
-		 * vacuum_rel() and analyze_rel() would.
-		 */
-		if (!OidIsValid(relid))
+		if (!(options & VACOPT_SKIP_LOCKED))
 		{
-			if (options & VACOPT_VACUUM)
-				ereport(WARNING,
-						(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
-						 errmsg("skipping vacuum of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
-								vrel->relation->relname)));
-			else
-				ereport(WARNING,
-						(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
-						 errmsg("skipping analyze of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
+			relid = RangeVarGetRelidExtended(vrel->relation,
+											 AccessShareLock,
+											 0, NULL, NULL);
+			if (!OidIsValid(relid))
+				return vacrels;
+		}
+		else
+		{
+			/* Get relid for reporting before taking a lock */
+			relid = RangeVarGetRelid(vrel->relation, NoLock, false);
+
+			if (!ConditionalLockRelationOid(relid, AccessShareLock))
+			{
+				bits8	flags = 0;
+				/*
+				 * If the lock is unavailable, emit the same log statement that
+				 * vacuum_rel() and analyze_rel() would.
+				 */
+				if (options & VACOPT_VACUUM)
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping vacuum of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
 								vrel->relation->relname)));
-			return vacrels;
+				else
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping analyze of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
+									vrel->relation->relname)));
+
+				if ((options & VACOPT_VACUUM) != 0)
+					flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM;
+				if ((options & VACOPT_ANALYZE) != 0)
+					flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE;
+
+				pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(relid, flags);
+
+				return vacrels;
+			}
+
+			/*
+			 * Now that we have the lock, probe to see if the relation really
+			 * exists or not.
+			 */
+			if (!SearchSysCacheExists1(RELOID, ObjectIdGetDatum(relid)))
+			{
+				if (options & VACOPT_VACUUM)
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_UNDEFINED_TABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping vacuum of \"%s\" --- relation no longer exists",
+									vrel->relation->relname)));
+				else
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_UNDEFINED_TABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping analyze of \"%s\" --- relation no longer exists",
+									vrel->relation->relname)));
+
+				/* Release useless lock */
+				UnlockRelationOid(relid, AccessShareLock);
+
+				return vacrels;
+			}
 		}
 
 		/*
diff --git a/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c b/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c
index bc8c43b96aa..cec4c88980e 100644
--- a/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c
+++ b/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c
@@ -17,6 +17,7 @@
 
 #include "postgres.h"
 
+#include "access/htup_details.h"
 #include "access/twophase_rmgr.h"
 #include "access/xact.h"
 #include "catalog/catalog.h"
@@ -366,6 +367,73 @@ pgstat_report_analyze(Relation rel,
 	(void) pgstat_flush_backend(false, PGSTAT_BACKEND_FLUSH_IO);
 }
 
+/*
+ * Report that the table was skipped during vacuum or/and analyze.
+ */
+void
+pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(Oid relid, bits8 flags)
+{
+	PgStat_EntryRef *entry_ref;
+	PgStatShared_Relation *shtabentry;
+	PgStat_StatTabEntry *tabentry;
+	TimestampTz ts;
+	HeapTuple	classTup;
+	bool		isshared;
+
+	if (!pgstat_track_counts || !(flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANY))
+		return;
+
+	classTup = SearchSysCache1(RELOID, ObjectIdGetDatum(relid));
+	if (!HeapTupleIsValid(classTup))
+		return;			/* somebody deleted the rel, forget it */
+	isshared = ((Form_pg_class) GETSTRUCT(classTup))->relisshared;
+	ReleaseSysCache(classTup);
+
+	/* Store the data in the table's hash table entry. */
+	ts = GetCurrentTimestamp();
+
+	/* block acquiring lock for the same reason as pgstat_report_autovac() */
+	entry_ref = pgstat_get_entry_ref_locked(PGSTAT_KIND_RELATION,
+											isshared ? InvalidOid : MyDatabaseId,
+											relid, false);
+
+	shtabentry = (PgStatShared_Relation *) entry_ref->shared_stats;
+	tabentry = &shtabentry->stats;
+
+	if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOVAC)
+	{
+		if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM)
+		{
+			tabentry->last_skipped_autovacuum_time = ts;
+			tabentry->skipped_autovacuum_count++;
+		}
+		if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE)
+		{
+			tabentry->last_skipped_autoanalyze_time = ts;
+			tabentry->skipped_autoanalyze_count++;
+		}
+	}
+	else
+	{
+		if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM)
+		{
+			tabentry->last_skipped_vacuum_time = ts;
+			tabentry->skipped_vacuum_count++;
+		}
+		if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE)
+		{
+			tabentry->last_skipped_analyze_time = ts;
+			tabentry->skipped_analyze_count++;
+		}
+	}
+
+	pgstat_unlock_entry(entry_ref);
+
+	/* see pgstat_report_vacuum() */
+	pgstat_flush_io(false);
+	(void) pgstat_flush_backend(false, PGSTAT_BACKEND_FLUSH_IO);
+}
+
 /*
  * count a tuple insertion of n tuples
  */
diff --git a/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c b/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c
index 9185a8e6b83..18aaa3996e1 100644
--- a/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c
+++ b/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c
@@ -84,6 +84,18 @@ PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(mod_since_analyze)
 /* pg_stat_get_numscans */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(numscans)
 
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_analyze_count)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_autoanalyze_count)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_autovacuum_count)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_vacuum_count)
+
 /* pg_stat_get_tuples_deleted */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(tuples_deleted)
 
@@ -170,6 +182,18 @@ PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_vacuum_time)
 /* pg_stat_get_lastscan */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(lastscan)
 
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_analyze_time)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_autoanalyze_time)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_autovacuum_time)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_vacuum_time)
+
 /* pg_stat_get_stat_reset_time */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(stat_reset_time)
 
diff --git a/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat b/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat
index 0118e970dda..ccfe3d9e02a 100644
--- a/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat
+++ b/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat
@@ -5667,6 +5667,38 @@
   proname => 'pg_stat_get_total_autoanalyze_time', provolatile => 's',
   proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'float8', proargtypes => 'oid',
   prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_total_autoanalyze_time' },
+{ oid => '8142', descr => 'statistics: last skipped vacuum time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time' },
+{ oid => '8143', descr => 'statistics: last skipped auto vacuum time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time' },
+{ oid => '8144', descr => 'statistics: last skipped analyze time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time' },
+{ oid => '8145', descr => 'statistics: last skipped auto analyze time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time' },
+{ oid => '8146', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped vacuum for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count' },
+{ oid => '8147', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped auto vacuum for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count' },
+{ oid => '8148', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped analyzes for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count' },
+{ oid => '8149', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped auto analyzes for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count' },
 { oid => '1936', descr => 'statistics: currently active backend IDs',
   proname => 'pg_stat_get_backend_idset', prorows => '100', proretset => 't',
   provolatile => 's', proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int4',
diff --git a/src/include/pgstat.h b/src/include/pgstat.h
index 8e3549c3752..343081a7a25 100644
--- a/src/include/pgstat.h
+++ b/src/include/pgstat.h
@@ -479,6 +479,15 @@ typedef struct PgStat_StatTabEntry
 	TimestampTz last_autoanalyze_time;	/* autovacuum initiated */
 	PgStat_Counter autoanalyze_count;
 
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_vacuum_time;	/* user initiated vacuum */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_vacuum_count;
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_autovacuum_time;	/* autovacuum initiated */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_autovacuum_count;
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_analyze_time;	/* user initiated */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_analyze_count;
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_autoanalyze_time;	/* autovacuum initiated */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_autoanalyze_count;
+
 	PgStat_Counter total_vacuum_time;	/* times in milliseconds */
 	PgStat_Counter total_autovacuum_time;
 	PgStat_Counter total_analyze_time;
@@ -707,6 +716,13 @@ extern void pgstat_report_analyze(Relation rel,
 								  PgStat_Counter livetuples, PgStat_Counter deadtuples,
 								  bool resetcounter, TimestampTz starttime);
 
+/* flags for pgstat_flush_backend() */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM	(1 << 0)	/* vacuum is skipped */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE	(1 << 1)	/* analyze is skipped */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOVAC	(1 << 2)	/* skipped during autovacuum/autoanalyze */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANY   (PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM | PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE)
+extern void pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(Oid relid, bits8 flags);
+
 /*
  * If stats are enabled, but pending data hasn't been prepared yet, call
  * pgstat_assoc_relation() to do so. See its comment for why this is done
diff --git a/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out b/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out
index 2b3cf6d8569..4ccfc43e903 100644
--- a/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out
+++ b/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out
@@ -1835,13 +1835,21 @@ pg_stat_all_tables| SELECT c.oid AS relid,
     pg_stat_get_mod_since_analyze(c.oid) AS n_mod_since_analyze,
     pg_stat_get_ins_since_vacuum(c.oid) AS n_ins_since_vacuum,
     pg_stat_get_last_vacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_vacuum,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_vacuum,
     pg_stat_get_last_autovacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_autovacuum,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_autovacuum,
     pg_stat_get_last_analyze_time(c.oid) AS last_analyze,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_analyze,
     pg_stat_get_last_autoanalyze_time(c.oid) AS last_autoanalyze,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_autoanalyze,
     pg_stat_get_vacuum_count(c.oid) AS vacuum_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count(c.oid) AS skipped_vacuum_count,
     pg_stat_get_autovacuum_count(c.oid) AS autovacuum_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count(c.oid) AS skipped_autovacuum_count,
     pg_stat_get_analyze_count(c.oid) AS analyze_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count(c.oid) AS skipped_analyze_count,
     pg_stat_get_autoanalyze_count(c.oid) AS autoanalyze_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count(c.oid) AS skipped_autoanalyze_count,
     pg_stat_get_total_vacuum_time(c.oid) AS total_vacuum_time,
     pg_stat_get_total_autovacuum_time(c.oid) AS total_autovacuum_time,
     pg_stat_get_total_analyze_time(c.oid) AS total_analyze_time,
@@ -2293,13 +2301,21 @@ pg_stat_sys_tables| SELECT relid,
     n_mod_since_analyze,
     n_ins_since_vacuum,
     last_vacuum,
+    last_skipped_vacuum,
     last_autovacuum,
+    last_skipped_autovacuum,
     last_analyze,
+    last_skipped_analyze,
     last_autoanalyze,
+    last_skipped_autoanalyze,
     vacuum_count,
+    skipped_vacuum_count,
     autovacuum_count,
+    skipped_autovacuum_count,
     analyze_count,
+    skipped_analyze_count,
     autoanalyze_count,
+    skipped_autoanalyze_count,
     total_vacuum_time,
     total_autovacuum_time,
     total_analyze_time,
@@ -2348,13 +2364,21 @@ pg_stat_user_tables| SELECT relid,
     n_mod_since_analyze,
     n_ins_since_vacuum,
     last_vacuum,
+    last_skipped_vacuum,
     last_autovacuum,
+    last_skipped_autovacuum,
     last_analyze,
+    last_skipped_analyze,
     last_autoanalyze,
+    last_skipped_autoanalyze,
     vacuum_count,
+    skipped_vacuum_count,
     autovacuum_count,
+    skipped_autovacuum_count,
     analyze_count,
+    skipped_analyze_count,
     autoanalyze_count,
+    skipped_autoanalyze_count,
     total_vacuum_time,
     total_autovacuum_time,
     total_analyze_time,
-- 
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* [PATCH v5] Track skipped vacuum and analyze activity per relation
@ 2026-03-24 04:09 Yugo Nagata <[email protected]>
  0 siblings, 0 replies; 374+ messages in thread

From: Yugo Nagata @ 2026-03-24 04:09 UTC (permalink / raw)

This commit adds eight fields to the relation statistics that track
the last time vacuum or analyze has been attempted but skipped due to
lock unavailability, along with their counts:

-    last_skipped_vacuum
-    last_skipped_autovacuum
-    last_skipped_analyze
-    last_skipped_autoanalyze
-    skipped_vacuum_count
-    skipped_autovacuum_count
-    skipped_analyze_count
-    skipped_autoanalyze_count

These field can help users confirm that autovacuum is actively attempting
to run on a table that has not been vacuumed or analyzed for a long time,
and that the lack of progress is due to repeated skips rather than inactivity.
---
 doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml                  |  88 ++++++
 src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql          |   8 +
 src/backend/commands/vacuum.c                 | 100 +++++--
 src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c  |  64 +++++
 src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c           |  24 ++
 src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat               |  32 +++
 src/include/pgstat.h                          |  16 ++
 .../isolation/expected/vacuum-skip-locked.out | 260 ++++++++++++++++--
 .../isolation/specs/vacuum-skip-locked.spec   |  41 +--
 src/test/regress/expected/rules.out           |  24 ++
 10 files changed, 601 insertions(+), 56 deletions(-)

diff --git a/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml b/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml
index 08d5b824552..a9b579d87a9 100644
--- a/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml
+++ b/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml
@@ -4387,6 +4387,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_vacuum</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time a manual vacuum on this table was attempted but skipped due to
+       lock unavailability (not counting <command>VACUUM FULL</command>)
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>last_autovacuum</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
@@ -4397,6 +4407,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_autovacuum</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time a vacuum on this table by the autovacuum daemon was attempted
+       but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>last_analyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
@@ -4406,6 +4426,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_analyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time a manual analyze on this table was attempted but skipped due to
+       lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>last_autoanalyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
@@ -4416,6 +4446,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_autoanalyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time at which an analyze on this table by the autovacuum was
+       attempted but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>vacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4426,6 +4466,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_vacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times manual vacuums on this table have been attempted but skipped
+       due to lock unavailability (not counting <command>VACUUM FULL</command>)
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>autovacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4436,6 +4486,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_autovacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times vacuums on this table by the autovacuum daemon have been
+       attempted but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>analyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4445,6 +4505,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_analyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times manual analyzes on this table have been attempted but
+       skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>autoanalyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4455,6 +4525,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_autoanalyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times analyzes on this table by the autovacuum daemon have
+       been attempted but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>total_vacuum_time</structfield> <type>double precision</type>
@@ -4510,6 +4590,14 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
    </tgroup>
   </table>
 
+  <note>
+   <para>
+    When a manual vacuum or analyze on a parent table in an inheritance or
+    partitioning hierarchy is skipped, the statistics are recorded only for
+    the parent table, not for its children.
+   </para>
+  </note>
+
  </sect2>
 
  <sect2 id="monitoring-pg-stat-autovacuum-scores-view">
diff --git a/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql b/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql
index 73a1c1c4670..f509fc7876b 100644
--- a/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql
+++ b/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql
@@ -736,13 +736,21 @@ CREATE VIEW pg_stat_all_tables AS
             pg_stat_get_mod_since_analyze(C.oid) AS n_mod_since_analyze,
             pg_stat_get_ins_since_vacuum(C.oid) AS n_ins_since_vacuum,
             pg_stat_get_last_vacuum_time(C.oid) as last_vacuum,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_vacuum,
             pg_stat_get_last_autovacuum_time(C.oid) as last_autovacuum,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_autovacuum,
             pg_stat_get_last_analyze_time(C.oid) as last_analyze,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_analyze,
             pg_stat_get_last_autoanalyze_time(C.oid) as last_autoanalyze,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_autoanalyze,
             pg_stat_get_vacuum_count(C.oid) AS vacuum_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count(C.oid) AS skipped_vacuum_count,
             pg_stat_get_autovacuum_count(C.oid) AS autovacuum_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count(C.oid) AS skipped_autovacuum_count,
             pg_stat_get_analyze_count(C.oid) AS analyze_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count(C.oid) AS skipped_analyze_count,
             pg_stat_get_autoanalyze_count(C.oid) AS autoanalyze_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count(C.oid) AS skipped_autoanalyze_count,
             pg_stat_get_total_vacuum_time(C.oid) AS total_vacuum_time,
             pg_stat_get_total_autovacuum_time(C.oid) AS total_autovacuum_time,
             pg_stat_get_total_analyze_time(C.oid) AS total_analyze_time,
diff --git a/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c b/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c
index 99d0db82ed7..df6526225e4 100644
--- a/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c
+++ b/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c
@@ -793,8 +793,25 @@ vacuum_open_relation(Oid relid, RangeVar *relation, uint32 options,
 		rel = try_relation_open(relid, NoLock);
 	else
 	{
+		int flags = 0;
 		rel = NULL;
 		rel_lock = false;
+
+		if ((options & VACOPT_VACUUM) != 0 && (options & VACOPT_FULL) == 0)
+		{
+			if (AmAutoVacuumWorkerProcess())
+				flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOVACUUM;
+			else
+				flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM;
+		}
+		if ((options & VACOPT_ANALYZE) != 0)
+		{
+			if (AmAutoVacuumWorkerProcess())
+				flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOANALYZE;
+			else
+				flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE;
+		}
+		pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(relid, flags);
 	}
 
 	/* if relation is opened, leave */
@@ -905,7 +922,6 @@ expand_vacuum_rel(VacuumRelation *vrel, MemoryContext vac_context,
 		Form_pg_class classForm;
 		bool		include_children;
 		bool		is_partitioned_table;
-		int			rvr_opts;
 
 		/*
 		 * Since autovacuum workers supply OIDs when calling vacuum(), no
@@ -918,29 +934,69 @@ expand_vacuum_rel(VacuumRelation *vrel, MemoryContext vac_context,
 		 * below, as well as find_all_inheritors's expectation that the caller
 		 * holds some lock on the starting relation.
 		 */
-		rvr_opts = (options & VACOPT_SKIP_LOCKED) ? RVR_SKIP_LOCKED : 0;
-		relid = RangeVarGetRelidExtended(vrel->relation,
-										 AccessShareLock,
-										 rvr_opts,
-										 NULL, NULL);
-
-		/*
-		 * If the lock is unavailable, emit the same log statement that
-		 * vacuum_rel() and analyze_rel() would.
-		 */
-		if (!OidIsValid(relid))
+		if (!(options & VACOPT_SKIP_LOCKED))
 		{
-			if (options & VACOPT_VACUUM)
-				ereport(WARNING,
-						(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
-						 errmsg("skipping vacuum of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
-								vrel->relation->relname)));
-			else
-				ereport(WARNING,
-						(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
-						 errmsg("skipping analyze of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
+			relid = RangeVarGetRelidExtended(vrel->relation,
+											 AccessShareLock,
+											 0, NULL, NULL);
+			if (!OidIsValid(relid))
+				return vacrels;
+		}
+		else
+		{
+			/* Get relid for reporting before taking a lock */
+			relid = RangeVarGetRelid(vrel->relation, NoLock, false);
+
+			if (!ConditionalLockRelationOid(relid, AccessShareLock))
+			{
+				int	flags = 0;
+				/*
+				 * If the lock is unavailable, emit the same log statement that
+				 * vacuum_rel() and analyze_rel() would.
+				 */
+				if (options & VACOPT_VACUUM)
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping vacuum of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
 								vrel->relation->relname)));
-			return vacrels;
+				else
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping analyze of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
+									vrel->relation->relname)));
+
+				if ((options & VACOPT_VACUUM) != 0 && (options & VACOPT_FULL) == 0)
+					flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM;
+				if ((options & VACOPT_ANALYZE) != 0)
+					flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE;
+
+				pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(relid, flags);
+
+				return vacrels;
+			}
+
+			/*
+			 * Now that we have the lock, probe to see if the relation really
+			 * exists or not.
+			 */
+			if (!SearchSysCacheExists1(RELOID, ObjectIdGetDatum(relid)))
+			{
+				if (options & VACOPT_VACUUM)
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_UNDEFINED_TABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping vacuum of \"%s\" --- relation no longer exists",
+									vrel->relation->relname)));
+				else
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_UNDEFINED_TABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping analyze of \"%s\" --- relation no longer exists",
+									vrel->relation->relname)));
+
+				/* Release useless lock */
+				UnlockRelationOid(relid, AccessShareLock);
+
+				return vacrels;
+			}
 		}
 
 		/*
diff --git a/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c b/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c
index b2ca28f83ba..532d9023f8c 100644
--- a/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c
+++ b/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c
@@ -17,12 +17,14 @@
 
 #include "postgres.h"
 
+#include "access/htup_details.h"
 #include "access/twophase_rmgr.h"
 #include "access/xact.h"
 #include "catalog/catalog.h"
 #include "utils/memutils.h"
 #include "utils/pgstat_internal.h"
 #include "utils/rel.h"
+#include "utils/syscache.h"
 #include "utils/timestamp.h"
 
 
@@ -367,6 +369,68 @@ pgstat_report_analyze(Relation rel,
 	(void) pgstat_flush_backend(false, PGSTAT_BACKEND_FLUSH_IO);
 }
 
+/*
+ * Report that the table was skipped during vacuum or/and analyze.
+ */
+void
+pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(Oid relid, int flags)
+{
+	PgStat_EntryRef *entry_ref;
+	PgStatShared_Relation *shtabentry;
+	PgStat_StatTabEntry *tabentry;
+	TimestampTz ts;
+	HeapTuple	classTup;
+	bool		isshared;
+
+	if (!pgstat_track_counts || !flags)
+		return;
+
+	classTup = SearchSysCache1(RELOID, ObjectIdGetDatum(relid));
+	if (!HeapTupleIsValid(classTup))
+		return;			/* somebody deleted the rel, forget it */
+	isshared = ((Form_pg_class) GETSTRUCT(classTup))->relisshared;
+	ReleaseSysCache(classTup);
+
+	/* Store the data in the table's hash table entry. */
+	ts = GetCurrentTimestamp();
+
+	/* block acquiring lock for the same reason as pgstat_report_autovac() */
+	entry_ref = pgstat_get_entry_ref_locked(PGSTAT_KIND_RELATION,
+											isshared ? InvalidOid : MyDatabaseId,
+											relid, false);
+
+	shtabentry = (PgStatShared_Relation *) entry_ref->shared_stats;
+	tabentry = &shtabentry->stats;
+
+	if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM)
+	{
+		tabentry->last_skipped_vacuum_time = ts;
+		tabentry->skipped_vacuum_count++;
+	}
+	else if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOVACUUM)
+	{
+		tabentry->last_skipped_autovacuum_time = ts;
+		tabentry->skipped_autovacuum_count++;
+	}
+
+	if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE)
+	{
+		tabentry->last_skipped_analyze_time = ts;
+		tabentry->skipped_analyze_count++;
+	}
+	else if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOANALYZE)
+	{
+		tabentry->last_skipped_autoanalyze_time = ts;
+		tabentry->skipped_autoanalyze_count++;
+	}
+
+	pgstat_unlock_entry(entry_ref);
+
+	/* see pgstat_report_vacuum() */
+	pgstat_flush_io(false);
+	(void) pgstat_flush_backend(false, PGSTAT_BACKEND_FLUSH_IO);
+}
+
 /*
  * count a tuple insertion of n tuples
  */
diff --git a/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c b/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c
index 1408de387ea..90a8968faa0 100644
--- a/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c
+++ b/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c
@@ -84,6 +84,18 @@ PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(mod_since_analyze)
 /* pg_stat_get_numscans */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(numscans)
 
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_analyze_count)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_autoanalyze_count)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_autovacuum_count)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_vacuum_count)
+
 /* pg_stat_get_tuples_deleted */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(tuples_deleted)
 
@@ -170,6 +182,18 @@ PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_vacuum_time)
 /* pg_stat_get_lastscan */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(lastscan)
 
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_analyze_time)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_autoanalyze_time)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_autovacuum_time)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_vacuum_time)
+
 /* pg_stat_get_stat_reset_time */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(stat_reset_time)
 
diff --git a/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat b/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat
index fa9ae79082b..32debb34863 100644
--- a/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat
+++ b/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat
@@ -5680,6 +5680,38 @@
   proargmodes => '{o,o,o,o,o,o,o,o,o,o}',
   proargnames => '{oid,score,xid_score,mxid_score,vacuum_score,vacuum_insert_score,analyze_score,do_vacuum,do_analyze,for_wraparound}',
   prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_autovacuum_scores' },
+{ oid => '8142', descr => 'statistics: last skipped vacuum time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time' },
+{ oid => '8143', descr => 'statistics: last skipped auto vacuum time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time' },
+{ oid => '8144', descr => 'statistics: last skipped analyze time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time' },
+{ oid => '8145', descr => 'statistics: last skipped auto analyze time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time' },
+{ oid => '8146', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped vacuum for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count' },
+{ oid => '8147', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped auto vacuum for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count' },
+{ oid => '8148', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped analyzes for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count' },
+{ oid => '8149', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped auto analyzes for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count' },
 { oid => '1936', descr => 'statistics: currently active backend IDs',
   proname => 'pg_stat_get_backend_idset', prorows => '100', proretset => 't',
   provolatile => 's', proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int4',
diff --git a/src/include/pgstat.h b/src/include/pgstat.h
index dfa2e837638..98941f953d1 100644
--- a/src/include/pgstat.h
+++ b/src/include/pgstat.h
@@ -479,6 +479,15 @@ typedef struct PgStat_StatTabEntry
 	TimestampTz last_autoanalyze_time;	/* autovacuum initiated */
 	PgStat_Counter autoanalyze_count;
 
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_vacuum_time;	/* user initiated vacuum */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_vacuum_count;
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_autovacuum_time;	/* autovacuum initiated */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_autovacuum_count;
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_analyze_time;	/* user initiated */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_analyze_count;
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_autoanalyze_time;	/* autovacuum initiated */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_autoanalyze_count;
+
 	PgStat_Counter total_vacuum_time;	/* times in milliseconds */
 	PgStat_Counter total_autovacuum_time;
 	PgStat_Counter total_analyze_time;
@@ -703,6 +712,13 @@ extern void pgstat_report_analyze(Relation rel,
 								  PgStat_Counter livetuples, PgStat_Counter deadtuples,
 								  bool resetcounter, TimestampTz starttime);
 
+/* flags for pgstat_flush_backend() */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM		(1 << 0)	/* vacuum is skipped */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE		(1 << 1)	/* analyze is skipped */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOVACUUM	(1 << 2)	/* autovacuum is skipped */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOANALYZE	(1 << 3)	/* autoanalyze is skipped */
+extern void pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(Oid relid, int flags);
+
 /*
  * If stats are enabled, but pending data hasn't been prepared yet, call
  * pgstat_assoc_relation() to do so. See its comment for why this is done
diff --git a/src/test/isolation/expected/vacuum-skip-locked.out b/src/test/isolation/expected/vacuum-skip-locked.out
index 99db281a159..e2cff175b7c 100644
--- a/src/test/isolation/expected/vacuum-skip-locked.out
+++ b/src/test/isolation/expected/vacuum-skip-locked.out
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 Parsed test spec with 2 sessions
 
-starting permutation: lock_share vac_specified commit
+starting permutation: lock_share vac_specified commit check_stat
 step lock_share: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN SHARE MODE;
@@ -10,8 +10,22 @@ step vac_specified: VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED) part1, part2;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
 
-starting permutation: lock_share vac_all_parts commit
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   1|            0|                    0
+part2  |           1|                   0|            0|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
+
+starting permutation: lock_share vac_all_parts commit check_stat
 step lock_share: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN SHARE MODE;
@@ -20,8 +34,22 @@ step vac_all_parts: VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED) parted;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   1|            0|                    0
+part2  |           1|                   0|            0|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
 
-starting permutation: lock_share analyze_specified commit
+starting permutation: lock_share analyze_specified commit check_stat
 step lock_share: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN SHARE MODE;
@@ -31,8 +59,22 @@ step analyze_specified: ANALYZE (SKIP_LOCKED) part1, part2;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
 
-starting permutation: lock_share analyze_all_parts commit
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   0|            0|                    1
+part2  |           0|                   0|            1|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
+
+starting permutation: lock_share analyze_all_parts commit check_stat
 step lock_share: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN SHARE MODE;
@@ -41,8 +83,22 @@ step analyze_all_parts: ANALYZE (SKIP_LOCKED) parted;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            1|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   0|            0|                    1
+part2  |           0|                   0|            1|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
 
-starting permutation: lock_share vac_analyze_specified commit
+starting permutation: lock_share vac_analyze_specified commit check_stat
 step lock_share: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN SHARE MODE;
@@ -52,8 +108,22 @@ step vac_analyze_specified: VACUUM (ANALYZE, SKIP_LOCKED) part1, part2;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
 
-starting permutation: lock_share vac_analyze_all_parts commit
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   1|            0|                    1
+part2  |           1|                   0|            1|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
+
+starting permutation: lock_share vac_analyze_all_parts commit check_stat
 step lock_share: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN SHARE MODE;
@@ -62,8 +132,22 @@ step vac_analyze_all_parts: VACUUM (ANALYZE, SKIP_LOCKED) parted;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            1|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   1|            0|                    1
+part2  |           1|                   0|            1|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
 
-starting permutation: lock_share vac_full_specified commit
+starting permutation: lock_share vac_full_specified commit check_stat
 step lock_share: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN SHARE MODE;
@@ -73,8 +157,22 @@ step vac_full_specified: VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED, FULL) part1, part2;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
 
-starting permutation: lock_share vac_full_all_parts commit
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part2  |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
+
+starting permutation: lock_share vac_full_all_parts commit check_stat
 step lock_share: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN SHARE MODE;
@@ -83,8 +181,22 @@ step vac_full_all_parts: VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED, FULL) parted;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part2  |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+(3 rows)
 
-starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_specified commit
+
+starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_specified commit check_stat
 step lock_access_exclusive: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN ACCESS EXCLUSIVE MODE;
@@ -94,8 +206,22 @@ step vac_specified: VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED) part1, part2;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   1|            0|                    0
+part2  |           1|                   0|            0|                    0
+(3 rows)
 
-starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_all_parts commit
+
+starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_all_parts commit check_stat
 step lock_access_exclusive: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN ACCESS EXCLUSIVE MODE;
@@ -104,8 +230,22 @@ step vac_all_parts: VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED) parted;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   1|            0|                    0
+part2  |           1|                   0|            0|                    0
+(3 rows)
 
-starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive analyze_specified commit
+
+starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive analyze_specified commit check_stat
 step lock_access_exclusive: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN ACCESS EXCLUSIVE MODE;
@@ -115,8 +255,22 @@ step analyze_specified: ANALYZE (SKIP_LOCKED) part1, part2;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   0|            0|                    1
+part2  |           0|                   0|            1|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
 
-starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive analyze_all_parts commit
+starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive analyze_all_parts commit check_stat
 step lock_access_exclusive: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN ACCESS EXCLUSIVE MODE;
@@ -126,8 +280,22 @@ step commit:
 	COMMIT;
 
 step analyze_all_parts: <... completed>
-
-starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_analyze_specified commit
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            1|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   0|            1|                    0
+part2  |           0|                   0|            1|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
+
+starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_analyze_specified commit check_stat
 step lock_access_exclusive: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN ACCESS EXCLUSIVE MODE;
@@ -137,8 +305,22 @@ step vac_analyze_specified: VACUUM (ANALYZE, SKIP_LOCKED) part1, part2;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   1|            0|                    1
+part2  |           1|                   0|            1|                    0
+(3 rows)
 
-starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_analyze_all_parts commit
+
+starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_analyze_all_parts commit check_stat
 step lock_access_exclusive: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN ACCESS EXCLUSIVE MODE;
@@ -148,8 +330,22 @@ step commit:
 	COMMIT;
 
 step vac_analyze_all_parts: <... completed>
-
-starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_full_specified commit
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            1|                    0
+part1  |           1|                   0|            1|                    0
+part2  |           1|                   0|            1|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
+
+starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_full_specified commit check_stat
 step lock_access_exclusive: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN ACCESS EXCLUSIVE MODE;
@@ -159,8 +355,22 @@ step vac_full_specified: VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED, FULL) part1, part2;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
 
-starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_full_all_parts commit
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part2  |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
+
+starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_full_all_parts commit check_stat
 step lock_access_exclusive: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN ACCESS EXCLUSIVE MODE;
@@ -169,3 +379,17 @@ step vac_full_all_parts: VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED, FULL) parted;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part2  |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
diff --git a/src/test/isolation/specs/vacuum-skip-locked.spec b/src/test/isolation/specs/vacuum-skip-locked.spec
index 3fad6e1c92a..b0da75d4b6d 100644
--- a/src/test/isolation/specs/vacuum-skip-locked.spec
+++ b/src/test/isolation/specs/vacuum-skip-locked.spec
@@ -33,6 +33,15 @@ step commit
 	COMMIT;
 }
 
+step check_stat
+{
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+}
+
 session s2
 step vac_specified			{ VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED) part1, part2; }
 step vac_all_parts			{ VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED) parted; }
@@ -43,19 +52,19 @@ step vac_analyze_all_parts	{ VACUUM (ANALYZE, SKIP_LOCKED) parted; }
 step vac_full_specified		{ VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED, FULL) part1, part2; }
 step vac_full_all_parts		{ VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED, FULL) parted; }
 
-permutation lock_share vac_specified commit
-permutation lock_share vac_all_parts commit
-permutation lock_share analyze_specified commit
-permutation lock_share analyze_all_parts commit
-permutation lock_share vac_analyze_specified commit
-permutation lock_share vac_analyze_all_parts commit
-permutation lock_share vac_full_specified commit
-permutation lock_share vac_full_all_parts commit
-permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_specified commit
-permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_all_parts commit
-permutation lock_access_exclusive analyze_specified commit
-permutation lock_access_exclusive analyze_all_parts commit
-permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_analyze_specified commit
-permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_analyze_all_parts commit
-permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_full_specified commit
-permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_full_all_parts commit
+permutation lock_share vac_specified commit check_stat
+permutation lock_share vac_all_parts commit check_stat
+permutation lock_share analyze_specified commit check_stat
+permutation lock_share analyze_all_parts commit check_stat
+permutation lock_share vac_analyze_specified commit check_stat
+permutation lock_share vac_analyze_all_parts commit check_stat
+permutation lock_share vac_full_specified commit check_stat
+permutation lock_share vac_full_all_parts commit check_stat
+permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_specified commit check_stat
+permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_all_parts commit check_stat
+permutation lock_access_exclusive analyze_specified commit check_stat
+permutation lock_access_exclusive analyze_all_parts commit check_stat
+permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_analyze_specified commit check_stat
+permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_analyze_all_parts commit check_stat
+permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_full_specified commit check_stat
+permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_full_all_parts commit check_stat
diff --git a/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out b/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out
index a65a5bf0c4f..9b2075d3373 100644
--- a/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out
+++ b/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out
@@ -1835,13 +1835,21 @@ pg_stat_all_tables| SELECT c.oid AS relid,
     pg_stat_get_mod_since_analyze(c.oid) AS n_mod_since_analyze,
     pg_stat_get_ins_since_vacuum(c.oid) AS n_ins_since_vacuum,
     pg_stat_get_last_vacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_vacuum,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_vacuum,
     pg_stat_get_last_autovacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_autovacuum,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_autovacuum,
     pg_stat_get_last_analyze_time(c.oid) AS last_analyze,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_analyze,
     pg_stat_get_last_autoanalyze_time(c.oid) AS last_autoanalyze,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_autoanalyze,
     pg_stat_get_vacuum_count(c.oid) AS vacuum_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count(c.oid) AS skipped_vacuum_count,
     pg_stat_get_autovacuum_count(c.oid) AS autovacuum_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count(c.oid) AS skipped_autovacuum_count,
     pg_stat_get_analyze_count(c.oid) AS analyze_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count(c.oid) AS skipped_analyze_count,
     pg_stat_get_autoanalyze_count(c.oid) AS autoanalyze_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count(c.oid) AS skipped_autoanalyze_count,
     pg_stat_get_total_vacuum_time(c.oid) AS total_vacuum_time,
     pg_stat_get_total_autovacuum_time(c.oid) AS total_autovacuum_time,
     pg_stat_get_total_analyze_time(c.oid) AS total_analyze_time,
@@ -2346,13 +2354,21 @@ pg_stat_sys_tables| SELECT relid,
     n_mod_since_analyze,
     n_ins_since_vacuum,
     last_vacuum,
+    last_skipped_vacuum,
     last_autovacuum,
+    last_skipped_autovacuum,
     last_analyze,
+    last_skipped_analyze,
     last_autoanalyze,
+    last_skipped_autoanalyze,
     vacuum_count,
+    skipped_vacuum_count,
     autovacuum_count,
+    skipped_autovacuum_count,
     analyze_count,
+    skipped_analyze_count,
     autoanalyze_count,
+    skipped_autoanalyze_count,
     total_vacuum_time,
     total_autovacuum_time,
     total_analyze_time,
@@ -2401,13 +2417,21 @@ pg_stat_user_tables| SELECT relid,
     n_mod_since_analyze,
     n_ins_since_vacuum,
     last_vacuum,
+    last_skipped_vacuum,
     last_autovacuum,
+    last_skipped_autovacuum,
     last_analyze,
+    last_skipped_analyze,
     last_autoanalyze,
+    last_skipped_autoanalyze,
     vacuum_count,
+    skipped_vacuum_count,
     autovacuum_count,
+    skipped_autovacuum_count,
     analyze_count,
+    skipped_analyze_count,
     autoanalyze_count,
+    skipped_autoanalyze_count,
     total_vacuum_time,
     total_autovacuum_time,
     total_analyze_time,
-- 
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* [PATCH v5] Track skipped vacuum and analyze activity per relation
@ 2026-03-24 04:09 Yugo Nagata <[email protected]>
  0 siblings, 0 replies; 374+ messages in thread

From: Yugo Nagata @ 2026-03-24 04:09 UTC (permalink / raw)

This commit adds eight fields to the relation statistics that track
the last time vacuum or analyze has been attempted but skipped due to
lock unavailability, along with their counts:

-    last_skipped_vacuum
-    last_skipped_autovacuum
-    last_skipped_analyze
-    last_skipped_autoanalyze
-    skipped_vacuum_count
-    skipped_autovacuum_count
-    skipped_analyze_count
-    skipped_autoanalyze_count

These field can help users confirm that autovacuum is actively attempting
to run on a table that has not been vacuumed or analyzed for a long time,
and that the lack of progress is due to repeated skips rather than inactivity.
---
 doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml                  |  88 ++++++
 src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql          |   8 +
 src/backend/commands/vacuum.c                 | 100 +++++--
 src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c  |  64 +++++
 src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c           |  24 ++
 src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat               |  32 +++
 src/include/pgstat.h                          |  16 ++
 .../isolation/expected/vacuum-skip-locked.out | 260 ++++++++++++++++--
 .../isolation/specs/vacuum-skip-locked.spec   |  41 +--
 src/test/regress/expected/rules.out           |  24 ++
 10 files changed, 601 insertions(+), 56 deletions(-)

diff --git a/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml b/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml
index 08d5b824552..a9b579d87a9 100644
--- a/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml
+++ b/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml
@@ -4387,6 +4387,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_vacuum</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time a manual vacuum on this table was attempted but skipped due to
+       lock unavailability (not counting <command>VACUUM FULL</command>)
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>last_autovacuum</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
@@ -4397,6 +4407,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_autovacuum</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time a vacuum on this table by the autovacuum daemon was attempted
+       but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>last_analyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
@@ -4406,6 +4426,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_analyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time a manual analyze on this table was attempted but skipped due to
+       lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>last_autoanalyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
@@ -4416,6 +4446,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_autoanalyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time at which an analyze on this table by the autovacuum was
+       attempted but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>vacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4426,6 +4466,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_vacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times manual vacuums on this table have been attempted but skipped
+       due to lock unavailability (not counting <command>VACUUM FULL</command>)
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>autovacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4436,6 +4486,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_autovacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times vacuums on this table by the autovacuum daemon have been
+       attempted but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>analyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4445,6 +4505,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_analyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times manual analyzes on this table have been attempted but
+       skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>autoanalyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4455,6 +4525,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_autoanalyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times analyzes on this table by the autovacuum daemon have
+       been attempted but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>total_vacuum_time</structfield> <type>double precision</type>
@@ -4510,6 +4590,14 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
    </tgroup>
   </table>
 
+  <note>
+   <para>
+    When a manual vacuum or analyze on a parent table in an inheritance or
+    partitioning hierarchy is skipped, the statistics are recorded only for
+    the parent table, not for its children.
+   </para>
+  </note>
+
  </sect2>
 
  <sect2 id="monitoring-pg-stat-autovacuum-scores-view">
diff --git a/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql b/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql
index 73a1c1c4670..f509fc7876b 100644
--- a/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql
+++ b/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql
@@ -736,13 +736,21 @@ CREATE VIEW pg_stat_all_tables AS
             pg_stat_get_mod_since_analyze(C.oid) AS n_mod_since_analyze,
             pg_stat_get_ins_since_vacuum(C.oid) AS n_ins_since_vacuum,
             pg_stat_get_last_vacuum_time(C.oid) as last_vacuum,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_vacuum,
             pg_stat_get_last_autovacuum_time(C.oid) as last_autovacuum,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_autovacuum,
             pg_stat_get_last_analyze_time(C.oid) as last_analyze,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_analyze,
             pg_stat_get_last_autoanalyze_time(C.oid) as last_autoanalyze,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_autoanalyze,
             pg_stat_get_vacuum_count(C.oid) AS vacuum_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count(C.oid) AS skipped_vacuum_count,
             pg_stat_get_autovacuum_count(C.oid) AS autovacuum_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count(C.oid) AS skipped_autovacuum_count,
             pg_stat_get_analyze_count(C.oid) AS analyze_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count(C.oid) AS skipped_analyze_count,
             pg_stat_get_autoanalyze_count(C.oid) AS autoanalyze_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count(C.oid) AS skipped_autoanalyze_count,
             pg_stat_get_total_vacuum_time(C.oid) AS total_vacuum_time,
             pg_stat_get_total_autovacuum_time(C.oid) AS total_autovacuum_time,
             pg_stat_get_total_analyze_time(C.oid) AS total_analyze_time,
diff --git a/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c b/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c
index 99d0db82ed7..df6526225e4 100644
--- a/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c
+++ b/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c
@@ -793,8 +793,25 @@ vacuum_open_relation(Oid relid, RangeVar *relation, uint32 options,
 		rel = try_relation_open(relid, NoLock);
 	else
 	{
+		int flags = 0;
 		rel = NULL;
 		rel_lock = false;
+
+		if ((options & VACOPT_VACUUM) != 0 && (options & VACOPT_FULL) == 0)
+		{
+			if (AmAutoVacuumWorkerProcess())
+				flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOVACUUM;
+			else
+				flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM;
+		}
+		if ((options & VACOPT_ANALYZE) != 0)
+		{
+			if (AmAutoVacuumWorkerProcess())
+				flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOANALYZE;
+			else
+				flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE;
+		}
+		pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(relid, flags);
 	}
 
 	/* if relation is opened, leave */
@@ -905,7 +922,6 @@ expand_vacuum_rel(VacuumRelation *vrel, MemoryContext vac_context,
 		Form_pg_class classForm;
 		bool		include_children;
 		bool		is_partitioned_table;
-		int			rvr_opts;
 
 		/*
 		 * Since autovacuum workers supply OIDs when calling vacuum(), no
@@ -918,29 +934,69 @@ expand_vacuum_rel(VacuumRelation *vrel, MemoryContext vac_context,
 		 * below, as well as find_all_inheritors's expectation that the caller
 		 * holds some lock on the starting relation.
 		 */
-		rvr_opts = (options & VACOPT_SKIP_LOCKED) ? RVR_SKIP_LOCKED : 0;
-		relid = RangeVarGetRelidExtended(vrel->relation,
-										 AccessShareLock,
-										 rvr_opts,
-										 NULL, NULL);
-
-		/*
-		 * If the lock is unavailable, emit the same log statement that
-		 * vacuum_rel() and analyze_rel() would.
-		 */
-		if (!OidIsValid(relid))
+		if (!(options & VACOPT_SKIP_LOCKED))
 		{
-			if (options & VACOPT_VACUUM)
-				ereport(WARNING,
-						(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
-						 errmsg("skipping vacuum of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
-								vrel->relation->relname)));
-			else
-				ereport(WARNING,
-						(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
-						 errmsg("skipping analyze of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
+			relid = RangeVarGetRelidExtended(vrel->relation,
+											 AccessShareLock,
+											 0, NULL, NULL);
+			if (!OidIsValid(relid))
+				return vacrels;
+		}
+		else
+		{
+			/* Get relid for reporting before taking a lock */
+			relid = RangeVarGetRelid(vrel->relation, NoLock, false);
+
+			if (!ConditionalLockRelationOid(relid, AccessShareLock))
+			{
+				int	flags = 0;
+				/*
+				 * If the lock is unavailable, emit the same log statement that
+				 * vacuum_rel() and analyze_rel() would.
+				 */
+				if (options & VACOPT_VACUUM)
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping vacuum of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
 								vrel->relation->relname)));
-			return vacrels;
+				else
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping analyze of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
+									vrel->relation->relname)));
+
+				if ((options & VACOPT_VACUUM) != 0 && (options & VACOPT_FULL) == 0)
+					flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM;
+				if ((options & VACOPT_ANALYZE) != 0)
+					flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE;
+
+				pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(relid, flags);
+
+				return vacrels;
+			}
+
+			/*
+			 * Now that we have the lock, probe to see if the relation really
+			 * exists or not.
+			 */
+			if (!SearchSysCacheExists1(RELOID, ObjectIdGetDatum(relid)))
+			{
+				if (options & VACOPT_VACUUM)
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_UNDEFINED_TABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping vacuum of \"%s\" --- relation no longer exists",
+									vrel->relation->relname)));
+				else
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_UNDEFINED_TABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping analyze of \"%s\" --- relation no longer exists",
+									vrel->relation->relname)));
+
+				/* Release useless lock */
+				UnlockRelationOid(relid, AccessShareLock);
+
+				return vacrels;
+			}
 		}
 
 		/*
diff --git a/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c b/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c
index b2ca28f83ba..532d9023f8c 100644
--- a/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c
+++ b/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c
@@ -17,12 +17,14 @@
 
 #include "postgres.h"
 
+#include "access/htup_details.h"
 #include "access/twophase_rmgr.h"
 #include "access/xact.h"
 #include "catalog/catalog.h"
 #include "utils/memutils.h"
 #include "utils/pgstat_internal.h"
 #include "utils/rel.h"
+#include "utils/syscache.h"
 #include "utils/timestamp.h"
 
 
@@ -367,6 +369,68 @@ pgstat_report_analyze(Relation rel,
 	(void) pgstat_flush_backend(false, PGSTAT_BACKEND_FLUSH_IO);
 }
 
+/*
+ * Report that the table was skipped during vacuum or/and analyze.
+ */
+void
+pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(Oid relid, int flags)
+{
+	PgStat_EntryRef *entry_ref;
+	PgStatShared_Relation *shtabentry;
+	PgStat_StatTabEntry *tabentry;
+	TimestampTz ts;
+	HeapTuple	classTup;
+	bool		isshared;
+
+	if (!pgstat_track_counts || !flags)
+		return;
+
+	classTup = SearchSysCache1(RELOID, ObjectIdGetDatum(relid));
+	if (!HeapTupleIsValid(classTup))
+		return;			/* somebody deleted the rel, forget it */
+	isshared = ((Form_pg_class) GETSTRUCT(classTup))->relisshared;
+	ReleaseSysCache(classTup);
+
+	/* Store the data in the table's hash table entry. */
+	ts = GetCurrentTimestamp();
+
+	/* block acquiring lock for the same reason as pgstat_report_autovac() */
+	entry_ref = pgstat_get_entry_ref_locked(PGSTAT_KIND_RELATION,
+											isshared ? InvalidOid : MyDatabaseId,
+											relid, false);
+
+	shtabentry = (PgStatShared_Relation *) entry_ref->shared_stats;
+	tabentry = &shtabentry->stats;
+
+	if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM)
+	{
+		tabentry->last_skipped_vacuum_time = ts;
+		tabentry->skipped_vacuum_count++;
+	}
+	else if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOVACUUM)
+	{
+		tabentry->last_skipped_autovacuum_time = ts;
+		tabentry->skipped_autovacuum_count++;
+	}
+
+	if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE)
+	{
+		tabentry->last_skipped_analyze_time = ts;
+		tabentry->skipped_analyze_count++;
+	}
+	else if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOANALYZE)
+	{
+		tabentry->last_skipped_autoanalyze_time = ts;
+		tabentry->skipped_autoanalyze_count++;
+	}
+
+	pgstat_unlock_entry(entry_ref);
+
+	/* see pgstat_report_vacuum() */
+	pgstat_flush_io(false);
+	(void) pgstat_flush_backend(false, PGSTAT_BACKEND_FLUSH_IO);
+}
+
 /*
  * count a tuple insertion of n tuples
  */
diff --git a/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c b/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c
index 1408de387ea..90a8968faa0 100644
--- a/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c
+++ b/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c
@@ -84,6 +84,18 @@ PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(mod_since_analyze)
 /* pg_stat_get_numscans */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(numscans)
 
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_analyze_count)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_autoanalyze_count)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_autovacuum_count)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_vacuum_count)
+
 /* pg_stat_get_tuples_deleted */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(tuples_deleted)
 
@@ -170,6 +182,18 @@ PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_vacuum_time)
 /* pg_stat_get_lastscan */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(lastscan)
 
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_analyze_time)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_autoanalyze_time)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_autovacuum_time)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_vacuum_time)
+
 /* pg_stat_get_stat_reset_time */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(stat_reset_time)
 
diff --git a/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat b/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat
index fa9ae79082b..32debb34863 100644
--- a/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat
+++ b/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat
@@ -5680,6 +5680,38 @@
   proargmodes => '{o,o,o,o,o,o,o,o,o,o}',
   proargnames => '{oid,score,xid_score,mxid_score,vacuum_score,vacuum_insert_score,analyze_score,do_vacuum,do_analyze,for_wraparound}',
   prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_autovacuum_scores' },
+{ oid => '8142', descr => 'statistics: last skipped vacuum time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time' },
+{ oid => '8143', descr => 'statistics: last skipped auto vacuum time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time' },
+{ oid => '8144', descr => 'statistics: last skipped analyze time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time' },
+{ oid => '8145', descr => 'statistics: last skipped auto analyze time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time' },
+{ oid => '8146', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped vacuum for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count' },
+{ oid => '8147', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped auto vacuum for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count' },
+{ oid => '8148', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped analyzes for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count' },
+{ oid => '8149', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped auto analyzes for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count' },
 { oid => '1936', descr => 'statistics: currently active backend IDs',
   proname => 'pg_stat_get_backend_idset', prorows => '100', proretset => 't',
   provolatile => 's', proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int4',
diff --git a/src/include/pgstat.h b/src/include/pgstat.h
index dfa2e837638..98941f953d1 100644
--- a/src/include/pgstat.h
+++ b/src/include/pgstat.h
@@ -479,6 +479,15 @@ typedef struct PgStat_StatTabEntry
 	TimestampTz last_autoanalyze_time;	/* autovacuum initiated */
 	PgStat_Counter autoanalyze_count;
 
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_vacuum_time;	/* user initiated vacuum */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_vacuum_count;
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_autovacuum_time;	/* autovacuum initiated */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_autovacuum_count;
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_analyze_time;	/* user initiated */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_analyze_count;
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_autoanalyze_time;	/* autovacuum initiated */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_autoanalyze_count;
+
 	PgStat_Counter total_vacuum_time;	/* times in milliseconds */
 	PgStat_Counter total_autovacuum_time;
 	PgStat_Counter total_analyze_time;
@@ -703,6 +712,13 @@ extern void pgstat_report_analyze(Relation rel,
 								  PgStat_Counter livetuples, PgStat_Counter deadtuples,
 								  bool resetcounter, TimestampTz starttime);
 
+/* flags for pgstat_flush_backend() */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM		(1 << 0)	/* vacuum is skipped */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE		(1 << 1)	/* analyze is skipped */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOVACUUM	(1 << 2)	/* autovacuum is skipped */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOANALYZE	(1 << 3)	/* autoanalyze is skipped */
+extern void pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(Oid relid, int flags);
+
 /*
  * If stats are enabled, but pending data hasn't been prepared yet, call
  * pgstat_assoc_relation() to do so. See its comment for why this is done
diff --git a/src/test/isolation/expected/vacuum-skip-locked.out b/src/test/isolation/expected/vacuum-skip-locked.out
index 99db281a159..e2cff175b7c 100644
--- a/src/test/isolation/expected/vacuum-skip-locked.out
+++ b/src/test/isolation/expected/vacuum-skip-locked.out
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 Parsed test spec with 2 sessions
 
-starting permutation: lock_share vac_specified commit
+starting permutation: lock_share vac_specified commit check_stat
 step lock_share: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN SHARE MODE;
@@ -10,8 +10,22 @@ step vac_specified: VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED) part1, part2;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
 
-starting permutation: lock_share vac_all_parts commit
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   1|            0|                    0
+part2  |           1|                   0|            0|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
+
+starting permutation: lock_share vac_all_parts commit check_stat
 step lock_share: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN SHARE MODE;
@@ -20,8 +34,22 @@ step vac_all_parts: VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED) parted;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   1|            0|                    0
+part2  |           1|                   0|            0|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
 
-starting permutation: lock_share analyze_specified commit
+starting permutation: lock_share analyze_specified commit check_stat
 step lock_share: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN SHARE MODE;
@@ -31,8 +59,22 @@ step analyze_specified: ANALYZE (SKIP_LOCKED) part1, part2;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
 
-starting permutation: lock_share analyze_all_parts commit
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   0|            0|                    1
+part2  |           0|                   0|            1|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
+
+starting permutation: lock_share analyze_all_parts commit check_stat
 step lock_share: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN SHARE MODE;
@@ -41,8 +83,22 @@ step analyze_all_parts: ANALYZE (SKIP_LOCKED) parted;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            1|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   0|            0|                    1
+part2  |           0|                   0|            1|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
 
-starting permutation: lock_share vac_analyze_specified commit
+starting permutation: lock_share vac_analyze_specified commit check_stat
 step lock_share: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN SHARE MODE;
@@ -52,8 +108,22 @@ step vac_analyze_specified: VACUUM (ANALYZE, SKIP_LOCKED) part1, part2;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
 
-starting permutation: lock_share vac_analyze_all_parts commit
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   1|            0|                    1
+part2  |           1|                   0|            1|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
+
+starting permutation: lock_share vac_analyze_all_parts commit check_stat
 step lock_share: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN SHARE MODE;
@@ -62,8 +132,22 @@ step vac_analyze_all_parts: VACUUM (ANALYZE, SKIP_LOCKED) parted;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            1|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   1|            0|                    1
+part2  |           1|                   0|            1|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
 
-starting permutation: lock_share vac_full_specified commit
+starting permutation: lock_share vac_full_specified commit check_stat
 step lock_share: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN SHARE MODE;
@@ -73,8 +157,22 @@ step vac_full_specified: VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED, FULL) part1, part2;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
 
-starting permutation: lock_share vac_full_all_parts commit
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part2  |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
+
+starting permutation: lock_share vac_full_all_parts commit check_stat
 step lock_share: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN SHARE MODE;
@@ -83,8 +181,22 @@ step vac_full_all_parts: VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED, FULL) parted;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part2  |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+(3 rows)
 
-starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_specified commit
+
+starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_specified commit check_stat
 step lock_access_exclusive: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN ACCESS EXCLUSIVE MODE;
@@ -94,8 +206,22 @@ step vac_specified: VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED) part1, part2;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   1|            0|                    0
+part2  |           1|                   0|            0|                    0
+(3 rows)
 
-starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_all_parts commit
+
+starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_all_parts commit check_stat
 step lock_access_exclusive: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN ACCESS EXCLUSIVE MODE;
@@ -104,8 +230,22 @@ step vac_all_parts: VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED) parted;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   1|            0|                    0
+part2  |           1|                   0|            0|                    0
+(3 rows)
 
-starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive analyze_specified commit
+
+starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive analyze_specified commit check_stat
 step lock_access_exclusive: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN ACCESS EXCLUSIVE MODE;
@@ -115,8 +255,22 @@ step analyze_specified: ANALYZE (SKIP_LOCKED) part1, part2;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   0|            0|                    1
+part2  |           0|                   0|            1|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
 
-starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive analyze_all_parts commit
+starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive analyze_all_parts commit check_stat
 step lock_access_exclusive: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN ACCESS EXCLUSIVE MODE;
@@ -126,8 +280,22 @@ step commit:
 	COMMIT;
 
 step analyze_all_parts: <... completed>
-
-starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_analyze_specified commit
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            1|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   0|            1|                    0
+part2  |           0|                   0|            1|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
+
+starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_analyze_specified commit check_stat
 step lock_access_exclusive: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN ACCESS EXCLUSIVE MODE;
@@ -137,8 +305,22 @@ step vac_analyze_specified: VACUUM (ANALYZE, SKIP_LOCKED) part1, part2;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   1|            0|                    1
+part2  |           1|                   0|            1|                    0
+(3 rows)
 
-starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_analyze_all_parts commit
+
+starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_analyze_all_parts commit check_stat
 step lock_access_exclusive: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN ACCESS EXCLUSIVE MODE;
@@ -148,8 +330,22 @@ step commit:
 	COMMIT;
 
 step vac_analyze_all_parts: <... completed>
-
-starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_full_specified commit
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            1|                    0
+part1  |           1|                   0|            1|                    0
+part2  |           1|                   0|            1|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
+
+starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_full_specified commit check_stat
 step lock_access_exclusive: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN ACCESS EXCLUSIVE MODE;
@@ -159,8 +355,22 @@ step vac_full_specified: VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED, FULL) part1, part2;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
 
-starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_full_all_parts commit
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part2  |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
+
+starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_full_all_parts commit check_stat
 step lock_access_exclusive: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN ACCESS EXCLUSIVE MODE;
@@ -169,3 +379,17 @@ step vac_full_all_parts: VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED, FULL) parted;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part2  |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
diff --git a/src/test/isolation/specs/vacuum-skip-locked.spec b/src/test/isolation/specs/vacuum-skip-locked.spec
index 3fad6e1c92a..b0da75d4b6d 100644
--- a/src/test/isolation/specs/vacuum-skip-locked.spec
+++ b/src/test/isolation/specs/vacuum-skip-locked.spec
@@ -33,6 +33,15 @@ step commit
 	COMMIT;
 }
 
+step check_stat
+{
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+}
+
 session s2
 step vac_specified			{ VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED) part1, part2; }
 step vac_all_parts			{ VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED) parted; }
@@ -43,19 +52,19 @@ step vac_analyze_all_parts	{ VACUUM (ANALYZE, SKIP_LOCKED) parted; }
 step vac_full_specified		{ VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED, FULL) part1, part2; }
 step vac_full_all_parts		{ VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED, FULL) parted; }
 
-permutation lock_share vac_specified commit
-permutation lock_share vac_all_parts commit
-permutation lock_share analyze_specified commit
-permutation lock_share analyze_all_parts commit
-permutation lock_share vac_analyze_specified commit
-permutation lock_share vac_analyze_all_parts commit
-permutation lock_share vac_full_specified commit
-permutation lock_share vac_full_all_parts commit
-permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_specified commit
-permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_all_parts commit
-permutation lock_access_exclusive analyze_specified commit
-permutation lock_access_exclusive analyze_all_parts commit
-permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_analyze_specified commit
-permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_analyze_all_parts commit
-permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_full_specified commit
-permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_full_all_parts commit
+permutation lock_share vac_specified commit check_stat
+permutation lock_share vac_all_parts commit check_stat
+permutation lock_share analyze_specified commit check_stat
+permutation lock_share analyze_all_parts commit check_stat
+permutation lock_share vac_analyze_specified commit check_stat
+permutation lock_share vac_analyze_all_parts commit check_stat
+permutation lock_share vac_full_specified commit check_stat
+permutation lock_share vac_full_all_parts commit check_stat
+permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_specified commit check_stat
+permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_all_parts commit check_stat
+permutation lock_access_exclusive analyze_specified commit check_stat
+permutation lock_access_exclusive analyze_all_parts commit check_stat
+permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_analyze_specified commit check_stat
+permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_analyze_all_parts commit check_stat
+permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_full_specified commit check_stat
+permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_full_all_parts commit check_stat
diff --git a/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out b/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out
index a65a5bf0c4f..9b2075d3373 100644
--- a/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out
+++ b/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out
@@ -1835,13 +1835,21 @@ pg_stat_all_tables| SELECT c.oid AS relid,
     pg_stat_get_mod_since_analyze(c.oid) AS n_mod_since_analyze,
     pg_stat_get_ins_since_vacuum(c.oid) AS n_ins_since_vacuum,
     pg_stat_get_last_vacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_vacuum,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_vacuum,
     pg_stat_get_last_autovacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_autovacuum,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_autovacuum,
     pg_stat_get_last_analyze_time(c.oid) AS last_analyze,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_analyze,
     pg_stat_get_last_autoanalyze_time(c.oid) AS last_autoanalyze,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_autoanalyze,
     pg_stat_get_vacuum_count(c.oid) AS vacuum_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count(c.oid) AS skipped_vacuum_count,
     pg_stat_get_autovacuum_count(c.oid) AS autovacuum_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count(c.oid) AS skipped_autovacuum_count,
     pg_stat_get_analyze_count(c.oid) AS analyze_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count(c.oid) AS skipped_analyze_count,
     pg_stat_get_autoanalyze_count(c.oid) AS autoanalyze_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count(c.oid) AS skipped_autoanalyze_count,
     pg_stat_get_total_vacuum_time(c.oid) AS total_vacuum_time,
     pg_stat_get_total_autovacuum_time(c.oid) AS total_autovacuum_time,
     pg_stat_get_total_analyze_time(c.oid) AS total_analyze_time,
@@ -2346,13 +2354,21 @@ pg_stat_sys_tables| SELECT relid,
     n_mod_since_analyze,
     n_ins_since_vacuum,
     last_vacuum,
+    last_skipped_vacuum,
     last_autovacuum,
+    last_skipped_autovacuum,
     last_analyze,
+    last_skipped_analyze,
     last_autoanalyze,
+    last_skipped_autoanalyze,
     vacuum_count,
+    skipped_vacuum_count,
     autovacuum_count,
+    skipped_autovacuum_count,
     analyze_count,
+    skipped_analyze_count,
     autoanalyze_count,
+    skipped_autoanalyze_count,
     total_vacuum_time,
     total_autovacuum_time,
     total_analyze_time,
@@ -2401,13 +2417,21 @@ pg_stat_user_tables| SELECT relid,
     n_mod_since_analyze,
     n_ins_since_vacuum,
     last_vacuum,
+    last_skipped_vacuum,
     last_autovacuum,
+    last_skipped_autovacuum,
     last_analyze,
+    last_skipped_analyze,
     last_autoanalyze,
+    last_skipped_autoanalyze,
     vacuum_count,
+    skipped_vacuum_count,
     autovacuum_count,
+    skipped_autovacuum_count,
     analyze_count,
+    skipped_analyze_count,
     autoanalyze_count,
+    skipped_autoanalyze_count,
     total_vacuum_time,
     total_autovacuum_time,
     total_analyze_time,
-- 
2.43.0


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* [PATCH v5] Track skipped vacuum and analyze activity per relation
@ 2026-03-24 04:09 Yugo Nagata <[email protected]>
  0 siblings, 0 replies; 374+ messages in thread

From: Yugo Nagata @ 2026-03-24 04:09 UTC (permalink / raw)

This commit adds eight fields to the relation statistics that track
the last time vacuum or analyze has been attempted but skipped due to
lock unavailability, along with their counts:

-    last_skipped_vacuum
-    last_skipped_autovacuum
-    last_skipped_analyze
-    last_skipped_autoanalyze
-    skipped_vacuum_count
-    skipped_autovacuum_count
-    skipped_analyze_count
-    skipped_autoanalyze_count

These field can help users confirm that autovacuum is actively attempting
to run on a table that has not been vacuumed or analyzed for a long time,
and that the lack of progress is due to repeated skips rather than inactivity.
---
 doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml                  |  88 ++++++
 src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql          |   8 +
 src/backend/commands/vacuum.c                 | 100 +++++--
 src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c  |  64 +++++
 src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c           |  24 ++
 src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat               |  32 +++
 src/include/pgstat.h                          |  16 ++
 .../isolation/expected/vacuum-skip-locked.out | 260 ++++++++++++++++--
 .../isolation/specs/vacuum-skip-locked.spec   |  41 +--
 src/test/regress/expected/rules.out           |  24 ++
 10 files changed, 601 insertions(+), 56 deletions(-)

diff --git a/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml b/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml
index 08d5b824552..a9b579d87a9 100644
--- a/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml
+++ b/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml
@@ -4387,6 +4387,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_vacuum</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time a manual vacuum on this table was attempted but skipped due to
+       lock unavailability (not counting <command>VACUUM FULL</command>)
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>last_autovacuum</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
@@ -4397,6 +4407,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_autovacuum</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time a vacuum on this table by the autovacuum daemon was attempted
+       but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>last_analyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
@@ -4406,6 +4426,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_analyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time a manual analyze on this table was attempted but skipped due to
+       lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>last_autoanalyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
@@ -4416,6 +4446,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_autoanalyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time at which an analyze on this table by the autovacuum was
+       attempted but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>vacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4426,6 +4466,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_vacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times manual vacuums on this table have been attempted but skipped
+       due to lock unavailability (not counting <command>VACUUM FULL</command>)
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>autovacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4436,6 +4486,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_autovacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times vacuums on this table by the autovacuum daemon have been
+       attempted but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>analyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4445,6 +4505,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_analyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times manual analyzes on this table have been attempted but
+       skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>autoanalyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4455,6 +4525,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_autoanalyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times analyzes on this table by the autovacuum daemon have
+       been attempted but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>total_vacuum_time</structfield> <type>double precision</type>
@@ -4510,6 +4590,14 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
    </tgroup>
   </table>
 
+  <note>
+   <para>
+    When a manual vacuum or analyze on a parent table in an inheritance or
+    partitioning hierarchy is skipped, the statistics are recorded only for
+    the parent table, not for its children.
+   </para>
+  </note>
+
  </sect2>
 
  <sect2 id="monitoring-pg-stat-autovacuum-scores-view">
diff --git a/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql b/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql
index 73a1c1c4670..f509fc7876b 100644
--- a/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql
+++ b/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql
@@ -736,13 +736,21 @@ CREATE VIEW pg_stat_all_tables AS
             pg_stat_get_mod_since_analyze(C.oid) AS n_mod_since_analyze,
             pg_stat_get_ins_since_vacuum(C.oid) AS n_ins_since_vacuum,
             pg_stat_get_last_vacuum_time(C.oid) as last_vacuum,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_vacuum,
             pg_stat_get_last_autovacuum_time(C.oid) as last_autovacuum,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_autovacuum,
             pg_stat_get_last_analyze_time(C.oid) as last_analyze,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_analyze,
             pg_stat_get_last_autoanalyze_time(C.oid) as last_autoanalyze,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_autoanalyze,
             pg_stat_get_vacuum_count(C.oid) AS vacuum_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count(C.oid) AS skipped_vacuum_count,
             pg_stat_get_autovacuum_count(C.oid) AS autovacuum_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count(C.oid) AS skipped_autovacuum_count,
             pg_stat_get_analyze_count(C.oid) AS analyze_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count(C.oid) AS skipped_analyze_count,
             pg_stat_get_autoanalyze_count(C.oid) AS autoanalyze_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count(C.oid) AS skipped_autoanalyze_count,
             pg_stat_get_total_vacuum_time(C.oid) AS total_vacuum_time,
             pg_stat_get_total_autovacuum_time(C.oid) AS total_autovacuum_time,
             pg_stat_get_total_analyze_time(C.oid) AS total_analyze_time,
diff --git a/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c b/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c
index 99d0db82ed7..df6526225e4 100644
--- a/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c
+++ b/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c
@@ -793,8 +793,25 @@ vacuum_open_relation(Oid relid, RangeVar *relation, uint32 options,
 		rel = try_relation_open(relid, NoLock);
 	else
 	{
+		int flags = 0;
 		rel = NULL;
 		rel_lock = false;
+
+		if ((options & VACOPT_VACUUM) != 0 && (options & VACOPT_FULL) == 0)
+		{
+			if (AmAutoVacuumWorkerProcess())
+				flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOVACUUM;
+			else
+				flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM;
+		}
+		if ((options & VACOPT_ANALYZE) != 0)
+		{
+			if (AmAutoVacuumWorkerProcess())
+				flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOANALYZE;
+			else
+				flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE;
+		}
+		pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(relid, flags);
 	}
 
 	/* if relation is opened, leave */
@@ -905,7 +922,6 @@ expand_vacuum_rel(VacuumRelation *vrel, MemoryContext vac_context,
 		Form_pg_class classForm;
 		bool		include_children;
 		bool		is_partitioned_table;
-		int			rvr_opts;
 
 		/*
 		 * Since autovacuum workers supply OIDs when calling vacuum(), no
@@ -918,29 +934,69 @@ expand_vacuum_rel(VacuumRelation *vrel, MemoryContext vac_context,
 		 * below, as well as find_all_inheritors's expectation that the caller
 		 * holds some lock on the starting relation.
 		 */
-		rvr_opts = (options & VACOPT_SKIP_LOCKED) ? RVR_SKIP_LOCKED : 0;
-		relid = RangeVarGetRelidExtended(vrel->relation,
-										 AccessShareLock,
-										 rvr_opts,
-										 NULL, NULL);
-
-		/*
-		 * If the lock is unavailable, emit the same log statement that
-		 * vacuum_rel() and analyze_rel() would.
-		 */
-		if (!OidIsValid(relid))
+		if (!(options & VACOPT_SKIP_LOCKED))
 		{
-			if (options & VACOPT_VACUUM)
-				ereport(WARNING,
-						(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
-						 errmsg("skipping vacuum of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
-								vrel->relation->relname)));
-			else
-				ereport(WARNING,
-						(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
-						 errmsg("skipping analyze of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
+			relid = RangeVarGetRelidExtended(vrel->relation,
+											 AccessShareLock,
+											 0, NULL, NULL);
+			if (!OidIsValid(relid))
+				return vacrels;
+		}
+		else
+		{
+			/* Get relid for reporting before taking a lock */
+			relid = RangeVarGetRelid(vrel->relation, NoLock, false);
+
+			if (!ConditionalLockRelationOid(relid, AccessShareLock))
+			{
+				int	flags = 0;
+				/*
+				 * If the lock is unavailable, emit the same log statement that
+				 * vacuum_rel() and analyze_rel() would.
+				 */
+				if (options & VACOPT_VACUUM)
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping vacuum of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
 								vrel->relation->relname)));
-			return vacrels;
+				else
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping analyze of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
+									vrel->relation->relname)));
+
+				if ((options & VACOPT_VACUUM) != 0 && (options & VACOPT_FULL) == 0)
+					flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM;
+				if ((options & VACOPT_ANALYZE) != 0)
+					flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE;
+
+				pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(relid, flags);
+
+				return vacrels;
+			}
+
+			/*
+			 * Now that we have the lock, probe to see if the relation really
+			 * exists or not.
+			 */
+			if (!SearchSysCacheExists1(RELOID, ObjectIdGetDatum(relid)))
+			{
+				if (options & VACOPT_VACUUM)
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_UNDEFINED_TABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping vacuum of \"%s\" --- relation no longer exists",
+									vrel->relation->relname)));
+				else
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_UNDEFINED_TABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping analyze of \"%s\" --- relation no longer exists",
+									vrel->relation->relname)));
+
+				/* Release useless lock */
+				UnlockRelationOid(relid, AccessShareLock);
+
+				return vacrels;
+			}
 		}
 
 		/*
diff --git a/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c b/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c
index b2ca28f83ba..532d9023f8c 100644
--- a/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c
+++ b/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c
@@ -17,12 +17,14 @@
 
 #include "postgres.h"
 
+#include "access/htup_details.h"
 #include "access/twophase_rmgr.h"
 #include "access/xact.h"
 #include "catalog/catalog.h"
 #include "utils/memutils.h"
 #include "utils/pgstat_internal.h"
 #include "utils/rel.h"
+#include "utils/syscache.h"
 #include "utils/timestamp.h"
 
 
@@ -367,6 +369,68 @@ pgstat_report_analyze(Relation rel,
 	(void) pgstat_flush_backend(false, PGSTAT_BACKEND_FLUSH_IO);
 }
 
+/*
+ * Report that the table was skipped during vacuum or/and analyze.
+ */
+void
+pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(Oid relid, int flags)
+{
+	PgStat_EntryRef *entry_ref;
+	PgStatShared_Relation *shtabentry;
+	PgStat_StatTabEntry *tabentry;
+	TimestampTz ts;
+	HeapTuple	classTup;
+	bool		isshared;
+
+	if (!pgstat_track_counts || !flags)
+		return;
+
+	classTup = SearchSysCache1(RELOID, ObjectIdGetDatum(relid));
+	if (!HeapTupleIsValid(classTup))
+		return;			/* somebody deleted the rel, forget it */
+	isshared = ((Form_pg_class) GETSTRUCT(classTup))->relisshared;
+	ReleaseSysCache(classTup);
+
+	/* Store the data in the table's hash table entry. */
+	ts = GetCurrentTimestamp();
+
+	/* block acquiring lock for the same reason as pgstat_report_autovac() */
+	entry_ref = pgstat_get_entry_ref_locked(PGSTAT_KIND_RELATION,
+											isshared ? InvalidOid : MyDatabaseId,
+											relid, false);
+
+	shtabentry = (PgStatShared_Relation *) entry_ref->shared_stats;
+	tabentry = &shtabentry->stats;
+
+	if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM)
+	{
+		tabentry->last_skipped_vacuum_time = ts;
+		tabentry->skipped_vacuum_count++;
+	}
+	else if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOVACUUM)
+	{
+		tabentry->last_skipped_autovacuum_time = ts;
+		tabentry->skipped_autovacuum_count++;
+	}
+
+	if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE)
+	{
+		tabentry->last_skipped_analyze_time = ts;
+		tabentry->skipped_analyze_count++;
+	}
+	else if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOANALYZE)
+	{
+		tabentry->last_skipped_autoanalyze_time = ts;
+		tabentry->skipped_autoanalyze_count++;
+	}
+
+	pgstat_unlock_entry(entry_ref);
+
+	/* see pgstat_report_vacuum() */
+	pgstat_flush_io(false);
+	(void) pgstat_flush_backend(false, PGSTAT_BACKEND_FLUSH_IO);
+}
+
 /*
  * count a tuple insertion of n tuples
  */
diff --git a/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c b/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c
index 1408de387ea..90a8968faa0 100644
--- a/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c
+++ b/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c
@@ -84,6 +84,18 @@ PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(mod_since_analyze)
 /* pg_stat_get_numscans */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(numscans)
 
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_analyze_count)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_autoanalyze_count)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_autovacuum_count)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_vacuum_count)
+
 /* pg_stat_get_tuples_deleted */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(tuples_deleted)
 
@@ -170,6 +182,18 @@ PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_vacuum_time)
 /* pg_stat_get_lastscan */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(lastscan)
 
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_analyze_time)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_autoanalyze_time)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_autovacuum_time)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_vacuum_time)
+
 /* pg_stat_get_stat_reset_time */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(stat_reset_time)
 
diff --git a/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat b/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat
index fa9ae79082b..32debb34863 100644
--- a/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat
+++ b/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat
@@ -5680,6 +5680,38 @@
   proargmodes => '{o,o,o,o,o,o,o,o,o,o}',
   proargnames => '{oid,score,xid_score,mxid_score,vacuum_score,vacuum_insert_score,analyze_score,do_vacuum,do_analyze,for_wraparound}',
   prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_autovacuum_scores' },
+{ oid => '8142', descr => 'statistics: last skipped vacuum time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time' },
+{ oid => '8143', descr => 'statistics: last skipped auto vacuum time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time' },
+{ oid => '8144', descr => 'statistics: last skipped analyze time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time' },
+{ oid => '8145', descr => 'statistics: last skipped auto analyze time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time' },
+{ oid => '8146', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped vacuum for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count' },
+{ oid => '8147', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped auto vacuum for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count' },
+{ oid => '8148', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped analyzes for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count' },
+{ oid => '8149', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped auto analyzes for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count' },
 { oid => '1936', descr => 'statistics: currently active backend IDs',
   proname => 'pg_stat_get_backend_idset', prorows => '100', proretset => 't',
   provolatile => 's', proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int4',
diff --git a/src/include/pgstat.h b/src/include/pgstat.h
index dfa2e837638..98941f953d1 100644
--- a/src/include/pgstat.h
+++ b/src/include/pgstat.h
@@ -479,6 +479,15 @@ typedef struct PgStat_StatTabEntry
 	TimestampTz last_autoanalyze_time;	/* autovacuum initiated */
 	PgStat_Counter autoanalyze_count;
 
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_vacuum_time;	/* user initiated vacuum */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_vacuum_count;
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_autovacuum_time;	/* autovacuum initiated */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_autovacuum_count;
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_analyze_time;	/* user initiated */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_analyze_count;
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_autoanalyze_time;	/* autovacuum initiated */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_autoanalyze_count;
+
 	PgStat_Counter total_vacuum_time;	/* times in milliseconds */
 	PgStat_Counter total_autovacuum_time;
 	PgStat_Counter total_analyze_time;
@@ -703,6 +712,13 @@ extern void pgstat_report_analyze(Relation rel,
 								  PgStat_Counter livetuples, PgStat_Counter deadtuples,
 								  bool resetcounter, TimestampTz starttime);
 
+/* flags for pgstat_flush_backend() */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM		(1 << 0)	/* vacuum is skipped */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE		(1 << 1)	/* analyze is skipped */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOVACUUM	(1 << 2)	/* autovacuum is skipped */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOANALYZE	(1 << 3)	/* autoanalyze is skipped */
+extern void pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(Oid relid, int flags);
+
 /*
  * If stats are enabled, but pending data hasn't been prepared yet, call
  * pgstat_assoc_relation() to do so. See its comment for why this is done
diff --git a/src/test/isolation/expected/vacuum-skip-locked.out b/src/test/isolation/expected/vacuum-skip-locked.out
index 99db281a159..e2cff175b7c 100644
--- a/src/test/isolation/expected/vacuum-skip-locked.out
+++ b/src/test/isolation/expected/vacuum-skip-locked.out
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 Parsed test spec with 2 sessions
 
-starting permutation: lock_share vac_specified commit
+starting permutation: lock_share vac_specified commit check_stat
 step lock_share: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN SHARE MODE;
@@ -10,8 +10,22 @@ step vac_specified: VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED) part1, part2;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
 
-starting permutation: lock_share vac_all_parts commit
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   1|            0|                    0
+part2  |           1|                   0|            0|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
+
+starting permutation: lock_share vac_all_parts commit check_stat
 step lock_share: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN SHARE MODE;
@@ -20,8 +34,22 @@ step vac_all_parts: VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED) parted;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   1|            0|                    0
+part2  |           1|                   0|            0|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
 
-starting permutation: lock_share analyze_specified commit
+starting permutation: lock_share analyze_specified commit check_stat
 step lock_share: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN SHARE MODE;
@@ -31,8 +59,22 @@ step analyze_specified: ANALYZE (SKIP_LOCKED) part1, part2;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
 
-starting permutation: lock_share analyze_all_parts commit
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   0|            0|                    1
+part2  |           0|                   0|            1|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
+
+starting permutation: lock_share analyze_all_parts commit check_stat
 step lock_share: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN SHARE MODE;
@@ -41,8 +83,22 @@ step analyze_all_parts: ANALYZE (SKIP_LOCKED) parted;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            1|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   0|            0|                    1
+part2  |           0|                   0|            1|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
 
-starting permutation: lock_share vac_analyze_specified commit
+starting permutation: lock_share vac_analyze_specified commit check_stat
 step lock_share: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN SHARE MODE;
@@ -52,8 +108,22 @@ step vac_analyze_specified: VACUUM (ANALYZE, SKIP_LOCKED) part1, part2;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
 
-starting permutation: lock_share vac_analyze_all_parts commit
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   1|            0|                    1
+part2  |           1|                   0|            1|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
+
+starting permutation: lock_share vac_analyze_all_parts commit check_stat
 step lock_share: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN SHARE MODE;
@@ -62,8 +132,22 @@ step vac_analyze_all_parts: VACUUM (ANALYZE, SKIP_LOCKED) parted;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            1|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   1|            0|                    1
+part2  |           1|                   0|            1|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
 
-starting permutation: lock_share vac_full_specified commit
+starting permutation: lock_share vac_full_specified commit check_stat
 step lock_share: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN SHARE MODE;
@@ -73,8 +157,22 @@ step vac_full_specified: VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED, FULL) part1, part2;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
 
-starting permutation: lock_share vac_full_all_parts commit
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part2  |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
+
+starting permutation: lock_share vac_full_all_parts commit check_stat
 step lock_share: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN SHARE MODE;
@@ -83,8 +181,22 @@ step vac_full_all_parts: VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED, FULL) parted;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part2  |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+(3 rows)
 
-starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_specified commit
+
+starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_specified commit check_stat
 step lock_access_exclusive: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN ACCESS EXCLUSIVE MODE;
@@ -94,8 +206,22 @@ step vac_specified: VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED) part1, part2;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   1|            0|                    0
+part2  |           1|                   0|            0|                    0
+(3 rows)
 
-starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_all_parts commit
+
+starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_all_parts commit check_stat
 step lock_access_exclusive: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN ACCESS EXCLUSIVE MODE;
@@ -104,8 +230,22 @@ step vac_all_parts: VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED) parted;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   1|            0|                    0
+part2  |           1|                   0|            0|                    0
+(3 rows)
 
-starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive analyze_specified commit
+
+starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive analyze_specified commit check_stat
 step lock_access_exclusive: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN ACCESS EXCLUSIVE MODE;
@@ -115,8 +255,22 @@ step analyze_specified: ANALYZE (SKIP_LOCKED) part1, part2;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   0|            0|                    1
+part2  |           0|                   0|            1|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
 
-starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive analyze_all_parts commit
+starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive analyze_all_parts commit check_stat
 step lock_access_exclusive: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN ACCESS EXCLUSIVE MODE;
@@ -126,8 +280,22 @@ step commit:
 	COMMIT;
 
 step analyze_all_parts: <... completed>
-
-starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_analyze_specified commit
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            1|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   0|            1|                    0
+part2  |           0|                   0|            1|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
+
+starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_analyze_specified commit check_stat
 step lock_access_exclusive: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN ACCESS EXCLUSIVE MODE;
@@ -137,8 +305,22 @@ step vac_analyze_specified: VACUUM (ANALYZE, SKIP_LOCKED) part1, part2;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   1|            0|                    1
+part2  |           1|                   0|            1|                    0
+(3 rows)
 
-starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_analyze_all_parts commit
+
+starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_analyze_all_parts commit check_stat
 step lock_access_exclusive: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN ACCESS EXCLUSIVE MODE;
@@ -148,8 +330,22 @@ step commit:
 	COMMIT;
 
 step vac_analyze_all_parts: <... completed>
-
-starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_full_specified commit
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            1|                    0
+part1  |           1|                   0|            1|                    0
+part2  |           1|                   0|            1|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
+
+starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_full_specified commit check_stat
 step lock_access_exclusive: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN ACCESS EXCLUSIVE MODE;
@@ -159,8 +355,22 @@ step vac_full_specified: VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED, FULL) part1, part2;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
 
-starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_full_all_parts commit
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part2  |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
+
+starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_full_all_parts commit check_stat
 step lock_access_exclusive: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN ACCESS EXCLUSIVE MODE;
@@ -169,3 +379,17 @@ step vac_full_all_parts: VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED, FULL) parted;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part2  |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
diff --git a/src/test/isolation/specs/vacuum-skip-locked.spec b/src/test/isolation/specs/vacuum-skip-locked.spec
index 3fad6e1c92a..b0da75d4b6d 100644
--- a/src/test/isolation/specs/vacuum-skip-locked.spec
+++ b/src/test/isolation/specs/vacuum-skip-locked.spec
@@ -33,6 +33,15 @@ step commit
 	COMMIT;
 }
 
+step check_stat
+{
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+}
+
 session s2
 step vac_specified			{ VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED) part1, part2; }
 step vac_all_parts			{ VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED) parted; }
@@ -43,19 +52,19 @@ step vac_analyze_all_parts	{ VACUUM (ANALYZE, SKIP_LOCKED) parted; }
 step vac_full_specified		{ VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED, FULL) part1, part2; }
 step vac_full_all_parts		{ VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED, FULL) parted; }
 
-permutation lock_share vac_specified commit
-permutation lock_share vac_all_parts commit
-permutation lock_share analyze_specified commit
-permutation lock_share analyze_all_parts commit
-permutation lock_share vac_analyze_specified commit
-permutation lock_share vac_analyze_all_parts commit
-permutation lock_share vac_full_specified commit
-permutation lock_share vac_full_all_parts commit
-permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_specified commit
-permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_all_parts commit
-permutation lock_access_exclusive analyze_specified commit
-permutation lock_access_exclusive analyze_all_parts commit
-permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_analyze_specified commit
-permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_analyze_all_parts commit
-permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_full_specified commit
-permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_full_all_parts commit
+permutation lock_share vac_specified commit check_stat
+permutation lock_share vac_all_parts commit check_stat
+permutation lock_share analyze_specified commit check_stat
+permutation lock_share analyze_all_parts commit check_stat
+permutation lock_share vac_analyze_specified commit check_stat
+permutation lock_share vac_analyze_all_parts commit check_stat
+permutation lock_share vac_full_specified commit check_stat
+permutation lock_share vac_full_all_parts commit check_stat
+permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_specified commit check_stat
+permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_all_parts commit check_stat
+permutation lock_access_exclusive analyze_specified commit check_stat
+permutation lock_access_exclusive analyze_all_parts commit check_stat
+permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_analyze_specified commit check_stat
+permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_analyze_all_parts commit check_stat
+permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_full_specified commit check_stat
+permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_full_all_parts commit check_stat
diff --git a/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out b/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out
index a65a5bf0c4f..9b2075d3373 100644
--- a/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out
+++ b/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out
@@ -1835,13 +1835,21 @@ pg_stat_all_tables| SELECT c.oid AS relid,
     pg_stat_get_mod_since_analyze(c.oid) AS n_mod_since_analyze,
     pg_stat_get_ins_since_vacuum(c.oid) AS n_ins_since_vacuum,
     pg_stat_get_last_vacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_vacuum,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_vacuum,
     pg_stat_get_last_autovacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_autovacuum,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_autovacuum,
     pg_stat_get_last_analyze_time(c.oid) AS last_analyze,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_analyze,
     pg_stat_get_last_autoanalyze_time(c.oid) AS last_autoanalyze,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_autoanalyze,
     pg_stat_get_vacuum_count(c.oid) AS vacuum_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count(c.oid) AS skipped_vacuum_count,
     pg_stat_get_autovacuum_count(c.oid) AS autovacuum_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count(c.oid) AS skipped_autovacuum_count,
     pg_stat_get_analyze_count(c.oid) AS analyze_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count(c.oid) AS skipped_analyze_count,
     pg_stat_get_autoanalyze_count(c.oid) AS autoanalyze_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count(c.oid) AS skipped_autoanalyze_count,
     pg_stat_get_total_vacuum_time(c.oid) AS total_vacuum_time,
     pg_stat_get_total_autovacuum_time(c.oid) AS total_autovacuum_time,
     pg_stat_get_total_analyze_time(c.oid) AS total_analyze_time,
@@ -2346,13 +2354,21 @@ pg_stat_sys_tables| SELECT relid,
     n_mod_since_analyze,
     n_ins_since_vacuum,
     last_vacuum,
+    last_skipped_vacuum,
     last_autovacuum,
+    last_skipped_autovacuum,
     last_analyze,
+    last_skipped_analyze,
     last_autoanalyze,
+    last_skipped_autoanalyze,
     vacuum_count,
+    skipped_vacuum_count,
     autovacuum_count,
+    skipped_autovacuum_count,
     analyze_count,
+    skipped_analyze_count,
     autoanalyze_count,
+    skipped_autoanalyze_count,
     total_vacuum_time,
     total_autovacuum_time,
     total_analyze_time,
@@ -2401,13 +2417,21 @@ pg_stat_user_tables| SELECT relid,
     n_mod_since_analyze,
     n_ins_since_vacuum,
     last_vacuum,
+    last_skipped_vacuum,
     last_autovacuum,
+    last_skipped_autovacuum,
     last_analyze,
+    last_skipped_analyze,
     last_autoanalyze,
+    last_skipped_autoanalyze,
     vacuum_count,
+    skipped_vacuum_count,
     autovacuum_count,
+    skipped_autovacuum_count,
     analyze_count,
+    skipped_analyze_count,
     autoanalyze_count,
+    skipped_autoanalyze_count,
     total_vacuum_time,
     total_autovacuum_time,
     total_analyze_time,
-- 
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* [PATCH v3] Track skipped vacuum and analyze activity per relation
@ 2026-03-24 04:09 Yugo Nagata <[email protected]>
  0 siblings, 0 replies; 374+ messages in thread

From: Yugo Nagata @ 2026-03-24 04:09 UTC (permalink / raw)

This commit adds eight fields to the relation statistics that track
the last time vacuum or analyze has been attempted but skipped due to
lock unavailability, along with their counts:

-    last_skipped_vacuum
-    last_skipped_autovacuum
-    last_skipped_analyze
-    last_skipped_autoanalyze
-    skipped_vacuum_count
-    skipped_autovacuum_count
-    skipped_analyze_count
-    skipped_autoanalyze_count

These field can help users confirm that autovacuum is actively attempting
to run on a table that has not been vacuumed or analyzed for a long time,
and that the lack of progress is due to repeated skips rather than inactivity.
---
 doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml                 | 80 +++++++++++++++++
 src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql         |  8 ++
 src/backend/commands/vacuum.c                | 95 +++++++++++++++-----
 src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c | 68 ++++++++++++++
 src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c          | 24 +++++
 src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat              | 32 +++++++
 src/include/pgstat.h                         | 16 ++++
 src/test/regress/expected/rules.out          | 24 +++++
 8 files changed, 324 insertions(+), 23 deletions(-)

diff --git a/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml b/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml
index bb75ed1069b..9ec8070b2fc 100644
--- a/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml
+++ b/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml
@@ -4372,6 +4372,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_vacuum</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time a manual vacuum on this table was attempted but skipped due to
+       lock unavailability (not counting <command>VACUUM FULL</command>)
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>last_autovacuum</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
@@ -4382,6 +4392,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_autovacuum</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time a vacuum on this table by the autovacuum daemon was attempted
+       but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>last_analyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
@@ -4391,6 +4411,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_analyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time a manual analyze on this table was attempted but skipped due to
+       lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>last_autoanalyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
@@ -4401,6 +4431,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_autoanalyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time at which an analyze on this table by the autovacuum was
+       attempted but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>vacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4411,6 +4451,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_vacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times vacuums on this table have been attempted but skipped
+       due to lock unavailability (not counting <command>VACUUM FULL</command>)
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>autovacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4421,6 +4471,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_autovacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times vacuums on this table by the autovacuum daemon have been
+       attempted but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>analyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4430,6 +4490,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_analyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times manual analyzes on this table have been attempted but
+       skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>autoanalyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4440,6 +4510,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_autoanalyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times analyzes on this table by the autovacuum daemon have
+       been attempted but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>total_vacuum_time</structfield> <type>double precision</type>
diff --git a/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql b/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql
index e54018004db..2ca02a0354c 100644
--- a/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql
+++ b/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql
@@ -736,13 +736,21 @@ CREATE VIEW pg_stat_all_tables AS
             pg_stat_get_mod_since_analyze(C.oid) AS n_mod_since_analyze,
             pg_stat_get_ins_since_vacuum(C.oid) AS n_ins_since_vacuum,
             pg_stat_get_last_vacuum_time(C.oid) as last_vacuum,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_vacuum,
             pg_stat_get_last_autovacuum_time(C.oid) as last_autovacuum,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_autovacuum,
             pg_stat_get_last_analyze_time(C.oid) as last_analyze,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_analyze,
             pg_stat_get_last_autoanalyze_time(C.oid) as last_autoanalyze,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_autoanalyze,
             pg_stat_get_vacuum_count(C.oid) AS vacuum_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count(C.oid) AS skipped_vacuum_count,
             pg_stat_get_autovacuum_count(C.oid) AS autovacuum_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count(C.oid) AS skipped_autovacuum_count,
             pg_stat_get_analyze_count(C.oid) AS analyze_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count(C.oid) AS skipped_analyze_count,
             pg_stat_get_autoanalyze_count(C.oid) AS autoanalyze_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count(C.oid) AS skipped_autoanalyze_count,
             pg_stat_get_total_vacuum_time(C.oid) AS total_vacuum_time,
             pg_stat_get_total_autovacuum_time(C.oid) AS total_autovacuum_time,
             pg_stat_get_total_analyze_time(C.oid) AS total_analyze_time,
diff --git a/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c b/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c
index bce3a2daa24..ce83b3171be 100644
--- a/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c
+++ b/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c
@@ -792,8 +792,18 @@ vacuum_open_relation(Oid relid, RangeVar *relation, bits32 options,
 		rel = try_relation_open(relid, NoLock);
 	else
 	{
+		bits8 flags = 0;
 		rel = NULL;
 		rel_lock = false;
+
+		if ((options & VACOPT_VACUUM) != 0)
+			flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM;
+		if ((options & VACOPT_ANALYZE) != 0)
+			flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE;
+		if (AmAutoVacuumWorkerProcess())
+			flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOVAC;
+
+		pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(relid, flags);
 	}
 
 	/* if relation is opened, leave */
@@ -801,7 +811,7 @@ vacuum_open_relation(Oid relid, RangeVar *relation, bits32 options,
 		return rel;
 
 	/*
-	 * Relation could not be opened, hence generate if possible a log
+	 * Relation could not be opened hence generate if possible a log
 	 * informing on the situation.
 	 *
 	 * If the RangeVar is not defined, we do not have enough information to
@@ -904,7 +914,6 @@ expand_vacuum_rel(VacuumRelation *vrel, MemoryContext vac_context,
 		Form_pg_class classForm;
 		bool		include_children;
 		bool		is_partitioned_table;
-		int			rvr_opts;
 
 		/*
 		 * Since autovacuum workers supply OIDs when calling vacuum(), no
@@ -917,29 +926,69 @@ expand_vacuum_rel(VacuumRelation *vrel, MemoryContext vac_context,
 		 * below, as well as find_all_inheritors's expectation that the caller
 		 * holds some lock on the starting relation.
 		 */
-		rvr_opts = (options & VACOPT_SKIP_LOCKED) ? RVR_SKIP_LOCKED : 0;
-		relid = RangeVarGetRelidExtended(vrel->relation,
-										 AccessShareLock,
-										 rvr_opts,
-										 NULL, NULL);
-
-		/*
-		 * If the lock is unavailable, emit the same log statement that
-		 * vacuum_rel() and analyze_rel() would.
-		 */
-		if (!OidIsValid(relid))
+		if (!(options & VACOPT_SKIP_LOCKED))
 		{
-			if (options & VACOPT_VACUUM)
-				ereport(WARNING,
-						(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
-						 errmsg("skipping vacuum of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
-								vrel->relation->relname)));
-			else
-				ereport(WARNING,
-						(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
-						 errmsg("skipping analyze of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
+			relid = RangeVarGetRelidExtended(vrel->relation,
+											 AccessShareLock,
+											 0, NULL, NULL);
+			if (!OidIsValid(relid))
+				return vacrels;
+		}
+		else
+		{
+			/* Get relid for reporting before taking a lock */
+			relid = RangeVarGetRelid(vrel->relation, NoLock, false);
+
+			if (!ConditionalLockRelationOid(relid, AccessShareLock))
+			{
+				bits8	flags = 0;
+				/*
+				 * If the lock is unavailable, emit the same log statement that
+				 * vacuum_rel() and analyze_rel() would.
+				 */
+				if (options & VACOPT_VACUUM)
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping vacuum of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
 								vrel->relation->relname)));
-			return vacrels;
+				else
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping analyze of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
+									vrel->relation->relname)));
+
+				if ((options & VACOPT_VACUUM) != 0)
+					flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM;
+				if ((options & VACOPT_ANALYZE) != 0)
+					flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE;
+
+				pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(relid, flags);
+
+				return vacrels;
+			}
+
+			/*
+			 * Now that we have the lock, probe to see if the relation really
+			 * exists or not.
+			 */
+			if (!SearchSysCacheExists1(RELOID, ObjectIdGetDatum(relid)))
+			{
+				if (options & VACOPT_VACUUM)
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_UNDEFINED_TABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping vacuum of \"%s\" --- relation no longer exists",
+									vrel->relation->relname)));
+				else
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_UNDEFINED_TABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping analyze of \"%s\" --- relation no longer exists",
+									vrel->relation->relname)));
+
+				/* Release useless lock */
+				UnlockRelationOid(relid, AccessShareLock);
+
+				return vacrels;
+			}
 		}
 
 		/*
diff --git a/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c b/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c
index bc8c43b96aa..cec4c88980e 100644
--- a/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c
+++ b/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c
@@ -17,6 +17,7 @@
 
 #include "postgres.h"
 
+#include "access/htup_details.h"
 #include "access/twophase_rmgr.h"
 #include "access/xact.h"
 #include "catalog/catalog.h"
@@ -366,6 +367,73 @@ pgstat_report_analyze(Relation rel,
 	(void) pgstat_flush_backend(false, PGSTAT_BACKEND_FLUSH_IO);
 }
 
+/*
+ * Report that the table was skipped during vacuum or/and analyze.
+ */
+void
+pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(Oid relid, bits8 flags)
+{
+	PgStat_EntryRef *entry_ref;
+	PgStatShared_Relation *shtabentry;
+	PgStat_StatTabEntry *tabentry;
+	TimestampTz ts;
+	HeapTuple	classTup;
+	bool		isshared;
+
+	if (!pgstat_track_counts || !(flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANY))
+		return;
+
+	classTup = SearchSysCache1(RELOID, ObjectIdGetDatum(relid));
+	if (!HeapTupleIsValid(classTup))
+		return;			/* somebody deleted the rel, forget it */
+	isshared = ((Form_pg_class) GETSTRUCT(classTup))->relisshared;
+	ReleaseSysCache(classTup);
+
+	/* Store the data in the table's hash table entry. */
+	ts = GetCurrentTimestamp();
+
+	/* block acquiring lock for the same reason as pgstat_report_autovac() */
+	entry_ref = pgstat_get_entry_ref_locked(PGSTAT_KIND_RELATION,
+											isshared ? InvalidOid : MyDatabaseId,
+											relid, false);
+
+	shtabentry = (PgStatShared_Relation *) entry_ref->shared_stats;
+	tabentry = &shtabentry->stats;
+
+	if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOVAC)
+	{
+		if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM)
+		{
+			tabentry->last_skipped_autovacuum_time = ts;
+			tabentry->skipped_autovacuum_count++;
+		}
+		if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE)
+		{
+			tabentry->last_skipped_autoanalyze_time = ts;
+			tabentry->skipped_autoanalyze_count++;
+		}
+	}
+	else
+	{
+		if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM)
+		{
+			tabentry->last_skipped_vacuum_time = ts;
+			tabentry->skipped_vacuum_count++;
+		}
+		if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE)
+		{
+			tabentry->last_skipped_analyze_time = ts;
+			tabentry->skipped_analyze_count++;
+		}
+	}
+
+	pgstat_unlock_entry(entry_ref);
+
+	/* see pgstat_report_vacuum() */
+	pgstat_flush_io(false);
+	(void) pgstat_flush_backend(false, PGSTAT_BACKEND_FLUSH_IO);
+}
+
 /*
  * count a tuple insertion of n tuples
  */
diff --git a/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c b/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c
index 9185a8e6b83..18aaa3996e1 100644
--- a/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c
+++ b/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c
@@ -84,6 +84,18 @@ PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(mod_since_analyze)
 /* pg_stat_get_numscans */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(numscans)
 
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_analyze_count)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_autoanalyze_count)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_autovacuum_count)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_vacuum_count)
+
 /* pg_stat_get_tuples_deleted */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(tuples_deleted)
 
@@ -170,6 +182,18 @@ PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_vacuum_time)
 /* pg_stat_get_lastscan */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(lastscan)
 
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_analyze_time)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_autoanalyze_time)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_autovacuum_time)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_vacuum_time)
+
 /* pg_stat_get_stat_reset_time */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(stat_reset_time)
 
diff --git a/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat b/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat
index 0118e970dda..ccfe3d9e02a 100644
--- a/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat
+++ b/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat
@@ -5667,6 +5667,38 @@
   proname => 'pg_stat_get_total_autoanalyze_time', provolatile => 's',
   proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'float8', proargtypes => 'oid',
   prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_total_autoanalyze_time' },
+{ oid => '8142', descr => 'statistics: last skipped vacuum time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time' },
+{ oid => '8143', descr => 'statistics: last skipped auto vacuum time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time' },
+{ oid => '8144', descr => 'statistics: last skipped analyze time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time' },
+{ oid => '8145', descr => 'statistics: last skipped auto analyze time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time' },
+{ oid => '8146', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped vacuum for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count' },
+{ oid => '8147', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped auto vacuum for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count' },
+{ oid => '8148', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped analyzes for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count' },
+{ oid => '8149', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped auto analyzes for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count' },
 { oid => '1936', descr => 'statistics: currently active backend IDs',
   proname => 'pg_stat_get_backend_idset', prorows => '100', proretset => 't',
   provolatile => 's', proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int4',
diff --git a/src/include/pgstat.h b/src/include/pgstat.h
index 8e3549c3752..343081a7a25 100644
--- a/src/include/pgstat.h
+++ b/src/include/pgstat.h
@@ -479,6 +479,15 @@ typedef struct PgStat_StatTabEntry
 	TimestampTz last_autoanalyze_time;	/* autovacuum initiated */
 	PgStat_Counter autoanalyze_count;
 
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_vacuum_time;	/* user initiated vacuum */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_vacuum_count;
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_autovacuum_time;	/* autovacuum initiated */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_autovacuum_count;
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_analyze_time;	/* user initiated */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_analyze_count;
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_autoanalyze_time;	/* autovacuum initiated */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_autoanalyze_count;
+
 	PgStat_Counter total_vacuum_time;	/* times in milliseconds */
 	PgStat_Counter total_autovacuum_time;
 	PgStat_Counter total_analyze_time;
@@ -707,6 +716,13 @@ extern void pgstat_report_analyze(Relation rel,
 								  PgStat_Counter livetuples, PgStat_Counter deadtuples,
 								  bool resetcounter, TimestampTz starttime);
 
+/* flags for pgstat_flush_backend() */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM	(1 << 0)	/* vacuum is skipped */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE	(1 << 1)	/* analyze is skipped */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOVAC	(1 << 2)	/* skipped during autovacuum/autoanalyze */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANY   (PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM | PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE)
+extern void pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(Oid relid, bits8 flags);
+
 /*
  * If stats are enabled, but pending data hasn't been prepared yet, call
  * pgstat_assoc_relation() to do so. See its comment for why this is done
diff --git a/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out b/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out
index 2b3cf6d8569..4ccfc43e903 100644
--- a/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out
+++ b/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out
@@ -1835,13 +1835,21 @@ pg_stat_all_tables| SELECT c.oid AS relid,
     pg_stat_get_mod_since_analyze(c.oid) AS n_mod_since_analyze,
     pg_stat_get_ins_since_vacuum(c.oid) AS n_ins_since_vacuum,
     pg_stat_get_last_vacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_vacuum,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_vacuum,
     pg_stat_get_last_autovacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_autovacuum,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_autovacuum,
     pg_stat_get_last_analyze_time(c.oid) AS last_analyze,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_analyze,
     pg_stat_get_last_autoanalyze_time(c.oid) AS last_autoanalyze,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_autoanalyze,
     pg_stat_get_vacuum_count(c.oid) AS vacuum_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count(c.oid) AS skipped_vacuum_count,
     pg_stat_get_autovacuum_count(c.oid) AS autovacuum_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count(c.oid) AS skipped_autovacuum_count,
     pg_stat_get_analyze_count(c.oid) AS analyze_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count(c.oid) AS skipped_analyze_count,
     pg_stat_get_autoanalyze_count(c.oid) AS autoanalyze_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count(c.oid) AS skipped_autoanalyze_count,
     pg_stat_get_total_vacuum_time(c.oid) AS total_vacuum_time,
     pg_stat_get_total_autovacuum_time(c.oid) AS total_autovacuum_time,
     pg_stat_get_total_analyze_time(c.oid) AS total_analyze_time,
@@ -2293,13 +2301,21 @@ pg_stat_sys_tables| SELECT relid,
     n_mod_since_analyze,
     n_ins_since_vacuum,
     last_vacuum,
+    last_skipped_vacuum,
     last_autovacuum,
+    last_skipped_autovacuum,
     last_analyze,
+    last_skipped_analyze,
     last_autoanalyze,
+    last_skipped_autoanalyze,
     vacuum_count,
+    skipped_vacuum_count,
     autovacuum_count,
+    skipped_autovacuum_count,
     analyze_count,
+    skipped_analyze_count,
     autoanalyze_count,
+    skipped_autoanalyze_count,
     total_vacuum_time,
     total_autovacuum_time,
     total_analyze_time,
@@ -2348,13 +2364,21 @@ pg_stat_user_tables| SELECT relid,
     n_mod_since_analyze,
     n_ins_since_vacuum,
     last_vacuum,
+    last_skipped_vacuum,
     last_autovacuum,
+    last_skipped_autovacuum,
     last_analyze,
+    last_skipped_analyze,
     last_autoanalyze,
+    last_skipped_autoanalyze,
     vacuum_count,
+    skipped_vacuum_count,
     autovacuum_count,
+    skipped_autovacuum_count,
     analyze_count,
+    skipped_analyze_count,
     autoanalyze_count,
+    skipped_autoanalyze_count,
     total_vacuum_time,
     total_autovacuum_time,
     total_analyze_time,
-- 
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* [PATCH v4] Track skipped vacuum and analyze activity per relation
@ 2026-03-24 04:09 Yugo Nagata <[email protected]>
  0 siblings, 0 replies; 374+ messages in thread

From: Yugo Nagata @ 2026-03-24 04:09 UTC (permalink / raw)

This commit adds eight fields to the relation statistics that track
the last time vacuum or analyze has been attempted but skipped due to
lock unavailability, along with their counts:

-    last_skipped_vacuum
-    last_skipped_autovacuum
-    last_skipped_analyze
-    last_skipped_autoanalyze
-    skipped_vacuum_count
-    skipped_autovacuum_count
-    skipped_analyze_count
-    skipped_autoanalyze_count

These field can help users confirm that autovacuum is actively attempting
to run on a table that has not been vacuumed or analyzed for a long time,
and that the lack of progress is due to repeated skips rather than inactivity.
---
 doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml                 |  88 ++++++++++++++++
 src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql         |   8 ++
 src/backend/commands/vacuum.c                | 102 ++++++++++++++-----
 src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c |  64 ++++++++++++
 src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c          |  24 +++++
 src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat              |  32 ++++++
 src/include/pgstat.h                         |  16 +++
 src/test/regress/expected/rules.out          |  24 +++++
 8 files changed, 335 insertions(+), 23 deletions(-)

diff --git a/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml b/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml
index 08d5b824552..a9b579d87a9 100644
--- a/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml
+++ b/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml
@@ -4387,6 +4387,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_vacuum</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time a manual vacuum on this table was attempted but skipped due to
+       lock unavailability (not counting <command>VACUUM FULL</command>)
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>last_autovacuum</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
@@ -4397,6 +4407,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_autovacuum</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time a vacuum on this table by the autovacuum daemon was attempted
+       but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>last_analyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
@@ -4406,6 +4426,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_analyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time a manual analyze on this table was attempted but skipped due to
+       lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>last_autoanalyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
@@ -4416,6 +4446,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_autoanalyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time at which an analyze on this table by the autovacuum was
+       attempted but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>vacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4426,6 +4466,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_vacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times manual vacuums on this table have been attempted but skipped
+       due to lock unavailability (not counting <command>VACUUM FULL</command>)
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>autovacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4436,6 +4486,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_autovacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times vacuums on this table by the autovacuum daemon have been
+       attempted but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>analyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4445,6 +4505,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_analyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times manual analyzes on this table have been attempted but
+       skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>autoanalyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4455,6 +4525,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_autoanalyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times analyzes on this table by the autovacuum daemon have
+       been attempted but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>total_vacuum_time</structfield> <type>double precision</type>
@@ -4510,6 +4590,14 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
    </tgroup>
   </table>
 
+  <note>
+   <para>
+    When a manual vacuum or analyze on a parent table in an inheritance or
+    partitioning hierarchy is skipped, the statistics are recorded only for
+    the parent table, not for its children.
+   </para>
+  </note>
+
  </sect2>
 
  <sect2 id="monitoring-pg-stat-autovacuum-scores-view">
diff --git a/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql b/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql
index 73a1c1c4670..f509fc7876b 100644
--- a/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql
+++ b/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql
@@ -736,13 +736,21 @@ CREATE VIEW pg_stat_all_tables AS
             pg_stat_get_mod_since_analyze(C.oid) AS n_mod_since_analyze,
             pg_stat_get_ins_since_vacuum(C.oid) AS n_ins_since_vacuum,
             pg_stat_get_last_vacuum_time(C.oid) as last_vacuum,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_vacuum,
             pg_stat_get_last_autovacuum_time(C.oid) as last_autovacuum,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_autovacuum,
             pg_stat_get_last_analyze_time(C.oid) as last_analyze,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_analyze,
             pg_stat_get_last_autoanalyze_time(C.oid) as last_autoanalyze,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_autoanalyze,
             pg_stat_get_vacuum_count(C.oid) AS vacuum_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count(C.oid) AS skipped_vacuum_count,
             pg_stat_get_autovacuum_count(C.oid) AS autovacuum_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count(C.oid) AS skipped_autovacuum_count,
             pg_stat_get_analyze_count(C.oid) AS analyze_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count(C.oid) AS skipped_analyze_count,
             pg_stat_get_autoanalyze_count(C.oid) AS autoanalyze_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count(C.oid) AS skipped_autoanalyze_count,
             pg_stat_get_total_vacuum_time(C.oid) AS total_vacuum_time,
             pg_stat_get_total_autovacuum_time(C.oid) AS total_autovacuum_time,
             pg_stat_get_total_analyze_time(C.oid) AS total_analyze_time,
diff --git a/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c b/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c
index 99d0db82ed7..97cd5ea8d10 100644
--- a/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c
+++ b/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c
@@ -793,8 +793,25 @@ vacuum_open_relation(Oid relid, RangeVar *relation, uint32 options,
 		rel = try_relation_open(relid, NoLock);
 	else
 	{
+		int flags = 0;
 		rel = NULL;
 		rel_lock = false;
+
+		if ((options & VACOPT_VACUUM) != 0)
+		{
+			if (AmAutoVacuumWorkerProcess())
+				flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOVACUUM;
+			else
+				flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM;
+		}
+		if ((options & VACOPT_ANALYZE) != 0)
+		{
+			if (AmAutoVacuumWorkerProcess())
+				flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOANALYZE;
+			else
+				flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE;
+		}
+		pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(relid, flags);
 	}
 
 	/* if relation is opened, leave */
@@ -802,7 +819,7 @@ vacuum_open_relation(Oid relid, RangeVar *relation, uint32 options,
 		return rel;
 
 	/*
-	 * Relation could not be opened, hence generate if possible a log
+	 * Relation could not be opened hence generate if possible a log
 	 * informing on the situation.
 	 *
 	 * If the RangeVar is not defined, we do not have enough information to
@@ -905,7 +922,6 @@ expand_vacuum_rel(VacuumRelation *vrel, MemoryContext vac_context,
 		Form_pg_class classForm;
 		bool		include_children;
 		bool		is_partitioned_table;
-		int			rvr_opts;
 
 		/*
 		 * Since autovacuum workers supply OIDs when calling vacuum(), no
@@ -918,29 +934,69 @@ expand_vacuum_rel(VacuumRelation *vrel, MemoryContext vac_context,
 		 * below, as well as find_all_inheritors's expectation that the caller
 		 * holds some lock on the starting relation.
 		 */
-		rvr_opts = (options & VACOPT_SKIP_LOCKED) ? RVR_SKIP_LOCKED : 0;
-		relid = RangeVarGetRelidExtended(vrel->relation,
-										 AccessShareLock,
-										 rvr_opts,
-										 NULL, NULL);
-
-		/*
-		 * If the lock is unavailable, emit the same log statement that
-		 * vacuum_rel() and analyze_rel() would.
-		 */
-		if (!OidIsValid(relid))
+		if (!(options & VACOPT_SKIP_LOCKED))
 		{
-			if (options & VACOPT_VACUUM)
-				ereport(WARNING,
-						(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
-						 errmsg("skipping vacuum of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
-								vrel->relation->relname)));
-			else
-				ereport(WARNING,
-						(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
-						 errmsg("skipping analyze of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
+			relid = RangeVarGetRelidExtended(vrel->relation,
+											 AccessShareLock,
+											 0, NULL, NULL);
+			if (!OidIsValid(relid))
+				return vacrels;
+		}
+		else
+		{
+			/* Get relid for reporting before taking a lock */
+			relid = RangeVarGetRelid(vrel->relation, NoLock, false);
+
+			if (!ConditionalLockRelationOid(relid, AccessShareLock))
+			{
+				int	flags = 0;
+				/*
+				 * If the lock is unavailable, emit the same log statement that
+				 * vacuum_rel() and analyze_rel() would.
+				 */
+				if (options & VACOPT_VACUUM)
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping vacuum of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
 								vrel->relation->relname)));
-			return vacrels;
+				else
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping analyze of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
+									vrel->relation->relname)));
+
+				if ((options & VACOPT_VACUUM) != 0)
+					flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM;
+				if ((options & VACOPT_ANALYZE) != 0)
+					flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE;
+
+				pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(relid, flags);
+
+				return vacrels;
+			}
+
+			/*
+			 * Now that we have the lock, probe to see if the relation really
+			 * exists or not.
+			 */
+			if (!SearchSysCacheExists1(RELOID, ObjectIdGetDatum(relid)))
+			{
+				if (options & VACOPT_VACUUM)
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_UNDEFINED_TABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping vacuum of \"%s\" --- relation no longer exists",
+									vrel->relation->relname)));
+				else
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_UNDEFINED_TABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping analyze of \"%s\" --- relation no longer exists",
+									vrel->relation->relname)));
+
+				/* Release useless lock */
+				UnlockRelationOid(relid, AccessShareLock);
+
+				return vacrels;
+			}
 		}
 
 		/*
diff --git a/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c b/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c
index b2ca28f83ba..532d9023f8c 100644
--- a/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c
+++ b/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c
@@ -17,12 +17,14 @@
 
 #include "postgres.h"
 
+#include "access/htup_details.h"
 #include "access/twophase_rmgr.h"
 #include "access/xact.h"
 #include "catalog/catalog.h"
 #include "utils/memutils.h"
 #include "utils/pgstat_internal.h"
 #include "utils/rel.h"
+#include "utils/syscache.h"
 #include "utils/timestamp.h"
 
 
@@ -367,6 +369,68 @@ pgstat_report_analyze(Relation rel,
 	(void) pgstat_flush_backend(false, PGSTAT_BACKEND_FLUSH_IO);
 }
 
+/*
+ * Report that the table was skipped during vacuum or/and analyze.
+ */
+void
+pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(Oid relid, int flags)
+{
+	PgStat_EntryRef *entry_ref;
+	PgStatShared_Relation *shtabentry;
+	PgStat_StatTabEntry *tabentry;
+	TimestampTz ts;
+	HeapTuple	classTup;
+	bool		isshared;
+
+	if (!pgstat_track_counts || !flags)
+		return;
+
+	classTup = SearchSysCache1(RELOID, ObjectIdGetDatum(relid));
+	if (!HeapTupleIsValid(classTup))
+		return;			/* somebody deleted the rel, forget it */
+	isshared = ((Form_pg_class) GETSTRUCT(classTup))->relisshared;
+	ReleaseSysCache(classTup);
+
+	/* Store the data in the table's hash table entry. */
+	ts = GetCurrentTimestamp();
+
+	/* block acquiring lock for the same reason as pgstat_report_autovac() */
+	entry_ref = pgstat_get_entry_ref_locked(PGSTAT_KIND_RELATION,
+											isshared ? InvalidOid : MyDatabaseId,
+											relid, false);
+
+	shtabentry = (PgStatShared_Relation *) entry_ref->shared_stats;
+	tabentry = &shtabentry->stats;
+
+	if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM)
+	{
+		tabentry->last_skipped_vacuum_time = ts;
+		tabentry->skipped_vacuum_count++;
+	}
+	else if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOVACUUM)
+	{
+		tabentry->last_skipped_autovacuum_time = ts;
+		tabentry->skipped_autovacuum_count++;
+	}
+
+	if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE)
+	{
+		tabentry->last_skipped_analyze_time = ts;
+		tabentry->skipped_analyze_count++;
+	}
+	else if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOANALYZE)
+	{
+		tabentry->last_skipped_autoanalyze_time = ts;
+		tabentry->skipped_autoanalyze_count++;
+	}
+
+	pgstat_unlock_entry(entry_ref);
+
+	/* see pgstat_report_vacuum() */
+	pgstat_flush_io(false);
+	(void) pgstat_flush_backend(false, PGSTAT_BACKEND_FLUSH_IO);
+}
+
 /*
  * count a tuple insertion of n tuples
  */
diff --git a/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c b/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c
index 1408de387ea..90a8968faa0 100644
--- a/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c
+++ b/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c
@@ -84,6 +84,18 @@ PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(mod_since_analyze)
 /* pg_stat_get_numscans */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(numscans)
 
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_analyze_count)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_autoanalyze_count)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_autovacuum_count)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_vacuum_count)
+
 /* pg_stat_get_tuples_deleted */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(tuples_deleted)
 
@@ -170,6 +182,18 @@ PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_vacuum_time)
 /* pg_stat_get_lastscan */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(lastscan)
 
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_analyze_time)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_autoanalyze_time)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_autovacuum_time)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_vacuum_time)
+
 /* pg_stat_get_stat_reset_time */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(stat_reset_time)
 
diff --git a/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat b/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat
index fa9ae79082b..32debb34863 100644
--- a/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat
+++ b/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat
@@ -5680,6 +5680,38 @@
   proargmodes => '{o,o,o,o,o,o,o,o,o,o}',
   proargnames => '{oid,score,xid_score,mxid_score,vacuum_score,vacuum_insert_score,analyze_score,do_vacuum,do_analyze,for_wraparound}',
   prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_autovacuum_scores' },
+{ oid => '8142', descr => 'statistics: last skipped vacuum time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time' },
+{ oid => '8143', descr => 'statistics: last skipped auto vacuum time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time' },
+{ oid => '8144', descr => 'statistics: last skipped analyze time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time' },
+{ oid => '8145', descr => 'statistics: last skipped auto analyze time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time' },
+{ oid => '8146', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped vacuum for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count' },
+{ oid => '8147', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped auto vacuum for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count' },
+{ oid => '8148', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped analyzes for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count' },
+{ oid => '8149', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped auto analyzes for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count' },
 { oid => '1936', descr => 'statistics: currently active backend IDs',
   proname => 'pg_stat_get_backend_idset', prorows => '100', proretset => 't',
   provolatile => 's', proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int4',
diff --git a/src/include/pgstat.h b/src/include/pgstat.h
index dfa2e837638..98941f953d1 100644
--- a/src/include/pgstat.h
+++ b/src/include/pgstat.h
@@ -479,6 +479,15 @@ typedef struct PgStat_StatTabEntry
 	TimestampTz last_autoanalyze_time;	/* autovacuum initiated */
 	PgStat_Counter autoanalyze_count;
 
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_vacuum_time;	/* user initiated vacuum */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_vacuum_count;
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_autovacuum_time;	/* autovacuum initiated */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_autovacuum_count;
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_analyze_time;	/* user initiated */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_analyze_count;
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_autoanalyze_time;	/* autovacuum initiated */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_autoanalyze_count;
+
 	PgStat_Counter total_vacuum_time;	/* times in milliseconds */
 	PgStat_Counter total_autovacuum_time;
 	PgStat_Counter total_analyze_time;
@@ -703,6 +712,13 @@ extern void pgstat_report_analyze(Relation rel,
 								  PgStat_Counter livetuples, PgStat_Counter deadtuples,
 								  bool resetcounter, TimestampTz starttime);
 
+/* flags for pgstat_flush_backend() */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM		(1 << 0)	/* vacuum is skipped */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE		(1 << 1)	/* analyze is skipped */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOVACUUM	(1 << 2)	/* autovacuum is skipped */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOANALYZE	(1 << 3)	/* autoanalyze is skipped */
+extern void pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(Oid relid, int flags);
+
 /*
  * If stats are enabled, but pending data hasn't been prepared yet, call
  * pgstat_assoc_relation() to do so. See its comment for why this is done
diff --git a/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out b/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out
index a65a5bf0c4f..9b2075d3373 100644
--- a/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out
+++ b/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out
@@ -1835,13 +1835,21 @@ pg_stat_all_tables| SELECT c.oid AS relid,
     pg_stat_get_mod_since_analyze(c.oid) AS n_mod_since_analyze,
     pg_stat_get_ins_since_vacuum(c.oid) AS n_ins_since_vacuum,
     pg_stat_get_last_vacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_vacuum,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_vacuum,
     pg_stat_get_last_autovacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_autovacuum,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_autovacuum,
     pg_stat_get_last_analyze_time(c.oid) AS last_analyze,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_analyze,
     pg_stat_get_last_autoanalyze_time(c.oid) AS last_autoanalyze,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_autoanalyze,
     pg_stat_get_vacuum_count(c.oid) AS vacuum_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count(c.oid) AS skipped_vacuum_count,
     pg_stat_get_autovacuum_count(c.oid) AS autovacuum_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count(c.oid) AS skipped_autovacuum_count,
     pg_stat_get_analyze_count(c.oid) AS analyze_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count(c.oid) AS skipped_analyze_count,
     pg_stat_get_autoanalyze_count(c.oid) AS autoanalyze_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count(c.oid) AS skipped_autoanalyze_count,
     pg_stat_get_total_vacuum_time(c.oid) AS total_vacuum_time,
     pg_stat_get_total_autovacuum_time(c.oid) AS total_autovacuum_time,
     pg_stat_get_total_analyze_time(c.oid) AS total_analyze_time,
@@ -2346,13 +2354,21 @@ pg_stat_sys_tables| SELECT relid,
     n_mod_since_analyze,
     n_ins_since_vacuum,
     last_vacuum,
+    last_skipped_vacuum,
     last_autovacuum,
+    last_skipped_autovacuum,
     last_analyze,
+    last_skipped_analyze,
     last_autoanalyze,
+    last_skipped_autoanalyze,
     vacuum_count,
+    skipped_vacuum_count,
     autovacuum_count,
+    skipped_autovacuum_count,
     analyze_count,
+    skipped_analyze_count,
     autoanalyze_count,
+    skipped_autoanalyze_count,
     total_vacuum_time,
     total_autovacuum_time,
     total_analyze_time,
@@ -2401,13 +2417,21 @@ pg_stat_user_tables| SELECT relid,
     n_mod_since_analyze,
     n_ins_since_vacuum,
     last_vacuum,
+    last_skipped_vacuum,
     last_autovacuum,
+    last_skipped_autovacuum,
     last_analyze,
+    last_skipped_analyze,
     last_autoanalyze,
+    last_skipped_autoanalyze,
     vacuum_count,
+    skipped_vacuum_count,
     autovacuum_count,
+    skipped_autovacuum_count,
     analyze_count,
+    skipped_analyze_count,
     autoanalyze_count,
+    skipped_autoanalyze_count,
     total_vacuum_time,
     total_autovacuum_time,
     total_analyze_time,
-- 
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* [PATCH v4] Track skipped vacuum and analyze activity per relation
@ 2026-03-24 04:09 Yugo Nagata <[email protected]>
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From: Yugo Nagata @ 2026-03-24 04:09 UTC (permalink / raw)

This commit adds eight fields to the relation statistics that track
the last time vacuum or analyze has been attempted but skipped due to
lock unavailability, along with their counts:

-    last_skipped_vacuum
-    last_skipped_autovacuum
-    last_skipped_analyze
-    last_skipped_autoanalyze
-    skipped_vacuum_count
-    skipped_autovacuum_count
-    skipped_analyze_count
-    skipped_autoanalyze_count

These field can help users confirm that autovacuum is actively attempting
to run on a table that has not been vacuumed or analyzed for a long time,
and that the lack of progress is due to repeated skips rather than inactivity.
---
 doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml                 |  88 ++++++++++++++++
 src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql         |   8 ++
 src/backend/commands/vacuum.c                | 102 ++++++++++++++-----
 src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c |  64 ++++++++++++
 src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c          |  24 +++++
 src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat              |  32 ++++++
 src/include/pgstat.h                         |  16 +++
 src/test/regress/expected/rules.out          |  24 +++++
 8 files changed, 335 insertions(+), 23 deletions(-)

diff --git a/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml b/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml
index 08d5b824552..a9b579d87a9 100644
--- a/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml
+++ b/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml
@@ -4387,6 +4387,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_vacuum</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time a manual vacuum on this table was attempted but skipped due to
+       lock unavailability (not counting <command>VACUUM FULL</command>)
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>last_autovacuum</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
@@ -4397,6 +4407,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_autovacuum</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time a vacuum on this table by the autovacuum daemon was attempted
+       but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>last_analyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
@@ -4406,6 +4426,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_analyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time a manual analyze on this table was attempted but skipped due to
+       lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>last_autoanalyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
@@ -4416,6 +4446,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_autoanalyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time at which an analyze on this table by the autovacuum was
+       attempted but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>vacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4426,6 +4466,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_vacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times manual vacuums on this table have been attempted but skipped
+       due to lock unavailability (not counting <command>VACUUM FULL</command>)
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>autovacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4436,6 +4486,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_autovacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times vacuums on this table by the autovacuum daemon have been
+       attempted but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>analyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4445,6 +4505,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_analyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times manual analyzes on this table have been attempted but
+       skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>autoanalyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4455,6 +4525,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_autoanalyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times analyzes on this table by the autovacuum daemon have
+       been attempted but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>total_vacuum_time</structfield> <type>double precision</type>
@@ -4510,6 +4590,14 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
    </tgroup>
   </table>
 
+  <note>
+   <para>
+    When a manual vacuum or analyze on a parent table in an inheritance or
+    partitioning hierarchy is skipped, the statistics are recorded only for
+    the parent table, not for its children.
+   </para>
+  </note>
+
  </sect2>
 
  <sect2 id="monitoring-pg-stat-autovacuum-scores-view">
diff --git a/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql b/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql
index 73a1c1c4670..f509fc7876b 100644
--- a/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql
+++ b/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql
@@ -736,13 +736,21 @@ CREATE VIEW pg_stat_all_tables AS
             pg_stat_get_mod_since_analyze(C.oid) AS n_mod_since_analyze,
             pg_stat_get_ins_since_vacuum(C.oid) AS n_ins_since_vacuum,
             pg_stat_get_last_vacuum_time(C.oid) as last_vacuum,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_vacuum,
             pg_stat_get_last_autovacuum_time(C.oid) as last_autovacuum,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_autovacuum,
             pg_stat_get_last_analyze_time(C.oid) as last_analyze,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_analyze,
             pg_stat_get_last_autoanalyze_time(C.oid) as last_autoanalyze,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_autoanalyze,
             pg_stat_get_vacuum_count(C.oid) AS vacuum_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count(C.oid) AS skipped_vacuum_count,
             pg_stat_get_autovacuum_count(C.oid) AS autovacuum_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count(C.oid) AS skipped_autovacuum_count,
             pg_stat_get_analyze_count(C.oid) AS analyze_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count(C.oid) AS skipped_analyze_count,
             pg_stat_get_autoanalyze_count(C.oid) AS autoanalyze_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count(C.oid) AS skipped_autoanalyze_count,
             pg_stat_get_total_vacuum_time(C.oid) AS total_vacuum_time,
             pg_stat_get_total_autovacuum_time(C.oid) AS total_autovacuum_time,
             pg_stat_get_total_analyze_time(C.oid) AS total_analyze_time,
diff --git a/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c b/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c
index 99d0db82ed7..97cd5ea8d10 100644
--- a/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c
+++ b/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c
@@ -793,8 +793,25 @@ vacuum_open_relation(Oid relid, RangeVar *relation, uint32 options,
 		rel = try_relation_open(relid, NoLock);
 	else
 	{
+		int flags = 0;
 		rel = NULL;
 		rel_lock = false;
+
+		if ((options & VACOPT_VACUUM) != 0)
+		{
+			if (AmAutoVacuumWorkerProcess())
+				flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOVACUUM;
+			else
+				flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM;
+		}
+		if ((options & VACOPT_ANALYZE) != 0)
+		{
+			if (AmAutoVacuumWorkerProcess())
+				flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOANALYZE;
+			else
+				flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE;
+		}
+		pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(relid, flags);
 	}
 
 	/* if relation is opened, leave */
@@ -802,7 +819,7 @@ vacuum_open_relation(Oid relid, RangeVar *relation, uint32 options,
 		return rel;
 
 	/*
-	 * Relation could not be opened, hence generate if possible a log
+	 * Relation could not be opened hence generate if possible a log
 	 * informing on the situation.
 	 *
 	 * If the RangeVar is not defined, we do not have enough information to
@@ -905,7 +922,6 @@ expand_vacuum_rel(VacuumRelation *vrel, MemoryContext vac_context,
 		Form_pg_class classForm;
 		bool		include_children;
 		bool		is_partitioned_table;
-		int			rvr_opts;
 
 		/*
 		 * Since autovacuum workers supply OIDs when calling vacuum(), no
@@ -918,29 +934,69 @@ expand_vacuum_rel(VacuumRelation *vrel, MemoryContext vac_context,
 		 * below, as well as find_all_inheritors's expectation that the caller
 		 * holds some lock on the starting relation.
 		 */
-		rvr_opts = (options & VACOPT_SKIP_LOCKED) ? RVR_SKIP_LOCKED : 0;
-		relid = RangeVarGetRelidExtended(vrel->relation,
-										 AccessShareLock,
-										 rvr_opts,
-										 NULL, NULL);
-
-		/*
-		 * If the lock is unavailable, emit the same log statement that
-		 * vacuum_rel() and analyze_rel() would.
-		 */
-		if (!OidIsValid(relid))
+		if (!(options & VACOPT_SKIP_LOCKED))
 		{
-			if (options & VACOPT_VACUUM)
-				ereport(WARNING,
-						(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
-						 errmsg("skipping vacuum of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
-								vrel->relation->relname)));
-			else
-				ereport(WARNING,
-						(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
-						 errmsg("skipping analyze of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
+			relid = RangeVarGetRelidExtended(vrel->relation,
+											 AccessShareLock,
+											 0, NULL, NULL);
+			if (!OidIsValid(relid))
+				return vacrels;
+		}
+		else
+		{
+			/* Get relid for reporting before taking a lock */
+			relid = RangeVarGetRelid(vrel->relation, NoLock, false);
+
+			if (!ConditionalLockRelationOid(relid, AccessShareLock))
+			{
+				int	flags = 0;
+				/*
+				 * If the lock is unavailable, emit the same log statement that
+				 * vacuum_rel() and analyze_rel() would.
+				 */
+				if (options & VACOPT_VACUUM)
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping vacuum of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
 								vrel->relation->relname)));
-			return vacrels;
+				else
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping analyze of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
+									vrel->relation->relname)));
+
+				if ((options & VACOPT_VACUUM) != 0)
+					flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM;
+				if ((options & VACOPT_ANALYZE) != 0)
+					flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE;
+
+				pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(relid, flags);
+
+				return vacrels;
+			}
+
+			/*
+			 * Now that we have the lock, probe to see if the relation really
+			 * exists or not.
+			 */
+			if (!SearchSysCacheExists1(RELOID, ObjectIdGetDatum(relid)))
+			{
+				if (options & VACOPT_VACUUM)
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_UNDEFINED_TABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping vacuum of \"%s\" --- relation no longer exists",
+									vrel->relation->relname)));
+				else
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_UNDEFINED_TABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping analyze of \"%s\" --- relation no longer exists",
+									vrel->relation->relname)));
+
+				/* Release useless lock */
+				UnlockRelationOid(relid, AccessShareLock);
+
+				return vacrels;
+			}
 		}
 
 		/*
diff --git a/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c b/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c
index b2ca28f83ba..532d9023f8c 100644
--- a/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c
+++ b/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c
@@ -17,12 +17,14 @@
 
 #include "postgres.h"
 
+#include "access/htup_details.h"
 #include "access/twophase_rmgr.h"
 #include "access/xact.h"
 #include "catalog/catalog.h"
 #include "utils/memutils.h"
 #include "utils/pgstat_internal.h"
 #include "utils/rel.h"
+#include "utils/syscache.h"
 #include "utils/timestamp.h"
 
 
@@ -367,6 +369,68 @@ pgstat_report_analyze(Relation rel,
 	(void) pgstat_flush_backend(false, PGSTAT_BACKEND_FLUSH_IO);
 }
 
+/*
+ * Report that the table was skipped during vacuum or/and analyze.
+ */
+void
+pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(Oid relid, int flags)
+{
+	PgStat_EntryRef *entry_ref;
+	PgStatShared_Relation *shtabentry;
+	PgStat_StatTabEntry *tabentry;
+	TimestampTz ts;
+	HeapTuple	classTup;
+	bool		isshared;
+
+	if (!pgstat_track_counts || !flags)
+		return;
+
+	classTup = SearchSysCache1(RELOID, ObjectIdGetDatum(relid));
+	if (!HeapTupleIsValid(classTup))
+		return;			/* somebody deleted the rel, forget it */
+	isshared = ((Form_pg_class) GETSTRUCT(classTup))->relisshared;
+	ReleaseSysCache(classTup);
+
+	/* Store the data in the table's hash table entry. */
+	ts = GetCurrentTimestamp();
+
+	/* block acquiring lock for the same reason as pgstat_report_autovac() */
+	entry_ref = pgstat_get_entry_ref_locked(PGSTAT_KIND_RELATION,
+											isshared ? InvalidOid : MyDatabaseId,
+											relid, false);
+
+	shtabentry = (PgStatShared_Relation *) entry_ref->shared_stats;
+	tabentry = &shtabentry->stats;
+
+	if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM)
+	{
+		tabentry->last_skipped_vacuum_time = ts;
+		tabentry->skipped_vacuum_count++;
+	}
+	else if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOVACUUM)
+	{
+		tabentry->last_skipped_autovacuum_time = ts;
+		tabentry->skipped_autovacuum_count++;
+	}
+
+	if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE)
+	{
+		tabentry->last_skipped_analyze_time = ts;
+		tabentry->skipped_analyze_count++;
+	}
+	else if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOANALYZE)
+	{
+		tabentry->last_skipped_autoanalyze_time = ts;
+		tabentry->skipped_autoanalyze_count++;
+	}
+
+	pgstat_unlock_entry(entry_ref);
+
+	/* see pgstat_report_vacuum() */
+	pgstat_flush_io(false);
+	(void) pgstat_flush_backend(false, PGSTAT_BACKEND_FLUSH_IO);
+}
+
 /*
  * count a tuple insertion of n tuples
  */
diff --git a/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c b/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c
index 1408de387ea..90a8968faa0 100644
--- a/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c
+++ b/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c
@@ -84,6 +84,18 @@ PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(mod_since_analyze)
 /* pg_stat_get_numscans */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(numscans)
 
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_analyze_count)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_autoanalyze_count)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_autovacuum_count)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_vacuum_count)
+
 /* pg_stat_get_tuples_deleted */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(tuples_deleted)
 
@@ -170,6 +182,18 @@ PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_vacuum_time)
 /* pg_stat_get_lastscan */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(lastscan)
 
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_analyze_time)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_autoanalyze_time)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_autovacuum_time)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_vacuum_time)
+
 /* pg_stat_get_stat_reset_time */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(stat_reset_time)
 
diff --git a/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat b/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat
index fa9ae79082b..32debb34863 100644
--- a/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat
+++ b/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat
@@ -5680,6 +5680,38 @@
   proargmodes => '{o,o,o,o,o,o,o,o,o,o}',
   proargnames => '{oid,score,xid_score,mxid_score,vacuum_score,vacuum_insert_score,analyze_score,do_vacuum,do_analyze,for_wraparound}',
   prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_autovacuum_scores' },
+{ oid => '8142', descr => 'statistics: last skipped vacuum time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time' },
+{ oid => '8143', descr => 'statistics: last skipped auto vacuum time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time' },
+{ oid => '8144', descr => 'statistics: last skipped analyze time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time' },
+{ oid => '8145', descr => 'statistics: last skipped auto analyze time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time' },
+{ oid => '8146', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped vacuum for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count' },
+{ oid => '8147', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped auto vacuum for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count' },
+{ oid => '8148', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped analyzes for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count' },
+{ oid => '8149', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped auto analyzes for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count' },
 { oid => '1936', descr => 'statistics: currently active backend IDs',
   proname => 'pg_stat_get_backend_idset', prorows => '100', proretset => 't',
   provolatile => 's', proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int4',
diff --git a/src/include/pgstat.h b/src/include/pgstat.h
index dfa2e837638..98941f953d1 100644
--- a/src/include/pgstat.h
+++ b/src/include/pgstat.h
@@ -479,6 +479,15 @@ typedef struct PgStat_StatTabEntry
 	TimestampTz last_autoanalyze_time;	/* autovacuum initiated */
 	PgStat_Counter autoanalyze_count;
 
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_vacuum_time;	/* user initiated vacuum */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_vacuum_count;
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_autovacuum_time;	/* autovacuum initiated */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_autovacuum_count;
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_analyze_time;	/* user initiated */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_analyze_count;
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_autoanalyze_time;	/* autovacuum initiated */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_autoanalyze_count;
+
 	PgStat_Counter total_vacuum_time;	/* times in milliseconds */
 	PgStat_Counter total_autovacuum_time;
 	PgStat_Counter total_analyze_time;
@@ -703,6 +712,13 @@ extern void pgstat_report_analyze(Relation rel,
 								  PgStat_Counter livetuples, PgStat_Counter deadtuples,
 								  bool resetcounter, TimestampTz starttime);
 
+/* flags for pgstat_flush_backend() */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM		(1 << 0)	/* vacuum is skipped */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE		(1 << 1)	/* analyze is skipped */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOVACUUM	(1 << 2)	/* autovacuum is skipped */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOANALYZE	(1 << 3)	/* autoanalyze is skipped */
+extern void pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(Oid relid, int flags);
+
 /*
  * If stats are enabled, but pending data hasn't been prepared yet, call
  * pgstat_assoc_relation() to do so. See its comment for why this is done
diff --git a/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out b/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out
index a65a5bf0c4f..9b2075d3373 100644
--- a/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out
+++ b/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out
@@ -1835,13 +1835,21 @@ pg_stat_all_tables| SELECT c.oid AS relid,
     pg_stat_get_mod_since_analyze(c.oid) AS n_mod_since_analyze,
     pg_stat_get_ins_since_vacuum(c.oid) AS n_ins_since_vacuum,
     pg_stat_get_last_vacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_vacuum,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_vacuum,
     pg_stat_get_last_autovacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_autovacuum,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_autovacuum,
     pg_stat_get_last_analyze_time(c.oid) AS last_analyze,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_analyze,
     pg_stat_get_last_autoanalyze_time(c.oid) AS last_autoanalyze,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_autoanalyze,
     pg_stat_get_vacuum_count(c.oid) AS vacuum_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count(c.oid) AS skipped_vacuum_count,
     pg_stat_get_autovacuum_count(c.oid) AS autovacuum_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count(c.oid) AS skipped_autovacuum_count,
     pg_stat_get_analyze_count(c.oid) AS analyze_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count(c.oid) AS skipped_analyze_count,
     pg_stat_get_autoanalyze_count(c.oid) AS autoanalyze_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count(c.oid) AS skipped_autoanalyze_count,
     pg_stat_get_total_vacuum_time(c.oid) AS total_vacuum_time,
     pg_stat_get_total_autovacuum_time(c.oid) AS total_autovacuum_time,
     pg_stat_get_total_analyze_time(c.oid) AS total_analyze_time,
@@ -2346,13 +2354,21 @@ pg_stat_sys_tables| SELECT relid,
     n_mod_since_analyze,
     n_ins_since_vacuum,
     last_vacuum,
+    last_skipped_vacuum,
     last_autovacuum,
+    last_skipped_autovacuum,
     last_analyze,
+    last_skipped_analyze,
     last_autoanalyze,
+    last_skipped_autoanalyze,
     vacuum_count,
+    skipped_vacuum_count,
     autovacuum_count,
+    skipped_autovacuum_count,
     analyze_count,
+    skipped_analyze_count,
     autoanalyze_count,
+    skipped_autoanalyze_count,
     total_vacuum_time,
     total_autovacuum_time,
     total_analyze_time,
@@ -2401,13 +2417,21 @@ pg_stat_user_tables| SELECT relid,
     n_mod_since_analyze,
     n_ins_since_vacuum,
     last_vacuum,
+    last_skipped_vacuum,
     last_autovacuum,
+    last_skipped_autovacuum,
     last_analyze,
+    last_skipped_analyze,
     last_autoanalyze,
+    last_skipped_autoanalyze,
     vacuum_count,
+    skipped_vacuum_count,
     autovacuum_count,
+    skipped_autovacuum_count,
     analyze_count,
+    skipped_analyze_count,
     autoanalyze_count,
+    skipped_autoanalyze_count,
     total_vacuum_time,
     total_autovacuum_time,
     total_analyze_time,
-- 
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* [PATCH v4] Track skipped vacuum and analyze activity per relation
@ 2026-03-24 04:09 Yugo Nagata <[email protected]>
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From: Yugo Nagata @ 2026-03-24 04:09 UTC (permalink / raw)

This commit adds eight fields to the relation statistics that track
the last time vacuum or analyze has been attempted but skipped due to
lock unavailability, along with their counts:

-    last_skipped_vacuum
-    last_skipped_autovacuum
-    last_skipped_analyze
-    last_skipped_autoanalyze
-    skipped_vacuum_count
-    skipped_autovacuum_count
-    skipped_analyze_count
-    skipped_autoanalyze_count

These field can help users confirm that autovacuum is actively attempting
to run on a table that has not been vacuumed or analyzed for a long time,
and that the lack of progress is due to repeated skips rather than inactivity.
---
 doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml                 |  88 ++++++++++++++++
 src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql         |   8 ++
 src/backend/commands/vacuum.c                | 102 ++++++++++++++-----
 src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c |  64 ++++++++++++
 src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c          |  24 +++++
 src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat              |  32 ++++++
 src/include/pgstat.h                         |  16 +++
 src/test/regress/expected/rules.out          |  24 +++++
 8 files changed, 335 insertions(+), 23 deletions(-)

diff --git a/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml b/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml
index 08d5b824552..a9b579d87a9 100644
--- a/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml
+++ b/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml
@@ -4387,6 +4387,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_vacuum</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time a manual vacuum on this table was attempted but skipped due to
+       lock unavailability (not counting <command>VACUUM FULL</command>)
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>last_autovacuum</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
@@ -4397,6 +4407,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_autovacuum</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time a vacuum on this table by the autovacuum daemon was attempted
+       but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>last_analyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
@@ -4406,6 +4426,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_analyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time a manual analyze on this table was attempted but skipped due to
+       lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>last_autoanalyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
@@ -4416,6 +4446,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_autoanalyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time at which an analyze on this table by the autovacuum was
+       attempted but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>vacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4426,6 +4466,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_vacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times manual vacuums on this table have been attempted but skipped
+       due to lock unavailability (not counting <command>VACUUM FULL</command>)
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>autovacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4436,6 +4486,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_autovacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times vacuums on this table by the autovacuum daemon have been
+       attempted but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>analyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4445,6 +4505,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_analyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times manual analyzes on this table have been attempted but
+       skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>autoanalyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4455,6 +4525,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_autoanalyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times analyzes on this table by the autovacuum daemon have
+       been attempted but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>total_vacuum_time</structfield> <type>double precision</type>
@@ -4510,6 +4590,14 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
    </tgroup>
   </table>
 
+  <note>
+   <para>
+    When a manual vacuum or analyze on a parent table in an inheritance or
+    partitioning hierarchy is skipped, the statistics are recorded only for
+    the parent table, not for its children.
+   </para>
+  </note>
+
  </sect2>
 
  <sect2 id="monitoring-pg-stat-autovacuum-scores-view">
diff --git a/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql b/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql
index 73a1c1c4670..f509fc7876b 100644
--- a/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql
+++ b/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql
@@ -736,13 +736,21 @@ CREATE VIEW pg_stat_all_tables AS
             pg_stat_get_mod_since_analyze(C.oid) AS n_mod_since_analyze,
             pg_stat_get_ins_since_vacuum(C.oid) AS n_ins_since_vacuum,
             pg_stat_get_last_vacuum_time(C.oid) as last_vacuum,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_vacuum,
             pg_stat_get_last_autovacuum_time(C.oid) as last_autovacuum,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_autovacuum,
             pg_stat_get_last_analyze_time(C.oid) as last_analyze,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_analyze,
             pg_stat_get_last_autoanalyze_time(C.oid) as last_autoanalyze,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_autoanalyze,
             pg_stat_get_vacuum_count(C.oid) AS vacuum_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count(C.oid) AS skipped_vacuum_count,
             pg_stat_get_autovacuum_count(C.oid) AS autovacuum_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count(C.oid) AS skipped_autovacuum_count,
             pg_stat_get_analyze_count(C.oid) AS analyze_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count(C.oid) AS skipped_analyze_count,
             pg_stat_get_autoanalyze_count(C.oid) AS autoanalyze_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count(C.oid) AS skipped_autoanalyze_count,
             pg_stat_get_total_vacuum_time(C.oid) AS total_vacuum_time,
             pg_stat_get_total_autovacuum_time(C.oid) AS total_autovacuum_time,
             pg_stat_get_total_analyze_time(C.oid) AS total_analyze_time,
diff --git a/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c b/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c
index 99d0db82ed7..97cd5ea8d10 100644
--- a/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c
+++ b/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c
@@ -793,8 +793,25 @@ vacuum_open_relation(Oid relid, RangeVar *relation, uint32 options,
 		rel = try_relation_open(relid, NoLock);
 	else
 	{
+		int flags = 0;
 		rel = NULL;
 		rel_lock = false;
+
+		if ((options & VACOPT_VACUUM) != 0)
+		{
+			if (AmAutoVacuumWorkerProcess())
+				flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOVACUUM;
+			else
+				flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM;
+		}
+		if ((options & VACOPT_ANALYZE) != 0)
+		{
+			if (AmAutoVacuumWorkerProcess())
+				flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOANALYZE;
+			else
+				flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE;
+		}
+		pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(relid, flags);
 	}
 
 	/* if relation is opened, leave */
@@ -802,7 +819,7 @@ vacuum_open_relation(Oid relid, RangeVar *relation, uint32 options,
 		return rel;
 
 	/*
-	 * Relation could not be opened, hence generate if possible a log
+	 * Relation could not be opened hence generate if possible a log
 	 * informing on the situation.
 	 *
 	 * If the RangeVar is not defined, we do not have enough information to
@@ -905,7 +922,6 @@ expand_vacuum_rel(VacuumRelation *vrel, MemoryContext vac_context,
 		Form_pg_class classForm;
 		bool		include_children;
 		bool		is_partitioned_table;
-		int			rvr_opts;
 
 		/*
 		 * Since autovacuum workers supply OIDs when calling vacuum(), no
@@ -918,29 +934,69 @@ expand_vacuum_rel(VacuumRelation *vrel, MemoryContext vac_context,
 		 * below, as well as find_all_inheritors's expectation that the caller
 		 * holds some lock on the starting relation.
 		 */
-		rvr_opts = (options & VACOPT_SKIP_LOCKED) ? RVR_SKIP_LOCKED : 0;
-		relid = RangeVarGetRelidExtended(vrel->relation,
-										 AccessShareLock,
-										 rvr_opts,
-										 NULL, NULL);
-
-		/*
-		 * If the lock is unavailable, emit the same log statement that
-		 * vacuum_rel() and analyze_rel() would.
-		 */
-		if (!OidIsValid(relid))
+		if (!(options & VACOPT_SKIP_LOCKED))
 		{
-			if (options & VACOPT_VACUUM)
-				ereport(WARNING,
-						(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
-						 errmsg("skipping vacuum of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
-								vrel->relation->relname)));
-			else
-				ereport(WARNING,
-						(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
-						 errmsg("skipping analyze of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
+			relid = RangeVarGetRelidExtended(vrel->relation,
+											 AccessShareLock,
+											 0, NULL, NULL);
+			if (!OidIsValid(relid))
+				return vacrels;
+		}
+		else
+		{
+			/* Get relid for reporting before taking a lock */
+			relid = RangeVarGetRelid(vrel->relation, NoLock, false);
+
+			if (!ConditionalLockRelationOid(relid, AccessShareLock))
+			{
+				int	flags = 0;
+				/*
+				 * If the lock is unavailable, emit the same log statement that
+				 * vacuum_rel() and analyze_rel() would.
+				 */
+				if (options & VACOPT_VACUUM)
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping vacuum of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
 								vrel->relation->relname)));
-			return vacrels;
+				else
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping analyze of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
+									vrel->relation->relname)));
+
+				if ((options & VACOPT_VACUUM) != 0)
+					flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM;
+				if ((options & VACOPT_ANALYZE) != 0)
+					flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE;
+
+				pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(relid, flags);
+
+				return vacrels;
+			}
+
+			/*
+			 * Now that we have the lock, probe to see if the relation really
+			 * exists or not.
+			 */
+			if (!SearchSysCacheExists1(RELOID, ObjectIdGetDatum(relid)))
+			{
+				if (options & VACOPT_VACUUM)
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_UNDEFINED_TABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping vacuum of \"%s\" --- relation no longer exists",
+									vrel->relation->relname)));
+				else
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_UNDEFINED_TABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping analyze of \"%s\" --- relation no longer exists",
+									vrel->relation->relname)));
+
+				/* Release useless lock */
+				UnlockRelationOid(relid, AccessShareLock);
+
+				return vacrels;
+			}
 		}
 
 		/*
diff --git a/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c b/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c
index b2ca28f83ba..532d9023f8c 100644
--- a/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c
+++ b/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c
@@ -17,12 +17,14 @@
 
 #include "postgres.h"
 
+#include "access/htup_details.h"
 #include "access/twophase_rmgr.h"
 #include "access/xact.h"
 #include "catalog/catalog.h"
 #include "utils/memutils.h"
 #include "utils/pgstat_internal.h"
 #include "utils/rel.h"
+#include "utils/syscache.h"
 #include "utils/timestamp.h"
 
 
@@ -367,6 +369,68 @@ pgstat_report_analyze(Relation rel,
 	(void) pgstat_flush_backend(false, PGSTAT_BACKEND_FLUSH_IO);
 }
 
+/*
+ * Report that the table was skipped during vacuum or/and analyze.
+ */
+void
+pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(Oid relid, int flags)
+{
+	PgStat_EntryRef *entry_ref;
+	PgStatShared_Relation *shtabentry;
+	PgStat_StatTabEntry *tabentry;
+	TimestampTz ts;
+	HeapTuple	classTup;
+	bool		isshared;
+
+	if (!pgstat_track_counts || !flags)
+		return;
+
+	classTup = SearchSysCache1(RELOID, ObjectIdGetDatum(relid));
+	if (!HeapTupleIsValid(classTup))
+		return;			/* somebody deleted the rel, forget it */
+	isshared = ((Form_pg_class) GETSTRUCT(classTup))->relisshared;
+	ReleaseSysCache(classTup);
+
+	/* Store the data in the table's hash table entry. */
+	ts = GetCurrentTimestamp();
+
+	/* block acquiring lock for the same reason as pgstat_report_autovac() */
+	entry_ref = pgstat_get_entry_ref_locked(PGSTAT_KIND_RELATION,
+											isshared ? InvalidOid : MyDatabaseId,
+											relid, false);
+
+	shtabentry = (PgStatShared_Relation *) entry_ref->shared_stats;
+	tabentry = &shtabentry->stats;
+
+	if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM)
+	{
+		tabentry->last_skipped_vacuum_time = ts;
+		tabentry->skipped_vacuum_count++;
+	}
+	else if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOVACUUM)
+	{
+		tabentry->last_skipped_autovacuum_time = ts;
+		tabentry->skipped_autovacuum_count++;
+	}
+
+	if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE)
+	{
+		tabentry->last_skipped_analyze_time = ts;
+		tabentry->skipped_analyze_count++;
+	}
+	else if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOANALYZE)
+	{
+		tabentry->last_skipped_autoanalyze_time = ts;
+		tabentry->skipped_autoanalyze_count++;
+	}
+
+	pgstat_unlock_entry(entry_ref);
+
+	/* see pgstat_report_vacuum() */
+	pgstat_flush_io(false);
+	(void) pgstat_flush_backend(false, PGSTAT_BACKEND_FLUSH_IO);
+}
+
 /*
  * count a tuple insertion of n tuples
  */
diff --git a/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c b/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c
index 1408de387ea..90a8968faa0 100644
--- a/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c
+++ b/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c
@@ -84,6 +84,18 @@ PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(mod_since_analyze)
 /* pg_stat_get_numscans */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(numscans)
 
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_analyze_count)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_autoanalyze_count)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_autovacuum_count)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_vacuum_count)
+
 /* pg_stat_get_tuples_deleted */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(tuples_deleted)
 
@@ -170,6 +182,18 @@ PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_vacuum_time)
 /* pg_stat_get_lastscan */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(lastscan)
 
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_analyze_time)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_autoanalyze_time)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_autovacuum_time)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_vacuum_time)
+
 /* pg_stat_get_stat_reset_time */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(stat_reset_time)
 
diff --git a/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat b/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat
index fa9ae79082b..32debb34863 100644
--- a/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat
+++ b/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat
@@ -5680,6 +5680,38 @@
   proargmodes => '{o,o,o,o,o,o,o,o,o,o}',
   proargnames => '{oid,score,xid_score,mxid_score,vacuum_score,vacuum_insert_score,analyze_score,do_vacuum,do_analyze,for_wraparound}',
   prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_autovacuum_scores' },
+{ oid => '8142', descr => 'statistics: last skipped vacuum time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time' },
+{ oid => '8143', descr => 'statistics: last skipped auto vacuum time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time' },
+{ oid => '8144', descr => 'statistics: last skipped analyze time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time' },
+{ oid => '8145', descr => 'statistics: last skipped auto analyze time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time' },
+{ oid => '8146', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped vacuum for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count' },
+{ oid => '8147', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped auto vacuum for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count' },
+{ oid => '8148', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped analyzes for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count' },
+{ oid => '8149', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped auto analyzes for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count' },
 { oid => '1936', descr => 'statistics: currently active backend IDs',
   proname => 'pg_stat_get_backend_idset', prorows => '100', proretset => 't',
   provolatile => 's', proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int4',
diff --git a/src/include/pgstat.h b/src/include/pgstat.h
index dfa2e837638..98941f953d1 100644
--- a/src/include/pgstat.h
+++ b/src/include/pgstat.h
@@ -479,6 +479,15 @@ typedef struct PgStat_StatTabEntry
 	TimestampTz last_autoanalyze_time;	/* autovacuum initiated */
 	PgStat_Counter autoanalyze_count;
 
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_vacuum_time;	/* user initiated vacuum */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_vacuum_count;
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_autovacuum_time;	/* autovacuum initiated */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_autovacuum_count;
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_analyze_time;	/* user initiated */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_analyze_count;
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_autoanalyze_time;	/* autovacuum initiated */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_autoanalyze_count;
+
 	PgStat_Counter total_vacuum_time;	/* times in milliseconds */
 	PgStat_Counter total_autovacuum_time;
 	PgStat_Counter total_analyze_time;
@@ -703,6 +712,13 @@ extern void pgstat_report_analyze(Relation rel,
 								  PgStat_Counter livetuples, PgStat_Counter deadtuples,
 								  bool resetcounter, TimestampTz starttime);
 
+/* flags for pgstat_flush_backend() */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM		(1 << 0)	/* vacuum is skipped */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE		(1 << 1)	/* analyze is skipped */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOVACUUM	(1 << 2)	/* autovacuum is skipped */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOANALYZE	(1 << 3)	/* autoanalyze is skipped */
+extern void pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(Oid relid, int flags);
+
 /*
  * If stats are enabled, but pending data hasn't been prepared yet, call
  * pgstat_assoc_relation() to do so. See its comment for why this is done
diff --git a/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out b/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out
index a65a5bf0c4f..9b2075d3373 100644
--- a/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out
+++ b/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out
@@ -1835,13 +1835,21 @@ pg_stat_all_tables| SELECT c.oid AS relid,
     pg_stat_get_mod_since_analyze(c.oid) AS n_mod_since_analyze,
     pg_stat_get_ins_since_vacuum(c.oid) AS n_ins_since_vacuum,
     pg_stat_get_last_vacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_vacuum,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_vacuum,
     pg_stat_get_last_autovacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_autovacuum,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_autovacuum,
     pg_stat_get_last_analyze_time(c.oid) AS last_analyze,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_analyze,
     pg_stat_get_last_autoanalyze_time(c.oid) AS last_autoanalyze,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_autoanalyze,
     pg_stat_get_vacuum_count(c.oid) AS vacuum_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count(c.oid) AS skipped_vacuum_count,
     pg_stat_get_autovacuum_count(c.oid) AS autovacuum_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count(c.oid) AS skipped_autovacuum_count,
     pg_stat_get_analyze_count(c.oid) AS analyze_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count(c.oid) AS skipped_analyze_count,
     pg_stat_get_autoanalyze_count(c.oid) AS autoanalyze_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count(c.oid) AS skipped_autoanalyze_count,
     pg_stat_get_total_vacuum_time(c.oid) AS total_vacuum_time,
     pg_stat_get_total_autovacuum_time(c.oid) AS total_autovacuum_time,
     pg_stat_get_total_analyze_time(c.oid) AS total_analyze_time,
@@ -2346,13 +2354,21 @@ pg_stat_sys_tables| SELECT relid,
     n_mod_since_analyze,
     n_ins_since_vacuum,
     last_vacuum,
+    last_skipped_vacuum,
     last_autovacuum,
+    last_skipped_autovacuum,
     last_analyze,
+    last_skipped_analyze,
     last_autoanalyze,
+    last_skipped_autoanalyze,
     vacuum_count,
+    skipped_vacuum_count,
     autovacuum_count,
+    skipped_autovacuum_count,
     analyze_count,
+    skipped_analyze_count,
     autoanalyze_count,
+    skipped_autoanalyze_count,
     total_vacuum_time,
     total_autovacuum_time,
     total_analyze_time,
@@ -2401,13 +2417,21 @@ pg_stat_user_tables| SELECT relid,
     n_mod_since_analyze,
     n_ins_since_vacuum,
     last_vacuum,
+    last_skipped_vacuum,
     last_autovacuum,
+    last_skipped_autovacuum,
     last_analyze,
+    last_skipped_analyze,
     last_autoanalyze,
+    last_skipped_autoanalyze,
     vacuum_count,
+    skipped_vacuum_count,
     autovacuum_count,
+    skipped_autovacuum_count,
     analyze_count,
+    skipped_analyze_count,
     autoanalyze_count,
+    skipped_autoanalyze_count,
     total_vacuum_time,
     total_autovacuum_time,
     total_analyze_time,
-- 
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* [PATCH v4] Track skipped vacuum and analyze activity per relation
@ 2026-03-24 04:09 Yugo Nagata <[email protected]>
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From: Yugo Nagata @ 2026-03-24 04:09 UTC (permalink / raw)

This commit adds eight fields to the relation statistics that track
the last time vacuum or analyze has been attempted but skipped due to
lock unavailability, along with their counts:

-    last_skipped_vacuum
-    last_skipped_autovacuum
-    last_skipped_analyze
-    last_skipped_autoanalyze
-    skipped_vacuum_count
-    skipped_autovacuum_count
-    skipped_analyze_count
-    skipped_autoanalyze_count

These field can help users confirm that autovacuum is actively attempting
to run on a table that has not been vacuumed or analyzed for a long time,
and that the lack of progress is due to repeated skips rather than inactivity.
---
 doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml                 |  88 ++++++++++++++++
 src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql         |   8 ++
 src/backend/commands/vacuum.c                | 102 ++++++++++++++-----
 src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c |  64 ++++++++++++
 src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c          |  24 +++++
 src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat              |  32 ++++++
 src/include/pgstat.h                         |  16 +++
 src/test/regress/expected/rules.out          |  24 +++++
 8 files changed, 335 insertions(+), 23 deletions(-)

diff --git a/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml b/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml
index 08d5b824552..a9b579d87a9 100644
--- a/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml
+++ b/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml
@@ -4387,6 +4387,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_vacuum</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time a manual vacuum on this table was attempted but skipped due to
+       lock unavailability (not counting <command>VACUUM FULL</command>)
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>last_autovacuum</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
@@ -4397,6 +4407,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_autovacuum</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time a vacuum on this table by the autovacuum daemon was attempted
+       but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>last_analyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
@@ -4406,6 +4426,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_analyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time a manual analyze on this table was attempted but skipped due to
+       lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>last_autoanalyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
@@ -4416,6 +4446,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_autoanalyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time at which an analyze on this table by the autovacuum was
+       attempted but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>vacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4426,6 +4466,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_vacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times manual vacuums on this table have been attempted but skipped
+       due to lock unavailability (not counting <command>VACUUM FULL</command>)
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>autovacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4436,6 +4486,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_autovacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times vacuums on this table by the autovacuum daemon have been
+       attempted but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>analyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4445,6 +4505,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_analyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times manual analyzes on this table have been attempted but
+       skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>autoanalyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4455,6 +4525,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_autoanalyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times analyzes on this table by the autovacuum daemon have
+       been attempted but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>total_vacuum_time</structfield> <type>double precision</type>
@@ -4510,6 +4590,14 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
    </tgroup>
   </table>
 
+  <note>
+   <para>
+    When a manual vacuum or analyze on a parent table in an inheritance or
+    partitioning hierarchy is skipped, the statistics are recorded only for
+    the parent table, not for its children.
+   </para>
+  </note>
+
  </sect2>
 
  <sect2 id="monitoring-pg-stat-autovacuum-scores-view">
diff --git a/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql b/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql
index 73a1c1c4670..f509fc7876b 100644
--- a/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql
+++ b/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql
@@ -736,13 +736,21 @@ CREATE VIEW pg_stat_all_tables AS
             pg_stat_get_mod_since_analyze(C.oid) AS n_mod_since_analyze,
             pg_stat_get_ins_since_vacuum(C.oid) AS n_ins_since_vacuum,
             pg_stat_get_last_vacuum_time(C.oid) as last_vacuum,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_vacuum,
             pg_stat_get_last_autovacuum_time(C.oid) as last_autovacuum,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_autovacuum,
             pg_stat_get_last_analyze_time(C.oid) as last_analyze,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_analyze,
             pg_stat_get_last_autoanalyze_time(C.oid) as last_autoanalyze,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_autoanalyze,
             pg_stat_get_vacuum_count(C.oid) AS vacuum_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count(C.oid) AS skipped_vacuum_count,
             pg_stat_get_autovacuum_count(C.oid) AS autovacuum_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count(C.oid) AS skipped_autovacuum_count,
             pg_stat_get_analyze_count(C.oid) AS analyze_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count(C.oid) AS skipped_analyze_count,
             pg_stat_get_autoanalyze_count(C.oid) AS autoanalyze_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count(C.oid) AS skipped_autoanalyze_count,
             pg_stat_get_total_vacuum_time(C.oid) AS total_vacuum_time,
             pg_stat_get_total_autovacuum_time(C.oid) AS total_autovacuum_time,
             pg_stat_get_total_analyze_time(C.oid) AS total_analyze_time,
diff --git a/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c b/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c
index 99d0db82ed7..97cd5ea8d10 100644
--- a/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c
+++ b/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c
@@ -793,8 +793,25 @@ vacuum_open_relation(Oid relid, RangeVar *relation, uint32 options,
 		rel = try_relation_open(relid, NoLock);
 	else
 	{
+		int flags = 0;
 		rel = NULL;
 		rel_lock = false;
+
+		if ((options & VACOPT_VACUUM) != 0)
+		{
+			if (AmAutoVacuumWorkerProcess())
+				flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOVACUUM;
+			else
+				flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM;
+		}
+		if ((options & VACOPT_ANALYZE) != 0)
+		{
+			if (AmAutoVacuumWorkerProcess())
+				flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOANALYZE;
+			else
+				flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE;
+		}
+		pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(relid, flags);
 	}
 
 	/* if relation is opened, leave */
@@ -802,7 +819,7 @@ vacuum_open_relation(Oid relid, RangeVar *relation, uint32 options,
 		return rel;
 
 	/*
-	 * Relation could not be opened, hence generate if possible a log
+	 * Relation could not be opened hence generate if possible a log
 	 * informing on the situation.
 	 *
 	 * If the RangeVar is not defined, we do not have enough information to
@@ -905,7 +922,6 @@ expand_vacuum_rel(VacuumRelation *vrel, MemoryContext vac_context,
 		Form_pg_class classForm;
 		bool		include_children;
 		bool		is_partitioned_table;
-		int			rvr_opts;
 
 		/*
 		 * Since autovacuum workers supply OIDs when calling vacuum(), no
@@ -918,29 +934,69 @@ expand_vacuum_rel(VacuumRelation *vrel, MemoryContext vac_context,
 		 * below, as well as find_all_inheritors's expectation that the caller
 		 * holds some lock on the starting relation.
 		 */
-		rvr_opts = (options & VACOPT_SKIP_LOCKED) ? RVR_SKIP_LOCKED : 0;
-		relid = RangeVarGetRelidExtended(vrel->relation,
-										 AccessShareLock,
-										 rvr_opts,
-										 NULL, NULL);
-
-		/*
-		 * If the lock is unavailable, emit the same log statement that
-		 * vacuum_rel() and analyze_rel() would.
-		 */
-		if (!OidIsValid(relid))
+		if (!(options & VACOPT_SKIP_LOCKED))
 		{
-			if (options & VACOPT_VACUUM)
-				ereport(WARNING,
-						(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
-						 errmsg("skipping vacuum of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
-								vrel->relation->relname)));
-			else
-				ereport(WARNING,
-						(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
-						 errmsg("skipping analyze of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
+			relid = RangeVarGetRelidExtended(vrel->relation,
+											 AccessShareLock,
+											 0, NULL, NULL);
+			if (!OidIsValid(relid))
+				return vacrels;
+		}
+		else
+		{
+			/* Get relid for reporting before taking a lock */
+			relid = RangeVarGetRelid(vrel->relation, NoLock, false);
+
+			if (!ConditionalLockRelationOid(relid, AccessShareLock))
+			{
+				int	flags = 0;
+				/*
+				 * If the lock is unavailable, emit the same log statement that
+				 * vacuum_rel() and analyze_rel() would.
+				 */
+				if (options & VACOPT_VACUUM)
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping vacuum of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
 								vrel->relation->relname)));
-			return vacrels;
+				else
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping analyze of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
+									vrel->relation->relname)));
+
+				if ((options & VACOPT_VACUUM) != 0)
+					flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM;
+				if ((options & VACOPT_ANALYZE) != 0)
+					flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE;
+
+				pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(relid, flags);
+
+				return vacrels;
+			}
+
+			/*
+			 * Now that we have the lock, probe to see if the relation really
+			 * exists or not.
+			 */
+			if (!SearchSysCacheExists1(RELOID, ObjectIdGetDatum(relid)))
+			{
+				if (options & VACOPT_VACUUM)
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_UNDEFINED_TABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping vacuum of \"%s\" --- relation no longer exists",
+									vrel->relation->relname)));
+				else
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_UNDEFINED_TABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping analyze of \"%s\" --- relation no longer exists",
+									vrel->relation->relname)));
+
+				/* Release useless lock */
+				UnlockRelationOid(relid, AccessShareLock);
+
+				return vacrels;
+			}
 		}
 
 		/*
diff --git a/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c b/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c
index b2ca28f83ba..532d9023f8c 100644
--- a/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c
+++ b/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c
@@ -17,12 +17,14 @@
 
 #include "postgres.h"
 
+#include "access/htup_details.h"
 #include "access/twophase_rmgr.h"
 #include "access/xact.h"
 #include "catalog/catalog.h"
 #include "utils/memutils.h"
 #include "utils/pgstat_internal.h"
 #include "utils/rel.h"
+#include "utils/syscache.h"
 #include "utils/timestamp.h"
 
 
@@ -367,6 +369,68 @@ pgstat_report_analyze(Relation rel,
 	(void) pgstat_flush_backend(false, PGSTAT_BACKEND_FLUSH_IO);
 }
 
+/*
+ * Report that the table was skipped during vacuum or/and analyze.
+ */
+void
+pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(Oid relid, int flags)
+{
+	PgStat_EntryRef *entry_ref;
+	PgStatShared_Relation *shtabentry;
+	PgStat_StatTabEntry *tabentry;
+	TimestampTz ts;
+	HeapTuple	classTup;
+	bool		isshared;
+
+	if (!pgstat_track_counts || !flags)
+		return;
+
+	classTup = SearchSysCache1(RELOID, ObjectIdGetDatum(relid));
+	if (!HeapTupleIsValid(classTup))
+		return;			/* somebody deleted the rel, forget it */
+	isshared = ((Form_pg_class) GETSTRUCT(classTup))->relisshared;
+	ReleaseSysCache(classTup);
+
+	/* Store the data in the table's hash table entry. */
+	ts = GetCurrentTimestamp();
+
+	/* block acquiring lock for the same reason as pgstat_report_autovac() */
+	entry_ref = pgstat_get_entry_ref_locked(PGSTAT_KIND_RELATION,
+											isshared ? InvalidOid : MyDatabaseId,
+											relid, false);
+
+	shtabentry = (PgStatShared_Relation *) entry_ref->shared_stats;
+	tabentry = &shtabentry->stats;
+
+	if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM)
+	{
+		tabentry->last_skipped_vacuum_time = ts;
+		tabentry->skipped_vacuum_count++;
+	}
+	else if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOVACUUM)
+	{
+		tabentry->last_skipped_autovacuum_time = ts;
+		tabentry->skipped_autovacuum_count++;
+	}
+
+	if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE)
+	{
+		tabentry->last_skipped_analyze_time = ts;
+		tabentry->skipped_analyze_count++;
+	}
+	else if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOANALYZE)
+	{
+		tabentry->last_skipped_autoanalyze_time = ts;
+		tabentry->skipped_autoanalyze_count++;
+	}
+
+	pgstat_unlock_entry(entry_ref);
+
+	/* see pgstat_report_vacuum() */
+	pgstat_flush_io(false);
+	(void) pgstat_flush_backend(false, PGSTAT_BACKEND_FLUSH_IO);
+}
+
 /*
  * count a tuple insertion of n tuples
  */
diff --git a/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c b/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c
index 1408de387ea..90a8968faa0 100644
--- a/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c
+++ b/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c
@@ -84,6 +84,18 @@ PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(mod_since_analyze)
 /* pg_stat_get_numscans */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(numscans)
 
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_analyze_count)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_autoanalyze_count)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_autovacuum_count)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_vacuum_count)
+
 /* pg_stat_get_tuples_deleted */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(tuples_deleted)
 
@@ -170,6 +182,18 @@ PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_vacuum_time)
 /* pg_stat_get_lastscan */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(lastscan)
 
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_analyze_time)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_autoanalyze_time)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_autovacuum_time)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_vacuum_time)
+
 /* pg_stat_get_stat_reset_time */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(stat_reset_time)
 
diff --git a/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat b/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat
index fa9ae79082b..32debb34863 100644
--- a/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat
+++ b/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat
@@ -5680,6 +5680,38 @@
   proargmodes => '{o,o,o,o,o,o,o,o,o,o}',
   proargnames => '{oid,score,xid_score,mxid_score,vacuum_score,vacuum_insert_score,analyze_score,do_vacuum,do_analyze,for_wraparound}',
   prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_autovacuum_scores' },
+{ oid => '8142', descr => 'statistics: last skipped vacuum time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time' },
+{ oid => '8143', descr => 'statistics: last skipped auto vacuum time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time' },
+{ oid => '8144', descr => 'statistics: last skipped analyze time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time' },
+{ oid => '8145', descr => 'statistics: last skipped auto analyze time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time' },
+{ oid => '8146', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped vacuum for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count' },
+{ oid => '8147', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped auto vacuum for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count' },
+{ oid => '8148', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped analyzes for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count' },
+{ oid => '8149', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped auto analyzes for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count' },
 { oid => '1936', descr => 'statistics: currently active backend IDs',
   proname => 'pg_stat_get_backend_idset', prorows => '100', proretset => 't',
   provolatile => 's', proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int4',
diff --git a/src/include/pgstat.h b/src/include/pgstat.h
index dfa2e837638..98941f953d1 100644
--- a/src/include/pgstat.h
+++ b/src/include/pgstat.h
@@ -479,6 +479,15 @@ typedef struct PgStat_StatTabEntry
 	TimestampTz last_autoanalyze_time;	/* autovacuum initiated */
 	PgStat_Counter autoanalyze_count;
 
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_vacuum_time;	/* user initiated vacuum */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_vacuum_count;
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_autovacuum_time;	/* autovacuum initiated */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_autovacuum_count;
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_analyze_time;	/* user initiated */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_analyze_count;
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_autoanalyze_time;	/* autovacuum initiated */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_autoanalyze_count;
+
 	PgStat_Counter total_vacuum_time;	/* times in milliseconds */
 	PgStat_Counter total_autovacuum_time;
 	PgStat_Counter total_analyze_time;
@@ -703,6 +712,13 @@ extern void pgstat_report_analyze(Relation rel,
 								  PgStat_Counter livetuples, PgStat_Counter deadtuples,
 								  bool resetcounter, TimestampTz starttime);
 
+/* flags for pgstat_flush_backend() */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM		(1 << 0)	/* vacuum is skipped */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE		(1 << 1)	/* analyze is skipped */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOVACUUM	(1 << 2)	/* autovacuum is skipped */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOANALYZE	(1 << 3)	/* autoanalyze is skipped */
+extern void pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(Oid relid, int flags);
+
 /*
  * If stats are enabled, but pending data hasn't been prepared yet, call
  * pgstat_assoc_relation() to do so. See its comment for why this is done
diff --git a/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out b/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out
index a65a5bf0c4f..9b2075d3373 100644
--- a/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out
+++ b/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out
@@ -1835,13 +1835,21 @@ pg_stat_all_tables| SELECT c.oid AS relid,
     pg_stat_get_mod_since_analyze(c.oid) AS n_mod_since_analyze,
     pg_stat_get_ins_since_vacuum(c.oid) AS n_ins_since_vacuum,
     pg_stat_get_last_vacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_vacuum,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_vacuum,
     pg_stat_get_last_autovacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_autovacuum,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_autovacuum,
     pg_stat_get_last_analyze_time(c.oid) AS last_analyze,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_analyze,
     pg_stat_get_last_autoanalyze_time(c.oid) AS last_autoanalyze,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_autoanalyze,
     pg_stat_get_vacuum_count(c.oid) AS vacuum_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count(c.oid) AS skipped_vacuum_count,
     pg_stat_get_autovacuum_count(c.oid) AS autovacuum_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count(c.oid) AS skipped_autovacuum_count,
     pg_stat_get_analyze_count(c.oid) AS analyze_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count(c.oid) AS skipped_analyze_count,
     pg_stat_get_autoanalyze_count(c.oid) AS autoanalyze_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count(c.oid) AS skipped_autoanalyze_count,
     pg_stat_get_total_vacuum_time(c.oid) AS total_vacuum_time,
     pg_stat_get_total_autovacuum_time(c.oid) AS total_autovacuum_time,
     pg_stat_get_total_analyze_time(c.oid) AS total_analyze_time,
@@ -2346,13 +2354,21 @@ pg_stat_sys_tables| SELECT relid,
     n_mod_since_analyze,
     n_ins_since_vacuum,
     last_vacuum,
+    last_skipped_vacuum,
     last_autovacuum,
+    last_skipped_autovacuum,
     last_analyze,
+    last_skipped_analyze,
     last_autoanalyze,
+    last_skipped_autoanalyze,
     vacuum_count,
+    skipped_vacuum_count,
     autovacuum_count,
+    skipped_autovacuum_count,
     analyze_count,
+    skipped_analyze_count,
     autoanalyze_count,
+    skipped_autoanalyze_count,
     total_vacuum_time,
     total_autovacuum_time,
     total_analyze_time,
@@ -2401,13 +2417,21 @@ pg_stat_user_tables| SELECT relid,
     n_mod_since_analyze,
     n_ins_since_vacuum,
     last_vacuum,
+    last_skipped_vacuum,
     last_autovacuum,
+    last_skipped_autovacuum,
     last_analyze,
+    last_skipped_analyze,
     last_autoanalyze,
+    last_skipped_autoanalyze,
     vacuum_count,
+    skipped_vacuum_count,
     autovacuum_count,
+    skipped_autovacuum_count,
     analyze_count,
+    skipped_analyze_count,
     autoanalyze_count,
+    skipped_autoanalyze_count,
     total_vacuum_time,
     total_autovacuum_time,
     total_analyze_time,
-- 
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* [PATCH v3] Track skipped vacuum and analyze activity per relation
@ 2026-03-24 04:09 Yugo Nagata <[email protected]>
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From: Yugo Nagata @ 2026-03-24 04:09 UTC (permalink / raw)

This commit adds eight fields to the relation statistics that track
the last time vacuum or analyze has been attempted but skipped due to
lock unavailability, along with their counts:

-    last_skipped_vacuum
-    last_skipped_autovacuum
-    last_skipped_analyze
-    last_skipped_autoanalyze
-    skipped_vacuum_count
-    skipped_autovacuum_count
-    skipped_analyze_count
-    skipped_autoanalyze_count

These field can help users confirm that autovacuum is actively attempting
to run on a table that has not been vacuumed or analyzed for a long time,
and that the lack of progress is due to repeated skips rather than inactivity.
---
 doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml                 | 80 +++++++++++++++++
 src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql         |  8 ++
 src/backend/commands/vacuum.c                | 95 +++++++++++++++-----
 src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c | 68 ++++++++++++++
 src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c          | 24 +++++
 src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat              | 32 +++++++
 src/include/pgstat.h                         | 16 ++++
 src/test/regress/expected/rules.out          | 24 +++++
 8 files changed, 324 insertions(+), 23 deletions(-)

diff --git a/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml b/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml
index bb75ed1069b..9ec8070b2fc 100644
--- a/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml
+++ b/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml
@@ -4372,6 +4372,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_vacuum</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time a manual vacuum on this table was attempted but skipped due to
+       lock unavailability (not counting <command>VACUUM FULL</command>)
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>last_autovacuum</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
@@ -4382,6 +4392,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_autovacuum</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time a vacuum on this table by the autovacuum daemon was attempted
+       but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>last_analyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
@@ -4391,6 +4411,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_analyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time a manual analyze on this table was attempted but skipped due to
+       lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>last_autoanalyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
@@ -4401,6 +4431,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_autoanalyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time at which an analyze on this table by the autovacuum was
+       attempted but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>vacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4411,6 +4451,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_vacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times vacuums on this table have been attempted but skipped
+       due to lock unavailability (not counting <command>VACUUM FULL</command>)
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>autovacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4421,6 +4471,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_autovacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times vacuums on this table by the autovacuum daemon have been
+       attempted but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>analyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4430,6 +4490,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_analyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times manual analyzes on this table have been attempted but
+       skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>autoanalyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4440,6 +4510,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_autoanalyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times analyzes on this table by the autovacuum daemon have
+       been attempted but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>total_vacuum_time</structfield> <type>double precision</type>
diff --git a/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql b/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql
index e54018004db..2ca02a0354c 100644
--- a/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql
+++ b/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql
@@ -736,13 +736,21 @@ CREATE VIEW pg_stat_all_tables AS
             pg_stat_get_mod_since_analyze(C.oid) AS n_mod_since_analyze,
             pg_stat_get_ins_since_vacuum(C.oid) AS n_ins_since_vacuum,
             pg_stat_get_last_vacuum_time(C.oid) as last_vacuum,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_vacuum,
             pg_stat_get_last_autovacuum_time(C.oid) as last_autovacuum,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_autovacuum,
             pg_stat_get_last_analyze_time(C.oid) as last_analyze,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_analyze,
             pg_stat_get_last_autoanalyze_time(C.oid) as last_autoanalyze,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_autoanalyze,
             pg_stat_get_vacuum_count(C.oid) AS vacuum_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count(C.oid) AS skipped_vacuum_count,
             pg_stat_get_autovacuum_count(C.oid) AS autovacuum_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count(C.oid) AS skipped_autovacuum_count,
             pg_stat_get_analyze_count(C.oid) AS analyze_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count(C.oid) AS skipped_analyze_count,
             pg_stat_get_autoanalyze_count(C.oid) AS autoanalyze_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count(C.oid) AS skipped_autoanalyze_count,
             pg_stat_get_total_vacuum_time(C.oid) AS total_vacuum_time,
             pg_stat_get_total_autovacuum_time(C.oid) AS total_autovacuum_time,
             pg_stat_get_total_analyze_time(C.oid) AS total_analyze_time,
diff --git a/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c b/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c
index bce3a2daa24..ce83b3171be 100644
--- a/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c
+++ b/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c
@@ -792,8 +792,18 @@ vacuum_open_relation(Oid relid, RangeVar *relation, bits32 options,
 		rel = try_relation_open(relid, NoLock);
 	else
 	{
+		bits8 flags = 0;
 		rel = NULL;
 		rel_lock = false;
+
+		if ((options & VACOPT_VACUUM) != 0)
+			flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM;
+		if ((options & VACOPT_ANALYZE) != 0)
+			flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE;
+		if (AmAutoVacuumWorkerProcess())
+			flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOVAC;
+
+		pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(relid, flags);
 	}
 
 	/* if relation is opened, leave */
@@ -801,7 +811,7 @@ vacuum_open_relation(Oid relid, RangeVar *relation, bits32 options,
 		return rel;
 
 	/*
-	 * Relation could not be opened, hence generate if possible a log
+	 * Relation could not be opened hence generate if possible a log
 	 * informing on the situation.
 	 *
 	 * If the RangeVar is not defined, we do not have enough information to
@@ -904,7 +914,6 @@ expand_vacuum_rel(VacuumRelation *vrel, MemoryContext vac_context,
 		Form_pg_class classForm;
 		bool		include_children;
 		bool		is_partitioned_table;
-		int			rvr_opts;
 
 		/*
 		 * Since autovacuum workers supply OIDs when calling vacuum(), no
@@ -917,29 +926,69 @@ expand_vacuum_rel(VacuumRelation *vrel, MemoryContext vac_context,
 		 * below, as well as find_all_inheritors's expectation that the caller
 		 * holds some lock on the starting relation.
 		 */
-		rvr_opts = (options & VACOPT_SKIP_LOCKED) ? RVR_SKIP_LOCKED : 0;
-		relid = RangeVarGetRelidExtended(vrel->relation,
-										 AccessShareLock,
-										 rvr_opts,
-										 NULL, NULL);
-
-		/*
-		 * If the lock is unavailable, emit the same log statement that
-		 * vacuum_rel() and analyze_rel() would.
-		 */
-		if (!OidIsValid(relid))
+		if (!(options & VACOPT_SKIP_LOCKED))
 		{
-			if (options & VACOPT_VACUUM)
-				ereport(WARNING,
-						(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
-						 errmsg("skipping vacuum of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
-								vrel->relation->relname)));
-			else
-				ereport(WARNING,
-						(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
-						 errmsg("skipping analyze of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
+			relid = RangeVarGetRelidExtended(vrel->relation,
+											 AccessShareLock,
+											 0, NULL, NULL);
+			if (!OidIsValid(relid))
+				return vacrels;
+		}
+		else
+		{
+			/* Get relid for reporting before taking a lock */
+			relid = RangeVarGetRelid(vrel->relation, NoLock, false);
+
+			if (!ConditionalLockRelationOid(relid, AccessShareLock))
+			{
+				bits8	flags = 0;
+				/*
+				 * If the lock is unavailable, emit the same log statement that
+				 * vacuum_rel() and analyze_rel() would.
+				 */
+				if (options & VACOPT_VACUUM)
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping vacuum of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
 								vrel->relation->relname)));
-			return vacrels;
+				else
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping analyze of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
+									vrel->relation->relname)));
+
+				if ((options & VACOPT_VACUUM) != 0)
+					flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM;
+				if ((options & VACOPT_ANALYZE) != 0)
+					flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE;
+
+				pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(relid, flags);
+
+				return vacrels;
+			}
+
+			/*
+			 * Now that we have the lock, probe to see if the relation really
+			 * exists or not.
+			 */
+			if (!SearchSysCacheExists1(RELOID, ObjectIdGetDatum(relid)))
+			{
+				if (options & VACOPT_VACUUM)
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_UNDEFINED_TABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping vacuum of \"%s\" --- relation no longer exists",
+									vrel->relation->relname)));
+				else
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_UNDEFINED_TABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping analyze of \"%s\" --- relation no longer exists",
+									vrel->relation->relname)));
+
+				/* Release useless lock */
+				UnlockRelationOid(relid, AccessShareLock);
+
+				return vacrels;
+			}
 		}
 
 		/*
diff --git a/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c b/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c
index bc8c43b96aa..cec4c88980e 100644
--- a/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c
+++ b/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c
@@ -17,6 +17,7 @@
 
 #include "postgres.h"
 
+#include "access/htup_details.h"
 #include "access/twophase_rmgr.h"
 #include "access/xact.h"
 #include "catalog/catalog.h"
@@ -366,6 +367,73 @@ pgstat_report_analyze(Relation rel,
 	(void) pgstat_flush_backend(false, PGSTAT_BACKEND_FLUSH_IO);
 }
 
+/*
+ * Report that the table was skipped during vacuum or/and analyze.
+ */
+void
+pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(Oid relid, bits8 flags)
+{
+	PgStat_EntryRef *entry_ref;
+	PgStatShared_Relation *shtabentry;
+	PgStat_StatTabEntry *tabentry;
+	TimestampTz ts;
+	HeapTuple	classTup;
+	bool		isshared;
+
+	if (!pgstat_track_counts || !(flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANY))
+		return;
+
+	classTup = SearchSysCache1(RELOID, ObjectIdGetDatum(relid));
+	if (!HeapTupleIsValid(classTup))
+		return;			/* somebody deleted the rel, forget it */
+	isshared = ((Form_pg_class) GETSTRUCT(classTup))->relisshared;
+	ReleaseSysCache(classTup);
+
+	/* Store the data in the table's hash table entry. */
+	ts = GetCurrentTimestamp();
+
+	/* block acquiring lock for the same reason as pgstat_report_autovac() */
+	entry_ref = pgstat_get_entry_ref_locked(PGSTAT_KIND_RELATION,
+											isshared ? InvalidOid : MyDatabaseId,
+											relid, false);
+
+	shtabentry = (PgStatShared_Relation *) entry_ref->shared_stats;
+	tabentry = &shtabentry->stats;
+
+	if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOVAC)
+	{
+		if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM)
+		{
+			tabentry->last_skipped_autovacuum_time = ts;
+			tabentry->skipped_autovacuum_count++;
+		}
+		if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE)
+		{
+			tabentry->last_skipped_autoanalyze_time = ts;
+			tabentry->skipped_autoanalyze_count++;
+		}
+	}
+	else
+	{
+		if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM)
+		{
+			tabentry->last_skipped_vacuum_time = ts;
+			tabentry->skipped_vacuum_count++;
+		}
+		if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE)
+		{
+			tabentry->last_skipped_analyze_time = ts;
+			tabentry->skipped_analyze_count++;
+		}
+	}
+
+	pgstat_unlock_entry(entry_ref);
+
+	/* see pgstat_report_vacuum() */
+	pgstat_flush_io(false);
+	(void) pgstat_flush_backend(false, PGSTAT_BACKEND_FLUSH_IO);
+}
+
 /*
  * count a tuple insertion of n tuples
  */
diff --git a/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c b/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c
index 9185a8e6b83..18aaa3996e1 100644
--- a/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c
+++ b/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c
@@ -84,6 +84,18 @@ PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(mod_since_analyze)
 /* pg_stat_get_numscans */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(numscans)
 
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_analyze_count)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_autoanalyze_count)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_autovacuum_count)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_vacuum_count)
+
 /* pg_stat_get_tuples_deleted */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(tuples_deleted)
 
@@ -170,6 +182,18 @@ PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_vacuum_time)
 /* pg_stat_get_lastscan */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(lastscan)
 
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_analyze_time)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_autoanalyze_time)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_autovacuum_time)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_vacuum_time)
+
 /* pg_stat_get_stat_reset_time */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(stat_reset_time)
 
diff --git a/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat b/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat
index 0118e970dda..ccfe3d9e02a 100644
--- a/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat
+++ b/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat
@@ -5667,6 +5667,38 @@
   proname => 'pg_stat_get_total_autoanalyze_time', provolatile => 's',
   proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'float8', proargtypes => 'oid',
   prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_total_autoanalyze_time' },
+{ oid => '8142', descr => 'statistics: last skipped vacuum time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time' },
+{ oid => '8143', descr => 'statistics: last skipped auto vacuum time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time' },
+{ oid => '8144', descr => 'statistics: last skipped analyze time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time' },
+{ oid => '8145', descr => 'statistics: last skipped auto analyze time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time' },
+{ oid => '8146', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped vacuum for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count' },
+{ oid => '8147', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped auto vacuum for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count' },
+{ oid => '8148', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped analyzes for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count' },
+{ oid => '8149', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped auto analyzes for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count' },
 { oid => '1936', descr => 'statistics: currently active backend IDs',
   proname => 'pg_stat_get_backend_idset', prorows => '100', proretset => 't',
   provolatile => 's', proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int4',
diff --git a/src/include/pgstat.h b/src/include/pgstat.h
index 8e3549c3752..343081a7a25 100644
--- a/src/include/pgstat.h
+++ b/src/include/pgstat.h
@@ -479,6 +479,15 @@ typedef struct PgStat_StatTabEntry
 	TimestampTz last_autoanalyze_time;	/* autovacuum initiated */
 	PgStat_Counter autoanalyze_count;
 
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_vacuum_time;	/* user initiated vacuum */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_vacuum_count;
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_autovacuum_time;	/* autovacuum initiated */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_autovacuum_count;
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_analyze_time;	/* user initiated */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_analyze_count;
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_autoanalyze_time;	/* autovacuum initiated */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_autoanalyze_count;
+
 	PgStat_Counter total_vacuum_time;	/* times in milliseconds */
 	PgStat_Counter total_autovacuum_time;
 	PgStat_Counter total_analyze_time;
@@ -707,6 +716,13 @@ extern void pgstat_report_analyze(Relation rel,
 								  PgStat_Counter livetuples, PgStat_Counter deadtuples,
 								  bool resetcounter, TimestampTz starttime);
 
+/* flags for pgstat_flush_backend() */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM	(1 << 0)	/* vacuum is skipped */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE	(1 << 1)	/* analyze is skipped */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOVAC	(1 << 2)	/* skipped during autovacuum/autoanalyze */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANY   (PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM | PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE)
+extern void pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(Oid relid, bits8 flags);
+
 /*
  * If stats are enabled, but pending data hasn't been prepared yet, call
  * pgstat_assoc_relation() to do so. See its comment for why this is done
diff --git a/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out b/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out
index 2b3cf6d8569..4ccfc43e903 100644
--- a/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out
+++ b/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out
@@ -1835,13 +1835,21 @@ pg_stat_all_tables| SELECT c.oid AS relid,
     pg_stat_get_mod_since_analyze(c.oid) AS n_mod_since_analyze,
     pg_stat_get_ins_since_vacuum(c.oid) AS n_ins_since_vacuum,
     pg_stat_get_last_vacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_vacuum,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_vacuum,
     pg_stat_get_last_autovacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_autovacuum,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_autovacuum,
     pg_stat_get_last_analyze_time(c.oid) AS last_analyze,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_analyze,
     pg_stat_get_last_autoanalyze_time(c.oid) AS last_autoanalyze,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_autoanalyze,
     pg_stat_get_vacuum_count(c.oid) AS vacuum_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count(c.oid) AS skipped_vacuum_count,
     pg_stat_get_autovacuum_count(c.oid) AS autovacuum_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count(c.oid) AS skipped_autovacuum_count,
     pg_stat_get_analyze_count(c.oid) AS analyze_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count(c.oid) AS skipped_analyze_count,
     pg_stat_get_autoanalyze_count(c.oid) AS autoanalyze_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count(c.oid) AS skipped_autoanalyze_count,
     pg_stat_get_total_vacuum_time(c.oid) AS total_vacuum_time,
     pg_stat_get_total_autovacuum_time(c.oid) AS total_autovacuum_time,
     pg_stat_get_total_analyze_time(c.oid) AS total_analyze_time,
@@ -2293,13 +2301,21 @@ pg_stat_sys_tables| SELECT relid,
     n_mod_since_analyze,
     n_ins_since_vacuum,
     last_vacuum,
+    last_skipped_vacuum,
     last_autovacuum,
+    last_skipped_autovacuum,
     last_analyze,
+    last_skipped_analyze,
     last_autoanalyze,
+    last_skipped_autoanalyze,
     vacuum_count,
+    skipped_vacuum_count,
     autovacuum_count,
+    skipped_autovacuum_count,
     analyze_count,
+    skipped_analyze_count,
     autoanalyze_count,
+    skipped_autoanalyze_count,
     total_vacuum_time,
     total_autovacuum_time,
     total_analyze_time,
@@ -2348,13 +2364,21 @@ pg_stat_user_tables| SELECT relid,
     n_mod_since_analyze,
     n_ins_since_vacuum,
     last_vacuum,
+    last_skipped_vacuum,
     last_autovacuum,
+    last_skipped_autovacuum,
     last_analyze,
+    last_skipped_analyze,
     last_autoanalyze,
+    last_skipped_autoanalyze,
     vacuum_count,
+    skipped_vacuum_count,
     autovacuum_count,
+    skipped_autovacuum_count,
     analyze_count,
+    skipped_analyze_count,
     autoanalyze_count,
+    skipped_autoanalyze_count,
     total_vacuum_time,
     total_autovacuum_time,
     total_analyze_time,
-- 
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* [PATCH v3] Track skipped vacuum and analyze activity per relation
@ 2026-03-24 04:09 Yugo Nagata <[email protected]>
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From: Yugo Nagata @ 2026-03-24 04:09 UTC (permalink / raw)

This commit adds eight fields to the relation statistics that track
the last time vacuum or analyze has been attempted but skipped due to
lock unavailability, along with their counts:

-    last_skipped_vacuum
-    last_skipped_autovacuum
-    last_skipped_analyze
-    last_skipped_autoanalyze
-    skipped_vacuum_count
-    skipped_autovacuum_count
-    skipped_analyze_count
-    skipped_autoanalyze_count

These field can help users confirm that autovacuum is actively attempting
to run on a table that has not been vacuumed or analyzed for a long time,
and that the lack of progress is due to repeated skips rather than inactivity.
---
 doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml                 | 80 +++++++++++++++++
 src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql         |  8 ++
 src/backend/commands/vacuum.c                | 95 +++++++++++++++-----
 src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c | 68 ++++++++++++++
 src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c          | 24 +++++
 src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat              | 32 +++++++
 src/include/pgstat.h                         | 16 ++++
 src/test/regress/expected/rules.out          | 24 +++++
 8 files changed, 324 insertions(+), 23 deletions(-)

diff --git a/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml b/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml
index bb75ed1069b..9ec8070b2fc 100644
--- a/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml
+++ b/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml
@@ -4372,6 +4372,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_vacuum</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time a manual vacuum on this table was attempted but skipped due to
+       lock unavailability (not counting <command>VACUUM FULL</command>)
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>last_autovacuum</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
@@ -4382,6 +4392,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_autovacuum</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time a vacuum on this table by the autovacuum daemon was attempted
+       but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>last_analyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
@@ -4391,6 +4411,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_analyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time a manual analyze on this table was attempted but skipped due to
+       lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>last_autoanalyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
@@ -4401,6 +4431,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_autoanalyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time at which an analyze on this table by the autovacuum was
+       attempted but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>vacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4411,6 +4451,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_vacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times vacuums on this table have been attempted but skipped
+       due to lock unavailability (not counting <command>VACUUM FULL</command>)
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>autovacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4421,6 +4471,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_autovacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times vacuums on this table by the autovacuum daemon have been
+       attempted but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>analyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4430,6 +4490,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_analyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times manual analyzes on this table have been attempted but
+       skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>autoanalyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4440,6 +4510,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_autoanalyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times analyzes on this table by the autovacuum daemon have
+       been attempted but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>total_vacuum_time</structfield> <type>double precision</type>
diff --git a/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql b/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql
index e54018004db..2ca02a0354c 100644
--- a/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql
+++ b/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql
@@ -736,13 +736,21 @@ CREATE VIEW pg_stat_all_tables AS
             pg_stat_get_mod_since_analyze(C.oid) AS n_mod_since_analyze,
             pg_stat_get_ins_since_vacuum(C.oid) AS n_ins_since_vacuum,
             pg_stat_get_last_vacuum_time(C.oid) as last_vacuum,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_vacuum,
             pg_stat_get_last_autovacuum_time(C.oid) as last_autovacuum,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_autovacuum,
             pg_stat_get_last_analyze_time(C.oid) as last_analyze,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_analyze,
             pg_stat_get_last_autoanalyze_time(C.oid) as last_autoanalyze,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_autoanalyze,
             pg_stat_get_vacuum_count(C.oid) AS vacuum_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count(C.oid) AS skipped_vacuum_count,
             pg_stat_get_autovacuum_count(C.oid) AS autovacuum_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count(C.oid) AS skipped_autovacuum_count,
             pg_stat_get_analyze_count(C.oid) AS analyze_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count(C.oid) AS skipped_analyze_count,
             pg_stat_get_autoanalyze_count(C.oid) AS autoanalyze_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count(C.oid) AS skipped_autoanalyze_count,
             pg_stat_get_total_vacuum_time(C.oid) AS total_vacuum_time,
             pg_stat_get_total_autovacuum_time(C.oid) AS total_autovacuum_time,
             pg_stat_get_total_analyze_time(C.oid) AS total_analyze_time,
diff --git a/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c b/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c
index bce3a2daa24..ce83b3171be 100644
--- a/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c
+++ b/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c
@@ -792,8 +792,18 @@ vacuum_open_relation(Oid relid, RangeVar *relation, bits32 options,
 		rel = try_relation_open(relid, NoLock);
 	else
 	{
+		bits8 flags = 0;
 		rel = NULL;
 		rel_lock = false;
+
+		if ((options & VACOPT_VACUUM) != 0)
+			flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM;
+		if ((options & VACOPT_ANALYZE) != 0)
+			flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE;
+		if (AmAutoVacuumWorkerProcess())
+			flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOVAC;
+
+		pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(relid, flags);
 	}
 
 	/* if relation is opened, leave */
@@ -801,7 +811,7 @@ vacuum_open_relation(Oid relid, RangeVar *relation, bits32 options,
 		return rel;
 
 	/*
-	 * Relation could not be opened, hence generate if possible a log
+	 * Relation could not be opened hence generate if possible a log
 	 * informing on the situation.
 	 *
 	 * If the RangeVar is not defined, we do not have enough information to
@@ -904,7 +914,6 @@ expand_vacuum_rel(VacuumRelation *vrel, MemoryContext vac_context,
 		Form_pg_class classForm;
 		bool		include_children;
 		bool		is_partitioned_table;
-		int			rvr_opts;
 
 		/*
 		 * Since autovacuum workers supply OIDs when calling vacuum(), no
@@ -917,29 +926,69 @@ expand_vacuum_rel(VacuumRelation *vrel, MemoryContext vac_context,
 		 * below, as well as find_all_inheritors's expectation that the caller
 		 * holds some lock on the starting relation.
 		 */
-		rvr_opts = (options & VACOPT_SKIP_LOCKED) ? RVR_SKIP_LOCKED : 0;
-		relid = RangeVarGetRelidExtended(vrel->relation,
-										 AccessShareLock,
-										 rvr_opts,
-										 NULL, NULL);
-
-		/*
-		 * If the lock is unavailable, emit the same log statement that
-		 * vacuum_rel() and analyze_rel() would.
-		 */
-		if (!OidIsValid(relid))
+		if (!(options & VACOPT_SKIP_LOCKED))
 		{
-			if (options & VACOPT_VACUUM)
-				ereport(WARNING,
-						(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
-						 errmsg("skipping vacuum of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
-								vrel->relation->relname)));
-			else
-				ereport(WARNING,
-						(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
-						 errmsg("skipping analyze of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
+			relid = RangeVarGetRelidExtended(vrel->relation,
+											 AccessShareLock,
+											 0, NULL, NULL);
+			if (!OidIsValid(relid))
+				return vacrels;
+		}
+		else
+		{
+			/* Get relid for reporting before taking a lock */
+			relid = RangeVarGetRelid(vrel->relation, NoLock, false);
+
+			if (!ConditionalLockRelationOid(relid, AccessShareLock))
+			{
+				bits8	flags = 0;
+				/*
+				 * If the lock is unavailable, emit the same log statement that
+				 * vacuum_rel() and analyze_rel() would.
+				 */
+				if (options & VACOPT_VACUUM)
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping vacuum of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
 								vrel->relation->relname)));
-			return vacrels;
+				else
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping analyze of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
+									vrel->relation->relname)));
+
+				if ((options & VACOPT_VACUUM) != 0)
+					flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM;
+				if ((options & VACOPT_ANALYZE) != 0)
+					flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE;
+
+				pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(relid, flags);
+
+				return vacrels;
+			}
+
+			/*
+			 * Now that we have the lock, probe to see if the relation really
+			 * exists or not.
+			 */
+			if (!SearchSysCacheExists1(RELOID, ObjectIdGetDatum(relid)))
+			{
+				if (options & VACOPT_VACUUM)
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_UNDEFINED_TABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping vacuum of \"%s\" --- relation no longer exists",
+									vrel->relation->relname)));
+				else
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_UNDEFINED_TABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping analyze of \"%s\" --- relation no longer exists",
+									vrel->relation->relname)));
+
+				/* Release useless lock */
+				UnlockRelationOid(relid, AccessShareLock);
+
+				return vacrels;
+			}
 		}
 
 		/*
diff --git a/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c b/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c
index bc8c43b96aa..cec4c88980e 100644
--- a/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c
+++ b/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c
@@ -17,6 +17,7 @@
 
 #include "postgres.h"
 
+#include "access/htup_details.h"
 #include "access/twophase_rmgr.h"
 #include "access/xact.h"
 #include "catalog/catalog.h"
@@ -366,6 +367,73 @@ pgstat_report_analyze(Relation rel,
 	(void) pgstat_flush_backend(false, PGSTAT_BACKEND_FLUSH_IO);
 }
 
+/*
+ * Report that the table was skipped during vacuum or/and analyze.
+ */
+void
+pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(Oid relid, bits8 flags)
+{
+	PgStat_EntryRef *entry_ref;
+	PgStatShared_Relation *shtabentry;
+	PgStat_StatTabEntry *tabentry;
+	TimestampTz ts;
+	HeapTuple	classTup;
+	bool		isshared;
+
+	if (!pgstat_track_counts || !(flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANY))
+		return;
+
+	classTup = SearchSysCache1(RELOID, ObjectIdGetDatum(relid));
+	if (!HeapTupleIsValid(classTup))
+		return;			/* somebody deleted the rel, forget it */
+	isshared = ((Form_pg_class) GETSTRUCT(classTup))->relisshared;
+	ReleaseSysCache(classTup);
+
+	/* Store the data in the table's hash table entry. */
+	ts = GetCurrentTimestamp();
+
+	/* block acquiring lock for the same reason as pgstat_report_autovac() */
+	entry_ref = pgstat_get_entry_ref_locked(PGSTAT_KIND_RELATION,
+											isshared ? InvalidOid : MyDatabaseId,
+											relid, false);
+
+	shtabentry = (PgStatShared_Relation *) entry_ref->shared_stats;
+	tabentry = &shtabentry->stats;
+
+	if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOVAC)
+	{
+		if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM)
+		{
+			tabentry->last_skipped_autovacuum_time = ts;
+			tabentry->skipped_autovacuum_count++;
+		}
+		if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE)
+		{
+			tabentry->last_skipped_autoanalyze_time = ts;
+			tabentry->skipped_autoanalyze_count++;
+		}
+	}
+	else
+	{
+		if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM)
+		{
+			tabentry->last_skipped_vacuum_time = ts;
+			tabentry->skipped_vacuum_count++;
+		}
+		if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE)
+		{
+			tabentry->last_skipped_analyze_time = ts;
+			tabentry->skipped_analyze_count++;
+		}
+	}
+
+	pgstat_unlock_entry(entry_ref);
+
+	/* see pgstat_report_vacuum() */
+	pgstat_flush_io(false);
+	(void) pgstat_flush_backend(false, PGSTAT_BACKEND_FLUSH_IO);
+}
+
 /*
  * count a tuple insertion of n tuples
  */
diff --git a/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c b/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c
index 9185a8e6b83..18aaa3996e1 100644
--- a/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c
+++ b/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c
@@ -84,6 +84,18 @@ PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(mod_since_analyze)
 /* pg_stat_get_numscans */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(numscans)
 
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_analyze_count)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_autoanalyze_count)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_autovacuum_count)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_vacuum_count)
+
 /* pg_stat_get_tuples_deleted */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(tuples_deleted)
 
@@ -170,6 +182,18 @@ PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_vacuum_time)
 /* pg_stat_get_lastscan */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(lastscan)
 
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_analyze_time)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_autoanalyze_time)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_autovacuum_time)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_vacuum_time)
+
 /* pg_stat_get_stat_reset_time */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(stat_reset_time)
 
diff --git a/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat b/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat
index 0118e970dda..ccfe3d9e02a 100644
--- a/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat
+++ b/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat
@@ -5667,6 +5667,38 @@
   proname => 'pg_stat_get_total_autoanalyze_time', provolatile => 's',
   proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'float8', proargtypes => 'oid',
   prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_total_autoanalyze_time' },
+{ oid => '8142', descr => 'statistics: last skipped vacuum time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time' },
+{ oid => '8143', descr => 'statistics: last skipped auto vacuum time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time' },
+{ oid => '8144', descr => 'statistics: last skipped analyze time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time' },
+{ oid => '8145', descr => 'statistics: last skipped auto analyze time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time' },
+{ oid => '8146', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped vacuum for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count' },
+{ oid => '8147', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped auto vacuum for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count' },
+{ oid => '8148', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped analyzes for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count' },
+{ oid => '8149', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped auto analyzes for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count' },
 { oid => '1936', descr => 'statistics: currently active backend IDs',
   proname => 'pg_stat_get_backend_idset', prorows => '100', proretset => 't',
   provolatile => 's', proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int4',
diff --git a/src/include/pgstat.h b/src/include/pgstat.h
index 8e3549c3752..343081a7a25 100644
--- a/src/include/pgstat.h
+++ b/src/include/pgstat.h
@@ -479,6 +479,15 @@ typedef struct PgStat_StatTabEntry
 	TimestampTz last_autoanalyze_time;	/* autovacuum initiated */
 	PgStat_Counter autoanalyze_count;
 
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_vacuum_time;	/* user initiated vacuum */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_vacuum_count;
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_autovacuum_time;	/* autovacuum initiated */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_autovacuum_count;
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_analyze_time;	/* user initiated */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_analyze_count;
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_autoanalyze_time;	/* autovacuum initiated */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_autoanalyze_count;
+
 	PgStat_Counter total_vacuum_time;	/* times in milliseconds */
 	PgStat_Counter total_autovacuum_time;
 	PgStat_Counter total_analyze_time;
@@ -707,6 +716,13 @@ extern void pgstat_report_analyze(Relation rel,
 								  PgStat_Counter livetuples, PgStat_Counter deadtuples,
 								  bool resetcounter, TimestampTz starttime);
 
+/* flags for pgstat_flush_backend() */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM	(1 << 0)	/* vacuum is skipped */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE	(1 << 1)	/* analyze is skipped */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOVAC	(1 << 2)	/* skipped during autovacuum/autoanalyze */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANY   (PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM | PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE)
+extern void pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(Oid relid, bits8 flags);
+
 /*
  * If stats are enabled, but pending data hasn't been prepared yet, call
  * pgstat_assoc_relation() to do so. See its comment for why this is done
diff --git a/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out b/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out
index 2b3cf6d8569..4ccfc43e903 100644
--- a/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out
+++ b/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out
@@ -1835,13 +1835,21 @@ pg_stat_all_tables| SELECT c.oid AS relid,
     pg_stat_get_mod_since_analyze(c.oid) AS n_mod_since_analyze,
     pg_stat_get_ins_since_vacuum(c.oid) AS n_ins_since_vacuum,
     pg_stat_get_last_vacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_vacuum,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_vacuum,
     pg_stat_get_last_autovacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_autovacuum,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_autovacuum,
     pg_stat_get_last_analyze_time(c.oid) AS last_analyze,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_analyze,
     pg_stat_get_last_autoanalyze_time(c.oid) AS last_autoanalyze,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_autoanalyze,
     pg_stat_get_vacuum_count(c.oid) AS vacuum_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count(c.oid) AS skipped_vacuum_count,
     pg_stat_get_autovacuum_count(c.oid) AS autovacuum_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count(c.oid) AS skipped_autovacuum_count,
     pg_stat_get_analyze_count(c.oid) AS analyze_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count(c.oid) AS skipped_analyze_count,
     pg_stat_get_autoanalyze_count(c.oid) AS autoanalyze_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count(c.oid) AS skipped_autoanalyze_count,
     pg_stat_get_total_vacuum_time(c.oid) AS total_vacuum_time,
     pg_stat_get_total_autovacuum_time(c.oid) AS total_autovacuum_time,
     pg_stat_get_total_analyze_time(c.oid) AS total_analyze_time,
@@ -2293,13 +2301,21 @@ pg_stat_sys_tables| SELECT relid,
     n_mod_since_analyze,
     n_ins_since_vacuum,
     last_vacuum,
+    last_skipped_vacuum,
     last_autovacuum,
+    last_skipped_autovacuum,
     last_analyze,
+    last_skipped_analyze,
     last_autoanalyze,
+    last_skipped_autoanalyze,
     vacuum_count,
+    skipped_vacuum_count,
     autovacuum_count,
+    skipped_autovacuum_count,
     analyze_count,
+    skipped_analyze_count,
     autoanalyze_count,
+    skipped_autoanalyze_count,
     total_vacuum_time,
     total_autovacuum_time,
     total_analyze_time,
@@ -2348,13 +2364,21 @@ pg_stat_user_tables| SELECT relid,
     n_mod_since_analyze,
     n_ins_since_vacuum,
     last_vacuum,
+    last_skipped_vacuum,
     last_autovacuum,
+    last_skipped_autovacuum,
     last_analyze,
+    last_skipped_analyze,
     last_autoanalyze,
+    last_skipped_autoanalyze,
     vacuum_count,
+    skipped_vacuum_count,
     autovacuum_count,
+    skipped_autovacuum_count,
     analyze_count,
+    skipped_analyze_count,
     autoanalyze_count,
+    skipped_autoanalyze_count,
     total_vacuum_time,
     total_autovacuum_time,
     total_analyze_time,
-- 
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* [PATCH v3] Track skipped vacuum and analyze activity per relation
@ 2026-03-24 04:09 Yugo Nagata <[email protected]>
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From: Yugo Nagata @ 2026-03-24 04:09 UTC (permalink / raw)

This commit adds eight fields to the relation statistics that track
the last time vacuum or analyze has been attempted but skipped due to
lock unavailability, along with their counts:

-    last_skipped_vacuum
-    last_skipped_autovacuum
-    last_skipped_analyze
-    last_skipped_autoanalyze
-    skipped_vacuum_count
-    skipped_autovacuum_count
-    skipped_analyze_count
-    skipped_autoanalyze_count

These field can help users confirm that autovacuum is actively attempting
to run on a table that has not been vacuumed or analyzed for a long time,
and that the lack of progress is due to repeated skips rather than inactivity.
---
 doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml                 | 80 +++++++++++++++++
 src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql         |  8 ++
 src/backend/commands/vacuum.c                | 95 +++++++++++++++-----
 src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c | 68 ++++++++++++++
 src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c          | 24 +++++
 src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat              | 32 +++++++
 src/include/pgstat.h                         | 16 ++++
 src/test/regress/expected/rules.out          | 24 +++++
 8 files changed, 324 insertions(+), 23 deletions(-)

diff --git a/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml b/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml
index bb75ed1069b..9ec8070b2fc 100644
--- a/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml
+++ b/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml
@@ -4372,6 +4372,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_vacuum</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time a manual vacuum on this table was attempted but skipped due to
+       lock unavailability (not counting <command>VACUUM FULL</command>)
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>last_autovacuum</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
@@ -4382,6 +4392,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_autovacuum</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time a vacuum on this table by the autovacuum daemon was attempted
+       but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>last_analyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
@@ -4391,6 +4411,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_analyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time a manual analyze on this table was attempted but skipped due to
+       lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>last_autoanalyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
@@ -4401,6 +4431,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_autoanalyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time at which an analyze on this table by the autovacuum was
+       attempted but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>vacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4411,6 +4451,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_vacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times vacuums on this table have been attempted but skipped
+       due to lock unavailability (not counting <command>VACUUM FULL</command>)
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>autovacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4421,6 +4471,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_autovacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times vacuums on this table by the autovacuum daemon have been
+       attempted but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>analyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4430,6 +4490,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_analyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times manual analyzes on this table have been attempted but
+       skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>autoanalyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4440,6 +4510,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_autoanalyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times analyzes on this table by the autovacuum daemon have
+       been attempted but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>total_vacuum_time</structfield> <type>double precision</type>
diff --git a/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql b/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql
index e54018004db..2ca02a0354c 100644
--- a/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql
+++ b/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql
@@ -736,13 +736,21 @@ CREATE VIEW pg_stat_all_tables AS
             pg_stat_get_mod_since_analyze(C.oid) AS n_mod_since_analyze,
             pg_stat_get_ins_since_vacuum(C.oid) AS n_ins_since_vacuum,
             pg_stat_get_last_vacuum_time(C.oid) as last_vacuum,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_vacuum,
             pg_stat_get_last_autovacuum_time(C.oid) as last_autovacuum,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_autovacuum,
             pg_stat_get_last_analyze_time(C.oid) as last_analyze,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_analyze,
             pg_stat_get_last_autoanalyze_time(C.oid) as last_autoanalyze,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_autoanalyze,
             pg_stat_get_vacuum_count(C.oid) AS vacuum_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count(C.oid) AS skipped_vacuum_count,
             pg_stat_get_autovacuum_count(C.oid) AS autovacuum_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count(C.oid) AS skipped_autovacuum_count,
             pg_stat_get_analyze_count(C.oid) AS analyze_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count(C.oid) AS skipped_analyze_count,
             pg_stat_get_autoanalyze_count(C.oid) AS autoanalyze_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count(C.oid) AS skipped_autoanalyze_count,
             pg_stat_get_total_vacuum_time(C.oid) AS total_vacuum_time,
             pg_stat_get_total_autovacuum_time(C.oid) AS total_autovacuum_time,
             pg_stat_get_total_analyze_time(C.oid) AS total_analyze_time,
diff --git a/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c b/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c
index bce3a2daa24..ce83b3171be 100644
--- a/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c
+++ b/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c
@@ -792,8 +792,18 @@ vacuum_open_relation(Oid relid, RangeVar *relation, bits32 options,
 		rel = try_relation_open(relid, NoLock);
 	else
 	{
+		bits8 flags = 0;
 		rel = NULL;
 		rel_lock = false;
+
+		if ((options & VACOPT_VACUUM) != 0)
+			flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM;
+		if ((options & VACOPT_ANALYZE) != 0)
+			flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE;
+		if (AmAutoVacuumWorkerProcess())
+			flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOVAC;
+
+		pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(relid, flags);
 	}
 
 	/* if relation is opened, leave */
@@ -801,7 +811,7 @@ vacuum_open_relation(Oid relid, RangeVar *relation, bits32 options,
 		return rel;
 
 	/*
-	 * Relation could not be opened, hence generate if possible a log
+	 * Relation could not be opened hence generate if possible a log
 	 * informing on the situation.
 	 *
 	 * If the RangeVar is not defined, we do not have enough information to
@@ -904,7 +914,6 @@ expand_vacuum_rel(VacuumRelation *vrel, MemoryContext vac_context,
 		Form_pg_class classForm;
 		bool		include_children;
 		bool		is_partitioned_table;
-		int			rvr_opts;
 
 		/*
 		 * Since autovacuum workers supply OIDs when calling vacuum(), no
@@ -917,29 +926,69 @@ expand_vacuum_rel(VacuumRelation *vrel, MemoryContext vac_context,
 		 * below, as well as find_all_inheritors's expectation that the caller
 		 * holds some lock on the starting relation.
 		 */
-		rvr_opts = (options & VACOPT_SKIP_LOCKED) ? RVR_SKIP_LOCKED : 0;
-		relid = RangeVarGetRelidExtended(vrel->relation,
-										 AccessShareLock,
-										 rvr_opts,
-										 NULL, NULL);
-
-		/*
-		 * If the lock is unavailable, emit the same log statement that
-		 * vacuum_rel() and analyze_rel() would.
-		 */
-		if (!OidIsValid(relid))
+		if (!(options & VACOPT_SKIP_LOCKED))
 		{
-			if (options & VACOPT_VACUUM)
-				ereport(WARNING,
-						(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
-						 errmsg("skipping vacuum of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
-								vrel->relation->relname)));
-			else
-				ereport(WARNING,
-						(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
-						 errmsg("skipping analyze of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
+			relid = RangeVarGetRelidExtended(vrel->relation,
+											 AccessShareLock,
+											 0, NULL, NULL);
+			if (!OidIsValid(relid))
+				return vacrels;
+		}
+		else
+		{
+			/* Get relid for reporting before taking a lock */
+			relid = RangeVarGetRelid(vrel->relation, NoLock, false);
+
+			if (!ConditionalLockRelationOid(relid, AccessShareLock))
+			{
+				bits8	flags = 0;
+				/*
+				 * If the lock is unavailable, emit the same log statement that
+				 * vacuum_rel() and analyze_rel() would.
+				 */
+				if (options & VACOPT_VACUUM)
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping vacuum of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
 								vrel->relation->relname)));
-			return vacrels;
+				else
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping analyze of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
+									vrel->relation->relname)));
+
+				if ((options & VACOPT_VACUUM) != 0)
+					flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM;
+				if ((options & VACOPT_ANALYZE) != 0)
+					flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE;
+
+				pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(relid, flags);
+
+				return vacrels;
+			}
+
+			/*
+			 * Now that we have the lock, probe to see if the relation really
+			 * exists or not.
+			 */
+			if (!SearchSysCacheExists1(RELOID, ObjectIdGetDatum(relid)))
+			{
+				if (options & VACOPT_VACUUM)
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_UNDEFINED_TABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping vacuum of \"%s\" --- relation no longer exists",
+									vrel->relation->relname)));
+				else
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_UNDEFINED_TABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping analyze of \"%s\" --- relation no longer exists",
+									vrel->relation->relname)));
+
+				/* Release useless lock */
+				UnlockRelationOid(relid, AccessShareLock);
+
+				return vacrels;
+			}
 		}
 
 		/*
diff --git a/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c b/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c
index bc8c43b96aa..cec4c88980e 100644
--- a/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c
+++ b/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c
@@ -17,6 +17,7 @@
 
 #include "postgres.h"
 
+#include "access/htup_details.h"
 #include "access/twophase_rmgr.h"
 #include "access/xact.h"
 #include "catalog/catalog.h"
@@ -366,6 +367,73 @@ pgstat_report_analyze(Relation rel,
 	(void) pgstat_flush_backend(false, PGSTAT_BACKEND_FLUSH_IO);
 }
 
+/*
+ * Report that the table was skipped during vacuum or/and analyze.
+ */
+void
+pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(Oid relid, bits8 flags)
+{
+	PgStat_EntryRef *entry_ref;
+	PgStatShared_Relation *shtabentry;
+	PgStat_StatTabEntry *tabentry;
+	TimestampTz ts;
+	HeapTuple	classTup;
+	bool		isshared;
+
+	if (!pgstat_track_counts || !(flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANY))
+		return;
+
+	classTup = SearchSysCache1(RELOID, ObjectIdGetDatum(relid));
+	if (!HeapTupleIsValid(classTup))
+		return;			/* somebody deleted the rel, forget it */
+	isshared = ((Form_pg_class) GETSTRUCT(classTup))->relisshared;
+	ReleaseSysCache(classTup);
+
+	/* Store the data in the table's hash table entry. */
+	ts = GetCurrentTimestamp();
+
+	/* block acquiring lock for the same reason as pgstat_report_autovac() */
+	entry_ref = pgstat_get_entry_ref_locked(PGSTAT_KIND_RELATION,
+											isshared ? InvalidOid : MyDatabaseId,
+											relid, false);
+
+	shtabentry = (PgStatShared_Relation *) entry_ref->shared_stats;
+	tabentry = &shtabentry->stats;
+
+	if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOVAC)
+	{
+		if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM)
+		{
+			tabentry->last_skipped_autovacuum_time = ts;
+			tabentry->skipped_autovacuum_count++;
+		}
+		if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE)
+		{
+			tabentry->last_skipped_autoanalyze_time = ts;
+			tabentry->skipped_autoanalyze_count++;
+		}
+	}
+	else
+	{
+		if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM)
+		{
+			tabentry->last_skipped_vacuum_time = ts;
+			tabentry->skipped_vacuum_count++;
+		}
+		if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE)
+		{
+			tabentry->last_skipped_analyze_time = ts;
+			tabentry->skipped_analyze_count++;
+		}
+	}
+
+	pgstat_unlock_entry(entry_ref);
+
+	/* see pgstat_report_vacuum() */
+	pgstat_flush_io(false);
+	(void) pgstat_flush_backend(false, PGSTAT_BACKEND_FLUSH_IO);
+}
+
 /*
  * count a tuple insertion of n tuples
  */
diff --git a/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c b/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c
index 9185a8e6b83..18aaa3996e1 100644
--- a/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c
+++ b/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c
@@ -84,6 +84,18 @@ PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(mod_since_analyze)
 /* pg_stat_get_numscans */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(numscans)
 
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_analyze_count)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_autoanalyze_count)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_autovacuum_count)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_vacuum_count)
+
 /* pg_stat_get_tuples_deleted */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(tuples_deleted)
 
@@ -170,6 +182,18 @@ PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_vacuum_time)
 /* pg_stat_get_lastscan */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(lastscan)
 
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_analyze_time)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_autoanalyze_time)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_autovacuum_time)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_vacuum_time)
+
 /* pg_stat_get_stat_reset_time */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(stat_reset_time)
 
diff --git a/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat b/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat
index 0118e970dda..ccfe3d9e02a 100644
--- a/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat
+++ b/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat
@@ -5667,6 +5667,38 @@
   proname => 'pg_stat_get_total_autoanalyze_time', provolatile => 's',
   proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'float8', proargtypes => 'oid',
   prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_total_autoanalyze_time' },
+{ oid => '8142', descr => 'statistics: last skipped vacuum time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time' },
+{ oid => '8143', descr => 'statistics: last skipped auto vacuum time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time' },
+{ oid => '8144', descr => 'statistics: last skipped analyze time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time' },
+{ oid => '8145', descr => 'statistics: last skipped auto analyze time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time' },
+{ oid => '8146', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped vacuum for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count' },
+{ oid => '8147', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped auto vacuum for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count' },
+{ oid => '8148', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped analyzes for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count' },
+{ oid => '8149', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped auto analyzes for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count' },
 { oid => '1936', descr => 'statistics: currently active backend IDs',
   proname => 'pg_stat_get_backend_idset', prorows => '100', proretset => 't',
   provolatile => 's', proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int4',
diff --git a/src/include/pgstat.h b/src/include/pgstat.h
index 8e3549c3752..343081a7a25 100644
--- a/src/include/pgstat.h
+++ b/src/include/pgstat.h
@@ -479,6 +479,15 @@ typedef struct PgStat_StatTabEntry
 	TimestampTz last_autoanalyze_time;	/* autovacuum initiated */
 	PgStat_Counter autoanalyze_count;
 
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_vacuum_time;	/* user initiated vacuum */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_vacuum_count;
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_autovacuum_time;	/* autovacuum initiated */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_autovacuum_count;
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_analyze_time;	/* user initiated */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_analyze_count;
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_autoanalyze_time;	/* autovacuum initiated */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_autoanalyze_count;
+
 	PgStat_Counter total_vacuum_time;	/* times in milliseconds */
 	PgStat_Counter total_autovacuum_time;
 	PgStat_Counter total_analyze_time;
@@ -707,6 +716,13 @@ extern void pgstat_report_analyze(Relation rel,
 								  PgStat_Counter livetuples, PgStat_Counter deadtuples,
 								  bool resetcounter, TimestampTz starttime);
 
+/* flags for pgstat_flush_backend() */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM	(1 << 0)	/* vacuum is skipped */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE	(1 << 1)	/* analyze is skipped */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOVAC	(1 << 2)	/* skipped during autovacuum/autoanalyze */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANY   (PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM | PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE)
+extern void pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(Oid relid, bits8 flags);
+
 /*
  * If stats are enabled, but pending data hasn't been prepared yet, call
  * pgstat_assoc_relation() to do so. See its comment for why this is done
diff --git a/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out b/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out
index 2b3cf6d8569..4ccfc43e903 100644
--- a/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out
+++ b/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out
@@ -1835,13 +1835,21 @@ pg_stat_all_tables| SELECT c.oid AS relid,
     pg_stat_get_mod_since_analyze(c.oid) AS n_mod_since_analyze,
     pg_stat_get_ins_since_vacuum(c.oid) AS n_ins_since_vacuum,
     pg_stat_get_last_vacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_vacuum,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_vacuum,
     pg_stat_get_last_autovacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_autovacuum,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_autovacuum,
     pg_stat_get_last_analyze_time(c.oid) AS last_analyze,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_analyze,
     pg_stat_get_last_autoanalyze_time(c.oid) AS last_autoanalyze,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_autoanalyze,
     pg_stat_get_vacuum_count(c.oid) AS vacuum_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count(c.oid) AS skipped_vacuum_count,
     pg_stat_get_autovacuum_count(c.oid) AS autovacuum_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count(c.oid) AS skipped_autovacuum_count,
     pg_stat_get_analyze_count(c.oid) AS analyze_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count(c.oid) AS skipped_analyze_count,
     pg_stat_get_autoanalyze_count(c.oid) AS autoanalyze_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count(c.oid) AS skipped_autoanalyze_count,
     pg_stat_get_total_vacuum_time(c.oid) AS total_vacuum_time,
     pg_stat_get_total_autovacuum_time(c.oid) AS total_autovacuum_time,
     pg_stat_get_total_analyze_time(c.oid) AS total_analyze_time,
@@ -2293,13 +2301,21 @@ pg_stat_sys_tables| SELECT relid,
     n_mod_since_analyze,
     n_ins_since_vacuum,
     last_vacuum,
+    last_skipped_vacuum,
     last_autovacuum,
+    last_skipped_autovacuum,
     last_analyze,
+    last_skipped_analyze,
     last_autoanalyze,
+    last_skipped_autoanalyze,
     vacuum_count,
+    skipped_vacuum_count,
     autovacuum_count,
+    skipped_autovacuum_count,
     analyze_count,
+    skipped_analyze_count,
     autoanalyze_count,
+    skipped_autoanalyze_count,
     total_vacuum_time,
     total_autovacuum_time,
     total_analyze_time,
@@ -2348,13 +2364,21 @@ pg_stat_user_tables| SELECT relid,
     n_mod_since_analyze,
     n_ins_since_vacuum,
     last_vacuum,
+    last_skipped_vacuum,
     last_autovacuum,
+    last_skipped_autovacuum,
     last_analyze,
+    last_skipped_analyze,
     last_autoanalyze,
+    last_skipped_autoanalyze,
     vacuum_count,
+    skipped_vacuum_count,
     autovacuum_count,
+    skipped_autovacuum_count,
     analyze_count,
+    skipped_analyze_count,
     autoanalyze_count,
+    skipped_autoanalyze_count,
     total_vacuum_time,
     total_autovacuum_time,
     total_analyze_time,
-- 
2.43.0


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* [PATCH v5] Track skipped vacuum and analyze activity per relation
@ 2026-03-24 04:09 Yugo Nagata <[email protected]>
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From: Yugo Nagata @ 2026-03-24 04:09 UTC (permalink / raw)

This commit adds eight fields to the relation statistics that track
the last time vacuum or analyze has been attempted but skipped due to
lock unavailability, along with their counts:

-    last_skipped_vacuum
-    last_skipped_autovacuum
-    last_skipped_analyze
-    last_skipped_autoanalyze
-    skipped_vacuum_count
-    skipped_autovacuum_count
-    skipped_analyze_count
-    skipped_autoanalyze_count

These field can help users confirm that autovacuum is actively attempting
to run on a table that has not been vacuumed or analyzed for a long time,
and that the lack of progress is due to repeated skips rather than inactivity.
---
 doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml                  |  88 ++++++
 src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql          |   8 +
 src/backend/commands/vacuum.c                 | 100 +++++--
 src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c  |  64 +++++
 src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c           |  24 ++
 src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat               |  32 +++
 src/include/pgstat.h                          |  16 ++
 .../isolation/expected/vacuum-skip-locked.out | 260 ++++++++++++++++--
 .../isolation/specs/vacuum-skip-locked.spec   |  41 +--
 src/test/regress/expected/rules.out           |  24 ++
 10 files changed, 601 insertions(+), 56 deletions(-)

diff --git a/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml b/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml
index 08d5b824552..a9b579d87a9 100644
--- a/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml
+++ b/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml
@@ -4387,6 +4387,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_vacuum</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time a manual vacuum on this table was attempted but skipped due to
+       lock unavailability (not counting <command>VACUUM FULL</command>)
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>last_autovacuum</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
@@ -4397,6 +4407,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_autovacuum</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time a vacuum on this table by the autovacuum daemon was attempted
+       but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>last_analyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
@@ -4406,6 +4426,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_analyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time a manual analyze on this table was attempted but skipped due to
+       lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>last_autoanalyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
@@ -4416,6 +4446,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_autoanalyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time at which an analyze on this table by the autovacuum was
+       attempted but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>vacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4426,6 +4466,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_vacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times manual vacuums on this table have been attempted but skipped
+       due to lock unavailability (not counting <command>VACUUM FULL</command>)
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>autovacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4436,6 +4486,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_autovacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times vacuums on this table by the autovacuum daemon have been
+       attempted but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>analyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4445,6 +4505,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_analyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times manual analyzes on this table have been attempted but
+       skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>autoanalyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4455,6 +4525,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_autoanalyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times analyzes on this table by the autovacuum daemon have
+       been attempted but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>total_vacuum_time</structfield> <type>double precision</type>
@@ -4510,6 +4590,14 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
    </tgroup>
   </table>
 
+  <note>
+   <para>
+    When a manual vacuum or analyze on a parent table in an inheritance or
+    partitioning hierarchy is skipped, the statistics are recorded only for
+    the parent table, not for its children.
+   </para>
+  </note>
+
  </sect2>
 
  <sect2 id="monitoring-pg-stat-autovacuum-scores-view">
diff --git a/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql b/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql
index 73a1c1c4670..f509fc7876b 100644
--- a/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql
+++ b/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql
@@ -736,13 +736,21 @@ CREATE VIEW pg_stat_all_tables AS
             pg_stat_get_mod_since_analyze(C.oid) AS n_mod_since_analyze,
             pg_stat_get_ins_since_vacuum(C.oid) AS n_ins_since_vacuum,
             pg_stat_get_last_vacuum_time(C.oid) as last_vacuum,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_vacuum,
             pg_stat_get_last_autovacuum_time(C.oid) as last_autovacuum,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_autovacuum,
             pg_stat_get_last_analyze_time(C.oid) as last_analyze,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_analyze,
             pg_stat_get_last_autoanalyze_time(C.oid) as last_autoanalyze,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_autoanalyze,
             pg_stat_get_vacuum_count(C.oid) AS vacuum_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count(C.oid) AS skipped_vacuum_count,
             pg_stat_get_autovacuum_count(C.oid) AS autovacuum_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count(C.oid) AS skipped_autovacuum_count,
             pg_stat_get_analyze_count(C.oid) AS analyze_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count(C.oid) AS skipped_analyze_count,
             pg_stat_get_autoanalyze_count(C.oid) AS autoanalyze_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count(C.oid) AS skipped_autoanalyze_count,
             pg_stat_get_total_vacuum_time(C.oid) AS total_vacuum_time,
             pg_stat_get_total_autovacuum_time(C.oid) AS total_autovacuum_time,
             pg_stat_get_total_analyze_time(C.oid) AS total_analyze_time,
diff --git a/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c b/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c
index 99d0db82ed7..df6526225e4 100644
--- a/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c
+++ b/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c
@@ -793,8 +793,25 @@ vacuum_open_relation(Oid relid, RangeVar *relation, uint32 options,
 		rel = try_relation_open(relid, NoLock);
 	else
 	{
+		int flags = 0;
 		rel = NULL;
 		rel_lock = false;
+
+		if ((options & VACOPT_VACUUM) != 0 && (options & VACOPT_FULL) == 0)
+		{
+			if (AmAutoVacuumWorkerProcess())
+				flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOVACUUM;
+			else
+				flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM;
+		}
+		if ((options & VACOPT_ANALYZE) != 0)
+		{
+			if (AmAutoVacuumWorkerProcess())
+				flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOANALYZE;
+			else
+				flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE;
+		}
+		pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(relid, flags);
 	}
 
 	/* if relation is opened, leave */
@@ -905,7 +922,6 @@ expand_vacuum_rel(VacuumRelation *vrel, MemoryContext vac_context,
 		Form_pg_class classForm;
 		bool		include_children;
 		bool		is_partitioned_table;
-		int			rvr_opts;
 
 		/*
 		 * Since autovacuum workers supply OIDs when calling vacuum(), no
@@ -918,29 +934,69 @@ expand_vacuum_rel(VacuumRelation *vrel, MemoryContext vac_context,
 		 * below, as well as find_all_inheritors's expectation that the caller
 		 * holds some lock on the starting relation.
 		 */
-		rvr_opts = (options & VACOPT_SKIP_LOCKED) ? RVR_SKIP_LOCKED : 0;
-		relid = RangeVarGetRelidExtended(vrel->relation,
-										 AccessShareLock,
-										 rvr_opts,
-										 NULL, NULL);
-
-		/*
-		 * If the lock is unavailable, emit the same log statement that
-		 * vacuum_rel() and analyze_rel() would.
-		 */
-		if (!OidIsValid(relid))
+		if (!(options & VACOPT_SKIP_LOCKED))
 		{
-			if (options & VACOPT_VACUUM)
-				ereport(WARNING,
-						(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
-						 errmsg("skipping vacuum of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
-								vrel->relation->relname)));
-			else
-				ereport(WARNING,
-						(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
-						 errmsg("skipping analyze of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
+			relid = RangeVarGetRelidExtended(vrel->relation,
+											 AccessShareLock,
+											 0, NULL, NULL);
+			if (!OidIsValid(relid))
+				return vacrels;
+		}
+		else
+		{
+			/* Get relid for reporting before taking a lock */
+			relid = RangeVarGetRelid(vrel->relation, NoLock, false);
+
+			if (!ConditionalLockRelationOid(relid, AccessShareLock))
+			{
+				int	flags = 0;
+				/*
+				 * If the lock is unavailable, emit the same log statement that
+				 * vacuum_rel() and analyze_rel() would.
+				 */
+				if (options & VACOPT_VACUUM)
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping vacuum of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
 								vrel->relation->relname)));
-			return vacrels;
+				else
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping analyze of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
+									vrel->relation->relname)));
+
+				if ((options & VACOPT_VACUUM) != 0 && (options & VACOPT_FULL) == 0)
+					flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM;
+				if ((options & VACOPT_ANALYZE) != 0)
+					flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE;
+
+				pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(relid, flags);
+
+				return vacrels;
+			}
+
+			/*
+			 * Now that we have the lock, probe to see if the relation really
+			 * exists or not.
+			 */
+			if (!SearchSysCacheExists1(RELOID, ObjectIdGetDatum(relid)))
+			{
+				if (options & VACOPT_VACUUM)
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_UNDEFINED_TABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping vacuum of \"%s\" --- relation no longer exists",
+									vrel->relation->relname)));
+				else
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_UNDEFINED_TABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping analyze of \"%s\" --- relation no longer exists",
+									vrel->relation->relname)));
+
+				/* Release useless lock */
+				UnlockRelationOid(relid, AccessShareLock);
+
+				return vacrels;
+			}
 		}
 
 		/*
diff --git a/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c b/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c
index b2ca28f83ba..532d9023f8c 100644
--- a/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c
+++ b/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c
@@ -17,12 +17,14 @@
 
 #include "postgres.h"
 
+#include "access/htup_details.h"
 #include "access/twophase_rmgr.h"
 #include "access/xact.h"
 #include "catalog/catalog.h"
 #include "utils/memutils.h"
 #include "utils/pgstat_internal.h"
 #include "utils/rel.h"
+#include "utils/syscache.h"
 #include "utils/timestamp.h"
 
 
@@ -367,6 +369,68 @@ pgstat_report_analyze(Relation rel,
 	(void) pgstat_flush_backend(false, PGSTAT_BACKEND_FLUSH_IO);
 }
 
+/*
+ * Report that the table was skipped during vacuum or/and analyze.
+ */
+void
+pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(Oid relid, int flags)
+{
+	PgStat_EntryRef *entry_ref;
+	PgStatShared_Relation *shtabentry;
+	PgStat_StatTabEntry *tabentry;
+	TimestampTz ts;
+	HeapTuple	classTup;
+	bool		isshared;
+
+	if (!pgstat_track_counts || !flags)
+		return;
+
+	classTup = SearchSysCache1(RELOID, ObjectIdGetDatum(relid));
+	if (!HeapTupleIsValid(classTup))
+		return;			/* somebody deleted the rel, forget it */
+	isshared = ((Form_pg_class) GETSTRUCT(classTup))->relisshared;
+	ReleaseSysCache(classTup);
+
+	/* Store the data in the table's hash table entry. */
+	ts = GetCurrentTimestamp();
+
+	/* block acquiring lock for the same reason as pgstat_report_autovac() */
+	entry_ref = pgstat_get_entry_ref_locked(PGSTAT_KIND_RELATION,
+											isshared ? InvalidOid : MyDatabaseId,
+											relid, false);
+
+	shtabentry = (PgStatShared_Relation *) entry_ref->shared_stats;
+	tabentry = &shtabentry->stats;
+
+	if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM)
+	{
+		tabentry->last_skipped_vacuum_time = ts;
+		tabentry->skipped_vacuum_count++;
+	}
+	else if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOVACUUM)
+	{
+		tabentry->last_skipped_autovacuum_time = ts;
+		tabentry->skipped_autovacuum_count++;
+	}
+
+	if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE)
+	{
+		tabentry->last_skipped_analyze_time = ts;
+		tabentry->skipped_analyze_count++;
+	}
+	else if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOANALYZE)
+	{
+		tabentry->last_skipped_autoanalyze_time = ts;
+		tabentry->skipped_autoanalyze_count++;
+	}
+
+	pgstat_unlock_entry(entry_ref);
+
+	/* see pgstat_report_vacuum() */
+	pgstat_flush_io(false);
+	(void) pgstat_flush_backend(false, PGSTAT_BACKEND_FLUSH_IO);
+}
+
 /*
  * count a tuple insertion of n tuples
  */
diff --git a/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c b/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c
index 1408de387ea..90a8968faa0 100644
--- a/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c
+++ b/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c
@@ -84,6 +84,18 @@ PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(mod_since_analyze)
 /* pg_stat_get_numscans */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(numscans)
 
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_analyze_count)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_autoanalyze_count)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_autovacuum_count)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_vacuum_count)
+
 /* pg_stat_get_tuples_deleted */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(tuples_deleted)
 
@@ -170,6 +182,18 @@ PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_vacuum_time)
 /* pg_stat_get_lastscan */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(lastscan)
 
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_analyze_time)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_autoanalyze_time)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_autovacuum_time)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_vacuum_time)
+
 /* pg_stat_get_stat_reset_time */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(stat_reset_time)
 
diff --git a/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat b/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat
index fa9ae79082b..32debb34863 100644
--- a/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat
+++ b/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat
@@ -5680,6 +5680,38 @@
   proargmodes => '{o,o,o,o,o,o,o,o,o,o}',
   proargnames => '{oid,score,xid_score,mxid_score,vacuum_score,vacuum_insert_score,analyze_score,do_vacuum,do_analyze,for_wraparound}',
   prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_autovacuum_scores' },
+{ oid => '8142', descr => 'statistics: last skipped vacuum time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time' },
+{ oid => '8143', descr => 'statistics: last skipped auto vacuum time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time' },
+{ oid => '8144', descr => 'statistics: last skipped analyze time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time' },
+{ oid => '8145', descr => 'statistics: last skipped auto analyze time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time' },
+{ oid => '8146', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped vacuum for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count' },
+{ oid => '8147', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped auto vacuum for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count' },
+{ oid => '8148', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped analyzes for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count' },
+{ oid => '8149', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped auto analyzes for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count' },
 { oid => '1936', descr => 'statistics: currently active backend IDs',
   proname => 'pg_stat_get_backend_idset', prorows => '100', proretset => 't',
   provolatile => 's', proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int4',
diff --git a/src/include/pgstat.h b/src/include/pgstat.h
index dfa2e837638..98941f953d1 100644
--- a/src/include/pgstat.h
+++ b/src/include/pgstat.h
@@ -479,6 +479,15 @@ typedef struct PgStat_StatTabEntry
 	TimestampTz last_autoanalyze_time;	/* autovacuum initiated */
 	PgStat_Counter autoanalyze_count;
 
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_vacuum_time;	/* user initiated vacuum */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_vacuum_count;
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_autovacuum_time;	/* autovacuum initiated */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_autovacuum_count;
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_analyze_time;	/* user initiated */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_analyze_count;
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_autoanalyze_time;	/* autovacuum initiated */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_autoanalyze_count;
+
 	PgStat_Counter total_vacuum_time;	/* times in milliseconds */
 	PgStat_Counter total_autovacuum_time;
 	PgStat_Counter total_analyze_time;
@@ -703,6 +712,13 @@ extern void pgstat_report_analyze(Relation rel,
 								  PgStat_Counter livetuples, PgStat_Counter deadtuples,
 								  bool resetcounter, TimestampTz starttime);
 
+/* flags for pgstat_flush_backend() */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM		(1 << 0)	/* vacuum is skipped */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE		(1 << 1)	/* analyze is skipped */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOVACUUM	(1 << 2)	/* autovacuum is skipped */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOANALYZE	(1 << 3)	/* autoanalyze is skipped */
+extern void pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(Oid relid, int flags);
+
 /*
  * If stats are enabled, but pending data hasn't been prepared yet, call
  * pgstat_assoc_relation() to do so. See its comment for why this is done
diff --git a/src/test/isolation/expected/vacuum-skip-locked.out b/src/test/isolation/expected/vacuum-skip-locked.out
index 99db281a159..e2cff175b7c 100644
--- a/src/test/isolation/expected/vacuum-skip-locked.out
+++ b/src/test/isolation/expected/vacuum-skip-locked.out
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 Parsed test spec with 2 sessions
 
-starting permutation: lock_share vac_specified commit
+starting permutation: lock_share vac_specified commit check_stat
 step lock_share: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN SHARE MODE;
@@ -10,8 +10,22 @@ step vac_specified: VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED) part1, part2;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
 
-starting permutation: lock_share vac_all_parts commit
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   1|            0|                    0
+part2  |           1|                   0|            0|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
+
+starting permutation: lock_share vac_all_parts commit check_stat
 step lock_share: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN SHARE MODE;
@@ -20,8 +34,22 @@ step vac_all_parts: VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED) parted;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   1|            0|                    0
+part2  |           1|                   0|            0|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
 
-starting permutation: lock_share analyze_specified commit
+starting permutation: lock_share analyze_specified commit check_stat
 step lock_share: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN SHARE MODE;
@@ -31,8 +59,22 @@ step analyze_specified: ANALYZE (SKIP_LOCKED) part1, part2;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
 
-starting permutation: lock_share analyze_all_parts commit
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   0|            0|                    1
+part2  |           0|                   0|            1|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
+
+starting permutation: lock_share analyze_all_parts commit check_stat
 step lock_share: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN SHARE MODE;
@@ -41,8 +83,22 @@ step analyze_all_parts: ANALYZE (SKIP_LOCKED) parted;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            1|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   0|            0|                    1
+part2  |           0|                   0|            1|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
 
-starting permutation: lock_share vac_analyze_specified commit
+starting permutation: lock_share vac_analyze_specified commit check_stat
 step lock_share: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN SHARE MODE;
@@ -52,8 +108,22 @@ step vac_analyze_specified: VACUUM (ANALYZE, SKIP_LOCKED) part1, part2;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
 
-starting permutation: lock_share vac_analyze_all_parts commit
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   1|            0|                    1
+part2  |           1|                   0|            1|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
+
+starting permutation: lock_share vac_analyze_all_parts commit check_stat
 step lock_share: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN SHARE MODE;
@@ -62,8 +132,22 @@ step vac_analyze_all_parts: VACUUM (ANALYZE, SKIP_LOCKED) parted;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            1|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   1|            0|                    1
+part2  |           1|                   0|            1|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
 
-starting permutation: lock_share vac_full_specified commit
+starting permutation: lock_share vac_full_specified commit check_stat
 step lock_share: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN SHARE MODE;
@@ -73,8 +157,22 @@ step vac_full_specified: VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED, FULL) part1, part2;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
 
-starting permutation: lock_share vac_full_all_parts commit
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part2  |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
+
+starting permutation: lock_share vac_full_all_parts commit check_stat
 step lock_share: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN SHARE MODE;
@@ -83,8 +181,22 @@ step vac_full_all_parts: VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED, FULL) parted;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part2  |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+(3 rows)
 
-starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_specified commit
+
+starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_specified commit check_stat
 step lock_access_exclusive: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN ACCESS EXCLUSIVE MODE;
@@ -94,8 +206,22 @@ step vac_specified: VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED) part1, part2;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   1|            0|                    0
+part2  |           1|                   0|            0|                    0
+(3 rows)
 
-starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_all_parts commit
+
+starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_all_parts commit check_stat
 step lock_access_exclusive: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN ACCESS EXCLUSIVE MODE;
@@ -104,8 +230,22 @@ step vac_all_parts: VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED) parted;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   1|            0|                    0
+part2  |           1|                   0|            0|                    0
+(3 rows)
 
-starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive analyze_specified commit
+
+starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive analyze_specified commit check_stat
 step lock_access_exclusive: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN ACCESS EXCLUSIVE MODE;
@@ -115,8 +255,22 @@ step analyze_specified: ANALYZE (SKIP_LOCKED) part1, part2;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   0|            0|                    1
+part2  |           0|                   0|            1|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
 
-starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive analyze_all_parts commit
+starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive analyze_all_parts commit check_stat
 step lock_access_exclusive: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN ACCESS EXCLUSIVE MODE;
@@ -126,8 +280,22 @@ step commit:
 	COMMIT;
 
 step analyze_all_parts: <... completed>
-
-starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_analyze_specified commit
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            1|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   0|            1|                    0
+part2  |           0|                   0|            1|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
+
+starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_analyze_specified commit check_stat
 step lock_access_exclusive: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN ACCESS EXCLUSIVE MODE;
@@ -137,8 +305,22 @@ step vac_analyze_specified: VACUUM (ANALYZE, SKIP_LOCKED) part1, part2;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   1|            0|                    1
+part2  |           1|                   0|            1|                    0
+(3 rows)
 
-starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_analyze_all_parts commit
+
+starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_analyze_all_parts commit check_stat
 step lock_access_exclusive: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN ACCESS EXCLUSIVE MODE;
@@ -148,8 +330,22 @@ step commit:
 	COMMIT;
 
 step vac_analyze_all_parts: <... completed>
-
-starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_full_specified commit
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            1|                    0
+part1  |           1|                   0|            1|                    0
+part2  |           1|                   0|            1|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
+
+starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_full_specified commit check_stat
 step lock_access_exclusive: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN ACCESS EXCLUSIVE MODE;
@@ -159,8 +355,22 @@ step vac_full_specified: VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED, FULL) part1, part2;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
 
-starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_full_all_parts commit
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part2  |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
+
+starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_full_all_parts commit check_stat
 step lock_access_exclusive: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN ACCESS EXCLUSIVE MODE;
@@ -169,3 +379,17 @@ step vac_full_all_parts: VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED, FULL) parted;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part2  |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
diff --git a/src/test/isolation/specs/vacuum-skip-locked.spec b/src/test/isolation/specs/vacuum-skip-locked.spec
index 3fad6e1c92a..b0da75d4b6d 100644
--- a/src/test/isolation/specs/vacuum-skip-locked.spec
+++ b/src/test/isolation/specs/vacuum-skip-locked.spec
@@ -33,6 +33,15 @@ step commit
 	COMMIT;
 }
 
+step check_stat
+{
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+}
+
 session s2
 step vac_specified			{ VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED) part1, part2; }
 step vac_all_parts			{ VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED) parted; }
@@ -43,19 +52,19 @@ step vac_analyze_all_parts	{ VACUUM (ANALYZE, SKIP_LOCKED) parted; }
 step vac_full_specified		{ VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED, FULL) part1, part2; }
 step vac_full_all_parts		{ VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED, FULL) parted; }
 
-permutation lock_share vac_specified commit
-permutation lock_share vac_all_parts commit
-permutation lock_share analyze_specified commit
-permutation lock_share analyze_all_parts commit
-permutation lock_share vac_analyze_specified commit
-permutation lock_share vac_analyze_all_parts commit
-permutation lock_share vac_full_specified commit
-permutation lock_share vac_full_all_parts commit
-permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_specified commit
-permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_all_parts commit
-permutation lock_access_exclusive analyze_specified commit
-permutation lock_access_exclusive analyze_all_parts commit
-permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_analyze_specified commit
-permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_analyze_all_parts commit
-permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_full_specified commit
-permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_full_all_parts commit
+permutation lock_share vac_specified commit check_stat
+permutation lock_share vac_all_parts commit check_stat
+permutation lock_share analyze_specified commit check_stat
+permutation lock_share analyze_all_parts commit check_stat
+permutation lock_share vac_analyze_specified commit check_stat
+permutation lock_share vac_analyze_all_parts commit check_stat
+permutation lock_share vac_full_specified commit check_stat
+permutation lock_share vac_full_all_parts commit check_stat
+permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_specified commit check_stat
+permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_all_parts commit check_stat
+permutation lock_access_exclusive analyze_specified commit check_stat
+permutation lock_access_exclusive analyze_all_parts commit check_stat
+permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_analyze_specified commit check_stat
+permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_analyze_all_parts commit check_stat
+permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_full_specified commit check_stat
+permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_full_all_parts commit check_stat
diff --git a/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out b/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out
index a65a5bf0c4f..9b2075d3373 100644
--- a/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out
+++ b/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out
@@ -1835,13 +1835,21 @@ pg_stat_all_tables| SELECT c.oid AS relid,
     pg_stat_get_mod_since_analyze(c.oid) AS n_mod_since_analyze,
     pg_stat_get_ins_since_vacuum(c.oid) AS n_ins_since_vacuum,
     pg_stat_get_last_vacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_vacuum,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_vacuum,
     pg_stat_get_last_autovacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_autovacuum,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_autovacuum,
     pg_stat_get_last_analyze_time(c.oid) AS last_analyze,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_analyze,
     pg_stat_get_last_autoanalyze_time(c.oid) AS last_autoanalyze,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_autoanalyze,
     pg_stat_get_vacuum_count(c.oid) AS vacuum_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count(c.oid) AS skipped_vacuum_count,
     pg_stat_get_autovacuum_count(c.oid) AS autovacuum_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count(c.oid) AS skipped_autovacuum_count,
     pg_stat_get_analyze_count(c.oid) AS analyze_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count(c.oid) AS skipped_analyze_count,
     pg_stat_get_autoanalyze_count(c.oid) AS autoanalyze_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count(c.oid) AS skipped_autoanalyze_count,
     pg_stat_get_total_vacuum_time(c.oid) AS total_vacuum_time,
     pg_stat_get_total_autovacuum_time(c.oid) AS total_autovacuum_time,
     pg_stat_get_total_analyze_time(c.oid) AS total_analyze_time,
@@ -2346,13 +2354,21 @@ pg_stat_sys_tables| SELECT relid,
     n_mod_since_analyze,
     n_ins_since_vacuum,
     last_vacuum,
+    last_skipped_vacuum,
     last_autovacuum,
+    last_skipped_autovacuum,
     last_analyze,
+    last_skipped_analyze,
     last_autoanalyze,
+    last_skipped_autoanalyze,
     vacuum_count,
+    skipped_vacuum_count,
     autovacuum_count,
+    skipped_autovacuum_count,
     analyze_count,
+    skipped_analyze_count,
     autoanalyze_count,
+    skipped_autoanalyze_count,
     total_vacuum_time,
     total_autovacuum_time,
     total_analyze_time,
@@ -2401,13 +2417,21 @@ pg_stat_user_tables| SELECT relid,
     n_mod_since_analyze,
     n_ins_since_vacuum,
     last_vacuum,
+    last_skipped_vacuum,
     last_autovacuum,
+    last_skipped_autovacuum,
     last_analyze,
+    last_skipped_analyze,
     last_autoanalyze,
+    last_skipped_autoanalyze,
     vacuum_count,
+    skipped_vacuum_count,
     autovacuum_count,
+    skipped_autovacuum_count,
     analyze_count,
+    skipped_analyze_count,
     autoanalyze_count,
+    skipped_autoanalyze_count,
     total_vacuum_time,
     total_autovacuum_time,
     total_analyze_time,
-- 
2.43.0


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* [PATCH v5] Track skipped vacuum and analyze activity per relation
@ 2026-03-24 04:09 Yugo Nagata <[email protected]>
  0 siblings, 0 replies; 374+ messages in thread

From: Yugo Nagata @ 2026-03-24 04:09 UTC (permalink / raw)

This commit adds eight fields to the relation statistics that track
the last time vacuum or analyze has been attempted but skipped due to
lock unavailability, along with their counts:

-    last_skipped_vacuum
-    last_skipped_autovacuum
-    last_skipped_analyze
-    last_skipped_autoanalyze
-    skipped_vacuum_count
-    skipped_autovacuum_count
-    skipped_analyze_count
-    skipped_autoanalyze_count

These field can help users confirm that autovacuum is actively attempting
to run on a table that has not been vacuumed or analyzed for a long time,
and that the lack of progress is due to repeated skips rather than inactivity.
---
 doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml                  |  88 ++++++
 src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql          |   8 +
 src/backend/commands/vacuum.c                 | 100 +++++--
 src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c  |  64 +++++
 src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c           |  24 ++
 src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat               |  32 +++
 src/include/pgstat.h                          |  16 ++
 .../isolation/expected/vacuum-skip-locked.out | 260 ++++++++++++++++--
 .../isolation/specs/vacuum-skip-locked.spec   |  41 +--
 src/test/regress/expected/rules.out           |  24 ++
 10 files changed, 601 insertions(+), 56 deletions(-)

diff --git a/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml b/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml
index 08d5b824552..a9b579d87a9 100644
--- a/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml
+++ b/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml
@@ -4387,6 +4387,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_vacuum</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time a manual vacuum on this table was attempted but skipped due to
+       lock unavailability (not counting <command>VACUUM FULL</command>)
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>last_autovacuum</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
@@ -4397,6 +4407,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_autovacuum</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time a vacuum on this table by the autovacuum daemon was attempted
+       but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>last_analyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
@@ -4406,6 +4426,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_analyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time a manual analyze on this table was attempted but skipped due to
+       lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>last_autoanalyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
@@ -4416,6 +4446,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_autoanalyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time at which an analyze on this table by the autovacuum was
+       attempted but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>vacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4426,6 +4466,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_vacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times manual vacuums on this table have been attempted but skipped
+       due to lock unavailability (not counting <command>VACUUM FULL</command>)
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>autovacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4436,6 +4486,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_autovacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times vacuums on this table by the autovacuum daemon have been
+       attempted but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>analyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4445,6 +4505,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_analyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times manual analyzes on this table have been attempted but
+       skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>autoanalyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4455,6 +4525,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_autoanalyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times analyzes on this table by the autovacuum daemon have
+       been attempted but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>total_vacuum_time</structfield> <type>double precision</type>
@@ -4510,6 +4590,14 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
    </tgroup>
   </table>
 
+  <note>
+   <para>
+    When a manual vacuum or analyze on a parent table in an inheritance or
+    partitioning hierarchy is skipped, the statistics are recorded only for
+    the parent table, not for its children.
+   </para>
+  </note>
+
  </sect2>
 
  <sect2 id="monitoring-pg-stat-autovacuum-scores-view">
diff --git a/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql b/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql
index 73a1c1c4670..f509fc7876b 100644
--- a/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql
+++ b/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql
@@ -736,13 +736,21 @@ CREATE VIEW pg_stat_all_tables AS
             pg_stat_get_mod_since_analyze(C.oid) AS n_mod_since_analyze,
             pg_stat_get_ins_since_vacuum(C.oid) AS n_ins_since_vacuum,
             pg_stat_get_last_vacuum_time(C.oid) as last_vacuum,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_vacuum,
             pg_stat_get_last_autovacuum_time(C.oid) as last_autovacuum,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_autovacuum,
             pg_stat_get_last_analyze_time(C.oid) as last_analyze,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_analyze,
             pg_stat_get_last_autoanalyze_time(C.oid) as last_autoanalyze,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_autoanalyze,
             pg_stat_get_vacuum_count(C.oid) AS vacuum_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count(C.oid) AS skipped_vacuum_count,
             pg_stat_get_autovacuum_count(C.oid) AS autovacuum_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count(C.oid) AS skipped_autovacuum_count,
             pg_stat_get_analyze_count(C.oid) AS analyze_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count(C.oid) AS skipped_analyze_count,
             pg_stat_get_autoanalyze_count(C.oid) AS autoanalyze_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count(C.oid) AS skipped_autoanalyze_count,
             pg_stat_get_total_vacuum_time(C.oid) AS total_vacuum_time,
             pg_stat_get_total_autovacuum_time(C.oid) AS total_autovacuum_time,
             pg_stat_get_total_analyze_time(C.oid) AS total_analyze_time,
diff --git a/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c b/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c
index 99d0db82ed7..df6526225e4 100644
--- a/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c
+++ b/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c
@@ -793,8 +793,25 @@ vacuum_open_relation(Oid relid, RangeVar *relation, uint32 options,
 		rel = try_relation_open(relid, NoLock);
 	else
 	{
+		int flags = 0;
 		rel = NULL;
 		rel_lock = false;
+
+		if ((options & VACOPT_VACUUM) != 0 && (options & VACOPT_FULL) == 0)
+		{
+			if (AmAutoVacuumWorkerProcess())
+				flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOVACUUM;
+			else
+				flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM;
+		}
+		if ((options & VACOPT_ANALYZE) != 0)
+		{
+			if (AmAutoVacuumWorkerProcess())
+				flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOANALYZE;
+			else
+				flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE;
+		}
+		pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(relid, flags);
 	}
 
 	/* if relation is opened, leave */
@@ -905,7 +922,6 @@ expand_vacuum_rel(VacuumRelation *vrel, MemoryContext vac_context,
 		Form_pg_class classForm;
 		bool		include_children;
 		bool		is_partitioned_table;
-		int			rvr_opts;
 
 		/*
 		 * Since autovacuum workers supply OIDs when calling vacuum(), no
@@ -918,29 +934,69 @@ expand_vacuum_rel(VacuumRelation *vrel, MemoryContext vac_context,
 		 * below, as well as find_all_inheritors's expectation that the caller
 		 * holds some lock on the starting relation.
 		 */
-		rvr_opts = (options & VACOPT_SKIP_LOCKED) ? RVR_SKIP_LOCKED : 0;
-		relid = RangeVarGetRelidExtended(vrel->relation,
-										 AccessShareLock,
-										 rvr_opts,
-										 NULL, NULL);
-
-		/*
-		 * If the lock is unavailable, emit the same log statement that
-		 * vacuum_rel() and analyze_rel() would.
-		 */
-		if (!OidIsValid(relid))
+		if (!(options & VACOPT_SKIP_LOCKED))
 		{
-			if (options & VACOPT_VACUUM)
-				ereport(WARNING,
-						(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
-						 errmsg("skipping vacuum of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
-								vrel->relation->relname)));
-			else
-				ereport(WARNING,
-						(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
-						 errmsg("skipping analyze of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
+			relid = RangeVarGetRelidExtended(vrel->relation,
+											 AccessShareLock,
+											 0, NULL, NULL);
+			if (!OidIsValid(relid))
+				return vacrels;
+		}
+		else
+		{
+			/* Get relid for reporting before taking a lock */
+			relid = RangeVarGetRelid(vrel->relation, NoLock, false);
+
+			if (!ConditionalLockRelationOid(relid, AccessShareLock))
+			{
+				int	flags = 0;
+				/*
+				 * If the lock is unavailable, emit the same log statement that
+				 * vacuum_rel() and analyze_rel() would.
+				 */
+				if (options & VACOPT_VACUUM)
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping vacuum of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
 								vrel->relation->relname)));
-			return vacrels;
+				else
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping analyze of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
+									vrel->relation->relname)));
+
+				if ((options & VACOPT_VACUUM) != 0 && (options & VACOPT_FULL) == 0)
+					flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM;
+				if ((options & VACOPT_ANALYZE) != 0)
+					flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE;
+
+				pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(relid, flags);
+
+				return vacrels;
+			}
+
+			/*
+			 * Now that we have the lock, probe to see if the relation really
+			 * exists or not.
+			 */
+			if (!SearchSysCacheExists1(RELOID, ObjectIdGetDatum(relid)))
+			{
+				if (options & VACOPT_VACUUM)
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_UNDEFINED_TABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping vacuum of \"%s\" --- relation no longer exists",
+									vrel->relation->relname)));
+				else
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_UNDEFINED_TABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping analyze of \"%s\" --- relation no longer exists",
+									vrel->relation->relname)));
+
+				/* Release useless lock */
+				UnlockRelationOid(relid, AccessShareLock);
+
+				return vacrels;
+			}
 		}
 
 		/*
diff --git a/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c b/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c
index b2ca28f83ba..532d9023f8c 100644
--- a/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c
+++ b/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c
@@ -17,12 +17,14 @@
 
 #include "postgres.h"
 
+#include "access/htup_details.h"
 #include "access/twophase_rmgr.h"
 #include "access/xact.h"
 #include "catalog/catalog.h"
 #include "utils/memutils.h"
 #include "utils/pgstat_internal.h"
 #include "utils/rel.h"
+#include "utils/syscache.h"
 #include "utils/timestamp.h"
 
 
@@ -367,6 +369,68 @@ pgstat_report_analyze(Relation rel,
 	(void) pgstat_flush_backend(false, PGSTAT_BACKEND_FLUSH_IO);
 }
 
+/*
+ * Report that the table was skipped during vacuum or/and analyze.
+ */
+void
+pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(Oid relid, int flags)
+{
+	PgStat_EntryRef *entry_ref;
+	PgStatShared_Relation *shtabentry;
+	PgStat_StatTabEntry *tabentry;
+	TimestampTz ts;
+	HeapTuple	classTup;
+	bool		isshared;
+
+	if (!pgstat_track_counts || !flags)
+		return;
+
+	classTup = SearchSysCache1(RELOID, ObjectIdGetDatum(relid));
+	if (!HeapTupleIsValid(classTup))
+		return;			/* somebody deleted the rel, forget it */
+	isshared = ((Form_pg_class) GETSTRUCT(classTup))->relisshared;
+	ReleaseSysCache(classTup);
+
+	/* Store the data in the table's hash table entry. */
+	ts = GetCurrentTimestamp();
+
+	/* block acquiring lock for the same reason as pgstat_report_autovac() */
+	entry_ref = pgstat_get_entry_ref_locked(PGSTAT_KIND_RELATION,
+											isshared ? InvalidOid : MyDatabaseId,
+											relid, false);
+
+	shtabentry = (PgStatShared_Relation *) entry_ref->shared_stats;
+	tabentry = &shtabentry->stats;
+
+	if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM)
+	{
+		tabentry->last_skipped_vacuum_time = ts;
+		tabentry->skipped_vacuum_count++;
+	}
+	else if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOVACUUM)
+	{
+		tabentry->last_skipped_autovacuum_time = ts;
+		tabentry->skipped_autovacuum_count++;
+	}
+
+	if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE)
+	{
+		tabentry->last_skipped_analyze_time = ts;
+		tabentry->skipped_analyze_count++;
+	}
+	else if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOANALYZE)
+	{
+		tabentry->last_skipped_autoanalyze_time = ts;
+		tabentry->skipped_autoanalyze_count++;
+	}
+
+	pgstat_unlock_entry(entry_ref);
+
+	/* see pgstat_report_vacuum() */
+	pgstat_flush_io(false);
+	(void) pgstat_flush_backend(false, PGSTAT_BACKEND_FLUSH_IO);
+}
+
 /*
  * count a tuple insertion of n tuples
  */
diff --git a/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c b/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c
index 1408de387ea..90a8968faa0 100644
--- a/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c
+++ b/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c
@@ -84,6 +84,18 @@ PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(mod_since_analyze)
 /* pg_stat_get_numscans */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(numscans)
 
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_analyze_count)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_autoanalyze_count)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_autovacuum_count)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_vacuum_count)
+
 /* pg_stat_get_tuples_deleted */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(tuples_deleted)
 
@@ -170,6 +182,18 @@ PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_vacuum_time)
 /* pg_stat_get_lastscan */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(lastscan)
 
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_analyze_time)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_autoanalyze_time)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_autovacuum_time)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_vacuum_time)
+
 /* pg_stat_get_stat_reset_time */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(stat_reset_time)
 
diff --git a/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat b/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat
index fa9ae79082b..32debb34863 100644
--- a/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat
+++ b/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat
@@ -5680,6 +5680,38 @@
   proargmodes => '{o,o,o,o,o,o,o,o,o,o}',
   proargnames => '{oid,score,xid_score,mxid_score,vacuum_score,vacuum_insert_score,analyze_score,do_vacuum,do_analyze,for_wraparound}',
   prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_autovacuum_scores' },
+{ oid => '8142', descr => 'statistics: last skipped vacuum time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time' },
+{ oid => '8143', descr => 'statistics: last skipped auto vacuum time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time' },
+{ oid => '8144', descr => 'statistics: last skipped analyze time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time' },
+{ oid => '8145', descr => 'statistics: last skipped auto analyze time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time' },
+{ oid => '8146', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped vacuum for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count' },
+{ oid => '8147', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped auto vacuum for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count' },
+{ oid => '8148', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped analyzes for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count' },
+{ oid => '8149', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped auto analyzes for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count' },
 { oid => '1936', descr => 'statistics: currently active backend IDs',
   proname => 'pg_stat_get_backend_idset', prorows => '100', proretset => 't',
   provolatile => 's', proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int4',
diff --git a/src/include/pgstat.h b/src/include/pgstat.h
index dfa2e837638..98941f953d1 100644
--- a/src/include/pgstat.h
+++ b/src/include/pgstat.h
@@ -479,6 +479,15 @@ typedef struct PgStat_StatTabEntry
 	TimestampTz last_autoanalyze_time;	/* autovacuum initiated */
 	PgStat_Counter autoanalyze_count;
 
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_vacuum_time;	/* user initiated vacuum */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_vacuum_count;
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_autovacuum_time;	/* autovacuum initiated */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_autovacuum_count;
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_analyze_time;	/* user initiated */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_analyze_count;
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_autoanalyze_time;	/* autovacuum initiated */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_autoanalyze_count;
+
 	PgStat_Counter total_vacuum_time;	/* times in milliseconds */
 	PgStat_Counter total_autovacuum_time;
 	PgStat_Counter total_analyze_time;
@@ -703,6 +712,13 @@ extern void pgstat_report_analyze(Relation rel,
 								  PgStat_Counter livetuples, PgStat_Counter deadtuples,
 								  bool resetcounter, TimestampTz starttime);
 
+/* flags for pgstat_flush_backend() */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM		(1 << 0)	/* vacuum is skipped */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE		(1 << 1)	/* analyze is skipped */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOVACUUM	(1 << 2)	/* autovacuum is skipped */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOANALYZE	(1 << 3)	/* autoanalyze is skipped */
+extern void pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(Oid relid, int flags);
+
 /*
  * If stats are enabled, but pending data hasn't been prepared yet, call
  * pgstat_assoc_relation() to do so. See its comment for why this is done
diff --git a/src/test/isolation/expected/vacuum-skip-locked.out b/src/test/isolation/expected/vacuum-skip-locked.out
index 99db281a159..e2cff175b7c 100644
--- a/src/test/isolation/expected/vacuum-skip-locked.out
+++ b/src/test/isolation/expected/vacuum-skip-locked.out
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 Parsed test spec with 2 sessions
 
-starting permutation: lock_share vac_specified commit
+starting permutation: lock_share vac_specified commit check_stat
 step lock_share: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN SHARE MODE;
@@ -10,8 +10,22 @@ step vac_specified: VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED) part1, part2;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
 
-starting permutation: lock_share vac_all_parts commit
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   1|            0|                    0
+part2  |           1|                   0|            0|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
+
+starting permutation: lock_share vac_all_parts commit check_stat
 step lock_share: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN SHARE MODE;
@@ -20,8 +34,22 @@ step vac_all_parts: VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED) parted;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   1|            0|                    0
+part2  |           1|                   0|            0|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
 
-starting permutation: lock_share analyze_specified commit
+starting permutation: lock_share analyze_specified commit check_stat
 step lock_share: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN SHARE MODE;
@@ -31,8 +59,22 @@ step analyze_specified: ANALYZE (SKIP_LOCKED) part1, part2;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
 
-starting permutation: lock_share analyze_all_parts commit
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   0|            0|                    1
+part2  |           0|                   0|            1|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
+
+starting permutation: lock_share analyze_all_parts commit check_stat
 step lock_share: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN SHARE MODE;
@@ -41,8 +83,22 @@ step analyze_all_parts: ANALYZE (SKIP_LOCKED) parted;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            1|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   0|            0|                    1
+part2  |           0|                   0|            1|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
 
-starting permutation: lock_share vac_analyze_specified commit
+starting permutation: lock_share vac_analyze_specified commit check_stat
 step lock_share: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN SHARE MODE;
@@ -52,8 +108,22 @@ step vac_analyze_specified: VACUUM (ANALYZE, SKIP_LOCKED) part1, part2;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
 
-starting permutation: lock_share vac_analyze_all_parts commit
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   1|            0|                    1
+part2  |           1|                   0|            1|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
+
+starting permutation: lock_share vac_analyze_all_parts commit check_stat
 step lock_share: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN SHARE MODE;
@@ -62,8 +132,22 @@ step vac_analyze_all_parts: VACUUM (ANALYZE, SKIP_LOCKED) parted;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            1|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   1|            0|                    1
+part2  |           1|                   0|            1|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
 
-starting permutation: lock_share vac_full_specified commit
+starting permutation: lock_share vac_full_specified commit check_stat
 step lock_share: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN SHARE MODE;
@@ -73,8 +157,22 @@ step vac_full_specified: VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED, FULL) part1, part2;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
 
-starting permutation: lock_share vac_full_all_parts commit
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part2  |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
+
+starting permutation: lock_share vac_full_all_parts commit check_stat
 step lock_share: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN SHARE MODE;
@@ -83,8 +181,22 @@ step vac_full_all_parts: VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED, FULL) parted;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part2  |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+(3 rows)
 
-starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_specified commit
+
+starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_specified commit check_stat
 step lock_access_exclusive: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN ACCESS EXCLUSIVE MODE;
@@ -94,8 +206,22 @@ step vac_specified: VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED) part1, part2;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   1|            0|                    0
+part2  |           1|                   0|            0|                    0
+(3 rows)
 
-starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_all_parts commit
+
+starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_all_parts commit check_stat
 step lock_access_exclusive: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN ACCESS EXCLUSIVE MODE;
@@ -104,8 +230,22 @@ step vac_all_parts: VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED) parted;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   1|            0|                    0
+part2  |           1|                   0|            0|                    0
+(3 rows)
 
-starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive analyze_specified commit
+
+starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive analyze_specified commit check_stat
 step lock_access_exclusive: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN ACCESS EXCLUSIVE MODE;
@@ -115,8 +255,22 @@ step analyze_specified: ANALYZE (SKIP_LOCKED) part1, part2;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   0|            0|                    1
+part2  |           0|                   0|            1|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
 
-starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive analyze_all_parts commit
+starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive analyze_all_parts commit check_stat
 step lock_access_exclusive: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN ACCESS EXCLUSIVE MODE;
@@ -126,8 +280,22 @@ step commit:
 	COMMIT;
 
 step analyze_all_parts: <... completed>
-
-starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_analyze_specified commit
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            1|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   0|            1|                    0
+part2  |           0|                   0|            1|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
+
+starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_analyze_specified commit check_stat
 step lock_access_exclusive: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN ACCESS EXCLUSIVE MODE;
@@ -137,8 +305,22 @@ step vac_analyze_specified: VACUUM (ANALYZE, SKIP_LOCKED) part1, part2;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   1|            0|                    1
+part2  |           1|                   0|            1|                    0
+(3 rows)
 
-starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_analyze_all_parts commit
+
+starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_analyze_all_parts commit check_stat
 step lock_access_exclusive: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN ACCESS EXCLUSIVE MODE;
@@ -148,8 +330,22 @@ step commit:
 	COMMIT;
 
 step vac_analyze_all_parts: <... completed>
-
-starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_full_specified commit
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            1|                    0
+part1  |           1|                   0|            1|                    0
+part2  |           1|                   0|            1|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
+
+starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_full_specified commit check_stat
 step lock_access_exclusive: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN ACCESS EXCLUSIVE MODE;
@@ -159,8 +355,22 @@ step vac_full_specified: VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED, FULL) part1, part2;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
 
-starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_full_all_parts commit
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part2  |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
+
+starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_full_all_parts commit check_stat
 step lock_access_exclusive: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN ACCESS EXCLUSIVE MODE;
@@ -169,3 +379,17 @@ step vac_full_all_parts: VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED, FULL) parted;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part2  |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
diff --git a/src/test/isolation/specs/vacuum-skip-locked.spec b/src/test/isolation/specs/vacuum-skip-locked.spec
index 3fad6e1c92a..b0da75d4b6d 100644
--- a/src/test/isolation/specs/vacuum-skip-locked.spec
+++ b/src/test/isolation/specs/vacuum-skip-locked.spec
@@ -33,6 +33,15 @@ step commit
 	COMMIT;
 }
 
+step check_stat
+{
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+}
+
 session s2
 step vac_specified			{ VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED) part1, part2; }
 step vac_all_parts			{ VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED) parted; }
@@ -43,19 +52,19 @@ step vac_analyze_all_parts	{ VACUUM (ANALYZE, SKIP_LOCKED) parted; }
 step vac_full_specified		{ VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED, FULL) part1, part2; }
 step vac_full_all_parts		{ VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED, FULL) parted; }
 
-permutation lock_share vac_specified commit
-permutation lock_share vac_all_parts commit
-permutation lock_share analyze_specified commit
-permutation lock_share analyze_all_parts commit
-permutation lock_share vac_analyze_specified commit
-permutation lock_share vac_analyze_all_parts commit
-permutation lock_share vac_full_specified commit
-permutation lock_share vac_full_all_parts commit
-permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_specified commit
-permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_all_parts commit
-permutation lock_access_exclusive analyze_specified commit
-permutation lock_access_exclusive analyze_all_parts commit
-permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_analyze_specified commit
-permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_analyze_all_parts commit
-permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_full_specified commit
-permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_full_all_parts commit
+permutation lock_share vac_specified commit check_stat
+permutation lock_share vac_all_parts commit check_stat
+permutation lock_share analyze_specified commit check_stat
+permutation lock_share analyze_all_parts commit check_stat
+permutation lock_share vac_analyze_specified commit check_stat
+permutation lock_share vac_analyze_all_parts commit check_stat
+permutation lock_share vac_full_specified commit check_stat
+permutation lock_share vac_full_all_parts commit check_stat
+permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_specified commit check_stat
+permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_all_parts commit check_stat
+permutation lock_access_exclusive analyze_specified commit check_stat
+permutation lock_access_exclusive analyze_all_parts commit check_stat
+permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_analyze_specified commit check_stat
+permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_analyze_all_parts commit check_stat
+permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_full_specified commit check_stat
+permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_full_all_parts commit check_stat
diff --git a/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out b/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out
index a65a5bf0c4f..9b2075d3373 100644
--- a/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out
+++ b/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out
@@ -1835,13 +1835,21 @@ pg_stat_all_tables| SELECT c.oid AS relid,
     pg_stat_get_mod_since_analyze(c.oid) AS n_mod_since_analyze,
     pg_stat_get_ins_since_vacuum(c.oid) AS n_ins_since_vacuum,
     pg_stat_get_last_vacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_vacuum,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_vacuum,
     pg_stat_get_last_autovacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_autovacuum,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_autovacuum,
     pg_stat_get_last_analyze_time(c.oid) AS last_analyze,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_analyze,
     pg_stat_get_last_autoanalyze_time(c.oid) AS last_autoanalyze,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_autoanalyze,
     pg_stat_get_vacuum_count(c.oid) AS vacuum_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count(c.oid) AS skipped_vacuum_count,
     pg_stat_get_autovacuum_count(c.oid) AS autovacuum_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count(c.oid) AS skipped_autovacuum_count,
     pg_stat_get_analyze_count(c.oid) AS analyze_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count(c.oid) AS skipped_analyze_count,
     pg_stat_get_autoanalyze_count(c.oid) AS autoanalyze_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count(c.oid) AS skipped_autoanalyze_count,
     pg_stat_get_total_vacuum_time(c.oid) AS total_vacuum_time,
     pg_stat_get_total_autovacuum_time(c.oid) AS total_autovacuum_time,
     pg_stat_get_total_analyze_time(c.oid) AS total_analyze_time,
@@ -2346,13 +2354,21 @@ pg_stat_sys_tables| SELECT relid,
     n_mod_since_analyze,
     n_ins_since_vacuum,
     last_vacuum,
+    last_skipped_vacuum,
     last_autovacuum,
+    last_skipped_autovacuum,
     last_analyze,
+    last_skipped_analyze,
     last_autoanalyze,
+    last_skipped_autoanalyze,
     vacuum_count,
+    skipped_vacuum_count,
     autovacuum_count,
+    skipped_autovacuum_count,
     analyze_count,
+    skipped_analyze_count,
     autoanalyze_count,
+    skipped_autoanalyze_count,
     total_vacuum_time,
     total_autovacuum_time,
     total_analyze_time,
@@ -2401,13 +2417,21 @@ pg_stat_user_tables| SELECT relid,
     n_mod_since_analyze,
     n_ins_since_vacuum,
     last_vacuum,
+    last_skipped_vacuum,
     last_autovacuum,
+    last_skipped_autovacuum,
     last_analyze,
+    last_skipped_analyze,
     last_autoanalyze,
+    last_skipped_autoanalyze,
     vacuum_count,
+    skipped_vacuum_count,
     autovacuum_count,
+    skipped_autovacuum_count,
     analyze_count,
+    skipped_analyze_count,
     autoanalyze_count,
+    skipped_autoanalyze_count,
     total_vacuum_time,
     total_autovacuum_time,
     total_analyze_time,
-- 
2.43.0


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* [PATCH v3] Track skipped vacuum and analyze activity per relation
@ 2026-03-24 04:09 Yugo Nagata <[email protected]>
  0 siblings, 0 replies; 374+ messages in thread

From: Yugo Nagata @ 2026-03-24 04:09 UTC (permalink / raw)

This commit adds eight fields to the relation statistics that track
the last time vacuum or analyze has been attempted but skipped due to
lock unavailability, along with their counts:

-    last_skipped_vacuum
-    last_skipped_autovacuum
-    last_skipped_analyze
-    last_skipped_autoanalyze
-    skipped_vacuum_count
-    skipped_autovacuum_count
-    skipped_analyze_count
-    skipped_autoanalyze_count

These field can help users confirm that autovacuum is actively attempting
to run on a table that has not been vacuumed or analyzed for a long time,
and that the lack of progress is due to repeated skips rather than inactivity.
---
 doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml                 | 80 +++++++++++++++++
 src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql         |  8 ++
 src/backend/commands/vacuum.c                | 95 +++++++++++++++-----
 src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c | 68 ++++++++++++++
 src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c          | 24 +++++
 src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat              | 32 +++++++
 src/include/pgstat.h                         | 16 ++++
 src/test/regress/expected/rules.out          | 24 +++++
 8 files changed, 324 insertions(+), 23 deletions(-)

diff --git a/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml b/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml
index bb75ed1069b..9ec8070b2fc 100644
--- a/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml
+++ b/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml
@@ -4372,6 +4372,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_vacuum</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time a manual vacuum on this table was attempted but skipped due to
+       lock unavailability (not counting <command>VACUUM FULL</command>)
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>last_autovacuum</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
@@ -4382,6 +4392,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_autovacuum</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time a vacuum on this table by the autovacuum daemon was attempted
+       but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>last_analyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
@@ -4391,6 +4411,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_analyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time a manual analyze on this table was attempted but skipped due to
+       lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>last_autoanalyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
@@ -4401,6 +4431,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_autoanalyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time at which an analyze on this table by the autovacuum was
+       attempted but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>vacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4411,6 +4451,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_vacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times vacuums on this table have been attempted but skipped
+       due to lock unavailability (not counting <command>VACUUM FULL</command>)
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>autovacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4421,6 +4471,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_autovacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times vacuums on this table by the autovacuum daemon have been
+       attempted but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>analyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4430,6 +4490,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_analyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times manual analyzes on this table have been attempted but
+       skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>autoanalyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4440,6 +4510,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_autoanalyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times analyzes on this table by the autovacuum daemon have
+       been attempted but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>total_vacuum_time</structfield> <type>double precision</type>
diff --git a/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql b/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql
index e54018004db..2ca02a0354c 100644
--- a/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql
+++ b/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql
@@ -736,13 +736,21 @@ CREATE VIEW pg_stat_all_tables AS
             pg_stat_get_mod_since_analyze(C.oid) AS n_mod_since_analyze,
             pg_stat_get_ins_since_vacuum(C.oid) AS n_ins_since_vacuum,
             pg_stat_get_last_vacuum_time(C.oid) as last_vacuum,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_vacuum,
             pg_stat_get_last_autovacuum_time(C.oid) as last_autovacuum,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_autovacuum,
             pg_stat_get_last_analyze_time(C.oid) as last_analyze,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_analyze,
             pg_stat_get_last_autoanalyze_time(C.oid) as last_autoanalyze,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_autoanalyze,
             pg_stat_get_vacuum_count(C.oid) AS vacuum_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count(C.oid) AS skipped_vacuum_count,
             pg_stat_get_autovacuum_count(C.oid) AS autovacuum_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count(C.oid) AS skipped_autovacuum_count,
             pg_stat_get_analyze_count(C.oid) AS analyze_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count(C.oid) AS skipped_analyze_count,
             pg_stat_get_autoanalyze_count(C.oid) AS autoanalyze_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count(C.oid) AS skipped_autoanalyze_count,
             pg_stat_get_total_vacuum_time(C.oid) AS total_vacuum_time,
             pg_stat_get_total_autovacuum_time(C.oid) AS total_autovacuum_time,
             pg_stat_get_total_analyze_time(C.oid) AS total_analyze_time,
diff --git a/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c b/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c
index bce3a2daa24..ce83b3171be 100644
--- a/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c
+++ b/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c
@@ -792,8 +792,18 @@ vacuum_open_relation(Oid relid, RangeVar *relation, bits32 options,
 		rel = try_relation_open(relid, NoLock);
 	else
 	{
+		bits8 flags = 0;
 		rel = NULL;
 		rel_lock = false;
+
+		if ((options & VACOPT_VACUUM) != 0)
+			flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM;
+		if ((options & VACOPT_ANALYZE) != 0)
+			flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE;
+		if (AmAutoVacuumWorkerProcess())
+			flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOVAC;
+
+		pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(relid, flags);
 	}
 
 	/* if relation is opened, leave */
@@ -801,7 +811,7 @@ vacuum_open_relation(Oid relid, RangeVar *relation, bits32 options,
 		return rel;
 
 	/*
-	 * Relation could not be opened, hence generate if possible a log
+	 * Relation could not be opened hence generate if possible a log
 	 * informing on the situation.
 	 *
 	 * If the RangeVar is not defined, we do not have enough information to
@@ -904,7 +914,6 @@ expand_vacuum_rel(VacuumRelation *vrel, MemoryContext vac_context,
 		Form_pg_class classForm;
 		bool		include_children;
 		bool		is_partitioned_table;
-		int			rvr_opts;
 
 		/*
 		 * Since autovacuum workers supply OIDs when calling vacuum(), no
@@ -917,29 +926,69 @@ expand_vacuum_rel(VacuumRelation *vrel, MemoryContext vac_context,
 		 * below, as well as find_all_inheritors's expectation that the caller
 		 * holds some lock on the starting relation.
 		 */
-		rvr_opts = (options & VACOPT_SKIP_LOCKED) ? RVR_SKIP_LOCKED : 0;
-		relid = RangeVarGetRelidExtended(vrel->relation,
-										 AccessShareLock,
-										 rvr_opts,
-										 NULL, NULL);
-
-		/*
-		 * If the lock is unavailable, emit the same log statement that
-		 * vacuum_rel() and analyze_rel() would.
-		 */
-		if (!OidIsValid(relid))
+		if (!(options & VACOPT_SKIP_LOCKED))
 		{
-			if (options & VACOPT_VACUUM)
-				ereport(WARNING,
-						(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
-						 errmsg("skipping vacuum of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
-								vrel->relation->relname)));
-			else
-				ereport(WARNING,
-						(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
-						 errmsg("skipping analyze of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
+			relid = RangeVarGetRelidExtended(vrel->relation,
+											 AccessShareLock,
+											 0, NULL, NULL);
+			if (!OidIsValid(relid))
+				return vacrels;
+		}
+		else
+		{
+			/* Get relid for reporting before taking a lock */
+			relid = RangeVarGetRelid(vrel->relation, NoLock, false);
+
+			if (!ConditionalLockRelationOid(relid, AccessShareLock))
+			{
+				bits8	flags = 0;
+				/*
+				 * If the lock is unavailable, emit the same log statement that
+				 * vacuum_rel() and analyze_rel() would.
+				 */
+				if (options & VACOPT_VACUUM)
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping vacuum of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
 								vrel->relation->relname)));
-			return vacrels;
+				else
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping analyze of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
+									vrel->relation->relname)));
+
+				if ((options & VACOPT_VACUUM) != 0)
+					flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM;
+				if ((options & VACOPT_ANALYZE) != 0)
+					flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE;
+
+				pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(relid, flags);
+
+				return vacrels;
+			}
+
+			/*
+			 * Now that we have the lock, probe to see if the relation really
+			 * exists or not.
+			 */
+			if (!SearchSysCacheExists1(RELOID, ObjectIdGetDatum(relid)))
+			{
+				if (options & VACOPT_VACUUM)
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_UNDEFINED_TABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping vacuum of \"%s\" --- relation no longer exists",
+									vrel->relation->relname)));
+				else
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_UNDEFINED_TABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping analyze of \"%s\" --- relation no longer exists",
+									vrel->relation->relname)));
+
+				/* Release useless lock */
+				UnlockRelationOid(relid, AccessShareLock);
+
+				return vacrels;
+			}
 		}
 
 		/*
diff --git a/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c b/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c
index bc8c43b96aa..cec4c88980e 100644
--- a/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c
+++ b/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c
@@ -17,6 +17,7 @@
 
 #include "postgres.h"
 
+#include "access/htup_details.h"
 #include "access/twophase_rmgr.h"
 #include "access/xact.h"
 #include "catalog/catalog.h"
@@ -366,6 +367,73 @@ pgstat_report_analyze(Relation rel,
 	(void) pgstat_flush_backend(false, PGSTAT_BACKEND_FLUSH_IO);
 }
 
+/*
+ * Report that the table was skipped during vacuum or/and analyze.
+ */
+void
+pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(Oid relid, bits8 flags)
+{
+	PgStat_EntryRef *entry_ref;
+	PgStatShared_Relation *shtabentry;
+	PgStat_StatTabEntry *tabentry;
+	TimestampTz ts;
+	HeapTuple	classTup;
+	bool		isshared;
+
+	if (!pgstat_track_counts || !(flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANY))
+		return;
+
+	classTup = SearchSysCache1(RELOID, ObjectIdGetDatum(relid));
+	if (!HeapTupleIsValid(classTup))
+		return;			/* somebody deleted the rel, forget it */
+	isshared = ((Form_pg_class) GETSTRUCT(classTup))->relisshared;
+	ReleaseSysCache(classTup);
+
+	/* Store the data in the table's hash table entry. */
+	ts = GetCurrentTimestamp();
+
+	/* block acquiring lock for the same reason as pgstat_report_autovac() */
+	entry_ref = pgstat_get_entry_ref_locked(PGSTAT_KIND_RELATION,
+											isshared ? InvalidOid : MyDatabaseId,
+											relid, false);
+
+	shtabentry = (PgStatShared_Relation *) entry_ref->shared_stats;
+	tabentry = &shtabentry->stats;
+
+	if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOVAC)
+	{
+		if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM)
+		{
+			tabentry->last_skipped_autovacuum_time = ts;
+			tabentry->skipped_autovacuum_count++;
+		}
+		if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE)
+		{
+			tabentry->last_skipped_autoanalyze_time = ts;
+			tabentry->skipped_autoanalyze_count++;
+		}
+	}
+	else
+	{
+		if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM)
+		{
+			tabentry->last_skipped_vacuum_time = ts;
+			tabentry->skipped_vacuum_count++;
+		}
+		if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE)
+		{
+			tabentry->last_skipped_analyze_time = ts;
+			tabentry->skipped_analyze_count++;
+		}
+	}
+
+	pgstat_unlock_entry(entry_ref);
+
+	/* see pgstat_report_vacuum() */
+	pgstat_flush_io(false);
+	(void) pgstat_flush_backend(false, PGSTAT_BACKEND_FLUSH_IO);
+}
+
 /*
  * count a tuple insertion of n tuples
  */
diff --git a/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c b/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c
index 9185a8e6b83..18aaa3996e1 100644
--- a/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c
+++ b/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c
@@ -84,6 +84,18 @@ PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(mod_since_analyze)
 /* pg_stat_get_numscans */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(numscans)
 
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_analyze_count)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_autoanalyze_count)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_autovacuum_count)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_vacuum_count)
+
 /* pg_stat_get_tuples_deleted */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(tuples_deleted)
 
@@ -170,6 +182,18 @@ PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_vacuum_time)
 /* pg_stat_get_lastscan */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(lastscan)
 
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_analyze_time)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_autoanalyze_time)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_autovacuum_time)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_vacuum_time)
+
 /* pg_stat_get_stat_reset_time */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(stat_reset_time)
 
diff --git a/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat b/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat
index 0118e970dda..ccfe3d9e02a 100644
--- a/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat
+++ b/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat
@@ -5667,6 +5667,38 @@
   proname => 'pg_stat_get_total_autoanalyze_time', provolatile => 's',
   proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'float8', proargtypes => 'oid',
   prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_total_autoanalyze_time' },
+{ oid => '8142', descr => 'statistics: last skipped vacuum time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time' },
+{ oid => '8143', descr => 'statistics: last skipped auto vacuum time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time' },
+{ oid => '8144', descr => 'statistics: last skipped analyze time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time' },
+{ oid => '8145', descr => 'statistics: last skipped auto analyze time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time' },
+{ oid => '8146', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped vacuum for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count' },
+{ oid => '8147', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped auto vacuum for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count' },
+{ oid => '8148', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped analyzes for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count' },
+{ oid => '8149', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped auto analyzes for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count' },
 { oid => '1936', descr => 'statistics: currently active backend IDs',
   proname => 'pg_stat_get_backend_idset', prorows => '100', proretset => 't',
   provolatile => 's', proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int4',
diff --git a/src/include/pgstat.h b/src/include/pgstat.h
index 8e3549c3752..343081a7a25 100644
--- a/src/include/pgstat.h
+++ b/src/include/pgstat.h
@@ -479,6 +479,15 @@ typedef struct PgStat_StatTabEntry
 	TimestampTz last_autoanalyze_time;	/* autovacuum initiated */
 	PgStat_Counter autoanalyze_count;
 
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_vacuum_time;	/* user initiated vacuum */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_vacuum_count;
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_autovacuum_time;	/* autovacuum initiated */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_autovacuum_count;
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_analyze_time;	/* user initiated */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_analyze_count;
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_autoanalyze_time;	/* autovacuum initiated */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_autoanalyze_count;
+
 	PgStat_Counter total_vacuum_time;	/* times in milliseconds */
 	PgStat_Counter total_autovacuum_time;
 	PgStat_Counter total_analyze_time;
@@ -707,6 +716,13 @@ extern void pgstat_report_analyze(Relation rel,
 								  PgStat_Counter livetuples, PgStat_Counter deadtuples,
 								  bool resetcounter, TimestampTz starttime);
 
+/* flags for pgstat_flush_backend() */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM	(1 << 0)	/* vacuum is skipped */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE	(1 << 1)	/* analyze is skipped */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOVAC	(1 << 2)	/* skipped during autovacuum/autoanalyze */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANY   (PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM | PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE)
+extern void pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(Oid relid, bits8 flags);
+
 /*
  * If stats are enabled, but pending data hasn't been prepared yet, call
  * pgstat_assoc_relation() to do so. See its comment for why this is done
diff --git a/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out b/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out
index 2b3cf6d8569..4ccfc43e903 100644
--- a/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out
+++ b/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out
@@ -1835,13 +1835,21 @@ pg_stat_all_tables| SELECT c.oid AS relid,
     pg_stat_get_mod_since_analyze(c.oid) AS n_mod_since_analyze,
     pg_stat_get_ins_since_vacuum(c.oid) AS n_ins_since_vacuum,
     pg_stat_get_last_vacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_vacuum,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_vacuum,
     pg_stat_get_last_autovacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_autovacuum,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_autovacuum,
     pg_stat_get_last_analyze_time(c.oid) AS last_analyze,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_analyze,
     pg_stat_get_last_autoanalyze_time(c.oid) AS last_autoanalyze,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_autoanalyze,
     pg_stat_get_vacuum_count(c.oid) AS vacuum_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count(c.oid) AS skipped_vacuum_count,
     pg_stat_get_autovacuum_count(c.oid) AS autovacuum_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count(c.oid) AS skipped_autovacuum_count,
     pg_stat_get_analyze_count(c.oid) AS analyze_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count(c.oid) AS skipped_analyze_count,
     pg_stat_get_autoanalyze_count(c.oid) AS autoanalyze_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count(c.oid) AS skipped_autoanalyze_count,
     pg_stat_get_total_vacuum_time(c.oid) AS total_vacuum_time,
     pg_stat_get_total_autovacuum_time(c.oid) AS total_autovacuum_time,
     pg_stat_get_total_analyze_time(c.oid) AS total_analyze_time,
@@ -2293,13 +2301,21 @@ pg_stat_sys_tables| SELECT relid,
     n_mod_since_analyze,
     n_ins_since_vacuum,
     last_vacuum,
+    last_skipped_vacuum,
     last_autovacuum,
+    last_skipped_autovacuum,
     last_analyze,
+    last_skipped_analyze,
     last_autoanalyze,
+    last_skipped_autoanalyze,
     vacuum_count,
+    skipped_vacuum_count,
     autovacuum_count,
+    skipped_autovacuum_count,
     analyze_count,
+    skipped_analyze_count,
     autoanalyze_count,
+    skipped_autoanalyze_count,
     total_vacuum_time,
     total_autovacuum_time,
     total_analyze_time,
@@ -2348,13 +2364,21 @@ pg_stat_user_tables| SELECT relid,
     n_mod_since_analyze,
     n_ins_since_vacuum,
     last_vacuum,
+    last_skipped_vacuum,
     last_autovacuum,
+    last_skipped_autovacuum,
     last_analyze,
+    last_skipped_analyze,
     last_autoanalyze,
+    last_skipped_autoanalyze,
     vacuum_count,
+    skipped_vacuum_count,
     autovacuum_count,
+    skipped_autovacuum_count,
     analyze_count,
+    skipped_analyze_count,
     autoanalyze_count,
+    skipped_autoanalyze_count,
     total_vacuum_time,
     total_autovacuum_time,
     total_analyze_time,
-- 
2.43.0


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* [PATCH v5] Track skipped vacuum and analyze activity per relation
@ 2026-03-24 04:09 Yugo Nagata <[email protected]>
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From: Yugo Nagata @ 2026-03-24 04:09 UTC (permalink / raw)

This commit adds eight fields to the relation statistics that track
the last time vacuum or analyze has been attempted but skipped due to
lock unavailability, along with their counts:

-    last_skipped_vacuum
-    last_skipped_autovacuum
-    last_skipped_analyze
-    last_skipped_autoanalyze
-    skipped_vacuum_count
-    skipped_autovacuum_count
-    skipped_analyze_count
-    skipped_autoanalyze_count

These field can help users confirm that autovacuum is actively attempting
to run on a table that has not been vacuumed or analyzed for a long time,
and that the lack of progress is due to repeated skips rather than inactivity.
---
 doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml                  |  88 ++++++
 src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql          |   8 +
 src/backend/commands/vacuum.c                 | 100 +++++--
 src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c  |  64 +++++
 src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c           |  24 ++
 src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat               |  32 +++
 src/include/pgstat.h                          |  16 ++
 .../isolation/expected/vacuum-skip-locked.out | 260 ++++++++++++++++--
 .../isolation/specs/vacuum-skip-locked.spec   |  41 +--
 src/test/regress/expected/rules.out           |  24 ++
 10 files changed, 601 insertions(+), 56 deletions(-)

diff --git a/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml b/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml
index 08d5b824552..a9b579d87a9 100644
--- a/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml
+++ b/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml
@@ -4387,6 +4387,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_vacuum</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time a manual vacuum on this table was attempted but skipped due to
+       lock unavailability (not counting <command>VACUUM FULL</command>)
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>last_autovacuum</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
@@ -4397,6 +4407,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_autovacuum</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time a vacuum on this table by the autovacuum daemon was attempted
+       but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>last_analyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
@@ -4406,6 +4426,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_analyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time a manual analyze on this table was attempted but skipped due to
+       lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>last_autoanalyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
@@ -4416,6 +4446,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_autoanalyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time at which an analyze on this table by the autovacuum was
+       attempted but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>vacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4426,6 +4466,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_vacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times manual vacuums on this table have been attempted but skipped
+       due to lock unavailability (not counting <command>VACUUM FULL</command>)
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>autovacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4436,6 +4486,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_autovacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times vacuums on this table by the autovacuum daemon have been
+       attempted but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>analyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4445,6 +4505,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_analyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times manual analyzes on this table have been attempted but
+       skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>autoanalyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4455,6 +4525,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_autoanalyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times analyzes on this table by the autovacuum daemon have
+       been attempted but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>total_vacuum_time</structfield> <type>double precision</type>
@@ -4510,6 +4590,14 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
    </tgroup>
   </table>
 
+  <note>
+   <para>
+    When a manual vacuum or analyze on a parent table in an inheritance or
+    partitioning hierarchy is skipped, the statistics are recorded only for
+    the parent table, not for its children.
+   </para>
+  </note>
+
  </sect2>
 
  <sect2 id="monitoring-pg-stat-autovacuum-scores-view">
diff --git a/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql b/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql
index 73a1c1c4670..f509fc7876b 100644
--- a/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql
+++ b/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql
@@ -736,13 +736,21 @@ CREATE VIEW pg_stat_all_tables AS
             pg_stat_get_mod_since_analyze(C.oid) AS n_mod_since_analyze,
             pg_stat_get_ins_since_vacuum(C.oid) AS n_ins_since_vacuum,
             pg_stat_get_last_vacuum_time(C.oid) as last_vacuum,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_vacuum,
             pg_stat_get_last_autovacuum_time(C.oid) as last_autovacuum,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_autovacuum,
             pg_stat_get_last_analyze_time(C.oid) as last_analyze,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_analyze,
             pg_stat_get_last_autoanalyze_time(C.oid) as last_autoanalyze,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_autoanalyze,
             pg_stat_get_vacuum_count(C.oid) AS vacuum_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count(C.oid) AS skipped_vacuum_count,
             pg_stat_get_autovacuum_count(C.oid) AS autovacuum_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count(C.oid) AS skipped_autovacuum_count,
             pg_stat_get_analyze_count(C.oid) AS analyze_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count(C.oid) AS skipped_analyze_count,
             pg_stat_get_autoanalyze_count(C.oid) AS autoanalyze_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count(C.oid) AS skipped_autoanalyze_count,
             pg_stat_get_total_vacuum_time(C.oid) AS total_vacuum_time,
             pg_stat_get_total_autovacuum_time(C.oid) AS total_autovacuum_time,
             pg_stat_get_total_analyze_time(C.oid) AS total_analyze_time,
diff --git a/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c b/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c
index 99d0db82ed7..df6526225e4 100644
--- a/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c
+++ b/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c
@@ -793,8 +793,25 @@ vacuum_open_relation(Oid relid, RangeVar *relation, uint32 options,
 		rel = try_relation_open(relid, NoLock);
 	else
 	{
+		int flags = 0;
 		rel = NULL;
 		rel_lock = false;
+
+		if ((options & VACOPT_VACUUM) != 0 && (options & VACOPT_FULL) == 0)
+		{
+			if (AmAutoVacuumWorkerProcess())
+				flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOVACUUM;
+			else
+				flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM;
+		}
+		if ((options & VACOPT_ANALYZE) != 0)
+		{
+			if (AmAutoVacuumWorkerProcess())
+				flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOANALYZE;
+			else
+				flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE;
+		}
+		pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(relid, flags);
 	}
 
 	/* if relation is opened, leave */
@@ -905,7 +922,6 @@ expand_vacuum_rel(VacuumRelation *vrel, MemoryContext vac_context,
 		Form_pg_class classForm;
 		bool		include_children;
 		bool		is_partitioned_table;
-		int			rvr_opts;
 
 		/*
 		 * Since autovacuum workers supply OIDs when calling vacuum(), no
@@ -918,29 +934,69 @@ expand_vacuum_rel(VacuumRelation *vrel, MemoryContext vac_context,
 		 * below, as well as find_all_inheritors's expectation that the caller
 		 * holds some lock on the starting relation.
 		 */
-		rvr_opts = (options & VACOPT_SKIP_LOCKED) ? RVR_SKIP_LOCKED : 0;
-		relid = RangeVarGetRelidExtended(vrel->relation,
-										 AccessShareLock,
-										 rvr_opts,
-										 NULL, NULL);
-
-		/*
-		 * If the lock is unavailable, emit the same log statement that
-		 * vacuum_rel() and analyze_rel() would.
-		 */
-		if (!OidIsValid(relid))
+		if (!(options & VACOPT_SKIP_LOCKED))
 		{
-			if (options & VACOPT_VACUUM)
-				ereport(WARNING,
-						(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
-						 errmsg("skipping vacuum of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
-								vrel->relation->relname)));
-			else
-				ereport(WARNING,
-						(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
-						 errmsg("skipping analyze of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
+			relid = RangeVarGetRelidExtended(vrel->relation,
+											 AccessShareLock,
+											 0, NULL, NULL);
+			if (!OidIsValid(relid))
+				return vacrels;
+		}
+		else
+		{
+			/* Get relid for reporting before taking a lock */
+			relid = RangeVarGetRelid(vrel->relation, NoLock, false);
+
+			if (!ConditionalLockRelationOid(relid, AccessShareLock))
+			{
+				int	flags = 0;
+				/*
+				 * If the lock is unavailable, emit the same log statement that
+				 * vacuum_rel() and analyze_rel() would.
+				 */
+				if (options & VACOPT_VACUUM)
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping vacuum of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
 								vrel->relation->relname)));
-			return vacrels;
+				else
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping analyze of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
+									vrel->relation->relname)));
+
+				if ((options & VACOPT_VACUUM) != 0 && (options & VACOPT_FULL) == 0)
+					flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM;
+				if ((options & VACOPT_ANALYZE) != 0)
+					flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE;
+
+				pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(relid, flags);
+
+				return vacrels;
+			}
+
+			/*
+			 * Now that we have the lock, probe to see if the relation really
+			 * exists or not.
+			 */
+			if (!SearchSysCacheExists1(RELOID, ObjectIdGetDatum(relid)))
+			{
+				if (options & VACOPT_VACUUM)
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_UNDEFINED_TABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping vacuum of \"%s\" --- relation no longer exists",
+									vrel->relation->relname)));
+				else
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_UNDEFINED_TABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping analyze of \"%s\" --- relation no longer exists",
+									vrel->relation->relname)));
+
+				/* Release useless lock */
+				UnlockRelationOid(relid, AccessShareLock);
+
+				return vacrels;
+			}
 		}
 
 		/*
diff --git a/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c b/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c
index b2ca28f83ba..532d9023f8c 100644
--- a/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c
+++ b/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c
@@ -17,12 +17,14 @@
 
 #include "postgres.h"
 
+#include "access/htup_details.h"
 #include "access/twophase_rmgr.h"
 #include "access/xact.h"
 #include "catalog/catalog.h"
 #include "utils/memutils.h"
 #include "utils/pgstat_internal.h"
 #include "utils/rel.h"
+#include "utils/syscache.h"
 #include "utils/timestamp.h"
 
 
@@ -367,6 +369,68 @@ pgstat_report_analyze(Relation rel,
 	(void) pgstat_flush_backend(false, PGSTAT_BACKEND_FLUSH_IO);
 }
 
+/*
+ * Report that the table was skipped during vacuum or/and analyze.
+ */
+void
+pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(Oid relid, int flags)
+{
+	PgStat_EntryRef *entry_ref;
+	PgStatShared_Relation *shtabentry;
+	PgStat_StatTabEntry *tabentry;
+	TimestampTz ts;
+	HeapTuple	classTup;
+	bool		isshared;
+
+	if (!pgstat_track_counts || !flags)
+		return;
+
+	classTup = SearchSysCache1(RELOID, ObjectIdGetDatum(relid));
+	if (!HeapTupleIsValid(classTup))
+		return;			/* somebody deleted the rel, forget it */
+	isshared = ((Form_pg_class) GETSTRUCT(classTup))->relisshared;
+	ReleaseSysCache(classTup);
+
+	/* Store the data in the table's hash table entry. */
+	ts = GetCurrentTimestamp();
+
+	/* block acquiring lock for the same reason as pgstat_report_autovac() */
+	entry_ref = pgstat_get_entry_ref_locked(PGSTAT_KIND_RELATION,
+											isshared ? InvalidOid : MyDatabaseId,
+											relid, false);
+
+	shtabentry = (PgStatShared_Relation *) entry_ref->shared_stats;
+	tabentry = &shtabentry->stats;
+
+	if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM)
+	{
+		tabentry->last_skipped_vacuum_time = ts;
+		tabentry->skipped_vacuum_count++;
+	}
+	else if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOVACUUM)
+	{
+		tabentry->last_skipped_autovacuum_time = ts;
+		tabentry->skipped_autovacuum_count++;
+	}
+
+	if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE)
+	{
+		tabentry->last_skipped_analyze_time = ts;
+		tabentry->skipped_analyze_count++;
+	}
+	else if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOANALYZE)
+	{
+		tabentry->last_skipped_autoanalyze_time = ts;
+		tabentry->skipped_autoanalyze_count++;
+	}
+
+	pgstat_unlock_entry(entry_ref);
+
+	/* see pgstat_report_vacuum() */
+	pgstat_flush_io(false);
+	(void) pgstat_flush_backend(false, PGSTAT_BACKEND_FLUSH_IO);
+}
+
 /*
  * count a tuple insertion of n tuples
  */
diff --git a/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c b/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c
index 1408de387ea..90a8968faa0 100644
--- a/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c
+++ b/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c
@@ -84,6 +84,18 @@ PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(mod_since_analyze)
 /* pg_stat_get_numscans */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(numscans)
 
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_analyze_count)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_autoanalyze_count)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_autovacuum_count)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_vacuum_count)
+
 /* pg_stat_get_tuples_deleted */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(tuples_deleted)
 
@@ -170,6 +182,18 @@ PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_vacuum_time)
 /* pg_stat_get_lastscan */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(lastscan)
 
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_analyze_time)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_autoanalyze_time)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_autovacuum_time)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_vacuum_time)
+
 /* pg_stat_get_stat_reset_time */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(stat_reset_time)
 
diff --git a/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat b/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat
index fa9ae79082b..32debb34863 100644
--- a/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat
+++ b/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat
@@ -5680,6 +5680,38 @@
   proargmodes => '{o,o,o,o,o,o,o,o,o,o}',
   proargnames => '{oid,score,xid_score,mxid_score,vacuum_score,vacuum_insert_score,analyze_score,do_vacuum,do_analyze,for_wraparound}',
   prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_autovacuum_scores' },
+{ oid => '8142', descr => 'statistics: last skipped vacuum time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time' },
+{ oid => '8143', descr => 'statistics: last skipped auto vacuum time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time' },
+{ oid => '8144', descr => 'statistics: last skipped analyze time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time' },
+{ oid => '8145', descr => 'statistics: last skipped auto analyze time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time' },
+{ oid => '8146', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped vacuum for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count' },
+{ oid => '8147', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped auto vacuum for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count' },
+{ oid => '8148', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped analyzes for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count' },
+{ oid => '8149', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped auto analyzes for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count' },
 { oid => '1936', descr => 'statistics: currently active backend IDs',
   proname => 'pg_stat_get_backend_idset', prorows => '100', proretset => 't',
   provolatile => 's', proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int4',
diff --git a/src/include/pgstat.h b/src/include/pgstat.h
index dfa2e837638..98941f953d1 100644
--- a/src/include/pgstat.h
+++ b/src/include/pgstat.h
@@ -479,6 +479,15 @@ typedef struct PgStat_StatTabEntry
 	TimestampTz last_autoanalyze_time;	/* autovacuum initiated */
 	PgStat_Counter autoanalyze_count;
 
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_vacuum_time;	/* user initiated vacuum */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_vacuum_count;
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_autovacuum_time;	/* autovacuum initiated */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_autovacuum_count;
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_analyze_time;	/* user initiated */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_analyze_count;
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_autoanalyze_time;	/* autovacuum initiated */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_autoanalyze_count;
+
 	PgStat_Counter total_vacuum_time;	/* times in milliseconds */
 	PgStat_Counter total_autovacuum_time;
 	PgStat_Counter total_analyze_time;
@@ -703,6 +712,13 @@ extern void pgstat_report_analyze(Relation rel,
 								  PgStat_Counter livetuples, PgStat_Counter deadtuples,
 								  bool resetcounter, TimestampTz starttime);
 
+/* flags for pgstat_flush_backend() */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM		(1 << 0)	/* vacuum is skipped */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE		(1 << 1)	/* analyze is skipped */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOVACUUM	(1 << 2)	/* autovacuum is skipped */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOANALYZE	(1 << 3)	/* autoanalyze is skipped */
+extern void pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(Oid relid, int flags);
+
 /*
  * If stats are enabled, but pending data hasn't been prepared yet, call
  * pgstat_assoc_relation() to do so. See its comment for why this is done
diff --git a/src/test/isolation/expected/vacuum-skip-locked.out b/src/test/isolation/expected/vacuum-skip-locked.out
index 99db281a159..e2cff175b7c 100644
--- a/src/test/isolation/expected/vacuum-skip-locked.out
+++ b/src/test/isolation/expected/vacuum-skip-locked.out
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 Parsed test spec with 2 sessions
 
-starting permutation: lock_share vac_specified commit
+starting permutation: lock_share vac_specified commit check_stat
 step lock_share: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN SHARE MODE;
@@ -10,8 +10,22 @@ step vac_specified: VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED) part1, part2;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
 
-starting permutation: lock_share vac_all_parts commit
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   1|            0|                    0
+part2  |           1|                   0|            0|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
+
+starting permutation: lock_share vac_all_parts commit check_stat
 step lock_share: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN SHARE MODE;
@@ -20,8 +34,22 @@ step vac_all_parts: VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED) parted;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   1|            0|                    0
+part2  |           1|                   0|            0|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
 
-starting permutation: lock_share analyze_specified commit
+starting permutation: lock_share analyze_specified commit check_stat
 step lock_share: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN SHARE MODE;
@@ -31,8 +59,22 @@ step analyze_specified: ANALYZE (SKIP_LOCKED) part1, part2;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
 
-starting permutation: lock_share analyze_all_parts commit
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   0|            0|                    1
+part2  |           0|                   0|            1|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
+
+starting permutation: lock_share analyze_all_parts commit check_stat
 step lock_share: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN SHARE MODE;
@@ -41,8 +83,22 @@ step analyze_all_parts: ANALYZE (SKIP_LOCKED) parted;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            1|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   0|            0|                    1
+part2  |           0|                   0|            1|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
 
-starting permutation: lock_share vac_analyze_specified commit
+starting permutation: lock_share vac_analyze_specified commit check_stat
 step lock_share: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN SHARE MODE;
@@ -52,8 +108,22 @@ step vac_analyze_specified: VACUUM (ANALYZE, SKIP_LOCKED) part1, part2;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
 
-starting permutation: lock_share vac_analyze_all_parts commit
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   1|            0|                    1
+part2  |           1|                   0|            1|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
+
+starting permutation: lock_share vac_analyze_all_parts commit check_stat
 step lock_share: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN SHARE MODE;
@@ -62,8 +132,22 @@ step vac_analyze_all_parts: VACUUM (ANALYZE, SKIP_LOCKED) parted;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            1|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   1|            0|                    1
+part2  |           1|                   0|            1|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
 
-starting permutation: lock_share vac_full_specified commit
+starting permutation: lock_share vac_full_specified commit check_stat
 step lock_share: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN SHARE MODE;
@@ -73,8 +157,22 @@ step vac_full_specified: VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED, FULL) part1, part2;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
 
-starting permutation: lock_share vac_full_all_parts commit
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part2  |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
+
+starting permutation: lock_share vac_full_all_parts commit check_stat
 step lock_share: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN SHARE MODE;
@@ -83,8 +181,22 @@ step vac_full_all_parts: VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED, FULL) parted;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part2  |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+(3 rows)
 
-starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_specified commit
+
+starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_specified commit check_stat
 step lock_access_exclusive: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN ACCESS EXCLUSIVE MODE;
@@ -94,8 +206,22 @@ step vac_specified: VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED) part1, part2;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   1|            0|                    0
+part2  |           1|                   0|            0|                    0
+(3 rows)
 
-starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_all_parts commit
+
+starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_all_parts commit check_stat
 step lock_access_exclusive: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN ACCESS EXCLUSIVE MODE;
@@ -104,8 +230,22 @@ step vac_all_parts: VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED) parted;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   1|            0|                    0
+part2  |           1|                   0|            0|                    0
+(3 rows)
 
-starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive analyze_specified commit
+
+starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive analyze_specified commit check_stat
 step lock_access_exclusive: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN ACCESS EXCLUSIVE MODE;
@@ -115,8 +255,22 @@ step analyze_specified: ANALYZE (SKIP_LOCKED) part1, part2;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   0|            0|                    1
+part2  |           0|                   0|            1|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
 
-starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive analyze_all_parts commit
+starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive analyze_all_parts commit check_stat
 step lock_access_exclusive: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN ACCESS EXCLUSIVE MODE;
@@ -126,8 +280,22 @@ step commit:
 	COMMIT;
 
 step analyze_all_parts: <... completed>
-
-starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_analyze_specified commit
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            1|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   0|            1|                    0
+part2  |           0|                   0|            1|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
+
+starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_analyze_specified commit check_stat
 step lock_access_exclusive: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN ACCESS EXCLUSIVE MODE;
@@ -137,8 +305,22 @@ step vac_analyze_specified: VACUUM (ANALYZE, SKIP_LOCKED) part1, part2;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   1|            0|                    1
+part2  |           1|                   0|            1|                    0
+(3 rows)
 
-starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_analyze_all_parts commit
+
+starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_analyze_all_parts commit check_stat
 step lock_access_exclusive: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN ACCESS EXCLUSIVE MODE;
@@ -148,8 +330,22 @@ step commit:
 	COMMIT;
 
 step vac_analyze_all_parts: <... completed>
-
-starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_full_specified commit
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            1|                    0
+part1  |           1|                   0|            1|                    0
+part2  |           1|                   0|            1|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
+
+starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_full_specified commit check_stat
 step lock_access_exclusive: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN ACCESS EXCLUSIVE MODE;
@@ -159,8 +355,22 @@ step vac_full_specified: VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED, FULL) part1, part2;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
 
-starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_full_all_parts commit
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part2  |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
+
+starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_full_all_parts commit check_stat
 step lock_access_exclusive: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN ACCESS EXCLUSIVE MODE;
@@ -169,3 +379,17 @@ step vac_full_all_parts: VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED, FULL) parted;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part2  |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
diff --git a/src/test/isolation/specs/vacuum-skip-locked.spec b/src/test/isolation/specs/vacuum-skip-locked.spec
index 3fad6e1c92a..b0da75d4b6d 100644
--- a/src/test/isolation/specs/vacuum-skip-locked.spec
+++ b/src/test/isolation/specs/vacuum-skip-locked.spec
@@ -33,6 +33,15 @@ step commit
 	COMMIT;
 }
 
+step check_stat
+{
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+}
+
 session s2
 step vac_specified			{ VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED) part1, part2; }
 step vac_all_parts			{ VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED) parted; }
@@ -43,19 +52,19 @@ step vac_analyze_all_parts	{ VACUUM (ANALYZE, SKIP_LOCKED) parted; }
 step vac_full_specified		{ VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED, FULL) part1, part2; }
 step vac_full_all_parts		{ VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED, FULL) parted; }
 
-permutation lock_share vac_specified commit
-permutation lock_share vac_all_parts commit
-permutation lock_share analyze_specified commit
-permutation lock_share analyze_all_parts commit
-permutation lock_share vac_analyze_specified commit
-permutation lock_share vac_analyze_all_parts commit
-permutation lock_share vac_full_specified commit
-permutation lock_share vac_full_all_parts commit
-permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_specified commit
-permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_all_parts commit
-permutation lock_access_exclusive analyze_specified commit
-permutation lock_access_exclusive analyze_all_parts commit
-permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_analyze_specified commit
-permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_analyze_all_parts commit
-permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_full_specified commit
-permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_full_all_parts commit
+permutation lock_share vac_specified commit check_stat
+permutation lock_share vac_all_parts commit check_stat
+permutation lock_share analyze_specified commit check_stat
+permutation lock_share analyze_all_parts commit check_stat
+permutation lock_share vac_analyze_specified commit check_stat
+permutation lock_share vac_analyze_all_parts commit check_stat
+permutation lock_share vac_full_specified commit check_stat
+permutation lock_share vac_full_all_parts commit check_stat
+permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_specified commit check_stat
+permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_all_parts commit check_stat
+permutation lock_access_exclusive analyze_specified commit check_stat
+permutation lock_access_exclusive analyze_all_parts commit check_stat
+permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_analyze_specified commit check_stat
+permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_analyze_all_parts commit check_stat
+permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_full_specified commit check_stat
+permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_full_all_parts commit check_stat
diff --git a/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out b/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out
index a65a5bf0c4f..9b2075d3373 100644
--- a/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out
+++ b/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out
@@ -1835,13 +1835,21 @@ pg_stat_all_tables| SELECT c.oid AS relid,
     pg_stat_get_mod_since_analyze(c.oid) AS n_mod_since_analyze,
     pg_stat_get_ins_since_vacuum(c.oid) AS n_ins_since_vacuum,
     pg_stat_get_last_vacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_vacuum,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_vacuum,
     pg_stat_get_last_autovacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_autovacuum,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_autovacuum,
     pg_stat_get_last_analyze_time(c.oid) AS last_analyze,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_analyze,
     pg_stat_get_last_autoanalyze_time(c.oid) AS last_autoanalyze,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_autoanalyze,
     pg_stat_get_vacuum_count(c.oid) AS vacuum_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count(c.oid) AS skipped_vacuum_count,
     pg_stat_get_autovacuum_count(c.oid) AS autovacuum_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count(c.oid) AS skipped_autovacuum_count,
     pg_stat_get_analyze_count(c.oid) AS analyze_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count(c.oid) AS skipped_analyze_count,
     pg_stat_get_autoanalyze_count(c.oid) AS autoanalyze_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count(c.oid) AS skipped_autoanalyze_count,
     pg_stat_get_total_vacuum_time(c.oid) AS total_vacuum_time,
     pg_stat_get_total_autovacuum_time(c.oid) AS total_autovacuum_time,
     pg_stat_get_total_analyze_time(c.oid) AS total_analyze_time,
@@ -2346,13 +2354,21 @@ pg_stat_sys_tables| SELECT relid,
     n_mod_since_analyze,
     n_ins_since_vacuum,
     last_vacuum,
+    last_skipped_vacuum,
     last_autovacuum,
+    last_skipped_autovacuum,
     last_analyze,
+    last_skipped_analyze,
     last_autoanalyze,
+    last_skipped_autoanalyze,
     vacuum_count,
+    skipped_vacuum_count,
     autovacuum_count,
+    skipped_autovacuum_count,
     analyze_count,
+    skipped_analyze_count,
     autoanalyze_count,
+    skipped_autoanalyze_count,
     total_vacuum_time,
     total_autovacuum_time,
     total_analyze_time,
@@ -2401,13 +2417,21 @@ pg_stat_user_tables| SELECT relid,
     n_mod_since_analyze,
     n_ins_since_vacuum,
     last_vacuum,
+    last_skipped_vacuum,
     last_autovacuum,
+    last_skipped_autovacuum,
     last_analyze,
+    last_skipped_analyze,
     last_autoanalyze,
+    last_skipped_autoanalyze,
     vacuum_count,
+    skipped_vacuum_count,
     autovacuum_count,
+    skipped_autovacuum_count,
     analyze_count,
+    skipped_analyze_count,
     autoanalyze_count,
+    skipped_autoanalyze_count,
     total_vacuum_time,
     total_autovacuum_time,
     total_analyze_time,
-- 
2.43.0


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* [PATCH v5] Track skipped vacuum and analyze activity per relation
@ 2026-03-24 04:09 Yugo Nagata <[email protected]>
  0 siblings, 0 replies; 374+ messages in thread

From: Yugo Nagata @ 2026-03-24 04:09 UTC (permalink / raw)

This commit adds eight fields to the relation statistics that track
the last time vacuum or analyze has been attempted but skipped due to
lock unavailability, along with their counts:

-    last_skipped_vacuum
-    last_skipped_autovacuum
-    last_skipped_analyze
-    last_skipped_autoanalyze
-    skipped_vacuum_count
-    skipped_autovacuum_count
-    skipped_analyze_count
-    skipped_autoanalyze_count

These field can help users confirm that autovacuum is actively attempting
to run on a table that has not been vacuumed or analyzed for a long time,
and that the lack of progress is due to repeated skips rather than inactivity.
---
 doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml                  |  88 ++++++
 src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql          |   8 +
 src/backend/commands/vacuum.c                 | 100 +++++--
 src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c  |  64 +++++
 src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c           |  24 ++
 src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat               |  32 +++
 src/include/pgstat.h                          |  16 ++
 .../isolation/expected/vacuum-skip-locked.out | 260 ++++++++++++++++--
 .../isolation/specs/vacuum-skip-locked.spec   |  41 +--
 src/test/regress/expected/rules.out           |  24 ++
 10 files changed, 601 insertions(+), 56 deletions(-)

diff --git a/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml b/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml
index 08d5b824552..a9b579d87a9 100644
--- a/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml
+++ b/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml
@@ -4387,6 +4387,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_vacuum</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time a manual vacuum on this table was attempted but skipped due to
+       lock unavailability (not counting <command>VACUUM FULL</command>)
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>last_autovacuum</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
@@ -4397,6 +4407,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_autovacuum</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time a vacuum on this table by the autovacuum daemon was attempted
+       but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>last_analyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
@@ -4406,6 +4426,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_analyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time a manual analyze on this table was attempted but skipped due to
+       lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>last_autoanalyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
@@ -4416,6 +4446,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_autoanalyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time at which an analyze on this table by the autovacuum was
+       attempted but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>vacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4426,6 +4466,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_vacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times manual vacuums on this table have been attempted but skipped
+       due to lock unavailability (not counting <command>VACUUM FULL</command>)
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>autovacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4436,6 +4486,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_autovacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times vacuums on this table by the autovacuum daemon have been
+       attempted but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>analyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4445,6 +4505,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_analyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times manual analyzes on this table have been attempted but
+       skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>autoanalyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4455,6 +4525,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_autoanalyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times analyzes on this table by the autovacuum daemon have
+       been attempted but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>total_vacuum_time</structfield> <type>double precision</type>
@@ -4510,6 +4590,14 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
    </tgroup>
   </table>
 
+  <note>
+   <para>
+    When a manual vacuum or analyze on a parent table in an inheritance or
+    partitioning hierarchy is skipped, the statistics are recorded only for
+    the parent table, not for its children.
+   </para>
+  </note>
+
  </sect2>
 
  <sect2 id="monitoring-pg-stat-autovacuum-scores-view">
diff --git a/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql b/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql
index 73a1c1c4670..f509fc7876b 100644
--- a/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql
+++ b/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql
@@ -736,13 +736,21 @@ CREATE VIEW pg_stat_all_tables AS
             pg_stat_get_mod_since_analyze(C.oid) AS n_mod_since_analyze,
             pg_stat_get_ins_since_vacuum(C.oid) AS n_ins_since_vacuum,
             pg_stat_get_last_vacuum_time(C.oid) as last_vacuum,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_vacuum,
             pg_stat_get_last_autovacuum_time(C.oid) as last_autovacuum,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_autovacuum,
             pg_stat_get_last_analyze_time(C.oid) as last_analyze,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_analyze,
             pg_stat_get_last_autoanalyze_time(C.oid) as last_autoanalyze,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_autoanalyze,
             pg_stat_get_vacuum_count(C.oid) AS vacuum_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count(C.oid) AS skipped_vacuum_count,
             pg_stat_get_autovacuum_count(C.oid) AS autovacuum_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count(C.oid) AS skipped_autovacuum_count,
             pg_stat_get_analyze_count(C.oid) AS analyze_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count(C.oid) AS skipped_analyze_count,
             pg_stat_get_autoanalyze_count(C.oid) AS autoanalyze_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count(C.oid) AS skipped_autoanalyze_count,
             pg_stat_get_total_vacuum_time(C.oid) AS total_vacuum_time,
             pg_stat_get_total_autovacuum_time(C.oid) AS total_autovacuum_time,
             pg_stat_get_total_analyze_time(C.oid) AS total_analyze_time,
diff --git a/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c b/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c
index 99d0db82ed7..df6526225e4 100644
--- a/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c
+++ b/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c
@@ -793,8 +793,25 @@ vacuum_open_relation(Oid relid, RangeVar *relation, uint32 options,
 		rel = try_relation_open(relid, NoLock);
 	else
 	{
+		int flags = 0;
 		rel = NULL;
 		rel_lock = false;
+
+		if ((options & VACOPT_VACUUM) != 0 && (options & VACOPT_FULL) == 0)
+		{
+			if (AmAutoVacuumWorkerProcess())
+				flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOVACUUM;
+			else
+				flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM;
+		}
+		if ((options & VACOPT_ANALYZE) != 0)
+		{
+			if (AmAutoVacuumWorkerProcess())
+				flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOANALYZE;
+			else
+				flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE;
+		}
+		pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(relid, flags);
 	}
 
 	/* if relation is opened, leave */
@@ -905,7 +922,6 @@ expand_vacuum_rel(VacuumRelation *vrel, MemoryContext vac_context,
 		Form_pg_class classForm;
 		bool		include_children;
 		bool		is_partitioned_table;
-		int			rvr_opts;
 
 		/*
 		 * Since autovacuum workers supply OIDs when calling vacuum(), no
@@ -918,29 +934,69 @@ expand_vacuum_rel(VacuumRelation *vrel, MemoryContext vac_context,
 		 * below, as well as find_all_inheritors's expectation that the caller
 		 * holds some lock on the starting relation.
 		 */
-		rvr_opts = (options & VACOPT_SKIP_LOCKED) ? RVR_SKIP_LOCKED : 0;
-		relid = RangeVarGetRelidExtended(vrel->relation,
-										 AccessShareLock,
-										 rvr_opts,
-										 NULL, NULL);
-
-		/*
-		 * If the lock is unavailable, emit the same log statement that
-		 * vacuum_rel() and analyze_rel() would.
-		 */
-		if (!OidIsValid(relid))
+		if (!(options & VACOPT_SKIP_LOCKED))
 		{
-			if (options & VACOPT_VACUUM)
-				ereport(WARNING,
-						(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
-						 errmsg("skipping vacuum of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
-								vrel->relation->relname)));
-			else
-				ereport(WARNING,
-						(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
-						 errmsg("skipping analyze of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
+			relid = RangeVarGetRelidExtended(vrel->relation,
+											 AccessShareLock,
+											 0, NULL, NULL);
+			if (!OidIsValid(relid))
+				return vacrels;
+		}
+		else
+		{
+			/* Get relid for reporting before taking a lock */
+			relid = RangeVarGetRelid(vrel->relation, NoLock, false);
+
+			if (!ConditionalLockRelationOid(relid, AccessShareLock))
+			{
+				int	flags = 0;
+				/*
+				 * If the lock is unavailable, emit the same log statement that
+				 * vacuum_rel() and analyze_rel() would.
+				 */
+				if (options & VACOPT_VACUUM)
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping vacuum of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
 								vrel->relation->relname)));
-			return vacrels;
+				else
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping analyze of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
+									vrel->relation->relname)));
+
+				if ((options & VACOPT_VACUUM) != 0 && (options & VACOPT_FULL) == 0)
+					flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM;
+				if ((options & VACOPT_ANALYZE) != 0)
+					flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE;
+
+				pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(relid, flags);
+
+				return vacrels;
+			}
+
+			/*
+			 * Now that we have the lock, probe to see if the relation really
+			 * exists or not.
+			 */
+			if (!SearchSysCacheExists1(RELOID, ObjectIdGetDatum(relid)))
+			{
+				if (options & VACOPT_VACUUM)
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_UNDEFINED_TABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping vacuum of \"%s\" --- relation no longer exists",
+									vrel->relation->relname)));
+				else
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_UNDEFINED_TABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping analyze of \"%s\" --- relation no longer exists",
+									vrel->relation->relname)));
+
+				/* Release useless lock */
+				UnlockRelationOid(relid, AccessShareLock);
+
+				return vacrels;
+			}
 		}
 
 		/*
diff --git a/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c b/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c
index b2ca28f83ba..532d9023f8c 100644
--- a/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c
+++ b/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c
@@ -17,12 +17,14 @@
 
 #include "postgres.h"
 
+#include "access/htup_details.h"
 #include "access/twophase_rmgr.h"
 #include "access/xact.h"
 #include "catalog/catalog.h"
 #include "utils/memutils.h"
 #include "utils/pgstat_internal.h"
 #include "utils/rel.h"
+#include "utils/syscache.h"
 #include "utils/timestamp.h"
 
 
@@ -367,6 +369,68 @@ pgstat_report_analyze(Relation rel,
 	(void) pgstat_flush_backend(false, PGSTAT_BACKEND_FLUSH_IO);
 }
 
+/*
+ * Report that the table was skipped during vacuum or/and analyze.
+ */
+void
+pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(Oid relid, int flags)
+{
+	PgStat_EntryRef *entry_ref;
+	PgStatShared_Relation *shtabentry;
+	PgStat_StatTabEntry *tabentry;
+	TimestampTz ts;
+	HeapTuple	classTup;
+	bool		isshared;
+
+	if (!pgstat_track_counts || !flags)
+		return;
+
+	classTup = SearchSysCache1(RELOID, ObjectIdGetDatum(relid));
+	if (!HeapTupleIsValid(classTup))
+		return;			/* somebody deleted the rel, forget it */
+	isshared = ((Form_pg_class) GETSTRUCT(classTup))->relisshared;
+	ReleaseSysCache(classTup);
+
+	/* Store the data in the table's hash table entry. */
+	ts = GetCurrentTimestamp();
+
+	/* block acquiring lock for the same reason as pgstat_report_autovac() */
+	entry_ref = pgstat_get_entry_ref_locked(PGSTAT_KIND_RELATION,
+											isshared ? InvalidOid : MyDatabaseId,
+											relid, false);
+
+	shtabentry = (PgStatShared_Relation *) entry_ref->shared_stats;
+	tabentry = &shtabentry->stats;
+
+	if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM)
+	{
+		tabentry->last_skipped_vacuum_time = ts;
+		tabentry->skipped_vacuum_count++;
+	}
+	else if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOVACUUM)
+	{
+		tabentry->last_skipped_autovacuum_time = ts;
+		tabentry->skipped_autovacuum_count++;
+	}
+
+	if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE)
+	{
+		tabentry->last_skipped_analyze_time = ts;
+		tabentry->skipped_analyze_count++;
+	}
+	else if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOANALYZE)
+	{
+		tabentry->last_skipped_autoanalyze_time = ts;
+		tabentry->skipped_autoanalyze_count++;
+	}
+
+	pgstat_unlock_entry(entry_ref);
+
+	/* see pgstat_report_vacuum() */
+	pgstat_flush_io(false);
+	(void) pgstat_flush_backend(false, PGSTAT_BACKEND_FLUSH_IO);
+}
+
 /*
  * count a tuple insertion of n tuples
  */
diff --git a/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c b/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c
index 1408de387ea..90a8968faa0 100644
--- a/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c
+++ b/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c
@@ -84,6 +84,18 @@ PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(mod_since_analyze)
 /* pg_stat_get_numscans */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(numscans)
 
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_analyze_count)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_autoanalyze_count)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_autovacuum_count)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_vacuum_count)
+
 /* pg_stat_get_tuples_deleted */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(tuples_deleted)
 
@@ -170,6 +182,18 @@ PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_vacuum_time)
 /* pg_stat_get_lastscan */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(lastscan)
 
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_analyze_time)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_autoanalyze_time)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_autovacuum_time)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_vacuum_time)
+
 /* pg_stat_get_stat_reset_time */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(stat_reset_time)
 
diff --git a/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat b/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat
index fa9ae79082b..32debb34863 100644
--- a/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat
+++ b/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat
@@ -5680,6 +5680,38 @@
   proargmodes => '{o,o,o,o,o,o,o,o,o,o}',
   proargnames => '{oid,score,xid_score,mxid_score,vacuum_score,vacuum_insert_score,analyze_score,do_vacuum,do_analyze,for_wraparound}',
   prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_autovacuum_scores' },
+{ oid => '8142', descr => 'statistics: last skipped vacuum time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time' },
+{ oid => '8143', descr => 'statistics: last skipped auto vacuum time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time' },
+{ oid => '8144', descr => 'statistics: last skipped analyze time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time' },
+{ oid => '8145', descr => 'statistics: last skipped auto analyze time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time' },
+{ oid => '8146', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped vacuum for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count' },
+{ oid => '8147', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped auto vacuum for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count' },
+{ oid => '8148', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped analyzes for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count' },
+{ oid => '8149', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped auto analyzes for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count' },
 { oid => '1936', descr => 'statistics: currently active backend IDs',
   proname => 'pg_stat_get_backend_idset', prorows => '100', proretset => 't',
   provolatile => 's', proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int4',
diff --git a/src/include/pgstat.h b/src/include/pgstat.h
index dfa2e837638..98941f953d1 100644
--- a/src/include/pgstat.h
+++ b/src/include/pgstat.h
@@ -479,6 +479,15 @@ typedef struct PgStat_StatTabEntry
 	TimestampTz last_autoanalyze_time;	/* autovacuum initiated */
 	PgStat_Counter autoanalyze_count;
 
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_vacuum_time;	/* user initiated vacuum */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_vacuum_count;
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_autovacuum_time;	/* autovacuum initiated */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_autovacuum_count;
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_analyze_time;	/* user initiated */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_analyze_count;
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_autoanalyze_time;	/* autovacuum initiated */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_autoanalyze_count;
+
 	PgStat_Counter total_vacuum_time;	/* times in milliseconds */
 	PgStat_Counter total_autovacuum_time;
 	PgStat_Counter total_analyze_time;
@@ -703,6 +712,13 @@ extern void pgstat_report_analyze(Relation rel,
 								  PgStat_Counter livetuples, PgStat_Counter deadtuples,
 								  bool resetcounter, TimestampTz starttime);
 
+/* flags for pgstat_flush_backend() */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM		(1 << 0)	/* vacuum is skipped */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE		(1 << 1)	/* analyze is skipped */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOVACUUM	(1 << 2)	/* autovacuum is skipped */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOANALYZE	(1 << 3)	/* autoanalyze is skipped */
+extern void pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(Oid relid, int flags);
+
 /*
  * If stats are enabled, but pending data hasn't been prepared yet, call
  * pgstat_assoc_relation() to do so. See its comment for why this is done
diff --git a/src/test/isolation/expected/vacuum-skip-locked.out b/src/test/isolation/expected/vacuum-skip-locked.out
index 99db281a159..e2cff175b7c 100644
--- a/src/test/isolation/expected/vacuum-skip-locked.out
+++ b/src/test/isolation/expected/vacuum-skip-locked.out
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 Parsed test spec with 2 sessions
 
-starting permutation: lock_share vac_specified commit
+starting permutation: lock_share vac_specified commit check_stat
 step lock_share: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN SHARE MODE;
@@ -10,8 +10,22 @@ step vac_specified: VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED) part1, part2;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
 
-starting permutation: lock_share vac_all_parts commit
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   1|            0|                    0
+part2  |           1|                   0|            0|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
+
+starting permutation: lock_share vac_all_parts commit check_stat
 step lock_share: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN SHARE MODE;
@@ -20,8 +34,22 @@ step vac_all_parts: VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED) parted;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   1|            0|                    0
+part2  |           1|                   0|            0|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
 
-starting permutation: lock_share analyze_specified commit
+starting permutation: lock_share analyze_specified commit check_stat
 step lock_share: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN SHARE MODE;
@@ -31,8 +59,22 @@ step analyze_specified: ANALYZE (SKIP_LOCKED) part1, part2;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
 
-starting permutation: lock_share analyze_all_parts commit
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   0|            0|                    1
+part2  |           0|                   0|            1|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
+
+starting permutation: lock_share analyze_all_parts commit check_stat
 step lock_share: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN SHARE MODE;
@@ -41,8 +83,22 @@ step analyze_all_parts: ANALYZE (SKIP_LOCKED) parted;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            1|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   0|            0|                    1
+part2  |           0|                   0|            1|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
 
-starting permutation: lock_share vac_analyze_specified commit
+starting permutation: lock_share vac_analyze_specified commit check_stat
 step lock_share: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN SHARE MODE;
@@ -52,8 +108,22 @@ step vac_analyze_specified: VACUUM (ANALYZE, SKIP_LOCKED) part1, part2;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
 
-starting permutation: lock_share vac_analyze_all_parts commit
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   1|            0|                    1
+part2  |           1|                   0|            1|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
+
+starting permutation: lock_share vac_analyze_all_parts commit check_stat
 step lock_share: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN SHARE MODE;
@@ -62,8 +132,22 @@ step vac_analyze_all_parts: VACUUM (ANALYZE, SKIP_LOCKED) parted;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            1|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   1|            0|                    1
+part2  |           1|                   0|            1|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
 
-starting permutation: lock_share vac_full_specified commit
+starting permutation: lock_share vac_full_specified commit check_stat
 step lock_share: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN SHARE MODE;
@@ -73,8 +157,22 @@ step vac_full_specified: VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED, FULL) part1, part2;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
 
-starting permutation: lock_share vac_full_all_parts commit
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part2  |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
+
+starting permutation: lock_share vac_full_all_parts commit check_stat
 step lock_share: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN SHARE MODE;
@@ -83,8 +181,22 @@ step vac_full_all_parts: VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED, FULL) parted;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part2  |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+(3 rows)
 
-starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_specified commit
+
+starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_specified commit check_stat
 step lock_access_exclusive: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN ACCESS EXCLUSIVE MODE;
@@ -94,8 +206,22 @@ step vac_specified: VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED) part1, part2;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   1|            0|                    0
+part2  |           1|                   0|            0|                    0
+(3 rows)
 
-starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_all_parts commit
+
+starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_all_parts commit check_stat
 step lock_access_exclusive: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN ACCESS EXCLUSIVE MODE;
@@ -104,8 +230,22 @@ step vac_all_parts: VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED) parted;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   1|            0|                    0
+part2  |           1|                   0|            0|                    0
+(3 rows)
 
-starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive analyze_specified commit
+
+starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive analyze_specified commit check_stat
 step lock_access_exclusive: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN ACCESS EXCLUSIVE MODE;
@@ -115,8 +255,22 @@ step analyze_specified: ANALYZE (SKIP_LOCKED) part1, part2;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   0|            0|                    1
+part2  |           0|                   0|            1|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
 
-starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive analyze_all_parts commit
+starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive analyze_all_parts commit check_stat
 step lock_access_exclusive: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN ACCESS EXCLUSIVE MODE;
@@ -126,8 +280,22 @@ step commit:
 	COMMIT;
 
 step analyze_all_parts: <... completed>
-
-starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_analyze_specified commit
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            1|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   0|            1|                    0
+part2  |           0|                   0|            1|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
+
+starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_analyze_specified commit check_stat
 step lock_access_exclusive: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN ACCESS EXCLUSIVE MODE;
@@ -137,8 +305,22 @@ step vac_analyze_specified: VACUUM (ANALYZE, SKIP_LOCKED) part1, part2;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   1|            0|                    1
+part2  |           1|                   0|            1|                    0
+(3 rows)
 
-starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_analyze_all_parts commit
+
+starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_analyze_all_parts commit check_stat
 step lock_access_exclusive: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN ACCESS EXCLUSIVE MODE;
@@ -148,8 +330,22 @@ step commit:
 	COMMIT;
 
 step vac_analyze_all_parts: <... completed>
-
-starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_full_specified commit
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            1|                    0
+part1  |           1|                   0|            1|                    0
+part2  |           1|                   0|            1|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
+
+starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_full_specified commit check_stat
 step lock_access_exclusive: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN ACCESS EXCLUSIVE MODE;
@@ -159,8 +355,22 @@ step vac_full_specified: VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED, FULL) part1, part2;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
 
-starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_full_all_parts commit
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part2  |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
+
+starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_full_all_parts commit check_stat
 step lock_access_exclusive: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN ACCESS EXCLUSIVE MODE;
@@ -169,3 +379,17 @@ step vac_full_all_parts: VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED, FULL) parted;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part2  |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
diff --git a/src/test/isolation/specs/vacuum-skip-locked.spec b/src/test/isolation/specs/vacuum-skip-locked.spec
index 3fad6e1c92a..b0da75d4b6d 100644
--- a/src/test/isolation/specs/vacuum-skip-locked.spec
+++ b/src/test/isolation/specs/vacuum-skip-locked.spec
@@ -33,6 +33,15 @@ step commit
 	COMMIT;
 }
 
+step check_stat
+{
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+}
+
 session s2
 step vac_specified			{ VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED) part1, part2; }
 step vac_all_parts			{ VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED) parted; }
@@ -43,19 +52,19 @@ step vac_analyze_all_parts	{ VACUUM (ANALYZE, SKIP_LOCKED) parted; }
 step vac_full_specified		{ VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED, FULL) part1, part2; }
 step vac_full_all_parts		{ VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED, FULL) parted; }
 
-permutation lock_share vac_specified commit
-permutation lock_share vac_all_parts commit
-permutation lock_share analyze_specified commit
-permutation lock_share analyze_all_parts commit
-permutation lock_share vac_analyze_specified commit
-permutation lock_share vac_analyze_all_parts commit
-permutation lock_share vac_full_specified commit
-permutation lock_share vac_full_all_parts commit
-permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_specified commit
-permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_all_parts commit
-permutation lock_access_exclusive analyze_specified commit
-permutation lock_access_exclusive analyze_all_parts commit
-permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_analyze_specified commit
-permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_analyze_all_parts commit
-permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_full_specified commit
-permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_full_all_parts commit
+permutation lock_share vac_specified commit check_stat
+permutation lock_share vac_all_parts commit check_stat
+permutation lock_share analyze_specified commit check_stat
+permutation lock_share analyze_all_parts commit check_stat
+permutation lock_share vac_analyze_specified commit check_stat
+permutation lock_share vac_analyze_all_parts commit check_stat
+permutation lock_share vac_full_specified commit check_stat
+permutation lock_share vac_full_all_parts commit check_stat
+permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_specified commit check_stat
+permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_all_parts commit check_stat
+permutation lock_access_exclusive analyze_specified commit check_stat
+permutation lock_access_exclusive analyze_all_parts commit check_stat
+permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_analyze_specified commit check_stat
+permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_analyze_all_parts commit check_stat
+permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_full_specified commit check_stat
+permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_full_all_parts commit check_stat
diff --git a/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out b/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out
index a65a5bf0c4f..9b2075d3373 100644
--- a/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out
+++ b/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out
@@ -1835,13 +1835,21 @@ pg_stat_all_tables| SELECT c.oid AS relid,
     pg_stat_get_mod_since_analyze(c.oid) AS n_mod_since_analyze,
     pg_stat_get_ins_since_vacuum(c.oid) AS n_ins_since_vacuum,
     pg_stat_get_last_vacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_vacuum,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_vacuum,
     pg_stat_get_last_autovacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_autovacuum,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_autovacuum,
     pg_stat_get_last_analyze_time(c.oid) AS last_analyze,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_analyze,
     pg_stat_get_last_autoanalyze_time(c.oid) AS last_autoanalyze,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_autoanalyze,
     pg_stat_get_vacuum_count(c.oid) AS vacuum_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count(c.oid) AS skipped_vacuum_count,
     pg_stat_get_autovacuum_count(c.oid) AS autovacuum_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count(c.oid) AS skipped_autovacuum_count,
     pg_stat_get_analyze_count(c.oid) AS analyze_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count(c.oid) AS skipped_analyze_count,
     pg_stat_get_autoanalyze_count(c.oid) AS autoanalyze_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count(c.oid) AS skipped_autoanalyze_count,
     pg_stat_get_total_vacuum_time(c.oid) AS total_vacuum_time,
     pg_stat_get_total_autovacuum_time(c.oid) AS total_autovacuum_time,
     pg_stat_get_total_analyze_time(c.oid) AS total_analyze_time,
@@ -2346,13 +2354,21 @@ pg_stat_sys_tables| SELECT relid,
     n_mod_since_analyze,
     n_ins_since_vacuum,
     last_vacuum,
+    last_skipped_vacuum,
     last_autovacuum,
+    last_skipped_autovacuum,
     last_analyze,
+    last_skipped_analyze,
     last_autoanalyze,
+    last_skipped_autoanalyze,
     vacuum_count,
+    skipped_vacuum_count,
     autovacuum_count,
+    skipped_autovacuum_count,
     analyze_count,
+    skipped_analyze_count,
     autoanalyze_count,
+    skipped_autoanalyze_count,
     total_vacuum_time,
     total_autovacuum_time,
     total_analyze_time,
@@ -2401,13 +2417,21 @@ pg_stat_user_tables| SELECT relid,
     n_mod_since_analyze,
     n_ins_since_vacuum,
     last_vacuum,
+    last_skipped_vacuum,
     last_autovacuum,
+    last_skipped_autovacuum,
     last_analyze,
+    last_skipped_analyze,
     last_autoanalyze,
+    last_skipped_autoanalyze,
     vacuum_count,
+    skipped_vacuum_count,
     autovacuum_count,
+    skipped_autovacuum_count,
     analyze_count,
+    skipped_analyze_count,
     autoanalyze_count,
+    skipped_autoanalyze_count,
     total_vacuum_time,
     total_autovacuum_time,
     total_analyze_time,
-- 
2.43.0


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* [PATCH v3] Track skipped vacuum and analyze activity per relation
@ 2026-03-24 04:09 Yugo Nagata <[email protected]>
  0 siblings, 0 replies; 374+ messages in thread

From: Yugo Nagata @ 2026-03-24 04:09 UTC (permalink / raw)

This commit adds eight fields to the relation statistics that track
the last time vacuum or analyze has been attempted but skipped due to
lock unavailability, along with their counts:

-    last_skipped_vacuum
-    last_skipped_autovacuum
-    last_skipped_analyze
-    last_skipped_autoanalyze
-    skipped_vacuum_count
-    skipped_autovacuum_count
-    skipped_analyze_count
-    skipped_autoanalyze_count

These field can help users confirm that autovacuum is actively attempting
to run on a table that has not been vacuumed or analyzed for a long time,
and that the lack of progress is due to repeated skips rather than inactivity.
---
 doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml                 | 80 +++++++++++++++++
 src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql         |  8 ++
 src/backend/commands/vacuum.c                | 95 +++++++++++++++-----
 src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c | 68 ++++++++++++++
 src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c          | 24 +++++
 src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat              | 32 +++++++
 src/include/pgstat.h                         | 16 ++++
 src/test/regress/expected/rules.out          | 24 +++++
 8 files changed, 324 insertions(+), 23 deletions(-)

diff --git a/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml b/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml
index bb75ed1069b..9ec8070b2fc 100644
--- a/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml
+++ b/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml
@@ -4372,6 +4372,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_vacuum</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time a manual vacuum on this table was attempted but skipped due to
+       lock unavailability (not counting <command>VACUUM FULL</command>)
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>last_autovacuum</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
@@ -4382,6 +4392,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_autovacuum</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time a vacuum on this table by the autovacuum daemon was attempted
+       but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>last_analyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
@@ -4391,6 +4411,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_analyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time a manual analyze on this table was attempted but skipped due to
+       lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>last_autoanalyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
@@ -4401,6 +4431,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_autoanalyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time at which an analyze on this table by the autovacuum was
+       attempted but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>vacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4411,6 +4451,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_vacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times vacuums on this table have been attempted but skipped
+       due to lock unavailability (not counting <command>VACUUM FULL</command>)
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>autovacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4421,6 +4471,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_autovacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times vacuums on this table by the autovacuum daemon have been
+       attempted but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>analyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4430,6 +4490,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_analyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times manual analyzes on this table have been attempted but
+       skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>autoanalyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4440,6 +4510,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_autoanalyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times analyzes on this table by the autovacuum daemon have
+       been attempted but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>total_vacuum_time</structfield> <type>double precision</type>
diff --git a/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql b/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql
index e54018004db..2ca02a0354c 100644
--- a/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql
+++ b/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql
@@ -736,13 +736,21 @@ CREATE VIEW pg_stat_all_tables AS
             pg_stat_get_mod_since_analyze(C.oid) AS n_mod_since_analyze,
             pg_stat_get_ins_since_vacuum(C.oid) AS n_ins_since_vacuum,
             pg_stat_get_last_vacuum_time(C.oid) as last_vacuum,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_vacuum,
             pg_stat_get_last_autovacuum_time(C.oid) as last_autovacuum,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_autovacuum,
             pg_stat_get_last_analyze_time(C.oid) as last_analyze,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_analyze,
             pg_stat_get_last_autoanalyze_time(C.oid) as last_autoanalyze,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_autoanalyze,
             pg_stat_get_vacuum_count(C.oid) AS vacuum_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count(C.oid) AS skipped_vacuum_count,
             pg_stat_get_autovacuum_count(C.oid) AS autovacuum_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count(C.oid) AS skipped_autovacuum_count,
             pg_stat_get_analyze_count(C.oid) AS analyze_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count(C.oid) AS skipped_analyze_count,
             pg_stat_get_autoanalyze_count(C.oid) AS autoanalyze_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count(C.oid) AS skipped_autoanalyze_count,
             pg_stat_get_total_vacuum_time(C.oid) AS total_vacuum_time,
             pg_stat_get_total_autovacuum_time(C.oid) AS total_autovacuum_time,
             pg_stat_get_total_analyze_time(C.oid) AS total_analyze_time,
diff --git a/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c b/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c
index bce3a2daa24..ce83b3171be 100644
--- a/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c
+++ b/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c
@@ -792,8 +792,18 @@ vacuum_open_relation(Oid relid, RangeVar *relation, bits32 options,
 		rel = try_relation_open(relid, NoLock);
 	else
 	{
+		bits8 flags = 0;
 		rel = NULL;
 		rel_lock = false;
+
+		if ((options & VACOPT_VACUUM) != 0)
+			flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM;
+		if ((options & VACOPT_ANALYZE) != 0)
+			flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE;
+		if (AmAutoVacuumWorkerProcess())
+			flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOVAC;
+
+		pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(relid, flags);
 	}
 
 	/* if relation is opened, leave */
@@ -801,7 +811,7 @@ vacuum_open_relation(Oid relid, RangeVar *relation, bits32 options,
 		return rel;
 
 	/*
-	 * Relation could not be opened, hence generate if possible a log
+	 * Relation could not be opened hence generate if possible a log
 	 * informing on the situation.
 	 *
 	 * If the RangeVar is not defined, we do not have enough information to
@@ -904,7 +914,6 @@ expand_vacuum_rel(VacuumRelation *vrel, MemoryContext vac_context,
 		Form_pg_class classForm;
 		bool		include_children;
 		bool		is_partitioned_table;
-		int			rvr_opts;
 
 		/*
 		 * Since autovacuum workers supply OIDs when calling vacuum(), no
@@ -917,29 +926,69 @@ expand_vacuum_rel(VacuumRelation *vrel, MemoryContext vac_context,
 		 * below, as well as find_all_inheritors's expectation that the caller
 		 * holds some lock on the starting relation.
 		 */
-		rvr_opts = (options & VACOPT_SKIP_LOCKED) ? RVR_SKIP_LOCKED : 0;
-		relid = RangeVarGetRelidExtended(vrel->relation,
-										 AccessShareLock,
-										 rvr_opts,
-										 NULL, NULL);
-
-		/*
-		 * If the lock is unavailable, emit the same log statement that
-		 * vacuum_rel() and analyze_rel() would.
-		 */
-		if (!OidIsValid(relid))
+		if (!(options & VACOPT_SKIP_LOCKED))
 		{
-			if (options & VACOPT_VACUUM)
-				ereport(WARNING,
-						(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
-						 errmsg("skipping vacuum of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
-								vrel->relation->relname)));
-			else
-				ereport(WARNING,
-						(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
-						 errmsg("skipping analyze of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
+			relid = RangeVarGetRelidExtended(vrel->relation,
+											 AccessShareLock,
+											 0, NULL, NULL);
+			if (!OidIsValid(relid))
+				return vacrels;
+		}
+		else
+		{
+			/* Get relid for reporting before taking a lock */
+			relid = RangeVarGetRelid(vrel->relation, NoLock, false);
+
+			if (!ConditionalLockRelationOid(relid, AccessShareLock))
+			{
+				bits8	flags = 0;
+				/*
+				 * If the lock is unavailable, emit the same log statement that
+				 * vacuum_rel() and analyze_rel() would.
+				 */
+				if (options & VACOPT_VACUUM)
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping vacuum of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
 								vrel->relation->relname)));
-			return vacrels;
+				else
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping analyze of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
+									vrel->relation->relname)));
+
+				if ((options & VACOPT_VACUUM) != 0)
+					flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM;
+				if ((options & VACOPT_ANALYZE) != 0)
+					flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE;
+
+				pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(relid, flags);
+
+				return vacrels;
+			}
+
+			/*
+			 * Now that we have the lock, probe to see if the relation really
+			 * exists or not.
+			 */
+			if (!SearchSysCacheExists1(RELOID, ObjectIdGetDatum(relid)))
+			{
+				if (options & VACOPT_VACUUM)
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_UNDEFINED_TABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping vacuum of \"%s\" --- relation no longer exists",
+									vrel->relation->relname)));
+				else
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_UNDEFINED_TABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping analyze of \"%s\" --- relation no longer exists",
+									vrel->relation->relname)));
+
+				/* Release useless lock */
+				UnlockRelationOid(relid, AccessShareLock);
+
+				return vacrels;
+			}
 		}
 
 		/*
diff --git a/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c b/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c
index bc8c43b96aa..cec4c88980e 100644
--- a/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c
+++ b/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c
@@ -17,6 +17,7 @@
 
 #include "postgres.h"
 
+#include "access/htup_details.h"
 #include "access/twophase_rmgr.h"
 #include "access/xact.h"
 #include "catalog/catalog.h"
@@ -366,6 +367,73 @@ pgstat_report_analyze(Relation rel,
 	(void) pgstat_flush_backend(false, PGSTAT_BACKEND_FLUSH_IO);
 }
 
+/*
+ * Report that the table was skipped during vacuum or/and analyze.
+ */
+void
+pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(Oid relid, bits8 flags)
+{
+	PgStat_EntryRef *entry_ref;
+	PgStatShared_Relation *shtabentry;
+	PgStat_StatTabEntry *tabentry;
+	TimestampTz ts;
+	HeapTuple	classTup;
+	bool		isshared;
+
+	if (!pgstat_track_counts || !(flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANY))
+		return;
+
+	classTup = SearchSysCache1(RELOID, ObjectIdGetDatum(relid));
+	if (!HeapTupleIsValid(classTup))
+		return;			/* somebody deleted the rel, forget it */
+	isshared = ((Form_pg_class) GETSTRUCT(classTup))->relisshared;
+	ReleaseSysCache(classTup);
+
+	/* Store the data in the table's hash table entry. */
+	ts = GetCurrentTimestamp();
+
+	/* block acquiring lock for the same reason as pgstat_report_autovac() */
+	entry_ref = pgstat_get_entry_ref_locked(PGSTAT_KIND_RELATION,
+											isshared ? InvalidOid : MyDatabaseId,
+											relid, false);
+
+	shtabentry = (PgStatShared_Relation *) entry_ref->shared_stats;
+	tabentry = &shtabentry->stats;
+
+	if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOVAC)
+	{
+		if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM)
+		{
+			tabentry->last_skipped_autovacuum_time = ts;
+			tabentry->skipped_autovacuum_count++;
+		}
+		if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE)
+		{
+			tabentry->last_skipped_autoanalyze_time = ts;
+			tabentry->skipped_autoanalyze_count++;
+		}
+	}
+	else
+	{
+		if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM)
+		{
+			tabentry->last_skipped_vacuum_time = ts;
+			tabentry->skipped_vacuum_count++;
+		}
+		if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE)
+		{
+			tabentry->last_skipped_analyze_time = ts;
+			tabentry->skipped_analyze_count++;
+		}
+	}
+
+	pgstat_unlock_entry(entry_ref);
+
+	/* see pgstat_report_vacuum() */
+	pgstat_flush_io(false);
+	(void) pgstat_flush_backend(false, PGSTAT_BACKEND_FLUSH_IO);
+}
+
 /*
  * count a tuple insertion of n tuples
  */
diff --git a/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c b/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c
index 9185a8e6b83..18aaa3996e1 100644
--- a/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c
+++ b/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c
@@ -84,6 +84,18 @@ PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(mod_since_analyze)
 /* pg_stat_get_numscans */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(numscans)
 
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_analyze_count)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_autoanalyze_count)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_autovacuum_count)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_vacuum_count)
+
 /* pg_stat_get_tuples_deleted */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(tuples_deleted)
 
@@ -170,6 +182,18 @@ PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_vacuum_time)
 /* pg_stat_get_lastscan */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(lastscan)
 
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_analyze_time)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_autoanalyze_time)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_autovacuum_time)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_vacuum_time)
+
 /* pg_stat_get_stat_reset_time */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(stat_reset_time)
 
diff --git a/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat b/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat
index 0118e970dda..ccfe3d9e02a 100644
--- a/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat
+++ b/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat
@@ -5667,6 +5667,38 @@
   proname => 'pg_stat_get_total_autoanalyze_time', provolatile => 's',
   proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'float8', proargtypes => 'oid',
   prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_total_autoanalyze_time' },
+{ oid => '8142', descr => 'statistics: last skipped vacuum time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time' },
+{ oid => '8143', descr => 'statistics: last skipped auto vacuum time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time' },
+{ oid => '8144', descr => 'statistics: last skipped analyze time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time' },
+{ oid => '8145', descr => 'statistics: last skipped auto analyze time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time' },
+{ oid => '8146', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped vacuum for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count' },
+{ oid => '8147', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped auto vacuum for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count' },
+{ oid => '8148', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped analyzes for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count' },
+{ oid => '8149', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped auto analyzes for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count' },
 { oid => '1936', descr => 'statistics: currently active backend IDs',
   proname => 'pg_stat_get_backend_idset', prorows => '100', proretset => 't',
   provolatile => 's', proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int4',
diff --git a/src/include/pgstat.h b/src/include/pgstat.h
index 8e3549c3752..343081a7a25 100644
--- a/src/include/pgstat.h
+++ b/src/include/pgstat.h
@@ -479,6 +479,15 @@ typedef struct PgStat_StatTabEntry
 	TimestampTz last_autoanalyze_time;	/* autovacuum initiated */
 	PgStat_Counter autoanalyze_count;
 
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_vacuum_time;	/* user initiated vacuum */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_vacuum_count;
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_autovacuum_time;	/* autovacuum initiated */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_autovacuum_count;
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_analyze_time;	/* user initiated */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_analyze_count;
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_autoanalyze_time;	/* autovacuum initiated */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_autoanalyze_count;
+
 	PgStat_Counter total_vacuum_time;	/* times in milliseconds */
 	PgStat_Counter total_autovacuum_time;
 	PgStat_Counter total_analyze_time;
@@ -707,6 +716,13 @@ extern void pgstat_report_analyze(Relation rel,
 								  PgStat_Counter livetuples, PgStat_Counter deadtuples,
 								  bool resetcounter, TimestampTz starttime);
 
+/* flags for pgstat_flush_backend() */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM	(1 << 0)	/* vacuum is skipped */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE	(1 << 1)	/* analyze is skipped */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOVAC	(1 << 2)	/* skipped during autovacuum/autoanalyze */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANY   (PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM | PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE)
+extern void pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(Oid relid, bits8 flags);
+
 /*
  * If stats are enabled, but pending data hasn't been prepared yet, call
  * pgstat_assoc_relation() to do so. See its comment for why this is done
diff --git a/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out b/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out
index 2b3cf6d8569..4ccfc43e903 100644
--- a/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out
+++ b/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out
@@ -1835,13 +1835,21 @@ pg_stat_all_tables| SELECT c.oid AS relid,
     pg_stat_get_mod_since_analyze(c.oid) AS n_mod_since_analyze,
     pg_stat_get_ins_since_vacuum(c.oid) AS n_ins_since_vacuum,
     pg_stat_get_last_vacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_vacuum,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_vacuum,
     pg_stat_get_last_autovacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_autovacuum,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_autovacuum,
     pg_stat_get_last_analyze_time(c.oid) AS last_analyze,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_analyze,
     pg_stat_get_last_autoanalyze_time(c.oid) AS last_autoanalyze,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_autoanalyze,
     pg_stat_get_vacuum_count(c.oid) AS vacuum_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count(c.oid) AS skipped_vacuum_count,
     pg_stat_get_autovacuum_count(c.oid) AS autovacuum_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count(c.oid) AS skipped_autovacuum_count,
     pg_stat_get_analyze_count(c.oid) AS analyze_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count(c.oid) AS skipped_analyze_count,
     pg_stat_get_autoanalyze_count(c.oid) AS autoanalyze_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count(c.oid) AS skipped_autoanalyze_count,
     pg_stat_get_total_vacuum_time(c.oid) AS total_vacuum_time,
     pg_stat_get_total_autovacuum_time(c.oid) AS total_autovacuum_time,
     pg_stat_get_total_analyze_time(c.oid) AS total_analyze_time,
@@ -2293,13 +2301,21 @@ pg_stat_sys_tables| SELECT relid,
     n_mod_since_analyze,
     n_ins_since_vacuum,
     last_vacuum,
+    last_skipped_vacuum,
     last_autovacuum,
+    last_skipped_autovacuum,
     last_analyze,
+    last_skipped_analyze,
     last_autoanalyze,
+    last_skipped_autoanalyze,
     vacuum_count,
+    skipped_vacuum_count,
     autovacuum_count,
+    skipped_autovacuum_count,
     analyze_count,
+    skipped_analyze_count,
     autoanalyze_count,
+    skipped_autoanalyze_count,
     total_vacuum_time,
     total_autovacuum_time,
     total_analyze_time,
@@ -2348,13 +2364,21 @@ pg_stat_user_tables| SELECT relid,
     n_mod_since_analyze,
     n_ins_since_vacuum,
     last_vacuum,
+    last_skipped_vacuum,
     last_autovacuum,
+    last_skipped_autovacuum,
     last_analyze,
+    last_skipped_analyze,
     last_autoanalyze,
+    last_skipped_autoanalyze,
     vacuum_count,
+    skipped_vacuum_count,
     autovacuum_count,
+    skipped_autovacuum_count,
     analyze_count,
+    skipped_analyze_count,
     autoanalyze_count,
+    skipped_autoanalyze_count,
     total_vacuum_time,
     total_autovacuum_time,
     total_analyze_time,
-- 
2.43.0


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* [PATCH v4] Track skipped vacuum and analyze activity per relation
@ 2026-03-24 04:09 Yugo Nagata <[email protected]>
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From: Yugo Nagata @ 2026-03-24 04:09 UTC (permalink / raw)

This commit adds eight fields to the relation statistics that track
the last time vacuum or analyze has been attempted but skipped due to
lock unavailability, along with their counts:

-    last_skipped_vacuum
-    last_skipped_autovacuum
-    last_skipped_analyze
-    last_skipped_autoanalyze
-    skipped_vacuum_count
-    skipped_autovacuum_count
-    skipped_analyze_count
-    skipped_autoanalyze_count

These field can help users confirm that autovacuum is actively attempting
to run on a table that has not been vacuumed or analyzed for a long time,
and that the lack of progress is due to repeated skips rather than inactivity.
---
 doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml                 |  88 ++++++++++++++++
 src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql         |   8 ++
 src/backend/commands/vacuum.c                | 102 ++++++++++++++-----
 src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c |  64 ++++++++++++
 src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c          |  24 +++++
 src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat              |  32 ++++++
 src/include/pgstat.h                         |  16 +++
 src/test/regress/expected/rules.out          |  24 +++++
 8 files changed, 335 insertions(+), 23 deletions(-)

diff --git a/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml b/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml
index 08d5b824552..a9b579d87a9 100644
--- a/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml
+++ b/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml
@@ -4387,6 +4387,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_vacuum</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time a manual vacuum on this table was attempted but skipped due to
+       lock unavailability (not counting <command>VACUUM FULL</command>)
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>last_autovacuum</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
@@ -4397,6 +4407,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_autovacuum</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time a vacuum on this table by the autovacuum daemon was attempted
+       but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>last_analyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
@@ -4406,6 +4426,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_analyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time a manual analyze on this table was attempted but skipped due to
+       lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>last_autoanalyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
@@ -4416,6 +4446,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_autoanalyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time at which an analyze on this table by the autovacuum was
+       attempted but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>vacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4426,6 +4466,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_vacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times manual vacuums on this table have been attempted but skipped
+       due to lock unavailability (not counting <command>VACUUM FULL</command>)
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>autovacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4436,6 +4486,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_autovacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times vacuums on this table by the autovacuum daemon have been
+       attempted but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>analyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4445,6 +4505,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_analyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times manual analyzes on this table have been attempted but
+       skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>autoanalyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4455,6 +4525,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_autoanalyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times analyzes on this table by the autovacuum daemon have
+       been attempted but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>total_vacuum_time</structfield> <type>double precision</type>
@@ -4510,6 +4590,14 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
    </tgroup>
   </table>
 
+  <note>
+   <para>
+    When a manual vacuum or analyze on a parent table in an inheritance or
+    partitioning hierarchy is skipped, the statistics are recorded only for
+    the parent table, not for its children.
+   </para>
+  </note>
+
  </sect2>
 
  <sect2 id="monitoring-pg-stat-autovacuum-scores-view">
diff --git a/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql b/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql
index 73a1c1c4670..f509fc7876b 100644
--- a/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql
+++ b/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql
@@ -736,13 +736,21 @@ CREATE VIEW pg_stat_all_tables AS
             pg_stat_get_mod_since_analyze(C.oid) AS n_mod_since_analyze,
             pg_stat_get_ins_since_vacuum(C.oid) AS n_ins_since_vacuum,
             pg_stat_get_last_vacuum_time(C.oid) as last_vacuum,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_vacuum,
             pg_stat_get_last_autovacuum_time(C.oid) as last_autovacuum,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_autovacuum,
             pg_stat_get_last_analyze_time(C.oid) as last_analyze,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_analyze,
             pg_stat_get_last_autoanalyze_time(C.oid) as last_autoanalyze,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_autoanalyze,
             pg_stat_get_vacuum_count(C.oid) AS vacuum_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count(C.oid) AS skipped_vacuum_count,
             pg_stat_get_autovacuum_count(C.oid) AS autovacuum_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count(C.oid) AS skipped_autovacuum_count,
             pg_stat_get_analyze_count(C.oid) AS analyze_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count(C.oid) AS skipped_analyze_count,
             pg_stat_get_autoanalyze_count(C.oid) AS autoanalyze_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count(C.oid) AS skipped_autoanalyze_count,
             pg_stat_get_total_vacuum_time(C.oid) AS total_vacuum_time,
             pg_stat_get_total_autovacuum_time(C.oid) AS total_autovacuum_time,
             pg_stat_get_total_analyze_time(C.oid) AS total_analyze_time,
diff --git a/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c b/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c
index 99d0db82ed7..97cd5ea8d10 100644
--- a/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c
+++ b/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c
@@ -793,8 +793,25 @@ vacuum_open_relation(Oid relid, RangeVar *relation, uint32 options,
 		rel = try_relation_open(relid, NoLock);
 	else
 	{
+		int flags = 0;
 		rel = NULL;
 		rel_lock = false;
+
+		if ((options & VACOPT_VACUUM) != 0)
+		{
+			if (AmAutoVacuumWorkerProcess())
+				flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOVACUUM;
+			else
+				flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM;
+		}
+		if ((options & VACOPT_ANALYZE) != 0)
+		{
+			if (AmAutoVacuumWorkerProcess())
+				flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOANALYZE;
+			else
+				flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE;
+		}
+		pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(relid, flags);
 	}
 
 	/* if relation is opened, leave */
@@ -802,7 +819,7 @@ vacuum_open_relation(Oid relid, RangeVar *relation, uint32 options,
 		return rel;
 
 	/*
-	 * Relation could not be opened, hence generate if possible a log
+	 * Relation could not be opened hence generate if possible a log
 	 * informing on the situation.
 	 *
 	 * If the RangeVar is not defined, we do not have enough information to
@@ -905,7 +922,6 @@ expand_vacuum_rel(VacuumRelation *vrel, MemoryContext vac_context,
 		Form_pg_class classForm;
 		bool		include_children;
 		bool		is_partitioned_table;
-		int			rvr_opts;
 
 		/*
 		 * Since autovacuum workers supply OIDs when calling vacuum(), no
@@ -918,29 +934,69 @@ expand_vacuum_rel(VacuumRelation *vrel, MemoryContext vac_context,
 		 * below, as well as find_all_inheritors's expectation that the caller
 		 * holds some lock on the starting relation.
 		 */
-		rvr_opts = (options & VACOPT_SKIP_LOCKED) ? RVR_SKIP_LOCKED : 0;
-		relid = RangeVarGetRelidExtended(vrel->relation,
-										 AccessShareLock,
-										 rvr_opts,
-										 NULL, NULL);
-
-		/*
-		 * If the lock is unavailable, emit the same log statement that
-		 * vacuum_rel() and analyze_rel() would.
-		 */
-		if (!OidIsValid(relid))
+		if (!(options & VACOPT_SKIP_LOCKED))
 		{
-			if (options & VACOPT_VACUUM)
-				ereport(WARNING,
-						(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
-						 errmsg("skipping vacuum of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
-								vrel->relation->relname)));
-			else
-				ereport(WARNING,
-						(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
-						 errmsg("skipping analyze of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
+			relid = RangeVarGetRelidExtended(vrel->relation,
+											 AccessShareLock,
+											 0, NULL, NULL);
+			if (!OidIsValid(relid))
+				return vacrels;
+		}
+		else
+		{
+			/* Get relid for reporting before taking a lock */
+			relid = RangeVarGetRelid(vrel->relation, NoLock, false);
+
+			if (!ConditionalLockRelationOid(relid, AccessShareLock))
+			{
+				int	flags = 0;
+				/*
+				 * If the lock is unavailable, emit the same log statement that
+				 * vacuum_rel() and analyze_rel() would.
+				 */
+				if (options & VACOPT_VACUUM)
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping vacuum of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
 								vrel->relation->relname)));
-			return vacrels;
+				else
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping analyze of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
+									vrel->relation->relname)));
+
+				if ((options & VACOPT_VACUUM) != 0)
+					flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM;
+				if ((options & VACOPT_ANALYZE) != 0)
+					flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE;
+
+				pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(relid, flags);
+
+				return vacrels;
+			}
+
+			/*
+			 * Now that we have the lock, probe to see if the relation really
+			 * exists or not.
+			 */
+			if (!SearchSysCacheExists1(RELOID, ObjectIdGetDatum(relid)))
+			{
+				if (options & VACOPT_VACUUM)
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_UNDEFINED_TABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping vacuum of \"%s\" --- relation no longer exists",
+									vrel->relation->relname)));
+				else
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_UNDEFINED_TABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping analyze of \"%s\" --- relation no longer exists",
+									vrel->relation->relname)));
+
+				/* Release useless lock */
+				UnlockRelationOid(relid, AccessShareLock);
+
+				return vacrels;
+			}
 		}
 
 		/*
diff --git a/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c b/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c
index b2ca28f83ba..532d9023f8c 100644
--- a/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c
+++ b/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c
@@ -17,12 +17,14 @@
 
 #include "postgres.h"
 
+#include "access/htup_details.h"
 #include "access/twophase_rmgr.h"
 #include "access/xact.h"
 #include "catalog/catalog.h"
 #include "utils/memutils.h"
 #include "utils/pgstat_internal.h"
 #include "utils/rel.h"
+#include "utils/syscache.h"
 #include "utils/timestamp.h"
 
 
@@ -367,6 +369,68 @@ pgstat_report_analyze(Relation rel,
 	(void) pgstat_flush_backend(false, PGSTAT_BACKEND_FLUSH_IO);
 }
 
+/*
+ * Report that the table was skipped during vacuum or/and analyze.
+ */
+void
+pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(Oid relid, int flags)
+{
+	PgStat_EntryRef *entry_ref;
+	PgStatShared_Relation *shtabentry;
+	PgStat_StatTabEntry *tabentry;
+	TimestampTz ts;
+	HeapTuple	classTup;
+	bool		isshared;
+
+	if (!pgstat_track_counts || !flags)
+		return;
+
+	classTup = SearchSysCache1(RELOID, ObjectIdGetDatum(relid));
+	if (!HeapTupleIsValid(classTup))
+		return;			/* somebody deleted the rel, forget it */
+	isshared = ((Form_pg_class) GETSTRUCT(classTup))->relisshared;
+	ReleaseSysCache(classTup);
+
+	/* Store the data in the table's hash table entry. */
+	ts = GetCurrentTimestamp();
+
+	/* block acquiring lock for the same reason as pgstat_report_autovac() */
+	entry_ref = pgstat_get_entry_ref_locked(PGSTAT_KIND_RELATION,
+											isshared ? InvalidOid : MyDatabaseId,
+											relid, false);
+
+	shtabentry = (PgStatShared_Relation *) entry_ref->shared_stats;
+	tabentry = &shtabentry->stats;
+
+	if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM)
+	{
+		tabentry->last_skipped_vacuum_time = ts;
+		tabentry->skipped_vacuum_count++;
+	}
+	else if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOVACUUM)
+	{
+		tabentry->last_skipped_autovacuum_time = ts;
+		tabentry->skipped_autovacuum_count++;
+	}
+
+	if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE)
+	{
+		tabentry->last_skipped_analyze_time = ts;
+		tabentry->skipped_analyze_count++;
+	}
+	else if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOANALYZE)
+	{
+		tabentry->last_skipped_autoanalyze_time = ts;
+		tabentry->skipped_autoanalyze_count++;
+	}
+
+	pgstat_unlock_entry(entry_ref);
+
+	/* see pgstat_report_vacuum() */
+	pgstat_flush_io(false);
+	(void) pgstat_flush_backend(false, PGSTAT_BACKEND_FLUSH_IO);
+}
+
 /*
  * count a tuple insertion of n tuples
  */
diff --git a/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c b/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c
index 1408de387ea..90a8968faa0 100644
--- a/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c
+++ b/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c
@@ -84,6 +84,18 @@ PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(mod_since_analyze)
 /* pg_stat_get_numscans */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(numscans)
 
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_analyze_count)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_autoanalyze_count)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_autovacuum_count)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_vacuum_count)
+
 /* pg_stat_get_tuples_deleted */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(tuples_deleted)
 
@@ -170,6 +182,18 @@ PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_vacuum_time)
 /* pg_stat_get_lastscan */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(lastscan)
 
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_analyze_time)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_autoanalyze_time)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_autovacuum_time)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_vacuum_time)
+
 /* pg_stat_get_stat_reset_time */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(stat_reset_time)
 
diff --git a/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat b/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat
index fa9ae79082b..32debb34863 100644
--- a/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat
+++ b/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat
@@ -5680,6 +5680,38 @@
   proargmodes => '{o,o,o,o,o,o,o,o,o,o}',
   proargnames => '{oid,score,xid_score,mxid_score,vacuum_score,vacuum_insert_score,analyze_score,do_vacuum,do_analyze,for_wraparound}',
   prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_autovacuum_scores' },
+{ oid => '8142', descr => 'statistics: last skipped vacuum time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time' },
+{ oid => '8143', descr => 'statistics: last skipped auto vacuum time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time' },
+{ oid => '8144', descr => 'statistics: last skipped analyze time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time' },
+{ oid => '8145', descr => 'statistics: last skipped auto analyze time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time' },
+{ oid => '8146', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped vacuum for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count' },
+{ oid => '8147', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped auto vacuum for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count' },
+{ oid => '8148', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped analyzes for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count' },
+{ oid => '8149', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped auto analyzes for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count' },
 { oid => '1936', descr => 'statistics: currently active backend IDs',
   proname => 'pg_stat_get_backend_idset', prorows => '100', proretset => 't',
   provolatile => 's', proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int4',
diff --git a/src/include/pgstat.h b/src/include/pgstat.h
index dfa2e837638..98941f953d1 100644
--- a/src/include/pgstat.h
+++ b/src/include/pgstat.h
@@ -479,6 +479,15 @@ typedef struct PgStat_StatTabEntry
 	TimestampTz last_autoanalyze_time;	/* autovacuum initiated */
 	PgStat_Counter autoanalyze_count;
 
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_vacuum_time;	/* user initiated vacuum */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_vacuum_count;
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_autovacuum_time;	/* autovacuum initiated */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_autovacuum_count;
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_analyze_time;	/* user initiated */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_analyze_count;
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_autoanalyze_time;	/* autovacuum initiated */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_autoanalyze_count;
+
 	PgStat_Counter total_vacuum_time;	/* times in milliseconds */
 	PgStat_Counter total_autovacuum_time;
 	PgStat_Counter total_analyze_time;
@@ -703,6 +712,13 @@ extern void pgstat_report_analyze(Relation rel,
 								  PgStat_Counter livetuples, PgStat_Counter deadtuples,
 								  bool resetcounter, TimestampTz starttime);
 
+/* flags for pgstat_flush_backend() */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM		(1 << 0)	/* vacuum is skipped */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE		(1 << 1)	/* analyze is skipped */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOVACUUM	(1 << 2)	/* autovacuum is skipped */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOANALYZE	(1 << 3)	/* autoanalyze is skipped */
+extern void pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(Oid relid, int flags);
+
 /*
  * If stats are enabled, but pending data hasn't been prepared yet, call
  * pgstat_assoc_relation() to do so. See its comment for why this is done
diff --git a/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out b/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out
index a65a5bf0c4f..9b2075d3373 100644
--- a/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out
+++ b/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out
@@ -1835,13 +1835,21 @@ pg_stat_all_tables| SELECT c.oid AS relid,
     pg_stat_get_mod_since_analyze(c.oid) AS n_mod_since_analyze,
     pg_stat_get_ins_since_vacuum(c.oid) AS n_ins_since_vacuum,
     pg_stat_get_last_vacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_vacuum,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_vacuum,
     pg_stat_get_last_autovacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_autovacuum,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_autovacuum,
     pg_stat_get_last_analyze_time(c.oid) AS last_analyze,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_analyze,
     pg_stat_get_last_autoanalyze_time(c.oid) AS last_autoanalyze,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_autoanalyze,
     pg_stat_get_vacuum_count(c.oid) AS vacuum_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count(c.oid) AS skipped_vacuum_count,
     pg_stat_get_autovacuum_count(c.oid) AS autovacuum_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count(c.oid) AS skipped_autovacuum_count,
     pg_stat_get_analyze_count(c.oid) AS analyze_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count(c.oid) AS skipped_analyze_count,
     pg_stat_get_autoanalyze_count(c.oid) AS autoanalyze_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count(c.oid) AS skipped_autoanalyze_count,
     pg_stat_get_total_vacuum_time(c.oid) AS total_vacuum_time,
     pg_stat_get_total_autovacuum_time(c.oid) AS total_autovacuum_time,
     pg_stat_get_total_analyze_time(c.oid) AS total_analyze_time,
@@ -2346,13 +2354,21 @@ pg_stat_sys_tables| SELECT relid,
     n_mod_since_analyze,
     n_ins_since_vacuum,
     last_vacuum,
+    last_skipped_vacuum,
     last_autovacuum,
+    last_skipped_autovacuum,
     last_analyze,
+    last_skipped_analyze,
     last_autoanalyze,
+    last_skipped_autoanalyze,
     vacuum_count,
+    skipped_vacuum_count,
     autovacuum_count,
+    skipped_autovacuum_count,
     analyze_count,
+    skipped_analyze_count,
     autoanalyze_count,
+    skipped_autoanalyze_count,
     total_vacuum_time,
     total_autovacuum_time,
     total_analyze_time,
@@ -2401,13 +2417,21 @@ pg_stat_user_tables| SELECT relid,
     n_mod_since_analyze,
     n_ins_since_vacuum,
     last_vacuum,
+    last_skipped_vacuum,
     last_autovacuum,
+    last_skipped_autovacuum,
     last_analyze,
+    last_skipped_analyze,
     last_autoanalyze,
+    last_skipped_autoanalyze,
     vacuum_count,
+    skipped_vacuum_count,
     autovacuum_count,
+    skipped_autovacuum_count,
     analyze_count,
+    skipped_analyze_count,
     autoanalyze_count,
+    skipped_autoanalyze_count,
     total_vacuum_time,
     total_autovacuum_time,
     total_analyze_time,
-- 
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* [PATCH v3] Track skipped vacuum and analyze activity per relation
@ 2026-03-24 04:09 Yugo Nagata <[email protected]>
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From: Yugo Nagata @ 2026-03-24 04:09 UTC (permalink / raw)

This commit adds eight fields to the relation statistics that track
the last time vacuum or analyze has been attempted but skipped due to
lock unavailability, along with their counts:

-    last_skipped_vacuum
-    last_skipped_autovacuum
-    last_skipped_analyze
-    last_skipped_autoanalyze
-    skipped_vacuum_count
-    skipped_autovacuum_count
-    skipped_analyze_count
-    skipped_autoanalyze_count

These field can help users confirm that autovacuum is actively attempting
to run on a table that has not been vacuumed or analyzed for a long time,
and that the lack of progress is due to repeated skips rather than inactivity.
---
 doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml                 | 80 +++++++++++++++++
 src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql         |  8 ++
 src/backend/commands/vacuum.c                | 95 +++++++++++++++-----
 src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c | 68 ++++++++++++++
 src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c          | 24 +++++
 src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat              | 32 +++++++
 src/include/pgstat.h                         | 16 ++++
 src/test/regress/expected/rules.out          | 24 +++++
 8 files changed, 324 insertions(+), 23 deletions(-)

diff --git a/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml b/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml
index bb75ed1069b..9ec8070b2fc 100644
--- a/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml
+++ b/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml
@@ -4372,6 +4372,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_vacuum</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time a manual vacuum on this table was attempted but skipped due to
+       lock unavailability (not counting <command>VACUUM FULL</command>)
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>last_autovacuum</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
@@ -4382,6 +4392,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_autovacuum</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time a vacuum on this table by the autovacuum daemon was attempted
+       but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>last_analyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
@@ -4391,6 +4411,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_analyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time a manual analyze on this table was attempted but skipped due to
+       lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>last_autoanalyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
@@ -4401,6 +4431,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_autoanalyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time at which an analyze on this table by the autovacuum was
+       attempted but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>vacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4411,6 +4451,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_vacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times vacuums on this table have been attempted but skipped
+       due to lock unavailability (not counting <command>VACUUM FULL</command>)
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>autovacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4421,6 +4471,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_autovacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times vacuums on this table by the autovacuum daemon have been
+       attempted but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>analyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4430,6 +4490,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_analyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times manual analyzes on this table have been attempted but
+       skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>autoanalyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4440,6 +4510,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_autoanalyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times analyzes on this table by the autovacuum daemon have
+       been attempted but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>total_vacuum_time</structfield> <type>double precision</type>
diff --git a/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql b/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql
index e54018004db..2ca02a0354c 100644
--- a/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql
+++ b/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql
@@ -736,13 +736,21 @@ CREATE VIEW pg_stat_all_tables AS
             pg_stat_get_mod_since_analyze(C.oid) AS n_mod_since_analyze,
             pg_stat_get_ins_since_vacuum(C.oid) AS n_ins_since_vacuum,
             pg_stat_get_last_vacuum_time(C.oid) as last_vacuum,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_vacuum,
             pg_stat_get_last_autovacuum_time(C.oid) as last_autovacuum,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_autovacuum,
             pg_stat_get_last_analyze_time(C.oid) as last_analyze,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_analyze,
             pg_stat_get_last_autoanalyze_time(C.oid) as last_autoanalyze,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_autoanalyze,
             pg_stat_get_vacuum_count(C.oid) AS vacuum_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count(C.oid) AS skipped_vacuum_count,
             pg_stat_get_autovacuum_count(C.oid) AS autovacuum_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count(C.oid) AS skipped_autovacuum_count,
             pg_stat_get_analyze_count(C.oid) AS analyze_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count(C.oid) AS skipped_analyze_count,
             pg_stat_get_autoanalyze_count(C.oid) AS autoanalyze_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count(C.oid) AS skipped_autoanalyze_count,
             pg_stat_get_total_vacuum_time(C.oid) AS total_vacuum_time,
             pg_stat_get_total_autovacuum_time(C.oid) AS total_autovacuum_time,
             pg_stat_get_total_analyze_time(C.oid) AS total_analyze_time,
diff --git a/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c b/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c
index bce3a2daa24..ce83b3171be 100644
--- a/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c
+++ b/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c
@@ -792,8 +792,18 @@ vacuum_open_relation(Oid relid, RangeVar *relation, bits32 options,
 		rel = try_relation_open(relid, NoLock);
 	else
 	{
+		bits8 flags = 0;
 		rel = NULL;
 		rel_lock = false;
+
+		if ((options & VACOPT_VACUUM) != 0)
+			flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM;
+		if ((options & VACOPT_ANALYZE) != 0)
+			flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE;
+		if (AmAutoVacuumWorkerProcess())
+			flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOVAC;
+
+		pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(relid, flags);
 	}
 
 	/* if relation is opened, leave */
@@ -801,7 +811,7 @@ vacuum_open_relation(Oid relid, RangeVar *relation, bits32 options,
 		return rel;
 
 	/*
-	 * Relation could not be opened, hence generate if possible a log
+	 * Relation could not be opened hence generate if possible a log
 	 * informing on the situation.
 	 *
 	 * If the RangeVar is not defined, we do not have enough information to
@@ -904,7 +914,6 @@ expand_vacuum_rel(VacuumRelation *vrel, MemoryContext vac_context,
 		Form_pg_class classForm;
 		bool		include_children;
 		bool		is_partitioned_table;
-		int			rvr_opts;
 
 		/*
 		 * Since autovacuum workers supply OIDs when calling vacuum(), no
@@ -917,29 +926,69 @@ expand_vacuum_rel(VacuumRelation *vrel, MemoryContext vac_context,
 		 * below, as well as find_all_inheritors's expectation that the caller
 		 * holds some lock on the starting relation.
 		 */
-		rvr_opts = (options & VACOPT_SKIP_LOCKED) ? RVR_SKIP_LOCKED : 0;
-		relid = RangeVarGetRelidExtended(vrel->relation,
-										 AccessShareLock,
-										 rvr_opts,
-										 NULL, NULL);
-
-		/*
-		 * If the lock is unavailable, emit the same log statement that
-		 * vacuum_rel() and analyze_rel() would.
-		 */
-		if (!OidIsValid(relid))
+		if (!(options & VACOPT_SKIP_LOCKED))
 		{
-			if (options & VACOPT_VACUUM)
-				ereport(WARNING,
-						(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
-						 errmsg("skipping vacuum of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
-								vrel->relation->relname)));
-			else
-				ereport(WARNING,
-						(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
-						 errmsg("skipping analyze of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
+			relid = RangeVarGetRelidExtended(vrel->relation,
+											 AccessShareLock,
+											 0, NULL, NULL);
+			if (!OidIsValid(relid))
+				return vacrels;
+		}
+		else
+		{
+			/* Get relid for reporting before taking a lock */
+			relid = RangeVarGetRelid(vrel->relation, NoLock, false);
+
+			if (!ConditionalLockRelationOid(relid, AccessShareLock))
+			{
+				bits8	flags = 0;
+				/*
+				 * If the lock is unavailable, emit the same log statement that
+				 * vacuum_rel() and analyze_rel() would.
+				 */
+				if (options & VACOPT_VACUUM)
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping vacuum of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
 								vrel->relation->relname)));
-			return vacrels;
+				else
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping analyze of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
+									vrel->relation->relname)));
+
+				if ((options & VACOPT_VACUUM) != 0)
+					flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM;
+				if ((options & VACOPT_ANALYZE) != 0)
+					flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE;
+
+				pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(relid, flags);
+
+				return vacrels;
+			}
+
+			/*
+			 * Now that we have the lock, probe to see if the relation really
+			 * exists or not.
+			 */
+			if (!SearchSysCacheExists1(RELOID, ObjectIdGetDatum(relid)))
+			{
+				if (options & VACOPT_VACUUM)
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_UNDEFINED_TABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping vacuum of \"%s\" --- relation no longer exists",
+									vrel->relation->relname)));
+				else
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_UNDEFINED_TABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping analyze of \"%s\" --- relation no longer exists",
+									vrel->relation->relname)));
+
+				/* Release useless lock */
+				UnlockRelationOid(relid, AccessShareLock);
+
+				return vacrels;
+			}
 		}
 
 		/*
diff --git a/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c b/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c
index bc8c43b96aa..cec4c88980e 100644
--- a/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c
+++ b/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c
@@ -17,6 +17,7 @@
 
 #include "postgres.h"
 
+#include "access/htup_details.h"
 #include "access/twophase_rmgr.h"
 #include "access/xact.h"
 #include "catalog/catalog.h"
@@ -366,6 +367,73 @@ pgstat_report_analyze(Relation rel,
 	(void) pgstat_flush_backend(false, PGSTAT_BACKEND_FLUSH_IO);
 }
 
+/*
+ * Report that the table was skipped during vacuum or/and analyze.
+ */
+void
+pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(Oid relid, bits8 flags)
+{
+	PgStat_EntryRef *entry_ref;
+	PgStatShared_Relation *shtabentry;
+	PgStat_StatTabEntry *tabentry;
+	TimestampTz ts;
+	HeapTuple	classTup;
+	bool		isshared;
+
+	if (!pgstat_track_counts || !(flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANY))
+		return;
+
+	classTup = SearchSysCache1(RELOID, ObjectIdGetDatum(relid));
+	if (!HeapTupleIsValid(classTup))
+		return;			/* somebody deleted the rel, forget it */
+	isshared = ((Form_pg_class) GETSTRUCT(classTup))->relisshared;
+	ReleaseSysCache(classTup);
+
+	/* Store the data in the table's hash table entry. */
+	ts = GetCurrentTimestamp();
+
+	/* block acquiring lock for the same reason as pgstat_report_autovac() */
+	entry_ref = pgstat_get_entry_ref_locked(PGSTAT_KIND_RELATION,
+											isshared ? InvalidOid : MyDatabaseId,
+											relid, false);
+
+	shtabentry = (PgStatShared_Relation *) entry_ref->shared_stats;
+	tabentry = &shtabentry->stats;
+
+	if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOVAC)
+	{
+		if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM)
+		{
+			tabentry->last_skipped_autovacuum_time = ts;
+			tabentry->skipped_autovacuum_count++;
+		}
+		if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE)
+		{
+			tabentry->last_skipped_autoanalyze_time = ts;
+			tabentry->skipped_autoanalyze_count++;
+		}
+	}
+	else
+	{
+		if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM)
+		{
+			tabentry->last_skipped_vacuum_time = ts;
+			tabentry->skipped_vacuum_count++;
+		}
+		if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE)
+		{
+			tabentry->last_skipped_analyze_time = ts;
+			tabentry->skipped_analyze_count++;
+		}
+	}
+
+	pgstat_unlock_entry(entry_ref);
+
+	/* see pgstat_report_vacuum() */
+	pgstat_flush_io(false);
+	(void) pgstat_flush_backend(false, PGSTAT_BACKEND_FLUSH_IO);
+}
+
 /*
  * count a tuple insertion of n tuples
  */
diff --git a/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c b/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c
index 9185a8e6b83..18aaa3996e1 100644
--- a/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c
+++ b/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c
@@ -84,6 +84,18 @@ PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(mod_since_analyze)
 /* pg_stat_get_numscans */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(numscans)
 
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_analyze_count)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_autoanalyze_count)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_autovacuum_count)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_vacuum_count)
+
 /* pg_stat_get_tuples_deleted */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(tuples_deleted)
 
@@ -170,6 +182,18 @@ PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_vacuum_time)
 /* pg_stat_get_lastscan */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(lastscan)
 
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_analyze_time)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_autoanalyze_time)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_autovacuum_time)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_vacuum_time)
+
 /* pg_stat_get_stat_reset_time */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(stat_reset_time)
 
diff --git a/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat b/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat
index 0118e970dda..ccfe3d9e02a 100644
--- a/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat
+++ b/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat
@@ -5667,6 +5667,38 @@
   proname => 'pg_stat_get_total_autoanalyze_time', provolatile => 's',
   proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'float8', proargtypes => 'oid',
   prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_total_autoanalyze_time' },
+{ oid => '8142', descr => 'statistics: last skipped vacuum time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time' },
+{ oid => '8143', descr => 'statistics: last skipped auto vacuum time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time' },
+{ oid => '8144', descr => 'statistics: last skipped analyze time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time' },
+{ oid => '8145', descr => 'statistics: last skipped auto analyze time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time' },
+{ oid => '8146', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped vacuum for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count' },
+{ oid => '8147', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped auto vacuum for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count' },
+{ oid => '8148', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped analyzes for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count' },
+{ oid => '8149', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped auto analyzes for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count' },
 { oid => '1936', descr => 'statistics: currently active backend IDs',
   proname => 'pg_stat_get_backend_idset', prorows => '100', proretset => 't',
   provolatile => 's', proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int4',
diff --git a/src/include/pgstat.h b/src/include/pgstat.h
index 8e3549c3752..343081a7a25 100644
--- a/src/include/pgstat.h
+++ b/src/include/pgstat.h
@@ -479,6 +479,15 @@ typedef struct PgStat_StatTabEntry
 	TimestampTz last_autoanalyze_time;	/* autovacuum initiated */
 	PgStat_Counter autoanalyze_count;
 
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_vacuum_time;	/* user initiated vacuum */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_vacuum_count;
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_autovacuum_time;	/* autovacuum initiated */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_autovacuum_count;
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_analyze_time;	/* user initiated */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_analyze_count;
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_autoanalyze_time;	/* autovacuum initiated */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_autoanalyze_count;
+
 	PgStat_Counter total_vacuum_time;	/* times in milliseconds */
 	PgStat_Counter total_autovacuum_time;
 	PgStat_Counter total_analyze_time;
@@ -707,6 +716,13 @@ extern void pgstat_report_analyze(Relation rel,
 								  PgStat_Counter livetuples, PgStat_Counter deadtuples,
 								  bool resetcounter, TimestampTz starttime);
 
+/* flags for pgstat_flush_backend() */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM	(1 << 0)	/* vacuum is skipped */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE	(1 << 1)	/* analyze is skipped */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOVAC	(1 << 2)	/* skipped during autovacuum/autoanalyze */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANY   (PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM | PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE)
+extern void pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(Oid relid, bits8 flags);
+
 /*
  * If stats are enabled, but pending data hasn't been prepared yet, call
  * pgstat_assoc_relation() to do so. See its comment for why this is done
diff --git a/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out b/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out
index 2b3cf6d8569..4ccfc43e903 100644
--- a/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out
+++ b/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out
@@ -1835,13 +1835,21 @@ pg_stat_all_tables| SELECT c.oid AS relid,
     pg_stat_get_mod_since_analyze(c.oid) AS n_mod_since_analyze,
     pg_stat_get_ins_since_vacuum(c.oid) AS n_ins_since_vacuum,
     pg_stat_get_last_vacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_vacuum,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_vacuum,
     pg_stat_get_last_autovacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_autovacuum,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_autovacuum,
     pg_stat_get_last_analyze_time(c.oid) AS last_analyze,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_analyze,
     pg_stat_get_last_autoanalyze_time(c.oid) AS last_autoanalyze,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_autoanalyze,
     pg_stat_get_vacuum_count(c.oid) AS vacuum_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count(c.oid) AS skipped_vacuum_count,
     pg_stat_get_autovacuum_count(c.oid) AS autovacuum_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count(c.oid) AS skipped_autovacuum_count,
     pg_stat_get_analyze_count(c.oid) AS analyze_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count(c.oid) AS skipped_analyze_count,
     pg_stat_get_autoanalyze_count(c.oid) AS autoanalyze_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count(c.oid) AS skipped_autoanalyze_count,
     pg_stat_get_total_vacuum_time(c.oid) AS total_vacuum_time,
     pg_stat_get_total_autovacuum_time(c.oid) AS total_autovacuum_time,
     pg_stat_get_total_analyze_time(c.oid) AS total_analyze_time,
@@ -2293,13 +2301,21 @@ pg_stat_sys_tables| SELECT relid,
     n_mod_since_analyze,
     n_ins_since_vacuum,
     last_vacuum,
+    last_skipped_vacuum,
     last_autovacuum,
+    last_skipped_autovacuum,
     last_analyze,
+    last_skipped_analyze,
     last_autoanalyze,
+    last_skipped_autoanalyze,
     vacuum_count,
+    skipped_vacuum_count,
     autovacuum_count,
+    skipped_autovacuum_count,
     analyze_count,
+    skipped_analyze_count,
     autoanalyze_count,
+    skipped_autoanalyze_count,
     total_vacuum_time,
     total_autovacuum_time,
     total_analyze_time,
@@ -2348,13 +2364,21 @@ pg_stat_user_tables| SELECT relid,
     n_mod_since_analyze,
     n_ins_since_vacuum,
     last_vacuum,
+    last_skipped_vacuum,
     last_autovacuum,
+    last_skipped_autovacuum,
     last_analyze,
+    last_skipped_analyze,
     last_autoanalyze,
+    last_skipped_autoanalyze,
     vacuum_count,
+    skipped_vacuum_count,
     autovacuum_count,
+    skipped_autovacuum_count,
     analyze_count,
+    skipped_analyze_count,
     autoanalyze_count,
+    skipped_autoanalyze_count,
     total_vacuum_time,
     total_autovacuum_time,
     total_analyze_time,
-- 
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* [PATCH v3] Track skipped vacuum and analyze activity per relation
@ 2026-03-24 04:09 Yugo Nagata <[email protected]>
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From: Yugo Nagata @ 2026-03-24 04:09 UTC (permalink / raw)

This commit adds eight fields to the relation statistics that track
the last time vacuum or analyze has been attempted but skipped due to
lock unavailability, along with their counts:

-    last_skipped_vacuum
-    last_skipped_autovacuum
-    last_skipped_analyze
-    last_skipped_autoanalyze
-    skipped_vacuum_count
-    skipped_autovacuum_count
-    skipped_analyze_count
-    skipped_autoanalyze_count

These field can help users confirm that autovacuum is actively attempting
to run on a table that has not been vacuumed or analyzed for a long time,
and that the lack of progress is due to repeated skips rather than inactivity.
---
 doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml                 | 80 +++++++++++++++++
 src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql         |  8 ++
 src/backend/commands/vacuum.c                | 95 +++++++++++++++-----
 src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c | 68 ++++++++++++++
 src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c          | 24 +++++
 src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat              | 32 +++++++
 src/include/pgstat.h                         | 16 ++++
 src/test/regress/expected/rules.out          | 24 +++++
 8 files changed, 324 insertions(+), 23 deletions(-)

diff --git a/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml b/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml
index bb75ed1069b..9ec8070b2fc 100644
--- a/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml
+++ b/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml
@@ -4372,6 +4372,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_vacuum</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time a manual vacuum on this table was attempted but skipped due to
+       lock unavailability (not counting <command>VACUUM FULL</command>)
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>last_autovacuum</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
@@ -4382,6 +4392,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_autovacuum</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time a vacuum on this table by the autovacuum daemon was attempted
+       but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>last_analyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
@@ -4391,6 +4411,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_analyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time a manual analyze on this table was attempted but skipped due to
+       lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>last_autoanalyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
@@ -4401,6 +4431,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_autoanalyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time at which an analyze on this table by the autovacuum was
+       attempted but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>vacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4411,6 +4451,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_vacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times vacuums on this table have been attempted but skipped
+       due to lock unavailability (not counting <command>VACUUM FULL</command>)
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>autovacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4421,6 +4471,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_autovacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times vacuums on this table by the autovacuum daemon have been
+       attempted but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>analyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4430,6 +4490,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_analyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times manual analyzes on this table have been attempted but
+       skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>autoanalyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4440,6 +4510,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_autoanalyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times analyzes on this table by the autovacuum daemon have
+       been attempted but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>total_vacuum_time</structfield> <type>double precision</type>
diff --git a/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql b/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql
index e54018004db..2ca02a0354c 100644
--- a/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql
+++ b/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql
@@ -736,13 +736,21 @@ CREATE VIEW pg_stat_all_tables AS
             pg_stat_get_mod_since_analyze(C.oid) AS n_mod_since_analyze,
             pg_stat_get_ins_since_vacuum(C.oid) AS n_ins_since_vacuum,
             pg_stat_get_last_vacuum_time(C.oid) as last_vacuum,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_vacuum,
             pg_stat_get_last_autovacuum_time(C.oid) as last_autovacuum,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_autovacuum,
             pg_stat_get_last_analyze_time(C.oid) as last_analyze,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_analyze,
             pg_stat_get_last_autoanalyze_time(C.oid) as last_autoanalyze,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_autoanalyze,
             pg_stat_get_vacuum_count(C.oid) AS vacuum_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count(C.oid) AS skipped_vacuum_count,
             pg_stat_get_autovacuum_count(C.oid) AS autovacuum_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count(C.oid) AS skipped_autovacuum_count,
             pg_stat_get_analyze_count(C.oid) AS analyze_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count(C.oid) AS skipped_analyze_count,
             pg_stat_get_autoanalyze_count(C.oid) AS autoanalyze_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count(C.oid) AS skipped_autoanalyze_count,
             pg_stat_get_total_vacuum_time(C.oid) AS total_vacuum_time,
             pg_stat_get_total_autovacuum_time(C.oid) AS total_autovacuum_time,
             pg_stat_get_total_analyze_time(C.oid) AS total_analyze_time,
diff --git a/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c b/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c
index bce3a2daa24..ce83b3171be 100644
--- a/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c
+++ b/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c
@@ -792,8 +792,18 @@ vacuum_open_relation(Oid relid, RangeVar *relation, bits32 options,
 		rel = try_relation_open(relid, NoLock);
 	else
 	{
+		bits8 flags = 0;
 		rel = NULL;
 		rel_lock = false;
+
+		if ((options & VACOPT_VACUUM) != 0)
+			flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM;
+		if ((options & VACOPT_ANALYZE) != 0)
+			flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE;
+		if (AmAutoVacuumWorkerProcess())
+			flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOVAC;
+
+		pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(relid, flags);
 	}
 
 	/* if relation is opened, leave */
@@ -801,7 +811,7 @@ vacuum_open_relation(Oid relid, RangeVar *relation, bits32 options,
 		return rel;
 
 	/*
-	 * Relation could not be opened, hence generate if possible a log
+	 * Relation could not be opened hence generate if possible a log
 	 * informing on the situation.
 	 *
 	 * If the RangeVar is not defined, we do not have enough information to
@@ -904,7 +914,6 @@ expand_vacuum_rel(VacuumRelation *vrel, MemoryContext vac_context,
 		Form_pg_class classForm;
 		bool		include_children;
 		bool		is_partitioned_table;
-		int			rvr_opts;
 
 		/*
 		 * Since autovacuum workers supply OIDs when calling vacuum(), no
@@ -917,29 +926,69 @@ expand_vacuum_rel(VacuumRelation *vrel, MemoryContext vac_context,
 		 * below, as well as find_all_inheritors's expectation that the caller
 		 * holds some lock on the starting relation.
 		 */
-		rvr_opts = (options & VACOPT_SKIP_LOCKED) ? RVR_SKIP_LOCKED : 0;
-		relid = RangeVarGetRelidExtended(vrel->relation,
-										 AccessShareLock,
-										 rvr_opts,
-										 NULL, NULL);
-
-		/*
-		 * If the lock is unavailable, emit the same log statement that
-		 * vacuum_rel() and analyze_rel() would.
-		 */
-		if (!OidIsValid(relid))
+		if (!(options & VACOPT_SKIP_LOCKED))
 		{
-			if (options & VACOPT_VACUUM)
-				ereport(WARNING,
-						(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
-						 errmsg("skipping vacuum of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
-								vrel->relation->relname)));
-			else
-				ereport(WARNING,
-						(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
-						 errmsg("skipping analyze of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
+			relid = RangeVarGetRelidExtended(vrel->relation,
+											 AccessShareLock,
+											 0, NULL, NULL);
+			if (!OidIsValid(relid))
+				return vacrels;
+		}
+		else
+		{
+			/* Get relid for reporting before taking a lock */
+			relid = RangeVarGetRelid(vrel->relation, NoLock, false);
+
+			if (!ConditionalLockRelationOid(relid, AccessShareLock))
+			{
+				bits8	flags = 0;
+				/*
+				 * If the lock is unavailable, emit the same log statement that
+				 * vacuum_rel() and analyze_rel() would.
+				 */
+				if (options & VACOPT_VACUUM)
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping vacuum of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
 								vrel->relation->relname)));
-			return vacrels;
+				else
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping analyze of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
+									vrel->relation->relname)));
+
+				if ((options & VACOPT_VACUUM) != 0)
+					flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM;
+				if ((options & VACOPT_ANALYZE) != 0)
+					flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE;
+
+				pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(relid, flags);
+
+				return vacrels;
+			}
+
+			/*
+			 * Now that we have the lock, probe to see if the relation really
+			 * exists or not.
+			 */
+			if (!SearchSysCacheExists1(RELOID, ObjectIdGetDatum(relid)))
+			{
+				if (options & VACOPT_VACUUM)
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_UNDEFINED_TABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping vacuum of \"%s\" --- relation no longer exists",
+									vrel->relation->relname)));
+				else
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_UNDEFINED_TABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping analyze of \"%s\" --- relation no longer exists",
+									vrel->relation->relname)));
+
+				/* Release useless lock */
+				UnlockRelationOid(relid, AccessShareLock);
+
+				return vacrels;
+			}
 		}
 
 		/*
diff --git a/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c b/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c
index bc8c43b96aa..cec4c88980e 100644
--- a/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c
+++ b/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c
@@ -17,6 +17,7 @@
 
 #include "postgres.h"
 
+#include "access/htup_details.h"
 #include "access/twophase_rmgr.h"
 #include "access/xact.h"
 #include "catalog/catalog.h"
@@ -366,6 +367,73 @@ pgstat_report_analyze(Relation rel,
 	(void) pgstat_flush_backend(false, PGSTAT_BACKEND_FLUSH_IO);
 }
 
+/*
+ * Report that the table was skipped during vacuum or/and analyze.
+ */
+void
+pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(Oid relid, bits8 flags)
+{
+	PgStat_EntryRef *entry_ref;
+	PgStatShared_Relation *shtabentry;
+	PgStat_StatTabEntry *tabentry;
+	TimestampTz ts;
+	HeapTuple	classTup;
+	bool		isshared;
+
+	if (!pgstat_track_counts || !(flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANY))
+		return;
+
+	classTup = SearchSysCache1(RELOID, ObjectIdGetDatum(relid));
+	if (!HeapTupleIsValid(classTup))
+		return;			/* somebody deleted the rel, forget it */
+	isshared = ((Form_pg_class) GETSTRUCT(classTup))->relisshared;
+	ReleaseSysCache(classTup);
+
+	/* Store the data in the table's hash table entry. */
+	ts = GetCurrentTimestamp();
+
+	/* block acquiring lock for the same reason as pgstat_report_autovac() */
+	entry_ref = pgstat_get_entry_ref_locked(PGSTAT_KIND_RELATION,
+											isshared ? InvalidOid : MyDatabaseId,
+											relid, false);
+
+	shtabentry = (PgStatShared_Relation *) entry_ref->shared_stats;
+	tabentry = &shtabentry->stats;
+
+	if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOVAC)
+	{
+		if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM)
+		{
+			tabentry->last_skipped_autovacuum_time = ts;
+			tabentry->skipped_autovacuum_count++;
+		}
+		if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE)
+		{
+			tabentry->last_skipped_autoanalyze_time = ts;
+			tabentry->skipped_autoanalyze_count++;
+		}
+	}
+	else
+	{
+		if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM)
+		{
+			tabentry->last_skipped_vacuum_time = ts;
+			tabentry->skipped_vacuum_count++;
+		}
+		if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE)
+		{
+			tabentry->last_skipped_analyze_time = ts;
+			tabentry->skipped_analyze_count++;
+		}
+	}
+
+	pgstat_unlock_entry(entry_ref);
+
+	/* see pgstat_report_vacuum() */
+	pgstat_flush_io(false);
+	(void) pgstat_flush_backend(false, PGSTAT_BACKEND_FLUSH_IO);
+}
+
 /*
  * count a tuple insertion of n tuples
  */
diff --git a/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c b/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c
index 9185a8e6b83..18aaa3996e1 100644
--- a/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c
+++ b/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c
@@ -84,6 +84,18 @@ PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(mod_since_analyze)
 /* pg_stat_get_numscans */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(numscans)
 
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_analyze_count)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_autoanalyze_count)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_autovacuum_count)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_vacuum_count)
+
 /* pg_stat_get_tuples_deleted */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(tuples_deleted)
 
@@ -170,6 +182,18 @@ PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_vacuum_time)
 /* pg_stat_get_lastscan */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(lastscan)
 
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_analyze_time)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_autoanalyze_time)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_autovacuum_time)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_vacuum_time)
+
 /* pg_stat_get_stat_reset_time */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(stat_reset_time)
 
diff --git a/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat b/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat
index 0118e970dda..ccfe3d9e02a 100644
--- a/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat
+++ b/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat
@@ -5667,6 +5667,38 @@
   proname => 'pg_stat_get_total_autoanalyze_time', provolatile => 's',
   proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'float8', proargtypes => 'oid',
   prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_total_autoanalyze_time' },
+{ oid => '8142', descr => 'statistics: last skipped vacuum time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time' },
+{ oid => '8143', descr => 'statistics: last skipped auto vacuum time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time' },
+{ oid => '8144', descr => 'statistics: last skipped analyze time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time' },
+{ oid => '8145', descr => 'statistics: last skipped auto analyze time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time' },
+{ oid => '8146', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped vacuum for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count' },
+{ oid => '8147', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped auto vacuum for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count' },
+{ oid => '8148', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped analyzes for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count' },
+{ oid => '8149', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped auto analyzes for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count' },
 { oid => '1936', descr => 'statistics: currently active backend IDs',
   proname => 'pg_stat_get_backend_idset', prorows => '100', proretset => 't',
   provolatile => 's', proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int4',
diff --git a/src/include/pgstat.h b/src/include/pgstat.h
index 8e3549c3752..343081a7a25 100644
--- a/src/include/pgstat.h
+++ b/src/include/pgstat.h
@@ -479,6 +479,15 @@ typedef struct PgStat_StatTabEntry
 	TimestampTz last_autoanalyze_time;	/* autovacuum initiated */
 	PgStat_Counter autoanalyze_count;
 
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_vacuum_time;	/* user initiated vacuum */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_vacuum_count;
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_autovacuum_time;	/* autovacuum initiated */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_autovacuum_count;
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_analyze_time;	/* user initiated */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_analyze_count;
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_autoanalyze_time;	/* autovacuum initiated */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_autoanalyze_count;
+
 	PgStat_Counter total_vacuum_time;	/* times in milliseconds */
 	PgStat_Counter total_autovacuum_time;
 	PgStat_Counter total_analyze_time;
@@ -707,6 +716,13 @@ extern void pgstat_report_analyze(Relation rel,
 								  PgStat_Counter livetuples, PgStat_Counter deadtuples,
 								  bool resetcounter, TimestampTz starttime);
 
+/* flags for pgstat_flush_backend() */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM	(1 << 0)	/* vacuum is skipped */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE	(1 << 1)	/* analyze is skipped */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOVAC	(1 << 2)	/* skipped during autovacuum/autoanalyze */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANY   (PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM | PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE)
+extern void pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(Oid relid, bits8 flags);
+
 /*
  * If stats are enabled, but pending data hasn't been prepared yet, call
  * pgstat_assoc_relation() to do so. See its comment for why this is done
diff --git a/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out b/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out
index 2b3cf6d8569..4ccfc43e903 100644
--- a/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out
+++ b/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out
@@ -1835,13 +1835,21 @@ pg_stat_all_tables| SELECT c.oid AS relid,
     pg_stat_get_mod_since_analyze(c.oid) AS n_mod_since_analyze,
     pg_stat_get_ins_since_vacuum(c.oid) AS n_ins_since_vacuum,
     pg_stat_get_last_vacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_vacuum,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_vacuum,
     pg_stat_get_last_autovacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_autovacuum,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_autovacuum,
     pg_stat_get_last_analyze_time(c.oid) AS last_analyze,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_analyze,
     pg_stat_get_last_autoanalyze_time(c.oid) AS last_autoanalyze,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_autoanalyze,
     pg_stat_get_vacuum_count(c.oid) AS vacuum_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count(c.oid) AS skipped_vacuum_count,
     pg_stat_get_autovacuum_count(c.oid) AS autovacuum_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count(c.oid) AS skipped_autovacuum_count,
     pg_stat_get_analyze_count(c.oid) AS analyze_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count(c.oid) AS skipped_analyze_count,
     pg_stat_get_autoanalyze_count(c.oid) AS autoanalyze_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count(c.oid) AS skipped_autoanalyze_count,
     pg_stat_get_total_vacuum_time(c.oid) AS total_vacuum_time,
     pg_stat_get_total_autovacuum_time(c.oid) AS total_autovacuum_time,
     pg_stat_get_total_analyze_time(c.oid) AS total_analyze_time,
@@ -2293,13 +2301,21 @@ pg_stat_sys_tables| SELECT relid,
     n_mod_since_analyze,
     n_ins_since_vacuum,
     last_vacuum,
+    last_skipped_vacuum,
     last_autovacuum,
+    last_skipped_autovacuum,
     last_analyze,
+    last_skipped_analyze,
     last_autoanalyze,
+    last_skipped_autoanalyze,
     vacuum_count,
+    skipped_vacuum_count,
     autovacuum_count,
+    skipped_autovacuum_count,
     analyze_count,
+    skipped_analyze_count,
     autoanalyze_count,
+    skipped_autoanalyze_count,
     total_vacuum_time,
     total_autovacuum_time,
     total_analyze_time,
@@ -2348,13 +2364,21 @@ pg_stat_user_tables| SELECT relid,
     n_mod_since_analyze,
     n_ins_since_vacuum,
     last_vacuum,
+    last_skipped_vacuum,
     last_autovacuum,
+    last_skipped_autovacuum,
     last_analyze,
+    last_skipped_analyze,
     last_autoanalyze,
+    last_skipped_autoanalyze,
     vacuum_count,
+    skipped_vacuum_count,
     autovacuum_count,
+    skipped_autovacuum_count,
     analyze_count,
+    skipped_analyze_count,
     autoanalyze_count,
+    skipped_autoanalyze_count,
     total_vacuum_time,
     total_autovacuum_time,
     total_analyze_time,
-- 
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* [PATCH v3] Track skipped vacuum and analyze activity per relation
@ 2026-03-24 04:09 Yugo Nagata <[email protected]>
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From: Yugo Nagata @ 2026-03-24 04:09 UTC (permalink / raw)

This commit adds eight fields to the relation statistics that track
the last time vacuum or analyze has been attempted but skipped due to
lock unavailability, along with their counts:

-    last_skipped_vacuum
-    last_skipped_autovacuum
-    last_skipped_analyze
-    last_skipped_autoanalyze
-    skipped_vacuum_count
-    skipped_autovacuum_count
-    skipped_analyze_count
-    skipped_autoanalyze_count

These field can help users confirm that autovacuum is actively attempting
to run on a table that has not been vacuumed or analyzed for a long time,
and that the lack of progress is due to repeated skips rather than inactivity.
---
 doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml                 | 80 +++++++++++++++++
 src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql         |  8 ++
 src/backend/commands/vacuum.c                | 95 +++++++++++++++-----
 src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c | 68 ++++++++++++++
 src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c          | 24 +++++
 src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat              | 32 +++++++
 src/include/pgstat.h                         | 16 ++++
 src/test/regress/expected/rules.out          | 24 +++++
 8 files changed, 324 insertions(+), 23 deletions(-)

diff --git a/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml b/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml
index bb75ed1069b..9ec8070b2fc 100644
--- a/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml
+++ b/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml
@@ -4372,6 +4372,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_vacuum</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time a manual vacuum on this table was attempted but skipped due to
+       lock unavailability (not counting <command>VACUUM FULL</command>)
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>last_autovacuum</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
@@ -4382,6 +4392,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_autovacuum</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time a vacuum on this table by the autovacuum daemon was attempted
+       but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>last_analyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
@@ -4391,6 +4411,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_analyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time a manual analyze on this table was attempted but skipped due to
+       lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>last_autoanalyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
@@ -4401,6 +4431,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_autoanalyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time at which an analyze on this table by the autovacuum was
+       attempted but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>vacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4411,6 +4451,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_vacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times vacuums on this table have been attempted but skipped
+       due to lock unavailability (not counting <command>VACUUM FULL</command>)
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>autovacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4421,6 +4471,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_autovacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times vacuums on this table by the autovacuum daemon have been
+       attempted but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>analyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4430,6 +4490,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_analyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times manual analyzes on this table have been attempted but
+       skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>autoanalyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4440,6 +4510,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_autoanalyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times analyzes on this table by the autovacuum daemon have
+       been attempted but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>total_vacuum_time</structfield> <type>double precision</type>
diff --git a/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql b/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql
index e54018004db..2ca02a0354c 100644
--- a/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql
+++ b/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql
@@ -736,13 +736,21 @@ CREATE VIEW pg_stat_all_tables AS
             pg_stat_get_mod_since_analyze(C.oid) AS n_mod_since_analyze,
             pg_stat_get_ins_since_vacuum(C.oid) AS n_ins_since_vacuum,
             pg_stat_get_last_vacuum_time(C.oid) as last_vacuum,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_vacuum,
             pg_stat_get_last_autovacuum_time(C.oid) as last_autovacuum,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_autovacuum,
             pg_stat_get_last_analyze_time(C.oid) as last_analyze,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_analyze,
             pg_stat_get_last_autoanalyze_time(C.oid) as last_autoanalyze,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_autoanalyze,
             pg_stat_get_vacuum_count(C.oid) AS vacuum_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count(C.oid) AS skipped_vacuum_count,
             pg_stat_get_autovacuum_count(C.oid) AS autovacuum_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count(C.oid) AS skipped_autovacuum_count,
             pg_stat_get_analyze_count(C.oid) AS analyze_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count(C.oid) AS skipped_analyze_count,
             pg_stat_get_autoanalyze_count(C.oid) AS autoanalyze_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count(C.oid) AS skipped_autoanalyze_count,
             pg_stat_get_total_vacuum_time(C.oid) AS total_vacuum_time,
             pg_stat_get_total_autovacuum_time(C.oid) AS total_autovacuum_time,
             pg_stat_get_total_analyze_time(C.oid) AS total_analyze_time,
diff --git a/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c b/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c
index bce3a2daa24..ce83b3171be 100644
--- a/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c
+++ b/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c
@@ -792,8 +792,18 @@ vacuum_open_relation(Oid relid, RangeVar *relation, bits32 options,
 		rel = try_relation_open(relid, NoLock);
 	else
 	{
+		bits8 flags = 0;
 		rel = NULL;
 		rel_lock = false;
+
+		if ((options & VACOPT_VACUUM) != 0)
+			flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM;
+		if ((options & VACOPT_ANALYZE) != 0)
+			flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE;
+		if (AmAutoVacuumWorkerProcess())
+			flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOVAC;
+
+		pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(relid, flags);
 	}
 
 	/* if relation is opened, leave */
@@ -801,7 +811,7 @@ vacuum_open_relation(Oid relid, RangeVar *relation, bits32 options,
 		return rel;
 
 	/*
-	 * Relation could not be opened, hence generate if possible a log
+	 * Relation could not be opened hence generate if possible a log
 	 * informing on the situation.
 	 *
 	 * If the RangeVar is not defined, we do not have enough information to
@@ -904,7 +914,6 @@ expand_vacuum_rel(VacuumRelation *vrel, MemoryContext vac_context,
 		Form_pg_class classForm;
 		bool		include_children;
 		bool		is_partitioned_table;
-		int			rvr_opts;
 
 		/*
 		 * Since autovacuum workers supply OIDs when calling vacuum(), no
@@ -917,29 +926,69 @@ expand_vacuum_rel(VacuumRelation *vrel, MemoryContext vac_context,
 		 * below, as well as find_all_inheritors's expectation that the caller
 		 * holds some lock on the starting relation.
 		 */
-		rvr_opts = (options & VACOPT_SKIP_LOCKED) ? RVR_SKIP_LOCKED : 0;
-		relid = RangeVarGetRelidExtended(vrel->relation,
-										 AccessShareLock,
-										 rvr_opts,
-										 NULL, NULL);
-
-		/*
-		 * If the lock is unavailable, emit the same log statement that
-		 * vacuum_rel() and analyze_rel() would.
-		 */
-		if (!OidIsValid(relid))
+		if (!(options & VACOPT_SKIP_LOCKED))
 		{
-			if (options & VACOPT_VACUUM)
-				ereport(WARNING,
-						(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
-						 errmsg("skipping vacuum of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
-								vrel->relation->relname)));
-			else
-				ereport(WARNING,
-						(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
-						 errmsg("skipping analyze of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
+			relid = RangeVarGetRelidExtended(vrel->relation,
+											 AccessShareLock,
+											 0, NULL, NULL);
+			if (!OidIsValid(relid))
+				return vacrels;
+		}
+		else
+		{
+			/* Get relid for reporting before taking a lock */
+			relid = RangeVarGetRelid(vrel->relation, NoLock, false);
+
+			if (!ConditionalLockRelationOid(relid, AccessShareLock))
+			{
+				bits8	flags = 0;
+				/*
+				 * If the lock is unavailable, emit the same log statement that
+				 * vacuum_rel() and analyze_rel() would.
+				 */
+				if (options & VACOPT_VACUUM)
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping vacuum of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
 								vrel->relation->relname)));
-			return vacrels;
+				else
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping analyze of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
+									vrel->relation->relname)));
+
+				if ((options & VACOPT_VACUUM) != 0)
+					flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM;
+				if ((options & VACOPT_ANALYZE) != 0)
+					flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE;
+
+				pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(relid, flags);
+
+				return vacrels;
+			}
+
+			/*
+			 * Now that we have the lock, probe to see if the relation really
+			 * exists or not.
+			 */
+			if (!SearchSysCacheExists1(RELOID, ObjectIdGetDatum(relid)))
+			{
+				if (options & VACOPT_VACUUM)
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_UNDEFINED_TABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping vacuum of \"%s\" --- relation no longer exists",
+									vrel->relation->relname)));
+				else
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_UNDEFINED_TABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping analyze of \"%s\" --- relation no longer exists",
+									vrel->relation->relname)));
+
+				/* Release useless lock */
+				UnlockRelationOid(relid, AccessShareLock);
+
+				return vacrels;
+			}
 		}
 
 		/*
diff --git a/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c b/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c
index bc8c43b96aa..cec4c88980e 100644
--- a/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c
+++ b/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c
@@ -17,6 +17,7 @@
 
 #include "postgres.h"
 
+#include "access/htup_details.h"
 #include "access/twophase_rmgr.h"
 #include "access/xact.h"
 #include "catalog/catalog.h"
@@ -366,6 +367,73 @@ pgstat_report_analyze(Relation rel,
 	(void) pgstat_flush_backend(false, PGSTAT_BACKEND_FLUSH_IO);
 }
 
+/*
+ * Report that the table was skipped during vacuum or/and analyze.
+ */
+void
+pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(Oid relid, bits8 flags)
+{
+	PgStat_EntryRef *entry_ref;
+	PgStatShared_Relation *shtabentry;
+	PgStat_StatTabEntry *tabentry;
+	TimestampTz ts;
+	HeapTuple	classTup;
+	bool		isshared;
+
+	if (!pgstat_track_counts || !(flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANY))
+		return;
+
+	classTup = SearchSysCache1(RELOID, ObjectIdGetDatum(relid));
+	if (!HeapTupleIsValid(classTup))
+		return;			/* somebody deleted the rel, forget it */
+	isshared = ((Form_pg_class) GETSTRUCT(classTup))->relisshared;
+	ReleaseSysCache(classTup);
+
+	/* Store the data in the table's hash table entry. */
+	ts = GetCurrentTimestamp();
+
+	/* block acquiring lock for the same reason as pgstat_report_autovac() */
+	entry_ref = pgstat_get_entry_ref_locked(PGSTAT_KIND_RELATION,
+											isshared ? InvalidOid : MyDatabaseId,
+											relid, false);
+
+	shtabentry = (PgStatShared_Relation *) entry_ref->shared_stats;
+	tabentry = &shtabentry->stats;
+
+	if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOVAC)
+	{
+		if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM)
+		{
+			tabentry->last_skipped_autovacuum_time = ts;
+			tabentry->skipped_autovacuum_count++;
+		}
+		if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE)
+		{
+			tabentry->last_skipped_autoanalyze_time = ts;
+			tabentry->skipped_autoanalyze_count++;
+		}
+	}
+	else
+	{
+		if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM)
+		{
+			tabentry->last_skipped_vacuum_time = ts;
+			tabentry->skipped_vacuum_count++;
+		}
+		if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE)
+		{
+			tabentry->last_skipped_analyze_time = ts;
+			tabentry->skipped_analyze_count++;
+		}
+	}
+
+	pgstat_unlock_entry(entry_ref);
+
+	/* see pgstat_report_vacuum() */
+	pgstat_flush_io(false);
+	(void) pgstat_flush_backend(false, PGSTAT_BACKEND_FLUSH_IO);
+}
+
 /*
  * count a tuple insertion of n tuples
  */
diff --git a/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c b/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c
index 9185a8e6b83..18aaa3996e1 100644
--- a/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c
+++ b/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c
@@ -84,6 +84,18 @@ PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(mod_since_analyze)
 /* pg_stat_get_numscans */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(numscans)
 
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_analyze_count)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_autoanalyze_count)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_autovacuum_count)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_vacuum_count)
+
 /* pg_stat_get_tuples_deleted */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(tuples_deleted)
 
@@ -170,6 +182,18 @@ PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_vacuum_time)
 /* pg_stat_get_lastscan */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(lastscan)
 
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_analyze_time)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_autoanalyze_time)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_autovacuum_time)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_vacuum_time)
+
 /* pg_stat_get_stat_reset_time */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(stat_reset_time)
 
diff --git a/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat b/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat
index 0118e970dda..ccfe3d9e02a 100644
--- a/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat
+++ b/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat
@@ -5667,6 +5667,38 @@
   proname => 'pg_stat_get_total_autoanalyze_time', provolatile => 's',
   proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'float8', proargtypes => 'oid',
   prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_total_autoanalyze_time' },
+{ oid => '8142', descr => 'statistics: last skipped vacuum time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time' },
+{ oid => '8143', descr => 'statistics: last skipped auto vacuum time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time' },
+{ oid => '8144', descr => 'statistics: last skipped analyze time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time' },
+{ oid => '8145', descr => 'statistics: last skipped auto analyze time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time' },
+{ oid => '8146', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped vacuum for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count' },
+{ oid => '8147', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped auto vacuum for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count' },
+{ oid => '8148', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped analyzes for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count' },
+{ oid => '8149', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped auto analyzes for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count' },
 { oid => '1936', descr => 'statistics: currently active backend IDs',
   proname => 'pg_stat_get_backend_idset', prorows => '100', proretset => 't',
   provolatile => 's', proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int4',
diff --git a/src/include/pgstat.h b/src/include/pgstat.h
index 8e3549c3752..343081a7a25 100644
--- a/src/include/pgstat.h
+++ b/src/include/pgstat.h
@@ -479,6 +479,15 @@ typedef struct PgStat_StatTabEntry
 	TimestampTz last_autoanalyze_time;	/* autovacuum initiated */
 	PgStat_Counter autoanalyze_count;
 
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_vacuum_time;	/* user initiated vacuum */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_vacuum_count;
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_autovacuum_time;	/* autovacuum initiated */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_autovacuum_count;
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_analyze_time;	/* user initiated */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_analyze_count;
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_autoanalyze_time;	/* autovacuum initiated */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_autoanalyze_count;
+
 	PgStat_Counter total_vacuum_time;	/* times in milliseconds */
 	PgStat_Counter total_autovacuum_time;
 	PgStat_Counter total_analyze_time;
@@ -707,6 +716,13 @@ extern void pgstat_report_analyze(Relation rel,
 								  PgStat_Counter livetuples, PgStat_Counter deadtuples,
 								  bool resetcounter, TimestampTz starttime);
 
+/* flags for pgstat_flush_backend() */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM	(1 << 0)	/* vacuum is skipped */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE	(1 << 1)	/* analyze is skipped */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOVAC	(1 << 2)	/* skipped during autovacuum/autoanalyze */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANY   (PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM | PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE)
+extern void pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(Oid relid, bits8 flags);
+
 /*
  * If stats are enabled, but pending data hasn't been prepared yet, call
  * pgstat_assoc_relation() to do so. See its comment for why this is done
diff --git a/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out b/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out
index 2b3cf6d8569..4ccfc43e903 100644
--- a/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out
+++ b/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out
@@ -1835,13 +1835,21 @@ pg_stat_all_tables| SELECT c.oid AS relid,
     pg_stat_get_mod_since_analyze(c.oid) AS n_mod_since_analyze,
     pg_stat_get_ins_since_vacuum(c.oid) AS n_ins_since_vacuum,
     pg_stat_get_last_vacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_vacuum,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_vacuum,
     pg_stat_get_last_autovacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_autovacuum,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_autovacuum,
     pg_stat_get_last_analyze_time(c.oid) AS last_analyze,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_analyze,
     pg_stat_get_last_autoanalyze_time(c.oid) AS last_autoanalyze,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_autoanalyze,
     pg_stat_get_vacuum_count(c.oid) AS vacuum_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count(c.oid) AS skipped_vacuum_count,
     pg_stat_get_autovacuum_count(c.oid) AS autovacuum_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count(c.oid) AS skipped_autovacuum_count,
     pg_stat_get_analyze_count(c.oid) AS analyze_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count(c.oid) AS skipped_analyze_count,
     pg_stat_get_autoanalyze_count(c.oid) AS autoanalyze_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count(c.oid) AS skipped_autoanalyze_count,
     pg_stat_get_total_vacuum_time(c.oid) AS total_vacuum_time,
     pg_stat_get_total_autovacuum_time(c.oid) AS total_autovacuum_time,
     pg_stat_get_total_analyze_time(c.oid) AS total_analyze_time,
@@ -2293,13 +2301,21 @@ pg_stat_sys_tables| SELECT relid,
     n_mod_since_analyze,
     n_ins_since_vacuum,
     last_vacuum,
+    last_skipped_vacuum,
     last_autovacuum,
+    last_skipped_autovacuum,
     last_analyze,
+    last_skipped_analyze,
     last_autoanalyze,
+    last_skipped_autoanalyze,
     vacuum_count,
+    skipped_vacuum_count,
     autovacuum_count,
+    skipped_autovacuum_count,
     analyze_count,
+    skipped_analyze_count,
     autoanalyze_count,
+    skipped_autoanalyze_count,
     total_vacuum_time,
     total_autovacuum_time,
     total_analyze_time,
@@ -2348,13 +2364,21 @@ pg_stat_user_tables| SELECT relid,
     n_mod_since_analyze,
     n_ins_since_vacuum,
     last_vacuum,
+    last_skipped_vacuum,
     last_autovacuum,
+    last_skipped_autovacuum,
     last_analyze,
+    last_skipped_analyze,
     last_autoanalyze,
+    last_skipped_autoanalyze,
     vacuum_count,
+    skipped_vacuum_count,
     autovacuum_count,
+    skipped_autovacuum_count,
     analyze_count,
+    skipped_analyze_count,
     autoanalyze_count,
+    skipped_autoanalyze_count,
     total_vacuum_time,
     total_autovacuum_time,
     total_analyze_time,
-- 
2.43.0


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* [PATCH v5] Track skipped vacuum and analyze activity per relation
@ 2026-03-24 04:09 Yugo Nagata <[email protected]>
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From: Yugo Nagata @ 2026-03-24 04:09 UTC (permalink / raw)

This commit adds eight fields to the relation statistics that track
the last time vacuum or analyze has been attempted but skipped due to
lock unavailability, along with their counts:

-    last_skipped_vacuum
-    last_skipped_autovacuum
-    last_skipped_analyze
-    last_skipped_autoanalyze
-    skipped_vacuum_count
-    skipped_autovacuum_count
-    skipped_analyze_count
-    skipped_autoanalyze_count

These field can help users confirm that autovacuum is actively attempting
to run on a table that has not been vacuumed or analyzed for a long time,
and that the lack of progress is due to repeated skips rather than inactivity.
---
 doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml                  |  88 ++++++
 src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql          |   8 +
 src/backend/commands/vacuum.c                 | 100 +++++--
 src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c  |  64 +++++
 src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c           |  24 ++
 src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat               |  32 +++
 src/include/pgstat.h                          |  16 ++
 .../isolation/expected/vacuum-skip-locked.out | 260 ++++++++++++++++--
 .../isolation/specs/vacuum-skip-locked.spec   |  41 +--
 src/test/regress/expected/rules.out           |  24 ++
 10 files changed, 601 insertions(+), 56 deletions(-)

diff --git a/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml b/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml
index 08d5b824552..a9b579d87a9 100644
--- a/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml
+++ b/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml
@@ -4387,6 +4387,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_vacuum</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time a manual vacuum on this table was attempted but skipped due to
+       lock unavailability (not counting <command>VACUUM FULL</command>)
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>last_autovacuum</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
@@ -4397,6 +4407,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_autovacuum</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time a vacuum on this table by the autovacuum daemon was attempted
+       but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>last_analyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
@@ -4406,6 +4426,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_analyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time a manual analyze on this table was attempted but skipped due to
+       lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>last_autoanalyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
@@ -4416,6 +4446,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_autoanalyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time at which an analyze on this table by the autovacuum was
+       attempted but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>vacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4426,6 +4466,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_vacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times manual vacuums on this table have been attempted but skipped
+       due to lock unavailability (not counting <command>VACUUM FULL</command>)
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>autovacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4436,6 +4486,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_autovacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times vacuums on this table by the autovacuum daemon have been
+       attempted but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>analyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4445,6 +4505,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_analyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times manual analyzes on this table have been attempted but
+       skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>autoanalyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4455,6 +4525,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_autoanalyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times analyzes on this table by the autovacuum daemon have
+       been attempted but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>total_vacuum_time</structfield> <type>double precision</type>
@@ -4510,6 +4590,14 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
    </tgroup>
   </table>
 
+  <note>
+   <para>
+    When a manual vacuum or analyze on a parent table in an inheritance or
+    partitioning hierarchy is skipped, the statistics are recorded only for
+    the parent table, not for its children.
+   </para>
+  </note>
+
  </sect2>
 
  <sect2 id="monitoring-pg-stat-autovacuum-scores-view">
diff --git a/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql b/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql
index 73a1c1c4670..f509fc7876b 100644
--- a/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql
+++ b/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql
@@ -736,13 +736,21 @@ CREATE VIEW pg_stat_all_tables AS
             pg_stat_get_mod_since_analyze(C.oid) AS n_mod_since_analyze,
             pg_stat_get_ins_since_vacuum(C.oid) AS n_ins_since_vacuum,
             pg_stat_get_last_vacuum_time(C.oid) as last_vacuum,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_vacuum,
             pg_stat_get_last_autovacuum_time(C.oid) as last_autovacuum,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_autovacuum,
             pg_stat_get_last_analyze_time(C.oid) as last_analyze,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_analyze,
             pg_stat_get_last_autoanalyze_time(C.oid) as last_autoanalyze,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_autoanalyze,
             pg_stat_get_vacuum_count(C.oid) AS vacuum_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count(C.oid) AS skipped_vacuum_count,
             pg_stat_get_autovacuum_count(C.oid) AS autovacuum_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count(C.oid) AS skipped_autovacuum_count,
             pg_stat_get_analyze_count(C.oid) AS analyze_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count(C.oid) AS skipped_analyze_count,
             pg_stat_get_autoanalyze_count(C.oid) AS autoanalyze_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count(C.oid) AS skipped_autoanalyze_count,
             pg_stat_get_total_vacuum_time(C.oid) AS total_vacuum_time,
             pg_stat_get_total_autovacuum_time(C.oid) AS total_autovacuum_time,
             pg_stat_get_total_analyze_time(C.oid) AS total_analyze_time,
diff --git a/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c b/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c
index 99d0db82ed7..df6526225e4 100644
--- a/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c
+++ b/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c
@@ -793,8 +793,25 @@ vacuum_open_relation(Oid relid, RangeVar *relation, uint32 options,
 		rel = try_relation_open(relid, NoLock);
 	else
 	{
+		int flags = 0;
 		rel = NULL;
 		rel_lock = false;
+
+		if ((options & VACOPT_VACUUM) != 0 && (options & VACOPT_FULL) == 0)
+		{
+			if (AmAutoVacuumWorkerProcess())
+				flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOVACUUM;
+			else
+				flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM;
+		}
+		if ((options & VACOPT_ANALYZE) != 0)
+		{
+			if (AmAutoVacuumWorkerProcess())
+				flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOANALYZE;
+			else
+				flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE;
+		}
+		pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(relid, flags);
 	}
 
 	/* if relation is opened, leave */
@@ -905,7 +922,6 @@ expand_vacuum_rel(VacuumRelation *vrel, MemoryContext vac_context,
 		Form_pg_class classForm;
 		bool		include_children;
 		bool		is_partitioned_table;
-		int			rvr_opts;
 
 		/*
 		 * Since autovacuum workers supply OIDs when calling vacuum(), no
@@ -918,29 +934,69 @@ expand_vacuum_rel(VacuumRelation *vrel, MemoryContext vac_context,
 		 * below, as well as find_all_inheritors's expectation that the caller
 		 * holds some lock on the starting relation.
 		 */
-		rvr_opts = (options & VACOPT_SKIP_LOCKED) ? RVR_SKIP_LOCKED : 0;
-		relid = RangeVarGetRelidExtended(vrel->relation,
-										 AccessShareLock,
-										 rvr_opts,
-										 NULL, NULL);
-
-		/*
-		 * If the lock is unavailable, emit the same log statement that
-		 * vacuum_rel() and analyze_rel() would.
-		 */
-		if (!OidIsValid(relid))
+		if (!(options & VACOPT_SKIP_LOCKED))
 		{
-			if (options & VACOPT_VACUUM)
-				ereport(WARNING,
-						(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
-						 errmsg("skipping vacuum of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
-								vrel->relation->relname)));
-			else
-				ereport(WARNING,
-						(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
-						 errmsg("skipping analyze of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
+			relid = RangeVarGetRelidExtended(vrel->relation,
+											 AccessShareLock,
+											 0, NULL, NULL);
+			if (!OidIsValid(relid))
+				return vacrels;
+		}
+		else
+		{
+			/* Get relid for reporting before taking a lock */
+			relid = RangeVarGetRelid(vrel->relation, NoLock, false);
+
+			if (!ConditionalLockRelationOid(relid, AccessShareLock))
+			{
+				int	flags = 0;
+				/*
+				 * If the lock is unavailable, emit the same log statement that
+				 * vacuum_rel() and analyze_rel() would.
+				 */
+				if (options & VACOPT_VACUUM)
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping vacuum of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
 								vrel->relation->relname)));
-			return vacrels;
+				else
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping analyze of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
+									vrel->relation->relname)));
+
+				if ((options & VACOPT_VACUUM) != 0 && (options & VACOPT_FULL) == 0)
+					flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM;
+				if ((options & VACOPT_ANALYZE) != 0)
+					flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE;
+
+				pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(relid, flags);
+
+				return vacrels;
+			}
+
+			/*
+			 * Now that we have the lock, probe to see if the relation really
+			 * exists or not.
+			 */
+			if (!SearchSysCacheExists1(RELOID, ObjectIdGetDatum(relid)))
+			{
+				if (options & VACOPT_VACUUM)
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_UNDEFINED_TABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping vacuum of \"%s\" --- relation no longer exists",
+									vrel->relation->relname)));
+				else
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_UNDEFINED_TABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping analyze of \"%s\" --- relation no longer exists",
+									vrel->relation->relname)));
+
+				/* Release useless lock */
+				UnlockRelationOid(relid, AccessShareLock);
+
+				return vacrels;
+			}
 		}
 
 		/*
diff --git a/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c b/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c
index b2ca28f83ba..532d9023f8c 100644
--- a/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c
+++ b/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c
@@ -17,12 +17,14 @@
 
 #include "postgres.h"
 
+#include "access/htup_details.h"
 #include "access/twophase_rmgr.h"
 #include "access/xact.h"
 #include "catalog/catalog.h"
 #include "utils/memutils.h"
 #include "utils/pgstat_internal.h"
 #include "utils/rel.h"
+#include "utils/syscache.h"
 #include "utils/timestamp.h"
 
 
@@ -367,6 +369,68 @@ pgstat_report_analyze(Relation rel,
 	(void) pgstat_flush_backend(false, PGSTAT_BACKEND_FLUSH_IO);
 }
 
+/*
+ * Report that the table was skipped during vacuum or/and analyze.
+ */
+void
+pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(Oid relid, int flags)
+{
+	PgStat_EntryRef *entry_ref;
+	PgStatShared_Relation *shtabentry;
+	PgStat_StatTabEntry *tabentry;
+	TimestampTz ts;
+	HeapTuple	classTup;
+	bool		isshared;
+
+	if (!pgstat_track_counts || !flags)
+		return;
+
+	classTup = SearchSysCache1(RELOID, ObjectIdGetDatum(relid));
+	if (!HeapTupleIsValid(classTup))
+		return;			/* somebody deleted the rel, forget it */
+	isshared = ((Form_pg_class) GETSTRUCT(classTup))->relisshared;
+	ReleaseSysCache(classTup);
+
+	/* Store the data in the table's hash table entry. */
+	ts = GetCurrentTimestamp();
+
+	/* block acquiring lock for the same reason as pgstat_report_autovac() */
+	entry_ref = pgstat_get_entry_ref_locked(PGSTAT_KIND_RELATION,
+											isshared ? InvalidOid : MyDatabaseId,
+											relid, false);
+
+	shtabentry = (PgStatShared_Relation *) entry_ref->shared_stats;
+	tabentry = &shtabentry->stats;
+
+	if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM)
+	{
+		tabentry->last_skipped_vacuum_time = ts;
+		tabentry->skipped_vacuum_count++;
+	}
+	else if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOVACUUM)
+	{
+		tabentry->last_skipped_autovacuum_time = ts;
+		tabentry->skipped_autovacuum_count++;
+	}
+
+	if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE)
+	{
+		tabentry->last_skipped_analyze_time = ts;
+		tabentry->skipped_analyze_count++;
+	}
+	else if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOANALYZE)
+	{
+		tabentry->last_skipped_autoanalyze_time = ts;
+		tabentry->skipped_autoanalyze_count++;
+	}
+
+	pgstat_unlock_entry(entry_ref);
+
+	/* see pgstat_report_vacuum() */
+	pgstat_flush_io(false);
+	(void) pgstat_flush_backend(false, PGSTAT_BACKEND_FLUSH_IO);
+}
+
 /*
  * count a tuple insertion of n tuples
  */
diff --git a/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c b/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c
index 1408de387ea..90a8968faa0 100644
--- a/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c
+++ b/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c
@@ -84,6 +84,18 @@ PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(mod_since_analyze)
 /* pg_stat_get_numscans */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(numscans)
 
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_analyze_count)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_autoanalyze_count)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_autovacuum_count)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_vacuum_count)
+
 /* pg_stat_get_tuples_deleted */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(tuples_deleted)
 
@@ -170,6 +182,18 @@ PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_vacuum_time)
 /* pg_stat_get_lastscan */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(lastscan)
 
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_analyze_time)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_autoanalyze_time)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_autovacuum_time)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_vacuum_time)
+
 /* pg_stat_get_stat_reset_time */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(stat_reset_time)
 
diff --git a/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat b/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat
index fa9ae79082b..32debb34863 100644
--- a/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat
+++ b/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat
@@ -5680,6 +5680,38 @@
   proargmodes => '{o,o,o,o,o,o,o,o,o,o}',
   proargnames => '{oid,score,xid_score,mxid_score,vacuum_score,vacuum_insert_score,analyze_score,do_vacuum,do_analyze,for_wraparound}',
   prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_autovacuum_scores' },
+{ oid => '8142', descr => 'statistics: last skipped vacuum time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time' },
+{ oid => '8143', descr => 'statistics: last skipped auto vacuum time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time' },
+{ oid => '8144', descr => 'statistics: last skipped analyze time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time' },
+{ oid => '8145', descr => 'statistics: last skipped auto analyze time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time' },
+{ oid => '8146', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped vacuum for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count' },
+{ oid => '8147', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped auto vacuum for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count' },
+{ oid => '8148', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped analyzes for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count' },
+{ oid => '8149', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped auto analyzes for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count' },
 { oid => '1936', descr => 'statistics: currently active backend IDs',
   proname => 'pg_stat_get_backend_idset', prorows => '100', proretset => 't',
   provolatile => 's', proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int4',
diff --git a/src/include/pgstat.h b/src/include/pgstat.h
index dfa2e837638..98941f953d1 100644
--- a/src/include/pgstat.h
+++ b/src/include/pgstat.h
@@ -479,6 +479,15 @@ typedef struct PgStat_StatTabEntry
 	TimestampTz last_autoanalyze_time;	/* autovacuum initiated */
 	PgStat_Counter autoanalyze_count;
 
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_vacuum_time;	/* user initiated vacuum */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_vacuum_count;
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_autovacuum_time;	/* autovacuum initiated */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_autovacuum_count;
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_analyze_time;	/* user initiated */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_analyze_count;
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_autoanalyze_time;	/* autovacuum initiated */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_autoanalyze_count;
+
 	PgStat_Counter total_vacuum_time;	/* times in milliseconds */
 	PgStat_Counter total_autovacuum_time;
 	PgStat_Counter total_analyze_time;
@@ -703,6 +712,13 @@ extern void pgstat_report_analyze(Relation rel,
 								  PgStat_Counter livetuples, PgStat_Counter deadtuples,
 								  bool resetcounter, TimestampTz starttime);
 
+/* flags for pgstat_flush_backend() */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM		(1 << 0)	/* vacuum is skipped */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE		(1 << 1)	/* analyze is skipped */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOVACUUM	(1 << 2)	/* autovacuum is skipped */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOANALYZE	(1 << 3)	/* autoanalyze is skipped */
+extern void pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(Oid relid, int flags);
+
 /*
  * If stats are enabled, but pending data hasn't been prepared yet, call
  * pgstat_assoc_relation() to do so. See its comment for why this is done
diff --git a/src/test/isolation/expected/vacuum-skip-locked.out b/src/test/isolation/expected/vacuum-skip-locked.out
index 99db281a159..e2cff175b7c 100644
--- a/src/test/isolation/expected/vacuum-skip-locked.out
+++ b/src/test/isolation/expected/vacuum-skip-locked.out
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 Parsed test spec with 2 sessions
 
-starting permutation: lock_share vac_specified commit
+starting permutation: lock_share vac_specified commit check_stat
 step lock_share: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN SHARE MODE;
@@ -10,8 +10,22 @@ step vac_specified: VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED) part1, part2;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
 
-starting permutation: lock_share vac_all_parts commit
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   1|            0|                    0
+part2  |           1|                   0|            0|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
+
+starting permutation: lock_share vac_all_parts commit check_stat
 step lock_share: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN SHARE MODE;
@@ -20,8 +34,22 @@ step vac_all_parts: VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED) parted;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   1|            0|                    0
+part2  |           1|                   0|            0|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
 
-starting permutation: lock_share analyze_specified commit
+starting permutation: lock_share analyze_specified commit check_stat
 step lock_share: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN SHARE MODE;
@@ -31,8 +59,22 @@ step analyze_specified: ANALYZE (SKIP_LOCKED) part1, part2;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
 
-starting permutation: lock_share analyze_all_parts commit
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   0|            0|                    1
+part2  |           0|                   0|            1|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
+
+starting permutation: lock_share analyze_all_parts commit check_stat
 step lock_share: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN SHARE MODE;
@@ -41,8 +83,22 @@ step analyze_all_parts: ANALYZE (SKIP_LOCKED) parted;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            1|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   0|            0|                    1
+part2  |           0|                   0|            1|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
 
-starting permutation: lock_share vac_analyze_specified commit
+starting permutation: lock_share vac_analyze_specified commit check_stat
 step lock_share: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN SHARE MODE;
@@ -52,8 +108,22 @@ step vac_analyze_specified: VACUUM (ANALYZE, SKIP_LOCKED) part1, part2;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
 
-starting permutation: lock_share vac_analyze_all_parts commit
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   1|            0|                    1
+part2  |           1|                   0|            1|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
+
+starting permutation: lock_share vac_analyze_all_parts commit check_stat
 step lock_share: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN SHARE MODE;
@@ -62,8 +132,22 @@ step vac_analyze_all_parts: VACUUM (ANALYZE, SKIP_LOCKED) parted;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            1|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   1|            0|                    1
+part2  |           1|                   0|            1|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
 
-starting permutation: lock_share vac_full_specified commit
+starting permutation: lock_share vac_full_specified commit check_stat
 step lock_share: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN SHARE MODE;
@@ -73,8 +157,22 @@ step vac_full_specified: VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED, FULL) part1, part2;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
 
-starting permutation: lock_share vac_full_all_parts commit
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part2  |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
+
+starting permutation: lock_share vac_full_all_parts commit check_stat
 step lock_share: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN SHARE MODE;
@@ -83,8 +181,22 @@ step vac_full_all_parts: VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED, FULL) parted;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part2  |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+(3 rows)
 
-starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_specified commit
+
+starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_specified commit check_stat
 step lock_access_exclusive: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN ACCESS EXCLUSIVE MODE;
@@ -94,8 +206,22 @@ step vac_specified: VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED) part1, part2;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   1|            0|                    0
+part2  |           1|                   0|            0|                    0
+(3 rows)
 
-starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_all_parts commit
+
+starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_all_parts commit check_stat
 step lock_access_exclusive: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN ACCESS EXCLUSIVE MODE;
@@ -104,8 +230,22 @@ step vac_all_parts: VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED) parted;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   1|            0|                    0
+part2  |           1|                   0|            0|                    0
+(3 rows)
 
-starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive analyze_specified commit
+
+starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive analyze_specified commit check_stat
 step lock_access_exclusive: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN ACCESS EXCLUSIVE MODE;
@@ -115,8 +255,22 @@ step analyze_specified: ANALYZE (SKIP_LOCKED) part1, part2;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   0|            0|                    1
+part2  |           0|                   0|            1|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
 
-starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive analyze_all_parts commit
+starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive analyze_all_parts commit check_stat
 step lock_access_exclusive: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN ACCESS EXCLUSIVE MODE;
@@ -126,8 +280,22 @@ step commit:
 	COMMIT;
 
 step analyze_all_parts: <... completed>
-
-starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_analyze_specified commit
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            1|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   0|            1|                    0
+part2  |           0|                   0|            1|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
+
+starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_analyze_specified commit check_stat
 step lock_access_exclusive: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN ACCESS EXCLUSIVE MODE;
@@ -137,8 +305,22 @@ step vac_analyze_specified: VACUUM (ANALYZE, SKIP_LOCKED) part1, part2;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   1|            0|                    1
+part2  |           1|                   0|            1|                    0
+(3 rows)
 
-starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_analyze_all_parts commit
+
+starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_analyze_all_parts commit check_stat
 step lock_access_exclusive: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN ACCESS EXCLUSIVE MODE;
@@ -148,8 +330,22 @@ step commit:
 	COMMIT;
 
 step vac_analyze_all_parts: <... completed>
-
-starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_full_specified commit
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            1|                    0
+part1  |           1|                   0|            1|                    0
+part2  |           1|                   0|            1|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
+
+starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_full_specified commit check_stat
 step lock_access_exclusive: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN ACCESS EXCLUSIVE MODE;
@@ -159,8 +355,22 @@ step vac_full_specified: VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED, FULL) part1, part2;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
 
-starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_full_all_parts commit
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part2  |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
+
+starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_full_all_parts commit check_stat
 step lock_access_exclusive: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN ACCESS EXCLUSIVE MODE;
@@ -169,3 +379,17 @@ step vac_full_all_parts: VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED, FULL) parted;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part2  |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
diff --git a/src/test/isolation/specs/vacuum-skip-locked.spec b/src/test/isolation/specs/vacuum-skip-locked.spec
index 3fad6e1c92a..b0da75d4b6d 100644
--- a/src/test/isolation/specs/vacuum-skip-locked.spec
+++ b/src/test/isolation/specs/vacuum-skip-locked.spec
@@ -33,6 +33,15 @@ step commit
 	COMMIT;
 }
 
+step check_stat
+{
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+}
+
 session s2
 step vac_specified			{ VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED) part1, part2; }
 step vac_all_parts			{ VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED) parted; }
@@ -43,19 +52,19 @@ step vac_analyze_all_parts	{ VACUUM (ANALYZE, SKIP_LOCKED) parted; }
 step vac_full_specified		{ VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED, FULL) part1, part2; }
 step vac_full_all_parts		{ VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED, FULL) parted; }
 
-permutation lock_share vac_specified commit
-permutation lock_share vac_all_parts commit
-permutation lock_share analyze_specified commit
-permutation lock_share analyze_all_parts commit
-permutation lock_share vac_analyze_specified commit
-permutation lock_share vac_analyze_all_parts commit
-permutation lock_share vac_full_specified commit
-permutation lock_share vac_full_all_parts commit
-permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_specified commit
-permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_all_parts commit
-permutation lock_access_exclusive analyze_specified commit
-permutation lock_access_exclusive analyze_all_parts commit
-permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_analyze_specified commit
-permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_analyze_all_parts commit
-permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_full_specified commit
-permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_full_all_parts commit
+permutation lock_share vac_specified commit check_stat
+permutation lock_share vac_all_parts commit check_stat
+permutation lock_share analyze_specified commit check_stat
+permutation lock_share analyze_all_parts commit check_stat
+permutation lock_share vac_analyze_specified commit check_stat
+permutation lock_share vac_analyze_all_parts commit check_stat
+permutation lock_share vac_full_specified commit check_stat
+permutation lock_share vac_full_all_parts commit check_stat
+permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_specified commit check_stat
+permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_all_parts commit check_stat
+permutation lock_access_exclusive analyze_specified commit check_stat
+permutation lock_access_exclusive analyze_all_parts commit check_stat
+permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_analyze_specified commit check_stat
+permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_analyze_all_parts commit check_stat
+permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_full_specified commit check_stat
+permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_full_all_parts commit check_stat
diff --git a/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out b/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out
index a65a5bf0c4f..9b2075d3373 100644
--- a/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out
+++ b/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out
@@ -1835,13 +1835,21 @@ pg_stat_all_tables| SELECT c.oid AS relid,
     pg_stat_get_mod_since_analyze(c.oid) AS n_mod_since_analyze,
     pg_stat_get_ins_since_vacuum(c.oid) AS n_ins_since_vacuum,
     pg_stat_get_last_vacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_vacuum,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_vacuum,
     pg_stat_get_last_autovacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_autovacuum,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_autovacuum,
     pg_stat_get_last_analyze_time(c.oid) AS last_analyze,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_analyze,
     pg_stat_get_last_autoanalyze_time(c.oid) AS last_autoanalyze,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_autoanalyze,
     pg_stat_get_vacuum_count(c.oid) AS vacuum_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count(c.oid) AS skipped_vacuum_count,
     pg_stat_get_autovacuum_count(c.oid) AS autovacuum_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count(c.oid) AS skipped_autovacuum_count,
     pg_stat_get_analyze_count(c.oid) AS analyze_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count(c.oid) AS skipped_analyze_count,
     pg_stat_get_autoanalyze_count(c.oid) AS autoanalyze_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count(c.oid) AS skipped_autoanalyze_count,
     pg_stat_get_total_vacuum_time(c.oid) AS total_vacuum_time,
     pg_stat_get_total_autovacuum_time(c.oid) AS total_autovacuum_time,
     pg_stat_get_total_analyze_time(c.oid) AS total_analyze_time,
@@ -2346,13 +2354,21 @@ pg_stat_sys_tables| SELECT relid,
     n_mod_since_analyze,
     n_ins_since_vacuum,
     last_vacuum,
+    last_skipped_vacuum,
     last_autovacuum,
+    last_skipped_autovacuum,
     last_analyze,
+    last_skipped_analyze,
     last_autoanalyze,
+    last_skipped_autoanalyze,
     vacuum_count,
+    skipped_vacuum_count,
     autovacuum_count,
+    skipped_autovacuum_count,
     analyze_count,
+    skipped_analyze_count,
     autoanalyze_count,
+    skipped_autoanalyze_count,
     total_vacuum_time,
     total_autovacuum_time,
     total_analyze_time,
@@ -2401,13 +2417,21 @@ pg_stat_user_tables| SELECT relid,
     n_mod_since_analyze,
     n_ins_since_vacuum,
     last_vacuum,
+    last_skipped_vacuum,
     last_autovacuum,
+    last_skipped_autovacuum,
     last_analyze,
+    last_skipped_analyze,
     last_autoanalyze,
+    last_skipped_autoanalyze,
     vacuum_count,
+    skipped_vacuum_count,
     autovacuum_count,
+    skipped_autovacuum_count,
     analyze_count,
+    skipped_analyze_count,
     autoanalyze_count,
+    skipped_autoanalyze_count,
     total_vacuum_time,
     total_autovacuum_time,
     total_analyze_time,
-- 
2.43.0


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* [PATCH v5] Track skipped vacuum and analyze activity per relation
@ 2026-03-24 04:09 Yugo Nagata <[email protected]>
  0 siblings, 0 replies; 374+ messages in thread

From: Yugo Nagata @ 2026-03-24 04:09 UTC (permalink / raw)

This commit adds eight fields to the relation statistics that track
the last time vacuum or analyze has been attempted but skipped due to
lock unavailability, along with their counts:

-    last_skipped_vacuum
-    last_skipped_autovacuum
-    last_skipped_analyze
-    last_skipped_autoanalyze
-    skipped_vacuum_count
-    skipped_autovacuum_count
-    skipped_analyze_count
-    skipped_autoanalyze_count

These field can help users confirm that autovacuum is actively attempting
to run on a table that has not been vacuumed or analyzed for a long time,
and that the lack of progress is due to repeated skips rather than inactivity.
---
 doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml                  |  88 ++++++
 src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql          |   8 +
 src/backend/commands/vacuum.c                 | 100 +++++--
 src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c  |  64 +++++
 src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c           |  24 ++
 src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat               |  32 +++
 src/include/pgstat.h                          |  16 ++
 .../isolation/expected/vacuum-skip-locked.out | 260 ++++++++++++++++--
 .../isolation/specs/vacuum-skip-locked.spec   |  41 +--
 src/test/regress/expected/rules.out           |  24 ++
 10 files changed, 601 insertions(+), 56 deletions(-)

diff --git a/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml b/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml
index 08d5b824552..a9b579d87a9 100644
--- a/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml
+++ b/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml
@@ -4387,6 +4387,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_vacuum</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time a manual vacuum on this table was attempted but skipped due to
+       lock unavailability (not counting <command>VACUUM FULL</command>)
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>last_autovacuum</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
@@ -4397,6 +4407,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_autovacuum</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time a vacuum on this table by the autovacuum daemon was attempted
+       but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>last_analyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
@@ -4406,6 +4426,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_analyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time a manual analyze on this table was attempted but skipped due to
+       lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>last_autoanalyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
@@ -4416,6 +4446,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_autoanalyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time at which an analyze on this table by the autovacuum was
+       attempted but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>vacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4426,6 +4466,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_vacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times manual vacuums on this table have been attempted but skipped
+       due to lock unavailability (not counting <command>VACUUM FULL</command>)
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>autovacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4436,6 +4486,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_autovacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times vacuums on this table by the autovacuum daemon have been
+       attempted but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>analyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4445,6 +4505,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_analyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times manual analyzes on this table have been attempted but
+       skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>autoanalyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4455,6 +4525,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_autoanalyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times analyzes on this table by the autovacuum daemon have
+       been attempted but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>total_vacuum_time</structfield> <type>double precision</type>
@@ -4510,6 +4590,14 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
    </tgroup>
   </table>
 
+  <note>
+   <para>
+    When a manual vacuum or analyze on a parent table in an inheritance or
+    partitioning hierarchy is skipped, the statistics are recorded only for
+    the parent table, not for its children.
+   </para>
+  </note>
+
  </sect2>
 
  <sect2 id="monitoring-pg-stat-autovacuum-scores-view">
diff --git a/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql b/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql
index 73a1c1c4670..f509fc7876b 100644
--- a/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql
+++ b/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql
@@ -736,13 +736,21 @@ CREATE VIEW pg_stat_all_tables AS
             pg_stat_get_mod_since_analyze(C.oid) AS n_mod_since_analyze,
             pg_stat_get_ins_since_vacuum(C.oid) AS n_ins_since_vacuum,
             pg_stat_get_last_vacuum_time(C.oid) as last_vacuum,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_vacuum,
             pg_stat_get_last_autovacuum_time(C.oid) as last_autovacuum,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_autovacuum,
             pg_stat_get_last_analyze_time(C.oid) as last_analyze,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_analyze,
             pg_stat_get_last_autoanalyze_time(C.oid) as last_autoanalyze,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_autoanalyze,
             pg_stat_get_vacuum_count(C.oid) AS vacuum_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count(C.oid) AS skipped_vacuum_count,
             pg_stat_get_autovacuum_count(C.oid) AS autovacuum_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count(C.oid) AS skipped_autovacuum_count,
             pg_stat_get_analyze_count(C.oid) AS analyze_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count(C.oid) AS skipped_analyze_count,
             pg_stat_get_autoanalyze_count(C.oid) AS autoanalyze_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count(C.oid) AS skipped_autoanalyze_count,
             pg_stat_get_total_vacuum_time(C.oid) AS total_vacuum_time,
             pg_stat_get_total_autovacuum_time(C.oid) AS total_autovacuum_time,
             pg_stat_get_total_analyze_time(C.oid) AS total_analyze_time,
diff --git a/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c b/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c
index 99d0db82ed7..df6526225e4 100644
--- a/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c
+++ b/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c
@@ -793,8 +793,25 @@ vacuum_open_relation(Oid relid, RangeVar *relation, uint32 options,
 		rel = try_relation_open(relid, NoLock);
 	else
 	{
+		int flags = 0;
 		rel = NULL;
 		rel_lock = false;
+
+		if ((options & VACOPT_VACUUM) != 0 && (options & VACOPT_FULL) == 0)
+		{
+			if (AmAutoVacuumWorkerProcess())
+				flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOVACUUM;
+			else
+				flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM;
+		}
+		if ((options & VACOPT_ANALYZE) != 0)
+		{
+			if (AmAutoVacuumWorkerProcess())
+				flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOANALYZE;
+			else
+				flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE;
+		}
+		pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(relid, flags);
 	}
 
 	/* if relation is opened, leave */
@@ -905,7 +922,6 @@ expand_vacuum_rel(VacuumRelation *vrel, MemoryContext vac_context,
 		Form_pg_class classForm;
 		bool		include_children;
 		bool		is_partitioned_table;
-		int			rvr_opts;
 
 		/*
 		 * Since autovacuum workers supply OIDs when calling vacuum(), no
@@ -918,29 +934,69 @@ expand_vacuum_rel(VacuumRelation *vrel, MemoryContext vac_context,
 		 * below, as well as find_all_inheritors's expectation that the caller
 		 * holds some lock on the starting relation.
 		 */
-		rvr_opts = (options & VACOPT_SKIP_LOCKED) ? RVR_SKIP_LOCKED : 0;
-		relid = RangeVarGetRelidExtended(vrel->relation,
-										 AccessShareLock,
-										 rvr_opts,
-										 NULL, NULL);
-
-		/*
-		 * If the lock is unavailable, emit the same log statement that
-		 * vacuum_rel() and analyze_rel() would.
-		 */
-		if (!OidIsValid(relid))
+		if (!(options & VACOPT_SKIP_LOCKED))
 		{
-			if (options & VACOPT_VACUUM)
-				ereport(WARNING,
-						(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
-						 errmsg("skipping vacuum of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
-								vrel->relation->relname)));
-			else
-				ereport(WARNING,
-						(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
-						 errmsg("skipping analyze of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
+			relid = RangeVarGetRelidExtended(vrel->relation,
+											 AccessShareLock,
+											 0, NULL, NULL);
+			if (!OidIsValid(relid))
+				return vacrels;
+		}
+		else
+		{
+			/* Get relid for reporting before taking a lock */
+			relid = RangeVarGetRelid(vrel->relation, NoLock, false);
+
+			if (!ConditionalLockRelationOid(relid, AccessShareLock))
+			{
+				int	flags = 0;
+				/*
+				 * If the lock is unavailable, emit the same log statement that
+				 * vacuum_rel() and analyze_rel() would.
+				 */
+				if (options & VACOPT_VACUUM)
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping vacuum of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
 								vrel->relation->relname)));
-			return vacrels;
+				else
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping analyze of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
+									vrel->relation->relname)));
+
+				if ((options & VACOPT_VACUUM) != 0 && (options & VACOPT_FULL) == 0)
+					flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM;
+				if ((options & VACOPT_ANALYZE) != 0)
+					flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE;
+
+				pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(relid, flags);
+
+				return vacrels;
+			}
+
+			/*
+			 * Now that we have the lock, probe to see if the relation really
+			 * exists or not.
+			 */
+			if (!SearchSysCacheExists1(RELOID, ObjectIdGetDatum(relid)))
+			{
+				if (options & VACOPT_VACUUM)
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_UNDEFINED_TABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping vacuum of \"%s\" --- relation no longer exists",
+									vrel->relation->relname)));
+				else
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_UNDEFINED_TABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping analyze of \"%s\" --- relation no longer exists",
+									vrel->relation->relname)));
+
+				/* Release useless lock */
+				UnlockRelationOid(relid, AccessShareLock);
+
+				return vacrels;
+			}
 		}
 
 		/*
diff --git a/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c b/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c
index b2ca28f83ba..532d9023f8c 100644
--- a/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c
+++ b/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c
@@ -17,12 +17,14 @@
 
 #include "postgres.h"
 
+#include "access/htup_details.h"
 #include "access/twophase_rmgr.h"
 #include "access/xact.h"
 #include "catalog/catalog.h"
 #include "utils/memutils.h"
 #include "utils/pgstat_internal.h"
 #include "utils/rel.h"
+#include "utils/syscache.h"
 #include "utils/timestamp.h"
 
 
@@ -367,6 +369,68 @@ pgstat_report_analyze(Relation rel,
 	(void) pgstat_flush_backend(false, PGSTAT_BACKEND_FLUSH_IO);
 }
 
+/*
+ * Report that the table was skipped during vacuum or/and analyze.
+ */
+void
+pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(Oid relid, int flags)
+{
+	PgStat_EntryRef *entry_ref;
+	PgStatShared_Relation *shtabentry;
+	PgStat_StatTabEntry *tabentry;
+	TimestampTz ts;
+	HeapTuple	classTup;
+	bool		isshared;
+
+	if (!pgstat_track_counts || !flags)
+		return;
+
+	classTup = SearchSysCache1(RELOID, ObjectIdGetDatum(relid));
+	if (!HeapTupleIsValid(classTup))
+		return;			/* somebody deleted the rel, forget it */
+	isshared = ((Form_pg_class) GETSTRUCT(classTup))->relisshared;
+	ReleaseSysCache(classTup);
+
+	/* Store the data in the table's hash table entry. */
+	ts = GetCurrentTimestamp();
+
+	/* block acquiring lock for the same reason as pgstat_report_autovac() */
+	entry_ref = pgstat_get_entry_ref_locked(PGSTAT_KIND_RELATION,
+											isshared ? InvalidOid : MyDatabaseId,
+											relid, false);
+
+	shtabentry = (PgStatShared_Relation *) entry_ref->shared_stats;
+	tabentry = &shtabentry->stats;
+
+	if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM)
+	{
+		tabentry->last_skipped_vacuum_time = ts;
+		tabentry->skipped_vacuum_count++;
+	}
+	else if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOVACUUM)
+	{
+		tabentry->last_skipped_autovacuum_time = ts;
+		tabentry->skipped_autovacuum_count++;
+	}
+
+	if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE)
+	{
+		tabentry->last_skipped_analyze_time = ts;
+		tabentry->skipped_analyze_count++;
+	}
+	else if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOANALYZE)
+	{
+		tabentry->last_skipped_autoanalyze_time = ts;
+		tabentry->skipped_autoanalyze_count++;
+	}
+
+	pgstat_unlock_entry(entry_ref);
+
+	/* see pgstat_report_vacuum() */
+	pgstat_flush_io(false);
+	(void) pgstat_flush_backend(false, PGSTAT_BACKEND_FLUSH_IO);
+}
+
 /*
  * count a tuple insertion of n tuples
  */
diff --git a/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c b/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c
index 1408de387ea..90a8968faa0 100644
--- a/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c
+++ b/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c
@@ -84,6 +84,18 @@ PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(mod_since_analyze)
 /* pg_stat_get_numscans */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(numscans)
 
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_analyze_count)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_autoanalyze_count)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_autovacuum_count)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_vacuum_count)
+
 /* pg_stat_get_tuples_deleted */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(tuples_deleted)
 
@@ -170,6 +182,18 @@ PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_vacuum_time)
 /* pg_stat_get_lastscan */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(lastscan)
 
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_analyze_time)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_autoanalyze_time)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_autovacuum_time)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_vacuum_time)
+
 /* pg_stat_get_stat_reset_time */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(stat_reset_time)
 
diff --git a/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat b/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat
index fa9ae79082b..32debb34863 100644
--- a/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat
+++ b/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat
@@ -5680,6 +5680,38 @@
   proargmodes => '{o,o,o,o,o,o,o,o,o,o}',
   proargnames => '{oid,score,xid_score,mxid_score,vacuum_score,vacuum_insert_score,analyze_score,do_vacuum,do_analyze,for_wraparound}',
   prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_autovacuum_scores' },
+{ oid => '8142', descr => 'statistics: last skipped vacuum time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time' },
+{ oid => '8143', descr => 'statistics: last skipped auto vacuum time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time' },
+{ oid => '8144', descr => 'statistics: last skipped analyze time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time' },
+{ oid => '8145', descr => 'statistics: last skipped auto analyze time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time' },
+{ oid => '8146', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped vacuum for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count' },
+{ oid => '8147', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped auto vacuum for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count' },
+{ oid => '8148', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped analyzes for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count' },
+{ oid => '8149', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped auto analyzes for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count' },
 { oid => '1936', descr => 'statistics: currently active backend IDs',
   proname => 'pg_stat_get_backend_idset', prorows => '100', proretset => 't',
   provolatile => 's', proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int4',
diff --git a/src/include/pgstat.h b/src/include/pgstat.h
index dfa2e837638..98941f953d1 100644
--- a/src/include/pgstat.h
+++ b/src/include/pgstat.h
@@ -479,6 +479,15 @@ typedef struct PgStat_StatTabEntry
 	TimestampTz last_autoanalyze_time;	/* autovacuum initiated */
 	PgStat_Counter autoanalyze_count;
 
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_vacuum_time;	/* user initiated vacuum */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_vacuum_count;
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_autovacuum_time;	/* autovacuum initiated */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_autovacuum_count;
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_analyze_time;	/* user initiated */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_analyze_count;
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_autoanalyze_time;	/* autovacuum initiated */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_autoanalyze_count;
+
 	PgStat_Counter total_vacuum_time;	/* times in milliseconds */
 	PgStat_Counter total_autovacuum_time;
 	PgStat_Counter total_analyze_time;
@@ -703,6 +712,13 @@ extern void pgstat_report_analyze(Relation rel,
 								  PgStat_Counter livetuples, PgStat_Counter deadtuples,
 								  bool resetcounter, TimestampTz starttime);
 
+/* flags for pgstat_flush_backend() */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM		(1 << 0)	/* vacuum is skipped */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE		(1 << 1)	/* analyze is skipped */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOVACUUM	(1 << 2)	/* autovacuum is skipped */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOANALYZE	(1 << 3)	/* autoanalyze is skipped */
+extern void pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(Oid relid, int flags);
+
 /*
  * If stats are enabled, but pending data hasn't been prepared yet, call
  * pgstat_assoc_relation() to do so. See its comment for why this is done
diff --git a/src/test/isolation/expected/vacuum-skip-locked.out b/src/test/isolation/expected/vacuum-skip-locked.out
index 99db281a159..e2cff175b7c 100644
--- a/src/test/isolation/expected/vacuum-skip-locked.out
+++ b/src/test/isolation/expected/vacuum-skip-locked.out
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 Parsed test spec with 2 sessions
 
-starting permutation: lock_share vac_specified commit
+starting permutation: lock_share vac_specified commit check_stat
 step lock_share: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN SHARE MODE;
@@ -10,8 +10,22 @@ step vac_specified: VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED) part1, part2;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
 
-starting permutation: lock_share vac_all_parts commit
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   1|            0|                    0
+part2  |           1|                   0|            0|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
+
+starting permutation: lock_share vac_all_parts commit check_stat
 step lock_share: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN SHARE MODE;
@@ -20,8 +34,22 @@ step vac_all_parts: VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED) parted;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   1|            0|                    0
+part2  |           1|                   0|            0|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
 
-starting permutation: lock_share analyze_specified commit
+starting permutation: lock_share analyze_specified commit check_stat
 step lock_share: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN SHARE MODE;
@@ -31,8 +59,22 @@ step analyze_specified: ANALYZE (SKIP_LOCKED) part1, part2;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
 
-starting permutation: lock_share analyze_all_parts commit
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   0|            0|                    1
+part2  |           0|                   0|            1|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
+
+starting permutation: lock_share analyze_all_parts commit check_stat
 step lock_share: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN SHARE MODE;
@@ -41,8 +83,22 @@ step analyze_all_parts: ANALYZE (SKIP_LOCKED) parted;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            1|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   0|            0|                    1
+part2  |           0|                   0|            1|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
 
-starting permutation: lock_share vac_analyze_specified commit
+starting permutation: lock_share vac_analyze_specified commit check_stat
 step lock_share: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN SHARE MODE;
@@ -52,8 +108,22 @@ step vac_analyze_specified: VACUUM (ANALYZE, SKIP_LOCKED) part1, part2;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
 
-starting permutation: lock_share vac_analyze_all_parts commit
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   1|            0|                    1
+part2  |           1|                   0|            1|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
+
+starting permutation: lock_share vac_analyze_all_parts commit check_stat
 step lock_share: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN SHARE MODE;
@@ -62,8 +132,22 @@ step vac_analyze_all_parts: VACUUM (ANALYZE, SKIP_LOCKED) parted;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            1|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   1|            0|                    1
+part2  |           1|                   0|            1|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
 
-starting permutation: lock_share vac_full_specified commit
+starting permutation: lock_share vac_full_specified commit check_stat
 step lock_share: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN SHARE MODE;
@@ -73,8 +157,22 @@ step vac_full_specified: VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED, FULL) part1, part2;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
 
-starting permutation: lock_share vac_full_all_parts commit
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part2  |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
+
+starting permutation: lock_share vac_full_all_parts commit check_stat
 step lock_share: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN SHARE MODE;
@@ -83,8 +181,22 @@ step vac_full_all_parts: VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED, FULL) parted;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part2  |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+(3 rows)
 
-starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_specified commit
+
+starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_specified commit check_stat
 step lock_access_exclusive: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN ACCESS EXCLUSIVE MODE;
@@ -94,8 +206,22 @@ step vac_specified: VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED) part1, part2;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   1|            0|                    0
+part2  |           1|                   0|            0|                    0
+(3 rows)
 
-starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_all_parts commit
+
+starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_all_parts commit check_stat
 step lock_access_exclusive: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN ACCESS EXCLUSIVE MODE;
@@ -104,8 +230,22 @@ step vac_all_parts: VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED) parted;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   1|            0|                    0
+part2  |           1|                   0|            0|                    0
+(3 rows)
 
-starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive analyze_specified commit
+
+starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive analyze_specified commit check_stat
 step lock_access_exclusive: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN ACCESS EXCLUSIVE MODE;
@@ -115,8 +255,22 @@ step analyze_specified: ANALYZE (SKIP_LOCKED) part1, part2;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   0|            0|                    1
+part2  |           0|                   0|            1|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
 
-starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive analyze_all_parts commit
+starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive analyze_all_parts commit check_stat
 step lock_access_exclusive: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN ACCESS EXCLUSIVE MODE;
@@ -126,8 +280,22 @@ step commit:
 	COMMIT;
 
 step analyze_all_parts: <... completed>
-
-starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_analyze_specified commit
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            1|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   0|            1|                    0
+part2  |           0|                   0|            1|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
+
+starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_analyze_specified commit check_stat
 step lock_access_exclusive: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN ACCESS EXCLUSIVE MODE;
@@ -137,8 +305,22 @@ step vac_analyze_specified: VACUUM (ANALYZE, SKIP_LOCKED) part1, part2;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   1|            0|                    1
+part2  |           1|                   0|            1|                    0
+(3 rows)
 
-starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_analyze_all_parts commit
+
+starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_analyze_all_parts commit check_stat
 step lock_access_exclusive: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN ACCESS EXCLUSIVE MODE;
@@ -148,8 +330,22 @@ step commit:
 	COMMIT;
 
 step vac_analyze_all_parts: <... completed>
-
-starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_full_specified commit
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            1|                    0
+part1  |           1|                   0|            1|                    0
+part2  |           1|                   0|            1|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
+
+starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_full_specified commit check_stat
 step lock_access_exclusive: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN ACCESS EXCLUSIVE MODE;
@@ -159,8 +355,22 @@ step vac_full_specified: VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED, FULL) part1, part2;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
 
-starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_full_all_parts commit
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part2  |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
+
+starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_full_all_parts commit check_stat
 step lock_access_exclusive: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN ACCESS EXCLUSIVE MODE;
@@ -169,3 +379,17 @@ step vac_full_all_parts: VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED, FULL) parted;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part2  |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
diff --git a/src/test/isolation/specs/vacuum-skip-locked.spec b/src/test/isolation/specs/vacuum-skip-locked.spec
index 3fad6e1c92a..b0da75d4b6d 100644
--- a/src/test/isolation/specs/vacuum-skip-locked.spec
+++ b/src/test/isolation/specs/vacuum-skip-locked.spec
@@ -33,6 +33,15 @@ step commit
 	COMMIT;
 }
 
+step check_stat
+{
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+}
+
 session s2
 step vac_specified			{ VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED) part1, part2; }
 step vac_all_parts			{ VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED) parted; }
@@ -43,19 +52,19 @@ step vac_analyze_all_parts	{ VACUUM (ANALYZE, SKIP_LOCKED) parted; }
 step vac_full_specified		{ VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED, FULL) part1, part2; }
 step vac_full_all_parts		{ VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED, FULL) parted; }
 
-permutation lock_share vac_specified commit
-permutation lock_share vac_all_parts commit
-permutation lock_share analyze_specified commit
-permutation lock_share analyze_all_parts commit
-permutation lock_share vac_analyze_specified commit
-permutation lock_share vac_analyze_all_parts commit
-permutation lock_share vac_full_specified commit
-permutation lock_share vac_full_all_parts commit
-permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_specified commit
-permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_all_parts commit
-permutation lock_access_exclusive analyze_specified commit
-permutation lock_access_exclusive analyze_all_parts commit
-permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_analyze_specified commit
-permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_analyze_all_parts commit
-permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_full_specified commit
-permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_full_all_parts commit
+permutation lock_share vac_specified commit check_stat
+permutation lock_share vac_all_parts commit check_stat
+permutation lock_share analyze_specified commit check_stat
+permutation lock_share analyze_all_parts commit check_stat
+permutation lock_share vac_analyze_specified commit check_stat
+permutation lock_share vac_analyze_all_parts commit check_stat
+permutation lock_share vac_full_specified commit check_stat
+permutation lock_share vac_full_all_parts commit check_stat
+permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_specified commit check_stat
+permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_all_parts commit check_stat
+permutation lock_access_exclusive analyze_specified commit check_stat
+permutation lock_access_exclusive analyze_all_parts commit check_stat
+permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_analyze_specified commit check_stat
+permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_analyze_all_parts commit check_stat
+permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_full_specified commit check_stat
+permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_full_all_parts commit check_stat
diff --git a/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out b/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out
index a65a5bf0c4f..9b2075d3373 100644
--- a/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out
+++ b/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out
@@ -1835,13 +1835,21 @@ pg_stat_all_tables| SELECT c.oid AS relid,
     pg_stat_get_mod_since_analyze(c.oid) AS n_mod_since_analyze,
     pg_stat_get_ins_since_vacuum(c.oid) AS n_ins_since_vacuum,
     pg_stat_get_last_vacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_vacuum,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_vacuum,
     pg_stat_get_last_autovacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_autovacuum,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_autovacuum,
     pg_stat_get_last_analyze_time(c.oid) AS last_analyze,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_analyze,
     pg_stat_get_last_autoanalyze_time(c.oid) AS last_autoanalyze,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_autoanalyze,
     pg_stat_get_vacuum_count(c.oid) AS vacuum_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count(c.oid) AS skipped_vacuum_count,
     pg_stat_get_autovacuum_count(c.oid) AS autovacuum_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count(c.oid) AS skipped_autovacuum_count,
     pg_stat_get_analyze_count(c.oid) AS analyze_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count(c.oid) AS skipped_analyze_count,
     pg_stat_get_autoanalyze_count(c.oid) AS autoanalyze_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count(c.oid) AS skipped_autoanalyze_count,
     pg_stat_get_total_vacuum_time(c.oid) AS total_vacuum_time,
     pg_stat_get_total_autovacuum_time(c.oid) AS total_autovacuum_time,
     pg_stat_get_total_analyze_time(c.oid) AS total_analyze_time,
@@ -2346,13 +2354,21 @@ pg_stat_sys_tables| SELECT relid,
     n_mod_since_analyze,
     n_ins_since_vacuum,
     last_vacuum,
+    last_skipped_vacuum,
     last_autovacuum,
+    last_skipped_autovacuum,
     last_analyze,
+    last_skipped_analyze,
     last_autoanalyze,
+    last_skipped_autoanalyze,
     vacuum_count,
+    skipped_vacuum_count,
     autovacuum_count,
+    skipped_autovacuum_count,
     analyze_count,
+    skipped_analyze_count,
     autoanalyze_count,
+    skipped_autoanalyze_count,
     total_vacuum_time,
     total_autovacuum_time,
     total_analyze_time,
@@ -2401,13 +2417,21 @@ pg_stat_user_tables| SELECT relid,
     n_mod_since_analyze,
     n_ins_since_vacuum,
     last_vacuum,
+    last_skipped_vacuum,
     last_autovacuum,
+    last_skipped_autovacuum,
     last_analyze,
+    last_skipped_analyze,
     last_autoanalyze,
+    last_skipped_autoanalyze,
     vacuum_count,
+    skipped_vacuum_count,
     autovacuum_count,
+    skipped_autovacuum_count,
     analyze_count,
+    skipped_analyze_count,
     autoanalyze_count,
+    skipped_autoanalyze_count,
     total_vacuum_time,
     total_autovacuum_time,
     total_analyze_time,
-- 
2.43.0


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* [PATCH v5] Track skipped vacuum and analyze activity per relation
@ 2026-03-24 04:09 Yugo Nagata <[email protected]>
  0 siblings, 0 replies; 374+ messages in thread

From: Yugo Nagata @ 2026-03-24 04:09 UTC (permalink / raw)

This commit adds eight fields to the relation statistics that track
the last time vacuum or analyze has been attempted but skipped due to
lock unavailability, along with their counts:

-    last_skipped_vacuum
-    last_skipped_autovacuum
-    last_skipped_analyze
-    last_skipped_autoanalyze
-    skipped_vacuum_count
-    skipped_autovacuum_count
-    skipped_analyze_count
-    skipped_autoanalyze_count

These field can help users confirm that autovacuum is actively attempting
to run on a table that has not been vacuumed or analyzed for a long time,
and that the lack of progress is due to repeated skips rather than inactivity.
---
 doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml                  |  88 ++++++
 src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql          |   8 +
 src/backend/commands/vacuum.c                 | 100 +++++--
 src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c  |  64 +++++
 src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c           |  24 ++
 src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat               |  32 +++
 src/include/pgstat.h                          |  16 ++
 .../isolation/expected/vacuum-skip-locked.out | 260 ++++++++++++++++--
 .../isolation/specs/vacuum-skip-locked.spec   |  41 +--
 src/test/regress/expected/rules.out           |  24 ++
 10 files changed, 601 insertions(+), 56 deletions(-)

diff --git a/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml b/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml
index 08d5b824552..a9b579d87a9 100644
--- a/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml
+++ b/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml
@@ -4387,6 +4387,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_vacuum</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time a manual vacuum on this table was attempted but skipped due to
+       lock unavailability (not counting <command>VACUUM FULL</command>)
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>last_autovacuum</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
@@ -4397,6 +4407,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_autovacuum</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time a vacuum on this table by the autovacuum daemon was attempted
+       but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>last_analyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
@@ -4406,6 +4426,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_analyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time a manual analyze on this table was attempted but skipped due to
+       lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>last_autoanalyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
@@ -4416,6 +4446,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_autoanalyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time at which an analyze on this table by the autovacuum was
+       attempted but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>vacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4426,6 +4466,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_vacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times manual vacuums on this table have been attempted but skipped
+       due to lock unavailability (not counting <command>VACUUM FULL</command>)
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>autovacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4436,6 +4486,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_autovacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times vacuums on this table by the autovacuum daemon have been
+       attempted but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>analyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4445,6 +4505,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_analyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times manual analyzes on this table have been attempted but
+       skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>autoanalyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4455,6 +4525,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_autoanalyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times analyzes on this table by the autovacuum daemon have
+       been attempted but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>total_vacuum_time</structfield> <type>double precision</type>
@@ -4510,6 +4590,14 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
    </tgroup>
   </table>
 
+  <note>
+   <para>
+    When a manual vacuum or analyze on a parent table in an inheritance or
+    partitioning hierarchy is skipped, the statistics are recorded only for
+    the parent table, not for its children.
+   </para>
+  </note>
+
  </sect2>
 
  <sect2 id="monitoring-pg-stat-autovacuum-scores-view">
diff --git a/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql b/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql
index 73a1c1c4670..f509fc7876b 100644
--- a/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql
+++ b/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql
@@ -736,13 +736,21 @@ CREATE VIEW pg_stat_all_tables AS
             pg_stat_get_mod_since_analyze(C.oid) AS n_mod_since_analyze,
             pg_stat_get_ins_since_vacuum(C.oid) AS n_ins_since_vacuum,
             pg_stat_get_last_vacuum_time(C.oid) as last_vacuum,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_vacuum,
             pg_stat_get_last_autovacuum_time(C.oid) as last_autovacuum,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_autovacuum,
             pg_stat_get_last_analyze_time(C.oid) as last_analyze,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_analyze,
             pg_stat_get_last_autoanalyze_time(C.oid) as last_autoanalyze,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_autoanalyze,
             pg_stat_get_vacuum_count(C.oid) AS vacuum_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count(C.oid) AS skipped_vacuum_count,
             pg_stat_get_autovacuum_count(C.oid) AS autovacuum_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count(C.oid) AS skipped_autovacuum_count,
             pg_stat_get_analyze_count(C.oid) AS analyze_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count(C.oid) AS skipped_analyze_count,
             pg_stat_get_autoanalyze_count(C.oid) AS autoanalyze_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count(C.oid) AS skipped_autoanalyze_count,
             pg_stat_get_total_vacuum_time(C.oid) AS total_vacuum_time,
             pg_stat_get_total_autovacuum_time(C.oid) AS total_autovacuum_time,
             pg_stat_get_total_analyze_time(C.oid) AS total_analyze_time,
diff --git a/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c b/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c
index 99d0db82ed7..df6526225e4 100644
--- a/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c
+++ b/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c
@@ -793,8 +793,25 @@ vacuum_open_relation(Oid relid, RangeVar *relation, uint32 options,
 		rel = try_relation_open(relid, NoLock);
 	else
 	{
+		int flags = 0;
 		rel = NULL;
 		rel_lock = false;
+
+		if ((options & VACOPT_VACUUM) != 0 && (options & VACOPT_FULL) == 0)
+		{
+			if (AmAutoVacuumWorkerProcess())
+				flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOVACUUM;
+			else
+				flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM;
+		}
+		if ((options & VACOPT_ANALYZE) != 0)
+		{
+			if (AmAutoVacuumWorkerProcess())
+				flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOANALYZE;
+			else
+				flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE;
+		}
+		pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(relid, flags);
 	}
 
 	/* if relation is opened, leave */
@@ -905,7 +922,6 @@ expand_vacuum_rel(VacuumRelation *vrel, MemoryContext vac_context,
 		Form_pg_class classForm;
 		bool		include_children;
 		bool		is_partitioned_table;
-		int			rvr_opts;
 
 		/*
 		 * Since autovacuum workers supply OIDs when calling vacuum(), no
@@ -918,29 +934,69 @@ expand_vacuum_rel(VacuumRelation *vrel, MemoryContext vac_context,
 		 * below, as well as find_all_inheritors's expectation that the caller
 		 * holds some lock on the starting relation.
 		 */
-		rvr_opts = (options & VACOPT_SKIP_LOCKED) ? RVR_SKIP_LOCKED : 0;
-		relid = RangeVarGetRelidExtended(vrel->relation,
-										 AccessShareLock,
-										 rvr_opts,
-										 NULL, NULL);
-
-		/*
-		 * If the lock is unavailable, emit the same log statement that
-		 * vacuum_rel() and analyze_rel() would.
-		 */
-		if (!OidIsValid(relid))
+		if (!(options & VACOPT_SKIP_LOCKED))
 		{
-			if (options & VACOPT_VACUUM)
-				ereport(WARNING,
-						(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
-						 errmsg("skipping vacuum of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
-								vrel->relation->relname)));
-			else
-				ereport(WARNING,
-						(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
-						 errmsg("skipping analyze of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
+			relid = RangeVarGetRelidExtended(vrel->relation,
+											 AccessShareLock,
+											 0, NULL, NULL);
+			if (!OidIsValid(relid))
+				return vacrels;
+		}
+		else
+		{
+			/* Get relid for reporting before taking a lock */
+			relid = RangeVarGetRelid(vrel->relation, NoLock, false);
+
+			if (!ConditionalLockRelationOid(relid, AccessShareLock))
+			{
+				int	flags = 0;
+				/*
+				 * If the lock is unavailable, emit the same log statement that
+				 * vacuum_rel() and analyze_rel() would.
+				 */
+				if (options & VACOPT_VACUUM)
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping vacuum of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
 								vrel->relation->relname)));
-			return vacrels;
+				else
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping analyze of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
+									vrel->relation->relname)));
+
+				if ((options & VACOPT_VACUUM) != 0 && (options & VACOPT_FULL) == 0)
+					flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM;
+				if ((options & VACOPT_ANALYZE) != 0)
+					flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE;
+
+				pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(relid, flags);
+
+				return vacrels;
+			}
+
+			/*
+			 * Now that we have the lock, probe to see if the relation really
+			 * exists or not.
+			 */
+			if (!SearchSysCacheExists1(RELOID, ObjectIdGetDatum(relid)))
+			{
+				if (options & VACOPT_VACUUM)
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_UNDEFINED_TABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping vacuum of \"%s\" --- relation no longer exists",
+									vrel->relation->relname)));
+				else
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_UNDEFINED_TABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping analyze of \"%s\" --- relation no longer exists",
+									vrel->relation->relname)));
+
+				/* Release useless lock */
+				UnlockRelationOid(relid, AccessShareLock);
+
+				return vacrels;
+			}
 		}
 
 		/*
diff --git a/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c b/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c
index b2ca28f83ba..532d9023f8c 100644
--- a/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c
+++ b/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c
@@ -17,12 +17,14 @@
 
 #include "postgres.h"
 
+#include "access/htup_details.h"
 #include "access/twophase_rmgr.h"
 #include "access/xact.h"
 #include "catalog/catalog.h"
 #include "utils/memutils.h"
 #include "utils/pgstat_internal.h"
 #include "utils/rel.h"
+#include "utils/syscache.h"
 #include "utils/timestamp.h"
 
 
@@ -367,6 +369,68 @@ pgstat_report_analyze(Relation rel,
 	(void) pgstat_flush_backend(false, PGSTAT_BACKEND_FLUSH_IO);
 }
 
+/*
+ * Report that the table was skipped during vacuum or/and analyze.
+ */
+void
+pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(Oid relid, int flags)
+{
+	PgStat_EntryRef *entry_ref;
+	PgStatShared_Relation *shtabentry;
+	PgStat_StatTabEntry *tabentry;
+	TimestampTz ts;
+	HeapTuple	classTup;
+	bool		isshared;
+
+	if (!pgstat_track_counts || !flags)
+		return;
+
+	classTup = SearchSysCache1(RELOID, ObjectIdGetDatum(relid));
+	if (!HeapTupleIsValid(classTup))
+		return;			/* somebody deleted the rel, forget it */
+	isshared = ((Form_pg_class) GETSTRUCT(classTup))->relisshared;
+	ReleaseSysCache(classTup);
+
+	/* Store the data in the table's hash table entry. */
+	ts = GetCurrentTimestamp();
+
+	/* block acquiring lock for the same reason as pgstat_report_autovac() */
+	entry_ref = pgstat_get_entry_ref_locked(PGSTAT_KIND_RELATION,
+											isshared ? InvalidOid : MyDatabaseId,
+											relid, false);
+
+	shtabentry = (PgStatShared_Relation *) entry_ref->shared_stats;
+	tabentry = &shtabentry->stats;
+
+	if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM)
+	{
+		tabentry->last_skipped_vacuum_time = ts;
+		tabentry->skipped_vacuum_count++;
+	}
+	else if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOVACUUM)
+	{
+		tabentry->last_skipped_autovacuum_time = ts;
+		tabentry->skipped_autovacuum_count++;
+	}
+
+	if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE)
+	{
+		tabentry->last_skipped_analyze_time = ts;
+		tabentry->skipped_analyze_count++;
+	}
+	else if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOANALYZE)
+	{
+		tabentry->last_skipped_autoanalyze_time = ts;
+		tabentry->skipped_autoanalyze_count++;
+	}
+
+	pgstat_unlock_entry(entry_ref);
+
+	/* see pgstat_report_vacuum() */
+	pgstat_flush_io(false);
+	(void) pgstat_flush_backend(false, PGSTAT_BACKEND_FLUSH_IO);
+}
+
 /*
  * count a tuple insertion of n tuples
  */
diff --git a/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c b/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c
index 1408de387ea..90a8968faa0 100644
--- a/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c
+++ b/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c
@@ -84,6 +84,18 @@ PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(mod_since_analyze)
 /* pg_stat_get_numscans */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(numscans)
 
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_analyze_count)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_autoanalyze_count)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_autovacuum_count)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_vacuum_count)
+
 /* pg_stat_get_tuples_deleted */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(tuples_deleted)
 
@@ -170,6 +182,18 @@ PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_vacuum_time)
 /* pg_stat_get_lastscan */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(lastscan)
 
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_analyze_time)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_autoanalyze_time)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_autovacuum_time)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_vacuum_time)
+
 /* pg_stat_get_stat_reset_time */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(stat_reset_time)
 
diff --git a/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat b/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat
index fa9ae79082b..32debb34863 100644
--- a/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat
+++ b/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat
@@ -5680,6 +5680,38 @@
   proargmodes => '{o,o,o,o,o,o,o,o,o,o}',
   proargnames => '{oid,score,xid_score,mxid_score,vacuum_score,vacuum_insert_score,analyze_score,do_vacuum,do_analyze,for_wraparound}',
   prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_autovacuum_scores' },
+{ oid => '8142', descr => 'statistics: last skipped vacuum time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time' },
+{ oid => '8143', descr => 'statistics: last skipped auto vacuum time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time' },
+{ oid => '8144', descr => 'statistics: last skipped analyze time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time' },
+{ oid => '8145', descr => 'statistics: last skipped auto analyze time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time' },
+{ oid => '8146', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped vacuum for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count' },
+{ oid => '8147', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped auto vacuum for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count' },
+{ oid => '8148', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped analyzes for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count' },
+{ oid => '8149', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped auto analyzes for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count' },
 { oid => '1936', descr => 'statistics: currently active backend IDs',
   proname => 'pg_stat_get_backend_idset', prorows => '100', proretset => 't',
   provolatile => 's', proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int4',
diff --git a/src/include/pgstat.h b/src/include/pgstat.h
index dfa2e837638..98941f953d1 100644
--- a/src/include/pgstat.h
+++ b/src/include/pgstat.h
@@ -479,6 +479,15 @@ typedef struct PgStat_StatTabEntry
 	TimestampTz last_autoanalyze_time;	/* autovacuum initiated */
 	PgStat_Counter autoanalyze_count;
 
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_vacuum_time;	/* user initiated vacuum */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_vacuum_count;
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_autovacuum_time;	/* autovacuum initiated */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_autovacuum_count;
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_analyze_time;	/* user initiated */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_analyze_count;
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_autoanalyze_time;	/* autovacuum initiated */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_autoanalyze_count;
+
 	PgStat_Counter total_vacuum_time;	/* times in milliseconds */
 	PgStat_Counter total_autovacuum_time;
 	PgStat_Counter total_analyze_time;
@@ -703,6 +712,13 @@ extern void pgstat_report_analyze(Relation rel,
 								  PgStat_Counter livetuples, PgStat_Counter deadtuples,
 								  bool resetcounter, TimestampTz starttime);
 
+/* flags for pgstat_flush_backend() */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM		(1 << 0)	/* vacuum is skipped */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE		(1 << 1)	/* analyze is skipped */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOVACUUM	(1 << 2)	/* autovacuum is skipped */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOANALYZE	(1 << 3)	/* autoanalyze is skipped */
+extern void pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(Oid relid, int flags);
+
 /*
  * If stats are enabled, but pending data hasn't been prepared yet, call
  * pgstat_assoc_relation() to do so. See its comment for why this is done
diff --git a/src/test/isolation/expected/vacuum-skip-locked.out b/src/test/isolation/expected/vacuum-skip-locked.out
index 99db281a159..e2cff175b7c 100644
--- a/src/test/isolation/expected/vacuum-skip-locked.out
+++ b/src/test/isolation/expected/vacuum-skip-locked.out
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 Parsed test spec with 2 sessions
 
-starting permutation: lock_share vac_specified commit
+starting permutation: lock_share vac_specified commit check_stat
 step lock_share: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN SHARE MODE;
@@ -10,8 +10,22 @@ step vac_specified: VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED) part1, part2;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
 
-starting permutation: lock_share vac_all_parts commit
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   1|            0|                    0
+part2  |           1|                   0|            0|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
+
+starting permutation: lock_share vac_all_parts commit check_stat
 step lock_share: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN SHARE MODE;
@@ -20,8 +34,22 @@ step vac_all_parts: VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED) parted;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   1|            0|                    0
+part2  |           1|                   0|            0|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
 
-starting permutation: lock_share analyze_specified commit
+starting permutation: lock_share analyze_specified commit check_stat
 step lock_share: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN SHARE MODE;
@@ -31,8 +59,22 @@ step analyze_specified: ANALYZE (SKIP_LOCKED) part1, part2;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
 
-starting permutation: lock_share analyze_all_parts commit
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   0|            0|                    1
+part2  |           0|                   0|            1|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
+
+starting permutation: lock_share analyze_all_parts commit check_stat
 step lock_share: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN SHARE MODE;
@@ -41,8 +83,22 @@ step analyze_all_parts: ANALYZE (SKIP_LOCKED) parted;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            1|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   0|            0|                    1
+part2  |           0|                   0|            1|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
 
-starting permutation: lock_share vac_analyze_specified commit
+starting permutation: lock_share vac_analyze_specified commit check_stat
 step lock_share: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN SHARE MODE;
@@ -52,8 +108,22 @@ step vac_analyze_specified: VACUUM (ANALYZE, SKIP_LOCKED) part1, part2;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
 
-starting permutation: lock_share vac_analyze_all_parts commit
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   1|            0|                    1
+part2  |           1|                   0|            1|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
+
+starting permutation: lock_share vac_analyze_all_parts commit check_stat
 step lock_share: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN SHARE MODE;
@@ -62,8 +132,22 @@ step vac_analyze_all_parts: VACUUM (ANALYZE, SKIP_LOCKED) parted;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            1|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   1|            0|                    1
+part2  |           1|                   0|            1|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
 
-starting permutation: lock_share vac_full_specified commit
+starting permutation: lock_share vac_full_specified commit check_stat
 step lock_share: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN SHARE MODE;
@@ -73,8 +157,22 @@ step vac_full_specified: VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED, FULL) part1, part2;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
 
-starting permutation: lock_share vac_full_all_parts commit
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part2  |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
+
+starting permutation: lock_share vac_full_all_parts commit check_stat
 step lock_share: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN SHARE MODE;
@@ -83,8 +181,22 @@ step vac_full_all_parts: VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED, FULL) parted;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part2  |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+(3 rows)
 
-starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_specified commit
+
+starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_specified commit check_stat
 step lock_access_exclusive: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN ACCESS EXCLUSIVE MODE;
@@ -94,8 +206,22 @@ step vac_specified: VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED) part1, part2;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   1|            0|                    0
+part2  |           1|                   0|            0|                    0
+(3 rows)
 
-starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_all_parts commit
+
+starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_all_parts commit check_stat
 step lock_access_exclusive: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN ACCESS EXCLUSIVE MODE;
@@ -104,8 +230,22 @@ step vac_all_parts: VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED) parted;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   1|            0|                    0
+part2  |           1|                   0|            0|                    0
+(3 rows)
 
-starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive analyze_specified commit
+
+starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive analyze_specified commit check_stat
 step lock_access_exclusive: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN ACCESS EXCLUSIVE MODE;
@@ -115,8 +255,22 @@ step analyze_specified: ANALYZE (SKIP_LOCKED) part1, part2;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   0|            0|                    1
+part2  |           0|                   0|            1|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
 
-starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive analyze_all_parts commit
+starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive analyze_all_parts commit check_stat
 step lock_access_exclusive: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN ACCESS EXCLUSIVE MODE;
@@ -126,8 +280,22 @@ step commit:
 	COMMIT;
 
 step analyze_all_parts: <... completed>
-
-starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_analyze_specified commit
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            1|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   0|            1|                    0
+part2  |           0|                   0|            1|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
+
+starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_analyze_specified commit check_stat
 step lock_access_exclusive: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN ACCESS EXCLUSIVE MODE;
@@ -137,8 +305,22 @@ step vac_analyze_specified: VACUUM (ANALYZE, SKIP_LOCKED) part1, part2;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   1|            0|                    1
+part2  |           1|                   0|            1|                    0
+(3 rows)
 
-starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_analyze_all_parts commit
+
+starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_analyze_all_parts commit check_stat
 step lock_access_exclusive: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN ACCESS EXCLUSIVE MODE;
@@ -148,8 +330,22 @@ step commit:
 	COMMIT;
 
 step vac_analyze_all_parts: <... completed>
-
-starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_full_specified commit
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            1|                    0
+part1  |           1|                   0|            1|                    0
+part2  |           1|                   0|            1|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
+
+starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_full_specified commit check_stat
 step lock_access_exclusive: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN ACCESS EXCLUSIVE MODE;
@@ -159,8 +355,22 @@ step vac_full_specified: VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED, FULL) part1, part2;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
 
-starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_full_all_parts commit
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part2  |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
+
+starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_full_all_parts commit check_stat
 step lock_access_exclusive: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN ACCESS EXCLUSIVE MODE;
@@ -169,3 +379,17 @@ step vac_full_all_parts: VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED, FULL) parted;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part2  |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
diff --git a/src/test/isolation/specs/vacuum-skip-locked.spec b/src/test/isolation/specs/vacuum-skip-locked.spec
index 3fad6e1c92a..b0da75d4b6d 100644
--- a/src/test/isolation/specs/vacuum-skip-locked.spec
+++ b/src/test/isolation/specs/vacuum-skip-locked.spec
@@ -33,6 +33,15 @@ step commit
 	COMMIT;
 }
 
+step check_stat
+{
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+}
+
 session s2
 step vac_specified			{ VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED) part1, part2; }
 step vac_all_parts			{ VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED) parted; }
@@ -43,19 +52,19 @@ step vac_analyze_all_parts	{ VACUUM (ANALYZE, SKIP_LOCKED) parted; }
 step vac_full_specified		{ VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED, FULL) part1, part2; }
 step vac_full_all_parts		{ VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED, FULL) parted; }
 
-permutation lock_share vac_specified commit
-permutation lock_share vac_all_parts commit
-permutation lock_share analyze_specified commit
-permutation lock_share analyze_all_parts commit
-permutation lock_share vac_analyze_specified commit
-permutation lock_share vac_analyze_all_parts commit
-permutation lock_share vac_full_specified commit
-permutation lock_share vac_full_all_parts commit
-permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_specified commit
-permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_all_parts commit
-permutation lock_access_exclusive analyze_specified commit
-permutation lock_access_exclusive analyze_all_parts commit
-permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_analyze_specified commit
-permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_analyze_all_parts commit
-permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_full_specified commit
-permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_full_all_parts commit
+permutation lock_share vac_specified commit check_stat
+permutation lock_share vac_all_parts commit check_stat
+permutation lock_share analyze_specified commit check_stat
+permutation lock_share analyze_all_parts commit check_stat
+permutation lock_share vac_analyze_specified commit check_stat
+permutation lock_share vac_analyze_all_parts commit check_stat
+permutation lock_share vac_full_specified commit check_stat
+permutation lock_share vac_full_all_parts commit check_stat
+permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_specified commit check_stat
+permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_all_parts commit check_stat
+permutation lock_access_exclusive analyze_specified commit check_stat
+permutation lock_access_exclusive analyze_all_parts commit check_stat
+permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_analyze_specified commit check_stat
+permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_analyze_all_parts commit check_stat
+permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_full_specified commit check_stat
+permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_full_all_parts commit check_stat
diff --git a/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out b/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out
index a65a5bf0c4f..9b2075d3373 100644
--- a/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out
+++ b/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out
@@ -1835,13 +1835,21 @@ pg_stat_all_tables| SELECT c.oid AS relid,
     pg_stat_get_mod_since_analyze(c.oid) AS n_mod_since_analyze,
     pg_stat_get_ins_since_vacuum(c.oid) AS n_ins_since_vacuum,
     pg_stat_get_last_vacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_vacuum,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_vacuum,
     pg_stat_get_last_autovacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_autovacuum,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_autovacuum,
     pg_stat_get_last_analyze_time(c.oid) AS last_analyze,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_analyze,
     pg_stat_get_last_autoanalyze_time(c.oid) AS last_autoanalyze,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_autoanalyze,
     pg_stat_get_vacuum_count(c.oid) AS vacuum_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count(c.oid) AS skipped_vacuum_count,
     pg_stat_get_autovacuum_count(c.oid) AS autovacuum_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count(c.oid) AS skipped_autovacuum_count,
     pg_stat_get_analyze_count(c.oid) AS analyze_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count(c.oid) AS skipped_analyze_count,
     pg_stat_get_autoanalyze_count(c.oid) AS autoanalyze_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count(c.oid) AS skipped_autoanalyze_count,
     pg_stat_get_total_vacuum_time(c.oid) AS total_vacuum_time,
     pg_stat_get_total_autovacuum_time(c.oid) AS total_autovacuum_time,
     pg_stat_get_total_analyze_time(c.oid) AS total_analyze_time,
@@ -2346,13 +2354,21 @@ pg_stat_sys_tables| SELECT relid,
     n_mod_since_analyze,
     n_ins_since_vacuum,
     last_vacuum,
+    last_skipped_vacuum,
     last_autovacuum,
+    last_skipped_autovacuum,
     last_analyze,
+    last_skipped_analyze,
     last_autoanalyze,
+    last_skipped_autoanalyze,
     vacuum_count,
+    skipped_vacuum_count,
     autovacuum_count,
+    skipped_autovacuum_count,
     analyze_count,
+    skipped_analyze_count,
     autoanalyze_count,
+    skipped_autoanalyze_count,
     total_vacuum_time,
     total_autovacuum_time,
     total_analyze_time,
@@ -2401,13 +2417,21 @@ pg_stat_user_tables| SELECT relid,
     n_mod_since_analyze,
     n_ins_since_vacuum,
     last_vacuum,
+    last_skipped_vacuum,
     last_autovacuum,
+    last_skipped_autovacuum,
     last_analyze,
+    last_skipped_analyze,
     last_autoanalyze,
+    last_skipped_autoanalyze,
     vacuum_count,
+    skipped_vacuum_count,
     autovacuum_count,
+    skipped_autovacuum_count,
     analyze_count,
+    skipped_analyze_count,
     autoanalyze_count,
+    skipped_autoanalyze_count,
     total_vacuum_time,
     total_autovacuum_time,
     total_analyze_time,
-- 
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* [PATCH v4] Track skipped vacuum and analyze activity per relation
@ 2026-03-24 04:09 Yugo Nagata <[email protected]>
  0 siblings, 0 replies; 374+ messages in thread

From: Yugo Nagata @ 2026-03-24 04:09 UTC (permalink / raw)

This commit adds eight fields to the relation statistics that track
the last time vacuum or analyze has been attempted but skipped due to
lock unavailability, along with their counts:

-    last_skipped_vacuum
-    last_skipped_autovacuum
-    last_skipped_analyze
-    last_skipped_autoanalyze
-    skipped_vacuum_count
-    skipped_autovacuum_count
-    skipped_analyze_count
-    skipped_autoanalyze_count

These field can help users confirm that autovacuum is actively attempting
to run on a table that has not been vacuumed or analyzed for a long time,
and that the lack of progress is due to repeated skips rather than inactivity.
---
 doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml                 |  88 ++++++++++++++++
 src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql         |   8 ++
 src/backend/commands/vacuum.c                | 102 ++++++++++++++-----
 src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c |  64 ++++++++++++
 src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c          |  24 +++++
 src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat              |  32 ++++++
 src/include/pgstat.h                         |  16 +++
 src/test/regress/expected/rules.out          |  24 +++++
 8 files changed, 335 insertions(+), 23 deletions(-)

diff --git a/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml b/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml
index 08d5b824552..a9b579d87a9 100644
--- a/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml
+++ b/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml
@@ -4387,6 +4387,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_vacuum</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time a manual vacuum on this table was attempted but skipped due to
+       lock unavailability (not counting <command>VACUUM FULL</command>)
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>last_autovacuum</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
@@ -4397,6 +4407,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_autovacuum</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time a vacuum on this table by the autovacuum daemon was attempted
+       but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>last_analyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
@@ -4406,6 +4426,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_analyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time a manual analyze on this table was attempted but skipped due to
+       lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>last_autoanalyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
@@ -4416,6 +4446,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_autoanalyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time at which an analyze on this table by the autovacuum was
+       attempted but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>vacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4426,6 +4466,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_vacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times manual vacuums on this table have been attempted but skipped
+       due to lock unavailability (not counting <command>VACUUM FULL</command>)
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>autovacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4436,6 +4486,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_autovacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times vacuums on this table by the autovacuum daemon have been
+       attempted but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>analyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4445,6 +4505,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_analyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times manual analyzes on this table have been attempted but
+       skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>autoanalyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4455,6 +4525,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_autoanalyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times analyzes on this table by the autovacuum daemon have
+       been attempted but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>total_vacuum_time</structfield> <type>double precision</type>
@@ -4510,6 +4590,14 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
    </tgroup>
   </table>
 
+  <note>
+   <para>
+    When a manual vacuum or analyze on a parent table in an inheritance or
+    partitioning hierarchy is skipped, the statistics are recorded only for
+    the parent table, not for its children.
+   </para>
+  </note>
+
  </sect2>
 
  <sect2 id="monitoring-pg-stat-autovacuum-scores-view">
diff --git a/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql b/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql
index 73a1c1c4670..f509fc7876b 100644
--- a/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql
+++ b/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql
@@ -736,13 +736,21 @@ CREATE VIEW pg_stat_all_tables AS
             pg_stat_get_mod_since_analyze(C.oid) AS n_mod_since_analyze,
             pg_stat_get_ins_since_vacuum(C.oid) AS n_ins_since_vacuum,
             pg_stat_get_last_vacuum_time(C.oid) as last_vacuum,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_vacuum,
             pg_stat_get_last_autovacuum_time(C.oid) as last_autovacuum,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_autovacuum,
             pg_stat_get_last_analyze_time(C.oid) as last_analyze,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_analyze,
             pg_stat_get_last_autoanalyze_time(C.oid) as last_autoanalyze,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_autoanalyze,
             pg_stat_get_vacuum_count(C.oid) AS vacuum_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count(C.oid) AS skipped_vacuum_count,
             pg_stat_get_autovacuum_count(C.oid) AS autovacuum_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count(C.oid) AS skipped_autovacuum_count,
             pg_stat_get_analyze_count(C.oid) AS analyze_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count(C.oid) AS skipped_analyze_count,
             pg_stat_get_autoanalyze_count(C.oid) AS autoanalyze_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count(C.oid) AS skipped_autoanalyze_count,
             pg_stat_get_total_vacuum_time(C.oid) AS total_vacuum_time,
             pg_stat_get_total_autovacuum_time(C.oid) AS total_autovacuum_time,
             pg_stat_get_total_analyze_time(C.oid) AS total_analyze_time,
diff --git a/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c b/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c
index 99d0db82ed7..97cd5ea8d10 100644
--- a/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c
+++ b/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c
@@ -793,8 +793,25 @@ vacuum_open_relation(Oid relid, RangeVar *relation, uint32 options,
 		rel = try_relation_open(relid, NoLock);
 	else
 	{
+		int flags = 0;
 		rel = NULL;
 		rel_lock = false;
+
+		if ((options & VACOPT_VACUUM) != 0)
+		{
+			if (AmAutoVacuumWorkerProcess())
+				flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOVACUUM;
+			else
+				flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM;
+		}
+		if ((options & VACOPT_ANALYZE) != 0)
+		{
+			if (AmAutoVacuumWorkerProcess())
+				flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOANALYZE;
+			else
+				flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE;
+		}
+		pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(relid, flags);
 	}
 
 	/* if relation is opened, leave */
@@ -802,7 +819,7 @@ vacuum_open_relation(Oid relid, RangeVar *relation, uint32 options,
 		return rel;
 
 	/*
-	 * Relation could not be opened, hence generate if possible a log
+	 * Relation could not be opened hence generate if possible a log
 	 * informing on the situation.
 	 *
 	 * If the RangeVar is not defined, we do not have enough information to
@@ -905,7 +922,6 @@ expand_vacuum_rel(VacuumRelation *vrel, MemoryContext vac_context,
 		Form_pg_class classForm;
 		bool		include_children;
 		bool		is_partitioned_table;
-		int			rvr_opts;
 
 		/*
 		 * Since autovacuum workers supply OIDs when calling vacuum(), no
@@ -918,29 +934,69 @@ expand_vacuum_rel(VacuumRelation *vrel, MemoryContext vac_context,
 		 * below, as well as find_all_inheritors's expectation that the caller
 		 * holds some lock on the starting relation.
 		 */
-		rvr_opts = (options & VACOPT_SKIP_LOCKED) ? RVR_SKIP_LOCKED : 0;
-		relid = RangeVarGetRelidExtended(vrel->relation,
-										 AccessShareLock,
-										 rvr_opts,
-										 NULL, NULL);
-
-		/*
-		 * If the lock is unavailable, emit the same log statement that
-		 * vacuum_rel() and analyze_rel() would.
-		 */
-		if (!OidIsValid(relid))
+		if (!(options & VACOPT_SKIP_LOCKED))
 		{
-			if (options & VACOPT_VACUUM)
-				ereport(WARNING,
-						(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
-						 errmsg("skipping vacuum of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
-								vrel->relation->relname)));
-			else
-				ereport(WARNING,
-						(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
-						 errmsg("skipping analyze of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
+			relid = RangeVarGetRelidExtended(vrel->relation,
+											 AccessShareLock,
+											 0, NULL, NULL);
+			if (!OidIsValid(relid))
+				return vacrels;
+		}
+		else
+		{
+			/* Get relid for reporting before taking a lock */
+			relid = RangeVarGetRelid(vrel->relation, NoLock, false);
+
+			if (!ConditionalLockRelationOid(relid, AccessShareLock))
+			{
+				int	flags = 0;
+				/*
+				 * If the lock is unavailable, emit the same log statement that
+				 * vacuum_rel() and analyze_rel() would.
+				 */
+				if (options & VACOPT_VACUUM)
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping vacuum of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
 								vrel->relation->relname)));
-			return vacrels;
+				else
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping analyze of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
+									vrel->relation->relname)));
+
+				if ((options & VACOPT_VACUUM) != 0)
+					flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM;
+				if ((options & VACOPT_ANALYZE) != 0)
+					flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE;
+
+				pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(relid, flags);
+
+				return vacrels;
+			}
+
+			/*
+			 * Now that we have the lock, probe to see if the relation really
+			 * exists or not.
+			 */
+			if (!SearchSysCacheExists1(RELOID, ObjectIdGetDatum(relid)))
+			{
+				if (options & VACOPT_VACUUM)
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_UNDEFINED_TABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping vacuum of \"%s\" --- relation no longer exists",
+									vrel->relation->relname)));
+				else
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_UNDEFINED_TABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping analyze of \"%s\" --- relation no longer exists",
+									vrel->relation->relname)));
+
+				/* Release useless lock */
+				UnlockRelationOid(relid, AccessShareLock);
+
+				return vacrels;
+			}
 		}
 
 		/*
diff --git a/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c b/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c
index b2ca28f83ba..532d9023f8c 100644
--- a/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c
+++ b/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c
@@ -17,12 +17,14 @@
 
 #include "postgres.h"
 
+#include "access/htup_details.h"
 #include "access/twophase_rmgr.h"
 #include "access/xact.h"
 #include "catalog/catalog.h"
 #include "utils/memutils.h"
 #include "utils/pgstat_internal.h"
 #include "utils/rel.h"
+#include "utils/syscache.h"
 #include "utils/timestamp.h"
 
 
@@ -367,6 +369,68 @@ pgstat_report_analyze(Relation rel,
 	(void) pgstat_flush_backend(false, PGSTAT_BACKEND_FLUSH_IO);
 }
 
+/*
+ * Report that the table was skipped during vacuum or/and analyze.
+ */
+void
+pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(Oid relid, int flags)
+{
+	PgStat_EntryRef *entry_ref;
+	PgStatShared_Relation *shtabentry;
+	PgStat_StatTabEntry *tabentry;
+	TimestampTz ts;
+	HeapTuple	classTup;
+	bool		isshared;
+
+	if (!pgstat_track_counts || !flags)
+		return;
+
+	classTup = SearchSysCache1(RELOID, ObjectIdGetDatum(relid));
+	if (!HeapTupleIsValid(classTup))
+		return;			/* somebody deleted the rel, forget it */
+	isshared = ((Form_pg_class) GETSTRUCT(classTup))->relisshared;
+	ReleaseSysCache(classTup);
+
+	/* Store the data in the table's hash table entry. */
+	ts = GetCurrentTimestamp();
+
+	/* block acquiring lock for the same reason as pgstat_report_autovac() */
+	entry_ref = pgstat_get_entry_ref_locked(PGSTAT_KIND_RELATION,
+											isshared ? InvalidOid : MyDatabaseId,
+											relid, false);
+
+	shtabentry = (PgStatShared_Relation *) entry_ref->shared_stats;
+	tabentry = &shtabentry->stats;
+
+	if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM)
+	{
+		tabentry->last_skipped_vacuum_time = ts;
+		tabentry->skipped_vacuum_count++;
+	}
+	else if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOVACUUM)
+	{
+		tabentry->last_skipped_autovacuum_time = ts;
+		tabentry->skipped_autovacuum_count++;
+	}
+
+	if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE)
+	{
+		tabentry->last_skipped_analyze_time = ts;
+		tabentry->skipped_analyze_count++;
+	}
+	else if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOANALYZE)
+	{
+		tabentry->last_skipped_autoanalyze_time = ts;
+		tabentry->skipped_autoanalyze_count++;
+	}
+
+	pgstat_unlock_entry(entry_ref);
+
+	/* see pgstat_report_vacuum() */
+	pgstat_flush_io(false);
+	(void) pgstat_flush_backend(false, PGSTAT_BACKEND_FLUSH_IO);
+}
+
 /*
  * count a tuple insertion of n tuples
  */
diff --git a/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c b/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c
index 1408de387ea..90a8968faa0 100644
--- a/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c
+++ b/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c
@@ -84,6 +84,18 @@ PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(mod_since_analyze)
 /* pg_stat_get_numscans */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(numscans)
 
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_analyze_count)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_autoanalyze_count)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_autovacuum_count)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_vacuum_count)
+
 /* pg_stat_get_tuples_deleted */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(tuples_deleted)
 
@@ -170,6 +182,18 @@ PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_vacuum_time)
 /* pg_stat_get_lastscan */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(lastscan)
 
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_analyze_time)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_autoanalyze_time)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_autovacuum_time)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_vacuum_time)
+
 /* pg_stat_get_stat_reset_time */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(stat_reset_time)
 
diff --git a/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat b/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat
index fa9ae79082b..32debb34863 100644
--- a/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat
+++ b/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat
@@ -5680,6 +5680,38 @@
   proargmodes => '{o,o,o,o,o,o,o,o,o,o}',
   proargnames => '{oid,score,xid_score,mxid_score,vacuum_score,vacuum_insert_score,analyze_score,do_vacuum,do_analyze,for_wraparound}',
   prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_autovacuum_scores' },
+{ oid => '8142', descr => 'statistics: last skipped vacuum time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time' },
+{ oid => '8143', descr => 'statistics: last skipped auto vacuum time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time' },
+{ oid => '8144', descr => 'statistics: last skipped analyze time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time' },
+{ oid => '8145', descr => 'statistics: last skipped auto analyze time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time' },
+{ oid => '8146', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped vacuum for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count' },
+{ oid => '8147', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped auto vacuum for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count' },
+{ oid => '8148', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped analyzes for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count' },
+{ oid => '8149', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped auto analyzes for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count' },
 { oid => '1936', descr => 'statistics: currently active backend IDs',
   proname => 'pg_stat_get_backend_idset', prorows => '100', proretset => 't',
   provolatile => 's', proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int4',
diff --git a/src/include/pgstat.h b/src/include/pgstat.h
index dfa2e837638..98941f953d1 100644
--- a/src/include/pgstat.h
+++ b/src/include/pgstat.h
@@ -479,6 +479,15 @@ typedef struct PgStat_StatTabEntry
 	TimestampTz last_autoanalyze_time;	/* autovacuum initiated */
 	PgStat_Counter autoanalyze_count;
 
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_vacuum_time;	/* user initiated vacuum */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_vacuum_count;
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_autovacuum_time;	/* autovacuum initiated */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_autovacuum_count;
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_analyze_time;	/* user initiated */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_analyze_count;
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_autoanalyze_time;	/* autovacuum initiated */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_autoanalyze_count;
+
 	PgStat_Counter total_vacuum_time;	/* times in milliseconds */
 	PgStat_Counter total_autovacuum_time;
 	PgStat_Counter total_analyze_time;
@@ -703,6 +712,13 @@ extern void pgstat_report_analyze(Relation rel,
 								  PgStat_Counter livetuples, PgStat_Counter deadtuples,
 								  bool resetcounter, TimestampTz starttime);
 
+/* flags for pgstat_flush_backend() */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM		(1 << 0)	/* vacuum is skipped */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE		(1 << 1)	/* analyze is skipped */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOVACUUM	(1 << 2)	/* autovacuum is skipped */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOANALYZE	(1 << 3)	/* autoanalyze is skipped */
+extern void pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(Oid relid, int flags);
+
 /*
  * If stats are enabled, but pending data hasn't been prepared yet, call
  * pgstat_assoc_relation() to do so. See its comment for why this is done
diff --git a/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out b/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out
index a65a5bf0c4f..9b2075d3373 100644
--- a/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out
+++ b/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out
@@ -1835,13 +1835,21 @@ pg_stat_all_tables| SELECT c.oid AS relid,
     pg_stat_get_mod_since_analyze(c.oid) AS n_mod_since_analyze,
     pg_stat_get_ins_since_vacuum(c.oid) AS n_ins_since_vacuum,
     pg_stat_get_last_vacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_vacuum,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_vacuum,
     pg_stat_get_last_autovacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_autovacuum,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_autovacuum,
     pg_stat_get_last_analyze_time(c.oid) AS last_analyze,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_analyze,
     pg_stat_get_last_autoanalyze_time(c.oid) AS last_autoanalyze,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_autoanalyze,
     pg_stat_get_vacuum_count(c.oid) AS vacuum_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count(c.oid) AS skipped_vacuum_count,
     pg_stat_get_autovacuum_count(c.oid) AS autovacuum_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count(c.oid) AS skipped_autovacuum_count,
     pg_stat_get_analyze_count(c.oid) AS analyze_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count(c.oid) AS skipped_analyze_count,
     pg_stat_get_autoanalyze_count(c.oid) AS autoanalyze_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count(c.oid) AS skipped_autoanalyze_count,
     pg_stat_get_total_vacuum_time(c.oid) AS total_vacuum_time,
     pg_stat_get_total_autovacuum_time(c.oid) AS total_autovacuum_time,
     pg_stat_get_total_analyze_time(c.oid) AS total_analyze_time,
@@ -2346,13 +2354,21 @@ pg_stat_sys_tables| SELECT relid,
     n_mod_since_analyze,
     n_ins_since_vacuum,
     last_vacuum,
+    last_skipped_vacuum,
     last_autovacuum,
+    last_skipped_autovacuum,
     last_analyze,
+    last_skipped_analyze,
     last_autoanalyze,
+    last_skipped_autoanalyze,
     vacuum_count,
+    skipped_vacuum_count,
     autovacuum_count,
+    skipped_autovacuum_count,
     analyze_count,
+    skipped_analyze_count,
     autoanalyze_count,
+    skipped_autoanalyze_count,
     total_vacuum_time,
     total_autovacuum_time,
     total_analyze_time,
@@ -2401,13 +2417,21 @@ pg_stat_user_tables| SELECT relid,
     n_mod_since_analyze,
     n_ins_since_vacuum,
     last_vacuum,
+    last_skipped_vacuum,
     last_autovacuum,
+    last_skipped_autovacuum,
     last_analyze,
+    last_skipped_analyze,
     last_autoanalyze,
+    last_skipped_autoanalyze,
     vacuum_count,
+    skipped_vacuum_count,
     autovacuum_count,
+    skipped_autovacuum_count,
     analyze_count,
+    skipped_analyze_count,
     autoanalyze_count,
+    skipped_autoanalyze_count,
     total_vacuum_time,
     total_autovacuum_time,
     total_analyze_time,
-- 
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* [PATCH v4] Track skipped vacuum and analyze activity per relation
@ 2026-03-24 04:09 Yugo Nagata <[email protected]>
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From: Yugo Nagata @ 2026-03-24 04:09 UTC (permalink / raw)

This commit adds eight fields to the relation statistics that track
the last time vacuum or analyze has been attempted but skipped due to
lock unavailability, along with their counts:

-    last_skipped_vacuum
-    last_skipped_autovacuum
-    last_skipped_analyze
-    last_skipped_autoanalyze
-    skipped_vacuum_count
-    skipped_autovacuum_count
-    skipped_analyze_count
-    skipped_autoanalyze_count

These field can help users confirm that autovacuum is actively attempting
to run on a table that has not been vacuumed or analyzed for a long time,
and that the lack of progress is due to repeated skips rather than inactivity.
---
 doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml                 |  88 ++++++++++++++++
 src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql         |   8 ++
 src/backend/commands/vacuum.c                | 102 ++++++++++++++-----
 src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c |  64 ++++++++++++
 src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c          |  24 +++++
 src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat              |  32 ++++++
 src/include/pgstat.h                         |  16 +++
 src/test/regress/expected/rules.out          |  24 +++++
 8 files changed, 335 insertions(+), 23 deletions(-)

diff --git a/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml b/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml
index 08d5b824552..a9b579d87a9 100644
--- a/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml
+++ b/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml
@@ -4387,6 +4387,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_vacuum</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time a manual vacuum on this table was attempted but skipped due to
+       lock unavailability (not counting <command>VACUUM FULL</command>)
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>last_autovacuum</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
@@ -4397,6 +4407,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_autovacuum</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time a vacuum on this table by the autovacuum daemon was attempted
+       but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>last_analyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
@@ -4406,6 +4426,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_analyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time a manual analyze on this table was attempted but skipped due to
+       lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>last_autoanalyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
@@ -4416,6 +4446,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_autoanalyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time at which an analyze on this table by the autovacuum was
+       attempted but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>vacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4426,6 +4466,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_vacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times manual vacuums on this table have been attempted but skipped
+       due to lock unavailability (not counting <command>VACUUM FULL</command>)
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>autovacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4436,6 +4486,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_autovacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times vacuums on this table by the autovacuum daemon have been
+       attempted but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>analyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4445,6 +4505,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_analyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times manual analyzes on this table have been attempted but
+       skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>autoanalyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4455,6 +4525,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_autoanalyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times analyzes on this table by the autovacuum daemon have
+       been attempted but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>total_vacuum_time</structfield> <type>double precision</type>
@@ -4510,6 +4590,14 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
    </tgroup>
   </table>
 
+  <note>
+   <para>
+    When a manual vacuum or analyze on a parent table in an inheritance or
+    partitioning hierarchy is skipped, the statistics are recorded only for
+    the parent table, not for its children.
+   </para>
+  </note>
+
  </sect2>
 
  <sect2 id="monitoring-pg-stat-autovacuum-scores-view">
diff --git a/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql b/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql
index 73a1c1c4670..f509fc7876b 100644
--- a/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql
+++ b/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql
@@ -736,13 +736,21 @@ CREATE VIEW pg_stat_all_tables AS
             pg_stat_get_mod_since_analyze(C.oid) AS n_mod_since_analyze,
             pg_stat_get_ins_since_vacuum(C.oid) AS n_ins_since_vacuum,
             pg_stat_get_last_vacuum_time(C.oid) as last_vacuum,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_vacuum,
             pg_stat_get_last_autovacuum_time(C.oid) as last_autovacuum,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_autovacuum,
             pg_stat_get_last_analyze_time(C.oid) as last_analyze,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_analyze,
             pg_stat_get_last_autoanalyze_time(C.oid) as last_autoanalyze,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_autoanalyze,
             pg_stat_get_vacuum_count(C.oid) AS vacuum_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count(C.oid) AS skipped_vacuum_count,
             pg_stat_get_autovacuum_count(C.oid) AS autovacuum_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count(C.oid) AS skipped_autovacuum_count,
             pg_stat_get_analyze_count(C.oid) AS analyze_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count(C.oid) AS skipped_analyze_count,
             pg_stat_get_autoanalyze_count(C.oid) AS autoanalyze_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count(C.oid) AS skipped_autoanalyze_count,
             pg_stat_get_total_vacuum_time(C.oid) AS total_vacuum_time,
             pg_stat_get_total_autovacuum_time(C.oid) AS total_autovacuum_time,
             pg_stat_get_total_analyze_time(C.oid) AS total_analyze_time,
diff --git a/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c b/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c
index 99d0db82ed7..97cd5ea8d10 100644
--- a/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c
+++ b/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c
@@ -793,8 +793,25 @@ vacuum_open_relation(Oid relid, RangeVar *relation, uint32 options,
 		rel = try_relation_open(relid, NoLock);
 	else
 	{
+		int flags = 0;
 		rel = NULL;
 		rel_lock = false;
+
+		if ((options & VACOPT_VACUUM) != 0)
+		{
+			if (AmAutoVacuumWorkerProcess())
+				flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOVACUUM;
+			else
+				flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM;
+		}
+		if ((options & VACOPT_ANALYZE) != 0)
+		{
+			if (AmAutoVacuumWorkerProcess())
+				flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOANALYZE;
+			else
+				flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE;
+		}
+		pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(relid, flags);
 	}
 
 	/* if relation is opened, leave */
@@ -802,7 +819,7 @@ vacuum_open_relation(Oid relid, RangeVar *relation, uint32 options,
 		return rel;
 
 	/*
-	 * Relation could not be opened, hence generate if possible a log
+	 * Relation could not be opened hence generate if possible a log
 	 * informing on the situation.
 	 *
 	 * If the RangeVar is not defined, we do not have enough information to
@@ -905,7 +922,6 @@ expand_vacuum_rel(VacuumRelation *vrel, MemoryContext vac_context,
 		Form_pg_class classForm;
 		bool		include_children;
 		bool		is_partitioned_table;
-		int			rvr_opts;
 
 		/*
 		 * Since autovacuum workers supply OIDs when calling vacuum(), no
@@ -918,29 +934,69 @@ expand_vacuum_rel(VacuumRelation *vrel, MemoryContext vac_context,
 		 * below, as well as find_all_inheritors's expectation that the caller
 		 * holds some lock on the starting relation.
 		 */
-		rvr_opts = (options & VACOPT_SKIP_LOCKED) ? RVR_SKIP_LOCKED : 0;
-		relid = RangeVarGetRelidExtended(vrel->relation,
-										 AccessShareLock,
-										 rvr_opts,
-										 NULL, NULL);
-
-		/*
-		 * If the lock is unavailable, emit the same log statement that
-		 * vacuum_rel() and analyze_rel() would.
-		 */
-		if (!OidIsValid(relid))
+		if (!(options & VACOPT_SKIP_LOCKED))
 		{
-			if (options & VACOPT_VACUUM)
-				ereport(WARNING,
-						(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
-						 errmsg("skipping vacuum of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
-								vrel->relation->relname)));
-			else
-				ereport(WARNING,
-						(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
-						 errmsg("skipping analyze of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
+			relid = RangeVarGetRelidExtended(vrel->relation,
+											 AccessShareLock,
+											 0, NULL, NULL);
+			if (!OidIsValid(relid))
+				return vacrels;
+		}
+		else
+		{
+			/* Get relid for reporting before taking a lock */
+			relid = RangeVarGetRelid(vrel->relation, NoLock, false);
+
+			if (!ConditionalLockRelationOid(relid, AccessShareLock))
+			{
+				int	flags = 0;
+				/*
+				 * If the lock is unavailable, emit the same log statement that
+				 * vacuum_rel() and analyze_rel() would.
+				 */
+				if (options & VACOPT_VACUUM)
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping vacuum of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
 								vrel->relation->relname)));
-			return vacrels;
+				else
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping analyze of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
+									vrel->relation->relname)));
+
+				if ((options & VACOPT_VACUUM) != 0)
+					flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM;
+				if ((options & VACOPT_ANALYZE) != 0)
+					flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE;
+
+				pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(relid, flags);
+
+				return vacrels;
+			}
+
+			/*
+			 * Now that we have the lock, probe to see if the relation really
+			 * exists or not.
+			 */
+			if (!SearchSysCacheExists1(RELOID, ObjectIdGetDatum(relid)))
+			{
+				if (options & VACOPT_VACUUM)
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_UNDEFINED_TABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping vacuum of \"%s\" --- relation no longer exists",
+									vrel->relation->relname)));
+				else
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_UNDEFINED_TABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping analyze of \"%s\" --- relation no longer exists",
+									vrel->relation->relname)));
+
+				/* Release useless lock */
+				UnlockRelationOid(relid, AccessShareLock);
+
+				return vacrels;
+			}
 		}
 
 		/*
diff --git a/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c b/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c
index b2ca28f83ba..532d9023f8c 100644
--- a/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c
+++ b/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c
@@ -17,12 +17,14 @@
 
 #include "postgres.h"
 
+#include "access/htup_details.h"
 #include "access/twophase_rmgr.h"
 #include "access/xact.h"
 #include "catalog/catalog.h"
 #include "utils/memutils.h"
 #include "utils/pgstat_internal.h"
 #include "utils/rel.h"
+#include "utils/syscache.h"
 #include "utils/timestamp.h"
 
 
@@ -367,6 +369,68 @@ pgstat_report_analyze(Relation rel,
 	(void) pgstat_flush_backend(false, PGSTAT_BACKEND_FLUSH_IO);
 }
 
+/*
+ * Report that the table was skipped during vacuum or/and analyze.
+ */
+void
+pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(Oid relid, int flags)
+{
+	PgStat_EntryRef *entry_ref;
+	PgStatShared_Relation *shtabentry;
+	PgStat_StatTabEntry *tabentry;
+	TimestampTz ts;
+	HeapTuple	classTup;
+	bool		isshared;
+
+	if (!pgstat_track_counts || !flags)
+		return;
+
+	classTup = SearchSysCache1(RELOID, ObjectIdGetDatum(relid));
+	if (!HeapTupleIsValid(classTup))
+		return;			/* somebody deleted the rel, forget it */
+	isshared = ((Form_pg_class) GETSTRUCT(classTup))->relisshared;
+	ReleaseSysCache(classTup);
+
+	/* Store the data in the table's hash table entry. */
+	ts = GetCurrentTimestamp();
+
+	/* block acquiring lock for the same reason as pgstat_report_autovac() */
+	entry_ref = pgstat_get_entry_ref_locked(PGSTAT_KIND_RELATION,
+											isshared ? InvalidOid : MyDatabaseId,
+											relid, false);
+
+	shtabentry = (PgStatShared_Relation *) entry_ref->shared_stats;
+	tabentry = &shtabentry->stats;
+
+	if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM)
+	{
+		tabentry->last_skipped_vacuum_time = ts;
+		tabentry->skipped_vacuum_count++;
+	}
+	else if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOVACUUM)
+	{
+		tabentry->last_skipped_autovacuum_time = ts;
+		tabentry->skipped_autovacuum_count++;
+	}
+
+	if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE)
+	{
+		tabentry->last_skipped_analyze_time = ts;
+		tabentry->skipped_analyze_count++;
+	}
+	else if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOANALYZE)
+	{
+		tabentry->last_skipped_autoanalyze_time = ts;
+		tabentry->skipped_autoanalyze_count++;
+	}
+
+	pgstat_unlock_entry(entry_ref);
+
+	/* see pgstat_report_vacuum() */
+	pgstat_flush_io(false);
+	(void) pgstat_flush_backend(false, PGSTAT_BACKEND_FLUSH_IO);
+}
+
 /*
  * count a tuple insertion of n tuples
  */
diff --git a/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c b/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c
index 1408de387ea..90a8968faa0 100644
--- a/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c
+++ b/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c
@@ -84,6 +84,18 @@ PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(mod_since_analyze)
 /* pg_stat_get_numscans */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(numscans)
 
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_analyze_count)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_autoanalyze_count)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_autovacuum_count)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_vacuum_count)
+
 /* pg_stat_get_tuples_deleted */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(tuples_deleted)
 
@@ -170,6 +182,18 @@ PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_vacuum_time)
 /* pg_stat_get_lastscan */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(lastscan)
 
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_analyze_time)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_autoanalyze_time)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_autovacuum_time)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_vacuum_time)
+
 /* pg_stat_get_stat_reset_time */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(stat_reset_time)
 
diff --git a/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat b/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat
index fa9ae79082b..32debb34863 100644
--- a/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat
+++ b/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat
@@ -5680,6 +5680,38 @@
   proargmodes => '{o,o,o,o,o,o,o,o,o,o}',
   proargnames => '{oid,score,xid_score,mxid_score,vacuum_score,vacuum_insert_score,analyze_score,do_vacuum,do_analyze,for_wraparound}',
   prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_autovacuum_scores' },
+{ oid => '8142', descr => 'statistics: last skipped vacuum time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time' },
+{ oid => '8143', descr => 'statistics: last skipped auto vacuum time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time' },
+{ oid => '8144', descr => 'statistics: last skipped analyze time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time' },
+{ oid => '8145', descr => 'statistics: last skipped auto analyze time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time' },
+{ oid => '8146', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped vacuum for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count' },
+{ oid => '8147', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped auto vacuum for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count' },
+{ oid => '8148', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped analyzes for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count' },
+{ oid => '8149', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped auto analyzes for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count' },
 { oid => '1936', descr => 'statistics: currently active backend IDs',
   proname => 'pg_stat_get_backend_idset', prorows => '100', proretset => 't',
   provolatile => 's', proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int4',
diff --git a/src/include/pgstat.h b/src/include/pgstat.h
index dfa2e837638..98941f953d1 100644
--- a/src/include/pgstat.h
+++ b/src/include/pgstat.h
@@ -479,6 +479,15 @@ typedef struct PgStat_StatTabEntry
 	TimestampTz last_autoanalyze_time;	/* autovacuum initiated */
 	PgStat_Counter autoanalyze_count;
 
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_vacuum_time;	/* user initiated vacuum */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_vacuum_count;
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_autovacuum_time;	/* autovacuum initiated */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_autovacuum_count;
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_analyze_time;	/* user initiated */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_analyze_count;
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_autoanalyze_time;	/* autovacuum initiated */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_autoanalyze_count;
+
 	PgStat_Counter total_vacuum_time;	/* times in milliseconds */
 	PgStat_Counter total_autovacuum_time;
 	PgStat_Counter total_analyze_time;
@@ -703,6 +712,13 @@ extern void pgstat_report_analyze(Relation rel,
 								  PgStat_Counter livetuples, PgStat_Counter deadtuples,
 								  bool resetcounter, TimestampTz starttime);
 
+/* flags for pgstat_flush_backend() */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM		(1 << 0)	/* vacuum is skipped */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE		(1 << 1)	/* analyze is skipped */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOVACUUM	(1 << 2)	/* autovacuum is skipped */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOANALYZE	(1 << 3)	/* autoanalyze is skipped */
+extern void pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(Oid relid, int flags);
+
 /*
  * If stats are enabled, but pending data hasn't been prepared yet, call
  * pgstat_assoc_relation() to do so. See its comment for why this is done
diff --git a/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out b/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out
index a65a5bf0c4f..9b2075d3373 100644
--- a/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out
+++ b/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out
@@ -1835,13 +1835,21 @@ pg_stat_all_tables| SELECT c.oid AS relid,
     pg_stat_get_mod_since_analyze(c.oid) AS n_mod_since_analyze,
     pg_stat_get_ins_since_vacuum(c.oid) AS n_ins_since_vacuum,
     pg_stat_get_last_vacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_vacuum,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_vacuum,
     pg_stat_get_last_autovacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_autovacuum,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_autovacuum,
     pg_stat_get_last_analyze_time(c.oid) AS last_analyze,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_analyze,
     pg_stat_get_last_autoanalyze_time(c.oid) AS last_autoanalyze,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_autoanalyze,
     pg_stat_get_vacuum_count(c.oid) AS vacuum_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count(c.oid) AS skipped_vacuum_count,
     pg_stat_get_autovacuum_count(c.oid) AS autovacuum_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count(c.oid) AS skipped_autovacuum_count,
     pg_stat_get_analyze_count(c.oid) AS analyze_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count(c.oid) AS skipped_analyze_count,
     pg_stat_get_autoanalyze_count(c.oid) AS autoanalyze_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count(c.oid) AS skipped_autoanalyze_count,
     pg_stat_get_total_vacuum_time(c.oid) AS total_vacuum_time,
     pg_stat_get_total_autovacuum_time(c.oid) AS total_autovacuum_time,
     pg_stat_get_total_analyze_time(c.oid) AS total_analyze_time,
@@ -2346,13 +2354,21 @@ pg_stat_sys_tables| SELECT relid,
     n_mod_since_analyze,
     n_ins_since_vacuum,
     last_vacuum,
+    last_skipped_vacuum,
     last_autovacuum,
+    last_skipped_autovacuum,
     last_analyze,
+    last_skipped_analyze,
     last_autoanalyze,
+    last_skipped_autoanalyze,
     vacuum_count,
+    skipped_vacuum_count,
     autovacuum_count,
+    skipped_autovacuum_count,
     analyze_count,
+    skipped_analyze_count,
     autoanalyze_count,
+    skipped_autoanalyze_count,
     total_vacuum_time,
     total_autovacuum_time,
     total_analyze_time,
@@ -2401,13 +2417,21 @@ pg_stat_user_tables| SELECT relid,
     n_mod_since_analyze,
     n_ins_since_vacuum,
     last_vacuum,
+    last_skipped_vacuum,
     last_autovacuum,
+    last_skipped_autovacuum,
     last_analyze,
+    last_skipped_analyze,
     last_autoanalyze,
+    last_skipped_autoanalyze,
     vacuum_count,
+    skipped_vacuum_count,
     autovacuum_count,
+    skipped_autovacuum_count,
     analyze_count,
+    skipped_analyze_count,
     autoanalyze_count,
+    skipped_autoanalyze_count,
     total_vacuum_time,
     total_autovacuum_time,
     total_analyze_time,
-- 
2.43.0


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* [PATCH v4] Track skipped vacuum and analyze activity per relation
@ 2026-03-24 04:09 Yugo Nagata <[email protected]>
  0 siblings, 0 replies; 374+ messages in thread

From: Yugo Nagata @ 2026-03-24 04:09 UTC (permalink / raw)

This commit adds eight fields to the relation statistics that track
the last time vacuum or analyze has been attempted but skipped due to
lock unavailability, along with their counts:

-    last_skipped_vacuum
-    last_skipped_autovacuum
-    last_skipped_analyze
-    last_skipped_autoanalyze
-    skipped_vacuum_count
-    skipped_autovacuum_count
-    skipped_analyze_count
-    skipped_autoanalyze_count

These field can help users confirm that autovacuum is actively attempting
to run on a table that has not been vacuumed or analyzed for a long time,
and that the lack of progress is due to repeated skips rather than inactivity.
---
 doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml                 |  88 ++++++++++++++++
 src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql         |   8 ++
 src/backend/commands/vacuum.c                | 102 ++++++++++++++-----
 src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c |  64 ++++++++++++
 src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c          |  24 +++++
 src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat              |  32 ++++++
 src/include/pgstat.h                         |  16 +++
 src/test/regress/expected/rules.out          |  24 +++++
 8 files changed, 335 insertions(+), 23 deletions(-)

diff --git a/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml b/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml
index 08d5b824552..a9b579d87a9 100644
--- a/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml
+++ b/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml
@@ -4387,6 +4387,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_vacuum</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time a manual vacuum on this table was attempted but skipped due to
+       lock unavailability (not counting <command>VACUUM FULL</command>)
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>last_autovacuum</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
@@ -4397,6 +4407,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_autovacuum</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time a vacuum on this table by the autovacuum daemon was attempted
+       but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>last_analyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
@@ -4406,6 +4426,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_analyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time a manual analyze on this table was attempted but skipped due to
+       lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>last_autoanalyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
@@ -4416,6 +4446,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_autoanalyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time at which an analyze on this table by the autovacuum was
+       attempted but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>vacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4426,6 +4466,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_vacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times manual vacuums on this table have been attempted but skipped
+       due to lock unavailability (not counting <command>VACUUM FULL</command>)
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>autovacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4436,6 +4486,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_autovacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times vacuums on this table by the autovacuum daemon have been
+       attempted but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>analyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4445,6 +4505,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_analyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times manual analyzes on this table have been attempted but
+       skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>autoanalyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4455,6 +4525,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_autoanalyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times analyzes on this table by the autovacuum daemon have
+       been attempted but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>total_vacuum_time</structfield> <type>double precision</type>
@@ -4510,6 +4590,14 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
    </tgroup>
   </table>
 
+  <note>
+   <para>
+    When a manual vacuum or analyze on a parent table in an inheritance or
+    partitioning hierarchy is skipped, the statistics are recorded only for
+    the parent table, not for its children.
+   </para>
+  </note>
+
  </sect2>
 
  <sect2 id="monitoring-pg-stat-autovacuum-scores-view">
diff --git a/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql b/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql
index 73a1c1c4670..f509fc7876b 100644
--- a/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql
+++ b/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql
@@ -736,13 +736,21 @@ CREATE VIEW pg_stat_all_tables AS
             pg_stat_get_mod_since_analyze(C.oid) AS n_mod_since_analyze,
             pg_stat_get_ins_since_vacuum(C.oid) AS n_ins_since_vacuum,
             pg_stat_get_last_vacuum_time(C.oid) as last_vacuum,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_vacuum,
             pg_stat_get_last_autovacuum_time(C.oid) as last_autovacuum,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_autovacuum,
             pg_stat_get_last_analyze_time(C.oid) as last_analyze,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_analyze,
             pg_stat_get_last_autoanalyze_time(C.oid) as last_autoanalyze,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_autoanalyze,
             pg_stat_get_vacuum_count(C.oid) AS vacuum_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count(C.oid) AS skipped_vacuum_count,
             pg_stat_get_autovacuum_count(C.oid) AS autovacuum_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count(C.oid) AS skipped_autovacuum_count,
             pg_stat_get_analyze_count(C.oid) AS analyze_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count(C.oid) AS skipped_analyze_count,
             pg_stat_get_autoanalyze_count(C.oid) AS autoanalyze_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count(C.oid) AS skipped_autoanalyze_count,
             pg_stat_get_total_vacuum_time(C.oid) AS total_vacuum_time,
             pg_stat_get_total_autovacuum_time(C.oid) AS total_autovacuum_time,
             pg_stat_get_total_analyze_time(C.oid) AS total_analyze_time,
diff --git a/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c b/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c
index 99d0db82ed7..97cd5ea8d10 100644
--- a/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c
+++ b/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c
@@ -793,8 +793,25 @@ vacuum_open_relation(Oid relid, RangeVar *relation, uint32 options,
 		rel = try_relation_open(relid, NoLock);
 	else
 	{
+		int flags = 0;
 		rel = NULL;
 		rel_lock = false;
+
+		if ((options & VACOPT_VACUUM) != 0)
+		{
+			if (AmAutoVacuumWorkerProcess())
+				flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOVACUUM;
+			else
+				flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM;
+		}
+		if ((options & VACOPT_ANALYZE) != 0)
+		{
+			if (AmAutoVacuumWorkerProcess())
+				flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOANALYZE;
+			else
+				flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE;
+		}
+		pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(relid, flags);
 	}
 
 	/* if relation is opened, leave */
@@ -802,7 +819,7 @@ vacuum_open_relation(Oid relid, RangeVar *relation, uint32 options,
 		return rel;
 
 	/*
-	 * Relation could not be opened, hence generate if possible a log
+	 * Relation could not be opened hence generate if possible a log
 	 * informing on the situation.
 	 *
 	 * If the RangeVar is not defined, we do not have enough information to
@@ -905,7 +922,6 @@ expand_vacuum_rel(VacuumRelation *vrel, MemoryContext vac_context,
 		Form_pg_class classForm;
 		bool		include_children;
 		bool		is_partitioned_table;
-		int			rvr_opts;
 
 		/*
 		 * Since autovacuum workers supply OIDs when calling vacuum(), no
@@ -918,29 +934,69 @@ expand_vacuum_rel(VacuumRelation *vrel, MemoryContext vac_context,
 		 * below, as well as find_all_inheritors's expectation that the caller
 		 * holds some lock on the starting relation.
 		 */
-		rvr_opts = (options & VACOPT_SKIP_LOCKED) ? RVR_SKIP_LOCKED : 0;
-		relid = RangeVarGetRelidExtended(vrel->relation,
-										 AccessShareLock,
-										 rvr_opts,
-										 NULL, NULL);
-
-		/*
-		 * If the lock is unavailable, emit the same log statement that
-		 * vacuum_rel() and analyze_rel() would.
-		 */
-		if (!OidIsValid(relid))
+		if (!(options & VACOPT_SKIP_LOCKED))
 		{
-			if (options & VACOPT_VACUUM)
-				ereport(WARNING,
-						(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
-						 errmsg("skipping vacuum of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
-								vrel->relation->relname)));
-			else
-				ereport(WARNING,
-						(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
-						 errmsg("skipping analyze of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
+			relid = RangeVarGetRelidExtended(vrel->relation,
+											 AccessShareLock,
+											 0, NULL, NULL);
+			if (!OidIsValid(relid))
+				return vacrels;
+		}
+		else
+		{
+			/* Get relid for reporting before taking a lock */
+			relid = RangeVarGetRelid(vrel->relation, NoLock, false);
+
+			if (!ConditionalLockRelationOid(relid, AccessShareLock))
+			{
+				int	flags = 0;
+				/*
+				 * If the lock is unavailable, emit the same log statement that
+				 * vacuum_rel() and analyze_rel() would.
+				 */
+				if (options & VACOPT_VACUUM)
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping vacuum of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
 								vrel->relation->relname)));
-			return vacrels;
+				else
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping analyze of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
+									vrel->relation->relname)));
+
+				if ((options & VACOPT_VACUUM) != 0)
+					flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM;
+				if ((options & VACOPT_ANALYZE) != 0)
+					flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE;
+
+				pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(relid, flags);
+
+				return vacrels;
+			}
+
+			/*
+			 * Now that we have the lock, probe to see if the relation really
+			 * exists or not.
+			 */
+			if (!SearchSysCacheExists1(RELOID, ObjectIdGetDatum(relid)))
+			{
+				if (options & VACOPT_VACUUM)
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_UNDEFINED_TABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping vacuum of \"%s\" --- relation no longer exists",
+									vrel->relation->relname)));
+				else
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_UNDEFINED_TABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping analyze of \"%s\" --- relation no longer exists",
+									vrel->relation->relname)));
+
+				/* Release useless lock */
+				UnlockRelationOid(relid, AccessShareLock);
+
+				return vacrels;
+			}
 		}
 
 		/*
diff --git a/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c b/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c
index b2ca28f83ba..532d9023f8c 100644
--- a/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c
+++ b/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c
@@ -17,12 +17,14 @@
 
 #include "postgres.h"
 
+#include "access/htup_details.h"
 #include "access/twophase_rmgr.h"
 #include "access/xact.h"
 #include "catalog/catalog.h"
 #include "utils/memutils.h"
 #include "utils/pgstat_internal.h"
 #include "utils/rel.h"
+#include "utils/syscache.h"
 #include "utils/timestamp.h"
 
 
@@ -367,6 +369,68 @@ pgstat_report_analyze(Relation rel,
 	(void) pgstat_flush_backend(false, PGSTAT_BACKEND_FLUSH_IO);
 }
 
+/*
+ * Report that the table was skipped during vacuum or/and analyze.
+ */
+void
+pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(Oid relid, int flags)
+{
+	PgStat_EntryRef *entry_ref;
+	PgStatShared_Relation *shtabentry;
+	PgStat_StatTabEntry *tabentry;
+	TimestampTz ts;
+	HeapTuple	classTup;
+	bool		isshared;
+
+	if (!pgstat_track_counts || !flags)
+		return;
+
+	classTup = SearchSysCache1(RELOID, ObjectIdGetDatum(relid));
+	if (!HeapTupleIsValid(classTup))
+		return;			/* somebody deleted the rel, forget it */
+	isshared = ((Form_pg_class) GETSTRUCT(classTup))->relisshared;
+	ReleaseSysCache(classTup);
+
+	/* Store the data in the table's hash table entry. */
+	ts = GetCurrentTimestamp();
+
+	/* block acquiring lock for the same reason as pgstat_report_autovac() */
+	entry_ref = pgstat_get_entry_ref_locked(PGSTAT_KIND_RELATION,
+											isshared ? InvalidOid : MyDatabaseId,
+											relid, false);
+
+	shtabentry = (PgStatShared_Relation *) entry_ref->shared_stats;
+	tabentry = &shtabentry->stats;
+
+	if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM)
+	{
+		tabentry->last_skipped_vacuum_time = ts;
+		tabentry->skipped_vacuum_count++;
+	}
+	else if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOVACUUM)
+	{
+		tabentry->last_skipped_autovacuum_time = ts;
+		tabentry->skipped_autovacuum_count++;
+	}
+
+	if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE)
+	{
+		tabentry->last_skipped_analyze_time = ts;
+		tabentry->skipped_analyze_count++;
+	}
+	else if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOANALYZE)
+	{
+		tabentry->last_skipped_autoanalyze_time = ts;
+		tabentry->skipped_autoanalyze_count++;
+	}
+
+	pgstat_unlock_entry(entry_ref);
+
+	/* see pgstat_report_vacuum() */
+	pgstat_flush_io(false);
+	(void) pgstat_flush_backend(false, PGSTAT_BACKEND_FLUSH_IO);
+}
+
 /*
  * count a tuple insertion of n tuples
  */
diff --git a/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c b/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c
index 1408de387ea..90a8968faa0 100644
--- a/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c
+++ b/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c
@@ -84,6 +84,18 @@ PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(mod_since_analyze)
 /* pg_stat_get_numscans */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(numscans)
 
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_analyze_count)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_autoanalyze_count)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_autovacuum_count)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_vacuum_count)
+
 /* pg_stat_get_tuples_deleted */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(tuples_deleted)
 
@@ -170,6 +182,18 @@ PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_vacuum_time)
 /* pg_stat_get_lastscan */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(lastscan)
 
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_analyze_time)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_autoanalyze_time)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_autovacuum_time)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_vacuum_time)
+
 /* pg_stat_get_stat_reset_time */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(stat_reset_time)
 
diff --git a/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat b/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat
index fa9ae79082b..32debb34863 100644
--- a/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat
+++ b/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat
@@ -5680,6 +5680,38 @@
   proargmodes => '{o,o,o,o,o,o,o,o,o,o}',
   proargnames => '{oid,score,xid_score,mxid_score,vacuum_score,vacuum_insert_score,analyze_score,do_vacuum,do_analyze,for_wraparound}',
   prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_autovacuum_scores' },
+{ oid => '8142', descr => 'statistics: last skipped vacuum time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time' },
+{ oid => '8143', descr => 'statistics: last skipped auto vacuum time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time' },
+{ oid => '8144', descr => 'statistics: last skipped analyze time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time' },
+{ oid => '8145', descr => 'statistics: last skipped auto analyze time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time' },
+{ oid => '8146', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped vacuum for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count' },
+{ oid => '8147', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped auto vacuum for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count' },
+{ oid => '8148', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped analyzes for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count' },
+{ oid => '8149', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped auto analyzes for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count' },
 { oid => '1936', descr => 'statistics: currently active backend IDs',
   proname => 'pg_stat_get_backend_idset', prorows => '100', proretset => 't',
   provolatile => 's', proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int4',
diff --git a/src/include/pgstat.h b/src/include/pgstat.h
index dfa2e837638..98941f953d1 100644
--- a/src/include/pgstat.h
+++ b/src/include/pgstat.h
@@ -479,6 +479,15 @@ typedef struct PgStat_StatTabEntry
 	TimestampTz last_autoanalyze_time;	/* autovacuum initiated */
 	PgStat_Counter autoanalyze_count;
 
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_vacuum_time;	/* user initiated vacuum */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_vacuum_count;
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_autovacuum_time;	/* autovacuum initiated */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_autovacuum_count;
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_analyze_time;	/* user initiated */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_analyze_count;
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_autoanalyze_time;	/* autovacuum initiated */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_autoanalyze_count;
+
 	PgStat_Counter total_vacuum_time;	/* times in milliseconds */
 	PgStat_Counter total_autovacuum_time;
 	PgStat_Counter total_analyze_time;
@@ -703,6 +712,13 @@ extern void pgstat_report_analyze(Relation rel,
 								  PgStat_Counter livetuples, PgStat_Counter deadtuples,
 								  bool resetcounter, TimestampTz starttime);
 
+/* flags for pgstat_flush_backend() */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM		(1 << 0)	/* vacuum is skipped */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE		(1 << 1)	/* analyze is skipped */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOVACUUM	(1 << 2)	/* autovacuum is skipped */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOANALYZE	(1 << 3)	/* autoanalyze is skipped */
+extern void pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(Oid relid, int flags);
+
 /*
  * If stats are enabled, but pending data hasn't been prepared yet, call
  * pgstat_assoc_relation() to do so. See its comment for why this is done
diff --git a/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out b/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out
index a65a5bf0c4f..9b2075d3373 100644
--- a/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out
+++ b/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out
@@ -1835,13 +1835,21 @@ pg_stat_all_tables| SELECT c.oid AS relid,
     pg_stat_get_mod_since_analyze(c.oid) AS n_mod_since_analyze,
     pg_stat_get_ins_since_vacuum(c.oid) AS n_ins_since_vacuum,
     pg_stat_get_last_vacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_vacuum,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_vacuum,
     pg_stat_get_last_autovacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_autovacuum,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_autovacuum,
     pg_stat_get_last_analyze_time(c.oid) AS last_analyze,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_analyze,
     pg_stat_get_last_autoanalyze_time(c.oid) AS last_autoanalyze,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_autoanalyze,
     pg_stat_get_vacuum_count(c.oid) AS vacuum_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count(c.oid) AS skipped_vacuum_count,
     pg_stat_get_autovacuum_count(c.oid) AS autovacuum_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count(c.oid) AS skipped_autovacuum_count,
     pg_stat_get_analyze_count(c.oid) AS analyze_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count(c.oid) AS skipped_analyze_count,
     pg_stat_get_autoanalyze_count(c.oid) AS autoanalyze_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count(c.oid) AS skipped_autoanalyze_count,
     pg_stat_get_total_vacuum_time(c.oid) AS total_vacuum_time,
     pg_stat_get_total_autovacuum_time(c.oid) AS total_autovacuum_time,
     pg_stat_get_total_analyze_time(c.oid) AS total_analyze_time,
@@ -2346,13 +2354,21 @@ pg_stat_sys_tables| SELECT relid,
     n_mod_since_analyze,
     n_ins_since_vacuum,
     last_vacuum,
+    last_skipped_vacuum,
     last_autovacuum,
+    last_skipped_autovacuum,
     last_analyze,
+    last_skipped_analyze,
     last_autoanalyze,
+    last_skipped_autoanalyze,
     vacuum_count,
+    skipped_vacuum_count,
     autovacuum_count,
+    skipped_autovacuum_count,
     analyze_count,
+    skipped_analyze_count,
     autoanalyze_count,
+    skipped_autoanalyze_count,
     total_vacuum_time,
     total_autovacuum_time,
     total_analyze_time,
@@ -2401,13 +2417,21 @@ pg_stat_user_tables| SELECT relid,
     n_mod_since_analyze,
     n_ins_since_vacuum,
     last_vacuum,
+    last_skipped_vacuum,
     last_autovacuum,
+    last_skipped_autovacuum,
     last_analyze,
+    last_skipped_analyze,
     last_autoanalyze,
+    last_skipped_autoanalyze,
     vacuum_count,
+    skipped_vacuum_count,
     autovacuum_count,
+    skipped_autovacuum_count,
     analyze_count,
+    skipped_analyze_count,
     autoanalyze_count,
+    skipped_autoanalyze_count,
     total_vacuum_time,
     total_autovacuum_time,
     total_analyze_time,
-- 
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* [PATCH v3] Track skipped vacuum and analyze activity per relation
@ 2026-03-24 04:09 Yugo Nagata <[email protected]>
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From: Yugo Nagata @ 2026-03-24 04:09 UTC (permalink / raw)

This commit adds eight fields to the relation statistics that track
the last time vacuum or analyze has been attempted but skipped due to
lock unavailability, along with their counts:

-    last_skipped_vacuum
-    last_skipped_autovacuum
-    last_skipped_analyze
-    last_skipped_autoanalyze
-    skipped_vacuum_count
-    skipped_autovacuum_count
-    skipped_analyze_count
-    skipped_autoanalyze_count

These field can help users confirm that autovacuum is actively attempting
to run on a table that has not been vacuumed or analyzed for a long time,
and that the lack of progress is due to repeated skips rather than inactivity.
---
 doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml                 | 80 +++++++++++++++++
 src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql         |  8 ++
 src/backend/commands/vacuum.c                | 95 +++++++++++++++-----
 src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c | 68 ++++++++++++++
 src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c          | 24 +++++
 src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat              | 32 +++++++
 src/include/pgstat.h                         | 16 ++++
 src/test/regress/expected/rules.out          | 24 +++++
 8 files changed, 324 insertions(+), 23 deletions(-)

diff --git a/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml b/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml
index bb75ed1069b..9ec8070b2fc 100644
--- a/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml
+++ b/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml
@@ -4372,6 +4372,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_vacuum</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time a manual vacuum on this table was attempted but skipped due to
+       lock unavailability (not counting <command>VACUUM FULL</command>)
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>last_autovacuum</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
@@ -4382,6 +4392,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_autovacuum</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time a vacuum on this table by the autovacuum daemon was attempted
+       but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>last_analyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
@@ -4391,6 +4411,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_analyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time a manual analyze on this table was attempted but skipped due to
+       lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>last_autoanalyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
@@ -4401,6 +4431,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_autoanalyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time at which an analyze on this table by the autovacuum was
+       attempted but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>vacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4411,6 +4451,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_vacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times vacuums on this table have been attempted but skipped
+       due to lock unavailability (not counting <command>VACUUM FULL</command>)
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>autovacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4421,6 +4471,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_autovacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times vacuums on this table by the autovacuum daemon have been
+       attempted but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>analyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4430,6 +4490,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_analyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times manual analyzes on this table have been attempted but
+       skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>autoanalyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4440,6 +4510,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_autoanalyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times analyzes on this table by the autovacuum daemon have
+       been attempted but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>total_vacuum_time</structfield> <type>double precision</type>
diff --git a/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql b/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql
index e54018004db..2ca02a0354c 100644
--- a/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql
+++ b/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql
@@ -736,13 +736,21 @@ CREATE VIEW pg_stat_all_tables AS
             pg_stat_get_mod_since_analyze(C.oid) AS n_mod_since_analyze,
             pg_stat_get_ins_since_vacuum(C.oid) AS n_ins_since_vacuum,
             pg_stat_get_last_vacuum_time(C.oid) as last_vacuum,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_vacuum,
             pg_stat_get_last_autovacuum_time(C.oid) as last_autovacuum,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_autovacuum,
             pg_stat_get_last_analyze_time(C.oid) as last_analyze,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_analyze,
             pg_stat_get_last_autoanalyze_time(C.oid) as last_autoanalyze,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_autoanalyze,
             pg_stat_get_vacuum_count(C.oid) AS vacuum_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count(C.oid) AS skipped_vacuum_count,
             pg_stat_get_autovacuum_count(C.oid) AS autovacuum_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count(C.oid) AS skipped_autovacuum_count,
             pg_stat_get_analyze_count(C.oid) AS analyze_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count(C.oid) AS skipped_analyze_count,
             pg_stat_get_autoanalyze_count(C.oid) AS autoanalyze_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count(C.oid) AS skipped_autoanalyze_count,
             pg_stat_get_total_vacuum_time(C.oid) AS total_vacuum_time,
             pg_stat_get_total_autovacuum_time(C.oid) AS total_autovacuum_time,
             pg_stat_get_total_analyze_time(C.oid) AS total_analyze_time,
diff --git a/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c b/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c
index bce3a2daa24..ce83b3171be 100644
--- a/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c
+++ b/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c
@@ -792,8 +792,18 @@ vacuum_open_relation(Oid relid, RangeVar *relation, bits32 options,
 		rel = try_relation_open(relid, NoLock);
 	else
 	{
+		bits8 flags = 0;
 		rel = NULL;
 		rel_lock = false;
+
+		if ((options & VACOPT_VACUUM) != 0)
+			flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM;
+		if ((options & VACOPT_ANALYZE) != 0)
+			flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE;
+		if (AmAutoVacuumWorkerProcess())
+			flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOVAC;
+
+		pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(relid, flags);
 	}
 
 	/* if relation is opened, leave */
@@ -801,7 +811,7 @@ vacuum_open_relation(Oid relid, RangeVar *relation, bits32 options,
 		return rel;
 
 	/*
-	 * Relation could not be opened, hence generate if possible a log
+	 * Relation could not be opened hence generate if possible a log
 	 * informing on the situation.
 	 *
 	 * If the RangeVar is not defined, we do not have enough information to
@@ -904,7 +914,6 @@ expand_vacuum_rel(VacuumRelation *vrel, MemoryContext vac_context,
 		Form_pg_class classForm;
 		bool		include_children;
 		bool		is_partitioned_table;
-		int			rvr_opts;
 
 		/*
 		 * Since autovacuum workers supply OIDs when calling vacuum(), no
@@ -917,29 +926,69 @@ expand_vacuum_rel(VacuumRelation *vrel, MemoryContext vac_context,
 		 * below, as well as find_all_inheritors's expectation that the caller
 		 * holds some lock on the starting relation.
 		 */
-		rvr_opts = (options & VACOPT_SKIP_LOCKED) ? RVR_SKIP_LOCKED : 0;
-		relid = RangeVarGetRelidExtended(vrel->relation,
-										 AccessShareLock,
-										 rvr_opts,
-										 NULL, NULL);
-
-		/*
-		 * If the lock is unavailable, emit the same log statement that
-		 * vacuum_rel() and analyze_rel() would.
-		 */
-		if (!OidIsValid(relid))
+		if (!(options & VACOPT_SKIP_LOCKED))
 		{
-			if (options & VACOPT_VACUUM)
-				ereport(WARNING,
-						(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
-						 errmsg("skipping vacuum of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
-								vrel->relation->relname)));
-			else
-				ereport(WARNING,
-						(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
-						 errmsg("skipping analyze of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
+			relid = RangeVarGetRelidExtended(vrel->relation,
+											 AccessShareLock,
+											 0, NULL, NULL);
+			if (!OidIsValid(relid))
+				return vacrels;
+		}
+		else
+		{
+			/* Get relid for reporting before taking a lock */
+			relid = RangeVarGetRelid(vrel->relation, NoLock, false);
+
+			if (!ConditionalLockRelationOid(relid, AccessShareLock))
+			{
+				bits8	flags = 0;
+				/*
+				 * If the lock is unavailable, emit the same log statement that
+				 * vacuum_rel() and analyze_rel() would.
+				 */
+				if (options & VACOPT_VACUUM)
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping vacuum of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
 								vrel->relation->relname)));
-			return vacrels;
+				else
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping analyze of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
+									vrel->relation->relname)));
+
+				if ((options & VACOPT_VACUUM) != 0)
+					flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM;
+				if ((options & VACOPT_ANALYZE) != 0)
+					flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE;
+
+				pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(relid, flags);
+
+				return vacrels;
+			}
+
+			/*
+			 * Now that we have the lock, probe to see if the relation really
+			 * exists or not.
+			 */
+			if (!SearchSysCacheExists1(RELOID, ObjectIdGetDatum(relid)))
+			{
+				if (options & VACOPT_VACUUM)
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_UNDEFINED_TABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping vacuum of \"%s\" --- relation no longer exists",
+									vrel->relation->relname)));
+				else
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_UNDEFINED_TABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping analyze of \"%s\" --- relation no longer exists",
+									vrel->relation->relname)));
+
+				/* Release useless lock */
+				UnlockRelationOid(relid, AccessShareLock);
+
+				return vacrels;
+			}
 		}
 
 		/*
diff --git a/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c b/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c
index bc8c43b96aa..cec4c88980e 100644
--- a/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c
+++ b/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c
@@ -17,6 +17,7 @@
 
 #include "postgres.h"
 
+#include "access/htup_details.h"
 #include "access/twophase_rmgr.h"
 #include "access/xact.h"
 #include "catalog/catalog.h"
@@ -366,6 +367,73 @@ pgstat_report_analyze(Relation rel,
 	(void) pgstat_flush_backend(false, PGSTAT_BACKEND_FLUSH_IO);
 }
 
+/*
+ * Report that the table was skipped during vacuum or/and analyze.
+ */
+void
+pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(Oid relid, bits8 flags)
+{
+	PgStat_EntryRef *entry_ref;
+	PgStatShared_Relation *shtabentry;
+	PgStat_StatTabEntry *tabentry;
+	TimestampTz ts;
+	HeapTuple	classTup;
+	bool		isshared;
+
+	if (!pgstat_track_counts || !(flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANY))
+		return;
+
+	classTup = SearchSysCache1(RELOID, ObjectIdGetDatum(relid));
+	if (!HeapTupleIsValid(classTup))
+		return;			/* somebody deleted the rel, forget it */
+	isshared = ((Form_pg_class) GETSTRUCT(classTup))->relisshared;
+	ReleaseSysCache(classTup);
+
+	/* Store the data in the table's hash table entry. */
+	ts = GetCurrentTimestamp();
+
+	/* block acquiring lock for the same reason as pgstat_report_autovac() */
+	entry_ref = pgstat_get_entry_ref_locked(PGSTAT_KIND_RELATION,
+											isshared ? InvalidOid : MyDatabaseId,
+											relid, false);
+
+	shtabentry = (PgStatShared_Relation *) entry_ref->shared_stats;
+	tabentry = &shtabentry->stats;
+
+	if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOVAC)
+	{
+		if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM)
+		{
+			tabentry->last_skipped_autovacuum_time = ts;
+			tabentry->skipped_autovacuum_count++;
+		}
+		if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE)
+		{
+			tabentry->last_skipped_autoanalyze_time = ts;
+			tabentry->skipped_autoanalyze_count++;
+		}
+	}
+	else
+	{
+		if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM)
+		{
+			tabentry->last_skipped_vacuum_time = ts;
+			tabentry->skipped_vacuum_count++;
+		}
+		if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE)
+		{
+			tabentry->last_skipped_analyze_time = ts;
+			tabentry->skipped_analyze_count++;
+		}
+	}
+
+	pgstat_unlock_entry(entry_ref);
+
+	/* see pgstat_report_vacuum() */
+	pgstat_flush_io(false);
+	(void) pgstat_flush_backend(false, PGSTAT_BACKEND_FLUSH_IO);
+}
+
 /*
  * count a tuple insertion of n tuples
  */
diff --git a/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c b/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c
index 9185a8e6b83..18aaa3996e1 100644
--- a/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c
+++ b/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c
@@ -84,6 +84,18 @@ PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(mod_since_analyze)
 /* pg_stat_get_numscans */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(numscans)
 
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_analyze_count)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_autoanalyze_count)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_autovacuum_count)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_vacuum_count)
+
 /* pg_stat_get_tuples_deleted */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(tuples_deleted)
 
@@ -170,6 +182,18 @@ PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_vacuum_time)
 /* pg_stat_get_lastscan */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(lastscan)
 
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_analyze_time)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_autoanalyze_time)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_autovacuum_time)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_vacuum_time)
+
 /* pg_stat_get_stat_reset_time */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(stat_reset_time)
 
diff --git a/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat b/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat
index 0118e970dda..ccfe3d9e02a 100644
--- a/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat
+++ b/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat
@@ -5667,6 +5667,38 @@
   proname => 'pg_stat_get_total_autoanalyze_time', provolatile => 's',
   proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'float8', proargtypes => 'oid',
   prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_total_autoanalyze_time' },
+{ oid => '8142', descr => 'statistics: last skipped vacuum time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time' },
+{ oid => '8143', descr => 'statistics: last skipped auto vacuum time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time' },
+{ oid => '8144', descr => 'statistics: last skipped analyze time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time' },
+{ oid => '8145', descr => 'statistics: last skipped auto analyze time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time' },
+{ oid => '8146', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped vacuum for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count' },
+{ oid => '8147', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped auto vacuum for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count' },
+{ oid => '8148', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped analyzes for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count' },
+{ oid => '8149', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped auto analyzes for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count' },
 { oid => '1936', descr => 'statistics: currently active backend IDs',
   proname => 'pg_stat_get_backend_idset', prorows => '100', proretset => 't',
   provolatile => 's', proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int4',
diff --git a/src/include/pgstat.h b/src/include/pgstat.h
index 8e3549c3752..343081a7a25 100644
--- a/src/include/pgstat.h
+++ b/src/include/pgstat.h
@@ -479,6 +479,15 @@ typedef struct PgStat_StatTabEntry
 	TimestampTz last_autoanalyze_time;	/* autovacuum initiated */
 	PgStat_Counter autoanalyze_count;
 
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_vacuum_time;	/* user initiated vacuum */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_vacuum_count;
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_autovacuum_time;	/* autovacuum initiated */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_autovacuum_count;
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_analyze_time;	/* user initiated */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_analyze_count;
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_autoanalyze_time;	/* autovacuum initiated */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_autoanalyze_count;
+
 	PgStat_Counter total_vacuum_time;	/* times in milliseconds */
 	PgStat_Counter total_autovacuum_time;
 	PgStat_Counter total_analyze_time;
@@ -707,6 +716,13 @@ extern void pgstat_report_analyze(Relation rel,
 								  PgStat_Counter livetuples, PgStat_Counter deadtuples,
 								  bool resetcounter, TimestampTz starttime);
 
+/* flags for pgstat_flush_backend() */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM	(1 << 0)	/* vacuum is skipped */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE	(1 << 1)	/* analyze is skipped */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOVAC	(1 << 2)	/* skipped during autovacuum/autoanalyze */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANY   (PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM | PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE)
+extern void pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(Oid relid, bits8 flags);
+
 /*
  * If stats are enabled, but pending data hasn't been prepared yet, call
  * pgstat_assoc_relation() to do so. See its comment for why this is done
diff --git a/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out b/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out
index 2b3cf6d8569..4ccfc43e903 100644
--- a/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out
+++ b/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out
@@ -1835,13 +1835,21 @@ pg_stat_all_tables| SELECT c.oid AS relid,
     pg_stat_get_mod_since_analyze(c.oid) AS n_mod_since_analyze,
     pg_stat_get_ins_since_vacuum(c.oid) AS n_ins_since_vacuum,
     pg_stat_get_last_vacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_vacuum,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_vacuum,
     pg_stat_get_last_autovacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_autovacuum,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_autovacuum,
     pg_stat_get_last_analyze_time(c.oid) AS last_analyze,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_analyze,
     pg_stat_get_last_autoanalyze_time(c.oid) AS last_autoanalyze,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_autoanalyze,
     pg_stat_get_vacuum_count(c.oid) AS vacuum_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count(c.oid) AS skipped_vacuum_count,
     pg_stat_get_autovacuum_count(c.oid) AS autovacuum_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count(c.oid) AS skipped_autovacuum_count,
     pg_stat_get_analyze_count(c.oid) AS analyze_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count(c.oid) AS skipped_analyze_count,
     pg_stat_get_autoanalyze_count(c.oid) AS autoanalyze_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count(c.oid) AS skipped_autoanalyze_count,
     pg_stat_get_total_vacuum_time(c.oid) AS total_vacuum_time,
     pg_stat_get_total_autovacuum_time(c.oid) AS total_autovacuum_time,
     pg_stat_get_total_analyze_time(c.oid) AS total_analyze_time,
@@ -2293,13 +2301,21 @@ pg_stat_sys_tables| SELECT relid,
     n_mod_since_analyze,
     n_ins_since_vacuum,
     last_vacuum,
+    last_skipped_vacuum,
     last_autovacuum,
+    last_skipped_autovacuum,
     last_analyze,
+    last_skipped_analyze,
     last_autoanalyze,
+    last_skipped_autoanalyze,
     vacuum_count,
+    skipped_vacuum_count,
     autovacuum_count,
+    skipped_autovacuum_count,
     analyze_count,
+    skipped_analyze_count,
     autoanalyze_count,
+    skipped_autoanalyze_count,
     total_vacuum_time,
     total_autovacuum_time,
     total_analyze_time,
@@ -2348,13 +2364,21 @@ pg_stat_user_tables| SELECT relid,
     n_mod_since_analyze,
     n_ins_since_vacuum,
     last_vacuum,
+    last_skipped_vacuum,
     last_autovacuum,
+    last_skipped_autovacuum,
     last_analyze,
+    last_skipped_analyze,
     last_autoanalyze,
+    last_skipped_autoanalyze,
     vacuum_count,
+    skipped_vacuum_count,
     autovacuum_count,
+    skipped_autovacuum_count,
     analyze_count,
+    skipped_analyze_count,
     autoanalyze_count,
+    skipped_autoanalyze_count,
     total_vacuum_time,
     total_autovacuum_time,
     total_analyze_time,
-- 
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* [PATCH v5] Track skipped vacuum and analyze activity per relation
@ 2026-03-24 04:09 Yugo Nagata <[email protected]>
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From: Yugo Nagata @ 2026-03-24 04:09 UTC (permalink / raw)

This commit adds eight fields to the relation statistics that track
the last time vacuum or analyze has been attempted but skipped due to
lock unavailability, along with their counts:

-    last_skipped_vacuum
-    last_skipped_autovacuum
-    last_skipped_analyze
-    last_skipped_autoanalyze
-    skipped_vacuum_count
-    skipped_autovacuum_count
-    skipped_analyze_count
-    skipped_autoanalyze_count

These field can help users confirm that autovacuum is actively attempting
to run on a table that has not been vacuumed or analyzed for a long time,
and that the lack of progress is due to repeated skips rather than inactivity.
---
 doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml                  |  88 ++++++
 src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql          |   8 +
 src/backend/commands/vacuum.c                 | 100 +++++--
 src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c  |  64 +++++
 src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c           |  24 ++
 src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat               |  32 +++
 src/include/pgstat.h                          |  16 ++
 .../isolation/expected/vacuum-skip-locked.out | 260 ++++++++++++++++--
 .../isolation/specs/vacuum-skip-locked.spec   |  41 +--
 src/test/regress/expected/rules.out           |  24 ++
 10 files changed, 601 insertions(+), 56 deletions(-)

diff --git a/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml b/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml
index 08d5b824552..a9b579d87a9 100644
--- a/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml
+++ b/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml
@@ -4387,6 +4387,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_vacuum</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time a manual vacuum on this table was attempted but skipped due to
+       lock unavailability (not counting <command>VACUUM FULL</command>)
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>last_autovacuum</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
@@ -4397,6 +4407,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_autovacuum</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time a vacuum on this table by the autovacuum daemon was attempted
+       but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>last_analyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
@@ -4406,6 +4426,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_analyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time a manual analyze on this table was attempted but skipped due to
+       lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>last_autoanalyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
@@ -4416,6 +4446,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_autoanalyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time at which an analyze on this table by the autovacuum was
+       attempted but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>vacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4426,6 +4466,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_vacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times manual vacuums on this table have been attempted but skipped
+       due to lock unavailability (not counting <command>VACUUM FULL</command>)
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>autovacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4436,6 +4486,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_autovacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times vacuums on this table by the autovacuum daemon have been
+       attempted but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>analyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4445,6 +4505,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_analyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times manual analyzes on this table have been attempted but
+       skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>autoanalyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4455,6 +4525,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_autoanalyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times analyzes on this table by the autovacuum daemon have
+       been attempted but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>total_vacuum_time</structfield> <type>double precision</type>
@@ -4510,6 +4590,14 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
    </tgroup>
   </table>
 
+  <note>
+   <para>
+    When a manual vacuum or analyze on a parent table in an inheritance or
+    partitioning hierarchy is skipped, the statistics are recorded only for
+    the parent table, not for its children.
+   </para>
+  </note>
+
  </sect2>
 
  <sect2 id="monitoring-pg-stat-autovacuum-scores-view">
diff --git a/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql b/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql
index 73a1c1c4670..f509fc7876b 100644
--- a/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql
+++ b/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql
@@ -736,13 +736,21 @@ CREATE VIEW pg_stat_all_tables AS
             pg_stat_get_mod_since_analyze(C.oid) AS n_mod_since_analyze,
             pg_stat_get_ins_since_vacuum(C.oid) AS n_ins_since_vacuum,
             pg_stat_get_last_vacuum_time(C.oid) as last_vacuum,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_vacuum,
             pg_stat_get_last_autovacuum_time(C.oid) as last_autovacuum,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_autovacuum,
             pg_stat_get_last_analyze_time(C.oid) as last_analyze,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_analyze,
             pg_stat_get_last_autoanalyze_time(C.oid) as last_autoanalyze,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_autoanalyze,
             pg_stat_get_vacuum_count(C.oid) AS vacuum_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count(C.oid) AS skipped_vacuum_count,
             pg_stat_get_autovacuum_count(C.oid) AS autovacuum_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count(C.oid) AS skipped_autovacuum_count,
             pg_stat_get_analyze_count(C.oid) AS analyze_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count(C.oid) AS skipped_analyze_count,
             pg_stat_get_autoanalyze_count(C.oid) AS autoanalyze_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count(C.oid) AS skipped_autoanalyze_count,
             pg_stat_get_total_vacuum_time(C.oid) AS total_vacuum_time,
             pg_stat_get_total_autovacuum_time(C.oid) AS total_autovacuum_time,
             pg_stat_get_total_analyze_time(C.oid) AS total_analyze_time,
diff --git a/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c b/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c
index 99d0db82ed7..df6526225e4 100644
--- a/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c
+++ b/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c
@@ -793,8 +793,25 @@ vacuum_open_relation(Oid relid, RangeVar *relation, uint32 options,
 		rel = try_relation_open(relid, NoLock);
 	else
 	{
+		int flags = 0;
 		rel = NULL;
 		rel_lock = false;
+
+		if ((options & VACOPT_VACUUM) != 0 && (options & VACOPT_FULL) == 0)
+		{
+			if (AmAutoVacuumWorkerProcess())
+				flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOVACUUM;
+			else
+				flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM;
+		}
+		if ((options & VACOPT_ANALYZE) != 0)
+		{
+			if (AmAutoVacuumWorkerProcess())
+				flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOANALYZE;
+			else
+				flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE;
+		}
+		pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(relid, flags);
 	}
 
 	/* if relation is opened, leave */
@@ -905,7 +922,6 @@ expand_vacuum_rel(VacuumRelation *vrel, MemoryContext vac_context,
 		Form_pg_class classForm;
 		bool		include_children;
 		bool		is_partitioned_table;
-		int			rvr_opts;
 
 		/*
 		 * Since autovacuum workers supply OIDs when calling vacuum(), no
@@ -918,29 +934,69 @@ expand_vacuum_rel(VacuumRelation *vrel, MemoryContext vac_context,
 		 * below, as well as find_all_inheritors's expectation that the caller
 		 * holds some lock on the starting relation.
 		 */
-		rvr_opts = (options & VACOPT_SKIP_LOCKED) ? RVR_SKIP_LOCKED : 0;
-		relid = RangeVarGetRelidExtended(vrel->relation,
-										 AccessShareLock,
-										 rvr_opts,
-										 NULL, NULL);
-
-		/*
-		 * If the lock is unavailable, emit the same log statement that
-		 * vacuum_rel() and analyze_rel() would.
-		 */
-		if (!OidIsValid(relid))
+		if (!(options & VACOPT_SKIP_LOCKED))
 		{
-			if (options & VACOPT_VACUUM)
-				ereport(WARNING,
-						(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
-						 errmsg("skipping vacuum of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
-								vrel->relation->relname)));
-			else
-				ereport(WARNING,
-						(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
-						 errmsg("skipping analyze of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
+			relid = RangeVarGetRelidExtended(vrel->relation,
+											 AccessShareLock,
+											 0, NULL, NULL);
+			if (!OidIsValid(relid))
+				return vacrels;
+		}
+		else
+		{
+			/* Get relid for reporting before taking a lock */
+			relid = RangeVarGetRelid(vrel->relation, NoLock, false);
+
+			if (!ConditionalLockRelationOid(relid, AccessShareLock))
+			{
+				int	flags = 0;
+				/*
+				 * If the lock is unavailable, emit the same log statement that
+				 * vacuum_rel() and analyze_rel() would.
+				 */
+				if (options & VACOPT_VACUUM)
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping vacuum of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
 								vrel->relation->relname)));
-			return vacrels;
+				else
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping analyze of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
+									vrel->relation->relname)));
+
+				if ((options & VACOPT_VACUUM) != 0 && (options & VACOPT_FULL) == 0)
+					flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM;
+				if ((options & VACOPT_ANALYZE) != 0)
+					flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE;
+
+				pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(relid, flags);
+
+				return vacrels;
+			}
+
+			/*
+			 * Now that we have the lock, probe to see if the relation really
+			 * exists or not.
+			 */
+			if (!SearchSysCacheExists1(RELOID, ObjectIdGetDatum(relid)))
+			{
+				if (options & VACOPT_VACUUM)
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_UNDEFINED_TABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping vacuum of \"%s\" --- relation no longer exists",
+									vrel->relation->relname)));
+				else
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_UNDEFINED_TABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping analyze of \"%s\" --- relation no longer exists",
+									vrel->relation->relname)));
+
+				/* Release useless lock */
+				UnlockRelationOid(relid, AccessShareLock);
+
+				return vacrels;
+			}
 		}
 
 		/*
diff --git a/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c b/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c
index b2ca28f83ba..532d9023f8c 100644
--- a/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c
+++ b/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c
@@ -17,12 +17,14 @@
 
 #include "postgres.h"
 
+#include "access/htup_details.h"
 #include "access/twophase_rmgr.h"
 #include "access/xact.h"
 #include "catalog/catalog.h"
 #include "utils/memutils.h"
 #include "utils/pgstat_internal.h"
 #include "utils/rel.h"
+#include "utils/syscache.h"
 #include "utils/timestamp.h"
 
 
@@ -367,6 +369,68 @@ pgstat_report_analyze(Relation rel,
 	(void) pgstat_flush_backend(false, PGSTAT_BACKEND_FLUSH_IO);
 }
 
+/*
+ * Report that the table was skipped during vacuum or/and analyze.
+ */
+void
+pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(Oid relid, int flags)
+{
+	PgStat_EntryRef *entry_ref;
+	PgStatShared_Relation *shtabentry;
+	PgStat_StatTabEntry *tabentry;
+	TimestampTz ts;
+	HeapTuple	classTup;
+	bool		isshared;
+
+	if (!pgstat_track_counts || !flags)
+		return;
+
+	classTup = SearchSysCache1(RELOID, ObjectIdGetDatum(relid));
+	if (!HeapTupleIsValid(classTup))
+		return;			/* somebody deleted the rel, forget it */
+	isshared = ((Form_pg_class) GETSTRUCT(classTup))->relisshared;
+	ReleaseSysCache(classTup);
+
+	/* Store the data in the table's hash table entry. */
+	ts = GetCurrentTimestamp();
+
+	/* block acquiring lock for the same reason as pgstat_report_autovac() */
+	entry_ref = pgstat_get_entry_ref_locked(PGSTAT_KIND_RELATION,
+											isshared ? InvalidOid : MyDatabaseId,
+											relid, false);
+
+	shtabentry = (PgStatShared_Relation *) entry_ref->shared_stats;
+	tabentry = &shtabentry->stats;
+
+	if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM)
+	{
+		tabentry->last_skipped_vacuum_time = ts;
+		tabentry->skipped_vacuum_count++;
+	}
+	else if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOVACUUM)
+	{
+		tabentry->last_skipped_autovacuum_time = ts;
+		tabentry->skipped_autovacuum_count++;
+	}
+
+	if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE)
+	{
+		tabentry->last_skipped_analyze_time = ts;
+		tabentry->skipped_analyze_count++;
+	}
+	else if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOANALYZE)
+	{
+		tabentry->last_skipped_autoanalyze_time = ts;
+		tabentry->skipped_autoanalyze_count++;
+	}
+
+	pgstat_unlock_entry(entry_ref);
+
+	/* see pgstat_report_vacuum() */
+	pgstat_flush_io(false);
+	(void) pgstat_flush_backend(false, PGSTAT_BACKEND_FLUSH_IO);
+}
+
 /*
  * count a tuple insertion of n tuples
  */
diff --git a/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c b/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c
index 1408de387ea..90a8968faa0 100644
--- a/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c
+++ b/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c
@@ -84,6 +84,18 @@ PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(mod_since_analyze)
 /* pg_stat_get_numscans */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(numscans)
 
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_analyze_count)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_autoanalyze_count)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_autovacuum_count)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_vacuum_count)
+
 /* pg_stat_get_tuples_deleted */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(tuples_deleted)
 
@@ -170,6 +182,18 @@ PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_vacuum_time)
 /* pg_stat_get_lastscan */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(lastscan)
 
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_analyze_time)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_autoanalyze_time)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_autovacuum_time)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_vacuum_time)
+
 /* pg_stat_get_stat_reset_time */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(stat_reset_time)
 
diff --git a/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat b/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat
index fa9ae79082b..32debb34863 100644
--- a/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat
+++ b/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat
@@ -5680,6 +5680,38 @@
   proargmodes => '{o,o,o,o,o,o,o,o,o,o}',
   proargnames => '{oid,score,xid_score,mxid_score,vacuum_score,vacuum_insert_score,analyze_score,do_vacuum,do_analyze,for_wraparound}',
   prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_autovacuum_scores' },
+{ oid => '8142', descr => 'statistics: last skipped vacuum time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time' },
+{ oid => '8143', descr => 'statistics: last skipped auto vacuum time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time' },
+{ oid => '8144', descr => 'statistics: last skipped analyze time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time' },
+{ oid => '8145', descr => 'statistics: last skipped auto analyze time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time' },
+{ oid => '8146', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped vacuum for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count' },
+{ oid => '8147', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped auto vacuum for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count' },
+{ oid => '8148', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped analyzes for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count' },
+{ oid => '8149', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped auto analyzes for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count' },
 { oid => '1936', descr => 'statistics: currently active backend IDs',
   proname => 'pg_stat_get_backend_idset', prorows => '100', proretset => 't',
   provolatile => 's', proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int4',
diff --git a/src/include/pgstat.h b/src/include/pgstat.h
index dfa2e837638..98941f953d1 100644
--- a/src/include/pgstat.h
+++ b/src/include/pgstat.h
@@ -479,6 +479,15 @@ typedef struct PgStat_StatTabEntry
 	TimestampTz last_autoanalyze_time;	/* autovacuum initiated */
 	PgStat_Counter autoanalyze_count;
 
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_vacuum_time;	/* user initiated vacuum */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_vacuum_count;
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_autovacuum_time;	/* autovacuum initiated */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_autovacuum_count;
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_analyze_time;	/* user initiated */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_analyze_count;
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_autoanalyze_time;	/* autovacuum initiated */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_autoanalyze_count;
+
 	PgStat_Counter total_vacuum_time;	/* times in milliseconds */
 	PgStat_Counter total_autovacuum_time;
 	PgStat_Counter total_analyze_time;
@@ -703,6 +712,13 @@ extern void pgstat_report_analyze(Relation rel,
 								  PgStat_Counter livetuples, PgStat_Counter deadtuples,
 								  bool resetcounter, TimestampTz starttime);
 
+/* flags for pgstat_flush_backend() */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM		(1 << 0)	/* vacuum is skipped */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE		(1 << 1)	/* analyze is skipped */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOVACUUM	(1 << 2)	/* autovacuum is skipped */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOANALYZE	(1 << 3)	/* autoanalyze is skipped */
+extern void pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(Oid relid, int flags);
+
 /*
  * If stats are enabled, but pending data hasn't been prepared yet, call
  * pgstat_assoc_relation() to do so. See its comment for why this is done
diff --git a/src/test/isolation/expected/vacuum-skip-locked.out b/src/test/isolation/expected/vacuum-skip-locked.out
index 99db281a159..e2cff175b7c 100644
--- a/src/test/isolation/expected/vacuum-skip-locked.out
+++ b/src/test/isolation/expected/vacuum-skip-locked.out
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 Parsed test spec with 2 sessions
 
-starting permutation: lock_share vac_specified commit
+starting permutation: lock_share vac_specified commit check_stat
 step lock_share: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN SHARE MODE;
@@ -10,8 +10,22 @@ step vac_specified: VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED) part1, part2;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
 
-starting permutation: lock_share vac_all_parts commit
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   1|            0|                    0
+part2  |           1|                   0|            0|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
+
+starting permutation: lock_share vac_all_parts commit check_stat
 step lock_share: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN SHARE MODE;
@@ -20,8 +34,22 @@ step vac_all_parts: VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED) parted;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   1|            0|                    0
+part2  |           1|                   0|            0|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
 
-starting permutation: lock_share analyze_specified commit
+starting permutation: lock_share analyze_specified commit check_stat
 step lock_share: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN SHARE MODE;
@@ -31,8 +59,22 @@ step analyze_specified: ANALYZE (SKIP_LOCKED) part1, part2;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
 
-starting permutation: lock_share analyze_all_parts commit
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   0|            0|                    1
+part2  |           0|                   0|            1|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
+
+starting permutation: lock_share analyze_all_parts commit check_stat
 step lock_share: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN SHARE MODE;
@@ -41,8 +83,22 @@ step analyze_all_parts: ANALYZE (SKIP_LOCKED) parted;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            1|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   0|            0|                    1
+part2  |           0|                   0|            1|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
 
-starting permutation: lock_share vac_analyze_specified commit
+starting permutation: lock_share vac_analyze_specified commit check_stat
 step lock_share: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN SHARE MODE;
@@ -52,8 +108,22 @@ step vac_analyze_specified: VACUUM (ANALYZE, SKIP_LOCKED) part1, part2;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
 
-starting permutation: lock_share vac_analyze_all_parts commit
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   1|            0|                    1
+part2  |           1|                   0|            1|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
+
+starting permutation: lock_share vac_analyze_all_parts commit check_stat
 step lock_share: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN SHARE MODE;
@@ -62,8 +132,22 @@ step vac_analyze_all_parts: VACUUM (ANALYZE, SKIP_LOCKED) parted;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            1|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   1|            0|                    1
+part2  |           1|                   0|            1|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
 
-starting permutation: lock_share vac_full_specified commit
+starting permutation: lock_share vac_full_specified commit check_stat
 step lock_share: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN SHARE MODE;
@@ -73,8 +157,22 @@ step vac_full_specified: VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED, FULL) part1, part2;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
 
-starting permutation: lock_share vac_full_all_parts commit
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part2  |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
+
+starting permutation: lock_share vac_full_all_parts commit check_stat
 step lock_share: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN SHARE MODE;
@@ -83,8 +181,22 @@ step vac_full_all_parts: VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED, FULL) parted;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part2  |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+(3 rows)
 
-starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_specified commit
+
+starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_specified commit check_stat
 step lock_access_exclusive: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN ACCESS EXCLUSIVE MODE;
@@ -94,8 +206,22 @@ step vac_specified: VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED) part1, part2;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   1|            0|                    0
+part2  |           1|                   0|            0|                    0
+(3 rows)
 
-starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_all_parts commit
+
+starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_all_parts commit check_stat
 step lock_access_exclusive: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN ACCESS EXCLUSIVE MODE;
@@ -104,8 +230,22 @@ step vac_all_parts: VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED) parted;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   1|            0|                    0
+part2  |           1|                   0|            0|                    0
+(3 rows)
 
-starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive analyze_specified commit
+
+starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive analyze_specified commit check_stat
 step lock_access_exclusive: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN ACCESS EXCLUSIVE MODE;
@@ -115,8 +255,22 @@ step analyze_specified: ANALYZE (SKIP_LOCKED) part1, part2;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   0|            0|                    1
+part2  |           0|                   0|            1|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
 
-starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive analyze_all_parts commit
+starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive analyze_all_parts commit check_stat
 step lock_access_exclusive: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN ACCESS EXCLUSIVE MODE;
@@ -126,8 +280,22 @@ step commit:
 	COMMIT;
 
 step analyze_all_parts: <... completed>
-
-starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_analyze_specified commit
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            1|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   0|            1|                    0
+part2  |           0|                   0|            1|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
+
+starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_analyze_specified commit check_stat
 step lock_access_exclusive: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN ACCESS EXCLUSIVE MODE;
@@ -137,8 +305,22 @@ step vac_analyze_specified: VACUUM (ANALYZE, SKIP_LOCKED) part1, part2;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   1|            0|                    1
+part2  |           1|                   0|            1|                    0
+(3 rows)
 
-starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_analyze_all_parts commit
+
+starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_analyze_all_parts commit check_stat
 step lock_access_exclusive: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN ACCESS EXCLUSIVE MODE;
@@ -148,8 +330,22 @@ step commit:
 	COMMIT;
 
 step vac_analyze_all_parts: <... completed>
-
-starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_full_specified commit
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            1|                    0
+part1  |           1|                   0|            1|                    0
+part2  |           1|                   0|            1|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
+
+starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_full_specified commit check_stat
 step lock_access_exclusive: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN ACCESS EXCLUSIVE MODE;
@@ -159,8 +355,22 @@ step vac_full_specified: VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED, FULL) part1, part2;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
 
-starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_full_all_parts commit
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part2  |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
+
+starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_full_all_parts commit check_stat
 step lock_access_exclusive: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN ACCESS EXCLUSIVE MODE;
@@ -169,3 +379,17 @@ step vac_full_all_parts: VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED, FULL) parted;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part2  |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
diff --git a/src/test/isolation/specs/vacuum-skip-locked.spec b/src/test/isolation/specs/vacuum-skip-locked.spec
index 3fad6e1c92a..b0da75d4b6d 100644
--- a/src/test/isolation/specs/vacuum-skip-locked.spec
+++ b/src/test/isolation/specs/vacuum-skip-locked.spec
@@ -33,6 +33,15 @@ step commit
 	COMMIT;
 }
 
+step check_stat
+{
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+}
+
 session s2
 step vac_specified			{ VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED) part1, part2; }
 step vac_all_parts			{ VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED) parted; }
@@ -43,19 +52,19 @@ step vac_analyze_all_parts	{ VACUUM (ANALYZE, SKIP_LOCKED) parted; }
 step vac_full_specified		{ VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED, FULL) part1, part2; }
 step vac_full_all_parts		{ VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED, FULL) parted; }
 
-permutation lock_share vac_specified commit
-permutation lock_share vac_all_parts commit
-permutation lock_share analyze_specified commit
-permutation lock_share analyze_all_parts commit
-permutation lock_share vac_analyze_specified commit
-permutation lock_share vac_analyze_all_parts commit
-permutation lock_share vac_full_specified commit
-permutation lock_share vac_full_all_parts commit
-permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_specified commit
-permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_all_parts commit
-permutation lock_access_exclusive analyze_specified commit
-permutation lock_access_exclusive analyze_all_parts commit
-permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_analyze_specified commit
-permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_analyze_all_parts commit
-permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_full_specified commit
-permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_full_all_parts commit
+permutation lock_share vac_specified commit check_stat
+permutation lock_share vac_all_parts commit check_stat
+permutation lock_share analyze_specified commit check_stat
+permutation lock_share analyze_all_parts commit check_stat
+permutation lock_share vac_analyze_specified commit check_stat
+permutation lock_share vac_analyze_all_parts commit check_stat
+permutation lock_share vac_full_specified commit check_stat
+permutation lock_share vac_full_all_parts commit check_stat
+permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_specified commit check_stat
+permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_all_parts commit check_stat
+permutation lock_access_exclusive analyze_specified commit check_stat
+permutation lock_access_exclusive analyze_all_parts commit check_stat
+permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_analyze_specified commit check_stat
+permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_analyze_all_parts commit check_stat
+permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_full_specified commit check_stat
+permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_full_all_parts commit check_stat
diff --git a/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out b/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out
index a65a5bf0c4f..9b2075d3373 100644
--- a/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out
+++ b/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out
@@ -1835,13 +1835,21 @@ pg_stat_all_tables| SELECT c.oid AS relid,
     pg_stat_get_mod_since_analyze(c.oid) AS n_mod_since_analyze,
     pg_stat_get_ins_since_vacuum(c.oid) AS n_ins_since_vacuum,
     pg_stat_get_last_vacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_vacuum,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_vacuum,
     pg_stat_get_last_autovacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_autovacuum,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_autovacuum,
     pg_stat_get_last_analyze_time(c.oid) AS last_analyze,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_analyze,
     pg_stat_get_last_autoanalyze_time(c.oid) AS last_autoanalyze,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_autoanalyze,
     pg_stat_get_vacuum_count(c.oid) AS vacuum_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count(c.oid) AS skipped_vacuum_count,
     pg_stat_get_autovacuum_count(c.oid) AS autovacuum_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count(c.oid) AS skipped_autovacuum_count,
     pg_stat_get_analyze_count(c.oid) AS analyze_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count(c.oid) AS skipped_analyze_count,
     pg_stat_get_autoanalyze_count(c.oid) AS autoanalyze_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count(c.oid) AS skipped_autoanalyze_count,
     pg_stat_get_total_vacuum_time(c.oid) AS total_vacuum_time,
     pg_stat_get_total_autovacuum_time(c.oid) AS total_autovacuum_time,
     pg_stat_get_total_analyze_time(c.oid) AS total_analyze_time,
@@ -2346,13 +2354,21 @@ pg_stat_sys_tables| SELECT relid,
     n_mod_since_analyze,
     n_ins_since_vacuum,
     last_vacuum,
+    last_skipped_vacuum,
     last_autovacuum,
+    last_skipped_autovacuum,
     last_analyze,
+    last_skipped_analyze,
     last_autoanalyze,
+    last_skipped_autoanalyze,
     vacuum_count,
+    skipped_vacuum_count,
     autovacuum_count,
+    skipped_autovacuum_count,
     analyze_count,
+    skipped_analyze_count,
     autoanalyze_count,
+    skipped_autoanalyze_count,
     total_vacuum_time,
     total_autovacuum_time,
     total_analyze_time,
@@ -2401,13 +2417,21 @@ pg_stat_user_tables| SELECT relid,
     n_mod_since_analyze,
     n_ins_since_vacuum,
     last_vacuum,
+    last_skipped_vacuum,
     last_autovacuum,
+    last_skipped_autovacuum,
     last_analyze,
+    last_skipped_analyze,
     last_autoanalyze,
+    last_skipped_autoanalyze,
     vacuum_count,
+    skipped_vacuum_count,
     autovacuum_count,
+    skipped_autovacuum_count,
     analyze_count,
+    skipped_analyze_count,
     autoanalyze_count,
+    skipped_autoanalyze_count,
     total_vacuum_time,
     total_autovacuum_time,
     total_analyze_time,
-- 
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* [PATCH v5] Track skipped vacuum and analyze activity per relation
@ 2026-03-24 04:09 Yugo Nagata <[email protected]>
  0 siblings, 0 replies; 374+ messages in thread

From: Yugo Nagata @ 2026-03-24 04:09 UTC (permalink / raw)

This commit adds eight fields to the relation statistics that track
the last time vacuum or analyze has been attempted but skipped due to
lock unavailability, along with their counts:

-    last_skipped_vacuum
-    last_skipped_autovacuum
-    last_skipped_analyze
-    last_skipped_autoanalyze
-    skipped_vacuum_count
-    skipped_autovacuum_count
-    skipped_analyze_count
-    skipped_autoanalyze_count

These field can help users confirm that autovacuum is actively attempting
to run on a table that has not been vacuumed or analyzed for a long time,
and that the lack of progress is due to repeated skips rather than inactivity.
---
 doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml                  |  88 ++++++
 src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql          |   8 +
 src/backend/commands/vacuum.c                 | 100 +++++--
 src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c  |  64 +++++
 src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c           |  24 ++
 src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat               |  32 +++
 src/include/pgstat.h                          |  16 ++
 .../isolation/expected/vacuum-skip-locked.out | 260 ++++++++++++++++--
 .../isolation/specs/vacuum-skip-locked.spec   |  41 +--
 src/test/regress/expected/rules.out           |  24 ++
 10 files changed, 601 insertions(+), 56 deletions(-)

diff --git a/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml b/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml
index 08d5b824552..a9b579d87a9 100644
--- a/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml
+++ b/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml
@@ -4387,6 +4387,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_vacuum</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time a manual vacuum on this table was attempted but skipped due to
+       lock unavailability (not counting <command>VACUUM FULL</command>)
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>last_autovacuum</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
@@ -4397,6 +4407,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_autovacuum</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time a vacuum on this table by the autovacuum daemon was attempted
+       but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>last_analyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
@@ -4406,6 +4426,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_analyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time a manual analyze on this table was attempted but skipped due to
+       lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>last_autoanalyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
@@ -4416,6 +4446,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_autoanalyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time at which an analyze on this table by the autovacuum was
+       attempted but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>vacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4426,6 +4466,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_vacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times manual vacuums on this table have been attempted but skipped
+       due to lock unavailability (not counting <command>VACUUM FULL</command>)
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>autovacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4436,6 +4486,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_autovacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times vacuums on this table by the autovacuum daemon have been
+       attempted but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>analyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4445,6 +4505,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_analyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times manual analyzes on this table have been attempted but
+       skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>autoanalyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4455,6 +4525,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_autoanalyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times analyzes on this table by the autovacuum daemon have
+       been attempted but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>total_vacuum_time</structfield> <type>double precision</type>
@@ -4510,6 +4590,14 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
    </tgroup>
   </table>
 
+  <note>
+   <para>
+    When a manual vacuum or analyze on a parent table in an inheritance or
+    partitioning hierarchy is skipped, the statistics are recorded only for
+    the parent table, not for its children.
+   </para>
+  </note>
+
  </sect2>
 
  <sect2 id="monitoring-pg-stat-autovacuum-scores-view">
diff --git a/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql b/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql
index 73a1c1c4670..f509fc7876b 100644
--- a/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql
+++ b/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql
@@ -736,13 +736,21 @@ CREATE VIEW pg_stat_all_tables AS
             pg_stat_get_mod_since_analyze(C.oid) AS n_mod_since_analyze,
             pg_stat_get_ins_since_vacuum(C.oid) AS n_ins_since_vacuum,
             pg_stat_get_last_vacuum_time(C.oid) as last_vacuum,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_vacuum,
             pg_stat_get_last_autovacuum_time(C.oid) as last_autovacuum,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_autovacuum,
             pg_stat_get_last_analyze_time(C.oid) as last_analyze,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_analyze,
             pg_stat_get_last_autoanalyze_time(C.oid) as last_autoanalyze,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_autoanalyze,
             pg_stat_get_vacuum_count(C.oid) AS vacuum_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count(C.oid) AS skipped_vacuum_count,
             pg_stat_get_autovacuum_count(C.oid) AS autovacuum_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count(C.oid) AS skipped_autovacuum_count,
             pg_stat_get_analyze_count(C.oid) AS analyze_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count(C.oid) AS skipped_analyze_count,
             pg_stat_get_autoanalyze_count(C.oid) AS autoanalyze_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count(C.oid) AS skipped_autoanalyze_count,
             pg_stat_get_total_vacuum_time(C.oid) AS total_vacuum_time,
             pg_stat_get_total_autovacuum_time(C.oid) AS total_autovacuum_time,
             pg_stat_get_total_analyze_time(C.oid) AS total_analyze_time,
diff --git a/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c b/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c
index 99d0db82ed7..df6526225e4 100644
--- a/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c
+++ b/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c
@@ -793,8 +793,25 @@ vacuum_open_relation(Oid relid, RangeVar *relation, uint32 options,
 		rel = try_relation_open(relid, NoLock);
 	else
 	{
+		int flags = 0;
 		rel = NULL;
 		rel_lock = false;
+
+		if ((options & VACOPT_VACUUM) != 0 && (options & VACOPT_FULL) == 0)
+		{
+			if (AmAutoVacuumWorkerProcess())
+				flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOVACUUM;
+			else
+				flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM;
+		}
+		if ((options & VACOPT_ANALYZE) != 0)
+		{
+			if (AmAutoVacuumWorkerProcess())
+				flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOANALYZE;
+			else
+				flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE;
+		}
+		pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(relid, flags);
 	}
 
 	/* if relation is opened, leave */
@@ -905,7 +922,6 @@ expand_vacuum_rel(VacuumRelation *vrel, MemoryContext vac_context,
 		Form_pg_class classForm;
 		bool		include_children;
 		bool		is_partitioned_table;
-		int			rvr_opts;
 
 		/*
 		 * Since autovacuum workers supply OIDs when calling vacuum(), no
@@ -918,29 +934,69 @@ expand_vacuum_rel(VacuumRelation *vrel, MemoryContext vac_context,
 		 * below, as well as find_all_inheritors's expectation that the caller
 		 * holds some lock on the starting relation.
 		 */
-		rvr_opts = (options & VACOPT_SKIP_LOCKED) ? RVR_SKIP_LOCKED : 0;
-		relid = RangeVarGetRelidExtended(vrel->relation,
-										 AccessShareLock,
-										 rvr_opts,
-										 NULL, NULL);
-
-		/*
-		 * If the lock is unavailable, emit the same log statement that
-		 * vacuum_rel() and analyze_rel() would.
-		 */
-		if (!OidIsValid(relid))
+		if (!(options & VACOPT_SKIP_LOCKED))
 		{
-			if (options & VACOPT_VACUUM)
-				ereport(WARNING,
-						(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
-						 errmsg("skipping vacuum of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
-								vrel->relation->relname)));
-			else
-				ereport(WARNING,
-						(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
-						 errmsg("skipping analyze of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
+			relid = RangeVarGetRelidExtended(vrel->relation,
+											 AccessShareLock,
+											 0, NULL, NULL);
+			if (!OidIsValid(relid))
+				return vacrels;
+		}
+		else
+		{
+			/* Get relid for reporting before taking a lock */
+			relid = RangeVarGetRelid(vrel->relation, NoLock, false);
+
+			if (!ConditionalLockRelationOid(relid, AccessShareLock))
+			{
+				int	flags = 0;
+				/*
+				 * If the lock is unavailable, emit the same log statement that
+				 * vacuum_rel() and analyze_rel() would.
+				 */
+				if (options & VACOPT_VACUUM)
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping vacuum of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
 								vrel->relation->relname)));
-			return vacrels;
+				else
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping analyze of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
+									vrel->relation->relname)));
+
+				if ((options & VACOPT_VACUUM) != 0 && (options & VACOPT_FULL) == 0)
+					flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM;
+				if ((options & VACOPT_ANALYZE) != 0)
+					flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE;
+
+				pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(relid, flags);
+
+				return vacrels;
+			}
+
+			/*
+			 * Now that we have the lock, probe to see if the relation really
+			 * exists or not.
+			 */
+			if (!SearchSysCacheExists1(RELOID, ObjectIdGetDatum(relid)))
+			{
+				if (options & VACOPT_VACUUM)
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_UNDEFINED_TABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping vacuum of \"%s\" --- relation no longer exists",
+									vrel->relation->relname)));
+				else
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_UNDEFINED_TABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping analyze of \"%s\" --- relation no longer exists",
+									vrel->relation->relname)));
+
+				/* Release useless lock */
+				UnlockRelationOid(relid, AccessShareLock);
+
+				return vacrels;
+			}
 		}
 
 		/*
diff --git a/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c b/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c
index b2ca28f83ba..532d9023f8c 100644
--- a/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c
+++ b/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c
@@ -17,12 +17,14 @@
 
 #include "postgres.h"
 
+#include "access/htup_details.h"
 #include "access/twophase_rmgr.h"
 #include "access/xact.h"
 #include "catalog/catalog.h"
 #include "utils/memutils.h"
 #include "utils/pgstat_internal.h"
 #include "utils/rel.h"
+#include "utils/syscache.h"
 #include "utils/timestamp.h"
 
 
@@ -367,6 +369,68 @@ pgstat_report_analyze(Relation rel,
 	(void) pgstat_flush_backend(false, PGSTAT_BACKEND_FLUSH_IO);
 }
 
+/*
+ * Report that the table was skipped during vacuum or/and analyze.
+ */
+void
+pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(Oid relid, int flags)
+{
+	PgStat_EntryRef *entry_ref;
+	PgStatShared_Relation *shtabentry;
+	PgStat_StatTabEntry *tabentry;
+	TimestampTz ts;
+	HeapTuple	classTup;
+	bool		isshared;
+
+	if (!pgstat_track_counts || !flags)
+		return;
+
+	classTup = SearchSysCache1(RELOID, ObjectIdGetDatum(relid));
+	if (!HeapTupleIsValid(classTup))
+		return;			/* somebody deleted the rel, forget it */
+	isshared = ((Form_pg_class) GETSTRUCT(classTup))->relisshared;
+	ReleaseSysCache(classTup);
+
+	/* Store the data in the table's hash table entry. */
+	ts = GetCurrentTimestamp();
+
+	/* block acquiring lock for the same reason as pgstat_report_autovac() */
+	entry_ref = pgstat_get_entry_ref_locked(PGSTAT_KIND_RELATION,
+											isshared ? InvalidOid : MyDatabaseId,
+											relid, false);
+
+	shtabentry = (PgStatShared_Relation *) entry_ref->shared_stats;
+	tabentry = &shtabentry->stats;
+
+	if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM)
+	{
+		tabentry->last_skipped_vacuum_time = ts;
+		tabentry->skipped_vacuum_count++;
+	}
+	else if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOVACUUM)
+	{
+		tabentry->last_skipped_autovacuum_time = ts;
+		tabentry->skipped_autovacuum_count++;
+	}
+
+	if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE)
+	{
+		tabentry->last_skipped_analyze_time = ts;
+		tabentry->skipped_analyze_count++;
+	}
+	else if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOANALYZE)
+	{
+		tabentry->last_skipped_autoanalyze_time = ts;
+		tabentry->skipped_autoanalyze_count++;
+	}
+
+	pgstat_unlock_entry(entry_ref);
+
+	/* see pgstat_report_vacuum() */
+	pgstat_flush_io(false);
+	(void) pgstat_flush_backend(false, PGSTAT_BACKEND_FLUSH_IO);
+}
+
 /*
  * count a tuple insertion of n tuples
  */
diff --git a/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c b/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c
index 1408de387ea..90a8968faa0 100644
--- a/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c
+++ b/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c
@@ -84,6 +84,18 @@ PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(mod_since_analyze)
 /* pg_stat_get_numscans */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(numscans)
 
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_analyze_count)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_autoanalyze_count)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_autovacuum_count)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_vacuum_count)
+
 /* pg_stat_get_tuples_deleted */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(tuples_deleted)
 
@@ -170,6 +182,18 @@ PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_vacuum_time)
 /* pg_stat_get_lastscan */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(lastscan)
 
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_analyze_time)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_autoanalyze_time)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_autovacuum_time)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_vacuum_time)
+
 /* pg_stat_get_stat_reset_time */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(stat_reset_time)
 
diff --git a/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat b/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat
index fa9ae79082b..32debb34863 100644
--- a/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat
+++ b/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat
@@ -5680,6 +5680,38 @@
   proargmodes => '{o,o,o,o,o,o,o,o,o,o}',
   proargnames => '{oid,score,xid_score,mxid_score,vacuum_score,vacuum_insert_score,analyze_score,do_vacuum,do_analyze,for_wraparound}',
   prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_autovacuum_scores' },
+{ oid => '8142', descr => 'statistics: last skipped vacuum time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time' },
+{ oid => '8143', descr => 'statistics: last skipped auto vacuum time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time' },
+{ oid => '8144', descr => 'statistics: last skipped analyze time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time' },
+{ oid => '8145', descr => 'statistics: last skipped auto analyze time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time' },
+{ oid => '8146', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped vacuum for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count' },
+{ oid => '8147', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped auto vacuum for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count' },
+{ oid => '8148', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped analyzes for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count' },
+{ oid => '8149', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped auto analyzes for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count' },
 { oid => '1936', descr => 'statistics: currently active backend IDs',
   proname => 'pg_stat_get_backend_idset', prorows => '100', proretset => 't',
   provolatile => 's', proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int4',
diff --git a/src/include/pgstat.h b/src/include/pgstat.h
index dfa2e837638..98941f953d1 100644
--- a/src/include/pgstat.h
+++ b/src/include/pgstat.h
@@ -479,6 +479,15 @@ typedef struct PgStat_StatTabEntry
 	TimestampTz last_autoanalyze_time;	/* autovacuum initiated */
 	PgStat_Counter autoanalyze_count;
 
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_vacuum_time;	/* user initiated vacuum */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_vacuum_count;
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_autovacuum_time;	/* autovacuum initiated */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_autovacuum_count;
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_analyze_time;	/* user initiated */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_analyze_count;
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_autoanalyze_time;	/* autovacuum initiated */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_autoanalyze_count;
+
 	PgStat_Counter total_vacuum_time;	/* times in milliseconds */
 	PgStat_Counter total_autovacuum_time;
 	PgStat_Counter total_analyze_time;
@@ -703,6 +712,13 @@ extern void pgstat_report_analyze(Relation rel,
 								  PgStat_Counter livetuples, PgStat_Counter deadtuples,
 								  bool resetcounter, TimestampTz starttime);
 
+/* flags for pgstat_flush_backend() */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM		(1 << 0)	/* vacuum is skipped */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE		(1 << 1)	/* analyze is skipped */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOVACUUM	(1 << 2)	/* autovacuum is skipped */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOANALYZE	(1 << 3)	/* autoanalyze is skipped */
+extern void pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(Oid relid, int flags);
+
 /*
  * If stats are enabled, but pending data hasn't been prepared yet, call
  * pgstat_assoc_relation() to do so. See its comment for why this is done
diff --git a/src/test/isolation/expected/vacuum-skip-locked.out b/src/test/isolation/expected/vacuum-skip-locked.out
index 99db281a159..e2cff175b7c 100644
--- a/src/test/isolation/expected/vacuum-skip-locked.out
+++ b/src/test/isolation/expected/vacuum-skip-locked.out
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 Parsed test spec with 2 sessions
 
-starting permutation: lock_share vac_specified commit
+starting permutation: lock_share vac_specified commit check_stat
 step lock_share: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN SHARE MODE;
@@ -10,8 +10,22 @@ step vac_specified: VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED) part1, part2;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
 
-starting permutation: lock_share vac_all_parts commit
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   1|            0|                    0
+part2  |           1|                   0|            0|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
+
+starting permutation: lock_share vac_all_parts commit check_stat
 step lock_share: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN SHARE MODE;
@@ -20,8 +34,22 @@ step vac_all_parts: VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED) parted;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   1|            0|                    0
+part2  |           1|                   0|            0|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
 
-starting permutation: lock_share analyze_specified commit
+starting permutation: lock_share analyze_specified commit check_stat
 step lock_share: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN SHARE MODE;
@@ -31,8 +59,22 @@ step analyze_specified: ANALYZE (SKIP_LOCKED) part1, part2;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
 
-starting permutation: lock_share analyze_all_parts commit
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   0|            0|                    1
+part2  |           0|                   0|            1|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
+
+starting permutation: lock_share analyze_all_parts commit check_stat
 step lock_share: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN SHARE MODE;
@@ -41,8 +83,22 @@ step analyze_all_parts: ANALYZE (SKIP_LOCKED) parted;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            1|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   0|            0|                    1
+part2  |           0|                   0|            1|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
 
-starting permutation: lock_share vac_analyze_specified commit
+starting permutation: lock_share vac_analyze_specified commit check_stat
 step lock_share: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN SHARE MODE;
@@ -52,8 +108,22 @@ step vac_analyze_specified: VACUUM (ANALYZE, SKIP_LOCKED) part1, part2;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
 
-starting permutation: lock_share vac_analyze_all_parts commit
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   1|            0|                    1
+part2  |           1|                   0|            1|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
+
+starting permutation: lock_share vac_analyze_all_parts commit check_stat
 step lock_share: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN SHARE MODE;
@@ -62,8 +132,22 @@ step vac_analyze_all_parts: VACUUM (ANALYZE, SKIP_LOCKED) parted;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            1|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   1|            0|                    1
+part2  |           1|                   0|            1|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
 
-starting permutation: lock_share vac_full_specified commit
+starting permutation: lock_share vac_full_specified commit check_stat
 step lock_share: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN SHARE MODE;
@@ -73,8 +157,22 @@ step vac_full_specified: VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED, FULL) part1, part2;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
 
-starting permutation: lock_share vac_full_all_parts commit
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part2  |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
+
+starting permutation: lock_share vac_full_all_parts commit check_stat
 step lock_share: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN SHARE MODE;
@@ -83,8 +181,22 @@ step vac_full_all_parts: VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED, FULL) parted;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part2  |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+(3 rows)
 
-starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_specified commit
+
+starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_specified commit check_stat
 step lock_access_exclusive: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN ACCESS EXCLUSIVE MODE;
@@ -94,8 +206,22 @@ step vac_specified: VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED) part1, part2;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   1|            0|                    0
+part2  |           1|                   0|            0|                    0
+(3 rows)
 
-starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_all_parts commit
+
+starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_all_parts commit check_stat
 step lock_access_exclusive: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN ACCESS EXCLUSIVE MODE;
@@ -104,8 +230,22 @@ step vac_all_parts: VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED) parted;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   1|            0|                    0
+part2  |           1|                   0|            0|                    0
+(3 rows)
 
-starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive analyze_specified commit
+
+starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive analyze_specified commit check_stat
 step lock_access_exclusive: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN ACCESS EXCLUSIVE MODE;
@@ -115,8 +255,22 @@ step analyze_specified: ANALYZE (SKIP_LOCKED) part1, part2;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   0|            0|                    1
+part2  |           0|                   0|            1|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
 
-starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive analyze_all_parts commit
+starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive analyze_all_parts commit check_stat
 step lock_access_exclusive: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN ACCESS EXCLUSIVE MODE;
@@ -126,8 +280,22 @@ step commit:
 	COMMIT;
 
 step analyze_all_parts: <... completed>
-
-starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_analyze_specified commit
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            1|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   0|            1|                    0
+part2  |           0|                   0|            1|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
+
+starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_analyze_specified commit check_stat
 step lock_access_exclusive: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN ACCESS EXCLUSIVE MODE;
@@ -137,8 +305,22 @@ step vac_analyze_specified: VACUUM (ANALYZE, SKIP_LOCKED) part1, part2;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   1|            0|                    1
+part2  |           1|                   0|            1|                    0
+(3 rows)
 
-starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_analyze_all_parts commit
+
+starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_analyze_all_parts commit check_stat
 step lock_access_exclusive: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN ACCESS EXCLUSIVE MODE;
@@ -148,8 +330,22 @@ step commit:
 	COMMIT;
 
 step vac_analyze_all_parts: <... completed>
-
-starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_full_specified commit
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            1|                    0
+part1  |           1|                   0|            1|                    0
+part2  |           1|                   0|            1|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
+
+starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_full_specified commit check_stat
 step lock_access_exclusive: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN ACCESS EXCLUSIVE MODE;
@@ -159,8 +355,22 @@ step vac_full_specified: VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED, FULL) part1, part2;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
 
-starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_full_all_parts commit
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part2  |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
+
+starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_full_all_parts commit check_stat
 step lock_access_exclusive: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN ACCESS EXCLUSIVE MODE;
@@ -169,3 +379,17 @@ step vac_full_all_parts: VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED, FULL) parted;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part2  |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
diff --git a/src/test/isolation/specs/vacuum-skip-locked.spec b/src/test/isolation/specs/vacuum-skip-locked.spec
index 3fad6e1c92a..b0da75d4b6d 100644
--- a/src/test/isolation/specs/vacuum-skip-locked.spec
+++ b/src/test/isolation/specs/vacuum-skip-locked.spec
@@ -33,6 +33,15 @@ step commit
 	COMMIT;
 }
 
+step check_stat
+{
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+}
+
 session s2
 step vac_specified			{ VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED) part1, part2; }
 step vac_all_parts			{ VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED) parted; }
@@ -43,19 +52,19 @@ step vac_analyze_all_parts	{ VACUUM (ANALYZE, SKIP_LOCKED) parted; }
 step vac_full_specified		{ VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED, FULL) part1, part2; }
 step vac_full_all_parts		{ VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED, FULL) parted; }
 
-permutation lock_share vac_specified commit
-permutation lock_share vac_all_parts commit
-permutation lock_share analyze_specified commit
-permutation lock_share analyze_all_parts commit
-permutation lock_share vac_analyze_specified commit
-permutation lock_share vac_analyze_all_parts commit
-permutation lock_share vac_full_specified commit
-permutation lock_share vac_full_all_parts commit
-permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_specified commit
-permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_all_parts commit
-permutation lock_access_exclusive analyze_specified commit
-permutation lock_access_exclusive analyze_all_parts commit
-permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_analyze_specified commit
-permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_analyze_all_parts commit
-permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_full_specified commit
-permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_full_all_parts commit
+permutation lock_share vac_specified commit check_stat
+permutation lock_share vac_all_parts commit check_stat
+permutation lock_share analyze_specified commit check_stat
+permutation lock_share analyze_all_parts commit check_stat
+permutation lock_share vac_analyze_specified commit check_stat
+permutation lock_share vac_analyze_all_parts commit check_stat
+permutation lock_share vac_full_specified commit check_stat
+permutation lock_share vac_full_all_parts commit check_stat
+permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_specified commit check_stat
+permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_all_parts commit check_stat
+permutation lock_access_exclusive analyze_specified commit check_stat
+permutation lock_access_exclusive analyze_all_parts commit check_stat
+permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_analyze_specified commit check_stat
+permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_analyze_all_parts commit check_stat
+permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_full_specified commit check_stat
+permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_full_all_parts commit check_stat
diff --git a/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out b/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out
index a65a5bf0c4f..9b2075d3373 100644
--- a/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out
+++ b/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out
@@ -1835,13 +1835,21 @@ pg_stat_all_tables| SELECT c.oid AS relid,
     pg_stat_get_mod_since_analyze(c.oid) AS n_mod_since_analyze,
     pg_stat_get_ins_since_vacuum(c.oid) AS n_ins_since_vacuum,
     pg_stat_get_last_vacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_vacuum,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_vacuum,
     pg_stat_get_last_autovacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_autovacuum,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_autovacuum,
     pg_stat_get_last_analyze_time(c.oid) AS last_analyze,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_analyze,
     pg_stat_get_last_autoanalyze_time(c.oid) AS last_autoanalyze,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_autoanalyze,
     pg_stat_get_vacuum_count(c.oid) AS vacuum_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count(c.oid) AS skipped_vacuum_count,
     pg_stat_get_autovacuum_count(c.oid) AS autovacuum_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count(c.oid) AS skipped_autovacuum_count,
     pg_stat_get_analyze_count(c.oid) AS analyze_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count(c.oid) AS skipped_analyze_count,
     pg_stat_get_autoanalyze_count(c.oid) AS autoanalyze_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count(c.oid) AS skipped_autoanalyze_count,
     pg_stat_get_total_vacuum_time(c.oid) AS total_vacuum_time,
     pg_stat_get_total_autovacuum_time(c.oid) AS total_autovacuum_time,
     pg_stat_get_total_analyze_time(c.oid) AS total_analyze_time,
@@ -2346,13 +2354,21 @@ pg_stat_sys_tables| SELECT relid,
     n_mod_since_analyze,
     n_ins_since_vacuum,
     last_vacuum,
+    last_skipped_vacuum,
     last_autovacuum,
+    last_skipped_autovacuum,
     last_analyze,
+    last_skipped_analyze,
     last_autoanalyze,
+    last_skipped_autoanalyze,
     vacuum_count,
+    skipped_vacuum_count,
     autovacuum_count,
+    skipped_autovacuum_count,
     analyze_count,
+    skipped_analyze_count,
     autoanalyze_count,
+    skipped_autoanalyze_count,
     total_vacuum_time,
     total_autovacuum_time,
     total_analyze_time,
@@ -2401,13 +2417,21 @@ pg_stat_user_tables| SELECT relid,
     n_mod_since_analyze,
     n_ins_since_vacuum,
     last_vacuum,
+    last_skipped_vacuum,
     last_autovacuum,
+    last_skipped_autovacuum,
     last_analyze,
+    last_skipped_analyze,
     last_autoanalyze,
+    last_skipped_autoanalyze,
     vacuum_count,
+    skipped_vacuum_count,
     autovacuum_count,
+    skipped_autovacuum_count,
     analyze_count,
+    skipped_analyze_count,
     autoanalyze_count,
+    skipped_autoanalyze_count,
     total_vacuum_time,
     total_autovacuum_time,
     total_analyze_time,
-- 
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* [PATCH v5] Track skipped vacuum and analyze activity per relation
@ 2026-03-24 04:09 Yugo Nagata <[email protected]>
  0 siblings, 0 replies; 374+ messages in thread

From: Yugo Nagata @ 2026-03-24 04:09 UTC (permalink / raw)

This commit adds eight fields to the relation statistics that track
the last time vacuum or analyze has been attempted but skipped due to
lock unavailability, along with their counts:

-    last_skipped_vacuum
-    last_skipped_autovacuum
-    last_skipped_analyze
-    last_skipped_autoanalyze
-    skipped_vacuum_count
-    skipped_autovacuum_count
-    skipped_analyze_count
-    skipped_autoanalyze_count

These field can help users confirm that autovacuum is actively attempting
to run on a table that has not been vacuumed or analyzed for a long time,
and that the lack of progress is due to repeated skips rather than inactivity.
---
 doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml                  |  88 ++++++
 src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql          |   8 +
 src/backend/commands/vacuum.c                 | 100 +++++--
 src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c  |  64 +++++
 src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c           |  24 ++
 src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat               |  32 +++
 src/include/pgstat.h                          |  16 ++
 .../isolation/expected/vacuum-skip-locked.out | 260 ++++++++++++++++--
 .../isolation/specs/vacuum-skip-locked.spec   |  41 +--
 src/test/regress/expected/rules.out           |  24 ++
 10 files changed, 601 insertions(+), 56 deletions(-)

diff --git a/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml b/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml
index 08d5b824552..a9b579d87a9 100644
--- a/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml
+++ b/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml
@@ -4387,6 +4387,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_vacuum</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time a manual vacuum on this table was attempted but skipped due to
+       lock unavailability (not counting <command>VACUUM FULL</command>)
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>last_autovacuum</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
@@ -4397,6 +4407,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_autovacuum</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time a vacuum on this table by the autovacuum daemon was attempted
+       but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>last_analyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
@@ -4406,6 +4426,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_analyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time a manual analyze on this table was attempted but skipped due to
+       lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>last_autoanalyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
@@ -4416,6 +4446,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_autoanalyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time at which an analyze on this table by the autovacuum was
+       attempted but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>vacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4426,6 +4466,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_vacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times manual vacuums on this table have been attempted but skipped
+       due to lock unavailability (not counting <command>VACUUM FULL</command>)
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>autovacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4436,6 +4486,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_autovacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times vacuums on this table by the autovacuum daemon have been
+       attempted but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>analyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4445,6 +4505,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_analyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times manual analyzes on this table have been attempted but
+       skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>autoanalyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4455,6 +4525,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_autoanalyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times analyzes on this table by the autovacuum daemon have
+       been attempted but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>total_vacuum_time</structfield> <type>double precision</type>
@@ -4510,6 +4590,14 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
    </tgroup>
   </table>
 
+  <note>
+   <para>
+    When a manual vacuum or analyze on a parent table in an inheritance or
+    partitioning hierarchy is skipped, the statistics are recorded only for
+    the parent table, not for its children.
+   </para>
+  </note>
+
  </sect2>
 
  <sect2 id="monitoring-pg-stat-autovacuum-scores-view">
diff --git a/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql b/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql
index 73a1c1c4670..f509fc7876b 100644
--- a/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql
+++ b/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql
@@ -736,13 +736,21 @@ CREATE VIEW pg_stat_all_tables AS
             pg_stat_get_mod_since_analyze(C.oid) AS n_mod_since_analyze,
             pg_stat_get_ins_since_vacuum(C.oid) AS n_ins_since_vacuum,
             pg_stat_get_last_vacuum_time(C.oid) as last_vacuum,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_vacuum,
             pg_stat_get_last_autovacuum_time(C.oid) as last_autovacuum,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_autovacuum,
             pg_stat_get_last_analyze_time(C.oid) as last_analyze,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_analyze,
             pg_stat_get_last_autoanalyze_time(C.oid) as last_autoanalyze,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_autoanalyze,
             pg_stat_get_vacuum_count(C.oid) AS vacuum_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count(C.oid) AS skipped_vacuum_count,
             pg_stat_get_autovacuum_count(C.oid) AS autovacuum_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count(C.oid) AS skipped_autovacuum_count,
             pg_stat_get_analyze_count(C.oid) AS analyze_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count(C.oid) AS skipped_analyze_count,
             pg_stat_get_autoanalyze_count(C.oid) AS autoanalyze_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count(C.oid) AS skipped_autoanalyze_count,
             pg_stat_get_total_vacuum_time(C.oid) AS total_vacuum_time,
             pg_stat_get_total_autovacuum_time(C.oid) AS total_autovacuum_time,
             pg_stat_get_total_analyze_time(C.oid) AS total_analyze_time,
diff --git a/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c b/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c
index 99d0db82ed7..df6526225e4 100644
--- a/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c
+++ b/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c
@@ -793,8 +793,25 @@ vacuum_open_relation(Oid relid, RangeVar *relation, uint32 options,
 		rel = try_relation_open(relid, NoLock);
 	else
 	{
+		int flags = 0;
 		rel = NULL;
 		rel_lock = false;
+
+		if ((options & VACOPT_VACUUM) != 0 && (options & VACOPT_FULL) == 0)
+		{
+			if (AmAutoVacuumWorkerProcess())
+				flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOVACUUM;
+			else
+				flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM;
+		}
+		if ((options & VACOPT_ANALYZE) != 0)
+		{
+			if (AmAutoVacuumWorkerProcess())
+				flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOANALYZE;
+			else
+				flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE;
+		}
+		pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(relid, flags);
 	}
 
 	/* if relation is opened, leave */
@@ -905,7 +922,6 @@ expand_vacuum_rel(VacuumRelation *vrel, MemoryContext vac_context,
 		Form_pg_class classForm;
 		bool		include_children;
 		bool		is_partitioned_table;
-		int			rvr_opts;
 
 		/*
 		 * Since autovacuum workers supply OIDs when calling vacuum(), no
@@ -918,29 +934,69 @@ expand_vacuum_rel(VacuumRelation *vrel, MemoryContext vac_context,
 		 * below, as well as find_all_inheritors's expectation that the caller
 		 * holds some lock on the starting relation.
 		 */
-		rvr_opts = (options & VACOPT_SKIP_LOCKED) ? RVR_SKIP_LOCKED : 0;
-		relid = RangeVarGetRelidExtended(vrel->relation,
-										 AccessShareLock,
-										 rvr_opts,
-										 NULL, NULL);
-
-		/*
-		 * If the lock is unavailable, emit the same log statement that
-		 * vacuum_rel() and analyze_rel() would.
-		 */
-		if (!OidIsValid(relid))
+		if (!(options & VACOPT_SKIP_LOCKED))
 		{
-			if (options & VACOPT_VACUUM)
-				ereport(WARNING,
-						(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
-						 errmsg("skipping vacuum of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
-								vrel->relation->relname)));
-			else
-				ereport(WARNING,
-						(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
-						 errmsg("skipping analyze of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
+			relid = RangeVarGetRelidExtended(vrel->relation,
+											 AccessShareLock,
+											 0, NULL, NULL);
+			if (!OidIsValid(relid))
+				return vacrels;
+		}
+		else
+		{
+			/* Get relid for reporting before taking a lock */
+			relid = RangeVarGetRelid(vrel->relation, NoLock, false);
+
+			if (!ConditionalLockRelationOid(relid, AccessShareLock))
+			{
+				int	flags = 0;
+				/*
+				 * If the lock is unavailable, emit the same log statement that
+				 * vacuum_rel() and analyze_rel() would.
+				 */
+				if (options & VACOPT_VACUUM)
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping vacuum of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
 								vrel->relation->relname)));
-			return vacrels;
+				else
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping analyze of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
+									vrel->relation->relname)));
+
+				if ((options & VACOPT_VACUUM) != 0 && (options & VACOPT_FULL) == 0)
+					flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM;
+				if ((options & VACOPT_ANALYZE) != 0)
+					flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE;
+
+				pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(relid, flags);
+
+				return vacrels;
+			}
+
+			/*
+			 * Now that we have the lock, probe to see if the relation really
+			 * exists or not.
+			 */
+			if (!SearchSysCacheExists1(RELOID, ObjectIdGetDatum(relid)))
+			{
+				if (options & VACOPT_VACUUM)
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_UNDEFINED_TABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping vacuum of \"%s\" --- relation no longer exists",
+									vrel->relation->relname)));
+				else
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_UNDEFINED_TABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping analyze of \"%s\" --- relation no longer exists",
+									vrel->relation->relname)));
+
+				/* Release useless lock */
+				UnlockRelationOid(relid, AccessShareLock);
+
+				return vacrels;
+			}
 		}
 
 		/*
diff --git a/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c b/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c
index b2ca28f83ba..532d9023f8c 100644
--- a/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c
+++ b/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c
@@ -17,12 +17,14 @@
 
 #include "postgres.h"
 
+#include "access/htup_details.h"
 #include "access/twophase_rmgr.h"
 #include "access/xact.h"
 #include "catalog/catalog.h"
 #include "utils/memutils.h"
 #include "utils/pgstat_internal.h"
 #include "utils/rel.h"
+#include "utils/syscache.h"
 #include "utils/timestamp.h"
 
 
@@ -367,6 +369,68 @@ pgstat_report_analyze(Relation rel,
 	(void) pgstat_flush_backend(false, PGSTAT_BACKEND_FLUSH_IO);
 }
 
+/*
+ * Report that the table was skipped during vacuum or/and analyze.
+ */
+void
+pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(Oid relid, int flags)
+{
+	PgStat_EntryRef *entry_ref;
+	PgStatShared_Relation *shtabentry;
+	PgStat_StatTabEntry *tabentry;
+	TimestampTz ts;
+	HeapTuple	classTup;
+	bool		isshared;
+
+	if (!pgstat_track_counts || !flags)
+		return;
+
+	classTup = SearchSysCache1(RELOID, ObjectIdGetDatum(relid));
+	if (!HeapTupleIsValid(classTup))
+		return;			/* somebody deleted the rel, forget it */
+	isshared = ((Form_pg_class) GETSTRUCT(classTup))->relisshared;
+	ReleaseSysCache(classTup);
+
+	/* Store the data in the table's hash table entry. */
+	ts = GetCurrentTimestamp();
+
+	/* block acquiring lock for the same reason as pgstat_report_autovac() */
+	entry_ref = pgstat_get_entry_ref_locked(PGSTAT_KIND_RELATION,
+											isshared ? InvalidOid : MyDatabaseId,
+											relid, false);
+
+	shtabentry = (PgStatShared_Relation *) entry_ref->shared_stats;
+	tabentry = &shtabentry->stats;
+
+	if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM)
+	{
+		tabentry->last_skipped_vacuum_time = ts;
+		tabentry->skipped_vacuum_count++;
+	}
+	else if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOVACUUM)
+	{
+		tabentry->last_skipped_autovacuum_time = ts;
+		tabentry->skipped_autovacuum_count++;
+	}
+
+	if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE)
+	{
+		tabentry->last_skipped_analyze_time = ts;
+		tabentry->skipped_analyze_count++;
+	}
+	else if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOANALYZE)
+	{
+		tabentry->last_skipped_autoanalyze_time = ts;
+		tabentry->skipped_autoanalyze_count++;
+	}
+
+	pgstat_unlock_entry(entry_ref);
+
+	/* see pgstat_report_vacuum() */
+	pgstat_flush_io(false);
+	(void) pgstat_flush_backend(false, PGSTAT_BACKEND_FLUSH_IO);
+}
+
 /*
  * count a tuple insertion of n tuples
  */
diff --git a/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c b/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c
index 1408de387ea..90a8968faa0 100644
--- a/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c
+++ b/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c
@@ -84,6 +84,18 @@ PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(mod_since_analyze)
 /* pg_stat_get_numscans */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(numscans)
 
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_analyze_count)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_autoanalyze_count)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_autovacuum_count)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_vacuum_count)
+
 /* pg_stat_get_tuples_deleted */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(tuples_deleted)
 
@@ -170,6 +182,18 @@ PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_vacuum_time)
 /* pg_stat_get_lastscan */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(lastscan)
 
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_analyze_time)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_autoanalyze_time)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_autovacuum_time)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_vacuum_time)
+
 /* pg_stat_get_stat_reset_time */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(stat_reset_time)
 
diff --git a/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat b/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat
index fa9ae79082b..32debb34863 100644
--- a/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat
+++ b/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat
@@ -5680,6 +5680,38 @@
   proargmodes => '{o,o,o,o,o,o,o,o,o,o}',
   proargnames => '{oid,score,xid_score,mxid_score,vacuum_score,vacuum_insert_score,analyze_score,do_vacuum,do_analyze,for_wraparound}',
   prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_autovacuum_scores' },
+{ oid => '8142', descr => 'statistics: last skipped vacuum time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time' },
+{ oid => '8143', descr => 'statistics: last skipped auto vacuum time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time' },
+{ oid => '8144', descr => 'statistics: last skipped analyze time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time' },
+{ oid => '8145', descr => 'statistics: last skipped auto analyze time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time' },
+{ oid => '8146', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped vacuum for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count' },
+{ oid => '8147', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped auto vacuum for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count' },
+{ oid => '8148', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped analyzes for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count' },
+{ oid => '8149', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped auto analyzes for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count' },
 { oid => '1936', descr => 'statistics: currently active backend IDs',
   proname => 'pg_stat_get_backend_idset', prorows => '100', proretset => 't',
   provolatile => 's', proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int4',
diff --git a/src/include/pgstat.h b/src/include/pgstat.h
index dfa2e837638..98941f953d1 100644
--- a/src/include/pgstat.h
+++ b/src/include/pgstat.h
@@ -479,6 +479,15 @@ typedef struct PgStat_StatTabEntry
 	TimestampTz last_autoanalyze_time;	/* autovacuum initiated */
 	PgStat_Counter autoanalyze_count;
 
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_vacuum_time;	/* user initiated vacuum */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_vacuum_count;
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_autovacuum_time;	/* autovacuum initiated */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_autovacuum_count;
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_analyze_time;	/* user initiated */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_analyze_count;
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_autoanalyze_time;	/* autovacuum initiated */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_autoanalyze_count;
+
 	PgStat_Counter total_vacuum_time;	/* times in milliseconds */
 	PgStat_Counter total_autovacuum_time;
 	PgStat_Counter total_analyze_time;
@@ -703,6 +712,13 @@ extern void pgstat_report_analyze(Relation rel,
 								  PgStat_Counter livetuples, PgStat_Counter deadtuples,
 								  bool resetcounter, TimestampTz starttime);
 
+/* flags for pgstat_flush_backend() */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM		(1 << 0)	/* vacuum is skipped */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE		(1 << 1)	/* analyze is skipped */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOVACUUM	(1 << 2)	/* autovacuum is skipped */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOANALYZE	(1 << 3)	/* autoanalyze is skipped */
+extern void pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(Oid relid, int flags);
+
 /*
  * If stats are enabled, but pending data hasn't been prepared yet, call
  * pgstat_assoc_relation() to do so. See its comment for why this is done
diff --git a/src/test/isolation/expected/vacuum-skip-locked.out b/src/test/isolation/expected/vacuum-skip-locked.out
index 99db281a159..e2cff175b7c 100644
--- a/src/test/isolation/expected/vacuum-skip-locked.out
+++ b/src/test/isolation/expected/vacuum-skip-locked.out
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 Parsed test spec with 2 sessions
 
-starting permutation: lock_share vac_specified commit
+starting permutation: lock_share vac_specified commit check_stat
 step lock_share: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN SHARE MODE;
@@ -10,8 +10,22 @@ step vac_specified: VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED) part1, part2;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
 
-starting permutation: lock_share vac_all_parts commit
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   1|            0|                    0
+part2  |           1|                   0|            0|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
+
+starting permutation: lock_share vac_all_parts commit check_stat
 step lock_share: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN SHARE MODE;
@@ -20,8 +34,22 @@ step vac_all_parts: VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED) parted;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   1|            0|                    0
+part2  |           1|                   0|            0|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
 
-starting permutation: lock_share analyze_specified commit
+starting permutation: lock_share analyze_specified commit check_stat
 step lock_share: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN SHARE MODE;
@@ -31,8 +59,22 @@ step analyze_specified: ANALYZE (SKIP_LOCKED) part1, part2;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
 
-starting permutation: lock_share analyze_all_parts commit
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   0|            0|                    1
+part2  |           0|                   0|            1|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
+
+starting permutation: lock_share analyze_all_parts commit check_stat
 step lock_share: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN SHARE MODE;
@@ -41,8 +83,22 @@ step analyze_all_parts: ANALYZE (SKIP_LOCKED) parted;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            1|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   0|            0|                    1
+part2  |           0|                   0|            1|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
 
-starting permutation: lock_share vac_analyze_specified commit
+starting permutation: lock_share vac_analyze_specified commit check_stat
 step lock_share: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN SHARE MODE;
@@ -52,8 +108,22 @@ step vac_analyze_specified: VACUUM (ANALYZE, SKIP_LOCKED) part1, part2;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
 
-starting permutation: lock_share vac_analyze_all_parts commit
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   1|            0|                    1
+part2  |           1|                   0|            1|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
+
+starting permutation: lock_share vac_analyze_all_parts commit check_stat
 step lock_share: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN SHARE MODE;
@@ -62,8 +132,22 @@ step vac_analyze_all_parts: VACUUM (ANALYZE, SKIP_LOCKED) parted;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            1|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   1|            0|                    1
+part2  |           1|                   0|            1|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
 
-starting permutation: lock_share vac_full_specified commit
+starting permutation: lock_share vac_full_specified commit check_stat
 step lock_share: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN SHARE MODE;
@@ -73,8 +157,22 @@ step vac_full_specified: VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED, FULL) part1, part2;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
 
-starting permutation: lock_share vac_full_all_parts commit
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part2  |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
+
+starting permutation: lock_share vac_full_all_parts commit check_stat
 step lock_share: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN SHARE MODE;
@@ -83,8 +181,22 @@ step vac_full_all_parts: VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED, FULL) parted;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part2  |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+(3 rows)
 
-starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_specified commit
+
+starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_specified commit check_stat
 step lock_access_exclusive: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN ACCESS EXCLUSIVE MODE;
@@ -94,8 +206,22 @@ step vac_specified: VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED) part1, part2;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   1|            0|                    0
+part2  |           1|                   0|            0|                    0
+(3 rows)
 
-starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_all_parts commit
+
+starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_all_parts commit check_stat
 step lock_access_exclusive: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN ACCESS EXCLUSIVE MODE;
@@ -104,8 +230,22 @@ step vac_all_parts: VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED) parted;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   1|            0|                    0
+part2  |           1|                   0|            0|                    0
+(3 rows)
 
-starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive analyze_specified commit
+
+starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive analyze_specified commit check_stat
 step lock_access_exclusive: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN ACCESS EXCLUSIVE MODE;
@@ -115,8 +255,22 @@ step analyze_specified: ANALYZE (SKIP_LOCKED) part1, part2;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   0|            0|                    1
+part2  |           0|                   0|            1|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
 
-starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive analyze_all_parts commit
+starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive analyze_all_parts commit check_stat
 step lock_access_exclusive: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN ACCESS EXCLUSIVE MODE;
@@ -126,8 +280,22 @@ step commit:
 	COMMIT;
 
 step analyze_all_parts: <... completed>
-
-starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_analyze_specified commit
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            1|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   0|            1|                    0
+part2  |           0|                   0|            1|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
+
+starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_analyze_specified commit check_stat
 step lock_access_exclusive: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN ACCESS EXCLUSIVE MODE;
@@ -137,8 +305,22 @@ step vac_analyze_specified: VACUUM (ANALYZE, SKIP_LOCKED) part1, part2;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   1|            0|                    1
+part2  |           1|                   0|            1|                    0
+(3 rows)
 
-starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_analyze_all_parts commit
+
+starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_analyze_all_parts commit check_stat
 step lock_access_exclusive: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN ACCESS EXCLUSIVE MODE;
@@ -148,8 +330,22 @@ step commit:
 	COMMIT;
 
 step vac_analyze_all_parts: <... completed>
-
-starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_full_specified commit
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            1|                    0
+part1  |           1|                   0|            1|                    0
+part2  |           1|                   0|            1|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
+
+starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_full_specified commit check_stat
 step lock_access_exclusive: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN ACCESS EXCLUSIVE MODE;
@@ -159,8 +355,22 @@ step vac_full_specified: VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED, FULL) part1, part2;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
 
-starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_full_all_parts commit
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part2  |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
+
+starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_full_all_parts commit check_stat
 step lock_access_exclusive: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN ACCESS EXCLUSIVE MODE;
@@ -169,3 +379,17 @@ step vac_full_all_parts: VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED, FULL) parted;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part2  |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
diff --git a/src/test/isolation/specs/vacuum-skip-locked.spec b/src/test/isolation/specs/vacuum-skip-locked.spec
index 3fad6e1c92a..b0da75d4b6d 100644
--- a/src/test/isolation/specs/vacuum-skip-locked.spec
+++ b/src/test/isolation/specs/vacuum-skip-locked.spec
@@ -33,6 +33,15 @@ step commit
 	COMMIT;
 }
 
+step check_stat
+{
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+}
+
 session s2
 step vac_specified			{ VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED) part1, part2; }
 step vac_all_parts			{ VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED) parted; }
@@ -43,19 +52,19 @@ step vac_analyze_all_parts	{ VACUUM (ANALYZE, SKIP_LOCKED) parted; }
 step vac_full_specified		{ VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED, FULL) part1, part2; }
 step vac_full_all_parts		{ VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED, FULL) parted; }
 
-permutation lock_share vac_specified commit
-permutation lock_share vac_all_parts commit
-permutation lock_share analyze_specified commit
-permutation lock_share analyze_all_parts commit
-permutation lock_share vac_analyze_specified commit
-permutation lock_share vac_analyze_all_parts commit
-permutation lock_share vac_full_specified commit
-permutation lock_share vac_full_all_parts commit
-permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_specified commit
-permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_all_parts commit
-permutation lock_access_exclusive analyze_specified commit
-permutation lock_access_exclusive analyze_all_parts commit
-permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_analyze_specified commit
-permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_analyze_all_parts commit
-permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_full_specified commit
-permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_full_all_parts commit
+permutation lock_share vac_specified commit check_stat
+permutation lock_share vac_all_parts commit check_stat
+permutation lock_share analyze_specified commit check_stat
+permutation lock_share analyze_all_parts commit check_stat
+permutation lock_share vac_analyze_specified commit check_stat
+permutation lock_share vac_analyze_all_parts commit check_stat
+permutation lock_share vac_full_specified commit check_stat
+permutation lock_share vac_full_all_parts commit check_stat
+permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_specified commit check_stat
+permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_all_parts commit check_stat
+permutation lock_access_exclusive analyze_specified commit check_stat
+permutation lock_access_exclusive analyze_all_parts commit check_stat
+permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_analyze_specified commit check_stat
+permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_analyze_all_parts commit check_stat
+permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_full_specified commit check_stat
+permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_full_all_parts commit check_stat
diff --git a/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out b/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out
index a65a5bf0c4f..9b2075d3373 100644
--- a/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out
+++ b/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out
@@ -1835,13 +1835,21 @@ pg_stat_all_tables| SELECT c.oid AS relid,
     pg_stat_get_mod_since_analyze(c.oid) AS n_mod_since_analyze,
     pg_stat_get_ins_since_vacuum(c.oid) AS n_ins_since_vacuum,
     pg_stat_get_last_vacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_vacuum,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_vacuum,
     pg_stat_get_last_autovacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_autovacuum,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_autovacuum,
     pg_stat_get_last_analyze_time(c.oid) AS last_analyze,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_analyze,
     pg_stat_get_last_autoanalyze_time(c.oid) AS last_autoanalyze,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_autoanalyze,
     pg_stat_get_vacuum_count(c.oid) AS vacuum_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count(c.oid) AS skipped_vacuum_count,
     pg_stat_get_autovacuum_count(c.oid) AS autovacuum_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count(c.oid) AS skipped_autovacuum_count,
     pg_stat_get_analyze_count(c.oid) AS analyze_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count(c.oid) AS skipped_analyze_count,
     pg_stat_get_autoanalyze_count(c.oid) AS autoanalyze_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count(c.oid) AS skipped_autoanalyze_count,
     pg_stat_get_total_vacuum_time(c.oid) AS total_vacuum_time,
     pg_stat_get_total_autovacuum_time(c.oid) AS total_autovacuum_time,
     pg_stat_get_total_analyze_time(c.oid) AS total_analyze_time,
@@ -2346,13 +2354,21 @@ pg_stat_sys_tables| SELECT relid,
     n_mod_since_analyze,
     n_ins_since_vacuum,
     last_vacuum,
+    last_skipped_vacuum,
     last_autovacuum,
+    last_skipped_autovacuum,
     last_analyze,
+    last_skipped_analyze,
     last_autoanalyze,
+    last_skipped_autoanalyze,
     vacuum_count,
+    skipped_vacuum_count,
     autovacuum_count,
+    skipped_autovacuum_count,
     analyze_count,
+    skipped_analyze_count,
     autoanalyze_count,
+    skipped_autoanalyze_count,
     total_vacuum_time,
     total_autovacuum_time,
     total_analyze_time,
@@ -2401,13 +2417,21 @@ pg_stat_user_tables| SELECT relid,
     n_mod_since_analyze,
     n_ins_since_vacuum,
     last_vacuum,
+    last_skipped_vacuum,
     last_autovacuum,
+    last_skipped_autovacuum,
     last_analyze,
+    last_skipped_analyze,
     last_autoanalyze,
+    last_skipped_autoanalyze,
     vacuum_count,
+    skipped_vacuum_count,
     autovacuum_count,
+    skipped_autovacuum_count,
     analyze_count,
+    skipped_analyze_count,
     autoanalyze_count,
+    skipped_autoanalyze_count,
     total_vacuum_time,
     total_autovacuum_time,
     total_analyze_time,
-- 
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* [PATCH v4] Track skipped vacuum and analyze activity per relation
@ 2026-03-24 04:09 Yugo Nagata <[email protected]>
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From: Yugo Nagata @ 2026-03-24 04:09 UTC (permalink / raw)

This commit adds eight fields to the relation statistics that track
the last time vacuum or analyze has been attempted but skipped due to
lock unavailability, along with their counts:

-    last_skipped_vacuum
-    last_skipped_autovacuum
-    last_skipped_analyze
-    last_skipped_autoanalyze
-    skipped_vacuum_count
-    skipped_autovacuum_count
-    skipped_analyze_count
-    skipped_autoanalyze_count

These field can help users confirm that autovacuum is actively attempting
to run on a table that has not been vacuumed or analyzed for a long time,
and that the lack of progress is due to repeated skips rather than inactivity.
---
 doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml                 |  88 ++++++++++++++++
 src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql         |   8 ++
 src/backend/commands/vacuum.c                | 102 ++++++++++++++-----
 src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c |  64 ++++++++++++
 src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c          |  24 +++++
 src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat              |  32 ++++++
 src/include/pgstat.h                         |  16 +++
 src/test/regress/expected/rules.out          |  24 +++++
 8 files changed, 335 insertions(+), 23 deletions(-)

diff --git a/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml b/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml
index 08d5b824552..a9b579d87a9 100644
--- a/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml
+++ b/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml
@@ -4387,6 +4387,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_vacuum</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time a manual vacuum on this table was attempted but skipped due to
+       lock unavailability (not counting <command>VACUUM FULL</command>)
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>last_autovacuum</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
@@ -4397,6 +4407,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_autovacuum</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time a vacuum on this table by the autovacuum daemon was attempted
+       but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>last_analyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
@@ -4406,6 +4426,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_analyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time a manual analyze on this table was attempted but skipped due to
+       lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>last_autoanalyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
@@ -4416,6 +4446,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_autoanalyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time at which an analyze on this table by the autovacuum was
+       attempted but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>vacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4426,6 +4466,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_vacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times manual vacuums on this table have been attempted but skipped
+       due to lock unavailability (not counting <command>VACUUM FULL</command>)
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>autovacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4436,6 +4486,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_autovacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times vacuums on this table by the autovacuum daemon have been
+       attempted but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>analyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4445,6 +4505,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_analyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times manual analyzes on this table have been attempted but
+       skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>autoanalyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4455,6 +4525,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_autoanalyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times analyzes on this table by the autovacuum daemon have
+       been attempted but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>total_vacuum_time</structfield> <type>double precision</type>
@@ -4510,6 +4590,14 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
    </tgroup>
   </table>
 
+  <note>
+   <para>
+    When a manual vacuum or analyze on a parent table in an inheritance or
+    partitioning hierarchy is skipped, the statistics are recorded only for
+    the parent table, not for its children.
+   </para>
+  </note>
+
  </sect2>
 
  <sect2 id="monitoring-pg-stat-autovacuum-scores-view">
diff --git a/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql b/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql
index 73a1c1c4670..f509fc7876b 100644
--- a/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql
+++ b/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql
@@ -736,13 +736,21 @@ CREATE VIEW pg_stat_all_tables AS
             pg_stat_get_mod_since_analyze(C.oid) AS n_mod_since_analyze,
             pg_stat_get_ins_since_vacuum(C.oid) AS n_ins_since_vacuum,
             pg_stat_get_last_vacuum_time(C.oid) as last_vacuum,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_vacuum,
             pg_stat_get_last_autovacuum_time(C.oid) as last_autovacuum,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_autovacuum,
             pg_stat_get_last_analyze_time(C.oid) as last_analyze,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_analyze,
             pg_stat_get_last_autoanalyze_time(C.oid) as last_autoanalyze,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_autoanalyze,
             pg_stat_get_vacuum_count(C.oid) AS vacuum_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count(C.oid) AS skipped_vacuum_count,
             pg_stat_get_autovacuum_count(C.oid) AS autovacuum_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count(C.oid) AS skipped_autovacuum_count,
             pg_stat_get_analyze_count(C.oid) AS analyze_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count(C.oid) AS skipped_analyze_count,
             pg_stat_get_autoanalyze_count(C.oid) AS autoanalyze_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count(C.oid) AS skipped_autoanalyze_count,
             pg_stat_get_total_vacuum_time(C.oid) AS total_vacuum_time,
             pg_stat_get_total_autovacuum_time(C.oid) AS total_autovacuum_time,
             pg_stat_get_total_analyze_time(C.oid) AS total_analyze_time,
diff --git a/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c b/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c
index 99d0db82ed7..97cd5ea8d10 100644
--- a/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c
+++ b/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c
@@ -793,8 +793,25 @@ vacuum_open_relation(Oid relid, RangeVar *relation, uint32 options,
 		rel = try_relation_open(relid, NoLock);
 	else
 	{
+		int flags = 0;
 		rel = NULL;
 		rel_lock = false;
+
+		if ((options & VACOPT_VACUUM) != 0)
+		{
+			if (AmAutoVacuumWorkerProcess())
+				flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOVACUUM;
+			else
+				flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM;
+		}
+		if ((options & VACOPT_ANALYZE) != 0)
+		{
+			if (AmAutoVacuumWorkerProcess())
+				flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOANALYZE;
+			else
+				flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE;
+		}
+		pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(relid, flags);
 	}
 
 	/* if relation is opened, leave */
@@ -802,7 +819,7 @@ vacuum_open_relation(Oid relid, RangeVar *relation, uint32 options,
 		return rel;
 
 	/*
-	 * Relation could not be opened, hence generate if possible a log
+	 * Relation could not be opened hence generate if possible a log
 	 * informing on the situation.
 	 *
 	 * If the RangeVar is not defined, we do not have enough information to
@@ -905,7 +922,6 @@ expand_vacuum_rel(VacuumRelation *vrel, MemoryContext vac_context,
 		Form_pg_class classForm;
 		bool		include_children;
 		bool		is_partitioned_table;
-		int			rvr_opts;
 
 		/*
 		 * Since autovacuum workers supply OIDs when calling vacuum(), no
@@ -918,29 +934,69 @@ expand_vacuum_rel(VacuumRelation *vrel, MemoryContext vac_context,
 		 * below, as well as find_all_inheritors's expectation that the caller
 		 * holds some lock on the starting relation.
 		 */
-		rvr_opts = (options & VACOPT_SKIP_LOCKED) ? RVR_SKIP_LOCKED : 0;
-		relid = RangeVarGetRelidExtended(vrel->relation,
-										 AccessShareLock,
-										 rvr_opts,
-										 NULL, NULL);
-
-		/*
-		 * If the lock is unavailable, emit the same log statement that
-		 * vacuum_rel() and analyze_rel() would.
-		 */
-		if (!OidIsValid(relid))
+		if (!(options & VACOPT_SKIP_LOCKED))
 		{
-			if (options & VACOPT_VACUUM)
-				ereport(WARNING,
-						(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
-						 errmsg("skipping vacuum of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
-								vrel->relation->relname)));
-			else
-				ereport(WARNING,
-						(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
-						 errmsg("skipping analyze of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
+			relid = RangeVarGetRelidExtended(vrel->relation,
+											 AccessShareLock,
+											 0, NULL, NULL);
+			if (!OidIsValid(relid))
+				return vacrels;
+		}
+		else
+		{
+			/* Get relid for reporting before taking a lock */
+			relid = RangeVarGetRelid(vrel->relation, NoLock, false);
+
+			if (!ConditionalLockRelationOid(relid, AccessShareLock))
+			{
+				int	flags = 0;
+				/*
+				 * If the lock is unavailable, emit the same log statement that
+				 * vacuum_rel() and analyze_rel() would.
+				 */
+				if (options & VACOPT_VACUUM)
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping vacuum of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
 								vrel->relation->relname)));
-			return vacrels;
+				else
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping analyze of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
+									vrel->relation->relname)));
+
+				if ((options & VACOPT_VACUUM) != 0)
+					flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM;
+				if ((options & VACOPT_ANALYZE) != 0)
+					flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE;
+
+				pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(relid, flags);
+
+				return vacrels;
+			}
+
+			/*
+			 * Now that we have the lock, probe to see if the relation really
+			 * exists or not.
+			 */
+			if (!SearchSysCacheExists1(RELOID, ObjectIdGetDatum(relid)))
+			{
+				if (options & VACOPT_VACUUM)
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_UNDEFINED_TABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping vacuum of \"%s\" --- relation no longer exists",
+									vrel->relation->relname)));
+				else
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_UNDEFINED_TABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping analyze of \"%s\" --- relation no longer exists",
+									vrel->relation->relname)));
+
+				/* Release useless lock */
+				UnlockRelationOid(relid, AccessShareLock);
+
+				return vacrels;
+			}
 		}
 
 		/*
diff --git a/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c b/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c
index b2ca28f83ba..532d9023f8c 100644
--- a/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c
+++ b/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c
@@ -17,12 +17,14 @@
 
 #include "postgres.h"
 
+#include "access/htup_details.h"
 #include "access/twophase_rmgr.h"
 #include "access/xact.h"
 #include "catalog/catalog.h"
 #include "utils/memutils.h"
 #include "utils/pgstat_internal.h"
 #include "utils/rel.h"
+#include "utils/syscache.h"
 #include "utils/timestamp.h"
 
 
@@ -367,6 +369,68 @@ pgstat_report_analyze(Relation rel,
 	(void) pgstat_flush_backend(false, PGSTAT_BACKEND_FLUSH_IO);
 }
 
+/*
+ * Report that the table was skipped during vacuum or/and analyze.
+ */
+void
+pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(Oid relid, int flags)
+{
+	PgStat_EntryRef *entry_ref;
+	PgStatShared_Relation *shtabentry;
+	PgStat_StatTabEntry *tabentry;
+	TimestampTz ts;
+	HeapTuple	classTup;
+	bool		isshared;
+
+	if (!pgstat_track_counts || !flags)
+		return;
+
+	classTup = SearchSysCache1(RELOID, ObjectIdGetDatum(relid));
+	if (!HeapTupleIsValid(classTup))
+		return;			/* somebody deleted the rel, forget it */
+	isshared = ((Form_pg_class) GETSTRUCT(classTup))->relisshared;
+	ReleaseSysCache(classTup);
+
+	/* Store the data in the table's hash table entry. */
+	ts = GetCurrentTimestamp();
+
+	/* block acquiring lock for the same reason as pgstat_report_autovac() */
+	entry_ref = pgstat_get_entry_ref_locked(PGSTAT_KIND_RELATION,
+											isshared ? InvalidOid : MyDatabaseId,
+											relid, false);
+
+	shtabentry = (PgStatShared_Relation *) entry_ref->shared_stats;
+	tabentry = &shtabentry->stats;
+
+	if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM)
+	{
+		tabentry->last_skipped_vacuum_time = ts;
+		tabentry->skipped_vacuum_count++;
+	}
+	else if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOVACUUM)
+	{
+		tabentry->last_skipped_autovacuum_time = ts;
+		tabentry->skipped_autovacuum_count++;
+	}
+
+	if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE)
+	{
+		tabentry->last_skipped_analyze_time = ts;
+		tabentry->skipped_analyze_count++;
+	}
+	else if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOANALYZE)
+	{
+		tabentry->last_skipped_autoanalyze_time = ts;
+		tabentry->skipped_autoanalyze_count++;
+	}
+
+	pgstat_unlock_entry(entry_ref);
+
+	/* see pgstat_report_vacuum() */
+	pgstat_flush_io(false);
+	(void) pgstat_flush_backend(false, PGSTAT_BACKEND_FLUSH_IO);
+}
+
 /*
  * count a tuple insertion of n tuples
  */
diff --git a/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c b/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c
index 1408de387ea..90a8968faa0 100644
--- a/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c
+++ b/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c
@@ -84,6 +84,18 @@ PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(mod_since_analyze)
 /* pg_stat_get_numscans */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(numscans)
 
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_analyze_count)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_autoanalyze_count)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_autovacuum_count)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_vacuum_count)
+
 /* pg_stat_get_tuples_deleted */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(tuples_deleted)
 
@@ -170,6 +182,18 @@ PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_vacuum_time)
 /* pg_stat_get_lastscan */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(lastscan)
 
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_analyze_time)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_autoanalyze_time)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_autovacuum_time)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_vacuum_time)
+
 /* pg_stat_get_stat_reset_time */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(stat_reset_time)
 
diff --git a/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat b/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat
index fa9ae79082b..32debb34863 100644
--- a/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat
+++ b/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat
@@ -5680,6 +5680,38 @@
   proargmodes => '{o,o,o,o,o,o,o,o,o,o}',
   proargnames => '{oid,score,xid_score,mxid_score,vacuum_score,vacuum_insert_score,analyze_score,do_vacuum,do_analyze,for_wraparound}',
   prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_autovacuum_scores' },
+{ oid => '8142', descr => 'statistics: last skipped vacuum time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time' },
+{ oid => '8143', descr => 'statistics: last skipped auto vacuum time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time' },
+{ oid => '8144', descr => 'statistics: last skipped analyze time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time' },
+{ oid => '8145', descr => 'statistics: last skipped auto analyze time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time' },
+{ oid => '8146', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped vacuum for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count' },
+{ oid => '8147', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped auto vacuum for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count' },
+{ oid => '8148', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped analyzes for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count' },
+{ oid => '8149', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped auto analyzes for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count' },
 { oid => '1936', descr => 'statistics: currently active backend IDs',
   proname => 'pg_stat_get_backend_idset', prorows => '100', proretset => 't',
   provolatile => 's', proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int4',
diff --git a/src/include/pgstat.h b/src/include/pgstat.h
index dfa2e837638..98941f953d1 100644
--- a/src/include/pgstat.h
+++ b/src/include/pgstat.h
@@ -479,6 +479,15 @@ typedef struct PgStat_StatTabEntry
 	TimestampTz last_autoanalyze_time;	/* autovacuum initiated */
 	PgStat_Counter autoanalyze_count;
 
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_vacuum_time;	/* user initiated vacuum */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_vacuum_count;
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_autovacuum_time;	/* autovacuum initiated */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_autovacuum_count;
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_analyze_time;	/* user initiated */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_analyze_count;
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_autoanalyze_time;	/* autovacuum initiated */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_autoanalyze_count;
+
 	PgStat_Counter total_vacuum_time;	/* times in milliseconds */
 	PgStat_Counter total_autovacuum_time;
 	PgStat_Counter total_analyze_time;
@@ -703,6 +712,13 @@ extern void pgstat_report_analyze(Relation rel,
 								  PgStat_Counter livetuples, PgStat_Counter deadtuples,
 								  bool resetcounter, TimestampTz starttime);
 
+/* flags for pgstat_flush_backend() */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM		(1 << 0)	/* vacuum is skipped */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE		(1 << 1)	/* analyze is skipped */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOVACUUM	(1 << 2)	/* autovacuum is skipped */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOANALYZE	(1 << 3)	/* autoanalyze is skipped */
+extern void pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(Oid relid, int flags);
+
 /*
  * If stats are enabled, but pending data hasn't been prepared yet, call
  * pgstat_assoc_relation() to do so. See its comment for why this is done
diff --git a/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out b/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out
index a65a5bf0c4f..9b2075d3373 100644
--- a/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out
+++ b/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out
@@ -1835,13 +1835,21 @@ pg_stat_all_tables| SELECT c.oid AS relid,
     pg_stat_get_mod_since_analyze(c.oid) AS n_mod_since_analyze,
     pg_stat_get_ins_since_vacuum(c.oid) AS n_ins_since_vacuum,
     pg_stat_get_last_vacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_vacuum,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_vacuum,
     pg_stat_get_last_autovacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_autovacuum,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_autovacuum,
     pg_stat_get_last_analyze_time(c.oid) AS last_analyze,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_analyze,
     pg_stat_get_last_autoanalyze_time(c.oid) AS last_autoanalyze,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_autoanalyze,
     pg_stat_get_vacuum_count(c.oid) AS vacuum_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count(c.oid) AS skipped_vacuum_count,
     pg_stat_get_autovacuum_count(c.oid) AS autovacuum_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count(c.oid) AS skipped_autovacuum_count,
     pg_stat_get_analyze_count(c.oid) AS analyze_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count(c.oid) AS skipped_analyze_count,
     pg_stat_get_autoanalyze_count(c.oid) AS autoanalyze_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count(c.oid) AS skipped_autoanalyze_count,
     pg_stat_get_total_vacuum_time(c.oid) AS total_vacuum_time,
     pg_stat_get_total_autovacuum_time(c.oid) AS total_autovacuum_time,
     pg_stat_get_total_analyze_time(c.oid) AS total_analyze_time,
@@ -2346,13 +2354,21 @@ pg_stat_sys_tables| SELECT relid,
     n_mod_since_analyze,
     n_ins_since_vacuum,
     last_vacuum,
+    last_skipped_vacuum,
     last_autovacuum,
+    last_skipped_autovacuum,
     last_analyze,
+    last_skipped_analyze,
     last_autoanalyze,
+    last_skipped_autoanalyze,
     vacuum_count,
+    skipped_vacuum_count,
     autovacuum_count,
+    skipped_autovacuum_count,
     analyze_count,
+    skipped_analyze_count,
     autoanalyze_count,
+    skipped_autoanalyze_count,
     total_vacuum_time,
     total_autovacuum_time,
     total_analyze_time,
@@ -2401,13 +2417,21 @@ pg_stat_user_tables| SELECT relid,
     n_mod_since_analyze,
     n_ins_since_vacuum,
     last_vacuum,
+    last_skipped_vacuum,
     last_autovacuum,
+    last_skipped_autovacuum,
     last_analyze,
+    last_skipped_analyze,
     last_autoanalyze,
+    last_skipped_autoanalyze,
     vacuum_count,
+    skipped_vacuum_count,
     autovacuum_count,
+    skipped_autovacuum_count,
     analyze_count,
+    skipped_analyze_count,
     autoanalyze_count,
+    skipped_autoanalyze_count,
     total_vacuum_time,
     total_autovacuum_time,
     total_analyze_time,
-- 
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* [PATCH v3] Track skipped vacuum and analyze activity per relation
@ 2026-03-24 04:09 Yugo Nagata <[email protected]>
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From: Yugo Nagata @ 2026-03-24 04:09 UTC (permalink / raw)

This commit adds eight fields to the relation statistics that track
the last time vacuum or analyze has been attempted but skipped due to
lock unavailability, along with their counts:

-    last_skipped_vacuum
-    last_skipped_autovacuum
-    last_skipped_analyze
-    last_skipped_autoanalyze
-    skipped_vacuum_count
-    skipped_autovacuum_count
-    skipped_analyze_count
-    skipped_autoanalyze_count

These field can help users confirm that autovacuum is actively attempting
to run on a table that has not been vacuumed or analyzed for a long time,
and that the lack of progress is due to repeated skips rather than inactivity.
---
 doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml                 | 80 +++++++++++++++++
 src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql         |  8 ++
 src/backend/commands/vacuum.c                | 95 +++++++++++++++-----
 src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c | 68 ++++++++++++++
 src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c          | 24 +++++
 src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat              | 32 +++++++
 src/include/pgstat.h                         | 16 ++++
 src/test/regress/expected/rules.out          | 24 +++++
 8 files changed, 324 insertions(+), 23 deletions(-)

diff --git a/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml b/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml
index bb75ed1069b..9ec8070b2fc 100644
--- a/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml
+++ b/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml
@@ -4372,6 +4372,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_vacuum</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time a manual vacuum on this table was attempted but skipped due to
+       lock unavailability (not counting <command>VACUUM FULL</command>)
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>last_autovacuum</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
@@ -4382,6 +4392,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_autovacuum</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time a vacuum on this table by the autovacuum daemon was attempted
+       but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>last_analyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
@@ -4391,6 +4411,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_analyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time a manual analyze on this table was attempted but skipped due to
+       lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>last_autoanalyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
@@ -4401,6 +4431,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_autoanalyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time at which an analyze on this table by the autovacuum was
+       attempted but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>vacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4411,6 +4451,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_vacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times vacuums on this table have been attempted but skipped
+       due to lock unavailability (not counting <command>VACUUM FULL</command>)
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>autovacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4421,6 +4471,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_autovacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times vacuums on this table by the autovacuum daemon have been
+       attempted but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>analyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4430,6 +4490,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_analyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times manual analyzes on this table have been attempted but
+       skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>autoanalyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4440,6 +4510,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_autoanalyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times analyzes on this table by the autovacuum daemon have
+       been attempted but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>total_vacuum_time</structfield> <type>double precision</type>
diff --git a/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql b/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql
index e54018004db..2ca02a0354c 100644
--- a/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql
+++ b/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql
@@ -736,13 +736,21 @@ CREATE VIEW pg_stat_all_tables AS
             pg_stat_get_mod_since_analyze(C.oid) AS n_mod_since_analyze,
             pg_stat_get_ins_since_vacuum(C.oid) AS n_ins_since_vacuum,
             pg_stat_get_last_vacuum_time(C.oid) as last_vacuum,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_vacuum,
             pg_stat_get_last_autovacuum_time(C.oid) as last_autovacuum,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_autovacuum,
             pg_stat_get_last_analyze_time(C.oid) as last_analyze,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_analyze,
             pg_stat_get_last_autoanalyze_time(C.oid) as last_autoanalyze,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_autoanalyze,
             pg_stat_get_vacuum_count(C.oid) AS vacuum_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count(C.oid) AS skipped_vacuum_count,
             pg_stat_get_autovacuum_count(C.oid) AS autovacuum_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count(C.oid) AS skipped_autovacuum_count,
             pg_stat_get_analyze_count(C.oid) AS analyze_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count(C.oid) AS skipped_analyze_count,
             pg_stat_get_autoanalyze_count(C.oid) AS autoanalyze_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count(C.oid) AS skipped_autoanalyze_count,
             pg_stat_get_total_vacuum_time(C.oid) AS total_vacuum_time,
             pg_stat_get_total_autovacuum_time(C.oid) AS total_autovacuum_time,
             pg_stat_get_total_analyze_time(C.oid) AS total_analyze_time,
diff --git a/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c b/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c
index bce3a2daa24..ce83b3171be 100644
--- a/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c
+++ b/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c
@@ -792,8 +792,18 @@ vacuum_open_relation(Oid relid, RangeVar *relation, bits32 options,
 		rel = try_relation_open(relid, NoLock);
 	else
 	{
+		bits8 flags = 0;
 		rel = NULL;
 		rel_lock = false;
+
+		if ((options & VACOPT_VACUUM) != 0)
+			flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM;
+		if ((options & VACOPT_ANALYZE) != 0)
+			flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE;
+		if (AmAutoVacuumWorkerProcess())
+			flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOVAC;
+
+		pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(relid, flags);
 	}
 
 	/* if relation is opened, leave */
@@ -801,7 +811,7 @@ vacuum_open_relation(Oid relid, RangeVar *relation, bits32 options,
 		return rel;
 
 	/*
-	 * Relation could not be opened, hence generate if possible a log
+	 * Relation could not be opened hence generate if possible a log
 	 * informing on the situation.
 	 *
 	 * If the RangeVar is not defined, we do not have enough information to
@@ -904,7 +914,6 @@ expand_vacuum_rel(VacuumRelation *vrel, MemoryContext vac_context,
 		Form_pg_class classForm;
 		bool		include_children;
 		bool		is_partitioned_table;
-		int			rvr_opts;
 
 		/*
 		 * Since autovacuum workers supply OIDs when calling vacuum(), no
@@ -917,29 +926,69 @@ expand_vacuum_rel(VacuumRelation *vrel, MemoryContext vac_context,
 		 * below, as well as find_all_inheritors's expectation that the caller
 		 * holds some lock on the starting relation.
 		 */
-		rvr_opts = (options & VACOPT_SKIP_LOCKED) ? RVR_SKIP_LOCKED : 0;
-		relid = RangeVarGetRelidExtended(vrel->relation,
-										 AccessShareLock,
-										 rvr_opts,
-										 NULL, NULL);
-
-		/*
-		 * If the lock is unavailable, emit the same log statement that
-		 * vacuum_rel() and analyze_rel() would.
-		 */
-		if (!OidIsValid(relid))
+		if (!(options & VACOPT_SKIP_LOCKED))
 		{
-			if (options & VACOPT_VACUUM)
-				ereport(WARNING,
-						(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
-						 errmsg("skipping vacuum of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
-								vrel->relation->relname)));
-			else
-				ereport(WARNING,
-						(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
-						 errmsg("skipping analyze of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
+			relid = RangeVarGetRelidExtended(vrel->relation,
+											 AccessShareLock,
+											 0, NULL, NULL);
+			if (!OidIsValid(relid))
+				return vacrels;
+		}
+		else
+		{
+			/* Get relid for reporting before taking a lock */
+			relid = RangeVarGetRelid(vrel->relation, NoLock, false);
+
+			if (!ConditionalLockRelationOid(relid, AccessShareLock))
+			{
+				bits8	flags = 0;
+				/*
+				 * If the lock is unavailable, emit the same log statement that
+				 * vacuum_rel() and analyze_rel() would.
+				 */
+				if (options & VACOPT_VACUUM)
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping vacuum of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
 								vrel->relation->relname)));
-			return vacrels;
+				else
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping analyze of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
+									vrel->relation->relname)));
+
+				if ((options & VACOPT_VACUUM) != 0)
+					flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM;
+				if ((options & VACOPT_ANALYZE) != 0)
+					flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE;
+
+				pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(relid, flags);
+
+				return vacrels;
+			}
+
+			/*
+			 * Now that we have the lock, probe to see if the relation really
+			 * exists or not.
+			 */
+			if (!SearchSysCacheExists1(RELOID, ObjectIdGetDatum(relid)))
+			{
+				if (options & VACOPT_VACUUM)
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_UNDEFINED_TABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping vacuum of \"%s\" --- relation no longer exists",
+									vrel->relation->relname)));
+				else
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_UNDEFINED_TABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping analyze of \"%s\" --- relation no longer exists",
+									vrel->relation->relname)));
+
+				/* Release useless lock */
+				UnlockRelationOid(relid, AccessShareLock);
+
+				return vacrels;
+			}
 		}
 
 		/*
diff --git a/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c b/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c
index bc8c43b96aa..cec4c88980e 100644
--- a/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c
+++ b/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c
@@ -17,6 +17,7 @@
 
 #include "postgres.h"
 
+#include "access/htup_details.h"
 #include "access/twophase_rmgr.h"
 #include "access/xact.h"
 #include "catalog/catalog.h"
@@ -366,6 +367,73 @@ pgstat_report_analyze(Relation rel,
 	(void) pgstat_flush_backend(false, PGSTAT_BACKEND_FLUSH_IO);
 }
 
+/*
+ * Report that the table was skipped during vacuum or/and analyze.
+ */
+void
+pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(Oid relid, bits8 flags)
+{
+	PgStat_EntryRef *entry_ref;
+	PgStatShared_Relation *shtabentry;
+	PgStat_StatTabEntry *tabentry;
+	TimestampTz ts;
+	HeapTuple	classTup;
+	bool		isshared;
+
+	if (!pgstat_track_counts || !(flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANY))
+		return;
+
+	classTup = SearchSysCache1(RELOID, ObjectIdGetDatum(relid));
+	if (!HeapTupleIsValid(classTup))
+		return;			/* somebody deleted the rel, forget it */
+	isshared = ((Form_pg_class) GETSTRUCT(classTup))->relisshared;
+	ReleaseSysCache(classTup);
+
+	/* Store the data in the table's hash table entry. */
+	ts = GetCurrentTimestamp();
+
+	/* block acquiring lock for the same reason as pgstat_report_autovac() */
+	entry_ref = pgstat_get_entry_ref_locked(PGSTAT_KIND_RELATION,
+											isshared ? InvalidOid : MyDatabaseId,
+											relid, false);
+
+	shtabentry = (PgStatShared_Relation *) entry_ref->shared_stats;
+	tabentry = &shtabentry->stats;
+
+	if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOVAC)
+	{
+		if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM)
+		{
+			tabentry->last_skipped_autovacuum_time = ts;
+			tabentry->skipped_autovacuum_count++;
+		}
+		if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE)
+		{
+			tabentry->last_skipped_autoanalyze_time = ts;
+			tabentry->skipped_autoanalyze_count++;
+		}
+	}
+	else
+	{
+		if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM)
+		{
+			tabentry->last_skipped_vacuum_time = ts;
+			tabentry->skipped_vacuum_count++;
+		}
+		if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE)
+		{
+			tabentry->last_skipped_analyze_time = ts;
+			tabentry->skipped_analyze_count++;
+		}
+	}
+
+	pgstat_unlock_entry(entry_ref);
+
+	/* see pgstat_report_vacuum() */
+	pgstat_flush_io(false);
+	(void) pgstat_flush_backend(false, PGSTAT_BACKEND_FLUSH_IO);
+}
+
 /*
  * count a tuple insertion of n tuples
  */
diff --git a/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c b/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c
index 9185a8e6b83..18aaa3996e1 100644
--- a/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c
+++ b/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c
@@ -84,6 +84,18 @@ PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(mod_since_analyze)
 /* pg_stat_get_numscans */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(numscans)
 
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_analyze_count)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_autoanalyze_count)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_autovacuum_count)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_vacuum_count)
+
 /* pg_stat_get_tuples_deleted */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(tuples_deleted)
 
@@ -170,6 +182,18 @@ PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_vacuum_time)
 /* pg_stat_get_lastscan */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(lastscan)
 
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_analyze_time)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_autoanalyze_time)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_autovacuum_time)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_vacuum_time)
+
 /* pg_stat_get_stat_reset_time */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(stat_reset_time)
 
diff --git a/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat b/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat
index 0118e970dda..ccfe3d9e02a 100644
--- a/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat
+++ b/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat
@@ -5667,6 +5667,38 @@
   proname => 'pg_stat_get_total_autoanalyze_time', provolatile => 's',
   proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'float8', proargtypes => 'oid',
   prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_total_autoanalyze_time' },
+{ oid => '8142', descr => 'statistics: last skipped vacuum time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time' },
+{ oid => '8143', descr => 'statistics: last skipped auto vacuum time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time' },
+{ oid => '8144', descr => 'statistics: last skipped analyze time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time' },
+{ oid => '8145', descr => 'statistics: last skipped auto analyze time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time' },
+{ oid => '8146', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped vacuum for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count' },
+{ oid => '8147', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped auto vacuum for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count' },
+{ oid => '8148', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped analyzes for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count' },
+{ oid => '8149', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped auto analyzes for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count' },
 { oid => '1936', descr => 'statistics: currently active backend IDs',
   proname => 'pg_stat_get_backend_idset', prorows => '100', proretset => 't',
   provolatile => 's', proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int4',
diff --git a/src/include/pgstat.h b/src/include/pgstat.h
index 8e3549c3752..343081a7a25 100644
--- a/src/include/pgstat.h
+++ b/src/include/pgstat.h
@@ -479,6 +479,15 @@ typedef struct PgStat_StatTabEntry
 	TimestampTz last_autoanalyze_time;	/* autovacuum initiated */
 	PgStat_Counter autoanalyze_count;
 
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_vacuum_time;	/* user initiated vacuum */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_vacuum_count;
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_autovacuum_time;	/* autovacuum initiated */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_autovacuum_count;
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_analyze_time;	/* user initiated */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_analyze_count;
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_autoanalyze_time;	/* autovacuum initiated */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_autoanalyze_count;
+
 	PgStat_Counter total_vacuum_time;	/* times in milliseconds */
 	PgStat_Counter total_autovacuum_time;
 	PgStat_Counter total_analyze_time;
@@ -707,6 +716,13 @@ extern void pgstat_report_analyze(Relation rel,
 								  PgStat_Counter livetuples, PgStat_Counter deadtuples,
 								  bool resetcounter, TimestampTz starttime);
 
+/* flags for pgstat_flush_backend() */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM	(1 << 0)	/* vacuum is skipped */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE	(1 << 1)	/* analyze is skipped */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOVAC	(1 << 2)	/* skipped during autovacuum/autoanalyze */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANY   (PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM | PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE)
+extern void pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(Oid relid, bits8 flags);
+
 /*
  * If stats are enabled, but pending data hasn't been prepared yet, call
  * pgstat_assoc_relation() to do so. See its comment for why this is done
diff --git a/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out b/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out
index 2b3cf6d8569..4ccfc43e903 100644
--- a/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out
+++ b/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out
@@ -1835,13 +1835,21 @@ pg_stat_all_tables| SELECT c.oid AS relid,
     pg_stat_get_mod_since_analyze(c.oid) AS n_mod_since_analyze,
     pg_stat_get_ins_since_vacuum(c.oid) AS n_ins_since_vacuum,
     pg_stat_get_last_vacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_vacuum,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_vacuum,
     pg_stat_get_last_autovacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_autovacuum,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_autovacuum,
     pg_stat_get_last_analyze_time(c.oid) AS last_analyze,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_analyze,
     pg_stat_get_last_autoanalyze_time(c.oid) AS last_autoanalyze,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_autoanalyze,
     pg_stat_get_vacuum_count(c.oid) AS vacuum_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count(c.oid) AS skipped_vacuum_count,
     pg_stat_get_autovacuum_count(c.oid) AS autovacuum_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count(c.oid) AS skipped_autovacuum_count,
     pg_stat_get_analyze_count(c.oid) AS analyze_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count(c.oid) AS skipped_analyze_count,
     pg_stat_get_autoanalyze_count(c.oid) AS autoanalyze_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count(c.oid) AS skipped_autoanalyze_count,
     pg_stat_get_total_vacuum_time(c.oid) AS total_vacuum_time,
     pg_stat_get_total_autovacuum_time(c.oid) AS total_autovacuum_time,
     pg_stat_get_total_analyze_time(c.oid) AS total_analyze_time,
@@ -2293,13 +2301,21 @@ pg_stat_sys_tables| SELECT relid,
     n_mod_since_analyze,
     n_ins_since_vacuum,
     last_vacuum,
+    last_skipped_vacuum,
     last_autovacuum,
+    last_skipped_autovacuum,
     last_analyze,
+    last_skipped_analyze,
     last_autoanalyze,
+    last_skipped_autoanalyze,
     vacuum_count,
+    skipped_vacuum_count,
     autovacuum_count,
+    skipped_autovacuum_count,
     analyze_count,
+    skipped_analyze_count,
     autoanalyze_count,
+    skipped_autoanalyze_count,
     total_vacuum_time,
     total_autovacuum_time,
     total_analyze_time,
@@ -2348,13 +2364,21 @@ pg_stat_user_tables| SELECT relid,
     n_mod_since_analyze,
     n_ins_since_vacuum,
     last_vacuum,
+    last_skipped_vacuum,
     last_autovacuum,
+    last_skipped_autovacuum,
     last_analyze,
+    last_skipped_analyze,
     last_autoanalyze,
+    last_skipped_autoanalyze,
     vacuum_count,
+    skipped_vacuum_count,
     autovacuum_count,
+    skipped_autovacuum_count,
     analyze_count,
+    skipped_analyze_count,
     autoanalyze_count,
+    skipped_autoanalyze_count,
     total_vacuum_time,
     total_autovacuum_time,
     total_analyze_time,
-- 
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* [PATCH v3] Track skipped vacuum and analyze activity per relation
@ 2026-03-24 04:09 Yugo Nagata <[email protected]>
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From: Yugo Nagata @ 2026-03-24 04:09 UTC (permalink / raw)

This commit adds eight fields to the relation statistics that track
the last time vacuum or analyze has been attempted but skipped due to
lock unavailability, along with their counts:

-    last_skipped_vacuum
-    last_skipped_autovacuum
-    last_skipped_analyze
-    last_skipped_autoanalyze
-    skipped_vacuum_count
-    skipped_autovacuum_count
-    skipped_analyze_count
-    skipped_autoanalyze_count

These field can help users confirm that autovacuum is actively attempting
to run on a table that has not been vacuumed or analyzed for a long time,
and that the lack of progress is due to repeated skips rather than inactivity.
---
 doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml                 | 80 +++++++++++++++++
 src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql         |  8 ++
 src/backend/commands/vacuum.c                | 95 +++++++++++++++-----
 src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c | 68 ++++++++++++++
 src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c          | 24 +++++
 src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat              | 32 +++++++
 src/include/pgstat.h                         | 16 ++++
 src/test/regress/expected/rules.out          | 24 +++++
 8 files changed, 324 insertions(+), 23 deletions(-)

diff --git a/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml b/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml
index bb75ed1069b..9ec8070b2fc 100644
--- a/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml
+++ b/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml
@@ -4372,6 +4372,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_vacuum</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time a manual vacuum on this table was attempted but skipped due to
+       lock unavailability (not counting <command>VACUUM FULL</command>)
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>last_autovacuum</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
@@ -4382,6 +4392,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_autovacuum</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time a vacuum on this table by the autovacuum daemon was attempted
+       but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>last_analyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
@@ -4391,6 +4411,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_analyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time a manual analyze on this table was attempted but skipped due to
+       lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>last_autoanalyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
@@ -4401,6 +4431,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_autoanalyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time at which an analyze on this table by the autovacuum was
+       attempted but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>vacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4411,6 +4451,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_vacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times vacuums on this table have been attempted but skipped
+       due to lock unavailability (not counting <command>VACUUM FULL</command>)
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>autovacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4421,6 +4471,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_autovacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times vacuums on this table by the autovacuum daemon have been
+       attempted but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>analyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4430,6 +4490,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_analyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times manual analyzes on this table have been attempted but
+       skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>autoanalyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4440,6 +4510,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_autoanalyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times analyzes on this table by the autovacuum daemon have
+       been attempted but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>total_vacuum_time</structfield> <type>double precision</type>
diff --git a/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql b/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql
index e54018004db..2ca02a0354c 100644
--- a/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql
+++ b/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql
@@ -736,13 +736,21 @@ CREATE VIEW pg_stat_all_tables AS
             pg_stat_get_mod_since_analyze(C.oid) AS n_mod_since_analyze,
             pg_stat_get_ins_since_vacuum(C.oid) AS n_ins_since_vacuum,
             pg_stat_get_last_vacuum_time(C.oid) as last_vacuum,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_vacuum,
             pg_stat_get_last_autovacuum_time(C.oid) as last_autovacuum,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_autovacuum,
             pg_stat_get_last_analyze_time(C.oid) as last_analyze,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_analyze,
             pg_stat_get_last_autoanalyze_time(C.oid) as last_autoanalyze,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_autoanalyze,
             pg_stat_get_vacuum_count(C.oid) AS vacuum_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count(C.oid) AS skipped_vacuum_count,
             pg_stat_get_autovacuum_count(C.oid) AS autovacuum_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count(C.oid) AS skipped_autovacuum_count,
             pg_stat_get_analyze_count(C.oid) AS analyze_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count(C.oid) AS skipped_analyze_count,
             pg_stat_get_autoanalyze_count(C.oid) AS autoanalyze_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count(C.oid) AS skipped_autoanalyze_count,
             pg_stat_get_total_vacuum_time(C.oid) AS total_vacuum_time,
             pg_stat_get_total_autovacuum_time(C.oid) AS total_autovacuum_time,
             pg_stat_get_total_analyze_time(C.oid) AS total_analyze_time,
diff --git a/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c b/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c
index bce3a2daa24..ce83b3171be 100644
--- a/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c
+++ b/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c
@@ -792,8 +792,18 @@ vacuum_open_relation(Oid relid, RangeVar *relation, bits32 options,
 		rel = try_relation_open(relid, NoLock);
 	else
 	{
+		bits8 flags = 0;
 		rel = NULL;
 		rel_lock = false;
+
+		if ((options & VACOPT_VACUUM) != 0)
+			flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM;
+		if ((options & VACOPT_ANALYZE) != 0)
+			flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE;
+		if (AmAutoVacuumWorkerProcess())
+			flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOVAC;
+
+		pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(relid, flags);
 	}
 
 	/* if relation is opened, leave */
@@ -801,7 +811,7 @@ vacuum_open_relation(Oid relid, RangeVar *relation, bits32 options,
 		return rel;
 
 	/*
-	 * Relation could not be opened, hence generate if possible a log
+	 * Relation could not be opened hence generate if possible a log
 	 * informing on the situation.
 	 *
 	 * If the RangeVar is not defined, we do not have enough information to
@@ -904,7 +914,6 @@ expand_vacuum_rel(VacuumRelation *vrel, MemoryContext vac_context,
 		Form_pg_class classForm;
 		bool		include_children;
 		bool		is_partitioned_table;
-		int			rvr_opts;
 
 		/*
 		 * Since autovacuum workers supply OIDs when calling vacuum(), no
@@ -917,29 +926,69 @@ expand_vacuum_rel(VacuumRelation *vrel, MemoryContext vac_context,
 		 * below, as well as find_all_inheritors's expectation that the caller
 		 * holds some lock on the starting relation.
 		 */
-		rvr_opts = (options & VACOPT_SKIP_LOCKED) ? RVR_SKIP_LOCKED : 0;
-		relid = RangeVarGetRelidExtended(vrel->relation,
-										 AccessShareLock,
-										 rvr_opts,
-										 NULL, NULL);
-
-		/*
-		 * If the lock is unavailable, emit the same log statement that
-		 * vacuum_rel() and analyze_rel() would.
-		 */
-		if (!OidIsValid(relid))
+		if (!(options & VACOPT_SKIP_LOCKED))
 		{
-			if (options & VACOPT_VACUUM)
-				ereport(WARNING,
-						(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
-						 errmsg("skipping vacuum of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
-								vrel->relation->relname)));
-			else
-				ereport(WARNING,
-						(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
-						 errmsg("skipping analyze of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
+			relid = RangeVarGetRelidExtended(vrel->relation,
+											 AccessShareLock,
+											 0, NULL, NULL);
+			if (!OidIsValid(relid))
+				return vacrels;
+		}
+		else
+		{
+			/* Get relid for reporting before taking a lock */
+			relid = RangeVarGetRelid(vrel->relation, NoLock, false);
+
+			if (!ConditionalLockRelationOid(relid, AccessShareLock))
+			{
+				bits8	flags = 0;
+				/*
+				 * If the lock is unavailable, emit the same log statement that
+				 * vacuum_rel() and analyze_rel() would.
+				 */
+				if (options & VACOPT_VACUUM)
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping vacuum of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
 								vrel->relation->relname)));
-			return vacrels;
+				else
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping analyze of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
+									vrel->relation->relname)));
+
+				if ((options & VACOPT_VACUUM) != 0)
+					flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM;
+				if ((options & VACOPT_ANALYZE) != 0)
+					flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE;
+
+				pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(relid, flags);
+
+				return vacrels;
+			}
+
+			/*
+			 * Now that we have the lock, probe to see if the relation really
+			 * exists or not.
+			 */
+			if (!SearchSysCacheExists1(RELOID, ObjectIdGetDatum(relid)))
+			{
+				if (options & VACOPT_VACUUM)
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_UNDEFINED_TABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping vacuum of \"%s\" --- relation no longer exists",
+									vrel->relation->relname)));
+				else
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_UNDEFINED_TABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping analyze of \"%s\" --- relation no longer exists",
+									vrel->relation->relname)));
+
+				/* Release useless lock */
+				UnlockRelationOid(relid, AccessShareLock);
+
+				return vacrels;
+			}
 		}
 
 		/*
diff --git a/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c b/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c
index bc8c43b96aa..cec4c88980e 100644
--- a/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c
+++ b/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c
@@ -17,6 +17,7 @@
 
 #include "postgres.h"
 
+#include "access/htup_details.h"
 #include "access/twophase_rmgr.h"
 #include "access/xact.h"
 #include "catalog/catalog.h"
@@ -366,6 +367,73 @@ pgstat_report_analyze(Relation rel,
 	(void) pgstat_flush_backend(false, PGSTAT_BACKEND_FLUSH_IO);
 }
 
+/*
+ * Report that the table was skipped during vacuum or/and analyze.
+ */
+void
+pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(Oid relid, bits8 flags)
+{
+	PgStat_EntryRef *entry_ref;
+	PgStatShared_Relation *shtabentry;
+	PgStat_StatTabEntry *tabentry;
+	TimestampTz ts;
+	HeapTuple	classTup;
+	bool		isshared;
+
+	if (!pgstat_track_counts || !(flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANY))
+		return;
+
+	classTup = SearchSysCache1(RELOID, ObjectIdGetDatum(relid));
+	if (!HeapTupleIsValid(classTup))
+		return;			/* somebody deleted the rel, forget it */
+	isshared = ((Form_pg_class) GETSTRUCT(classTup))->relisshared;
+	ReleaseSysCache(classTup);
+
+	/* Store the data in the table's hash table entry. */
+	ts = GetCurrentTimestamp();
+
+	/* block acquiring lock for the same reason as pgstat_report_autovac() */
+	entry_ref = pgstat_get_entry_ref_locked(PGSTAT_KIND_RELATION,
+											isshared ? InvalidOid : MyDatabaseId,
+											relid, false);
+
+	shtabentry = (PgStatShared_Relation *) entry_ref->shared_stats;
+	tabentry = &shtabentry->stats;
+
+	if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOVAC)
+	{
+		if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM)
+		{
+			tabentry->last_skipped_autovacuum_time = ts;
+			tabentry->skipped_autovacuum_count++;
+		}
+		if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE)
+		{
+			tabentry->last_skipped_autoanalyze_time = ts;
+			tabentry->skipped_autoanalyze_count++;
+		}
+	}
+	else
+	{
+		if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM)
+		{
+			tabentry->last_skipped_vacuum_time = ts;
+			tabentry->skipped_vacuum_count++;
+		}
+		if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE)
+		{
+			tabentry->last_skipped_analyze_time = ts;
+			tabentry->skipped_analyze_count++;
+		}
+	}
+
+	pgstat_unlock_entry(entry_ref);
+
+	/* see pgstat_report_vacuum() */
+	pgstat_flush_io(false);
+	(void) pgstat_flush_backend(false, PGSTAT_BACKEND_FLUSH_IO);
+}
+
 /*
  * count a tuple insertion of n tuples
  */
diff --git a/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c b/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c
index 9185a8e6b83..18aaa3996e1 100644
--- a/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c
+++ b/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c
@@ -84,6 +84,18 @@ PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(mod_since_analyze)
 /* pg_stat_get_numscans */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(numscans)
 
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_analyze_count)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_autoanalyze_count)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_autovacuum_count)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_vacuum_count)
+
 /* pg_stat_get_tuples_deleted */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(tuples_deleted)
 
@@ -170,6 +182,18 @@ PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_vacuum_time)
 /* pg_stat_get_lastscan */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(lastscan)
 
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_analyze_time)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_autoanalyze_time)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_autovacuum_time)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_vacuum_time)
+
 /* pg_stat_get_stat_reset_time */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(stat_reset_time)
 
diff --git a/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat b/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat
index 0118e970dda..ccfe3d9e02a 100644
--- a/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat
+++ b/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat
@@ -5667,6 +5667,38 @@
   proname => 'pg_stat_get_total_autoanalyze_time', provolatile => 's',
   proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'float8', proargtypes => 'oid',
   prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_total_autoanalyze_time' },
+{ oid => '8142', descr => 'statistics: last skipped vacuum time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time' },
+{ oid => '8143', descr => 'statistics: last skipped auto vacuum time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time' },
+{ oid => '8144', descr => 'statistics: last skipped analyze time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time' },
+{ oid => '8145', descr => 'statistics: last skipped auto analyze time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time' },
+{ oid => '8146', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped vacuum for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count' },
+{ oid => '8147', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped auto vacuum for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count' },
+{ oid => '8148', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped analyzes for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count' },
+{ oid => '8149', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped auto analyzes for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count' },
 { oid => '1936', descr => 'statistics: currently active backend IDs',
   proname => 'pg_stat_get_backend_idset', prorows => '100', proretset => 't',
   provolatile => 's', proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int4',
diff --git a/src/include/pgstat.h b/src/include/pgstat.h
index 8e3549c3752..343081a7a25 100644
--- a/src/include/pgstat.h
+++ b/src/include/pgstat.h
@@ -479,6 +479,15 @@ typedef struct PgStat_StatTabEntry
 	TimestampTz last_autoanalyze_time;	/* autovacuum initiated */
 	PgStat_Counter autoanalyze_count;
 
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_vacuum_time;	/* user initiated vacuum */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_vacuum_count;
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_autovacuum_time;	/* autovacuum initiated */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_autovacuum_count;
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_analyze_time;	/* user initiated */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_analyze_count;
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_autoanalyze_time;	/* autovacuum initiated */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_autoanalyze_count;
+
 	PgStat_Counter total_vacuum_time;	/* times in milliseconds */
 	PgStat_Counter total_autovacuum_time;
 	PgStat_Counter total_analyze_time;
@@ -707,6 +716,13 @@ extern void pgstat_report_analyze(Relation rel,
 								  PgStat_Counter livetuples, PgStat_Counter deadtuples,
 								  bool resetcounter, TimestampTz starttime);
 
+/* flags for pgstat_flush_backend() */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM	(1 << 0)	/* vacuum is skipped */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE	(1 << 1)	/* analyze is skipped */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOVAC	(1 << 2)	/* skipped during autovacuum/autoanalyze */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANY   (PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM | PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE)
+extern void pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(Oid relid, bits8 flags);
+
 /*
  * If stats are enabled, but pending data hasn't been prepared yet, call
  * pgstat_assoc_relation() to do so. See its comment for why this is done
diff --git a/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out b/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out
index 2b3cf6d8569..4ccfc43e903 100644
--- a/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out
+++ b/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out
@@ -1835,13 +1835,21 @@ pg_stat_all_tables| SELECT c.oid AS relid,
     pg_stat_get_mod_since_analyze(c.oid) AS n_mod_since_analyze,
     pg_stat_get_ins_since_vacuum(c.oid) AS n_ins_since_vacuum,
     pg_stat_get_last_vacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_vacuum,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_vacuum,
     pg_stat_get_last_autovacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_autovacuum,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_autovacuum,
     pg_stat_get_last_analyze_time(c.oid) AS last_analyze,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_analyze,
     pg_stat_get_last_autoanalyze_time(c.oid) AS last_autoanalyze,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_autoanalyze,
     pg_stat_get_vacuum_count(c.oid) AS vacuum_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count(c.oid) AS skipped_vacuum_count,
     pg_stat_get_autovacuum_count(c.oid) AS autovacuum_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count(c.oid) AS skipped_autovacuum_count,
     pg_stat_get_analyze_count(c.oid) AS analyze_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count(c.oid) AS skipped_analyze_count,
     pg_stat_get_autoanalyze_count(c.oid) AS autoanalyze_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count(c.oid) AS skipped_autoanalyze_count,
     pg_stat_get_total_vacuum_time(c.oid) AS total_vacuum_time,
     pg_stat_get_total_autovacuum_time(c.oid) AS total_autovacuum_time,
     pg_stat_get_total_analyze_time(c.oid) AS total_analyze_time,
@@ -2293,13 +2301,21 @@ pg_stat_sys_tables| SELECT relid,
     n_mod_since_analyze,
     n_ins_since_vacuum,
     last_vacuum,
+    last_skipped_vacuum,
     last_autovacuum,
+    last_skipped_autovacuum,
     last_analyze,
+    last_skipped_analyze,
     last_autoanalyze,
+    last_skipped_autoanalyze,
     vacuum_count,
+    skipped_vacuum_count,
     autovacuum_count,
+    skipped_autovacuum_count,
     analyze_count,
+    skipped_analyze_count,
     autoanalyze_count,
+    skipped_autoanalyze_count,
     total_vacuum_time,
     total_autovacuum_time,
     total_analyze_time,
@@ -2348,13 +2364,21 @@ pg_stat_user_tables| SELECT relid,
     n_mod_since_analyze,
     n_ins_since_vacuum,
     last_vacuum,
+    last_skipped_vacuum,
     last_autovacuum,
+    last_skipped_autovacuum,
     last_analyze,
+    last_skipped_analyze,
     last_autoanalyze,
+    last_skipped_autoanalyze,
     vacuum_count,
+    skipped_vacuum_count,
     autovacuum_count,
+    skipped_autovacuum_count,
     analyze_count,
+    skipped_analyze_count,
     autoanalyze_count,
+    skipped_autoanalyze_count,
     total_vacuum_time,
     total_autovacuum_time,
     total_analyze_time,
-- 
2.43.0


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* [PATCH v5] Track skipped vacuum and analyze activity per relation
@ 2026-03-24 04:09 Yugo Nagata <[email protected]>
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From: Yugo Nagata @ 2026-03-24 04:09 UTC (permalink / raw)

This commit adds eight fields to the relation statistics that track
the last time vacuum or analyze has been attempted but skipped due to
lock unavailability, along with their counts:

-    last_skipped_vacuum
-    last_skipped_autovacuum
-    last_skipped_analyze
-    last_skipped_autoanalyze
-    skipped_vacuum_count
-    skipped_autovacuum_count
-    skipped_analyze_count
-    skipped_autoanalyze_count

These field can help users confirm that autovacuum is actively attempting
to run on a table that has not been vacuumed or analyzed for a long time,
and that the lack of progress is due to repeated skips rather than inactivity.
---
 doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml                  |  88 ++++++
 src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql          |   8 +
 src/backend/commands/vacuum.c                 | 100 +++++--
 src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c  |  64 +++++
 src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c           |  24 ++
 src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat               |  32 +++
 src/include/pgstat.h                          |  16 ++
 .../isolation/expected/vacuum-skip-locked.out | 260 ++++++++++++++++--
 .../isolation/specs/vacuum-skip-locked.spec   |  41 +--
 src/test/regress/expected/rules.out           |  24 ++
 10 files changed, 601 insertions(+), 56 deletions(-)

diff --git a/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml b/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml
index 08d5b824552..a9b579d87a9 100644
--- a/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml
+++ b/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml
@@ -4387,6 +4387,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_vacuum</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time a manual vacuum on this table was attempted but skipped due to
+       lock unavailability (not counting <command>VACUUM FULL</command>)
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>last_autovacuum</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
@@ -4397,6 +4407,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_autovacuum</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time a vacuum on this table by the autovacuum daemon was attempted
+       but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>last_analyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
@@ -4406,6 +4426,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_analyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time a manual analyze on this table was attempted but skipped due to
+       lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>last_autoanalyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
@@ -4416,6 +4446,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_autoanalyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time at which an analyze on this table by the autovacuum was
+       attempted but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>vacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4426,6 +4466,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_vacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times manual vacuums on this table have been attempted but skipped
+       due to lock unavailability (not counting <command>VACUUM FULL</command>)
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>autovacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4436,6 +4486,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_autovacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times vacuums on this table by the autovacuum daemon have been
+       attempted but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>analyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4445,6 +4505,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_analyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times manual analyzes on this table have been attempted but
+       skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>autoanalyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4455,6 +4525,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_autoanalyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times analyzes on this table by the autovacuum daemon have
+       been attempted but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>total_vacuum_time</structfield> <type>double precision</type>
@@ -4510,6 +4590,14 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
    </tgroup>
   </table>
 
+  <note>
+   <para>
+    When a manual vacuum or analyze on a parent table in an inheritance or
+    partitioning hierarchy is skipped, the statistics are recorded only for
+    the parent table, not for its children.
+   </para>
+  </note>
+
  </sect2>
 
  <sect2 id="monitoring-pg-stat-autovacuum-scores-view">
diff --git a/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql b/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql
index 73a1c1c4670..f509fc7876b 100644
--- a/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql
+++ b/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql
@@ -736,13 +736,21 @@ CREATE VIEW pg_stat_all_tables AS
             pg_stat_get_mod_since_analyze(C.oid) AS n_mod_since_analyze,
             pg_stat_get_ins_since_vacuum(C.oid) AS n_ins_since_vacuum,
             pg_stat_get_last_vacuum_time(C.oid) as last_vacuum,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_vacuum,
             pg_stat_get_last_autovacuum_time(C.oid) as last_autovacuum,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_autovacuum,
             pg_stat_get_last_analyze_time(C.oid) as last_analyze,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_analyze,
             pg_stat_get_last_autoanalyze_time(C.oid) as last_autoanalyze,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_autoanalyze,
             pg_stat_get_vacuum_count(C.oid) AS vacuum_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count(C.oid) AS skipped_vacuum_count,
             pg_stat_get_autovacuum_count(C.oid) AS autovacuum_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count(C.oid) AS skipped_autovacuum_count,
             pg_stat_get_analyze_count(C.oid) AS analyze_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count(C.oid) AS skipped_analyze_count,
             pg_stat_get_autoanalyze_count(C.oid) AS autoanalyze_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count(C.oid) AS skipped_autoanalyze_count,
             pg_stat_get_total_vacuum_time(C.oid) AS total_vacuum_time,
             pg_stat_get_total_autovacuum_time(C.oid) AS total_autovacuum_time,
             pg_stat_get_total_analyze_time(C.oid) AS total_analyze_time,
diff --git a/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c b/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c
index 99d0db82ed7..df6526225e4 100644
--- a/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c
+++ b/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c
@@ -793,8 +793,25 @@ vacuum_open_relation(Oid relid, RangeVar *relation, uint32 options,
 		rel = try_relation_open(relid, NoLock);
 	else
 	{
+		int flags = 0;
 		rel = NULL;
 		rel_lock = false;
+
+		if ((options & VACOPT_VACUUM) != 0 && (options & VACOPT_FULL) == 0)
+		{
+			if (AmAutoVacuumWorkerProcess())
+				flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOVACUUM;
+			else
+				flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM;
+		}
+		if ((options & VACOPT_ANALYZE) != 0)
+		{
+			if (AmAutoVacuumWorkerProcess())
+				flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOANALYZE;
+			else
+				flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE;
+		}
+		pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(relid, flags);
 	}
 
 	/* if relation is opened, leave */
@@ -905,7 +922,6 @@ expand_vacuum_rel(VacuumRelation *vrel, MemoryContext vac_context,
 		Form_pg_class classForm;
 		bool		include_children;
 		bool		is_partitioned_table;
-		int			rvr_opts;
 
 		/*
 		 * Since autovacuum workers supply OIDs when calling vacuum(), no
@@ -918,29 +934,69 @@ expand_vacuum_rel(VacuumRelation *vrel, MemoryContext vac_context,
 		 * below, as well as find_all_inheritors's expectation that the caller
 		 * holds some lock on the starting relation.
 		 */
-		rvr_opts = (options & VACOPT_SKIP_LOCKED) ? RVR_SKIP_LOCKED : 0;
-		relid = RangeVarGetRelidExtended(vrel->relation,
-										 AccessShareLock,
-										 rvr_opts,
-										 NULL, NULL);
-
-		/*
-		 * If the lock is unavailable, emit the same log statement that
-		 * vacuum_rel() and analyze_rel() would.
-		 */
-		if (!OidIsValid(relid))
+		if (!(options & VACOPT_SKIP_LOCKED))
 		{
-			if (options & VACOPT_VACUUM)
-				ereport(WARNING,
-						(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
-						 errmsg("skipping vacuum of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
-								vrel->relation->relname)));
-			else
-				ereport(WARNING,
-						(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
-						 errmsg("skipping analyze of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
+			relid = RangeVarGetRelidExtended(vrel->relation,
+											 AccessShareLock,
+											 0, NULL, NULL);
+			if (!OidIsValid(relid))
+				return vacrels;
+		}
+		else
+		{
+			/* Get relid for reporting before taking a lock */
+			relid = RangeVarGetRelid(vrel->relation, NoLock, false);
+
+			if (!ConditionalLockRelationOid(relid, AccessShareLock))
+			{
+				int	flags = 0;
+				/*
+				 * If the lock is unavailable, emit the same log statement that
+				 * vacuum_rel() and analyze_rel() would.
+				 */
+				if (options & VACOPT_VACUUM)
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping vacuum of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
 								vrel->relation->relname)));
-			return vacrels;
+				else
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping analyze of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
+									vrel->relation->relname)));
+
+				if ((options & VACOPT_VACUUM) != 0 && (options & VACOPT_FULL) == 0)
+					flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM;
+				if ((options & VACOPT_ANALYZE) != 0)
+					flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE;
+
+				pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(relid, flags);
+
+				return vacrels;
+			}
+
+			/*
+			 * Now that we have the lock, probe to see if the relation really
+			 * exists or not.
+			 */
+			if (!SearchSysCacheExists1(RELOID, ObjectIdGetDatum(relid)))
+			{
+				if (options & VACOPT_VACUUM)
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_UNDEFINED_TABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping vacuum of \"%s\" --- relation no longer exists",
+									vrel->relation->relname)));
+				else
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_UNDEFINED_TABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping analyze of \"%s\" --- relation no longer exists",
+									vrel->relation->relname)));
+
+				/* Release useless lock */
+				UnlockRelationOid(relid, AccessShareLock);
+
+				return vacrels;
+			}
 		}
 
 		/*
diff --git a/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c b/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c
index b2ca28f83ba..532d9023f8c 100644
--- a/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c
+++ b/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c
@@ -17,12 +17,14 @@
 
 #include "postgres.h"
 
+#include "access/htup_details.h"
 #include "access/twophase_rmgr.h"
 #include "access/xact.h"
 #include "catalog/catalog.h"
 #include "utils/memutils.h"
 #include "utils/pgstat_internal.h"
 #include "utils/rel.h"
+#include "utils/syscache.h"
 #include "utils/timestamp.h"
 
 
@@ -367,6 +369,68 @@ pgstat_report_analyze(Relation rel,
 	(void) pgstat_flush_backend(false, PGSTAT_BACKEND_FLUSH_IO);
 }
 
+/*
+ * Report that the table was skipped during vacuum or/and analyze.
+ */
+void
+pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(Oid relid, int flags)
+{
+	PgStat_EntryRef *entry_ref;
+	PgStatShared_Relation *shtabentry;
+	PgStat_StatTabEntry *tabentry;
+	TimestampTz ts;
+	HeapTuple	classTup;
+	bool		isshared;
+
+	if (!pgstat_track_counts || !flags)
+		return;
+
+	classTup = SearchSysCache1(RELOID, ObjectIdGetDatum(relid));
+	if (!HeapTupleIsValid(classTup))
+		return;			/* somebody deleted the rel, forget it */
+	isshared = ((Form_pg_class) GETSTRUCT(classTup))->relisshared;
+	ReleaseSysCache(classTup);
+
+	/* Store the data in the table's hash table entry. */
+	ts = GetCurrentTimestamp();
+
+	/* block acquiring lock for the same reason as pgstat_report_autovac() */
+	entry_ref = pgstat_get_entry_ref_locked(PGSTAT_KIND_RELATION,
+											isshared ? InvalidOid : MyDatabaseId,
+											relid, false);
+
+	shtabentry = (PgStatShared_Relation *) entry_ref->shared_stats;
+	tabentry = &shtabentry->stats;
+
+	if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM)
+	{
+		tabentry->last_skipped_vacuum_time = ts;
+		tabentry->skipped_vacuum_count++;
+	}
+	else if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOVACUUM)
+	{
+		tabentry->last_skipped_autovacuum_time = ts;
+		tabentry->skipped_autovacuum_count++;
+	}
+
+	if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE)
+	{
+		tabentry->last_skipped_analyze_time = ts;
+		tabentry->skipped_analyze_count++;
+	}
+	else if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOANALYZE)
+	{
+		tabentry->last_skipped_autoanalyze_time = ts;
+		tabentry->skipped_autoanalyze_count++;
+	}
+
+	pgstat_unlock_entry(entry_ref);
+
+	/* see pgstat_report_vacuum() */
+	pgstat_flush_io(false);
+	(void) pgstat_flush_backend(false, PGSTAT_BACKEND_FLUSH_IO);
+}
+
 /*
  * count a tuple insertion of n tuples
  */
diff --git a/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c b/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c
index 1408de387ea..90a8968faa0 100644
--- a/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c
+++ b/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c
@@ -84,6 +84,18 @@ PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(mod_since_analyze)
 /* pg_stat_get_numscans */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(numscans)
 
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_analyze_count)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_autoanalyze_count)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_autovacuum_count)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_vacuum_count)
+
 /* pg_stat_get_tuples_deleted */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(tuples_deleted)
 
@@ -170,6 +182,18 @@ PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_vacuum_time)
 /* pg_stat_get_lastscan */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(lastscan)
 
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_analyze_time)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_autoanalyze_time)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_autovacuum_time)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_vacuum_time)
+
 /* pg_stat_get_stat_reset_time */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(stat_reset_time)
 
diff --git a/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat b/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat
index fa9ae79082b..32debb34863 100644
--- a/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat
+++ b/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat
@@ -5680,6 +5680,38 @@
   proargmodes => '{o,o,o,o,o,o,o,o,o,o}',
   proargnames => '{oid,score,xid_score,mxid_score,vacuum_score,vacuum_insert_score,analyze_score,do_vacuum,do_analyze,for_wraparound}',
   prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_autovacuum_scores' },
+{ oid => '8142', descr => 'statistics: last skipped vacuum time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time' },
+{ oid => '8143', descr => 'statistics: last skipped auto vacuum time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time' },
+{ oid => '8144', descr => 'statistics: last skipped analyze time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time' },
+{ oid => '8145', descr => 'statistics: last skipped auto analyze time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time' },
+{ oid => '8146', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped vacuum for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count' },
+{ oid => '8147', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped auto vacuum for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count' },
+{ oid => '8148', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped analyzes for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count' },
+{ oid => '8149', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped auto analyzes for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count' },
 { oid => '1936', descr => 'statistics: currently active backend IDs',
   proname => 'pg_stat_get_backend_idset', prorows => '100', proretset => 't',
   provolatile => 's', proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int4',
diff --git a/src/include/pgstat.h b/src/include/pgstat.h
index dfa2e837638..98941f953d1 100644
--- a/src/include/pgstat.h
+++ b/src/include/pgstat.h
@@ -479,6 +479,15 @@ typedef struct PgStat_StatTabEntry
 	TimestampTz last_autoanalyze_time;	/* autovacuum initiated */
 	PgStat_Counter autoanalyze_count;
 
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_vacuum_time;	/* user initiated vacuum */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_vacuum_count;
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_autovacuum_time;	/* autovacuum initiated */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_autovacuum_count;
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_analyze_time;	/* user initiated */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_analyze_count;
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_autoanalyze_time;	/* autovacuum initiated */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_autoanalyze_count;
+
 	PgStat_Counter total_vacuum_time;	/* times in milliseconds */
 	PgStat_Counter total_autovacuum_time;
 	PgStat_Counter total_analyze_time;
@@ -703,6 +712,13 @@ extern void pgstat_report_analyze(Relation rel,
 								  PgStat_Counter livetuples, PgStat_Counter deadtuples,
 								  bool resetcounter, TimestampTz starttime);
 
+/* flags for pgstat_flush_backend() */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM		(1 << 0)	/* vacuum is skipped */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE		(1 << 1)	/* analyze is skipped */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOVACUUM	(1 << 2)	/* autovacuum is skipped */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOANALYZE	(1 << 3)	/* autoanalyze is skipped */
+extern void pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(Oid relid, int flags);
+
 /*
  * If stats are enabled, but pending data hasn't been prepared yet, call
  * pgstat_assoc_relation() to do so. See its comment for why this is done
diff --git a/src/test/isolation/expected/vacuum-skip-locked.out b/src/test/isolation/expected/vacuum-skip-locked.out
index 99db281a159..e2cff175b7c 100644
--- a/src/test/isolation/expected/vacuum-skip-locked.out
+++ b/src/test/isolation/expected/vacuum-skip-locked.out
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 Parsed test spec with 2 sessions
 
-starting permutation: lock_share vac_specified commit
+starting permutation: lock_share vac_specified commit check_stat
 step lock_share: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN SHARE MODE;
@@ -10,8 +10,22 @@ step vac_specified: VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED) part1, part2;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
 
-starting permutation: lock_share vac_all_parts commit
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   1|            0|                    0
+part2  |           1|                   0|            0|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
+
+starting permutation: lock_share vac_all_parts commit check_stat
 step lock_share: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN SHARE MODE;
@@ -20,8 +34,22 @@ step vac_all_parts: VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED) parted;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   1|            0|                    0
+part2  |           1|                   0|            0|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
 
-starting permutation: lock_share analyze_specified commit
+starting permutation: lock_share analyze_specified commit check_stat
 step lock_share: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN SHARE MODE;
@@ -31,8 +59,22 @@ step analyze_specified: ANALYZE (SKIP_LOCKED) part1, part2;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
 
-starting permutation: lock_share analyze_all_parts commit
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   0|            0|                    1
+part2  |           0|                   0|            1|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
+
+starting permutation: lock_share analyze_all_parts commit check_stat
 step lock_share: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN SHARE MODE;
@@ -41,8 +83,22 @@ step analyze_all_parts: ANALYZE (SKIP_LOCKED) parted;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            1|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   0|            0|                    1
+part2  |           0|                   0|            1|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
 
-starting permutation: lock_share vac_analyze_specified commit
+starting permutation: lock_share vac_analyze_specified commit check_stat
 step lock_share: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN SHARE MODE;
@@ -52,8 +108,22 @@ step vac_analyze_specified: VACUUM (ANALYZE, SKIP_LOCKED) part1, part2;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
 
-starting permutation: lock_share vac_analyze_all_parts commit
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   1|            0|                    1
+part2  |           1|                   0|            1|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
+
+starting permutation: lock_share vac_analyze_all_parts commit check_stat
 step lock_share: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN SHARE MODE;
@@ -62,8 +132,22 @@ step vac_analyze_all_parts: VACUUM (ANALYZE, SKIP_LOCKED) parted;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            1|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   1|            0|                    1
+part2  |           1|                   0|            1|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
 
-starting permutation: lock_share vac_full_specified commit
+starting permutation: lock_share vac_full_specified commit check_stat
 step lock_share: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN SHARE MODE;
@@ -73,8 +157,22 @@ step vac_full_specified: VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED, FULL) part1, part2;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
 
-starting permutation: lock_share vac_full_all_parts commit
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part2  |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
+
+starting permutation: lock_share vac_full_all_parts commit check_stat
 step lock_share: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN SHARE MODE;
@@ -83,8 +181,22 @@ step vac_full_all_parts: VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED, FULL) parted;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part2  |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+(3 rows)
 
-starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_specified commit
+
+starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_specified commit check_stat
 step lock_access_exclusive: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN ACCESS EXCLUSIVE MODE;
@@ -94,8 +206,22 @@ step vac_specified: VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED) part1, part2;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   1|            0|                    0
+part2  |           1|                   0|            0|                    0
+(3 rows)
 
-starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_all_parts commit
+
+starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_all_parts commit check_stat
 step lock_access_exclusive: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN ACCESS EXCLUSIVE MODE;
@@ -104,8 +230,22 @@ step vac_all_parts: VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED) parted;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   1|            0|                    0
+part2  |           1|                   0|            0|                    0
+(3 rows)
 
-starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive analyze_specified commit
+
+starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive analyze_specified commit check_stat
 step lock_access_exclusive: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN ACCESS EXCLUSIVE MODE;
@@ -115,8 +255,22 @@ step analyze_specified: ANALYZE (SKIP_LOCKED) part1, part2;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   0|            0|                    1
+part2  |           0|                   0|            1|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
 
-starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive analyze_all_parts commit
+starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive analyze_all_parts commit check_stat
 step lock_access_exclusive: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN ACCESS EXCLUSIVE MODE;
@@ -126,8 +280,22 @@ step commit:
 	COMMIT;
 
 step analyze_all_parts: <... completed>
-
-starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_analyze_specified commit
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            1|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   0|            1|                    0
+part2  |           0|                   0|            1|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
+
+starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_analyze_specified commit check_stat
 step lock_access_exclusive: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN ACCESS EXCLUSIVE MODE;
@@ -137,8 +305,22 @@ step vac_analyze_specified: VACUUM (ANALYZE, SKIP_LOCKED) part1, part2;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   1|            0|                    1
+part2  |           1|                   0|            1|                    0
+(3 rows)
 
-starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_analyze_all_parts commit
+
+starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_analyze_all_parts commit check_stat
 step lock_access_exclusive: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN ACCESS EXCLUSIVE MODE;
@@ -148,8 +330,22 @@ step commit:
 	COMMIT;
 
 step vac_analyze_all_parts: <... completed>
-
-starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_full_specified commit
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            1|                    0
+part1  |           1|                   0|            1|                    0
+part2  |           1|                   0|            1|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
+
+starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_full_specified commit check_stat
 step lock_access_exclusive: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN ACCESS EXCLUSIVE MODE;
@@ -159,8 +355,22 @@ step vac_full_specified: VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED, FULL) part1, part2;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
 
-starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_full_all_parts commit
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part2  |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
+
+starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_full_all_parts commit check_stat
 step lock_access_exclusive: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN ACCESS EXCLUSIVE MODE;
@@ -169,3 +379,17 @@ step vac_full_all_parts: VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED, FULL) parted;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part2  |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
diff --git a/src/test/isolation/specs/vacuum-skip-locked.spec b/src/test/isolation/specs/vacuum-skip-locked.spec
index 3fad6e1c92a..b0da75d4b6d 100644
--- a/src/test/isolation/specs/vacuum-skip-locked.spec
+++ b/src/test/isolation/specs/vacuum-skip-locked.spec
@@ -33,6 +33,15 @@ step commit
 	COMMIT;
 }
 
+step check_stat
+{
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+}
+
 session s2
 step vac_specified			{ VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED) part1, part2; }
 step vac_all_parts			{ VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED) parted; }
@@ -43,19 +52,19 @@ step vac_analyze_all_parts	{ VACUUM (ANALYZE, SKIP_LOCKED) parted; }
 step vac_full_specified		{ VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED, FULL) part1, part2; }
 step vac_full_all_parts		{ VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED, FULL) parted; }
 
-permutation lock_share vac_specified commit
-permutation lock_share vac_all_parts commit
-permutation lock_share analyze_specified commit
-permutation lock_share analyze_all_parts commit
-permutation lock_share vac_analyze_specified commit
-permutation lock_share vac_analyze_all_parts commit
-permutation lock_share vac_full_specified commit
-permutation lock_share vac_full_all_parts commit
-permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_specified commit
-permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_all_parts commit
-permutation lock_access_exclusive analyze_specified commit
-permutation lock_access_exclusive analyze_all_parts commit
-permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_analyze_specified commit
-permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_analyze_all_parts commit
-permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_full_specified commit
-permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_full_all_parts commit
+permutation lock_share vac_specified commit check_stat
+permutation lock_share vac_all_parts commit check_stat
+permutation lock_share analyze_specified commit check_stat
+permutation lock_share analyze_all_parts commit check_stat
+permutation lock_share vac_analyze_specified commit check_stat
+permutation lock_share vac_analyze_all_parts commit check_stat
+permutation lock_share vac_full_specified commit check_stat
+permutation lock_share vac_full_all_parts commit check_stat
+permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_specified commit check_stat
+permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_all_parts commit check_stat
+permutation lock_access_exclusive analyze_specified commit check_stat
+permutation lock_access_exclusive analyze_all_parts commit check_stat
+permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_analyze_specified commit check_stat
+permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_analyze_all_parts commit check_stat
+permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_full_specified commit check_stat
+permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_full_all_parts commit check_stat
diff --git a/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out b/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out
index a65a5bf0c4f..9b2075d3373 100644
--- a/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out
+++ b/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out
@@ -1835,13 +1835,21 @@ pg_stat_all_tables| SELECT c.oid AS relid,
     pg_stat_get_mod_since_analyze(c.oid) AS n_mod_since_analyze,
     pg_stat_get_ins_since_vacuum(c.oid) AS n_ins_since_vacuum,
     pg_stat_get_last_vacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_vacuum,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_vacuum,
     pg_stat_get_last_autovacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_autovacuum,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_autovacuum,
     pg_stat_get_last_analyze_time(c.oid) AS last_analyze,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_analyze,
     pg_stat_get_last_autoanalyze_time(c.oid) AS last_autoanalyze,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_autoanalyze,
     pg_stat_get_vacuum_count(c.oid) AS vacuum_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count(c.oid) AS skipped_vacuum_count,
     pg_stat_get_autovacuum_count(c.oid) AS autovacuum_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count(c.oid) AS skipped_autovacuum_count,
     pg_stat_get_analyze_count(c.oid) AS analyze_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count(c.oid) AS skipped_analyze_count,
     pg_stat_get_autoanalyze_count(c.oid) AS autoanalyze_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count(c.oid) AS skipped_autoanalyze_count,
     pg_stat_get_total_vacuum_time(c.oid) AS total_vacuum_time,
     pg_stat_get_total_autovacuum_time(c.oid) AS total_autovacuum_time,
     pg_stat_get_total_analyze_time(c.oid) AS total_analyze_time,
@@ -2346,13 +2354,21 @@ pg_stat_sys_tables| SELECT relid,
     n_mod_since_analyze,
     n_ins_since_vacuum,
     last_vacuum,
+    last_skipped_vacuum,
     last_autovacuum,
+    last_skipped_autovacuum,
     last_analyze,
+    last_skipped_analyze,
     last_autoanalyze,
+    last_skipped_autoanalyze,
     vacuum_count,
+    skipped_vacuum_count,
     autovacuum_count,
+    skipped_autovacuum_count,
     analyze_count,
+    skipped_analyze_count,
     autoanalyze_count,
+    skipped_autoanalyze_count,
     total_vacuum_time,
     total_autovacuum_time,
     total_analyze_time,
@@ -2401,13 +2417,21 @@ pg_stat_user_tables| SELECT relid,
     n_mod_since_analyze,
     n_ins_since_vacuum,
     last_vacuum,
+    last_skipped_vacuum,
     last_autovacuum,
+    last_skipped_autovacuum,
     last_analyze,
+    last_skipped_analyze,
     last_autoanalyze,
+    last_skipped_autoanalyze,
     vacuum_count,
+    skipped_vacuum_count,
     autovacuum_count,
+    skipped_autovacuum_count,
     analyze_count,
+    skipped_analyze_count,
     autoanalyze_count,
+    skipped_autoanalyze_count,
     total_vacuum_time,
     total_autovacuum_time,
     total_analyze_time,
-- 
2.43.0


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* [PATCH v5] Track skipped vacuum and analyze activity per relation
@ 2026-03-24 04:09 Yugo Nagata <[email protected]>
  0 siblings, 0 replies; 374+ messages in thread

From: Yugo Nagata @ 2026-03-24 04:09 UTC (permalink / raw)

This commit adds eight fields to the relation statistics that track
the last time vacuum or analyze has been attempted but skipped due to
lock unavailability, along with their counts:

-    last_skipped_vacuum
-    last_skipped_autovacuum
-    last_skipped_analyze
-    last_skipped_autoanalyze
-    skipped_vacuum_count
-    skipped_autovacuum_count
-    skipped_analyze_count
-    skipped_autoanalyze_count

These field can help users confirm that autovacuum is actively attempting
to run on a table that has not been vacuumed or analyzed for a long time,
and that the lack of progress is due to repeated skips rather than inactivity.
---
 doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml                  |  88 ++++++
 src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql          |   8 +
 src/backend/commands/vacuum.c                 | 100 +++++--
 src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c  |  64 +++++
 src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c           |  24 ++
 src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat               |  32 +++
 src/include/pgstat.h                          |  16 ++
 .../isolation/expected/vacuum-skip-locked.out | 260 ++++++++++++++++--
 .../isolation/specs/vacuum-skip-locked.spec   |  41 +--
 src/test/regress/expected/rules.out           |  24 ++
 10 files changed, 601 insertions(+), 56 deletions(-)

diff --git a/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml b/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml
index 08d5b824552..a9b579d87a9 100644
--- a/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml
+++ b/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml
@@ -4387,6 +4387,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_vacuum</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time a manual vacuum on this table was attempted but skipped due to
+       lock unavailability (not counting <command>VACUUM FULL</command>)
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>last_autovacuum</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
@@ -4397,6 +4407,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_autovacuum</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time a vacuum on this table by the autovacuum daemon was attempted
+       but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>last_analyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
@@ -4406,6 +4426,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_analyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time a manual analyze on this table was attempted but skipped due to
+       lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>last_autoanalyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
@@ -4416,6 +4446,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_autoanalyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time at which an analyze on this table by the autovacuum was
+       attempted but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>vacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4426,6 +4466,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_vacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times manual vacuums on this table have been attempted but skipped
+       due to lock unavailability (not counting <command>VACUUM FULL</command>)
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>autovacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4436,6 +4486,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_autovacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times vacuums on this table by the autovacuum daemon have been
+       attempted but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>analyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4445,6 +4505,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_analyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times manual analyzes on this table have been attempted but
+       skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>autoanalyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4455,6 +4525,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_autoanalyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times analyzes on this table by the autovacuum daemon have
+       been attempted but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>total_vacuum_time</structfield> <type>double precision</type>
@@ -4510,6 +4590,14 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
    </tgroup>
   </table>
 
+  <note>
+   <para>
+    When a manual vacuum or analyze on a parent table in an inheritance or
+    partitioning hierarchy is skipped, the statistics are recorded only for
+    the parent table, not for its children.
+   </para>
+  </note>
+
  </sect2>
 
  <sect2 id="monitoring-pg-stat-autovacuum-scores-view">
diff --git a/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql b/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql
index 73a1c1c4670..f509fc7876b 100644
--- a/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql
+++ b/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql
@@ -736,13 +736,21 @@ CREATE VIEW pg_stat_all_tables AS
             pg_stat_get_mod_since_analyze(C.oid) AS n_mod_since_analyze,
             pg_stat_get_ins_since_vacuum(C.oid) AS n_ins_since_vacuum,
             pg_stat_get_last_vacuum_time(C.oid) as last_vacuum,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_vacuum,
             pg_stat_get_last_autovacuum_time(C.oid) as last_autovacuum,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_autovacuum,
             pg_stat_get_last_analyze_time(C.oid) as last_analyze,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_analyze,
             pg_stat_get_last_autoanalyze_time(C.oid) as last_autoanalyze,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_autoanalyze,
             pg_stat_get_vacuum_count(C.oid) AS vacuum_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count(C.oid) AS skipped_vacuum_count,
             pg_stat_get_autovacuum_count(C.oid) AS autovacuum_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count(C.oid) AS skipped_autovacuum_count,
             pg_stat_get_analyze_count(C.oid) AS analyze_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count(C.oid) AS skipped_analyze_count,
             pg_stat_get_autoanalyze_count(C.oid) AS autoanalyze_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count(C.oid) AS skipped_autoanalyze_count,
             pg_stat_get_total_vacuum_time(C.oid) AS total_vacuum_time,
             pg_stat_get_total_autovacuum_time(C.oid) AS total_autovacuum_time,
             pg_stat_get_total_analyze_time(C.oid) AS total_analyze_time,
diff --git a/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c b/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c
index 99d0db82ed7..df6526225e4 100644
--- a/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c
+++ b/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c
@@ -793,8 +793,25 @@ vacuum_open_relation(Oid relid, RangeVar *relation, uint32 options,
 		rel = try_relation_open(relid, NoLock);
 	else
 	{
+		int flags = 0;
 		rel = NULL;
 		rel_lock = false;
+
+		if ((options & VACOPT_VACUUM) != 0 && (options & VACOPT_FULL) == 0)
+		{
+			if (AmAutoVacuumWorkerProcess())
+				flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOVACUUM;
+			else
+				flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM;
+		}
+		if ((options & VACOPT_ANALYZE) != 0)
+		{
+			if (AmAutoVacuumWorkerProcess())
+				flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOANALYZE;
+			else
+				flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE;
+		}
+		pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(relid, flags);
 	}
 
 	/* if relation is opened, leave */
@@ -905,7 +922,6 @@ expand_vacuum_rel(VacuumRelation *vrel, MemoryContext vac_context,
 		Form_pg_class classForm;
 		bool		include_children;
 		bool		is_partitioned_table;
-		int			rvr_opts;
 
 		/*
 		 * Since autovacuum workers supply OIDs when calling vacuum(), no
@@ -918,29 +934,69 @@ expand_vacuum_rel(VacuumRelation *vrel, MemoryContext vac_context,
 		 * below, as well as find_all_inheritors's expectation that the caller
 		 * holds some lock on the starting relation.
 		 */
-		rvr_opts = (options & VACOPT_SKIP_LOCKED) ? RVR_SKIP_LOCKED : 0;
-		relid = RangeVarGetRelidExtended(vrel->relation,
-										 AccessShareLock,
-										 rvr_opts,
-										 NULL, NULL);
-
-		/*
-		 * If the lock is unavailable, emit the same log statement that
-		 * vacuum_rel() and analyze_rel() would.
-		 */
-		if (!OidIsValid(relid))
+		if (!(options & VACOPT_SKIP_LOCKED))
 		{
-			if (options & VACOPT_VACUUM)
-				ereport(WARNING,
-						(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
-						 errmsg("skipping vacuum of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
-								vrel->relation->relname)));
-			else
-				ereport(WARNING,
-						(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
-						 errmsg("skipping analyze of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
+			relid = RangeVarGetRelidExtended(vrel->relation,
+											 AccessShareLock,
+											 0, NULL, NULL);
+			if (!OidIsValid(relid))
+				return vacrels;
+		}
+		else
+		{
+			/* Get relid for reporting before taking a lock */
+			relid = RangeVarGetRelid(vrel->relation, NoLock, false);
+
+			if (!ConditionalLockRelationOid(relid, AccessShareLock))
+			{
+				int	flags = 0;
+				/*
+				 * If the lock is unavailable, emit the same log statement that
+				 * vacuum_rel() and analyze_rel() would.
+				 */
+				if (options & VACOPT_VACUUM)
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping vacuum of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
 								vrel->relation->relname)));
-			return vacrels;
+				else
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping analyze of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
+									vrel->relation->relname)));
+
+				if ((options & VACOPT_VACUUM) != 0 && (options & VACOPT_FULL) == 0)
+					flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM;
+				if ((options & VACOPT_ANALYZE) != 0)
+					flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE;
+
+				pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(relid, flags);
+
+				return vacrels;
+			}
+
+			/*
+			 * Now that we have the lock, probe to see if the relation really
+			 * exists or not.
+			 */
+			if (!SearchSysCacheExists1(RELOID, ObjectIdGetDatum(relid)))
+			{
+				if (options & VACOPT_VACUUM)
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_UNDEFINED_TABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping vacuum of \"%s\" --- relation no longer exists",
+									vrel->relation->relname)));
+				else
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_UNDEFINED_TABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping analyze of \"%s\" --- relation no longer exists",
+									vrel->relation->relname)));
+
+				/* Release useless lock */
+				UnlockRelationOid(relid, AccessShareLock);
+
+				return vacrels;
+			}
 		}
 
 		/*
diff --git a/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c b/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c
index b2ca28f83ba..532d9023f8c 100644
--- a/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c
+++ b/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c
@@ -17,12 +17,14 @@
 
 #include "postgres.h"
 
+#include "access/htup_details.h"
 #include "access/twophase_rmgr.h"
 #include "access/xact.h"
 #include "catalog/catalog.h"
 #include "utils/memutils.h"
 #include "utils/pgstat_internal.h"
 #include "utils/rel.h"
+#include "utils/syscache.h"
 #include "utils/timestamp.h"
 
 
@@ -367,6 +369,68 @@ pgstat_report_analyze(Relation rel,
 	(void) pgstat_flush_backend(false, PGSTAT_BACKEND_FLUSH_IO);
 }
 
+/*
+ * Report that the table was skipped during vacuum or/and analyze.
+ */
+void
+pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(Oid relid, int flags)
+{
+	PgStat_EntryRef *entry_ref;
+	PgStatShared_Relation *shtabentry;
+	PgStat_StatTabEntry *tabentry;
+	TimestampTz ts;
+	HeapTuple	classTup;
+	bool		isshared;
+
+	if (!pgstat_track_counts || !flags)
+		return;
+
+	classTup = SearchSysCache1(RELOID, ObjectIdGetDatum(relid));
+	if (!HeapTupleIsValid(classTup))
+		return;			/* somebody deleted the rel, forget it */
+	isshared = ((Form_pg_class) GETSTRUCT(classTup))->relisshared;
+	ReleaseSysCache(classTup);
+
+	/* Store the data in the table's hash table entry. */
+	ts = GetCurrentTimestamp();
+
+	/* block acquiring lock for the same reason as pgstat_report_autovac() */
+	entry_ref = pgstat_get_entry_ref_locked(PGSTAT_KIND_RELATION,
+											isshared ? InvalidOid : MyDatabaseId,
+											relid, false);
+
+	shtabentry = (PgStatShared_Relation *) entry_ref->shared_stats;
+	tabentry = &shtabentry->stats;
+
+	if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM)
+	{
+		tabentry->last_skipped_vacuum_time = ts;
+		tabentry->skipped_vacuum_count++;
+	}
+	else if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOVACUUM)
+	{
+		tabentry->last_skipped_autovacuum_time = ts;
+		tabentry->skipped_autovacuum_count++;
+	}
+
+	if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE)
+	{
+		tabentry->last_skipped_analyze_time = ts;
+		tabentry->skipped_analyze_count++;
+	}
+	else if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOANALYZE)
+	{
+		tabentry->last_skipped_autoanalyze_time = ts;
+		tabentry->skipped_autoanalyze_count++;
+	}
+
+	pgstat_unlock_entry(entry_ref);
+
+	/* see pgstat_report_vacuum() */
+	pgstat_flush_io(false);
+	(void) pgstat_flush_backend(false, PGSTAT_BACKEND_FLUSH_IO);
+}
+
 /*
  * count a tuple insertion of n tuples
  */
diff --git a/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c b/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c
index 1408de387ea..90a8968faa0 100644
--- a/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c
+++ b/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c
@@ -84,6 +84,18 @@ PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(mod_since_analyze)
 /* pg_stat_get_numscans */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(numscans)
 
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_analyze_count)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_autoanalyze_count)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_autovacuum_count)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_vacuum_count)
+
 /* pg_stat_get_tuples_deleted */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(tuples_deleted)
 
@@ -170,6 +182,18 @@ PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_vacuum_time)
 /* pg_stat_get_lastscan */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(lastscan)
 
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_analyze_time)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_autoanalyze_time)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_autovacuum_time)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_vacuum_time)
+
 /* pg_stat_get_stat_reset_time */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(stat_reset_time)
 
diff --git a/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat b/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat
index fa9ae79082b..32debb34863 100644
--- a/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat
+++ b/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat
@@ -5680,6 +5680,38 @@
   proargmodes => '{o,o,o,o,o,o,o,o,o,o}',
   proargnames => '{oid,score,xid_score,mxid_score,vacuum_score,vacuum_insert_score,analyze_score,do_vacuum,do_analyze,for_wraparound}',
   prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_autovacuum_scores' },
+{ oid => '8142', descr => 'statistics: last skipped vacuum time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time' },
+{ oid => '8143', descr => 'statistics: last skipped auto vacuum time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time' },
+{ oid => '8144', descr => 'statistics: last skipped analyze time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time' },
+{ oid => '8145', descr => 'statistics: last skipped auto analyze time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time' },
+{ oid => '8146', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped vacuum for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count' },
+{ oid => '8147', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped auto vacuum for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count' },
+{ oid => '8148', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped analyzes for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count' },
+{ oid => '8149', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped auto analyzes for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count' },
 { oid => '1936', descr => 'statistics: currently active backend IDs',
   proname => 'pg_stat_get_backend_idset', prorows => '100', proretset => 't',
   provolatile => 's', proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int4',
diff --git a/src/include/pgstat.h b/src/include/pgstat.h
index dfa2e837638..98941f953d1 100644
--- a/src/include/pgstat.h
+++ b/src/include/pgstat.h
@@ -479,6 +479,15 @@ typedef struct PgStat_StatTabEntry
 	TimestampTz last_autoanalyze_time;	/* autovacuum initiated */
 	PgStat_Counter autoanalyze_count;
 
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_vacuum_time;	/* user initiated vacuum */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_vacuum_count;
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_autovacuum_time;	/* autovacuum initiated */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_autovacuum_count;
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_analyze_time;	/* user initiated */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_analyze_count;
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_autoanalyze_time;	/* autovacuum initiated */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_autoanalyze_count;
+
 	PgStat_Counter total_vacuum_time;	/* times in milliseconds */
 	PgStat_Counter total_autovacuum_time;
 	PgStat_Counter total_analyze_time;
@@ -703,6 +712,13 @@ extern void pgstat_report_analyze(Relation rel,
 								  PgStat_Counter livetuples, PgStat_Counter deadtuples,
 								  bool resetcounter, TimestampTz starttime);
 
+/* flags for pgstat_flush_backend() */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM		(1 << 0)	/* vacuum is skipped */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE		(1 << 1)	/* analyze is skipped */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOVACUUM	(1 << 2)	/* autovacuum is skipped */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOANALYZE	(1 << 3)	/* autoanalyze is skipped */
+extern void pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(Oid relid, int flags);
+
 /*
  * If stats are enabled, but pending data hasn't been prepared yet, call
  * pgstat_assoc_relation() to do so. See its comment for why this is done
diff --git a/src/test/isolation/expected/vacuum-skip-locked.out b/src/test/isolation/expected/vacuum-skip-locked.out
index 99db281a159..e2cff175b7c 100644
--- a/src/test/isolation/expected/vacuum-skip-locked.out
+++ b/src/test/isolation/expected/vacuum-skip-locked.out
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 Parsed test spec with 2 sessions
 
-starting permutation: lock_share vac_specified commit
+starting permutation: lock_share vac_specified commit check_stat
 step lock_share: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN SHARE MODE;
@@ -10,8 +10,22 @@ step vac_specified: VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED) part1, part2;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
 
-starting permutation: lock_share vac_all_parts commit
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   1|            0|                    0
+part2  |           1|                   0|            0|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
+
+starting permutation: lock_share vac_all_parts commit check_stat
 step lock_share: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN SHARE MODE;
@@ -20,8 +34,22 @@ step vac_all_parts: VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED) parted;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   1|            0|                    0
+part2  |           1|                   0|            0|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
 
-starting permutation: lock_share analyze_specified commit
+starting permutation: lock_share analyze_specified commit check_stat
 step lock_share: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN SHARE MODE;
@@ -31,8 +59,22 @@ step analyze_specified: ANALYZE (SKIP_LOCKED) part1, part2;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
 
-starting permutation: lock_share analyze_all_parts commit
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   0|            0|                    1
+part2  |           0|                   0|            1|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
+
+starting permutation: lock_share analyze_all_parts commit check_stat
 step lock_share: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN SHARE MODE;
@@ -41,8 +83,22 @@ step analyze_all_parts: ANALYZE (SKIP_LOCKED) parted;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            1|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   0|            0|                    1
+part2  |           0|                   0|            1|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
 
-starting permutation: lock_share vac_analyze_specified commit
+starting permutation: lock_share vac_analyze_specified commit check_stat
 step lock_share: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN SHARE MODE;
@@ -52,8 +108,22 @@ step vac_analyze_specified: VACUUM (ANALYZE, SKIP_LOCKED) part1, part2;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
 
-starting permutation: lock_share vac_analyze_all_parts commit
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   1|            0|                    1
+part2  |           1|                   0|            1|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
+
+starting permutation: lock_share vac_analyze_all_parts commit check_stat
 step lock_share: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN SHARE MODE;
@@ -62,8 +132,22 @@ step vac_analyze_all_parts: VACUUM (ANALYZE, SKIP_LOCKED) parted;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            1|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   1|            0|                    1
+part2  |           1|                   0|            1|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
 
-starting permutation: lock_share vac_full_specified commit
+starting permutation: lock_share vac_full_specified commit check_stat
 step lock_share: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN SHARE MODE;
@@ -73,8 +157,22 @@ step vac_full_specified: VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED, FULL) part1, part2;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
 
-starting permutation: lock_share vac_full_all_parts commit
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part2  |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
+
+starting permutation: lock_share vac_full_all_parts commit check_stat
 step lock_share: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN SHARE MODE;
@@ -83,8 +181,22 @@ step vac_full_all_parts: VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED, FULL) parted;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part2  |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+(3 rows)
 
-starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_specified commit
+
+starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_specified commit check_stat
 step lock_access_exclusive: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN ACCESS EXCLUSIVE MODE;
@@ -94,8 +206,22 @@ step vac_specified: VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED) part1, part2;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   1|            0|                    0
+part2  |           1|                   0|            0|                    0
+(3 rows)
 
-starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_all_parts commit
+
+starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_all_parts commit check_stat
 step lock_access_exclusive: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN ACCESS EXCLUSIVE MODE;
@@ -104,8 +230,22 @@ step vac_all_parts: VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED) parted;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   1|            0|                    0
+part2  |           1|                   0|            0|                    0
+(3 rows)
 
-starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive analyze_specified commit
+
+starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive analyze_specified commit check_stat
 step lock_access_exclusive: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN ACCESS EXCLUSIVE MODE;
@@ -115,8 +255,22 @@ step analyze_specified: ANALYZE (SKIP_LOCKED) part1, part2;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   0|            0|                    1
+part2  |           0|                   0|            1|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
 
-starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive analyze_all_parts commit
+starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive analyze_all_parts commit check_stat
 step lock_access_exclusive: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN ACCESS EXCLUSIVE MODE;
@@ -126,8 +280,22 @@ step commit:
 	COMMIT;
 
 step analyze_all_parts: <... completed>
-
-starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_analyze_specified commit
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            1|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   0|            1|                    0
+part2  |           0|                   0|            1|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
+
+starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_analyze_specified commit check_stat
 step lock_access_exclusive: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN ACCESS EXCLUSIVE MODE;
@@ -137,8 +305,22 @@ step vac_analyze_specified: VACUUM (ANALYZE, SKIP_LOCKED) part1, part2;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   1|            0|                    1
+part2  |           1|                   0|            1|                    0
+(3 rows)
 
-starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_analyze_all_parts commit
+
+starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_analyze_all_parts commit check_stat
 step lock_access_exclusive: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN ACCESS EXCLUSIVE MODE;
@@ -148,8 +330,22 @@ step commit:
 	COMMIT;
 
 step vac_analyze_all_parts: <... completed>
-
-starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_full_specified commit
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            1|                    0
+part1  |           1|                   0|            1|                    0
+part2  |           1|                   0|            1|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
+
+starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_full_specified commit check_stat
 step lock_access_exclusive: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN ACCESS EXCLUSIVE MODE;
@@ -159,8 +355,22 @@ step vac_full_specified: VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED, FULL) part1, part2;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
 
-starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_full_all_parts commit
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part2  |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
+
+starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_full_all_parts commit check_stat
 step lock_access_exclusive: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN ACCESS EXCLUSIVE MODE;
@@ -169,3 +379,17 @@ step vac_full_all_parts: VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED, FULL) parted;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part2  |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
diff --git a/src/test/isolation/specs/vacuum-skip-locked.spec b/src/test/isolation/specs/vacuum-skip-locked.spec
index 3fad6e1c92a..b0da75d4b6d 100644
--- a/src/test/isolation/specs/vacuum-skip-locked.spec
+++ b/src/test/isolation/specs/vacuum-skip-locked.spec
@@ -33,6 +33,15 @@ step commit
 	COMMIT;
 }
 
+step check_stat
+{
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+}
+
 session s2
 step vac_specified			{ VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED) part1, part2; }
 step vac_all_parts			{ VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED) parted; }
@@ -43,19 +52,19 @@ step vac_analyze_all_parts	{ VACUUM (ANALYZE, SKIP_LOCKED) parted; }
 step vac_full_specified		{ VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED, FULL) part1, part2; }
 step vac_full_all_parts		{ VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED, FULL) parted; }
 
-permutation lock_share vac_specified commit
-permutation lock_share vac_all_parts commit
-permutation lock_share analyze_specified commit
-permutation lock_share analyze_all_parts commit
-permutation lock_share vac_analyze_specified commit
-permutation lock_share vac_analyze_all_parts commit
-permutation lock_share vac_full_specified commit
-permutation lock_share vac_full_all_parts commit
-permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_specified commit
-permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_all_parts commit
-permutation lock_access_exclusive analyze_specified commit
-permutation lock_access_exclusive analyze_all_parts commit
-permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_analyze_specified commit
-permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_analyze_all_parts commit
-permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_full_specified commit
-permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_full_all_parts commit
+permutation lock_share vac_specified commit check_stat
+permutation lock_share vac_all_parts commit check_stat
+permutation lock_share analyze_specified commit check_stat
+permutation lock_share analyze_all_parts commit check_stat
+permutation lock_share vac_analyze_specified commit check_stat
+permutation lock_share vac_analyze_all_parts commit check_stat
+permutation lock_share vac_full_specified commit check_stat
+permutation lock_share vac_full_all_parts commit check_stat
+permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_specified commit check_stat
+permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_all_parts commit check_stat
+permutation lock_access_exclusive analyze_specified commit check_stat
+permutation lock_access_exclusive analyze_all_parts commit check_stat
+permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_analyze_specified commit check_stat
+permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_analyze_all_parts commit check_stat
+permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_full_specified commit check_stat
+permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_full_all_parts commit check_stat
diff --git a/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out b/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out
index a65a5bf0c4f..9b2075d3373 100644
--- a/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out
+++ b/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out
@@ -1835,13 +1835,21 @@ pg_stat_all_tables| SELECT c.oid AS relid,
     pg_stat_get_mod_since_analyze(c.oid) AS n_mod_since_analyze,
     pg_stat_get_ins_since_vacuum(c.oid) AS n_ins_since_vacuum,
     pg_stat_get_last_vacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_vacuum,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_vacuum,
     pg_stat_get_last_autovacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_autovacuum,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_autovacuum,
     pg_stat_get_last_analyze_time(c.oid) AS last_analyze,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_analyze,
     pg_stat_get_last_autoanalyze_time(c.oid) AS last_autoanalyze,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_autoanalyze,
     pg_stat_get_vacuum_count(c.oid) AS vacuum_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count(c.oid) AS skipped_vacuum_count,
     pg_stat_get_autovacuum_count(c.oid) AS autovacuum_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count(c.oid) AS skipped_autovacuum_count,
     pg_stat_get_analyze_count(c.oid) AS analyze_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count(c.oid) AS skipped_analyze_count,
     pg_stat_get_autoanalyze_count(c.oid) AS autoanalyze_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count(c.oid) AS skipped_autoanalyze_count,
     pg_stat_get_total_vacuum_time(c.oid) AS total_vacuum_time,
     pg_stat_get_total_autovacuum_time(c.oid) AS total_autovacuum_time,
     pg_stat_get_total_analyze_time(c.oid) AS total_analyze_time,
@@ -2346,13 +2354,21 @@ pg_stat_sys_tables| SELECT relid,
     n_mod_since_analyze,
     n_ins_since_vacuum,
     last_vacuum,
+    last_skipped_vacuum,
     last_autovacuum,
+    last_skipped_autovacuum,
     last_analyze,
+    last_skipped_analyze,
     last_autoanalyze,
+    last_skipped_autoanalyze,
     vacuum_count,
+    skipped_vacuum_count,
     autovacuum_count,
+    skipped_autovacuum_count,
     analyze_count,
+    skipped_analyze_count,
     autoanalyze_count,
+    skipped_autoanalyze_count,
     total_vacuum_time,
     total_autovacuum_time,
     total_analyze_time,
@@ -2401,13 +2417,21 @@ pg_stat_user_tables| SELECT relid,
     n_mod_since_analyze,
     n_ins_since_vacuum,
     last_vacuum,
+    last_skipped_vacuum,
     last_autovacuum,
+    last_skipped_autovacuum,
     last_analyze,
+    last_skipped_analyze,
     last_autoanalyze,
+    last_skipped_autoanalyze,
     vacuum_count,
+    skipped_vacuum_count,
     autovacuum_count,
+    skipped_autovacuum_count,
     analyze_count,
+    skipped_analyze_count,
     autoanalyze_count,
+    skipped_autoanalyze_count,
     total_vacuum_time,
     total_autovacuum_time,
     total_analyze_time,
-- 
2.43.0


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* [PATCH v4] Track skipped vacuum and analyze activity per relation
@ 2026-03-24 04:09 Yugo Nagata <[email protected]>
  0 siblings, 0 replies; 374+ messages in thread

From: Yugo Nagata @ 2026-03-24 04:09 UTC (permalink / raw)

This commit adds eight fields to the relation statistics that track
the last time vacuum or analyze has been attempted but skipped due to
lock unavailability, along with their counts:

-    last_skipped_vacuum
-    last_skipped_autovacuum
-    last_skipped_analyze
-    last_skipped_autoanalyze
-    skipped_vacuum_count
-    skipped_autovacuum_count
-    skipped_analyze_count
-    skipped_autoanalyze_count

These field can help users confirm that autovacuum is actively attempting
to run on a table that has not been vacuumed or analyzed for a long time,
and that the lack of progress is due to repeated skips rather than inactivity.
---
 doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml                 |  88 ++++++++++++++++
 src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql         |   8 ++
 src/backend/commands/vacuum.c                | 102 ++++++++++++++-----
 src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c |  64 ++++++++++++
 src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c          |  24 +++++
 src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat              |  32 ++++++
 src/include/pgstat.h                         |  16 +++
 src/test/regress/expected/rules.out          |  24 +++++
 8 files changed, 335 insertions(+), 23 deletions(-)

diff --git a/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml b/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml
index 08d5b824552..a9b579d87a9 100644
--- a/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml
+++ b/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml
@@ -4387,6 +4387,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_vacuum</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time a manual vacuum on this table was attempted but skipped due to
+       lock unavailability (not counting <command>VACUUM FULL</command>)
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>last_autovacuum</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
@@ -4397,6 +4407,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_autovacuum</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time a vacuum on this table by the autovacuum daemon was attempted
+       but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>last_analyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
@@ -4406,6 +4426,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_analyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time a manual analyze on this table was attempted but skipped due to
+       lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>last_autoanalyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
@@ -4416,6 +4446,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_autoanalyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time at which an analyze on this table by the autovacuum was
+       attempted but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>vacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4426,6 +4466,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_vacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times manual vacuums on this table have been attempted but skipped
+       due to lock unavailability (not counting <command>VACUUM FULL</command>)
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>autovacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4436,6 +4486,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_autovacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times vacuums on this table by the autovacuum daemon have been
+       attempted but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>analyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4445,6 +4505,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_analyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times manual analyzes on this table have been attempted but
+       skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>autoanalyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4455,6 +4525,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_autoanalyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times analyzes on this table by the autovacuum daemon have
+       been attempted but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>total_vacuum_time</structfield> <type>double precision</type>
@@ -4510,6 +4590,14 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
    </tgroup>
   </table>
 
+  <note>
+   <para>
+    When a manual vacuum or analyze on a parent table in an inheritance or
+    partitioning hierarchy is skipped, the statistics are recorded only for
+    the parent table, not for its children.
+   </para>
+  </note>
+
  </sect2>
 
  <sect2 id="monitoring-pg-stat-autovacuum-scores-view">
diff --git a/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql b/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql
index 73a1c1c4670..f509fc7876b 100644
--- a/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql
+++ b/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql
@@ -736,13 +736,21 @@ CREATE VIEW pg_stat_all_tables AS
             pg_stat_get_mod_since_analyze(C.oid) AS n_mod_since_analyze,
             pg_stat_get_ins_since_vacuum(C.oid) AS n_ins_since_vacuum,
             pg_stat_get_last_vacuum_time(C.oid) as last_vacuum,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_vacuum,
             pg_stat_get_last_autovacuum_time(C.oid) as last_autovacuum,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_autovacuum,
             pg_stat_get_last_analyze_time(C.oid) as last_analyze,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_analyze,
             pg_stat_get_last_autoanalyze_time(C.oid) as last_autoanalyze,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_autoanalyze,
             pg_stat_get_vacuum_count(C.oid) AS vacuum_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count(C.oid) AS skipped_vacuum_count,
             pg_stat_get_autovacuum_count(C.oid) AS autovacuum_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count(C.oid) AS skipped_autovacuum_count,
             pg_stat_get_analyze_count(C.oid) AS analyze_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count(C.oid) AS skipped_analyze_count,
             pg_stat_get_autoanalyze_count(C.oid) AS autoanalyze_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count(C.oid) AS skipped_autoanalyze_count,
             pg_stat_get_total_vacuum_time(C.oid) AS total_vacuum_time,
             pg_stat_get_total_autovacuum_time(C.oid) AS total_autovacuum_time,
             pg_stat_get_total_analyze_time(C.oid) AS total_analyze_time,
diff --git a/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c b/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c
index 99d0db82ed7..97cd5ea8d10 100644
--- a/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c
+++ b/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c
@@ -793,8 +793,25 @@ vacuum_open_relation(Oid relid, RangeVar *relation, uint32 options,
 		rel = try_relation_open(relid, NoLock);
 	else
 	{
+		int flags = 0;
 		rel = NULL;
 		rel_lock = false;
+
+		if ((options & VACOPT_VACUUM) != 0)
+		{
+			if (AmAutoVacuumWorkerProcess())
+				flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOVACUUM;
+			else
+				flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM;
+		}
+		if ((options & VACOPT_ANALYZE) != 0)
+		{
+			if (AmAutoVacuumWorkerProcess())
+				flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOANALYZE;
+			else
+				flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE;
+		}
+		pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(relid, flags);
 	}
 
 	/* if relation is opened, leave */
@@ -802,7 +819,7 @@ vacuum_open_relation(Oid relid, RangeVar *relation, uint32 options,
 		return rel;
 
 	/*
-	 * Relation could not be opened, hence generate if possible a log
+	 * Relation could not be opened hence generate if possible a log
 	 * informing on the situation.
 	 *
 	 * If the RangeVar is not defined, we do not have enough information to
@@ -905,7 +922,6 @@ expand_vacuum_rel(VacuumRelation *vrel, MemoryContext vac_context,
 		Form_pg_class classForm;
 		bool		include_children;
 		bool		is_partitioned_table;
-		int			rvr_opts;
 
 		/*
 		 * Since autovacuum workers supply OIDs when calling vacuum(), no
@@ -918,29 +934,69 @@ expand_vacuum_rel(VacuumRelation *vrel, MemoryContext vac_context,
 		 * below, as well as find_all_inheritors's expectation that the caller
 		 * holds some lock on the starting relation.
 		 */
-		rvr_opts = (options & VACOPT_SKIP_LOCKED) ? RVR_SKIP_LOCKED : 0;
-		relid = RangeVarGetRelidExtended(vrel->relation,
-										 AccessShareLock,
-										 rvr_opts,
-										 NULL, NULL);
-
-		/*
-		 * If the lock is unavailable, emit the same log statement that
-		 * vacuum_rel() and analyze_rel() would.
-		 */
-		if (!OidIsValid(relid))
+		if (!(options & VACOPT_SKIP_LOCKED))
 		{
-			if (options & VACOPT_VACUUM)
-				ereport(WARNING,
-						(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
-						 errmsg("skipping vacuum of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
-								vrel->relation->relname)));
-			else
-				ereport(WARNING,
-						(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
-						 errmsg("skipping analyze of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
+			relid = RangeVarGetRelidExtended(vrel->relation,
+											 AccessShareLock,
+											 0, NULL, NULL);
+			if (!OidIsValid(relid))
+				return vacrels;
+		}
+		else
+		{
+			/* Get relid for reporting before taking a lock */
+			relid = RangeVarGetRelid(vrel->relation, NoLock, false);
+
+			if (!ConditionalLockRelationOid(relid, AccessShareLock))
+			{
+				int	flags = 0;
+				/*
+				 * If the lock is unavailable, emit the same log statement that
+				 * vacuum_rel() and analyze_rel() would.
+				 */
+				if (options & VACOPT_VACUUM)
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping vacuum of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
 								vrel->relation->relname)));
-			return vacrels;
+				else
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping analyze of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
+									vrel->relation->relname)));
+
+				if ((options & VACOPT_VACUUM) != 0)
+					flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM;
+				if ((options & VACOPT_ANALYZE) != 0)
+					flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE;
+
+				pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(relid, flags);
+
+				return vacrels;
+			}
+
+			/*
+			 * Now that we have the lock, probe to see if the relation really
+			 * exists or not.
+			 */
+			if (!SearchSysCacheExists1(RELOID, ObjectIdGetDatum(relid)))
+			{
+				if (options & VACOPT_VACUUM)
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_UNDEFINED_TABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping vacuum of \"%s\" --- relation no longer exists",
+									vrel->relation->relname)));
+				else
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_UNDEFINED_TABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping analyze of \"%s\" --- relation no longer exists",
+									vrel->relation->relname)));
+
+				/* Release useless lock */
+				UnlockRelationOid(relid, AccessShareLock);
+
+				return vacrels;
+			}
 		}
 
 		/*
diff --git a/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c b/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c
index b2ca28f83ba..532d9023f8c 100644
--- a/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c
+++ b/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c
@@ -17,12 +17,14 @@
 
 #include "postgres.h"
 
+#include "access/htup_details.h"
 #include "access/twophase_rmgr.h"
 #include "access/xact.h"
 #include "catalog/catalog.h"
 #include "utils/memutils.h"
 #include "utils/pgstat_internal.h"
 #include "utils/rel.h"
+#include "utils/syscache.h"
 #include "utils/timestamp.h"
 
 
@@ -367,6 +369,68 @@ pgstat_report_analyze(Relation rel,
 	(void) pgstat_flush_backend(false, PGSTAT_BACKEND_FLUSH_IO);
 }
 
+/*
+ * Report that the table was skipped during vacuum or/and analyze.
+ */
+void
+pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(Oid relid, int flags)
+{
+	PgStat_EntryRef *entry_ref;
+	PgStatShared_Relation *shtabentry;
+	PgStat_StatTabEntry *tabentry;
+	TimestampTz ts;
+	HeapTuple	classTup;
+	bool		isshared;
+
+	if (!pgstat_track_counts || !flags)
+		return;
+
+	classTup = SearchSysCache1(RELOID, ObjectIdGetDatum(relid));
+	if (!HeapTupleIsValid(classTup))
+		return;			/* somebody deleted the rel, forget it */
+	isshared = ((Form_pg_class) GETSTRUCT(classTup))->relisshared;
+	ReleaseSysCache(classTup);
+
+	/* Store the data in the table's hash table entry. */
+	ts = GetCurrentTimestamp();
+
+	/* block acquiring lock for the same reason as pgstat_report_autovac() */
+	entry_ref = pgstat_get_entry_ref_locked(PGSTAT_KIND_RELATION,
+											isshared ? InvalidOid : MyDatabaseId,
+											relid, false);
+
+	shtabentry = (PgStatShared_Relation *) entry_ref->shared_stats;
+	tabentry = &shtabentry->stats;
+
+	if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM)
+	{
+		tabentry->last_skipped_vacuum_time = ts;
+		tabentry->skipped_vacuum_count++;
+	}
+	else if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOVACUUM)
+	{
+		tabentry->last_skipped_autovacuum_time = ts;
+		tabentry->skipped_autovacuum_count++;
+	}
+
+	if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE)
+	{
+		tabentry->last_skipped_analyze_time = ts;
+		tabentry->skipped_analyze_count++;
+	}
+	else if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOANALYZE)
+	{
+		tabentry->last_skipped_autoanalyze_time = ts;
+		tabentry->skipped_autoanalyze_count++;
+	}
+
+	pgstat_unlock_entry(entry_ref);
+
+	/* see pgstat_report_vacuum() */
+	pgstat_flush_io(false);
+	(void) pgstat_flush_backend(false, PGSTAT_BACKEND_FLUSH_IO);
+}
+
 /*
  * count a tuple insertion of n tuples
  */
diff --git a/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c b/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c
index 1408de387ea..90a8968faa0 100644
--- a/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c
+++ b/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c
@@ -84,6 +84,18 @@ PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(mod_since_analyze)
 /* pg_stat_get_numscans */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(numscans)
 
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_analyze_count)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_autoanalyze_count)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_autovacuum_count)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_vacuum_count)
+
 /* pg_stat_get_tuples_deleted */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(tuples_deleted)
 
@@ -170,6 +182,18 @@ PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_vacuum_time)
 /* pg_stat_get_lastscan */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(lastscan)
 
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_analyze_time)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_autoanalyze_time)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_autovacuum_time)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_vacuum_time)
+
 /* pg_stat_get_stat_reset_time */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(stat_reset_time)
 
diff --git a/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat b/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat
index fa9ae79082b..32debb34863 100644
--- a/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat
+++ b/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat
@@ -5680,6 +5680,38 @@
   proargmodes => '{o,o,o,o,o,o,o,o,o,o}',
   proargnames => '{oid,score,xid_score,mxid_score,vacuum_score,vacuum_insert_score,analyze_score,do_vacuum,do_analyze,for_wraparound}',
   prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_autovacuum_scores' },
+{ oid => '8142', descr => 'statistics: last skipped vacuum time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time' },
+{ oid => '8143', descr => 'statistics: last skipped auto vacuum time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time' },
+{ oid => '8144', descr => 'statistics: last skipped analyze time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time' },
+{ oid => '8145', descr => 'statistics: last skipped auto analyze time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time' },
+{ oid => '8146', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped vacuum for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count' },
+{ oid => '8147', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped auto vacuum for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count' },
+{ oid => '8148', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped analyzes for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count' },
+{ oid => '8149', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped auto analyzes for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count' },
 { oid => '1936', descr => 'statistics: currently active backend IDs',
   proname => 'pg_stat_get_backend_idset', prorows => '100', proretset => 't',
   provolatile => 's', proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int4',
diff --git a/src/include/pgstat.h b/src/include/pgstat.h
index dfa2e837638..98941f953d1 100644
--- a/src/include/pgstat.h
+++ b/src/include/pgstat.h
@@ -479,6 +479,15 @@ typedef struct PgStat_StatTabEntry
 	TimestampTz last_autoanalyze_time;	/* autovacuum initiated */
 	PgStat_Counter autoanalyze_count;
 
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_vacuum_time;	/* user initiated vacuum */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_vacuum_count;
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_autovacuum_time;	/* autovacuum initiated */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_autovacuum_count;
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_analyze_time;	/* user initiated */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_analyze_count;
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_autoanalyze_time;	/* autovacuum initiated */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_autoanalyze_count;
+
 	PgStat_Counter total_vacuum_time;	/* times in milliseconds */
 	PgStat_Counter total_autovacuum_time;
 	PgStat_Counter total_analyze_time;
@@ -703,6 +712,13 @@ extern void pgstat_report_analyze(Relation rel,
 								  PgStat_Counter livetuples, PgStat_Counter deadtuples,
 								  bool resetcounter, TimestampTz starttime);
 
+/* flags for pgstat_flush_backend() */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM		(1 << 0)	/* vacuum is skipped */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE		(1 << 1)	/* analyze is skipped */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOVACUUM	(1 << 2)	/* autovacuum is skipped */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOANALYZE	(1 << 3)	/* autoanalyze is skipped */
+extern void pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(Oid relid, int flags);
+
 /*
  * If stats are enabled, but pending data hasn't been prepared yet, call
  * pgstat_assoc_relation() to do so. See its comment for why this is done
diff --git a/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out b/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out
index a65a5bf0c4f..9b2075d3373 100644
--- a/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out
+++ b/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out
@@ -1835,13 +1835,21 @@ pg_stat_all_tables| SELECT c.oid AS relid,
     pg_stat_get_mod_since_analyze(c.oid) AS n_mod_since_analyze,
     pg_stat_get_ins_since_vacuum(c.oid) AS n_ins_since_vacuum,
     pg_stat_get_last_vacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_vacuum,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_vacuum,
     pg_stat_get_last_autovacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_autovacuum,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_autovacuum,
     pg_stat_get_last_analyze_time(c.oid) AS last_analyze,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_analyze,
     pg_stat_get_last_autoanalyze_time(c.oid) AS last_autoanalyze,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_autoanalyze,
     pg_stat_get_vacuum_count(c.oid) AS vacuum_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count(c.oid) AS skipped_vacuum_count,
     pg_stat_get_autovacuum_count(c.oid) AS autovacuum_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count(c.oid) AS skipped_autovacuum_count,
     pg_stat_get_analyze_count(c.oid) AS analyze_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count(c.oid) AS skipped_analyze_count,
     pg_stat_get_autoanalyze_count(c.oid) AS autoanalyze_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count(c.oid) AS skipped_autoanalyze_count,
     pg_stat_get_total_vacuum_time(c.oid) AS total_vacuum_time,
     pg_stat_get_total_autovacuum_time(c.oid) AS total_autovacuum_time,
     pg_stat_get_total_analyze_time(c.oid) AS total_analyze_time,
@@ -2346,13 +2354,21 @@ pg_stat_sys_tables| SELECT relid,
     n_mod_since_analyze,
     n_ins_since_vacuum,
     last_vacuum,
+    last_skipped_vacuum,
     last_autovacuum,
+    last_skipped_autovacuum,
     last_analyze,
+    last_skipped_analyze,
     last_autoanalyze,
+    last_skipped_autoanalyze,
     vacuum_count,
+    skipped_vacuum_count,
     autovacuum_count,
+    skipped_autovacuum_count,
     analyze_count,
+    skipped_analyze_count,
     autoanalyze_count,
+    skipped_autoanalyze_count,
     total_vacuum_time,
     total_autovacuum_time,
     total_analyze_time,
@@ -2401,13 +2417,21 @@ pg_stat_user_tables| SELECT relid,
     n_mod_since_analyze,
     n_ins_since_vacuum,
     last_vacuum,
+    last_skipped_vacuum,
     last_autovacuum,
+    last_skipped_autovacuum,
     last_analyze,
+    last_skipped_analyze,
     last_autoanalyze,
+    last_skipped_autoanalyze,
     vacuum_count,
+    skipped_vacuum_count,
     autovacuum_count,
+    skipped_autovacuum_count,
     analyze_count,
+    skipped_analyze_count,
     autoanalyze_count,
+    skipped_autoanalyze_count,
     total_vacuum_time,
     total_autovacuum_time,
     total_analyze_time,
-- 
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* [PATCH v4] Track skipped vacuum and analyze activity per relation
@ 2026-03-24 04:09 Yugo Nagata <[email protected]>
  0 siblings, 0 replies; 374+ messages in thread

From: Yugo Nagata @ 2026-03-24 04:09 UTC (permalink / raw)

This commit adds eight fields to the relation statistics that track
the last time vacuum or analyze has been attempted but skipped due to
lock unavailability, along with their counts:

-    last_skipped_vacuum
-    last_skipped_autovacuum
-    last_skipped_analyze
-    last_skipped_autoanalyze
-    skipped_vacuum_count
-    skipped_autovacuum_count
-    skipped_analyze_count
-    skipped_autoanalyze_count

These field can help users confirm that autovacuum is actively attempting
to run on a table that has not been vacuumed or analyzed for a long time,
and that the lack of progress is due to repeated skips rather than inactivity.
---
 doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml                 |  88 ++++++++++++++++
 src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql         |   8 ++
 src/backend/commands/vacuum.c                | 102 ++++++++++++++-----
 src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c |  64 ++++++++++++
 src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c          |  24 +++++
 src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat              |  32 ++++++
 src/include/pgstat.h                         |  16 +++
 src/test/regress/expected/rules.out          |  24 +++++
 8 files changed, 335 insertions(+), 23 deletions(-)

diff --git a/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml b/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml
index 08d5b824552..a9b579d87a9 100644
--- a/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml
+++ b/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml
@@ -4387,6 +4387,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_vacuum</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time a manual vacuum on this table was attempted but skipped due to
+       lock unavailability (not counting <command>VACUUM FULL</command>)
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>last_autovacuum</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
@@ -4397,6 +4407,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_autovacuum</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time a vacuum on this table by the autovacuum daemon was attempted
+       but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>last_analyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
@@ -4406,6 +4426,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_analyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time a manual analyze on this table was attempted but skipped due to
+       lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>last_autoanalyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
@@ -4416,6 +4446,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_autoanalyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time at which an analyze on this table by the autovacuum was
+       attempted but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>vacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4426,6 +4466,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_vacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times manual vacuums on this table have been attempted but skipped
+       due to lock unavailability (not counting <command>VACUUM FULL</command>)
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>autovacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4436,6 +4486,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_autovacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times vacuums on this table by the autovacuum daemon have been
+       attempted but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>analyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4445,6 +4505,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_analyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times manual analyzes on this table have been attempted but
+       skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>autoanalyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4455,6 +4525,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_autoanalyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times analyzes on this table by the autovacuum daemon have
+       been attempted but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>total_vacuum_time</structfield> <type>double precision</type>
@@ -4510,6 +4590,14 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
    </tgroup>
   </table>
 
+  <note>
+   <para>
+    When a manual vacuum or analyze on a parent table in an inheritance or
+    partitioning hierarchy is skipped, the statistics are recorded only for
+    the parent table, not for its children.
+   </para>
+  </note>
+
  </sect2>
 
  <sect2 id="monitoring-pg-stat-autovacuum-scores-view">
diff --git a/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql b/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql
index 73a1c1c4670..f509fc7876b 100644
--- a/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql
+++ b/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql
@@ -736,13 +736,21 @@ CREATE VIEW pg_stat_all_tables AS
             pg_stat_get_mod_since_analyze(C.oid) AS n_mod_since_analyze,
             pg_stat_get_ins_since_vacuum(C.oid) AS n_ins_since_vacuum,
             pg_stat_get_last_vacuum_time(C.oid) as last_vacuum,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_vacuum,
             pg_stat_get_last_autovacuum_time(C.oid) as last_autovacuum,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_autovacuum,
             pg_stat_get_last_analyze_time(C.oid) as last_analyze,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_analyze,
             pg_stat_get_last_autoanalyze_time(C.oid) as last_autoanalyze,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_autoanalyze,
             pg_stat_get_vacuum_count(C.oid) AS vacuum_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count(C.oid) AS skipped_vacuum_count,
             pg_stat_get_autovacuum_count(C.oid) AS autovacuum_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count(C.oid) AS skipped_autovacuum_count,
             pg_stat_get_analyze_count(C.oid) AS analyze_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count(C.oid) AS skipped_analyze_count,
             pg_stat_get_autoanalyze_count(C.oid) AS autoanalyze_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count(C.oid) AS skipped_autoanalyze_count,
             pg_stat_get_total_vacuum_time(C.oid) AS total_vacuum_time,
             pg_stat_get_total_autovacuum_time(C.oid) AS total_autovacuum_time,
             pg_stat_get_total_analyze_time(C.oid) AS total_analyze_time,
diff --git a/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c b/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c
index 99d0db82ed7..97cd5ea8d10 100644
--- a/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c
+++ b/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c
@@ -793,8 +793,25 @@ vacuum_open_relation(Oid relid, RangeVar *relation, uint32 options,
 		rel = try_relation_open(relid, NoLock);
 	else
 	{
+		int flags = 0;
 		rel = NULL;
 		rel_lock = false;
+
+		if ((options & VACOPT_VACUUM) != 0)
+		{
+			if (AmAutoVacuumWorkerProcess())
+				flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOVACUUM;
+			else
+				flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM;
+		}
+		if ((options & VACOPT_ANALYZE) != 0)
+		{
+			if (AmAutoVacuumWorkerProcess())
+				flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOANALYZE;
+			else
+				flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE;
+		}
+		pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(relid, flags);
 	}
 
 	/* if relation is opened, leave */
@@ -802,7 +819,7 @@ vacuum_open_relation(Oid relid, RangeVar *relation, uint32 options,
 		return rel;
 
 	/*
-	 * Relation could not be opened, hence generate if possible a log
+	 * Relation could not be opened hence generate if possible a log
 	 * informing on the situation.
 	 *
 	 * If the RangeVar is not defined, we do not have enough information to
@@ -905,7 +922,6 @@ expand_vacuum_rel(VacuumRelation *vrel, MemoryContext vac_context,
 		Form_pg_class classForm;
 		bool		include_children;
 		bool		is_partitioned_table;
-		int			rvr_opts;
 
 		/*
 		 * Since autovacuum workers supply OIDs when calling vacuum(), no
@@ -918,29 +934,69 @@ expand_vacuum_rel(VacuumRelation *vrel, MemoryContext vac_context,
 		 * below, as well as find_all_inheritors's expectation that the caller
 		 * holds some lock on the starting relation.
 		 */
-		rvr_opts = (options & VACOPT_SKIP_LOCKED) ? RVR_SKIP_LOCKED : 0;
-		relid = RangeVarGetRelidExtended(vrel->relation,
-										 AccessShareLock,
-										 rvr_opts,
-										 NULL, NULL);
-
-		/*
-		 * If the lock is unavailable, emit the same log statement that
-		 * vacuum_rel() and analyze_rel() would.
-		 */
-		if (!OidIsValid(relid))
+		if (!(options & VACOPT_SKIP_LOCKED))
 		{
-			if (options & VACOPT_VACUUM)
-				ereport(WARNING,
-						(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
-						 errmsg("skipping vacuum of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
-								vrel->relation->relname)));
-			else
-				ereport(WARNING,
-						(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
-						 errmsg("skipping analyze of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
+			relid = RangeVarGetRelidExtended(vrel->relation,
+											 AccessShareLock,
+											 0, NULL, NULL);
+			if (!OidIsValid(relid))
+				return vacrels;
+		}
+		else
+		{
+			/* Get relid for reporting before taking a lock */
+			relid = RangeVarGetRelid(vrel->relation, NoLock, false);
+
+			if (!ConditionalLockRelationOid(relid, AccessShareLock))
+			{
+				int	flags = 0;
+				/*
+				 * If the lock is unavailable, emit the same log statement that
+				 * vacuum_rel() and analyze_rel() would.
+				 */
+				if (options & VACOPT_VACUUM)
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping vacuum of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
 								vrel->relation->relname)));
-			return vacrels;
+				else
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping analyze of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
+									vrel->relation->relname)));
+
+				if ((options & VACOPT_VACUUM) != 0)
+					flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM;
+				if ((options & VACOPT_ANALYZE) != 0)
+					flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE;
+
+				pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(relid, flags);
+
+				return vacrels;
+			}
+
+			/*
+			 * Now that we have the lock, probe to see if the relation really
+			 * exists or not.
+			 */
+			if (!SearchSysCacheExists1(RELOID, ObjectIdGetDatum(relid)))
+			{
+				if (options & VACOPT_VACUUM)
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_UNDEFINED_TABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping vacuum of \"%s\" --- relation no longer exists",
+									vrel->relation->relname)));
+				else
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_UNDEFINED_TABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping analyze of \"%s\" --- relation no longer exists",
+									vrel->relation->relname)));
+
+				/* Release useless lock */
+				UnlockRelationOid(relid, AccessShareLock);
+
+				return vacrels;
+			}
 		}
 
 		/*
diff --git a/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c b/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c
index b2ca28f83ba..532d9023f8c 100644
--- a/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c
+++ b/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c
@@ -17,12 +17,14 @@
 
 #include "postgres.h"
 
+#include "access/htup_details.h"
 #include "access/twophase_rmgr.h"
 #include "access/xact.h"
 #include "catalog/catalog.h"
 #include "utils/memutils.h"
 #include "utils/pgstat_internal.h"
 #include "utils/rel.h"
+#include "utils/syscache.h"
 #include "utils/timestamp.h"
 
 
@@ -367,6 +369,68 @@ pgstat_report_analyze(Relation rel,
 	(void) pgstat_flush_backend(false, PGSTAT_BACKEND_FLUSH_IO);
 }
 
+/*
+ * Report that the table was skipped during vacuum or/and analyze.
+ */
+void
+pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(Oid relid, int flags)
+{
+	PgStat_EntryRef *entry_ref;
+	PgStatShared_Relation *shtabentry;
+	PgStat_StatTabEntry *tabentry;
+	TimestampTz ts;
+	HeapTuple	classTup;
+	bool		isshared;
+
+	if (!pgstat_track_counts || !flags)
+		return;
+
+	classTup = SearchSysCache1(RELOID, ObjectIdGetDatum(relid));
+	if (!HeapTupleIsValid(classTup))
+		return;			/* somebody deleted the rel, forget it */
+	isshared = ((Form_pg_class) GETSTRUCT(classTup))->relisshared;
+	ReleaseSysCache(classTup);
+
+	/* Store the data in the table's hash table entry. */
+	ts = GetCurrentTimestamp();
+
+	/* block acquiring lock for the same reason as pgstat_report_autovac() */
+	entry_ref = pgstat_get_entry_ref_locked(PGSTAT_KIND_RELATION,
+											isshared ? InvalidOid : MyDatabaseId,
+											relid, false);
+
+	shtabentry = (PgStatShared_Relation *) entry_ref->shared_stats;
+	tabentry = &shtabentry->stats;
+
+	if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM)
+	{
+		tabentry->last_skipped_vacuum_time = ts;
+		tabentry->skipped_vacuum_count++;
+	}
+	else if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOVACUUM)
+	{
+		tabentry->last_skipped_autovacuum_time = ts;
+		tabentry->skipped_autovacuum_count++;
+	}
+
+	if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE)
+	{
+		tabentry->last_skipped_analyze_time = ts;
+		tabentry->skipped_analyze_count++;
+	}
+	else if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOANALYZE)
+	{
+		tabentry->last_skipped_autoanalyze_time = ts;
+		tabentry->skipped_autoanalyze_count++;
+	}
+
+	pgstat_unlock_entry(entry_ref);
+
+	/* see pgstat_report_vacuum() */
+	pgstat_flush_io(false);
+	(void) pgstat_flush_backend(false, PGSTAT_BACKEND_FLUSH_IO);
+}
+
 /*
  * count a tuple insertion of n tuples
  */
diff --git a/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c b/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c
index 1408de387ea..90a8968faa0 100644
--- a/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c
+++ b/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c
@@ -84,6 +84,18 @@ PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(mod_since_analyze)
 /* pg_stat_get_numscans */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(numscans)
 
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_analyze_count)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_autoanalyze_count)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_autovacuum_count)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_vacuum_count)
+
 /* pg_stat_get_tuples_deleted */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(tuples_deleted)
 
@@ -170,6 +182,18 @@ PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_vacuum_time)
 /* pg_stat_get_lastscan */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(lastscan)
 
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_analyze_time)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_autoanalyze_time)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_autovacuum_time)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_vacuum_time)
+
 /* pg_stat_get_stat_reset_time */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(stat_reset_time)
 
diff --git a/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat b/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat
index fa9ae79082b..32debb34863 100644
--- a/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat
+++ b/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat
@@ -5680,6 +5680,38 @@
   proargmodes => '{o,o,o,o,o,o,o,o,o,o}',
   proargnames => '{oid,score,xid_score,mxid_score,vacuum_score,vacuum_insert_score,analyze_score,do_vacuum,do_analyze,for_wraparound}',
   prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_autovacuum_scores' },
+{ oid => '8142', descr => 'statistics: last skipped vacuum time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time' },
+{ oid => '8143', descr => 'statistics: last skipped auto vacuum time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time' },
+{ oid => '8144', descr => 'statistics: last skipped analyze time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time' },
+{ oid => '8145', descr => 'statistics: last skipped auto analyze time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time' },
+{ oid => '8146', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped vacuum for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count' },
+{ oid => '8147', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped auto vacuum for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count' },
+{ oid => '8148', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped analyzes for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count' },
+{ oid => '8149', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped auto analyzes for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count' },
 { oid => '1936', descr => 'statistics: currently active backend IDs',
   proname => 'pg_stat_get_backend_idset', prorows => '100', proretset => 't',
   provolatile => 's', proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int4',
diff --git a/src/include/pgstat.h b/src/include/pgstat.h
index dfa2e837638..98941f953d1 100644
--- a/src/include/pgstat.h
+++ b/src/include/pgstat.h
@@ -479,6 +479,15 @@ typedef struct PgStat_StatTabEntry
 	TimestampTz last_autoanalyze_time;	/* autovacuum initiated */
 	PgStat_Counter autoanalyze_count;
 
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_vacuum_time;	/* user initiated vacuum */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_vacuum_count;
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_autovacuum_time;	/* autovacuum initiated */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_autovacuum_count;
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_analyze_time;	/* user initiated */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_analyze_count;
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_autoanalyze_time;	/* autovacuum initiated */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_autoanalyze_count;
+
 	PgStat_Counter total_vacuum_time;	/* times in milliseconds */
 	PgStat_Counter total_autovacuum_time;
 	PgStat_Counter total_analyze_time;
@@ -703,6 +712,13 @@ extern void pgstat_report_analyze(Relation rel,
 								  PgStat_Counter livetuples, PgStat_Counter deadtuples,
 								  bool resetcounter, TimestampTz starttime);
 
+/* flags for pgstat_flush_backend() */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM		(1 << 0)	/* vacuum is skipped */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE		(1 << 1)	/* analyze is skipped */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOVACUUM	(1 << 2)	/* autovacuum is skipped */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOANALYZE	(1 << 3)	/* autoanalyze is skipped */
+extern void pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(Oid relid, int flags);
+
 /*
  * If stats are enabled, but pending data hasn't been prepared yet, call
  * pgstat_assoc_relation() to do so. See its comment for why this is done
diff --git a/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out b/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out
index a65a5bf0c4f..9b2075d3373 100644
--- a/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out
+++ b/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out
@@ -1835,13 +1835,21 @@ pg_stat_all_tables| SELECT c.oid AS relid,
     pg_stat_get_mod_since_analyze(c.oid) AS n_mod_since_analyze,
     pg_stat_get_ins_since_vacuum(c.oid) AS n_ins_since_vacuum,
     pg_stat_get_last_vacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_vacuum,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_vacuum,
     pg_stat_get_last_autovacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_autovacuum,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_autovacuum,
     pg_stat_get_last_analyze_time(c.oid) AS last_analyze,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_analyze,
     pg_stat_get_last_autoanalyze_time(c.oid) AS last_autoanalyze,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_autoanalyze,
     pg_stat_get_vacuum_count(c.oid) AS vacuum_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count(c.oid) AS skipped_vacuum_count,
     pg_stat_get_autovacuum_count(c.oid) AS autovacuum_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count(c.oid) AS skipped_autovacuum_count,
     pg_stat_get_analyze_count(c.oid) AS analyze_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count(c.oid) AS skipped_analyze_count,
     pg_stat_get_autoanalyze_count(c.oid) AS autoanalyze_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count(c.oid) AS skipped_autoanalyze_count,
     pg_stat_get_total_vacuum_time(c.oid) AS total_vacuum_time,
     pg_stat_get_total_autovacuum_time(c.oid) AS total_autovacuum_time,
     pg_stat_get_total_analyze_time(c.oid) AS total_analyze_time,
@@ -2346,13 +2354,21 @@ pg_stat_sys_tables| SELECT relid,
     n_mod_since_analyze,
     n_ins_since_vacuum,
     last_vacuum,
+    last_skipped_vacuum,
     last_autovacuum,
+    last_skipped_autovacuum,
     last_analyze,
+    last_skipped_analyze,
     last_autoanalyze,
+    last_skipped_autoanalyze,
     vacuum_count,
+    skipped_vacuum_count,
     autovacuum_count,
+    skipped_autovacuum_count,
     analyze_count,
+    skipped_analyze_count,
     autoanalyze_count,
+    skipped_autoanalyze_count,
     total_vacuum_time,
     total_autovacuum_time,
     total_analyze_time,
@@ -2401,13 +2417,21 @@ pg_stat_user_tables| SELECT relid,
     n_mod_since_analyze,
     n_ins_since_vacuum,
     last_vacuum,
+    last_skipped_vacuum,
     last_autovacuum,
+    last_skipped_autovacuum,
     last_analyze,
+    last_skipped_analyze,
     last_autoanalyze,
+    last_skipped_autoanalyze,
     vacuum_count,
+    skipped_vacuum_count,
     autovacuum_count,
+    skipped_autovacuum_count,
     analyze_count,
+    skipped_analyze_count,
     autoanalyze_count,
+    skipped_autoanalyze_count,
     total_vacuum_time,
     total_autovacuum_time,
     total_analyze_time,
-- 
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* [PATCH v5] Track skipped vacuum and analyze activity per relation
@ 2026-03-24 04:09 Yugo Nagata <[email protected]>
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From: Yugo Nagata @ 2026-03-24 04:09 UTC (permalink / raw)

This commit adds eight fields to the relation statistics that track
the last time vacuum or analyze has been attempted but skipped due to
lock unavailability, along with their counts:

-    last_skipped_vacuum
-    last_skipped_autovacuum
-    last_skipped_analyze
-    last_skipped_autoanalyze
-    skipped_vacuum_count
-    skipped_autovacuum_count
-    skipped_analyze_count
-    skipped_autoanalyze_count

These field can help users confirm that autovacuum is actively attempting
to run on a table that has not been vacuumed or analyzed for a long time,
and that the lack of progress is due to repeated skips rather than inactivity.
---
 doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml                  |  88 ++++++
 src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql          |   8 +
 src/backend/commands/vacuum.c                 | 100 +++++--
 src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c  |  64 +++++
 src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c           |  24 ++
 src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat               |  32 +++
 src/include/pgstat.h                          |  16 ++
 .../isolation/expected/vacuum-skip-locked.out | 260 ++++++++++++++++--
 .../isolation/specs/vacuum-skip-locked.spec   |  41 +--
 src/test/regress/expected/rules.out           |  24 ++
 10 files changed, 601 insertions(+), 56 deletions(-)

diff --git a/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml b/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml
index 08d5b824552..a9b579d87a9 100644
--- a/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml
+++ b/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml
@@ -4387,6 +4387,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_vacuum</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time a manual vacuum on this table was attempted but skipped due to
+       lock unavailability (not counting <command>VACUUM FULL</command>)
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>last_autovacuum</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
@@ -4397,6 +4407,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_autovacuum</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time a vacuum on this table by the autovacuum daemon was attempted
+       but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>last_analyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
@@ -4406,6 +4426,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_analyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time a manual analyze on this table was attempted but skipped due to
+       lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>last_autoanalyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
@@ -4416,6 +4446,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_autoanalyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time at which an analyze on this table by the autovacuum was
+       attempted but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>vacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4426,6 +4466,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_vacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times manual vacuums on this table have been attempted but skipped
+       due to lock unavailability (not counting <command>VACUUM FULL</command>)
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>autovacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4436,6 +4486,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_autovacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times vacuums on this table by the autovacuum daemon have been
+       attempted but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>analyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4445,6 +4505,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_analyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times manual analyzes on this table have been attempted but
+       skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>autoanalyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4455,6 +4525,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_autoanalyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times analyzes on this table by the autovacuum daemon have
+       been attempted but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>total_vacuum_time</structfield> <type>double precision</type>
@@ -4510,6 +4590,14 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
    </tgroup>
   </table>
 
+  <note>
+   <para>
+    When a manual vacuum or analyze on a parent table in an inheritance or
+    partitioning hierarchy is skipped, the statistics are recorded only for
+    the parent table, not for its children.
+   </para>
+  </note>
+
  </sect2>
 
  <sect2 id="monitoring-pg-stat-autovacuum-scores-view">
diff --git a/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql b/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql
index 73a1c1c4670..f509fc7876b 100644
--- a/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql
+++ b/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql
@@ -736,13 +736,21 @@ CREATE VIEW pg_stat_all_tables AS
             pg_stat_get_mod_since_analyze(C.oid) AS n_mod_since_analyze,
             pg_stat_get_ins_since_vacuum(C.oid) AS n_ins_since_vacuum,
             pg_stat_get_last_vacuum_time(C.oid) as last_vacuum,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_vacuum,
             pg_stat_get_last_autovacuum_time(C.oid) as last_autovacuum,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_autovacuum,
             pg_stat_get_last_analyze_time(C.oid) as last_analyze,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_analyze,
             pg_stat_get_last_autoanalyze_time(C.oid) as last_autoanalyze,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_autoanalyze,
             pg_stat_get_vacuum_count(C.oid) AS vacuum_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count(C.oid) AS skipped_vacuum_count,
             pg_stat_get_autovacuum_count(C.oid) AS autovacuum_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count(C.oid) AS skipped_autovacuum_count,
             pg_stat_get_analyze_count(C.oid) AS analyze_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count(C.oid) AS skipped_analyze_count,
             pg_stat_get_autoanalyze_count(C.oid) AS autoanalyze_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count(C.oid) AS skipped_autoanalyze_count,
             pg_stat_get_total_vacuum_time(C.oid) AS total_vacuum_time,
             pg_stat_get_total_autovacuum_time(C.oid) AS total_autovacuum_time,
             pg_stat_get_total_analyze_time(C.oid) AS total_analyze_time,
diff --git a/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c b/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c
index 99d0db82ed7..df6526225e4 100644
--- a/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c
+++ b/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c
@@ -793,8 +793,25 @@ vacuum_open_relation(Oid relid, RangeVar *relation, uint32 options,
 		rel = try_relation_open(relid, NoLock);
 	else
 	{
+		int flags = 0;
 		rel = NULL;
 		rel_lock = false;
+
+		if ((options & VACOPT_VACUUM) != 0 && (options & VACOPT_FULL) == 0)
+		{
+			if (AmAutoVacuumWorkerProcess())
+				flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOVACUUM;
+			else
+				flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM;
+		}
+		if ((options & VACOPT_ANALYZE) != 0)
+		{
+			if (AmAutoVacuumWorkerProcess())
+				flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOANALYZE;
+			else
+				flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE;
+		}
+		pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(relid, flags);
 	}
 
 	/* if relation is opened, leave */
@@ -905,7 +922,6 @@ expand_vacuum_rel(VacuumRelation *vrel, MemoryContext vac_context,
 		Form_pg_class classForm;
 		bool		include_children;
 		bool		is_partitioned_table;
-		int			rvr_opts;
 
 		/*
 		 * Since autovacuum workers supply OIDs when calling vacuum(), no
@@ -918,29 +934,69 @@ expand_vacuum_rel(VacuumRelation *vrel, MemoryContext vac_context,
 		 * below, as well as find_all_inheritors's expectation that the caller
 		 * holds some lock on the starting relation.
 		 */
-		rvr_opts = (options & VACOPT_SKIP_LOCKED) ? RVR_SKIP_LOCKED : 0;
-		relid = RangeVarGetRelidExtended(vrel->relation,
-										 AccessShareLock,
-										 rvr_opts,
-										 NULL, NULL);
-
-		/*
-		 * If the lock is unavailable, emit the same log statement that
-		 * vacuum_rel() and analyze_rel() would.
-		 */
-		if (!OidIsValid(relid))
+		if (!(options & VACOPT_SKIP_LOCKED))
 		{
-			if (options & VACOPT_VACUUM)
-				ereport(WARNING,
-						(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
-						 errmsg("skipping vacuum of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
-								vrel->relation->relname)));
-			else
-				ereport(WARNING,
-						(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
-						 errmsg("skipping analyze of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
+			relid = RangeVarGetRelidExtended(vrel->relation,
+											 AccessShareLock,
+											 0, NULL, NULL);
+			if (!OidIsValid(relid))
+				return vacrels;
+		}
+		else
+		{
+			/* Get relid for reporting before taking a lock */
+			relid = RangeVarGetRelid(vrel->relation, NoLock, false);
+
+			if (!ConditionalLockRelationOid(relid, AccessShareLock))
+			{
+				int	flags = 0;
+				/*
+				 * If the lock is unavailable, emit the same log statement that
+				 * vacuum_rel() and analyze_rel() would.
+				 */
+				if (options & VACOPT_VACUUM)
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping vacuum of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
 								vrel->relation->relname)));
-			return vacrels;
+				else
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping analyze of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
+									vrel->relation->relname)));
+
+				if ((options & VACOPT_VACUUM) != 0 && (options & VACOPT_FULL) == 0)
+					flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM;
+				if ((options & VACOPT_ANALYZE) != 0)
+					flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE;
+
+				pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(relid, flags);
+
+				return vacrels;
+			}
+
+			/*
+			 * Now that we have the lock, probe to see if the relation really
+			 * exists or not.
+			 */
+			if (!SearchSysCacheExists1(RELOID, ObjectIdGetDatum(relid)))
+			{
+				if (options & VACOPT_VACUUM)
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_UNDEFINED_TABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping vacuum of \"%s\" --- relation no longer exists",
+									vrel->relation->relname)));
+				else
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_UNDEFINED_TABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping analyze of \"%s\" --- relation no longer exists",
+									vrel->relation->relname)));
+
+				/* Release useless lock */
+				UnlockRelationOid(relid, AccessShareLock);
+
+				return vacrels;
+			}
 		}
 
 		/*
diff --git a/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c b/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c
index b2ca28f83ba..532d9023f8c 100644
--- a/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c
+++ b/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c
@@ -17,12 +17,14 @@
 
 #include "postgres.h"
 
+#include "access/htup_details.h"
 #include "access/twophase_rmgr.h"
 #include "access/xact.h"
 #include "catalog/catalog.h"
 #include "utils/memutils.h"
 #include "utils/pgstat_internal.h"
 #include "utils/rel.h"
+#include "utils/syscache.h"
 #include "utils/timestamp.h"
 
 
@@ -367,6 +369,68 @@ pgstat_report_analyze(Relation rel,
 	(void) pgstat_flush_backend(false, PGSTAT_BACKEND_FLUSH_IO);
 }
 
+/*
+ * Report that the table was skipped during vacuum or/and analyze.
+ */
+void
+pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(Oid relid, int flags)
+{
+	PgStat_EntryRef *entry_ref;
+	PgStatShared_Relation *shtabentry;
+	PgStat_StatTabEntry *tabentry;
+	TimestampTz ts;
+	HeapTuple	classTup;
+	bool		isshared;
+
+	if (!pgstat_track_counts || !flags)
+		return;
+
+	classTup = SearchSysCache1(RELOID, ObjectIdGetDatum(relid));
+	if (!HeapTupleIsValid(classTup))
+		return;			/* somebody deleted the rel, forget it */
+	isshared = ((Form_pg_class) GETSTRUCT(classTup))->relisshared;
+	ReleaseSysCache(classTup);
+
+	/* Store the data in the table's hash table entry. */
+	ts = GetCurrentTimestamp();
+
+	/* block acquiring lock for the same reason as pgstat_report_autovac() */
+	entry_ref = pgstat_get_entry_ref_locked(PGSTAT_KIND_RELATION,
+											isshared ? InvalidOid : MyDatabaseId,
+											relid, false);
+
+	shtabentry = (PgStatShared_Relation *) entry_ref->shared_stats;
+	tabentry = &shtabentry->stats;
+
+	if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM)
+	{
+		tabentry->last_skipped_vacuum_time = ts;
+		tabentry->skipped_vacuum_count++;
+	}
+	else if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOVACUUM)
+	{
+		tabentry->last_skipped_autovacuum_time = ts;
+		tabentry->skipped_autovacuum_count++;
+	}
+
+	if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE)
+	{
+		tabentry->last_skipped_analyze_time = ts;
+		tabentry->skipped_analyze_count++;
+	}
+	else if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOANALYZE)
+	{
+		tabentry->last_skipped_autoanalyze_time = ts;
+		tabentry->skipped_autoanalyze_count++;
+	}
+
+	pgstat_unlock_entry(entry_ref);
+
+	/* see pgstat_report_vacuum() */
+	pgstat_flush_io(false);
+	(void) pgstat_flush_backend(false, PGSTAT_BACKEND_FLUSH_IO);
+}
+
 /*
  * count a tuple insertion of n tuples
  */
diff --git a/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c b/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c
index 1408de387ea..90a8968faa0 100644
--- a/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c
+++ b/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c
@@ -84,6 +84,18 @@ PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(mod_since_analyze)
 /* pg_stat_get_numscans */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(numscans)
 
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_analyze_count)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_autoanalyze_count)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_autovacuum_count)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_vacuum_count)
+
 /* pg_stat_get_tuples_deleted */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(tuples_deleted)
 
@@ -170,6 +182,18 @@ PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_vacuum_time)
 /* pg_stat_get_lastscan */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(lastscan)
 
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_analyze_time)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_autoanalyze_time)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_autovacuum_time)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_vacuum_time)
+
 /* pg_stat_get_stat_reset_time */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(stat_reset_time)
 
diff --git a/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat b/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat
index fa9ae79082b..32debb34863 100644
--- a/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat
+++ b/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat
@@ -5680,6 +5680,38 @@
   proargmodes => '{o,o,o,o,o,o,o,o,o,o}',
   proargnames => '{oid,score,xid_score,mxid_score,vacuum_score,vacuum_insert_score,analyze_score,do_vacuum,do_analyze,for_wraparound}',
   prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_autovacuum_scores' },
+{ oid => '8142', descr => 'statistics: last skipped vacuum time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time' },
+{ oid => '8143', descr => 'statistics: last skipped auto vacuum time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time' },
+{ oid => '8144', descr => 'statistics: last skipped analyze time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time' },
+{ oid => '8145', descr => 'statistics: last skipped auto analyze time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time' },
+{ oid => '8146', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped vacuum for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count' },
+{ oid => '8147', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped auto vacuum for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count' },
+{ oid => '8148', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped analyzes for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count' },
+{ oid => '8149', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped auto analyzes for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count' },
 { oid => '1936', descr => 'statistics: currently active backend IDs',
   proname => 'pg_stat_get_backend_idset', prorows => '100', proretset => 't',
   provolatile => 's', proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int4',
diff --git a/src/include/pgstat.h b/src/include/pgstat.h
index dfa2e837638..98941f953d1 100644
--- a/src/include/pgstat.h
+++ b/src/include/pgstat.h
@@ -479,6 +479,15 @@ typedef struct PgStat_StatTabEntry
 	TimestampTz last_autoanalyze_time;	/* autovacuum initiated */
 	PgStat_Counter autoanalyze_count;
 
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_vacuum_time;	/* user initiated vacuum */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_vacuum_count;
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_autovacuum_time;	/* autovacuum initiated */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_autovacuum_count;
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_analyze_time;	/* user initiated */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_analyze_count;
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_autoanalyze_time;	/* autovacuum initiated */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_autoanalyze_count;
+
 	PgStat_Counter total_vacuum_time;	/* times in milliseconds */
 	PgStat_Counter total_autovacuum_time;
 	PgStat_Counter total_analyze_time;
@@ -703,6 +712,13 @@ extern void pgstat_report_analyze(Relation rel,
 								  PgStat_Counter livetuples, PgStat_Counter deadtuples,
 								  bool resetcounter, TimestampTz starttime);
 
+/* flags for pgstat_flush_backend() */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM		(1 << 0)	/* vacuum is skipped */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE		(1 << 1)	/* analyze is skipped */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOVACUUM	(1 << 2)	/* autovacuum is skipped */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOANALYZE	(1 << 3)	/* autoanalyze is skipped */
+extern void pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(Oid relid, int flags);
+
 /*
  * If stats are enabled, but pending data hasn't been prepared yet, call
  * pgstat_assoc_relation() to do so. See its comment for why this is done
diff --git a/src/test/isolation/expected/vacuum-skip-locked.out b/src/test/isolation/expected/vacuum-skip-locked.out
index 99db281a159..e2cff175b7c 100644
--- a/src/test/isolation/expected/vacuum-skip-locked.out
+++ b/src/test/isolation/expected/vacuum-skip-locked.out
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 Parsed test spec with 2 sessions
 
-starting permutation: lock_share vac_specified commit
+starting permutation: lock_share vac_specified commit check_stat
 step lock_share: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN SHARE MODE;
@@ -10,8 +10,22 @@ step vac_specified: VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED) part1, part2;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
 
-starting permutation: lock_share vac_all_parts commit
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   1|            0|                    0
+part2  |           1|                   0|            0|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
+
+starting permutation: lock_share vac_all_parts commit check_stat
 step lock_share: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN SHARE MODE;
@@ -20,8 +34,22 @@ step vac_all_parts: VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED) parted;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   1|            0|                    0
+part2  |           1|                   0|            0|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
 
-starting permutation: lock_share analyze_specified commit
+starting permutation: lock_share analyze_specified commit check_stat
 step lock_share: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN SHARE MODE;
@@ -31,8 +59,22 @@ step analyze_specified: ANALYZE (SKIP_LOCKED) part1, part2;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
 
-starting permutation: lock_share analyze_all_parts commit
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   0|            0|                    1
+part2  |           0|                   0|            1|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
+
+starting permutation: lock_share analyze_all_parts commit check_stat
 step lock_share: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN SHARE MODE;
@@ -41,8 +83,22 @@ step analyze_all_parts: ANALYZE (SKIP_LOCKED) parted;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            1|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   0|            0|                    1
+part2  |           0|                   0|            1|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
 
-starting permutation: lock_share vac_analyze_specified commit
+starting permutation: lock_share vac_analyze_specified commit check_stat
 step lock_share: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN SHARE MODE;
@@ -52,8 +108,22 @@ step vac_analyze_specified: VACUUM (ANALYZE, SKIP_LOCKED) part1, part2;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
 
-starting permutation: lock_share vac_analyze_all_parts commit
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   1|            0|                    1
+part2  |           1|                   0|            1|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
+
+starting permutation: lock_share vac_analyze_all_parts commit check_stat
 step lock_share: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN SHARE MODE;
@@ -62,8 +132,22 @@ step vac_analyze_all_parts: VACUUM (ANALYZE, SKIP_LOCKED) parted;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            1|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   1|            0|                    1
+part2  |           1|                   0|            1|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
 
-starting permutation: lock_share vac_full_specified commit
+starting permutation: lock_share vac_full_specified commit check_stat
 step lock_share: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN SHARE MODE;
@@ -73,8 +157,22 @@ step vac_full_specified: VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED, FULL) part1, part2;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
 
-starting permutation: lock_share vac_full_all_parts commit
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part2  |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
+
+starting permutation: lock_share vac_full_all_parts commit check_stat
 step lock_share: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN SHARE MODE;
@@ -83,8 +181,22 @@ step vac_full_all_parts: VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED, FULL) parted;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part2  |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+(3 rows)
 
-starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_specified commit
+
+starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_specified commit check_stat
 step lock_access_exclusive: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN ACCESS EXCLUSIVE MODE;
@@ -94,8 +206,22 @@ step vac_specified: VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED) part1, part2;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   1|            0|                    0
+part2  |           1|                   0|            0|                    0
+(3 rows)
 
-starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_all_parts commit
+
+starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_all_parts commit check_stat
 step lock_access_exclusive: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN ACCESS EXCLUSIVE MODE;
@@ -104,8 +230,22 @@ step vac_all_parts: VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED) parted;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   1|            0|                    0
+part2  |           1|                   0|            0|                    0
+(3 rows)
 
-starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive analyze_specified commit
+
+starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive analyze_specified commit check_stat
 step lock_access_exclusive: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN ACCESS EXCLUSIVE MODE;
@@ -115,8 +255,22 @@ step analyze_specified: ANALYZE (SKIP_LOCKED) part1, part2;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   0|            0|                    1
+part2  |           0|                   0|            1|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
 
-starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive analyze_all_parts commit
+starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive analyze_all_parts commit check_stat
 step lock_access_exclusive: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN ACCESS EXCLUSIVE MODE;
@@ -126,8 +280,22 @@ step commit:
 	COMMIT;
 
 step analyze_all_parts: <... completed>
-
-starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_analyze_specified commit
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            1|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   0|            1|                    0
+part2  |           0|                   0|            1|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
+
+starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_analyze_specified commit check_stat
 step lock_access_exclusive: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN ACCESS EXCLUSIVE MODE;
@@ -137,8 +305,22 @@ step vac_analyze_specified: VACUUM (ANALYZE, SKIP_LOCKED) part1, part2;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   1|            0|                    1
+part2  |           1|                   0|            1|                    0
+(3 rows)
 
-starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_analyze_all_parts commit
+
+starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_analyze_all_parts commit check_stat
 step lock_access_exclusive: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN ACCESS EXCLUSIVE MODE;
@@ -148,8 +330,22 @@ step commit:
 	COMMIT;
 
 step vac_analyze_all_parts: <... completed>
-
-starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_full_specified commit
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            1|                    0
+part1  |           1|                   0|            1|                    0
+part2  |           1|                   0|            1|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
+
+starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_full_specified commit check_stat
 step lock_access_exclusive: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN ACCESS EXCLUSIVE MODE;
@@ -159,8 +355,22 @@ step vac_full_specified: VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED, FULL) part1, part2;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
 
-starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_full_all_parts commit
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part2  |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
+
+starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_full_all_parts commit check_stat
 step lock_access_exclusive: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN ACCESS EXCLUSIVE MODE;
@@ -169,3 +379,17 @@ step vac_full_all_parts: VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED, FULL) parted;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part2  |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
diff --git a/src/test/isolation/specs/vacuum-skip-locked.spec b/src/test/isolation/specs/vacuum-skip-locked.spec
index 3fad6e1c92a..b0da75d4b6d 100644
--- a/src/test/isolation/specs/vacuum-skip-locked.spec
+++ b/src/test/isolation/specs/vacuum-skip-locked.spec
@@ -33,6 +33,15 @@ step commit
 	COMMIT;
 }
 
+step check_stat
+{
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+}
+
 session s2
 step vac_specified			{ VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED) part1, part2; }
 step vac_all_parts			{ VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED) parted; }
@@ -43,19 +52,19 @@ step vac_analyze_all_parts	{ VACUUM (ANALYZE, SKIP_LOCKED) parted; }
 step vac_full_specified		{ VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED, FULL) part1, part2; }
 step vac_full_all_parts		{ VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED, FULL) parted; }
 
-permutation lock_share vac_specified commit
-permutation lock_share vac_all_parts commit
-permutation lock_share analyze_specified commit
-permutation lock_share analyze_all_parts commit
-permutation lock_share vac_analyze_specified commit
-permutation lock_share vac_analyze_all_parts commit
-permutation lock_share vac_full_specified commit
-permutation lock_share vac_full_all_parts commit
-permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_specified commit
-permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_all_parts commit
-permutation lock_access_exclusive analyze_specified commit
-permutation lock_access_exclusive analyze_all_parts commit
-permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_analyze_specified commit
-permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_analyze_all_parts commit
-permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_full_specified commit
-permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_full_all_parts commit
+permutation lock_share vac_specified commit check_stat
+permutation lock_share vac_all_parts commit check_stat
+permutation lock_share analyze_specified commit check_stat
+permutation lock_share analyze_all_parts commit check_stat
+permutation lock_share vac_analyze_specified commit check_stat
+permutation lock_share vac_analyze_all_parts commit check_stat
+permutation lock_share vac_full_specified commit check_stat
+permutation lock_share vac_full_all_parts commit check_stat
+permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_specified commit check_stat
+permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_all_parts commit check_stat
+permutation lock_access_exclusive analyze_specified commit check_stat
+permutation lock_access_exclusive analyze_all_parts commit check_stat
+permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_analyze_specified commit check_stat
+permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_analyze_all_parts commit check_stat
+permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_full_specified commit check_stat
+permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_full_all_parts commit check_stat
diff --git a/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out b/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out
index a65a5bf0c4f..9b2075d3373 100644
--- a/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out
+++ b/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out
@@ -1835,13 +1835,21 @@ pg_stat_all_tables| SELECT c.oid AS relid,
     pg_stat_get_mod_since_analyze(c.oid) AS n_mod_since_analyze,
     pg_stat_get_ins_since_vacuum(c.oid) AS n_ins_since_vacuum,
     pg_stat_get_last_vacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_vacuum,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_vacuum,
     pg_stat_get_last_autovacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_autovacuum,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_autovacuum,
     pg_stat_get_last_analyze_time(c.oid) AS last_analyze,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_analyze,
     pg_stat_get_last_autoanalyze_time(c.oid) AS last_autoanalyze,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_autoanalyze,
     pg_stat_get_vacuum_count(c.oid) AS vacuum_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count(c.oid) AS skipped_vacuum_count,
     pg_stat_get_autovacuum_count(c.oid) AS autovacuum_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count(c.oid) AS skipped_autovacuum_count,
     pg_stat_get_analyze_count(c.oid) AS analyze_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count(c.oid) AS skipped_analyze_count,
     pg_stat_get_autoanalyze_count(c.oid) AS autoanalyze_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count(c.oid) AS skipped_autoanalyze_count,
     pg_stat_get_total_vacuum_time(c.oid) AS total_vacuum_time,
     pg_stat_get_total_autovacuum_time(c.oid) AS total_autovacuum_time,
     pg_stat_get_total_analyze_time(c.oid) AS total_analyze_time,
@@ -2346,13 +2354,21 @@ pg_stat_sys_tables| SELECT relid,
     n_mod_since_analyze,
     n_ins_since_vacuum,
     last_vacuum,
+    last_skipped_vacuum,
     last_autovacuum,
+    last_skipped_autovacuum,
     last_analyze,
+    last_skipped_analyze,
     last_autoanalyze,
+    last_skipped_autoanalyze,
     vacuum_count,
+    skipped_vacuum_count,
     autovacuum_count,
+    skipped_autovacuum_count,
     analyze_count,
+    skipped_analyze_count,
     autoanalyze_count,
+    skipped_autoanalyze_count,
     total_vacuum_time,
     total_autovacuum_time,
     total_analyze_time,
@@ -2401,13 +2417,21 @@ pg_stat_user_tables| SELECT relid,
     n_mod_since_analyze,
     n_ins_since_vacuum,
     last_vacuum,
+    last_skipped_vacuum,
     last_autovacuum,
+    last_skipped_autovacuum,
     last_analyze,
+    last_skipped_analyze,
     last_autoanalyze,
+    last_skipped_autoanalyze,
     vacuum_count,
+    skipped_vacuum_count,
     autovacuum_count,
+    skipped_autovacuum_count,
     analyze_count,
+    skipped_analyze_count,
     autoanalyze_count,
+    skipped_autoanalyze_count,
     total_vacuum_time,
     total_autovacuum_time,
     total_analyze_time,
-- 
2.43.0


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* [PATCH v5] Track skipped vacuum and analyze activity per relation
@ 2026-03-24 04:09 Yugo Nagata <[email protected]>
  0 siblings, 0 replies; 374+ messages in thread

From: Yugo Nagata @ 2026-03-24 04:09 UTC (permalink / raw)

This commit adds eight fields to the relation statistics that track
the last time vacuum or analyze has been attempted but skipped due to
lock unavailability, along with their counts:

-    last_skipped_vacuum
-    last_skipped_autovacuum
-    last_skipped_analyze
-    last_skipped_autoanalyze
-    skipped_vacuum_count
-    skipped_autovacuum_count
-    skipped_analyze_count
-    skipped_autoanalyze_count

These field can help users confirm that autovacuum is actively attempting
to run on a table that has not been vacuumed or analyzed for a long time,
and that the lack of progress is due to repeated skips rather than inactivity.
---
 doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml                  |  88 ++++++
 src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql          |   8 +
 src/backend/commands/vacuum.c                 | 100 +++++--
 src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c  |  64 +++++
 src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c           |  24 ++
 src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat               |  32 +++
 src/include/pgstat.h                          |  16 ++
 .../isolation/expected/vacuum-skip-locked.out | 260 ++++++++++++++++--
 .../isolation/specs/vacuum-skip-locked.spec   |  41 +--
 src/test/regress/expected/rules.out           |  24 ++
 10 files changed, 601 insertions(+), 56 deletions(-)

diff --git a/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml b/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml
index 08d5b824552..a9b579d87a9 100644
--- a/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml
+++ b/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml
@@ -4387,6 +4387,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_vacuum</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time a manual vacuum on this table was attempted but skipped due to
+       lock unavailability (not counting <command>VACUUM FULL</command>)
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>last_autovacuum</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
@@ -4397,6 +4407,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_autovacuum</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time a vacuum on this table by the autovacuum daemon was attempted
+       but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>last_analyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
@@ -4406,6 +4426,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_analyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time a manual analyze on this table was attempted but skipped due to
+       lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>last_autoanalyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
@@ -4416,6 +4446,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_autoanalyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time at which an analyze on this table by the autovacuum was
+       attempted but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>vacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4426,6 +4466,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_vacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times manual vacuums on this table have been attempted but skipped
+       due to lock unavailability (not counting <command>VACUUM FULL</command>)
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>autovacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4436,6 +4486,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_autovacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times vacuums on this table by the autovacuum daemon have been
+       attempted but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>analyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4445,6 +4505,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_analyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times manual analyzes on this table have been attempted but
+       skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>autoanalyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4455,6 +4525,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_autoanalyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times analyzes on this table by the autovacuum daemon have
+       been attempted but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>total_vacuum_time</structfield> <type>double precision</type>
@@ -4510,6 +4590,14 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
    </tgroup>
   </table>
 
+  <note>
+   <para>
+    When a manual vacuum or analyze on a parent table in an inheritance or
+    partitioning hierarchy is skipped, the statistics are recorded only for
+    the parent table, not for its children.
+   </para>
+  </note>
+
  </sect2>
 
  <sect2 id="monitoring-pg-stat-autovacuum-scores-view">
diff --git a/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql b/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql
index 73a1c1c4670..f509fc7876b 100644
--- a/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql
+++ b/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql
@@ -736,13 +736,21 @@ CREATE VIEW pg_stat_all_tables AS
             pg_stat_get_mod_since_analyze(C.oid) AS n_mod_since_analyze,
             pg_stat_get_ins_since_vacuum(C.oid) AS n_ins_since_vacuum,
             pg_stat_get_last_vacuum_time(C.oid) as last_vacuum,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_vacuum,
             pg_stat_get_last_autovacuum_time(C.oid) as last_autovacuum,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_autovacuum,
             pg_stat_get_last_analyze_time(C.oid) as last_analyze,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_analyze,
             pg_stat_get_last_autoanalyze_time(C.oid) as last_autoanalyze,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_autoanalyze,
             pg_stat_get_vacuum_count(C.oid) AS vacuum_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count(C.oid) AS skipped_vacuum_count,
             pg_stat_get_autovacuum_count(C.oid) AS autovacuum_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count(C.oid) AS skipped_autovacuum_count,
             pg_stat_get_analyze_count(C.oid) AS analyze_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count(C.oid) AS skipped_analyze_count,
             pg_stat_get_autoanalyze_count(C.oid) AS autoanalyze_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count(C.oid) AS skipped_autoanalyze_count,
             pg_stat_get_total_vacuum_time(C.oid) AS total_vacuum_time,
             pg_stat_get_total_autovacuum_time(C.oid) AS total_autovacuum_time,
             pg_stat_get_total_analyze_time(C.oid) AS total_analyze_time,
diff --git a/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c b/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c
index 99d0db82ed7..df6526225e4 100644
--- a/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c
+++ b/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c
@@ -793,8 +793,25 @@ vacuum_open_relation(Oid relid, RangeVar *relation, uint32 options,
 		rel = try_relation_open(relid, NoLock);
 	else
 	{
+		int flags = 0;
 		rel = NULL;
 		rel_lock = false;
+
+		if ((options & VACOPT_VACUUM) != 0 && (options & VACOPT_FULL) == 0)
+		{
+			if (AmAutoVacuumWorkerProcess())
+				flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOVACUUM;
+			else
+				flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM;
+		}
+		if ((options & VACOPT_ANALYZE) != 0)
+		{
+			if (AmAutoVacuumWorkerProcess())
+				flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOANALYZE;
+			else
+				flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE;
+		}
+		pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(relid, flags);
 	}
 
 	/* if relation is opened, leave */
@@ -905,7 +922,6 @@ expand_vacuum_rel(VacuumRelation *vrel, MemoryContext vac_context,
 		Form_pg_class classForm;
 		bool		include_children;
 		bool		is_partitioned_table;
-		int			rvr_opts;
 
 		/*
 		 * Since autovacuum workers supply OIDs when calling vacuum(), no
@@ -918,29 +934,69 @@ expand_vacuum_rel(VacuumRelation *vrel, MemoryContext vac_context,
 		 * below, as well as find_all_inheritors's expectation that the caller
 		 * holds some lock on the starting relation.
 		 */
-		rvr_opts = (options & VACOPT_SKIP_LOCKED) ? RVR_SKIP_LOCKED : 0;
-		relid = RangeVarGetRelidExtended(vrel->relation,
-										 AccessShareLock,
-										 rvr_opts,
-										 NULL, NULL);
-
-		/*
-		 * If the lock is unavailable, emit the same log statement that
-		 * vacuum_rel() and analyze_rel() would.
-		 */
-		if (!OidIsValid(relid))
+		if (!(options & VACOPT_SKIP_LOCKED))
 		{
-			if (options & VACOPT_VACUUM)
-				ereport(WARNING,
-						(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
-						 errmsg("skipping vacuum of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
-								vrel->relation->relname)));
-			else
-				ereport(WARNING,
-						(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
-						 errmsg("skipping analyze of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
+			relid = RangeVarGetRelidExtended(vrel->relation,
+											 AccessShareLock,
+											 0, NULL, NULL);
+			if (!OidIsValid(relid))
+				return vacrels;
+		}
+		else
+		{
+			/* Get relid for reporting before taking a lock */
+			relid = RangeVarGetRelid(vrel->relation, NoLock, false);
+
+			if (!ConditionalLockRelationOid(relid, AccessShareLock))
+			{
+				int	flags = 0;
+				/*
+				 * If the lock is unavailable, emit the same log statement that
+				 * vacuum_rel() and analyze_rel() would.
+				 */
+				if (options & VACOPT_VACUUM)
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping vacuum of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
 								vrel->relation->relname)));
-			return vacrels;
+				else
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping analyze of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
+									vrel->relation->relname)));
+
+				if ((options & VACOPT_VACUUM) != 0 && (options & VACOPT_FULL) == 0)
+					flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM;
+				if ((options & VACOPT_ANALYZE) != 0)
+					flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE;
+
+				pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(relid, flags);
+
+				return vacrels;
+			}
+
+			/*
+			 * Now that we have the lock, probe to see if the relation really
+			 * exists or not.
+			 */
+			if (!SearchSysCacheExists1(RELOID, ObjectIdGetDatum(relid)))
+			{
+				if (options & VACOPT_VACUUM)
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_UNDEFINED_TABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping vacuum of \"%s\" --- relation no longer exists",
+									vrel->relation->relname)));
+				else
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_UNDEFINED_TABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping analyze of \"%s\" --- relation no longer exists",
+									vrel->relation->relname)));
+
+				/* Release useless lock */
+				UnlockRelationOid(relid, AccessShareLock);
+
+				return vacrels;
+			}
 		}
 
 		/*
diff --git a/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c b/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c
index b2ca28f83ba..532d9023f8c 100644
--- a/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c
+++ b/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c
@@ -17,12 +17,14 @@
 
 #include "postgres.h"
 
+#include "access/htup_details.h"
 #include "access/twophase_rmgr.h"
 #include "access/xact.h"
 #include "catalog/catalog.h"
 #include "utils/memutils.h"
 #include "utils/pgstat_internal.h"
 #include "utils/rel.h"
+#include "utils/syscache.h"
 #include "utils/timestamp.h"
 
 
@@ -367,6 +369,68 @@ pgstat_report_analyze(Relation rel,
 	(void) pgstat_flush_backend(false, PGSTAT_BACKEND_FLUSH_IO);
 }
 
+/*
+ * Report that the table was skipped during vacuum or/and analyze.
+ */
+void
+pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(Oid relid, int flags)
+{
+	PgStat_EntryRef *entry_ref;
+	PgStatShared_Relation *shtabentry;
+	PgStat_StatTabEntry *tabentry;
+	TimestampTz ts;
+	HeapTuple	classTup;
+	bool		isshared;
+
+	if (!pgstat_track_counts || !flags)
+		return;
+
+	classTup = SearchSysCache1(RELOID, ObjectIdGetDatum(relid));
+	if (!HeapTupleIsValid(classTup))
+		return;			/* somebody deleted the rel, forget it */
+	isshared = ((Form_pg_class) GETSTRUCT(classTup))->relisshared;
+	ReleaseSysCache(classTup);
+
+	/* Store the data in the table's hash table entry. */
+	ts = GetCurrentTimestamp();
+
+	/* block acquiring lock for the same reason as pgstat_report_autovac() */
+	entry_ref = pgstat_get_entry_ref_locked(PGSTAT_KIND_RELATION,
+											isshared ? InvalidOid : MyDatabaseId,
+											relid, false);
+
+	shtabentry = (PgStatShared_Relation *) entry_ref->shared_stats;
+	tabentry = &shtabentry->stats;
+
+	if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM)
+	{
+		tabentry->last_skipped_vacuum_time = ts;
+		tabentry->skipped_vacuum_count++;
+	}
+	else if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOVACUUM)
+	{
+		tabentry->last_skipped_autovacuum_time = ts;
+		tabentry->skipped_autovacuum_count++;
+	}
+
+	if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE)
+	{
+		tabentry->last_skipped_analyze_time = ts;
+		tabentry->skipped_analyze_count++;
+	}
+	else if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOANALYZE)
+	{
+		tabentry->last_skipped_autoanalyze_time = ts;
+		tabentry->skipped_autoanalyze_count++;
+	}
+
+	pgstat_unlock_entry(entry_ref);
+
+	/* see pgstat_report_vacuum() */
+	pgstat_flush_io(false);
+	(void) pgstat_flush_backend(false, PGSTAT_BACKEND_FLUSH_IO);
+}
+
 /*
  * count a tuple insertion of n tuples
  */
diff --git a/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c b/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c
index 1408de387ea..90a8968faa0 100644
--- a/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c
+++ b/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c
@@ -84,6 +84,18 @@ PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(mod_since_analyze)
 /* pg_stat_get_numscans */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(numscans)
 
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_analyze_count)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_autoanalyze_count)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_autovacuum_count)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_vacuum_count)
+
 /* pg_stat_get_tuples_deleted */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(tuples_deleted)
 
@@ -170,6 +182,18 @@ PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_vacuum_time)
 /* pg_stat_get_lastscan */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(lastscan)
 
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_analyze_time)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_autoanalyze_time)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_autovacuum_time)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_vacuum_time)
+
 /* pg_stat_get_stat_reset_time */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(stat_reset_time)
 
diff --git a/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat b/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat
index fa9ae79082b..32debb34863 100644
--- a/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat
+++ b/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat
@@ -5680,6 +5680,38 @@
   proargmodes => '{o,o,o,o,o,o,o,o,o,o}',
   proargnames => '{oid,score,xid_score,mxid_score,vacuum_score,vacuum_insert_score,analyze_score,do_vacuum,do_analyze,for_wraparound}',
   prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_autovacuum_scores' },
+{ oid => '8142', descr => 'statistics: last skipped vacuum time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time' },
+{ oid => '8143', descr => 'statistics: last skipped auto vacuum time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time' },
+{ oid => '8144', descr => 'statistics: last skipped analyze time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time' },
+{ oid => '8145', descr => 'statistics: last skipped auto analyze time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time' },
+{ oid => '8146', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped vacuum for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count' },
+{ oid => '8147', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped auto vacuum for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count' },
+{ oid => '8148', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped analyzes for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count' },
+{ oid => '8149', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped auto analyzes for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count' },
 { oid => '1936', descr => 'statistics: currently active backend IDs',
   proname => 'pg_stat_get_backend_idset', prorows => '100', proretset => 't',
   provolatile => 's', proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int4',
diff --git a/src/include/pgstat.h b/src/include/pgstat.h
index dfa2e837638..98941f953d1 100644
--- a/src/include/pgstat.h
+++ b/src/include/pgstat.h
@@ -479,6 +479,15 @@ typedef struct PgStat_StatTabEntry
 	TimestampTz last_autoanalyze_time;	/* autovacuum initiated */
 	PgStat_Counter autoanalyze_count;
 
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_vacuum_time;	/* user initiated vacuum */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_vacuum_count;
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_autovacuum_time;	/* autovacuum initiated */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_autovacuum_count;
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_analyze_time;	/* user initiated */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_analyze_count;
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_autoanalyze_time;	/* autovacuum initiated */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_autoanalyze_count;
+
 	PgStat_Counter total_vacuum_time;	/* times in milliseconds */
 	PgStat_Counter total_autovacuum_time;
 	PgStat_Counter total_analyze_time;
@@ -703,6 +712,13 @@ extern void pgstat_report_analyze(Relation rel,
 								  PgStat_Counter livetuples, PgStat_Counter deadtuples,
 								  bool resetcounter, TimestampTz starttime);
 
+/* flags for pgstat_flush_backend() */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM		(1 << 0)	/* vacuum is skipped */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE		(1 << 1)	/* analyze is skipped */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOVACUUM	(1 << 2)	/* autovacuum is skipped */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOANALYZE	(1 << 3)	/* autoanalyze is skipped */
+extern void pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(Oid relid, int flags);
+
 /*
  * If stats are enabled, but pending data hasn't been prepared yet, call
  * pgstat_assoc_relation() to do so. See its comment for why this is done
diff --git a/src/test/isolation/expected/vacuum-skip-locked.out b/src/test/isolation/expected/vacuum-skip-locked.out
index 99db281a159..e2cff175b7c 100644
--- a/src/test/isolation/expected/vacuum-skip-locked.out
+++ b/src/test/isolation/expected/vacuum-skip-locked.out
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 Parsed test spec with 2 sessions
 
-starting permutation: lock_share vac_specified commit
+starting permutation: lock_share vac_specified commit check_stat
 step lock_share: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN SHARE MODE;
@@ -10,8 +10,22 @@ step vac_specified: VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED) part1, part2;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
 
-starting permutation: lock_share vac_all_parts commit
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   1|            0|                    0
+part2  |           1|                   0|            0|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
+
+starting permutation: lock_share vac_all_parts commit check_stat
 step lock_share: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN SHARE MODE;
@@ -20,8 +34,22 @@ step vac_all_parts: VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED) parted;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   1|            0|                    0
+part2  |           1|                   0|            0|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
 
-starting permutation: lock_share analyze_specified commit
+starting permutation: lock_share analyze_specified commit check_stat
 step lock_share: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN SHARE MODE;
@@ -31,8 +59,22 @@ step analyze_specified: ANALYZE (SKIP_LOCKED) part1, part2;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
 
-starting permutation: lock_share analyze_all_parts commit
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   0|            0|                    1
+part2  |           0|                   0|            1|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
+
+starting permutation: lock_share analyze_all_parts commit check_stat
 step lock_share: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN SHARE MODE;
@@ -41,8 +83,22 @@ step analyze_all_parts: ANALYZE (SKIP_LOCKED) parted;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            1|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   0|            0|                    1
+part2  |           0|                   0|            1|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
 
-starting permutation: lock_share vac_analyze_specified commit
+starting permutation: lock_share vac_analyze_specified commit check_stat
 step lock_share: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN SHARE MODE;
@@ -52,8 +108,22 @@ step vac_analyze_specified: VACUUM (ANALYZE, SKIP_LOCKED) part1, part2;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
 
-starting permutation: lock_share vac_analyze_all_parts commit
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   1|            0|                    1
+part2  |           1|                   0|            1|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
+
+starting permutation: lock_share vac_analyze_all_parts commit check_stat
 step lock_share: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN SHARE MODE;
@@ -62,8 +132,22 @@ step vac_analyze_all_parts: VACUUM (ANALYZE, SKIP_LOCKED) parted;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            1|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   1|            0|                    1
+part2  |           1|                   0|            1|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
 
-starting permutation: lock_share vac_full_specified commit
+starting permutation: lock_share vac_full_specified commit check_stat
 step lock_share: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN SHARE MODE;
@@ -73,8 +157,22 @@ step vac_full_specified: VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED, FULL) part1, part2;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
 
-starting permutation: lock_share vac_full_all_parts commit
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part2  |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
+
+starting permutation: lock_share vac_full_all_parts commit check_stat
 step lock_share: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN SHARE MODE;
@@ -83,8 +181,22 @@ step vac_full_all_parts: VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED, FULL) parted;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part2  |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+(3 rows)
 
-starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_specified commit
+
+starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_specified commit check_stat
 step lock_access_exclusive: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN ACCESS EXCLUSIVE MODE;
@@ -94,8 +206,22 @@ step vac_specified: VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED) part1, part2;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   1|            0|                    0
+part2  |           1|                   0|            0|                    0
+(3 rows)
 
-starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_all_parts commit
+
+starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_all_parts commit check_stat
 step lock_access_exclusive: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN ACCESS EXCLUSIVE MODE;
@@ -104,8 +230,22 @@ step vac_all_parts: VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED) parted;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   1|            0|                    0
+part2  |           1|                   0|            0|                    0
+(3 rows)
 
-starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive analyze_specified commit
+
+starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive analyze_specified commit check_stat
 step lock_access_exclusive: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN ACCESS EXCLUSIVE MODE;
@@ -115,8 +255,22 @@ step analyze_specified: ANALYZE (SKIP_LOCKED) part1, part2;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   0|            0|                    1
+part2  |           0|                   0|            1|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
 
-starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive analyze_all_parts commit
+starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive analyze_all_parts commit check_stat
 step lock_access_exclusive: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN ACCESS EXCLUSIVE MODE;
@@ -126,8 +280,22 @@ step commit:
 	COMMIT;
 
 step analyze_all_parts: <... completed>
-
-starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_analyze_specified commit
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            1|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   0|            1|                    0
+part2  |           0|                   0|            1|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
+
+starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_analyze_specified commit check_stat
 step lock_access_exclusive: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN ACCESS EXCLUSIVE MODE;
@@ -137,8 +305,22 @@ step vac_analyze_specified: VACUUM (ANALYZE, SKIP_LOCKED) part1, part2;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   1|            0|                    1
+part2  |           1|                   0|            1|                    0
+(3 rows)
 
-starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_analyze_all_parts commit
+
+starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_analyze_all_parts commit check_stat
 step lock_access_exclusive: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN ACCESS EXCLUSIVE MODE;
@@ -148,8 +330,22 @@ step commit:
 	COMMIT;
 
 step vac_analyze_all_parts: <... completed>
-
-starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_full_specified commit
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            1|                    0
+part1  |           1|                   0|            1|                    0
+part2  |           1|                   0|            1|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
+
+starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_full_specified commit check_stat
 step lock_access_exclusive: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN ACCESS EXCLUSIVE MODE;
@@ -159,8 +355,22 @@ step vac_full_specified: VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED, FULL) part1, part2;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
 
-starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_full_all_parts commit
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part2  |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
+
+starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_full_all_parts commit check_stat
 step lock_access_exclusive: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN ACCESS EXCLUSIVE MODE;
@@ -169,3 +379,17 @@ step vac_full_all_parts: VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED, FULL) parted;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part2  |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
diff --git a/src/test/isolation/specs/vacuum-skip-locked.spec b/src/test/isolation/specs/vacuum-skip-locked.spec
index 3fad6e1c92a..b0da75d4b6d 100644
--- a/src/test/isolation/specs/vacuum-skip-locked.spec
+++ b/src/test/isolation/specs/vacuum-skip-locked.spec
@@ -33,6 +33,15 @@ step commit
 	COMMIT;
 }
 
+step check_stat
+{
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+}
+
 session s2
 step vac_specified			{ VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED) part1, part2; }
 step vac_all_parts			{ VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED) parted; }
@@ -43,19 +52,19 @@ step vac_analyze_all_parts	{ VACUUM (ANALYZE, SKIP_LOCKED) parted; }
 step vac_full_specified		{ VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED, FULL) part1, part2; }
 step vac_full_all_parts		{ VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED, FULL) parted; }
 
-permutation lock_share vac_specified commit
-permutation lock_share vac_all_parts commit
-permutation lock_share analyze_specified commit
-permutation lock_share analyze_all_parts commit
-permutation lock_share vac_analyze_specified commit
-permutation lock_share vac_analyze_all_parts commit
-permutation lock_share vac_full_specified commit
-permutation lock_share vac_full_all_parts commit
-permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_specified commit
-permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_all_parts commit
-permutation lock_access_exclusive analyze_specified commit
-permutation lock_access_exclusive analyze_all_parts commit
-permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_analyze_specified commit
-permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_analyze_all_parts commit
-permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_full_specified commit
-permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_full_all_parts commit
+permutation lock_share vac_specified commit check_stat
+permutation lock_share vac_all_parts commit check_stat
+permutation lock_share analyze_specified commit check_stat
+permutation lock_share analyze_all_parts commit check_stat
+permutation lock_share vac_analyze_specified commit check_stat
+permutation lock_share vac_analyze_all_parts commit check_stat
+permutation lock_share vac_full_specified commit check_stat
+permutation lock_share vac_full_all_parts commit check_stat
+permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_specified commit check_stat
+permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_all_parts commit check_stat
+permutation lock_access_exclusive analyze_specified commit check_stat
+permutation lock_access_exclusive analyze_all_parts commit check_stat
+permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_analyze_specified commit check_stat
+permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_analyze_all_parts commit check_stat
+permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_full_specified commit check_stat
+permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_full_all_parts commit check_stat
diff --git a/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out b/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out
index a65a5bf0c4f..9b2075d3373 100644
--- a/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out
+++ b/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out
@@ -1835,13 +1835,21 @@ pg_stat_all_tables| SELECT c.oid AS relid,
     pg_stat_get_mod_since_analyze(c.oid) AS n_mod_since_analyze,
     pg_stat_get_ins_since_vacuum(c.oid) AS n_ins_since_vacuum,
     pg_stat_get_last_vacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_vacuum,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_vacuum,
     pg_stat_get_last_autovacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_autovacuum,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_autovacuum,
     pg_stat_get_last_analyze_time(c.oid) AS last_analyze,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_analyze,
     pg_stat_get_last_autoanalyze_time(c.oid) AS last_autoanalyze,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_autoanalyze,
     pg_stat_get_vacuum_count(c.oid) AS vacuum_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count(c.oid) AS skipped_vacuum_count,
     pg_stat_get_autovacuum_count(c.oid) AS autovacuum_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count(c.oid) AS skipped_autovacuum_count,
     pg_stat_get_analyze_count(c.oid) AS analyze_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count(c.oid) AS skipped_analyze_count,
     pg_stat_get_autoanalyze_count(c.oid) AS autoanalyze_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count(c.oid) AS skipped_autoanalyze_count,
     pg_stat_get_total_vacuum_time(c.oid) AS total_vacuum_time,
     pg_stat_get_total_autovacuum_time(c.oid) AS total_autovacuum_time,
     pg_stat_get_total_analyze_time(c.oid) AS total_analyze_time,
@@ -2346,13 +2354,21 @@ pg_stat_sys_tables| SELECT relid,
     n_mod_since_analyze,
     n_ins_since_vacuum,
     last_vacuum,
+    last_skipped_vacuum,
     last_autovacuum,
+    last_skipped_autovacuum,
     last_analyze,
+    last_skipped_analyze,
     last_autoanalyze,
+    last_skipped_autoanalyze,
     vacuum_count,
+    skipped_vacuum_count,
     autovacuum_count,
+    skipped_autovacuum_count,
     analyze_count,
+    skipped_analyze_count,
     autoanalyze_count,
+    skipped_autoanalyze_count,
     total_vacuum_time,
     total_autovacuum_time,
     total_analyze_time,
@@ -2401,13 +2417,21 @@ pg_stat_user_tables| SELECT relid,
     n_mod_since_analyze,
     n_ins_since_vacuum,
     last_vacuum,
+    last_skipped_vacuum,
     last_autovacuum,
+    last_skipped_autovacuum,
     last_analyze,
+    last_skipped_analyze,
     last_autoanalyze,
+    last_skipped_autoanalyze,
     vacuum_count,
+    skipped_vacuum_count,
     autovacuum_count,
+    skipped_autovacuum_count,
     analyze_count,
+    skipped_analyze_count,
     autoanalyze_count,
+    skipped_autoanalyze_count,
     total_vacuum_time,
     total_autovacuum_time,
     total_analyze_time,
-- 
2.43.0


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* [PATCH v5] Track skipped vacuum and analyze activity per relation
@ 2026-03-24 04:09 Yugo Nagata <[email protected]>
  0 siblings, 0 replies; 374+ messages in thread

From: Yugo Nagata @ 2026-03-24 04:09 UTC (permalink / raw)

This commit adds eight fields to the relation statistics that track
the last time vacuum or analyze has been attempted but skipped due to
lock unavailability, along with their counts:

-    last_skipped_vacuum
-    last_skipped_autovacuum
-    last_skipped_analyze
-    last_skipped_autoanalyze
-    skipped_vacuum_count
-    skipped_autovacuum_count
-    skipped_analyze_count
-    skipped_autoanalyze_count

These field can help users confirm that autovacuum is actively attempting
to run on a table that has not been vacuumed or analyzed for a long time,
and that the lack of progress is due to repeated skips rather than inactivity.
---
 doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml                  |  88 ++++++
 src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql          |   8 +
 src/backend/commands/vacuum.c                 | 100 +++++--
 src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c  |  64 +++++
 src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c           |  24 ++
 src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat               |  32 +++
 src/include/pgstat.h                          |  16 ++
 .../isolation/expected/vacuum-skip-locked.out | 260 ++++++++++++++++--
 .../isolation/specs/vacuum-skip-locked.spec   |  41 +--
 src/test/regress/expected/rules.out           |  24 ++
 10 files changed, 601 insertions(+), 56 deletions(-)

diff --git a/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml b/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml
index 08d5b824552..a9b579d87a9 100644
--- a/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml
+++ b/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml
@@ -4387,6 +4387,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_vacuum</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time a manual vacuum on this table was attempted but skipped due to
+       lock unavailability (not counting <command>VACUUM FULL</command>)
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>last_autovacuum</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
@@ -4397,6 +4407,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_autovacuum</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time a vacuum on this table by the autovacuum daemon was attempted
+       but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>last_analyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
@@ -4406,6 +4426,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_analyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time a manual analyze on this table was attempted but skipped due to
+       lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>last_autoanalyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
@@ -4416,6 +4446,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_autoanalyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time at which an analyze on this table by the autovacuum was
+       attempted but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>vacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4426,6 +4466,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_vacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times manual vacuums on this table have been attempted but skipped
+       due to lock unavailability (not counting <command>VACUUM FULL</command>)
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>autovacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4436,6 +4486,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_autovacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times vacuums on this table by the autovacuum daemon have been
+       attempted but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>analyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4445,6 +4505,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_analyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times manual analyzes on this table have been attempted but
+       skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>autoanalyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4455,6 +4525,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_autoanalyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times analyzes on this table by the autovacuum daemon have
+       been attempted but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>total_vacuum_time</structfield> <type>double precision</type>
@@ -4510,6 +4590,14 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
    </tgroup>
   </table>
 
+  <note>
+   <para>
+    When a manual vacuum or analyze on a parent table in an inheritance or
+    partitioning hierarchy is skipped, the statistics are recorded only for
+    the parent table, not for its children.
+   </para>
+  </note>
+
  </sect2>
 
  <sect2 id="monitoring-pg-stat-autovacuum-scores-view">
diff --git a/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql b/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql
index 73a1c1c4670..f509fc7876b 100644
--- a/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql
+++ b/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql
@@ -736,13 +736,21 @@ CREATE VIEW pg_stat_all_tables AS
             pg_stat_get_mod_since_analyze(C.oid) AS n_mod_since_analyze,
             pg_stat_get_ins_since_vacuum(C.oid) AS n_ins_since_vacuum,
             pg_stat_get_last_vacuum_time(C.oid) as last_vacuum,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_vacuum,
             pg_stat_get_last_autovacuum_time(C.oid) as last_autovacuum,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_autovacuum,
             pg_stat_get_last_analyze_time(C.oid) as last_analyze,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_analyze,
             pg_stat_get_last_autoanalyze_time(C.oid) as last_autoanalyze,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_autoanalyze,
             pg_stat_get_vacuum_count(C.oid) AS vacuum_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count(C.oid) AS skipped_vacuum_count,
             pg_stat_get_autovacuum_count(C.oid) AS autovacuum_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count(C.oid) AS skipped_autovacuum_count,
             pg_stat_get_analyze_count(C.oid) AS analyze_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count(C.oid) AS skipped_analyze_count,
             pg_stat_get_autoanalyze_count(C.oid) AS autoanalyze_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count(C.oid) AS skipped_autoanalyze_count,
             pg_stat_get_total_vacuum_time(C.oid) AS total_vacuum_time,
             pg_stat_get_total_autovacuum_time(C.oid) AS total_autovacuum_time,
             pg_stat_get_total_analyze_time(C.oid) AS total_analyze_time,
diff --git a/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c b/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c
index 99d0db82ed7..df6526225e4 100644
--- a/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c
+++ b/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c
@@ -793,8 +793,25 @@ vacuum_open_relation(Oid relid, RangeVar *relation, uint32 options,
 		rel = try_relation_open(relid, NoLock);
 	else
 	{
+		int flags = 0;
 		rel = NULL;
 		rel_lock = false;
+
+		if ((options & VACOPT_VACUUM) != 0 && (options & VACOPT_FULL) == 0)
+		{
+			if (AmAutoVacuumWorkerProcess())
+				flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOVACUUM;
+			else
+				flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM;
+		}
+		if ((options & VACOPT_ANALYZE) != 0)
+		{
+			if (AmAutoVacuumWorkerProcess())
+				flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOANALYZE;
+			else
+				flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE;
+		}
+		pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(relid, flags);
 	}
 
 	/* if relation is opened, leave */
@@ -905,7 +922,6 @@ expand_vacuum_rel(VacuumRelation *vrel, MemoryContext vac_context,
 		Form_pg_class classForm;
 		bool		include_children;
 		bool		is_partitioned_table;
-		int			rvr_opts;
 
 		/*
 		 * Since autovacuum workers supply OIDs when calling vacuum(), no
@@ -918,29 +934,69 @@ expand_vacuum_rel(VacuumRelation *vrel, MemoryContext vac_context,
 		 * below, as well as find_all_inheritors's expectation that the caller
 		 * holds some lock on the starting relation.
 		 */
-		rvr_opts = (options & VACOPT_SKIP_LOCKED) ? RVR_SKIP_LOCKED : 0;
-		relid = RangeVarGetRelidExtended(vrel->relation,
-										 AccessShareLock,
-										 rvr_opts,
-										 NULL, NULL);
-
-		/*
-		 * If the lock is unavailable, emit the same log statement that
-		 * vacuum_rel() and analyze_rel() would.
-		 */
-		if (!OidIsValid(relid))
+		if (!(options & VACOPT_SKIP_LOCKED))
 		{
-			if (options & VACOPT_VACUUM)
-				ereport(WARNING,
-						(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
-						 errmsg("skipping vacuum of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
-								vrel->relation->relname)));
-			else
-				ereport(WARNING,
-						(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
-						 errmsg("skipping analyze of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
+			relid = RangeVarGetRelidExtended(vrel->relation,
+											 AccessShareLock,
+											 0, NULL, NULL);
+			if (!OidIsValid(relid))
+				return vacrels;
+		}
+		else
+		{
+			/* Get relid for reporting before taking a lock */
+			relid = RangeVarGetRelid(vrel->relation, NoLock, false);
+
+			if (!ConditionalLockRelationOid(relid, AccessShareLock))
+			{
+				int	flags = 0;
+				/*
+				 * If the lock is unavailable, emit the same log statement that
+				 * vacuum_rel() and analyze_rel() would.
+				 */
+				if (options & VACOPT_VACUUM)
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping vacuum of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
 								vrel->relation->relname)));
-			return vacrels;
+				else
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping analyze of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
+									vrel->relation->relname)));
+
+				if ((options & VACOPT_VACUUM) != 0 && (options & VACOPT_FULL) == 0)
+					flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM;
+				if ((options & VACOPT_ANALYZE) != 0)
+					flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE;
+
+				pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(relid, flags);
+
+				return vacrels;
+			}
+
+			/*
+			 * Now that we have the lock, probe to see if the relation really
+			 * exists or not.
+			 */
+			if (!SearchSysCacheExists1(RELOID, ObjectIdGetDatum(relid)))
+			{
+				if (options & VACOPT_VACUUM)
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_UNDEFINED_TABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping vacuum of \"%s\" --- relation no longer exists",
+									vrel->relation->relname)));
+				else
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_UNDEFINED_TABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping analyze of \"%s\" --- relation no longer exists",
+									vrel->relation->relname)));
+
+				/* Release useless lock */
+				UnlockRelationOid(relid, AccessShareLock);
+
+				return vacrels;
+			}
 		}
 
 		/*
diff --git a/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c b/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c
index b2ca28f83ba..532d9023f8c 100644
--- a/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c
+++ b/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c
@@ -17,12 +17,14 @@
 
 #include "postgres.h"
 
+#include "access/htup_details.h"
 #include "access/twophase_rmgr.h"
 #include "access/xact.h"
 #include "catalog/catalog.h"
 #include "utils/memutils.h"
 #include "utils/pgstat_internal.h"
 #include "utils/rel.h"
+#include "utils/syscache.h"
 #include "utils/timestamp.h"
 
 
@@ -367,6 +369,68 @@ pgstat_report_analyze(Relation rel,
 	(void) pgstat_flush_backend(false, PGSTAT_BACKEND_FLUSH_IO);
 }
 
+/*
+ * Report that the table was skipped during vacuum or/and analyze.
+ */
+void
+pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(Oid relid, int flags)
+{
+	PgStat_EntryRef *entry_ref;
+	PgStatShared_Relation *shtabentry;
+	PgStat_StatTabEntry *tabentry;
+	TimestampTz ts;
+	HeapTuple	classTup;
+	bool		isshared;
+
+	if (!pgstat_track_counts || !flags)
+		return;
+
+	classTup = SearchSysCache1(RELOID, ObjectIdGetDatum(relid));
+	if (!HeapTupleIsValid(classTup))
+		return;			/* somebody deleted the rel, forget it */
+	isshared = ((Form_pg_class) GETSTRUCT(classTup))->relisshared;
+	ReleaseSysCache(classTup);
+
+	/* Store the data in the table's hash table entry. */
+	ts = GetCurrentTimestamp();
+
+	/* block acquiring lock for the same reason as pgstat_report_autovac() */
+	entry_ref = pgstat_get_entry_ref_locked(PGSTAT_KIND_RELATION,
+											isshared ? InvalidOid : MyDatabaseId,
+											relid, false);
+
+	shtabentry = (PgStatShared_Relation *) entry_ref->shared_stats;
+	tabentry = &shtabentry->stats;
+
+	if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM)
+	{
+		tabentry->last_skipped_vacuum_time = ts;
+		tabentry->skipped_vacuum_count++;
+	}
+	else if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOVACUUM)
+	{
+		tabentry->last_skipped_autovacuum_time = ts;
+		tabentry->skipped_autovacuum_count++;
+	}
+
+	if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE)
+	{
+		tabentry->last_skipped_analyze_time = ts;
+		tabentry->skipped_analyze_count++;
+	}
+	else if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOANALYZE)
+	{
+		tabentry->last_skipped_autoanalyze_time = ts;
+		tabentry->skipped_autoanalyze_count++;
+	}
+
+	pgstat_unlock_entry(entry_ref);
+
+	/* see pgstat_report_vacuum() */
+	pgstat_flush_io(false);
+	(void) pgstat_flush_backend(false, PGSTAT_BACKEND_FLUSH_IO);
+}
+
 /*
  * count a tuple insertion of n tuples
  */
diff --git a/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c b/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c
index 1408de387ea..90a8968faa0 100644
--- a/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c
+++ b/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c
@@ -84,6 +84,18 @@ PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(mod_since_analyze)
 /* pg_stat_get_numscans */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(numscans)
 
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_analyze_count)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_autoanalyze_count)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_autovacuum_count)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_vacuum_count)
+
 /* pg_stat_get_tuples_deleted */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(tuples_deleted)
 
@@ -170,6 +182,18 @@ PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_vacuum_time)
 /* pg_stat_get_lastscan */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(lastscan)
 
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_analyze_time)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_autoanalyze_time)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_autovacuum_time)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_vacuum_time)
+
 /* pg_stat_get_stat_reset_time */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(stat_reset_time)
 
diff --git a/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat b/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat
index fa9ae79082b..32debb34863 100644
--- a/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat
+++ b/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat
@@ -5680,6 +5680,38 @@
   proargmodes => '{o,o,o,o,o,o,o,o,o,o}',
   proargnames => '{oid,score,xid_score,mxid_score,vacuum_score,vacuum_insert_score,analyze_score,do_vacuum,do_analyze,for_wraparound}',
   prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_autovacuum_scores' },
+{ oid => '8142', descr => 'statistics: last skipped vacuum time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time' },
+{ oid => '8143', descr => 'statistics: last skipped auto vacuum time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time' },
+{ oid => '8144', descr => 'statistics: last skipped analyze time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time' },
+{ oid => '8145', descr => 'statistics: last skipped auto analyze time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time' },
+{ oid => '8146', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped vacuum for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count' },
+{ oid => '8147', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped auto vacuum for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count' },
+{ oid => '8148', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped analyzes for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count' },
+{ oid => '8149', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped auto analyzes for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count' },
 { oid => '1936', descr => 'statistics: currently active backend IDs',
   proname => 'pg_stat_get_backend_idset', prorows => '100', proretset => 't',
   provolatile => 's', proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int4',
diff --git a/src/include/pgstat.h b/src/include/pgstat.h
index dfa2e837638..98941f953d1 100644
--- a/src/include/pgstat.h
+++ b/src/include/pgstat.h
@@ -479,6 +479,15 @@ typedef struct PgStat_StatTabEntry
 	TimestampTz last_autoanalyze_time;	/* autovacuum initiated */
 	PgStat_Counter autoanalyze_count;
 
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_vacuum_time;	/* user initiated vacuum */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_vacuum_count;
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_autovacuum_time;	/* autovacuum initiated */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_autovacuum_count;
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_analyze_time;	/* user initiated */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_analyze_count;
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_autoanalyze_time;	/* autovacuum initiated */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_autoanalyze_count;
+
 	PgStat_Counter total_vacuum_time;	/* times in milliseconds */
 	PgStat_Counter total_autovacuum_time;
 	PgStat_Counter total_analyze_time;
@@ -703,6 +712,13 @@ extern void pgstat_report_analyze(Relation rel,
 								  PgStat_Counter livetuples, PgStat_Counter deadtuples,
 								  bool resetcounter, TimestampTz starttime);
 
+/* flags for pgstat_flush_backend() */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM		(1 << 0)	/* vacuum is skipped */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE		(1 << 1)	/* analyze is skipped */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOVACUUM	(1 << 2)	/* autovacuum is skipped */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOANALYZE	(1 << 3)	/* autoanalyze is skipped */
+extern void pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(Oid relid, int flags);
+
 /*
  * If stats are enabled, but pending data hasn't been prepared yet, call
  * pgstat_assoc_relation() to do so. See its comment for why this is done
diff --git a/src/test/isolation/expected/vacuum-skip-locked.out b/src/test/isolation/expected/vacuum-skip-locked.out
index 99db281a159..e2cff175b7c 100644
--- a/src/test/isolation/expected/vacuum-skip-locked.out
+++ b/src/test/isolation/expected/vacuum-skip-locked.out
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 Parsed test spec with 2 sessions
 
-starting permutation: lock_share vac_specified commit
+starting permutation: lock_share vac_specified commit check_stat
 step lock_share: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN SHARE MODE;
@@ -10,8 +10,22 @@ step vac_specified: VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED) part1, part2;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
 
-starting permutation: lock_share vac_all_parts commit
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   1|            0|                    0
+part2  |           1|                   0|            0|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
+
+starting permutation: lock_share vac_all_parts commit check_stat
 step lock_share: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN SHARE MODE;
@@ -20,8 +34,22 @@ step vac_all_parts: VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED) parted;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   1|            0|                    0
+part2  |           1|                   0|            0|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
 
-starting permutation: lock_share analyze_specified commit
+starting permutation: lock_share analyze_specified commit check_stat
 step lock_share: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN SHARE MODE;
@@ -31,8 +59,22 @@ step analyze_specified: ANALYZE (SKIP_LOCKED) part1, part2;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
 
-starting permutation: lock_share analyze_all_parts commit
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   0|            0|                    1
+part2  |           0|                   0|            1|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
+
+starting permutation: lock_share analyze_all_parts commit check_stat
 step lock_share: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN SHARE MODE;
@@ -41,8 +83,22 @@ step analyze_all_parts: ANALYZE (SKIP_LOCKED) parted;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            1|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   0|            0|                    1
+part2  |           0|                   0|            1|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
 
-starting permutation: lock_share vac_analyze_specified commit
+starting permutation: lock_share vac_analyze_specified commit check_stat
 step lock_share: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN SHARE MODE;
@@ -52,8 +108,22 @@ step vac_analyze_specified: VACUUM (ANALYZE, SKIP_LOCKED) part1, part2;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
 
-starting permutation: lock_share vac_analyze_all_parts commit
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   1|            0|                    1
+part2  |           1|                   0|            1|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
+
+starting permutation: lock_share vac_analyze_all_parts commit check_stat
 step lock_share: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN SHARE MODE;
@@ -62,8 +132,22 @@ step vac_analyze_all_parts: VACUUM (ANALYZE, SKIP_LOCKED) parted;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            1|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   1|            0|                    1
+part2  |           1|                   0|            1|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
 
-starting permutation: lock_share vac_full_specified commit
+starting permutation: lock_share vac_full_specified commit check_stat
 step lock_share: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN SHARE MODE;
@@ -73,8 +157,22 @@ step vac_full_specified: VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED, FULL) part1, part2;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
 
-starting permutation: lock_share vac_full_all_parts commit
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part2  |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
+
+starting permutation: lock_share vac_full_all_parts commit check_stat
 step lock_share: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN SHARE MODE;
@@ -83,8 +181,22 @@ step vac_full_all_parts: VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED, FULL) parted;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part2  |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+(3 rows)
 
-starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_specified commit
+
+starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_specified commit check_stat
 step lock_access_exclusive: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN ACCESS EXCLUSIVE MODE;
@@ -94,8 +206,22 @@ step vac_specified: VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED) part1, part2;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   1|            0|                    0
+part2  |           1|                   0|            0|                    0
+(3 rows)
 
-starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_all_parts commit
+
+starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_all_parts commit check_stat
 step lock_access_exclusive: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN ACCESS EXCLUSIVE MODE;
@@ -104,8 +230,22 @@ step vac_all_parts: VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED) parted;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   1|            0|                    0
+part2  |           1|                   0|            0|                    0
+(3 rows)
 
-starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive analyze_specified commit
+
+starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive analyze_specified commit check_stat
 step lock_access_exclusive: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN ACCESS EXCLUSIVE MODE;
@@ -115,8 +255,22 @@ step analyze_specified: ANALYZE (SKIP_LOCKED) part1, part2;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   0|            0|                    1
+part2  |           0|                   0|            1|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
 
-starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive analyze_all_parts commit
+starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive analyze_all_parts commit check_stat
 step lock_access_exclusive: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN ACCESS EXCLUSIVE MODE;
@@ -126,8 +280,22 @@ step commit:
 	COMMIT;
 
 step analyze_all_parts: <... completed>
-
-starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_analyze_specified commit
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            1|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   0|            1|                    0
+part2  |           0|                   0|            1|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
+
+starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_analyze_specified commit check_stat
 step lock_access_exclusive: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN ACCESS EXCLUSIVE MODE;
@@ -137,8 +305,22 @@ step vac_analyze_specified: VACUUM (ANALYZE, SKIP_LOCKED) part1, part2;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   1|            0|                    1
+part2  |           1|                   0|            1|                    0
+(3 rows)
 
-starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_analyze_all_parts commit
+
+starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_analyze_all_parts commit check_stat
 step lock_access_exclusive: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN ACCESS EXCLUSIVE MODE;
@@ -148,8 +330,22 @@ step commit:
 	COMMIT;
 
 step vac_analyze_all_parts: <... completed>
-
-starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_full_specified commit
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            1|                    0
+part1  |           1|                   0|            1|                    0
+part2  |           1|                   0|            1|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
+
+starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_full_specified commit check_stat
 step lock_access_exclusive: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN ACCESS EXCLUSIVE MODE;
@@ -159,8 +355,22 @@ step vac_full_specified: VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED, FULL) part1, part2;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
 
-starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_full_all_parts commit
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part2  |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
+
+starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_full_all_parts commit check_stat
 step lock_access_exclusive: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN ACCESS EXCLUSIVE MODE;
@@ -169,3 +379,17 @@ step vac_full_all_parts: VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED, FULL) parted;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part2  |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
diff --git a/src/test/isolation/specs/vacuum-skip-locked.spec b/src/test/isolation/specs/vacuum-skip-locked.spec
index 3fad6e1c92a..b0da75d4b6d 100644
--- a/src/test/isolation/specs/vacuum-skip-locked.spec
+++ b/src/test/isolation/specs/vacuum-skip-locked.spec
@@ -33,6 +33,15 @@ step commit
 	COMMIT;
 }
 
+step check_stat
+{
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+}
+
 session s2
 step vac_specified			{ VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED) part1, part2; }
 step vac_all_parts			{ VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED) parted; }
@@ -43,19 +52,19 @@ step vac_analyze_all_parts	{ VACUUM (ANALYZE, SKIP_LOCKED) parted; }
 step vac_full_specified		{ VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED, FULL) part1, part2; }
 step vac_full_all_parts		{ VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED, FULL) parted; }
 
-permutation lock_share vac_specified commit
-permutation lock_share vac_all_parts commit
-permutation lock_share analyze_specified commit
-permutation lock_share analyze_all_parts commit
-permutation lock_share vac_analyze_specified commit
-permutation lock_share vac_analyze_all_parts commit
-permutation lock_share vac_full_specified commit
-permutation lock_share vac_full_all_parts commit
-permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_specified commit
-permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_all_parts commit
-permutation lock_access_exclusive analyze_specified commit
-permutation lock_access_exclusive analyze_all_parts commit
-permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_analyze_specified commit
-permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_analyze_all_parts commit
-permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_full_specified commit
-permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_full_all_parts commit
+permutation lock_share vac_specified commit check_stat
+permutation lock_share vac_all_parts commit check_stat
+permutation lock_share analyze_specified commit check_stat
+permutation lock_share analyze_all_parts commit check_stat
+permutation lock_share vac_analyze_specified commit check_stat
+permutation lock_share vac_analyze_all_parts commit check_stat
+permutation lock_share vac_full_specified commit check_stat
+permutation lock_share vac_full_all_parts commit check_stat
+permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_specified commit check_stat
+permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_all_parts commit check_stat
+permutation lock_access_exclusive analyze_specified commit check_stat
+permutation lock_access_exclusive analyze_all_parts commit check_stat
+permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_analyze_specified commit check_stat
+permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_analyze_all_parts commit check_stat
+permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_full_specified commit check_stat
+permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_full_all_parts commit check_stat
diff --git a/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out b/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out
index a65a5bf0c4f..9b2075d3373 100644
--- a/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out
+++ b/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out
@@ -1835,13 +1835,21 @@ pg_stat_all_tables| SELECT c.oid AS relid,
     pg_stat_get_mod_since_analyze(c.oid) AS n_mod_since_analyze,
     pg_stat_get_ins_since_vacuum(c.oid) AS n_ins_since_vacuum,
     pg_stat_get_last_vacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_vacuum,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_vacuum,
     pg_stat_get_last_autovacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_autovacuum,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_autovacuum,
     pg_stat_get_last_analyze_time(c.oid) AS last_analyze,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_analyze,
     pg_stat_get_last_autoanalyze_time(c.oid) AS last_autoanalyze,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_autoanalyze,
     pg_stat_get_vacuum_count(c.oid) AS vacuum_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count(c.oid) AS skipped_vacuum_count,
     pg_stat_get_autovacuum_count(c.oid) AS autovacuum_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count(c.oid) AS skipped_autovacuum_count,
     pg_stat_get_analyze_count(c.oid) AS analyze_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count(c.oid) AS skipped_analyze_count,
     pg_stat_get_autoanalyze_count(c.oid) AS autoanalyze_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count(c.oid) AS skipped_autoanalyze_count,
     pg_stat_get_total_vacuum_time(c.oid) AS total_vacuum_time,
     pg_stat_get_total_autovacuum_time(c.oid) AS total_autovacuum_time,
     pg_stat_get_total_analyze_time(c.oid) AS total_analyze_time,
@@ -2346,13 +2354,21 @@ pg_stat_sys_tables| SELECT relid,
     n_mod_since_analyze,
     n_ins_since_vacuum,
     last_vacuum,
+    last_skipped_vacuum,
     last_autovacuum,
+    last_skipped_autovacuum,
     last_analyze,
+    last_skipped_analyze,
     last_autoanalyze,
+    last_skipped_autoanalyze,
     vacuum_count,
+    skipped_vacuum_count,
     autovacuum_count,
+    skipped_autovacuum_count,
     analyze_count,
+    skipped_analyze_count,
     autoanalyze_count,
+    skipped_autoanalyze_count,
     total_vacuum_time,
     total_autovacuum_time,
     total_analyze_time,
@@ -2401,13 +2417,21 @@ pg_stat_user_tables| SELECT relid,
     n_mod_since_analyze,
     n_ins_since_vacuum,
     last_vacuum,
+    last_skipped_vacuum,
     last_autovacuum,
+    last_skipped_autovacuum,
     last_analyze,
+    last_skipped_analyze,
     last_autoanalyze,
+    last_skipped_autoanalyze,
     vacuum_count,
+    skipped_vacuum_count,
     autovacuum_count,
+    skipped_autovacuum_count,
     analyze_count,
+    skipped_analyze_count,
     autoanalyze_count,
+    skipped_autoanalyze_count,
     total_vacuum_time,
     total_autovacuum_time,
     total_analyze_time,
-- 
2.43.0


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* [PATCH v4] Track skipped vacuum and analyze activity per relation
@ 2026-03-24 04:09 Yugo Nagata <[email protected]>
  0 siblings, 0 replies; 374+ messages in thread

From: Yugo Nagata @ 2026-03-24 04:09 UTC (permalink / raw)

This commit adds eight fields to the relation statistics that track
the last time vacuum or analyze has been attempted but skipped due to
lock unavailability, along with their counts:

-    last_skipped_vacuum
-    last_skipped_autovacuum
-    last_skipped_analyze
-    last_skipped_autoanalyze
-    skipped_vacuum_count
-    skipped_autovacuum_count
-    skipped_analyze_count
-    skipped_autoanalyze_count

These field can help users confirm that autovacuum is actively attempting
to run on a table that has not been vacuumed or analyzed for a long time,
and that the lack of progress is due to repeated skips rather than inactivity.
---
 doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml                 |  88 ++++++++++++++++
 src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql         |   8 ++
 src/backend/commands/vacuum.c                | 102 ++++++++++++++-----
 src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c |  64 ++++++++++++
 src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c          |  24 +++++
 src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat              |  32 ++++++
 src/include/pgstat.h                         |  16 +++
 src/test/regress/expected/rules.out          |  24 +++++
 8 files changed, 335 insertions(+), 23 deletions(-)

diff --git a/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml b/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml
index 08d5b824552..a9b579d87a9 100644
--- a/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml
+++ b/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml
@@ -4387,6 +4387,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_vacuum</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time a manual vacuum on this table was attempted but skipped due to
+       lock unavailability (not counting <command>VACUUM FULL</command>)
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>last_autovacuum</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
@@ -4397,6 +4407,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_autovacuum</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time a vacuum on this table by the autovacuum daemon was attempted
+       but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>last_analyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
@@ -4406,6 +4426,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_analyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time a manual analyze on this table was attempted but skipped due to
+       lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>last_autoanalyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
@@ -4416,6 +4446,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_autoanalyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time at which an analyze on this table by the autovacuum was
+       attempted but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>vacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4426,6 +4466,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_vacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times manual vacuums on this table have been attempted but skipped
+       due to lock unavailability (not counting <command>VACUUM FULL</command>)
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>autovacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4436,6 +4486,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_autovacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times vacuums on this table by the autovacuum daemon have been
+       attempted but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>analyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4445,6 +4505,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_analyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times manual analyzes on this table have been attempted but
+       skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>autoanalyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4455,6 +4525,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_autoanalyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times analyzes on this table by the autovacuum daemon have
+       been attempted but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>total_vacuum_time</structfield> <type>double precision</type>
@@ -4510,6 +4590,14 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
    </tgroup>
   </table>
 
+  <note>
+   <para>
+    When a manual vacuum or analyze on a parent table in an inheritance or
+    partitioning hierarchy is skipped, the statistics are recorded only for
+    the parent table, not for its children.
+   </para>
+  </note>
+
  </sect2>
 
  <sect2 id="monitoring-pg-stat-autovacuum-scores-view">
diff --git a/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql b/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql
index 73a1c1c4670..f509fc7876b 100644
--- a/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql
+++ b/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql
@@ -736,13 +736,21 @@ CREATE VIEW pg_stat_all_tables AS
             pg_stat_get_mod_since_analyze(C.oid) AS n_mod_since_analyze,
             pg_stat_get_ins_since_vacuum(C.oid) AS n_ins_since_vacuum,
             pg_stat_get_last_vacuum_time(C.oid) as last_vacuum,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_vacuum,
             pg_stat_get_last_autovacuum_time(C.oid) as last_autovacuum,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_autovacuum,
             pg_stat_get_last_analyze_time(C.oid) as last_analyze,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_analyze,
             pg_stat_get_last_autoanalyze_time(C.oid) as last_autoanalyze,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_autoanalyze,
             pg_stat_get_vacuum_count(C.oid) AS vacuum_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count(C.oid) AS skipped_vacuum_count,
             pg_stat_get_autovacuum_count(C.oid) AS autovacuum_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count(C.oid) AS skipped_autovacuum_count,
             pg_stat_get_analyze_count(C.oid) AS analyze_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count(C.oid) AS skipped_analyze_count,
             pg_stat_get_autoanalyze_count(C.oid) AS autoanalyze_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count(C.oid) AS skipped_autoanalyze_count,
             pg_stat_get_total_vacuum_time(C.oid) AS total_vacuum_time,
             pg_stat_get_total_autovacuum_time(C.oid) AS total_autovacuum_time,
             pg_stat_get_total_analyze_time(C.oid) AS total_analyze_time,
diff --git a/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c b/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c
index 99d0db82ed7..97cd5ea8d10 100644
--- a/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c
+++ b/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c
@@ -793,8 +793,25 @@ vacuum_open_relation(Oid relid, RangeVar *relation, uint32 options,
 		rel = try_relation_open(relid, NoLock);
 	else
 	{
+		int flags = 0;
 		rel = NULL;
 		rel_lock = false;
+
+		if ((options & VACOPT_VACUUM) != 0)
+		{
+			if (AmAutoVacuumWorkerProcess())
+				flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOVACUUM;
+			else
+				flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM;
+		}
+		if ((options & VACOPT_ANALYZE) != 0)
+		{
+			if (AmAutoVacuumWorkerProcess())
+				flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOANALYZE;
+			else
+				flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE;
+		}
+		pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(relid, flags);
 	}
 
 	/* if relation is opened, leave */
@@ -802,7 +819,7 @@ vacuum_open_relation(Oid relid, RangeVar *relation, uint32 options,
 		return rel;
 
 	/*
-	 * Relation could not be opened, hence generate if possible a log
+	 * Relation could not be opened hence generate if possible a log
 	 * informing on the situation.
 	 *
 	 * If the RangeVar is not defined, we do not have enough information to
@@ -905,7 +922,6 @@ expand_vacuum_rel(VacuumRelation *vrel, MemoryContext vac_context,
 		Form_pg_class classForm;
 		bool		include_children;
 		bool		is_partitioned_table;
-		int			rvr_opts;
 
 		/*
 		 * Since autovacuum workers supply OIDs when calling vacuum(), no
@@ -918,29 +934,69 @@ expand_vacuum_rel(VacuumRelation *vrel, MemoryContext vac_context,
 		 * below, as well as find_all_inheritors's expectation that the caller
 		 * holds some lock on the starting relation.
 		 */
-		rvr_opts = (options & VACOPT_SKIP_LOCKED) ? RVR_SKIP_LOCKED : 0;
-		relid = RangeVarGetRelidExtended(vrel->relation,
-										 AccessShareLock,
-										 rvr_opts,
-										 NULL, NULL);
-
-		/*
-		 * If the lock is unavailable, emit the same log statement that
-		 * vacuum_rel() and analyze_rel() would.
-		 */
-		if (!OidIsValid(relid))
+		if (!(options & VACOPT_SKIP_LOCKED))
 		{
-			if (options & VACOPT_VACUUM)
-				ereport(WARNING,
-						(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
-						 errmsg("skipping vacuum of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
-								vrel->relation->relname)));
-			else
-				ereport(WARNING,
-						(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
-						 errmsg("skipping analyze of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
+			relid = RangeVarGetRelidExtended(vrel->relation,
+											 AccessShareLock,
+											 0, NULL, NULL);
+			if (!OidIsValid(relid))
+				return vacrels;
+		}
+		else
+		{
+			/* Get relid for reporting before taking a lock */
+			relid = RangeVarGetRelid(vrel->relation, NoLock, false);
+
+			if (!ConditionalLockRelationOid(relid, AccessShareLock))
+			{
+				int	flags = 0;
+				/*
+				 * If the lock is unavailable, emit the same log statement that
+				 * vacuum_rel() and analyze_rel() would.
+				 */
+				if (options & VACOPT_VACUUM)
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping vacuum of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
 								vrel->relation->relname)));
-			return vacrels;
+				else
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping analyze of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
+									vrel->relation->relname)));
+
+				if ((options & VACOPT_VACUUM) != 0)
+					flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM;
+				if ((options & VACOPT_ANALYZE) != 0)
+					flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE;
+
+				pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(relid, flags);
+
+				return vacrels;
+			}
+
+			/*
+			 * Now that we have the lock, probe to see if the relation really
+			 * exists or not.
+			 */
+			if (!SearchSysCacheExists1(RELOID, ObjectIdGetDatum(relid)))
+			{
+				if (options & VACOPT_VACUUM)
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_UNDEFINED_TABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping vacuum of \"%s\" --- relation no longer exists",
+									vrel->relation->relname)));
+				else
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_UNDEFINED_TABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping analyze of \"%s\" --- relation no longer exists",
+									vrel->relation->relname)));
+
+				/* Release useless lock */
+				UnlockRelationOid(relid, AccessShareLock);
+
+				return vacrels;
+			}
 		}
 
 		/*
diff --git a/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c b/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c
index b2ca28f83ba..532d9023f8c 100644
--- a/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c
+++ b/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c
@@ -17,12 +17,14 @@
 
 #include "postgres.h"
 
+#include "access/htup_details.h"
 #include "access/twophase_rmgr.h"
 #include "access/xact.h"
 #include "catalog/catalog.h"
 #include "utils/memutils.h"
 #include "utils/pgstat_internal.h"
 #include "utils/rel.h"
+#include "utils/syscache.h"
 #include "utils/timestamp.h"
 
 
@@ -367,6 +369,68 @@ pgstat_report_analyze(Relation rel,
 	(void) pgstat_flush_backend(false, PGSTAT_BACKEND_FLUSH_IO);
 }
 
+/*
+ * Report that the table was skipped during vacuum or/and analyze.
+ */
+void
+pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(Oid relid, int flags)
+{
+	PgStat_EntryRef *entry_ref;
+	PgStatShared_Relation *shtabentry;
+	PgStat_StatTabEntry *tabentry;
+	TimestampTz ts;
+	HeapTuple	classTup;
+	bool		isshared;
+
+	if (!pgstat_track_counts || !flags)
+		return;
+
+	classTup = SearchSysCache1(RELOID, ObjectIdGetDatum(relid));
+	if (!HeapTupleIsValid(classTup))
+		return;			/* somebody deleted the rel, forget it */
+	isshared = ((Form_pg_class) GETSTRUCT(classTup))->relisshared;
+	ReleaseSysCache(classTup);
+
+	/* Store the data in the table's hash table entry. */
+	ts = GetCurrentTimestamp();
+
+	/* block acquiring lock for the same reason as pgstat_report_autovac() */
+	entry_ref = pgstat_get_entry_ref_locked(PGSTAT_KIND_RELATION,
+											isshared ? InvalidOid : MyDatabaseId,
+											relid, false);
+
+	shtabentry = (PgStatShared_Relation *) entry_ref->shared_stats;
+	tabentry = &shtabentry->stats;
+
+	if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM)
+	{
+		tabentry->last_skipped_vacuum_time = ts;
+		tabentry->skipped_vacuum_count++;
+	}
+	else if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOVACUUM)
+	{
+		tabentry->last_skipped_autovacuum_time = ts;
+		tabentry->skipped_autovacuum_count++;
+	}
+
+	if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE)
+	{
+		tabentry->last_skipped_analyze_time = ts;
+		tabentry->skipped_analyze_count++;
+	}
+	else if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOANALYZE)
+	{
+		tabentry->last_skipped_autoanalyze_time = ts;
+		tabentry->skipped_autoanalyze_count++;
+	}
+
+	pgstat_unlock_entry(entry_ref);
+
+	/* see pgstat_report_vacuum() */
+	pgstat_flush_io(false);
+	(void) pgstat_flush_backend(false, PGSTAT_BACKEND_FLUSH_IO);
+}
+
 /*
  * count a tuple insertion of n tuples
  */
diff --git a/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c b/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c
index 1408de387ea..90a8968faa0 100644
--- a/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c
+++ b/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c
@@ -84,6 +84,18 @@ PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(mod_since_analyze)
 /* pg_stat_get_numscans */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(numscans)
 
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_analyze_count)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_autoanalyze_count)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_autovacuum_count)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_vacuum_count)
+
 /* pg_stat_get_tuples_deleted */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(tuples_deleted)
 
@@ -170,6 +182,18 @@ PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_vacuum_time)
 /* pg_stat_get_lastscan */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(lastscan)
 
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_analyze_time)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_autoanalyze_time)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_autovacuum_time)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_vacuum_time)
+
 /* pg_stat_get_stat_reset_time */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(stat_reset_time)
 
diff --git a/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat b/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat
index fa9ae79082b..32debb34863 100644
--- a/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat
+++ b/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat
@@ -5680,6 +5680,38 @@
   proargmodes => '{o,o,o,o,o,o,o,o,o,o}',
   proargnames => '{oid,score,xid_score,mxid_score,vacuum_score,vacuum_insert_score,analyze_score,do_vacuum,do_analyze,for_wraparound}',
   prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_autovacuum_scores' },
+{ oid => '8142', descr => 'statistics: last skipped vacuum time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time' },
+{ oid => '8143', descr => 'statistics: last skipped auto vacuum time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time' },
+{ oid => '8144', descr => 'statistics: last skipped analyze time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time' },
+{ oid => '8145', descr => 'statistics: last skipped auto analyze time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time' },
+{ oid => '8146', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped vacuum for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count' },
+{ oid => '8147', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped auto vacuum for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count' },
+{ oid => '8148', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped analyzes for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count' },
+{ oid => '8149', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped auto analyzes for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count' },
 { oid => '1936', descr => 'statistics: currently active backend IDs',
   proname => 'pg_stat_get_backend_idset', prorows => '100', proretset => 't',
   provolatile => 's', proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int4',
diff --git a/src/include/pgstat.h b/src/include/pgstat.h
index dfa2e837638..98941f953d1 100644
--- a/src/include/pgstat.h
+++ b/src/include/pgstat.h
@@ -479,6 +479,15 @@ typedef struct PgStat_StatTabEntry
 	TimestampTz last_autoanalyze_time;	/* autovacuum initiated */
 	PgStat_Counter autoanalyze_count;
 
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_vacuum_time;	/* user initiated vacuum */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_vacuum_count;
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_autovacuum_time;	/* autovacuum initiated */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_autovacuum_count;
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_analyze_time;	/* user initiated */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_analyze_count;
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_autoanalyze_time;	/* autovacuum initiated */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_autoanalyze_count;
+
 	PgStat_Counter total_vacuum_time;	/* times in milliseconds */
 	PgStat_Counter total_autovacuum_time;
 	PgStat_Counter total_analyze_time;
@@ -703,6 +712,13 @@ extern void pgstat_report_analyze(Relation rel,
 								  PgStat_Counter livetuples, PgStat_Counter deadtuples,
 								  bool resetcounter, TimestampTz starttime);
 
+/* flags for pgstat_flush_backend() */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM		(1 << 0)	/* vacuum is skipped */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE		(1 << 1)	/* analyze is skipped */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOVACUUM	(1 << 2)	/* autovacuum is skipped */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOANALYZE	(1 << 3)	/* autoanalyze is skipped */
+extern void pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(Oid relid, int flags);
+
 /*
  * If stats are enabled, but pending data hasn't been prepared yet, call
  * pgstat_assoc_relation() to do so. See its comment for why this is done
diff --git a/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out b/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out
index a65a5bf0c4f..9b2075d3373 100644
--- a/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out
+++ b/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out
@@ -1835,13 +1835,21 @@ pg_stat_all_tables| SELECT c.oid AS relid,
     pg_stat_get_mod_since_analyze(c.oid) AS n_mod_since_analyze,
     pg_stat_get_ins_since_vacuum(c.oid) AS n_ins_since_vacuum,
     pg_stat_get_last_vacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_vacuum,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_vacuum,
     pg_stat_get_last_autovacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_autovacuum,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_autovacuum,
     pg_stat_get_last_analyze_time(c.oid) AS last_analyze,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_analyze,
     pg_stat_get_last_autoanalyze_time(c.oid) AS last_autoanalyze,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_autoanalyze,
     pg_stat_get_vacuum_count(c.oid) AS vacuum_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count(c.oid) AS skipped_vacuum_count,
     pg_stat_get_autovacuum_count(c.oid) AS autovacuum_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count(c.oid) AS skipped_autovacuum_count,
     pg_stat_get_analyze_count(c.oid) AS analyze_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count(c.oid) AS skipped_analyze_count,
     pg_stat_get_autoanalyze_count(c.oid) AS autoanalyze_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count(c.oid) AS skipped_autoanalyze_count,
     pg_stat_get_total_vacuum_time(c.oid) AS total_vacuum_time,
     pg_stat_get_total_autovacuum_time(c.oid) AS total_autovacuum_time,
     pg_stat_get_total_analyze_time(c.oid) AS total_analyze_time,
@@ -2346,13 +2354,21 @@ pg_stat_sys_tables| SELECT relid,
     n_mod_since_analyze,
     n_ins_since_vacuum,
     last_vacuum,
+    last_skipped_vacuum,
     last_autovacuum,
+    last_skipped_autovacuum,
     last_analyze,
+    last_skipped_analyze,
     last_autoanalyze,
+    last_skipped_autoanalyze,
     vacuum_count,
+    skipped_vacuum_count,
     autovacuum_count,
+    skipped_autovacuum_count,
     analyze_count,
+    skipped_analyze_count,
     autoanalyze_count,
+    skipped_autoanalyze_count,
     total_vacuum_time,
     total_autovacuum_time,
     total_analyze_time,
@@ -2401,13 +2417,21 @@ pg_stat_user_tables| SELECT relid,
     n_mod_since_analyze,
     n_ins_since_vacuum,
     last_vacuum,
+    last_skipped_vacuum,
     last_autovacuum,
+    last_skipped_autovacuum,
     last_analyze,
+    last_skipped_analyze,
     last_autoanalyze,
+    last_skipped_autoanalyze,
     vacuum_count,
+    skipped_vacuum_count,
     autovacuum_count,
+    skipped_autovacuum_count,
     analyze_count,
+    skipped_analyze_count,
     autoanalyze_count,
+    skipped_autoanalyze_count,
     total_vacuum_time,
     total_autovacuum_time,
     total_analyze_time,
-- 
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* [PATCH v3] Track skipped vacuum and analyze activity per relation
@ 2026-03-24 04:09 Yugo Nagata <[email protected]>
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From: Yugo Nagata @ 2026-03-24 04:09 UTC (permalink / raw)

This commit adds eight fields to the relation statistics that track
the last time vacuum or analyze has been attempted but skipped due to
lock unavailability, along with their counts:

-    last_skipped_vacuum
-    last_skipped_autovacuum
-    last_skipped_analyze
-    last_skipped_autoanalyze
-    skipped_vacuum_count
-    skipped_autovacuum_count
-    skipped_analyze_count
-    skipped_autoanalyze_count

These field can help users confirm that autovacuum is actively attempting
to run on a table that has not been vacuumed or analyzed for a long time,
and that the lack of progress is due to repeated skips rather than inactivity.
---
 doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml                 | 80 +++++++++++++++++
 src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql         |  8 ++
 src/backend/commands/vacuum.c                | 95 +++++++++++++++-----
 src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c | 68 ++++++++++++++
 src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c          | 24 +++++
 src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat              | 32 +++++++
 src/include/pgstat.h                         | 16 ++++
 src/test/regress/expected/rules.out          | 24 +++++
 8 files changed, 324 insertions(+), 23 deletions(-)

diff --git a/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml b/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml
index bb75ed1069b..9ec8070b2fc 100644
--- a/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml
+++ b/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml
@@ -4372,6 +4372,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_vacuum</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time a manual vacuum on this table was attempted but skipped due to
+       lock unavailability (not counting <command>VACUUM FULL</command>)
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>last_autovacuum</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
@@ -4382,6 +4392,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_autovacuum</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time a vacuum on this table by the autovacuum daemon was attempted
+       but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>last_analyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
@@ -4391,6 +4411,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_analyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time a manual analyze on this table was attempted but skipped due to
+       lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>last_autoanalyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
@@ -4401,6 +4431,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_autoanalyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time at which an analyze on this table by the autovacuum was
+       attempted but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>vacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4411,6 +4451,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_vacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times vacuums on this table have been attempted but skipped
+       due to lock unavailability (not counting <command>VACUUM FULL</command>)
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>autovacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4421,6 +4471,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_autovacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times vacuums on this table by the autovacuum daemon have been
+       attempted but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>analyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4430,6 +4490,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_analyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times manual analyzes on this table have been attempted but
+       skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>autoanalyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4440,6 +4510,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_autoanalyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times analyzes on this table by the autovacuum daemon have
+       been attempted but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>total_vacuum_time</structfield> <type>double precision</type>
diff --git a/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql b/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql
index e54018004db..2ca02a0354c 100644
--- a/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql
+++ b/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql
@@ -736,13 +736,21 @@ CREATE VIEW pg_stat_all_tables AS
             pg_stat_get_mod_since_analyze(C.oid) AS n_mod_since_analyze,
             pg_stat_get_ins_since_vacuum(C.oid) AS n_ins_since_vacuum,
             pg_stat_get_last_vacuum_time(C.oid) as last_vacuum,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_vacuum,
             pg_stat_get_last_autovacuum_time(C.oid) as last_autovacuum,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_autovacuum,
             pg_stat_get_last_analyze_time(C.oid) as last_analyze,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_analyze,
             pg_stat_get_last_autoanalyze_time(C.oid) as last_autoanalyze,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_autoanalyze,
             pg_stat_get_vacuum_count(C.oid) AS vacuum_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count(C.oid) AS skipped_vacuum_count,
             pg_stat_get_autovacuum_count(C.oid) AS autovacuum_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count(C.oid) AS skipped_autovacuum_count,
             pg_stat_get_analyze_count(C.oid) AS analyze_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count(C.oid) AS skipped_analyze_count,
             pg_stat_get_autoanalyze_count(C.oid) AS autoanalyze_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count(C.oid) AS skipped_autoanalyze_count,
             pg_stat_get_total_vacuum_time(C.oid) AS total_vacuum_time,
             pg_stat_get_total_autovacuum_time(C.oid) AS total_autovacuum_time,
             pg_stat_get_total_analyze_time(C.oid) AS total_analyze_time,
diff --git a/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c b/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c
index bce3a2daa24..ce83b3171be 100644
--- a/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c
+++ b/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c
@@ -792,8 +792,18 @@ vacuum_open_relation(Oid relid, RangeVar *relation, bits32 options,
 		rel = try_relation_open(relid, NoLock);
 	else
 	{
+		bits8 flags = 0;
 		rel = NULL;
 		rel_lock = false;
+
+		if ((options & VACOPT_VACUUM) != 0)
+			flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM;
+		if ((options & VACOPT_ANALYZE) != 0)
+			flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE;
+		if (AmAutoVacuumWorkerProcess())
+			flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOVAC;
+
+		pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(relid, flags);
 	}
 
 	/* if relation is opened, leave */
@@ -801,7 +811,7 @@ vacuum_open_relation(Oid relid, RangeVar *relation, bits32 options,
 		return rel;
 
 	/*
-	 * Relation could not be opened, hence generate if possible a log
+	 * Relation could not be opened hence generate if possible a log
 	 * informing on the situation.
 	 *
 	 * If the RangeVar is not defined, we do not have enough information to
@@ -904,7 +914,6 @@ expand_vacuum_rel(VacuumRelation *vrel, MemoryContext vac_context,
 		Form_pg_class classForm;
 		bool		include_children;
 		bool		is_partitioned_table;
-		int			rvr_opts;
 
 		/*
 		 * Since autovacuum workers supply OIDs when calling vacuum(), no
@@ -917,29 +926,69 @@ expand_vacuum_rel(VacuumRelation *vrel, MemoryContext vac_context,
 		 * below, as well as find_all_inheritors's expectation that the caller
 		 * holds some lock on the starting relation.
 		 */
-		rvr_opts = (options & VACOPT_SKIP_LOCKED) ? RVR_SKIP_LOCKED : 0;
-		relid = RangeVarGetRelidExtended(vrel->relation,
-										 AccessShareLock,
-										 rvr_opts,
-										 NULL, NULL);
-
-		/*
-		 * If the lock is unavailable, emit the same log statement that
-		 * vacuum_rel() and analyze_rel() would.
-		 */
-		if (!OidIsValid(relid))
+		if (!(options & VACOPT_SKIP_LOCKED))
 		{
-			if (options & VACOPT_VACUUM)
-				ereport(WARNING,
-						(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
-						 errmsg("skipping vacuum of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
-								vrel->relation->relname)));
-			else
-				ereport(WARNING,
-						(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
-						 errmsg("skipping analyze of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
+			relid = RangeVarGetRelidExtended(vrel->relation,
+											 AccessShareLock,
+											 0, NULL, NULL);
+			if (!OidIsValid(relid))
+				return vacrels;
+		}
+		else
+		{
+			/* Get relid for reporting before taking a lock */
+			relid = RangeVarGetRelid(vrel->relation, NoLock, false);
+
+			if (!ConditionalLockRelationOid(relid, AccessShareLock))
+			{
+				bits8	flags = 0;
+				/*
+				 * If the lock is unavailable, emit the same log statement that
+				 * vacuum_rel() and analyze_rel() would.
+				 */
+				if (options & VACOPT_VACUUM)
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping vacuum of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
 								vrel->relation->relname)));
-			return vacrels;
+				else
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping analyze of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
+									vrel->relation->relname)));
+
+				if ((options & VACOPT_VACUUM) != 0)
+					flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM;
+				if ((options & VACOPT_ANALYZE) != 0)
+					flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE;
+
+				pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(relid, flags);
+
+				return vacrels;
+			}
+
+			/*
+			 * Now that we have the lock, probe to see if the relation really
+			 * exists or not.
+			 */
+			if (!SearchSysCacheExists1(RELOID, ObjectIdGetDatum(relid)))
+			{
+				if (options & VACOPT_VACUUM)
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_UNDEFINED_TABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping vacuum of \"%s\" --- relation no longer exists",
+									vrel->relation->relname)));
+				else
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_UNDEFINED_TABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping analyze of \"%s\" --- relation no longer exists",
+									vrel->relation->relname)));
+
+				/* Release useless lock */
+				UnlockRelationOid(relid, AccessShareLock);
+
+				return vacrels;
+			}
 		}
 
 		/*
diff --git a/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c b/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c
index bc8c43b96aa..cec4c88980e 100644
--- a/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c
+++ b/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c
@@ -17,6 +17,7 @@
 
 #include "postgres.h"
 
+#include "access/htup_details.h"
 #include "access/twophase_rmgr.h"
 #include "access/xact.h"
 #include "catalog/catalog.h"
@@ -366,6 +367,73 @@ pgstat_report_analyze(Relation rel,
 	(void) pgstat_flush_backend(false, PGSTAT_BACKEND_FLUSH_IO);
 }
 
+/*
+ * Report that the table was skipped during vacuum or/and analyze.
+ */
+void
+pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(Oid relid, bits8 flags)
+{
+	PgStat_EntryRef *entry_ref;
+	PgStatShared_Relation *shtabentry;
+	PgStat_StatTabEntry *tabentry;
+	TimestampTz ts;
+	HeapTuple	classTup;
+	bool		isshared;
+
+	if (!pgstat_track_counts || !(flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANY))
+		return;
+
+	classTup = SearchSysCache1(RELOID, ObjectIdGetDatum(relid));
+	if (!HeapTupleIsValid(classTup))
+		return;			/* somebody deleted the rel, forget it */
+	isshared = ((Form_pg_class) GETSTRUCT(classTup))->relisshared;
+	ReleaseSysCache(classTup);
+
+	/* Store the data in the table's hash table entry. */
+	ts = GetCurrentTimestamp();
+
+	/* block acquiring lock for the same reason as pgstat_report_autovac() */
+	entry_ref = pgstat_get_entry_ref_locked(PGSTAT_KIND_RELATION,
+											isshared ? InvalidOid : MyDatabaseId,
+											relid, false);
+
+	shtabentry = (PgStatShared_Relation *) entry_ref->shared_stats;
+	tabentry = &shtabentry->stats;
+
+	if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOVAC)
+	{
+		if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM)
+		{
+			tabentry->last_skipped_autovacuum_time = ts;
+			tabentry->skipped_autovacuum_count++;
+		}
+		if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE)
+		{
+			tabentry->last_skipped_autoanalyze_time = ts;
+			tabentry->skipped_autoanalyze_count++;
+		}
+	}
+	else
+	{
+		if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM)
+		{
+			tabentry->last_skipped_vacuum_time = ts;
+			tabentry->skipped_vacuum_count++;
+		}
+		if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE)
+		{
+			tabentry->last_skipped_analyze_time = ts;
+			tabentry->skipped_analyze_count++;
+		}
+	}
+
+	pgstat_unlock_entry(entry_ref);
+
+	/* see pgstat_report_vacuum() */
+	pgstat_flush_io(false);
+	(void) pgstat_flush_backend(false, PGSTAT_BACKEND_FLUSH_IO);
+}
+
 /*
  * count a tuple insertion of n tuples
  */
diff --git a/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c b/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c
index 9185a8e6b83..18aaa3996e1 100644
--- a/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c
+++ b/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c
@@ -84,6 +84,18 @@ PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(mod_since_analyze)
 /* pg_stat_get_numscans */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(numscans)
 
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_analyze_count)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_autoanalyze_count)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_autovacuum_count)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_vacuum_count)
+
 /* pg_stat_get_tuples_deleted */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(tuples_deleted)
 
@@ -170,6 +182,18 @@ PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_vacuum_time)
 /* pg_stat_get_lastscan */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(lastscan)
 
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_analyze_time)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_autoanalyze_time)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_autovacuum_time)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_vacuum_time)
+
 /* pg_stat_get_stat_reset_time */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(stat_reset_time)
 
diff --git a/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat b/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat
index 0118e970dda..ccfe3d9e02a 100644
--- a/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat
+++ b/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat
@@ -5667,6 +5667,38 @@
   proname => 'pg_stat_get_total_autoanalyze_time', provolatile => 's',
   proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'float8', proargtypes => 'oid',
   prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_total_autoanalyze_time' },
+{ oid => '8142', descr => 'statistics: last skipped vacuum time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time' },
+{ oid => '8143', descr => 'statistics: last skipped auto vacuum time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time' },
+{ oid => '8144', descr => 'statistics: last skipped analyze time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time' },
+{ oid => '8145', descr => 'statistics: last skipped auto analyze time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time' },
+{ oid => '8146', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped vacuum for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count' },
+{ oid => '8147', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped auto vacuum for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count' },
+{ oid => '8148', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped analyzes for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count' },
+{ oid => '8149', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped auto analyzes for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count' },
 { oid => '1936', descr => 'statistics: currently active backend IDs',
   proname => 'pg_stat_get_backend_idset', prorows => '100', proretset => 't',
   provolatile => 's', proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int4',
diff --git a/src/include/pgstat.h b/src/include/pgstat.h
index 8e3549c3752..343081a7a25 100644
--- a/src/include/pgstat.h
+++ b/src/include/pgstat.h
@@ -479,6 +479,15 @@ typedef struct PgStat_StatTabEntry
 	TimestampTz last_autoanalyze_time;	/* autovacuum initiated */
 	PgStat_Counter autoanalyze_count;
 
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_vacuum_time;	/* user initiated vacuum */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_vacuum_count;
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_autovacuum_time;	/* autovacuum initiated */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_autovacuum_count;
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_analyze_time;	/* user initiated */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_analyze_count;
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_autoanalyze_time;	/* autovacuum initiated */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_autoanalyze_count;
+
 	PgStat_Counter total_vacuum_time;	/* times in milliseconds */
 	PgStat_Counter total_autovacuum_time;
 	PgStat_Counter total_analyze_time;
@@ -707,6 +716,13 @@ extern void pgstat_report_analyze(Relation rel,
 								  PgStat_Counter livetuples, PgStat_Counter deadtuples,
 								  bool resetcounter, TimestampTz starttime);
 
+/* flags for pgstat_flush_backend() */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM	(1 << 0)	/* vacuum is skipped */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE	(1 << 1)	/* analyze is skipped */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOVAC	(1 << 2)	/* skipped during autovacuum/autoanalyze */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANY   (PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM | PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE)
+extern void pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(Oid relid, bits8 flags);
+
 /*
  * If stats are enabled, but pending data hasn't been prepared yet, call
  * pgstat_assoc_relation() to do so. See its comment for why this is done
diff --git a/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out b/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out
index 2b3cf6d8569..4ccfc43e903 100644
--- a/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out
+++ b/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out
@@ -1835,13 +1835,21 @@ pg_stat_all_tables| SELECT c.oid AS relid,
     pg_stat_get_mod_since_analyze(c.oid) AS n_mod_since_analyze,
     pg_stat_get_ins_since_vacuum(c.oid) AS n_ins_since_vacuum,
     pg_stat_get_last_vacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_vacuum,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_vacuum,
     pg_stat_get_last_autovacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_autovacuum,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_autovacuum,
     pg_stat_get_last_analyze_time(c.oid) AS last_analyze,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_analyze,
     pg_stat_get_last_autoanalyze_time(c.oid) AS last_autoanalyze,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_autoanalyze,
     pg_stat_get_vacuum_count(c.oid) AS vacuum_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count(c.oid) AS skipped_vacuum_count,
     pg_stat_get_autovacuum_count(c.oid) AS autovacuum_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count(c.oid) AS skipped_autovacuum_count,
     pg_stat_get_analyze_count(c.oid) AS analyze_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count(c.oid) AS skipped_analyze_count,
     pg_stat_get_autoanalyze_count(c.oid) AS autoanalyze_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count(c.oid) AS skipped_autoanalyze_count,
     pg_stat_get_total_vacuum_time(c.oid) AS total_vacuum_time,
     pg_stat_get_total_autovacuum_time(c.oid) AS total_autovacuum_time,
     pg_stat_get_total_analyze_time(c.oid) AS total_analyze_time,
@@ -2293,13 +2301,21 @@ pg_stat_sys_tables| SELECT relid,
     n_mod_since_analyze,
     n_ins_since_vacuum,
     last_vacuum,
+    last_skipped_vacuum,
     last_autovacuum,
+    last_skipped_autovacuum,
     last_analyze,
+    last_skipped_analyze,
     last_autoanalyze,
+    last_skipped_autoanalyze,
     vacuum_count,
+    skipped_vacuum_count,
     autovacuum_count,
+    skipped_autovacuum_count,
     analyze_count,
+    skipped_analyze_count,
     autoanalyze_count,
+    skipped_autoanalyze_count,
     total_vacuum_time,
     total_autovacuum_time,
     total_analyze_time,
@@ -2348,13 +2364,21 @@ pg_stat_user_tables| SELECT relid,
     n_mod_since_analyze,
     n_ins_since_vacuum,
     last_vacuum,
+    last_skipped_vacuum,
     last_autovacuum,
+    last_skipped_autovacuum,
     last_analyze,
+    last_skipped_analyze,
     last_autoanalyze,
+    last_skipped_autoanalyze,
     vacuum_count,
+    skipped_vacuum_count,
     autovacuum_count,
+    skipped_autovacuum_count,
     analyze_count,
+    skipped_analyze_count,
     autoanalyze_count,
+    skipped_autoanalyze_count,
     total_vacuum_time,
     total_autovacuum_time,
     total_analyze_time,
-- 
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* [PATCH v5] Track skipped vacuum and analyze activity per relation
@ 2026-03-24 04:09 Yugo Nagata <[email protected]>
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From: Yugo Nagata @ 2026-03-24 04:09 UTC (permalink / raw)

This commit adds eight fields to the relation statistics that track
the last time vacuum or analyze has been attempted but skipped due to
lock unavailability, along with their counts:

-    last_skipped_vacuum
-    last_skipped_autovacuum
-    last_skipped_analyze
-    last_skipped_autoanalyze
-    skipped_vacuum_count
-    skipped_autovacuum_count
-    skipped_analyze_count
-    skipped_autoanalyze_count

These field can help users confirm that autovacuum is actively attempting
to run on a table that has not been vacuumed or analyzed for a long time,
and that the lack of progress is due to repeated skips rather than inactivity.
---
 doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml                  |  88 ++++++
 src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql          |   8 +
 src/backend/commands/vacuum.c                 | 100 +++++--
 src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c  |  64 +++++
 src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c           |  24 ++
 src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat               |  32 +++
 src/include/pgstat.h                          |  16 ++
 .../isolation/expected/vacuum-skip-locked.out | 260 ++++++++++++++++--
 .../isolation/specs/vacuum-skip-locked.spec   |  41 +--
 src/test/regress/expected/rules.out           |  24 ++
 10 files changed, 601 insertions(+), 56 deletions(-)

diff --git a/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml b/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml
index 08d5b824552..a9b579d87a9 100644
--- a/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml
+++ b/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml
@@ -4387,6 +4387,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_vacuum</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time a manual vacuum on this table was attempted but skipped due to
+       lock unavailability (not counting <command>VACUUM FULL</command>)
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>last_autovacuum</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
@@ -4397,6 +4407,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_autovacuum</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time a vacuum on this table by the autovacuum daemon was attempted
+       but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>last_analyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
@@ -4406,6 +4426,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_analyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time a manual analyze on this table was attempted but skipped due to
+       lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>last_autoanalyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
@@ -4416,6 +4446,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_autoanalyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time at which an analyze on this table by the autovacuum was
+       attempted but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>vacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4426,6 +4466,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_vacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times manual vacuums on this table have been attempted but skipped
+       due to lock unavailability (not counting <command>VACUUM FULL</command>)
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>autovacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4436,6 +4486,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_autovacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times vacuums on this table by the autovacuum daemon have been
+       attempted but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>analyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4445,6 +4505,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_analyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times manual analyzes on this table have been attempted but
+       skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>autoanalyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4455,6 +4525,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_autoanalyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times analyzes on this table by the autovacuum daemon have
+       been attempted but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>total_vacuum_time</structfield> <type>double precision</type>
@@ -4510,6 +4590,14 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
    </tgroup>
   </table>
 
+  <note>
+   <para>
+    When a manual vacuum or analyze on a parent table in an inheritance or
+    partitioning hierarchy is skipped, the statistics are recorded only for
+    the parent table, not for its children.
+   </para>
+  </note>
+
  </sect2>
 
  <sect2 id="monitoring-pg-stat-autovacuum-scores-view">
diff --git a/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql b/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql
index 73a1c1c4670..f509fc7876b 100644
--- a/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql
+++ b/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql
@@ -736,13 +736,21 @@ CREATE VIEW pg_stat_all_tables AS
             pg_stat_get_mod_since_analyze(C.oid) AS n_mod_since_analyze,
             pg_stat_get_ins_since_vacuum(C.oid) AS n_ins_since_vacuum,
             pg_stat_get_last_vacuum_time(C.oid) as last_vacuum,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_vacuum,
             pg_stat_get_last_autovacuum_time(C.oid) as last_autovacuum,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_autovacuum,
             pg_stat_get_last_analyze_time(C.oid) as last_analyze,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_analyze,
             pg_stat_get_last_autoanalyze_time(C.oid) as last_autoanalyze,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_autoanalyze,
             pg_stat_get_vacuum_count(C.oid) AS vacuum_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count(C.oid) AS skipped_vacuum_count,
             pg_stat_get_autovacuum_count(C.oid) AS autovacuum_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count(C.oid) AS skipped_autovacuum_count,
             pg_stat_get_analyze_count(C.oid) AS analyze_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count(C.oid) AS skipped_analyze_count,
             pg_stat_get_autoanalyze_count(C.oid) AS autoanalyze_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count(C.oid) AS skipped_autoanalyze_count,
             pg_stat_get_total_vacuum_time(C.oid) AS total_vacuum_time,
             pg_stat_get_total_autovacuum_time(C.oid) AS total_autovacuum_time,
             pg_stat_get_total_analyze_time(C.oid) AS total_analyze_time,
diff --git a/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c b/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c
index 99d0db82ed7..df6526225e4 100644
--- a/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c
+++ b/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c
@@ -793,8 +793,25 @@ vacuum_open_relation(Oid relid, RangeVar *relation, uint32 options,
 		rel = try_relation_open(relid, NoLock);
 	else
 	{
+		int flags = 0;
 		rel = NULL;
 		rel_lock = false;
+
+		if ((options & VACOPT_VACUUM) != 0 && (options & VACOPT_FULL) == 0)
+		{
+			if (AmAutoVacuumWorkerProcess())
+				flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOVACUUM;
+			else
+				flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM;
+		}
+		if ((options & VACOPT_ANALYZE) != 0)
+		{
+			if (AmAutoVacuumWorkerProcess())
+				flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOANALYZE;
+			else
+				flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE;
+		}
+		pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(relid, flags);
 	}
 
 	/* if relation is opened, leave */
@@ -905,7 +922,6 @@ expand_vacuum_rel(VacuumRelation *vrel, MemoryContext vac_context,
 		Form_pg_class classForm;
 		bool		include_children;
 		bool		is_partitioned_table;
-		int			rvr_opts;
 
 		/*
 		 * Since autovacuum workers supply OIDs when calling vacuum(), no
@@ -918,29 +934,69 @@ expand_vacuum_rel(VacuumRelation *vrel, MemoryContext vac_context,
 		 * below, as well as find_all_inheritors's expectation that the caller
 		 * holds some lock on the starting relation.
 		 */
-		rvr_opts = (options & VACOPT_SKIP_LOCKED) ? RVR_SKIP_LOCKED : 0;
-		relid = RangeVarGetRelidExtended(vrel->relation,
-										 AccessShareLock,
-										 rvr_opts,
-										 NULL, NULL);
-
-		/*
-		 * If the lock is unavailable, emit the same log statement that
-		 * vacuum_rel() and analyze_rel() would.
-		 */
-		if (!OidIsValid(relid))
+		if (!(options & VACOPT_SKIP_LOCKED))
 		{
-			if (options & VACOPT_VACUUM)
-				ereport(WARNING,
-						(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
-						 errmsg("skipping vacuum of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
-								vrel->relation->relname)));
-			else
-				ereport(WARNING,
-						(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
-						 errmsg("skipping analyze of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
+			relid = RangeVarGetRelidExtended(vrel->relation,
+											 AccessShareLock,
+											 0, NULL, NULL);
+			if (!OidIsValid(relid))
+				return vacrels;
+		}
+		else
+		{
+			/* Get relid for reporting before taking a lock */
+			relid = RangeVarGetRelid(vrel->relation, NoLock, false);
+
+			if (!ConditionalLockRelationOid(relid, AccessShareLock))
+			{
+				int	flags = 0;
+				/*
+				 * If the lock is unavailable, emit the same log statement that
+				 * vacuum_rel() and analyze_rel() would.
+				 */
+				if (options & VACOPT_VACUUM)
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping vacuum of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
 								vrel->relation->relname)));
-			return vacrels;
+				else
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping analyze of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
+									vrel->relation->relname)));
+
+				if ((options & VACOPT_VACUUM) != 0 && (options & VACOPT_FULL) == 0)
+					flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM;
+				if ((options & VACOPT_ANALYZE) != 0)
+					flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE;
+
+				pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(relid, flags);
+
+				return vacrels;
+			}
+
+			/*
+			 * Now that we have the lock, probe to see if the relation really
+			 * exists or not.
+			 */
+			if (!SearchSysCacheExists1(RELOID, ObjectIdGetDatum(relid)))
+			{
+				if (options & VACOPT_VACUUM)
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_UNDEFINED_TABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping vacuum of \"%s\" --- relation no longer exists",
+									vrel->relation->relname)));
+				else
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_UNDEFINED_TABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping analyze of \"%s\" --- relation no longer exists",
+									vrel->relation->relname)));
+
+				/* Release useless lock */
+				UnlockRelationOid(relid, AccessShareLock);
+
+				return vacrels;
+			}
 		}
 
 		/*
diff --git a/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c b/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c
index b2ca28f83ba..532d9023f8c 100644
--- a/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c
+++ b/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c
@@ -17,12 +17,14 @@
 
 #include "postgres.h"
 
+#include "access/htup_details.h"
 #include "access/twophase_rmgr.h"
 #include "access/xact.h"
 #include "catalog/catalog.h"
 #include "utils/memutils.h"
 #include "utils/pgstat_internal.h"
 #include "utils/rel.h"
+#include "utils/syscache.h"
 #include "utils/timestamp.h"
 
 
@@ -367,6 +369,68 @@ pgstat_report_analyze(Relation rel,
 	(void) pgstat_flush_backend(false, PGSTAT_BACKEND_FLUSH_IO);
 }
 
+/*
+ * Report that the table was skipped during vacuum or/and analyze.
+ */
+void
+pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(Oid relid, int flags)
+{
+	PgStat_EntryRef *entry_ref;
+	PgStatShared_Relation *shtabentry;
+	PgStat_StatTabEntry *tabentry;
+	TimestampTz ts;
+	HeapTuple	classTup;
+	bool		isshared;
+
+	if (!pgstat_track_counts || !flags)
+		return;
+
+	classTup = SearchSysCache1(RELOID, ObjectIdGetDatum(relid));
+	if (!HeapTupleIsValid(classTup))
+		return;			/* somebody deleted the rel, forget it */
+	isshared = ((Form_pg_class) GETSTRUCT(classTup))->relisshared;
+	ReleaseSysCache(classTup);
+
+	/* Store the data in the table's hash table entry. */
+	ts = GetCurrentTimestamp();
+
+	/* block acquiring lock for the same reason as pgstat_report_autovac() */
+	entry_ref = pgstat_get_entry_ref_locked(PGSTAT_KIND_RELATION,
+											isshared ? InvalidOid : MyDatabaseId,
+											relid, false);
+
+	shtabentry = (PgStatShared_Relation *) entry_ref->shared_stats;
+	tabentry = &shtabentry->stats;
+
+	if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM)
+	{
+		tabentry->last_skipped_vacuum_time = ts;
+		tabentry->skipped_vacuum_count++;
+	}
+	else if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOVACUUM)
+	{
+		tabentry->last_skipped_autovacuum_time = ts;
+		tabentry->skipped_autovacuum_count++;
+	}
+
+	if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE)
+	{
+		tabentry->last_skipped_analyze_time = ts;
+		tabentry->skipped_analyze_count++;
+	}
+	else if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOANALYZE)
+	{
+		tabentry->last_skipped_autoanalyze_time = ts;
+		tabentry->skipped_autoanalyze_count++;
+	}
+
+	pgstat_unlock_entry(entry_ref);
+
+	/* see pgstat_report_vacuum() */
+	pgstat_flush_io(false);
+	(void) pgstat_flush_backend(false, PGSTAT_BACKEND_FLUSH_IO);
+}
+
 /*
  * count a tuple insertion of n tuples
  */
diff --git a/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c b/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c
index 1408de387ea..90a8968faa0 100644
--- a/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c
+++ b/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c
@@ -84,6 +84,18 @@ PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(mod_since_analyze)
 /* pg_stat_get_numscans */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(numscans)
 
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_analyze_count)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_autoanalyze_count)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_autovacuum_count)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_vacuum_count)
+
 /* pg_stat_get_tuples_deleted */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(tuples_deleted)
 
@@ -170,6 +182,18 @@ PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_vacuum_time)
 /* pg_stat_get_lastscan */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(lastscan)
 
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_analyze_time)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_autoanalyze_time)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_autovacuum_time)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_vacuum_time)
+
 /* pg_stat_get_stat_reset_time */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(stat_reset_time)
 
diff --git a/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat b/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat
index fa9ae79082b..32debb34863 100644
--- a/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat
+++ b/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat
@@ -5680,6 +5680,38 @@
   proargmodes => '{o,o,o,o,o,o,o,o,o,o}',
   proargnames => '{oid,score,xid_score,mxid_score,vacuum_score,vacuum_insert_score,analyze_score,do_vacuum,do_analyze,for_wraparound}',
   prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_autovacuum_scores' },
+{ oid => '8142', descr => 'statistics: last skipped vacuum time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time' },
+{ oid => '8143', descr => 'statistics: last skipped auto vacuum time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time' },
+{ oid => '8144', descr => 'statistics: last skipped analyze time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time' },
+{ oid => '8145', descr => 'statistics: last skipped auto analyze time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time' },
+{ oid => '8146', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped vacuum for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count' },
+{ oid => '8147', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped auto vacuum for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count' },
+{ oid => '8148', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped analyzes for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count' },
+{ oid => '8149', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped auto analyzes for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count' },
 { oid => '1936', descr => 'statistics: currently active backend IDs',
   proname => 'pg_stat_get_backend_idset', prorows => '100', proretset => 't',
   provolatile => 's', proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int4',
diff --git a/src/include/pgstat.h b/src/include/pgstat.h
index dfa2e837638..98941f953d1 100644
--- a/src/include/pgstat.h
+++ b/src/include/pgstat.h
@@ -479,6 +479,15 @@ typedef struct PgStat_StatTabEntry
 	TimestampTz last_autoanalyze_time;	/* autovacuum initiated */
 	PgStat_Counter autoanalyze_count;
 
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_vacuum_time;	/* user initiated vacuum */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_vacuum_count;
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_autovacuum_time;	/* autovacuum initiated */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_autovacuum_count;
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_analyze_time;	/* user initiated */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_analyze_count;
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_autoanalyze_time;	/* autovacuum initiated */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_autoanalyze_count;
+
 	PgStat_Counter total_vacuum_time;	/* times in milliseconds */
 	PgStat_Counter total_autovacuum_time;
 	PgStat_Counter total_analyze_time;
@@ -703,6 +712,13 @@ extern void pgstat_report_analyze(Relation rel,
 								  PgStat_Counter livetuples, PgStat_Counter deadtuples,
 								  bool resetcounter, TimestampTz starttime);
 
+/* flags for pgstat_flush_backend() */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM		(1 << 0)	/* vacuum is skipped */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE		(1 << 1)	/* analyze is skipped */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOVACUUM	(1 << 2)	/* autovacuum is skipped */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOANALYZE	(1 << 3)	/* autoanalyze is skipped */
+extern void pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(Oid relid, int flags);
+
 /*
  * If stats are enabled, but pending data hasn't been prepared yet, call
  * pgstat_assoc_relation() to do so. See its comment for why this is done
diff --git a/src/test/isolation/expected/vacuum-skip-locked.out b/src/test/isolation/expected/vacuum-skip-locked.out
index 99db281a159..e2cff175b7c 100644
--- a/src/test/isolation/expected/vacuum-skip-locked.out
+++ b/src/test/isolation/expected/vacuum-skip-locked.out
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 Parsed test spec with 2 sessions
 
-starting permutation: lock_share vac_specified commit
+starting permutation: lock_share vac_specified commit check_stat
 step lock_share: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN SHARE MODE;
@@ -10,8 +10,22 @@ step vac_specified: VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED) part1, part2;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
 
-starting permutation: lock_share vac_all_parts commit
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   1|            0|                    0
+part2  |           1|                   0|            0|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
+
+starting permutation: lock_share vac_all_parts commit check_stat
 step lock_share: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN SHARE MODE;
@@ -20,8 +34,22 @@ step vac_all_parts: VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED) parted;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   1|            0|                    0
+part2  |           1|                   0|            0|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
 
-starting permutation: lock_share analyze_specified commit
+starting permutation: lock_share analyze_specified commit check_stat
 step lock_share: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN SHARE MODE;
@@ -31,8 +59,22 @@ step analyze_specified: ANALYZE (SKIP_LOCKED) part1, part2;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
 
-starting permutation: lock_share analyze_all_parts commit
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   0|            0|                    1
+part2  |           0|                   0|            1|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
+
+starting permutation: lock_share analyze_all_parts commit check_stat
 step lock_share: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN SHARE MODE;
@@ -41,8 +83,22 @@ step analyze_all_parts: ANALYZE (SKIP_LOCKED) parted;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            1|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   0|            0|                    1
+part2  |           0|                   0|            1|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
 
-starting permutation: lock_share vac_analyze_specified commit
+starting permutation: lock_share vac_analyze_specified commit check_stat
 step lock_share: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN SHARE MODE;
@@ -52,8 +108,22 @@ step vac_analyze_specified: VACUUM (ANALYZE, SKIP_LOCKED) part1, part2;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
 
-starting permutation: lock_share vac_analyze_all_parts commit
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   1|            0|                    1
+part2  |           1|                   0|            1|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
+
+starting permutation: lock_share vac_analyze_all_parts commit check_stat
 step lock_share: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN SHARE MODE;
@@ -62,8 +132,22 @@ step vac_analyze_all_parts: VACUUM (ANALYZE, SKIP_LOCKED) parted;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            1|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   1|            0|                    1
+part2  |           1|                   0|            1|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
 
-starting permutation: lock_share vac_full_specified commit
+starting permutation: lock_share vac_full_specified commit check_stat
 step lock_share: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN SHARE MODE;
@@ -73,8 +157,22 @@ step vac_full_specified: VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED, FULL) part1, part2;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
 
-starting permutation: lock_share vac_full_all_parts commit
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part2  |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
+
+starting permutation: lock_share vac_full_all_parts commit check_stat
 step lock_share: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN SHARE MODE;
@@ -83,8 +181,22 @@ step vac_full_all_parts: VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED, FULL) parted;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part2  |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+(3 rows)
 
-starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_specified commit
+
+starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_specified commit check_stat
 step lock_access_exclusive: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN ACCESS EXCLUSIVE MODE;
@@ -94,8 +206,22 @@ step vac_specified: VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED) part1, part2;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   1|            0|                    0
+part2  |           1|                   0|            0|                    0
+(3 rows)
 
-starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_all_parts commit
+
+starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_all_parts commit check_stat
 step lock_access_exclusive: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN ACCESS EXCLUSIVE MODE;
@@ -104,8 +230,22 @@ step vac_all_parts: VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED) parted;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   1|            0|                    0
+part2  |           1|                   0|            0|                    0
+(3 rows)
 
-starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive analyze_specified commit
+
+starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive analyze_specified commit check_stat
 step lock_access_exclusive: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN ACCESS EXCLUSIVE MODE;
@@ -115,8 +255,22 @@ step analyze_specified: ANALYZE (SKIP_LOCKED) part1, part2;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   0|            0|                    1
+part2  |           0|                   0|            1|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
 
-starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive analyze_all_parts commit
+starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive analyze_all_parts commit check_stat
 step lock_access_exclusive: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN ACCESS EXCLUSIVE MODE;
@@ -126,8 +280,22 @@ step commit:
 	COMMIT;
 
 step analyze_all_parts: <... completed>
-
-starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_analyze_specified commit
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            1|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   0|            1|                    0
+part2  |           0|                   0|            1|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
+
+starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_analyze_specified commit check_stat
 step lock_access_exclusive: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN ACCESS EXCLUSIVE MODE;
@@ -137,8 +305,22 @@ step vac_analyze_specified: VACUUM (ANALYZE, SKIP_LOCKED) part1, part2;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   1|            0|                    1
+part2  |           1|                   0|            1|                    0
+(3 rows)
 
-starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_analyze_all_parts commit
+
+starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_analyze_all_parts commit check_stat
 step lock_access_exclusive: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN ACCESS EXCLUSIVE MODE;
@@ -148,8 +330,22 @@ step commit:
 	COMMIT;
 
 step vac_analyze_all_parts: <... completed>
-
-starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_full_specified commit
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            1|                    0
+part1  |           1|                   0|            1|                    0
+part2  |           1|                   0|            1|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
+
+starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_full_specified commit check_stat
 step lock_access_exclusive: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN ACCESS EXCLUSIVE MODE;
@@ -159,8 +355,22 @@ step vac_full_specified: VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED, FULL) part1, part2;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
 
-starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_full_all_parts commit
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part2  |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
+
+starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_full_all_parts commit check_stat
 step lock_access_exclusive: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN ACCESS EXCLUSIVE MODE;
@@ -169,3 +379,17 @@ step vac_full_all_parts: VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED, FULL) parted;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part2  |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
diff --git a/src/test/isolation/specs/vacuum-skip-locked.spec b/src/test/isolation/specs/vacuum-skip-locked.spec
index 3fad6e1c92a..b0da75d4b6d 100644
--- a/src/test/isolation/specs/vacuum-skip-locked.spec
+++ b/src/test/isolation/specs/vacuum-skip-locked.spec
@@ -33,6 +33,15 @@ step commit
 	COMMIT;
 }
 
+step check_stat
+{
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+}
+
 session s2
 step vac_specified			{ VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED) part1, part2; }
 step vac_all_parts			{ VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED) parted; }
@@ -43,19 +52,19 @@ step vac_analyze_all_parts	{ VACUUM (ANALYZE, SKIP_LOCKED) parted; }
 step vac_full_specified		{ VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED, FULL) part1, part2; }
 step vac_full_all_parts		{ VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED, FULL) parted; }
 
-permutation lock_share vac_specified commit
-permutation lock_share vac_all_parts commit
-permutation lock_share analyze_specified commit
-permutation lock_share analyze_all_parts commit
-permutation lock_share vac_analyze_specified commit
-permutation lock_share vac_analyze_all_parts commit
-permutation lock_share vac_full_specified commit
-permutation lock_share vac_full_all_parts commit
-permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_specified commit
-permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_all_parts commit
-permutation lock_access_exclusive analyze_specified commit
-permutation lock_access_exclusive analyze_all_parts commit
-permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_analyze_specified commit
-permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_analyze_all_parts commit
-permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_full_specified commit
-permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_full_all_parts commit
+permutation lock_share vac_specified commit check_stat
+permutation lock_share vac_all_parts commit check_stat
+permutation lock_share analyze_specified commit check_stat
+permutation lock_share analyze_all_parts commit check_stat
+permutation lock_share vac_analyze_specified commit check_stat
+permutation lock_share vac_analyze_all_parts commit check_stat
+permutation lock_share vac_full_specified commit check_stat
+permutation lock_share vac_full_all_parts commit check_stat
+permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_specified commit check_stat
+permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_all_parts commit check_stat
+permutation lock_access_exclusive analyze_specified commit check_stat
+permutation lock_access_exclusive analyze_all_parts commit check_stat
+permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_analyze_specified commit check_stat
+permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_analyze_all_parts commit check_stat
+permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_full_specified commit check_stat
+permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_full_all_parts commit check_stat
diff --git a/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out b/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out
index a65a5bf0c4f..9b2075d3373 100644
--- a/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out
+++ b/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out
@@ -1835,13 +1835,21 @@ pg_stat_all_tables| SELECT c.oid AS relid,
     pg_stat_get_mod_since_analyze(c.oid) AS n_mod_since_analyze,
     pg_stat_get_ins_since_vacuum(c.oid) AS n_ins_since_vacuum,
     pg_stat_get_last_vacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_vacuum,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_vacuum,
     pg_stat_get_last_autovacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_autovacuum,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_autovacuum,
     pg_stat_get_last_analyze_time(c.oid) AS last_analyze,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_analyze,
     pg_stat_get_last_autoanalyze_time(c.oid) AS last_autoanalyze,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_autoanalyze,
     pg_stat_get_vacuum_count(c.oid) AS vacuum_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count(c.oid) AS skipped_vacuum_count,
     pg_stat_get_autovacuum_count(c.oid) AS autovacuum_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count(c.oid) AS skipped_autovacuum_count,
     pg_stat_get_analyze_count(c.oid) AS analyze_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count(c.oid) AS skipped_analyze_count,
     pg_stat_get_autoanalyze_count(c.oid) AS autoanalyze_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count(c.oid) AS skipped_autoanalyze_count,
     pg_stat_get_total_vacuum_time(c.oid) AS total_vacuum_time,
     pg_stat_get_total_autovacuum_time(c.oid) AS total_autovacuum_time,
     pg_stat_get_total_analyze_time(c.oid) AS total_analyze_time,
@@ -2346,13 +2354,21 @@ pg_stat_sys_tables| SELECT relid,
     n_mod_since_analyze,
     n_ins_since_vacuum,
     last_vacuum,
+    last_skipped_vacuum,
     last_autovacuum,
+    last_skipped_autovacuum,
     last_analyze,
+    last_skipped_analyze,
     last_autoanalyze,
+    last_skipped_autoanalyze,
     vacuum_count,
+    skipped_vacuum_count,
     autovacuum_count,
+    skipped_autovacuum_count,
     analyze_count,
+    skipped_analyze_count,
     autoanalyze_count,
+    skipped_autoanalyze_count,
     total_vacuum_time,
     total_autovacuum_time,
     total_analyze_time,
@@ -2401,13 +2417,21 @@ pg_stat_user_tables| SELECT relid,
     n_mod_since_analyze,
     n_ins_since_vacuum,
     last_vacuum,
+    last_skipped_vacuum,
     last_autovacuum,
+    last_skipped_autovacuum,
     last_analyze,
+    last_skipped_analyze,
     last_autoanalyze,
+    last_skipped_autoanalyze,
     vacuum_count,
+    skipped_vacuum_count,
     autovacuum_count,
+    skipped_autovacuum_count,
     analyze_count,
+    skipped_analyze_count,
     autoanalyze_count,
+    skipped_autoanalyze_count,
     total_vacuum_time,
     total_autovacuum_time,
     total_analyze_time,
-- 
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* [PATCH v4] Track skipped vacuum and analyze activity per relation
@ 2026-03-24 04:09 Yugo Nagata <[email protected]>
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From: Yugo Nagata @ 2026-03-24 04:09 UTC (permalink / raw)

This commit adds eight fields to the relation statistics that track
the last time vacuum or analyze has been attempted but skipped due to
lock unavailability, along with their counts:

-    last_skipped_vacuum
-    last_skipped_autovacuum
-    last_skipped_analyze
-    last_skipped_autoanalyze
-    skipped_vacuum_count
-    skipped_autovacuum_count
-    skipped_analyze_count
-    skipped_autoanalyze_count

These field can help users confirm that autovacuum is actively attempting
to run on a table that has not been vacuumed or analyzed for a long time,
and that the lack of progress is due to repeated skips rather than inactivity.
---
 doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml                 |  88 ++++++++++++++++
 src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql         |   8 ++
 src/backend/commands/vacuum.c                | 102 ++++++++++++++-----
 src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c |  64 ++++++++++++
 src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c          |  24 +++++
 src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat              |  32 ++++++
 src/include/pgstat.h                         |  16 +++
 src/test/regress/expected/rules.out          |  24 +++++
 8 files changed, 335 insertions(+), 23 deletions(-)

diff --git a/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml b/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml
index 08d5b824552..a9b579d87a9 100644
--- a/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml
+++ b/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml
@@ -4387,6 +4387,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_vacuum</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time a manual vacuum on this table was attempted but skipped due to
+       lock unavailability (not counting <command>VACUUM FULL</command>)
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>last_autovacuum</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
@@ -4397,6 +4407,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_autovacuum</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time a vacuum on this table by the autovacuum daemon was attempted
+       but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>last_analyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
@@ -4406,6 +4426,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_analyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time a manual analyze on this table was attempted but skipped due to
+       lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>last_autoanalyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
@@ -4416,6 +4446,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_autoanalyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time at which an analyze on this table by the autovacuum was
+       attempted but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>vacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4426,6 +4466,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_vacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times manual vacuums on this table have been attempted but skipped
+       due to lock unavailability (not counting <command>VACUUM FULL</command>)
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>autovacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4436,6 +4486,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_autovacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times vacuums on this table by the autovacuum daemon have been
+       attempted but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>analyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4445,6 +4505,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_analyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times manual analyzes on this table have been attempted but
+       skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>autoanalyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4455,6 +4525,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_autoanalyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times analyzes on this table by the autovacuum daemon have
+       been attempted but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>total_vacuum_time</structfield> <type>double precision</type>
@@ -4510,6 +4590,14 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
    </tgroup>
   </table>
 
+  <note>
+   <para>
+    When a manual vacuum or analyze on a parent table in an inheritance or
+    partitioning hierarchy is skipped, the statistics are recorded only for
+    the parent table, not for its children.
+   </para>
+  </note>
+
  </sect2>
 
  <sect2 id="monitoring-pg-stat-autovacuum-scores-view">
diff --git a/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql b/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql
index 73a1c1c4670..f509fc7876b 100644
--- a/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql
+++ b/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql
@@ -736,13 +736,21 @@ CREATE VIEW pg_stat_all_tables AS
             pg_stat_get_mod_since_analyze(C.oid) AS n_mod_since_analyze,
             pg_stat_get_ins_since_vacuum(C.oid) AS n_ins_since_vacuum,
             pg_stat_get_last_vacuum_time(C.oid) as last_vacuum,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_vacuum,
             pg_stat_get_last_autovacuum_time(C.oid) as last_autovacuum,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_autovacuum,
             pg_stat_get_last_analyze_time(C.oid) as last_analyze,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_analyze,
             pg_stat_get_last_autoanalyze_time(C.oid) as last_autoanalyze,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_autoanalyze,
             pg_stat_get_vacuum_count(C.oid) AS vacuum_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count(C.oid) AS skipped_vacuum_count,
             pg_stat_get_autovacuum_count(C.oid) AS autovacuum_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count(C.oid) AS skipped_autovacuum_count,
             pg_stat_get_analyze_count(C.oid) AS analyze_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count(C.oid) AS skipped_analyze_count,
             pg_stat_get_autoanalyze_count(C.oid) AS autoanalyze_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count(C.oid) AS skipped_autoanalyze_count,
             pg_stat_get_total_vacuum_time(C.oid) AS total_vacuum_time,
             pg_stat_get_total_autovacuum_time(C.oid) AS total_autovacuum_time,
             pg_stat_get_total_analyze_time(C.oid) AS total_analyze_time,
diff --git a/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c b/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c
index 99d0db82ed7..97cd5ea8d10 100644
--- a/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c
+++ b/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c
@@ -793,8 +793,25 @@ vacuum_open_relation(Oid relid, RangeVar *relation, uint32 options,
 		rel = try_relation_open(relid, NoLock);
 	else
 	{
+		int flags = 0;
 		rel = NULL;
 		rel_lock = false;
+
+		if ((options & VACOPT_VACUUM) != 0)
+		{
+			if (AmAutoVacuumWorkerProcess())
+				flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOVACUUM;
+			else
+				flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM;
+		}
+		if ((options & VACOPT_ANALYZE) != 0)
+		{
+			if (AmAutoVacuumWorkerProcess())
+				flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOANALYZE;
+			else
+				flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE;
+		}
+		pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(relid, flags);
 	}
 
 	/* if relation is opened, leave */
@@ -802,7 +819,7 @@ vacuum_open_relation(Oid relid, RangeVar *relation, uint32 options,
 		return rel;
 
 	/*
-	 * Relation could not be opened, hence generate if possible a log
+	 * Relation could not be opened hence generate if possible a log
 	 * informing on the situation.
 	 *
 	 * If the RangeVar is not defined, we do not have enough information to
@@ -905,7 +922,6 @@ expand_vacuum_rel(VacuumRelation *vrel, MemoryContext vac_context,
 		Form_pg_class classForm;
 		bool		include_children;
 		bool		is_partitioned_table;
-		int			rvr_opts;
 
 		/*
 		 * Since autovacuum workers supply OIDs when calling vacuum(), no
@@ -918,29 +934,69 @@ expand_vacuum_rel(VacuumRelation *vrel, MemoryContext vac_context,
 		 * below, as well as find_all_inheritors's expectation that the caller
 		 * holds some lock on the starting relation.
 		 */
-		rvr_opts = (options & VACOPT_SKIP_LOCKED) ? RVR_SKIP_LOCKED : 0;
-		relid = RangeVarGetRelidExtended(vrel->relation,
-										 AccessShareLock,
-										 rvr_opts,
-										 NULL, NULL);
-
-		/*
-		 * If the lock is unavailable, emit the same log statement that
-		 * vacuum_rel() and analyze_rel() would.
-		 */
-		if (!OidIsValid(relid))
+		if (!(options & VACOPT_SKIP_LOCKED))
 		{
-			if (options & VACOPT_VACUUM)
-				ereport(WARNING,
-						(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
-						 errmsg("skipping vacuum of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
-								vrel->relation->relname)));
-			else
-				ereport(WARNING,
-						(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
-						 errmsg("skipping analyze of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
+			relid = RangeVarGetRelidExtended(vrel->relation,
+											 AccessShareLock,
+											 0, NULL, NULL);
+			if (!OidIsValid(relid))
+				return vacrels;
+		}
+		else
+		{
+			/* Get relid for reporting before taking a lock */
+			relid = RangeVarGetRelid(vrel->relation, NoLock, false);
+
+			if (!ConditionalLockRelationOid(relid, AccessShareLock))
+			{
+				int	flags = 0;
+				/*
+				 * If the lock is unavailable, emit the same log statement that
+				 * vacuum_rel() and analyze_rel() would.
+				 */
+				if (options & VACOPT_VACUUM)
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping vacuum of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
 								vrel->relation->relname)));
-			return vacrels;
+				else
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping analyze of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
+									vrel->relation->relname)));
+
+				if ((options & VACOPT_VACUUM) != 0)
+					flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM;
+				if ((options & VACOPT_ANALYZE) != 0)
+					flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE;
+
+				pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(relid, flags);
+
+				return vacrels;
+			}
+
+			/*
+			 * Now that we have the lock, probe to see if the relation really
+			 * exists or not.
+			 */
+			if (!SearchSysCacheExists1(RELOID, ObjectIdGetDatum(relid)))
+			{
+				if (options & VACOPT_VACUUM)
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_UNDEFINED_TABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping vacuum of \"%s\" --- relation no longer exists",
+									vrel->relation->relname)));
+				else
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_UNDEFINED_TABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping analyze of \"%s\" --- relation no longer exists",
+									vrel->relation->relname)));
+
+				/* Release useless lock */
+				UnlockRelationOid(relid, AccessShareLock);
+
+				return vacrels;
+			}
 		}
 
 		/*
diff --git a/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c b/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c
index b2ca28f83ba..532d9023f8c 100644
--- a/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c
+++ b/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c
@@ -17,12 +17,14 @@
 
 #include "postgres.h"
 
+#include "access/htup_details.h"
 #include "access/twophase_rmgr.h"
 #include "access/xact.h"
 #include "catalog/catalog.h"
 #include "utils/memutils.h"
 #include "utils/pgstat_internal.h"
 #include "utils/rel.h"
+#include "utils/syscache.h"
 #include "utils/timestamp.h"
 
 
@@ -367,6 +369,68 @@ pgstat_report_analyze(Relation rel,
 	(void) pgstat_flush_backend(false, PGSTAT_BACKEND_FLUSH_IO);
 }
 
+/*
+ * Report that the table was skipped during vacuum or/and analyze.
+ */
+void
+pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(Oid relid, int flags)
+{
+	PgStat_EntryRef *entry_ref;
+	PgStatShared_Relation *shtabentry;
+	PgStat_StatTabEntry *tabentry;
+	TimestampTz ts;
+	HeapTuple	classTup;
+	bool		isshared;
+
+	if (!pgstat_track_counts || !flags)
+		return;
+
+	classTup = SearchSysCache1(RELOID, ObjectIdGetDatum(relid));
+	if (!HeapTupleIsValid(classTup))
+		return;			/* somebody deleted the rel, forget it */
+	isshared = ((Form_pg_class) GETSTRUCT(classTup))->relisshared;
+	ReleaseSysCache(classTup);
+
+	/* Store the data in the table's hash table entry. */
+	ts = GetCurrentTimestamp();
+
+	/* block acquiring lock for the same reason as pgstat_report_autovac() */
+	entry_ref = pgstat_get_entry_ref_locked(PGSTAT_KIND_RELATION,
+											isshared ? InvalidOid : MyDatabaseId,
+											relid, false);
+
+	shtabentry = (PgStatShared_Relation *) entry_ref->shared_stats;
+	tabentry = &shtabentry->stats;
+
+	if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM)
+	{
+		tabentry->last_skipped_vacuum_time = ts;
+		tabentry->skipped_vacuum_count++;
+	}
+	else if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOVACUUM)
+	{
+		tabentry->last_skipped_autovacuum_time = ts;
+		tabentry->skipped_autovacuum_count++;
+	}
+
+	if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE)
+	{
+		tabentry->last_skipped_analyze_time = ts;
+		tabentry->skipped_analyze_count++;
+	}
+	else if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOANALYZE)
+	{
+		tabentry->last_skipped_autoanalyze_time = ts;
+		tabentry->skipped_autoanalyze_count++;
+	}
+
+	pgstat_unlock_entry(entry_ref);
+
+	/* see pgstat_report_vacuum() */
+	pgstat_flush_io(false);
+	(void) pgstat_flush_backend(false, PGSTAT_BACKEND_FLUSH_IO);
+}
+
 /*
  * count a tuple insertion of n tuples
  */
diff --git a/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c b/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c
index 1408de387ea..90a8968faa0 100644
--- a/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c
+++ b/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c
@@ -84,6 +84,18 @@ PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(mod_since_analyze)
 /* pg_stat_get_numscans */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(numscans)
 
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_analyze_count)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_autoanalyze_count)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_autovacuum_count)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_vacuum_count)
+
 /* pg_stat_get_tuples_deleted */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(tuples_deleted)
 
@@ -170,6 +182,18 @@ PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_vacuum_time)
 /* pg_stat_get_lastscan */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(lastscan)
 
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_analyze_time)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_autoanalyze_time)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_autovacuum_time)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_vacuum_time)
+
 /* pg_stat_get_stat_reset_time */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(stat_reset_time)
 
diff --git a/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat b/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat
index fa9ae79082b..32debb34863 100644
--- a/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat
+++ b/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat
@@ -5680,6 +5680,38 @@
   proargmodes => '{o,o,o,o,o,o,o,o,o,o}',
   proargnames => '{oid,score,xid_score,mxid_score,vacuum_score,vacuum_insert_score,analyze_score,do_vacuum,do_analyze,for_wraparound}',
   prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_autovacuum_scores' },
+{ oid => '8142', descr => 'statistics: last skipped vacuum time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time' },
+{ oid => '8143', descr => 'statistics: last skipped auto vacuum time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time' },
+{ oid => '8144', descr => 'statistics: last skipped analyze time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time' },
+{ oid => '8145', descr => 'statistics: last skipped auto analyze time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time' },
+{ oid => '8146', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped vacuum for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count' },
+{ oid => '8147', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped auto vacuum for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count' },
+{ oid => '8148', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped analyzes for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count' },
+{ oid => '8149', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped auto analyzes for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count' },
 { oid => '1936', descr => 'statistics: currently active backend IDs',
   proname => 'pg_stat_get_backend_idset', prorows => '100', proretset => 't',
   provolatile => 's', proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int4',
diff --git a/src/include/pgstat.h b/src/include/pgstat.h
index dfa2e837638..98941f953d1 100644
--- a/src/include/pgstat.h
+++ b/src/include/pgstat.h
@@ -479,6 +479,15 @@ typedef struct PgStat_StatTabEntry
 	TimestampTz last_autoanalyze_time;	/* autovacuum initiated */
 	PgStat_Counter autoanalyze_count;
 
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_vacuum_time;	/* user initiated vacuum */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_vacuum_count;
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_autovacuum_time;	/* autovacuum initiated */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_autovacuum_count;
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_analyze_time;	/* user initiated */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_analyze_count;
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_autoanalyze_time;	/* autovacuum initiated */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_autoanalyze_count;
+
 	PgStat_Counter total_vacuum_time;	/* times in milliseconds */
 	PgStat_Counter total_autovacuum_time;
 	PgStat_Counter total_analyze_time;
@@ -703,6 +712,13 @@ extern void pgstat_report_analyze(Relation rel,
 								  PgStat_Counter livetuples, PgStat_Counter deadtuples,
 								  bool resetcounter, TimestampTz starttime);
 
+/* flags for pgstat_flush_backend() */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM		(1 << 0)	/* vacuum is skipped */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE		(1 << 1)	/* analyze is skipped */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOVACUUM	(1 << 2)	/* autovacuum is skipped */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOANALYZE	(1 << 3)	/* autoanalyze is skipped */
+extern void pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(Oid relid, int flags);
+
 /*
  * If stats are enabled, but pending data hasn't been prepared yet, call
  * pgstat_assoc_relation() to do so. See its comment for why this is done
diff --git a/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out b/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out
index a65a5bf0c4f..9b2075d3373 100644
--- a/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out
+++ b/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out
@@ -1835,13 +1835,21 @@ pg_stat_all_tables| SELECT c.oid AS relid,
     pg_stat_get_mod_since_analyze(c.oid) AS n_mod_since_analyze,
     pg_stat_get_ins_since_vacuum(c.oid) AS n_ins_since_vacuum,
     pg_stat_get_last_vacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_vacuum,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_vacuum,
     pg_stat_get_last_autovacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_autovacuum,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_autovacuum,
     pg_stat_get_last_analyze_time(c.oid) AS last_analyze,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_analyze,
     pg_stat_get_last_autoanalyze_time(c.oid) AS last_autoanalyze,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_autoanalyze,
     pg_stat_get_vacuum_count(c.oid) AS vacuum_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count(c.oid) AS skipped_vacuum_count,
     pg_stat_get_autovacuum_count(c.oid) AS autovacuum_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count(c.oid) AS skipped_autovacuum_count,
     pg_stat_get_analyze_count(c.oid) AS analyze_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count(c.oid) AS skipped_analyze_count,
     pg_stat_get_autoanalyze_count(c.oid) AS autoanalyze_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count(c.oid) AS skipped_autoanalyze_count,
     pg_stat_get_total_vacuum_time(c.oid) AS total_vacuum_time,
     pg_stat_get_total_autovacuum_time(c.oid) AS total_autovacuum_time,
     pg_stat_get_total_analyze_time(c.oid) AS total_analyze_time,
@@ -2346,13 +2354,21 @@ pg_stat_sys_tables| SELECT relid,
     n_mod_since_analyze,
     n_ins_since_vacuum,
     last_vacuum,
+    last_skipped_vacuum,
     last_autovacuum,
+    last_skipped_autovacuum,
     last_analyze,
+    last_skipped_analyze,
     last_autoanalyze,
+    last_skipped_autoanalyze,
     vacuum_count,
+    skipped_vacuum_count,
     autovacuum_count,
+    skipped_autovacuum_count,
     analyze_count,
+    skipped_analyze_count,
     autoanalyze_count,
+    skipped_autoanalyze_count,
     total_vacuum_time,
     total_autovacuum_time,
     total_analyze_time,
@@ -2401,13 +2417,21 @@ pg_stat_user_tables| SELECT relid,
     n_mod_since_analyze,
     n_ins_since_vacuum,
     last_vacuum,
+    last_skipped_vacuum,
     last_autovacuum,
+    last_skipped_autovacuum,
     last_analyze,
+    last_skipped_analyze,
     last_autoanalyze,
+    last_skipped_autoanalyze,
     vacuum_count,
+    skipped_vacuum_count,
     autovacuum_count,
+    skipped_autovacuum_count,
     analyze_count,
+    skipped_analyze_count,
     autoanalyze_count,
+    skipped_autoanalyze_count,
     total_vacuum_time,
     total_autovacuum_time,
     total_analyze_time,
-- 
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* [PATCH v4] Track skipped vacuum and analyze activity per relation
@ 2026-03-24 04:09 Yugo Nagata <[email protected]>
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From: Yugo Nagata @ 2026-03-24 04:09 UTC (permalink / raw)

This commit adds eight fields to the relation statistics that track
the last time vacuum or analyze has been attempted but skipped due to
lock unavailability, along with their counts:

-    last_skipped_vacuum
-    last_skipped_autovacuum
-    last_skipped_analyze
-    last_skipped_autoanalyze
-    skipped_vacuum_count
-    skipped_autovacuum_count
-    skipped_analyze_count
-    skipped_autoanalyze_count

These field can help users confirm that autovacuum is actively attempting
to run on a table that has not been vacuumed or analyzed for a long time,
and that the lack of progress is due to repeated skips rather than inactivity.
---
 doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml                 |  88 ++++++++++++++++
 src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql         |   8 ++
 src/backend/commands/vacuum.c                | 102 ++++++++++++++-----
 src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c |  64 ++++++++++++
 src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c          |  24 +++++
 src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat              |  32 ++++++
 src/include/pgstat.h                         |  16 +++
 src/test/regress/expected/rules.out          |  24 +++++
 8 files changed, 335 insertions(+), 23 deletions(-)

diff --git a/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml b/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml
index 08d5b824552..a9b579d87a9 100644
--- a/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml
+++ b/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml
@@ -4387,6 +4387,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_vacuum</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time a manual vacuum on this table was attempted but skipped due to
+       lock unavailability (not counting <command>VACUUM FULL</command>)
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>last_autovacuum</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
@@ -4397,6 +4407,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_autovacuum</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time a vacuum on this table by the autovacuum daemon was attempted
+       but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>last_analyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
@@ -4406,6 +4426,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_analyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time a manual analyze on this table was attempted but skipped due to
+       lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>last_autoanalyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
@@ -4416,6 +4446,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_autoanalyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time at which an analyze on this table by the autovacuum was
+       attempted but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>vacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4426,6 +4466,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_vacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times manual vacuums on this table have been attempted but skipped
+       due to lock unavailability (not counting <command>VACUUM FULL</command>)
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>autovacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4436,6 +4486,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_autovacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times vacuums on this table by the autovacuum daemon have been
+       attempted but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>analyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4445,6 +4505,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_analyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times manual analyzes on this table have been attempted but
+       skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>autoanalyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4455,6 +4525,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_autoanalyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times analyzes on this table by the autovacuum daemon have
+       been attempted but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>total_vacuum_time</structfield> <type>double precision</type>
@@ -4510,6 +4590,14 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
    </tgroup>
   </table>
 
+  <note>
+   <para>
+    When a manual vacuum or analyze on a parent table in an inheritance or
+    partitioning hierarchy is skipped, the statistics are recorded only for
+    the parent table, not for its children.
+   </para>
+  </note>
+
  </sect2>
 
  <sect2 id="monitoring-pg-stat-autovacuum-scores-view">
diff --git a/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql b/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql
index 73a1c1c4670..f509fc7876b 100644
--- a/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql
+++ b/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql
@@ -736,13 +736,21 @@ CREATE VIEW pg_stat_all_tables AS
             pg_stat_get_mod_since_analyze(C.oid) AS n_mod_since_analyze,
             pg_stat_get_ins_since_vacuum(C.oid) AS n_ins_since_vacuum,
             pg_stat_get_last_vacuum_time(C.oid) as last_vacuum,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_vacuum,
             pg_stat_get_last_autovacuum_time(C.oid) as last_autovacuum,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_autovacuum,
             pg_stat_get_last_analyze_time(C.oid) as last_analyze,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_analyze,
             pg_stat_get_last_autoanalyze_time(C.oid) as last_autoanalyze,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_autoanalyze,
             pg_stat_get_vacuum_count(C.oid) AS vacuum_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count(C.oid) AS skipped_vacuum_count,
             pg_stat_get_autovacuum_count(C.oid) AS autovacuum_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count(C.oid) AS skipped_autovacuum_count,
             pg_stat_get_analyze_count(C.oid) AS analyze_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count(C.oid) AS skipped_analyze_count,
             pg_stat_get_autoanalyze_count(C.oid) AS autoanalyze_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count(C.oid) AS skipped_autoanalyze_count,
             pg_stat_get_total_vacuum_time(C.oid) AS total_vacuum_time,
             pg_stat_get_total_autovacuum_time(C.oid) AS total_autovacuum_time,
             pg_stat_get_total_analyze_time(C.oid) AS total_analyze_time,
diff --git a/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c b/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c
index 99d0db82ed7..97cd5ea8d10 100644
--- a/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c
+++ b/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c
@@ -793,8 +793,25 @@ vacuum_open_relation(Oid relid, RangeVar *relation, uint32 options,
 		rel = try_relation_open(relid, NoLock);
 	else
 	{
+		int flags = 0;
 		rel = NULL;
 		rel_lock = false;
+
+		if ((options & VACOPT_VACUUM) != 0)
+		{
+			if (AmAutoVacuumWorkerProcess())
+				flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOVACUUM;
+			else
+				flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM;
+		}
+		if ((options & VACOPT_ANALYZE) != 0)
+		{
+			if (AmAutoVacuumWorkerProcess())
+				flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOANALYZE;
+			else
+				flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE;
+		}
+		pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(relid, flags);
 	}
 
 	/* if relation is opened, leave */
@@ -802,7 +819,7 @@ vacuum_open_relation(Oid relid, RangeVar *relation, uint32 options,
 		return rel;
 
 	/*
-	 * Relation could not be opened, hence generate if possible a log
+	 * Relation could not be opened hence generate if possible a log
 	 * informing on the situation.
 	 *
 	 * If the RangeVar is not defined, we do not have enough information to
@@ -905,7 +922,6 @@ expand_vacuum_rel(VacuumRelation *vrel, MemoryContext vac_context,
 		Form_pg_class classForm;
 		bool		include_children;
 		bool		is_partitioned_table;
-		int			rvr_opts;
 
 		/*
 		 * Since autovacuum workers supply OIDs when calling vacuum(), no
@@ -918,29 +934,69 @@ expand_vacuum_rel(VacuumRelation *vrel, MemoryContext vac_context,
 		 * below, as well as find_all_inheritors's expectation that the caller
 		 * holds some lock on the starting relation.
 		 */
-		rvr_opts = (options & VACOPT_SKIP_LOCKED) ? RVR_SKIP_LOCKED : 0;
-		relid = RangeVarGetRelidExtended(vrel->relation,
-										 AccessShareLock,
-										 rvr_opts,
-										 NULL, NULL);
-
-		/*
-		 * If the lock is unavailable, emit the same log statement that
-		 * vacuum_rel() and analyze_rel() would.
-		 */
-		if (!OidIsValid(relid))
+		if (!(options & VACOPT_SKIP_LOCKED))
 		{
-			if (options & VACOPT_VACUUM)
-				ereport(WARNING,
-						(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
-						 errmsg("skipping vacuum of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
-								vrel->relation->relname)));
-			else
-				ereport(WARNING,
-						(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
-						 errmsg("skipping analyze of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
+			relid = RangeVarGetRelidExtended(vrel->relation,
+											 AccessShareLock,
+											 0, NULL, NULL);
+			if (!OidIsValid(relid))
+				return vacrels;
+		}
+		else
+		{
+			/* Get relid for reporting before taking a lock */
+			relid = RangeVarGetRelid(vrel->relation, NoLock, false);
+
+			if (!ConditionalLockRelationOid(relid, AccessShareLock))
+			{
+				int	flags = 0;
+				/*
+				 * If the lock is unavailable, emit the same log statement that
+				 * vacuum_rel() and analyze_rel() would.
+				 */
+				if (options & VACOPT_VACUUM)
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping vacuum of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
 								vrel->relation->relname)));
-			return vacrels;
+				else
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping analyze of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
+									vrel->relation->relname)));
+
+				if ((options & VACOPT_VACUUM) != 0)
+					flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM;
+				if ((options & VACOPT_ANALYZE) != 0)
+					flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE;
+
+				pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(relid, flags);
+
+				return vacrels;
+			}
+
+			/*
+			 * Now that we have the lock, probe to see if the relation really
+			 * exists or not.
+			 */
+			if (!SearchSysCacheExists1(RELOID, ObjectIdGetDatum(relid)))
+			{
+				if (options & VACOPT_VACUUM)
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_UNDEFINED_TABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping vacuum of \"%s\" --- relation no longer exists",
+									vrel->relation->relname)));
+				else
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_UNDEFINED_TABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping analyze of \"%s\" --- relation no longer exists",
+									vrel->relation->relname)));
+
+				/* Release useless lock */
+				UnlockRelationOid(relid, AccessShareLock);
+
+				return vacrels;
+			}
 		}
 
 		/*
diff --git a/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c b/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c
index b2ca28f83ba..532d9023f8c 100644
--- a/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c
+++ b/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c
@@ -17,12 +17,14 @@
 
 #include "postgres.h"
 
+#include "access/htup_details.h"
 #include "access/twophase_rmgr.h"
 #include "access/xact.h"
 #include "catalog/catalog.h"
 #include "utils/memutils.h"
 #include "utils/pgstat_internal.h"
 #include "utils/rel.h"
+#include "utils/syscache.h"
 #include "utils/timestamp.h"
 
 
@@ -367,6 +369,68 @@ pgstat_report_analyze(Relation rel,
 	(void) pgstat_flush_backend(false, PGSTAT_BACKEND_FLUSH_IO);
 }
 
+/*
+ * Report that the table was skipped during vacuum or/and analyze.
+ */
+void
+pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(Oid relid, int flags)
+{
+	PgStat_EntryRef *entry_ref;
+	PgStatShared_Relation *shtabentry;
+	PgStat_StatTabEntry *tabentry;
+	TimestampTz ts;
+	HeapTuple	classTup;
+	bool		isshared;
+
+	if (!pgstat_track_counts || !flags)
+		return;
+
+	classTup = SearchSysCache1(RELOID, ObjectIdGetDatum(relid));
+	if (!HeapTupleIsValid(classTup))
+		return;			/* somebody deleted the rel, forget it */
+	isshared = ((Form_pg_class) GETSTRUCT(classTup))->relisshared;
+	ReleaseSysCache(classTup);
+
+	/* Store the data in the table's hash table entry. */
+	ts = GetCurrentTimestamp();
+
+	/* block acquiring lock for the same reason as pgstat_report_autovac() */
+	entry_ref = pgstat_get_entry_ref_locked(PGSTAT_KIND_RELATION,
+											isshared ? InvalidOid : MyDatabaseId,
+											relid, false);
+
+	shtabentry = (PgStatShared_Relation *) entry_ref->shared_stats;
+	tabentry = &shtabentry->stats;
+
+	if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM)
+	{
+		tabentry->last_skipped_vacuum_time = ts;
+		tabentry->skipped_vacuum_count++;
+	}
+	else if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOVACUUM)
+	{
+		tabentry->last_skipped_autovacuum_time = ts;
+		tabentry->skipped_autovacuum_count++;
+	}
+
+	if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE)
+	{
+		tabentry->last_skipped_analyze_time = ts;
+		tabentry->skipped_analyze_count++;
+	}
+	else if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOANALYZE)
+	{
+		tabentry->last_skipped_autoanalyze_time = ts;
+		tabentry->skipped_autoanalyze_count++;
+	}
+
+	pgstat_unlock_entry(entry_ref);
+
+	/* see pgstat_report_vacuum() */
+	pgstat_flush_io(false);
+	(void) pgstat_flush_backend(false, PGSTAT_BACKEND_FLUSH_IO);
+}
+
 /*
  * count a tuple insertion of n tuples
  */
diff --git a/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c b/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c
index 1408de387ea..90a8968faa0 100644
--- a/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c
+++ b/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c
@@ -84,6 +84,18 @@ PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(mod_since_analyze)
 /* pg_stat_get_numscans */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(numscans)
 
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_analyze_count)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_autoanalyze_count)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_autovacuum_count)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_vacuum_count)
+
 /* pg_stat_get_tuples_deleted */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(tuples_deleted)
 
@@ -170,6 +182,18 @@ PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_vacuum_time)
 /* pg_stat_get_lastscan */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(lastscan)
 
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_analyze_time)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_autoanalyze_time)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_autovacuum_time)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_vacuum_time)
+
 /* pg_stat_get_stat_reset_time */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(stat_reset_time)
 
diff --git a/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat b/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat
index fa9ae79082b..32debb34863 100644
--- a/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat
+++ b/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat
@@ -5680,6 +5680,38 @@
   proargmodes => '{o,o,o,o,o,o,o,o,o,o}',
   proargnames => '{oid,score,xid_score,mxid_score,vacuum_score,vacuum_insert_score,analyze_score,do_vacuum,do_analyze,for_wraparound}',
   prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_autovacuum_scores' },
+{ oid => '8142', descr => 'statistics: last skipped vacuum time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time' },
+{ oid => '8143', descr => 'statistics: last skipped auto vacuum time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time' },
+{ oid => '8144', descr => 'statistics: last skipped analyze time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time' },
+{ oid => '8145', descr => 'statistics: last skipped auto analyze time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time' },
+{ oid => '8146', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped vacuum for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count' },
+{ oid => '8147', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped auto vacuum for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count' },
+{ oid => '8148', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped analyzes for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count' },
+{ oid => '8149', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped auto analyzes for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count' },
 { oid => '1936', descr => 'statistics: currently active backend IDs',
   proname => 'pg_stat_get_backend_idset', prorows => '100', proretset => 't',
   provolatile => 's', proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int4',
diff --git a/src/include/pgstat.h b/src/include/pgstat.h
index dfa2e837638..98941f953d1 100644
--- a/src/include/pgstat.h
+++ b/src/include/pgstat.h
@@ -479,6 +479,15 @@ typedef struct PgStat_StatTabEntry
 	TimestampTz last_autoanalyze_time;	/* autovacuum initiated */
 	PgStat_Counter autoanalyze_count;
 
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_vacuum_time;	/* user initiated vacuum */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_vacuum_count;
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_autovacuum_time;	/* autovacuum initiated */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_autovacuum_count;
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_analyze_time;	/* user initiated */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_analyze_count;
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_autoanalyze_time;	/* autovacuum initiated */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_autoanalyze_count;
+
 	PgStat_Counter total_vacuum_time;	/* times in milliseconds */
 	PgStat_Counter total_autovacuum_time;
 	PgStat_Counter total_analyze_time;
@@ -703,6 +712,13 @@ extern void pgstat_report_analyze(Relation rel,
 								  PgStat_Counter livetuples, PgStat_Counter deadtuples,
 								  bool resetcounter, TimestampTz starttime);
 
+/* flags for pgstat_flush_backend() */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM		(1 << 0)	/* vacuum is skipped */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE		(1 << 1)	/* analyze is skipped */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOVACUUM	(1 << 2)	/* autovacuum is skipped */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOANALYZE	(1 << 3)	/* autoanalyze is skipped */
+extern void pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(Oid relid, int flags);
+
 /*
  * If stats are enabled, but pending data hasn't been prepared yet, call
  * pgstat_assoc_relation() to do so. See its comment for why this is done
diff --git a/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out b/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out
index a65a5bf0c4f..9b2075d3373 100644
--- a/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out
+++ b/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out
@@ -1835,13 +1835,21 @@ pg_stat_all_tables| SELECT c.oid AS relid,
     pg_stat_get_mod_since_analyze(c.oid) AS n_mod_since_analyze,
     pg_stat_get_ins_since_vacuum(c.oid) AS n_ins_since_vacuum,
     pg_stat_get_last_vacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_vacuum,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_vacuum,
     pg_stat_get_last_autovacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_autovacuum,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_autovacuum,
     pg_stat_get_last_analyze_time(c.oid) AS last_analyze,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_analyze,
     pg_stat_get_last_autoanalyze_time(c.oid) AS last_autoanalyze,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_autoanalyze,
     pg_stat_get_vacuum_count(c.oid) AS vacuum_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count(c.oid) AS skipped_vacuum_count,
     pg_stat_get_autovacuum_count(c.oid) AS autovacuum_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count(c.oid) AS skipped_autovacuum_count,
     pg_stat_get_analyze_count(c.oid) AS analyze_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count(c.oid) AS skipped_analyze_count,
     pg_stat_get_autoanalyze_count(c.oid) AS autoanalyze_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count(c.oid) AS skipped_autoanalyze_count,
     pg_stat_get_total_vacuum_time(c.oid) AS total_vacuum_time,
     pg_stat_get_total_autovacuum_time(c.oid) AS total_autovacuum_time,
     pg_stat_get_total_analyze_time(c.oid) AS total_analyze_time,
@@ -2346,13 +2354,21 @@ pg_stat_sys_tables| SELECT relid,
     n_mod_since_analyze,
     n_ins_since_vacuum,
     last_vacuum,
+    last_skipped_vacuum,
     last_autovacuum,
+    last_skipped_autovacuum,
     last_analyze,
+    last_skipped_analyze,
     last_autoanalyze,
+    last_skipped_autoanalyze,
     vacuum_count,
+    skipped_vacuum_count,
     autovacuum_count,
+    skipped_autovacuum_count,
     analyze_count,
+    skipped_analyze_count,
     autoanalyze_count,
+    skipped_autoanalyze_count,
     total_vacuum_time,
     total_autovacuum_time,
     total_analyze_time,
@@ -2401,13 +2417,21 @@ pg_stat_user_tables| SELECT relid,
     n_mod_since_analyze,
     n_ins_since_vacuum,
     last_vacuum,
+    last_skipped_vacuum,
     last_autovacuum,
+    last_skipped_autovacuum,
     last_analyze,
+    last_skipped_analyze,
     last_autoanalyze,
+    last_skipped_autoanalyze,
     vacuum_count,
+    skipped_vacuum_count,
     autovacuum_count,
+    skipped_autovacuum_count,
     analyze_count,
+    skipped_analyze_count,
     autoanalyze_count,
+    skipped_autoanalyze_count,
     total_vacuum_time,
     total_autovacuum_time,
     total_analyze_time,
-- 
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* [PATCH v5] Track skipped vacuum and analyze activity per relation
@ 2026-03-24 04:09 Yugo Nagata <[email protected]>
  0 siblings, 0 replies; 374+ messages in thread

From: Yugo Nagata @ 2026-03-24 04:09 UTC (permalink / raw)

This commit adds eight fields to the relation statistics that track
the last time vacuum or analyze has been attempted but skipped due to
lock unavailability, along with their counts:

-    last_skipped_vacuum
-    last_skipped_autovacuum
-    last_skipped_analyze
-    last_skipped_autoanalyze
-    skipped_vacuum_count
-    skipped_autovacuum_count
-    skipped_analyze_count
-    skipped_autoanalyze_count

These field can help users confirm that autovacuum is actively attempting
to run on a table that has not been vacuumed or analyzed for a long time,
and that the lack of progress is due to repeated skips rather than inactivity.
---
 doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml                  |  88 ++++++
 src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql          |   8 +
 src/backend/commands/vacuum.c                 | 100 +++++--
 src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c  |  64 +++++
 src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c           |  24 ++
 src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat               |  32 +++
 src/include/pgstat.h                          |  16 ++
 .../isolation/expected/vacuum-skip-locked.out | 260 ++++++++++++++++--
 .../isolation/specs/vacuum-skip-locked.spec   |  41 +--
 src/test/regress/expected/rules.out           |  24 ++
 10 files changed, 601 insertions(+), 56 deletions(-)

diff --git a/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml b/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml
index 08d5b824552..a9b579d87a9 100644
--- a/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml
+++ b/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml
@@ -4387,6 +4387,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_vacuum</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time a manual vacuum on this table was attempted but skipped due to
+       lock unavailability (not counting <command>VACUUM FULL</command>)
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>last_autovacuum</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
@@ -4397,6 +4407,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_autovacuum</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time a vacuum on this table by the autovacuum daemon was attempted
+       but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>last_analyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
@@ -4406,6 +4426,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_analyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time a manual analyze on this table was attempted but skipped due to
+       lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>last_autoanalyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
@@ -4416,6 +4446,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_autoanalyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time at which an analyze on this table by the autovacuum was
+       attempted but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>vacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4426,6 +4466,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_vacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times manual vacuums on this table have been attempted but skipped
+       due to lock unavailability (not counting <command>VACUUM FULL</command>)
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>autovacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4436,6 +4486,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_autovacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times vacuums on this table by the autovacuum daemon have been
+       attempted but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>analyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4445,6 +4505,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_analyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times manual analyzes on this table have been attempted but
+       skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>autoanalyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4455,6 +4525,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_autoanalyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times analyzes on this table by the autovacuum daemon have
+       been attempted but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>total_vacuum_time</structfield> <type>double precision</type>
@@ -4510,6 +4590,14 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
    </tgroup>
   </table>
 
+  <note>
+   <para>
+    When a manual vacuum or analyze on a parent table in an inheritance or
+    partitioning hierarchy is skipped, the statistics are recorded only for
+    the parent table, not for its children.
+   </para>
+  </note>
+
  </sect2>
 
  <sect2 id="monitoring-pg-stat-autovacuum-scores-view">
diff --git a/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql b/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql
index 73a1c1c4670..f509fc7876b 100644
--- a/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql
+++ b/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql
@@ -736,13 +736,21 @@ CREATE VIEW pg_stat_all_tables AS
             pg_stat_get_mod_since_analyze(C.oid) AS n_mod_since_analyze,
             pg_stat_get_ins_since_vacuum(C.oid) AS n_ins_since_vacuum,
             pg_stat_get_last_vacuum_time(C.oid) as last_vacuum,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_vacuum,
             pg_stat_get_last_autovacuum_time(C.oid) as last_autovacuum,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_autovacuum,
             pg_stat_get_last_analyze_time(C.oid) as last_analyze,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_analyze,
             pg_stat_get_last_autoanalyze_time(C.oid) as last_autoanalyze,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_autoanalyze,
             pg_stat_get_vacuum_count(C.oid) AS vacuum_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count(C.oid) AS skipped_vacuum_count,
             pg_stat_get_autovacuum_count(C.oid) AS autovacuum_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count(C.oid) AS skipped_autovacuum_count,
             pg_stat_get_analyze_count(C.oid) AS analyze_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count(C.oid) AS skipped_analyze_count,
             pg_stat_get_autoanalyze_count(C.oid) AS autoanalyze_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count(C.oid) AS skipped_autoanalyze_count,
             pg_stat_get_total_vacuum_time(C.oid) AS total_vacuum_time,
             pg_stat_get_total_autovacuum_time(C.oid) AS total_autovacuum_time,
             pg_stat_get_total_analyze_time(C.oid) AS total_analyze_time,
diff --git a/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c b/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c
index 99d0db82ed7..df6526225e4 100644
--- a/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c
+++ b/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c
@@ -793,8 +793,25 @@ vacuum_open_relation(Oid relid, RangeVar *relation, uint32 options,
 		rel = try_relation_open(relid, NoLock);
 	else
 	{
+		int flags = 0;
 		rel = NULL;
 		rel_lock = false;
+
+		if ((options & VACOPT_VACUUM) != 0 && (options & VACOPT_FULL) == 0)
+		{
+			if (AmAutoVacuumWorkerProcess())
+				flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOVACUUM;
+			else
+				flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM;
+		}
+		if ((options & VACOPT_ANALYZE) != 0)
+		{
+			if (AmAutoVacuumWorkerProcess())
+				flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOANALYZE;
+			else
+				flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE;
+		}
+		pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(relid, flags);
 	}
 
 	/* if relation is opened, leave */
@@ -905,7 +922,6 @@ expand_vacuum_rel(VacuumRelation *vrel, MemoryContext vac_context,
 		Form_pg_class classForm;
 		bool		include_children;
 		bool		is_partitioned_table;
-		int			rvr_opts;
 
 		/*
 		 * Since autovacuum workers supply OIDs when calling vacuum(), no
@@ -918,29 +934,69 @@ expand_vacuum_rel(VacuumRelation *vrel, MemoryContext vac_context,
 		 * below, as well as find_all_inheritors's expectation that the caller
 		 * holds some lock on the starting relation.
 		 */
-		rvr_opts = (options & VACOPT_SKIP_LOCKED) ? RVR_SKIP_LOCKED : 0;
-		relid = RangeVarGetRelidExtended(vrel->relation,
-										 AccessShareLock,
-										 rvr_opts,
-										 NULL, NULL);
-
-		/*
-		 * If the lock is unavailable, emit the same log statement that
-		 * vacuum_rel() and analyze_rel() would.
-		 */
-		if (!OidIsValid(relid))
+		if (!(options & VACOPT_SKIP_LOCKED))
 		{
-			if (options & VACOPT_VACUUM)
-				ereport(WARNING,
-						(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
-						 errmsg("skipping vacuum of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
-								vrel->relation->relname)));
-			else
-				ereport(WARNING,
-						(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
-						 errmsg("skipping analyze of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
+			relid = RangeVarGetRelidExtended(vrel->relation,
+											 AccessShareLock,
+											 0, NULL, NULL);
+			if (!OidIsValid(relid))
+				return vacrels;
+		}
+		else
+		{
+			/* Get relid for reporting before taking a lock */
+			relid = RangeVarGetRelid(vrel->relation, NoLock, false);
+
+			if (!ConditionalLockRelationOid(relid, AccessShareLock))
+			{
+				int	flags = 0;
+				/*
+				 * If the lock is unavailable, emit the same log statement that
+				 * vacuum_rel() and analyze_rel() would.
+				 */
+				if (options & VACOPT_VACUUM)
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping vacuum of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
 								vrel->relation->relname)));
-			return vacrels;
+				else
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping analyze of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
+									vrel->relation->relname)));
+
+				if ((options & VACOPT_VACUUM) != 0 && (options & VACOPT_FULL) == 0)
+					flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM;
+				if ((options & VACOPT_ANALYZE) != 0)
+					flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE;
+
+				pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(relid, flags);
+
+				return vacrels;
+			}
+
+			/*
+			 * Now that we have the lock, probe to see if the relation really
+			 * exists or not.
+			 */
+			if (!SearchSysCacheExists1(RELOID, ObjectIdGetDatum(relid)))
+			{
+				if (options & VACOPT_VACUUM)
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_UNDEFINED_TABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping vacuum of \"%s\" --- relation no longer exists",
+									vrel->relation->relname)));
+				else
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_UNDEFINED_TABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping analyze of \"%s\" --- relation no longer exists",
+									vrel->relation->relname)));
+
+				/* Release useless lock */
+				UnlockRelationOid(relid, AccessShareLock);
+
+				return vacrels;
+			}
 		}
 
 		/*
diff --git a/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c b/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c
index b2ca28f83ba..532d9023f8c 100644
--- a/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c
+++ b/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c
@@ -17,12 +17,14 @@
 
 #include "postgres.h"
 
+#include "access/htup_details.h"
 #include "access/twophase_rmgr.h"
 #include "access/xact.h"
 #include "catalog/catalog.h"
 #include "utils/memutils.h"
 #include "utils/pgstat_internal.h"
 #include "utils/rel.h"
+#include "utils/syscache.h"
 #include "utils/timestamp.h"
 
 
@@ -367,6 +369,68 @@ pgstat_report_analyze(Relation rel,
 	(void) pgstat_flush_backend(false, PGSTAT_BACKEND_FLUSH_IO);
 }
 
+/*
+ * Report that the table was skipped during vacuum or/and analyze.
+ */
+void
+pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(Oid relid, int flags)
+{
+	PgStat_EntryRef *entry_ref;
+	PgStatShared_Relation *shtabentry;
+	PgStat_StatTabEntry *tabentry;
+	TimestampTz ts;
+	HeapTuple	classTup;
+	bool		isshared;
+
+	if (!pgstat_track_counts || !flags)
+		return;
+
+	classTup = SearchSysCache1(RELOID, ObjectIdGetDatum(relid));
+	if (!HeapTupleIsValid(classTup))
+		return;			/* somebody deleted the rel, forget it */
+	isshared = ((Form_pg_class) GETSTRUCT(classTup))->relisshared;
+	ReleaseSysCache(classTup);
+
+	/* Store the data in the table's hash table entry. */
+	ts = GetCurrentTimestamp();
+
+	/* block acquiring lock for the same reason as pgstat_report_autovac() */
+	entry_ref = pgstat_get_entry_ref_locked(PGSTAT_KIND_RELATION,
+											isshared ? InvalidOid : MyDatabaseId,
+											relid, false);
+
+	shtabentry = (PgStatShared_Relation *) entry_ref->shared_stats;
+	tabentry = &shtabentry->stats;
+
+	if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM)
+	{
+		tabentry->last_skipped_vacuum_time = ts;
+		tabentry->skipped_vacuum_count++;
+	}
+	else if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOVACUUM)
+	{
+		tabentry->last_skipped_autovacuum_time = ts;
+		tabentry->skipped_autovacuum_count++;
+	}
+
+	if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE)
+	{
+		tabentry->last_skipped_analyze_time = ts;
+		tabentry->skipped_analyze_count++;
+	}
+	else if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOANALYZE)
+	{
+		tabentry->last_skipped_autoanalyze_time = ts;
+		tabentry->skipped_autoanalyze_count++;
+	}
+
+	pgstat_unlock_entry(entry_ref);
+
+	/* see pgstat_report_vacuum() */
+	pgstat_flush_io(false);
+	(void) pgstat_flush_backend(false, PGSTAT_BACKEND_FLUSH_IO);
+}
+
 /*
  * count a tuple insertion of n tuples
  */
diff --git a/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c b/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c
index 1408de387ea..90a8968faa0 100644
--- a/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c
+++ b/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c
@@ -84,6 +84,18 @@ PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(mod_since_analyze)
 /* pg_stat_get_numscans */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(numscans)
 
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_analyze_count)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_autoanalyze_count)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_autovacuum_count)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_vacuum_count)
+
 /* pg_stat_get_tuples_deleted */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(tuples_deleted)
 
@@ -170,6 +182,18 @@ PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_vacuum_time)
 /* pg_stat_get_lastscan */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(lastscan)
 
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_analyze_time)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_autoanalyze_time)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_autovacuum_time)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_vacuum_time)
+
 /* pg_stat_get_stat_reset_time */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(stat_reset_time)
 
diff --git a/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat b/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat
index fa9ae79082b..32debb34863 100644
--- a/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat
+++ b/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat
@@ -5680,6 +5680,38 @@
   proargmodes => '{o,o,o,o,o,o,o,o,o,o}',
   proargnames => '{oid,score,xid_score,mxid_score,vacuum_score,vacuum_insert_score,analyze_score,do_vacuum,do_analyze,for_wraparound}',
   prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_autovacuum_scores' },
+{ oid => '8142', descr => 'statistics: last skipped vacuum time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time' },
+{ oid => '8143', descr => 'statistics: last skipped auto vacuum time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time' },
+{ oid => '8144', descr => 'statistics: last skipped analyze time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time' },
+{ oid => '8145', descr => 'statistics: last skipped auto analyze time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time' },
+{ oid => '8146', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped vacuum for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count' },
+{ oid => '8147', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped auto vacuum for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count' },
+{ oid => '8148', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped analyzes for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count' },
+{ oid => '8149', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped auto analyzes for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count' },
 { oid => '1936', descr => 'statistics: currently active backend IDs',
   proname => 'pg_stat_get_backend_idset', prorows => '100', proretset => 't',
   provolatile => 's', proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int4',
diff --git a/src/include/pgstat.h b/src/include/pgstat.h
index dfa2e837638..98941f953d1 100644
--- a/src/include/pgstat.h
+++ b/src/include/pgstat.h
@@ -479,6 +479,15 @@ typedef struct PgStat_StatTabEntry
 	TimestampTz last_autoanalyze_time;	/* autovacuum initiated */
 	PgStat_Counter autoanalyze_count;
 
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_vacuum_time;	/* user initiated vacuum */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_vacuum_count;
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_autovacuum_time;	/* autovacuum initiated */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_autovacuum_count;
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_analyze_time;	/* user initiated */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_analyze_count;
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_autoanalyze_time;	/* autovacuum initiated */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_autoanalyze_count;
+
 	PgStat_Counter total_vacuum_time;	/* times in milliseconds */
 	PgStat_Counter total_autovacuum_time;
 	PgStat_Counter total_analyze_time;
@@ -703,6 +712,13 @@ extern void pgstat_report_analyze(Relation rel,
 								  PgStat_Counter livetuples, PgStat_Counter deadtuples,
 								  bool resetcounter, TimestampTz starttime);
 
+/* flags for pgstat_flush_backend() */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM		(1 << 0)	/* vacuum is skipped */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE		(1 << 1)	/* analyze is skipped */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOVACUUM	(1 << 2)	/* autovacuum is skipped */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOANALYZE	(1 << 3)	/* autoanalyze is skipped */
+extern void pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(Oid relid, int flags);
+
 /*
  * If stats are enabled, but pending data hasn't been prepared yet, call
  * pgstat_assoc_relation() to do so. See its comment for why this is done
diff --git a/src/test/isolation/expected/vacuum-skip-locked.out b/src/test/isolation/expected/vacuum-skip-locked.out
index 99db281a159..e2cff175b7c 100644
--- a/src/test/isolation/expected/vacuum-skip-locked.out
+++ b/src/test/isolation/expected/vacuum-skip-locked.out
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 Parsed test spec with 2 sessions
 
-starting permutation: lock_share vac_specified commit
+starting permutation: lock_share vac_specified commit check_stat
 step lock_share: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN SHARE MODE;
@@ -10,8 +10,22 @@ step vac_specified: VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED) part1, part2;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
 
-starting permutation: lock_share vac_all_parts commit
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   1|            0|                    0
+part2  |           1|                   0|            0|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
+
+starting permutation: lock_share vac_all_parts commit check_stat
 step lock_share: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN SHARE MODE;
@@ -20,8 +34,22 @@ step vac_all_parts: VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED) parted;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   1|            0|                    0
+part2  |           1|                   0|            0|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
 
-starting permutation: lock_share analyze_specified commit
+starting permutation: lock_share analyze_specified commit check_stat
 step lock_share: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN SHARE MODE;
@@ -31,8 +59,22 @@ step analyze_specified: ANALYZE (SKIP_LOCKED) part1, part2;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
 
-starting permutation: lock_share analyze_all_parts commit
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   0|            0|                    1
+part2  |           0|                   0|            1|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
+
+starting permutation: lock_share analyze_all_parts commit check_stat
 step lock_share: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN SHARE MODE;
@@ -41,8 +83,22 @@ step analyze_all_parts: ANALYZE (SKIP_LOCKED) parted;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            1|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   0|            0|                    1
+part2  |           0|                   0|            1|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
 
-starting permutation: lock_share vac_analyze_specified commit
+starting permutation: lock_share vac_analyze_specified commit check_stat
 step lock_share: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN SHARE MODE;
@@ -52,8 +108,22 @@ step vac_analyze_specified: VACUUM (ANALYZE, SKIP_LOCKED) part1, part2;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
 
-starting permutation: lock_share vac_analyze_all_parts commit
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   1|            0|                    1
+part2  |           1|                   0|            1|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
+
+starting permutation: lock_share vac_analyze_all_parts commit check_stat
 step lock_share: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN SHARE MODE;
@@ -62,8 +132,22 @@ step vac_analyze_all_parts: VACUUM (ANALYZE, SKIP_LOCKED) parted;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            1|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   1|            0|                    1
+part2  |           1|                   0|            1|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
 
-starting permutation: lock_share vac_full_specified commit
+starting permutation: lock_share vac_full_specified commit check_stat
 step lock_share: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN SHARE MODE;
@@ -73,8 +157,22 @@ step vac_full_specified: VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED, FULL) part1, part2;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
 
-starting permutation: lock_share vac_full_all_parts commit
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part2  |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
+
+starting permutation: lock_share vac_full_all_parts commit check_stat
 step lock_share: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN SHARE MODE;
@@ -83,8 +181,22 @@ step vac_full_all_parts: VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED, FULL) parted;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part2  |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+(3 rows)
 
-starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_specified commit
+
+starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_specified commit check_stat
 step lock_access_exclusive: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN ACCESS EXCLUSIVE MODE;
@@ -94,8 +206,22 @@ step vac_specified: VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED) part1, part2;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   1|            0|                    0
+part2  |           1|                   0|            0|                    0
+(3 rows)
 
-starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_all_parts commit
+
+starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_all_parts commit check_stat
 step lock_access_exclusive: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN ACCESS EXCLUSIVE MODE;
@@ -104,8 +230,22 @@ step vac_all_parts: VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED) parted;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   1|            0|                    0
+part2  |           1|                   0|            0|                    0
+(3 rows)
 
-starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive analyze_specified commit
+
+starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive analyze_specified commit check_stat
 step lock_access_exclusive: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN ACCESS EXCLUSIVE MODE;
@@ -115,8 +255,22 @@ step analyze_specified: ANALYZE (SKIP_LOCKED) part1, part2;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   0|            0|                    1
+part2  |           0|                   0|            1|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
 
-starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive analyze_all_parts commit
+starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive analyze_all_parts commit check_stat
 step lock_access_exclusive: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN ACCESS EXCLUSIVE MODE;
@@ -126,8 +280,22 @@ step commit:
 	COMMIT;
 
 step analyze_all_parts: <... completed>
-
-starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_analyze_specified commit
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            1|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   0|            1|                    0
+part2  |           0|                   0|            1|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
+
+starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_analyze_specified commit check_stat
 step lock_access_exclusive: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN ACCESS EXCLUSIVE MODE;
@@ -137,8 +305,22 @@ step vac_analyze_specified: VACUUM (ANALYZE, SKIP_LOCKED) part1, part2;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   1|            0|                    1
+part2  |           1|                   0|            1|                    0
+(3 rows)
 
-starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_analyze_all_parts commit
+
+starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_analyze_all_parts commit check_stat
 step lock_access_exclusive: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN ACCESS EXCLUSIVE MODE;
@@ -148,8 +330,22 @@ step commit:
 	COMMIT;
 
 step vac_analyze_all_parts: <... completed>
-
-starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_full_specified commit
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            1|                    0
+part1  |           1|                   0|            1|                    0
+part2  |           1|                   0|            1|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
+
+starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_full_specified commit check_stat
 step lock_access_exclusive: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN ACCESS EXCLUSIVE MODE;
@@ -159,8 +355,22 @@ step vac_full_specified: VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED, FULL) part1, part2;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
 
-starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_full_all_parts commit
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part2  |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
+
+starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_full_all_parts commit check_stat
 step lock_access_exclusive: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN ACCESS EXCLUSIVE MODE;
@@ -169,3 +379,17 @@ step vac_full_all_parts: VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED, FULL) parted;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part2  |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
diff --git a/src/test/isolation/specs/vacuum-skip-locked.spec b/src/test/isolation/specs/vacuum-skip-locked.spec
index 3fad6e1c92a..b0da75d4b6d 100644
--- a/src/test/isolation/specs/vacuum-skip-locked.spec
+++ b/src/test/isolation/specs/vacuum-skip-locked.spec
@@ -33,6 +33,15 @@ step commit
 	COMMIT;
 }
 
+step check_stat
+{
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+}
+
 session s2
 step vac_specified			{ VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED) part1, part2; }
 step vac_all_parts			{ VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED) parted; }
@@ -43,19 +52,19 @@ step vac_analyze_all_parts	{ VACUUM (ANALYZE, SKIP_LOCKED) parted; }
 step vac_full_specified		{ VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED, FULL) part1, part2; }
 step vac_full_all_parts		{ VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED, FULL) parted; }
 
-permutation lock_share vac_specified commit
-permutation lock_share vac_all_parts commit
-permutation lock_share analyze_specified commit
-permutation lock_share analyze_all_parts commit
-permutation lock_share vac_analyze_specified commit
-permutation lock_share vac_analyze_all_parts commit
-permutation lock_share vac_full_specified commit
-permutation lock_share vac_full_all_parts commit
-permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_specified commit
-permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_all_parts commit
-permutation lock_access_exclusive analyze_specified commit
-permutation lock_access_exclusive analyze_all_parts commit
-permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_analyze_specified commit
-permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_analyze_all_parts commit
-permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_full_specified commit
-permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_full_all_parts commit
+permutation lock_share vac_specified commit check_stat
+permutation lock_share vac_all_parts commit check_stat
+permutation lock_share analyze_specified commit check_stat
+permutation lock_share analyze_all_parts commit check_stat
+permutation lock_share vac_analyze_specified commit check_stat
+permutation lock_share vac_analyze_all_parts commit check_stat
+permutation lock_share vac_full_specified commit check_stat
+permutation lock_share vac_full_all_parts commit check_stat
+permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_specified commit check_stat
+permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_all_parts commit check_stat
+permutation lock_access_exclusive analyze_specified commit check_stat
+permutation lock_access_exclusive analyze_all_parts commit check_stat
+permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_analyze_specified commit check_stat
+permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_analyze_all_parts commit check_stat
+permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_full_specified commit check_stat
+permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_full_all_parts commit check_stat
diff --git a/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out b/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out
index a65a5bf0c4f..9b2075d3373 100644
--- a/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out
+++ b/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out
@@ -1835,13 +1835,21 @@ pg_stat_all_tables| SELECT c.oid AS relid,
     pg_stat_get_mod_since_analyze(c.oid) AS n_mod_since_analyze,
     pg_stat_get_ins_since_vacuum(c.oid) AS n_ins_since_vacuum,
     pg_stat_get_last_vacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_vacuum,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_vacuum,
     pg_stat_get_last_autovacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_autovacuum,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_autovacuum,
     pg_stat_get_last_analyze_time(c.oid) AS last_analyze,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_analyze,
     pg_stat_get_last_autoanalyze_time(c.oid) AS last_autoanalyze,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_autoanalyze,
     pg_stat_get_vacuum_count(c.oid) AS vacuum_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count(c.oid) AS skipped_vacuum_count,
     pg_stat_get_autovacuum_count(c.oid) AS autovacuum_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count(c.oid) AS skipped_autovacuum_count,
     pg_stat_get_analyze_count(c.oid) AS analyze_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count(c.oid) AS skipped_analyze_count,
     pg_stat_get_autoanalyze_count(c.oid) AS autoanalyze_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count(c.oid) AS skipped_autoanalyze_count,
     pg_stat_get_total_vacuum_time(c.oid) AS total_vacuum_time,
     pg_stat_get_total_autovacuum_time(c.oid) AS total_autovacuum_time,
     pg_stat_get_total_analyze_time(c.oid) AS total_analyze_time,
@@ -2346,13 +2354,21 @@ pg_stat_sys_tables| SELECT relid,
     n_mod_since_analyze,
     n_ins_since_vacuum,
     last_vacuum,
+    last_skipped_vacuum,
     last_autovacuum,
+    last_skipped_autovacuum,
     last_analyze,
+    last_skipped_analyze,
     last_autoanalyze,
+    last_skipped_autoanalyze,
     vacuum_count,
+    skipped_vacuum_count,
     autovacuum_count,
+    skipped_autovacuum_count,
     analyze_count,
+    skipped_analyze_count,
     autoanalyze_count,
+    skipped_autoanalyze_count,
     total_vacuum_time,
     total_autovacuum_time,
     total_analyze_time,
@@ -2401,13 +2417,21 @@ pg_stat_user_tables| SELECT relid,
     n_mod_since_analyze,
     n_ins_since_vacuum,
     last_vacuum,
+    last_skipped_vacuum,
     last_autovacuum,
+    last_skipped_autovacuum,
     last_analyze,
+    last_skipped_analyze,
     last_autoanalyze,
+    last_skipped_autoanalyze,
     vacuum_count,
+    skipped_vacuum_count,
     autovacuum_count,
+    skipped_autovacuum_count,
     analyze_count,
+    skipped_analyze_count,
     autoanalyze_count,
+    skipped_autoanalyze_count,
     total_vacuum_time,
     total_autovacuum_time,
     total_analyze_time,
-- 
2.43.0


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* [PATCH v3] Track skipped vacuum and analyze activity per relation
@ 2026-03-24 04:09 Yugo Nagata <[email protected]>
  0 siblings, 0 replies; 374+ messages in thread

From: Yugo Nagata @ 2026-03-24 04:09 UTC (permalink / raw)

This commit adds eight fields to the relation statistics that track
the last time vacuum or analyze has been attempted but skipped due to
lock unavailability, along with their counts:

-    last_skipped_vacuum
-    last_skipped_autovacuum
-    last_skipped_analyze
-    last_skipped_autoanalyze
-    skipped_vacuum_count
-    skipped_autovacuum_count
-    skipped_analyze_count
-    skipped_autoanalyze_count

These field can help users confirm that autovacuum is actively attempting
to run on a table that has not been vacuumed or analyzed for a long time,
and that the lack of progress is due to repeated skips rather than inactivity.
---
 doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml                 | 80 +++++++++++++++++
 src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql         |  8 ++
 src/backend/commands/vacuum.c                | 95 +++++++++++++++-----
 src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c | 68 ++++++++++++++
 src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c          | 24 +++++
 src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat              | 32 +++++++
 src/include/pgstat.h                         | 16 ++++
 src/test/regress/expected/rules.out          | 24 +++++
 8 files changed, 324 insertions(+), 23 deletions(-)

diff --git a/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml b/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml
index bb75ed1069b..9ec8070b2fc 100644
--- a/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml
+++ b/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml
@@ -4372,6 +4372,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_vacuum</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time a manual vacuum on this table was attempted but skipped due to
+       lock unavailability (not counting <command>VACUUM FULL</command>)
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>last_autovacuum</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
@@ -4382,6 +4392,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_autovacuum</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time a vacuum on this table by the autovacuum daemon was attempted
+       but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>last_analyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
@@ -4391,6 +4411,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_analyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time a manual analyze on this table was attempted but skipped due to
+       lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>last_autoanalyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
@@ -4401,6 +4431,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_autoanalyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time at which an analyze on this table by the autovacuum was
+       attempted but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>vacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4411,6 +4451,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_vacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times vacuums on this table have been attempted but skipped
+       due to lock unavailability (not counting <command>VACUUM FULL</command>)
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>autovacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4421,6 +4471,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_autovacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times vacuums on this table by the autovacuum daemon have been
+       attempted but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>analyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4430,6 +4490,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_analyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times manual analyzes on this table have been attempted but
+       skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>autoanalyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4440,6 +4510,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_autoanalyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times analyzes on this table by the autovacuum daemon have
+       been attempted but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>total_vacuum_time</structfield> <type>double precision</type>
diff --git a/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql b/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql
index e54018004db..2ca02a0354c 100644
--- a/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql
+++ b/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql
@@ -736,13 +736,21 @@ CREATE VIEW pg_stat_all_tables AS
             pg_stat_get_mod_since_analyze(C.oid) AS n_mod_since_analyze,
             pg_stat_get_ins_since_vacuum(C.oid) AS n_ins_since_vacuum,
             pg_stat_get_last_vacuum_time(C.oid) as last_vacuum,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_vacuum,
             pg_stat_get_last_autovacuum_time(C.oid) as last_autovacuum,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_autovacuum,
             pg_stat_get_last_analyze_time(C.oid) as last_analyze,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_analyze,
             pg_stat_get_last_autoanalyze_time(C.oid) as last_autoanalyze,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_autoanalyze,
             pg_stat_get_vacuum_count(C.oid) AS vacuum_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count(C.oid) AS skipped_vacuum_count,
             pg_stat_get_autovacuum_count(C.oid) AS autovacuum_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count(C.oid) AS skipped_autovacuum_count,
             pg_stat_get_analyze_count(C.oid) AS analyze_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count(C.oid) AS skipped_analyze_count,
             pg_stat_get_autoanalyze_count(C.oid) AS autoanalyze_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count(C.oid) AS skipped_autoanalyze_count,
             pg_stat_get_total_vacuum_time(C.oid) AS total_vacuum_time,
             pg_stat_get_total_autovacuum_time(C.oid) AS total_autovacuum_time,
             pg_stat_get_total_analyze_time(C.oid) AS total_analyze_time,
diff --git a/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c b/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c
index bce3a2daa24..ce83b3171be 100644
--- a/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c
+++ b/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c
@@ -792,8 +792,18 @@ vacuum_open_relation(Oid relid, RangeVar *relation, bits32 options,
 		rel = try_relation_open(relid, NoLock);
 	else
 	{
+		bits8 flags = 0;
 		rel = NULL;
 		rel_lock = false;
+
+		if ((options & VACOPT_VACUUM) != 0)
+			flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM;
+		if ((options & VACOPT_ANALYZE) != 0)
+			flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE;
+		if (AmAutoVacuumWorkerProcess())
+			flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOVAC;
+
+		pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(relid, flags);
 	}
 
 	/* if relation is opened, leave */
@@ -801,7 +811,7 @@ vacuum_open_relation(Oid relid, RangeVar *relation, bits32 options,
 		return rel;
 
 	/*
-	 * Relation could not be opened, hence generate if possible a log
+	 * Relation could not be opened hence generate if possible a log
 	 * informing on the situation.
 	 *
 	 * If the RangeVar is not defined, we do not have enough information to
@@ -904,7 +914,6 @@ expand_vacuum_rel(VacuumRelation *vrel, MemoryContext vac_context,
 		Form_pg_class classForm;
 		bool		include_children;
 		bool		is_partitioned_table;
-		int			rvr_opts;
 
 		/*
 		 * Since autovacuum workers supply OIDs when calling vacuum(), no
@@ -917,29 +926,69 @@ expand_vacuum_rel(VacuumRelation *vrel, MemoryContext vac_context,
 		 * below, as well as find_all_inheritors's expectation that the caller
 		 * holds some lock on the starting relation.
 		 */
-		rvr_opts = (options & VACOPT_SKIP_LOCKED) ? RVR_SKIP_LOCKED : 0;
-		relid = RangeVarGetRelidExtended(vrel->relation,
-										 AccessShareLock,
-										 rvr_opts,
-										 NULL, NULL);
-
-		/*
-		 * If the lock is unavailable, emit the same log statement that
-		 * vacuum_rel() and analyze_rel() would.
-		 */
-		if (!OidIsValid(relid))
+		if (!(options & VACOPT_SKIP_LOCKED))
 		{
-			if (options & VACOPT_VACUUM)
-				ereport(WARNING,
-						(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
-						 errmsg("skipping vacuum of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
-								vrel->relation->relname)));
-			else
-				ereport(WARNING,
-						(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
-						 errmsg("skipping analyze of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
+			relid = RangeVarGetRelidExtended(vrel->relation,
+											 AccessShareLock,
+											 0, NULL, NULL);
+			if (!OidIsValid(relid))
+				return vacrels;
+		}
+		else
+		{
+			/* Get relid for reporting before taking a lock */
+			relid = RangeVarGetRelid(vrel->relation, NoLock, false);
+
+			if (!ConditionalLockRelationOid(relid, AccessShareLock))
+			{
+				bits8	flags = 0;
+				/*
+				 * If the lock is unavailable, emit the same log statement that
+				 * vacuum_rel() and analyze_rel() would.
+				 */
+				if (options & VACOPT_VACUUM)
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping vacuum of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
 								vrel->relation->relname)));
-			return vacrels;
+				else
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping analyze of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
+									vrel->relation->relname)));
+
+				if ((options & VACOPT_VACUUM) != 0)
+					flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM;
+				if ((options & VACOPT_ANALYZE) != 0)
+					flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE;
+
+				pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(relid, flags);
+
+				return vacrels;
+			}
+
+			/*
+			 * Now that we have the lock, probe to see if the relation really
+			 * exists or not.
+			 */
+			if (!SearchSysCacheExists1(RELOID, ObjectIdGetDatum(relid)))
+			{
+				if (options & VACOPT_VACUUM)
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_UNDEFINED_TABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping vacuum of \"%s\" --- relation no longer exists",
+									vrel->relation->relname)));
+				else
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_UNDEFINED_TABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping analyze of \"%s\" --- relation no longer exists",
+									vrel->relation->relname)));
+
+				/* Release useless lock */
+				UnlockRelationOid(relid, AccessShareLock);
+
+				return vacrels;
+			}
 		}
 
 		/*
diff --git a/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c b/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c
index bc8c43b96aa..cec4c88980e 100644
--- a/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c
+++ b/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c
@@ -17,6 +17,7 @@
 
 #include "postgres.h"
 
+#include "access/htup_details.h"
 #include "access/twophase_rmgr.h"
 #include "access/xact.h"
 #include "catalog/catalog.h"
@@ -366,6 +367,73 @@ pgstat_report_analyze(Relation rel,
 	(void) pgstat_flush_backend(false, PGSTAT_BACKEND_FLUSH_IO);
 }
 
+/*
+ * Report that the table was skipped during vacuum or/and analyze.
+ */
+void
+pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(Oid relid, bits8 flags)
+{
+	PgStat_EntryRef *entry_ref;
+	PgStatShared_Relation *shtabentry;
+	PgStat_StatTabEntry *tabentry;
+	TimestampTz ts;
+	HeapTuple	classTup;
+	bool		isshared;
+
+	if (!pgstat_track_counts || !(flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANY))
+		return;
+
+	classTup = SearchSysCache1(RELOID, ObjectIdGetDatum(relid));
+	if (!HeapTupleIsValid(classTup))
+		return;			/* somebody deleted the rel, forget it */
+	isshared = ((Form_pg_class) GETSTRUCT(classTup))->relisshared;
+	ReleaseSysCache(classTup);
+
+	/* Store the data in the table's hash table entry. */
+	ts = GetCurrentTimestamp();
+
+	/* block acquiring lock for the same reason as pgstat_report_autovac() */
+	entry_ref = pgstat_get_entry_ref_locked(PGSTAT_KIND_RELATION,
+											isshared ? InvalidOid : MyDatabaseId,
+											relid, false);
+
+	shtabentry = (PgStatShared_Relation *) entry_ref->shared_stats;
+	tabentry = &shtabentry->stats;
+
+	if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOVAC)
+	{
+		if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM)
+		{
+			tabentry->last_skipped_autovacuum_time = ts;
+			tabentry->skipped_autovacuum_count++;
+		}
+		if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE)
+		{
+			tabentry->last_skipped_autoanalyze_time = ts;
+			tabentry->skipped_autoanalyze_count++;
+		}
+	}
+	else
+	{
+		if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM)
+		{
+			tabentry->last_skipped_vacuum_time = ts;
+			tabentry->skipped_vacuum_count++;
+		}
+		if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE)
+		{
+			tabentry->last_skipped_analyze_time = ts;
+			tabentry->skipped_analyze_count++;
+		}
+	}
+
+	pgstat_unlock_entry(entry_ref);
+
+	/* see pgstat_report_vacuum() */
+	pgstat_flush_io(false);
+	(void) pgstat_flush_backend(false, PGSTAT_BACKEND_FLUSH_IO);
+}
+
 /*
  * count a tuple insertion of n tuples
  */
diff --git a/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c b/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c
index 9185a8e6b83..18aaa3996e1 100644
--- a/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c
+++ b/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c
@@ -84,6 +84,18 @@ PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(mod_since_analyze)
 /* pg_stat_get_numscans */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(numscans)
 
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_analyze_count)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_autoanalyze_count)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_autovacuum_count)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_vacuum_count)
+
 /* pg_stat_get_tuples_deleted */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(tuples_deleted)
 
@@ -170,6 +182,18 @@ PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_vacuum_time)
 /* pg_stat_get_lastscan */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(lastscan)
 
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_analyze_time)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_autoanalyze_time)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_autovacuum_time)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_vacuum_time)
+
 /* pg_stat_get_stat_reset_time */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(stat_reset_time)
 
diff --git a/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat b/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat
index 0118e970dda..ccfe3d9e02a 100644
--- a/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat
+++ b/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat
@@ -5667,6 +5667,38 @@
   proname => 'pg_stat_get_total_autoanalyze_time', provolatile => 's',
   proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'float8', proargtypes => 'oid',
   prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_total_autoanalyze_time' },
+{ oid => '8142', descr => 'statistics: last skipped vacuum time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time' },
+{ oid => '8143', descr => 'statistics: last skipped auto vacuum time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time' },
+{ oid => '8144', descr => 'statistics: last skipped analyze time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time' },
+{ oid => '8145', descr => 'statistics: last skipped auto analyze time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time' },
+{ oid => '8146', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped vacuum for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count' },
+{ oid => '8147', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped auto vacuum for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count' },
+{ oid => '8148', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped analyzes for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count' },
+{ oid => '8149', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped auto analyzes for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count' },
 { oid => '1936', descr => 'statistics: currently active backend IDs',
   proname => 'pg_stat_get_backend_idset', prorows => '100', proretset => 't',
   provolatile => 's', proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int4',
diff --git a/src/include/pgstat.h b/src/include/pgstat.h
index 8e3549c3752..343081a7a25 100644
--- a/src/include/pgstat.h
+++ b/src/include/pgstat.h
@@ -479,6 +479,15 @@ typedef struct PgStat_StatTabEntry
 	TimestampTz last_autoanalyze_time;	/* autovacuum initiated */
 	PgStat_Counter autoanalyze_count;
 
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_vacuum_time;	/* user initiated vacuum */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_vacuum_count;
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_autovacuum_time;	/* autovacuum initiated */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_autovacuum_count;
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_analyze_time;	/* user initiated */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_analyze_count;
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_autoanalyze_time;	/* autovacuum initiated */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_autoanalyze_count;
+
 	PgStat_Counter total_vacuum_time;	/* times in milliseconds */
 	PgStat_Counter total_autovacuum_time;
 	PgStat_Counter total_analyze_time;
@@ -707,6 +716,13 @@ extern void pgstat_report_analyze(Relation rel,
 								  PgStat_Counter livetuples, PgStat_Counter deadtuples,
 								  bool resetcounter, TimestampTz starttime);
 
+/* flags for pgstat_flush_backend() */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM	(1 << 0)	/* vacuum is skipped */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE	(1 << 1)	/* analyze is skipped */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOVAC	(1 << 2)	/* skipped during autovacuum/autoanalyze */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANY   (PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM | PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE)
+extern void pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(Oid relid, bits8 flags);
+
 /*
  * If stats are enabled, but pending data hasn't been prepared yet, call
  * pgstat_assoc_relation() to do so. See its comment for why this is done
diff --git a/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out b/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out
index 2b3cf6d8569..4ccfc43e903 100644
--- a/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out
+++ b/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out
@@ -1835,13 +1835,21 @@ pg_stat_all_tables| SELECT c.oid AS relid,
     pg_stat_get_mod_since_analyze(c.oid) AS n_mod_since_analyze,
     pg_stat_get_ins_since_vacuum(c.oid) AS n_ins_since_vacuum,
     pg_stat_get_last_vacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_vacuum,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_vacuum,
     pg_stat_get_last_autovacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_autovacuum,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_autovacuum,
     pg_stat_get_last_analyze_time(c.oid) AS last_analyze,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_analyze,
     pg_stat_get_last_autoanalyze_time(c.oid) AS last_autoanalyze,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_autoanalyze,
     pg_stat_get_vacuum_count(c.oid) AS vacuum_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count(c.oid) AS skipped_vacuum_count,
     pg_stat_get_autovacuum_count(c.oid) AS autovacuum_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count(c.oid) AS skipped_autovacuum_count,
     pg_stat_get_analyze_count(c.oid) AS analyze_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count(c.oid) AS skipped_analyze_count,
     pg_stat_get_autoanalyze_count(c.oid) AS autoanalyze_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count(c.oid) AS skipped_autoanalyze_count,
     pg_stat_get_total_vacuum_time(c.oid) AS total_vacuum_time,
     pg_stat_get_total_autovacuum_time(c.oid) AS total_autovacuum_time,
     pg_stat_get_total_analyze_time(c.oid) AS total_analyze_time,
@@ -2293,13 +2301,21 @@ pg_stat_sys_tables| SELECT relid,
     n_mod_since_analyze,
     n_ins_since_vacuum,
     last_vacuum,
+    last_skipped_vacuum,
     last_autovacuum,
+    last_skipped_autovacuum,
     last_analyze,
+    last_skipped_analyze,
     last_autoanalyze,
+    last_skipped_autoanalyze,
     vacuum_count,
+    skipped_vacuum_count,
     autovacuum_count,
+    skipped_autovacuum_count,
     analyze_count,
+    skipped_analyze_count,
     autoanalyze_count,
+    skipped_autoanalyze_count,
     total_vacuum_time,
     total_autovacuum_time,
     total_analyze_time,
@@ -2348,13 +2364,21 @@ pg_stat_user_tables| SELECT relid,
     n_mod_since_analyze,
     n_ins_since_vacuum,
     last_vacuum,
+    last_skipped_vacuum,
     last_autovacuum,
+    last_skipped_autovacuum,
     last_analyze,
+    last_skipped_analyze,
     last_autoanalyze,
+    last_skipped_autoanalyze,
     vacuum_count,
+    skipped_vacuum_count,
     autovacuum_count,
+    skipped_autovacuum_count,
     analyze_count,
+    skipped_analyze_count,
     autoanalyze_count,
+    skipped_autoanalyze_count,
     total_vacuum_time,
     total_autovacuum_time,
     total_analyze_time,
-- 
2.43.0


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* [PATCH v5] Track skipped vacuum and analyze activity per relation
@ 2026-03-24 04:09 Yugo Nagata <[email protected]>
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From: Yugo Nagata @ 2026-03-24 04:09 UTC (permalink / raw)

This commit adds eight fields to the relation statistics that track
the last time vacuum or analyze has been attempted but skipped due to
lock unavailability, along with their counts:

-    last_skipped_vacuum
-    last_skipped_autovacuum
-    last_skipped_analyze
-    last_skipped_autoanalyze
-    skipped_vacuum_count
-    skipped_autovacuum_count
-    skipped_analyze_count
-    skipped_autoanalyze_count

These field can help users confirm that autovacuum is actively attempting
to run on a table that has not been vacuumed or analyzed for a long time,
and that the lack of progress is due to repeated skips rather than inactivity.
---
 doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml                  |  88 ++++++
 src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql          |   8 +
 src/backend/commands/vacuum.c                 | 100 +++++--
 src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c  |  64 +++++
 src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c           |  24 ++
 src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat               |  32 +++
 src/include/pgstat.h                          |  16 ++
 .../isolation/expected/vacuum-skip-locked.out | 260 ++++++++++++++++--
 .../isolation/specs/vacuum-skip-locked.spec   |  41 +--
 src/test/regress/expected/rules.out           |  24 ++
 10 files changed, 601 insertions(+), 56 deletions(-)

diff --git a/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml b/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml
index 08d5b824552..a9b579d87a9 100644
--- a/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml
+++ b/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml
@@ -4387,6 +4387,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_vacuum</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time a manual vacuum on this table was attempted but skipped due to
+       lock unavailability (not counting <command>VACUUM FULL</command>)
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>last_autovacuum</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
@@ -4397,6 +4407,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_autovacuum</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time a vacuum on this table by the autovacuum daemon was attempted
+       but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>last_analyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
@@ -4406,6 +4426,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_analyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time a manual analyze on this table was attempted but skipped due to
+       lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>last_autoanalyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
@@ -4416,6 +4446,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_autoanalyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time at which an analyze on this table by the autovacuum was
+       attempted but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>vacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4426,6 +4466,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_vacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times manual vacuums on this table have been attempted but skipped
+       due to lock unavailability (not counting <command>VACUUM FULL</command>)
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>autovacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4436,6 +4486,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_autovacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times vacuums on this table by the autovacuum daemon have been
+       attempted but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>analyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4445,6 +4505,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_analyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times manual analyzes on this table have been attempted but
+       skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>autoanalyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4455,6 +4525,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_autoanalyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times analyzes on this table by the autovacuum daemon have
+       been attempted but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>total_vacuum_time</structfield> <type>double precision</type>
@@ -4510,6 +4590,14 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
    </tgroup>
   </table>
 
+  <note>
+   <para>
+    When a manual vacuum or analyze on a parent table in an inheritance or
+    partitioning hierarchy is skipped, the statistics are recorded only for
+    the parent table, not for its children.
+   </para>
+  </note>
+
  </sect2>
 
  <sect2 id="monitoring-pg-stat-autovacuum-scores-view">
diff --git a/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql b/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql
index 73a1c1c4670..f509fc7876b 100644
--- a/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql
+++ b/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql
@@ -736,13 +736,21 @@ CREATE VIEW pg_stat_all_tables AS
             pg_stat_get_mod_since_analyze(C.oid) AS n_mod_since_analyze,
             pg_stat_get_ins_since_vacuum(C.oid) AS n_ins_since_vacuum,
             pg_stat_get_last_vacuum_time(C.oid) as last_vacuum,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_vacuum,
             pg_stat_get_last_autovacuum_time(C.oid) as last_autovacuum,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_autovacuum,
             pg_stat_get_last_analyze_time(C.oid) as last_analyze,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_analyze,
             pg_stat_get_last_autoanalyze_time(C.oid) as last_autoanalyze,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_autoanalyze,
             pg_stat_get_vacuum_count(C.oid) AS vacuum_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count(C.oid) AS skipped_vacuum_count,
             pg_stat_get_autovacuum_count(C.oid) AS autovacuum_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count(C.oid) AS skipped_autovacuum_count,
             pg_stat_get_analyze_count(C.oid) AS analyze_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count(C.oid) AS skipped_analyze_count,
             pg_stat_get_autoanalyze_count(C.oid) AS autoanalyze_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count(C.oid) AS skipped_autoanalyze_count,
             pg_stat_get_total_vacuum_time(C.oid) AS total_vacuum_time,
             pg_stat_get_total_autovacuum_time(C.oid) AS total_autovacuum_time,
             pg_stat_get_total_analyze_time(C.oid) AS total_analyze_time,
diff --git a/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c b/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c
index 99d0db82ed7..df6526225e4 100644
--- a/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c
+++ b/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c
@@ -793,8 +793,25 @@ vacuum_open_relation(Oid relid, RangeVar *relation, uint32 options,
 		rel = try_relation_open(relid, NoLock);
 	else
 	{
+		int flags = 0;
 		rel = NULL;
 		rel_lock = false;
+
+		if ((options & VACOPT_VACUUM) != 0 && (options & VACOPT_FULL) == 0)
+		{
+			if (AmAutoVacuumWorkerProcess())
+				flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOVACUUM;
+			else
+				flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM;
+		}
+		if ((options & VACOPT_ANALYZE) != 0)
+		{
+			if (AmAutoVacuumWorkerProcess())
+				flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOANALYZE;
+			else
+				flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE;
+		}
+		pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(relid, flags);
 	}
 
 	/* if relation is opened, leave */
@@ -905,7 +922,6 @@ expand_vacuum_rel(VacuumRelation *vrel, MemoryContext vac_context,
 		Form_pg_class classForm;
 		bool		include_children;
 		bool		is_partitioned_table;
-		int			rvr_opts;
 
 		/*
 		 * Since autovacuum workers supply OIDs when calling vacuum(), no
@@ -918,29 +934,69 @@ expand_vacuum_rel(VacuumRelation *vrel, MemoryContext vac_context,
 		 * below, as well as find_all_inheritors's expectation that the caller
 		 * holds some lock on the starting relation.
 		 */
-		rvr_opts = (options & VACOPT_SKIP_LOCKED) ? RVR_SKIP_LOCKED : 0;
-		relid = RangeVarGetRelidExtended(vrel->relation,
-										 AccessShareLock,
-										 rvr_opts,
-										 NULL, NULL);
-
-		/*
-		 * If the lock is unavailable, emit the same log statement that
-		 * vacuum_rel() and analyze_rel() would.
-		 */
-		if (!OidIsValid(relid))
+		if (!(options & VACOPT_SKIP_LOCKED))
 		{
-			if (options & VACOPT_VACUUM)
-				ereport(WARNING,
-						(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
-						 errmsg("skipping vacuum of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
-								vrel->relation->relname)));
-			else
-				ereport(WARNING,
-						(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
-						 errmsg("skipping analyze of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
+			relid = RangeVarGetRelidExtended(vrel->relation,
+											 AccessShareLock,
+											 0, NULL, NULL);
+			if (!OidIsValid(relid))
+				return vacrels;
+		}
+		else
+		{
+			/* Get relid for reporting before taking a lock */
+			relid = RangeVarGetRelid(vrel->relation, NoLock, false);
+
+			if (!ConditionalLockRelationOid(relid, AccessShareLock))
+			{
+				int	flags = 0;
+				/*
+				 * If the lock is unavailable, emit the same log statement that
+				 * vacuum_rel() and analyze_rel() would.
+				 */
+				if (options & VACOPT_VACUUM)
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping vacuum of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
 								vrel->relation->relname)));
-			return vacrels;
+				else
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping analyze of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
+									vrel->relation->relname)));
+
+				if ((options & VACOPT_VACUUM) != 0 && (options & VACOPT_FULL) == 0)
+					flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM;
+				if ((options & VACOPT_ANALYZE) != 0)
+					flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE;
+
+				pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(relid, flags);
+
+				return vacrels;
+			}
+
+			/*
+			 * Now that we have the lock, probe to see if the relation really
+			 * exists or not.
+			 */
+			if (!SearchSysCacheExists1(RELOID, ObjectIdGetDatum(relid)))
+			{
+				if (options & VACOPT_VACUUM)
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_UNDEFINED_TABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping vacuum of \"%s\" --- relation no longer exists",
+									vrel->relation->relname)));
+				else
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_UNDEFINED_TABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping analyze of \"%s\" --- relation no longer exists",
+									vrel->relation->relname)));
+
+				/* Release useless lock */
+				UnlockRelationOid(relid, AccessShareLock);
+
+				return vacrels;
+			}
 		}
 
 		/*
diff --git a/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c b/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c
index b2ca28f83ba..532d9023f8c 100644
--- a/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c
+++ b/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c
@@ -17,12 +17,14 @@
 
 #include "postgres.h"
 
+#include "access/htup_details.h"
 #include "access/twophase_rmgr.h"
 #include "access/xact.h"
 #include "catalog/catalog.h"
 #include "utils/memutils.h"
 #include "utils/pgstat_internal.h"
 #include "utils/rel.h"
+#include "utils/syscache.h"
 #include "utils/timestamp.h"
 
 
@@ -367,6 +369,68 @@ pgstat_report_analyze(Relation rel,
 	(void) pgstat_flush_backend(false, PGSTAT_BACKEND_FLUSH_IO);
 }
 
+/*
+ * Report that the table was skipped during vacuum or/and analyze.
+ */
+void
+pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(Oid relid, int flags)
+{
+	PgStat_EntryRef *entry_ref;
+	PgStatShared_Relation *shtabentry;
+	PgStat_StatTabEntry *tabentry;
+	TimestampTz ts;
+	HeapTuple	classTup;
+	bool		isshared;
+
+	if (!pgstat_track_counts || !flags)
+		return;
+
+	classTup = SearchSysCache1(RELOID, ObjectIdGetDatum(relid));
+	if (!HeapTupleIsValid(classTup))
+		return;			/* somebody deleted the rel, forget it */
+	isshared = ((Form_pg_class) GETSTRUCT(classTup))->relisshared;
+	ReleaseSysCache(classTup);
+
+	/* Store the data in the table's hash table entry. */
+	ts = GetCurrentTimestamp();
+
+	/* block acquiring lock for the same reason as pgstat_report_autovac() */
+	entry_ref = pgstat_get_entry_ref_locked(PGSTAT_KIND_RELATION,
+											isshared ? InvalidOid : MyDatabaseId,
+											relid, false);
+
+	shtabentry = (PgStatShared_Relation *) entry_ref->shared_stats;
+	tabentry = &shtabentry->stats;
+
+	if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM)
+	{
+		tabentry->last_skipped_vacuum_time = ts;
+		tabentry->skipped_vacuum_count++;
+	}
+	else if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOVACUUM)
+	{
+		tabentry->last_skipped_autovacuum_time = ts;
+		tabentry->skipped_autovacuum_count++;
+	}
+
+	if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE)
+	{
+		tabentry->last_skipped_analyze_time = ts;
+		tabentry->skipped_analyze_count++;
+	}
+	else if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOANALYZE)
+	{
+		tabentry->last_skipped_autoanalyze_time = ts;
+		tabentry->skipped_autoanalyze_count++;
+	}
+
+	pgstat_unlock_entry(entry_ref);
+
+	/* see pgstat_report_vacuum() */
+	pgstat_flush_io(false);
+	(void) pgstat_flush_backend(false, PGSTAT_BACKEND_FLUSH_IO);
+}
+
 /*
  * count a tuple insertion of n tuples
  */
diff --git a/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c b/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c
index 1408de387ea..90a8968faa0 100644
--- a/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c
+++ b/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c
@@ -84,6 +84,18 @@ PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(mod_since_analyze)
 /* pg_stat_get_numscans */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(numscans)
 
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_analyze_count)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_autoanalyze_count)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_autovacuum_count)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_vacuum_count)
+
 /* pg_stat_get_tuples_deleted */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(tuples_deleted)
 
@@ -170,6 +182,18 @@ PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_vacuum_time)
 /* pg_stat_get_lastscan */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(lastscan)
 
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_analyze_time)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_autoanalyze_time)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_autovacuum_time)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_vacuum_time)
+
 /* pg_stat_get_stat_reset_time */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(stat_reset_time)
 
diff --git a/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat b/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat
index fa9ae79082b..32debb34863 100644
--- a/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat
+++ b/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat
@@ -5680,6 +5680,38 @@
   proargmodes => '{o,o,o,o,o,o,o,o,o,o}',
   proargnames => '{oid,score,xid_score,mxid_score,vacuum_score,vacuum_insert_score,analyze_score,do_vacuum,do_analyze,for_wraparound}',
   prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_autovacuum_scores' },
+{ oid => '8142', descr => 'statistics: last skipped vacuum time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time' },
+{ oid => '8143', descr => 'statistics: last skipped auto vacuum time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time' },
+{ oid => '8144', descr => 'statistics: last skipped analyze time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time' },
+{ oid => '8145', descr => 'statistics: last skipped auto analyze time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time' },
+{ oid => '8146', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped vacuum for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count' },
+{ oid => '8147', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped auto vacuum for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count' },
+{ oid => '8148', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped analyzes for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count' },
+{ oid => '8149', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped auto analyzes for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count' },
 { oid => '1936', descr => 'statistics: currently active backend IDs',
   proname => 'pg_stat_get_backend_idset', prorows => '100', proretset => 't',
   provolatile => 's', proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int4',
diff --git a/src/include/pgstat.h b/src/include/pgstat.h
index dfa2e837638..98941f953d1 100644
--- a/src/include/pgstat.h
+++ b/src/include/pgstat.h
@@ -479,6 +479,15 @@ typedef struct PgStat_StatTabEntry
 	TimestampTz last_autoanalyze_time;	/* autovacuum initiated */
 	PgStat_Counter autoanalyze_count;
 
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_vacuum_time;	/* user initiated vacuum */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_vacuum_count;
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_autovacuum_time;	/* autovacuum initiated */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_autovacuum_count;
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_analyze_time;	/* user initiated */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_analyze_count;
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_autoanalyze_time;	/* autovacuum initiated */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_autoanalyze_count;
+
 	PgStat_Counter total_vacuum_time;	/* times in milliseconds */
 	PgStat_Counter total_autovacuum_time;
 	PgStat_Counter total_analyze_time;
@@ -703,6 +712,13 @@ extern void pgstat_report_analyze(Relation rel,
 								  PgStat_Counter livetuples, PgStat_Counter deadtuples,
 								  bool resetcounter, TimestampTz starttime);
 
+/* flags for pgstat_flush_backend() */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM		(1 << 0)	/* vacuum is skipped */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE		(1 << 1)	/* analyze is skipped */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOVACUUM	(1 << 2)	/* autovacuum is skipped */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOANALYZE	(1 << 3)	/* autoanalyze is skipped */
+extern void pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(Oid relid, int flags);
+
 /*
  * If stats are enabled, but pending data hasn't been prepared yet, call
  * pgstat_assoc_relation() to do so. See its comment for why this is done
diff --git a/src/test/isolation/expected/vacuum-skip-locked.out b/src/test/isolation/expected/vacuum-skip-locked.out
index 99db281a159..e2cff175b7c 100644
--- a/src/test/isolation/expected/vacuum-skip-locked.out
+++ b/src/test/isolation/expected/vacuum-skip-locked.out
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 Parsed test spec with 2 sessions
 
-starting permutation: lock_share vac_specified commit
+starting permutation: lock_share vac_specified commit check_stat
 step lock_share: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN SHARE MODE;
@@ -10,8 +10,22 @@ step vac_specified: VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED) part1, part2;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
 
-starting permutation: lock_share vac_all_parts commit
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   1|            0|                    0
+part2  |           1|                   0|            0|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
+
+starting permutation: lock_share vac_all_parts commit check_stat
 step lock_share: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN SHARE MODE;
@@ -20,8 +34,22 @@ step vac_all_parts: VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED) parted;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   1|            0|                    0
+part2  |           1|                   0|            0|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
 
-starting permutation: lock_share analyze_specified commit
+starting permutation: lock_share analyze_specified commit check_stat
 step lock_share: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN SHARE MODE;
@@ -31,8 +59,22 @@ step analyze_specified: ANALYZE (SKIP_LOCKED) part1, part2;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
 
-starting permutation: lock_share analyze_all_parts commit
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   0|            0|                    1
+part2  |           0|                   0|            1|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
+
+starting permutation: lock_share analyze_all_parts commit check_stat
 step lock_share: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN SHARE MODE;
@@ -41,8 +83,22 @@ step analyze_all_parts: ANALYZE (SKIP_LOCKED) parted;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            1|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   0|            0|                    1
+part2  |           0|                   0|            1|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
 
-starting permutation: lock_share vac_analyze_specified commit
+starting permutation: lock_share vac_analyze_specified commit check_stat
 step lock_share: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN SHARE MODE;
@@ -52,8 +108,22 @@ step vac_analyze_specified: VACUUM (ANALYZE, SKIP_LOCKED) part1, part2;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
 
-starting permutation: lock_share vac_analyze_all_parts commit
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   1|            0|                    1
+part2  |           1|                   0|            1|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
+
+starting permutation: lock_share vac_analyze_all_parts commit check_stat
 step lock_share: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN SHARE MODE;
@@ -62,8 +132,22 @@ step vac_analyze_all_parts: VACUUM (ANALYZE, SKIP_LOCKED) parted;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            1|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   1|            0|                    1
+part2  |           1|                   0|            1|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
 
-starting permutation: lock_share vac_full_specified commit
+starting permutation: lock_share vac_full_specified commit check_stat
 step lock_share: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN SHARE MODE;
@@ -73,8 +157,22 @@ step vac_full_specified: VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED, FULL) part1, part2;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
 
-starting permutation: lock_share vac_full_all_parts commit
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part2  |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
+
+starting permutation: lock_share vac_full_all_parts commit check_stat
 step lock_share: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN SHARE MODE;
@@ -83,8 +181,22 @@ step vac_full_all_parts: VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED, FULL) parted;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part2  |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+(3 rows)
 
-starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_specified commit
+
+starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_specified commit check_stat
 step lock_access_exclusive: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN ACCESS EXCLUSIVE MODE;
@@ -94,8 +206,22 @@ step vac_specified: VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED) part1, part2;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   1|            0|                    0
+part2  |           1|                   0|            0|                    0
+(3 rows)
 
-starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_all_parts commit
+
+starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_all_parts commit check_stat
 step lock_access_exclusive: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN ACCESS EXCLUSIVE MODE;
@@ -104,8 +230,22 @@ step vac_all_parts: VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED) parted;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   1|            0|                    0
+part2  |           1|                   0|            0|                    0
+(3 rows)
 
-starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive analyze_specified commit
+
+starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive analyze_specified commit check_stat
 step lock_access_exclusive: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN ACCESS EXCLUSIVE MODE;
@@ -115,8 +255,22 @@ step analyze_specified: ANALYZE (SKIP_LOCKED) part1, part2;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   0|            0|                    1
+part2  |           0|                   0|            1|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
 
-starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive analyze_all_parts commit
+starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive analyze_all_parts commit check_stat
 step lock_access_exclusive: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN ACCESS EXCLUSIVE MODE;
@@ -126,8 +280,22 @@ step commit:
 	COMMIT;
 
 step analyze_all_parts: <... completed>
-
-starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_analyze_specified commit
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            1|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   0|            1|                    0
+part2  |           0|                   0|            1|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
+
+starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_analyze_specified commit check_stat
 step lock_access_exclusive: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN ACCESS EXCLUSIVE MODE;
@@ -137,8 +305,22 @@ step vac_analyze_specified: VACUUM (ANALYZE, SKIP_LOCKED) part1, part2;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   1|            0|                    1
+part2  |           1|                   0|            1|                    0
+(3 rows)
 
-starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_analyze_all_parts commit
+
+starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_analyze_all_parts commit check_stat
 step lock_access_exclusive: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN ACCESS EXCLUSIVE MODE;
@@ -148,8 +330,22 @@ step commit:
 	COMMIT;
 
 step vac_analyze_all_parts: <... completed>
-
-starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_full_specified commit
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            1|                    0
+part1  |           1|                   0|            1|                    0
+part2  |           1|                   0|            1|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
+
+starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_full_specified commit check_stat
 step lock_access_exclusive: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN ACCESS EXCLUSIVE MODE;
@@ -159,8 +355,22 @@ step vac_full_specified: VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED, FULL) part1, part2;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
 
-starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_full_all_parts commit
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part2  |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
+
+starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_full_all_parts commit check_stat
 step lock_access_exclusive: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN ACCESS EXCLUSIVE MODE;
@@ -169,3 +379,17 @@ step vac_full_all_parts: VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED, FULL) parted;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part2  |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
diff --git a/src/test/isolation/specs/vacuum-skip-locked.spec b/src/test/isolation/specs/vacuum-skip-locked.spec
index 3fad6e1c92a..b0da75d4b6d 100644
--- a/src/test/isolation/specs/vacuum-skip-locked.spec
+++ b/src/test/isolation/specs/vacuum-skip-locked.spec
@@ -33,6 +33,15 @@ step commit
 	COMMIT;
 }
 
+step check_stat
+{
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+}
+
 session s2
 step vac_specified			{ VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED) part1, part2; }
 step vac_all_parts			{ VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED) parted; }
@@ -43,19 +52,19 @@ step vac_analyze_all_parts	{ VACUUM (ANALYZE, SKIP_LOCKED) parted; }
 step vac_full_specified		{ VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED, FULL) part1, part2; }
 step vac_full_all_parts		{ VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED, FULL) parted; }
 
-permutation lock_share vac_specified commit
-permutation lock_share vac_all_parts commit
-permutation lock_share analyze_specified commit
-permutation lock_share analyze_all_parts commit
-permutation lock_share vac_analyze_specified commit
-permutation lock_share vac_analyze_all_parts commit
-permutation lock_share vac_full_specified commit
-permutation lock_share vac_full_all_parts commit
-permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_specified commit
-permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_all_parts commit
-permutation lock_access_exclusive analyze_specified commit
-permutation lock_access_exclusive analyze_all_parts commit
-permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_analyze_specified commit
-permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_analyze_all_parts commit
-permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_full_specified commit
-permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_full_all_parts commit
+permutation lock_share vac_specified commit check_stat
+permutation lock_share vac_all_parts commit check_stat
+permutation lock_share analyze_specified commit check_stat
+permutation lock_share analyze_all_parts commit check_stat
+permutation lock_share vac_analyze_specified commit check_stat
+permutation lock_share vac_analyze_all_parts commit check_stat
+permutation lock_share vac_full_specified commit check_stat
+permutation lock_share vac_full_all_parts commit check_stat
+permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_specified commit check_stat
+permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_all_parts commit check_stat
+permutation lock_access_exclusive analyze_specified commit check_stat
+permutation lock_access_exclusive analyze_all_parts commit check_stat
+permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_analyze_specified commit check_stat
+permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_analyze_all_parts commit check_stat
+permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_full_specified commit check_stat
+permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_full_all_parts commit check_stat
diff --git a/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out b/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out
index a65a5bf0c4f..9b2075d3373 100644
--- a/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out
+++ b/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out
@@ -1835,13 +1835,21 @@ pg_stat_all_tables| SELECT c.oid AS relid,
     pg_stat_get_mod_since_analyze(c.oid) AS n_mod_since_analyze,
     pg_stat_get_ins_since_vacuum(c.oid) AS n_ins_since_vacuum,
     pg_stat_get_last_vacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_vacuum,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_vacuum,
     pg_stat_get_last_autovacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_autovacuum,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_autovacuum,
     pg_stat_get_last_analyze_time(c.oid) AS last_analyze,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_analyze,
     pg_stat_get_last_autoanalyze_time(c.oid) AS last_autoanalyze,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_autoanalyze,
     pg_stat_get_vacuum_count(c.oid) AS vacuum_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count(c.oid) AS skipped_vacuum_count,
     pg_stat_get_autovacuum_count(c.oid) AS autovacuum_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count(c.oid) AS skipped_autovacuum_count,
     pg_stat_get_analyze_count(c.oid) AS analyze_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count(c.oid) AS skipped_analyze_count,
     pg_stat_get_autoanalyze_count(c.oid) AS autoanalyze_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count(c.oid) AS skipped_autoanalyze_count,
     pg_stat_get_total_vacuum_time(c.oid) AS total_vacuum_time,
     pg_stat_get_total_autovacuum_time(c.oid) AS total_autovacuum_time,
     pg_stat_get_total_analyze_time(c.oid) AS total_analyze_time,
@@ -2346,13 +2354,21 @@ pg_stat_sys_tables| SELECT relid,
     n_mod_since_analyze,
     n_ins_since_vacuum,
     last_vacuum,
+    last_skipped_vacuum,
     last_autovacuum,
+    last_skipped_autovacuum,
     last_analyze,
+    last_skipped_analyze,
     last_autoanalyze,
+    last_skipped_autoanalyze,
     vacuum_count,
+    skipped_vacuum_count,
     autovacuum_count,
+    skipped_autovacuum_count,
     analyze_count,
+    skipped_analyze_count,
     autoanalyze_count,
+    skipped_autoanalyze_count,
     total_vacuum_time,
     total_autovacuum_time,
     total_analyze_time,
@@ -2401,13 +2417,21 @@ pg_stat_user_tables| SELECT relid,
     n_mod_since_analyze,
     n_ins_since_vacuum,
     last_vacuum,
+    last_skipped_vacuum,
     last_autovacuum,
+    last_skipped_autovacuum,
     last_analyze,
+    last_skipped_analyze,
     last_autoanalyze,
+    last_skipped_autoanalyze,
     vacuum_count,
+    skipped_vacuum_count,
     autovacuum_count,
+    skipped_autovacuum_count,
     analyze_count,
+    skipped_analyze_count,
     autoanalyze_count,
+    skipped_autoanalyze_count,
     total_vacuum_time,
     total_autovacuum_time,
     total_analyze_time,
-- 
2.43.0


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* [PATCH v3] Track skipped vacuum and analyze activity per relation
@ 2026-03-24 04:09 Yugo Nagata <[email protected]>
  0 siblings, 0 replies; 374+ messages in thread

From: Yugo Nagata @ 2026-03-24 04:09 UTC (permalink / raw)

This commit adds eight fields to the relation statistics that track
the last time vacuum or analyze has been attempted but skipped due to
lock unavailability, along with their counts:

-    last_skipped_vacuum
-    last_skipped_autovacuum
-    last_skipped_analyze
-    last_skipped_autoanalyze
-    skipped_vacuum_count
-    skipped_autovacuum_count
-    skipped_analyze_count
-    skipped_autoanalyze_count

These field can help users confirm that autovacuum is actively attempting
to run on a table that has not been vacuumed or analyzed for a long time,
and that the lack of progress is due to repeated skips rather than inactivity.
---
 doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml                 | 80 +++++++++++++++++
 src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql         |  8 ++
 src/backend/commands/vacuum.c                | 95 +++++++++++++++-----
 src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c | 68 ++++++++++++++
 src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c          | 24 +++++
 src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat              | 32 +++++++
 src/include/pgstat.h                         | 16 ++++
 src/test/regress/expected/rules.out          | 24 +++++
 8 files changed, 324 insertions(+), 23 deletions(-)

diff --git a/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml b/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml
index bb75ed1069b..9ec8070b2fc 100644
--- a/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml
+++ b/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml
@@ -4372,6 +4372,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_vacuum</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time a manual vacuum on this table was attempted but skipped due to
+       lock unavailability (not counting <command>VACUUM FULL</command>)
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>last_autovacuum</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
@@ -4382,6 +4392,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_autovacuum</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time a vacuum on this table by the autovacuum daemon was attempted
+       but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>last_analyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
@@ -4391,6 +4411,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_analyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time a manual analyze on this table was attempted but skipped due to
+       lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>last_autoanalyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
@@ -4401,6 +4431,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_autoanalyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time at which an analyze on this table by the autovacuum was
+       attempted but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>vacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4411,6 +4451,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_vacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times vacuums on this table have been attempted but skipped
+       due to lock unavailability (not counting <command>VACUUM FULL</command>)
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>autovacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4421,6 +4471,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_autovacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times vacuums on this table by the autovacuum daemon have been
+       attempted but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>analyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4430,6 +4490,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_analyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times manual analyzes on this table have been attempted but
+       skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>autoanalyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4440,6 +4510,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_autoanalyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times analyzes on this table by the autovacuum daemon have
+       been attempted but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>total_vacuum_time</structfield> <type>double precision</type>
diff --git a/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql b/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql
index e54018004db..2ca02a0354c 100644
--- a/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql
+++ b/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql
@@ -736,13 +736,21 @@ CREATE VIEW pg_stat_all_tables AS
             pg_stat_get_mod_since_analyze(C.oid) AS n_mod_since_analyze,
             pg_stat_get_ins_since_vacuum(C.oid) AS n_ins_since_vacuum,
             pg_stat_get_last_vacuum_time(C.oid) as last_vacuum,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_vacuum,
             pg_stat_get_last_autovacuum_time(C.oid) as last_autovacuum,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_autovacuum,
             pg_stat_get_last_analyze_time(C.oid) as last_analyze,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_analyze,
             pg_stat_get_last_autoanalyze_time(C.oid) as last_autoanalyze,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_autoanalyze,
             pg_stat_get_vacuum_count(C.oid) AS vacuum_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count(C.oid) AS skipped_vacuum_count,
             pg_stat_get_autovacuum_count(C.oid) AS autovacuum_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count(C.oid) AS skipped_autovacuum_count,
             pg_stat_get_analyze_count(C.oid) AS analyze_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count(C.oid) AS skipped_analyze_count,
             pg_stat_get_autoanalyze_count(C.oid) AS autoanalyze_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count(C.oid) AS skipped_autoanalyze_count,
             pg_stat_get_total_vacuum_time(C.oid) AS total_vacuum_time,
             pg_stat_get_total_autovacuum_time(C.oid) AS total_autovacuum_time,
             pg_stat_get_total_analyze_time(C.oid) AS total_analyze_time,
diff --git a/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c b/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c
index bce3a2daa24..ce83b3171be 100644
--- a/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c
+++ b/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c
@@ -792,8 +792,18 @@ vacuum_open_relation(Oid relid, RangeVar *relation, bits32 options,
 		rel = try_relation_open(relid, NoLock);
 	else
 	{
+		bits8 flags = 0;
 		rel = NULL;
 		rel_lock = false;
+
+		if ((options & VACOPT_VACUUM) != 0)
+			flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM;
+		if ((options & VACOPT_ANALYZE) != 0)
+			flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE;
+		if (AmAutoVacuumWorkerProcess())
+			flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOVAC;
+
+		pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(relid, flags);
 	}
 
 	/* if relation is opened, leave */
@@ -801,7 +811,7 @@ vacuum_open_relation(Oid relid, RangeVar *relation, bits32 options,
 		return rel;
 
 	/*
-	 * Relation could not be opened, hence generate if possible a log
+	 * Relation could not be opened hence generate if possible a log
 	 * informing on the situation.
 	 *
 	 * If the RangeVar is not defined, we do not have enough information to
@@ -904,7 +914,6 @@ expand_vacuum_rel(VacuumRelation *vrel, MemoryContext vac_context,
 		Form_pg_class classForm;
 		bool		include_children;
 		bool		is_partitioned_table;
-		int			rvr_opts;
 
 		/*
 		 * Since autovacuum workers supply OIDs when calling vacuum(), no
@@ -917,29 +926,69 @@ expand_vacuum_rel(VacuumRelation *vrel, MemoryContext vac_context,
 		 * below, as well as find_all_inheritors's expectation that the caller
 		 * holds some lock on the starting relation.
 		 */
-		rvr_opts = (options & VACOPT_SKIP_LOCKED) ? RVR_SKIP_LOCKED : 0;
-		relid = RangeVarGetRelidExtended(vrel->relation,
-										 AccessShareLock,
-										 rvr_opts,
-										 NULL, NULL);
-
-		/*
-		 * If the lock is unavailable, emit the same log statement that
-		 * vacuum_rel() and analyze_rel() would.
-		 */
-		if (!OidIsValid(relid))
+		if (!(options & VACOPT_SKIP_LOCKED))
 		{
-			if (options & VACOPT_VACUUM)
-				ereport(WARNING,
-						(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
-						 errmsg("skipping vacuum of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
-								vrel->relation->relname)));
-			else
-				ereport(WARNING,
-						(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
-						 errmsg("skipping analyze of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
+			relid = RangeVarGetRelidExtended(vrel->relation,
+											 AccessShareLock,
+											 0, NULL, NULL);
+			if (!OidIsValid(relid))
+				return vacrels;
+		}
+		else
+		{
+			/* Get relid for reporting before taking a lock */
+			relid = RangeVarGetRelid(vrel->relation, NoLock, false);
+
+			if (!ConditionalLockRelationOid(relid, AccessShareLock))
+			{
+				bits8	flags = 0;
+				/*
+				 * If the lock is unavailable, emit the same log statement that
+				 * vacuum_rel() and analyze_rel() would.
+				 */
+				if (options & VACOPT_VACUUM)
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping vacuum of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
 								vrel->relation->relname)));
-			return vacrels;
+				else
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping analyze of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
+									vrel->relation->relname)));
+
+				if ((options & VACOPT_VACUUM) != 0)
+					flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM;
+				if ((options & VACOPT_ANALYZE) != 0)
+					flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE;
+
+				pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(relid, flags);
+
+				return vacrels;
+			}
+
+			/*
+			 * Now that we have the lock, probe to see if the relation really
+			 * exists or not.
+			 */
+			if (!SearchSysCacheExists1(RELOID, ObjectIdGetDatum(relid)))
+			{
+				if (options & VACOPT_VACUUM)
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_UNDEFINED_TABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping vacuum of \"%s\" --- relation no longer exists",
+									vrel->relation->relname)));
+				else
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_UNDEFINED_TABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping analyze of \"%s\" --- relation no longer exists",
+									vrel->relation->relname)));
+
+				/* Release useless lock */
+				UnlockRelationOid(relid, AccessShareLock);
+
+				return vacrels;
+			}
 		}
 
 		/*
diff --git a/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c b/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c
index bc8c43b96aa..cec4c88980e 100644
--- a/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c
+++ b/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c
@@ -17,6 +17,7 @@
 
 #include "postgres.h"
 
+#include "access/htup_details.h"
 #include "access/twophase_rmgr.h"
 #include "access/xact.h"
 #include "catalog/catalog.h"
@@ -366,6 +367,73 @@ pgstat_report_analyze(Relation rel,
 	(void) pgstat_flush_backend(false, PGSTAT_BACKEND_FLUSH_IO);
 }
 
+/*
+ * Report that the table was skipped during vacuum or/and analyze.
+ */
+void
+pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(Oid relid, bits8 flags)
+{
+	PgStat_EntryRef *entry_ref;
+	PgStatShared_Relation *shtabentry;
+	PgStat_StatTabEntry *tabentry;
+	TimestampTz ts;
+	HeapTuple	classTup;
+	bool		isshared;
+
+	if (!pgstat_track_counts || !(flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANY))
+		return;
+
+	classTup = SearchSysCache1(RELOID, ObjectIdGetDatum(relid));
+	if (!HeapTupleIsValid(classTup))
+		return;			/* somebody deleted the rel, forget it */
+	isshared = ((Form_pg_class) GETSTRUCT(classTup))->relisshared;
+	ReleaseSysCache(classTup);
+
+	/* Store the data in the table's hash table entry. */
+	ts = GetCurrentTimestamp();
+
+	/* block acquiring lock for the same reason as pgstat_report_autovac() */
+	entry_ref = pgstat_get_entry_ref_locked(PGSTAT_KIND_RELATION,
+											isshared ? InvalidOid : MyDatabaseId,
+											relid, false);
+
+	shtabentry = (PgStatShared_Relation *) entry_ref->shared_stats;
+	tabentry = &shtabentry->stats;
+
+	if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOVAC)
+	{
+		if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM)
+		{
+			tabentry->last_skipped_autovacuum_time = ts;
+			tabentry->skipped_autovacuum_count++;
+		}
+		if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE)
+		{
+			tabentry->last_skipped_autoanalyze_time = ts;
+			tabentry->skipped_autoanalyze_count++;
+		}
+	}
+	else
+	{
+		if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM)
+		{
+			tabentry->last_skipped_vacuum_time = ts;
+			tabentry->skipped_vacuum_count++;
+		}
+		if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE)
+		{
+			tabentry->last_skipped_analyze_time = ts;
+			tabentry->skipped_analyze_count++;
+		}
+	}
+
+	pgstat_unlock_entry(entry_ref);
+
+	/* see pgstat_report_vacuum() */
+	pgstat_flush_io(false);
+	(void) pgstat_flush_backend(false, PGSTAT_BACKEND_FLUSH_IO);
+}
+
 /*
  * count a tuple insertion of n tuples
  */
diff --git a/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c b/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c
index 9185a8e6b83..18aaa3996e1 100644
--- a/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c
+++ b/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c
@@ -84,6 +84,18 @@ PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(mod_since_analyze)
 /* pg_stat_get_numscans */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(numscans)
 
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_analyze_count)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_autoanalyze_count)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_autovacuum_count)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_vacuum_count)
+
 /* pg_stat_get_tuples_deleted */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(tuples_deleted)
 
@@ -170,6 +182,18 @@ PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_vacuum_time)
 /* pg_stat_get_lastscan */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(lastscan)
 
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_analyze_time)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_autoanalyze_time)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_autovacuum_time)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_vacuum_time)
+
 /* pg_stat_get_stat_reset_time */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(stat_reset_time)
 
diff --git a/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat b/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat
index 0118e970dda..ccfe3d9e02a 100644
--- a/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat
+++ b/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat
@@ -5667,6 +5667,38 @@
   proname => 'pg_stat_get_total_autoanalyze_time', provolatile => 's',
   proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'float8', proargtypes => 'oid',
   prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_total_autoanalyze_time' },
+{ oid => '8142', descr => 'statistics: last skipped vacuum time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time' },
+{ oid => '8143', descr => 'statistics: last skipped auto vacuum time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time' },
+{ oid => '8144', descr => 'statistics: last skipped analyze time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time' },
+{ oid => '8145', descr => 'statistics: last skipped auto analyze time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time' },
+{ oid => '8146', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped vacuum for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count' },
+{ oid => '8147', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped auto vacuum for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count' },
+{ oid => '8148', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped analyzes for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count' },
+{ oid => '8149', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped auto analyzes for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count' },
 { oid => '1936', descr => 'statistics: currently active backend IDs',
   proname => 'pg_stat_get_backend_idset', prorows => '100', proretset => 't',
   provolatile => 's', proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int4',
diff --git a/src/include/pgstat.h b/src/include/pgstat.h
index 8e3549c3752..343081a7a25 100644
--- a/src/include/pgstat.h
+++ b/src/include/pgstat.h
@@ -479,6 +479,15 @@ typedef struct PgStat_StatTabEntry
 	TimestampTz last_autoanalyze_time;	/* autovacuum initiated */
 	PgStat_Counter autoanalyze_count;
 
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_vacuum_time;	/* user initiated vacuum */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_vacuum_count;
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_autovacuum_time;	/* autovacuum initiated */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_autovacuum_count;
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_analyze_time;	/* user initiated */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_analyze_count;
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_autoanalyze_time;	/* autovacuum initiated */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_autoanalyze_count;
+
 	PgStat_Counter total_vacuum_time;	/* times in milliseconds */
 	PgStat_Counter total_autovacuum_time;
 	PgStat_Counter total_analyze_time;
@@ -707,6 +716,13 @@ extern void pgstat_report_analyze(Relation rel,
 								  PgStat_Counter livetuples, PgStat_Counter deadtuples,
 								  bool resetcounter, TimestampTz starttime);
 
+/* flags for pgstat_flush_backend() */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM	(1 << 0)	/* vacuum is skipped */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE	(1 << 1)	/* analyze is skipped */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOVAC	(1 << 2)	/* skipped during autovacuum/autoanalyze */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANY   (PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM | PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE)
+extern void pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(Oid relid, bits8 flags);
+
 /*
  * If stats are enabled, but pending data hasn't been prepared yet, call
  * pgstat_assoc_relation() to do so. See its comment for why this is done
diff --git a/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out b/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out
index 2b3cf6d8569..4ccfc43e903 100644
--- a/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out
+++ b/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out
@@ -1835,13 +1835,21 @@ pg_stat_all_tables| SELECT c.oid AS relid,
     pg_stat_get_mod_since_analyze(c.oid) AS n_mod_since_analyze,
     pg_stat_get_ins_since_vacuum(c.oid) AS n_ins_since_vacuum,
     pg_stat_get_last_vacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_vacuum,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_vacuum,
     pg_stat_get_last_autovacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_autovacuum,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_autovacuum,
     pg_stat_get_last_analyze_time(c.oid) AS last_analyze,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_analyze,
     pg_stat_get_last_autoanalyze_time(c.oid) AS last_autoanalyze,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_autoanalyze,
     pg_stat_get_vacuum_count(c.oid) AS vacuum_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count(c.oid) AS skipped_vacuum_count,
     pg_stat_get_autovacuum_count(c.oid) AS autovacuum_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count(c.oid) AS skipped_autovacuum_count,
     pg_stat_get_analyze_count(c.oid) AS analyze_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count(c.oid) AS skipped_analyze_count,
     pg_stat_get_autoanalyze_count(c.oid) AS autoanalyze_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count(c.oid) AS skipped_autoanalyze_count,
     pg_stat_get_total_vacuum_time(c.oid) AS total_vacuum_time,
     pg_stat_get_total_autovacuum_time(c.oid) AS total_autovacuum_time,
     pg_stat_get_total_analyze_time(c.oid) AS total_analyze_time,
@@ -2293,13 +2301,21 @@ pg_stat_sys_tables| SELECT relid,
     n_mod_since_analyze,
     n_ins_since_vacuum,
     last_vacuum,
+    last_skipped_vacuum,
     last_autovacuum,
+    last_skipped_autovacuum,
     last_analyze,
+    last_skipped_analyze,
     last_autoanalyze,
+    last_skipped_autoanalyze,
     vacuum_count,
+    skipped_vacuum_count,
     autovacuum_count,
+    skipped_autovacuum_count,
     analyze_count,
+    skipped_analyze_count,
     autoanalyze_count,
+    skipped_autoanalyze_count,
     total_vacuum_time,
     total_autovacuum_time,
     total_analyze_time,
@@ -2348,13 +2364,21 @@ pg_stat_user_tables| SELECT relid,
     n_mod_since_analyze,
     n_ins_since_vacuum,
     last_vacuum,
+    last_skipped_vacuum,
     last_autovacuum,
+    last_skipped_autovacuum,
     last_analyze,
+    last_skipped_analyze,
     last_autoanalyze,
+    last_skipped_autoanalyze,
     vacuum_count,
+    skipped_vacuum_count,
     autovacuum_count,
+    skipped_autovacuum_count,
     analyze_count,
+    skipped_analyze_count,
     autoanalyze_count,
+    skipped_autoanalyze_count,
     total_vacuum_time,
     total_autovacuum_time,
     total_analyze_time,
-- 
2.43.0


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* [PATCH v3] Track skipped vacuum and analyze activity per relation
@ 2026-03-24 04:09 Yugo Nagata <[email protected]>
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From: Yugo Nagata @ 2026-03-24 04:09 UTC (permalink / raw)

This commit adds eight fields to the relation statistics that track
the last time vacuum or analyze has been attempted but skipped due to
lock unavailability, along with their counts:

-    last_skipped_vacuum
-    last_skipped_autovacuum
-    last_skipped_analyze
-    last_skipped_autoanalyze
-    skipped_vacuum_count
-    skipped_autovacuum_count
-    skipped_analyze_count
-    skipped_autoanalyze_count

These field can help users confirm that autovacuum is actively attempting
to run on a table that has not been vacuumed or analyzed for a long time,
and that the lack of progress is due to repeated skips rather than inactivity.
---
 doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml                 | 80 +++++++++++++++++
 src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql         |  8 ++
 src/backend/commands/vacuum.c                | 95 +++++++++++++++-----
 src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c | 68 ++++++++++++++
 src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c          | 24 +++++
 src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat              | 32 +++++++
 src/include/pgstat.h                         | 16 ++++
 src/test/regress/expected/rules.out          | 24 +++++
 8 files changed, 324 insertions(+), 23 deletions(-)

diff --git a/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml b/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml
index bb75ed1069b..9ec8070b2fc 100644
--- a/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml
+++ b/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml
@@ -4372,6 +4372,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_vacuum</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time a manual vacuum on this table was attempted but skipped due to
+       lock unavailability (not counting <command>VACUUM FULL</command>)
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>last_autovacuum</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
@@ -4382,6 +4392,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_autovacuum</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time a vacuum on this table by the autovacuum daemon was attempted
+       but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>last_analyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
@@ -4391,6 +4411,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_analyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time a manual analyze on this table was attempted but skipped due to
+       lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>last_autoanalyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
@@ -4401,6 +4431,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_autoanalyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time at which an analyze on this table by the autovacuum was
+       attempted but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>vacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4411,6 +4451,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_vacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times vacuums on this table have been attempted but skipped
+       due to lock unavailability (not counting <command>VACUUM FULL</command>)
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>autovacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4421,6 +4471,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_autovacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times vacuums on this table by the autovacuum daemon have been
+       attempted but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>analyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4430,6 +4490,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_analyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times manual analyzes on this table have been attempted but
+       skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>autoanalyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4440,6 +4510,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_autoanalyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times analyzes on this table by the autovacuum daemon have
+       been attempted but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>total_vacuum_time</structfield> <type>double precision</type>
diff --git a/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql b/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql
index e54018004db..2ca02a0354c 100644
--- a/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql
+++ b/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql
@@ -736,13 +736,21 @@ CREATE VIEW pg_stat_all_tables AS
             pg_stat_get_mod_since_analyze(C.oid) AS n_mod_since_analyze,
             pg_stat_get_ins_since_vacuum(C.oid) AS n_ins_since_vacuum,
             pg_stat_get_last_vacuum_time(C.oid) as last_vacuum,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_vacuum,
             pg_stat_get_last_autovacuum_time(C.oid) as last_autovacuum,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_autovacuum,
             pg_stat_get_last_analyze_time(C.oid) as last_analyze,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_analyze,
             pg_stat_get_last_autoanalyze_time(C.oid) as last_autoanalyze,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_autoanalyze,
             pg_stat_get_vacuum_count(C.oid) AS vacuum_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count(C.oid) AS skipped_vacuum_count,
             pg_stat_get_autovacuum_count(C.oid) AS autovacuum_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count(C.oid) AS skipped_autovacuum_count,
             pg_stat_get_analyze_count(C.oid) AS analyze_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count(C.oid) AS skipped_analyze_count,
             pg_stat_get_autoanalyze_count(C.oid) AS autoanalyze_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count(C.oid) AS skipped_autoanalyze_count,
             pg_stat_get_total_vacuum_time(C.oid) AS total_vacuum_time,
             pg_stat_get_total_autovacuum_time(C.oid) AS total_autovacuum_time,
             pg_stat_get_total_analyze_time(C.oid) AS total_analyze_time,
diff --git a/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c b/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c
index bce3a2daa24..ce83b3171be 100644
--- a/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c
+++ b/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c
@@ -792,8 +792,18 @@ vacuum_open_relation(Oid relid, RangeVar *relation, bits32 options,
 		rel = try_relation_open(relid, NoLock);
 	else
 	{
+		bits8 flags = 0;
 		rel = NULL;
 		rel_lock = false;
+
+		if ((options & VACOPT_VACUUM) != 0)
+			flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM;
+		if ((options & VACOPT_ANALYZE) != 0)
+			flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE;
+		if (AmAutoVacuumWorkerProcess())
+			flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOVAC;
+
+		pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(relid, flags);
 	}
 
 	/* if relation is opened, leave */
@@ -801,7 +811,7 @@ vacuum_open_relation(Oid relid, RangeVar *relation, bits32 options,
 		return rel;
 
 	/*
-	 * Relation could not be opened, hence generate if possible a log
+	 * Relation could not be opened hence generate if possible a log
 	 * informing on the situation.
 	 *
 	 * If the RangeVar is not defined, we do not have enough information to
@@ -904,7 +914,6 @@ expand_vacuum_rel(VacuumRelation *vrel, MemoryContext vac_context,
 		Form_pg_class classForm;
 		bool		include_children;
 		bool		is_partitioned_table;
-		int			rvr_opts;
 
 		/*
 		 * Since autovacuum workers supply OIDs when calling vacuum(), no
@@ -917,29 +926,69 @@ expand_vacuum_rel(VacuumRelation *vrel, MemoryContext vac_context,
 		 * below, as well as find_all_inheritors's expectation that the caller
 		 * holds some lock on the starting relation.
 		 */
-		rvr_opts = (options & VACOPT_SKIP_LOCKED) ? RVR_SKIP_LOCKED : 0;
-		relid = RangeVarGetRelidExtended(vrel->relation,
-										 AccessShareLock,
-										 rvr_opts,
-										 NULL, NULL);
-
-		/*
-		 * If the lock is unavailable, emit the same log statement that
-		 * vacuum_rel() and analyze_rel() would.
-		 */
-		if (!OidIsValid(relid))
+		if (!(options & VACOPT_SKIP_LOCKED))
 		{
-			if (options & VACOPT_VACUUM)
-				ereport(WARNING,
-						(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
-						 errmsg("skipping vacuum of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
-								vrel->relation->relname)));
-			else
-				ereport(WARNING,
-						(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
-						 errmsg("skipping analyze of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
+			relid = RangeVarGetRelidExtended(vrel->relation,
+											 AccessShareLock,
+											 0, NULL, NULL);
+			if (!OidIsValid(relid))
+				return vacrels;
+		}
+		else
+		{
+			/* Get relid for reporting before taking a lock */
+			relid = RangeVarGetRelid(vrel->relation, NoLock, false);
+
+			if (!ConditionalLockRelationOid(relid, AccessShareLock))
+			{
+				bits8	flags = 0;
+				/*
+				 * If the lock is unavailable, emit the same log statement that
+				 * vacuum_rel() and analyze_rel() would.
+				 */
+				if (options & VACOPT_VACUUM)
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping vacuum of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
 								vrel->relation->relname)));
-			return vacrels;
+				else
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping analyze of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
+									vrel->relation->relname)));
+
+				if ((options & VACOPT_VACUUM) != 0)
+					flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM;
+				if ((options & VACOPT_ANALYZE) != 0)
+					flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE;
+
+				pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(relid, flags);
+
+				return vacrels;
+			}
+
+			/*
+			 * Now that we have the lock, probe to see if the relation really
+			 * exists or not.
+			 */
+			if (!SearchSysCacheExists1(RELOID, ObjectIdGetDatum(relid)))
+			{
+				if (options & VACOPT_VACUUM)
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_UNDEFINED_TABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping vacuum of \"%s\" --- relation no longer exists",
+									vrel->relation->relname)));
+				else
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_UNDEFINED_TABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping analyze of \"%s\" --- relation no longer exists",
+									vrel->relation->relname)));
+
+				/* Release useless lock */
+				UnlockRelationOid(relid, AccessShareLock);
+
+				return vacrels;
+			}
 		}
 
 		/*
diff --git a/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c b/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c
index bc8c43b96aa..cec4c88980e 100644
--- a/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c
+++ b/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c
@@ -17,6 +17,7 @@
 
 #include "postgres.h"
 
+#include "access/htup_details.h"
 #include "access/twophase_rmgr.h"
 #include "access/xact.h"
 #include "catalog/catalog.h"
@@ -366,6 +367,73 @@ pgstat_report_analyze(Relation rel,
 	(void) pgstat_flush_backend(false, PGSTAT_BACKEND_FLUSH_IO);
 }
 
+/*
+ * Report that the table was skipped during vacuum or/and analyze.
+ */
+void
+pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(Oid relid, bits8 flags)
+{
+	PgStat_EntryRef *entry_ref;
+	PgStatShared_Relation *shtabentry;
+	PgStat_StatTabEntry *tabentry;
+	TimestampTz ts;
+	HeapTuple	classTup;
+	bool		isshared;
+
+	if (!pgstat_track_counts || !(flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANY))
+		return;
+
+	classTup = SearchSysCache1(RELOID, ObjectIdGetDatum(relid));
+	if (!HeapTupleIsValid(classTup))
+		return;			/* somebody deleted the rel, forget it */
+	isshared = ((Form_pg_class) GETSTRUCT(classTup))->relisshared;
+	ReleaseSysCache(classTup);
+
+	/* Store the data in the table's hash table entry. */
+	ts = GetCurrentTimestamp();
+
+	/* block acquiring lock for the same reason as pgstat_report_autovac() */
+	entry_ref = pgstat_get_entry_ref_locked(PGSTAT_KIND_RELATION,
+											isshared ? InvalidOid : MyDatabaseId,
+											relid, false);
+
+	shtabentry = (PgStatShared_Relation *) entry_ref->shared_stats;
+	tabentry = &shtabentry->stats;
+
+	if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOVAC)
+	{
+		if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM)
+		{
+			tabentry->last_skipped_autovacuum_time = ts;
+			tabentry->skipped_autovacuum_count++;
+		}
+		if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE)
+		{
+			tabentry->last_skipped_autoanalyze_time = ts;
+			tabentry->skipped_autoanalyze_count++;
+		}
+	}
+	else
+	{
+		if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM)
+		{
+			tabentry->last_skipped_vacuum_time = ts;
+			tabentry->skipped_vacuum_count++;
+		}
+		if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE)
+		{
+			tabentry->last_skipped_analyze_time = ts;
+			tabentry->skipped_analyze_count++;
+		}
+	}
+
+	pgstat_unlock_entry(entry_ref);
+
+	/* see pgstat_report_vacuum() */
+	pgstat_flush_io(false);
+	(void) pgstat_flush_backend(false, PGSTAT_BACKEND_FLUSH_IO);
+}
+
 /*
  * count a tuple insertion of n tuples
  */
diff --git a/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c b/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c
index 9185a8e6b83..18aaa3996e1 100644
--- a/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c
+++ b/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c
@@ -84,6 +84,18 @@ PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(mod_since_analyze)
 /* pg_stat_get_numscans */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(numscans)
 
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_analyze_count)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_autoanalyze_count)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_autovacuum_count)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_vacuum_count)
+
 /* pg_stat_get_tuples_deleted */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(tuples_deleted)
 
@@ -170,6 +182,18 @@ PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_vacuum_time)
 /* pg_stat_get_lastscan */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(lastscan)
 
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_analyze_time)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_autoanalyze_time)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_autovacuum_time)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_vacuum_time)
+
 /* pg_stat_get_stat_reset_time */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(stat_reset_time)
 
diff --git a/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat b/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat
index 0118e970dda..ccfe3d9e02a 100644
--- a/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat
+++ b/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat
@@ -5667,6 +5667,38 @@
   proname => 'pg_stat_get_total_autoanalyze_time', provolatile => 's',
   proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'float8', proargtypes => 'oid',
   prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_total_autoanalyze_time' },
+{ oid => '8142', descr => 'statistics: last skipped vacuum time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time' },
+{ oid => '8143', descr => 'statistics: last skipped auto vacuum time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time' },
+{ oid => '8144', descr => 'statistics: last skipped analyze time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time' },
+{ oid => '8145', descr => 'statistics: last skipped auto analyze time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time' },
+{ oid => '8146', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped vacuum for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count' },
+{ oid => '8147', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped auto vacuum for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count' },
+{ oid => '8148', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped analyzes for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count' },
+{ oid => '8149', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped auto analyzes for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count' },
 { oid => '1936', descr => 'statistics: currently active backend IDs',
   proname => 'pg_stat_get_backend_idset', prorows => '100', proretset => 't',
   provolatile => 's', proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int4',
diff --git a/src/include/pgstat.h b/src/include/pgstat.h
index 8e3549c3752..343081a7a25 100644
--- a/src/include/pgstat.h
+++ b/src/include/pgstat.h
@@ -479,6 +479,15 @@ typedef struct PgStat_StatTabEntry
 	TimestampTz last_autoanalyze_time;	/* autovacuum initiated */
 	PgStat_Counter autoanalyze_count;
 
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_vacuum_time;	/* user initiated vacuum */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_vacuum_count;
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_autovacuum_time;	/* autovacuum initiated */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_autovacuum_count;
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_analyze_time;	/* user initiated */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_analyze_count;
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_autoanalyze_time;	/* autovacuum initiated */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_autoanalyze_count;
+
 	PgStat_Counter total_vacuum_time;	/* times in milliseconds */
 	PgStat_Counter total_autovacuum_time;
 	PgStat_Counter total_analyze_time;
@@ -707,6 +716,13 @@ extern void pgstat_report_analyze(Relation rel,
 								  PgStat_Counter livetuples, PgStat_Counter deadtuples,
 								  bool resetcounter, TimestampTz starttime);
 
+/* flags for pgstat_flush_backend() */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM	(1 << 0)	/* vacuum is skipped */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE	(1 << 1)	/* analyze is skipped */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOVAC	(1 << 2)	/* skipped during autovacuum/autoanalyze */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANY   (PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM | PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE)
+extern void pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(Oid relid, bits8 flags);
+
 /*
  * If stats are enabled, but pending data hasn't been prepared yet, call
  * pgstat_assoc_relation() to do so. See its comment for why this is done
diff --git a/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out b/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out
index 2b3cf6d8569..4ccfc43e903 100644
--- a/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out
+++ b/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out
@@ -1835,13 +1835,21 @@ pg_stat_all_tables| SELECT c.oid AS relid,
     pg_stat_get_mod_since_analyze(c.oid) AS n_mod_since_analyze,
     pg_stat_get_ins_since_vacuum(c.oid) AS n_ins_since_vacuum,
     pg_stat_get_last_vacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_vacuum,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_vacuum,
     pg_stat_get_last_autovacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_autovacuum,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_autovacuum,
     pg_stat_get_last_analyze_time(c.oid) AS last_analyze,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_analyze,
     pg_stat_get_last_autoanalyze_time(c.oid) AS last_autoanalyze,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_autoanalyze,
     pg_stat_get_vacuum_count(c.oid) AS vacuum_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count(c.oid) AS skipped_vacuum_count,
     pg_stat_get_autovacuum_count(c.oid) AS autovacuum_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count(c.oid) AS skipped_autovacuum_count,
     pg_stat_get_analyze_count(c.oid) AS analyze_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count(c.oid) AS skipped_analyze_count,
     pg_stat_get_autoanalyze_count(c.oid) AS autoanalyze_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count(c.oid) AS skipped_autoanalyze_count,
     pg_stat_get_total_vacuum_time(c.oid) AS total_vacuum_time,
     pg_stat_get_total_autovacuum_time(c.oid) AS total_autovacuum_time,
     pg_stat_get_total_analyze_time(c.oid) AS total_analyze_time,
@@ -2293,13 +2301,21 @@ pg_stat_sys_tables| SELECT relid,
     n_mod_since_analyze,
     n_ins_since_vacuum,
     last_vacuum,
+    last_skipped_vacuum,
     last_autovacuum,
+    last_skipped_autovacuum,
     last_analyze,
+    last_skipped_analyze,
     last_autoanalyze,
+    last_skipped_autoanalyze,
     vacuum_count,
+    skipped_vacuum_count,
     autovacuum_count,
+    skipped_autovacuum_count,
     analyze_count,
+    skipped_analyze_count,
     autoanalyze_count,
+    skipped_autoanalyze_count,
     total_vacuum_time,
     total_autovacuum_time,
     total_analyze_time,
@@ -2348,13 +2364,21 @@ pg_stat_user_tables| SELECT relid,
     n_mod_since_analyze,
     n_ins_since_vacuum,
     last_vacuum,
+    last_skipped_vacuum,
     last_autovacuum,
+    last_skipped_autovacuum,
     last_analyze,
+    last_skipped_analyze,
     last_autoanalyze,
+    last_skipped_autoanalyze,
     vacuum_count,
+    skipped_vacuum_count,
     autovacuum_count,
+    skipped_autovacuum_count,
     analyze_count,
+    skipped_analyze_count,
     autoanalyze_count,
+    skipped_autoanalyze_count,
     total_vacuum_time,
     total_autovacuum_time,
     total_analyze_time,
-- 
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* [PATCH v3] Track skipped vacuum and analyze activity per relation
@ 2026-03-24 04:09 Yugo Nagata <[email protected]>
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From: Yugo Nagata @ 2026-03-24 04:09 UTC (permalink / raw)

This commit adds eight fields to the relation statistics that track
the last time vacuum or analyze has been attempted but skipped due to
lock unavailability, along with their counts:

-    last_skipped_vacuum
-    last_skipped_autovacuum
-    last_skipped_analyze
-    last_skipped_autoanalyze
-    skipped_vacuum_count
-    skipped_autovacuum_count
-    skipped_analyze_count
-    skipped_autoanalyze_count

These field can help users confirm that autovacuum is actively attempting
to run on a table that has not been vacuumed or analyzed for a long time,
and that the lack of progress is due to repeated skips rather than inactivity.
---
 doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml                 | 80 +++++++++++++++++
 src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql         |  8 ++
 src/backend/commands/vacuum.c                | 95 +++++++++++++++-----
 src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c | 68 ++++++++++++++
 src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c          | 24 +++++
 src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat              | 32 +++++++
 src/include/pgstat.h                         | 16 ++++
 src/test/regress/expected/rules.out          | 24 +++++
 8 files changed, 324 insertions(+), 23 deletions(-)

diff --git a/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml b/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml
index bb75ed1069b..9ec8070b2fc 100644
--- a/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml
+++ b/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml
@@ -4372,6 +4372,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_vacuum</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time a manual vacuum on this table was attempted but skipped due to
+       lock unavailability (not counting <command>VACUUM FULL</command>)
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>last_autovacuum</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
@@ -4382,6 +4392,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_autovacuum</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time a vacuum on this table by the autovacuum daemon was attempted
+       but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>last_analyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
@@ -4391,6 +4411,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_analyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time a manual analyze on this table was attempted but skipped due to
+       lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>last_autoanalyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
@@ -4401,6 +4431,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_autoanalyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time at which an analyze on this table by the autovacuum was
+       attempted but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>vacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4411,6 +4451,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_vacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times vacuums on this table have been attempted but skipped
+       due to lock unavailability (not counting <command>VACUUM FULL</command>)
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>autovacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4421,6 +4471,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_autovacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times vacuums on this table by the autovacuum daemon have been
+       attempted but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>analyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4430,6 +4490,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_analyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times manual analyzes on this table have been attempted but
+       skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>autoanalyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4440,6 +4510,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_autoanalyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times analyzes on this table by the autovacuum daemon have
+       been attempted but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>total_vacuum_time</structfield> <type>double precision</type>
diff --git a/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql b/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql
index e54018004db..2ca02a0354c 100644
--- a/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql
+++ b/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql
@@ -736,13 +736,21 @@ CREATE VIEW pg_stat_all_tables AS
             pg_stat_get_mod_since_analyze(C.oid) AS n_mod_since_analyze,
             pg_stat_get_ins_since_vacuum(C.oid) AS n_ins_since_vacuum,
             pg_stat_get_last_vacuum_time(C.oid) as last_vacuum,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_vacuum,
             pg_stat_get_last_autovacuum_time(C.oid) as last_autovacuum,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_autovacuum,
             pg_stat_get_last_analyze_time(C.oid) as last_analyze,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_analyze,
             pg_stat_get_last_autoanalyze_time(C.oid) as last_autoanalyze,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_autoanalyze,
             pg_stat_get_vacuum_count(C.oid) AS vacuum_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count(C.oid) AS skipped_vacuum_count,
             pg_stat_get_autovacuum_count(C.oid) AS autovacuum_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count(C.oid) AS skipped_autovacuum_count,
             pg_stat_get_analyze_count(C.oid) AS analyze_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count(C.oid) AS skipped_analyze_count,
             pg_stat_get_autoanalyze_count(C.oid) AS autoanalyze_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count(C.oid) AS skipped_autoanalyze_count,
             pg_stat_get_total_vacuum_time(C.oid) AS total_vacuum_time,
             pg_stat_get_total_autovacuum_time(C.oid) AS total_autovacuum_time,
             pg_stat_get_total_analyze_time(C.oid) AS total_analyze_time,
diff --git a/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c b/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c
index bce3a2daa24..ce83b3171be 100644
--- a/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c
+++ b/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c
@@ -792,8 +792,18 @@ vacuum_open_relation(Oid relid, RangeVar *relation, bits32 options,
 		rel = try_relation_open(relid, NoLock);
 	else
 	{
+		bits8 flags = 0;
 		rel = NULL;
 		rel_lock = false;
+
+		if ((options & VACOPT_VACUUM) != 0)
+			flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM;
+		if ((options & VACOPT_ANALYZE) != 0)
+			flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE;
+		if (AmAutoVacuumWorkerProcess())
+			flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOVAC;
+
+		pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(relid, flags);
 	}
 
 	/* if relation is opened, leave */
@@ -801,7 +811,7 @@ vacuum_open_relation(Oid relid, RangeVar *relation, bits32 options,
 		return rel;
 
 	/*
-	 * Relation could not be opened, hence generate if possible a log
+	 * Relation could not be opened hence generate if possible a log
 	 * informing on the situation.
 	 *
 	 * If the RangeVar is not defined, we do not have enough information to
@@ -904,7 +914,6 @@ expand_vacuum_rel(VacuumRelation *vrel, MemoryContext vac_context,
 		Form_pg_class classForm;
 		bool		include_children;
 		bool		is_partitioned_table;
-		int			rvr_opts;
 
 		/*
 		 * Since autovacuum workers supply OIDs when calling vacuum(), no
@@ -917,29 +926,69 @@ expand_vacuum_rel(VacuumRelation *vrel, MemoryContext vac_context,
 		 * below, as well as find_all_inheritors's expectation that the caller
 		 * holds some lock on the starting relation.
 		 */
-		rvr_opts = (options & VACOPT_SKIP_LOCKED) ? RVR_SKIP_LOCKED : 0;
-		relid = RangeVarGetRelidExtended(vrel->relation,
-										 AccessShareLock,
-										 rvr_opts,
-										 NULL, NULL);
-
-		/*
-		 * If the lock is unavailable, emit the same log statement that
-		 * vacuum_rel() and analyze_rel() would.
-		 */
-		if (!OidIsValid(relid))
+		if (!(options & VACOPT_SKIP_LOCKED))
 		{
-			if (options & VACOPT_VACUUM)
-				ereport(WARNING,
-						(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
-						 errmsg("skipping vacuum of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
-								vrel->relation->relname)));
-			else
-				ereport(WARNING,
-						(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
-						 errmsg("skipping analyze of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
+			relid = RangeVarGetRelidExtended(vrel->relation,
+											 AccessShareLock,
+											 0, NULL, NULL);
+			if (!OidIsValid(relid))
+				return vacrels;
+		}
+		else
+		{
+			/* Get relid for reporting before taking a lock */
+			relid = RangeVarGetRelid(vrel->relation, NoLock, false);
+
+			if (!ConditionalLockRelationOid(relid, AccessShareLock))
+			{
+				bits8	flags = 0;
+				/*
+				 * If the lock is unavailable, emit the same log statement that
+				 * vacuum_rel() and analyze_rel() would.
+				 */
+				if (options & VACOPT_VACUUM)
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping vacuum of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
 								vrel->relation->relname)));
-			return vacrels;
+				else
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping analyze of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
+									vrel->relation->relname)));
+
+				if ((options & VACOPT_VACUUM) != 0)
+					flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM;
+				if ((options & VACOPT_ANALYZE) != 0)
+					flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE;
+
+				pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(relid, flags);
+
+				return vacrels;
+			}
+
+			/*
+			 * Now that we have the lock, probe to see if the relation really
+			 * exists or not.
+			 */
+			if (!SearchSysCacheExists1(RELOID, ObjectIdGetDatum(relid)))
+			{
+				if (options & VACOPT_VACUUM)
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_UNDEFINED_TABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping vacuum of \"%s\" --- relation no longer exists",
+									vrel->relation->relname)));
+				else
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_UNDEFINED_TABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping analyze of \"%s\" --- relation no longer exists",
+									vrel->relation->relname)));
+
+				/* Release useless lock */
+				UnlockRelationOid(relid, AccessShareLock);
+
+				return vacrels;
+			}
 		}
 
 		/*
diff --git a/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c b/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c
index bc8c43b96aa..cec4c88980e 100644
--- a/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c
+++ b/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c
@@ -17,6 +17,7 @@
 
 #include "postgres.h"
 
+#include "access/htup_details.h"
 #include "access/twophase_rmgr.h"
 #include "access/xact.h"
 #include "catalog/catalog.h"
@@ -366,6 +367,73 @@ pgstat_report_analyze(Relation rel,
 	(void) pgstat_flush_backend(false, PGSTAT_BACKEND_FLUSH_IO);
 }
 
+/*
+ * Report that the table was skipped during vacuum or/and analyze.
+ */
+void
+pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(Oid relid, bits8 flags)
+{
+	PgStat_EntryRef *entry_ref;
+	PgStatShared_Relation *shtabentry;
+	PgStat_StatTabEntry *tabentry;
+	TimestampTz ts;
+	HeapTuple	classTup;
+	bool		isshared;
+
+	if (!pgstat_track_counts || !(flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANY))
+		return;
+
+	classTup = SearchSysCache1(RELOID, ObjectIdGetDatum(relid));
+	if (!HeapTupleIsValid(classTup))
+		return;			/* somebody deleted the rel, forget it */
+	isshared = ((Form_pg_class) GETSTRUCT(classTup))->relisshared;
+	ReleaseSysCache(classTup);
+
+	/* Store the data in the table's hash table entry. */
+	ts = GetCurrentTimestamp();
+
+	/* block acquiring lock for the same reason as pgstat_report_autovac() */
+	entry_ref = pgstat_get_entry_ref_locked(PGSTAT_KIND_RELATION,
+											isshared ? InvalidOid : MyDatabaseId,
+											relid, false);
+
+	shtabentry = (PgStatShared_Relation *) entry_ref->shared_stats;
+	tabentry = &shtabentry->stats;
+
+	if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOVAC)
+	{
+		if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM)
+		{
+			tabentry->last_skipped_autovacuum_time = ts;
+			tabentry->skipped_autovacuum_count++;
+		}
+		if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE)
+		{
+			tabentry->last_skipped_autoanalyze_time = ts;
+			tabentry->skipped_autoanalyze_count++;
+		}
+	}
+	else
+	{
+		if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM)
+		{
+			tabentry->last_skipped_vacuum_time = ts;
+			tabentry->skipped_vacuum_count++;
+		}
+		if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE)
+		{
+			tabentry->last_skipped_analyze_time = ts;
+			tabentry->skipped_analyze_count++;
+		}
+	}
+
+	pgstat_unlock_entry(entry_ref);
+
+	/* see pgstat_report_vacuum() */
+	pgstat_flush_io(false);
+	(void) pgstat_flush_backend(false, PGSTAT_BACKEND_FLUSH_IO);
+}
+
 /*
  * count a tuple insertion of n tuples
  */
diff --git a/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c b/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c
index 9185a8e6b83..18aaa3996e1 100644
--- a/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c
+++ b/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c
@@ -84,6 +84,18 @@ PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(mod_since_analyze)
 /* pg_stat_get_numscans */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(numscans)
 
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_analyze_count)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_autoanalyze_count)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_autovacuum_count)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_vacuum_count)
+
 /* pg_stat_get_tuples_deleted */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(tuples_deleted)
 
@@ -170,6 +182,18 @@ PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_vacuum_time)
 /* pg_stat_get_lastscan */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(lastscan)
 
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_analyze_time)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_autoanalyze_time)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_autovacuum_time)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_vacuum_time)
+
 /* pg_stat_get_stat_reset_time */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(stat_reset_time)
 
diff --git a/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat b/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat
index 0118e970dda..ccfe3d9e02a 100644
--- a/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat
+++ b/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat
@@ -5667,6 +5667,38 @@
   proname => 'pg_stat_get_total_autoanalyze_time', provolatile => 's',
   proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'float8', proargtypes => 'oid',
   prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_total_autoanalyze_time' },
+{ oid => '8142', descr => 'statistics: last skipped vacuum time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time' },
+{ oid => '8143', descr => 'statistics: last skipped auto vacuum time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time' },
+{ oid => '8144', descr => 'statistics: last skipped analyze time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time' },
+{ oid => '8145', descr => 'statistics: last skipped auto analyze time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time' },
+{ oid => '8146', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped vacuum for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count' },
+{ oid => '8147', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped auto vacuum for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count' },
+{ oid => '8148', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped analyzes for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count' },
+{ oid => '8149', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped auto analyzes for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count' },
 { oid => '1936', descr => 'statistics: currently active backend IDs',
   proname => 'pg_stat_get_backend_idset', prorows => '100', proretset => 't',
   provolatile => 's', proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int4',
diff --git a/src/include/pgstat.h b/src/include/pgstat.h
index 8e3549c3752..343081a7a25 100644
--- a/src/include/pgstat.h
+++ b/src/include/pgstat.h
@@ -479,6 +479,15 @@ typedef struct PgStat_StatTabEntry
 	TimestampTz last_autoanalyze_time;	/* autovacuum initiated */
 	PgStat_Counter autoanalyze_count;
 
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_vacuum_time;	/* user initiated vacuum */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_vacuum_count;
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_autovacuum_time;	/* autovacuum initiated */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_autovacuum_count;
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_analyze_time;	/* user initiated */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_analyze_count;
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_autoanalyze_time;	/* autovacuum initiated */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_autoanalyze_count;
+
 	PgStat_Counter total_vacuum_time;	/* times in milliseconds */
 	PgStat_Counter total_autovacuum_time;
 	PgStat_Counter total_analyze_time;
@@ -707,6 +716,13 @@ extern void pgstat_report_analyze(Relation rel,
 								  PgStat_Counter livetuples, PgStat_Counter deadtuples,
 								  bool resetcounter, TimestampTz starttime);
 
+/* flags for pgstat_flush_backend() */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM	(1 << 0)	/* vacuum is skipped */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE	(1 << 1)	/* analyze is skipped */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOVAC	(1 << 2)	/* skipped during autovacuum/autoanalyze */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANY   (PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM | PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE)
+extern void pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(Oid relid, bits8 flags);
+
 /*
  * If stats are enabled, but pending data hasn't been prepared yet, call
  * pgstat_assoc_relation() to do so. See its comment for why this is done
diff --git a/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out b/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out
index 2b3cf6d8569..4ccfc43e903 100644
--- a/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out
+++ b/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out
@@ -1835,13 +1835,21 @@ pg_stat_all_tables| SELECT c.oid AS relid,
     pg_stat_get_mod_since_analyze(c.oid) AS n_mod_since_analyze,
     pg_stat_get_ins_since_vacuum(c.oid) AS n_ins_since_vacuum,
     pg_stat_get_last_vacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_vacuum,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_vacuum,
     pg_stat_get_last_autovacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_autovacuum,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_autovacuum,
     pg_stat_get_last_analyze_time(c.oid) AS last_analyze,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_analyze,
     pg_stat_get_last_autoanalyze_time(c.oid) AS last_autoanalyze,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_autoanalyze,
     pg_stat_get_vacuum_count(c.oid) AS vacuum_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count(c.oid) AS skipped_vacuum_count,
     pg_stat_get_autovacuum_count(c.oid) AS autovacuum_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count(c.oid) AS skipped_autovacuum_count,
     pg_stat_get_analyze_count(c.oid) AS analyze_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count(c.oid) AS skipped_analyze_count,
     pg_stat_get_autoanalyze_count(c.oid) AS autoanalyze_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count(c.oid) AS skipped_autoanalyze_count,
     pg_stat_get_total_vacuum_time(c.oid) AS total_vacuum_time,
     pg_stat_get_total_autovacuum_time(c.oid) AS total_autovacuum_time,
     pg_stat_get_total_analyze_time(c.oid) AS total_analyze_time,
@@ -2293,13 +2301,21 @@ pg_stat_sys_tables| SELECT relid,
     n_mod_since_analyze,
     n_ins_since_vacuum,
     last_vacuum,
+    last_skipped_vacuum,
     last_autovacuum,
+    last_skipped_autovacuum,
     last_analyze,
+    last_skipped_analyze,
     last_autoanalyze,
+    last_skipped_autoanalyze,
     vacuum_count,
+    skipped_vacuum_count,
     autovacuum_count,
+    skipped_autovacuum_count,
     analyze_count,
+    skipped_analyze_count,
     autoanalyze_count,
+    skipped_autoanalyze_count,
     total_vacuum_time,
     total_autovacuum_time,
     total_analyze_time,
@@ -2348,13 +2364,21 @@ pg_stat_user_tables| SELECT relid,
     n_mod_since_analyze,
     n_ins_since_vacuum,
     last_vacuum,
+    last_skipped_vacuum,
     last_autovacuum,
+    last_skipped_autovacuum,
     last_analyze,
+    last_skipped_analyze,
     last_autoanalyze,
+    last_skipped_autoanalyze,
     vacuum_count,
+    skipped_vacuum_count,
     autovacuum_count,
+    skipped_autovacuum_count,
     analyze_count,
+    skipped_analyze_count,
     autoanalyze_count,
+    skipped_autoanalyze_count,
     total_vacuum_time,
     total_autovacuum_time,
     total_analyze_time,
-- 
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* [PATCH v5] Track skipped vacuum and analyze activity per relation
@ 2026-03-24 04:09 Yugo Nagata <[email protected]>
  0 siblings, 0 replies; 374+ messages in thread

From: Yugo Nagata @ 2026-03-24 04:09 UTC (permalink / raw)

This commit adds eight fields to the relation statistics that track
the last time vacuum or analyze has been attempted but skipped due to
lock unavailability, along with their counts:

-    last_skipped_vacuum
-    last_skipped_autovacuum
-    last_skipped_analyze
-    last_skipped_autoanalyze
-    skipped_vacuum_count
-    skipped_autovacuum_count
-    skipped_analyze_count
-    skipped_autoanalyze_count

These field can help users confirm that autovacuum is actively attempting
to run on a table that has not been vacuumed or analyzed for a long time,
and that the lack of progress is due to repeated skips rather than inactivity.
---
 doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml                  |  88 ++++++
 src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql          |   8 +
 src/backend/commands/vacuum.c                 | 100 +++++--
 src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c  |  64 +++++
 src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c           |  24 ++
 src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat               |  32 +++
 src/include/pgstat.h                          |  16 ++
 .../isolation/expected/vacuum-skip-locked.out | 260 ++++++++++++++++--
 .../isolation/specs/vacuum-skip-locked.spec   |  41 +--
 src/test/regress/expected/rules.out           |  24 ++
 10 files changed, 601 insertions(+), 56 deletions(-)

diff --git a/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml b/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml
index 08d5b824552..a9b579d87a9 100644
--- a/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml
+++ b/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml
@@ -4387,6 +4387,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_vacuum</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time a manual vacuum on this table was attempted but skipped due to
+       lock unavailability (not counting <command>VACUUM FULL</command>)
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>last_autovacuum</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
@@ -4397,6 +4407,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_autovacuum</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time a vacuum on this table by the autovacuum daemon was attempted
+       but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>last_analyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
@@ -4406,6 +4426,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_analyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time a manual analyze on this table was attempted but skipped due to
+       lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>last_autoanalyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
@@ -4416,6 +4446,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_autoanalyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time at which an analyze on this table by the autovacuum was
+       attempted but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>vacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4426,6 +4466,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_vacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times manual vacuums on this table have been attempted but skipped
+       due to lock unavailability (not counting <command>VACUUM FULL</command>)
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>autovacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4436,6 +4486,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_autovacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times vacuums on this table by the autovacuum daemon have been
+       attempted but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>analyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4445,6 +4505,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_analyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times manual analyzes on this table have been attempted but
+       skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>autoanalyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4455,6 +4525,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_autoanalyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times analyzes on this table by the autovacuum daemon have
+       been attempted but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>total_vacuum_time</structfield> <type>double precision</type>
@@ -4510,6 +4590,14 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
    </tgroup>
   </table>
 
+  <note>
+   <para>
+    When a manual vacuum or analyze on a parent table in an inheritance or
+    partitioning hierarchy is skipped, the statistics are recorded only for
+    the parent table, not for its children.
+   </para>
+  </note>
+
  </sect2>
 
  <sect2 id="monitoring-pg-stat-autovacuum-scores-view">
diff --git a/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql b/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql
index 73a1c1c4670..f509fc7876b 100644
--- a/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql
+++ b/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql
@@ -736,13 +736,21 @@ CREATE VIEW pg_stat_all_tables AS
             pg_stat_get_mod_since_analyze(C.oid) AS n_mod_since_analyze,
             pg_stat_get_ins_since_vacuum(C.oid) AS n_ins_since_vacuum,
             pg_stat_get_last_vacuum_time(C.oid) as last_vacuum,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_vacuum,
             pg_stat_get_last_autovacuum_time(C.oid) as last_autovacuum,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_autovacuum,
             pg_stat_get_last_analyze_time(C.oid) as last_analyze,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_analyze,
             pg_stat_get_last_autoanalyze_time(C.oid) as last_autoanalyze,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_autoanalyze,
             pg_stat_get_vacuum_count(C.oid) AS vacuum_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count(C.oid) AS skipped_vacuum_count,
             pg_stat_get_autovacuum_count(C.oid) AS autovacuum_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count(C.oid) AS skipped_autovacuum_count,
             pg_stat_get_analyze_count(C.oid) AS analyze_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count(C.oid) AS skipped_analyze_count,
             pg_stat_get_autoanalyze_count(C.oid) AS autoanalyze_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count(C.oid) AS skipped_autoanalyze_count,
             pg_stat_get_total_vacuum_time(C.oid) AS total_vacuum_time,
             pg_stat_get_total_autovacuum_time(C.oid) AS total_autovacuum_time,
             pg_stat_get_total_analyze_time(C.oid) AS total_analyze_time,
diff --git a/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c b/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c
index 99d0db82ed7..df6526225e4 100644
--- a/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c
+++ b/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c
@@ -793,8 +793,25 @@ vacuum_open_relation(Oid relid, RangeVar *relation, uint32 options,
 		rel = try_relation_open(relid, NoLock);
 	else
 	{
+		int flags = 0;
 		rel = NULL;
 		rel_lock = false;
+
+		if ((options & VACOPT_VACUUM) != 0 && (options & VACOPT_FULL) == 0)
+		{
+			if (AmAutoVacuumWorkerProcess())
+				flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOVACUUM;
+			else
+				flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM;
+		}
+		if ((options & VACOPT_ANALYZE) != 0)
+		{
+			if (AmAutoVacuumWorkerProcess())
+				flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOANALYZE;
+			else
+				flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE;
+		}
+		pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(relid, flags);
 	}
 
 	/* if relation is opened, leave */
@@ -905,7 +922,6 @@ expand_vacuum_rel(VacuumRelation *vrel, MemoryContext vac_context,
 		Form_pg_class classForm;
 		bool		include_children;
 		bool		is_partitioned_table;
-		int			rvr_opts;
 
 		/*
 		 * Since autovacuum workers supply OIDs when calling vacuum(), no
@@ -918,29 +934,69 @@ expand_vacuum_rel(VacuumRelation *vrel, MemoryContext vac_context,
 		 * below, as well as find_all_inheritors's expectation that the caller
 		 * holds some lock on the starting relation.
 		 */
-		rvr_opts = (options & VACOPT_SKIP_LOCKED) ? RVR_SKIP_LOCKED : 0;
-		relid = RangeVarGetRelidExtended(vrel->relation,
-										 AccessShareLock,
-										 rvr_opts,
-										 NULL, NULL);
-
-		/*
-		 * If the lock is unavailable, emit the same log statement that
-		 * vacuum_rel() and analyze_rel() would.
-		 */
-		if (!OidIsValid(relid))
+		if (!(options & VACOPT_SKIP_LOCKED))
 		{
-			if (options & VACOPT_VACUUM)
-				ereport(WARNING,
-						(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
-						 errmsg("skipping vacuum of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
-								vrel->relation->relname)));
-			else
-				ereport(WARNING,
-						(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
-						 errmsg("skipping analyze of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
+			relid = RangeVarGetRelidExtended(vrel->relation,
+											 AccessShareLock,
+											 0, NULL, NULL);
+			if (!OidIsValid(relid))
+				return vacrels;
+		}
+		else
+		{
+			/* Get relid for reporting before taking a lock */
+			relid = RangeVarGetRelid(vrel->relation, NoLock, false);
+
+			if (!ConditionalLockRelationOid(relid, AccessShareLock))
+			{
+				int	flags = 0;
+				/*
+				 * If the lock is unavailable, emit the same log statement that
+				 * vacuum_rel() and analyze_rel() would.
+				 */
+				if (options & VACOPT_VACUUM)
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping vacuum of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
 								vrel->relation->relname)));
-			return vacrels;
+				else
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping analyze of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
+									vrel->relation->relname)));
+
+				if ((options & VACOPT_VACUUM) != 0 && (options & VACOPT_FULL) == 0)
+					flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM;
+				if ((options & VACOPT_ANALYZE) != 0)
+					flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE;
+
+				pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(relid, flags);
+
+				return vacrels;
+			}
+
+			/*
+			 * Now that we have the lock, probe to see if the relation really
+			 * exists or not.
+			 */
+			if (!SearchSysCacheExists1(RELOID, ObjectIdGetDatum(relid)))
+			{
+				if (options & VACOPT_VACUUM)
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_UNDEFINED_TABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping vacuum of \"%s\" --- relation no longer exists",
+									vrel->relation->relname)));
+				else
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_UNDEFINED_TABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping analyze of \"%s\" --- relation no longer exists",
+									vrel->relation->relname)));
+
+				/* Release useless lock */
+				UnlockRelationOid(relid, AccessShareLock);
+
+				return vacrels;
+			}
 		}
 
 		/*
diff --git a/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c b/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c
index b2ca28f83ba..532d9023f8c 100644
--- a/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c
+++ b/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c
@@ -17,12 +17,14 @@
 
 #include "postgres.h"
 
+#include "access/htup_details.h"
 #include "access/twophase_rmgr.h"
 #include "access/xact.h"
 #include "catalog/catalog.h"
 #include "utils/memutils.h"
 #include "utils/pgstat_internal.h"
 #include "utils/rel.h"
+#include "utils/syscache.h"
 #include "utils/timestamp.h"
 
 
@@ -367,6 +369,68 @@ pgstat_report_analyze(Relation rel,
 	(void) pgstat_flush_backend(false, PGSTAT_BACKEND_FLUSH_IO);
 }
 
+/*
+ * Report that the table was skipped during vacuum or/and analyze.
+ */
+void
+pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(Oid relid, int flags)
+{
+	PgStat_EntryRef *entry_ref;
+	PgStatShared_Relation *shtabentry;
+	PgStat_StatTabEntry *tabentry;
+	TimestampTz ts;
+	HeapTuple	classTup;
+	bool		isshared;
+
+	if (!pgstat_track_counts || !flags)
+		return;
+
+	classTup = SearchSysCache1(RELOID, ObjectIdGetDatum(relid));
+	if (!HeapTupleIsValid(classTup))
+		return;			/* somebody deleted the rel, forget it */
+	isshared = ((Form_pg_class) GETSTRUCT(classTup))->relisshared;
+	ReleaseSysCache(classTup);
+
+	/* Store the data in the table's hash table entry. */
+	ts = GetCurrentTimestamp();
+
+	/* block acquiring lock for the same reason as pgstat_report_autovac() */
+	entry_ref = pgstat_get_entry_ref_locked(PGSTAT_KIND_RELATION,
+											isshared ? InvalidOid : MyDatabaseId,
+											relid, false);
+
+	shtabentry = (PgStatShared_Relation *) entry_ref->shared_stats;
+	tabentry = &shtabentry->stats;
+
+	if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM)
+	{
+		tabentry->last_skipped_vacuum_time = ts;
+		tabentry->skipped_vacuum_count++;
+	}
+	else if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOVACUUM)
+	{
+		tabentry->last_skipped_autovacuum_time = ts;
+		tabentry->skipped_autovacuum_count++;
+	}
+
+	if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE)
+	{
+		tabentry->last_skipped_analyze_time = ts;
+		tabentry->skipped_analyze_count++;
+	}
+	else if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOANALYZE)
+	{
+		tabentry->last_skipped_autoanalyze_time = ts;
+		tabentry->skipped_autoanalyze_count++;
+	}
+
+	pgstat_unlock_entry(entry_ref);
+
+	/* see pgstat_report_vacuum() */
+	pgstat_flush_io(false);
+	(void) pgstat_flush_backend(false, PGSTAT_BACKEND_FLUSH_IO);
+}
+
 /*
  * count a tuple insertion of n tuples
  */
diff --git a/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c b/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c
index 1408de387ea..90a8968faa0 100644
--- a/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c
+++ b/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c
@@ -84,6 +84,18 @@ PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(mod_since_analyze)
 /* pg_stat_get_numscans */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(numscans)
 
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_analyze_count)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_autoanalyze_count)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_autovacuum_count)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_vacuum_count)
+
 /* pg_stat_get_tuples_deleted */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(tuples_deleted)
 
@@ -170,6 +182,18 @@ PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_vacuum_time)
 /* pg_stat_get_lastscan */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(lastscan)
 
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_analyze_time)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_autoanalyze_time)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_autovacuum_time)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_vacuum_time)
+
 /* pg_stat_get_stat_reset_time */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(stat_reset_time)
 
diff --git a/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat b/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat
index fa9ae79082b..32debb34863 100644
--- a/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat
+++ b/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat
@@ -5680,6 +5680,38 @@
   proargmodes => '{o,o,o,o,o,o,o,o,o,o}',
   proargnames => '{oid,score,xid_score,mxid_score,vacuum_score,vacuum_insert_score,analyze_score,do_vacuum,do_analyze,for_wraparound}',
   prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_autovacuum_scores' },
+{ oid => '8142', descr => 'statistics: last skipped vacuum time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time' },
+{ oid => '8143', descr => 'statistics: last skipped auto vacuum time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time' },
+{ oid => '8144', descr => 'statistics: last skipped analyze time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time' },
+{ oid => '8145', descr => 'statistics: last skipped auto analyze time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time' },
+{ oid => '8146', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped vacuum for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count' },
+{ oid => '8147', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped auto vacuum for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count' },
+{ oid => '8148', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped analyzes for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count' },
+{ oid => '8149', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped auto analyzes for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count' },
 { oid => '1936', descr => 'statistics: currently active backend IDs',
   proname => 'pg_stat_get_backend_idset', prorows => '100', proretset => 't',
   provolatile => 's', proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int4',
diff --git a/src/include/pgstat.h b/src/include/pgstat.h
index dfa2e837638..98941f953d1 100644
--- a/src/include/pgstat.h
+++ b/src/include/pgstat.h
@@ -479,6 +479,15 @@ typedef struct PgStat_StatTabEntry
 	TimestampTz last_autoanalyze_time;	/* autovacuum initiated */
 	PgStat_Counter autoanalyze_count;
 
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_vacuum_time;	/* user initiated vacuum */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_vacuum_count;
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_autovacuum_time;	/* autovacuum initiated */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_autovacuum_count;
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_analyze_time;	/* user initiated */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_analyze_count;
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_autoanalyze_time;	/* autovacuum initiated */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_autoanalyze_count;
+
 	PgStat_Counter total_vacuum_time;	/* times in milliseconds */
 	PgStat_Counter total_autovacuum_time;
 	PgStat_Counter total_analyze_time;
@@ -703,6 +712,13 @@ extern void pgstat_report_analyze(Relation rel,
 								  PgStat_Counter livetuples, PgStat_Counter deadtuples,
 								  bool resetcounter, TimestampTz starttime);
 
+/* flags for pgstat_flush_backend() */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM		(1 << 0)	/* vacuum is skipped */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE		(1 << 1)	/* analyze is skipped */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOVACUUM	(1 << 2)	/* autovacuum is skipped */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOANALYZE	(1 << 3)	/* autoanalyze is skipped */
+extern void pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(Oid relid, int flags);
+
 /*
  * If stats are enabled, but pending data hasn't been prepared yet, call
  * pgstat_assoc_relation() to do so. See its comment for why this is done
diff --git a/src/test/isolation/expected/vacuum-skip-locked.out b/src/test/isolation/expected/vacuum-skip-locked.out
index 99db281a159..e2cff175b7c 100644
--- a/src/test/isolation/expected/vacuum-skip-locked.out
+++ b/src/test/isolation/expected/vacuum-skip-locked.out
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 Parsed test spec with 2 sessions
 
-starting permutation: lock_share vac_specified commit
+starting permutation: lock_share vac_specified commit check_stat
 step lock_share: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN SHARE MODE;
@@ -10,8 +10,22 @@ step vac_specified: VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED) part1, part2;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
 
-starting permutation: lock_share vac_all_parts commit
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   1|            0|                    0
+part2  |           1|                   0|            0|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
+
+starting permutation: lock_share vac_all_parts commit check_stat
 step lock_share: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN SHARE MODE;
@@ -20,8 +34,22 @@ step vac_all_parts: VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED) parted;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   1|            0|                    0
+part2  |           1|                   0|            0|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
 
-starting permutation: lock_share analyze_specified commit
+starting permutation: lock_share analyze_specified commit check_stat
 step lock_share: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN SHARE MODE;
@@ -31,8 +59,22 @@ step analyze_specified: ANALYZE (SKIP_LOCKED) part1, part2;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
 
-starting permutation: lock_share analyze_all_parts commit
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   0|            0|                    1
+part2  |           0|                   0|            1|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
+
+starting permutation: lock_share analyze_all_parts commit check_stat
 step lock_share: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN SHARE MODE;
@@ -41,8 +83,22 @@ step analyze_all_parts: ANALYZE (SKIP_LOCKED) parted;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            1|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   0|            0|                    1
+part2  |           0|                   0|            1|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
 
-starting permutation: lock_share vac_analyze_specified commit
+starting permutation: lock_share vac_analyze_specified commit check_stat
 step lock_share: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN SHARE MODE;
@@ -52,8 +108,22 @@ step vac_analyze_specified: VACUUM (ANALYZE, SKIP_LOCKED) part1, part2;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
 
-starting permutation: lock_share vac_analyze_all_parts commit
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   1|            0|                    1
+part2  |           1|                   0|            1|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
+
+starting permutation: lock_share vac_analyze_all_parts commit check_stat
 step lock_share: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN SHARE MODE;
@@ -62,8 +132,22 @@ step vac_analyze_all_parts: VACUUM (ANALYZE, SKIP_LOCKED) parted;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            1|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   1|            0|                    1
+part2  |           1|                   0|            1|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
 
-starting permutation: lock_share vac_full_specified commit
+starting permutation: lock_share vac_full_specified commit check_stat
 step lock_share: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN SHARE MODE;
@@ -73,8 +157,22 @@ step vac_full_specified: VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED, FULL) part1, part2;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
 
-starting permutation: lock_share vac_full_all_parts commit
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part2  |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
+
+starting permutation: lock_share vac_full_all_parts commit check_stat
 step lock_share: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN SHARE MODE;
@@ -83,8 +181,22 @@ step vac_full_all_parts: VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED, FULL) parted;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part2  |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+(3 rows)
 
-starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_specified commit
+
+starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_specified commit check_stat
 step lock_access_exclusive: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN ACCESS EXCLUSIVE MODE;
@@ -94,8 +206,22 @@ step vac_specified: VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED) part1, part2;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   1|            0|                    0
+part2  |           1|                   0|            0|                    0
+(3 rows)
 
-starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_all_parts commit
+
+starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_all_parts commit check_stat
 step lock_access_exclusive: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN ACCESS EXCLUSIVE MODE;
@@ -104,8 +230,22 @@ step vac_all_parts: VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED) parted;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   1|            0|                    0
+part2  |           1|                   0|            0|                    0
+(3 rows)
 
-starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive analyze_specified commit
+
+starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive analyze_specified commit check_stat
 step lock_access_exclusive: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN ACCESS EXCLUSIVE MODE;
@@ -115,8 +255,22 @@ step analyze_specified: ANALYZE (SKIP_LOCKED) part1, part2;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   0|            0|                    1
+part2  |           0|                   0|            1|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
 
-starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive analyze_all_parts commit
+starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive analyze_all_parts commit check_stat
 step lock_access_exclusive: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN ACCESS EXCLUSIVE MODE;
@@ -126,8 +280,22 @@ step commit:
 	COMMIT;
 
 step analyze_all_parts: <... completed>
-
-starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_analyze_specified commit
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            1|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   0|            1|                    0
+part2  |           0|                   0|            1|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
+
+starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_analyze_specified commit check_stat
 step lock_access_exclusive: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN ACCESS EXCLUSIVE MODE;
@@ -137,8 +305,22 @@ step vac_analyze_specified: VACUUM (ANALYZE, SKIP_LOCKED) part1, part2;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   1|            0|                    1
+part2  |           1|                   0|            1|                    0
+(3 rows)
 
-starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_analyze_all_parts commit
+
+starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_analyze_all_parts commit check_stat
 step lock_access_exclusive: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN ACCESS EXCLUSIVE MODE;
@@ -148,8 +330,22 @@ step commit:
 	COMMIT;
 
 step vac_analyze_all_parts: <... completed>
-
-starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_full_specified commit
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            1|                    0
+part1  |           1|                   0|            1|                    0
+part2  |           1|                   0|            1|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
+
+starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_full_specified commit check_stat
 step lock_access_exclusive: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN ACCESS EXCLUSIVE MODE;
@@ -159,8 +355,22 @@ step vac_full_specified: VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED, FULL) part1, part2;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
 
-starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_full_all_parts commit
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part2  |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
+
+starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_full_all_parts commit check_stat
 step lock_access_exclusive: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN ACCESS EXCLUSIVE MODE;
@@ -169,3 +379,17 @@ step vac_full_all_parts: VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED, FULL) parted;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part2  |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
diff --git a/src/test/isolation/specs/vacuum-skip-locked.spec b/src/test/isolation/specs/vacuum-skip-locked.spec
index 3fad6e1c92a..b0da75d4b6d 100644
--- a/src/test/isolation/specs/vacuum-skip-locked.spec
+++ b/src/test/isolation/specs/vacuum-skip-locked.spec
@@ -33,6 +33,15 @@ step commit
 	COMMIT;
 }
 
+step check_stat
+{
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+}
+
 session s2
 step vac_specified			{ VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED) part1, part2; }
 step vac_all_parts			{ VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED) parted; }
@@ -43,19 +52,19 @@ step vac_analyze_all_parts	{ VACUUM (ANALYZE, SKIP_LOCKED) parted; }
 step vac_full_specified		{ VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED, FULL) part1, part2; }
 step vac_full_all_parts		{ VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED, FULL) parted; }
 
-permutation lock_share vac_specified commit
-permutation lock_share vac_all_parts commit
-permutation lock_share analyze_specified commit
-permutation lock_share analyze_all_parts commit
-permutation lock_share vac_analyze_specified commit
-permutation lock_share vac_analyze_all_parts commit
-permutation lock_share vac_full_specified commit
-permutation lock_share vac_full_all_parts commit
-permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_specified commit
-permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_all_parts commit
-permutation lock_access_exclusive analyze_specified commit
-permutation lock_access_exclusive analyze_all_parts commit
-permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_analyze_specified commit
-permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_analyze_all_parts commit
-permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_full_specified commit
-permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_full_all_parts commit
+permutation lock_share vac_specified commit check_stat
+permutation lock_share vac_all_parts commit check_stat
+permutation lock_share analyze_specified commit check_stat
+permutation lock_share analyze_all_parts commit check_stat
+permutation lock_share vac_analyze_specified commit check_stat
+permutation lock_share vac_analyze_all_parts commit check_stat
+permutation lock_share vac_full_specified commit check_stat
+permutation lock_share vac_full_all_parts commit check_stat
+permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_specified commit check_stat
+permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_all_parts commit check_stat
+permutation lock_access_exclusive analyze_specified commit check_stat
+permutation lock_access_exclusive analyze_all_parts commit check_stat
+permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_analyze_specified commit check_stat
+permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_analyze_all_parts commit check_stat
+permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_full_specified commit check_stat
+permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_full_all_parts commit check_stat
diff --git a/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out b/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out
index a65a5bf0c4f..9b2075d3373 100644
--- a/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out
+++ b/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out
@@ -1835,13 +1835,21 @@ pg_stat_all_tables| SELECT c.oid AS relid,
     pg_stat_get_mod_since_analyze(c.oid) AS n_mod_since_analyze,
     pg_stat_get_ins_since_vacuum(c.oid) AS n_ins_since_vacuum,
     pg_stat_get_last_vacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_vacuum,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_vacuum,
     pg_stat_get_last_autovacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_autovacuum,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_autovacuum,
     pg_stat_get_last_analyze_time(c.oid) AS last_analyze,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_analyze,
     pg_stat_get_last_autoanalyze_time(c.oid) AS last_autoanalyze,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_autoanalyze,
     pg_stat_get_vacuum_count(c.oid) AS vacuum_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count(c.oid) AS skipped_vacuum_count,
     pg_stat_get_autovacuum_count(c.oid) AS autovacuum_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count(c.oid) AS skipped_autovacuum_count,
     pg_stat_get_analyze_count(c.oid) AS analyze_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count(c.oid) AS skipped_analyze_count,
     pg_stat_get_autoanalyze_count(c.oid) AS autoanalyze_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count(c.oid) AS skipped_autoanalyze_count,
     pg_stat_get_total_vacuum_time(c.oid) AS total_vacuum_time,
     pg_stat_get_total_autovacuum_time(c.oid) AS total_autovacuum_time,
     pg_stat_get_total_analyze_time(c.oid) AS total_analyze_time,
@@ -2346,13 +2354,21 @@ pg_stat_sys_tables| SELECT relid,
     n_mod_since_analyze,
     n_ins_since_vacuum,
     last_vacuum,
+    last_skipped_vacuum,
     last_autovacuum,
+    last_skipped_autovacuum,
     last_analyze,
+    last_skipped_analyze,
     last_autoanalyze,
+    last_skipped_autoanalyze,
     vacuum_count,
+    skipped_vacuum_count,
     autovacuum_count,
+    skipped_autovacuum_count,
     analyze_count,
+    skipped_analyze_count,
     autoanalyze_count,
+    skipped_autoanalyze_count,
     total_vacuum_time,
     total_autovacuum_time,
     total_analyze_time,
@@ -2401,13 +2417,21 @@ pg_stat_user_tables| SELECT relid,
     n_mod_since_analyze,
     n_ins_since_vacuum,
     last_vacuum,
+    last_skipped_vacuum,
     last_autovacuum,
+    last_skipped_autovacuum,
     last_analyze,
+    last_skipped_analyze,
     last_autoanalyze,
+    last_skipped_autoanalyze,
     vacuum_count,
+    skipped_vacuum_count,
     autovacuum_count,
+    skipped_autovacuum_count,
     analyze_count,
+    skipped_analyze_count,
     autoanalyze_count,
+    skipped_autoanalyze_count,
     total_vacuum_time,
     total_autovacuum_time,
     total_analyze_time,
-- 
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* [PATCH v4] Track skipped vacuum and analyze activity per relation
@ 2026-03-24 04:09 Yugo Nagata <[email protected]>
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From: Yugo Nagata @ 2026-03-24 04:09 UTC (permalink / raw)

This commit adds eight fields to the relation statistics that track
the last time vacuum or analyze has been attempted but skipped due to
lock unavailability, along with their counts:

-    last_skipped_vacuum
-    last_skipped_autovacuum
-    last_skipped_analyze
-    last_skipped_autoanalyze
-    skipped_vacuum_count
-    skipped_autovacuum_count
-    skipped_analyze_count
-    skipped_autoanalyze_count

These field can help users confirm that autovacuum is actively attempting
to run on a table that has not been vacuumed or analyzed for a long time,
and that the lack of progress is due to repeated skips rather than inactivity.
---
 doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml                 |  88 ++++++++++++++++
 src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql         |   8 ++
 src/backend/commands/vacuum.c                | 102 ++++++++++++++-----
 src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c |  64 ++++++++++++
 src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c          |  24 +++++
 src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat              |  32 ++++++
 src/include/pgstat.h                         |  16 +++
 src/test/regress/expected/rules.out          |  24 +++++
 8 files changed, 335 insertions(+), 23 deletions(-)

diff --git a/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml b/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml
index 08d5b824552..a9b579d87a9 100644
--- a/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml
+++ b/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml
@@ -4387,6 +4387,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_vacuum</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time a manual vacuum on this table was attempted but skipped due to
+       lock unavailability (not counting <command>VACUUM FULL</command>)
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>last_autovacuum</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
@@ -4397,6 +4407,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_autovacuum</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time a vacuum on this table by the autovacuum daemon was attempted
+       but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>last_analyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
@@ -4406,6 +4426,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_analyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time a manual analyze on this table was attempted but skipped due to
+       lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>last_autoanalyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
@@ -4416,6 +4446,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_autoanalyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time at which an analyze on this table by the autovacuum was
+       attempted but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>vacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4426,6 +4466,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_vacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times manual vacuums on this table have been attempted but skipped
+       due to lock unavailability (not counting <command>VACUUM FULL</command>)
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>autovacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4436,6 +4486,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_autovacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times vacuums on this table by the autovacuum daemon have been
+       attempted but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>analyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4445,6 +4505,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_analyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times manual analyzes on this table have been attempted but
+       skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>autoanalyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4455,6 +4525,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_autoanalyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times analyzes on this table by the autovacuum daemon have
+       been attempted but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>total_vacuum_time</structfield> <type>double precision</type>
@@ -4510,6 +4590,14 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
    </tgroup>
   </table>
 
+  <note>
+   <para>
+    When a manual vacuum or analyze on a parent table in an inheritance or
+    partitioning hierarchy is skipped, the statistics are recorded only for
+    the parent table, not for its children.
+   </para>
+  </note>
+
  </sect2>
 
  <sect2 id="monitoring-pg-stat-autovacuum-scores-view">
diff --git a/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql b/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql
index 73a1c1c4670..f509fc7876b 100644
--- a/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql
+++ b/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql
@@ -736,13 +736,21 @@ CREATE VIEW pg_stat_all_tables AS
             pg_stat_get_mod_since_analyze(C.oid) AS n_mod_since_analyze,
             pg_stat_get_ins_since_vacuum(C.oid) AS n_ins_since_vacuum,
             pg_stat_get_last_vacuum_time(C.oid) as last_vacuum,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_vacuum,
             pg_stat_get_last_autovacuum_time(C.oid) as last_autovacuum,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_autovacuum,
             pg_stat_get_last_analyze_time(C.oid) as last_analyze,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_analyze,
             pg_stat_get_last_autoanalyze_time(C.oid) as last_autoanalyze,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_autoanalyze,
             pg_stat_get_vacuum_count(C.oid) AS vacuum_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count(C.oid) AS skipped_vacuum_count,
             pg_stat_get_autovacuum_count(C.oid) AS autovacuum_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count(C.oid) AS skipped_autovacuum_count,
             pg_stat_get_analyze_count(C.oid) AS analyze_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count(C.oid) AS skipped_analyze_count,
             pg_stat_get_autoanalyze_count(C.oid) AS autoanalyze_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count(C.oid) AS skipped_autoanalyze_count,
             pg_stat_get_total_vacuum_time(C.oid) AS total_vacuum_time,
             pg_stat_get_total_autovacuum_time(C.oid) AS total_autovacuum_time,
             pg_stat_get_total_analyze_time(C.oid) AS total_analyze_time,
diff --git a/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c b/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c
index 99d0db82ed7..97cd5ea8d10 100644
--- a/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c
+++ b/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c
@@ -793,8 +793,25 @@ vacuum_open_relation(Oid relid, RangeVar *relation, uint32 options,
 		rel = try_relation_open(relid, NoLock);
 	else
 	{
+		int flags = 0;
 		rel = NULL;
 		rel_lock = false;
+
+		if ((options & VACOPT_VACUUM) != 0)
+		{
+			if (AmAutoVacuumWorkerProcess())
+				flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOVACUUM;
+			else
+				flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM;
+		}
+		if ((options & VACOPT_ANALYZE) != 0)
+		{
+			if (AmAutoVacuumWorkerProcess())
+				flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOANALYZE;
+			else
+				flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE;
+		}
+		pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(relid, flags);
 	}
 
 	/* if relation is opened, leave */
@@ -802,7 +819,7 @@ vacuum_open_relation(Oid relid, RangeVar *relation, uint32 options,
 		return rel;
 
 	/*
-	 * Relation could not be opened, hence generate if possible a log
+	 * Relation could not be opened hence generate if possible a log
 	 * informing on the situation.
 	 *
 	 * If the RangeVar is not defined, we do not have enough information to
@@ -905,7 +922,6 @@ expand_vacuum_rel(VacuumRelation *vrel, MemoryContext vac_context,
 		Form_pg_class classForm;
 		bool		include_children;
 		bool		is_partitioned_table;
-		int			rvr_opts;
 
 		/*
 		 * Since autovacuum workers supply OIDs when calling vacuum(), no
@@ -918,29 +934,69 @@ expand_vacuum_rel(VacuumRelation *vrel, MemoryContext vac_context,
 		 * below, as well as find_all_inheritors's expectation that the caller
 		 * holds some lock on the starting relation.
 		 */
-		rvr_opts = (options & VACOPT_SKIP_LOCKED) ? RVR_SKIP_LOCKED : 0;
-		relid = RangeVarGetRelidExtended(vrel->relation,
-										 AccessShareLock,
-										 rvr_opts,
-										 NULL, NULL);
-
-		/*
-		 * If the lock is unavailable, emit the same log statement that
-		 * vacuum_rel() and analyze_rel() would.
-		 */
-		if (!OidIsValid(relid))
+		if (!(options & VACOPT_SKIP_LOCKED))
 		{
-			if (options & VACOPT_VACUUM)
-				ereport(WARNING,
-						(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
-						 errmsg("skipping vacuum of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
-								vrel->relation->relname)));
-			else
-				ereport(WARNING,
-						(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
-						 errmsg("skipping analyze of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
+			relid = RangeVarGetRelidExtended(vrel->relation,
+											 AccessShareLock,
+											 0, NULL, NULL);
+			if (!OidIsValid(relid))
+				return vacrels;
+		}
+		else
+		{
+			/* Get relid for reporting before taking a lock */
+			relid = RangeVarGetRelid(vrel->relation, NoLock, false);
+
+			if (!ConditionalLockRelationOid(relid, AccessShareLock))
+			{
+				int	flags = 0;
+				/*
+				 * If the lock is unavailable, emit the same log statement that
+				 * vacuum_rel() and analyze_rel() would.
+				 */
+				if (options & VACOPT_VACUUM)
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping vacuum of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
 								vrel->relation->relname)));
-			return vacrels;
+				else
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping analyze of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
+									vrel->relation->relname)));
+
+				if ((options & VACOPT_VACUUM) != 0)
+					flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM;
+				if ((options & VACOPT_ANALYZE) != 0)
+					flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE;
+
+				pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(relid, flags);
+
+				return vacrels;
+			}
+
+			/*
+			 * Now that we have the lock, probe to see if the relation really
+			 * exists or not.
+			 */
+			if (!SearchSysCacheExists1(RELOID, ObjectIdGetDatum(relid)))
+			{
+				if (options & VACOPT_VACUUM)
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_UNDEFINED_TABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping vacuum of \"%s\" --- relation no longer exists",
+									vrel->relation->relname)));
+				else
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_UNDEFINED_TABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping analyze of \"%s\" --- relation no longer exists",
+									vrel->relation->relname)));
+
+				/* Release useless lock */
+				UnlockRelationOid(relid, AccessShareLock);
+
+				return vacrels;
+			}
 		}
 
 		/*
diff --git a/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c b/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c
index b2ca28f83ba..532d9023f8c 100644
--- a/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c
+++ b/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c
@@ -17,12 +17,14 @@
 
 #include "postgres.h"
 
+#include "access/htup_details.h"
 #include "access/twophase_rmgr.h"
 #include "access/xact.h"
 #include "catalog/catalog.h"
 #include "utils/memutils.h"
 #include "utils/pgstat_internal.h"
 #include "utils/rel.h"
+#include "utils/syscache.h"
 #include "utils/timestamp.h"
 
 
@@ -367,6 +369,68 @@ pgstat_report_analyze(Relation rel,
 	(void) pgstat_flush_backend(false, PGSTAT_BACKEND_FLUSH_IO);
 }
 
+/*
+ * Report that the table was skipped during vacuum or/and analyze.
+ */
+void
+pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(Oid relid, int flags)
+{
+	PgStat_EntryRef *entry_ref;
+	PgStatShared_Relation *shtabentry;
+	PgStat_StatTabEntry *tabentry;
+	TimestampTz ts;
+	HeapTuple	classTup;
+	bool		isshared;
+
+	if (!pgstat_track_counts || !flags)
+		return;
+
+	classTup = SearchSysCache1(RELOID, ObjectIdGetDatum(relid));
+	if (!HeapTupleIsValid(classTup))
+		return;			/* somebody deleted the rel, forget it */
+	isshared = ((Form_pg_class) GETSTRUCT(classTup))->relisshared;
+	ReleaseSysCache(classTup);
+
+	/* Store the data in the table's hash table entry. */
+	ts = GetCurrentTimestamp();
+
+	/* block acquiring lock for the same reason as pgstat_report_autovac() */
+	entry_ref = pgstat_get_entry_ref_locked(PGSTAT_KIND_RELATION,
+											isshared ? InvalidOid : MyDatabaseId,
+											relid, false);
+
+	shtabentry = (PgStatShared_Relation *) entry_ref->shared_stats;
+	tabentry = &shtabentry->stats;
+
+	if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM)
+	{
+		tabentry->last_skipped_vacuum_time = ts;
+		tabentry->skipped_vacuum_count++;
+	}
+	else if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOVACUUM)
+	{
+		tabentry->last_skipped_autovacuum_time = ts;
+		tabentry->skipped_autovacuum_count++;
+	}
+
+	if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE)
+	{
+		tabentry->last_skipped_analyze_time = ts;
+		tabentry->skipped_analyze_count++;
+	}
+	else if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOANALYZE)
+	{
+		tabentry->last_skipped_autoanalyze_time = ts;
+		tabentry->skipped_autoanalyze_count++;
+	}
+
+	pgstat_unlock_entry(entry_ref);
+
+	/* see pgstat_report_vacuum() */
+	pgstat_flush_io(false);
+	(void) pgstat_flush_backend(false, PGSTAT_BACKEND_FLUSH_IO);
+}
+
 /*
  * count a tuple insertion of n tuples
  */
diff --git a/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c b/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c
index 1408de387ea..90a8968faa0 100644
--- a/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c
+++ b/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c
@@ -84,6 +84,18 @@ PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(mod_since_analyze)
 /* pg_stat_get_numscans */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(numscans)
 
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_analyze_count)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_autoanalyze_count)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_autovacuum_count)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_vacuum_count)
+
 /* pg_stat_get_tuples_deleted */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(tuples_deleted)
 
@@ -170,6 +182,18 @@ PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_vacuum_time)
 /* pg_stat_get_lastscan */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(lastscan)
 
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_analyze_time)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_autoanalyze_time)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_autovacuum_time)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_vacuum_time)
+
 /* pg_stat_get_stat_reset_time */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(stat_reset_time)
 
diff --git a/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat b/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat
index fa9ae79082b..32debb34863 100644
--- a/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat
+++ b/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat
@@ -5680,6 +5680,38 @@
   proargmodes => '{o,o,o,o,o,o,o,o,o,o}',
   proargnames => '{oid,score,xid_score,mxid_score,vacuum_score,vacuum_insert_score,analyze_score,do_vacuum,do_analyze,for_wraparound}',
   prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_autovacuum_scores' },
+{ oid => '8142', descr => 'statistics: last skipped vacuum time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time' },
+{ oid => '8143', descr => 'statistics: last skipped auto vacuum time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time' },
+{ oid => '8144', descr => 'statistics: last skipped analyze time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time' },
+{ oid => '8145', descr => 'statistics: last skipped auto analyze time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time' },
+{ oid => '8146', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped vacuum for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count' },
+{ oid => '8147', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped auto vacuum for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count' },
+{ oid => '8148', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped analyzes for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count' },
+{ oid => '8149', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped auto analyzes for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count' },
 { oid => '1936', descr => 'statistics: currently active backend IDs',
   proname => 'pg_stat_get_backend_idset', prorows => '100', proretset => 't',
   provolatile => 's', proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int4',
diff --git a/src/include/pgstat.h b/src/include/pgstat.h
index dfa2e837638..98941f953d1 100644
--- a/src/include/pgstat.h
+++ b/src/include/pgstat.h
@@ -479,6 +479,15 @@ typedef struct PgStat_StatTabEntry
 	TimestampTz last_autoanalyze_time;	/* autovacuum initiated */
 	PgStat_Counter autoanalyze_count;
 
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_vacuum_time;	/* user initiated vacuum */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_vacuum_count;
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_autovacuum_time;	/* autovacuum initiated */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_autovacuum_count;
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_analyze_time;	/* user initiated */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_analyze_count;
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_autoanalyze_time;	/* autovacuum initiated */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_autoanalyze_count;
+
 	PgStat_Counter total_vacuum_time;	/* times in milliseconds */
 	PgStat_Counter total_autovacuum_time;
 	PgStat_Counter total_analyze_time;
@@ -703,6 +712,13 @@ extern void pgstat_report_analyze(Relation rel,
 								  PgStat_Counter livetuples, PgStat_Counter deadtuples,
 								  bool resetcounter, TimestampTz starttime);
 
+/* flags for pgstat_flush_backend() */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM		(1 << 0)	/* vacuum is skipped */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE		(1 << 1)	/* analyze is skipped */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOVACUUM	(1 << 2)	/* autovacuum is skipped */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOANALYZE	(1 << 3)	/* autoanalyze is skipped */
+extern void pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(Oid relid, int flags);
+
 /*
  * If stats are enabled, but pending data hasn't been prepared yet, call
  * pgstat_assoc_relation() to do so. See its comment for why this is done
diff --git a/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out b/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out
index a65a5bf0c4f..9b2075d3373 100644
--- a/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out
+++ b/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out
@@ -1835,13 +1835,21 @@ pg_stat_all_tables| SELECT c.oid AS relid,
     pg_stat_get_mod_since_analyze(c.oid) AS n_mod_since_analyze,
     pg_stat_get_ins_since_vacuum(c.oid) AS n_ins_since_vacuum,
     pg_stat_get_last_vacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_vacuum,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_vacuum,
     pg_stat_get_last_autovacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_autovacuum,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_autovacuum,
     pg_stat_get_last_analyze_time(c.oid) AS last_analyze,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_analyze,
     pg_stat_get_last_autoanalyze_time(c.oid) AS last_autoanalyze,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_autoanalyze,
     pg_stat_get_vacuum_count(c.oid) AS vacuum_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count(c.oid) AS skipped_vacuum_count,
     pg_stat_get_autovacuum_count(c.oid) AS autovacuum_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count(c.oid) AS skipped_autovacuum_count,
     pg_stat_get_analyze_count(c.oid) AS analyze_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count(c.oid) AS skipped_analyze_count,
     pg_stat_get_autoanalyze_count(c.oid) AS autoanalyze_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count(c.oid) AS skipped_autoanalyze_count,
     pg_stat_get_total_vacuum_time(c.oid) AS total_vacuum_time,
     pg_stat_get_total_autovacuum_time(c.oid) AS total_autovacuum_time,
     pg_stat_get_total_analyze_time(c.oid) AS total_analyze_time,
@@ -2346,13 +2354,21 @@ pg_stat_sys_tables| SELECT relid,
     n_mod_since_analyze,
     n_ins_since_vacuum,
     last_vacuum,
+    last_skipped_vacuum,
     last_autovacuum,
+    last_skipped_autovacuum,
     last_analyze,
+    last_skipped_analyze,
     last_autoanalyze,
+    last_skipped_autoanalyze,
     vacuum_count,
+    skipped_vacuum_count,
     autovacuum_count,
+    skipped_autovacuum_count,
     analyze_count,
+    skipped_analyze_count,
     autoanalyze_count,
+    skipped_autoanalyze_count,
     total_vacuum_time,
     total_autovacuum_time,
     total_analyze_time,
@@ -2401,13 +2417,21 @@ pg_stat_user_tables| SELECT relid,
     n_mod_since_analyze,
     n_ins_since_vacuum,
     last_vacuum,
+    last_skipped_vacuum,
     last_autovacuum,
+    last_skipped_autovacuum,
     last_analyze,
+    last_skipped_analyze,
     last_autoanalyze,
+    last_skipped_autoanalyze,
     vacuum_count,
+    skipped_vacuum_count,
     autovacuum_count,
+    skipped_autovacuum_count,
     analyze_count,
+    skipped_analyze_count,
     autoanalyze_count,
+    skipped_autoanalyze_count,
     total_vacuum_time,
     total_autovacuum_time,
     total_analyze_time,
-- 
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* [PATCH v3] Track skipped vacuum and analyze activity per relation
@ 2026-03-24 04:09 Yugo Nagata <[email protected]>
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From: Yugo Nagata @ 2026-03-24 04:09 UTC (permalink / raw)

This commit adds eight fields to the relation statistics that track
the last time vacuum or analyze has been attempted but skipped due to
lock unavailability, along with their counts:

-    last_skipped_vacuum
-    last_skipped_autovacuum
-    last_skipped_analyze
-    last_skipped_autoanalyze
-    skipped_vacuum_count
-    skipped_autovacuum_count
-    skipped_analyze_count
-    skipped_autoanalyze_count

These field can help users confirm that autovacuum is actively attempting
to run on a table that has not been vacuumed or analyzed for a long time,
and that the lack of progress is due to repeated skips rather than inactivity.
---
 doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml                 | 80 +++++++++++++++++
 src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql         |  8 ++
 src/backend/commands/vacuum.c                | 95 +++++++++++++++-----
 src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c | 68 ++++++++++++++
 src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c          | 24 +++++
 src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat              | 32 +++++++
 src/include/pgstat.h                         | 16 ++++
 src/test/regress/expected/rules.out          | 24 +++++
 8 files changed, 324 insertions(+), 23 deletions(-)

diff --git a/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml b/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml
index bb75ed1069b..9ec8070b2fc 100644
--- a/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml
+++ b/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml
@@ -4372,6 +4372,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_vacuum</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time a manual vacuum on this table was attempted but skipped due to
+       lock unavailability (not counting <command>VACUUM FULL</command>)
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>last_autovacuum</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
@@ -4382,6 +4392,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_autovacuum</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time a vacuum on this table by the autovacuum daemon was attempted
+       but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>last_analyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
@@ -4391,6 +4411,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_analyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time a manual analyze on this table was attempted but skipped due to
+       lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>last_autoanalyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
@@ -4401,6 +4431,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_autoanalyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time at which an analyze on this table by the autovacuum was
+       attempted but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>vacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4411,6 +4451,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_vacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times vacuums on this table have been attempted but skipped
+       due to lock unavailability (not counting <command>VACUUM FULL</command>)
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>autovacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4421,6 +4471,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_autovacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times vacuums on this table by the autovacuum daemon have been
+       attempted but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>analyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4430,6 +4490,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_analyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times manual analyzes on this table have been attempted but
+       skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>autoanalyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4440,6 +4510,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_autoanalyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times analyzes on this table by the autovacuum daemon have
+       been attempted but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>total_vacuum_time</structfield> <type>double precision</type>
diff --git a/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql b/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql
index e54018004db..2ca02a0354c 100644
--- a/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql
+++ b/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql
@@ -736,13 +736,21 @@ CREATE VIEW pg_stat_all_tables AS
             pg_stat_get_mod_since_analyze(C.oid) AS n_mod_since_analyze,
             pg_stat_get_ins_since_vacuum(C.oid) AS n_ins_since_vacuum,
             pg_stat_get_last_vacuum_time(C.oid) as last_vacuum,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_vacuum,
             pg_stat_get_last_autovacuum_time(C.oid) as last_autovacuum,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_autovacuum,
             pg_stat_get_last_analyze_time(C.oid) as last_analyze,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_analyze,
             pg_stat_get_last_autoanalyze_time(C.oid) as last_autoanalyze,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_autoanalyze,
             pg_stat_get_vacuum_count(C.oid) AS vacuum_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count(C.oid) AS skipped_vacuum_count,
             pg_stat_get_autovacuum_count(C.oid) AS autovacuum_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count(C.oid) AS skipped_autovacuum_count,
             pg_stat_get_analyze_count(C.oid) AS analyze_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count(C.oid) AS skipped_analyze_count,
             pg_stat_get_autoanalyze_count(C.oid) AS autoanalyze_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count(C.oid) AS skipped_autoanalyze_count,
             pg_stat_get_total_vacuum_time(C.oid) AS total_vacuum_time,
             pg_stat_get_total_autovacuum_time(C.oid) AS total_autovacuum_time,
             pg_stat_get_total_analyze_time(C.oid) AS total_analyze_time,
diff --git a/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c b/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c
index bce3a2daa24..ce83b3171be 100644
--- a/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c
+++ b/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c
@@ -792,8 +792,18 @@ vacuum_open_relation(Oid relid, RangeVar *relation, bits32 options,
 		rel = try_relation_open(relid, NoLock);
 	else
 	{
+		bits8 flags = 0;
 		rel = NULL;
 		rel_lock = false;
+
+		if ((options & VACOPT_VACUUM) != 0)
+			flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM;
+		if ((options & VACOPT_ANALYZE) != 0)
+			flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE;
+		if (AmAutoVacuumWorkerProcess())
+			flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOVAC;
+
+		pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(relid, flags);
 	}
 
 	/* if relation is opened, leave */
@@ -801,7 +811,7 @@ vacuum_open_relation(Oid relid, RangeVar *relation, bits32 options,
 		return rel;
 
 	/*
-	 * Relation could not be opened, hence generate if possible a log
+	 * Relation could not be opened hence generate if possible a log
 	 * informing on the situation.
 	 *
 	 * If the RangeVar is not defined, we do not have enough information to
@@ -904,7 +914,6 @@ expand_vacuum_rel(VacuumRelation *vrel, MemoryContext vac_context,
 		Form_pg_class classForm;
 		bool		include_children;
 		bool		is_partitioned_table;
-		int			rvr_opts;
 
 		/*
 		 * Since autovacuum workers supply OIDs when calling vacuum(), no
@@ -917,29 +926,69 @@ expand_vacuum_rel(VacuumRelation *vrel, MemoryContext vac_context,
 		 * below, as well as find_all_inheritors's expectation that the caller
 		 * holds some lock on the starting relation.
 		 */
-		rvr_opts = (options & VACOPT_SKIP_LOCKED) ? RVR_SKIP_LOCKED : 0;
-		relid = RangeVarGetRelidExtended(vrel->relation,
-										 AccessShareLock,
-										 rvr_opts,
-										 NULL, NULL);
-
-		/*
-		 * If the lock is unavailable, emit the same log statement that
-		 * vacuum_rel() and analyze_rel() would.
-		 */
-		if (!OidIsValid(relid))
+		if (!(options & VACOPT_SKIP_LOCKED))
 		{
-			if (options & VACOPT_VACUUM)
-				ereport(WARNING,
-						(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
-						 errmsg("skipping vacuum of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
-								vrel->relation->relname)));
-			else
-				ereport(WARNING,
-						(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
-						 errmsg("skipping analyze of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
+			relid = RangeVarGetRelidExtended(vrel->relation,
+											 AccessShareLock,
+											 0, NULL, NULL);
+			if (!OidIsValid(relid))
+				return vacrels;
+		}
+		else
+		{
+			/* Get relid for reporting before taking a lock */
+			relid = RangeVarGetRelid(vrel->relation, NoLock, false);
+
+			if (!ConditionalLockRelationOid(relid, AccessShareLock))
+			{
+				bits8	flags = 0;
+				/*
+				 * If the lock is unavailable, emit the same log statement that
+				 * vacuum_rel() and analyze_rel() would.
+				 */
+				if (options & VACOPT_VACUUM)
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping vacuum of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
 								vrel->relation->relname)));
-			return vacrels;
+				else
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping analyze of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
+									vrel->relation->relname)));
+
+				if ((options & VACOPT_VACUUM) != 0)
+					flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM;
+				if ((options & VACOPT_ANALYZE) != 0)
+					flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE;
+
+				pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(relid, flags);
+
+				return vacrels;
+			}
+
+			/*
+			 * Now that we have the lock, probe to see if the relation really
+			 * exists or not.
+			 */
+			if (!SearchSysCacheExists1(RELOID, ObjectIdGetDatum(relid)))
+			{
+				if (options & VACOPT_VACUUM)
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_UNDEFINED_TABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping vacuum of \"%s\" --- relation no longer exists",
+									vrel->relation->relname)));
+				else
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_UNDEFINED_TABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping analyze of \"%s\" --- relation no longer exists",
+									vrel->relation->relname)));
+
+				/* Release useless lock */
+				UnlockRelationOid(relid, AccessShareLock);
+
+				return vacrels;
+			}
 		}
 
 		/*
diff --git a/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c b/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c
index bc8c43b96aa..cec4c88980e 100644
--- a/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c
+++ b/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c
@@ -17,6 +17,7 @@
 
 #include "postgres.h"
 
+#include "access/htup_details.h"
 #include "access/twophase_rmgr.h"
 #include "access/xact.h"
 #include "catalog/catalog.h"
@@ -366,6 +367,73 @@ pgstat_report_analyze(Relation rel,
 	(void) pgstat_flush_backend(false, PGSTAT_BACKEND_FLUSH_IO);
 }
 
+/*
+ * Report that the table was skipped during vacuum or/and analyze.
+ */
+void
+pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(Oid relid, bits8 flags)
+{
+	PgStat_EntryRef *entry_ref;
+	PgStatShared_Relation *shtabentry;
+	PgStat_StatTabEntry *tabentry;
+	TimestampTz ts;
+	HeapTuple	classTup;
+	bool		isshared;
+
+	if (!pgstat_track_counts || !(flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANY))
+		return;
+
+	classTup = SearchSysCache1(RELOID, ObjectIdGetDatum(relid));
+	if (!HeapTupleIsValid(classTup))
+		return;			/* somebody deleted the rel, forget it */
+	isshared = ((Form_pg_class) GETSTRUCT(classTup))->relisshared;
+	ReleaseSysCache(classTup);
+
+	/* Store the data in the table's hash table entry. */
+	ts = GetCurrentTimestamp();
+
+	/* block acquiring lock for the same reason as pgstat_report_autovac() */
+	entry_ref = pgstat_get_entry_ref_locked(PGSTAT_KIND_RELATION,
+											isshared ? InvalidOid : MyDatabaseId,
+											relid, false);
+
+	shtabentry = (PgStatShared_Relation *) entry_ref->shared_stats;
+	tabentry = &shtabentry->stats;
+
+	if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOVAC)
+	{
+		if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM)
+		{
+			tabentry->last_skipped_autovacuum_time = ts;
+			tabentry->skipped_autovacuum_count++;
+		}
+		if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE)
+		{
+			tabentry->last_skipped_autoanalyze_time = ts;
+			tabentry->skipped_autoanalyze_count++;
+		}
+	}
+	else
+	{
+		if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM)
+		{
+			tabentry->last_skipped_vacuum_time = ts;
+			tabentry->skipped_vacuum_count++;
+		}
+		if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE)
+		{
+			tabentry->last_skipped_analyze_time = ts;
+			tabentry->skipped_analyze_count++;
+		}
+	}
+
+	pgstat_unlock_entry(entry_ref);
+
+	/* see pgstat_report_vacuum() */
+	pgstat_flush_io(false);
+	(void) pgstat_flush_backend(false, PGSTAT_BACKEND_FLUSH_IO);
+}
+
 /*
  * count a tuple insertion of n tuples
  */
diff --git a/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c b/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c
index 9185a8e6b83..18aaa3996e1 100644
--- a/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c
+++ b/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c
@@ -84,6 +84,18 @@ PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(mod_since_analyze)
 /* pg_stat_get_numscans */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(numscans)
 
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_analyze_count)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_autoanalyze_count)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_autovacuum_count)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_vacuum_count)
+
 /* pg_stat_get_tuples_deleted */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(tuples_deleted)
 
@@ -170,6 +182,18 @@ PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_vacuum_time)
 /* pg_stat_get_lastscan */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(lastscan)
 
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_analyze_time)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_autoanalyze_time)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_autovacuum_time)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_vacuum_time)
+
 /* pg_stat_get_stat_reset_time */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(stat_reset_time)
 
diff --git a/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat b/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat
index 0118e970dda..ccfe3d9e02a 100644
--- a/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat
+++ b/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat
@@ -5667,6 +5667,38 @@
   proname => 'pg_stat_get_total_autoanalyze_time', provolatile => 's',
   proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'float8', proargtypes => 'oid',
   prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_total_autoanalyze_time' },
+{ oid => '8142', descr => 'statistics: last skipped vacuum time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time' },
+{ oid => '8143', descr => 'statistics: last skipped auto vacuum time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time' },
+{ oid => '8144', descr => 'statistics: last skipped analyze time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time' },
+{ oid => '8145', descr => 'statistics: last skipped auto analyze time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time' },
+{ oid => '8146', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped vacuum for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count' },
+{ oid => '8147', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped auto vacuum for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count' },
+{ oid => '8148', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped analyzes for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count' },
+{ oid => '8149', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped auto analyzes for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count' },
 { oid => '1936', descr => 'statistics: currently active backend IDs',
   proname => 'pg_stat_get_backend_idset', prorows => '100', proretset => 't',
   provolatile => 's', proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int4',
diff --git a/src/include/pgstat.h b/src/include/pgstat.h
index 8e3549c3752..343081a7a25 100644
--- a/src/include/pgstat.h
+++ b/src/include/pgstat.h
@@ -479,6 +479,15 @@ typedef struct PgStat_StatTabEntry
 	TimestampTz last_autoanalyze_time;	/* autovacuum initiated */
 	PgStat_Counter autoanalyze_count;
 
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_vacuum_time;	/* user initiated vacuum */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_vacuum_count;
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_autovacuum_time;	/* autovacuum initiated */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_autovacuum_count;
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_analyze_time;	/* user initiated */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_analyze_count;
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_autoanalyze_time;	/* autovacuum initiated */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_autoanalyze_count;
+
 	PgStat_Counter total_vacuum_time;	/* times in milliseconds */
 	PgStat_Counter total_autovacuum_time;
 	PgStat_Counter total_analyze_time;
@@ -707,6 +716,13 @@ extern void pgstat_report_analyze(Relation rel,
 								  PgStat_Counter livetuples, PgStat_Counter deadtuples,
 								  bool resetcounter, TimestampTz starttime);
 
+/* flags for pgstat_flush_backend() */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM	(1 << 0)	/* vacuum is skipped */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE	(1 << 1)	/* analyze is skipped */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOVAC	(1 << 2)	/* skipped during autovacuum/autoanalyze */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANY   (PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM | PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE)
+extern void pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(Oid relid, bits8 flags);
+
 /*
  * If stats are enabled, but pending data hasn't been prepared yet, call
  * pgstat_assoc_relation() to do so. See its comment for why this is done
diff --git a/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out b/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out
index 2b3cf6d8569..4ccfc43e903 100644
--- a/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out
+++ b/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out
@@ -1835,13 +1835,21 @@ pg_stat_all_tables| SELECT c.oid AS relid,
     pg_stat_get_mod_since_analyze(c.oid) AS n_mod_since_analyze,
     pg_stat_get_ins_since_vacuum(c.oid) AS n_ins_since_vacuum,
     pg_stat_get_last_vacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_vacuum,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_vacuum,
     pg_stat_get_last_autovacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_autovacuum,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_autovacuum,
     pg_stat_get_last_analyze_time(c.oid) AS last_analyze,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_analyze,
     pg_stat_get_last_autoanalyze_time(c.oid) AS last_autoanalyze,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_autoanalyze,
     pg_stat_get_vacuum_count(c.oid) AS vacuum_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count(c.oid) AS skipped_vacuum_count,
     pg_stat_get_autovacuum_count(c.oid) AS autovacuum_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count(c.oid) AS skipped_autovacuum_count,
     pg_stat_get_analyze_count(c.oid) AS analyze_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count(c.oid) AS skipped_analyze_count,
     pg_stat_get_autoanalyze_count(c.oid) AS autoanalyze_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count(c.oid) AS skipped_autoanalyze_count,
     pg_stat_get_total_vacuum_time(c.oid) AS total_vacuum_time,
     pg_stat_get_total_autovacuum_time(c.oid) AS total_autovacuum_time,
     pg_stat_get_total_analyze_time(c.oid) AS total_analyze_time,
@@ -2293,13 +2301,21 @@ pg_stat_sys_tables| SELECT relid,
     n_mod_since_analyze,
     n_ins_since_vacuum,
     last_vacuum,
+    last_skipped_vacuum,
     last_autovacuum,
+    last_skipped_autovacuum,
     last_analyze,
+    last_skipped_analyze,
     last_autoanalyze,
+    last_skipped_autoanalyze,
     vacuum_count,
+    skipped_vacuum_count,
     autovacuum_count,
+    skipped_autovacuum_count,
     analyze_count,
+    skipped_analyze_count,
     autoanalyze_count,
+    skipped_autoanalyze_count,
     total_vacuum_time,
     total_autovacuum_time,
     total_analyze_time,
@@ -2348,13 +2364,21 @@ pg_stat_user_tables| SELECT relid,
     n_mod_since_analyze,
     n_ins_since_vacuum,
     last_vacuum,
+    last_skipped_vacuum,
     last_autovacuum,
+    last_skipped_autovacuum,
     last_analyze,
+    last_skipped_analyze,
     last_autoanalyze,
+    last_skipped_autoanalyze,
     vacuum_count,
+    skipped_vacuum_count,
     autovacuum_count,
+    skipped_autovacuum_count,
     analyze_count,
+    skipped_analyze_count,
     autoanalyze_count,
+    skipped_autoanalyze_count,
     total_vacuum_time,
     total_autovacuum_time,
     total_analyze_time,
-- 
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* [PATCH v5] Track skipped vacuum and analyze activity per relation
@ 2026-03-24 04:09 Yugo Nagata <[email protected]>
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From: Yugo Nagata @ 2026-03-24 04:09 UTC (permalink / raw)

This commit adds eight fields to the relation statistics that track
the last time vacuum or analyze has been attempted but skipped due to
lock unavailability, along with their counts:

-    last_skipped_vacuum
-    last_skipped_autovacuum
-    last_skipped_analyze
-    last_skipped_autoanalyze
-    skipped_vacuum_count
-    skipped_autovacuum_count
-    skipped_analyze_count
-    skipped_autoanalyze_count

These field can help users confirm that autovacuum is actively attempting
to run on a table that has not been vacuumed or analyzed for a long time,
and that the lack of progress is due to repeated skips rather than inactivity.
---
 doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml                  |  88 ++++++
 src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql          |   8 +
 src/backend/commands/vacuum.c                 | 100 +++++--
 src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c  |  64 +++++
 src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c           |  24 ++
 src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat               |  32 +++
 src/include/pgstat.h                          |  16 ++
 .../isolation/expected/vacuum-skip-locked.out | 260 ++++++++++++++++--
 .../isolation/specs/vacuum-skip-locked.spec   |  41 +--
 src/test/regress/expected/rules.out           |  24 ++
 10 files changed, 601 insertions(+), 56 deletions(-)

diff --git a/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml b/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml
index 08d5b824552..a9b579d87a9 100644
--- a/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml
+++ b/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml
@@ -4387,6 +4387,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_vacuum</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time a manual vacuum on this table was attempted but skipped due to
+       lock unavailability (not counting <command>VACUUM FULL</command>)
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>last_autovacuum</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
@@ -4397,6 +4407,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_autovacuum</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time a vacuum on this table by the autovacuum daemon was attempted
+       but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>last_analyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
@@ -4406,6 +4426,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_analyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time a manual analyze on this table was attempted but skipped due to
+       lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>last_autoanalyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
@@ -4416,6 +4446,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_autoanalyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time at which an analyze on this table by the autovacuum was
+       attempted but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>vacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4426,6 +4466,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_vacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times manual vacuums on this table have been attempted but skipped
+       due to lock unavailability (not counting <command>VACUUM FULL</command>)
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>autovacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4436,6 +4486,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_autovacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times vacuums on this table by the autovacuum daemon have been
+       attempted but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>analyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4445,6 +4505,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_analyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times manual analyzes on this table have been attempted but
+       skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>autoanalyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4455,6 +4525,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_autoanalyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times analyzes on this table by the autovacuum daemon have
+       been attempted but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>total_vacuum_time</structfield> <type>double precision</type>
@@ -4510,6 +4590,14 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
    </tgroup>
   </table>
 
+  <note>
+   <para>
+    When a manual vacuum or analyze on a parent table in an inheritance or
+    partitioning hierarchy is skipped, the statistics are recorded only for
+    the parent table, not for its children.
+   </para>
+  </note>
+
  </sect2>
 
  <sect2 id="monitoring-pg-stat-autovacuum-scores-view">
diff --git a/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql b/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql
index 73a1c1c4670..f509fc7876b 100644
--- a/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql
+++ b/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql
@@ -736,13 +736,21 @@ CREATE VIEW pg_stat_all_tables AS
             pg_stat_get_mod_since_analyze(C.oid) AS n_mod_since_analyze,
             pg_stat_get_ins_since_vacuum(C.oid) AS n_ins_since_vacuum,
             pg_stat_get_last_vacuum_time(C.oid) as last_vacuum,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_vacuum,
             pg_stat_get_last_autovacuum_time(C.oid) as last_autovacuum,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_autovacuum,
             pg_stat_get_last_analyze_time(C.oid) as last_analyze,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_analyze,
             pg_stat_get_last_autoanalyze_time(C.oid) as last_autoanalyze,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_autoanalyze,
             pg_stat_get_vacuum_count(C.oid) AS vacuum_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count(C.oid) AS skipped_vacuum_count,
             pg_stat_get_autovacuum_count(C.oid) AS autovacuum_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count(C.oid) AS skipped_autovacuum_count,
             pg_stat_get_analyze_count(C.oid) AS analyze_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count(C.oid) AS skipped_analyze_count,
             pg_stat_get_autoanalyze_count(C.oid) AS autoanalyze_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count(C.oid) AS skipped_autoanalyze_count,
             pg_stat_get_total_vacuum_time(C.oid) AS total_vacuum_time,
             pg_stat_get_total_autovacuum_time(C.oid) AS total_autovacuum_time,
             pg_stat_get_total_analyze_time(C.oid) AS total_analyze_time,
diff --git a/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c b/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c
index 99d0db82ed7..df6526225e4 100644
--- a/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c
+++ b/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c
@@ -793,8 +793,25 @@ vacuum_open_relation(Oid relid, RangeVar *relation, uint32 options,
 		rel = try_relation_open(relid, NoLock);
 	else
 	{
+		int flags = 0;
 		rel = NULL;
 		rel_lock = false;
+
+		if ((options & VACOPT_VACUUM) != 0 && (options & VACOPT_FULL) == 0)
+		{
+			if (AmAutoVacuumWorkerProcess())
+				flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOVACUUM;
+			else
+				flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM;
+		}
+		if ((options & VACOPT_ANALYZE) != 0)
+		{
+			if (AmAutoVacuumWorkerProcess())
+				flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOANALYZE;
+			else
+				flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE;
+		}
+		pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(relid, flags);
 	}
 
 	/* if relation is opened, leave */
@@ -905,7 +922,6 @@ expand_vacuum_rel(VacuumRelation *vrel, MemoryContext vac_context,
 		Form_pg_class classForm;
 		bool		include_children;
 		bool		is_partitioned_table;
-		int			rvr_opts;
 
 		/*
 		 * Since autovacuum workers supply OIDs when calling vacuum(), no
@@ -918,29 +934,69 @@ expand_vacuum_rel(VacuumRelation *vrel, MemoryContext vac_context,
 		 * below, as well as find_all_inheritors's expectation that the caller
 		 * holds some lock on the starting relation.
 		 */
-		rvr_opts = (options & VACOPT_SKIP_LOCKED) ? RVR_SKIP_LOCKED : 0;
-		relid = RangeVarGetRelidExtended(vrel->relation,
-										 AccessShareLock,
-										 rvr_opts,
-										 NULL, NULL);
-
-		/*
-		 * If the lock is unavailable, emit the same log statement that
-		 * vacuum_rel() and analyze_rel() would.
-		 */
-		if (!OidIsValid(relid))
+		if (!(options & VACOPT_SKIP_LOCKED))
 		{
-			if (options & VACOPT_VACUUM)
-				ereport(WARNING,
-						(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
-						 errmsg("skipping vacuum of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
-								vrel->relation->relname)));
-			else
-				ereport(WARNING,
-						(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
-						 errmsg("skipping analyze of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
+			relid = RangeVarGetRelidExtended(vrel->relation,
+											 AccessShareLock,
+											 0, NULL, NULL);
+			if (!OidIsValid(relid))
+				return vacrels;
+		}
+		else
+		{
+			/* Get relid for reporting before taking a lock */
+			relid = RangeVarGetRelid(vrel->relation, NoLock, false);
+
+			if (!ConditionalLockRelationOid(relid, AccessShareLock))
+			{
+				int	flags = 0;
+				/*
+				 * If the lock is unavailable, emit the same log statement that
+				 * vacuum_rel() and analyze_rel() would.
+				 */
+				if (options & VACOPT_VACUUM)
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping vacuum of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
 								vrel->relation->relname)));
-			return vacrels;
+				else
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping analyze of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
+									vrel->relation->relname)));
+
+				if ((options & VACOPT_VACUUM) != 0 && (options & VACOPT_FULL) == 0)
+					flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM;
+				if ((options & VACOPT_ANALYZE) != 0)
+					flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE;
+
+				pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(relid, flags);
+
+				return vacrels;
+			}
+
+			/*
+			 * Now that we have the lock, probe to see if the relation really
+			 * exists or not.
+			 */
+			if (!SearchSysCacheExists1(RELOID, ObjectIdGetDatum(relid)))
+			{
+				if (options & VACOPT_VACUUM)
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_UNDEFINED_TABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping vacuum of \"%s\" --- relation no longer exists",
+									vrel->relation->relname)));
+				else
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_UNDEFINED_TABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping analyze of \"%s\" --- relation no longer exists",
+									vrel->relation->relname)));
+
+				/* Release useless lock */
+				UnlockRelationOid(relid, AccessShareLock);
+
+				return vacrels;
+			}
 		}
 
 		/*
diff --git a/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c b/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c
index b2ca28f83ba..532d9023f8c 100644
--- a/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c
+++ b/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c
@@ -17,12 +17,14 @@
 
 #include "postgres.h"
 
+#include "access/htup_details.h"
 #include "access/twophase_rmgr.h"
 #include "access/xact.h"
 #include "catalog/catalog.h"
 #include "utils/memutils.h"
 #include "utils/pgstat_internal.h"
 #include "utils/rel.h"
+#include "utils/syscache.h"
 #include "utils/timestamp.h"
 
 
@@ -367,6 +369,68 @@ pgstat_report_analyze(Relation rel,
 	(void) pgstat_flush_backend(false, PGSTAT_BACKEND_FLUSH_IO);
 }
 
+/*
+ * Report that the table was skipped during vacuum or/and analyze.
+ */
+void
+pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(Oid relid, int flags)
+{
+	PgStat_EntryRef *entry_ref;
+	PgStatShared_Relation *shtabentry;
+	PgStat_StatTabEntry *tabentry;
+	TimestampTz ts;
+	HeapTuple	classTup;
+	bool		isshared;
+
+	if (!pgstat_track_counts || !flags)
+		return;
+
+	classTup = SearchSysCache1(RELOID, ObjectIdGetDatum(relid));
+	if (!HeapTupleIsValid(classTup))
+		return;			/* somebody deleted the rel, forget it */
+	isshared = ((Form_pg_class) GETSTRUCT(classTup))->relisshared;
+	ReleaseSysCache(classTup);
+
+	/* Store the data in the table's hash table entry. */
+	ts = GetCurrentTimestamp();
+
+	/* block acquiring lock for the same reason as pgstat_report_autovac() */
+	entry_ref = pgstat_get_entry_ref_locked(PGSTAT_KIND_RELATION,
+											isshared ? InvalidOid : MyDatabaseId,
+											relid, false);
+
+	shtabentry = (PgStatShared_Relation *) entry_ref->shared_stats;
+	tabentry = &shtabentry->stats;
+
+	if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM)
+	{
+		tabentry->last_skipped_vacuum_time = ts;
+		tabentry->skipped_vacuum_count++;
+	}
+	else if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOVACUUM)
+	{
+		tabentry->last_skipped_autovacuum_time = ts;
+		tabentry->skipped_autovacuum_count++;
+	}
+
+	if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE)
+	{
+		tabentry->last_skipped_analyze_time = ts;
+		tabentry->skipped_analyze_count++;
+	}
+	else if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOANALYZE)
+	{
+		tabentry->last_skipped_autoanalyze_time = ts;
+		tabentry->skipped_autoanalyze_count++;
+	}
+
+	pgstat_unlock_entry(entry_ref);
+
+	/* see pgstat_report_vacuum() */
+	pgstat_flush_io(false);
+	(void) pgstat_flush_backend(false, PGSTAT_BACKEND_FLUSH_IO);
+}
+
 /*
  * count a tuple insertion of n tuples
  */
diff --git a/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c b/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c
index 1408de387ea..90a8968faa0 100644
--- a/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c
+++ b/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c
@@ -84,6 +84,18 @@ PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(mod_since_analyze)
 /* pg_stat_get_numscans */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(numscans)
 
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_analyze_count)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_autoanalyze_count)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_autovacuum_count)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_vacuum_count)
+
 /* pg_stat_get_tuples_deleted */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(tuples_deleted)
 
@@ -170,6 +182,18 @@ PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_vacuum_time)
 /* pg_stat_get_lastscan */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(lastscan)
 
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_analyze_time)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_autoanalyze_time)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_autovacuum_time)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_vacuum_time)
+
 /* pg_stat_get_stat_reset_time */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(stat_reset_time)
 
diff --git a/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat b/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat
index fa9ae79082b..32debb34863 100644
--- a/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat
+++ b/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat
@@ -5680,6 +5680,38 @@
   proargmodes => '{o,o,o,o,o,o,o,o,o,o}',
   proargnames => '{oid,score,xid_score,mxid_score,vacuum_score,vacuum_insert_score,analyze_score,do_vacuum,do_analyze,for_wraparound}',
   prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_autovacuum_scores' },
+{ oid => '8142', descr => 'statistics: last skipped vacuum time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time' },
+{ oid => '8143', descr => 'statistics: last skipped auto vacuum time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time' },
+{ oid => '8144', descr => 'statistics: last skipped analyze time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time' },
+{ oid => '8145', descr => 'statistics: last skipped auto analyze time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time' },
+{ oid => '8146', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped vacuum for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count' },
+{ oid => '8147', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped auto vacuum for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count' },
+{ oid => '8148', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped analyzes for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count' },
+{ oid => '8149', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped auto analyzes for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count' },
 { oid => '1936', descr => 'statistics: currently active backend IDs',
   proname => 'pg_stat_get_backend_idset', prorows => '100', proretset => 't',
   provolatile => 's', proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int4',
diff --git a/src/include/pgstat.h b/src/include/pgstat.h
index dfa2e837638..98941f953d1 100644
--- a/src/include/pgstat.h
+++ b/src/include/pgstat.h
@@ -479,6 +479,15 @@ typedef struct PgStat_StatTabEntry
 	TimestampTz last_autoanalyze_time;	/* autovacuum initiated */
 	PgStat_Counter autoanalyze_count;
 
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_vacuum_time;	/* user initiated vacuum */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_vacuum_count;
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_autovacuum_time;	/* autovacuum initiated */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_autovacuum_count;
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_analyze_time;	/* user initiated */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_analyze_count;
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_autoanalyze_time;	/* autovacuum initiated */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_autoanalyze_count;
+
 	PgStat_Counter total_vacuum_time;	/* times in milliseconds */
 	PgStat_Counter total_autovacuum_time;
 	PgStat_Counter total_analyze_time;
@@ -703,6 +712,13 @@ extern void pgstat_report_analyze(Relation rel,
 								  PgStat_Counter livetuples, PgStat_Counter deadtuples,
 								  bool resetcounter, TimestampTz starttime);
 
+/* flags for pgstat_flush_backend() */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM		(1 << 0)	/* vacuum is skipped */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE		(1 << 1)	/* analyze is skipped */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOVACUUM	(1 << 2)	/* autovacuum is skipped */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOANALYZE	(1 << 3)	/* autoanalyze is skipped */
+extern void pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(Oid relid, int flags);
+
 /*
  * If stats are enabled, but pending data hasn't been prepared yet, call
  * pgstat_assoc_relation() to do so. See its comment for why this is done
diff --git a/src/test/isolation/expected/vacuum-skip-locked.out b/src/test/isolation/expected/vacuum-skip-locked.out
index 99db281a159..e2cff175b7c 100644
--- a/src/test/isolation/expected/vacuum-skip-locked.out
+++ b/src/test/isolation/expected/vacuum-skip-locked.out
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 Parsed test spec with 2 sessions
 
-starting permutation: lock_share vac_specified commit
+starting permutation: lock_share vac_specified commit check_stat
 step lock_share: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN SHARE MODE;
@@ -10,8 +10,22 @@ step vac_specified: VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED) part1, part2;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
 
-starting permutation: lock_share vac_all_parts commit
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   1|            0|                    0
+part2  |           1|                   0|            0|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
+
+starting permutation: lock_share vac_all_parts commit check_stat
 step lock_share: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN SHARE MODE;
@@ -20,8 +34,22 @@ step vac_all_parts: VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED) parted;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   1|            0|                    0
+part2  |           1|                   0|            0|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
 
-starting permutation: lock_share analyze_specified commit
+starting permutation: lock_share analyze_specified commit check_stat
 step lock_share: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN SHARE MODE;
@@ -31,8 +59,22 @@ step analyze_specified: ANALYZE (SKIP_LOCKED) part1, part2;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
 
-starting permutation: lock_share analyze_all_parts commit
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   0|            0|                    1
+part2  |           0|                   0|            1|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
+
+starting permutation: lock_share analyze_all_parts commit check_stat
 step lock_share: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN SHARE MODE;
@@ -41,8 +83,22 @@ step analyze_all_parts: ANALYZE (SKIP_LOCKED) parted;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            1|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   0|            0|                    1
+part2  |           0|                   0|            1|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
 
-starting permutation: lock_share vac_analyze_specified commit
+starting permutation: lock_share vac_analyze_specified commit check_stat
 step lock_share: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN SHARE MODE;
@@ -52,8 +108,22 @@ step vac_analyze_specified: VACUUM (ANALYZE, SKIP_LOCKED) part1, part2;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
 
-starting permutation: lock_share vac_analyze_all_parts commit
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   1|            0|                    1
+part2  |           1|                   0|            1|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
+
+starting permutation: lock_share vac_analyze_all_parts commit check_stat
 step lock_share: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN SHARE MODE;
@@ -62,8 +132,22 @@ step vac_analyze_all_parts: VACUUM (ANALYZE, SKIP_LOCKED) parted;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            1|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   1|            0|                    1
+part2  |           1|                   0|            1|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
 
-starting permutation: lock_share vac_full_specified commit
+starting permutation: lock_share vac_full_specified commit check_stat
 step lock_share: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN SHARE MODE;
@@ -73,8 +157,22 @@ step vac_full_specified: VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED, FULL) part1, part2;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
 
-starting permutation: lock_share vac_full_all_parts commit
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part2  |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
+
+starting permutation: lock_share vac_full_all_parts commit check_stat
 step lock_share: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN SHARE MODE;
@@ -83,8 +181,22 @@ step vac_full_all_parts: VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED, FULL) parted;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part2  |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+(3 rows)
 
-starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_specified commit
+
+starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_specified commit check_stat
 step lock_access_exclusive: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN ACCESS EXCLUSIVE MODE;
@@ -94,8 +206,22 @@ step vac_specified: VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED) part1, part2;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   1|            0|                    0
+part2  |           1|                   0|            0|                    0
+(3 rows)
 
-starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_all_parts commit
+
+starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_all_parts commit check_stat
 step lock_access_exclusive: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN ACCESS EXCLUSIVE MODE;
@@ -104,8 +230,22 @@ step vac_all_parts: VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED) parted;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   1|            0|                    0
+part2  |           1|                   0|            0|                    0
+(3 rows)
 
-starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive analyze_specified commit
+
+starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive analyze_specified commit check_stat
 step lock_access_exclusive: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN ACCESS EXCLUSIVE MODE;
@@ -115,8 +255,22 @@ step analyze_specified: ANALYZE (SKIP_LOCKED) part1, part2;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   0|            0|                    1
+part2  |           0|                   0|            1|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
 
-starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive analyze_all_parts commit
+starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive analyze_all_parts commit check_stat
 step lock_access_exclusive: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN ACCESS EXCLUSIVE MODE;
@@ -126,8 +280,22 @@ step commit:
 	COMMIT;
 
 step analyze_all_parts: <... completed>
-
-starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_analyze_specified commit
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            1|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   0|            1|                    0
+part2  |           0|                   0|            1|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
+
+starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_analyze_specified commit check_stat
 step lock_access_exclusive: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN ACCESS EXCLUSIVE MODE;
@@ -137,8 +305,22 @@ step vac_analyze_specified: VACUUM (ANALYZE, SKIP_LOCKED) part1, part2;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   1|            0|                    1
+part2  |           1|                   0|            1|                    0
+(3 rows)
 
-starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_analyze_all_parts commit
+
+starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_analyze_all_parts commit check_stat
 step lock_access_exclusive: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN ACCESS EXCLUSIVE MODE;
@@ -148,8 +330,22 @@ step commit:
 	COMMIT;
 
 step vac_analyze_all_parts: <... completed>
-
-starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_full_specified commit
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            1|                    0
+part1  |           1|                   0|            1|                    0
+part2  |           1|                   0|            1|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
+
+starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_full_specified commit check_stat
 step lock_access_exclusive: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN ACCESS EXCLUSIVE MODE;
@@ -159,8 +355,22 @@ step vac_full_specified: VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED, FULL) part1, part2;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
 
-starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_full_all_parts commit
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part2  |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
+
+starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_full_all_parts commit check_stat
 step lock_access_exclusive: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN ACCESS EXCLUSIVE MODE;
@@ -169,3 +379,17 @@ step vac_full_all_parts: VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED, FULL) parted;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part2  |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
diff --git a/src/test/isolation/specs/vacuum-skip-locked.spec b/src/test/isolation/specs/vacuum-skip-locked.spec
index 3fad6e1c92a..b0da75d4b6d 100644
--- a/src/test/isolation/specs/vacuum-skip-locked.spec
+++ b/src/test/isolation/specs/vacuum-skip-locked.spec
@@ -33,6 +33,15 @@ step commit
 	COMMIT;
 }
 
+step check_stat
+{
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+}
+
 session s2
 step vac_specified			{ VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED) part1, part2; }
 step vac_all_parts			{ VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED) parted; }
@@ -43,19 +52,19 @@ step vac_analyze_all_parts	{ VACUUM (ANALYZE, SKIP_LOCKED) parted; }
 step vac_full_specified		{ VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED, FULL) part1, part2; }
 step vac_full_all_parts		{ VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED, FULL) parted; }
 
-permutation lock_share vac_specified commit
-permutation lock_share vac_all_parts commit
-permutation lock_share analyze_specified commit
-permutation lock_share analyze_all_parts commit
-permutation lock_share vac_analyze_specified commit
-permutation lock_share vac_analyze_all_parts commit
-permutation lock_share vac_full_specified commit
-permutation lock_share vac_full_all_parts commit
-permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_specified commit
-permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_all_parts commit
-permutation lock_access_exclusive analyze_specified commit
-permutation lock_access_exclusive analyze_all_parts commit
-permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_analyze_specified commit
-permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_analyze_all_parts commit
-permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_full_specified commit
-permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_full_all_parts commit
+permutation lock_share vac_specified commit check_stat
+permutation lock_share vac_all_parts commit check_stat
+permutation lock_share analyze_specified commit check_stat
+permutation lock_share analyze_all_parts commit check_stat
+permutation lock_share vac_analyze_specified commit check_stat
+permutation lock_share vac_analyze_all_parts commit check_stat
+permutation lock_share vac_full_specified commit check_stat
+permutation lock_share vac_full_all_parts commit check_stat
+permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_specified commit check_stat
+permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_all_parts commit check_stat
+permutation lock_access_exclusive analyze_specified commit check_stat
+permutation lock_access_exclusive analyze_all_parts commit check_stat
+permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_analyze_specified commit check_stat
+permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_analyze_all_parts commit check_stat
+permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_full_specified commit check_stat
+permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_full_all_parts commit check_stat
diff --git a/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out b/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out
index a65a5bf0c4f..9b2075d3373 100644
--- a/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out
+++ b/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out
@@ -1835,13 +1835,21 @@ pg_stat_all_tables| SELECT c.oid AS relid,
     pg_stat_get_mod_since_analyze(c.oid) AS n_mod_since_analyze,
     pg_stat_get_ins_since_vacuum(c.oid) AS n_ins_since_vacuum,
     pg_stat_get_last_vacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_vacuum,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_vacuum,
     pg_stat_get_last_autovacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_autovacuum,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_autovacuum,
     pg_stat_get_last_analyze_time(c.oid) AS last_analyze,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_analyze,
     pg_stat_get_last_autoanalyze_time(c.oid) AS last_autoanalyze,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_autoanalyze,
     pg_stat_get_vacuum_count(c.oid) AS vacuum_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count(c.oid) AS skipped_vacuum_count,
     pg_stat_get_autovacuum_count(c.oid) AS autovacuum_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count(c.oid) AS skipped_autovacuum_count,
     pg_stat_get_analyze_count(c.oid) AS analyze_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count(c.oid) AS skipped_analyze_count,
     pg_stat_get_autoanalyze_count(c.oid) AS autoanalyze_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count(c.oid) AS skipped_autoanalyze_count,
     pg_stat_get_total_vacuum_time(c.oid) AS total_vacuum_time,
     pg_stat_get_total_autovacuum_time(c.oid) AS total_autovacuum_time,
     pg_stat_get_total_analyze_time(c.oid) AS total_analyze_time,
@@ -2346,13 +2354,21 @@ pg_stat_sys_tables| SELECT relid,
     n_mod_since_analyze,
     n_ins_since_vacuum,
     last_vacuum,
+    last_skipped_vacuum,
     last_autovacuum,
+    last_skipped_autovacuum,
     last_analyze,
+    last_skipped_analyze,
     last_autoanalyze,
+    last_skipped_autoanalyze,
     vacuum_count,
+    skipped_vacuum_count,
     autovacuum_count,
+    skipped_autovacuum_count,
     analyze_count,
+    skipped_analyze_count,
     autoanalyze_count,
+    skipped_autoanalyze_count,
     total_vacuum_time,
     total_autovacuum_time,
     total_analyze_time,
@@ -2401,13 +2417,21 @@ pg_stat_user_tables| SELECT relid,
     n_mod_since_analyze,
     n_ins_since_vacuum,
     last_vacuum,
+    last_skipped_vacuum,
     last_autovacuum,
+    last_skipped_autovacuum,
     last_analyze,
+    last_skipped_analyze,
     last_autoanalyze,
+    last_skipped_autoanalyze,
     vacuum_count,
+    skipped_vacuum_count,
     autovacuum_count,
+    skipped_autovacuum_count,
     analyze_count,
+    skipped_analyze_count,
     autoanalyze_count,
+    skipped_autoanalyze_count,
     total_vacuum_time,
     total_autovacuum_time,
     total_analyze_time,
-- 
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* [PATCH v4] Track skipped vacuum and analyze activity per relation
@ 2026-03-24 04:09 Yugo Nagata <[email protected]>
  0 siblings, 0 replies; 374+ messages in thread

From: Yugo Nagata @ 2026-03-24 04:09 UTC (permalink / raw)

This commit adds eight fields to the relation statistics that track
the last time vacuum or analyze has been attempted but skipped due to
lock unavailability, along with their counts:

-    last_skipped_vacuum
-    last_skipped_autovacuum
-    last_skipped_analyze
-    last_skipped_autoanalyze
-    skipped_vacuum_count
-    skipped_autovacuum_count
-    skipped_analyze_count
-    skipped_autoanalyze_count

These field can help users confirm that autovacuum is actively attempting
to run on a table that has not been vacuumed or analyzed for a long time,
and that the lack of progress is due to repeated skips rather than inactivity.
---
 doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml                 |  88 ++++++++++++++++
 src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql         |   8 ++
 src/backend/commands/vacuum.c                | 102 ++++++++++++++-----
 src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c |  64 ++++++++++++
 src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c          |  24 +++++
 src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat              |  32 ++++++
 src/include/pgstat.h                         |  16 +++
 src/test/regress/expected/rules.out          |  24 +++++
 8 files changed, 335 insertions(+), 23 deletions(-)

diff --git a/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml b/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml
index 08d5b824552..a9b579d87a9 100644
--- a/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml
+++ b/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml
@@ -4387,6 +4387,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_vacuum</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time a manual vacuum on this table was attempted but skipped due to
+       lock unavailability (not counting <command>VACUUM FULL</command>)
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>last_autovacuum</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
@@ -4397,6 +4407,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_autovacuum</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time a vacuum on this table by the autovacuum daemon was attempted
+       but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>last_analyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
@@ -4406,6 +4426,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_analyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time a manual analyze on this table was attempted but skipped due to
+       lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>last_autoanalyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
@@ -4416,6 +4446,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_autoanalyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time at which an analyze on this table by the autovacuum was
+       attempted but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>vacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4426,6 +4466,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_vacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times manual vacuums on this table have been attempted but skipped
+       due to lock unavailability (not counting <command>VACUUM FULL</command>)
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>autovacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4436,6 +4486,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_autovacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times vacuums on this table by the autovacuum daemon have been
+       attempted but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>analyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4445,6 +4505,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_analyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times manual analyzes on this table have been attempted but
+       skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>autoanalyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4455,6 +4525,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_autoanalyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times analyzes on this table by the autovacuum daemon have
+       been attempted but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>total_vacuum_time</structfield> <type>double precision</type>
@@ -4510,6 +4590,14 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
    </tgroup>
   </table>
 
+  <note>
+   <para>
+    When a manual vacuum or analyze on a parent table in an inheritance or
+    partitioning hierarchy is skipped, the statistics are recorded only for
+    the parent table, not for its children.
+   </para>
+  </note>
+
  </sect2>
 
  <sect2 id="monitoring-pg-stat-autovacuum-scores-view">
diff --git a/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql b/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql
index 73a1c1c4670..f509fc7876b 100644
--- a/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql
+++ b/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql
@@ -736,13 +736,21 @@ CREATE VIEW pg_stat_all_tables AS
             pg_stat_get_mod_since_analyze(C.oid) AS n_mod_since_analyze,
             pg_stat_get_ins_since_vacuum(C.oid) AS n_ins_since_vacuum,
             pg_stat_get_last_vacuum_time(C.oid) as last_vacuum,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_vacuum,
             pg_stat_get_last_autovacuum_time(C.oid) as last_autovacuum,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_autovacuum,
             pg_stat_get_last_analyze_time(C.oid) as last_analyze,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_analyze,
             pg_stat_get_last_autoanalyze_time(C.oid) as last_autoanalyze,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_autoanalyze,
             pg_stat_get_vacuum_count(C.oid) AS vacuum_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count(C.oid) AS skipped_vacuum_count,
             pg_stat_get_autovacuum_count(C.oid) AS autovacuum_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count(C.oid) AS skipped_autovacuum_count,
             pg_stat_get_analyze_count(C.oid) AS analyze_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count(C.oid) AS skipped_analyze_count,
             pg_stat_get_autoanalyze_count(C.oid) AS autoanalyze_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count(C.oid) AS skipped_autoanalyze_count,
             pg_stat_get_total_vacuum_time(C.oid) AS total_vacuum_time,
             pg_stat_get_total_autovacuum_time(C.oid) AS total_autovacuum_time,
             pg_stat_get_total_analyze_time(C.oid) AS total_analyze_time,
diff --git a/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c b/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c
index 99d0db82ed7..97cd5ea8d10 100644
--- a/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c
+++ b/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c
@@ -793,8 +793,25 @@ vacuum_open_relation(Oid relid, RangeVar *relation, uint32 options,
 		rel = try_relation_open(relid, NoLock);
 	else
 	{
+		int flags = 0;
 		rel = NULL;
 		rel_lock = false;
+
+		if ((options & VACOPT_VACUUM) != 0)
+		{
+			if (AmAutoVacuumWorkerProcess())
+				flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOVACUUM;
+			else
+				flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM;
+		}
+		if ((options & VACOPT_ANALYZE) != 0)
+		{
+			if (AmAutoVacuumWorkerProcess())
+				flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOANALYZE;
+			else
+				flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE;
+		}
+		pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(relid, flags);
 	}
 
 	/* if relation is opened, leave */
@@ -802,7 +819,7 @@ vacuum_open_relation(Oid relid, RangeVar *relation, uint32 options,
 		return rel;
 
 	/*
-	 * Relation could not be opened, hence generate if possible a log
+	 * Relation could not be opened hence generate if possible a log
 	 * informing on the situation.
 	 *
 	 * If the RangeVar is not defined, we do not have enough information to
@@ -905,7 +922,6 @@ expand_vacuum_rel(VacuumRelation *vrel, MemoryContext vac_context,
 		Form_pg_class classForm;
 		bool		include_children;
 		bool		is_partitioned_table;
-		int			rvr_opts;
 
 		/*
 		 * Since autovacuum workers supply OIDs when calling vacuum(), no
@@ -918,29 +934,69 @@ expand_vacuum_rel(VacuumRelation *vrel, MemoryContext vac_context,
 		 * below, as well as find_all_inheritors's expectation that the caller
 		 * holds some lock on the starting relation.
 		 */
-		rvr_opts = (options & VACOPT_SKIP_LOCKED) ? RVR_SKIP_LOCKED : 0;
-		relid = RangeVarGetRelidExtended(vrel->relation,
-										 AccessShareLock,
-										 rvr_opts,
-										 NULL, NULL);
-
-		/*
-		 * If the lock is unavailable, emit the same log statement that
-		 * vacuum_rel() and analyze_rel() would.
-		 */
-		if (!OidIsValid(relid))
+		if (!(options & VACOPT_SKIP_LOCKED))
 		{
-			if (options & VACOPT_VACUUM)
-				ereport(WARNING,
-						(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
-						 errmsg("skipping vacuum of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
-								vrel->relation->relname)));
-			else
-				ereport(WARNING,
-						(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
-						 errmsg("skipping analyze of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
+			relid = RangeVarGetRelidExtended(vrel->relation,
+											 AccessShareLock,
+											 0, NULL, NULL);
+			if (!OidIsValid(relid))
+				return vacrels;
+		}
+		else
+		{
+			/* Get relid for reporting before taking a lock */
+			relid = RangeVarGetRelid(vrel->relation, NoLock, false);
+
+			if (!ConditionalLockRelationOid(relid, AccessShareLock))
+			{
+				int	flags = 0;
+				/*
+				 * If the lock is unavailable, emit the same log statement that
+				 * vacuum_rel() and analyze_rel() would.
+				 */
+				if (options & VACOPT_VACUUM)
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping vacuum of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
 								vrel->relation->relname)));
-			return vacrels;
+				else
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping analyze of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
+									vrel->relation->relname)));
+
+				if ((options & VACOPT_VACUUM) != 0)
+					flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM;
+				if ((options & VACOPT_ANALYZE) != 0)
+					flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE;
+
+				pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(relid, flags);
+
+				return vacrels;
+			}
+
+			/*
+			 * Now that we have the lock, probe to see if the relation really
+			 * exists or not.
+			 */
+			if (!SearchSysCacheExists1(RELOID, ObjectIdGetDatum(relid)))
+			{
+				if (options & VACOPT_VACUUM)
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_UNDEFINED_TABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping vacuum of \"%s\" --- relation no longer exists",
+									vrel->relation->relname)));
+				else
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_UNDEFINED_TABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping analyze of \"%s\" --- relation no longer exists",
+									vrel->relation->relname)));
+
+				/* Release useless lock */
+				UnlockRelationOid(relid, AccessShareLock);
+
+				return vacrels;
+			}
 		}
 
 		/*
diff --git a/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c b/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c
index b2ca28f83ba..532d9023f8c 100644
--- a/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c
+++ b/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c
@@ -17,12 +17,14 @@
 
 #include "postgres.h"
 
+#include "access/htup_details.h"
 #include "access/twophase_rmgr.h"
 #include "access/xact.h"
 #include "catalog/catalog.h"
 #include "utils/memutils.h"
 #include "utils/pgstat_internal.h"
 #include "utils/rel.h"
+#include "utils/syscache.h"
 #include "utils/timestamp.h"
 
 
@@ -367,6 +369,68 @@ pgstat_report_analyze(Relation rel,
 	(void) pgstat_flush_backend(false, PGSTAT_BACKEND_FLUSH_IO);
 }
 
+/*
+ * Report that the table was skipped during vacuum or/and analyze.
+ */
+void
+pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(Oid relid, int flags)
+{
+	PgStat_EntryRef *entry_ref;
+	PgStatShared_Relation *shtabentry;
+	PgStat_StatTabEntry *tabentry;
+	TimestampTz ts;
+	HeapTuple	classTup;
+	bool		isshared;
+
+	if (!pgstat_track_counts || !flags)
+		return;
+
+	classTup = SearchSysCache1(RELOID, ObjectIdGetDatum(relid));
+	if (!HeapTupleIsValid(classTup))
+		return;			/* somebody deleted the rel, forget it */
+	isshared = ((Form_pg_class) GETSTRUCT(classTup))->relisshared;
+	ReleaseSysCache(classTup);
+
+	/* Store the data in the table's hash table entry. */
+	ts = GetCurrentTimestamp();
+
+	/* block acquiring lock for the same reason as pgstat_report_autovac() */
+	entry_ref = pgstat_get_entry_ref_locked(PGSTAT_KIND_RELATION,
+											isshared ? InvalidOid : MyDatabaseId,
+											relid, false);
+
+	shtabentry = (PgStatShared_Relation *) entry_ref->shared_stats;
+	tabentry = &shtabentry->stats;
+
+	if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM)
+	{
+		tabentry->last_skipped_vacuum_time = ts;
+		tabentry->skipped_vacuum_count++;
+	}
+	else if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOVACUUM)
+	{
+		tabentry->last_skipped_autovacuum_time = ts;
+		tabentry->skipped_autovacuum_count++;
+	}
+
+	if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE)
+	{
+		tabentry->last_skipped_analyze_time = ts;
+		tabentry->skipped_analyze_count++;
+	}
+	else if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOANALYZE)
+	{
+		tabentry->last_skipped_autoanalyze_time = ts;
+		tabentry->skipped_autoanalyze_count++;
+	}
+
+	pgstat_unlock_entry(entry_ref);
+
+	/* see pgstat_report_vacuum() */
+	pgstat_flush_io(false);
+	(void) pgstat_flush_backend(false, PGSTAT_BACKEND_FLUSH_IO);
+}
+
 /*
  * count a tuple insertion of n tuples
  */
diff --git a/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c b/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c
index 1408de387ea..90a8968faa0 100644
--- a/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c
+++ b/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c
@@ -84,6 +84,18 @@ PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(mod_since_analyze)
 /* pg_stat_get_numscans */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(numscans)
 
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_analyze_count)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_autoanalyze_count)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_autovacuum_count)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_vacuum_count)
+
 /* pg_stat_get_tuples_deleted */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(tuples_deleted)
 
@@ -170,6 +182,18 @@ PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_vacuum_time)
 /* pg_stat_get_lastscan */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(lastscan)
 
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_analyze_time)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_autoanalyze_time)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_autovacuum_time)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_vacuum_time)
+
 /* pg_stat_get_stat_reset_time */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(stat_reset_time)
 
diff --git a/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat b/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat
index fa9ae79082b..32debb34863 100644
--- a/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat
+++ b/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat
@@ -5680,6 +5680,38 @@
   proargmodes => '{o,o,o,o,o,o,o,o,o,o}',
   proargnames => '{oid,score,xid_score,mxid_score,vacuum_score,vacuum_insert_score,analyze_score,do_vacuum,do_analyze,for_wraparound}',
   prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_autovacuum_scores' },
+{ oid => '8142', descr => 'statistics: last skipped vacuum time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time' },
+{ oid => '8143', descr => 'statistics: last skipped auto vacuum time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time' },
+{ oid => '8144', descr => 'statistics: last skipped analyze time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time' },
+{ oid => '8145', descr => 'statistics: last skipped auto analyze time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time' },
+{ oid => '8146', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped vacuum for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count' },
+{ oid => '8147', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped auto vacuum for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count' },
+{ oid => '8148', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped analyzes for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count' },
+{ oid => '8149', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped auto analyzes for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count' },
 { oid => '1936', descr => 'statistics: currently active backend IDs',
   proname => 'pg_stat_get_backend_idset', prorows => '100', proretset => 't',
   provolatile => 's', proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int4',
diff --git a/src/include/pgstat.h b/src/include/pgstat.h
index dfa2e837638..98941f953d1 100644
--- a/src/include/pgstat.h
+++ b/src/include/pgstat.h
@@ -479,6 +479,15 @@ typedef struct PgStat_StatTabEntry
 	TimestampTz last_autoanalyze_time;	/* autovacuum initiated */
 	PgStat_Counter autoanalyze_count;
 
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_vacuum_time;	/* user initiated vacuum */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_vacuum_count;
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_autovacuum_time;	/* autovacuum initiated */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_autovacuum_count;
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_analyze_time;	/* user initiated */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_analyze_count;
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_autoanalyze_time;	/* autovacuum initiated */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_autoanalyze_count;
+
 	PgStat_Counter total_vacuum_time;	/* times in milliseconds */
 	PgStat_Counter total_autovacuum_time;
 	PgStat_Counter total_analyze_time;
@@ -703,6 +712,13 @@ extern void pgstat_report_analyze(Relation rel,
 								  PgStat_Counter livetuples, PgStat_Counter deadtuples,
 								  bool resetcounter, TimestampTz starttime);
 
+/* flags for pgstat_flush_backend() */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM		(1 << 0)	/* vacuum is skipped */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE		(1 << 1)	/* analyze is skipped */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOVACUUM	(1 << 2)	/* autovacuum is skipped */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOANALYZE	(1 << 3)	/* autoanalyze is skipped */
+extern void pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(Oid relid, int flags);
+
 /*
  * If stats are enabled, but pending data hasn't been prepared yet, call
  * pgstat_assoc_relation() to do so. See its comment for why this is done
diff --git a/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out b/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out
index a65a5bf0c4f..9b2075d3373 100644
--- a/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out
+++ b/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out
@@ -1835,13 +1835,21 @@ pg_stat_all_tables| SELECT c.oid AS relid,
     pg_stat_get_mod_since_analyze(c.oid) AS n_mod_since_analyze,
     pg_stat_get_ins_since_vacuum(c.oid) AS n_ins_since_vacuum,
     pg_stat_get_last_vacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_vacuum,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_vacuum,
     pg_stat_get_last_autovacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_autovacuum,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_autovacuum,
     pg_stat_get_last_analyze_time(c.oid) AS last_analyze,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_analyze,
     pg_stat_get_last_autoanalyze_time(c.oid) AS last_autoanalyze,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_autoanalyze,
     pg_stat_get_vacuum_count(c.oid) AS vacuum_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count(c.oid) AS skipped_vacuum_count,
     pg_stat_get_autovacuum_count(c.oid) AS autovacuum_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count(c.oid) AS skipped_autovacuum_count,
     pg_stat_get_analyze_count(c.oid) AS analyze_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count(c.oid) AS skipped_analyze_count,
     pg_stat_get_autoanalyze_count(c.oid) AS autoanalyze_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count(c.oid) AS skipped_autoanalyze_count,
     pg_stat_get_total_vacuum_time(c.oid) AS total_vacuum_time,
     pg_stat_get_total_autovacuum_time(c.oid) AS total_autovacuum_time,
     pg_stat_get_total_analyze_time(c.oid) AS total_analyze_time,
@@ -2346,13 +2354,21 @@ pg_stat_sys_tables| SELECT relid,
     n_mod_since_analyze,
     n_ins_since_vacuum,
     last_vacuum,
+    last_skipped_vacuum,
     last_autovacuum,
+    last_skipped_autovacuum,
     last_analyze,
+    last_skipped_analyze,
     last_autoanalyze,
+    last_skipped_autoanalyze,
     vacuum_count,
+    skipped_vacuum_count,
     autovacuum_count,
+    skipped_autovacuum_count,
     analyze_count,
+    skipped_analyze_count,
     autoanalyze_count,
+    skipped_autoanalyze_count,
     total_vacuum_time,
     total_autovacuum_time,
     total_analyze_time,
@@ -2401,13 +2417,21 @@ pg_stat_user_tables| SELECT relid,
     n_mod_since_analyze,
     n_ins_since_vacuum,
     last_vacuum,
+    last_skipped_vacuum,
     last_autovacuum,
+    last_skipped_autovacuum,
     last_analyze,
+    last_skipped_analyze,
     last_autoanalyze,
+    last_skipped_autoanalyze,
     vacuum_count,
+    skipped_vacuum_count,
     autovacuum_count,
+    skipped_autovacuum_count,
     analyze_count,
+    skipped_analyze_count,
     autoanalyze_count,
+    skipped_autoanalyze_count,
     total_vacuum_time,
     total_autovacuum_time,
     total_analyze_time,
-- 
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* [PATCH v3] Track skipped vacuum and analyze activity per relation
@ 2026-03-24 04:09 Yugo Nagata <[email protected]>
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From: Yugo Nagata @ 2026-03-24 04:09 UTC (permalink / raw)

This commit adds eight fields to the relation statistics that track
the last time vacuum or analyze has been attempted but skipped due to
lock unavailability, along with their counts:

-    last_skipped_vacuum
-    last_skipped_autovacuum
-    last_skipped_analyze
-    last_skipped_autoanalyze
-    skipped_vacuum_count
-    skipped_autovacuum_count
-    skipped_analyze_count
-    skipped_autoanalyze_count

These field can help users confirm that autovacuum is actively attempting
to run on a table that has not been vacuumed or analyzed for a long time,
and that the lack of progress is due to repeated skips rather than inactivity.
---
 doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml                 | 80 +++++++++++++++++
 src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql         |  8 ++
 src/backend/commands/vacuum.c                | 95 +++++++++++++++-----
 src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c | 68 ++++++++++++++
 src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c          | 24 +++++
 src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat              | 32 +++++++
 src/include/pgstat.h                         | 16 ++++
 src/test/regress/expected/rules.out          | 24 +++++
 8 files changed, 324 insertions(+), 23 deletions(-)

diff --git a/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml b/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml
index bb75ed1069b..9ec8070b2fc 100644
--- a/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml
+++ b/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml
@@ -4372,6 +4372,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_vacuum</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time a manual vacuum on this table was attempted but skipped due to
+       lock unavailability (not counting <command>VACUUM FULL</command>)
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>last_autovacuum</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
@@ -4382,6 +4392,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_autovacuum</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time a vacuum on this table by the autovacuum daemon was attempted
+       but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>last_analyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
@@ -4391,6 +4411,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_analyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time a manual analyze on this table was attempted but skipped due to
+       lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>last_autoanalyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
@@ -4401,6 +4431,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_autoanalyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time at which an analyze on this table by the autovacuum was
+       attempted but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>vacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4411,6 +4451,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_vacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times vacuums on this table have been attempted but skipped
+       due to lock unavailability (not counting <command>VACUUM FULL</command>)
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>autovacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4421,6 +4471,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_autovacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times vacuums on this table by the autovacuum daemon have been
+       attempted but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>analyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4430,6 +4490,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_analyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times manual analyzes on this table have been attempted but
+       skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>autoanalyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4440,6 +4510,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_autoanalyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times analyzes on this table by the autovacuum daemon have
+       been attempted but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>total_vacuum_time</structfield> <type>double precision</type>
diff --git a/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql b/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql
index e54018004db..2ca02a0354c 100644
--- a/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql
+++ b/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql
@@ -736,13 +736,21 @@ CREATE VIEW pg_stat_all_tables AS
             pg_stat_get_mod_since_analyze(C.oid) AS n_mod_since_analyze,
             pg_stat_get_ins_since_vacuum(C.oid) AS n_ins_since_vacuum,
             pg_stat_get_last_vacuum_time(C.oid) as last_vacuum,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_vacuum,
             pg_stat_get_last_autovacuum_time(C.oid) as last_autovacuum,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_autovacuum,
             pg_stat_get_last_analyze_time(C.oid) as last_analyze,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_analyze,
             pg_stat_get_last_autoanalyze_time(C.oid) as last_autoanalyze,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_autoanalyze,
             pg_stat_get_vacuum_count(C.oid) AS vacuum_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count(C.oid) AS skipped_vacuum_count,
             pg_stat_get_autovacuum_count(C.oid) AS autovacuum_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count(C.oid) AS skipped_autovacuum_count,
             pg_stat_get_analyze_count(C.oid) AS analyze_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count(C.oid) AS skipped_analyze_count,
             pg_stat_get_autoanalyze_count(C.oid) AS autoanalyze_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count(C.oid) AS skipped_autoanalyze_count,
             pg_stat_get_total_vacuum_time(C.oid) AS total_vacuum_time,
             pg_stat_get_total_autovacuum_time(C.oid) AS total_autovacuum_time,
             pg_stat_get_total_analyze_time(C.oid) AS total_analyze_time,
diff --git a/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c b/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c
index bce3a2daa24..ce83b3171be 100644
--- a/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c
+++ b/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c
@@ -792,8 +792,18 @@ vacuum_open_relation(Oid relid, RangeVar *relation, bits32 options,
 		rel = try_relation_open(relid, NoLock);
 	else
 	{
+		bits8 flags = 0;
 		rel = NULL;
 		rel_lock = false;
+
+		if ((options & VACOPT_VACUUM) != 0)
+			flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM;
+		if ((options & VACOPT_ANALYZE) != 0)
+			flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE;
+		if (AmAutoVacuumWorkerProcess())
+			flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOVAC;
+
+		pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(relid, flags);
 	}
 
 	/* if relation is opened, leave */
@@ -801,7 +811,7 @@ vacuum_open_relation(Oid relid, RangeVar *relation, bits32 options,
 		return rel;
 
 	/*
-	 * Relation could not be opened, hence generate if possible a log
+	 * Relation could not be opened hence generate if possible a log
 	 * informing on the situation.
 	 *
 	 * If the RangeVar is not defined, we do not have enough information to
@@ -904,7 +914,6 @@ expand_vacuum_rel(VacuumRelation *vrel, MemoryContext vac_context,
 		Form_pg_class classForm;
 		bool		include_children;
 		bool		is_partitioned_table;
-		int			rvr_opts;
 
 		/*
 		 * Since autovacuum workers supply OIDs when calling vacuum(), no
@@ -917,29 +926,69 @@ expand_vacuum_rel(VacuumRelation *vrel, MemoryContext vac_context,
 		 * below, as well as find_all_inheritors's expectation that the caller
 		 * holds some lock on the starting relation.
 		 */
-		rvr_opts = (options & VACOPT_SKIP_LOCKED) ? RVR_SKIP_LOCKED : 0;
-		relid = RangeVarGetRelidExtended(vrel->relation,
-										 AccessShareLock,
-										 rvr_opts,
-										 NULL, NULL);
-
-		/*
-		 * If the lock is unavailable, emit the same log statement that
-		 * vacuum_rel() and analyze_rel() would.
-		 */
-		if (!OidIsValid(relid))
+		if (!(options & VACOPT_SKIP_LOCKED))
 		{
-			if (options & VACOPT_VACUUM)
-				ereport(WARNING,
-						(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
-						 errmsg("skipping vacuum of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
-								vrel->relation->relname)));
-			else
-				ereport(WARNING,
-						(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
-						 errmsg("skipping analyze of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
+			relid = RangeVarGetRelidExtended(vrel->relation,
+											 AccessShareLock,
+											 0, NULL, NULL);
+			if (!OidIsValid(relid))
+				return vacrels;
+		}
+		else
+		{
+			/* Get relid for reporting before taking a lock */
+			relid = RangeVarGetRelid(vrel->relation, NoLock, false);
+
+			if (!ConditionalLockRelationOid(relid, AccessShareLock))
+			{
+				bits8	flags = 0;
+				/*
+				 * If the lock is unavailable, emit the same log statement that
+				 * vacuum_rel() and analyze_rel() would.
+				 */
+				if (options & VACOPT_VACUUM)
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping vacuum of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
 								vrel->relation->relname)));
-			return vacrels;
+				else
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping analyze of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
+									vrel->relation->relname)));
+
+				if ((options & VACOPT_VACUUM) != 0)
+					flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM;
+				if ((options & VACOPT_ANALYZE) != 0)
+					flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE;
+
+				pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(relid, flags);
+
+				return vacrels;
+			}
+
+			/*
+			 * Now that we have the lock, probe to see if the relation really
+			 * exists or not.
+			 */
+			if (!SearchSysCacheExists1(RELOID, ObjectIdGetDatum(relid)))
+			{
+				if (options & VACOPT_VACUUM)
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_UNDEFINED_TABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping vacuum of \"%s\" --- relation no longer exists",
+									vrel->relation->relname)));
+				else
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_UNDEFINED_TABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping analyze of \"%s\" --- relation no longer exists",
+									vrel->relation->relname)));
+
+				/* Release useless lock */
+				UnlockRelationOid(relid, AccessShareLock);
+
+				return vacrels;
+			}
 		}
 
 		/*
diff --git a/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c b/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c
index bc8c43b96aa..cec4c88980e 100644
--- a/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c
+++ b/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c
@@ -17,6 +17,7 @@
 
 #include "postgres.h"
 
+#include "access/htup_details.h"
 #include "access/twophase_rmgr.h"
 #include "access/xact.h"
 #include "catalog/catalog.h"
@@ -366,6 +367,73 @@ pgstat_report_analyze(Relation rel,
 	(void) pgstat_flush_backend(false, PGSTAT_BACKEND_FLUSH_IO);
 }
 
+/*
+ * Report that the table was skipped during vacuum or/and analyze.
+ */
+void
+pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(Oid relid, bits8 flags)
+{
+	PgStat_EntryRef *entry_ref;
+	PgStatShared_Relation *shtabentry;
+	PgStat_StatTabEntry *tabentry;
+	TimestampTz ts;
+	HeapTuple	classTup;
+	bool		isshared;
+
+	if (!pgstat_track_counts || !(flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANY))
+		return;
+
+	classTup = SearchSysCache1(RELOID, ObjectIdGetDatum(relid));
+	if (!HeapTupleIsValid(classTup))
+		return;			/* somebody deleted the rel, forget it */
+	isshared = ((Form_pg_class) GETSTRUCT(classTup))->relisshared;
+	ReleaseSysCache(classTup);
+
+	/* Store the data in the table's hash table entry. */
+	ts = GetCurrentTimestamp();
+
+	/* block acquiring lock for the same reason as pgstat_report_autovac() */
+	entry_ref = pgstat_get_entry_ref_locked(PGSTAT_KIND_RELATION,
+											isshared ? InvalidOid : MyDatabaseId,
+											relid, false);
+
+	shtabentry = (PgStatShared_Relation *) entry_ref->shared_stats;
+	tabentry = &shtabentry->stats;
+
+	if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOVAC)
+	{
+		if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM)
+		{
+			tabentry->last_skipped_autovacuum_time = ts;
+			tabentry->skipped_autovacuum_count++;
+		}
+		if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE)
+		{
+			tabentry->last_skipped_autoanalyze_time = ts;
+			tabentry->skipped_autoanalyze_count++;
+		}
+	}
+	else
+	{
+		if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM)
+		{
+			tabentry->last_skipped_vacuum_time = ts;
+			tabentry->skipped_vacuum_count++;
+		}
+		if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE)
+		{
+			tabentry->last_skipped_analyze_time = ts;
+			tabentry->skipped_analyze_count++;
+		}
+	}
+
+	pgstat_unlock_entry(entry_ref);
+
+	/* see pgstat_report_vacuum() */
+	pgstat_flush_io(false);
+	(void) pgstat_flush_backend(false, PGSTAT_BACKEND_FLUSH_IO);
+}
+
 /*
  * count a tuple insertion of n tuples
  */
diff --git a/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c b/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c
index 9185a8e6b83..18aaa3996e1 100644
--- a/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c
+++ b/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c
@@ -84,6 +84,18 @@ PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(mod_since_analyze)
 /* pg_stat_get_numscans */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(numscans)
 
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_analyze_count)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_autoanalyze_count)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_autovacuum_count)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_vacuum_count)
+
 /* pg_stat_get_tuples_deleted */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(tuples_deleted)
 
@@ -170,6 +182,18 @@ PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_vacuum_time)
 /* pg_stat_get_lastscan */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(lastscan)
 
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_analyze_time)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_autoanalyze_time)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_autovacuum_time)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_vacuum_time)
+
 /* pg_stat_get_stat_reset_time */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(stat_reset_time)
 
diff --git a/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat b/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat
index 0118e970dda..ccfe3d9e02a 100644
--- a/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat
+++ b/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat
@@ -5667,6 +5667,38 @@
   proname => 'pg_stat_get_total_autoanalyze_time', provolatile => 's',
   proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'float8', proargtypes => 'oid',
   prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_total_autoanalyze_time' },
+{ oid => '8142', descr => 'statistics: last skipped vacuum time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time' },
+{ oid => '8143', descr => 'statistics: last skipped auto vacuum time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time' },
+{ oid => '8144', descr => 'statistics: last skipped analyze time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time' },
+{ oid => '8145', descr => 'statistics: last skipped auto analyze time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time' },
+{ oid => '8146', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped vacuum for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count' },
+{ oid => '8147', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped auto vacuum for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count' },
+{ oid => '8148', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped analyzes for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count' },
+{ oid => '8149', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped auto analyzes for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count' },
 { oid => '1936', descr => 'statistics: currently active backend IDs',
   proname => 'pg_stat_get_backend_idset', prorows => '100', proretset => 't',
   provolatile => 's', proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int4',
diff --git a/src/include/pgstat.h b/src/include/pgstat.h
index 8e3549c3752..343081a7a25 100644
--- a/src/include/pgstat.h
+++ b/src/include/pgstat.h
@@ -479,6 +479,15 @@ typedef struct PgStat_StatTabEntry
 	TimestampTz last_autoanalyze_time;	/* autovacuum initiated */
 	PgStat_Counter autoanalyze_count;
 
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_vacuum_time;	/* user initiated vacuum */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_vacuum_count;
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_autovacuum_time;	/* autovacuum initiated */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_autovacuum_count;
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_analyze_time;	/* user initiated */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_analyze_count;
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_autoanalyze_time;	/* autovacuum initiated */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_autoanalyze_count;
+
 	PgStat_Counter total_vacuum_time;	/* times in milliseconds */
 	PgStat_Counter total_autovacuum_time;
 	PgStat_Counter total_analyze_time;
@@ -707,6 +716,13 @@ extern void pgstat_report_analyze(Relation rel,
 								  PgStat_Counter livetuples, PgStat_Counter deadtuples,
 								  bool resetcounter, TimestampTz starttime);
 
+/* flags for pgstat_flush_backend() */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM	(1 << 0)	/* vacuum is skipped */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE	(1 << 1)	/* analyze is skipped */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOVAC	(1 << 2)	/* skipped during autovacuum/autoanalyze */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANY   (PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM | PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE)
+extern void pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(Oid relid, bits8 flags);
+
 /*
  * If stats are enabled, but pending data hasn't been prepared yet, call
  * pgstat_assoc_relation() to do so. See its comment for why this is done
diff --git a/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out b/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out
index 2b3cf6d8569..4ccfc43e903 100644
--- a/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out
+++ b/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out
@@ -1835,13 +1835,21 @@ pg_stat_all_tables| SELECT c.oid AS relid,
     pg_stat_get_mod_since_analyze(c.oid) AS n_mod_since_analyze,
     pg_stat_get_ins_since_vacuum(c.oid) AS n_ins_since_vacuum,
     pg_stat_get_last_vacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_vacuum,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_vacuum,
     pg_stat_get_last_autovacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_autovacuum,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_autovacuum,
     pg_stat_get_last_analyze_time(c.oid) AS last_analyze,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_analyze,
     pg_stat_get_last_autoanalyze_time(c.oid) AS last_autoanalyze,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_autoanalyze,
     pg_stat_get_vacuum_count(c.oid) AS vacuum_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count(c.oid) AS skipped_vacuum_count,
     pg_stat_get_autovacuum_count(c.oid) AS autovacuum_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count(c.oid) AS skipped_autovacuum_count,
     pg_stat_get_analyze_count(c.oid) AS analyze_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count(c.oid) AS skipped_analyze_count,
     pg_stat_get_autoanalyze_count(c.oid) AS autoanalyze_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count(c.oid) AS skipped_autoanalyze_count,
     pg_stat_get_total_vacuum_time(c.oid) AS total_vacuum_time,
     pg_stat_get_total_autovacuum_time(c.oid) AS total_autovacuum_time,
     pg_stat_get_total_analyze_time(c.oid) AS total_analyze_time,
@@ -2293,13 +2301,21 @@ pg_stat_sys_tables| SELECT relid,
     n_mod_since_analyze,
     n_ins_since_vacuum,
     last_vacuum,
+    last_skipped_vacuum,
     last_autovacuum,
+    last_skipped_autovacuum,
     last_analyze,
+    last_skipped_analyze,
     last_autoanalyze,
+    last_skipped_autoanalyze,
     vacuum_count,
+    skipped_vacuum_count,
     autovacuum_count,
+    skipped_autovacuum_count,
     analyze_count,
+    skipped_analyze_count,
     autoanalyze_count,
+    skipped_autoanalyze_count,
     total_vacuum_time,
     total_autovacuum_time,
     total_analyze_time,
@@ -2348,13 +2364,21 @@ pg_stat_user_tables| SELECT relid,
     n_mod_since_analyze,
     n_ins_since_vacuum,
     last_vacuum,
+    last_skipped_vacuum,
     last_autovacuum,
+    last_skipped_autovacuum,
     last_analyze,
+    last_skipped_analyze,
     last_autoanalyze,
+    last_skipped_autoanalyze,
     vacuum_count,
+    skipped_vacuum_count,
     autovacuum_count,
+    skipped_autovacuum_count,
     analyze_count,
+    skipped_analyze_count,
     autoanalyze_count,
+    skipped_autoanalyze_count,
     total_vacuum_time,
     total_autovacuum_time,
     total_analyze_time,
-- 
2.43.0


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* [PATCH v3] Track skipped vacuum and analyze activity per relation
@ 2026-03-24 04:09 Yugo Nagata <[email protected]>
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From: Yugo Nagata @ 2026-03-24 04:09 UTC (permalink / raw)

This commit adds eight fields to the relation statistics that track
the last time vacuum or analyze has been attempted but skipped due to
lock unavailability, along with their counts:

-    last_skipped_vacuum
-    last_skipped_autovacuum
-    last_skipped_analyze
-    last_skipped_autoanalyze
-    skipped_vacuum_count
-    skipped_autovacuum_count
-    skipped_analyze_count
-    skipped_autoanalyze_count

These field can help users confirm that autovacuum is actively attempting
to run on a table that has not been vacuumed or analyzed for a long time,
and that the lack of progress is due to repeated skips rather than inactivity.
---
 doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml                 | 80 +++++++++++++++++
 src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql         |  8 ++
 src/backend/commands/vacuum.c                | 95 +++++++++++++++-----
 src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c | 68 ++++++++++++++
 src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c          | 24 +++++
 src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat              | 32 +++++++
 src/include/pgstat.h                         | 16 ++++
 src/test/regress/expected/rules.out          | 24 +++++
 8 files changed, 324 insertions(+), 23 deletions(-)

diff --git a/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml b/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml
index bb75ed1069b..9ec8070b2fc 100644
--- a/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml
+++ b/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml
@@ -4372,6 +4372,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_vacuum</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time a manual vacuum on this table was attempted but skipped due to
+       lock unavailability (not counting <command>VACUUM FULL</command>)
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>last_autovacuum</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
@@ -4382,6 +4392,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_autovacuum</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time a vacuum on this table by the autovacuum daemon was attempted
+       but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>last_analyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
@@ -4391,6 +4411,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_analyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time a manual analyze on this table was attempted but skipped due to
+       lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>last_autoanalyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
@@ -4401,6 +4431,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_autoanalyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time at which an analyze on this table by the autovacuum was
+       attempted but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>vacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4411,6 +4451,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_vacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times vacuums on this table have been attempted but skipped
+       due to lock unavailability (not counting <command>VACUUM FULL</command>)
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>autovacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4421,6 +4471,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_autovacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times vacuums on this table by the autovacuum daemon have been
+       attempted but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>analyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4430,6 +4490,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_analyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times manual analyzes on this table have been attempted but
+       skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>autoanalyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4440,6 +4510,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_autoanalyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times analyzes on this table by the autovacuum daemon have
+       been attempted but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>total_vacuum_time</structfield> <type>double precision</type>
diff --git a/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql b/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql
index e54018004db..2ca02a0354c 100644
--- a/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql
+++ b/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql
@@ -736,13 +736,21 @@ CREATE VIEW pg_stat_all_tables AS
             pg_stat_get_mod_since_analyze(C.oid) AS n_mod_since_analyze,
             pg_stat_get_ins_since_vacuum(C.oid) AS n_ins_since_vacuum,
             pg_stat_get_last_vacuum_time(C.oid) as last_vacuum,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_vacuum,
             pg_stat_get_last_autovacuum_time(C.oid) as last_autovacuum,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_autovacuum,
             pg_stat_get_last_analyze_time(C.oid) as last_analyze,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_analyze,
             pg_stat_get_last_autoanalyze_time(C.oid) as last_autoanalyze,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_autoanalyze,
             pg_stat_get_vacuum_count(C.oid) AS vacuum_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count(C.oid) AS skipped_vacuum_count,
             pg_stat_get_autovacuum_count(C.oid) AS autovacuum_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count(C.oid) AS skipped_autovacuum_count,
             pg_stat_get_analyze_count(C.oid) AS analyze_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count(C.oid) AS skipped_analyze_count,
             pg_stat_get_autoanalyze_count(C.oid) AS autoanalyze_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count(C.oid) AS skipped_autoanalyze_count,
             pg_stat_get_total_vacuum_time(C.oid) AS total_vacuum_time,
             pg_stat_get_total_autovacuum_time(C.oid) AS total_autovacuum_time,
             pg_stat_get_total_analyze_time(C.oid) AS total_analyze_time,
diff --git a/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c b/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c
index bce3a2daa24..ce83b3171be 100644
--- a/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c
+++ b/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c
@@ -792,8 +792,18 @@ vacuum_open_relation(Oid relid, RangeVar *relation, bits32 options,
 		rel = try_relation_open(relid, NoLock);
 	else
 	{
+		bits8 flags = 0;
 		rel = NULL;
 		rel_lock = false;
+
+		if ((options & VACOPT_VACUUM) != 0)
+			flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM;
+		if ((options & VACOPT_ANALYZE) != 0)
+			flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE;
+		if (AmAutoVacuumWorkerProcess())
+			flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOVAC;
+
+		pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(relid, flags);
 	}
 
 	/* if relation is opened, leave */
@@ -801,7 +811,7 @@ vacuum_open_relation(Oid relid, RangeVar *relation, bits32 options,
 		return rel;
 
 	/*
-	 * Relation could not be opened, hence generate if possible a log
+	 * Relation could not be opened hence generate if possible a log
 	 * informing on the situation.
 	 *
 	 * If the RangeVar is not defined, we do not have enough information to
@@ -904,7 +914,6 @@ expand_vacuum_rel(VacuumRelation *vrel, MemoryContext vac_context,
 		Form_pg_class classForm;
 		bool		include_children;
 		bool		is_partitioned_table;
-		int			rvr_opts;
 
 		/*
 		 * Since autovacuum workers supply OIDs when calling vacuum(), no
@@ -917,29 +926,69 @@ expand_vacuum_rel(VacuumRelation *vrel, MemoryContext vac_context,
 		 * below, as well as find_all_inheritors's expectation that the caller
 		 * holds some lock on the starting relation.
 		 */
-		rvr_opts = (options & VACOPT_SKIP_LOCKED) ? RVR_SKIP_LOCKED : 0;
-		relid = RangeVarGetRelidExtended(vrel->relation,
-										 AccessShareLock,
-										 rvr_opts,
-										 NULL, NULL);
-
-		/*
-		 * If the lock is unavailable, emit the same log statement that
-		 * vacuum_rel() and analyze_rel() would.
-		 */
-		if (!OidIsValid(relid))
+		if (!(options & VACOPT_SKIP_LOCKED))
 		{
-			if (options & VACOPT_VACUUM)
-				ereport(WARNING,
-						(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
-						 errmsg("skipping vacuum of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
-								vrel->relation->relname)));
-			else
-				ereport(WARNING,
-						(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
-						 errmsg("skipping analyze of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
+			relid = RangeVarGetRelidExtended(vrel->relation,
+											 AccessShareLock,
+											 0, NULL, NULL);
+			if (!OidIsValid(relid))
+				return vacrels;
+		}
+		else
+		{
+			/* Get relid for reporting before taking a lock */
+			relid = RangeVarGetRelid(vrel->relation, NoLock, false);
+
+			if (!ConditionalLockRelationOid(relid, AccessShareLock))
+			{
+				bits8	flags = 0;
+				/*
+				 * If the lock is unavailable, emit the same log statement that
+				 * vacuum_rel() and analyze_rel() would.
+				 */
+				if (options & VACOPT_VACUUM)
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping vacuum of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
 								vrel->relation->relname)));
-			return vacrels;
+				else
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping analyze of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
+									vrel->relation->relname)));
+
+				if ((options & VACOPT_VACUUM) != 0)
+					flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM;
+				if ((options & VACOPT_ANALYZE) != 0)
+					flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE;
+
+				pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(relid, flags);
+
+				return vacrels;
+			}
+
+			/*
+			 * Now that we have the lock, probe to see if the relation really
+			 * exists or not.
+			 */
+			if (!SearchSysCacheExists1(RELOID, ObjectIdGetDatum(relid)))
+			{
+				if (options & VACOPT_VACUUM)
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_UNDEFINED_TABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping vacuum of \"%s\" --- relation no longer exists",
+									vrel->relation->relname)));
+				else
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_UNDEFINED_TABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping analyze of \"%s\" --- relation no longer exists",
+									vrel->relation->relname)));
+
+				/* Release useless lock */
+				UnlockRelationOid(relid, AccessShareLock);
+
+				return vacrels;
+			}
 		}
 
 		/*
diff --git a/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c b/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c
index bc8c43b96aa..cec4c88980e 100644
--- a/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c
+++ b/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c
@@ -17,6 +17,7 @@
 
 #include "postgres.h"
 
+#include "access/htup_details.h"
 #include "access/twophase_rmgr.h"
 #include "access/xact.h"
 #include "catalog/catalog.h"
@@ -366,6 +367,73 @@ pgstat_report_analyze(Relation rel,
 	(void) pgstat_flush_backend(false, PGSTAT_BACKEND_FLUSH_IO);
 }
 
+/*
+ * Report that the table was skipped during vacuum or/and analyze.
+ */
+void
+pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(Oid relid, bits8 flags)
+{
+	PgStat_EntryRef *entry_ref;
+	PgStatShared_Relation *shtabentry;
+	PgStat_StatTabEntry *tabentry;
+	TimestampTz ts;
+	HeapTuple	classTup;
+	bool		isshared;
+
+	if (!pgstat_track_counts || !(flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANY))
+		return;
+
+	classTup = SearchSysCache1(RELOID, ObjectIdGetDatum(relid));
+	if (!HeapTupleIsValid(classTup))
+		return;			/* somebody deleted the rel, forget it */
+	isshared = ((Form_pg_class) GETSTRUCT(classTup))->relisshared;
+	ReleaseSysCache(classTup);
+
+	/* Store the data in the table's hash table entry. */
+	ts = GetCurrentTimestamp();
+
+	/* block acquiring lock for the same reason as pgstat_report_autovac() */
+	entry_ref = pgstat_get_entry_ref_locked(PGSTAT_KIND_RELATION,
+											isshared ? InvalidOid : MyDatabaseId,
+											relid, false);
+
+	shtabentry = (PgStatShared_Relation *) entry_ref->shared_stats;
+	tabentry = &shtabentry->stats;
+
+	if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOVAC)
+	{
+		if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM)
+		{
+			tabentry->last_skipped_autovacuum_time = ts;
+			tabentry->skipped_autovacuum_count++;
+		}
+		if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE)
+		{
+			tabentry->last_skipped_autoanalyze_time = ts;
+			tabentry->skipped_autoanalyze_count++;
+		}
+	}
+	else
+	{
+		if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM)
+		{
+			tabentry->last_skipped_vacuum_time = ts;
+			tabentry->skipped_vacuum_count++;
+		}
+		if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE)
+		{
+			tabentry->last_skipped_analyze_time = ts;
+			tabentry->skipped_analyze_count++;
+		}
+	}
+
+	pgstat_unlock_entry(entry_ref);
+
+	/* see pgstat_report_vacuum() */
+	pgstat_flush_io(false);
+	(void) pgstat_flush_backend(false, PGSTAT_BACKEND_FLUSH_IO);
+}
+
 /*
  * count a tuple insertion of n tuples
  */
diff --git a/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c b/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c
index 9185a8e6b83..18aaa3996e1 100644
--- a/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c
+++ b/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c
@@ -84,6 +84,18 @@ PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(mod_since_analyze)
 /* pg_stat_get_numscans */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(numscans)
 
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_analyze_count)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_autoanalyze_count)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_autovacuum_count)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_vacuum_count)
+
 /* pg_stat_get_tuples_deleted */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(tuples_deleted)
 
@@ -170,6 +182,18 @@ PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_vacuum_time)
 /* pg_stat_get_lastscan */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(lastscan)
 
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_analyze_time)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_autoanalyze_time)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_autovacuum_time)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_vacuum_time)
+
 /* pg_stat_get_stat_reset_time */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(stat_reset_time)
 
diff --git a/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat b/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat
index 0118e970dda..ccfe3d9e02a 100644
--- a/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat
+++ b/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat
@@ -5667,6 +5667,38 @@
   proname => 'pg_stat_get_total_autoanalyze_time', provolatile => 's',
   proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'float8', proargtypes => 'oid',
   prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_total_autoanalyze_time' },
+{ oid => '8142', descr => 'statistics: last skipped vacuum time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time' },
+{ oid => '8143', descr => 'statistics: last skipped auto vacuum time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time' },
+{ oid => '8144', descr => 'statistics: last skipped analyze time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time' },
+{ oid => '8145', descr => 'statistics: last skipped auto analyze time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time' },
+{ oid => '8146', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped vacuum for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count' },
+{ oid => '8147', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped auto vacuum for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count' },
+{ oid => '8148', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped analyzes for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count' },
+{ oid => '8149', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped auto analyzes for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count' },
 { oid => '1936', descr => 'statistics: currently active backend IDs',
   proname => 'pg_stat_get_backend_idset', prorows => '100', proretset => 't',
   provolatile => 's', proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int4',
diff --git a/src/include/pgstat.h b/src/include/pgstat.h
index 8e3549c3752..343081a7a25 100644
--- a/src/include/pgstat.h
+++ b/src/include/pgstat.h
@@ -479,6 +479,15 @@ typedef struct PgStat_StatTabEntry
 	TimestampTz last_autoanalyze_time;	/* autovacuum initiated */
 	PgStat_Counter autoanalyze_count;
 
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_vacuum_time;	/* user initiated vacuum */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_vacuum_count;
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_autovacuum_time;	/* autovacuum initiated */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_autovacuum_count;
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_analyze_time;	/* user initiated */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_analyze_count;
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_autoanalyze_time;	/* autovacuum initiated */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_autoanalyze_count;
+
 	PgStat_Counter total_vacuum_time;	/* times in milliseconds */
 	PgStat_Counter total_autovacuum_time;
 	PgStat_Counter total_analyze_time;
@@ -707,6 +716,13 @@ extern void pgstat_report_analyze(Relation rel,
 								  PgStat_Counter livetuples, PgStat_Counter deadtuples,
 								  bool resetcounter, TimestampTz starttime);
 
+/* flags for pgstat_flush_backend() */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM	(1 << 0)	/* vacuum is skipped */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE	(1 << 1)	/* analyze is skipped */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOVAC	(1 << 2)	/* skipped during autovacuum/autoanalyze */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANY   (PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM | PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE)
+extern void pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(Oid relid, bits8 flags);
+
 /*
  * If stats are enabled, but pending data hasn't been prepared yet, call
  * pgstat_assoc_relation() to do so. See its comment for why this is done
diff --git a/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out b/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out
index 2b3cf6d8569..4ccfc43e903 100644
--- a/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out
+++ b/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out
@@ -1835,13 +1835,21 @@ pg_stat_all_tables| SELECT c.oid AS relid,
     pg_stat_get_mod_since_analyze(c.oid) AS n_mod_since_analyze,
     pg_stat_get_ins_since_vacuum(c.oid) AS n_ins_since_vacuum,
     pg_stat_get_last_vacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_vacuum,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_vacuum,
     pg_stat_get_last_autovacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_autovacuum,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_autovacuum,
     pg_stat_get_last_analyze_time(c.oid) AS last_analyze,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_analyze,
     pg_stat_get_last_autoanalyze_time(c.oid) AS last_autoanalyze,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_autoanalyze,
     pg_stat_get_vacuum_count(c.oid) AS vacuum_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count(c.oid) AS skipped_vacuum_count,
     pg_stat_get_autovacuum_count(c.oid) AS autovacuum_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count(c.oid) AS skipped_autovacuum_count,
     pg_stat_get_analyze_count(c.oid) AS analyze_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count(c.oid) AS skipped_analyze_count,
     pg_stat_get_autoanalyze_count(c.oid) AS autoanalyze_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count(c.oid) AS skipped_autoanalyze_count,
     pg_stat_get_total_vacuum_time(c.oid) AS total_vacuum_time,
     pg_stat_get_total_autovacuum_time(c.oid) AS total_autovacuum_time,
     pg_stat_get_total_analyze_time(c.oid) AS total_analyze_time,
@@ -2293,13 +2301,21 @@ pg_stat_sys_tables| SELECT relid,
     n_mod_since_analyze,
     n_ins_since_vacuum,
     last_vacuum,
+    last_skipped_vacuum,
     last_autovacuum,
+    last_skipped_autovacuum,
     last_analyze,
+    last_skipped_analyze,
     last_autoanalyze,
+    last_skipped_autoanalyze,
     vacuum_count,
+    skipped_vacuum_count,
     autovacuum_count,
+    skipped_autovacuum_count,
     analyze_count,
+    skipped_analyze_count,
     autoanalyze_count,
+    skipped_autoanalyze_count,
     total_vacuum_time,
     total_autovacuum_time,
     total_analyze_time,
@@ -2348,13 +2364,21 @@ pg_stat_user_tables| SELECT relid,
     n_mod_since_analyze,
     n_ins_since_vacuum,
     last_vacuum,
+    last_skipped_vacuum,
     last_autovacuum,
+    last_skipped_autovacuum,
     last_analyze,
+    last_skipped_analyze,
     last_autoanalyze,
+    last_skipped_autoanalyze,
     vacuum_count,
+    skipped_vacuum_count,
     autovacuum_count,
+    skipped_autovacuum_count,
     analyze_count,
+    skipped_analyze_count,
     autoanalyze_count,
+    skipped_autoanalyze_count,
     total_vacuum_time,
     total_autovacuum_time,
     total_analyze_time,
-- 
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* [PATCH v5] Track skipped vacuum and analyze activity per relation
@ 2026-03-24 04:09 Yugo Nagata <[email protected]>
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From: Yugo Nagata @ 2026-03-24 04:09 UTC (permalink / raw)

This commit adds eight fields to the relation statistics that track
the last time vacuum or analyze has been attempted but skipped due to
lock unavailability, along with their counts:

-    last_skipped_vacuum
-    last_skipped_autovacuum
-    last_skipped_analyze
-    last_skipped_autoanalyze
-    skipped_vacuum_count
-    skipped_autovacuum_count
-    skipped_analyze_count
-    skipped_autoanalyze_count

These field can help users confirm that autovacuum is actively attempting
to run on a table that has not been vacuumed or analyzed for a long time,
and that the lack of progress is due to repeated skips rather than inactivity.
---
 doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml                  |  88 ++++++
 src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql          |   8 +
 src/backend/commands/vacuum.c                 | 100 +++++--
 src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c  |  64 +++++
 src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c           |  24 ++
 src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat               |  32 +++
 src/include/pgstat.h                          |  16 ++
 .../isolation/expected/vacuum-skip-locked.out | 260 ++++++++++++++++--
 .../isolation/specs/vacuum-skip-locked.spec   |  41 +--
 src/test/regress/expected/rules.out           |  24 ++
 10 files changed, 601 insertions(+), 56 deletions(-)

diff --git a/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml b/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml
index 08d5b824552..a9b579d87a9 100644
--- a/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml
+++ b/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml
@@ -4387,6 +4387,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_vacuum</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time a manual vacuum on this table was attempted but skipped due to
+       lock unavailability (not counting <command>VACUUM FULL</command>)
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>last_autovacuum</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
@@ -4397,6 +4407,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_autovacuum</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time a vacuum on this table by the autovacuum daemon was attempted
+       but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>last_analyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
@@ -4406,6 +4426,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_analyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time a manual analyze on this table was attempted but skipped due to
+       lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>last_autoanalyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
@@ -4416,6 +4446,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_autoanalyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time at which an analyze on this table by the autovacuum was
+       attempted but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>vacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4426,6 +4466,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_vacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times manual vacuums on this table have been attempted but skipped
+       due to lock unavailability (not counting <command>VACUUM FULL</command>)
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>autovacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4436,6 +4486,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_autovacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times vacuums on this table by the autovacuum daemon have been
+       attempted but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>analyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4445,6 +4505,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_analyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times manual analyzes on this table have been attempted but
+       skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>autoanalyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4455,6 +4525,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_autoanalyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times analyzes on this table by the autovacuum daemon have
+       been attempted but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>total_vacuum_time</structfield> <type>double precision</type>
@@ -4510,6 +4590,14 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
    </tgroup>
   </table>
 
+  <note>
+   <para>
+    When a manual vacuum or analyze on a parent table in an inheritance or
+    partitioning hierarchy is skipped, the statistics are recorded only for
+    the parent table, not for its children.
+   </para>
+  </note>
+
  </sect2>
 
  <sect2 id="monitoring-pg-stat-autovacuum-scores-view">
diff --git a/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql b/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql
index 73a1c1c4670..f509fc7876b 100644
--- a/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql
+++ b/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql
@@ -736,13 +736,21 @@ CREATE VIEW pg_stat_all_tables AS
             pg_stat_get_mod_since_analyze(C.oid) AS n_mod_since_analyze,
             pg_stat_get_ins_since_vacuum(C.oid) AS n_ins_since_vacuum,
             pg_stat_get_last_vacuum_time(C.oid) as last_vacuum,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_vacuum,
             pg_stat_get_last_autovacuum_time(C.oid) as last_autovacuum,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_autovacuum,
             pg_stat_get_last_analyze_time(C.oid) as last_analyze,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_analyze,
             pg_stat_get_last_autoanalyze_time(C.oid) as last_autoanalyze,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_autoanalyze,
             pg_stat_get_vacuum_count(C.oid) AS vacuum_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count(C.oid) AS skipped_vacuum_count,
             pg_stat_get_autovacuum_count(C.oid) AS autovacuum_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count(C.oid) AS skipped_autovacuum_count,
             pg_stat_get_analyze_count(C.oid) AS analyze_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count(C.oid) AS skipped_analyze_count,
             pg_stat_get_autoanalyze_count(C.oid) AS autoanalyze_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count(C.oid) AS skipped_autoanalyze_count,
             pg_stat_get_total_vacuum_time(C.oid) AS total_vacuum_time,
             pg_stat_get_total_autovacuum_time(C.oid) AS total_autovacuum_time,
             pg_stat_get_total_analyze_time(C.oid) AS total_analyze_time,
diff --git a/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c b/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c
index 99d0db82ed7..df6526225e4 100644
--- a/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c
+++ b/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c
@@ -793,8 +793,25 @@ vacuum_open_relation(Oid relid, RangeVar *relation, uint32 options,
 		rel = try_relation_open(relid, NoLock);
 	else
 	{
+		int flags = 0;
 		rel = NULL;
 		rel_lock = false;
+
+		if ((options & VACOPT_VACUUM) != 0 && (options & VACOPT_FULL) == 0)
+		{
+			if (AmAutoVacuumWorkerProcess())
+				flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOVACUUM;
+			else
+				flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM;
+		}
+		if ((options & VACOPT_ANALYZE) != 0)
+		{
+			if (AmAutoVacuumWorkerProcess())
+				flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOANALYZE;
+			else
+				flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE;
+		}
+		pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(relid, flags);
 	}
 
 	/* if relation is opened, leave */
@@ -905,7 +922,6 @@ expand_vacuum_rel(VacuumRelation *vrel, MemoryContext vac_context,
 		Form_pg_class classForm;
 		bool		include_children;
 		bool		is_partitioned_table;
-		int			rvr_opts;
 
 		/*
 		 * Since autovacuum workers supply OIDs when calling vacuum(), no
@@ -918,29 +934,69 @@ expand_vacuum_rel(VacuumRelation *vrel, MemoryContext vac_context,
 		 * below, as well as find_all_inheritors's expectation that the caller
 		 * holds some lock on the starting relation.
 		 */
-		rvr_opts = (options & VACOPT_SKIP_LOCKED) ? RVR_SKIP_LOCKED : 0;
-		relid = RangeVarGetRelidExtended(vrel->relation,
-										 AccessShareLock,
-										 rvr_opts,
-										 NULL, NULL);
-
-		/*
-		 * If the lock is unavailable, emit the same log statement that
-		 * vacuum_rel() and analyze_rel() would.
-		 */
-		if (!OidIsValid(relid))
+		if (!(options & VACOPT_SKIP_LOCKED))
 		{
-			if (options & VACOPT_VACUUM)
-				ereport(WARNING,
-						(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
-						 errmsg("skipping vacuum of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
-								vrel->relation->relname)));
-			else
-				ereport(WARNING,
-						(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
-						 errmsg("skipping analyze of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
+			relid = RangeVarGetRelidExtended(vrel->relation,
+											 AccessShareLock,
+											 0, NULL, NULL);
+			if (!OidIsValid(relid))
+				return vacrels;
+		}
+		else
+		{
+			/* Get relid for reporting before taking a lock */
+			relid = RangeVarGetRelid(vrel->relation, NoLock, false);
+
+			if (!ConditionalLockRelationOid(relid, AccessShareLock))
+			{
+				int	flags = 0;
+				/*
+				 * If the lock is unavailable, emit the same log statement that
+				 * vacuum_rel() and analyze_rel() would.
+				 */
+				if (options & VACOPT_VACUUM)
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping vacuum of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
 								vrel->relation->relname)));
-			return vacrels;
+				else
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping analyze of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
+									vrel->relation->relname)));
+
+				if ((options & VACOPT_VACUUM) != 0 && (options & VACOPT_FULL) == 0)
+					flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM;
+				if ((options & VACOPT_ANALYZE) != 0)
+					flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE;
+
+				pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(relid, flags);
+
+				return vacrels;
+			}
+
+			/*
+			 * Now that we have the lock, probe to see if the relation really
+			 * exists or not.
+			 */
+			if (!SearchSysCacheExists1(RELOID, ObjectIdGetDatum(relid)))
+			{
+				if (options & VACOPT_VACUUM)
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_UNDEFINED_TABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping vacuum of \"%s\" --- relation no longer exists",
+									vrel->relation->relname)));
+				else
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_UNDEFINED_TABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping analyze of \"%s\" --- relation no longer exists",
+									vrel->relation->relname)));
+
+				/* Release useless lock */
+				UnlockRelationOid(relid, AccessShareLock);
+
+				return vacrels;
+			}
 		}
 
 		/*
diff --git a/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c b/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c
index b2ca28f83ba..532d9023f8c 100644
--- a/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c
+++ b/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c
@@ -17,12 +17,14 @@
 
 #include "postgres.h"
 
+#include "access/htup_details.h"
 #include "access/twophase_rmgr.h"
 #include "access/xact.h"
 #include "catalog/catalog.h"
 #include "utils/memutils.h"
 #include "utils/pgstat_internal.h"
 #include "utils/rel.h"
+#include "utils/syscache.h"
 #include "utils/timestamp.h"
 
 
@@ -367,6 +369,68 @@ pgstat_report_analyze(Relation rel,
 	(void) pgstat_flush_backend(false, PGSTAT_BACKEND_FLUSH_IO);
 }
 
+/*
+ * Report that the table was skipped during vacuum or/and analyze.
+ */
+void
+pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(Oid relid, int flags)
+{
+	PgStat_EntryRef *entry_ref;
+	PgStatShared_Relation *shtabentry;
+	PgStat_StatTabEntry *tabentry;
+	TimestampTz ts;
+	HeapTuple	classTup;
+	bool		isshared;
+
+	if (!pgstat_track_counts || !flags)
+		return;
+
+	classTup = SearchSysCache1(RELOID, ObjectIdGetDatum(relid));
+	if (!HeapTupleIsValid(classTup))
+		return;			/* somebody deleted the rel, forget it */
+	isshared = ((Form_pg_class) GETSTRUCT(classTup))->relisshared;
+	ReleaseSysCache(classTup);
+
+	/* Store the data in the table's hash table entry. */
+	ts = GetCurrentTimestamp();
+
+	/* block acquiring lock for the same reason as pgstat_report_autovac() */
+	entry_ref = pgstat_get_entry_ref_locked(PGSTAT_KIND_RELATION,
+											isshared ? InvalidOid : MyDatabaseId,
+											relid, false);
+
+	shtabentry = (PgStatShared_Relation *) entry_ref->shared_stats;
+	tabentry = &shtabentry->stats;
+
+	if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM)
+	{
+		tabentry->last_skipped_vacuum_time = ts;
+		tabentry->skipped_vacuum_count++;
+	}
+	else if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOVACUUM)
+	{
+		tabentry->last_skipped_autovacuum_time = ts;
+		tabentry->skipped_autovacuum_count++;
+	}
+
+	if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE)
+	{
+		tabentry->last_skipped_analyze_time = ts;
+		tabentry->skipped_analyze_count++;
+	}
+	else if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOANALYZE)
+	{
+		tabentry->last_skipped_autoanalyze_time = ts;
+		tabentry->skipped_autoanalyze_count++;
+	}
+
+	pgstat_unlock_entry(entry_ref);
+
+	/* see pgstat_report_vacuum() */
+	pgstat_flush_io(false);
+	(void) pgstat_flush_backend(false, PGSTAT_BACKEND_FLUSH_IO);
+}
+
 /*
  * count a tuple insertion of n tuples
  */
diff --git a/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c b/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c
index 1408de387ea..90a8968faa0 100644
--- a/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c
+++ b/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c
@@ -84,6 +84,18 @@ PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(mod_since_analyze)
 /* pg_stat_get_numscans */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(numscans)
 
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_analyze_count)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_autoanalyze_count)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_autovacuum_count)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_vacuum_count)
+
 /* pg_stat_get_tuples_deleted */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(tuples_deleted)
 
@@ -170,6 +182,18 @@ PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_vacuum_time)
 /* pg_stat_get_lastscan */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(lastscan)
 
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_analyze_time)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_autoanalyze_time)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_autovacuum_time)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_vacuum_time)
+
 /* pg_stat_get_stat_reset_time */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(stat_reset_time)
 
diff --git a/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat b/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat
index fa9ae79082b..32debb34863 100644
--- a/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat
+++ b/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat
@@ -5680,6 +5680,38 @@
   proargmodes => '{o,o,o,o,o,o,o,o,o,o}',
   proargnames => '{oid,score,xid_score,mxid_score,vacuum_score,vacuum_insert_score,analyze_score,do_vacuum,do_analyze,for_wraparound}',
   prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_autovacuum_scores' },
+{ oid => '8142', descr => 'statistics: last skipped vacuum time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time' },
+{ oid => '8143', descr => 'statistics: last skipped auto vacuum time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time' },
+{ oid => '8144', descr => 'statistics: last skipped analyze time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time' },
+{ oid => '8145', descr => 'statistics: last skipped auto analyze time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time' },
+{ oid => '8146', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped vacuum for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count' },
+{ oid => '8147', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped auto vacuum for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count' },
+{ oid => '8148', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped analyzes for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count' },
+{ oid => '8149', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped auto analyzes for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count' },
 { oid => '1936', descr => 'statistics: currently active backend IDs',
   proname => 'pg_stat_get_backend_idset', prorows => '100', proretset => 't',
   provolatile => 's', proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int4',
diff --git a/src/include/pgstat.h b/src/include/pgstat.h
index dfa2e837638..98941f953d1 100644
--- a/src/include/pgstat.h
+++ b/src/include/pgstat.h
@@ -479,6 +479,15 @@ typedef struct PgStat_StatTabEntry
 	TimestampTz last_autoanalyze_time;	/* autovacuum initiated */
 	PgStat_Counter autoanalyze_count;
 
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_vacuum_time;	/* user initiated vacuum */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_vacuum_count;
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_autovacuum_time;	/* autovacuum initiated */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_autovacuum_count;
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_analyze_time;	/* user initiated */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_analyze_count;
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_autoanalyze_time;	/* autovacuum initiated */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_autoanalyze_count;
+
 	PgStat_Counter total_vacuum_time;	/* times in milliseconds */
 	PgStat_Counter total_autovacuum_time;
 	PgStat_Counter total_analyze_time;
@@ -703,6 +712,13 @@ extern void pgstat_report_analyze(Relation rel,
 								  PgStat_Counter livetuples, PgStat_Counter deadtuples,
 								  bool resetcounter, TimestampTz starttime);
 
+/* flags for pgstat_flush_backend() */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM		(1 << 0)	/* vacuum is skipped */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE		(1 << 1)	/* analyze is skipped */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOVACUUM	(1 << 2)	/* autovacuum is skipped */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOANALYZE	(1 << 3)	/* autoanalyze is skipped */
+extern void pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(Oid relid, int flags);
+
 /*
  * If stats are enabled, but pending data hasn't been prepared yet, call
  * pgstat_assoc_relation() to do so. See its comment for why this is done
diff --git a/src/test/isolation/expected/vacuum-skip-locked.out b/src/test/isolation/expected/vacuum-skip-locked.out
index 99db281a159..e2cff175b7c 100644
--- a/src/test/isolation/expected/vacuum-skip-locked.out
+++ b/src/test/isolation/expected/vacuum-skip-locked.out
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 Parsed test spec with 2 sessions
 
-starting permutation: lock_share vac_specified commit
+starting permutation: lock_share vac_specified commit check_stat
 step lock_share: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN SHARE MODE;
@@ -10,8 +10,22 @@ step vac_specified: VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED) part1, part2;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
 
-starting permutation: lock_share vac_all_parts commit
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   1|            0|                    0
+part2  |           1|                   0|            0|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
+
+starting permutation: lock_share vac_all_parts commit check_stat
 step lock_share: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN SHARE MODE;
@@ -20,8 +34,22 @@ step vac_all_parts: VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED) parted;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   1|            0|                    0
+part2  |           1|                   0|            0|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
 
-starting permutation: lock_share analyze_specified commit
+starting permutation: lock_share analyze_specified commit check_stat
 step lock_share: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN SHARE MODE;
@@ -31,8 +59,22 @@ step analyze_specified: ANALYZE (SKIP_LOCKED) part1, part2;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
 
-starting permutation: lock_share analyze_all_parts commit
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   0|            0|                    1
+part2  |           0|                   0|            1|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
+
+starting permutation: lock_share analyze_all_parts commit check_stat
 step lock_share: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN SHARE MODE;
@@ -41,8 +83,22 @@ step analyze_all_parts: ANALYZE (SKIP_LOCKED) parted;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            1|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   0|            0|                    1
+part2  |           0|                   0|            1|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
 
-starting permutation: lock_share vac_analyze_specified commit
+starting permutation: lock_share vac_analyze_specified commit check_stat
 step lock_share: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN SHARE MODE;
@@ -52,8 +108,22 @@ step vac_analyze_specified: VACUUM (ANALYZE, SKIP_LOCKED) part1, part2;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
 
-starting permutation: lock_share vac_analyze_all_parts commit
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   1|            0|                    1
+part2  |           1|                   0|            1|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
+
+starting permutation: lock_share vac_analyze_all_parts commit check_stat
 step lock_share: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN SHARE MODE;
@@ -62,8 +132,22 @@ step vac_analyze_all_parts: VACUUM (ANALYZE, SKIP_LOCKED) parted;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            1|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   1|            0|                    1
+part2  |           1|                   0|            1|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
 
-starting permutation: lock_share vac_full_specified commit
+starting permutation: lock_share vac_full_specified commit check_stat
 step lock_share: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN SHARE MODE;
@@ -73,8 +157,22 @@ step vac_full_specified: VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED, FULL) part1, part2;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
 
-starting permutation: lock_share vac_full_all_parts commit
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part2  |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
+
+starting permutation: lock_share vac_full_all_parts commit check_stat
 step lock_share: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN SHARE MODE;
@@ -83,8 +181,22 @@ step vac_full_all_parts: VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED, FULL) parted;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part2  |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+(3 rows)
 
-starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_specified commit
+
+starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_specified commit check_stat
 step lock_access_exclusive: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN ACCESS EXCLUSIVE MODE;
@@ -94,8 +206,22 @@ step vac_specified: VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED) part1, part2;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   1|            0|                    0
+part2  |           1|                   0|            0|                    0
+(3 rows)
 
-starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_all_parts commit
+
+starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_all_parts commit check_stat
 step lock_access_exclusive: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN ACCESS EXCLUSIVE MODE;
@@ -104,8 +230,22 @@ step vac_all_parts: VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED) parted;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   1|            0|                    0
+part2  |           1|                   0|            0|                    0
+(3 rows)
 
-starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive analyze_specified commit
+
+starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive analyze_specified commit check_stat
 step lock_access_exclusive: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN ACCESS EXCLUSIVE MODE;
@@ -115,8 +255,22 @@ step analyze_specified: ANALYZE (SKIP_LOCKED) part1, part2;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   0|            0|                    1
+part2  |           0|                   0|            1|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
 
-starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive analyze_all_parts commit
+starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive analyze_all_parts commit check_stat
 step lock_access_exclusive: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN ACCESS EXCLUSIVE MODE;
@@ -126,8 +280,22 @@ step commit:
 	COMMIT;
 
 step analyze_all_parts: <... completed>
-
-starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_analyze_specified commit
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            1|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   0|            1|                    0
+part2  |           0|                   0|            1|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
+
+starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_analyze_specified commit check_stat
 step lock_access_exclusive: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN ACCESS EXCLUSIVE MODE;
@@ -137,8 +305,22 @@ step vac_analyze_specified: VACUUM (ANALYZE, SKIP_LOCKED) part1, part2;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   1|            0|                    1
+part2  |           1|                   0|            1|                    0
+(3 rows)
 
-starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_analyze_all_parts commit
+
+starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_analyze_all_parts commit check_stat
 step lock_access_exclusive: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN ACCESS EXCLUSIVE MODE;
@@ -148,8 +330,22 @@ step commit:
 	COMMIT;
 
 step vac_analyze_all_parts: <... completed>
-
-starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_full_specified commit
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            1|                    0
+part1  |           1|                   0|            1|                    0
+part2  |           1|                   0|            1|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
+
+starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_full_specified commit check_stat
 step lock_access_exclusive: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN ACCESS EXCLUSIVE MODE;
@@ -159,8 +355,22 @@ step vac_full_specified: VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED, FULL) part1, part2;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
 
-starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_full_all_parts commit
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part2  |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
+
+starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_full_all_parts commit check_stat
 step lock_access_exclusive: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN ACCESS EXCLUSIVE MODE;
@@ -169,3 +379,17 @@ step vac_full_all_parts: VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED, FULL) parted;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part2  |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
diff --git a/src/test/isolation/specs/vacuum-skip-locked.spec b/src/test/isolation/specs/vacuum-skip-locked.spec
index 3fad6e1c92a..b0da75d4b6d 100644
--- a/src/test/isolation/specs/vacuum-skip-locked.spec
+++ b/src/test/isolation/specs/vacuum-skip-locked.spec
@@ -33,6 +33,15 @@ step commit
 	COMMIT;
 }
 
+step check_stat
+{
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+}
+
 session s2
 step vac_specified			{ VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED) part1, part2; }
 step vac_all_parts			{ VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED) parted; }
@@ -43,19 +52,19 @@ step vac_analyze_all_parts	{ VACUUM (ANALYZE, SKIP_LOCKED) parted; }
 step vac_full_specified		{ VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED, FULL) part1, part2; }
 step vac_full_all_parts		{ VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED, FULL) parted; }
 
-permutation lock_share vac_specified commit
-permutation lock_share vac_all_parts commit
-permutation lock_share analyze_specified commit
-permutation lock_share analyze_all_parts commit
-permutation lock_share vac_analyze_specified commit
-permutation lock_share vac_analyze_all_parts commit
-permutation lock_share vac_full_specified commit
-permutation lock_share vac_full_all_parts commit
-permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_specified commit
-permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_all_parts commit
-permutation lock_access_exclusive analyze_specified commit
-permutation lock_access_exclusive analyze_all_parts commit
-permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_analyze_specified commit
-permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_analyze_all_parts commit
-permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_full_specified commit
-permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_full_all_parts commit
+permutation lock_share vac_specified commit check_stat
+permutation lock_share vac_all_parts commit check_stat
+permutation lock_share analyze_specified commit check_stat
+permutation lock_share analyze_all_parts commit check_stat
+permutation lock_share vac_analyze_specified commit check_stat
+permutation lock_share vac_analyze_all_parts commit check_stat
+permutation lock_share vac_full_specified commit check_stat
+permutation lock_share vac_full_all_parts commit check_stat
+permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_specified commit check_stat
+permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_all_parts commit check_stat
+permutation lock_access_exclusive analyze_specified commit check_stat
+permutation lock_access_exclusive analyze_all_parts commit check_stat
+permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_analyze_specified commit check_stat
+permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_analyze_all_parts commit check_stat
+permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_full_specified commit check_stat
+permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_full_all_parts commit check_stat
diff --git a/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out b/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out
index a65a5bf0c4f..9b2075d3373 100644
--- a/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out
+++ b/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out
@@ -1835,13 +1835,21 @@ pg_stat_all_tables| SELECT c.oid AS relid,
     pg_stat_get_mod_since_analyze(c.oid) AS n_mod_since_analyze,
     pg_stat_get_ins_since_vacuum(c.oid) AS n_ins_since_vacuum,
     pg_stat_get_last_vacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_vacuum,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_vacuum,
     pg_stat_get_last_autovacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_autovacuum,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_autovacuum,
     pg_stat_get_last_analyze_time(c.oid) AS last_analyze,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_analyze,
     pg_stat_get_last_autoanalyze_time(c.oid) AS last_autoanalyze,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_autoanalyze,
     pg_stat_get_vacuum_count(c.oid) AS vacuum_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count(c.oid) AS skipped_vacuum_count,
     pg_stat_get_autovacuum_count(c.oid) AS autovacuum_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count(c.oid) AS skipped_autovacuum_count,
     pg_stat_get_analyze_count(c.oid) AS analyze_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count(c.oid) AS skipped_analyze_count,
     pg_stat_get_autoanalyze_count(c.oid) AS autoanalyze_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count(c.oid) AS skipped_autoanalyze_count,
     pg_stat_get_total_vacuum_time(c.oid) AS total_vacuum_time,
     pg_stat_get_total_autovacuum_time(c.oid) AS total_autovacuum_time,
     pg_stat_get_total_analyze_time(c.oid) AS total_analyze_time,
@@ -2346,13 +2354,21 @@ pg_stat_sys_tables| SELECT relid,
     n_mod_since_analyze,
     n_ins_since_vacuum,
     last_vacuum,
+    last_skipped_vacuum,
     last_autovacuum,
+    last_skipped_autovacuum,
     last_analyze,
+    last_skipped_analyze,
     last_autoanalyze,
+    last_skipped_autoanalyze,
     vacuum_count,
+    skipped_vacuum_count,
     autovacuum_count,
+    skipped_autovacuum_count,
     analyze_count,
+    skipped_analyze_count,
     autoanalyze_count,
+    skipped_autoanalyze_count,
     total_vacuum_time,
     total_autovacuum_time,
     total_analyze_time,
@@ -2401,13 +2417,21 @@ pg_stat_user_tables| SELECT relid,
     n_mod_since_analyze,
     n_ins_since_vacuum,
     last_vacuum,
+    last_skipped_vacuum,
     last_autovacuum,
+    last_skipped_autovacuum,
     last_analyze,
+    last_skipped_analyze,
     last_autoanalyze,
+    last_skipped_autoanalyze,
     vacuum_count,
+    skipped_vacuum_count,
     autovacuum_count,
+    skipped_autovacuum_count,
     analyze_count,
+    skipped_analyze_count,
     autoanalyze_count,
+    skipped_autoanalyze_count,
     total_vacuum_time,
     total_autovacuum_time,
     total_analyze_time,
-- 
2.43.0


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* [PATCH v4] Track skipped vacuum and analyze activity per relation
@ 2026-03-24 04:09 Yugo Nagata <[email protected]>
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From: Yugo Nagata @ 2026-03-24 04:09 UTC (permalink / raw)

This commit adds eight fields to the relation statistics that track
the last time vacuum or analyze has been attempted but skipped due to
lock unavailability, along with their counts:

-    last_skipped_vacuum
-    last_skipped_autovacuum
-    last_skipped_analyze
-    last_skipped_autoanalyze
-    skipped_vacuum_count
-    skipped_autovacuum_count
-    skipped_analyze_count
-    skipped_autoanalyze_count

These field can help users confirm that autovacuum is actively attempting
to run on a table that has not been vacuumed or analyzed for a long time,
and that the lack of progress is due to repeated skips rather than inactivity.
---
 doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml                 |  88 ++++++++++++++++
 src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql         |   8 ++
 src/backend/commands/vacuum.c                | 102 ++++++++++++++-----
 src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c |  64 ++++++++++++
 src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c          |  24 +++++
 src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat              |  32 ++++++
 src/include/pgstat.h                         |  16 +++
 src/test/regress/expected/rules.out          |  24 +++++
 8 files changed, 335 insertions(+), 23 deletions(-)

diff --git a/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml b/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml
index 08d5b824552..a9b579d87a9 100644
--- a/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml
+++ b/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml
@@ -4387,6 +4387,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_vacuum</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time a manual vacuum on this table was attempted but skipped due to
+       lock unavailability (not counting <command>VACUUM FULL</command>)
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>last_autovacuum</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
@@ -4397,6 +4407,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_autovacuum</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time a vacuum on this table by the autovacuum daemon was attempted
+       but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>last_analyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
@@ -4406,6 +4426,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_analyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time a manual analyze on this table was attempted but skipped due to
+       lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>last_autoanalyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
@@ -4416,6 +4446,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_autoanalyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time at which an analyze on this table by the autovacuum was
+       attempted but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>vacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4426,6 +4466,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_vacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times manual vacuums on this table have been attempted but skipped
+       due to lock unavailability (not counting <command>VACUUM FULL</command>)
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>autovacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4436,6 +4486,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_autovacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times vacuums on this table by the autovacuum daemon have been
+       attempted but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>analyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4445,6 +4505,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_analyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times manual analyzes on this table have been attempted but
+       skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>autoanalyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4455,6 +4525,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_autoanalyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times analyzes on this table by the autovacuum daemon have
+       been attempted but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>total_vacuum_time</structfield> <type>double precision</type>
@@ -4510,6 +4590,14 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
    </tgroup>
   </table>
 
+  <note>
+   <para>
+    When a manual vacuum or analyze on a parent table in an inheritance or
+    partitioning hierarchy is skipped, the statistics are recorded only for
+    the parent table, not for its children.
+   </para>
+  </note>
+
  </sect2>
 
  <sect2 id="monitoring-pg-stat-autovacuum-scores-view">
diff --git a/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql b/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql
index 73a1c1c4670..f509fc7876b 100644
--- a/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql
+++ b/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql
@@ -736,13 +736,21 @@ CREATE VIEW pg_stat_all_tables AS
             pg_stat_get_mod_since_analyze(C.oid) AS n_mod_since_analyze,
             pg_stat_get_ins_since_vacuum(C.oid) AS n_ins_since_vacuum,
             pg_stat_get_last_vacuum_time(C.oid) as last_vacuum,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_vacuum,
             pg_stat_get_last_autovacuum_time(C.oid) as last_autovacuum,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_autovacuum,
             pg_stat_get_last_analyze_time(C.oid) as last_analyze,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_analyze,
             pg_stat_get_last_autoanalyze_time(C.oid) as last_autoanalyze,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_autoanalyze,
             pg_stat_get_vacuum_count(C.oid) AS vacuum_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count(C.oid) AS skipped_vacuum_count,
             pg_stat_get_autovacuum_count(C.oid) AS autovacuum_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count(C.oid) AS skipped_autovacuum_count,
             pg_stat_get_analyze_count(C.oid) AS analyze_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count(C.oid) AS skipped_analyze_count,
             pg_stat_get_autoanalyze_count(C.oid) AS autoanalyze_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count(C.oid) AS skipped_autoanalyze_count,
             pg_stat_get_total_vacuum_time(C.oid) AS total_vacuum_time,
             pg_stat_get_total_autovacuum_time(C.oid) AS total_autovacuum_time,
             pg_stat_get_total_analyze_time(C.oid) AS total_analyze_time,
diff --git a/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c b/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c
index 99d0db82ed7..97cd5ea8d10 100644
--- a/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c
+++ b/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c
@@ -793,8 +793,25 @@ vacuum_open_relation(Oid relid, RangeVar *relation, uint32 options,
 		rel = try_relation_open(relid, NoLock);
 	else
 	{
+		int flags = 0;
 		rel = NULL;
 		rel_lock = false;
+
+		if ((options & VACOPT_VACUUM) != 0)
+		{
+			if (AmAutoVacuumWorkerProcess())
+				flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOVACUUM;
+			else
+				flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM;
+		}
+		if ((options & VACOPT_ANALYZE) != 0)
+		{
+			if (AmAutoVacuumWorkerProcess())
+				flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOANALYZE;
+			else
+				flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE;
+		}
+		pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(relid, flags);
 	}
 
 	/* if relation is opened, leave */
@@ -802,7 +819,7 @@ vacuum_open_relation(Oid relid, RangeVar *relation, uint32 options,
 		return rel;
 
 	/*
-	 * Relation could not be opened, hence generate if possible a log
+	 * Relation could not be opened hence generate if possible a log
 	 * informing on the situation.
 	 *
 	 * If the RangeVar is not defined, we do not have enough information to
@@ -905,7 +922,6 @@ expand_vacuum_rel(VacuumRelation *vrel, MemoryContext vac_context,
 		Form_pg_class classForm;
 		bool		include_children;
 		bool		is_partitioned_table;
-		int			rvr_opts;
 
 		/*
 		 * Since autovacuum workers supply OIDs when calling vacuum(), no
@@ -918,29 +934,69 @@ expand_vacuum_rel(VacuumRelation *vrel, MemoryContext vac_context,
 		 * below, as well as find_all_inheritors's expectation that the caller
 		 * holds some lock on the starting relation.
 		 */
-		rvr_opts = (options & VACOPT_SKIP_LOCKED) ? RVR_SKIP_LOCKED : 0;
-		relid = RangeVarGetRelidExtended(vrel->relation,
-										 AccessShareLock,
-										 rvr_opts,
-										 NULL, NULL);
-
-		/*
-		 * If the lock is unavailable, emit the same log statement that
-		 * vacuum_rel() and analyze_rel() would.
-		 */
-		if (!OidIsValid(relid))
+		if (!(options & VACOPT_SKIP_LOCKED))
 		{
-			if (options & VACOPT_VACUUM)
-				ereport(WARNING,
-						(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
-						 errmsg("skipping vacuum of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
-								vrel->relation->relname)));
-			else
-				ereport(WARNING,
-						(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
-						 errmsg("skipping analyze of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
+			relid = RangeVarGetRelidExtended(vrel->relation,
+											 AccessShareLock,
+											 0, NULL, NULL);
+			if (!OidIsValid(relid))
+				return vacrels;
+		}
+		else
+		{
+			/* Get relid for reporting before taking a lock */
+			relid = RangeVarGetRelid(vrel->relation, NoLock, false);
+
+			if (!ConditionalLockRelationOid(relid, AccessShareLock))
+			{
+				int	flags = 0;
+				/*
+				 * If the lock is unavailable, emit the same log statement that
+				 * vacuum_rel() and analyze_rel() would.
+				 */
+				if (options & VACOPT_VACUUM)
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping vacuum of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
 								vrel->relation->relname)));
-			return vacrels;
+				else
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping analyze of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
+									vrel->relation->relname)));
+
+				if ((options & VACOPT_VACUUM) != 0)
+					flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM;
+				if ((options & VACOPT_ANALYZE) != 0)
+					flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE;
+
+				pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(relid, flags);
+
+				return vacrels;
+			}
+
+			/*
+			 * Now that we have the lock, probe to see if the relation really
+			 * exists or not.
+			 */
+			if (!SearchSysCacheExists1(RELOID, ObjectIdGetDatum(relid)))
+			{
+				if (options & VACOPT_VACUUM)
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_UNDEFINED_TABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping vacuum of \"%s\" --- relation no longer exists",
+									vrel->relation->relname)));
+				else
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_UNDEFINED_TABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping analyze of \"%s\" --- relation no longer exists",
+									vrel->relation->relname)));
+
+				/* Release useless lock */
+				UnlockRelationOid(relid, AccessShareLock);
+
+				return vacrels;
+			}
 		}
 
 		/*
diff --git a/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c b/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c
index b2ca28f83ba..532d9023f8c 100644
--- a/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c
+++ b/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c
@@ -17,12 +17,14 @@
 
 #include "postgres.h"
 
+#include "access/htup_details.h"
 #include "access/twophase_rmgr.h"
 #include "access/xact.h"
 #include "catalog/catalog.h"
 #include "utils/memutils.h"
 #include "utils/pgstat_internal.h"
 #include "utils/rel.h"
+#include "utils/syscache.h"
 #include "utils/timestamp.h"
 
 
@@ -367,6 +369,68 @@ pgstat_report_analyze(Relation rel,
 	(void) pgstat_flush_backend(false, PGSTAT_BACKEND_FLUSH_IO);
 }
 
+/*
+ * Report that the table was skipped during vacuum or/and analyze.
+ */
+void
+pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(Oid relid, int flags)
+{
+	PgStat_EntryRef *entry_ref;
+	PgStatShared_Relation *shtabentry;
+	PgStat_StatTabEntry *tabentry;
+	TimestampTz ts;
+	HeapTuple	classTup;
+	bool		isshared;
+
+	if (!pgstat_track_counts || !flags)
+		return;
+
+	classTup = SearchSysCache1(RELOID, ObjectIdGetDatum(relid));
+	if (!HeapTupleIsValid(classTup))
+		return;			/* somebody deleted the rel, forget it */
+	isshared = ((Form_pg_class) GETSTRUCT(classTup))->relisshared;
+	ReleaseSysCache(classTup);
+
+	/* Store the data in the table's hash table entry. */
+	ts = GetCurrentTimestamp();
+
+	/* block acquiring lock for the same reason as pgstat_report_autovac() */
+	entry_ref = pgstat_get_entry_ref_locked(PGSTAT_KIND_RELATION,
+											isshared ? InvalidOid : MyDatabaseId,
+											relid, false);
+
+	shtabentry = (PgStatShared_Relation *) entry_ref->shared_stats;
+	tabentry = &shtabentry->stats;
+
+	if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM)
+	{
+		tabentry->last_skipped_vacuum_time = ts;
+		tabentry->skipped_vacuum_count++;
+	}
+	else if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOVACUUM)
+	{
+		tabentry->last_skipped_autovacuum_time = ts;
+		tabentry->skipped_autovacuum_count++;
+	}
+
+	if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE)
+	{
+		tabentry->last_skipped_analyze_time = ts;
+		tabentry->skipped_analyze_count++;
+	}
+	else if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOANALYZE)
+	{
+		tabentry->last_skipped_autoanalyze_time = ts;
+		tabentry->skipped_autoanalyze_count++;
+	}
+
+	pgstat_unlock_entry(entry_ref);
+
+	/* see pgstat_report_vacuum() */
+	pgstat_flush_io(false);
+	(void) pgstat_flush_backend(false, PGSTAT_BACKEND_FLUSH_IO);
+}
+
 /*
  * count a tuple insertion of n tuples
  */
diff --git a/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c b/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c
index 1408de387ea..90a8968faa0 100644
--- a/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c
+++ b/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c
@@ -84,6 +84,18 @@ PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(mod_since_analyze)
 /* pg_stat_get_numscans */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(numscans)
 
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_analyze_count)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_autoanalyze_count)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_autovacuum_count)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_vacuum_count)
+
 /* pg_stat_get_tuples_deleted */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(tuples_deleted)
 
@@ -170,6 +182,18 @@ PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_vacuum_time)
 /* pg_stat_get_lastscan */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(lastscan)
 
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_analyze_time)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_autoanalyze_time)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_autovacuum_time)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_vacuum_time)
+
 /* pg_stat_get_stat_reset_time */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(stat_reset_time)
 
diff --git a/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat b/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat
index fa9ae79082b..32debb34863 100644
--- a/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat
+++ b/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat
@@ -5680,6 +5680,38 @@
   proargmodes => '{o,o,o,o,o,o,o,o,o,o}',
   proargnames => '{oid,score,xid_score,mxid_score,vacuum_score,vacuum_insert_score,analyze_score,do_vacuum,do_analyze,for_wraparound}',
   prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_autovacuum_scores' },
+{ oid => '8142', descr => 'statistics: last skipped vacuum time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time' },
+{ oid => '8143', descr => 'statistics: last skipped auto vacuum time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time' },
+{ oid => '8144', descr => 'statistics: last skipped analyze time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time' },
+{ oid => '8145', descr => 'statistics: last skipped auto analyze time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time' },
+{ oid => '8146', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped vacuum for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count' },
+{ oid => '8147', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped auto vacuum for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count' },
+{ oid => '8148', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped analyzes for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count' },
+{ oid => '8149', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped auto analyzes for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count' },
 { oid => '1936', descr => 'statistics: currently active backend IDs',
   proname => 'pg_stat_get_backend_idset', prorows => '100', proretset => 't',
   provolatile => 's', proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int4',
diff --git a/src/include/pgstat.h b/src/include/pgstat.h
index dfa2e837638..98941f953d1 100644
--- a/src/include/pgstat.h
+++ b/src/include/pgstat.h
@@ -479,6 +479,15 @@ typedef struct PgStat_StatTabEntry
 	TimestampTz last_autoanalyze_time;	/* autovacuum initiated */
 	PgStat_Counter autoanalyze_count;
 
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_vacuum_time;	/* user initiated vacuum */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_vacuum_count;
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_autovacuum_time;	/* autovacuum initiated */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_autovacuum_count;
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_analyze_time;	/* user initiated */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_analyze_count;
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_autoanalyze_time;	/* autovacuum initiated */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_autoanalyze_count;
+
 	PgStat_Counter total_vacuum_time;	/* times in milliseconds */
 	PgStat_Counter total_autovacuum_time;
 	PgStat_Counter total_analyze_time;
@@ -703,6 +712,13 @@ extern void pgstat_report_analyze(Relation rel,
 								  PgStat_Counter livetuples, PgStat_Counter deadtuples,
 								  bool resetcounter, TimestampTz starttime);
 
+/* flags for pgstat_flush_backend() */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM		(1 << 0)	/* vacuum is skipped */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE		(1 << 1)	/* analyze is skipped */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOVACUUM	(1 << 2)	/* autovacuum is skipped */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOANALYZE	(1 << 3)	/* autoanalyze is skipped */
+extern void pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(Oid relid, int flags);
+
 /*
  * If stats are enabled, but pending data hasn't been prepared yet, call
  * pgstat_assoc_relation() to do so. See its comment for why this is done
diff --git a/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out b/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out
index a65a5bf0c4f..9b2075d3373 100644
--- a/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out
+++ b/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out
@@ -1835,13 +1835,21 @@ pg_stat_all_tables| SELECT c.oid AS relid,
     pg_stat_get_mod_since_analyze(c.oid) AS n_mod_since_analyze,
     pg_stat_get_ins_since_vacuum(c.oid) AS n_ins_since_vacuum,
     pg_stat_get_last_vacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_vacuum,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_vacuum,
     pg_stat_get_last_autovacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_autovacuum,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_autovacuum,
     pg_stat_get_last_analyze_time(c.oid) AS last_analyze,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_analyze,
     pg_stat_get_last_autoanalyze_time(c.oid) AS last_autoanalyze,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_autoanalyze,
     pg_stat_get_vacuum_count(c.oid) AS vacuum_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count(c.oid) AS skipped_vacuum_count,
     pg_stat_get_autovacuum_count(c.oid) AS autovacuum_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count(c.oid) AS skipped_autovacuum_count,
     pg_stat_get_analyze_count(c.oid) AS analyze_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count(c.oid) AS skipped_analyze_count,
     pg_stat_get_autoanalyze_count(c.oid) AS autoanalyze_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count(c.oid) AS skipped_autoanalyze_count,
     pg_stat_get_total_vacuum_time(c.oid) AS total_vacuum_time,
     pg_stat_get_total_autovacuum_time(c.oid) AS total_autovacuum_time,
     pg_stat_get_total_analyze_time(c.oid) AS total_analyze_time,
@@ -2346,13 +2354,21 @@ pg_stat_sys_tables| SELECT relid,
     n_mod_since_analyze,
     n_ins_since_vacuum,
     last_vacuum,
+    last_skipped_vacuum,
     last_autovacuum,
+    last_skipped_autovacuum,
     last_analyze,
+    last_skipped_analyze,
     last_autoanalyze,
+    last_skipped_autoanalyze,
     vacuum_count,
+    skipped_vacuum_count,
     autovacuum_count,
+    skipped_autovacuum_count,
     analyze_count,
+    skipped_analyze_count,
     autoanalyze_count,
+    skipped_autoanalyze_count,
     total_vacuum_time,
     total_autovacuum_time,
     total_analyze_time,
@@ -2401,13 +2417,21 @@ pg_stat_user_tables| SELECT relid,
     n_mod_since_analyze,
     n_ins_since_vacuum,
     last_vacuum,
+    last_skipped_vacuum,
     last_autovacuum,
+    last_skipped_autovacuum,
     last_analyze,
+    last_skipped_analyze,
     last_autoanalyze,
+    last_skipped_autoanalyze,
     vacuum_count,
+    skipped_vacuum_count,
     autovacuum_count,
+    skipped_autovacuum_count,
     analyze_count,
+    skipped_analyze_count,
     autoanalyze_count,
+    skipped_autoanalyze_count,
     total_vacuum_time,
     total_autovacuum_time,
     total_analyze_time,
-- 
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* [PATCH v4] Track skipped vacuum and analyze activity per relation
@ 2026-03-24 04:09 Yugo Nagata <[email protected]>
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From: Yugo Nagata @ 2026-03-24 04:09 UTC (permalink / raw)

This commit adds eight fields to the relation statistics that track
the last time vacuum or analyze has been attempted but skipped due to
lock unavailability, along with their counts:

-    last_skipped_vacuum
-    last_skipped_autovacuum
-    last_skipped_analyze
-    last_skipped_autoanalyze
-    skipped_vacuum_count
-    skipped_autovacuum_count
-    skipped_analyze_count
-    skipped_autoanalyze_count

These field can help users confirm that autovacuum is actively attempting
to run on a table that has not been vacuumed or analyzed for a long time,
and that the lack of progress is due to repeated skips rather than inactivity.
---
 doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml                 |  88 ++++++++++++++++
 src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql         |   8 ++
 src/backend/commands/vacuum.c                | 102 ++++++++++++++-----
 src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c |  64 ++++++++++++
 src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c          |  24 +++++
 src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat              |  32 ++++++
 src/include/pgstat.h                         |  16 +++
 src/test/regress/expected/rules.out          |  24 +++++
 8 files changed, 335 insertions(+), 23 deletions(-)

diff --git a/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml b/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml
index 08d5b824552..a9b579d87a9 100644
--- a/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml
+++ b/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml
@@ -4387,6 +4387,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_vacuum</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time a manual vacuum on this table was attempted but skipped due to
+       lock unavailability (not counting <command>VACUUM FULL</command>)
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>last_autovacuum</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
@@ -4397,6 +4407,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_autovacuum</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time a vacuum on this table by the autovacuum daemon was attempted
+       but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>last_analyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
@@ -4406,6 +4426,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_analyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time a manual analyze on this table was attempted but skipped due to
+       lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>last_autoanalyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
@@ -4416,6 +4446,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_autoanalyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time at which an analyze on this table by the autovacuum was
+       attempted but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>vacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4426,6 +4466,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_vacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times manual vacuums on this table have been attempted but skipped
+       due to lock unavailability (not counting <command>VACUUM FULL</command>)
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>autovacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4436,6 +4486,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_autovacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times vacuums on this table by the autovacuum daemon have been
+       attempted but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>analyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4445,6 +4505,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_analyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times manual analyzes on this table have been attempted but
+       skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>autoanalyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4455,6 +4525,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_autoanalyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times analyzes on this table by the autovacuum daemon have
+       been attempted but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>total_vacuum_time</structfield> <type>double precision</type>
@@ -4510,6 +4590,14 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
    </tgroup>
   </table>
 
+  <note>
+   <para>
+    When a manual vacuum or analyze on a parent table in an inheritance or
+    partitioning hierarchy is skipped, the statistics are recorded only for
+    the parent table, not for its children.
+   </para>
+  </note>
+
  </sect2>
 
  <sect2 id="monitoring-pg-stat-autovacuum-scores-view">
diff --git a/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql b/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql
index 73a1c1c4670..f509fc7876b 100644
--- a/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql
+++ b/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql
@@ -736,13 +736,21 @@ CREATE VIEW pg_stat_all_tables AS
             pg_stat_get_mod_since_analyze(C.oid) AS n_mod_since_analyze,
             pg_stat_get_ins_since_vacuum(C.oid) AS n_ins_since_vacuum,
             pg_stat_get_last_vacuum_time(C.oid) as last_vacuum,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_vacuum,
             pg_stat_get_last_autovacuum_time(C.oid) as last_autovacuum,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_autovacuum,
             pg_stat_get_last_analyze_time(C.oid) as last_analyze,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_analyze,
             pg_stat_get_last_autoanalyze_time(C.oid) as last_autoanalyze,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_autoanalyze,
             pg_stat_get_vacuum_count(C.oid) AS vacuum_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count(C.oid) AS skipped_vacuum_count,
             pg_stat_get_autovacuum_count(C.oid) AS autovacuum_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count(C.oid) AS skipped_autovacuum_count,
             pg_stat_get_analyze_count(C.oid) AS analyze_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count(C.oid) AS skipped_analyze_count,
             pg_stat_get_autoanalyze_count(C.oid) AS autoanalyze_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count(C.oid) AS skipped_autoanalyze_count,
             pg_stat_get_total_vacuum_time(C.oid) AS total_vacuum_time,
             pg_stat_get_total_autovacuum_time(C.oid) AS total_autovacuum_time,
             pg_stat_get_total_analyze_time(C.oid) AS total_analyze_time,
diff --git a/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c b/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c
index 99d0db82ed7..97cd5ea8d10 100644
--- a/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c
+++ b/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c
@@ -793,8 +793,25 @@ vacuum_open_relation(Oid relid, RangeVar *relation, uint32 options,
 		rel = try_relation_open(relid, NoLock);
 	else
 	{
+		int flags = 0;
 		rel = NULL;
 		rel_lock = false;
+
+		if ((options & VACOPT_VACUUM) != 0)
+		{
+			if (AmAutoVacuumWorkerProcess())
+				flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOVACUUM;
+			else
+				flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM;
+		}
+		if ((options & VACOPT_ANALYZE) != 0)
+		{
+			if (AmAutoVacuumWorkerProcess())
+				flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOANALYZE;
+			else
+				flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE;
+		}
+		pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(relid, flags);
 	}
 
 	/* if relation is opened, leave */
@@ -802,7 +819,7 @@ vacuum_open_relation(Oid relid, RangeVar *relation, uint32 options,
 		return rel;
 
 	/*
-	 * Relation could not be opened, hence generate if possible a log
+	 * Relation could not be opened hence generate if possible a log
 	 * informing on the situation.
 	 *
 	 * If the RangeVar is not defined, we do not have enough information to
@@ -905,7 +922,6 @@ expand_vacuum_rel(VacuumRelation *vrel, MemoryContext vac_context,
 		Form_pg_class classForm;
 		bool		include_children;
 		bool		is_partitioned_table;
-		int			rvr_opts;
 
 		/*
 		 * Since autovacuum workers supply OIDs when calling vacuum(), no
@@ -918,29 +934,69 @@ expand_vacuum_rel(VacuumRelation *vrel, MemoryContext vac_context,
 		 * below, as well as find_all_inheritors's expectation that the caller
 		 * holds some lock on the starting relation.
 		 */
-		rvr_opts = (options & VACOPT_SKIP_LOCKED) ? RVR_SKIP_LOCKED : 0;
-		relid = RangeVarGetRelidExtended(vrel->relation,
-										 AccessShareLock,
-										 rvr_opts,
-										 NULL, NULL);
-
-		/*
-		 * If the lock is unavailable, emit the same log statement that
-		 * vacuum_rel() and analyze_rel() would.
-		 */
-		if (!OidIsValid(relid))
+		if (!(options & VACOPT_SKIP_LOCKED))
 		{
-			if (options & VACOPT_VACUUM)
-				ereport(WARNING,
-						(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
-						 errmsg("skipping vacuum of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
-								vrel->relation->relname)));
-			else
-				ereport(WARNING,
-						(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
-						 errmsg("skipping analyze of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
+			relid = RangeVarGetRelidExtended(vrel->relation,
+											 AccessShareLock,
+											 0, NULL, NULL);
+			if (!OidIsValid(relid))
+				return vacrels;
+		}
+		else
+		{
+			/* Get relid for reporting before taking a lock */
+			relid = RangeVarGetRelid(vrel->relation, NoLock, false);
+
+			if (!ConditionalLockRelationOid(relid, AccessShareLock))
+			{
+				int	flags = 0;
+				/*
+				 * If the lock is unavailable, emit the same log statement that
+				 * vacuum_rel() and analyze_rel() would.
+				 */
+				if (options & VACOPT_VACUUM)
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping vacuum of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
 								vrel->relation->relname)));
-			return vacrels;
+				else
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping analyze of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
+									vrel->relation->relname)));
+
+				if ((options & VACOPT_VACUUM) != 0)
+					flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM;
+				if ((options & VACOPT_ANALYZE) != 0)
+					flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE;
+
+				pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(relid, flags);
+
+				return vacrels;
+			}
+
+			/*
+			 * Now that we have the lock, probe to see if the relation really
+			 * exists or not.
+			 */
+			if (!SearchSysCacheExists1(RELOID, ObjectIdGetDatum(relid)))
+			{
+				if (options & VACOPT_VACUUM)
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_UNDEFINED_TABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping vacuum of \"%s\" --- relation no longer exists",
+									vrel->relation->relname)));
+				else
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_UNDEFINED_TABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping analyze of \"%s\" --- relation no longer exists",
+									vrel->relation->relname)));
+
+				/* Release useless lock */
+				UnlockRelationOid(relid, AccessShareLock);
+
+				return vacrels;
+			}
 		}
 
 		/*
diff --git a/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c b/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c
index b2ca28f83ba..532d9023f8c 100644
--- a/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c
+++ b/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c
@@ -17,12 +17,14 @@
 
 #include "postgres.h"
 
+#include "access/htup_details.h"
 #include "access/twophase_rmgr.h"
 #include "access/xact.h"
 #include "catalog/catalog.h"
 #include "utils/memutils.h"
 #include "utils/pgstat_internal.h"
 #include "utils/rel.h"
+#include "utils/syscache.h"
 #include "utils/timestamp.h"
 
 
@@ -367,6 +369,68 @@ pgstat_report_analyze(Relation rel,
 	(void) pgstat_flush_backend(false, PGSTAT_BACKEND_FLUSH_IO);
 }
 
+/*
+ * Report that the table was skipped during vacuum or/and analyze.
+ */
+void
+pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(Oid relid, int flags)
+{
+	PgStat_EntryRef *entry_ref;
+	PgStatShared_Relation *shtabentry;
+	PgStat_StatTabEntry *tabentry;
+	TimestampTz ts;
+	HeapTuple	classTup;
+	bool		isshared;
+
+	if (!pgstat_track_counts || !flags)
+		return;
+
+	classTup = SearchSysCache1(RELOID, ObjectIdGetDatum(relid));
+	if (!HeapTupleIsValid(classTup))
+		return;			/* somebody deleted the rel, forget it */
+	isshared = ((Form_pg_class) GETSTRUCT(classTup))->relisshared;
+	ReleaseSysCache(classTup);
+
+	/* Store the data in the table's hash table entry. */
+	ts = GetCurrentTimestamp();
+
+	/* block acquiring lock for the same reason as pgstat_report_autovac() */
+	entry_ref = pgstat_get_entry_ref_locked(PGSTAT_KIND_RELATION,
+											isshared ? InvalidOid : MyDatabaseId,
+											relid, false);
+
+	shtabentry = (PgStatShared_Relation *) entry_ref->shared_stats;
+	tabentry = &shtabentry->stats;
+
+	if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM)
+	{
+		tabentry->last_skipped_vacuum_time = ts;
+		tabentry->skipped_vacuum_count++;
+	}
+	else if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOVACUUM)
+	{
+		tabentry->last_skipped_autovacuum_time = ts;
+		tabentry->skipped_autovacuum_count++;
+	}
+
+	if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE)
+	{
+		tabentry->last_skipped_analyze_time = ts;
+		tabentry->skipped_analyze_count++;
+	}
+	else if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOANALYZE)
+	{
+		tabentry->last_skipped_autoanalyze_time = ts;
+		tabentry->skipped_autoanalyze_count++;
+	}
+
+	pgstat_unlock_entry(entry_ref);
+
+	/* see pgstat_report_vacuum() */
+	pgstat_flush_io(false);
+	(void) pgstat_flush_backend(false, PGSTAT_BACKEND_FLUSH_IO);
+}
+
 /*
  * count a tuple insertion of n tuples
  */
diff --git a/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c b/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c
index 1408de387ea..90a8968faa0 100644
--- a/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c
+++ b/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c
@@ -84,6 +84,18 @@ PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(mod_since_analyze)
 /* pg_stat_get_numscans */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(numscans)
 
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_analyze_count)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_autoanalyze_count)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_autovacuum_count)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_vacuum_count)
+
 /* pg_stat_get_tuples_deleted */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(tuples_deleted)
 
@@ -170,6 +182,18 @@ PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_vacuum_time)
 /* pg_stat_get_lastscan */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(lastscan)
 
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_analyze_time)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_autoanalyze_time)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_autovacuum_time)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_vacuum_time)
+
 /* pg_stat_get_stat_reset_time */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(stat_reset_time)
 
diff --git a/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat b/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat
index fa9ae79082b..32debb34863 100644
--- a/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat
+++ b/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat
@@ -5680,6 +5680,38 @@
   proargmodes => '{o,o,o,o,o,o,o,o,o,o}',
   proargnames => '{oid,score,xid_score,mxid_score,vacuum_score,vacuum_insert_score,analyze_score,do_vacuum,do_analyze,for_wraparound}',
   prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_autovacuum_scores' },
+{ oid => '8142', descr => 'statistics: last skipped vacuum time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time' },
+{ oid => '8143', descr => 'statistics: last skipped auto vacuum time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time' },
+{ oid => '8144', descr => 'statistics: last skipped analyze time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time' },
+{ oid => '8145', descr => 'statistics: last skipped auto analyze time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time' },
+{ oid => '8146', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped vacuum for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count' },
+{ oid => '8147', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped auto vacuum for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count' },
+{ oid => '8148', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped analyzes for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count' },
+{ oid => '8149', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped auto analyzes for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count' },
 { oid => '1936', descr => 'statistics: currently active backend IDs',
   proname => 'pg_stat_get_backend_idset', prorows => '100', proretset => 't',
   provolatile => 's', proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int4',
diff --git a/src/include/pgstat.h b/src/include/pgstat.h
index dfa2e837638..98941f953d1 100644
--- a/src/include/pgstat.h
+++ b/src/include/pgstat.h
@@ -479,6 +479,15 @@ typedef struct PgStat_StatTabEntry
 	TimestampTz last_autoanalyze_time;	/* autovacuum initiated */
 	PgStat_Counter autoanalyze_count;
 
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_vacuum_time;	/* user initiated vacuum */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_vacuum_count;
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_autovacuum_time;	/* autovacuum initiated */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_autovacuum_count;
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_analyze_time;	/* user initiated */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_analyze_count;
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_autoanalyze_time;	/* autovacuum initiated */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_autoanalyze_count;
+
 	PgStat_Counter total_vacuum_time;	/* times in milliseconds */
 	PgStat_Counter total_autovacuum_time;
 	PgStat_Counter total_analyze_time;
@@ -703,6 +712,13 @@ extern void pgstat_report_analyze(Relation rel,
 								  PgStat_Counter livetuples, PgStat_Counter deadtuples,
 								  bool resetcounter, TimestampTz starttime);
 
+/* flags for pgstat_flush_backend() */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM		(1 << 0)	/* vacuum is skipped */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE		(1 << 1)	/* analyze is skipped */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOVACUUM	(1 << 2)	/* autovacuum is skipped */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOANALYZE	(1 << 3)	/* autoanalyze is skipped */
+extern void pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(Oid relid, int flags);
+
 /*
  * If stats are enabled, but pending data hasn't been prepared yet, call
  * pgstat_assoc_relation() to do so. See its comment for why this is done
diff --git a/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out b/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out
index a65a5bf0c4f..9b2075d3373 100644
--- a/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out
+++ b/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out
@@ -1835,13 +1835,21 @@ pg_stat_all_tables| SELECT c.oid AS relid,
     pg_stat_get_mod_since_analyze(c.oid) AS n_mod_since_analyze,
     pg_stat_get_ins_since_vacuum(c.oid) AS n_ins_since_vacuum,
     pg_stat_get_last_vacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_vacuum,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_vacuum,
     pg_stat_get_last_autovacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_autovacuum,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_autovacuum,
     pg_stat_get_last_analyze_time(c.oid) AS last_analyze,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_analyze,
     pg_stat_get_last_autoanalyze_time(c.oid) AS last_autoanalyze,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_autoanalyze,
     pg_stat_get_vacuum_count(c.oid) AS vacuum_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count(c.oid) AS skipped_vacuum_count,
     pg_stat_get_autovacuum_count(c.oid) AS autovacuum_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count(c.oid) AS skipped_autovacuum_count,
     pg_stat_get_analyze_count(c.oid) AS analyze_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count(c.oid) AS skipped_analyze_count,
     pg_stat_get_autoanalyze_count(c.oid) AS autoanalyze_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count(c.oid) AS skipped_autoanalyze_count,
     pg_stat_get_total_vacuum_time(c.oid) AS total_vacuum_time,
     pg_stat_get_total_autovacuum_time(c.oid) AS total_autovacuum_time,
     pg_stat_get_total_analyze_time(c.oid) AS total_analyze_time,
@@ -2346,13 +2354,21 @@ pg_stat_sys_tables| SELECT relid,
     n_mod_since_analyze,
     n_ins_since_vacuum,
     last_vacuum,
+    last_skipped_vacuum,
     last_autovacuum,
+    last_skipped_autovacuum,
     last_analyze,
+    last_skipped_analyze,
     last_autoanalyze,
+    last_skipped_autoanalyze,
     vacuum_count,
+    skipped_vacuum_count,
     autovacuum_count,
+    skipped_autovacuum_count,
     analyze_count,
+    skipped_analyze_count,
     autoanalyze_count,
+    skipped_autoanalyze_count,
     total_vacuum_time,
     total_autovacuum_time,
     total_analyze_time,
@@ -2401,13 +2417,21 @@ pg_stat_user_tables| SELECT relid,
     n_mod_since_analyze,
     n_ins_since_vacuum,
     last_vacuum,
+    last_skipped_vacuum,
     last_autovacuum,
+    last_skipped_autovacuum,
     last_analyze,
+    last_skipped_analyze,
     last_autoanalyze,
+    last_skipped_autoanalyze,
     vacuum_count,
+    skipped_vacuum_count,
     autovacuum_count,
+    skipped_autovacuum_count,
     analyze_count,
+    skipped_analyze_count,
     autoanalyze_count,
+    skipped_autoanalyze_count,
     total_vacuum_time,
     total_autovacuum_time,
     total_analyze_time,
-- 
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* [PATCH v3] Track skipped vacuum and analyze activity per relation
@ 2026-03-24 04:09 Yugo Nagata <[email protected]>
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From: Yugo Nagata @ 2026-03-24 04:09 UTC (permalink / raw)

This commit adds eight fields to the relation statistics that track
the last time vacuum or analyze has been attempted but skipped due to
lock unavailability, along with their counts:

-    last_skipped_vacuum
-    last_skipped_autovacuum
-    last_skipped_analyze
-    last_skipped_autoanalyze
-    skipped_vacuum_count
-    skipped_autovacuum_count
-    skipped_analyze_count
-    skipped_autoanalyze_count

These field can help users confirm that autovacuum is actively attempting
to run on a table that has not been vacuumed or analyzed for a long time,
and that the lack of progress is due to repeated skips rather than inactivity.
---
 doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml                 | 80 +++++++++++++++++
 src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql         |  8 ++
 src/backend/commands/vacuum.c                | 95 +++++++++++++++-----
 src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c | 68 ++++++++++++++
 src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c          | 24 +++++
 src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat              | 32 +++++++
 src/include/pgstat.h                         | 16 ++++
 src/test/regress/expected/rules.out          | 24 +++++
 8 files changed, 324 insertions(+), 23 deletions(-)

diff --git a/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml b/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml
index bb75ed1069b..9ec8070b2fc 100644
--- a/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml
+++ b/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml
@@ -4372,6 +4372,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_vacuum</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time a manual vacuum on this table was attempted but skipped due to
+       lock unavailability (not counting <command>VACUUM FULL</command>)
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>last_autovacuum</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
@@ -4382,6 +4392,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_autovacuum</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time a vacuum on this table by the autovacuum daemon was attempted
+       but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>last_analyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
@@ -4391,6 +4411,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_analyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time a manual analyze on this table was attempted but skipped due to
+       lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>last_autoanalyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
@@ -4401,6 +4431,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_autoanalyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time at which an analyze on this table by the autovacuum was
+       attempted but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>vacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4411,6 +4451,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_vacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times vacuums on this table have been attempted but skipped
+       due to lock unavailability (not counting <command>VACUUM FULL</command>)
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>autovacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4421,6 +4471,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_autovacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times vacuums on this table by the autovacuum daemon have been
+       attempted but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>analyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4430,6 +4490,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_analyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times manual analyzes on this table have been attempted but
+       skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>autoanalyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4440,6 +4510,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_autoanalyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times analyzes on this table by the autovacuum daemon have
+       been attempted but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>total_vacuum_time</structfield> <type>double precision</type>
diff --git a/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql b/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql
index e54018004db..2ca02a0354c 100644
--- a/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql
+++ b/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql
@@ -736,13 +736,21 @@ CREATE VIEW pg_stat_all_tables AS
             pg_stat_get_mod_since_analyze(C.oid) AS n_mod_since_analyze,
             pg_stat_get_ins_since_vacuum(C.oid) AS n_ins_since_vacuum,
             pg_stat_get_last_vacuum_time(C.oid) as last_vacuum,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_vacuum,
             pg_stat_get_last_autovacuum_time(C.oid) as last_autovacuum,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_autovacuum,
             pg_stat_get_last_analyze_time(C.oid) as last_analyze,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_analyze,
             pg_stat_get_last_autoanalyze_time(C.oid) as last_autoanalyze,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_autoanalyze,
             pg_stat_get_vacuum_count(C.oid) AS vacuum_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count(C.oid) AS skipped_vacuum_count,
             pg_stat_get_autovacuum_count(C.oid) AS autovacuum_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count(C.oid) AS skipped_autovacuum_count,
             pg_stat_get_analyze_count(C.oid) AS analyze_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count(C.oid) AS skipped_analyze_count,
             pg_stat_get_autoanalyze_count(C.oid) AS autoanalyze_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count(C.oid) AS skipped_autoanalyze_count,
             pg_stat_get_total_vacuum_time(C.oid) AS total_vacuum_time,
             pg_stat_get_total_autovacuum_time(C.oid) AS total_autovacuum_time,
             pg_stat_get_total_analyze_time(C.oid) AS total_analyze_time,
diff --git a/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c b/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c
index bce3a2daa24..ce83b3171be 100644
--- a/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c
+++ b/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c
@@ -792,8 +792,18 @@ vacuum_open_relation(Oid relid, RangeVar *relation, bits32 options,
 		rel = try_relation_open(relid, NoLock);
 	else
 	{
+		bits8 flags = 0;
 		rel = NULL;
 		rel_lock = false;
+
+		if ((options & VACOPT_VACUUM) != 0)
+			flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM;
+		if ((options & VACOPT_ANALYZE) != 0)
+			flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE;
+		if (AmAutoVacuumWorkerProcess())
+			flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOVAC;
+
+		pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(relid, flags);
 	}
 
 	/* if relation is opened, leave */
@@ -801,7 +811,7 @@ vacuum_open_relation(Oid relid, RangeVar *relation, bits32 options,
 		return rel;
 
 	/*
-	 * Relation could not be opened, hence generate if possible a log
+	 * Relation could not be opened hence generate if possible a log
 	 * informing on the situation.
 	 *
 	 * If the RangeVar is not defined, we do not have enough information to
@@ -904,7 +914,6 @@ expand_vacuum_rel(VacuumRelation *vrel, MemoryContext vac_context,
 		Form_pg_class classForm;
 		bool		include_children;
 		bool		is_partitioned_table;
-		int			rvr_opts;
 
 		/*
 		 * Since autovacuum workers supply OIDs when calling vacuum(), no
@@ -917,29 +926,69 @@ expand_vacuum_rel(VacuumRelation *vrel, MemoryContext vac_context,
 		 * below, as well as find_all_inheritors's expectation that the caller
 		 * holds some lock on the starting relation.
 		 */
-		rvr_opts = (options & VACOPT_SKIP_LOCKED) ? RVR_SKIP_LOCKED : 0;
-		relid = RangeVarGetRelidExtended(vrel->relation,
-										 AccessShareLock,
-										 rvr_opts,
-										 NULL, NULL);
-
-		/*
-		 * If the lock is unavailable, emit the same log statement that
-		 * vacuum_rel() and analyze_rel() would.
-		 */
-		if (!OidIsValid(relid))
+		if (!(options & VACOPT_SKIP_LOCKED))
 		{
-			if (options & VACOPT_VACUUM)
-				ereport(WARNING,
-						(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
-						 errmsg("skipping vacuum of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
-								vrel->relation->relname)));
-			else
-				ereport(WARNING,
-						(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
-						 errmsg("skipping analyze of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
+			relid = RangeVarGetRelidExtended(vrel->relation,
+											 AccessShareLock,
+											 0, NULL, NULL);
+			if (!OidIsValid(relid))
+				return vacrels;
+		}
+		else
+		{
+			/* Get relid for reporting before taking a lock */
+			relid = RangeVarGetRelid(vrel->relation, NoLock, false);
+
+			if (!ConditionalLockRelationOid(relid, AccessShareLock))
+			{
+				bits8	flags = 0;
+				/*
+				 * If the lock is unavailable, emit the same log statement that
+				 * vacuum_rel() and analyze_rel() would.
+				 */
+				if (options & VACOPT_VACUUM)
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping vacuum of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
 								vrel->relation->relname)));
-			return vacrels;
+				else
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping analyze of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
+									vrel->relation->relname)));
+
+				if ((options & VACOPT_VACUUM) != 0)
+					flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM;
+				if ((options & VACOPT_ANALYZE) != 0)
+					flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE;
+
+				pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(relid, flags);
+
+				return vacrels;
+			}
+
+			/*
+			 * Now that we have the lock, probe to see if the relation really
+			 * exists or not.
+			 */
+			if (!SearchSysCacheExists1(RELOID, ObjectIdGetDatum(relid)))
+			{
+				if (options & VACOPT_VACUUM)
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_UNDEFINED_TABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping vacuum of \"%s\" --- relation no longer exists",
+									vrel->relation->relname)));
+				else
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_UNDEFINED_TABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping analyze of \"%s\" --- relation no longer exists",
+									vrel->relation->relname)));
+
+				/* Release useless lock */
+				UnlockRelationOid(relid, AccessShareLock);
+
+				return vacrels;
+			}
 		}
 
 		/*
diff --git a/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c b/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c
index bc8c43b96aa..cec4c88980e 100644
--- a/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c
+++ b/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c
@@ -17,6 +17,7 @@
 
 #include "postgres.h"
 
+#include "access/htup_details.h"
 #include "access/twophase_rmgr.h"
 #include "access/xact.h"
 #include "catalog/catalog.h"
@@ -366,6 +367,73 @@ pgstat_report_analyze(Relation rel,
 	(void) pgstat_flush_backend(false, PGSTAT_BACKEND_FLUSH_IO);
 }
 
+/*
+ * Report that the table was skipped during vacuum or/and analyze.
+ */
+void
+pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(Oid relid, bits8 flags)
+{
+	PgStat_EntryRef *entry_ref;
+	PgStatShared_Relation *shtabentry;
+	PgStat_StatTabEntry *tabentry;
+	TimestampTz ts;
+	HeapTuple	classTup;
+	bool		isshared;
+
+	if (!pgstat_track_counts || !(flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANY))
+		return;
+
+	classTup = SearchSysCache1(RELOID, ObjectIdGetDatum(relid));
+	if (!HeapTupleIsValid(classTup))
+		return;			/* somebody deleted the rel, forget it */
+	isshared = ((Form_pg_class) GETSTRUCT(classTup))->relisshared;
+	ReleaseSysCache(classTup);
+
+	/* Store the data in the table's hash table entry. */
+	ts = GetCurrentTimestamp();
+
+	/* block acquiring lock for the same reason as pgstat_report_autovac() */
+	entry_ref = pgstat_get_entry_ref_locked(PGSTAT_KIND_RELATION,
+											isshared ? InvalidOid : MyDatabaseId,
+											relid, false);
+
+	shtabentry = (PgStatShared_Relation *) entry_ref->shared_stats;
+	tabentry = &shtabentry->stats;
+
+	if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOVAC)
+	{
+		if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM)
+		{
+			tabentry->last_skipped_autovacuum_time = ts;
+			tabentry->skipped_autovacuum_count++;
+		}
+		if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE)
+		{
+			tabentry->last_skipped_autoanalyze_time = ts;
+			tabentry->skipped_autoanalyze_count++;
+		}
+	}
+	else
+	{
+		if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM)
+		{
+			tabentry->last_skipped_vacuum_time = ts;
+			tabentry->skipped_vacuum_count++;
+		}
+		if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE)
+		{
+			tabentry->last_skipped_analyze_time = ts;
+			tabentry->skipped_analyze_count++;
+		}
+	}
+
+	pgstat_unlock_entry(entry_ref);
+
+	/* see pgstat_report_vacuum() */
+	pgstat_flush_io(false);
+	(void) pgstat_flush_backend(false, PGSTAT_BACKEND_FLUSH_IO);
+}
+
 /*
  * count a tuple insertion of n tuples
  */
diff --git a/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c b/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c
index 9185a8e6b83..18aaa3996e1 100644
--- a/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c
+++ b/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c
@@ -84,6 +84,18 @@ PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(mod_since_analyze)
 /* pg_stat_get_numscans */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(numscans)
 
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_analyze_count)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_autoanalyze_count)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_autovacuum_count)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_vacuum_count)
+
 /* pg_stat_get_tuples_deleted */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(tuples_deleted)
 
@@ -170,6 +182,18 @@ PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_vacuum_time)
 /* pg_stat_get_lastscan */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(lastscan)
 
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_analyze_time)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_autoanalyze_time)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_autovacuum_time)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_vacuum_time)
+
 /* pg_stat_get_stat_reset_time */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(stat_reset_time)
 
diff --git a/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat b/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat
index 0118e970dda..ccfe3d9e02a 100644
--- a/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat
+++ b/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat
@@ -5667,6 +5667,38 @@
   proname => 'pg_stat_get_total_autoanalyze_time', provolatile => 's',
   proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'float8', proargtypes => 'oid',
   prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_total_autoanalyze_time' },
+{ oid => '8142', descr => 'statistics: last skipped vacuum time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time' },
+{ oid => '8143', descr => 'statistics: last skipped auto vacuum time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time' },
+{ oid => '8144', descr => 'statistics: last skipped analyze time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time' },
+{ oid => '8145', descr => 'statistics: last skipped auto analyze time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time' },
+{ oid => '8146', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped vacuum for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count' },
+{ oid => '8147', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped auto vacuum for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count' },
+{ oid => '8148', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped analyzes for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count' },
+{ oid => '8149', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped auto analyzes for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count' },
 { oid => '1936', descr => 'statistics: currently active backend IDs',
   proname => 'pg_stat_get_backend_idset', prorows => '100', proretset => 't',
   provolatile => 's', proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int4',
diff --git a/src/include/pgstat.h b/src/include/pgstat.h
index 8e3549c3752..343081a7a25 100644
--- a/src/include/pgstat.h
+++ b/src/include/pgstat.h
@@ -479,6 +479,15 @@ typedef struct PgStat_StatTabEntry
 	TimestampTz last_autoanalyze_time;	/* autovacuum initiated */
 	PgStat_Counter autoanalyze_count;
 
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_vacuum_time;	/* user initiated vacuum */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_vacuum_count;
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_autovacuum_time;	/* autovacuum initiated */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_autovacuum_count;
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_analyze_time;	/* user initiated */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_analyze_count;
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_autoanalyze_time;	/* autovacuum initiated */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_autoanalyze_count;
+
 	PgStat_Counter total_vacuum_time;	/* times in milliseconds */
 	PgStat_Counter total_autovacuum_time;
 	PgStat_Counter total_analyze_time;
@@ -707,6 +716,13 @@ extern void pgstat_report_analyze(Relation rel,
 								  PgStat_Counter livetuples, PgStat_Counter deadtuples,
 								  bool resetcounter, TimestampTz starttime);
 
+/* flags for pgstat_flush_backend() */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM	(1 << 0)	/* vacuum is skipped */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE	(1 << 1)	/* analyze is skipped */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOVAC	(1 << 2)	/* skipped during autovacuum/autoanalyze */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANY   (PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM | PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE)
+extern void pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(Oid relid, bits8 flags);
+
 /*
  * If stats are enabled, but pending data hasn't been prepared yet, call
  * pgstat_assoc_relation() to do so. See its comment for why this is done
diff --git a/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out b/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out
index 2b3cf6d8569..4ccfc43e903 100644
--- a/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out
+++ b/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out
@@ -1835,13 +1835,21 @@ pg_stat_all_tables| SELECT c.oid AS relid,
     pg_stat_get_mod_since_analyze(c.oid) AS n_mod_since_analyze,
     pg_stat_get_ins_since_vacuum(c.oid) AS n_ins_since_vacuum,
     pg_stat_get_last_vacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_vacuum,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_vacuum,
     pg_stat_get_last_autovacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_autovacuum,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_autovacuum,
     pg_stat_get_last_analyze_time(c.oid) AS last_analyze,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_analyze,
     pg_stat_get_last_autoanalyze_time(c.oid) AS last_autoanalyze,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_autoanalyze,
     pg_stat_get_vacuum_count(c.oid) AS vacuum_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count(c.oid) AS skipped_vacuum_count,
     pg_stat_get_autovacuum_count(c.oid) AS autovacuum_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count(c.oid) AS skipped_autovacuum_count,
     pg_stat_get_analyze_count(c.oid) AS analyze_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count(c.oid) AS skipped_analyze_count,
     pg_stat_get_autoanalyze_count(c.oid) AS autoanalyze_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count(c.oid) AS skipped_autoanalyze_count,
     pg_stat_get_total_vacuum_time(c.oid) AS total_vacuum_time,
     pg_stat_get_total_autovacuum_time(c.oid) AS total_autovacuum_time,
     pg_stat_get_total_analyze_time(c.oid) AS total_analyze_time,
@@ -2293,13 +2301,21 @@ pg_stat_sys_tables| SELECT relid,
     n_mod_since_analyze,
     n_ins_since_vacuum,
     last_vacuum,
+    last_skipped_vacuum,
     last_autovacuum,
+    last_skipped_autovacuum,
     last_analyze,
+    last_skipped_analyze,
     last_autoanalyze,
+    last_skipped_autoanalyze,
     vacuum_count,
+    skipped_vacuum_count,
     autovacuum_count,
+    skipped_autovacuum_count,
     analyze_count,
+    skipped_analyze_count,
     autoanalyze_count,
+    skipped_autoanalyze_count,
     total_vacuum_time,
     total_autovacuum_time,
     total_analyze_time,
@@ -2348,13 +2364,21 @@ pg_stat_user_tables| SELECT relid,
     n_mod_since_analyze,
     n_ins_since_vacuum,
     last_vacuum,
+    last_skipped_vacuum,
     last_autovacuum,
+    last_skipped_autovacuum,
     last_analyze,
+    last_skipped_analyze,
     last_autoanalyze,
+    last_skipped_autoanalyze,
     vacuum_count,
+    skipped_vacuum_count,
     autovacuum_count,
+    skipped_autovacuum_count,
     analyze_count,
+    skipped_analyze_count,
     autoanalyze_count,
+    skipped_autoanalyze_count,
     total_vacuum_time,
     total_autovacuum_time,
     total_analyze_time,
-- 
2.43.0


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* [PATCH v5] Track skipped vacuum and analyze activity per relation
@ 2026-03-24 04:09 Yugo Nagata <[email protected]>
  0 siblings, 0 replies; 374+ messages in thread

From: Yugo Nagata @ 2026-03-24 04:09 UTC (permalink / raw)

This commit adds eight fields to the relation statistics that track
the last time vacuum or analyze has been attempted but skipped due to
lock unavailability, along with their counts:

-    last_skipped_vacuum
-    last_skipped_autovacuum
-    last_skipped_analyze
-    last_skipped_autoanalyze
-    skipped_vacuum_count
-    skipped_autovacuum_count
-    skipped_analyze_count
-    skipped_autoanalyze_count

These field can help users confirm that autovacuum is actively attempting
to run on a table that has not been vacuumed or analyzed for a long time,
and that the lack of progress is due to repeated skips rather than inactivity.
---
 doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml                  |  88 ++++++
 src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql          |   8 +
 src/backend/commands/vacuum.c                 | 100 +++++--
 src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c  |  64 +++++
 src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c           |  24 ++
 src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat               |  32 +++
 src/include/pgstat.h                          |  16 ++
 .../isolation/expected/vacuum-skip-locked.out | 260 ++++++++++++++++--
 .../isolation/specs/vacuum-skip-locked.spec   |  41 +--
 src/test/regress/expected/rules.out           |  24 ++
 10 files changed, 601 insertions(+), 56 deletions(-)

diff --git a/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml b/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml
index 08d5b824552..a9b579d87a9 100644
--- a/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml
+++ b/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml
@@ -4387,6 +4387,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_vacuum</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time a manual vacuum on this table was attempted but skipped due to
+       lock unavailability (not counting <command>VACUUM FULL</command>)
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>last_autovacuum</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
@@ -4397,6 +4407,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_autovacuum</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time a vacuum on this table by the autovacuum daemon was attempted
+       but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>last_analyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
@@ -4406,6 +4426,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_analyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time a manual analyze on this table was attempted but skipped due to
+       lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>last_autoanalyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
@@ -4416,6 +4446,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_autoanalyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time at which an analyze on this table by the autovacuum was
+       attempted but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>vacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4426,6 +4466,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_vacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times manual vacuums on this table have been attempted but skipped
+       due to lock unavailability (not counting <command>VACUUM FULL</command>)
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>autovacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4436,6 +4486,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_autovacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times vacuums on this table by the autovacuum daemon have been
+       attempted but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>analyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4445,6 +4505,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_analyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times manual analyzes on this table have been attempted but
+       skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>autoanalyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4455,6 +4525,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_autoanalyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times analyzes on this table by the autovacuum daemon have
+       been attempted but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>total_vacuum_time</structfield> <type>double precision</type>
@@ -4510,6 +4590,14 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
    </tgroup>
   </table>
 
+  <note>
+   <para>
+    When a manual vacuum or analyze on a parent table in an inheritance or
+    partitioning hierarchy is skipped, the statistics are recorded only for
+    the parent table, not for its children.
+   </para>
+  </note>
+
  </sect2>
 
  <sect2 id="monitoring-pg-stat-autovacuum-scores-view">
diff --git a/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql b/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql
index 73a1c1c4670..f509fc7876b 100644
--- a/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql
+++ b/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql
@@ -736,13 +736,21 @@ CREATE VIEW pg_stat_all_tables AS
             pg_stat_get_mod_since_analyze(C.oid) AS n_mod_since_analyze,
             pg_stat_get_ins_since_vacuum(C.oid) AS n_ins_since_vacuum,
             pg_stat_get_last_vacuum_time(C.oid) as last_vacuum,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_vacuum,
             pg_stat_get_last_autovacuum_time(C.oid) as last_autovacuum,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_autovacuum,
             pg_stat_get_last_analyze_time(C.oid) as last_analyze,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_analyze,
             pg_stat_get_last_autoanalyze_time(C.oid) as last_autoanalyze,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_autoanalyze,
             pg_stat_get_vacuum_count(C.oid) AS vacuum_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count(C.oid) AS skipped_vacuum_count,
             pg_stat_get_autovacuum_count(C.oid) AS autovacuum_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count(C.oid) AS skipped_autovacuum_count,
             pg_stat_get_analyze_count(C.oid) AS analyze_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count(C.oid) AS skipped_analyze_count,
             pg_stat_get_autoanalyze_count(C.oid) AS autoanalyze_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count(C.oid) AS skipped_autoanalyze_count,
             pg_stat_get_total_vacuum_time(C.oid) AS total_vacuum_time,
             pg_stat_get_total_autovacuum_time(C.oid) AS total_autovacuum_time,
             pg_stat_get_total_analyze_time(C.oid) AS total_analyze_time,
diff --git a/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c b/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c
index 99d0db82ed7..df6526225e4 100644
--- a/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c
+++ b/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c
@@ -793,8 +793,25 @@ vacuum_open_relation(Oid relid, RangeVar *relation, uint32 options,
 		rel = try_relation_open(relid, NoLock);
 	else
 	{
+		int flags = 0;
 		rel = NULL;
 		rel_lock = false;
+
+		if ((options & VACOPT_VACUUM) != 0 && (options & VACOPT_FULL) == 0)
+		{
+			if (AmAutoVacuumWorkerProcess())
+				flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOVACUUM;
+			else
+				flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM;
+		}
+		if ((options & VACOPT_ANALYZE) != 0)
+		{
+			if (AmAutoVacuumWorkerProcess())
+				flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOANALYZE;
+			else
+				flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE;
+		}
+		pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(relid, flags);
 	}
 
 	/* if relation is opened, leave */
@@ -905,7 +922,6 @@ expand_vacuum_rel(VacuumRelation *vrel, MemoryContext vac_context,
 		Form_pg_class classForm;
 		bool		include_children;
 		bool		is_partitioned_table;
-		int			rvr_opts;
 
 		/*
 		 * Since autovacuum workers supply OIDs when calling vacuum(), no
@@ -918,29 +934,69 @@ expand_vacuum_rel(VacuumRelation *vrel, MemoryContext vac_context,
 		 * below, as well as find_all_inheritors's expectation that the caller
 		 * holds some lock on the starting relation.
 		 */
-		rvr_opts = (options & VACOPT_SKIP_LOCKED) ? RVR_SKIP_LOCKED : 0;
-		relid = RangeVarGetRelidExtended(vrel->relation,
-										 AccessShareLock,
-										 rvr_opts,
-										 NULL, NULL);
-
-		/*
-		 * If the lock is unavailable, emit the same log statement that
-		 * vacuum_rel() and analyze_rel() would.
-		 */
-		if (!OidIsValid(relid))
+		if (!(options & VACOPT_SKIP_LOCKED))
 		{
-			if (options & VACOPT_VACUUM)
-				ereport(WARNING,
-						(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
-						 errmsg("skipping vacuum of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
-								vrel->relation->relname)));
-			else
-				ereport(WARNING,
-						(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
-						 errmsg("skipping analyze of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
+			relid = RangeVarGetRelidExtended(vrel->relation,
+											 AccessShareLock,
+											 0, NULL, NULL);
+			if (!OidIsValid(relid))
+				return vacrels;
+		}
+		else
+		{
+			/* Get relid for reporting before taking a lock */
+			relid = RangeVarGetRelid(vrel->relation, NoLock, false);
+
+			if (!ConditionalLockRelationOid(relid, AccessShareLock))
+			{
+				int	flags = 0;
+				/*
+				 * If the lock is unavailable, emit the same log statement that
+				 * vacuum_rel() and analyze_rel() would.
+				 */
+				if (options & VACOPT_VACUUM)
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping vacuum of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
 								vrel->relation->relname)));
-			return vacrels;
+				else
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping analyze of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
+									vrel->relation->relname)));
+
+				if ((options & VACOPT_VACUUM) != 0 && (options & VACOPT_FULL) == 0)
+					flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM;
+				if ((options & VACOPT_ANALYZE) != 0)
+					flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE;
+
+				pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(relid, flags);
+
+				return vacrels;
+			}
+
+			/*
+			 * Now that we have the lock, probe to see if the relation really
+			 * exists or not.
+			 */
+			if (!SearchSysCacheExists1(RELOID, ObjectIdGetDatum(relid)))
+			{
+				if (options & VACOPT_VACUUM)
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_UNDEFINED_TABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping vacuum of \"%s\" --- relation no longer exists",
+									vrel->relation->relname)));
+				else
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_UNDEFINED_TABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping analyze of \"%s\" --- relation no longer exists",
+									vrel->relation->relname)));
+
+				/* Release useless lock */
+				UnlockRelationOid(relid, AccessShareLock);
+
+				return vacrels;
+			}
 		}
 
 		/*
diff --git a/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c b/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c
index b2ca28f83ba..532d9023f8c 100644
--- a/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c
+++ b/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c
@@ -17,12 +17,14 @@
 
 #include "postgres.h"
 
+#include "access/htup_details.h"
 #include "access/twophase_rmgr.h"
 #include "access/xact.h"
 #include "catalog/catalog.h"
 #include "utils/memutils.h"
 #include "utils/pgstat_internal.h"
 #include "utils/rel.h"
+#include "utils/syscache.h"
 #include "utils/timestamp.h"
 
 
@@ -367,6 +369,68 @@ pgstat_report_analyze(Relation rel,
 	(void) pgstat_flush_backend(false, PGSTAT_BACKEND_FLUSH_IO);
 }
 
+/*
+ * Report that the table was skipped during vacuum or/and analyze.
+ */
+void
+pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(Oid relid, int flags)
+{
+	PgStat_EntryRef *entry_ref;
+	PgStatShared_Relation *shtabentry;
+	PgStat_StatTabEntry *tabentry;
+	TimestampTz ts;
+	HeapTuple	classTup;
+	bool		isshared;
+
+	if (!pgstat_track_counts || !flags)
+		return;
+
+	classTup = SearchSysCache1(RELOID, ObjectIdGetDatum(relid));
+	if (!HeapTupleIsValid(classTup))
+		return;			/* somebody deleted the rel, forget it */
+	isshared = ((Form_pg_class) GETSTRUCT(classTup))->relisshared;
+	ReleaseSysCache(classTup);
+
+	/* Store the data in the table's hash table entry. */
+	ts = GetCurrentTimestamp();
+
+	/* block acquiring lock for the same reason as pgstat_report_autovac() */
+	entry_ref = pgstat_get_entry_ref_locked(PGSTAT_KIND_RELATION,
+											isshared ? InvalidOid : MyDatabaseId,
+											relid, false);
+
+	shtabentry = (PgStatShared_Relation *) entry_ref->shared_stats;
+	tabentry = &shtabentry->stats;
+
+	if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM)
+	{
+		tabentry->last_skipped_vacuum_time = ts;
+		tabentry->skipped_vacuum_count++;
+	}
+	else if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOVACUUM)
+	{
+		tabentry->last_skipped_autovacuum_time = ts;
+		tabentry->skipped_autovacuum_count++;
+	}
+
+	if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE)
+	{
+		tabentry->last_skipped_analyze_time = ts;
+		tabentry->skipped_analyze_count++;
+	}
+	else if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOANALYZE)
+	{
+		tabentry->last_skipped_autoanalyze_time = ts;
+		tabentry->skipped_autoanalyze_count++;
+	}
+
+	pgstat_unlock_entry(entry_ref);
+
+	/* see pgstat_report_vacuum() */
+	pgstat_flush_io(false);
+	(void) pgstat_flush_backend(false, PGSTAT_BACKEND_FLUSH_IO);
+}
+
 /*
  * count a tuple insertion of n tuples
  */
diff --git a/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c b/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c
index 1408de387ea..90a8968faa0 100644
--- a/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c
+++ b/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c
@@ -84,6 +84,18 @@ PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(mod_since_analyze)
 /* pg_stat_get_numscans */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(numscans)
 
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_analyze_count)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_autoanalyze_count)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_autovacuum_count)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_vacuum_count)
+
 /* pg_stat_get_tuples_deleted */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(tuples_deleted)
 
@@ -170,6 +182,18 @@ PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_vacuum_time)
 /* pg_stat_get_lastscan */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(lastscan)
 
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_analyze_time)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_autoanalyze_time)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_autovacuum_time)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_vacuum_time)
+
 /* pg_stat_get_stat_reset_time */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(stat_reset_time)
 
diff --git a/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat b/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat
index fa9ae79082b..32debb34863 100644
--- a/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat
+++ b/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat
@@ -5680,6 +5680,38 @@
   proargmodes => '{o,o,o,o,o,o,o,o,o,o}',
   proargnames => '{oid,score,xid_score,mxid_score,vacuum_score,vacuum_insert_score,analyze_score,do_vacuum,do_analyze,for_wraparound}',
   prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_autovacuum_scores' },
+{ oid => '8142', descr => 'statistics: last skipped vacuum time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time' },
+{ oid => '8143', descr => 'statistics: last skipped auto vacuum time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time' },
+{ oid => '8144', descr => 'statistics: last skipped analyze time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time' },
+{ oid => '8145', descr => 'statistics: last skipped auto analyze time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time' },
+{ oid => '8146', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped vacuum for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count' },
+{ oid => '8147', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped auto vacuum for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count' },
+{ oid => '8148', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped analyzes for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count' },
+{ oid => '8149', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped auto analyzes for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count' },
 { oid => '1936', descr => 'statistics: currently active backend IDs',
   proname => 'pg_stat_get_backend_idset', prorows => '100', proretset => 't',
   provolatile => 's', proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int4',
diff --git a/src/include/pgstat.h b/src/include/pgstat.h
index dfa2e837638..98941f953d1 100644
--- a/src/include/pgstat.h
+++ b/src/include/pgstat.h
@@ -479,6 +479,15 @@ typedef struct PgStat_StatTabEntry
 	TimestampTz last_autoanalyze_time;	/* autovacuum initiated */
 	PgStat_Counter autoanalyze_count;
 
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_vacuum_time;	/* user initiated vacuum */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_vacuum_count;
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_autovacuum_time;	/* autovacuum initiated */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_autovacuum_count;
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_analyze_time;	/* user initiated */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_analyze_count;
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_autoanalyze_time;	/* autovacuum initiated */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_autoanalyze_count;
+
 	PgStat_Counter total_vacuum_time;	/* times in milliseconds */
 	PgStat_Counter total_autovacuum_time;
 	PgStat_Counter total_analyze_time;
@@ -703,6 +712,13 @@ extern void pgstat_report_analyze(Relation rel,
 								  PgStat_Counter livetuples, PgStat_Counter deadtuples,
 								  bool resetcounter, TimestampTz starttime);
 
+/* flags for pgstat_flush_backend() */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM		(1 << 0)	/* vacuum is skipped */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE		(1 << 1)	/* analyze is skipped */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOVACUUM	(1 << 2)	/* autovacuum is skipped */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOANALYZE	(1 << 3)	/* autoanalyze is skipped */
+extern void pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(Oid relid, int flags);
+
 /*
  * If stats are enabled, but pending data hasn't been prepared yet, call
  * pgstat_assoc_relation() to do so. See its comment for why this is done
diff --git a/src/test/isolation/expected/vacuum-skip-locked.out b/src/test/isolation/expected/vacuum-skip-locked.out
index 99db281a159..e2cff175b7c 100644
--- a/src/test/isolation/expected/vacuum-skip-locked.out
+++ b/src/test/isolation/expected/vacuum-skip-locked.out
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 Parsed test spec with 2 sessions
 
-starting permutation: lock_share vac_specified commit
+starting permutation: lock_share vac_specified commit check_stat
 step lock_share: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN SHARE MODE;
@@ -10,8 +10,22 @@ step vac_specified: VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED) part1, part2;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
 
-starting permutation: lock_share vac_all_parts commit
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   1|            0|                    0
+part2  |           1|                   0|            0|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
+
+starting permutation: lock_share vac_all_parts commit check_stat
 step lock_share: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN SHARE MODE;
@@ -20,8 +34,22 @@ step vac_all_parts: VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED) parted;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   1|            0|                    0
+part2  |           1|                   0|            0|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
 
-starting permutation: lock_share analyze_specified commit
+starting permutation: lock_share analyze_specified commit check_stat
 step lock_share: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN SHARE MODE;
@@ -31,8 +59,22 @@ step analyze_specified: ANALYZE (SKIP_LOCKED) part1, part2;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
 
-starting permutation: lock_share analyze_all_parts commit
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   0|            0|                    1
+part2  |           0|                   0|            1|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
+
+starting permutation: lock_share analyze_all_parts commit check_stat
 step lock_share: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN SHARE MODE;
@@ -41,8 +83,22 @@ step analyze_all_parts: ANALYZE (SKIP_LOCKED) parted;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            1|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   0|            0|                    1
+part2  |           0|                   0|            1|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
 
-starting permutation: lock_share vac_analyze_specified commit
+starting permutation: lock_share vac_analyze_specified commit check_stat
 step lock_share: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN SHARE MODE;
@@ -52,8 +108,22 @@ step vac_analyze_specified: VACUUM (ANALYZE, SKIP_LOCKED) part1, part2;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
 
-starting permutation: lock_share vac_analyze_all_parts commit
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   1|            0|                    1
+part2  |           1|                   0|            1|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
+
+starting permutation: lock_share vac_analyze_all_parts commit check_stat
 step lock_share: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN SHARE MODE;
@@ -62,8 +132,22 @@ step vac_analyze_all_parts: VACUUM (ANALYZE, SKIP_LOCKED) parted;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            1|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   1|            0|                    1
+part2  |           1|                   0|            1|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
 
-starting permutation: lock_share vac_full_specified commit
+starting permutation: lock_share vac_full_specified commit check_stat
 step lock_share: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN SHARE MODE;
@@ -73,8 +157,22 @@ step vac_full_specified: VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED, FULL) part1, part2;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
 
-starting permutation: lock_share vac_full_all_parts commit
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part2  |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
+
+starting permutation: lock_share vac_full_all_parts commit check_stat
 step lock_share: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN SHARE MODE;
@@ -83,8 +181,22 @@ step vac_full_all_parts: VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED, FULL) parted;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part2  |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+(3 rows)
 
-starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_specified commit
+
+starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_specified commit check_stat
 step lock_access_exclusive: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN ACCESS EXCLUSIVE MODE;
@@ -94,8 +206,22 @@ step vac_specified: VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED) part1, part2;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   1|            0|                    0
+part2  |           1|                   0|            0|                    0
+(3 rows)
 
-starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_all_parts commit
+
+starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_all_parts commit check_stat
 step lock_access_exclusive: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN ACCESS EXCLUSIVE MODE;
@@ -104,8 +230,22 @@ step vac_all_parts: VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED) parted;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   1|            0|                    0
+part2  |           1|                   0|            0|                    0
+(3 rows)
 
-starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive analyze_specified commit
+
+starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive analyze_specified commit check_stat
 step lock_access_exclusive: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN ACCESS EXCLUSIVE MODE;
@@ -115,8 +255,22 @@ step analyze_specified: ANALYZE (SKIP_LOCKED) part1, part2;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   0|            0|                    1
+part2  |           0|                   0|            1|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
 
-starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive analyze_all_parts commit
+starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive analyze_all_parts commit check_stat
 step lock_access_exclusive: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN ACCESS EXCLUSIVE MODE;
@@ -126,8 +280,22 @@ step commit:
 	COMMIT;
 
 step analyze_all_parts: <... completed>
-
-starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_analyze_specified commit
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            1|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   0|            1|                    0
+part2  |           0|                   0|            1|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
+
+starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_analyze_specified commit check_stat
 step lock_access_exclusive: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN ACCESS EXCLUSIVE MODE;
@@ -137,8 +305,22 @@ step vac_analyze_specified: VACUUM (ANALYZE, SKIP_LOCKED) part1, part2;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   1|            0|                    1
+part2  |           1|                   0|            1|                    0
+(3 rows)
 
-starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_analyze_all_parts commit
+
+starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_analyze_all_parts commit check_stat
 step lock_access_exclusive: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN ACCESS EXCLUSIVE MODE;
@@ -148,8 +330,22 @@ step commit:
 	COMMIT;
 
 step vac_analyze_all_parts: <... completed>
-
-starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_full_specified commit
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            1|                    0
+part1  |           1|                   0|            1|                    0
+part2  |           1|                   0|            1|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
+
+starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_full_specified commit check_stat
 step lock_access_exclusive: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN ACCESS EXCLUSIVE MODE;
@@ -159,8 +355,22 @@ step vac_full_specified: VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED, FULL) part1, part2;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
 
-starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_full_all_parts commit
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part2  |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
+
+starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_full_all_parts commit check_stat
 step lock_access_exclusive: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN ACCESS EXCLUSIVE MODE;
@@ -169,3 +379,17 @@ step vac_full_all_parts: VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED, FULL) parted;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part2  |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
diff --git a/src/test/isolation/specs/vacuum-skip-locked.spec b/src/test/isolation/specs/vacuum-skip-locked.spec
index 3fad6e1c92a..b0da75d4b6d 100644
--- a/src/test/isolation/specs/vacuum-skip-locked.spec
+++ b/src/test/isolation/specs/vacuum-skip-locked.spec
@@ -33,6 +33,15 @@ step commit
 	COMMIT;
 }
 
+step check_stat
+{
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+}
+
 session s2
 step vac_specified			{ VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED) part1, part2; }
 step vac_all_parts			{ VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED) parted; }
@@ -43,19 +52,19 @@ step vac_analyze_all_parts	{ VACUUM (ANALYZE, SKIP_LOCKED) parted; }
 step vac_full_specified		{ VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED, FULL) part1, part2; }
 step vac_full_all_parts		{ VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED, FULL) parted; }
 
-permutation lock_share vac_specified commit
-permutation lock_share vac_all_parts commit
-permutation lock_share analyze_specified commit
-permutation lock_share analyze_all_parts commit
-permutation lock_share vac_analyze_specified commit
-permutation lock_share vac_analyze_all_parts commit
-permutation lock_share vac_full_specified commit
-permutation lock_share vac_full_all_parts commit
-permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_specified commit
-permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_all_parts commit
-permutation lock_access_exclusive analyze_specified commit
-permutation lock_access_exclusive analyze_all_parts commit
-permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_analyze_specified commit
-permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_analyze_all_parts commit
-permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_full_specified commit
-permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_full_all_parts commit
+permutation lock_share vac_specified commit check_stat
+permutation lock_share vac_all_parts commit check_stat
+permutation lock_share analyze_specified commit check_stat
+permutation lock_share analyze_all_parts commit check_stat
+permutation lock_share vac_analyze_specified commit check_stat
+permutation lock_share vac_analyze_all_parts commit check_stat
+permutation lock_share vac_full_specified commit check_stat
+permutation lock_share vac_full_all_parts commit check_stat
+permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_specified commit check_stat
+permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_all_parts commit check_stat
+permutation lock_access_exclusive analyze_specified commit check_stat
+permutation lock_access_exclusive analyze_all_parts commit check_stat
+permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_analyze_specified commit check_stat
+permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_analyze_all_parts commit check_stat
+permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_full_specified commit check_stat
+permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_full_all_parts commit check_stat
diff --git a/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out b/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out
index a65a5bf0c4f..9b2075d3373 100644
--- a/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out
+++ b/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out
@@ -1835,13 +1835,21 @@ pg_stat_all_tables| SELECT c.oid AS relid,
     pg_stat_get_mod_since_analyze(c.oid) AS n_mod_since_analyze,
     pg_stat_get_ins_since_vacuum(c.oid) AS n_ins_since_vacuum,
     pg_stat_get_last_vacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_vacuum,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_vacuum,
     pg_stat_get_last_autovacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_autovacuum,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_autovacuum,
     pg_stat_get_last_analyze_time(c.oid) AS last_analyze,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_analyze,
     pg_stat_get_last_autoanalyze_time(c.oid) AS last_autoanalyze,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_autoanalyze,
     pg_stat_get_vacuum_count(c.oid) AS vacuum_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count(c.oid) AS skipped_vacuum_count,
     pg_stat_get_autovacuum_count(c.oid) AS autovacuum_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count(c.oid) AS skipped_autovacuum_count,
     pg_stat_get_analyze_count(c.oid) AS analyze_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count(c.oid) AS skipped_analyze_count,
     pg_stat_get_autoanalyze_count(c.oid) AS autoanalyze_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count(c.oid) AS skipped_autoanalyze_count,
     pg_stat_get_total_vacuum_time(c.oid) AS total_vacuum_time,
     pg_stat_get_total_autovacuum_time(c.oid) AS total_autovacuum_time,
     pg_stat_get_total_analyze_time(c.oid) AS total_analyze_time,
@@ -2346,13 +2354,21 @@ pg_stat_sys_tables| SELECT relid,
     n_mod_since_analyze,
     n_ins_since_vacuum,
     last_vacuum,
+    last_skipped_vacuum,
     last_autovacuum,
+    last_skipped_autovacuum,
     last_analyze,
+    last_skipped_analyze,
     last_autoanalyze,
+    last_skipped_autoanalyze,
     vacuum_count,
+    skipped_vacuum_count,
     autovacuum_count,
+    skipped_autovacuum_count,
     analyze_count,
+    skipped_analyze_count,
     autoanalyze_count,
+    skipped_autoanalyze_count,
     total_vacuum_time,
     total_autovacuum_time,
     total_analyze_time,
@@ -2401,13 +2417,21 @@ pg_stat_user_tables| SELECT relid,
     n_mod_since_analyze,
     n_ins_since_vacuum,
     last_vacuum,
+    last_skipped_vacuum,
     last_autovacuum,
+    last_skipped_autovacuum,
     last_analyze,
+    last_skipped_analyze,
     last_autoanalyze,
+    last_skipped_autoanalyze,
     vacuum_count,
+    skipped_vacuum_count,
     autovacuum_count,
+    skipped_autovacuum_count,
     analyze_count,
+    skipped_analyze_count,
     autoanalyze_count,
+    skipped_autoanalyze_count,
     total_vacuum_time,
     total_autovacuum_time,
     total_analyze_time,
-- 
2.43.0


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* [PATCH v3] Track skipped vacuum and analyze activity per relation
@ 2026-03-24 04:09 Yugo Nagata <[email protected]>
  0 siblings, 0 replies; 374+ messages in thread

From: Yugo Nagata @ 2026-03-24 04:09 UTC (permalink / raw)

This commit adds eight fields to the relation statistics that track
the last time vacuum or analyze has been attempted but skipped due to
lock unavailability, along with their counts:

-    last_skipped_vacuum
-    last_skipped_autovacuum
-    last_skipped_analyze
-    last_skipped_autoanalyze
-    skipped_vacuum_count
-    skipped_autovacuum_count
-    skipped_analyze_count
-    skipped_autoanalyze_count

These field can help users confirm that autovacuum is actively attempting
to run on a table that has not been vacuumed or analyzed for a long time,
and that the lack of progress is due to repeated skips rather than inactivity.
---
 doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml                 | 80 +++++++++++++++++
 src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql         |  8 ++
 src/backend/commands/vacuum.c                | 95 +++++++++++++++-----
 src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c | 68 ++++++++++++++
 src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c          | 24 +++++
 src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat              | 32 +++++++
 src/include/pgstat.h                         | 16 ++++
 src/test/regress/expected/rules.out          | 24 +++++
 8 files changed, 324 insertions(+), 23 deletions(-)

diff --git a/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml b/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml
index bb75ed1069b..9ec8070b2fc 100644
--- a/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml
+++ b/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml
@@ -4372,6 +4372,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_vacuum</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time a manual vacuum on this table was attempted but skipped due to
+       lock unavailability (not counting <command>VACUUM FULL</command>)
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>last_autovacuum</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
@@ -4382,6 +4392,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_autovacuum</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time a vacuum on this table by the autovacuum daemon was attempted
+       but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>last_analyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
@@ -4391,6 +4411,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_analyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time a manual analyze on this table was attempted but skipped due to
+       lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>last_autoanalyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
@@ -4401,6 +4431,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_autoanalyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time at which an analyze on this table by the autovacuum was
+       attempted but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>vacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4411,6 +4451,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_vacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times vacuums on this table have been attempted but skipped
+       due to lock unavailability (not counting <command>VACUUM FULL</command>)
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>autovacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4421,6 +4471,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_autovacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times vacuums on this table by the autovacuum daemon have been
+       attempted but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>analyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4430,6 +4490,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_analyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times manual analyzes on this table have been attempted but
+       skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>autoanalyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4440,6 +4510,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_autoanalyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times analyzes on this table by the autovacuum daemon have
+       been attempted but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>total_vacuum_time</structfield> <type>double precision</type>
diff --git a/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql b/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql
index e54018004db..2ca02a0354c 100644
--- a/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql
+++ b/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql
@@ -736,13 +736,21 @@ CREATE VIEW pg_stat_all_tables AS
             pg_stat_get_mod_since_analyze(C.oid) AS n_mod_since_analyze,
             pg_stat_get_ins_since_vacuum(C.oid) AS n_ins_since_vacuum,
             pg_stat_get_last_vacuum_time(C.oid) as last_vacuum,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_vacuum,
             pg_stat_get_last_autovacuum_time(C.oid) as last_autovacuum,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_autovacuum,
             pg_stat_get_last_analyze_time(C.oid) as last_analyze,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_analyze,
             pg_stat_get_last_autoanalyze_time(C.oid) as last_autoanalyze,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_autoanalyze,
             pg_stat_get_vacuum_count(C.oid) AS vacuum_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count(C.oid) AS skipped_vacuum_count,
             pg_stat_get_autovacuum_count(C.oid) AS autovacuum_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count(C.oid) AS skipped_autovacuum_count,
             pg_stat_get_analyze_count(C.oid) AS analyze_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count(C.oid) AS skipped_analyze_count,
             pg_stat_get_autoanalyze_count(C.oid) AS autoanalyze_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count(C.oid) AS skipped_autoanalyze_count,
             pg_stat_get_total_vacuum_time(C.oid) AS total_vacuum_time,
             pg_stat_get_total_autovacuum_time(C.oid) AS total_autovacuum_time,
             pg_stat_get_total_analyze_time(C.oid) AS total_analyze_time,
diff --git a/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c b/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c
index bce3a2daa24..ce83b3171be 100644
--- a/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c
+++ b/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c
@@ -792,8 +792,18 @@ vacuum_open_relation(Oid relid, RangeVar *relation, bits32 options,
 		rel = try_relation_open(relid, NoLock);
 	else
 	{
+		bits8 flags = 0;
 		rel = NULL;
 		rel_lock = false;
+
+		if ((options & VACOPT_VACUUM) != 0)
+			flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM;
+		if ((options & VACOPT_ANALYZE) != 0)
+			flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE;
+		if (AmAutoVacuumWorkerProcess())
+			flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOVAC;
+
+		pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(relid, flags);
 	}
 
 	/* if relation is opened, leave */
@@ -801,7 +811,7 @@ vacuum_open_relation(Oid relid, RangeVar *relation, bits32 options,
 		return rel;
 
 	/*
-	 * Relation could not be opened, hence generate if possible a log
+	 * Relation could not be opened hence generate if possible a log
 	 * informing on the situation.
 	 *
 	 * If the RangeVar is not defined, we do not have enough information to
@@ -904,7 +914,6 @@ expand_vacuum_rel(VacuumRelation *vrel, MemoryContext vac_context,
 		Form_pg_class classForm;
 		bool		include_children;
 		bool		is_partitioned_table;
-		int			rvr_opts;
 
 		/*
 		 * Since autovacuum workers supply OIDs when calling vacuum(), no
@@ -917,29 +926,69 @@ expand_vacuum_rel(VacuumRelation *vrel, MemoryContext vac_context,
 		 * below, as well as find_all_inheritors's expectation that the caller
 		 * holds some lock on the starting relation.
 		 */
-		rvr_opts = (options & VACOPT_SKIP_LOCKED) ? RVR_SKIP_LOCKED : 0;
-		relid = RangeVarGetRelidExtended(vrel->relation,
-										 AccessShareLock,
-										 rvr_opts,
-										 NULL, NULL);
-
-		/*
-		 * If the lock is unavailable, emit the same log statement that
-		 * vacuum_rel() and analyze_rel() would.
-		 */
-		if (!OidIsValid(relid))
+		if (!(options & VACOPT_SKIP_LOCKED))
 		{
-			if (options & VACOPT_VACUUM)
-				ereport(WARNING,
-						(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
-						 errmsg("skipping vacuum of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
-								vrel->relation->relname)));
-			else
-				ereport(WARNING,
-						(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
-						 errmsg("skipping analyze of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
+			relid = RangeVarGetRelidExtended(vrel->relation,
+											 AccessShareLock,
+											 0, NULL, NULL);
+			if (!OidIsValid(relid))
+				return vacrels;
+		}
+		else
+		{
+			/* Get relid for reporting before taking a lock */
+			relid = RangeVarGetRelid(vrel->relation, NoLock, false);
+
+			if (!ConditionalLockRelationOid(relid, AccessShareLock))
+			{
+				bits8	flags = 0;
+				/*
+				 * If the lock is unavailable, emit the same log statement that
+				 * vacuum_rel() and analyze_rel() would.
+				 */
+				if (options & VACOPT_VACUUM)
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping vacuum of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
 								vrel->relation->relname)));
-			return vacrels;
+				else
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping analyze of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
+									vrel->relation->relname)));
+
+				if ((options & VACOPT_VACUUM) != 0)
+					flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM;
+				if ((options & VACOPT_ANALYZE) != 0)
+					flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE;
+
+				pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(relid, flags);
+
+				return vacrels;
+			}
+
+			/*
+			 * Now that we have the lock, probe to see if the relation really
+			 * exists or not.
+			 */
+			if (!SearchSysCacheExists1(RELOID, ObjectIdGetDatum(relid)))
+			{
+				if (options & VACOPT_VACUUM)
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_UNDEFINED_TABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping vacuum of \"%s\" --- relation no longer exists",
+									vrel->relation->relname)));
+				else
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_UNDEFINED_TABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping analyze of \"%s\" --- relation no longer exists",
+									vrel->relation->relname)));
+
+				/* Release useless lock */
+				UnlockRelationOid(relid, AccessShareLock);
+
+				return vacrels;
+			}
 		}
 
 		/*
diff --git a/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c b/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c
index bc8c43b96aa..cec4c88980e 100644
--- a/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c
+++ b/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c
@@ -17,6 +17,7 @@
 
 #include "postgres.h"
 
+#include "access/htup_details.h"
 #include "access/twophase_rmgr.h"
 #include "access/xact.h"
 #include "catalog/catalog.h"
@@ -366,6 +367,73 @@ pgstat_report_analyze(Relation rel,
 	(void) pgstat_flush_backend(false, PGSTAT_BACKEND_FLUSH_IO);
 }
 
+/*
+ * Report that the table was skipped during vacuum or/and analyze.
+ */
+void
+pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(Oid relid, bits8 flags)
+{
+	PgStat_EntryRef *entry_ref;
+	PgStatShared_Relation *shtabentry;
+	PgStat_StatTabEntry *tabentry;
+	TimestampTz ts;
+	HeapTuple	classTup;
+	bool		isshared;
+
+	if (!pgstat_track_counts || !(flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANY))
+		return;
+
+	classTup = SearchSysCache1(RELOID, ObjectIdGetDatum(relid));
+	if (!HeapTupleIsValid(classTup))
+		return;			/* somebody deleted the rel, forget it */
+	isshared = ((Form_pg_class) GETSTRUCT(classTup))->relisshared;
+	ReleaseSysCache(classTup);
+
+	/* Store the data in the table's hash table entry. */
+	ts = GetCurrentTimestamp();
+
+	/* block acquiring lock for the same reason as pgstat_report_autovac() */
+	entry_ref = pgstat_get_entry_ref_locked(PGSTAT_KIND_RELATION,
+											isshared ? InvalidOid : MyDatabaseId,
+											relid, false);
+
+	shtabentry = (PgStatShared_Relation *) entry_ref->shared_stats;
+	tabentry = &shtabentry->stats;
+
+	if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOVAC)
+	{
+		if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM)
+		{
+			tabentry->last_skipped_autovacuum_time = ts;
+			tabentry->skipped_autovacuum_count++;
+		}
+		if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE)
+		{
+			tabentry->last_skipped_autoanalyze_time = ts;
+			tabentry->skipped_autoanalyze_count++;
+		}
+	}
+	else
+	{
+		if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM)
+		{
+			tabentry->last_skipped_vacuum_time = ts;
+			tabentry->skipped_vacuum_count++;
+		}
+		if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE)
+		{
+			tabentry->last_skipped_analyze_time = ts;
+			tabentry->skipped_analyze_count++;
+		}
+	}
+
+	pgstat_unlock_entry(entry_ref);
+
+	/* see pgstat_report_vacuum() */
+	pgstat_flush_io(false);
+	(void) pgstat_flush_backend(false, PGSTAT_BACKEND_FLUSH_IO);
+}
+
 /*
  * count a tuple insertion of n tuples
  */
diff --git a/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c b/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c
index 9185a8e6b83..18aaa3996e1 100644
--- a/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c
+++ b/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c
@@ -84,6 +84,18 @@ PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(mod_since_analyze)
 /* pg_stat_get_numscans */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(numscans)
 
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_analyze_count)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_autoanalyze_count)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_autovacuum_count)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_vacuum_count)
+
 /* pg_stat_get_tuples_deleted */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(tuples_deleted)
 
@@ -170,6 +182,18 @@ PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_vacuum_time)
 /* pg_stat_get_lastscan */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(lastscan)
 
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_analyze_time)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_autoanalyze_time)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_autovacuum_time)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_vacuum_time)
+
 /* pg_stat_get_stat_reset_time */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(stat_reset_time)
 
diff --git a/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat b/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat
index 0118e970dda..ccfe3d9e02a 100644
--- a/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat
+++ b/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat
@@ -5667,6 +5667,38 @@
   proname => 'pg_stat_get_total_autoanalyze_time', provolatile => 's',
   proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'float8', proargtypes => 'oid',
   prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_total_autoanalyze_time' },
+{ oid => '8142', descr => 'statistics: last skipped vacuum time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time' },
+{ oid => '8143', descr => 'statistics: last skipped auto vacuum time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time' },
+{ oid => '8144', descr => 'statistics: last skipped analyze time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time' },
+{ oid => '8145', descr => 'statistics: last skipped auto analyze time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time' },
+{ oid => '8146', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped vacuum for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count' },
+{ oid => '8147', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped auto vacuum for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count' },
+{ oid => '8148', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped analyzes for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count' },
+{ oid => '8149', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped auto analyzes for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count' },
 { oid => '1936', descr => 'statistics: currently active backend IDs',
   proname => 'pg_stat_get_backend_idset', prorows => '100', proretset => 't',
   provolatile => 's', proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int4',
diff --git a/src/include/pgstat.h b/src/include/pgstat.h
index 8e3549c3752..343081a7a25 100644
--- a/src/include/pgstat.h
+++ b/src/include/pgstat.h
@@ -479,6 +479,15 @@ typedef struct PgStat_StatTabEntry
 	TimestampTz last_autoanalyze_time;	/* autovacuum initiated */
 	PgStat_Counter autoanalyze_count;
 
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_vacuum_time;	/* user initiated vacuum */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_vacuum_count;
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_autovacuum_time;	/* autovacuum initiated */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_autovacuum_count;
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_analyze_time;	/* user initiated */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_analyze_count;
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_autoanalyze_time;	/* autovacuum initiated */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_autoanalyze_count;
+
 	PgStat_Counter total_vacuum_time;	/* times in milliseconds */
 	PgStat_Counter total_autovacuum_time;
 	PgStat_Counter total_analyze_time;
@@ -707,6 +716,13 @@ extern void pgstat_report_analyze(Relation rel,
 								  PgStat_Counter livetuples, PgStat_Counter deadtuples,
 								  bool resetcounter, TimestampTz starttime);
 
+/* flags for pgstat_flush_backend() */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM	(1 << 0)	/* vacuum is skipped */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE	(1 << 1)	/* analyze is skipped */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOVAC	(1 << 2)	/* skipped during autovacuum/autoanalyze */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANY   (PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM | PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE)
+extern void pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(Oid relid, bits8 flags);
+
 /*
  * If stats are enabled, but pending data hasn't been prepared yet, call
  * pgstat_assoc_relation() to do so. See its comment for why this is done
diff --git a/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out b/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out
index 2b3cf6d8569..4ccfc43e903 100644
--- a/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out
+++ b/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out
@@ -1835,13 +1835,21 @@ pg_stat_all_tables| SELECT c.oid AS relid,
     pg_stat_get_mod_since_analyze(c.oid) AS n_mod_since_analyze,
     pg_stat_get_ins_since_vacuum(c.oid) AS n_ins_since_vacuum,
     pg_stat_get_last_vacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_vacuum,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_vacuum,
     pg_stat_get_last_autovacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_autovacuum,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_autovacuum,
     pg_stat_get_last_analyze_time(c.oid) AS last_analyze,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_analyze,
     pg_stat_get_last_autoanalyze_time(c.oid) AS last_autoanalyze,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_autoanalyze,
     pg_stat_get_vacuum_count(c.oid) AS vacuum_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count(c.oid) AS skipped_vacuum_count,
     pg_stat_get_autovacuum_count(c.oid) AS autovacuum_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count(c.oid) AS skipped_autovacuum_count,
     pg_stat_get_analyze_count(c.oid) AS analyze_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count(c.oid) AS skipped_analyze_count,
     pg_stat_get_autoanalyze_count(c.oid) AS autoanalyze_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count(c.oid) AS skipped_autoanalyze_count,
     pg_stat_get_total_vacuum_time(c.oid) AS total_vacuum_time,
     pg_stat_get_total_autovacuum_time(c.oid) AS total_autovacuum_time,
     pg_stat_get_total_analyze_time(c.oid) AS total_analyze_time,
@@ -2293,13 +2301,21 @@ pg_stat_sys_tables| SELECT relid,
     n_mod_since_analyze,
     n_ins_since_vacuum,
     last_vacuum,
+    last_skipped_vacuum,
     last_autovacuum,
+    last_skipped_autovacuum,
     last_analyze,
+    last_skipped_analyze,
     last_autoanalyze,
+    last_skipped_autoanalyze,
     vacuum_count,
+    skipped_vacuum_count,
     autovacuum_count,
+    skipped_autovacuum_count,
     analyze_count,
+    skipped_analyze_count,
     autoanalyze_count,
+    skipped_autoanalyze_count,
     total_vacuum_time,
     total_autovacuum_time,
     total_analyze_time,
@@ -2348,13 +2364,21 @@ pg_stat_user_tables| SELECT relid,
     n_mod_since_analyze,
     n_ins_since_vacuum,
     last_vacuum,
+    last_skipped_vacuum,
     last_autovacuum,
+    last_skipped_autovacuum,
     last_analyze,
+    last_skipped_analyze,
     last_autoanalyze,
+    last_skipped_autoanalyze,
     vacuum_count,
+    skipped_vacuum_count,
     autovacuum_count,
+    skipped_autovacuum_count,
     analyze_count,
+    skipped_analyze_count,
     autoanalyze_count,
+    skipped_autoanalyze_count,
     total_vacuum_time,
     total_autovacuum_time,
     total_analyze_time,
-- 
2.43.0


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* [PATCH v4] Track skipped vacuum and analyze activity per relation
@ 2026-03-24 04:09 Yugo Nagata <[email protected]>
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From: Yugo Nagata @ 2026-03-24 04:09 UTC (permalink / raw)

This commit adds eight fields to the relation statistics that track
the last time vacuum or analyze has been attempted but skipped due to
lock unavailability, along with their counts:

-    last_skipped_vacuum
-    last_skipped_autovacuum
-    last_skipped_analyze
-    last_skipped_autoanalyze
-    skipped_vacuum_count
-    skipped_autovacuum_count
-    skipped_analyze_count
-    skipped_autoanalyze_count

These field can help users confirm that autovacuum is actively attempting
to run on a table that has not been vacuumed or analyzed for a long time,
and that the lack of progress is due to repeated skips rather than inactivity.
---
 doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml                 |  88 ++++++++++++++++
 src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql         |   8 ++
 src/backend/commands/vacuum.c                | 102 ++++++++++++++-----
 src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c |  64 ++++++++++++
 src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c          |  24 +++++
 src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat              |  32 ++++++
 src/include/pgstat.h                         |  16 +++
 src/test/regress/expected/rules.out          |  24 +++++
 8 files changed, 335 insertions(+), 23 deletions(-)

diff --git a/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml b/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml
index 08d5b824552..a9b579d87a9 100644
--- a/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml
+++ b/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml
@@ -4387,6 +4387,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_vacuum</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time a manual vacuum on this table was attempted but skipped due to
+       lock unavailability (not counting <command>VACUUM FULL</command>)
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>last_autovacuum</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
@@ -4397,6 +4407,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_autovacuum</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time a vacuum on this table by the autovacuum daemon was attempted
+       but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>last_analyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
@@ -4406,6 +4426,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_analyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time a manual analyze on this table was attempted but skipped due to
+       lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>last_autoanalyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
@@ -4416,6 +4446,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_autoanalyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time at which an analyze on this table by the autovacuum was
+       attempted but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>vacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4426,6 +4466,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_vacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times manual vacuums on this table have been attempted but skipped
+       due to lock unavailability (not counting <command>VACUUM FULL</command>)
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>autovacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4436,6 +4486,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_autovacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times vacuums on this table by the autovacuum daemon have been
+       attempted but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>analyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4445,6 +4505,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_analyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times manual analyzes on this table have been attempted but
+       skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>autoanalyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4455,6 +4525,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_autoanalyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times analyzes on this table by the autovacuum daemon have
+       been attempted but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>total_vacuum_time</structfield> <type>double precision</type>
@@ -4510,6 +4590,14 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
    </tgroup>
   </table>
 
+  <note>
+   <para>
+    When a manual vacuum or analyze on a parent table in an inheritance or
+    partitioning hierarchy is skipped, the statistics are recorded only for
+    the parent table, not for its children.
+   </para>
+  </note>
+
  </sect2>
 
  <sect2 id="monitoring-pg-stat-autovacuum-scores-view">
diff --git a/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql b/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql
index 73a1c1c4670..f509fc7876b 100644
--- a/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql
+++ b/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql
@@ -736,13 +736,21 @@ CREATE VIEW pg_stat_all_tables AS
             pg_stat_get_mod_since_analyze(C.oid) AS n_mod_since_analyze,
             pg_stat_get_ins_since_vacuum(C.oid) AS n_ins_since_vacuum,
             pg_stat_get_last_vacuum_time(C.oid) as last_vacuum,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_vacuum,
             pg_stat_get_last_autovacuum_time(C.oid) as last_autovacuum,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_autovacuum,
             pg_stat_get_last_analyze_time(C.oid) as last_analyze,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_analyze,
             pg_stat_get_last_autoanalyze_time(C.oid) as last_autoanalyze,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_autoanalyze,
             pg_stat_get_vacuum_count(C.oid) AS vacuum_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count(C.oid) AS skipped_vacuum_count,
             pg_stat_get_autovacuum_count(C.oid) AS autovacuum_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count(C.oid) AS skipped_autovacuum_count,
             pg_stat_get_analyze_count(C.oid) AS analyze_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count(C.oid) AS skipped_analyze_count,
             pg_stat_get_autoanalyze_count(C.oid) AS autoanalyze_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count(C.oid) AS skipped_autoanalyze_count,
             pg_stat_get_total_vacuum_time(C.oid) AS total_vacuum_time,
             pg_stat_get_total_autovacuum_time(C.oid) AS total_autovacuum_time,
             pg_stat_get_total_analyze_time(C.oid) AS total_analyze_time,
diff --git a/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c b/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c
index 99d0db82ed7..97cd5ea8d10 100644
--- a/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c
+++ b/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c
@@ -793,8 +793,25 @@ vacuum_open_relation(Oid relid, RangeVar *relation, uint32 options,
 		rel = try_relation_open(relid, NoLock);
 	else
 	{
+		int flags = 0;
 		rel = NULL;
 		rel_lock = false;
+
+		if ((options & VACOPT_VACUUM) != 0)
+		{
+			if (AmAutoVacuumWorkerProcess())
+				flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOVACUUM;
+			else
+				flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM;
+		}
+		if ((options & VACOPT_ANALYZE) != 0)
+		{
+			if (AmAutoVacuumWorkerProcess())
+				flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOANALYZE;
+			else
+				flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE;
+		}
+		pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(relid, flags);
 	}
 
 	/* if relation is opened, leave */
@@ -802,7 +819,7 @@ vacuum_open_relation(Oid relid, RangeVar *relation, uint32 options,
 		return rel;
 
 	/*
-	 * Relation could not be opened, hence generate if possible a log
+	 * Relation could not be opened hence generate if possible a log
 	 * informing on the situation.
 	 *
 	 * If the RangeVar is not defined, we do not have enough information to
@@ -905,7 +922,6 @@ expand_vacuum_rel(VacuumRelation *vrel, MemoryContext vac_context,
 		Form_pg_class classForm;
 		bool		include_children;
 		bool		is_partitioned_table;
-		int			rvr_opts;
 
 		/*
 		 * Since autovacuum workers supply OIDs when calling vacuum(), no
@@ -918,29 +934,69 @@ expand_vacuum_rel(VacuumRelation *vrel, MemoryContext vac_context,
 		 * below, as well as find_all_inheritors's expectation that the caller
 		 * holds some lock on the starting relation.
 		 */
-		rvr_opts = (options & VACOPT_SKIP_LOCKED) ? RVR_SKIP_LOCKED : 0;
-		relid = RangeVarGetRelidExtended(vrel->relation,
-										 AccessShareLock,
-										 rvr_opts,
-										 NULL, NULL);
-
-		/*
-		 * If the lock is unavailable, emit the same log statement that
-		 * vacuum_rel() and analyze_rel() would.
-		 */
-		if (!OidIsValid(relid))
+		if (!(options & VACOPT_SKIP_LOCKED))
 		{
-			if (options & VACOPT_VACUUM)
-				ereport(WARNING,
-						(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
-						 errmsg("skipping vacuum of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
-								vrel->relation->relname)));
-			else
-				ereport(WARNING,
-						(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
-						 errmsg("skipping analyze of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
+			relid = RangeVarGetRelidExtended(vrel->relation,
+											 AccessShareLock,
+											 0, NULL, NULL);
+			if (!OidIsValid(relid))
+				return vacrels;
+		}
+		else
+		{
+			/* Get relid for reporting before taking a lock */
+			relid = RangeVarGetRelid(vrel->relation, NoLock, false);
+
+			if (!ConditionalLockRelationOid(relid, AccessShareLock))
+			{
+				int	flags = 0;
+				/*
+				 * If the lock is unavailable, emit the same log statement that
+				 * vacuum_rel() and analyze_rel() would.
+				 */
+				if (options & VACOPT_VACUUM)
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping vacuum of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
 								vrel->relation->relname)));
-			return vacrels;
+				else
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping analyze of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
+									vrel->relation->relname)));
+
+				if ((options & VACOPT_VACUUM) != 0)
+					flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM;
+				if ((options & VACOPT_ANALYZE) != 0)
+					flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE;
+
+				pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(relid, flags);
+
+				return vacrels;
+			}
+
+			/*
+			 * Now that we have the lock, probe to see if the relation really
+			 * exists or not.
+			 */
+			if (!SearchSysCacheExists1(RELOID, ObjectIdGetDatum(relid)))
+			{
+				if (options & VACOPT_VACUUM)
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_UNDEFINED_TABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping vacuum of \"%s\" --- relation no longer exists",
+									vrel->relation->relname)));
+				else
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_UNDEFINED_TABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping analyze of \"%s\" --- relation no longer exists",
+									vrel->relation->relname)));
+
+				/* Release useless lock */
+				UnlockRelationOid(relid, AccessShareLock);
+
+				return vacrels;
+			}
 		}
 
 		/*
diff --git a/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c b/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c
index b2ca28f83ba..532d9023f8c 100644
--- a/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c
+++ b/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c
@@ -17,12 +17,14 @@
 
 #include "postgres.h"
 
+#include "access/htup_details.h"
 #include "access/twophase_rmgr.h"
 #include "access/xact.h"
 #include "catalog/catalog.h"
 #include "utils/memutils.h"
 #include "utils/pgstat_internal.h"
 #include "utils/rel.h"
+#include "utils/syscache.h"
 #include "utils/timestamp.h"
 
 
@@ -367,6 +369,68 @@ pgstat_report_analyze(Relation rel,
 	(void) pgstat_flush_backend(false, PGSTAT_BACKEND_FLUSH_IO);
 }
 
+/*
+ * Report that the table was skipped during vacuum or/and analyze.
+ */
+void
+pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(Oid relid, int flags)
+{
+	PgStat_EntryRef *entry_ref;
+	PgStatShared_Relation *shtabentry;
+	PgStat_StatTabEntry *tabentry;
+	TimestampTz ts;
+	HeapTuple	classTup;
+	bool		isshared;
+
+	if (!pgstat_track_counts || !flags)
+		return;
+
+	classTup = SearchSysCache1(RELOID, ObjectIdGetDatum(relid));
+	if (!HeapTupleIsValid(classTup))
+		return;			/* somebody deleted the rel, forget it */
+	isshared = ((Form_pg_class) GETSTRUCT(classTup))->relisshared;
+	ReleaseSysCache(classTup);
+
+	/* Store the data in the table's hash table entry. */
+	ts = GetCurrentTimestamp();
+
+	/* block acquiring lock for the same reason as pgstat_report_autovac() */
+	entry_ref = pgstat_get_entry_ref_locked(PGSTAT_KIND_RELATION,
+											isshared ? InvalidOid : MyDatabaseId,
+											relid, false);
+
+	shtabentry = (PgStatShared_Relation *) entry_ref->shared_stats;
+	tabentry = &shtabentry->stats;
+
+	if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM)
+	{
+		tabentry->last_skipped_vacuum_time = ts;
+		tabentry->skipped_vacuum_count++;
+	}
+	else if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOVACUUM)
+	{
+		tabentry->last_skipped_autovacuum_time = ts;
+		tabentry->skipped_autovacuum_count++;
+	}
+
+	if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE)
+	{
+		tabentry->last_skipped_analyze_time = ts;
+		tabentry->skipped_analyze_count++;
+	}
+	else if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOANALYZE)
+	{
+		tabentry->last_skipped_autoanalyze_time = ts;
+		tabentry->skipped_autoanalyze_count++;
+	}
+
+	pgstat_unlock_entry(entry_ref);
+
+	/* see pgstat_report_vacuum() */
+	pgstat_flush_io(false);
+	(void) pgstat_flush_backend(false, PGSTAT_BACKEND_FLUSH_IO);
+}
+
 /*
  * count a tuple insertion of n tuples
  */
diff --git a/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c b/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c
index 1408de387ea..90a8968faa0 100644
--- a/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c
+++ b/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c
@@ -84,6 +84,18 @@ PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(mod_since_analyze)
 /* pg_stat_get_numscans */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(numscans)
 
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_analyze_count)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_autoanalyze_count)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_autovacuum_count)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_vacuum_count)
+
 /* pg_stat_get_tuples_deleted */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(tuples_deleted)
 
@@ -170,6 +182,18 @@ PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_vacuum_time)
 /* pg_stat_get_lastscan */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(lastscan)
 
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_analyze_time)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_autoanalyze_time)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_autovacuum_time)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_vacuum_time)
+
 /* pg_stat_get_stat_reset_time */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(stat_reset_time)
 
diff --git a/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat b/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat
index fa9ae79082b..32debb34863 100644
--- a/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat
+++ b/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat
@@ -5680,6 +5680,38 @@
   proargmodes => '{o,o,o,o,o,o,o,o,o,o}',
   proargnames => '{oid,score,xid_score,mxid_score,vacuum_score,vacuum_insert_score,analyze_score,do_vacuum,do_analyze,for_wraparound}',
   prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_autovacuum_scores' },
+{ oid => '8142', descr => 'statistics: last skipped vacuum time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time' },
+{ oid => '8143', descr => 'statistics: last skipped auto vacuum time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time' },
+{ oid => '8144', descr => 'statistics: last skipped analyze time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time' },
+{ oid => '8145', descr => 'statistics: last skipped auto analyze time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time' },
+{ oid => '8146', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped vacuum for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count' },
+{ oid => '8147', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped auto vacuum for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count' },
+{ oid => '8148', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped analyzes for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count' },
+{ oid => '8149', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped auto analyzes for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count' },
 { oid => '1936', descr => 'statistics: currently active backend IDs',
   proname => 'pg_stat_get_backend_idset', prorows => '100', proretset => 't',
   provolatile => 's', proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int4',
diff --git a/src/include/pgstat.h b/src/include/pgstat.h
index dfa2e837638..98941f953d1 100644
--- a/src/include/pgstat.h
+++ b/src/include/pgstat.h
@@ -479,6 +479,15 @@ typedef struct PgStat_StatTabEntry
 	TimestampTz last_autoanalyze_time;	/* autovacuum initiated */
 	PgStat_Counter autoanalyze_count;
 
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_vacuum_time;	/* user initiated vacuum */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_vacuum_count;
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_autovacuum_time;	/* autovacuum initiated */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_autovacuum_count;
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_analyze_time;	/* user initiated */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_analyze_count;
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_autoanalyze_time;	/* autovacuum initiated */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_autoanalyze_count;
+
 	PgStat_Counter total_vacuum_time;	/* times in milliseconds */
 	PgStat_Counter total_autovacuum_time;
 	PgStat_Counter total_analyze_time;
@@ -703,6 +712,13 @@ extern void pgstat_report_analyze(Relation rel,
 								  PgStat_Counter livetuples, PgStat_Counter deadtuples,
 								  bool resetcounter, TimestampTz starttime);
 
+/* flags for pgstat_flush_backend() */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM		(1 << 0)	/* vacuum is skipped */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE		(1 << 1)	/* analyze is skipped */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOVACUUM	(1 << 2)	/* autovacuum is skipped */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOANALYZE	(1 << 3)	/* autoanalyze is skipped */
+extern void pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(Oid relid, int flags);
+
 /*
  * If stats are enabled, but pending data hasn't been prepared yet, call
  * pgstat_assoc_relation() to do so. See its comment for why this is done
diff --git a/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out b/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out
index a65a5bf0c4f..9b2075d3373 100644
--- a/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out
+++ b/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out
@@ -1835,13 +1835,21 @@ pg_stat_all_tables| SELECT c.oid AS relid,
     pg_stat_get_mod_since_analyze(c.oid) AS n_mod_since_analyze,
     pg_stat_get_ins_since_vacuum(c.oid) AS n_ins_since_vacuum,
     pg_stat_get_last_vacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_vacuum,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_vacuum,
     pg_stat_get_last_autovacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_autovacuum,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_autovacuum,
     pg_stat_get_last_analyze_time(c.oid) AS last_analyze,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_analyze,
     pg_stat_get_last_autoanalyze_time(c.oid) AS last_autoanalyze,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_autoanalyze,
     pg_stat_get_vacuum_count(c.oid) AS vacuum_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count(c.oid) AS skipped_vacuum_count,
     pg_stat_get_autovacuum_count(c.oid) AS autovacuum_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count(c.oid) AS skipped_autovacuum_count,
     pg_stat_get_analyze_count(c.oid) AS analyze_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count(c.oid) AS skipped_analyze_count,
     pg_stat_get_autoanalyze_count(c.oid) AS autoanalyze_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count(c.oid) AS skipped_autoanalyze_count,
     pg_stat_get_total_vacuum_time(c.oid) AS total_vacuum_time,
     pg_stat_get_total_autovacuum_time(c.oid) AS total_autovacuum_time,
     pg_stat_get_total_analyze_time(c.oid) AS total_analyze_time,
@@ -2346,13 +2354,21 @@ pg_stat_sys_tables| SELECT relid,
     n_mod_since_analyze,
     n_ins_since_vacuum,
     last_vacuum,
+    last_skipped_vacuum,
     last_autovacuum,
+    last_skipped_autovacuum,
     last_analyze,
+    last_skipped_analyze,
     last_autoanalyze,
+    last_skipped_autoanalyze,
     vacuum_count,
+    skipped_vacuum_count,
     autovacuum_count,
+    skipped_autovacuum_count,
     analyze_count,
+    skipped_analyze_count,
     autoanalyze_count,
+    skipped_autoanalyze_count,
     total_vacuum_time,
     total_autovacuum_time,
     total_analyze_time,
@@ -2401,13 +2417,21 @@ pg_stat_user_tables| SELECT relid,
     n_mod_since_analyze,
     n_ins_since_vacuum,
     last_vacuum,
+    last_skipped_vacuum,
     last_autovacuum,
+    last_skipped_autovacuum,
     last_analyze,
+    last_skipped_analyze,
     last_autoanalyze,
+    last_skipped_autoanalyze,
     vacuum_count,
+    skipped_vacuum_count,
     autovacuum_count,
+    skipped_autovacuum_count,
     analyze_count,
+    skipped_analyze_count,
     autoanalyze_count,
+    skipped_autoanalyze_count,
     total_vacuum_time,
     total_autovacuum_time,
     total_analyze_time,
-- 
2.43.0


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* [PATCH v3] Track skipped vacuum and analyze activity per relation
@ 2026-03-24 04:09 Yugo Nagata <[email protected]>
  0 siblings, 0 replies; 374+ messages in thread

From: Yugo Nagata @ 2026-03-24 04:09 UTC (permalink / raw)

This commit adds eight fields to the relation statistics that track
the last time vacuum or analyze has been attempted but skipped due to
lock unavailability, along with their counts:

-    last_skipped_vacuum
-    last_skipped_autovacuum
-    last_skipped_analyze
-    last_skipped_autoanalyze
-    skipped_vacuum_count
-    skipped_autovacuum_count
-    skipped_analyze_count
-    skipped_autoanalyze_count

These field can help users confirm that autovacuum is actively attempting
to run on a table that has not been vacuumed or analyzed for a long time,
and that the lack of progress is due to repeated skips rather than inactivity.
---
 doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml                 | 80 +++++++++++++++++
 src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql         |  8 ++
 src/backend/commands/vacuum.c                | 95 +++++++++++++++-----
 src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c | 68 ++++++++++++++
 src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c          | 24 +++++
 src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat              | 32 +++++++
 src/include/pgstat.h                         | 16 ++++
 src/test/regress/expected/rules.out          | 24 +++++
 8 files changed, 324 insertions(+), 23 deletions(-)

diff --git a/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml b/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml
index bb75ed1069b..9ec8070b2fc 100644
--- a/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml
+++ b/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml
@@ -4372,6 +4372,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_vacuum</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time a manual vacuum on this table was attempted but skipped due to
+       lock unavailability (not counting <command>VACUUM FULL</command>)
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>last_autovacuum</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
@@ -4382,6 +4392,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_autovacuum</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time a vacuum on this table by the autovacuum daemon was attempted
+       but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>last_analyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
@@ -4391,6 +4411,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_analyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time a manual analyze on this table was attempted but skipped due to
+       lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>last_autoanalyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
@@ -4401,6 +4431,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_autoanalyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time at which an analyze on this table by the autovacuum was
+       attempted but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>vacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4411,6 +4451,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_vacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times vacuums on this table have been attempted but skipped
+       due to lock unavailability (not counting <command>VACUUM FULL</command>)
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>autovacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4421,6 +4471,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_autovacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times vacuums on this table by the autovacuum daemon have been
+       attempted but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>analyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4430,6 +4490,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_analyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times manual analyzes on this table have been attempted but
+       skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>autoanalyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4440,6 +4510,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_autoanalyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times analyzes on this table by the autovacuum daemon have
+       been attempted but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>total_vacuum_time</structfield> <type>double precision</type>
diff --git a/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql b/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql
index e54018004db..2ca02a0354c 100644
--- a/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql
+++ b/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql
@@ -736,13 +736,21 @@ CREATE VIEW pg_stat_all_tables AS
             pg_stat_get_mod_since_analyze(C.oid) AS n_mod_since_analyze,
             pg_stat_get_ins_since_vacuum(C.oid) AS n_ins_since_vacuum,
             pg_stat_get_last_vacuum_time(C.oid) as last_vacuum,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_vacuum,
             pg_stat_get_last_autovacuum_time(C.oid) as last_autovacuum,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_autovacuum,
             pg_stat_get_last_analyze_time(C.oid) as last_analyze,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_analyze,
             pg_stat_get_last_autoanalyze_time(C.oid) as last_autoanalyze,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_autoanalyze,
             pg_stat_get_vacuum_count(C.oid) AS vacuum_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count(C.oid) AS skipped_vacuum_count,
             pg_stat_get_autovacuum_count(C.oid) AS autovacuum_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count(C.oid) AS skipped_autovacuum_count,
             pg_stat_get_analyze_count(C.oid) AS analyze_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count(C.oid) AS skipped_analyze_count,
             pg_stat_get_autoanalyze_count(C.oid) AS autoanalyze_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count(C.oid) AS skipped_autoanalyze_count,
             pg_stat_get_total_vacuum_time(C.oid) AS total_vacuum_time,
             pg_stat_get_total_autovacuum_time(C.oid) AS total_autovacuum_time,
             pg_stat_get_total_analyze_time(C.oid) AS total_analyze_time,
diff --git a/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c b/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c
index bce3a2daa24..ce83b3171be 100644
--- a/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c
+++ b/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c
@@ -792,8 +792,18 @@ vacuum_open_relation(Oid relid, RangeVar *relation, bits32 options,
 		rel = try_relation_open(relid, NoLock);
 	else
 	{
+		bits8 flags = 0;
 		rel = NULL;
 		rel_lock = false;
+
+		if ((options & VACOPT_VACUUM) != 0)
+			flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM;
+		if ((options & VACOPT_ANALYZE) != 0)
+			flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE;
+		if (AmAutoVacuumWorkerProcess())
+			flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOVAC;
+
+		pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(relid, flags);
 	}
 
 	/* if relation is opened, leave */
@@ -801,7 +811,7 @@ vacuum_open_relation(Oid relid, RangeVar *relation, bits32 options,
 		return rel;
 
 	/*
-	 * Relation could not be opened, hence generate if possible a log
+	 * Relation could not be opened hence generate if possible a log
 	 * informing on the situation.
 	 *
 	 * If the RangeVar is not defined, we do not have enough information to
@@ -904,7 +914,6 @@ expand_vacuum_rel(VacuumRelation *vrel, MemoryContext vac_context,
 		Form_pg_class classForm;
 		bool		include_children;
 		bool		is_partitioned_table;
-		int			rvr_opts;
 
 		/*
 		 * Since autovacuum workers supply OIDs when calling vacuum(), no
@@ -917,29 +926,69 @@ expand_vacuum_rel(VacuumRelation *vrel, MemoryContext vac_context,
 		 * below, as well as find_all_inheritors's expectation that the caller
 		 * holds some lock on the starting relation.
 		 */
-		rvr_opts = (options & VACOPT_SKIP_LOCKED) ? RVR_SKIP_LOCKED : 0;
-		relid = RangeVarGetRelidExtended(vrel->relation,
-										 AccessShareLock,
-										 rvr_opts,
-										 NULL, NULL);
-
-		/*
-		 * If the lock is unavailable, emit the same log statement that
-		 * vacuum_rel() and analyze_rel() would.
-		 */
-		if (!OidIsValid(relid))
+		if (!(options & VACOPT_SKIP_LOCKED))
 		{
-			if (options & VACOPT_VACUUM)
-				ereport(WARNING,
-						(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
-						 errmsg("skipping vacuum of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
-								vrel->relation->relname)));
-			else
-				ereport(WARNING,
-						(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
-						 errmsg("skipping analyze of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
+			relid = RangeVarGetRelidExtended(vrel->relation,
+											 AccessShareLock,
+											 0, NULL, NULL);
+			if (!OidIsValid(relid))
+				return vacrels;
+		}
+		else
+		{
+			/* Get relid for reporting before taking a lock */
+			relid = RangeVarGetRelid(vrel->relation, NoLock, false);
+
+			if (!ConditionalLockRelationOid(relid, AccessShareLock))
+			{
+				bits8	flags = 0;
+				/*
+				 * If the lock is unavailable, emit the same log statement that
+				 * vacuum_rel() and analyze_rel() would.
+				 */
+				if (options & VACOPT_VACUUM)
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping vacuum of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
 								vrel->relation->relname)));
-			return vacrels;
+				else
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping analyze of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
+									vrel->relation->relname)));
+
+				if ((options & VACOPT_VACUUM) != 0)
+					flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM;
+				if ((options & VACOPT_ANALYZE) != 0)
+					flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE;
+
+				pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(relid, flags);
+
+				return vacrels;
+			}
+
+			/*
+			 * Now that we have the lock, probe to see if the relation really
+			 * exists or not.
+			 */
+			if (!SearchSysCacheExists1(RELOID, ObjectIdGetDatum(relid)))
+			{
+				if (options & VACOPT_VACUUM)
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_UNDEFINED_TABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping vacuum of \"%s\" --- relation no longer exists",
+									vrel->relation->relname)));
+				else
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_UNDEFINED_TABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping analyze of \"%s\" --- relation no longer exists",
+									vrel->relation->relname)));
+
+				/* Release useless lock */
+				UnlockRelationOid(relid, AccessShareLock);
+
+				return vacrels;
+			}
 		}
 
 		/*
diff --git a/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c b/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c
index bc8c43b96aa..cec4c88980e 100644
--- a/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c
+++ b/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c
@@ -17,6 +17,7 @@
 
 #include "postgres.h"
 
+#include "access/htup_details.h"
 #include "access/twophase_rmgr.h"
 #include "access/xact.h"
 #include "catalog/catalog.h"
@@ -366,6 +367,73 @@ pgstat_report_analyze(Relation rel,
 	(void) pgstat_flush_backend(false, PGSTAT_BACKEND_FLUSH_IO);
 }
 
+/*
+ * Report that the table was skipped during vacuum or/and analyze.
+ */
+void
+pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(Oid relid, bits8 flags)
+{
+	PgStat_EntryRef *entry_ref;
+	PgStatShared_Relation *shtabentry;
+	PgStat_StatTabEntry *tabentry;
+	TimestampTz ts;
+	HeapTuple	classTup;
+	bool		isshared;
+
+	if (!pgstat_track_counts || !(flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANY))
+		return;
+
+	classTup = SearchSysCache1(RELOID, ObjectIdGetDatum(relid));
+	if (!HeapTupleIsValid(classTup))
+		return;			/* somebody deleted the rel, forget it */
+	isshared = ((Form_pg_class) GETSTRUCT(classTup))->relisshared;
+	ReleaseSysCache(classTup);
+
+	/* Store the data in the table's hash table entry. */
+	ts = GetCurrentTimestamp();
+
+	/* block acquiring lock for the same reason as pgstat_report_autovac() */
+	entry_ref = pgstat_get_entry_ref_locked(PGSTAT_KIND_RELATION,
+											isshared ? InvalidOid : MyDatabaseId,
+											relid, false);
+
+	shtabentry = (PgStatShared_Relation *) entry_ref->shared_stats;
+	tabentry = &shtabentry->stats;
+
+	if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOVAC)
+	{
+		if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM)
+		{
+			tabentry->last_skipped_autovacuum_time = ts;
+			tabentry->skipped_autovacuum_count++;
+		}
+		if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE)
+		{
+			tabentry->last_skipped_autoanalyze_time = ts;
+			tabentry->skipped_autoanalyze_count++;
+		}
+	}
+	else
+	{
+		if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM)
+		{
+			tabentry->last_skipped_vacuum_time = ts;
+			tabentry->skipped_vacuum_count++;
+		}
+		if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE)
+		{
+			tabentry->last_skipped_analyze_time = ts;
+			tabentry->skipped_analyze_count++;
+		}
+	}
+
+	pgstat_unlock_entry(entry_ref);
+
+	/* see pgstat_report_vacuum() */
+	pgstat_flush_io(false);
+	(void) pgstat_flush_backend(false, PGSTAT_BACKEND_FLUSH_IO);
+}
+
 /*
  * count a tuple insertion of n tuples
  */
diff --git a/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c b/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c
index 9185a8e6b83..18aaa3996e1 100644
--- a/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c
+++ b/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c
@@ -84,6 +84,18 @@ PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(mod_since_analyze)
 /* pg_stat_get_numscans */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(numscans)
 
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_analyze_count)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_autoanalyze_count)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_autovacuum_count)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_vacuum_count)
+
 /* pg_stat_get_tuples_deleted */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(tuples_deleted)
 
@@ -170,6 +182,18 @@ PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_vacuum_time)
 /* pg_stat_get_lastscan */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(lastscan)
 
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_analyze_time)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_autoanalyze_time)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_autovacuum_time)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_vacuum_time)
+
 /* pg_stat_get_stat_reset_time */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(stat_reset_time)
 
diff --git a/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat b/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat
index 0118e970dda..ccfe3d9e02a 100644
--- a/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat
+++ b/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat
@@ -5667,6 +5667,38 @@
   proname => 'pg_stat_get_total_autoanalyze_time', provolatile => 's',
   proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'float8', proargtypes => 'oid',
   prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_total_autoanalyze_time' },
+{ oid => '8142', descr => 'statistics: last skipped vacuum time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time' },
+{ oid => '8143', descr => 'statistics: last skipped auto vacuum time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time' },
+{ oid => '8144', descr => 'statistics: last skipped analyze time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time' },
+{ oid => '8145', descr => 'statistics: last skipped auto analyze time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time' },
+{ oid => '8146', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped vacuum for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count' },
+{ oid => '8147', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped auto vacuum for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count' },
+{ oid => '8148', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped analyzes for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count' },
+{ oid => '8149', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped auto analyzes for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count' },
 { oid => '1936', descr => 'statistics: currently active backend IDs',
   proname => 'pg_stat_get_backend_idset', prorows => '100', proretset => 't',
   provolatile => 's', proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int4',
diff --git a/src/include/pgstat.h b/src/include/pgstat.h
index 8e3549c3752..343081a7a25 100644
--- a/src/include/pgstat.h
+++ b/src/include/pgstat.h
@@ -479,6 +479,15 @@ typedef struct PgStat_StatTabEntry
 	TimestampTz last_autoanalyze_time;	/* autovacuum initiated */
 	PgStat_Counter autoanalyze_count;
 
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_vacuum_time;	/* user initiated vacuum */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_vacuum_count;
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_autovacuum_time;	/* autovacuum initiated */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_autovacuum_count;
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_analyze_time;	/* user initiated */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_analyze_count;
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_autoanalyze_time;	/* autovacuum initiated */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_autoanalyze_count;
+
 	PgStat_Counter total_vacuum_time;	/* times in milliseconds */
 	PgStat_Counter total_autovacuum_time;
 	PgStat_Counter total_analyze_time;
@@ -707,6 +716,13 @@ extern void pgstat_report_analyze(Relation rel,
 								  PgStat_Counter livetuples, PgStat_Counter deadtuples,
 								  bool resetcounter, TimestampTz starttime);
 
+/* flags for pgstat_flush_backend() */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM	(1 << 0)	/* vacuum is skipped */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE	(1 << 1)	/* analyze is skipped */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOVAC	(1 << 2)	/* skipped during autovacuum/autoanalyze */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANY   (PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM | PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE)
+extern void pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(Oid relid, bits8 flags);
+
 /*
  * If stats are enabled, but pending data hasn't been prepared yet, call
  * pgstat_assoc_relation() to do so. See its comment for why this is done
diff --git a/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out b/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out
index 2b3cf6d8569..4ccfc43e903 100644
--- a/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out
+++ b/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out
@@ -1835,13 +1835,21 @@ pg_stat_all_tables| SELECT c.oid AS relid,
     pg_stat_get_mod_since_analyze(c.oid) AS n_mod_since_analyze,
     pg_stat_get_ins_since_vacuum(c.oid) AS n_ins_since_vacuum,
     pg_stat_get_last_vacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_vacuum,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_vacuum,
     pg_stat_get_last_autovacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_autovacuum,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_autovacuum,
     pg_stat_get_last_analyze_time(c.oid) AS last_analyze,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_analyze,
     pg_stat_get_last_autoanalyze_time(c.oid) AS last_autoanalyze,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_autoanalyze,
     pg_stat_get_vacuum_count(c.oid) AS vacuum_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count(c.oid) AS skipped_vacuum_count,
     pg_stat_get_autovacuum_count(c.oid) AS autovacuum_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count(c.oid) AS skipped_autovacuum_count,
     pg_stat_get_analyze_count(c.oid) AS analyze_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count(c.oid) AS skipped_analyze_count,
     pg_stat_get_autoanalyze_count(c.oid) AS autoanalyze_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count(c.oid) AS skipped_autoanalyze_count,
     pg_stat_get_total_vacuum_time(c.oid) AS total_vacuum_time,
     pg_stat_get_total_autovacuum_time(c.oid) AS total_autovacuum_time,
     pg_stat_get_total_analyze_time(c.oid) AS total_analyze_time,
@@ -2293,13 +2301,21 @@ pg_stat_sys_tables| SELECT relid,
     n_mod_since_analyze,
     n_ins_since_vacuum,
     last_vacuum,
+    last_skipped_vacuum,
     last_autovacuum,
+    last_skipped_autovacuum,
     last_analyze,
+    last_skipped_analyze,
     last_autoanalyze,
+    last_skipped_autoanalyze,
     vacuum_count,
+    skipped_vacuum_count,
     autovacuum_count,
+    skipped_autovacuum_count,
     analyze_count,
+    skipped_analyze_count,
     autoanalyze_count,
+    skipped_autoanalyze_count,
     total_vacuum_time,
     total_autovacuum_time,
     total_analyze_time,
@@ -2348,13 +2364,21 @@ pg_stat_user_tables| SELECT relid,
     n_mod_since_analyze,
     n_ins_since_vacuum,
     last_vacuum,
+    last_skipped_vacuum,
     last_autovacuum,
+    last_skipped_autovacuum,
     last_analyze,
+    last_skipped_analyze,
     last_autoanalyze,
+    last_skipped_autoanalyze,
     vacuum_count,
+    skipped_vacuum_count,
     autovacuum_count,
+    skipped_autovacuum_count,
     analyze_count,
+    skipped_analyze_count,
     autoanalyze_count,
+    skipped_autoanalyze_count,
     total_vacuum_time,
     total_autovacuum_time,
     total_analyze_time,
-- 
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* [PATCH v5] Track skipped vacuum and analyze activity per relation
@ 2026-03-24 04:09 Yugo Nagata <[email protected]>
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From: Yugo Nagata @ 2026-03-24 04:09 UTC (permalink / raw)

This commit adds eight fields to the relation statistics that track
the last time vacuum or analyze has been attempted but skipped due to
lock unavailability, along with their counts:

-    last_skipped_vacuum
-    last_skipped_autovacuum
-    last_skipped_analyze
-    last_skipped_autoanalyze
-    skipped_vacuum_count
-    skipped_autovacuum_count
-    skipped_analyze_count
-    skipped_autoanalyze_count

These field can help users confirm that autovacuum is actively attempting
to run on a table that has not been vacuumed or analyzed for a long time,
and that the lack of progress is due to repeated skips rather than inactivity.
---
 doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml                  |  88 ++++++
 src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql          |   8 +
 src/backend/commands/vacuum.c                 | 100 +++++--
 src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c  |  64 +++++
 src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c           |  24 ++
 src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat               |  32 +++
 src/include/pgstat.h                          |  16 ++
 .../isolation/expected/vacuum-skip-locked.out | 260 ++++++++++++++++--
 .../isolation/specs/vacuum-skip-locked.spec   |  41 +--
 src/test/regress/expected/rules.out           |  24 ++
 10 files changed, 601 insertions(+), 56 deletions(-)

diff --git a/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml b/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml
index 08d5b824552..a9b579d87a9 100644
--- a/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml
+++ b/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml
@@ -4387,6 +4387,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_vacuum</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time a manual vacuum on this table was attempted but skipped due to
+       lock unavailability (not counting <command>VACUUM FULL</command>)
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>last_autovacuum</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
@@ -4397,6 +4407,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_autovacuum</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time a vacuum on this table by the autovacuum daemon was attempted
+       but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>last_analyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
@@ -4406,6 +4426,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_analyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time a manual analyze on this table was attempted but skipped due to
+       lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>last_autoanalyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
@@ -4416,6 +4446,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_autoanalyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time at which an analyze on this table by the autovacuum was
+       attempted but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>vacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4426,6 +4466,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_vacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times manual vacuums on this table have been attempted but skipped
+       due to lock unavailability (not counting <command>VACUUM FULL</command>)
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>autovacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4436,6 +4486,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_autovacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times vacuums on this table by the autovacuum daemon have been
+       attempted but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>analyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4445,6 +4505,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_analyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times manual analyzes on this table have been attempted but
+       skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>autoanalyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4455,6 +4525,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_autoanalyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times analyzes on this table by the autovacuum daemon have
+       been attempted but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>total_vacuum_time</structfield> <type>double precision</type>
@@ -4510,6 +4590,14 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
    </tgroup>
   </table>
 
+  <note>
+   <para>
+    When a manual vacuum or analyze on a parent table in an inheritance or
+    partitioning hierarchy is skipped, the statistics are recorded only for
+    the parent table, not for its children.
+   </para>
+  </note>
+
  </sect2>
 
  <sect2 id="monitoring-pg-stat-autovacuum-scores-view">
diff --git a/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql b/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql
index 73a1c1c4670..f509fc7876b 100644
--- a/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql
+++ b/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql
@@ -736,13 +736,21 @@ CREATE VIEW pg_stat_all_tables AS
             pg_stat_get_mod_since_analyze(C.oid) AS n_mod_since_analyze,
             pg_stat_get_ins_since_vacuum(C.oid) AS n_ins_since_vacuum,
             pg_stat_get_last_vacuum_time(C.oid) as last_vacuum,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_vacuum,
             pg_stat_get_last_autovacuum_time(C.oid) as last_autovacuum,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_autovacuum,
             pg_stat_get_last_analyze_time(C.oid) as last_analyze,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_analyze,
             pg_stat_get_last_autoanalyze_time(C.oid) as last_autoanalyze,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_autoanalyze,
             pg_stat_get_vacuum_count(C.oid) AS vacuum_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count(C.oid) AS skipped_vacuum_count,
             pg_stat_get_autovacuum_count(C.oid) AS autovacuum_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count(C.oid) AS skipped_autovacuum_count,
             pg_stat_get_analyze_count(C.oid) AS analyze_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count(C.oid) AS skipped_analyze_count,
             pg_stat_get_autoanalyze_count(C.oid) AS autoanalyze_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count(C.oid) AS skipped_autoanalyze_count,
             pg_stat_get_total_vacuum_time(C.oid) AS total_vacuum_time,
             pg_stat_get_total_autovacuum_time(C.oid) AS total_autovacuum_time,
             pg_stat_get_total_analyze_time(C.oid) AS total_analyze_time,
diff --git a/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c b/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c
index 99d0db82ed7..df6526225e4 100644
--- a/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c
+++ b/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c
@@ -793,8 +793,25 @@ vacuum_open_relation(Oid relid, RangeVar *relation, uint32 options,
 		rel = try_relation_open(relid, NoLock);
 	else
 	{
+		int flags = 0;
 		rel = NULL;
 		rel_lock = false;
+
+		if ((options & VACOPT_VACUUM) != 0 && (options & VACOPT_FULL) == 0)
+		{
+			if (AmAutoVacuumWorkerProcess())
+				flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOVACUUM;
+			else
+				flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM;
+		}
+		if ((options & VACOPT_ANALYZE) != 0)
+		{
+			if (AmAutoVacuumWorkerProcess())
+				flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOANALYZE;
+			else
+				flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE;
+		}
+		pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(relid, flags);
 	}
 
 	/* if relation is opened, leave */
@@ -905,7 +922,6 @@ expand_vacuum_rel(VacuumRelation *vrel, MemoryContext vac_context,
 		Form_pg_class classForm;
 		bool		include_children;
 		bool		is_partitioned_table;
-		int			rvr_opts;
 
 		/*
 		 * Since autovacuum workers supply OIDs when calling vacuum(), no
@@ -918,29 +934,69 @@ expand_vacuum_rel(VacuumRelation *vrel, MemoryContext vac_context,
 		 * below, as well as find_all_inheritors's expectation that the caller
 		 * holds some lock on the starting relation.
 		 */
-		rvr_opts = (options & VACOPT_SKIP_LOCKED) ? RVR_SKIP_LOCKED : 0;
-		relid = RangeVarGetRelidExtended(vrel->relation,
-										 AccessShareLock,
-										 rvr_opts,
-										 NULL, NULL);
-
-		/*
-		 * If the lock is unavailable, emit the same log statement that
-		 * vacuum_rel() and analyze_rel() would.
-		 */
-		if (!OidIsValid(relid))
+		if (!(options & VACOPT_SKIP_LOCKED))
 		{
-			if (options & VACOPT_VACUUM)
-				ereport(WARNING,
-						(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
-						 errmsg("skipping vacuum of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
-								vrel->relation->relname)));
-			else
-				ereport(WARNING,
-						(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
-						 errmsg("skipping analyze of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
+			relid = RangeVarGetRelidExtended(vrel->relation,
+											 AccessShareLock,
+											 0, NULL, NULL);
+			if (!OidIsValid(relid))
+				return vacrels;
+		}
+		else
+		{
+			/* Get relid for reporting before taking a lock */
+			relid = RangeVarGetRelid(vrel->relation, NoLock, false);
+
+			if (!ConditionalLockRelationOid(relid, AccessShareLock))
+			{
+				int	flags = 0;
+				/*
+				 * If the lock is unavailable, emit the same log statement that
+				 * vacuum_rel() and analyze_rel() would.
+				 */
+				if (options & VACOPT_VACUUM)
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping vacuum of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
 								vrel->relation->relname)));
-			return vacrels;
+				else
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping analyze of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
+									vrel->relation->relname)));
+
+				if ((options & VACOPT_VACUUM) != 0 && (options & VACOPT_FULL) == 0)
+					flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM;
+				if ((options & VACOPT_ANALYZE) != 0)
+					flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE;
+
+				pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(relid, flags);
+
+				return vacrels;
+			}
+
+			/*
+			 * Now that we have the lock, probe to see if the relation really
+			 * exists or not.
+			 */
+			if (!SearchSysCacheExists1(RELOID, ObjectIdGetDatum(relid)))
+			{
+				if (options & VACOPT_VACUUM)
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_UNDEFINED_TABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping vacuum of \"%s\" --- relation no longer exists",
+									vrel->relation->relname)));
+				else
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_UNDEFINED_TABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping analyze of \"%s\" --- relation no longer exists",
+									vrel->relation->relname)));
+
+				/* Release useless lock */
+				UnlockRelationOid(relid, AccessShareLock);
+
+				return vacrels;
+			}
 		}
 
 		/*
diff --git a/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c b/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c
index b2ca28f83ba..532d9023f8c 100644
--- a/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c
+++ b/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c
@@ -17,12 +17,14 @@
 
 #include "postgres.h"
 
+#include "access/htup_details.h"
 #include "access/twophase_rmgr.h"
 #include "access/xact.h"
 #include "catalog/catalog.h"
 #include "utils/memutils.h"
 #include "utils/pgstat_internal.h"
 #include "utils/rel.h"
+#include "utils/syscache.h"
 #include "utils/timestamp.h"
 
 
@@ -367,6 +369,68 @@ pgstat_report_analyze(Relation rel,
 	(void) pgstat_flush_backend(false, PGSTAT_BACKEND_FLUSH_IO);
 }
 
+/*
+ * Report that the table was skipped during vacuum or/and analyze.
+ */
+void
+pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(Oid relid, int flags)
+{
+	PgStat_EntryRef *entry_ref;
+	PgStatShared_Relation *shtabentry;
+	PgStat_StatTabEntry *tabentry;
+	TimestampTz ts;
+	HeapTuple	classTup;
+	bool		isshared;
+
+	if (!pgstat_track_counts || !flags)
+		return;
+
+	classTup = SearchSysCache1(RELOID, ObjectIdGetDatum(relid));
+	if (!HeapTupleIsValid(classTup))
+		return;			/* somebody deleted the rel, forget it */
+	isshared = ((Form_pg_class) GETSTRUCT(classTup))->relisshared;
+	ReleaseSysCache(classTup);
+
+	/* Store the data in the table's hash table entry. */
+	ts = GetCurrentTimestamp();
+
+	/* block acquiring lock for the same reason as pgstat_report_autovac() */
+	entry_ref = pgstat_get_entry_ref_locked(PGSTAT_KIND_RELATION,
+											isshared ? InvalidOid : MyDatabaseId,
+											relid, false);
+
+	shtabentry = (PgStatShared_Relation *) entry_ref->shared_stats;
+	tabentry = &shtabentry->stats;
+
+	if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM)
+	{
+		tabentry->last_skipped_vacuum_time = ts;
+		tabentry->skipped_vacuum_count++;
+	}
+	else if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOVACUUM)
+	{
+		tabentry->last_skipped_autovacuum_time = ts;
+		tabentry->skipped_autovacuum_count++;
+	}
+
+	if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE)
+	{
+		tabentry->last_skipped_analyze_time = ts;
+		tabentry->skipped_analyze_count++;
+	}
+	else if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOANALYZE)
+	{
+		tabentry->last_skipped_autoanalyze_time = ts;
+		tabentry->skipped_autoanalyze_count++;
+	}
+
+	pgstat_unlock_entry(entry_ref);
+
+	/* see pgstat_report_vacuum() */
+	pgstat_flush_io(false);
+	(void) pgstat_flush_backend(false, PGSTAT_BACKEND_FLUSH_IO);
+}
+
 /*
  * count a tuple insertion of n tuples
  */
diff --git a/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c b/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c
index 1408de387ea..90a8968faa0 100644
--- a/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c
+++ b/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c
@@ -84,6 +84,18 @@ PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(mod_since_analyze)
 /* pg_stat_get_numscans */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(numscans)
 
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_analyze_count)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_autoanalyze_count)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_autovacuum_count)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_vacuum_count)
+
 /* pg_stat_get_tuples_deleted */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(tuples_deleted)
 
@@ -170,6 +182,18 @@ PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_vacuum_time)
 /* pg_stat_get_lastscan */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(lastscan)
 
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_analyze_time)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_autoanalyze_time)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_autovacuum_time)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_vacuum_time)
+
 /* pg_stat_get_stat_reset_time */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(stat_reset_time)
 
diff --git a/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat b/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat
index fa9ae79082b..32debb34863 100644
--- a/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat
+++ b/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat
@@ -5680,6 +5680,38 @@
   proargmodes => '{o,o,o,o,o,o,o,o,o,o}',
   proargnames => '{oid,score,xid_score,mxid_score,vacuum_score,vacuum_insert_score,analyze_score,do_vacuum,do_analyze,for_wraparound}',
   prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_autovacuum_scores' },
+{ oid => '8142', descr => 'statistics: last skipped vacuum time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time' },
+{ oid => '8143', descr => 'statistics: last skipped auto vacuum time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time' },
+{ oid => '8144', descr => 'statistics: last skipped analyze time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time' },
+{ oid => '8145', descr => 'statistics: last skipped auto analyze time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time' },
+{ oid => '8146', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped vacuum for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count' },
+{ oid => '8147', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped auto vacuum for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count' },
+{ oid => '8148', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped analyzes for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count' },
+{ oid => '8149', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped auto analyzes for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count' },
 { oid => '1936', descr => 'statistics: currently active backend IDs',
   proname => 'pg_stat_get_backend_idset', prorows => '100', proretset => 't',
   provolatile => 's', proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int4',
diff --git a/src/include/pgstat.h b/src/include/pgstat.h
index dfa2e837638..98941f953d1 100644
--- a/src/include/pgstat.h
+++ b/src/include/pgstat.h
@@ -479,6 +479,15 @@ typedef struct PgStat_StatTabEntry
 	TimestampTz last_autoanalyze_time;	/* autovacuum initiated */
 	PgStat_Counter autoanalyze_count;
 
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_vacuum_time;	/* user initiated vacuum */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_vacuum_count;
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_autovacuum_time;	/* autovacuum initiated */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_autovacuum_count;
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_analyze_time;	/* user initiated */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_analyze_count;
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_autoanalyze_time;	/* autovacuum initiated */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_autoanalyze_count;
+
 	PgStat_Counter total_vacuum_time;	/* times in milliseconds */
 	PgStat_Counter total_autovacuum_time;
 	PgStat_Counter total_analyze_time;
@@ -703,6 +712,13 @@ extern void pgstat_report_analyze(Relation rel,
 								  PgStat_Counter livetuples, PgStat_Counter deadtuples,
 								  bool resetcounter, TimestampTz starttime);
 
+/* flags for pgstat_flush_backend() */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM		(1 << 0)	/* vacuum is skipped */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE		(1 << 1)	/* analyze is skipped */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOVACUUM	(1 << 2)	/* autovacuum is skipped */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOANALYZE	(1 << 3)	/* autoanalyze is skipped */
+extern void pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(Oid relid, int flags);
+
 /*
  * If stats are enabled, but pending data hasn't been prepared yet, call
  * pgstat_assoc_relation() to do so. See its comment for why this is done
diff --git a/src/test/isolation/expected/vacuum-skip-locked.out b/src/test/isolation/expected/vacuum-skip-locked.out
index 99db281a159..e2cff175b7c 100644
--- a/src/test/isolation/expected/vacuum-skip-locked.out
+++ b/src/test/isolation/expected/vacuum-skip-locked.out
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 Parsed test spec with 2 sessions
 
-starting permutation: lock_share vac_specified commit
+starting permutation: lock_share vac_specified commit check_stat
 step lock_share: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN SHARE MODE;
@@ -10,8 +10,22 @@ step vac_specified: VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED) part1, part2;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
 
-starting permutation: lock_share vac_all_parts commit
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   1|            0|                    0
+part2  |           1|                   0|            0|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
+
+starting permutation: lock_share vac_all_parts commit check_stat
 step lock_share: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN SHARE MODE;
@@ -20,8 +34,22 @@ step vac_all_parts: VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED) parted;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   1|            0|                    0
+part2  |           1|                   0|            0|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
 
-starting permutation: lock_share analyze_specified commit
+starting permutation: lock_share analyze_specified commit check_stat
 step lock_share: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN SHARE MODE;
@@ -31,8 +59,22 @@ step analyze_specified: ANALYZE (SKIP_LOCKED) part1, part2;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
 
-starting permutation: lock_share analyze_all_parts commit
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   0|            0|                    1
+part2  |           0|                   0|            1|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
+
+starting permutation: lock_share analyze_all_parts commit check_stat
 step lock_share: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN SHARE MODE;
@@ -41,8 +83,22 @@ step analyze_all_parts: ANALYZE (SKIP_LOCKED) parted;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            1|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   0|            0|                    1
+part2  |           0|                   0|            1|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
 
-starting permutation: lock_share vac_analyze_specified commit
+starting permutation: lock_share vac_analyze_specified commit check_stat
 step lock_share: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN SHARE MODE;
@@ -52,8 +108,22 @@ step vac_analyze_specified: VACUUM (ANALYZE, SKIP_LOCKED) part1, part2;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
 
-starting permutation: lock_share vac_analyze_all_parts commit
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   1|            0|                    1
+part2  |           1|                   0|            1|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
+
+starting permutation: lock_share vac_analyze_all_parts commit check_stat
 step lock_share: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN SHARE MODE;
@@ -62,8 +132,22 @@ step vac_analyze_all_parts: VACUUM (ANALYZE, SKIP_LOCKED) parted;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            1|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   1|            0|                    1
+part2  |           1|                   0|            1|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
 
-starting permutation: lock_share vac_full_specified commit
+starting permutation: lock_share vac_full_specified commit check_stat
 step lock_share: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN SHARE MODE;
@@ -73,8 +157,22 @@ step vac_full_specified: VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED, FULL) part1, part2;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
 
-starting permutation: lock_share vac_full_all_parts commit
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part2  |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
+
+starting permutation: lock_share vac_full_all_parts commit check_stat
 step lock_share: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN SHARE MODE;
@@ -83,8 +181,22 @@ step vac_full_all_parts: VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED, FULL) parted;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part2  |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+(3 rows)
 
-starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_specified commit
+
+starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_specified commit check_stat
 step lock_access_exclusive: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN ACCESS EXCLUSIVE MODE;
@@ -94,8 +206,22 @@ step vac_specified: VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED) part1, part2;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   1|            0|                    0
+part2  |           1|                   0|            0|                    0
+(3 rows)
 
-starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_all_parts commit
+
+starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_all_parts commit check_stat
 step lock_access_exclusive: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN ACCESS EXCLUSIVE MODE;
@@ -104,8 +230,22 @@ step vac_all_parts: VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED) parted;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   1|            0|                    0
+part2  |           1|                   0|            0|                    0
+(3 rows)
 
-starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive analyze_specified commit
+
+starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive analyze_specified commit check_stat
 step lock_access_exclusive: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN ACCESS EXCLUSIVE MODE;
@@ -115,8 +255,22 @@ step analyze_specified: ANALYZE (SKIP_LOCKED) part1, part2;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   0|            0|                    1
+part2  |           0|                   0|            1|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
 
-starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive analyze_all_parts commit
+starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive analyze_all_parts commit check_stat
 step lock_access_exclusive: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN ACCESS EXCLUSIVE MODE;
@@ -126,8 +280,22 @@ step commit:
 	COMMIT;
 
 step analyze_all_parts: <... completed>
-
-starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_analyze_specified commit
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            1|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   0|            1|                    0
+part2  |           0|                   0|            1|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
+
+starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_analyze_specified commit check_stat
 step lock_access_exclusive: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN ACCESS EXCLUSIVE MODE;
@@ -137,8 +305,22 @@ step vac_analyze_specified: VACUUM (ANALYZE, SKIP_LOCKED) part1, part2;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   1|            0|                    1
+part2  |           1|                   0|            1|                    0
+(3 rows)
 
-starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_analyze_all_parts commit
+
+starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_analyze_all_parts commit check_stat
 step lock_access_exclusive: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN ACCESS EXCLUSIVE MODE;
@@ -148,8 +330,22 @@ step commit:
 	COMMIT;
 
 step vac_analyze_all_parts: <... completed>
-
-starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_full_specified commit
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            1|                    0
+part1  |           1|                   0|            1|                    0
+part2  |           1|                   0|            1|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
+
+starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_full_specified commit check_stat
 step lock_access_exclusive: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN ACCESS EXCLUSIVE MODE;
@@ -159,8 +355,22 @@ step vac_full_specified: VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED, FULL) part1, part2;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
 
-starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_full_all_parts commit
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part2  |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
+
+starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_full_all_parts commit check_stat
 step lock_access_exclusive: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN ACCESS EXCLUSIVE MODE;
@@ -169,3 +379,17 @@ step vac_full_all_parts: VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED, FULL) parted;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part2  |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
diff --git a/src/test/isolation/specs/vacuum-skip-locked.spec b/src/test/isolation/specs/vacuum-skip-locked.spec
index 3fad6e1c92a..b0da75d4b6d 100644
--- a/src/test/isolation/specs/vacuum-skip-locked.spec
+++ b/src/test/isolation/specs/vacuum-skip-locked.spec
@@ -33,6 +33,15 @@ step commit
 	COMMIT;
 }
 
+step check_stat
+{
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+}
+
 session s2
 step vac_specified			{ VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED) part1, part2; }
 step vac_all_parts			{ VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED) parted; }
@@ -43,19 +52,19 @@ step vac_analyze_all_parts	{ VACUUM (ANALYZE, SKIP_LOCKED) parted; }
 step vac_full_specified		{ VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED, FULL) part1, part2; }
 step vac_full_all_parts		{ VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED, FULL) parted; }
 
-permutation lock_share vac_specified commit
-permutation lock_share vac_all_parts commit
-permutation lock_share analyze_specified commit
-permutation lock_share analyze_all_parts commit
-permutation lock_share vac_analyze_specified commit
-permutation lock_share vac_analyze_all_parts commit
-permutation lock_share vac_full_specified commit
-permutation lock_share vac_full_all_parts commit
-permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_specified commit
-permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_all_parts commit
-permutation lock_access_exclusive analyze_specified commit
-permutation lock_access_exclusive analyze_all_parts commit
-permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_analyze_specified commit
-permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_analyze_all_parts commit
-permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_full_specified commit
-permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_full_all_parts commit
+permutation lock_share vac_specified commit check_stat
+permutation lock_share vac_all_parts commit check_stat
+permutation lock_share analyze_specified commit check_stat
+permutation lock_share analyze_all_parts commit check_stat
+permutation lock_share vac_analyze_specified commit check_stat
+permutation lock_share vac_analyze_all_parts commit check_stat
+permutation lock_share vac_full_specified commit check_stat
+permutation lock_share vac_full_all_parts commit check_stat
+permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_specified commit check_stat
+permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_all_parts commit check_stat
+permutation lock_access_exclusive analyze_specified commit check_stat
+permutation lock_access_exclusive analyze_all_parts commit check_stat
+permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_analyze_specified commit check_stat
+permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_analyze_all_parts commit check_stat
+permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_full_specified commit check_stat
+permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_full_all_parts commit check_stat
diff --git a/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out b/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out
index a65a5bf0c4f..9b2075d3373 100644
--- a/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out
+++ b/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out
@@ -1835,13 +1835,21 @@ pg_stat_all_tables| SELECT c.oid AS relid,
     pg_stat_get_mod_since_analyze(c.oid) AS n_mod_since_analyze,
     pg_stat_get_ins_since_vacuum(c.oid) AS n_ins_since_vacuum,
     pg_stat_get_last_vacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_vacuum,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_vacuum,
     pg_stat_get_last_autovacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_autovacuum,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_autovacuum,
     pg_stat_get_last_analyze_time(c.oid) AS last_analyze,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_analyze,
     pg_stat_get_last_autoanalyze_time(c.oid) AS last_autoanalyze,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_autoanalyze,
     pg_stat_get_vacuum_count(c.oid) AS vacuum_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count(c.oid) AS skipped_vacuum_count,
     pg_stat_get_autovacuum_count(c.oid) AS autovacuum_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count(c.oid) AS skipped_autovacuum_count,
     pg_stat_get_analyze_count(c.oid) AS analyze_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count(c.oid) AS skipped_analyze_count,
     pg_stat_get_autoanalyze_count(c.oid) AS autoanalyze_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count(c.oid) AS skipped_autoanalyze_count,
     pg_stat_get_total_vacuum_time(c.oid) AS total_vacuum_time,
     pg_stat_get_total_autovacuum_time(c.oid) AS total_autovacuum_time,
     pg_stat_get_total_analyze_time(c.oid) AS total_analyze_time,
@@ -2346,13 +2354,21 @@ pg_stat_sys_tables| SELECT relid,
     n_mod_since_analyze,
     n_ins_since_vacuum,
     last_vacuum,
+    last_skipped_vacuum,
     last_autovacuum,
+    last_skipped_autovacuum,
     last_analyze,
+    last_skipped_analyze,
     last_autoanalyze,
+    last_skipped_autoanalyze,
     vacuum_count,
+    skipped_vacuum_count,
     autovacuum_count,
+    skipped_autovacuum_count,
     analyze_count,
+    skipped_analyze_count,
     autoanalyze_count,
+    skipped_autoanalyze_count,
     total_vacuum_time,
     total_autovacuum_time,
     total_analyze_time,
@@ -2401,13 +2417,21 @@ pg_stat_user_tables| SELECT relid,
     n_mod_since_analyze,
     n_ins_since_vacuum,
     last_vacuum,
+    last_skipped_vacuum,
     last_autovacuum,
+    last_skipped_autovacuum,
     last_analyze,
+    last_skipped_analyze,
     last_autoanalyze,
+    last_skipped_autoanalyze,
     vacuum_count,
+    skipped_vacuum_count,
     autovacuum_count,
+    skipped_autovacuum_count,
     analyze_count,
+    skipped_analyze_count,
     autoanalyze_count,
+    skipped_autoanalyze_count,
     total_vacuum_time,
     total_autovacuum_time,
     total_analyze_time,
-- 
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* [PATCH v3] Track skipped vacuum and analyze activity per relation
@ 2026-03-24 04:09 Yugo Nagata <[email protected]>
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From: Yugo Nagata @ 2026-03-24 04:09 UTC (permalink / raw)

This commit adds eight fields to the relation statistics that track
the last time vacuum or analyze has been attempted but skipped due to
lock unavailability, along with their counts:

-    last_skipped_vacuum
-    last_skipped_autovacuum
-    last_skipped_analyze
-    last_skipped_autoanalyze
-    skipped_vacuum_count
-    skipped_autovacuum_count
-    skipped_analyze_count
-    skipped_autoanalyze_count

These field can help users confirm that autovacuum is actively attempting
to run on a table that has not been vacuumed or analyzed for a long time,
and that the lack of progress is due to repeated skips rather than inactivity.
---
 doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml                 | 80 +++++++++++++++++
 src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql         |  8 ++
 src/backend/commands/vacuum.c                | 95 +++++++++++++++-----
 src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c | 68 ++++++++++++++
 src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c          | 24 +++++
 src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat              | 32 +++++++
 src/include/pgstat.h                         | 16 ++++
 src/test/regress/expected/rules.out          | 24 +++++
 8 files changed, 324 insertions(+), 23 deletions(-)

diff --git a/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml b/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml
index bb75ed1069b..9ec8070b2fc 100644
--- a/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml
+++ b/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml
@@ -4372,6 +4372,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_vacuum</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time a manual vacuum on this table was attempted but skipped due to
+       lock unavailability (not counting <command>VACUUM FULL</command>)
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>last_autovacuum</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
@@ -4382,6 +4392,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_autovacuum</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time a vacuum on this table by the autovacuum daemon was attempted
+       but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>last_analyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
@@ -4391,6 +4411,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_analyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time a manual analyze on this table was attempted but skipped due to
+       lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>last_autoanalyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
@@ -4401,6 +4431,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_autoanalyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time at which an analyze on this table by the autovacuum was
+       attempted but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>vacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4411,6 +4451,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_vacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times vacuums on this table have been attempted but skipped
+       due to lock unavailability (not counting <command>VACUUM FULL</command>)
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>autovacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4421,6 +4471,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_autovacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times vacuums on this table by the autovacuum daemon have been
+       attempted but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>analyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4430,6 +4490,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_analyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times manual analyzes on this table have been attempted but
+       skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>autoanalyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4440,6 +4510,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_autoanalyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times analyzes on this table by the autovacuum daemon have
+       been attempted but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>total_vacuum_time</structfield> <type>double precision</type>
diff --git a/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql b/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql
index e54018004db..2ca02a0354c 100644
--- a/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql
+++ b/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql
@@ -736,13 +736,21 @@ CREATE VIEW pg_stat_all_tables AS
             pg_stat_get_mod_since_analyze(C.oid) AS n_mod_since_analyze,
             pg_stat_get_ins_since_vacuum(C.oid) AS n_ins_since_vacuum,
             pg_stat_get_last_vacuum_time(C.oid) as last_vacuum,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_vacuum,
             pg_stat_get_last_autovacuum_time(C.oid) as last_autovacuum,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_autovacuum,
             pg_stat_get_last_analyze_time(C.oid) as last_analyze,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_analyze,
             pg_stat_get_last_autoanalyze_time(C.oid) as last_autoanalyze,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_autoanalyze,
             pg_stat_get_vacuum_count(C.oid) AS vacuum_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count(C.oid) AS skipped_vacuum_count,
             pg_stat_get_autovacuum_count(C.oid) AS autovacuum_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count(C.oid) AS skipped_autovacuum_count,
             pg_stat_get_analyze_count(C.oid) AS analyze_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count(C.oid) AS skipped_analyze_count,
             pg_stat_get_autoanalyze_count(C.oid) AS autoanalyze_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count(C.oid) AS skipped_autoanalyze_count,
             pg_stat_get_total_vacuum_time(C.oid) AS total_vacuum_time,
             pg_stat_get_total_autovacuum_time(C.oid) AS total_autovacuum_time,
             pg_stat_get_total_analyze_time(C.oid) AS total_analyze_time,
diff --git a/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c b/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c
index bce3a2daa24..ce83b3171be 100644
--- a/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c
+++ b/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c
@@ -792,8 +792,18 @@ vacuum_open_relation(Oid relid, RangeVar *relation, bits32 options,
 		rel = try_relation_open(relid, NoLock);
 	else
 	{
+		bits8 flags = 0;
 		rel = NULL;
 		rel_lock = false;
+
+		if ((options & VACOPT_VACUUM) != 0)
+			flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM;
+		if ((options & VACOPT_ANALYZE) != 0)
+			flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE;
+		if (AmAutoVacuumWorkerProcess())
+			flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOVAC;
+
+		pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(relid, flags);
 	}
 
 	/* if relation is opened, leave */
@@ -801,7 +811,7 @@ vacuum_open_relation(Oid relid, RangeVar *relation, bits32 options,
 		return rel;
 
 	/*
-	 * Relation could not be opened, hence generate if possible a log
+	 * Relation could not be opened hence generate if possible a log
 	 * informing on the situation.
 	 *
 	 * If the RangeVar is not defined, we do not have enough information to
@@ -904,7 +914,6 @@ expand_vacuum_rel(VacuumRelation *vrel, MemoryContext vac_context,
 		Form_pg_class classForm;
 		bool		include_children;
 		bool		is_partitioned_table;
-		int			rvr_opts;
 
 		/*
 		 * Since autovacuum workers supply OIDs when calling vacuum(), no
@@ -917,29 +926,69 @@ expand_vacuum_rel(VacuumRelation *vrel, MemoryContext vac_context,
 		 * below, as well as find_all_inheritors's expectation that the caller
 		 * holds some lock on the starting relation.
 		 */
-		rvr_opts = (options & VACOPT_SKIP_LOCKED) ? RVR_SKIP_LOCKED : 0;
-		relid = RangeVarGetRelidExtended(vrel->relation,
-										 AccessShareLock,
-										 rvr_opts,
-										 NULL, NULL);
-
-		/*
-		 * If the lock is unavailable, emit the same log statement that
-		 * vacuum_rel() and analyze_rel() would.
-		 */
-		if (!OidIsValid(relid))
+		if (!(options & VACOPT_SKIP_LOCKED))
 		{
-			if (options & VACOPT_VACUUM)
-				ereport(WARNING,
-						(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
-						 errmsg("skipping vacuum of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
-								vrel->relation->relname)));
-			else
-				ereport(WARNING,
-						(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
-						 errmsg("skipping analyze of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
+			relid = RangeVarGetRelidExtended(vrel->relation,
+											 AccessShareLock,
+											 0, NULL, NULL);
+			if (!OidIsValid(relid))
+				return vacrels;
+		}
+		else
+		{
+			/* Get relid for reporting before taking a lock */
+			relid = RangeVarGetRelid(vrel->relation, NoLock, false);
+
+			if (!ConditionalLockRelationOid(relid, AccessShareLock))
+			{
+				bits8	flags = 0;
+				/*
+				 * If the lock is unavailable, emit the same log statement that
+				 * vacuum_rel() and analyze_rel() would.
+				 */
+				if (options & VACOPT_VACUUM)
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping vacuum of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
 								vrel->relation->relname)));
-			return vacrels;
+				else
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping analyze of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
+									vrel->relation->relname)));
+
+				if ((options & VACOPT_VACUUM) != 0)
+					flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM;
+				if ((options & VACOPT_ANALYZE) != 0)
+					flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE;
+
+				pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(relid, flags);
+
+				return vacrels;
+			}
+
+			/*
+			 * Now that we have the lock, probe to see if the relation really
+			 * exists or not.
+			 */
+			if (!SearchSysCacheExists1(RELOID, ObjectIdGetDatum(relid)))
+			{
+				if (options & VACOPT_VACUUM)
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_UNDEFINED_TABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping vacuum of \"%s\" --- relation no longer exists",
+									vrel->relation->relname)));
+				else
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_UNDEFINED_TABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping analyze of \"%s\" --- relation no longer exists",
+									vrel->relation->relname)));
+
+				/* Release useless lock */
+				UnlockRelationOid(relid, AccessShareLock);
+
+				return vacrels;
+			}
 		}
 
 		/*
diff --git a/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c b/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c
index bc8c43b96aa..cec4c88980e 100644
--- a/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c
+++ b/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c
@@ -17,6 +17,7 @@
 
 #include "postgres.h"
 
+#include "access/htup_details.h"
 #include "access/twophase_rmgr.h"
 #include "access/xact.h"
 #include "catalog/catalog.h"
@@ -366,6 +367,73 @@ pgstat_report_analyze(Relation rel,
 	(void) pgstat_flush_backend(false, PGSTAT_BACKEND_FLUSH_IO);
 }
 
+/*
+ * Report that the table was skipped during vacuum or/and analyze.
+ */
+void
+pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(Oid relid, bits8 flags)
+{
+	PgStat_EntryRef *entry_ref;
+	PgStatShared_Relation *shtabentry;
+	PgStat_StatTabEntry *tabentry;
+	TimestampTz ts;
+	HeapTuple	classTup;
+	bool		isshared;
+
+	if (!pgstat_track_counts || !(flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANY))
+		return;
+
+	classTup = SearchSysCache1(RELOID, ObjectIdGetDatum(relid));
+	if (!HeapTupleIsValid(classTup))
+		return;			/* somebody deleted the rel, forget it */
+	isshared = ((Form_pg_class) GETSTRUCT(classTup))->relisshared;
+	ReleaseSysCache(classTup);
+
+	/* Store the data in the table's hash table entry. */
+	ts = GetCurrentTimestamp();
+
+	/* block acquiring lock for the same reason as pgstat_report_autovac() */
+	entry_ref = pgstat_get_entry_ref_locked(PGSTAT_KIND_RELATION,
+											isshared ? InvalidOid : MyDatabaseId,
+											relid, false);
+
+	shtabentry = (PgStatShared_Relation *) entry_ref->shared_stats;
+	tabentry = &shtabentry->stats;
+
+	if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOVAC)
+	{
+		if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM)
+		{
+			tabentry->last_skipped_autovacuum_time = ts;
+			tabentry->skipped_autovacuum_count++;
+		}
+		if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE)
+		{
+			tabentry->last_skipped_autoanalyze_time = ts;
+			tabentry->skipped_autoanalyze_count++;
+		}
+	}
+	else
+	{
+		if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM)
+		{
+			tabentry->last_skipped_vacuum_time = ts;
+			tabentry->skipped_vacuum_count++;
+		}
+		if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE)
+		{
+			tabentry->last_skipped_analyze_time = ts;
+			tabentry->skipped_analyze_count++;
+		}
+	}
+
+	pgstat_unlock_entry(entry_ref);
+
+	/* see pgstat_report_vacuum() */
+	pgstat_flush_io(false);
+	(void) pgstat_flush_backend(false, PGSTAT_BACKEND_FLUSH_IO);
+}
+
 /*
  * count a tuple insertion of n tuples
  */
diff --git a/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c b/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c
index 9185a8e6b83..18aaa3996e1 100644
--- a/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c
+++ b/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c
@@ -84,6 +84,18 @@ PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(mod_since_analyze)
 /* pg_stat_get_numscans */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(numscans)
 
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_analyze_count)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_autoanalyze_count)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_autovacuum_count)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_vacuum_count)
+
 /* pg_stat_get_tuples_deleted */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(tuples_deleted)
 
@@ -170,6 +182,18 @@ PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_vacuum_time)
 /* pg_stat_get_lastscan */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(lastscan)
 
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_analyze_time)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_autoanalyze_time)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_autovacuum_time)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_vacuum_time)
+
 /* pg_stat_get_stat_reset_time */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(stat_reset_time)
 
diff --git a/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat b/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat
index 0118e970dda..ccfe3d9e02a 100644
--- a/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat
+++ b/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat
@@ -5667,6 +5667,38 @@
   proname => 'pg_stat_get_total_autoanalyze_time', provolatile => 's',
   proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'float8', proargtypes => 'oid',
   prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_total_autoanalyze_time' },
+{ oid => '8142', descr => 'statistics: last skipped vacuum time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time' },
+{ oid => '8143', descr => 'statistics: last skipped auto vacuum time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time' },
+{ oid => '8144', descr => 'statistics: last skipped analyze time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time' },
+{ oid => '8145', descr => 'statistics: last skipped auto analyze time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time' },
+{ oid => '8146', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped vacuum for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count' },
+{ oid => '8147', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped auto vacuum for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count' },
+{ oid => '8148', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped analyzes for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count' },
+{ oid => '8149', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped auto analyzes for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count' },
 { oid => '1936', descr => 'statistics: currently active backend IDs',
   proname => 'pg_stat_get_backend_idset', prorows => '100', proretset => 't',
   provolatile => 's', proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int4',
diff --git a/src/include/pgstat.h b/src/include/pgstat.h
index 8e3549c3752..343081a7a25 100644
--- a/src/include/pgstat.h
+++ b/src/include/pgstat.h
@@ -479,6 +479,15 @@ typedef struct PgStat_StatTabEntry
 	TimestampTz last_autoanalyze_time;	/* autovacuum initiated */
 	PgStat_Counter autoanalyze_count;
 
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_vacuum_time;	/* user initiated vacuum */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_vacuum_count;
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_autovacuum_time;	/* autovacuum initiated */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_autovacuum_count;
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_analyze_time;	/* user initiated */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_analyze_count;
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_autoanalyze_time;	/* autovacuum initiated */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_autoanalyze_count;
+
 	PgStat_Counter total_vacuum_time;	/* times in milliseconds */
 	PgStat_Counter total_autovacuum_time;
 	PgStat_Counter total_analyze_time;
@@ -707,6 +716,13 @@ extern void pgstat_report_analyze(Relation rel,
 								  PgStat_Counter livetuples, PgStat_Counter deadtuples,
 								  bool resetcounter, TimestampTz starttime);
 
+/* flags for pgstat_flush_backend() */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM	(1 << 0)	/* vacuum is skipped */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE	(1 << 1)	/* analyze is skipped */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOVAC	(1 << 2)	/* skipped during autovacuum/autoanalyze */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANY   (PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM | PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE)
+extern void pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(Oid relid, bits8 flags);
+
 /*
  * If stats are enabled, but pending data hasn't been prepared yet, call
  * pgstat_assoc_relation() to do so. See its comment for why this is done
diff --git a/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out b/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out
index 2b3cf6d8569..4ccfc43e903 100644
--- a/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out
+++ b/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out
@@ -1835,13 +1835,21 @@ pg_stat_all_tables| SELECT c.oid AS relid,
     pg_stat_get_mod_since_analyze(c.oid) AS n_mod_since_analyze,
     pg_stat_get_ins_since_vacuum(c.oid) AS n_ins_since_vacuum,
     pg_stat_get_last_vacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_vacuum,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_vacuum,
     pg_stat_get_last_autovacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_autovacuum,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_autovacuum,
     pg_stat_get_last_analyze_time(c.oid) AS last_analyze,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_analyze,
     pg_stat_get_last_autoanalyze_time(c.oid) AS last_autoanalyze,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_autoanalyze,
     pg_stat_get_vacuum_count(c.oid) AS vacuum_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count(c.oid) AS skipped_vacuum_count,
     pg_stat_get_autovacuum_count(c.oid) AS autovacuum_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count(c.oid) AS skipped_autovacuum_count,
     pg_stat_get_analyze_count(c.oid) AS analyze_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count(c.oid) AS skipped_analyze_count,
     pg_stat_get_autoanalyze_count(c.oid) AS autoanalyze_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count(c.oid) AS skipped_autoanalyze_count,
     pg_stat_get_total_vacuum_time(c.oid) AS total_vacuum_time,
     pg_stat_get_total_autovacuum_time(c.oid) AS total_autovacuum_time,
     pg_stat_get_total_analyze_time(c.oid) AS total_analyze_time,
@@ -2293,13 +2301,21 @@ pg_stat_sys_tables| SELECT relid,
     n_mod_since_analyze,
     n_ins_since_vacuum,
     last_vacuum,
+    last_skipped_vacuum,
     last_autovacuum,
+    last_skipped_autovacuum,
     last_analyze,
+    last_skipped_analyze,
     last_autoanalyze,
+    last_skipped_autoanalyze,
     vacuum_count,
+    skipped_vacuum_count,
     autovacuum_count,
+    skipped_autovacuum_count,
     analyze_count,
+    skipped_analyze_count,
     autoanalyze_count,
+    skipped_autoanalyze_count,
     total_vacuum_time,
     total_autovacuum_time,
     total_analyze_time,
@@ -2348,13 +2364,21 @@ pg_stat_user_tables| SELECT relid,
     n_mod_since_analyze,
     n_ins_since_vacuum,
     last_vacuum,
+    last_skipped_vacuum,
     last_autovacuum,
+    last_skipped_autovacuum,
     last_analyze,
+    last_skipped_analyze,
     last_autoanalyze,
+    last_skipped_autoanalyze,
     vacuum_count,
+    skipped_vacuum_count,
     autovacuum_count,
+    skipped_autovacuum_count,
     analyze_count,
+    skipped_analyze_count,
     autoanalyze_count,
+    skipped_autoanalyze_count,
     total_vacuum_time,
     total_autovacuum_time,
     total_analyze_time,
-- 
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* [PATCH v3] Track skipped vacuum and analyze activity per relation
@ 2026-03-24 04:09 Yugo Nagata <[email protected]>
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From: Yugo Nagata @ 2026-03-24 04:09 UTC (permalink / raw)

This commit adds eight fields to the relation statistics that track
the last time vacuum or analyze has been attempted but skipped due to
lock unavailability, along with their counts:

-    last_skipped_vacuum
-    last_skipped_autovacuum
-    last_skipped_analyze
-    last_skipped_autoanalyze
-    skipped_vacuum_count
-    skipped_autovacuum_count
-    skipped_analyze_count
-    skipped_autoanalyze_count

These field can help users confirm that autovacuum is actively attempting
to run on a table that has not been vacuumed or analyzed for a long time,
and that the lack of progress is due to repeated skips rather than inactivity.
---
 doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml                 | 80 +++++++++++++++++
 src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql         |  8 ++
 src/backend/commands/vacuum.c                | 95 +++++++++++++++-----
 src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c | 68 ++++++++++++++
 src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c          | 24 +++++
 src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat              | 32 +++++++
 src/include/pgstat.h                         | 16 ++++
 src/test/regress/expected/rules.out          | 24 +++++
 8 files changed, 324 insertions(+), 23 deletions(-)

diff --git a/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml b/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml
index bb75ed1069b..9ec8070b2fc 100644
--- a/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml
+++ b/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml
@@ -4372,6 +4372,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_vacuum</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time a manual vacuum on this table was attempted but skipped due to
+       lock unavailability (not counting <command>VACUUM FULL</command>)
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>last_autovacuum</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
@@ -4382,6 +4392,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_autovacuum</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time a vacuum on this table by the autovacuum daemon was attempted
+       but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>last_analyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
@@ -4391,6 +4411,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_analyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time a manual analyze on this table was attempted but skipped due to
+       lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>last_autoanalyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
@@ -4401,6 +4431,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_autoanalyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time at which an analyze on this table by the autovacuum was
+       attempted but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>vacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4411,6 +4451,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_vacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times vacuums on this table have been attempted but skipped
+       due to lock unavailability (not counting <command>VACUUM FULL</command>)
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>autovacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4421,6 +4471,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_autovacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times vacuums on this table by the autovacuum daemon have been
+       attempted but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>analyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4430,6 +4490,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_analyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times manual analyzes on this table have been attempted but
+       skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>autoanalyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4440,6 +4510,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_autoanalyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times analyzes on this table by the autovacuum daemon have
+       been attempted but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>total_vacuum_time</structfield> <type>double precision</type>
diff --git a/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql b/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql
index e54018004db..2ca02a0354c 100644
--- a/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql
+++ b/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql
@@ -736,13 +736,21 @@ CREATE VIEW pg_stat_all_tables AS
             pg_stat_get_mod_since_analyze(C.oid) AS n_mod_since_analyze,
             pg_stat_get_ins_since_vacuum(C.oid) AS n_ins_since_vacuum,
             pg_stat_get_last_vacuum_time(C.oid) as last_vacuum,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_vacuum,
             pg_stat_get_last_autovacuum_time(C.oid) as last_autovacuum,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_autovacuum,
             pg_stat_get_last_analyze_time(C.oid) as last_analyze,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_analyze,
             pg_stat_get_last_autoanalyze_time(C.oid) as last_autoanalyze,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_autoanalyze,
             pg_stat_get_vacuum_count(C.oid) AS vacuum_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count(C.oid) AS skipped_vacuum_count,
             pg_stat_get_autovacuum_count(C.oid) AS autovacuum_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count(C.oid) AS skipped_autovacuum_count,
             pg_stat_get_analyze_count(C.oid) AS analyze_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count(C.oid) AS skipped_analyze_count,
             pg_stat_get_autoanalyze_count(C.oid) AS autoanalyze_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count(C.oid) AS skipped_autoanalyze_count,
             pg_stat_get_total_vacuum_time(C.oid) AS total_vacuum_time,
             pg_stat_get_total_autovacuum_time(C.oid) AS total_autovacuum_time,
             pg_stat_get_total_analyze_time(C.oid) AS total_analyze_time,
diff --git a/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c b/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c
index bce3a2daa24..ce83b3171be 100644
--- a/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c
+++ b/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c
@@ -792,8 +792,18 @@ vacuum_open_relation(Oid relid, RangeVar *relation, bits32 options,
 		rel = try_relation_open(relid, NoLock);
 	else
 	{
+		bits8 flags = 0;
 		rel = NULL;
 		rel_lock = false;
+
+		if ((options & VACOPT_VACUUM) != 0)
+			flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM;
+		if ((options & VACOPT_ANALYZE) != 0)
+			flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE;
+		if (AmAutoVacuumWorkerProcess())
+			flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOVAC;
+
+		pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(relid, flags);
 	}
 
 	/* if relation is opened, leave */
@@ -801,7 +811,7 @@ vacuum_open_relation(Oid relid, RangeVar *relation, bits32 options,
 		return rel;
 
 	/*
-	 * Relation could not be opened, hence generate if possible a log
+	 * Relation could not be opened hence generate if possible a log
 	 * informing on the situation.
 	 *
 	 * If the RangeVar is not defined, we do not have enough information to
@@ -904,7 +914,6 @@ expand_vacuum_rel(VacuumRelation *vrel, MemoryContext vac_context,
 		Form_pg_class classForm;
 		bool		include_children;
 		bool		is_partitioned_table;
-		int			rvr_opts;
 
 		/*
 		 * Since autovacuum workers supply OIDs when calling vacuum(), no
@@ -917,29 +926,69 @@ expand_vacuum_rel(VacuumRelation *vrel, MemoryContext vac_context,
 		 * below, as well as find_all_inheritors's expectation that the caller
 		 * holds some lock on the starting relation.
 		 */
-		rvr_opts = (options & VACOPT_SKIP_LOCKED) ? RVR_SKIP_LOCKED : 0;
-		relid = RangeVarGetRelidExtended(vrel->relation,
-										 AccessShareLock,
-										 rvr_opts,
-										 NULL, NULL);
-
-		/*
-		 * If the lock is unavailable, emit the same log statement that
-		 * vacuum_rel() and analyze_rel() would.
-		 */
-		if (!OidIsValid(relid))
+		if (!(options & VACOPT_SKIP_LOCKED))
 		{
-			if (options & VACOPT_VACUUM)
-				ereport(WARNING,
-						(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
-						 errmsg("skipping vacuum of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
-								vrel->relation->relname)));
-			else
-				ereport(WARNING,
-						(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
-						 errmsg("skipping analyze of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
+			relid = RangeVarGetRelidExtended(vrel->relation,
+											 AccessShareLock,
+											 0, NULL, NULL);
+			if (!OidIsValid(relid))
+				return vacrels;
+		}
+		else
+		{
+			/* Get relid for reporting before taking a lock */
+			relid = RangeVarGetRelid(vrel->relation, NoLock, false);
+
+			if (!ConditionalLockRelationOid(relid, AccessShareLock))
+			{
+				bits8	flags = 0;
+				/*
+				 * If the lock is unavailable, emit the same log statement that
+				 * vacuum_rel() and analyze_rel() would.
+				 */
+				if (options & VACOPT_VACUUM)
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping vacuum of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
 								vrel->relation->relname)));
-			return vacrels;
+				else
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping analyze of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
+									vrel->relation->relname)));
+
+				if ((options & VACOPT_VACUUM) != 0)
+					flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM;
+				if ((options & VACOPT_ANALYZE) != 0)
+					flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE;
+
+				pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(relid, flags);
+
+				return vacrels;
+			}
+
+			/*
+			 * Now that we have the lock, probe to see if the relation really
+			 * exists or not.
+			 */
+			if (!SearchSysCacheExists1(RELOID, ObjectIdGetDatum(relid)))
+			{
+				if (options & VACOPT_VACUUM)
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_UNDEFINED_TABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping vacuum of \"%s\" --- relation no longer exists",
+									vrel->relation->relname)));
+				else
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_UNDEFINED_TABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping analyze of \"%s\" --- relation no longer exists",
+									vrel->relation->relname)));
+
+				/* Release useless lock */
+				UnlockRelationOid(relid, AccessShareLock);
+
+				return vacrels;
+			}
 		}
 
 		/*
diff --git a/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c b/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c
index bc8c43b96aa..cec4c88980e 100644
--- a/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c
+++ b/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c
@@ -17,6 +17,7 @@
 
 #include "postgres.h"
 
+#include "access/htup_details.h"
 #include "access/twophase_rmgr.h"
 #include "access/xact.h"
 #include "catalog/catalog.h"
@@ -366,6 +367,73 @@ pgstat_report_analyze(Relation rel,
 	(void) pgstat_flush_backend(false, PGSTAT_BACKEND_FLUSH_IO);
 }
 
+/*
+ * Report that the table was skipped during vacuum or/and analyze.
+ */
+void
+pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(Oid relid, bits8 flags)
+{
+	PgStat_EntryRef *entry_ref;
+	PgStatShared_Relation *shtabentry;
+	PgStat_StatTabEntry *tabentry;
+	TimestampTz ts;
+	HeapTuple	classTup;
+	bool		isshared;
+
+	if (!pgstat_track_counts || !(flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANY))
+		return;
+
+	classTup = SearchSysCache1(RELOID, ObjectIdGetDatum(relid));
+	if (!HeapTupleIsValid(classTup))
+		return;			/* somebody deleted the rel, forget it */
+	isshared = ((Form_pg_class) GETSTRUCT(classTup))->relisshared;
+	ReleaseSysCache(classTup);
+
+	/* Store the data in the table's hash table entry. */
+	ts = GetCurrentTimestamp();
+
+	/* block acquiring lock for the same reason as pgstat_report_autovac() */
+	entry_ref = pgstat_get_entry_ref_locked(PGSTAT_KIND_RELATION,
+											isshared ? InvalidOid : MyDatabaseId,
+											relid, false);
+
+	shtabentry = (PgStatShared_Relation *) entry_ref->shared_stats;
+	tabentry = &shtabentry->stats;
+
+	if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOVAC)
+	{
+		if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM)
+		{
+			tabentry->last_skipped_autovacuum_time = ts;
+			tabentry->skipped_autovacuum_count++;
+		}
+		if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE)
+		{
+			tabentry->last_skipped_autoanalyze_time = ts;
+			tabentry->skipped_autoanalyze_count++;
+		}
+	}
+	else
+	{
+		if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM)
+		{
+			tabentry->last_skipped_vacuum_time = ts;
+			tabentry->skipped_vacuum_count++;
+		}
+		if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE)
+		{
+			tabentry->last_skipped_analyze_time = ts;
+			tabentry->skipped_analyze_count++;
+		}
+	}
+
+	pgstat_unlock_entry(entry_ref);
+
+	/* see pgstat_report_vacuum() */
+	pgstat_flush_io(false);
+	(void) pgstat_flush_backend(false, PGSTAT_BACKEND_FLUSH_IO);
+}
+
 /*
  * count a tuple insertion of n tuples
  */
diff --git a/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c b/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c
index 9185a8e6b83..18aaa3996e1 100644
--- a/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c
+++ b/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c
@@ -84,6 +84,18 @@ PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(mod_since_analyze)
 /* pg_stat_get_numscans */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(numscans)
 
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_analyze_count)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_autoanalyze_count)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_autovacuum_count)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_vacuum_count)
+
 /* pg_stat_get_tuples_deleted */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(tuples_deleted)
 
@@ -170,6 +182,18 @@ PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_vacuum_time)
 /* pg_stat_get_lastscan */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(lastscan)
 
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_analyze_time)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_autoanalyze_time)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_autovacuum_time)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_vacuum_time)
+
 /* pg_stat_get_stat_reset_time */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(stat_reset_time)
 
diff --git a/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat b/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat
index 0118e970dda..ccfe3d9e02a 100644
--- a/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat
+++ b/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat
@@ -5667,6 +5667,38 @@
   proname => 'pg_stat_get_total_autoanalyze_time', provolatile => 's',
   proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'float8', proargtypes => 'oid',
   prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_total_autoanalyze_time' },
+{ oid => '8142', descr => 'statistics: last skipped vacuum time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time' },
+{ oid => '8143', descr => 'statistics: last skipped auto vacuum time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time' },
+{ oid => '8144', descr => 'statistics: last skipped analyze time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time' },
+{ oid => '8145', descr => 'statistics: last skipped auto analyze time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time' },
+{ oid => '8146', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped vacuum for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count' },
+{ oid => '8147', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped auto vacuum for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count' },
+{ oid => '8148', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped analyzes for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count' },
+{ oid => '8149', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped auto analyzes for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count' },
 { oid => '1936', descr => 'statistics: currently active backend IDs',
   proname => 'pg_stat_get_backend_idset', prorows => '100', proretset => 't',
   provolatile => 's', proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int4',
diff --git a/src/include/pgstat.h b/src/include/pgstat.h
index 8e3549c3752..343081a7a25 100644
--- a/src/include/pgstat.h
+++ b/src/include/pgstat.h
@@ -479,6 +479,15 @@ typedef struct PgStat_StatTabEntry
 	TimestampTz last_autoanalyze_time;	/* autovacuum initiated */
 	PgStat_Counter autoanalyze_count;
 
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_vacuum_time;	/* user initiated vacuum */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_vacuum_count;
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_autovacuum_time;	/* autovacuum initiated */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_autovacuum_count;
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_analyze_time;	/* user initiated */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_analyze_count;
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_autoanalyze_time;	/* autovacuum initiated */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_autoanalyze_count;
+
 	PgStat_Counter total_vacuum_time;	/* times in milliseconds */
 	PgStat_Counter total_autovacuum_time;
 	PgStat_Counter total_analyze_time;
@@ -707,6 +716,13 @@ extern void pgstat_report_analyze(Relation rel,
 								  PgStat_Counter livetuples, PgStat_Counter deadtuples,
 								  bool resetcounter, TimestampTz starttime);
 
+/* flags for pgstat_flush_backend() */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM	(1 << 0)	/* vacuum is skipped */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE	(1 << 1)	/* analyze is skipped */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOVAC	(1 << 2)	/* skipped during autovacuum/autoanalyze */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANY   (PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM | PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE)
+extern void pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(Oid relid, bits8 flags);
+
 /*
  * If stats are enabled, but pending data hasn't been prepared yet, call
  * pgstat_assoc_relation() to do so. See its comment for why this is done
diff --git a/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out b/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out
index 2b3cf6d8569..4ccfc43e903 100644
--- a/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out
+++ b/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out
@@ -1835,13 +1835,21 @@ pg_stat_all_tables| SELECT c.oid AS relid,
     pg_stat_get_mod_since_analyze(c.oid) AS n_mod_since_analyze,
     pg_stat_get_ins_since_vacuum(c.oid) AS n_ins_since_vacuum,
     pg_stat_get_last_vacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_vacuum,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_vacuum,
     pg_stat_get_last_autovacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_autovacuum,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_autovacuum,
     pg_stat_get_last_analyze_time(c.oid) AS last_analyze,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_analyze,
     pg_stat_get_last_autoanalyze_time(c.oid) AS last_autoanalyze,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_autoanalyze,
     pg_stat_get_vacuum_count(c.oid) AS vacuum_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count(c.oid) AS skipped_vacuum_count,
     pg_stat_get_autovacuum_count(c.oid) AS autovacuum_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count(c.oid) AS skipped_autovacuum_count,
     pg_stat_get_analyze_count(c.oid) AS analyze_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count(c.oid) AS skipped_analyze_count,
     pg_stat_get_autoanalyze_count(c.oid) AS autoanalyze_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count(c.oid) AS skipped_autoanalyze_count,
     pg_stat_get_total_vacuum_time(c.oid) AS total_vacuum_time,
     pg_stat_get_total_autovacuum_time(c.oid) AS total_autovacuum_time,
     pg_stat_get_total_analyze_time(c.oid) AS total_analyze_time,
@@ -2293,13 +2301,21 @@ pg_stat_sys_tables| SELECT relid,
     n_mod_since_analyze,
     n_ins_since_vacuum,
     last_vacuum,
+    last_skipped_vacuum,
     last_autovacuum,
+    last_skipped_autovacuum,
     last_analyze,
+    last_skipped_analyze,
     last_autoanalyze,
+    last_skipped_autoanalyze,
     vacuum_count,
+    skipped_vacuum_count,
     autovacuum_count,
+    skipped_autovacuum_count,
     analyze_count,
+    skipped_analyze_count,
     autoanalyze_count,
+    skipped_autoanalyze_count,
     total_vacuum_time,
     total_autovacuum_time,
     total_analyze_time,
@@ -2348,13 +2364,21 @@ pg_stat_user_tables| SELECT relid,
     n_mod_since_analyze,
     n_ins_since_vacuum,
     last_vacuum,
+    last_skipped_vacuum,
     last_autovacuum,
+    last_skipped_autovacuum,
     last_analyze,
+    last_skipped_analyze,
     last_autoanalyze,
+    last_skipped_autoanalyze,
     vacuum_count,
+    skipped_vacuum_count,
     autovacuum_count,
+    skipped_autovacuum_count,
     analyze_count,
+    skipped_analyze_count,
     autoanalyze_count,
+    skipped_autoanalyze_count,
     total_vacuum_time,
     total_autovacuum_time,
     total_analyze_time,
-- 
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* [PATCH v3] Track skipped vacuum and analyze activity per relation
@ 2026-03-24 04:09 Yugo Nagata <[email protected]>
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From: Yugo Nagata @ 2026-03-24 04:09 UTC (permalink / raw)

This commit adds eight fields to the relation statistics that track
the last time vacuum or analyze has been attempted but skipped due to
lock unavailability, along with their counts:

-    last_skipped_vacuum
-    last_skipped_autovacuum
-    last_skipped_analyze
-    last_skipped_autoanalyze
-    skipped_vacuum_count
-    skipped_autovacuum_count
-    skipped_analyze_count
-    skipped_autoanalyze_count

These field can help users confirm that autovacuum is actively attempting
to run on a table that has not been vacuumed or analyzed for a long time,
and that the lack of progress is due to repeated skips rather than inactivity.
---
 doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml                 | 80 +++++++++++++++++
 src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql         |  8 ++
 src/backend/commands/vacuum.c                | 95 +++++++++++++++-----
 src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c | 68 ++++++++++++++
 src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c          | 24 +++++
 src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat              | 32 +++++++
 src/include/pgstat.h                         | 16 ++++
 src/test/regress/expected/rules.out          | 24 +++++
 8 files changed, 324 insertions(+), 23 deletions(-)

diff --git a/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml b/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml
index bb75ed1069b..9ec8070b2fc 100644
--- a/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml
+++ b/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml
@@ -4372,6 +4372,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_vacuum</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time a manual vacuum on this table was attempted but skipped due to
+       lock unavailability (not counting <command>VACUUM FULL</command>)
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>last_autovacuum</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
@@ -4382,6 +4392,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_autovacuum</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time a vacuum on this table by the autovacuum daemon was attempted
+       but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>last_analyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
@@ -4391,6 +4411,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_analyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time a manual analyze on this table was attempted but skipped due to
+       lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>last_autoanalyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
@@ -4401,6 +4431,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_autoanalyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time at which an analyze on this table by the autovacuum was
+       attempted but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>vacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4411,6 +4451,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_vacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times vacuums on this table have been attempted but skipped
+       due to lock unavailability (not counting <command>VACUUM FULL</command>)
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>autovacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4421,6 +4471,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_autovacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times vacuums on this table by the autovacuum daemon have been
+       attempted but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>analyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4430,6 +4490,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_analyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times manual analyzes on this table have been attempted but
+       skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>autoanalyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4440,6 +4510,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_autoanalyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times analyzes on this table by the autovacuum daemon have
+       been attempted but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>total_vacuum_time</structfield> <type>double precision</type>
diff --git a/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql b/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql
index e54018004db..2ca02a0354c 100644
--- a/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql
+++ b/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql
@@ -736,13 +736,21 @@ CREATE VIEW pg_stat_all_tables AS
             pg_stat_get_mod_since_analyze(C.oid) AS n_mod_since_analyze,
             pg_stat_get_ins_since_vacuum(C.oid) AS n_ins_since_vacuum,
             pg_stat_get_last_vacuum_time(C.oid) as last_vacuum,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_vacuum,
             pg_stat_get_last_autovacuum_time(C.oid) as last_autovacuum,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_autovacuum,
             pg_stat_get_last_analyze_time(C.oid) as last_analyze,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_analyze,
             pg_stat_get_last_autoanalyze_time(C.oid) as last_autoanalyze,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_autoanalyze,
             pg_stat_get_vacuum_count(C.oid) AS vacuum_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count(C.oid) AS skipped_vacuum_count,
             pg_stat_get_autovacuum_count(C.oid) AS autovacuum_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count(C.oid) AS skipped_autovacuum_count,
             pg_stat_get_analyze_count(C.oid) AS analyze_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count(C.oid) AS skipped_analyze_count,
             pg_stat_get_autoanalyze_count(C.oid) AS autoanalyze_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count(C.oid) AS skipped_autoanalyze_count,
             pg_stat_get_total_vacuum_time(C.oid) AS total_vacuum_time,
             pg_stat_get_total_autovacuum_time(C.oid) AS total_autovacuum_time,
             pg_stat_get_total_analyze_time(C.oid) AS total_analyze_time,
diff --git a/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c b/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c
index bce3a2daa24..ce83b3171be 100644
--- a/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c
+++ b/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c
@@ -792,8 +792,18 @@ vacuum_open_relation(Oid relid, RangeVar *relation, bits32 options,
 		rel = try_relation_open(relid, NoLock);
 	else
 	{
+		bits8 flags = 0;
 		rel = NULL;
 		rel_lock = false;
+
+		if ((options & VACOPT_VACUUM) != 0)
+			flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM;
+		if ((options & VACOPT_ANALYZE) != 0)
+			flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE;
+		if (AmAutoVacuumWorkerProcess())
+			flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOVAC;
+
+		pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(relid, flags);
 	}
 
 	/* if relation is opened, leave */
@@ -801,7 +811,7 @@ vacuum_open_relation(Oid relid, RangeVar *relation, bits32 options,
 		return rel;
 
 	/*
-	 * Relation could not be opened, hence generate if possible a log
+	 * Relation could not be opened hence generate if possible a log
 	 * informing on the situation.
 	 *
 	 * If the RangeVar is not defined, we do not have enough information to
@@ -904,7 +914,6 @@ expand_vacuum_rel(VacuumRelation *vrel, MemoryContext vac_context,
 		Form_pg_class classForm;
 		bool		include_children;
 		bool		is_partitioned_table;
-		int			rvr_opts;
 
 		/*
 		 * Since autovacuum workers supply OIDs when calling vacuum(), no
@@ -917,29 +926,69 @@ expand_vacuum_rel(VacuumRelation *vrel, MemoryContext vac_context,
 		 * below, as well as find_all_inheritors's expectation that the caller
 		 * holds some lock on the starting relation.
 		 */
-		rvr_opts = (options & VACOPT_SKIP_LOCKED) ? RVR_SKIP_LOCKED : 0;
-		relid = RangeVarGetRelidExtended(vrel->relation,
-										 AccessShareLock,
-										 rvr_opts,
-										 NULL, NULL);
-
-		/*
-		 * If the lock is unavailable, emit the same log statement that
-		 * vacuum_rel() and analyze_rel() would.
-		 */
-		if (!OidIsValid(relid))
+		if (!(options & VACOPT_SKIP_LOCKED))
 		{
-			if (options & VACOPT_VACUUM)
-				ereport(WARNING,
-						(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
-						 errmsg("skipping vacuum of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
-								vrel->relation->relname)));
-			else
-				ereport(WARNING,
-						(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
-						 errmsg("skipping analyze of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
+			relid = RangeVarGetRelidExtended(vrel->relation,
+											 AccessShareLock,
+											 0, NULL, NULL);
+			if (!OidIsValid(relid))
+				return vacrels;
+		}
+		else
+		{
+			/* Get relid for reporting before taking a lock */
+			relid = RangeVarGetRelid(vrel->relation, NoLock, false);
+
+			if (!ConditionalLockRelationOid(relid, AccessShareLock))
+			{
+				bits8	flags = 0;
+				/*
+				 * If the lock is unavailable, emit the same log statement that
+				 * vacuum_rel() and analyze_rel() would.
+				 */
+				if (options & VACOPT_VACUUM)
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping vacuum of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
 								vrel->relation->relname)));
-			return vacrels;
+				else
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping analyze of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
+									vrel->relation->relname)));
+
+				if ((options & VACOPT_VACUUM) != 0)
+					flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM;
+				if ((options & VACOPT_ANALYZE) != 0)
+					flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE;
+
+				pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(relid, flags);
+
+				return vacrels;
+			}
+
+			/*
+			 * Now that we have the lock, probe to see if the relation really
+			 * exists or not.
+			 */
+			if (!SearchSysCacheExists1(RELOID, ObjectIdGetDatum(relid)))
+			{
+				if (options & VACOPT_VACUUM)
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_UNDEFINED_TABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping vacuum of \"%s\" --- relation no longer exists",
+									vrel->relation->relname)));
+				else
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_UNDEFINED_TABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping analyze of \"%s\" --- relation no longer exists",
+									vrel->relation->relname)));
+
+				/* Release useless lock */
+				UnlockRelationOid(relid, AccessShareLock);
+
+				return vacrels;
+			}
 		}
 
 		/*
diff --git a/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c b/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c
index bc8c43b96aa..cec4c88980e 100644
--- a/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c
+++ b/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c
@@ -17,6 +17,7 @@
 
 #include "postgres.h"
 
+#include "access/htup_details.h"
 #include "access/twophase_rmgr.h"
 #include "access/xact.h"
 #include "catalog/catalog.h"
@@ -366,6 +367,73 @@ pgstat_report_analyze(Relation rel,
 	(void) pgstat_flush_backend(false, PGSTAT_BACKEND_FLUSH_IO);
 }
 
+/*
+ * Report that the table was skipped during vacuum or/and analyze.
+ */
+void
+pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(Oid relid, bits8 flags)
+{
+	PgStat_EntryRef *entry_ref;
+	PgStatShared_Relation *shtabentry;
+	PgStat_StatTabEntry *tabentry;
+	TimestampTz ts;
+	HeapTuple	classTup;
+	bool		isshared;
+
+	if (!pgstat_track_counts || !(flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANY))
+		return;
+
+	classTup = SearchSysCache1(RELOID, ObjectIdGetDatum(relid));
+	if (!HeapTupleIsValid(classTup))
+		return;			/* somebody deleted the rel, forget it */
+	isshared = ((Form_pg_class) GETSTRUCT(classTup))->relisshared;
+	ReleaseSysCache(classTup);
+
+	/* Store the data in the table's hash table entry. */
+	ts = GetCurrentTimestamp();
+
+	/* block acquiring lock for the same reason as pgstat_report_autovac() */
+	entry_ref = pgstat_get_entry_ref_locked(PGSTAT_KIND_RELATION,
+											isshared ? InvalidOid : MyDatabaseId,
+											relid, false);
+
+	shtabentry = (PgStatShared_Relation *) entry_ref->shared_stats;
+	tabentry = &shtabentry->stats;
+
+	if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOVAC)
+	{
+		if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM)
+		{
+			tabentry->last_skipped_autovacuum_time = ts;
+			tabentry->skipped_autovacuum_count++;
+		}
+		if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE)
+		{
+			tabentry->last_skipped_autoanalyze_time = ts;
+			tabentry->skipped_autoanalyze_count++;
+		}
+	}
+	else
+	{
+		if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM)
+		{
+			tabentry->last_skipped_vacuum_time = ts;
+			tabentry->skipped_vacuum_count++;
+		}
+		if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE)
+		{
+			tabentry->last_skipped_analyze_time = ts;
+			tabentry->skipped_analyze_count++;
+		}
+	}
+
+	pgstat_unlock_entry(entry_ref);
+
+	/* see pgstat_report_vacuum() */
+	pgstat_flush_io(false);
+	(void) pgstat_flush_backend(false, PGSTAT_BACKEND_FLUSH_IO);
+}
+
 /*
  * count a tuple insertion of n tuples
  */
diff --git a/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c b/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c
index 9185a8e6b83..18aaa3996e1 100644
--- a/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c
+++ b/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c
@@ -84,6 +84,18 @@ PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(mod_since_analyze)
 /* pg_stat_get_numscans */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(numscans)
 
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_analyze_count)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_autoanalyze_count)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_autovacuum_count)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_vacuum_count)
+
 /* pg_stat_get_tuples_deleted */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(tuples_deleted)
 
@@ -170,6 +182,18 @@ PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_vacuum_time)
 /* pg_stat_get_lastscan */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(lastscan)
 
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_analyze_time)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_autoanalyze_time)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_autovacuum_time)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_vacuum_time)
+
 /* pg_stat_get_stat_reset_time */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(stat_reset_time)
 
diff --git a/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat b/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat
index 0118e970dda..ccfe3d9e02a 100644
--- a/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat
+++ b/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat
@@ -5667,6 +5667,38 @@
   proname => 'pg_stat_get_total_autoanalyze_time', provolatile => 's',
   proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'float8', proargtypes => 'oid',
   prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_total_autoanalyze_time' },
+{ oid => '8142', descr => 'statistics: last skipped vacuum time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time' },
+{ oid => '8143', descr => 'statistics: last skipped auto vacuum time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time' },
+{ oid => '8144', descr => 'statistics: last skipped analyze time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time' },
+{ oid => '8145', descr => 'statistics: last skipped auto analyze time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time' },
+{ oid => '8146', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped vacuum for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count' },
+{ oid => '8147', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped auto vacuum for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count' },
+{ oid => '8148', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped analyzes for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count' },
+{ oid => '8149', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped auto analyzes for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count' },
 { oid => '1936', descr => 'statistics: currently active backend IDs',
   proname => 'pg_stat_get_backend_idset', prorows => '100', proretset => 't',
   provolatile => 's', proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int4',
diff --git a/src/include/pgstat.h b/src/include/pgstat.h
index 8e3549c3752..343081a7a25 100644
--- a/src/include/pgstat.h
+++ b/src/include/pgstat.h
@@ -479,6 +479,15 @@ typedef struct PgStat_StatTabEntry
 	TimestampTz last_autoanalyze_time;	/* autovacuum initiated */
 	PgStat_Counter autoanalyze_count;
 
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_vacuum_time;	/* user initiated vacuum */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_vacuum_count;
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_autovacuum_time;	/* autovacuum initiated */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_autovacuum_count;
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_analyze_time;	/* user initiated */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_analyze_count;
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_autoanalyze_time;	/* autovacuum initiated */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_autoanalyze_count;
+
 	PgStat_Counter total_vacuum_time;	/* times in milliseconds */
 	PgStat_Counter total_autovacuum_time;
 	PgStat_Counter total_analyze_time;
@@ -707,6 +716,13 @@ extern void pgstat_report_analyze(Relation rel,
 								  PgStat_Counter livetuples, PgStat_Counter deadtuples,
 								  bool resetcounter, TimestampTz starttime);
 
+/* flags for pgstat_flush_backend() */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM	(1 << 0)	/* vacuum is skipped */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE	(1 << 1)	/* analyze is skipped */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOVAC	(1 << 2)	/* skipped during autovacuum/autoanalyze */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANY   (PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM | PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE)
+extern void pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(Oid relid, bits8 flags);
+
 /*
  * If stats are enabled, but pending data hasn't been prepared yet, call
  * pgstat_assoc_relation() to do so. See its comment for why this is done
diff --git a/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out b/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out
index 2b3cf6d8569..4ccfc43e903 100644
--- a/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out
+++ b/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out
@@ -1835,13 +1835,21 @@ pg_stat_all_tables| SELECT c.oid AS relid,
     pg_stat_get_mod_since_analyze(c.oid) AS n_mod_since_analyze,
     pg_stat_get_ins_since_vacuum(c.oid) AS n_ins_since_vacuum,
     pg_stat_get_last_vacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_vacuum,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_vacuum,
     pg_stat_get_last_autovacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_autovacuum,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_autovacuum,
     pg_stat_get_last_analyze_time(c.oid) AS last_analyze,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_analyze,
     pg_stat_get_last_autoanalyze_time(c.oid) AS last_autoanalyze,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_autoanalyze,
     pg_stat_get_vacuum_count(c.oid) AS vacuum_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count(c.oid) AS skipped_vacuum_count,
     pg_stat_get_autovacuum_count(c.oid) AS autovacuum_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count(c.oid) AS skipped_autovacuum_count,
     pg_stat_get_analyze_count(c.oid) AS analyze_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count(c.oid) AS skipped_analyze_count,
     pg_stat_get_autoanalyze_count(c.oid) AS autoanalyze_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count(c.oid) AS skipped_autoanalyze_count,
     pg_stat_get_total_vacuum_time(c.oid) AS total_vacuum_time,
     pg_stat_get_total_autovacuum_time(c.oid) AS total_autovacuum_time,
     pg_stat_get_total_analyze_time(c.oid) AS total_analyze_time,
@@ -2293,13 +2301,21 @@ pg_stat_sys_tables| SELECT relid,
     n_mod_since_analyze,
     n_ins_since_vacuum,
     last_vacuum,
+    last_skipped_vacuum,
     last_autovacuum,
+    last_skipped_autovacuum,
     last_analyze,
+    last_skipped_analyze,
     last_autoanalyze,
+    last_skipped_autoanalyze,
     vacuum_count,
+    skipped_vacuum_count,
     autovacuum_count,
+    skipped_autovacuum_count,
     analyze_count,
+    skipped_analyze_count,
     autoanalyze_count,
+    skipped_autoanalyze_count,
     total_vacuum_time,
     total_autovacuum_time,
     total_analyze_time,
@@ -2348,13 +2364,21 @@ pg_stat_user_tables| SELECT relid,
     n_mod_since_analyze,
     n_ins_since_vacuum,
     last_vacuum,
+    last_skipped_vacuum,
     last_autovacuum,
+    last_skipped_autovacuum,
     last_analyze,
+    last_skipped_analyze,
     last_autoanalyze,
+    last_skipped_autoanalyze,
     vacuum_count,
+    skipped_vacuum_count,
     autovacuum_count,
+    skipped_autovacuum_count,
     analyze_count,
+    skipped_analyze_count,
     autoanalyze_count,
+    skipped_autoanalyze_count,
     total_vacuum_time,
     total_autovacuum_time,
     total_analyze_time,
-- 
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* [PATCH v3] Track skipped vacuum and analyze activity per relation
@ 2026-03-24 04:09 Yugo Nagata <[email protected]>
  0 siblings, 0 replies; 374+ messages in thread

From: Yugo Nagata @ 2026-03-24 04:09 UTC (permalink / raw)

This commit adds eight fields to the relation statistics that track
the last time vacuum or analyze has been attempted but skipped due to
lock unavailability, along with their counts:

-    last_skipped_vacuum
-    last_skipped_autovacuum
-    last_skipped_analyze
-    last_skipped_autoanalyze
-    skipped_vacuum_count
-    skipped_autovacuum_count
-    skipped_analyze_count
-    skipped_autoanalyze_count

These field can help users confirm that autovacuum is actively attempting
to run on a table that has not been vacuumed or analyzed for a long time,
and that the lack of progress is due to repeated skips rather than inactivity.
---
 doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml                 | 80 +++++++++++++++++
 src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql         |  8 ++
 src/backend/commands/vacuum.c                | 95 +++++++++++++++-----
 src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c | 68 ++++++++++++++
 src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c          | 24 +++++
 src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat              | 32 +++++++
 src/include/pgstat.h                         | 16 ++++
 src/test/regress/expected/rules.out          | 24 +++++
 8 files changed, 324 insertions(+), 23 deletions(-)

diff --git a/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml b/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml
index bb75ed1069b..9ec8070b2fc 100644
--- a/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml
+++ b/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml
@@ -4372,6 +4372,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_vacuum</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time a manual vacuum on this table was attempted but skipped due to
+       lock unavailability (not counting <command>VACUUM FULL</command>)
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>last_autovacuum</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
@@ -4382,6 +4392,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_autovacuum</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time a vacuum on this table by the autovacuum daemon was attempted
+       but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>last_analyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
@@ -4391,6 +4411,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_analyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time a manual analyze on this table was attempted but skipped due to
+       lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>last_autoanalyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
@@ -4401,6 +4431,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_autoanalyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time at which an analyze on this table by the autovacuum was
+       attempted but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>vacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4411,6 +4451,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_vacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times vacuums on this table have been attempted but skipped
+       due to lock unavailability (not counting <command>VACUUM FULL</command>)
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>autovacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4421,6 +4471,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_autovacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times vacuums on this table by the autovacuum daemon have been
+       attempted but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>analyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4430,6 +4490,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_analyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times manual analyzes on this table have been attempted but
+       skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>autoanalyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4440,6 +4510,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_autoanalyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times analyzes on this table by the autovacuum daemon have
+       been attempted but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>total_vacuum_time</structfield> <type>double precision</type>
diff --git a/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql b/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql
index e54018004db..2ca02a0354c 100644
--- a/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql
+++ b/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql
@@ -736,13 +736,21 @@ CREATE VIEW pg_stat_all_tables AS
             pg_stat_get_mod_since_analyze(C.oid) AS n_mod_since_analyze,
             pg_stat_get_ins_since_vacuum(C.oid) AS n_ins_since_vacuum,
             pg_stat_get_last_vacuum_time(C.oid) as last_vacuum,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_vacuum,
             pg_stat_get_last_autovacuum_time(C.oid) as last_autovacuum,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_autovacuum,
             pg_stat_get_last_analyze_time(C.oid) as last_analyze,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_analyze,
             pg_stat_get_last_autoanalyze_time(C.oid) as last_autoanalyze,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_autoanalyze,
             pg_stat_get_vacuum_count(C.oid) AS vacuum_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count(C.oid) AS skipped_vacuum_count,
             pg_stat_get_autovacuum_count(C.oid) AS autovacuum_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count(C.oid) AS skipped_autovacuum_count,
             pg_stat_get_analyze_count(C.oid) AS analyze_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count(C.oid) AS skipped_analyze_count,
             pg_stat_get_autoanalyze_count(C.oid) AS autoanalyze_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count(C.oid) AS skipped_autoanalyze_count,
             pg_stat_get_total_vacuum_time(C.oid) AS total_vacuum_time,
             pg_stat_get_total_autovacuum_time(C.oid) AS total_autovacuum_time,
             pg_stat_get_total_analyze_time(C.oid) AS total_analyze_time,
diff --git a/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c b/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c
index bce3a2daa24..ce83b3171be 100644
--- a/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c
+++ b/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c
@@ -792,8 +792,18 @@ vacuum_open_relation(Oid relid, RangeVar *relation, bits32 options,
 		rel = try_relation_open(relid, NoLock);
 	else
 	{
+		bits8 flags = 0;
 		rel = NULL;
 		rel_lock = false;
+
+		if ((options & VACOPT_VACUUM) != 0)
+			flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM;
+		if ((options & VACOPT_ANALYZE) != 0)
+			flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE;
+		if (AmAutoVacuumWorkerProcess())
+			flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOVAC;
+
+		pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(relid, flags);
 	}
 
 	/* if relation is opened, leave */
@@ -801,7 +811,7 @@ vacuum_open_relation(Oid relid, RangeVar *relation, bits32 options,
 		return rel;
 
 	/*
-	 * Relation could not be opened, hence generate if possible a log
+	 * Relation could not be opened hence generate if possible a log
 	 * informing on the situation.
 	 *
 	 * If the RangeVar is not defined, we do not have enough information to
@@ -904,7 +914,6 @@ expand_vacuum_rel(VacuumRelation *vrel, MemoryContext vac_context,
 		Form_pg_class classForm;
 		bool		include_children;
 		bool		is_partitioned_table;
-		int			rvr_opts;
 
 		/*
 		 * Since autovacuum workers supply OIDs when calling vacuum(), no
@@ -917,29 +926,69 @@ expand_vacuum_rel(VacuumRelation *vrel, MemoryContext vac_context,
 		 * below, as well as find_all_inheritors's expectation that the caller
 		 * holds some lock on the starting relation.
 		 */
-		rvr_opts = (options & VACOPT_SKIP_LOCKED) ? RVR_SKIP_LOCKED : 0;
-		relid = RangeVarGetRelidExtended(vrel->relation,
-										 AccessShareLock,
-										 rvr_opts,
-										 NULL, NULL);
-
-		/*
-		 * If the lock is unavailable, emit the same log statement that
-		 * vacuum_rel() and analyze_rel() would.
-		 */
-		if (!OidIsValid(relid))
+		if (!(options & VACOPT_SKIP_LOCKED))
 		{
-			if (options & VACOPT_VACUUM)
-				ereport(WARNING,
-						(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
-						 errmsg("skipping vacuum of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
-								vrel->relation->relname)));
-			else
-				ereport(WARNING,
-						(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
-						 errmsg("skipping analyze of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
+			relid = RangeVarGetRelidExtended(vrel->relation,
+											 AccessShareLock,
+											 0, NULL, NULL);
+			if (!OidIsValid(relid))
+				return vacrels;
+		}
+		else
+		{
+			/* Get relid for reporting before taking a lock */
+			relid = RangeVarGetRelid(vrel->relation, NoLock, false);
+
+			if (!ConditionalLockRelationOid(relid, AccessShareLock))
+			{
+				bits8	flags = 0;
+				/*
+				 * If the lock is unavailable, emit the same log statement that
+				 * vacuum_rel() and analyze_rel() would.
+				 */
+				if (options & VACOPT_VACUUM)
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping vacuum of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
 								vrel->relation->relname)));
-			return vacrels;
+				else
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping analyze of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
+									vrel->relation->relname)));
+
+				if ((options & VACOPT_VACUUM) != 0)
+					flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM;
+				if ((options & VACOPT_ANALYZE) != 0)
+					flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE;
+
+				pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(relid, flags);
+
+				return vacrels;
+			}
+
+			/*
+			 * Now that we have the lock, probe to see if the relation really
+			 * exists or not.
+			 */
+			if (!SearchSysCacheExists1(RELOID, ObjectIdGetDatum(relid)))
+			{
+				if (options & VACOPT_VACUUM)
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_UNDEFINED_TABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping vacuum of \"%s\" --- relation no longer exists",
+									vrel->relation->relname)));
+				else
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_UNDEFINED_TABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping analyze of \"%s\" --- relation no longer exists",
+									vrel->relation->relname)));
+
+				/* Release useless lock */
+				UnlockRelationOid(relid, AccessShareLock);
+
+				return vacrels;
+			}
 		}
 
 		/*
diff --git a/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c b/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c
index bc8c43b96aa..cec4c88980e 100644
--- a/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c
+++ b/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c
@@ -17,6 +17,7 @@
 
 #include "postgres.h"
 
+#include "access/htup_details.h"
 #include "access/twophase_rmgr.h"
 #include "access/xact.h"
 #include "catalog/catalog.h"
@@ -366,6 +367,73 @@ pgstat_report_analyze(Relation rel,
 	(void) pgstat_flush_backend(false, PGSTAT_BACKEND_FLUSH_IO);
 }
 
+/*
+ * Report that the table was skipped during vacuum or/and analyze.
+ */
+void
+pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(Oid relid, bits8 flags)
+{
+	PgStat_EntryRef *entry_ref;
+	PgStatShared_Relation *shtabentry;
+	PgStat_StatTabEntry *tabentry;
+	TimestampTz ts;
+	HeapTuple	classTup;
+	bool		isshared;
+
+	if (!pgstat_track_counts || !(flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANY))
+		return;
+
+	classTup = SearchSysCache1(RELOID, ObjectIdGetDatum(relid));
+	if (!HeapTupleIsValid(classTup))
+		return;			/* somebody deleted the rel, forget it */
+	isshared = ((Form_pg_class) GETSTRUCT(classTup))->relisshared;
+	ReleaseSysCache(classTup);
+
+	/* Store the data in the table's hash table entry. */
+	ts = GetCurrentTimestamp();
+
+	/* block acquiring lock for the same reason as pgstat_report_autovac() */
+	entry_ref = pgstat_get_entry_ref_locked(PGSTAT_KIND_RELATION,
+											isshared ? InvalidOid : MyDatabaseId,
+											relid, false);
+
+	shtabentry = (PgStatShared_Relation *) entry_ref->shared_stats;
+	tabentry = &shtabentry->stats;
+
+	if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOVAC)
+	{
+		if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM)
+		{
+			tabentry->last_skipped_autovacuum_time = ts;
+			tabentry->skipped_autovacuum_count++;
+		}
+		if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE)
+		{
+			tabentry->last_skipped_autoanalyze_time = ts;
+			tabentry->skipped_autoanalyze_count++;
+		}
+	}
+	else
+	{
+		if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM)
+		{
+			tabentry->last_skipped_vacuum_time = ts;
+			tabentry->skipped_vacuum_count++;
+		}
+		if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE)
+		{
+			tabentry->last_skipped_analyze_time = ts;
+			tabentry->skipped_analyze_count++;
+		}
+	}
+
+	pgstat_unlock_entry(entry_ref);
+
+	/* see pgstat_report_vacuum() */
+	pgstat_flush_io(false);
+	(void) pgstat_flush_backend(false, PGSTAT_BACKEND_FLUSH_IO);
+}
+
 /*
  * count a tuple insertion of n tuples
  */
diff --git a/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c b/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c
index 9185a8e6b83..18aaa3996e1 100644
--- a/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c
+++ b/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c
@@ -84,6 +84,18 @@ PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(mod_since_analyze)
 /* pg_stat_get_numscans */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(numscans)
 
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_analyze_count)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_autoanalyze_count)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_autovacuum_count)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_vacuum_count)
+
 /* pg_stat_get_tuples_deleted */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(tuples_deleted)
 
@@ -170,6 +182,18 @@ PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_vacuum_time)
 /* pg_stat_get_lastscan */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(lastscan)
 
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_analyze_time)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_autoanalyze_time)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_autovacuum_time)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_vacuum_time)
+
 /* pg_stat_get_stat_reset_time */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(stat_reset_time)
 
diff --git a/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat b/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat
index 0118e970dda..ccfe3d9e02a 100644
--- a/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat
+++ b/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat
@@ -5667,6 +5667,38 @@
   proname => 'pg_stat_get_total_autoanalyze_time', provolatile => 's',
   proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'float8', proargtypes => 'oid',
   prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_total_autoanalyze_time' },
+{ oid => '8142', descr => 'statistics: last skipped vacuum time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time' },
+{ oid => '8143', descr => 'statistics: last skipped auto vacuum time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time' },
+{ oid => '8144', descr => 'statistics: last skipped analyze time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time' },
+{ oid => '8145', descr => 'statistics: last skipped auto analyze time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time' },
+{ oid => '8146', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped vacuum for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count' },
+{ oid => '8147', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped auto vacuum for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count' },
+{ oid => '8148', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped analyzes for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count' },
+{ oid => '8149', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped auto analyzes for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count' },
 { oid => '1936', descr => 'statistics: currently active backend IDs',
   proname => 'pg_stat_get_backend_idset', prorows => '100', proretset => 't',
   provolatile => 's', proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int4',
diff --git a/src/include/pgstat.h b/src/include/pgstat.h
index 8e3549c3752..343081a7a25 100644
--- a/src/include/pgstat.h
+++ b/src/include/pgstat.h
@@ -479,6 +479,15 @@ typedef struct PgStat_StatTabEntry
 	TimestampTz last_autoanalyze_time;	/* autovacuum initiated */
 	PgStat_Counter autoanalyze_count;
 
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_vacuum_time;	/* user initiated vacuum */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_vacuum_count;
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_autovacuum_time;	/* autovacuum initiated */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_autovacuum_count;
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_analyze_time;	/* user initiated */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_analyze_count;
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_autoanalyze_time;	/* autovacuum initiated */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_autoanalyze_count;
+
 	PgStat_Counter total_vacuum_time;	/* times in milliseconds */
 	PgStat_Counter total_autovacuum_time;
 	PgStat_Counter total_analyze_time;
@@ -707,6 +716,13 @@ extern void pgstat_report_analyze(Relation rel,
 								  PgStat_Counter livetuples, PgStat_Counter deadtuples,
 								  bool resetcounter, TimestampTz starttime);
 
+/* flags for pgstat_flush_backend() */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM	(1 << 0)	/* vacuum is skipped */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE	(1 << 1)	/* analyze is skipped */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOVAC	(1 << 2)	/* skipped during autovacuum/autoanalyze */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANY   (PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM | PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE)
+extern void pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(Oid relid, bits8 flags);
+
 /*
  * If stats are enabled, but pending data hasn't been prepared yet, call
  * pgstat_assoc_relation() to do so. See its comment for why this is done
diff --git a/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out b/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out
index 2b3cf6d8569..4ccfc43e903 100644
--- a/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out
+++ b/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out
@@ -1835,13 +1835,21 @@ pg_stat_all_tables| SELECT c.oid AS relid,
     pg_stat_get_mod_since_analyze(c.oid) AS n_mod_since_analyze,
     pg_stat_get_ins_since_vacuum(c.oid) AS n_ins_since_vacuum,
     pg_stat_get_last_vacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_vacuum,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_vacuum,
     pg_stat_get_last_autovacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_autovacuum,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_autovacuum,
     pg_stat_get_last_analyze_time(c.oid) AS last_analyze,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_analyze,
     pg_stat_get_last_autoanalyze_time(c.oid) AS last_autoanalyze,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_autoanalyze,
     pg_stat_get_vacuum_count(c.oid) AS vacuum_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count(c.oid) AS skipped_vacuum_count,
     pg_stat_get_autovacuum_count(c.oid) AS autovacuum_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count(c.oid) AS skipped_autovacuum_count,
     pg_stat_get_analyze_count(c.oid) AS analyze_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count(c.oid) AS skipped_analyze_count,
     pg_stat_get_autoanalyze_count(c.oid) AS autoanalyze_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count(c.oid) AS skipped_autoanalyze_count,
     pg_stat_get_total_vacuum_time(c.oid) AS total_vacuum_time,
     pg_stat_get_total_autovacuum_time(c.oid) AS total_autovacuum_time,
     pg_stat_get_total_analyze_time(c.oid) AS total_analyze_time,
@@ -2293,13 +2301,21 @@ pg_stat_sys_tables| SELECT relid,
     n_mod_since_analyze,
     n_ins_since_vacuum,
     last_vacuum,
+    last_skipped_vacuum,
     last_autovacuum,
+    last_skipped_autovacuum,
     last_analyze,
+    last_skipped_analyze,
     last_autoanalyze,
+    last_skipped_autoanalyze,
     vacuum_count,
+    skipped_vacuum_count,
     autovacuum_count,
+    skipped_autovacuum_count,
     analyze_count,
+    skipped_analyze_count,
     autoanalyze_count,
+    skipped_autoanalyze_count,
     total_vacuum_time,
     total_autovacuum_time,
     total_analyze_time,
@@ -2348,13 +2364,21 @@ pg_stat_user_tables| SELECT relid,
     n_mod_since_analyze,
     n_ins_since_vacuum,
     last_vacuum,
+    last_skipped_vacuum,
     last_autovacuum,
+    last_skipped_autovacuum,
     last_analyze,
+    last_skipped_analyze,
     last_autoanalyze,
+    last_skipped_autoanalyze,
     vacuum_count,
+    skipped_vacuum_count,
     autovacuum_count,
+    skipped_autovacuum_count,
     analyze_count,
+    skipped_analyze_count,
     autoanalyze_count,
+    skipped_autoanalyze_count,
     total_vacuum_time,
     total_autovacuum_time,
     total_analyze_time,
-- 
2.43.0


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* [PATCH v4] Track skipped vacuum and analyze activity per relation
@ 2026-03-24 04:09 Yugo Nagata <[email protected]>
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From: Yugo Nagata @ 2026-03-24 04:09 UTC (permalink / raw)

This commit adds eight fields to the relation statistics that track
the last time vacuum or analyze has been attempted but skipped due to
lock unavailability, along with their counts:

-    last_skipped_vacuum
-    last_skipped_autovacuum
-    last_skipped_analyze
-    last_skipped_autoanalyze
-    skipped_vacuum_count
-    skipped_autovacuum_count
-    skipped_analyze_count
-    skipped_autoanalyze_count

These field can help users confirm that autovacuum is actively attempting
to run on a table that has not been vacuumed or analyzed for a long time,
and that the lack of progress is due to repeated skips rather than inactivity.
---
 doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml                 |  88 ++++++++++++++++
 src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql         |   8 ++
 src/backend/commands/vacuum.c                | 102 ++++++++++++++-----
 src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c |  64 ++++++++++++
 src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c          |  24 +++++
 src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat              |  32 ++++++
 src/include/pgstat.h                         |  16 +++
 src/test/regress/expected/rules.out          |  24 +++++
 8 files changed, 335 insertions(+), 23 deletions(-)

diff --git a/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml b/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml
index 08d5b824552..a9b579d87a9 100644
--- a/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml
+++ b/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml
@@ -4387,6 +4387,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_vacuum</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time a manual vacuum on this table was attempted but skipped due to
+       lock unavailability (not counting <command>VACUUM FULL</command>)
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>last_autovacuum</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
@@ -4397,6 +4407,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_autovacuum</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time a vacuum on this table by the autovacuum daemon was attempted
+       but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>last_analyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
@@ -4406,6 +4426,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_analyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time a manual analyze on this table was attempted but skipped due to
+       lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>last_autoanalyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
@@ -4416,6 +4446,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_autoanalyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time at which an analyze on this table by the autovacuum was
+       attempted but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>vacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4426,6 +4466,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_vacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times manual vacuums on this table have been attempted but skipped
+       due to lock unavailability (not counting <command>VACUUM FULL</command>)
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>autovacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4436,6 +4486,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_autovacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times vacuums on this table by the autovacuum daemon have been
+       attempted but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>analyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4445,6 +4505,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_analyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times manual analyzes on this table have been attempted but
+       skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>autoanalyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4455,6 +4525,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_autoanalyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times analyzes on this table by the autovacuum daemon have
+       been attempted but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>total_vacuum_time</structfield> <type>double precision</type>
@@ -4510,6 +4590,14 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
    </tgroup>
   </table>
 
+  <note>
+   <para>
+    When a manual vacuum or analyze on a parent table in an inheritance or
+    partitioning hierarchy is skipped, the statistics are recorded only for
+    the parent table, not for its children.
+   </para>
+  </note>
+
  </sect2>
 
  <sect2 id="monitoring-pg-stat-autovacuum-scores-view">
diff --git a/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql b/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql
index 73a1c1c4670..f509fc7876b 100644
--- a/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql
+++ b/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql
@@ -736,13 +736,21 @@ CREATE VIEW pg_stat_all_tables AS
             pg_stat_get_mod_since_analyze(C.oid) AS n_mod_since_analyze,
             pg_stat_get_ins_since_vacuum(C.oid) AS n_ins_since_vacuum,
             pg_stat_get_last_vacuum_time(C.oid) as last_vacuum,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_vacuum,
             pg_stat_get_last_autovacuum_time(C.oid) as last_autovacuum,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_autovacuum,
             pg_stat_get_last_analyze_time(C.oid) as last_analyze,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_analyze,
             pg_stat_get_last_autoanalyze_time(C.oid) as last_autoanalyze,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_autoanalyze,
             pg_stat_get_vacuum_count(C.oid) AS vacuum_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count(C.oid) AS skipped_vacuum_count,
             pg_stat_get_autovacuum_count(C.oid) AS autovacuum_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count(C.oid) AS skipped_autovacuum_count,
             pg_stat_get_analyze_count(C.oid) AS analyze_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count(C.oid) AS skipped_analyze_count,
             pg_stat_get_autoanalyze_count(C.oid) AS autoanalyze_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count(C.oid) AS skipped_autoanalyze_count,
             pg_stat_get_total_vacuum_time(C.oid) AS total_vacuum_time,
             pg_stat_get_total_autovacuum_time(C.oid) AS total_autovacuum_time,
             pg_stat_get_total_analyze_time(C.oid) AS total_analyze_time,
diff --git a/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c b/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c
index 99d0db82ed7..97cd5ea8d10 100644
--- a/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c
+++ b/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c
@@ -793,8 +793,25 @@ vacuum_open_relation(Oid relid, RangeVar *relation, uint32 options,
 		rel = try_relation_open(relid, NoLock);
 	else
 	{
+		int flags = 0;
 		rel = NULL;
 		rel_lock = false;
+
+		if ((options & VACOPT_VACUUM) != 0)
+		{
+			if (AmAutoVacuumWorkerProcess())
+				flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOVACUUM;
+			else
+				flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM;
+		}
+		if ((options & VACOPT_ANALYZE) != 0)
+		{
+			if (AmAutoVacuumWorkerProcess())
+				flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOANALYZE;
+			else
+				flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE;
+		}
+		pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(relid, flags);
 	}
 
 	/* if relation is opened, leave */
@@ -802,7 +819,7 @@ vacuum_open_relation(Oid relid, RangeVar *relation, uint32 options,
 		return rel;
 
 	/*
-	 * Relation could not be opened, hence generate if possible a log
+	 * Relation could not be opened hence generate if possible a log
 	 * informing on the situation.
 	 *
 	 * If the RangeVar is not defined, we do not have enough information to
@@ -905,7 +922,6 @@ expand_vacuum_rel(VacuumRelation *vrel, MemoryContext vac_context,
 		Form_pg_class classForm;
 		bool		include_children;
 		bool		is_partitioned_table;
-		int			rvr_opts;
 
 		/*
 		 * Since autovacuum workers supply OIDs when calling vacuum(), no
@@ -918,29 +934,69 @@ expand_vacuum_rel(VacuumRelation *vrel, MemoryContext vac_context,
 		 * below, as well as find_all_inheritors's expectation that the caller
 		 * holds some lock on the starting relation.
 		 */
-		rvr_opts = (options & VACOPT_SKIP_LOCKED) ? RVR_SKIP_LOCKED : 0;
-		relid = RangeVarGetRelidExtended(vrel->relation,
-										 AccessShareLock,
-										 rvr_opts,
-										 NULL, NULL);
-
-		/*
-		 * If the lock is unavailable, emit the same log statement that
-		 * vacuum_rel() and analyze_rel() would.
-		 */
-		if (!OidIsValid(relid))
+		if (!(options & VACOPT_SKIP_LOCKED))
 		{
-			if (options & VACOPT_VACUUM)
-				ereport(WARNING,
-						(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
-						 errmsg("skipping vacuum of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
-								vrel->relation->relname)));
-			else
-				ereport(WARNING,
-						(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
-						 errmsg("skipping analyze of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
+			relid = RangeVarGetRelidExtended(vrel->relation,
+											 AccessShareLock,
+											 0, NULL, NULL);
+			if (!OidIsValid(relid))
+				return vacrels;
+		}
+		else
+		{
+			/* Get relid for reporting before taking a lock */
+			relid = RangeVarGetRelid(vrel->relation, NoLock, false);
+
+			if (!ConditionalLockRelationOid(relid, AccessShareLock))
+			{
+				int	flags = 0;
+				/*
+				 * If the lock is unavailable, emit the same log statement that
+				 * vacuum_rel() and analyze_rel() would.
+				 */
+				if (options & VACOPT_VACUUM)
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping vacuum of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
 								vrel->relation->relname)));
-			return vacrels;
+				else
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping analyze of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
+									vrel->relation->relname)));
+
+				if ((options & VACOPT_VACUUM) != 0)
+					flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM;
+				if ((options & VACOPT_ANALYZE) != 0)
+					flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE;
+
+				pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(relid, flags);
+
+				return vacrels;
+			}
+
+			/*
+			 * Now that we have the lock, probe to see if the relation really
+			 * exists or not.
+			 */
+			if (!SearchSysCacheExists1(RELOID, ObjectIdGetDatum(relid)))
+			{
+				if (options & VACOPT_VACUUM)
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_UNDEFINED_TABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping vacuum of \"%s\" --- relation no longer exists",
+									vrel->relation->relname)));
+				else
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_UNDEFINED_TABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping analyze of \"%s\" --- relation no longer exists",
+									vrel->relation->relname)));
+
+				/* Release useless lock */
+				UnlockRelationOid(relid, AccessShareLock);
+
+				return vacrels;
+			}
 		}
 
 		/*
diff --git a/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c b/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c
index b2ca28f83ba..532d9023f8c 100644
--- a/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c
+++ b/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c
@@ -17,12 +17,14 @@
 
 #include "postgres.h"
 
+#include "access/htup_details.h"
 #include "access/twophase_rmgr.h"
 #include "access/xact.h"
 #include "catalog/catalog.h"
 #include "utils/memutils.h"
 #include "utils/pgstat_internal.h"
 #include "utils/rel.h"
+#include "utils/syscache.h"
 #include "utils/timestamp.h"
 
 
@@ -367,6 +369,68 @@ pgstat_report_analyze(Relation rel,
 	(void) pgstat_flush_backend(false, PGSTAT_BACKEND_FLUSH_IO);
 }
 
+/*
+ * Report that the table was skipped during vacuum or/and analyze.
+ */
+void
+pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(Oid relid, int flags)
+{
+	PgStat_EntryRef *entry_ref;
+	PgStatShared_Relation *shtabentry;
+	PgStat_StatTabEntry *tabentry;
+	TimestampTz ts;
+	HeapTuple	classTup;
+	bool		isshared;
+
+	if (!pgstat_track_counts || !flags)
+		return;
+
+	classTup = SearchSysCache1(RELOID, ObjectIdGetDatum(relid));
+	if (!HeapTupleIsValid(classTup))
+		return;			/* somebody deleted the rel, forget it */
+	isshared = ((Form_pg_class) GETSTRUCT(classTup))->relisshared;
+	ReleaseSysCache(classTup);
+
+	/* Store the data in the table's hash table entry. */
+	ts = GetCurrentTimestamp();
+
+	/* block acquiring lock for the same reason as pgstat_report_autovac() */
+	entry_ref = pgstat_get_entry_ref_locked(PGSTAT_KIND_RELATION,
+											isshared ? InvalidOid : MyDatabaseId,
+											relid, false);
+
+	shtabentry = (PgStatShared_Relation *) entry_ref->shared_stats;
+	tabentry = &shtabentry->stats;
+
+	if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM)
+	{
+		tabentry->last_skipped_vacuum_time = ts;
+		tabentry->skipped_vacuum_count++;
+	}
+	else if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOVACUUM)
+	{
+		tabentry->last_skipped_autovacuum_time = ts;
+		tabentry->skipped_autovacuum_count++;
+	}
+
+	if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE)
+	{
+		tabentry->last_skipped_analyze_time = ts;
+		tabentry->skipped_analyze_count++;
+	}
+	else if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOANALYZE)
+	{
+		tabentry->last_skipped_autoanalyze_time = ts;
+		tabentry->skipped_autoanalyze_count++;
+	}
+
+	pgstat_unlock_entry(entry_ref);
+
+	/* see pgstat_report_vacuum() */
+	pgstat_flush_io(false);
+	(void) pgstat_flush_backend(false, PGSTAT_BACKEND_FLUSH_IO);
+}
+
 /*
  * count a tuple insertion of n tuples
  */
diff --git a/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c b/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c
index 1408de387ea..90a8968faa0 100644
--- a/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c
+++ b/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c
@@ -84,6 +84,18 @@ PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(mod_since_analyze)
 /* pg_stat_get_numscans */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(numscans)
 
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_analyze_count)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_autoanalyze_count)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_autovacuum_count)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_vacuum_count)
+
 /* pg_stat_get_tuples_deleted */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(tuples_deleted)
 
@@ -170,6 +182,18 @@ PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_vacuum_time)
 /* pg_stat_get_lastscan */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(lastscan)
 
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_analyze_time)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_autoanalyze_time)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_autovacuum_time)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_vacuum_time)
+
 /* pg_stat_get_stat_reset_time */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(stat_reset_time)
 
diff --git a/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat b/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat
index fa9ae79082b..32debb34863 100644
--- a/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat
+++ b/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat
@@ -5680,6 +5680,38 @@
   proargmodes => '{o,o,o,o,o,o,o,o,o,o}',
   proargnames => '{oid,score,xid_score,mxid_score,vacuum_score,vacuum_insert_score,analyze_score,do_vacuum,do_analyze,for_wraparound}',
   prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_autovacuum_scores' },
+{ oid => '8142', descr => 'statistics: last skipped vacuum time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time' },
+{ oid => '8143', descr => 'statistics: last skipped auto vacuum time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time' },
+{ oid => '8144', descr => 'statistics: last skipped analyze time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time' },
+{ oid => '8145', descr => 'statistics: last skipped auto analyze time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time' },
+{ oid => '8146', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped vacuum for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count' },
+{ oid => '8147', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped auto vacuum for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count' },
+{ oid => '8148', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped analyzes for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count' },
+{ oid => '8149', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped auto analyzes for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count' },
 { oid => '1936', descr => 'statistics: currently active backend IDs',
   proname => 'pg_stat_get_backend_idset', prorows => '100', proretset => 't',
   provolatile => 's', proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int4',
diff --git a/src/include/pgstat.h b/src/include/pgstat.h
index dfa2e837638..98941f953d1 100644
--- a/src/include/pgstat.h
+++ b/src/include/pgstat.h
@@ -479,6 +479,15 @@ typedef struct PgStat_StatTabEntry
 	TimestampTz last_autoanalyze_time;	/* autovacuum initiated */
 	PgStat_Counter autoanalyze_count;
 
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_vacuum_time;	/* user initiated vacuum */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_vacuum_count;
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_autovacuum_time;	/* autovacuum initiated */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_autovacuum_count;
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_analyze_time;	/* user initiated */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_analyze_count;
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_autoanalyze_time;	/* autovacuum initiated */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_autoanalyze_count;
+
 	PgStat_Counter total_vacuum_time;	/* times in milliseconds */
 	PgStat_Counter total_autovacuum_time;
 	PgStat_Counter total_analyze_time;
@@ -703,6 +712,13 @@ extern void pgstat_report_analyze(Relation rel,
 								  PgStat_Counter livetuples, PgStat_Counter deadtuples,
 								  bool resetcounter, TimestampTz starttime);
 
+/* flags for pgstat_flush_backend() */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM		(1 << 0)	/* vacuum is skipped */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE		(1 << 1)	/* analyze is skipped */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOVACUUM	(1 << 2)	/* autovacuum is skipped */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOANALYZE	(1 << 3)	/* autoanalyze is skipped */
+extern void pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(Oid relid, int flags);
+
 /*
  * If stats are enabled, but pending data hasn't been prepared yet, call
  * pgstat_assoc_relation() to do so. See its comment for why this is done
diff --git a/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out b/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out
index a65a5bf0c4f..9b2075d3373 100644
--- a/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out
+++ b/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out
@@ -1835,13 +1835,21 @@ pg_stat_all_tables| SELECT c.oid AS relid,
     pg_stat_get_mod_since_analyze(c.oid) AS n_mod_since_analyze,
     pg_stat_get_ins_since_vacuum(c.oid) AS n_ins_since_vacuum,
     pg_stat_get_last_vacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_vacuum,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_vacuum,
     pg_stat_get_last_autovacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_autovacuum,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_autovacuum,
     pg_stat_get_last_analyze_time(c.oid) AS last_analyze,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_analyze,
     pg_stat_get_last_autoanalyze_time(c.oid) AS last_autoanalyze,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_autoanalyze,
     pg_stat_get_vacuum_count(c.oid) AS vacuum_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count(c.oid) AS skipped_vacuum_count,
     pg_stat_get_autovacuum_count(c.oid) AS autovacuum_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count(c.oid) AS skipped_autovacuum_count,
     pg_stat_get_analyze_count(c.oid) AS analyze_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count(c.oid) AS skipped_analyze_count,
     pg_stat_get_autoanalyze_count(c.oid) AS autoanalyze_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count(c.oid) AS skipped_autoanalyze_count,
     pg_stat_get_total_vacuum_time(c.oid) AS total_vacuum_time,
     pg_stat_get_total_autovacuum_time(c.oid) AS total_autovacuum_time,
     pg_stat_get_total_analyze_time(c.oid) AS total_analyze_time,
@@ -2346,13 +2354,21 @@ pg_stat_sys_tables| SELECT relid,
     n_mod_since_analyze,
     n_ins_since_vacuum,
     last_vacuum,
+    last_skipped_vacuum,
     last_autovacuum,
+    last_skipped_autovacuum,
     last_analyze,
+    last_skipped_analyze,
     last_autoanalyze,
+    last_skipped_autoanalyze,
     vacuum_count,
+    skipped_vacuum_count,
     autovacuum_count,
+    skipped_autovacuum_count,
     analyze_count,
+    skipped_analyze_count,
     autoanalyze_count,
+    skipped_autoanalyze_count,
     total_vacuum_time,
     total_autovacuum_time,
     total_analyze_time,
@@ -2401,13 +2417,21 @@ pg_stat_user_tables| SELECT relid,
     n_mod_since_analyze,
     n_ins_since_vacuum,
     last_vacuum,
+    last_skipped_vacuum,
     last_autovacuum,
+    last_skipped_autovacuum,
     last_analyze,
+    last_skipped_analyze,
     last_autoanalyze,
+    last_skipped_autoanalyze,
     vacuum_count,
+    skipped_vacuum_count,
     autovacuum_count,
+    skipped_autovacuum_count,
     analyze_count,
+    skipped_analyze_count,
     autoanalyze_count,
+    skipped_autoanalyze_count,
     total_vacuum_time,
     total_autovacuum_time,
     total_analyze_time,
-- 
2.43.0


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* [PATCH v3] Track skipped vacuum and analyze activity per relation
@ 2026-03-24 04:09 Yugo Nagata <[email protected]>
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From: Yugo Nagata @ 2026-03-24 04:09 UTC (permalink / raw)

This commit adds eight fields to the relation statistics that track
the last time vacuum or analyze has been attempted but skipped due to
lock unavailability, along with their counts:

-    last_skipped_vacuum
-    last_skipped_autovacuum
-    last_skipped_analyze
-    last_skipped_autoanalyze
-    skipped_vacuum_count
-    skipped_autovacuum_count
-    skipped_analyze_count
-    skipped_autoanalyze_count

These field can help users confirm that autovacuum is actively attempting
to run on a table that has not been vacuumed or analyzed for a long time,
and that the lack of progress is due to repeated skips rather than inactivity.
---
 doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml                 | 80 +++++++++++++++++
 src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql         |  8 ++
 src/backend/commands/vacuum.c                | 95 +++++++++++++++-----
 src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c | 68 ++++++++++++++
 src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c          | 24 +++++
 src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat              | 32 +++++++
 src/include/pgstat.h                         | 16 ++++
 src/test/regress/expected/rules.out          | 24 +++++
 8 files changed, 324 insertions(+), 23 deletions(-)

diff --git a/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml b/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml
index bb75ed1069b..9ec8070b2fc 100644
--- a/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml
+++ b/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml
@@ -4372,6 +4372,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_vacuum</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time a manual vacuum on this table was attempted but skipped due to
+       lock unavailability (not counting <command>VACUUM FULL</command>)
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>last_autovacuum</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
@@ -4382,6 +4392,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_autovacuum</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time a vacuum on this table by the autovacuum daemon was attempted
+       but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>last_analyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
@@ -4391,6 +4411,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_analyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time a manual analyze on this table was attempted but skipped due to
+       lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>last_autoanalyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
@@ -4401,6 +4431,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_autoanalyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time at which an analyze on this table by the autovacuum was
+       attempted but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>vacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4411,6 +4451,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_vacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times vacuums on this table have been attempted but skipped
+       due to lock unavailability (not counting <command>VACUUM FULL</command>)
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>autovacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4421,6 +4471,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_autovacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times vacuums on this table by the autovacuum daemon have been
+       attempted but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>analyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4430,6 +4490,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_analyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times manual analyzes on this table have been attempted but
+       skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>autoanalyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4440,6 +4510,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_autoanalyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times analyzes on this table by the autovacuum daemon have
+       been attempted but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>total_vacuum_time</structfield> <type>double precision</type>
diff --git a/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql b/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql
index e54018004db..2ca02a0354c 100644
--- a/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql
+++ b/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql
@@ -736,13 +736,21 @@ CREATE VIEW pg_stat_all_tables AS
             pg_stat_get_mod_since_analyze(C.oid) AS n_mod_since_analyze,
             pg_stat_get_ins_since_vacuum(C.oid) AS n_ins_since_vacuum,
             pg_stat_get_last_vacuum_time(C.oid) as last_vacuum,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_vacuum,
             pg_stat_get_last_autovacuum_time(C.oid) as last_autovacuum,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_autovacuum,
             pg_stat_get_last_analyze_time(C.oid) as last_analyze,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_analyze,
             pg_stat_get_last_autoanalyze_time(C.oid) as last_autoanalyze,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_autoanalyze,
             pg_stat_get_vacuum_count(C.oid) AS vacuum_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count(C.oid) AS skipped_vacuum_count,
             pg_stat_get_autovacuum_count(C.oid) AS autovacuum_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count(C.oid) AS skipped_autovacuum_count,
             pg_stat_get_analyze_count(C.oid) AS analyze_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count(C.oid) AS skipped_analyze_count,
             pg_stat_get_autoanalyze_count(C.oid) AS autoanalyze_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count(C.oid) AS skipped_autoanalyze_count,
             pg_stat_get_total_vacuum_time(C.oid) AS total_vacuum_time,
             pg_stat_get_total_autovacuum_time(C.oid) AS total_autovacuum_time,
             pg_stat_get_total_analyze_time(C.oid) AS total_analyze_time,
diff --git a/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c b/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c
index bce3a2daa24..ce83b3171be 100644
--- a/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c
+++ b/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c
@@ -792,8 +792,18 @@ vacuum_open_relation(Oid relid, RangeVar *relation, bits32 options,
 		rel = try_relation_open(relid, NoLock);
 	else
 	{
+		bits8 flags = 0;
 		rel = NULL;
 		rel_lock = false;
+
+		if ((options & VACOPT_VACUUM) != 0)
+			flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM;
+		if ((options & VACOPT_ANALYZE) != 0)
+			flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE;
+		if (AmAutoVacuumWorkerProcess())
+			flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOVAC;
+
+		pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(relid, flags);
 	}
 
 	/* if relation is opened, leave */
@@ -801,7 +811,7 @@ vacuum_open_relation(Oid relid, RangeVar *relation, bits32 options,
 		return rel;
 
 	/*
-	 * Relation could not be opened, hence generate if possible a log
+	 * Relation could not be opened hence generate if possible a log
 	 * informing on the situation.
 	 *
 	 * If the RangeVar is not defined, we do not have enough information to
@@ -904,7 +914,6 @@ expand_vacuum_rel(VacuumRelation *vrel, MemoryContext vac_context,
 		Form_pg_class classForm;
 		bool		include_children;
 		bool		is_partitioned_table;
-		int			rvr_opts;
 
 		/*
 		 * Since autovacuum workers supply OIDs when calling vacuum(), no
@@ -917,29 +926,69 @@ expand_vacuum_rel(VacuumRelation *vrel, MemoryContext vac_context,
 		 * below, as well as find_all_inheritors's expectation that the caller
 		 * holds some lock on the starting relation.
 		 */
-		rvr_opts = (options & VACOPT_SKIP_LOCKED) ? RVR_SKIP_LOCKED : 0;
-		relid = RangeVarGetRelidExtended(vrel->relation,
-										 AccessShareLock,
-										 rvr_opts,
-										 NULL, NULL);
-
-		/*
-		 * If the lock is unavailable, emit the same log statement that
-		 * vacuum_rel() and analyze_rel() would.
-		 */
-		if (!OidIsValid(relid))
+		if (!(options & VACOPT_SKIP_LOCKED))
 		{
-			if (options & VACOPT_VACUUM)
-				ereport(WARNING,
-						(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
-						 errmsg("skipping vacuum of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
-								vrel->relation->relname)));
-			else
-				ereport(WARNING,
-						(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
-						 errmsg("skipping analyze of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
+			relid = RangeVarGetRelidExtended(vrel->relation,
+											 AccessShareLock,
+											 0, NULL, NULL);
+			if (!OidIsValid(relid))
+				return vacrels;
+		}
+		else
+		{
+			/* Get relid for reporting before taking a lock */
+			relid = RangeVarGetRelid(vrel->relation, NoLock, false);
+
+			if (!ConditionalLockRelationOid(relid, AccessShareLock))
+			{
+				bits8	flags = 0;
+				/*
+				 * If the lock is unavailable, emit the same log statement that
+				 * vacuum_rel() and analyze_rel() would.
+				 */
+				if (options & VACOPT_VACUUM)
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping vacuum of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
 								vrel->relation->relname)));
-			return vacrels;
+				else
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping analyze of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
+									vrel->relation->relname)));
+
+				if ((options & VACOPT_VACUUM) != 0)
+					flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM;
+				if ((options & VACOPT_ANALYZE) != 0)
+					flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE;
+
+				pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(relid, flags);
+
+				return vacrels;
+			}
+
+			/*
+			 * Now that we have the lock, probe to see if the relation really
+			 * exists or not.
+			 */
+			if (!SearchSysCacheExists1(RELOID, ObjectIdGetDatum(relid)))
+			{
+				if (options & VACOPT_VACUUM)
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_UNDEFINED_TABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping vacuum of \"%s\" --- relation no longer exists",
+									vrel->relation->relname)));
+				else
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_UNDEFINED_TABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping analyze of \"%s\" --- relation no longer exists",
+									vrel->relation->relname)));
+
+				/* Release useless lock */
+				UnlockRelationOid(relid, AccessShareLock);
+
+				return vacrels;
+			}
 		}
 
 		/*
diff --git a/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c b/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c
index bc8c43b96aa..cec4c88980e 100644
--- a/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c
+++ b/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c
@@ -17,6 +17,7 @@
 
 #include "postgres.h"
 
+#include "access/htup_details.h"
 #include "access/twophase_rmgr.h"
 #include "access/xact.h"
 #include "catalog/catalog.h"
@@ -366,6 +367,73 @@ pgstat_report_analyze(Relation rel,
 	(void) pgstat_flush_backend(false, PGSTAT_BACKEND_FLUSH_IO);
 }
 
+/*
+ * Report that the table was skipped during vacuum or/and analyze.
+ */
+void
+pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(Oid relid, bits8 flags)
+{
+	PgStat_EntryRef *entry_ref;
+	PgStatShared_Relation *shtabentry;
+	PgStat_StatTabEntry *tabentry;
+	TimestampTz ts;
+	HeapTuple	classTup;
+	bool		isshared;
+
+	if (!pgstat_track_counts || !(flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANY))
+		return;
+
+	classTup = SearchSysCache1(RELOID, ObjectIdGetDatum(relid));
+	if (!HeapTupleIsValid(classTup))
+		return;			/* somebody deleted the rel, forget it */
+	isshared = ((Form_pg_class) GETSTRUCT(classTup))->relisshared;
+	ReleaseSysCache(classTup);
+
+	/* Store the data in the table's hash table entry. */
+	ts = GetCurrentTimestamp();
+
+	/* block acquiring lock for the same reason as pgstat_report_autovac() */
+	entry_ref = pgstat_get_entry_ref_locked(PGSTAT_KIND_RELATION,
+											isshared ? InvalidOid : MyDatabaseId,
+											relid, false);
+
+	shtabentry = (PgStatShared_Relation *) entry_ref->shared_stats;
+	tabentry = &shtabentry->stats;
+
+	if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOVAC)
+	{
+		if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM)
+		{
+			tabentry->last_skipped_autovacuum_time = ts;
+			tabentry->skipped_autovacuum_count++;
+		}
+		if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE)
+		{
+			tabentry->last_skipped_autoanalyze_time = ts;
+			tabentry->skipped_autoanalyze_count++;
+		}
+	}
+	else
+	{
+		if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM)
+		{
+			tabentry->last_skipped_vacuum_time = ts;
+			tabentry->skipped_vacuum_count++;
+		}
+		if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE)
+		{
+			tabentry->last_skipped_analyze_time = ts;
+			tabentry->skipped_analyze_count++;
+		}
+	}
+
+	pgstat_unlock_entry(entry_ref);
+
+	/* see pgstat_report_vacuum() */
+	pgstat_flush_io(false);
+	(void) pgstat_flush_backend(false, PGSTAT_BACKEND_FLUSH_IO);
+}
+
 /*
  * count a tuple insertion of n tuples
  */
diff --git a/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c b/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c
index 9185a8e6b83..18aaa3996e1 100644
--- a/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c
+++ b/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c
@@ -84,6 +84,18 @@ PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(mod_since_analyze)
 /* pg_stat_get_numscans */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(numscans)
 
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_analyze_count)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_autoanalyze_count)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_autovacuum_count)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_vacuum_count)
+
 /* pg_stat_get_tuples_deleted */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(tuples_deleted)
 
@@ -170,6 +182,18 @@ PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_vacuum_time)
 /* pg_stat_get_lastscan */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(lastscan)
 
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_analyze_time)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_autoanalyze_time)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_autovacuum_time)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_vacuum_time)
+
 /* pg_stat_get_stat_reset_time */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(stat_reset_time)
 
diff --git a/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat b/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat
index 0118e970dda..ccfe3d9e02a 100644
--- a/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat
+++ b/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat
@@ -5667,6 +5667,38 @@
   proname => 'pg_stat_get_total_autoanalyze_time', provolatile => 's',
   proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'float8', proargtypes => 'oid',
   prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_total_autoanalyze_time' },
+{ oid => '8142', descr => 'statistics: last skipped vacuum time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time' },
+{ oid => '8143', descr => 'statistics: last skipped auto vacuum time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time' },
+{ oid => '8144', descr => 'statistics: last skipped analyze time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time' },
+{ oid => '8145', descr => 'statistics: last skipped auto analyze time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time' },
+{ oid => '8146', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped vacuum for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count' },
+{ oid => '8147', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped auto vacuum for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count' },
+{ oid => '8148', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped analyzes for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count' },
+{ oid => '8149', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped auto analyzes for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count' },
 { oid => '1936', descr => 'statistics: currently active backend IDs',
   proname => 'pg_stat_get_backend_idset', prorows => '100', proretset => 't',
   provolatile => 's', proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int4',
diff --git a/src/include/pgstat.h b/src/include/pgstat.h
index 8e3549c3752..343081a7a25 100644
--- a/src/include/pgstat.h
+++ b/src/include/pgstat.h
@@ -479,6 +479,15 @@ typedef struct PgStat_StatTabEntry
 	TimestampTz last_autoanalyze_time;	/* autovacuum initiated */
 	PgStat_Counter autoanalyze_count;
 
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_vacuum_time;	/* user initiated vacuum */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_vacuum_count;
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_autovacuum_time;	/* autovacuum initiated */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_autovacuum_count;
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_analyze_time;	/* user initiated */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_analyze_count;
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_autoanalyze_time;	/* autovacuum initiated */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_autoanalyze_count;
+
 	PgStat_Counter total_vacuum_time;	/* times in milliseconds */
 	PgStat_Counter total_autovacuum_time;
 	PgStat_Counter total_analyze_time;
@@ -707,6 +716,13 @@ extern void pgstat_report_analyze(Relation rel,
 								  PgStat_Counter livetuples, PgStat_Counter deadtuples,
 								  bool resetcounter, TimestampTz starttime);
 
+/* flags for pgstat_flush_backend() */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM	(1 << 0)	/* vacuum is skipped */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE	(1 << 1)	/* analyze is skipped */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOVAC	(1 << 2)	/* skipped during autovacuum/autoanalyze */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANY   (PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM | PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE)
+extern void pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(Oid relid, bits8 flags);
+
 /*
  * If stats are enabled, but pending data hasn't been prepared yet, call
  * pgstat_assoc_relation() to do so. See its comment for why this is done
diff --git a/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out b/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out
index 2b3cf6d8569..4ccfc43e903 100644
--- a/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out
+++ b/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out
@@ -1835,13 +1835,21 @@ pg_stat_all_tables| SELECT c.oid AS relid,
     pg_stat_get_mod_since_analyze(c.oid) AS n_mod_since_analyze,
     pg_stat_get_ins_since_vacuum(c.oid) AS n_ins_since_vacuum,
     pg_stat_get_last_vacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_vacuum,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_vacuum,
     pg_stat_get_last_autovacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_autovacuum,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_autovacuum,
     pg_stat_get_last_analyze_time(c.oid) AS last_analyze,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_analyze,
     pg_stat_get_last_autoanalyze_time(c.oid) AS last_autoanalyze,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_autoanalyze,
     pg_stat_get_vacuum_count(c.oid) AS vacuum_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count(c.oid) AS skipped_vacuum_count,
     pg_stat_get_autovacuum_count(c.oid) AS autovacuum_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count(c.oid) AS skipped_autovacuum_count,
     pg_stat_get_analyze_count(c.oid) AS analyze_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count(c.oid) AS skipped_analyze_count,
     pg_stat_get_autoanalyze_count(c.oid) AS autoanalyze_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count(c.oid) AS skipped_autoanalyze_count,
     pg_stat_get_total_vacuum_time(c.oid) AS total_vacuum_time,
     pg_stat_get_total_autovacuum_time(c.oid) AS total_autovacuum_time,
     pg_stat_get_total_analyze_time(c.oid) AS total_analyze_time,
@@ -2293,13 +2301,21 @@ pg_stat_sys_tables| SELECT relid,
     n_mod_since_analyze,
     n_ins_since_vacuum,
     last_vacuum,
+    last_skipped_vacuum,
     last_autovacuum,
+    last_skipped_autovacuum,
     last_analyze,
+    last_skipped_analyze,
     last_autoanalyze,
+    last_skipped_autoanalyze,
     vacuum_count,
+    skipped_vacuum_count,
     autovacuum_count,
+    skipped_autovacuum_count,
     analyze_count,
+    skipped_analyze_count,
     autoanalyze_count,
+    skipped_autoanalyze_count,
     total_vacuum_time,
     total_autovacuum_time,
     total_analyze_time,
@@ -2348,13 +2364,21 @@ pg_stat_user_tables| SELECT relid,
     n_mod_since_analyze,
     n_ins_since_vacuum,
     last_vacuum,
+    last_skipped_vacuum,
     last_autovacuum,
+    last_skipped_autovacuum,
     last_analyze,
+    last_skipped_analyze,
     last_autoanalyze,
+    last_skipped_autoanalyze,
     vacuum_count,
+    skipped_vacuum_count,
     autovacuum_count,
+    skipped_autovacuum_count,
     analyze_count,
+    skipped_analyze_count,
     autoanalyze_count,
+    skipped_autoanalyze_count,
     total_vacuum_time,
     total_autovacuum_time,
     total_analyze_time,
-- 
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* [PATCH v3] Track skipped vacuum and analyze activity per relation
@ 2026-03-24 04:09 Yugo Nagata <[email protected]>
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From: Yugo Nagata @ 2026-03-24 04:09 UTC (permalink / raw)

This commit adds eight fields to the relation statistics that track
the last time vacuum or analyze has been attempted but skipped due to
lock unavailability, along with their counts:

-    last_skipped_vacuum
-    last_skipped_autovacuum
-    last_skipped_analyze
-    last_skipped_autoanalyze
-    skipped_vacuum_count
-    skipped_autovacuum_count
-    skipped_analyze_count
-    skipped_autoanalyze_count

These field can help users confirm that autovacuum is actively attempting
to run on a table that has not been vacuumed or analyzed for a long time,
and that the lack of progress is due to repeated skips rather than inactivity.
---
 doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml                 | 80 +++++++++++++++++
 src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql         |  8 ++
 src/backend/commands/vacuum.c                | 95 +++++++++++++++-----
 src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c | 68 ++++++++++++++
 src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c          | 24 +++++
 src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat              | 32 +++++++
 src/include/pgstat.h                         | 16 ++++
 src/test/regress/expected/rules.out          | 24 +++++
 8 files changed, 324 insertions(+), 23 deletions(-)

diff --git a/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml b/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml
index bb75ed1069b..9ec8070b2fc 100644
--- a/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml
+++ b/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml
@@ -4372,6 +4372,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_vacuum</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time a manual vacuum on this table was attempted but skipped due to
+       lock unavailability (not counting <command>VACUUM FULL</command>)
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>last_autovacuum</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
@@ -4382,6 +4392,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_autovacuum</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time a vacuum on this table by the autovacuum daemon was attempted
+       but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>last_analyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
@@ -4391,6 +4411,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_analyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time a manual analyze on this table was attempted but skipped due to
+       lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>last_autoanalyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
@@ -4401,6 +4431,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_autoanalyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time at which an analyze on this table by the autovacuum was
+       attempted but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>vacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4411,6 +4451,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_vacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times vacuums on this table have been attempted but skipped
+       due to lock unavailability (not counting <command>VACUUM FULL</command>)
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>autovacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4421,6 +4471,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_autovacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times vacuums on this table by the autovacuum daemon have been
+       attempted but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>analyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4430,6 +4490,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_analyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times manual analyzes on this table have been attempted but
+       skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>autoanalyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4440,6 +4510,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_autoanalyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times analyzes on this table by the autovacuum daemon have
+       been attempted but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>total_vacuum_time</structfield> <type>double precision</type>
diff --git a/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql b/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql
index e54018004db..2ca02a0354c 100644
--- a/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql
+++ b/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql
@@ -736,13 +736,21 @@ CREATE VIEW pg_stat_all_tables AS
             pg_stat_get_mod_since_analyze(C.oid) AS n_mod_since_analyze,
             pg_stat_get_ins_since_vacuum(C.oid) AS n_ins_since_vacuum,
             pg_stat_get_last_vacuum_time(C.oid) as last_vacuum,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_vacuum,
             pg_stat_get_last_autovacuum_time(C.oid) as last_autovacuum,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_autovacuum,
             pg_stat_get_last_analyze_time(C.oid) as last_analyze,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_analyze,
             pg_stat_get_last_autoanalyze_time(C.oid) as last_autoanalyze,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_autoanalyze,
             pg_stat_get_vacuum_count(C.oid) AS vacuum_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count(C.oid) AS skipped_vacuum_count,
             pg_stat_get_autovacuum_count(C.oid) AS autovacuum_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count(C.oid) AS skipped_autovacuum_count,
             pg_stat_get_analyze_count(C.oid) AS analyze_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count(C.oid) AS skipped_analyze_count,
             pg_stat_get_autoanalyze_count(C.oid) AS autoanalyze_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count(C.oid) AS skipped_autoanalyze_count,
             pg_stat_get_total_vacuum_time(C.oid) AS total_vacuum_time,
             pg_stat_get_total_autovacuum_time(C.oid) AS total_autovacuum_time,
             pg_stat_get_total_analyze_time(C.oid) AS total_analyze_time,
diff --git a/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c b/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c
index bce3a2daa24..ce83b3171be 100644
--- a/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c
+++ b/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c
@@ -792,8 +792,18 @@ vacuum_open_relation(Oid relid, RangeVar *relation, bits32 options,
 		rel = try_relation_open(relid, NoLock);
 	else
 	{
+		bits8 flags = 0;
 		rel = NULL;
 		rel_lock = false;
+
+		if ((options & VACOPT_VACUUM) != 0)
+			flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM;
+		if ((options & VACOPT_ANALYZE) != 0)
+			flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE;
+		if (AmAutoVacuumWorkerProcess())
+			flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOVAC;
+
+		pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(relid, flags);
 	}
 
 	/* if relation is opened, leave */
@@ -801,7 +811,7 @@ vacuum_open_relation(Oid relid, RangeVar *relation, bits32 options,
 		return rel;
 
 	/*
-	 * Relation could not be opened, hence generate if possible a log
+	 * Relation could not be opened hence generate if possible a log
 	 * informing on the situation.
 	 *
 	 * If the RangeVar is not defined, we do not have enough information to
@@ -904,7 +914,6 @@ expand_vacuum_rel(VacuumRelation *vrel, MemoryContext vac_context,
 		Form_pg_class classForm;
 		bool		include_children;
 		bool		is_partitioned_table;
-		int			rvr_opts;
 
 		/*
 		 * Since autovacuum workers supply OIDs when calling vacuum(), no
@@ -917,29 +926,69 @@ expand_vacuum_rel(VacuumRelation *vrel, MemoryContext vac_context,
 		 * below, as well as find_all_inheritors's expectation that the caller
 		 * holds some lock on the starting relation.
 		 */
-		rvr_opts = (options & VACOPT_SKIP_LOCKED) ? RVR_SKIP_LOCKED : 0;
-		relid = RangeVarGetRelidExtended(vrel->relation,
-										 AccessShareLock,
-										 rvr_opts,
-										 NULL, NULL);
-
-		/*
-		 * If the lock is unavailable, emit the same log statement that
-		 * vacuum_rel() and analyze_rel() would.
-		 */
-		if (!OidIsValid(relid))
+		if (!(options & VACOPT_SKIP_LOCKED))
 		{
-			if (options & VACOPT_VACUUM)
-				ereport(WARNING,
-						(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
-						 errmsg("skipping vacuum of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
-								vrel->relation->relname)));
-			else
-				ereport(WARNING,
-						(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
-						 errmsg("skipping analyze of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
+			relid = RangeVarGetRelidExtended(vrel->relation,
+											 AccessShareLock,
+											 0, NULL, NULL);
+			if (!OidIsValid(relid))
+				return vacrels;
+		}
+		else
+		{
+			/* Get relid for reporting before taking a lock */
+			relid = RangeVarGetRelid(vrel->relation, NoLock, false);
+
+			if (!ConditionalLockRelationOid(relid, AccessShareLock))
+			{
+				bits8	flags = 0;
+				/*
+				 * If the lock is unavailable, emit the same log statement that
+				 * vacuum_rel() and analyze_rel() would.
+				 */
+				if (options & VACOPT_VACUUM)
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping vacuum of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
 								vrel->relation->relname)));
-			return vacrels;
+				else
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping analyze of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
+									vrel->relation->relname)));
+
+				if ((options & VACOPT_VACUUM) != 0)
+					flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM;
+				if ((options & VACOPT_ANALYZE) != 0)
+					flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE;
+
+				pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(relid, flags);
+
+				return vacrels;
+			}
+
+			/*
+			 * Now that we have the lock, probe to see if the relation really
+			 * exists or not.
+			 */
+			if (!SearchSysCacheExists1(RELOID, ObjectIdGetDatum(relid)))
+			{
+				if (options & VACOPT_VACUUM)
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_UNDEFINED_TABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping vacuum of \"%s\" --- relation no longer exists",
+									vrel->relation->relname)));
+				else
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_UNDEFINED_TABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping analyze of \"%s\" --- relation no longer exists",
+									vrel->relation->relname)));
+
+				/* Release useless lock */
+				UnlockRelationOid(relid, AccessShareLock);
+
+				return vacrels;
+			}
 		}
 
 		/*
diff --git a/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c b/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c
index bc8c43b96aa..cec4c88980e 100644
--- a/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c
+++ b/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c
@@ -17,6 +17,7 @@
 
 #include "postgres.h"
 
+#include "access/htup_details.h"
 #include "access/twophase_rmgr.h"
 #include "access/xact.h"
 #include "catalog/catalog.h"
@@ -366,6 +367,73 @@ pgstat_report_analyze(Relation rel,
 	(void) pgstat_flush_backend(false, PGSTAT_BACKEND_FLUSH_IO);
 }
 
+/*
+ * Report that the table was skipped during vacuum or/and analyze.
+ */
+void
+pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(Oid relid, bits8 flags)
+{
+	PgStat_EntryRef *entry_ref;
+	PgStatShared_Relation *shtabentry;
+	PgStat_StatTabEntry *tabentry;
+	TimestampTz ts;
+	HeapTuple	classTup;
+	bool		isshared;
+
+	if (!pgstat_track_counts || !(flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANY))
+		return;
+
+	classTup = SearchSysCache1(RELOID, ObjectIdGetDatum(relid));
+	if (!HeapTupleIsValid(classTup))
+		return;			/* somebody deleted the rel, forget it */
+	isshared = ((Form_pg_class) GETSTRUCT(classTup))->relisshared;
+	ReleaseSysCache(classTup);
+
+	/* Store the data in the table's hash table entry. */
+	ts = GetCurrentTimestamp();
+
+	/* block acquiring lock for the same reason as pgstat_report_autovac() */
+	entry_ref = pgstat_get_entry_ref_locked(PGSTAT_KIND_RELATION,
+											isshared ? InvalidOid : MyDatabaseId,
+											relid, false);
+
+	shtabentry = (PgStatShared_Relation *) entry_ref->shared_stats;
+	tabentry = &shtabentry->stats;
+
+	if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOVAC)
+	{
+		if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM)
+		{
+			tabentry->last_skipped_autovacuum_time = ts;
+			tabentry->skipped_autovacuum_count++;
+		}
+		if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE)
+		{
+			tabentry->last_skipped_autoanalyze_time = ts;
+			tabentry->skipped_autoanalyze_count++;
+		}
+	}
+	else
+	{
+		if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM)
+		{
+			tabentry->last_skipped_vacuum_time = ts;
+			tabentry->skipped_vacuum_count++;
+		}
+		if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE)
+		{
+			tabentry->last_skipped_analyze_time = ts;
+			tabentry->skipped_analyze_count++;
+		}
+	}
+
+	pgstat_unlock_entry(entry_ref);
+
+	/* see pgstat_report_vacuum() */
+	pgstat_flush_io(false);
+	(void) pgstat_flush_backend(false, PGSTAT_BACKEND_FLUSH_IO);
+}
+
 /*
  * count a tuple insertion of n tuples
  */
diff --git a/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c b/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c
index 9185a8e6b83..18aaa3996e1 100644
--- a/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c
+++ b/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c
@@ -84,6 +84,18 @@ PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(mod_since_analyze)
 /* pg_stat_get_numscans */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(numscans)
 
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_analyze_count)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_autoanalyze_count)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_autovacuum_count)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_vacuum_count)
+
 /* pg_stat_get_tuples_deleted */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(tuples_deleted)
 
@@ -170,6 +182,18 @@ PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_vacuum_time)
 /* pg_stat_get_lastscan */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(lastscan)
 
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_analyze_time)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_autoanalyze_time)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_autovacuum_time)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_vacuum_time)
+
 /* pg_stat_get_stat_reset_time */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(stat_reset_time)
 
diff --git a/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat b/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat
index 0118e970dda..ccfe3d9e02a 100644
--- a/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat
+++ b/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat
@@ -5667,6 +5667,38 @@
   proname => 'pg_stat_get_total_autoanalyze_time', provolatile => 's',
   proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'float8', proargtypes => 'oid',
   prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_total_autoanalyze_time' },
+{ oid => '8142', descr => 'statistics: last skipped vacuum time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time' },
+{ oid => '8143', descr => 'statistics: last skipped auto vacuum time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time' },
+{ oid => '8144', descr => 'statistics: last skipped analyze time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time' },
+{ oid => '8145', descr => 'statistics: last skipped auto analyze time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time' },
+{ oid => '8146', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped vacuum for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count' },
+{ oid => '8147', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped auto vacuum for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count' },
+{ oid => '8148', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped analyzes for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count' },
+{ oid => '8149', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped auto analyzes for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count' },
 { oid => '1936', descr => 'statistics: currently active backend IDs',
   proname => 'pg_stat_get_backend_idset', prorows => '100', proretset => 't',
   provolatile => 's', proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int4',
diff --git a/src/include/pgstat.h b/src/include/pgstat.h
index 8e3549c3752..343081a7a25 100644
--- a/src/include/pgstat.h
+++ b/src/include/pgstat.h
@@ -479,6 +479,15 @@ typedef struct PgStat_StatTabEntry
 	TimestampTz last_autoanalyze_time;	/* autovacuum initiated */
 	PgStat_Counter autoanalyze_count;
 
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_vacuum_time;	/* user initiated vacuum */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_vacuum_count;
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_autovacuum_time;	/* autovacuum initiated */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_autovacuum_count;
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_analyze_time;	/* user initiated */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_analyze_count;
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_autoanalyze_time;	/* autovacuum initiated */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_autoanalyze_count;
+
 	PgStat_Counter total_vacuum_time;	/* times in milliseconds */
 	PgStat_Counter total_autovacuum_time;
 	PgStat_Counter total_analyze_time;
@@ -707,6 +716,13 @@ extern void pgstat_report_analyze(Relation rel,
 								  PgStat_Counter livetuples, PgStat_Counter deadtuples,
 								  bool resetcounter, TimestampTz starttime);
 
+/* flags for pgstat_flush_backend() */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM	(1 << 0)	/* vacuum is skipped */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE	(1 << 1)	/* analyze is skipped */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOVAC	(1 << 2)	/* skipped during autovacuum/autoanalyze */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANY   (PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM | PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE)
+extern void pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(Oid relid, bits8 flags);
+
 /*
  * If stats are enabled, but pending data hasn't been prepared yet, call
  * pgstat_assoc_relation() to do so. See its comment for why this is done
diff --git a/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out b/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out
index 2b3cf6d8569..4ccfc43e903 100644
--- a/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out
+++ b/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out
@@ -1835,13 +1835,21 @@ pg_stat_all_tables| SELECT c.oid AS relid,
     pg_stat_get_mod_since_analyze(c.oid) AS n_mod_since_analyze,
     pg_stat_get_ins_since_vacuum(c.oid) AS n_ins_since_vacuum,
     pg_stat_get_last_vacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_vacuum,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_vacuum,
     pg_stat_get_last_autovacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_autovacuum,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_autovacuum,
     pg_stat_get_last_analyze_time(c.oid) AS last_analyze,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_analyze,
     pg_stat_get_last_autoanalyze_time(c.oid) AS last_autoanalyze,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_autoanalyze,
     pg_stat_get_vacuum_count(c.oid) AS vacuum_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count(c.oid) AS skipped_vacuum_count,
     pg_stat_get_autovacuum_count(c.oid) AS autovacuum_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count(c.oid) AS skipped_autovacuum_count,
     pg_stat_get_analyze_count(c.oid) AS analyze_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count(c.oid) AS skipped_analyze_count,
     pg_stat_get_autoanalyze_count(c.oid) AS autoanalyze_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count(c.oid) AS skipped_autoanalyze_count,
     pg_stat_get_total_vacuum_time(c.oid) AS total_vacuum_time,
     pg_stat_get_total_autovacuum_time(c.oid) AS total_autovacuum_time,
     pg_stat_get_total_analyze_time(c.oid) AS total_analyze_time,
@@ -2293,13 +2301,21 @@ pg_stat_sys_tables| SELECT relid,
     n_mod_since_analyze,
     n_ins_since_vacuum,
     last_vacuum,
+    last_skipped_vacuum,
     last_autovacuum,
+    last_skipped_autovacuum,
     last_analyze,
+    last_skipped_analyze,
     last_autoanalyze,
+    last_skipped_autoanalyze,
     vacuum_count,
+    skipped_vacuum_count,
     autovacuum_count,
+    skipped_autovacuum_count,
     analyze_count,
+    skipped_analyze_count,
     autoanalyze_count,
+    skipped_autoanalyze_count,
     total_vacuum_time,
     total_autovacuum_time,
     total_analyze_time,
@@ -2348,13 +2364,21 @@ pg_stat_user_tables| SELECT relid,
     n_mod_since_analyze,
     n_ins_since_vacuum,
     last_vacuum,
+    last_skipped_vacuum,
     last_autovacuum,
+    last_skipped_autovacuum,
     last_analyze,
+    last_skipped_analyze,
     last_autoanalyze,
+    last_skipped_autoanalyze,
     vacuum_count,
+    skipped_vacuum_count,
     autovacuum_count,
+    skipped_autovacuum_count,
     analyze_count,
+    skipped_analyze_count,
     autoanalyze_count,
+    skipped_autoanalyze_count,
     total_vacuum_time,
     total_autovacuum_time,
     total_analyze_time,
-- 
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* [PATCH v5] Track skipped vacuum and analyze activity per relation
@ 2026-03-24 04:09 Yugo Nagata <[email protected]>
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From: Yugo Nagata @ 2026-03-24 04:09 UTC (permalink / raw)

This commit adds eight fields to the relation statistics that track
the last time vacuum or analyze has been attempted but skipped due to
lock unavailability, along with their counts:

-    last_skipped_vacuum
-    last_skipped_autovacuum
-    last_skipped_analyze
-    last_skipped_autoanalyze
-    skipped_vacuum_count
-    skipped_autovacuum_count
-    skipped_analyze_count
-    skipped_autoanalyze_count

These field can help users confirm that autovacuum is actively attempting
to run on a table that has not been vacuumed or analyzed for a long time,
and that the lack of progress is due to repeated skips rather than inactivity.
---
 doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml                  |  88 ++++++
 src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql          |   8 +
 src/backend/commands/vacuum.c                 | 100 +++++--
 src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c  |  64 +++++
 src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c           |  24 ++
 src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat               |  32 +++
 src/include/pgstat.h                          |  16 ++
 .../isolation/expected/vacuum-skip-locked.out | 260 ++++++++++++++++--
 .../isolation/specs/vacuum-skip-locked.spec   |  41 +--
 src/test/regress/expected/rules.out           |  24 ++
 10 files changed, 601 insertions(+), 56 deletions(-)

diff --git a/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml b/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml
index 08d5b824552..a9b579d87a9 100644
--- a/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml
+++ b/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml
@@ -4387,6 +4387,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_vacuum</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time a manual vacuum on this table was attempted but skipped due to
+       lock unavailability (not counting <command>VACUUM FULL</command>)
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>last_autovacuum</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
@@ -4397,6 +4407,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_autovacuum</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time a vacuum on this table by the autovacuum daemon was attempted
+       but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>last_analyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
@@ -4406,6 +4426,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_analyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time a manual analyze on this table was attempted but skipped due to
+       lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>last_autoanalyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
@@ -4416,6 +4446,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_autoanalyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time at which an analyze on this table by the autovacuum was
+       attempted but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>vacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4426,6 +4466,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_vacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times manual vacuums on this table have been attempted but skipped
+       due to lock unavailability (not counting <command>VACUUM FULL</command>)
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>autovacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4436,6 +4486,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_autovacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times vacuums on this table by the autovacuum daemon have been
+       attempted but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>analyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4445,6 +4505,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_analyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times manual analyzes on this table have been attempted but
+       skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>autoanalyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4455,6 +4525,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_autoanalyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times analyzes on this table by the autovacuum daemon have
+       been attempted but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>total_vacuum_time</structfield> <type>double precision</type>
@@ -4510,6 +4590,14 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
    </tgroup>
   </table>
 
+  <note>
+   <para>
+    When a manual vacuum or analyze on a parent table in an inheritance or
+    partitioning hierarchy is skipped, the statistics are recorded only for
+    the parent table, not for its children.
+   </para>
+  </note>
+
  </sect2>
 
  <sect2 id="monitoring-pg-stat-autovacuum-scores-view">
diff --git a/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql b/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql
index 73a1c1c4670..f509fc7876b 100644
--- a/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql
+++ b/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql
@@ -736,13 +736,21 @@ CREATE VIEW pg_stat_all_tables AS
             pg_stat_get_mod_since_analyze(C.oid) AS n_mod_since_analyze,
             pg_stat_get_ins_since_vacuum(C.oid) AS n_ins_since_vacuum,
             pg_stat_get_last_vacuum_time(C.oid) as last_vacuum,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_vacuum,
             pg_stat_get_last_autovacuum_time(C.oid) as last_autovacuum,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_autovacuum,
             pg_stat_get_last_analyze_time(C.oid) as last_analyze,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_analyze,
             pg_stat_get_last_autoanalyze_time(C.oid) as last_autoanalyze,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_autoanalyze,
             pg_stat_get_vacuum_count(C.oid) AS vacuum_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count(C.oid) AS skipped_vacuum_count,
             pg_stat_get_autovacuum_count(C.oid) AS autovacuum_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count(C.oid) AS skipped_autovacuum_count,
             pg_stat_get_analyze_count(C.oid) AS analyze_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count(C.oid) AS skipped_analyze_count,
             pg_stat_get_autoanalyze_count(C.oid) AS autoanalyze_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count(C.oid) AS skipped_autoanalyze_count,
             pg_stat_get_total_vacuum_time(C.oid) AS total_vacuum_time,
             pg_stat_get_total_autovacuum_time(C.oid) AS total_autovacuum_time,
             pg_stat_get_total_analyze_time(C.oid) AS total_analyze_time,
diff --git a/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c b/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c
index 99d0db82ed7..df6526225e4 100644
--- a/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c
+++ b/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c
@@ -793,8 +793,25 @@ vacuum_open_relation(Oid relid, RangeVar *relation, uint32 options,
 		rel = try_relation_open(relid, NoLock);
 	else
 	{
+		int flags = 0;
 		rel = NULL;
 		rel_lock = false;
+
+		if ((options & VACOPT_VACUUM) != 0 && (options & VACOPT_FULL) == 0)
+		{
+			if (AmAutoVacuumWorkerProcess())
+				flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOVACUUM;
+			else
+				flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM;
+		}
+		if ((options & VACOPT_ANALYZE) != 0)
+		{
+			if (AmAutoVacuumWorkerProcess())
+				flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOANALYZE;
+			else
+				flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE;
+		}
+		pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(relid, flags);
 	}
 
 	/* if relation is opened, leave */
@@ -905,7 +922,6 @@ expand_vacuum_rel(VacuumRelation *vrel, MemoryContext vac_context,
 		Form_pg_class classForm;
 		bool		include_children;
 		bool		is_partitioned_table;
-		int			rvr_opts;
 
 		/*
 		 * Since autovacuum workers supply OIDs when calling vacuum(), no
@@ -918,29 +934,69 @@ expand_vacuum_rel(VacuumRelation *vrel, MemoryContext vac_context,
 		 * below, as well as find_all_inheritors's expectation that the caller
 		 * holds some lock on the starting relation.
 		 */
-		rvr_opts = (options & VACOPT_SKIP_LOCKED) ? RVR_SKIP_LOCKED : 0;
-		relid = RangeVarGetRelidExtended(vrel->relation,
-										 AccessShareLock,
-										 rvr_opts,
-										 NULL, NULL);
-
-		/*
-		 * If the lock is unavailable, emit the same log statement that
-		 * vacuum_rel() and analyze_rel() would.
-		 */
-		if (!OidIsValid(relid))
+		if (!(options & VACOPT_SKIP_LOCKED))
 		{
-			if (options & VACOPT_VACUUM)
-				ereport(WARNING,
-						(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
-						 errmsg("skipping vacuum of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
-								vrel->relation->relname)));
-			else
-				ereport(WARNING,
-						(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
-						 errmsg("skipping analyze of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
+			relid = RangeVarGetRelidExtended(vrel->relation,
+											 AccessShareLock,
+											 0, NULL, NULL);
+			if (!OidIsValid(relid))
+				return vacrels;
+		}
+		else
+		{
+			/* Get relid for reporting before taking a lock */
+			relid = RangeVarGetRelid(vrel->relation, NoLock, false);
+
+			if (!ConditionalLockRelationOid(relid, AccessShareLock))
+			{
+				int	flags = 0;
+				/*
+				 * If the lock is unavailable, emit the same log statement that
+				 * vacuum_rel() and analyze_rel() would.
+				 */
+				if (options & VACOPT_VACUUM)
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping vacuum of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
 								vrel->relation->relname)));
-			return vacrels;
+				else
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping analyze of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
+									vrel->relation->relname)));
+
+				if ((options & VACOPT_VACUUM) != 0 && (options & VACOPT_FULL) == 0)
+					flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM;
+				if ((options & VACOPT_ANALYZE) != 0)
+					flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE;
+
+				pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(relid, flags);
+
+				return vacrels;
+			}
+
+			/*
+			 * Now that we have the lock, probe to see if the relation really
+			 * exists or not.
+			 */
+			if (!SearchSysCacheExists1(RELOID, ObjectIdGetDatum(relid)))
+			{
+				if (options & VACOPT_VACUUM)
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_UNDEFINED_TABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping vacuum of \"%s\" --- relation no longer exists",
+									vrel->relation->relname)));
+				else
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_UNDEFINED_TABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping analyze of \"%s\" --- relation no longer exists",
+									vrel->relation->relname)));
+
+				/* Release useless lock */
+				UnlockRelationOid(relid, AccessShareLock);
+
+				return vacrels;
+			}
 		}
 
 		/*
diff --git a/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c b/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c
index b2ca28f83ba..532d9023f8c 100644
--- a/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c
+++ b/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c
@@ -17,12 +17,14 @@
 
 #include "postgres.h"
 
+#include "access/htup_details.h"
 #include "access/twophase_rmgr.h"
 #include "access/xact.h"
 #include "catalog/catalog.h"
 #include "utils/memutils.h"
 #include "utils/pgstat_internal.h"
 #include "utils/rel.h"
+#include "utils/syscache.h"
 #include "utils/timestamp.h"
 
 
@@ -367,6 +369,68 @@ pgstat_report_analyze(Relation rel,
 	(void) pgstat_flush_backend(false, PGSTAT_BACKEND_FLUSH_IO);
 }
 
+/*
+ * Report that the table was skipped during vacuum or/and analyze.
+ */
+void
+pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(Oid relid, int flags)
+{
+	PgStat_EntryRef *entry_ref;
+	PgStatShared_Relation *shtabentry;
+	PgStat_StatTabEntry *tabentry;
+	TimestampTz ts;
+	HeapTuple	classTup;
+	bool		isshared;
+
+	if (!pgstat_track_counts || !flags)
+		return;
+
+	classTup = SearchSysCache1(RELOID, ObjectIdGetDatum(relid));
+	if (!HeapTupleIsValid(classTup))
+		return;			/* somebody deleted the rel, forget it */
+	isshared = ((Form_pg_class) GETSTRUCT(classTup))->relisshared;
+	ReleaseSysCache(classTup);
+
+	/* Store the data in the table's hash table entry. */
+	ts = GetCurrentTimestamp();
+
+	/* block acquiring lock for the same reason as pgstat_report_autovac() */
+	entry_ref = pgstat_get_entry_ref_locked(PGSTAT_KIND_RELATION,
+											isshared ? InvalidOid : MyDatabaseId,
+											relid, false);
+
+	shtabentry = (PgStatShared_Relation *) entry_ref->shared_stats;
+	tabentry = &shtabentry->stats;
+
+	if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM)
+	{
+		tabentry->last_skipped_vacuum_time = ts;
+		tabentry->skipped_vacuum_count++;
+	}
+	else if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOVACUUM)
+	{
+		tabentry->last_skipped_autovacuum_time = ts;
+		tabentry->skipped_autovacuum_count++;
+	}
+
+	if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE)
+	{
+		tabentry->last_skipped_analyze_time = ts;
+		tabentry->skipped_analyze_count++;
+	}
+	else if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOANALYZE)
+	{
+		tabentry->last_skipped_autoanalyze_time = ts;
+		tabentry->skipped_autoanalyze_count++;
+	}
+
+	pgstat_unlock_entry(entry_ref);
+
+	/* see pgstat_report_vacuum() */
+	pgstat_flush_io(false);
+	(void) pgstat_flush_backend(false, PGSTAT_BACKEND_FLUSH_IO);
+}
+
 /*
  * count a tuple insertion of n tuples
  */
diff --git a/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c b/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c
index 1408de387ea..90a8968faa0 100644
--- a/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c
+++ b/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c
@@ -84,6 +84,18 @@ PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(mod_since_analyze)
 /* pg_stat_get_numscans */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(numscans)
 
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_analyze_count)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_autoanalyze_count)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_autovacuum_count)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_vacuum_count)
+
 /* pg_stat_get_tuples_deleted */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(tuples_deleted)
 
@@ -170,6 +182,18 @@ PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_vacuum_time)
 /* pg_stat_get_lastscan */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(lastscan)
 
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_analyze_time)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_autoanalyze_time)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_autovacuum_time)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_vacuum_time)
+
 /* pg_stat_get_stat_reset_time */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(stat_reset_time)
 
diff --git a/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat b/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat
index fa9ae79082b..32debb34863 100644
--- a/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat
+++ b/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat
@@ -5680,6 +5680,38 @@
   proargmodes => '{o,o,o,o,o,o,o,o,o,o}',
   proargnames => '{oid,score,xid_score,mxid_score,vacuum_score,vacuum_insert_score,analyze_score,do_vacuum,do_analyze,for_wraparound}',
   prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_autovacuum_scores' },
+{ oid => '8142', descr => 'statistics: last skipped vacuum time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time' },
+{ oid => '8143', descr => 'statistics: last skipped auto vacuum time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time' },
+{ oid => '8144', descr => 'statistics: last skipped analyze time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time' },
+{ oid => '8145', descr => 'statistics: last skipped auto analyze time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time' },
+{ oid => '8146', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped vacuum for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count' },
+{ oid => '8147', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped auto vacuum for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count' },
+{ oid => '8148', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped analyzes for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count' },
+{ oid => '8149', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped auto analyzes for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count' },
 { oid => '1936', descr => 'statistics: currently active backend IDs',
   proname => 'pg_stat_get_backend_idset', prorows => '100', proretset => 't',
   provolatile => 's', proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int4',
diff --git a/src/include/pgstat.h b/src/include/pgstat.h
index dfa2e837638..98941f953d1 100644
--- a/src/include/pgstat.h
+++ b/src/include/pgstat.h
@@ -479,6 +479,15 @@ typedef struct PgStat_StatTabEntry
 	TimestampTz last_autoanalyze_time;	/* autovacuum initiated */
 	PgStat_Counter autoanalyze_count;
 
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_vacuum_time;	/* user initiated vacuum */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_vacuum_count;
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_autovacuum_time;	/* autovacuum initiated */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_autovacuum_count;
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_analyze_time;	/* user initiated */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_analyze_count;
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_autoanalyze_time;	/* autovacuum initiated */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_autoanalyze_count;
+
 	PgStat_Counter total_vacuum_time;	/* times in milliseconds */
 	PgStat_Counter total_autovacuum_time;
 	PgStat_Counter total_analyze_time;
@@ -703,6 +712,13 @@ extern void pgstat_report_analyze(Relation rel,
 								  PgStat_Counter livetuples, PgStat_Counter deadtuples,
 								  bool resetcounter, TimestampTz starttime);
 
+/* flags for pgstat_flush_backend() */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM		(1 << 0)	/* vacuum is skipped */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE		(1 << 1)	/* analyze is skipped */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOVACUUM	(1 << 2)	/* autovacuum is skipped */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOANALYZE	(1 << 3)	/* autoanalyze is skipped */
+extern void pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(Oid relid, int flags);
+
 /*
  * If stats are enabled, but pending data hasn't been prepared yet, call
  * pgstat_assoc_relation() to do so. See its comment for why this is done
diff --git a/src/test/isolation/expected/vacuum-skip-locked.out b/src/test/isolation/expected/vacuum-skip-locked.out
index 99db281a159..e2cff175b7c 100644
--- a/src/test/isolation/expected/vacuum-skip-locked.out
+++ b/src/test/isolation/expected/vacuum-skip-locked.out
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 Parsed test spec with 2 sessions
 
-starting permutation: lock_share vac_specified commit
+starting permutation: lock_share vac_specified commit check_stat
 step lock_share: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN SHARE MODE;
@@ -10,8 +10,22 @@ step vac_specified: VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED) part1, part2;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
 
-starting permutation: lock_share vac_all_parts commit
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   1|            0|                    0
+part2  |           1|                   0|            0|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
+
+starting permutation: lock_share vac_all_parts commit check_stat
 step lock_share: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN SHARE MODE;
@@ -20,8 +34,22 @@ step vac_all_parts: VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED) parted;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   1|            0|                    0
+part2  |           1|                   0|            0|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
 
-starting permutation: lock_share analyze_specified commit
+starting permutation: lock_share analyze_specified commit check_stat
 step lock_share: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN SHARE MODE;
@@ -31,8 +59,22 @@ step analyze_specified: ANALYZE (SKIP_LOCKED) part1, part2;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
 
-starting permutation: lock_share analyze_all_parts commit
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   0|            0|                    1
+part2  |           0|                   0|            1|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
+
+starting permutation: lock_share analyze_all_parts commit check_stat
 step lock_share: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN SHARE MODE;
@@ -41,8 +83,22 @@ step analyze_all_parts: ANALYZE (SKIP_LOCKED) parted;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            1|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   0|            0|                    1
+part2  |           0|                   0|            1|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
 
-starting permutation: lock_share vac_analyze_specified commit
+starting permutation: lock_share vac_analyze_specified commit check_stat
 step lock_share: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN SHARE MODE;
@@ -52,8 +108,22 @@ step vac_analyze_specified: VACUUM (ANALYZE, SKIP_LOCKED) part1, part2;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
 
-starting permutation: lock_share vac_analyze_all_parts commit
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   1|            0|                    1
+part2  |           1|                   0|            1|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
+
+starting permutation: lock_share vac_analyze_all_parts commit check_stat
 step lock_share: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN SHARE MODE;
@@ -62,8 +132,22 @@ step vac_analyze_all_parts: VACUUM (ANALYZE, SKIP_LOCKED) parted;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            1|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   1|            0|                    1
+part2  |           1|                   0|            1|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
 
-starting permutation: lock_share vac_full_specified commit
+starting permutation: lock_share vac_full_specified commit check_stat
 step lock_share: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN SHARE MODE;
@@ -73,8 +157,22 @@ step vac_full_specified: VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED, FULL) part1, part2;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
 
-starting permutation: lock_share vac_full_all_parts commit
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part2  |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
+
+starting permutation: lock_share vac_full_all_parts commit check_stat
 step lock_share: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN SHARE MODE;
@@ -83,8 +181,22 @@ step vac_full_all_parts: VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED, FULL) parted;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part2  |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+(3 rows)
 
-starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_specified commit
+
+starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_specified commit check_stat
 step lock_access_exclusive: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN ACCESS EXCLUSIVE MODE;
@@ -94,8 +206,22 @@ step vac_specified: VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED) part1, part2;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   1|            0|                    0
+part2  |           1|                   0|            0|                    0
+(3 rows)
 
-starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_all_parts commit
+
+starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_all_parts commit check_stat
 step lock_access_exclusive: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN ACCESS EXCLUSIVE MODE;
@@ -104,8 +230,22 @@ step vac_all_parts: VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED) parted;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   1|            0|                    0
+part2  |           1|                   0|            0|                    0
+(3 rows)
 
-starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive analyze_specified commit
+
+starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive analyze_specified commit check_stat
 step lock_access_exclusive: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN ACCESS EXCLUSIVE MODE;
@@ -115,8 +255,22 @@ step analyze_specified: ANALYZE (SKIP_LOCKED) part1, part2;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   0|            0|                    1
+part2  |           0|                   0|            1|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
 
-starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive analyze_all_parts commit
+starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive analyze_all_parts commit check_stat
 step lock_access_exclusive: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN ACCESS EXCLUSIVE MODE;
@@ -126,8 +280,22 @@ step commit:
 	COMMIT;
 
 step analyze_all_parts: <... completed>
-
-starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_analyze_specified commit
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            1|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   0|            1|                    0
+part2  |           0|                   0|            1|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
+
+starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_analyze_specified commit check_stat
 step lock_access_exclusive: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN ACCESS EXCLUSIVE MODE;
@@ -137,8 +305,22 @@ step vac_analyze_specified: VACUUM (ANALYZE, SKIP_LOCKED) part1, part2;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   1|            0|                    1
+part2  |           1|                   0|            1|                    0
+(3 rows)
 
-starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_analyze_all_parts commit
+
+starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_analyze_all_parts commit check_stat
 step lock_access_exclusive: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN ACCESS EXCLUSIVE MODE;
@@ -148,8 +330,22 @@ step commit:
 	COMMIT;
 
 step vac_analyze_all_parts: <... completed>
-
-starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_full_specified commit
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            1|                    0
+part1  |           1|                   0|            1|                    0
+part2  |           1|                   0|            1|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
+
+starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_full_specified commit check_stat
 step lock_access_exclusive: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN ACCESS EXCLUSIVE MODE;
@@ -159,8 +355,22 @@ step vac_full_specified: VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED, FULL) part1, part2;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
 
-starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_full_all_parts commit
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part2  |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
+
+starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_full_all_parts commit check_stat
 step lock_access_exclusive: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN ACCESS EXCLUSIVE MODE;
@@ -169,3 +379,17 @@ step vac_full_all_parts: VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED, FULL) parted;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part2  |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
diff --git a/src/test/isolation/specs/vacuum-skip-locked.spec b/src/test/isolation/specs/vacuum-skip-locked.spec
index 3fad6e1c92a..b0da75d4b6d 100644
--- a/src/test/isolation/specs/vacuum-skip-locked.spec
+++ b/src/test/isolation/specs/vacuum-skip-locked.spec
@@ -33,6 +33,15 @@ step commit
 	COMMIT;
 }
 
+step check_stat
+{
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+}
+
 session s2
 step vac_specified			{ VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED) part1, part2; }
 step vac_all_parts			{ VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED) parted; }
@@ -43,19 +52,19 @@ step vac_analyze_all_parts	{ VACUUM (ANALYZE, SKIP_LOCKED) parted; }
 step vac_full_specified		{ VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED, FULL) part1, part2; }
 step vac_full_all_parts		{ VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED, FULL) parted; }
 
-permutation lock_share vac_specified commit
-permutation lock_share vac_all_parts commit
-permutation lock_share analyze_specified commit
-permutation lock_share analyze_all_parts commit
-permutation lock_share vac_analyze_specified commit
-permutation lock_share vac_analyze_all_parts commit
-permutation lock_share vac_full_specified commit
-permutation lock_share vac_full_all_parts commit
-permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_specified commit
-permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_all_parts commit
-permutation lock_access_exclusive analyze_specified commit
-permutation lock_access_exclusive analyze_all_parts commit
-permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_analyze_specified commit
-permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_analyze_all_parts commit
-permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_full_specified commit
-permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_full_all_parts commit
+permutation lock_share vac_specified commit check_stat
+permutation lock_share vac_all_parts commit check_stat
+permutation lock_share analyze_specified commit check_stat
+permutation lock_share analyze_all_parts commit check_stat
+permutation lock_share vac_analyze_specified commit check_stat
+permutation lock_share vac_analyze_all_parts commit check_stat
+permutation lock_share vac_full_specified commit check_stat
+permutation lock_share vac_full_all_parts commit check_stat
+permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_specified commit check_stat
+permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_all_parts commit check_stat
+permutation lock_access_exclusive analyze_specified commit check_stat
+permutation lock_access_exclusive analyze_all_parts commit check_stat
+permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_analyze_specified commit check_stat
+permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_analyze_all_parts commit check_stat
+permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_full_specified commit check_stat
+permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_full_all_parts commit check_stat
diff --git a/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out b/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out
index a65a5bf0c4f..9b2075d3373 100644
--- a/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out
+++ b/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out
@@ -1835,13 +1835,21 @@ pg_stat_all_tables| SELECT c.oid AS relid,
     pg_stat_get_mod_since_analyze(c.oid) AS n_mod_since_analyze,
     pg_stat_get_ins_since_vacuum(c.oid) AS n_ins_since_vacuum,
     pg_stat_get_last_vacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_vacuum,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_vacuum,
     pg_stat_get_last_autovacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_autovacuum,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_autovacuum,
     pg_stat_get_last_analyze_time(c.oid) AS last_analyze,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_analyze,
     pg_stat_get_last_autoanalyze_time(c.oid) AS last_autoanalyze,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_autoanalyze,
     pg_stat_get_vacuum_count(c.oid) AS vacuum_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count(c.oid) AS skipped_vacuum_count,
     pg_stat_get_autovacuum_count(c.oid) AS autovacuum_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count(c.oid) AS skipped_autovacuum_count,
     pg_stat_get_analyze_count(c.oid) AS analyze_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count(c.oid) AS skipped_analyze_count,
     pg_stat_get_autoanalyze_count(c.oid) AS autoanalyze_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count(c.oid) AS skipped_autoanalyze_count,
     pg_stat_get_total_vacuum_time(c.oid) AS total_vacuum_time,
     pg_stat_get_total_autovacuum_time(c.oid) AS total_autovacuum_time,
     pg_stat_get_total_analyze_time(c.oid) AS total_analyze_time,
@@ -2346,13 +2354,21 @@ pg_stat_sys_tables| SELECT relid,
     n_mod_since_analyze,
     n_ins_since_vacuum,
     last_vacuum,
+    last_skipped_vacuum,
     last_autovacuum,
+    last_skipped_autovacuum,
     last_analyze,
+    last_skipped_analyze,
     last_autoanalyze,
+    last_skipped_autoanalyze,
     vacuum_count,
+    skipped_vacuum_count,
     autovacuum_count,
+    skipped_autovacuum_count,
     analyze_count,
+    skipped_analyze_count,
     autoanalyze_count,
+    skipped_autoanalyze_count,
     total_vacuum_time,
     total_autovacuum_time,
     total_analyze_time,
@@ -2401,13 +2417,21 @@ pg_stat_user_tables| SELECT relid,
     n_mod_since_analyze,
     n_ins_since_vacuum,
     last_vacuum,
+    last_skipped_vacuum,
     last_autovacuum,
+    last_skipped_autovacuum,
     last_analyze,
+    last_skipped_analyze,
     last_autoanalyze,
+    last_skipped_autoanalyze,
     vacuum_count,
+    skipped_vacuum_count,
     autovacuum_count,
+    skipped_autovacuum_count,
     analyze_count,
+    skipped_analyze_count,
     autoanalyze_count,
+    skipped_autoanalyze_count,
     total_vacuum_time,
     total_autovacuum_time,
     total_analyze_time,
-- 
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* [PATCH v4] Track skipped vacuum and analyze activity per relation
@ 2026-03-24 04:09 Yugo Nagata <[email protected]>
  0 siblings, 0 replies; 374+ messages in thread

From: Yugo Nagata @ 2026-03-24 04:09 UTC (permalink / raw)

This commit adds eight fields to the relation statistics that track
the last time vacuum or analyze has been attempted but skipped due to
lock unavailability, along with their counts:

-    last_skipped_vacuum
-    last_skipped_autovacuum
-    last_skipped_analyze
-    last_skipped_autoanalyze
-    skipped_vacuum_count
-    skipped_autovacuum_count
-    skipped_analyze_count
-    skipped_autoanalyze_count

These field can help users confirm that autovacuum is actively attempting
to run on a table that has not been vacuumed or analyzed for a long time,
and that the lack of progress is due to repeated skips rather than inactivity.
---
 doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml                 |  88 ++++++++++++++++
 src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql         |   8 ++
 src/backend/commands/vacuum.c                | 102 ++++++++++++++-----
 src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c |  64 ++++++++++++
 src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c          |  24 +++++
 src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat              |  32 ++++++
 src/include/pgstat.h                         |  16 +++
 src/test/regress/expected/rules.out          |  24 +++++
 8 files changed, 335 insertions(+), 23 deletions(-)

diff --git a/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml b/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml
index 08d5b824552..a9b579d87a9 100644
--- a/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml
+++ b/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml
@@ -4387,6 +4387,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_vacuum</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time a manual vacuum on this table was attempted but skipped due to
+       lock unavailability (not counting <command>VACUUM FULL</command>)
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>last_autovacuum</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
@@ -4397,6 +4407,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_autovacuum</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time a vacuum on this table by the autovacuum daemon was attempted
+       but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>last_analyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
@@ -4406,6 +4426,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_analyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time a manual analyze on this table was attempted but skipped due to
+       lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>last_autoanalyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
@@ -4416,6 +4446,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_autoanalyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time at which an analyze on this table by the autovacuum was
+       attempted but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>vacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4426,6 +4466,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_vacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times manual vacuums on this table have been attempted but skipped
+       due to lock unavailability (not counting <command>VACUUM FULL</command>)
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>autovacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4436,6 +4486,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_autovacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times vacuums on this table by the autovacuum daemon have been
+       attempted but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>analyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4445,6 +4505,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_analyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times manual analyzes on this table have been attempted but
+       skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>autoanalyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4455,6 +4525,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_autoanalyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times analyzes on this table by the autovacuum daemon have
+       been attempted but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>total_vacuum_time</structfield> <type>double precision</type>
@@ -4510,6 +4590,14 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
    </tgroup>
   </table>
 
+  <note>
+   <para>
+    When a manual vacuum or analyze on a parent table in an inheritance or
+    partitioning hierarchy is skipped, the statistics are recorded only for
+    the parent table, not for its children.
+   </para>
+  </note>
+
  </sect2>
 
  <sect2 id="monitoring-pg-stat-autovacuum-scores-view">
diff --git a/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql b/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql
index 73a1c1c4670..f509fc7876b 100644
--- a/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql
+++ b/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql
@@ -736,13 +736,21 @@ CREATE VIEW pg_stat_all_tables AS
             pg_stat_get_mod_since_analyze(C.oid) AS n_mod_since_analyze,
             pg_stat_get_ins_since_vacuum(C.oid) AS n_ins_since_vacuum,
             pg_stat_get_last_vacuum_time(C.oid) as last_vacuum,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_vacuum,
             pg_stat_get_last_autovacuum_time(C.oid) as last_autovacuum,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_autovacuum,
             pg_stat_get_last_analyze_time(C.oid) as last_analyze,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_analyze,
             pg_stat_get_last_autoanalyze_time(C.oid) as last_autoanalyze,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_autoanalyze,
             pg_stat_get_vacuum_count(C.oid) AS vacuum_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count(C.oid) AS skipped_vacuum_count,
             pg_stat_get_autovacuum_count(C.oid) AS autovacuum_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count(C.oid) AS skipped_autovacuum_count,
             pg_stat_get_analyze_count(C.oid) AS analyze_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count(C.oid) AS skipped_analyze_count,
             pg_stat_get_autoanalyze_count(C.oid) AS autoanalyze_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count(C.oid) AS skipped_autoanalyze_count,
             pg_stat_get_total_vacuum_time(C.oid) AS total_vacuum_time,
             pg_stat_get_total_autovacuum_time(C.oid) AS total_autovacuum_time,
             pg_stat_get_total_analyze_time(C.oid) AS total_analyze_time,
diff --git a/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c b/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c
index 99d0db82ed7..97cd5ea8d10 100644
--- a/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c
+++ b/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c
@@ -793,8 +793,25 @@ vacuum_open_relation(Oid relid, RangeVar *relation, uint32 options,
 		rel = try_relation_open(relid, NoLock);
 	else
 	{
+		int flags = 0;
 		rel = NULL;
 		rel_lock = false;
+
+		if ((options & VACOPT_VACUUM) != 0)
+		{
+			if (AmAutoVacuumWorkerProcess())
+				flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOVACUUM;
+			else
+				flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM;
+		}
+		if ((options & VACOPT_ANALYZE) != 0)
+		{
+			if (AmAutoVacuumWorkerProcess())
+				flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOANALYZE;
+			else
+				flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE;
+		}
+		pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(relid, flags);
 	}
 
 	/* if relation is opened, leave */
@@ -802,7 +819,7 @@ vacuum_open_relation(Oid relid, RangeVar *relation, uint32 options,
 		return rel;
 
 	/*
-	 * Relation could not be opened, hence generate if possible a log
+	 * Relation could not be opened hence generate if possible a log
 	 * informing on the situation.
 	 *
 	 * If the RangeVar is not defined, we do not have enough information to
@@ -905,7 +922,6 @@ expand_vacuum_rel(VacuumRelation *vrel, MemoryContext vac_context,
 		Form_pg_class classForm;
 		bool		include_children;
 		bool		is_partitioned_table;
-		int			rvr_opts;
 
 		/*
 		 * Since autovacuum workers supply OIDs when calling vacuum(), no
@@ -918,29 +934,69 @@ expand_vacuum_rel(VacuumRelation *vrel, MemoryContext vac_context,
 		 * below, as well as find_all_inheritors's expectation that the caller
 		 * holds some lock on the starting relation.
 		 */
-		rvr_opts = (options & VACOPT_SKIP_LOCKED) ? RVR_SKIP_LOCKED : 0;
-		relid = RangeVarGetRelidExtended(vrel->relation,
-										 AccessShareLock,
-										 rvr_opts,
-										 NULL, NULL);
-
-		/*
-		 * If the lock is unavailable, emit the same log statement that
-		 * vacuum_rel() and analyze_rel() would.
-		 */
-		if (!OidIsValid(relid))
+		if (!(options & VACOPT_SKIP_LOCKED))
 		{
-			if (options & VACOPT_VACUUM)
-				ereport(WARNING,
-						(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
-						 errmsg("skipping vacuum of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
-								vrel->relation->relname)));
-			else
-				ereport(WARNING,
-						(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
-						 errmsg("skipping analyze of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
+			relid = RangeVarGetRelidExtended(vrel->relation,
+											 AccessShareLock,
+											 0, NULL, NULL);
+			if (!OidIsValid(relid))
+				return vacrels;
+		}
+		else
+		{
+			/* Get relid for reporting before taking a lock */
+			relid = RangeVarGetRelid(vrel->relation, NoLock, false);
+
+			if (!ConditionalLockRelationOid(relid, AccessShareLock))
+			{
+				int	flags = 0;
+				/*
+				 * If the lock is unavailable, emit the same log statement that
+				 * vacuum_rel() and analyze_rel() would.
+				 */
+				if (options & VACOPT_VACUUM)
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping vacuum of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
 								vrel->relation->relname)));
-			return vacrels;
+				else
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping analyze of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
+									vrel->relation->relname)));
+
+				if ((options & VACOPT_VACUUM) != 0)
+					flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM;
+				if ((options & VACOPT_ANALYZE) != 0)
+					flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE;
+
+				pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(relid, flags);
+
+				return vacrels;
+			}
+
+			/*
+			 * Now that we have the lock, probe to see if the relation really
+			 * exists or not.
+			 */
+			if (!SearchSysCacheExists1(RELOID, ObjectIdGetDatum(relid)))
+			{
+				if (options & VACOPT_VACUUM)
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_UNDEFINED_TABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping vacuum of \"%s\" --- relation no longer exists",
+									vrel->relation->relname)));
+				else
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_UNDEFINED_TABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping analyze of \"%s\" --- relation no longer exists",
+									vrel->relation->relname)));
+
+				/* Release useless lock */
+				UnlockRelationOid(relid, AccessShareLock);
+
+				return vacrels;
+			}
 		}
 
 		/*
diff --git a/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c b/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c
index b2ca28f83ba..532d9023f8c 100644
--- a/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c
+++ b/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c
@@ -17,12 +17,14 @@
 
 #include "postgres.h"
 
+#include "access/htup_details.h"
 #include "access/twophase_rmgr.h"
 #include "access/xact.h"
 #include "catalog/catalog.h"
 #include "utils/memutils.h"
 #include "utils/pgstat_internal.h"
 #include "utils/rel.h"
+#include "utils/syscache.h"
 #include "utils/timestamp.h"
 
 
@@ -367,6 +369,68 @@ pgstat_report_analyze(Relation rel,
 	(void) pgstat_flush_backend(false, PGSTAT_BACKEND_FLUSH_IO);
 }
 
+/*
+ * Report that the table was skipped during vacuum or/and analyze.
+ */
+void
+pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(Oid relid, int flags)
+{
+	PgStat_EntryRef *entry_ref;
+	PgStatShared_Relation *shtabentry;
+	PgStat_StatTabEntry *tabentry;
+	TimestampTz ts;
+	HeapTuple	classTup;
+	bool		isshared;
+
+	if (!pgstat_track_counts || !flags)
+		return;
+
+	classTup = SearchSysCache1(RELOID, ObjectIdGetDatum(relid));
+	if (!HeapTupleIsValid(classTup))
+		return;			/* somebody deleted the rel, forget it */
+	isshared = ((Form_pg_class) GETSTRUCT(classTup))->relisshared;
+	ReleaseSysCache(classTup);
+
+	/* Store the data in the table's hash table entry. */
+	ts = GetCurrentTimestamp();
+
+	/* block acquiring lock for the same reason as pgstat_report_autovac() */
+	entry_ref = pgstat_get_entry_ref_locked(PGSTAT_KIND_RELATION,
+											isshared ? InvalidOid : MyDatabaseId,
+											relid, false);
+
+	shtabentry = (PgStatShared_Relation *) entry_ref->shared_stats;
+	tabentry = &shtabentry->stats;
+
+	if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM)
+	{
+		tabentry->last_skipped_vacuum_time = ts;
+		tabentry->skipped_vacuum_count++;
+	}
+	else if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOVACUUM)
+	{
+		tabentry->last_skipped_autovacuum_time = ts;
+		tabentry->skipped_autovacuum_count++;
+	}
+
+	if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE)
+	{
+		tabentry->last_skipped_analyze_time = ts;
+		tabentry->skipped_analyze_count++;
+	}
+	else if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOANALYZE)
+	{
+		tabentry->last_skipped_autoanalyze_time = ts;
+		tabentry->skipped_autoanalyze_count++;
+	}
+
+	pgstat_unlock_entry(entry_ref);
+
+	/* see pgstat_report_vacuum() */
+	pgstat_flush_io(false);
+	(void) pgstat_flush_backend(false, PGSTAT_BACKEND_FLUSH_IO);
+}
+
 /*
  * count a tuple insertion of n tuples
  */
diff --git a/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c b/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c
index 1408de387ea..90a8968faa0 100644
--- a/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c
+++ b/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c
@@ -84,6 +84,18 @@ PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(mod_since_analyze)
 /* pg_stat_get_numscans */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(numscans)
 
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_analyze_count)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_autoanalyze_count)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_autovacuum_count)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_vacuum_count)
+
 /* pg_stat_get_tuples_deleted */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(tuples_deleted)
 
@@ -170,6 +182,18 @@ PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_vacuum_time)
 /* pg_stat_get_lastscan */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(lastscan)
 
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_analyze_time)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_autoanalyze_time)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_autovacuum_time)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_vacuum_time)
+
 /* pg_stat_get_stat_reset_time */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(stat_reset_time)
 
diff --git a/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat b/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat
index fa9ae79082b..32debb34863 100644
--- a/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat
+++ b/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat
@@ -5680,6 +5680,38 @@
   proargmodes => '{o,o,o,o,o,o,o,o,o,o}',
   proargnames => '{oid,score,xid_score,mxid_score,vacuum_score,vacuum_insert_score,analyze_score,do_vacuum,do_analyze,for_wraparound}',
   prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_autovacuum_scores' },
+{ oid => '8142', descr => 'statistics: last skipped vacuum time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time' },
+{ oid => '8143', descr => 'statistics: last skipped auto vacuum time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time' },
+{ oid => '8144', descr => 'statistics: last skipped analyze time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time' },
+{ oid => '8145', descr => 'statistics: last skipped auto analyze time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time' },
+{ oid => '8146', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped vacuum for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count' },
+{ oid => '8147', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped auto vacuum for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count' },
+{ oid => '8148', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped analyzes for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count' },
+{ oid => '8149', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped auto analyzes for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count' },
 { oid => '1936', descr => 'statistics: currently active backend IDs',
   proname => 'pg_stat_get_backend_idset', prorows => '100', proretset => 't',
   provolatile => 's', proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int4',
diff --git a/src/include/pgstat.h b/src/include/pgstat.h
index dfa2e837638..98941f953d1 100644
--- a/src/include/pgstat.h
+++ b/src/include/pgstat.h
@@ -479,6 +479,15 @@ typedef struct PgStat_StatTabEntry
 	TimestampTz last_autoanalyze_time;	/* autovacuum initiated */
 	PgStat_Counter autoanalyze_count;
 
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_vacuum_time;	/* user initiated vacuum */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_vacuum_count;
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_autovacuum_time;	/* autovacuum initiated */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_autovacuum_count;
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_analyze_time;	/* user initiated */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_analyze_count;
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_autoanalyze_time;	/* autovacuum initiated */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_autoanalyze_count;
+
 	PgStat_Counter total_vacuum_time;	/* times in milliseconds */
 	PgStat_Counter total_autovacuum_time;
 	PgStat_Counter total_analyze_time;
@@ -703,6 +712,13 @@ extern void pgstat_report_analyze(Relation rel,
 								  PgStat_Counter livetuples, PgStat_Counter deadtuples,
 								  bool resetcounter, TimestampTz starttime);
 
+/* flags for pgstat_flush_backend() */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM		(1 << 0)	/* vacuum is skipped */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE		(1 << 1)	/* analyze is skipped */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOVACUUM	(1 << 2)	/* autovacuum is skipped */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOANALYZE	(1 << 3)	/* autoanalyze is skipped */
+extern void pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(Oid relid, int flags);
+
 /*
  * If stats are enabled, but pending data hasn't been prepared yet, call
  * pgstat_assoc_relation() to do so. See its comment for why this is done
diff --git a/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out b/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out
index a65a5bf0c4f..9b2075d3373 100644
--- a/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out
+++ b/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out
@@ -1835,13 +1835,21 @@ pg_stat_all_tables| SELECT c.oid AS relid,
     pg_stat_get_mod_since_analyze(c.oid) AS n_mod_since_analyze,
     pg_stat_get_ins_since_vacuum(c.oid) AS n_ins_since_vacuum,
     pg_stat_get_last_vacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_vacuum,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_vacuum,
     pg_stat_get_last_autovacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_autovacuum,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_autovacuum,
     pg_stat_get_last_analyze_time(c.oid) AS last_analyze,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_analyze,
     pg_stat_get_last_autoanalyze_time(c.oid) AS last_autoanalyze,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_autoanalyze,
     pg_stat_get_vacuum_count(c.oid) AS vacuum_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count(c.oid) AS skipped_vacuum_count,
     pg_stat_get_autovacuum_count(c.oid) AS autovacuum_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count(c.oid) AS skipped_autovacuum_count,
     pg_stat_get_analyze_count(c.oid) AS analyze_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count(c.oid) AS skipped_analyze_count,
     pg_stat_get_autoanalyze_count(c.oid) AS autoanalyze_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count(c.oid) AS skipped_autoanalyze_count,
     pg_stat_get_total_vacuum_time(c.oid) AS total_vacuum_time,
     pg_stat_get_total_autovacuum_time(c.oid) AS total_autovacuum_time,
     pg_stat_get_total_analyze_time(c.oid) AS total_analyze_time,
@@ -2346,13 +2354,21 @@ pg_stat_sys_tables| SELECT relid,
     n_mod_since_analyze,
     n_ins_since_vacuum,
     last_vacuum,
+    last_skipped_vacuum,
     last_autovacuum,
+    last_skipped_autovacuum,
     last_analyze,
+    last_skipped_analyze,
     last_autoanalyze,
+    last_skipped_autoanalyze,
     vacuum_count,
+    skipped_vacuum_count,
     autovacuum_count,
+    skipped_autovacuum_count,
     analyze_count,
+    skipped_analyze_count,
     autoanalyze_count,
+    skipped_autoanalyze_count,
     total_vacuum_time,
     total_autovacuum_time,
     total_analyze_time,
@@ -2401,13 +2417,21 @@ pg_stat_user_tables| SELECT relid,
     n_mod_since_analyze,
     n_ins_since_vacuum,
     last_vacuum,
+    last_skipped_vacuum,
     last_autovacuum,
+    last_skipped_autovacuum,
     last_analyze,
+    last_skipped_analyze,
     last_autoanalyze,
+    last_skipped_autoanalyze,
     vacuum_count,
+    skipped_vacuum_count,
     autovacuum_count,
+    skipped_autovacuum_count,
     analyze_count,
+    skipped_analyze_count,
     autoanalyze_count,
+    skipped_autoanalyze_count,
     total_vacuum_time,
     total_autovacuum_time,
     total_analyze_time,
-- 
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* [PATCH v5] Track skipped vacuum and analyze activity per relation
@ 2026-03-24 04:09 Yugo Nagata <[email protected]>
  0 siblings, 0 replies; 374+ messages in thread

From: Yugo Nagata @ 2026-03-24 04:09 UTC (permalink / raw)

This commit adds eight fields to the relation statistics that track
the last time vacuum or analyze has been attempted but skipped due to
lock unavailability, along with their counts:

-    last_skipped_vacuum
-    last_skipped_autovacuum
-    last_skipped_analyze
-    last_skipped_autoanalyze
-    skipped_vacuum_count
-    skipped_autovacuum_count
-    skipped_analyze_count
-    skipped_autoanalyze_count

These field can help users confirm that autovacuum is actively attempting
to run on a table that has not been vacuumed or analyzed for a long time,
and that the lack of progress is due to repeated skips rather than inactivity.
---
 doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml                  |  88 ++++++
 src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql          |   8 +
 src/backend/commands/vacuum.c                 | 100 +++++--
 src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c  |  64 +++++
 src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c           |  24 ++
 src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat               |  32 +++
 src/include/pgstat.h                          |  16 ++
 .../isolation/expected/vacuum-skip-locked.out | 260 ++++++++++++++++--
 .../isolation/specs/vacuum-skip-locked.spec   |  41 +--
 src/test/regress/expected/rules.out           |  24 ++
 10 files changed, 601 insertions(+), 56 deletions(-)

diff --git a/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml b/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml
index 08d5b824552..a9b579d87a9 100644
--- a/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml
+++ b/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml
@@ -4387,6 +4387,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_vacuum</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time a manual vacuum on this table was attempted but skipped due to
+       lock unavailability (not counting <command>VACUUM FULL</command>)
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>last_autovacuum</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
@@ -4397,6 +4407,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_autovacuum</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time a vacuum on this table by the autovacuum daemon was attempted
+       but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>last_analyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
@@ -4406,6 +4426,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_analyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time a manual analyze on this table was attempted but skipped due to
+       lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>last_autoanalyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
@@ -4416,6 +4446,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_autoanalyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time at which an analyze on this table by the autovacuum was
+       attempted but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>vacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4426,6 +4466,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_vacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times manual vacuums on this table have been attempted but skipped
+       due to lock unavailability (not counting <command>VACUUM FULL</command>)
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>autovacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4436,6 +4486,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_autovacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times vacuums on this table by the autovacuum daemon have been
+       attempted but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>analyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4445,6 +4505,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_analyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times manual analyzes on this table have been attempted but
+       skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>autoanalyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4455,6 +4525,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_autoanalyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times analyzes on this table by the autovacuum daemon have
+       been attempted but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>total_vacuum_time</structfield> <type>double precision</type>
@@ -4510,6 +4590,14 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
    </tgroup>
   </table>
 
+  <note>
+   <para>
+    When a manual vacuum or analyze on a parent table in an inheritance or
+    partitioning hierarchy is skipped, the statistics are recorded only for
+    the parent table, not for its children.
+   </para>
+  </note>
+
  </sect2>
 
  <sect2 id="monitoring-pg-stat-autovacuum-scores-view">
diff --git a/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql b/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql
index 73a1c1c4670..f509fc7876b 100644
--- a/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql
+++ b/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql
@@ -736,13 +736,21 @@ CREATE VIEW pg_stat_all_tables AS
             pg_stat_get_mod_since_analyze(C.oid) AS n_mod_since_analyze,
             pg_stat_get_ins_since_vacuum(C.oid) AS n_ins_since_vacuum,
             pg_stat_get_last_vacuum_time(C.oid) as last_vacuum,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_vacuum,
             pg_stat_get_last_autovacuum_time(C.oid) as last_autovacuum,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_autovacuum,
             pg_stat_get_last_analyze_time(C.oid) as last_analyze,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_analyze,
             pg_stat_get_last_autoanalyze_time(C.oid) as last_autoanalyze,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_autoanalyze,
             pg_stat_get_vacuum_count(C.oid) AS vacuum_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count(C.oid) AS skipped_vacuum_count,
             pg_stat_get_autovacuum_count(C.oid) AS autovacuum_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count(C.oid) AS skipped_autovacuum_count,
             pg_stat_get_analyze_count(C.oid) AS analyze_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count(C.oid) AS skipped_analyze_count,
             pg_stat_get_autoanalyze_count(C.oid) AS autoanalyze_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count(C.oid) AS skipped_autoanalyze_count,
             pg_stat_get_total_vacuum_time(C.oid) AS total_vacuum_time,
             pg_stat_get_total_autovacuum_time(C.oid) AS total_autovacuum_time,
             pg_stat_get_total_analyze_time(C.oid) AS total_analyze_time,
diff --git a/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c b/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c
index 99d0db82ed7..df6526225e4 100644
--- a/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c
+++ b/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c
@@ -793,8 +793,25 @@ vacuum_open_relation(Oid relid, RangeVar *relation, uint32 options,
 		rel = try_relation_open(relid, NoLock);
 	else
 	{
+		int flags = 0;
 		rel = NULL;
 		rel_lock = false;
+
+		if ((options & VACOPT_VACUUM) != 0 && (options & VACOPT_FULL) == 0)
+		{
+			if (AmAutoVacuumWorkerProcess())
+				flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOVACUUM;
+			else
+				flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM;
+		}
+		if ((options & VACOPT_ANALYZE) != 0)
+		{
+			if (AmAutoVacuumWorkerProcess())
+				flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOANALYZE;
+			else
+				flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE;
+		}
+		pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(relid, flags);
 	}
 
 	/* if relation is opened, leave */
@@ -905,7 +922,6 @@ expand_vacuum_rel(VacuumRelation *vrel, MemoryContext vac_context,
 		Form_pg_class classForm;
 		bool		include_children;
 		bool		is_partitioned_table;
-		int			rvr_opts;
 
 		/*
 		 * Since autovacuum workers supply OIDs when calling vacuum(), no
@@ -918,29 +934,69 @@ expand_vacuum_rel(VacuumRelation *vrel, MemoryContext vac_context,
 		 * below, as well as find_all_inheritors's expectation that the caller
 		 * holds some lock on the starting relation.
 		 */
-		rvr_opts = (options & VACOPT_SKIP_LOCKED) ? RVR_SKIP_LOCKED : 0;
-		relid = RangeVarGetRelidExtended(vrel->relation,
-										 AccessShareLock,
-										 rvr_opts,
-										 NULL, NULL);
-
-		/*
-		 * If the lock is unavailable, emit the same log statement that
-		 * vacuum_rel() and analyze_rel() would.
-		 */
-		if (!OidIsValid(relid))
+		if (!(options & VACOPT_SKIP_LOCKED))
 		{
-			if (options & VACOPT_VACUUM)
-				ereport(WARNING,
-						(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
-						 errmsg("skipping vacuum of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
-								vrel->relation->relname)));
-			else
-				ereport(WARNING,
-						(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
-						 errmsg("skipping analyze of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
+			relid = RangeVarGetRelidExtended(vrel->relation,
+											 AccessShareLock,
+											 0, NULL, NULL);
+			if (!OidIsValid(relid))
+				return vacrels;
+		}
+		else
+		{
+			/* Get relid for reporting before taking a lock */
+			relid = RangeVarGetRelid(vrel->relation, NoLock, false);
+
+			if (!ConditionalLockRelationOid(relid, AccessShareLock))
+			{
+				int	flags = 0;
+				/*
+				 * If the lock is unavailable, emit the same log statement that
+				 * vacuum_rel() and analyze_rel() would.
+				 */
+				if (options & VACOPT_VACUUM)
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping vacuum of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
 								vrel->relation->relname)));
-			return vacrels;
+				else
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping analyze of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
+									vrel->relation->relname)));
+
+				if ((options & VACOPT_VACUUM) != 0 && (options & VACOPT_FULL) == 0)
+					flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM;
+				if ((options & VACOPT_ANALYZE) != 0)
+					flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE;
+
+				pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(relid, flags);
+
+				return vacrels;
+			}
+
+			/*
+			 * Now that we have the lock, probe to see if the relation really
+			 * exists or not.
+			 */
+			if (!SearchSysCacheExists1(RELOID, ObjectIdGetDatum(relid)))
+			{
+				if (options & VACOPT_VACUUM)
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_UNDEFINED_TABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping vacuum of \"%s\" --- relation no longer exists",
+									vrel->relation->relname)));
+				else
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_UNDEFINED_TABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping analyze of \"%s\" --- relation no longer exists",
+									vrel->relation->relname)));
+
+				/* Release useless lock */
+				UnlockRelationOid(relid, AccessShareLock);
+
+				return vacrels;
+			}
 		}
 
 		/*
diff --git a/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c b/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c
index b2ca28f83ba..532d9023f8c 100644
--- a/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c
+++ b/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c
@@ -17,12 +17,14 @@
 
 #include "postgres.h"
 
+#include "access/htup_details.h"
 #include "access/twophase_rmgr.h"
 #include "access/xact.h"
 #include "catalog/catalog.h"
 #include "utils/memutils.h"
 #include "utils/pgstat_internal.h"
 #include "utils/rel.h"
+#include "utils/syscache.h"
 #include "utils/timestamp.h"
 
 
@@ -367,6 +369,68 @@ pgstat_report_analyze(Relation rel,
 	(void) pgstat_flush_backend(false, PGSTAT_BACKEND_FLUSH_IO);
 }
 
+/*
+ * Report that the table was skipped during vacuum or/and analyze.
+ */
+void
+pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(Oid relid, int flags)
+{
+	PgStat_EntryRef *entry_ref;
+	PgStatShared_Relation *shtabentry;
+	PgStat_StatTabEntry *tabentry;
+	TimestampTz ts;
+	HeapTuple	classTup;
+	bool		isshared;
+
+	if (!pgstat_track_counts || !flags)
+		return;
+
+	classTup = SearchSysCache1(RELOID, ObjectIdGetDatum(relid));
+	if (!HeapTupleIsValid(classTup))
+		return;			/* somebody deleted the rel, forget it */
+	isshared = ((Form_pg_class) GETSTRUCT(classTup))->relisshared;
+	ReleaseSysCache(classTup);
+
+	/* Store the data in the table's hash table entry. */
+	ts = GetCurrentTimestamp();
+
+	/* block acquiring lock for the same reason as pgstat_report_autovac() */
+	entry_ref = pgstat_get_entry_ref_locked(PGSTAT_KIND_RELATION,
+											isshared ? InvalidOid : MyDatabaseId,
+											relid, false);
+
+	shtabentry = (PgStatShared_Relation *) entry_ref->shared_stats;
+	tabentry = &shtabentry->stats;
+
+	if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM)
+	{
+		tabentry->last_skipped_vacuum_time = ts;
+		tabentry->skipped_vacuum_count++;
+	}
+	else if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOVACUUM)
+	{
+		tabentry->last_skipped_autovacuum_time = ts;
+		tabentry->skipped_autovacuum_count++;
+	}
+
+	if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE)
+	{
+		tabentry->last_skipped_analyze_time = ts;
+		tabentry->skipped_analyze_count++;
+	}
+	else if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOANALYZE)
+	{
+		tabentry->last_skipped_autoanalyze_time = ts;
+		tabentry->skipped_autoanalyze_count++;
+	}
+
+	pgstat_unlock_entry(entry_ref);
+
+	/* see pgstat_report_vacuum() */
+	pgstat_flush_io(false);
+	(void) pgstat_flush_backend(false, PGSTAT_BACKEND_FLUSH_IO);
+}
+
 /*
  * count a tuple insertion of n tuples
  */
diff --git a/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c b/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c
index 1408de387ea..90a8968faa0 100644
--- a/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c
+++ b/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c
@@ -84,6 +84,18 @@ PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(mod_since_analyze)
 /* pg_stat_get_numscans */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(numscans)
 
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_analyze_count)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_autoanalyze_count)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_autovacuum_count)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_vacuum_count)
+
 /* pg_stat_get_tuples_deleted */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(tuples_deleted)
 
@@ -170,6 +182,18 @@ PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_vacuum_time)
 /* pg_stat_get_lastscan */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(lastscan)
 
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_analyze_time)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_autoanalyze_time)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_autovacuum_time)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_vacuum_time)
+
 /* pg_stat_get_stat_reset_time */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(stat_reset_time)
 
diff --git a/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat b/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat
index fa9ae79082b..32debb34863 100644
--- a/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat
+++ b/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat
@@ -5680,6 +5680,38 @@
   proargmodes => '{o,o,o,o,o,o,o,o,o,o}',
   proargnames => '{oid,score,xid_score,mxid_score,vacuum_score,vacuum_insert_score,analyze_score,do_vacuum,do_analyze,for_wraparound}',
   prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_autovacuum_scores' },
+{ oid => '8142', descr => 'statistics: last skipped vacuum time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time' },
+{ oid => '8143', descr => 'statistics: last skipped auto vacuum time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time' },
+{ oid => '8144', descr => 'statistics: last skipped analyze time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time' },
+{ oid => '8145', descr => 'statistics: last skipped auto analyze time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time' },
+{ oid => '8146', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped vacuum for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count' },
+{ oid => '8147', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped auto vacuum for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count' },
+{ oid => '8148', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped analyzes for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count' },
+{ oid => '8149', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped auto analyzes for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count' },
 { oid => '1936', descr => 'statistics: currently active backend IDs',
   proname => 'pg_stat_get_backend_idset', prorows => '100', proretset => 't',
   provolatile => 's', proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int4',
diff --git a/src/include/pgstat.h b/src/include/pgstat.h
index dfa2e837638..98941f953d1 100644
--- a/src/include/pgstat.h
+++ b/src/include/pgstat.h
@@ -479,6 +479,15 @@ typedef struct PgStat_StatTabEntry
 	TimestampTz last_autoanalyze_time;	/* autovacuum initiated */
 	PgStat_Counter autoanalyze_count;
 
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_vacuum_time;	/* user initiated vacuum */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_vacuum_count;
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_autovacuum_time;	/* autovacuum initiated */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_autovacuum_count;
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_analyze_time;	/* user initiated */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_analyze_count;
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_autoanalyze_time;	/* autovacuum initiated */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_autoanalyze_count;
+
 	PgStat_Counter total_vacuum_time;	/* times in milliseconds */
 	PgStat_Counter total_autovacuum_time;
 	PgStat_Counter total_analyze_time;
@@ -703,6 +712,13 @@ extern void pgstat_report_analyze(Relation rel,
 								  PgStat_Counter livetuples, PgStat_Counter deadtuples,
 								  bool resetcounter, TimestampTz starttime);
 
+/* flags for pgstat_flush_backend() */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM		(1 << 0)	/* vacuum is skipped */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE		(1 << 1)	/* analyze is skipped */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOVACUUM	(1 << 2)	/* autovacuum is skipped */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOANALYZE	(1 << 3)	/* autoanalyze is skipped */
+extern void pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(Oid relid, int flags);
+
 /*
  * If stats are enabled, but pending data hasn't been prepared yet, call
  * pgstat_assoc_relation() to do so. See its comment for why this is done
diff --git a/src/test/isolation/expected/vacuum-skip-locked.out b/src/test/isolation/expected/vacuum-skip-locked.out
index 99db281a159..e2cff175b7c 100644
--- a/src/test/isolation/expected/vacuum-skip-locked.out
+++ b/src/test/isolation/expected/vacuum-skip-locked.out
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 Parsed test spec with 2 sessions
 
-starting permutation: lock_share vac_specified commit
+starting permutation: lock_share vac_specified commit check_stat
 step lock_share: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN SHARE MODE;
@@ -10,8 +10,22 @@ step vac_specified: VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED) part1, part2;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
 
-starting permutation: lock_share vac_all_parts commit
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   1|            0|                    0
+part2  |           1|                   0|            0|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
+
+starting permutation: lock_share vac_all_parts commit check_stat
 step lock_share: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN SHARE MODE;
@@ -20,8 +34,22 @@ step vac_all_parts: VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED) parted;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   1|            0|                    0
+part2  |           1|                   0|            0|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
 
-starting permutation: lock_share analyze_specified commit
+starting permutation: lock_share analyze_specified commit check_stat
 step lock_share: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN SHARE MODE;
@@ -31,8 +59,22 @@ step analyze_specified: ANALYZE (SKIP_LOCKED) part1, part2;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
 
-starting permutation: lock_share analyze_all_parts commit
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   0|            0|                    1
+part2  |           0|                   0|            1|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
+
+starting permutation: lock_share analyze_all_parts commit check_stat
 step lock_share: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN SHARE MODE;
@@ -41,8 +83,22 @@ step analyze_all_parts: ANALYZE (SKIP_LOCKED) parted;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            1|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   0|            0|                    1
+part2  |           0|                   0|            1|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
 
-starting permutation: lock_share vac_analyze_specified commit
+starting permutation: lock_share vac_analyze_specified commit check_stat
 step lock_share: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN SHARE MODE;
@@ -52,8 +108,22 @@ step vac_analyze_specified: VACUUM (ANALYZE, SKIP_LOCKED) part1, part2;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
 
-starting permutation: lock_share vac_analyze_all_parts commit
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   1|            0|                    1
+part2  |           1|                   0|            1|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
+
+starting permutation: lock_share vac_analyze_all_parts commit check_stat
 step lock_share: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN SHARE MODE;
@@ -62,8 +132,22 @@ step vac_analyze_all_parts: VACUUM (ANALYZE, SKIP_LOCKED) parted;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            1|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   1|            0|                    1
+part2  |           1|                   0|            1|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
 
-starting permutation: lock_share vac_full_specified commit
+starting permutation: lock_share vac_full_specified commit check_stat
 step lock_share: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN SHARE MODE;
@@ -73,8 +157,22 @@ step vac_full_specified: VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED, FULL) part1, part2;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
 
-starting permutation: lock_share vac_full_all_parts commit
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part2  |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
+
+starting permutation: lock_share vac_full_all_parts commit check_stat
 step lock_share: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN SHARE MODE;
@@ -83,8 +181,22 @@ step vac_full_all_parts: VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED, FULL) parted;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part2  |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+(3 rows)
 
-starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_specified commit
+
+starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_specified commit check_stat
 step lock_access_exclusive: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN ACCESS EXCLUSIVE MODE;
@@ -94,8 +206,22 @@ step vac_specified: VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED) part1, part2;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   1|            0|                    0
+part2  |           1|                   0|            0|                    0
+(3 rows)
 
-starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_all_parts commit
+
+starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_all_parts commit check_stat
 step lock_access_exclusive: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN ACCESS EXCLUSIVE MODE;
@@ -104,8 +230,22 @@ step vac_all_parts: VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED) parted;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   1|            0|                    0
+part2  |           1|                   0|            0|                    0
+(3 rows)
 
-starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive analyze_specified commit
+
+starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive analyze_specified commit check_stat
 step lock_access_exclusive: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN ACCESS EXCLUSIVE MODE;
@@ -115,8 +255,22 @@ step analyze_specified: ANALYZE (SKIP_LOCKED) part1, part2;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   0|            0|                    1
+part2  |           0|                   0|            1|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
 
-starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive analyze_all_parts commit
+starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive analyze_all_parts commit check_stat
 step lock_access_exclusive: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN ACCESS EXCLUSIVE MODE;
@@ -126,8 +280,22 @@ step commit:
 	COMMIT;
 
 step analyze_all_parts: <... completed>
-
-starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_analyze_specified commit
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            1|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   0|            1|                    0
+part2  |           0|                   0|            1|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
+
+starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_analyze_specified commit check_stat
 step lock_access_exclusive: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN ACCESS EXCLUSIVE MODE;
@@ -137,8 +305,22 @@ step vac_analyze_specified: VACUUM (ANALYZE, SKIP_LOCKED) part1, part2;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   1|            0|                    1
+part2  |           1|                   0|            1|                    0
+(3 rows)
 
-starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_analyze_all_parts commit
+
+starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_analyze_all_parts commit check_stat
 step lock_access_exclusive: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN ACCESS EXCLUSIVE MODE;
@@ -148,8 +330,22 @@ step commit:
 	COMMIT;
 
 step vac_analyze_all_parts: <... completed>
-
-starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_full_specified commit
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            1|                    0
+part1  |           1|                   0|            1|                    0
+part2  |           1|                   0|            1|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
+
+starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_full_specified commit check_stat
 step lock_access_exclusive: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN ACCESS EXCLUSIVE MODE;
@@ -159,8 +355,22 @@ step vac_full_specified: VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED, FULL) part1, part2;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
 
-starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_full_all_parts commit
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part2  |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
+
+starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_full_all_parts commit check_stat
 step lock_access_exclusive: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN ACCESS EXCLUSIVE MODE;
@@ -169,3 +379,17 @@ step vac_full_all_parts: VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED, FULL) parted;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part2  |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
diff --git a/src/test/isolation/specs/vacuum-skip-locked.spec b/src/test/isolation/specs/vacuum-skip-locked.spec
index 3fad6e1c92a..b0da75d4b6d 100644
--- a/src/test/isolation/specs/vacuum-skip-locked.spec
+++ b/src/test/isolation/specs/vacuum-skip-locked.spec
@@ -33,6 +33,15 @@ step commit
 	COMMIT;
 }
 
+step check_stat
+{
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+}
+
 session s2
 step vac_specified			{ VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED) part1, part2; }
 step vac_all_parts			{ VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED) parted; }
@@ -43,19 +52,19 @@ step vac_analyze_all_parts	{ VACUUM (ANALYZE, SKIP_LOCKED) parted; }
 step vac_full_specified		{ VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED, FULL) part1, part2; }
 step vac_full_all_parts		{ VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED, FULL) parted; }
 
-permutation lock_share vac_specified commit
-permutation lock_share vac_all_parts commit
-permutation lock_share analyze_specified commit
-permutation lock_share analyze_all_parts commit
-permutation lock_share vac_analyze_specified commit
-permutation lock_share vac_analyze_all_parts commit
-permutation lock_share vac_full_specified commit
-permutation lock_share vac_full_all_parts commit
-permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_specified commit
-permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_all_parts commit
-permutation lock_access_exclusive analyze_specified commit
-permutation lock_access_exclusive analyze_all_parts commit
-permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_analyze_specified commit
-permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_analyze_all_parts commit
-permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_full_specified commit
-permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_full_all_parts commit
+permutation lock_share vac_specified commit check_stat
+permutation lock_share vac_all_parts commit check_stat
+permutation lock_share analyze_specified commit check_stat
+permutation lock_share analyze_all_parts commit check_stat
+permutation lock_share vac_analyze_specified commit check_stat
+permutation lock_share vac_analyze_all_parts commit check_stat
+permutation lock_share vac_full_specified commit check_stat
+permutation lock_share vac_full_all_parts commit check_stat
+permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_specified commit check_stat
+permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_all_parts commit check_stat
+permutation lock_access_exclusive analyze_specified commit check_stat
+permutation lock_access_exclusive analyze_all_parts commit check_stat
+permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_analyze_specified commit check_stat
+permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_analyze_all_parts commit check_stat
+permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_full_specified commit check_stat
+permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_full_all_parts commit check_stat
diff --git a/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out b/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out
index a65a5bf0c4f..9b2075d3373 100644
--- a/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out
+++ b/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out
@@ -1835,13 +1835,21 @@ pg_stat_all_tables| SELECT c.oid AS relid,
     pg_stat_get_mod_since_analyze(c.oid) AS n_mod_since_analyze,
     pg_stat_get_ins_since_vacuum(c.oid) AS n_ins_since_vacuum,
     pg_stat_get_last_vacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_vacuum,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_vacuum,
     pg_stat_get_last_autovacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_autovacuum,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_autovacuum,
     pg_stat_get_last_analyze_time(c.oid) AS last_analyze,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_analyze,
     pg_stat_get_last_autoanalyze_time(c.oid) AS last_autoanalyze,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_autoanalyze,
     pg_stat_get_vacuum_count(c.oid) AS vacuum_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count(c.oid) AS skipped_vacuum_count,
     pg_stat_get_autovacuum_count(c.oid) AS autovacuum_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count(c.oid) AS skipped_autovacuum_count,
     pg_stat_get_analyze_count(c.oid) AS analyze_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count(c.oid) AS skipped_analyze_count,
     pg_stat_get_autoanalyze_count(c.oid) AS autoanalyze_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count(c.oid) AS skipped_autoanalyze_count,
     pg_stat_get_total_vacuum_time(c.oid) AS total_vacuum_time,
     pg_stat_get_total_autovacuum_time(c.oid) AS total_autovacuum_time,
     pg_stat_get_total_analyze_time(c.oid) AS total_analyze_time,
@@ -2346,13 +2354,21 @@ pg_stat_sys_tables| SELECT relid,
     n_mod_since_analyze,
     n_ins_since_vacuum,
     last_vacuum,
+    last_skipped_vacuum,
     last_autovacuum,
+    last_skipped_autovacuum,
     last_analyze,
+    last_skipped_analyze,
     last_autoanalyze,
+    last_skipped_autoanalyze,
     vacuum_count,
+    skipped_vacuum_count,
     autovacuum_count,
+    skipped_autovacuum_count,
     analyze_count,
+    skipped_analyze_count,
     autoanalyze_count,
+    skipped_autoanalyze_count,
     total_vacuum_time,
     total_autovacuum_time,
     total_analyze_time,
@@ -2401,13 +2417,21 @@ pg_stat_user_tables| SELECT relid,
     n_mod_since_analyze,
     n_ins_since_vacuum,
     last_vacuum,
+    last_skipped_vacuum,
     last_autovacuum,
+    last_skipped_autovacuum,
     last_analyze,
+    last_skipped_analyze,
     last_autoanalyze,
+    last_skipped_autoanalyze,
     vacuum_count,
+    skipped_vacuum_count,
     autovacuum_count,
+    skipped_autovacuum_count,
     analyze_count,
+    skipped_analyze_count,
     autoanalyze_count,
+    skipped_autoanalyze_count,
     total_vacuum_time,
     total_autovacuum_time,
     total_analyze_time,
-- 
2.43.0


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* [PATCH v3] Track skipped vacuum and analyze activity per relation
@ 2026-03-24 04:09 Yugo Nagata <[email protected]>
  0 siblings, 0 replies; 374+ messages in thread

From: Yugo Nagata @ 2026-03-24 04:09 UTC (permalink / raw)

This commit adds eight fields to the relation statistics that track
the last time vacuum or analyze has been attempted but skipped due to
lock unavailability, along with their counts:

-    last_skipped_vacuum
-    last_skipped_autovacuum
-    last_skipped_analyze
-    last_skipped_autoanalyze
-    skipped_vacuum_count
-    skipped_autovacuum_count
-    skipped_analyze_count
-    skipped_autoanalyze_count

These field can help users confirm that autovacuum is actively attempting
to run on a table that has not been vacuumed or analyzed for a long time,
and that the lack of progress is due to repeated skips rather than inactivity.
---
 doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml                 | 80 +++++++++++++++++
 src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql         |  8 ++
 src/backend/commands/vacuum.c                | 95 +++++++++++++++-----
 src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c | 68 ++++++++++++++
 src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c          | 24 +++++
 src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat              | 32 +++++++
 src/include/pgstat.h                         | 16 ++++
 src/test/regress/expected/rules.out          | 24 +++++
 8 files changed, 324 insertions(+), 23 deletions(-)

diff --git a/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml b/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml
index bb75ed1069b..9ec8070b2fc 100644
--- a/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml
+++ b/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml
@@ -4372,6 +4372,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_vacuum</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time a manual vacuum on this table was attempted but skipped due to
+       lock unavailability (not counting <command>VACUUM FULL</command>)
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>last_autovacuum</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
@@ -4382,6 +4392,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_autovacuum</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time a vacuum on this table by the autovacuum daemon was attempted
+       but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>last_analyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
@@ -4391,6 +4411,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_analyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time a manual analyze on this table was attempted but skipped due to
+       lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>last_autoanalyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
@@ -4401,6 +4431,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_autoanalyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time at which an analyze on this table by the autovacuum was
+       attempted but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>vacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4411,6 +4451,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_vacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times vacuums on this table have been attempted but skipped
+       due to lock unavailability (not counting <command>VACUUM FULL</command>)
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>autovacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4421,6 +4471,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_autovacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times vacuums on this table by the autovacuum daemon have been
+       attempted but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>analyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4430,6 +4490,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_analyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times manual analyzes on this table have been attempted but
+       skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>autoanalyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4440,6 +4510,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_autoanalyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times analyzes on this table by the autovacuum daemon have
+       been attempted but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>total_vacuum_time</structfield> <type>double precision</type>
diff --git a/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql b/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql
index e54018004db..2ca02a0354c 100644
--- a/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql
+++ b/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql
@@ -736,13 +736,21 @@ CREATE VIEW pg_stat_all_tables AS
             pg_stat_get_mod_since_analyze(C.oid) AS n_mod_since_analyze,
             pg_stat_get_ins_since_vacuum(C.oid) AS n_ins_since_vacuum,
             pg_stat_get_last_vacuum_time(C.oid) as last_vacuum,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_vacuum,
             pg_stat_get_last_autovacuum_time(C.oid) as last_autovacuum,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_autovacuum,
             pg_stat_get_last_analyze_time(C.oid) as last_analyze,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_analyze,
             pg_stat_get_last_autoanalyze_time(C.oid) as last_autoanalyze,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_autoanalyze,
             pg_stat_get_vacuum_count(C.oid) AS vacuum_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count(C.oid) AS skipped_vacuum_count,
             pg_stat_get_autovacuum_count(C.oid) AS autovacuum_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count(C.oid) AS skipped_autovacuum_count,
             pg_stat_get_analyze_count(C.oid) AS analyze_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count(C.oid) AS skipped_analyze_count,
             pg_stat_get_autoanalyze_count(C.oid) AS autoanalyze_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count(C.oid) AS skipped_autoanalyze_count,
             pg_stat_get_total_vacuum_time(C.oid) AS total_vacuum_time,
             pg_stat_get_total_autovacuum_time(C.oid) AS total_autovacuum_time,
             pg_stat_get_total_analyze_time(C.oid) AS total_analyze_time,
diff --git a/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c b/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c
index bce3a2daa24..ce83b3171be 100644
--- a/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c
+++ b/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c
@@ -792,8 +792,18 @@ vacuum_open_relation(Oid relid, RangeVar *relation, bits32 options,
 		rel = try_relation_open(relid, NoLock);
 	else
 	{
+		bits8 flags = 0;
 		rel = NULL;
 		rel_lock = false;
+
+		if ((options & VACOPT_VACUUM) != 0)
+			flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM;
+		if ((options & VACOPT_ANALYZE) != 0)
+			flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE;
+		if (AmAutoVacuumWorkerProcess())
+			flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOVAC;
+
+		pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(relid, flags);
 	}
 
 	/* if relation is opened, leave */
@@ -801,7 +811,7 @@ vacuum_open_relation(Oid relid, RangeVar *relation, bits32 options,
 		return rel;
 
 	/*
-	 * Relation could not be opened, hence generate if possible a log
+	 * Relation could not be opened hence generate if possible a log
 	 * informing on the situation.
 	 *
 	 * If the RangeVar is not defined, we do not have enough information to
@@ -904,7 +914,6 @@ expand_vacuum_rel(VacuumRelation *vrel, MemoryContext vac_context,
 		Form_pg_class classForm;
 		bool		include_children;
 		bool		is_partitioned_table;
-		int			rvr_opts;
 
 		/*
 		 * Since autovacuum workers supply OIDs when calling vacuum(), no
@@ -917,29 +926,69 @@ expand_vacuum_rel(VacuumRelation *vrel, MemoryContext vac_context,
 		 * below, as well as find_all_inheritors's expectation that the caller
 		 * holds some lock on the starting relation.
 		 */
-		rvr_opts = (options & VACOPT_SKIP_LOCKED) ? RVR_SKIP_LOCKED : 0;
-		relid = RangeVarGetRelidExtended(vrel->relation,
-										 AccessShareLock,
-										 rvr_opts,
-										 NULL, NULL);
-
-		/*
-		 * If the lock is unavailable, emit the same log statement that
-		 * vacuum_rel() and analyze_rel() would.
-		 */
-		if (!OidIsValid(relid))
+		if (!(options & VACOPT_SKIP_LOCKED))
 		{
-			if (options & VACOPT_VACUUM)
-				ereport(WARNING,
-						(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
-						 errmsg("skipping vacuum of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
-								vrel->relation->relname)));
-			else
-				ereport(WARNING,
-						(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
-						 errmsg("skipping analyze of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
+			relid = RangeVarGetRelidExtended(vrel->relation,
+											 AccessShareLock,
+											 0, NULL, NULL);
+			if (!OidIsValid(relid))
+				return vacrels;
+		}
+		else
+		{
+			/* Get relid for reporting before taking a lock */
+			relid = RangeVarGetRelid(vrel->relation, NoLock, false);
+
+			if (!ConditionalLockRelationOid(relid, AccessShareLock))
+			{
+				bits8	flags = 0;
+				/*
+				 * If the lock is unavailable, emit the same log statement that
+				 * vacuum_rel() and analyze_rel() would.
+				 */
+				if (options & VACOPT_VACUUM)
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping vacuum of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
 								vrel->relation->relname)));
-			return vacrels;
+				else
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping analyze of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
+									vrel->relation->relname)));
+
+				if ((options & VACOPT_VACUUM) != 0)
+					flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM;
+				if ((options & VACOPT_ANALYZE) != 0)
+					flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE;
+
+				pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(relid, flags);
+
+				return vacrels;
+			}
+
+			/*
+			 * Now that we have the lock, probe to see if the relation really
+			 * exists or not.
+			 */
+			if (!SearchSysCacheExists1(RELOID, ObjectIdGetDatum(relid)))
+			{
+				if (options & VACOPT_VACUUM)
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_UNDEFINED_TABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping vacuum of \"%s\" --- relation no longer exists",
+									vrel->relation->relname)));
+				else
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_UNDEFINED_TABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping analyze of \"%s\" --- relation no longer exists",
+									vrel->relation->relname)));
+
+				/* Release useless lock */
+				UnlockRelationOid(relid, AccessShareLock);
+
+				return vacrels;
+			}
 		}
 
 		/*
diff --git a/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c b/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c
index bc8c43b96aa..cec4c88980e 100644
--- a/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c
+++ b/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c
@@ -17,6 +17,7 @@
 
 #include "postgres.h"
 
+#include "access/htup_details.h"
 #include "access/twophase_rmgr.h"
 #include "access/xact.h"
 #include "catalog/catalog.h"
@@ -366,6 +367,73 @@ pgstat_report_analyze(Relation rel,
 	(void) pgstat_flush_backend(false, PGSTAT_BACKEND_FLUSH_IO);
 }
 
+/*
+ * Report that the table was skipped during vacuum or/and analyze.
+ */
+void
+pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(Oid relid, bits8 flags)
+{
+	PgStat_EntryRef *entry_ref;
+	PgStatShared_Relation *shtabentry;
+	PgStat_StatTabEntry *tabentry;
+	TimestampTz ts;
+	HeapTuple	classTup;
+	bool		isshared;
+
+	if (!pgstat_track_counts || !(flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANY))
+		return;
+
+	classTup = SearchSysCache1(RELOID, ObjectIdGetDatum(relid));
+	if (!HeapTupleIsValid(classTup))
+		return;			/* somebody deleted the rel, forget it */
+	isshared = ((Form_pg_class) GETSTRUCT(classTup))->relisshared;
+	ReleaseSysCache(classTup);
+
+	/* Store the data in the table's hash table entry. */
+	ts = GetCurrentTimestamp();
+
+	/* block acquiring lock for the same reason as pgstat_report_autovac() */
+	entry_ref = pgstat_get_entry_ref_locked(PGSTAT_KIND_RELATION,
+											isshared ? InvalidOid : MyDatabaseId,
+											relid, false);
+
+	shtabentry = (PgStatShared_Relation *) entry_ref->shared_stats;
+	tabentry = &shtabentry->stats;
+
+	if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOVAC)
+	{
+		if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM)
+		{
+			tabentry->last_skipped_autovacuum_time = ts;
+			tabentry->skipped_autovacuum_count++;
+		}
+		if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE)
+		{
+			tabentry->last_skipped_autoanalyze_time = ts;
+			tabentry->skipped_autoanalyze_count++;
+		}
+	}
+	else
+	{
+		if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM)
+		{
+			tabentry->last_skipped_vacuum_time = ts;
+			tabentry->skipped_vacuum_count++;
+		}
+		if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE)
+		{
+			tabentry->last_skipped_analyze_time = ts;
+			tabentry->skipped_analyze_count++;
+		}
+	}
+
+	pgstat_unlock_entry(entry_ref);
+
+	/* see pgstat_report_vacuum() */
+	pgstat_flush_io(false);
+	(void) pgstat_flush_backend(false, PGSTAT_BACKEND_FLUSH_IO);
+}
+
 /*
  * count a tuple insertion of n tuples
  */
diff --git a/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c b/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c
index 9185a8e6b83..18aaa3996e1 100644
--- a/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c
+++ b/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c
@@ -84,6 +84,18 @@ PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(mod_since_analyze)
 /* pg_stat_get_numscans */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(numscans)
 
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_analyze_count)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_autoanalyze_count)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_autovacuum_count)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_vacuum_count)
+
 /* pg_stat_get_tuples_deleted */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(tuples_deleted)
 
@@ -170,6 +182,18 @@ PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_vacuum_time)
 /* pg_stat_get_lastscan */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(lastscan)
 
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_analyze_time)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_autoanalyze_time)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_autovacuum_time)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_vacuum_time)
+
 /* pg_stat_get_stat_reset_time */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(stat_reset_time)
 
diff --git a/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat b/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat
index 0118e970dda..ccfe3d9e02a 100644
--- a/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat
+++ b/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat
@@ -5667,6 +5667,38 @@
   proname => 'pg_stat_get_total_autoanalyze_time', provolatile => 's',
   proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'float8', proargtypes => 'oid',
   prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_total_autoanalyze_time' },
+{ oid => '8142', descr => 'statistics: last skipped vacuum time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time' },
+{ oid => '8143', descr => 'statistics: last skipped auto vacuum time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time' },
+{ oid => '8144', descr => 'statistics: last skipped analyze time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time' },
+{ oid => '8145', descr => 'statistics: last skipped auto analyze time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time' },
+{ oid => '8146', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped vacuum for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count' },
+{ oid => '8147', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped auto vacuum for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count' },
+{ oid => '8148', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped analyzes for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count' },
+{ oid => '8149', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped auto analyzes for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count' },
 { oid => '1936', descr => 'statistics: currently active backend IDs',
   proname => 'pg_stat_get_backend_idset', prorows => '100', proretset => 't',
   provolatile => 's', proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int4',
diff --git a/src/include/pgstat.h b/src/include/pgstat.h
index 8e3549c3752..343081a7a25 100644
--- a/src/include/pgstat.h
+++ b/src/include/pgstat.h
@@ -479,6 +479,15 @@ typedef struct PgStat_StatTabEntry
 	TimestampTz last_autoanalyze_time;	/* autovacuum initiated */
 	PgStat_Counter autoanalyze_count;
 
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_vacuum_time;	/* user initiated vacuum */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_vacuum_count;
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_autovacuum_time;	/* autovacuum initiated */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_autovacuum_count;
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_analyze_time;	/* user initiated */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_analyze_count;
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_autoanalyze_time;	/* autovacuum initiated */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_autoanalyze_count;
+
 	PgStat_Counter total_vacuum_time;	/* times in milliseconds */
 	PgStat_Counter total_autovacuum_time;
 	PgStat_Counter total_analyze_time;
@@ -707,6 +716,13 @@ extern void pgstat_report_analyze(Relation rel,
 								  PgStat_Counter livetuples, PgStat_Counter deadtuples,
 								  bool resetcounter, TimestampTz starttime);
 
+/* flags for pgstat_flush_backend() */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM	(1 << 0)	/* vacuum is skipped */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE	(1 << 1)	/* analyze is skipped */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOVAC	(1 << 2)	/* skipped during autovacuum/autoanalyze */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANY   (PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM | PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE)
+extern void pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(Oid relid, bits8 flags);
+
 /*
  * If stats are enabled, but pending data hasn't been prepared yet, call
  * pgstat_assoc_relation() to do so. See its comment for why this is done
diff --git a/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out b/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out
index 2b3cf6d8569..4ccfc43e903 100644
--- a/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out
+++ b/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out
@@ -1835,13 +1835,21 @@ pg_stat_all_tables| SELECT c.oid AS relid,
     pg_stat_get_mod_since_analyze(c.oid) AS n_mod_since_analyze,
     pg_stat_get_ins_since_vacuum(c.oid) AS n_ins_since_vacuum,
     pg_stat_get_last_vacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_vacuum,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_vacuum,
     pg_stat_get_last_autovacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_autovacuum,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_autovacuum,
     pg_stat_get_last_analyze_time(c.oid) AS last_analyze,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_analyze,
     pg_stat_get_last_autoanalyze_time(c.oid) AS last_autoanalyze,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_autoanalyze,
     pg_stat_get_vacuum_count(c.oid) AS vacuum_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count(c.oid) AS skipped_vacuum_count,
     pg_stat_get_autovacuum_count(c.oid) AS autovacuum_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count(c.oid) AS skipped_autovacuum_count,
     pg_stat_get_analyze_count(c.oid) AS analyze_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count(c.oid) AS skipped_analyze_count,
     pg_stat_get_autoanalyze_count(c.oid) AS autoanalyze_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count(c.oid) AS skipped_autoanalyze_count,
     pg_stat_get_total_vacuum_time(c.oid) AS total_vacuum_time,
     pg_stat_get_total_autovacuum_time(c.oid) AS total_autovacuum_time,
     pg_stat_get_total_analyze_time(c.oid) AS total_analyze_time,
@@ -2293,13 +2301,21 @@ pg_stat_sys_tables| SELECT relid,
     n_mod_since_analyze,
     n_ins_since_vacuum,
     last_vacuum,
+    last_skipped_vacuum,
     last_autovacuum,
+    last_skipped_autovacuum,
     last_analyze,
+    last_skipped_analyze,
     last_autoanalyze,
+    last_skipped_autoanalyze,
     vacuum_count,
+    skipped_vacuum_count,
     autovacuum_count,
+    skipped_autovacuum_count,
     analyze_count,
+    skipped_analyze_count,
     autoanalyze_count,
+    skipped_autoanalyze_count,
     total_vacuum_time,
     total_autovacuum_time,
     total_analyze_time,
@@ -2348,13 +2364,21 @@ pg_stat_user_tables| SELECT relid,
     n_mod_since_analyze,
     n_ins_since_vacuum,
     last_vacuum,
+    last_skipped_vacuum,
     last_autovacuum,
+    last_skipped_autovacuum,
     last_analyze,
+    last_skipped_analyze,
     last_autoanalyze,
+    last_skipped_autoanalyze,
     vacuum_count,
+    skipped_vacuum_count,
     autovacuum_count,
+    skipped_autovacuum_count,
     analyze_count,
+    skipped_analyze_count,
     autoanalyze_count,
+    skipped_autoanalyze_count,
     total_vacuum_time,
     total_autovacuum_time,
     total_analyze_time,
-- 
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* [PATCH v4] Track skipped vacuum and analyze activity per relation
@ 2026-03-24 04:09 Yugo Nagata <[email protected]>
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From: Yugo Nagata @ 2026-03-24 04:09 UTC (permalink / raw)

This commit adds eight fields to the relation statistics that track
the last time vacuum or analyze has been attempted but skipped due to
lock unavailability, along with their counts:

-    last_skipped_vacuum
-    last_skipped_autovacuum
-    last_skipped_analyze
-    last_skipped_autoanalyze
-    skipped_vacuum_count
-    skipped_autovacuum_count
-    skipped_analyze_count
-    skipped_autoanalyze_count

These field can help users confirm that autovacuum is actively attempting
to run on a table that has not been vacuumed or analyzed for a long time,
and that the lack of progress is due to repeated skips rather than inactivity.
---
 doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml                 |  88 ++++++++++++++++
 src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql         |   8 ++
 src/backend/commands/vacuum.c                | 102 ++++++++++++++-----
 src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c |  64 ++++++++++++
 src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c          |  24 +++++
 src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat              |  32 ++++++
 src/include/pgstat.h                         |  16 +++
 src/test/regress/expected/rules.out          |  24 +++++
 8 files changed, 335 insertions(+), 23 deletions(-)

diff --git a/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml b/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml
index 08d5b824552..a9b579d87a9 100644
--- a/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml
+++ b/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml
@@ -4387,6 +4387,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_vacuum</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time a manual vacuum on this table was attempted but skipped due to
+       lock unavailability (not counting <command>VACUUM FULL</command>)
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>last_autovacuum</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
@@ -4397,6 +4407,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_autovacuum</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time a vacuum on this table by the autovacuum daemon was attempted
+       but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>last_analyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
@@ -4406,6 +4426,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_analyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time a manual analyze on this table was attempted but skipped due to
+       lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>last_autoanalyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
@@ -4416,6 +4446,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_autoanalyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time at which an analyze on this table by the autovacuum was
+       attempted but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>vacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4426,6 +4466,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_vacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times manual vacuums on this table have been attempted but skipped
+       due to lock unavailability (not counting <command>VACUUM FULL</command>)
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>autovacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4436,6 +4486,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_autovacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times vacuums on this table by the autovacuum daemon have been
+       attempted but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>analyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4445,6 +4505,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_analyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times manual analyzes on this table have been attempted but
+       skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>autoanalyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4455,6 +4525,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_autoanalyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times analyzes on this table by the autovacuum daemon have
+       been attempted but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>total_vacuum_time</structfield> <type>double precision</type>
@@ -4510,6 +4590,14 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
    </tgroup>
   </table>
 
+  <note>
+   <para>
+    When a manual vacuum or analyze on a parent table in an inheritance or
+    partitioning hierarchy is skipped, the statistics are recorded only for
+    the parent table, not for its children.
+   </para>
+  </note>
+
  </sect2>
 
  <sect2 id="monitoring-pg-stat-autovacuum-scores-view">
diff --git a/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql b/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql
index 73a1c1c4670..f509fc7876b 100644
--- a/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql
+++ b/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql
@@ -736,13 +736,21 @@ CREATE VIEW pg_stat_all_tables AS
             pg_stat_get_mod_since_analyze(C.oid) AS n_mod_since_analyze,
             pg_stat_get_ins_since_vacuum(C.oid) AS n_ins_since_vacuum,
             pg_stat_get_last_vacuum_time(C.oid) as last_vacuum,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_vacuum,
             pg_stat_get_last_autovacuum_time(C.oid) as last_autovacuum,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_autovacuum,
             pg_stat_get_last_analyze_time(C.oid) as last_analyze,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_analyze,
             pg_stat_get_last_autoanalyze_time(C.oid) as last_autoanalyze,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_autoanalyze,
             pg_stat_get_vacuum_count(C.oid) AS vacuum_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count(C.oid) AS skipped_vacuum_count,
             pg_stat_get_autovacuum_count(C.oid) AS autovacuum_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count(C.oid) AS skipped_autovacuum_count,
             pg_stat_get_analyze_count(C.oid) AS analyze_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count(C.oid) AS skipped_analyze_count,
             pg_stat_get_autoanalyze_count(C.oid) AS autoanalyze_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count(C.oid) AS skipped_autoanalyze_count,
             pg_stat_get_total_vacuum_time(C.oid) AS total_vacuum_time,
             pg_stat_get_total_autovacuum_time(C.oid) AS total_autovacuum_time,
             pg_stat_get_total_analyze_time(C.oid) AS total_analyze_time,
diff --git a/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c b/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c
index 99d0db82ed7..97cd5ea8d10 100644
--- a/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c
+++ b/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c
@@ -793,8 +793,25 @@ vacuum_open_relation(Oid relid, RangeVar *relation, uint32 options,
 		rel = try_relation_open(relid, NoLock);
 	else
 	{
+		int flags = 0;
 		rel = NULL;
 		rel_lock = false;
+
+		if ((options & VACOPT_VACUUM) != 0)
+		{
+			if (AmAutoVacuumWorkerProcess())
+				flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOVACUUM;
+			else
+				flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM;
+		}
+		if ((options & VACOPT_ANALYZE) != 0)
+		{
+			if (AmAutoVacuumWorkerProcess())
+				flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOANALYZE;
+			else
+				flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE;
+		}
+		pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(relid, flags);
 	}
 
 	/* if relation is opened, leave */
@@ -802,7 +819,7 @@ vacuum_open_relation(Oid relid, RangeVar *relation, uint32 options,
 		return rel;
 
 	/*
-	 * Relation could not be opened, hence generate if possible a log
+	 * Relation could not be opened hence generate if possible a log
 	 * informing on the situation.
 	 *
 	 * If the RangeVar is not defined, we do not have enough information to
@@ -905,7 +922,6 @@ expand_vacuum_rel(VacuumRelation *vrel, MemoryContext vac_context,
 		Form_pg_class classForm;
 		bool		include_children;
 		bool		is_partitioned_table;
-		int			rvr_opts;
 
 		/*
 		 * Since autovacuum workers supply OIDs when calling vacuum(), no
@@ -918,29 +934,69 @@ expand_vacuum_rel(VacuumRelation *vrel, MemoryContext vac_context,
 		 * below, as well as find_all_inheritors's expectation that the caller
 		 * holds some lock on the starting relation.
 		 */
-		rvr_opts = (options & VACOPT_SKIP_LOCKED) ? RVR_SKIP_LOCKED : 0;
-		relid = RangeVarGetRelidExtended(vrel->relation,
-										 AccessShareLock,
-										 rvr_opts,
-										 NULL, NULL);
-
-		/*
-		 * If the lock is unavailable, emit the same log statement that
-		 * vacuum_rel() and analyze_rel() would.
-		 */
-		if (!OidIsValid(relid))
+		if (!(options & VACOPT_SKIP_LOCKED))
 		{
-			if (options & VACOPT_VACUUM)
-				ereport(WARNING,
-						(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
-						 errmsg("skipping vacuum of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
-								vrel->relation->relname)));
-			else
-				ereport(WARNING,
-						(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
-						 errmsg("skipping analyze of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
+			relid = RangeVarGetRelidExtended(vrel->relation,
+											 AccessShareLock,
+											 0, NULL, NULL);
+			if (!OidIsValid(relid))
+				return vacrels;
+		}
+		else
+		{
+			/* Get relid for reporting before taking a lock */
+			relid = RangeVarGetRelid(vrel->relation, NoLock, false);
+
+			if (!ConditionalLockRelationOid(relid, AccessShareLock))
+			{
+				int	flags = 0;
+				/*
+				 * If the lock is unavailable, emit the same log statement that
+				 * vacuum_rel() and analyze_rel() would.
+				 */
+				if (options & VACOPT_VACUUM)
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping vacuum of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
 								vrel->relation->relname)));
-			return vacrels;
+				else
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping analyze of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
+									vrel->relation->relname)));
+
+				if ((options & VACOPT_VACUUM) != 0)
+					flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM;
+				if ((options & VACOPT_ANALYZE) != 0)
+					flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE;
+
+				pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(relid, flags);
+
+				return vacrels;
+			}
+
+			/*
+			 * Now that we have the lock, probe to see if the relation really
+			 * exists or not.
+			 */
+			if (!SearchSysCacheExists1(RELOID, ObjectIdGetDatum(relid)))
+			{
+				if (options & VACOPT_VACUUM)
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_UNDEFINED_TABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping vacuum of \"%s\" --- relation no longer exists",
+									vrel->relation->relname)));
+				else
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_UNDEFINED_TABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping analyze of \"%s\" --- relation no longer exists",
+									vrel->relation->relname)));
+
+				/* Release useless lock */
+				UnlockRelationOid(relid, AccessShareLock);
+
+				return vacrels;
+			}
 		}
 
 		/*
diff --git a/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c b/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c
index b2ca28f83ba..532d9023f8c 100644
--- a/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c
+++ b/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c
@@ -17,12 +17,14 @@
 
 #include "postgres.h"
 
+#include "access/htup_details.h"
 #include "access/twophase_rmgr.h"
 #include "access/xact.h"
 #include "catalog/catalog.h"
 #include "utils/memutils.h"
 #include "utils/pgstat_internal.h"
 #include "utils/rel.h"
+#include "utils/syscache.h"
 #include "utils/timestamp.h"
 
 
@@ -367,6 +369,68 @@ pgstat_report_analyze(Relation rel,
 	(void) pgstat_flush_backend(false, PGSTAT_BACKEND_FLUSH_IO);
 }
 
+/*
+ * Report that the table was skipped during vacuum or/and analyze.
+ */
+void
+pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(Oid relid, int flags)
+{
+	PgStat_EntryRef *entry_ref;
+	PgStatShared_Relation *shtabentry;
+	PgStat_StatTabEntry *tabentry;
+	TimestampTz ts;
+	HeapTuple	classTup;
+	bool		isshared;
+
+	if (!pgstat_track_counts || !flags)
+		return;
+
+	classTup = SearchSysCache1(RELOID, ObjectIdGetDatum(relid));
+	if (!HeapTupleIsValid(classTup))
+		return;			/* somebody deleted the rel, forget it */
+	isshared = ((Form_pg_class) GETSTRUCT(classTup))->relisshared;
+	ReleaseSysCache(classTup);
+
+	/* Store the data in the table's hash table entry. */
+	ts = GetCurrentTimestamp();
+
+	/* block acquiring lock for the same reason as pgstat_report_autovac() */
+	entry_ref = pgstat_get_entry_ref_locked(PGSTAT_KIND_RELATION,
+											isshared ? InvalidOid : MyDatabaseId,
+											relid, false);
+
+	shtabentry = (PgStatShared_Relation *) entry_ref->shared_stats;
+	tabentry = &shtabentry->stats;
+
+	if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM)
+	{
+		tabentry->last_skipped_vacuum_time = ts;
+		tabentry->skipped_vacuum_count++;
+	}
+	else if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOVACUUM)
+	{
+		tabentry->last_skipped_autovacuum_time = ts;
+		tabentry->skipped_autovacuum_count++;
+	}
+
+	if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE)
+	{
+		tabentry->last_skipped_analyze_time = ts;
+		tabentry->skipped_analyze_count++;
+	}
+	else if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOANALYZE)
+	{
+		tabentry->last_skipped_autoanalyze_time = ts;
+		tabentry->skipped_autoanalyze_count++;
+	}
+
+	pgstat_unlock_entry(entry_ref);
+
+	/* see pgstat_report_vacuum() */
+	pgstat_flush_io(false);
+	(void) pgstat_flush_backend(false, PGSTAT_BACKEND_FLUSH_IO);
+}
+
 /*
  * count a tuple insertion of n tuples
  */
diff --git a/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c b/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c
index 1408de387ea..90a8968faa0 100644
--- a/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c
+++ b/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c
@@ -84,6 +84,18 @@ PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(mod_since_analyze)
 /* pg_stat_get_numscans */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(numscans)
 
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_analyze_count)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_autoanalyze_count)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_autovacuum_count)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_vacuum_count)
+
 /* pg_stat_get_tuples_deleted */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(tuples_deleted)
 
@@ -170,6 +182,18 @@ PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_vacuum_time)
 /* pg_stat_get_lastscan */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(lastscan)
 
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_analyze_time)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_autoanalyze_time)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_autovacuum_time)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_vacuum_time)
+
 /* pg_stat_get_stat_reset_time */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(stat_reset_time)
 
diff --git a/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat b/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat
index fa9ae79082b..32debb34863 100644
--- a/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat
+++ b/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat
@@ -5680,6 +5680,38 @@
   proargmodes => '{o,o,o,o,o,o,o,o,o,o}',
   proargnames => '{oid,score,xid_score,mxid_score,vacuum_score,vacuum_insert_score,analyze_score,do_vacuum,do_analyze,for_wraparound}',
   prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_autovacuum_scores' },
+{ oid => '8142', descr => 'statistics: last skipped vacuum time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time' },
+{ oid => '8143', descr => 'statistics: last skipped auto vacuum time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time' },
+{ oid => '8144', descr => 'statistics: last skipped analyze time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time' },
+{ oid => '8145', descr => 'statistics: last skipped auto analyze time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time' },
+{ oid => '8146', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped vacuum for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count' },
+{ oid => '8147', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped auto vacuum for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count' },
+{ oid => '8148', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped analyzes for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count' },
+{ oid => '8149', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped auto analyzes for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count' },
 { oid => '1936', descr => 'statistics: currently active backend IDs',
   proname => 'pg_stat_get_backend_idset', prorows => '100', proretset => 't',
   provolatile => 's', proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int4',
diff --git a/src/include/pgstat.h b/src/include/pgstat.h
index dfa2e837638..98941f953d1 100644
--- a/src/include/pgstat.h
+++ b/src/include/pgstat.h
@@ -479,6 +479,15 @@ typedef struct PgStat_StatTabEntry
 	TimestampTz last_autoanalyze_time;	/* autovacuum initiated */
 	PgStat_Counter autoanalyze_count;
 
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_vacuum_time;	/* user initiated vacuum */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_vacuum_count;
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_autovacuum_time;	/* autovacuum initiated */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_autovacuum_count;
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_analyze_time;	/* user initiated */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_analyze_count;
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_autoanalyze_time;	/* autovacuum initiated */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_autoanalyze_count;
+
 	PgStat_Counter total_vacuum_time;	/* times in milliseconds */
 	PgStat_Counter total_autovacuum_time;
 	PgStat_Counter total_analyze_time;
@@ -703,6 +712,13 @@ extern void pgstat_report_analyze(Relation rel,
 								  PgStat_Counter livetuples, PgStat_Counter deadtuples,
 								  bool resetcounter, TimestampTz starttime);
 
+/* flags for pgstat_flush_backend() */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM		(1 << 0)	/* vacuum is skipped */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE		(1 << 1)	/* analyze is skipped */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOVACUUM	(1 << 2)	/* autovacuum is skipped */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOANALYZE	(1 << 3)	/* autoanalyze is skipped */
+extern void pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(Oid relid, int flags);
+
 /*
  * If stats are enabled, but pending data hasn't been prepared yet, call
  * pgstat_assoc_relation() to do so. See its comment for why this is done
diff --git a/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out b/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out
index a65a5bf0c4f..9b2075d3373 100644
--- a/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out
+++ b/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out
@@ -1835,13 +1835,21 @@ pg_stat_all_tables| SELECT c.oid AS relid,
     pg_stat_get_mod_since_analyze(c.oid) AS n_mod_since_analyze,
     pg_stat_get_ins_since_vacuum(c.oid) AS n_ins_since_vacuum,
     pg_stat_get_last_vacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_vacuum,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_vacuum,
     pg_stat_get_last_autovacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_autovacuum,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_autovacuum,
     pg_stat_get_last_analyze_time(c.oid) AS last_analyze,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_analyze,
     pg_stat_get_last_autoanalyze_time(c.oid) AS last_autoanalyze,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_autoanalyze,
     pg_stat_get_vacuum_count(c.oid) AS vacuum_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count(c.oid) AS skipped_vacuum_count,
     pg_stat_get_autovacuum_count(c.oid) AS autovacuum_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count(c.oid) AS skipped_autovacuum_count,
     pg_stat_get_analyze_count(c.oid) AS analyze_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count(c.oid) AS skipped_analyze_count,
     pg_stat_get_autoanalyze_count(c.oid) AS autoanalyze_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count(c.oid) AS skipped_autoanalyze_count,
     pg_stat_get_total_vacuum_time(c.oid) AS total_vacuum_time,
     pg_stat_get_total_autovacuum_time(c.oid) AS total_autovacuum_time,
     pg_stat_get_total_analyze_time(c.oid) AS total_analyze_time,
@@ -2346,13 +2354,21 @@ pg_stat_sys_tables| SELECT relid,
     n_mod_since_analyze,
     n_ins_since_vacuum,
     last_vacuum,
+    last_skipped_vacuum,
     last_autovacuum,
+    last_skipped_autovacuum,
     last_analyze,
+    last_skipped_analyze,
     last_autoanalyze,
+    last_skipped_autoanalyze,
     vacuum_count,
+    skipped_vacuum_count,
     autovacuum_count,
+    skipped_autovacuum_count,
     analyze_count,
+    skipped_analyze_count,
     autoanalyze_count,
+    skipped_autoanalyze_count,
     total_vacuum_time,
     total_autovacuum_time,
     total_analyze_time,
@@ -2401,13 +2417,21 @@ pg_stat_user_tables| SELECT relid,
     n_mod_since_analyze,
     n_ins_since_vacuum,
     last_vacuum,
+    last_skipped_vacuum,
     last_autovacuum,
+    last_skipped_autovacuum,
     last_analyze,
+    last_skipped_analyze,
     last_autoanalyze,
+    last_skipped_autoanalyze,
     vacuum_count,
+    skipped_vacuum_count,
     autovacuum_count,
+    skipped_autovacuum_count,
     analyze_count,
+    skipped_analyze_count,
     autoanalyze_count,
+    skipped_autoanalyze_count,
     total_vacuum_time,
     total_autovacuum_time,
     total_analyze_time,
-- 
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* [PATCH v3] Track skipped vacuum and analyze activity per relation
@ 2026-03-24 04:09 Yugo Nagata <[email protected]>
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From: Yugo Nagata @ 2026-03-24 04:09 UTC (permalink / raw)

This commit adds eight fields to the relation statistics that track
the last time vacuum or analyze has been attempted but skipped due to
lock unavailability, along with their counts:

-    last_skipped_vacuum
-    last_skipped_autovacuum
-    last_skipped_analyze
-    last_skipped_autoanalyze
-    skipped_vacuum_count
-    skipped_autovacuum_count
-    skipped_analyze_count
-    skipped_autoanalyze_count

These field can help users confirm that autovacuum is actively attempting
to run on a table that has not been vacuumed or analyzed for a long time,
and that the lack of progress is due to repeated skips rather than inactivity.
---
 doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml                 | 80 +++++++++++++++++
 src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql         |  8 ++
 src/backend/commands/vacuum.c                | 95 +++++++++++++++-----
 src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c | 68 ++++++++++++++
 src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c          | 24 +++++
 src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat              | 32 +++++++
 src/include/pgstat.h                         | 16 ++++
 src/test/regress/expected/rules.out          | 24 +++++
 8 files changed, 324 insertions(+), 23 deletions(-)

diff --git a/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml b/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml
index bb75ed1069b..9ec8070b2fc 100644
--- a/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml
+++ b/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml
@@ -4372,6 +4372,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_vacuum</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time a manual vacuum on this table was attempted but skipped due to
+       lock unavailability (not counting <command>VACUUM FULL</command>)
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>last_autovacuum</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
@@ -4382,6 +4392,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_autovacuum</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time a vacuum on this table by the autovacuum daemon was attempted
+       but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>last_analyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
@@ -4391,6 +4411,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_analyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time a manual analyze on this table was attempted but skipped due to
+       lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>last_autoanalyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
@@ -4401,6 +4431,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_autoanalyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time at which an analyze on this table by the autovacuum was
+       attempted but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>vacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4411,6 +4451,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_vacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times vacuums on this table have been attempted but skipped
+       due to lock unavailability (not counting <command>VACUUM FULL</command>)
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>autovacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4421,6 +4471,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_autovacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times vacuums on this table by the autovacuum daemon have been
+       attempted but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>analyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4430,6 +4490,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_analyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times manual analyzes on this table have been attempted but
+       skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>autoanalyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4440,6 +4510,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_autoanalyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times analyzes on this table by the autovacuum daemon have
+       been attempted but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>total_vacuum_time</structfield> <type>double precision</type>
diff --git a/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql b/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql
index e54018004db..2ca02a0354c 100644
--- a/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql
+++ b/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql
@@ -736,13 +736,21 @@ CREATE VIEW pg_stat_all_tables AS
             pg_stat_get_mod_since_analyze(C.oid) AS n_mod_since_analyze,
             pg_stat_get_ins_since_vacuum(C.oid) AS n_ins_since_vacuum,
             pg_stat_get_last_vacuum_time(C.oid) as last_vacuum,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_vacuum,
             pg_stat_get_last_autovacuum_time(C.oid) as last_autovacuum,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_autovacuum,
             pg_stat_get_last_analyze_time(C.oid) as last_analyze,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_analyze,
             pg_stat_get_last_autoanalyze_time(C.oid) as last_autoanalyze,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_autoanalyze,
             pg_stat_get_vacuum_count(C.oid) AS vacuum_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count(C.oid) AS skipped_vacuum_count,
             pg_stat_get_autovacuum_count(C.oid) AS autovacuum_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count(C.oid) AS skipped_autovacuum_count,
             pg_stat_get_analyze_count(C.oid) AS analyze_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count(C.oid) AS skipped_analyze_count,
             pg_stat_get_autoanalyze_count(C.oid) AS autoanalyze_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count(C.oid) AS skipped_autoanalyze_count,
             pg_stat_get_total_vacuum_time(C.oid) AS total_vacuum_time,
             pg_stat_get_total_autovacuum_time(C.oid) AS total_autovacuum_time,
             pg_stat_get_total_analyze_time(C.oid) AS total_analyze_time,
diff --git a/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c b/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c
index bce3a2daa24..ce83b3171be 100644
--- a/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c
+++ b/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c
@@ -792,8 +792,18 @@ vacuum_open_relation(Oid relid, RangeVar *relation, bits32 options,
 		rel = try_relation_open(relid, NoLock);
 	else
 	{
+		bits8 flags = 0;
 		rel = NULL;
 		rel_lock = false;
+
+		if ((options & VACOPT_VACUUM) != 0)
+			flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM;
+		if ((options & VACOPT_ANALYZE) != 0)
+			flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE;
+		if (AmAutoVacuumWorkerProcess())
+			flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOVAC;
+
+		pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(relid, flags);
 	}
 
 	/* if relation is opened, leave */
@@ -801,7 +811,7 @@ vacuum_open_relation(Oid relid, RangeVar *relation, bits32 options,
 		return rel;
 
 	/*
-	 * Relation could not be opened, hence generate if possible a log
+	 * Relation could not be opened hence generate if possible a log
 	 * informing on the situation.
 	 *
 	 * If the RangeVar is not defined, we do not have enough information to
@@ -904,7 +914,6 @@ expand_vacuum_rel(VacuumRelation *vrel, MemoryContext vac_context,
 		Form_pg_class classForm;
 		bool		include_children;
 		bool		is_partitioned_table;
-		int			rvr_opts;
 
 		/*
 		 * Since autovacuum workers supply OIDs when calling vacuum(), no
@@ -917,29 +926,69 @@ expand_vacuum_rel(VacuumRelation *vrel, MemoryContext vac_context,
 		 * below, as well as find_all_inheritors's expectation that the caller
 		 * holds some lock on the starting relation.
 		 */
-		rvr_opts = (options & VACOPT_SKIP_LOCKED) ? RVR_SKIP_LOCKED : 0;
-		relid = RangeVarGetRelidExtended(vrel->relation,
-										 AccessShareLock,
-										 rvr_opts,
-										 NULL, NULL);
-
-		/*
-		 * If the lock is unavailable, emit the same log statement that
-		 * vacuum_rel() and analyze_rel() would.
-		 */
-		if (!OidIsValid(relid))
+		if (!(options & VACOPT_SKIP_LOCKED))
 		{
-			if (options & VACOPT_VACUUM)
-				ereport(WARNING,
-						(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
-						 errmsg("skipping vacuum of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
-								vrel->relation->relname)));
-			else
-				ereport(WARNING,
-						(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
-						 errmsg("skipping analyze of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
+			relid = RangeVarGetRelidExtended(vrel->relation,
+											 AccessShareLock,
+											 0, NULL, NULL);
+			if (!OidIsValid(relid))
+				return vacrels;
+		}
+		else
+		{
+			/* Get relid for reporting before taking a lock */
+			relid = RangeVarGetRelid(vrel->relation, NoLock, false);
+
+			if (!ConditionalLockRelationOid(relid, AccessShareLock))
+			{
+				bits8	flags = 0;
+				/*
+				 * If the lock is unavailable, emit the same log statement that
+				 * vacuum_rel() and analyze_rel() would.
+				 */
+				if (options & VACOPT_VACUUM)
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping vacuum of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
 								vrel->relation->relname)));
-			return vacrels;
+				else
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping analyze of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
+									vrel->relation->relname)));
+
+				if ((options & VACOPT_VACUUM) != 0)
+					flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM;
+				if ((options & VACOPT_ANALYZE) != 0)
+					flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE;
+
+				pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(relid, flags);
+
+				return vacrels;
+			}
+
+			/*
+			 * Now that we have the lock, probe to see if the relation really
+			 * exists or not.
+			 */
+			if (!SearchSysCacheExists1(RELOID, ObjectIdGetDatum(relid)))
+			{
+				if (options & VACOPT_VACUUM)
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_UNDEFINED_TABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping vacuum of \"%s\" --- relation no longer exists",
+									vrel->relation->relname)));
+				else
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_UNDEFINED_TABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping analyze of \"%s\" --- relation no longer exists",
+									vrel->relation->relname)));
+
+				/* Release useless lock */
+				UnlockRelationOid(relid, AccessShareLock);
+
+				return vacrels;
+			}
 		}
 
 		/*
diff --git a/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c b/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c
index bc8c43b96aa..cec4c88980e 100644
--- a/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c
+++ b/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c
@@ -17,6 +17,7 @@
 
 #include "postgres.h"
 
+#include "access/htup_details.h"
 #include "access/twophase_rmgr.h"
 #include "access/xact.h"
 #include "catalog/catalog.h"
@@ -366,6 +367,73 @@ pgstat_report_analyze(Relation rel,
 	(void) pgstat_flush_backend(false, PGSTAT_BACKEND_FLUSH_IO);
 }
 
+/*
+ * Report that the table was skipped during vacuum or/and analyze.
+ */
+void
+pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(Oid relid, bits8 flags)
+{
+	PgStat_EntryRef *entry_ref;
+	PgStatShared_Relation *shtabentry;
+	PgStat_StatTabEntry *tabentry;
+	TimestampTz ts;
+	HeapTuple	classTup;
+	bool		isshared;
+
+	if (!pgstat_track_counts || !(flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANY))
+		return;
+
+	classTup = SearchSysCache1(RELOID, ObjectIdGetDatum(relid));
+	if (!HeapTupleIsValid(classTup))
+		return;			/* somebody deleted the rel, forget it */
+	isshared = ((Form_pg_class) GETSTRUCT(classTup))->relisshared;
+	ReleaseSysCache(classTup);
+
+	/* Store the data in the table's hash table entry. */
+	ts = GetCurrentTimestamp();
+
+	/* block acquiring lock for the same reason as pgstat_report_autovac() */
+	entry_ref = pgstat_get_entry_ref_locked(PGSTAT_KIND_RELATION,
+											isshared ? InvalidOid : MyDatabaseId,
+											relid, false);
+
+	shtabentry = (PgStatShared_Relation *) entry_ref->shared_stats;
+	tabentry = &shtabentry->stats;
+
+	if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOVAC)
+	{
+		if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM)
+		{
+			tabentry->last_skipped_autovacuum_time = ts;
+			tabentry->skipped_autovacuum_count++;
+		}
+		if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE)
+		{
+			tabentry->last_skipped_autoanalyze_time = ts;
+			tabentry->skipped_autoanalyze_count++;
+		}
+	}
+	else
+	{
+		if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM)
+		{
+			tabentry->last_skipped_vacuum_time = ts;
+			tabentry->skipped_vacuum_count++;
+		}
+		if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE)
+		{
+			tabentry->last_skipped_analyze_time = ts;
+			tabentry->skipped_analyze_count++;
+		}
+	}
+
+	pgstat_unlock_entry(entry_ref);
+
+	/* see pgstat_report_vacuum() */
+	pgstat_flush_io(false);
+	(void) pgstat_flush_backend(false, PGSTAT_BACKEND_FLUSH_IO);
+}
+
 /*
  * count a tuple insertion of n tuples
  */
diff --git a/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c b/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c
index 9185a8e6b83..18aaa3996e1 100644
--- a/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c
+++ b/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c
@@ -84,6 +84,18 @@ PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(mod_since_analyze)
 /* pg_stat_get_numscans */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(numscans)
 
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_analyze_count)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_autoanalyze_count)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_autovacuum_count)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_vacuum_count)
+
 /* pg_stat_get_tuples_deleted */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(tuples_deleted)
 
@@ -170,6 +182,18 @@ PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_vacuum_time)
 /* pg_stat_get_lastscan */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(lastscan)
 
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_analyze_time)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_autoanalyze_time)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_autovacuum_time)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_vacuum_time)
+
 /* pg_stat_get_stat_reset_time */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(stat_reset_time)
 
diff --git a/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat b/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat
index 0118e970dda..ccfe3d9e02a 100644
--- a/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat
+++ b/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat
@@ -5667,6 +5667,38 @@
   proname => 'pg_stat_get_total_autoanalyze_time', provolatile => 's',
   proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'float8', proargtypes => 'oid',
   prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_total_autoanalyze_time' },
+{ oid => '8142', descr => 'statistics: last skipped vacuum time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time' },
+{ oid => '8143', descr => 'statistics: last skipped auto vacuum time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time' },
+{ oid => '8144', descr => 'statistics: last skipped analyze time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time' },
+{ oid => '8145', descr => 'statistics: last skipped auto analyze time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time' },
+{ oid => '8146', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped vacuum for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count' },
+{ oid => '8147', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped auto vacuum for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count' },
+{ oid => '8148', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped analyzes for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count' },
+{ oid => '8149', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped auto analyzes for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count' },
 { oid => '1936', descr => 'statistics: currently active backend IDs',
   proname => 'pg_stat_get_backend_idset', prorows => '100', proretset => 't',
   provolatile => 's', proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int4',
diff --git a/src/include/pgstat.h b/src/include/pgstat.h
index 8e3549c3752..343081a7a25 100644
--- a/src/include/pgstat.h
+++ b/src/include/pgstat.h
@@ -479,6 +479,15 @@ typedef struct PgStat_StatTabEntry
 	TimestampTz last_autoanalyze_time;	/* autovacuum initiated */
 	PgStat_Counter autoanalyze_count;
 
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_vacuum_time;	/* user initiated vacuum */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_vacuum_count;
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_autovacuum_time;	/* autovacuum initiated */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_autovacuum_count;
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_analyze_time;	/* user initiated */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_analyze_count;
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_autoanalyze_time;	/* autovacuum initiated */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_autoanalyze_count;
+
 	PgStat_Counter total_vacuum_time;	/* times in milliseconds */
 	PgStat_Counter total_autovacuum_time;
 	PgStat_Counter total_analyze_time;
@@ -707,6 +716,13 @@ extern void pgstat_report_analyze(Relation rel,
 								  PgStat_Counter livetuples, PgStat_Counter deadtuples,
 								  bool resetcounter, TimestampTz starttime);
 
+/* flags for pgstat_flush_backend() */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM	(1 << 0)	/* vacuum is skipped */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE	(1 << 1)	/* analyze is skipped */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOVAC	(1 << 2)	/* skipped during autovacuum/autoanalyze */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANY   (PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM | PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE)
+extern void pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(Oid relid, bits8 flags);
+
 /*
  * If stats are enabled, but pending data hasn't been prepared yet, call
  * pgstat_assoc_relation() to do so. See its comment for why this is done
diff --git a/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out b/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out
index 2b3cf6d8569..4ccfc43e903 100644
--- a/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out
+++ b/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out
@@ -1835,13 +1835,21 @@ pg_stat_all_tables| SELECT c.oid AS relid,
     pg_stat_get_mod_since_analyze(c.oid) AS n_mod_since_analyze,
     pg_stat_get_ins_since_vacuum(c.oid) AS n_ins_since_vacuum,
     pg_stat_get_last_vacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_vacuum,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_vacuum,
     pg_stat_get_last_autovacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_autovacuum,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_autovacuum,
     pg_stat_get_last_analyze_time(c.oid) AS last_analyze,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_analyze,
     pg_stat_get_last_autoanalyze_time(c.oid) AS last_autoanalyze,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_autoanalyze,
     pg_stat_get_vacuum_count(c.oid) AS vacuum_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count(c.oid) AS skipped_vacuum_count,
     pg_stat_get_autovacuum_count(c.oid) AS autovacuum_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count(c.oid) AS skipped_autovacuum_count,
     pg_stat_get_analyze_count(c.oid) AS analyze_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count(c.oid) AS skipped_analyze_count,
     pg_stat_get_autoanalyze_count(c.oid) AS autoanalyze_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count(c.oid) AS skipped_autoanalyze_count,
     pg_stat_get_total_vacuum_time(c.oid) AS total_vacuum_time,
     pg_stat_get_total_autovacuum_time(c.oid) AS total_autovacuum_time,
     pg_stat_get_total_analyze_time(c.oid) AS total_analyze_time,
@@ -2293,13 +2301,21 @@ pg_stat_sys_tables| SELECT relid,
     n_mod_since_analyze,
     n_ins_since_vacuum,
     last_vacuum,
+    last_skipped_vacuum,
     last_autovacuum,
+    last_skipped_autovacuum,
     last_analyze,
+    last_skipped_analyze,
     last_autoanalyze,
+    last_skipped_autoanalyze,
     vacuum_count,
+    skipped_vacuum_count,
     autovacuum_count,
+    skipped_autovacuum_count,
     analyze_count,
+    skipped_analyze_count,
     autoanalyze_count,
+    skipped_autoanalyze_count,
     total_vacuum_time,
     total_autovacuum_time,
     total_analyze_time,
@@ -2348,13 +2364,21 @@ pg_stat_user_tables| SELECT relid,
     n_mod_since_analyze,
     n_ins_since_vacuum,
     last_vacuum,
+    last_skipped_vacuum,
     last_autovacuum,
+    last_skipped_autovacuum,
     last_analyze,
+    last_skipped_analyze,
     last_autoanalyze,
+    last_skipped_autoanalyze,
     vacuum_count,
+    skipped_vacuum_count,
     autovacuum_count,
+    skipped_autovacuum_count,
     analyze_count,
+    skipped_analyze_count,
     autoanalyze_count,
+    skipped_autoanalyze_count,
     total_vacuum_time,
     total_autovacuum_time,
     total_analyze_time,
-- 
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* [PATCH v4] Track skipped vacuum and analyze activity per relation
@ 2026-03-24 04:09 Yugo Nagata <[email protected]>
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From: Yugo Nagata @ 2026-03-24 04:09 UTC (permalink / raw)

This commit adds eight fields to the relation statistics that track
the last time vacuum or analyze has been attempted but skipped due to
lock unavailability, along with their counts:

-    last_skipped_vacuum
-    last_skipped_autovacuum
-    last_skipped_analyze
-    last_skipped_autoanalyze
-    skipped_vacuum_count
-    skipped_autovacuum_count
-    skipped_analyze_count
-    skipped_autoanalyze_count

These field can help users confirm that autovacuum is actively attempting
to run on a table that has not been vacuumed or analyzed for a long time,
and that the lack of progress is due to repeated skips rather than inactivity.
---
 doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml                 |  88 ++++++++++++++++
 src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql         |   8 ++
 src/backend/commands/vacuum.c                | 102 ++++++++++++++-----
 src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c |  64 ++++++++++++
 src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c          |  24 +++++
 src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat              |  32 ++++++
 src/include/pgstat.h                         |  16 +++
 src/test/regress/expected/rules.out          |  24 +++++
 8 files changed, 335 insertions(+), 23 deletions(-)

diff --git a/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml b/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml
index 08d5b824552..a9b579d87a9 100644
--- a/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml
+++ b/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml
@@ -4387,6 +4387,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_vacuum</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time a manual vacuum on this table was attempted but skipped due to
+       lock unavailability (not counting <command>VACUUM FULL</command>)
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>last_autovacuum</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
@@ -4397,6 +4407,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_autovacuum</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time a vacuum on this table by the autovacuum daemon was attempted
+       but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>last_analyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
@@ -4406,6 +4426,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_analyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time a manual analyze on this table was attempted but skipped due to
+       lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>last_autoanalyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
@@ -4416,6 +4446,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_autoanalyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time at which an analyze on this table by the autovacuum was
+       attempted but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>vacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4426,6 +4466,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_vacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times manual vacuums on this table have been attempted but skipped
+       due to lock unavailability (not counting <command>VACUUM FULL</command>)
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>autovacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4436,6 +4486,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_autovacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times vacuums on this table by the autovacuum daemon have been
+       attempted but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>analyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4445,6 +4505,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_analyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times manual analyzes on this table have been attempted but
+       skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>autoanalyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4455,6 +4525,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_autoanalyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times analyzes on this table by the autovacuum daemon have
+       been attempted but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>total_vacuum_time</structfield> <type>double precision</type>
@@ -4510,6 +4590,14 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
    </tgroup>
   </table>
 
+  <note>
+   <para>
+    When a manual vacuum or analyze on a parent table in an inheritance or
+    partitioning hierarchy is skipped, the statistics are recorded only for
+    the parent table, not for its children.
+   </para>
+  </note>
+
  </sect2>
 
  <sect2 id="monitoring-pg-stat-autovacuum-scores-view">
diff --git a/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql b/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql
index 73a1c1c4670..f509fc7876b 100644
--- a/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql
+++ b/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql
@@ -736,13 +736,21 @@ CREATE VIEW pg_stat_all_tables AS
             pg_stat_get_mod_since_analyze(C.oid) AS n_mod_since_analyze,
             pg_stat_get_ins_since_vacuum(C.oid) AS n_ins_since_vacuum,
             pg_stat_get_last_vacuum_time(C.oid) as last_vacuum,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_vacuum,
             pg_stat_get_last_autovacuum_time(C.oid) as last_autovacuum,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_autovacuum,
             pg_stat_get_last_analyze_time(C.oid) as last_analyze,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_analyze,
             pg_stat_get_last_autoanalyze_time(C.oid) as last_autoanalyze,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_autoanalyze,
             pg_stat_get_vacuum_count(C.oid) AS vacuum_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count(C.oid) AS skipped_vacuum_count,
             pg_stat_get_autovacuum_count(C.oid) AS autovacuum_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count(C.oid) AS skipped_autovacuum_count,
             pg_stat_get_analyze_count(C.oid) AS analyze_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count(C.oid) AS skipped_analyze_count,
             pg_stat_get_autoanalyze_count(C.oid) AS autoanalyze_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count(C.oid) AS skipped_autoanalyze_count,
             pg_stat_get_total_vacuum_time(C.oid) AS total_vacuum_time,
             pg_stat_get_total_autovacuum_time(C.oid) AS total_autovacuum_time,
             pg_stat_get_total_analyze_time(C.oid) AS total_analyze_time,
diff --git a/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c b/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c
index 99d0db82ed7..97cd5ea8d10 100644
--- a/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c
+++ b/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c
@@ -793,8 +793,25 @@ vacuum_open_relation(Oid relid, RangeVar *relation, uint32 options,
 		rel = try_relation_open(relid, NoLock);
 	else
 	{
+		int flags = 0;
 		rel = NULL;
 		rel_lock = false;
+
+		if ((options & VACOPT_VACUUM) != 0)
+		{
+			if (AmAutoVacuumWorkerProcess())
+				flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOVACUUM;
+			else
+				flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM;
+		}
+		if ((options & VACOPT_ANALYZE) != 0)
+		{
+			if (AmAutoVacuumWorkerProcess())
+				flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOANALYZE;
+			else
+				flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE;
+		}
+		pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(relid, flags);
 	}
 
 	/* if relation is opened, leave */
@@ -802,7 +819,7 @@ vacuum_open_relation(Oid relid, RangeVar *relation, uint32 options,
 		return rel;
 
 	/*
-	 * Relation could not be opened, hence generate if possible a log
+	 * Relation could not be opened hence generate if possible a log
 	 * informing on the situation.
 	 *
 	 * If the RangeVar is not defined, we do not have enough information to
@@ -905,7 +922,6 @@ expand_vacuum_rel(VacuumRelation *vrel, MemoryContext vac_context,
 		Form_pg_class classForm;
 		bool		include_children;
 		bool		is_partitioned_table;
-		int			rvr_opts;
 
 		/*
 		 * Since autovacuum workers supply OIDs when calling vacuum(), no
@@ -918,29 +934,69 @@ expand_vacuum_rel(VacuumRelation *vrel, MemoryContext vac_context,
 		 * below, as well as find_all_inheritors's expectation that the caller
 		 * holds some lock on the starting relation.
 		 */
-		rvr_opts = (options & VACOPT_SKIP_LOCKED) ? RVR_SKIP_LOCKED : 0;
-		relid = RangeVarGetRelidExtended(vrel->relation,
-										 AccessShareLock,
-										 rvr_opts,
-										 NULL, NULL);
-
-		/*
-		 * If the lock is unavailable, emit the same log statement that
-		 * vacuum_rel() and analyze_rel() would.
-		 */
-		if (!OidIsValid(relid))
+		if (!(options & VACOPT_SKIP_LOCKED))
 		{
-			if (options & VACOPT_VACUUM)
-				ereport(WARNING,
-						(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
-						 errmsg("skipping vacuum of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
-								vrel->relation->relname)));
-			else
-				ereport(WARNING,
-						(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
-						 errmsg("skipping analyze of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
+			relid = RangeVarGetRelidExtended(vrel->relation,
+											 AccessShareLock,
+											 0, NULL, NULL);
+			if (!OidIsValid(relid))
+				return vacrels;
+		}
+		else
+		{
+			/* Get relid for reporting before taking a lock */
+			relid = RangeVarGetRelid(vrel->relation, NoLock, false);
+
+			if (!ConditionalLockRelationOid(relid, AccessShareLock))
+			{
+				int	flags = 0;
+				/*
+				 * If the lock is unavailable, emit the same log statement that
+				 * vacuum_rel() and analyze_rel() would.
+				 */
+				if (options & VACOPT_VACUUM)
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping vacuum of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
 								vrel->relation->relname)));
-			return vacrels;
+				else
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping analyze of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
+									vrel->relation->relname)));
+
+				if ((options & VACOPT_VACUUM) != 0)
+					flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM;
+				if ((options & VACOPT_ANALYZE) != 0)
+					flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE;
+
+				pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(relid, flags);
+
+				return vacrels;
+			}
+
+			/*
+			 * Now that we have the lock, probe to see if the relation really
+			 * exists or not.
+			 */
+			if (!SearchSysCacheExists1(RELOID, ObjectIdGetDatum(relid)))
+			{
+				if (options & VACOPT_VACUUM)
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_UNDEFINED_TABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping vacuum of \"%s\" --- relation no longer exists",
+									vrel->relation->relname)));
+				else
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_UNDEFINED_TABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping analyze of \"%s\" --- relation no longer exists",
+									vrel->relation->relname)));
+
+				/* Release useless lock */
+				UnlockRelationOid(relid, AccessShareLock);
+
+				return vacrels;
+			}
 		}
 
 		/*
diff --git a/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c b/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c
index b2ca28f83ba..532d9023f8c 100644
--- a/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c
+++ b/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c
@@ -17,12 +17,14 @@
 
 #include "postgres.h"
 
+#include "access/htup_details.h"
 #include "access/twophase_rmgr.h"
 #include "access/xact.h"
 #include "catalog/catalog.h"
 #include "utils/memutils.h"
 #include "utils/pgstat_internal.h"
 #include "utils/rel.h"
+#include "utils/syscache.h"
 #include "utils/timestamp.h"
 
 
@@ -367,6 +369,68 @@ pgstat_report_analyze(Relation rel,
 	(void) pgstat_flush_backend(false, PGSTAT_BACKEND_FLUSH_IO);
 }
 
+/*
+ * Report that the table was skipped during vacuum or/and analyze.
+ */
+void
+pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(Oid relid, int flags)
+{
+	PgStat_EntryRef *entry_ref;
+	PgStatShared_Relation *shtabentry;
+	PgStat_StatTabEntry *tabentry;
+	TimestampTz ts;
+	HeapTuple	classTup;
+	bool		isshared;
+
+	if (!pgstat_track_counts || !flags)
+		return;
+
+	classTup = SearchSysCache1(RELOID, ObjectIdGetDatum(relid));
+	if (!HeapTupleIsValid(classTup))
+		return;			/* somebody deleted the rel, forget it */
+	isshared = ((Form_pg_class) GETSTRUCT(classTup))->relisshared;
+	ReleaseSysCache(classTup);
+
+	/* Store the data in the table's hash table entry. */
+	ts = GetCurrentTimestamp();
+
+	/* block acquiring lock for the same reason as pgstat_report_autovac() */
+	entry_ref = pgstat_get_entry_ref_locked(PGSTAT_KIND_RELATION,
+											isshared ? InvalidOid : MyDatabaseId,
+											relid, false);
+
+	shtabentry = (PgStatShared_Relation *) entry_ref->shared_stats;
+	tabentry = &shtabentry->stats;
+
+	if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM)
+	{
+		tabentry->last_skipped_vacuum_time = ts;
+		tabentry->skipped_vacuum_count++;
+	}
+	else if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOVACUUM)
+	{
+		tabentry->last_skipped_autovacuum_time = ts;
+		tabentry->skipped_autovacuum_count++;
+	}
+
+	if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE)
+	{
+		tabentry->last_skipped_analyze_time = ts;
+		tabentry->skipped_analyze_count++;
+	}
+	else if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOANALYZE)
+	{
+		tabentry->last_skipped_autoanalyze_time = ts;
+		tabentry->skipped_autoanalyze_count++;
+	}
+
+	pgstat_unlock_entry(entry_ref);
+
+	/* see pgstat_report_vacuum() */
+	pgstat_flush_io(false);
+	(void) pgstat_flush_backend(false, PGSTAT_BACKEND_FLUSH_IO);
+}
+
 /*
  * count a tuple insertion of n tuples
  */
diff --git a/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c b/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c
index 1408de387ea..90a8968faa0 100644
--- a/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c
+++ b/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c
@@ -84,6 +84,18 @@ PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(mod_since_analyze)
 /* pg_stat_get_numscans */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(numscans)
 
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_analyze_count)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_autoanalyze_count)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_autovacuum_count)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_vacuum_count)
+
 /* pg_stat_get_tuples_deleted */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(tuples_deleted)
 
@@ -170,6 +182,18 @@ PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_vacuum_time)
 /* pg_stat_get_lastscan */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(lastscan)
 
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_analyze_time)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_autoanalyze_time)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_autovacuum_time)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_vacuum_time)
+
 /* pg_stat_get_stat_reset_time */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(stat_reset_time)
 
diff --git a/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat b/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat
index fa9ae79082b..32debb34863 100644
--- a/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat
+++ b/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat
@@ -5680,6 +5680,38 @@
   proargmodes => '{o,o,o,o,o,o,o,o,o,o}',
   proargnames => '{oid,score,xid_score,mxid_score,vacuum_score,vacuum_insert_score,analyze_score,do_vacuum,do_analyze,for_wraparound}',
   prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_autovacuum_scores' },
+{ oid => '8142', descr => 'statistics: last skipped vacuum time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time' },
+{ oid => '8143', descr => 'statistics: last skipped auto vacuum time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time' },
+{ oid => '8144', descr => 'statistics: last skipped analyze time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time' },
+{ oid => '8145', descr => 'statistics: last skipped auto analyze time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time' },
+{ oid => '8146', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped vacuum for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count' },
+{ oid => '8147', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped auto vacuum for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count' },
+{ oid => '8148', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped analyzes for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count' },
+{ oid => '8149', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped auto analyzes for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count' },
 { oid => '1936', descr => 'statistics: currently active backend IDs',
   proname => 'pg_stat_get_backend_idset', prorows => '100', proretset => 't',
   provolatile => 's', proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int4',
diff --git a/src/include/pgstat.h b/src/include/pgstat.h
index dfa2e837638..98941f953d1 100644
--- a/src/include/pgstat.h
+++ b/src/include/pgstat.h
@@ -479,6 +479,15 @@ typedef struct PgStat_StatTabEntry
 	TimestampTz last_autoanalyze_time;	/* autovacuum initiated */
 	PgStat_Counter autoanalyze_count;
 
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_vacuum_time;	/* user initiated vacuum */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_vacuum_count;
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_autovacuum_time;	/* autovacuum initiated */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_autovacuum_count;
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_analyze_time;	/* user initiated */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_analyze_count;
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_autoanalyze_time;	/* autovacuum initiated */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_autoanalyze_count;
+
 	PgStat_Counter total_vacuum_time;	/* times in milliseconds */
 	PgStat_Counter total_autovacuum_time;
 	PgStat_Counter total_analyze_time;
@@ -703,6 +712,13 @@ extern void pgstat_report_analyze(Relation rel,
 								  PgStat_Counter livetuples, PgStat_Counter deadtuples,
 								  bool resetcounter, TimestampTz starttime);
 
+/* flags for pgstat_flush_backend() */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM		(1 << 0)	/* vacuum is skipped */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE		(1 << 1)	/* analyze is skipped */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOVACUUM	(1 << 2)	/* autovacuum is skipped */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOANALYZE	(1 << 3)	/* autoanalyze is skipped */
+extern void pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(Oid relid, int flags);
+
 /*
  * If stats are enabled, but pending data hasn't been prepared yet, call
  * pgstat_assoc_relation() to do so. See its comment for why this is done
diff --git a/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out b/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out
index a65a5bf0c4f..9b2075d3373 100644
--- a/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out
+++ b/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out
@@ -1835,13 +1835,21 @@ pg_stat_all_tables| SELECT c.oid AS relid,
     pg_stat_get_mod_since_analyze(c.oid) AS n_mod_since_analyze,
     pg_stat_get_ins_since_vacuum(c.oid) AS n_ins_since_vacuum,
     pg_stat_get_last_vacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_vacuum,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_vacuum,
     pg_stat_get_last_autovacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_autovacuum,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_autovacuum,
     pg_stat_get_last_analyze_time(c.oid) AS last_analyze,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_analyze,
     pg_stat_get_last_autoanalyze_time(c.oid) AS last_autoanalyze,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_autoanalyze,
     pg_stat_get_vacuum_count(c.oid) AS vacuum_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count(c.oid) AS skipped_vacuum_count,
     pg_stat_get_autovacuum_count(c.oid) AS autovacuum_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count(c.oid) AS skipped_autovacuum_count,
     pg_stat_get_analyze_count(c.oid) AS analyze_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count(c.oid) AS skipped_analyze_count,
     pg_stat_get_autoanalyze_count(c.oid) AS autoanalyze_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count(c.oid) AS skipped_autoanalyze_count,
     pg_stat_get_total_vacuum_time(c.oid) AS total_vacuum_time,
     pg_stat_get_total_autovacuum_time(c.oid) AS total_autovacuum_time,
     pg_stat_get_total_analyze_time(c.oid) AS total_analyze_time,
@@ -2346,13 +2354,21 @@ pg_stat_sys_tables| SELECT relid,
     n_mod_since_analyze,
     n_ins_since_vacuum,
     last_vacuum,
+    last_skipped_vacuum,
     last_autovacuum,
+    last_skipped_autovacuum,
     last_analyze,
+    last_skipped_analyze,
     last_autoanalyze,
+    last_skipped_autoanalyze,
     vacuum_count,
+    skipped_vacuum_count,
     autovacuum_count,
+    skipped_autovacuum_count,
     analyze_count,
+    skipped_analyze_count,
     autoanalyze_count,
+    skipped_autoanalyze_count,
     total_vacuum_time,
     total_autovacuum_time,
     total_analyze_time,
@@ -2401,13 +2417,21 @@ pg_stat_user_tables| SELECT relid,
     n_mod_since_analyze,
     n_ins_since_vacuum,
     last_vacuum,
+    last_skipped_vacuum,
     last_autovacuum,
+    last_skipped_autovacuum,
     last_analyze,
+    last_skipped_analyze,
     last_autoanalyze,
+    last_skipped_autoanalyze,
     vacuum_count,
+    skipped_vacuum_count,
     autovacuum_count,
+    skipped_autovacuum_count,
     analyze_count,
+    skipped_analyze_count,
     autoanalyze_count,
+    skipped_autoanalyze_count,
     total_vacuum_time,
     total_autovacuum_time,
     total_analyze_time,
-- 
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* [PATCH v4] Track skipped vacuum and analyze activity per relation
@ 2026-03-24 04:09 Yugo Nagata <[email protected]>
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From: Yugo Nagata @ 2026-03-24 04:09 UTC (permalink / raw)

This commit adds eight fields to the relation statistics that track
the last time vacuum or analyze has been attempted but skipped due to
lock unavailability, along with their counts:

-    last_skipped_vacuum
-    last_skipped_autovacuum
-    last_skipped_analyze
-    last_skipped_autoanalyze
-    skipped_vacuum_count
-    skipped_autovacuum_count
-    skipped_analyze_count
-    skipped_autoanalyze_count

These field can help users confirm that autovacuum is actively attempting
to run on a table that has not been vacuumed or analyzed for a long time,
and that the lack of progress is due to repeated skips rather than inactivity.
---
 doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml                 |  88 ++++++++++++++++
 src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql         |   8 ++
 src/backend/commands/vacuum.c                | 102 ++++++++++++++-----
 src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c |  64 ++++++++++++
 src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c          |  24 +++++
 src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat              |  32 ++++++
 src/include/pgstat.h                         |  16 +++
 src/test/regress/expected/rules.out          |  24 +++++
 8 files changed, 335 insertions(+), 23 deletions(-)

diff --git a/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml b/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml
index 08d5b824552..a9b579d87a9 100644
--- a/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml
+++ b/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml
@@ -4387,6 +4387,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_vacuum</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time a manual vacuum on this table was attempted but skipped due to
+       lock unavailability (not counting <command>VACUUM FULL</command>)
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>last_autovacuum</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
@@ -4397,6 +4407,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_autovacuum</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time a vacuum on this table by the autovacuum daemon was attempted
+       but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>last_analyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
@@ -4406,6 +4426,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_analyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time a manual analyze on this table was attempted but skipped due to
+       lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>last_autoanalyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
@@ -4416,6 +4446,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_autoanalyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time at which an analyze on this table by the autovacuum was
+       attempted but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>vacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4426,6 +4466,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_vacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times manual vacuums on this table have been attempted but skipped
+       due to lock unavailability (not counting <command>VACUUM FULL</command>)
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>autovacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4436,6 +4486,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_autovacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times vacuums on this table by the autovacuum daemon have been
+       attempted but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>analyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4445,6 +4505,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_analyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times manual analyzes on this table have been attempted but
+       skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>autoanalyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4455,6 +4525,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_autoanalyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times analyzes on this table by the autovacuum daemon have
+       been attempted but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>total_vacuum_time</structfield> <type>double precision</type>
@@ -4510,6 +4590,14 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
    </tgroup>
   </table>
 
+  <note>
+   <para>
+    When a manual vacuum or analyze on a parent table in an inheritance or
+    partitioning hierarchy is skipped, the statistics are recorded only for
+    the parent table, not for its children.
+   </para>
+  </note>
+
  </sect2>
 
  <sect2 id="monitoring-pg-stat-autovacuum-scores-view">
diff --git a/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql b/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql
index 73a1c1c4670..f509fc7876b 100644
--- a/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql
+++ b/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql
@@ -736,13 +736,21 @@ CREATE VIEW pg_stat_all_tables AS
             pg_stat_get_mod_since_analyze(C.oid) AS n_mod_since_analyze,
             pg_stat_get_ins_since_vacuum(C.oid) AS n_ins_since_vacuum,
             pg_stat_get_last_vacuum_time(C.oid) as last_vacuum,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_vacuum,
             pg_stat_get_last_autovacuum_time(C.oid) as last_autovacuum,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_autovacuum,
             pg_stat_get_last_analyze_time(C.oid) as last_analyze,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_analyze,
             pg_stat_get_last_autoanalyze_time(C.oid) as last_autoanalyze,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_autoanalyze,
             pg_stat_get_vacuum_count(C.oid) AS vacuum_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count(C.oid) AS skipped_vacuum_count,
             pg_stat_get_autovacuum_count(C.oid) AS autovacuum_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count(C.oid) AS skipped_autovacuum_count,
             pg_stat_get_analyze_count(C.oid) AS analyze_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count(C.oid) AS skipped_analyze_count,
             pg_stat_get_autoanalyze_count(C.oid) AS autoanalyze_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count(C.oid) AS skipped_autoanalyze_count,
             pg_stat_get_total_vacuum_time(C.oid) AS total_vacuum_time,
             pg_stat_get_total_autovacuum_time(C.oid) AS total_autovacuum_time,
             pg_stat_get_total_analyze_time(C.oid) AS total_analyze_time,
diff --git a/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c b/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c
index 99d0db82ed7..97cd5ea8d10 100644
--- a/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c
+++ b/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c
@@ -793,8 +793,25 @@ vacuum_open_relation(Oid relid, RangeVar *relation, uint32 options,
 		rel = try_relation_open(relid, NoLock);
 	else
 	{
+		int flags = 0;
 		rel = NULL;
 		rel_lock = false;
+
+		if ((options & VACOPT_VACUUM) != 0)
+		{
+			if (AmAutoVacuumWorkerProcess())
+				flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOVACUUM;
+			else
+				flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM;
+		}
+		if ((options & VACOPT_ANALYZE) != 0)
+		{
+			if (AmAutoVacuumWorkerProcess())
+				flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOANALYZE;
+			else
+				flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE;
+		}
+		pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(relid, flags);
 	}
 
 	/* if relation is opened, leave */
@@ -802,7 +819,7 @@ vacuum_open_relation(Oid relid, RangeVar *relation, uint32 options,
 		return rel;
 
 	/*
-	 * Relation could not be opened, hence generate if possible a log
+	 * Relation could not be opened hence generate if possible a log
 	 * informing on the situation.
 	 *
 	 * If the RangeVar is not defined, we do not have enough information to
@@ -905,7 +922,6 @@ expand_vacuum_rel(VacuumRelation *vrel, MemoryContext vac_context,
 		Form_pg_class classForm;
 		bool		include_children;
 		bool		is_partitioned_table;
-		int			rvr_opts;
 
 		/*
 		 * Since autovacuum workers supply OIDs when calling vacuum(), no
@@ -918,29 +934,69 @@ expand_vacuum_rel(VacuumRelation *vrel, MemoryContext vac_context,
 		 * below, as well as find_all_inheritors's expectation that the caller
 		 * holds some lock on the starting relation.
 		 */
-		rvr_opts = (options & VACOPT_SKIP_LOCKED) ? RVR_SKIP_LOCKED : 0;
-		relid = RangeVarGetRelidExtended(vrel->relation,
-										 AccessShareLock,
-										 rvr_opts,
-										 NULL, NULL);
-
-		/*
-		 * If the lock is unavailable, emit the same log statement that
-		 * vacuum_rel() and analyze_rel() would.
-		 */
-		if (!OidIsValid(relid))
+		if (!(options & VACOPT_SKIP_LOCKED))
 		{
-			if (options & VACOPT_VACUUM)
-				ereport(WARNING,
-						(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
-						 errmsg("skipping vacuum of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
-								vrel->relation->relname)));
-			else
-				ereport(WARNING,
-						(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
-						 errmsg("skipping analyze of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
+			relid = RangeVarGetRelidExtended(vrel->relation,
+											 AccessShareLock,
+											 0, NULL, NULL);
+			if (!OidIsValid(relid))
+				return vacrels;
+		}
+		else
+		{
+			/* Get relid for reporting before taking a lock */
+			relid = RangeVarGetRelid(vrel->relation, NoLock, false);
+
+			if (!ConditionalLockRelationOid(relid, AccessShareLock))
+			{
+				int	flags = 0;
+				/*
+				 * If the lock is unavailable, emit the same log statement that
+				 * vacuum_rel() and analyze_rel() would.
+				 */
+				if (options & VACOPT_VACUUM)
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping vacuum of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
 								vrel->relation->relname)));
-			return vacrels;
+				else
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping analyze of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
+									vrel->relation->relname)));
+
+				if ((options & VACOPT_VACUUM) != 0)
+					flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM;
+				if ((options & VACOPT_ANALYZE) != 0)
+					flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE;
+
+				pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(relid, flags);
+
+				return vacrels;
+			}
+
+			/*
+			 * Now that we have the lock, probe to see if the relation really
+			 * exists or not.
+			 */
+			if (!SearchSysCacheExists1(RELOID, ObjectIdGetDatum(relid)))
+			{
+				if (options & VACOPT_VACUUM)
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_UNDEFINED_TABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping vacuum of \"%s\" --- relation no longer exists",
+									vrel->relation->relname)));
+				else
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_UNDEFINED_TABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping analyze of \"%s\" --- relation no longer exists",
+									vrel->relation->relname)));
+
+				/* Release useless lock */
+				UnlockRelationOid(relid, AccessShareLock);
+
+				return vacrels;
+			}
 		}
 
 		/*
diff --git a/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c b/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c
index b2ca28f83ba..532d9023f8c 100644
--- a/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c
+++ b/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c
@@ -17,12 +17,14 @@
 
 #include "postgres.h"
 
+#include "access/htup_details.h"
 #include "access/twophase_rmgr.h"
 #include "access/xact.h"
 #include "catalog/catalog.h"
 #include "utils/memutils.h"
 #include "utils/pgstat_internal.h"
 #include "utils/rel.h"
+#include "utils/syscache.h"
 #include "utils/timestamp.h"
 
 
@@ -367,6 +369,68 @@ pgstat_report_analyze(Relation rel,
 	(void) pgstat_flush_backend(false, PGSTAT_BACKEND_FLUSH_IO);
 }
 
+/*
+ * Report that the table was skipped during vacuum or/and analyze.
+ */
+void
+pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(Oid relid, int flags)
+{
+	PgStat_EntryRef *entry_ref;
+	PgStatShared_Relation *shtabentry;
+	PgStat_StatTabEntry *tabentry;
+	TimestampTz ts;
+	HeapTuple	classTup;
+	bool		isshared;
+
+	if (!pgstat_track_counts || !flags)
+		return;
+
+	classTup = SearchSysCache1(RELOID, ObjectIdGetDatum(relid));
+	if (!HeapTupleIsValid(classTup))
+		return;			/* somebody deleted the rel, forget it */
+	isshared = ((Form_pg_class) GETSTRUCT(classTup))->relisshared;
+	ReleaseSysCache(classTup);
+
+	/* Store the data in the table's hash table entry. */
+	ts = GetCurrentTimestamp();
+
+	/* block acquiring lock for the same reason as pgstat_report_autovac() */
+	entry_ref = pgstat_get_entry_ref_locked(PGSTAT_KIND_RELATION,
+											isshared ? InvalidOid : MyDatabaseId,
+											relid, false);
+
+	shtabentry = (PgStatShared_Relation *) entry_ref->shared_stats;
+	tabentry = &shtabentry->stats;
+
+	if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM)
+	{
+		tabentry->last_skipped_vacuum_time = ts;
+		tabentry->skipped_vacuum_count++;
+	}
+	else if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOVACUUM)
+	{
+		tabentry->last_skipped_autovacuum_time = ts;
+		tabentry->skipped_autovacuum_count++;
+	}
+
+	if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE)
+	{
+		tabentry->last_skipped_analyze_time = ts;
+		tabentry->skipped_analyze_count++;
+	}
+	else if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOANALYZE)
+	{
+		tabentry->last_skipped_autoanalyze_time = ts;
+		tabentry->skipped_autoanalyze_count++;
+	}
+
+	pgstat_unlock_entry(entry_ref);
+
+	/* see pgstat_report_vacuum() */
+	pgstat_flush_io(false);
+	(void) pgstat_flush_backend(false, PGSTAT_BACKEND_FLUSH_IO);
+}
+
 /*
  * count a tuple insertion of n tuples
  */
diff --git a/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c b/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c
index 1408de387ea..90a8968faa0 100644
--- a/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c
+++ b/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c
@@ -84,6 +84,18 @@ PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(mod_since_analyze)
 /* pg_stat_get_numscans */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(numscans)
 
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_analyze_count)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_autoanalyze_count)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_autovacuum_count)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_vacuum_count)
+
 /* pg_stat_get_tuples_deleted */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(tuples_deleted)
 
@@ -170,6 +182,18 @@ PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_vacuum_time)
 /* pg_stat_get_lastscan */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(lastscan)
 
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_analyze_time)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_autoanalyze_time)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_autovacuum_time)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_vacuum_time)
+
 /* pg_stat_get_stat_reset_time */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(stat_reset_time)
 
diff --git a/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat b/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat
index fa9ae79082b..32debb34863 100644
--- a/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat
+++ b/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat
@@ -5680,6 +5680,38 @@
   proargmodes => '{o,o,o,o,o,o,o,o,o,o}',
   proargnames => '{oid,score,xid_score,mxid_score,vacuum_score,vacuum_insert_score,analyze_score,do_vacuum,do_analyze,for_wraparound}',
   prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_autovacuum_scores' },
+{ oid => '8142', descr => 'statistics: last skipped vacuum time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time' },
+{ oid => '8143', descr => 'statistics: last skipped auto vacuum time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time' },
+{ oid => '8144', descr => 'statistics: last skipped analyze time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time' },
+{ oid => '8145', descr => 'statistics: last skipped auto analyze time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time' },
+{ oid => '8146', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped vacuum for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count' },
+{ oid => '8147', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped auto vacuum for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count' },
+{ oid => '8148', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped analyzes for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count' },
+{ oid => '8149', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped auto analyzes for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count' },
 { oid => '1936', descr => 'statistics: currently active backend IDs',
   proname => 'pg_stat_get_backend_idset', prorows => '100', proretset => 't',
   provolatile => 's', proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int4',
diff --git a/src/include/pgstat.h b/src/include/pgstat.h
index dfa2e837638..98941f953d1 100644
--- a/src/include/pgstat.h
+++ b/src/include/pgstat.h
@@ -479,6 +479,15 @@ typedef struct PgStat_StatTabEntry
 	TimestampTz last_autoanalyze_time;	/* autovacuum initiated */
 	PgStat_Counter autoanalyze_count;
 
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_vacuum_time;	/* user initiated vacuum */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_vacuum_count;
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_autovacuum_time;	/* autovacuum initiated */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_autovacuum_count;
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_analyze_time;	/* user initiated */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_analyze_count;
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_autoanalyze_time;	/* autovacuum initiated */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_autoanalyze_count;
+
 	PgStat_Counter total_vacuum_time;	/* times in milliseconds */
 	PgStat_Counter total_autovacuum_time;
 	PgStat_Counter total_analyze_time;
@@ -703,6 +712,13 @@ extern void pgstat_report_analyze(Relation rel,
 								  PgStat_Counter livetuples, PgStat_Counter deadtuples,
 								  bool resetcounter, TimestampTz starttime);
 
+/* flags for pgstat_flush_backend() */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM		(1 << 0)	/* vacuum is skipped */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE		(1 << 1)	/* analyze is skipped */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOVACUUM	(1 << 2)	/* autovacuum is skipped */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOANALYZE	(1 << 3)	/* autoanalyze is skipped */
+extern void pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(Oid relid, int flags);
+
 /*
  * If stats are enabled, but pending data hasn't been prepared yet, call
  * pgstat_assoc_relation() to do so. See its comment for why this is done
diff --git a/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out b/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out
index a65a5bf0c4f..9b2075d3373 100644
--- a/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out
+++ b/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out
@@ -1835,13 +1835,21 @@ pg_stat_all_tables| SELECT c.oid AS relid,
     pg_stat_get_mod_since_analyze(c.oid) AS n_mod_since_analyze,
     pg_stat_get_ins_since_vacuum(c.oid) AS n_ins_since_vacuum,
     pg_stat_get_last_vacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_vacuum,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_vacuum,
     pg_stat_get_last_autovacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_autovacuum,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_autovacuum,
     pg_stat_get_last_analyze_time(c.oid) AS last_analyze,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_analyze,
     pg_stat_get_last_autoanalyze_time(c.oid) AS last_autoanalyze,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_autoanalyze,
     pg_stat_get_vacuum_count(c.oid) AS vacuum_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count(c.oid) AS skipped_vacuum_count,
     pg_stat_get_autovacuum_count(c.oid) AS autovacuum_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count(c.oid) AS skipped_autovacuum_count,
     pg_stat_get_analyze_count(c.oid) AS analyze_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count(c.oid) AS skipped_analyze_count,
     pg_stat_get_autoanalyze_count(c.oid) AS autoanalyze_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count(c.oid) AS skipped_autoanalyze_count,
     pg_stat_get_total_vacuum_time(c.oid) AS total_vacuum_time,
     pg_stat_get_total_autovacuum_time(c.oid) AS total_autovacuum_time,
     pg_stat_get_total_analyze_time(c.oid) AS total_analyze_time,
@@ -2346,13 +2354,21 @@ pg_stat_sys_tables| SELECT relid,
     n_mod_since_analyze,
     n_ins_since_vacuum,
     last_vacuum,
+    last_skipped_vacuum,
     last_autovacuum,
+    last_skipped_autovacuum,
     last_analyze,
+    last_skipped_analyze,
     last_autoanalyze,
+    last_skipped_autoanalyze,
     vacuum_count,
+    skipped_vacuum_count,
     autovacuum_count,
+    skipped_autovacuum_count,
     analyze_count,
+    skipped_analyze_count,
     autoanalyze_count,
+    skipped_autoanalyze_count,
     total_vacuum_time,
     total_autovacuum_time,
     total_analyze_time,
@@ -2401,13 +2417,21 @@ pg_stat_user_tables| SELECT relid,
     n_mod_since_analyze,
     n_ins_since_vacuum,
     last_vacuum,
+    last_skipped_vacuum,
     last_autovacuum,
+    last_skipped_autovacuum,
     last_analyze,
+    last_skipped_analyze,
     last_autoanalyze,
+    last_skipped_autoanalyze,
     vacuum_count,
+    skipped_vacuum_count,
     autovacuum_count,
+    skipped_autovacuum_count,
     analyze_count,
+    skipped_analyze_count,
     autoanalyze_count,
+    skipped_autoanalyze_count,
     total_vacuum_time,
     total_autovacuum_time,
     total_analyze_time,
-- 
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* [PATCH v5] Track skipped vacuum and analyze activity per relation
@ 2026-03-24 04:09 Yugo Nagata <[email protected]>
  0 siblings, 0 replies; 374+ messages in thread

From: Yugo Nagata @ 2026-03-24 04:09 UTC (permalink / raw)

This commit adds eight fields to the relation statistics that track
the last time vacuum or analyze has been attempted but skipped due to
lock unavailability, along with their counts:

-    last_skipped_vacuum
-    last_skipped_autovacuum
-    last_skipped_analyze
-    last_skipped_autoanalyze
-    skipped_vacuum_count
-    skipped_autovacuum_count
-    skipped_analyze_count
-    skipped_autoanalyze_count

These field can help users confirm that autovacuum is actively attempting
to run on a table that has not been vacuumed or analyzed for a long time,
and that the lack of progress is due to repeated skips rather than inactivity.
---
 doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml                  |  88 ++++++
 src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql          |   8 +
 src/backend/commands/vacuum.c                 | 100 +++++--
 src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c  |  64 +++++
 src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c           |  24 ++
 src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat               |  32 +++
 src/include/pgstat.h                          |  16 ++
 .../isolation/expected/vacuum-skip-locked.out | 260 ++++++++++++++++--
 .../isolation/specs/vacuum-skip-locked.spec   |  41 +--
 src/test/regress/expected/rules.out           |  24 ++
 10 files changed, 601 insertions(+), 56 deletions(-)

diff --git a/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml b/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml
index 08d5b824552..a9b579d87a9 100644
--- a/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml
+++ b/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml
@@ -4387,6 +4387,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_vacuum</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time a manual vacuum on this table was attempted but skipped due to
+       lock unavailability (not counting <command>VACUUM FULL</command>)
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>last_autovacuum</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
@@ -4397,6 +4407,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_autovacuum</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time a vacuum on this table by the autovacuum daemon was attempted
+       but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>last_analyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
@@ -4406,6 +4426,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_analyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time a manual analyze on this table was attempted but skipped due to
+       lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>last_autoanalyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
@@ -4416,6 +4446,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_autoanalyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time at which an analyze on this table by the autovacuum was
+       attempted but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>vacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4426,6 +4466,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_vacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times manual vacuums on this table have been attempted but skipped
+       due to lock unavailability (not counting <command>VACUUM FULL</command>)
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>autovacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4436,6 +4486,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_autovacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times vacuums on this table by the autovacuum daemon have been
+       attempted but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>analyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4445,6 +4505,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_analyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times manual analyzes on this table have been attempted but
+       skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>autoanalyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4455,6 +4525,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_autoanalyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times analyzes on this table by the autovacuum daemon have
+       been attempted but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>total_vacuum_time</structfield> <type>double precision</type>
@@ -4510,6 +4590,14 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
    </tgroup>
   </table>
 
+  <note>
+   <para>
+    When a manual vacuum or analyze on a parent table in an inheritance or
+    partitioning hierarchy is skipped, the statistics are recorded only for
+    the parent table, not for its children.
+   </para>
+  </note>
+
  </sect2>
 
  <sect2 id="monitoring-pg-stat-autovacuum-scores-view">
diff --git a/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql b/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql
index 73a1c1c4670..f509fc7876b 100644
--- a/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql
+++ b/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql
@@ -736,13 +736,21 @@ CREATE VIEW pg_stat_all_tables AS
             pg_stat_get_mod_since_analyze(C.oid) AS n_mod_since_analyze,
             pg_stat_get_ins_since_vacuum(C.oid) AS n_ins_since_vacuum,
             pg_stat_get_last_vacuum_time(C.oid) as last_vacuum,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_vacuum,
             pg_stat_get_last_autovacuum_time(C.oid) as last_autovacuum,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_autovacuum,
             pg_stat_get_last_analyze_time(C.oid) as last_analyze,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_analyze,
             pg_stat_get_last_autoanalyze_time(C.oid) as last_autoanalyze,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_autoanalyze,
             pg_stat_get_vacuum_count(C.oid) AS vacuum_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count(C.oid) AS skipped_vacuum_count,
             pg_stat_get_autovacuum_count(C.oid) AS autovacuum_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count(C.oid) AS skipped_autovacuum_count,
             pg_stat_get_analyze_count(C.oid) AS analyze_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count(C.oid) AS skipped_analyze_count,
             pg_stat_get_autoanalyze_count(C.oid) AS autoanalyze_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count(C.oid) AS skipped_autoanalyze_count,
             pg_stat_get_total_vacuum_time(C.oid) AS total_vacuum_time,
             pg_stat_get_total_autovacuum_time(C.oid) AS total_autovacuum_time,
             pg_stat_get_total_analyze_time(C.oid) AS total_analyze_time,
diff --git a/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c b/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c
index 99d0db82ed7..df6526225e4 100644
--- a/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c
+++ b/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c
@@ -793,8 +793,25 @@ vacuum_open_relation(Oid relid, RangeVar *relation, uint32 options,
 		rel = try_relation_open(relid, NoLock);
 	else
 	{
+		int flags = 0;
 		rel = NULL;
 		rel_lock = false;
+
+		if ((options & VACOPT_VACUUM) != 0 && (options & VACOPT_FULL) == 0)
+		{
+			if (AmAutoVacuumWorkerProcess())
+				flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOVACUUM;
+			else
+				flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM;
+		}
+		if ((options & VACOPT_ANALYZE) != 0)
+		{
+			if (AmAutoVacuumWorkerProcess())
+				flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOANALYZE;
+			else
+				flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE;
+		}
+		pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(relid, flags);
 	}
 
 	/* if relation is opened, leave */
@@ -905,7 +922,6 @@ expand_vacuum_rel(VacuumRelation *vrel, MemoryContext vac_context,
 		Form_pg_class classForm;
 		bool		include_children;
 		bool		is_partitioned_table;
-		int			rvr_opts;
 
 		/*
 		 * Since autovacuum workers supply OIDs when calling vacuum(), no
@@ -918,29 +934,69 @@ expand_vacuum_rel(VacuumRelation *vrel, MemoryContext vac_context,
 		 * below, as well as find_all_inheritors's expectation that the caller
 		 * holds some lock on the starting relation.
 		 */
-		rvr_opts = (options & VACOPT_SKIP_LOCKED) ? RVR_SKIP_LOCKED : 0;
-		relid = RangeVarGetRelidExtended(vrel->relation,
-										 AccessShareLock,
-										 rvr_opts,
-										 NULL, NULL);
-
-		/*
-		 * If the lock is unavailable, emit the same log statement that
-		 * vacuum_rel() and analyze_rel() would.
-		 */
-		if (!OidIsValid(relid))
+		if (!(options & VACOPT_SKIP_LOCKED))
 		{
-			if (options & VACOPT_VACUUM)
-				ereport(WARNING,
-						(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
-						 errmsg("skipping vacuum of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
-								vrel->relation->relname)));
-			else
-				ereport(WARNING,
-						(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
-						 errmsg("skipping analyze of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
+			relid = RangeVarGetRelidExtended(vrel->relation,
+											 AccessShareLock,
+											 0, NULL, NULL);
+			if (!OidIsValid(relid))
+				return vacrels;
+		}
+		else
+		{
+			/* Get relid for reporting before taking a lock */
+			relid = RangeVarGetRelid(vrel->relation, NoLock, false);
+
+			if (!ConditionalLockRelationOid(relid, AccessShareLock))
+			{
+				int	flags = 0;
+				/*
+				 * If the lock is unavailable, emit the same log statement that
+				 * vacuum_rel() and analyze_rel() would.
+				 */
+				if (options & VACOPT_VACUUM)
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping vacuum of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
 								vrel->relation->relname)));
-			return vacrels;
+				else
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping analyze of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
+									vrel->relation->relname)));
+
+				if ((options & VACOPT_VACUUM) != 0 && (options & VACOPT_FULL) == 0)
+					flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM;
+				if ((options & VACOPT_ANALYZE) != 0)
+					flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE;
+
+				pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(relid, flags);
+
+				return vacrels;
+			}
+
+			/*
+			 * Now that we have the lock, probe to see if the relation really
+			 * exists or not.
+			 */
+			if (!SearchSysCacheExists1(RELOID, ObjectIdGetDatum(relid)))
+			{
+				if (options & VACOPT_VACUUM)
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_UNDEFINED_TABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping vacuum of \"%s\" --- relation no longer exists",
+									vrel->relation->relname)));
+				else
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_UNDEFINED_TABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping analyze of \"%s\" --- relation no longer exists",
+									vrel->relation->relname)));
+
+				/* Release useless lock */
+				UnlockRelationOid(relid, AccessShareLock);
+
+				return vacrels;
+			}
 		}
 
 		/*
diff --git a/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c b/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c
index b2ca28f83ba..532d9023f8c 100644
--- a/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c
+++ b/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c
@@ -17,12 +17,14 @@
 
 #include "postgres.h"
 
+#include "access/htup_details.h"
 #include "access/twophase_rmgr.h"
 #include "access/xact.h"
 #include "catalog/catalog.h"
 #include "utils/memutils.h"
 #include "utils/pgstat_internal.h"
 #include "utils/rel.h"
+#include "utils/syscache.h"
 #include "utils/timestamp.h"
 
 
@@ -367,6 +369,68 @@ pgstat_report_analyze(Relation rel,
 	(void) pgstat_flush_backend(false, PGSTAT_BACKEND_FLUSH_IO);
 }
 
+/*
+ * Report that the table was skipped during vacuum or/and analyze.
+ */
+void
+pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(Oid relid, int flags)
+{
+	PgStat_EntryRef *entry_ref;
+	PgStatShared_Relation *shtabentry;
+	PgStat_StatTabEntry *tabentry;
+	TimestampTz ts;
+	HeapTuple	classTup;
+	bool		isshared;
+
+	if (!pgstat_track_counts || !flags)
+		return;
+
+	classTup = SearchSysCache1(RELOID, ObjectIdGetDatum(relid));
+	if (!HeapTupleIsValid(classTup))
+		return;			/* somebody deleted the rel, forget it */
+	isshared = ((Form_pg_class) GETSTRUCT(classTup))->relisshared;
+	ReleaseSysCache(classTup);
+
+	/* Store the data in the table's hash table entry. */
+	ts = GetCurrentTimestamp();
+
+	/* block acquiring lock for the same reason as pgstat_report_autovac() */
+	entry_ref = pgstat_get_entry_ref_locked(PGSTAT_KIND_RELATION,
+											isshared ? InvalidOid : MyDatabaseId,
+											relid, false);
+
+	shtabentry = (PgStatShared_Relation *) entry_ref->shared_stats;
+	tabentry = &shtabentry->stats;
+
+	if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM)
+	{
+		tabentry->last_skipped_vacuum_time = ts;
+		tabentry->skipped_vacuum_count++;
+	}
+	else if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOVACUUM)
+	{
+		tabentry->last_skipped_autovacuum_time = ts;
+		tabentry->skipped_autovacuum_count++;
+	}
+
+	if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE)
+	{
+		tabentry->last_skipped_analyze_time = ts;
+		tabentry->skipped_analyze_count++;
+	}
+	else if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOANALYZE)
+	{
+		tabentry->last_skipped_autoanalyze_time = ts;
+		tabentry->skipped_autoanalyze_count++;
+	}
+
+	pgstat_unlock_entry(entry_ref);
+
+	/* see pgstat_report_vacuum() */
+	pgstat_flush_io(false);
+	(void) pgstat_flush_backend(false, PGSTAT_BACKEND_FLUSH_IO);
+}
+
 /*
  * count a tuple insertion of n tuples
  */
diff --git a/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c b/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c
index 1408de387ea..90a8968faa0 100644
--- a/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c
+++ b/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c
@@ -84,6 +84,18 @@ PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(mod_since_analyze)
 /* pg_stat_get_numscans */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(numscans)
 
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_analyze_count)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_autoanalyze_count)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_autovacuum_count)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_vacuum_count)
+
 /* pg_stat_get_tuples_deleted */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(tuples_deleted)
 
@@ -170,6 +182,18 @@ PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_vacuum_time)
 /* pg_stat_get_lastscan */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(lastscan)
 
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_analyze_time)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_autoanalyze_time)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_autovacuum_time)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_vacuum_time)
+
 /* pg_stat_get_stat_reset_time */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(stat_reset_time)
 
diff --git a/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat b/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat
index fa9ae79082b..32debb34863 100644
--- a/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat
+++ b/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat
@@ -5680,6 +5680,38 @@
   proargmodes => '{o,o,o,o,o,o,o,o,o,o}',
   proargnames => '{oid,score,xid_score,mxid_score,vacuum_score,vacuum_insert_score,analyze_score,do_vacuum,do_analyze,for_wraparound}',
   prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_autovacuum_scores' },
+{ oid => '8142', descr => 'statistics: last skipped vacuum time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time' },
+{ oid => '8143', descr => 'statistics: last skipped auto vacuum time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time' },
+{ oid => '8144', descr => 'statistics: last skipped analyze time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time' },
+{ oid => '8145', descr => 'statistics: last skipped auto analyze time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time' },
+{ oid => '8146', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped vacuum for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count' },
+{ oid => '8147', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped auto vacuum for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count' },
+{ oid => '8148', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped analyzes for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count' },
+{ oid => '8149', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped auto analyzes for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count' },
 { oid => '1936', descr => 'statistics: currently active backend IDs',
   proname => 'pg_stat_get_backend_idset', prorows => '100', proretset => 't',
   provolatile => 's', proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int4',
diff --git a/src/include/pgstat.h b/src/include/pgstat.h
index dfa2e837638..98941f953d1 100644
--- a/src/include/pgstat.h
+++ b/src/include/pgstat.h
@@ -479,6 +479,15 @@ typedef struct PgStat_StatTabEntry
 	TimestampTz last_autoanalyze_time;	/* autovacuum initiated */
 	PgStat_Counter autoanalyze_count;
 
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_vacuum_time;	/* user initiated vacuum */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_vacuum_count;
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_autovacuum_time;	/* autovacuum initiated */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_autovacuum_count;
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_analyze_time;	/* user initiated */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_analyze_count;
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_autoanalyze_time;	/* autovacuum initiated */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_autoanalyze_count;
+
 	PgStat_Counter total_vacuum_time;	/* times in milliseconds */
 	PgStat_Counter total_autovacuum_time;
 	PgStat_Counter total_analyze_time;
@@ -703,6 +712,13 @@ extern void pgstat_report_analyze(Relation rel,
 								  PgStat_Counter livetuples, PgStat_Counter deadtuples,
 								  bool resetcounter, TimestampTz starttime);
 
+/* flags for pgstat_flush_backend() */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM		(1 << 0)	/* vacuum is skipped */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE		(1 << 1)	/* analyze is skipped */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOVACUUM	(1 << 2)	/* autovacuum is skipped */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOANALYZE	(1 << 3)	/* autoanalyze is skipped */
+extern void pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(Oid relid, int flags);
+
 /*
  * If stats are enabled, but pending data hasn't been prepared yet, call
  * pgstat_assoc_relation() to do so. See its comment for why this is done
diff --git a/src/test/isolation/expected/vacuum-skip-locked.out b/src/test/isolation/expected/vacuum-skip-locked.out
index 99db281a159..e2cff175b7c 100644
--- a/src/test/isolation/expected/vacuum-skip-locked.out
+++ b/src/test/isolation/expected/vacuum-skip-locked.out
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 Parsed test spec with 2 sessions
 
-starting permutation: lock_share vac_specified commit
+starting permutation: lock_share vac_specified commit check_stat
 step lock_share: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN SHARE MODE;
@@ -10,8 +10,22 @@ step vac_specified: VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED) part1, part2;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
 
-starting permutation: lock_share vac_all_parts commit
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   1|            0|                    0
+part2  |           1|                   0|            0|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
+
+starting permutation: lock_share vac_all_parts commit check_stat
 step lock_share: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN SHARE MODE;
@@ -20,8 +34,22 @@ step vac_all_parts: VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED) parted;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   1|            0|                    0
+part2  |           1|                   0|            0|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
 
-starting permutation: lock_share analyze_specified commit
+starting permutation: lock_share analyze_specified commit check_stat
 step lock_share: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN SHARE MODE;
@@ -31,8 +59,22 @@ step analyze_specified: ANALYZE (SKIP_LOCKED) part1, part2;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
 
-starting permutation: lock_share analyze_all_parts commit
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   0|            0|                    1
+part2  |           0|                   0|            1|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
+
+starting permutation: lock_share analyze_all_parts commit check_stat
 step lock_share: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN SHARE MODE;
@@ -41,8 +83,22 @@ step analyze_all_parts: ANALYZE (SKIP_LOCKED) parted;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            1|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   0|            0|                    1
+part2  |           0|                   0|            1|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
 
-starting permutation: lock_share vac_analyze_specified commit
+starting permutation: lock_share vac_analyze_specified commit check_stat
 step lock_share: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN SHARE MODE;
@@ -52,8 +108,22 @@ step vac_analyze_specified: VACUUM (ANALYZE, SKIP_LOCKED) part1, part2;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
 
-starting permutation: lock_share vac_analyze_all_parts commit
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   1|            0|                    1
+part2  |           1|                   0|            1|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
+
+starting permutation: lock_share vac_analyze_all_parts commit check_stat
 step lock_share: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN SHARE MODE;
@@ -62,8 +132,22 @@ step vac_analyze_all_parts: VACUUM (ANALYZE, SKIP_LOCKED) parted;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            1|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   1|            0|                    1
+part2  |           1|                   0|            1|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
 
-starting permutation: lock_share vac_full_specified commit
+starting permutation: lock_share vac_full_specified commit check_stat
 step lock_share: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN SHARE MODE;
@@ -73,8 +157,22 @@ step vac_full_specified: VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED, FULL) part1, part2;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
 
-starting permutation: lock_share vac_full_all_parts commit
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part2  |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
+
+starting permutation: lock_share vac_full_all_parts commit check_stat
 step lock_share: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN SHARE MODE;
@@ -83,8 +181,22 @@ step vac_full_all_parts: VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED, FULL) parted;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part2  |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+(3 rows)
 
-starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_specified commit
+
+starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_specified commit check_stat
 step lock_access_exclusive: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN ACCESS EXCLUSIVE MODE;
@@ -94,8 +206,22 @@ step vac_specified: VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED) part1, part2;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   1|            0|                    0
+part2  |           1|                   0|            0|                    0
+(3 rows)
 
-starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_all_parts commit
+
+starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_all_parts commit check_stat
 step lock_access_exclusive: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN ACCESS EXCLUSIVE MODE;
@@ -104,8 +230,22 @@ step vac_all_parts: VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED) parted;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   1|            0|                    0
+part2  |           1|                   0|            0|                    0
+(3 rows)
 
-starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive analyze_specified commit
+
+starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive analyze_specified commit check_stat
 step lock_access_exclusive: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN ACCESS EXCLUSIVE MODE;
@@ -115,8 +255,22 @@ step analyze_specified: ANALYZE (SKIP_LOCKED) part1, part2;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   0|            0|                    1
+part2  |           0|                   0|            1|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
 
-starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive analyze_all_parts commit
+starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive analyze_all_parts commit check_stat
 step lock_access_exclusive: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN ACCESS EXCLUSIVE MODE;
@@ -126,8 +280,22 @@ step commit:
 	COMMIT;
 
 step analyze_all_parts: <... completed>
-
-starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_analyze_specified commit
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            1|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   0|            1|                    0
+part2  |           0|                   0|            1|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
+
+starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_analyze_specified commit check_stat
 step lock_access_exclusive: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN ACCESS EXCLUSIVE MODE;
@@ -137,8 +305,22 @@ step vac_analyze_specified: VACUUM (ANALYZE, SKIP_LOCKED) part1, part2;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   1|            0|                    1
+part2  |           1|                   0|            1|                    0
+(3 rows)
 
-starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_analyze_all_parts commit
+
+starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_analyze_all_parts commit check_stat
 step lock_access_exclusive: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN ACCESS EXCLUSIVE MODE;
@@ -148,8 +330,22 @@ step commit:
 	COMMIT;
 
 step vac_analyze_all_parts: <... completed>
-
-starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_full_specified commit
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            1|                    0
+part1  |           1|                   0|            1|                    0
+part2  |           1|                   0|            1|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
+
+starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_full_specified commit check_stat
 step lock_access_exclusive: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN ACCESS EXCLUSIVE MODE;
@@ -159,8 +355,22 @@ step vac_full_specified: VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED, FULL) part1, part2;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
 
-starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_full_all_parts commit
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part2  |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
+
+starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_full_all_parts commit check_stat
 step lock_access_exclusive: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN ACCESS EXCLUSIVE MODE;
@@ -169,3 +379,17 @@ step vac_full_all_parts: VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED, FULL) parted;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part2  |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
diff --git a/src/test/isolation/specs/vacuum-skip-locked.spec b/src/test/isolation/specs/vacuum-skip-locked.spec
index 3fad6e1c92a..b0da75d4b6d 100644
--- a/src/test/isolation/specs/vacuum-skip-locked.spec
+++ b/src/test/isolation/specs/vacuum-skip-locked.spec
@@ -33,6 +33,15 @@ step commit
 	COMMIT;
 }
 
+step check_stat
+{
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+}
+
 session s2
 step vac_specified			{ VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED) part1, part2; }
 step vac_all_parts			{ VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED) parted; }
@@ -43,19 +52,19 @@ step vac_analyze_all_parts	{ VACUUM (ANALYZE, SKIP_LOCKED) parted; }
 step vac_full_specified		{ VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED, FULL) part1, part2; }
 step vac_full_all_parts		{ VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED, FULL) parted; }
 
-permutation lock_share vac_specified commit
-permutation lock_share vac_all_parts commit
-permutation lock_share analyze_specified commit
-permutation lock_share analyze_all_parts commit
-permutation lock_share vac_analyze_specified commit
-permutation lock_share vac_analyze_all_parts commit
-permutation lock_share vac_full_specified commit
-permutation lock_share vac_full_all_parts commit
-permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_specified commit
-permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_all_parts commit
-permutation lock_access_exclusive analyze_specified commit
-permutation lock_access_exclusive analyze_all_parts commit
-permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_analyze_specified commit
-permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_analyze_all_parts commit
-permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_full_specified commit
-permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_full_all_parts commit
+permutation lock_share vac_specified commit check_stat
+permutation lock_share vac_all_parts commit check_stat
+permutation lock_share analyze_specified commit check_stat
+permutation lock_share analyze_all_parts commit check_stat
+permutation lock_share vac_analyze_specified commit check_stat
+permutation lock_share vac_analyze_all_parts commit check_stat
+permutation lock_share vac_full_specified commit check_stat
+permutation lock_share vac_full_all_parts commit check_stat
+permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_specified commit check_stat
+permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_all_parts commit check_stat
+permutation lock_access_exclusive analyze_specified commit check_stat
+permutation lock_access_exclusive analyze_all_parts commit check_stat
+permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_analyze_specified commit check_stat
+permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_analyze_all_parts commit check_stat
+permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_full_specified commit check_stat
+permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_full_all_parts commit check_stat
diff --git a/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out b/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out
index a65a5bf0c4f..9b2075d3373 100644
--- a/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out
+++ b/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out
@@ -1835,13 +1835,21 @@ pg_stat_all_tables| SELECT c.oid AS relid,
     pg_stat_get_mod_since_analyze(c.oid) AS n_mod_since_analyze,
     pg_stat_get_ins_since_vacuum(c.oid) AS n_ins_since_vacuum,
     pg_stat_get_last_vacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_vacuum,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_vacuum,
     pg_stat_get_last_autovacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_autovacuum,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_autovacuum,
     pg_stat_get_last_analyze_time(c.oid) AS last_analyze,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_analyze,
     pg_stat_get_last_autoanalyze_time(c.oid) AS last_autoanalyze,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_autoanalyze,
     pg_stat_get_vacuum_count(c.oid) AS vacuum_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count(c.oid) AS skipped_vacuum_count,
     pg_stat_get_autovacuum_count(c.oid) AS autovacuum_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count(c.oid) AS skipped_autovacuum_count,
     pg_stat_get_analyze_count(c.oid) AS analyze_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count(c.oid) AS skipped_analyze_count,
     pg_stat_get_autoanalyze_count(c.oid) AS autoanalyze_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count(c.oid) AS skipped_autoanalyze_count,
     pg_stat_get_total_vacuum_time(c.oid) AS total_vacuum_time,
     pg_stat_get_total_autovacuum_time(c.oid) AS total_autovacuum_time,
     pg_stat_get_total_analyze_time(c.oid) AS total_analyze_time,
@@ -2346,13 +2354,21 @@ pg_stat_sys_tables| SELECT relid,
     n_mod_since_analyze,
     n_ins_since_vacuum,
     last_vacuum,
+    last_skipped_vacuum,
     last_autovacuum,
+    last_skipped_autovacuum,
     last_analyze,
+    last_skipped_analyze,
     last_autoanalyze,
+    last_skipped_autoanalyze,
     vacuum_count,
+    skipped_vacuum_count,
     autovacuum_count,
+    skipped_autovacuum_count,
     analyze_count,
+    skipped_analyze_count,
     autoanalyze_count,
+    skipped_autoanalyze_count,
     total_vacuum_time,
     total_autovacuum_time,
     total_analyze_time,
@@ -2401,13 +2417,21 @@ pg_stat_user_tables| SELECT relid,
     n_mod_since_analyze,
     n_ins_since_vacuum,
     last_vacuum,
+    last_skipped_vacuum,
     last_autovacuum,
+    last_skipped_autovacuum,
     last_analyze,
+    last_skipped_analyze,
     last_autoanalyze,
+    last_skipped_autoanalyze,
     vacuum_count,
+    skipped_vacuum_count,
     autovacuum_count,
+    skipped_autovacuum_count,
     analyze_count,
+    skipped_analyze_count,
     autoanalyze_count,
+    skipped_autoanalyze_count,
     total_vacuum_time,
     total_autovacuum_time,
     total_analyze_time,
-- 
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* [PATCH v5] Track skipped vacuum and analyze activity per relation
@ 2026-03-24 04:09 Yugo Nagata <[email protected]>
  0 siblings, 0 replies; 374+ messages in thread

From: Yugo Nagata @ 2026-03-24 04:09 UTC (permalink / raw)

This commit adds eight fields to the relation statistics that track
the last time vacuum or analyze has been attempted but skipped due to
lock unavailability, along with their counts:

-    last_skipped_vacuum
-    last_skipped_autovacuum
-    last_skipped_analyze
-    last_skipped_autoanalyze
-    skipped_vacuum_count
-    skipped_autovacuum_count
-    skipped_analyze_count
-    skipped_autoanalyze_count

These field can help users confirm that autovacuum is actively attempting
to run on a table that has not been vacuumed or analyzed for a long time,
and that the lack of progress is due to repeated skips rather than inactivity.
---
 doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml                  |  88 ++++++
 src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql          |   8 +
 src/backend/commands/vacuum.c                 | 100 +++++--
 src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c  |  64 +++++
 src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c           |  24 ++
 src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat               |  32 +++
 src/include/pgstat.h                          |  16 ++
 .../isolation/expected/vacuum-skip-locked.out | 260 ++++++++++++++++--
 .../isolation/specs/vacuum-skip-locked.spec   |  41 +--
 src/test/regress/expected/rules.out           |  24 ++
 10 files changed, 601 insertions(+), 56 deletions(-)

diff --git a/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml b/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml
index 08d5b824552..a9b579d87a9 100644
--- a/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml
+++ b/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml
@@ -4387,6 +4387,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_vacuum</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time a manual vacuum on this table was attempted but skipped due to
+       lock unavailability (not counting <command>VACUUM FULL</command>)
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>last_autovacuum</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
@@ -4397,6 +4407,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_autovacuum</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time a vacuum on this table by the autovacuum daemon was attempted
+       but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>last_analyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
@@ -4406,6 +4426,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_analyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time a manual analyze on this table was attempted but skipped due to
+       lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>last_autoanalyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
@@ -4416,6 +4446,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_autoanalyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time at which an analyze on this table by the autovacuum was
+       attempted but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>vacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4426,6 +4466,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_vacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times manual vacuums on this table have been attempted but skipped
+       due to lock unavailability (not counting <command>VACUUM FULL</command>)
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>autovacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4436,6 +4486,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_autovacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times vacuums on this table by the autovacuum daemon have been
+       attempted but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>analyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4445,6 +4505,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_analyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times manual analyzes on this table have been attempted but
+       skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>autoanalyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4455,6 +4525,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_autoanalyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times analyzes on this table by the autovacuum daemon have
+       been attempted but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>total_vacuum_time</structfield> <type>double precision</type>
@@ -4510,6 +4590,14 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
    </tgroup>
   </table>
 
+  <note>
+   <para>
+    When a manual vacuum or analyze on a parent table in an inheritance or
+    partitioning hierarchy is skipped, the statistics are recorded only for
+    the parent table, not for its children.
+   </para>
+  </note>
+
  </sect2>
 
  <sect2 id="monitoring-pg-stat-autovacuum-scores-view">
diff --git a/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql b/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql
index 73a1c1c4670..f509fc7876b 100644
--- a/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql
+++ b/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql
@@ -736,13 +736,21 @@ CREATE VIEW pg_stat_all_tables AS
             pg_stat_get_mod_since_analyze(C.oid) AS n_mod_since_analyze,
             pg_stat_get_ins_since_vacuum(C.oid) AS n_ins_since_vacuum,
             pg_stat_get_last_vacuum_time(C.oid) as last_vacuum,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_vacuum,
             pg_stat_get_last_autovacuum_time(C.oid) as last_autovacuum,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_autovacuum,
             pg_stat_get_last_analyze_time(C.oid) as last_analyze,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_analyze,
             pg_stat_get_last_autoanalyze_time(C.oid) as last_autoanalyze,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_autoanalyze,
             pg_stat_get_vacuum_count(C.oid) AS vacuum_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count(C.oid) AS skipped_vacuum_count,
             pg_stat_get_autovacuum_count(C.oid) AS autovacuum_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count(C.oid) AS skipped_autovacuum_count,
             pg_stat_get_analyze_count(C.oid) AS analyze_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count(C.oid) AS skipped_analyze_count,
             pg_stat_get_autoanalyze_count(C.oid) AS autoanalyze_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count(C.oid) AS skipped_autoanalyze_count,
             pg_stat_get_total_vacuum_time(C.oid) AS total_vacuum_time,
             pg_stat_get_total_autovacuum_time(C.oid) AS total_autovacuum_time,
             pg_stat_get_total_analyze_time(C.oid) AS total_analyze_time,
diff --git a/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c b/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c
index 99d0db82ed7..df6526225e4 100644
--- a/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c
+++ b/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c
@@ -793,8 +793,25 @@ vacuum_open_relation(Oid relid, RangeVar *relation, uint32 options,
 		rel = try_relation_open(relid, NoLock);
 	else
 	{
+		int flags = 0;
 		rel = NULL;
 		rel_lock = false;
+
+		if ((options & VACOPT_VACUUM) != 0 && (options & VACOPT_FULL) == 0)
+		{
+			if (AmAutoVacuumWorkerProcess())
+				flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOVACUUM;
+			else
+				flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM;
+		}
+		if ((options & VACOPT_ANALYZE) != 0)
+		{
+			if (AmAutoVacuumWorkerProcess())
+				flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOANALYZE;
+			else
+				flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE;
+		}
+		pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(relid, flags);
 	}
 
 	/* if relation is opened, leave */
@@ -905,7 +922,6 @@ expand_vacuum_rel(VacuumRelation *vrel, MemoryContext vac_context,
 		Form_pg_class classForm;
 		bool		include_children;
 		bool		is_partitioned_table;
-		int			rvr_opts;
 
 		/*
 		 * Since autovacuum workers supply OIDs when calling vacuum(), no
@@ -918,29 +934,69 @@ expand_vacuum_rel(VacuumRelation *vrel, MemoryContext vac_context,
 		 * below, as well as find_all_inheritors's expectation that the caller
 		 * holds some lock on the starting relation.
 		 */
-		rvr_opts = (options & VACOPT_SKIP_LOCKED) ? RVR_SKIP_LOCKED : 0;
-		relid = RangeVarGetRelidExtended(vrel->relation,
-										 AccessShareLock,
-										 rvr_opts,
-										 NULL, NULL);
-
-		/*
-		 * If the lock is unavailable, emit the same log statement that
-		 * vacuum_rel() and analyze_rel() would.
-		 */
-		if (!OidIsValid(relid))
+		if (!(options & VACOPT_SKIP_LOCKED))
 		{
-			if (options & VACOPT_VACUUM)
-				ereport(WARNING,
-						(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
-						 errmsg("skipping vacuum of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
-								vrel->relation->relname)));
-			else
-				ereport(WARNING,
-						(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
-						 errmsg("skipping analyze of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
+			relid = RangeVarGetRelidExtended(vrel->relation,
+											 AccessShareLock,
+											 0, NULL, NULL);
+			if (!OidIsValid(relid))
+				return vacrels;
+		}
+		else
+		{
+			/* Get relid for reporting before taking a lock */
+			relid = RangeVarGetRelid(vrel->relation, NoLock, false);
+
+			if (!ConditionalLockRelationOid(relid, AccessShareLock))
+			{
+				int	flags = 0;
+				/*
+				 * If the lock is unavailable, emit the same log statement that
+				 * vacuum_rel() and analyze_rel() would.
+				 */
+				if (options & VACOPT_VACUUM)
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping vacuum of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
 								vrel->relation->relname)));
-			return vacrels;
+				else
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping analyze of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
+									vrel->relation->relname)));
+
+				if ((options & VACOPT_VACUUM) != 0 && (options & VACOPT_FULL) == 0)
+					flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM;
+				if ((options & VACOPT_ANALYZE) != 0)
+					flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE;
+
+				pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(relid, flags);
+
+				return vacrels;
+			}
+
+			/*
+			 * Now that we have the lock, probe to see if the relation really
+			 * exists or not.
+			 */
+			if (!SearchSysCacheExists1(RELOID, ObjectIdGetDatum(relid)))
+			{
+				if (options & VACOPT_VACUUM)
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_UNDEFINED_TABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping vacuum of \"%s\" --- relation no longer exists",
+									vrel->relation->relname)));
+				else
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_UNDEFINED_TABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping analyze of \"%s\" --- relation no longer exists",
+									vrel->relation->relname)));
+
+				/* Release useless lock */
+				UnlockRelationOid(relid, AccessShareLock);
+
+				return vacrels;
+			}
 		}
 
 		/*
diff --git a/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c b/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c
index b2ca28f83ba..532d9023f8c 100644
--- a/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c
+++ b/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c
@@ -17,12 +17,14 @@
 
 #include "postgres.h"
 
+#include "access/htup_details.h"
 #include "access/twophase_rmgr.h"
 #include "access/xact.h"
 #include "catalog/catalog.h"
 #include "utils/memutils.h"
 #include "utils/pgstat_internal.h"
 #include "utils/rel.h"
+#include "utils/syscache.h"
 #include "utils/timestamp.h"
 
 
@@ -367,6 +369,68 @@ pgstat_report_analyze(Relation rel,
 	(void) pgstat_flush_backend(false, PGSTAT_BACKEND_FLUSH_IO);
 }
 
+/*
+ * Report that the table was skipped during vacuum or/and analyze.
+ */
+void
+pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(Oid relid, int flags)
+{
+	PgStat_EntryRef *entry_ref;
+	PgStatShared_Relation *shtabentry;
+	PgStat_StatTabEntry *tabentry;
+	TimestampTz ts;
+	HeapTuple	classTup;
+	bool		isshared;
+
+	if (!pgstat_track_counts || !flags)
+		return;
+
+	classTup = SearchSysCache1(RELOID, ObjectIdGetDatum(relid));
+	if (!HeapTupleIsValid(classTup))
+		return;			/* somebody deleted the rel, forget it */
+	isshared = ((Form_pg_class) GETSTRUCT(classTup))->relisshared;
+	ReleaseSysCache(classTup);
+
+	/* Store the data in the table's hash table entry. */
+	ts = GetCurrentTimestamp();
+
+	/* block acquiring lock for the same reason as pgstat_report_autovac() */
+	entry_ref = pgstat_get_entry_ref_locked(PGSTAT_KIND_RELATION,
+											isshared ? InvalidOid : MyDatabaseId,
+											relid, false);
+
+	shtabentry = (PgStatShared_Relation *) entry_ref->shared_stats;
+	tabentry = &shtabentry->stats;
+
+	if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM)
+	{
+		tabentry->last_skipped_vacuum_time = ts;
+		tabentry->skipped_vacuum_count++;
+	}
+	else if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOVACUUM)
+	{
+		tabentry->last_skipped_autovacuum_time = ts;
+		tabentry->skipped_autovacuum_count++;
+	}
+
+	if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE)
+	{
+		tabentry->last_skipped_analyze_time = ts;
+		tabentry->skipped_analyze_count++;
+	}
+	else if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOANALYZE)
+	{
+		tabentry->last_skipped_autoanalyze_time = ts;
+		tabentry->skipped_autoanalyze_count++;
+	}
+
+	pgstat_unlock_entry(entry_ref);
+
+	/* see pgstat_report_vacuum() */
+	pgstat_flush_io(false);
+	(void) pgstat_flush_backend(false, PGSTAT_BACKEND_FLUSH_IO);
+}
+
 /*
  * count a tuple insertion of n tuples
  */
diff --git a/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c b/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c
index 1408de387ea..90a8968faa0 100644
--- a/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c
+++ b/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c
@@ -84,6 +84,18 @@ PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(mod_since_analyze)
 /* pg_stat_get_numscans */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(numscans)
 
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_analyze_count)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_autoanalyze_count)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_autovacuum_count)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_vacuum_count)
+
 /* pg_stat_get_tuples_deleted */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(tuples_deleted)
 
@@ -170,6 +182,18 @@ PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_vacuum_time)
 /* pg_stat_get_lastscan */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(lastscan)
 
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_analyze_time)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_autoanalyze_time)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_autovacuum_time)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_vacuum_time)
+
 /* pg_stat_get_stat_reset_time */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(stat_reset_time)
 
diff --git a/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat b/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat
index fa9ae79082b..32debb34863 100644
--- a/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat
+++ b/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat
@@ -5680,6 +5680,38 @@
   proargmodes => '{o,o,o,o,o,o,o,o,o,o}',
   proargnames => '{oid,score,xid_score,mxid_score,vacuum_score,vacuum_insert_score,analyze_score,do_vacuum,do_analyze,for_wraparound}',
   prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_autovacuum_scores' },
+{ oid => '8142', descr => 'statistics: last skipped vacuum time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time' },
+{ oid => '8143', descr => 'statistics: last skipped auto vacuum time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time' },
+{ oid => '8144', descr => 'statistics: last skipped analyze time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time' },
+{ oid => '8145', descr => 'statistics: last skipped auto analyze time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time' },
+{ oid => '8146', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped vacuum for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count' },
+{ oid => '8147', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped auto vacuum for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count' },
+{ oid => '8148', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped analyzes for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count' },
+{ oid => '8149', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped auto analyzes for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count' },
 { oid => '1936', descr => 'statistics: currently active backend IDs',
   proname => 'pg_stat_get_backend_idset', prorows => '100', proretset => 't',
   provolatile => 's', proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int4',
diff --git a/src/include/pgstat.h b/src/include/pgstat.h
index dfa2e837638..98941f953d1 100644
--- a/src/include/pgstat.h
+++ b/src/include/pgstat.h
@@ -479,6 +479,15 @@ typedef struct PgStat_StatTabEntry
 	TimestampTz last_autoanalyze_time;	/* autovacuum initiated */
 	PgStat_Counter autoanalyze_count;
 
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_vacuum_time;	/* user initiated vacuum */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_vacuum_count;
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_autovacuum_time;	/* autovacuum initiated */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_autovacuum_count;
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_analyze_time;	/* user initiated */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_analyze_count;
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_autoanalyze_time;	/* autovacuum initiated */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_autoanalyze_count;
+
 	PgStat_Counter total_vacuum_time;	/* times in milliseconds */
 	PgStat_Counter total_autovacuum_time;
 	PgStat_Counter total_analyze_time;
@@ -703,6 +712,13 @@ extern void pgstat_report_analyze(Relation rel,
 								  PgStat_Counter livetuples, PgStat_Counter deadtuples,
 								  bool resetcounter, TimestampTz starttime);
 
+/* flags for pgstat_flush_backend() */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM		(1 << 0)	/* vacuum is skipped */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE		(1 << 1)	/* analyze is skipped */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOVACUUM	(1 << 2)	/* autovacuum is skipped */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOANALYZE	(1 << 3)	/* autoanalyze is skipped */
+extern void pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(Oid relid, int flags);
+
 /*
  * If stats are enabled, but pending data hasn't been prepared yet, call
  * pgstat_assoc_relation() to do so. See its comment for why this is done
diff --git a/src/test/isolation/expected/vacuum-skip-locked.out b/src/test/isolation/expected/vacuum-skip-locked.out
index 99db281a159..e2cff175b7c 100644
--- a/src/test/isolation/expected/vacuum-skip-locked.out
+++ b/src/test/isolation/expected/vacuum-skip-locked.out
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 Parsed test spec with 2 sessions
 
-starting permutation: lock_share vac_specified commit
+starting permutation: lock_share vac_specified commit check_stat
 step lock_share: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN SHARE MODE;
@@ -10,8 +10,22 @@ step vac_specified: VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED) part1, part2;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
 
-starting permutation: lock_share vac_all_parts commit
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   1|            0|                    0
+part2  |           1|                   0|            0|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
+
+starting permutation: lock_share vac_all_parts commit check_stat
 step lock_share: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN SHARE MODE;
@@ -20,8 +34,22 @@ step vac_all_parts: VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED) parted;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   1|            0|                    0
+part2  |           1|                   0|            0|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
 
-starting permutation: lock_share analyze_specified commit
+starting permutation: lock_share analyze_specified commit check_stat
 step lock_share: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN SHARE MODE;
@@ -31,8 +59,22 @@ step analyze_specified: ANALYZE (SKIP_LOCKED) part1, part2;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
 
-starting permutation: lock_share analyze_all_parts commit
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   0|            0|                    1
+part2  |           0|                   0|            1|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
+
+starting permutation: lock_share analyze_all_parts commit check_stat
 step lock_share: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN SHARE MODE;
@@ -41,8 +83,22 @@ step analyze_all_parts: ANALYZE (SKIP_LOCKED) parted;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            1|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   0|            0|                    1
+part2  |           0|                   0|            1|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
 
-starting permutation: lock_share vac_analyze_specified commit
+starting permutation: lock_share vac_analyze_specified commit check_stat
 step lock_share: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN SHARE MODE;
@@ -52,8 +108,22 @@ step vac_analyze_specified: VACUUM (ANALYZE, SKIP_LOCKED) part1, part2;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
 
-starting permutation: lock_share vac_analyze_all_parts commit
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   1|            0|                    1
+part2  |           1|                   0|            1|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
+
+starting permutation: lock_share vac_analyze_all_parts commit check_stat
 step lock_share: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN SHARE MODE;
@@ -62,8 +132,22 @@ step vac_analyze_all_parts: VACUUM (ANALYZE, SKIP_LOCKED) parted;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            1|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   1|            0|                    1
+part2  |           1|                   0|            1|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
 
-starting permutation: lock_share vac_full_specified commit
+starting permutation: lock_share vac_full_specified commit check_stat
 step lock_share: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN SHARE MODE;
@@ -73,8 +157,22 @@ step vac_full_specified: VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED, FULL) part1, part2;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
 
-starting permutation: lock_share vac_full_all_parts commit
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part2  |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
+
+starting permutation: lock_share vac_full_all_parts commit check_stat
 step lock_share: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN SHARE MODE;
@@ -83,8 +181,22 @@ step vac_full_all_parts: VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED, FULL) parted;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part2  |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+(3 rows)
 
-starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_specified commit
+
+starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_specified commit check_stat
 step lock_access_exclusive: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN ACCESS EXCLUSIVE MODE;
@@ -94,8 +206,22 @@ step vac_specified: VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED) part1, part2;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   1|            0|                    0
+part2  |           1|                   0|            0|                    0
+(3 rows)
 
-starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_all_parts commit
+
+starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_all_parts commit check_stat
 step lock_access_exclusive: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN ACCESS EXCLUSIVE MODE;
@@ -104,8 +230,22 @@ step vac_all_parts: VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED) parted;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   1|            0|                    0
+part2  |           1|                   0|            0|                    0
+(3 rows)
 
-starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive analyze_specified commit
+
+starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive analyze_specified commit check_stat
 step lock_access_exclusive: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN ACCESS EXCLUSIVE MODE;
@@ -115,8 +255,22 @@ step analyze_specified: ANALYZE (SKIP_LOCKED) part1, part2;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   0|            0|                    1
+part2  |           0|                   0|            1|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
 
-starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive analyze_all_parts commit
+starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive analyze_all_parts commit check_stat
 step lock_access_exclusive: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN ACCESS EXCLUSIVE MODE;
@@ -126,8 +280,22 @@ step commit:
 	COMMIT;
 
 step analyze_all_parts: <... completed>
-
-starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_analyze_specified commit
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            1|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   0|            1|                    0
+part2  |           0|                   0|            1|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
+
+starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_analyze_specified commit check_stat
 step lock_access_exclusive: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN ACCESS EXCLUSIVE MODE;
@@ -137,8 +305,22 @@ step vac_analyze_specified: VACUUM (ANALYZE, SKIP_LOCKED) part1, part2;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   1|            0|                    1
+part2  |           1|                   0|            1|                    0
+(3 rows)
 
-starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_analyze_all_parts commit
+
+starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_analyze_all_parts commit check_stat
 step lock_access_exclusive: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN ACCESS EXCLUSIVE MODE;
@@ -148,8 +330,22 @@ step commit:
 	COMMIT;
 
 step vac_analyze_all_parts: <... completed>
-
-starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_full_specified commit
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            1|                    0
+part1  |           1|                   0|            1|                    0
+part2  |           1|                   0|            1|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
+
+starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_full_specified commit check_stat
 step lock_access_exclusive: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN ACCESS EXCLUSIVE MODE;
@@ -159,8 +355,22 @@ step vac_full_specified: VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED, FULL) part1, part2;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
 
-starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_full_all_parts commit
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part2  |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
+
+starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_full_all_parts commit check_stat
 step lock_access_exclusive: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN ACCESS EXCLUSIVE MODE;
@@ -169,3 +379,17 @@ step vac_full_all_parts: VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED, FULL) parted;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part2  |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
diff --git a/src/test/isolation/specs/vacuum-skip-locked.spec b/src/test/isolation/specs/vacuum-skip-locked.spec
index 3fad6e1c92a..b0da75d4b6d 100644
--- a/src/test/isolation/specs/vacuum-skip-locked.spec
+++ b/src/test/isolation/specs/vacuum-skip-locked.spec
@@ -33,6 +33,15 @@ step commit
 	COMMIT;
 }
 
+step check_stat
+{
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+}
+
 session s2
 step vac_specified			{ VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED) part1, part2; }
 step vac_all_parts			{ VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED) parted; }
@@ -43,19 +52,19 @@ step vac_analyze_all_parts	{ VACUUM (ANALYZE, SKIP_LOCKED) parted; }
 step vac_full_specified		{ VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED, FULL) part1, part2; }
 step vac_full_all_parts		{ VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED, FULL) parted; }
 
-permutation lock_share vac_specified commit
-permutation lock_share vac_all_parts commit
-permutation lock_share analyze_specified commit
-permutation lock_share analyze_all_parts commit
-permutation lock_share vac_analyze_specified commit
-permutation lock_share vac_analyze_all_parts commit
-permutation lock_share vac_full_specified commit
-permutation lock_share vac_full_all_parts commit
-permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_specified commit
-permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_all_parts commit
-permutation lock_access_exclusive analyze_specified commit
-permutation lock_access_exclusive analyze_all_parts commit
-permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_analyze_specified commit
-permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_analyze_all_parts commit
-permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_full_specified commit
-permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_full_all_parts commit
+permutation lock_share vac_specified commit check_stat
+permutation lock_share vac_all_parts commit check_stat
+permutation lock_share analyze_specified commit check_stat
+permutation lock_share analyze_all_parts commit check_stat
+permutation lock_share vac_analyze_specified commit check_stat
+permutation lock_share vac_analyze_all_parts commit check_stat
+permutation lock_share vac_full_specified commit check_stat
+permutation lock_share vac_full_all_parts commit check_stat
+permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_specified commit check_stat
+permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_all_parts commit check_stat
+permutation lock_access_exclusive analyze_specified commit check_stat
+permutation lock_access_exclusive analyze_all_parts commit check_stat
+permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_analyze_specified commit check_stat
+permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_analyze_all_parts commit check_stat
+permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_full_specified commit check_stat
+permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_full_all_parts commit check_stat
diff --git a/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out b/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out
index a65a5bf0c4f..9b2075d3373 100644
--- a/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out
+++ b/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out
@@ -1835,13 +1835,21 @@ pg_stat_all_tables| SELECT c.oid AS relid,
     pg_stat_get_mod_since_analyze(c.oid) AS n_mod_since_analyze,
     pg_stat_get_ins_since_vacuum(c.oid) AS n_ins_since_vacuum,
     pg_stat_get_last_vacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_vacuum,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_vacuum,
     pg_stat_get_last_autovacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_autovacuum,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_autovacuum,
     pg_stat_get_last_analyze_time(c.oid) AS last_analyze,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_analyze,
     pg_stat_get_last_autoanalyze_time(c.oid) AS last_autoanalyze,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_autoanalyze,
     pg_stat_get_vacuum_count(c.oid) AS vacuum_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count(c.oid) AS skipped_vacuum_count,
     pg_stat_get_autovacuum_count(c.oid) AS autovacuum_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count(c.oid) AS skipped_autovacuum_count,
     pg_stat_get_analyze_count(c.oid) AS analyze_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count(c.oid) AS skipped_analyze_count,
     pg_stat_get_autoanalyze_count(c.oid) AS autoanalyze_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count(c.oid) AS skipped_autoanalyze_count,
     pg_stat_get_total_vacuum_time(c.oid) AS total_vacuum_time,
     pg_stat_get_total_autovacuum_time(c.oid) AS total_autovacuum_time,
     pg_stat_get_total_analyze_time(c.oid) AS total_analyze_time,
@@ -2346,13 +2354,21 @@ pg_stat_sys_tables| SELECT relid,
     n_mod_since_analyze,
     n_ins_since_vacuum,
     last_vacuum,
+    last_skipped_vacuum,
     last_autovacuum,
+    last_skipped_autovacuum,
     last_analyze,
+    last_skipped_analyze,
     last_autoanalyze,
+    last_skipped_autoanalyze,
     vacuum_count,
+    skipped_vacuum_count,
     autovacuum_count,
+    skipped_autovacuum_count,
     analyze_count,
+    skipped_analyze_count,
     autoanalyze_count,
+    skipped_autoanalyze_count,
     total_vacuum_time,
     total_autovacuum_time,
     total_analyze_time,
@@ -2401,13 +2417,21 @@ pg_stat_user_tables| SELECT relid,
     n_mod_since_analyze,
     n_ins_since_vacuum,
     last_vacuum,
+    last_skipped_vacuum,
     last_autovacuum,
+    last_skipped_autovacuum,
     last_analyze,
+    last_skipped_analyze,
     last_autoanalyze,
+    last_skipped_autoanalyze,
     vacuum_count,
+    skipped_vacuum_count,
     autovacuum_count,
+    skipped_autovacuum_count,
     analyze_count,
+    skipped_analyze_count,
     autoanalyze_count,
+    skipped_autoanalyze_count,
     total_vacuum_time,
     total_autovacuum_time,
     total_analyze_time,
-- 
2.43.0


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* [PATCH v3] Track skipped vacuum and analyze activity per relation
@ 2026-03-24 04:09 Yugo Nagata <[email protected]>
  0 siblings, 0 replies; 374+ messages in thread

From: Yugo Nagata @ 2026-03-24 04:09 UTC (permalink / raw)

This commit adds eight fields to the relation statistics that track
the last time vacuum or analyze has been attempted but skipped due to
lock unavailability, along with their counts:

-    last_skipped_vacuum
-    last_skipped_autovacuum
-    last_skipped_analyze
-    last_skipped_autoanalyze
-    skipped_vacuum_count
-    skipped_autovacuum_count
-    skipped_analyze_count
-    skipped_autoanalyze_count

These field can help users confirm that autovacuum is actively attempting
to run on a table that has not been vacuumed or analyzed for a long time,
and that the lack of progress is due to repeated skips rather than inactivity.
---
 doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml                 | 80 +++++++++++++++++
 src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql         |  8 ++
 src/backend/commands/vacuum.c                | 95 +++++++++++++++-----
 src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c | 68 ++++++++++++++
 src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c          | 24 +++++
 src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat              | 32 +++++++
 src/include/pgstat.h                         | 16 ++++
 src/test/regress/expected/rules.out          | 24 +++++
 8 files changed, 324 insertions(+), 23 deletions(-)

diff --git a/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml b/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml
index bb75ed1069b..9ec8070b2fc 100644
--- a/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml
+++ b/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml
@@ -4372,6 +4372,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_vacuum</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time a manual vacuum on this table was attempted but skipped due to
+       lock unavailability (not counting <command>VACUUM FULL</command>)
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>last_autovacuum</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
@@ -4382,6 +4392,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_autovacuum</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time a vacuum on this table by the autovacuum daemon was attempted
+       but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>last_analyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
@@ -4391,6 +4411,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_analyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time a manual analyze on this table was attempted but skipped due to
+       lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>last_autoanalyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
@@ -4401,6 +4431,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_autoanalyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time at which an analyze on this table by the autovacuum was
+       attempted but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>vacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4411,6 +4451,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_vacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times vacuums on this table have been attempted but skipped
+       due to lock unavailability (not counting <command>VACUUM FULL</command>)
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>autovacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4421,6 +4471,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_autovacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times vacuums on this table by the autovacuum daemon have been
+       attempted but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>analyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4430,6 +4490,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_analyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times manual analyzes on this table have been attempted but
+       skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>autoanalyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4440,6 +4510,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_autoanalyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times analyzes on this table by the autovacuum daemon have
+       been attempted but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>total_vacuum_time</structfield> <type>double precision</type>
diff --git a/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql b/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql
index e54018004db..2ca02a0354c 100644
--- a/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql
+++ b/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql
@@ -736,13 +736,21 @@ CREATE VIEW pg_stat_all_tables AS
             pg_stat_get_mod_since_analyze(C.oid) AS n_mod_since_analyze,
             pg_stat_get_ins_since_vacuum(C.oid) AS n_ins_since_vacuum,
             pg_stat_get_last_vacuum_time(C.oid) as last_vacuum,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_vacuum,
             pg_stat_get_last_autovacuum_time(C.oid) as last_autovacuum,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_autovacuum,
             pg_stat_get_last_analyze_time(C.oid) as last_analyze,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_analyze,
             pg_stat_get_last_autoanalyze_time(C.oid) as last_autoanalyze,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_autoanalyze,
             pg_stat_get_vacuum_count(C.oid) AS vacuum_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count(C.oid) AS skipped_vacuum_count,
             pg_stat_get_autovacuum_count(C.oid) AS autovacuum_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count(C.oid) AS skipped_autovacuum_count,
             pg_stat_get_analyze_count(C.oid) AS analyze_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count(C.oid) AS skipped_analyze_count,
             pg_stat_get_autoanalyze_count(C.oid) AS autoanalyze_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count(C.oid) AS skipped_autoanalyze_count,
             pg_stat_get_total_vacuum_time(C.oid) AS total_vacuum_time,
             pg_stat_get_total_autovacuum_time(C.oid) AS total_autovacuum_time,
             pg_stat_get_total_analyze_time(C.oid) AS total_analyze_time,
diff --git a/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c b/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c
index bce3a2daa24..ce83b3171be 100644
--- a/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c
+++ b/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c
@@ -792,8 +792,18 @@ vacuum_open_relation(Oid relid, RangeVar *relation, bits32 options,
 		rel = try_relation_open(relid, NoLock);
 	else
 	{
+		bits8 flags = 0;
 		rel = NULL;
 		rel_lock = false;
+
+		if ((options & VACOPT_VACUUM) != 0)
+			flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM;
+		if ((options & VACOPT_ANALYZE) != 0)
+			flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE;
+		if (AmAutoVacuumWorkerProcess())
+			flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOVAC;
+
+		pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(relid, flags);
 	}
 
 	/* if relation is opened, leave */
@@ -801,7 +811,7 @@ vacuum_open_relation(Oid relid, RangeVar *relation, bits32 options,
 		return rel;
 
 	/*
-	 * Relation could not be opened, hence generate if possible a log
+	 * Relation could not be opened hence generate if possible a log
 	 * informing on the situation.
 	 *
 	 * If the RangeVar is not defined, we do not have enough information to
@@ -904,7 +914,6 @@ expand_vacuum_rel(VacuumRelation *vrel, MemoryContext vac_context,
 		Form_pg_class classForm;
 		bool		include_children;
 		bool		is_partitioned_table;
-		int			rvr_opts;
 
 		/*
 		 * Since autovacuum workers supply OIDs when calling vacuum(), no
@@ -917,29 +926,69 @@ expand_vacuum_rel(VacuumRelation *vrel, MemoryContext vac_context,
 		 * below, as well as find_all_inheritors's expectation that the caller
 		 * holds some lock on the starting relation.
 		 */
-		rvr_opts = (options & VACOPT_SKIP_LOCKED) ? RVR_SKIP_LOCKED : 0;
-		relid = RangeVarGetRelidExtended(vrel->relation,
-										 AccessShareLock,
-										 rvr_opts,
-										 NULL, NULL);
-
-		/*
-		 * If the lock is unavailable, emit the same log statement that
-		 * vacuum_rel() and analyze_rel() would.
-		 */
-		if (!OidIsValid(relid))
+		if (!(options & VACOPT_SKIP_LOCKED))
 		{
-			if (options & VACOPT_VACUUM)
-				ereport(WARNING,
-						(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
-						 errmsg("skipping vacuum of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
-								vrel->relation->relname)));
-			else
-				ereport(WARNING,
-						(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
-						 errmsg("skipping analyze of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
+			relid = RangeVarGetRelidExtended(vrel->relation,
+											 AccessShareLock,
+											 0, NULL, NULL);
+			if (!OidIsValid(relid))
+				return vacrels;
+		}
+		else
+		{
+			/* Get relid for reporting before taking a lock */
+			relid = RangeVarGetRelid(vrel->relation, NoLock, false);
+
+			if (!ConditionalLockRelationOid(relid, AccessShareLock))
+			{
+				bits8	flags = 0;
+				/*
+				 * If the lock is unavailable, emit the same log statement that
+				 * vacuum_rel() and analyze_rel() would.
+				 */
+				if (options & VACOPT_VACUUM)
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping vacuum of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
 								vrel->relation->relname)));
-			return vacrels;
+				else
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping analyze of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
+									vrel->relation->relname)));
+
+				if ((options & VACOPT_VACUUM) != 0)
+					flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM;
+				if ((options & VACOPT_ANALYZE) != 0)
+					flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE;
+
+				pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(relid, flags);
+
+				return vacrels;
+			}
+
+			/*
+			 * Now that we have the lock, probe to see if the relation really
+			 * exists or not.
+			 */
+			if (!SearchSysCacheExists1(RELOID, ObjectIdGetDatum(relid)))
+			{
+				if (options & VACOPT_VACUUM)
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_UNDEFINED_TABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping vacuum of \"%s\" --- relation no longer exists",
+									vrel->relation->relname)));
+				else
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_UNDEFINED_TABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping analyze of \"%s\" --- relation no longer exists",
+									vrel->relation->relname)));
+
+				/* Release useless lock */
+				UnlockRelationOid(relid, AccessShareLock);
+
+				return vacrels;
+			}
 		}
 
 		/*
diff --git a/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c b/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c
index bc8c43b96aa..cec4c88980e 100644
--- a/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c
+++ b/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c
@@ -17,6 +17,7 @@
 
 #include "postgres.h"
 
+#include "access/htup_details.h"
 #include "access/twophase_rmgr.h"
 #include "access/xact.h"
 #include "catalog/catalog.h"
@@ -366,6 +367,73 @@ pgstat_report_analyze(Relation rel,
 	(void) pgstat_flush_backend(false, PGSTAT_BACKEND_FLUSH_IO);
 }
 
+/*
+ * Report that the table was skipped during vacuum or/and analyze.
+ */
+void
+pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(Oid relid, bits8 flags)
+{
+	PgStat_EntryRef *entry_ref;
+	PgStatShared_Relation *shtabentry;
+	PgStat_StatTabEntry *tabentry;
+	TimestampTz ts;
+	HeapTuple	classTup;
+	bool		isshared;
+
+	if (!pgstat_track_counts || !(flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANY))
+		return;
+
+	classTup = SearchSysCache1(RELOID, ObjectIdGetDatum(relid));
+	if (!HeapTupleIsValid(classTup))
+		return;			/* somebody deleted the rel, forget it */
+	isshared = ((Form_pg_class) GETSTRUCT(classTup))->relisshared;
+	ReleaseSysCache(classTup);
+
+	/* Store the data in the table's hash table entry. */
+	ts = GetCurrentTimestamp();
+
+	/* block acquiring lock for the same reason as pgstat_report_autovac() */
+	entry_ref = pgstat_get_entry_ref_locked(PGSTAT_KIND_RELATION,
+											isshared ? InvalidOid : MyDatabaseId,
+											relid, false);
+
+	shtabentry = (PgStatShared_Relation *) entry_ref->shared_stats;
+	tabentry = &shtabentry->stats;
+
+	if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOVAC)
+	{
+		if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM)
+		{
+			tabentry->last_skipped_autovacuum_time = ts;
+			tabentry->skipped_autovacuum_count++;
+		}
+		if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE)
+		{
+			tabentry->last_skipped_autoanalyze_time = ts;
+			tabentry->skipped_autoanalyze_count++;
+		}
+	}
+	else
+	{
+		if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM)
+		{
+			tabentry->last_skipped_vacuum_time = ts;
+			tabentry->skipped_vacuum_count++;
+		}
+		if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE)
+		{
+			tabentry->last_skipped_analyze_time = ts;
+			tabentry->skipped_analyze_count++;
+		}
+	}
+
+	pgstat_unlock_entry(entry_ref);
+
+	/* see pgstat_report_vacuum() */
+	pgstat_flush_io(false);
+	(void) pgstat_flush_backend(false, PGSTAT_BACKEND_FLUSH_IO);
+}
+
 /*
  * count a tuple insertion of n tuples
  */
diff --git a/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c b/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c
index 9185a8e6b83..18aaa3996e1 100644
--- a/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c
+++ b/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c
@@ -84,6 +84,18 @@ PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(mod_since_analyze)
 /* pg_stat_get_numscans */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(numscans)
 
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_analyze_count)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_autoanalyze_count)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_autovacuum_count)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_vacuum_count)
+
 /* pg_stat_get_tuples_deleted */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(tuples_deleted)
 
@@ -170,6 +182,18 @@ PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_vacuum_time)
 /* pg_stat_get_lastscan */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(lastscan)
 
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_analyze_time)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_autoanalyze_time)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_autovacuum_time)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_vacuum_time)
+
 /* pg_stat_get_stat_reset_time */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(stat_reset_time)
 
diff --git a/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat b/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat
index 0118e970dda..ccfe3d9e02a 100644
--- a/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat
+++ b/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat
@@ -5667,6 +5667,38 @@
   proname => 'pg_stat_get_total_autoanalyze_time', provolatile => 's',
   proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'float8', proargtypes => 'oid',
   prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_total_autoanalyze_time' },
+{ oid => '8142', descr => 'statistics: last skipped vacuum time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time' },
+{ oid => '8143', descr => 'statistics: last skipped auto vacuum time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time' },
+{ oid => '8144', descr => 'statistics: last skipped analyze time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time' },
+{ oid => '8145', descr => 'statistics: last skipped auto analyze time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time' },
+{ oid => '8146', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped vacuum for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count' },
+{ oid => '8147', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped auto vacuum for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count' },
+{ oid => '8148', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped analyzes for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count' },
+{ oid => '8149', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped auto analyzes for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count' },
 { oid => '1936', descr => 'statistics: currently active backend IDs',
   proname => 'pg_stat_get_backend_idset', prorows => '100', proretset => 't',
   provolatile => 's', proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int4',
diff --git a/src/include/pgstat.h b/src/include/pgstat.h
index 8e3549c3752..343081a7a25 100644
--- a/src/include/pgstat.h
+++ b/src/include/pgstat.h
@@ -479,6 +479,15 @@ typedef struct PgStat_StatTabEntry
 	TimestampTz last_autoanalyze_time;	/* autovacuum initiated */
 	PgStat_Counter autoanalyze_count;
 
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_vacuum_time;	/* user initiated vacuum */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_vacuum_count;
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_autovacuum_time;	/* autovacuum initiated */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_autovacuum_count;
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_analyze_time;	/* user initiated */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_analyze_count;
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_autoanalyze_time;	/* autovacuum initiated */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_autoanalyze_count;
+
 	PgStat_Counter total_vacuum_time;	/* times in milliseconds */
 	PgStat_Counter total_autovacuum_time;
 	PgStat_Counter total_analyze_time;
@@ -707,6 +716,13 @@ extern void pgstat_report_analyze(Relation rel,
 								  PgStat_Counter livetuples, PgStat_Counter deadtuples,
 								  bool resetcounter, TimestampTz starttime);
 
+/* flags for pgstat_flush_backend() */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM	(1 << 0)	/* vacuum is skipped */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE	(1 << 1)	/* analyze is skipped */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOVAC	(1 << 2)	/* skipped during autovacuum/autoanalyze */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANY   (PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM | PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE)
+extern void pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(Oid relid, bits8 flags);
+
 /*
  * If stats are enabled, but pending data hasn't been prepared yet, call
  * pgstat_assoc_relation() to do so. See its comment for why this is done
diff --git a/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out b/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out
index 2b3cf6d8569..4ccfc43e903 100644
--- a/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out
+++ b/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out
@@ -1835,13 +1835,21 @@ pg_stat_all_tables| SELECT c.oid AS relid,
     pg_stat_get_mod_since_analyze(c.oid) AS n_mod_since_analyze,
     pg_stat_get_ins_since_vacuum(c.oid) AS n_ins_since_vacuum,
     pg_stat_get_last_vacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_vacuum,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_vacuum,
     pg_stat_get_last_autovacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_autovacuum,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_autovacuum,
     pg_stat_get_last_analyze_time(c.oid) AS last_analyze,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_analyze,
     pg_stat_get_last_autoanalyze_time(c.oid) AS last_autoanalyze,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_autoanalyze,
     pg_stat_get_vacuum_count(c.oid) AS vacuum_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count(c.oid) AS skipped_vacuum_count,
     pg_stat_get_autovacuum_count(c.oid) AS autovacuum_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count(c.oid) AS skipped_autovacuum_count,
     pg_stat_get_analyze_count(c.oid) AS analyze_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count(c.oid) AS skipped_analyze_count,
     pg_stat_get_autoanalyze_count(c.oid) AS autoanalyze_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count(c.oid) AS skipped_autoanalyze_count,
     pg_stat_get_total_vacuum_time(c.oid) AS total_vacuum_time,
     pg_stat_get_total_autovacuum_time(c.oid) AS total_autovacuum_time,
     pg_stat_get_total_analyze_time(c.oid) AS total_analyze_time,
@@ -2293,13 +2301,21 @@ pg_stat_sys_tables| SELECT relid,
     n_mod_since_analyze,
     n_ins_since_vacuum,
     last_vacuum,
+    last_skipped_vacuum,
     last_autovacuum,
+    last_skipped_autovacuum,
     last_analyze,
+    last_skipped_analyze,
     last_autoanalyze,
+    last_skipped_autoanalyze,
     vacuum_count,
+    skipped_vacuum_count,
     autovacuum_count,
+    skipped_autovacuum_count,
     analyze_count,
+    skipped_analyze_count,
     autoanalyze_count,
+    skipped_autoanalyze_count,
     total_vacuum_time,
     total_autovacuum_time,
     total_analyze_time,
@@ -2348,13 +2364,21 @@ pg_stat_user_tables| SELECT relid,
     n_mod_since_analyze,
     n_ins_since_vacuum,
     last_vacuum,
+    last_skipped_vacuum,
     last_autovacuum,
+    last_skipped_autovacuum,
     last_analyze,
+    last_skipped_analyze,
     last_autoanalyze,
+    last_skipped_autoanalyze,
     vacuum_count,
+    skipped_vacuum_count,
     autovacuum_count,
+    skipped_autovacuum_count,
     analyze_count,
+    skipped_analyze_count,
     autoanalyze_count,
+    skipped_autoanalyze_count,
     total_vacuum_time,
     total_autovacuum_time,
     total_analyze_time,
-- 
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* [PATCH v4] Track skipped vacuum and analyze activity per relation
@ 2026-03-24 04:09 Yugo Nagata <[email protected]>
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From: Yugo Nagata @ 2026-03-24 04:09 UTC (permalink / raw)

This commit adds eight fields to the relation statistics that track
the last time vacuum or analyze has been attempted but skipped due to
lock unavailability, along with their counts:

-    last_skipped_vacuum
-    last_skipped_autovacuum
-    last_skipped_analyze
-    last_skipped_autoanalyze
-    skipped_vacuum_count
-    skipped_autovacuum_count
-    skipped_analyze_count
-    skipped_autoanalyze_count

These field can help users confirm that autovacuum is actively attempting
to run on a table that has not been vacuumed or analyzed for a long time,
and that the lack of progress is due to repeated skips rather than inactivity.
---
 doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml                 |  88 ++++++++++++++++
 src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql         |   8 ++
 src/backend/commands/vacuum.c                | 102 ++++++++++++++-----
 src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c |  64 ++++++++++++
 src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c          |  24 +++++
 src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat              |  32 ++++++
 src/include/pgstat.h                         |  16 +++
 src/test/regress/expected/rules.out          |  24 +++++
 8 files changed, 335 insertions(+), 23 deletions(-)

diff --git a/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml b/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml
index 08d5b824552..a9b579d87a9 100644
--- a/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml
+++ b/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml
@@ -4387,6 +4387,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_vacuum</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time a manual vacuum on this table was attempted but skipped due to
+       lock unavailability (not counting <command>VACUUM FULL</command>)
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>last_autovacuum</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
@@ -4397,6 +4407,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_autovacuum</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time a vacuum on this table by the autovacuum daemon was attempted
+       but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>last_analyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
@@ -4406,6 +4426,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_analyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time a manual analyze on this table was attempted but skipped due to
+       lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>last_autoanalyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
@@ -4416,6 +4446,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_autoanalyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time at which an analyze on this table by the autovacuum was
+       attempted but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>vacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4426,6 +4466,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_vacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times manual vacuums on this table have been attempted but skipped
+       due to lock unavailability (not counting <command>VACUUM FULL</command>)
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>autovacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4436,6 +4486,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_autovacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times vacuums on this table by the autovacuum daemon have been
+       attempted but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>analyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4445,6 +4505,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_analyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times manual analyzes on this table have been attempted but
+       skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>autoanalyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4455,6 +4525,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_autoanalyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times analyzes on this table by the autovacuum daemon have
+       been attempted but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>total_vacuum_time</structfield> <type>double precision</type>
@@ -4510,6 +4590,14 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
    </tgroup>
   </table>
 
+  <note>
+   <para>
+    When a manual vacuum or analyze on a parent table in an inheritance or
+    partitioning hierarchy is skipped, the statistics are recorded only for
+    the parent table, not for its children.
+   </para>
+  </note>
+
  </sect2>
 
  <sect2 id="monitoring-pg-stat-autovacuum-scores-view">
diff --git a/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql b/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql
index 73a1c1c4670..f509fc7876b 100644
--- a/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql
+++ b/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql
@@ -736,13 +736,21 @@ CREATE VIEW pg_stat_all_tables AS
             pg_stat_get_mod_since_analyze(C.oid) AS n_mod_since_analyze,
             pg_stat_get_ins_since_vacuum(C.oid) AS n_ins_since_vacuum,
             pg_stat_get_last_vacuum_time(C.oid) as last_vacuum,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_vacuum,
             pg_stat_get_last_autovacuum_time(C.oid) as last_autovacuum,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_autovacuum,
             pg_stat_get_last_analyze_time(C.oid) as last_analyze,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_analyze,
             pg_stat_get_last_autoanalyze_time(C.oid) as last_autoanalyze,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_autoanalyze,
             pg_stat_get_vacuum_count(C.oid) AS vacuum_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count(C.oid) AS skipped_vacuum_count,
             pg_stat_get_autovacuum_count(C.oid) AS autovacuum_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count(C.oid) AS skipped_autovacuum_count,
             pg_stat_get_analyze_count(C.oid) AS analyze_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count(C.oid) AS skipped_analyze_count,
             pg_stat_get_autoanalyze_count(C.oid) AS autoanalyze_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count(C.oid) AS skipped_autoanalyze_count,
             pg_stat_get_total_vacuum_time(C.oid) AS total_vacuum_time,
             pg_stat_get_total_autovacuum_time(C.oid) AS total_autovacuum_time,
             pg_stat_get_total_analyze_time(C.oid) AS total_analyze_time,
diff --git a/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c b/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c
index 99d0db82ed7..97cd5ea8d10 100644
--- a/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c
+++ b/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c
@@ -793,8 +793,25 @@ vacuum_open_relation(Oid relid, RangeVar *relation, uint32 options,
 		rel = try_relation_open(relid, NoLock);
 	else
 	{
+		int flags = 0;
 		rel = NULL;
 		rel_lock = false;
+
+		if ((options & VACOPT_VACUUM) != 0)
+		{
+			if (AmAutoVacuumWorkerProcess())
+				flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOVACUUM;
+			else
+				flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM;
+		}
+		if ((options & VACOPT_ANALYZE) != 0)
+		{
+			if (AmAutoVacuumWorkerProcess())
+				flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOANALYZE;
+			else
+				flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE;
+		}
+		pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(relid, flags);
 	}
 
 	/* if relation is opened, leave */
@@ -802,7 +819,7 @@ vacuum_open_relation(Oid relid, RangeVar *relation, uint32 options,
 		return rel;
 
 	/*
-	 * Relation could not be opened, hence generate if possible a log
+	 * Relation could not be opened hence generate if possible a log
 	 * informing on the situation.
 	 *
 	 * If the RangeVar is not defined, we do not have enough information to
@@ -905,7 +922,6 @@ expand_vacuum_rel(VacuumRelation *vrel, MemoryContext vac_context,
 		Form_pg_class classForm;
 		bool		include_children;
 		bool		is_partitioned_table;
-		int			rvr_opts;
 
 		/*
 		 * Since autovacuum workers supply OIDs when calling vacuum(), no
@@ -918,29 +934,69 @@ expand_vacuum_rel(VacuumRelation *vrel, MemoryContext vac_context,
 		 * below, as well as find_all_inheritors's expectation that the caller
 		 * holds some lock on the starting relation.
 		 */
-		rvr_opts = (options & VACOPT_SKIP_LOCKED) ? RVR_SKIP_LOCKED : 0;
-		relid = RangeVarGetRelidExtended(vrel->relation,
-										 AccessShareLock,
-										 rvr_opts,
-										 NULL, NULL);
-
-		/*
-		 * If the lock is unavailable, emit the same log statement that
-		 * vacuum_rel() and analyze_rel() would.
-		 */
-		if (!OidIsValid(relid))
+		if (!(options & VACOPT_SKIP_LOCKED))
 		{
-			if (options & VACOPT_VACUUM)
-				ereport(WARNING,
-						(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
-						 errmsg("skipping vacuum of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
-								vrel->relation->relname)));
-			else
-				ereport(WARNING,
-						(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
-						 errmsg("skipping analyze of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
+			relid = RangeVarGetRelidExtended(vrel->relation,
+											 AccessShareLock,
+											 0, NULL, NULL);
+			if (!OidIsValid(relid))
+				return vacrels;
+		}
+		else
+		{
+			/* Get relid for reporting before taking a lock */
+			relid = RangeVarGetRelid(vrel->relation, NoLock, false);
+
+			if (!ConditionalLockRelationOid(relid, AccessShareLock))
+			{
+				int	flags = 0;
+				/*
+				 * If the lock is unavailable, emit the same log statement that
+				 * vacuum_rel() and analyze_rel() would.
+				 */
+				if (options & VACOPT_VACUUM)
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping vacuum of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
 								vrel->relation->relname)));
-			return vacrels;
+				else
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping analyze of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
+									vrel->relation->relname)));
+
+				if ((options & VACOPT_VACUUM) != 0)
+					flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM;
+				if ((options & VACOPT_ANALYZE) != 0)
+					flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE;
+
+				pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(relid, flags);
+
+				return vacrels;
+			}
+
+			/*
+			 * Now that we have the lock, probe to see if the relation really
+			 * exists or not.
+			 */
+			if (!SearchSysCacheExists1(RELOID, ObjectIdGetDatum(relid)))
+			{
+				if (options & VACOPT_VACUUM)
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_UNDEFINED_TABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping vacuum of \"%s\" --- relation no longer exists",
+									vrel->relation->relname)));
+				else
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_UNDEFINED_TABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping analyze of \"%s\" --- relation no longer exists",
+									vrel->relation->relname)));
+
+				/* Release useless lock */
+				UnlockRelationOid(relid, AccessShareLock);
+
+				return vacrels;
+			}
 		}
 
 		/*
diff --git a/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c b/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c
index b2ca28f83ba..532d9023f8c 100644
--- a/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c
+++ b/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c
@@ -17,12 +17,14 @@
 
 #include "postgres.h"
 
+#include "access/htup_details.h"
 #include "access/twophase_rmgr.h"
 #include "access/xact.h"
 #include "catalog/catalog.h"
 #include "utils/memutils.h"
 #include "utils/pgstat_internal.h"
 #include "utils/rel.h"
+#include "utils/syscache.h"
 #include "utils/timestamp.h"
 
 
@@ -367,6 +369,68 @@ pgstat_report_analyze(Relation rel,
 	(void) pgstat_flush_backend(false, PGSTAT_BACKEND_FLUSH_IO);
 }
 
+/*
+ * Report that the table was skipped during vacuum or/and analyze.
+ */
+void
+pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(Oid relid, int flags)
+{
+	PgStat_EntryRef *entry_ref;
+	PgStatShared_Relation *shtabentry;
+	PgStat_StatTabEntry *tabentry;
+	TimestampTz ts;
+	HeapTuple	classTup;
+	bool		isshared;
+
+	if (!pgstat_track_counts || !flags)
+		return;
+
+	classTup = SearchSysCache1(RELOID, ObjectIdGetDatum(relid));
+	if (!HeapTupleIsValid(classTup))
+		return;			/* somebody deleted the rel, forget it */
+	isshared = ((Form_pg_class) GETSTRUCT(classTup))->relisshared;
+	ReleaseSysCache(classTup);
+
+	/* Store the data in the table's hash table entry. */
+	ts = GetCurrentTimestamp();
+
+	/* block acquiring lock for the same reason as pgstat_report_autovac() */
+	entry_ref = pgstat_get_entry_ref_locked(PGSTAT_KIND_RELATION,
+											isshared ? InvalidOid : MyDatabaseId,
+											relid, false);
+
+	shtabentry = (PgStatShared_Relation *) entry_ref->shared_stats;
+	tabentry = &shtabentry->stats;
+
+	if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM)
+	{
+		tabentry->last_skipped_vacuum_time = ts;
+		tabentry->skipped_vacuum_count++;
+	}
+	else if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOVACUUM)
+	{
+		tabentry->last_skipped_autovacuum_time = ts;
+		tabentry->skipped_autovacuum_count++;
+	}
+
+	if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE)
+	{
+		tabentry->last_skipped_analyze_time = ts;
+		tabentry->skipped_analyze_count++;
+	}
+	else if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOANALYZE)
+	{
+		tabentry->last_skipped_autoanalyze_time = ts;
+		tabentry->skipped_autoanalyze_count++;
+	}
+
+	pgstat_unlock_entry(entry_ref);
+
+	/* see pgstat_report_vacuum() */
+	pgstat_flush_io(false);
+	(void) pgstat_flush_backend(false, PGSTAT_BACKEND_FLUSH_IO);
+}
+
 /*
  * count a tuple insertion of n tuples
  */
diff --git a/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c b/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c
index 1408de387ea..90a8968faa0 100644
--- a/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c
+++ b/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c
@@ -84,6 +84,18 @@ PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(mod_since_analyze)
 /* pg_stat_get_numscans */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(numscans)
 
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_analyze_count)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_autoanalyze_count)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_autovacuum_count)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_vacuum_count)
+
 /* pg_stat_get_tuples_deleted */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(tuples_deleted)
 
@@ -170,6 +182,18 @@ PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_vacuum_time)
 /* pg_stat_get_lastscan */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(lastscan)
 
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_analyze_time)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_autoanalyze_time)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_autovacuum_time)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_vacuum_time)
+
 /* pg_stat_get_stat_reset_time */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(stat_reset_time)
 
diff --git a/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat b/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat
index fa9ae79082b..32debb34863 100644
--- a/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat
+++ b/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat
@@ -5680,6 +5680,38 @@
   proargmodes => '{o,o,o,o,o,o,o,o,o,o}',
   proargnames => '{oid,score,xid_score,mxid_score,vacuum_score,vacuum_insert_score,analyze_score,do_vacuum,do_analyze,for_wraparound}',
   prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_autovacuum_scores' },
+{ oid => '8142', descr => 'statistics: last skipped vacuum time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time' },
+{ oid => '8143', descr => 'statistics: last skipped auto vacuum time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time' },
+{ oid => '8144', descr => 'statistics: last skipped analyze time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time' },
+{ oid => '8145', descr => 'statistics: last skipped auto analyze time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time' },
+{ oid => '8146', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped vacuum for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count' },
+{ oid => '8147', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped auto vacuum for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count' },
+{ oid => '8148', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped analyzes for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count' },
+{ oid => '8149', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped auto analyzes for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count' },
 { oid => '1936', descr => 'statistics: currently active backend IDs',
   proname => 'pg_stat_get_backend_idset', prorows => '100', proretset => 't',
   provolatile => 's', proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int4',
diff --git a/src/include/pgstat.h b/src/include/pgstat.h
index dfa2e837638..98941f953d1 100644
--- a/src/include/pgstat.h
+++ b/src/include/pgstat.h
@@ -479,6 +479,15 @@ typedef struct PgStat_StatTabEntry
 	TimestampTz last_autoanalyze_time;	/* autovacuum initiated */
 	PgStat_Counter autoanalyze_count;
 
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_vacuum_time;	/* user initiated vacuum */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_vacuum_count;
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_autovacuum_time;	/* autovacuum initiated */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_autovacuum_count;
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_analyze_time;	/* user initiated */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_analyze_count;
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_autoanalyze_time;	/* autovacuum initiated */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_autoanalyze_count;
+
 	PgStat_Counter total_vacuum_time;	/* times in milliseconds */
 	PgStat_Counter total_autovacuum_time;
 	PgStat_Counter total_analyze_time;
@@ -703,6 +712,13 @@ extern void pgstat_report_analyze(Relation rel,
 								  PgStat_Counter livetuples, PgStat_Counter deadtuples,
 								  bool resetcounter, TimestampTz starttime);
 
+/* flags for pgstat_flush_backend() */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM		(1 << 0)	/* vacuum is skipped */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE		(1 << 1)	/* analyze is skipped */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOVACUUM	(1 << 2)	/* autovacuum is skipped */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOANALYZE	(1 << 3)	/* autoanalyze is skipped */
+extern void pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(Oid relid, int flags);
+
 /*
  * If stats are enabled, but pending data hasn't been prepared yet, call
  * pgstat_assoc_relation() to do so. See its comment for why this is done
diff --git a/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out b/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out
index a65a5bf0c4f..9b2075d3373 100644
--- a/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out
+++ b/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out
@@ -1835,13 +1835,21 @@ pg_stat_all_tables| SELECT c.oid AS relid,
     pg_stat_get_mod_since_analyze(c.oid) AS n_mod_since_analyze,
     pg_stat_get_ins_since_vacuum(c.oid) AS n_ins_since_vacuum,
     pg_stat_get_last_vacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_vacuum,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_vacuum,
     pg_stat_get_last_autovacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_autovacuum,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_autovacuum,
     pg_stat_get_last_analyze_time(c.oid) AS last_analyze,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_analyze,
     pg_stat_get_last_autoanalyze_time(c.oid) AS last_autoanalyze,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_autoanalyze,
     pg_stat_get_vacuum_count(c.oid) AS vacuum_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count(c.oid) AS skipped_vacuum_count,
     pg_stat_get_autovacuum_count(c.oid) AS autovacuum_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count(c.oid) AS skipped_autovacuum_count,
     pg_stat_get_analyze_count(c.oid) AS analyze_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count(c.oid) AS skipped_analyze_count,
     pg_stat_get_autoanalyze_count(c.oid) AS autoanalyze_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count(c.oid) AS skipped_autoanalyze_count,
     pg_stat_get_total_vacuum_time(c.oid) AS total_vacuum_time,
     pg_stat_get_total_autovacuum_time(c.oid) AS total_autovacuum_time,
     pg_stat_get_total_analyze_time(c.oid) AS total_analyze_time,
@@ -2346,13 +2354,21 @@ pg_stat_sys_tables| SELECT relid,
     n_mod_since_analyze,
     n_ins_since_vacuum,
     last_vacuum,
+    last_skipped_vacuum,
     last_autovacuum,
+    last_skipped_autovacuum,
     last_analyze,
+    last_skipped_analyze,
     last_autoanalyze,
+    last_skipped_autoanalyze,
     vacuum_count,
+    skipped_vacuum_count,
     autovacuum_count,
+    skipped_autovacuum_count,
     analyze_count,
+    skipped_analyze_count,
     autoanalyze_count,
+    skipped_autoanalyze_count,
     total_vacuum_time,
     total_autovacuum_time,
     total_analyze_time,
@@ -2401,13 +2417,21 @@ pg_stat_user_tables| SELECT relid,
     n_mod_since_analyze,
     n_ins_since_vacuum,
     last_vacuum,
+    last_skipped_vacuum,
     last_autovacuum,
+    last_skipped_autovacuum,
     last_analyze,
+    last_skipped_analyze,
     last_autoanalyze,
+    last_skipped_autoanalyze,
     vacuum_count,
+    skipped_vacuum_count,
     autovacuum_count,
+    skipped_autovacuum_count,
     analyze_count,
+    skipped_analyze_count,
     autoanalyze_count,
+    skipped_autoanalyze_count,
     total_vacuum_time,
     total_autovacuum_time,
     total_analyze_time,
-- 
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* [PATCH v5] Track skipped vacuum and analyze activity per relation
@ 2026-03-24 04:09 Yugo Nagata <[email protected]>
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From: Yugo Nagata @ 2026-03-24 04:09 UTC (permalink / raw)

This commit adds eight fields to the relation statistics that track
the last time vacuum or analyze has been attempted but skipped due to
lock unavailability, along with their counts:

-    last_skipped_vacuum
-    last_skipped_autovacuum
-    last_skipped_analyze
-    last_skipped_autoanalyze
-    skipped_vacuum_count
-    skipped_autovacuum_count
-    skipped_analyze_count
-    skipped_autoanalyze_count

These field can help users confirm that autovacuum is actively attempting
to run on a table that has not been vacuumed or analyzed for a long time,
and that the lack of progress is due to repeated skips rather than inactivity.
---
 doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml                  |  88 ++++++
 src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql          |   8 +
 src/backend/commands/vacuum.c                 | 100 +++++--
 src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c  |  64 +++++
 src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c           |  24 ++
 src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat               |  32 +++
 src/include/pgstat.h                          |  16 ++
 .../isolation/expected/vacuum-skip-locked.out | 260 ++++++++++++++++--
 .../isolation/specs/vacuum-skip-locked.spec   |  41 +--
 src/test/regress/expected/rules.out           |  24 ++
 10 files changed, 601 insertions(+), 56 deletions(-)

diff --git a/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml b/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml
index 08d5b824552..a9b579d87a9 100644
--- a/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml
+++ b/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml
@@ -4387,6 +4387,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_vacuum</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time a manual vacuum on this table was attempted but skipped due to
+       lock unavailability (not counting <command>VACUUM FULL</command>)
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>last_autovacuum</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
@@ -4397,6 +4407,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_autovacuum</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time a vacuum on this table by the autovacuum daemon was attempted
+       but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>last_analyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
@@ -4406,6 +4426,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_analyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time a manual analyze on this table was attempted but skipped due to
+       lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>last_autoanalyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
@@ -4416,6 +4446,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_autoanalyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time at which an analyze on this table by the autovacuum was
+       attempted but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>vacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4426,6 +4466,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_vacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times manual vacuums on this table have been attempted but skipped
+       due to lock unavailability (not counting <command>VACUUM FULL</command>)
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>autovacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4436,6 +4486,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_autovacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times vacuums on this table by the autovacuum daemon have been
+       attempted but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>analyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4445,6 +4505,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_analyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times manual analyzes on this table have been attempted but
+       skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>autoanalyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4455,6 +4525,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_autoanalyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times analyzes on this table by the autovacuum daemon have
+       been attempted but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>total_vacuum_time</structfield> <type>double precision</type>
@@ -4510,6 +4590,14 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
    </tgroup>
   </table>
 
+  <note>
+   <para>
+    When a manual vacuum or analyze on a parent table in an inheritance or
+    partitioning hierarchy is skipped, the statistics are recorded only for
+    the parent table, not for its children.
+   </para>
+  </note>
+
  </sect2>
 
  <sect2 id="monitoring-pg-stat-autovacuum-scores-view">
diff --git a/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql b/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql
index 73a1c1c4670..f509fc7876b 100644
--- a/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql
+++ b/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql
@@ -736,13 +736,21 @@ CREATE VIEW pg_stat_all_tables AS
             pg_stat_get_mod_since_analyze(C.oid) AS n_mod_since_analyze,
             pg_stat_get_ins_since_vacuum(C.oid) AS n_ins_since_vacuum,
             pg_stat_get_last_vacuum_time(C.oid) as last_vacuum,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_vacuum,
             pg_stat_get_last_autovacuum_time(C.oid) as last_autovacuum,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_autovacuum,
             pg_stat_get_last_analyze_time(C.oid) as last_analyze,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_analyze,
             pg_stat_get_last_autoanalyze_time(C.oid) as last_autoanalyze,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_autoanalyze,
             pg_stat_get_vacuum_count(C.oid) AS vacuum_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count(C.oid) AS skipped_vacuum_count,
             pg_stat_get_autovacuum_count(C.oid) AS autovacuum_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count(C.oid) AS skipped_autovacuum_count,
             pg_stat_get_analyze_count(C.oid) AS analyze_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count(C.oid) AS skipped_analyze_count,
             pg_stat_get_autoanalyze_count(C.oid) AS autoanalyze_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count(C.oid) AS skipped_autoanalyze_count,
             pg_stat_get_total_vacuum_time(C.oid) AS total_vacuum_time,
             pg_stat_get_total_autovacuum_time(C.oid) AS total_autovacuum_time,
             pg_stat_get_total_analyze_time(C.oid) AS total_analyze_time,
diff --git a/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c b/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c
index 99d0db82ed7..df6526225e4 100644
--- a/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c
+++ b/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c
@@ -793,8 +793,25 @@ vacuum_open_relation(Oid relid, RangeVar *relation, uint32 options,
 		rel = try_relation_open(relid, NoLock);
 	else
 	{
+		int flags = 0;
 		rel = NULL;
 		rel_lock = false;
+
+		if ((options & VACOPT_VACUUM) != 0 && (options & VACOPT_FULL) == 0)
+		{
+			if (AmAutoVacuumWorkerProcess())
+				flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOVACUUM;
+			else
+				flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM;
+		}
+		if ((options & VACOPT_ANALYZE) != 0)
+		{
+			if (AmAutoVacuumWorkerProcess())
+				flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOANALYZE;
+			else
+				flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE;
+		}
+		pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(relid, flags);
 	}
 
 	/* if relation is opened, leave */
@@ -905,7 +922,6 @@ expand_vacuum_rel(VacuumRelation *vrel, MemoryContext vac_context,
 		Form_pg_class classForm;
 		bool		include_children;
 		bool		is_partitioned_table;
-		int			rvr_opts;
 
 		/*
 		 * Since autovacuum workers supply OIDs when calling vacuum(), no
@@ -918,29 +934,69 @@ expand_vacuum_rel(VacuumRelation *vrel, MemoryContext vac_context,
 		 * below, as well as find_all_inheritors's expectation that the caller
 		 * holds some lock on the starting relation.
 		 */
-		rvr_opts = (options & VACOPT_SKIP_LOCKED) ? RVR_SKIP_LOCKED : 0;
-		relid = RangeVarGetRelidExtended(vrel->relation,
-										 AccessShareLock,
-										 rvr_opts,
-										 NULL, NULL);
-
-		/*
-		 * If the lock is unavailable, emit the same log statement that
-		 * vacuum_rel() and analyze_rel() would.
-		 */
-		if (!OidIsValid(relid))
+		if (!(options & VACOPT_SKIP_LOCKED))
 		{
-			if (options & VACOPT_VACUUM)
-				ereport(WARNING,
-						(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
-						 errmsg("skipping vacuum of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
-								vrel->relation->relname)));
-			else
-				ereport(WARNING,
-						(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
-						 errmsg("skipping analyze of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
+			relid = RangeVarGetRelidExtended(vrel->relation,
+											 AccessShareLock,
+											 0, NULL, NULL);
+			if (!OidIsValid(relid))
+				return vacrels;
+		}
+		else
+		{
+			/* Get relid for reporting before taking a lock */
+			relid = RangeVarGetRelid(vrel->relation, NoLock, false);
+
+			if (!ConditionalLockRelationOid(relid, AccessShareLock))
+			{
+				int	flags = 0;
+				/*
+				 * If the lock is unavailable, emit the same log statement that
+				 * vacuum_rel() and analyze_rel() would.
+				 */
+				if (options & VACOPT_VACUUM)
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping vacuum of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
 								vrel->relation->relname)));
-			return vacrels;
+				else
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping analyze of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
+									vrel->relation->relname)));
+
+				if ((options & VACOPT_VACUUM) != 0 && (options & VACOPT_FULL) == 0)
+					flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM;
+				if ((options & VACOPT_ANALYZE) != 0)
+					flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE;
+
+				pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(relid, flags);
+
+				return vacrels;
+			}
+
+			/*
+			 * Now that we have the lock, probe to see if the relation really
+			 * exists or not.
+			 */
+			if (!SearchSysCacheExists1(RELOID, ObjectIdGetDatum(relid)))
+			{
+				if (options & VACOPT_VACUUM)
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_UNDEFINED_TABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping vacuum of \"%s\" --- relation no longer exists",
+									vrel->relation->relname)));
+				else
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_UNDEFINED_TABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping analyze of \"%s\" --- relation no longer exists",
+									vrel->relation->relname)));
+
+				/* Release useless lock */
+				UnlockRelationOid(relid, AccessShareLock);
+
+				return vacrels;
+			}
 		}
 
 		/*
diff --git a/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c b/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c
index b2ca28f83ba..532d9023f8c 100644
--- a/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c
+++ b/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c
@@ -17,12 +17,14 @@
 
 #include "postgres.h"
 
+#include "access/htup_details.h"
 #include "access/twophase_rmgr.h"
 #include "access/xact.h"
 #include "catalog/catalog.h"
 #include "utils/memutils.h"
 #include "utils/pgstat_internal.h"
 #include "utils/rel.h"
+#include "utils/syscache.h"
 #include "utils/timestamp.h"
 
 
@@ -367,6 +369,68 @@ pgstat_report_analyze(Relation rel,
 	(void) pgstat_flush_backend(false, PGSTAT_BACKEND_FLUSH_IO);
 }
 
+/*
+ * Report that the table was skipped during vacuum or/and analyze.
+ */
+void
+pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(Oid relid, int flags)
+{
+	PgStat_EntryRef *entry_ref;
+	PgStatShared_Relation *shtabentry;
+	PgStat_StatTabEntry *tabentry;
+	TimestampTz ts;
+	HeapTuple	classTup;
+	bool		isshared;
+
+	if (!pgstat_track_counts || !flags)
+		return;
+
+	classTup = SearchSysCache1(RELOID, ObjectIdGetDatum(relid));
+	if (!HeapTupleIsValid(classTup))
+		return;			/* somebody deleted the rel, forget it */
+	isshared = ((Form_pg_class) GETSTRUCT(classTup))->relisshared;
+	ReleaseSysCache(classTup);
+
+	/* Store the data in the table's hash table entry. */
+	ts = GetCurrentTimestamp();
+
+	/* block acquiring lock for the same reason as pgstat_report_autovac() */
+	entry_ref = pgstat_get_entry_ref_locked(PGSTAT_KIND_RELATION,
+											isshared ? InvalidOid : MyDatabaseId,
+											relid, false);
+
+	shtabentry = (PgStatShared_Relation *) entry_ref->shared_stats;
+	tabentry = &shtabentry->stats;
+
+	if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM)
+	{
+		tabentry->last_skipped_vacuum_time = ts;
+		tabentry->skipped_vacuum_count++;
+	}
+	else if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOVACUUM)
+	{
+		tabentry->last_skipped_autovacuum_time = ts;
+		tabentry->skipped_autovacuum_count++;
+	}
+
+	if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE)
+	{
+		tabentry->last_skipped_analyze_time = ts;
+		tabentry->skipped_analyze_count++;
+	}
+	else if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOANALYZE)
+	{
+		tabentry->last_skipped_autoanalyze_time = ts;
+		tabentry->skipped_autoanalyze_count++;
+	}
+
+	pgstat_unlock_entry(entry_ref);
+
+	/* see pgstat_report_vacuum() */
+	pgstat_flush_io(false);
+	(void) pgstat_flush_backend(false, PGSTAT_BACKEND_FLUSH_IO);
+}
+
 /*
  * count a tuple insertion of n tuples
  */
diff --git a/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c b/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c
index 1408de387ea..90a8968faa0 100644
--- a/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c
+++ b/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c
@@ -84,6 +84,18 @@ PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(mod_since_analyze)
 /* pg_stat_get_numscans */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(numscans)
 
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_analyze_count)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_autoanalyze_count)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_autovacuum_count)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_vacuum_count)
+
 /* pg_stat_get_tuples_deleted */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(tuples_deleted)
 
@@ -170,6 +182,18 @@ PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_vacuum_time)
 /* pg_stat_get_lastscan */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(lastscan)
 
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_analyze_time)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_autoanalyze_time)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_autovacuum_time)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_vacuum_time)
+
 /* pg_stat_get_stat_reset_time */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(stat_reset_time)
 
diff --git a/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat b/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat
index fa9ae79082b..32debb34863 100644
--- a/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat
+++ b/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat
@@ -5680,6 +5680,38 @@
   proargmodes => '{o,o,o,o,o,o,o,o,o,o}',
   proargnames => '{oid,score,xid_score,mxid_score,vacuum_score,vacuum_insert_score,analyze_score,do_vacuum,do_analyze,for_wraparound}',
   prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_autovacuum_scores' },
+{ oid => '8142', descr => 'statistics: last skipped vacuum time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time' },
+{ oid => '8143', descr => 'statistics: last skipped auto vacuum time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time' },
+{ oid => '8144', descr => 'statistics: last skipped analyze time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time' },
+{ oid => '8145', descr => 'statistics: last skipped auto analyze time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time' },
+{ oid => '8146', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped vacuum for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count' },
+{ oid => '8147', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped auto vacuum for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count' },
+{ oid => '8148', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped analyzes for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count' },
+{ oid => '8149', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped auto analyzes for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count' },
 { oid => '1936', descr => 'statistics: currently active backend IDs',
   proname => 'pg_stat_get_backend_idset', prorows => '100', proretset => 't',
   provolatile => 's', proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int4',
diff --git a/src/include/pgstat.h b/src/include/pgstat.h
index dfa2e837638..98941f953d1 100644
--- a/src/include/pgstat.h
+++ b/src/include/pgstat.h
@@ -479,6 +479,15 @@ typedef struct PgStat_StatTabEntry
 	TimestampTz last_autoanalyze_time;	/* autovacuum initiated */
 	PgStat_Counter autoanalyze_count;
 
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_vacuum_time;	/* user initiated vacuum */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_vacuum_count;
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_autovacuum_time;	/* autovacuum initiated */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_autovacuum_count;
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_analyze_time;	/* user initiated */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_analyze_count;
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_autoanalyze_time;	/* autovacuum initiated */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_autoanalyze_count;
+
 	PgStat_Counter total_vacuum_time;	/* times in milliseconds */
 	PgStat_Counter total_autovacuum_time;
 	PgStat_Counter total_analyze_time;
@@ -703,6 +712,13 @@ extern void pgstat_report_analyze(Relation rel,
 								  PgStat_Counter livetuples, PgStat_Counter deadtuples,
 								  bool resetcounter, TimestampTz starttime);
 
+/* flags for pgstat_flush_backend() */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM		(1 << 0)	/* vacuum is skipped */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE		(1 << 1)	/* analyze is skipped */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOVACUUM	(1 << 2)	/* autovacuum is skipped */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOANALYZE	(1 << 3)	/* autoanalyze is skipped */
+extern void pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(Oid relid, int flags);
+
 /*
  * If stats are enabled, but pending data hasn't been prepared yet, call
  * pgstat_assoc_relation() to do so. See its comment for why this is done
diff --git a/src/test/isolation/expected/vacuum-skip-locked.out b/src/test/isolation/expected/vacuum-skip-locked.out
index 99db281a159..e2cff175b7c 100644
--- a/src/test/isolation/expected/vacuum-skip-locked.out
+++ b/src/test/isolation/expected/vacuum-skip-locked.out
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 Parsed test spec with 2 sessions
 
-starting permutation: lock_share vac_specified commit
+starting permutation: lock_share vac_specified commit check_stat
 step lock_share: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN SHARE MODE;
@@ -10,8 +10,22 @@ step vac_specified: VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED) part1, part2;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
 
-starting permutation: lock_share vac_all_parts commit
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   1|            0|                    0
+part2  |           1|                   0|            0|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
+
+starting permutation: lock_share vac_all_parts commit check_stat
 step lock_share: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN SHARE MODE;
@@ -20,8 +34,22 @@ step vac_all_parts: VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED) parted;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   1|            0|                    0
+part2  |           1|                   0|            0|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
 
-starting permutation: lock_share analyze_specified commit
+starting permutation: lock_share analyze_specified commit check_stat
 step lock_share: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN SHARE MODE;
@@ -31,8 +59,22 @@ step analyze_specified: ANALYZE (SKIP_LOCKED) part1, part2;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
 
-starting permutation: lock_share analyze_all_parts commit
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   0|            0|                    1
+part2  |           0|                   0|            1|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
+
+starting permutation: lock_share analyze_all_parts commit check_stat
 step lock_share: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN SHARE MODE;
@@ -41,8 +83,22 @@ step analyze_all_parts: ANALYZE (SKIP_LOCKED) parted;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            1|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   0|            0|                    1
+part2  |           0|                   0|            1|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
 
-starting permutation: lock_share vac_analyze_specified commit
+starting permutation: lock_share vac_analyze_specified commit check_stat
 step lock_share: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN SHARE MODE;
@@ -52,8 +108,22 @@ step vac_analyze_specified: VACUUM (ANALYZE, SKIP_LOCKED) part1, part2;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
 
-starting permutation: lock_share vac_analyze_all_parts commit
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   1|            0|                    1
+part2  |           1|                   0|            1|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
+
+starting permutation: lock_share vac_analyze_all_parts commit check_stat
 step lock_share: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN SHARE MODE;
@@ -62,8 +132,22 @@ step vac_analyze_all_parts: VACUUM (ANALYZE, SKIP_LOCKED) parted;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            1|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   1|            0|                    1
+part2  |           1|                   0|            1|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
 
-starting permutation: lock_share vac_full_specified commit
+starting permutation: lock_share vac_full_specified commit check_stat
 step lock_share: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN SHARE MODE;
@@ -73,8 +157,22 @@ step vac_full_specified: VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED, FULL) part1, part2;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
 
-starting permutation: lock_share vac_full_all_parts commit
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part2  |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
+
+starting permutation: lock_share vac_full_all_parts commit check_stat
 step lock_share: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN SHARE MODE;
@@ -83,8 +181,22 @@ step vac_full_all_parts: VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED, FULL) parted;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part2  |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+(3 rows)
 
-starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_specified commit
+
+starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_specified commit check_stat
 step lock_access_exclusive: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN ACCESS EXCLUSIVE MODE;
@@ -94,8 +206,22 @@ step vac_specified: VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED) part1, part2;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   1|            0|                    0
+part2  |           1|                   0|            0|                    0
+(3 rows)
 
-starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_all_parts commit
+
+starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_all_parts commit check_stat
 step lock_access_exclusive: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN ACCESS EXCLUSIVE MODE;
@@ -104,8 +230,22 @@ step vac_all_parts: VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED) parted;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   1|            0|                    0
+part2  |           1|                   0|            0|                    0
+(3 rows)
 
-starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive analyze_specified commit
+
+starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive analyze_specified commit check_stat
 step lock_access_exclusive: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN ACCESS EXCLUSIVE MODE;
@@ -115,8 +255,22 @@ step analyze_specified: ANALYZE (SKIP_LOCKED) part1, part2;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   0|            0|                    1
+part2  |           0|                   0|            1|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
 
-starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive analyze_all_parts commit
+starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive analyze_all_parts commit check_stat
 step lock_access_exclusive: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN ACCESS EXCLUSIVE MODE;
@@ -126,8 +280,22 @@ step commit:
 	COMMIT;
 
 step analyze_all_parts: <... completed>
-
-starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_analyze_specified commit
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            1|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   0|            1|                    0
+part2  |           0|                   0|            1|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
+
+starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_analyze_specified commit check_stat
 step lock_access_exclusive: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN ACCESS EXCLUSIVE MODE;
@@ -137,8 +305,22 @@ step vac_analyze_specified: VACUUM (ANALYZE, SKIP_LOCKED) part1, part2;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   1|            0|                    1
+part2  |           1|                   0|            1|                    0
+(3 rows)
 
-starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_analyze_all_parts commit
+
+starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_analyze_all_parts commit check_stat
 step lock_access_exclusive: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN ACCESS EXCLUSIVE MODE;
@@ -148,8 +330,22 @@ step commit:
 	COMMIT;
 
 step vac_analyze_all_parts: <... completed>
-
-starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_full_specified commit
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            1|                    0
+part1  |           1|                   0|            1|                    0
+part2  |           1|                   0|            1|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
+
+starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_full_specified commit check_stat
 step lock_access_exclusive: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN ACCESS EXCLUSIVE MODE;
@@ -159,8 +355,22 @@ step vac_full_specified: VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED, FULL) part1, part2;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
 
-starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_full_all_parts commit
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part2  |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
+
+starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_full_all_parts commit check_stat
 step lock_access_exclusive: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN ACCESS EXCLUSIVE MODE;
@@ -169,3 +379,17 @@ step vac_full_all_parts: VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED, FULL) parted;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part2  |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
diff --git a/src/test/isolation/specs/vacuum-skip-locked.spec b/src/test/isolation/specs/vacuum-skip-locked.spec
index 3fad6e1c92a..b0da75d4b6d 100644
--- a/src/test/isolation/specs/vacuum-skip-locked.spec
+++ b/src/test/isolation/specs/vacuum-skip-locked.spec
@@ -33,6 +33,15 @@ step commit
 	COMMIT;
 }
 
+step check_stat
+{
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+}
+
 session s2
 step vac_specified			{ VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED) part1, part2; }
 step vac_all_parts			{ VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED) parted; }
@@ -43,19 +52,19 @@ step vac_analyze_all_parts	{ VACUUM (ANALYZE, SKIP_LOCKED) parted; }
 step vac_full_specified		{ VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED, FULL) part1, part2; }
 step vac_full_all_parts		{ VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED, FULL) parted; }
 
-permutation lock_share vac_specified commit
-permutation lock_share vac_all_parts commit
-permutation lock_share analyze_specified commit
-permutation lock_share analyze_all_parts commit
-permutation lock_share vac_analyze_specified commit
-permutation lock_share vac_analyze_all_parts commit
-permutation lock_share vac_full_specified commit
-permutation lock_share vac_full_all_parts commit
-permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_specified commit
-permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_all_parts commit
-permutation lock_access_exclusive analyze_specified commit
-permutation lock_access_exclusive analyze_all_parts commit
-permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_analyze_specified commit
-permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_analyze_all_parts commit
-permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_full_specified commit
-permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_full_all_parts commit
+permutation lock_share vac_specified commit check_stat
+permutation lock_share vac_all_parts commit check_stat
+permutation lock_share analyze_specified commit check_stat
+permutation lock_share analyze_all_parts commit check_stat
+permutation lock_share vac_analyze_specified commit check_stat
+permutation lock_share vac_analyze_all_parts commit check_stat
+permutation lock_share vac_full_specified commit check_stat
+permutation lock_share vac_full_all_parts commit check_stat
+permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_specified commit check_stat
+permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_all_parts commit check_stat
+permutation lock_access_exclusive analyze_specified commit check_stat
+permutation lock_access_exclusive analyze_all_parts commit check_stat
+permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_analyze_specified commit check_stat
+permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_analyze_all_parts commit check_stat
+permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_full_specified commit check_stat
+permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_full_all_parts commit check_stat
diff --git a/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out b/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out
index a65a5bf0c4f..9b2075d3373 100644
--- a/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out
+++ b/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out
@@ -1835,13 +1835,21 @@ pg_stat_all_tables| SELECT c.oid AS relid,
     pg_stat_get_mod_since_analyze(c.oid) AS n_mod_since_analyze,
     pg_stat_get_ins_since_vacuum(c.oid) AS n_ins_since_vacuum,
     pg_stat_get_last_vacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_vacuum,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_vacuum,
     pg_stat_get_last_autovacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_autovacuum,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_autovacuum,
     pg_stat_get_last_analyze_time(c.oid) AS last_analyze,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_analyze,
     pg_stat_get_last_autoanalyze_time(c.oid) AS last_autoanalyze,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_autoanalyze,
     pg_stat_get_vacuum_count(c.oid) AS vacuum_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count(c.oid) AS skipped_vacuum_count,
     pg_stat_get_autovacuum_count(c.oid) AS autovacuum_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count(c.oid) AS skipped_autovacuum_count,
     pg_stat_get_analyze_count(c.oid) AS analyze_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count(c.oid) AS skipped_analyze_count,
     pg_stat_get_autoanalyze_count(c.oid) AS autoanalyze_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count(c.oid) AS skipped_autoanalyze_count,
     pg_stat_get_total_vacuum_time(c.oid) AS total_vacuum_time,
     pg_stat_get_total_autovacuum_time(c.oid) AS total_autovacuum_time,
     pg_stat_get_total_analyze_time(c.oid) AS total_analyze_time,
@@ -2346,13 +2354,21 @@ pg_stat_sys_tables| SELECT relid,
     n_mod_since_analyze,
     n_ins_since_vacuum,
     last_vacuum,
+    last_skipped_vacuum,
     last_autovacuum,
+    last_skipped_autovacuum,
     last_analyze,
+    last_skipped_analyze,
     last_autoanalyze,
+    last_skipped_autoanalyze,
     vacuum_count,
+    skipped_vacuum_count,
     autovacuum_count,
+    skipped_autovacuum_count,
     analyze_count,
+    skipped_analyze_count,
     autoanalyze_count,
+    skipped_autoanalyze_count,
     total_vacuum_time,
     total_autovacuum_time,
     total_analyze_time,
@@ -2401,13 +2417,21 @@ pg_stat_user_tables| SELECT relid,
     n_mod_since_analyze,
     n_ins_since_vacuum,
     last_vacuum,
+    last_skipped_vacuum,
     last_autovacuum,
+    last_skipped_autovacuum,
     last_analyze,
+    last_skipped_analyze,
     last_autoanalyze,
+    last_skipped_autoanalyze,
     vacuum_count,
+    skipped_vacuum_count,
     autovacuum_count,
+    skipped_autovacuum_count,
     analyze_count,
+    skipped_analyze_count,
     autoanalyze_count,
+    skipped_autoanalyze_count,
     total_vacuum_time,
     total_autovacuum_time,
     total_analyze_time,
-- 
2.43.0


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* [PATCH v4] Track skipped vacuum and analyze activity per relation
@ 2026-03-24 04:09 Yugo Nagata <[email protected]>
  0 siblings, 0 replies; 374+ messages in thread

From: Yugo Nagata @ 2026-03-24 04:09 UTC (permalink / raw)

This commit adds eight fields to the relation statistics that track
the last time vacuum or analyze has been attempted but skipped due to
lock unavailability, along with their counts:

-    last_skipped_vacuum
-    last_skipped_autovacuum
-    last_skipped_analyze
-    last_skipped_autoanalyze
-    skipped_vacuum_count
-    skipped_autovacuum_count
-    skipped_analyze_count
-    skipped_autoanalyze_count

These field can help users confirm that autovacuum is actively attempting
to run on a table that has not been vacuumed or analyzed for a long time,
and that the lack of progress is due to repeated skips rather than inactivity.
---
 doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml                 |  88 ++++++++++++++++
 src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql         |   8 ++
 src/backend/commands/vacuum.c                | 102 ++++++++++++++-----
 src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c |  64 ++++++++++++
 src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c          |  24 +++++
 src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat              |  32 ++++++
 src/include/pgstat.h                         |  16 +++
 src/test/regress/expected/rules.out          |  24 +++++
 8 files changed, 335 insertions(+), 23 deletions(-)

diff --git a/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml b/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml
index 08d5b824552..a9b579d87a9 100644
--- a/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml
+++ b/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml
@@ -4387,6 +4387,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_vacuum</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time a manual vacuum on this table was attempted but skipped due to
+       lock unavailability (not counting <command>VACUUM FULL</command>)
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>last_autovacuum</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
@@ -4397,6 +4407,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_autovacuum</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time a vacuum on this table by the autovacuum daemon was attempted
+       but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>last_analyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
@@ -4406,6 +4426,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_analyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time a manual analyze on this table was attempted but skipped due to
+       lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>last_autoanalyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
@@ -4416,6 +4446,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_autoanalyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time at which an analyze on this table by the autovacuum was
+       attempted but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>vacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4426,6 +4466,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_vacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times manual vacuums on this table have been attempted but skipped
+       due to lock unavailability (not counting <command>VACUUM FULL</command>)
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>autovacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4436,6 +4486,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_autovacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times vacuums on this table by the autovacuum daemon have been
+       attempted but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>analyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4445,6 +4505,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_analyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times manual analyzes on this table have been attempted but
+       skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>autoanalyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4455,6 +4525,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_autoanalyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times analyzes on this table by the autovacuum daemon have
+       been attempted but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>total_vacuum_time</structfield> <type>double precision</type>
@@ -4510,6 +4590,14 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
    </tgroup>
   </table>
 
+  <note>
+   <para>
+    When a manual vacuum or analyze on a parent table in an inheritance or
+    partitioning hierarchy is skipped, the statistics are recorded only for
+    the parent table, not for its children.
+   </para>
+  </note>
+
  </sect2>
 
  <sect2 id="monitoring-pg-stat-autovacuum-scores-view">
diff --git a/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql b/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql
index 73a1c1c4670..f509fc7876b 100644
--- a/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql
+++ b/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql
@@ -736,13 +736,21 @@ CREATE VIEW pg_stat_all_tables AS
             pg_stat_get_mod_since_analyze(C.oid) AS n_mod_since_analyze,
             pg_stat_get_ins_since_vacuum(C.oid) AS n_ins_since_vacuum,
             pg_stat_get_last_vacuum_time(C.oid) as last_vacuum,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_vacuum,
             pg_stat_get_last_autovacuum_time(C.oid) as last_autovacuum,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_autovacuum,
             pg_stat_get_last_analyze_time(C.oid) as last_analyze,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_analyze,
             pg_stat_get_last_autoanalyze_time(C.oid) as last_autoanalyze,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_autoanalyze,
             pg_stat_get_vacuum_count(C.oid) AS vacuum_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count(C.oid) AS skipped_vacuum_count,
             pg_stat_get_autovacuum_count(C.oid) AS autovacuum_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count(C.oid) AS skipped_autovacuum_count,
             pg_stat_get_analyze_count(C.oid) AS analyze_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count(C.oid) AS skipped_analyze_count,
             pg_stat_get_autoanalyze_count(C.oid) AS autoanalyze_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count(C.oid) AS skipped_autoanalyze_count,
             pg_stat_get_total_vacuum_time(C.oid) AS total_vacuum_time,
             pg_stat_get_total_autovacuum_time(C.oid) AS total_autovacuum_time,
             pg_stat_get_total_analyze_time(C.oid) AS total_analyze_time,
diff --git a/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c b/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c
index 99d0db82ed7..97cd5ea8d10 100644
--- a/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c
+++ b/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c
@@ -793,8 +793,25 @@ vacuum_open_relation(Oid relid, RangeVar *relation, uint32 options,
 		rel = try_relation_open(relid, NoLock);
 	else
 	{
+		int flags = 0;
 		rel = NULL;
 		rel_lock = false;
+
+		if ((options & VACOPT_VACUUM) != 0)
+		{
+			if (AmAutoVacuumWorkerProcess())
+				flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOVACUUM;
+			else
+				flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM;
+		}
+		if ((options & VACOPT_ANALYZE) != 0)
+		{
+			if (AmAutoVacuumWorkerProcess())
+				flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOANALYZE;
+			else
+				flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE;
+		}
+		pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(relid, flags);
 	}
 
 	/* if relation is opened, leave */
@@ -802,7 +819,7 @@ vacuum_open_relation(Oid relid, RangeVar *relation, uint32 options,
 		return rel;
 
 	/*
-	 * Relation could not be opened, hence generate if possible a log
+	 * Relation could not be opened hence generate if possible a log
 	 * informing on the situation.
 	 *
 	 * If the RangeVar is not defined, we do not have enough information to
@@ -905,7 +922,6 @@ expand_vacuum_rel(VacuumRelation *vrel, MemoryContext vac_context,
 		Form_pg_class classForm;
 		bool		include_children;
 		bool		is_partitioned_table;
-		int			rvr_opts;
 
 		/*
 		 * Since autovacuum workers supply OIDs when calling vacuum(), no
@@ -918,29 +934,69 @@ expand_vacuum_rel(VacuumRelation *vrel, MemoryContext vac_context,
 		 * below, as well as find_all_inheritors's expectation that the caller
 		 * holds some lock on the starting relation.
 		 */
-		rvr_opts = (options & VACOPT_SKIP_LOCKED) ? RVR_SKIP_LOCKED : 0;
-		relid = RangeVarGetRelidExtended(vrel->relation,
-										 AccessShareLock,
-										 rvr_opts,
-										 NULL, NULL);
-
-		/*
-		 * If the lock is unavailable, emit the same log statement that
-		 * vacuum_rel() and analyze_rel() would.
-		 */
-		if (!OidIsValid(relid))
+		if (!(options & VACOPT_SKIP_LOCKED))
 		{
-			if (options & VACOPT_VACUUM)
-				ereport(WARNING,
-						(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
-						 errmsg("skipping vacuum of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
-								vrel->relation->relname)));
-			else
-				ereport(WARNING,
-						(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
-						 errmsg("skipping analyze of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
+			relid = RangeVarGetRelidExtended(vrel->relation,
+											 AccessShareLock,
+											 0, NULL, NULL);
+			if (!OidIsValid(relid))
+				return vacrels;
+		}
+		else
+		{
+			/* Get relid for reporting before taking a lock */
+			relid = RangeVarGetRelid(vrel->relation, NoLock, false);
+
+			if (!ConditionalLockRelationOid(relid, AccessShareLock))
+			{
+				int	flags = 0;
+				/*
+				 * If the lock is unavailable, emit the same log statement that
+				 * vacuum_rel() and analyze_rel() would.
+				 */
+				if (options & VACOPT_VACUUM)
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping vacuum of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
 								vrel->relation->relname)));
-			return vacrels;
+				else
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping analyze of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
+									vrel->relation->relname)));
+
+				if ((options & VACOPT_VACUUM) != 0)
+					flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM;
+				if ((options & VACOPT_ANALYZE) != 0)
+					flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE;
+
+				pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(relid, flags);
+
+				return vacrels;
+			}
+
+			/*
+			 * Now that we have the lock, probe to see if the relation really
+			 * exists or not.
+			 */
+			if (!SearchSysCacheExists1(RELOID, ObjectIdGetDatum(relid)))
+			{
+				if (options & VACOPT_VACUUM)
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_UNDEFINED_TABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping vacuum of \"%s\" --- relation no longer exists",
+									vrel->relation->relname)));
+				else
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_UNDEFINED_TABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping analyze of \"%s\" --- relation no longer exists",
+									vrel->relation->relname)));
+
+				/* Release useless lock */
+				UnlockRelationOid(relid, AccessShareLock);
+
+				return vacrels;
+			}
 		}
 
 		/*
diff --git a/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c b/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c
index b2ca28f83ba..532d9023f8c 100644
--- a/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c
+++ b/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c
@@ -17,12 +17,14 @@
 
 #include "postgres.h"
 
+#include "access/htup_details.h"
 #include "access/twophase_rmgr.h"
 #include "access/xact.h"
 #include "catalog/catalog.h"
 #include "utils/memutils.h"
 #include "utils/pgstat_internal.h"
 #include "utils/rel.h"
+#include "utils/syscache.h"
 #include "utils/timestamp.h"
 
 
@@ -367,6 +369,68 @@ pgstat_report_analyze(Relation rel,
 	(void) pgstat_flush_backend(false, PGSTAT_BACKEND_FLUSH_IO);
 }
 
+/*
+ * Report that the table was skipped during vacuum or/and analyze.
+ */
+void
+pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(Oid relid, int flags)
+{
+	PgStat_EntryRef *entry_ref;
+	PgStatShared_Relation *shtabentry;
+	PgStat_StatTabEntry *tabentry;
+	TimestampTz ts;
+	HeapTuple	classTup;
+	bool		isshared;
+
+	if (!pgstat_track_counts || !flags)
+		return;
+
+	classTup = SearchSysCache1(RELOID, ObjectIdGetDatum(relid));
+	if (!HeapTupleIsValid(classTup))
+		return;			/* somebody deleted the rel, forget it */
+	isshared = ((Form_pg_class) GETSTRUCT(classTup))->relisshared;
+	ReleaseSysCache(classTup);
+
+	/* Store the data in the table's hash table entry. */
+	ts = GetCurrentTimestamp();
+
+	/* block acquiring lock for the same reason as pgstat_report_autovac() */
+	entry_ref = pgstat_get_entry_ref_locked(PGSTAT_KIND_RELATION,
+											isshared ? InvalidOid : MyDatabaseId,
+											relid, false);
+
+	shtabentry = (PgStatShared_Relation *) entry_ref->shared_stats;
+	tabentry = &shtabentry->stats;
+
+	if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM)
+	{
+		tabentry->last_skipped_vacuum_time = ts;
+		tabentry->skipped_vacuum_count++;
+	}
+	else if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOVACUUM)
+	{
+		tabentry->last_skipped_autovacuum_time = ts;
+		tabentry->skipped_autovacuum_count++;
+	}
+
+	if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE)
+	{
+		tabentry->last_skipped_analyze_time = ts;
+		tabentry->skipped_analyze_count++;
+	}
+	else if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOANALYZE)
+	{
+		tabentry->last_skipped_autoanalyze_time = ts;
+		tabentry->skipped_autoanalyze_count++;
+	}
+
+	pgstat_unlock_entry(entry_ref);
+
+	/* see pgstat_report_vacuum() */
+	pgstat_flush_io(false);
+	(void) pgstat_flush_backend(false, PGSTAT_BACKEND_FLUSH_IO);
+}
+
 /*
  * count a tuple insertion of n tuples
  */
diff --git a/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c b/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c
index 1408de387ea..90a8968faa0 100644
--- a/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c
+++ b/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c
@@ -84,6 +84,18 @@ PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(mod_since_analyze)
 /* pg_stat_get_numscans */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(numscans)
 
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_analyze_count)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_autoanalyze_count)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_autovacuum_count)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_vacuum_count)
+
 /* pg_stat_get_tuples_deleted */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(tuples_deleted)
 
@@ -170,6 +182,18 @@ PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_vacuum_time)
 /* pg_stat_get_lastscan */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(lastscan)
 
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_analyze_time)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_autoanalyze_time)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_autovacuum_time)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_vacuum_time)
+
 /* pg_stat_get_stat_reset_time */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(stat_reset_time)
 
diff --git a/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat b/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat
index fa9ae79082b..32debb34863 100644
--- a/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat
+++ b/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat
@@ -5680,6 +5680,38 @@
   proargmodes => '{o,o,o,o,o,o,o,o,o,o}',
   proargnames => '{oid,score,xid_score,mxid_score,vacuum_score,vacuum_insert_score,analyze_score,do_vacuum,do_analyze,for_wraparound}',
   prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_autovacuum_scores' },
+{ oid => '8142', descr => 'statistics: last skipped vacuum time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time' },
+{ oid => '8143', descr => 'statistics: last skipped auto vacuum time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time' },
+{ oid => '8144', descr => 'statistics: last skipped analyze time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time' },
+{ oid => '8145', descr => 'statistics: last skipped auto analyze time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time' },
+{ oid => '8146', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped vacuum for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count' },
+{ oid => '8147', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped auto vacuum for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count' },
+{ oid => '8148', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped analyzes for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count' },
+{ oid => '8149', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped auto analyzes for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count' },
 { oid => '1936', descr => 'statistics: currently active backend IDs',
   proname => 'pg_stat_get_backend_idset', prorows => '100', proretset => 't',
   provolatile => 's', proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int4',
diff --git a/src/include/pgstat.h b/src/include/pgstat.h
index dfa2e837638..98941f953d1 100644
--- a/src/include/pgstat.h
+++ b/src/include/pgstat.h
@@ -479,6 +479,15 @@ typedef struct PgStat_StatTabEntry
 	TimestampTz last_autoanalyze_time;	/* autovacuum initiated */
 	PgStat_Counter autoanalyze_count;
 
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_vacuum_time;	/* user initiated vacuum */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_vacuum_count;
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_autovacuum_time;	/* autovacuum initiated */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_autovacuum_count;
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_analyze_time;	/* user initiated */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_analyze_count;
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_autoanalyze_time;	/* autovacuum initiated */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_autoanalyze_count;
+
 	PgStat_Counter total_vacuum_time;	/* times in milliseconds */
 	PgStat_Counter total_autovacuum_time;
 	PgStat_Counter total_analyze_time;
@@ -703,6 +712,13 @@ extern void pgstat_report_analyze(Relation rel,
 								  PgStat_Counter livetuples, PgStat_Counter deadtuples,
 								  bool resetcounter, TimestampTz starttime);
 
+/* flags for pgstat_flush_backend() */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM		(1 << 0)	/* vacuum is skipped */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE		(1 << 1)	/* analyze is skipped */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOVACUUM	(1 << 2)	/* autovacuum is skipped */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOANALYZE	(1 << 3)	/* autoanalyze is skipped */
+extern void pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(Oid relid, int flags);
+
 /*
  * If stats are enabled, but pending data hasn't been prepared yet, call
  * pgstat_assoc_relation() to do so. See its comment for why this is done
diff --git a/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out b/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out
index a65a5bf0c4f..9b2075d3373 100644
--- a/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out
+++ b/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out
@@ -1835,13 +1835,21 @@ pg_stat_all_tables| SELECT c.oid AS relid,
     pg_stat_get_mod_since_analyze(c.oid) AS n_mod_since_analyze,
     pg_stat_get_ins_since_vacuum(c.oid) AS n_ins_since_vacuum,
     pg_stat_get_last_vacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_vacuum,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_vacuum,
     pg_stat_get_last_autovacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_autovacuum,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_autovacuum,
     pg_stat_get_last_analyze_time(c.oid) AS last_analyze,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_analyze,
     pg_stat_get_last_autoanalyze_time(c.oid) AS last_autoanalyze,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_autoanalyze,
     pg_stat_get_vacuum_count(c.oid) AS vacuum_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count(c.oid) AS skipped_vacuum_count,
     pg_stat_get_autovacuum_count(c.oid) AS autovacuum_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count(c.oid) AS skipped_autovacuum_count,
     pg_stat_get_analyze_count(c.oid) AS analyze_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count(c.oid) AS skipped_analyze_count,
     pg_stat_get_autoanalyze_count(c.oid) AS autoanalyze_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count(c.oid) AS skipped_autoanalyze_count,
     pg_stat_get_total_vacuum_time(c.oid) AS total_vacuum_time,
     pg_stat_get_total_autovacuum_time(c.oid) AS total_autovacuum_time,
     pg_stat_get_total_analyze_time(c.oid) AS total_analyze_time,
@@ -2346,13 +2354,21 @@ pg_stat_sys_tables| SELECT relid,
     n_mod_since_analyze,
     n_ins_since_vacuum,
     last_vacuum,
+    last_skipped_vacuum,
     last_autovacuum,
+    last_skipped_autovacuum,
     last_analyze,
+    last_skipped_analyze,
     last_autoanalyze,
+    last_skipped_autoanalyze,
     vacuum_count,
+    skipped_vacuum_count,
     autovacuum_count,
+    skipped_autovacuum_count,
     analyze_count,
+    skipped_analyze_count,
     autoanalyze_count,
+    skipped_autoanalyze_count,
     total_vacuum_time,
     total_autovacuum_time,
     total_analyze_time,
@@ -2401,13 +2417,21 @@ pg_stat_user_tables| SELECT relid,
     n_mod_since_analyze,
     n_ins_since_vacuum,
     last_vacuum,
+    last_skipped_vacuum,
     last_autovacuum,
+    last_skipped_autovacuum,
     last_analyze,
+    last_skipped_analyze,
     last_autoanalyze,
+    last_skipped_autoanalyze,
     vacuum_count,
+    skipped_vacuum_count,
     autovacuum_count,
+    skipped_autovacuum_count,
     analyze_count,
+    skipped_analyze_count,
     autoanalyze_count,
+    skipped_autoanalyze_count,
     total_vacuum_time,
     total_autovacuum_time,
     total_analyze_time,
-- 
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* [PATCH v4] Track skipped vacuum and analyze activity per relation
@ 2026-03-24 04:09 Yugo Nagata <[email protected]>
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From: Yugo Nagata @ 2026-03-24 04:09 UTC (permalink / raw)

This commit adds eight fields to the relation statistics that track
the last time vacuum or analyze has been attempted but skipped due to
lock unavailability, along with their counts:

-    last_skipped_vacuum
-    last_skipped_autovacuum
-    last_skipped_analyze
-    last_skipped_autoanalyze
-    skipped_vacuum_count
-    skipped_autovacuum_count
-    skipped_analyze_count
-    skipped_autoanalyze_count

These field can help users confirm that autovacuum is actively attempting
to run on a table that has not been vacuumed or analyzed for a long time,
and that the lack of progress is due to repeated skips rather than inactivity.
---
 doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml                 |  88 ++++++++++++++++
 src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql         |   8 ++
 src/backend/commands/vacuum.c                | 102 ++++++++++++++-----
 src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c |  64 ++++++++++++
 src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c          |  24 +++++
 src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat              |  32 ++++++
 src/include/pgstat.h                         |  16 +++
 src/test/regress/expected/rules.out          |  24 +++++
 8 files changed, 335 insertions(+), 23 deletions(-)

diff --git a/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml b/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml
index 08d5b824552..a9b579d87a9 100644
--- a/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml
+++ b/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml
@@ -4387,6 +4387,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_vacuum</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time a manual vacuum on this table was attempted but skipped due to
+       lock unavailability (not counting <command>VACUUM FULL</command>)
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>last_autovacuum</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
@@ -4397,6 +4407,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_autovacuum</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time a vacuum on this table by the autovacuum daemon was attempted
+       but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>last_analyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
@@ -4406,6 +4426,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_analyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time a manual analyze on this table was attempted but skipped due to
+       lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>last_autoanalyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
@@ -4416,6 +4446,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_autoanalyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time at which an analyze on this table by the autovacuum was
+       attempted but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>vacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4426,6 +4466,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_vacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times manual vacuums on this table have been attempted but skipped
+       due to lock unavailability (not counting <command>VACUUM FULL</command>)
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>autovacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4436,6 +4486,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_autovacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times vacuums on this table by the autovacuum daemon have been
+       attempted but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>analyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4445,6 +4505,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_analyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times manual analyzes on this table have been attempted but
+       skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>autoanalyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4455,6 +4525,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_autoanalyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times analyzes on this table by the autovacuum daemon have
+       been attempted but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>total_vacuum_time</structfield> <type>double precision</type>
@@ -4510,6 +4590,14 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
    </tgroup>
   </table>
 
+  <note>
+   <para>
+    When a manual vacuum or analyze on a parent table in an inheritance or
+    partitioning hierarchy is skipped, the statistics are recorded only for
+    the parent table, not for its children.
+   </para>
+  </note>
+
  </sect2>
 
  <sect2 id="monitoring-pg-stat-autovacuum-scores-view">
diff --git a/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql b/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql
index 73a1c1c4670..f509fc7876b 100644
--- a/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql
+++ b/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql
@@ -736,13 +736,21 @@ CREATE VIEW pg_stat_all_tables AS
             pg_stat_get_mod_since_analyze(C.oid) AS n_mod_since_analyze,
             pg_stat_get_ins_since_vacuum(C.oid) AS n_ins_since_vacuum,
             pg_stat_get_last_vacuum_time(C.oid) as last_vacuum,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_vacuum,
             pg_stat_get_last_autovacuum_time(C.oid) as last_autovacuum,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_autovacuum,
             pg_stat_get_last_analyze_time(C.oid) as last_analyze,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_analyze,
             pg_stat_get_last_autoanalyze_time(C.oid) as last_autoanalyze,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_autoanalyze,
             pg_stat_get_vacuum_count(C.oid) AS vacuum_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count(C.oid) AS skipped_vacuum_count,
             pg_stat_get_autovacuum_count(C.oid) AS autovacuum_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count(C.oid) AS skipped_autovacuum_count,
             pg_stat_get_analyze_count(C.oid) AS analyze_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count(C.oid) AS skipped_analyze_count,
             pg_stat_get_autoanalyze_count(C.oid) AS autoanalyze_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count(C.oid) AS skipped_autoanalyze_count,
             pg_stat_get_total_vacuum_time(C.oid) AS total_vacuum_time,
             pg_stat_get_total_autovacuum_time(C.oid) AS total_autovacuum_time,
             pg_stat_get_total_analyze_time(C.oid) AS total_analyze_time,
diff --git a/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c b/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c
index 99d0db82ed7..97cd5ea8d10 100644
--- a/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c
+++ b/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c
@@ -793,8 +793,25 @@ vacuum_open_relation(Oid relid, RangeVar *relation, uint32 options,
 		rel = try_relation_open(relid, NoLock);
 	else
 	{
+		int flags = 0;
 		rel = NULL;
 		rel_lock = false;
+
+		if ((options & VACOPT_VACUUM) != 0)
+		{
+			if (AmAutoVacuumWorkerProcess())
+				flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOVACUUM;
+			else
+				flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM;
+		}
+		if ((options & VACOPT_ANALYZE) != 0)
+		{
+			if (AmAutoVacuumWorkerProcess())
+				flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOANALYZE;
+			else
+				flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE;
+		}
+		pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(relid, flags);
 	}
 
 	/* if relation is opened, leave */
@@ -802,7 +819,7 @@ vacuum_open_relation(Oid relid, RangeVar *relation, uint32 options,
 		return rel;
 
 	/*
-	 * Relation could not be opened, hence generate if possible a log
+	 * Relation could not be opened hence generate if possible a log
 	 * informing on the situation.
 	 *
 	 * If the RangeVar is not defined, we do not have enough information to
@@ -905,7 +922,6 @@ expand_vacuum_rel(VacuumRelation *vrel, MemoryContext vac_context,
 		Form_pg_class classForm;
 		bool		include_children;
 		bool		is_partitioned_table;
-		int			rvr_opts;
 
 		/*
 		 * Since autovacuum workers supply OIDs when calling vacuum(), no
@@ -918,29 +934,69 @@ expand_vacuum_rel(VacuumRelation *vrel, MemoryContext vac_context,
 		 * below, as well as find_all_inheritors's expectation that the caller
 		 * holds some lock on the starting relation.
 		 */
-		rvr_opts = (options & VACOPT_SKIP_LOCKED) ? RVR_SKIP_LOCKED : 0;
-		relid = RangeVarGetRelidExtended(vrel->relation,
-										 AccessShareLock,
-										 rvr_opts,
-										 NULL, NULL);
-
-		/*
-		 * If the lock is unavailable, emit the same log statement that
-		 * vacuum_rel() and analyze_rel() would.
-		 */
-		if (!OidIsValid(relid))
+		if (!(options & VACOPT_SKIP_LOCKED))
 		{
-			if (options & VACOPT_VACUUM)
-				ereport(WARNING,
-						(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
-						 errmsg("skipping vacuum of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
-								vrel->relation->relname)));
-			else
-				ereport(WARNING,
-						(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
-						 errmsg("skipping analyze of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
+			relid = RangeVarGetRelidExtended(vrel->relation,
+											 AccessShareLock,
+											 0, NULL, NULL);
+			if (!OidIsValid(relid))
+				return vacrels;
+		}
+		else
+		{
+			/* Get relid for reporting before taking a lock */
+			relid = RangeVarGetRelid(vrel->relation, NoLock, false);
+
+			if (!ConditionalLockRelationOid(relid, AccessShareLock))
+			{
+				int	flags = 0;
+				/*
+				 * If the lock is unavailable, emit the same log statement that
+				 * vacuum_rel() and analyze_rel() would.
+				 */
+				if (options & VACOPT_VACUUM)
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping vacuum of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
 								vrel->relation->relname)));
-			return vacrels;
+				else
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping analyze of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
+									vrel->relation->relname)));
+
+				if ((options & VACOPT_VACUUM) != 0)
+					flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM;
+				if ((options & VACOPT_ANALYZE) != 0)
+					flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE;
+
+				pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(relid, flags);
+
+				return vacrels;
+			}
+
+			/*
+			 * Now that we have the lock, probe to see if the relation really
+			 * exists or not.
+			 */
+			if (!SearchSysCacheExists1(RELOID, ObjectIdGetDatum(relid)))
+			{
+				if (options & VACOPT_VACUUM)
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_UNDEFINED_TABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping vacuum of \"%s\" --- relation no longer exists",
+									vrel->relation->relname)));
+				else
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_UNDEFINED_TABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping analyze of \"%s\" --- relation no longer exists",
+									vrel->relation->relname)));
+
+				/* Release useless lock */
+				UnlockRelationOid(relid, AccessShareLock);
+
+				return vacrels;
+			}
 		}
 
 		/*
diff --git a/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c b/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c
index b2ca28f83ba..532d9023f8c 100644
--- a/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c
+++ b/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c
@@ -17,12 +17,14 @@
 
 #include "postgres.h"
 
+#include "access/htup_details.h"
 #include "access/twophase_rmgr.h"
 #include "access/xact.h"
 #include "catalog/catalog.h"
 #include "utils/memutils.h"
 #include "utils/pgstat_internal.h"
 #include "utils/rel.h"
+#include "utils/syscache.h"
 #include "utils/timestamp.h"
 
 
@@ -367,6 +369,68 @@ pgstat_report_analyze(Relation rel,
 	(void) pgstat_flush_backend(false, PGSTAT_BACKEND_FLUSH_IO);
 }
 
+/*
+ * Report that the table was skipped during vacuum or/and analyze.
+ */
+void
+pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(Oid relid, int flags)
+{
+	PgStat_EntryRef *entry_ref;
+	PgStatShared_Relation *shtabentry;
+	PgStat_StatTabEntry *tabentry;
+	TimestampTz ts;
+	HeapTuple	classTup;
+	bool		isshared;
+
+	if (!pgstat_track_counts || !flags)
+		return;
+
+	classTup = SearchSysCache1(RELOID, ObjectIdGetDatum(relid));
+	if (!HeapTupleIsValid(classTup))
+		return;			/* somebody deleted the rel, forget it */
+	isshared = ((Form_pg_class) GETSTRUCT(classTup))->relisshared;
+	ReleaseSysCache(classTup);
+
+	/* Store the data in the table's hash table entry. */
+	ts = GetCurrentTimestamp();
+
+	/* block acquiring lock for the same reason as pgstat_report_autovac() */
+	entry_ref = pgstat_get_entry_ref_locked(PGSTAT_KIND_RELATION,
+											isshared ? InvalidOid : MyDatabaseId,
+											relid, false);
+
+	shtabentry = (PgStatShared_Relation *) entry_ref->shared_stats;
+	tabentry = &shtabentry->stats;
+
+	if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM)
+	{
+		tabentry->last_skipped_vacuum_time = ts;
+		tabentry->skipped_vacuum_count++;
+	}
+	else if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOVACUUM)
+	{
+		tabentry->last_skipped_autovacuum_time = ts;
+		tabentry->skipped_autovacuum_count++;
+	}
+
+	if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE)
+	{
+		tabentry->last_skipped_analyze_time = ts;
+		tabentry->skipped_analyze_count++;
+	}
+	else if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOANALYZE)
+	{
+		tabentry->last_skipped_autoanalyze_time = ts;
+		tabentry->skipped_autoanalyze_count++;
+	}
+
+	pgstat_unlock_entry(entry_ref);
+
+	/* see pgstat_report_vacuum() */
+	pgstat_flush_io(false);
+	(void) pgstat_flush_backend(false, PGSTAT_BACKEND_FLUSH_IO);
+}
+
 /*
  * count a tuple insertion of n tuples
  */
diff --git a/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c b/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c
index 1408de387ea..90a8968faa0 100644
--- a/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c
+++ b/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c
@@ -84,6 +84,18 @@ PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(mod_since_analyze)
 /* pg_stat_get_numscans */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(numscans)
 
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_analyze_count)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_autoanalyze_count)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_autovacuum_count)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_vacuum_count)
+
 /* pg_stat_get_tuples_deleted */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(tuples_deleted)
 
@@ -170,6 +182,18 @@ PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_vacuum_time)
 /* pg_stat_get_lastscan */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(lastscan)
 
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_analyze_time)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_autoanalyze_time)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_autovacuum_time)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_vacuum_time)
+
 /* pg_stat_get_stat_reset_time */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(stat_reset_time)
 
diff --git a/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat b/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat
index fa9ae79082b..32debb34863 100644
--- a/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat
+++ b/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat
@@ -5680,6 +5680,38 @@
   proargmodes => '{o,o,o,o,o,o,o,o,o,o}',
   proargnames => '{oid,score,xid_score,mxid_score,vacuum_score,vacuum_insert_score,analyze_score,do_vacuum,do_analyze,for_wraparound}',
   prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_autovacuum_scores' },
+{ oid => '8142', descr => 'statistics: last skipped vacuum time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time' },
+{ oid => '8143', descr => 'statistics: last skipped auto vacuum time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time' },
+{ oid => '8144', descr => 'statistics: last skipped analyze time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time' },
+{ oid => '8145', descr => 'statistics: last skipped auto analyze time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time' },
+{ oid => '8146', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped vacuum for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count' },
+{ oid => '8147', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped auto vacuum for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count' },
+{ oid => '8148', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped analyzes for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count' },
+{ oid => '8149', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped auto analyzes for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count' },
 { oid => '1936', descr => 'statistics: currently active backend IDs',
   proname => 'pg_stat_get_backend_idset', prorows => '100', proretset => 't',
   provolatile => 's', proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int4',
diff --git a/src/include/pgstat.h b/src/include/pgstat.h
index dfa2e837638..98941f953d1 100644
--- a/src/include/pgstat.h
+++ b/src/include/pgstat.h
@@ -479,6 +479,15 @@ typedef struct PgStat_StatTabEntry
 	TimestampTz last_autoanalyze_time;	/* autovacuum initiated */
 	PgStat_Counter autoanalyze_count;
 
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_vacuum_time;	/* user initiated vacuum */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_vacuum_count;
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_autovacuum_time;	/* autovacuum initiated */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_autovacuum_count;
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_analyze_time;	/* user initiated */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_analyze_count;
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_autoanalyze_time;	/* autovacuum initiated */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_autoanalyze_count;
+
 	PgStat_Counter total_vacuum_time;	/* times in milliseconds */
 	PgStat_Counter total_autovacuum_time;
 	PgStat_Counter total_analyze_time;
@@ -703,6 +712,13 @@ extern void pgstat_report_analyze(Relation rel,
 								  PgStat_Counter livetuples, PgStat_Counter deadtuples,
 								  bool resetcounter, TimestampTz starttime);
 
+/* flags for pgstat_flush_backend() */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM		(1 << 0)	/* vacuum is skipped */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE		(1 << 1)	/* analyze is skipped */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOVACUUM	(1 << 2)	/* autovacuum is skipped */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOANALYZE	(1 << 3)	/* autoanalyze is skipped */
+extern void pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(Oid relid, int flags);
+
 /*
  * If stats are enabled, but pending data hasn't been prepared yet, call
  * pgstat_assoc_relation() to do so. See its comment for why this is done
diff --git a/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out b/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out
index a65a5bf0c4f..9b2075d3373 100644
--- a/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out
+++ b/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out
@@ -1835,13 +1835,21 @@ pg_stat_all_tables| SELECT c.oid AS relid,
     pg_stat_get_mod_since_analyze(c.oid) AS n_mod_since_analyze,
     pg_stat_get_ins_since_vacuum(c.oid) AS n_ins_since_vacuum,
     pg_stat_get_last_vacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_vacuum,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_vacuum,
     pg_stat_get_last_autovacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_autovacuum,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_autovacuum,
     pg_stat_get_last_analyze_time(c.oid) AS last_analyze,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_analyze,
     pg_stat_get_last_autoanalyze_time(c.oid) AS last_autoanalyze,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_autoanalyze,
     pg_stat_get_vacuum_count(c.oid) AS vacuum_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count(c.oid) AS skipped_vacuum_count,
     pg_stat_get_autovacuum_count(c.oid) AS autovacuum_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count(c.oid) AS skipped_autovacuum_count,
     pg_stat_get_analyze_count(c.oid) AS analyze_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count(c.oid) AS skipped_analyze_count,
     pg_stat_get_autoanalyze_count(c.oid) AS autoanalyze_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count(c.oid) AS skipped_autoanalyze_count,
     pg_stat_get_total_vacuum_time(c.oid) AS total_vacuum_time,
     pg_stat_get_total_autovacuum_time(c.oid) AS total_autovacuum_time,
     pg_stat_get_total_analyze_time(c.oid) AS total_analyze_time,
@@ -2346,13 +2354,21 @@ pg_stat_sys_tables| SELECT relid,
     n_mod_since_analyze,
     n_ins_since_vacuum,
     last_vacuum,
+    last_skipped_vacuum,
     last_autovacuum,
+    last_skipped_autovacuum,
     last_analyze,
+    last_skipped_analyze,
     last_autoanalyze,
+    last_skipped_autoanalyze,
     vacuum_count,
+    skipped_vacuum_count,
     autovacuum_count,
+    skipped_autovacuum_count,
     analyze_count,
+    skipped_analyze_count,
     autoanalyze_count,
+    skipped_autoanalyze_count,
     total_vacuum_time,
     total_autovacuum_time,
     total_analyze_time,
@@ -2401,13 +2417,21 @@ pg_stat_user_tables| SELECT relid,
     n_mod_since_analyze,
     n_ins_since_vacuum,
     last_vacuum,
+    last_skipped_vacuum,
     last_autovacuum,
+    last_skipped_autovacuum,
     last_analyze,
+    last_skipped_analyze,
     last_autoanalyze,
+    last_skipped_autoanalyze,
     vacuum_count,
+    skipped_vacuum_count,
     autovacuum_count,
+    skipped_autovacuum_count,
     analyze_count,
+    skipped_analyze_count,
     autoanalyze_count,
+    skipped_autoanalyze_count,
     total_vacuum_time,
     total_autovacuum_time,
     total_analyze_time,
-- 
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* [PATCH v3] Track skipped vacuum and analyze activity per relation
@ 2026-03-24 04:09 Yugo Nagata <[email protected]>
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From: Yugo Nagata @ 2026-03-24 04:09 UTC (permalink / raw)

This commit adds eight fields to the relation statistics that track
the last time vacuum or analyze has been attempted but skipped due to
lock unavailability, along with their counts:

-    last_skipped_vacuum
-    last_skipped_autovacuum
-    last_skipped_analyze
-    last_skipped_autoanalyze
-    skipped_vacuum_count
-    skipped_autovacuum_count
-    skipped_analyze_count
-    skipped_autoanalyze_count

These field can help users confirm that autovacuum is actively attempting
to run on a table that has not been vacuumed or analyzed for a long time,
and that the lack of progress is due to repeated skips rather than inactivity.
---
 doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml                 | 80 +++++++++++++++++
 src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql         |  8 ++
 src/backend/commands/vacuum.c                | 95 +++++++++++++++-----
 src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c | 68 ++++++++++++++
 src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c          | 24 +++++
 src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat              | 32 +++++++
 src/include/pgstat.h                         | 16 ++++
 src/test/regress/expected/rules.out          | 24 +++++
 8 files changed, 324 insertions(+), 23 deletions(-)

diff --git a/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml b/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml
index bb75ed1069b..9ec8070b2fc 100644
--- a/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml
+++ b/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml
@@ -4372,6 +4372,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_vacuum</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time a manual vacuum on this table was attempted but skipped due to
+       lock unavailability (not counting <command>VACUUM FULL</command>)
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>last_autovacuum</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
@@ -4382,6 +4392,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_autovacuum</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time a vacuum on this table by the autovacuum daemon was attempted
+       but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>last_analyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
@@ -4391,6 +4411,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_analyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time a manual analyze on this table was attempted but skipped due to
+       lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>last_autoanalyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
@@ -4401,6 +4431,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_autoanalyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time at which an analyze on this table by the autovacuum was
+       attempted but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>vacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4411,6 +4451,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_vacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times vacuums on this table have been attempted but skipped
+       due to lock unavailability (not counting <command>VACUUM FULL</command>)
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>autovacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4421,6 +4471,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_autovacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times vacuums on this table by the autovacuum daemon have been
+       attempted but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>analyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4430,6 +4490,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_analyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times manual analyzes on this table have been attempted but
+       skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>autoanalyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4440,6 +4510,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_autoanalyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times analyzes on this table by the autovacuum daemon have
+       been attempted but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>total_vacuum_time</structfield> <type>double precision</type>
diff --git a/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql b/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql
index e54018004db..2ca02a0354c 100644
--- a/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql
+++ b/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql
@@ -736,13 +736,21 @@ CREATE VIEW pg_stat_all_tables AS
             pg_stat_get_mod_since_analyze(C.oid) AS n_mod_since_analyze,
             pg_stat_get_ins_since_vacuum(C.oid) AS n_ins_since_vacuum,
             pg_stat_get_last_vacuum_time(C.oid) as last_vacuum,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_vacuum,
             pg_stat_get_last_autovacuum_time(C.oid) as last_autovacuum,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_autovacuum,
             pg_stat_get_last_analyze_time(C.oid) as last_analyze,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_analyze,
             pg_stat_get_last_autoanalyze_time(C.oid) as last_autoanalyze,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_autoanalyze,
             pg_stat_get_vacuum_count(C.oid) AS vacuum_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count(C.oid) AS skipped_vacuum_count,
             pg_stat_get_autovacuum_count(C.oid) AS autovacuum_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count(C.oid) AS skipped_autovacuum_count,
             pg_stat_get_analyze_count(C.oid) AS analyze_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count(C.oid) AS skipped_analyze_count,
             pg_stat_get_autoanalyze_count(C.oid) AS autoanalyze_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count(C.oid) AS skipped_autoanalyze_count,
             pg_stat_get_total_vacuum_time(C.oid) AS total_vacuum_time,
             pg_stat_get_total_autovacuum_time(C.oid) AS total_autovacuum_time,
             pg_stat_get_total_analyze_time(C.oid) AS total_analyze_time,
diff --git a/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c b/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c
index bce3a2daa24..ce83b3171be 100644
--- a/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c
+++ b/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c
@@ -792,8 +792,18 @@ vacuum_open_relation(Oid relid, RangeVar *relation, bits32 options,
 		rel = try_relation_open(relid, NoLock);
 	else
 	{
+		bits8 flags = 0;
 		rel = NULL;
 		rel_lock = false;
+
+		if ((options & VACOPT_VACUUM) != 0)
+			flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM;
+		if ((options & VACOPT_ANALYZE) != 0)
+			flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE;
+		if (AmAutoVacuumWorkerProcess())
+			flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOVAC;
+
+		pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(relid, flags);
 	}
 
 	/* if relation is opened, leave */
@@ -801,7 +811,7 @@ vacuum_open_relation(Oid relid, RangeVar *relation, bits32 options,
 		return rel;
 
 	/*
-	 * Relation could not be opened, hence generate if possible a log
+	 * Relation could not be opened hence generate if possible a log
 	 * informing on the situation.
 	 *
 	 * If the RangeVar is not defined, we do not have enough information to
@@ -904,7 +914,6 @@ expand_vacuum_rel(VacuumRelation *vrel, MemoryContext vac_context,
 		Form_pg_class classForm;
 		bool		include_children;
 		bool		is_partitioned_table;
-		int			rvr_opts;
 
 		/*
 		 * Since autovacuum workers supply OIDs when calling vacuum(), no
@@ -917,29 +926,69 @@ expand_vacuum_rel(VacuumRelation *vrel, MemoryContext vac_context,
 		 * below, as well as find_all_inheritors's expectation that the caller
 		 * holds some lock on the starting relation.
 		 */
-		rvr_opts = (options & VACOPT_SKIP_LOCKED) ? RVR_SKIP_LOCKED : 0;
-		relid = RangeVarGetRelidExtended(vrel->relation,
-										 AccessShareLock,
-										 rvr_opts,
-										 NULL, NULL);
-
-		/*
-		 * If the lock is unavailable, emit the same log statement that
-		 * vacuum_rel() and analyze_rel() would.
-		 */
-		if (!OidIsValid(relid))
+		if (!(options & VACOPT_SKIP_LOCKED))
 		{
-			if (options & VACOPT_VACUUM)
-				ereport(WARNING,
-						(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
-						 errmsg("skipping vacuum of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
-								vrel->relation->relname)));
-			else
-				ereport(WARNING,
-						(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
-						 errmsg("skipping analyze of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
+			relid = RangeVarGetRelidExtended(vrel->relation,
+											 AccessShareLock,
+											 0, NULL, NULL);
+			if (!OidIsValid(relid))
+				return vacrels;
+		}
+		else
+		{
+			/* Get relid for reporting before taking a lock */
+			relid = RangeVarGetRelid(vrel->relation, NoLock, false);
+
+			if (!ConditionalLockRelationOid(relid, AccessShareLock))
+			{
+				bits8	flags = 0;
+				/*
+				 * If the lock is unavailable, emit the same log statement that
+				 * vacuum_rel() and analyze_rel() would.
+				 */
+				if (options & VACOPT_VACUUM)
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping vacuum of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
 								vrel->relation->relname)));
-			return vacrels;
+				else
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping analyze of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
+									vrel->relation->relname)));
+
+				if ((options & VACOPT_VACUUM) != 0)
+					flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM;
+				if ((options & VACOPT_ANALYZE) != 0)
+					flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE;
+
+				pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(relid, flags);
+
+				return vacrels;
+			}
+
+			/*
+			 * Now that we have the lock, probe to see if the relation really
+			 * exists or not.
+			 */
+			if (!SearchSysCacheExists1(RELOID, ObjectIdGetDatum(relid)))
+			{
+				if (options & VACOPT_VACUUM)
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_UNDEFINED_TABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping vacuum of \"%s\" --- relation no longer exists",
+									vrel->relation->relname)));
+				else
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_UNDEFINED_TABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping analyze of \"%s\" --- relation no longer exists",
+									vrel->relation->relname)));
+
+				/* Release useless lock */
+				UnlockRelationOid(relid, AccessShareLock);
+
+				return vacrels;
+			}
 		}
 
 		/*
diff --git a/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c b/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c
index bc8c43b96aa..cec4c88980e 100644
--- a/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c
+++ b/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c
@@ -17,6 +17,7 @@
 
 #include "postgres.h"
 
+#include "access/htup_details.h"
 #include "access/twophase_rmgr.h"
 #include "access/xact.h"
 #include "catalog/catalog.h"
@@ -366,6 +367,73 @@ pgstat_report_analyze(Relation rel,
 	(void) pgstat_flush_backend(false, PGSTAT_BACKEND_FLUSH_IO);
 }
 
+/*
+ * Report that the table was skipped during vacuum or/and analyze.
+ */
+void
+pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(Oid relid, bits8 flags)
+{
+	PgStat_EntryRef *entry_ref;
+	PgStatShared_Relation *shtabentry;
+	PgStat_StatTabEntry *tabentry;
+	TimestampTz ts;
+	HeapTuple	classTup;
+	bool		isshared;
+
+	if (!pgstat_track_counts || !(flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANY))
+		return;
+
+	classTup = SearchSysCache1(RELOID, ObjectIdGetDatum(relid));
+	if (!HeapTupleIsValid(classTup))
+		return;			/* somebody deleted the rel, forget it */
+	isshared = ((Form_pg_class) GETSTRUCT(classTup))->relisshared;
+	ReleaseSysCache(classTup);
+
+	/* Store the data in the table's hash table entry. */
+	ts = GetCurrentTimestamp();
+
+	/* block acquiring lock for the same reason as pgstat_report_autovac() */
+	entry_ref = pgstat_get_entry_ref_locked(PGSTAT_KIND_RELATION,
+											isshared ? InvalidOid : MyDatabaseId,
+											relid, false);
+
+	shtabentry = (PgStatShared_Relation *) entry_ref->shared_stats;
+	tabentry = &shtabentry->stats;
+
+	if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOVAC)
+	{
+		if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM)
+		{
+			tabentry->last_skipped_autovacuum_time = ts;
+			tabentry->skipped_autovacuum_count++;
+		}
+		if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE)
+		{
+			tabentry->last_skipped_autoanalyze_time = ts;
+			tabentry->skipped_autoanalyze_count++;
+		}
+	}
+	else
+	{
+		if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM)
+		{
+			tabentry->last_skipped_vacuum_time = ts;
+			tabentry->skipped_vacuum_count++;
+		}
+		if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE)
+		{
+			tabentry->last_skipped_analyze_time = ts;
+			tabentry->skipped_analyze_count++;
+		}
+	}
+
+	pgstat_unlock_entry(entry_ref);
+
+	/* see pgstat_report_vacuum() */
+	pgstat_flush_io(false);
+	(void) pgstat_flush_backend(false, PGSTAT_BACKEND_FLUSH_IO);
+}
+
 /*
  * count a tuple insertion of n tuples
  */
diff --git a/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c b/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c
index 9185a8e6b83..18aaa3996e1 100644
--- a/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c
+++ b/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c
@@ -84,6 +84,18 @@ PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(mod_since_analyze)
 /* pg_stat_get_numscans */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(numscans)
 
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_analyze_count)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_autoanalyze_count)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_autovacuum_count)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_vacuum_count)
+
 /* pg_stat_get_tuples_deleted */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(tuples_deleted)
 
@@ -170,6 +182,18 @@ PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_vacuum_time)
 /* pg_stat_get_lastscan */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(lastscan)
 
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_analyze_time)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_autoanalyze_time)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_autovacuum_time)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_vacuum_time)
+
 /* pg_stat_get_stat_reset_time */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(stat_reset_time)
 
diff --git a/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat b/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat
index 0118e970dda..ccfe3d9e02a 100644
--- a/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat
+++ b/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat
@@ -5667,6 +5667,38 @@
   proname => 'pg_stat_get_total_autoanalyze_time', provolatile => 's',
   proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'float8', proargtypes => 'oid',
   prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_total_autoanalyze_time' },
+{ oid => '8142', descr => 'statistics: last skipped vacuum time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time' },
+{ oid => '8143', descr => 'statistics: last skipped auto vacuum time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time' },
+{ oid => '8144', descr => 'statistics: last skipped analyze time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time' },
+{ oid => '8145', descr => 'statistics: last skipped auto analyze time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time' },
+{ oid => '8146', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped vacuum for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count' },
+{ oid => '8147', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped auto vacuum for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count' },
+{ oid => '8148', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped analyzes for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count' },
+{ oid => '8149', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped auto analyzes for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count' },
 { oid => '1936', descr => 'statistics: currently active backend IDs',
   proname => 'pg_stat_get_backend_idset', prorows => '100', proretset => 't',
   provolatile => 's', proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int4',
diff --git a/src/include/pgstat.h b/src/include/pgstat.h
index 8e3549c3752..343081a7a25 100644
--- a/src/include/pgstat.h
+++ b/src/include/pgstat.h
@@ -479,6 +479,15 @@ typedef struct PgStat_StatTabEntry
 	TimestampTz last_autoanalyze_time;	/* autovacuum initiated */
 	PgStat_Counter autoanalyze_count;
 
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_vacuum_time;	/* user initiated vacuum */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_vacuum_count;
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_autovacuum_time;	/* autovacuum initiated */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_autovacuum_count;
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_analyze_time;	/* user initiated */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_analyze_count;
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_autoanalyze_time;	/* autovacuum initiated */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_autoanalyze_count;
+
 	PgStat_Counter total_vacuum_time;	/* times in milliseconds */
 	PgStat_Counter total_autovacuum_time;
 	PgStat_Counter total_analyze_time;
@@ -707,6 +716,13 @@ extern void pgstat_report_analyze(Relation rel,
 								  PgStat_Counter livetuples, PgStat_Counter deadtuples,
 								  bool resetcounter, TimestampTz starttime);
 
+/* flags for pgstat_flush_backend() */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM	(1 << 0)	/* vacuum is skipped */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE	(1 << 1)	/* analyze is skipped */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOVAC	(1 << 2)	/* skipped during autovacuum/autoanalyze */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANY   (PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM | PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE)
+extern void pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(Oid relid, bits8 flags);
+
 /*
  * If stats are enabled, but pending data hasn't been prepared yet, call
  * pgstat_assoc_relation() to do so. See its comment for why this is done
diff --git a/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out b/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out
index 2b3cf6d8569..4ccfc43e903 100644
--- a/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out
+++ b/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out
@@ -1835,13 +1835,21 @@ pg_stat_all_tables| SELECT c.oid AS relid,
     pg_stat_get_mod_since_analyze(c.oid) AS n_mod_since_analyze,
     pg_stat_get_ins_since_vacuum(c.oid) AS n_ins_since_vacuum,
     pg_stat_get_last_vacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_vacuum,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_vacuum,
     pg_stat_get_last_autovacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_autovacuum,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_autovacuum,
     pg_stat_get_last_analyze_time(c.oid) AS last_analyze,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_analyze,
     pg_stat_get_last_autoanalyze_time(c.oid) AS last_autoanalyze,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_autoanalyze,
     pg_stat_get_vacuum_count(c.oid) AS vacuum_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count(c.oid) AS skipped_vacuum_count,
     pg_stat_get_autovacuum_count(c.oid) AS autovacuum_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count(c.oid) AS skipped_autovacuum_count,
     pg_stat_get_analyze_count(c.oid) AS analyze_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count(c.oid) AS skipped_analyze_count,
     pg_stat_get_autoanalyze_count(c.oid) AS autoanalyze_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count(c.oid) AS skipped_autoanalyze_count,
     pg_stat_get_total_vacuum_time(c.oid) AS total_vacuum_time,
     pg_stat_get_total_autovacuum_time(c.oid) AS total_autovacuum_time,
     pg_stat_get_total_analyze_time(c.oid) AS total_analyze_time,
@@ -2293,13 +2301,21 @@ pg_stat_sys_tables| SELECT relid,
     n_mod_since_analyze,
     n_ins_since_vacuum,
     last_vacuum,
+    last_skipped_vacuum,
     last_autovacuum,
+    last_skipped_autovacuum,
     last_analyze,
+    last_skipped_analyze,
     last_autoanalyze,
+    last_skipped_autoanalyze,
     vacuum_count,
+    skipped_vacuum_count,
     autovacuum_count,
+    skipped_autovacuum_count,
     analyze_count,
+    skipped_analyze_count,
     autoanalyze_count,
+    skipped_autoanalyze_count,
     total_vacuum_time,
     total_autovacuum_time,
     total_analyze_time,
@@ -2348,13 +2364,21 @@ pg_stat_user_tables| SELECT relid,
     n_mod_since_analyze,
     n_ins_since_vacuum,
     last_vacuum,
+    last_skipped_vacuum,
     last_autovacuum,
+    last_skipped_autovacuum,
     last_analyze,
+    last_skipped_analyze,
     last_autoanalyze,
+    last_skipped_autoanalyze,
     vacuum_count,
+    skipped_vacuum_count,
     autovacuum_count,
+    skipped_autovacuum_count,
     analyze_count,
+    skipped_analyze_count,
     autoanalyze_count,
+    skipped_autoanalyze_count,
     total_vacuum_time,
     total_autovacuum_time,
     total_analyze_time,
-- 
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* [PATCH v3] Track skipped vacuum and analyze activity per relation
@ 2026-03-24 04:09 Yugo Nagata <[email protected]>
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From: Yugo Nagata @ 2026-03-24 04:09 UTC (permalink / raw)

This commit adds eight fields to the relation statistics that track
the last time vacuum or analyze has been attempted but skipped due to
lock unavailability, along with their counts:

-    last_skipped_vacuum
-    last_skipped_autovacuum
-    last_skipped_analyze
-    last_skipped_autoanalyze
-    skipped_vacuum_count
-    skipped_autovacuum_count
-    skipped_analyze_count
-    skipped_autoanalyze_count

These field can help users confirm that autovacuum is actively attempting
to run on a table that has not been vacuumed or analyzed for a long time,
and that the lack of progress is due to repeated skips rather than inactivity.
---
 doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml                 | 80 +++++++++++++++++
 src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql         |  8 ++
 src/backend/commands/vacuum.c                | 95 +++++++++++++++-----
 src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c | 68 ++++++++++++++
 src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c          | 24 +++++
 src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat              | 32 +++++++
 src/include/pgstat.h                         | 16 ++++
 src/test/regress/expected/rules.out          | 24 +++++
 8 files changed, 324 insertions(+), 23 deletions(-)

diff --git a/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml b/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml
index bb75ed1069b..9ec8070b2fc 100644
--- a/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml
+++ b/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml
@@ -4372,6 +4372,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_vacuum</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time a manual vacuum on this table was attempted but skipped due to
+       lock unavailability (not counting <command>VACUUM FULL</command>)
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>last_autovacuum</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
@@ -4382,6 +4392,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_autovacuum</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time a vacuum on this table by the autovacuum daemon was attempted
+       but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>last_analyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
@@ -4391,6 +4411,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_analyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time a manual analyze on this table was attempted but skipped due to
+       lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>last_autoanalyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
@@ -4401,6 +4431,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_autoanalyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time at which an analyze on this table by the autovacuum was
+       attempted but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>vacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4411,6 +4451,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_vacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times vacuums on this table have been attempted but skipped
+       due to lock unavailability (not counting <command>VACUUM FULL</command>)
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>autovacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4421,6 +4471,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_autovacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times vacuums on this table by the autovacuum daemon have been
+       attempted but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>analyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4430,6 +4490,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_analyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times manual analyzes on this table have been attempted but
+       skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>autoanalyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4440,6 +4510,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_autoanalyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times analyzes on this table by the autovacuum daemon have
+       been attempted but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>total_vacuum_time</structfield> <type>double precision</type>
diff --git a/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql b/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql
index e54018004db..2ca02a0354c 100644
--- a/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql
+++ b/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql
@@ -736,13 +736,21 @@ CREATE VIEW pg_stat_all_tables AS
             pg_stat_get_mod_since_analyze(C.oid) AS n_mod_since_analyze,
             pg_stat_get_ins_since_vacuum(C.oid) AS n_ins_since_vacuum,
             pg_stat_get_last_vacuum_time(C.oid) as last_vacuum,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_vacuum,
             pg_stat_get_last_autovacuum_time(C.oid) as last_autovacuum,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_autovacuum,
             pg_stat_get_last_analyze_time(C.oid) as last_analyze,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_analyze,
             pg_stat_get_last_autoanalyze_time(C.oid) as last_autoanalyze,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_autoanalyze,
             pg_stat_get_vacuum_count(C.oid) AS vacuum_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count(C.oid) AS skipped_vacuum_count,
             pg_stat_get_autovacuum_count(C.oid) AS autovacuum_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count(C.oid) AS skipped_autovacuum_count,
             pg_stat_get_analyze_count(C.oid) AS analyze_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count(C.oid) AS skipped_analyze_count,
             pg_stat_get_autoanalyze_count(C.oid) AS autoanalyze_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count(C.oid) AS skipped_autoanalyze_count,
             pg_stat_get_total_vacuum_time(C.oid) AS total_vacuum_time,
             pg_stat_get_total_autovacuum_time(C.oid) AS total_autovacuum_time,
             pg_stat_get_total_analyze_time(C.oid) AS total_analyze_time,
diff --git a/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c b/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c
index bce3a2daa24..ce83b3171be 100644
--- a/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c
+++ b/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c
@@ -792,8 +792,18 @@ vacuum_open_relation(Oid relid, RangeVar *relation, bits32 options,
 		rel = try_relation_open(relid, NoLock);
 	else
 	{
+		bits8 flags = 0;
 		rel = NULL;
 		rel_lock = false;
+
+		if ((options & VACOPT_VACUUM) != 0)
+			flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM;
+		if ((options & VACOPT_ANALYZE) != 0)
+			flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE;
+		if (AmAutoVacuumWorkerProcess())
+			flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOVAC;
+
+		pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(relid, flags);
 	}
 
 	/* if relation is opened, leave */
@@ -801,7 +811,7 @@ vacuum_open_relation(Oid relid, RangeVar *relation, bits32 options,
 		return rel;
 
 	/*
-	 * Relation could not be opened, hence generate if possible a log
+	 * Relation could not be opened hence generate if possible a log
 	 * informing on the situation.
 	 *
 	 * If the RangeVar is not defined, we do not have enough information to
@@ -904,7 +914,6 @@ expand_vacuum_rel(VacuumRelation *vrel, MemoryContext vac_context,
 		Form_pg_class classForm;
 		bool		include_children;
 		bool		is_partitioned_table;
-		int			rvr_opts;
 
 		/*
 		 * Since autovacuum workers supply OIDs when calling vacuum(), no
@@ -917,29 +926,69 @@ expand_vacuum_rel(VacuumRelation *vrel, MemoryContext vac_context,
 		 * below, as well as find_all_inheritors's expectation that the caller
 		 * holds some lock on the starting relation.
 		 */
-		rvr_opts = (options & VACOPT_SKIP_LOCKED) ? RVR_SKIP_LOCKED : 0;
-		relid = RangeVarGetRelidExtended(vrel->relation,
-										 AccessShareLock,
-										 rvr_opts,
-										 NULL, NULL);
-
-		/*
-		 * If the lock is unavailable, emit the same log statement that
-		 * vacuum_rel() and analyze_rel() would.
-		 */
-		if (!OidIsValid(relid))
+		if (!(options & VACOPT_SKIP_LOCKED))
 		{
-			if (options & VACOPT_VACUUM)
-				ereport(WARNING,
-						(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
-						 errmsg("skipping vacuum of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
-								vrel->relation->relname)));
-			else
-				ereport(WARNING,
-						(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
-						 errmsg("skipping analyze of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
+			relid = RangeVarGetRelidExtended(vrel->relation,
+											 AccessShareLock,
+											 0, NULL, NULL);
+			if (!OidIsValid(relid))
+				return vacrels;
+		}
+		else
+		{
+			/* Get relid for reporting before taking a lock */
+			relid = RangeVarGetRelid(vrel->relation, NoLock, false);
+
+			if (!ConditionalLockRelationOid(relid, AccessShareLock))
+			{
+				bits8	flags = 0;
+				/*
+				 * If the lock is unavailable, emit the same log statement that
+				 * vacuum_rel() and analyze_rel() would.
+				 */
+				if (options & VACOPT_VACUUM)
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping vacuum of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
 								vrel->relation->relname)));
-			return vacrels;
+				else
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping analyze of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
+									vrel->relation->relname)));
+
+				if ((options & VACOPT_VACUUM) != 0)
+					flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM;
+				if ((options & VACOPT_ANALYZE) != 0)
+					flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE;
+
+				pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(relid, flags);
+
+				return vacrels;
+			}
+
+			/*
+			 * Now that we have the lock, probe to see if the relation really
+			 * exists or not.
+			 */
+			if (!SearchSysCacheExists1(RELOID, ObjectIdGetDatum(relid)))
+			{
+				if (options & VACOPT_VACUUM)
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_UNDEFINED_TABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping vacuum of \"%s\" --- relation no longer exists",
+									vrel->relation->relname)));
+				else
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_UNDEFINED_TABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping analyze of \"%s\" --- relation no longer exists",
+									vrel->relation->relname)));
+
+				/* Release useless lock */
+				UnlockRelationOid(relid, AccessShareLock);
+
+				return vacrels;
+			}
 		}
 
 		/*
diff --git a/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c b/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c
index bc8c43b96aa..cec4c88980e 100644
--- a/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c
+++ b/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c
@@ -17,6 +17,7 @@
 
 #include "postgres.h"
 
+#include "access/htup_details.h"
 #include "access/twophase_rmgr.h"
 #include "access/xact.h"
 #include "catalog/catalog.h"
@@ -366,6 +367,73 @@ pgstat_report_analyze(Relation rel,
 	(void) pgstat_flush_backend(false, PGSTAT_BACKEND_FLUSH_IO);
 }
 
+/*
+ * Report that the table was skipped during vacuum or/and analyze.
+ */
+void
+pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(Oid relid, bits8 flags)
+{
+	PgStat_EntryRef *entry_ref;
+	PgStatShared_Relation *shtabentry;
+	PgStat_StatTabEntry *tabentry;
+	TimestampTz ts;
+	HeapTuple	classTup;
+	bool		isshared;
+
+	if (!pgstat_track_counts || !(flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANY))
+		return;
+
+	classTup = SearchSysCache1(RELOID, ObjectIdGetDatum(relid));
+	if (!HeapTupleIsValid(classTup))
+		return;			/* somebody deleted the rel, forget it */
+	isshared = ((Form_pg_class) GETSTRUCT(classTup))->relisshared;
+	ReleaseSysCache(classTup);
+
+	/* Store the data in the table's hash table entry. */
+	ts = GetCurrentTimestamp();
+
+	/* block acquiring lock for the same reason as pgstat_report_autovac() */
+	entry_ref = pgstat_get_entry_ref_locked(PGSTAT_KIND_RELATION,
+											isshared ? InvalidOid : MyDatabaseId,
+											relid, false);
+
+	shtabentry = (PgStatShared_Relation *) entry_ref->shared_stats;
+	tabentry = &shtabentry->stats;
+
+	if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOVAC)
+	{
+		if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM)
+		{
+			tabentry->last_skipped_autovacuum_time = ts;
+			tabentry->skipped_autovacuum_count++;
+		}
+		if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE)
+		{
+			tabentry->last_skipped_autoanalyze_time = ts;
+			tabentry->skipped_autoanalyze_count++;
+		}
+	}
+	else
+	{
+		if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM)
+		{
+			tabentry->last_skipped_vacuum_time = ts;
+			tabentry->skipped_vacuum_count++;
+		}
+		if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE)
+		{
+			tabentry->last_skipped_analyze_time = ts;
+			tabentry->skipped_analyze_count++;
+		}
+	}
+
+	pgstat_unlock_entry(entry_ref);
+
+	/* see pgstat_report_vacuum() */
+	pgstat_flush_io(false);
+	(void) pgstat_flush_backend(false, PGSTAT_BACKEND_FLUSH_IO);
+}
+
 /*
  * count a tuple insertion of n tuples
  */
diff --git a/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c b/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c
index 9185a8e6b83..18aaa3996e1 100644
--- a/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c
+++ b/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c
@@ -84,6 +84,18 @@ PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(mod_since_analyze)
 /* pg_stat_get_numscans */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(numscans)
 
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_analyze_count)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_autoanalyze_count)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_autovacuum_count)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_vacuum_count)
+
 /* pg_stat_get_tuples_deleted */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(tuples_deleted)
 
@@ -170,6 +182,18 @@ PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_vacuum_time)
 /* pg_stat_get_lastscan */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(lastscan)
 
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_analyze_time)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_autoanalyze_time)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_autovacuum_time)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_vacuum_time)
+
 /* pg_stat_get_stat_reset_time */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(stat_reset_time)
 
diff --git a/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat b/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat
index 0118e970dda..ccfe3d9e02a 100644
--- a/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat
+++ b/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat
@@ -5667,6 +5667,38 @@
   proname => 'pg_stat_get_total_autoanalyze_time', provolatile => 's',
   proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'float8', proargtypes => 'oid',
   prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_total_autoanalyze_time' },
+{ oid => '8142', descr => 'statistics: last skipped vacuum time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time' },
+{ oid => '8143', descr => 'statistics: last skipped auto vacuum time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time' },
+{ oid => '8144', descr => 'statistics: last skipped analyze time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time' },
+{ oid => '8145', descr => 'statistics: last skipped auto analyze time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time' },
+{ oid => '8146', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped vacuum for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count' },
+{ oid => '8147', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped auto vacuum for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count' },
+{ oid => '8148', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped analyzes for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count' },
+{ oid => '8149', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped auto analyzes for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count' },
 { oid => '1936', descr => 'statistics: currently active backend IDs',
   proname => 'pg_stat_get_backend_idset', prorows => '100', proretset => 't',
   provolatile => 's', proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int4',
diff --git a/src/include/pgstat.h b/src/include/pgstat.h
index 8e3549c3752..343081a7a25 100644
--- a/src/include/pgstat.h
+++ b/src/include/pgstat.h
@@ -479,6 +479,15 @@ typedef struct PgStat_StatTabEntry
 	TimestampTz last_autoanalyze_time;	/* autovacuum initiated */
 	PgStat_Counter autoanalyze_count;
 
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_vacuum_time;	/* user initiated vacuum */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_vacuum_count;
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_autovacuum_time;	/* autovacuum initiated */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_autovacuum_count;
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_analyze_time;	/* user initiated */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_analyze_count;
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_autoanalyze_time;	/* autovacuum initiated */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_autoanalyze_count;
+
 	PgStat_Counter total_vacuum_time;	/* times in milliseconds */
 	PgStat_Counter total_autovacuum_time;
 	PgStat_Counter total_analyze_time;
@@ -707,6 +716,13 @@ extern void pgstat_report_analyze(Relation rel,
 								  PgStat_Counter livetuples, PgStat_Counter deadtuples,
 								  bool resetcounter, TimestampTz starttime);
 
+/* flags for pgstat_flush_backend() */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM	(1 << 0)	/* vacuum is skipped */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE	(1 << 1)	/* analyze is skipped */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOVAC	(1 << 2)	/* skipped during autovacuum/autoanalyze */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANY   (PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM | PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE)
+extern void pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(Oid relid, bits8 flags);
+
 /*
  * If stats are enabled, but pending data hasn't been prepared yet, call
  * pgstat_assoc_relation() to do so. See its comment for why this is done
diff --git a/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out b/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out
index 2b3cf6d8569..4ccfc43e903 100644
--- a/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out
+++ b/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out
@@ -1835,13 +1835,21 @@ pg_stat_all_tables| SELECT c.oid AS relid,
     pg_stat_get_mod_since_analyze(c.oid) AS n_mod_since_analyze,
     pg_stat_get_ins_since_vacuum(c.oid) AS n_ins_since_vacuum,
     pg_stat_get_last_vacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_vacuum,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_vacuum,
     pg_stat_get_last_autovacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_autovacuum,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_autovacuum,
     pg_stat_get_last_analyze_time(c.oid) AS last_analyze,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_analyze,
     pg_stat_get_last_autoanalyze_time(c.oid) AS last_autoanalyze,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_autoanalyze,
     pg_stat_get_vacuum_count(c.oid) AS vacuum_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count(c.oid) AS skipped_vacuum_count,
     pg_stat_get_autovacuum_count(c.oid) AS autovacuum_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count(c.oid) AS skipped_autovacuum_count,
     pg_stat_get_analyze_count(c.oid) AS analyze_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count(c.oid) AS skipped_analyze_count,
     pg_stat_get_autoanalyze_count(c.oid) AS autoanalyze_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count(c.oid) AS skipped_autoanalyze_count,
     pg_stat_get_total_vacuum_time(c.oid) AS total_vacuum_time,
     pg_stat_get_total_autovacuum_time(c.oid) AS total_autovacuum_time,
     pg_stat_get_total_analyze_time(c.oid) AS total_analyze_time,
@@ -2293,13 +2301,21 @@ pg_stat_sys_tables| SELECT relid,
     n_mod_since_analyze,
     n_ins_since_vacuum,
     last_vacuum,
+    last_skipped_vacuum,
     last_autovacuum,
+    last_skipped_autovacuum,
     last_analyze,
+    last_skipped_analyze,
     last_autoanalyze,
+    last_skipped_autoanalyze,
     vacuum_count,
+    skipped_vacuum_count,
     autovacuum_count,
+    skipped_autovacuum_count,
     analyze_count,
+    skipped_analyze_count,
     autoanalyze_count,
+    skipped_autoanalyze_count,
     total_vacuum_time,
     total_autovacuum_time,
     total_analyze_time,
@@ -2348,13 +2364,21 @@ pg_stat_user_tables| SELECT relid,
     n_mod_since_analyze,
     n_ins_since_vacuum,
     last_vacuum,
+    last_skipped_vacuum,
     last_autovacuum,
+    last_skipped_autovacuum,
     last_analyze,
+    last_skipped_analyze,
     last_autoanalyze,
+    last_skipped_autoanalyze,
     vacuum_count,
+    skipped_vacuum_count,
     autovacuum_count,
+    skipped_autovacuum_count,
     analyze_count,
+    skipped_analyze_count,
     autoanalyze_count,
+    skipped_autoanalyze_count,
     total_vacuum_time,
     total_autovacuum_time,
     total_analyze_time,
-- 
2.43.0


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* [PATCH v5] Track skipped vacuum and analyze activity per relation
@ 2026-03-24 04:09 Yugo Nagata <[email protected]>
  0 siblings, 0 replies; 374+ messages in thread

From: Yugo Nagata @ 2026-03-24 04:09 UTC (permalink / raw)

This commit adds eight fields to the relation statistics that track
the last time vacuum or analyze has been attempted but skipped due to
lock unavailability, along with their counts:

-    last_skipped_vacuum
-    last_skipped_autovacuum
-    last_skipped_analyze
-    last_skipped_autoanalyze
-    skipped_vacuum_count
-    skipped_autovacuum_count
-    skipped_analyze_count
-    skipped_autoanalyze_count

These field can help users confirm that autovacuum is actively attempting
to run on a table that has not been vacuumed or analyzed for a long time,
and that the lack of progress is due to repeated skips rather than inactivity.
---
 doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml                  |  88 ++++++
 src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql          |   8 +
 src/backend/commands/vacuum.c                 | 100 +++++--
 src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c  |  64 +++++
 src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c           |  24 ++
 src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat               |  32 +++
 src/include/pgstat.h                          |  16 ++
 .../isolation/expected/vacuum-skip-locked.out | 260 ++++++++++++++++--
 .../isolation/specs/vacuum-skip-locked.spec   |  41 +--
 src/test/regress/expected/rules.out           |  24 ++
 10 files changed, 601 insertions(+), 56 deletions(-)

diff --git a/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml b/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml
index 08d5b824552..a9b579d87a9 100644
--- a/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml
+++ b/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml
@@ -4387,6 +4387,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_vacuum</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time a manual vacuum on this table was attempted but skipped due to
+       lock unavailability (not counting <command>VACUUM FULL</command>)
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>last_autovacuum</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
@@ -4397,6 +4407,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_autovacuum</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time a vacuum on this table by the autovacuum daemon was attempted
+       but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>last_analyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
@@ -4406,6 +4426,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_analyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time a manual analyze on this table was attempted but skipped due to
+       lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>last_autoanalyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
@@ -4416,6 +4446,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_autoanalyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time at which an analyze on this table by the autovacuum was
+       attempted but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>vacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4426,6 +4466,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_vacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times manual vacuums on this table have been attempted but skipped
+       due to lock unavailability (not counting <command>VACUUM FULL</command>)
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>autovacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4436,6 +4486,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_autovacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times vacuums on this table by the autovacuum daemon have been
+       attempted but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>analyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4445,6 +4505,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_analyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times manual analyzes on this table have been attempted but
+       skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>autoanalyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4455,6 +4525,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_autoanalyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times analyzes on this table by the autovacuum daemon have
+       been attempted but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>total_vacuum_time</structfield> <type>double precision</type>
@@ -4510,6 +4590,14 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
    </tgroup>
   </table>
 
+  <note>
+   <para>
+    When a manual vacuum or analyze on a parent table in an inheritance or
+    partitioning hierarchy is skipped, the statistics are recorded only for
+    the parent table, not for its children.
+   </para>
+  </note>
+
  </sect2>
 
  <sect2 id="monitoring-pg-stat-autovacuum-scores-view">
diff --git a/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql b/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql
index 73a1c1c4670..f509fc7876b 100644
--- a/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql
+++ b/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql
@@ -736,13 +736,21 @@ CREATE VIEW pg_stat_all_tables AS
             pg_stat_get_mod_since_analyze(C.oid) AS n_mod_since_analyze,
             pg_stat_get_ins_since_vacuum(C.oid) AS n_ins_since_vacuum,
             pg_stat_get_last_vacuum_time(C.oid) as last_vacuum,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_vacuum,
             pg_stat_get_last_autovacuum_time(C.oid) as last_autovacuum,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_autovacuum,
             pg_stat_get_last_analyze_time(C.oid) as last_analyze,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_analyze,
             pg_stat_get_last_autoanalyze_time(C.oid) as last_autoanalyze,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_autoanalyze,
             pg_stat_get_vacuum_count(C.oid) AS vacuum_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count(C.oid) AS skipped_vacuum_count,
             pg_stat_get_autovacuum_count(C.oid) AS autovacuum_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count(C.oid) AS skipped_autovacuum_count,
             pg_stat_get_analyze_count(C.oid) AS analyze_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count(C.oid) AS skipped_analyze_count,
             pg_stat_get_autoanalyze_count(C.oid) AS autoanalyze_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count(C.oid) AS skipped_autoanalyze_count,
             pg_stat_get_total_vacuum_time(C.oid) AS total_vacuum_time,
             pg_stat_get_total_autovacuum_time(C.oid) AS total_autovacuum_time,
             pg_stat_get_total_analyze_time(C.oid) AS total_analyze_time,
diff --git a/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c b/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c
index 99d0db82ed7..df6526225e4 100644
--- a/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c
+++ b/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c
@@ -793,8 +793,25 @@ vacuum_open_relation(Oid relid, RangeVar *relation, uint32 options,
 		rel = try_relation_open(relid, NoLock);
 	else
 	{
+		int flags = 0;
 		rel = NULL;
 		rel_lock = false;
+
+		if ((options & VACOPT_VACUUM) != 0 && (options & VACOPT_FULL) == 0)
+		{
+			if (AmAutoVacuumWorkerProcess())
+				flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOVACUUM;
+			else
+				flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM;
+		}
+		if ((options & VACOPT_ANALYZE) != 0)
+		{
+			if (AmAutoVacuumWorkerProcess())
+				flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOANALYZE;
+			else
+				flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE;
+		}
+		pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(relid, flags);
 	}
 
 	/* if relation is opened, leave */
@@ -905,7 +922,6 @@ expand_vacuum_rel(VacuumRelation *vrel, MemoryContext vac_context,
 		Form_pg_class classForm;
 		bool		include_children;
 		bool		is_partitioned_table;
-		int			rvr_opts;
 
 		/*
 		 * Since autovacuum workers supply OIDs when calling vacuum(), no
@@ -918,29 +934,69 @@ expand_vacuum_rel(VacuumRelation *vrel, MemoryContext vac_context,
 		 * below, as well as find_all_inheritors's expectation that the caller
 		 * holds some lock on the starting relation.
 		 */
-		rvr_opts = (options & VACOPT_SKIP_LOCKED) ? RVR_SKIP_LOCKED : 0;
-		relid = RangeVarGetRelidExtended(vrel->relation,
-										 AccessShareLock,
-										 rvr_opts,
-										 NULL, NULL);
-
-		/*
-		 * If the lock is unavailable, emit the same log statement that
-		 * vacuum_rel() and analyze_rel() would.
-		 */
-		if (!OidIsValid(relid))
+		if (!(options & VACOPT_SKIP_LOCKED))
 		{
-			if (options & VACOPT_VACUUM)
-				ereport(WARNING,
-						(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
-						 errmsg("skipping vacuum of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
-								vrel->relation->relname)));
-			else
-				ereport(WARNING,
-						(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
-						 errmsg("skipping analyze of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
+			relid = RangeVarGetRelidExtended(vrel->relation,
+											 AccessShareLock,
+											 0, NULL, NULL);
+			if (!OidIsValid(relid))
+				return vacrels;
+		}
+		else
+		{
+			/* Get relid for reporting before taking a lock */
+			relid = RangeVarGetRelid(vrel->relation, NoLock, false);
+
+			if (!ConditionalLockRelationOid(relid, AccessShareLock))
+			{
+				int	flags = 0;
+				/*
+				 * If the lock is unavailable, emit the same log statement that
+				 * vacuum_rel() and analyze_rel() would.
+				 */
+				if (options & VACOPT_VACUUM)
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping vacuum of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
 								vrel->relation->relname)));
-			return vacrels;
+				else
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping analyze of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
+									vrel->relation->relname)));
+
+				if ((options & VACOPT_VACUUM) != 0 && (options & VACOPT_FULL) == 0)
+					flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM;
+				if ((options & VACOPT_ANALYZE) != 0)
+					flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE;
+
+				pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(relid, flags);
+
+				return vacrels;
+			}
+
+			/*
+			 * Now that we have the lock, probe to see if the relation really
+			 * exists or not.
+			 */
+			if (!SearchSysCacheExists1(RELOID, ObjectIdGetDatum(relid)))
+			{
+				if (options & VACOPT_VACUUM)
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_UNDEFINED_TABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping vacuum of \"%s\" --- relation no longer exists",
+									vrel->relation->relname)));
+				else
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_UNDEFINED_TABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping analyze of \"%s\" --- relation no longer exists",
+									vrel->relation->relname)));
+
+				/* Release useless lock */
+				UnlockRelationOid(relid, AccessShareLock);
+
+				return vacrels;
+			}
 		}
 
 		/*
diff --git a/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c b/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c
index b2ca28f83ba..532d9023f8c 100644
--- a/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c
+++ b/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c
@@ -17,12 +17,14 @@
 
 #include "postgres.h"
 
+#include "access/htup_details.h"
 #include "access/twophase_rmgr.h"
 #include "access/xact.h"
 #include "catalog/catalog.h"
 #include "utils/memutils.h"
 #include "utils/pgstat_internal.h"
 #include "utils/rel.h"
+#include "utils/syscache.h"
 #include "utils/timestamp.h"
 
 
@@ -367,6 +369,68 @@ pgstat_report_analyze(Relation rel,
 	(void) pgstat_flush_backend(false, PGSTAT_BACKEND_FLUSH_IO);
 }
 
+/*
+ * Report that the table was skipped during vacuum or/and analyze.
+ */
+void
+pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(Oid relid, int flags)
+{
+	PgStat_EntryRef *entry_ref;
+	PgStatShared_Relation *shtabentry;
+	PgStat_StatTabEntry *tabentry;
+	TimestampTz ts;
+	HeapTuple	classTup;
+	bool		isshared;
+
+	if (!pgstat_track_counts || !flags)
+		return;
+
+	classTup = SearchSysCache1(RELOID, ObjectIdGetDatum(relid));
+	if (!HeapTupleIsValid(classTup))
+		return;			/* somebody deleted the rel, forget it */
+	isshared = ((Form_pg_class) GETSTRUCT(classTup))->relisshared;
+	ReleaseSysCache(classTup);
+
+	/* Store the data in the table's hash table entry. */
+	ts = GetCurrentTimestamp();
+
+	/* block acquiring lock for the same reason as pgstat_report_autovac() */
+	entry_ref = pgstat_get_entry_ref_locked(PGSTAT_KIND_RELATION,
+											isshared ? InvalidOid : MyDatabaseId,
+											relid, false);
+
+	shtabentry = (PgStatShared_Relation *) entry_ref->shared_stats;
+	tabentry = &shtabentry->stats;
+
+	if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM)
+	{
+		tabentry->last_skipped_vacuum_time = ts;
+		tabentry->skipped_vacuum_count++;
+	}
+	else if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOVACUUM)
+	{
+		tabentry->last_skipped_autovacuum_time = ts;
+		tabentry->skipped_autovacuum_count++;
+	}
+
+	if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE)
+	{
+		tabentry->last_skipped_analyze_time = ts;
+		tabentry->skipped_analyze_count++;
+	}
+	else if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOANALYZE)
+	{
+		tabentry->last_skipped_autoanalyze_time = ts;
+		tabentry->skipped_autoanalyze_count++;
+	}
+
+	pgstat_unlock_entry(entry_ref);
+
+	/* see pgstat_report_vacuum() */
+	pgstat_flush_io(false);
+	(void) pgstat_flush_backend(false, PGSTAT_BACKEND_FLUSH_IO);
+}
+
 /*
  * count a tuple insertion of n tuples
  */
diff --git a/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c b/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c
index 1408de387ea..90a8968faa0 100644
--- a/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c
+++ b/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c
@@ -84,6 +84,18 @@ PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(mod_since_analyze)
 /* pg_stat_get_numscans */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(numscans)
 
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_analyze_count)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_autoanalyze_count)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_autovacuum_count)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_vacuum_count)
+
 /* pg_stat_get_tuples_deleted */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(tuples_deleted)
 
@@ -170,6 +182,18 @@ PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_vacuum_time)
 /* pg_stat_get_lastscan */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(lastscan)
 
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_analyze_time)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_autoanalyze_time)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_autovacuum_time)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_vacuum_time)
+
 /* pg_stat_get_stat_reset_time */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(stat_reset_time)
 
diff --git a/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat b/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat
index fa9ae79082b..32debb34863 100644
--- a/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat
+++ b/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat
@@ -5680,6 +5680,38 @@
   proargmodes => '{o,o,o,o,o,o,o,o,o,o}',
   proargnames => '{oid,score,xid_score,mxid_score,vacuum_score,vacuum_insert_score,analyze_score,do_vacuum,do_analyze,for_wraparound}',
   prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_autovacuum_scores' },
+{ oid => '8142', descr => 'statistics: last skipped vacuum time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time' },
+{ oid => '8143', descr => 'statistics: last skipped auto vacuum time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time' },
+{ oid => '8144', descr => 'statistics: last skipped analyze time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time' },
+{ oid => '8145', descr => 'statistics: last skipped auto analyze time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time' },
+{ oid => '8146', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped vacuum for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count' },
+{ oid => '8147', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped auto vacuum for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count' },
+{ oid => '8148', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped analyzes for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count' },
+{ oid => '8149', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped auto analyzes for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count' },
 { oid => '1936', descr => 'statistics: currently active backend IDs',
   proname => 'pg_stat_get_backend_idset', prorows => '100', proretset => 't',
   provolatile => 's', proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int4',
diff --git a/src/include/pgstat.h b/src/include/pgstat.h
index dfa2e837638..98941f953d1 100644
--- a/src/include/pgstat.h
+++ b/src/include/pgstat.h
@@ -479,6 +479,15 @@ typedef struct PgStat_StatTabEntry
 	TimestampTz last_autoanalyze_time;	/* autovacuum initiated */
 	PgStat_Counter autoanalyze_count;
 
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_vacuum_time;	/* user initiated vacuum */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_vacuum_count;
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_autovacuum_time;	/* autovacuum initiated */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_autovacuum_count;
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_analyze_time;	/* user initiated */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_analyze_count;
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_autoanalyze_time;	/* autovacuum initiated */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_autoanalyze_count;
+
 	PgStat_Counter total_vacuum_time;	/* times in milliseconds */
 	PgStat_Counter total_autovacuum_time;
 	PgStat_Counter total_analyze_time;
@@ -703,6 +712,13 @@ extern void pgstat_report_analyze(Relation rel,
 								  PgStat_Counter livetuples, PgStat_Counter deadtuples,
 								  bool resetcounter, TimestampTz starttime);
 
+/* flags for pgstat_flush_backend() */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM		(1 << 0)	/* vacuum is skipped */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE		(1 << 1)	/* analyze is skipped */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOVACUUM	(1 << 2)	/* autovacuum is skipped */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOANALYZE	(1 << 3)	/* autoanalyze is skipped */
+extern void pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(Oid relid, int flags);
+
 /*
  * If stats are enabled, but pending data hasn't been prepared yet, call
  * pgstat_assoc_relation() to do so. See its comment for why this is done
diff --git a/src/test/isolation/expected/vacuum-skip-locked.out b/src/test/isolation/expected/vacuum-skip-locked.out
index 99db281a159..e2cff175b7c 100644
--- a/src/test/isolation/expected/vacuum-skip-locked.out
+++ b/src/test/isolation/expected/vacuum-skip-locked.out
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 Parsed test spec with 2 sessions
 
-starting permutation: lock_share vac_specified commit
+starting permutation: lock_share vac_specified commit check_stat
 step lock_share: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN SHARE MODE;
@@ -10,8 +10,22 @@ step vac_specified: VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED) part1, part2;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
 
-starting permutation: lock_share vac_all_parts commit
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   1|            0|                    0
+part2  |           1|                   0|            0|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
+
+starting permutation: lock_share vac_all_parts commit check_stat
 step lock_share: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN SHARE MODE;
@@ -20,8 +34,22 @@ step vac_all_parts: VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED) parted;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   1|            0|                    0
+part2  |           1|                   0|            0|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
 
-starting permutation: lock_share analyze_specified commit
+starting permutation: lock_share analyze_specified commit check_stat
 step lock_share: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN SHARE MODE;
@@ -31,8 +59,22 @@ step analyze_specified: ANALYZE (SKIP_LOCKED) part1, part2;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
 
-starting permutation: lock_share analyze_all_parts commit
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   0|            0|                    1
+part2  |           0|                   0|            1|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
+
+starting permutation: lock_share analyze_all_parts commit check_stat
 step lock_share: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN SHARE MODE;
@@ -41,8 +83,22 @@ step analyze_all_parts: ANALYZE (SKIP_LOCKED) parted;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            1|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   0|            0|                    1
+part2  |           0|                   0|            1|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
 
-starting permutation: lock_share vac_analyze_specified commit
+starting permutation: lock_share vac_analyze_specified commit check_stat
 step lock_share: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN SHARE MODE;
@@ -52,8 +108,22 @@ step vac_analyze_specified: VACUUM (ANALYZE, SKIP_LOCKED) part1, part2;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
 
-starting permutation: lock_share vac_analyze_all_parts commit
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   1|            0|                    1
+part2  |           1|                   0|            1|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
+
+starting permutation: lock_share vac_analyze_all_parts commit check_stat
 step lock_share: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN SHARE MODE;
@@ -62,8 +132,22 @@ step vac_analyze_all_parts: VACUUM (ANALYZE, SKIP_LOCKED) parted;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            1|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   1|            0|                    1
+part2  |           1|                   0|            1|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
 
-starting permutation: lock_share vac_full_specified commit
+starting permutation: lock_share vac_full_specified commit check_stat
 step lock_share: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN SHARE MODE;
@@ -73,8 +157,22 @@ step vac_full_specified: VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED, FULL) part1, part2;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
 
-starting permutation: lock_share vac_full_all_parts commit
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part2  |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
+
+starting permutation: lock_share vac_full_all_parts commit check_stat
 step lock_share: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN SHARE MODE;
@@ -83,8 +181,22 @@ step vac_full_all_parts: VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED, FULL) parted;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part2  |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+(3 rows)
 
-starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_specified commit
+
+starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_specified commit check_stat
 step lock_access_exclusive: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN ACCESS EXCLUSIVE MODE;
@@ -94,8 +206,22 @@ step vac_specified: VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED) part1, part2;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   1|            0|                    0
+part2  |           1|                   0|            0|                    0
+(3 rows)
 
-starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_all_parts commit
+
+starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_all_parts commit check_stat
 step lock_access_exclusive: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN ACCESS EXCLUSIVE MODE;
@@ -104,8 +230,22 @@ step vac_all_parts: VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED) parted;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   1|            0|                    0
+part2  |           1|                   0|            0|                    0
+(3 rows)
 
-starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive analyze_specified commit
+
+starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive analyze_specified commit check_stat
 step lock_access_exclusive: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN ACCESS EXCLUSIVE MODE;
@@ -115,8 +255,22 @@ step analyze_specified: ANALYZE (SKIP_LOCKED) part1, part2;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   0|            0|                    1
+part2  |           0|                   0|            1|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
 
-starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive analyze_all_parts commit
+starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive analyze_all_parts commit check_stat
 step lock_access_exclusive: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN ACCESS EXCLUSIVE MODE;
@@ -126,8 +280,22 @@ step commit:
 	COMMIT;
 
 step analyze_all_parts: <... completed>
-
-starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_analyze_specified commit
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            1|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   0|            1|                    0
+part2  |           0|                   0|            1|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
+
+starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_analyze_specified commit check_stat
 step lock_access_exclusive: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN ACCESS EXCLUSIVE MODE;
@@ -137,8 +305,22 @@ step vac_analyze_specified: VACUUM (ANALYZE, SKIP_LOCKED) part1, part2;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   1|            0|                    1
+part2  |           1|                   0|            1|                    0
+(3 rows)
 
-starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_analyze_all_parts commit
+
+starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_analyze_all_parts commit check_stat
 step lock_access_exclusive: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN ACCESS EXCLUSIVE MODE;
@@ -148,8 +330,22 @@ step commit:
 	COMMIT;
 
 step vac_analyze_all_parts: <... completed>
-
-starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_full_specified commit
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            1|                    0
+part1  |           1|                   0|            1|                    0
+part2  |           1|                   0|            1|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
+
+starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_full_specified commit check_stat
 step lock_access_exclusive: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN ACCESS EXCLUSIVE MODE;
@@ -159,8 +355,22 @@ step vac_full_specified: VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED, FULL) part1, part2;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
 
-starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_full_all_parts commit
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part2  |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
+
+starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_full_all_parts commit check_stat
 step lock_access_exclusive: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN ACCESS EXCLUSIVE MODE;
@@ -169,3 +379,17 @@ step vac_full_all_parts: VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED, FULL) parted;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part2  |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
diff --git a/src/test/isolation/specs/vacuum-skip-locked.spec b/src/test/isolation/specs/vacuum-skip-locked.spec
index 3fad6e1c92a..b0da75d4b6d 100644
--- a/src/test/isolation/specs/vacuum-skip-locked.spec
+++ b/src/test/isolation/specs/vacuum-skip-locked.spec
@@ -33,6 +33,15 @@ step commit
 	COMMIT;
 }
 
+step check_stat
+{
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+}
+
 session s2
 step vac_specified			{ VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED) part1, part2; }
 step vac_all_parts			{ VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED) parted; }
@@ -43,19 +52,19 @@ step vac_analyze_all_parts	{ VACUUM (ANALYZE, SKIP_LOCKED) parted; }
 step vac_full_specified		{ VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED, FULL) part1, part2; }
 step vac_full_all_parts		{ VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED, FULL) parted; }
 
-permutation lock_share vac_specified commit
-permutation lock_share vac_all_parts commit
-permutation lock_share analyze_specified commit
-permutation lock_share analyze_all_parts commit
-permutation lock_share vac_analyze_specified commit
-permutation lock_share vac_analyze_all_parts commit
-permutation lock_share vac_full_specified commit
-permutation lock_share vac_full_all_parts commit
-permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_specified commit
-permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_all_parts commit
-permutation lock_access_exclusive analyze_specified commit
-permutation lock_access_exclusive analyze_all_parts commit
-permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_analyze_specified commit
-permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_analyze_all_parts commit
-permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_full_specified commit
-permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_full_all_parts commit
+permutation lock_share vac_specified commit check_stat
+permutation lock_share vac_all_parts commit check_stat
+permutation lock_share analyze_specified commit check_stat
+permutation lock_share analyze_all_parts commit check_stat
+permutation lock_share vac_analyze_specified commit check_stat
+permutation lock_share vac_analyze_all_parts commit check_stat
+permutation lock_share vac_full_specified commit check_stat
+permutation lock_share vac_full_all_parts commit check_stat
+permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_specified commit check_stat
+permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_all_parts commit check_stat
+permutation lock_access_exclusive analyze_specified commit check_stat
+permutation lock_access_exclusive analyze_all_parts commit check_stat
+permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_analyze_specified commit check_stat
+permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_analyze_all_parts commit check_stat
+permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_full_specified commit check_stat
+permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_full_all_parts commit check_stat
diff --git a/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out b/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out
index a65a5bf0c4f..9b2075d3373 100644
--- a/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out
+++ b/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out
@@ -1835,13 +1835,21 @@ pg_stat_all_tables| SELECT c.oid AS relid,
     pg_stat_get_mod_since_analyze(c.oid) AS n_mod_since_analyze,
     pg_stat_get_ins_since_vacuum(c.oid) AS n_ins_since_vacuum,
     pg_stat_get_last_vacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_vacuum,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_vacuum,
     pg_stat_get_last_autovacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_autovacuum,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_autovacuum,
     pg_stat_get_last_analyze_time(c.oid) AS last_analyze,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_analyze,
     pg_stat_get_last_autoanalyze_time(c.oid) AS last_autoanalyze,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_autoanalyze,
     pg_stat_get_vacuum_count(c.oid) AS vacuum_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count(c.oid) AS skipped_vacuum_count,
     pg_stat_get_autovacuum_count(c.oid) AS autovacuum_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count(c.oid) AS skipped_autovacuum_count,
     pg_stat_get_analyze_count(c.oid) AS analyze_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count(c.oid) AS skipped_analyze_count,
     pg_stat_get_autoanalyze_count(c.oid) AS autoanalyze_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count(c.oid) AS skipped_autoanalyze_count,
     pg_stat_get_total_vacuum_time(c.oid) AS total_vacuum_time,
     pg_stat_get_total_autovacuum_time(c.oid) AS total_autovacuum_time,
     pg_stat_get_total_analyze_time(c.oid) AS total_analyze_time,
@@ -2346,13 +2354,21 @@ pg_stat_sys_tables| SELECT relid,
     n_mod_since_analyze,
     n_ins_since_vacuum,
     last_vacuum,
+    last_skipped_vacuum,
     last_autovacuum,
+    last_skipped_autovacuum,
     last_analyze,
+    last_skipped_analyze,
     last_autoanalyze,
+    last_skipped_autoanalyze,
     vacuum_count,
+    skipped_vacuum_count,
     autovacuum_count,
+    skipped_autovacuum_count,
     analyze_count,
+    skipped_analyze_count,
     autoanalyze_count,
+    skipped_autoanalyze_count,
     total_vacuum_time,
     total_autovacuum_time,
     total_analyze_time,
@@ -2401,13 +2417,21 @@ pg_stat_user_tables| SELECT relid,
     n_mod_since_analyze,
     n_ins_since_vacuum,
     last_vacuum,
+    last_skipped_vacuum,
     last_autovacuum,
+    last_skipped_autovacuum,
     last_analyze,
+    last_skipped_analyze,
     last_autoanalyze,
+    last_skipped_autoanalyze,
     vacuum_count,
+    skipped_vacuum_count,
     autovacuum_count,
+    skipped_autovacuum_count,
     analyze_count,
+    skipped_analyze_count,
     autoanalyze_count,
+    skipped_autoanalyze_count,
     total_vacuum_time,
     total_autovacuum_time,
     total_analyze_time,
-- 
2.43.0


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* [PATCH v3] Track skipped vacuum and analyze activity per relation
@ 2026-03-24 04:09 Yugo Nagata <[email protected]>
  0 siblings, 0 replies; 374+ messages in thread

From: Yugo Nagata @ 2026-03-24 04:09 UTC (permalink / raw)

This commit adds eight fields to the relation statistics that track
the last time vacuum or analyze has been attempted but skipped due to
lock unavailability, along with their counts:

-    last_skipped_vacuum
-    last_skipped_autovacuum
-    last_skipped_analyze
-    last_skipped_autoanalyze
-    skipped_vacuum_count
-    skipped_autovacuum_count
-    skipped_analyze_count
-    skipped_autoanalyze_count

These field can help users confirm that autovacuum is actively attempting
to run on a table that has not been vacuumed or analyzed for a long time,
and that the lack of progress is due to repeated skips rather than inactivity.
---
 doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml                 | 80 +++++++++++++++++
 src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql         |  8 ++
 src/backend/commands/vacuum.c                | 95 +++++++++++++++-----
 src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c | 68 ++++++++++++++
 src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c          | 24 +++++
 src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat              | 32 +++++++
 src/include/pgstat.h                         | 16 ++++
 src/test/regress/expected/rules.out          | 24 +++++
 8 files changed, 324 insertions(+), 23 deletions(-)

diff --git a/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml b/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml
index bb75ed1069b..9ec8070b2fc 100644
--- a/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml
+++ b/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml
@@ -4372,6 +4372,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_vacuum</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time a manual vacuum on this table was attempted but skipped due to
+       lock unavailability (not counting <command>VACUUM FULL</command>)
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>last_autovacuum</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
@@ -4382,6 +4392,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_autovacuum</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time a vacuum on this table by the autovacuum daemon was attempted
+       but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>last_analyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
@@ -4391,6 +4411,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_analyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time a manual analyze on this table was attempted but skipped due to
+       lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>last_autoanalyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
@@ -4401,6 +4431,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_autoanalyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time at which an analyze on this table by the autovacuum was
+       attempted but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>vacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4411,6 +4451,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_vacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times vacuums on this table have been attempted but skipped
+       due to lock unavailability (not counting <command>VACUUM FULL</command>)
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>autovacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4421,6 +4471,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_autovacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times vacuums on this table by the autovacuum daemon have been
+       attempted but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>analyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4430,6 +4490,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_analyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times manual analyzes on this table have been attempted but
+       skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>autoanalyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4440,6 +4510,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_autoanalyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times analyzes on this table by the autovacuum daemon have
+       been attempted but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>total_vacuum_time</structfield> <type>double precision</type>
diff --git a/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql b/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql
index e54018004db..2ca02a0354c 100644
--- a/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql
+++ b/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql
@@ -736,13 +736,21 @@ CREATE VIEW pg_stat_all_tables AS
             pg_stat_get_mod_since_analyze(C.oid) AS n_mod_since_analyze,
             pg_stat_get_ins_since_vacuum(C.oid) AS n_ins_since_vacuum,
             pg_stat_get_last_vacuum_time(C.oid) as last_vacuum,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_vacuum,
             pg_stat_get_last_autovacuum_time(C.oid) as last_autovacuum,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_autovacuum,
             pg_stat_get_last_analyze_time(C.oid) as last_analyze,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_analyze,
             pg_stat_get_last_autoanalyze_time(C.oid) as last_autoanalyze,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_autoanalyze,
             pg_stat_get_vacuum_count(C.oid) AS vacuum_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count(C.oid) AS skipped_vacuum_count,
             pg_stat_get_autovacuum_count(C.oid) AS autovacuum_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count(C.oid) AS skipped_autovacuum_count,
             pg_stat_get_analyze_count(C.oid) AS analyze_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count(C.oid) AS skipped_analyze_count,
             pg_stat_get_autoanalyze_count(C.oid) AS autoanalyze_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count(C.oid) AS skipped_autoanalyze_count,
             pg_stat_get_total_vacuum_time(C.oid) AS total_vacuum_time,
             pg_stat_get_total_autovacuum_time(C.oid) AS total_autovacuum_time,
             pg_stat_get_total_analyze_time(C.oid) AS total_analyze_time,
diff --git a/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c b/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c
index bce3a2daa24..ce83b3171be 100644
--- a/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c
+++ b/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c
@@ -792,8 +792,18 @@ vacuum_open_relation(Oid relid, RangeVar *relation, bits32 options,
 		rel = try_relation_open(relid, NoLock);
 	else
 	{
+		bits8 flags = 0;
 		rel = NULL;
 		rel_lock = false;
+
+		if ((options & VACOPT_VACUUM) != 0)
+			flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM;
+		if ((options & VACOPT_ANALYZE) != 0)
+			flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE;
+		if (AmAutoVacuumWorkerProcess())
+			flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOVAC;
+
+		pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(relid, flags);
 	}
 
 	/* if relation is opened, leave */
@@ -801,7 +811,7 @@ vacuum_open_relation(Oid relid, RangeVar *relation, bits32 options,
 		return rel;
 
 	/*
-	 * Relation could not be opened, hence generate if possible a log
+	 * Relation could not be opened hence generate if possible a log
 	 * informing on the situation.
 	 *
 	 * If the RangeVar is not defined, we do not have enough information to
@@ -904,7 +914,6 @@ expand_vacuum_rel(VacuumRelation *vrel, MemoryContext vac_context,
 		Form_pg_class classForm;
 		bool		include_children;
 		bool		is_partitioned_table;
-		int			rvr_opts;
 
 		/*
 		 * Since autovacuum workers supply OIDs when calling vacuum(), no
@@ -917,29 +926,69 @@ expand_vacuum_rel(VacuumRelation *vrel, MemoryContext vac_context,
 		 * below, as well as find_all_inheritors's expectation that the caller
 		 * holds some lock on the starting relation.
 		 */
-		rvr_opts = (options & VACOPT_SKIP_LOCKED) ? RVR_SKIP_LOCKED : 0;
-		relid = RangeVarGetRelidExtended(vrel->relation,
-										 AccessShareLock,
-										 rvr_opts,
-										 NULL, NULL);
-
-		/*
-		 * If the lock is unavailable, emit the same log statement that
-		 * vacuum_rel() and analyze_rel() would.
-		 */
-		if (!OidIsValid(relid))
+		if (!(options & VACOPT_SKIP_LOCKED))
 		{
-			if (options & VACOPT_VACUUM)
-				ereport(WARNING,
-						(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
-						 errmsg("skipping vacuum of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
-								vrel->relation->relname)));
-			else
-				ereport(WARNING,
-						(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
-						 errmsg("skipping analyze of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
+			relid = RangeVarGetRelidExtended(vrel->relation,
+											 AccessShareLock,
+											 0, NULL, NULL);
+			if (!OidIsValid(relid))
+				return vacrels;
+		}
+		else
+		{
+			/* Get relid for reporting before taking a lock */
+			relid = RangeVarGetRelid(vrel->relation, NoLock, false);
+
+			if (!ConditionalLockRelationOid(relid, AccessShareLock))
+			{
+				bits8	flags = 0;
+				/*
+				 * If the lock is unavailable, emit the same log statement that
+				 * vacuum_rel() and analyze_rel() would.
+				 */
+				if (options & VACOPT_VACUUM)
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping vacuum of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
 								vrel->relation->relname)));
-			return vacrels;
+				else
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping analyze of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
+									vrel->relation->relname)));
+
+				if ((options & VACOPT_VACUUM) != 0)
+					flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM;
+				if ((options & VACOPT_ANALYZE) != 0)
+					flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE;
+
+				pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(relid, flags);
+
+				return vacrels;
+			}
+
+			/*
+			 * Now that we have the lock, probe to see if the relation really
+			 * exists or not.
+			 */
+			if (!SearchSysCacheExists1(RELOID, ObjectIdGetDatum(relid)))
+			{
+				if (options & VACOPT_VACUUM)
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_UNDEFINED_TABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping vacuum of \"%s\" --- relation no longer exists",
+									vrel->relation->relname)));
+				else
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_UNDEFINED_TABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping analyze of \"%s\" --- relation no longer exists",
+									vrel->relation->relname)));
+
+				/* Release useless lock */
+				UnlockRelationOid(relid, AccessShareLock);
+
+				return vacrels;
+			}
 		}
 
 		/*
diff --git a/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c b/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c
index bc8c43b96aa..cec4c88980e 100644
--- a/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c
+++ b/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c
@@ -17,6 +17,7 @@
 
 #include "postgres.h"
 
+#include "access/htup_details.h"
 #include "access/twophase_rmgr.h"
 #include "access/xact.h"
 #include "catalog/catalog.h"
@@ -366,6 +367,73 @@ pgstat_report_analyze(Relation rel,
 	(void) pgstat_flush_backend(false, PGSTAT_BACKEND_FLUSH_IO);
 }
 
+/*
+ * Report that the table was skipped during vacuum or/and analyze.
+ */
+void
+pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(Oid relid, bits8 flags)
+{
+	PgStat_EntryRef *entry_ref;
+	PgStatShared_Relation *shtabentry;
+	PgStat_StatTabEntry *tabentry;
+	TimestampTz ts;
+	HeapTuple	classTup;
+	bool		isshared;
+
+	if (!pgstat_track_counts || !(flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANY))
+		return;
+
+	classTup = SearchSysCache1(RELOID, ObjectIdGetDatum(relid));
+	if (!HeapTupleIsValid(classTup))
+		return;			/* somebody deleted the rel, forget it */
+	isshared = ((Form_pg_class) GETSTRUCT(classTup))->relisshared;
+	ReleaseSysCache(classTup);
+
+	/* Store the data in the table's hash table entry. */
+	ts = GetCurrentTimestamp();
+
+	/* block acquiring lock for the same reason as pgstat_report_autovac() */
+	entry_ref = pgstat_get_entry_ref_locked(PGSTAT_KIND_RELATION,
+											isshared ? InvalidOid : MyDatabaseId,
+											relid, false);
+
+	shtabentry = (PgStatShared_Relation *) entry_ref->shared_stats;
+	tabentry = &shtabentry->stats;
+
+	if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOVAC)
+	{
+		if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM)
+		{
+			tabentry->last_skipped_autovacuum_time = ts;
+			tabentry->skipped_autovacuum_count++;
+		}
+		if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE)
+		{
+			tabentry->last_skipped_autoanalyze_time = ts;
+			tabentry->skipped_autoanalyze_count++;
+		}
+	}
+	else
+	{
+		if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM)
+		{
+			tabentry->last_skipped_vacuum_time = ts;
+			tabentry->skipped_vacuum_count++;
+		}
+		if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE)
+		{
+			tabentry->last_skipped_analyze_time = ts;
+			tabentry->skipped_analyze_count++;
+		}
+	}
+
+	pgstat_unlock_entry(entry_ref);
+
+	/* see pgstat_report_vacuum() */
+	pgstat_flush_io(false);
+	(void) pgstat_flush_backend(false, PGSTAT_BACKEND_FLUSH_IO);
+}
+
 /*
  * count a tuple insertion of n tuples
  */
diff --git a/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c b/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c
index 9185a8e6b83..18aaa3996e1 100644
--- a/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c
+++ b/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c
@@ -84,6 +84,18 @@ PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(mod_since_analyze)
 /* pg_stat_get_numscans */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(numscans)
 
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_analyze_count)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_autoanalyze_count)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_autovacuum_count)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_vacuum_count)
+
 /* pg_stat_get_tuples_deleted */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(tuples_deleted)
 
@@ -170,6 +182,18 @@ PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_vacuum_time)
 /* pg_stat_get_lastscan */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(lastscan)
 
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_analyze_time)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_autoanalyze_time)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_autovacuum_time)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_vacuum_time)
+
 /* pg_stat_get_stat_reset_time */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(stat_reset_time)
 
diff --git a/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat b/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat
index 0118e970dda..ccfe3d9e02a 100644
--- a/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat
+++ b/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat
@@ -5667,6 +5667,38 @@
   proname => 'pg_stat_get_total_autoanalyze_time', provolatile => 's',
   proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'float8', proargtypes => 'oid',
   prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_total_autoanalyze_time' },
+{ oid => '8142', descr => 'statistics: last skipped vacuum time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time' },
+{ oid => '8143', descr => 'statistics: last skipped auto vacuum time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time' },
+{ oid => '8144', descr => 'statistics: last skipped analyze time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time' },
+{ oid => '8145', descr => 'statistics: last skipped auto analyze time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time' },
+{ oid => '8146', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped vacuum for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count' },
+{ oid => '8147', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped auto vacuum for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count' },
+{ oid => '8148', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped analyzes for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count' },
+{ oid => '8149', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped auto analyzes for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count' },
 { oid => '1936', descr => 'statistics: currently active backend IDs',
   proname => 'pg_stat_get_backend_idset', prorows => '100', proretset => 't',
   provolatile => 's', proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int4',
diff --git a/src/include/pgstat.h b/src/include/pgstat.h
index 8e3549c3752..343081a7a25 100644
--- a/src/include/pgstat.h
+++ b/src/include/pgstat.h
@@ -479,6 +479,15 @@ typedef struct PgStat_StatTabEntry
 	TimestampTz last_autoanalyze_time;	/* autovacuum initiated */
 	PgStat_Counter autoanalyze_count;
 
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_vacuum_time;	/* user initiated vacuum */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_vacuum_count;
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_autovacuum_time;	/* autovacuum initiated */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_autovacuum_count;
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_analyze_time;	/* user initiated */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_analyze_count;
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_autoanalyze_time;	/* autovacuum initiated */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_autoanalyze_count;
+
 	PgStat_Counter total_vacuum_time;	/* times in milliseconds */
 	PgStat_Counter total_autovacuum_time;
 	PgStat_Counter total_analyze_time;
@@ -707,6 +716,13 @@ extern void pgstat_report_analyze(Relation rel,
 								  PgStat_Counter livetuples, PgStat_Counter deadtuples,
 								  bool resetcounter, TimestampTz starttime);
 
+/* flags for pgstat_flush_backend() */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM	(1 << 0)	/* vacuum is skipped */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE	(1 << 1)	/* analyze is skipped */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOVAC	(1 << 2)	/* skipped during autovacuum/autoanalyze */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANY   (PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM | PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE)
+extern void pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(Oid relid, bits8 flags);
+
 /*
  * If stats are enabled, but pending data hasn't been prepared yet, call
  * pgstat_assoc_relation() to do so. See its comment for why this is done
diff --git a/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out b/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out
index 2b3cf6d8569..4ccfc43e903 100644
--- a/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out
+++ b/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out
@@ -1835,13 +1835,21 @@ pg_stat_all_tables| SELECT c.oid AS relid,
     pg_stat_get_mod_since_analyze(c.oid) AS n_mod_since_analyze,
     pg_stat_get_ins_since_vacuum(c.oid) AS n_ins_since_vacuum,
     pg_stat_get_last_vacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_vacuum,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_vacuum,
     pg_stat_get_last_autovacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_autovacuum,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_autovacuum,
     pg_stat_get_last_analyze_time(c.oid) AS last_analyze,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_analyze,
     pg_stat_get_last_autoanalyze_time(c.oid) AS last_autoanalyze,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_autoanalyze,
     pg_stat_get_vacuum_count(c.oid) AS vacuum_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count(c.oid) AS skipped_vacuum_count,
     pg_stat_get_autovacuum_count(c.oid) AS autovacuum_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count(c.oid) AS skipped_autovacuum_count,
     pg_stat_get_analyze_count(c.oid) AS analyze_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count(c.oid) AS skipped_analyze_count,
     pg_stat_get_autoanalyze_count(c.oid) AS autoanalyze_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count(c.oid) AS skipped_autoanalyze_count,
     pg_stat_get_total_vacuum_time(c.oid) AS total_vacuum_time,
     pg_stat_get_total_autovacuum_time(c.oid) AS total_autovacuum_time,
     pg_stat_get_total_analyze_time(c.oid) AS total_analyze_time,
@@ -2293,13 +2301,21 @@ pg_stat_sys_tables| SELECT relid,
     n_mod_since_analyze,
     n_ins_since_vacuum,
     last_vacuum,
+    last_skipped_vacuum,
     last_autovacuum,
+    last_skipped_autovacuum,
     last_analyze,
+    last_skipped_analyze,
     last_autoanalyze,
+    last_skipped_autoanalyze,
     vacuum_count,
+    skipped_vacuum_count,
     autovacuum_count,
+    skipped_autovacuum_count,
     analyze_count,
+    skipped_analyze_count,
     autoanalyze_count,
+    skipped_autoanalyze_count,
     total_vacuum_time,
     total_autovacuum_time,
     total_analyze_time,
@@ -2348,13 +2364,21 @@ pg_stat_user_tables| SELECT relid,
     n_mod_since_analyze,
     n_ins_since_vacuum,
     last_vacuum,
+    last_skipped_vacuum,
     last_autovacuum,
+    last_skipped_autovacuum,
     last_analyze,
+    last_skipped_analyze,
     last_autoanalyze,
+    last_skipped_autoanalyze,
     vacuum_count,
+    skipped_vacuum_count,
     autovacuum_count,
+    skipped_autovacuum_count,
     analyze_count,
+    skipped_analyze_count,
     autoanalyze_count,
+    skipped_autoanalyze_count,
     total_vacuum_time,
     total_autovacuum_time,
     total_analyze_time,
-- 
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* [PATCH v3] Track skipped vacuum and analyze activity per relation
@ 2026-03-24 04:09 Yugo Nagata <[email protected]>
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From: Yugo Nagata @ 2026-03-24 04:09 UTC (permalink / raw)

This commit adds eight fields to the relation statistics that track
the last time vacuum or analyze has been attempted but skipped due to
lock unavailability, along with their counts:

-    last_skipped_vacuum
-    last_skipped_autovacuum
-    last_skipped_analyze
-    last_skipped_autoanalyze
-    skipped_vacuum_count
-    skipped_autovacuum_count
-    skipped_analyze_count
-    skipped_autoanalyze_count

These field can help users confirm that autovacuum is actively attempting
to run on a table that has not been vacuumed or analyzed for a long time,
and that the lack of progress is due to repeated skips rather than inactivity.
---
 doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml                 | 80 +++++++++++++++++
 src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql         |  8 ++
 src/backend/commands/vacuum.c                | 95 +++++++++++++++-----
 src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c | 68 ++++++++++++++
 src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c          | 24 +++++
 src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat              | 32 +++++++
 src/include/pgstat.h                         | 16 ++++
 src/test/regress/expected/rules.out          | 24 +++++
 8 files changed, 324 insertions(+), 23 deletions(-)

diff --git a/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml b/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml
index bb75ed1069b..9ec8070b2fc 100644
--- a/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml
+++ b/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml
@@ -4372,6 +4372,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_vacuum</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time a manual vacuum on this table was attempted but skipped due to
+       lock unavailability (not counting <command>VACUUM FULL</command>)
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>last_autovacuum</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
@@ -4382,6 +4392,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_autovacuum</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time a vacuum on this table by the autovacuum daemon was attempted
+       but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>last_analyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
@@ -4391,6 +4411,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_analyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time a manual analyze on this table was attempted but skipped due to
+       lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>last_autoanalyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
@@ -4401,6 +4431,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_autoanalyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time at which an analyze on this table by the autovacuum was
+       attempted but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>vacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4411,6 +4451,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_vacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times vacuums on this table have been attempted but skipped
+       due to lock unavailability (not counting <command>VACUUM FULL</command>)
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>autovacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4421,6 +4471,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_autovacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times vacuums on this table by the autovacuum daemon have been
+       attempted but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>analyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4430,6 +4490,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_analyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times manual analyzes on this table have been attempted but
+       skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>autoanalyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4440,6 +4510,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_autoanalyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times analyzes on this table by the autovacuum daemon have
+       been attempted but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>total_vacuum_time</structfield> <type>double precision</type>
diff --git a/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql b/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql
index e54018004db..2ca02a0354c 100644
--- a/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql
+++ b/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql
@@ -736,13 +736,21 @@ CREATE VIEW pg_stat_all_tables AS
             pg_stat_get_mod_since_analyze(C.oid) AS n_mod_since_analyze,
             pg_stat_get_ins_since_vacuum(C.oid) AS n_ins_since_vacuum,
             pg_stat_get_last_vacuum_time(C.oid) as last_vacuum,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_vacuum,
             pg_stat_get_last_autovacuum_time(C.oid) as last_autovacuum,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_autovacuum,
             pg_stat_get_last_analyze_time(C.oid) as last_analyze,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_analyze,
             pg_stat_get_last_autoanalyze_time(C.oid) as last_autoanalyze,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_autoanalyze,
             pg_stat_get_vacuum_count(C.oid) AS vacuum_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count(C.oid) AS skipped_vacuum_count,
             pg_stat_get_autovacuum_count(C.oid) AS autovacuum_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count(C.oid) AS skipped_autovacuum_count,
             pg_stat_get_analyze_count(C.oid) AS analyze_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count(C.oid) AS skipped_analyze_count,
             pg_stat_get_autoanalyze_count(C.oid) AS autoanalyze_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count(C.oid) AS skipped_autoanalyze_count,
             pg_stat_get_total_vacuum_time(C.oid) AS total_vacuum_time,
             pg_stat_get_total_autovacuum_time(C.oid) AS total_autovacuum_time,
             pg_stat_get_total_analyze_time(C.oid) AS total_analyze_time,
diff --git a/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c b/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c
index bce3a2daa24..ce83b3171be 100644
--- a/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c
+++ b/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c
@@ -792,8 +792,18 @@ vacuum_open_relation(Oid relid, RangeVar *relation, bits32 options,
 		rel = try_relation_open(relid, NoLock);
 	else
 	{
+		bits8 flags = 0;
 		rel = NULL;
 		rel_lock = false;
+
+		if ((options & VACOPT_VACUUM) != 0)
+			flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM;
+		if ((options & VACOPT_ANALYZE) != 0)
+			flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE;
+		if (AmAutoVacuumWorkerProcess())
+			flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOVAC;
+
+		pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(relid, flags);
 	}
 
 	/* if relation is opened, leave */
@@ -801,7 +811,7 @@ vacuum_open_relation(Oid relid, RangeVar *relation, bits32 options,
 		return rel;
 
 	/*
-	 * Relation could not be opened, hence generate if possible a log
+	 * Relation could not be opened hence generate if possible a log
 	 * informing on the situation.
 	 *
 	 * If the RangeVar is not defined, we do not have enough information to
@@ -904,7 +914,6 @@ expand_vacuum_rel(VacuumRelation *vrel, MemoryContext vac_context,
 		Form_pg_class classForm;
 		bool		include_children;
 		bool		is_partitioned_table;
-		int			rvr_opts;
 
 		/*
 		 * Since autovacuum workers supply OIDs when calling vacuum(), no
@@ -917,29 +926,69 @@ expand_vacuum_rel(VacuumRelation *vrel, MemoryContext vac_context,
 		 * below, as well as find_all_inheritors's expectation that the caller
 		 * holds some lock on the starting relation.
 		 */
-		rvr_opts = (options & VACOPT_SKIP_LOCKED) ? RVR_SKIP_LOCKED : 0;
-		relid = RangeVarGetRelidExtended(vrel->relation,
-										 AccessShareLock,
-										 rvr_opts,
-										 NULL, NULL);
-
-		/*
-		 * If the lock is unavailable, emit the same log statement that
-		 * vacuum_rel() and analyze_rel() would.
-		 */
-		if (!OidIsValid(relid))
+		if (!(options & VACOPT_SKIP_LOCKED))
 		{
-			if (options & VACOPT_VACUUM)
-				ereport(WARNING,
-						(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
-						 errmsg("skipping vacuum of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
-								vrel->relation->relname)));
-			else
-				ereport(WARNING,
-						(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
-						 errmsg("skipping analyze of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
+			relid = RangeVarGetRelidExtended(vrel->relation,
+											 AccessShareLock,
+											 0, NULL, NULL);
+			if (!OidIsValid(relid))
+				return vacrels;
+		}
+		else
+		{
+			/* Get relid for reporting before taking a lock */
+			relid = RangeVarGetRelid(vrel->relation, NoLock, false);
+
+			if (!ConditionalLockRelationOid(relid, AccessShareLock))
+			{
+				bits8	flags = 0;
+				/*
+				 * If the lock is unavailable, emit the same log statement that
+				 * vacuum_rel() and analyze_rel() would.
+				 */
+				if (options & VACOPT_VACUUM)
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping vacuum of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
 								vrel->relation->relname)));
-			return vacrels;
+				else
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping analyze of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
+									vrel->relation->relname)));
+
+				if ((options & VACOPT_VACUUM) != 0)
+					flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM;
+				if ((options & VACOPT_ANALYZE) != 0)
+					flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE;
+
+				pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(relid, flags);
+
+				return vacrels;
+			}
+
+			/*
+			 * Now that we have the lock, probe to see if the relation really
+			 * exists or not.
+			 */
+			if (!SearchSysCacheExists1(RELOID, ObjectIdGetDatum(relid)))
+			{
+				if (options & VACOPT_VACUUM)
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_UNDEFINED_TABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping vacuum of \"%s\" --- relation no longer exists",
+									vrel->relation->relname)));
+				else
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_UNDEFINED_TABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping analyze of \"%s\" --- relation no longer exists",
+									vrel->relation->relname)));
+
+				/* Release useless lock */
+				UnlockRelationOid(relid, AccessShareLock);
+
+				return vacrels;
+			}
 		}
 
 		/*
diff --git a/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c b/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c
index bc8c43b96aa..cec4c88980e 100644
--- a/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c
+++ b/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c
@@ -17,6 +17,7 @@
 
 #include "postgres.h"
 
+#include "access/htup_details.h"
 #include "access/twophase_rmgr.h"
 #include "access/xact.h"
 #include "catalog/catalog.h"
@@ -366,6 +367,73 @@ pgstat_report_analyze(Relation rel,
 	(void) pgstat_flush_backend(false, PGSTAT_BACKEND_FLUSH_IO);
 }
 
+/*
+ * Report that the table was skipped during vacuum or/and analyze.
+ */
+void
+pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(Oid relid, bits8 flags)
+{
+	PgStat_EntryRef *entry_ref;
+	PgStatShared_Relation *shtabentry;
+	PgStat_StatTabEntry *tabentry;
+	TimestampTz ts;
+	HeapTuple	classTup;
+	bool		isshared;
+
+	if (!pgstat_track_counts || !(flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANY))
+		return;
+
+	classTup = SearchSysCache1(RELOID, ObjectIdGetDatum(relid));
+	if (!HeapTupleIsValid(classTup))
+		return;			/* somebody deleted the rel, forget it */
+	isshared = ((Form_pg_class) GETSTRUCT(classTup))->relisshared;
+	ReleaseSysCache(classTup);
+
+	/* Store the data in the table's hash table entry. */
+	ts = GetCurrentTimestamp();
+
+	/* block acquiring lock for the same reason as pgstat_report_autovac() */
+	entry_ref = pgstat_get_entry_ref_locked(PGSTAT_KIND_RELATION,
+											isshared ? InvalidOid : MyDatabaseId,
+											relid, false);
+
+	shtabentry = (PgStatShared_Relation *) entry_ref->shared_stats;
+	tabentry = &shtabentry->stats;
+
+	if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOVAC)
+	{
+		if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM)
+		{
+			tabentry->last_skipped_autovacuum_time = ts;
+			tabentry->skipped_autovacuum_count++;
+		}
+		if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE)
+		{
+			tabentry->last_skipped_autoanalyze_time = ts;
+			tabentry->skipped_autoanalyze_count++;
+		}
+	}
+	else
+	{
+		if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM)
+		{
+			tabentry->last_skipped_vacuum_time = ts;
+			tabentry->skipped_vacuum_count++;
+		}
+		if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE)
+		{
+			tabentry->last_skipped_analyze_time = ts;
+			tabentry->skipped_analyze_count++;
+		}
+	}
+
+	pgstat_unlock_entry(entry_ref);
+
+	/* see pgstat_report_vacuum() */
+	pgstat_flush_io(false);
+	(void) pgstat_flush_backend(false, PGSTAT_BACKEND_FLUSH_IO);
+}
+
 /*
  * count a tuple insertion of n tuples
  */
diff --git a/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c b/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c
index 9185a8e6b83..18aaa3996e1 100644
--- a/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c
+++ b/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c
@@ -84,6 +84,18 @@ PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(mod_since_analyze)
 /* pg_stat_get_numscans */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(numscans)
 
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_analyze_count)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_autoanalyze_count)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_autovacuum_count)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_vacuum_count)
+
 /* pg_stat_get_tuples_deleted */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(tuples_deleted)
 
@@ -170,6 +182,18 @@ PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_vacuum_time)
 /* pg_stat_get_lastscan */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(lastscan)
 
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_analyze_time)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_autoanalyze_time)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_autovacuum_time)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_vacuum_time)
+
 /* pg_stat_get_stat_reset_time */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(stat_reset_time)
 
diff --git a/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat b/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat
index 0118e970dda..ccfe3d9e02a 100644
--- a/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat
+++ b/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat
@@ -5667,6 +5667,38 @@
   proname => 'pg_stat_get_total_autoanalyze_time', provolatile => 's',
   proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'float8', proargtypes => 'oid',
   prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_total_autoanalyze_time' },
+{ oid => '8142', descr => 'statistics: last skipped vacuum time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time' },
+{ oid => '8143', descr => 'statistics: last skipped auto vacuum time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time' },
+{ oid => '8144', descr => 'statistics: last skipped analyze time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time' },
+{ oid => '8145', descr => 'statistics: last skipped auto analyze time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time' },
+{ oid => '8146', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped vacuum for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count' },
+{ oid => '8147', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped auto vacuum for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count' },
+{ oid => '8148', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped analyzes for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count' },
+{ oid => '8149', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped auto analyzes for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count' },
 { oid => '1936', descr => 'statistics: currently active backend IDs',
   proname => 'pg_stat_get_backend_idset', prorows => '100', proretset => 't',
   provolatile => 's', proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int4',
diff --git a/src/include/pgstat.h b/src/include/pgstat.h
index 8e3549c3752..343081a7a25 100644
--- a/src/include/pgstat.h
+++ b/src/include/pgstat.h
@@ -479,6 +479,15 @@ typedef struct PgStat_StatTabEntry
 	TimestampTz last_autoanalyze_time;	/* autovacuum initiated */
 	PgStat_Counter autoanalyze_count;
 
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_vacuum_time;	/* user initiated vacuum */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_vacuum_count;
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_autovacuum_time;	/* autovacuum initiated */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_autovacuum_count;
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_analyze_time;	/* user initiated */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_analyze_count;
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_autoanalyze_time;	/* autovacuum initiated */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_autoanalyze_count;
+
 	PgStat_Counter total_vacuum_time;	/* times in milliseconds */
 	PgStat_Counter total_autovacuum_time;
 	PgStat_Counter total_analyze_time;
@@ -707,6 +716,13 @@ extern void pgstat_report_analyze(Relation rel,
 								  PgStat_Counter livetuples, PgStat_Counter deadtuples,
 								  bool resetcounter, TimestampTz starttime);
 
+/* flags for pgstat_flush_backend() */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM	(1 << 0)	/* vacuum is skipped */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE	(1 << 1)	/* analyze is skipped */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOVAC	(1 << 2)	/* skipped during autovacuum/autoanalyze */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANY   (PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM | PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE)
+extern void pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(Oid relid, bits8 flags);
+
 /*
  * If stats are enabled, but pending data hasn't been prepared yet, call
  * pgstat_assoc_relation() to do so. See its comment for why this is done
diff --git a/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out b/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out
index 2b3cf6d8569..4ccfc43e903 100644
--- a/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out
+++ b/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out
@@ -1835,13 +1835,21 @@ pg_stat_all_tables| SELECT c.oid AS relid,
     pg_stat_get_mod_since_analyze(c.oid) AS n_mod_since_analyze,
     pg_stat_get_ins_since_vacuum(c.oid) AS n_ins_since_vacuum,
     pg_stat_get_last_vacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_vacuum,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_vacuum,
     pg_stat_get_last_autovacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_autovacuum,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_autovacuum,
     pg_stat_get_last_analyze_time(c.oid) AS last_analyze,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_analyze,
     pg_stat_get_last_autoanalyze_time(c.oid) AS last_autoanalyze,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_autoanalyze,
     pg_stat_get_vacuum_count(c.oid) AS vacuum_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count(c.oid) AS skipped_vacuum_count,
     pg_stat_get_autovacuum_count(c.oid) AS autovacuum_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count(c.oid) AS skipped_autovacuum_count,
     pg_stat_get_analyze_count(c.oid) AS analyze_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count(c.oid) AS skipped_analyze_count,
     pg_stat_get_autoanalyze_count(c.oid) AS autoanalyze_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count(c.oid) AS skipped_autoanalyze_count,
     pg_stat_get_total_vacuum_time(c.oid) AS total_vacuum_time,
     pg_stat_get_total_autovacuum_time(c.oid) AS total_autovacuum_time,
     pg_stat_get_total_analyze_time(c.oid) AS total_analyze_time,
@@ -2293,13 +2301,21 @@ pg_stat_sys_tables| SELECT relid,
     n_mod_since_analyze,
     n_ins_since_vacuum,
     last_vacuum,
+    last_skipped_vacuum,
     last_autovacuum,
+    last_skipped_autovacuum,
     last_analyze,
+    last_skipped_analyze,
     last_autoanalyze,
+    last_skipped_autoanalyze,
     vacuum_count,
+    skipped_vacuum_count,
     autovacuum_count,
+    skipped_autovacuum_count,
     analyze_count,
+    skipped_analyze_count,
     autoanalyze_count,
+    skipped_autoanalyze_count,
     total_vacuum_time,
     total_autovacuum_time,
     total_analyze_time,
@@ -2348,13 +2364,21 @@ pg_stat_user_tables| SELECT relid,
     n_mod_since_analyze,
     n_ins_since_vacuum,
     last_vacuum,
+    last_skipped_vacuum,
     last_autovacuum,
+    last_skipped_autovacuum,
     last_analyze,
+    last_skipped_analyze,
     last_autoanalyze,
+    last_skipped_autoanalyze,
     vacuum_count,
+    skipped_vacuum_count,
     autovacuum_count,
+    skipped_autovacuum_count,
     analyze_count,
+    skipped_analyze_count,
     autoanalyze_count,
+    skipped_autoanalyze_count,
     total_vacuum_time,
     total_autovacuum_time,
     total_analyze_time,
-- 
2.43.0


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* [PATCH v5] Track skipped vacuum and analyze activity per relation
@ 2026-03-24 04:09 Yugo Nagata <[email protected]>
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From: Yugo Nagata @ 2026-03-24 04:09 UTC (permalink / raw)

This commit adds eight fields to the relation statistics that track
the last time vacuum or analyze has been attempted but skipped due to
lock unavailability, along with their counts:

-    last_skipped_vacuum
-    last_skipped_autovacuum
-    last_skipped_analyze
-    last_skipped_autoanalyze
-    skipped_vacuum_count
-    skipped_autovacuum_count
-    skipped_analyze_count
-    skipped_autoanalyze_count

These field can help users confirm that autovacuum is actively attempting
to run on a table that has not been vacuumed or analyzed for a long time,
and that the lack of progress is due to repeated skips rather than inactivity.
---
 doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml                  |  88 ++++++
 src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql          |   8 +
 src/backend/commands/vacuum.c                 | 100 +++++--
 src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c  |  64 +++++
 src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c           |  24 ++
 src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat               |  32 +++
 src/include/pgstat.h                          |  16 ++
 .../isolation/expected/vacuum-skip-locked.out | 260 ++++++++++++++++--
 .../isolation/specs/vacuum-skip-locked.spec   |  41 +--
 src/test/regress/expected/rules.out           |  24 ++
 10 files changed, 601 insertions(+), 56 deletions(-)

diff --git a/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml b/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml
index 08d5b824552..a9b579d87a9 100644
--- a/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml
+++ b/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml
@@ -4387,6 +4387,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_vacuum</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time a manual vacuum on this table was attempted but skipped due to
+       lock unavailability (not counting <command>VACUUM FULL</command>)
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>last_autovacuum</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
@@ -4397,6 +4407,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_autovacuum</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time a vacuum on this table by the autovacuum daemon was attempted
+       but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>last_analyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
@@ -4406,6 +4426,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_analyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time a manual analyze on this table was attempted but skipped due to
+       lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>last_autoanalyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
@@ -4416,6 +4446,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_autoanalyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time at which an analyze on this table by the autovacuum was
+       attempted but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>vacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4426,6 +4466,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_vacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times manual vacuums on this table have been attempted but skipped
+       due to lock unavailability (not counting <command>VACUUM FULL</command>)
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>autovacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4436,6 +4486,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_autovacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times vacuums on this table by the autovacuum daemon have been
+       attempted but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>analyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4445,6 +4505,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_analyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times manual analyzes on this table have been attempted but
+       skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>autoanalyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4455,6 +4525,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_autoanalyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times analyzes on this table by the autovacuum daemon have
+       been attempted but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>total_vacuum_time</structfield> <type>double precision</type>
@@ -4510,6 +4590,14 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
    </tgroup>
   </table>
 
+  <note>
+   <para>
+    When a manual vacuum or analyze on a parent table in an inheritance or
+    partitioning hierarchy is skipped, the statistics are recorded only for
+    the parent table, not for its children.
+   </para>
+  </note>
+
  </sect2>
 
  <sect2 id="monitoring-pg-stat-autovacuum-scores-view">
diff --git a/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql b/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql
index 73a1c1c4670..f509fc7876b 100644
--- a/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql
+++ b/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql
@@ -736,13 +736,21 @@ CREATE VIEW pg_stat_all_tables AS
             pg_stat_get_mod_since_analyze(C.oid) AS n_mod_since_analyze,
             pg_stat_get_ins_since_vacuum(C.oid) AS n_ins_since_vacuum,
             pg_stat_get_last_vacuum_time(C.oid) as last_vacuum,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_vacuum,
             pg_stat_get_last_autovacuum_time(C.oid) as last_autovacuum,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_autovacuum,
             pg_stat_get_last_analyze_time(C.oid) as last_analyze,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_analyze,
             pg_stat_get_last_autoanalyze_time(C.oid) as last_autoanalyze,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_autoanalyze,
             pg_stat_get_vacuum_count(C.oid) AS vacuum_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count(C.oid) AS skipped_vacuum_count,
             pg_stat_get_autovacuum_count(C.oid) AS autovacuum_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count(C.oid) AS skipped_autovacuum_count,
             pg_stat_get_analyze_count(C.oid) AS analyze_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count(C.oid) AS skipped_analyze_count,
             pg_stat_get_autoanalyze_count(C.oid) AS autoanalyze_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count(C.oid) AS skipped_autoanalyze_count,
             pg_stat_get_total_vacuum_time(C.oid) AS total_vacuum_time,
             pg_stat_get_total_autovacuum_time(C.oid) AS total_autovacuum_time,
             pg_stat_get_total_analyze_time(C.oid) AS total_analyze_time,
diff --git a/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c b/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c
index 99d0db82ed7..df6526225e4 100644
--- a/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c
+++ b/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c
@@ -793,8 +793,25 @@ vacuum_open_relation(Oid relid, RangeVar *relation, uint32 options,
 		rel = try_relation_open(relid, NoLock);
 	else
 	{
+		int flags = 0;
 		rel = NULL;
 		rel_lock = false;
+
+		if ((options & VACOPT_VACUUM) != 0 && (options & VACOPT_FULL) == 0)
+		{
+			if (AmAutoVacuumWorkerProcess())
+				flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOVACUUM;
+			else
+				flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM;
+		}
+		if ((options & VACOPT_ANALYZE) != 0)
+		{
+			if (AmAutoVacuumWorkerProcess())
+				flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOANALYZE;
+			else
+				flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE;
+		}
+		pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(relid, flags);
 	}
 
 	/* if relation is opened, leave */
@@ -905,7 +922,6 @@ expand_vacuum_rel(VacuumRelation *vrel, MemoryContext vac_context,
 		Form_pg_class classForm;
 		bool		include_children;
 		bool		is_partitioned_table;
-		int			rvr_opts;
 
 		/*
 		 * Since autovacuum workers supply OIDs when calling vacuum(), no
@@ -918,29 +934,69 @@ expand_vacuum_rel(VacuumRelation *vrel, MemoryContext vac_context,
 		 * below, as well as find_all_inheritors's expectation that the caller
 		 * holds some lock on the starting relation.
 		 */
-		rvr_opts = (options & VACOPT_SKIP_LOCKED) ? RVR_SKIP_LOCKED : 0;
-		relid = RangeVarGetRelidExtended(vrel->relation,
-										 AccessShareLock,
-										 rvr_opts,
-										 NULL, NULL);
-
-		/*
-		 * If the lock is unavailable, emit the same log statement that
-		 * vacuum_rel() and analyze_rel() would.
-		 */
-		if (!OidIsValid(relid))
+		if (!(options & VACOPT_SKIP_LOCKED))
 		{
-			if (options & VACOPT_VACUUM)
-				ereport(WARNING,
-						(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
-						 errmsg("skipping vacuum of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
-								vrel->relation->relname)));
-			else
-				ereport(WARNING,
-						(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
-						 errmsg("skipping analyze of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
+			relid = RangeVarGetRelidExtended(vrel->relation,
+											 AccessShareLock,
+											 0, NULL, NULL);
+			if (!OidIsValid(relid))
+				return vacrels;
+		}
+		else
+		{
+			/* Get relid for reporting before taking a lock */
+			relid = RangeVarGetRelid(vrel->relation, NoLock, false);
+
+			if (!ConditionalLockRelationOid(relid, AccessShareLock))
+			{
+				int	flags = 0;
+				/*
+				 * If the lock is unavailable, emit the same log statement that
+				 * vacuum_rel() and analyze_rel() would.
+				 */
+				if (options & VACOPT_VACUUM)
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping vacuum of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
 								vrel->relation->relname)));
-			return vacrels;
+				else
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping analyze of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
+									vrel->relation->relname)));
+
+				if ((options & VACOPT_VACUUM) != 0 && (options & VACOPT_FULL) == 0)
+					flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM;
+				if ((options & VACOPT_ANALYZE) != 0)
+					flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE;
+
+				pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(relid, flags);
+
+				return vacrels;
+			}
+
+			/*
+			 * Now that we have the lock, probe to see if the relation really
+			 * exists or not.
+			 */
+			if (!SearchSysCacheExists1(RELOID, ObjectIdGetDatum(relid)))
+			{
+				if (options & VACOPT_VACUUM)
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_UNDEFINED_TABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping vacuum of \"%s\" --- relation no longer exists",
+									vrel->relation->relname)));
+				else
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_UNDEFINED_TABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping analyze of \"%s\" --- relation no longer exists",
+									vrel->relation->relname)));
+
+				/* Release useless lock */
+				UnlockRelationOid(relid, AccessShareLock);
+
+				return vacrels;
+			}
 		}
 
 		/*
diff --git a/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c b/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c
index b2ca28f83ba..532d9023f8c 100644
--- a/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c
+++ b/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c
@@ -17,12 +17,14 @@
 
 #include "postgres.h"
 
+#include "access/htup_details.h"
 #include "access/twophase_rmgr.h"
 #include "access/xact.h"
 #include "catalog/catalog.h"
 #include "utils/memutils.h"
 #include "utils/pgstat_internal.h"
 #include "utils/rel.h"
+#include "utils/syscache.h"
 #include "utils/timestamp.h"
 
 
@@ -367,6 +369,68 @@ pgstat_report_analyze(Relation rel,
 	(void) pgstat_flush_backend(false, PGSTAT_BACKEND_FLUSH_IO);
 }
 
+/*
+ * Report that the table was skipped during vacuum or/and analyze.
+ */
+void
+pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(Oid relid, int flags)
+{
+	PgStat_EntryRef *entry_ref;
+	PgStatShared_Relation *shtabentry;
+	PgStat_StatTabEntry *tabentry;
+	TimestampTz ts;
+	HeapTuple	classTup;
+	bool		isshared;
+
+	if (!pgstat_track_counts || !flags)
+		return;
+
+	classTup = SearchSysCache1(RELOID, ObjectIdGetDatum(relid));
+	if (!HeapTupleIsValid(classTup))
+		return;			/* somebody deleted the rel, forget it */
+	isshared = ((Form_pg_class) GETSTRUCT(classTup))->relisshared;
+	ReleaseSysCache(classTup);
+
+	/* Store the data in the table's hash table entry. */
+	ts = GetCurrentTimestamp();
+
+	/* block acquiring lock for the same reason as pgstat_report_autovac() */
+	entry_ref = pgstat_get_entry_ref_locked(PGSTAT_KIND_RELATION,
+											isshared ? InvalidOid : MyDatabaseId,
+											relid, false);
+
+	shtabentry = (PgStatShared_Relation *) entry_ref->shared_stats;
+	tabentry = &shtabentry->stats;
+
+	if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM)
+	{
+		tabentry->last_skipped_vacuum_time = ts;
+		tabentry->skipped_vacuum_count++;
+	}
+	else if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOVACUUM)
+	{
+		tabentry->last_skipped_autovacuum_time = ts;
+		tabentry->skipped_autovacuum_count++;
+	}
+
+	if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE)
+	{
+		tabentry->last_skipped_analyze_time = ts;
+		tabentry->skipped_analyze_count++;
+	}
+	else if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOANALYZE)
+	{
+		tabentry->last_skipped_autoanalyze_time = ts;
+		tabentry->skipped_autoanalyze_count++;
+	}
+
+	pgstat_unlock_entry(entry_ref);
+
+	/* see pgstat_report_vacuum() */
+	pgstat_flush_io(false);
+	(void) pgstat_flush_backend(false, PGSTAT_BACKEND_FLUSH_IO);
+}
+
 /*
  * count a tuple insertion of n tuples
  */
diff --git a/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c b/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c
index 1408de387ea..90a8968faa0 100644
--- a/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c
+++ b/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c
@@ -84,6 +84,18 @@ PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(mod_since_analyze)
 /* pg_stat_get_numscans */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(numscans)
 
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_analyze_count)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_autoanalyze_count)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_autovacuum_count)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_vacuum_count)
+
 /* pg_stat_get_tuples_deleted */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(tuples_deleted)
 
@@ -170,6 +182,18 @@ PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_vacuum_time)
 /* pg_stat_get_lastscan */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(lastscan)
 
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_analyze_time)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_autoanalyze_time)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_autovacuum_time)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_vacuum_time)
+
 /* pg_stat_get_stat_reset_time */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(stat_reset_time)
 
diff --git a/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat b/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat
index fa9ae79082b..32debb34863 100644
--- a/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat
+++ b/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat
@@ -5680,6 +5680,38 @@
   proargmodes => '{o,o,o,o,o,o,o,o,o,o}',
   proargnames => '{oid,score,xid_score,mxid_score,vacuum_score,vacuum_insert_score,analyze_score,do_vacuum,do_analyze,for_wraparound}',
   prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_autovacuum_scores' },
+{ oid => '8142', descr => 'statistics: last skipped vacuum time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time' },
+{ oid => '8143', descr => 'statistics: last skipped auto vacuum time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time' },
+{ oid => '8144', descr => 'statistics: last skipped analyze time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time' },
+{ oid => '8145', descr => 'statistics: last skipped auto analyze time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time' },
+{ oid => '8146', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped vacuum for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count' },
+{ oid => '8147', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped auto vacuum for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count' },
+{ oid => '8148', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped analyzes for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count' },
+{ oid => '8149', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped auto analyzes for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count' },
 { oid => '1936', descr => 'statistics: currently active backend IDs',
   proname => 'pg_stat_get_backend_idset', prorows => '100', proretset => 't',
   provolatile => 's', proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int4',
diff --git a/src/include/pgstat.h b/src/include/pgstat.h
index dfa2e837638..98941f953d1 100644
--- a/src/include/pgstat.h
+++ b/src/include/pgstat.h
@@ -479,6 +479,15 @@ typedef struct PgStat_StatTabEntry
 	TimestampTz last_autoanalyze_time;	/* autovacuum initiated */
 	PgStat_Counter autoanalyze_count;
 
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_vacuum_time;	/* user initiated vacuum */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_vacuum_count;
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_autovacuum_time;	/* autovacuum initiated */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_autovacuum_count;
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_analyze_time;	/* user initiated */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_analyze_count;
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_autoanalyze_time;	/* autovacuum initiated */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_autoanalyze_count;
+
 	PgStat_Counter total_vacuum_time;	/* times in milliseconds */
 	PgStat_Counter total_autovacuum_time;
 	PgStat_Counter total_analyze_time;
@@ -703,6 +712,13 @@ extern void pgstat_report_analyze(Relation rel,
 								  PgStat_Counter livetuples, PgStat_Counter deadtuples,
 								  bool resetcounter, TimestampTz starttime);
 
+/* flags for pgstat_flush_backend() */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM		(1 << 0)	/* vacuum is skipped */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE		(1 << 1)	/* analyze is skipped */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOVACUUM	(1 << 2)	/* autovacuum is skipped */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOANALYZE	(1 << 3)	/* autoanalyze is skipped */
+extern void pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(Oid relid, int flags);
+
 /*
  * If stats are enabled, but pending data hasn't been prepared yet, call
  * pgstat_assoc_relation() to do so. See its comment for why this is done
diff --git a/src/test/isolation/expected/vacuum-skip-locked.out b/src/test/isolation/expected/vacuum-skip-locked.out
index 99db281a159..e2cff175b7c 100644
--- a/src/test/isolation/expected/vacuum-skip-locked.out
+++ b/src/test/isolation/expected/vacuum-skip-locked.out
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 Parsed test spec with 2 sessions
 
-starting permutation: lock_share vac_specified commit
+starting permutation: lock_share vac_specified commit check_stat
 step lock_share: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN SHARE MODE;
@@ -10,8 +10,22 @@ step vac_specified: VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED) part1, part2;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
 
-starting permutation: lock_share vac_all_parts commit
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   1|            0|                    0
+part2  |           1|                   0|            0|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
+
+starting permutation: lock_share vac_all_parts commit check_stat
 step lock_share: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN SHARE MODE;
@@ -20,8 +34,22 @@ step vac_all_parts: VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED) parted;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   1|            0|                    0
+part2  |           1|                   0|            0|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
 
-starting permutation: lock_share analyze_specified commit
+starting permutation: lock_share analyze_specified commit check_stat
 step lock_share: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN SHARE MODE;
@@ -31,8 +59,22 @@ step analyze_specified: ANALYZE (SKIP_LOCKED) part1, part2;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
 
-starting permutation: lock_share analyze_all_parts commit
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   0|            0|                    1
+part2  |           0|                   0|            1|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
+
+starting permutation: lock_share analyze_all_parts commit check_stat
 step lock_share: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN SHARE MODE;
@@ -41,8 +83,22 @@ step analyze_all_parts: ANALYZE (SKIP_LOCKED) parted;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            1|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   0|            0|                    1
+part2  |           0|                   0|            1|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
 
-starting permutation: lock_share vac_analyze_specified commit
+starting permutation: lock_share vac_analyze_specified commit check_stat
 step lock_share: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN SHARE MODE;
@@ -52,8 +108,22 @@ step vac_analyze_specified: VACUUM (ANALYZE, SKIP_LOCKED) part1, part2;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
 
-starting permutation: lock_share vac_analyze_all_parts commit
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   1|            0|                    1
+part2  |           1|                   0|            1|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
+
+starting permutation: lock_share vac_analyze_all_parts commit check_stat
 step lock_share: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN SHARE MODE;
@@ -62,8 +132,22 @@ step vac_analyze_all_parts: VACUUM (ANALYZE, SKIP_LOCKED) parted;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            1|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   1|            0|                    1
+part2  |           1|                   0|            1|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
 
-starting permutation: lock_share vac_full_specified commit
+starting permutation: lock_share vac_full_specified commit check_stat
 step lock_share: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN SHARE MODE;
@@ -73,8 +157,22 @@ step vac_full_specified: VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED, FULL) part1, part2;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
 
-starting permutation: lock_share vac_full_all_parts commit
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part2  |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
+
+starting permutation: lock_share vac_full_all_parts commit check_stat
 step lock_share: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN SHARE MODE;
@@ -83,8 +181,22 @@ step vac_full_all_parts: VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED, FULL) parted;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part2  |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+(3 rows)
 
-starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_specified commit
+
+starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_specified commit check_stat
 step lock_access_exclusive: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN ACCESS EXCLUSIVE MODE;
@@ -94,8 +206,22 @@ step vac_specified: VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED) part1, part2;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   1|            0|                    0
+part2  |           1|                   0|            0|                    0
+(3 rows)
 
-starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_all_parts commit
+
+starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_all_parts commit check_stat
 step lock_access_exclusive: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN ACCESS EXCLUSIVE MODE;
@@ -104,8 +230,22 @@ step vac_all_parts: VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED) parted;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   1|            0|                    0
+part2  |           1|                   0|            0|                    0
+(3 rows)
 
-starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive analyze_specified commit
+
+starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive analyze_specified commit check_stat
 step lock_access_exclusive: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN ACCESS EXCLUSIVE MODE;
@@ -115,8 +255,22 @@ step analyze_specified: ANALYZE (SKIP_LOCKED) part1, part2;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   0|            0|                    1
+part2  |           0|                   0|            1|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
 
-starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive analyze_all_parts commit
+starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive analyze_all_parts commit check_stat
 step lock_access_exclusive: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN ACCESS EXCLUSIVE MODE;
@@ -126,8 +280,22 @@ step commit:
 	COMMIT;
 
 step analyze_all_parts: <... completed>
-
-starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_analyze_specified commit
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            1|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   0|            1|                    0
+part2  |           0|                   0|            1|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
+
+starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_analyze_specified commit check_stat
 step lock_access_exclusive: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN ACCESS EXCLUSIVE MODE;
@@ -137,8 +305,22 @@ step vac_analyze_specified: VACUUM (ANALYZE, SKIP_LOCKED) part1, part2;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   1|            0|                    1
+part2  |           1|                   0|            1|                    0
+(3 rows)
 
-starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_analyze_all_parts commit
+
+starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_analyze_all_parts commit check_stat
 step lock_access_exclusive: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN ACCESS EXCLUSIVE MODE;
@@ -148,8 +330,22 @@ step commit:
 	COMMIT;
 
 step vac_analyze_all_parts: <... completed>
-
-starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_full_specified commit
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            1|                    0
+part1  |           1|                   0|            1|                    0
+part2  |           1|                   0|            1|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
+
+starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_full_specified commit check_stat
 step lock_access_exclusive: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN ACCESS EXCLUSIVE MODE;
@@ -159,8 +355,22 @@ step vac_full_specified: VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED, FULL) part1, part2;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
 
-starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_full_all_parts commit
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part2  |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
+
+starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_full_all_parts commit check_stat
 step lock_access_exclusive: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN ACCESS EXCLUSIVE MODE;
@@ -169,3 +379,17 @@ step vac_full_all_parts: VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED, FULL) parted;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part2  |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
diff --git a/src/test/isolation/specs/vacuum-skip-locked.spec b/src/test/isolation/specs/vacuum-skip-locked.spec
index 3fad6e1c92a..b0da75d4b6d 100644
--- a/src/test/isolation/specs/vacuum-skip-locked.spec
+++ b/src/test/isolation/specs/vacuum-skip-locked.spec
@@ -33,6 +33,15 @@ step commit
 	COMMIT;
 }
 
+step check_stat
+{
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+}
+
 session s2
 step vac_specified			{ VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED) part1, part2; }
 step vac_all_parts			{ VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED) parted; }
@@ -43,19 +52,19 @@ step vac_analyze_all_parts	{ VACUUM (ANALYZE, SKIP_LOCKED) parted; }
 step vac_full_specified		{ VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED, FULL) part1, part2; }
 step vac_full_all_parts		{ VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED, FULL) parted; }
 
-permutation lock_share vac_specified commit
-permutation lock_share vac_all_parts commit
-permutation lock_share analyze_specified commit
-permutation lock_share analyze_all_parts commit
-permutation lock_share vac_analyze_specified commit
-permutation lock_share vac_analyze_all_parts commit
-permutation lock_share vac_full_specified commit
-permutation lock_share vac_full_all_parts commit
-permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_specified commit
-permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_all_parts commit
-permutation lock_access_exclusive analyze_specified commit
-permutation lock_access_exclusive analyze_all_parts commit
-permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_analyze_specified commit
-permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_analyze_all_parts commit
-permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_full_specified commit
-permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_full_all_parts commit
+permutation lock_share vac_specified commit check_stat
+permutation lock_share vac_all_parts commit check_stat
+permutation lock_share analyze_specified commit check_stat
+permutation lock_share analyze_all_parts commit check_stat
+permutation lock_share vac_analyze_specified commit check_stat
+permutation lock_share vac_analyze_all_parts commit check_stat
+permutation lock_share vac_full_specified commit check_stat
+permutation lock_share vac_full_all_parts commit check_stat
+permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_specified commit check_stat
+permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_all_parts commit check_stat
+permutation lock_access_exclusive analyze_specified commit check_stat
+permutation lock_access_exclusive analyze_all_parts commit check_stat
+permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_analyze_specified commit check_stat
+permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_analyze_all_parts commit check_stat
+permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_full_specified commit check_stat
+permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_full_all_parts commit check_stat
diff --git a/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out b/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out
index a65a5bf0c4f..9b2075d3373 100644
--- a/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out
+++ b/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out
@@ -1835,13 +1835,21 @@ pg_stat_all_tables| SELECT c.oid AS relid,
     pg_stat_get_mod_since_analyze(c.oid) AS n_mod_since_analyze,
     pg_stat_get_ins_since_vacuum(c.oid) AS n_ins_since_vacuum,
     pg_stat_get_last_vacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_vacuum,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_vacuum,
     pg_stat_get_last_autovacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_autovacuum,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_autovacuum,
     pg_stat_get_last_analyze_time(c.oid) AS last_analyze,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_analyze,
     pg_stat_get_last_autoanalyze_time(c.oid) AS last_autoanalyze,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_autoanalyze,
     pg_stat_get_vacuum_count(c.oid) AS vacuum_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count(c.oid) AS skipped_vacuum_count,
     pg_stat_get_autovacuum_count(c.oid) AS autovacuum_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count(c.oid) AS skipped_autovacuum_count,
     pg_stat_get_analyze_count(c.oid) AS analyze_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count(c.oid) AS skipped_analyze_count,
     pg_stat_get_autoanalyze_count(c.oid) AS autoanalyze_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count(c.oid) AS skipped_autoanalyze_count,
     pg_stat_get_total_vacuum_time(c.oid) AS total_vacuum_time,
     pg_stat_get_total_autovacuum_time(c.oid) AS total_autovacuum_time,
     pg_stat_get_total_analyze_time(c.oid) AS total_analyze_time,
@@ -2346,13 +2354,21 @@ pg_stat_sys_tables| SELECT relid,
     n_mod_since_analyze,
     n_ins_since_vacuum,
     last_vacuum,
+    last_skipped_vacuum,
     last_autovacuum,
+    last_skipped_autovacuum,
     last_analyze,
+    last_skipped_analyze,
     last_autoanalyze,
+    last_skipped_autoanalyze,
     vacuum_count,
+    skipped_vacuum_count,
     autovacuum_count,
+    skipped_autovacuum_count,
     analyze_count,
+    skipped_analyze_count,
     autoanalyze_count,
+    skipped_autoanalyze_count,
     total_vacuum_time,
     total_autovacuum_time,
     total_analyze_time,
@@ -2401,13 +2417,21 @@ pg_stat_user_tables| SELECT relid,
     n_mod_since_analyze,
     n_ins_since_vacuum,
     last_vacuum,
+    last_skipped_vacuum,
     last_autovacuum,
+    last_skipped_autovacuum,
     last_analyze,
+    last_skipped_analyze,
     last_autoanalyze,
+    last_skipped_autoanalyze,
     vacuum_count,
+    skipped_vacuum_count,
     autovacuum_count,
+    skipped_autovacuum_count,
     analyze_count,
+    skipped_analyze_count,
     autoanalyze_count,
+    skipped_autoanalyze_count,
     total_vacuum_time,
     total_autovacuum_time,
     total_analyze_time,
-- 
2.43.0


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* [PATCH v4] Track skipped vacuum and analyze activity per relation
@ 2026-03-24 04:09 Yugo Nagata <[email protected]>
  0 siblings, 0 replies; 374+ messages in thread

From: Yugo Nagata @ 2026-03-24 04:09 UTC (permalink / raw)

This commit adds eight fields to the relation statistics that track
the last time vacuum or analyze has been attempted but skipped due to
lock unavailability, along with their counts:

-    last_skipped_vacuum
-    last_skipped_autovacuum
-    last_skipped_analyze
-    last_skipped_autoanalyze
-    skipped_vacuum_count
-    skipped_autovacuum_count
-    skipped_analyze_count
-    skipped_autoanalyze_count

These field can help users confirm that autovacuum is actively attempting
to run on a table that has not been vacuumed or analyzed for a long time,
and that the lack of progress is due to repeated skips rather than inactivity.
---
 doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml                 |  88 ++++++++++++++++
 src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql         |   8 ++
 src/backend/commands/vacuum.c                | 102 ++++++++++++++-----
 src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c |  64 ++++++++++++
 src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c          |  24 +++++
 src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat              |  32 ++++++
 src/include/pgstat.h                         |  16 +++
 src/test/regress/expected/rules.out          |  24 +++++
 8 files changed, 335 insertions(+), 23 deletions(-)

diff --git a/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml b/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml
index 08d5b824552..a9b579d87a9 100644
--- a/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml
+++ b/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml
@@ -4387,6 +4387,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_vacuum</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time a manual vacuum on this table was attempted but skipped due to
+       lock unavailability (not counting <command>VACUUM FULL</command>)
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>last_autovacuum</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
@@ -4397,6 +4407,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_autovacuum</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time a vacuum on this table by the autovacuum daemon was attempted
+       but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>last_analyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
@@ -4406,6 +4426,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_analyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time a manual analyze on this table was attempted but skipped due to
+       lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>last_autoanalyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
@@ -4416,6 +4446,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_autoanalyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time at which an analyze on this table by the autovacuum was
+       attempted but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>vacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4426,6 +4466,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_vacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times manual vacuums on this table have been attempted but skipped
+       due to lock unavailability (not counting <command>VACUUM FULL</command>)
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>autovacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4436,6 +4486,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_autovacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times vacuums on this table by the autovacuum daemon have been
+       attempted but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>analyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4445,6 +4505,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_analyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times manual analyzes on this table have been attempted but
+       skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>autoanalyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4455,6 +4525,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_autoanalyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times analyzes on this table by the autovacuum daemon have
+       been attempted but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>total_vacuum_time</structfield> <type>double precision</type>
@@ -4510,6 +4590,14 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
    </tgroup>
   </table>
 
+  <note>
+   <para>
+    When a manual vacuum or analyze on a parent table in an inheritance or
+    partitioning hierarchy is skipped, the statistics are recorded only for
+    the parent table, not for its children.
+   </para>
+  </note>
+
  </sect2>
 
  <sect2 id="monitoring-pg-stat-autovacuum-scores-view">
diff --git a/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql b/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql
index 73a1c1c4670..f509fc7876b 100644
--- a/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql
+++ b/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql
@@ -736,13 +736,21 @@ CREATE VIEW pg_stat_all_tables AS
             pg_stat_get_mod_since_analyze(C.oid) AS n_mod_since_analyze,
             pg_stat_get_ins_since_vacuum(C.oid) AS n_ins_since_vacuum,
             pg_stat_get_last_vacuum_time(C.oid) as last_vacuum,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_vacuum,
             pg_stat_get_last_autovacuum_time(C.oid) as last_autovacuum,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_autovacuum,
             pg_stat_get_last_analyze_time(C.oid) as last_analyze,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_analyze,
             pg_stat_get_last_autoanalyze_time(C.oid) as last_autoanalyze,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_autoanalyze,
             pg_stat_get_vacuum_count(C.oid) AS vacuum_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count(C.oid) AS skipped_vacuum_count,
             pg_stat_get_autovacuum_count(C.oid) AS autovacuum_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count(C.oid) AS skipped_autovacuum_count,
             pg_stat_get_analyze_count(C.oid) AS analyze_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count(C.oid) AS skipped_analyze_count,
             pg_stat_get_autoanalyze_count(C.oid) AS autoanalyze_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count(C.oid) AS skipped_autoanalyze_count,
             pg_stat_get_total_vacuum_time(C.oid) AS total_vacuum_time,
             pg_stat_get_total_autovacuum_time(C.oid) AS total_autovacuum_time,
             pg_stat_get_total_analyze_time(C.oid) AS total_analyze_time,
diff --git a/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c b/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c
index 99d0db82ed7..97cd5ea8d10 100644
--- a/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c
+++ b/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c
@@ -793,8 +793,25 @@ vacuum_open_relation(Oid relid, RangeVar *relation, uint32 options,
 		rel = try_relation_open(relid, NoLock);
 	else
 	{
+		int flags = 0;
 		rel = NULL;
 		rel_lock = false;
+
+		if ((options & VACOPT_VACUUM) != 0)
+		{
+			if (AmAutoVacuumWorkerProcess())
+				flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOVACUUM;
+			else
+				flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM;
+		}
+		if ((options & VACOPT_ANALYZE) != 0)
+		{
+			if (AmAutoVacuumWorkerProcess())
+				flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOANALYZE;
+			else
+				flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE;
+		}
+		pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(relid, flags);
 	}
 
 	/* if relation is opened, leave */
@@ -802,7 +819,7 @@ vacuum_open_relation(Oid relid, RangeVar *relation, uint32 options,
 		return rel;
 
 	/*
-	 * Relation could not be opened, hence generate if possible a log
+	 * Relation could not be opened hence generate if possible a log
 	 * informing on the situation.
 	 *
 	 * If the RangeVar is not defined, we do not have enough information to
@@ -905,7 +922,6 @@ expand_vacuum_rel(VacuumRelation *vrel, MemoryContext vac_context,
 		Form_pg_class classForm;
 		bool		include_children;
 		bool		is_partitioned_table;
-		int			rvr_opts;
 
 		/*
 		 * Since autovacuum workers supply OIDs when calling vacuum(), no
@@ -918,29 +934,69 @@ expand_vacuum_rel(VacuumRelation *vrel, MemoryContext vac_context,
 		 * below, as well as find_all_inheritors's expectation that the caller
 		 * holds some lock on the starting relation.
 		 */
-		rvr_opts = (options & VACOPT_SKIP_LOCKED) ? RVR_SKIP_LOCKED : 0;
-		relid = RangeVarGetRelidExtended(vrel->relation,
-										 AccessShareLock,
-										 rvr_opts,
-										 NULL, NULL);
-
-		/*
-		 * If the lock is unavailable, emit the same log statement that
-		 * vacuum_rel() and analyze_rel() would.
-		 */
-		if (!OidIsValid(relid))
+		if (!(options & VACOPT_SKIP_LOCKED))
 		{
-			if (options & VACOPT_VACUUM)
-				ereport(WARNING,
-						(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
-						 errmsg("skipping vacuum of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
-								vrel->relation->relname)));
-			else
-				ereport(WARNING,
-						(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
-						 errmsg("skipping analyze of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
+			relid = RangeVarGetRelidExtended(vrel->relation,
+											 AccessShareLock,
+											 0, NULL, NULL);
+			if (!OidIsValid(relid))
+				return vacrels;
+		}
+		else
+		{
+			/* Get relid for reporting before taking a lock */
+			relid = RangeVarGetRelid(vrel->relation, NoLock, false);
+
+			if (!ConditionalLockRelationOid(relid, AccessShareLock))
+			{
+				int	flags = 0;
+				/*
+				 * If the lock is unavailable, emit the same log statement that
+				 * vacuum_rel() and analyze_rel() would.
+				 */
+				if (options & VACOPT_VACUUM)
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping vacuum of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
 								vrel->relation->relname)));
-			return vacrels;
+				else
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping analyze of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
+									vrel->relation->relname)));
+
+				if ((options & VACOPT_VACUUM) != 0)
+					flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM;
+				if ((options & VACOPT_ANALYZE) != 0)
+					flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE;
+
+				pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(relid, flags);
+
+				return vacrels;
+			}
+
+			/*
+			 * Now that we have the lock, probe to see if the relation really
+			 * exists or not.
+			 */
+			if (!SearchSysCacheExists1(RELOID, ObjectIdGetDatum(relid)))
+			{
+				if (options & VACOPT_VACUUM)
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_UNDEFINED_TABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping vacuum of \"%s\" --- relation no longer exists",
+									vrel->relation->relname)));
+				else
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_UNDEFINED_TABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping analyze of \"%s\" --- relation no longer exists",
+									vrel->relation->relname)));
+
+				/* Release useless lock */
+				UnlockRelationOid(relid, AccessShareLock);
+
+				return vacrels;
+			}
 		}
 
 		/*
diff --git a/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c b/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c
index b2ca28f83ba..532d9023f8c 100644
--- a/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c
+++ b/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c
@@ -17,12 +17,14 @@
 
 #include "postgres.h"
 
+#include "access/htup_details.h"
 #include "access/twophase_rmgr.h"
 #include "access/xact.h"
 #include "catalog/catalog.h"
 #include "utils/memutils.h"
 #include "utils/pgstat_internal.h"
 #include "utils/rel.h"
+#include "utils/syscache.h"
 #include "utils/timestamp.h"
 
 
@@ -367,6 +369,68 @@ pgstat_report_analyze(Relation rel,
 	(void) pgstat_flush_backend(false, PGSTAT_BACKEND_FLUSH_IO);
 }
 
+/*
+ * Report that the table was skipped during vacuum or/and analyze.
+ */
+void
+pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(Oid relid, int flags)
+{
+	PgStat_EntryRef *entry_ref;
+	PgStatShared_Relation *shtabentry;
+	PgStat_StatTabEntry *tabentry;
+	TimestampTz ts;
+	HeapTuple	classTup;
+	bool		isshared;
+
+	if (!pgstat_track_counts || !flags)
+		return;
+
+	classTup = SearchSysCache1(RELOID, ObjectIdGetDatum(relid));
+	if (!HeapTupleIsValid(classTup))
+		return;			/* somebody deleted the rel, forget it */
+	isshared = ((Form_pg_class) GETSTRUCT(classTup))->relisshared;
+	ReleaseSysCache(classTup);
+
+	/* Store the data in the table's hash table entry. */
+	ts = GetCurrentTimestamp();
+
+	/* block acquiring lock for the same reason as pgstat_report_autovac() */
+	entry_ref = pgstat_get_entry_ref_locked(PGSTAT_KIND_RELATION,
+											isshared ? InvalidOid : MyDatabaseId,
+											relid, false);
+
+	shtabentry = (PgStatShared_Relation *) entry_ref->shared_stats;
+	tabentry = &shtabentry->stats;
+
+	if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM)
+	{
+		tabentry->last_skipped_vacuum_time = ts;
+		tabentry->skipped_vacuum_count++;
+	}
+	else if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOVACUUM)
+	{
+		tabentry->last_skipped_autovacuum_time = ts;
+		tabentry->skipped_autovacuum_count++;
+	}
+
+	if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE)
+	{
+		tabentry->last_skipped_analyze_time = ts;
+		tabentry->skipped_analyze_count++;
+	}
+	else if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOANALYZE)
+	{
+		tabentry->last_skipped_autoanalyze_time = ts;
+		tabentry->skipped_autoanalyze_count++;
+	}
+
+	pgstat_unlock_entry(entry_ref);
+
+	/* see pgstat_report_vacuum() */
+	pgstat_flush_io(false);
+	(void) pgstat_flush_backend(false, PGSTAT_BACKEND_FLUSH_IO);
+}
+
 /*
  * count a tuple insertion of n tuples
  */
diff --git a/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c b/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c
index 1408de387ea..90a8968faa0 100644
--- a/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c
+++ b/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c
@@ -84,6 +84,18 @@ PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(mod_since_analyze)
 /* pg_stat_get_numscans */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(numscans)
 
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_analyze_count)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_autoanalyze_count)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_autovacuum_count)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_vacuum_count)
+
 /* pg_stat_get_tuples_deleted */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(tuples_deleted)
 
@@ -170,6 +182,18 @@ PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_vacuum_time)
 /* pg_stat_get_lastscan */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(lastscan)
 
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_analyze_time)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_autoanalyze_time)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_autovacuum_time)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_vacuum_time)
+
 /* pg_stat_get_stat_reset_time */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(stat_reset_time)
 
diff --git a/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat b/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat
index fa9ae79082b..32debb34863 100644
--- a/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat
+++ b/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat
@@ -5680,6 +5680,38 @@
   proargmodes => '{o,o,o,o,o,o,o,o,o,o}',
   proargnames => '{oid,score,xid_score,mxid_score,vacuum_score,vacuum_insert_score,analyze_score,do_vacuum,do_analyze,for_wraparound}',
   prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_autovacuum_scores' },
+{ oid => '8142', descr => 'statistics: last skipped vacuum time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time' },
+{ oid => '8143', descr => 'statistics: last skipped auto vacuum time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time' },
+{ oid => '8144', descr => 'statistics: last skipped analyze time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time' },
+{ oid => '8145', descr => 'statistics: last skipped auto analyze time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time' },
+{ oid => '8146', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped vacuum for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count' },
+{ oid => '8147', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped auto vacuum for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count' },
+{ oid => '8148', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped analyzes for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count' },
+{ oid => '8149', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped auto analyzes for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count' },
 { oid => '1936', descr => 'statistics: currently active backend IDs',
   proname => 'pg_stat_get_backend_idset', prorows => '100', proretset => 't',
   provolatile => 's', proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int4',
diff --git a/src/include/pgstat.h b/src/include/pgstat.h
index dfa2e837638..98941f953d1 100644
--- a/src/include/pgstat.h
+++ b/src/include/pgstat.h
@@ -479,6 +479,15 @@ typedef struct PgStat_StatTabEntry
 	TimestampTz last_autoanalyze_time;	/* autovacuum initiated */
 	PgStat_Counter autoanalyze_count;
 
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_vacuum_time;	/* user initiated vacuum */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_vacuum_count;
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_autovacuum_time;	/* autovacuum initiated */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_autovacuum_count;
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_analyze_time;	/* user initiated */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_analyze_count;
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_autoanalyze_time;	/* autovacuum initiated */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_autoanalyze_count;
+
 	PgStat_Counter total_vacuum_time;	/* times in milliseconds */
 	PgStat_Counter total_autovacuum_time;
 	PgStat_Counter total_analyze_time;
@@ -703,6 +712,13 @@ extern void pgstat_report_analyze(Relation rel,
 								  PgStat_Counter livetuples, PgStat_Counter deadtuples,
 								  bool resetcounter, TimestampTz starttime);
 
+/* flags for pgstat_flush_backend() */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM		(1 << 0)	/* vacuum is skipped */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE		(1 << 1)	/* analyze is skipped */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOVACUUM	(1 << 2)	/* autovacuum is skipped */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOANALYZE	(1 << 3)	/* autoanalyze is skipped */
+extern void pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(Oid relid, int flags);
+
 /*
  * If stats are enabled, but pending data hasn't been prepared yet, call
  * pgstat_assoc_relation() to do so. See its comment for why this is done
diff --git a/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out b/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out
index a65a5bf0c4f..9b2075d3373 100644
--- a/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out
+++ b/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out
@@ -1835,13 +1835,21 @@ pg_stat_all_tables| SELECT c.oid AS relid,
     pg_stat_get_mod_since_analyze(c.oid) AS n_mod_since_analyze,
     pg_stat_get_ins_since_vacuum(c.oid) AS n_ins_since_vacuum,
     pg_stat_get_last_vacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_vacuum,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_vacuum,
     pg_stat_get_last_autovacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_autovacuum,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_autovacuum,
     pg_stat_get_last_analyze_time(c.oid) AS last_analyze,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_analyze,
     pg_stat_get_last_autoanalyze_time(c.oid) AS last_autoanalyze,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_autoanalyze,
     pg_stat_get_vacuum_count(c.oid) AS vacuum_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count(c.oid) AS skipped_vacuum_count,
     pg_stat_get_autovacuum_count(c.oid) AS autovacuum_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count(c.oid) AS skipped_autovacuum_count,
     pg_stat_get_analyze_count(c.oid) AS analyze_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count(c.oid) AS skipped_analyze_count,
     pg_stat_get_autoanalyze_count(c.oid) AS autoanalyze_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count(c.oid) AS skipped_autoanalyze_count,
     pg_stat_get_total_vacuum_time(c.oid) AS total_vacuum_time,
     pg_stat_get_total_autovacuum_time(c.oid) AS total_autovacuum_time,
     pg_stat_get_total_analyze_time(c.oid) AS total_analyze_time,
@@ -2346,13 +2354,21 @@ pg_stat_sys_tables| SELECT relid,
     n_mod_since_analyze,
     n_ins_since_vacuum,
     last_vacuum,
+    last_skipped_vacuum,
     last_autovacuum,
+    last_skipped_autovacuum,
     last_analyze,
+    last_skipped_analyze,
     last_autoanalyze,
+    last_skipped_autoanalyze,
     vacuum_count,
+    skipped_vacuum_count,
     autovacuum_count,
+    skipped_autovacuum_count,
     analyze_count,
+    skipped_analyze_count,
     autoanalyze_count,
+    skipped_autoanalyze_count,
     total_vacuum_time,
     total_autovacuum_time,
     total_analyze_time,
@@ -2401,13 +2417,21 @@ pg_stat_user_tables| SELECT relid,
     n_mod_since_analyze,
     n_ins_since_vacuum,
     last_vacuum,
+    last_skipped_vacuum,
     last_autovacuum,
+    last_skipped_autovacuum,
     last_analyze,
+    last_skipped_analyze,
     last_autoanalyze,
+    last_skipped_autoanalyze,
     vacuum_count,
+    skipped_vacuum_count,
     autovacuum_count,
+    skipped_autovacuum_count,
     analyze_count,
+    skipped_analyze_count,
     autoanalyze_count,
+    skipped_autoanalyze_count,
     total_vacuum_time,
     total_autovacuum_time,
     total_analyze_time,
-- 
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* [PATCH v5] Track skipped vacuum and analyze activity per relation
@ 2026-03-24 04:09 Yugo Nagata <[email protected]>
  0 siblings, 0 replies; 374+ messages in thread

From: Yugo Nagata @ 2026-03-24 04:09 UTC (permalink / raw)

This commit adds eight fields to the relation statistics that track
the last time vacuum or analyze has been attempted but skipped due to
lock unavailability, along with their counts:

-    last_skipped_vacuum
-    last_skipped_autovacuum
-    last_skipped_analyze
-    last_skipped_autoanalyze
-    skipped_vacuum_count
-    skipped_autovacuum_count
-    skipped_analyze_count
-    skipped_autoanalyze_count

These field can help users confirm that autovacuum is actively attempting
to run on a table that has not been vacuumed or analyzed for a long time,
and that the lack of progress is due to repeated skips rather than inactivity.
---
 doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml                  |  88 ++++++
 src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql          |   8 +
 src/backend/commands/vacuum.c                 | 100 +++++--
 src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c  |  64 +++++
 src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c           |  24 ++
 src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat               |  32 +++
 src/include/pgstat.h                          |  16 ++
 .../isolation/expected/vacuum-skip-locked.out | 260 ++++++++++++++++--
 .../isolation/specs/vacuum-skip-locked.spec   |  41 +--
 src/test/regress/expected/rules.out           |  24 ++
 10 files changed, 601 insertions(+), 56 deletions(-)

diff --git a/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml b/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml
index 08d5b824552..a9b579d87a9 100644
--- a/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml
+++ b/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml
@@ -4387,6 +4387,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_vacuum</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time a manual vacuum on this table was attempted but skipped due to
+       lock unavailability (not counting <command>VACUUM FULL</command>)
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>last_autovacuum</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
@@ -4397,6 +4407,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_autovacuum</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time a vacuum on this table by the autovacuum daemon was attempted
+       but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>last_analyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
@@ -4406,6 +4426,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_analyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time a manual analyze on this table was attempted but skipped due to
+       lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>last_autoanalyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
@@ -4416,6 +4446,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_autoanalyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time at which an analyze on this table by the autovacuum was
+       attempted but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>vacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4426,6 +4466,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_vacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times manual vacuums on this table have been attempted but skipped
+       due to lock unavailability (not counting <command>VACUUM FULL</command>)
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>autovacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4436,6 +4486,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_autovacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times vacuums on this table by the autovacuum daemon have been
+       attempted but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>analyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4445,6 +4505,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_analyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times manual analyzes on this table have been attempted but
+       skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>autoanalyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4455,6 +4525,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_autoanalyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times analyzes on this table by the autovacuum daemon have
+       been attempted but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>total_vacuum_time</structfield> <type>double precision</type>
@@ -4510,6 +4590,14 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
    </tgroup>
   </table>
 
+  <note>
+   <para>
+    When a manual vacuum or analyze on a parent table in an inheritance or
+    partitioning hierarchy is skipped, the statistics are recorded only for
+    the parent table, not for its children.
+   </para>
+  </note>
+
  </sect2>
 
  <sect2 id="monitoring-pg-stat-autovacuum-scores-view">
diff --git a/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql b/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql
index 73a1c1c4670..f509fc7876b 100644
--- a/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql
+++ b/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql
@@ -736,13 +736,21 @@ CREATE VIEW pg_stat_all_tables AS
             pg_stat_get_mod_since_analyze(C.oid) AS n_mod_since_analyze,
             pg_stat_get_ins_since_vacuum(C.oid) AS n_ins_since_vacuum,
             pg_stat_get_last_vacuum_time(C.oid) as last_vacuum,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_vacuum,
             pg_stat_get_last_autovacuum_time(C.oid) as last_autovacuum,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_autovacuum,
             pg_stat_get_last_analyze_time(C.oid) as last_analyze,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_analyze,
             pg_stat_get_last_autoanalyze_time(C.oid) as last_autoanalyze,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_autoanalyze,
             pg_stat_get_vacuum_count(C.oid) AS vacuum_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count(C.oid) AS skipped_vacuum_count,
             pg_stat_get_autovacuum_count(C.oid) AS autovacuum_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count(C.oid) AS skipped_autovacuum_count,
             pg_stat_get_analyze_count(C.oid) AS analyze_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count(C.oid) AS skipped_analyze_count,
             pg_stat_get_autoanalyze_count(C.oid) AS autoanalyze_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count(C.oid) AS skipped_autoanalyze_count,
             pg_stat_get_total_vacuum_time(C.oid) AS total_vacuum_time,
             pg_stat_get_total_autovacuum_time(C.oid) AS total_autovacuum_time,
             pg_stat_get_total_analyze_time(C.oid) AS total_analyze_time,
diff --git a/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c b/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c
index 99d0db82ed7..df6526225e4 100644
--- a/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c
+++ b/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c
@@ -793,8 +793,25 @@ vacuum_open_relation(Oid relid, RangeVar *relation, uint32 options,
 		rel = try_relation_open(relid, NoLock);
 	else
 	{
+		int flags = 0;
 		rel = NULL;
 		rel_lock = false;
+
+		if ((options & VACOPT_VACUUM) != 0 && (options & VACOPT_FULL) == 0)
+		{
+			if (AmAutoVacuumWorkerProcess())
+				flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOVACUUM;
+			else
+				flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM;
+		}
+		if ((options & VACOPT_ANALYZE) != 0)
+		{
+			if (AmAutoVacuumWorkerProcess())
+				flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOANALYZE;
+			else
+				flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE;
+		}
+		pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(relid, flags);
 	}
 
 	/* if relation is opened, leave */
@@ -905,7 +922,6 @@ expand_vacuum_rel(VacuumRelation *vrel, MemoryContext vac_context,
 		Form_pg_class classForm;
 		bool		include_children;
 		bool		is_partitioned_table;
-		int			rvr_opts;
 
 		/*
 		 * Since autovacuum workers supply OIDs when calling vacuum(), no
@@ -918,29 +934,69 @@ expand_vacuum_rel(VacuumRelation *vrel, MemoryContext vac_context,
 		 * below, as well as find_all_inheritors's expectation that the caller
 		 * holds some lock on the starting relation.
 		 */
-		rvr_opts = (options & VACOPT_SKIP_LOCKED) ? RVR_SKIP_LOCKED : 0;
-		relid = RangeVarGetRelidExtended(vrel->relation,
-										 AccessShareLock,
-										 rvr_opts,
-										 NULL, NULL);
-
-		/*
-		 * If the lock is unavailable, emit the same log statement that
-		 * vacuum_rel() and analyze_rel() would.
-		 */
-		if (!OidIsValid(relid))
+		if (!(options & VACOPT_SKIP_LOCKED))
 		{
-			if (options & VACOPT_VACUUM)
-				ereport(WARNING,
-						(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
-						 errmsg("skipping vacuum of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
-								vrel->relation->relname)));
-			else
-				ereport(WARNING,
-						(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
-						 errmsg("skipping analyze of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
+			relid = RangeVarGetRelidExtended(vrel->relation,
+											 AccessShareLock,
+											 0, NULL, NULL);
+			if (!OidIsValid(relid))
+				return vacrels;
+		}
+		else
+		{
+			/* Get relid for reporting before taking a lock */
+			relid = RangeVarGetRelid(vrel->relation, NoLock, false);
+
+			if (!ConditionalLockRelationOid(relid, AccessShareLock))
+			{
+				int	flags = 0;
+				/*
+				 * If the lock is unavailable, emit the same log statement that
+				 * vacuum_rel() and analyze_rel() would.
+				 */
+				if (options & VACOPT_VACUUM)
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping vacuum of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
 								vrel->relation->relname)));
-			return vacrels;
+				else
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping analyze of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
+									vrel->relation->relname)));
+
+				if ((options & VACOPT_VACUUM) != 0 && (options & VACOPT_FULL) == 0)
+					flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM;
+				if ((options & VACOPT_ANALYZE) != 0)
+					flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE;
+
+				pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(relid, flags);
+
+				return vacrels;
+			}
+
+			/*
+			 * Now that we have the lock, probe to see if the relation really
+			 * exists or not.
+			 */
+			if (!SearchSysCacheExists1(RELOID, ObjectIdGetDatum(relid)))
+			{
+				if (options & VACOPT_VACUUM)
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_UNDEFINED_TABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping vacuum of \"%s\" --- relation no longer exists",
+									vrel->relation->relname)));
+				else
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_UNDEFINED_TABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping analyze of \"%s\" --- relation no longer exists",
+									vrel->relation->relname)));
+
+				/* Release useless lock */
+				UnlockRelationOid(relid, AccessShareLock);
+
+				return vacrels;
+			}
 		}
 
 		/*
diff --git a/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c b/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c
index b2ca28f83ba..532d9023f8c 100644
--- a/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c
+++ b/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c
@@ -17,12 +17,14 @@
 
 #include "postgres.h"
 
+#include "access/htup_details.h"
 #include "access/twophase_rmgr.h"
 #include "access/xact.h"
 #include "catalog/catalog.h"
 #include "utils/memutils.h"
 #include "utils/pgstat_internal.h"
 #include "utils/rel.h"
+#include "utils/syscache.h"
 #include "utils/timestamp.h"
 
 
@@ -367,6 +369,68 @@ pgstat_report_analyze(Relation rel,
 	(void) pgstat_flush_backend(false, PGSTAT_BACKEND_FLUSH_IO);
 }
 
+/*
+ * Report that the table was skipped during vacuum or/and analyze.
+ */
+void
+pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(Oid relid, int flags)
+{
+	PgStat_EntryRef *entry_ref;
+	PgStatShared_Relation *shtabentry;
+	PgStat_StatTabEntry *tabentry;
+	TimestampTz ts;
+	HeapTuple	classTup;
+	bool		isshared;
+
+	if (!pgstat_track_counts || !flags)
+		return;
+
+	classTup = SearchSysCache1(RELOID, ObjectIdGetDatum(relid));
+	if (!HeapTupleIsValid(classTup))
+		return;			/* somebody deleted the rel, forget it */
+	isshared = ((Form_pg_class) GETSTRUCT(classTup))->relisshared;
+	ReleaseSysCache(classTup);
+
+	/* Store the data in the table's hash table entry. */
+	ts = GetCurrentTimestamp();
+
+	/* block acquiring lock for the same reason as pgstat_report_autovac() */
+	entry_ref = pgstat_get_entry_ref_locked(PGSTAT_KIND_RELATION,
+											isshared ? InvalidOid : MyDatabaseId,
+											relid, false);
+
+	shtabentry = (PgStatShared_Relation *) entry_ref->shared_stats;
+	tabentry = &shtabentry->stats;
+
+	if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM)
+	{
+		tabentry->last_skipped_vacuum_time = ts;
+		tabentry->skipped_vacuum_count++;
+	}
+	else if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOVACUUM)
+	{
+		tabentry->last_skipped_autovacuum_time = ts;
+		tabentry->skipped_autovacuum_count++;
+	}
+
+	if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE)
+	{
+		tabentry->last_skipped_analyze_time = ts;
+		tabentry->skipped_analyze_count++;
+	}
+	else if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOANALYZE)
+	{
+		tabentry->last_skipped_autoanalyze_time = ts;
+		tabentry->skipped_autoanalyze_count++;
+	}
+
+	pgstat_unlock_entry(entry_ref);
+
+	/* see pgstat_report_vacuum() */
+	pgstat_flush_io(false);
+	(void) pgstat_flush_backend(false, PGSTAT_BACKEND_FLUSH_IO);
+}
+
 /*
  * count a tuple insertion of n tuples
  */
diff --git a/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c b/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c
index 1408de387ea..90a8968faa0 100644
--- a/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c
+++ b/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c
@@ -84,6 +84,18 @@ PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(mod_since_analyze)
 /* pg_stat_get_numscans */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(numscans)
 
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_analyze_count)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_autoanalyze_count)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_autovacuum_count)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_vacuum_count)
+
 /* pg_stat_get_tuples_deleted */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(tuples_deleted)
 
@@ -170,6 +182,18 @@ PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_vacuum_time)
 /* pg_stat_get_lastscan */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(lastscan)
 
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_analyze_time)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_autoanalyze_time)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_autovacuum_time)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_vacuum_time)
+
 /* pg_stat_get_stat_reset_time */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(stat_reset_time)
 
diff --git a/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat b/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat
index fa9ae79082b..32debb34863 100644
--- a/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat
+++ b/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat
@@ -5680,6 +5680,38 @@
   proargmodes => '{o,o,o,o,o,o,o,o,o,o}',
   proargnames => '{oid,score,xid_score,mxid_score,vacuum_score,vacuum_insert_score,analyze_score,do_vacuum,do_analyze,for_wraparound}',
   prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_autovacuum_scores' },
+{ oid => '8142', descr => 'statistics: last skipped vacuum time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time' },
+{ oid => '8143', descr => 'statistics: last skipped auto vacuum time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time' },
+{ oid => '8144', descr => 'statistics: last skipped analyze time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time' },
+{ oid => '8145', descr => 'statistics: last skipped auto analyze time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time' },
+{ oid => '8146', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped vacuum for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count' },
+{ oid => '8147', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped auto vacuum for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count' },
+{ oid => '8148', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped analyzes for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count' },
+{ oid => '8149', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped auto analyzes for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count' },
 { oid => '1936', descr => 'statistics: currently active backend IDs',
   proname => 'pg_stat_get_backend_idset', prorows => '100', proretset => 't',
   provolatile => 's', proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int4',
diff --git a/src/include/pgstat.h b/src/include/pgstat.h
index dfa2e837638..98941f953d1 100644
--- a/src/include/pgstat.h
+++ b/src/include/pgstat.h
@@ -479,6 +479,15 @@ typedef struct PgStat_StatTabEntry
 	TimestampTz last_autoanalyze_time;	/* autovacuum initiated */
 	PgStat_Counter autoanalyze_count;
 
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_vacuum_time;	/* user initiated vacuum */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_vacuum_count;
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_autovacuum_time;	/* autovacuum initiated */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_autovacuum_count;
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_analyze_time;	/* user initiated */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_analyze_count;
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_autoanalyze_time;	/* autovacuum initiated */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_autoanalyze_count;
+
 	PgStat_Counter total_vacuum_time;	/* times in milliseconds */
 	PgStat_Counter total_autovacuum_time;
 	PgStat_Counter total_analyze_time;
@@ -703,6 +712,13 @@ extern void pgstat_report_analyze(Relation rel,
 								  PgStat_Counter livetuples, PgStat_Counter deadtuples,
 								  bool resetcounter, TimestampTz starttime);
 
+/* flags for pgstat_flush_backend() */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM		(1 << 0)	/* vacuum is skipped */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE		(1 << 1)	/* analyze is skipped */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOVACUUM	(1 << 2)	/* autovacuum is skipped */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOANALYZE	(1 << 3)	/* autoanalyze is skipped */
+extern void pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(Oid relid, int flags);
+
 /*
  * If stats are enabled, but pending data hasn't been prepared yet, call
  * pgstat_assoc_relation() to do so. See its comment for why this is done
diff --git a/src/test/isolation/expected/vacuum-skip-locked.out b/src/test/isolation/expected/vacuum-skip-locked.out
index 99db281a159..e2cff175b7c 100644
--- a/src/test/isolation/expected/vacuum-skip-locked.out
+++ b/src/test/isolation/expected/vacuum-skip-locked.out
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 Parsed test spec with 2 sessions
 
-starting permutation: lock_share vac_specified commit
+starting permutation: lock_share vac_specified commit check_stat
 step lock_share: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN SHARE MODE;
@@ -10,8 +10,22 @@ step vac_specified: VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED) part1, part2;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
 
-starting permutation: lock_share vac_all_parts commit
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   1|            0|                    0
+part2  |           1|                   0|            0|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
+
+starting permutation: lock_share vac_all_parts commit check_stat
 step lock_share: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN SHARE MODE;
@@ -20,8 +34,22 @@ step vac_all_parts: VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED) parted;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   1|            0|                    0
+part2  |           1|                   0|            0|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
 
-starting permutation: lock_share analyze_specified commit
+starting permutation: lock_share analyze_specified commit check_stat
 step lock_share: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN SHARE MODE;
@@ -31,8 +59,22 @@ step analyze_specified: ANALYZE (SKIP_LOCKED) part1, part2;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
 
-starting permutation: lock_share analyze_all_parts commit
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   0|            0|                    1
+part2  |           0|                   0|            1|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
+
+starting permutation: lock_share analyze_all_parts commit check_stat
 step lock_share: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN SHARE MODE;
@@ -41,8 +83,22 @@ step analyze_all_parts: ANALYZE (SKIP_LOCKED) parted;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            1|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   0|            0|                    1
+part2  |           0|                   0|            1|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
 
-starting permutation: lock_share vac_analyze_specified commit
+starting permutation: lock_share vac_analyze_specified commit check_stat
 step lock_share: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN SHARE MODE;
@@ -52,8 +108,22 @@ step vac_analyze_specified: VACUUM (ANALYZE, SKIP_LOCKED) part1, part2;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
 
-starting permutation: lock_share vac_analyze_all_parts commit
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   1|            0|                    1
+part2  |           1|                   0|            1|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
+
+starting permutation: lock_share vac_analyze_all_parts commit check_stat
 step lock_share: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN SHARE MODE;
@@ -62,8 +132,22 @@ step vac_analyze_all_parts: VACUUM (ANALYZE, SKIP_LOCKED) parted;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            1|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   1|            0|                    1
+part2  |           1|                   0|            1|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
 
-starting permutation: lock_share vac_full_specified commit
+starting permutation: lock_share vac_full_specified commit check_stat
 step lock_share: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN SHARE MODE;
@@ -73,8 +157,22 @@ step vac_full_specified: VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED, FULL) part1, part2;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
 
-starting permutation: lock_share vac_full_all_parts commit
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part2  |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
+
+starting permutation: lock_share vac_full_all_parts commit check_stat
 step lock_share: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN SHARE MODE;
@@ -83,8 +181,22 @@ step vac_full_all_parts: VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED, FULL) parted;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part2  |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+(3 rows)
 
-starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_specified commit
+
+starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_specified commit check_stat
 step lock_access_exclusive: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN ACCESS EXCLUSIVE MODE;
@@ -94,8 +206,22 @@ step vac_specified: VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED) part1, part2;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   1|            0|                    0
+part2  |           1|                   0|            0|                    0
+(3 rows)
 
-starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_all_parts commit
+
+starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_all_parts commit check_stat
 step lock_access_exclusive: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN ACCESS EXCLUSIVE MODE;
@@ -104,8 +230,22 @@ step vac_all_parts: VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED) parted;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   1|            0|                    0
+part2  |           1|                   0|            0|                    0
+(3 rows)
 
-starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive analyze_specified commit
+
+starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive analyze_specified commit check_stat
 step lock_access_exclusive: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN ACCESS EXCLUSIVE MODE;
@@ -115,8 +255,22 @@ step analyze_specified: ANALYZE (SKIP_LOCKED) part1, part2;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   0|            0|                    1
+part2  |           0|                   0|            1|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
 
-starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive analyze_all_parts commit
+starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive analyze_all_parts commit check_stat
 step lock_access_exclusive: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN ACCESS EXCLUSIVE MODE;
@@ -126,8 +280,22 @@ step commit:
 	COMMIT;
 
 step analyze_all_parts: <... completed>
-
-starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_analyze_specified commit
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            1|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   0|            1|                    0
+part2  |           0|                   0|            1|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
+
+starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_analyze_specified commit check_stat
 step lock_access_exclusive: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN ACCESS EXCLUSIVE MODE;
@@ -137,8 +305,22 @@ step vac_analyze_specified: VACUUM (ANALYZE, SKIP_LOCKED) part1, part2;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   1|            0|                    1
+part2  |           1|                   0|            1|                    0
+(3 rows)
 
-starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_analyze_all_parts commit
+
+starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_analyze_all_parts commit check_stat
 step lock_access_exclusive: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN ACCESS EXCLUSIVE MODE;
@@ -148,8 +330,22 @@ step commit:
 	COMMIT;
 
 step vac_analyze_all_parts: <... completed>
-
-starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_full_specified commit
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            1|                    0
+part1  |           1|                   0|            1|                    0
+part2  |           1|                   0|            1|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
+
+starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_full_specified commit check_stat
 step lock_access_exclusive: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN ACCESS EXCLUSIVE MODE;
@@ -159,8 +355,22 @@ step vac_full_specified: VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED, FULL) part1, part2;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
 
-starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_full_all_parts commit
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part2  |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
+
+starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_full_all_parts commit check_stat
 step lock_access_exclusive: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN ACCESS EXCLUSIVE MODE;
@@ -169,3 +379,17 @@ step vac_full_all_parts: VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED, FULL) parted;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part2  |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
diff --git a/src/test/isolation/specs/vacuum-skip-locked.spec b/src/test/isolation/specs/vacuum-skip-locked.spec
index 3fad6e1c92a..b0da75d4b6d 100644
--- a/src/test/isolation/specs/vacuum-skip-locked.spec
+++ b/src/test/isolation/specs/vacuum-skip-locked.spec
@@ -33,6 +33,15 @@ step commit
 	COMMIT;
 }
 
+step check_stat
+{
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+}
+
 session s2
 step vac_specified			{ VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED) part1, part2; }
 step vac_all_parts			{ VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED) parted; }
@@ -43,19 +52,19 @@ step vac_analyze_all_parts	{ VACUUM (ANALYZE, SKIP_LOCKED) parted; }
 step vac_full_specified		{ VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED, FULL) part1, part2; }
 step vac_full_all_parts		{ VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED, FULL) parted; }
 
-permutation lock_share vac_specified commit
-permutation lock_share vac_all_parts commit
-permutation lock_share analyze_specified commit
-permutation lock_share analyze_all_parts commit
-permutation lock_share vac_analyze_specified commit
-permutation lock_share vac_analyze_all_parts commit
-permutation lock_share vac_full_specified commit
-permutation lock_share vac_full_all_parts commit
-permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_specified commit
-permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_all_parts commit
-permutation lock_access_exclusive analyze_specified commit
-permutation lock_access_exclusive analyze_all_parts commit
-permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_analyze_specified commit
-permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_analyze_all_parts commit
-permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_full_specified commit
-permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_full_all_parts commit
+permutation lock_share vac_specified commit check_stat
+permutation lock_share vac_all_parts commit check_stat
+permutation lock_share analyze_specified commit check_stat
+permutation lock_share analyze_all_parts commit check_stat
+permutation lock_share vac_analyze_specified commit check_stat
+permutation lock_share vac_analyze_all_parts commit check_stat
+permutation lock_share vac_full_specified commit check_stat
+permutation lock_share vac_full_all_parts commit check_stat
+permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_specified commit check_stat
+permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_all_parts commit check_stat
+permutation lock_access_exclusive analyze_specified commit check_stat
+permutation lock_access_exclusive analyze_all_parts commit check_stat
+permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_analyze_specified commit check_stat
+permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_analyze_all_parts commit check_stat
+permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_full_specified commit check_stat
+permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_full_all_parts commit check_stat
diff --git a/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out b/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out
index a65a5bf0c4f..9b2075d3373 100644
--- a/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out
+++ b/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out
@@ -1835,13 +1835,21 @@ pg_stat_all_tables| SELECT c.oid AS relid,
     pg_stat_get_mod_since_analyze(c.oid) AS n_mod_since_analyze,
     pg_stat_get_ins_since_vacuum(c.oid) AS n_ins_since_vacuum,
     pg_stat_get_last_vacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_vacuum,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_vacuum,
     pg_stat_get_last_autovacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_autovacuum,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_autovacuum,
     pg_stat_get_last_analyze_time(c.oid) AS last_analyze,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_analyze,
     pg_stat_get_last_autoanalyze_time(c.oid) AS last_autoanalyze,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_autoanalyze,
     pg_stat_get_vacuum_count(c.oid) AS vacuum_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count(c.oid) AS skipped_vacuum_count,
     pg_stat_get_autovacuum_count(c.oid) AS autovacuum_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count(c.oid) AS skipped_autovacuum_count,
     pg_stat_get_analyze_count(c.oid) AS analyze_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count(c.oid) AS skipped_analyze_count,
     pg_stat_get_autoanalyze_count(c.oid) AS autoanalyze_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count(c.oid) AS skipped_autoanalyze_count,
     pg_stat_get_total_vacuum_time(c.oid) AS total_vacuum_time,
     pg_stat_get_total_autovacuum_time(c.oid) AS total_autovacuum_time,
     pg_stat_get_total_analyze_time(c.oid) AS total_analyze_time,
@@ -2346,13 +2354,21 @@ pg_stat_sys_tables| SELECT relid,
     n_mod_since_analyze,
     n_ins_since_vacuum,
     last_vacuum,
+    last_skipped_vacuum,
     last_autovacuum,
+    last_skipped_autovacuum,
     last_analyze,
+    last_skipped_analyze,
     last_autoanalyze,
+    last_skipped_autoanalyze,
     vacuum_count,
+    skipped_vacuum_count,
     autovacuum_count,
+    skipped_autovacuum_count,
     analyze_count,
+    skipped_analyze_count,
     autoanalyze_count,
+    skipped_autoanalyze_count,
     total_vacuum_time,
     total_autovacuum_time,
     total_analyze_time,
@@ -2401,13 +2417,21 @@ pg_stat_user_tables| SELECT relid,
     n_mod_since_analyze,
     n_ins_since_vacuum,
     last_vacuum,
+    last_skipped_vacuum,
     last_autovacuum,
+    last_skipped_autovacuum,
     last_analyze,
+    last_skipped_analyze,
     last_autoanalyze,
+    last_skipped_autoanalyze,
     vacuum_count,
+    skipped_vacuum_count,
     autovacuum_count,
+    skipped_autovacuum_count,
     analyze_count,
+    skipped_analyze_count,
     autoanalyze_count,
+    skipped_autoanalyze_count,
     total_vacuum_time,
     total_autovacuum_time,
     total_analyze_time,
-- 
2.43.0


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* [PATCH v3] Track skipped vacuum and analyze activity per relation
@ 2026-03-24 04:09 Yugo Nagata <[email protected]>
  0 siblings, 0 replies; 374+ messages in thread

From: Yugo Nagata @ 2026-03-24 04:09 UTC (permalink / raw)

This commit adds eight fields to the relation statistics that track
the last time vacuum or analyze has been attempted but skipped due to
lock unavailability, along with their counts:

-    last_skipped_vacuum
-    last_skipped_autovacuum
-    last_skipped_analyze
-    last_skipped_autoanalyze
-    skipped_vacuum_count
-    skipped_autovacuum_count
-    skipped_analyze_count
-    skipped_autoanalyze_count

These field can help users confirm that autovacuum is actively attempting
to run on a table that has not been vacuumed or analyzed for a long time,
and that the lack of progress is due to repeated skips rather than inactivity.
---
 doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml                 | 80 +++++++++++++++++
 src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql         |  8 ++
 src/backend/commands/vacuum.c                | 95 +++++++++++++++-----
 src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c | 68 ++++++++++++++
 src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c          | 24 +++++
 src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat              | 32 +++++++
 src/include/pgstat.h                         | 16 ++++
 src/test/regress/expected/rules.out          | 24 +++++
 8 files changed, 324 insertions(+), 23 deletions(-)

diff --git a/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml b/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml
index bb75ed1069b..9ec8070b2fc 100644
--- a/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml
+++ b/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml
@@ -4372,6 +4372,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_vacuum</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time a manual vacuum on this table was attempted but skipped due to
+       lock unavailability (not counting <command>VACUUM FULL</command>)
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>last_autovacuum</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
@@ -4382,6 +4392,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_autovacuum</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time a vacuum on this table by the autovacuum daemon was attempted
+       but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>last_analyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
@@ -4391,6 +4411,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_analyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time a manual analyze on this table was attempted but skipped due to
+       lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>last_autoanalyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
@@ -4401,6 +4431,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_autoanalyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time at which an analyze on this table by the autovacuum was
+       attempted but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>vacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4411,6 +4451,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_vacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times vacuums on this table have been attempted but skipped
+       due to lock unavailability (not counting <command>VACUUM FULL</command>)
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>autovacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4421,6 +4471,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_autovacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times vacuums on this table by the autovacuum daemon have been
+       attempted but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>analyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4430,6 +4490,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_analyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times manual analyzes on this table have been attempted but
+       skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>autoanalyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4440,6 +4510,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_autoanalyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times analyzes on this table by the autovacuum daemon have
+       been attempted but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>total_vacuum_time</structfield> <type>double precision</type>
diff --git a/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql b/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql
index e54018004db..2ca02a0354c 100644
--- a/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql
+++ b/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql
@@ -736,13 +736,21 @@ CREATE VIEW pg_stat_all_tables AS
             pg_stat_get_mod_since_analyze(C.oid) AS n_mod_since_analyze,
             pg_stat_get_ins_since_vacuum(C.oid) AS n_ins_since_vacuum,
             pg_stat_get_last_vacuum_time(C.oid) as last_vacuum,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_vacuum,
             pg_stat_get_last_autovacuum_time(C.oid) as last_autovacuum,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_autovacuum,
             pg_stat_get_last_analyze_time(C.oid) as last_analyze,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_analyze,
             pg_stat_get_last_autoanalyze_time(C.oid) as last_autoanalyze,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_autoanalyze,
             pg_stat_get_vacuum_count(C.oid) AS vacuum_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count(C.oid) AS skipped_vacuum_count,
             pg_stat_get_autovacuum_count(C.oid) AS autovacuum_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count(C.oid) AS skipped_autovacuum_count,
             pg_stat_get_analyze_count(C.oid) AS analyze_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count(C.oid) AS skipped_analyze_count,
             pg_stat_get_autoanalyze_count(C.oid) AS autoanalyze_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count(C.oid) AS skipped_autoanalyze_count,
             pg_stat_get_total_vacuum_time(C.oid) AS total_vacuum_time,
             pg_stat_get_total_autovacuum_time(C.oid) AS total_autovacuum_time,
             pg_stat_get_total_analyze_time(C.oid) AS total_analyze_time,
diff --git a/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c b/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c
index bce3a2daa24..ce83b3171be 100644
--- a/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c
+++ b/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c
@@ -792,8 +792,18 @@ vacuum_open_relation(Oid relid, RangeVar *relation, bits32 options,
 		rel = try_relation_open(relid, NoLock);
 	else
 	{
+		bits8 flags = 0;
 		rel = NULL;
 		rel_lock = false;
+
+		if ((options & VACOPT_VACUUM) != 0)
+			flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM;
+		if ((options & VACOPT_ANALYZE) != 0)
+			flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE;
+		if (AmAutoVacuumWorkerProcess())
+			flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOVAC;
+
+		pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(relid, flags);
 	}
 
 	/* if relation is opened, leave */
@@ -801,7 +811,7 @@ vacuum_open_relation(Oid relid, RangeVar *relation, bits32 options,
 		return rel;
 
 	/*
-	 * Relation could not be opened, hence generate if possible a log
+	 * Relation could not be opened hence generate if possible a log
 	 * informing on the situation.
 	 *
 	 * If the RangeVar is not defined, we do not have enough information to
@@ -904,7 +914,6 @@ expand_vacuum_rel(VacuumRelation *vrel, MemoryContext vac_context,
 		Form_pg_class classForm;
 		bool		include_children;
 		bool		is_partitioned_table;
-		int			rvr_opts;
 
 		/*
 		 * Since autovacuum workers supply OIDs when calling vacuum(), no
@@ -917,29 +926,69 @@ expand_vacuum_rel(VacuumRelation *vrel, MemoryContext vac_context,
 		 * below, as well as find_all_inheritors's expectation that the caller
 		 * holds some lock on the starting relation.
 		 */
-		rvr_opts = (options & VACOPT_SKIP_LOCKED) ? RVR_SKIP_LOCKED : 0;
-		relid = RangeVarGetRelidExtended(vrel->relation,
-										 AccessShareLock,
-										 rvr_opts,
-										 NULL, NULL);
-
-		/*
-		 * If the lock is unavailable, emit the same log statement that
-		 * vacuum_rel() and analyze_rel() would.
-		 */
-		if (!OidIsValid(relid))
+		if (!(options & VACOPT_SKIP_LOCKED))
 		{
-			if (options & VACOPT_VACUUM)
-				ereport(WARNING,
-						(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
-						 errmsg("skipping vacuum of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
-								vrel->relation->relname)));
-			else
-				ereport(WARNING,
-						(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
-						 errmsg("skipping analyze of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
+			relid = RangeVarGetRelidExtended(vrel->relation,
+											 AccessShareLock,
+											 0, NULL, NULL);
+			if (!OidIsValid(relid))
+				return vacrels;
+		}
+		else
+		{
+			/* Get relid for reporting before taking a lock */
+			relid = RangeVarGetRelid(vrel->relation, NoLock, false);
+
+			if (!ConditionalLockRelationOid(relid, AccessShareLock))
+			{
+				bits8	flags = 0;
+				/*
+				 * If the lock is unavailable, emit the same log statement that
+				 * vacuum_rel() and analyze_rel() would.
+				 */
+				if (options & VACOPT_VACUUM)
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping vacuum of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
 								vrel->relation->relname)));
-			return vacrels;
+				else
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping analyze of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
+									vrel->relation->relname)));
+
+				if ((options & VACOPT_VACUUM) != 0)
+					flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM;
+				if ((options & VACOPT_ANALYZE) != 0)
+					flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE;
+
+				pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(relid, flags);
+
+				return vacrels;
+			}
+
+			/*
+			 * Now that we have the lock, probe to see if the relation really
+			 * exists or not.
+			 */
+			if (!SearchSysCacheExists1(RELOID, ObjectIdGetDatum(relid)))
+			{
+				if (options & VACOPT_VACUUM)
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_UNDEFINED_TABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping vacuum of \"%s\" --- relation no longer exists",
+									vrel->relation->relname)));
+				else
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_UNDEFINED_TABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping analyze of \"%s\" --- relation no longer exists",
+									vrel->relation->relname)));
+
+				/* Release useless lock */
+				UnlockRelationOid(relid, AccessShareLock);
+
+				return vacrels;
+			}
 		}
 
 		/*
diff --git a/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c b/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c
index bc8c43b96aa..cec4c88980e 100644
--- a/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c
+++ b/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c
@@ -17,6 +17,7 @@
 
 #include "postgres.h"
 
+#include "access/htup_details.h"
 #include "access/twophase_rmgr.h"
 #include "access/xact.h"
 #include "catalog/catalog.h"
@@ -366,6 +367,73 @@ pgstat_report_analyze(Relation rel,
 	(void) pgstat_flush_backend(false, PGSTAT_BACKEND_FLUSH_IO);
 }
 
+/*
+ * Report that the table was skipped during vacuum or/and analyze.
+ */
+void
+pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(Oid relid, bits8 flags)
+{
+	PgStat_EntryRef *entry_ref;
+	PgStatShared_Relation *shtabentry;
+	PgStat_StatTabEntry *tabentry;
+	TimestampTz ts;
+	HeapTuple	classTup;
+	bool		isshared;
+
+	if (!pgstat_track_counts || !(flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANY))
+		return;
+
+	classTup = SearchSysCache1(RELOID, ObjectIdGetDatum(relid));
+	if (!HeapTupleIsValid(classTup))
+		return;			/* somebody deleted the rel, forget it */
+	isshared = ((Form_pg_class) GETSTRUCT(classTup))->relisshared;
+	ReleaseSysCache(classTup);
+
+	/* Store the data in the table's hash table entry. */
+	ts = GetCurrentTimestamp();
+
+	/* block acquiring lock for the same reason as pgstat_report_autovac() */
+	entry_ref = pgstat_get_entry_ref_locked(PGSTAT_KIND_RELATION,
+											isshared ? InvalidOid : MyDatabaseId,
+											relid, false);
+
+	shtabentry = (PgStatShared_Relation *) entry_ref->shared_stats;
+	tabentry = &shtabentry->stats;
+
+	if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOVAC)
+	{
+		if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM)
+		{
+			tabentry->last_skipped_autovacuum_time = ts;
+			tabentry->skipped_autovacuum_count++;
+		}
+		if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE)
+		{
+			tabentry->last_skipped_autoanalyze_time = ts;
+			tabentry->skipped_autoanalyze_count++;
+		}
+	}
+	else
+	{
+		if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM)
+		{
+			tabentry->last_skipped_vacuum_time = ts;
+			tabentry->skipped_vacuum_count++;
+		}
+		if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE)
+		{
+			tabentry->last_skipped_analyze_time = ts;
+			tabentry->skipped_analyze_count++;
+		}
+	}
+
+	pgstat_unlock_entry(entry_ref);
+
+	/* see pgstat_report_vacuum() */
+	pgstat_flush_io(false);
+	(void) pgstat_flush_backend(false, PGSTAT_BACKEND_FLUSH_IO);
+}
+
 /*
  * count a tuple insertion of n tuples
  */
diff --git a/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c b/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c
index 9185a8e6b83..18aaa3996e1 100644
--- a/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c
+++ b/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c
@@ -84,6 +84,18 @@ PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(mod_since_analyze)
 /* pg_stat_get_numscans */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(numscans)
 
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_analyze_count)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_autoanalyze_count)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_autovacuum_count)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_vacuum_count)
+
 /* pg_stat_get_tuples_deleted */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(tuples_deleted)
 
@@ -170,6 +182,18 @@ PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_vacuum_time)
 /* pg_stat_get_lastscan */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(lastscan)
 
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_analyze_time)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_autoanalyze_time)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_autovacuum_time)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_vacuum_time)
+
 /* pg_stat_get_stat_reset_time */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(stat_reset_time)
 
diff --git a/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat b/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat
index 0118e970dda..ccfe3d9e02a 100644
--- a/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat
+++ b/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat
@@ -5667,6 +5667,38 @@
   proname => 'pg_stat_get_total_autoanalyze_time', provolatile => 's',
   proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'float8', proargtypes => 'oid',
   prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_total_autoanalyze_time' },
+{ oid => '8142', descr => 'statistics: last skipped vacuum time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time' },
+{ oid => '8143', descr => 'statistics: last skipped auto vacuum time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time' },
+{ oid => '8144', descr => 'statistics: last skipped analyze time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time' },
+{ oid => '8145', descr => 'statistics: last skipped auto analyze time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time' },
+{ oid => '8146', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped vacuum for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count' },
+{ oid => '8147', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped auto vacuum for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count' },
+{ oid => '8148', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped analyzes for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count' },
+{ oid => '8149', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped auto analyzes for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count' },
 { oid => '1936', descr => 'statistics: currently active backend IDs',
   proname => 'pg_stat_get_backend_idset', prorows => '100', proretset => 't',
   provolatile => 's', proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int4',
diff --git a/src/include/pgstat.h b/src/include/pgstat.h
index 8e3549c3752..343081a7a25 100644
--- a/src/include/pgstat.h
+++ b/src/include/pgstat.h
@@ -479,6 +479,15 @@ typedef struct PgStat_StatTabEntry
 	TimestampTz last_autoanalyze_time;	/* autovacuum initiated */
 	PgStat_Counter autoanalyze_count;
 
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_vacuum_time;	/* user initiated vacuum */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_vacuum_count;
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_autovacuum_time;	/* autovacuum initiated */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_autovacuum_count;
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_analyze_time;	/* user initiated */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_analyze_count;
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_autoanalyze_time;	/* autovacuum initiated */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_autoanalyze_count;
+
 	PgStat_Counter total_vacuum_time;	/* times in milliseconds */
 	PgStat_Counter total_autovacuum_time;
 	PgStat_Counter total_analyze_time;
@@ -707,6 +716,13 @@ extern void pgstat_report_analyze(Relation rel,
 								  PgStat_Counter livetuples, PgStat_Counter deadtuples,
 								  bool resetcounter, TimestampTz starttime);
 
+/* flags for pgstat_flush_backend() */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM	(1 << 0)	/* vacuum is skipped */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE	(1 << 1)	/* analyze is skipped */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOVAC	(1 << 2)	/* skipped during autovacuum/autoanalyze */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANY   (PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM | PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE)
+extern void pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(Oid relid, bits8 flags);
+
 /*
  * If stats are enabled, but pending data hasn't been prepared yet, call
  * pgstat_assoc_relation() to do so. See its comment for why this is done
diff --git a/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out b/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out
index 2b3cf6d8569..4ccfc43e903 100644
--- a/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out
+++ b/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out
@@ -1835,13 +1835,21 @@ pg_stat_all_tables| SELECT c.oid AS relid,
     pg_stat_get_mod_since_analyze(c.oid) AS n_mod_since_analyze,
     pg_stat_get_ins_since_vacuum(c.oid) AS n_ins_since_vacuum,
     pg_stat_get_last_vacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_vacuum,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_vacuum,
     pg_stat_get_last_autovacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_autovacuum,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_autovacuum,
     pg_stat_get_last_analyze_time(c.oid) AS last_analyze,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_analyze,
     pg_stat_get_last_autoanalyze_time(c.oid) AS last_autoanalyze,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_autoanalyze,
     pg_stat_get_vacuum_count(c.oid) AS vacuum_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count(c.oid) AS skipped_vacuum_count,
     pg_stat_get_autovacuum_count(c.oid) AS autovacuum_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count(c.oid) AS skipped_autovacuum_count,
     pg_stat_get_analyze_count(c.oid) AS analyze_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count(c.oid) AS skipped_analyze_count,
     pg_stat_get_autoanalyze_count(c.oid) AS autoanalyze_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count(c.oid) AS skipped_autoanalyze_count,
     pg_stat_get_total_vacuum_time(c.oid) AS total_vacuum_time,
     pg_stat_get_total_autovacuum_time(c.oid) AS total_autovacuum_time,
     pg_stat_get_total_analyze_time(c.oid) AS total_analyze_time,
@@ -2293,13 +2301,21 @@ pg_stat_sys_tables| SELECT relid,
     n_mod_since_analyze,
     n_ins_since_vacuum,
     last_vacuum,
+    last_skipped_vacuum,
     last_autovacuum,
+    last_skipped_autovacuum,
     last_analyze,
+    last_skipped_analyze,
     last_autoanalyze,
+    last_skipped_autoanalyze,
     vacuum_count,
+    skipped_vacuum_count,
     autovacuum_count,
+    skipped_autovacuum_count,
     analyze_count,
+    skipped_analyze_count,
     autoanalyze_count,
+    skipped_autoanalyze_count,
     total_vacuum_time,
     total_autovacuum_time,
     total_analyze_time,
@@ -2348,13 +2364,21 @@ pg_stat_user_tables| SELECT relid,
     n_mod_since_analyze,
     n_ins_since_vacuum,
     last_vacuum,
+    last_skipped_vacuum,
     last_autovacuum,
+    last_skipped_autovacuum,
     last_analyze,
+    last_skipped_analyze,
     last_autoanalyze,
+    last_skipped_autoanalyze,
     vacuum_count,
+    skipped_vacuum_count,
     autovacuum_count,
+    skipped_autovacuum_count,
     analyze_count,
+    skipped_analyze_count,
     autoanalyze_count,
+    skipped_autoanalyze_count,
     total_vacuum_time,
     total_autovacuum_time,
     total_analyze_time,
-- 
2.43.0


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* [PATCH v5] Track skipped vacuum and analyze activity per relation
@ 2026-03-24 04:09 Yugo Nagata <[email protected]>
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From: Yugo Nagata @ 2026-03-24 04:09 UTC (permalink / raw)

This commit adds eight fields to the relation statistics that track
the last time vacuum or analyze has been attempted but skipped due to
lock unavailability, along with their counts:

-    last_skipped_vacuum
-    last_skipped_autovacuum
-    last_skipped_analyze
-    last_skipped_autoanalyze
-    skipped_vacuum_count
-    skipped_autovacuum_count
-    skipped_analyze_count
-    skipped_autoanalyze_count

These field can help users confirm that autovacuum is actively attempting
to run on a table that has not been vacuumed or analyzed for a long time,
and that the lack of progress is due to repeated skips rather than inactivity.
---
 doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml                  |  88 ++++++
 src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql          |   8 +
 src/backend/commands/vacuum.c                 | 100 +++++--
 src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c  |  64 +++++
 src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c           |  24 ++
 src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat               |  32 +++
 src/include/pgstat.h                          |  16 ++
 .../isolation/expected/vacuum-skip-locked.out | 260 ++++++++++++++++--
 .../isolation/specs/vacuum-skip-locked.spec   |  41 +--
 src/test/regress/expected/rules.out           |  24 ++
 10 files changed, 601 insertions(+), 56 deletions(-)

diff --git a/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml b/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml
index 08d5b824552..a9b579d87a9 100644
--- a/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml
+++ b/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml
@@ -4387,6 +4387,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_vacuum</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time a manual vacuum on this table was attempted but skipped due to
+       lock unavailability (not counting <command>VACUUM FULL</command>)
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>last_autovacuum</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
@@ -4397,6 +4407,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_autovacuum</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time a vacuum on this table by the autovacuum daemon was attempted
+       but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>last_analyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
@@ -4406,6 +4426,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_analyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time a manual analyze on this table was attempted but skipped due to
+       lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>last_autoanalyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
@@ -4416,6 +4446,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_autoanalyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time at which an analyze on this table by the autovacuum was
+       attempted but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>vacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4426,6 +4466,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_vacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times manual vacuums on this table have been attempted but skipped
+       due to lock unavailability (not counting <command>VACUUM FULL</command>)
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>autovacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4436,6 +4486,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_autovacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times vacuums on this table by the autovacuum daemon have been
+       attempted but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>analyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4445,6 +4505,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_analyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times manual analyzes on this table have been attempted but
+       skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>autoanalyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4455,6 +4525,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_autoanalyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times analyzes on this table by the autovacuum daemon have
+       been attempted but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>total_vacuum_time</structfield> <type>double precision</type>
@@ -4510,6 +4590,14 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
    </tgroup>
   </table>
 
+  <note>
+   <para>
+    When a manual vacuum or analyze on a parent table in an inheritance or
+    partitioning hierarchy is skipped, the statistics are recorded only for
+    the parent table, not for its children.
+   </para>
+  </note>
+
  </sect2>
 
  <sect2 id="monitoring-pg-stat-autovacuum-scores-view">
diff --git a/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql b/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql
index 73a1c1c4670..f509fc7876b 100644
--- a/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql
+++ b/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql
@@ -736,13 +736,21 @@ CREATE VIEW pg_stat_all_tables AS
             pg_stat_get_mod_since_analyze(C.oid) AS n_mod_since_analyze,
             pg_stat_get_ins_since_vacuum(C.oid) AS n_ins_since_vacuum,
             pg_stat_get_last_vacuum_time(C.oid) as last_vacuum,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_vacuum,
             pg_stat_get_last_autovacuum_time(C.oid) as last_autovacuum,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_autovacuum,
             pg_stat_get_last_analyze_time(C.oid) as last_analyze,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_analyze,
             pg_stat_get_last_autoanalyze_time(C.oid) as last_autoanalyze,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_autoanalyze,
             pg_stat_get_vacuum_count(C.oid) AS vacuum_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count(C.oid) AS skipped_vacuum_count,
             pg_stat_get_autovacuum_count(C.oid) AS autovacuum_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count(C.oid) AS skipped_autovacuum_count,
             pg_stat_get_analyze_count(C.oid) AS analyze_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count(C.oid) AS skipped_analyze_count,
             pg_stat_get_autoanalyze_count(C.oid) AS autoanalyze_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count(C.oid) AS skipped_autoanalyze_count,
             pg_stat_get_total_vacuum_time(C.oid) AS total_vacuum_time,
             pg_stat_get_total_autovacuum_time(C.oid) AS total_autovacuum_time,
             pg_stat_get_total_analyze_time(C.oid) AS total_analyze_time,
diff --git a/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c b/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c
index 99d0db82ed7..df6526225e4 100644
--- a/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c
+++ b/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c
@@ -793,8 +793,25 @@ vacuum_open_relation(Oid relid, RangeVar *relation, uint32 options,
 		rel = try_relation_open(relid, NoLock);
 	else
 	{
+		int flags = 0;
 		rel = NULL;
 		rel_lock = false;
+
+		if ((options & VACOPT_VACUUM) != 0 && (options & VACOPT_FULL) == 0)
+		{
+			if (AmAutoVacuumWorkerProcess())
+				flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOVACUUM;
+			else
+				flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM;
+		}
+		if ((options & VACOPT_ANALYZE) != 0)
+		{
+			if (AmAutoVacuumWorkerProcess())
+				flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOANALYZE;
+			else
+				flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE;
+		}
+		pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(relid, flags);
 	}
 
 	/* if relation is opened, leave */
@@ -905,7 +922,6 @@ expand_vacuum_rel(VacuumRelation *vrel, MemoryContext vac_context,
 		Form_pg_class classForm;
 		bool		include_children;
 		bool		is_partitioned_table;
-		int			rvr_opts;
 
 		/*
 		 * Since autovacuum workers supply OIDs when calling vacuum(), no
@@ -918,29 +934,69 @@ expand_vacuum_rel(VacuumRelation *vrel, MemoryContext vac_context,
 		 * below, as well as find_all_inheritors's expectation that the caller
 		 * holds some lock on the starting relation.
 		 */
-		rvr_opts = (options & VACOPT_SKIP_LOCKED) ? RVR_SKIP_LOCKED : 0;
-		relid = RangeVarGetRelidExtended(vrel->relation,
-										 AccessShareLock,
-										 rvr_opts,
-										 NULL, NULL);
-
-		/*
-		 * If the lock is unavailable, emit the same log statement that
-		 * vacuum_rel() and analyze_rel() would.
-		 */
-		if (!OidIsValid(relid))
+		if (!(options & VACOPT_SKIP_LOCKED))
 		{
-			if (options & VACOPT_VACUUM)
-				ereport(WARNING,
-						(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
-						 errmsg("skipping vacuum of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
-								vrel->relation->relname)));
-			else
-				ereport(WARNING,
-						(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
-						 errmsg("skipping analyze of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
+			relid = RangeVarGetRelidExtended(vrel->relation,
+											 AccessShareLock,
+											 0, NULL, NULL);
+			if (!OidIsValid(relid))
+				return vacrels;
+		}
+		else
+		{
+			/* Get relid for reporting before taking a lock */
+			relid = RangeVarGetRelid(vrel->relation, NoLock, false);
+
+			if (!ConditionalLockRelationOid(relid, AccessShareLock))
+			{
+				int	flags = 0;
+				/*
+				 * If the lock is unavailable, emit the same log statement that
+				 * vacuum_rel() and analyze_rel() would.
+				 */
+				if (options & VACOPT_VACUUM)
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping vacuum of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
 								vrel->relation->relname)));
-			return vacrels;
+				else
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping analyze of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
+									vrel->relation->relname)));
+
+				if ((options & VACOPT_VACUUM) != 0 && (options & VACOPT_FULL) == 0)
+					flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM;
+				if ((options & VACOPT_ANALYZE) != 0)
+					flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE;
+
+				pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(relid, flags);
+
+				return vacrels;
+			}
+
+			/*
+			 * Now that we have the lock, probe to see if the relation really
+			 * exists or not.
+			 */
+			if (!SearchSysCacheExists1(RELOID, ObjectIdGetDatum(relid)))
+			{
+				if (options & VACOPT_VACUUM)
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_UNDEFINED_TABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping vacuum of \"%s\" --- relation no longer exists",
+									vrel->relation->relname)));
+				else
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_UNDEFINED_TABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping analyze of \"%s\" --- relation no longer exists",
+									vrel->relation->relname)));
+
+				/* Release useless lock */
+				UnlockRelationOid(relid, AccessShareLock);
+
+				return vacrels;
+			}
 		}
 
 		/*
diff --git a/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c b/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c
index b2ca28f83ba..532d9023f8c 100644
--- a/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c
+++ b/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c
@@ -17,12 +17,14 @@
 
 #include "postgres.h"
 
+#include "access/htup_details.h"
 #include "access/twophase_rmgr.h"
 #include "access/xact.h"
 #include "catalog/catalog.h"
 #include "utils/memutils.h"
 #include "utils/pgstat_internal.h"
 #include "utils/rel.h"
+#include "utils/syscache.h"
 #include "utils/timestamp.h"
 
 
@@ -367,6 +369,68 @@ pgstat_report_analyze(Relation rel,
 	(void) pgstat_flush_backend(false, PGSTAT_BACKEND_FLUSH_IO);
 }
 
+/*
+ * Report that the table was skipped during vacuum or/and analyze.
+ */
+void
+pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(Oid relid, int flags)
+{
+	PgStat_EntryRef *entry_ref;
+	PgStatShared_Relation *shtabentry;
+	PgStat_StatTabEntry *tabentry;
+	TimestampTz ts;
+	HeapTuple	classTup;
+	bool		isshared;
+
+	if (!pgstat_track_counts || !flags)
+		return;
+
+	classTup = SearchSysCache1(RELOID, ObjectIdGetDatum(relid));
+	if (!HeapTupleIsValid(classTup))
+		return;			/* somebody deleted the rel, forget it */
+	isshared = ((Form_pg_class) GETSTRUCT(classTup))->relisshared;
+	ReleaseSysCache(classTup);
+
+	/* Store the data in the table's hash table entry. */
+	ts = GetCurrentTimestamp();
+
+	/* block acquiring lock for the same reason as pgstat_report_autovac() */
+	entry_ref = pgstat_get_entry_ref_locked(PGSTAT_KIND_RELATION,
+											isshared ? InvalidOid : MyDatabaseId,
+											relid, false);
+
+	shtabentry = (PgStatShared_Relation *) entry_ref->shared_stats;
+	tabentry = &shtabentry->stats;
+
+	if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM)
+	{
+		tabentry->last_skipped_vacuum_time = ts;
+		tabentry->skipped_vacuum_count++;
+	}
+	else if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOVACUUM)
+	{
+		tabentry->last_skipped_autovacuum_time = ts;
+		tabentry->skipped_autovacuum_count++;
+	}
+
+	if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE)
+	{
+		tabentry->last_skipped_analyze_time = ts;
+		tabentry->skipped_analyze_count++;
+	}
+	else if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOANALYZE)
+	{
+		tabentry->last_skipped_autoanalyze_time = ts;
+		tabentry->skipped_autoanalyze_count++;
+	}
+
+	pgstat_unlock_entry(entry_ref);
+
+	/* see pgstat_report_vacuum() */
+	pgstat_flush_io(false);
+	(void) pgstat_flush_backend(false, PGSTAT_BACKEND_FLUSH_IO);
+}
+
 /*
  * count a tuple insertion of n tuples
  */
diff --git a/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c b/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c
index 1408de387ea..90a8968faa0 100644
--- a/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c
+++ b/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c
@@ -84,6 +84,18 @@ PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(mod_since_analyze)
 /* pg_stat_get_numscans */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(numscans)
 
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_analyze_count)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_autoanalyze_count)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_autovacuum_count)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_vacuum_count)
+
 /* pg_stat_get_tuples_deleted */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(tuples_deleted)
 
@@ -170,6 +182,18 @@ PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_vacuum_time)
 /* pg_stat_get_lastscan */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(lastscan)
 
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_analyze_time)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_autoanalyze_time)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_autovacuum_time)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_vacuum_time)
+
 /* pg_stat_get_stat_reset_time */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(stat_reset_time)
 
diff --git a/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat b/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat
index fa9ae79082b..32debb34863 100644
--- a/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat
+++ b/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat
@@ -5680,6 +5680,38 @@
   proargmodes => '{o,o,o,o,o,o,o,o,o,o}',
   proargnames => '{oid,score,xid_score,mxid_score,vacuum_score,vacuum_insert_score,analyze_score,do_vacuum,do_analyze,for_wraparound}',
   prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_autovacuum_scores' },
+{ oid => '8142', descr => 'statistics: last skipped vacuum time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time' },
+{ oid => '8143', descr => 'statistics: last skipped auto vacuum time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time' },
+{ oid => '8144', descr => 'statistics: last skipped analyze time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time' },
+{ oid => '8145', descr => 'statistics: last skipped auto analyze time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time' },
+{ oid => '8146', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped vacuum for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count' },
+{ oid => '8147', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped auto vacuum for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count' },
+{ oid => '8148', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped analyzes for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count' },
+{ oid => '8149', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped auto analyzes for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count' },
 { oid => '1936', descr => 'statistics: currently active backend IDs',
   proname => 'pg_stat_get_backend_idset', prorows => '100', proretset => 't',
   provolatile => 's', proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int4',
diff --git a/src/include/pgstat.h b/src/include/pgstat.h
index dfa2e837638..98941f953d1 100644
--- a/src/include/pgstat.h
+++ b/src/include/pgstat.h
@@ -479,6 +479,15 @@ typedef struct PgStat_StatTabEntry
 	TimestampTz last_autoanalyze_time;	/* autovacuum initiated */
 	PgStat_Counter autoanalyze_count;
 
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_vacuum_time;	/* user initiated vacuum */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_vacuum_count;
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_autovacuum_time;	/* autovacuum initiated */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_autovacuum_count;
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_analyze_time;	/* user initiated */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_analyze_count;
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_autoanalyze_time;	/* autovacuum initiated */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_autoanalyze_count;
+
 	PgStat_Counter total_vacuum_time;	/* times in milliseconds */
 	PgStat_Counter total_autovacuum_time;
 	PgStat_Counter total_analyze_time;
@@ -703,6 +712,13 @@ extern void pgstat_report_analyze(Relation rel,
 								  PgStat_Counter livetuples, PgStat_Counter deadtuples,
 								  bool resetcounter, TimestampTz starttime);
 
+/* flags for pgstat_flush_backend() */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM		(1 << 0)	/* vacuum is skipped */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE		(1 << 1)	/* analyze is skipped */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOVACUUM	(1 << 2)	/* autovacuum is skipped */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOANALYZE	(1 << 3)	/* autoanalyze is skipped */
+extern void pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(Oid relid, int flags);
+
 /*
  * If stats are enabled, but pending data hasn't been prepared yet, call
  * pgstat_assoc_relation() to do so. See its comment for why this is done
diff --git a/src/test/isolation/expected/vacuum-skip-locked.out b/src/test/isolation/expected/vacuum-skip-locked.out
index 99db281a159..e2cff175b7c 100644
--- a/src/test/isolation/expected/vacuum-skip-locked.out
+++ b/src/test/isolation/expected/vacuum-skip-locked.out
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 Parsed test spec with 2 sessions
 
-starting permutation: lock_share vac_specified commit
+starting permutation: lock_share vac_specified commit check_stat
 step lock_share: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN SHARE MODE;
@@ -10,8 +10,22 @@ step vac_specified: VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED) part1, part2;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
 
-starting permutation: lock_share vac_all_parts commit
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   1|            0|                    0
+part2  |           1|                   0|            0|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
+
+starting permutation: lock_share vac_all_parts commit check_stat
 step lock_share: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN SHARE MODE;
@@ -20,8 +34,22 @@ step vac_all_parts: VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED) parted;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   1|            0|                    0
+part2  |           1|                   0|            0|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
 
-starting permutation: lock_share analyze_specified commit
+starting permutation: lock_share analyze_specified commit check_stat
 step lock_share: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN SHARE MODE;
@@ -31,8 +59,22 @@ step analyze_specified: ANALYZE (SKIP_LOCKED) part1, part2;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
 
-starting permutation: lock_share analyze_all_parts commit
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   0|            0|                    1
+part2  |           0|                   0|            1|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
+
+starting permutation: lock_share analyze_all_parts commit check_stat
 step lock_share: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN SHARE MODE;
@@ -41,8 +83,22 @@ step analyze_all_parts: ANALYZE (SKIP_LOCKED) parted;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            1|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   0|            0|                    1
+part2  |           0|                   0|            1|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
 
-starting permutation: lock_share vac_analyze_specified commit
+starting permutation: lock_share vac_analyze_specified commit check_stat
 step lock_share: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN SHARE MODE;
@@ -52,8 +108,22 @@ step vac_analyze_specified: VACUUM (ANALYZE, SKIP_LOCKED) part1, part2;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
 
-starting permutation: lock_share vac_analyze_all_parts commit
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   1|            0|                    1
+part2  |           1|                   0|            1|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
+
+starting permutation: lock_share vac_analyze_all_parts commit check_stat
 step lock_share: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN SHARE MODE;
@@ -62,8 +132,22 @@ step vac_analyze_all_parts: VACUUM (ANALYZE, SKIP_LOCKED) parted;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            1|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   1|            0|                    1
+part2  |           1|                   0|            1|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
 
-starting permutation: lock_share vac_full_specified commit
+starting permutation: lock_share vac_full_specified commit check_stat
 step lock_share: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN SHARE MODE;
@@ -73,8 +157,22 @@ step vac_full_specified: VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED, FULL) part1, part2;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
 
-starting permutation: lock_share vac_full_all_parts commit
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part2  |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
+
+starting permutation: lock_share vac_full_all_parts commit check_stat
 step lock_share: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN SHARE MODE;
@@ -83,8 +181,22 @@ step vac_full_all_parts: VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED, FULL) parted;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part2  |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+(3 rows)
 
-starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_specified commit
+
+starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_specified commit check_stat
 step lock_access_exclusive: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN ACCESS EXCLUSIVE MODE;
@@ -94,8 +206,22 @@ step vac_specified: VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED) part1, part2;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   1|            0|                    0
+part2  |           1|                   0|            0|                    0
+(3 rows)
 
-starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_all_parts commit
+
+starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_all_parts commit check_stat
 step lock_access_exclusive: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN ACCESS EXCLUSIVE MODE;
@@ -104,8 +230,22 @@ step vac_all_parts: VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED) parted;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   1|            0|                    0
+part2  |           1|                   0|            0|                    0
+(3 rows)
 
-starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive analyze_specified commit
+
+starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive analyze_specified commit check_stat
 step lock_access_exclusive: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN ACCESS EXCLUSIVE MODE;
@@ -115,8 +255,22 @@ step analyze_specified: ANALYZE (SKIP_LOCKED) part1, part2;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   0|            0|                    1
+part2  |           0|                   0|            1|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
 
-starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive analyze_all_parts commit
+starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive analyze_all_parts commit check_stat
 step lock_access_exclusive: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN ACCESS EXCLUSIVE MODE;
@@ -126,8 +280,22 @@ step commit:
 	COMMIT;
 
 step analyze_all_parts: <... completed>
-
-starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_analyze_specified commit
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            1|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   0|            1|                    0
+part2  |           0|                   0|            1|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
+
+starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_analyze_specified commit check_stat
 step lock_access_exclusive: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN ACCESS EXCLUSIVE MODE;
@@ -137,8 +305,22 @@ step vac_analyze_specified: VACUUM (ANALYZE, SKIP_LOCKED) part1, part2;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   1|            0|                    1
+part2  |           1|                   0|            1|                    0
+(3 rows)
 
-starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_analyze_all_parts commit
+
+starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_analyze_all_parts commit check_stat
 step lock_access_exclusive: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN ACCESS EXCLUSIVE MODE;
@@ -148,8 +330,22 @@ step commit:
 	COMMIT;
 
 step vac_analyze_all_parts: <... completed>
-
-starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_full_specified commit
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            1|                    0
+part1  |           1|                   0|            1|                    0
+part2  |           1|                   0|            1|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
+
+starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_full_specified commit check_stat
 step lock_access_exclusive: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN ACCESS EXCLUSIVE MODE;
@@ -159,8 +355,22 @@ step vac_full_specified: VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED, FULL) part1, part2;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
 
-starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_full_all_parts commit
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part2  |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
+
+starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_full_all_parts commit check_stat
 step lock_access_exclusive: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN ACCESS EXCLUSIVE MODE;
@@ -169,3 +379,17 @@ step vac_full_all_parts: VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED, FULL) parted;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part2  |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
diff --git a/src/test/isolation/specs/vacuum-skip-locked.spec b/src/test/isolation/specs/vacuum-skip-locked.spec
index 3fad6e1c92a..b0da75d4b6d 100644
--- a/src/test/isolation/specs/vacuum-skip-locked.spec
+++ b/src/test/isolation/specs/vacuum-skip-locked.spec
@@ -33,6 +33,15 @@ step commit
 	COMMIT;
 }
 
+step check_stat
+{
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+}
+
 session s2
 step vac_specified			{ VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED) part1, part2; }
 step vac_all_parts			{ VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED) parted; }
@@ -43,19 +52,19 @@ step vac_analyze_all_parts	{ VACUUM (ANALYZE, SKIP_LOCKED) parted; }
 step vac_full_specified		{ VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED, FULL) part1, part2; }
 step vac_full_all_parts		{ VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED, FULL) parted; }
 
-permutation lock_share vac_specified commit
-permutation lock_share vac_all_parts commit
-permutation lock_share analyze_specified commit
-permutation lock_share analyze_all_parts commit
-permutation lock_share vac_analyze_specified commit
-permutation lock_share vac_analyze_all_parts commit
-permutation lock_share vac_full_specified commit
-permutation lock_share vac_full_all_parts commit
-permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_specified commit
-permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_all_parts commit
-permutation lock_access_exclusive analyze_specified commit
-permutation lock_access_exclusive analyze_all_parts commit
-permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_analyze_specified commit
-permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_analyze_all_parts commit
-permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_full_specified commit
-permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_full_all_parts commit
+permutation lock_share vac_specified commit check_stat
+permutation lock_share vac_all_parts commit check_stat
+permutation lock_share analyze_specified commit check_stat
+permutation lock_share analyze_all_parts commit check_stat
+permutation lock_share vac_analyze_specified commit check_stat
+permutation lock_share vac_analyze_all_parts commit check_stat
+permutation lock_share vac_full_specified commit check_stat
+permutation lock_share vac_full_all_parts commit check_stat
+permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_specified commit check_stat
+permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_all_parts commit check_stat
+permutation lock_access_exclusive analyze_specified commit check_stat
+permutation lock_access_exclusive analyze_all_parts commit check_stat
+permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_analyze_specified commit check_stat
+permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_analyze_all_parts commit check_stat
+permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_full_specified commit check_stat
+permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_full_all_parts commit check_stat
diff --git a/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out b/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out
index a65a5bf0c4f..9b2075d3373 100644
--- a/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out
+++ b/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out
@@ -1835,13 +1835,21 @@ pg_stat_all_tables| SELECT c.oid AS relid,
     pg_stat_get_mod_since_analyze(c.oid) AS n_mod_since_analyze,
     pg_stat_get_ins_since_vacuum(c.oid) AS n_ins_since_vacuum,
     pg_stat_get_last_vacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_vacuum,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_vacuum,
     pg_stat_get_last_autovacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_autovacuum,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_autovacuum,
     pg_stat_get_last_analyze_time(c.oid) AS last_analyze,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_analyze,
     pg_stat_get_last_autoanalyze_time(c.oid) AS last_autoanalyze,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_autoanalyze,
     pg_stat_get_vacuum_count(c.oid) AS vacuum_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count(c.oid) AS skipped_vacuum_count,
     pg_stat_get_autovacuum_count(c.oid) AS autovacuum_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count(c.oid) AS skipped_autovacuum_count,
     pg_stat_get_analyze_count(c.oid) AS analyze_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count(c.oid) AS skipped_analyze_count,
     pg_stat_get_autoanalyze_count(c.oid) AS autoanalyze_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count(c.oid) AS skipped_autoanalyze_count,
     pg_stat_get_total_vacuum_time(c.oid) AS total_vacuum_time,
     pg_stat_get_total_autovacuum_time(c.oid) AS total_autovacuum_time,
     pg_stat_get_total_analyze_time(c.oid) AS total_analyze_time,
@@ -2346,13 +2354,21 @@ pg_stat_sys_tables| SELECT relid,
     n_mod_since_analyze,
     n_ins_since_vacuum,
     last_vacuum,
+    last_skipped_vacuum,
     last_autovacuum,
+    last_skipped_autovacuum,
     last_analyze,
+    last_skipped_analyze,
     last_autoanalyze,
+    last_skipped_autoanalyze,
     vacuum_count,
+    skipped_vacuum_count,
     autovacuum_count,
+    skipped_autovacuum_count,
     analyze_count,
+    skipped_analyze_count,
     autoanalyze_count,
+    skipped_autoanalyze_count,
     total_vacuum_time,
     total_autovacuum_time,
     total_analyze_time,
@@ -2401,13 +2417,21 @@ pg_stat_user_tables| SELECT relid,
     n_mod_since_analyze,
     n_ins_since_vacuum,
     last_vacuum,
+    last_skipped_vacuum,
     last_autovacuum,
+    last_skipped_autovacuum,
     last_analyze,
+    last_skipped_analyze,
     last_autoanalyze,
+    last_skipped_autoanalyze,
     vacuum_count,
+    skipped_vacuum_count,
     autovacuum_count,
+    skipped_autovacuum_count,
     analyze_count,
+    skipped_analyze_count,
     autoanalyze_count,
+    skipped_autoanalyze_count,
     total_vacuum_time,
     total_autovacuum_time,
     total_analyze_time,
-- 
2.43.0


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* [PATCH v4] Track skipped vacuum and analyze activity per relation
@ 2026-03-24 04:09 Yugo Nagata <[email protected]>
  0 siblings, 0 replies; 374+ messages in thread

From: Yugo Nagata @ 2026-03-24 04:09 UTC (permalink / raw)

This commit adds eight fields to the relation statistics that track
the last time vacuum or analyze has been attempted but skipped due to
lock unavailability, along with their counts:

-    last_skipped_vacuum
-    last_skipped_autovacuum
-    last_skipped_analyze
-    last_skipped_autoanalyze
-    skipped_vacuum_count
-    skipped_autovacuum_count
-    skipped_analyze_count
-    skipped_autoanalyze_count

These field can help users confirm that autovacuum is actively attempting
to run on a table that has not been vacuumed or analyzed for a long time,
and that the lack of progress is due to repeated skips rather than inactivity.
---
 doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml                 |  88 ++++++++++++++++
 src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql         |   8 ++
 src/backend/commands/vacuum.c                | 102 ++++++++++++++-----
 src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c |  64 ++++++++++++
 src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c          |  24 +++++
 src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat              |  32 ++++++
 src/include/pgstat.h                         |  16 +++
 src/test/regress/expected/rules.out          |  24 +++++
 8 files changed, 335 insertions(+), 23 deletions(-)

diff --git a/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml b/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml
index 08d5b824552..a9b579d87a9 100644
--- a/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml
+++ b/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml
@@ -4387,6 +4387,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_vacuum</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time a manual vacuum on this table was attempted but skipped due to
+       lock unavailability (not counting <command>VACUUM FULL</command>)
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>last_autovacuum</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
@@ -4397,6 +4407,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_autovacuum</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time a vacuum on this table by the autovacuum daemon was attempted
+       but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>last_analyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
@@ -4406,6 +4426,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_analyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time a manual analyze on this table was attempted but skipped due to
+       lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>last_autoanalyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
@@ -4416,6 +4446,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_autoanalyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time at which an analyze on this table by the autovacuum was
+       attempted but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>vacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4426,6 +4466,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_vacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times manual vacuums on this table have been attempted but skipped
+       due to lock unavailability (not counting <command>VACUUM FULL</command>)
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>autovacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4436,6 +4486,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_autovacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times vacuums on this table by the autovacuum daemon have been
+       attempted but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>analyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4445,6 +4505,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_analyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times manual analyzes on this table have been attempted but
+       skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>autoanalyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4455,6 +4525,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_autoanalyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times analyzes on this table by the autovacuum daemon have
+       been attempted but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>total_vacuum_time</structfield> <type>double precision</type>
@@ -4510,6 +4590,14 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
    </tgroup>
   </table>
 
+  <note>
+   <para>
+    When a manual vacuum or analyze on a parent table in an inheritance or
+    partitioning hierarchy is skipped, the statistics are recorded only for
+    the parent table, not for its children.
+   </para>
+  </note>
+
  </sect2>
 
  <sect2 id="monitoring-pg-stat-autovacuum-scores-view">
diff --git a/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql b/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql
index 73a1c1c4670..f509fc7876b 100644
--- a/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql
+++ b/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql
@@ -736,13 +736,21 @@ CREATE VIEW pg_stat_all_tables AS
             pg_stat_get_mod_since_analyze(C.oid) AS n_mod_since_analyze,
             pg_stat_get_ins_since_vacuum(C.oid) AS n_ins_since_vacuum,
             pg_stat_get_last_vacuum_time(C.oid) as last_vacuum,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_vacuum,
             pg_stat_get_last_autovacuum_time(C.oid) as last_autovacuum,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_autovacuum,
             pg_stat_get_last_analyze_time(C.oid) as last_analyze,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_analyze,
             pg_stat_get_last_autoanalyze_time(C.oid) as last_autoanalyze,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_autoanalyze,
             pg_stat_get_vacuum_count(C.oid) AS vacuum_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count(C.oid) AS skipped_vacuum_count,
             pg_stat_get_autovacuum_count(C.oid) AS autovacuum_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count(C.oid) AS skipped_autovacuum_count,
             pg_stat_get_analyze_count(C.oid) AS analyze_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count(C.oid) AS skipped_analyze_count,
             pg_stat_get_autoanalyze_count(C.oid) AS autoanalyze_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count(C.oid) AS skipped_autoanalyze_count,
             pg_stat_get_total_vacuum_time(C.oid) AS total_vacuum_time,
             pg_stat_get_total_autovacuum_time(C.oid) AS total_autovacuum_time,
             pg_stat_get_total_analyze_time(C.oid) AS total_analyze_time,
diff --git a/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c b/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c
index 99d0db82ed7..97cd5ea8d10 100644
--- a/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c
+++ b/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c
@@ -793,8 +793,25 @@ vacuum_open_relation(Oid relid, RangeVar *relation, uint32 options,
 		rel = try_relation_open(relid, NoLock);
 	else
 	{
+		int flags = 0;
 		rel = NULL;
 		rel_lock = false;
+
+		if ((options & VACOPT_VACUUM) != 0)
+		{
+			if (AmAutoVacuumWorkerProcess())
+				flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOVACUUM;
+			else
+				flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM;
+		}
+		if ((options & VACOPT_ANALYZE) != 0)
+		{
+			if (AmAutoVacuumWorkerProcess())
+				flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOANALYZE;
+			else
+				flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE;
+		}
+		pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(relid, flags);
 	}
 
 	/* if relation is opened, leave */
@@ -802,7 +819,7 @@ vacuum_open_relation(Oid relid, RangeVar *relation, uint32 options,
 		return rel;
 
 	/*
-	 * Relation could not be opened, hence generate if possible a log
+	 * Relation could not be opened hence generate if possible a log
 	 * informing on the situation.
 	 *
 	 * If the RangeVar is not defined, we do not have enough information to
@@ -905,7 +922,6 @@ expand_vacuum_rel(VacuumRelation *vrel, MemoryContext vac_context,
 		Form_pg_class classForm;
 		bool		include_children;
 		bool		is_partitioned_table;
-		int			rvr_opts;
 
 		/*
 		 * Since autovacuum workers supply OIDs when calling vacuum(), no
@@ -918,29 +934,69 @@ expand_vacuum_rel(VacuumRelation *vrel, MemoryContext vac_context,
 		 * below, as well as find_all_inheritors's expectation that the caller
 		 * holds some lock on the starting relation.
 		 */
-		rvr_opts = (options & VACOPT_SKIP_LOCKED) ? RVR_SKIP_LOCKED : 0;
-		relid = RangeVarGetRelidExtended(vrel->relation,
-										 AccessShareLock,
-										 rvr_opts,
-										 NULL, NULL);
-
-		/*
-		 * If the lock is unavailable, emit the same log statement that
-		 * vacuum_rel() and analyze_rel() would.
-		 */
-		if (!OidIsValid(relid))
+		if (!(options & VACOPT_SKIP_LOCKED))
 		{
-			if (options & VACOPT_VACUUM)
-				ereport(WARNING,
-						(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
-						 errmsg("skipping vacuum of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
-								vrel->relation->relname)));
-			else
-				ereport(WARNING,
-						(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
-						 errmsg("skipping analyze of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
+			relid = RangeVarGetRelidExtended(vrel->relation,
+											 AccessShareLock,
+											 0, NULL, NULL);
+			if (!OidIsValid(relid))
+				return vacrels;
+		}
+		else
+		{
+			/* Get relid for reporting before taking a lock */
+			relid = RangeVarGetRelid(vrel->relation, NoLock, false);
+
+			if (!ConditionalLockRelationOid(relid, AccessShareLock))
+			{
+				int	flags = 0;
+				/*
+				 * If the lock is unavailable, emit the same log statement that
+				 * vacuum_rel() and analyze_rel() would.
+				 */
+				if (options & VACOPT_VACUUM)
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping vacuum of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
 								vrel->relation->relname)));
-			return vacrels;
+				else
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping analyze of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
+									vrel->relation->relname)));
+
+				if ((options & VACOPT_VACUUM) != 0)
+					flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM;
+				if ((options & VACOPT_ANALYZE) != 0)
+					flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE;
+
+				pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(relid, flags);
+
+				return vacrels;
+			}
+
+			/*
+			 * Now that we have the lock, probe to see if the relation really
+			 * exists or not.
+			 */
+			if (!SearchSysCacheExists1(RELOID, ObjectIdGetDatum(relid)))
+			{
+				if (options & VACOPT_VACUUM)
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_UNDEFINED_TABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping vacuum of \"%s\" --- relation no longer exists",
+									vrel->relation->relname)));
+				else
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_UNDEFINED_TABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping analyze of \"%s\" --- relation no longer exists",
+									vrel->relation->relname)));
+
+				/* Release useless lock */
+				UnlockRelationOid(relid, AccessShareLock);
+
+				return vacrels;
+			}
 		}
 
 		/*
diff --git a/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c b/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c
index b2ca28f83ba..532d9023f8c 100644
--- a/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c
+++ b/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c
@@ -17,12 +17,14 @@
 
 #include "postgres.h"
 
+#include "access/htup_details.h"
 #include "access/twophase_rmgr.h"
 #include "access/xact.h"
 #include "catalog/catalog.h"
 #include "utils/memutils.h"
 #include "utils/pgstat_internal.h"
 #include "utils/rel.h"
+#include "utils/syscache.h"
 #include "utils/timestamp.h"
 
 
@@ -367,6 +369,68 @@ pgstat_report_analyze(Relation rel,
 	(void) pgstat_flush_backend(false, PGSTAT_BACKEND_FLUSH_IO);
 }
 
+/*
+ * Report that the table was skipped during vacuum or/and analyze.
+ */
+void
+pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(Oid relid, int flags)
+{
+	PgStat_EntryRef *entry_ref;
+	PgStatShared_Relation *shtabentry;
+	PgStat_StatTabEntry *tabentry;
+	TimestampTz ts;
+	HeapTuple	classTup;
+	bool		isshared;
+
+	if (!pgstat_track_counts || !flags)
+		return;
+
+	classTup = SearchSysCache1(RELOID, ObjectIdGetDatum(relid));
+	if (!HeapTupleIsValid(classTup))
+		return;			/* somebody deleted the rel, forget it */
+	isshared = ((Form_pg_class) GETSTRUCT(classTup))->relisshared;
+	ReleaseSysCache(classTup);
+
+	/* Store the data in the table's hash table entry. */
+	ts = GetCurrentTimestamp();
+
+	/* block acquiring lock for the same reason as pgstat_report_autovac() */
+	entry_ref = pgstat_get_entry_ref_locked(PGSTAT_KIND_RELATION,
+											isshared ? InvalidOid : MyDatabaseId,
+											relid, false);
+
+	shtabentry = (PgStatShared_Relation *) entry_ref->shared_stats;
+	tabentry = &shtabentry->stats;
+
+	if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM)
+	{
+		tabentry->last_skipped_vacuum_time = ts;
+		tabentry->skipped_vacuum_count++;
+	}
+	else if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOVACUUM)
+	{
+		tabentry->last_skipped_autovacuum_time = ts;
+		tabentry->skipped_autovacuum_count++;
+	}
+
+	if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE)
+	{
+		tabentry->last_skipped_analyze_time = ts;
+		tabentry->skipped_analyze_count++;
+	}
+	else if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOANALYZE)
+	{
+		tabentry->last_skipped_autoanalyze_time = ts;
+		tabentry->skipped_autoanalyze_count++;
+	}
+
+	pgstat_unlock_entry(entry_ref);
+
+	/* see pgstat_report_vacuum() */
+	pgstat_flush_io(false);
+	(void) pgstat_flush_backend(false, PGSTAT_BACKEND_FLUSH_IO);
+}
+
 /*
  * count a tuple insertion of n tuples
  */
diff --git a/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c b/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c
index 1408de387ea..90a8968faa0 100644
--- a/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c
+++ b/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c
@@ -84,6 +84,18 @@ PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(mod_since_analyze)
 /* pg_stat_get_numscans */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(numscans)
 
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_analyze_count)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_autoanalyze_count)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_autovacuum_count)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_vacuum_count)
+
 /* pg_stat_get_tuples_deleted */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(tuples_deleted)
 
@@ -170,6 +182,18 @@ PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_vacuum_time)
 /* pg_stat_get_lastscan */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(lastscan)
 
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_analyze_time)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_autoanalyze_time)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_autovacuum_time)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_vacuum_time)
+
 /* pg_stat_get_stat_reset_time */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(stat_reset_time)
 
diff --git a/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat b/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat
index fa9ae79082b..32debb34863 100644
--- a/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat
+++ b/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat
@@ -5680,6 +5680,38 @@
   proargmodes => '{o,o,o,o,o,o,o,o,o,o}',
   proargnames => '{oid,score,xid_score,mxid_score,vacuum_score,vacuum_insert_score,analyze_score,do_vacuum,do_analyze,for_wraparound}',
   prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_autovacuum_scores' },
+{ oid => '8142', descr => 'statistics: last skipped vacuum time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time' },
+{ oid => '8143', descr => 'statistics: last skipped auto vacuum time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time' },
+{ oid => '8144', descr => 'statistics: last skipped analyze time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time' },
+{ oid => '8145', descr => 'statistics: last skipped auto analyze time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time' },
+{ oid => '8146', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped vacuum for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count' },
+{ oid => '8147', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped auto vacuum for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count' },
+{ oid => '8148', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped analyzes for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count' },
+{ oid => '8149', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped auto analyzes for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count' },
 { oid => '1936', descr => 'statistics: currently active backend IDs',
   proname => 'pg_stat_get_backend_idset', prorows => '100', proretset => 't',
   provolatile => 's', proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int4',
diff --git a/src/include/pgstat.h b/src/include/pgstat.h
index dfa2e837638..98941f953d1 100644
--- a/src/include/pgstat.h
+++ b/src/include/pgstat.h
@@ -479,6 +479,15 @@ typedef struct PgStat_StatTabEntry
 	TimestampTz last_autoanalyze_time;	/* autovacuum initiated */
 	PgStat_Counter autoanalyze_count;
 
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_vacuum_time;	/* user initiated vacuum */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_vacuum_count;
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_autovacuum_time;	/* autovacuum initiated */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_autovacuum_count;
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_analyze_time;	/* user initiated */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_analyze_count;
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_autoanalyze_time;	/* autovacuum initiated */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_autoanalyze_count;
+
 	PgStat_Counter total_vacuum_time;	/* times in milliseconds */
 	PgStat_Counter total_autovacuum_time;
 	PgStat_Counter total_analyze_time;
@@ -703,6 +712,13 @@ extern void pgstat_report_analyze(Relation rel,
 								  PgStat_Counter livetuples, PgStat_Counter deadtuples,
 								  bool resetcounter, TimestampTz starttime);
 
+/* flags for pgstat_flush_backend() */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM		(1 << 0)	/* vacuum is skipped */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE		(1 << 1)	/* analyze is skipped */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOVACUUM	(1 << 2)	/* autovacuum is skipped */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOANALYZE	(1 << 3)	/* autoanalyze is skipped */
+extern void pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(Oid relid, int flags);
+
 /*
  * If stats are enabled, but pending data hasn't been prepared yet, call
  * pgstat_assoc_relation() to do so. See its comment for why this is done
diff --git a/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out b/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out
index a65a5bf0c4f..9b2075d3373 100644
--- a/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out
+++ b/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out
@@ -1835,13 +1835,21 @@ pg_stat_all_tables| SELECT c.oid AS relid,
     pg_stat_get_mod_since_analyze(c.oid) AS n_mod_since_analyze,
     pg_stat_get_ins_since_vacuum(c.oid) AS n_ins_since_vacuum,
     pg_stat_get_last_vacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_vacuum,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_vacuum,
     pg_stat_get_last_autovacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_autovacuum,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_autovacuum,
     pg_stat_get_last_analyze_time(c.oid) AS last_analyze,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_analyze,
     pg_stat_get_last_autoanalyze_time(c.oid) AS last_autoanalyze,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_autoanalyze,
     pg_stat_get_vacuum_count(c.oid) AS vacuum_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count(c.oid) AS skipped_vacuum_count,
     pg_stat_get_autovacuum_count(c.oid) AS autovacuum_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count(c.oid) AS skipped_autovacuum_count,
     pg_stat_get_analyze_count(c.oid) AS analyze_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count(c.oid) AS skipped_analyze_count,
     pg_stat_get_autoanalyze_count(c.oid) AS autoanalyze_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count(c.oid) AS skipped_autoanalyze_count,
     pg_stat_get_total_vacuum_time(c.oid) AS total_vacuum_time,
     pg_stat_get_total_autovacuum_time(c.oid) AS total_autovacuum_time,
     pg_stat_get_total_analyze_time(c.oid) AS total_analyze_time,
@@ -2346,13 +2354,21 @@ pg_stat_sys_tables| SELECT relid,
     n_mod_since_analyze,
     n_ins_since_vacuum,
     last_vacuum,
+    last_skipped_vacuum,
     last_autovacuum,
+    last_skipped_autovacuum,
     last_analyze,
+    last_skipped_analyze,
     last_autoanalyze,
+    last_skipped_autoanalyze,
     vacuum_count,
+    skipped_vacuum_count,
     autovacuum_count,
+    skipped_autovacuum_count,
     analyze_count,
+    skipped_analyze_count,
     autoanalyze_count,
+    skipped_autoanalyze_count,
     total_vacuum_time,
     total_autovacuum_time,
     total_analyze_time,
@@ -2401,13 +2417,21 @@ pg_stat_user_tables| SELECT relid,
     n_mod_since_analyze,
     n_ins_since_vacuum,
     last_vacuum,
+    last_skipped_vacuum,
     last_autovacuum,
+    last_skipped_autovacuum,
     last_analyze,
+    last_skipped_analyze,
     last_autoanalyze,
+    last_skipped_autoanalyze,
     vacuum_count,
+    skipped_vacuum_count,
     autovacuum_count,
+    skipped_autovacuum_count,
     analyze_count,
+    skipped_analyze_count,
     autoanalyze_count,
+    skipped_autoanalyze_count,
     total_vacuum_time,
     total_autovacuum_time,
     total_analyze_time,
-- 
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* [PATCH v5] Track skipped vacuum and analyze activity per relation
@ 2026-03-24 04:09 Yugo Nagata <[email protected]>
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From: Yugo Nagata @ 2026-03-24 04:09 UTC (permalink / raw)

This commit adds eight fields to the relation statistics that track
the last time vacuum or analyze has been attempted but skipped due to
lock unavailability, along with their counts:

-    last_skipped_vacuum
-    last_skipped_autovacuum
-    last_skipped_analyze
-    last_skipped_autoanalyze
-    skipped_vacuum_count
-    skipped_autovacuum_count
-    skipped_analyze_count
-    skipped_autoanalyze_count

These field can help users confirm that autovacuum is actively attempting
to run on a table that has not been vacuumed or analyzed for a long time,
and that the lack of progress is due to repeated skips rather than inactivity.
---
 doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml                  |  88 ++++++
 src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql          |   8 +
 src/backend/commands/vacuum.c                 | 100 +++++--
 src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c  |  64 +++++
 src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c           |  24 ++
 src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat               |  32 +++
 src/include/pgstat.h                          |  16 ++
 .../isolation/expected/vacuum-skip-locked.out | 260 ++++++++++++++++--
 .../isolation/specs/vacuum-skip-locked.spec   |  41 +--
 src/test/regress/expected/rules.out           |  24 ++
 10 files changed, 601 insertions(+), 56 deletions(-)

diff --git a/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml b/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml
index 08d5b824552..a9b579d87a9 100644
--- a/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml
+++ b/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml
@@ -4387,6 +4387,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_vacuum</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time a manual vacuum on this table was attempted but skipped due to
+       lock unavailability (not counting <command>VACUUM FULL</command>)
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>last_autovacuum</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
@@ -4397,6 +4407,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_autovacuum</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time a vacuum on this table by the autovacuum daemon was attempted
+       but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>last_analyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
@@ -4406,6 +4426,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_analyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time a manual analyze on this table was attempted but skipped due to
+       lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>last_autoanalyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
@@ -4416,6 +4446,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_autoanalyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time at which an analyze on this table by the autovacuum was
+       attempted but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>vacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4426,6 +4466,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_vacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times manual vacuums on this table have been attempted but skipped
+       due to lock unavailability (not counting <command>VACUUM FULL</command>)
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>autovacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4436,6 +4486,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_autovacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times vacuums on this table by the autovacuum daemon have been
+       attempted but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>analyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4445,6 +4505,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_analyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times manual analyzes on this table have been attempted but
+       skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>autoanalyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4455,6 +4525,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_autoanalyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times analyzes on this table by the autovacuum daemon have
+       been attempted but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>total_vacuum_time</structfield> <type>double precision</type>
@@ -4510,6 +4590,14 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
    </tgroup>
   </table>
 
+  <note>
+   <para>
+    When a manual vacuum or analyze on a parent table in an inheritance or
+    partitioning hierarchy is skipped, the statistics are recorded only for
+    the parent table, not for its children.
+   </para>
+  </note>
+
  </sect2>
 
  <sect2 id="monitoring-pg-stat-autovacuum-scores-view">
diff --git a/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql b/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql
index 73a1c1c4670..f509fc7876b 100644
--- a/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql
+++ b/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql
@@ -736,13 +736,21 @@ CREATE VIEW pg_stat_all_tables AS
             pg_stat_get_mod_since_analyze(C.oid) AS n_mod_since_analyze,
             pg_stat_get_ins_since_vacuum(C.oid) AS n_ins_since_vacuum,
             pg_stat_get_last_vacuum_time(C.oid) as last_vacuum,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_vacuum,
             pg_stat_get_last_autovacuum_time(C.oid) as last_autovacuum,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_autovacuum,
             pg_stat_get_last_analyze_time(C.oid) as last_analyze,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_analyze,
             pg_stat_get_last_autoanalyze_time(C.oid) as last_autoanalyze,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_autoanalyze,
             pg_stat_get_vacuum_count(C.oid) AS vacuum_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count(C.oid) AS skipped_vacuum_count,
             pg_stat_get_autovacuum_count(C.oid) AS autovacuum_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count(C.oid) AS skipped_autovacuum_count,
             pg_stat_get_analyze_count(C.oid) AS analyze_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count(C.oid) AS skipped_analyze_count,
             pg_stat_get_autoanalyze_count(C.oid) AS autoanalyze_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count(C.oid) AS skipped_autoanalyze_count,
             pg_stat_get_total_vacuum_time(C.oid) AS total_vacuum_time,
             pg_stat_get_total_autovacuum_time(C.oid) AS total_autovacuum_time,
             pg_stat_get_total_analyze_time(C.oid) AS total_analyze_time,
diff --git a/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c b/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c
index 99d0db82ed7..df6526225e4 100644
--- a/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c
+++ b/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c
@@ -793,8 +793,25 @@ vacuum_open_relation(Oid relid, RangeVar *relation, uint32 options,
 		rel = try_relation_open(relid, NoLock);
 	else
 	{
+		int flags = 0;
 		rel = NULL;
 		rel_lock = false;
+
+		if ((options & VACOPT_VACUUM) != 0 && (options & VACOPT_FULL) == 0)
+		{
+			if (AmAutoVacuumWorkerProcess())
+				flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOVACUUM;
+			else
+				flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM;
+		}
+		if ((options & VACOPT_ANALYZE) != 0)
+		{
+			if (AmAutoVacuumWorkerProcess())
+				flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOANALYZE;
+			else
+				flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE;
+		}
+		pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(relid, flags);
 	}
 
 	/* if relation is opened, leave */
@@ -905,7 +922,6 @@ expand_vacuum_rel(VacuumRelation *vrel, MemoryContext vac_context,
 		Form_pg_class classForm;
 		bool		include_children;
 		bool		is_partitioned_table;
-		int			rvr_opts;
 
 		/*
 		 * Since autovacuum workers supply OIDs when calling vacuum(), no
@@ -918,29 +934,69 @@ expand_vacuum_rel(VacuumRelation *vrel, MemoryContext vac_context,
 		 * below, as well as find_all_inheritors's expectation that the caller
 		 * holds some lock on the starting relation.
 		 */
-		rvr_opts = (options & VACOPT_SKIP_LOCKED) ? RVR_SKIP_LOCKED : 0;
-		relid = RangeVarGetRelidExtended(vrel->relation,
-										 AccessShareLock,
-										 rvr_opts,
-										 NULL, NULL);
-
-		/*
-		 * If the lock is unavailable, emit the same log statement that
-		 * vacuum_rel() and analyze_rel() would.
-		 */
-		if (!OidIsValid(relid))
+		if (!(options & VACOPT_SKIP_LOCKED))
 		{
-			if (options & VACOPT_VACUUM)
-				ereport(WARNING,
-						(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
-						 errmsg("skipping vacuum of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
-								vrel->relation->relname)));
-			else
-				ereport(WARNING,
-						(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
-						 errmsg("skipping analyze of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
+			relid = RangeVarGetRelidExtended(vrel->relation,
+											 AccessShareLock,
+											 0, NULL, NULL);
+			if (!OidIsValid(relid))
+				return vacrels;
+		}
+		else
+		{
+			/* Get relid for reporting before taking a lock */
+			relid = RangeVarGetRelid(vrel->relation, NoLock, false);
+
+			if (!ConditionalLockRelationOid(relid, AccessShareLock))
+			{
+				int	flags = 0;
+				/*
+				 * If the lock is unavailable, emit the same log statement that
+				 * vacuum_rel() and analyze_rel() would.
+				 */
+				if (options & VACOPT_VACUUM)
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping vacuum of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
 								vrel->relation->relname)));
-			return vacrels;
+				else
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping analyze of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
+									vrel->relation->relname)));
+
+				if ((options & VACOPT_VACUUM) != 0 && (options & VACOPT_FULL) == 0)
+					flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM;
+				if ((options & VACOPT_ANALYZE) != 0)
+					flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE;
+
+				pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(relid, flags);
+
+				return vacrels;
+			}
+
+			/*
+			 * Now that we have the lock, probe to see if the relation really
+			 * exists or not.
+			 */
+			if (!SearchSysCacheExists1(RELOID, ObjectIdGetDatum(relid)))
+			{
+				if (options & VACOPT_VACUUM)
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_UNDEFINED_TABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping vacuum of \"%s\" --- relation no longer exists",
+									vrel->relation->relname)));
+				else
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_UNDEFINED_TABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping analyze of \"%s\" --- relation no longer exists",
+									vrel->relation->relname)));
+
+				/* Release useless lock */
+				UnlockRelationOid(relid, AccessShareLock);
+
+				return vacrels;
+			}
 		}
 
 		/*
diff --git a/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c b/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c
index b2ca28f83ba..532d9023f8c 100644
--- a/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c
+++ b/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c
@@ -17,12 +17,14 @@
 
 #include "postgres.h"
 
+#include "access/htup_details.h"
 #include "access/twophase_rmgr.h"
 #include "access/xact.h"
 #include "catalog/catalog.h"
 #include "utils/memutils.h"
 #include "utils/pgstat_internal.h"
 #include "utils/rel.h"
+#include "utils/syscache.h"
 #include "utils/timestamp.h"
 
 
@@ -367,6 +369,68 @@ pgstat_report_analyze(Relation rel,
 	(void) pgstat_flush_backend(false, PGSTAT_BACKEND_FLUSH_IO);
 }
 
+/*
+ * Report that the table was skipped during vacuum or/and analyze.
+ */
+void
+pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(Oid relid, int flags)
+{
+	PgStat_EntryRef *entry_ref;
+	PgStatShared_Relation *shtabentry;
+	PgStat_StatTabEntry *tabentry;
+	TimestampTz ts;
+	HeapTuple	classTup;
+	bool		isshared;
+
+	if (!pgstat_track_counts || !flags)
+		return;
+
+	classTup = SearchSysCache1(RELOID, ObjectIdGetDatum(relid));
+	if (!HeapTupleIsValid(classTup))
+		return;			/* somebody deleted the rel, forget it */
+	isshared = ((Form_pg_class) GETSTRUCT(classTup))->relisshared;
+	ReleaseSysCache(classTup);
+
+	/* Store the data in the table's hash table entry. */
+	ts = GetCurrentTimestamp();
+
+	/* block acquiring lock for the same reason as pgstat_report_autovac() */
+	entry_ref = pgstat_get_entry_ref_locked(PGSTAT_KIND_RELATION,
+											isshared ? InvalidOid : MyDatabaseId,
+											relid, false);
+
+	shtabentry = (PgStatShared_Relation *) entry_ref->shared_stats;
+	tabentry = &shtabentry->stats;
+
+	if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM)
+	{
+		tabentry->last_skipped_vacuum_time = ts;
+		tabentry->skipped_vacuum_count++;
+	}
+	else if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOVACUUM)
+	{
+		tabentry->last_skipped_autovacuum_time = ts;
+		tabentry->skipped_autovacuum_count++;
+	}
+
+	if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE)
+	{
+		tabentry->last_skipped_analyze_time = ts;
+		tabentry->skipped_analyze_count++;
+	}
+	else if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOANALYZE)
+	{
+		tabentry->last_skipped_autoanalyze_time = ts;
+		tabentry->skipped_autoanalyze_count++;
+	}
+
+	pgstat_unlock_entry(entry_ref);
+
+	/* see pgstat_report_vacuum() */
+	pgstat_flush_io(false);
+	(void) pgstat_flush_backend(false, PGSTAT_BACKEND_FLUSH_IO);
+}
+
 /*
  * count a tuple insertion of n tuples
  */
diff --git a/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c b/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c
index 1408de387ea..90a8968faa0 100644
--- a/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c
+++ b/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c
@@ -84,6 +84,18 @@ PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(mod_since_analyze)
 /* pg_stat_get_numscans */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(numscans)
 
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_analyze_count)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_autoanalyze_count)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_autovacuum_count)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_vacuum_count)
+
 /* pg_stat_get_tuples_deleted */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(tuples_deleted)
 
@@ -170,6 +182,18 @@ PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_vacuum_time)
 /* pg_stat_get_lastscan */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(lastscan)
 
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_analyze_time)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_autoanalyze_time)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_autovacuum_time)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_vacuum_time)
+
 /* pg_stat_get_stat_reset_time */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(stat_reset_time)
 
diff --git a/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat b/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat
index fa9ae79082b..32debb34863 100644
--- a/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat
+++ b/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat
@@ -5680,6 +5680,38 @@
   proargmodes => '{o,o,o,o,o,o,o,o,o,o}',
   proargnames => '{oid,score,xid_score,mxid_score,vacuum_score,vacuum_insert_score,analyze_score,do_vacuum,do_analyze,for_wraparound}',
   prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_autovacuum_scores' },
+{ oid => '8142', descr => 'statistics: last skipped vacuum time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time' },
+{ oid => '8143', descr => 'statistics: last skipped auto vacuum time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time' },
+{ oid => '8144', descr => 'statistics: last skipped analyze time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time' },
+{ oid => '8145', descr => 'statistics: last skipped auto analyze time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time' },
+{ oid => '8146', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped vacuum for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count' },
+{ oid => '8147', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped auto vacuum for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count' },
+{ oid => '8148', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped analyzes for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count' },
+{ oid => '8149', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped auto analyzes for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count' },
 { oid => '1936', descr => 'statistics: currently active backend IDs',
   proname => 'pg_stat_get_backend_idset', prorows => '100', proretset => 't',
   provolatile => 's', proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int4',
diff --git a/src/include/pgstat.h b/src/include/pgstat.h
index dfa2e837638..98941f953d1 100644
--- a/src/include/pgstat.h
+++ b/src/include/pgstat.h
@@ -479,6 +479,15 @@ typedef struct PgStat_StatTabEntry
 	TimestampTz last_autoanalyze_time;	/* autovacuum initiated */
 	PgStat_Counter autoanalyze_count;
 
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_vacuum_time;	/* user initiated vacuum */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_vacuum_count;
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_autovacuum_time;	/* autovacuum initiated */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_autovacuum_count;
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_analyze_time;	/* user initiated */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_analyze_count;
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_autoanalyze_time;	/* autovacuum initiated */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_autoanalyze_count;
+
 	PgStat_Counter total_vacuum_time;	/* times in milliseconds */
 	PgStat_Counter total_autovacuum_time;
 	PgStat_Counter total_analyze_time;
@@ -703,6 +712,13 @@ extern void pgstat_report_analyze(Relation rel,
 								  PgStat_Counter livetuples, PgStat_Counter deadtuples,
 								  bool resetcounter, TimestampTz starttime);
 
+/* flags for pgstat_flush_backend() */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM		(1 << 0)	/* vacuum is skipped */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE		(1 << 1)	/* analyze is skipped */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOVACUUM	(1 << 2)	/* autovacuum is skipped */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOANALYZE	(1 << 3)	/* autoanalyze is skipped */
+extern void pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(Oid relid, int flags);
+
 /*
  * If stats are enabled, but pending data hasn't been prepared yet, call
  * pgstat_assoc_relation() to do so. See its comment for why this is done
diff --git a/src/test/isolation/expected/vacuum-skip-locked.out b/src/test/isolation/expected/vacuum-skip-locked.out
index 99db281a159..e2cff175b7c 100644
--- a/src/test/isolation/expected/vacuum-skip-locked.out
+++ b/src/test/isolation/expected/vacuum-skip-locked.out
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 Parsed test spec with 2 sessions
 
-starting permutation: lock_share vac_specified commit
+starting permutation: lock_share vac_specified commit check_stat
 step lock_share: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN SHARE MODE;
@@ -10,8 +10,22 @@ step vac_specified: VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED) part1, part2;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
 
-starting permutation: lock_share vac_all_parts commit
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   1|            0|                    0
+part2  |           1|                   0|            0|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
+
+starting permutation: lock_share vac_all_parts commit check_stat
 step lock_share: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN SHARE MODE;
@@ -20,8 +34,22 @@ step vac_all_parts: VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED) parted;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   1|            0|                    0
+part2  |           1|                   0|            0|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
 
-starting permutation: lock_share analyze_specified commit
+starting permutation: lock_share analyze_specified commit check_stat
 step lock_share: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN SHARE MODE;
@@ -31,8 +59,22 @@ step analyze_specified: ANALYZE (SKIP_LOCKED) part1, part2;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
 
-starting permutation: lock_share analyze_all_parts commit
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   0|            0|                    1
+part2  |           0|                   0|            1|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
+
+starting permutation: lock_share analyze_all_parts commit check_stat
 step lock_share: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN SHARE MODE;
@@ -41,8 +83,22 @@ step analyze_all_parts: ANALYZE (SKIP_LOCKED) parted;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            1|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   0|            0|                    1
+part2  |           0|                   0|            1|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
 
-starting permutation: lock_share vac_analyze_specified commit
+starting permutation: lock_share vac_analyze_specified commit check_stat
 step lock_share: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN SHARE MODE;
@@ -52,8 +108,22 @@ step vac_analyze_specified: VACUUM (ANALYZE, SKIP_LOCKED) part1, part2;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
 
-starting permutation: lock_share vac_analyze_all_parts commit
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   1|            0|                    1
+part2  |           1|                   0|            1|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
+
+starting permutation: lock_share vac_analyze_all_parts commit check_stat
 step lock_share: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN SHARE MODE;
@@ -62,8 +132,22 @@ step vac_analyze_all_parts: VACUUM (ANALYZE, SKIP_LOCKED) parted;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            1|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   1|            0|                    1
+part2  |           1|                   0|            1|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
 
-starting permutation: lock_share vac_full_specified commit
+starting permutation: lock_share vac_full_specified commit check_stat
 step lock_share: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN SHARE MODE;
@@ -73,8 +157,22 @@ step vac_full_specified: VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED, FULL) part1, part2;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
 
-starting permutation: lock_share vac_full_all_parts commit
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part2  |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
+
+starting permutation: lock_share vac_full_all_parts commit check_stat
 step lock_share: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN SHARE MODE;
@@ -83,8 +181,22 @@ step vac_full_all_parts: VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED, FULL) parted;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part2  |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+(3 rows)
 
-starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_specified commit
+
+starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_specified commit check_stat
 step lock_access_exclusive: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN ACCESS EXCLUSIVE MODE;
@@ -94,8 +206,22 @@ step vac_specified: VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED) part1, part2;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   1|            0|                    0
+part2  |           1|                   0|            0|                    0
+(3 rows)
 
-starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_all_parts commit
+
+starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_all_parts commit check_stat
 step lock_access_exclusive: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN ACCESS EXCLUSIVE MODE;
@@ -104,8 +230,22 @@ step vac_all_parts: VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED) parted;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   1|            0|                    0
+part2  |           1|                   0|            0|                    0
+(3 rows)
 
-starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive analyze_specified commit
+
+starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive analyze_specified commit check_stat
 step lock_access_exclusive: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN ACCESS EXCLUSIVE MODE;
@@ -115,8 +255,22 @@ step analyze_specified: ANALYZE (SKIP_LOCKED) part1, part2;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   0|            0|                    1
+part2  |           0|                   0|            1|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
 
-starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive analyze_all_parts commit
+starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive analyze_all_parts commit check_stat
 step lock_access_exclusive: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN ACCESS EXCLUSIVE MODE;
@@ -126,8 +280,22 @@ step commit:
 	COMMIT;
 
 step analyze_all_parts: <... completed>
-
-starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_analyze_specified commit
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            1|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   0|            1|                    0
+part2  |           0|                   0|            1|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
+
+starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_analyze_specified commit check_stat
 step lock_access_exclusive: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN ACCESS EXCLUSIVE MODE;
@@ -137,8 +305,22 @@ step vac_analyze_specified: VACUUM (ANALYZE, SKIP_LOCKED) part1, part2;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   1|            0|                    1
+part2  |           1|                   0|            1|                    0
+(3 rows)
 
-starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_analyze_all_parts commit
+
+starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_analyze_all_parts commit check_stat
 step lock_access_exclusive: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN ACCESS EXCLUSIVE MODE;
@@ -148,8 +330,22 @@ step commit:
 	COMMIT;
 
 step vac_analyze_all_parts: <... completed>
-
-starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_full_specified commit
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            1|                    0
+part1  |           1|                   0|            1|                    0
+part2  |           1|                   0|            1|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
+
+starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_full_specified commit check_stat
 step lock_access_exclusive: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN ACCESS EXCLUSIVE MODE;
@@ -159,8 +355,22 @@ step vac_full_specified: VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED, FULL) part1, part2;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
 
-starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_full_all_parts commit
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part2  |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
+
+starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_full_all_parts commit check_stat
 step lock_access_exclusive: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN ACCESS EXCLUSIVE MODE;
@@ -169,3 +379,17 @@ step vac_full_all_parts: VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED, FULL) parted;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part2  |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
diff --git a/src/test/isolation/specs/vacuum-skip-locked.spec b/src/test/isolation/specs/vacuum-skip-locked.spec
index 3fad6e1c92a..b0da75d4b6d 100644
--- a/src/test/isolation/specs/vacuum-skip-locked.spec
+++ b/src/test/isolation/specs/vacuum-skip-locked.spec
@@ -33,6 +33,15 @@ step commit
 	COMMIT;
 }
 
+step check_stat
+{
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+}
+
 session s2
 step vac_specified			{ VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED) part1, part2; }
 step vac_all_parts			{ VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED) parted; }
@@ -43,19 +52,19 @@ step vac_analyze_all_parts	{ VACUUM (ANALYZE, SKIP_LOCKED) parted; }
 step vac_full_specified		{ VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED, FULL) part1, part2; }
 step vac_full_all_parts		{ VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED, FULL) parted; }
 
-permutation lock_share vac_specified commit
-permutation lock_share vac_all_parts commit
-permutation lock_share analyze_specified commit
-permutation lock_share analyze_all_parts commit
-permutation lock_share vac_analyze_specified commit
-permutation lock_share vac_analyze_all_parts commit
-permutation lock_share vac_full_specified commit
-permutation lock_share vac_full_all_parts commit
-permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_specified commit
-permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_all_parts commit
-permutation lock_access_exclusive analyze_specified commit
-permutation lock_access_exclusive analyze_all_parts commit
-permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_analyze_specified commit
-permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_analyze_all_parts commit
-permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_full_specified commit
-permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_full_all_parts commit
+permutation lock_share vac_specified commit check_stat
+permutation lock_share vac_all_parts commit check_stat
+permutation lock_share analyze_specified commit check_stat
+permutation lock_share analyze_all_parts commit check_stat
+permutation lock_share vac_analyze_specified commit check_stat
+permutation lock_share vac_analyze_all_parts commit check_stat
+permutation lock_share vac_full_specified commit check_stat
+permutation lock_share vac_full_all_parts commit check_stat
+permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_specified commit check_stat
+permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_all_parts commit check_stat
+permutation lock_access_exclusive analyze_specified commit check_stat
+permutation lock_access_exclusive analyze_all_parts commit check_stat
+permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_analyze_specified commit check_stat
+permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_analyze_all_parts commit check_stat
+permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_full_specified commit check_stat
+permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_full_all_parts commit check_stat
diff --git a/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out b/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out
index a65a5bf0c4f..9b2075d3373 100644
--- a/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out
+++ b/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out
@@ -1835,13 +1835,21 @@ pg_stat_all_tables| SELECT c.oid AS relid,
     pg_stat_get_mod_since_analyze(c.oid) AS n_mod_since_analyze,
     pg_stat_get_ins_since_vacuum(c.oid) AS n_ins_since_vacuum,
     pg_stat_get_last_vacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_vacuum,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_vacuum,
     pg_stat_get_last_autovacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_autovacuum,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_autovacuum,
     pg_stat_get_last_analyze_time(c.oid) AS last_analyze,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_analyze,
     pg_stat_get_last_autoanalyze_time(c.oid) AS last_autoanalyze,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_autoanalyze,
     pg_stat_get_vacuum_count(c.oid) AS vacuum_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count(c.oid) AS skipped_vacuum_count,
     pg_stat_get_autovacuum_count(c.oid) AS autovacuum_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count(c.oid) AS skipped_autovacuum_count,
     pg_stat_get_analyze_count(c.oid) AS analyze_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count(c.oid) AS skipped_analyze_count,
     pg_stat_get_autoanalyze_count(c.oid) AS autoanalyze_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count(c.oid) AS skipped_autoanalyze_count,
     pg_stat_get_total_vacuum_time(c.oid) AS total_vacuum_time,
     pg_stat_get_total_autovacuum_time(c.oid) AS total_autovacuum_time,
     pg_stat_get_total_analyze_time(c.oid) AS total_analyze_time,
@@ -2346,13 +2354,21 @@ pg_stat_sys_tables| SELECT relid,
     n_mod_since_analyze,
     n_ins_since_vacuum,
     last_vacuum,
+    last_skipped_vacuum,
     last_autovacuum,
+    last_skipped_autovacuum,
     last_analyze,
+    last_skipped_analyze,
     last_autoanalyze,
+    last_skipped_autoanalyze,
     vacuum_count,
+    skipped_vacuum_count,
     autovacuum_count,
+    skipped_autovacuum_count,
     analyze_count,
+    skipped_analyze_count,
     autoanalyze_count,
+    skipped_autoanalyze_count,
     total_vacuum_time,
     total_autovacuum_time,
     total_analyze_time,
@@ -2401,13 +2417,21 @@ pg_stat_user_tables| SELECT relid,
     n_mod_since_analyze,
     n_ins_since_vacuum,
     last_vacuum,
+    last_skipped_vacuum,
     last_autovacuum,
+    last_skipped_autovacuum,
     last_analyze,
+    last_skipped_analyze,
     last_autoanalyze,
+    last_skipped_autoanalyze,
     vacuum_count,
+    skipped_vacuum_count,
     autovacuum_count,
+    skipped_autovacuum_count,
     analyze_count,
+    skipped_analyze_count,
     autoanalyze_count,
+    skipped_autoanalyze_count,
     total_vacuum_time,
     total_autovacuum_time,
     total_analyze_time,
-- 
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* [PATCH v5] Track skipped vacuum and analyze activity per relation
@ 2026-03-24 04:09 Yugo Nagata <[email protected]>
  0 siblings, 0 replies; 374+ messages in thread

From: Yugo Nagata @ 2026-03-24 04:09 UTC (permalink / raw)

This commit adds eight fields to the relation statistics that track
the last time vacuum or analyze has been attempted but skipped due to
lock unavailability, along with their counts:

-    last_skipped_vacuum
-    last_skipped_autovacuum
-    last_skipped_analyze
-    last_skipped_autoanalyze
-    skipped_vacuum_count
-    skipped_autovacuum_count
-    skipped_analyze_count
-    skipped_autoanalyze_count

These field can help users confirm that autovacuum is actively attempting
to run on a table that has not been vacuumed or analyzed for a long time,
and that the lack of progress is due to repeated skips rather than inactivity.
---
 doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml                  |  88 ++++++
 src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql          |   8 +
 src/backend/commands/vacuum.c                 | 100 +++++--
 src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c  |  64 +++++
 src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c           |  24 ++
 src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat               |  32 +++
 src/include/pgstat.h                          |  16 ++
 .../isolation/expected/vacuum-skip-locked.out | 260 ++++++++++++++++--
 .../isolation/specs/vacuum-skip-locked.spec   |  41 +--
 src/test/regress/expected/rules.out           |  24 ++
 10 files changed, 601 insertions(+), 56 deletions(-)

diff --git a/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml b/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml
index 08d5b824552..a9b579d87a9 100644
--- a/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml
+++ b/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml
@@ -4387,6 +4387,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_vacuum</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time a manual vacuum on this table was attempted but skipped due to
+       lock unavailability (not counting <command>VACUUM FULL</command>)
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>last_autovacuum</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
@@ -4397,6 +4407,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_autovacuum</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time a vacuum on this table by the autovacuum daemon was attempted
+       but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>last_analyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
@@ -4406,6 +4426,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_analyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time a manual analyze on this table was attempted but skipped due to
+       lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>last_autoanalyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
@@ -4416,6 +4446,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_autoanalyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time at which an analyze on this table by the autovacuum was
+       attempted but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>vacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4426,6 +4466,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_vacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times manual vacuums on this table have been attempted but skipped
+       due to lock unavailability (not counting <command>VACUUM FULL</command>)
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>autovacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4436,6 +4486,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_autovacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times vacuums on this table by the autovacuum daemon have been
+       attempted but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>analyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4445,6 +4505,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_analyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times manual analyzes on this table have been attempted but
+       skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>autoanalyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4455,6 +4525,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_autoanalyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times analyzes on this table by the autovacuum daemon have
+       been attempted but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>total_vacuum_time</structfield> <type>double precision</type>
@@ -4510,6 +4590,14 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
    </tgroup>
   </table>
 
+  <note>
+   <para>
+    When a manual vacuum or analyze on a parent table in an inheritance or
+    partitioning hierarchy is skipped, the statistics are recorded only for
+    the parent table, not for its children.
+   </para>
+  </note>
+
  </sect2>
 
  <sect2 id="monitoring-pg-stat-autovacuum-scores-view">
diff --git a/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql b/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql
index 73a1c1c4670..f509fc7876b 100644
--- a/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql
+++ b/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql
@@ -736,13 +736,21 @@ CREATE VIEW pg_stat_all_tables AS
             pg_stat_get_mod_since_analyze(C.oid) AS n_mod_since_analyze,
             pg_stat_get_ins_since_vacuum(C.oid) AS n_ins_since_vacuum,
             pg_stat_get_last_vacuum_time(C.oid) as last_vacuum,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_vacuum,
             pg_stat_get_last_autovacuum_time(C.oid) as last_autovacuum,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_autovacuum,
             pg_stat_get_last_analyze_time(C.oid) as last_analyze,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_analyze,
             pg_stat_get_last_autoanalyze_time(C.oid) as last_autoanalyze,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_autoanalyze,
             pg_stat_get_vacuum_count(C.oid) AS vacuum_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count(C.oid) AS skipped_vacuum_count,
             pg_stat_get_autovacuum_count(C.oid) AS autovacuum_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count(C.oid) AS skipped_autovacuum_count,
             pg_stat_get_analyze_count(C.oid) AS analyze_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count(C.oid) AS skipped_analyze_count,
             pg_stat_get_autoanalyze_count(C.oid) AS autoanalyze_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count(C.oid) AS skipped_autoanalyze_count,
             pg_stat_get_total_vacuum_time(C.oid) AS total_vacuum_time,
             pg_stat_get_total_autovacuum_time(C.oid) AS total_autovacuum_time,
             pg_stat_get_total_analyze_time(C.oid) AS total_analyze_time,
diff --git a/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c b/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c
index 99d0db82ed7..df6526225e4 100644
--- a/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c
+++ b/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c
@@ -793,8 +793,25 @@ vacuum_open_relation(Oid relid, RangeVar *relation, uint32 options,
 		rel = try_relation_open(relid, NoLock);
 	else
 	{
+		int flags = 0;
 		rel = NULL;
 		rel_lock = false;
+
+		if ((options & VACOPT_VACUUM) != 0 && (options & VACOPT_FULL) == 0)
+		{
+			if (AmAutoVacuumWorkerProcess())
+				flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOVACUUM;
+			else
+				flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM;
+		}
+		if ((options & VACOPT_ANALYZE) != 0)
+		{
+			if (AmAutoVacuumWorkerProcess())
+				flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOANALYZE;
+			else
+				flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE;
+		}
+		pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(relid, flags);
 	}
 
 	/* if relation is opened, leave */
@@ -905,7 +922,6 @@ expand_vacuum_rel(VacuumRelation *vrel, MemoryContext vac_context,
 		Form_pg_class classForm;
 		bool		include_children;
 		bool		is_partitioned_table;
-		int			rvr_opts;
 
 		/*
 		 * Since autovacuum workers supply OIDs when calling vacuum(), no
@@ -918,29 +934,69 @@ expand_vacuum_rel(VacuumRelation *vrel, MemoryContext vac_context,
 		 * below, as well as find_all_inheritors's expectation that the caller
 		 * holds some lock on the starting relation.
 		 */
-		rvr_opts = (options & VACOPT_SKIP_LOCKED) ? RVR_SKIP_LOCKED : 0;
-		relid = RangeVarGetRelidExtended(vrel->relation,
-										 AccessShareLock,
-										 rvr_opts,
-										 NULL, NULL);
-
-		/*
-		 * If the lock is unavailable, emit the same log statement that
-		 * vacuum_rel() and analyze_rel() would.
-		 */
-		if (!OidIsValid(relid))
+		if (!(options & VACOPT_SKIP_LOCKED))
 		{
-			if (options & VACOPT_VACUUM)
-				ereport(WARNING,
-						(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
-						 errmsg("skipping vacuum of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
-								vrel->relation->relname)));
-			else
-				ereport(WARNING,
-						(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
-						 errmsg("skipping analyze of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
+			relid = RangeVarGetRelidExtended(vrel->relation,
+											 AccessShareLock,
+											 0, NULL, NULL);
+			if (!OidIsValid(relid))
+				return vacrels;
+		}
+		else
+		{
+			/* Get relid for reporting before taking a lock */
+			relid = RangeVarGetRelid(vrel->relation, NoLock, false);
+
+			if (!ConditionalLockRelationOid(relid, AccessShareLock))
+			{
+				int	flags = 0;
+				/*
+				 * If the lock is unavailable, emit the same log statement that
+				 * vacuum_rel() and analyze_rel() would.
+				 */
+				if (options & VACOPT_VACUUM)
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping vacuum of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
 								vrel->relation->relname)));
-			return vacrels;
+				else
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping analyze of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
+									vrel->relation->relname)));
+
+				if ((options & VACOPT_VACUUM) != 0 && (options & VACOPT_FULL) == 0)
+					flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM;
+				if ((options & VACOPT_ANALYZE) != 0)
+					flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE;
+
+				pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(relid, flags);
+
+				return vacrels;
+			}
+
+			/*
+			 * Now that we have the lock, probe to see if the relation really
+			 * exists or not.
+			 */
+			if (!SearchSysCacheExists1(RELOID, ObjectIdGetDatum(relid)))
+			{
+				if (options & VACOPT_VACUUM)
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_UNDEFINED_TABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping vacuum of \"%s\" --- relation no longer exists",
+									vrel->relation->relname)));
+				else
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_UNDEFINED_TABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping analyze of \"%s\" --- relation no longer exists",
+									vrel->relation->relname)));
+
+				/* Release useless lock */
+				UnlockRelationOid(relid, AccessShareLock);
+
+				return vacrels;
+			}
 		}
 
 		/*
diff --git a/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c b/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c
index b2ca28f83ba..532d9023f8c 100644
--- a/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c
+++ b/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c
@@ -17,12 +17,14 @@
 
 #include "postgres.h"
 
+#include "access/htup_details.h"
 #include "access/twophase_rmgr.h"
 #include "access/xact.h"
 #include "catalog/catalog.h"
 #include "utils/memutils.h"
 #include "utils/pgstat_internal.h"
 #include "utils/rel.h"
+#include "utils/syscache.h"
 #include "utils/timestamp.h"
 
 
@@ -367,6 +369,68 @@ pgstat_report_analyze(Relation rel,
 	(void) pgstat_flush_backend(false, PGSTAT_BACKEND_FLUSH_IO);
 }
 
+/*
+ * Report that the table was skipped during vacuum or/and analyze.
+ */
+void
+pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(Oid relid, int flags)
+{
+	PgStat_EntryRef *entry_ref;
+	PgStatShared_Relation *shtabentry;
+	PgStat_StatTabEntry *tabentry;
+	TimestampTz ts;
+	HeapTuple	classTup;
+	bool		isshared;
+
+	if (!pgstat_track_counts || !flags)
+		return;
+
+	classTup = SearchSysCache1(RELOID, ObjectIdGetDatum(relid));
+	if (!HeapTupleIsValid(classTup))
+		return;			/* somebody deleted the rel, forget it */
+	isshared = ((Form_pg_class) GETSTRUCT(classTup))->relisshared;
+	ReleaseSysCache(classTup);
+
+	/* Store the data in the table's hash table entry. */
+	ts = GetCurrentTimestamp();
+
+	/* block acquiring lock for the same reason as pgstat_report_autovac() */
+	entry_ref = pgstat_get_entry_ref_locked(PGSTAT_KIND_RELATION,
+											isshared ? InvalidOid : MyDatabaseId,
+											relid, false);
+
+	shtabentry = (PgStatShared_Relation *) entry_ref->shared_stats;
+	tabentry = &shtabentry->stats;
+
+	if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM)
+	{
+		tabentry->last_skipped_vacuum_time = ts;
+		tabentry->skipped_vacuum_count++;
+	}
+	else if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOVACUUM)
+	{
+		tabentry->last_skipped_autovacuum_time = ts;
+		tabentry->skipped_autovacuum_count++;
+	}
+
+	if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE)
+	{
+		tabentry->last_skipped_analyze_time = ts;
+		tabentry->skipped_analyze_count++;
+	}
+	else if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOANALYZE)
+	{
+		tabentry->last_skipped_autoanalyze_time = ts;
+		tabentry->skipped_autoanalyze_count++;
+	}
+
+	pgstat_unlock_entry(entry_ref);
+
+	/* see pgstat_report_vacuum() */
+	pgstat_flush_io(false);
+	(void) pgstat_flush_backend(false, PGSTAT_BACKEND_FLUSH_IO);
+}
+
 /*
  * count a tuple insertion of n tuples
  */
diff --git a/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c b/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c
index 1408de387ea..90a8968faa0 100644
--- a/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c
+++ b/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c
@@ -84,6 +84,18 @@ PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(mod_since_analyze)
 /* pg_stat_get_numscans */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(numscans)
 
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_analyze_count)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_autoanalyze_count)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_autovacuum_count)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_vacuum_count)
+
 /* pg_stat_get_tuples_deleted */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(tuples_deleted)
 
@@ -170,6 +182,18 @@ PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_vacuum_time)
 /* pg_stat_get_lastscan */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(lastscan)
 
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_analyze_time)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_autoanalyze_time)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_autovacuum_time)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_vacuum_time)
+
 /* pg_stat_get_stat_reset_time */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(stat_reset_time)
 
diff --git a/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat b/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat
index fa9ae79082b..32debb34863 100644
--- a/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat
+++ b/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat
@@ -5680,6 +5680,38 @@
   proargmodes => '{o,o,o,o,o,o,o,o,o,o}',
   proargnames => '{oid,score,xid_score,mxid_score,vacuum_score,vacuum_insert_score,analyze_score,do_vacuum,do_analyze,for_wraparound}',
   prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_autovacuum_scores' },
+{ oid => '8142', descr => 'statistics: last skipped vacuum time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time' },
+{ oid => '8143', descr => 'statistics: last skipped auto vacuum time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time' },
+{ oid => '8144', descr => 'statistics: last skipped analyze time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time' },
+{ oid => '8145', descr => 'statistics: last skipped auto analyze time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time' },
+{ oid => '8146', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped vacuum for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count' },
+{ oid => '8147', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped auto vacuum for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count' },
+{ oid => '8148', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped analyzes for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count' },
+{ oid => '8149', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped auto analyzes for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count' },
 { oid => '1936', descr => 'statistics: currently active backend IDs',
   proname => 'pg_stat_get_backend_idset', prorows => '100', proretset => 't',
   provolatile => 's', proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int4',
diff --git a/src/include/pgstat.h b/src/include/pgstat.h
index dfa2e837638..98941f953d1 100644
--- a/src/include/pgstat.h
+++ b/src/include/pgstat.h
@@ -479,6 +479,15 @@ typedef struct PgStat_StatTabEntry
 	TimestampTz last_autoanalyze_time;	/* autovacuum initiated */
 	PgStat_Counter autoanalyze_count;
 
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_vacuum_time;	/* user initiated vacuum */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_vacuum_count;
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_autovacuum_time;	/* autovacuum initiated */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_autovacuum_count;
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_analyze_time;	/* user initiated */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_analyze_count;
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_autoanalyze_time;	/* autovacuum initiated */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_autoanalyze_count;
+
 	PgStat_Counter total_vacuum_time;	/* times in milliseconds */
 	PgStat_Counter total_autovacuum_time;
 	PgStat_Counter total_analyze_time;
@@ -703,6 +712,13 @@ extern void pgstat_report_analyze(Relation rel,
 								  PgStat_Counter livetuples, PgStat_Counter deadtuples,
 								  bool resetcounter, TimestampTz starttime);
 
+/* flags for pgstat_flush_backend() */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM		(1 << 0)	/* vacuum is skipped */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE		(1 << 1)	/* analyze is skipped */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOVACUUM	(1 << 2)	/* autovacuum is skipped */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOANALYZE	(1 << 3)	/* autoanalyze is skipped */
+extern void pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(Oid relid, int flags);
+
 /*
  * If stats are enabled, but pending data hasn't been prepared yet, call
  * pgstat_assoc_relation() to do so. See its comment for why this is done
diff --git a/src/test/isolation/expected/vacuum-skip-locked.out b/src/test/isolation/expected/vacuum-skip-locked.out
index 99db281a159..e2cff175b7c 100644
--- a/src/test/isolation/expected/vacuum-skip-locked.out
+++ b/src/test/isolation/expected/vacuum-skip-locked.out
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 Parsed test spec with 2 sessions
 
-starting permutation: lock_share vac_specified commit
+starting permutation: lock_share vac_specified commit check_stat
 step lock_share: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN SHARE MODE;
@@ -10,8 +10,22 @@ step vac_specified: VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED) part1, part2;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
 
-starting permutation: lock_share vac_all_parts commit
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   1|            0|                    0
+part2  |           1|                   0|            0|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
+
+starting permutation: lock_share vac_all_parts commit check_stat
 step lock_share: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN SHARE MODE;
@@ -20,8 +34,22 @@ step vac_all_parts: VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED) parted;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   1|            0|                    0
+part2  |           1|                   0|            0|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
 
-starting permutation: lock_share analyze_specified commit
+starting permutation: lock_share analyze_specified commit check_stat
 step lock_share: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN SHARE MODE;
@@ -31,8 +59,22 @@ step analyze_specified: ANALYZE (SKIP_LOCKED) part1, part2;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
 
-starting permutation: lock_share analyze_all_parts commit
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   0|            0|                    1
+part2  |           0|                   0|            1|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
+
+starting permutation: lock_share analyze_all_parts commit check_stat
 step lock_share: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN SHARE MODE;
@@ -41,8 +83,22 @@ step analyze_all_parts: ANALYZE (SKIP_LOCKED) parted;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            1|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   0|            0|                    1
+part2  |           0|                   0|            1|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
 
-starting permutation: lock_share vac_analyze_specified commit
+starting permutation: lock_share vac_analyze_specified commit check_stat
 step lock_share: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN SHARE MODE;
@@ -52,8 +108,22 @@ step vac_analyze_specified: VACUUM (ANALYZE, SKIP_LOCKED) part1, part2;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
 
-starting permutation: lock_share vac_analyze_all_parts commit
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   1|            0|                    1
+part2  |           1|                   0|            1|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
+
+starting permutation: lock_share vac_analyze_all_parts commit check_stat
 step lock_share: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN SHARE MODE;
@@ -62,8 +132,22 @@ step vac_analyze_all_parts: VACUUM (ANALYZE, SKIP_LOCKED) parted;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            1|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   1|            0|                    1
+part2  |           1|                   0|            1|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
 
-starting permutation: lock_share vac_full_specified commit
+starting permutation: lock_share vac_full_specified commit check_stat
 step lock_share: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN SHARE MODE;
@@ -73,8 +157,22 @@ step vac_full_specified: VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED, FULL) part1, part2;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
 
-starting permutation: lock_share vac_full_all_parts commit
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part2  |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
+
+starting permutation: lock_share vac_full_all_parts commit check_stat
 step lock_share: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN SHARE MODE;
@@ -83,8 +181,22 @@ step vac_full_all_parts: VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED, FULL) parted;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part2  |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+(3 rows)
 
-starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_specified commit
+
+starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_specified commit check_stat
 step lock_access_exclusive: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN ACCESS EXCLUSIVE MODE;
@@ -94,8 +206,22 @@ step vac_specified: VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED) part1, part2;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   1|            0|                    0
+part2  |           1|                   0|            0|                    0
+(3 rows)
 
-starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_all_parts commit
+
+starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_all_parts commit check_stat
 step lock_access_exclusive: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN ACCESS EXCLUSIVE MODE;
@@ -104,8 +230,22 @@ step vac_all_parts: VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED) parted;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   1|            0|                    0
+part2  |           1|                   0|            0|                    0
+(3 rows)
 
-starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive analyze_specified commit
+
+starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive analyze_specified commit check_stat
 step lock_access_exclusive: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN ACCESS EXCLUSIVE MODE;
@@ -115,8 +255,22 @@ step analyze_specified: ANALYZE (SKIP_LOCKED) part1, part2;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   0|            0|                    1
+part2  |           0|                   0|            1|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
 
-starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive analyze_all_parts commit
+starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive analyze_all_parts commit check_stat
 step lock_access_exclusive: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN ACCESS EXCLUSIVE MODE;
@@ -126,8 +280,22 @@ step commit:
 	COMMIT;
 
 step analyze_all_parts: <... completed>
-
-starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_analyze_specified commit
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            1|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   0|            1|                    0
+part2  |           0|                   0|            1|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
+
+starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_analyze_specified commit check_stat
 step lock_access_exclusive: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN ACCESS EXCLUSIVE MODE;
@@ -137,8 +305,22 @@ step vac_analyze_specified: VACUUM (ANALYZE, SKIP_LOCKED) part1, part2;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   1|            0|                    1
+part2  |           1|                   0|            1|                    0
+(3 rows)
 
-starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_analyze_all_parts commit
+
+starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_analyze_all_parts commit check_stat
 step lock_access_exclusive: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN ACCESS EXCLUSIVE MODE;
@@ -148,8 +330,22 @@ step commit:
 	COMMIT;
 
 step vac_analyze_all_parts: <... completed>
-
-starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_full_specified commit
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            1|                    0
+part1  |           1|                   0|            1|                    0
+part2  |           1|                   0|            1|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
+
+starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_full_specified commit check_stat
 step lock_access_exclusive: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN ACCESS EXCLUSIVE MODE;
@@ -159,8 +355,22 @@ step vac_full_specified: VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED, FULL) part1, part2;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
 
-starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_full_all_parts commit
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part2  |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
+
+starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_full_all_parts commit check_stat
 step lock_access_exclusive: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN ACCESS EXCLUSIVE MODE;
@@ -169,3 +379,17 @@ step vac_full_all_parts: VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED, FULL) parted;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part2  |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
diff --git a/src/test/isolation/specs/vacuum-skip-locked.spec b/src/test/isolation/specs/vacuum-skip-locked.spec
index 3fad6e1c92a..b0da75d4b6d 100644
--- a/src/test/isolation/specs/vacuum-skip-locked.spec
+++ b/src/test/isolation/specs/vacuum-skip-locked.spec
@@ -33,6 +33,15 @@ step commit
 	COMMIT;
 }
 
+step check_stat
+{
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+}
+
 session s2
 step vac_specified			{ VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED) part1, part2; }
 step vac_all_parts			{ VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED) parted; }
@@ -43,19 +52,19 @@ step vac_analyze_all_parts	{ VACUUM (ANALYZE, SKIP_LOCKED) parted; }
 step vac_full_specified		{ VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED, FULL) part1, part2; }
 step vac_full_all_parts		{ VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED, FULL) parted; }
 
-permutation lock_share vac_specified commit
-permutation lock_share vac_all_parts commit
-permutation lock_share analyze_specified commit
-permutation lock_share analyze_all_parts commit
-permutation lock_share vac_analyze_specified commit
-permutation lock_share vac_analyze_all_parts commit
-permutation lock_share vac_full_specified commit
-permutation lock_share vac_full_all_parts commit
-permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_specified commit
-permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_all_parts commit
-permutation lock_access_exclusive analyze_specified commit
-permutation lock_access_exclusive analyze_all_parts commit
-permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_analyze_specified commit
-permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_analyze_all_parts commit
-permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_full_specified commit
-permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_full_all_parts commit
+permutation lock_share vac_specified commit check_stat
+permutation lock_share vac_all_parts commit check_stat
+permutation lock_share analyze_specified commit check_stat
+permutation lock_share analyze_all_parts commit check_stat
+permutation lock_share vac_analyze_specified commit check_stat
+permutation lock_share vac_analyze_all_parts commit check_stat
+permutation lock_share vac_full_specified commit check_stat
+permutation lock_share vac_full_all_parts commit check_stat
+permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_specified commit check_stat
+permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_all_parts commit check_stat
+permutation lock_access_exclusive analyze_specified commit check_stat
+permutation lock_access_exclusive analyze_all_parts commit check_stat
+permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_analyze_specified commit check_stat
+permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_analyze_all_parts commit check_stat
+permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_full_specified commit check_stat
+permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_full_all_parts commit check_stat
diff --git a/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out b/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out
index a65a5bf0c4f..9b2075d3373 100644
--- a/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out
+++ b/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out
@@ -1835,13 +1835,21 @@ pg_stat_all_tables| SELECT c.oid AS relid,
     pg_stat_get_mod_since_analyze(c.oid) AS n_mod_since_analyze,
     pg_stat_get_ins_since_vacuum(c.oid) AS n_ins_since_vacuum,
     pg_stat_get_last_vacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_vacuum,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_vacuum,
     pg_stat_get_last_autovacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_autovacuum,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_autovacuum,
     pg_stat_get_last_analyze_time(c.oid) AS last_analyze,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_analyze,
     pg_stat_get_last_autoanalyze_time(c.oid) AS last_autoanalyze,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_autoanalyze,
     pg_stat_get_vacuum_count(c.oid) AS vacuum_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count(c.oid) AS skipped_vacuum_count,
     pg_stat_get_autovacuum_count(c.oid) AS autovacuum_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count(c.oid) AS skipped_autovacuum_count,
     pg_stat_get_analyze_count(c.oid) AS analyze_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count(c.oid) AS skipped_analyze_count,
     pg_stat_get_autoanalyze_count(c.oid) AS autoanalyze_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count(c.oid) AS skipped_autoanalyze_count,
     pg_stat_get_total_vacuum_time(c.oid) AS total_vacuum_time,
     pg_stat_get_total_autovacuum_time(c.oid) AS total_autovacuum_time,
     pg_stat_get_total_analyze_time(c.oid) AS total_analyze_time,
@@ -2346,13 +2354,21 @@ pg_stat_sys_tables| SELECT relid,
     n_mod_since_analyze,
     n_ins_since_vacuum,
     last_vacuum,
+    last_skipped_vacuum,
     last_autovacuum,
+    last_skipped_autovacuum,
     last_analyze,
+    last_skipped_analyze,
     last_autoanalyze,
+    last_skipped_autoanalyze,
     vacuum_count,
+    skipped_vacuum_count,
     autovacuum_count,
+    skipped_autovacuum_count,
     analyze_count,
+    skipped_analyze_count,
     autoanalyze_count,
+    skipped_autoanalyze_count,
     total_vacuum_time,
     total_autovacuum_time,
     total_analyze_time,
@@ -2401,13 +2417,21 @@ pg_stat_user_tables| SELECT relid,
     n_mod_since_analyze,
     n_ins_since_vacuum,
     last_vacuum,
+    last_skipped_vacuum,
     last_autovacuum,
+    last_skipped_autovacuum,
     last_analyze,
+    last_skipped_analyze,
     last_autoanalyze,
+    last_skipped_autoanalyze,
     vacuum_count,
+    skipped_vacuum_count,
     autovacuum_count,
+    skipped_autovacuum_count,
     analyze_count,
+    skipped_analyze_count,
     autoanalyze_count,
+    skipped_autoanalyze_count,
     total_vacuum_time,
     total_autovacuum_time,
     total_analyze_time,
-- 
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* [PATCH v4] Track skipped vacuum and analyze activity per relation
@ 2026-03-24 04:09 Yugo Nagata <[email protected]>
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From: Yugo Nagata @ 2026-03-24 04:09 UTC (permalink / raw)

This commit adds eight fields to the relation statistics that track
the last time vacuum or analyze has been attempted but skipped due to
lock unavailability, along with their counts:

-    last_skipped_vacuum
-    last_skipped_autovacuum
-    last_skipped_analyze
-    last_skipped_autoanalyze
-    skipped_vacuum_count
-    skipped_autovacuum_count
-    skipped_analyze_count
-    skipped_autoanalyze_count

These field can help users confirm that autovacuum is actively attempting
to run on a table that has not been vacuumed or analyzed for a long time,
and that the lack of progress is due to repeated skips rather than inactivity.
---
 doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml                 |  88 ++++++++++++++++
 src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql         |   8 ++
 src/backend/commands/vacuum.c                | 102 ++++++++++++++-----
 src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c |  64 ++++++++++++
 src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c          |  24 +++++
 src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat              |  32 ++++++
 src/include/pgstat.h                         |  16 +++
 src/test/regress/expected/rules.out          |  24 +++++
 8 files changed, 335 insertions(+), 23 deletions(-)

diff --git a/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml b/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml
index 08d5b824552..a9b579d87a9 100644
--- a/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml
+++ b/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml
@@ -4387,6 +4387,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_vacuum</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time a manual vacuum on this table was attempted but skipped due to
+       lock unavailability (not counting <command>VACUUM FULL</command>)
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>last_autovacuum</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
@@ -4397,6 +4407,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_autovacuum</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time a vacuum on this table by the autovacuum daemon was attempted
+       but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>last_analyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
@@ -4406,6 +4426,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_analyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time a manual analyze on this table was attempted but skipped due to
+       lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>last_autoanalyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
@@ -4416,6 +4446,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_autoanalyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time at which an analyze on this table by the autovacuum was
+       attempted but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>vacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4426,6 +4466,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_vacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times manual vacuums on this table have been attempted but skipped
+       due to lock unavailability (not counting <command>VACUUM FULL</command>)
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>autovacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4436,6 +4486,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_autovacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times vacuums on this table by the autovacuum daemon have been
+       attempted but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>analyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4445,6 +4505,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_analyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times manual analyzes on this table have been attempted but
+       skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>autoanalyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4455,6 +4525,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_autoanalyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times analyzes on this table by the autovacuum daemon have
+       been attempted but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>total_vacuum_time</structfield> <type>double precision</type>
@@ -4510,6 +4590,14 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
    </tgroup>
   </table>
 
+  <note>
+   <para>
+    When a manual vacuum or analyze on a parent table in an inheritance or
+    partitioning hierarchy is skipped, the statistics are recorded only for
+    the parent table, not for its children.
+   </para>
+  </note>
+
  </sect2>
 
  <sect2 id="monitoring-pg-stat-autovacuum-scores-view">
diff --git a/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql b/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql
index 73a1c1c4670..f509fc7876b 100644
--- a/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql
+++ b/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql
@@ -736,13 +736,21 @@ CREATE VIEW pg_stat_all_tables AS
             pg_stat_get_mod_since_analyze(C.oid) AS n_mod_since_analyze,
             pg_stat_get_ins_since_vacuum(C.oid) AS n_ins_since_vacuum,
             pg_stat_get_last_vacuum_time(C.oid) as last_vacuum,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_vacuum,
             pg_stat_get_last_autovacuum_time(C.oid) as last_autovacuum,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_autovacuum,
             pg_stat_get_last_analyze_time(C.oid) as last_analyze,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_analyze,
             pg_stat_get_last_autoanalyze_time(C.oid) as last_autoanalyze,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_autoanalyze,
             pg_stat_get_vacuum_count(C.oid) AS vacuum_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count(C.oid) AS skipped_vacuum_count,
             pg_stat_get_autovacuum_count(C.oid) AS autovacuum_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count(C.oid) AS skipped_autovacuum_count,
             pg_stat_get_analyze_count(C.oid) AS analyze_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count(C.oid) AS skipped_analyze_count,
             pg_stat_get_autoanalyze_count(C.oid) AS autoanalyze_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count(C.oid) AS skipped_autoanalyze_count,
             pg_stat_get_total_vacuum_time(C.oid) AS total_vacuum_time,
             pg_stat_get_total_autovacuum_time(C.oid) AS total_autovacuum_time,
             pg_stat_get_total_analyze_time(C.oid) AS total_analyze_time,
diff --git a/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c b/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c
index 99d0db82ed7..97cd5ea8d10 100644
--- a/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c
+++ b/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c
@@ -793,8 +793,25 @@ vacuum_open_relation(Oid relid, RangeVar *relation, uint32 options,
 		rel = try_relation_open(relid, NoLock);
 	else
 	{
+		int flags = 0;
 		rel = NULL;
 		rel_lock = false;
+
+		if ((options & VACOPT_VACUUM) != 0)
+		{
+			if (AmAutoVacuumWorkerProcess())
+				flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOVACUUM;
+			else
+				flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM;
+		}
+		if ((options & VACOPT_ANALYZE) != 0)
+		{
+			if (AmAutoVacuumWorkerProcess())
+				flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOANALYZE;
+			else
+				flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE;
+		}
+		pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(relid, flags);
 	}
 
 	/* if relation is opened, leave */
@@ -802,7 +819,7 @@ vacuum_open_relation(Oid relid, RangeVar *relation, uint32 options,
 		return rel;
 
 	/*
-	 * Relation could not be opened, hence generate if possible a log
+	 * Relation could not be opened hence generate if possible a log
 	 * informing on the situation.
 	 *
 	 * If the RangeVar is not defined, we do not have enough information to
@@ -905,7 +922,6 @@ expand_vacuum_rel(VacuumRelation *vrel, MemoryContext vac_context,
 		Form_pg_class classForm;
 		bool		include_children;
 		bool		is_partitioned_table;
-		int			rvr_opts;
 
 		/*
 		 * Since autovacuum workers supply OIDs when calling vacuum(), no
@@ -918,29 +934,69 @@ expand_vacuum_rel(VacuumRelation *vrel, MemoryContext vac_context,
 		 * below, as well as find_all_inheritors's expectation that the caller
 		 * holds some lock on the starting relation.
 		 */
-		rvr_opts = (options & VACOPT_SKIP_LOCKED) ? RVR_SKIP_LOCKED : 0;
-		relid = RangeVarGetRelidExtended(vrel->relation,
-										 AccessShareLock,
-										 rvr_opts,
-										 NULL, NULL);
-
-		/*
-		 * If the lock is unavailable, emit the same log statement that
-		 * vacuum_rel() and analyze_rel() would.
-		 */
-		if (!OidIsValid(relid))
+		if (!(options & VACOPT_SKIP_LOCKED))
 		{
-			if (options & VACOPT_VACUUM)
-				ereport(WARNING,
-						(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
-						 errmsg("skipping vacuum of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
-								vrel->relation->relname)));
-			else
-				ereport(WARNING,
-						(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
-						 errmsg("skipping analyze of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
+			relid = RangeVarGetRelidExtended(vrel->relation,
+											 AccessShareLock,
+											 0, NULL, NULL);
+			if (!OidIsValid(relid))
+				return vacrels;
+		}
+		else
+		{
+			/* Get relid for reporting before taking a lock */
+			relid = RangeVarGetRelid(vrel->relation, NoLock, false);
+
+			if (!ConditionalLockRelationOid(relid, AccessShareLock))
+			{
+				int	flags = 0;
+				/*
+				 * If the lock is unavailable, emit the same log statement that
+				 * vacuum_rel() and analyze_rel() would.
+				 */
+				if (options & VACOPT_VACUUM)
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping vacuum of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
 								vrel->relation->relname)));
-			return vacrels;
+				else
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping analyze of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
+									vrel->relation->relname)));
+
+				if ((options & VACOPT_VACUUM) != 0)
+					flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM;
+				if ((options & VACOPT_ANALYZE) != 0)
+					flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE;
+
+				pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(relid, flags);
+
+				return vacrels;
+			}
+
+			/*
+			 * Now that we have the lock, probe to see if the relation really
+			 * exists or not.
+			 */
+			if (!SearchSysCacheExists1(RELOID, ObjectIdGetDatum(relid)))
+			{
+				if (options & VACOPT_VACUUM)
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_UNDEFINED_TABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping vacuum of \"%s\" --- relation no longer exists",
+									vrel->relation->relname)));
+				else
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_UNDEFINED_TABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping analyze of \"%s\" --- relation no longer exists",
+									vrel->relation->relname)));
+
+				/* Release useless lock */
+				UnlockRelationOid(relid, AccessShareLock);
+
+				return vacrels;
+			}
 		}
 
 		/*
diff --git a/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c b/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c
index b2ca28f83ba..532d9023f8c 100644
--- a/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c
+++ b/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c
@@ -17,12 +17,14 @@
 
 #include "postgres.h"
 
+#include "access/htup_details.h"
 #include "access/twophase_rmgr.h"
 #include "access/xact.h"
 #include "catalog/catalog.h"
 #include "utils/memutils.h"
 #include "utils/pgstat_internal.h"
 #include "utils/rel.h"
+#include "utils/syscache.h"
 #include "utils/timestamp.h"
 
 
@@ -367,6 +369,68 @@ pgstat_report_analyze(Relation rel,
 	(void) pgstat_flush_backend(false, PGSTAT_BACKEND_FLUSH_IO);
 }
 
+/*
+ * Report that the table was skipped during vacuum or/and analyze.
+ */
+void
+pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(Oid relid, int flags)
+{
+	PgStat_EntryRef *entry_ref;
+	PgStatShared_Relation *shtabentry;
+	PgStat_StatTabEntry *tabentry;
+	TimestampTz ts;
+	HeapTuple	classTup;
+	bool		isshared;
+
+	if (!pgstat_track_counts || !flags)
+		return;
+
+	classTup = SearchSysCache1(RELOID, ObjectIdGetDatum(relid));
+	if (!HeapTupleIsValid(classTup))
+		return;			/* somebody deleted the rel, forget it */
+	isshared = ((Form_pg_class) GETSTRUCT(classTup))->relisshared;
+	ReleaseSysCache(classTup);
+
+	/* Store the data in the table's hash table entry. */
+	ts = GetCurrentTimestamp();
+
+	/* block acquiring lock for the same reason as pgstat_report_autovac() */
+	entry_ref = pgstat_get_entry_ref_locked(PGSTAT_KIND_RELATION,
+											isshared ? InvalidOid : MyDatabaseId,
+											relid, false);
+
+	shtabentry = (PgStatShared_Relation *) entry_ref->shared_stats;
+	tabentry = &shtabentry->stats;
+
+	if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM)
+	{
+		tabentry->last_skipped_vacuum_time = ts;
+		tabentry->skipped_vacuum_count++;
+	}
+	else if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOVACUUM)
+	{
+		tabentry->last_skipped_autovacuum_time = ts;
+		tabentry->skipped_autovacuum_count++;
+	}
+
+	if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE)
+	{
+		tabentry->last_skipped_analyze_time = ts;
+		tabentry->skipped_analyze_count++;
+	}
+	else if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOANALYZE)
+	{
+		tabentry->last_skipped_autoanalyze_time = ts;
+		tabentry->skipped_autoanalyze_count++;
+	}
+
+	pgstat_unlock_entry(entry_ref);
+
+	/* see pgstat_report_vacuum() */
+	pgstat_flush_io(false);
+	(void) pgstat_flush_backend(false, PGSTAT_BACKEND_FLUSH_IO);
+}
+
 /*
  * count a tuple insertion of n tuples
  */
diff --git a/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c b/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c
index 1408de387ea..90a8968faa0 100644
--- a/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c
+++ b/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c
@@ -84,6 +84,18 @@ PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(mod_since_analyze)
 /* pg_stat_get_numscans */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(numscans)
 
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_analyze_count)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_autoanalyze_count)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_autovacuum_count)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_vacuum_count)
+
 /* pg_stat_get_tuples_deleted */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(tuples_deleted)
 
@@ -170,6 +182,18 @@ PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_vacuum_time)
 /* pg_stat_get_lastscan */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(lastscan)
 
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_analyze_time)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_autoanalyze_time)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_autovacuum_time)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_vacuum_time)
+
 /* pg_stat_get_stat_reset_time */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(stat_reset_time)
 
diff --git a/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat b/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat
index fa9ae79082b..32debb34863 100644
--- a/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat
+++ b/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat
@@ -5680,6 +5680,38 @@
   proargmodes => '{o,o,o,o,o,o,o,o,o,o}',
   proargnames => '{oid,score,xid_score,mxid_score,vacuum_score,vacuum_insert_score,analyze_score,do_vacuum,do_analyze,for_wraparound}',
   prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_autovacuum_scores' },
+{ oid => '8142', descr => 'statistics: last skipped vacuum time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time' },
+{ oid => '8143', descr => 'statistics: last skipped auto vacuum time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time' },
+{ oid => '8144', descr => 'statistics: last skipped analyze time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time' },
+{ oid => '8145', descr => 'statistics: last skipped auto analyze time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time' },
+{ oid => '8146', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped vacuum for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count' },
+{ oid => '8147', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped auto vacuum for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count' },
+{ oid => '8148', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped analyzes for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count' },
+{ oid => '8149', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped auto analyzes for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count' },
 { oid => '1936', descr => 'statistics: currently active backend IDs',
   proname => 'pg_stat_get_backend_idset', prorows => '100', proretset => 't',
   provolatile => 's', proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int4',
diff --git a/src/include/pgstat.h b/src/include/pgstat.h
index dfa2e837638..98941f953d1 100644
--- a/src/include/pgstat.h
+++ b/src/include/pgstat.h
@@ -479,6 +479,15 @@ typedef struct PgStat_StatTabEntry
 	TimestampTz last_autoanalyze_time;	/* autovacuum initiated */
 	PgStat_Counter autoanalyze_count;
 
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_vacuum_time;	/* user initiated vacuum */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_vacuum_count;
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_autovacuum_time;	/* autovacuum initiated */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_autovacuum_count;
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_analyze_time;	/* user initiated */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_analyze_count;
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_autoanalyze_time;	/* autovacuum initiated */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_autoanalyze_count;
+
 	PgStat_Counter total_vacuum_time;	/* times in milliseconds */
 	PgStat_Counter total_autovacuum_time;
 	PgStat_Counter total_analyze_time;
@@ -703,6 +712,13 @@ extern void pgstat_report_analyze(Relation rel,
 								  PgStat_Counter livetuples, PgStat_Counter deadtuples,
 								  bool resetcounter, TimestampTz starttime);
 
+/* flags for pgstat_flush_backend() */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM		(1 << 0)	/* vacuum is skipped */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE		(1 << 1)	/* analyze is skipped */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOVACUUM	(1 << 2)	/* autovacuum is skipped */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOANALYZE	(1 << 3)	/* autoanalyze is skipped */
+extern void pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(Oid relid, int flags);
+
 /*
  * If stats are enabled, but pending data hasn't been prepared yet, call
  * pgstat_assoc_relation() to do so. See its comment for why this is done
diff --git a/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out b/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out
index a65a5bf0c4f..9b2075d3373 100644
--- a/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out
+++ b/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out
@@ -1835,13 +1835,21 @@ pg_stat_all_tables| SELECT c.oid AS relid,
     pg_stat_get_mod_since_analyze(c.oid) AS n_mod_since_analyze,
     pg_stat_get_ins_since_vacuum(c.oid) AS n_ins_since_vacuum,
     pg_stat_get_last_vacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_vacuum,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_vacuum,
     pg_stat_get_last_autovacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_autovacuum,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_autovacuum,
     pg_stat_get_last_analyze_time(c.oid) AS last_analyze,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_analyze,
     pg_stat_get_last_autoanalyze_time(c.oid) AS last_autoanalyze,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_autoanalyze,
     pg_stat_get_vacuum_count(c.oid) AS vacuum_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count(c.oid) AS skipped_vacuum_count,
     pg_stat_get_autovacuum_count(c.oid) AS autovacuum_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count(c.oid) AS skipped_autovacuum_count,
     pg_stat_get_analyze_count(c.oid) AS analyze_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count(c.oid) AS skipped_analyze_count,
     pg_stat_get_autoanalyze_count(c.oid) AS autoanalyze_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count(c.oid) AS skipped_autoanalyze_count,
     pg_stat_get_total_vacuum_time(c.oid) AS total_vacuum_time,
     pg_stat_get_total_autovacuum_time(c.oid) AS total_autovacuum_time,
     pg_stat_get_total_analyze_time(c.oid) AS total_analyze_time,
@@ -2346,13 +2354,21 @@ pg_stat_sys_tables| SELECT relid,
     n_mod_since_analyze,
     n_ins_since_vacuum,
     last_vacuum,
+    last_skipped_vacuum,
     last_autovacuum,
+    last_skipped_autovacuum,
     last_analyze,
+    last_skipped_analyze,
     last_autoanalyze,
+    last_skipped_autoanalyze,
     vacuum_count,
+    skipped_vacuum_count,
     autovacuum_count,
+    skipped_autovacuum_count,
     analyze_count,
+    skipped_analyze_count,
     autoanalyze_count,
+    skipped_autoanalyze_count,
     total_vacuum_time,
     total_autovacuum_time,
     total_analyze_time,
@@ -2401,13 +2417,21 @@ pg_stat_user_tables| SELECT relid,
     n_mod_since_analyze,
     n_ins_since_vacuum,
     last_vacuum,
+    last_skipped_vacuum,
     last_autovacuum,
+    last_skipped_autovacuum,
     last_analyze,
+    last_skipped_analyze,
     last_autoanalyze,
+    last_skipped_autoanalyze,
     vacuum_count,
+    skipped_vacuum_count,
     autovacuum_count,
+    skipped_autovacuum_count,
     analyze_count,
+    skipped_analyze_count,
     autoanalyze_count,
+    skipped_autoanalyze_count,
     total_vacuum_time,
     total_autovacuum_time,
     total_analyze_time,
-- 
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* [PATCH v4] Track skipped vacuum and analyze activity per relation
@ 2026-03-24 04:09 Yugo Nagata <[email protected]>
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From: Yugo Nagata @ 2026-03-24 04:09 UTC (permalink / raw)

This commit adds eight fields to the relation statistics that track
the last time vacuum or analyze has been attempted but skipped due to
lock unavailability, along with their counts:

-    last_skipped_vacuum
-    last_skipped_autovacuum
-    last_skipped_analyze
-    last_skipped_autoanalyze
-    skipped_vacuum_count
-    skipped_autovacuum_count
-    skipped_analyze_count
-    skipped_autoanalyze_count

These field can help users confirm that autovacuum is actively attempting
to run on a table that has not been vacuumed or analyzed for a long time,
and that the lack of progress is due to repeated skips rather than inactivity.
---
 doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml                 |  88 ++++++++++++++++
 src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql         |   8 ++
 src/backend/commands/vacuum.c                | 102 ++++++++++++++-----
 src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c |  64 ++++++++++++
 src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c          |  24 +++++
 src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat              |  32 ++++++
 src/include/pgstat.h                         |  16 +++
 src/test/regress/expected/rules.out          |  24 +++++
 8 files changed, 335 insertions(+), 23 deletions(-)

diff --git a/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml b/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml
index 08d5b824552..a9b579d87a9 100644
--- a/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml
+++ b/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml
@@ -4387,6 +4387,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_vacuum</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time a manual vacuum on this table was attempted but skipped due to
+       lock unavailability (not counting <command>VACUUM FULL</command>)
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>last_autovacuum</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
@@ -4397,6 +4407,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_autovacuum</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time a vacuum on this table by the autovacuum daemon was attempted
+       but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>last_analyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
@@ -4406,6 +4426,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_analyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time a manual analyze on this table was attempted but skipped due to
+       lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>last_autoanalyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
@@ -4416,6 +4446,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_autoanalyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time at which an analyze on this table by the autovacuum was
+       attempted but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>vacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4426,6 +4466,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_vacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times manual vacuums on this table have been attempted but skipped
+       due to lock unavailability (not counting <command>VACUUM FULL</command>)
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>autovacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4436,6 +4486,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_autovacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times vacuums on this table by the autovacuum daemon have been
+       attempted but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>analyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4445,6 +4505,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_analyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times manual analyzes on this table have been attempted but
+       skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>autoanalyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4455,6 +4525,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_autoanalyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times analyzes on this table by the autovacuum daemon have
+       been attempted but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>total_vacuum_time</structfield> <type>double precision</type>
@@ -4510,6 +4590,14 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
    </tgroup>
   </table>
 
+  <note>
+   <para>
+    When a manual vacuum or analyze on a parent table in an inheritance or
+    partitioning hierarchy is skipped, the statistics are recorded only for
+    the parent table, not for its children.
+   </para>
+  </note>
+
  </sect2>
 
  <sect2 id="monitoring-pg-stat-autovacuum-scores-view">
diff --git a/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql b/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql
index 73a1c1c4670..f509fc7876b 100644
--- a/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql
+++ b/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql
@@ -736,13 +736,21 @@ CREATE VIEW pg_stat_all_tables AS
             pg_stat_get_mod_since_analyze(C.oid) AS n_mod_since_analyze,
             pg_stat_get_ins_since_vacuum(C.oid) AS n_ins_since_vacuum,
             pg_stat_get_last_vacuum_time(C.oid) as last_vacuum,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_vacuum,
             pg_stat_get_last_autovacuum_time(C.oid) as last_autovacuum,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_autovacuum,
             pg_stat_get_last_analyze_time(C.oid) as last_analyze,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_analyze,
             pg_stat_get_last_autoanalyze_time(C.oid) as last_autoanalyze,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_autoanalyze,
             pg_stat_get_vacuum_count(C.oid) AS vacuum_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count(C.oid) AS skipped_vacuum_count,
             pg_stat_get_autovacuum_count(C.oid) AS autovacuum_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count(C.oid) AS skipped_autovacuum_count,
             pg_stat_get_analyze_count(C.oid) AS analyze_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count(C.oid) AS skipped_analyze_count,
             pg_stat_get_autoanalyze_count(C.oid) AS autoanalyze_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count(C.oid) AS skipped_autoanalyze_count,
             pg_stat_get_total_vacuum_time(C.oid) AS total_vacuum_time,
             pg_stat_get_total_autovacuum_time(C.oid) AS total_autovacuum_time,
             pg_stat_get_total_analyze_time(C.oid) AS total_analyze_time,
diff --git a/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c b/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c
index 99d0db82ed7..97cd5ea8d10 100644
--- a/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c
+++ b/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c
@@ -793,8 +793,25 @@ vacuum_open_relation(Oid relid, RangeVar *relation, uint32 options,
 		rel = try_relation_open(relid, NoLock);
 	else
 	{
+		int flags = 0;
 		rel = NULL;
 		rel_lock = false;
+
+		if ((options & VACOPT_VACUUM) != 0)
+		{
+			if (AmAutoVacuumWorkerProcess())
+				flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOVACUUM;
+			else
+				flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM;
+		}
+		if ((options & VACOPT_ANALYZE) != 0)
+		{
+			if (AmAutoVacuumWorkerProcess())
+				flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOANALYZE;
+			else
+				flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE;
+		}
+		pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(relid, flags);
 	}
 
 	/* if relation is opened, leave */
@@ -802,7 +819,7 @@ vacuum_open_relation(Oid relid, RangeVar *relation, uint32 options,
 		return rel;
 
 	/*
-	 * Relation could not be opened, hence generate if possible a log
+	 * Relation could not be opened hence generate if possible a log
 	 * informing on the situation.
 	 *
 	 * If the RangeVar is not defined, we do not have enough information to
@@ -905,7 +922,6 @@ expand_vacuum_rel(VacuumRelation *vrel, MemoryContext vac_context,
 		Form_pg_class classForm;
 		bool		include_children;
 		bool		is_partitioned_table;
-		int			rvr_opts;
 
 		/*
 		 * Since autovacuum workers supply OIDs when calling vacuum(), no
@@ -918,29 +934,69 @@ expand_vacuum_rel(VacuumRelation *vrel, MemoryContext vac_context,
 		 * below, as well as find_all_inheritors's expectation that the caller
 		 * holds some lock on the starting relation.
 		 */
-		rvr_opts = (options & VACOPT_SKIP_LOCKED) ? RVR_SKIP_LOCKED : 0;
-		relid = RangeVarGetRelidExtended(vrel->relation,
-										 AccessShareLock,
-										 rvr_opts,
-										 NULL, NULL);
-
-		/*
-		 * If the lock is unavailable, emit the same log statement that
-		 * vacuum_rel() and analyze_rel() would.
-		 */
-		if (!OidIsValid(relid))
+		if (!(options & VACOPT_SKIP_LOCKED))
 		{
-			if (options & VACOPT_VACUUM)
-				ereport(WARNING,
-						(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
-						 errmsg("skipping vacuum of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
-								vrel->relation->relname)));
-			else
-				ereport(WARNING,
-						(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
-						 errmsg("skipping analyze of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
+			relid = RangeVarGetRelidExtended(vrel->relation,
+											 AccessShareLock,
+											 0, NULL, NULL);
+			if (!OidIsValid(relid))
+				return vacrels;
+		}
+		else
+		{
+			/* Get relid for reporting before taking a lock */
+			relid = RangeVarGetRelid(vrel->relation, NoLock, false);
+
+			if (!ConditionalLockRelationOid(relid, AccessShareLock))
+			{
+				int	flags = 0;
+				/*
+				 * If the lock is unavailable, emit the same log statement that
+				 * vacuum_rel() and analyze_rel() would.
+				 */
+				if (options & VACOPT_VACUUM)
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping vacuum of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
 								vrel->relation->relname)));
-			return vacrels;
+				else
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping analyze of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
+									vrel->relation->relname)));
+
+				if ((options & VACOPT_VACUUM) != 0)
+					flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM;
+				if ((options & VACOPT_ANALYZE) != 0)
+					flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE;
+
+				pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(relid, flags);
+
+				return vacrels;
+			}
+
+			/*
+			 * Now that we have the lock, probe to see if the relation really
+			 * exists or not.
+			 */
+			if (!SearchSysCacheExists1(RELOID, ObjectIdGetDatum(relid)))
+			{
+				if (options & VACOPT_VACUUM)
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_UNDEFINED_TABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping vacuum of \"%s\" --- relation no longer exists",
+									vrel->relation->relname)));
+				else
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_UNDEFINED_TABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping analyze of \"%s\" --- relation no longer exists",
+									vrel->relation->relname)));
+
+				/* Release useless lock */
+				UnlockRelationOid(relid, AccessShareLock);
+
+				return vacrels;
+			}
 		}
 
 		/*
diff --git a/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c b/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c
index b2ca28f83ba..532d9023f8c 100644
--- a/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c
+++ b/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c
@@ -17,12 +17,14 @@
 
 #include "postgres.h"
 
+#include "access/htup_details.h"
 #include "access/twophase_rmgr.h"
 #include "access/xact.h"
 #include "catalog/catalog.h"
 #include "utils/memutils.h"
 #include "utils/pgstat_internal.h"
 #include "utils/rel.h"
+#include "utils/syscache.h"
 #include "utils/timestamp.h"
 
 
@@ -367,6 +369,68 @@ pgstat_report_analyze(Relation rel,
 	(void) pgstat_flush_backend(false, PGSTAT_BACKEND_FLUSH_IO);
 }
 
+/*
+ * Report that the table was skipped during vacuum or/and analyze.
+ */
+void
+pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(Oid relid, int flags)
+{
+	PgStat_EntryRef *entry_ref;
+	PgStatShared_Relation *shtabentry;
+	PgStat_StatTabEntry *tabentry;
+	TimestampTz ts;
+	HeapTuple	classTup;
+	bool		isshared;
+
+	if (!pgstat_track_counts || !flags)
+		return;
+
+	classTup = SearchSysCache1(RELOID, ObjectIdGetDatum(relid));
+	if (!HeapTupleIsValid(classTup))
+		return;			/* somebody deleted the rel, forget it */
+	isshared = ((Form_pg_class) GETSTRUCT(classTup))->relisshared;
+	ReleaseSysCache(classTup);
+
+	/* Store the data in the table's hash table entry. */
+	ts = GetCurrentTimestamp();
+
+	/* block acquiring lock for the same reason as pgstat_report_autovac() */
+	entry_ref = pgstat_get_entry_ref_locked(PGSTAT_KIND_RELATION,
+											isshared ? InvalidOid : MyDatabaseId,
+											relid, false);
+
+	shtabentry = (PgStatShared_Relation *) entry_ref->shared_stats;
+	tabentry = &shtabentry->stats;
+
+	if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM)
+	{
+		tabentry->last_skipped_vacuum_time = ts;
+		tabentry->skipped_vacuum_count++;
+	}
+	else if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOVACUUM)
+	{
+		tabentry->last_skipped_autovacuum_time = ts;
+		tabentry->skipped_autovacuum_count++;
+	}
+
+	if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE)
+	{
+		tabentry->last_skipped_analyze_time = ts;
+		tabentry->skipped_analyze_count++;
+	}
+	else if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOANALYZE)
+	{
+		tabentry->last_skipped_autoanalyze_time = ts;
+		tabentry->skipped_autoanalyze_count++;
+	}
+
+	pgstat_unlock_entry(entry_ref);
+
+	/* see pgstat_report_vacuum() */
+	pgstat_flush_io(false);
+	(void) pgstat_flush_backend(false, PGSTAT_BACKEND_FLUSH_IO);
+}
+
 /*
  * count a tuple insertion of n tuples
  */
diff --git a/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c b/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c
index 1408de387ea..90a8968faa0 100644
--- a/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c
+++ b/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c
@@ -84,6 +84,18 @@ PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(mod_since_analyze)
 /* pg_stat_get_numscans */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(numscans)
 
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_analyze_count)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_autoanalyze_count)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_autovacuum_count)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_vacuum_count)
+
 /* pg_stat_get_tuples_deleted */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(tuples_deleted)
 
@@ -170,6 +182,18 @@ PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_vacuum_time)
 /* pg_stat_get_lastscan */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(lastscan)
 
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_analyze_time)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_autoanalyze_time)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_autovacuum_time)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_vacuum_time)
+
 /* pg_stat_get_stat_reset_time */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(stat_reset_time)
 
diff --git a/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat b/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat
index fa9ae79082b..32debb34863 100644
--- a/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat
+++ b/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat
@@ -5680,6 +5680,38 @@
   proargmodes => '{o,o,o,o,o,o,o,o,o,o}',
   proargnames => '{oid,score,xid_score,mxid_score,vacuum_score,vacuum_insert_score,analyze_score,do_vacuum,do_analyze,for_wraparound}',
   prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_autovacuum_scores' },
+{ oid => '8142', descr => 'statistics: last skipped vacuum time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time' },
+{ oid => '8143', descr => 'statistics: last skipped auto vacuum time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time' },
+{ oid => '8144', descr => 'statistics: last skipped analyze time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time' },
+{ oid => '8145', descr => 'statistics: last skipped auto analyze time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time' },
+{ oid => '8146', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped vacuum for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count' },
+{ oid => '8147', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped auto vacuum for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count' },
+{ oid => '8148', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped analyzes for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count' },
+{ oid => '8149', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped auto analyzes for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count' },
 { oid => '1936', descr => 'statistics: currently active backend IDs',
   proname => 'pg_stat_get_backend_idset', prorows => '100', proretset => 't',
   provolatile => 's', proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int4',
diff --git a/src/include/pgstat.h b/src/include/pgstat.h
index dfa2e837638..98941f953d1 100644
--- a/src/include/pgstat.h
+++ b/src/include/pgstat.h
@@ -479,6 +479,15 @@ typedef struct PgStat_StatTabEntry
 	TimestampTz last_autoanalyze_time;	/* autovacuum initiated */
 	PgStat_Counter autoanalyze_count;
 
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_vacuum_time;	/* user initiated vacuum */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_vacuum_count;
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_autovacuum_time;	/* autovacuum initiated */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_autovacuum_count;
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_analyze_time;	/* user initiated */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_analyze_count;
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_autoanalyze_time;	/* autovacuum initiated */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_autoanalyze_count;
+
 	PgStat_Counter total_vacuum_time;	/* times in milliseconds */
 	PgStat_Counter total_autovacuum_time;
 	PgStat_Counter total_analyze_time;
@@ -703,6 +712,13 @@ extern void pgstat_report_analyze(Relation rel,
 								  PgStat_Counter livetuples, PgStat_Counter deadtuples,
 								  bool resetcounter, TimestampTz starttime);
 
+/* flags for pgstat_flush_backend() */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM		(1 << 0)	/* vacuum is skipped */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE		(1 << 1)	/* analyze is skipped */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOVACUUM	(1 << 2)	/* autovacuum is skipped */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOANALYZE	(1 << 3)	/* autoanalyze is skipped */
+extern void pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(Oid relid, int flags);
+
 /*
  * If stats are enabled, but pending data hasn't been prepared yet, call
  * pgstat_assoc_relation() to do so. See its comment for why this is done
diff --git a/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out b/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out
index a65a5bf0c4f..9b2075d3373 100644
--- a/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out
+++ b/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out
@@ -1835,13 +1835,21 @@ pg_stat_all_tables| SELECT c.oid AS relid,
     pg_stat_get_mod_since_analyze(c.oid) AS n_mod_since_analyze,
     pg_stat_get_ins_since_vacuum(c.oid) AS n_ins_since_vacuum,
     pg_stat_get_last_vacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_vacuum,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_vacuum,
     pg_stat_get_last_autovacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_autovacuum,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_autovacuum,
     pg_stat_get_last_analyze_time(c.oid) AS last_analyze,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_analyze,
     pg_stat_get_last_autoanalyze_time(c.oid) AS last_autoanalyze,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_autoanalyze,
     pg_stat_get_vacuum_count(c.oid) AS vacuum_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count(c.oid) AS skipped_vacuum_count,
     pg_stat_get_autovacuum_count(c.oid) AS autovacuum_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count(c.oid) AS skipped_autovacuum_count,
     pg_stat_get_analyze_count(c.oid) AS analyze_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count(c.oid) AS skipped_analyze_count,
     pg_stat_get_autoanalyze_count(c.oid) AS autoanalyze_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count(c.oid) AS skipped_autoanalyze_count,
     pg_stat_get_total_vacuum_time(c.oid) AS total_vacuum_time,
     pg_stat_get_total_autovacuum_time(c.oid) AS total_autovacuum_time,
     pg_stat_get_total_analyze_time(c.oid) AS total_analyze_time,
@@ -2346,13 +2354,21 @@ pg_stat_sys_tables| SELECT relid,
     n_mod_since_analyze,
     n_ins_since_vacuum,
     last_vacuum,
+    last_skipped_vacuum,
     last_autovacuum,
+    last_skipped_autovacuum,
     last_analyze,
+    last_skipped_analyze,
     last_autoanalyze,
+    last_skipped_autoanalyze,
     vacuum_count,
+    skipped_vacuum_count,
     autovacuum_count,
+    skipped_autovacuum_count,
     analyze_count,
+    skipped_analyze_count,
     autoanalyze_count,
+    skipped_autoanalyze_count,
     total_vacuum_time,
     total_autovacuum_time,
     total_analyze_time,
@@ -2401,13 +2417,21 @@ pg_stat_user_tables| SELECT relid,
     n_mod_since_analyze,
     n_ins_since_vacuum,
     last_vacuum,
+    last_skipped_vacuum,
     last_autovacuum,
+    last_skipped_autovacuum,
     last_analyze,
+    last_skipped_analyze,
     last_autoanalyze,
+    last_skipped_autoanalyze,
     vacuum_count,
+    skipped_vacuum_count,
     autovacuum_count,
+    skipped_autovacuum_count,
     analyze_count,
+    skipped_analyze_count,
     autoanalyze_count,
+    skipped_autoanalyze_count,
     total_vacuum_time,
     total_autovacuum_time,
     total_analyze_time,
-- 
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* [PATCH v4] Track skipped vacuum and analyze activity per relation
@ 2026-03-24 04:09 Yugo Nagata <[email protected]>
  0 siblings, 0 replies; 374+ messages in thread

From: Yugo Nagata @ 2026-03-24 04:09 UTC (permalink / raw)

This commit adds eight fields to the relation statistics that track
the last time vacuum or analyze has been attempted but skipped due to
lock unavailability, along with their counts:

-    last_skipped_vacuum
-    last_skipped_autovacuum
-    last_skipped_analyze
-    last_skipped_autoanalyze
-    skipped_vacuum_count
-    skipped_autovacuum_count
-    skipped_analyze_count
-    skipped_autoanalyze_count

These field can help users confirm that autovacuum is actively attempting
to run on a table that has not been vacuumed or analyzed for a long time,
and that the lack of progress is due to repeated skips rather than inactivity.
---
 doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml                 |  88 ++++++++++++++++
 src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql         |   8 ++
 src/backend/commands/vacuum.c                | 102 ++++++++++++++-----
 src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c |  64 ++++++++++++
 src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c          |  24 +++++
 src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat              |  32 ++++++
 src/include/pgstat.h                         |  16 +++
 src/test/regress/expected/rules.out          |  24 +++++
 8 files changed, 335 insertions(+), 23 deletions(-)

diff --git a/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml b/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml
index 08d5b824552..a9b579d87a9 100644
--- a/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml
+++ b/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml
@@ -4387,6 +4387,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_vacuum</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time a manual vacuum on this table was attempted but skipped due to
+       lock unavailability (not counting <command>VACUUM FULL</command>)
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>last_autovacuum</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
@@ -4397,6 +4407,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_autovacuum</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time a vacuum on this table by the autovacuum daemon was attempted
+       but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>last_analyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
@@ -4406,6 +4426,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_analyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time a manual analyze on this table was attempted but skipped due to
+       lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>last_autoanalyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
@@ -4416,6 +4446,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_autoanalyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time at which an analyze on this table by the autovacuum was
+       attempted but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>vacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4426,6 +4466,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_vacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times manual vacuums on this table have been attempted but skipped
+       due to lock unavailability (not counting <command>VACUUM FULL</command>)
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>autovacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4436,6 +4486,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_autovacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times vacuums on this table by the autovacuum daemon have been
+       attempted but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>analyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4445,6 +4505,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_analyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times manual analyzes on this table have been attempted but
+       skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>autoanalyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4455,6 +4525,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_autoanalyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times analyzes on this table by the autovacuum daemon have
+       been attempted but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>total_vacuum_time</structfield> <type>double precision</type>
@@ -4510,6 +4590,14 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
    </tgroup>
   </table>
 
+  <note>
+   <para>
+    When a manual vacuum or analyze on a parent table in an inheritance or
+    partitioning hierarchy is skipped, the statistics are recorded only for
+    the parent table, not for its children.
+   </para>
+  </note>
+
  </sect2>
 
  <sect2 id="monitoring-pg-stat-autovacuum-scores-view">
diff --git a/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql b/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql
index 73a1c1c4670..f509fc7876b 100644
--- a/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql
+++ b/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql
@@ -736,13 +736,21 @@ CREATE VIEW pg_stat_all_tables AS
             pg_stat_get_mod_since_analyze(C.oid) AS n_mod_since_analyze,
             pg_stat_get_ins_since_vacuum(C.oid) AS n_ins_since_vacuum,
             pg_stat_get_last_vacuum_time(C.oid) as last_vacuum,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_vacuum,
             pg_stat_get_last_autovacuum_time(C.oid) as last_autovacuum,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_autovacuum,
             pg_stat_get_last_analyze_time(C.oid) as last_analyze,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_analyze,
             pg_stat_get_last_autoanalyze_time(C.oid) as last_autoanalyze,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_autoanalyze,
             pg_stat_get_vacuum_count(C.oid) AS vacuum_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count(C.oid) AS skipped_vacuum_count,
             pg_stat_get_autovacuum_count(C.oid) AS autovacuum_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count(C.oid) AS skipped_autovacuum_count,
             pg_stat_get_analyze_count(C.oid) AS analyze_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count(C.oid) AS skipped_analyze_count,
             pg_stat_get_autoanalyze_count(C.oid) AS autoanalyze_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count(C.oid) AS skipped_autoanalyze_count,
             pg_stat_get_total_vacuum_time(C.oid) AS total_vacuum_time,
             pg_stat_get_total_autovacuum_time(C.oid) AS total_autovacuum_time,
             pg_stat_get_total_analyze_time(C.oid) AS total_analyze_time,
diff --git a/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c b/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c
index 99d0db82ed7..97cd5ea8d10 100644
--- a/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c
+++ b/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c
@@ -793,8 +793,25 @@ vacuum_open_relation(Oid relid, RangeVar *relation, uint32 options,
 		rel = try_relation_open(relid, NoLock);
 	else
 	{
+		int flags = 0;
 		rel = NULL;
 		rel_lock = false;
+
+		if ((options & VACOPT_VACUUM) != 0)
+		{
+			if (AmAutoVacuumWorkerProcess())
+				flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOVACUUM;
+			else
+				flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM;
+		}
+		if ((options & VACOPT_ANALYZE) != 0)
+		{
+			if (AmAutoVacuumWorkerProcess())
+				flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOANALYZE;
+			else
+				flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE;
+		}
+		pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(relid, flags);
 	}
 
 	/* if relation is opened, leave */
@@ -802,7 +819,7 @@ vacuum_open_relation(Oid relid, RangeVar *relation, uint32 options,
 		return rel;
 
 	/*
-	 * Relation could not be opened, hence generate if possible a log
+	 * Relation could not be opened hence generate if possible a log
 	 * informing on the situation.
 	 *
 	 * If the RangeVar is not defined, we do not have enough information to
@@ -905,7 +922,6 @@ expand_vacuum_rel(VacuumRelation *vrel, MemoryContext vac_context,
 		Form_pg_class classForm;
 		bool		include_children;
 		bool		is_partitioned_table;
-		int			rvr_opts;
 
 		/*
 		 * Since autovacuum workers supply OIDs when calling vacuum(), no
@@ -918,29 +934,69 @@ expand_vacuum_rel(VacuumRelation *vrel, MemoryContext vac_context,
 		 * below, as well as find_all_inheritors's expectation that the caller
 		 * holds some lock on the starting relation.
 		 */
-		rvr_opts = (options & VACOPT_SKIP_LOCKED) ? RVR_SKIP_LOCKED : 0;
-		relid = RangeVarGetRelidExtended(vrel->relation,
-										 AccessShareLock,
-										 rvr_opts,
-										 NULL, NULL);
-
-		/*
-		 * If the lock is unavailable, emit the same log statement that
-		 * vacuum_rel() and analyze_rel() would.
-		 */
-		if (!OidIsValid(relid))
+		if (!(options & VACOPT_SKIP_LOCKED))
 		{
-			if (options & VACOPT_VACUUM)
-				ereport(WARNING,
-						(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
-						 errmsg("skipping vacuum of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
-								vrel->relation->relname)));
-			else
-				ereport(WARNING,
-						(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
-						 errmsg("skipping analyze of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
+			relid = RangeVarGetRelidExtended(vrel->relation,
+											 AccessShareLock,
+											 0, NULL, NULL);
+			if (!OidIsValid(relid))
+				return vacrels;
+		}
+		else
+		{
+			/* Get relid for reporting before taking a lock */
+			relid = RangeVarGetRelid(vrel->relation, NoLock, false);
+
+			if (!ConditionalLockRelationOid(relid, AccessShareLock))
+			{
+				int	flags = 0;
+				/*
+				 * If the lock is unavailable, emit the same log statement that
+				 * vacuum_rel() and analyze_rel() would.
+				 */
+				if (options & VACOPT_VACUUM)
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping vacuum of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
 								vrel->relation->relname)));
-			return vacrels;
+				else
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping analyze of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
+									vrel->relation->relname)));
+
+				if ((options & VACOPT_VACUUM) != 0)
+					flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM;
+				if ((options & VACOPT_ANALYZE) != 0)
+					flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE;
+
+				pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(relid, flags);
+
+				return vacrels;
+			}
+
+			/*
+			 * Now that we have the lock, probe to see if the relation really
+			 * exists or not.
+			 */
+			if (!SearchSysCacheExists1(RELOID, ObjectIdGetDatum(relid)))
+			{
+				if (options & VACOPT_VACUUM)
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_UNDEFINED_TABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping vacuum of \"%s\" --- relation no longer exists",
+									vrel->relation->relname)));
+				else
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_UNDEFINED_TABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping analyze of \"%s\" --- relation no longer exists",
+									vrel->relation->relname)));
+
+				/* Release useless lock */
+				UnlockRelationOid(relid, AccessShareLock);
+
+				return vacrels;
+			}
 		}
 
 		/*
diff --git a/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c b/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c
index b2ca28f83ba..532d9023f8c 100644
--- a/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c
+++ b/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c
@@ -17,12 +17,14 @@
 
 #include "postgres.h"
 
+#include "access/htup_details.h"
 #include "access/twophase_rmgr.h"
 #include "access/xact.h"
 #include "catalog/catalog.h"
 #include "utils/memutils.h"
 #include "utils/pgstat_internal.h"
 #include "utils/rel.h"
+#include "utils/syscache.h"
 #include "utils/timestamp.h"
 
 
@@ -367,6 +369,68 @@ pgstat_report_analyze(Relation rel,
 	(void) pgstat_flush_backend(false, PGSTAT_BACKEND_FLUSH_IO);
 }
 
+/*
+ * Report that the table was skipped during vacuum or/and analyze.
+ */
+void
+pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(Oid relid, int flags)
+{
+	PgStat_EntryRef *entry_ref;
+	PgStatShared_Relation *shtabentry;
+	PgStat_StatTabEntry *tabentry;
+	TimestampTz ts;
+	HeapTuple	classTup;
+	bool		isshared;
+
+	if (!pgstat_track_counts || !flags)
+		return;
+
+	classTup = SearchSysCache1(RELOID, ObjectIdGetDatum(relid));
+	if (!HeapTupleIsValid(classTup))
+		return;			/* somebody deleted the rel, forget it */
+	isshared = ((Form_pg_class) GETSTRUCT(classTup))->relisshared;
+	ReleaseSysCache(classTup);
+
+	/* Store the data in the table's hash table entry. */
+	ts = GetCurrentTimestamp();
+
+	/* block acquiring lock for the same reason as pgstat_report_autovac() */
+	entry_ref = pgstat_get_entry_ref_locked(PGSTAT_KIND_RELATION,
+											isshared ? InvalidOid : MyDatabaseId,
+											relid, false);
+
+	shtabentry = (PgStatShared_Relation *) entry_ref->shared_stats;
+	tabentry = &shtabentry->stats;
+
+	if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM)
+	{
+		tabentry->last_skipped_vacuum_time = ts;
+		tabentry->skipped_vacuum_count++;
+	}
+	else if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOVACUUM)
+	{
+		tabentry->last_skipped_autovacuum_time = ts;
+		tabentry->skipped_autovacuum_count++;
+	}
+
+	if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE)
+	{
+		tabentry->last_skipped_analyze_time = ts;
+		tabentry->skipped_analyze_count++;
+	}
+	else if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOANALYZE)
+	{
+		tabentry->last_skipped_autoanalyze_time = ts;
+		tabentry->skipped_autoanalyze_count++;
+	}
+
+	pgstat_unlock_entry(entry_ref);
+
+	/* see pgstat_report_vacuum() */
+	pgstat_flush_io(false);
+	(void) pgstat_flush_backend(false, PGSTAT_BACKEND_FLUSH_IO);
+}
+
 /*
  * count a tuple insertion of n tuples
  */
diff --git a/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c b/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c
index 1408de387ea..90a8968faa0 100644
--- a/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c
+++ b/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c
@@ -84,6 +84,18 @@ PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(mod_since_analyze)
 /* pg_stat_get_numscans */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(numscans)
 
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_analyze_count)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_autoanalyze_count)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_autovacuum_count)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_vacuum_count)
+
 /* pg_stat_get_tuples_deleted */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(tuples_deleted)
 
@@ -170,6 +182,18 @@ PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_vacuum_time)
 /* pg_stat_get_lastscan */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(lastscan)
 
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_analyze_time)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_autoanalyze_time)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_autovacuum_time)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_vacuum_time)
+
 /* pg_stat_get_stat_reset_time */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(stat_reset_time)
 
diff --git a/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat b/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat
index fa9ae79082b..32debb34863 100644
--- a/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat
+++ b/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat
@@ -5680,6 +5680,38 @@
   proargmodes => '{o,o,o,o,o,o,o,o,o,o}',
   proargnames => '{oid,score,xid_score,mxid_score,vacuum_score,vacuum_insert_score,analyze_score,do_vacuum,do_analyze,for_wraparound}',
   prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_autovacuum_scores' },
+{ oid => '8142', descr => 'statistics: last skipped vacuum time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time' },
+{ oid => '8143', descr => 'statistics: last skipped auto vacuum time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time' },
+{ oid => '8144', descr => 'statistics: last skipped analyze time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time' },
+{ oid => '8145', descr => 'statistics: last skipped auto analyze time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time' },
+{ oid => '8146', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped vacuum for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count' },
+{ oid => '8147', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped auto vacuum for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count' },
+{ oid => '8148', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped analyzes for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count' },
+{ oid => '8149', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped auto analyzes for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count' },
 { oid => '1936', descr => 'statistics: currently active backend IDs',
   proname => 'pg_stat_get_backend_idset', prorows => '100', proretset => 't',
   provolatile => 's', proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int4',
diff --git a/src/include/pgstat.h b/src/include/pgstat.h
index dfa2e837638..98941f953d1 100644
--- a/src/include/pgstat.h
+++ b/src/include/pgstat.h
@@ -479,6 +479,15 @@ typedef struct PgStat_StatTabEntry
 	TimestampTz last_autoanalyze_time;	/* autovacuum initiated */
 	PgStat_Counter autoanalyze_count;
 
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_vacuum_time;	/* user initiated vacuum */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_vacuum_count;
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_autovacuum_time;	/* autovacuum initiated */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_autovacuum_count;
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_analyze_time;	/* user initiated */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_analyze_count;
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_autoanalyze_time;	/* autovacuum initiated */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_autoanalyze_count;
+
 	PgStat_Counter total_vacuum_time;	/* times in milliseconds */
 	PgStat_Counter total_autovacuum_time;
 	PgStat_Counter total_analyze_time;
@@ -703,6 +712,13 @@ extern void pgstat_report_analyze(Relation rel,
 								  PgStat_Counter livetuples, PgStat_Counter deadtuples,
 								  bool resetcounter, TimestampTz starttime);
 
+/* flags for pgstat_flush_backend() */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM		(1 << 0)	/* vacuum is skipped */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE		(1 << 1)	/* analyze is skipped */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOVACUUM	(1 << 2)	/* autovacuum is skipped */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOANALYZE	(1 << 3)	/* autoanalyze is skipped */
+extern void pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(Oid relid, int flags);
+
 /*
  * If stats are enabled, but pending data hasn't been prepared yet, call
  * pgstat_assoc_relation() to do so. See its comment for why this is done
diff --git a/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out b/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out
index a65a5bf0c4f..9b2075d3373 100644
--- a/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out
+++ b/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out
@@ -1835,13 +1835,21 @@ pg_stat_all_tables| SELECT c.oid AS relid,
     pg_stat_get_mod_since_analyze(c.oid) AS n_mod_since_analyze,
     pg_stat_get_ins_since_vacuum(c.oid) AS n_ins_since_vacuum,
     pg_stat_get_last_vacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_vacuum,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_vacuum,
     pg_stat_get_last_autovacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_autovacuum,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_autovacuum,
     pg_stat_get_last_analyze_time(c.oid) AS last_analyze,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_analyze,
     pg_stat_get_last_autoanalyze_time(c.oid) AS last_autoanalyze,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_autoanalyze,
     pg_stat_get_vacuum_count(c.oid) AS vacuum_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count(c.oid) AS skipped_vacuum_count,
     pg_stat_get_autovacuum_count(c.oid) AS autovacuum_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count(c.oid) AS skipped_autovacuum_count,
     pg_stat_get_analyze_count(c.oid) AS analyze_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count(c.oid) AS skipped_analyze_count,
     pg_stat_get_autoanalyze_count(c.oid) AS autoanalyze_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count(c.oid) AS skipped_autoanalyze_count,
     pg_stat_get_total_vacuum_time(c.oid) AS total_vacuum_time,
     pg_stat_get_total_autovacuum_time(c.oid) AS total_autovacuum_time,
     pg_stat_get_total_analyze_time(c.oid) AS total_analyze_time,
@@ -2346,13 +2354,21 @@ pg_stat_sys_tables| SELECT relid,
     n_mod_since_analyze,
     n_ins_since_vacuum,
     last_vacuum,
+    last_skipped_vacuum,
     last_autovacuum,
+    last_skipped_autovacuum,
     last_analyze,
+    last_skipped_analyze,
     last_autoanalyze,
+    last_skipped_autoanalyze,
     vacuum_count,
+    skipped_vacuum_count,
     autovacuum_count,
+    skipped_autovacuum_count,
     analyze_count,
+    skipped_analyze_count,
     autoanalyze_count,
+    skipped_autoanalyze_count,
     total_vacuum_time,
     total_autovacuum_time,
     total_analyze_time,
@@ -2401,13 +2417,21 @@ pg_stat_user_tables| SELECT relid,
     n_mod_since_analyze,
     n_ins_since_vacuum,
     last_vacuum,
+    last_skipped_vacuum,
     last_autovacuum,
+    last_skipped_autovacuum,
     last_analyze,
+    last_skipped_analyze,
     last_autoanalyze,
+    last_skipped_autoanalyze,
     vacuum_count,
+    skipped_vacuum_count,
     autovacuum_count,
+    skipped_autovacuum_count,
     analyze_count,
+    skipped_analyze_count,
     autoanalyze_count,
+    skipped_autoanalyze_count,
     total_vacuum_time,
     total_autovacuum_time,
     total_analyze_time,
-- 
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* [PATCH v5] Track skipped vacuum and analyze activity per relation
@ 2026-03-24 04:09 Yugo Nagata <[email protected]>
  0 siblings, 0 replies; 374+ messages in thread

From: Yugo Nagata @ 2026-03-24 04:09 UTC (permalink / raw)

This commit adds eight fields to the relation statistics that track
the last time vacuum or analyze has been attempted but skipped due to
lock unavailability, along with their counts:

-    last_skipped_vacuum
-    last_skipped_autovacuum
-    last_skipped_analyze
-    last_skipped_autoanalyze
-    skipped_vacuum_count
-    skipped_autovacuum_count
-    skipped_analyze_count
-    skipped_autoanalyze_count

These field can help users confirm that autovacuum is actively attempting
to run on a table that has not been vacuumed or analyzed for a long time,
and that the lack of progress is due to repeated skips rather than inactivity.
---
 doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml                  |  88 ++++++
 src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql          |   8 +
 src/backend/commands/vacuum.c                 | 100 +++++--
 src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c  |  64 +++++
 src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c           |  24 ++
 src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat               |  32 +++
 src/include/pgstat.h                          |  16 ++
 .../isolation/expected/vacuum-skip-locked.out | 260 ++++++++++++++++--
 .../isolation/specs/vacuum-skip-locked.spec   |  41 +--
 src/test/regress/expected/rules.out           |  24 ++
 10 files changed, 601 insertions(+), 56 deletions(-)

diff --git a/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml b/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml
index 08d5b824552..a9b579d87a9 100644
--- a/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml
+++ b/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml
@@ -4387,6 +4387,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_vacuum</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time a manual vacuum on this table was attempted but skipped due to
+       lock unavailability (not counting <command>VACUUM FULL</command>)
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>last_autovacuum</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
@@ -4397,6 +4407,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_autovacuum</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time a vacuum on this table by the autovacuum daemon was attempted
+       but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>last_analyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
@@ -4406,6 +4426,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_analyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time a manual analyze on this table was attempted but skipped due to
+       lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>last_autoanalyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
@@ -4416,6 +4446,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_autoanalyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time at which an analyze on this table by the autovacuum was
+       attempted but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>vacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4426,6 +4466,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_vacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times manual vacuums on this table have been attempted but skipped
+       due to lock unavailability (not counting <command>VACUUM FULL</command>)
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>autovacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4436,6 +4486,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_autovacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times vacuums on this table by the autovacuum daemon have been
+       attempted but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>analyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4445,6 +4505,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_analyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times manual analyzes on this table have been attempted but
+       skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>autoanalyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4455,6 +4525,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_autoanalyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times analyzes on this table by the autovacuum daemon have
+       been attempted but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>total_vacuum_time</structfield> <type>double precision</type>
@@ -4510,6 +4590,14 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
    </tgroup>
   </table>
 
+  <note>
+   <para>
+    When a manual vacuum or analyze on a parent table in an inheritance or
+    partitioning hierarchy is skipped, the statistics are recorded only for
+    the parent table, not for its children.
+   </para>
+  </note>
+
  </sect2>
 
  <sect2 id="monitoring-pg-stat-autovacuum-scores-view">
diff --git a/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql b/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql
index 73a1c1c4670..f509fc7876b 100644
--- a/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql
+++ b/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql
@@ -736,13 +736,21 @@ CREATE VIEW pg_stat_all_tables AS
             pg_stat_get_mod_since_analyze(C.oid) AS n_mod_since_analyze,
             pg_stat_get_ins_since_vacuum(C.oid) AS n_ins_since_vacuum,
             pg_stat_get_last_vacuum_time(C.oid) as last_vacuum,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_vacuum,
             pg_stat_get_last_autovacuum_time(C.oid) as last_autovacuum,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_autovacuum,
             pg_stat_get_last_analyze_time(C.oid) as last_analyze,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_analyze,
             pg_stat_get_last_autoanalyze_time(C.oid) as last_autoanalyze,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_autoanalyze,
             pg_stat_get_vacuum_count(C.oid) AS vacuum_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count(C.oid) AS skipped_vacuum_count,
             pg_stat_get_autovacuum_count(C.oid) AS autovacuum_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count(C.oid) AS skipped_autovacuum_count,
             pg_stat_get_analyze_count(C.oid) AS analyze_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count(C.oid) AS skipped_analyze_count,
             pg_stat_get_autoanalyze_count(C.oid) AS autoanalyze_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count(C.oid) AS skipped_autoanalyze_count,
             pg_stat_get_total_vacuum_time(C.oid) AS total_vacuum_time,
             pg_stat_get_total_autovacuum_time(C.oid) AS total_autovacuum_time,
             pg_stat_get_total_analyze_time(C.oid) AS total_analyze_time,
diff --git a/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c b/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c
index 99d0db82ed7..df6526225e4 100644
--- a/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c
+++ b/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c
@@ -793,8 +793,25 @@ vacuum_open_relation(Oid relid, RangeVar *relation, uint32 options,
 		rel = try_relation_open(relid, NoLock);
 	else
 	{
+		int flags = 0;
 		rel = NULL;
 		rel_lock = false;
+
+		if ((options & VACOPT_VACUUM) != 0 && (options & VACOPT_FULL) == 0)
+		{
+			if (AmAutoVacuumWorkerProcess())
+				flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOVACUUM;
+			else
+				flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM;
+		}
+		if ((options & VACOPT_ANALYZE) != 0)
+		{
+			if (AmAutoVacuumWorkerProcess())
+				flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOANALYZE;
+			else
+				flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE;
+		}
+		pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(relid, flags);
 	}
 
 	/* if relation is opened, leave */
@@ -905,7 +922,6 @@ expand_vacuum_rel(VacuumRelation *vrel, MemoryContext vac_context,
 		Form_pg_class classForm;
 		bool		include_children;
 		bool		is_partitioned_table;
-		int			rvr_opts;
 
 		/*
 		 * Since autovacuum workers supply OIDs when calling vacuum(), no
@@ -918,29 +934,69 @@ expand_vacuum_rel(VacuumRelation *vrel, MemoryContext vac_context,
 		 * below, as well as find_all_inheritors's expectation that the caller
 		 * holds some lock on the starting relation.
 		 */
-		rvr_opts = (options & VACOPT_SKIP_LOCKED) ? RVR_SKIP_LOCKED : 0;
-		relid = RangeVarGetRelidExtended(vrel->relation,
-										 AccessShareLock,
-										 rvr_opts,
-										 NULL, NULL);
-
-		/*
-		 * If the lock is unavailable, emit the same log statement that
-		 * vacuum_rel() and analyze_rel() would.
-		 */
-		if (!OidIsValid(relid))
+		if (!(options & VACOPT_SKIP_LOCKED))
 		{
-			if (options & VACOPT_VACUUM)
-				ereport(WARNING,
-						(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
-						 errmsg("skipping vacuum of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
-								vrel->relation->relname)));
-			else
-				ereport(WARNING,
-						(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
-						 errmsg("skipping analyze of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
+			relid = RangeVarGetRelidExtended(vrel->relation,
+											 AccessShareLock,
+											 0, NULL, NULL);
+			if (!OidIsValid(relid))
+				return vacrels;
+		}
+		else
+		{
+			/* Get relid for reporting before taking a lock */
+			relid = RangeVarGetRelid(vrel->relation, NoLock, false);
+
+			if (!ConditionalLockRelationOid(relid, AccessShareLock))
+			{
+				int	flags = 0;
+				/*
+				 * If the lock is unavailable, emit the same log statement that
+				 * vacuum_rel() and analyze_rel() would.
+				 */
+				if (options & VACOPT_VACUUM)
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping vacuum of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
 								vrel->relation->relname)));
-			return vacrels;
+				else
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping analyze of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
+									vrel->relation->relname)));
+
+				if ((options & VACOPT_VACUUM) != 0 && (options & VACOPT_FULL) == 0)
+					flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM;
+				if ((options & VACOPT_ANALYZE) != 0)
+					flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE;
+
+				pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(relid, flags);
+
+				return vacrels;
+			}
+
+			/*
+			 * Now that we have the lock, probe to see if the relation really
+			 * exists or not.
+			 */
+			if (!SearchSysCacheExists1(RELOID, ObjectIdGetDatum(relid)))
+			{
+				if (options & VACOPT_VACUUM)
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_UNDEFINED_TABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping vacuum of \"%s\" --- relation no longer exists",
+									vrel->relation->relname)));
+				else
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_UNDEFINED_TABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping analyze of \"%s\" --- relation no longer exists",
+									vrel->relation->relname)));
+
+				/* Release useless lock */
+				UnlockRelationOid(relid, AccessShareLock);
+
+				return vacrels;
+			}
 		}
 
 		/*
diff --git a/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c b/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c
index b2ca28f83ba..532d9023f8c 100644
--- a/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c
+++ b/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c
@@ -17,12 +17,14 @@
 
 #include "postgres.h"
 
+#include "access/htup_details.h"
 #include "access/twophase_rmgr.h"
 #include "access/xact.h"
 #include "catalog/catalog.h"
 #include "utils/memutils.h"
 #include "utils/pgstat_internal.h"
 #include "utils/rel.h"
+#include "utils/syscache.h"
 #include "utils/timestamp.h"
 
 
@@ -367,6 +369,68 @@ pgstat_report_analyze(Relation rel,
 	(void) pgstat_flush_backend(false, PGSTAT_BACKEND_FLUSH_IO);
 }
 
+/*
+ * Report that the table was skipped during vacuum or/and analyze.
+ */
+void
+pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(Oid relid, int flags)
+{
+	PgStat_EntryRef *entry_ref;
+	PgStatShared_Relation *shtabentry;
+	PgStat_StatTabEntry *tabentry;
+	TimestampTz ts;
+	HeapTuple	classTup;
+	bool		isshared;
+
+	if (!pgstat_track_counts || !flags)
+		return;
+
+	classTup = SearchSysCache1(RELOID, ObjectIdGetDatum(relid));
+	if (!HeapTupleIsValid(classTup))
+		return;			/* somebody deleted the rel, forget it */
+	isshared = ((Form_pg_class) GETSTRUCT(classTup))->relisshared;
+	ReleaseSysCache(classTup);
+
+	/* Store the data in the table's hash table entry. */
+	ts = GetCurrentTimestamp();
+
+	/* block acquiring lock for the same reason as pgstat_report_autovac() */
+	entry_ref = pgstat_get_entry_ref_locked(PGSTAT_KIND_RELATION,
+											isshared ? InvalidOid : MyDatabaseId,
+											relid, false);
+
+	shtabentry = (PgStatShared_Relation *) entry_ref->shared_stats;
+	tabentry = &shtabentry->stats;
+
+	if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM)
+	{
+		tabentry->last_skipped_vacuum_time = ts;
+		tabentry->skipped_vacuum_count++;
+	}
+	else if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOVACUUM)
+	{
+		tabentry->last_skipped_autovacuum_time = ts;
+		tabentry->skipped_autovacuum_count++;
+	}
+
+	if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE)
+	{
+		tabentry->last_skipped_analyze_time = ts;
+		tabentry->skipped_analyze_count++;
+	}
+	else if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOANALYZE)
+	{
+		tabentry->last_skipped_autoanalyze_time = ts;
+		tabentry->skipped_autoanalyze_count++;
+	}
+
+	pgstat_unlock_entry(entry_ref);
+
+	/* see pgstat_report_vacuum() */
+	pgstat_flush_io(false);
+	(void) pgstat_flush_backend(false, PGSTAT_BACKEND_FLUSH_IO);
+}
+
 /*
  * count a tuple insertion of n tuples
  */
diff --git a/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c b/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c
index 1408de387ea..90a8968faa0 100644
--- a/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c
+++ b/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c
@@ -84,6 +84,18 @@ PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(mod_since_analyze)
 /* pg_stat_get_numscans */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(numscans)
 
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_analyze_count)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_autoanalyze_count)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_autovacuum_count)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_vacuum_count)
+
 /* pg_stat_get_tuples_deleted */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(tuples_deleted)
 
@@ -170,6 +182,18 @@ PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_vacuum_time)
 /* pg_stat_get_lastscan */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(lastscan)
 
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_analyze_time)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_autoanalyze_time)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_autovacuum_time)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_vacuum_time)
+
 /* pg_stat_get_stat_reset_time */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(stat_reset_time)
 
diff --git a/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat b/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat
index fa9ae79082b..32debb34863 100644
--- a/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat
+++ b/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat
@@ -5680,6 +5680,38 @@
   proargmodes => '{o,o,o,o,o,o,o,o,o,o}',
   proargnames => '{oid,score,xid_score,mxid_score,vacuum_score,vacuum_insert_score,analyze_score,do_vacuum,do_analyze,for_wraparound}',
   prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_autovacuum_scores' },
+{ oid => '8142', descr => 'statistics: last skipped vacuum time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time' },
+{ oid => '8143', descr => 'statistics: last skipped auto vacuum time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time' },
+{ oid => '8144', descr => 'statistics: last skipped analyze time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time' },
+{ oid => '8145', descr => 'statistics: last skipped auto analyze time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time' },
+{ oid => '8146', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped vacuum for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count' },
+{ oid => '8147', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped auto vacuum for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count' },
+{ oid => '8148', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped analyzes for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count' },
+{ oid => '8149', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped auto analyzes for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count' },
 { oid => '1936', descr => 'statistics: currently active backend IDs',
   proname => 'pg_stat_get_backend_idset', prorows => '100', proretset => 't',
   provolatile => 's', proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int4',
diff --git a/src/include/pgstat.h b/src/include/pgstat.h
index dfa2e837638..98941f953d1 100644
--- a/src/include/pgstat.h
+++ b/src/include/pgstat.h
@@ -479,6 +479,15 @@ typedef struct PgStat_StatTabEntry
 	TimestampTz last_autoanalyze_time;	/* autovacuum initiated */
 	PgStat_Counter autoanalyze_count;
 
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_vacuum_time;	/* user initiated vacuum */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_vacuum_count;
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_autovacuum_time;	/* autovacuum initiated */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_autovacuum_count;
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_analyze_time;	/* user initiated */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_analyze_count;
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_autoanalyze_time;	/* autovacuum initiated */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_autoanalyze_count;
+
 	PgStat_Counter total_vacuum_time;	/* times in milliseconds */
 	PgStat_Counter total_autovacuum_time;
 	PgStat_Counter total_analyze_time;
@@ -703,6 +712,13 @@ extern void pgstat_report_analyze(Relation rel,
 								  PgStat_Counter livetuples, PgStat_Counter deadtuples,
 								  bool resetcounter, TimestampTz starttime);
 
+/* flags for pgstat_flush_backend() */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM		(1 << 0)	/* vacuum is skipped */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE		(1 << 1)	/* analyze is skipped */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOVACUUM	(1 << 2)	/* autovacuum is skipped */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOANALYZE	(1 << 3)	/* autoanalyze is skipped */
+extern void pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(Oid relid, int flags);
+
 /*
  * If stats are enabled, but pending data hasn't been prepared yet, call
  * pgstat_assoc_relation() to do so. See its comment for why this is done
diff --git a/src/test/isolation/expected/vacuum-skip-locked.out b/src/test/isolation/expected/vacuum-skip-locked.out
index 99db281a159..e2cff175b7c 100644
--- a/src/test/isolation/expected/vacuum-skip-locked.out
+++ b/src/test/isolation/expected/vacuum-skip-locked.out
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 Parsed test spec with 2 sessions
 
-starting permutation: lock_share vac_specified commit
+starting permutation: lock_share vac_specified commit check_stat
 step lock_share: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN SHARE MODE;
@@ -10,8 +10,22 @@ step vac_specified: VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED) part1, part2;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
 
-starting permutation: lock_share vac_all_parts commit
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   1|            0|                    0
+part2  |           1|                   0|            0|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
+
+starting permutation: lock_share vac_all_parts commit check_stat
 step lock_share: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN SHARE MODE;
@@ -20,8 +34,22 @@ step vac_all_parts: VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED) parted;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   1|            0|                    0
+part2  |           1|                   0|            0|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
 
-starting permutation: lock_share analyze_specified commit
+starting permutation: lock_share analyze_specified commit check_stat
 step lock_share: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN SHARE MODE;
@@ -31,8 +59,22 @@ step analyze_specified: ANALYZE (SKIP_LOCKED) part1, part2;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
 
-starting permutation: lock_share analyze_all_parts commit
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   0|            0|                    1
+part2  |           0|                   0|            1|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
+
+starting permutation: lock_share analyze_all_parts commit check_stat
 step lock_share: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN SHARE MODE;
@@ -41,8 +83,22 @@ step analyze_all_parts: ANALYZE (SKIP_LOCKED) parted;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            1|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   0|            0|                    1
+part2  |           0|                   0|            1|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
 
-starting permutation: lock_share vac_analyze_specified commit
+starting permutation: lock_share vac_analyze_specified commit check_stat
 step lock_share: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN SHARE MODE;
@@ -52,8 +108,22 @@ step vac_analyze_specified: VACUUM (ANALYZE, SKIP_LOCKED) part1, part2;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
 
-starting permutation: lock_share vac_analyze_all_parts commit
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   1|            0|                    1
+part2  |           1|                   0|            1|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
+
+starting permutation: lock_share vac_analyze_all_parts commit check_stat
 step lock_share: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN SHARE MODE;
@@ -62,8 +132,22 @@ step vac_analyze_all_parts: VACUUM (ANALYZE, SKIP_LOCKED) parted;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            1|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   1|            0|                    1
+part2  |           1|                   0|            1|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
 
-starting permutation: lock_share vac_full_specified commit
+starting permutation: lock_share vac_full_specified commit check_stat
 step lock_share: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN SHARE MODE;
@@ -73,8 +157,22 @@ step vac_full_specified: VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED, FULL) part1, part2;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
 
-starting permutation: lock_share vac_full_all_parts commit
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part2  |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
+
+starting permutation: lock_share vac_full_all_parts commit check_stat
 step lock_share: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN SHARE MODE;
@@ -83,8 +181,22 @@ step vac_full_all_parts: VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED, FULL) parted;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part2  |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+(3 rows)
 
-starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_specified commit
+
+starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_specified commit check_stat
 step lock_access_exclusive: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN ACCESS EXCLUSIVE MODE;
@@ -94,8 +206,22 @@ step vac_specified: VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED) part1, part2;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   1|            0|                    0
+part2  |           1|                   0|            0|                    0
+(3 rows)
 
-starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_all_parts commit
+
+starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_all_parts commit check_stat
 step lock_access_exclusive: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN ACCESS EXCLUSIVE MODE;
@@ -104,8 +230,22 @@ step vac_all_parts: VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED) parted;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   1|            0|                    0
+part2  |           1|                   0|            0|                    0
+(3 rows)
 
-starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive analyze_specified commit
+
+starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive analyze_specified commit check_stat
 step lock_access_exclusive: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN ACCESS EXCLUSIVE MODE;
@@ -115,8 +255,22 @@ step analyze_specified: ANALYZE (SKIP_LOCKED) part1, part2;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   0|            0|                    1
+part2  |           0|                   0|            1|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
 
-starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive analyze_all_parts commit
+starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive analyze_all_parts commit check_stat
 step lock_access_exclusive: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN ACCESS EXCLUSIVE MODE;
@@ -126,8 +280,22 @@ step commit:
 	COMMIT;
 
 step analyze_all_parts: <... completed>
-
-starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_analyze_specified commit
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            1|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   0|            1|                    0
+part2  |           0|                   0|            1|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
+
+starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_analyze_specified commit check_stat
 step lock_access_exclusive: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN ACCESS EXCLUSIVE MODE;
@@ -137,8 +305,22 @@ step vac_analyze_specified: VACUUM (ANALYZE, SKIP_LOCKED) part1, part2;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   1|            0|                    1
+part2  |           1|                   0|            1|                    0
+(3 rows)
 
-starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_analyze_all_parts commit
+
+starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_analyze_all_parts commit check_stat
 step lock_access_exclusive: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN ACCESS EXCLUSIVE MODE;
@@ -148,8 +330,22 @@ step commit:
 	COMMIT;
 
 step vac_analyze_all_parts: <... completed>
-
-starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_full_specified commit
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            1|                    0
+part1  |           1|                   0|            1|                    0
+part2  |           1|                   0|            1|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
+
+starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_full_specified commit check_stat
 step lock_access_exclusive: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN ACCESS EXCLUSIVE MODE;
@@ -159,8 +355,22 @@ step vac_full_specified: VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED, FULL) part1, part2;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
 
-starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_full_all_parts commit
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part2  |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
+
+starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_full_all_parts commit check_stat
 step lock_access_exclusive: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN ACCESS EXCLUSIVE MODE;
@@ -169,3 +379,17 @@ step vac_full_all_parts: VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED, FULL) parted;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part2  |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
diff --git a/src/test/isolation/specs/vacuum-skip-locked.spec b/src/test/isolation/specs/vacuum-skip-locked.spec
index 3fad6e1c92a..b0da75d4b6d 100644
--- a/src/test/isolation/specs/vacuum-skip-locked.spec
+++ b/src/test/isolation/specs/vacuum-skip-locked.spec
@@ -33,6 +33,15 @@ step commit
 	COMMIT;
 }
 
+step check_stat
+{
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+}
+
 session s2
 step vac_specified			{ VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED) part1, part2; }
 step vac_all_parts			{ VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED) parted; }
@@ -43,19 +52,19 @@ step vac_analyze_all_parts	{ VACUUM (ANALYZE, SKIP_LOCKED) parted; }
 step vac_full_specified		{ VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED, FULL) part1, part2; }
 step vac_full_all_parts		{ VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED, FULL) parted; }
 
-permutation lock_share vac_specified commit
-permutation lock_share vac_all_parts commit
-permutation lock_share analyze_specified commit
-permutation lock_share analyze_all_parts commit
-permutation lock_share vac_analyze_specified commit
-permutation lock_share vac_analyze_all_parts commit
-permutation lock_share vac_full_specified commit
-permutation lock_share vac_full_all_parts commit
-permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_specified commit
-permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_all_parts commit
-permutation lock_access_exclusive analyze_specified commit
-permutation lock_access_exclusive analyze_all_parts commit
-permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_analyze_specified commit
-permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_analyze_all_parts commit
-permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_full_specified commit
-permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_full_all_parts commit
+permutation lock_share vac_specified commit check_stat
+permutation lock_share vac_all_parts commit check_stat
+permutation lock_share analyze_specified commit check_stat
+permutation lock_share analyze_all_parts commit check_stat
+permutation lock_share vac_analyze_specified commit check_stat
+permutation lock_share vac_analyze_all_parts commit check_stat
+permutation lock_share vac_full_specified commit check_stat
+permutation lock_share vac_full_all_parts commit check_stat
+permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_specified commit check_stat
+permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_all_parts commit check_stat
+permutation lock_access_exclusive analyze_specified commit check_stat
+permutation lock_access_exclusive analyze_all_parts commit check_stat
+permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_analyze_specified commit check_stat
+permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_analyze_all_parts commit check_stat
+permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_full_specified commit check_stat
+permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_full_all_parts commit check_stat
diff --git a/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out b/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out
index a65a5bf0c4f..9b2075d3373 100644
--- a/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out
+++ b/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out
@@ -1835,13 +1835,21 @@ pg_stat_all_tables| SELECT c.oid AS relid,
     pg_stat_get_mod_since_analyze(c.oid) AS n_mod_since_analyze,
     pg_stat_get_ins_since_vacuum(c.oid) AS n_ins_since_vacuum,
     pg_stat_get_last_vacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_vacuum,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_vacuum,
     pg_stat_get_last_autovacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_autovacuum,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_autovacuum,
     pg_stat_get_last_analyze_time(c.oid) AS last_analyze,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_analyze,
     pg_stat_get_last_autoanalyze_time(c.oid) AS last_autoanalyze,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_autoanalyze,
     pg_stat_get_vacuum_count(c.oid) AS vacuum_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count(c.oid) AS skipped_vacuum_count,
     pg_stat_get_autovacuum_count(c.oid) AS autovacuum_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count(c.oid) AS skipped_autovacuum_count,
     pg_stat_get_analyze_count(c.oid) AS analyze_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count(c.oid) AS skipped_analyze_count,
     pg_stat_get_autoanalyze_count(c.oid) AS autoanalyze_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count(c.oid) AS skipped_autoanalyze_count,
     pg_stat_get_total_vacuum_time(c.oid) AS total_vacuum_time,
     pg_stat_get_total_autovacuum_time(c.oid) AS total_autovacuum_time,
     pg_stat_get_total_analyze_time(c.oid) AS total_analyze_time,
@@ -2346,13 +2354,21 @@ pg_stat_sys_tables| SELECT relid,
     n_mod_since_analyze,
     n_ins_since_vacuum,
     last_vacuum,
+    last_skipped_vacuum,
     last_autovacuum,
+    last_skipped_autovacuum,
     last_analyze,
+    last_skipped_analyze,
     last_autoanalyze,
+    last_skipped_autoanalyze,
     vacuum_count,
+    skipped_vacuum_count,
     autovacuum_count,
+    skipped_autovacuum_count,
     analyze_count,
+    skipped_analyze_count,
     autoanalyze_count,
+    skipped_autoanalyze_count,
     total_vacuum_time,
     total_autovacuum_time,
     total_analyze_time,
@@ -2401,13 +2417,21 @@ pg_stat_user_tables| SELECT relid,
     n_mod_since_analyze,
     n_ins_since_vacuum,
     last_vacuum,
+    last_skipped_vacuum,
     last_autovacuum,
+    last_skipped_autovacuum,
     last_analyze,
+    last_skipped_analyze,
     last_autoanalyze,
+    last_skipped_autoanalyze,
     vacuum_count,
+    skipped_vacuum_count,
     autovacuum_count,
+    skipped_autovacuum_count,
     analyze_count,
+    skipped_analyze_count,
     autoanalyze_count,
+    skipped_autoanalyze_count,
     total_vacuum_time,
     total_autovacuum_time,
     total_analyze_time,
-- 
2.43.0


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* [PATCH v5] Track skipped vacuum and analyze activity per relation
@ 2026-03-24 04:09 Yugo Nagata <[email protected]>
  0 siblings, 0 replies; 374+ messages in thread

From: Yugo Nagata @ 2026-03-24 04:09 UTC (permalink / raw)

This commit adds eight fields to the relation statistics that track
the last time vacuum or analyze has been attempted but skipped due to
lock unavailability, along with their counts:

-    last_skipped_vacuum
-    last_skipped_autovacuum
-    last_skipped_analyze
-    last_skipped_autoanalyze
-    skipped_vacuum_count
-    skipped_autovacuum_count
-    skipped_analyze_count
-    skipped_autoanalyze_count

These field can help users confirm that autovacuum is actively attempting
to run on a table that has not been vacuumed or analyzed for a long time,
and that the lack of progress is due to repeated skips rather than inactivity.
---
 doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml                  |  88 ++++++
 src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql          |   8 +
 src/backend/commands/vacuum.c                 | 100 +++++--
 src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c  |  64 +++++
 src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c           |  24 ++
 src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat               |  32 +++
 src/include/pgstat.h                          |  16 ++
 .../isolation/expected/vacuum-skip-locked.out | 260 ++++++++++++++++--
 .../isolation/specs/vacuum-skip-locked.spec   |  41 +--
 src/test/regress/expected/rules.out           |  24 ++
 10 files changed, 601 insertions(+), 56 deletions(-)

diff --git a/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml b/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml
index 08d5b824552..a9b579d87a9 100644
--- a/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml
+++ b/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml
@@ -4387,6 +4387,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_vacuum</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time a manual vacuum on this table was attempted but skipped due to
+       lock unavailability (not counting <command>VACUUM FULL</command>)
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>last_autovacuum</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
@@ -4397,6 +4407,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_autovacuum</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time a vacuum on this table by the autovacuum daemon was attempted
+       but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>last_analyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
@@ -4406,6 +4426,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_analyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time a manual analyze on this table was attempted but skipped due to
+       lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>last_autoanalyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
@@ -4416,6 +4446,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_autoanalyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time at which an analyze on this table by the autovacuum was
+       attempted but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>vacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4426,6 +4466,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_vacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times manual vacuums on this table have been attempted but skipped
+       due to lock unavailability (not counting <command>VACUUM FULL</command>)
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>autovacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4436,6 +4486,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_autovacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times vacuums on this table by the autovacuum daemon have been
+       attempted but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>analyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4445,6 +4505,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_analyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times manual analyzes on this table have been attempted but
+       skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>autoanalyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4455,6 +4525,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_autoanalyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times analyzes on this table by the autovacuum daemon have
+       been attempted but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>total_vacuum_time</structfield> <type>double precision</type>
@@ -4510,6 +4590,14 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
    </tgroup>
   </table>
 
+  <note>
+   <para>
+    When a manual vacuum or analyze on a parent table in an inheritance or
+    partitioning hierarchy is skipped, the statistics are recorded only for
+    the parent table, not for its children.
+   </para>
+  </note>
+
  </sect2>
 
  <sect2 id="monitoring-pg-stat-autovacuum-scores-view">
diff --git a/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql b/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql
index 73a1c1c4670..f509fc7876b 100644
--- a/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql
+++ b/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql
@@ -736,13 +736,21 @@ CREATE VIEW pg_stat_all_tables AS
             pg_stat_get_mod_since_analyze(C.oid) AS n_mod_since_analyze,
             pg_stat_get_ins_since_vacuum(C.oid) AS n_ins_since_vacuum,
             pg_stat_get_last_vacuum_time(C.oid) as last_vacuum,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_vacuum,
             pg_stat_get_last_autovacuum_time(C.oid) as last_autovacuum,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_autovacuum,
             pg_stat_get_last_analyze_time(C.oid) as last_analyze,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_analyze,
             pg_stat_get_last_autoanalyze_time(C.oid) as last_autoanalyze,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_autoanalyze,
             pg_stat_get_vacuum_count(C.oid) AS vacuum_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count(C.oid) AS skipped_vacuum_count,
             pg_stat_get_autovacuum_count(C.oid) AS autovacuum_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count(C.oid) AS skipped_autovacuum_count,
             pg_stat_get_analyze_count(C.oid) AS analyze_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count(C.oid) AS skipped_analyze_count,
             pg_stat_get_autoanalyze_count(C.oid) AS autoanalyze_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count(C.oid) AS skipped_autoanalyze_count,
             pg_stat_get_total_vacuum_time(C.oid) AS total_vacuum_time,
             pg_stat_get_total_autovacuum_time(C.oid) AS total_autovacuum_time,
             pg_stat_get_total_analyze_time(C.oid) AS total_analyze_time,
diff --git a/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c b/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c
index 99d0db82ed7..df6526225e4 100644
--- a/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c
+++ b/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c
@@ -793,8 +793,25 @@ vacuum_open_relation(Oid relid, RangeVar *relation, uint32 options,
 		rel = try_relation_open(relid, NoLock);
 	else
 	{
+		int flags = 0;
 		rel = NULL;
 		rel_lock = false;
+
+		if ((options & VACOPT_VACUUM) != 0 && (options & VACOPT_FULL) == 0)
+		{
+			if (AmAutoVacuumWorkerProcess())
+				flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOVACUUM;
+			else
+				flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM;
+		}
+		if ((options & VACOPT_ANALYZE) != 0)
+		{
+			if (AmAutoVacuumWorkerProcess())
+				flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOANALYZE;
+			else
+				flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE;
+		}
+		pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(relid, flags);
 	}
 
 	/* if relation is opened, leave */
@@ -905,7 +922,6 @@ expand_vacuum_rel(VacuumRelation *vrel, MemoryContext vac_context,
 		Form_pg_class classForm;
 		bool		include_children;
 		bool		is_partitioned_table;
-		int			rvr_opts;
 
 		/*
 		 * Since autovacuum workers supply OIDs when calling vacuum(), no
@@ -918,29 +934,69 @@ expand_vacuum_rel(VacuumRelation *vrel, MemoryContext vac_context,
 		 * below, as well as find_all_inheritors's expectation that the caller
 		 * holds some lock on the starting relation.
 		 */
-		rvr_opts = (options & VACOPT_SKIP_LOCKED) ? RVR_SKIP_LOCKED : 0;
-		relid = RangeVarGetRelidExtended(vrel->relation,
-										 AccessShareLock,
-										 rvr_opts,
-										 NULL, NULL);
-
-		/*
-		 * If the lock is unavailable, emit the same log statement that
-		 * vacuum_rel() and analyze_rel() would.
-		 */
-		if (!OidIsValid(relid))
+		if (!(options & VACOPT_SKIP_LOCKED))
 		{
-			if (options & VACOPT_VACUUM)
-				ereport(WARNING,
-						(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
-						 errmsg("skipping vacuum of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
-								vrel->relation->relname)));
-			else
-				ereport(WARNING,
-						(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
-						 errmsg("skipping analyze of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
+			relid = RangeVarGetRelidExtended(vrel->relation,
+											 AccessShareLock,
+											 0, NULL, NULL);
+			if (!OidIsValid(relid))
+				return vacrels;
+		}
+		else
+		{
+			/* Get relid for reporting before taking a lock */
+			relid = RangeVarGetRelid(vrel->relation, NoLock, false);
+
+			if (!ConditionalLockRelationOid(relid, AccessShareLock))
+			{
+				int	flags = 0;
+				/*
+				 * If the lock is unavailable, emit the same log statement that
+				 * vacuum_rel() and analyze_rel() would.
+				 */
+				if (options & VACOPT_VACUUM)
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping vacuum of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
 								vrel->relation->relname)));
-			return vacrels;
+				else
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping analyze of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
+									vrel->relation->relname)));
+
+				if ((options & VACOPT_VACUUM) != 0 && (options & VACOPT_FULL) == 0)
+					flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM;
+				if ((options & VACOPT_ANALYZE) != 0)
+					flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE;
+
+				pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(relid, flags);
+
+				return vacrels;
+			}
+
+			/*
+			 * Now that we have the lock, probe to see if the relation really
+			 * exists or not.
+			 */
+			if (!SearchSysCacheExists1(RELOID, ObjectIdGetDatum(relid)))
+			{
+				if (options & VACOPT_VACUUM)
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_UNDEFINED_TABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping vacuum of \"%s\" --- relation no longer exists",
+									vrel->relation->relname)));
+				else
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_UNDEFINED_TABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping analyze of \"%s\" --- relation no longer exists",
+									vrel->relation->relname)));
+
+				/* Release useless lock */
+				UnlockRelationOid(relid, AccessShareLock);
+
+				return vacrels;
+			}
 		}
 
 		/*
diff --git a/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c b/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c
index b2ca28f83ba..532d9023f8c 100644
--- a/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c
+++ b/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c
@@ -17,12 +17,14 @@
 
 #include "postgres.h"
 
+#include "access/htup_details.h"
 #include "access/twophase_rmgr.h"
 #include "access/xact.h"
 #include "catalog/catalog.h"
 #include "utils/memutils.h"
 #include "utils/pgstat_internal.h"
 #include "utils/rel.h"
+#include "utils/syscache.h"
 #include "utils/timestamp.h"
 
 
@@ -367,6 +369,68 @@ pgstat_report_analyze(Relation rel,
 	(void) pgstat_flush_backend(false, PGSTAT_BACKEND_FLUSH_IO);
 }
 
+/*
+ * Report that the table was skipped during vacuum or/and analyze.
+ */
+void
+pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(Oid relid, int flags)
+{
+	PgStat_EntryRef *entry_ref;
+	PgStatShared_Relation *shtabentry;
+	PgStat_StatTabEntry *tabentry;
+	TimestampTz ts;
+	HeapTuple	classTup;
+	bool		isshared;
+
+	if (!pgstat_track_counts || !flags)
+		return;
+
+	classTup = SearchSysCache1(RELOID, ObjectIdGetDatum(relid));
+	if (!HeapTupleIsValid(classTup))
+		return;			/* somebody deleted the rel, forget it */
+	isshared = ((Form_pg_class) GETSTRUCT(classTup))->relisshared;
+	ReleaseSysCache(classTup);
+
+	/* Store the data in the table's hash table entry. */
+	ts = GetCurrentTimestamp();
+
+	/* block acquiring lock for the same reason as pgstat_report_autovac() */
+	entry_ref = pgstat_get_entry_ref_locked(PGSTAT_KIND_RELATION,
+											isshared ? InvalidOid : MyDatabaseId,
+											relid, false);
+
+	shtabentry = (PgStatShared_Relation *) entry_ref->shared_stats;
+	tabentry = &shtabentry->stats;
+
+	if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM)
+	{
+		tabentry->last_skipped_vacuum_time = ts;
+		tabentry->skipped_vacuum_count++;
+	}
+	else if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOVACUUM)
+	{
+		tabentry->last_skipped_autovacuum_time = ts;
+		tabentry->skipped_autovacuum_count++;
+	}
+
+	if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE)
+	{
+		tabentry->last_skipped_analyze_time = ts;
+		tabentry->skipped_analyze_count++;
+	}
+	else if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOANALYZE)
+	{
+		tabentry->last_skipped_autoanalyze_time = ts;
+		tabentry->skipped_autoanalyze_count++;
+	}
+
+	pgstat_unlock_entry(entry_ref);
+
+	/* see pgstat_report_vacuum() */
+	pgstat_flush_io(false);
+	(void) pgstat_flush_backend(false, PGSTAT_BACKEND_FLUSH_IO);
+}
+
 /*
  * count a tuple insertion of n tuples
  */
diff --git a/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c b/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c
index 1408de387ea..90a8968faa0 100644
--- a/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c
+++ b/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c
@@ -84,6 +84,18 @@ PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(mod_since_analyze)
 /* pg_stat_get_numscans */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(numscans)
 
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_analyze_count)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_autoanalyze_count)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_autovacuum_count)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_vacuum_count)
+
 /* pg_stat_get_tuples_deleted */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(tuples_deleted)
 
@@ -170,6 +182,18 @@ PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_vacuum_time)
 /* pg_stat_get_lastscan */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(lastscan)
 
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_analyze_time)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_autoanalyze_time)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_autovacuum_time)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_vacuum_time)
+
 /* pg_stat_get_stat_reset_time */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(stat_reset_time)
 
diff --git a/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat b/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat
index fa9ae79082b..32debb34863 100644
--- a/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat
+++ b/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat
@@ -5680,6 +5680,38 @@
   proargmodes => '{o,o,o,o,o,o,o,o,o,o}',
   proargnames => '{oid,score,xid_score,mxid_score,vacuum_score,vacuum_insert_score,analyze_score,do_vacuum,do_analyze,for_wraparound}',
   prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_autovacuum_scores' },
+{ oid => '8142', descr => 'statistics: last skipped vacuum time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time' },
+{ oid => '8143', descr => 'statistics: last skipped auto vacuum time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time' },
+{ oid => '8144', descr => 'statistics: last skipped analyze time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time' },
+{ oid => '8145', descr => 'statistics: last skipped auto analyze time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time' },
+{ oid => '8146', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped vacuum for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count' },
+{ oid => '8147', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped auto vacuum for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count' },
+{ oid => '8148', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped analyzes for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count' },
+{ oid => '8149', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped auto analyzes for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count' },
 { oid => '1936', descr => 'statistics: currently active backend IDs',
   proname => 'pg_stat_get_backend_idset', prorows => '100', proretset => 't',
   provolatile => 's', proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int4',
diff --git a/src/include/pgstat.h b/src/include/pgstat.h
index dfa2e837638..98941f953d1 100644
--- a/src/include/pgstat.h
+++ b/src/include/pgstat.h
@@ -479,6 +479,15 @@ typedef struct PgStat_StatTabEntry
 	TimestampTz last_autoanalyze_time;	/* autovacuum initiated */
 	PgStat_Counter autoanalyze_count;
 
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_vacuum_time;	/* user initiated vacuum */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_vacuum_count;
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_autovacuum_time;	/* autovacuum initiated */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_autovacuum_count;
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_analyze_time;	/* user initiated */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_analyze_count;
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_autoanalyze_time;	/* autovacuum initiated */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_autoanalyze_count;
+
 	PgStat_Counter total_vacuum_time;	/* times in milliseconds */
 	PgStat_Counter total_autovacuum_time;
 	PgStat_Counter total_analyze_time;
@@ -703,6 +712,13 @@ extern void pgstat_report_analyze(Relation rel,
 								  PgStat_Counter livetuples, PgStat_Counter deadtuples,
 								  bool resetcounter, TimestampTz starttime);
 
+/* flags for pgstat_flush_backend() */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM		(1 << 0)	/* vacuum is skipped */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE		(1 << 1)	/* analyze is skipped */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOVACUUM	(1 << 2)	/* autovacuum is skipped */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOANALYZE	(1 << 3)	/* autoanalyze is skipped */
+extern void pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(Oid relid, int flags);
+
 /*
  * If stats are enabled, but pending data hasn't been prepared yet, call
  * pgstat_assoc_relation() to do so. See its comment for why this is done
diff --git a/src/test/isolation/expected/vacuum-skip-locked.out b/src/test/isolation/expected/vacuum-skip-locked.out
index 99db281a159..e2cff175b7c 100644
--- a/src/test/isolation/expected/vacuum-skip-locked.out
+++ b/src/test/isolation/expected/vacuum-skip-locked.out
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 Parsed test spec with 2 sessions
 
-starting permutation: lock_share vac_specified commit
+starting permutation: lock_share vac_specified commit check_stat
 step lock_share: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN SHARE MODE;
@@ -10,8 +10,22 @@ step vac_specified: VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED) part1, part2;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
 
-starting permutation: lock_share vac_all_parts commit
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   1|            0|                    0
+part2  |           1|                   0|            0|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
+
+starting permutation: lock_share vac_all_parts commit check_stat
 step lock_share: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN SHARE MODE;
@@ -20,8 +34,22 @@ step vac_all_parts: VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED) parted;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   1|            0|                    0
+part2  |           1|                   0|            0|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
 
-starting permutation: lock_share analyze_specified commit
+starting permutation: lock_share analyze_specified commit check_stat
 step lock_share: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN SHARE MODE;
@@ -31,8 +59,22 @@ step analyze_specified: ANALYZE (SKIP_LOCKED) part1, part2;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
 
-starting permutation: lock_share analyze_all_parts commit
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   0|            0|                    1
+part2  |           0|                   0|            1|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
+
+starting permutation: lock_share analyze_all_parts commit check_stat
 step lock_share: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN SHARE MODE;
@@ -41,8 +83,22 @@ step analyze_all_parts: ANALYZE (SKIP_LOCKED) parted;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            1|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   0|            0|                    1
+part2  |           0|                   0|            1|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
 
-starting permutation: lock_share vac_analyze_specified commit
+starting permutation: lock_share vac_analyze_specified commit check_stat
 step lock_share: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN SHARE MODE;
@@ -52,8 +108,22 @@ step vac_analyze_specified: VACUUM (ANALYZE, SKIP_LOCKED) part1, part2;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
 
-starting permutation: lock_share vac_analyze_all_parts commit
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   1|            0|                    1
+part2  |           1|                   0|            1|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
+
+starting permutation: lock_share vac_analyze_all_parts commit check_stat
 step lock_share: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN SHARE MODE;
@@ -62,8 +132,22 @@ step vac_analyze_all_parts: VACUUM (ANALYZE, SKIP_LOCKED) parted;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            1|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   1|            0|                    1
+part2  |           1|                   0|            1|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
 
-starting permutation: lock_share vac_full_specified commit
+starting permutation: lock_share vac_full_specified commit check_stat
 step lock_share: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN SHARE MODE;
@@ -73,8 +157,22 @@ step vac_full_specified: VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED, FULL) part1, part2;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
 
-starting permutation: lock_share vac_full_all_parts commit
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part2  |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
+
+starting permutation: lock_share vac_full_all_parts commit check_stat
 step lock_share: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN SHARE MODE;
@@ -83,8 +181,22 @@ step vac_full_all_parts: VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED, FULL) parted;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part2  |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+(3 rows)
 
-starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_specified commit
+
+starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_specified commit check_stat
 step lock_access_exclusive: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN ACCESS EXCLUSIVE MODE;
@@ -94,8 +206,22 @@ step vac_specified: VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED) part1, part2;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   1|            0|                    0
+part2  |           1|                   0|            0|                    0
+(3 rows)
 
-starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_all_parts commit
+
+starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_all_parts commit check_stat
 step lock_access_exclusive: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN ACCESS EXCLUSIVE MODE;
@@ -104,8 +230,22 @@ step vac_all_parts: VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED) parted;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   1|            0|                    0
+part2  |           1|                   0|            0|                    0
+(3 rows)
 
-starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive analyze_specified commit
+
+starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive analyze_specified commit check_stat
 step lock_access_exclusive: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN ACCESS EXCLUSIVE MODE;
@@ -115,8 +255,22 @@ step analyze_specified: ANALYZE (SKIP_LOCKED) part1, part2;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   0|            0|                    1
+part2  |           0|                   0|            1|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
 
-starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive analyze_all_parts commit
+starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive analyze_all_parts commit check_stat
 step lock_access_exclusive: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN ACCESS EXCLUSIVE MODE;
@@ -126,8 +280,22 @@ step commit:
 	COMMIT;
 
 step analyze_all_parts: <... completed>
-
-starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_analyze_specified commit
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            1|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   0|            1|                    0
+part2  |           0|                   0|            1|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
+
+starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_analyze_specified commit check_stat
 step lock_access_exclusive: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN ACCESS EXCLUSIVE MODE;
@@ -137,8 +305,22 @@ step vac_analyze_specified: VACUUM (ANALYZE, SKIP_LOCKED) part1, part2;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   1|            0|                    1
+part2  |           1|                   0|            1|                    0
+(3 rows)
 
-starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_analyze_all_parts commit
+
+starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_analyze_all_parts commit check_stat
 step lock_access_exclusive: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN ACCESS EXCLUSIVE MODE;
@@ -148,8 +330,22 @@ step commit:
 	COMMIT;
 
 step vac_analyze_all_parts: <... completed>
-
-starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_full_specified commit
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            1|                    0
+part1  |           1|                   0|            1|                    0
+part2  |           1|                   0|            1|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
+
+starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_full_specified commit check_stat
 step lock_access_exclusive: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN ACCESS EXCLUSIVE MODE;
@@ -159,8 +355,22 @@ step vac_full_specified: VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED, FULL) part1, part2;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
 
-starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_full_all_parts commit
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part2  |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
+
+starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_full_all_parts commit check_stat
 step lock_access_exclusive: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN ACCESS EXCLUSIVE MODE;
@@ -169,3 +379,17 @@ step vac_full_all_parts: VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED, FULL) parted;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part2  |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
diff --git a/src/test/isolation/specs/vacuum-skip-locked.spec b/src/test/isolation/specs/vacuum-skip-locked.spec
index 3fad6e1c92a..b0da75d4b6d 100644
--- a/src/test/isolation/specs/vacuum-skip-locked.spec
+++ b/src/test/isolation/specs/vacuum-skip-locked.spec
@@ -33,6 +33,15 @@ step commit
 	COMMIT;
 }
 
+step check_stat
+{
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+}
+
 session s2
 step vac_specified			{ VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED) part1, part2; }
 step vac_all_parts			{ VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED) parted; }
@@ -43,19 +52,19 @@ step vac_analyze_all_parts	{ VACUUM (ANALYZE, SKIP_LOCKED) parted; }
 step vac_full_specified		{ VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED, FULL) part1, part2; }
 step vac_full_all_parts		{ VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED, FULL) parted; }
 
-permutation lock_share vac_specified commit
-permutation lock_share vac_all_parts commit
-permutation lock_share analyze_specified commit
-permutation lock_share analyze_all_parts commit
-permutation lock_share vac_analyze_specified commit
-permutation lock_share vac_analyze_all_parts commit
-permutation lock_share vac_full_specified commit
-permutation lock_share vac_full_all_parts commit
-permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_specified commit
-permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_all_parts commit
-permutation lock_access_exclusive analyze_specified commit
-permutation lock_access_exclusive analyze_all_parts commit
-permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_analyze_specified commit
-permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_analyze_all_parts commit
-permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_full_specified commit
-permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_full_all_parts commit
+permutation lock_share vac_specified commit check_stat
+permutation lock_share vac_all_parts commit check_stat
+permutation lock_share analyze_specified commit check_stat
+permutation lock_share analyze_all_parts commit check_stat
+permutation lock_share vac_analyze_specified commit check_stat
+permutation lock_share vac_analyze_all_parts commit check_stat
+permutation lock_share vac_full_specified commit check_stat
+permutation lock_share vac_full_all_parts commit check_stat
+permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_specified commit check_stat
+permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_all_parts commit check_stat
+permutation lock_access_exclusive analyze_specified commit check_stat
+permutation lock_access_exclusive analyze_all_parts commit check_stat
+permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_analyze_specified commit check_stat
+permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_analyze_all_parts commit check_stat
+permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_full_specified commit check_stat
+permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_full_all_parts commit check_stat
diff --git a/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out b/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out
index a65a5bf0c4f..9b2075d3373 100644
--- a/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out
+++ b/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out
@@ -1835,13 +1835,21 @@ pg_stat_all_tables| SELECT c.oid AS relid,
     pg_stat_get_mod_since_analyze(c.oid) AS n_mod_since_analyze,
     pg_stat_get_ins_since_vacuum(c.oid) AS n_ins_since_vacuum,
     pg_stat_get_last_vacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_vacuum,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_vacuum,
     pg_stat_get_last_autovacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_autovacuum,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_autovacuum,
     pg_stat_get_last_analyze_time(c.oid) AS last_analyze,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_analyze,
     pg_stat_get_last_autoanalyze_time(c.oid) AS last_autoanalyze,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_autoanalyze,
     pg_stat_get_vacuum_count(c.oid) AS vacuum_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count(c.oid) AS skipped_vacuum_count,
     pg_stat_get_autovacuum_count(c.oid) AS autovacuum_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count(c.oid) AS skipped_autovacuum_count,
     pg_stat_get_analyze_count(c.oid) AS analyze_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count(c.oid) AS skipped_analyze_count,
     pg_stat_get_autoanalyze_count(c.oid) AS autoanalyze_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count(c.oid) AS skipped_autoanalyze_count,
     pg_stat_get_total_vacuum_time(c.oid) AS total_vacuum_time,
     pg_stat_get_total_autovacuum_time(c.oid) AS total_autovacuum_time,
     pg_stat_get_total_analyze_time(c.oid) AS total_analyze_time,
@@ -2346,13 +2354,21 @@ pg_stat_sys_tables| SELECT relid,
     n_mod_since_analyze,
     n_ins_since_vacuum,
     last_vacuum,
+    last_skipped_vacuum,
     last_autovacuum,
+    last_skipped_autovacuum,
     last_analyze,
+    last_skipped_analyze,
     last_autoanalyze,
+    last_skipped_autoanalyze,
     vacuum_count,
+    skipped_vacuum_count,
     autovacuum_count,
+    skipped_autovacuum_count,
     analyze_count,
+    skipped_analyze_count,
     autoanalyze_count,
+    skipped_autoanalyze_count,
     total_vacuum_time,
     total_autovacuum_time,
     total_analyze_time,
@@ -2401,13 +2417,21 @@ pg_stat_user_tables| SELECT relid,
     n_mod_since_analyze,
     n_ins_since_vacuum,
     last_vacuum,
+    last_skipped_vacuum,
     last_autovacuum,
+    last_skipped_autovacuum,
     last_analyze,
+    last_skipped_analyze,
     last_autoanalyze,
+    last_skipped_autoanalyze,
     vacuum_count,
+    skipped_vacuum_count,
     autovacuum_count,
+    skipped_autovacuum_count,
     analyze_count,
+    skipped_analyze_count,
     autoanalyze_count,
+    skipped_autoanalyze_count,
     total_vacuum_time,
     total_autovacuum_time,
     total_analyze_time,
-- 
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* [PATCH v4] Track skipped vacuum and analyze activity per relation
@ 2026-03-24 04:09 Yugo Nagata <[email protected]>
  0 siblings, 0 replies; 374+ messages in thread

From: Yugo Nagata @ 2026-03-24 04:09 UTC (permalink / raw)

This commit adds eight fields to the relation statistics that track
the last time vacuum or analyze has been attempted but skipped due to
lock unavailability, along with their counts:

-    last_skipped_vacuum
-    last_skipped_autovacuum
-    last_skipped_analyze
-    last_skipped_autoanalyze
-    skipped_vacuum_count
-    skipped_autovacuum_count
-    skipped_analyze_count
-    skipped_autoanalyze_count

These field can help users confirm that autovacuum is actively attempting
to run on a table that has not been vacuumed or analyzed for a long time,
and that the lack of progress is due to repeated skips rather than inactivity.
---
 doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml                 |  88 ++++++++++++++++
 src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql         |   8 ++
 src/backend/commands/vacuum.c                | 102 ++++++++++++++-----
 src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c |  64 ++++++++++++
 src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c          |  24 +++++
 src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat              |  32 ++++++
 src/include/pgstat.h                         |  16 +++
 src/test/regress/expected/rules.out          |  24 +++++
 8 files changed, 335 insertions(+), 23 deletions(-)

diff --git a/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml b/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml
index 08d5b824552..a9b579d87a9 100644
--- a/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml
+++ b/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml
@@ -4387,6 +4387,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_vacuum</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time a manual vacuum on this table was attempted but skipped due to
+       lock unavailability (not counting <command>VACUUM FULL</command>)
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>last_autovacuum</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
@@ -4397,6 +4407,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_autovacuum</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time a vacuum on this table by the autovacuum daemon was attempted
+       but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>last_analyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
@@ -4406,6 +4426,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_analyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time a manual analyze on this table was attempted but skipped due to
+       lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>last_autoanalyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
@@ -4416,6 +4446,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_autoanalyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time at which an analyze on this table by the autovacuum was
+       attempted but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>vacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4426,6 +4466,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_vacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times manual vacuums on this table have been attempted but skipped
+       due to lock unavailability (not counting <command>VACUUM FULL</command>)
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>autovacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4436,6 +4486,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_autovacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times vacuums on this table by the autovacuum daemon have been
+       attempted but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>analyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4445,6 +4505,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_analyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times manual analyzes on this table have been attempted but
+       skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>autoanalyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4455,6 +4525,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_autoanalyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times analyzes on this table by the autovacuum daemon have
+       been attempted but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>total_vacuum_time</structfield> <type>double precision</type>
@@ -4510,6 +4590,14 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
    </tgroup>
   </table>
 
+  <note>
+   <para>
+    When a manual vacuum or analyze on a parent table in an inheritance or
+    partitioning hierarchy is skipped, the statistics are recorded only for
+    the parent table, not for its children.
+   </para>
+  </note>
+
  </sect2>
 
  <sect2 id="monitoring-pg-stat-autovacuum-scores-view">
diff --git a/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql b/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql
index 73a1c1c4670..f509fc7876b 100644
--- a/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql
+++ b/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql
@@ -736,13 +736,21 @@ CREATE VIEW pg_stat_all_tables AS
             pg_stat_get_mod_since_analyze(C.oid) AS n_mod_since_analyze,
             pg_stat_get_ins_since_vacuum(C.oid) AS n_ins_since_vacuum,
             pg_stat_get_last_vacuum_time(C.oid) as last_vacuum,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_vacuum,
             pg_stat_get_last_autovacuum_time(C.oid) as last_autovacuum,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_autovacuum,
             pg_stat_get_last_analyze_time(C.oid) as last_analyze,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_analyze,
             pg_stat_get_last_autoanalyze_time(C.oid) as last_autoanalyze,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_autoanalyze,
             pg_stat_get_vacuum_count(C.oid) AS vacuum_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count(C.oid) AS skipped_vacuum_count,
             pg_stat_get_autovacuum_count(C.oid) AS autovacuum_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count(C.oid) AS skipped_autovacuum_count,
             pg_stat_get_analyze_count(C.oid) AS analyze_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count(C.oid) AS skipped_analyze_count,
             pg_stat_get_autoanalyze_count(C.oid) AS autoanalyze_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count(C.oid) AS skipped_autoanalyze_count,
             pg_stat_get_total_vacuum_time(C.oid) AS total_vacuum_time,
             pg_stat_get_total_autovacuum_time(C.oid) AS total_autovacuum_time,
             pg_stat_get_total_analyze_time(C.oid) AS total_analyze_time,
diff --git a/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c b/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c
index 99d0db82ed7..97cd5ea8d10 100644
--- a/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c
+++ b/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c
@@ -793,8 +793,25 @@ vacuum_open_relation(Oid relid, RangeVar *relation, uint32 options,
 		rel = try_relation_open(relid, NoLock);
 	else
 	{
+		int flags = 0;
 		rel = NULL;
 		rel_lock = false;
+
+		if ((options & VACOPT_VACUUM) != 0)
+		{
+			if (AmAutoVacuumWorkerProcess())
+				flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOVACUUM;
+			else
+				flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM;
+		}
+		if ((options & VACOPT_ANALYZE) != 0)
+		{
+			if (AmAutoVacuumWorkerProcess())
+				flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOANALYZE;
+			else
+				flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE;
+		}
+		pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(relid, flags);
 	}
 
 	/* if relation is opened, leave */
@@ -802,7 +819,7 @@ vacuum_open_relation(Oid relid, RangeVar *relation, uint32 options,
 		return rel;
 
 	/*
-	 * Relation could not be opened, hence generate if possible a log
+	 * Relation could not be opened hence generate if possible a log
 	 * informing on the situation.
 	 *
 	 * If the RangeVar is not defined, we do not have enough information to
@@ -905,7 +922,6 @@ expand_vacuum_rel(VacuumRelation *vrel, MemoryContext vac_context,
 		Form_pg_class classForm;
 		bool		include_children;
 		bool		is_partitioned_table;
-		int			rvr_opts;
 
 		/*
 		 * Since autovacuum workers supply OIDs when calling vacuum(), no
@@ -918,29 +934,69 @@ expand_vacuum_rel(VacuumRelation *vrel, MemoryContext vac_context,
 		 * below, as well as find_all_inheritors's expectation that the caller
 		 * holds some lock on the starting relation.
 		 */
-		rvr_opts = (options & VACOPT_SKIP_LOCKED) ? RVR_SKIP_LOCKED : 0;
-		relid = RangeVarGetRelidExtended(vrel->relation,
-										 AccessShareLock,
-										 rvr_opts,
-										 NULL, NULL);
-
-		/*
-		 * If the lock is unavailable, emit the same log statement that
-		 * vacuum_rel() and analyze_rel() would.
-		 */
-		if (!OidIsValid(relid))
+		if (!(options & VACOPT_SKIP_LOCKED))
 		{
-			if (options & VACOPT_VACUUM)
-				ereport(WARNING,
-						(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
-						 errmsg("skipping vacuum of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
-								vrel->relation->relname)));
-			else
-				ereport(WARNING,
-						(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
-						 errmsg("skipping analyze of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
+			relid = RangeVarGetRelidExtended(vrel->relation,
+											 AccessShareLock,
+											 0, NULL, NULL);
+			if (!OidIsValid(relid))
+				return vacrels;
+		}
+		else
+		{
+			/* Get relid for reporting before taking a lock */
+			relid = RangeVarGetRelid(vrel->relation, NoLock, false);
+
+			if (!ConditionalLockRelationOid(relid, AccessShareLock))
+			{
+				int	flags = 0;
+				/*
+				 * If the lock is unavailable, emit the same log statement that
+				 * vacuum_rel() and analyze_rel() would.
+				 */
+				if (options & VACOPT_VACUUM)
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping vacuum of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
 								vrel->relation->relname)));
-			return vacrels;
+				else
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping analyze of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
+									vrel->relation->relname)));
+
+				if ((options & VACOPT_VACUUM) != 0)
+					flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM;
+				if ((options & VACOPT_ANALYZE) != 0)
+					flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE;
+
+				pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(relid, flags);
+
+				return vacrels;
+			}
+
+			/*
+			 * Now that we have the lock, probe to see if the relation really
+			 * exists or not.
+			 */
+			if (!SearchSysCacheExists1(RELOID, ObjectIdGetDatum(relid)))
+			{
+				if (options & VACOPT_VACUUM)
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_UNDEFINED_TABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping vacuum of \"%s\" --- relation no longer exists",
+									vrel->relation->relname)));
+				else
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_UNDEFINED_TABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping analyze of \"%s\" --- relation no longer exists",
+									vrel->relation->relname)));
+
+				/* Release useless lock */
+				UnlockRelationOid(relid, AccessShareLock);
+
+				return vacrels;
+			}
 		}
 
 		/*
diff --git a/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c b/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c
index b2ca28f83ba..532d9023f8c 100644
--- a/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c
+++ b/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c
@@ -17,12 +17,14 @@
 
 #include "postgres.h"
 
+#include "access/htup_details.h"
 #include "access/twophase_rmgr.h"
 #include "access/xact.h"
 #include "catalog/catalog.h"
 #include "utils/memutils.h"
 #include "utils/pgstat_internal.h"
 #include "utils/rel.h"
+#include "utils/syscache.h"
 #include "utils/timestamp.h"
 
 
@@ -367,6 +369,68 @@ pgstat_report_analyze(Relation rel,
 	(void) pgstat_flush_backend(false, PGSTAT_BACKEND_FLUSH_IO);
 }
 
+/*
+ * Report that the table was skipped during vacuum or/and analyze.
+ */
+void
+pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(Oid relid, int flags)
+{
+	PgStat_EntryRef *entry_ref;
+	PgStatShared_Relation *shtabentry;
+	PgStat_StatTabEntry *tabentry;
+	TimestampTz ts;
+	HeapTuple	classTup;
+	bool		isshared;
+
+	if (!pgstat_track_counts || !flags)
+		return;
+
+	classTup = SearchSysCache1(RELOID, ObjectIdGetDatum(relid));
+	if (!HeapTupleIsValid(classTup))
+		return;			/* somebody deleted the rel, forget it */
+	isshared = ((Form_pg_class) GETSTRUCT(classTup))->relisshared;
+	ReleaseSysCache(classTup);
+
+	/* Store the data in the table's hash table entry. */
+	ts = GetCurrentTimestamp();
+
+	/* block acquiring lock for the same reason as pgstat_report_autovac() */
+	entry_ref = pgstat_get_entry_ref_locked(PGSTAT_KIND_RELATION,
+											isshared ? InvalidOid : MyDatabaseId,
+											relid, false);
+
+	shtabentry = (PgStatShared_Relation *) entry_ref->shared_stats;
+	tabentry = &shtabentry->stats;
+
+	if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM)
+	{
+		tabentry->last_skipped_vacuum_time = ts;
+		tabentry->skipped_vacuum_count++;
+	}
+	else if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOVACUUM)
+	{
+		tabentry->last_skipped_autovacuum_time = ts;
+		tabentry->skipped_autovacuum_count++;
+	}
+
+	if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE)
+	{
+		tabentry->last_skipped_analyze_time = ts;
+		tabentry->skipped_analyze_count++;
+	}
+	else if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOANALYZE)
+	{
+		tabentry->last_skipped_autoanalyze_time = ts;
+		tabentry->skipped_autoanalyze_count++;
+	}
+
+	pgstat_unlock_entry(entry_ref);
+
+	/* see pgstat_report_vacuum() */
+	pgstat_flush_io(false);
+	(void) pgstat_flush_backend(false, PGSTAT_BACKEND_FLUSH_IO);
+}
+
 /*
  * count a tuple insertion of n tuples
  */
diff --git a/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c b/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c
index 1408de387ea..90a8968faa0 100644
--- a/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c
+++ b/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c
@@ -84,6 +84,18 @@ PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(mod_since_analyze)
 /* pg_stat_get_numscans */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(numscans)
 
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_analyze_count)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_autoanalyze_count)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_autovacuum_count)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_vacuum_count)
+
 /* pg_stat_get_tuples_deleted */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(tuples_deleted)
 
@@ -170,6 +182,18 @@ PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_vacuum_time)
 /* pg_stat_get_lastscan */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(lastscan)
 
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_analyze_time)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_autoanalyze_time)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_autovacuum_time)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_vacuum_time)
+
 /* pg_stat_get_stat_reset_time */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(stat_reset_time)
 
diff --git a/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat b/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat
index fa9ae79082b..32debb34863 100644
--- a/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat
+++ b/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat
@@ -5680,6 +5680,38 @@
   proargmodes => '{o,o,o,o,o,o,o,o,o,o}',
   proargnames => '{oid,score,xid_score,mxid_score,vacuum_score,vacuum_insert_score,analyze_score,do_vacuum,do_analyze,for_wraparound}',
   prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_autovacuum_scores' },
+{ oid => '8142', descr => 'statistics: last skipped vacuum time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time' },
+{ oid => '8143', descr => 'statistics: last skipped auto vacuum time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time' },
+{ oid => '8144', descr => 'statistics: last skipped analyze time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time' },
+{ oid => '8145', descr => 'statistics: last skipped auto analyze time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time' },
+{ oid => '8146', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped vacuum for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count' },
+{ oid => '8147', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped auto vacuum for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count' },
+{ oid => '8148', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped analyzes for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count' },
+{ oid => '8149', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped auto analyzes for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count' },
 { oid => '1936', descr => 'statistics: currently active backend IDs',
   proname => 'pg_stat_get_backend_idset', prorows => '100', proretset => 't',
   provolatile => 's', proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int4',
diff --git a/src/include/pgstat.h b/src/include/pgstat.h
index dfa2e837638..98941f953d1 100644
--- a/src/include/pgstat.h
+++ b/src/include/pgstat.h
@@ -479,6 +479,15 @@ typedef struct PgStat_StatTabEntry
 	TimestampTz last_autoanalyze_time;	/* autovacuum initiated */
 	PgStat_Counter autoanalyze_count;
 
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_vacuum_time;	/* user initiated vacuum */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_vacuum_count;
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_autovacuum_time;	/* autovacuum initiated */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_autovacuum_count;
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_analyze_time;	/* user initiated */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_analyze_count;
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_autoanalyze_time;	/* autovacuum initiated */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_autoanalyze_count;
+
 	PgStat_Counter total_vacuum_time;	/* times in milliseconds */
 	PgStat_Counter total_autovacuum_time;
 	PgStat_Counter total_analyze_time;
@@ -703,6 +712,13 @@ extern void pgstat_report_analyze(Relation rel,
 								  PgStat_Counter livetuples, PgStat_Counter deadtuples,
 								  bool resetcounter, TimestampTz starttime);
 
+/* flags for pgstat_flush_backend() */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM		(1 << 0)	/* vacuum is skipped */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE		(1 << 1)	/* analyze is skipped */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOVACUUM	(1 << 2)	/* autovacuum is skipped */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOANALYZE	(1 << 3)	/* autoanalyze is skipped */
+extern void pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(Oid relid, int flags);
+
 /*
  * If stats are enabled, but pending data hasn't been prepared yet, call
  * pgstat_assoc_relation() to do so. See its comment for why this is done
diff --git a/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out b/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out
index a65a5bf0c4f..9b2075d3373 100644
--- a/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out
+++ b/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out
@@ -1835,13 +1835,21 @@ pg_stat_all_tables| SELECT c.oid AS relid,
     pg_stat_get_mod_since_analyze(c.oid) AS n_mod_since_analyze,
     pg_stat_get_ins_since_vacuum(c.oid) AS n_ins_since_vacuum,
     pg_stat_get_last_vacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_vacuum,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_vacuum,
     pg_stat_get_last_autovacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_autovacuum,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_autovacuum,
     pg_stat_get_last_analyze_time(c.oid) AS last_analyze,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_analyze,
     pg_stat_get_last_autoanalyze_time(c.oid) AS last_autoanalyze,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_autoanalyze,
     pg_stat_get_vacuum_count(c.oid) AS vacuum_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count(c.oid) AS skipped_vacuum_count,
     pg_stat_get_autovacuum_count(c.oid) AS autovacuum_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count(c.oid) AS skipped_autovacuum_count,
     pg_stat_get_analyze_count(c.oid) AS analyze_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count(c.oid) AS skipped_analyze_count,
     pg_stat_get_autoanalyze_count(c.oid) AS autoanalyze_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count(c.oid) AS skipped_autoanalyze_count,
     pg_stat_get_total_vacuum_time(c.oid) AS total_vacuum_time,
     pg_stat_get_total_autovacuum_time(c.oid) AS total_autovacuum_time,
     pg_stat_get_total_analyze_time(c.oid) AS total_analyze_time,
@@ -2346,13 +2354,21 @@ pg_stat_sys_tables| SELECT relid,
     n_mod_since_analyze,
     n_ins_since_vacuum,
     last_vacuum,
+    last_skipped_vacuum,
     last_autovacuum,
+    last_skipped_autovacuum,
     last_analyze,
+    last_skipped_analyze,
     last_autoanalyze,
+    last_skipped_autoanalyze,
     vacuum_count,
+    skipped_vacuum_count,
     autovacuum_count,
+    skipped_autovacuum_count,
     analyze_count,
+    skipped_analyze_count,
     autoanalyze_count,
+    skipped_autoanalyze_count,
     total_vacuum_time,
     total_autovacuum_time,
     total_analyze_time,
@@ -2401,13 +2417,21 @@ pg_stat_user_tables| SELECT relid,
     n_mod_since_analyze,
     n_ins_since_vacuum,
     last_vacuum,
+    last_skipped_vacuum,
     last_autovacuum,
+    last_skipped_autovacuum,
     last_analyze,
+    last_skipped_analyze,
     last_autoanalyze,
+    last_skipped_autoanalyze,
     vacuum_count,
+    skipped_vacuum_count,
     autovacuum_count,
+    skipped_autovacuum_count,
     analyze_count,
+    skipped_analyze_count,
     autoanalyze_count,
+    skipped_autoanalyze_count,
     total_vacuum_time,
     total_autovacuum_time,
     total_analyze_time,
-- 
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* [PATCH v3] Track skipped vacuum and analyze activity per relation
@ 2026-03-24 04:09 Yugo Nagata <[email protected]>
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From: Yugo Nagata @ 2026-03-24 04:09 UTC (permalink / raw)

This commit adds eight fields to the relation statistics that track
the last time vacuum or analyze has been attempted but skipped due to
lock unavailability, along with their counts:

-    last_skipped_vacuum
-    last_skipped_autovacuum
-    last_skipped_analyze
-    last_skipped_autoanalyze
-    skipped_vacuum_count
-    skipped_autovacuum_count
-    skipped_analyze_count
-    skipped_autoanalyze_count

These field can help users confirm that autovacuum is actively attempting
to run on a table that has not been vacuumed or analyzed for a long time,
and that the lack of progress is due to repeated skips rather than inactivity.
---
 doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml                 | 80 +++++++++++++++++
 src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql         |  8 ++
 src/backend/commands/vacuum.c                | 95 +++++++++++++++-----
 src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c | 68 ++++++++++++++
 src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c          | 24 +++++
 src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat              | 32 +++++++
 src/include/pgstat.h                         | 16 ++++
 src/test/regress/expected/rules.out          | 24 +++++
 8 files changed, 324 insertions(+), 23 deletions(-)

diff --git a/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml b/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml
index bb75ed1069b..9ec8070b2fc 100644
--- a/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml
+++ b/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml
@@ -4372,6 +4372,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_vacuum</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time a manual vacuum on this table was attempted but skipped due to
+       lock unavailability (not counting <command>VACUUM FULL</command>)
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>last_autovacuum</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
@@ -4382,6 +4392,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_autovacuum</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time a vacuum on this table by the autovacuum daemon was attempted
+       but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>last_analyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
@@ -4391,6 +4411,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_analyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time a manual analyze on this table was attempted but skipped due to
+       lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>last_autoanalyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
@@ -4401,6 +4431,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_autoanalyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time at which an analyze on this table by the autovacuum was
+       attempted but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>vacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4411,6 +4451,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_vacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times vacuums on this table have been attempted but skipped
+       due to lock unavailability (not counting <command>VACUUM FULL</command>)
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>autovacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4421,6 +4471,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_autovacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times vacuums on this table by the autovacuum daemon have been
+       attempted but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>analyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4430,6 +4490,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_analyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times manual analyzes on this table have been attempted but
+       skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>autoanalyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4440,6 +4510,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_autoanalyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times analyzes on this table by the autovacuum daemon have
+       been attempted but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>total_vacuum_time</structfield> <type>double precision</type>
diff --git a/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql b/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql
index e54018004db..2ca02a0354c 100644
--- a/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql
+++ b/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql
@@ -736,13 +736,21 @@ CREATE VIEW pg_stat_all_tables AS
             pg_stat_get_mod_since_analyze(C.oid) AS n_mod_since_analyze,
             pg_stat_get_ins_since_vacuum(C.oid) AS n_ins_since_vacuum,
             pg_stat_get_last_vacuum_time(C.oid) as last_vacuum,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_vacuum,
             pg_stat_get_last_autovacuum_time(C.oid) as last_autovacuum,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_autovacuum,
             pg_stat_get_last_analyze_time(C.oid) as last_analyze,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_analyze,
             pg_stat_get_last_autoanalyze_time(C.oid) as last_autoanalyze,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_autoanalyze,
             pg_stat_get_vacuum_count(C.oid) AS vacuum_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count(C.oid) AS skipped_vacuum_count,
             pg_stat_get_autovacuum_count(C.oid) AS autovacuum_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count(C.oid) AS skipped_autovacuum_count,
             pg_stat_get_analyze_count(C.oid) AS analyze_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count(C.oid) AS skipped_analyze_count,
             pg_stat_get_autoanalyze_count(C.oid) AS autoanalyze_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count(C.oid) AS skipped_autoanalyze_count,
             pg_stat_get_total_vacuum_time(C.oid) AS total_vacuum_time,
             pg_stat_get_total_autovacuum_time(C.oid) AS total_autovacuum_time,
             pg_stat_get_total_analyze_time(C.oid) AS total_analyze_time,
diff --git a/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c b/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c
index bce3a2daa24..ce83b3171be 100644
--- a/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c
+++ b/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c
@@ -792,8 +792,18 @@ vacuum_open_relation(Oid relid, RangeVar *relation, bits32 options,
 		rel = try_relation_open(relid, NoLock);
 	else
 	{
+		bits8 flags = 0;
 		rel = NULL;
 		rel_lock = false;
+
+		if ((options & VACOPT_VACUUM) != 0)
+			flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM;
+		if ((options & VACOPT_ANALYZE) != 0)
+			flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE;
+		if (AmAutoVacuumWorkerProcess())
+			flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOVAC;
+
+		pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(relid, flags);
 	}
 
 	/* if relation is opened, leave */
@@ -801,7 +811,7 @@ vacuum_open_relation(Oid relid, RangeVar *relation, bits32 options,
 		return rel;
 
 	/*
-	 * Relation could not be opened, hence generate if possible a log
+	 * Relation could not be opened hence generate if possible a log
 	 * informing on the situation.
 	 *
 	 * If the RangeVar is not defined, we do not have enough information to
@@ -904,7 +914,6 @@ expand_vacuum_rel(VacuumRelation *vrel, MemoryContext vac_context,
 		Form_pg_class classForm;
 		bool		include_children;
 		bool		is_partitioned_table;
-		int			rvr_opts;
 
 		/*
 		 * Since autovacuum workers supply OIDs when calling vacuum(), no
@@ -917,29 +926,69 @@ expand_vacuum_rel(VacuumRelation *vrel, MemoryContext vac_context,
 		 * below, as well as find_all_inheritors's expectation that the caller
 		 * holds some lock on the starting relation.
 		 */
-		rvr_opts = (options & VACOPT_SKIP_LOCKED) ? RVR_SKIP_LOCKED : 0;
-		relid = RangeVarGetRelidExtended(vrel->relation,
-										 AccessShareLock,
-										 rvr_opts,
-										 NULL, NULL);
-
-		/*
-		 * If the lock is unavailable, emit the same log statement that
-		 * vacuum_rel() and analyze_rel() would.
-		 */
-		if (!OidIsValid(relid))
+		if (!(options & VACOPT_SKIP_LOCKED))
 		{
-			if (options & VACOPT_VACUUM)
-				ereport(WARNING,
-						(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
-						 errmsg("skipping vacuum of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
-								vrel->relation->relname)));
-			else
-				ereport(WARNING,
-						(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
-						 errmsg("skipping analyze of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
+			relid = RangeVarGetRelidExtended(vrel->relation,
+											 AccessShareLock,
+											 0, NULL, NULL);
+			if (!OidIsValid(relid))
+				return vacrels;
+		}
+		else
+		{
+			/* Get relid for reporting before taking a lock */
+			relid = RangeVarGetRelid(vrel->relation, NoLock, false);
+
+			if (!ConditionalLockRelationOid(relid, AccessShareLock))
+			{
+				bits8	flags = 0;
+				/*
+				 * If the lock is unavailable, emit the same log statement that
+				 * vacuum_rel() and analyze_rel() would.
+				 */
+				if (options & VACOPT_VACUUM)
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping vacuum of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
 								vrel->relation->relname)));
-			return vacrels;
+				else
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping analyze of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
+									vrel->relation->relname)));
+
+				if ((options & VACOPT_VACUUM) != 0)
+					flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM;
+				if ((options & VACOPT_ANALYZE) != 0)
+					flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE;
+
+				pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(relid, flags);
+
+				return vacrels;
+			}
+
+			/*
+			 * Now that we have the lock, probe to see if the relation really
+			 * exists or not.
+			 */
+			if (!SearchSysCacheExists1(RELOID, ObjectIdGetDatum(relid)))
+			{
+				if (options & VACOPT_VACUUM)
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_UNDEFINED_TABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping vacuum of \"%s\" --- relation no longer exists",
+									vrel->relation->relname)));
+				else
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_UNDEFINED_TABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping analyze of \"%s\" --- relation no longer exists",
+									vrel->relation->relname)));
+
+				/* Release useless lock */
+				UnlockRelationOid(relid, AccessShareLock);
+
+				return vacrels;
+			}
 		}
 
 		/*
diff --git a/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c b/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c
index bc8c43b96aa..cec4c88980e 100644
--- a/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c
+++ b/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c
@@ -17,6 +17,7 @@
 
 #include "postgres.h"
 
+#include "access/htup_details.h"
 #include "access/twophase_rmgr.h"
 #include "access/xact.h"
 #include "catalog/catalog.h"
@@ -366,6 +367,73 @@ pgstat_report_analyze(Relation rel,
 	(void) pgstat_flush_backend(false, PGSTAT_BACKEND_FLUSH_IO);
 }
 
+/*
+ * Report that the table was skipped during vacuum or/and analyze.
+ */
+void
+pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(Oid relid, bits8 flags)
+{
+	PgStat_EntryRef *entry_ref;
+	PgStatShared_Relation *shtabentry;
+	PgStat_StatTabEntry *tabentry;
+	TimestampTz ts;
+	HeapTuple	classTup;
+	bool		isshared;
+
+	if (!pgstat_track_counts || !(flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANY))
+		return;
+
+	classTup = SearchSysCache1(RELOID, ObjectIdGetDatum(relid));
+	if (!HeapTupleIsValid(classTup))
+		return;			/* somebody deleted the rel, forget it */
+	isshared = ((Form_pg_class) GETSTRUCT(classTup))->relisshared;
+	ReleaseSysCache(classTup);
+
+	/* Store the data in the table's hash table entry. */
+	ts = GetCurrentTimestamp();
+
+	/* block acquiring lock for the same reason as pgstat_report_autovac() */
+	entry_ref = pgstat_get_entry_ref_locked(PGSTAT_KIND_RELATION,
+											isshared ? InvalidOid : MyDatabaseId,
+											relid, false);
+
+	shtabentry = (PgStatShared_Relation *) entry_ref->shared_stats;
+	tabentry = &shtabentry->stats;
+
+	if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOVAC)
+	{
+		if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM)
+		{
+			tabentry->last_skipped_autovacuum_time = ts;
+			tabentry->skipped_autovacuum_count++;
+		}
+		if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE)
+		{
+			tabentry->last_skipped_autoanalyze_time = ts;
+			tabentry->skipped_autoanalyze_count++;
+		}
+	}
+	else
+	{
+		if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM)
+		{
+			tabentry->last_skipped_vacuum_time = ts;
+			tabentry->skipped_vacuum_count++;
+		}
+		if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE)
+		{
+			tabentry->last_skipped_analyze_time = ts;
+			tabentry->skipped_analyze_count++;
+		}
+	}
+
+	pgstat_unlock_entry(entry_ref);
+
+	/* see pgstat_report_vacuum() */
+	pgstat_flush_io(false);
+	(void) pgstat_flush_backend(false, PGSTAT_BACKEND_FLUSH_IO);
+}
+
 /*
  * count a tuple insertion of n tuples
  */
diff --git a/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c b/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c
index 9185a8e6b83..18aaa3996e1 100644
--- a/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c
+++ b/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c
@@ -84,6 +84,18 @@ PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(mod_since_analyze)
 /* pg_stat_get_numscans */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(numscans)
 
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_analyze_count)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_autoanalyze_count)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_autovacuum_count)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_vacuum_count)
+
 /* pg_stat_get_tuples_deleted */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(tuples_deleted)
 
@@ -170,6 +182,18 @@ PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_vacuum_time)
 /* pg_stat_get_lastscan */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(lastscan)
 
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_analyze_time)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_autoanalyze_time)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_autovacuum_time)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_vacuum_time)
+
 /* pg_stat_get_stat_reset_time */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(stat_reset_time)
 
diff --git a/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat b/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat
index 0118e970dda..ccfe3d9e02a 100644
--- a/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat
+++ b/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat
@@ -5667,6 +5667,38 @@
   proname => 'pg_stat_get_total_autoanalyze_time', provolatile => 's',
   proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'float8', proargtypes => 'oid',
   prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_total_autoanalyze_time' },
+{ oid => '8142', descr => 'statistics: last skipped vacuum time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time' },
+{ oid => '8143', descr => 'statistics: last skipped auto vacuum time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time' },
+{ oid => '8144', descr => 'statistics: last skipped analyze time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time' },
+{ oid => '8145', descr => 'statistics: last skipped auto analyze time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time' },
+{ oid => '8146', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped vacuum for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count' },
+{ oid => '8147', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped auto vacuum for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count' },
+{ oid => '8148', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped analyzes for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count' },
+{ oid => '8149', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped auto analyzes for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count' },
 { oid => '1936', descr => 'statistics: currently active backend IDs',
   proname => 'pg_stat_get_backend_idset', prorows => '100', proretset => 't',
   provolatile => 's', proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int4',
diff --git a/src/include/pgstat.h b/src/include/pgstat.h
index 8e3549c3752..343081a7a25 100644
--- a/src/include/pgstat.h
+++ b/src/include/pgstat.h
@@ -479,6 +479,15 @@ typedef struct PgStat_StatTabEntry
 	TimestampTz last_autoanalyze_time;	/* autovacuum initiated */
 	PgStat_Counter autoanalyze_count;
 
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_vacuum_time;	/* user initiated vacuum */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_vacuum_count;
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_autovacuum_time;	/* autovacuum initiated */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_autovacuum_count;
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_analyze_time;	/* user initiated */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_analyze_count;
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_autoanalyze_time;	/* autovacuum initiated */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_autoanalyze_count;
+
 	PgStat_Counter total_vacuum_time;	/* times in milliseconds */
 	PgStat_Counter total_autovacuum_time;
 	PgStat_Counter total_analyze_time;
@@ -707,6 +716,13 @@ extern void pgstat_report_analyze(Relation rel,
 								  PgStat_Counter livetuples, PgStat_Counter deadtuples,
 								  bool resetcounter, TimestampTz starttime);
 
+/* flags for pgstat_flush_backend() */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM	(1 << 0)	/* vacuum is skipped */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE	(1 << 1)	/* analyze is skipped */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOVAC	(1 << 2)	/* skipped during autovacuum/autoanalyze */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANY   (PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM | PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE)
+extern void pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(Oid relid, bits8 flags);
+
 /*
  * If stats are enabled, but pending data hasn't been prepared yet, call
  * pgstat_assoc_relation() to do so. See its comment for why this is done
diff --git a/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out b/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out
index 2b3cf6d8569..4ccfc43e903 100644
--- a/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out
+++ b/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out
@@ -1835,13 +1835,21 @@ pg_stat_all_tables| SELECT c.oid AS relid,
     pg_stat_get_mod_since_analyze(c.oid) AS n_mod_since_analyze,
     pg_stat_get_ins_since_vacuum(c.oid) AS n_ins_since_vacuum,
     pg_stat_get_last_vacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_vacuum,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_vacuum,
     pg_stat_get_last_autovacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_autovacuum,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_autovacuum,
     pg_stat_get_last_analyze_time(c.oid) AS last_analyze,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_analyze,
     pg_stat_get_last_autoanalyze_time(c.oid) AS last_autoanalyze,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_autoanalyze,
     pg_stat_get_vacuum_count(c.oid) AS vacuum_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count(c.oid) AS skipped_vacuum_count,
     pg_stat_get_autovacuum_count(c.oid) AS autovacuum_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count(c.oid) AS skipped_autovacuum_count,
     pg_stat_get_analyze_count(c.oid) AS analyze_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count(c.oid) AS skipped_analyze_count,
     pg_stat_get_autoanalyze_count(c.oid) AS autoanalyze_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count(c.oid) AS skipped_autoanalyze_count,
     pg_stat_get_total_vacuum_time(c.oid) AS total_vacuum_time,
     pg_stat_get_total_autovacuum_time(c.oid) AS total_autovacuum_time,
     pg_stat_get_total_analyze_time(c.oid) AS total_analyze_time,
@@ -2293,13 +2301,21 @@ pg_stat_sys_tables| SELECT relid,
     n_mod_since_analyze,
     n_ins_since_vacuum,
     last_vacuum,
+    last_skipped_vacuum,
     last_autovacuum,
+    last_skipped_autovacuum,
     last_analyze,
+    last_skipped_analyze,
     last_autoanalyze,
+    last_skipped_autoanalyze,
     vacuum_count,
+    skipped_vacuum_count,
     autovacuum_count,
+    skipped_autovacuum_count,
     analyze_count,
+    skipped_analyze_count,
     autoanalyze_count,
+    skipped_autoanalyze_count,
     total_vacuum_time,
     total_autovacuum_time,
     total_analyze_time,
@@ -2348,13 +2364,21 @@ pg_stat_user_tables| SELECT relid,
     n_mod_since_analyze,
     n_ins_since_vacuum,
     last_vacuum,
+    last_skipped_vacuum,
     last_autovacuum,
+    last_skipped_autovacuum,
     last_analyze,
+    last_skipped_analyze,
     last_autoanalyze,
+    last_skipped_autoanalyze,
     vacuum_count,
+    skipped_vacuum_count,
     autovacuum_count,
+    skipped_autovacuum_count,
     analyze_count,
+    skipped_analyze_count,
     autoanalyze_count,
+    skipped_autoanalyze_count,
     total_vacuum_time,
     total_autovacuum_time,
     total_analyze_time,
-- 
2.43.0


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* [PATCH v4] Track skipped vacuum and analyze activity per relation
@ 2026-03-24 04:09 Yugo Nagata <[email protected]>
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From: Yugo Nagata @ 2026-03-24 04:09 UTC (permalink / raw)

This commit adds eight fields to the relation statistics that track
the last time vacuum or analyze has been attempted but skipped due to
lock unavailability, along with their counts:

-    last_skipped_vacuum
-    last_skipped_autovacuum
-    last_skipped_analyze
-    last_skipped_autoanalyze
-    skipped_vacuum_count
-    skipped_autovacuum_count
-    skipped_analyze_count
-    skipped_autoanalyze_count

These field can help users confirm that autovacuum is actively attempting
to run on a table that has not been vacuumed or analyzed for a long time,
and that the lack of progress is due to repeated skips rather than inactivity.
---
 doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml                 |  88 ++++++++++++++++
 src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql         |   8 ++
 src/backend/commands/vacuum.c                | 102 ++++++++++++++-----
 src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c |  64 ++++++++++++
 src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c          |  24 +++++
 src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat              |  32 ++++++
 src/include/pgstat.h                         |  16 +++
 src/test/regress/expected/rules.out          |  24 +++++
 8 files changed, 335 insertions(+), 23 deletions(-)

diff --git a/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml b/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml
index 08d5b824552..a9b579d87a9 100644
--- a/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml
+++ b/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml
@@ -4387,6 +4387,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_vacuum</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time a manual vacuum on this table was attempted but skipped due to
+       lock unavailability (not counting <command>VACUUM FULL</command>)
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>last_autovacuum</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
@@ -4397,6 +4407,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_autovacuum</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time a vacuum on this table by the autovacuum daemon was attempted
+       but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>last_analyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
@@ -4406,6 +4426,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_analyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time a manual analyze on this table was attempted but skipped due to
+       lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>last_autoanalyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
@@ -4416,6 +4446,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_autoanalyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time at which an analyze on this table by the autovacuum was
+       attempted but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>vacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4426,6 +4466,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_vacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times manual vacuums on this table have been attempted but skipped
+       due to lock unavailability (not counting <command>VACUUM FULL</command>)
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>autovacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4436,6 +4486,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_autovacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times vacuums on this table by the autovacuum daemon have been
+       attempted but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>analyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4445,6 +4505,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_analyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times manual analyzes on this table have been attempted but
+       skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>autoanalyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4455,6 +4525,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_autoanalyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times analyzes on this table by the autovacuum daemon have
+       been attempted but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>total_vacuum_time</structfield> <type>double precision</type>
@@ -4510,6 +4590,14 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
    </tgroup>
   </table>
 
+  <note>
+   <para>
+    When a manual vacuum or analyze on a parent table in an inheritance or
+    partitioning hierarchy is skipped, the statistics are recorded only for
+    the parent table, not for its children.
+   </para>
+  </note>
+
  </sect2>
 
  <sect2 id="monitoring-pg-stat-autovacuum-scores-view">
diff --git a/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql b/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql
index 73a1c1c4670..f509fc7876b 100644
--- a/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql
+++ b/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql
@@ -736,13 +736,21 @@ CREATE VIEW pg_stat_all_tables AS
             pg_stat_get_mod_since_analyze(C.oid) AS n_mod_since_analyze,
             pg_stat_get_ins_since_vacuum(C.oid) AS n_ins_since_vacuum,
             pg_stat_get_last_vacuum_time(C.oid) as last_vacuum,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_vacuum,
             pg_stat_get_last_autovacuum_time(C.oid) as last_autovacuum,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_autovacuum,
             pg_stat_get_last_analyze_time(C.oid) as last_analyze,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_analyze,
             pg_stat_get_last_autoanalyze_time(C.oid) as last_autoanalyze,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_autoanalyze,
             pg_stat_get_vacuum_count(C.oid) AS vacuum_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count(C.oid) AS skipped_vacuum_count,
             pg_stat_get_autovacuum_count(C.oid) AS autovacuum_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count(C.oid) AS skipped_autovacuum_count,
             pg_stat_get_analyze_count(C.oid) AS analyze_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count(C.oid) AS skipped_analyze_count,
             pg_stat_get_autoanalyze_count(C.oid) AS autoanalyze_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count(C.oid) AS skipped_autoanalyze_count,
             pg_stat_get_total_vacuum_time(C.oid) AS total_vacuum_time,
             pg_stat_get_total_autovacuum_time(C.oid) AS total_autovacuum_time,
             pg_stat_get_total_analyze_time(C.oid) AS total_analyze_time,
diff --git a/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c b/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c
index 99d0db82ed7..97cd5ea8d10 100644
--- a/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c
+++ b/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c
@@ -793,8 +793,25 @@ vacuum_open_relation(Oid relid, RangeVar *relation, uint32 options,
 		rel = try_relation_open(relid, NoLock);
 	else
 	{
+		int flags = 0;
 		rel = NULL;
 		rel_lock = false;
+
+		if ((options & VACOPT_VACUUM) != 0)
+		{
+			if (AmAutoVacuumWorkerProcess())
+				flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOVACUUM;
+			else
+				flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM;
+		}
+		if ((options & VACOPT_ANALYZE) != 0)
+		{
+			if (AmAutoVacuumWorkerProcess())
+				flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOANALYZE;
+			else
+				flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE;
+		}
+		pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(relid, flags);
 	}
 
 	/* if relation is opened, leave */
@@ -802,7 +819,7 @@ vacuum_open_relation(Oid relid, RangeVar *relation, uint32 options,
 		return rel;
 
 	/*
-	 * Relation could not be opened, hence generate if possible a log
+	 * Relation could not be opened hence generate if possible a log
 	 * informing on the situation.
 	 *
 	 * If the RangeVar is not defined, we do not have enough information to
@@ -905,7 +922,6 @@ expand_vacuum_rel(VacuumRelation *vrel, MemoryContext vac_context,
 		Form_pg_class classForm;
 		bool		include_children;
 		bool		is_partitioned_table;
-		int			rvr_opts;
 
 		/*
 		 * Since autovacuum workers supply OIDs when calling vacuum(), no
@@ -918,29 +934,69 @@ expand_vacuum_rel(VacuumRelation *vrel, MemoryContext vac_context,
 		 * below, as well as find_all_inheritors's expectation that the caller
 		 * holds some lock on the starting relation.
 		 */
-		rvr_opts = (options & VACOPT_SKIP_LOCKED) ? RVR_SKIP_LOCKED : 0;
-		relid = RangeVarGetRelidExtended(vrel->relation,
-										 AccessShareLock,
-										 rvr_opts,
-										 NULL, NULL);
-
-		/*
-		 * If the lock is unavailable, emit the same log statement that
-		 * vacuum_rel() and analyze_rel() would.
-		 */
-		if (!OidIsValid(relid))
+		if (!(options & VACOPT_SKIP_LOCKED))
 		{
-			if (options & VACOPT_VACUUM)
-				ereport(WARNING,
-						(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
-						 errmsg("skipping vacuum of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
-								vrel->relation->relname)));
-			else
-				ereport(WARNING,
-						(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
-						 errmsg("skipping analyze of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
+			relid = RangeVarGetRelidExtended(vrel->relation,
+											 AccessShareLock,
+											 0, NULL, NULL);
+			if (!OidIsValid(relid))
+				return vacrels;
+		}
+		else
+		{
+			/* Get relid for reporting before taking a lock */
+			relid = RangeVarGetRelid(vrel->relation, NoLock, false);
+
+			if (!ConditionalLockRelationOid(relid, AccessShareLock))
+			{
+				int	flags = 0;
+				/*
+				 * If the lock is unavailable, emit the same log statement that
+				 * vacuum_rel() and analyze_rel() would.
+				 */
+				if (options & VACOPT_VACUUM)
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping vacuum of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
 								vrel->relation->relname)));
-			return vacrels;
+				else
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping analyze of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
+									vrel->relation->relname)));
+
+				if ((options & VACOPT_VACUUM) != 0)
+					flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM;
+				if ((options & VACOPT_ANALYZE) != 0)
+					flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE;
+
+				pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(relid, flags);
+
+				return vacrels;
+			}
+
+			/*
+			 * Now that we have the lock, probe to see if the relation really
+			 * exists or not.
+			 */
+			if (!SearchSysCacheExists1(RELOID, ObjectIdGetDatum(relid)))
+			{
+				if (options & VACOPT_VACUUM)
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_UNDEFINED_TABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping vacuum of \"%s\" --- relation no longer exists",
+									vrel->relation->relname)));
+				else
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_UNDEFINED_TABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping analyze of \"%s\" --- relation no longer exists",
+									vrel->relation->relname)));
+
+				/* Release useless lock */
+				UnlockRelationOid(relid, AccessShareLock);
+
+				return vacrels;
+			}
 		}
 
 		/*
diff --git a/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c b/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c
index b2ca28f83ba..532d9023f8c 100644
--- a/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c
+++ b/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c
@@ -17,12 +17,14 @@
 
 #include "postgres.h"
 
+#include "access/htup_details.h"
 #include "access/twophase_rmgr.h"
 #include "access/xact.h"
 #include "catalog/catalog.h"
 #include "utils/memutils.h"
 #include "utils/pgstat_internal.h"
 #include "utils/rel.h"
+#include "utils/syscache.h"
 #include "utils/timestamp.h"
 
 
@@ -367,6 +369,68 @@ pgstat_report_analyze(Relation rel,
 	(void) pgstat_flush_backend(false, PGSTAT_BACKEND_FLUSH_IO);
 }
 
+/*
+ * Report that the table was skipped during vacuum or/and analyze.
+ */
+void
+pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(Oid relid, int flags)
+{
+	PgStat_EntryRef *entry_ref;
+	PgStatShared_Relation *shtabentry;
+	PgStat_StatTabEntry *tabentry;
+	TimestampTz ts;
+	HeapTuple	classTup;
+	bool		isshared;
+
+	if (!pgstat_track_counts || !flags)
+		return;
+
+	classTup = SearchSysCache1(RELOID, ObjectIdGetDatum(relid));
+	if (!HeapTupleIsValid(classTup))
+		return;			/* somebody deleted the rel, forget it */
+	isshared = ((Form_pg_class) GETSTRUCT(classTup))->relisshared;
+	ReleaseSysCache(classTup);
+
+	/* Store the data in the table's hash table entry. */
+	ts = GetCurrentTimestamp();
+
+	/* block acquiring lock for the same reason as pgstat_report_autovac() */
+	entry_ref = pgstat_get_entry_ref_locked(PGSTAT_KIND_RELATION,
+											isshared ? InvalidOid : MyDatabaseId,
+											relid, false);
+
+	shtabentry = (PgStatShared_Relation *) entry_ref->shared_stats;
+	tabentry = &shtabentry->stats;
+
+	if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM)
+	{
+		tabentry->last_skipped_vacuum_time = ts;
+		tabentry->skipped_vacuum_count++;
+	}
+	else if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOVACUUM)
+	{
+		tabentry->last_skipped_autovacuum_time = ts;
+		tabentry->skipped_autovacuum_count++;
+	}
+
+	if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE)
+	{
+		tabentry->last_skipped_analyze_time = ts;
+		tabentry->skipped_analyze_count++;
+	}
+	else if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOANALYZE)
+	{
+		tabentry->last_skipped_autoanalyze_time = ts;
+		tabentry->skipped_autoanalyze_count++;
+	}
+
+	pgstat_unlock_entry(entry_ref);
+
+	/* see pgstat_report_vacuum() */
+	pgstat_flush_io(false);
+	(void) pgstat_flush_backend(false, PGSTAT_BACKEND_FLUSH_IO);
+}
+
 /*
  * count a tuple insertion of n tuples
  */
diff --git a/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c b/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c
index 1408de387ea..90a8968faa0 100644
--- a/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c
+++ b/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c
@@ -84,6 +84,18 @@ PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(mod_since_analyze)
 /* pg_stat_get_numscans */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(numscans)
 
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_analyze_count)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_autoanalyze_count)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_autovacuum_count)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_vacuum_count)
+
 /* pg_stat_get_tuples_deleted */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(tuples_deleted)
 
@@ -170,6 +182,18 @@ PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_vacuum_time)
 /* pg_stat_get_lastscan */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(lastscan)
 
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_analyze_time)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_autoanalyze_time)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_autovacuum_time)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_vacuum_time)
+
 /* pg_stat_get_stat_reset_time */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(stat_reset_time)
 
diff --git a/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat b/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat
index fa9ae79082b..32debb34863 100644
--- a/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat
+++ b/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat
@@ -5680,6 +5680,38 @@
   proargmodes => '{o,o,o,o,o,o,o,o,o,o}',
   proargnames => '{oid,score,xid_score,mxid_score,vacuum_score,vacuum_insert_score,analyze_score,do_vacuum,do_analyze,for_wraparound}',
   prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_autovacuum_scores' },
+{ oid => '8142', descr => 'statistics: last skipped vacuum time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time' },
+{ oid => '8143', descr => 'statistics: last skipped auto vacuum time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time' },
+{ oid => '8144', descr => 'statistics: last skipped analyze time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time' },
+{ oid => '8145', descr => 'statistics: last skipped auto analyze time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time' },
+{ oid => '8146', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped vacuum for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count' },
+{ oid => '8147', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped auto vacuum for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count' },
+{ oid => '8148', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped analyzes for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count' },
+{ oid => '8149', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped auto analyzes for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count' },
 { oid => '1936', descr => 'statistics: currently active backend IDs',
   proname => 'pg_stat_get_backend_idset', prorows => '100', proretset => 't',
   provolatile => 's', proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int4',
diff --git a/src/include/pgstat.h b/src/include/pgstat.h
index dfa2e837638..98941f953d1 100644
--- a/src/include/pgstat.h
+++ b/src/include/pgstat.h
@@ -479,6 +479,15 @@ typedef struct PgStat_StatTabEntry
 	TimestampTz last_autoanalyze_time;	/* autovacuum initiated */
 	PgStat_Counter autoanalyze_count;
 
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_vacuum_time;	/* user initiated vacuum */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_vacuum_count;
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_autovacuum_time;	/* autovacuum initiated */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_autovacuum_count;
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_analyze_time;	/* user initiated */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_analyze_count;
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_autoanalyze_time;	/* autovacuum initiated */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_autoanalyze_count;
+
 	PgStat_Counter total_vacuum_time;	/* times in milliseconds */
 	PgStat_Counter total_autovacuum_time;
 	PgStat_Counter total_analyze_time;
@@ -703,6 +712,13 @@ extern void pgstat_report_analyze(Relation rel,
 								  PgStat_Counter livetuples, PgStat_Counter deadtuples,
 								  bool resetcounter, TimestampTz starttime);
 
+/* flags for pgstat_flush_backend() */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM		(1 << 0)	/* vacuum is skipped */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE		(1 << 1)	/* analyze is skipped */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOVACUUM	(1 << 2)	/* autovacuum is skipped */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOANALYZE	(1 << 3)	/* autoanalyze is skipped */
+extern void pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(Oid relid, int flags);
+
 /*
  * If stats are enabled, but pending data hasn't been prepared yet, call
  * pgstat_assoc_relation() to do so. See its comment for why this is done
diff --git a/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out b/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out
index a65a5bf0c4f..9b2075d3373 100644
--- a/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out
+++ b/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out
@@ -1835,13 +1835,21 @@ pg_stat_all_tables| SELECT c.oid AS relid,
     pg_stat_get_mod_since_analyze(c.oid) AS n_mod_since_analyze,
     pg_stat_get_ins_since_vacuum(c.oid) AS n_ins_since_vacuum,
     pg_stat_get_last_vacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_vacuum,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_vacuum,
     pg_stat_get_last_autovacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_autovacuum,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_autovacuum,
     pg_stat_get_last_analyze_time(c.oid) AS last_analyze,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_analyze,
     pg_stat_get_last_autoanalyze_time(c.oid) AS last_autoanalyze,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_autoanalyze,
     pg_stat_get_vacuum_count(c.oid) AS vacuum_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count(c.oid) AS skipped_vacuum_count,
     pg_stat_get_autovacuum_count(c.oid) AS autovacuum_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count(c.oid) AS skipped_autovacuum_count,
     pg_stat_get_analyze_count(c.oid) AS analyze_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count(c.oid) AS skipped_analyze_count,
     pg_stat_get_autoanalyze_count(c.oid) AS autoanalyze_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count(c.oid) AS skipped_autoanalyze_count,
     pg_stat_get_total_vacuum_time(c.oid) AS total_vacuum_time,
     pg_stat_get_total_autovacuum_time(c.oid) AS total_autovacuum_time,
     pg_stat_get_total_analyze_time(c.oid) AS total_analyze_time,
@@ -2346,13 +2354,21 @@ pg_stat_sys_tables| SELECT relid,
     n_mod_since_analyze,
     n_ins_since_vacuum,
     last_vacuum,
+    last_skipped_vacuum,
     last_autovacuum,
+    last_skipped_autovacuum,
     last_analyze,
+    last_skipped_analyze,
     last_autoanalyze,
+    last_skipped_autoanalyze,
     vacuum_count,
+    skipped_vacuum_count,
     autovacuum_count,
+    skipped_autovacuum_count,
     analyze_count,
+    skipped_analyze_count,
     autoanalyze_count,
+    skipped_autoanalyze_count,
     total_vacuum_time,
     total_autovacuum_time,
     total_analyze_time,
@@ -2401,13 +2417,21 @@ pg_stat_user_tables| SELECT relid,
     n_mod_since_analyze,
     n_ins_since_vacuum,
     last_vacuum,
+    last_skipped_vacuum,
     last_autovacuum,
+    last_skipped_autovacuum,
     last_analyze,
+    last_skipped_analyze,
     last_autoanalyze,
+    last_skipped_autoanalyze,
     vacuum_count,
+    skipped_vacuum_count,
     autovacuum_count,
+    skipped_autovacuum_count,
     analyze_count,
+    skipped_analyze_count,
     autoanalyze_count,
+    skipped_autoanalyze_count,
     total_vacuum_time,
     total_autovacuum_time,
     total_analyze_time,
-- 
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* [PATCH v3] Track skipped vacuum and analyze activity per relation
@ 2026-03-24 04:09 Yugo Nagata <[email protected]>
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From: Yugo Nagata @ 2026-03-24 04:09 UTC (permalink / raw)

This commit adds eight fields to the relation statistics that track
the last time vacuum or analyze has been attempted but skipped due to
lock unavailability, along with their counts:

-    last_skipped_vacuum
-    last_skipped_autovacuum
-    last_skipped_analyze
-    last_skipped_autoanalyze
-    skipped_vacuum_count
-    skipped_autovacuum_count
-    skipped_analyze_count
-    skipped_autoanalyze_count

These field can help users confirm that autovacuum is actively attempting
to run on a table that has not been vacuumed or analyzed for a long time,
and that the lack of progress is due to repeated skips rather than inactivity.
---
 doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml                 | 80 +++++++++++++++++
 src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql         |  8 ++
 src/backend/commands/vacuum.c                | 95 +++++++++++++++-----
 src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c | 68 ++++++++++++++
 src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c          | 24 +++++
 src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat              | 32 +++++++
 src/include/pgstat.h                         | 16 ++++
 src/test/regress/expected/rules.out          | 24 +++++
 8 files changed, 324 insertions(+), 23 deletions(-)

diff --git a/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml b/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml
index bb75ed1069b..9ec8070b2fc 100644
--- a/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml
+++ b/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml
@@ -4372,6 +4372,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_vacuum</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time a manual vacuum on this table was attempted but skipped due to
+       lock unavailability (not counting <command>VACUUM FULL</command>)
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>last_autovacuum</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
@@ -4382,6 +4392,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_autovacuum</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time a vacuum on this table by the autovacuum daemon was attempted
+       but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>last_analyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
@@ -4391,6 +4411,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_analyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time a manual analyze on this table was attempted but skipped due to
+       lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>last_autoanalyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
@@ -4401,6 +4431,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_autoanalyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time at which an analyze on this table by the autovacuum was
+       attempted but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>vacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4411,6 +4451,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_vacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times vacuums on this table have been attempted but skipped
+       due to lock unavailability (not counting <command>VACUUM FULL</command>)
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>autovacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4421,6 +4471,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_autovacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times vacuums on this table by the autovacuum daemon have been
+       attempted but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>analyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4430,6 +4490,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_analyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times manual analyzes on this table have been attempted but
+       skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>autoanalyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4440,6 +4510,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_autoanalyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times analyzes on this table by the autovacuum daemon have
+       been attempted but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>total_vacuum_time</structfield> <type>double precision</type>
diff --git a/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql b/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql
index e54018004db..2ca02a0354c 100644
--- a/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql
+++ b/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql
@@ -736,13 +736,21 @@ CREATE VIEW pg_stat_all_tables AS
             pg_stat_get_mod_since_analyze(C.oid) AS n_mod_since_analyze,
             pg_stat_get_ins_since_vacuum(C.oid) AS n_ins_since_vacuum,
             pg_stat_get_last_vacuum_time(C.oid) as last_vacuum,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_vacuum,
             pg_stat_get_last_autovacuum_time(C.oid) as last_autovacuum,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_autovacuum,
             pg_stat_get_last_analyze_time(C.oid) as last_analyze,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_analyze,
             pg_stat_get_last_autoanalyze_time(C.oid) as last_autoanalyze,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_autoanalyze,
             pg_stat_get_vacuum_count(C.oid) AS vacuum_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count(C.oid) AS skipped_vacuum_count,
             pg_stat_get_autovacuum_count(C.oid) AS autovacuum_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count(C.oid) AS skipped_autovacuum_count,
             pg_stat_get_analyze_count(C.oid) AS analyze_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count(C.oid) AS skipped_analyze_count,
             pg_stat_get_autoanalyze_count(C.oid) AS autoanalyze_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count(C.oid) AS skipped_autoanalyze_count,
             pg_stat_get_total_vacuum_time(C.oid) AS total_vacuum_time,
             pg_stat_get_total_autovacuum_time(C.oid) AS total_autovacuum_time,
             pg_stat_get_total_analyze_time(C.oid) AS total_analyze_time,
diff --git a/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c b/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c
index bce3a2daa24..ce83b3171be 100644
--- a/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c
+++ b/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c
@@ -792,8 +792,18 @@ vacuum_open_relation(Oid relid, RangeVar *relation, bits32 options,
 		rel = try_relation_open(relid, NoLock);
 	else
 	{
+		bits8 flags = 0;
 		rel = NULL;
 		rel_lock = false;
+
+		if ((options & VACOPT_VACUUM) != 0)
+			flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM;
+		if ((options & VACOPT_ANALYZE) != 0)
+			flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE;
+		if (AmAutoVacuumWorkerProcess())
+			flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOVAC;
+
+		pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(relid, flags);
 	}
 
 	/* if relation is opened, leave */
@@ -801,7 +811,7 @@ vacuum_open_relation(Oid relid, RangeVar *relation, bits32 options,
 		return rel;
 
 	/*
-	 * Relation could not be opened, hence generate if possible a log
+	 * Relation could not be opened hence generate if possible a log
 	 * informing on the situation.
 	 *
 	 * If the RangeVar is not defined, we do not have enough information to
@@ -904,7 +914,6 @@ expand_vacuum_rel(VacuumRelation *vrel, MemoryContext vac_context,
 		Form_pg_class classForm;
 		bool		include_children;
 		bool		is_partitioned_table;
-		int			rvr_opts;
 
 		/*
 		 * Since autovacuum workers supply OIDs when calling vacuum(), no
@@ -917,29 +926,69 @@ expand_vacuum_rel(VacuumRelation *vrel, MemoryContext vac_context,
 		 * below, as well as find_all_inheritors's expectation that the caller
 		 * holds some lock on the starting relation.
 		 */
-		rvr_opts = (options & VACOPT_SKIP_LOCKED) ? RVR_SKIP_LOCKED : 0;
-		relid = RangeVarGetRelidExtended(vrel->relation,
-										 AccessShareLock,
-										 rvr_opts,
-										 NULL, NULL);
-
-		/*
-		 * If the lock is unavailable, emit the same log statement that
-		 * vacuum_rel() and analyze_rel() would.
-		 */
-		if (!OidIsValid(relid))
+		if (!(options & VACOPT_SKIP_LOCKED))
 		{
-			if (options & VACOPT_VACUUM)
-				ereport(WARNING,
-						(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
-						 errmsg("skipping vacuum of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
-								vrel->relation->relname)));
-			else
-				ereport(WARNING,
-						(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
-						 errmsg("skipping analyze of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
+			relid = RangeVarGetRelidExtended(vrel->relation,
+											 AccessShareLock,
+											 0, NULL, NULL);
+			if (!OidIsValid(relid))
+				return vacrels;
+		}
+		else
+		{
+			/* Get relid for reporting before taking a lock */
+			relid = RangeVarGetRelid(vrel->relation, NoLock, false);
+
+			if (!ConditionalLockRelationOid(relid, AccessShareLock))
+			{
+				bits8	flags = 0;
+				/*
+				 * If the lock is unavailable, emit the same log statement that
+				 * vacuum_rel() and analyze_rel() would.
+				 */
+				if (options & VACOPT_VACUUM)
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping vacuum of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
 								vrel->relation->relname)));
-			return vacrels;
+				else
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping analyze of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
+									vrel->relation->relname)));
+
+				if ((options & VACOPT_VACUUM) != 0)
+					flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM;
+				if ((options & VACOPT_ANALYZE) != 0)
+					flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE;
+
+				pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(relid, flags);
+
+				return vacrels;
+			}
+
+			/*
+			 * Now that we have the lock, probe to see if the relation really
+			 * exists or not.
+			 */
+			if (!SearchSysCacheExists1(RELOID, ObjectIdGetDatum(relid)))
+			{
+				if (options & VACOPT_VACUUM)
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_UNDEFINED_TABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping vacuum of \"%s\" --- relation no longer exists",
+									vrel->relation->relname)));
+				else
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_UNDEFINED_TABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping analyze of \"%s\" --- relation no longer exists",
+									vrel->relation->relname)));
+
+				/* Release useless lock */
+				UnlockRelationOid(relid, AccessShareLock);
+
+				return vacrels;
+			}
 		}
 
 		/*
diff --git a/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c b/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c
index bc8c43b96aa..cec4c88980e 100644
--- a/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c
+++ b/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c
@@ -17,6 +17,7 @@
 
 #include "postgres.h"
 
+#include "access/htup_details.h"
 #include "access/twophase_rmgr.h"
 #include "access/xact.h"
 #include "catalog/catalog.h"
@@ -366,6 +367,73 @@ pgstat_report_analyze(Relation rel,
 	(void) pgstat_flush_backend(false, PGSTAT_BACKEND_FLUSH_IO);
 }
 
+/*
+ * Report that the table was skipped during vacuum or/and analyze.
+ */
+void
+pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(Oid relid, bits8 flags)
+{
+	PgStat_EntryRef *entry_ref;
+	PgStatShared_Relation *shtabentry;
+	PgStat_StatTabEntry *tabentry;
+	TimestampTz ts;
+	HeapTuple	classTup;
+	bool		isshared;
+
+	if (!pgstat_track_counts || !(flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANY))
+		return;
+
+	classTup = SearchSysCache1(RELOID, ObjectIdGetDatum(relid));
+	if (!HeapTupleIsValid(classTup))
+		return;			/* somebody deleted the rel, forget it */
+	isshared = ((Form_pg_class) GETSTRUCT(classTup))->relisshared;
+	ReleaseSysCache(classTup);
+
+	/* Store the data in the table's hash table entry. */
+	ts = GetCurrentTimestamp();
+
+	/* block acquiring lock for the same reason as pgstat_report_autovac() */
+	entry_ref = pgstat_get_entry_ref_locked(PGSTAT_KIND_RELATION,
+											isshared ? InvalidOid : MyDatabaseId,
+											relid, false);
+
+	shtabentry = (PgStatShared_Relation *) entry_ref->shared_stats;
+	tabentry = &shtabentry->stats;
+
+	if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOVAC)
+	{
+		if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM)
+		{
+			tabentry->last_skipped_autovacuum_time = ts;
+			tabentry->skipped_autovacuum_count++;
+		}
+		if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE)
+		{
+			tabentry->last_skipped_autoanalyze_time = ts;
+			tabentry->skipped_autoanalyze_count++;
+		}
+	}
+	else
+	{
+		if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM)
+		{
+			tabentry->last_skipped_vacuum_time = ts;
+			tabentry->skipped_vacuum_count++;
+		}
+		if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE)
+		{
+			tabentry->last_skipped_analyze_time = ts;
+			tabentry->skipped_analyze_count++;
+		}
+	}
+
+	pgstat_unlock_entry(entry_ref);
+
+	/* see pgstat_report_vacuum() */
+	pgstat_flush_io(false);
+	(void) pgstat_flush_backend(false, PGSTAT_BACKEND_FLUSH_IO);
+}
+
 /*
  * count a tuple insertion of n tuples
  */
diff --git a/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c b/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c
index 9185a8e6b83..18aaa3996e1 100644
--- a/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c
+++ b/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c
@@ -84,6 +84,18 @@ PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(mod_since_analyze)
 /* pg_stat_get_numscans */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(numscans)
 
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_analyze_count)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_autoanalyze_count)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_autovacuum_count)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_vacuum_count)
+
 /* pg_stat_get_tuples_deleted */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(tuples_deleted)
 
@@ -170,6 +182,18 @@ PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_vacuum_time)
 /* pg_stat_get_lastscan */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(lastscan)
 
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_analyze_time)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_autoanalyze_time)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_autovacuum_time)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_vacuum_time)
+
 /* pg_stat_get_stat_reset_time */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(stat_reset_time)
 
diff --git a/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat b/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat
index 0118e970dda..ccfe3d9e02a 100644
--- a/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat
+++ b/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat
@@ -5667,6 +5667,38 @@
   proname => 'pg_stat_get_total_autoanalyze_time', provolatile => 's',
   proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'float8', proargtypes => 'oid',
   prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_total_autoanalyze_time' },
+{ oid => '8142', descr => 'statistics: last skipped vacuum time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time' },
+{ oid => '8143', descr => 'statistics: last skipped auto vacuum time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time' },
+{ oid => '8144', descr => 'statistics: last skipped analyze time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time' },
+{ oid => '8145', descr => 'statistics: last skipped auto analyze time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time' },
+{ oid => '8146', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped vacuum for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count' },
+{ oid => '8147', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped auto vacuum for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count' },
+{ oid => '8148', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped analyzes for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count' },
+{ oid => '8149', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped auto analyzes for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count' },
 { oid => '1936', descr => 'statistics: currently active backend IDs',
   proname => 'pg_stat_get_backend_idset', prorows => '100', proretset => 't',
   provolatile => 's', proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int4',
diff --git a/src/include/pgstat.h b/src/include/pgstat.h
index 8e3549c3752..343081a7a25 100644
--- a/src/include/pgstat.h
+++ b/src/include/pgstat.h
@@ -479,6 +479,15 @@ typedef struct PgStat_StatTabEntry
 	TimestampTz last_autoanalyze_time;	/* autovacuum initiated */
 	PgStat_Counter autoanalyze_count;
 
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_vacuum_time;	/* user initiated vacuum */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_vacuum_count;
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_autovacuum_time;	/* autovacuum initiated */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_autovacuum_count;
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_analyze_time;	/* user initiated */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_analyze_count;
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_autoanalyze_time;	/* autovacuum initiated */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_autoanalyze_count;
+
 	PgStat_Counter total_vacuum_time;	/* times in milliseconds */
 	PgStat_Counter total_autovacuum_time;
 	PgStat_Counter total_analyze_time;
@@ -707,6 +716,13 @@ extern void pgstat_report_analyze(Relation rel,
 								  PgStat_Counter livetuples, PgStat_Counter deadtuples,
 								  bool resetcounter, TimestampTz starttime);
 
+/* flags for pgstat_flush_backend() */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM	(1 << 0)	/* vacuum is skipped */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE	(1 << 1)	/* analyze is skipped */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOVAC	(1 << 2)	/* skipped during autovacuum/autoanalyze */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANY   (PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM | PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE)
+extern void pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(Oid relid, bits8 flags);
+
 /*
  * If stats are enabled, but pending data hasn't been prepared yet, call
  * pgstat_assoc_relation() to do so. See its comment for why this is done
diff --git a/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out b/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out
index 2b3cf6d8569..4ccfc43e903 100644
--- a/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out
+++ b/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out
@@ -1835,13 +1835,21 @@ pg_stat_all_tables| SELECT c.oid AS relid,
     pg_stat_get_mod_since_analyze(c.oid) AS n_mod_since_analyze,
     pg_stat_get_ins_since_vacuum(c.oid) AS n_ins_since_vacuum,
     pg_stat_get_last_vacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_vacuum,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_vacuum,
     pg_stat_get_last_autovacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_autovacuum,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_autovacuum,
     pg_stat_get_last_analyze_time(c.oid) AS last_analyze,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_analyze,
     pg_stat_get_last_autoanalyze_time(c.oid) AS last_autoanalyze,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_autoanalyze,
     pg_stat_get_vacuum_count(c.oid) AS vacuum_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count(c.oid) AS skipped_vacuum_count,
     pg_stat_get_autovacuum_count(c.oid) AS autovacuum_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count(c.oid) AS skipped_autovacuum_count,
     pg_stat_get_analyze_count(c.oid) AS analyze_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count(c.oid) AS skipped_analyze_count,
     pg_stat_get_autoanalyze_count(c.oid) AS autoanalyze_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count(c.oid) AS skipped_autoanalyze_count,
     pg_stat_get_total_vacuum_time(c.oid) AS total_vacuum_time,
     pg_stat_get_total_autovacuum_time(c.oid) AS total_autovacuum_time,
     pg_stat_get_total_analyze_time(c.oid) AS total_analyze_time,
@@ -2293,13 +2301,21 @@ pg_stat_sys_tables| SELECT relid,
     n_mod_since_analyze,
     n_ins_since_vacuum,
     last_vacuum,
+    last_skipped_vacuum,
     last_autovacuum,
+    last_skipped_autovacuum,
     last_analyze,
+    last_skipped_analyze,
     last_autoanalyze,
+    last_skipped_autoanalyze,
     vacuum_count,
+    skipped_vacuum_count,
     autovacuum_count,
+    skipped_autovacuum_count,
     analyze_count,
+    skipped_analyze_count,
     autoanalyze_count,
+    skipped_autoanalyze_count,
     total_vacuum_time,
     total_autovacuum_time,
     total_analyze_time,
@@ -2348,13 +2364,21 @@ pg_stat_user_tables| SELECT relid,
     n_mod_since_analyze,
     n_ins_since_vacuum,
     last_vacuum,
+    last_skipped_vacuum,
     last_autovacuum,
+    last_skipped_autovacuum,
     last_analyze,
+    last_skipped_analyze,
     last_autoanalyze,
+    last_skipped_autoanalyze,
     vacuum_count,
+    skipped_vacuum_count,
     autovacuum_count,
+    skipped_autovacuum_count,
     analyze_count,
+    skipped_analyze_count,
     autoanalyze_count,
+    skipped_autoanalyze_count,
     total_vacuum_time,
     total_autovacuum_time,
     total_analyze_time,
-- 
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* [PATCH v3] Track skipped vacuum and analyze activity per relation
@ 2026-03-24 04:09 Yugo Nagata <[email protected]>
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From: Yugo Nagata @ 2026-03-24 04:09 UTC (permalink / raw)

This commit adds eight fields to the relation statistics that track
the last time vacuum or analyze has been attempted but skipped due to
lock unavailability, along with their counts:

-    last_skipped_vacuum
-    last_skipped_autovacuum
-    last_skipped_analyze
-    last_skipped_autoanalyze
-    skipped_vacuum_count
-    skipped_autovacuum_count
-    skipped_analyze_count
-    skipped_autoanalyze_count

These field can help users confirm that autovacuum is actively attempting
to run on a table that has not been vacuumed or analyzed for a long time,
and that the lack of progress is due to repeated skips rather than inactivity.
---
 doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml                 | 80 +++++++++++++++++
 src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql         |  8 ++
 src/backend/commands/vacuum.c                | 95 +++++++++++++++-----
 src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c | 68 ++++++++++++++
 src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c          | 24 +++++
 src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat              | 32 +++++++
 src/include/pgstat.h                         | 16 ++++
 src/test/regress/expected/rules.out          | 24 +++++
 8 files changed, 324 insertions(+), 23 deletions(-)

diff --git a/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml b/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml
index bb75ed1069b..9ec8070b2fc 100644
--- a/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml
+++ b/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml
@@ -4372,6 +4372,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_vacuum</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time a manual vacuum on this table was attempted but skipped due to
+       lock unavailability (not counting <command>VACUUM FULL</command>)
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>last_autovacuum</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
@@ -4382,6 +4392,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_autovacuum</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time a vacuum on this table by the autovacuum daemon was attempted
+       but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>last_analyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
@@ -4391,6 +4411,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_analyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time a manual analyze on this table was attempted but skipped due to
+       lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>last_autoanalyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
@@ -4401,6 +4431,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_autoanalyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time at which an analyze on this table by the autovacuum was
+       attempted but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>vacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4411,6 +4451,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_vacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times vacuums on this table have been attempted but skipped
+       due to lock unavailability (not counting <command>VACUUM FULL</command>)
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>autovacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4421,6 +4471,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_autovacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times vacuums on this table by the autovacuum daemon have been
+       attempted but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>analyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4430,6 +4490,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_analyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times manual analyzes on this table have been attempted but
+       skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>autoanalyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4440,6 +4510,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_autoanalyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times analyzes on this table by the autovacuum daemon have
+       been attempted but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>total_vacuum_time</structfield> <type>double precision</type>
diff --git a/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql b/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql
index e54018004db..2ca02a0354c 100644
--- a/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql
+++ b/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql
@@ -736,13 +736,21 @@ CREATE VIEW pg_stat_all_tables AS
             pg_stat_get_mod_since_analyze(C.oid) AS n_mod_since_analyze,
             pg_stat_get_ins_since_vacuum(C.oid) AS n_ins_since_vacuum,
             pg_stat_get_last_vacuum_time(C.oid) as last_vacuum,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_vacuum,
             pg_stat_get_last_autovacuum_time(C.oid) as last_autovacuum,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_autovacuum,
             pg_stat_get_last_analyze_time(C.oid) as last_analyze,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_analyze,
             pg_stat_get_last_autoanalyze_time(C.oid) as last_autoanalyze,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_autoanalyze,
             pg_stat_get_vacuum_count(C.oid) AS vacuum_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count(C.oid) AS skipped_vacuum_count,
             pg_stat_get_autovacuum_count(C.oid) AS autovacuum_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count(C.oid) AS skipped_autovacuum_count,
             pg_stat_get_analyze_count(C.oid) AS analyze_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count(C.oid) AS skipped_analyze_count,
             pg_stat_get_autoanalyze_count(C.oid) AS autoanalyze_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count(C.oid) AS skipped_autoanalyze_count,
             pg_stat_get_total_vacuum_time(C.oid) AS total_vacuum_time,
             pg_stat_get_total_autovacuum_time(C.oid) AS total_autovacuum_time,
             pg_stat_get_total_analyze_time(C.oid) AS total_analyze_time,
diff --git a/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c b/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c
index bce3a2daa24..ce83b3171be 100644
--- a/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c
+++ b/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c
@@ -792,8 +792,18 @@ vacuum_open_relation(Oid relid, RangeVar *relation, bits32 options,
 		rel = try_relation_open(relid, NoLock);
 	else
 	{
+		bits8 flags = 0;
 		rel = NULL;
 		rel_lock = false;
+
+		if ((options & VACOPT_VACUUM) != 0)
+			flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM;
+		if ((options & VACOPT_ANALYZE) != 0)
+			flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE;
+		if (AmAutoVacuumWorkerProcess())
+			flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOVAC;
+
+		pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(relid, flags);
 	}
 
 	/* if relation is opened, leave */
@@ -801,7 +811,7 @@ vacuum_open_relation(Oid relid, RangeVar *relation, bits32 options,
 		return rel;
 
 	/*
-	 * Relation could not be opened, hence generate if possible a log
+	 * Relation could not be opened hence generate if possible a log
 	 * informing on the situation.
 	 *
 	 * If the RangeVar is not defined, we do not have enough information to
@@ -904,7 +914,6 @@ expand_vacuum_rel(VacuumRelation *vrel, MemoryContext vac_context,
 		Form_pg_class classForm;
 		bool		include_children;
 		bool		is_partitioned_table;
-		int			rvr_opts;
 
 		/*
 		 * Since autovacuum workers supply OIDs when calling vacuum(), no
@@ -917,29 +926,69 @@ expand_vacuum_rel(VacuumRelation *vrel, MemoryContext vac_context,
 		 * below, as well as find_all_inheritors's expectation that the caller
 		 * holds some lock on the starting relation.
 		 */
-		rvr_opts = (options & VACOPT_SKIP_LOCKED) ? RVR_SKIP_LOCKED : 0;
-		relid = RangeVarGetRelidExtended(vrel->relation,
-										 AccessShareLock,
-										 rvr_opts,
-										 NULL, NULL);
-
-		/*
-		 * If the lock is unavailable, emit the same log statement that
-		 * vacuum_rel() and analyze_rel() would.
-		 */
-		if (!OidIsValid(relid))
+		if (!(options & VACOPT_SKIP_LOCKED))
 		{
-			if (options & VACOPT_VACUUM)
-				ereport(WARNING,
-						(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
-						 errmsg("skipping vacuum of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
-								vrel->relation->relname)));
-			else
-				ereport(WARNING,
-						(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
-						 errmsg("skipping analyze of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
+			relid = RangeVarGetRelidExtended(vrel->relation,
+											 AccessShareLock,
+											 0, NULL, NULL);
+			if (!OidIsValid(relid))
+				return vacrels;
+		}
+		else
+		{
+			/* Get relid for reporting before taking a lock */
+			relid = RangeVarGetRelid(vrel->relation, NoLock, false);
+
+			if (!ConditionalLockRelationOid(relid, AccessShareLock))
+			{
+				bits8	flags = 0;
+				/*
+				 * If the lock is unavailable, emit the same log statement that
+				 * vacuum_rel() and analyze_rel() would.
+				 */
+				if (options & VACOPT_VACUUM)
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping vacuum of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
 								vrel->relation->relname)));
-			return vacrels;
+				else
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping analyze of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
+									vrel->relation->relname)));
+
+				if ((options & VACOPT_VACUUM) != 0)
+					flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM;
+				if ((options & VACOPT_ANALYZE) != 0)
+					flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE;
+
+				pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(relid, flags);
+
+				return vacrels;
+			}
+
+			/*
+			 * Now that we have the lock, probe to see if the relation really
+			 * exists or not.
+			 */
+			if (!SearchSysCacheExists1(RELOID, ObjectIdGetDatum(relid)))
+			{
+				if (options & VACOPT_VACUUM)
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_UNDEFINED_TABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping vacuum of \"%s\" --- relation no longer exists",
+									vrel->relation->relname)));
+				else
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_UNDEFINED_TABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping analyze of \"%s\" --- relation no longer exists",
+									vrel->relation->relname)));
+
+				/* Release useless lock */
+				UnlockRelationOid(relid, AccessShareLock);
+
+				return vacrels;
+			}
 		}
 
 		/*
diff --git a/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c b/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c
index bc8c43b96aa..cec4c88980e 100644
--- a/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c
+++ b/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c
@@ -17,6 +17,7 @@
 
 #include "postgres.h"
 
+#include "access/htup_details.h"
 #include "access/twophase_rmgr.h"
 #include "access/xact.h"
 #include "catalog/catalog.h"
@@ -366,6 +367,73 @@ pgstat_report_analyze(Relation rel,
 	(void) pgstat_flush_backend(false, PGSTAT_BACKEND_FLUSH_IO);
 }
 
+/*
+ * Report that the table was skipped during vacuum or/and analyze.
+ */
+void
+pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(Oid relid, bits8 flags)
+{
+	PgStat_EntryRef *entry_ref;
+	PgStatShared_Relation *shtabentry;
+	PgStat_StatTabEntry *tabentry;
+	TimestampTz ts;
+	HeapTuple	classTup;
+	bool		isshared;
+
+	if (!pgstat_track_counts || !(flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANY))
+		return;
+
+	classTup = SearchSysCache1(RELOID, ObjectIdGetDatum(relid));
+	if (!HeapTupleIsValid(classTup))
+		return;			/* somebody deleted the rel, forget it */
+	isshared = ((Form_pg_class) GETSTRUCT(classTup))->relisshared;
+	ReleaseSysCache(classTup);
+
+	/* Store the data in the table's hash table entry. */
+	ts = GetCurrentTimestamp();
+
+	/* block acquiring lock for the same reason as pgstat_report_autovac() */
+	entry_ref = pgstat_get_entry_ref_locked(PGSTAT_KIND_RELATION,
+											isshared ? InvalidOid : MyDatabaseId,
+											relid, false);
+
+	shtabentry = (PgStatShared_Relation *) entry_ref->shared_stats;
+	tabentry = &shtabentry->stats;
+
+	if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOVAC)
+	{
+		if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM)
+		{
+			tabentry->last_skipped_autovacuum_time = ts;
+			tabentry->skipped_autovacuum_count++;
+		}
+		if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE)
+		{
+			tabentry->last_skipped_autoanalyze_time = ts;
+			tabentry->skipped_autoanalyze_count++;
+		}
+	}
+	else
+	{
+		if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM)
+		{
+			tabentry->last_skipped_vacuum_time = ts;
+			tabentry->skipped_vacuum_count++;
+		}
+		if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE)
+		{
+			tabentry->last_skipped_analyze_time = ts;
+			tabentry->skipped_analyze_count++;
+		}
+	}
+
+	pgstat_unlock_entry(entry_ref);
+
+	/* see pgstat_report_vacuum() */
+	pgstat_flush_io(false);
+	(void) pgstat_flush_backend(false, PGSTAT_BACKEND_FLUSH_IO);
+}
+
 /*
  * count a tuple insertion of n tuples
  */
diff --git a/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c b/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c
index 9185a8e6b83..18aaa3996e1 100644
--- a/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c
+++ b/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c
@@ -84,6 +84,18 @@ PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(mod_since_analyze)
 /* pg_stat_get_numscans */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(numscans)
 
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_analyze_count)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_autoanalyze_count)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_autovacuum_count)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_vacuum_count)
+
 /* pg_stat_get_tuples_deleted */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(tuples_deleted)
 
@@ -170,6 +182,18 @@ PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_vacuum_time)
 /* pg_stat_get_lastscan */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(lastscan)
 
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_analyze_time)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_autoanalyze_time)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_autovacuum_time)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_vacuum_time)
+
 /* pg_stat_get_stat_reset_time */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(stat_reset_time)
 
diff --git a/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat b/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat
index 0118e970dda..ccfe3d9e02a 100644
--- a/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat
+++ b/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat
@@ -5667,6 +5667,38 @@
   proname => 'pg_stat_get_total_autoanalyze_time', provolatile => 's',
   proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'float8', proargtypes => 'oid',
   prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_total_autoanalyze_time' },
+{ oid => '8142', descr => 'statistics: last skipped vacuum time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time' },
+{ oid => '8143', descr => 'statistics: last skipped auto vacuum time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time' },
+{ oid => '8144', descr => 'statistics: last skipped analyze time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time' },
+{ oid => '8145', descr => 'statistics: last skipped auto analyze time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time' },
+{ oid => '8146', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped vacuum for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count' },
+{ oid => '8147', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped auto vacuum for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count' },
+{ oid => '8148', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped analyzes for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count' },
+{ oid => '8149', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped auto analyzes for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count' },
 { oid => '1936', descr => 'statistics: currently active backend IDs',
   proname => 'pg_stat_get_backend_idset', prorows => '100', proretset => 't',
   provolatile => 's', proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int4',
diff --git a/src/include/pgstat.h b/src/include/pgstat.h
index 8e3549c3752..343081a7a25 100644
--- a/src/include/pgstat.h
+++ b/src/include/pgstat.h
@@ -479,6 +479,15 @@ typedef struct PgStat_StatTabEntry
 	TimestampTz last_autoanalyze_time;	/* autovacuum initiated */
 	PgStat_Counter autoanalyze_count;
 
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_vacuum_time;	/* user initiated vacuum */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_vacuum_count;
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_autovacuum_time;	/* autovacuum initiated */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_autovacuum_count;
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_analyze_time;	/* user initiated */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_analyze_count;
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_autoanalyze_time;	/* autovacuum initiated */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_autoanalyze_count;
+
 	PgStat_Counter total_vacuum_time;	/* times in milliseconds */
 	PgStat_Counter total_autovacuum_time;
 	PgStat_Counter total_analyze_time;
@@ -707,6 +716,13 @@ extern void pgstat_report_analyze(Relation rel,
 								  PgStat_Counter livetuples, PgStat_Counter deadtuples,
 								  bool resetcounter, TimestampTz starttime);
 
+/* flags for pgstat_flush_backend() */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM	(1 << 0)	/* vacuum is skipped */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE	(1 << 1)	/* analyze is skipped */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOVAC	(1 << 2)	/* skipped during autovacuum/autoanalyze */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANY   (PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM | PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE)
+extern void pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(Oid relid, bits8 flags);
+
 /*
  * If stats are enabled, but pending data hasn't been prepared yet, call
  * pgstat_assoc_relation() to do so. See its comment for why this is done
diff --git a/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out b/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out
index 2b3cf6d8569..4ccfc43e903 100644
--- a/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out
+++ b/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out
@@ -1835,13 +1835,21 @@ pg_stat_all_tables| SELECT c.oid AS relid,
     pg_stat_get_mod_since_analyze(c.oid) AS n_mod_since_analyze,
     pg_stat_get_ins_since_vacuum(c.oid) AS n_ins_since_vacuum,
     pg_stat_get_last_vacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_vacuum,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_vacuum,
     pg_stat_get_last_autovacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_autovacuum,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_autovacuum,
     pg_stat_get_last_analyze_time(c.oid) AS last_analyze,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_analyze,
     pg_stat_get_last_autoanalyze_time(c.oid) AS last_autoanalyze,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_autoanalyze,
     pg_stat_get_vacuum_count(c.oid) AS vacuum_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count(c.oid) AS skipped_vacuum_count,
     pg_stat_get_autovacuum_count(c.oid) AS autovacuum_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count(c.oid) AS skipped_autovacuum_count,
     pg_stat_get_analyze_count(c.oid) AS analyze_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count(c.oid) AS skipped_analyze_count,
     pg_stat_get_autoanalyze_count(c.oid) AS autoanalyze_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count(c.oid) AS skipped_autoanalyze_count,
     pg_stat_get_total_vacuum_time(c.oid) AS total_vacuum_time,
     pg_stat_get_total_autovacuum_time(c.oid) AS total_autovacuum_time,
     pg_stat_get_total_analyze_time(c.oid) AS total_analyze_time,
@@ -2293,13 +2301,21 @@ pg_stat_sys_tables| SELECT relid,
     n_mod_since_analyze,
     n_ins_since_vacuum,
     last_vacuum,
+    last_skipped_vacuum,
     last_autovacuum,
+    last_skipped_autovacuum,
     last_analyze,
+    last_skipped_analyze,
     last_autoanalyze,
+    last_skipped_autoanalyze,
     vacuum_count,
+    skipped_vacuum_count,
     autovacuum_count,
+    skipped_autovacuum_count,
     analyze_count,
+    skipped_analyze_count,
     autoanalyze_count,
+    skipped_autoanalyze_count,
     total_vacuum_time,
     total_autovacuum_time,
     total_analyze_time,
@@ -2348,13 +2364,21 @@ pg_stat_user_tables| SELECT relid,
     n_mod_since_analyze,
     n_ins_since_vacuum,
     last_vacuum,
+    last_skipped_vacuum,
     last_autovacuum,
+    last_skipped_autovacuum,
     last_analyze,
+    last_skipped_analyze,
     last_autoanalyze,
+    last_skipped_autoanalyze,
     vacuum_count,
+    skipped_vacuum_count,
     autovacuum_count,
+    skipped_autovacuum_count,
     analyze_count,
+    skipped_analyze_count,
     autoanalyze_count,
+    skipped_autoanalyze_count,
     total_vacuum_time,
     total_autovacuum_time,
     total_analyze_time,
-- 
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* [PATCH v5] Track skipped vacuum and analyze activity per relation
@ 2026-03-24 04:09 Yugo Nagata <[email protected]>
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From: Yugo Nagata @ 2026-03-24 04:09 UTC (permalink / raw)

This commit adds eight fields to the relation statistics that track
the last time vacuum or analyze has been attempted but skipped due to
lock unavailability, along with their counts:

-    last_skipped_vacuum
-    last_skipped_autovacuum
-    last_skipped_analyze
-    last_skipped_autoanalyze
-    skipped_vacuum_count
-    skipped_autovacuum_count
-    skipped_analyze_count
-    skipped_autoanalyze_count

These field can help users confirm that autovacuum is actively attempting
to run on a table that has not been vacuumed or analyzed for a long time,
and that the lack of progress is due to repeated skips rather than inactivity.
---
 doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml                  |  88 ++++++
 src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql          |   8 +
 src/backend/commands/vacuum.c                 | 100 +++++--
 src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c  |  64 +++++
 src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c           |  24 ++
 src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat               |  32 +++
 src/include/pgstat.h                          |  16 ++
 .../isolation/expected/vacuum-skip-locked.out | 260 ++++++++++++++++--
 .../isolation/specs/vacuum-skip-locked.spec   |  41 +--
 src/test/regress/expected/rules.out           |  24 ++
 10 files changed, 601 insertions(+), 56 deletions(-)

diff --git a/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml b/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml
index 08d5b824552..a9b579d87a9 100644
--- a/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml
+++ b/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml
@@ -4387,6 +4387,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_vacuum</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time a manual vacuum on this table was attempted but skipped due to
+       lock unavailability (not counting <command>VACUUM FULL</command>)
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>last_autovacuum</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
@@ -4397,6 +4407,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_autovacuum</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time a vacuum on this table by the autovacuum daemon was attempted
+       but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>last_analyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
@@ -4406,6 +4426,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_analyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time a manual analyze on this table was attempted but skipped due to
+       lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>last_autoanalyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
@@ -4416,6 +4446,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_autoanalyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time at which an analyze on this table by the autovacuum was
+       attempted but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>vacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4426,6 +4466,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_vacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times manual vacuums on this table have been attempted but skipped
+       due to lock unavailability (not counting <command>VACUUM FULL</command>)
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>autovacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4436,6 +4486,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_autovacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times vacuums on this table by the autovacuum daemon have been
+       attempted but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>analyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4445,6 +4505,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_analyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times manual analyzes on this table have been attempted but
+       skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>autoanalyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4455,6 +4525,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_autoanalyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times analyzes on this table by the autovacuum daemon have
+       been attempted but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>total_vacuum_time</structfield> <type>double precision</type>
@@ -4510,6 +4590,14 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
    </tgroup>
   </table>
 
+  <note>
+   <para>
+    When a manual vacuum or analyze on a parent table in an inheritance or
+    partitioning hierarchy is skipped, the statistics are recorded only for
+    the parent table, not for its children.
+   </para>
+  </note>
+
  </sect2>
 
  <sect2 id="monitoring-pg-stat-autovacuum-scores-view">
diff --git a/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql b/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql
index 73a1c1c4670..f509fc7876b 100644
--- a/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql
+++ b/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql
@@ -736,13 +736,21 @@ CREATE VIEW pg_stat_all_tables AS
             pg_stat_get_mod_since_analyze(C.oid) AS n_mod_since_analyze,
             pg_stat_get_ins_since_vacuum(C.oid) AS n_ins_since_vacuum,
             pg_stat_get_last_vacuum_time(C.oid) as last_vacuum,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_vacuum,
             pg_stat_get_last_autovacuum_time(C.oid) as last_autovacuum,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_autovacuum,
             pg_stat_get_last_analyze_time(C.oid) as last_analyze,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_analyze,
             pg_stat_get_last_autoanalyze_time(C.oid) as last_autoanalyze,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_autoanalyze,
             pg_stat_get_vacuum_count(C.oid) AS vacuum_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count(C.oid) AS skipped_vacuum_count,
             pg_stat_get_autovacuum_count(C.oid) AS autovacuum_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count(C.oid) AS skipped_autovacuum_count,
             pg_stat_get_analyze_count(C.oid) AS analyze_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count(C.oid) AS skipped_analyze_count,
             pg_stat_get_autoanalyze_count(C.oid) AS autoanalyze_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count(C.oid) AS skipped_autoanalyze_count,
             pg_stat_get_total_vacuum_time(C.oid) AS total_vacuum_time,
             pg_stat_get_total_autovacuum_time(C.oid) AS total_autovacuum_time,
             pg_stat_get_total_analyze_time(C.oid) AS total_analyze_time,
diff --git a/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c b/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c
index 99d0db82ed7..df6526225e4 100644
--- a/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c
+++ b/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c
@@ -793,8 +793,25 @@ vacuum_open_relation(Oid relid, RangeVar *relation, uint32 options,
 		rel = try_relation_open(relid, NoLock);
 	else
 	{
+		int flags = 0;
 		rel = NULL;
 		rel_lock = false;
+
+		if ((options & VACOPT_VACUUM) != 0 && (options & VACOPT_FULL) == 0)
+		{
+			if (AmAutoVacuumWorkerProcess())
+				flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOVACUUM;
+			else
+				flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM;
+		}
+		if ((options & VACOPT_ANALYZE) != 0)
+		{
+			if (AmAutoVacuumWorkerProcess())
+				flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOANALYZE;
+			else
+				flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE;
+		}
+		pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(relid, flags);
 	}
 
 	/* if relation is opened, leave */
@@ -905,7 +922,6 @@ expand_vacuum_rel(VacuumRelation *vrel, MemoryContext vac_context,
 		Form_pg_class classForm;
 		bool		include_children;
 		bool		is_partitioned_table;
-		int			rvr_opts;
 
 		/*
 		 * Since autovacuum workers supply OIDs when calling vacuum(), no
@@ -918,29 +934,69 @@ expand_vacuum_rel(VacuumRelation *vrel, MemoryContext vac_context,
 		 * below, as well as find_all_inheritors's expectation that the caller
 		 * holds some lock on the starting relation.
 		 */
-		rvr_opts = (options & VACOPT_SKIP_LOCKED) ? RVR_SKIP_LOCKED : 0;
-		relid = RangeVarGetRelidExtended(vrel->relation,
-										 AccessShareLock,
-										 rvr_opts,
-										 NULL, NULL);
-
-		/*
-		 * If the lock is unavailable, emit the same log statement that
-		 * vacuum_rel() and analyze_rel() would.
-		 */
-		if (!OidIsValid(relid))
+		if (!(options & VACOPT_SKIP_LOCKED))
 		{
-			if (options & VACOPT_VACUUM)
-				ereport(WARNING,
-						(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
-						 errmsg("skipping vacuum of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
-								vrel->relation->relname)));
-			else
-				ereport(WARNING,
-						(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
-						 errmsg("skipping analyze of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
+			relid = RangeVarGetRelidExtended(vrel->relation,
+											 AccessShareLock,
+											 0, NULL, NULL);
+			if (!OidIsValid(relid))
+				return vacrels;
+		}
+		else
+		{
+			/* Get relid for reporting before taking a lock */
+			relid = RangeVarGetRelid(vrel->relation, NoLock, false);
+
+			if (!ConditionalLockRelationOid(relid, AccessShareLock))
+			{
+				int	flags = 0;
+				/*
+				 * If the lock is unavailable, emit the same log statement that
+				 * vacuum_rel() and analyze_rel() would.
+				 */
+				if (options & VACOPT_VACUUM)
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping vacuum of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
 								vrel->relation->relname)));
-			return vacrels;
+				else
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping analyze of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
+									vrel->relation->relname)));
+
+				if ((options & VACOPT_VACUUM) != 0 && (options & VACOPT_FULL) == 0)
+					flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM;
+				if ((options & VACOPT_ANALYZE) != 0)
+					flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE;
+
+				pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(relid, flags);
+
+				return vacrels;
+			}
+
+			/*
+			 * Now that we have the lock, probe to see if the relation really
+			 * exists or not.
+			 */
+			if (!SearchSysCacheExists1(RELOID, ObjectIdGetDatum(relid)))
+			{
+				if (options & VACOPT_VACUUM)
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_UNDEFINED_TABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping vacuum of \"%s\" --- relation no longer exists",
+									vrel->relation->relname)));
+				else
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_UNDEFINED_TABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping analyze of \"%s\" --- relation no longer exists",
+									vrel->relation->relname)));
+
+				/* Release useless lock */
+				UnlockRelationOid(relid, AccessShareLock);
+
+				return vacrels;
+			}
 		}
 
 		/*
diff --git a/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c b/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c
index b2ca28f83ba..532d9023f8c 100644
--- a/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c
+++ b/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c
@@ -17,12 +17,14 @@
 
 #include "postgres.h"
 
+#include "access/htup_details.h"
 #include "access/twophase_rmgr.h"
 #include "access/xact.h"
 #include "catalog/catalog.h"
 #include "utils/memutils.h"
 #include "utils/pgstat_internal.h"
 #include "utils/rel.h"
+#include "utils/syscache.h"
 #include "utils/timestamp.h"
 
 
@@ -367,6 +369,68 @@ pgstat_report_analyze(Relation rel,
 	(void) pgstat_flush_backend(false, PGSTAT_BACKEND_FLUSH_IO);
 }
 
+/*
+ * Report that the table was skipped during vacuum or/and analyze.
+ */
+void
+pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(Oid relid, int flags)
+{
+	PgStat_EntryRef *entry_ref;
+	PgStatShared_Relation *shtabentry;
+	PgStat_StatTabEntry *tabentry;
+	TimestampTz ts;
+	HeapTuple	classTup;
+	bool		isshared;
+
+	if (!pgstat_track_counts || !flags)
+		return;
+
+	classTup = SearchSysCache1(RELOID, ObjectIdGetDatum(relid));
+	if (!HeapTupleIsValid(classTup))
+		return;			/* somebody deleted the rel, forget it */
+	isshared = ((Form_pg_class) GETSTRUCT(classTup))->relisshared;
+	ReleaseSysCache(classTup);
+
+	/* Store the data in the table's hash table entry. */
+	ts = GetCurrentTimestamp();
+
+	/* block acquiring lock for the same reason as pgstat_report_autovac() */
+	entry_ref = pgstat_get_entry_ref_locked(PGSTAT_KIND_RELATION,
+											isshared ? InvalidOid : MyDatabaseId,
+											relid, false);
+
+	shtabentry = (PgStatShared_Relation *) entry_ref->shared_stats;
+	tabentry = &shtabentry->stats;
+
+	if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM)
+	{
+		tabentry->last_skipped_vacuum_time = ts;
+		tabentry->skipped_vacuum_count++;
+	}
+	else if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOVACUUM)
+	{
+		tabentry->last_skipped_autovacuum_time = ts;
+		tabentry->skipped_autovacuum_count++;
+	}
+
+	if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE)
+	{
+		tabentry->last_skipped_analyze_time = ts;
+		tabentry->skipped_analyze_count++;
+	}
+	else if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOANALYZE)
+	{
+		tabentry->last_skipped_autoanalyze_time = ts;
+		tabentry->skipped_autoanalyze_count++;
+	}
+
+	pgstat_unlock_entry(entry_ref);
+
+	/* see pgstat_report_vacuum() */
+	pgstat_flush_io(false);
+	(void) pgstat_flush_backend(false, PGSTAT_BACKEND_FLUSH_IO);
+}
+
 /*
  * count a tuple insertion of n tuples
  */
diff --git a/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c b/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c
index 1408de387ea..90a8968faa0 100644
--- a/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c
+++ b/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c
@@ -84,6 +84,18 @@ PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(mod_since_analyze)
 /* pg_stat_get_numscans */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(numscans)
 
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_analyze_count)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_autoanalyze_count)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_autovacuum_count)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_vacuum_count)
+
 /* pg_stat_get_tuples_deleted */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(tuples_deleted)
 
@@ -170,6 +182,18 @@ PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_vacuum_time)
 /* pg_stat_get_lastscan */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(lastscan)
 
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_analyze_time)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_autoanalyze_time)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_autovacuum_time)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_vacuum_time)
+
 /* pg_stat_get_stat_reset_time */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(stat_reset_time)
 
diff --git a/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat b/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat
index fa9ae79082b..32debb34863 100644
--- a/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat
+++ b/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat
@@ -5680,6 +5680,38 @@
   proargmodes => '{o,o,o,o,o,o,o,o,o,o}',
   proargnames => '{oid,score,xid_score,mxid_score,vacuum_score,vacuum_insert_score,analyze_score,do_vacuum,do_analyze,for_wraparound}',
   prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_autovacuum_scores' },
+{ oid => '8142', descr => 'statistics: last skipped vacuum time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time' },
+{ oid => '8143', descr => 'statistics: last skipped auto vacuum time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time' },
+{ oid => '8144', descr => 'statistics: last skipped analyze time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time' },
+{ oid => '8145', descr => 'statistics: last skipped auto analyze time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time' },
+{ oid => '8146', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped vacuum for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count' },
+{ oid => '8147', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped auto vacuum for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count' },
+{ oid => '8148', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped analyzes for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count' },
+{ oid => '8149', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped auto analyzes for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count' },
 { oid => '1936', descr => 'statistics: currently active backend IDs',
   proname => 'pg_stat_get_backend_idset', prorows => '100', proretset => 't',
   provolatile => 's', proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int4',
diff --git a/src/include/pgstat.h b/src/include/pgstat.h
index dfa2e837638..98941f953d1 100644
--- a/src/include/pgstat.h
+++ b/src/include/pgstat.h
@@ -479,6 +479,15 @@ typedef struct PgStat_StatTabEntry
 	TimestampTz last_autoanalyze_time;	/* autovacuum initiated */
 	PgStat_Counter autoanalyze_count;
 
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_vacuum_time;	/* user initiated vacuum */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_vacuum_count;
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_autovacuum_time;	/* autovacuum initiated */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_autovacuum_count;
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_analyze_time;	/* user initiated */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_analyze_count;
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_autoanalyze_time;	/* autovacuum initiated */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_autoanalyze_count;
+
 	PgStat_Counter total_vacuum_time;	/* times in milliseconds */
 	PgStat_Counter total_autovacuum_time;
 	PgStat_Counter total_analyze_time;
@@ -703,6 +712,13 @@ extern void pgstat_report_analyze(Relation rel,
 								  PgStat_Counter livetuples, PgStat_Counter deadtuples,
 								  bool resetcounter, TimestampTz starttime);
 
+/* flags for pgstat_flush_backend() */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM		(1 << 0)	/* vacuum is skipped */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE		(1 << 1)	/* analyze is skipped */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOVACUUM	(1 << 2)	/* autovacuum is skipped */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOANALYZE	(1 << 3)	/* autoanalyze is skipped */
+extern void pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(Oid relid, int flags);
+
 /*
  * If stats are enabled, but pending data hasn't been prepared yet, call
  * pgstat_assoc_relation() to do so. See its comment for why this is done
diff --git a/src/test/isolation/expected/vacuum-skip-locked.out b/src/test/isolation/expected/vacuum-skip-locked.out
index 99db281a159..e2cff175b7c 100644
--- a/src/test/isolation/expected/vacuum-skip-locked.out
+++ b/src/test/isolation/expected/vacuum-skip-locked.out
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 Parsed test spec with 2 sessions
 
-starting permutation: lock_share vac_specified commit
+starting permutation: lock_share vac_specified commit check_stat
 step lock_share: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN SHARE MODE;
@@ -10,8 +10,22 @@ step vac_specified: VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED) part1, part2;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
 
-starting permutation: lock_share vac_all_parts commit
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   1|            0|                    0
+part2  |           1|                   0|            0|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
+
+starting permutation: lock_share vac_all_parts commit check_stat
 step lock_share: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN SHARE MODE;
@@ -20,8 +34,22 @@ step vac_all_parts: VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED) parted;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   1|            0|                    0
+part2  |           1|                   0|            0|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
 
-starting permutation: lock_share analyze_specified commit
+starting permutation: lock_share analyze_specified commit check_stat
 step lock_share: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN SHARE MODE;
@@ -31,8 +59,22 @@ step analyze_specified: ANALYZE (SKIP_LOCKED) part1, part2;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
 
-starting permutation: lock_share analyze_all_parts commit
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   0|            0|                    1
+part2  |           0|                   0|            1|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
+
+starting permutation: lock_share analyze_all_parts commit check_stat
 step lock_share: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN SHARE MODE;
@@ -41,8 +83,22 @@ step analyze_all_parts: ANALYZE (SKIP_LOCKED) parted;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            1|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   0|            0|                    1
+part2  |           0|                   0|            1|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
 
-starting permutation: lock_share vac_analyze_specified commit
+starting permutation: lock_share vac_analyze_specified commit check_stat
 step lock_share: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN SHARE MODE;
@@ -52,8 +108,22 @@ step vac_analyze_specified: VACUUM (ANALYZE, SKIP_LOCKED) part1, part2;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
 
-starting permutation: lock_share vac_analyze_all_parts commit
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   1|            0|                    1
+part2  |           1|                   0|            1|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
+
+starting permutation: lock_share vac_analyze_all_parts commit check_stat
 step lock_share: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN SHARE MODE;
@@ -62,8 +132,22 @@ step vac_analyze_all_parts: VACUUM (ANALYZE, SKIP_LOCKED) parted;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            1|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   1|            0|                    1
+part2  |           1|                   0|            1|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
 
-starting permutation: lock_share vac_full_specified commit
+starting permutation: lock_share vac_full_specified commit check_stat
 step lock_share: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN SHARE MODE;
@@ -73,8 +157,22 @@ step vac_full_specified: VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED, FULL) part1, part2;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
 
-starting permutation: lock_share vac_full_all_parts commit
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part2  |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
+
+starting permutation: lock_share vac_full_all_parts commit check_stat
 step lock_share: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN SHARE MODE;
@@ -83,8 +181,22 @@ step vac_full_all_parts: VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED, FULL) parted;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part2  |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+(3 rows)
 
-starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_specified commit
+
+starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_specified commit check_stat
 step lock_access_exclusive: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN ACCESS EXCLUSIVE MODE;
@@ -94,8 +206,22 @@ step vac_specified: VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED) part1, part2;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   1|            0|                    0
+part2  |           1|                   0|            0|                    0
+(3 rows)
 
-starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_all_parts commit
+
+starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_all_parts commit check_stat
 step lock_access_exclusive: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN ACCESS EXCLUSIVE MODE;
@@ -104,8 +230,22 @@ step vac_all_parts: VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED) parted;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   1|            0|                    0
+part2  |           1|                   0|            0|                    0
+(3 rows)
 
-starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive analyze_specified commit
+
+starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive analyze_specified commit check_stat
 step lock_access_exclusive: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN ACCESS EXCLUSIVE MODE;
@@ -115,8 +255,22 @@ step analyze_specified: ANALYZE (SKIP_LOCKED) part1, part2;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   0|            0|                    1
+part2  |           0|                   0|            1|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
 
-starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive analyze_all_parts commit
+starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive analyze_all_parts commit check_stat
 step lock_access_exclusive: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN ACCESS EXCLUSIVE MODE;
@@ -126,8 +280,22 @@ step commit:
 	COMMIT;
 
 step analyze_all_parts: <... completed>
-
-starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_analyze_specified commit
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            1|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   0|            1|                    0
+part2  |           0|                   0|            1|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
+
+starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_analyze_specified commit check_stat
 step lock_access_exclusive: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN ACCESS EXCLUSIVE MODE;
@@ -137,8 +305,22 @@ step vac_analyze_specified: VACUUM (ANALYZE, SKIP_LOCKED) part1, part2;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   1|            0|                    1
+part2  |           1|                   0|            1|                    0
+(3 rows)
 
-starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_analyze_all_parts commit
+
+starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_analyze_all_parts commit check_stat
 step lock_access_exclusive: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN ACCESS EXCLUSIVE MODE;
@@ -148,8 +330,22 @@ step commit:
 	COMMIT;
 
 step vac_analyze_all_parts: <... completed>
-
-starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_full_specified commit
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            1|                    0
+part1  |           1|                   0|            1|                    0
+part2  |           1|                   0|            1|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
+
+starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_full_specified commit check_stat
 step lock_access_exclusive: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN ACCESS EXCLUSIVE MODE;
@@ -159,8 +355,22 @@ step vac_full_specified: VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED, FULL) part1, part2;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
 
-starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_full_all_parts commit
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part2  |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
+
+starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_full_all_parts commit check_stat
 step lock_access_exclusive: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN ACCESS EXCLUSIVE MODE;
@@ -169,3 +379,17 @@ step vac_full_all_parts: VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED, FULL) parted;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part2  |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
diff --git a/src/test/isolation/specs/vacuum-skip-locked.spec b/src/test/isolation/specs/vacuum-skip-locked.spec
index 3fad6e1c92a..b0da75d4b6d 100644
--- a/src/test/isolation/specs/vacuum-skip-locked.spec
+++ b/src/test/isolation/specs/vacuum-skip-locked.spec
@@ -33,6 +33,15 @@ step commit
 	COMMIT;
 }
 
+step check_stat
+{
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+}
+
 session s2
 step vac_specified			{ VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED) part1, part2; }
 step vac_all_parts			{ VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED) parted; }
@@ -43,19 +52,19 @@ step vac_analyze_all_parts	{ VACUUM (ANALYZE, SKIP_LOCKED) parted; }
 step vac_full_specified		{ VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED, FULL) part1, part2; }
 step vac_full_all_parts		{ VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED, FULL) parted; }
 
-permutation lock_share vac_specified commit
-permutation lock_share vac_all_parts commit
-permutation lock_share analyze_specified commit
-permutation lock_share analyze_all_parts commit
-permutation lock_share vac_analyze_specified commit
-permutation lock_share vac_analyze_all_parts commit
-permutation lock_share vac_full_specified commit
-permutation lock_share vac_full_all_parts commit
-permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_specified commit
-permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_all_parts commit
-permutation lock_access_exclusive analyze_specified commit
-permutation lock_access_exclusive analyze_all_parts commit
-permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_analyze_specified commit
-permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_analyze_all_parts commit
-permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_full_specified commit
-permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_full_all_parts commit
+permutation lock_share vac_specified commit check_stat
+permutation lock_share vac_all_parts commit check_stat
+permutation lock_share analyze_specified commit check_stat
+permutation lock_share analyze_all_parts commit check_stat
+permutation lock_share vac_analyze_specified commit check_stat
+permutation lock_share vac_analyze_all_parts commit check_stat
+permutation lock_share vac_full_specified commit check_stat
+permutation lock_share vac_full_all_parts commit check_stat
+permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_specified commit check_stat
+permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_all_parts commit check_stat
+permutation lock_access_exclusive analyze_specified commit check_stat
+permutation lock_access_exclusive analyze_all_parts commit check_stat
+permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_analyze_specified commit check_stat
+permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_analyze_all_parts commit check_stat
+permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_full_specified commit check_stat
+permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_full_all_parts commit check_stat
diff --git a/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out b/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out
index a65a5bf0c4f..9b2075d3373 100644
--- a/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out
+++ b/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out
@@ -1835,13 +1835,21 @@ pg_stat_all_tables| SELECT c.oid AS relid,
     pg_stat_get_mod_since_analyze(c.oid) AS n_mod_since_analyze,
     pg_stat_get_ins_since_vacuum(c.oid) AS n_ins_since_vacuum,
     pg_stat_get_last_vacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_vacuum,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_vacuum,
     pg_stat_get_last_autovacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_autovacuum,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_autovacuum,
     pg_stat_get_last_analyze_time(c.oid) AS last_analyze,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_analyze,
     pg_stat_get_last_autoanalyze_time(c.oid) AS last_autoanalyze,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_autoanalyze,
     pg_stat_get_vacuum_count(c.oid) AS vacuum_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count(c.oid) AS skipped_vacuum_count,
     pg_stat_get_autovacuum_count(c.oid) AS autovacuum_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count(c.oid) AS skipped_autovacuum_count,
     pg_stat_get_analyze_count(c.oid) AS analyze_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count(c.oid) AS skipped_analyze_count,
     pg_stat_get_autoanalyze_count(c.oid) AS autoanalyze_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count(c.oid) AS skipped_autoanalyze_count,
     pg_stat_get_total_vacuum_time(c.oid) AS total_vacuum_time,
     pg_stat_get_total_autovacuum_time(c.oid) AS total_autovacuum_time,
     pg_stat_get_total_analyze_time(c.oid) AS total_analyze_time,
@@ -2346,13 +2354,21 @@ pg_stat_sys_tables| SELECT relid,
     n_mod_since_analyze,
     n_ins_since_vacuum,
     last_vacuum,
+    last_skipped_vacuum,
     last_autovacuum,
+    last_skipped_autovacuum,
     last_analyze,
+    last_skipped_analyze,
     last_autoanalyze,
+    last_skipped_autoanalyze,
     vacuum_count,
+    skipped_vacuum_count,
     autovacuum_count,
+    skipped_autovacuum_count,
     analyze_count,
+    skipped_analyze_count,
     autoanalyze_count,
+    skipped_autoanalyze_count,
     total_vacuum_time,
     total_autovacuum_time,
     total_analyze_time,
@@ -2401,13 +2417,21 @@ pg_stat_user_tables| SELECT relid,
     n_mod_since_analyze,
     n_ins_since_vacuum,
     last_vacuum,
+    last_skipped_vacuum,
     last_autovacuum,
+    last_skipped_autovacuum,
     last_analyze,
+    last_skipped_analyze,
     last_autoanalyze,
+    last_skipped_autoanalyze,
     vacuum_count,
+    skipped_vacuum_count,
     autovacuum_count,
+    skipped_autovacuum_count,
     analyze_count,
+    skipped_analyze_count,
     autoanalyze_count,
+    skipped_autoanalyze_count,
     total_vacuum_time,
     total_autovacuum_time,
     total_analyze_time,
-- 
2.43.0


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* [PATCH v4] Track skipped vacuum and analyze activity per relation
@ 2026-03-24 04:09 Yugo Nagata <[email protected]>
  0 siblings, 0 replies; 374+ messages in thread

From: Yugo Nagata @ 2026-03-24 04:09 UTC (permalink / raw)

This commit adds eight fields to the relation statistics that track
the last time vacuum or analyze has been attempted but skipped due to
lock unavailability, along with their counts:

-    last_skipped_vacuum
-    last_skipped_autovacuum
-    last_skipped_analyze
-    last_skipped_autoanalyze
-    skipped_vacuum_count
-    skipped_autovacuum_count
-    skipped_analyze_count
-    skipped_autoanalyze_count

These field can help users confirm that autovacuum is actively attempting
to run on a table that has not been vacuumed or analyzed for a long time,
and that the lack of progress is due to repeated skips rather than inactivity.
---
 doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml                 |  88 ++++++++++++++++
 src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql         |   8 ++
 src/backend/commands/vacuum.c                | 102 ++++++++++++++-----
 src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c |  64 ++++++++++++
 src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c          |  24 +++++
 src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat              |  32 ++++++
 src/include/pgstat.h                         |  16 +++
 src/test/regress/expected/rules.out          |  24 +++++
 8 files changed, 335 insertions(+), 23 deletions(-)

diff --git a/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml b/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml
index 08d5b824552..a9b579d87a9 100644
--- a/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml
+++ b/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml
@@ -4387,6 +4387,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_vacuum</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time a manual vacuum on this table was attempted but skipped due to
+       lock unavailability (not counting <command>VACUUM FULL</command>)
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>last_autovacuum</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
@@ -4397,6 +4407,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_autovacuum</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time a vacuum on this table by the autovacuum daemon was attempted
+       but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>last_analyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
@@ -4406,6 +4426,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_analyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time a manual analyze on this table was attempted but skipped due to
+       lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>last_autoanalyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
@@ -4416,6 +4446,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_autoanalyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time at which an analyze on this table by the autovacuum was
+       attempted but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>vacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4426,6 +4466,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_vacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times manual vacuums on this table have been attempted but skipped
+       due to lock unavailability (not counting <command>VACUUM FULL</command>)
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>autovacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4436,6 +4486,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_autovacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times vacuums on this table by the autovacuum daemon have been
+       attempted but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>analyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4445,6 +4505,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_analyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times manual analyzes on this table have been attempted but
+       skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>autoanalyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4455,6 +4525,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_autoanalyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times analyzes on this table by the autovacuum daemon have
+       been attempted but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>total_vacuum_time</structfield> <type>double precision</type>
@@ -4510,6 +4590,14 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
    </tgroup>
   </table>
 
+  <note>
+   <para>
+    When a manual vacuum or analyze on a parent table in an inheritance or
+    partitioning hierarchy is skipped, the statistics are recorded only for
+    the parent table, not for its children.
+   </para>
+  </note>
+
  </sect2>
 
  <sect2 id="monitoring-pg-stat-autovacuum-scores-view">
diff --git a/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql b/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql
index 73a1c1c4670..f509fc7876b 100644
--- a/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql
+++ b/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql
@@ -736,13 +736,21 @@ CREATE VIEW pg_stat_all_tables AS
             pg_stat_get_mod_since_analyze(C.oid) AS n_mod_since_analyze,
             pg_stat_get_ins_since_vacuum(C.oid) AS n_ins_since_vacuum,
             pg_stat_get_last_vacuum_time(C.oid) as last_vacuum,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_vacuum,
             pg_stat_get_last_autovacuum_time(C.oid) as last_autovacuum,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_autovacuum,
             pg_stat_get_last_analyze_time(C.oid) as last_analyze,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_analyze,
             pg_stat_get_last_autoanalyze_time(C.oid) as last_autoanalyze,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_autoanalyze,
             pg_stat_get_vacuum_count(C.oid) AS vacuum_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count(C.oid) AS skipped_vacuum_count,
             pg_stat_get_autovacuum_count(C.oid) AS autovacuum_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count(C.oid) AS skipped_autovacuum_count,
             pg_stat_get_analyze_count(C.oid) AS analyze_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count(C.oid) AS skipped_analyze_count,
             pg_stat_get_autoanalyze_count(C.oid) AS autoanalyze_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count(C.oid) AS skipped_autoanalyze_count,
             pg_stat_get_total_vacuum_time(C.oid) AS total_vacuum_time,
             pg_stat_get_total_autovacuum_time(C.oid) AS total_autovacuum_time,
             pg_stat_get_total_analyze_time(C.oid) AS total_analyze_time,
diff --git a/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c b/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c
index 99d0db82ed7..97cd5ea8d10 100644
--- a/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c
+++ b/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c
@@ -793,8 +793,25 @@ vacuum_open_relation(Oid relid, RangeVar *relation, uint32 options,
 		rel = try_relation_open(relid, NoLock);
 	else
 	{
+		int flags = 0;
 		rel = NULL;
 		rel_lock = false;
+
+		if ((options & VACOPT_VACUUM) != 0)
+		{
+			if (AmAutoVacuumWorkerProcess())
+				flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOVACUUM;
+			else
+				flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM;
+		}
+		if ((options & VACOPT_ANALYZE) != 0)
+		{
+			if (AmAutoVacuumWorkerProcess())
+				flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOANALYZE;
+			else
+				flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE;
+		}
+		pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(relid, flags);
 	}
 
 	/* if relation is opened, leave */
@@ -802,7 +819,7 @@ vacuum_open_relation(Oid relid, RangeVar *relation, uint32 options,
 		return rel;
 
 	/*
-	 * Relation could not be opened, hence generate if possible a log
+	 * Relation could not be opened hence generate if possible a log
 	 * informing on the situation.
 	 *
 	 * If the RangeVar is not defined, we do not have enough information to
@@ -905,7 +922,6 @@ expand_vacuum_rel(VacuumRelation *vrel, MemoryContext vac_context,
 		Form_pg_class classForm;
 		bool		include_children;
 		bool		is_partitioned_table;
-		int			rvr_opts;
 
 		/*
 		 * Since autovacuum workers supply OIDs when calling vacuum(), no
@@ -918,29 +934,69 @@ expand_vacuum_rel(VacuumRelation *vrel, MemoryContext vac_context,
 		 * below, as well as find_all_inheritors's expectation that the caller
 		 * holds some lock on the starting relation.
 		 */
-		rvr_opts = (options & VACOPT_SKIP_LOCKED) ? RVR_SKIP_LOCKED : 0;
-		relid = RangeVarGetRelidExtended(vrel->relation,
-										 AccessShareLock,
-										 rvr_opts,
-										 NULL, NULL);
-
-		/*
-		 * If the lock is unavailable, emit the same log statement that
-		 * vacuum_rel() and analyze_rel() would.
-		 */
-		if (!OidIsValid(relid))
+		if (!(options & VACOPT_SKIP_LOCKED))
 		{
-			if (options & VACOPT_VACUUM)
-				ereport(WARNING,
-						(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
-						 errmsg("skipping vacuum of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
-								vrel->relation->relname)));
-			else
-				ereport(WARNING,
-						(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
-						 errmsg("skipping analyze of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
+			relid = RangeVarGetRelidExtended(vrel->relation,
+											 AccessShareLock,
+											 0, NULL, NULL);
+			if (!OidIsValid(relid))
+				return vacrels;
+		}
+		else
+		{
+			/* Get relid for reporting before taking a lock */
+			relid = RangeVarGetRelid(vrel->relation, NoLock, false);
+
+			if (!ConditionalLockRelationOid(relid, AccessShareLock))
+			{
+				int	flags = 0;
+				/*
+				 * If the lock is unavailable, emit the same log statement that
+				 * vacuum_rel() and analyze_rel() would.
+				 */
+				if (options & VACOPT_VACUUM)
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping vacuum of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
 								vrel->relation->relname)));
-			return vacrels;
+				else
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping analyze of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
+									vrel->relation->relname)));
+
+				if ((options & VACOPT_VACUUM) != 0)
+					flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM;
+				if ((options & VACOPT_ANALYZE) != 0)
+					flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE;
+
+				pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(relid, flags);
+
+				return vacrels;
+			}
+
+			/*
+			 * Now that we have the lock, probe to see if the relation really
+			 * exists or not.
+			 */
+			if (!SearchSysCacheExists1(RELOID, ObjectIdGetDatum(relid)))
+			{
+				if (options & VACOPT_VACUUM)
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_UNDEFINED_TABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping vacuum of \"%s\" --- relation no longer exists",
+									vrel->relation->relname)));
+				else
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_UNDEFINED_TABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping analyze of \"%s\" --- relation no longer exists",
+									vrel->relation->relname)));
+
+				/* Release useless lock */
+				UnlockRelationOid(relid, AccessShareLock);
+
+				return vacrels;
+			}
 		}
 
 		/*
diff --git a/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c b/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c
index b2ca28f83ba..532d9023f8c 100644
--- a/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c
+++ b/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c
@@ -17,12 +17,14 @@
 
 #include "postgres.h"
 
+#include "access/htup_details.h"
 #include "access/twophase_rmgr.h"
 #include "access/xact.h"
 #include "catalog/catalog.h"
 #include "utils/memutils.h"
 #include "utils/pgstat_internal.h"
 #include "utils/rel.h"
+#include "utils/syscache.h"
 #include "utils/timestamp.h"
 
 
@@ -367,6 +369,68 @@ pgstat_report_analyze(Relation rel,
 	(void) pgstat_flush_backend(false, PGSTAT_BACKEND_FLUSH_IO);
 }
 
+/*
+ * Report that the table was skipped during vacuum or/and analyze.
+ */
+void
+pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(Oid relid, int flags)
+{
+	PgStat_EntryRef *entry_ref;
+	PgStatShared_Relation *shtabentry;
+	PgStat_StatTabEntry *tabentry;
+	TimestampTz ts;
+	HeapTuple	classTup;
+	bool		isshared;
+
+	if (!pgstat_track_counts || !flags)
+		return;
+
+	classTup = SearchSysCache1(RELOID, ObjectIdGetDatum(relid));
+	if (!HeapTupleIsValid(classTup))
+		return;			/* somebody deleted the rel, forget it */
+	isshared = ((Form_pg_class) GETSTRUCT(classTup))->relisshared;
+	ReleaseSysCache(classTup);
+
+	/* Store the data in the table's hash table entry. */
+	ts = GetCurrentTimestamp();
+
+	/* block acquiring lock for the same reason as pgstat_report_autovac() */
+	entry_ref = pgstat_get_entry_ref_locked(PGSTAT_KIND_RELATION,
+											isshared ? InvalidOid : MyDatabaseId,
+											relid, false);
+
+	shtabentry = (PgStatShared_Relation *) entry_ref->shared_stats;
+	tabentry = &shtabentry->stats;
+
+	if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM)
+	{
+		tabentry->last_skipped_vacuum_time = ts;
+		tabentry->skipped_vacuum_count++;
+	}
+	else if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOVACUUM)
+	{
+		tabentry->last_skipped_autovacuum_time = ts;
+		tabentry->skipped_autovacuum_count++;
+	}
+
+	if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE)
+	{
+		tabentry->last_skipped_analyze_time = ts;
+		tabentry->skipped_analyze_count++;
+	}
+	else if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOANALYZE)
+	{
+		tabentry->last_skipped_autoanalyze_time = ts;
+		tabentry->skipped_autoanalyze_count++;
+	}
+
+	pgstat_unlock_entry(entry_ref);
+
+	/* see pgstat_report_vacuum() */
+	pgstat_flush_io(false);
+	(void) pgstat_flush_backend(false, PGSTAT_BACKEND_FLUSH_IO);
+}
+
 /*
  * count a tuple insertion of n tuples
  */
diff --git a/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c b/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c
index 1408de387ea..90a8968faa0 100644
--- a/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c
+++ b/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c
@@ -84,6 +84,18 @@ PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(mod_since_analyze)
 /* pg_stat_get_numscans */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(numscans)
 
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_analyze_count)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_autoanalyze_count)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_autovacuum_count)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_vacuum_count)
+
 /* pg_stat_get_tuples_deleted */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(tuples_deleted)
 
@@ -170,6 +182,18 @@ PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_vacuum_time)
 /* pg_stat_get_lastscan */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(lastscan)
 
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_analyze_time)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_autoanalyze_time)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_autovacuum_time)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_vacuum_time)
+
 /* pg_stat_get_stat_reset_time */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(stat_reset_time)
 
diff --git a/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat b/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat
index fa9ae79082b..32debb34863 100644
--- a/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat
+++ b/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat
@@ -5680,6 +5680,38 @@
   proargmodes => '{o,o,o,o,o,o,o,o,o,o}',
   proargnames => '{oid,score,xid_score,mxid_score,vacuum_score,vacuum_insert_score,analyze_score,do_vacuum,do_analyze,for_wraparound}',
   prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_autovacuum_scores' },
+{ oid => '8142', descr => 'statistics: last skipped vacuum time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time' },
+{ oid => '8143', descr => 'statistics: last skipped auto vacuum time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time' },
+{ oid => '8144', descr => 'statistics: last skipped analyze time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time' },
+{ oid => '8145', descr => 'statistics: last skipped auto analyze time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time' },
+{ oid => '8146', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped vacuum for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count' },
+{ oid => '8147', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped auto vacuum for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count' },
+{ oid => '8148', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped analyzes for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count' },
+{ oid => '8149', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped auto analyzes for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count' },
 { oid => '1936', descr => 'statistics: currently active backend IDs',
   proname => 'pg_stat_get_backend_idset', prorows => '100', proretset => 't',
   provolatile => 's', proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int4',
diff --git a/src/include/pgstat.h b/src/include/pgstat.h
index dfa2e837638..98941f953d1 100644
--- a/src/include/pgstat.h
+++ b/src/include/pgstat.h
@@ -479,6 +479,15 @@ typedef struct PgStat_StatTabEntry
 	TimestampTz last_autoanalyze_time;	/* autovacuum initiated */
 	PgStat_Counter autoanalyze_count;
 
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_vacuum_time;	/* user initiated vacuum */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_vacuum_count;
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_autovacuum_time;	/* autovacuum initiated */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_autovacuum_count;
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_analyze_time;	/* user initiated */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_analyze_count;
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_autoanalyze_time;	/* autovacuum initiated */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_autoanalyze_count;
+
 	PgStat_Counter total_vacuum_time;	/* times in milliseconds */
 	PgStat_Counter total_autovacuum_time;
 	PgStat_Counter total_analyze_time;
@@ -703,6 +712,13 @@ extern void pgstat_report_analyze(Relation rel,
 								  PgStat_Counter livetuples, PgStat_Counter deadtuples,
 								  bool resetcounter, TimestampTz starttime);
 
+/* flags for pgstat_flush_backend() */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM		(1 << 0)	/* vacuum is skipped */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE		(1 << 1)	/* analyze is skipped */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOVACUUM	(1 << 2)	/* autovacuum is skipped */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOANALYZE	(1 << 3)	/* autoanalyze is skipped */
+extern void pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(Oid relid, int flags);
+
 /*
  * If stats are enabled, but pending data hasn't been prepared yet, call
  * pgstat_assoc_relation() to do so. See its comment for why this is done
diff --git a/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out b/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out
index a65a5bf0c4f..9b2075d3373 100644
--- a/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out
+++ b/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out
@@ -1835,13 +1835,21 @@ pg_stat_all_tables| SELECT c.oid AS relid,
     pg_stat_get_mod_since_analyze(c.oid) AS n_mod_since_analyze,
     pg_stat_get_ins_since_vacuum(c.oid) AS n_ins_since_vacuum,
     pg_stat_get_last_vacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_vacuum,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_vacuum,
     pg_stat_get_last_autovacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_autovacuum,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_autovacuum,
     pg_stat_get_last_analyze_time(c.oid) AS last_analyze,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_analyze,
     pg_stat_get_last_autoanalyze_time(c.oid) AS last_autoanalyze,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_autoanalyze,
     pg_stat_get_vacuum_count(c.oid) AS vacuum_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count(c.oid) AS skipped_vacuum_count,
     pg_stat_get_autovacuum_count(c.oid) AS autovacuum_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count(c.oid) AS skipped_autovacuum_count,
     pg_stat_get_analyze_count(c.oid) AS analyze_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count(c.oid) AS skipped_analyze_count,
     pg_stat_get_autoanalyze_count(c.oid) AS autoanalyze_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count(c.oid) AS skipped_autoanalyze_count,
     pg_stat_get_total_vacuum_time(c.oid) AS total_vacuum_time,
     pg_stat_get_total_autovacuum_time(c.oid) AS total_autovacuum_time,
     pg_stat_get_total_analyze_time(c.oid) AS total_analyze_time,
@@ -2346,13 +2354,21 @@ pg_stat_sys_tables| SELECT relid,
     n_mod_since_analyze,
     n_ins_since_vacuum,
     last_vacuum,
+    last_skipped_vacuum,
     last_autovacuum,
+    last_skipped_autovacuum,
     last_analyze,
+    last_skipped_analyze,
     last_autoanalyze,
+    last_skipped_autoanalyze,
     vacuum_count,
+    skipped_vacuum_count,
     autovacuum_count,
+    skipped_autovacuum_count,
     analyze_count,
+    skipped_analyze_count,
     autoanalyze_count,
+    skipped_autoanalyze_count,
     total_vacuum_time,
     total_autovacuum_time,
     total_analyze_time,
@@ -2401,13 +2417,21 @@ pg_stat_user_tables| SELECT relid,
     n_mod_since_analyze,
     n_ins_since_vacuum,
     last_vacuum,
+    last_skipped_vacuum,
     last_autovacuum,
+    last_skipped_autovacuum,
     last_analyze,
+    last_skipped_analyze,
     last_autoanalyze,
+    last_skipped_autoanalyze,
     vacuum_count,
+    skipped_vacuum_count,
     autovacuum_count,
+    skipped_autovacuum_count,
     analyze_count,
+    skipped_analyze_count,
     autoanalyze_count,
+    skipped_autoanalyze_count,
     total_vacuum_time,
     total_autovacuum_time,
     total_analyze_time,
-- 
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* [PATCH v4] Track skipped vacuum and analyze activity per relation
@ 2026-03-24 04:09 Yugo Nagata <[email protected]>
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From: Yugo Nagata @ 2026-03-24 04:09 UTC (permalink / raw)

This commit adds eight fields to the relation statistics that track
the last time vacuum or analyze has been attempted but skipped due to
lock unavailability, along with their counts:

-    last_skipped_vacuum
-    last_skipped_autovacuum
-    last_skipped_analyze
-    last_skipped_autoanalyze
-    skipped_vacuum_count
-    skipped_autovacuum_count
-    skipped_analyze_count
-    skipped_autoanalyze_count

These field can help users confirm that autovacuum is actively attempting
to run on a table that has not been vacuumed or analyzed for a long time,
and that the lack of progress is due to repeated skips rather than inactivity.
---
 doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml                 |  88 ++++++++++++++++
 src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql         |   8 ++
 src/backend/commands/vacuum.c                | 102 ++++++++++++++-----
 src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c |  64 ++++++++++++
 src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c          |  24 +++++
 src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat              |  32 ++++++
 src/include/pgstat.h                         |  16 +++
 src/test/regress/expected/rules.out          |  24 +++++
 8 files changed, 335 insertions(+), 23 deletions(-)

diff --git a/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml b/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml
index 08d5b824552..a9b579d87a9 100644
--- a/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml
+++ b/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml
@@ -4387,6 +4387,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_vacuum</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time a manual vacuum on this table was attempted but skipped due to
+       lock unavailability (not counting <command>VACUUM FULL</command>)
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>last_autovacuum</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
@@ -4397,6 +4407,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_autovacuum</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time a vacuum on this table by the autovacuum daemon was attempted
+       but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>last_analyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
@@ -4406,6 +4426,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_analyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time a manual analyze on this table was attempted but skipped due to
+       lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>last_autoanalyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
@@ -4416,6 +4446,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_autoanalyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time at which an analyze on this table by the autovacuum was
+       attempted but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>vacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4426,6 +4466,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_vacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times manual vacuums on this table have been attempted but skipped
+       due to lock unavailability (not counting <command>VACUUM FULL</command>)
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>autovacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4436,6 +4486,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_autovacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times vacuums on this table by the autovacuum daemon have been
+       attempted but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>analyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4445,6 +4505,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_analyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times manual analyzes on this table have been attempted but
+       skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>autoanalyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4455,6 +4525,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_autoanalyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times analyzes on this table by the autovacuum daemon have
+       been attempted but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>total_vacuum_time</structfield> <type>double precision</type>
@@ -4510,6 +4590,14 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
    </tgroup>
   </table>
 
+  <note>
+   <para>
+    When a manual vacuum or analyze on a parent table in an inheritance or
+    partitioning hierarchy is skipped, the statistics are recorded only for
+    the parent table, not for its children.
+   </para>
+  </note>
+
  </sect2>
 
  <sect2 id="monitoring-pg-stat-autovacuum-scores-view">
diff --git a/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql b/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql
index 73a1c1c4670..f509fc7876b 100644
--- a/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql
+++ b/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql
@@ -736,13 +736,21 @@ CREATE VIEW pg_stat_all_tables AS
             pg_stat_get_mod_since_analyze(C.oid) AS n_mod_since_analyze,
             pg_stat_get_ins_since_vacuum(C.oid) AS n_ins_since_vacuum,
             pg_stat_get_last_vacuum_time(C.oid) as last_vacuum,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_vacuum,
             pg_stat_get_last_autovacuum_time(C.oid) as last_autovacuum,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_autovacuum,
             pg_stat_get_last_analyze_time(C.oid) as last_analyze,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_analyze,
             pg_stat_get_last_autoanalyze_time(C.oid) as last_autoanalyze,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_autoanalyze,
             pg_stat_get_vacuum_count(C.oid) AS vacuum_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count(C.oid) AS skipped_vacuum_count,
             pg_stat_get_autovacuum_count(C.oid) AS autovacuum_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count(C.oid) AS skipped_autovacuum_count,
             pg_stat_get_analyze_count(C.oid) AS analyze_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count(C.oid) AS skipped_analyze_count,
             pg_stat_get_autoanalyze_count(C.oid) AS autoanalyze_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count(C.oid) AS skipped_autoanalyze_count,
             pg_stat_get_total_vacuum_time(C.oid) AS total_vacuum_time,
             pg_stat_get_total_autovacuum_time(C.oid) AS total_autovacuum_time,
             pg_stat_get_total_analyze_time(C.oid) AS total_analyze_time,
diff --git a/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c b/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c
index 99d0db82ed7..97cd5ea8d10 100644
--- a/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c
+++ b/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c
@@ -793,8 +793,25 @@ vacuum_open_relation(Oid relid, RangeVar *relation, uint32 options,
 		rel = try_relation_open(relid, NoLock);
 	else
 	{
+		int flags = 0;
 		rel = NULL;
 		rel_lock = false;
+
+		if ((options & VACOPT_VACUUM) != 0)
+		{
+			if (AmAutoVacuumWorkerProcess())
+				flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOVACUUM;
+			else
+				flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM;
+		}
+		if ((options & VACOPT_ANALYZE) != 0)
+		{
+			if (AmAutoVacuumWorkerProcess())
+				flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOANALYZE;
+			else
+				flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE;
+		}
+		pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(relid, flags);
 	}
 
 	/* if relation is opened, leave */
@@ -802,7 +819,7 @@ vacuum_open_relation(Oid relid, RangeVar *relation, uint32 options,
 		return rel;
 
 	/*
-	 * Relation could not be opened, hence generate if possible a log
+	 * Relation could not be opened hence generate if possible a log
 	 * informing on the situation.
 	 *
 	 * If the RangeVar is not defined, we do not have enough information to
@@ -905,7 +922,6 @@ expand_vacuum_rel(VacuumRelation *vrel, MemoryContext vac_context,
 		Form_pg_class classForm;
 		bool		include_children;
 		bool		is_partitioned_table;
-		int			rvr_opts;
 
 		/*
 		 * Since autovacuum workers supply OIDs when calling vacuum(), no
@@ -918,29 +934,69 @@ expand_vacuum_rel(VacuumRelation *vrel, MemoryContext vac_context,
 		 * below, as well as find_all_inheritors's expectation that the caller
 		 * holds some lock on the starting relation.
 		 */
-		rvr_opts = (options & VACOPT_SKIP_LOCKED) ? RVR_SKIP_LOCKED : 0;
-		relid = RangeVarGetRelidExtended(vrel->relation,
-										 AccessShareLock,
-										 rvr_opts,
-										 NULL, NULL);
-
-		/*
-		 * If the lock is unavailable, emit the same log statement that
-		 * vacuum_rel() and analyze_rel() would.
-		 */
-		if (!OidIsValid(relid))
+		if (!(options & VACOPT_SKIP_LOCKED))
 		{
-			if (options & VACOPT_VACUUM)
-				ereport(WARNING,
-						(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
-						 errmsg("skipping vacuum of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
-								vrel->relation->relname)));
-			else
-				ereport(WARNING,
-						(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
-						 errmsg("skipping analyze of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
+			relid = RangeVarGetRelidExtended(vrel->relation,
+											 AccessShareLock,
+											 0, NULL, NULL);
+			if (!OidIsValid(relid))
+				return vacrels;
+		}
+		else
+		{
+			/* Get relid for reporting before taking a lock */
+			relid = RangeVarGetRelid(vrel->relation, NoLock, false);
+
+			if (!ConditionalLockRelationOid(relid, AccessShareLock))
+			{
+				int	flags = 0;
+				/*
+				 * If the lock is unavailable, emit the same log statement that
+				 * vacuum_rel() and analyze_rel() would.
+				 */
+				if (options & VACOPT_VACUUM)
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping vacuum of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
 								vrel->relation->relname)));
-			return vacrels;
+				else
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping analyze of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
+									vrel->relation->relname)));
+
+				if ((options & VACOPT_VACUUM) != 0)
+					flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM;
+				if ((options & VACOPT_ANALYZE) != 0)
+					flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE;
+
+				pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(relid, flags);
+
+				return vacrels;
+			}
+
+			/*
+			 * Now that we have the lock, probe to see if the relation really
+			 * exists or not.
+			 */
+			if (!SearchSysCacheExists1(RELOID, ObjectIdGetDatum(relid)))
+			{
+				if (options & VACOPT_VACUUM)
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_UNDEFINED_TABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping vacuum of \"%s\" --- relation no longer exists",
+									vrel->relation->relname)));
+				else
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_UNDEFINED_TABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping analyze of \"%s\" --- relation no longer exists",
+									vrel->relation->relname)));
+
+				/* Release useless lock */
+				UnlockRelationOid(relid, AccessShareLock);
+
+				return vacrels;
+			}
 		}
 
 		/*
diff --git a/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c b/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c
index b2ca28f83ba..532d9023f8c 100644
--- a/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c
+++ b/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c
@@ -17,12 +17,14 @@
 
 #include "postgres.h"
 
+#include "access/htup_details.h"
 #include "access/twophase_rmgr.h"
 #include "access/xact.h"
 #include "catalog/catalog.h"
 #include "utils/memutils.h"
 #include "utils/pgstat_internal.h"
 #include "utils/rel.h"
+#include "utils/syscache.h"
 #include "utils/timestamp.h"
 
 
@@ -367,6 +369,68 @@ pgstat_report_analyze(Relation rel,
 	(void) pgstat_flush_backend(false, PGSTAT_BACKEND_FLUSH_IO);
 }
 
+/*
+ * Report that the table was skipped during vacuum or/and analyze.
+ */
+void
+pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(Oid relid, int flags)
+{
+	PgStat_EntryRef *entry_ref;
+	PgStatShared_Relation *shtabentry;
+	PgStat_StatTabEntry *tabentry;
+	TimestampTz ts;
+	HeapTuple	classTup;
+	bool		isshared;
+
+	if (!pgstat_track_counts || !flags)
+		return;
+
+	classTup = SearchSysCache1(RELOID, ObjectIdGetDatum(relid));
+	if (!HeapTupleIsValid(classTup))
+		return;			/* somebody deleted the rel, forget it */
+	isshared = ((Form_pg_class) GETSTRUCT(classTup))->relisshared;
+	ReleaseSysCache(classTup);
+
+	/* Store the data in the table's hash table entry. */
+	ts = GetCurrentTimestamp();
+
+	/* block acquiring lock for the same reason as pgstat_report_autovac() */
+	entry_ref = pgstat_get_entry_ref_locked(PGSTAT_KIND_RELATION,
+											isshared ? InvalidOid : MyDatabaseId,
+											relid, false);
+
+	shtabentry = (PgStatShared_Relation *) entry_ref->shared_stats;
+	tabentry = &shtabentry->stats;
+
+	if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM)
+	{
+		tabentry->last_skipped_vacuum_time = ts;
+		tabentry->skipped_vacuum_count++;
+	}
+	else if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOVACUUM)
+	{
+		tabentry->last_skipped_autovacuum_time = ts;
+		tabentry->skipped_autovacuum_count++;
+	}
+
+	if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE)
+	{
+		tabentry->last_skipped_analyze_time = ts;
+		tabentry->skipped_analyze_count++;
+	}
+	else if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOANALYZE)
+	{
+		tabentry->last_skipped_autoanalyze_time = ts;
+		tabentry->skipped_autoanalyze_count++;
+	}
+
+	pgstat_unlock_entry(entry_ref);
+
+	/* see pgstat_report_vacuum() */
+	pgstat_flush_io(false);
+	(void) pgstat_flush_backend(false, PGSTAT_BACKEND_FLUSH_IO);
+}
+
 /*
  * count a tuple insertion of n tuples
  */
diff --git a/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c b/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c
index 1408de387ea..90a8968faa0 100644
--- a/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c
+++ b/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c
@@ -84,6 +84,18 @@ PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(mod_since_analyze)
 /* pg_stat_get_numscans */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(numscans)
 
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_analyze_count)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_autoanalyze_count)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_autovacuum_count)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_vacuum_count)
+
 /* pg_stat_get_tuples_deleted */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(tuples_deleted)
 
@@ -170,6 +182,18 @@ PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_vacuum_time)
 /* pg_stat_get_lastscan */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(lastscan)
 
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_analyze_time)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_autoanalyze_time)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_autovacuum_time)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_vacuum_time)
+
 /* pg_stat_get_stat_reset_time */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(stat_reset_time)
 
diff --git a/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat b/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat
index fa9ae79082b..32debb34863 100644
--- a/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat
+++ b/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat
@@ -5680,6 +5680,38 @@
   proargmodes => '{o,o,o,o,o,o,o,o,o,o}',
   proargnames => '{oid,score,xid_score,mxid_score,vacuum_score,vacuum_insert_score,analyze_score,do_vacuum,do_analyze,for_wraparound}',
   prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_autovacuum_scores' },
+{ oid => '8142', descr => 'statistics: last skipped vacuum time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time' },
+{ oid => '8143', descr => 'statistics: last skipped auto vacuum time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time' },
+{ oid => '8144', descr => 'statistics: last skipped analyze time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time' },
+{ oid => '8145', descr => 'statistics: last skipped auto analyze time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time' },
+{ oid => '8146', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped vacuum for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count' },
+{ oid => '8147', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped auto vacuum for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count' },
+{ oid => '8148', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped analyzes for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count' },
+{ oid => '8149', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped auto analyzes for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count' },
 { oid => '1936', descr => 'statistics: currently active backend IDs',
   proname => 'pg_stat_get_backend_idset', prorows => '100', proretset => 't',
   provolatile => 's', proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int4',
diff --git a/src/include/pgstat.h b/src/include/pgstat.h
index dfa2e837638..98941f953d1 100644
--- a/src/include/pgstat.h
+++ b/src/include/pgstat.h
@@ -479,6 +479,15 @@ typedef struct PgStat_StatTabEntry
 	TimestampTz last_autoanalyze_time;	/* autovacuum initiated */
 	PgStat_Counter autoanalyze_count;
 
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_vacuum_time;	/* user initiated vacuum */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_vacuum_count;
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_autovacuum_time;	/* autovacuum initiated */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_autovacuum_count;
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_analyze_time;	/* user initiated */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_analyze_count;
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_autoanalyze_time;	/* autovacuum initiated */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_autoanalyze_count;
+
 	PgStat_Counter total_vacuum_time;	/* times in milliseconds */
 	PgStat_Counter total_autovacuum_time;
 	PgStat_Counter total_analyze_time;
@@ -703,6 +712,13 @@ extern void pgstat_report_analyze(Relation rel,
 								  PgStat_Counter livetuples, PgStat_Counter deadtuples,
 								  bool resetcounter, TimestampTz starttime);
 
+/* flags for pgstat_flush_backend() */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM		(1 << 0)	/* vacuum is skipped */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE		(1 << 1)	/* analyze is skipped */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOVACUUM	(1 << 2)	/* autovacuum is skipped */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOANALYZE	(1 << 3)	/* autoanalyze is skipped */
+extern void pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(Oid relid, int flags);
+
 /*
  * If stats are enabled, but pending data hasn't been prepared yet, call
  * pgstat_assoc_relation() to do so. See its comment for why this is done
diff --git a/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out b/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out
index a65a5bf0c4f..9b2075d3373 100644
--- a/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out
+++ b/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out
@@ -1835,13 +1835,21 @@ pg_stat_all_tables| SELECT c.oid AS relid,
     pg_stat_get_mod_since_analyze(c.oid) AS n_mod_since_analyze,
     pg_stat_get_ins_since_vacuum(c.oid) AS n_ins_since_vacuum,
     pg_stat_get_last_vacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_vacuum,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_vacuum,
     pg_stat_get_last_autovacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_autovacuum,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_autovacuum,
     pg_stat_get_last_analyze_time(c.oid) AS last_analyze,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_analyze,
     pg_stat_get_last_autoanalyze_time(c.oid) AS last_autoanalyze,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_autoanalyze,
     pg_stat_get_vacuum_count(c.oid) AS vacuum_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count(c.oid) AS skipped_vacuum_count,
     pg_stat_get_autovacuum_count(c.oid) AS autovacuum_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count(c.oid) AS skipped_autovacuum_count,
     pg_stat_get_analyze_count(c.oid) AS analyze_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count(c.oid) AS skipped_analyze_count,
     pg_stat_get_autoanalyze_count(c.oid) AS autoanalyze_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count(c.oid) AS skipped_autoanalyze_count,
     pg_stat_get_total_vacuum_time(c.oid) AS total_vacuum_time,
     pg_stat_get_total_autovacuum_time(c.oid) AS total_autovacuum_time,
     pg_stat_get_total_analyze_time(c.oid) AS total_analyze_time,
@@ -2346,13 +2354,21 @@ pg_stat_sys_tables| SELECT relid,
     n_mod_since_analyze,
     n_ins_since_vacuum,
     last_vacuum,
+    last_skipped_vacuum,
     last_autovacuum,
+    last_skipped_autovacuum,
     last_analyze,
+    last_skipped_analyze,
     last_autoanalyze,
+    last_skipped_autoanalyze,
     vacuum_count,
+    skipped_vacuum_count,
     autovacuum_count,
+    skipped_autovacuum_count,
     analyze_count,
+    skipped_analyze_count,
     autoanalyze_count,
+    skipped_autoanalyze_count,
     total_vacuum_time,
     total_autovacuum_time,
     total_analyze_time,
@@ -2401,13 +2417,21 @@ pg_stat_user_tables| SELECT relid,
     n_mod_since_analyze,
     n_ins_since_vacuum,
     last_vacuum,
+    last_skipped_vacuum,
     last_autovacuum,
+    last_skipped_autovacuum,
     last_analyze,
+    last_skipped_analyze,
     last_autoanalyze,
+    last_skipped_autoanalyze,
     vacuum_count,
+    skipped_vacuum_count,
     autovacuum_count,
+    skipped_autovacuum_count,
     analyze_count,
+    skipped_analyze_count,
     autoanalyze_count,
+    skipped_autoanalyze_count,
     total_vacuum_time,
     total_autovacuum_time,
     total_analyze_time,
-- 
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* [PATCH v3] Track skipped vacuum and analyze activity per relation
@ 2026-03-24 04:09 Yugo Nagata <[email protected]>
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From: Yugo Nagata @ 2026-03-24 04:09 UTC (permalink / raw)

This commit adds eight fields to the relation statistics that track
the last time vacuum or analyze has been attempted but skipped due to
lock unavailability, along with their counts:

-    last_skipped_vacuum
-    last_skipped_autovacuum
-    last_skipped_analyze
-    last_skipped_autoanalyze
-    skipped_vacuum_count
-    skipped_autovacuum_count
-    skipped_analyze_count
-    skipped_autoanalyze_count

These field can help users confirm that autovacuum is actively attempting
to run on a table that has not been vacuumed or analyzed for a long time,
and that the lack of progress is due to repeated skips rather than inactivity.
---
 doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml                 | 80 +++++++++++++++++
 src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql         |  8 ++
 src/backend/commands/vacuum.c                | 95 +++++++++++++++-----
 src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c | 68 ++++++++++++++
 src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c          | 24 +++++
 src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat              | 32 +++++++
 src/include/pgstat.h                         | 16 ++++
 src/test/regress/expected/rules.out          | 24 +++++
 8 files changed, 324 insertions(+), 23 deletions(-)

diff --git a/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml b/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml
index bb75ed1069b..9ec8070b2fc 100644
--- a/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml
+++ b/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml
@@ -4372,6 +4372,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_vacuum</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time a manual vacuum on this table was attempted but skipped due to
+       lock unavailability (not counting <command>VACUUM FULL</command>)
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>last_autovacuum</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
@@ -4382,6 +4392,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_autovacuum</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time a vacuum on this table by the autovacuum daemon was attempted
+       but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>last_analyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
@@ -4391,6 +4411,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_analyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time a manual analyze on this table was attempted but skipped due to
+       lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>last_autoanalyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
@@ -4401,6 +4431,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_autoanalyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time at which an analyze on this table by the autovacuum was
+       attempted but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>vacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4411,6 +4451,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_vacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times vacuums on this table have been attempted but skipped
+       due to lock unavailability (not counting <command>VACUUM FULL</command>)
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>autovacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4421,6 +4471,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_autovacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times vacuums on this table by the autovacuum daemon have been
+       attempted but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>analyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4430,6 +4490,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_analyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times manual analyzes on this table have been attempted but
+       skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>autoanalyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4440,6 +4510,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_autoanalyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times analyzes on this table by the autovacuum daemon have
+       been attempted but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>total_vacuum_time</structfield> <type>double precision</type>
diff --git a/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql b/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql
index e54018004db..2ca02a0354c 100644
--- a/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql
+++ b/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql
@@ -736,13 +736,21 @@ CREATE VIEW pg_stat_all_tables AS
             pg_stat_get_mod_since_analyze(C.oid) AS n_mod_since_analyze,
             pg_stat_get_ins_since_vacuum(C.oid) AS n_ins_since_vacuum,
             pg_stat_get_last_vacuum_time(C.oid) as last_vacuum,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_vacuum,
             pg_stat_get_last_autovacuum_time(C.oid) as last_autovacuum,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_autovacuum,
             pg_stat_get_last_analyze_time(C.oid) as last_analyze,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_analyze,
             pg_stat_get_last_autoanalyze_time(C.oid) as last_autoanalyze,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_autoanalyze,
             pg_stat_get_vacuum_count(C.oid) AS vacuum_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count(C.oid) AS skipped_vacuum_count,
             pg_stat_get_autovacuum_count(C.oid) AS autovacuum_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count(C.oid) AS skipped_autovacuum_count,
             pg_stat_get_analyze_count(C.oid) AS analyze_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count(C.oid) AS skipped_analyze_count,
             pg_stat_get_autoanalyze_count(C.oid) AS autoanalyze_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count(C.oid) AS skipped_autoanalyze_count,
             pg_stat_get_total_vacuum_time(C.oid) AS total_vacuum_time,
             pg_stat_get_total_autovacuum_time(C.oid) AS total_autovacuum_time,
             pg_stat_get_total_analyze_time(C.oid) AS total_analyze_time,
diff --git a/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c b/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c
index bce3a2daa24..ce83b3171be 100644
--- a/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c
+++ b/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c
@@ -792,8 +792,18 @@ vacuum_open_relation(Oid relid, RangeVar *relation, bits32 options,
 		rel = try_relation_open(relid, NoLock);
 	else
 	{
+		bits8 flags = 0;
 		rel = NULL;
 		rel_lock = false;
+
+		if ((options & VACOPT_VACUUM) != 0)
+			flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM;
+		if ((options & VACOPT_ANALYZE) != 0)
+			flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE;
+		if (AmAutoVacuumWorkerProcess())
+			flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOVAC;
+
+		pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(relid, flags);
 	}
 
 	/* if relation is opened, leave */
@@ -801,7 +811,7 @@ vacuum_open_relation(Oid relid, RangeVar *relation, bits32 options,
 		return rel;
 
 	/*
-	 * Relation could not be opened, hence generate if possible a log
+	 * Relation could not be opened hence generate if possible a log
 	 * informing on the situation.
 	 *
 	 * If the RangeVar is not defined, we do not have enough information to
@@ -904,7 +914,6 @@ expand_vacuum_rel(VacuumRelation *vrel, MemoryContext vac_context,
 		Form_pg_class classForm;
 		bool		include_children;
 		bool		is_partitioned_table;
-		int			rvr_opts;
 
 		/*
 		 * Since autovacuum workers supply OIDs when calling vacuum(), no
@@ -917,29 +926,69 @@ expand_vacuum_rel(VacuumRelation *vrel, MemoryContext vac_context,
 		 * below, as well as find_all_inheritors's expectation that the caller
 		 * holds some lock on the starting relation.
 		 */
-		rvr_opts = (options & VACOPT_SKIP_LOCKED) ? RVR_SKIP_LOCKED : 0;
-		relid = RangeVarGetRelidExtended(vrel->relation,
-										 AccessShareLock,
-										 rvr_opts,
-										 NULL, NULL);
-
-		/*
-		 * If the lock is unavailable, emit the same log statement that
-		 * vacuum_rel() and analyze_rel() would.
-		 */
-		if (!OidIsValid(relid))
+		if (!(options & VACOPT_SKIP_LOCKED))
 		{
-			if (options & VACOPT_VACUUM)
-				ereport(WARNING,
-						(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
-						 errmsg("skipping vacuum of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
-								vrel->relation->relname)));
-			else
-				ereport(WARNING,
-						(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
-						 errmsg("skipping analyze of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
+			relid = RangeVarGetRelidExtended(vrel->relation,
+											 AccessShareLock,
+											 0, NULL, NULL);
+			if (!OidIsValid(relid))
+				return vacrels;
+		}
+		else
+		{
+			/* Get relid for reporting before taking a lock */
+			relid = RangeVarGetRelid(vrel->relation, NoLock, false);
+
+			if (!ConditionalLockRelationOid(relid, AccessShareLock))
+			{
+				bits8	flags = 0;
+				/*
+				 * If the lock is unavailable, emit the same log statement that
+				 * vacuum_rel() and analyze_rel() would.
+				 */
+				if (options & VACOPT_VACUUM)
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping vacuum of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
 								vrel->relation->relname)));
-			return vacrels;
+				else
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping analyze of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
+									vrel->relation->relname)));
+
+				if ((options & VACOPT_VACUUM) != 0)
+					flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM;
+				if ((options & VACOPT_ANALYZE) != 0)
+					flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE;
+
+				pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(relid, flags);
+
+				return vacrels;
+			}
+
+			/*
+			 * Now that we have the lock, probe to see if the relation really
+			 * exists or not.
+			 */
+			if (!SearchSysCacheExists1(RELOID, ObjectIdGetDatum(relid)))
+			{
+				if (options & VACOPT_VACUUM)
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_UNDEFINED_TABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping vacuum of \"%s\" --- relation no longer exists",
+									vrel->relation->relname)));
+				else
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_UNDEFINED_TABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping analyze of \"%s\" --- relation no longer exists",
+									vrel->relation->relname)));
+
+				/* Release useless lock */
+				UnlockRelationOid(relid, AccessShareLock);
+
+				return vacrels;
+			}
 		}
 
 		/*
diff --git a/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c b/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c
index bc8c43b96aa..cec4c88980e 100644
--- a/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c
+++ b/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c
@@ -17,6 +17,7 @@
 
 #include "postgres.h"
 
+#include "access/htup_details.h"
 #include "access/twophase_rmgr.h"
 #include "access/xact.h"
 #include "catalog/catalog.h"
@@ -366,6 +367,73 @@ pgstat_report_analyze(Relation rel,
 	(void) pgstat_flush_backend(false, PGSTAT_BACKEND_FLUSH_IO);
 }
 
+/*
+ * Report that the table was skipped during vacuum or/and analyze.
+ */
+void
+pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(Oid relid, bits8 flags)
+{
+	PgStat_EntryRef *entry_ref;
+	PgStatShared_Relation *shtabentry;
+	PgStat_StatTabEntry *tabentry;
+	TimestampTz ts;
+	HeapTuple	classTup;
+	bool		isshared;
+
+	if (!pgstat_track_counts || !(flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANY))
+		return;
+
+	classTup = SearchSysCache1(RELOID, ObjectIdGetDatum(relid));
+	if (!HeapTupleIsValid(classTup))
+		return;			/* somebody deleted the rel, forget it */
+	isshared = ((Form_pg_class) GETSTRUCT(classTup))->relisshared;
+	ReleaseSysCache(classTup);
+
+	/* Store the data in the table's hash table entry. */
+	ts = GetCurrentTimestamp();
+
+	/* block acquiring lock for the same reason as pgstat_report_autovac() */
+	entry_ref = pgstat_get_entry_ref_locked(PGSTAT_KIND_RELATION,
+											isshared ? InvalidOid : MyDatabaseId,
+											relid, false);
+
+	shtabentry = (PgStatShared_Relation *) entry_ref->shared_stats;
+	tabentry = &shtabentry->stats;
+
+	if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOVAC)
+	{
+		if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM)
+		{
+			tabentry->last_skipped_autovacuum_time = ts;
+			tabentry->skipped_autovacuum_count++;
+		}
+		if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE)
+		{
+			tabentry->last_skipped_autoanalyze_time = ts;
+			tabentry->skipped_autoanalyze_count++;
+		}
+	}
+	else
+	{
+		if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM)
+		{
+			tabentry->last_skipped_vacuum_time = ts;
+			tabentry->skipped_vacuum_count++;
+		}
+		if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE)
+		{
+			tabentry->last_skipped_analyze_time = ts;
+			tabentry->skipped_analyze_count++;
+		}
+	}
+
+	pgstat_unlock_entry(entry_ref);
+
+	/* see pgstat_report_vacuum() */
+	pgstat_flush_io(false);
+	(void) pgstat_flush_backend(false, PGSTAT_BACKEND_FLUSH_IO);
+}
+
 /*
  * count a tuple insertion of n tuples
  */
diff --git a/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c b/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c
index 9185a8e6b83..18aaa3996e1 100644
--- a/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c
+++ b/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c
@@ -84,6 +84,18 @@ PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(mod_since_analyze)
 /* pg_stat_get_numscans */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(numscans)
 
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_analyze_count)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_autoanalyze_count)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_autovacuum_count)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_vacuum_count)
+
 /* pg_stat_get_tuples_deleted */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(tuples_deleted)
 
@@ -170,6 +182,18 @@ PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_vacuum_time)
 /* pg_stat_get_lastscan */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(lastscan)
 
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_analyze_time)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_autoanalyze_time)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_autovacuum_time)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_vacuum_time)
+
 /* pg_stat_get_stat_reset_time */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(stat_reset_time)
 
diff --git a/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat b/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat
index 0118e970dda..ccfe3d9e02a 100644
--- a/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat
+++ b/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat
@@ -5667,6 +5667,38 @@
   proname => 'pg_stat_get_total_autoanalyze_time', provolatile => 's',
   proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'float8', proargtypes => 'oid',
   prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_total_autoanalyze_time' },
+{ oid => '8142', descr => 'statistics: last skipped vacuum time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time' },
+{ oid => '8143', descr => 'statistics: last skipped auto vacuum time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time' },
+{ oid => '8144', descr => 'statistics: last skipped analyze time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time' },
+{ oid => '8145', descr => 'statistics: last skipped auto analyze time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time' },
+{ oid => '8146', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped vacuum for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count' },
+{ oid => '8147', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped auto vacuum for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count' },
+{ oid => '8148', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped analyzes for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count' },
+{ oid => '8149', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped auto analyzes for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count' },
 { oid => '1936', descr => 'statistics: currently active backend IDs',
   proname => 'pg_stat_get_backend_idset', prorows => '100', proretset => 't',
   provolatile => 's', proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int4',
diff --git a/src/include/pgstat.h b/src/include/pgstat.h
index 8e3549c3752..343081a7a25 100644
--- a/src/include/pgstat.h
+++ b/src/include/pgstat.h
@@ -479,6 +479,15 @@ typedef struct PgStat_StatTabEntry
 	TimestampTz last_autoanalyze_time;	/* autovacuum initiated */
 	PgStat_Counter autoanalyze_count;
 
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_vacuum_time;	/* user initiated vacuum */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_vacuum_count;
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_autovacuum_time;	/* autovacuum initiated */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_autovacuum_count;
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_analyze_time;	/* user initiated */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_analyze_count;
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_autoanalyze_time;	/* autovacuum initiated */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_autoanalyze_count;
+
 	PgStat_Counter total_vacuum_time;	/* times in milliseconds */
 	PgStat_Counter total_autovacuum_time;
 	PgStat_Counter total_analyze_time;
@@ -707,6 +716,13 @@ extern void pgstat_report_analyze(Relation rel,
 								  PgStat_Counter livetuples, PgStat_Counter deadtuples,
 								  bool resetcounter, TimestampTz starttime);
 
+/* flags for pgstat_flush_backend() */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM	(1 << 0)	/* vacuum is skipped */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE	(1 << 1)	/* analyze is skipped */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOVAC	(1 << 2)	/* skipped during autovacuum/autoanalyze */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANY   (PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM | PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE)
+extern void pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(Oid relid, bits8 flags);
+
 /*
  * If stats are enabled, but pending data hasn't been prepared yet, call
  * pgstat_assoc_relation() to do so. See its comment for why this is done
diff --git a/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out b/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out
index 2b3cf6d8569..4ccfc43e903 100644
--- a/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out
+++ b/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out
@@ -1835,13 +1835,21 @@ pg_stat_all_tables| SELECT c.oid AS relid,
     pg_stat_get_mod_since_analyze(c.oid) AS n_mod_since_analyze,
     pg_stat_get_ins_since_vacuum(c.oid) AS n_ins_since_vacuum,
     pg_stat_get_last_vacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_vacuum,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_vacuum,
     pg_stat_get_last_autovacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_autovacuum,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_autovacuum,
     pg_stat_get_last_analyze_time(c.oid) AS last_analyze,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_analyze,
     pg_stat_get_last_autoanalyze_time(c.oid) AS last_autoanalyze,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_autoanalyze,
     pg_stat_get_vacuum_count(c.oid) AS vacuum_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count(c.oid) AS skipped_vacuum_count,
     pg_stat_get_autovacuum_count(c.oid) AS autovacuum_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count(c.oid) AS skipped_autovacuum_count,
     pg_stat_get_analyze_count(c.oid) AS analyze_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count(c.oid) AS skipped_analyze_count,
     pg_stat_get_autoanalyze_count(c.oid) AS autoanalyze_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count(c.oid) AS skipped_autoanalyze_count,
     pg_stat_get_total_vacuum_time(c.oid) AS total_vacuum_time,
     pg_stat_get_total_autovacuum_time(c.oid) AS total_autovacuum_time,
     pg_stat_get_total_analyze_time(c.oid) AS total_analyze_time,
@@ -2293,13 +2301,21 @@ pg_stat_sys_tables| SELECT relid,
     n_mod_since_analyze,
     n_ins_since_vacuum,
     last_vacuum,
+    last_skipped_vacuum,
     last_autovacuum,
+    last_skipped_autovacuum,
     last_analyze,
+    last_skipped_analyze,
     last_autoanalyze,
+    last_skipped_autoanalyze,
     vacuum_count,
+    skipped_vacuum_count,
     autovacuum_count,
+    skipped_autovacuum_count,
     analyze_count,
+    skipped_analyze_count,
     autoanalyze_count,
+    skipped_autoanalyze_count,
     total_vacuum_time,
     total_autovacuum_time,
     total_analyze_time,
@@ -2348,13 +2364,21 @@ pg_stat_user_tables| SELECT relid,
     n_mod_since_analyze,
     n_ins_since_vacuum,
     last_vacuum,
+    last_skipped_vacuum,
     last_autovacuum,
+    last_skipped_autovacuum,
     last_analyze,
+    last_skipped_analyze,
     last_autoanalyze,
+    last_skipped_autoanalyze,
     vacuum_count,
+    skipped_vacuum_count,
     autovacuum_count,
+    skipped_autovacuum_count,
     analyze_count,
+    skipped_analyze_count,
     autoanalyze_count,
+    skipped_autoanalyze_count,
     total_vacuum_time,
     total_autovacuum_time,
     total_analyze_time,
-- 
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* [PATCH v5] Track skipped vacuum and analyze activity per relation
@ 2026-03-24 04:09 Yugo Nagata <[email protected]>
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From: Yugo Nagata @ 2026-03-24 04:09 UTC (permalink / raw)

This commit adds eight fields to the relation statistics that track
the last time vacuum or analyze has been attempted but skipped due to
lock unavailability, along with their counts:

-    last_skipped_vacuum
-    last_skipped_autovacuum
-    last_skipped_analyze
-    last_skipped_autoanalyze
-    skipped_vacuum_count
-    skipped_autovacuum_count
-    skipped_analyze_count
-    skipped_autoanalyze_count

These field can help users confirm that autovacuum is actively attempting
to run on a table that has not been vacuumed or analyzed for a long time,
and that the lack of progress is due to repeated skips rather than inactivity.
---
 doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml                  |  88 ++++++
 src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql          |   8 +
 src/backend/commands/vacuum.c                 | 100 +++++--
 src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c  |  64 +++++
 src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c           |  24 ++
 src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat               |  32 +++
 src/include/pgstat.h                          |  16 ++
 .../isolation/expected/vacuum-skip-locked.out | 260 ++++++++++++++++--
 .../isolation/specs/vacuum-skip-locked.spec   |  41 +--
 src/test/regress/expected/rules.out           |  24 ++
 10 files changed, 601 insertions(+), 56 deletions(-)

diff --git a/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml b/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml
index 08d5b824552..a9b579d87a9 100644
--- a/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml
+++ b/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml
@@ -4387,6 +4387,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_vacuum</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time a manual vacuum on this table was attempted but skipped due to
+       lock unavailability (not counting <command>VACUUM FULL</command>)
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>last_autovacuum</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
@@ -4397,6 +4407,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_autovacuum</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time a vacuum on this table by the autovacuum daemon was attempted
+       but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>last_analyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
@@ -4406,6 +4426,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_analyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time a manual analyze on this table was attempted but skipped due to
+       lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>last_autoanalyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
@@ -4416,6 +4446,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_autoanalyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time at which an analyze on this table by the autovacuum was
+       attempted but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>vacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4426,6 +4466,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_vacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times manual vacuums on this table have been attempted but skipped
+       due to lock unavailability (not counting <command>VACUUM FULL</command>)
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>autovacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4436,6 +4486,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_autovacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times vacuums on this table by the autovacuum daemon have been
+       attempted but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>analyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4445,6 +4505,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_analyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times manual analyzes on this table have been attempted but
+       skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>autoanalyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4455,6 +4525,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_autoanalyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times analyzes on this table by the autovacuum daemon have
+       been attempted but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>total_vacuum_time</structfield> <type>double precision</type>
@@ -4510,6 +4590,14 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
    </tgroup>
   </table>
 
+  <note>
+   <para>
+    When a manual vacuum or analyze on a parent table in an inheritance or
+    partitioning hierarchy is skipped, the statistics are recorded only for
+    the parent table, not for its children.
+   </para>
+  </note>
+
  </sect2>
 
  <sect2 id="monitoring-pg-stat-autovacuum-scores-view">
diff --git a/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql b/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql
index 73a1c1c4670..f509fc7876b 100644
--- a/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql
+++ b/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql
@@ -736,13 +736,21 @@ CREATE VIEW pg_stat_all_tables AS
             pg_stat_get_mod_since_analyze(C.oid) AS n_mod_since_analyze,
             pg_stat_get_ins_since_vacuum(C.oid) AS n_ins_since_vacuum,
             pg_stat_get_last_vacuum_time(C.oid) as last_vacuum,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_vacuum,
             pg_stat_get_last_autovacuum_time(C.oid) as last_autovacuum,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_autovacuum,
             pg_stat_get_last_analyze_time(C.oid) as last_analyze,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_analyze,
             pg_stat_get_last_autoanalyze_time(C.oid) as last_autoanalyze,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_autoanalyze,
             pg_stat_get_vacuum_count(C.oid) AS vacuum_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count(C.oid) AS skipped_vacuum_count,
             pg_stat_get_autovacuum_count(C.oid) AS autovacuum_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count(C.oid) AS skipped_autovacuum_count,
             pg_stat_get_analyze_count(C.oid) AS analyze_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count(C.oid) AS skipped_analyze_count,
             pg_stat_get_autoanalyze_count(C.oid) AS autoanalyze_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count(C.oid) AS skipped_autoanalyze_count,
             pg_stat_get_total_vacuum_time(C.oid) AS total_vacuum_time,
             pg_stat_get_total_autovacuum_time(C.oid) AS total_autovacuum_time,
             pg_stat_get_total_analyze_time(C.oid) AS total_analyze_time,
diff --git a/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c b/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c
index 99d0db82ed7..df6526225e4 100644
--- a/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c
+++ b/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c
@@ -793,8 +793,25 @@ vacuum_open_relation(Oid relid, RangeVar *relation, uint32 options,
 		rel = try_relation_open(relid, NoLock);
 	else
 	{
+		int flags = 0;
 		rel = NULL;
 		rel_lock = false;
+
+		if ((options & VACOPT_VACUUM) != 0 && (options & VACOPT_FULL) == 0)
+		{
+			if (AmAutoVacuumWorkerProcess())
+				flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOVACUUM;
+			else
+				flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM;
+		}
+		if ((options & VACOPT_ANALYZE) != 0)
+		{
+			if (AmAutoVacuumWorkerProcess())
+				flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOANALYZE;
+			else
+				flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE;
+		}
+		pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(relid, flags);
 	}
 
 	/* if relation is opened, leave */
@@ -905,7 +922,6 @@ expand_vacuum_rel(VacuumRelation *vrel, MemoryContext vac_context,
 		Form_pg_class classForm;
 		bool		include_children;
 		bool		is_partitioned_table;
-		int			rvr_opts;
 
 		/*
 		 * Since autovacuum workers supply OIDs when calling vacuum(), no
@@ -918,29 +934,69 @@ expand_vacuum_rel(VacuumRelation *vrel, MemoryContext vac_context,
 		 * below, as well as find_all_inheritors's expectation that the caller
 		 * holds some lock on the starting relation.
 		 */
-		rvr_opts = (options & VACOPT_SKIP_LOCKED) ? RVR_SKIP_LOCKED : 0;
-		relid = RangeVarGetRelidExtended(vrel->relation,
-										 AccessShareLock,
-										 rvr_opts,
-										 NULL, NULL);
-
-		/*
-		 * If the lock is unavailable, emit the same log statement that
-		 * vacuum_rel() and analyze_rel() would.
-		 */
-		if (!OidIsValid(relid))
+		if (!(options & VACOPT_SKIP_LOCKED))
 		{
-			if (options & VACOPT_VACUUM)
-				ereport(WARNING,
-						(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
-						 errmsg("skipping vacuum of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
-								vrel->relation->relname)));
-			else
-				ereport(WARNING,
-						(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
-						 errmsg("skipping analyze of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
+			relid = RangeVarGetRelidExtended(vrel->relation,
+											 AccessShareLock,
+											 0, NULL, NULL);
+			if (!OidIsValid(relid))
+				return vacrels;
+		}
+		else
+		{
+			/* Get relid for reporting before taking a lock */
+			relid = RangeVarGetRelid(vrel->relation, NoLock, false);
+
+			if (!ConditionalLockRelationOid(relid, AccessShareLock))
+			{
+				int	flags = 0;
+				/*
+				 * If the lock is unavailable, emit the same log statement that
+				 * vacuum_rel() and analyze_rel() would.
+				 */
+				if (options & VACOPT_VACUUM)
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping vacuum of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
 								vrel->relation->relname)));
-			return vacrels;
+				else
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping analyze of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
+									vrel->relation->relname)));
+
+				if ((options & VACOPT_VACUUM) != 0 && (options & VACOPT_FULL) == 0)
+					flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM;
+				if ((options & VACOPT_ANALYZE) != 0)
+					flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE;
+
+				pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(relid, flags);
+
+				return vacrels;
+			}
+
+			/*
+			 * Now that we have the lock, probe to see if the relation really
+			 * exists or not.
+			 */
+			if (!SearchSysCacheExists1(RELOID, ObjectIdGetDatum(relid)))
+			{
+				if (options & VACOPT_VACUUM)
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_UNDEFINED_TABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping vacuum of \"%s\" --- relation no longer exists",
+									vrel->relation->relname)));
+				else
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_UNDEFINED_TABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping analyze of \"%s\" --- relation no longer exists",
+									vrel->relation->relname)));
+
+				/* Release useless lock */
+				UnlockRelationOid(relid, AccessShareLock);
+
+				return vacrels;
+			}
 		}
 
 		/*
diff --git a/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c b/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c
index b2ca28f83ba..532d9023f8c 100644
--- a/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c
+++ b/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c
@@ -17,12 +17,14 @@
 
 #include "postgres.h"
 
+#include "access/htup_details.h"
 #include "access/twophase_rmgr.h"
 #include "access/xact.h"
 #include "catalog/catalog.h"
 #include "utils/memutils.h"
 #include "utils/pgstat_internal.h"
 #include "utils/rel.h"
+#include "utils/syscache.h"
 #include "utils/timestamp.h"
 
 
@@ -367,6 +369,68 @@ pgstat_report_analyze(Relation rel,
 	(void) pgstat_flush_backend(false, PGSTAT_BACKEND_FLUSH_IO);
 }
 
+/*
+ * Report that the table was skipped during vacuum or/and analyze.
+ */
+void
+pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(Oid relid, int flags)
+{
+	PgStat_EntryRef *entry_ref;
+	PgStatShared_Relation *shtabentry;
+	PgStat_StatTabEntry *tabentry;
+	TimestampTz ts;
+	HeapTuple	classTup;
+	bool		isshared;
+
+	if (!pgstat_track_counts || !flags)
+		return;
+
+	classTup = SearchSysCache1(RELOID, ObjectIdGetDatum(relid));
+	if (!HeapTupleIsValid(classTup))
+		return;			/* somebody deleted the rel, forget it */
+	isshared = ((Form_pg_class) GETSTRUCT(classTup))->relisshared;
+	ReleaseSysCache(classTup);
+
+	/* Store the data in the table's hash table entry. */
+	ts = GetCurrentTimestamp();
+
+	/* block acquiring lock for the same reason as pgstat_report_autovac() */
+	entry_ref = pgstat_get_entry_ref_locked(PGSTAT_KIND_RELATION,
+											isshared ? InvalidOid : MyDatabaseId,
+											relid, false);
+
+	shtabentry = (PgStatShared_Relation *) entry_ref->shared_stats;
+	tabentry = &shtabentry->stats;
+
+	if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM)
+	{
+		tabentry->last_skipped_vacuum_time = ts;
+		tabentry->skipped_vacuum_count++;
+	}
+	else if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOVACUUM)
+	{
+		tabentry->last_skipped_autovacuum_time = ts;
+		tabentry->skipped_autovacuum_count++;
+	}
+
+	if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE)
+	{
+		tabentry->last_skipped_analyze_time = ts;
+		tabentry->skipped_analyze_count++;
+	}
+	else if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOANALYZE)
+	{
+		tabentry->last_skipped_autoanalyze_time = ts;
+		tabentry->skipped_autoanalyze_count++;
+	}
+
+	pgstat_unlock_entry(entry_ref);
+
+	/* see pgstat_report_vacuum() */
+	pgstat_flush_io(false);
+	(void) pgstat_flush_backend(false, PGSTAT_BACKEND_FLUSH_IO);
+}
+
 /*
  * count a tuple insertion of n tuples
  */
diff --git a/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c b/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c
index 1408de387ea..90a8968faa0 100644
--- a/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c
+++ b/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c
@@ -84,6 +84,18 @@ PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(mod_since_analyze)
 /* pg_stat_get_numscans */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(numscans)
 
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_analyze_count)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_autoanalyze_count)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_autovacuum_count)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_vacuum_count)
+
 /* pg_stat_get_tuples_deleted */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(tuples_deleted)
 
@@ -170,6 +182,18 @@ PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_vacuum_time)
 /* pg_stat_get_lastscan */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(lastscan)
 
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_analyze_time)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_autoanalyze_time)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_autovacuum_time)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_vacuum_time)
+
 /* pg_stat_get_stat_reset_time */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(stat_reset_time)
 
diff --git a/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat b/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat
index fa9ae79082b..32debb34863 100644
--- a/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat
+++ b/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat
@@ -5680,6 +5680,38 @@
   proargmodes => '{o,o,o,o,o,o,o,o,o,o}',
   proargnames => '{oid,score,xid_score,mxid_score,vacuum_score,vacuum_insert_score,analyze_score,do_vacuum,do_analyze,for_wraparound}',
   prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_autovacuum_scores' },
+{ oid => '8142', descr => 'statistics: last skipped vacuum time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time' },
+{ oid => '8143', descr => 'statistics: last skipped auto vacuum time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time' },
+{ oid => '8144', descr => 'statistics: last skipped analyze time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time' },
+{ oid => '8145', descr => 'statistics: last skipped auto analyze time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time' },
+{ oid => '8146', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped vacuum for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count' },
+{ oid => '8147', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped auto vacuum for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count' },
+{ oid => '8148', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped analyzes for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count' },
+{ oid => '8149', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped auto analyzes for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count' },
 { oid => '1936', descr => 'statistics: currently active backend IDs',
   proname => 'pg_stat_get_backend_idset', prorows => '100', proretset => 't',
   provolatile => 's', proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int4',
diff --git a/src/include/pgstat.h b/src/include/pgstat.h
index dfa2e837638..98941f953d1 100644
--- a/src/include/pgstat.h
+++ b/src/include/pgstat.h
@@ -479,6 +479,15 @@ typedef struct PgStat_StatTabEntry
 	TimestampTz last_autoanalyze_time;	/* autovacuum initiated */
 	PgStat_Counter autoanalyze_count;
 
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_vacuum_time;	/* user initiated vacuum */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_vacuum_count;
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_autovacuum_time;	/* autovacuum initiated */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_autovacuum_count;
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_analyze_time;	/* user initiated */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_analyze_count;
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_autoanalyze_time;	/* autovacuum initiated */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_autoanalyze_count;
+
 	PgStat_Counter total_vacuum_time;	/* times in milliseconds */
 	PgStat_Counter total_autovacuum_time;
 	PgStat_Counter total_analyze_time;
@@ -703,6 +712,13 @@ extern void pgstat_report_analyze(Relation rel,
 								  PgStat_Counter livetuples, PgStat_Counter deadtuples,
 								  bool resetcounter, TimestampTz starttime);
 
+/* flags for pgstat_flush_backend() */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM		(1 << 0)	/* vacuum is skipped */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE		(1 << 1)	/* analyze is skipped */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOVACUUM	(1 << 2)	/* autovacuum is skipped */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOANALYZE	(1 << 3)	/* autoanalyze is skipped */
+extern void pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(Oid relid, int flags);
+
 /*
  * If stats are enabled, but pending data hasn't been prepared yet, call
  * pgstat_assoc_relation() to do so. See its comment for why this is done
diff --git a/src/test/isolation/expected/vacuum-skip-locked.out b/src/test/isolation/expected/vacuum-skip-locked.out
index 99db281a159..e2cff175b7c 100644
--- a/src/test/isolation/expected/vacuum-skip-locked.out
+++ b/src/test/isolation/expected/vacuum-skip-locked.out
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 Parsed test spec with 2 sessions
 
-starting permutation: lock_share vac_specified commit
+starting permutation: lock_share vac_specified commit check_stat
 step lock_share: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN SHARE MODE;
@@ -10,8 +10,22 @@ step vac_specified: VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED) part1, part2;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
 
-starting permutation: lock_share vac_all_parts commit
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   1|            0|                    0
+part2  |           1|                   0|            0|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
+
+starting permutation: lock_share vac_all_parts commit check_stat
 step lock_share: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN SHARE MODE;
@@ -20,8 +34,22 @@ step vac_all_parts: VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED) parted;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   1|            0|                    0
+part2  |           1|                   0|            0|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
 
-starting permutation: lock_share analyze_specified commit
+starting permutation: lock_share analyze_specified commit check_stat
 step lock_share: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN SHARE MODE;
@@ -31,8 +59,22 @@ step analyze_specified: ANALYZE (SKIP_LOCKED) part1, part2;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
 
-starting permutation: lock_share analyze_all_parts commit
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   0|            0|                    1
+part2  |           0|                   0|            1|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
+
+starting permutation: lock_share analyze_all_parts commit check_stat
 step lock_share: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN SHARE MODE;
@@ -41,8 +83,22 @@ step analyze_all_parts: ANALYZE (SKIP_LOCKED) parted;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            1|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   0|            0|                    1
+part2  |           0|                   0|            1|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
 
-starting permutation: lock_share vac_analyze_specified commit
+starting permutation: lock_share vac_analyze_specified commit check_stat
 step lock_share: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN SHARE MODE;
@@ -52,8 +108,22 @@ step vac_analyze_specified: VACUUM (ANALYZE, SKIP_LOCKED) part1, part2;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
 
-starting permutation: lock_share vac_analyze_all_parts commit
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   1|            0|                    1
+part2  |           1|                   0|            1|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
+
+starting permutation: lock_share vac_analyze_all_parts commit check_stat
 step lock_share: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN SHARE MODE;
@@ -62,8 +132,22 @@ step vac_analyze_all_parts: VACUUM (ANALYZE, SKIP_LOCKED) parted;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            1|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   1|            0|                    1
+part2  |           1|                   0|            1|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
 
-starting permutation: lock_share vac_full_specified commit
+starting permutation: lock_share vac_full_specified commit check_stat
 step lock_share: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN SHARE MODE;
@@ -73,8 +157,22 @@ step vac_full_specified: VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED, FULL) part1, part2;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
 
-starting permutation: lock_share vac_full_all_parts commit
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part2  |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
+
+starting permutation: lock_share vac_full_all_parts commit check_stat
 step lock_share: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN SHARE MODE;
@@ -83,8 +181,22 @@ step vac_full_all_parts: VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED, FULL) parted;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part2  |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+(3 rows)
 
-starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_specified commit
+
+starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_specified commit check_stat
 step lock_access_exclusive: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN ACCESS EXCLUSIVE MODE;
@@ -94,8 +206,22 @@ step vac_specified: VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED) part1, part2;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   1|            0|                    0
+part2  |           1|                   0|            0|                    0
+(3 rows)
 
-starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_all_parts commit
+
+starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_all_parts commit check_stat
 step lock_access_exclusive: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN ACCESS EXCLUSIVE MODE;
@@ -104,8 +230,22 @@ step vac_all_parts: VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED) parted;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   1|            0|                    0
+part2  |           1|                   0|            0|                    0
+(3 rows)
 
-starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive analyze_specified commit
+
+starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive analyze_specified commit check_stat
 step lock_access_exclusive: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN ACCESS EXCLUSIVE MODE;
@@ -115,8 +255,22 @@ step analyze_specified: ANALYZE (SKIP_LOCKED) part1, part2;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   0|            0|                    1
+part2  |           0|                   0|            1|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
 
-starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive analyze_all_parts commit
+starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive analyze_all_parts commit check_stat
 step lock_access_exclusive: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN ACCESS EXCLUSIVE MODE;
@@ -126,8 +280,22 @@ step commit:
 	COMMIT;
 
 step analyze_all_parts: <... completed>
-
-starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_analyze_specified commit
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            1|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   0|            1|                    0
+part2  |           0|                   0|            1|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
+
+starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_analyze_specified commit check_stat
 step lock_access_exclusive: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN ACCESS EXCLUSIVE MODE;
@@ -137,8 +305,22 @@ step vac_analyze_specified: VACUUM (ANALYZE, SKIP_LOCKED) part1, part2;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   1|            0|                    1
+part2  |           1|                   0|            1|                    0
+(3 rows)
 
-starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_analyze_all_parts commit
+
+starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_analyze_all_parts commit check_stat
 step lock_access_exclusive: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN ACCESS EXCLUSIVE MODE;
@@ -148,8 +330,22 @@ step commit:
 	COMMIT;
 
 step vac_analyze_all_parts: <... completed>
-
-starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_full_specified commit
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            1|                    0
+part1  |           1|                   0|            1|                    0
+part2  |           1|                   0|            1|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
+
+starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_full_specified commit check_stat
 step lock_access_exclusive: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN ACCESS EXCLUSIVE MODE;
@@ -159,8 +355,22 @@ step vac_full_specified: VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED, FULL) part1, part2;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
 
-starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_full_all_parts commit
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part2  |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
+
+starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_full_all_parts commit check_stat
 step lock_access_exclusive: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN ACCESS EXCLUSIVE MODE;
@@ -169,3 +379,17 @@ step vac_full_all_parts: VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED, FULL) parted;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part2  |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
diff --git a/src/test/isolation/specs/vacuum-skip-locked.spec b/src/test/isolation/specs/vacuum-skip-locked.spec
index 3fad6e1c92a..b0da75d4b6d 100644
--- a/src/test/isolation/specs/vacuum-skip-locked.spec
+++ b/src/test/isolation/specs/vacuum-skip-locked.spec
@@ -33,6 +33,15 @@ step commit
 	COMMIT;
 }
 
+step check_stat
+{
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+}
+
 session s2
 step vac_specified			{ VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED) part1, part2; }
 step vac_all_parts			{ VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED) parted; }
@@ -43,19 +52,19 @@ step vac_analyze_all_parts	{ VACUUM (ANALYZE, SKIP_LOCKED) parted; }
 step vac_full_specified		{ VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED, FULL) part1, part2; }
 step vac_full_all_parts		{ VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED, FULL) parted; }
 
-permutation lock_share vac_specified commit
-permutation lock_share vac_all_parts commit
-permutation lock_share analyze_specified commit
-permutation lock_share analyze_all_parts commit
-permutation lock_share vac_analyze_specified commit
-permutation lock_share vac_analyze_all_parts commit
-permutation lock_share vac_full_specified commit
-permutation lock_share vac_full_all_parts commit
-permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_specified commit
-permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_all_parts commit
-permutation lock_access_exclusive analyze_specified commit
-permutation lock_access_exclusive analyze_all_parts commit
-permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_analyze_specified commit
-permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_analyze_all_parts commit
-permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_full_specified commit
-permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_full_all_parts commit
+permutation lock_share vac_specified commit check_stat
+permutation lock_share vac_all_parts commit check_stat
+permutation lock_share analyze_specified commit check_stat
+permutation lock_share analyze_all_parts commit check_stat
+permutation lock_share vac_analyze_specified commit check_stat
+permutation lock_share vac_analyze_all_parts commit check_stat
+permutation lock_share vac_full_specified commit check_stat
+permutation lock_share vac_full_all_parts commit check_stat
+permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_specified commit check_stat
+permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_all_parts commit check_stat
+permutation lock_access_exclusive analyze_specified commit check_stat
+permutation lock_access_exclusive analyze_all_parts commit check_stat
+permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_analyze_specified commit check_stat
+permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_analyze_all_parts commit check_stat
+permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_full_specified commit check_stat
+permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_full_all_parts commit check_stat
diff --git a/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out b/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out
index a65a5bf0c4f..9b2075d3373 100644
--- a/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out
+++ b/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out
@@ -1835,13 +1835,21 @@ pg_stat_all_tables| SELECT c.oid AS relid,
     pg_stat_get_mod_since_analyze(c.oid) AS n_mod_since_analyze,
     pg_stat_get_ins_since_vacuum(c.oid) AS n_ins_since_vacuum,
     pg_stat_get_last_vacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_vacuum,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_vacuum,
     pg_stat_get_last_autovacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_autovacuum,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_autovacuum,
     pg_stat_get_last_analyze_time(c.oid) AS last_analyze,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_analyze,
     pg_stat_get_last_autoanalyze_time(c.oid) AS last_autoanalyze,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_autoanalyze,
     pg_stat_get_vacuum_count(c.oid) AS vacuum_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count(c.oid) AS skipped_vacuum_count,
     pg_stat_get_autovacuum_count(c.oid) AS autovacuum_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count(c.oid) AS skipped_autovacuum_count,
     pg_stat_get_analyze_count(c.oid) AS analyze_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count(c.oid) AS skipped_analyze_count,
     pg_stat_get_autoanalyze_count(c.oid) AS autoanalyze_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count(c.oid) AS skipped_autoanalyze_count,
     pg_stat_get_total_vacuum_time(c.oid) AS total_vacuum_time,
     pg_stat_get_total_autovacuum_time(c.oid) AS total_autovacuum_time,
     pg_stat_get_total_analyze_time(c.oid) AS total_analyze_time,
@@ -2346,13 +2354,21 @@ pg_stat_sys_tables| SELECT relid,
     n_mod_since_analyze,
     n_ins_since_vacuum,
     last_vacuum,
+    last_skipped_vacuum,
     last_autovacuum,
+    last_skipped_autovacuum,
     last_analyze,
+    last_skipped_analyze,
     last_autoanalyze,
+    last_skipped_autoanalyze,
     vacuum_count,
+    skipped_vacuum_count,
     autovacuum_count,
+    skipped_autovacuum_count,
     analyze_count,
+    skipped_analyze_count,
     autoanalyze_count,
+    skipped_autoanalyze_count,
     total_vacuum_time,
     total_autovacuum_time,
     total_analyze_time,
@@ -2401,13 +2417,21 @@ pg_stat_user_tables| SELECT relid,
     n_mod_since_analyze,
     n_ins_since_vacuum,
     last_vacuum,
+    last_skipped_vacuum,
     last_autovacuum,
+    last_skipped_autovacuum,
     last_analyze,
+    last_skipped_analyze,
     last_autoanalyze,
+    last_skipped_autoanalyze,
     vacuum_count,
+    skipped_vacuum_count,
     autovacuum_count,
+    skipped_autovacuum_count,
     analyze_count,
+    skipped_analyze_count,
     autoanalyze_count,
+    skipped_autoanalyze_count,
     total_vacuum_time,
     total_autovacuum_time,
     total_analyze_time,
-- 
2.43.0


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* [PATCH v3] Track skipped vacuum and analyze activity per relation
@ 2026-03-24 04:09 Yugo Nagata <[email protected]>
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From: Yugo Nagata @ 2026-03-24 04:09 UTC (permalink / raw)

This commit adds eight fields to the relation statistics that track
the last time vacuum or analyze has been attempted but skipped due to
lock unavailability, along with their counts:

-    last_skipped_vacuum
-    last_skipped_autovacuum
-    last_skipped_analyze
-    last_skipped_autoanalyze
-    skipped_vacuum_count
-    skipped_autovacuum_count
-    skipped_analyze_count
-    skipped_autoanalyze_count

These field can help users confirm that autovacuum is actively attempting
to run on a table that has not been vacuumed or analyzed for a long time,
and that the lack of progress is due to repeated skips rather than inactivity.
---
 doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml                 | 80 +++++++++++++++++
 src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql         |  8 ++
 src/backend/commands/vacuum.c                | 95 +++++++++++++++-----
 src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c | 68 ++++++++++++++
 src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c          | 24 +++++
 src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat              | 32 +++++++
 src/include/pgstat.h                         | 16 ++++
 src/test/regress/expected/rules.out          | 24 +++++
 8 files changed, 324 insertions(+), 23 deletions(-)

diff --git a/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml b/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml
index bb75ed1069b..9ec8070b2fc 100644
--- a/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml
+++ b/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml
@@ -4372,6 +4372,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_vacuum</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time a manual vacuum on this table was attempted but skipped due to
+       lock unavailability (not counting <command>VACUUM FULL</command>)
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>last_autovacuum</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
@@ -4382,6 +4392,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_autovacuum</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time a vacuum on this table by the autovacuum daemon was attempted
+       but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>last_analyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
@@ -4391,6 +4411,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_analyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time a manual analyze on this table was attempted but skipped due to
+       lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>last_autoanalyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
@@ -4401,6 +4431,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_autoanalyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time at which an analyze on this table by the autovacuum was
+       attempted but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>vacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4411,6 +4451,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_vacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times vacuums on this table have been attempted but skipped
+       due to lock unavailability (not counting <command>VACUUM FULL</command>)
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>autovacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4421,6 +4471,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_autovacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times vacuums on this table by the autovacuum daemon have been
+       attempted but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>analyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4430,6 +4490,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_analyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times manual analyzes on this table have been attempted but
+       skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>autoanalyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4440,6 +4510,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_autoanalyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times analyzes on this table by the autovacuum daemon have
+       been attempted but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>total_vacuum_time</structfield> <type>double precision</type>
diff --git a/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql b/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql
index e54018004db..2ca02a0354c 100644
--- a/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql
+++ b/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql
@@ -736,13 +736,21 @@ CREATE VIEW pg_stat_all_tables AS
             pg_stat_get_mod_since_analyze(C.oid) AS n_mod_since_analyze,
             pg_stat_get_ins_since_vacuum(C.oid) AS n_ins_since_vacuum,
             pg_stat_get_last_vacuum_time(C.oid) as last_vacuum,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_vacuum,
             pg_stat_get_last_autovacuum_time(C.oid) as last_autovacuum,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_autovacuum,
             pg_stat_get_last_analyze_time(C.oid) as last_analyze,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_analyze,
             pg_stat_get_last_autoanalyze_time(C.oid) as last_autoanalyze,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_autoanalyze,
             pg_stat_get_vacuum_count(C.oid) AS vacuum_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count(C.oid) AS skipped_vacuum_count,
             pg_stat_get_autovacuum_count(C.oid) AS autovacuum_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count(C.oid) AS skipped_autovacuum_count,
             pg_stat_get_analyze_count(C.oid) AS analyze_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count(C.oid) AS skipped_analyze_count,
             pg_stat_get_autoanalyze_count(C.oid) AS autoanalyze_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count(C.oid) AS skipped_autoanalyze_count,
             pg_stat_get_total_vacuum_time(C.oid) AS total_vacuum_time,
             pg_stat_get_total_autovacuum_time(C.oid) AS total_autovacuum_time,
             pg_stat_get_total_analyze_time(C.oid) AS total_analyze_time,
diff --git a/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c b/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c
index bce3a2daa24..ce83b3171be 100644
--- a/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c
+++ b/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c
@@ -792,8 +792,18 @@ vacuum_open_relation(Oid relid, RangeVar *relation, bits32 options,
 		rel = try_relation_open(relid, NoLock);
 	else
 	{
+		bits8 flags = 0;
 		rel = NULL;
 		rel_lock = false;
+
+		if ((options & VACOPT_VACUUM) != 0)
+			flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM;
+		if ((options & VACOPT_ANALYZE) != 0)
+			flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE;
+		if (AmAutoVacuumWorkerProcess())
+			flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOVAC;
+
+		pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(relid, flags);
 	}
 
 	/* if relation is opened, leave */
@@ -801,7 +811,7 @@ vacuum_open_relation(Oid relid, RangeVar *relation, bits32 options,
 		return rel;
 
 	/*
-	 * Relation could not be opened, hence generate if possible a log
+	 * Relation could not be opened hence generate if possible a log
 	 * informing on the situation.
 	 *
 	 * If the RangeVar is not defined, we do not have enough information to
@@ -904,7 +914,6 @@ expand_vacuum_rel(VacuumRelation *vrel, MemoryContext vac_context,
 		Form_pg_class classForm;
 		bool		include_children;
 		bool		is_partitioned_table;
-		int			rvr_opts;
 
 		/*
 		 * Since autovacuum workers supply OIDs when calling vacuum(), no
@@ -917,29 +926,69 @@ expand_vacuum_rel(VacuumRelation *vrel, MemoryContext vac_context,
 		 * below, as well as find_all_inheritors's expectation that the caller
 		 * holds some lock on the starting relation.
 		 */
-		rvr_opts = (options & VACOPT_SKIP_LOCKED) ? RVR_SKIP_LOCKED : 0;
-		relid = RangeVarGetRelidExtended(vrel->relation,
-										 AccessShareLock,
-										 rvr_opts,
-										 NULL, NULL);
-
-		/*
-		 * If the lock is unavailable, emit the same log statement that
-		 * vacuum_rel() and analyze_rel() would.
-		 */
-		if (!OidIsValid(relid))
+		if (!(options & VACOPT_SKIP_LOCKED))
 		{
-			if (options & VACOPT_VACUUM)
-				ereport(WARNING,
-						(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
-						 errmsg("skipping vacuum of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
-								vrel->relation->relname)));
-			else
-				ereport(WARNING,
-						(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
-						 errmsg("skipping analyze of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
+			relid = RangeVarGetRelidExtended(vrel->relation,
+											 AccessShareLock,
+											 0, NULL, NULL);
+			if (!OidIsValid(relid))
+				return vacrels;
+		}
+		else
+		{
+			/* Get relid for reporting before taking a lock */
+			relid = RangeVarGetRelid(vrel->relation, NoLock, false);
+
+			if (!ConditionalLockRelationOid(relid, AccessShareLock))
+			{
+				bits8	flags = 0;
+				/*
+				 * If the lock is unavailable, emit the same log statement that
+				 * vacuum_rel() and analyze_rel() would.
+				 */
+				if (options & VACOPT_VACUUM)
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping vacuum of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
 								vrel->relation->relname)));
-			return vacrels;
+				else
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping analyze of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
+									vrel->relation->relname)));
+
+				if ((options & VACOPT_VACUUM) != 0)
+					flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM;
+				if ((options & VACOPT_ANALYZE) != 0)
+					flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE;
+
+				pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(relid, flags);
+
+				return vacrels;
+			}
+
+			/*
+			 * Now that we have the lock, probe to see if the relation really
+			 * exists or not.
+			 */
+			if (!SearchSysCacheExists1(RELOID, ObjectIdGetDatum(relid)))
+			{
+				if (options & VACOPT_VACUUM)
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_UNDEFINED_TABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping vacuum of \"%s\" --- relation no longer exists",
+									vrel->relation->relname)));
+				else
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_UNDEFINED_TABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping analyze of \"%s\" --- relation no longer exists",
+									vrel->relation->relname)));
+
+				/* Release useless lock */
+				UnlockRelationOid(relid, AccessShareLock);
+
+				return vacrels;
+			}
 		}
 
 		/*
diff --git a/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c b/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c
index bc8c43b96aa..cec4c88980e 100644
--- a/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c
+++ b/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c
@@ -17,6 +17,7 @@
 
 #include "postgres.h"
 
+#include "access/htup_details.h"
 #include "access/twophase_rmgr.h"
 #include "access/xact.h"
 #include "catalog/catalog.h"
@@ -366,6 +367,73 @@ pgstat_report_analyze(Relation rel,
 	(void) pgstat_flush_backend(false, PGSTAT_BACKEND_FLUSH_IO);
 }
 
+/*
+ * Report that the table was skipped during vacuum or/and analyze.
+ */
+void
+pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(Oid relid, bits8 flags)
+{
+	PgStat_EntryRef *entry_ref;
+	PgStatShared_Relation *shtabentry;
+	PgStat_StatTabEntry *tabentry;
+	TimestampTz ts;
+	HeapTuple	classTup;
+	bool		isshared;
+
+	if (!pgstat_track_counts || !(flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANY))
+		return;
+
+	classTup = SearchSysCache1(RELOID, ObjectIdGetDatum(relid));
+	if (!HeapTupleIsValid(classTup))
+		return;			/* somebody deleted the rel, forget it */
+	isshared = ((Form_pg_class) GETSTRUCT(classTup))->relisshared;
+	ReleaseSysCache(classTup);
+
+	/* Store the data in the table's hash table entry. */
+	ts = GetCurrentTimestamp();
+
+	/* block acquiring lock for the same reason as pgstat_report_autovac() */
+	entry_ref = pgstat_get_entry_ref_locked(PGSTAT_KIND_RELATION,
+											isshared ? InvalidOid : MyDatabaseId,
+											relid, false);
+
+	shtabentry = (PgStatShared_Relation *) entry_ref->shared_stats;
+	tabentry = &shtabentry->stats;
+
+	if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOVAC)
+	{
+		if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM)
+		{
+			tabentry->last_skipped_autovacuum_time = ts;
+			tabentry->skipped_autovacuum_count++;
+		}
+		if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE)
+		{
+			tabentry->last_skipped_autoanalyze_time = ts;
+			tabentry->skipped_autoanalyze_count++;
+		}
+	}
+	else
+	{
+		if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM)
+		{
+			tabentry->last_skipped_vacuum_time = ts;
+			tabentry->skipped_vacuum_count++;
+		}
+		if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE)
+		{
+			tabentry->last_skipped_analyze_time = ts;
+			tabentry->skipped_analyze_count++;
+		}
+	}
+
+	pgstat_unlock_entry(entry_ref);
+
+	/* see pgstat_report_vacuum() */
+	pgstat_flush_io(false);
+	(void) pgstat_flush_backend(false, PGSTAT_BACKEND_FLUSH_IO);
+}
+
 /*
  * count a tuple insertion of n tuples
  */
diff --git a/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c b/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c
index 9185a8e6b83..18aaa3996e1 100644
--- a/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c
+++ b/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c
@@ -84,6 +84,18 @@ PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(mod_since_analyze)
 /* pg_stat_get_numscans */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(numscans)
 
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_analyze_count)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_autoanalyze_count)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_autovacuum_count)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_vacuum_count)
+
 /* pg_stat_get_tuples_deleted */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(tuples_deleted)
 
@@ -170,6 +182,18 @@ PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_vacuum_time)
 /* pg_stat_get_lastscan */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(lastscan)
 
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_analyze_time)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_autoanalyze_time)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_autovacuum_time)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_vacuum_time)
+
 /* pg_stat_get_stat_reset_time */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(stat_reset_time)
 
diff --git a/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat b/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat
index 0118e970dda..ccfe3d9e02a 100644
--- a/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat
+++ b/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat
@@ -5667,6 +5667,38 @@
   proname => 'pg_stat_get_total_autoanalyze_time', provolatile => 's',
   proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'float8', proargtypes => 'oid',
   prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_total_autoanalyze_time' },
+{ oid => '8142', descr => 'statistics: last skipped vacuum time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time' },
+{ oid => '8143', descr => 'statistics: last skipped auto vacuum time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time' },
+{ oid => '8144', descr => 'statistics: last skipped analyze time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time' },
+{ oid => '8145', descr => 'statistics: last skipped auto analyze time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time' },
+{ oid => '8146', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped vacuum for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count' },
+{ oid => '8147', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped auto vacuum for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count' },
+{ oid => '8148', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped analyzes for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count' },
+{ oid => '8149', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped auto analyzes for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count' },
 { oid => '1936', descr => 'statistics: currently active backend IDs',
   proname => 'pg_stat_get_backend_idset', prorows => '100', proretset => 't',
   provolatile => 's', proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int4',
diff --git a/src/include/pgstat.h b/src/include/pgstat.h
index 8e3549c3752..343081a7a25 100644
--- a/src/include/pgstat.h
+++ b/src/include/pgstat.h
@@ -479,6 +479,15 @@ typedef struct PgStat_StatTabEntry
 	TimestampTz last_autoanalyze_time;	/* autovacuum initiated */
 	PgStat_Counter autoanalyze_count;
 
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_vacuum_time;	/* user initiated vacuum */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_vacuum_count;
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_autovacuum_time;	/* autovacuum initiated */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_autovacuum_count;
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_analyze_time;	/* user initiated */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_analyze_count;
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_autoanalyze_time;	/* autovacuum initiated */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_autoanalyze_count;
+
 	PgStat_Counter total_vacuum_time;	/* times in milliseconds */
 	PgStat_Counter total_autovacuum_time;
 	PgStat_Counter total_analyze_time;
@@ -707,6 +716,13 @@ extern void pgstat_report_analyze(Relation rel,
 								  PgStat_Counter livetuples, PgStat_Counter deadtuples,
 								  bool resetcounter, TimestampTz starttime);
 
+/* flags for pgstat_flush_backend() */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM	(1 << 0)	/* vacuum is skipped */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE	(1 << 1)	/* analyze is skipped */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOVAC	(1 << 2)	/* skipped during autovacuum/autoanalyze */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANY   (PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM | PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE)
+extern void pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(Oid relid, bits8 flags);
+
 /*
  * If stats are enabled, but pending data hasn't been prepared yet, call
  * pgstat_assoc_relation() to do so. See its comment for why this is done
diff --git a/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out b/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out
index 2b3cf6d8569..4ccfc43e903 100644
--- a/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out
+++ b/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out
@@ -1835,13 +1835,21 @@ pg_stat_all_tables| SELECT c.oid AS relid,
     pg_stat_get_mod_since_analyze(c.oid) AS n_mod_since_analyze,
     pg_stat_get_ins_since_vacuum(c.oid) AS n_ins_since_vacuum,
     pg_stat_get_last_vacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_vacuum,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_vacuum,
     pg_stat_get_last_autovacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_autovacuum,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_autovacuum,
     pg_stat_get_last_analyze_time(c.oid) AS last_analyze,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_analyze,
     pg_stat_get_last_autoanalyze_time(c.oid) AS last_autoanalyze,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_autoanalyze,
     pg_stat_get_vacuum_count(c.oid) AS vacuum_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count(c.oid) AS skipped_vacuum_count,
     pg_stat_get_autovacuum_count(c.oid) AS autovacuum_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count(c.oid) AS skipped_autovacuum_count,
     pg_stat_get_analyze_count(c.oid) AS analyze_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count(c.oid) AS skipped_analyze_count,
     pg_stat_get_autoanalyze_count(c.oid) AS autoanalyze_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count(c.oid) AS skipped_autoanalyze_count,
     pg_stat_get_total_vacuum_time(c.oid) AS total_vacuum_time,
     pg_stat_get_total_autovacuum_time(c.oid) AS total_autovacuum_time,
     pg_stat_get_total_analyze_time(c.oid) AS total_analyze_time,
@@ -2293,13 +2301,21 @@ pg_stat_sys_tables| SELECT relid,
     n_mod_since_analyze,
     n_ins_since_vacuum,
     last_vacuum,
+    last_skipped_vacuum,
     last_autovacuum,
+    last_skipped_autovacuum,
     last_analyze,
+    last_skipped_analyze,
     last_autoanalyze,
+    last_skipped_autoanalyze,
     vacuum_count,
+    skipped_vacuum_count,
     autovacuum_count,
+    skipped_autovacuum_count,
     analyze_count,
+    skipped_analyze_count,
     autoanalyze_count,
+    skipped_autoanalyze_count,
     total_vacuum_time,
     total_autovacuum_time,
     total_analyze_time,
@@ -2348,13 +2364,21 @@ pg_stat_user_tables| SELECT relid,
     n_mod_since_analyze,
     n_ins_since_vacuum,
     last_vacuum,
+    last_skipped_vacuum,
     last_autovacuum,
+    last_skipped_autovacuum,
     last_analyze,
+    last_skipped_analyze,
     last_autoanalyze,
+    last_skipped_autoanalyze,
     vacuum_count,
+    skipped_vacuum_count,
     autovacuum_count,
+    skipped_autovacuum_count,
     analyze_count,
+    skipped_analyze_count,
     autoanalyze_count,
+    skipped_autoanalyze_count,
     total_vacuum_time,
     total_autovacuum_time,
     total_analyze_time,
-- 
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* [PATCH v5] Track skipped vacuum and analyze activity per relation
@ 2026-03-24 04:09 Yugo Nagata <[email protected]>
  0 siblings, 0 replies; 374+ messages in thread

From: Yugo Nagata @ 2026-03-24 04:09 UTC (permalink / raw)

This commit adds eight fields to the relation statistics that track
the last time vacuum or analyze has been attempted but skipped due to
lock unavailability, along with their counts:

-    last_skipped_vacuum
-    last_skipped_autovacuum
-    last_skipped_analyze
-    last_skipped_autoanalyze
-    skipped_vacuum_count
-    skipped_autovacuum_count
-    skipped_analyze_count
-    skipped_autoanalyze_count

These field can help users confirm that autovacuum is actively attempting
to run on a table that has not been vacuumed or analyzed for a long time,
and that the lack of progress is due to repeated skips rather than inactivity.
---
 doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml                  |  88 ++++++
 src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql          |   8 +
 src/backend/commands/vacuum.c                 | 100 +++++--
 src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c  |  64 +++++
 src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c           |  24 ++
 src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat               |  32 +++
 src/include/pgstat.h                          |  16 ++
 .../isolation/expected/vacuum-skip-locked.out | 260 ++++++++++++++++--
 .../isolation/specs/vacuum-skip-locked.spec   |  41 +--
 src/test/regress/expected/rules.out           |  24 ++
 10 files changed, 601 insertions(+), 56 deletions(-)

diff --git a/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml b/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml
index 08d5b824552..a9b579d87a9 100644
--- a/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml
+++ b/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml
@@ -4387,6 +4387,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_vacuum</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time a manual vacuum on this table was attempted but skipped due to
+       lock unavailability (not counting <command>VACUUM FULL</command>)
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>last_autovacuum</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
@@ -4397,6 +4407,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_autovacuum</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time a vacuum on this table by the autovacuum daemon was attempted
+       but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>last_analyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
@@ -4406,6 +4426,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_analyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time a manual analyze on this table was attempted but skipped due to
+       lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>last_autoanalyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
@@ -4416,6 +4446,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_autoanalyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time at which an analyze on this table by the autovacuum was
+       attempted but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>vacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4426,6 +4466,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_vacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times manual vacuums on this table have been attempted but skipped
+       due to lock unavailability (not counting <command>VACUUM FULL</command>)
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>autovacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4436,6 +4486,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_autovacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times vacuums on this table by the autovacuum daemon have been
+       attempted but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>analyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4445,6 +4505,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_analyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times manual analyzes on this table have been attempted but
+       skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>autoanalyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4455,6 +4525,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_autoanalyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times analyzes on this table by the autovacuum daemon have
+       been attempted but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>total_vacuum_time</structfield> <type>double precision</type>
@@ -4510,6 +4590,14 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
    </tgroup>
   </table>
 
+  <note>
+   <para>
+    When a manual vacuum or analyze on a parent table in an inheritance or
+    partitioning hierarchy is skipped, the statistics are recorded only for
+    the parent table, not for its children.
+   </para>
+  </note>
+
  </sect2>
 
  <sect2 id="monitoring-pg-stat-autovacuum-scores-view">
diff --git a/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql b/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql
index 73a1c1c4670..f509fc7876b 100644
--- a/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql
+++ b/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql
@@ -736,13 +736,21 @@ CREATE VIEW pg_stat_all_tables AS
             pg_stat_get_mod_since_analyze(C.oid) AS n_mod_since_analyze,
             pg_stat_get_ins_since_vacuum(C.oid) AS n_ins_since_vacuum,
             pg_stat_get_last_vacuum_time(C.oid) as last_vacuum,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_vacuum,
             pg_stat_get_last_autovacuum_time(C.oid) as last_autovacuum,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_autovacuum,
             pg_stat_get_last_analyze_time(C.oid) as last_analyze,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_analyze,
             pg_stat_get_last_autoanalyze_time(C.oid) as last_autoanalyze,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_autoanalyze,
             pg_stat_get_vacuum_count(C.oid) AS vacuum_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count(C.oid) AS skipped_vacuum_count,
             pg_stat_get_autovacuum_count(C.oid) AS autovacuum_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count(C.oid) AS skipped_autovacuum_count,
             pg_stat_get_analyze_count(C.oid) AS analyze_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count(C.oid) AS skipped_analyze_count,
             pg_stat_get_autoanalyze_count(C.oid) AS autoanalyze_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count(C.oid) AS skipped_autoanalyze_count,
             pg_stat_get_total_vacuum_time(C.oid) AS total_vacuum_time,
             pg_stat_get_total_autovacuum_time(C.oid) AS total_autovacuum_time,
             pg_stat_get_total_analyze_time(C.oid) AS total_analyze_time,
diff --git a/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c b/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c
index 99d0db82ed7..df6526225e4 100644
--- a/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c
+++ b/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c
@@ -793,8 +793,25 @@ vacuum_open_relation(Oid relid, RangeVar *relation, uint32 options,
 		rel = try_relation_open(relid, NoLock);
 	else
 	{
+		int flags = 0;
 		rel = NULL;
 		rel_lock = false;
+
+		if ((options & VACOPT_VACUUM) != 0 && (options & VACOPT_FULL) == 0)
+		{
+			if (AmAutoVacuumWorkerProcess())
+				flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOVACUUM;
+			else
+				flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM;
+		}
+		if ((options & VACOPT_ANALYZE) != 0)
+		{
+			if (AmAutoVacuumWorkerProcess())
+				flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOANALYZE;
+			else
+				flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE;
+		}
+		pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(relid, flags);
 	}
 
 	/* if relation is opened, leave */
@@ -905,7 +922,6 @@ expand_vacuum_rel(VacuumRelation *vrel, MemoryContext vac_context,
 		Form_pg_class classForm;
 		bool		include_children;
 		bool		is_partitioned_table;
-		int			rvr_opts;
 
 		/*
 		 * Since autovacuum workers supply OIDs when calling vacuum(), no
@@ -918,29 +934,69 @@ expand_vacuum_rel(VacuumRelation *vrel, MemoryContext vac_context,
 		 * below, as well as find_all_inheritors's expectation that the caller
 		 * holds some lock on the starting relation.
 		 */
-		rvr_opts = (options & VACOPT_SKIP_LOCKED) ? RVR_SKIP_LOCKED : 0;
-		relid = RangeVarGetRelidExtended(vrel->relation,
-										 AccessShareLock,
-										 rvr_opts,
-										 NULL, NULL);
-
-		/*
-		 * If the lock is unavailable, emit the same log statement that
-		 * vacuum_rel() and analyze_rel() would.
-		 */
-		if (!OidIsValid(relid))
+		if (!(options & VACOPT_SKIP_LOCKED))
 		{
-			if (options & VACOPT_VACUUM)
-				ereport(WARNING,
-						(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
-						 errmsg("skipping vacuum of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
-								vrel->relation->relname)));
-			else
-				ereport(WARNING,
-						(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
-						 errmsg("skipping analyze of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
+			relid = RangeVarGetRelidExtended(vrel->relation,
+											 AccessShareLock,
+											 0, NULL, NULL);
+			if (!OidIsValid(relid))
+				return vacrels;
+		}
+		else
+		{
+			/* Get relid for reporting before taking a lock */
+			relid = RangeVarGetRelid(vrel->relation, NoLock, false);
+
+			if (!ConditionalLockRelationOid(relid, AccessShareLock))
+			{
+				int	flags = 0;
+				/*
+				 * If the lock is unavailable, emit the same log statement that
+				 * vacuum_rel() and analyze_rel() would.
+				 */
+				if (options & VACOPT_VACUUM)
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping vacuum of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
 								vrel->relation->relname)));
-			return vacrels;
+				else
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping analyze of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
+									vrel->relation->relname)));
+
+				if ((options & VACOPT_VACUUM) != 0 && (options & VACOPT_FULL) == 0)
+					flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM;
+				if ((options & VACOPT_ANALYZE) != 0)
+					flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE;
+
+				pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(relid, flags);
+
+				return vacrels;
+			}
+
+			/*
+			 * Now that we have the lock, probe to see if the relation really
+			 * exists or not.
+			 */
+			if (!SearchSysCacheExists1(RELOID, ObjectIdGetDatum(relid)))
+			{
+				if (options & VACOPT_VACUUM)
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_UNDEFINED_TABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping vacuum of \"%s\" --- relation no longer exists",
+									vrel->relation->relname)));
+				else
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_UNDEFINED_TABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping analyze of \"%s\" --- relation no longer exists",
+									vrel->relation->relname)));
+
+				/* Release useless lock */
+				UnlockRelationOid(relid, AccessShareLock);
+
+				return vacrels;
+			}
 		}
 
 		/*
diff --git a/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c b/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c
index b2ca28f83ba..532d9023f8c 100644
--- a/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c
+++ b/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c
@@ -17,12 +17,14 @@
 
 #include "postgres.h"
 
+#include "access/htup_details.h"
 #include "access/twophase_rmgr.h"
 #include "access/xact.h"
 #include "catalog/catalog.h"
 #include "utils/memutils.h"
 #include "utils/pgstat_internal.h"
 #include "utils/rel.h"
+#include "utils/syscache.h"
 #include "utils/timestamp.h"
 
 
@@ -367,6 +369,68 @@ pgstat_report_analyze(Relation rel,
 	(void) pgstat_flush_backend(false, PGSTAT_BACKEND_FLUSH_IO);
 }
 
+/*
+ * Report that the table was skipped during vacuum or/and analyze.
+ */
+void
+pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(Oid relid, int flags)
+{
+	PgStat_EntryRef *entry_ref;
+	PgStatShared_Relation *shtabentry;
+	PgStat_StatTabEntry *tabentry;
+	TimestampTz ts;
+	HeapTuple	classTup;
+	bool		isshared;
+
+	if (!pgstat_track_counts || !flags)
+		return;
+
+	classTup = SearchSysCache1(RELOID, ObjectIdGetDatum(relid));
+	if (!HeapTupleIsValid(classTup))
+		return;			/* somebody deleted the rel, forget it */
+	isshared = ((Form_pg_class) GETSTRUCT(classTup))->relisshared;
+	ReleaseSysCache(classTup);
+
+	/* Store the data in the table's hash table entry. */
+	ts = GetCurrentTimestamp();
+
+	/* block acquiring lock for the same reason as pgstat_report_autovac() */
+	entry_ref = pgstat_get_entry_ref_locked(PGSTAT_KIND_RELATION,
+											isshared ? InvalidOid : MyDatabaseId,
+											relid, false);
+
+	shtabentry = (PgStatShared_Relation *) entry_ref->shared_stats;
+	tabentry = &shtabentry->stats;
+
+	if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM)
+	{
+		tabentry->last_skipped_vacuum_time = ts;
+		tabentry->skipped_vacuum_count++;
+	}
+	else if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOVACUUM)
+	{
+		tabentry->last_skipped_autovacuum_time = ts;
+		tabentry->skipped_autovacuum_count++;
+	}
+
+	if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE)
+	{
+		tabentry->last_skipped_analyze_time = ts;
+		tabentry->skipped_analyze_count++;
+	}
+	else if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOANALYZE)
+	{
+		tabentry->last_skipped_autoanalyze_time = ts;
+		tabentry->skipped_autoanalyze_count++;
+	}
+
+	pgstat_unlock_entry(entry_ref);
+
+	/* see pgstat_report_vacuum() */
+	pgstat_flush_io(false);
+	(void) pgstat_flush_backend(false, PGSTAT_BACKEND_FLUSH_IO);
+}
+
 /*
  * count a tuple insertion of n tuples
  */
diff --git a/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c b/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c
index 1408de387ea..90a8968faa0 100644
--- a/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c
+++ b/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c
@@ -84,6 +84,18 @@ PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(mod_since_analyze)
 /* pg_stat_get_numscans */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(numscans)
 
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_analyze_count)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_autoanalyze_count)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_autovacuum_count)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_vacuum_count)
+
 /* pg_stat_get_tuples_deleted */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(tuples_deleted)
 
@@ -170,6 +182,18 @@ PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_vacuum_time)
 /* pg_stat_get_lastscan */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(lastscan)
 
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_analyze_time)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_autoanalyze_time)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_autovacuum_time)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_vacuum_time)
+
 /* pg_stat_get_stat_reset_time */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(stat_reset_time)
 
diff --git a/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat b/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat
index fa9ae79082b..32debb34863 100644
--- a/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat
+++ b/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat
@@ -5680,6 +5680,38 @@
   proargmodes => '{o,o,o,o,o,o,o,o,o,o}',
   proargnames => '{oid,score,xid_score,mxid_score,vacuum_score,vacuum_insert_score,analyze_score,do_vacuum,do_analyze,for_wraparound}',
   prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_autovacuum_scores' },
+{ oid => '8142', descr => 'statistics: last skipped vacuum time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time' },
+{ oid => '8143', descr => 'statistics: last skipped auto vacuum time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time' },
+{ oid => '8144', descr => 'statistics: last skipped analyze time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time' },
+{ oid => '8145', descr => 'statistics: last skipped auto analyze time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time' },
+{ oid => '8146', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped vacuum for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count' },
+{ oid => '8147', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped auto vacuum for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count' },
+{ oid => '8148', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped analyzes for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count' },
+{ oid => '8149', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped auto analyzes for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count' },
 { oid => '1936', descr => 'statistics: currently active backend IDs',
   proname => 'pg_stat_get_backend_idset', prorows => '100', proretset => 't',
   provolatile => 's', proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int4',
diff --git a/src/include/pgstat.h b/src/include/pgstat.h
index dfa2e837638..98941f953d1 100644
--- a/src/include/pgstat.h
+++ b/src/include/pgstat.h
@@ -479,6 +479,15 @@ typedef struct PgStat_StatTabEntry
 	TimestampTz last_autoanalyze_time;	/* autovacuum initiated */
 	PgStat_Counter autoanalyze_count;
 
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_vacuum_time;	/* user initiated vacuum */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_vacuum_count;
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_autovacuum_time;	/* autovacuum initiated */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_autovacuum_count;
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_analyze_time;	/* user initiated */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_analyze_count;
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_autoanalyze_time;	/* autovacuum initiated */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_autoanalyze_count;
+
 	PgStat_Counter total_vacuum_time;	/* times in milliseconds */
 	PgStat_Counter total_autovacuum_time;
 	PgStat_Counter total_analyze_time;
@@ -703,6 +712,13 @@ extern void pgstat_report_analyze(Relation rel,
 								  PgStat_Counter livetuples, PgStat_Counter deadtuples,
 								  bool resetcounter, TimestampTz starttime);
 
+/* flags for pgstat_flush_backend() */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM		(1 << 0)	/* vacuum is skipped */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE		(1 << 1)	/* analyze is skipped */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOVACUUM	(1 << 2)	/* autovacuum is skipped */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOANALYZE	(1 << 3)	/* autoanalyze is skipped */
+extern void pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(Oid relid, int flags);
+
 /*
  * If stats are enabled, but pending data hasn't been prepared yet, call
  * pgstat_assoc_relation() to do so. See its comment for why this is done
diff --git a/src/test/isolation/expected/vacuum-skip-locked.out b/src/test/isolation/expected/vacuum-skip-locked.out
index 99db281a159..e2cff175b7c 100644
--- a/src/test/isolation/expected/vacuum-skip-locked.out
+++ b/src/test/isolation/expected/vacuum-skip-locked.out
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 Parsed test spec with 2 sessions
 
-starting permutation: lock_share vac_specified commit
+starting permutation: lock_share vac_specified commit check_stat
 step lock_share: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN SHARE MODE;
@@ -10,8 +10,22 @@ step vac_specified: VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED) part1, part2;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
 
-starting permutation: lock_share vac_all_parts commit
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   1|            0|                    0
+part2  |           1|                   0|            0|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
+
+starting permutation: lock_share vac_all_parts commit check_stat
 step lock_share: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN SHARE MODE;
@@ -20,8 +34,22 @@ step vac_all_parts: VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED) parted;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   1|            0|                    0
+part2  |           1|                   0|            0|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
 
-starting permutation: lock_share analyze_specified commit
+starting permutation: lock_share analyze_specified commit check_stat
 step lock_share: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN SHARE MODE;
@@ -31,8 +59,22 @@ step analyze_specified: ANALYZE (SKIP_LOCKED) part1, part2;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
 
-starting permutation: lock_share analyze_all_parts commit
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   0|            0|                    1
+part2  |           0|                   0|            1|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
+
+starting permutation: lock_share analyze_all_parts commit check_stat
 step lock_share: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN SHARE MODE;
@@ -41,8 +83,22 @@ step analyze_all_parts: ANALYZE (SKIP_LOCKED) parted;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            1|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   0|            0|                    1
+part2  |           0|                   0|            1|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
 
-starting permutation: lock_share vac_analyze_specified commit
+starting permutation: lock_share vac_analyze_specified commit check_stat
 step lock_share: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN SHARE MODE;
@@ -52,8 +108,22 @@ step vac_analyze_specified: VACUUM (ANALYZE, SKIP_LOCKED) part1, part2;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
 
-starting permutation: lock_share vac_analyze_all_parts commit
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   1|            0|                    1
+part2  |           1|                   0|            1|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
+
+starting permutation: lock_share vac_analyze_all_parts commit check_stat
 step lock_share: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN SHARE MODE;
@@ -62,8 +132,22 @@ step vac_analyze_all_parts: VACUUM (ANALYZE, SKIP_LOCKED) parted;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            1|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   1|            0|                    1
+part2  |           1|                   0|            1|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
 
-starting permutation: lock_share vac_full_specified commit
+starting permutation: lock_share vac_full_specified commit check_stat
 step lock_share: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN SHARE MODE;
@@ -73,8 +157,22 @@ step vac_full_specified: VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED, FULL) part1, part2;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
 
-starting permutation: lock_share vac_full_all_parts commit
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part2  |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
+
+starting permutation: lock_share vac_full_all_parts commit check_stat
 step lock_share: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN SHARE MODE;
@@ -83,8 +181,22 @@ step vac_full_all_parts: VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED, FULL) parted;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part2  |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+(3 rows)
 
-starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_specified commit
+
+starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_specified commit check_stat
 step lock_access_exclusive: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN ACCESS EXCLUSIVE MODE;
@@ -94,8 +206,22 @@ step vac_specified: VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED) part1, part2;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   1|            0|                    0
+part2  |           1|                   0|            0|                    0
+(3 rows)
 
-starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_all_parts commit
+
+starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_all_parts commit check_stat
 step lock_access_exclusive: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN ACCESS EXCLUSIVE MODE;
@@ -104,8 +230,22 @@ step vac_all_parts: VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED) parted;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   1|            0|                    0
+part2  |           1|                   0|            0|                    0
+(3 rows)
 
-starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive analyze_specified commit
+
+starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive analyze_specified commit check_stat
 step lock_access_exclusive: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN ACCESS EXCLUSIVE MODE;
@@ -115,8 +255,22 @@ step analyze_specified: ANALYZE (SKIP_LOCKED) part1, part2;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   0|            0|                    1
+part2  |           0|                   0|            1|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
 
-starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive analyze_all_parts commit
+starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive analyze_all_parts commit check_stat
 step lock_access_exclusive: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN ACCESS EXCLUSIVE MODE;
@@ -126,8 +280,22 @@ step commit:
 	COMMIT;
 
 step analyze_all_parts: <... completed>
-
-starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_analyze_specified commit
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            1|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   0|            1|                    0
+part2  |           0|                   0|            1|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
+
+starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_analyze_specified commit check_stat
 step lock_access_exclusive: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN ACCESS EXCLUSIVE MODE;
@@ -137,8 +305,22 @@ step vac_analyze_specified: VACUUM (ANALYZE, SKIP_LOCKED) part1, part2;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   1|            0|                    1
+part2  |           1|                   0|            1|                    0
+(3 rows)
 
-starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_analyze_all_parts commit
+
+starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_analyze_all_parts commit check_stat
 step lock_access_exclusive: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN ACCESS EXCLUSIVE MODE;
@@ -148,8 +330,22 @@ step commit:
 	COMMIT;
 
 step vac_analyze_all_parts: <... completed>
-
-starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_full_specified commit
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            1|                    0
+part1  |           1|                   0|            1|                    0
+part2  |           1|                   0|            1|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
+
+starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_full_specified commit check_stat
 step lock_access_exclusive: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN ACCESS EXCLUSIVE MODE;
@@ -159,8 +355,22 @@ step vac_full_specified: VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED, FULL) part1, part2;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
 
-starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_full_all_parts commit
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part2  |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
+
+starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_full_all_parts commit check_stat
 step lock_access_exclusive: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN ACCESS EXCLUSIVE MODE;
@@ -169,3 +379,17 @@ step vac_full_all_parts: VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED, FULL) parted;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part2  |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
diff --git a/src/test/isolation/specs/vacuum-skip-locked.spec b/src/test/isolation/specs/vacuum-skip-locked.spec
index 3fad6e1c92a..b0da75d4b6d 100644
--- a/src/test/isolation/specs/vacuum-skip-locked.spec
+++ b/src/test/isolation/specs/vacuum-skip-locked.spec
@@ -33,6 +33,15 @@ step commit
 	COMMIT;
 }
 
+step check_stat
+{
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+}
+
 session s2
 step vac_specified			{ VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED) part1, part2; }
 step vac_all_parts			{ VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED) parted; }
@@ -43,19 +52,19 @@ step vac_analyze_all_parts	{ VACUUM (ANALYZE, SKIP_LOCKED) parted; }
 step vac_full_specified		{ VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED, FULL) part1, part2; }
 step vac_full_all_parts		{ VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED, FULL) parted; }
 
-permutation lock_share vac_specified commit
-permutation lock_share vac_all_parts commit
-permutation lock_share analyze_specified commit
-permutation lock_share analyze_all_parts commit
-permutation lock_share vac_analyze_specified commit
-permutation lock_share vac_analyze_all_parts commit
-permutation lock_share vac_full_specified commit
-permutation lock_share vac_full_all_parts commit
-permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_specified commit
-permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_all_parts commit
-permutation lock_access_exclusive analyze_specified commit
-permutation lock_access_exclusive analyze_all_parts commit
-permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_analyze_specified commit
-permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_analyze_all_parts commit
-permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_full_specified commit
-permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_full_all_parts commit
+permutation lock_share vac_specified commit check_stat
+permutation lock_share vac_all_parts commit check_stat
+permutation lock_share analyze_specified commit check_stat
+permutation lock_share analyze_all_parts commit check_stat
+permutation lock_share vac_analyze_specified commit check_stat
+permutation lock_share vac_analyze_all_parts commit check_stat
+permutation lock_share vac_full_specified commit check_stat
+permutation lock_share vac_full_all_parts commit check_stat
+permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_specified commit check_stat
+permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_all_parts commit check_stat
+permutation lock_access_exclusive analyze_specified commit check_stat
+permutation lock_access_exclusive analyze_all_parts commit check_stat
+permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_analyze_specified commit check_stat
+permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_analyze_all_parts commit check_stat
+permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_full_specified commit check_stat
+permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_full_all_parts commit check_stat
diff --git a/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out b/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out
index a65a5bf0c4f..9b2075d3373 100644
--- a/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out
+++ b/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out
@@ -1835,13 +1835,21 @@ pg_stat_all_tables| SELECT c.oid AS relid,
     pg_stat_get_mod_since_analyze(c.oid) AS n_mod_since_analyze,
     pg_stat_get_ins_since_vacuum(c.oid) AS n_ins_since_vacuum,
     pg_stat_get_last_vacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_vacuum,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_vacuum,
     pg_stat_get_last_autovacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_autovacuum,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_autovacuum,
     pg_stat_get_last_analyze_time(c.oid) AS last_analyze,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_analyze,
     pg_stat_get_last_autoanalyze_time(c.oid) AS last_autoanalyze,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_autoanalyze,
     pg_stat_get_vacuum_count(c.oid) AS vacuum_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count(c.oid) AS skipped_vacuum_count,
     pg_stat_get_autovacuum_count(c.oid) AS autovacuum_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count(c.oid) AS skipped_autovacuum_count,
     pg_stat_get_analyze_count(c.oid) AS analyze_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count(c.oid) AS skipped_analyze_count,
     pg_stat_get_autoanalyze_count(c.oid) AS autoanalyze_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count(c.oid) AS skipped_autoanalyze_count,
     pg_stat_get_total_vacuum_time(c.oid) AS total_vacuum_time,
     pg_stat_get_total_autovacuum_time(c.oid) AS total_autovacuum_time,
     pg_stat_get_total_analyze_time(c.oid) AS total_analyze_time,
@@ -2346,13 +2354,21 @@ pg_stat_sys_tables| SELECT relid,
     n_mod_since_analyze,
     n_ins_since_vacuum,
     last_vacuum,
+    last_skipped_vacuum,
     last_autovacuum,
+    last_skipped_autovacuum,
     last_analyze,
+    last_skipped_analyze,
     last_autoanalyze,
+    last_skipped_autoanalyze,
     vacuum_count,
+    skipped_vacuum_count,
     autovacuum_count,
+    skipped_autovacuum_count,
     analyze_count,
+    skipped_analyze_count,
     autoanalyze_count,
+    skipped_autoanalyze_count,
     total_vacuum_time,
     total_autovacuum_time,
     total_analyze_time,
@@ -2401,13 +2417,21 @@ pg_stat_user_tables| SELECT relid,
     n_mod_since_analyze,
     n_ins_since_vacuum,
     last_vacuum,
+    last_skipped_vacuum,
     last_autovacuum,
+    last_skipped_autovacuum,
     last_analyze,
+    last_skipped_analyze,
     last_autoanalyze,
+    last_skipped_autoanalyze,
     vacuum_count,
+    skipped_vacuum_count,
     autovacuum_count,
+    skipped_autovacuum_count,
     analyze_count,
+    skipped_analyze_count,
     autoanalyze_count,
+    skipped_autoanalyze_count,
     total_vacuum_time,
     total_autovacuum_time,
     total_analyze_time,
-- 
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* [PATCH v4] Track skipped vacuum and analyze activity per relation
@ 2026-03-24 04:09 Yugo Nagata <[email protected]>
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From: Yugo Nagata @ 2026-03-24 04:09 UTC (permalink / raw)

This commit adds eight fields to the relation statistics that track
the last time vacuum or analyze has been attempted but skipped due to
lock unavailability, along with their counts:

-    last_skipped_vacuum
-    last_skipped_autovacuum
-    last_skipped_analyze
-    last_skipped_autoanalyze
-    skipped_vacuum_count
-    skipped_autovacuum_count
-    skipped_analyze_count
-    skipped_autoanalyze_count

These field can help users confirm that autovacuum is actively attempting
to run on a table that has not been vacuumed or analyzed for a long time,
and that the lack of progress is due to repeated skips rather than inactivity.
---
 doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml                 |  88 ++++++++++++++++
 src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql         |   8 ++
 src/backend/commands/vacuum.c                | 102 ++++++++++++++-----
 src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c |  64 ++++++++++++
 src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c          |  24 +++++
 src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat              |  32 ++++++
 src/include/pgstat.h                         |  16 +++
 src/test/regress/expected/rules.out          |  24 +++++
 8 files changed, 335 insertions(+), 23 deletions(-)

diff --git a/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml b/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml
index 08d5b824552..a9b579d87a9 100644
--- a/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml
+++ b/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml
@@ -4387,6 +4387,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_vacuum</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time a manual vacuum on this table was attempted but skipped due to
+       lock unavailability (not counting <command>VACUUM FULL</command>)
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>last_autovacuum</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
@@ -4397,6 +4407,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_autovacuum</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time a vacuum on this table by the autovacuum daemon was attempted
+       but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>last_analyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
@@ -4406,6 +4426,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_analyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time a manual analyze on this table was attempted but skipped due to
+       lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>last_autoanalyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
@@ -4416,6 +4446,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_autoanalyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time at which an analyze on this table by the autovacuum was
+       attempted but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>vacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4426,6 +4466,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_vacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times manual vacuums on this table have been attempted but skipped
+       due to lock unavailability (not counting <command>VACUUM FULL</command>)
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>autovacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4436,6 +4486,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_autovacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times vacuums on this table by the autovacuum daemon have been
+       attempted but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>analyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4445,6 +4505,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_analyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times manual analyzes on this table have been attempted but
+       skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>autoanalyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4455,6 +4525,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_autoanalyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times analyzes on this table by the autovacuum daemon have
+       been attempted but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>total_vacuum_time</structfield> <type>double precision</type>
@@ -4510,6 +4590,14 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
    </tgroup>
   </table>
 
+  <note>
+   <para>
+    When a manual vacuum or analyze on a parent table in an inheritance or
+    partitioning hierarchy is skipped, the statistics are recorded only for
+    the parent table, not for its children.
+   </para>
+  </note>
+
  </sect2>
 
  <sect2 id="monitoring-pg-stat-autovacuum-scores-view">
diff --git a/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql b/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql
index 73a1c1c4670..f509fc7876b 100644
--- a/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql
+++ b/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql
@@ -736,13 +736,21 @@ CREATE VIEW pg_stat_all_tables AS
             pg_stat_get_mod_since_analyze(C.oid) AS n_mod_since_analyze,
             pg_stat_get_ins_since_vacuum(C.oid) AS n_ins_since_vacuum,
             pg_stat_get_last_vacuum_time(C.oid) as last_vacuum,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_vacuum,
             pg_stat_get_last_autovacuum_time(C.oid) as last_autovacuum,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_autovacuum,
             pg_stat_get_last_analyze_time(C.oid) as last_analyze,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_analyze,
             pg_stat_get_last_autoanalyze_time(C.oid) as last_autoanalyze,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_autoanalyze,
             pg_stat_get_vacuum_count(C.oid) AS vacuum_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count(C.oid) AS skipped_vacuum_count,
             pg_stat_get_autovacuum_count(C.oid) AS autovacuum_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count(C.oid) AS skipped_autovacuum_count,
             pg_stat_get_analyze_count(C.oid) AS analyze_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count(C.oid) AS skipped_analyze_count,
             pg_stat_get_autoanalyze_count(C.oid) AS autoanalyze_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count(C.oid) AS skipped_autoanalyze_count,
             pg_stat_get_total_vacuum_time(C.oid) AS total_vacuum_time,
             pg_stat_get_total_autovacuum_time(C.oid) AS total_autovacuum_time,
             pg_stat_get_total_analyze_time(C.oid) AS total_analyze_time,
diff --git a/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c b/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c
index 99d0db82ed7..97cd5ea8d10 100644
--- a/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c
+++ b/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c
@@ -793,8 +793,25 @@ vacuum_open_relation(Oid relid, RangeVar *relation, uint32 options,
 		rel = try_relation_open(relid, NoLock);
 	else
 	{
+		int flags = 0;
 		rel = NULL;
 		rel_lock = false;
+
+		if ((options & VACOPT_VACUUM) != 0)
+		{
+			if (AmAutoVacuumWorkerProcess())
+				flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOVACUUM;
+			else
+				flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM;
+		}
+		if ((options & VACOPT_ANALYZE) != 0)
+		{
+			if (AmAutoVacuumWorkerProcess())
+				flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOANALYZE;
+			else
+				flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE;
+		}
+		pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(relid, flags);
 	}
 
 	/* if relation is opened, leave */
@@ -802,7 +819,7 @@ vacuum_open_relation(Oid relid, RangeVar *relation, uint32 options,
 		return rel;
 
 	/*
-	 * Relation could not be opened, hence generate if possible a log
+	 * Relation could not be opened hence generate if possible a log
 	 * informing on the situation.
 	 *
 	 * If the RangeVar is not defined, we do not have enough information to
@@ -905,7 +922,6 @@ expand_vacuum_rel(VacuumRelation *vrel, MemoryContext vac_context,
 		Form_pg_class classForm;
 		bool		include_children;
 		bool		is_partitioned_table;
-		int			rvr_opts;
 
 		/*
 		 * Since autovacuum workers supply OIDs when calling vacuum(), no
@@ -918,29 +934,69 @@ expand_vacuum_rel(VacuumRelation *vrel, MemoryContext vac_context,
 		 * below, as well as find_all_inheritors's expectation that the caller
 		 * holds some lock on the starting relation.
 		 */
-		rvr_opts = (options & VACOPT_SKIP_LOCKED) ? RVR_SKIP_LOCKED : 0;
-		relid = RangeVarGetRelidExtended(vrel->relation,
-										 AccessShareLock,
-										 rvr_opts,
-										 NULL, NULL);
-
-		/*
-		 * If the lock is unavailable, emit the same log statement that
-		 * vacuum_rel() and analyze_rel() would.
-		 */
-		if (!OidIsValid(relid))
+		if (!(options & VACOPT_SKIP_LOCKED))
 		{
-			if (options & VACOPT_VACUUM)
-				ereport(WARNING,
-						(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
-						 errmsg("skipping vacuum of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
-								vrel->relation->relname)));
-			else
-				ereport(WARNING,
-						(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
-						 errmsg("skipping analyze of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
+			relid = RangeVarGetRelidExtended(vrel->relation,
+											 AccessShareLock,
+											 0, NULL, NULL);
+			if (!OidIsValid(relid))
+				return vacrels;
+		}
+		else
+		{
+			/* Get relid for reporting before taking a lock */
+			relid = RangeVarGetRelid(vrel->relation, NoLock, false);
+
+			if (!ConditionalLockRelationOid(relid, AccessShareLock))
+			{
+				int	flags = 0;
+				/*
+				 * If the lock is unavailable, emit the same log statement that
+				 * vacuum_rel() and analyze_rel() would.
+				 */
+				if (options & VACOPT_VACUUM)
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping vacuum of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
 								vrel->relation->relname)));
-			return vacrels;
+				else
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping analyze of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
+									vrel->relation->relname)));
+
+				if ((options & VACOPT_VACUUM) != 0)
+					flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM;
+				if ((options & VACOPT_ANALYZE) != 0)
+					flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE;
+
+				pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(relid, flags);
+
+				return vacrels;
+			}
+
+			/*
+			 * Now that we have the lock, probe to see if the relation really
+			 * exists or not.
+			 */
+			if (!SearchSysCacheExists1(RELOID, ObjectIdGetDatum(relid)))
+			{
+				if (options & VACOPT_VACUUM)
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_UNDEFINED_TABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping vacuum of \"%s\" --- relation no longer exists",
+									vrel->relation->relname)));
+				else
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_UNDEFINED_TABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping analyze of \"%s\" --- relation no longer exists",
+									vrel->relation->relname)));
+
+				/* Release useless lock */
+				UnlockRelationOid(relid, AccessShareLock);
+
+				return vacrels;
+			}
 		}
 
 		/*
diff --git a/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c b/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c
index b2ca28f83ba..532d9023f8c 100644
--- a/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c
+++ b/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c
@@ -17,12 +17,14 @@
 
 #include "postgres.h"
 
+#include "access/htup_details.h"
 #include "access/twophase_rmgr.h"
 #include "access/xact.h"
 #include "catalog/catalog.h"
 #include "utils/memutils.h"
 #include "utils/pgstat_internal.h"
 #include "utils/rel.h"
+#include "utils/syscache.h"
 #include "utils/timestamp.h"
 
 
@@ -367,6 +369,68 @@ pgstat_report_analyze(Relation rel,
 	(void) pgstat_flush_backend(false, PGSTAT_BACKEND_FLUSH_IO);
 }
 
+/*
+ * Report that the table was skipped during vacuum or/and analyze.
+ */
+void
+pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(Oid relid, int flags)
+{
+	PgStat_EntryRef *entry_ref;
+	PgStatShared_Relation *shtabentry;
+	PgStat_StatTabEntry *tabentry;
+	TimestampTz ts;
+	HeapTuple	classTup;
+	bool		isshared;
+
+	if (!pgstat_track_counts || !flags)
+		return;
+
+	classTup = SearchSysCache1(RELOID, ObjectIdGetDatum(relid));
+	if (!HeapTupleIsValid(classTup))
+		return;			/* somebody deleted the rel, forget it */
+	isshared = ((Form_pg_class) GETSTRUCT(classTup))->relisshared;
+	ReleaseSysCache(classTup);
+
+	/* Store the data in the table's hash table entry. */
+	ts = GetCurrentTimestamp();
+
+	/* block acquiring lock for the same reason as pgstat_report_autovac() */
+	entry_ref = pgstat_get_entry_ref_locked(PGSTAT_KIND_RELATION,
+											isshared ? InvalidOid : MyDatabaseId,
+											relid, false);
+
+	shtabentry = (PgStatShared_Relation *) entry_ref->shared_stats;
+	tabentry = &shtabentry->stats;
+
+	if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM)
+	{
+		tabentry->last_skipped_vacuum_time = ts;
+		tabentry->skipped_vacuum_count++;
+	}
+	else if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOVACUUM)
+	{
+		tabentry->last_skipped_autovacuum_time = ts;
+		tabentry->skipped_autovacuum_count++;
+	}
+
+	if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE)
+	{
+		tabentry->last_skipped_analyze_time = ts;
+		tabentry->skipped_analyze_count++;
+	}
+	else if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOANALYZE)
+	{
+		tabentry->last_skipped_autoanalyze_time = ts;
+		tabentry->skipped_autoanalyze_count++;
+	}
+
+	pgstat_unlock_entry(entry_ref);
+
+	/* see pgstat_report_vacuum() */
+	pgstat_flush_io(false);
+	(void) pgstat_flush_backend(false, PGSTAT_BACKEND_FLUSH_IO);
+}
+
 /*
  * count a tuple insertion of n tuples
  */
diff --git a/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c b/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c
index 1408de387ea..90a8968faa0 100644
--- a/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c
+++ b/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c
@@ -84,6 +84,18 @@ PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(mod_since_analyze)
 /* pg_stat_get_numscans */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(numscans)
 
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_analyze_count)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_autoanalyze_count)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_autovacuum_count)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_vacuum_count)
+
 /* pg_stat_get_tuples_deleted */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(tuples_deleted)
 
@@ -170,6 +182,18 @@ PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_vacuum_time)
 /* pg_stat_get_lastscan */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(lastscan)
 
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_analyze_time)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_autoanalyze_time)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_autovacuum_time)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_vacuum_time)
+
 /* pg_stat_get_stat_reset_time */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(stat_reset_time)
 
diff --git a/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat b/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat
index fa9ae79082b..32debb34863 100644
--- a/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat
+++ b/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat
@@ -5680,6 +5680,38 @@
   proargmodes => '{o,o,o,o,o,o,o,o,o,o}',
   proargnames => '{oid,score,xid_score,mxid_score,vacuum_score,vacuum_insert_score,analyze_score,do_vacuum,do_analyze,for_wraparound}',
   prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_autovacuum_scores' },
+{ oid => '8142', descr => 'statistics: last skipped vacuum time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time' },
+{ oid => '8143', descr => 'statistics: last skipped auto vacuum time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time' },
+{ oid => '8144', descr => 'statistics: last skipped analyze time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time' },
+{ oid => '8145', descr => 'statistics: last skipped auto analyze time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time' },
+{ oid => '8146', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped vacuum for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count' },
+{ oid => '8147', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped auto vacuum for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count' },
+{ oid => '8148', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped analyzes for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count' },
+{ oid => '8149', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped auto analyzes for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count' },
 { oid => '1936', descr => 'statistics: currently active backend IDs',
   proname => 'pg_stat_get_backend_idset', prorows => '100', proretset => 't',
   provolatile => 's', proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int4',
diff --git a/src/include/pgstat.h b/src/include/pgstat.h
index dfa2e837638..98941f953d1 100644
--- a/src/include/pgstat.h
+++ b/src/include/pgstat.h
@@ -479,6 +479,15 @@ typedef struct PgStat_StatTabEntry
 	TimestampTz last_autoanalyze_time;	/* autovacuum initiated */
 	PgStat_Counter autoanalyze_count;
 
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_vacuum_time;	/* user initiated vacuum */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_vacuum_count;
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_autovacuum_time;	/* autovacuum initiated */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_autovacuum_count;
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_analyze_time;	/* user initiated */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_analyze_count;
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_autoanalyze_time;	/* autovacuum initiated */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_autoanalyze_count;
+
 	PgStat_Counter total_vacuum_time;	/* times in milliseconds */
 	PgStat_Counter total_autovacuum_time;
 	PgStat_Counter total_analyze_time;
@@ -703,6 +712,13 @@ extern void pgstat_report_analyze(Relation rel,
 								  PgStat_Counter livetuples, PgStat_Counter deadtuples,
 								  bool resetcounter, TimestampTz starttime);
 
+/* flags for pgstat_flush_backend() */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM		(1 << 0)	/* vacuum is skipped */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE		(1 << 1)	/* analyze is skipped */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOVACUUM	(1 << 2)	/* autovacuum is skipped */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOANALYZE	(1 << 3)	/* autoanalyze is skipped */
+extern void pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(Oid relid, int flags);
+
 /*
  * If stats are enabled, but pending data hasn't been prepared yet, call
  * pgstat_assoc_relation() to do so. See its comment for why this is done
diff --git a/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out b/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out
index a65a5bf0c4f..9b2075d3373 100644
--- a/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out
+++ b/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out
@@ -1835,13 +1835,21 @@ pg_stat_all_tables| SELECT c.oid AS relid,
     pg_stat_get_mod_since_analyze(c.oid) AS n_mod_since_analyze,
     pg_stat_get_ins_since_vacuum(c.oid) AS n_ins_since_vacuum,
     pg_stat_get_last_vacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_vacuum,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_vacuum,
     pg_stat_get_last_autovacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_autovacuum,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_autovacuum,
     pg_stat_get_last_analyze_time(c.oid) AS last_analyze,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_analyze,
     pg_stat_get_last_autoanalyze_time(c.oid) AS last_autoanalyze,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_autoanalyze,
     pg_stat_get_vacuum_count(c.oid) AS vacuum_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count(c.oid) AS skipped_vacuum_count,
     pg_stat_get_autovacuum_count(c.oid) AS autovacuum_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count(c.oid) AS skipped_autovacuum_count,
     pg_stat_get_analyze_count(c.oid) AS analyze_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count(c.oid) AS skipped_analyze_count,
     pg_stat_get_autoanalyze_count(c.oid) AS autoanalyze_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count(c.oid) AS skipped_autoanalyze_count,
     pg_stat_get_total_vacuum_time(c.oid) AS total_vacuum_time,
     pg_stat_get_total_autovacuum_time(c.oid) AS total_autovacuum_time,
     pg_stat_get_total_analyze_time(c.oid) AS total_analyze_time,
@@ -2346,13 +2354,21 @@ pg_stat_sys_tables| SELECT relid,
     n_mod_since_analyze,
     n_ins_since_vacuum,
     last_vacuum,
+    last_skipped_vacuum,
     last_autovacuum,
+    last_skipped_autovacuum,
     last_analyze,
+    last_skipped_analyze,
     last_autoanalyze,
+    last_skipped_autoanalyze,
     vacuum_count,
+    skipped_vacuum_count,
     autovacuum_count,
+    skipped_autovacuum_count,
     analyze_count,
+    skipped_analyze_count,
     autoanalyze_count,
+    skipped_autoanalyze_count,
     total_vacuum_time,
     total_autovacuum_time,
     total_analyze_time,
@@ -2401,13 +2417,21 @@ pg_stat_user_tables| SELECT relid,
     n_mod_since_analyze,
     n_ins_since_vacuum,
     last_vacuum,
+    last_skipped_vacuum,
     last_autovacuum,
+    last_skipped_autovacuum,
     last_analyze,
+    last_skipped_analyze,
     last_autoanalyze,
+    last_skipped_autoanalyze,
     vacuum_count,
+    skipped_vacuum_count,
     autovacuum_count,
+    skipped_autovacuum_count,
     analyze_count,
+    skipped_analyze_count,
     autoanalyze_count,
+    skipped_autoanalyze_count,
     total_vacuum_time,
     total_autovacuum_time,
     total_analyze_time,
-- 
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* [PATCH v5] Track skipped vacuum and analyze activity per relation
@ 2026-03-24 04:09 Yugo Nagata <[email protected]>
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From: Yugo Nagata @ 2026-03-24 04:09 UTC (permalink / raw)

This commit adds eight fields to the relation statistics that track
the last time vacuum or analyze has been attempted but skipped due to
lock unavailability, along with their counts:

-    last_skipped_vacuum
-    last_skipped_autovacuum
-    last_skipped_analyze
-    last_skipped_autoanalyze
-    skipped_vacuum_count
-    skipped_autovacuum_count
-    skipped_analyze_count
-    skipped_autoanalyze_count

These field can help users confirm that autovacuum is actively attempting
to run on a table that has not been vacuumed or analyzed for a long time,
and that the lack of progress is due to repeated skips rather than inactivity.
---
 doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml                  |  88 ++++++
 src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql          |   8 +
 src/backend/commands/vacuum.c                 | 100 +++++--
 src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c  |  64 +++++
 src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c           |  24 ++
 src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat               |  32 +++
 src/include/pgstat.h                          |  16 ++
 .../isolation/expected/vacuum-skip-locked.out | 260 ++++++++++++++++--
 .../isolation/specs/vacuum-skip-locked.spec   |  41 +--
 src/test/regress/expected/rules.out           |  24 ++
 10 files changed, 601 insertions(+), 56 deletions(-)

diff --git a/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml b/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml
index 08d5b824552..a9b579d87a9 100644
--- a/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml
+++ b/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml
@@ -4387,6 +4387,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_vacuum</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time a manual vacuum on this table was attempted but skipped due to
+       lock unavailability (not counting <command>VACUUM FULL</command>)
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>last_autovacuum</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
@@ -4397,6 +4407,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_autovacuum</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time a vacuum on this table by the autovacuum daemon was attempted
+       but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>last_analyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
@@ -4406,6 +4426,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_analyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time a manual analyze on this table was attempted but skipped due to
+       lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>last_autoanalyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
@@ -4416,6 +4446,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_autoanalyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time at which an analyze on this table by the autovacuum was
+       attempted but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>vacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4426,6 +4466,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_vacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times manual vacuums on this table have been attempted but skipped
+       due to lock unavailability (not counting <command>VACUUM FULL</command>)
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>autovacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4436,6 +4486,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_autovacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times vacuums on this table by the autovacuum daemon have been
+       attempted but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>analyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4445,6 +4505,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_analyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times manual analyzes on this table have been attempted but
+       skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>autoanalyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4455,6 +4525,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_autoanalyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times analyzes on this table by the autovacuum daemon have
+       been attempted but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>total_vacuum_time</structfield> <type>double precision</type>
@@ -4510,6 +4590,14 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
    </tgroup>
   </table>
 
+  <note>
+   <para>
+    When a manual vacuum or analyze on a parent table in an inheritance or
+    partitioning hierarchy is skipped, the statistics are recorded only for
+    the parent table, not for its children.
+   </para>
+  </note>
+
  </sect2>
 
  <sect2 id="monitoring-pg-stat-autovacuum-scores-view">
diff --git a/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql b/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql
index 73a1c1c4670..f509fc7876b 100644
--- a/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql
+++ b/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql
@@ -736,13 +736,21 @@ CREATE VIEW pg_stat_all_tables AS
             pg_stat_get_mod_since_analyze(C.oid) AS n_mod_since_analyze,
             pg_stat_get_ins_since_vacuum(C.oid) AS n_ins_since_vacuum,
             pg_stat_get_last_vacuum_time(C.oid) as last_vacuum,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_vacuum,
             pg_stat_get_last_autovacuum_time(C.oid) as last_autovacuum,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_autovacuum,
             pg_stat_get_last_analyze_time(C.oid) as last_analyze,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_analyze,
             pg_stat_get_last_autoanalyze_time(C.oid) as last_autoanalyze,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_autoanalyze,
             pg_stat_get_vacuum_count(C.oid) AS vacuum_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count(C.oid) AS skipped_vacuum_count,
             pg_stat_get_autovacuum_count(C.oid) AS autovacuum_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count(C.oid) AS skipped_autovacuum_count,
             pg_stat_get_analyze_count(C.oid) AS analyze_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count(C.oid) AS skipped_analyze_count,
             pg_stat_get_autoanalyze_count(C.oid) AS autoanalyze_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count(C.oid) AS skipped_autoanalyze_count,
             pg_stat_get_total_vacuum_time(C.oid) AS total_vacuum_time,
             pg_stat_get_total_autovacuum_time(C.oid) AS total_autovacuum_time,
             pg_stat_get_total_analyze_time(C.oid) AS total_analyze_time,
diff --git a/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c b/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c
index 99d0db82ed7..df6526225e4 100644
--- a/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c
+++ b/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c
@@ -793,8 +793,25 @@ vacuum_open_relation(Oid relid, RangeVar *relation, uint32 options,
 		rel = try_relation_open(relid, NoLock);
 	else
 	{
+		int flags = 0;
 		rel = NULL;
 		rel_lock = false;
+
+		if ((options & VACOPT_VACUUM) != 0 && (options & VACOPT_FULL) == 0)
+		{
+			if (AmAutoVacuumWorkerProcess())
+				flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOVACUUM;
+			else
+				flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM;
+		}
+		if ((options & VACOPT_ANALYZE) != 0)
+		{
+			if (AmAutoVacuumWorkerProcess())
+				flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOANALYZE;
+			else
+				flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE;
+		}
+		pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(relid, flags);
 	}
 
 	/* if relation is opened, leave */
@@ -905,7 +922,6 @@ expand_vacuum_rel(VacuumRelation *vrel, MemoryContext vac_context,
 		Form_pg_class classForm;
 		bool		include_children;
 		bool		is_partitioned_table;
-		int			rvr_opts;
 
 		/*
 		 * Since autovacuum workers supply OIDs when calling vacuum(), no
@@ -918,29 +934,69 @@ expand_vacuum_rel(VacuumRelation *vrel, MemoryContext vac_context,
 		 * below, as well as find_all_inheritors's expectation that the caller
 		 * holds some lock on the starting relation.
 		 */
-		rvr_opts = (options & VACOPT_SKIP_LOCKED) ? RVR_SKIP_LOCKED : 0;
-		relid = RangeVarGetRelidExtended(vrel->relation,
-										 AccessShareLock,
-										 rvr_opts,
-										 NULL, NULL);
-
-		/*
-		 * If the lock is unavailable, emit the same log statement that
-		 * vacuum_rel() and analyze_rel() would.
-		 */
-		if (!OidIsValid(relid))
+		if (!(options & VACOPT_SKIP_LOCKED))
 		{
-			if (options & VACOPT_VACUUM)
-				ereport(WARNING,
-						(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
-						 errmsg("skipping vacuum of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
-								vrel->relation->relname)));
-			else
-				ereport(WARNING,
-						(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
-						 errmsg("skipping analyze of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
+			relid = RangeVarGetRelidExtended(vrel->relation,
+											 AccessShareLock,
+											 0, NULL, NULL);
+			if (!OidIsValid(relid))
+				return vacrels;
+		}
+		else
+		{
+			/* Get relid for reporting before taking a lock */
+			relid = RangeVarGetRelid(vrel->relation, NoLock, false);
+
+			if (!ConditionalLockRelationOid(relid, AccessShareLock))
+			{
+				int	flags = 0;
+				/*
+				 * If the lock is unavailable, emit the same log statement that
+				 * vacuum_rel() and analyze_rel() would.
+				 */
+				if (options & VACOPT_VACUUM)
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping vacuum of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
 								vrel->relation->relname)));
-			return vacrels;
+				else
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping analyze of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
+									vrel->relation->relname)));
+
+				if ((options & VACOPT_VACUUM) != 0 && (options & VACOPT_FULL) == 0)
+					flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM;
+				if ((options & VACOPT_ANALYZE) != 0)
+					flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE;
+
+				pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(relid, flags);
+
+				return vacrels;
+			}
+
+			/*
+			 * Now that we have the lock, probe to see if the relation really
+			 * exists or not.
+			 */
+			if (!SearchSysCacheExists1(RELOID, ObjectIdGetDatum(relid)))
+			{
+				if (options & VACOPT_VACUUM)
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_UNDEFINED_TABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping vacuum of \"%s\" --- relation no longer exists",
+									vrel->relation->relname)));
+				else
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_UNDEFINED_TABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping analyze of \"%s\" --- relation no longer exists",
+									vrel->relation->relname)));
+
+				/* Release useless lock */
+				UnlockRelationOid(relid, AccessShareLock);
+
+				return vacrels;
+			}
 		}
 
 		/*
diff --git a/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c b/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c
index b2ca28f83ba..532d9023f8c 100644
--- a/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c
+++ b/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c
@@ -17,12 +17,14 @@
 
 #include "postgres.h"
 
+#include "access/htup_details.h"
 #include "access/twophase_rmgr.h"
 #include "access/xact.h"
 #include "catalog/catalog.h"
 #include "utils/memutils.h"
 #include "utils/pgstat_internal.h"
 #include "utils/rel.h"
+#include "utils/syscache.h"
 #include "utils/timestamp.h"
 
 
@@ -367,6 +369,68 @@ pgstat_report_analyze(Relation rel,
 	(void) pgstat_flush_backend(false, PGSTAT_BACKEND_FLUSH_IO);
 }
 
+/*
+ * Report that the table was skipped during vacuum or/and analyze.
+ */
+void
+pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(Oid relid, int flags)
+{
+	PgStat_EntryRef *entry_ref;
+	PgStatShared_Relation *shtabentry;
+	PgStat_StatTabEntry *tabentry;
+	TimestampTz ts;
+	HeapTuple	classTup;
+	bool		isshared;
+
+	if (!pgstat_track_counts || !flags)
+		return;
+
+	classTup = SearchSysCache1(RELOID, ObjectIdGetDatum(relid));
+	if (!HeapTupleIsValid(classTup))
+		return;			/* somebody deleted the rel, forget it */
+	isshared = ((Form_pg_class) GETSTRUCT(classTup))->relisshared;
+	ReleaseSysCache(classTup);
+
+	/* Store the data in the table's hash table entry. */
+	ts = GetCurrentTimestamp();
+
+	/* block acquiring lock for the same reason as pgstat_report_autovac() */
+	entry_ref = pgstat_get_entry_ref_locked(PGSTAT_KIND_RELATION,
+											isshared ? InvalidOid : MyDatabaseId,
+											relid, false);
+
+	shtabentry = (PgStatShared_Relation *) entry_ref->shared_stats;
+	tabentry = &shtabentry->stats;
+
+	if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM)
+	{
+		tabentry->last_skipped_vacuum_time = ts;
+		tabentry->skipped_vacuum_count++;
+	}
+	else if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOVACUUM)
+	{
+		tabentry->last_skipped_autovacuum_time = ts;
+		tabentry->skipped_autovacuum_count++;
+	}
+
+	if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE)
+	{
+		tabentry->last_skipped_analyze_time = ts;
+		tabentry->skipped_analyze_count++;
+	}
+	else if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOANALYZE)
+	{
+		tabentry->last_skipped_autoanalyze_time = ts;
+		tabentry->skipped_autoanalyze_count++;
+	}
+
+	pgstat_unlock_entry(entry_ref);
+
+	/* see pgstat_report_vacuum() */
+	pgstat_flush_io(false);
+	(void) pgstat_flush_backend(false, PGSTAT_BACKEND_FLUSH_IO);
+}
+
 /*
  * count a tuple insertion of n tuples
  */
diff --git a/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c b/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c
index 1408de387ea..90a8968faa0 100644
--- a/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c
+++ b/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c
@@ -84,6 +84,18 @@ PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(mod_since_analyze)
 /* pg_stat_get_numscans */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(numscans)
 
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_analyze_count)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_autoanalyze_count)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_autovacuum_count)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_vacuum_count)
+
 /* pg_stat_get_tuples_deleted */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(tuples_deleted)
 
@@ -170,6 +182,18 @@ PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_vacuum_time)
 /* pg_stat_get_lastscan */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(lastscan)
 
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_analyze_time)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_autoanalyze_time)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_autovacuum_time)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_vacuum_time)
+
 /* pg_stat_get_stat_reset_time */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(stat_reset_time)
 
diff --git a/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat b/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat
index fa9ae79082b..32debb34863 100644
--- a/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat
+++ b/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat
@@ -5680,6 +5680,38 @@
   proargmodes => '{o,o,o,o,o,o,o,o,o,o}',
   proargnames => '{oid,score,xid_score,mxid_score,vacuum_score,vacuum_insert_score,analyze_score,do_vacuum,do_analyze,for_wraparound}',
   prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_autovacuum_scores' },
+{ oid => '8142', descr => 'statistics: last skipped vacuum time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time' },
+{ oid => '8143', descr => 'statistics: last skipped auto vacuum time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time' },
+{ oid => '8144', descr => 'statistics: last skipped analyze time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time' },
+{ oid => '8145', descr => 'statistics: last skipped auto analyze time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time' },
+{ oid => '8146', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped vacuum for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count' },
+{ oid => '8147', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped auto vacuum for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count' },
+{ oid => '8148', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped analyzes for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count' },
+{ oid => '8149', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped auto analyzes for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count' },
 { oid => '1936', descr => 'statistics: currently active backend IDs',
   proname => 'pg_stat_get_backend_idset', prorows => '100', proretset => 't',
   provolatile => 's', proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int4',
diff --git a/src/include/pgstat.h b/src/include/pgstat.h
index dfa2e837638..98941f953d1 100644
--- a/src/include/pgstat.h
+++ b/src/include/pgstat.h
@@ -479,6 +479,15 @@ typedef struct PgStat_StatTabEntry
 	TimestampTz last_autoanalyze_time;	/* autovacuum initiated */
 	PgStat_Counter autoanalyze_count;
 
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_vacuum_time;	/* user initiated vacuum */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_vacuum_count;
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_autovacuum_time;	/* autovacuum initiated */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_autovacuum_count;
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_analyze_time;	/* user initiated */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_analyze_count;
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_autoanalyze_time;	/* autovacuum initiated */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_autoanalyze_count;
+
 	PgStat_Counter total_vacuum_time;	/* times in milliseconds */
 	PgStat_Counter total_autovacuum_time;
 	PgStat_Counter total_analyze_time;
@@ -703,6 +712,13 @@ extern void pgstat_report_analyze(Relation rel,
 								  PgStat_Counter livetuples, PgStat_Counter deadtuples,
 								  bool resetcounter, TimestampTz starttime);
 
+/* flags for pgstat_flush_backend() */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM		(1 << 0)	/* vacuum is skipped */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE		(1 << 1)	/* analyze is skipped */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOVACUUM	(1 << 2)	/* autovacuum is skipped */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOANALYZE	(1 << 3)	/* autoanalyze is skipped */
+extern void pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(Oid relid, int flags);
+
 /*
  * If stats are enabled, but pending data hasn't been prepared yet, call
  * pgstat_assoc_relation() to do so. See its comment for why this is done
diff --git a/src/test/isolation/expected/vacuum-skip-locked.out b/src/test/isolation/expected/vacuum-skip-locked.out
index 99db281a159..e2cff175b7c 100644
--- a/src/test/isolation/expected/vacuum-skip-locked.out
+++ b/src/test/isolation/expected/vacuum-skip-locked.out
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 Parsed test spec with 2 sessions
 
-starting permutation: lock_share vac_specified commit
+starting permutation: lock_share vac_specified commit check_stat
 step lock_share: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN SHARE MODE;
@@ -10,8 +10,22 @@ step vac_specified: VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED) part1, part2;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
 
-starting permutation: lock_share vac_all_parts commit
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   1|            0|                    0
+part2  |           1|                   0|            0|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
+
+starting permutation: lock_share vac_all_parts commit check_stat
 step lock_share: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN SHARE MODE;
@@ -20,8 +34,22 @@ step vac_all_parts: VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED) parted;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   1|            0|                    0
+part2  |           1|                   0|            0|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
 
-starting permutation: lock_share analyze_specified commit
+starting permutation: lock_share analyze_specified commit check_stat
 step lock_share: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN SHARE MODE;
@@ -31,8 +59,22 @@ step analyze_specified: ANALYZE (SKIP_LOCKED) part1, part2;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
 
-starting permutation: lock_share analyze_all_parts commit
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   0|            0|                    1
+part2  |           0|                   0|            1|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
+
+starting permutation: lock_share analyze_all_parts commit check_stat
 step lock_share: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN SHARE MODE;
@@ -41,8 +83,22 @@ step analyze_all_parts: ANALYZE (SKIP_LOCKED) parted;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            1|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   0|            0|                    1
+part2  |           0|                   0|            1|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
 
-starting permutation: lock_share vac_analyze_specified commit
+starting permutation: lock_share vac_analyze_specified commit check_stat
 step lock_share: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN SHARE MODE;
@@ -52,8 +108,22 @@ step vac_analyze_specified: VACUUM (ANALYZE, SKIP_LOCKED) part1, part2;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
 
-starting permutation: lock_share vac_analyze_all_parts commit
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   1|            0|                    1
+part2  |           1|                   0|            1|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
+
+starting permutation: lock_share vac_analyze_all_parts commit check_stat
 step lock_share: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN SHARE MODE;
@@ -62,8 +132,22 @@ step vac_analyze_all_parts: VACUUM (ANALYZE, SKIP_LOCKED) parted;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            1|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   1|            0|                    1
+part2  |           1|                   0|            1|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
 
-starting permutation: lock_share vac_full_specified commit
+starting permutation: lock_share vac_full_specified commit check_stat
 step lock_share: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN SHARE MODE;
@@ -73,8 +157,22 @@ step vac_full_specified: VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED, FULL) part1, part2;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
 
-starting permutation: lock_share vac_full_all_parts commit
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part2  |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
+
+starting permutation: lock_share vac_full_all_parts commit check_stat
 step lock_share: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN SHARE MODE;
@@ -83,8 +181,22 @@ step vac_full_all_parts: VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED, FULL) parted;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part2  |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+(3 rows)
 
-starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_specified commit
+
+starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_specified commit check_stat
 step lock_access_exclusive: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN ACCESS EXCLUSIVE MODE;
@@ -94,8 +206,22 @@ step vac_specified: VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED) part1, part2;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   1|            0|                    0
+part2  |           1|                   0|            0|                    0
+(3 rows)
 
-starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_all_parts commit
+
+starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_all_parts commit check_stat
 step lock_access_exclusive: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN ACCESS EXCLUSIVE MODE;
@@ -104,8 +230,22 @@ step vac_all_parts: VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED) parted;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   1|            0|                    0
+part2  |           1|                   0|            0|                    0
+(3 rows)
 
-starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive analyze_specified commit
+
+starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive analyze_specified commit check_stat
 step lock_access_exclusive: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN ACCESS EXCLUSIVE MODE;
@@ -115,8 +255,22 @@ step analyze_specified: ANALYZE (SKIP_LOCKED) part1, part2;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   0|            0|                    1
+part2  |           0|                   0|            1|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
 
-starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive analyze_all_parts commit
+starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive analyze_all_parts commit check_stat
 step lock_access_exclusive: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN ACCESS EXCLUSIVE MODE;
@@ -126,8 +280,22 @@ step commit:
 	COMMIT;
 
 step analyze_all_parts: <... completed>
-
-starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_analyze_specified commit
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            1|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   0|            1|                    0
+part2  |           0|                   0|            1|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
+
+starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_analyze_specified commit check_stat
 step lock_access_exclusive: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN ACCESS EXCLUSIVE MODE;
@@ -137,8 +305,22 @@ step vac_analyze_specified: VACUUM (ANALYZE, SKIP_LOCKED) part1, part2;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   1|            0|                    1
+part2  |           1|                   0|            1|                    0
+(3 rows)
 
-starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_analyze_all_parts commit
+
+starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_analyze_all_parts commit check_stat
 step lock_access_exclusive: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN ACCESS EXCLUSIVE MODE;
@@ -148,8 +330,22 @@ step commit:
 	COMMIT;
 
 step vac_analyze_all_parts: <... completed>
-
-starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_full_specified commit
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            1|                    0
+part1  |           1|                   0|            1|                    0
+part2  |           1|                   0|            1|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
+
+starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_full_specified commit check_stat
 step lock_access_exclusive: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN ACCESS EXCLUSIVE MODE;
@@ -159,8 +355,22 @@ step vac_full_specified: VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED, FULL) part1, part2;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
 
-starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_full_all_parts commit
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part2  |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
+
+starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_full_all_parts commit check_stat
 step lock_access_exclusive: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN ACCESS EXCLUSIVE MODE;
@@ -169,3 +379,17 @@ step vac_full_all_parts: VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED, FULL) parted;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part2  |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
diff --git a/src/test/isolation/specs/vacuum-skip-locked.spec b/src/test/isolation/specs/vacuum-skip-locked.spec
index 3fad6e1c92a..b0da75d4b6d 100644
--- a/src/test/isolation/specs/vacuum-skip-locked.spec
+++ b/src/test/isolation/specs/vacuum-skip-locked.spec
@@ -33,6 +33,15 @@ step commit
 	COMMIT;
 }
 
+step check_stat
+{
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+}
+
 session s2
 step vac_specified			{ VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED) part1, part2; }
 step vac_all_parts			{ VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED) parted; }
@@ -43,19 +52,19 @@ step vac_analyze_all_parts	{ VACUUM (ANALYZE, SKIP_LOCKED) parted; }
 step vac_full_specified		{ VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED, FULL) part1, part2; }
 step vac_full_all_parts		{ VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED, FULL) parted; }
 
-permutation lock_share vac_specified commit
-permutation lock_share vac_all_parts commit
-permutation lock_share analyze_specified commit
-permutation lock_share analyze_all_parts commit
-permutation lock_share vac_analyze_specified commit
-permutation lock_share vac_analyze_all_parts commit
-permutation lock_share vac_full_specified commit
-permutation lock_share vac_full_all_parts commit
-permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_specified commit
-permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_all_parts commit
-permutation lock_access_exclusive analyze_specified commit
-permutation lock_access_exclusive analyze_all_parts commit
-permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_analyze_specified commit
-permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_analyze_all_parts commit
-permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_full_specified commit
-permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_full_all_parts commit
+permutation lock_share vac_specified commit check_stat
+permutation lock_share vac_all_parts commit check_stat
+permutation lock_share analyze_specified commit check_stat
+permutation lock_share analyze_all_parts commit check_stat
+permutation lock_share vac_analyze_specified commit check_stat
+permutation lock_share vac_analyze_all_parts commit check_stat
+permutation lock_share vac_full_specified commit check_stat
+permutation lock_share vac_full_all_parts commit check_stat
+permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_specified commit check_stat
+permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_all_parts commit check_stat
+permutation lock_access_exclusive analyze_specified commit check_stat
+permutation lock_access_exclusive analyze_all_parts commit check_stat
+permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_analyze_specified commit check_stat
+permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_analyze_all_parts commit check_stat
+permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_full_specified commit check_stat
+permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_full_all_parts commit check_stat
diff --git a/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out b/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out
index a65a5bf0c4f..9b2075d3373 100644
--- a/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out
+++ b/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out
@@ -1835,13 +1835,21 @@ pg_stat_all_tables| SELECT c.oid AS relid,
     pg_stat_get_mod_since_analyze(c.oid) AS n_mod_since_analyze,
     pg_stat_get_ins_since_vacuum(c.oid) AS n_ins_since_vacuum,
     pg_stat_get_last_vacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_vacuum,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_vacuum,
     pg_stat_get_last_autovacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_autovacuum,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_autovacuum,
     pg_stat_get_last_analyze_time(c.oid) AS last_analyze,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_analyze,
     pg_stat_get_last_autoanalyze_time(c.oid) AS last_autoanalyze,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_autoanalyze,
     pg_stat_get_vacuum_count(c.oid) AS vacuum_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count(c.oid) AS skipped_vacuum_count,
     pg_stat_get_autovacuum_count(c.oid) AS autovacuum_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count(c.oid) AS skipped_autovacuum_count,
     pg_stat_get_analyze_count(c.oid) AS analyze_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count(c.oid) AS skipped_analyze_count,
     pg_stat_get_autoanalyze_count(c.oid) AS autoanalyze_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count(c.oid) AS skipped_autoanalyze_count,
     pg_stat_get_total_vacuum_time(c.oid) AS total_vacuum_time,
     pg_stat_get_total_autovacuum_time(c.oid) AS total_autovacuum_time,
     pg_stat_get_total_analyze_time(c.oid) AS total_analyze_time,
@@ -2346,13 +2354,21 @@ pg_stat_sys_tables| SELECT relid,
     n_mod_since_analyze,
     n_ins_since_vacuum,
     last_vacuum,
+    last_skipped_vacuum,
     last_autovacuum,
+    last_skipped_autovacuum,
     last_analyze,
+    last_skipped_analyze,
     last_autoanalyze,
+    last_skipped_autoanalyze,
     vacuum_count,
+    skipped_vacuum_count,
     autovacuum_count,
+    skipped_autovacuum_count,
     analyze_count,
+    skipped_analyze_count,
     autoanalyze_count,
+    skipped_autoanalyze_count,
     total_vacuum_time,
     total_autovacuum_time,
     total_analyze_time,
@@ -2401,13 +2417,21 @@ pg_stat_user_tables| SELECT relid,
     n_mod_since_analyze,
     n_ins_since_vacuum,
     last_vacuum,
+    last_skipped_vacuum,
     last_autovacuum,
+    last_skipped_autovacuum,
     last_analyze,
+    last_skipped_analyze,
     last_autoanalyze,
+    last_skipped_autoanalyze,
     vacuum_count,
+    skipped_vacuum_count,
     autovacuum_count,
+    skipped_autovacuum_count,
     analyze_count,
+    skipped_analyze_count,
     autoanalyze_count,
+    skipped_autoanalyze_count,
     total_vacuum_time,
     total_autovacuum_time,
     total_analyze_time,
-- 
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* [PATCH v3] Track skipped vacuum and analyze activity per relation
@ 2026-03-24 04:09 Yugo Nagata <[email protected]>
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From: Yugo Nagata @ 2026-03-24 04:09 UTC (permalink / raw)

This commit adds eight fields to the relation statistics that track
the last time vacuum or analyze has been attempted but skipped due to
lock unavailability, along with their counts:

-    last_skipped_vacuum
-    last_skipped_autovacuum
-    last_skipped_analyze
-    last_skipped_autoanalyze
-    skipped_vacuum_count
-    skipped_autovacuum_count
-    skipped_analyze_count
-    skipped_autoanalyze_count

These field can help users confirm that autovacuum is actively attempting
to run on a table that has not been vacuumed or analyzed for a long time,
and that the lack of progress is due to repeated skips rather than inactivity.
---
 doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml                 | 80 +++++++++++++++++
 src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql         |  8 ++
 src/backend/commands/vacuum.c                | 95 +++++++++++++++-----
 src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c | 68 ++++++++++++++
 src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c          | 24 +++++
 src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat              | 32 +++++++
 src/include/pgstat.h                         | 16 ++++
 src/test/regress/expected/rules.out          | 24 +++++
 8 files changed, 324 insertions(+), 23 deletions(-)

diff --git a/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml b/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml
index bb75ed1069b..9ec8070b2fc 100644
--- a/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml
+++ b/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml
@@ -4372,6 +4372,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_vacuum</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time a manual vacuum on this table was attempted but skipped due to
+       lock unavailability (not counting <command>VACUUM FULL</command>)
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>last_autovacuum</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
@@ -4382,6 +4392,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_autovacuum</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time a vacuum on this table by the autovacuum daemon was attempted
+       but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>last_analyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
@@ -4391,6 +4411,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_analyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time a manual analyze on this table was attempted but skipped due to
+       lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>last_autoanalyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
@@ -4401,6 +4431,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_autoanalyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time at which an analyze on this table by the autovacuum was
+       attempted but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>vacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4411,6 +4451,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_vacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times vacuums on this table have been attempted but skipped
+       due to lock unavailability (not counting <command>VACUUM FULL</command>)
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>autovacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4421,6 +4471,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_autovacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times vacuums on this table by the autovacuum daemon have been
+       attempted but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>analyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4430,6 +4490,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_analyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times manual analyzes on this table have been attempted but
+       skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>autoanalyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4440,6 +4510,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_autoanalyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times analyzes on this table by the autovacuum daemon have
+       been attempted but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>total_vacuum_time</structfield> <type>double precision</type>
diff --git a/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql b/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql
index e54018004db..2ca02a0354c 100644
--- a/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql
+++ b/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql
@@ -736,13 +736,21 @@ CREATE VIEW pg_stat_all_tables AS
             pg_stat_get_mod_since_analyze(C.oid) AS n_mod_since_analyze,
             pg_stat_get_ins_since_vacuum(C.oid) AS n_ins_since_vacuum,
             pg_stat_get_last_vacuum_time(C.oid) as last_vacuum,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_vacuum,
             pg_stat_get_last_autovacuum_time(C.oid) as last_autovacuum,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_autovacuum,
             pg_stat_get_last_analyze_time(C.oid) as last_analyze,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_analyze,
             pg_stat_get_last_autoanalyze_time(C.oid) as last_autoanalyze,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_autoanalyze,
             pg_stat_get_vacuum_count(C.oid) AS vacuum_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count(C.oid) AS skipped_vacuum_count,
             pg_stat_get_autovacuum_count(C.oid) AS autovacuum_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count(C.oid) AS skipped_autovacuum_count,
             pg_stat_get_analyze_count(C.oid) AS analyze_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count(C.oid) AS skipped_analyze_count,
             pg_stat_get_autoanalyze_count(C.oid) AS autoanalyze_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count(C.oid) AS skipped_autoanalyze_count,
             pg_stat_get_total_vacuum_time(C.oid) AS total_vacuum_time,
             pg_stat_get_total_autovacuum_time(C.oid) AS total_autovacuum_time,
             pg_stat_get_total_analyze_time(C.oid) AS total_analyze_time,
diff --git a/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c b/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c
index bce3a2daa24..ce83b3171be 100644
--- a/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c
+++ b/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c
@@ -792,8 +792,18 @@ vacuum_open_relation(Oid relid, RangeVar *relation, bits32 options,
 		rel = try_relation_open(relid, NoLock);
 	else
 	{
+		bits8 flags = 0;
 		rel = NULL;
 		rel_lock = false;
+
+		if ((options & VACOPT_VACUUM) != 0)
+			flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM;
+		if ((options & VACOPT_ANALYZE) != 0)
+			flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE;
+		if (AmAutoVacuumWorkerProcess())
+			flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOVAC;
+
+		pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(relid, flags);
 	}
 
 	/* if relation is opened, leave */
@@ -801,7 +811,7 @@ vacuum_open_relation(Oid relid, RangeVar *relation, bits32 options,
 		return rel;
 
 	/*
-	 * Relation could not be opened, hence generate if possible a log
+	 * Relation could not be opened hence generate if possible a log
 	 * informing on the situation.
 	 *
 	 * If the RangeVar is not defined, we do not have enough information to
@@ -904,7 +914,6 @@ expand_vacuum_rel(VacuumRelation *vrel, MemoryContext vac_context,
 		Form_pg_class classForm;
 		bool		include_children;
 		bool		is_partitioned_table;
-		int			rvr_opts;
 
 		/*
 		 * Since autovacuum workers supply OIDs when calling vacuum(), no
@@ -917,29 +926,69 @@ expand_vacuum_rel(VacuumRelation *vrel, MemoryContext vac_context,
 		 * below, as well as find_all_inheritors's expectation that the caller
 		 * holds some lock on the starting relation.
 		 */
-		rvr_opts = (options & VACOPT_SKIP_LOCKED) ? RVR_SKIP_LOCKED : 0;
-		relid = RangeVarGetRelidExtended(vrel->relation,
-										 AccessShareLock,
-										 rvr_opts,
-										 NULL, NULL);
-
-		/*
-		 * If the lock is unavailable, emit the same log statement that
-		 * vacuum_rel() and analyze_rel() would.
-		 */
-		if (!OidIsValid(relid))
+		if (!(options & VACOPT_SKIP_LOCKED))
 		{
-			if (options & VACOPT_VACUUM)
-				ereport(WARNING,
-						(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
-						 errmsg("skipping vacuum of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
-								vrel->relation->relname)));
-			else
-				ereport(WARNING,
-						(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
-						 errmsg("skipping analyze of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
+			relid = RangeVarGetRelidExtended(vrel->relation,
+											 AccessShareLock,
+											 0, NULL, NULL);
+			if (!OidIsValid(relid))
+				return vacrels;
+		}
+		else
+		{
+			/* Get relid for reporting before taking a lock */
+			relid = RangeVarGetRelid(vrel->relation, NoLock, false);
+
+			if (!ConditionalLockRelationOid(relid, AccessShareLock))
+			{
+				bits8	flags = 0;
+				/*
+				 * If the lock is unavailable, emit the same log statement that
+				 * vacuum_rel() and analyze_rel() would.
+				 */
+				if (options & VACOPT_VACUUM)
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping vacuum of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
 								vrel->relation->relname)));
-			return vacrels;
+				else
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping analyze of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
+									vrel->relation->relname)));
+
+				if ((options & VACOPT_VACUUM) != 0)
+					flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM;
+				if ((options & VACOPT_ANALYZE) != 0)
+					flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE;
+
+				pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(relid, flags);
+
+				return vacrels;
+			}
+
+			/*
+			 * Now that we have the lock, probe to see if the relation really
+			 * exists or not.
+			 */
+			if (!SearchSysCacheExists1(RELOID, ObjectIdGetDatum(relid)))
+			{
+				if (options & VACOPT_VACUUM)
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_UNDEFINED_TABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping vacuum of \"%s\" --- relation no longer exists",
+									vrel->relation->relname)));
+				else
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_UNDEFINED_TABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping analyze of \"%s\" --- relation no longer exists",
+									vrel->relation->relname)));
+
+				/* Release useless lock */
+				UnlockRelationOid(relid, AccessShareLock);
+
+				return vacrels;
+			}
 		}
 
 		/*
diff --git a/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c b/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c
index bc8c43b96aa..cec4c88980e 100644
--- a/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c
+++ b/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c
@@ -17,6 +17,7 @@
 
 #include "postgres.h"
 
+#include "access/htup_details.h"
 #include "access/twophase_rmgr.h"
 #include "access/xact.h"
 #include "catalog/catalog.h"
@@ -366,6 +367,73 @@ pgstat_report_analyze(Relation rel,
 	(void) pgstat_flush_backend(false, PGSTAT_BACKEND_FLUSH_IO);
 }
 
+/*
+ * Report that the table was skipped during vacuum or/and analyze.
+ */
+void
+pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(Oid relid, bits8 flags)
+{
+	PgStat_EntryRef *entry_ref;
+	PgStatShared_Relation *shtabentry;
+	PgStat_StatTabEntry *tabentry;
+	TimestampTz ts;
+	HeapTuple	classTup;
+	bool		isshared;
+
+	if (!pgstat_track_counts || !(flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANY))
+		return;
+
+	classTup = SearchSysCache1(RELOID, ObjectIdGetDatum(relid));
+	if (!HeapTupleIsValid(classTup))
+		return;			/* somebody deleted the rel, forget it */
+	isshared = ((Form_pg_class) GETSTRUCT(classTup))->relisshared;
+	ReleaseSysCache(classTup);
+
+	/* Store the data in the table's hash table entry. */
+	ts = GetCurrentTimestamp();
+
+	/* block acquiring lock for the same reason as pgstat_report_autovac() */
+	entry_ref = pgstat_get_entry_ref_locked(PGSTAT_KIND_RELATION,
+											isshared ? InvalidOid : MyDatabaseId,
+											relid, false);
+
+	shtabentry = (PgStatShared_Relation *) entry_ref->shared_stats;
+	tabentry = &shtabentry->stats;
+
+	if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOVAC)
+	{
+		if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM)
+		{
+			tabentry->last_skipped_autovacuum_time = ts;
+			tabentry->skipped_autovacuum_count++;
+		}
+		if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE)
+		{
+			tabentry->last_skipped_autoanalyze_time = ts;
+			tabentry->skipped_autoanalyze_count++;
+		}
+	}
+	else
+	{
+		if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM)
+		{
+			tabentry->last_skipped_vacuum_time = ts;
+			tabentry->skipped_vacuum_count++;
+		}
+		if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE)
+		{
+			tabentry->last_skipped_analyze_time = ts;
+			tabentry->skipped_analyze_count++;
+		}
+	}
+
+	pgstat_unlock_entry(entry_ref);
+
+	/* see pgstat_report_vacuum() */
+	pgstat_flush_io(false);
+	(void) pgstat_flush_backend(false, PGSTAT_BACKEND_FLUSH_IO);
+}
+
 /*
  * count a tuple insertion of n tuples
  */
diff --git a/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c b/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c
index 9185a8e6b83..18aaa3996e1 100644
--- a/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c
+++ b/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c
@@ -84,6 +84,18 @@ PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(mod_since_analyze)
 /* pg_stat_get_numscans */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(numscans)
 
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_analyze_count)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_autoanalyze_count)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_autovacuum_count)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_vacuum_count)
+
 /* pg_stat_get_tuples_deleted */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(tuples_deleted)
 
@@ -170,6 +182,18 @@ PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_vacuum_time)
 /* pg_stat_get_lastscan */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(lastscan)
 
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_analyze_time)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_autoanalyze_time)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_autovacuum_time)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_vacuum_time)
+
 /* pg_stat_get_stat_reset_time */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(stat_reset_time)
 
diff --git a/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat b/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat
index 0118e970dda..ccfe3d9e02a 100644
--- a/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat
+++ b/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat
@@ -5667,6 +5667,38 @@
   proname => 'pg_stat_get_total_autoanalyze_time', provolatile => 's',
   proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'float8', proargtypes => 'oid',
   prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_total_autoanalyze_time' },
+{ oid => '8142', descr => 'statistics: last skipped vacuum time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time' },
+{ oid => '8143', descr => 'statistics: last skipped auto vacuum time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time' },
+{ oid => '8144', descr => 'statistics: last skipped analyze time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time' },
+{ oid => '8145', descr => 'statistics: last skipped auto analyze time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time' },
+{ oid => '8146', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped vacuum for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count' },
+{ oid => '8147', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped auto vacuum for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count' },
+{ oid => '8148', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped analyzes for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count' },
+{ oid => '8149', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped auto analyzes for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count' },
 { oid => '1936', descr => 'statistics: currently active backend IDs',
   proname => 'pg_stat_get_backend_idset', prorows => '100', proretset => 't',
   provolatile => 's', proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int4',
diff --git a/src/include/pgstat.h b/src/include/pgstat.h
index 8e3549c3752..343081a7a25 100644
--- a/src/include/pgstat.h
+++ b/src/include/pgstat.h
@@ -479,6 +479,15 @@ typedef struct PgStat_StatTabEntry
 	TimestampTz last_autoanalyze_time;	/* autovacuum initiated */
 	PgStat_Counter autoanalyze_count;
 
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_vacuum_time;	/* user initiated vacuum */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_vacuum_count;
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_autovacuum_time;	/* autovacuum initiated */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_autovacuum_count;
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_analyze_time;	/* user initiated */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_analyze_count;
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_autoanalyze_time;	/* autovacuum initiated */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_autoanalyze_count;
+
 	PgStat_Counter total_vacuum_time;	/* times in milliseconds */
 	PgStat_Counter total_autovacuum_time;
 	PgStat_Counter total_analyze_time;
@@ -707,6 +716,13 @@ extern void pgstat_report_analyze(Relation rel,
 								  PgStat_Counter livetuples, PgStat_Counter deadtuples,
 								  bool resetcounter, TimestampTz starttime);
 
+/* flags for pgstat_flush_backend() */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM	(1 << 0)	/* vacuum is skipped */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE	(1 << 1)	/* analyze is skipped */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOVAC	(1 << 2)	/* skipped during autovacuum/autoanalyze */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANY   (PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM | PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE)
+extern void pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(Oid relid, bits8 flags);
+
 /*
  * If stats are enabled, but pending data hasn't been prepared yet, call
  * pgstat_assoc_relation() to do so. See its comment for why this is done
diff --git a/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out b/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out
index 2b3cf6d8569..4ccfc43e903 100644
--- a/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out
+++ b/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out
@@ -1835,13 +1835,21 @@ pg_stat_all_tables| SELECT c.oid AS relid,
     pg_stat_get_mod_since_analyze(c.oid) AS n_mod_since_analyze,
     pg_stat_get_ins_since_vacuum(c.oid) AS n_ins_since_vacuum,
     pg_stat_get_last_vacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_vacuum,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_vacuum,
     pg_stat_get_last_autovacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_autovacuum,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_autovacuum,
     pg_stat_get_last_analyze_time(c.oid) AS last_analyze,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_analyze,
     pg_stat_get_last_autoanalyze_time(c.oid) AS last_autoanalyze,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_autoanalyze,
     pg_stat_get_vacuum_count(c.oid) AS vacuum_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count(c.oid) AS skipped_vacuum_count,
     pg_stat_get_autovacuum_count(c.oid) AS autovacuum_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count(c.oid) AS skipped_autovacuum_count,
     pg_stat_get_analyze_count(c.oid) AS analyze_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count(c.oid) AS skipped_analyze_count,
     pg_stat_get_autoanalyze_count(c.oid) AS autoanalyze_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count(c.oid) AS skipped_autoanalyze_count,
     pg_stat_get_total_vacuum_time(c.oid) AS total_vacuum_time,
     pg_stat_get_total_autovacuum_time(c.oid) AS total_autovacuum_time,
     pg_stat_get_total_analyze_time(c.oid) AS total_analyze_time,
@@ -2293,13 +2301,21 @@ pg_stat_sys_tables| SELECT relid,
     n_mod_since_analyze,
     n_ins_since_vacuum,
     last_vacuum,
+    last_skipped_vacuum,
     last_autovacuum,
+    last_skipped_autovacuum,
     last_analyze,
+    last_skipped_analyze,
     last_autoanalyze,
+    last_skipped_autoanalyze,
     vacuum_count,
+    skipped_vacuum_count,
     autovacuum_count,
+    skipped_autovacuum_count,
     analyze_count,
+    skipped_analyze_count,
     autoanalyze_count,
+    skipped_autoanalyze_count,
     total_vacuum_time,
     total_autovacuum_time,
     total_analyze_time,
@@ -2348,13 +2364,21 @@ pg_stat_user_tables| SELECT relid,
     n_mod_since_analyze,
     n_ins_since_vacuum,
     last_vacuum,
+    last_skipped_vacuum,
     last_autovacuum,
+    last_skipped_autovacuum,
     last_analyze,
+    last_skipped_analyze,
     last_autoanalyze,
+    last_skipped_autoanalyze,
     vacuum_count,
+    skipped_vacuum_count,
     autovacuum_count,
+    skipped_autovacuum_count,
     analyze_count,
+    skipped_analyze_count,
     autoanalyze_count,
+    skipped_autoanalyze_count,
     total_vacuum_time,
     total_autovacuum_time,
     total_analyze_time,
-- 
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* [PATCH v5] Track skipped vacuum and analyze activity per relation
@ 2026-03-24 04:09 Yugo Nagata <[email protected]>
  0 siblings, 0 replies; 374+ messages in thread

From: Yugo Nagata @ 2026-03-24 04:09 UTC (permalink / raw)

This commit adds eight fields to the relation statistics that track
the last time vacuum or analyze has been attempted but skipped due to
lock unavailability, along with their counts:

-    last_skipped_vacuum
-    last_skipped_autovacuum
-    last_skipped_analyze
-    last_skipped_autoanalyze
-    skipped_vacuum_count
-    skipped_autovacuum_count
-    skipped_analyze_count
-    skipped_autoanalyze_count

These field can help users confirm that autovacuum is actively attempting
to run on a table that has not been vacuumed or analyzed for a long time,
and that the lack of progress is due to repeated skips rather than inactivity.
---
 doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml                  |  88 ++++++
 src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql          |   8 +
 src/backend/commands/vacuum.c                 | 100 +++++--
 src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c  |  64 +++++
 src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c           |  24 ++
 src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat               |  32 +++
 src/include/pgstat.h                          |  16 ++
 .../isolation/expected/vacuum-skip-locked.out | 260 ++++++++++++++++--
 .../isolation/specs/vacuum-skip-locked.spec   |  41 +--
 src/test/regress/expected/rules.out           |  24 ++
 10 files changed, 601 insertions(+), 56 deletions(-)

diff --git a/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml b/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml
index 08d5b824552..a9b579d87a9 100644
--- a/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml
+++ b/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml
@@ -4387,6 +4387,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_vacuum</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time a manual vacuum on this table was attempted but skipped due to
+       lock unavailability (not counting <command>VACUUM FULL</command>)
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>last_autovacuum</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
@@ -4397,6 +4407,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_autovacuum</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time a vacuum on this table by the autovacuum daemon was attempted
+       but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>last_analyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
@@ -4406,6 +4426,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_analyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time a manual analyze on this table was attempted but skipped due to
+       lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>last_autoanalyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
@@ -4416,6 +4446,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_autoanalyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time at which an analyze on this table by the autovacuum was
+       attempted but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>vacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4426,6 +4466,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_vacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times manual vacuums on this table have been attempted but skipped
+       due to lock unavailability (not counting <command>VACUUM FULL</command>)
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>autovacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4436,6 +4486,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_autovacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times vacuums on this table by the autovacuum daemon have been
+       attempted but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>analyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4445,6 +4505,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_analyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times manual analyzes on this table have been attempted but
+       skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>autoanalyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4455,6 +4525,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_autoanalyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times analyzes on this table by the autovacuum daemon have
+       been attempted but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>total_vacuum_time</structfield> <type>double precision</type>
@@ -4510,6 +4590,14 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
    </tgroup>
   </table>
 
+  <note>
+   <para>
+    When a manual vacuum or analyze on a parent table in an inheritance or
+    partitioning hierarchy is skipped, the statistics are recorded only for
+    the parent table, not for its children.
+   </para>
+  </note>
+
  </sect2>
 
  <sect2 id="monitoring-pg-stat-autovacuum-scores-view">
diff --git a/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql b/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql
index 73a1c1c4670..f509fc7876b 100644
--- a/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql
+++ b/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql
@@ -736,13 +736,21 @@ CREATE VIEW pg_stat_all_tables AS
             pg_stat_get_mod_since_analyze(C.oid) AS n_mod_since_analyze,
             pg_stat_get_ins_since_vacuum(C.oid) AS n_ins_since_vacuum,
             pg_stat_get_last_vacuum_time(C.oid) as last_vacuum,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_vacuum,
             pg_stat_get_last_autovacuum_time(C.oid) as last_autovacuum,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_autovacuum,
             pg_stat_get_last_analyze_time(C.oid) as last_analyze,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_analyze,
             pg_stat_get_last_autoanalyze_time(C.oid) as last_autoanalyze,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_autoanalyze,
             pg_stat_get_vacuum_count(C.oid) AS vacuum_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count(C.oid) AS skipped_vacuum_count,
             pg_stat_get_autovacuum_count(C.oid) AS autovacuum_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count(C.oid) AS skipped_autovacuum_count,
             pg_stat_get_analyze_count(C.oid) AS analyze_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count(C.oid) AS skipped_analyze_count,
             pg_stat_get_autoanalyze_count(C.oid) AS autoanalyze_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count(C.oid) AS skipped_autoanalyze_count,
             pg_stat_get_total_vacuum_time(C.oid) AS total_vacuum_time,
             pg_stat_get_total_autovacuum_time(C.oid) AS total_autovacuum_time,
             pg_stat_get_total_analyze_time(C.oid) AS total_analyze_time,
diff --git a/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c b/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c
index 99d0db82ed7..df6526225e4 100644
--- a/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c
+++ b/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c
@@ -793,8 +793,25 @@ vacuum_open_relation(Oid relid, RangeVar *relation, uint32 options,
 		rel = try_relation_open(relid, NoLock);
 	else
 	{
+		int flags = 0;
 		rel = NULL;
 		rel_lock = false;
+
+		if ((options & VACOPT_VACUUM) != 0 && (options & VACOPT_FULL) == 0)
+		{
+			if (AmAutoVacuumWorkerProcess())
+				flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOVACUUM;
+			else
+				flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM;
+		}
+		if ((options & VACOPT_ANALYZE) != 0)
+		{
+			if (AmAutoVacuumWorkerProcess())
+				flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOANALYZE;
+			else
+				flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE;
+		}
+		pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(relid, flags);
 	}
 
 	/* if relation is opened, leave */
@@ -905,7 +922,6 @@ expand_vacuum_rel(VacuumRelation *vrel, MemoryContext vac_context,
 		Form_pg_class classForm;
 		bool		include_children;
 		bool		is_partitioned_table;
-		int			rvr_opts;
 
 		/*
 		 * Since autovacuum workers supply OIDs when calling vacuum(), no
@@ -918,29 +934,69 @@ expand_vacuum_rel(VacuumRelation *vrel, MemoryContext vac_context,
 		 * below, as well as find_all_inheritors's expectation that the caller
 		 * holds some lock on the starting relation.
 		 */
-		rvr_opts = (options & VACOPT_SKIP_LOCKED) ? RVR_SKIP_LOCKED : 0;
-		relid = RangeVarGetRelidExtended(vrel->relation,
-										 AccessShareLock,
-										 rvr_opts,
-										 NULL, NULL);
-
-		/*
-		 * If the lock is unavailable, emit the same log statement that
-		 * vacuum_rel() and analyze_rel() would.
-		 */
-		if (!OidIsValid(relid))
+		if (!(options & VACOPT_SKIP_LOCKED))
 		{
-			if (options & VACOPT_VACUUM)
-				ereport(WARNING,
-						(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
-						 errmsg("skipping vacuum of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
-								vrel->relation->relname)));
-			else
-				ereport(WARNING,
-						(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
-						 errmsg("skipping analyze of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
+			relid = RangeVarGetRelidExtended(vrel->relation,
+											 AccessShareLock,
+											 0, NULL, NULL);
+			if (!OidIsValid(relid))
+				return vacrels;
+		}
+		else
+		{
+			/* Get relid for reporting before taking a lock */
+			relid = RangeVarGetRelid(vrel->relation, NoLock, false);
+
+			if (!ConditionalLockRelationOid(relid, AccessShareLock))
+			{
+				int	flags = 0;
+				/*
+				 * If the lock is unavailable, emit the same log statement that
+				 * vacuum_rel() and analyze_rel() would.
+				 */
+				if (options & VACOPT_VACUUM)
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping vacuum of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
 								vrel->relation->relname)));
-			return vacrels;
+				else
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping analyze of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
+									vrel->relation->relname)));
+
+				if ((options & VACOPT_VACUUM) != 0 && (options & VACOPT_FULL) == 0)
+					flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM;
+				if ((options & VACOPT_ANALYZE) != 0)
+					flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE;
+
+				pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(relid, flags);
+
+				return vacrels;
+			}
+
+			/*
+			 * Now that we have the lock, probe to see if the relation really
+			 * exists or not.
+			 */
+			if (!SearchSysCacheExists1(RELOID, ObjectIdGetDatum(relid)))
+			{
+				if (options & VACOPT_VACUUM)
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_UNDEFINED_TABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping vacuum of \"%s\" --- relation no longer exists",
+									vrel->relation->relname)));
+				else
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_UNDEFINED_TABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping analyze of \"%s\" --- relation no longer exists",
+									vrel->relation->relname)));
+
+				/* Release useless lock */
+				UnlockRelationOid(relid, AccessShareLock);
+
+				return vacrels;
+			}
 		}
 
 		/*
diff --git a/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c b/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c
index b2ca28f83ba..532d9023f8c 100644
--- a/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c
+++ b/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c
@@ -17,12 +17,14 @@
 
 #include "postgres.h"
 
+#include "access/htup_details.h"
 #include "access/twophase_rmgr.h"
 #include "access/xact.h"
 #include "catalog/catalog.h"
 #include "utils/memutils.h"
 #include "utils/pgstat_internal.h"
 #include "utils/rel.h"
+#include "utils/syscache.h"
 #include "utils/timestamp.h"
 
 
@@ -367,6 +369,68 @@ pgstat_report_analyze(Relation rel,
 	(void) pgstat_flush_backend(false, PGSTAT_BACKEND_FLUSH_IO);
 }
 
+/*
+ * Report that the table was skipped during vacuum or/and analyze.
+ */
+void
+pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(Oid relid, int flags)
+{
+	PgStat_EntryRef *entry_ref;
+	PgStatShared_Relation *shtabentry;
+	PgStat_StatTabEntry *tabentry;
+	TimestampTz ts;
+	HeapTuple	classTup;
+	bool		isshared;
+
+	if (!pgstat_track_counts || !flags)
+		return;
+
+	classTup = SearchSysCache1(RELOID, ObjectIdGetDatum(relid));
+	if (!HeapTupleIsValid(classTup))
+		return;			/* somebody deleted the rel, forget it */
+	isshared = ((Form_pg_class) GETSTRUCT(classTup))->relisshared;
+	ReleaseSysCache(classTup);
+
+	/* Store the data in the table's hash table entry. */
+	ts = GetCurrentTimestamp();
+
+	/* block acquiring lock for the same reason as pgstat_report_autovac() */
+	entry_ref = pgstat_get_entry_ref_locked(PGSTAT_KIND_RELATION,
+											isshared ? InvalidOid : MyDatabaseId,
+											relid, false);
+
+	shtabentry = (PgStatShared_Relation *) entry_ref->shared_stats;
+	tabentry = &shtabentry->stats;
+
+	if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM)
+	{
+		tabentry->last_skipped_vacuum_time = ts;
+		tabentry->skipped_vacuum_count++;
+	}
+	else if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOVACUUM)
+	{
+		tabentry->last_skipped_autovacuum_time = ts;
+		tabentry->skipped_autovacuum_count++;
+	}
+
+	if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE)
+	{
+		tabentry->last_skipped_analyze_time = ts;
+		tabentry->skipped_analyze_count++;
+	}
+	else if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOANALYZE)
+	{
+		tabentry->last_skipped_autoanalyze_time = ts;
+		tabentry->skipped_autoanalyze_count++;
+	}
+
+	pgstat_unlock_entry(entry_ref);
+
+	/* see pgstat_report_vacuum() */
+	pgstat_flush_io(false);
+	(void) pgstat_flush_backend(false, PGSTAT_BACKEND_FLUSH_IO);
+}
+
 /*
  * count a tuple insertion of n tuples
  */
diff --git a/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c b/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c
index 1408de387ea..90a8968faa0 100644
--- a/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c
+++ b/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c
@@ -84,6 +84,18 @@ PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(mod_since_analyze)
 /* pg_stat_get_numscans */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(numscans)
 
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_analyze_count)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_autoanalyze_count)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_autovacuum_count)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_vacuum_count)
+
 /* pg_stat_get_tuples_deleted */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(tuples_deleted)
 
@@ -170,6 +182,18 @@ PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_vacuum_time)
 /* pg_stat_get_lastscan */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(lastscan)
 
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_analyze_time)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_autoanalyze_time)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_autovacuum_time)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_vacuum_time)
+
 /* pg_stat_get_stat_reset_time */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(stat_reset_time)
 
diff --git a/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat b/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat
index fa9ae79082b..32debb34863 100644
--- a/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat
+++ b/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat
@@ -5680,6 +5680,38 @@
   proargmodes => '{o,o,o,o,o,o,o,o,o,o}',
   proargnames => '{oid,score,xid_score,mxid_score,vacuum_score,vacuum_insert_score,analyze_score,do_vacuum,do_analyze,for_wraparound}',
   prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_autovacuum_scores' },
+{ oid => '8142', descr => 'statistics: last skipped vacuum time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time' },
+{ oid => '8143', descr => 'statistics: last skipped auto vacuum time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time' },
+{ oid => '8144', descr => 'statistics: last skipped analyze time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time' },
+{ oid => '8145', descr => 'statistics: last skipped auto analyze time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time' },
+{ oid => '8146', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped vacuum for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count' },
+{ oid => '8147', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped auto vacuum for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count' },
+{ oid => '8148', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped analyzes for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count' },
+{ oid => '8149', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped auto analyzes for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count' },
 { oid => '1936', descr => 'statistics: currently active backend IDs',
   proname => 'pg_stat_get_backend_idset', prorows => '100', proretset => 't',
   provolatile => 's', proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int4',
diff --git a/src/include/pgstat.h b/src/include/pgstat.h
index dfa2e837638..98941f953d1 100644
--- a/src/include/pgstat.h
+++ b/src/include/pgstat.h
@@ -479,6 +479,15 @@ typedef struct PgStat_StatTabEntry
 	TimestampTz last_autoanalyze_time;	/* autovacuum initiated */
 	PgStat_Counter autoanalyze_count;
 
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_vacuum_time;	/* user initiated vacuum */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_vacuum_count;
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_autovacuum_time;	/* autovacuum initiated */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_autovacuum_count;
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_analyze_time;	/* user initiated */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_analyze_count;
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_autoanalyze_time;	/* autovacuum initiated */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_autoanalyze_count;
+
 	PgStat_Counter total_vacuum_time;	/* times in milliseconds */
 	PgStat_Counter total_autovacuum_time;
 	PgStat_Counter total_analyze_time;
@@ -703,6 +712,13 @@ extern void pgstat_report_analyze(Relation rel,
 								  PgStat_Counter livetuples, PgStat_Counter deadtuples,
 								  bool resetcounter, TimestampTz starttime);
 
+/* flags for pgstat_flush_backend() */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM		(1 << 0)	/* vacuum is skipped */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE		(1 << 1)	/* analyze is skipped */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOVACUUM	(1 << 2)	/* autovacuum is skipped */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOANALYZE	(1 << 3)	/* autoanalyze is skipped */
+extern void pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(Oid relid, int flags);
+
 /*
  * If stats are enabled, but pending data hasn't been prepared yet, call
  * pgstat_assoc_relation() to do so. See its comment for why this is done
diff --git a/src/test/isolation/expected/vacuum-skip-locked.out b/src/test/isolation/expected/vacuum-skip-locked.out
index 99db281a159..e2cff175b7c 100644
--- a/src/test/isolation/expected/vacuum-skip-locked.out
+++ b/src/test/isolation/expected/vacuum-skip-locked.out
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 Parsed test spec with 2 sessions
 
-starting permutation: lock_share vac_specified commit
+starting permutation: lock_share vac_specified commit check_stat
 step lock_share: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN SHARE MODE;
@@ -10,8 +10,22 @@ step vac_specified: VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED) part1, part2;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
 
-starting permutation: lock_share vac_all_parts commit
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   1|            0|                    0
+part2  |           1|                   0|            0|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
+
+starting permutation: lock_share vac_all_parts commit check_stat
 step lock_share: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN SHARE MODE;
@@ -20,8 +34,22 @@ step vac_all_parts: VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED) parted;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   1|            0|                    0
+part2  |           1|                   0|            0|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
 
-starting permutation: lock_share analyze_specified commit
+starting permutation: lock_share analyze_specified commit check_stat
 step lock_share: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN SHARE MODE;
@@ -31,8 +59,22 @@ step analyze_specified: ANALYZE (SKIP_LOCKED) part1, part2;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
 
-starting permutation: lock_share analyze_all_parts commit
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   0|            0|                    1
+part2  |           0|                   0|            1|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
+
+starting permutation: lock_share analyze_all_parts commit check_stat
 step lock_share: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN SHARE MODE;
@@ -41,8 +83,22 @@ step analyze_all_parts: ANALYZE (SKIP_LOCKED) parted;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            1|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   0|            0|                    1
+part2  |           0|                   0|            1|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
 
-starting permutation: lock_share vac_analyze_specified commit
+starting permutation: lock_share vac_analyze_specified commit check_stat
 step lock_share: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN SHARE MODE;
@@ -52,8 +108,22 @@ step vac_analyze_specified: VACUUM (ANALYZE, SKIP_LOCKED) part1, part2;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
 
-starting permutation: lock_share vac_analyze_all_parts commit
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   1|            0|                    1
+part2  |           1|                   0|            1|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
+
+starting permutation: lock_share vac_analyze_all_parts commit check_stat
 step lock_share: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN SHARE MODE;
@@ -62,8 +132,22 @@ step vac_analyze_all_parts: VACUUM (ANALYZE, SKIP_LOCKED) parted;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            1|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   1|            0|                    1
+part2  |           1|                   0|            1|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
 
-starting permutation: lock_share vac_full_specified commit
+starting permutation: lock_share vac_full_specified commit check_stat
 step lock_share: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN SHARE MODE;
@@ -73,8 +157,22 @@ step vac_full_specified: VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED, FULL) part1, part2;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
 
-starting permutation: lock_share vac_full_all_parts commit
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part2  |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
+
+starting permutation: lock_share vac_full_all_parts commit check_stat
 step lock_share: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN SHARE MODE;
@@ -83,8 +181,22 @@ step vac_full_all_parts: VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED, FULL) parted;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part2  |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+(3 rows)
 
-starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_specified commit
+
+starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_specified commit check_stat
 step lock_access_exclusive: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN ACCESS EXCLUSIVE MODE;
@@ -94,8 +206,22 @@ step vac_specified: VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED) part1, part2;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   1|            0|                    0
+part2  |           1|                   0|            0|                    0
+(3 rows)
 
-starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_all_parts commit
+
+starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_all_parts commit check_stat
 step lock_access_exclusive: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN ACCESS EXCLUSIVE MODE;
@@ -104,8 +230,22 @@ step vac_all_parts: VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED) parted;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   1|            0|                    0
+part2  |           1|                   0|            0|                    0
+(3 rows)
 
-starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive analyze_specified commit
+
+starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive analyze_specified commit check_stat
 step lock_access_exclusive: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN ACCESS EXCLUSIVE MODE;
@@ -115,8 +255,22 @@ step analyze_specified: ANALYZE (SKIP_LOCKED) part1, part2;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   0|            0|                    1
+part2  |           0|                   0|            1|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
 
-starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive analyze_all_parts commit
+starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive analyze_all_parts commit check_stat
 step lock_access_exclusive: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN ACCESS EXCLUSIVE MODE;
@@ -126,8 +280,22 @@ step commit:
 	COMMIT;
 
 step analyze_all_parts: <... completed>
-
-starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_analyze_specified commit
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            1|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   0|            1|                    0
+part2  |           0|                   0|            1|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
+
+starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_analyze_specified commit check_stat
 step lock_access_exclusive: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN ACCESS EXCLUSIVE MODE;
@@ -137,8 +305,22 @@ step vac_analyze_specified: VACUUM (ANALYZE, SKIP_LOCKED) part1, part2;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   1|            0|                    1
+part2  |           1|                   0|            1|                    0
+(3 rows)
 
-starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_analyze_all_parts commit
+
+starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_analyze_all_parts commit check_stat
 step lock_access_exclusive: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN ACCESS EXCLUSIVE MODE;
@@ -148,8 +330,22 @@ step commit:
 	COMMIT;
 
 step vac_analyze_all_parts: <... completed>
-
-starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_full_specified commit
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            1|                    0
+part1  |           1|                   0|            1|                    0
+part2  |           1|                   0|            1|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
+
+starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_full_specified commit check_stat
 step lock_access_exclusive: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN ACCESS EXCLUSIVE MODE;
@@ -159,8 +355,22 @@ step vac_full_specified: VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED, FULL) part1, part2;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
 
-starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_full_all_parts commit
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part2  |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
+
+starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_full_all_parts commit check_stat
 step lock_access_exclusive: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN ACCESS EXCLUSIVE MODE;
@@ -169,3 +379,17 @@ step vac_full_all_parts: VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED, FULL) parted;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part2  |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
diff --git a/src/test/isolation/specs/vacuum-skip-locked.spec b/src/test/isolation/specs/vacuum-skip-locked.spec
index 3fad6e1c92a..b0da75d4b6d 100644
--- a/src/test/isolation/specs/vacuum-skip-locked.spec
+++ b/src/test/isolation/specs/vacuum-skip-locked.spec
@@ -33,6 +33,15 @@ step commit
 	COMMIT;
 }
 
+step check_stat
+{
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+}
+
 session s2
 step vac_specified			{ VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED) part1, part2; }
 step vac_all_parts			{ VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED) parted; }
@@ -43,19 +52,19 @@ step vac_analyze_all_parts	{ VACUUM (ANALYZE, SKIP_LOCKED) parted; }
 step vac_full_specified		{ VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED, FULL) part1, part2; }
 step vac_full_all_parts		{ VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED, FULL) parted; }
 
-permutation lock_share vac_specified commit
-permutation lock_share vac_all_parts commit
-permutation lock_share analyze_specified commit
-permutation lock_share analyze_all_parts commit
-permutation lock_share vac_analyze_specified commit
-permutation lock_share vac_analyze_all_parts commit
-permutation lock_share vac_full_specified commit
-permutation lock_share vac_full_all_parts commit
-permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_specified commit
-permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_all_parts commit
-permutation lock_access_exclusive analyze_specified commit
-permutation lock_access_exclusive analyze_all_parts commit
-permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_analyze_specified commit
-permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_analyze_all_parts commit
-permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_full_specified commit
-permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_full_all_parts commit
+permutation lock_share vac_specified commit check_stat
+permutation lock_share vac_all_parts commit check_stat
+permutation lock_share analyze_specified commit check_stat
+permutation lock_share analyze_all_parts commit check_stat
+permutation lock_share vac_analyze_specified commit check_stat
+permutation lock_share vac_analyze_all_parts commit check_stat
+permutation lock_share vac_full_specified commit check_stat
+permutation lock_share vac_full_all_parts commit check_stat
+permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_specified commit check_stat
+permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_all_parts commit check_stat
+permutation lock_access_exclusive analyze_specified commit check_stat
+permutation lock_access_exclusive analyze_all_parts commit check_stat
+permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_analyze_specified commit check_stat
+permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_analyze_all_parts commit check_stat
+permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_full_specified commit check_stat
+permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_full_all_parts commit check_stat
diff --git a/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out b/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out
index a65a5bf0c4f..9b2075d3373 100644
--- a/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out
+++ b/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out
@@ -1835,13 +1835,21 @@ pg_stat_all_tables| SELECT c.oid AS relid,
     pg_stat_get_mod_since_analyze(c.oid) AS n_mod_since_analyze,
     pg_stat_get_ins_since_vacuum(c.oid) AS n_ins_since_vacuum,
     pg_stat_get_last_vacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_vacuum,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_vacuum,
     pg_stat_get_last_autovacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_autovacuum,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_autovacuum,
     pg_stat_get_last_analyze_time(c.oid) AS last_analyze,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_analyze,
     pg_stat_get_last_autoanalyze_time(c.oid) AS last_autoanalyze,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_autoanalyze,
     pg_stat_get_vacuum_count(c.oid) AS vacuum_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count(c.oid) AS skipped_vacuum_count,
     pg_stat_get_autovacuum_count(c.oid) AS autovacuum_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count(c.oid) AS skipped_autovacuum_count,
     pg_stat_get_analyze_count(c.oid) AS analyze_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count(c.oid) AS skipped_analyze_count,
     pg_stat_get_autoanalyze_count(c.oid) AS autoanalyze_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count(c.oid) AS skipped_autoanalyze_count,
     pg_stat_get_total_vacuum_time(c.oid) AS total_vacuum_time,
     pg_stat_get_total_autovacuum_time(c.oid) AS total_autovacuum_time,
     pg_stat_get_total_analyze_time(c.oid) AS total_analyze_time,
@@ -2346,13 +2354,21 @@ pg_stat_sys_tables| SELECT relid,
     n_mod_since_analyze,
     n_ins_since_vacuum,
     last_vacuum,
+    last_skipped_vacuum,
     last_autovacuum,
+    last_skipped_autovacuum,
     last_analyze,
+    last_skipped_analyze,
     last_autoanalyze,
+    last_skipped_autoanalyze,
     vacuum_count,
+    skipped_vacuum_count,
     autovacuum_count,
+    skipped_autovacuum_count,
     analyze_count,
+    skipped_analyze_count,
     autoanalyze_count,
+    skipped_autoanalyze_count,
     total_vacuum_time,
     total_autovacuum_time,
     total_analyze_time,
@@ -2401,13 +2417,21 @@ pg_stat_user_tables| SELECT relid,
     n_mod_since_analyze,
     n_ins_since_vacuum,
     last_vacuum,
+    last_skipped_vacuum,
     last_autovacuum,
+    last_skipped_autovacuum,
     last_analyze,
+    last_skipped_analyze,
     last_autoanalyze,
+    last_skipped_autoanalyze,
     vacuum_count,
+    skipped_vacuum_count,
     autovacuum_count,
+    skipped_autovacuum_count,
     analyze_count,
+    skipped_analyze_count,
     autoanalyze_count,
+    skipped_autoanalyze_count,
     total_vacuum_time,
     total_autovacuum_time,
     total_analyze_time,
-- 
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* [PATCH v4] Track skipped vacuum and analyze activity per relation
@ 2026-03-24 04:09 Yugo Nagata <[email protected]>
  0 siblings, 0 replies; 374+ messages in thread

From: Yugo Nagata @ 2026-03-24 04:09 UTC (permalink / raw)

This commit adds eight fields to the relation statistics that track
the last time vacuum or analyze has been attempted but skipped due to
lock unavailability, along with their counts:

-    last_skipped_vacuum
-    last_skipped_autovacuum
-    last_skipped_analyze
-    last_skipped_autoanalyze
-    skipped_vacuum_count
-    skipped_autovacuum_count
-    skipped_analyze_count
-    skipped_autoanalyze_count

These field can help users confirm that autovacuum is actively attempting
to run on a table that has not been vacuumed or analyzed for a long time,
and that the lack of progress is due to repeated skips rather than inactivity.
---
 doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml                 |  88 ++++++++++++++++
 src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql         |   8 ++
 src/backend/commands/vacuum.c                | 102 ++++++++++++++-----
 src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c |  64 ++++++++++++
 src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c          |  24 +++++
 src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat              |  32 ++++++
 src/include/pgstat.h                         |  16 +++
 src/test/regress/expected/rules.out          |  24 +++++
 8 files changed, 335 insertions(+), 23 deletions(-)

diff --git a/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml b/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml
index 08d5b824552..a9b579d87a9 100644
--- a/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml
+++ b/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml
@@ -4387,6 +4387,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_vacuum</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time a manual vacuum on this table was attempted but skipped due to
+       lock unavailability (not counting <command>VACUUM FULL</command>)
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>last_autovacuum</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
@@ -4397,6 +4407,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_autovacuum</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time a vacuum on this table by the autovacuum daemon was attempted
+       but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>last_analyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
@@ -4406,6 +4426,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_analyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time a manual analyze on this table was attempted but skipped due to
+       lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>last_autoanalyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
@@ -4416,6 +4446,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_autoanalyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time at which an analyze on this table by the autovacuum was
+       attempted but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>vacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4426,6 +4466,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_vacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times manual vacuums on this table have been attempted but skipped
+       due to lock unavailability (not counting <command>VACUUM FULL</command>)
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>autovacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4436,6 +4486,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_autovacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times vacuums on this table by the autovacuum daemon have been
+       attempted but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>analyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4445,6 +4505,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_analyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times manual analyzes on this table have been attempted but
+       skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>autoanalyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4455,6 +4525,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_autoanalyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times analyzes on this table by the autovacuum daemon have
+       been attempted but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>total_vacuum_time</structfield> <type>double precision</type>
@@ -4510,6 +4590,14 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
    </tgroup>
   </table>
 
+  <note>
+   <para>
+    When a manual vacuum or analyze on a parent table in an inheritance or
+    partitioning hierarchy is skipped, the statistics are recorded only for
+    the parent table, not for its children.
+   </para>
+  </note>
+
  </sect2>
 
  <sect2 id="monitoring-pg-stat-autovacuum-scores-view">
diff --git a/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql b/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql
index 73a1c1c4670..f509fc7876b 100644
--- a/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql
+++ b/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql
@@ -736,13 +736,21 @@ CREATE VIEW pg_stat_all_tables AS
             pg_stat_get_mod_since_analyze(C.oid) AS n_mod_since_analyze,
             pg_stat_get_ins_since_vacuum(C.oid) AS n_ins_since_vacuum,
             pg_stat_get_last_vacuum_time(C.oid) as last_vacuum,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_vacuum,
             pg_stat_get_last_autovacuum_time(C.oid) as last_autovacuum,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_autovacuum,
             pg_stat_get_last_analyze_time(C.oid) as last_analyze,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_analyze,
             pg_stat_get_last_autoanalyze_time(C.oid) as last_autoanalyze,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_autoanalyze,
             pg_stat_get_vacuum_count(C.oid) AS vacuum_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count(C.oid) AS skipped_vacuum_count,
             pg_stat_get_autovacuum_count(C.oid) AS autovacuum_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count(C.oid) AS skipped_autovacuum_count,
             pg_stat_get_analyze_count(C.oid) AS analyze_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count(C.oid) AS skipped_analyze_count,
             pg_stat_get_autoanalyze_count(C.oid) AS autoanalyze_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count(C.oid) AS skipped_autoanalyze_count,
             pg_stat_get_total_vacuum_time(C.oid) AS total_vacuum_time,
             pg_stat_get_total_autovacuum_time(C.oid) AS total_autovacuum_time,
             pg_stat_get_total_analyze_time(C.oid) AS total_analyze_time,
diff --git a/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c b/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c
index 99d0db82ed7..97cd5ea8d10 100644
--- a/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c
+++ b/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c
@@ -793,8 +793,25 @@ vacuum_open_relation(Oid relid, RangeVar *relation, uint32 options,
 		rel = try_relation_open(relid, NoLock);
 	else
 	{
+		int flags = 0;
 		rel = NULL;
 		rel_lock = false;
+
+		if ((options & VACOPT_VACUUM) != 0)
+		{
+			if (AmAutoVacuumWorkerProcess())
+				flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOVACUUM;
+			else
+				flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM;
+		}
+		if ((options & VACOPT_ANALYZE) != 0)
+		{
+			if (AmAutoVacuumWorkerProcess())
+				flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOANALYZE;
+			else
+				flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE;
+		}
+		pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(relid, flags);
 	}
 
 	/* if relation is opened, leave */
@@ -802,7 +819,7 @@ vacuum_open_relation(Oid relid, RangeVar *relation, uint32 options,
 		return rel;
 
 	/*
-	 * Relation could not be opened, hence generate if possible a log
+	 * Relation could not be opened hence generate if possible a log
 	 * informing on the situation.
 	 *
 	 * If the RangeVar is not defined, we do not have enough information to
@@ -905,7 +922,6 @@ expand_vacuum_rel(VacuumRelation *vrel, MemoryContext vac_context,
 		Form_pg_class classForm;
 		bool		include_children;
 		bool		is_partitioned_table;
-		int			rvr_opts;
 
 		/*
 		 * Since autovacuum workers supply OIDs when calling vacuum(), no
@@ -918,29 +934,69 @@ expand_vacuum_rel(VacuumRelation *vrel, MemoryContext vac_context,
 		 * below, as well as find_all_inheritors's expectation that the caller
 		 * holds some lock on the starting relation.
 		 */
-		rvr_opts = (options & VACOPT_SKIP_LOCKED) ? RVR_SKIP_LOCKED : 0;
-		relid = RangeVarGetRelidExtended(vrel->relation,
-										 AccessShareLock,
-										 rvr_opts,
-										 NULL, NULL);
-
-		/*
-		 * If the lock is unavailable, emit the same log statement that
-		 * vacuum_rel() and analyze_rel() would.
-		 */
-		if (!OidIsValid(relid))
+		if (!(options & VACOPT_SKIP_LOCKED))
 		{
-			if (options & VACOPT_VACUUM)
-				ereport(WARNING,
-						(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
-						 errmsg("skipping vacuum of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
-								vrel->relation->relname)));
-			else
-				ereport(WARNING,
-						(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
-						 errmsg("skipping analyze of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
+			relid = RangeVarGetRelidExtended(vrel->relation,
+											 AccessShareLock,
+											 0, NULL, NULL);
+			if (!OidIsValid(relid))
+				return vacrels;
+		}
+		else
+		{
+			/* Get relid for reporting before taking a lock */
+			relid = RangeVarGetRelid(vrel->relation, NoLock, false);
+
+			if (!ConditionalLockRelationOid(relid, AccessShareLock))
+			{
+				int	flags = 0;
+				/*
+				 * If the lock is unavailable, emit the same log statement that
+				 * vacuum_rel() and analyze_rel() would.
+				 */
+				if (options & VACOPT_VACUUM)
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping vacuum of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
 								vrel->relation->relname)));
-			return vacrels;
+				else
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping analyze of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
+									vrel->relation->relname)));
+
+				if ((options & VACOPT_VACUUM) != 0)
+					flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM;
+				if ((options & VACOPT_ANALYZE) != 0)
+					flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE;
+
+				pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(relid, flags);
+
+				return vacrels;
+			}
+
+			/*
+			 * Now that we have the lock, probe to see if the relation really
+			 * exists or not.
+			 */
+			if (!SearchSysCacheExists1(RELOID, ObjectIdGetDatum(relid)))
+			{
+				if (options & VACOPT_VACUUM)
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_UNDEFINED_TABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping vacuum of \"%s\" --- relation no longer exists",
+									vrel->relation->relname)));
+				else
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_UNDEFINED_TABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping analyze of \"%s\" --- relation no longer exists",
+									vrel->relation->relname)));
+
+				/* Release useless lock */
+				UnlockRelationOid(relid, AccessShareLock);
+
+				return vacrels;
+			}
 		}
 
 		/*
diff --git a/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c b/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c
index b2ca28f83ba..532d9023f8c 100644
--- a/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c
+++ b/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c
@@ -17,12 +17,14 @@
 
 #include "postgres.h"
 
+#include "access/htup_details.h"
 #include "access/twophase_rmgr.h"
 #include "access/xact.h"
 #include "catalog/catalog.h"
 #include "utils/memutils.h"
 #include "utils/pgstat_internal.h"
 #include "utils/rel.h"
+#include "utils/syscache.h"
 #include "utils/timestamp.h"
 
 
@@ -367,6 +369,68 @@ pgstat_report_analyze(Relation rel,
 	(void) pgstat_flush_backend(false, PGSTAT_BACKEND_FLUSH_IO);
 }
 
+/*
+ * Report that the table was skipped during vacuum or/and analyze.
+ */
+void
+pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(Oid relid, int flags)
+{
+	PgStat_EntryRef *entry_ref;
+	PgStatShared_Relation *shtabentry;
+	PgStat_StatTabEntry *tabentry;
+	TimestampTz ts;
+	HeapTuple	classTup;
+	bool		isshared;
+
+	if (!pgstat_track_counts || !flags)
+		return;
+
+	classTup = SearchSysCache1(RELOID, ObjectIdGetDatum(relid));
+	if (!HeapTupleIsValid(classTup))
+		return;			/* somebody deleted the rel, forget it */
+	isshared = ((Form_pg_class) GETSTRUCT(classTup))->relisshared;
+	ReleaseSysCache(classTup);
+
+	/* Store the data in the table's hash table entry. */
+	ts = GetCurrentTimestamp();
+
+	/* block acquiring lock for the same reason as pgstat_report_autovac() */
+	entry_ref = pgstat_get_entry_ref_locked(PGSTAT_KIND_RELATION,
+											isshared ? InvalidOid : MyDatabaseId,
+											relid, false);
+
+	shtabentry = (PgStatShared_Relation *) entry_ref->shared_stats;
+	tabentry = &shtabentry->stats;
+
+	if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM)
+	{
+		tabentry->last_skipped_vacuum_time = ts;
+		tabentry->skipped_vacuum_count++;
+	}
+	else if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOVACUUM)
+	{
+		tabentry->last_skipped_autovacuum_time = ts;
+		tabentry->skipped_autovacuum_count++;
+	}
+
+	if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE)
+	{
+		tabentry->last_skipped_analyze_time = ts;
+		tabentry->skipped_analyze_count++;
+	}
+	else if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOANALYZE)
+	{
+		tabentry->last_skipped_autoanalyze_time = ts;
+		tabentry->skipped_autoanalyze_count++;
+	}
+
+	pgstat_unlock_entry(entry_ref);
+
+	/* see pgstat_report_vacuum() */
+	pgstat_flush_io(false);
+	(void) pgstat_flush_backend(false, PGSTAT_BACKEND_FLUSH_IO);
+}
+
 /*
  * count a tuple insertion of n tuples
  */
diff --git a/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c b/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c
index 1408de387ea..90a8968faa0 100644
--- a/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c
+++ b/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c
@@ -84,6 +84,18 @@ PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(mod_since_analyze)
 /* pg_stat_get_numscans */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(numscans)
 
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_analyze_count)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_autoanalyze_count)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_autovacuum_count)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_vacuum_count)
+
 /* pg_stat_get_tuples_deleted */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(tuples_deleted)
 
@@ -170,6 +182,18 @@ PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_vacuum_time)
 /* pg_stat_get_lastscan */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(lastscan)
 
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_analyze_time)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_autoanalyze_time)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_autovacuum_time)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_vacuum_time)
+
 /* pg_stat_get_stat_reset_time */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(stat_reset_time)
 
diff --git a/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat b/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat
index fa9ae79082b..32debb34863 100644
--- a/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat
+++ b/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat
@@ -5680,6 +5680,38 @@
   proargmodes => '{o,o,o,o,o,o,o,o,o,o}',
   proargnames => '{oid,score,xid_score,mxid_score,vacuum_score,vacuum_insert_score,analyze_score,do_vacuum,do_analyze,for_wraparound}',
   prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_autovacuum_scores' },
+{ oid => '8142', descr => 'statistics: last skipped vacuum time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time' },
+{ oid => '8143', descr => 'statistics: last skipped auto vacuum time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time' },
+{ oid => '8144', descr => 'statistics: last skipped analyze time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time' },
+{ oid => '8145', descr => 'statistics: last skipped auto analyze time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time' },
+{ oid => '8146', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped vacuum for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count' },
+{ oid => '8147', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped auto vacuum for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count' },
+{ oid => '8148', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped analyzes for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count' },
+{ oid => '8149', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped auto analyzes for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count' },
 { oid => '1936', descr => 'statistics: currently active backend IDs',
   proname => 'pg_stat_get_backend_idset', prorows => '100', proretset => 't',
   provolatile => 's', proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int4',
diff --git a/src/include/pgstat.h b/src/include/pgstat.h
index dfa2e837638..98941f953d1 100644
--- a/src/include/pgstat.h
+++ b/src/include/pgstat.h
@@ -479,6 +479,15 @@ typedef struct PgStat_StatTabEntry
 	TimestampTz last_autoanalyze_time;	/* autovacuum initiated */
 	PgStat_Counter autoanalyze_count;
 
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_vacuum_time;	/* user initiated vacuum */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_vacuum_count;
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_autovacuum_time;	/* autovacuum initiated */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_autovacuum_count;
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_analyze_time;	/* user initiated */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_analyze_count;
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_autoanalyze_time;	/* autovacuum initiated */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_autoanalyze_count;
+
 	PgStat_Counter total_vacuum_time;	/* times in milliseconds */
 	PgStat_Counter total_autovacuum_time;
 	PgStat_Counter total_analyze_time;
@@ -703,6 +712,13 @@ extern void pgstat_report_analyze(Relation rel,
 								  PgStat_Counter livetuples, PgStat_Counter deadtuples,
 								  bool resetcounter, TimestampTz starttime);
 
+/* flags for pgstat_flush_backend() */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM		(1 << 0)	/* vacuum is skipped */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE		(1 << 1)	/* analyze is skipped */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOVACUUM	(1 << 2)	/* autovacuum is skipped */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOANALYZE	(1 << 3)	/* autoanalyze is skipped */
+extern void pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(Oid relid, int flags);
+
 /*
  * If stats are enabled, but pending data hasn't been prepared yet, call
  * pgstat_assoc_relation() to do so. See its comment for why this is done
diff --git a/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out b/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out
index a65a5bf0c4f..9b2075d3373 100644
--- a/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out
+++ b/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out
@@ -1835,13 +1835,21 @@ pg_stat_all_tables| SELECT c.oid AS relid,
     pg_stat_get_mod_since_analyze(c.oid) AS n_mod_since_analyze,
     pg_stat_get_ins_since_vacuum(c.oid) AS n_ins_since_vacuum,
     pg_stat_get_last_vacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_vacuum,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_vacuum,
     pg_stat_get_last_autovacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_autovacuum,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_autovacuum,
     pg_stat_get_last_analyze_time(c.oid) AS last_analyze,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_analyze,
     pg_stat_get_last_autoanalyze_time(c.oid) AS last_autoanalyze,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_autoanalyze,
     pg_stat_get_vacuum_count(c.oid) AS vacuum_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count(c.oid) AS skipped_vacuum_count,
     pg_stat_get_autovacuum_count(c.oid) AS autovacuum_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count(c.oid) AS skipped_autovacuum_count,
     pg_stat_get_analyze_count(c.oid) AS analyze_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count(c.oid) AS skipped_analyze_count,
     pg_stat_get_autoanalyze_count(c.oid) AS autoanalyze_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count(c.oid) AS skipped_autoanalyze_count,
     pg_stat_get_total_vacuum_time(c.oid) AS total_vacuum_time,
     pg_stat_get_total_autovacuum_time(c.oid) AS total_autovacuum_time,
     pg_stat_get_total_analyze_time(c.oid) AS total_analyze_time,
@@ -2346,13 +2354,21 @@ pg_stat_sys_tables| SELECT relid,
     n_mod_since_analyze,
     n_ins_since_vacuum,
     last_vacuum,
+    last_skipped_vacuum,
     last_autovacuum,
+    last_skipped_autovacuum,
     last_analyze,
+    last_skipped_analyze,
     last_autoanalyze,
+    last_skipped_autoanalyze,
     vacuum_count,
+    skipped_vacuum_count,
     autovacuum_count,
+    skipped_autovacuum_count,
     analyze_count,
+    skipped_analyze_count,
     autoanalyze_count,
+    skipped_autoanalyze_count,
     total_vacuum_time,
     total_autovacuum_time,
     total_analyze_time,
@@ -2401,13 +2417,21 @@ pg_stat_user_tables| SELECT relid,
     n_mod_since_analyze,
     n_ins_since_vacuum,
     last_vacuum,
+    last_skipped_vacuum,
     last_autovacuum,
+    last_skipped_autovacuum,
     last_analyze,
+    last_skipped_analyze,
     last_autoanalyze,
+    last_skipped_autoanalyze,
     vacuum_count,
+    skipped_vacuum_count,
     autovacuum_count,
+    skipped_autovacuum_count,
     analyze_count,
+    skipped_analyze_count,
     autoanalyze_count,
+    skipped_autoanalyze_count,
     total_vacuum_time,
     total_autovacuum_time,
     total_analyze_time,
-- 
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* [PATCH v5] Track skipped vacuum and analyze activity per relation
@ 2026-03-24 04:09 Yugo Nagata <[email protected]>
  0 siblings, 0 replies; 374+ messages in thread

From: Yugo Nagata @ 2026-03-24 04:09 UTC (permalink / raw)

This commit adds eight fields to the relation statistics that track
the last time vacuum or analyze has been attempted but skipped due to
lock unavailability, along with their counts:

-    last_skipped_vacuum
-    last_skipped_autovacuum
-    last_skipped_analyze
-    last_skipped_autoanalyze
-    skipped_vacuum_count
-    skipped_autovacuum_count
-    skipped_analyze_count
-    skipped_autoanalyze_count

These field can help users confirm that autovacuum is actively attempting
to run on a table that has not been vacuumed or analyzed for a long time,
and that the lack of progress is due to repeated skips rather than inactivity.
---
 doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml                  |  88 ++++++
 src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql          |   8 +
 src/backend/commands/vacuum.c                 | 100 +++++--
 src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c  |  64 +++++
 src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c           |  24 ++
 src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat               |  32 +++
 src/include/pgstat.h                          |  16 ++
 .../isolation/expected/vacuum-skip-locked.out | 260 ++++++++++++++++--
 .../isolation/specs/vacuum-skip-locked.spec   |  41 +--
 src/test/regress/expected/rules.out           |  24 ++
 10 files changed, 601 insertions(+), 56 deletions(-)

diff --git a/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml b/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml
index 08d5b824552..a9b579d87a9 100644
--- a/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml
+++ b/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml
@@ -4387,6 +4387,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_vacuum</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time a manual vacuum on this table was attempted but skipped due to
+       lock unavailability (not counting <command>VACUUM FULL</command>)
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>last_autovacuum</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
@@ -4397,6 +4407,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_autovacuum</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time a vacuum on this table by the autovacuum daemon was attempted
+       but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>last_analyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
@@ -4406,6 +4426,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_analyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time a manual analyze on this table was attempted but skipped due to
+       lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>last_autoanalyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
@@ -4416,6 +4446,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_autoanalyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time at which an analyze on this table by the autovacuum was
+       attempted but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>vacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4426,6 +4466,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_vacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times manual vacuums on this table have been attempted but skipped
+       due to lock unavailability (not counting <command>VACUUM FULL</command>)
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>autovacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4436,6 +4486,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_autovacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times vacuums on this table by the autovacuum daemon have been
+       attempted but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>analyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4445,6 +4505,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_analyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times manual analyzes on this table have been attempted but
+       skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>autoanalyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4455,6 +4525,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_autoanalyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times analyzes on this table by the autovacuum daemon have
+       been attempted but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>total_vacuum_time</structfield> <type>double precision</type>
@@ -4510,6 +4590,14 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
    </tgroup>
   </table>
 
+  <note>
+   <para>
+    When a manual vacuum or analyze on a parent table in an inheritance or
+    partitioning hierarchy is skipped, the statistics are recorded only for
+    the parent table, not for its children.
+   </para>
+  </note>
+
  </sect2>
 
  <sect2 id="monitoring-pg-stat-autovacuum-scores-view">
diff --git a/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql b/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql
index 73a1c1c4670..f509fc7876b 100644
--- a/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql
+++ b/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql
@@ -736,13 +736,21 @@ CREATE VIEW pg_stat_all_tables AS
             pg_stat_get_mod_since_analyze(C.oid) AS n_mod_since_analyze,
             pg_stat_get_ins_since_vacuum(C.oid) AS n_ins_since_vacuum,
             pg_stat_get_last_vacuum_time(C.oid) as last_vacuum,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_vacuum,
             pg_stat_get_last_autovacuum_time(C.oid) as last_autovacuum,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_autovacuum,
             pg_stat_get_last_analyze_time(C.oid) as last_analyze,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_analyze,
             pg_stat_get_last_autoanalyze_time(C.oid) as last_autoanalyze,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_autoanalyze,
             pg_stat_get_vacuum_count(C.oid) AS vacuum_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count(C.oid) AS skipped_vacuum_count,
             pg_stat_get_autovacuum_count(C.oid) AS autovacuum_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count(C.oid) AS skipped_autovacuum_count,
             pg_stat_get_analyze_count(C.oid) AS analyze_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count(C.oid) AS skipped_analyze_count,
             pg_stat_get_autoanalyze_count(C.oid) AS autoanalyze_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count(C.oid) AS skipped_autoanalyze_count,
             pg_stat_get_total_vacuum_time(C.oid) AS total_vacuum_time,
             pg_stat_get_total_autovacuum_time(C.oid) AS total_autovacuum_time,
             pg_stat_get_total_analyze_time(C.oid) AS total_analyze_time,
diff --git a/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c b/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c
index 99d0db82ed7..df6526225e4 100644
--- a/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c
+++ b/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c
@@ -793,8 +793,25 @@ vacuum_open_relation(Oid relid, RangeVar *relation, uint32 options,
 		rel = try_relation_open(relid, NoLock);
 	else
 	{
+		int flags = 0;
 		rel = NULL;
 		rel_lock = false;
+
+		if ((options & VACOPT_VACUUM) != 0 && (options & VACOPT_FULL) == 0)
+		{
+			if (AmAutoVacuumWorkerProcess())
+				flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOVACUUM;
+			else
+				flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM;
+		}
+		if ((options & VACOPT_ANALYZE) != 0)
+		{
+			if (AmAutoVacuumWorkerProcess())
+				flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOANALYZE;
+			else
+				flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE;
+		}
+		pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(relid, flags);
 	}
 
 	/* if relation is opened, leave */
@@ -905,7 +922,6 @@ expand_vacuum_rel(VacuumRelation *vrel, MemoryContext vac_context,
 		Form_pg_class classForm;
 		bool		include_children;
 		bool		is_partitioned_table;
-		int			rvr_opts;
 
 		/*
 		 * Since autovacuum workers supply OIDs when calling vacuum(), no
@@ -918,29 +934,69 @@ expand_vacuum_rel(VacuumRelation *vrel, MemoryContext vac_context,
 		 * below, as well as find_all_inheritors's expectation that the caller
 		 * holds some lock on the starting relation.
 		 */
-		rvr_opts = (options & VACOPT_SKIP_LOCKED) ? RVR_SKIP_LOCKED : 0;
-		relid = RangeVarGetRelidExtended(vrel->relation,
-										 AccessShareLock,
-										 rvr_opts,
-										 NULL, NULL);
-
-		/*
-		 * If the lock is unavailable, emit the same log statement that
-		 * vacuum_rel() and analyze_rel() would.
-		 */
-		if (!OidIsValid(relid))
+		if (!(options & VACOPT_SKIP_LOCKED))
 		{
-			if (options & VACOPT_VACUUM)
-				ereport(WARNING,
-						(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
-						 errmsg("skipping vacuum of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
-								vrel->relation->relname)));
-			else
-				ereport(WARNING,
-						(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
-						 errmsg("skipping analyze of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
+			relid = RangeVarGetRelidExtended(vrel->relation,
+											 AccessShareLock,
+											 0, NULL, NULL);
+			if (!OidIsValid(relid))
+				return vacrels;
+		}
+		else
+		{
+			/* Get relid for reporting before taking a lock */
+			relid = RangeVarGetRelid(vrel->relation, NoLock, false);
+
+			if (!ConditionalLockRelationOid(relid, AccessShareLock))
+			{
+				int	flags = 0;
+				/*
+				 * If the lock is unavailable, emit the same log statement that
+				 * vacuum_rel() and analyze_rel() would.
+				 */
+				if (options & VACOPT_VACUUM)
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping vacuum of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
 								vrel->relation->relname)));
-			return vacrels;
+				else
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping analyze of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
+									vrel->relation->relname)));
+
+				if ((options & VACOPT_VACUUM) != 0 && (options & VACOPT_FULL) == 0)
+					flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM;
+				if ((options & VACOPT_ANALYZE) != 0)
+					flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE;
+
+				pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(relid, flags);
+
+				return vacrels;
+			}
+
+			/*
+			 * Now that we have the lock, probe to see if the relation really
+			 * exists or not.
+			 */
+			if (!SearchSysCacheExists1(RELOID, ObjectIdGetDatum(relid)))
+			{
+				if (options & VACOPT_VACUUM)
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_UNDEFINED_TABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping vacuum of \"%s\" --- relation no longer exists",
+									vrel->relation->relname)));
+				else
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_UNDEFINED_TABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping analyze of \"%s\" --- relation no longer exists",
+									vrel->relation->relname)));
+
+				/* Release useless lock */
+				UnlockRelationOid(relid, AccessShareLock);
+
+				return vacrels;
+			}
 		}
 
 		/*
diff --git a/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c b/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c
index b2ca28f83ba..532d9023f8c 100644
--- a/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c
+++ b/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c
@@ -17,12 +17,14 @@
 
 #include "postgres.h"
 
+#include "access/htup_details.h"
 #include "access/twophase_rmgr.h"
 #include "access/xact.h"
 #include "catalog/catalog.h"
 #include "utils/memutils.h"
 #include "utils/pgstat_internal.h"
 #include "utils/rel.h"
+#include "utils/syscache.h"
 #include "utils/timestamp.h"
 
 
@@ -367,6 +369,68 @@ pgstat_report_analyze(Relation rel,
 	(void) pgstat_flush_backend(false, PGSTAT_BACKEND_FLUSH_IO);
 }
 
+/*
+ * Report that the table was skipped during vacuum or/and analyze.
+ */
+void
+pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(Oid relid, int flags)
+{
+	PgStat_EntryRef *entry_ref;
+	PgStatShared_Relation *shtabentry;
+	PgStat_StatTabEntry *tabentry;
+	TimestampTz ts;
+	HeapTuple	classTup;
+	bool		isshared;
+
+	if (!pgstat_track_counts || !flags)
+		return;
+
+	classTup = SearchSysCache1(RELOID, ObjectIdGetDatum(relid));
+	if (!HeapTupleIsValid(classTup))
+		return;			/* somebody deleted the rel, forget it */
+	isshared = ((Form_pg_class) GETSTRUCT(classTup))->relisshared;
+	ReleaseSysCache(classTup);
+
+	/* Store the data in the table's hash table entry. */
+	ts = GetCurrentTimestamp();
+
+	/* block acquiring lock for the same reason as pgstat_report_autovac() */
+	entry_ref = pgstat_get_entry_ref_locked(PGSTAT_KIND_RELATION,
+											isshared ? InvalidOid : MyDatabaseId,
+											relid, false);
+
+	shtabentry = (PgStatShared_Relation *) entry_ref->shared_stats;
+	tabentry = &shtabentry->stats;
+
+	if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM)
+	{
+		tabentry->last_skipped_vacuum_time = ts;
+		tabentry->skipped_vacuum_count++;
+	}
+	else if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOVACUUM)
+	{
+		tabentry->last_skipped_autovacuum_time = ts;
+		tabentry->skipped_autovacuum_count++;
+	}
+
+	if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE)
+	{
+		tabentry->last_skipped_analyze_time = ts;
+		tabentry->skipped_analyze_count++;
+	}
+	else if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOANALYZE)
+	{
+		tabentry->last_skipped_autoanalyze_time = ts;
+		tabentry->skipped_autoanalyze_count++;
+	}
+
+	pgstat_unlock_entry(entry_ref);
+
+	/* see pgstat_report_vacuum() */
+	pgstat_flush_io(false);
+	(void) pgstat_flush_backend(false, PGSTAT_BACKEND_FLUSH_IO);
+}
+
 /*
  * count a tuple insertion of n tuples
  */
diff --git a/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c b/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c
index 1408de387ea..90a8968faa0 100644
--- a/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c
+++ b/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c
@@ -84,6 +84,18 @@ PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(mod_since_analyze)
 /* pg_stat_get_numscans */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(numscans)
 
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_analyze_count)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_autoanalyze_count)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_autovacuum_count)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_vacuum_count)
+
 /* pg_stat_get_tuples_deleted */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(tuples_deleted)
 
@@ -170,6 +182,18 @@ PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_vacuum_time)
 /* pg_stat_get_lastscan */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(lastscan)
 
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_analyze_time)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_autoanalyze_time)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_autovacuum_time)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_vacuum_time)
+
 /* pg_stat_get_stat_reset_time */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(stat_reset_time)
 
diff --git a/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat b/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat
index fa9ae79082b..32debb34863 100644
--- a/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat
+++ b/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat
@@ -5680,6 +5680,38 @@
   proargmodes => '{o,o,o,o,o,o,o,o,o,o}',
   proargnames => '{oid,score,xid_score,mxid_score,vacuum_score,vacuum_insert_score,analyze_score,do_vacuum,do_analyze,for_wraparound}',
   prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_autovacuum_scores' },
+{ oid => '8142', descr => 'statistics: last skipped vacuum time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time' },
+{ oid => '8143', descr => 'statistics: last skipped auto vacuum time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time' },
+{ oid => '8144', descr => 'statistics: last skipped analyze time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time' },
+{ oid => '8145', descr => 'statistics: last skipped auto analyze time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time' },
+{ oid => '8146', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped vacuum for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count' },
+{ oid => '8147', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped auto vacuum for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count' },
+{ oid => '8148', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped analyzes for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count' },
+{ oid => '8149', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped auto analyzes for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count' },
 { oid => '1936', descr => 'statistics: currently active backend IDs',
   proname => 'pg_stat_get_backend_idset', prorows => '100', proretset => 't',
   provolatile => 's', proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int4',
diff --git a/src/include/pgstat.h b/src/include/pgstat.h
index dfa2e837638..98941f953d1 100644
--- a/src/include/pgstat.h
+++ b/src/include/pgstat.h
@@ -479,6 +479,15 @@ typedef struct PgStat_StatTabEntry
 	TimestampTz last_autoanalyze_time;	/* autovacuum initiated */
 	PgStat_Counter autoanalyze_count;
 
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_vacuum_time;	/* user initiated vacuum */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_vacuum_count;
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_autovacuum_time;	/* autovacuum initiated */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_autovacuum_count;
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_analyze_time;	/* user initiated */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_analyze_count;
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_autoanalyze_time;	/* autovacuum initiated */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_autoanalyze_count;
+
 	PgStat_Counter total_vacuum_time;	/* times in milliseconds */
 	PgStat_Counter total_autovacuum_time;
 	PgStat_Counter total_analyze_time;
@@ -703,6 +712,13 @@ extern void pgstat_report_analyze(Relation rel,
 								  PgStat_Counter livetuples, PgStat_Counter deadtuples,
 								  bool resetcounter, TimestampTz starttime);
 
+/* flags for pgstat_flush_backend() */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM		(1 << 0)	/* vacuum is skipped */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE		(1 << 1)	/* analyze is skipped */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOVACUUM	(1 << 2)	/* autovacuum is skipped */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOANALYZE	(1 << 3)	/* autoanalyze is skipped */
+extern void pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(Oid relid, int flags);
+
 /*
  * If stats are enabled, but pending data hasn't been prepared yet, call
  * pgstat_assoc_relation() to do so. See its comment for why this is done
diff --git a/src/test/isolation/expected/vacuum-skip-locked.out b/src/test/isolation/expected/vacuum-skip-locked.out
index 99db281a159..e2cff175b7c 100644
--- a/src/test/isolation/expected/vacuum-skip-locked.out
+++ b/src/test/isolation/expected/vacuum-skip-locked.out
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 Parsed test spec with 2 sessions
 
-starting permutation: lock_share vac_specified commit
+starting permutation: lock_share vac_specified commit check_stat
 step lock_share: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN SHARE MODE;
@@ -10,8 +10,22 @@ step vac_specified: VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED) part1, part2;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
 
-starting permutation: lock_share vac_all_parts commit
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   1|            0|                    0
+part2  |           1|                   0|            0|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
+
+starting permutation: lock_share vac_all_parts commit check_stat
 step lock_share: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN SHARE MODE;
@@ -20,8 +34,22 @@ step vac_all_parts: VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED) parted;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   1|            0|                    0
+part2  |           1|                   0|            0|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
 
-starting permutation: lock_share analyze_specified commit
+starting permutation: lock_share analyze_specified commit check_stat
 step lock_share: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN SHARE MODE;
@@ -31,8 +59,22 @@ step analyze_specified: ANALYZE (SKIP_LOCKED) part1, part2;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
 
-starting permutation: lock_share analyze_all_parts commit
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   0|            0|                    1
+part2  |           0|                   0|            1|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
+
+starting permutation: lock_share analyze_all_parts commit check_stat
 step lock_share: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN SHARE MODE;
@@ -41,8 +83,22 @@ step analyze_all_parts: ANALYZE (SKIP_LOCKED) parted;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            1|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   0|            0|                    1
+part2  |           0|                   0|            1|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
 
-starting permutation: lock_share vac_analyze_specified commit
+starting permutation: lock_share vac_analyze_specified commit check_stat
 step lock_share: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN SHARE MODE;
@@ -52,8 +108,22 @@ step vac_analyze_specified: VACUUM (ANALYZE, SKIP_LOCKED) part1, part2;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
 
-starting permutation: lock_share vac_analyze_all_parts commit
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   1|            0|                    1
+part2  |           1|                   0|            1|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
+
+starting permutation: lock_share vac_analyze_all_parts commit check_stat
 step lock_share: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN SHARE MODE;
@@ -62,8 +132,22 @@ step vac_analyze_all_parts: VACUUM (ANALYZE, SKIP_LOCKED) parted;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            1|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   1|            0|                    1
+part2  |           1|                   0|            1|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
 
-starting permutation: lock_share vac_full_specified commit
+starting permutation: lock_share vac_full_specified commit check_stat
 step lock_share: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN SHARE MODE;
@@ -73,8 +157,22 @@ step vac_full_specified: VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED, FULL) part1, part2;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
 
-starting permutation: lock_share vac_full_all_parts commit
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part2  |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
+
+starting permutation: lock_share vac_full_all_parts commit check_stat
 step lock_share: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN SHARE MODE;
@@ -83,8 +181,22 @@ step vac_full_all_parts: VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED, FULL) parted;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part2  |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+(3 rows)
 
-starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_specified commit
+
+starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_specified commit check_stat
 step lock_access_exclusive: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN ACCESS EXCLUSIVE MODE;
@@ -94,8 +206,22 @@ step vac_specified: VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED) part1, part2;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   1|            0|                    0
+part2  |           1|                   0|            0|                    0
+(3 rows)
 
-starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_all_parts commit
+
+starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_all_parts commit check_stat
 step lock_access_exclusive: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN ACCESS EXCLUSIVE MODE;
@@ -104,8 +230,22 @@ step vac_all_parts: VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED) parted;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   1|            0|                    0
+part2  |           1|                   0|            0|                    0
+(3 rows)
 
-starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive analyze_specified commit
+
+starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive analyze_specified commit check_stat
 step lock_access_exclusive: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN ACCESS EXCLUSIVE MODE;
@@ -115,8 +255,22 @@ step analyze_specified: ANALYZE (SKIP_LOCKED) part1, part2;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   0|            0|                    1
+part2  |           0|                   0|            1|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
 
-starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive analyze_all_parts commit
+starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive analyze_all_parts commit check_stat
 step lock_access_exclusive: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN ACCESS EXCLUSIVE MODE;
@@ -126,8 +280,22 @@ step commit:
 	COMMIT;
 
 step analyze_all_parts: <... completed>
-
-starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_analyze_specified commit
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            1|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   0|            1|                    0
+part2  |           0|                   0|            1|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
+
+starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_analyze_specified commit check_stat
 step lock_access_exclusive: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN ACCESS EXCLUSIVE MODE;
@@ -137,8 +305,22 @@ step vac_analyze_specified: VACUUM (ANALYZE, SKIP_LOCKED) part1, part2;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   1|            0|                    1
+part2  |           1|                   0|            1|                    0
+(3 rows)
 
-starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_analyze_all_parts commit
+
+starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_analyze_all_parts commit check_stat
 step lock_access_exclusive: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN ACCESS EXCLUSIVE MODE;
@@ -148,8 +330,22 @@ step commit:
 	COMMIT;
 
 step vac_analyze_all_parts: <... completed>
-
-starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_full_specified commit
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            1|                    0
+part1  |           1|                   0|            1|                    0
+part2  |           1|                   0|            1|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
+
+starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_full_specified commit check_stat
 step lock_access_exclusive: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN ACCESS EXCLUSIVE MODE;
@@ -159,8 +355,22 @@ step vac_full_specified: VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED, FULL) part1, part2;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
 
-starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_full_all_parts commit
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part2  |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
+
+starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_full_all_parts commit check_stat
 step lock_access_exclusive: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN ACCESS EXCLUSIVE MODE;
@@ -169,3 +379,17 @@ step vac_full_all_parts: VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED, FULL) parted;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part2  |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
diff --git a/src/test/isolation/specs/vacuum-skip-locked.spec b/src/test/isolation/specs/vacuum-skip-locked.spec
index 3fad6e1c92a..b0da75d4b6d 100644
--- a/src/test/isolation/specs/vacuum-skip-locked.spec
+++ b/src/test/isolation/specs/vacuum-skip-locked.spec
@@ -33,6 +33,15 @@ step commit
 	COMMIT;
 }
 
+step check_stat
+{
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+}
+
 session s2
 step vac_specified			{ VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED) part1, part2; }
 step vac_all_parts			{ VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED) parted; }
@@ -43,19 +52,19 @@ step vac_analyze_all_parts	{ VACUUM (ANALYZE, SKIP_LOCKED) parted; }
 step vac_full_specified		{ VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED, FULL) part1, part2; }
 step vac_full_all_parts		{ VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED, FULL) parted; }
 
-permutation lock_share vac_specified commit
-permutation lock_share vac_all_parts commit
-permutation lock_share analyze_specified commit
-permutation lock_share analyze_all_parts commit
-permutation lock_share vac_analyze_specified commit
-permutation lock_share vac_analyze_all_parts commit
-permutation lock_share vac_full_specified commit
-permutation lock_share vac_full_all_parts commit
-permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_specified commit
-permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_all_parts commit
-permutation lock_access_exclusive analyze_specified commit
-permutation lock_access_exclusive analyze_all_parts commit
-permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_analyze_specified commit
-permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_analyze_all_parts commit
-permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_full_specified commit
-permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_full_all_parts commit
+permutation lock_share vac_specified commit check_stat
+permutation lock_share vac_all_parts commit check_stat
+permutation lock_share analyze_specified commit check_stat
+permutation lock_share analyze_all_parts commit check_stat
+permutation lock_share vac_analyze_specified commit check_stat
+permutation lock_share vac_analyze_all_parts commit check_stat
+permutation lock_share vac_full_specified commit check_stat
+permutation lock_share vac_full_all_parts commit check_stat
+permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_specified commit check_stat
+permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_all_parts commit check_stat
+permutation lock_access_exclusive analyze_specified commit check_stat
+permutation lock_access_exclusive analyze_all_parts commit check_stat
+permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_analyze_specified commit check_stat
+permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_analyze_all_parts commit check_stat
+permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_full_specified commit check_stat
+permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_full_all_parts commit check_stat
diff --git a/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out b/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out
index a65a5bf0c4f..9b2075d3373 100644
--- a/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out
+++ b/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out
@@ -1835,13 +1835,21 @@ pg_stat_all_tables| SELECT c.oid AS relid,
     pg_stat_get_mod_since_analyze(c.oid) AS n_mod_since_analyze,
     pg_stat_get_ins_since_vacuum(c.oid) AS n_ins_since_vacuum,
     pg_stat_get_last_vacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_vacuum,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_vacuum,
     pg_stat_get_last_autovacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_autovacuum,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_autovacuum,
     pg_stat_get_last_analyze_time(c.oid) AS last_analyze,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_analyze,
     pg_stat_get_last_autoanalyze_time(c.oid) AS last_autoanalyze,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_autoanalyze,
     pg_stat_get_vacuum_count(c.oid) AS vacuum_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count(c.oid) AS skipped_vacuum_count,
     pg_stat_get_autovacuum_count(c.oid) AS autovacuum_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count(c.oid) AS skipped_autovacuum_count,
     pg_stat_get_analyze_count(c.oid) AS analyze_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count(c.oid) AS skipped_analyze_count,
     pg_stat_get_autoanalyze_count(c.oid) AS autoanalyze_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count(c.oid) AS skipped_autoanalyze_count,
     pg_stat_get_total_vacuum_time(c.oid) AS total_vacuum_time,
     pg_stat_get_total_autovacuum_time(c.oid) AS total_autovacuum_time,
     pg_stat_get_total_analyze_time(c.oid) AS total_analyze_time,
@@ -2346,13 +2354,21 @@ pg_stat_sys_tables| SELECT relid,
     n_mod_since_analyze,
     n_ins_since_vacuum,
     last_vacuum,
+    last_skipped_vacuum,
     last_autovacuum,
+    last_skipped_autovacuum,
     last_analyze,
+    last_skipped_analyze,
     last_autoanalyze,
+    last_skipped_autoanalyze,
     vacuum_count,
+    skipped_vacuum_count,
     autovacuum_count,
+    skipped_autovacuum_count,
     analyze_count,
+    skipped_analyze_count,
     autoanalyze_count,
+    skipped_autoanalyze_count,
     total_vacuum_time,
     total_autovacuum_time,
     total_analyze_time,
@@ -2401,13 +2417,21 @@ pg_stat_user_tables| SELECT relid,
     n_mod_since_analyze,
     n_ins_since_vacuum,
     last_vacuum,
+    last_skipped_vacuum,
     last_autovacuum,
+    last_skipped_autovacuum,
     last_analyze,
+    last_skipped_analyze,
     last_autoanalyze,
+    last_skipped_autoanalyze,
     vacuum_count,
+    skipped_vacuum_count,
     autovacuum_count,
+    skipped_autovacuum_count,
     analyze_count,
+    skipped_analyze_count,
     autoanalyze_count,
+    skipped_autoanalyze_count,
     total_vacuum_time,
     total_autovacuum_time,
     total_analyze_time,
-- 
2.43.0


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* [PATCH v3] Track skipped vacuum and analyze activity per relation
@ 2026-03-24 04:09 Yugo Nagata <[email protected]>
  0 siblings, 0 replies; 374+ messages in thread

From: Yugo Nagata @ 2026-03-24 04:09 UTC (permalink / raw)

This commit adds eight fields to the relation statistics that track
the last time vacuum or analyze has been attempted but skipped due to
lock unavailability, along with their counts:

-    last_skipped_vacuum
-    last_skipped_autovacuum
-    last_skipped_analyze
-    last_skipped_autoanalyze
-    skipped_vacuum_count
-    skipped_autovacuum_count
-    skipped_analyze_count
-    skipped_autoanalyze_count

These field can help users confirm that autovacuum is actively attempting
to run on a table that has not been vacuumed or analyzed for a long time,
and that the lack of progress is due to repeated skips rather than inactivity.
---
 doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml                 | 80 +++++++++++++++++
 src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql         |  8 ++
 src/backend/commands/vacuum.c                | 95 +++++++++++++++-----
 src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c | 68 ++++++++++++++
 src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c          | 24 +++++
 src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat              | 32 +++++++
 src/include/pgstat.h                         | 16 ++++
 src/test/regress/expected/rules.out          | 24 +++++
 8 files changed, 324 insertions(+), 23 deletions(-)

diff --git a/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml b/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml
index bb75ed1069b..9ec8070b2fc 100644
--- a/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml
+++ b/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml
@@ -4372,6 +4372,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_vacuum</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time a manual vacuum on this table was attempted but skipped due to
+       lock unavailability (not counting <command>VACUUM FULL</command>)
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>last_autovacuum</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
@@ -4382,6 +4392,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_autovacuum</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time a vacuum on this table by the autovacuum daemon was attempted
+       but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>last_analyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
@@ -4391,6 +4411,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_analyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time a manual analyze on this table was attempted but skipped due to
+       lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>last_autoanalyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
@@ -4401,6 +4431,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_autoanalyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time at which an analyze on this table by the autovacuum was
+       attempted but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>vacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4411,6 +4451,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_vacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times vacuums on this table have been attempted but skipped
+       due to lock unavailability (not counting <command>VACUUM FULL</command>)
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>autovacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4421,6 +4471,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_autovacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times vacuums on this table by the autovacuum daemon have been
+       attempted but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>analyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4430,6 +4490,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_analyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times manual analyzes on this table have been attempted but
+       skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>autoanalyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4440,6 +4510,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_autoanalyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times analyzes on this table by the autovacuum daemon have
+       been attempted but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>total_vacuum_time</structfield> <type>double precision</type>
diff --git a/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql b/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql
index e54018004db..2ca02a0354c 100644
--- a/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql
+++ b/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql
@@ -736,13 +736,21 @@ CREATE VIEW pg_stat_all_tables AS
             pg_stat_get_mod_since_analyze(C.oid) AS n_mod_since_analyze,
             pg_stat_get_ins_since_vacuum(C.oid) AS n_ins_since_vacuum,
             pg_stat_get_last_vacuum_time(C.oid) as last_vacuum,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_vacuum,
             pg_stat_get_last_autovacuum_time(C.oid) as last_autovacuum,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_autovacuum,
             pg_stat_get_last_analyze_time(C.oid) as last_analyze,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_analyze,
             pg_stat_get_last_autoanalyze_time(C.oid) as last_autoanalyze,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_autoanalyze,
             pg_stat_get_vacuum_count(C.oid) AS vacuum_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count(C.oid) AS skipped_vacuum_count,
             pg_stat_get_autovacuum_count(C.oid) AS autovacuum_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count(C.oid) AS skipped_autovacuum_count,
             pg_stat_get_analyze_count(C.oid) AS analyze_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count(C.oid) AS skipped_analyze_count,
             pg_stat_get_autoanalyze_count(C.oid) AS autoanalyze_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count(C.oid) AS skipped_autoanalyze_count,
             pg_stat_get_total_vacuum_time(C.oid) AS total_vacuum_time,
             pg_stat_get_total_autovacuum_time(C.oid) AS total_autovacuum_time,
             pg_stat_get_total_analyze_time(C.oid) AS total_analyze_time,
diff --git a/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c b/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c
index bce3a2daa24..ce83b3171be 100644
--- a/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c
+++ b/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c
@@ -792,8 +792,18 @@ vacuum_open_relation(Oid relid, RangeVar *relation, bits32 options,
 		rel = try_relation_open(relid, NoLock);
 	else
 	{
+		bits8 flags = 0;
 		rel = NULL;
 		rel_lock = false;
+
+		if ((options & VACOPT_VACUUM) != 0)
+			flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM;
+		if ((options & VACOPT_ANALYZE) != 0)
+			flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE;
+		if (AmAutoVacuumWorkerProcess())
+			flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOVAC;
+
+		pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(relid, flags);
 	}
 
 	/* if relation is opened, leave */
@@ -801,7 +811,7 @@ vacuum_open_relation(Oid relid, RangeVar *relation, bits32 options,
 		return rel;
 
 	/*
-	 * Relation could not be opened, hence generate if possible a log
+	 * Relation could not be opened hence generate if possible a log
 	 * informing on the situation.
 	 *
 	 * If the RangeVar is not defined, we do not have enough information to
@@ -904,7 +914,6 @@ expand_vacuum_rel(VacuumRelation *vrel, MemoryContext vac_context,
 		Form_pg_class classForm;
 		bool		include_children;
 		bool		is_partitioned_table;
-		int			rvr_opts;
 
 		/*
 		 * Since autovacuum workers supply OIDs when calling vacuum(), no
@@ -917,29 +926,69 @@ expand_vacuum_rel(VacuumRelation *vrel, MemoryContext vac_context,
 		 * below, as well as find_all_inheritors's expectation that the caller
 		 * holds some lock on the starting relation.
 		 */
-		rvr_opts = (options & VACOPT_SKIP_LOCKED) ? RVR_SKIP_LOCKED : 0;
-		relid = RangeVarGetRelidExtended(vrel->relation,
-										 AccessShareLock,
-										 rvr_opts,
-										 NULL, NULL);
-
-		/*
-		 * If the lock is unavailable, emit the same log statement that
-		 * vacuum_rel() and analyze_rel() would.
-		 */
-		if (!OidIsValid(relid))
+		if (!(options & VACOPT_SKIP_LOCKED))
 		{
-			if (options & VACOPT_VACUUM)
-				ereport(WARNING,
-						(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
-						 errmsg("skipping vacuum of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
-								vrel->relation->relname)));
-			else
-				ereport(WARNING,
-						(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
-						 errmsg("skipping analyze of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
+			relid = RangeVarGetRelidExtended(vrel->relation,
+											 AccessShareLock,
+											 0, NULL, NULL);
+			if (!OidIsValid(relid))
+				return vacrels;
+		}
+		else
+		{
+			/* Get relid for reporting before taking a lock */
+			relid = RangeVarGetRelid(vrel->relation, NoLock, false);
+
+			if (!ConditionalLockRelationOid(relid, AccessShareLock))
+			{
+				bits8	flags = 0;
+				/*
+				 * If the lock is unavailable, emit the same log statement that
+				 * vacuum_rel() and analyze_rel() would.
+				 */
+				if (options & VACOPT_VACUUM)
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping vacuum of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
 								vrel->relation->relname)));
-			return vacrels;
+				else
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping analyze of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
+									vrel->relation->relname)));
+
+				if ((options & VACOPT_VACUUM) != 0)
+					flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM;
+				if ((options & VACOPT_ANALYZE) != 0)
+					flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE;
+
+				pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(relid, flags);
+
+				return vacrels;
+			}
+
+			/*
+			 * Now that we have the lock, probe to see if the relation really
+			 * exists or not.
+			 */
+			if (!SearchSysCacheExists1(RELOID, ObjectIdGetDatum(relid)))
+			{
+				if (options & VACOPT_VACUUM)
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_UNDEFINED_TABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping vacuum of \"%s\" --- relation no longer exists",
+									vrel->relation->relname)));
+				else
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_UNDEFINED_TABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping analyze of \"%s\" --- relation no longer exists",
+									vrel->relation->relname)));
+
+				/* Release useless lock */
+				UnlockRelationOid(relid, AccessShareLock);
+
+				return vacrels;
+			}
 		}
 
 		/*
diff --git a/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c b/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c
index bc8c43b96aa..cec4c88980e 100644
--- a/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c
+++ b/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c
@@ -17,6 +17,7 @@
 
 #include "postgres.h"
 
+#include "access/htup_details.h"
 #include "access/twophase_rmgr.h"
 #include "access/xact.h"
 #include "catalog/catalog.h"
@@ -366,6 +367,73 @@ pgstat_report_analyze(Relation rel,
 	(void) pgstat_flush_backend(false, PGSTAT_BACKEND_FLUSH_IO);
 }
 
+/*
+ * Report that the table was skipped during vacuum or/and analyze.
+ */
+void
+pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(Oid relid, bits8 flags)
+{
+	PgStat_EntryRef *entry_ref;
+	PgStatShared_Relation *shtabentry;
+	PgStat_StatTabEntry *tabentry;
+	TimestampTz ts;
+	HeapTuple	classTup;
+	bool		isshared;
+
+	if (!pgstat_track_counts || !(flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANY))
+		return;
+
+	classTup = SearchSysCache1(RELOID, ObjectIdGetDatum(relid));
+	if (!HeapTupleIsValid(classTup))
+		return;			/* somebody deleted the rel, forget it */
+	isshared = ((Form_pg_class) GETSTRUCT(classTup))->relisshared;
+	ReleaseSysCache(classTup);
+
+	/* Store the data in the table's hash table entry. */
+	ts = GetCurrentTimestamp();
+
+	/* block acquiring lock for the same reason as pgstat_report_autovac() */
+	entry_ref = pgstat_get_entry_ref_locked(PGSTAT_KIND_RELATION,
+											isshared ? InvalidOid : MyDatabaseId,
+											relid, false);
+
+	shtabentry = (PgStatShared_Relation *) entry_ref->shared_stats;
+	tabentry = &shtabentry->stats;
+
+	if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOVAC)
+	{
+		if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM)
+		{
+			tabentry->last_skipped_autovacuum_time = ts;
+			tabentry->skipped_autovacuum_count++;
+		}
+		if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE)
+		{
+			tabentry->last_skipped_autoanalyze_time = ts;
+			tabentry->skipped_autoanalyze_count++;
+		}
+	}
+	else
+	{
+		if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM)
+		{
+			tabentry->last_skipped_vacuum_time = ts;
+			tabentry->skipped_vacuum_count++;
+		}
+		if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE)
+		{
+			tabentry->last_skipped_analyze_time = ts;
+			tabentry->skipped_analyze_count++;
+		}
+	}
+
+	pgstat_unlock_entry(entry_ref);
+
+	/* see pgstat_report_vacuum() */
+	pgstat_flush_io(false);
+	(void) pgstat_flush_backend(false, PGSTAT_BACKEND_FLUSH_IO);
+}
+
 /*
  * count a tuple insertion of n tuples
  */
diff --git a/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c b/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c
index 9185a8e6b83..18aaa3996e1 100644
--- a/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c
+++ b/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c
@@ -84,6 +84,18 @@ PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(mod_since_analyze)
 /* pg_stat_get_numscans */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(numscans)
 
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_analyze_count)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_autoanalyze_count)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_autovacuum_count)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_vacuum_count)
+
 /* pg_stat_get_tuples_deleted */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(tuples_deleted)
 
@@ -170,6 +182,18 @@ PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_vacuum_time)
 /* pg_stat_get_lastscan */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(lastscan)
 
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_analyze_time)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_autoanalyze_time)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_autovacuum_time)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_vacuum_time)
+
 /* pg_stat_get_stat_reset_time */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(stat_reset_time)
 
diff --git a/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat b/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat
index 0118e970dda..ccfe3d9e02a 100644
--- a/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat
+++ b/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat
@@ -5667,6 +5667,38 @@
   proname => 'pg_stat_get_total_autoanalyze_time', provolatile => 's',
   proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'float8', proargtypes => 'oid',
   prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_total_autoanalyze_time' },
+{ oid => '8142', descr => 'statistics: last skipped vacuum time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time' },
+{ oid => '8143', descr => 'statistics: last skipped auto vacuum time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time' },
+{ oid => '8144', descr => 'statistics: last skipped analyze time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time' },
+{ oid => '8145', descr => 'statistics: last skipped auto analyze time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time' },
+{ oid => '8146', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped vacuum for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count' },
+{ oid => '8147', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped auto vacuum for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count' },
+{ oid => '8148', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped analyzes for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count' },
+{ oid => '8149', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped auto analyzes for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count' },
 { oid => '1936', descr => 'statistics: currently active backend IDs',
   proname => 'pg_stat_get_backend_idset', prorows => '100', proretset => 't',
   provolatile => 's', proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int4',
diff --git a/src/include/pgstat.h b/src/include/pgstat.h
index 8e3549c3752..343081a7a25 100644
--- a/src/include/pgstat.h
+++ b/src/include/pgstat.h
@@ -479,6 +479,15 @@ typedef struct PgStat_StatTabEntry
 	TimestampTz last_autoanalyze_time;	/* autovacuum initiated */
 	PgStat_Counter autoanalyze_count;
 
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_vacuum_time;	/* user initiated vacuum */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_vacuum_count;
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_autovacuum_time;	/* autovacuum initiated */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_autovacuum_count;
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_analyze_time;	/* user initiated */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_analyze_count;
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_autoanalyze_time;	/* autovacuum initiated */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_autoanalyze_count;
+
 	PgStat_Counter total_vacuum_time;	/* times in milliseconds */
 	PgStat_Counter total_autovacuum_time;
 	PgStat_Counter total_analyze_time;
@@ -707,6 +716,13 @@ extern void pgstat_report_analyze(Relation rel,
 								  PgStat_Counter livetuples, PgStat_Counter deadtuples,
 								  bool resetcounter, TimestampTz starttime);
 
+/* flags for pgstat_flush_backend() */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM	(1 << 0)	/* vacuum is skipped */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE	(1 << 1)	/* analyze is skipped */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOVAC	(1 << 2)	/* skipped during autovacuum/autoanalyze */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANY   (PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM | PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE)
+extern void pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(Oid relid, bits8 flags);
+
 /*
  * If stats are enabled, but pending data hasn't been prepared yet, call
  * pgstat_assoc_relation() to do so. See its comment for why this is done
diff --git a/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out b/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out
index 2b3cf6d8569..4ccfc43e903 100644
--- a/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out
+++ b/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out
@@ -1835,13 +1835,21 @@ pg_stat_all_tables| SELECT c.oid AS relid,
     pg_stat_get_mod_since_analyze(c.oid) AS n_mod_since_analyze,
     pg_stat_get_ins_since_vacuum(c.oid) AS n_ins_since_vacuum,
     pg_stat_get_last_vacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_vacuum,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_vacuum,
     pg_stat_get_last_autovacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_autovacuum,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_autovacuum,
     pg_stat_get_last_analyze_time(c.oid) AS last_analyze,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_analyze,
     pg_stat_get_last_autoanalyze_time(c.oid) AS last_autoanalyze,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_autoanalyze,
     pg_stat_get_vacuum_count(c.oid) AS vacuum_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count(c.oid) AS skipped_vacuum_count,
     pg_stat_get_autovacuum_count(c.oid) AS autovacuum_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count(c.oid) AS skipped_autovacuum_count,
     pg_stat_get_analyze_count(c.oid) AS analyze_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count(c.oid) AS skipped_analyze_count,
     pg_stat_get_autoanalyze_count(c.oid) AS autoanalyze_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count(c.oid) AS skipped_autoanalyze_count,
     pg_stat_get_total_vacuum_time(c.oid) AS total_vacuum_time,
     pg_stat_get_total_autovacuum_time(c.oid) AS total_autovacuum_time,
     pg_stat_get_total_analyze_time(c.oid) AS total_analyze_time,
@@ -2293,13 +2301,21 @@ pg_stat_sys_tables| SELECT relid,
     n_mod_since_analyze,
     n_ins_since_vacuum,
     last_vacuum,
+    last_skipped_vacuum,
     last_autovacuum,
+    last_skipped_autovacuum,
     last_analyze,
+    last_skipped_analyze,
     last_autoanalyze,
+    last_skipped_autoanalyze,
     vacuum_count,
+    skipped_vacuum_count,
     autovacuum_count,
+    skipped_autovacuum_count,
     analyze_count,
+    skipped_analyze_count,
     autoanalyze_count,
+    skipped_autoanalyze_count,
     total_vacuum_time,
     total_autovacuum_time,
     total_analyze_time,
@@ -2348,13 +2364,21 @@ pg_stat_user_tables| SELECT relid,
     n_mod_since_analyze,
     n_ins_since_vacuum,
     last_vacuum,
+    last_skipped_vacuum,
     last_autovacuum,
+    last_skipped_autovacuum,
     last_analyze,
+    last_skipped_analyze,
     last_autoanalyze,
+    last_skipped_autoanalyze,
     vacuum_count,
+    skipped_vacuum_count,
     autovacuum_count,
+    skipped_autovacuum_count,
     analyze_count,
+    skipped_analyze_count,
     autoanalyze_count,
+    skipped_autoanalyze_count,
     total_vacuum_time,
     total_autovacuum_time,
     total_analyze_time,
-- 
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* [PATCH v3] Track skipped vacuum and analyze activity per relation
@ 2026-03-24 04:09 Yugo Nagata <[email protected]>
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From: Yugo Nagata @ 2026-03-24 04:09 UTC (permalink / raw)

This commit adds eight fields to the relation statistics that track
the last time vacuum or analyze has been attempted but skipped due to
lock unavailability, along with their counts:

-    last_skipped_vacuum
-    last_skipped_autovacuum
-    last_skipped_analyze
-    last_skipped_autoanalyze
-    skipped_vacuum_count
-    skipped_autovacuum_count
-    skipped_analyze_count
-    skipped_autoanalyze_count

These field can help users confirm that autovacuum is actively attempting
to run on a table that has not been vacuumed or analyzed for a long time,
and that the lack of progress is due to repeated skips rather than inactivity.
---
 doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml                 | 80 +++++++++++++++++
 src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql         |  8 ++
 src/backend/commands/vacuum.c                | 95 +++++++++++++++-----
 src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c | 68 ++++++++++++++
 src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c          | 24 +++++
 src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat              | 32 +++++++
 src/include/pgstat.h                         | 16 ++++
 src/test/regress/expected/rules.out          | 24 +++++
 8 files changed, 324 insertions(+), 23 deletions(-)

diff --git a/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml b/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml
index bb75ed1069b..9ec8070b2fc 100644
--- a/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml
+++ b/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml
@@ -4372,6 +4372,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_vacuum</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time a manual vacuum on this table was attempted but skipped due to
+       lock unavailability (not counting <command>VACUUM FULL</command>)
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>last_autovacuum</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
@@ -4382,6 +4392,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_autovacuum</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time a vacuum on this table by the autovacuum daemon was attempted
+       but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>last_analyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
@@ -4391,6 +4411,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_analyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time a manual analyze on this table was attempted but skipped due to
+       lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>last_autoanalyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
@@ -4401,6 +4431,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_autoanalyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time at which an analyze on this table by the autovacuum was
+       attempted but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>vacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4411,6 +4451,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_vacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times vacuums on this table have been attempted but skipped
+       due to lock unavailability (not counting <command>VACUUM FULL</command>)
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>autovacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4421,6 +4471,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_autovacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times vacuums on this table by the autovacuum daemon have been
+       attempted but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>analyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4430,6 +4490,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_analyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times manual analyzes on this table have been attempted but
+       skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>autoanalyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4440,6 +4510,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_autoanalyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times analyzes on this table by the autovacuum daemon have
+       been attempted but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>total_vacuum_time</structfield> <type>double precision</type>
diff --git a/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql b/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql
index e54018004db..2ca02a0354c 100644
--- a/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql
+++ b/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql
@@ -736,13 +736,21 @@ CREATE VIEW pg_stat_all_tables AS
             pg_stat_get_mod_since_analyze(C.oid) AS n_mod_since_analyze,
             pg_stat_get_ins_since_vacuum(C.oid) AS n_ins_since_vacuum,
             pg_stat_get_last_vacuum_time(C.oid) as last_vacuum,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_vacuum,
             pg_stat_get_last_autovacuum_time(C.oid) as last_autovacuum,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_autovacuum,
             pg_stat_get_last_analyze_time(C.oid) as last_analyze,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_analyze,
             pg_stat_get_last_autoanalyze_time(C.oid) as last_autoanalyze,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_autoanalyze,
             pg_stat_get_vacuum_count(C.oid) AS vacuum_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count(C.oid) AS skipped_vacuum_count,
             pg_stat_get_autovacuum_count(C.oid) AS autovacuum_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count(C.oid) AS skipped_autovacuum_count,
             pg_stat_get_analyze_count(C.oid) AS analyze_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count(C.oid) AS skipped_analyze_count,
             pg_stat_get_autoanalyze_count(C.oid) AS autoanalyze_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count(C.oid) AS skipped_autoanalyze_count,
             pg_stat_get_total_vacuum_time(C.oid) AS total_vacuum_time,
             pg_stat_get_total_autovacuum_time(C.oid) AS total_autovacuum_time,
             pg_stat_get_total_analyze_time(C.oid) AS total_analyze_time,
diff --git a/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c b/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c
index bce3a2daa24..ce83b3171be 100644
--- a/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c
+++ b/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c
@@ -792,8 +792,18 @@ vacuum_open_relation(Oid relid, RangeVar *relation, bits32 options,
 		rel = try_relation_open(relid, NoLock);
 	else
 	{
+		bits8 flags = 0;
 		rel = NULL;
 		rel_lock = false;
+
+		if ((options & VACOPT_VACUUM) != 0)
+			flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM;
+		if ((options & VACOPT_ANALYZE) != 0)
+			flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE;
+		if (AmAutoVacuumWorkerProcess())
+			flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOVAC;
+
+		pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(relid, flags);
 	}
 
 	/* if relation is opened, leave */
@@ -801,7 +811,7 @@ vacuum_open_relation(Oid relid, RangeVar *relation, bits32 options,
 		return rel;
 
 	/*
-	 * Relation could not be opened, hence generate if possible a log
+	 * Relation could not be opened hence generate if possible a log
 	 * informing on the situation.
 	 *
 	 * If the RangeVar is not defined, we do not have enough information to
@@ -904,7 +914,6 @@ expand_vacuum_rel(VacuumRelation *vrel, MemoryContext vac_context,
 		Form_pg_class classForm;
 		bool		include_children;
 		bool		is_partitioned_table;
-		int			rvr_opts;
 
 		/*
 		 * Since autovacuum workers supply OIDs when calling vacuum(), no
@@ -917,29 +926,69 @@ expand_vacuum_rel(VacuumRelation *vrel, MemoryContext vac_context,
 		 * below, as well as find_all_inheritors's expectation that the caller
 		 * holds some lock on the starting relation.
 		 */
-		rvr_opts = (options & VACOPT_SKIP_LOCKED) ? RVR_SKIP_LOCKED : 0;
-		relid = RangeVarGetRelidExtended(vrel->relation,
-										 AccessShareLock,
-										 rvr_opts,
-										 NULL, NULL);
-
-		/*
-		 * If the lock is unavailable, emit the same log statement that
-		 * vacuum_rel() and analyze_rel() would.
-		 */
-		if (!OidIsValid(relid))
+		if (!(options & VACOPT_SKIP_LOCKED))
 		{
-			if (options & VACOPT_VACUUM)
-				ereport(WARNING,
-						(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
-						 errmsg("skipping vacuum of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
-								vrel->relation->relname)));
-			else
-				ereport(WARNING,
-						(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
-						 errmsg("skipping analyze of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
+			relid = RangeVarGetRelidExtended(vrel->relation,
+											 AccessShareLock,
+											 0, NULL, NULL);
+			if (!OidIsValid(relid))
+				return vacrels;
+		}
+		else
+		{
+			/* Get relid for reporting before taking a lock */
+			relid = RangeVarGetRelid(vrel->relation, NoLock, false);
+
+			if (!ConditionalLockRelationOid(relid, AccessShareLock))
+			{
+				bits8	flags = 0;
+				/*
+				 * If the lock is unavailable, emit the same log statement that
+				 * vacuum_rel() and analyze_rel() would.
+				 */
+				if (options & VACOPT_VACUUM)
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping vacuum of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
 								vrel->relation->relname)));
-			return vacrels;
+				else
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping analyze of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
+									vrel->relation->relname)));
+
+				if ((options & VACOPT_VACUUM) != 0)
+					flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM;
+				if ((options & VACOPT_ANALYZE) != 0)
+					flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE;
+
+				pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(relid, flags);
+
+				return vacrels;
+			}
+
+			/*
+			 * Now that we have the lock, probe to see if the relation really
+			 * exists or not.
+			 */
+			if (!SearchSysCacheExists1(RELOID, ObjectIdGetDatum(relid)))
+			{
+				if (options & VACOPT_VACUUM)
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_UNDEFINED_TABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping vacuum of \"%s\" --- relation no longer exists",
+									vrel->relation->relname)));
+				else
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_UNDEFINED_TABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping analyze of \"%s\" --- relation no longer exists",
+									vrel->relation->relname)));
+
+				/* Release useless lock */
+				UnlockRelationOid(relid, AccessShareLock);
+
+				return vacrels;
+			}
 		}
 
 		/*
diff --git a/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c b/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c
index bc8c43b96aa..cec4c88980e 100644
--- a/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c
+++ b/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c
@@ -17,6 +17,7 @@
 
 #include "postgres.h"
 
+#include "access/htup_details.h"
 #include "access/twophase_rmgr.h"
 #include "access/xact.h"
 #include "catalog/catalog.h"
@@ -366,6 +367,73 @@ pgstat_report_analyze(Relation rel,
 	(void) pgstat_flush_backend(false, PGSTAT_BACKEND_FLUSH_IO);
 }
 
+/*
+ * Report that the table was skipped during vacuum or/and analyze.
+ */
+void
+pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(Oid relid, bits8 flags)
+{
+	PgStat_EntryRef *entry_ref;
+	PgStatShared_Relation *shtabentry;
+	PgStat_StatTabEntry *tabentry;
+	TimestampTz ts;
+	HeapTuple	classTup;
+	bool		isshared;
+
+	if (!pgstat_track_counts || !(flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANY))
+		return;
+
+	classTup = SearchSysCache1(RELOID, ObjectIdGetDatum(relid));
+	if (!HeapTupleIsValid(classTup))
+		return;			/* somebody deleted the rel, forget it */
+	isshared = ((Form_pg_class) GETSTRUCT(classTup))->relisshared;
+	ReleaseSysCache(classTup);
+
+	/* Store the data in the table's hash table entry. */
+	ts = GetCurrentTimestamp();
+
+	/* block acquiring lock for the same reason as pgstat_report_autovac() */
+	entry_ref = pgstat_get_entry_ref_locked(PGSTAT_KIND_RELATION,
+											isshared ? InvalidOid : MyDatabaseId,
+											relid, false);
+
+	shtabentry = (PgStatShared_Relation *) entry_ref->shared_stats;
+	tabentry = &shtabentry->stats;
+
+	if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOVAC)
+	{
+		if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM)
+		{
+			tabentry->last_skipped_autovacuum_time = ts;
+			tabentry->skipped_autovacuum_count++;
+		}
+		if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE)
+		{
+			tabentry->last_skipped_autoanalyze_time = ts;
+			tabentry->skipped_autoanalyze_count++;
+		}
+	}
+	else
+	{
+		if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM)
+		{
+			tabentry->last_skipped_vacuum_time = ts;
+			tabentry->skipped_vacuum_count++;
+		}
+		if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE)
+		{
+			tabentry->last_skipped_analyze_time = ts;
+			tabentry->skipped_analyze_count++;
+		}
+	}
+
+	pgstat_unlock_entry(entry_ref);
+
+	/* see pgstat_report_vacuum() */
+	pgstat_flush_io(false);
+	(void) pgstat_flush_backend(false, PGSTAT_BACKEND_FLUSH_IO);
+}
+
 /*
  * count a tuple insertion of n tuples
  */
diff --git a/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c b/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c
index 9185a8e6b83..18aaa3996e1 100644
--- a/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c
+++ b/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c
@@ -84,6 +84,18 @@ PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(mod_since_analyze)
 /* pg_stat_get_numscans */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(numscans)
 
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_analyze_count)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_autoanalyze_count)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_autovacuum_count)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_vacuum_count)
+
 /* pg_stat_get_tuples_deleted */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(tuples_deleted)
 
@@ -170,6 +182,18 @@ PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_vacuum_time)
 /* pg_stat_get_lastscan */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(lastscan)
 
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_analyze_time)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_autoanalyze_time)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_autovacuum_time)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_vacuum_time)
+
 /* pg_stat_get_stat_reset_time */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(stat_reset_time)
 
diff --git a/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat b/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat
index 0118e970dda..ccfe3d9e02a 100644
--- a/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat
+++ b/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat
@@ -5667,6 +5667,38 @@
   proname => 'pg_stat_get_total_autoanalyze_time', provolatile => 's',
   proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'float8', proargtypes => 'oid',
   prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_total_autoanalyze_time' },
+{ oid => '8142', descr => 'statistics: last skipped vacuum time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time' },
+{ oid => '8143', descr => 'statistics: last skipped auto vacuum time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time' },
+{ oid => '8144', descr => 'statistics: last skipped analyze time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time' },
+{ oid => '8145', descr => 'statistics: last skipped auto analyze time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time' },
+{ oid => '8146', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped vacuum for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count' },
+{ oid => '8147', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped auto vacuum for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count' },
+{ oid => '8148', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped analyzes for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count' },
+{ oid => '8149', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped auto analyzes for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count' },
 { oid => '1936', descr => 'statistics: currently active backend IDs',
   proname => 'pg_stat_get_backend_idset', prorows => '100', proretset => 't',
   provolatile => 's', proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int4',
diff --git a/src/include/pgstat.h b/src/include/pgstat.h
index 8e3549c3752..343081a7a25 100644
--- a/src/include/pgstat.h
+++ b/src/include/pgstat.h
@@ -479,6 +479,15 @@ typedef struct PgStat_StatTabEntry
 	TimestampTz last_autoanalyze_time;	/* autovacuum initiated */
 	PgStat_Counter autoanalyze_count;
 
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_vacuum_time;	/* user initiated vacuum */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_vacuum_count;
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_autovacuum_time;	/* autovacuum initiated */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_autovacuum_count;
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_analyze_time;	/* user initiated */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_analyze_count;
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_autoanalyze_time;	/* autovacuum initiated */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_autoanalyze_count;
+
 	PgStat_Counter total_vacuum_time;	/* times in milliseconds */
 	PgStat_Counter total_autovacuum_time;
 	PgStat_Counter total_analyze_time;
@@ -707,6 +716,13 @@ extern void pgstat_report_analyze(Relation rel,
 								  PgStat_Counter livetuples, PgStat_Counter deadtuples,
 								  bool resetcounter, TimestampTz starttime);
 
+/* flags for pgstat_flush_backend() */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM	(1 << 0)	/* vacuum is skipped */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE	(1 << 1)	/* analyze is skipped */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOVAC	(1 << 2)	/* skipped during autovacuum/autoanalyze */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANY   (PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM | PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE)
+extern void pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(Oid relid, bits8 flags);
+
 /*
  * If stats are enabled, but pending data hasn't been prepared yet, call
  * pgstat_assoc_relation() to do so. See its comment for why this is done
diff --git a/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out b/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out
index 2b3cf6d8569..4ccfc43e903 100644
--- a/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out
+++ b/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out
@@ -1835,13 +1835,21 @@ pg_stat_all_tables| SELECT c.oid AS relid,
     pg_stat_get_mod_since_analyze(c.oid) AS n_mod_since_analyze,
     pg_stat_get_ins_since_vacuum(c.oid) AS n_ins_since_vacuum,
     pg_stat_get_last_vacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_vacuum,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_vacuum,
     pg_stat_get_last_autovacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_autovacuum,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_autovacuum,
     pg_stat_get_last_analyze_time(c.oid) AS last_analyze,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_analyze,
     pg_stat_get_last_autoanalyze_time(c.oid) AS last_autoanalyze,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_autoanalyze,
     pg_stat_get_vacuum_count(c.oid) AS vacuum_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count(c.oid) AS skipped_vacuum_count,
     pg_stat_get_autovacuum_count(c.oid) AS autovacuum_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count(c.oid) AS skipped_autovacuum_count,
     pg_stat_get_analyze_count(c.oid) AS analyze_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count(c.oid) AS skipped_analyze_count,
     pg_stat_get_autoanalyze_count(c.oid) AS autoanalyze_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count(c.oid) AS skipped_autoanalyze_count,
     pg_stat_get_total_vacuum_time(c.oid) AS total_vacuum_time,
     pg_stat_get_total_autovacuum_time(c.oid) AS total_autovacuum_time,
     pg_stat_get_total_analyze_time(c.oid) AS total_analyze_time,
@@ -2293,13 +2301,21 @@ pg_stat_sys_tables| SELECT relid,
     n_mod_since_analyze,
     n_ins_since_vacuum,
     last_vacuum,
+    last_skipped_vacuum,
     last_autovacuum,
+    last_skipped_autovacuum,
     last_analyze,
+    last_skipped_analyze,
     last_autoanalyze,
+    last_skipped_autoanalyze,
     vacuum_count,
+    skipped_vacuum_count,
     autovacuum_count,
+    skipped_autovacuum_count,
     analyze_count,
+    skipped_analyze_count,
     autoanalyze_count,
+    skipped_autoanalyze_count,
     total_vacuum_time,
     total_autovacuum_time,
     total_analyze_time,
@@ -2348,13 +2364,21 @@ pg_stat_user_tables| SELECT relid,
     n_mod_since_analyze,
     n_ins_since_vacuum,
     last_vacuum,
+    last_skipped_vacuum,
     last_autovacuum,
+    last_skipped_autovacuum,
     last_analyze,
+    last_skipped_analyze,
     last_autoanalyze,
+    last_skipped_autoanalyze,
     vacuum_count,
+    skipped_vacuum_count,
     autovacuum_count,
+    skipped_autovacuum_count,
     analyze_count,
+    skipped_analyze_count,
     autoanalyze_count,
+    skipped_autoanalyze_count,
     total_vacuum_time,
     total_autovacuum_time,
     total_analyze_time,
-- 
2.43.0


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* [PATCH v3] Track skipped vacuum and analyze activity per relation
@ 2026-03-24 04:09 Yugo Nagata <[email protected]>
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From: Yugo Nagata @ 2026-03-24 04:09 UTC (permalink / raw)

This commit adds eight fields to the relation statistics that track
the last time vacuum or analyze has been attempted but skipped due to
lock unavailability, along with their counts:

-    last_skipped_vacuum
-    last_skipped_autovacuum
-    last_skipped_analyze
-    last_skipped_autoanalyze
-    skipped_vacuum_count
-    skipped_autovacuum_count
-    skipped_analyze_count
-    skipped_autoanalyze_count

These field can help users confirm that autovacuum is actively attempting
to run on a table that has not been vacuumed or analyzed for a long time,
and that the lack of progress is due to repeated skips rather than inactivity.
---
 doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml                 | 80 +++++++++++++++++
 src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql         |  8 ++
 src/backend/commands/vacuum.c                | 95 +++++++++++++++-----
 src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c | 68 ++++++++++++++
 src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c          | 24 +++++
 src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat              | 32 +++++++
 src/include/pgstat.h                         | 16 ++++
 src/test/regress/expected/rules.out          | 24 +++++
 8 files changed, 324 insertions(+), 23 deletions(-)

diff --git a/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml b/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml
index bb75ed1069b..9ec8070b2fc 100644
--- a/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml
+++ b/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml
@@ -4372,6 +4372,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_vacuum</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time a manual vacuum on this table was attempted but skipped due to
+       lock unavailability (not counting <command>VACUUM FULL</command>)
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>last_autovacuum</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
@@ -4382,6 +4392,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_autovacuum</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time a vacuum on this table by the autovacuum daemon was attempted
+       but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>last_analyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
@@ -4391,6 +4411,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_analyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time a manual analyze on this table was attempted but skipped due to
+       lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>last_autoanalyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
@@ -4401,6 +4431,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_autoanalyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time at which an analyze on this table by the autovacuum was
+       attempted but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>vacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4411,6 +4451,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_vacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times vacuums on this table have been attempted but skipped
+       due to lock unavailability (not counting <command>VACUUM FULL</command>)
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>autovacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4421,6 +4471,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_autovacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times vacuums on this table by the autovacuum daemon have been
+       attempted but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>analyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4430,6 +4490,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_analyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times manual analyzes on this table have been attempted but
+       skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>autoanalyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4440,6 +4510,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_autoanalyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times analyzes on this table by the autovacuum daemon have
+       been attempted but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>total_vacuum_time</structfield> <type>double precision</type>
diff --git a/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql b/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql
index e54018004db..2ca02a0354c 100644
--- a/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql
+++ b/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql
@@ -736,13 +736,21 @@ CREATE VIEW pg_stat_all_tables AS
             pg_stat_get_mod_since_analyze(C.oid) AS n_mod_since_analyze,
             pg_stat_get_ins_since_vacuum(C.oid) AS n_ins_since_vacuum,
             pg_stat_get_last_vacuum_time(C.oid) as last_vacuum,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_vacuum,
             pg_stat_get_last_autovacuum_time(C.oid) as last_autovacuum,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_autovacuum,
             pg_stat_get_last_analyze_time(C.oid) as last_analyze,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_analyze,
             pg_stat_get_last_autoanalyze_time(C.oid) as last_autoanalyze,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_autoanalyze,
             pg_stat_get_vacuum_count(C.oid) AS vacuum_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count(C.oid) AS skipped_vacuum_count,
             pg_stat_get_autovacuum_count(C.oid) AS autovacuum_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count(C.oid) AS skipped_autovacuum_count,
             pg_stat_get_analyze_count(C.oid) AS analyze_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count(C.oid) AS skipped_analyze_count,
             pg_stat_get_autoanalyze_count(C.oid) AS autoanalyze_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count(C.oid) AS skipped_autoanalyze_count,
             pg_stat_get_total_vacuum_time(C.oid) AS total_vacuum_time,
             pg_stat_get_total_autovacuum_time(C.oid) AS total_autovacuum_time,
             pg_stat_get_total_analyze_time(C.oid) AS total_analyze_time,
diff --git a/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c b/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c
index bce3a2daa24..ce83b3171be 100644
--- a/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c
+++ b/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c
@@ -792,8 +792,18 @@ vacuum_open_relation(Oid relid, RangeVar *relation, bits32 options,
 		rel = try_relation_open(relid, NoLock);
 	else
 	{
+		bits8 flags = 0;
 		rel = NULL;
 		rel_lock = false;
+
+		if ((options & VACOPT_VACUUM) != 0)
+			flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM;
+		if ((options & VACOPT_ANALYZE) != 0)
+			flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE;
+		if (AmAutoVacuumWorkerProcess())
+			flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOVAC;
+
+		pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(relid, flags);
 	}
 
 	/* if relation is opened, leave */
@@ -801,7 +811,7 @@ vacuum_open_relation(Oid relid, RangeVar *relation, bits32 options,
 		return rel;
 
 	/*
-	 * Relation could not be opened, hence generate if possible a log
+	 * Relation could not be opened hence generate if possible a log
 	 * informing on the situation.
 	 *
 	 * If the RangeVar is not defined, we do not have enough information to
@@ -904,7 +914,6 @@ expand_vacuum_rel(VacuumRelation *vrel, MemoryContext vac_context,
 		Form_pg_class classForm;
 		bool		include_children;
 		bool		is_partitioned_table;
-		int			rvr_opts;
 
 		/*
 		 * Since autovacuum workers supply OIDs when calling vacuum(), no
@@ -917,29 +926,69 @@ expand_vacuum_rel(VacuumRelation *vrel, MemoryContext vac_context,
 		 * below, as well as find_all_inheritors's expectation that the caller
 		 * holds some lock on the starting relation.
 		 */
-		rvr_opts = (options & VACOPT_SKIP_LOCKED) ? RVR_SKIP_LOCKED : 0;
-		relid = RangeVarGetRelidExtended(vrel->relation,
-										 AccessShareLock,
-										 rvr_opts,
-										 NULL, NULL);
-
-		/*
-		 * If the lock is unavailable, emit the same log statement that
-		 * vacuum_rel() and analyze_rel() would.
-		 */
-		if (!OidIsValid(relid))
+		if (!(options & VACOPT_SKIP_LOCKED))
 		{
-			if (options & VACOPT_VACUUM)
-				ereport(WARNING,
-						(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
-						 errmsg("skipping vacuum of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
-								vrel->relation->relname)));
-			else
-				ereport(WARNING,
-						(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
-						 errmsg("skipping analyze of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
+			relid = RangeVarGetRelidExtended(vrel->relation,
+											 AccessShareLock,
+											 0, NULL, NULL);
+			if (!OidIsValid(relid))
+				return vacrels;
+		}
+		else
+		{
+			/* Get relid for reporting before taking a lock */
+			relid = RangeVarGetRelid(vrel->relation, NoLock, false);
+
+			if (!ConditionalLockRelationOid(relid, AccessShareLock))
+			{
+				bits8	flags = 0;
+				/*
+				 * If the lock is unavailable, emit the same log statement that
+				 * vacuum_rel() and analyze_rel() would.
+				 */
+				if (options & VACOPT_VACUUM)
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping vacuum of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
 								vrel->relation->relname)));
-			return vacrels;
+				else
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping analyze of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
+									vrel->relation->relname)));
+
+				if ((options & VACOPT_VACUUM) != 0)
+					flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM;
+				if ((options & VACOPT_ANALYZE) != 0)
+					flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE;
+
+				pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(relid, flags);
+
+				return vacrels;
+			}
+
+			/*
+			 * Now that we have the lock, probe to see if the relation really
+			 * exists or not.
+			 */
+			if (!SearchSysCacheExists1(RELOID, ObjectIdGetDatum(relid)))
+			{
+				if (options & VACOPT_VACUUM)
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_UNDEFINED_TABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping vacuum of \"%s\" --- relation no longer exists",
+									vrel->relation->relname)));
+				else
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_UNDEFINED_TABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping analyze of \"%s\" --- relation no longer exists",
+									vrel->relation->relname)));
+
+				/* Release useless lock */
+				UnlockRelationOid(relid, AccessShareLock);
+
+				return vacrels;
+			}
 		}
 
 		/*
diff --git a/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c b/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c
index bc8c43b96aa..cec4c88980e 100644
--- a/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c
+++ b/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c
@@ -17,6 +17,7 @@
 
 #include "postgres.h"
 
+#include "access/htup_details.h"
 #include "access/twophase_rmgr.h"
 #include "access/xact.h"
 #include "catalog/catalog.h"
@@ -366,6 +367,73 @@ pgstat_report_analyze(Relation rel,
 	(void) pgstat_flush_backend(false, PGSTAT_BACKEND_FLUSH_IO);
 }
 
+/*
+ * Report that the table was skipped during vacuum or/and analyze.
+ */
+void
+pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(Oid relid, bits8 flags)
+{
+	PgStat_EntryRef *entry_ref;
+	PgStatShared_Relation *shtabentry;
+	PgStat_StatTabEntry *tabentry;
+	TimestampTz ts;
+	HeapTuple	classTup;
+	bool		isshared;
+
+	if (!pgstat_track_counts || !(flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANY))
+		return;
+
+	classTup = SearchSysCache1(RELOID, ObjectIdGetDatum(relid));
+	if (!HeapTupleIsValid(classTup))
+		return;			/* somebody deleted the rel, forget it */
+	isshared = ((Form_pg_class) GETSTRUCT(classTup))->relisshared;
+	ReleaseSysCache(classTup);
+
+	/* Store the data in the table's hash table entry. */
+	ts = GetCurrentTimestamp();
+
+	/* block acquiring lock for the same reason as pgstat_report_autovac() */
+	entry_ref = pgstat_get_entry_ref_locked(PGSTAT_KIND_RELATION,
+											isshared ? InvalidOid : MyDatabaseId,
+											relid, false);
+
+	shtabentry = (PgStatShared_Relation *) entry_ref->shared_stats;
+	tabentry = &shtabentry->stats;
+
+	if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOVAC)
+	{
+		if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM)
+		{
+			tabentry->last_skipped_autovacuum_time = ts;
+			tabentry->skipped_autovacuum_count++;
+		}
+		if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE)
+		{
+			tabentry->last_skipped_autoanalyze_time = ts;
+			tabentry->skipped_autoanalyze_count++;
+		}
+	}
+	else
+	{
+		if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM)
+		{
+			tabentry->last_skipped_vacuum_time = ts;
+			tabentry->skipped_vacuum_count++;
+		}
+		if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE)
+		{
+			tabentry->last_skipped_analyze_time = ts;
+			tabentry->skipped_analyze_count++;
+		}
+	}
+
+	pgstat_unlock_entry(entry_ref);
+
+	/* see pgstat_report_vacuum() */
+	pgstat_flush_io(false);
+	(void) pgstat_flush_backend(false, PGSTAT_BACKEND_FLUSH_IO);
+}
+
 /*
  * count a tuple insertion of n tuples
  */
diff --git a/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c b/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c
index 9185a8e6b83..18aaa3996e1 100644
--- a/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c
+++ b/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c
@@ -84,6 +84,18 @@ PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(mod_since_analyze)
 /* pg_stat_get_numscans */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(numscans)
 
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_analyze_count)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_autoanalyze_count)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_autovacuum_count)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_vacuum_count)
+
 /* pg_stat_get_tuples_deleted */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(tuples_deleted)
 
@@ -170,6 +182,18 @@ PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_vacuum_time)
 /* pg_stat_get_lastscan */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(lastscan)
 
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_analyze_time)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_autoanalyze_time)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_autovacuum_time)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_vacuum_time)
+
 /* pg_stat_get_stat_reset_time */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(stat_reset_time)
 
diff --git a/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat b/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat
index 0118e970dda..ccfe3d9e02a 100644
--- a/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat
+++ b/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat
@@ -5667,6 +5667,38 @@
   proname => 'pg_stat_get_total_autoanalyze_time', provolatile => 's',
   proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'float8', proargtypes => 'oid',
   prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_total_autoanalyze_time' },
+{ oid => '8142', descr => 'statistics: last skipped vacuum time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time' },
+{ oid => '8143', descr => 'statistics: last skipped auto vacuum time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time' },
+{ oid => '8144', descr => 'statistics: last skipped analyze time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time' },
+{ oid => '8145', descr => 'statistics: last skipped auto analyze time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time' },
+{ oid => '8146', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped vacuum for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count' },
+{ oid => '8147', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped auto vacuum for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count' },
+{ oid => '8148', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped analyzes for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count' },
+{ oid => '8149', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped auto analyzes for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count' },
 { oid => '1936', descr => 'statistics: currently active backend IDs',
   proname => 'pg_stat_get_backend_idset', prorows => '100', proretset => 't',
   provolatile => 's', proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int4',
diff --git a/src/include/pgstat.h b/src/include/pgstat.h
index 8e3549c3752..343081a7a25 100644
--- a/src/include/pgstat.h
+++ b/src/include/pgstat.h
@@ -479,6 +479,15 @@ typedef struct PgStat_StatTabEntry
 	TimestampTz last_autoanalyze_time;	/* autovacuum initiated */
 	PgStat_Counter autoanalyze_count;
 
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_vacuum_time;	/* user initiated vacuum */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_vacuum_count;
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_autovacuum_time;	/* autovacuum initiated */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_autovacuum_count;
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_analyze_time;	/* user initiated */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_analyze_count;
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_autoanalyze_time;	/* autovacuum initiated */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_autoanalyze_count;
+
 	PgStat_Counter total_vacuum_time;	/* times in milliseconds */
 	PgStat_Counter total_autovacuum_time;
 	PgStat_Counter total_analyze_time;
@@ -707,6 +716,13 @@ extern void pgstat_report_analyze(Relation rel,
 								  PgStat_Counter livetuples, PgStat_Counter deadtuples,
 								  bool resetcounter, TimestampTz starttime);
 
+/* flags for pgstat_flush_backend() */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM	(1 << 0)	/* vacuum is skipped */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE	(1 << 1)	/* analyze is skipped */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOVAC	(1 << 2)	/* skipped during autovacuum/autoanalyze */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANY   (PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM | PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE)
+extern void pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(Oid relid, bits8 flags);
+
 /*
  * If stats are enabled, but pending data hasn't been prepared yet, call
  * pgstat_assoc_relation() to do so. See its comment for why this is done
diff --git a/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out b/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out
index 2b3cf6d8569..4ccfc43e903 100644
--- a/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out
+++ b/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out
@@ -1835,13 +1835,21 @@ pg_stat_all_tables| SELECT c.oid AS relid,
     pg_stat_get_mod_since_analyze(c.oid) AS n_mod_since_analyze,
     pg_stat_get_ins_since_vacuum(c.oid) AS n_ins_since_vacuum,
     pg_stat_get_last_vacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_vacuum,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_vacuum,
     pg_stat_get_last_autovacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_autovacuum,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_autovacuum,
     pg_stat_get_last_analyze_time(c.oid) AS last_analyze,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_analyze,
     pg_stat_get_last_autoanalyze_time(c.oid) AS last_autoanalyze,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_autoanalyze,
     pg_stat_get_vacuum_count(c.oid) AS vacuum_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count(c.oid) AS skipped_vacuum_count,
     pg_stat_get_autovacuum_count(c.oid) AS autovacuum_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count(c.oid) AS skipped_autovacuum_count,
     pg_stat_get_analyze_count(c.oid) AS analyze_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count(c.oid) AS skipped_analyze_count,
     pg_stat_get_autoanalyze_count(c.oid) AS autoanalyze_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count(c.oid) AS skipped_autoanalyze_count,
     pg_stat_get_total_vacuum_time(c.oid) AS total_vacuum_time,
     pg_stat_get_total_autovacuum_time(c.oid) AS total_autovacuum_time,
     pg_stat_get_total_analyze_time(c.oid) AS total_analyze_time,
@@ -2293,13 +2301,21 @@ pg_stat_sys_tables| SELECT relid,
     n_mod_since_analyze,
     n_ins_since_vacuum,
     last_vacuum,
+    last_skipped_vacuum,
     last_autovacuum,
+    last_skipped_autovacuum,
     last_analyze,
+    last_skipped_analyze,
     last_autoanalyze,
+    last_skipped_autoanalyze,
     vacuum_count,
+    skipped_vacuum_count,
     autovacuum_count,
+    skipped_autovacuum_count,
     analyze_count,
+    skipped_analyze_count,
     autoanalyze_count,
+    skipped_autoanalyze_count,
     total_vacuum_time,
     total_autovacuum_time,
     total_analyze_time,
@@ -2348,13 +2364,21 @@ pg_stat_user_tables| SELECT relid,
     n_mod_since_analyze,
     n_ins_since_vacuum,
     last_vacuum,
+    last_skipped_vacuum,
     last_autovacuum,
+    last_skipped_autovacuum,
     last_analyze,
+    last_skipped_analyze,
     last_autoanalyze,
+    last_skipped_autoanalyze,
     vacuum_count,
+    skipped_vacuum_count,
     autovacuum_count,
+    skipped_autovacuum_count,
     analyze_count,
+    skipped_analyze_count,
     autoanalyze_count,
+    skipped_autoanalyze_count,
     total_vacuum_time,
     total_autovacuum_time,
     total_analyze_time,
-- 
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* [PATCH v3] Track skipped vacuum and analyze activity per relation
@ 2026-03-24 04:09 Yugo Nagata <[email protected]>
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From: Yugo Nagata @ 2026-03-24 04:09 UTC (permalink / raw)

This commit adds eight fields to the relation statistics that track
the last time vacuum or analyze has been attempted but skipped due to
lock unavailability, along with their counts:

-    last_skipped_vacuum
-    last_skipped_autovacuum
-    last_skipped_analyze
-    last_skipped_autoanalyze
-    skipped_vacuum_count
-    skipped_autovacuum_count
-    skipped_analyze_count
-    skipped_autoanalyze_count

These field can help users confirm that autovacuum is actively attempting
to run on a table that has not been vacuumed or analyzed for a long time,
and that the lack of progress is due to repeated skips rather than inactivity.
---
 doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml                 | 80 +++++++++++++++++
 src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql         |  8 ++
 src/backend/commands/vacuum.c                | 95 +++++++++++++++-----
 src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c | 68 ++++++++++++++
 src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c          | 24 +++++
 src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat              | 32 +++++++
 src/include/pgstat.h                         | 16 ++++
 src/test/regress/expected/rules.out          | 24 +++++
 8 files changed, 324 insertions(+), 23 deletions(-)

diff --git a/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml b/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml
index bb75ed1069b..9ec8070b2fc 100644
--- a/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml
+++ b/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml
@@ -4372,6 +4372,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_vacuum</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time a manual vacuum on this table was attempted but skipped due to
+       lock unavailability (not counting <command>VACUUM FULL</command>)
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>last_autovacuum</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
@@ -4382,6 +4392,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_autovacuum</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time a vacuum on this table by the autovacuum daemon was attempted
+       but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>last_analyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
@@ -4391,6 +4411,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_analyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time a manual analyze on this table was attempted but skipped due to
+       lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>last_autoanalyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
@@ -4401,6 +4431,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_autoanalyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time at which an analyze on this table by the autovacuum was
+       attempted but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>vacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4411,6 +4451,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_vacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times vacuums on this table have been attempted but skipped
+       due to lock unavailability (not counting <command>VACUUM FULL</command>)
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>autovacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4421,6 +4471,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_autovacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times vacuums on this table by the autovacuum daemon have been
+       attempted but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>analyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4430,6 +4490,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_analyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times manual analyzes on this table have been attempted but
+       skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>autoanalyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4440,6 +4510,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_autoanalyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times analyzes on this table by the autovacuum daemon have
+       been attempted but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>total_vacuum_time</structfield> <type>double precision</type>
diff --git a/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql b/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql
index e54018004db..2ca02a0354c 100644
--- a/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql
+++ b/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql
@@ -736,13 +736,21 @@ CREATE VIEW pg_stat_all_tables AS
             pg_stat_get_mod_since_analyze(C.oid) AS n_mod_since_analyze,
             pg_stat_get_ins_since_vacuum(C.oid) AS n_ins_since_vacuum,
             pg_stat_get_last_vacuum_time(C.oid) as last_vacuum,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_vacuum,
             pg_stat_get_last_autovacuum_time(C.oid) as last_autovacuum,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_autovacuum,
             pg_stat_get_last_analyze_time(C.oid) as last_analyze,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_analyze,
             pg_stat_get_last_autoanalyze_time(C.oid) as last_autoanalyze,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_autoanalyze,
             pg_stat_get_vacuum_count(C.oid) AS vacuum_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count(C.oid) AS skipped_vacuum_count,
             pg_stat_get_autovacuum_count(C.oid) AS autovacuum_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count(C.oid) AS skipped_autovacuum_count,
             pg_stat_get_analyze_count(C.oid) AS analyze_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count(C.oid) AS skipped_analyze_count,
             pg_stat_get_autoanalyze_count(C.oid) AS autoanalyze_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count(C.oid) AS skipped_autoanalyze_count,
             pg_stat_get_total_vacuum_time(C.oid) AS total_vacuum_time,
             pg_stat_get_total_autovacuum_time(C.oid) AS total_autovacuum_time,
             pg_stat_get_total_analyze_time(C.oid) AS total_analyze_time,
diff --git a/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c b/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c
index bce3a2daa24..ce83b3171be 100644
--- a/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c
+++ b/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c
@@ -792,8 +792,18 @@ vacuum_open_relation(Oid relid, RangeVar *relation, bits32 options,
 		rel = try_relation_open(relid, NoLock);
 	else
 	{
+		bits8 flags = 0;
 		rel = NULL;
 		rel_lock = false;
+
+		if ((options & VACOPT_VACUUM) != 0)
+			flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM;
+		if ((options & VACOPT_ANALYZE) != 0)
+			flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE;
+		if (AmAutoVacuumWorkerProcess())
+			flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOVAC;
+
+		pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(relid, flags);
 	}
 
 	/* if relation is opened, leave */
@@ -801,7 +811,7 @@ vacuum_open_relation(Oid relid, RangeVar *relation, bits32 options,
 		return rel;
 
 	/*
-	 * Relation could not be opened, hence generate if possible a log
+	 * Relation could not be opened hence generate if possible a log
 	 * informing on the situation.
 	 *
 	 * If the RangeVar is not defined, we do not have enough information to
@@ -904,7 +914,6 @@ expand_vacuum_rel(VacuumRelation *vrel, MemoryContext vac_context,
 		Form_pg_class classForm;
 		bool		include_children;
 		bool		is_partitioned_table;
-		int			rvr_opts;
 
 		/*
 		 * Since autovacuum workers supply OIDs when calling vacuum(), no
@@ -917,29 +926,69 @@ expand_vacuum_rel(VacuumRelation *vrel, MemoryContext vac_context,
 		 * below, as well as find_all_inheritors's expectation that the caller
 		 * holds some lock on the starting relation.
 		 */
-		rvr_opts = (options & VACOPT_SKIP_LOCKED) ? RVR_SKIP_LOCKED : 0;
-		relid = RangeVarGetRelidExtended(vrel->relation,
-										 AccessShareLock,
-										 rvr_opts,
-										 NULL, NULL);
-
-		/*
-		 * If the lock is unavailable, emit the same log statement that
-		 * vacuum_rel() and analyze_rel() would.
-		 */
-		if (!OidIsValid(relid))
+		if (!(options & VACOPT_SKIP_LOCKED))
 		{
-			if (options & VACOPT_VACUUM)
-				ereport(WARNING,
-						(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
-						 errmsg("skipping vacuum of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
-								vrel->relation->relname)));
-			else
-				ereport(WARNING,
-						(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
-						 errmsg("skipping analyze of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
+			relid = RangeVarGetRelidExtended(vrel->relation,
+											 AccessShareLock,
+											 0, NULL, NULL);
+			if (!OidIsValid(relid))
+				return vacrels;
+		}
+		else
+		{
+			/* Get relid for reporting before taking a lock */
+			relid = RangeVarGetRelid(vrel->relation, NoLock, false);
+
+			if (!ConditionalLockRelationOid(relid, AccessShareLock))
+			{
+				bits8	flags = 0;
+				/*
+				 * If the lock is unavailable, emit the same log statement that
+				 * vacuum_rel() and analyze_rel() would.
+				 */
+				if (options & VACOPT_VACUUM)
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping vacuum of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
 								vrel->relation->relname)));
-			return vacrels;
+				else
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping analyze of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
+									vrel->relation->relname)));
+
+				if ((options & VACOPT_VACUUM) != 0)
+					flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM;
+				if ((options & VACOPT_ANALYZE) != 0)
+					flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE;
+
+				pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(relid, flags);
+
+				return vacrels;
+			}
+
+			/*
+			 * Now that we have the lock, probe to see if the relation really
+			 * exists or not.
+			 */
+			if (!SearchSysCacheExists1(RELOID, ObjectIdGetDatum(relid)))
+			{
+				if (options & VACOPT_VACUUM)
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_UNDEFINED_TABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping vacuum of \"%s\" --- relation no longer exists",
+									vrel->relation->relname)));
+				else
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_UNDEFINED_TABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping analyze of \"%s\" --- relation no longer exists",
+									vrel->relation->relname)));
+
+				/* Release useless lock */
+				UnlockRelationOid(relid, AccessShareLock);
+
+				return vacrels;
+			}
 		}
 
 		/*
diff --git a/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c b/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c
index bc8c43b96aa..cec4c88980e 100644
--- a/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c
+++ b/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c
@@ -17,6 +17,7 @@
 
 #include "postgres.h"
 
+#include "access/htup_details.h"
 #include "access/twophase_rmgr.h"
 #include "access/xact.h"
 #include "catalog/catalog.h"
@@ -366,6 +367,73 @@ pgstat_report_analyze(Relation rel,
 	(void) pgstat_flush_backend(false, PGSTAT_BACKEND_FLUSH_IO);
 }
 
+/*
+ * Report that the table was skipped during vacuum or/and analyze.
+ */
+void
+pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(Oid relid, bits8 flags)
+{
+	PgStat_EntryRef *entry_ref;
+	PgStatShared_Relation *shtabentry;
+	PgStat_StatTabEntry *tabentry;
+	TimestampTz ts;
+	HeapTuple	classTup;
+	bool		isshared;
+
+	if (!pgstat_track_counts || !(flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANY))
+		return;
+
+	classTup = SearchSysCache1(RELOID, ObjectIdGetDatum(relid));
+	if (!HeapTupleIsValid(classTup))
+		return;			/* somebody deleted the rel, forget it */
+	isshared = ((Form_pg_class) GETSTRUCT(classTup))->relisshared;
+	ReleaseSysCache(classTup);
+
+	/* Store the data in the table's hash table entry. */
+	ts = GetCurrentTimestamp();
+
+	/* block acquiring lock for the same reason as pgstat_report_autovac() */
+	entry_ref = pgstat_get_entry_ref_locked(PGSTAT_KIND_RELATION,
+											isshared ? InvalidOid : MyDatabaseId,
+											relid, false);
+
+	shtabentry = (PgStatShared_Relation *) entry_ref->shared_stats;
+	tabentry = &shtabentry->stats;
+
+	if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOVAC)
+	{
+		if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM)
+		{
+			tabentry->last_skipped_autovacuum_time = ts;
+			tabentry->skipped_autovacuum_count++;
+		}
+		if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE)
+		{
+			tabentry->last_skipped_autoanalyze_time = ts;
+			tabentry->skipped_autoanalyze_count++;
+		}
+	}
+	else
+	{
+		if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM)
+		{
+			tabentry->last_skipped_vacuum_time = ts;
+			tabentry->skipped_vacuum_count++;
+		}
+		if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE)
+		{
+			tabentry->last_skipped_analyze_time = ts;
+			tabentry->skipped_analyze_count++;
+		}
+	}
+
+	pgstat_unlock_entry(entry_ref);
+
+	/* see pgstat_report_vacuum() */
+	pgstat_flush_io(false);
+	(void) pgstat_flush_backend(false, PGSTAT_BACKEND_FLUSH_IO);
+}
+
 /*
  * count a tuple insertion of n tuples
  */
diff --git a/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c b/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c
index 9185a8e6b83..18aaa3996e1 100644
--- a/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c
+++ b/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c
@@ -84,6 +84,18 @@ PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(mod_since_analyze)
 /* pg_stat_get_numscans */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(numscans)
 
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_analyze_count)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_autoanalyze_count)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_autovacuum_count)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_vacuum_count)
+
 /* pg_stat_get_tuples_deleted */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(tuples_deleted)
 
@@ -170,6 +182,18 @@ PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_vacuum_time)
 /* pg_stat_get_lastscan */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(lastscan)
 
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_analyze_time)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_autoanalyze_time)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_autovacuum_time)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_vacuum_time)
+
 /* pg_stat_get_stat_reset_time */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(stat_reset_time)
 
diff --git a/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat b/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat
index 0118e970dda..ccfe3d9e02a 100644
--- a/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat
+++ b/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat
@@ -5667,6 +5667,38 @@
   proname => 'pg_stat_get_total_autoanalyze_time', provolatile => 's',
   proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'float8', proargtypes => 'oid',
   prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_total_autoanalyze_time' },
+{ oid => '8142', descr => 'statistics: last skipped vacuum time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time' },
+{ oid => '8143', descr => 'statistics: last skipped auto vacuum time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time' },
+{ oid => '8144', descr => 'statistics: last skipped analyze time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time' },
+{ oid => '8145', descr => 'statistics: last skipped auto analyze time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time' },
+{ oid => '8146', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped vacuum for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count' },
+{ oid => '8147', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped auto vacuum for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count' },
+{ oid => '8148', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped analyzes for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count' },
+{ oid => '8149', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped auto analyzes for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count' },
 { oid => '1936', descr => 'statistics: currently active backend IDs',
   proname => 'pg_stat_get_backend_idset', prorows => '100', proretset => 't',
   provolatile => 's', proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int4',
diff --git a/src/include/pgstat.h b/src/include/pgstat.h
index 8e3549c3752..343081a7a25 100644
--- a/src/include/pgstat.h
+++ b/src/include/pgstat.h
@@ -479,6 +479,15 @@ typedef struct PgStat_StatTabEntry
 	TimestampTz last_autoanalyze_time;	/* autovacuum initiated */
 	PgStat_Counter autoanalyze_count;
 
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_vacuum_time;	/* user initiated vacuum */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_vacuum_count;
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_autovacuum_time;	/* autovacuum initiated */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_autovacuum_count;
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_analyze_time;	/* user initiated */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_analyze_count;
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_autoanalyze_time;	/* autovacuum initiated */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_autoanalyze_count;
+
 	PgStat_Counter total_vacuum_time;	/* times in milliseconds */
 	PgStat_Counter total_autovacuum_time;
 	PgStat_Counter total_analyze_time;
@@ -707,6 +716,13 @@ extern void pgstat_report_analyze(Relation rel,
 								  PgStat_Counter livetuples, PgStat_Counter deadtuples,
 								  bool resetcounter, TimestampTz starttime);
 
+/* flags for pgstat_flush_backend() */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM	(1 << 0)	/* vacuum is skipped */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE	(1 << 1)	/* analyze is skipped */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOVAC	(1 << 2)	/* skipped during autovacuum/autoanalyze */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANY   (PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM | PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE)
+extern void pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(Oid relid, bits8 flags);
+
 /*
  * If stats are enabled, but pending data hasn't been prepared yet, call
  * pgstat_assoc_relation() to do so. See its comment for why this is done
diff --git a/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out b/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out
index 2b3cf6d8569..4ccfc43e903 100644
--- a/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out
+++ b/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out
@@ -1835,13 +1835,21 @@ pg_stat_all_tables| SELECT c.oid AS relid,
     pg_stat_get_mod_since_analyze(c.oid) AS n_mod_since_analyze,
     pg_stat_get_ins_since_vacuum(c.oid) AS n_ins_since_vacuum,
     pg_stat_get_last_vacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_vacuum,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_vacuum,
     pg_stat_get_last_autovacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_autovacuum,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_autovacuum,
     pg_stat_get_last_analyze_time(c.oid) AS last_analyze,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_analyze,
     pg_stat_get_last_autoanalyze_time(c.oid) AS last_autoanalyze,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_autoanalyze,
     pg_stat_get_vacuum_count(c.oid) AS vacuum_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count(c.oid) AS skipped_vacuum_count,
     pg_stat_get_autovacuum_count(c.oid) AS autovacuum_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count(c.oid) AS skipped_autovacuum_count,
     pg_stat_get_analyze_count(c.oid) AS analyze_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count(c.oid) AS skipped_analyze_count,
     pg_stat_get_autoanalyze_count(c.oid) AS autoanalyze_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count(c.oid) AS skipped_autoanalyze_count,
     pg_stat_get_total_vacuum_time(c.oid) AS total_vacuum_time,
     pg_stat_get_total_autovacuum_time(c.oid) AS total_autovacuum_time,
     pg_stat_get_total_analyze_time(c.oid) AS total_analyze_time,
@@ -2293,13 +2301,21 @@ pg_stat_sys_tables| SELECT relid,
     n_mod_since_analyze,
     n_ins_since_vacuum,
     last_vacuum,
+    last_skipped_vacuum,
     last_autovacuum,
+    last_skipped_autovacuum,
     last_analyze,
+    last_skipped_analyze,
     last_autoanalyze,
+    last_skipped_autoanalyze,
     vacuum_count,
+    skipped_vacuum_count,
     autovacuum_count,
+    skipped_autovacuum_count,
     analyze_count,
+    skipped_analyze_count,
     autoanalyze_count,
+    skipped_autoanalyze_count,
     total_vacuum_time,
     total_autovacuum_time,
     total_analyze_time,
@@ -2348,13 +2364,21 @@ pg_stat_user_tables| SELECT relid,
     n_mod_since_analyze,
     n_ins_since_vacuum,
     last_vacuum,
+    last_skipped_vacuum,
     last_autovacuum,
+    last_skipped_autovacuum,
     last_analyze,
+    last_skipped_analyze,
     last_autoanalyze,
+    last_skipped_autoanalyze,
     vacuum_count,
+    skipped_vacuum_count,
     autovacuum_count,
+    skipped_autovacuum_count,
     analyze_count,
+    skipped_analyze_count,
     autoanalyze_count,
+    skipped_autoanalyze_count,
     total_vacuum_time,
     total_autovacuum_time,
     total_analyze_time,
-- 
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* [PATCH v5] Track skipped vacuum and analyze activity per relation
@ 2026-03-24 04:09 Yugo Nagata <[email protected]>
  0 siblings, 0 replies; 374+ messages in thread

From: Yugo Nagata @ 2026-03-24 04:09 UTC (permalink / raw)

This commit adds eight fields to the relation statistics that track
the last time vacuum or analyze has been attempted but skipped due to
lock unavailability, along with their counts:

-    last_skipped_vacuum
-    last_skipped_autovacuum
-    last_skipped_analyze
-    last_skipped_autoanalyze
-    skipped_vacuum_count
-    skipped_autovacuum_count
-    skipped_analyze_count
-    skipped_autoanalyze_count

These field can help users confirm that autovacuum is actively attempting
to run on a table that has not been vacuumed or analyzed for a long time,
and that the lack of progress is due to repeated skips rather than inactivity.
---
 doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml                  |  88 ++++++
 src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql          |   8 +
 src/backend/commands/vacuum.c                 | 100 +++++--
 src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c  |  64 +++++
 src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c           |  24 ++
 src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat               |  32 +++
 src/include/pgstat.h                          |  16 ++
 .../isolation/expected/vacuum-skip-locked.out | 260 ++++++++++++++++--
 .../isolation/specs/vacuum-skip-locked.spec   |  41 +--
 src/test/regress/expected/rules.out           |  24 ++
 10 files changed, 601 insertions(+), 56 deletions(-)

diff --git a/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml b/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml
index 08d5b824552..a9b579d87a9 100644
--- a/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml
+++ b/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml
@@ -4387,6 +4387,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_vacuum</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time a manual vacuum on this table was attempted but skipped due to
+       lock unavailability (not counting <command>VACUUM FULL</command>)
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>last_autovacuum</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
@@ -4397,6 +4407,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_autovacuum</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time a vacuum on this table by the autovacuum daemon was attempted
+       but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>last_analyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
@@ -4406,6 +4426,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_analyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time a manual analyze on this table was attempted but skipped due to
+       lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>last_autoanalyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
@@ -4416,6 +4446,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_autoanalyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time at which an analyze on this table by the autovacuum was
+       attempted but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>vacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4426,6 +4466,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_vacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times manual vacuums on this table have been attempted but skipped
+       due to lock unavailability (not counting <command>VACUUM FULL</command>)
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>autovacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4436,6 +4486,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_autovacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times vacuums on this table by the autovacuum daemon have been
+       attempted but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>analyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4445,6 +4505,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_analyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times manual analyzes on this table have been attempted but
+       skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>autoanalyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4455,6 +4525,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_autoanalyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times analyzes on this table by the autovacuum daemon have
+       been attempted but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>total_vacuum_time</structfield> <type>double precision</type>
@@ -4510,6 +4590,14 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
    </tgroup>
   </table>
 
+  <note>
+   <para>
+    When a manual vacuum or analyze on a parent table in an inheritance or
+    partitioning hierarchy is skipped, the statistics are recorded only for
+    the parent table, not for its children.
+   </para>
+  </note>
+
  </sect2>
 
  <sect2 id="monitoring-pg-stat-autovacuum-scores-view">
diff --git a/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql b/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql
index 73a1c1c4670..f509fc7876b 100644
--- a/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql
+++ b/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql
@@ -736,13 +736,21 @@ CREATE VIEW pg_stat_all_tables AS
             pg_stat_get_mod_since_analyze(C.oid) AS n_mod_since_analyze,
             pg_stat_get_ins_since_vacuum(C.oid) AS n_ins_since_vacuum,
             pg_stat_get_last_vacuum_time(C.oid) as last_vacuum,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_vacuum,
             pg_stat_get_last_autovacuum_time(C.oid) as last_autovacuum,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_autovacuum,
             pg_stat_get_last_analyze_time(C.oid) as last_analyze,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_analyze,
             pg_stat_get_last_autoanalyze_time(C.oid) as last_autoanalyze,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_autoanalyze,
             pg_stat_get_vacuum_count(C.oid) AS vacuum_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count(C.oid) AS skipped_vacuum_count,
             pg_stat_get_autovacuum_count(C.oid) AS autovacuum_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count(C.oid) AS skipped_autovacuum_count,
             pg_stat_get_analyze_count(C.oid) AS analyze_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count(C.oid) AS skipped_analyze_count,
             pg_stat_get_autoanalyze_count(C.oid) AS autoanalyze_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count(C.oid) AS skipped_autoanalyze_count,
             pg_stat_get_total_vacuum_time(C.oid) AS total_vacuum_time,
             pg_stat_get_total_autovacuum_time(C.oid) AS total_autovacuum_time,
             pg_stat_get_total_analyze_time(C.oid) AS total_analyze_time,
diff --git a/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c b/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c
index 99d0db82ed7..df6526225e4 100644
--- a/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c
+++ b/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c
@@ -793,8 +793,25 @@ vacuum_open_relation(Oid relid, RangeVar *relation, uint32 options,
 		rel = try_relation_open(relid, NoLock);
 	else
 	{
+		int flags = 0;
 		rel = NULL;
 		rel_lock = false;
+
+		if ((options & VACOPT_VACUUM) != 0 && (options & VACOPT_FULL) == 0)
+		{
+			if (AmAutoVacuumWorkerProcess())
+				flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOVACUUM;
+			else
+				flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM;
+		}
+		if ((options & VACOPT_ANALYZE) != 0)
+		{
+			if (AmAutoVacuumWorkerProcess())
+				flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOANALYZE;
+			else
+				flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE;
+		}
+		pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(relid, flags);
 	}
 
 	/* if relation is opened, leave */
@@ -905,7 +922,6 @@ expand_vacuum_rel(VacuumRelation *vrel, MemoryContext vac_context,
 		Form_pg_class classForm;
 		bool		include_children;
 		bool		is_partitioned_table;
-		int			rvr_opts;
 
 		/*
 		 * Since autovacuum workers supply OIDs when calling vacuum(), no
@@ -918,29 +934,69 @@ expand_vacuum_rel(VacuumRelation *vrel, MemoryContext vac_context,
 		 * below, as well as find_all_inheritors's expectation that the caller
 		 * holds some lock on the starting relation.
 		 */
-		rvr_opts = (options & VACOPT_SKIP_LOCKED) ? RVR_SKIP_LOCKED : 0;
-		relid = RangeVarGetRelidExtended(vrel->relation,
-										 AccessShareLock,
-										 rvr_opts,
-										 NULL, NULL);
-
-		/*
-		 * If the lock is unavailable, emit the same log statement that
-		 * vacuum_rel() and analyze_rel() would.
-		 */
-		if (!OidIsValid(relid))
+		if (!(options & VACOPT_SKIP_LOCKED))
 		{
-			if (options & VACOPT_VACUUM)
-				ereport(WARNING,
-						(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
-						 errmsg("skipping vacuum of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
-								vrel->relation->relname)));
-			else
-				ereport(WARNING,
-						(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
-						 errmsg("skipping analyze of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
+			relid = RangeVarGetRelidExtended(vrel->relation,
+											 AccessShareLock,
+											 0, NULL, NULL);
+			if (!OidIsValid(relid))
+				return vacrels;
+		}
+		else
+		{
+			/* Get relid for reporting before taking a lock */
+			relid = RangeVarGetRelid(vrel->relation, NoLock, false);
+
+			if (!ConditionalLockRelationOid(relid, AccessShareLock))
+			{
+				int	flags = 0;
+				/*
+				 * If the lock is unavailable, emit the same log statement that
+				 * vacuum_rel() and analyze_rel() would.
+				 */
+				if (options & VACOPT_VACUUM)
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping vacuum of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
 								vrel->relation->relname)));
-			return vacrels;
+				else
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping analyze of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
+									vrel->relation->relname)));
+
+				if ((options & VACOPT_VACUUM) != 0 && (options & VACOPT_FULL) == 0)
+					flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM;
+				if ((options & VACOPT_ANALYZE) != 0)
+					flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE;
+
+				pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(relid, flags);
+
+				return vacrels;
+			}
+
+			/*
+			 * Now that we have the lock, probe to see if the relation really
+			 * exists or not.
+			 */
+			if (!SearchSysCacheExists1(RELOID, ObjectIdGetDatum(relid)))
+			{
+				if (options & VACOPT_VACUUM)
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_UNDEFINED_TABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping vacuum of \"%s\" --- relation no longer exists",
+									vrel->relation->relname)));
+				else
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_UNDEFINED_TABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping analyze of \"%s\" --- relation no longer exists",
+									vrel->relation->relname)));
+
+				/* Release useless lock */
+				UnlockRelationOid(relid, AccessShareLock);
+
+				return vacrels;
+			}
 		}
 
 		/*
diff --git a/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c b/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c
index b2ca28f83ba..532d9023f8c 100644
--- a/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c
+++ b/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c
@@ -17,12 +17,14 @@
 
 #include "postgres.h"
 
+#include "access/htup_details.h"
 #include "access/twophase_rmgr.h"
 #include "access/xact.h"
 #include "catalog/catalog.h"
 #include "utils/memutils.h"
 #include "utils/pgstat_internal.h"
 #include "utils/rel.h"
+#include "utils/syscache.h"
 #include "utils/timestamp.h"
 
 
@@ -367,6 +369,68 @@ pgstat_report_analyze(Relation rel,
 	(void) pgstat_flush_backend(false, PGSTAT_BACKEND_FLUSH_IO);
 }
 
+/*
+ * Report that the table was skipped during vacuum or/and analyze.
+ */
+void
+pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(Oid relid, int flags)
+{
+	PgStat_EntryRef *entry_ref;
+	PgStatShared_Relation *shtabentry;
+	PgStat_StatTabEntry *tabentry;
+	TimestampTz ts;
+	HeapTuple	classTup;
+	bool		isshared;
+
+	if (!pgstat_track_counts || !flags)
+		return;
+
+	classTup = SearchSysCache1(RELOID, ObjectIdGetDatum(relid));
+	if (!HeapTupleIsValid(classTup))
+		return;			/* somebody deleted the rel, forget it */
+	isshared = ((Form_pg_class) GETSTRUCT(classTup))->relisshared;
+	ReleaseSysCache(classTup);
+
+	/* Store the data in the table's hash table entry. */
+	ts = GetCurrentTimestamp();
+
+	/* block acquiring lock for the same reason as pgstat_report_autovac() */
+	entry_ref = pgstat_get_entry_ref_locked(PGSTAT_KIND_RELATION,
+											isshared ? InvalidOid : MyDatabaseId,
+											relid, false);
+
+	shtabentry = (PgStatShared_Relation *) entry_ref->shared_stats;
+	tabentry = &shtabentry->stats;
+
+	if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM)
+	{
+		tabentry->last_skipped_vacuum_time = ts;
+		tabentry->skipped_vacuum_count++;
+	}
+	else if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOVACUUM)
+	{
+		tabentry->last_skipped_autovacuum_time = ts;
+		tabentry->skipped_autovacuum_count++;
+	}
+
+	if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE)
+	{
+		tabentry->last_skipped_analyze_time = ts;
+		tabentry->skipped_analyze_count++;
+	}
+	else if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOANALYZE)
+	{
+		tabentry->last_skipped_autoanalyze_time = ts;
+		tabentry->skipped_autoanalyze_count++;
+	}
+
+	pgstat_unlock_entry(entry_ref);
+
+	/* see pgstat_report_vacuum() */
+	pgstat_flush_io(false);
+	(void) pgstat_flush_backend(false, PGSTAT_BACKEND_FLUSH_IO);
+}
+
 /*
  * count a tuple insertion of n tuples
  */
diff --git a/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c b/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c
index 1408de387ea..90a8968faa0 100644
--- a/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c
+++ b/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c
@@ -84,6 +84,18 @@ PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(mod_since_analyze)
 /* pg_stat_get_numscans */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(numscans)
 
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_analyze_count)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_autoanalyze_count)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_autovacuum_count)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_vacuum_count)
+
 /* pg_stat_get_tuples_deleted */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(tuples_deleted)
 
@@ -170,6 +182,18 @@ PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_vacuum_time)
 /* pg_stat_get_lastscan */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(lastscan)
 
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_analyze_time)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_autoanalyze_time)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_autovacuum_time)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_vacuum_time)
+
 /* pg_stat_get_stat_reset_time */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(stat_reset_time)
 
diff --git a/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat b/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat
index fa9ae79082b..32debb34863 100644
--- a/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat
+++ b/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat
@@ -5680,6 +5680,38 @@
   proargmodes => '{o,o,o,o,o,o,o,o,o,o}',
   proargnames => '{oid,score,xid_score,mxid_score,vacuum_score,vacuum_insert_score,analyze_score,do_vacuum,do_analyze,for_wraparound}',
   prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_autovacuum_scores' },
+{ oid => '8142', descr => 'statistics: last skipped vacuum time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time' },
+{ oid => '8143', descr => 'statistics: last skipped auto vacuum time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time' },
+{ oid => '8144', descr => 'statistics: last skipped analyze time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time' },
+{ oid => '8145', descr => 'statistics: last skipped auto analyze time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time' },
+{ oid => '8146', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped vacuum for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count' },
+{ oid => '8147', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped auto vacuum for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count' },
+{ oid => '8148', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped analyzes for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count' },
+{ oid => '8149', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped auto analyzes for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count' },
 { oid => '1936', descr => 'statistics: currently active backend IDs',
   proname => 'pg_stat_get_backend_idset', prorows => '100', proretset => 't',
   provolatile => 's', proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int4',
diff --git a/src/include/pgstat.h b/src/include/pgstat.h
index dfa2e837638..98941f953d1 100644
--- a/src/include/pgstat.h
+++ b/src/include/pgstat.h
@@ -479,6 +479,15 @@ typedef struct PgStat_StatTabEntry
 	TimestampTz last_autoanalyze_time;	/* autovacuum initiated */
 	PgStat_Counter autoanalyze_count;
 
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_vacuum_time;	/* user initiated vacuum */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_vacuum_count;
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_autovacuum_time;	/* autovacuum initiated */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_autovacuum_count;
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_analyze_time;	/* user initiated */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_analyze_count;
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_autoanalyze_time;	/* autovacuum initiated */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_autoanalyze_count;
+
 	PgStat_Counter total_vacuum_time;	/* times in milliseconds */
 	PgStat_Counter total_autovacuum_time;
 	PgStat_Counter total_analyze_time;
@@ -703,6 +712,13 @@ extern void pgstat_report_analyze(Relation rel,
 								  PgStat_Counter livetuples, PgStat_Counter deadtuples,
 								  bool resetcounter, TimestampTz starttime);
 
+/* flags for pgstat_flush_backend() */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM		(1 << 0)	/* vacuum is skipped */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE		(1 << 1)	/* analyze is skipped */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOVACUUM	(1 << 2)	/* autovacuum is skipped */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOANALYZE	(1 << 3)	/* autoanalyze is skipped */
+extern void pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(Oid relid, int flags);
+
 /*
  * If stats are enabled, but pending data hasn't been prepared yet, call
  * pgstat_assoc_relation() to do so. See its comment for why this is done
diff --git a/src/test/isolation/expected/vacuum-skip-locked.out b/src/test/isolation/expected/vacuum-skip-locked.out
index 99db281a159..e2cff175b7c 100644
--- a/src/test/isolation/expected/vacuum-skip-locked.out
+++ b/src/test/isolation/expected/vacuum-skip-locked.out
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 Parsed test spec with 2 sessions
 
-starting permutation: lock_share vac_specified commit
+starting permutation: lock_share vac_specified commit check_stat
 step lock_share: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN SHARE MODE;
@@ -10,8 +10,22 @@ step vac_specified: VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED) part1, part2;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
 
-starting permutation: lock_share vac_all_parts commit
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   1|            0|                    0
+part2  |           1|                   0|            0|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
+
+starting permutation: lock_share vac_all_parts commit check_stat
 step lock_share: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN SHARE MODE;
@@ -20,8 +34,22 @@ step vac_all_parts: VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED) parted;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   1|            0|                    0
+part2  |           1|                   0|            0|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
 
-starting permutation: lock_share analyze_specified commit
+starting permutation: lock_share analyze_specified commit check_stat
 step lock_share: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN SHARE MODE;
@@ -31,8 +59,22 @@ step analyze_specified: ANALYZE (SKIP_LOCKED) part1, part2;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
 
-starting permutation: lock_share analyze_all_parts commit
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   0|            0|                    1
+part2  |           0|                   0|            1|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
+
+starting permutation: lock_share analyze_all_parts commit check_stat
 step lock_share: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN SHARE MODE;
@@ -41,8 +83,22 @@ step analyze_all_parts: ANALYZE (SKIP_LOCKED) parted;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            1|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   0|            0|                    1
+part2  |           0|                   0|            1|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
 
-starting permutation: lock_share vac_analyze_specified commit
+starting permutation: lock_share vac_analyze_specified commit check_stat
 step lock_share: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN SHARE MODE;
@@ -52,8 +108,22 @@ step vac_analyze_specified: VACUUM (ANALYZE, SKIP_LOCKED) part1, part2;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
 
-starting permutation: lock_share vac_analyze_all_parts commit
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   1|            0|                    1
+part2  |           1|                   0|            1|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
+
+starting permutation: lock_share vac_analyze_all_parts commit check_stat
 step lock_share: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN SHARE MODE;
@@ -62,8 +132,22 @@ step vac_analyze_all_parts: VACUUM (ANALYZE, SKIP_LOCKED) parted;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            1|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   1|            0|                    1
+part2  |           1|                   0|            1|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
 
-starting permutation: lock_share vac_full_specified commit
+starting permutation: lock_share vac_full_specified commit check_stat
 step lock_share: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN SHARE MODE;
@@ -73,8 +157,22 @@ step vac_full_specified: VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED, FULL) part1, part2;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
 
-starting permutation: lock_share vac_full_all_parts commit
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part2  |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
+
+starting permutation: lock_share vac_full_all_parts commit check_stat
 step lock_share: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN SHARE MODE;
@@ -83,8 +181,22 @@ step vac_full_all_parts: VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED, FULL) parted;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part2  |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+(3 rows)
 
-starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_specified commit
+
+starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_specified commit check_stat
 step lock_access_exclusive: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN ACCESS EXCLUSIVE MODE;
@@ -94,8 +206,22 @@ step vac_specified: VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED) part1, part2;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   1|            0|                    0
+part2  |           1|                   0|            0|                    0
+(3 rows)
 
-starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_all_parts commit
+
+starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_all_parts commit check_stat
 step lock_access_exclusive: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN ACCESS EXCLUSIVE MODE;
@@ -104,8 +230,22 @@ step vac_all_parts: VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED) parted;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   1|            0|                    0
+part2  |           1|                   0|            0|                    0
+(3 rows)
 
-starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive analyze_specified commit
+
+starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive analyze_specified commit check_stat
 step lock_access_exclusive: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN ACCESS EXCLUSIVE MODE;
@@ -115,8 +255,22 @@ step analyze_specified: ANALYZE (SKIP_LOCKED) part1, part2;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   0|            0|                    1
+part2  |           0|                   0|            1|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
 
-starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive analyze_all_parts commit
+starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive analyze_all_parts commit check_stat
 step lock_access_exclusive: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN ACCESS EXCLUSIVE MODE;
@@ -126,8 +280,22 @@ step commit:
 	COMMIT;
 
 step analyze_all_parts: <... completed>
-
-starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_analyze_specified commit
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            1|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   0|            1|                    0
+part2  |           0|                   0|            1|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
+
+starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_analyze_specified commit check_stat
 step lock_access_exclusive: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN ACCESS EXCLUSIVE MODE;
@@ -137,8 +305,22 @@ step vac_analyze_specified: VACUUM (ANALYZE, SKIP_LOCKED) part1, part2;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   1|            0|                    1
+part2  |           1|                   0|            1|                    0
+(3 rows)
 
-starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_analyze_all_parts commit
+
+starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_analyze_all_parts commit check_stat
 step lock_access_exclusive: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN ACCESS EXCLUSIVE MODE;
@@ -148,8 +330,22 @@ step commit:
 	COMMIT;
 
 step vac_analyze_all_parts: <... completed>
-
-starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_full_specified commit
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            1|                    0
+part1  |           1|                   0|            1|                    0
+part2  |           1|                   0|            1|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
+
+starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_full_specified commit check_stat
 step lock_access_exclusive: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN ACCESS EXCLUSIVE MODE;
@@ -159,8 +355,22 @@ step vac_full_specified: VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED, FULL) part1, part2;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
 
-starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_full_all_parts commit
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part2  |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
+
+starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_full_all_parts commit check_stat
 step lock_access_exclusive: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN ACCESS EXCLUSIVE MODE;
@@ -169,3 +379,17 @@ step vac_full_all_parts: VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED, FULL) parted;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part2  |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
diff --git a/src/test/isolation/specs/vacuum-skip-locked.spec b/src/test/isolation/specs/vacuum-skip-locked.spec
index 3fad6e1c92a..b0da75d4b6d 100644
--- a/src/test/isolation/specs/vacuum-skip-locked.spec
+++ b/src/test/isolation/specs/vacuum-skip-locked.spec
@@ -33,6 +33,15 @@ step commit
 	COMMIT;
 }
 
+step check_stat
+{
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+}
+
 session s2
 step vac_specified			{ VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED) part1, part2; }
 step vac_all_parts			{ VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED) parted; }
@@ -43,19 +52,19 @@ step vac_analyze_all_parts	{ VACUUM (ANALYZE, SKIP_LOCKED) parted; }
 step vac_full_specified		{ VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED, FULL) part1, part2; }
 step vac_full_all_parts		{ VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED, FULL) parted; }
 
-permutation lock_share vac_specified commit
-permutation lock_share vac_all_parts commit
-permutation lock_share analyze_specified commit
-permutation lock_share analyze_all_parts commit
-permutation lock_share vac_analyze_specified commit
-permutation lock_share vac_analyze_all_parts commit
-permutation lock_share vac_full_specified commit
-permutation lock_share vac_full_all_parts commit
-permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_specified commit
-permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_all_parts commit
-permutation lock_access_exclusive analyze_specified commit
-permutation lock_access_exclusive analyze_all_parts commit
-permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_analyze_specified commit
-permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_analyze_all_parts commit
-permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_full_specified commit
-permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_full_all_parts commit
+permutation lock_share vac_specified commit check_stat
+permutation lock_share vac_all_parts commit check_stat
+permutation lock_share analyze_specified commit check_stat
+permutation lock_share analyze_all_parts commit check_stat
+permutation lock_share vac_analyze_specified commit check_stat
+permutation lock_share vac_analyze_all_parts commit check_stat
+permutation lock_share vac_full_specified commit check_stat
+permutation lock_share vac_full_all_parts commit check_stat
+permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_specified commit check_stat
+permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_all_parts commit check_stat
+permutation lock_access_exclusive analyze_specified commit check_stat
+permutation lock_access_exclusive analyze_all_parts commit check_stat
+permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_analyze_specified commit check_stat
+permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_analyze_all_parts commit check_stat
+permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_full_specified commit check_stat
+permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_full_all_parts commit check_stat
diff --git a/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out b/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out
index a65a5bf0c4f..9b2075d3373 100644
--- a/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out
+++ b/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out
@@ -1835,13 +1835,21 @@ pg_stat_all_tables| SELECT c.oid AS relid,
     pg_stat_get_mod_since_analyze(c.oid) AS n_mod_since_analyze,
     pg_stat_get_ins_since_vacuum(c.oid) AS n_ins_since_vacuum,
     pg_stat_get_last_vacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_vacuum,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_vacuum,
     pg_stat_get_last_autovacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_autovacuum,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_autovacuum,
     pg_stat_get_last_analyze_time(c.oid) AS last_analyze,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_analyze,
     pg_stat_get_last_autoanalyze_time(c.oid) AS last_autoanalyze,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_autoanalyze,
     pg_stat_get_vacuum_count(c.oid) AS vacuum_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count(c.oid) AS skipped_vacuum_count,
     pg_stat_get_autovacuum_count(c.oid) AS autovacuum_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count(c.oid) AS skipped_autovacuum_count,
     pg_stat_get_analyze_count(c.oid) AS analyze_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count(c.oid) AS skipped_analyze_count,
     pg_stat_get_autoanalyze_count(c.oid) AS autoanalyze_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count(c.oid) AS skipped_autoanalyze_count,
     pg_stat_get_total_vacuum_time(c.oid) AS total_vacuum_time,
     pg_stat_get_total_autovacuum_time(c.oid) AS total_autovacuum_time,
     pg_stat_get_total_analyze_time(c.oid) AS total_analyze_time,
@@ -2346,13 +2354,21 @@ pg_stat_sys_tables| SELECT relid,
     n_mod_since_analyze,
     n_ins_since_vacuum,
     last_vacuum,
+    last_skipped_vacuum,
     last_autovacuum,
+    last_skipped_autovacuum,
     last_analyze,
+    last_skipped_analyze,
     last_autoanalyze,
+    last_skipped_autoanalyze,
     vacuum_count,
+    skipped_vacuum_count,
     autovacuum_count,
+    skipped_autovacuum_count,
     analyze_count,
+    skipped_analyze_count,
     autoanalyze_count,
+    skipped_autoanalyze_count,
     total_vacuum_time,
     total_autovacuum_time,
     total_analyze_time,
@@ -2401,13 +2417,21 @@ pg_stat_user_tables| SELECT relid,
     n_mod_since_analyze,
     n_ins_since_vacuum,
     last_vacuum,
+    last_skipped_vacuum,
     last_autovacuum,
+    last_skipped_autovacuum,
     last_analyze,
+    last_skipped_analyze,
     last_autoanalyze,
+    last_skipped_autoanalyze,
     vacuum_count,
+    skipped_vacuum_count,
     autovacuum_count,
+    skipped_autovacuum_count,
     analyze_count,
+    skipped_analyze_count,
     autoanalyze_count,
+    skipped_autoanalyze_count,
     total_vacuum_time,
     total_autovacuum_time,
     total_analyze_time,
-- 
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* [PATCH v4] Track skipped vacuum and analyze activity per relation
@ 2026-03-24 04:09 Yugo Nagata <[email protected]>
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From: Yugo Nagata @ 2026-03-24 04:09 UTC (permalink / raw)

This commit adds eight fields to the relation statistics that track
the last time vacuum or analyze has been attempted but skipped due to
lock unavailability, along with their counts:

-    last_skipped_vacuum
-    last_skipped_autovacuum
-    last_skipped_analyze
-    last_skipped_autoanalyze
-    skipped_vacuum_count
-    skipped_autovacuum_count
-    skipped_analyze_count
-    skipped_autoanalyze_count

These field can help users confirm that autovacuum is actively attempting
to run on a table that has not been vacuumed or analyzed for a long time,
and that the lack of progress is due to repeated skips rather than inactivity.
---
 doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml                 |  88 ++++++++++++++++
 src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql         |   8 ++
 src/backend/commands/vacuum.c                | 102 ++++++++++++++-----
 src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c |  64 ++++++++++++
 src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c          |  24 +++++
 src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat              |  32 ++++++
 src/include/pgstat.h                         |  16 +++
 src/test/regress/expected/rules.out          |  24 +++++
 8 files changed, 335 insertions(+), 23 deletions(-)

diff --git a/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml b/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml
index 08d5b824552..a9b579d87a9 100644
--- a/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml
+++ b/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml
@@ -4387,6 +4387,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_vacuum</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time a manual vacuum on this table was attempted but skipped due to
+       lock unavailability (not counting <command>VACUUM FULL</command>)
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>last_autovacuum</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
@@ -4397,6 +4407,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_autovacuum</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time a vacuum on this table by the autovacuum daemon was attempted
+       but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>last_analyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
@@ -4406,6 +4426,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_analyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time a manual analyze on this table was attempted but skipped due to
+       lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>last_autoanalyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
@@ -4416,6 +4446,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_autoanalyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time at which an analyze on this table by the autovacuum was
+       attempted but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>vacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4426,6 +4466,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_vacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times manual vacuums on this table have been attempted but skipped
+       due to lock unavailability (not counting <command>VACUUM FULL</command>)
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>autovacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4436,6 +4486,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_autovacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times vacuums on this table by the autovacuum daemon have been
+       attempted but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>analyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4445,6 +4505,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_analyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times manual analyzes on this table have been attempted but
+       skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>autoanalyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4455,6 +4525,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_autoanalyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times analyzes on this table by the autovacuum daemon have
+       been attempted but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>total_vacuum_time</structfield> <type>double precision</type>
@@ -4510,6 +4590,14 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
    </tgroup>
   </table>
 
+  <note>
+   <para>
+    When a manual vacuum or analyze on a parent table in an inheritance or
+    partitioning hierarchy is skipped, the statistics are recorded only for
+    the parent table, not for its children.
+   </para>
+  </note>
+
  </sect2>
 
  <sect2 id="monitoring-pg-stat-autovacuum-scores-view">
diff --git a/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql b/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql
index 73a1c1c4670..f509fc7876b 100644
--- a/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql
+++ b/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql
@@ -736,13 +736,21 @@ CREATE VIEW pg_stat_all_tables AS
             pg_stat_get_mod_since_analyze(C.oid) AS n_mod_since_analyze,
             pg_stat_get_ins_since_vacuum(C.oid) AS n_ins_since_vacuum,
             pg_stat_get_last_vacuum_time(C.oid) as last_vacuum,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_vacuum,
             pg_stat_get_last_autovacuum_time(C.oid) as last_autovacuum,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_autovacuum,
             pg_stat_get_last_analyze_time(C.oid) as last_analyze,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_analyze,
             pg_stat_get_last_autoanalyze_time(C.oid) as last_autoanalyze,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_autoanalyze,
             pg_stat_get_vacuum_count(C.oid) AS vacuum_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count(C.oid) AS skipped_vacuum_count,
             pg_stat_get_autovacuum_count(C.oid) AS autovacuum_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count(C.oid) AS skipped_autovacuum_count,
             pg_stat_get_analyze_count(C.oid) AS analyze_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count(C.oid) AS skipped_analyze_count,
             pg_stat_get_autoanalyze_count(C.oid) AS autoanalyze_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count(C.oid) AS skipped_autoanalyze_count,
             pg_stat_get_total_vacuum_time(C.oid) AS total_vacuum_time,
             pg_stat_get_total_autovacuum_time(C.oid) AS total_autovacuum_time,
             pg_stat_get_total_analyze_time(C.oid) AS total_analyze_time,
diff --git a/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c b/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c
index 99d0db82ed7..97cd5ea8d10 100644
--- a/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c
+++ b/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c
@@ -793,8 +793,25 @@ vacuum_open_relation(Oid relid, RangeVar *relation, uint32 options,
 		rel = try_relation_open(relid, NoLock);
 	else
 	{
+		int flags = 0;
 		rel = NULL;
 		rel_lock = false;
+
+		if ((options & VACOPT_VACUUM) != 0)
+		{
+			if (AmAutoVacuumWorkerProcess())
+				flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOVACUUM;
+			else
+				flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM;
+		}
+		if ((options & VACOPT_ANALYZE) != 0)
+		{
+			if (AmAutoVacuumWorkerProcess())
+				flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOANALYZE;
+			else
+				flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE;
+		}
+		pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(relid, flags);
 	}
 
 	/* if relation is opened, leave */
@@ -802,7 +819,7 @@ vacuum_open_relation(Oid relid, RangeVar *relation, uint32 options,
 		return rel;
 
 	/*
-	 * Relation could not be opened, hence generate if possible a log
+	 * Relation could not be opened hence generate if possible a log
 	 * informing on the situation.
 	 *
 	 * If the RangeVar is not defined, we do not have enough information to
@@ -905,7 +922,6 @@ expand_vacuum_rel(VacuumRelation *vrel, MemoryContext vac_context,
 		Form_pg_class classForm;
 		bool		include_children;
 		bool		is_partitioned_table;
-		int			rvr_opts;
 
 		/*
 		 * Since autovacuum workers supply OIDs when calling vacuum(), no
@@ -918,29 +934,69 @@ expand_vacuum_rel(VacuumRelation *vrel, MemoryContext vac_context,
 		 * below, as well as find_all_inheritors's expectation that the caller
 		 * holds some lock on the starting relation.
 		 */
-		rvr_opts = (options & VACOPT_SKIP_LOCKED) ? RVR_SKIP_LOCKED : 0;
-		relid = RangeVarGetRelidExtended(vrel->relation,
-										 AccessShareLock,
-										 rvr_opts,
-										 NULL, NULL);
-
-		/*
-		 * If the lock is unavailable, emit the same log statement that
-		 * vacuum_rel() and analyze_rel() would.
-		 */
-		if (!OidIsValid(relid))
+		if (!(options & VACOPT_SKIP_LOCKED))
 		{
-			if (options & VACOPT_VACUUM)
-				ereport(WARNING,
-						(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
-						 errmsg("skipping vacuum of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
-								vrel->relation->relname)));
-			else
-				ereport(WARNING,
-						(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
-						 errmsg("skipping analyze of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
+			relid = RangeVarGetRelidExtended(vrel->relation,
+											 AccessShareLock,
+											 0, NULL, NULL);
+			if (!OidIsValid(relid))
+				return vacrels;
+		}
+		else
+		{
+			/* Get relid for reporting before taking a lock */
+			relid = RangeVarGetRelid(vrel->relation, NoLock, false);
+
+			if (!ConditionalLockRelationOid(relid, AccessShareLock))
+			{
+				int	flags = 0;
+				/*
+				 * If the lock is unavailable, emit the same log statement that
+				 * vacuum_rel() and analyze_rel() would.
+				 */
+				if (options & VACOPT_VACUUM)
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping vacuum of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
 								vrel->relation->relname)));
-			return vacrels;
+				else
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping analyze of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
+									vrel->relation->relname)));
+
+				if ((options & VACOPT_VACUUM) != 0)
+					flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM;
+				if ((options & VACOPT_ANALYZE) != 0)
+					flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE;
+
+				pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(relid, flags);
+
+				return vacrels;
+			}
+
+			/*
+			 * Now that we have the lock, probe to see if the relation really
+			 * exists or not.
+			 */
+			if (!SearchSysCacheExists1(RELOID, ObjectIdGetDatum(relid)))
+			{
+				if (options & VACOPT_VACUUM)
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_UNDEFINED_TABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping vacuum of \"%s\" --- relation no longer exists",
+									vrel->relation->relname)));
+				else
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_UNDEFINED_TABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping analyze of \"%s\" --- relation no longer exists",
+									vrel->relation->relname)));
+
+				/* Release useless lock */
+				UnlockRelationOid(relid, AccessShareLock);
+
+				return vacrels;
+			}
 		}
 
 		/*
diff --git a/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c b/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c
index b2ca28f83ba..532d9023f8c 100644
--- a/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c
+++ b/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c
@@ -17,12 +17,14 @@
 
 #include "postgres.h"
 
+#include "access/htup_details.h"
 #include "access/twophase_rmgr.h"
 #include "access/xact.h"
 #include "catalog/catalog.h"
 #include "utils/memutils.h"
 #include "utils/pgstat_internal.h"
 #include "utils/rel.h"
+#include "utils/syscache.h"
 #include "utils/timestamp.h"
 
 
@@ -367,6 +369,68 @@ pgstat_report_analyze(Relation rel,
 	(void) pgstat_flush_backend(false, PGSTAT_BACKEND_FLUSH_IO);
 }
 
+/*
+ * Report that the table was skipped during vacuum or/and analyze.
+ */
+void
+pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(Oid relid, int flags)
+{
+	PgStat_EntryRef *entry_ref;
+	PgStatShared_Relation *shtabentry;
+	PgStat_StatTabEntry *tabentry;
+	TimestampTz ts;
+	HeapTuple	classTup;
+	bool		isshared;
+
+	if (!pgstat_track_counts || !flags)
+		return;
+
+	classTup = SearchSysCache1(RELOID, ObjectIdGetDatum(relid));
+	if (!HeapTupleIsValid(classTup))
+		return;			/* somebody deleted the rel, forget it */
+	isshared = ((Form_pg_class) GETSTRUCT(classTup))->relisshared;
+	ReleaseSysCache(classTup);
+
+	/* Store the data in the table's hash table entry. */
+	ts = GetCurrentTimestamp();
+
+	/* block acquiring lock for the same reason as pgstat_report_autovac() */
+	entry_ref = pgstat_get_entry_ref_locked(PGSTAT_KIND_RELATION,
+											isshared ? InvalidOid : MyDatabaseId,
+											relid, false);
+
+	shtabentry = (PgStatShared_Relation *) entry_ref->shared_stats;
+	tabentry = &shtabentry->stats;
+
+	if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM)
+	{
+		tabentry->last_skipped_vacuum_time = ts;
+		tabentry->skipped_vacuum_count++;
+	}
+	else if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOVACUUM)
+	{
+		tabentry->last_skipped_autovacuum_time = ts;
+		tabentry->skipped_autovacuum_count++;
+	}
+
+	if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE)
+	{
+		tabentry->last_skipped_analyze_time = ts;
+		tabentry->skipped_analyze_count++;
+	}
+	else if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOANALYZE)
+	{
+		tabentry->last_skipped_autoanalyze_time = ts;
+		tabentry->skipped_autoanalyze_count++;
+	}
+
+	pgstat_unlock_entry(entry_ref);
+
+	/* see pgstat_report_vacuum() */
+	pgstat_flush_io(false);
+	(void) pgstat_flush_backend(false, PGSTAT_BACKEND_FLUSH_IO);
+}
+
 /*
  * count a tuple insertion of n tuples
  */
diff --git a/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c b/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c
index 1408de387ea..90a8968faa0 100644
--- a/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c
+++ b/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c
@@ -84,6 +84,18 @@ PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(mod_since_analyze)
 /* pg_stat_get_numscans */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(numscans)
 
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_analyze_count)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_autoanalyze_count)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_autovacuum_count)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_vacuum_count)
+
 /* pg_stat_get_tuples_deleted */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(tuples_deleted)
 
@@ -170,6 +182,18 @@ PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_vacuum_time)
 /* pg_stat_get_lastscan */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(lastscan)
 
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_analyze_time)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_autoanalyze_time)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_autovacuum_time)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_vacuum_time)
+
 /* pg_stat_get_stat_reset_time */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(stat_reset_time)
 
diff --git a/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat b/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat
index fa9ae79082b..32debb34863 100644
--- a/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat
+++ b/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat
@@ -5680,6 +5680,38 @@
   proargmodes => '{o,o,o,o,o,o,o,o,o,o}',
   proargnames => '{oid,score,xid_score,mxid_score,vacuum_score,vacuum_insert_score,analyze_score,do_vacuum,do_analyze,for_wraparound}',
   prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_autovacuum_scores' },
+{ oid => '8142', descr => 'statistics: last skipped vacuum time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time' },
+{ oid => '8143', descr => 'statistics: last skipped auto vacuum time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time' },
+{ oid => '8144', descr => 'statistics: last skipped analyze time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time' },
+{ oid => '8145', descr => 'statistics: last skipped auto analyze time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time' },
+{ oid => '8146', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped vacuum for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count' },
+{ oid => '8147', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped auto vacuum for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count' },
+{ oid => '8148', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped analyzes for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count' },
+{ oid => '8149', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped auto analyzes for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count' },
 { oid => '1936', descr => 'statistics: currently active backend IDs',
   proname => 'pg_stat_get_backend_idset', prorows => '100', proretset => 't',
   provolatile => 's', proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int4',
diff --git a/src/include/pgstat.h b/src/include/pgstat.h
index dfa2e837638..98941f953d1 100644
--- a/src/include/pgstat.h
+++ b/src/include/pgstat.h
@@ -479,6 +479,15 @@ typedef struct PgStat_StatTabEntry
 	TimestampTz last_autoanalyze_time;	/* autovacuum initiated */
 	PgStat_Counter autoanalyze_count;
 
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_vacuum_time;	/* user initiated vacuum */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_vacuum_count;
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_autovacuum_time;	/* autovacuum initiated */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_autovacuum_count;
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_analyze_time;	/* user initiated */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_analyze_count;
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_autoanalyze_time;	/* autovacuum initiated */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_autoanalyze_count;
+
 	PgStat_Counter total_vacuum_time;	/* times in milliseconds */
 	PgStat_Counter total_autovacuum_time;
 	PgStat_Counter total_analyze_time;
@@ -703,6 +712,13 @@ extern void pgstat_report_analyze(Relation rel,
 								  PgStat_Counter livetuples, PgStat_Counter deadtuples,
 								  bool resetcounter, TimestampTz starttime);
 
+/* flags for pgstat_flush_backend() */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM		(1 << 0)	/* vacuum is skipped */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE		(1 << 1)	/* analyze is skipped */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOVACUUM	(1 << 2)	/* autovacuum is skipped */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOANALYZE	(1 << 3)	/* autoanalyze is skipped */
+extern void pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(Oid relid, int flags);
+
 /*
  * If stats are enabled, but pending data hasn't been prepared yet, call
  * pgstat_assoc_relation() to do so. See its comment for why this is done
diff --git a/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out b/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out
index a65a5bf0c4f..9b2075d3373 100644
--- a/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out
+++ b/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out
@@ -1835,13 +1835,21 @@ pg_stat_all_tables| SELECT c.oid AS relid,
     pg_stat_get_mod_since_analyze(c.oid) AS n_mod_since_analyze,
     pg_stat_get_ins_since_vacuum(c.oid) AS n_ins_since_vacuum,
     pg_stat_get_last_vacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_vacuum,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_vacuum,
     pg_stat_get_last_autovacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_autovacuum,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_autovacuum,
     pg_stat_get_last_analyze_time(c.oid) AS last_analyze,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_analyze,
     pg_stat_get_last_autoanalyze_time(c.oid) AS last_autoanalyze,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_autoanalyze,
     pg_stat_get_vacuum_count(c.oid) AS vacuum_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count(c.oid) AS skipped_vacuum_count,
     pg_stat_get_autovacuum_count(c.oid) AS autovacuum_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count(c.oid) AS skipped_autovacuum_count,
     pg_stat_get_analyze_count(c.oid) AS analyze_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count(c.oid) AS skipped_analyze_count,
     pg_stat_get_autoanalyze_count(c.oid) AS autoanalyze_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count(c.oid) AS skipped_autoanalyze_count,
     pg_stat_get_total_vacuum_time(c.oid) AS total_vacuum_time,
     pg_stat_get_total_autovacuum_time(c.oid) AS total_autovacuum_time,
     pg_stat_get_total_analyze_time(c.oid) AS total_analyze_time,
@@ -2346,13 +2354,21 @@ pg_stat_sys_tables| SELECT relid,
     n_mod_since_analyze,
     n_ins_since_vacuum,
     last_vacuum,
+    last_skipped_vacuum,
     last_autovacuum,
+    last_skipped_autovacuum,
     last_analyze,
+    last_skipped_analyze,
     last_autoanalyze,
+    last_skipped_autoanalyze,
     vacuum_count,
+    skipped_vacuum_count,
     autovacuum_count,
+    skipped_autovacuum_count,
     analyze_count,
+    skipped_analyze_count,
     autoanalyze_count,
+    skipped_autoanalyze_count,
     total_vacuum_time,
     total_autovacuum_time,
     total_analyze_time,
@@ -2401,13 +2417,21 @@ pg_stat_user_tables| SELECT relid,
     n_mod_since_analyze,
     n_ins_since_vacuum,
     last_vacuum,
+    last_skipped_vacuum,
     last_autovacuum,
+    last_skipped_autovacuum,
     last_analyze,
+    last_skipped_analyze,
     last_autoanalyze,
+    last_skipped_autoanalyze,
     vacuum_count,
+    skipped_vacuum_count,
     autovacuum_count,
+    skipped_autovacuum_count,
     analyze_count,
+    skipped_analyze_count,
     autoanalyze_count,
+    skipped_autoanalyze_count,
     total_vacuum_time,
     total_autovacuum_time,
     total_analyze_time,
-- 
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* [PATCH v3] Track skipped vacuum and analyze activity per relation
@ 2026-03-24 04:09 Yugo Nagata <[email protected]>
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From: Yugo Nagata @ 2026-03-24 04:09 UTC (permalink / raw)

This commit adds eight fields to the relation statistics that track
the last time vacuum or analyze has been attempted but skipped due to
lock unavailability, along with their counts:

-    last_skipped_vacuum
-    last_skipped_autovacuum
-    last_skipped_analyze
-    last_skipped_autoanalyze
-    skipped_vacuum_count
-    skipped_autovacuum_count
-    skipped_analyze_count
-    skipped_autoanalyze_count

These field can help users confirm that autovacuum is actively attempting
to run on a table that has not been vacuumed or analyzed for a long time,
and that the lack of progress is due to repeated skips rather than inactivity.
---
 doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml                 | 80 +++++++++++++++++
 src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql         |  8 ++
 src/backend/commands/vacuum.c                | 95 +++++++++++++++-----
 src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c | 68 ++++++++++++++
 src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c          | 24 +++++
 src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat              | 32 +++++++
 src/include/pgstat.h                         | 16 ++++
 src/test/regress/expected/rules.out          | 24 +++++
 8 files changed, 324 insertions(+), 23 deletions(-)

diff --git a/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml b/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml
index bb75ed1069b..9ec8070b2fc 100644
--- a/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml
+++ b/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml
@@ -4372,6 +4372,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_vacuum</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time a manual vacuum on this table was attempted but skipped due to
+       lock unavailability (not counting <command>VACUUM FULL</command>)
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>last_autovacuum</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
@@ -4382,6 +4392,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_autovacuum</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time a vacuum on this table by the autovacuum daemon was attempted
+       but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>last_analyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
@@ -4391,6 +4411,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_analyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time a manual analyze on this table was attempted but skipped due to
+       lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>last_autoanalyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
@@ -4401,6 +4431,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_autoanalyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time at which an analyze on this table by the autovacuum was
+       attempted but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>vacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4411,6 +4451,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_vacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times vacuums on this table have been attempted but skipped
+       due to lock unavailability (not counting <command>VACUUM FULL</command>)
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>autovacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4421,6 +4471,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_autovacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times vacuums on this table by the autovacuum daemon have been
+       attempted but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>analyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4430,6 +4490,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_analyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times manual analyzes on this table have been attempted but
+       skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>autoanalyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4440,6 +4510,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_autoanalyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times analyzes on this table by the autovacuum daemon have
+       been attempted but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>total_vacuum_time</structfield> <type>double precision</type>
diff --git a/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql b/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql
index e54018004db..2ca02a0354c 100644
--- a/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql
+++ b/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql
@@ -736,13 +736,21 @@ CREATE VIEW pg_stat_all_tables AS
             pg_stat_get_mod_since_analyze(C.oid) AS n_mod_since_analyze,
             pg_stat_get_ins_since_vacuum(C.oid) AS n_ins_since_vacuum,
             pg_stat_get_last_vacuum_time(C.oid) as last_vacuum,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_vacuum,
             pg_stat_get_last_autovacuum_time(C.oid) as last_autovacuum,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_autovacuum,
             pg_stat_get_last_analyze_time(C.oid) as last_analyze,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_analyze,
             pg_stat_get_last_autoanalyze_time(C.oid) as last_autoanalyze,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_autoanalyze,
             pg_stat_get_vacuum_count(C.oid) AS vacuum_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count(C.oid) AS skipped_vacuum_count,
             pg_stat_get_autovacuum_count(C.oid) AS autovacuum_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count(C.oid) AS skipped_autovacuum_count,
             pg_stat_get_analyze_count(C.oid) AS analyze_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count(C.oid) AS skipped_analyze_count,
             pg_stat_get_autoanalyze_count(C.oid) AS autoanalyze_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count(C.oid) AS skipped_autoanalyze_count,
             pg_stat_get_total_vacuum_time(C.oid) AS total_vacuum_time,
             pg_stat_get_total_autovacuum_time(C.oid) AS total_autovacuum_time,
             pg_stat_get_total_analyze_time(C.oid) AS total_analyze_time,
diff --git a/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c b/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c
index bce3a2daa24..ce83b3171be 100644
--- a/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c
+++ b/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c
@@ -792,8 +792,18 @@ vacuum_open_relation(Oid relid, RangeVar *relation, bits32 options,
 		rel = try_relation_open(relid, NoLock);
 	else
 	{
+		bits8 flags = 0;
 		rel = NULL;
 		rel_lock = false;
+
+		if ((options & VACOPT_VACUUM) != 0)
+			flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM;
+		if ((options & VACOPT_ANALYZE) != 0)
+			flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE;
+		if (AmAutoVacuumWorkerProcess())
+			flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOVAC;
+
+		pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(relid, flags);
 	}
 
 	/* if relation is opened, leave */
@@ -801,7 +811,7 @@ vacuum_open_relation(Oid relid, RangeVar *relation, bits32 options,
 		return rel;
 
 	/*
-	 * Relation could not be opened, hence generate if possible a log
+	 * Relation could not be opened hence generate if possible a log
 	 * informing on the situation.
 	 *
 	 * If the RangeVar is not defined, we do not have enough information to
@@ -904,7 +914,6 @@ expand_vacuum_rel(VacuumRelation *vrel, MemoryContext vac_context,
 		Form_pg_class classForm;
 		bool		include_children;
 		bool		is_partitioned_table;
-		int			rvr_opts;
 
 		/*
 		 * Since autovacuum workers supply OIDs when calling vacuum(), no
@@ -917,29 +926,69 @@ expand_vacuum_rel(VacuumRelation *vrel, MemoryContext vac_context,
 		 * below, as well as find_all_inheritors's expectation that the caller
 		 * holds some lock on the starting relation.
 		 */
-		rvr_opts = (options & VACOPT_SKIP_LOCKED) ? RVR_SKIP_LOCKED : 0;
-		relid = RangeVarGetRelidExtended(vrel->relation,
-										 AccessShareLock,
-										 rvr_opts,
-										 NULL, NULL);
-
-		/*
-		 * If the lock is unavailable, emit the same log statement that
-		 * vacuum_rel() and analyze_rel() would.
-		 */
-		if (!OidIsValid(relid))
+		if (!(options & VACOPT_SKIP_LOCKED))
 		{
-			if (options & VACOPT_VACUUM)
-				ereport(WARNING,
-						(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
-						 errmsg("skipping vacuum of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
-								vrel->relation->relname)));
-			else
-				ereport(WARNING,
-						(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
-						 errmsg("skipping analyze of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
+			relid = RangeVarGetRelidExtended(vrel->relation,
+											 AccessShareLock,
+											 0, NULL, NULL);
+			if (!OidIsValid(relid))
+				return vacrels;
+		}
+		else
+		{
+			/* Get relid for reporting before taking a lock */
+			relid = RangeVarGetRelid(vrel->relation, NoLock, false);
+
+			if (!ConditionalLockRelationOid(relid, AccessShareLock))
+			{
+				bits8	flags = 0;
+				/*
+				 * If the lock is unavailable, emit the same log statement that
+				 * vacuum_rel() and analyze_rel() would.
+				 */
+				if (options & VACOPT_VACUUM)
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping vacuum of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
 								vrel->relation->relname)));
-			return vacrels;
+				else
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping analyze of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
+									vrel->relation->relname)));
+
+				if ((options & VACOPT_VACUUM) != 0)
+					flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM;
+				if ((options & VACOPT_ANALYZE) != 0)
+					flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE;
+
+				pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(relid, flags);
+
+				return vacrels;
+			}
+
+			/*
+			 * Now that we have the lock, probe to see if the relation really
+			 * exists or not.
+			 */
+			if (!SearchSysCacheExists1(RELOID, ObjectIdGetDatum(relid)))
+			{
+				if (options & VACOPT_VACUUM)
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_UNDEFINED_TABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping vacuum of \"%s\" --- relation no longer exists",
+									vrel->relation->relname)));
+				else
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_UNDEFINED_TABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping analyze of \"%s\" --- relation no longer exists",
+									vrel->relation->relname)));
+
+				/* Release useless lock */
+				UnlockRelationOid(relid, AccessShareLock);
+
+				return vacrels;
+			}
 		}
 
 		/*
diff --git a/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c b/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c
index bc8c43b96aa..cec4c88980e 100644
--- a/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c
+++ b/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c
@@ -17,6 +17,7 @@
 
 #include "postgres.h"
 
+#include "access/htup_details.h"
 #include "access/twophase_rmgr.h"
 #include "access/xact.h"
 #include "catalog/catalog.h"
@@ -366,6 +367,73 @@ pgstat_report_analyze(Relation rel,
 	(void) pgstat_flush_backend(false, PGSTAT_BACKEND_FLUSH_IO);
 }
 
+/*
+ * Report that the table was skipped during vacuum or/and analyze.
+ */
+void
+pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(Oid relid, bits8 flags)
+{
+	PgStat_EntryRef *entry_ref;
+	PgStatShared_Relation *shtabentry;
+	PgStat_StatTabEntry *tabentry;
+	TimestampTz ts;
+	HeapTuple	classTup;
+	bool		isshared;
+
+	if (!pgstat_track_counts || !(flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANY))
+		return;
+
+	classTup = SearchSysCache1(RELOID, ObjectIdGetDatum(relid));
+	if (!HeapTupleIsValid(classTup))
+		return;			/* somebody deleted the rel, forget it */
+	isshared = ((Form_pg_class) GETSTRUCT(classTup))->relisshared;
+	ReleaseSysCache(classTup);
+
+	/* Store the data in the table's hash table entry. */
+	ts = GetCurrentTimestamp();
+
+	/* block acquiring lock for the same reason as pgstat_report_autovac() */
+	entry_ref = pgstat_get_entry_ref_locked(PGSTAT_KIND_RELATION,
+											isshared ? InvalidOid : MyDatabaseId,
+											relid, false);
+
+	shtabentry = (PgStatShared_Relation *) entry_ref->shared_stats;
+	tabentry = &shtabentry->stats;
+
+	if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOVAC)
+	{
+		if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM)
+		{
+			tabentry->last_skipped_autovacuum_time = ts;
+			tabentry->skipped_autovacuum_count++;
+		}
+		if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE)
+		{
+			tabentry->last_skipped_autoanalyze_time = ts;
+			tabentry->skipped_autoanalyze_count++;
+		}
+	}
+	else
+	{
+		if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM)
+		{
+			tabentry->last_skipped_vacuum_time = ts;
+			tabentry->skipped_vacuum_count++;
+		}
+		if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE)
+		{
+			tabentry->last_skipped_analyze_time = ts;
+			tabentry->skipped_analyze_count++;
+		}
+	}
+
+	pgstat_unlock_entry(entry_ref);
+
+	/* see pgstat_report_vacuum() */
+	pgstat_flush_io(false);
+	(void) pgstat_flush_backend(false, PGSTAT_BACKEND_FLUSH_IO);
+}
+
 /*
  * count a tuple insertion of n tuples
  */
diff --git a/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c b/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c
index 9185a8e6b83..18aaa3996e1 100644
--- a/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c
+++ b/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c
@@ -84,6 +84,18 @@ PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(mod_since_analyze)
 /* pg_stat_get_numscans */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(numscans)
 
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_analyze_count)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_autoanalyze_count)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_autovacuum_count)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_vacuum_count)
+
 /* pg_stat_get_tuples_deleted */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(tuples_deleted)
 
@@ -170,6 +182,18 @@ PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_vacuum_time)
 /* pg_stat_get_lastscan */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(lastscan)
 
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_analyze_time)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_autoanalyze_time)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_autovacuum_time)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_vacuum_time)
+
 /* pg_stat_get_stat_reset_time */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(stat_reset_time)
 
diff --git a/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat b/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat
index 0118e970dda..ccfe3d9e02a 100644
--- a/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat
+++ b/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat
@@ -5667,6 +5667,38 @@
   proname => 'pg_stat_get_total_autoanalyze_time', provolatile => 's',
   proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'float8', proargtypes => 'oid',
   prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_total_autoanalyze_time' },
+{ oid => '8142', descr => 'statistics: last skipped vacuum time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time' },
+{ oid => '8143', descr => 'statistics: last skipped auto vacuum time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time' },
+{ oid => '8144', descr => 'statistics: last skipped analyze time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time' },
+{ oid => '8145', descr => 'statistics: last skipped auto analyze time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time' },
+{ oid => '8146', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped vacuum for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count' },
+{ oid => '8147', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped auto vacuum for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count' },
+{ oid => '8148', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped analyzes for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count' },
+{ oid => '8149', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped auto analyzes for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count' },
 { oid => '1936', descr => 'statistics: currently active backend IDs',
   proname => 'pg_stat_get_backend_idset', prorows => '100', proretset => 't',
   provolatile => 's', proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int4',
diff --git a/src/include/pgstat.h b/src/include/pgstat.h
index 8e3549c3752..343081a7a25 100644
--- a/src/include/pgstat.h
+++ b/src/include/pgstat.h
@@ -479,6 +479,15 @@ typedef struct PgStat_StatTabEntry
 	TimestampTz last_autoanalyze_time;	/* autovacuum initiated */
 	PgStat_Counter autoanalyze_count;
 
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_vacuum_time;	/* user initiated vacuum */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_vacuum_count;
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_autovacuum_time;	/* autovacuum initiated */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_autovacuum_count;
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_analyze_time;	/* user initiated */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_analyze_count;
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_autoanalyze_time;	/* autovacuum initiated */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_autoanalyze_count;
+
 	PgStat_Counter total_vacuum_time;	/* times in milliseconds */
 	PgStat_Counter total_autovacuum_time;
 	PgStat_Counter total_analyze_time;
@@ -707,6 +716,13 @@ extern void pgstat_report_analyze(Relation rel,
 								  PgStat_Counter livetuples, PgStat_Counter deadtuples,
 								  bool resetcounter, TimestampTz starttime);
 
+/* flags for pgstat_flush_backend() */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM	(1 << 0)	/* vacuum is skipped */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE	(1 << 1)	/* analyze is skipped */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOVAC	(1 << 2)	/* skipped during autovacuum/autoanalyze */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANY   (PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM | PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE)
+extern void pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(Oid relid, bits8 flags);
+
 /*
  * If stats are enabled, but pending data hasn't been prepared yet, call
  * pgstat_assoc_relation() to do so. See its comment for why this is done
diff --git a/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out b/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out
index 2b3cf6d8569..4ccfc43e903 100644
--- a/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out
+++ b/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out
@@ -1835,13 +1835,21 @@ pg_stat_all_tables| SELECT c.oid AS relid,
     pg_stat_get_mod_since_analyze(c.oid) AS n_mod_since_analyze,
     pg_stat_get_ins_since_vacuum(c.oid) AS n_ins_since_vacuum,
     pg_stat_get_last_vacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_vacuum,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_vacuum,
     pg_stat_get_last_autovacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_autovacuum,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_autovacuum,
     pg_stat_get_last_analyze_time(c.oid) AS last_analyze,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_analyze,
     pg_stat_get_last_autoanalyze_time(c.oid) AS last_autoanalyze,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_autoanalyze,
     pg_stat_get_vacuum_count(c.oid) AS vacuum_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count(c.oid) AS skipped_vacuum_count,
     pg_stat_get_autovacuum_count(c.oid) AS autovacuum_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count(c.oid) AS skipped_autovacuum_count,
     pg_stat_get_analyze_count(c.oid) AS analyze_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count(c.oid) AS skipped_analyze_count,
     pg_stat_get_autoanalyze_count(c.oid) AS autoanalyze_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count(c.oid) AS skipped_autoanalyze_count,
     pg_stat_get_total_vacuum_time(c.oid) AS total_vacuum_time,
     pg_stat_get_total_autovacuum_time(c.oid) AS total_autovacuum_time,
     pg_stat_get_total_analyze_time(c.oid) AS total_analyze_time,
@@ -2293,13 +2301,21 @@ pg_stat_sys_tables| SELECT relid,
     n_mod_since_analyze,
     n_ins_since_vacuum,
     last_vacuum,
+    last_skipped_vacuum,
     last_autovacuum,
+    last_skipped_autovacuum,
     last_analyze,
+    last_skipped_analyze,
     last_autoanalyze,
+    last_skipped_autoanalyze,
     vacuum_count,
+    skipped_vacuum_count,
     autovacuum_count,
+    skipped_autovacuum_count,
     analyze_count,
+    skipped_analyze_count,
     autoanalyze_count,
+    skipped_autoanalyze_count,
     total_vacuum_time,
     total_autovacuum_time,
     total_analyze_time,
@@ -2348,13 +2364,21 @@ pg_stat_user_tables| SELECT relid,
     n_mod_since_analyze,
     n_ins_since_vacuum,
     last_vacuum,
+    last_skipped_vacuum,
     last_autovacuum,
+    last_skipped_autovacuum,
     last_analyze,
+    last_skipped_analyze,
     last_autoanalyze,
+    last_skipped_autoanalyze,
     vacuum_count,
+    skipped_vacuum_count,
     autovacuum_count,
+    skipped_autovacuum_count,
     analyze_count,
+    skipped_analyze_count,
     autoanalyze_count,
+    skipped_autoanalyze_count,
     total_vacuum_time,
     total_autovacuum_time,
     total_analyze_time,
-- 
2.43.0


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* [PATCH v5] Track skipped vacuum and analyze activity per relation
@ 2026-03-24 04:09 Yugo Nagata <[email protected]>
  0 siblings, 0 replies; 374+ messages in thread

From: Yugo Nagata @ 2026-03-24 04:09 UTC (permalink / raw)

This commit adds eight fields to the relation statistics that track
the last time vacuum or analyze has been attempted but skipped due to
lock unavailability, along with their counts:

-    last_skipped_vacuum
-    last_skipped_autovacuum
-    last_skipped_analyze
-    last_skipped_autoanalyze
-    skipped_vacuum_count
-    skipped_autovacuum_count
-    skipped_analyze_count
-    skipped_autoanalyze_count

These field can help users confirm that autovacuum is actively attempting
to run on a table that has not been vacuumed or analyzed for a long time,
and that the lack of progress is due to repeated skips rather than inactivity.
---
 doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml                  |  88 ++++++
 src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql          |   8 +
 src/backend/commands/vacuum.c                 | 100 +++++--
 src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c  |  64 +++++
 src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c           |  24 ++
 src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat               |  32 +++
 src/include/pgstat.h                          |  16 ++
 .../isolation/expected/vacuum-skip-locked.out | 260 ++++++++++++++++--
 .../isolation/specs/vacuum-skip-locked.spec   |  41 +--
 src/test/regress/expected/rules.out           |  24 ++
 10 files changed, 601 insertions(+), 56 deletions(-)

diff --git a/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml b/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml
index 08d5b824552..a9b579d87a9 100644
--- a/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml
+++ b/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml
@@ -4387,6 +4387,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_vacuum</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time a manual vacuum on this table was attempted but skipped due to
+       lock unavailability (not counting <command>VACUUM FULL</command>)
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>last_autovacuum</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
@@ -4397,6 +4407,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_autovacuum</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time a vacuum on this table by the autovacuum daemon was attempted
+       but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>last_analyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
@@ -4406,6 +4426,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_analyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time a manual analyze on this table was attempted but skipped due to
+       lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>last_autoanalyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
@@ -4416,6 +4446,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_autoanalyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time at which an analyze on this table by the autovacuum was
+       attempted but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>vacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4426,6 +4466,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_vacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times manual vacuums on this table have been attempted but skipped
+       due to lock unavailability (not counting <command>VACUUM FULL</command>)
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>autovacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4436,6 +4486,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_autovacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times vacuums on this table by the autovacuum daemon have been
+       attempted but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>analyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4445,6 +4505,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_analyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times manual analyzes on this table have been attempted but
+       skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>autoanalyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4455,6 +4525,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_autoanalyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times analyzes on this table by the autovacuum daemon have
+       been attempted but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>total_vacuum_time</structfield> <type>double precision</type>
@@ -4510,6 +4590,14 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
    </tgroup>
   </table>
 
+  <note>
+   <para>
+    When a manual vacuum or analyze on a parent table in an inheritance or
+    partitioning hierarchy is skipped, the statistics are recorded only for
+    the parent table, not for its children.
+   </para>
+  </note>
+
  </sect2>
 
  <sect2 id="monitoring-pg-stat-autovacuum-scores-view">
diff --git a/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql b/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql
index 73a1c1c4670..f509fc7876b 100644
--- a/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql
+++ b/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql
@@ -736,13 +736,21 @@ CREATE VIEW pg_stat_all_tables AS
             pg_stat_get_mod_since_analyze(C.oid) AS n_mod_since_analyze,
             pg_stat_get_ins_since_vacuum(C.oid) AS n_ins_since_vacuum,
             pg_stat_get_last_vacuum_time(C.oid) as last_vacuum,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_vacuum,
             pg_stat_get_last_autovacuum_time(C.oid) as last_autovacuum,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_autovacuum,
             pg_stat_get_last_analyze_time(C.oid) as last_analyze,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_analyze,
             pg_stat_get_last_autoanalyze_time(C.oid) as last_autoanalyze,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_autoanalyze,
             pg_stat_get_vacuum_count(C.oid) AS vacuum_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count(C.oid) AS skipped_vacuum_count,
             pg_stat_get_autovacuum_count(C.oid) AS autovacuum_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count(C.oid) AS skipped_autovacuum_count,
             pg_stat_get_analyze_count(C.oid) AS analyze_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count(C.oid) AS skipped_analyze_count,
             pg_stat_get_autoanalyze_count(C.oid) AS autoanalyze_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count(C.oid) AS skipped_autoanalyze_count,
             pg_stat_get_total_vacuum_time(C.oid) AS total_vacuum_time,
             pg_stat_get_total_autovacuum_time(C.oid) AS total_autovacuum_time,
             pg_stat_get_total_analyze_time(C.oid) AS total_analyze_time,
diff --git a/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c b/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c
index 99d0db82ed7..df6526225e4 100644
--- a/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c
+++ b/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c
@@ -793,8 +793,25 @@ vacuum_open_relation(Oid relid, RangeVar *relation, uint32 options,
 		rel = try_relation_open(relid, NoLock);
 	else
 	{
+		int flags = 0;
 		rel = NULL;
 		rel_lock = false;
+
+		if ((options & VACOPT_VACUUM) != 0 && (options & VACOPT_FULL) == 0)
+		{
+			if (AmAutoVacuumWorkerProcess())
+				flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOVACUUM;
+			else
+				flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM;
+		}
+		if ((options & VACOPT_ANALYZE) != 0)
+		{
+			if (AmAutoVacuumWorkerProcess())
+				flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOANALYZE;
+			else
+				flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE;
+		}
+		pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(relid, flags);
 	}
 
 	/* if relation is opened, leave */
@@ -905,7 +922,6 @@ expand_vacuum_rel(VacuumRelation *vrel, MemoryContext vac_context,
 		Form_pg_class classForm;
 		bool		include_children;
 		bool		is_partitioned_table;
-		int			rvr_opts;
 
 		/*
 		 * Since autovacuum workers supply OIDs when calling vacuum(), no
@@ -918,29 +934,69 @@ expand_vacuum_rel(VacuumRelation *vrel, MemoryContext vac_context,
 		 * below, as well as find_all_inheritors's expectation that the caller
 		 * holds some lock on the starting relation.
 		 */
-		rvr_opts = (options & VACOPT_SKIP_LOCKED) ? RVR_SKIP_LOCKED : 0;
-		relid = RangeVarGetRelidExtended(vrel->relation,
-										 AccessShareLock,
-										 rvr_opts,
-										 NULL, NULL);
-
-		/*
-		 * If the lock is unavailable, emit the same log statement that
-		 * vacuum_rel() and analyze_rel() would.
-		 */
-		if (!OidIsValid(relid))
+		if (!(options & VACOPT_SKIP_LOCKED))
 		{
-			if (options & VACOPT_VACUUM)
-				ereport(WARNING,
-						(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
-						 errmsg("skipping vacuum of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
-								vrel->relation->relname)));
-			else
-				ereport(WARNING,
-						(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
-						 errmsg("skipping analyze of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
+			relid = RangeVarGetRelidExtended(vrel->relation,
+											 AccessShareLock,
+											 0, NULL, NULL);
+			if (!OidIsValid(relid))
+				return vacrels;
+		}
+		else
+		{
+			/* Get relid for reporting before taking a lock */
+			relid = RangeVarGetRelid(vrel->relation, NoLock, false);
+
+			if (!ConditionalLockRelationOid(relid, AccessShareLock))
+			{
+				int	flags = 0;
+				/*
+				 * If the lock is unavailable, emit the same log statement that
+				 * vacuum_rel() and analyze_rel() would.
+				 */
+				if (options & VACOPT_VACUUM)
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping vacuum of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
 								vrel->relation->relname)));
-			return vacrels;
+				else
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping analyze of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
+									vrel->relation->relname)));
+
+				if ((options & VACOPT_VACUUM) != 0 && (options & VACOPT_FULL) == 0)
+					flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM;
+				if ((options & VACOPT_ANALYZE) != 0)
+					flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE;
+
+				pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(relid, flags);
+
+				return vacrels;
+			}
+
+			/*
+			 * Now that we have the lock, probe to see if the relation really
+			 * exists or not.
+			 */
+			if (!SearchSysCacheExists1(RELOID, ObjectIdGetDatum(relid)))
+			{
+				if (options & VACOPT_VACUUM)
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_UNDEFINED_TABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping vacuum of \"%s\" --- relation no longer exists",
+									vrel->relation->relname)));
+				else
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_UNDEFINED_TABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping analyze of \"%s\" --- relation no longer exists",
+									vrel->relation->relname)));
+
+				/* Release useless lock */
+				UnlockRelationOid(relid, AccessShareLock);
+
+				return vacrels;
+			}
 		}
 
 		/*
diff --git a/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c b/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c
index b2ca28f83ba..532d9023f8c 100644
--- a/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c
+++ b/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c
@@ -17,12 +17,14 @@
 
 #include "postgres.h"
 
+#include "access/htup_details.h"
 #include "access/twophase_rmgr.h"
 #include "access/xact.h"
 #include "catalog/catalog.h"
 #include "utils/memutils.h"
 #include "utils/pgstat_internal.h"
 #include "utils/rel.h"
+#include "utils/syscache.h"
 #include "utils/timestamp.h"
 
 
@@ -367,6 +369,68 @@ pgstat_report_analyze(Relation rel,
 	(void) pgstat_flush_backend(false, PGSTAT_BACKEND_FLUSH_IO);
 }
 
+/*
+ * Report that the table was skipped during vacuum or/and analyze.
+ */
+void
+pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(Oid relid, int flags)
+{
+	PgStat_EntryRef *entry_ref;
+	PgStatShared_Relation *shtabentry;
+	PgStat_StatTabEntry *tabentry;
+	TimestampTz ts;
+	HeapTuple	classTup;
+	bool		isshared;
+
+	if (!pgstat_track_counts || !flags)
+		return;
+
+	classTup = SearchSysCache1(RELOID, ObjectIdGetDatum(relid));
+	if (!HeapTupleIsValid(classTup))
+		return;			/* somebody deleted the rel, forget it */
+	isshared = ((Form_pg_class) GETSTRUCT(classTup))->relisshared;
+	ReleaseSysCache(classTup);
+
+	/* Store the data in the table's hash table entry. */
+	ts = GetCurrentTimestamp();
+
+	/* block acquiring lock for the same reason as pgstat_report_autovac() */
+	entry_ref = pgstat_get_entry_ref_locked(PGSTAT_KIND_RELATION,
+											isshared ? InvalidOid : MyDatabaseId,
+											relid, false);
+
+	shtabentry = (PgStatShared_Relation *) entry_ref->shared_stats;
+	tabentry = &shtabentry->stats;
+
+	if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM)
+	{
+		tabentry->last_skipped_vacuum_time = ts;
+		tabentry->skipped_vacuum_count++;
+	}
+	else if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOVACUUM)
+	{
+		tabentry->last_skipped_autovacuum_time = ts;
+		tabentry->skipped_autovacuum_count++;
+	}
+
+	if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE)
+	{
+		tabentry->last_skipped_analyze_time = ts;
+		tabentry->skipped_analyze_count++;
+	}
+	else if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOANALYZE)
+	{
+		tabentry->last_skipped_autoanalyze_time = ts;
+		tabentry->skipped_autoanalyze_count++;
+	}
+
+	pgstat_unlock_entry(entry_ref);
+
+	/* see pgstat_report_vacuum() */
+	pgstat_flush_io(false);
+	(void) pgstat_flush_backend(false, PGSTAT_BACKEND_FLUSH_IO);
+}
+
 /*
  * count a tuple insertion of n tuples
  */
diff --git a/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c b/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c
index 1408de387ea..90a8968faa0 100644
--- a/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c
+++ b/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c
@@ -84,6 +84,18 @@ PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(mod_since_analyze)
 /* pg_stat_get_numscans */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(numscans)
 
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_analyze_count)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_autoanalyze_count)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_autovacuum_count)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_vacuum_count)
+
 /* pg_stat_get_tuples_deleted */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(tuples_deleted)
 
@@ -170,6 +182,18 @@ PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_vacuum_time)
 /* pg_stat_get_lastscan */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(lastscan)
 
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_analyze_time)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_autoanalyze_time)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_autovacuum_time)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_vacuum_time)
+
 /* pg_stat_get_stat_reset_time */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(stat_reset_time)
 
diff --git a/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat b/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat
index fa9ae79082b..32debb34863 100644
--- a/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat
+++ b/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat
@@ -5680,6 +5680,38 @@
   proargmodes => '{o,o,o,o,o,o,o,o,o,o}',
   proargnames => '{oid,score,xid_score,mxid_score,vacuum_score,vacuum_insert_score,analyze_score,do_vacuum,do_analyze,for_wraparound}',
   prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_autovacuum_scores' },
+{ oid => '8142', descr => 'statistics: last skipped vacuum time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time' },
+{ oid => '8143', descr => 'statistics: last skipped auto vacuum time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time' },
+{ oid => '8144', descr => 'statistics: last skipped analyze time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time' },
+{ oid => '8145', descr => 'statistics: last skipped auto analyze time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time' },
+{ oid => '8146', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped vacuum for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count' },
+{ oid => '8147', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped auto vacuum for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count' },
+{ oid => '8148', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped analyzes for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count' },
+{ oid => '8149', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped auto analyzes for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count' },
 { oid => '1936', descr => 'statistics: currently active backend IDs',
   proname => 'pg_stat_get_backend_idset', prorows => '100', proretset => 't',
   provolatile => 's', proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int4',
diff --git a/src/include/pgstat.h b/src/include/pgstat.h
index dfa2e837638..98941f953d1 100644
--- a/src/include/pgstat.h
+++ b/src/include/pgstat.h
@@ -479,6 +479,15 @@ typedef struct PgStat_StatTabEntry
 	TimestampTz last_autoanalyze_time;	/* autovacuum initiated */
 	PgStat_Counter autoanalyze_count;
 
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_vacuum_time;	/* user initiated vacuum */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_vacuum_count;
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_autovacuum_time;	/* autovacuum initiated */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_autovacuum_count;
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_analyze_time;	/* user initiated */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_analyze_count;
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_autoanalyze_time;	/* autovacuum initiated */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_autoanalyze_count;
+
 	PgStat_Counter total_vacuum_time;	/* times in milliseconds */
 	PgStat_Counter total_autovacuum_time;
 	PgStat_Counter total_analyze_time;
@@ -703,6 +712,13 @@ extern void pgstat_report_analyze(Relation rel,
 								  PgStat_Counter livetuples, PgStat_Counter deadtuples,
 								  bool resetcounter, TimestampTz starttime);
 
+/* flags for pgstat_flush_backend() */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM		(1 << 0)	/* vacuum is skipped */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE		(1 << 1)	/* analyze is skipped */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOVACUUM	(1 << 2)	/* autovacuum is skipped */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOANALYZE	(1 << 3)	/* autoanalyze is skipped */
+extern void pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(Oid relid, int flags);
+
 /*
  * If stats are enabled, but pending data hasn't been prepared yet, call
  * pgstat_assoc_relation() to do so. See its comment for why this is done
diff --git a/src/test/isolation/expected/vacuum-skip-locked.out b/src/test/isolation/expected/vacuum-skip-locked.out
index 99db281a159..e2cff175b7c 100644
--- a/src/test/isolation/expected/vacuum-skip-locked.out
+++ b/src/test/isolation/expected/vacuum-skip-locked.out
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 Parsed test spec with 2 sessions
 
-starting permutation: lock_share vac_specified commit
+starting permutation: lock_share vac_specified commit check_stat
 step lock_share: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN SHARE MODE;
@@ -10,8 +10,22 @@ step vac_specified: VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED) part1, part2;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
 
-starting permutation: lock_share vac_all_parts commit
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   1|            0|                    0
+part2  |           1|                   0|            0|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
+
+starting permutation: lock_share vac_all_parts commit check_stat
 step lock_share: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN SHARE MODE;
@@ -20,8 +34,22 @@ step vac_all_parts: VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED) parted;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   1|            0|                    0
+part2  |           1|                   0|            0|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
 
-starting permutation: lock_share analyze_specified commit
+starting permutation: lock_share analyze_specified commit check_stat
 step lock_share: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN SHARE MODE;
@@ -31,8 +59,22 @@ step analyze_specified: ANALYZE (SKIP_LOCKED) part1, part2;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
 
-starting permutation: lock_share analyze_all_parts commit
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   0|            0|                    1
+part2  |           0|                   0|            1|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
+
+starting permutation: lock_share analyze_all_parts commit check_stat
 step lock_share: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN SHARE MODE;
@@ -41,8 +83,22 @@ step analyze_all_parts: ANALYZE (SKIP_LOCKED) parted;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            1|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   0|            0|                    1
+part2  |           0|                   0|            1|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
 
-starting permutation: lock_share vac_analyze_specified commit
+starting permutation: lock_share vac_analyze_specified commit check_stat
 step lock_share: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN SHARE MODE;
@@ -52,8 +108,22 @@ step vac_analyze_specified: VACUUM (ANALYZE, SKIP_LOCKED) part1, part2;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
 
-starting permutation: lock_share vac_analyze_all_parts commit
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   1|            0|                    1
+part2  |           1|                   0|            1|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
+
+starting permutation: lock_share vac_analyze_all_parts commit check_stat
 step lock_share: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN SHARE MODE;
@@ -62,8 +132,22 @@ step vac_analyze_all_parts: VACUUM (ANALYZE, SKIP_LOCKED) parted;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            1|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   1|            0|                    1
+part2  |           1|                   0|            1|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
 
-starting permutation: lock_share vac_full_specified commit
+starting permutation: lock_share vac_full_specified commit check_stat
 step lock_share: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN SHARE MODE;
@@ -73,8 +157,22 @@ step vac_full_specified: VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED, FULL) part1, part2;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
 
-starting permutation: lock_share vac_full_all_parts commit
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part2  |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
+
+starting permutation: lock_share vac_full_all_parts commit check_stat
 step lock_share: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN SHARE MODE;
@@ -83,8 +181,22 @@ step vac_full_all_parts: VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED, FULL) parted;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part2  |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+(3 rows)
 
-starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_specified commit
+
+starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_specified commit check_stat
 step lock_access_exclusive: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN ACCESS EXCLUSIVE MODE;
@@ -94,8 +206,22 @@ step vac_specified: VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED) part1, part2;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   1|            0|                    0
+part2  |           1|                   0|            0|                    0
+(3 rows)
 
-starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_all_parts commit
+
+starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_all_parts commit check_stat
 step lock_access_exclusive: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN ACCESS EXCLUSIVE MODE;
@@ -104,8 +230,22 @@ step vac_all_parts: VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED) parted;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   1|            0|                    0
+part2  |           1|                   0|            0|                    0
+(3 rows)
 
-starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive analyze_specified commit
+
+starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive analyze_specified commit check_stat
 step lock_access_exclusive: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN ACCESS EXCLUSIVE MODE;
@@ -115,8 +255,22 @@ step analyze_specified: ANALYZE (SKIP_LOCKED) part1, part2;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   0|            0|                    1
+part2  |           0|                   0|            1|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
 
-starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive analyze_all_parts commit
+starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive analyze_all_parts commit check_stat
 step lock_access_exclusive: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN ACCESS EXCLUSIVE MODE;
@@ -126,8 +280,22 @@ step commit:
 	COMMIT;
 
 step analyze_all_parts: <... completed>
-
-starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_analyze_specified commit
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            1|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   0|            1|                    0
+part2  |           0|                   0|            1|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
+
+starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_analyze_specified commit check_stat
 step lock_access_exclusive: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN ACCESS EXCLUSIVE MODE;
@@ -137,8 +305,22 @@ step vac_analyze_specified: VACUUM (ANALYZE, SKIP_LOCKED) part1, part2;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   1|            0|                    1
+part2  |           1|                   0|            1|                    0
+(3 rows)
 
-starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_analyze_all_parts commit
+
+starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_analyze_all_parts commit check_stat
 step lock_access_exclusive: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN ACCESS EXCLUSIVE MODE;
@@ -148,8 +330,22 @@ step commit:
 	COMMIT;
 
 step vac_analyze_all_parts: <... completed>
-
-starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_full_specified commit
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            1|                    0
+part1  |           1|                   0|            1|                    0
+part2  |           1|                   0|            1|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
+
+starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_full_specified commit check_stat
 step lock_access_exclusive: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN ACCESS EXCLUSIVE MODE;
@@ -159,8 +355,22 @@ step vac_full_specified: VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED, FULL) part1, part2;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
 
-starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_full_all_parts commit
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part2  |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
+
+starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_full_all_parts commit check_stat
 step lock_access_exclusive: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN ACCESS EXCLUSIVE MODE;
@@ -169,3 +379,17 @@ step vac_full_all_parts: VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED, FULL) parted;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part2  |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
diff --git a/src/test/isolation/specs/vacuum-skip-locked.spec b/src/test/isolation/specs/vacuum-skip-locked.spec
index 3fad6e1c92a..b0da75d4b6d 100644
--- a/src/test/isolation/specs/vacuum-skip-locked.spec
+++ b/src/test/isolation/specs/vacuum-skip-locked.spec
@@ -33,6 +33,15 @@ step commit
 	COMMIT;
 }
 
+step check_stat
+{
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+}
+
 session s2
 step vac_specified			{ VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED) part1, part2; }
 step vac_all_parts			{ VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED) parted; }
@@ -43,19 +52,19 @@ step vac_analyze_all_parts	{ VACUUM (ANALYZE, SKIP_LOCKED) parted; }
 step vac_full_specified		{ VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED, FULL) part1, part2; }
 step vac_full_all_parts		{ VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED, FULL) parted; }
 
-permutation lock_share vac_specified commit
-permutation lock_share vac_all_parts commit
-permutation lock_share analyze_specified commit
-permutation lock_share analyze_all_parts commit
-permutation lock_share vac_analyze_specified commit
-permutation lock_share vac_analyze_all_parts commit
-permutation lock_share vac_full_specified commit
-permutation lock_share vac_full_all_parts commit
-permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_specified commit
-permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_all_parts commit
-permutation lock_access_exclusive analyze_specified commit
-permutation lock_access_exclusive analyze_all_parts commit
-permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_analyze_specified commit
-permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_analyze_all_parts commit
-permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_full_specified commit
-permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_full_all_parts commit
+permutation lock_share vac_specified commit check_stat
+permutation lock_share vac_all_parts commit check_stat
+permutation lock_share analyze_specified commit check_stat
+permutation lock_share analyze_all_parts commit check_stat
+permutation lock_share vac_analyze_specified commit check_stat
+permutation lock_share vac_analyze_all_parts commit check_stat
+permutation lock_share vac_full_specified commit check_stat
+permutation lock_share vac_full_all_parts commit check_stat
+permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_specified commit check_stat
+permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_all_parts commit check_stat
+permutation lock_access_exclusive analyze_specified commit check_stat
+permutation lock_access_exclusive analyze_all_parts commit check_stat
+permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_analyze_specified commit check_stat
+permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_analyze_all_parts commit check_stat
+permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_full_specified commit check_stat
+permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_full_all_parts commit check_stat
diff --git a/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out b/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out
index a65a5bf0c4f..9b2075d3373 100644
--- a/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out
+++ b/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out
@@ -1835,13 +1835,21 @@ pg_stat_all_tables| SELECT c.oid AS relid,
     pg_stat_get_mod_since_analyze(c.oid) AS n_mod_since_analyze,
     pg_stat_get_ins_since_vacuum(c.oid) AS n_ins_since_vacuum,
     pg_stat_get_last_vacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_vacuum,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_vacuum,
     pg_stat_get_last_autovacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_autovacuum,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_autovacuum,
     pg_stat_get_last_analyze_time(c.oid) AS last_analyze,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_analyze,
     pg_stat_get_last_autoanalyze_time(c.oid) AS last_autoanalyze,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_autoanalyze,
     pg_stat_get_vacuum_count(c.oid) AS vacuum_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count(c.oid) AS skipped_vacuum_count,
     pg_stat_get_autovacuum_count(c.oid) AS autovacuum_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count(c.oid) AS skipped_autovacuum_count,
     pg_stat_get_analyze_count(c.oid) AS analyze_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count(c.oid) AS skipped_analyze_count,
     pg_stat_get_autoanalyze_count(c.oid) AS autoanalyze_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count(c.oid) AS skipped_autoanalyze_count,
     pg_stat_get_total_vacuum_time(c.oid) AS total_vacuum_time,
     pg_stat_get_total_autovacuum_time(c.oid) AS total_autovacuum_time,
     pg_stat_get_total_analyze_time(c.oid) AS total_analyze_time,
@@ -2346,13 +2354,21 @@ pg_stat_sys_tables| SELECT relid,
     n_mod_since_analyze,
     n_ins_since_vacuum,
     last_vacuum,
+    last_skipped_vacuum,
     last_autovacuum,
+    last_skipped_autovacuum,
     last_analyze,
+    last_skipped_analyze,
     last_autoanalyze,
+    last_skipped_autoanalyze,
     vacuum_count,
+    skipped_vacuum_count,
     autovacuum_count,
+    skipped_autovacuum_count,
     analyze_count,
+    skipped_analyze_count,
     autoanalyze_count,
+    skipped_autoanalyze_count,
     total_vacuum_time,
     total_autovacuum_time,
     total_analyze_time,
@@ -2401,13 +2417,21 @@ pg_stat_user_tables| SELECT relid,
     n_mod_since_analyze,
     n_ins_since_vacuum,
     last_vacuum,
+    last_skipped_vacuum,
     last_autovacuum,
+    last_skipped_autovacuum,
     last_analyze,
+    last_skipped_analyze,
     last_autoanalyze,
+    last_skipped_autoanalyze,
     vacuum_count,
+    skipped_vacuum_count,
     autovacuum_count,
+    skipped_autovacuum_count,
     analyze_count,
+    skipped_analyze_count,
     autoanalyze_count,
+    skipped_autoanalyze_count,
     total_vacuum_time,
     total_autovacuum_time,
     total_analyze_time,
-- 
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* [PATCH v4] Track skipped vacuum and analyze activity per relation
@ 2026-03-24 04:09 Yugo Nagata <[email protected]>
  0 siblings, 0 replies; 374+ messages in thread

From: Yugo Nagata @ 2026-03-24 04:09 UTC (permalink / raw)

This commit adds eight fields to the relation statistics that track
the last time vacuum or analyze has been attempted but skipped due to
lock unavailability, along with their counts:

-    last_skipped_vacuum
-    last_skipped_autovacuum
-    last_skipped_analyze
-    last_skipped_autoanalyze
-    skipped_vacuum_count
-    skipped_autovacuum_count
-    skipped_analyze_count
-    skipped_autoanalyze_count

These field can help users confirm that autovacuum is actively attempting
to run on a table that has not been vacuumed or analyzed for a long time,
and that the lack of progress is due to repeated skips rather than inactivity.
---
 doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml                 |  88 ++++++++++++++++
 src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql         |   8 ++
 src/backend/commands/vacuum.c                | 102 ++++++++++++++-----
 src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c |  64 ++++++++++++
 src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c          |  24 +++++
 src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat              |  32 ++++++
 src/include/pgstat.h                         |  16 +++
 src/test/regress/expected/rules.out          |  24 +++++
 8 files changed, 335 insertions(+), 23 deletions(-)

diff --git a/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml b/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml
index 08d5b824552..a9b579d87a9 100644
--- a/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml
+++ b/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml
@@ -4387,6 +4387,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_vacuum</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time a manual vacuum on this table was attempted but skipped due to
+       lock unavailability (not counting <command>VACUUM FULL</command>)
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>last_autovacuum</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
@@ -4397,6 +4407,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_autovacuum</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time a vacuum on this table by the autovacuum daemon was attempted
+       but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>last_analyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
@@ -4406,6 +4426,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_analyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time a manual analyze on this table was attempted but skipped due to
+       lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>last_autoanalyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
@@ -4416,6 +4446,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_autoanalyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time at which an analyze on this table by the autovacuum was
+       attempted but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>vacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4426,6 +4466,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_vacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times manual vacuums on this table have been attempted but skipped
+       due to lock unavailability (not counting <command>VACUUM FULL</command>)
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>autovacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4436,6 +4486,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_autovacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times vacuums on this table by the autovacuum daemon have been
+       attempted but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>analyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4445,6 +4505,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_analyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times manual analyzes on this table have been attempted but
+       skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>autoanalyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4455,6 +4525,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_autoanalyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times analyzes on this table by the autovacuum daemon have
+       been attempted but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>total_vacuum_time</structfield> <type>double precision</type>
@@ -4510,6 +4590,14 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
    </tgroup>
   </table>
 
+  <note>
+   <para>
+    When a manual vacuum or analyze on a parent table in an inheritance or
+    partitioning hierarchy is skipped, the statistics are recorded only for
+    the parent table, not for its children.
+   </para>
+  </note>
+
  </sect2>
 
  <sect2 id="monitoring-pg-stat-autovacuum-scores-view">
diff --git a/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql b/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql
index 73a1c1c4670..f509fc7876b 100644
--- a/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql
+++ b/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql
@@ -736,13 +736,21 @@ CREATE VIEW pg_stat_all_tables AS
             pg_stat_get_mod_since_analyze(C.oid) AS n_mod_since_analyze,
             pg_stat_get_ins_since_vacuum(C.oid) AS n_ins_since_vacuum,
             pg_stat_get_last_vacuum_time(C.oid) as last_vacuum,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_vacuum,
             pg_stat_get_last_autovacuum_time(C.oid) as last_autovacuum,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_autovacuum,
             pg_stat_get_last_analyze_time(C.oid) as last_analyze,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_analyze,
             pg_stat_get_last_autoanalyze_time(C.oid) as last_autoanalyze,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_autoanalyze,
             pg_stat_get_vacuum_count(C.oid) AS vacuum_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count(C.oid) AS skipped_vacuum_count,
             pg_stat_get_autovacuum_count(C.oid) AS autovacuum_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count(C.oid) AS skipped_autovacuum_count,
             pg_stat_get_analyze_count(C.oid) AS analyze_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count(C.oid) AS skipped_analyze_count,
             pg_stat_get_autoanalyze_count(C.oid) AS autoanalyze_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count(C.oid) AS skipped_autoanalyze_count,
             pg_stat_get_total_vacuum_time(C.oid) AS total_vacuum_time,
             pg_stat_get_total_autovacuum_time(C.oid) AS total_autovacuum_time,
             pg_stat_get_total_analyze_time(C.oid) AS total_analyze_time,
diff --git a/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c b/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c
index 99d0db82ed7..97cd5ea8d10 100644
--- a/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c
+++ b/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c
@@ -793,8 +793,25 @@ vacuum_open_relation(Oid relid, RangeVar *relation, uint32 options,
 		rel = try_relation_open(relid, NoLock);
 	else
 	{
+		int flags = 0;
 		rel = NULL;
 		rel_lock = false;
+
+		if ((options & VACOPT_VACUUM) != 0)
+		{
+			if (AmAutoVacuumWorkerProcess())
+				flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOVACUUM;
+			else
+				flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM;
+		}
+		if ((options & VACOPT_ANALYZE) != 0)
+		{
+			if (AmAutoVacuumWorkerProcess())
+				flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOANALYZE;
+			else
+				flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE;
+		}
+		pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(relid, flags);
 	}
 
 	/* if relation is opened, leave */
@@ -802,7 +819,7 @@ vacuum_open_relation(Oid relid, RangeVar *relation, uint32 options,
 		return rel;
 
 	/*
-	 * Relation could not be opened, hence generate if possible a log
+	 * Relation could not be opened hence generate if possible a log
 	 * informing on the situation.
 	 *
 	 * If the RangeVar is not defined, we do not have enough information to
@@ -905,7 +922,6 @@ expand_vacuum_rel(VacuumRelation *vrel, MemoryContext vac_context,
 		Form_pg_class classForm;
 		bool		include_children;
 		bool		is_partitioned_table;
-		int			rvr_opts;
 
 		/*
 		 * Since autovacuum workers supply OIDs when calling vacuum(), no
@@ -918,29 +934,69 @@ expand_vacuum_rel(VacuumRelation *vrel, MemoryContext vac_context,
 		 * below, as well as find_all_inheritors's expectation that the caller
 		 * holds some lock on the starting relation.
 		 */
-		rvr_opts = (options & VACOPT_SKIP_LOCKED) ? RVR_SKIP_LOCKED : 0;
-		relid = RangeVarGetRelidExtended(vrel->relation,
-										 AccessShareLock,
-										 rvr_opts,
-										 NULL, NULL);
-
-		/*
-		 * If the lock is unavailable, emit the same log statement that
-		 * vacuum_rel() and analyze_rel() would.
-		 */
-		if (!OidIsValid(relid))
+		if (!(options & VACOPT_SKIP_LOCKED))
 		{
-			if (options & VACOPT_VACUUM)
-				ereport(WARNING,
-						(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
-						 errmsg("skipping vacuum of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
-								vrel->relation->relname)));
-			else
-				ereport(WARNING,
-						(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
-						 errmsg("skipping analyze of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
+			relid = RangeVarGetRelidExtended(vrel->relation,
+											 AccessShareLock,
+											 0, NULL, NULL);
+			if (!OidIsValid(relid))
+				return vacrels;
+		}
+		else
+		{
+			/* Get relid for reporting before taking a lock */
+			relid = RangeVarGetRelid(vrel->relation, NoLock, false);
+
+			if (!ConditionalLockRelationOid(relid, AccessShareLock))
+			{
+				int	flags = 0;
+				/*
+				 * If the lock is unavailable, emit the same log statement that
+				 * vacuum_rel() and analyze_rel() would.
+				 */
+				if (options & VACOPT_VACUUM)
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping vacuum of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
 								vrel->relation->relname)));
-			return vacrels;
+				else
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping analyze of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
+									vrel->relation->relname)));
+
+				if ((options & VACOPT_VACUUM) != 0)
+					flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM;
+				if ((options & VACOPT_ANALYZE) != 0)
+					flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE;
+
+				pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(relid, flags);
+
+				return vacrels;
+			}
+
+			/*
+			 * Now that we have the lock, probe to see if the relation really
+			 * exists or not.
+			 */
+			if (!SearchSysCacheExists1(RELOID, ObjectIdGetDatum(relid)))
+			{
+				if (options & VACOPT_VACUUM)
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_UNDEFINED_TABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping vacuum of \"%s\" --- relation no longer exists",
+									vrel->relation->relname)));
+				else
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_UNDEFINED_TABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping analyze of \"%s\" --- relation no longer exists",
+									vrel->relation->relname)));
+
+				/* Release useless lock */
+				UnlockRelationOid(relid, AccessShareLock);
+
+				return vacrels;
+			}
 		}
 
 		/*
diff --git a/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c b/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c
index b2ca28f83ba..532d9023f8c 100644
--- a/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c
+++ b/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c
@@ -17,12 +17,14 @@
 
 #include "postgres.h"
 
+#include "access/htup_details.h"
 #include "access/twophase_rmgr.h"
 #include "access/xact.h"
 #include "catalog/catalog.h"
 #include "utils/memutils.h"
 #include "utils/pgstat_internal.h"
 #include "utils/rel.h"
+#include "utils/syscache.h"
 #include "utils/timestamp.h"
 
 
@@ -367,6 +369,68 @@ pgstat_report_analyze(Relation rel,
 	(void) pgstat_flush_backend(false, PGSTAT_BACKEND_FLUSH_IO);
 }
 
+/*
+ * Report that the table was skipped during vacuum or/and analyze.
+ */
+void
+pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(Oid relid, int flags)
+{
+	PgStat_EntryRef *entry_ref;
+	PgStatShared_Relation *shtabentry;
+	PgStat_StatTabEntry *tabentry;
+	TimestampTz ts;
+	HeapTuple	classTup;
+	bool		isshared;
+
+	if (!pgstat_track_counts || !flags)
+		return;
+
+	classTup = SearchSysCache1(RELOID, ObjectIdGetDatum(relid));
+	if (!HeapTupleIsValid(classTup))
+		return;			/* somebody deleted the rel, forget it */
+	isshared = ((Form_pg_class) GETSTRUCT(classTup))->relisshared;
+	ReleaseSysCache(classTup);
+
+	/* Store the data in the table's hash table entry. */
+	ts = GetCurrentTimestamp();
+
+	/* block acquiring lock for the same reason as pgstat_report_autovac() */
+	entry_ref = pgstat_get_entry_ref_locked(PGSTAT_KIND_RELATION,
+											isshared ? InvalidOid : MyDatabaseId,
+											relid, false);
+
+	shtabentry = (PgStatShared_Relation *) entry_ref->shared_stats;
+	tabentry = &shtabentry->stats;
+
+	if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM)
+	{
+		tabentry->last_skipped_vacuum_time = ts;
+		tabentry->skipped_vacuum_count++;
+	}
+	else if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOVACUUM)
+	{
+		tabentry->last_skipped_autovacuum_time = ts;
+		tabentry->skipped_autovacuum_count++;
+	}
+
+	if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE)
+	{
+		tabentry->last_skipped_analyze_time = ts;
+		tabentry->skipped_analyze_count++;
+	}
+	else if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOANALYZE)
+	{
+		tabentry->last_skipped_autoanalyze_time = ts;
+		tabentry->skipped_autoanalyze_count++;
+	}
+
+	pgstat_unlock_entry(entry_ref);
+
+	/* see pgstat_report_vacuum() */
+	pgstat_flush_io(false);
+	(void) pgstat_flush_backend(false, PGSTAT_BACKEND_FLUSH_IO);
+}
+
 /*
  * count a tuple insertion of n tuples
  */
diff --git a/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c b/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c
index 1408de387ea..90a8968faa0 100644
--- a/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c
+++ b/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c
@@ -84,6 +84,18 @@ PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(mod_since_analyze)
 /* pg_stat_get_numscans */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(numscans)
 
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_analyze_count)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_autoanalyze_count)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_autovacuum_count)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_vacuum_count)
+
 /* pg_stat_get_tuples_deleted */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(tuples_deleted)
 
@@ -170,6 +182,18 @@ PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_vacuum_time)
 /* pg_stat_get_lastscan */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(lastscan)
 
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_analyze_time)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_autoanalyze_time)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_autovacuum_time)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_vacuum_time)
+
 /* pg_stat_get_stat_reset_time */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(stat_reset_time)
 
diff --git a/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat b/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat
index fa9ae79082b..32debb34863 100644
--- a/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat
+++ b/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat
@@ -5680,6 +5680,38 @@
   proargmodes => '{o,o,o,o,o,o,o,o,o,o}',
   proargnames => '{oid,score,xid_score,mxid_score,vacuum_score,vacuum_insert_score,analyze_score,do_vacuum,do_analyze,for_wraparound}',
   prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_autovacuum_scores' },
+{ oid => '8142', descr => 'statistics: last skipped vacuum time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time' },
+{ oid => '8143', descr => 'statistics: last skipped auto vacuum time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time' },
+{ oid => '8144', descr => 'statistics: last skipped analyze time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time' },
+{ oid => '8145', descr => 'statistics: last skipped auto analyze time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time' },
+{ oid => '8146', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped vacuum for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count' },
+{ oid => '8147', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped auto vacuum for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count' },
+{ oid => '8148', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped analyzes for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count' },
+{ oid => '8149', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped auto analyzes for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count' },
 { oid => '1936', descr => 'statistics: currently active backend IDs',
   proname => 'pg_stat_get_backend_idset', prorows => '100', proretset => 't',
   provolatile => 's', proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int4',
diff --git a/src/include/pgstat.h b/src/include/pgstat.h
index dfa2e837638..98941f953d1 100644
--- a/src/include/pgstat.h
+++ b/src/include/pgstat.h
@@ -479,6 +479,15 @@ typedef struct PgStat_StatTabEntry
 	TimestampTz last_autoanalyze_time;	/* autovacuum initiated */
 	PgStat_Counter autoanalyze_count;
 
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_vacuum_time;	/* user initiated vacuum */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_vacuum_count;
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_autovacuum_time;	/* autovacuum initiated */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_autovacuum_count;
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_analyze_time;	/* user initiated */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_analyze_count;
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_autoanalyze_time;	/* autovacuum initiated */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_autoanalyze_count;
+
 	PgStat_Counter total_vacuum_time;	/* times in milliseconds */
 	PgStat_Counter total_autovacuum_time;
 	PgStat_Counter total_analyze_time;
@@ -703,6 +712,13 @@ extern void pgstat_report_analyze(Relation rel,
 								  PgStat_Counter livetuples, PgStat_Counter deadtuples,
 								  bool resetcounter, TimestampTz starttime);
 
+/* flags for pgstat_flush_backend() */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM		(1 << 0)	/* vacuum is skipped */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE		(1 << 1)	/* analyze is skipped */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOVACUUM	(1 << 2)	/* autovacuum is skipped */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOANALYZE	(1 << 3)	/* autoanalyze is skipped */
+extern void pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(Oid relid, int flags);
+
 /*
  * If stats are enabled, but pending data hasn't been prepared yet, call
  * pgstat_assoc_relation() to do so. See its comment for why this is done
diff --git a/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out b/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out
index a65a5bf0c4f..9b2075d3373 100644
--- a/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out
+++ b/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out
@@ -1835,13 +1835,21 @@ pg_stat_all_tables| SELECT c.oid AS relid,
     pg_stat_get_mod_since_analyze(c.oid) AS n_mod_since_analyze,
     pg_stat_get_ins_since_vacuum(c.oid) AS n_ins_since_vacuum,
     pg_stat_get_last_vacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_vacuum,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_vacuum,
     pg_stat_get_last_autovacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_autovacuum,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_autovacuum,
     pg_stat_get_last_analyze_time(c.oid) AS last_analyze,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_analyze,
     pg_stat_get_last_autoanalyze_time(c.oid) AS last_autoanalyze,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_autoanalyze,
     pg_stat_get_vacuum_count(c.oid) AS vacuum_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count(c.oid) AS skipped_vacuum_count,
     pg_stat_get_autovacuum_count(c.oid) AS autovacuum_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count(c.oid) AS skipped_autovacuum_count,
     pg_stat_get_analyze_count(c.oid) AS analyze_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count(c.oid) AS skipped_analyze_count,
     pg_stat_get_autoanalyze_count(c.oid) AS autoanalyze_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count(c.oid) AS skipped_autoanalyze_count,
     pg_stat_get_total_vacuum_time(c.oid) AS total_vacuum_time,
     pg_stat_get_total_autovacuum_time(c.oid) AS total_autovacuum_time,
     pg_stat_get_total_analyze_time(c.oid) AS total_analyze_time,
@@ -2346,13 +2354,21 @@ pg_stat_sys_tables| SELECT relid,
     n_mod_since_analyze,
     n_ins_since_vacuum,
     last_vacuum,
+    last_skipped_vacuum,
     last_autovacuum,
+    last_skipped_autovacuum,
     last_analyze,
+    last_skipped_analyze,
     last_autoanalyze,
+    last_skipped_autoanalyze,
     vacuum_count,
+    skipped_vacuum_count,
     autovacuum_count,
+    skipped_autovacuum_count,
     analyze_count,
+    skipped_analyze_count,
     autoanalyze_count,
+    skipped_autoanalyze_count,
     total_vacuum_time,
     total_autovacuum_time,
     total_analyze_time,
@@ -2401,13 +2417,21 @@ pg_stat_user_tables| SELECT relid,
     n_mod_since_analyze,
     n_ins_since_vacuum,
     last_vacuum,
+    last_skipped_vacuum,
     last_autovacuum,
+    last_skipped_autovacuum,
     last_analyze,
+    last_skipped_analyze,
     last_autoanalyze,
+    last_skipped_autoanalyze,
     vacuum_count,
+    skipped_vacuum_count,
     autovacuum_count,
+    skipped_autovacuum_count,
     analyze_count,
+    skipped_analyze_count,
     autoanalyze_count,
+    skipped_autoanalyze_count,
     total_vacuum_time,
     total_autovacuum_time,
     total_analyze_time,
-- 
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* [PATCH v4] Track skipped vacuum and analyze activity per relation
@ 2026-03-24 04:09 Yugo Nagata <[email protected]>
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From: Yugo Nagata @ 2026-03-24 04:09 UTC (permalink / raw)

This commit adds eight fields to the relation statistics that track
the last time vacuum or analyze has been attempted but skipped due to
lock unavailability, along with their counts:

-    last_skipped_vacuum
-    last_skipped_autovacuum
-    last_skipped_analyze
-    last_skipped_autoanalyze
-    skipped_vacuum_count
-    skipped_autovacuum_count
-    skipped_analyze_count
-    skipped_autoanalyze_count

These field can help users confirm that autovacuum is actively attempting
to run on a table that has not been vacuumed or analyzed for a long time,
and that the lack of progress is due to repeated skips rather than inactivity.
---
 doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml                 |  88 ++++++++++++++++
 src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql         |   8 ++
 src/backend/commands/vacuum.c                | 102 ++++++++++++++-----
 src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c |  64 ++++++++++++
 src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c          |  24 +++++
 src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat              |  32 ++++++
 src/include/pgstat.h                         |  16 +++
 src/test/regress/expected/rules.out          |  24 +++++
 8 files changed, 335 insertions(+), 23 deletions(-)

diff --git a/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml b/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml
index 08d5b824552..a9b579d87a9 100644
--- a/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml
+++ b/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml
@@ -4387,6 +4387,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_vacuum</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time a manual vacuum on this table was attempted but skipped due to
+       lock unavailability (not counting <command>VACUUM FULL</command>)
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>last_autovacuum</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
@@ -4397,6 +4407,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_autovacuum</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time a vacuum on this table by the autovacuum daemon was attempted
+       but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>last_analyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
@@ -4406,6 +4426,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_analyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time a manual analyze on this table was attempted but skipped due to
+       lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>last_autoanalyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
@@ -4416,6 +4446,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_autoanalyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time at which an analyze on this table by the autovacuum was
+       attempted but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>vacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4426,6 +4466,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_vacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times manual vacuums on this table have been attempted but skipped
+       due to lock unavailability (not counting <command>VACUUM FULL</command>)
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>autovacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4436,6 +4486,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_autovacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times vacuums on this table by the autovacuum daemon have been
+       attempted but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>analyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4445,6 +4505,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_analyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times manual analyzes on this table have been attempted but
+       skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>autoanalyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4455,6 +4525,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_autoanalyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times analyzes on this table by the autovacuum daemon have
+       been attempted but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>total_vacuum_time</structfield> <type>double precision</type>
@@ -4510,6 +4590,14 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
    </tgroup>
   </table>
 
+  <note>
+   <para>
+    When a manual vacuum or analyze on a parent table in an inheritance or
+    partitioning hierarchy is skipped, the statistics are recorded only for
+    the parent table, not for its children.
+   </para>
+  </note>
+
  </sect2>
 
  <sect2 id="monitoring-pg-stat-autovacuum-scores-view">
diff --git a/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql b/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql
index 73a1c1c4670..f509fc7876b 100644
--- a/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql
+++ b/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql
@@ -736,13 +736,21 @@ CREATE VIEW pg_stat_all_tables AS
             pg_stat_get_mod_since_analyze(C.oid) AS n_mod_since_analyze,
             pg_stat_get_ins_since_vacuum(C.oid) AS n_ins_since_vacuum,
             pg_stat_get_last_vacuum_time(C.oid) as last_vacuum,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_vacuum,
             pg_stat_get_last_autovacuum_time(C.oid) as last_autovacuum,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_autovacuum,
             pg_stat_get_last_analyze_time(C.oid) as last_analyze,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_analyze,
             pg_stat_get_last_autoanalyze_time(C.oid) as last_autoanalyze,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_autoanalyze,
             pg_stat_get_vacuum_count(C.oid) AS vacuum_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count(C.oid) AS skipped_vacuum_count,
             pg_stat_get_autovacuum_count(C.oid) AS autovacuum_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count(C.oid) AS skipped_autovacuum_count,
             pg_stat_get_analyze_count(C.oid) AS analyze_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count(C.oid) AS skipped_analyze_count,
             pg_stat_get_autoanalyze_count(C.oid) AS autoanalyze_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count(C.oid) AS skipped_autoanalyze_count,
             pg_stat_get_total_vacuum_time(C.oid) AS total_vacuum_time,
             pg_stat_get_total_autovacuum_time(C.oid) AS total_autovacuum_time,
             pg_stat_get_total_analyze_time(C.oid) AS total_analyze_time,
diff --git a/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c b/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c
index 99d0db82ed7..97cd5ea8d10 100644
--- a/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c
+++ b/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c
@@ -793,8 +793,25 @@ vacuum_open_relation(Oid relid, RangeVar *relation, uint32 options,
 		rel = try_relation_open(relid, NoLock);
 	else
 	{
+		int flags = 0;
 		rel = NULL;
 		rel_lock = false;
+
+		if ((options & VACOPT_VACUUM) != 0)
+		{
+			if (AmAutoVacuumWorkerProcess())
+				flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOVACUUM;
+			else
+				flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM;
+		}
+		if ((options & VACOPT_ANALYZE) != 0)
+		{
+			if (AmAutoVacuumWorkerProcess())
+				flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOANALYZE;
+			else
+				flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE;
+		}
+		pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(relid, flags);
 	}
 
 	/* if relation is opened, leave */
@@ -802,7 +819,7 @@ vacuum_open_relation(Oid relid, RangeVar *relation, uint32 options,
 		return rel;
 
 	/*
-	 * Relation could not be opened, hence generate if possible a log
+	 * Relation could not be opened hence generate if possible a log
 	 * informing on the situation.
 	 *
 	 * If the RangeVar is not defined, we do not have enough information to
@@ -905,7 +922,6 @@ expand_vacuum_rel(VacuumRelation *vrel, MemoryContext vac_context,
 		Form_pg_class classForm;
 		bool		include_children;
 		bool		is_partitioned_table;
-		int			rvr_opts;
 
 		/*
 		 * Since autovacuum workers supply OIDs when calling vacuum(), no
@@ -918,29 +934,69 @@ expand_vacuum_rel(VacuumRelation *vrel, MemoryContext vac_context,
 		 * below, as well as find_all_inheritors's expectation that the caller
 		 * holds some lock on the starting relation.
 		 */
-		rvr_opts = (options & VACOPT_SKIP_LOCKED) ? RVR_SKIP_LOCKED : 0;
-		relid = RangeVarGetRelidExtended(vrel->relation,
-										 AccessShareLock,
-										 rvr_opts,
-										 NULL, NULL);
-
-		/*
-		 * If the lock is unavailable, emit the same log statement that
-		 * vacuum_rel() and analyze_rel() would.
-		 */
-		if (!OidIsValid(relid))
+		if (!(options & VACOPT_SKIP_LOCKED))
 		{
-			if (options & VACOPT_VACUUM)
-				ereport(WARNING,
-						(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
-						 errmsg("skipping vacuum of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
-								vrel->relation->relname)));
-			else
-				ereport(WARNING,
-						(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
-						 errmsg("skipping analyze of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
+			relid = RangeVarGetRelidExtended(vrel->relation,
+											 AccessShareLock,
+											 0, NULL, NULL);
+			if (!OidIsValid(relid))
+				return vacrels;
+		}
+		else
+		{
+			/* Get relid for reporting before taking a lock */
+			relid = RangeVarGetRelid(vrel->relation, NoLock, false);
+
+			if (!ConditionalLockRelationOid(relid, AccessShareLock))
+			{
+				int	flags = 0;
+				/*
+				 * If the lock is unavailable, emit the same log statement that
+				 * vacuum_rel() and analyze_rel() would.
+				 */
+				if (options & VACOPT_VACUUM)
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping vacuum of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
 								vrel->relation->relname)));
-			return vacrels;
+				else
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping analyze of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
+									vrel->relation->relname)));
+
+				if ((options & VACOPT_VACUUM) != 0)
+					flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM;
+				if ((options & VACOPT_ANALYZE) != 0)
+					flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE;
+
+				pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(relid, flags);
+
+				return vacrels;
+			}
+
+			/*
+			 * Now that we have the lock, probe to see if the relation really
+			 * exists or not.
+			 */
+			if (!SearchSysCacheExists1(RELOID, ObjectIdGetDatum(relid)))
+			{
+				if (options & VACOPT_VACUUM)
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_UNDEFINED_TABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping vacuum of \"%s\" --- relation no longer exists",
+									vrel->relation->relname)));
+				else
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_UNDEFINED_TABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping analyze of \"%s\" --- relation no longer exists",
+									vrel->relation->relname)));
+
+				/* Release useless lock */
+				UnlockRelationOid(relid, AccessShareLock);
+
+				return vacrels;
+			}
 		}
 
 		/*
diff --git a/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c b/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c
index b2ca28f83ba..532d9023f8c 100644
--- a/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c
+++ b/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c
@@ -17,12 +17,14 @@
 
 #include "postgres.h"
 
+#include "access/htup_details.h"
 #include "access/twophase_rmgr.h"
 #include "access/xact.h"
 #include "catalog/catalog.h"
 #include "utils/memutils.h"
 #include "utils/pgstat_internal.h"
 #include "utils/rel.h"
+#include "utils/syscache.h"
 #include "utils/timestamp.h"
 
 
@@ -367,6 +369,68 @@ pgstat_report_analyze(Relation rel,
 	(void) pgstat_flush_backend(false, PGSTAT_BACKEND_FLUSH_IO);
 }
 
+/*
+ * Report that the table was skipped during vacuum or/and analyze.
+ */
+void
+pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(Oid relid, int flags)
+{
+	PgStat_EntryRef *entry_ref;
+	PgStatShared_Relation *shtabentry;
+	PgStat_StatTabEntry *tabentry;
+	TimestampTz ts;
+	HeapTuple	classTup;
+	bool		isshared;
+
+	if (!pgstat_track_counts || !flags)
+		return;
+
+	classTup = SearchSysCache1(RELOID, ObjectIdGetDatum(relid));
+	if (!HeapTupleIsValid(classTup))
+		return;			/* somebody deleted the rel, forget it */
+	isshared = ((Form_pg_class) GETSTRUCT(classTup))->relisshared;
+	ReleaseSysCache(classTup);
+
+	/* Store the data in the table's hash table entry. */
+	ts = GetCurrentTimestamp();
+
+	/* block acquiring lock for the same reason as pgstat_report_autovac() */
+	entry_ref = pgstat_get_entry_ref_locked(PGSTAT_KIND_RELATION,
+											isshared ? InvalidOid : MyDatabaseId,
+											relid, false);
+
+	shtabentry = (PgStatShared_Relation *) entry_ref->shared_stats;
+	tabentry = &shtabentry->stats;
+
+	if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM)
+	{
+		tabentry->last_skipped_vacuum_time = ts;
+		tabentry->skipped_vacuum_count++;
+	}
+	else if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOVACUUM)
+	{
+		tabentry->last_skipped_autovacuum_time = ts;
+		tabentry->skipped_autovacuum_count++;
+	}
+
+	if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE)
+	{
+		tabentry->last_skipped_analyze_time = ts;
+		tabentry->skipped_analyze_count++;
+	}
+	else if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOANALYZE)
+	{
+		tabentry->last_skipped_autoanalyze_time = ts;
+		tabentry->skipped_autoanalyze_count++;
+	}
+
+	pgstat_unlock_entry(entry_ref);
+
+	/* see pgstat_report_vacuum() */
+	pgstat_flush_io(false);
+	(void) pgstat_flush_backend(false, PGSTAT_BACKEND_FLUSH_IO);
+}
+
 /*
  * count a tuple insertion of n tuples
  */
diff --git a/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c b/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c
index 1408de387ea..90a8968faa0 100644
--- a/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c
+++ b/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c
@@ -84,6 +84,18 @@ PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(mod_since_analyze)
 /* pg_stat_get_numscans */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(numscans)
 
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_analyze_count)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_autoanalyze_count)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_autovacuum_count)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_vacuum_count)
+
 /* pg_stat_get_tuples_deleted */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(tuples_deleted)
 
@@ -170,6 +182,18 @@ PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_vacuum_time)
 /* pg_stat_get_lastscan */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(lastscan)
 
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_analyze_time)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_autoanalyze_time)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_autovacuum_time)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_vacuum_time)
+
 /* pg_stat_get_stat_reset_time */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(stat_reset_time)
 
diff --git a/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat b/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat
index fa9ae79082b..32debb34863 100644
--- a/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat
+++ b/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat
@@ -5680,6 +5680,38 @@
   proargmodes => '{o,o,o,o,o,o,o,o,o,o}',
   proargnames => '{oid,score,xid_score,mxid_score,vacuum_score,vacuum_insert_score,analyze_score,do_vacuum,do_analyze,for_wraparound}',
   prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_autovacuum_scores' },
+{ oid => '8142', descr => 'statistics: last skipped vacuum time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time' },
+{ oid => '8143', descr => 'statistics: last skipped auto vacuum time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time' },
+{ oid => '8144', descr => 'statistics: last skipped analyze time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time' },
+{ oid => '8145', descr => 'statistics: last skipped auto analyze time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time' },
+{ oid => '8146', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped vacuum for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count' },
+{ oid => '8147', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped auto vacuum for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count' },
+{ oid => '8148', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped analyzes for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count' },
+{ oid => '8149', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped auto analyzes for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count' },
 { oid => '1936', descr => 'statistics: currently active backend IDs',
   proname => 'pg_stat_get_backend_idset', prorows => '100', proretset => 't',
   provolatile => 's', proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int4',
diff --git a/src/include/pgstat.h b/src/include/pgstat.h
index dfa2e837638..98941f953d1 100644
--- a/src/include/pgstat.h
+++ b/src/include/pgstat.h
@@ -479,6 +479,15 @@ typedef struct PgStat_StatTabEntry
 	TimestampTz last_autoanalyze_time;	/* autovacuum initiated */
 	PgStat_Counter autoanalyze_count;
 
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_vacuum_time;	/* user initiated vacuum */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_vacuum_count;
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_autovacuum_time;	/* autovacuum initiated */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_autovacuum_count;
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_analyze_time;	/* user initiated */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_analyze_count;
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_autoanalyze_time;	/* autovacuum initiated */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_autoanalyze_count;
+
 	PgStat_Counter total_vacuum_time;	/* times in milliseconds */
 	PgStat_Counter total_autovacuum_time;
 	PgStat_Counter total_analyze_time;
@@ -703,6 +712,13 @@ extern void pgstat_report_analyze(Relation rel,
 								  PgStat_Counter livetuples, PgStat_Counter deadtuples,
 								  bool resetcounter, TimestampTz starttime);
 
+/* flags for pgstat_flush_backend() */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM		(1 << 0)	/* vacuum is skipped */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE		(1 << 1)	/* analyze is skipped */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOVACUUM	(1 << 2)	/* autovacuum is skipped */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOANALYZE	(1 << 3)	/* autoanalyze is skipped */
+extern void pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(Oid relid, int flags);
+
 /*
  * If stats are enabled, but pending data hasn't been prepared yet, call
  * pgstat_assoc_relation() to do so. See its comment for why this is done
diff --git a/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out b/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out
index a65a5bf0c4f..9b2075d3373 100644
--- a/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out
+++ b/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out
@@ -1835,13 +1835,21 @@ pg_stat_all_tables| SELECT c.oid AS relid,
     pg_stat_get_mod_since_analyze(c.oid) AS n_mod_since_analyze,
     pg_stat_get_ins_since_vacuum(c.oid) AS n_ins_since_vacuum,
     pg_stat_get_last_vacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_vacuum,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_vacuum,
     pg_stat_get_last_autovacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_autovacuum,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_autovacuum,
     pg_stat_get_last_analyze_time(c.oid) AS last_analyze,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_analyze,
     pg_stat_get_last_autoanalyze_time(c.oid) AS last_autoanalyze,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_autoanalyze,
     pg_stat_get_vacuum_count(c.oid) AS vacuum_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count(c.oid) AS skipped_vacuum_count,
     pg_stat_get_autovacuum_count(c.oid) AS autovacuum_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count(c.oid) AS skipped_autovacuum_count,
     pg_stat_get_analyze_count(c.oid) AS analyze_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count(c.oid) AS skipped_analyze_count,
     pg_stat_get_autoanalyze_count(c.oid) AS autoanalyze_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count(c.oid) AS skipped_autoanalyze_count,
     pg_stat_get_total_vacuum_time(c.oid) AS total_vacuum_time,
     pg_stat_get_total_autovacuum_time(c.oid) AS total_autovacuum_time,
     pg_stat_get_total_analyze_time(c.oid) AS total_analyze_time,
@@ -2346,13 +2354,21 @@ pg_stat_sys_tables| SELECT relid,
     n_mod_since_analyze,
     n_ins_since_vacuum,
     last_vacuum,
+    last_skipped_vacuum,
     last_autovacuum,
+    last_skipped_autovacuum,
     last_analyze,
+    last_skipped_analyze,
     last_autoanalyze,
+    last_skipped_autoanalyze,
     vacuum_count,
+    skipped_vacuum_count,
     autovacuum_count,
+    skipped_autovacuum_count,
     analyze_count,
+    skipped_analyze_count,
     autoanalyze_count,
+    skipped_autoanalyze_count,
     total_vacuum_time,
     total_autovacuum_time,
     total_analyze_time,
@@ -2401,13 +2417,21 @@ pg_stat_user_tables| SELECT relid,
     n_mod_since_analyze,
     n_ins_since_vacuum,
     last_vacuum,
+    last_skipped_vacuum,
     last_autovacuum,
+    last_skipped_autovacuum,
     last_analyze,
+    last_skipped_analyze,
     last_autoanalyze,
+    last_skipped_autoanalyze,
     vacuum_count,
+    skipped_vacuum_count,
     autovacuum_count,
+    skipped_autovacuum_count,
     analyze_count,
+    skipped_analyze_count,
     autoanalyze_count,
+    skipped_autoanalyze_count,
     total_vacuum_time,
     total_autovacuum_time,
     total_analyze_time,
-- 
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* [PATCH v5] Track skipped vacuum and analyze activity per relation
@ 2026-03-24 04:09 Yugo Nagata <[email protected]>
  0 siblings, 0 replies; 374+ messages in thread

From: Yugo Nagata @ 2026-03-24 04:09 UTC (permalink / raw)

This commit adds eight fields to the relation statistics that track
the last time vacuum or analyze has been attempted but skipped due to
lock unavailability, along with their counts:

-    last_skipped_vacuum
-    last_skipped_autovacuum
-    last_skipped_analyze
-    last_skipped_autoanalyze
-    skipped_vacuum_count
-    skipped_autovacuum_count
-    skipped_analyze_count
-    skipped_autoanalyze_count

These field can help users confirm that autovacuum is actively attempting
to run on a table that has not been vacuumed or analyzed for a long time,
and that the lack of progress is due to repeated skips rather than inactivity.
---
 doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml                  |  88 ++++++
 src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql          |   8 +
 src/backend/commands/vacuum.c                 | 100 +++++--
 src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c  |  64 +++++
 src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c           |  24 ++
 src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat               |  32 +++
 src/include/pgstat.h                          |  16 ++
 .../isolation/expected/vacuum-skip-locked.out | 260 ++++++++++++++++--
 .../isolation/specs/vacuum-skip-locked.spec   |  41 +--
 src/test/regress/expected/rules.out           |  24 ++
 10 files changed, 601 insertions(+), 56 deletions(-)

diff --git a/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml b/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml
index 08d5b824552..a9b579d87a9 100644
--- a/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml
+++ b/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml
@@ -4387,6 +4387,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_vacuum</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time a manual vacuum on this table was attempted but skipped due to
+       lock unavailability (not counting <command>VACUUM FULL</command>)
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>last_autovacuum</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
@@ -4397,6 +4407,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_autovacuum</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time a vacuum on this table by the autovacuum daemon was attempted
+       but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>last_analyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
@@ -4406,6 +4426,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_analyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time a manual analyze on this table was attempted but skipped due to
+       lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>last_autoanalyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
@@ -4416,6 +4446,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_autoanalyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time at which an analyze on this table by the autovacuum was
+       attempted but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>vacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4426,6 +4466,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_vacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times manual vacuums on this table have been attempted but skipped
+       due to lock unavailability (not counting <command>VACUUM FULL</command>)
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>autovacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4436,6 +4486,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_autovacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times vacuums on this table by the autovacuum daemon have been
+       attempted but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>analyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4445,6 +4505,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_analyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times manual analyzes on this table have been attempted but
+       skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>autoanalyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4455,6 +4525,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_autoanalyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times analyzes on this table by the autovacuum daemon have
+       been attempted but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>total_vacuum_time</structfield> <type>double precision</type>
@@ -4510,6 +4590,14 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
    </tgroup>
   </table>
 
+  <note>
+   <para>
+    When a manual vacuum or analyze on a parent table in an inheritance or
+    partitioning hierarchy is skipped, the statistics are recorded only for
+    the parent table, not for its children.
+   </para>
+  </note>
+
  </sect2>
 
  <sect2 id="monitoring-pg-stat-autovacuum-scores-view">
diff --git a/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql b/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql
index 73a1c1c4670..f509fc7876b 100644
--- a/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql
+++ b/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql
@@ -736,13 +736,21 @@ CREATE VIEW pg_stat_all_tables AS
             pg_stat_get_mod_since_analyze(C.oid) AS n_mod_since_analyze,
             pg_stat_get_ins_since_vacuum(C.oid) AS n_ins_since_vacuum,
             pg_stat_get_last_vacuum_time(C.oid) as last_vacuum,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_vacuum,
             pg_stat_get_last_autovacuum_time(C.oid) as last_autovacuum,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_autovacuum,
             pg_stat_get_last_analyze_time(C.oid) as last_analyze,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_analyze,
             pg_stat_get_last_autoanalyze_time(C.oid) as last_autoanalyze,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_autoanalyze,
             pg_stat_get_vacuum_count(C.oid) AS vacuum_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count(C.oid) AS skipped_vacuum_count,
             pg_stat_get_autovacuum_count(C.oid) AS autovacuum_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count(C.oid) AS skipped_autovacuum_count,
             pg_stat_get_analyze_count(C.oid) AS analyze_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count(C.oid) AS skipped_analyze_count,
             pg_stat_get_autoanalyze_count(C.oid) AS autoanalyze_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count(C.oid) AS skipped_autoanalyze_count,
             pg_stat_get_total_vacuum_time(C.oid) AS total_vacuum_time,
             pg_stat_get_total_autovacuum_time(C.oid) AS total_autovacuum_time,
             pg_stat_get_total_analyze_time(C.oid) AS total_analyze_time,
diff --git a/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c b/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c
index 99d0db82ed7..df6526225e4 100644
--- a/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c
+++ b/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c
@@ -793,8 +793,25 @@ vacuum_open_relation(Oid relid, RangeVar *relation, uint32 options,
 		rel = try_relation_open(relid, NoLock);
 	else
 	{
+		int flags = 0;
 		rel = NULL;
 		rel_lock = false;
+
+		if ((options & VACOPT_VACUUM) != 0 && (options & VACOPT_FULL) == 0)
+		{
+			if (AmAutoVacuumWorkerProcess())
+				flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOVACUUM;
+			else
+				flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM;
+		}
+		if ((options & VACOPT_ANALYZE) != 0)
+		{
+			if (AmAutoVacuumWorkerProcess())
+				flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOANALYZE;
+			else
+				flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE;
+		}
+		pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(relid, flags);
 	}
 
 	/* if relation is opened, leave */
@@ -905,7 +922,6 @@ expand_vacuum_rel(VacuumRelation *vrel, MemoryContext vac_context,
 		Form_pg_class classForm;
 		bool		include_children;
 		bool		is_partitioned_table;
-		int			rvr_opts;
 
 		/*
 		 * Since autovacuum workers supply OIDs when calling vacuum(), no
@@ -918,29 +934,69 @@ expand_vacuum_rel(VacuumRelation *vrel, MemoryContext vac_context,
 		 * below, as well as find_all_inheritors's expectation that the caller
 		 * holds some lock on the starting relation.
 		 */
-		rvr_opts = (options & VACOPT_SKIP_LOCKED) ? RVR_SKIP_LOCKED : 0;
-		relid = RangeVarGetRelidExtended(vrel->relation,
-										 AccessShareLock,
-										 rvr_opts,
-										 NULL, NULL);
-
-		/*
-		 * If the lock is unavailable, emit the same log statement that
-		 * vacuum_rel() and analyze_rel() would.
-		 */
-		if (!OidIsValid(relid))
+		if (!(options & VACOPT_SKIP_LOCKED))
 		{
-			if (options & VACOPT_VACUUM)
-				ereport(WARNING,
-						(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
-						 errmsg("skipping vacuum of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
-								vrel->relation->relname)));
-			else
-				ereport(WARNING,
-						(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
-						 errmsg("skipping analyze of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
+			relid = RangeVarGetRelidExtended(vrel->relation,
+											 AccessShareLock,
+											 0, NULL, NULL);
+			if (!OidIsValid(relid))
+				return vacrels;
+		}
+		else
+		{
+			/* Get relid for reporting before taking a lock */
+			relid = RangeVarGetRelid(vrel->relation, NoLock, false);
+
+			if (!ConditionalLockRelationOid(relid, AccessShareLock))
+			{
+				int	flags = 0;
+				/*
+				 * If the lock is unavailable, emit the same log statement that
+				 * vacuum_rel() and analyze_rel() would.
+				 */
+				if (options & VACOPT_VACUUM)
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping vacuum of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
 								vrel->relation->relname)));
-			return vacrels;
+				else
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping analyze of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
+									vrel->relation->relname)));
+
+				if ((options & VACOPT_VACUUM) != 0 && (options & VACOPT_FULL) == 0)
+					flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM;
+				if ((options & VACOPT_ANALYZE) != 0)
+					flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE;
+
+				pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(relid, flags);
+
+				return vacrels;
+			}
+
+			/*
+			 * Now that we have the lock, probe to see if the relation really
+			 * exists or not.
+			 */
+			if (!SearchSysCacheExists1(RELOID, ObjectIdGetDatum(relid)))
+			{
+				if (options & VACOPT_VACUUM)
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_UNDEFINED_TABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping vacuum of \"%s\" --- relation no longer exists",
+									vrel->relation->relname)));
+				else
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_UNDEFINED_TABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping analyze of \"%s\" --- relation no longer exists",
+									vrel->relation->relname)));
+
+				/* Release useless lock */
+				UnlockRelationOid(relid, AccessShareLock);
+
+				return vacrels;
+			}
 		}
 
 		/*
diff --git a/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c b/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c
index b2ca28f83ba..532d9023f8c 100644
--- a/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c
+++ b/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c
@@ -17,12 +17,14 @@
 
 #include "postgres.h"
 
+#include "access/htup_details.h"
 #include "access/twophase_rmgr.h"
 #include "access/xact.h"
 #include "catalog/catalog.h"
 #include "utils/memutils.h"
 #include "utils/pgstat_internal.h"
 #include "utils/rel.h"
+#include "utils/syscache.h"
 #include "utils/timestamp.h"
 
 
@@ -367,6 +369,68 @@ pgstat_report_analyze(Relation rel,
 	(void) pgstat_flush_backend(false, PGSTAT_BACKEND_FLUSH_IO);
 }
 
+/*
+ * Report that the table was skipped during vacuum or/and analyze.
+ */
+void
+pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(Oid relid, int flags)
+{
+	PgStat_EntryRef *entry_ref;
+	PgStatShared_Relation *shtabentry;
+	PgStat_StatTabEntry *tabentry;
+	TimestampTz ts;
+	HeapTuple	classTup;
+	bool		isshared;
+
+	if (!pgstat_track_counts || !flags)
+		return;
+
+	classTup = SearchSysCache1(RELOID, ObjectIdGetDatum(relid));
+	if (!HeapTupleIsValid(classTup))
+		return;			/* somebody deleted the rel, forget it */
+	isshared = ((Form_pg_class) GETSTRUCT(classTup))->relisshared;
+	ReleaseSysCache(classTup);
+
+	/* Store the data in the table's hash table entry. */
+	ts = GetCurrentTimestamp();
+
+	/* block acquiring lock for the same reason as pgstat_report_autovac() */
+	entry_ref = pgstat_get_entry_ref_locked(PGSTAT_KIND_RELATION,
+											isshared ? InvalidOid : MyDatabaseId,
+											relid, false);
+
+	shtabentry = (PgStatShared_Relation *) entry_ref->shared_stats;
+	tabentry = &shtabentry->stats;
+
+	if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM)
+	{
+		tabentry->last_skipped_vacuum_time = ts;
+		tabentry->skipped_vacuum_count++;
+	}
+	else if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOVACUUM)
+	{
+		tabentry->last_skipped_autovacuum_time = ts;
+		tabentry->skipped_autovacuum_count++;
+	}
+
+	if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE)
+	{
+		tabentry->last_skipped_analyze_time = ts;
+		tabentry->skipped_analyze_count++;
+	}
+	else if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOANALYZE)
+	{
+		tabentry->last_skipped_autoanalyze_time = ts;
+		tabentry->skipped_autoanalyze_count++;
+	}
+
+	pgstat_unlock_entry(entry_ref);
+
+	/* see pgstat_report_vacuum() */
+	pgstat_flush_io(false);
+	(void) pgstat_flush_backend(false, PGSTAT_BACKEND_FLUSH_IO);
+}
+
 /*
  * count a tuple insertion of n tuples
  */
diff --git a/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c b/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c
index 1408de387ea..90a8968faa0 100644
--- a/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c
+++ b/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c
@@ -84,6 +84,18 @@ PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(mod_since_analyze)
 /* pg_stat_get_numscans */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(numscans)
 
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_analyze_count)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_autoanalyze_count)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_autovacuum_count)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_vacuum_count)
+
 /* pg_stat_get_tuples_deleted */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(tuples_deleted)
 
@@ -170,6 +182,18 @@ PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_vacuum_time)
 /* pg_stat_get_lastscan */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(lastscan)
 
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_analyze_time)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_autoanalyze_time)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_autovacuum_time)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_vacuum_time)
+
 /* pg_stat_get_stat_reset_time */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(stat_reset_time)
 
diff --git a/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat b/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat
index fa9ae79082b..32debb34863 100644
--- a/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat
+++ b/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat
@@ -5680,6 +5680,38 @@
   proargmodes => '{o,o,o,o,o,o,o,o,o,o}',
   proargnames => '{oid,score,xid_score,mxid_score,vacuum_score,vacuum_insert_score,analyze_score,do_vacuum,do_analyze,for_wraparound}',
   prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_autovacuum_scores' },
+{ oid => '8142', descr => 'statistics: last skipped vacuum time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time' },
+{ oid => '8143', descr => 'statistics: last skipped auto vacuum time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time' },
+{ oid => '8144', descr => 'statistics: last skipped analyze time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time' },
+{ oid => '8145', descr => 'statistics: last skipped auto analyze time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time' },
+{ oid => '8146', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped vacuum for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count' },
+{ oid => '8147', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped auto vacuum for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count' },
+{ oid => '8148', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped analyzes for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count' },
+{ oid => '8149', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped auto analyzes for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count' },
 { oid => '1936', descr => 'statistics: currently active backend IDs',
   proname => 'pg_stat_get_backend_idset', prorows => '100', proretset => 't',
   provolatile => 's', proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int4',
diff --git a/src/include/pgstat.h b/src/include/pgstat.h
index dfa2e837638..98941f953d1 100644
--- a/src/include/pgstat.h
+++ b/src/include/pgstat.h
@@ -479,6 +479,15 @@ typedef struct PgStat_StatTabEntry
 	TimestampTz last_autoanalyze_time;	/* autovacuum initiated */
 	PgStat_Counter autoanalyze_count;
 
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_vacuum_time;	/* user initiated vacuum */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_vacuum_count;
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_autovacuum_time;	/* autovacuum initiated */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_autovacuum_count;
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_analyze_time;	/* user initiated */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_analyze_count;
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_autoanalyze_time;	/* autovacuum initiated */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_autoanalyze_count;
+
 	PgStat_Counter total_vacuum_time;	/* times in milliseconds */
 	PgStat_Counter total_autovacuum_time;
 	PgStat_Counter total_analyze_time;
@@ -703,6 +712,13 @@ extern void pgstat_report_analyze(Relation rel,
 								  PgStat_Counter livetuples, PgStat_Counter deadtuples,
 								  bool resetcounter, TimestampTz starttime);
 
+/* flags for pgstat_flush_backend() */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM		(1 << 0)	/* vacuum is skipped */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE		(1 << 1)	/* analyze is skipped */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOVACUUM	(1 << 2)	/* autovacuum is skipped */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOANALYZE	(1 << 3)	/* autoanalyze is skipped */
+extern void pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(Oid relid, int flags);
+
 /*
  * If stats are enabled, but pending data hasn't been prepared yet, call
  * pgstat_assoc_relation() to do so. See its comment for why this is done
diff --git a/src/test/isolation/expected/vacuum-skip-locked.out b/src/test/isolation/expected/vacuum-skip-locked.out
index 99db281a159..e2cff175b7c 100644
--- a/src/test/isolation/expected/vacuum-skip-locked.out
+++ b/src/test/isolation/expected/vacuum-skip-locked.out
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 Parsed test spec with 2 sessions
 
-starting permutation: lock_share vac_specified commit
+starting permutation: lock_share vac_specified commit check_stat
 step lock_share: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN SHARE MODE;
@@ -10,8 +10,22 @@ step vac_specified: VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED) part1, part2;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
 
-starting permutation: lock_share vac_all_parts commit
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   1|            0|                    0
+part2  |           1|                   0|            0|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
+
+starting permutation: lock_share vac_all_parts commit check_stat
 step lock_share: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN SHARE MODE;
@@ -20,8 +34,22 @@ step vac_all_parts: VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED) parted;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   1|            0|                    0
+part2  |           1|                   0|            0|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
 
-starting permutation: lock_share analyze_specified commit
+starting permutation: lock_share analyze_specified commit check_stat
 step lock_share: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN SHARE MODE;
@@ -31,8 +59,22 @@ step analyze_specified: ANALYZE (SKIP_LOCKED) part1, part2;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
 
-starting permutation: lock_share analyze_all_parts commit
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   0|            0|                    1
+part2  |           0|                   0|            1|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
+
+starting permutation: lock_share analyze_all_parts commit check_stat
 step lock_share: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN SHARE MODE;
@@ -41,8 +83,22 @@ step analyze_all_parts: ANALYZE (SKIP_LOCKED) parted;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            1|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   0|            0|                    1
+part2  |           0|                   0|            1|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
 
-starting permutation: lock_share vac_analyze_specified commit
+starting permutation: lock_share vac_analyze_specified commit check_stat
 step lock_share: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN SHARE MODE;
@@ -52,8 +108,22 @@ step vac_analyze_specified: VACUUM (ANALYZE, SKIP_LOCKED) part1, part2;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
 
-starting permutation: lock_share vac_analyze_all_parts commit
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   1|            0|                    1
+part2  |           1|                   0|            1|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
+
+starting permutation: lock_share vac_analyze_all_parts commit check_stat
 step lock_share: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN SHARE MODE;
@@ -62,8 +132,22 @@ step vac_analyze_all_parts: VACUUM (ANALYZE, SKIP_LOCKED) parted;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            1|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   1|            0|                    1
+part2  |           1|                   0|            1|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
 
-starting permutation: lock_share vac_full_specified commit
+starting permutation: lock_share vac_full_specified commit check_stat
 step lock_share: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN SHARE MODE;
@@ -73,8 +157,22 @@ step vac_full_specified: VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED, FULL) part1, part2;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
 
-starting permutation: lock_share vac_full_all_parts commit
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part2  |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
+
+starting permutation: lock_share vac_full_all_parts commit check_stat
 step lock_share: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN SHARE MODE;
@@ -83,8 +181,22 @@ step vac_full_all_parts: VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED, FULL) parted;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part2  |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+(3 rows)
 
-starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_specified commit
+
+starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_specified commit check_stat
 step lock_access_exclusive: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN ACCESS EXCLUSIVE MODE;
@@ -94,8 +206,22 @@ step vac_specified: VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED) part1, part2;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   1|            0|                    0
+part2  |           1|                   0|            0|                    0
+(3 rows)
 
-starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_all_parts commit
+
+starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_all_parts commit check_stat
 step lock_access_exclusive: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN ACCESS EXCLUSIVE MODE;
@@ -104,8 +230,22 @@ step vac_all_parts: VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED) parted;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   1|            0|                    0
+part2  |           1|                   0|            0|                    0
+(3 rows)
 
-starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive analyze_specified commit
+
+starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive analyze_specified commit check_stat
 step lock_access_exclusive: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN ACCESS EXCLUSIVE MODE;
@@ -115,8 +255,22 @@ step analyze_specified: ANALYZE (SKIP_LOCKED) part1, part2;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   0|            0|                    1
+part2  |           0|                   0|            1|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
 
-starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive analyze_all_parts commit
+starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive analyze_all_parts commit check_stat
 step lock_access_exclusive: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN ACCESS EXCLUSIVE MODE;
@@ -126,8 +280,22 @@ step commit:
 	COMMIT;
 
 step analyze_all_parts: <... completed>
-
-starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_analyze_specified commit
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            1|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   0|            1|                    0
+part2  |           0|                   0|            1|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
+
+starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_analyze_specified commit check_stat
 step lock_access_exclusive: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN ACCESS EXCLUSIVE MODE;
@@ -137,8 +305,22 @@ step vac_analyze_specified: VACUUM (ANALYZE, SKIP_LOCKED) part1, part2;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   1|            0|                    1
+part2  |           1|                   0|            1|                    0
+(3 rows)
 
-starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_analyze_all_parts commit
+
+starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_analyze_all_parts commit check_stat
 step lock_access_exclusive: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN ACCESS EXCLUSIVE MODE;
@@ -148,8 +330,22 @@ step commit:
 	COMMIT;
 
 step vac_analyze_all_parts: <... completed>
-
-starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_full_specified commit
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            1|                    0
+part1  |           1|                   0|            1|                    0
+part2  |           1|                   0|            1|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
+
+starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_full_specified commit check_stat
 step lock_access_exclusive: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN ACCESS EXCLUSIVE MODE;
@@ -159,8 +355,22 @@ step vac_full_specified: VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED, FULL) part1, part2;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
 
-starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_full_all_parts commit
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part2  |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
+
+starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_full_all_parts commit check_stat
 step lock_access_exclusive: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN ACCESS EXCLUSIVE MODE;
@@ -169,3 +379,17 @@ step vac_full_all_parts: VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED, FULL) parted;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part2  |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
diff --git a/src/test/isolation/specs/vacuum-skip-locked.spec b/src/test/isolation/specs/vacuum-skip-locked.spec
index 3fad6e1c92a..b0da75d4b6d 100644
--- a/src/test/isolation/specs/vacuum-skip-locked.spec
+++ b/src/test/isolation/specs/vacuum-skip-locked.spec
@@ -33,6 +33,15 @@ step commit
 	COMMIT;
 }
 
+step check_stat
+{
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+}
+
 session s2
 step vac_specified			{ VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED) part1, part2; }
 step vac_all_parts			{ VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED) parted; }
@@ -43,19 +52,19 @@ step vac_analyze_all_parts	{ VACUUM (ANALYZE, SKIP_LOCKED) parted; }
 step vac_full_specified		{ VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED, FULL) part1, part2; }
 step vac_full_all_parts		{ VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED, FULL) parted; }
 
-permutation lock_share vac_specified commit
-permutation lock_share vac_all_parts commit
-permutation lock_share analyze_specified commit
-permutation lock_share analyze_all_parts commit
-permutation lock_share vac_analyze_specified commit
-permutation lock_share vac_analyze_all_parts commit
-permutation lock_share vac_full_specified commit
-permutation lock_share vac_full_all_parts commit
-permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_specified commit
-permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_all_parts commit
-permutation lock_access_exclusive analyze_specified commit
-permutation lock_access_exclusive analyze_all_parts commit
-permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_analyze_specified commit
-permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_analyze_all_parts commit
-permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_full_specified commit
-permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_full_all_parts commit
+permutation lock_share vac_specified commit check_stat
+permutation lock_share vac_all_parts commit check_stat
+permutation lock_share analyze_specified commit check_stat
+permutation lock_share analyze_all_parts commit check_stat
+permutation lock_share vac_analyze_specified commit check_stat
+permutation lock_share vac_analyze_all_parts commit check_stat
+permutation lock_share vac_full_specified commit check_stat
+permutation lock_share vac_full_all_parts commit check_stat
+permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_specified commit check_stat
+permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_all_parts commit check_stat
+permutation lock_access_exclusive analyze_specified commit check_stat
+permutation lock_access_exclusive analyze_all_parts commit check_stat
+permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_analyze_specified commit check_stat
+permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_analyze_all_parts commit check_stat
+permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_full_specified commit check_stat
+permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_full_all_parts commit check_stat
diff --git a/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out b/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out
index a65a5bf0c4f..9b2075d3373 100644
--- a/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out
+++ b/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out
@@ -1835,13 +1835,21 @@ pg_stat_all_tables| SELECT c.oid AS relid,
     pg_stat_get_mod_since_analyze(c.oid) AS n_mod_since_analyze,
     pg_stat_get_ins_since_vacuum(c.oid) AS n_ins_since_vacuum,
     pg_stat_get_last_vacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_vacuum,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_vacuum,
     pg_stat_get_last_autovacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_autovacuum,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_autovacuum,
     pg_stat_get_last_analyze_time(c.oid) AS last_analyze,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_analyze,
     pg_stat_get_last_autoanalyze_time(c.oid) AS last_autoanalyze,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_autoanalyze,
     pg_stat_get_vacuum_count(c.oid) AS vacuum_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count(c.oid) AS skipped_vacuum_count,
     pg_stat_get_autovacuum_count(c.oid) AS autovacuum_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count(c.oid) AS skipped_autovacuum_count,
     pg_stat_get_analyze_count(c.oid) AS analyze_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count(c.oid) AS skipped_analyze_count,
     pg_stat_get_autoanalyze_count(c.oid) AS autoanalyze_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count(c.oid) AS skipped_autoanalyze_count,
     pg_stat_get_total_vacuum_time(c.oid) AS total_vacuum_time,
     pg_stat_get_total_autovacuum_time(c.oid) AS total_autovacuum_time,
     pg_stat_get_total_analyze_time(c.oid) AS total_analyze_time,
@@ -2346,13 +2354,21 @@ pg_stat_sys_tables| SELECT relid,
     n_mod_since_analyze,
     n_ins_since_vacuum,
     last_vacuum,
+    last_skipped_vacuum,
     last_autovacuum,
+    last_skipped_autovacuum,
     last_analyze,
+    last_skipped_analyze,
     last_autoanalyze,
+    last_skipped_autoanalyze,
     vacuum_count,
+    skipped_vacuum_count,
     autovacuum_count,
+    skipped_autovacuum_count,
     analyze_count,
+    skipped_analyze_count,
     autoanalyze_count,
+    skipped_autoanalyze_count,
     total_vacuum_time,
     total_autovacuum_time,
     total_analyze_time,
@@ -2401,13 +2417,21 @@ pg_stat_user_tables| SELECT relid,
     n_mod_since_analyze,
     n_ins_since_vacuum,
     last_vacuum,
+    last_skipped_vacuum,
     last_autovacuum,
+    last_skipped_autovacuum,
     last_analyze,
+    last_skipped_analyze,
     last_autoanalyze,
+    last_skipped_autoanalyze,
     vacuum_count,
+    skipped_vacuum_count,
     autovacuum_count,
+    skipped_autovacuum_count,
     analyze_count,
+    skipped_analyze_count,
     autoanalyze_count,
+    skipped_autoanalyze_count,
     total_vacuum_time,
     total_autovacuum_time,
     total_analyze_time,
-- 
2.43.0


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* [PATCH v3] Track skipped vacuum and analyze activity per relation
@ 2026-03-24 04:09 Yugo Nagata <[email protected]>
  0 siblings, 0 replies; 374+ messages in thread

From: Yugo Nagata @ 2026-03-24 04:09 UTC (permalink / raw)

This commit adds eight fields to the relation statistics that track
the last time vacuum or analyze has been attempted but skipped due to
lock unavailability, along with their counts:

-    last_skipped_vacuum
-    last_skipped_autovacuum
-    last_skipped_analyze
-    last_skipped_autoanalyze
-    skipped_vacuum_count
-    skipped_autovacuum_count
-    skipped_analyze_count
-    skipped_autoanalyze_count

These field can help users confirm that autovacuum is actively attempting
to run on a table that has not been vacuumed or analyzed for a long time,
and that the lack of progress is due to repeated skips rather than inactivity.
---
 doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml                 | 80 +++++++++++++++++
 src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql         |  8 ++
 src/backend/commands/vacuum.c                | 95 +++++++++++++++-----
 src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c | 68 ++++++++++++++
 src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c          | 24 +++++
 src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat              | 32 +++++++
 src/include/pgstat.h                         | 16 ++++
 src/test/regress/expected/rules.out          | 24 +++++
 8 files changed, 324 insertions(+), 23 deletions(-)

diff --git a/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml b/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml
index bb75ed1069b..9ec8070b2fc 100644
--- a/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml
+++ b/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml
@@ -4372,6 +4372,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_vacuum</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time a manual vacuum on this table was attempted but skipped due to
+       lock unavailability (not counting <command>VACUUM FULL</command>)
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>last_autovacuum</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
@@ -4382,6 +4392,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_autovacuum</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time a vacuum on this table by the autovacuum daemon was attempted
+       but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>last_analyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
@@ -4391,6 +4411,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_analyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time a manual analyze on this table was attempted but skipped due to
+       lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>last_autoanalyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
@@ -4401,6 +4431,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_autoanalyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time at which an analyze on this table by the autovacuum was
+       attempted but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>vacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4411,6 +4451,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_vacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times vacuums on this table have been attempted but skipped
+       due to lock unavailability (not counting <command>VACUUM FULL</command>)
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>autovacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4421,6 +4471,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_autovacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times vacuums on this table by the autovacuum daemon have been
+       attempted but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>analyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4430,6 +4490,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_analyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times manual analyzes on this table have been attempted but
+       skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>autoanalyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4440,6 +4510,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_autoanalyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times analyzes on this table by the autovacuum daemon have
+       been attempted but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>total_vacuum_time</structfield> <type>double precision</type>
diff --git a/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql b/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql
index e54018004db..2ca02a0354c 100644
--- a/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql
+++ b/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql
@@ -736,13 +736,21 @@ CREATE VIEW pg_stat_all_tables AS
             pg_stat_get_mod_since_analyze(C.oid) AS n_mod_since_analyze,
             pg_stat_get_ins_since_vacuum(C.oid) AS n_ins_since_vacuum,
             pg_stat_get_last_vacuum_time(C.oid) as last_vacuum,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_vacuum,
             pg_stat_get_last_autovacuum_time(C.oid) as last_autovacuum,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_autovacuum,
             pg_stat_get_last_analyze_time(C.oid) as last_analyze,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_analyze,
             pg_stat_get_last_autoanalyze_time(C.oid) as last_autoanalyze,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_autoanalyze,
             pg_stat_get_vacuum_count(C.oid) AS vacuum_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count(C.oid) AS skipped_vacuum_count,
             pg_stat_get_autovacuum_count(C.oid) AS autovacuum_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count(C.oid) AS skipped_autovacuum_count,
             pg_stat_get_analyze_count(C.oid) AS analyze_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count(C.oid) AS skipped_analyze_count,
             pg_stat_get_autoanalyze_count(C.oid) AS autoanalyze_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count(C.oid) AS skipped_autoanalyze_count,
             pg_stat_get_total_vacuum_time(C.oid) AS total_vacuum_time,
             pg_stat_get_total_autovacuum_time(C.oid) AS total_autovacuum_time,
             pg_stat_get_total_analyze_time(C.oid) AS total_analyze_time,
diff --git a/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c b/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c
index bce3a2daa24..ce83b3171be 100644
--- a/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c
+++ b/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c
@@ -792,8 +792,18 @@ vacuum_open_relation(Oid relid, RangeVar *relation, bits32 options,
 		rel = try_relation_open(relid, NoLock);
 	else
 	{
+		bits8 flags = 0;
 		rel = NULL;
 		rel_lock = false;
+
+		if ((options & VACOPT_VACUUM) != 0)
+			flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM;
+		if ((options & VACOPT_ANALYZE) != 0)
+			flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE;
+		if (AmAutoVacuumWorkerProcess())
+			flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOVAC;
+
+		pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(relid, flags);
 	}
 
 	/* if relation is opened, leave */
@@ -801,7 +811,7 @@ vacuum_open_relation(Oid relid, RangeVar *relation, bits32 options,
 		return rel;
 
 	/*
-	 * Relation could not be opened, hence generate if possible a log
+	 * Relation could not be opened hence generate if possible a log
 	 * informing on the situation.
 	 *
 	 * If the RangeVar is not defined, we do not have enough information to
@@ -904,7 +914,6 @@ expand_vacuum_rel(VacuumRelation *vrel, MemoryContext vac_context,
 		Form_pg_class classForm;
 		bool		include_children;
 		bool		is_partitioned_table;
-		int			rvr_opts;
 
 		/*
 		 * Since autovacuum workers supply OIDs when calling vacuum(), no
@@ -917,29 +926,69 @@ expand_vacuum_rel(VacuumRelation *vrel, MemoryContext vac_context,
 		 * below, as well as find_all_inheritors's expectation that the caller
 		 * holds some lock on the starting relation.
 		 */
-		rvr_opts = (options & VACOPT_SKIP_LOCKED) ? RVR_SKIP_LOCKED : 0;
-		relid = RangeVarGetRelidExtended(vrel->relation,
-										 AccessShareLock,
-										 rvr_opts,
-										 NULL, NULL);
-
-		/*
-		 * If the lock is unavailable, emit the same log statement that
-		 * vacuum_rel() and analyze_rel() would.
-		 */
-		if (!OidIsValid(relid))
+		if (!(options & VACOPT_SKIP_LOCKED))
 		{
-			if (options & VACOPT_VACUUM)
-				ereport(WARNING,
-						(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
-						 errmsg("skipping vacuum of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
-								vrel->relation->relname)));
-			else
-				ereport(WARNING,
-						(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
-						 errmsg("skipping analyze of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
+			relid = RangeVarGetRelidExtended(vrel->relation,
+											 AccessShareLock,
+											 0, NULL, NULL);
+			if (!OidIsValid(relid))
+				return vacrels;
+		}
+		else
+		{
+			/* Get relid for reporting before taking a lock */
+			relid = RangeVarGetRelid(vrel->relation, NoLock, false);
+
+			if (!ConditionalLockRelationOid(relid, AccessShareLock))
+			{
+				bits8	flags = 0;
+				/*
+				 * If the lock is unavailable, emit the same log statement that
+				 * vacuum_rel() and analyze_rel() would.
+				 */
+				if (options & VACOPT_VACUUM)
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping vacuum of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
 								vrel->relation->relname)));
-			return vacrels;
+				else
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping analyze of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
+									vrel->relation->relname)));
+
+				if ((options & VACOPT_VACUUM) != 0)
+					flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM;
+				if ((options & VACOPT_ANALYZE) != 0)
+					flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE;
+
+				pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(relid, flags);
+
+				return vacrels;
+			}
+
+			/*
+			 * Now that we have the lock, probe to see if the relation really
+			 * exists or not.
+			 */
+			if (!SearchSysCacheExists1(RELOID, ObjectIdGetDatum(relid)))
+			{
+				if (options & VACOPT_VACUUM)
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_UNDEFINED_TABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping vacuum of \"%s\" --- relation no longer exists",
+									vrel->relation->relname)));
+				else
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_UNDEFINED_TABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping analyze of \"%s\" --- relation no longer exists",
+									vrel->relation->relname)));
+
+				/* Release useless lock */
+				UnlockRelationOid(relid, AccessShareLock);
+
+				return vacrels;
+			}
 		}
 
 		/*
diff --git a/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c b/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c
index bc8c43b96aa..cec4c88980e 100644
--- a/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c
+++ b/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c
@@ -17,6 +17,7 @@
 
 #include "postgres.h"
 
+#include "access/htup_details.h"
 #include "access/twophase_rmgr.h"
 #include "access/xact.h"
 #include "catalog/catalog.h"
@@ -366,6 +367,73 @@ pgstat_report_analyze(Relation rel,
 	(void) pgstat_flush_backend(false, PGSTAT_BACKEND_FLUSH_IO);
 }
 
+/*
+ * Report that the table was skipped during vacuum or/and analyze.
+ */
+void
+pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(Oid relid, bits8 flags)
+{
+	PgStat_EntryRef *entry_ref;
+	PgStatShared_Relation *shtabentry;
+	PgStat_StatTabEntry *tabentry;
+	TimestampTz ts;
+	HeapTuple	classTup;
+	bool		isshared;
+
+	if (!pgstat_track_counts || !(flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANY))
+		return;
+
+	classTup = SearchSysCache1(RELOID, ObjectIdGetDatum(relid));
+	if (!HeapTupleIsValid(classTup))
+		return;			/* somebody deleted the rel, forget it */
+	isshared = ((Form_pg_class) GETSTRUCT(classTup))->relisshared;
+	ReleaseSysCache(classTup);
+
+	/* Store the data in the table's hash table entry. */
+	ts = GetCurrentTimestamp();
+
+	/* block acquiring lock for the same reason as pgstat_report_autovac() */
+	entry_ref = pgstat_get_entry_ref_locked(PGSTAT_KIND_RELATION,
+											isshared ? InvalidOid : MyDatabaseId,
+											relid, false);
+
+	shtabentry = (PgStatShared_Relation *) entry_ref->shared_stats;
+	tabentry = &shtabentry->stats;
+
+	if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOVAC)
+	{
+		if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM)
+		{
+			tabentry->last_skipped_autovacuum_time = ts;
+			tabentry->skipped_autovacuum_count++;
+		}
+		if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE)
+		{
+			tabentry->last_skipped_autoanalyze_time = ts;
+			tabentry->skipped_autoanalyze_count++;
+		}
+	}
+	else
+	{
+		if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM)
+		{
+			tabentry->last_skipped_vacuum_time = ts;
+			tabentry->skipped_vacuum_count++;
+		}
+		if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE)
+		{
+			tabentry->last_skipped_analyze_time = ts;
+			tabentry->skipped_analyze_count++;
+		}
+	}
+
+	pgstat_unlock_entry(entry_ref);
+
+	/* see pgstat_report_vacuum() */
+	pgstat_flush_io(false);
+	(void) pgstat_flush_backend(false, PGSTAT_BACKEND_FLUSH_IO);
+}
+
 /*
  * count a tuple insertion of n tuples
  */
diff --git a/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c b/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c
index 9185a8e6b83..18aaa3996e1 100644
--- a/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c
+++ b/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c
@@ -84,6 +84,18 @@ PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(mod_since_analyze)
 /* pg_stat_get_numscans */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(numscans)
 
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_analyze_count)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_autoanalyze_count)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_autovacuum_count)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_vacuum_count)
+
 /* pg_stat_get_tuples_deleted */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(tuples_deleted)
 
@@ -170,6 +182,18 @@ PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_vacuum_time)
 /* pg_stat_get_lastscan */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(lastscan)
 
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_analyze_time)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_autoanalyze_time)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_autovacuum_time)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_vacuum_time)
+
 /* pg_stat_get_stat_reset_time */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(stat_reset_time)
 
diff --git a/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat b/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat
index 0118e970dda..ccfe3d9e02a 100644
--- a/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat
+++ b/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat
@@ -5667,6 +5667,38 @@
   proname => 'pg_stat_get_total_autoanalyze_time', provolatile => 's',
   proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'float8', proargtypes => 'oid',
   prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_total_autoanalyze_time' },
+{ oid => '8142', descr => 'statistics: last skipped vacuum time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time' },
+{ oid => '8143', descr => 'statistics: last skipped auto vacuum time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time' },
+{ oid => '8144', descr => 'statistics: last skipped analyze time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time' },
+{ oid => '8145', descr => 'statistics: last skipped auto analyze time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time' },
+{ oid => '8146', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped vacuum for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count' },
+{ oid => '8147', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped auto vacuum for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count' },
+{ oid => '8148', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped analyzes for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count' },
+{ oid => '8149', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped auto analyzes for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count' },
 { oid => '1936', descr => 'statistics: currently active backend IDs',
   proname => 'pg_stat_get_backend_idset', prorows => '100', proretset => 't',
   provolatile => 's', proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int4',
diff --git a/src/include/pgstat.h b/src/include/pgstat.h
index 8e3549c3752..343081a7a25 100644
--- a/src/include/pgstat.h
+++ b/src/include/pgstat.h
@@ -479,6 +479,15 @@ typedef struct PgStat_StatTabEntry
 	TimestampTz last_autoanalyze_time;	/* autovacuum initiated */
 	PgStat_Counter autoanalyze_count;
 
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_vacuum_time;	/* user initiated vacuum */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_vacuum_count;
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_autovacuum_time;	/* autovacuum initiated */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_autovacuum_count;
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_analyze_time;	/* user initiated */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_analyze_count;
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_autoanalyze_time;	/* autovacuum initiated */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_autoanalyze_count;
+
 	PgStat_Counter total_vacuum_time;	/* times in milliseconds */
 	PgStat_Counter total_autovacuum_time;
 	PgStat_Counter total_analyze_time;
@@ -707,6 +716,13 @@ extern void pgstat_report_analyze(Relation rel,
 								  PgStat_Counter livetuples, PgStat_Counter deadtuples,
 								  bool resetcounter, TimestampTz starttime);
 
+/* flags for pgstat_flush_backend() */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM	(1 << 0)	/* vacuum is skipped */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE	(1 << 1)	/* analyze is skipped */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOVAC	(1 << 2)	/* skipped during autovacuum/autoanalyze */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANY   (PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM | PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE)
+extern void pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(Oid relid, bits8 flags);
+
 /*
  * If stats are enabled, but pending data hasn't been prepared yet, call
  * pgstat_assoc_relation() to do so. See its comment for why this is done
diff --git a/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out b/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out
index 2b3cf6d8569..4ccfc43e903 100644
--- a/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out
+++ b/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out
@@ -1835,13 +1835,21 @@ pg_stat_all_tables| SELECT c.oid AS relid,
     pg_stat_get_mod_since_analyze(c.oid) AS n_mod_since_analyze,
     pg_stat_get_ins_since_vacuum(c.oid) AS n_ins_since_vacuum,
     pg_stat_get_last_vacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_vacuum,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_vacuum,
     pg_stat_get_last_autovacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_autovacuum,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_autovacuum,
     pg_stat_get_last_analyze_time(c.oid) AS last_analyze,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_analyze,
     pg_stat_get_last_autoanalyze_time(c.oid) AS last_autoanalyze,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_autoanalyze,
     pg_stat_get_vacuum_count(c.oid) AS vacuum_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count(c.oid) AS skipped_vacuum_count,
     pg_stat_get_autovacuum_count(c.oid) AS autovacuum_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count(c.oid) AS skipped_autovacuum_count,
     pg_stat_get_analyze_count(c.oid) AS analyze_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count(c.oid) AS skipped_analyze_count,
     pg_stat_get_autoanalyze_count(c.oid) AS autoanalyze_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count(c.oid) AS skipped_autoanalyze_count,
     pg_stat_get_total_vacuum_time(c.oid) AS total_vacuum_time,
     pg_stat_get_total_autovacuum_time(c.oid) AS total_autovacuum_time,
     pg_stat_get_total_analyze_time(c.oid) AS total_analyze_time,
@@ -2293,13 +2301,21 @@ pg_stat_sys_tables| SELECT relid,
     n_mod_since_analyze,
     n_ins_since_vacuum,
     last_vacuum,
+    last_skipped_vacuum,
     last_autovacuum,
+    last_skipped_autovacuum,
     last_analyze,
+    last_skipped_analyze,
     last_autoanalyze,
+    last_skipped_autoanalyze,
     vacuum_count,
+    skipped_vacuum_count,
     autovacuum_count,
+    skipped_autovacuum_count,
     analyze_count,
+    skipped_analyze_count,
     autoanalyze_count,
+    skipped_autoanalyze_count,
     total_vacuum_time,
     total_autovacuum_time,
     total_analyze_time,
@@ -2348,13 +2364,21 @@ pg_stat_user_tables| SELECT relid,
     n_mod_since_analyze,
     n_ins_since_vacuum,
     last_vacuum,
+    last_skipped_vacuum,
     last_autovacuum,
+    last_skipped_autovacuum,
     last_analyze,
+    last_skipped_analyze,
     last_autoanalyze,
+    last_skipped_autoanalyze,
     vacuum_count,
+    skipped_vacuum_count,
     autovacuum_count,
+    skipped_autovacuum_count,
     analyze_count,
+    skipped_analyze_count,
     autoanalyze_count,
+    skipped_autoanalyze_count,
     total_vacuum_time,
     total_autovacuum_time,
     total_analyze_time,
-- 
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* [PATCH v3] Track skipped vacuum and analyze activity per relation
@ 2026-03-24 04:09 Yugo Nagata <[email protected]>
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From: Yugo Nagata @ 2026-03-24 04:09 UTC (permalink / raw)

This commit adds eight fields to the relation statistics that track
the last time vacuum or analyze has been attempted but skipped due to
lock unavailability, along with their counts:

-    last_skipped_vacuum
-    last_skipped_autovacuum
-    last_skipped_analyze
-    last_skipped_autoanalyze
-    skipped_vacuum_count
-    skipped_autovacuum_count
-    skipped_analyze_count
-    skipped_autoanalyze_count

These field can help users confirm that autovacuum is actively attempting
to run on a table that has not been vacuumed or analyzed for a long time,
and that the lack of progress is due to repeated skips rather than inactivity.
---
 doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml                 | 80 +++++++++++++++++
 src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql         |  8 ++
 src/backend/commands/vacuum.c                | 95 +++++++++++++++-----
 src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c | 68 ++++++++++++++
 src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c          | 24 +++++
 src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat              | 32 +++++++
 src/include/pgstat.h                         | 16 ++++
 src/test/regress/expected/rules.out          | 24 +++++
 8 files changed, 324 insertions(+), 23 deletions(-)

diff --git a/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml b/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml
index bb75ed1069b..9ec8070b2fc 100644
--- a/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml
+++ b/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml
@@ -4372,6 +4372,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_vacuum</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time a manual vacuum on this table was attempted but skipped due to
+       lock unavailability (not counting <command>VACUUM FULL</command>)
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>last_autovacuum</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
@@ -4382,6 +4392,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_autovacuum</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time a vacuum on this table by the autovacuum daemon was attempted
+       but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>last_analyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
@@ -4391,6 +4411,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_analyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time a manual analyze on this table was attempted but skipped due to
+       lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>last_autoanalyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
@@ -4401,6 +4431,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_autoanalyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time at which an analyze on this table by the autovacuum was
+       attempted but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>vacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4411,6 +4451,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_vacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times vacuums on this table have been attempted but skipped
+       due to lock unavailability (not counting <command>VACUUM FULL</command>)
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>autovacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4421,6 +4471,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_autovacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times vacuums on this table by the autovacuum daemon have been
+       attempted but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>analyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4430,6 +4490,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_analyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times manual analyzes on this table have been attempted but
+       skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>autoanalyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4440,6 +4510,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_autoanalyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times analyzes on this table by the autovacuum daemon have
+       been attempted but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>total_vacuum_time</structfield> <type>double precision</type>
diff --git a/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql b/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql
index e54018004db..2ca02a0354c 100644
--- a/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql
+++ b/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql
@@ -736,13 +736,21 @@ CREATE VIEW pg_stat_all_tables AS
             pg_stat_get_mod_since_analyze(C.oid) AS n_mod_since_analyze,
             pg_stat_get_ins_since_vacuum(C.oid) AS n_ins_since_vacuum,
             pg_stat_get_last_vacuum_time(C.oid) as last_vacuum,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_vacuum,
             pg_stat_get_last_autovacuum_time(C.oid) as last_autovacuum,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_autovacuum,
             pg_stat_get_last_analyze_time(C.oid) as last_analyze,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_analyze,
             pg_stat_get_last_autoanalyze_time(C.oid) as last_autoanalyze,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_autoanalyze,
             pg_stat_get_vacuum_count(C.oid) AS vacuum_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count(C.oid) AS skipped_vacuum_count,
             pg_stat_get_autovacuum_count(C.oid) AS autovacuum_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count(C.oid) AS skipped_autovacuum_count,
             pg_stat_get_analyze_count(C.oid) AS analyze_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count(C.oid) AS skipped_analyze_count,
             pg_stat_get_autoanalyze_count(C.oid) AS autoanalyze_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count(C.oid) AS skipped_autoanalyze_count,
             pg_stat_get_total_vacuum_time(C.oid) AS total_vacuum_time,
             pg_stat_get_total_autovacuum_time(C.oid) AS total_autovacuum_time,
             pg_stat_get_total_analyze_time(C.oid) AS total_analyze_time,
diff --git a/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c b/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c
index bce3a2daa24..ce83b3171be 100644
--- a/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c
+++ b/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c
@@ -792,8 +792,18 @@ vacuum_open_relation(Oid relid, RangeVar *relation, bits32 options,
 		rel = try_relation_open(relid, NoLock);
 	else
 	{
+		bits8 flags = 0;
 		rel = NULL;
 		rel_lock = false;
+
+		if ((options & VACOPT_VACUUM) != 0)
+			flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM;
+		if ((options & VACOPT_ANALYZE) != 0)
+			flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE;
+		if (AmAutoVacuumWorkerProcess())
+			flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOVAC;
+
+		pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(relid, flags);
 	}
 
 	/* if relation is opened, leave */
@@ -801,7 +811,7 @@ vacuum_open_relation(Oid relid, RangeVar *relation, bits32 options,
 		return rel;
 
 	/*
-	 * Relation could not be opened, hence generate if possible a log
+	 * Relation could not be opened hence generate if possible a log
 	 * informing on the situation.
 	 *
 	 * If the RangeVar is not defined, we do not have enough information to
@@ -904,7 +914,6 @@ expand_vacuum_rel(VacuumRelation *vrel, MemoryContext vac_context,
 		Form_pg_class classForm;
 		bool		include_children;
 		bool		is_partitioned_table;
-		int			rvr_opts;
 
 		/*
 		 * Since autovacuum workers supply OIDs when calling vacuum(), no
@@ -917,29 +926,69 @@ expand_vacuum_rel(VacuumRelation *vrel, MemoryContext vac_context,
 		 * below, as well as find_all_inheritors's expectation that the caller
 		 * holds some lock on the starting relation.
 		 */
-		rvr_opts = (options & VACOPT_SKIP_LOCKED) ? RVR_SKIP_LOCKED : 0;
-		relid = RangeVarGetRelidExtended(vrel->relation,
-										 AccessShareLock,
-										 rvr_opts,
-										 NULL, NULL);
-
-		/*
-		 * If the lock is unavailable, emit the same log statement that
-		 * vacuum_rel() and analyze_rel() would.
-		 */
-		if (!OidIsValid(relid))
+		if (!(options & VACOPT_SKIP_LOCKED))
 		{
-			if (options & VACOPT_VACUUM)
-				ereport(WARNING,
-						(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
-						 errmsg("skipping vacuum of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
-								vrel->relation->relname)));
-			else
-				ereport(WARNING,
-						(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
-						 errmsg("skipping analyze of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
+			relid = RangeVarGetRelidExtended(vrel->relation,
+											 AccessShareLock,
+											 0, NULL, NULL);
+			if (!OidIsValid(relid))
+				return vacrels;
+		}
+		else
+		{
+			/* Get relid for reporting before taking a lock */
+			relid = RangeVarGetRelid(vrel->relation, NoLock, false);
+
+			if (!ConditionalLockRelationOid(relid, AccessShareLock))
+			{
+				bits8	flags = 0;
+				/*
+				 * If the lock is unavailable, emit the same log statement that
+				 * vacuum_rel() and analyze_rel() would.
+				 */
+				if (options & VACOPT_VACUUM)
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping vacuum of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
 								vrel->relation->relname)));
-			return vacrels;
+				else
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping analyze of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
+									vrel->relation->relname)));
+
+				if ((options & VACOPT_VACUUM) != 0)
+					flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM;
+				if ((options & VACOPT_ANALYZE) != 0)
+					flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE;
+
+				pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(relid, flags);
+
+				return vacrels;
+			}
+
+			/*
+			 * Now that we have the lock, probe to see if the relation really
+			 * exists or not.
+			 */
+			if (!SearchSysCacheExists1(RELOID, ObjectIdGetDatum(relid)))
+			{
+				if (options & VACOPT_VACUUM)
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_UNDEFINED_TABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping vacuum of \"%s\" --- relation no longer exists",
+									vrel->relation->relname)));
+				else
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_UNDEFINED_TABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping analyze of \"%s\" --- relation no longer exists",
+									vrel->relation->relname)));
+
+				/* Release useless lock */
+				UnlockRelationOid(relid, AccessShareLock);
+
+				return vacrels;
+			}
 		}
 
 		/*
diff --git a/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c b/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c
index bc8c43b96aa..cec4c88980e 100644
--- a/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c
+++ b/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c
@@ -17,6 +17,7 @@
 
 #include "postgres.h"
 
+#include "access/htup_details.h"
 #include "access/twophase_rmgr.h"
 #include "access/xact.h"
 #include "catalog/catalog.h"
@@ -366,6 +367,73 @@ pgstat_report_analyze(Relation rel,
 	(void) pgstat_flush_backend(false, PGSTAT_BACKEND_FLUSH_IO);
 }
 
+/*
+ * Report that the table was skipped during vacuum or/and analyze.
+ */
+void
+pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(Oid relid, bits8 flags)
+{
+	PgStat_EntryRef *entry_ref;
+	PgStatShared_Relation *shtabentry;
+	PgStat_StatTabEntry *tabentry;
+	TimestampTz ts;
+	HeapTuple	classTup;
+	bool		isshared;
+
+	if (!pgstat_track_counts || !(flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANY))
+		return;
+
+	classTup = SearchSysCache1(RELOID, ObjectIdGetDatum(relid));
+	if (!HeapTupleIsValid(classTup))
+		return;			/* somebody deleted the rel, forget it */
+	isshared = ((Form_pg_class) GETSTRUCT(classTup))->relisshared;
+	ReleaseSysCache(classTup);
+
+	/* Store the data in the table's hash table entry. */
+	ts = GetCurrentTimestamp();
+
+	/* block acquiring lock for the same reason as pgstat_report_autovac() */
+	entry_ref = pgstat_get_entry_ref_locked(PGSTAT_KIND_RELATION,
+											isshared ? InvalidOid : MyDatabaseId,
+											relid, false);
+
+	shtabentry = (PgStatShared_Relation *) entry_ref->shared_stats;
+	tabentry = &shtabentry->stats;
+
+	if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOVAC)
+	{
+		if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM)
+		{
+			tabentry->last_skipped_autovacuum_time = ts;
+			tabentry->skipped_autovacuum_count++;
+		}
+		if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE)
+		{
+			tabentry->last_skipped_autoanalyze_time = ts;
+			tabentry->skipped_autoanalyze_count++;
+		}
+	}
+	else
+	{
+		if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM)
+		{
+			tabentry->last_skipped_vacuum_time = ts;
+			tabentry->skipped_vacuum_count++;
+		}
+		if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE)
+		{
+			tabentry->last_skipped_analyze_time = ts;
+			tabentry->skipped_analyze_count++;
+		}
+	}
+
+	pgstat_unlock_entry(entry_ref);
+
+	/* see pgstat_report_vacuum() */
+	pgstat_flush_io(false);
+	(void) pgstat_flush_backend(false, PGSTAT_BACKEND_FLUSH_IO);
+}
+
 /*
  * count a tuple insertion of n tuples
  */
diff --git a/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c b/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c
index 9185a8e6b83..18aaa3996e1 100644
--- a/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c
+++ b/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c
@@ -84,6 +84,18 @@ PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(mod_since_analyze)
 /* pg_stat_get_numscans */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(numscans)
 
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_analyze_count)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_autoanalyze_count)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_autovacuum_count)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_vacuum_count)
+
 /* pg_stat_get_tuples_deleted */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(tuples_deleted)
 
@@ -170,6 +182,18 @@ PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_vacuum_time)
 /* pg_stat_get_lastscan */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(lastscan)
 
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_analyze_time)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_autoanalyze_time)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_autovacuum_time)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_vacuum_time)
+
 /* pg_stat_get_stat_reset_time */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(stat_reset_time)
 
diff --git a/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat b/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat
index 0118e970dda..ccfe3d9e02a 100644
--- a/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat
+++ b/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat
@@ -5667,6 +5667,38 @@
   proname => 'pg_stat_get_total_autoanalyze_time', provolatile => 's',
   proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'float8', proargtypes => 'oid',
   prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_total_autoanalyze_time' },
+{ oid => '8142', descr => 'statistics: last skipped vacuum time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time' },
+{ oid => '8143', descr => 'statistics: last skipped auto vacuum time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time' },
+{ oid => '8144', descr => 'statistics: last skipped analyze time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time' },
+{ oid => '8145', descr => 'statistics: last skipped auto analyze time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time' },
+{ oid => '8146', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped vacuum for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count' },
+{ oid => '8147', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped auto vacuum for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count' },
+{ oid => '8148', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped analyzes for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count' },
+{ oid => '8149', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped auto analyzes for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count' },
 { oid => '1936', descr => 'statistics: currently active backend IDs',
   proname => 'pg_stat_get_backend_idset', prorows => '100', proretset => 't',
   provolatile => 's', proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int4',
diff --git a/src/include/pgstat.h b/src/include/pgstat.h
index 8e3549c3752..343081a7a25 100644
--- a/src/include/pgstat.h
+++ b/src/include/pgstat.h
@@ -479,6 +479,15 @@ typedef struct PgStat_StatTabEntry
 	TimestampTz last_autoanalyze_time;	/* autovacuum initiated */
 	PgStat_Counter autoanalyze_count;
 
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_vacuum_time;	/* user initiated vacuum */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_vacuum_count;
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_autovacuum_time;	/* autovacuum initiated */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_autovacuum_count;
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_analyze_time;	/* user initiated */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_analyze_count;
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_autoanalyze_time;	/* autovacuum initiated */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_autoanalyze_count;
+
 	PgStat_Counter total_vacuum_time;	/* times in milliseconds */
 	PgStat_Counter total_autovacuum_time;
 	PgStat_Counter total_analyze_time;
@@ -707,6 +716,13 @@ extern void pgstat_report_analyze(Relation rel,
 								  PgStat_Counter livetuples, PgStat_Counter deadtuples,
 								  bool resetcounter, TimestampTz starttime);
 
+/* flags for pgstat_flush_backend() */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM	(1 << 0)	/* vacuum is skipped */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE	(1 << 1)	/* analyze is skipped */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOVAC	(1 << 2)	/* skipped during autovacuum/autoanalyze */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANY   (PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM | PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE)
+extern void pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(Oid relid, bits8 flags);
+
 /*
  * If stats are enabled, but pending data hasn't been prepared yet, call
  * pgstat_assoc_relation() to do so. See its comment for why this is done
diff --git a/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out b/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out
index 2b3cf6d8569..4ccfc43e903 100644
--- a/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out
+++ b/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out
@@ -1835,13 +1835,21 @@ pg_stat_all_tables| SELECT c.oid AS relid,
     pg_stat_get_mod_since_analyze(c.oid) AS n_mod_since_analyze,
     pg_stat_get_ins_since_vacuum(c.oid) AS n_ins_since_vacuum,
     pg_stat_get_last_vacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_vacuum,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_vacuum,
     pg_stat_get_last_autovacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_autovacuum,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_autovacuum,
     pg_stat_get_last_analyze_time(c.oid) AS last_analyze,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_analyze,
     pg_stat_get_last_autoanalyze_time(c.oid) AS last_autoanalyze,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_autoanalyze,
     pg_stat_get_vacuum_count(c.oid) AS vacuum_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count(c.oid) AS skipped_vacuum_count,
     pg_stat_get_autovacuum_count(c.oid) AS autovacuum_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count(c.oid) AS skipped_autovacuum_count,
     pg_stat_get_analyze_count(c.oid) AS analyze_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count(c.oid) AS skipped_analyze_count,
     pg_stat_get_autoanalyze_count(c.oid) AS autoanalyze_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count(c.oid) AS skipped_autoanalyze_count,
     pg_stat_get_total_vacuum_time(c.oid) AS total_vacuum_time,
     pg_stat_get_total_autovacuum_time(c.oid) AS total_autovacuum_time,
     pg_stat_get_total_analyze_time(c.oid) AS total_analyze_time,
@@ -2293,13 +2301,21 @@ pg_stat_sys_tables| SELECT relid,
     n_mod_since_analyze,
     n_ins_since_vacuum,
     last_vacuum,
+    last_skipped_vacuum,
     last_autovacuum,
+    last_skipped_autovacuum,
     last_analyze,
+    last_skipped_analyze,
     last_autoanalyze,
+    last_skipped_autoanalyze,
     vacuum_count,
+    skipped_vacuum_count,
     autovacuum_count,
+    skipped_autovacuum_count,
     analyze_count,
+    skipped_analyze_count,
     autoanalyze_count,
+    skipped_autoanalyze_count,
     total_vacuum_time,
     total_autovacuum_time,
     total_analyze_time,
@@ -2348,13 +2364,21 @@ pg_stat_user_tables| SELECT relid,
     n_mod_since_analyze,
     n_ins_since_vacuum,
     last_vacuum,
+    last_skipped_vacuum,
     last_autovacuum,
+    last_skipped_autovacuum,
     last_analyze,
+    last_skipped_analyze,
     last_autoanalyze,
+    last_skipped_autoanalyze,
     vacuum_count,
+    skipped_vacuum_count,
     autovacuum_count,
+    skipped_autovacuum_count,
     analyze_count,
+    skipped_analyze_count,
     autoanalyze_count,
+    skipped_autoanalyze_count,
     total_vacuum_time,
     total_autovacuum_time,
     total_analyze_time,
-- 
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* [PATCH v4] Track skipped vacuum and analyze activity per relation
@ 2026-03-24 04:09 Yugo Nagata <[email protected]>
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From: Yugo Nagata @ 2026-03-24 04:09 UTC (permalink / raw)

This commit adds eight fields to the relation statistics that track
the last time vacuum or analyze has been attempted but skipped due to
lock unavailability, along with their counts:

-    last_skipped_vacuum
-    last_skipped_autovacuum
-    last_skipped_analyze
-    last_skipped_autoanalyze
-    skipped_vacuum_count
-    skipped_autovacuum_count
-    skipped_analyze_count
-    skipped_autoanalyze_count

These field can help users confirm that autovacuum is actively attempting
to run on a table that has not been vacuumed or analyzed for a long time,
and that the lack of progress is due to repeated skips rather than inactivity.
---
 doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml                 |  88 ++++++++++++++++
 src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql         |   8 ++
 src/backend/commands/vacuum.c                | 102 ++++++++++++++-----
 src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c |  64 ++++++++++++
 src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c          |  24 +++++
 src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat              |  32 ++++++
 src/include/pgstat.h                         |  16 +++
 src/test/regress/expected/rules.out          |  24 +++++
 8 files changed, 335 insertions(+), 23 deletions(-)

diff --git a/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml b/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml
index 08d5b824552..a9b579d87a9 100644
--- a/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml
+++ b/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml
@@ -4387,6 +4387,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_vacuum</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time a manual vacuum on this table was attempted but skipped due to
+       lock unavailability (not counting <command>VACUUM FULL</command>)
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>last_autovacuum</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
@@ -4397,6 +4407,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_autovacuum</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time a vacuum on this table by the autovacuum daemon was attempted
+       but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>last_analyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
@@ -4406,6 +4426,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_analyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time a manual analyze on this table was attempted but skipped due to
+       lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>last_autoanalyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
@@ -4416,6 +4446,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_autoanalyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time at which an analyze on this table by the autovacuum was
+       attempted but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>vacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4426,6 +4466,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_vacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times manual vacuums on this table have been attempted but skipped
+       due to lock unavailability (not counting <command>VACUUM FULL</command>)
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>autovacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4436,6 +4486,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_autovacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times vacuums on this table by the autovacuum daemon have been
+       attempted but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>analyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4445,6 +4505,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_analyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times manual analyzes on this table have been attempted but
+       skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>autoanalyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4455,6 +4525,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_autoanalyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times analyzes on this table by the autovacuum daemon have
+       been attempted but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>total_vacuum_time</structfield> <type>double precision</type>
@@ -4510,6 +4590,14 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
    </tgroup>
   </table>
 
+  <note>
+   <para>
+    When a manual vacuum or analyze on a parent table in an inheritance or
+    partitioning hierarchy is skipped, the statistics are recorded only for
+    the parent table, not for its children.
+   </para>
+  </note>
+
  </sect2>
 
  <sect2 id="monitoring-pg-stat-autovacuum-scores-view">
diff --git a/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql b/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql
index 73a1c1c4670..f509fc7876b 100644
--- a/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql
+++ b/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql
@@ -736,13 +736,21 @@ CREATE VIEW pg_stat_all_tables AS
             pg_stat_get_mod_since_analyze(C.oid) AS n_mod_since_analyze,
             pg_stat_get_ins_since_vacuum(C.oid) AS n_ins_since_vacuum,
             pg_stat_get_last_vacuum_time(C.oid) as last_vacuum,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_vacuum,
             pg_stat_get_last_autovacuum_time(C.oid) as last_autovacuum,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_autovacuum,
             pg_stat_get_last_analyze_time(C.oid) as last_analyze,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_analyze,
             pg_stat_get_last_autoanalyze_time(C.oid) as last_autoanalyze,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_autoanalyze,
             pg_stat_get_vacuum_count(C.oid) AS vacuum_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count(C.oid) AS skipped_vacuum_count,
             pg_stat_get_autovacuum_count(C.oid) AS autovacuum_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count(C.oid) AS skipped_autovacuum_count,
             pg_stat_get_analyze_count(C.oid) AS analyze_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count(C.oid) AS skipped_analyze_count,
             pg_stat_get_autoanalyze_count(C.oid) AS autoanalyze_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count(C.oid) AS skipped_autoanalyze_count,
             pg_stat_get_total_vacuum_time(C.oid) AS total_vacuum_time,
             pg_stat_get_total_autovacuum_time(C.oid) AS total_autovacuum_time,
             pg_stat_get_total_analyze_time(C.oid) AS total_analyze_time,
diff --git a/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c b/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c
index 99d0db82ed7..97cd5ea8d10 100644
--- a/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c
+++ b/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c
@@ -793,8 +793,25 @@ vacuum_open_relation(Oid relid, RangeVar *relation, uint32 options,
 		rel = try_relation_open(relid, NoLock);
 	else
 	{
+		int flags = 0;
 		rel = NULL;
 		rel_lock = false;
+
+		if ((options & VACOPT_VACUUM) != 0)
+		{
+			if (AmAutoVacuumWorkerProcess())
+				flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOVACUUM;
+			else
+				flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM;
+		}
+		if ((options & VACOPT_ANALYZE) != 0)
+		{
+			if (AmAutoVacuumWorkerProcess())
+				flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOANALYZE;
+			else
+				flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE;
+		}
+		pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(relid, flags);
 	}
 
 	/* if relation is opened, leave */
@@ -802,7 +819,7 @@ vacuum_open_relation(Oid relid, RangeVar *relation, uint32 options,
 		return rel;
 
 	/*
-	 * Relation could not be opened, hence generate if possible a log
+	 * Relation could not be opened hence generate if possible a log
 	 * informing on the situation.
 	 *
 	 * If the RangeVar is not defined, we do not have enough information to
@@ -905,7 +922,6 @@ expand_vacuum_rel(VacuumRelation *vrel, MemoryContext vac_context,
 		Form_pg_class classForm;
 		bool		include_children;
 		bool		is_partitioned_table;
-		int			rvr_opts;
 
 		/*
 		 * Since autovacuum workers supply OIDs when calling vacuum(), no
@@ -918,29 +934,69 @@ expand_vacuum_rel(VacuumRelation *vrel, MemoryContext vac_context,
 		 * below, as well as find_all_inheritors's expectation that the caller
 		 * holds some lock on the starting relation.
 		 */
-		rvr_opts = (options & VACOPT_SKIP_LOCKED) ? RVR_SKIP_LOCKED : 0;
-		relid = RangeVarGetRelidExtended(vrel->relation,
-										 AccessShareLock,
-										 rvr_opts,
-										 NULL, NULL);
-
-		/*
-		 * If the lock is unavailable, emit the same log statement that
-		 * vacuum_rel() and analyze_rel() would.
-		 */
-		if (!OidIsValid(relid))
+		if (!(options & VACOPT_SKIP_LOCKED))
 		{
-			if (options & VACOPT_VACUUM)
-				ereport(WARNING,
-						(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
-						 errmsg("skipping vacuum of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
-								vrel->relation->relname)));
-			else
-				ereport(WARNING,
-						(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
-						 errmsg("skipping analyze of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
+			relid = RangeVarGetRelidExtended(vrel->relation,
+											 AccessShareLock,
+											 0, NULL, NULL);
+			if (!OidIsValid(relid))
+				return vacrels;
+		}
+		else
+		{
+			/* Get relid for reporting before taking a lock */
+			relid = RangeVarGetRelid(vrel->relation, NoLock, false);
+
+			if (!ConditionalLockRelationOid(relid, AccessShareLock))
+			{
+				int	flags = 0;
+				/*
+				 * If the lock is unavailable, emit the same log statement that
+				 * vacuum_rel() and analyze_rel() would.
+				 */
+				if (options & VACOPT_VACUUM)
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping vacuum of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
 								vrel->relation->relname)));
-			return vacrels;
+				else
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping analyze of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
+									vrel->relation->relname)));
+
+				if ((options & VACOPT_VACUUM) != 0)
+					flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM;
+				if ((options & VACOPT_ANALYZE) != 0)
+					flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE;
+
+				pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(relid, flags);
+
+				return vacrels;
+			}
+
+			/*
+			 * Now that we have the lock, probe to see if the relation really
+			 * exists or not.
+			 */
+			if (!SearchSysCacheExists1(RELOID, ObjectIdGetDatum(relid)))
+			{
+				if (options & VACOPT_VACUUM)
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_UNDEFINED_TABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping vacuum of \"%s\" --- relation no longer exists",
+									vrel->relation->relname)));
+				else
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_UNDEFINED_TABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping analyze of \"%s\" --- relation no longer exists",
+									vrel->relation->relname)));
+
+				/* Release useless lock */
+				UnlockRelationOid(relid, AccessShareLock);
+
+				return vacrels;
+			}
 		}
 
 		/*
diff --git a/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c b/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c
index b2ca28f83ba..532d9023f8c 100644
--- a/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c
+++ b/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c
@@ -17,12 +17,14 @@
 
 #include "postgres.h"
 
+#include "access/htup_details.h"
 #include "access/twophase_rmgr.h"
 #include "access/xact.h"
 #include "catalog/catalog.h"
 #include "utils/memutils.h"
 #include "utils/pgstat_internal.h"
 #include "utils/rel.h"
+#include "utils/syscache.h"
 #include "utils/timestamp.h"
 
 
@@ -367,6 +369,68 @@ pgstat_report_analyze(Relation rel,
 	(void) pgstat_flush_backend(false, PGSTAT_BACKEND_FLUSH_IO);
 }
 
+/*
+ * Report that the table was skipped during vacuum or/and analyze.
+ */
+void
+pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(Oid relid, int flags)
+{
+	PgStat_EntryRef *entry_ref;
+	PgStatShared_Relation *shtabentry;
+	PgStat_StatTabEntry *tabentry;
+	TimestampTz ts;
+	HeapTuple	classTup;
+	bool		isshared;
+
+	if (!pgstat_track_counts || !flags)
+		return;
+
+	classTup = SearchSysCache1(RELOID, ObjectIdGetDatum(relid));
+	if (!HeapTupleIsValid(classTup))
+		return;			/* somebody deleted the rel, forget it */
+	isshared = ((Form_pg_class) GETSTRUCT(classTup))->relisshared;
+	ReleaseSysCache(classTup);
+
+	/* Store the data in the table's hash table entry. */
+	ts = GetCurrentTimestamp();
+
+	/* block acquiring lock for the same reason as pgstat_report_autovac() */
+	entry_ref = pgstat_get_entry_ref_locked(PGSTAT_KIND_RELATION,
+											isshared ? InvalidOid : MyDatabaseId,
+											relid, false);
+
+	shtabentry = (PgStatShared_Relation *) entry_ref->shared_stats;
+	tabentry = &shtabentry->stats;
+
+	if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM)
+	{
+		tabentry->last_skipped_vacuum_time = ts;
+		tabentry->skipped_vacuum_count++;
+	}
+	else if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOVACUUM)
+	{
+		tabentry->last_skipped_autovacuum_time = ts;
+		tabentry->skipped_autovacuum_count++;
+	}
+
+	if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE)
+	{
+		tabentry->last_skipped_analyze_time = ts;
+		tabentry->skipped_analyze_count++;
+	}
+	else if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOANALYZE)
+	{
+		tabentry->last_skipped_autoanalyze_time = ts;
+		tabentry->skipped_autoanalyze_count++;
+	}
+
+	pgstat_unlock_entry(entry_ref);
+
+	/* see pgstat_report_vacuum() */
+	pgstat_flush_io(false);
+	(void) pgstat_flush_backend(false, PGSTAT_BACKEND_FLUSH_IO);
+}
+
 /*
  * count a tuple insertion of n tuples
  */
diff --git a/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c b/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c
index 1408de387ea..90a8968faa0 100644
--- a/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c
+++ b/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c
@@ -84,6 +84,18 @@ PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(mod_since_analyze)
 /* pg_stat_get_numscans */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(numscans)
 
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_analyze_count)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_autoanalyze_count)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_autovacuum_count)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_vacuum_count)
+
 /* pg_stat_get_tuples_deleted */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(tuples_deleted)
 
@@ -170,6 +182,18 @@ PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_vacuum_time)
 /* pg_stat_get_lastscan */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(lastscan)
 
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_analyze_time)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_autoanalyze_time)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_autovacuum_time)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_vacuum_time)
+
 /* pg_stat_get_stat_reset_time */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(stat_reset_time)
 
diff --git a/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat b/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat
index fa9ae79082b..32debb34863 100644
--- a/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat
+++ b/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat
@@ -5680,6 +5680,38 @@
   proargmodes => '{o,o,o,o,o,o,o,o,o,o}',
   proargnames => '{oid,score,xid_score,mxid_score,vacuum_score,vacuum_insert_score,analyze_score,do_vacuum,do_analyze,for_wraparound}',
   prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_autovacuum_scores' },
+{ oid => '8142', descr => 'statistics: last skipped vacuum time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time' },
+{ oid => '8143', descr => 'statistics: last skipped auto vacuum time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time' },
+{ oid => '8144', descr => 'statistics: last skipped analyze time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time' },
+{ oid => '8145', descr => 'statistics: last skipped auto analyze time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time' },
+{ oid => '8146', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped vacuum for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count' },
+{ oid => '8147', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped auto vacuum for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count' },
+{ oid => '8148', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped analyzes for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count' },
+{ oid => '8149', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped auto analyzes for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count' },
 { oid => '1936', descr => 'statistics: currently active backend IDs',
   proname => 'pg_stat_get_backend_idset', prorows => '100', proretset => 't',
   provolatile => 's', proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int4',
diff --git a/src/include/pgstat.h b/src/include/pgstat.h
index dfa2e837638..98941f953d1 100644
--- a/src/include/pgstat.h
+++ b/src/include/pgstat.h
@@ -479,6 +479,15 @@ typedef struct PgStat_StatTabEntry
 	TimestampTz last_autoanalyze_time;	/* autovacuum initiated */
 	PgStat_Counter autoanalyze_count;
 
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_vacuum_time;	/* user initiated vacuum */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_vacuum_count;
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_autovacuum_time;	/* autovacuum initiated */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_autovacuum_count;
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_analyze_time;	/* user initiated */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_analyze_count;
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_autoanalyze_time;	/* autovacuum initiated */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_autoanalyze_count;
+
 	PgStat_Counter total_vacuum_time;	/* times in milliseconds */
 	PgStat_Counter total_autovacuum_time;
 	PgStat_Counter total_analyze_time;
@@ -703,6 +712,13 @@ extern void pgstat_report_analyze(Relation rel,
 								  PgStat_Counter livetuples, PgStat_Counter deadtuples,
 								  bool resetcounter, TimestampTz starttime);
 
+/* flags for pgstat_flush_backend() */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM		(1 << 0)	/* vacuum is skipped */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE		(1 << 1)	/* analyze is skipped */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOVACUUM	(1 << 2)	/* autovacuum is skipped */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOANALYZE	(1 << 3)	/* autoanalyze is skipped */
+extern void pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(Oid relid, int flags);
+
 /*
  * If stats are enabled, but pending data hasn't been prepared yet, call
  * pgstat_assoc_relation() to do so. See its comment for why this is done
diff --git a/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out b/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out
index a65a5bf0c4f..9b2075d3373 100644
--- a/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out
+++ b/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out
@@ -1835,13 +1835,21 @@ pg_stat_all_tables| SELECT c.oid AS relid,
     pg_stat_get_mod_since_analyze(c.oid) AS n_mod_since_analyze,
     pg_stat_get_ins_since_vacuum(c.oid) AS n_ins_since_vacuum,
     pg_stat_get_last_vacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_vacuum,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_vacuum,
     pg_stat_get_last_autovacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_autovacuum,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_autovacuum,
     pg_stat_get_last_analyze_time(c.oid) AS last_analyze,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_analyze,
     pg_stat_get_last_autoanalyze_time(c.oid) AS last_autoanalyze,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_autoanalyze,
     pg_stat_get_vacuum_count(c.oid) AS vacuum_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count(c.oid) AS skipped_vacuum_count,
     pg_stat_get_autovacuum_count(c.oid) AS autovacuum_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count(c.oid) AS skipped_autovacuum_count,
     pg_stat_get_analyze_count(c.oid) AS analyze_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count(c.oid) AS skipped_analyze_count,
     pg_stat_get_autoanalyze_count(c.oid) AS autoanalyze_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count(c.oid) AS skipped_autoanalyze_count,
     pg_stat_get_total_vacuum_time(c.oid) AS total_vacuum_time,
     pg_stat_get_total_autovacuum_time(c.oid) AS total_autovacuum_time,
     pg_stat_get_total_analyze_time(c.oid) AS total_analyze_time,
@@ -2346,13 +2354,21 @@ pg_stat_sys_tables| SELECT relid,
     n_mod_since_analyze,
     n_ins_since_vacuum,
     last_vacuum,
+    last_skipped_vacuum,
     last_autovacuum,
+    last_skipped_autovacuum,
     last_analyze,
+    last_skipped_analyze,
     last_autoanalyze,
+    last_skipped_autoanalyze,
     vacuum_count,
+    skipped_vacuum_count,
     autovacuum_count,
+    skipped_autovacuum_count,
     analyze_count,
+    skipped_analyze_count,
     autoanalyze_count,
+    skipped_autoanalyze_count,
     total_vacuum_time,
     total_autovacuum_time,
     total_analyze_time,
@@ -2401,13 +2417,21 @@ pg_stat_user_tables| SELECT relid,
     n_mod_since_analyze,
     n_ins_since_vacuum,
     last_vacuum,
+    last_skipped_vacuum,
     last_autovacuum,
+    last_skipped_autovacuum,
     last_analyze,
+    last_skipped_analyze,
     last_autoanalyze,
+    last_skipped_autoanalyze,
     vacuum_count,
+    skipped_vacuum_count,
     autovacuum_count,
+    skipped_autovacuum_count,
     analyze_count,
+    skipped_analyze_count,
     autoanalyze_count,
+    skipped_autoanalyze_count,
     total_vacuum_time,
     total_autovacuum_time,
     total_analyze_time,
-- 
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* [PATCH v5] Track skipped vacuum and analyze activity per relation
@ 2026-03-24 04:09 Yugo Nagata <[email protected]>
  0 siblings, 0 replies; 374+ messages in thread

From: Yugo Nagata @ 2026-03-24 04:09 UTC (permalink / raw)

This commit adds eight fields to the relation statistics that track
the last time vacuum or analyze has been attempted but skipped due to
lock unavailability, along with their counts:

-    last_skipped_vacuum
-    last_skipped_autovacuum
-    last_skipped_analyze
-    last_skipped_autoanalyze
-    skipped_vacuum_count
-    skipped_autovacuum_count
-    skipped_analyze_count
-    skipped_autoanalyze_count

These field can help users confirm that autovacuum is actively attempting
to run on a table that has not been vacuumed or analyzed for a long time,
and that the lack of progress is due to repeated skips rather than inactivity.
---
 doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml                  |  88 ++++++
 src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql          |   8 +
 src/backend/commands/vacuum.c                 | 100 +++++--
 src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c  |  64 +++++
 src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c           |  24 ++
 src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat               |  32 +++
 src/include/pgstat.h                          |  16 ++
 .../isolation/expected/vacuum-skip-locked.out | 260 ++++++++++++++++--
 .../isolation/specs/vacuum-skip-locked.spec   |  41 +--
 src/test/regress/expected/rules.out           |  24 ++
 10 files changed, 601 insertions(+), 56 deletions(-)

diff --git a/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml b/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml
index 08d5b824552..a9b579d87a9 100644
--- a/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml
+++ b/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml
@@ -4387,6 +4387,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_vacuum</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time a manual vacuum on this table was attempted but skipped due to
+       lock unavailability (not counting <command>VACUUM FULL</command>)
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>last_autovacuum</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
@@ -4397,6 +4407,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_autovacuum</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time a vacuum on this table by the autovacuum daemon was attempted
+       but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>last_analyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
@@ -4406,6 +4426,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_analyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time a manual analyze on this table was attempted but skipped due to
+       lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>last_autoanalyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
@@ -4416,6 +4446,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_autoanalyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time at which an analyze on this table by the autovacuum was
+       attempted but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>vacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4426,6 +4466,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_vacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times manual vacuums on this table have been attempted but skipped
+       due to lock unavailability (not counting <command>VACUUM FULL</command>)
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>autovacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4436,6 +4486,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_autovacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times vacuums on this table by the autovacuum daemon have been
+       attempted but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>analyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4445,6 +4505,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_analyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times manual analyzes on this table have been attempted but
+       skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>autoanalyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4455,6 +4525,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_autoanalyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times analyzes on this table by the autovacuum daemon have
+       been attempted but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>total_vacuum_time</structfield> <type>double precision</type>
@@ -4510,6 +4590,14 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
    </tgroup>
   </table>
 
+  <note>
+   <para>
+    When a manual vacuum or analyze on a parent table in an inheritance or
+    partitioning hierarchy is skipped, the statistics are recorded only for
+    the parent table, not for its children.
+   </para>
+  </note>
+
  </sect2>
 
  <sect2 id="monitoring-pg-stat-autovacuum-scores-view">
diff --git a/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql b/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql
index 73a1c1c4670..f509fc7876b 100644
--- a/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql
+++ b/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql
@@ -736,13 +736,21 @@ CREATE VIEW pg_stat_all_tables AS
             pg_stat_get_mod_since_analyze(C.oid) AS n_mod_since_analyze,
             pg_stat_get_ins_since_vacuum(C.oid) AS n_ins_since_vacuum,
             pg_stat_get_last_vacuum_time(C.oid) as last_vacuum,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_vacuum,
             pg_stat_get_last_autovacuum_time(C.oid) as last_autovacuum,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_autovacuum,
             pg_stat_get_last_analyze_time(C.oid) as last_analyze,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_analyze,
             pg_stat_get_last_autoanalyze_time(C.oid) as last_autoanalyze,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_autoanalyze,
             pg_stat_get_vacuum_count(C.oid) AS vacuum_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count(C.oid) AS skipped_vacuum_count,
             pg_stat_get_autovacuum_count(C.oid) AS autovacuum_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count(C.oid) AS skipped_autovacuum_count,
             pg_stat_get_analyze_count(C.oid) AS analyze_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count(C.oid) AS skipped_analyze_count,
             pg_stat_get_autoanalyze_count(C.oid) AS autoanalyze_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count(C.oid) AS skipped_autoanalyze_count,
             pg_stat_get_total_vacuum_time(C.oid) AS total_vacuum_time,
             pg_stat_get_total_autovacuum_time(C.oid) AS total_autovacuum_time,
             pg_stat_get_total_analyze_time(C.oid) AS total_analyze_time,
diff --git a/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c b/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c
index 99d0db82ed7..df6526225e4 100644
--- a/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c
+++ b/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c
@@ -793,8 +793,25 @@ vacuum_open_relation(Oid relid, RangeVar *relation, uint32 options,
 		rel = try_relation_open(relid, NoLock);
 	else
 	{
+		int flags = 0;
 		rel = NULL;
 		rel_lock = false;
+
+		if ((options & VACOPT_VACUUM) != 0 && (options & VACOPT_FULL) == 0)
+		{
+			if (AmAutoVacuumWorkerProcess())
+				flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOVACUUM;
+			else
+				flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM;
+		}
+		if ((options & VACOPT_ANALYZE) != 0)
+		{
+			if (AmAutoVacuumWorkerProcess())
+				flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOANALYZE;
+			else
+				flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE;
+		}
+		pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(relid, flags);
 	}
 
 	/* if relation is opened, leave */
@@ -905,7 +922,6 @@ expand_vacuum_rel(VacuumRelation *vrel, MemoryContext vac_context,
 		Form_pg_class classForm;
 		bool		include_children;
 		bool		is_partitioned_table;
-		int			rvr_opts;
 
 		/*
 		 * Since autovacuum workers supply OIDs when calling vacuum(), no
@@ -918,29 +934,69 @@ expand_vacuum_rel(VacuumRelation *vrel, MemoryContext vac_context,
 		 * below, as well as find_all_inheritors's expectation that the caller
 		 * holds some lock on the starting relation.
 		 */
-		rvr_opts = (options & VACOPT_SKIP_LOCKED) ? RVR_SKIP_LOCKED : 0;
-		relid = RangeVarGetRelidExtended(vrel->relation,
-										 AccessShareLock,
-										 rvr_opts,
-										 NULL, NULL);
-
-		/*
-		 * If the lock is unavailable, emit the same log statement that
-		 * vacuum_rel() and analyze_rel() would.
-		 */
-		if (!OidIsValid(relid))
+		if (!(options & VACOPT_SKIP_LOCKED))
 		{
-			if (options & VACOPT_VACUUM)
-				ereport(WARNING,
-						(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
-						 errmsg("skipping vacuum of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
-								vrel->relation->relname)));
-			else
-				ereport(WARNING,
-						(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
-						 errmsg("skipping analyze of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
+			relid = RangeVarGetRelidExtended(vrel->relation,
+											 AccessShareLock,
+											 0, NULL, NULL);
+			if (!OidIsValid(relid))
+				return vacrels;
+		}
+		else
+		{
+			/* Get relid for reporting before taking a lock */
+			relid = RangeVarGetRelid(vrel->relation, NoLock, false);
+
+			if (!ConditionalLockRelationOid(relid, AccessShareLock))
+			{
+				int	flags = 0;
+				/*
+				 * If the lock is unavailable, emit the same log statement that
+				 * vacuum_rel() and analyze_rel() would.
+				 */
+				if (options & VACOPT_VACUUM)
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping vacuum of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
 								vrel->relation->relname)));
-			return vacrels;
+				else
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping analyze of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
+									vrel->relation->relname)));
+
+				if ((options & VACOPT_VACUUM) != 0 && (options & VACOPT_FULL) == 0)
+					flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM;
+				if ((options & VACOPT_ANALYZE) != 0)
+					flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE;
+
+				pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(relid, flags);
+
+				return vacrels;
+			}
+
+			/*
+			 * Now that we have the lock, probe to see if the relation really
+			 * exists or not.
+			 */
+			if (!SearchSysCacheExists1(RELOID, ObjectIdGetDatum(relid)))
+			{
+				if (options & VACOPT_VACUUM)
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_UNDEFINED_TABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping vacuum of \"%s\" --- relation no longer exists",
+									vrel->relation->relname)));
+				else
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_UNDEFINED_TABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping analyze of \"%s\" --- relation no longer exists",
+									vrel->relation->relname)));
+
+				/* Release useless lock */
+				UnlockRelationOid(relid, AccessShareLock);
+
+				return vacrels;
+			}
 		}
 
 		/*
diff --git a/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c b/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c
index b2ca28f83ba..532d9023f8c 100644
--- a/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c
+++ b/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c
@@ -17,12 +17,14 @@
 
 #include "postgres.h"
 
+#include "access/htup_details.h"
 #include "access/twophase_rmgr.h"
 #include "access/xact.h"
 #include "catalog/catalog.h"
 #include "utils/memutils.h"
 #include "utils/pgstat_internal.h"
 #include "utils/rel.h"
+#include "utils/syscache.h"
 #include "utils/timestamp.h"
 
 
@@ -367,6 +369,68 @@ pgstat_report_analyze(Relation rel,
 	(void) pgstat_flush_backend(false, PGSTAT_BACKEND_FLUSH_IO);
 }
 
+/*
+ * Report that the table was skipped during vacuum or/and analyze.
+ */
+void
+pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(Oid relid, int flags)
+{
+	PgStat_EntryRef *entry_ref;
+	PgStatShared_Relation *shtabentry;
+	PgStat_StatTabEntry *tabentry;
+	TimestampTz ts;
+	HeapTuple	classTup;
+	bool		isshared;
+
+	if (!pgstat_track_counts || !flags)
+		return;
+
+	classTup = SearchSysCache1(RELOID, ObjectIdGetDatum(relid));
+	if (!HeapTupleIsValid(classTup))
+		return;			/* somebody deleted the rel, forget it */
+	isshared = ((Form_pg_class) GETSTRUCT(classTup))->relisshared;
+	ReleaseSysCache(classTup);
+
+	/* Store the data in the table's hash table entry. */
+	ts = GetCurrentTimestamp();
+
+	/* block acquiring lock for the same reason as pgstat_report_autovac() */
+	entry_ref = pgstat_get_entry_ref_locked(PGSTAT_KIND_RELATION,
+											isshared ? InvalidOid : MyDatabaseId,
+											relid, false);
+
+	shtabentry = (PgStatShared_Relation *) entry_ref->shared_stats;
+	tabentry = &shtabentry->stats;
+
+	if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM)
+	{
+		tabentry->last_skipped_vacuum_time = ts;
+		tabentry->skipped_vacuum_count++;
+	}
+	else if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOVACUUM)
+	{
+		tabentry->last_skipped_autovacuum_time = ts;
+		tabentry->skipped_autovacuum_count++;
+	}
+
+	if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE)
+	{
+		tabentry->last_skipped_analyze_time = ts;
+		tabentry->skipped_analyze_count++;
+	}
+	else if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOANALYZE)
+	{
+		tabentry->last_skipped_autoanalyze_time = ts;
+		tabentry->skipped_autoanalyze_count++;
+	}
+
+	pgstat_unlock_entry(entry_ref);
+
+	/* see pgstat_report_vacuum() */
+	pgstat_flush_io(false);
+	(void) pgstat_flush_backend(false, PGSTAT_BACKEND_FLUSH_IO);
+}
+
 /*
  * count a tuple insertion of n tuples
  */
diff --git a/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c b/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c
index 1408de387ea..90a8968faa0 100644
--- a/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c
+++ b/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c
@@ -84,6 +84,18 @@ PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(mod_since_analyze)
 /* pg_stat_get_numscans */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(numscans)
 
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_analyze_count)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_autoanalyze_count)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_autovacuum_count)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_vacuum_count)
+
 /* pg_stat_get_tuples_deleted */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(tuples_deleted)
 
@@ -170,6 +182,18 @@ PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_vacuum_time)
 /* pg_stat_get_lastscan */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(lastscan)
 
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_analyze_time)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_autoanalyze_time)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_autovacuum_time)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_vacuum_time)
+
 /* pg_stat_get_stat_reset_time */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(stat_reset_time)
 
diff --git a/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat b/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat
index fa9ae79082b..32debb34863 100644
--- a/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat
+++ b/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat
@@ -5680,6 +5680,38 @@
   proargmodes => '{o,o,o,o,o,o,o,o,o,o}',
   proargnames => '{oid,score,xid_score,mxid_score,vacuum_score,vacuum_insert_score,analyze_score,do_vacuum,do_analyze,for_wraparound}',
   prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_autovacuum_scores' },
+{ oid => '8142', descr => 'statistics: last skipped vacuum time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time' },
+{ oid => '8143', descr => 'statistics: last skipped auto vacuum time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time' },
+{ oid => '8144', descr => 'statistics: last skipped analyze time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time' },
+{ oid => '8145', descr => 'statistics: last skipped auto analyze time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time' },
+{ oid => '8146', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped vacuum for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count' },
+{ oid => '8147', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped auto vacuum for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count' },
+{ oid => '8148', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped analyzes for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count' },
+{ oid => '8149', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped auto analyzes for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count' },
 { oid => '1936', descr => 'statistics: currently active backend IDs',
   proname => 'pg_stat_get_backend_idset', prorows => '100', proretset => 't',
   provolatile => 's', proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int4',
diff --git a/src/include/pgstat.h b/src/include/pgstat.h
index dfa2e837638..98941f953d1 100644
--- a/src/include/pgstat.h
+++ b/src/include/pgstat.h
@@ -479,6 +479,15 @@ typedef struct PgStat_StatTabEntry
 	TimestampTz last_autoanalyze_time;	/* autovacuum initiated */
 	PgStat_Counter autoanalyze_count;
 
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_vacuum_time;	/* user initiated vacuum */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_vacuum_count;
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_autovacuum_time;	/* autovacuum initiated */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_autovacuum_count;
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_analyze_time;	/* user initiated */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_analyze_count;
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_autoanalyze_time;	/* autovacuum initiated */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_autoanalyze_count;
+
 	PgStat_Counter total_vacuum_time;	/* times in milliseconds */
 	PgStat_Counter total_autovacuum_time;
 	PgStat_Counter total_analyze_time;
@@ -703,6 +712,13 @@ extern void pgstat_report_analyze(Relation rel,
 								  PgStat_Counter livetuples, PgStat_Counter deadtuples,
 								  bool resetcounter, TimestampTz starttime);
 
+/* flags for pgstat_flush_backend() */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM		(1 << 0)	/* vacuum is skipped */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE		(1 << 1)	/* analyze is skipped */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOVACUUM	(1 << 2)	/* autovacuum is skipped */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOANALYZE	(1 << 3)	/* autoanalyze is skipped */
+extern void pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(Oid relid, int flags);
+
 /*
  * If stats are enabled, but pending data hasn't been prepared yet, call
  * pgstat_assoc_relation() to do so. See its comment for why this is done
diff --git a/src/test/isolation/expected/vacuum-skip-locked.out b/src/test/isolation/expected/vacuum-skip-locked.out
index 99db281a159..e2cff175b7c 100644
--- a/src/test/isolation/expected/vacuum-skip-locked.out
+++ b/src/test/isolation/expected/vacuum-skip-locked.out
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 Parsed test spec with 2 sessions
 
-starting permutation: lock_share vac_specified commit
+starting permutation: lock_share vac_specified commit check_stat
 step lock_share: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN SHARE MODE;
@@ -10,8 +10,22 @@ step vac_specified: VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED) part1, part2;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
 
-starting permutation: lock_share vac_all_parts commit
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   1|            0|                    0
+part2  |           1|                   0|            0|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
+
+starting permutation: lock_share vac_all_parts commit check_stat
 step lock_share: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN SHARE MODE;
@@ -20,8 +34,22 @@ step vac_all_parts: VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED) parted;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   1|            0|                    0
+part2  |           1|                   0|            0|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
 
-starting permutation: lock_share analyze_specified commit
+starting permutation: lock_share analyze_specified commit check_stat
 step lock_share: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN SHARE MODE;
@@ -31,8 +59,22 @@ step analyze_specified: ANALYZE (SKIP_LOCKED) part1, part2;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
 
-starting permutation: lock_share analyze_all_parts commit
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   0|            0|                    1
+part2  |           0|                   0|            1|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
+
+starting permutation: lock_share analyze_all_parts commit check_stat
 step lock_share: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN SHARE MODE;
@@ -41,8 +83,22 @@ step analyze_all_parts: ANALYZE (SKIP_LOCKED) parted;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            1|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   0|            0|                    1
+part2  |           0|                   0|            1|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
 
-starting permutation: lock_share vac_analyze_specified commit
+starting permutation: lock_share vac_analyze_specified commit check_stat
 step lock_share: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN SHARE MODE;
@@ -52,8 +108,22 @@ step vac_analyze_specified: VACUUM (ANALYZE, SKIP_LOCKED) part1, part2;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
 
-starting permutation: lock_share vac_analyze_all_parts commit
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   1|            0|                    1
+part2  |           1|                   0|            1|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
+
+starting permutation: lock_share vac_analyze_all_parts commit check_stat
 step lock_share: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN SHARE MODE;
@@ -62,8 +132,22 @@ step vac_analyze_all_parts: VACUUM (ANALYZE, SKIP_LOCKED) parted;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            1|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   1|            0|                    1
+part2  |           1|                   0|            1|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
 
-starting permutation: lock_share vac_full_specified commit
+starting permutation: lock_share vac_full_specified commit check_stat
 step lock_share: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN SHARE MODE;
@@ -73,8 +157,22 @@ step vac_full_specified: VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED, FULL) part1, part2;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
 
-starting permutation: lock_share vac_full_all_parts commit
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part2  |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
+
+starting permutation: lock_share vac_full_all_parts commit check_stat
 step lock_share: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN SHARE MODE;
@@ -83,8 +181,22 @@ step vac_full_all_parts: VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED, FULL) parted;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part2  |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+(3 rows)
 
-starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_specified commit
+
+starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_specified commit check_stat
 step lock_access_exclusive: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN ACCESS EXCLUSIVE MODE;
@@ -94,8 +206,22 @@ step vac_specified: VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED) part1, part2;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   1|            0|                    0
+part2  |           1|                   0|            0|                    0
+(3 rows)
 
-starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_all_parts commit
+
+starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_all_parts commit check_stat
 step lock_access_exclusive: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN ACCESS EXCLUSIVE MODE;
@@ -104,8 +230,22 @@ step vac_all_parts: VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED) parted;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   1|            0|                    0
+part2  |           1|                   0|            0|                    0
+(3 rows)
 
-starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive analyze_specified commit
+
+starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive analyze_specified commit check_stat
 step lock_access_exclusive: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN ACCESS EXCLUSIVE MODE;
@@ -115,8 +255,22 @@ step analyze_specified: ANALYZE (SKIP_LOCKED) part1, part2;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   0|            0|                    1
+part2  |           0|                   0|            1|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
 
-starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive analyze_all_parts commit
+starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive analyze_all_parts commit check_stat
 step lock_access_exclusive: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN ACCESS EXCLUSIVE MODE;
@@ -126,8 +280,22 @@ step commit:
 	COMMIT;
 
 step analyze_all_parts: <... completed>
-
-starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_analyze_specified commit
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            1|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   0|            1|                    0
+part2  |           0|                   0|            1|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
+
+starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_analyze_specified commit check_stat
 step lock_access_exclusive: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN ACCESS EXCLUSIVE MODE;
@@ -137,8 +305,22 @@ step vac_analyze_specified: VACUUM (ANALYZE, SKIP_LOCKED) part1, part2;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   1|            0|                    1
+part2  |           1|                   0|            1|                    0
+(3 rows)
 
-starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_analyze_all_parts commit
+
+starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_analyze_all_parts commit check_stat
 step lock_access_exclusive: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN ACCESS EXCLUSIVE MODE;
@@ -148,8 +330,22 @@ step commit:
 	COMMIT;
 
 step vac_analyze_all_parts: <... completed>
-
-starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_full_specified commit
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            1|                    0
+part1  |           1|                   0|            1|                    0
+part2  |           1|                   0|            1|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
+
+starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_full_specified commit check_stat
 step lock_access_exclusive: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN ACCESS EXCLUSIVE MODE;
@@ -159,8 +355,22 @@ step vac_full_specified: VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED, FULL) part1, part2;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
 
-starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_full_all_parts commit
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part2  |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
+
+starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_full_all_parts commit check_stat
 step lock_access_exclusive: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN ACCESS EXCLUSIVE MODE;
@@ -169,3 +379,17 @@ step vac_full_all_parts: VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED, FULL) parted;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part2  |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
diff --git a/src/test/isolation/specs/vacuum-skip-locked.spec b/src/test/isolation/specs/vacuum-skip-locked.spec
index 3fad6e1c92a..b0da75d4b6d 100644
--- a/src/test/isolation/specs/vacuum-skip-locked.spec
+++ b/src/test/isolation/specs/vacuum-skip-locked.spec
@@ -33,6 +33,15 @@ step commit
 	COMMIT;
 }
 
+step check_stat
+{
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+}
+
 session s2
 step vac_specified			{ VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED) part1, part2; }
 step vac_all_parts			{ VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED) parted; }
@@ -43,19 +52,19 @@ step vac_analyze_all_parts	{ VACUUM (ANALYZE, SKIP_LOCKED) parted; }
 step vac_full_specified		{ VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED, FULL) part1, part2; }
 step vac_full_all_parts		{ VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED, FULL) parted; }
 
-permutation lock_share vac_specified commit
-permutation lock_share vac_all_parts commit
-permutation lock_share analyze_specified commit
-permutation lock_share analyze_all_parts commit
-permutation lock_share vac_analyze_specified commit
-permutation lock_share vac_analyze_all_parts commit
-permutation lock_share vac_full_specified commit
-permutation lock_share vac_full_all_parts commit
-permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_specified commit
-permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_all_parts commit
-permutation lock_access_exclusive analyze_specified commit
-permutation lock_access_exclusive analyze_all_parts commit
-permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_analyze_specified commit
-permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_analyze_all_parts commit
-permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_full_specified commit
-permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_full_all_parts commit
+permutation lock_share vac_specified commit check_stat
+permutation lock_share vac_all_parts commit check_stat
+permutation lock_share analyze_specified commit check_stat
+permutation lock_share analyze_all_parts commit check_stat
+permutation lock_share vac_analyze_specified commit check_stat
+permutation lock_share vac_analyze_all_parts commit check_stat
+permutation lock_share vac_full_specified commit check_stat
+permutation lock_share vac_full_all_parts commit check_stat
+permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_specified commit check_stat
+permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_all_parts commit check_stat
+permutation lock_access_exclusive analyze_specified commit check_stat
+permutation lock_access_exclusive analyze_all_parts commit check_stat
+permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_analyze_specified commit check_stat
+permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_analyze_all_parts commit check_stat
+permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_full_specified commit check_stat
+permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_full_all_parts commit check_stat
diff --git a/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out b/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out
index a65a5bf0c4f..9b2075d3373 100644
--- a/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out
+++ b/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out
@@ -1835,13 +1835,21 @@ pg_stat_all_tables| SELECT c.oid AS relid,
     pg_stat_get_mod_since_analyze(c.oid) AS n_mod_since_analyze,
     pg_stat_get_ins_since_vacuum(c.oid) AS n_ins_since_vacuum,
     pg_stat_get_last_vacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_vacuum,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_vacuum,
     pg_stat_get_last_autovacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_autovacuum,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_autovacuum,
     pg_stat_get_last_analyze_time(c.oid) AS last_analyze,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_analyze,
     pg_stat_get_last_autoanalyze_time(c.oid) AS last_autoanalyze,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_autoanalyze,
     pg_stat_get_vacuum_count(c.oid) AS vacuum_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count(c.oid) AS skipped_vacuum_count,
     pg_stat_get_autovacuum_count(c.oid) AS autovacuum_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count(c.oid) AS skipped_autovacuum_count,
     pg_stat_get_analyze_count(c.oid) AS analyze_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count(c.oid) AS skipped_analyze_count,
     pg_stat_get_autoanalyze_count(c.oid) AS autoanalyze_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count(c.oid) AS skipped_autoanalyze_count,
     pg_stat_get_total_vacuum_time(c.oid) AS total_vacuum_time,
     pg_stat_get_total_autovacuum_time(c.oid) AS total_autovacuum_time,
     pg_stat_get_total_analyze_time(c.oid) AS total_analyze_time,
@@ -2346,13 +2354,21 @@ pg_stat_sys_tables| SELECT relid,
     n_mod_since_analyze,
     n_ins_since_vacuum,
     last_vacuum,
+    last_skipped_vacuum,
     last_autovacuum,
+    last_skipped_autovacuum,
     last_analyze,
+    last_skipped_analyze,
     last_autoanalyze,
+    last_skipped_autoanalyze,
     vacuum_count,
+    skipped_vacuum_count,
     autovacuum_count,
+    skipped_autovacuum_count,
     analyze_count,
+    skipped_analyze_count,
     autoanalyze_count,
+    skipped_autoanalyze_count,
     total_vacuum_time,
     total_autovacuum_time,
     total_analyze_time,
@@ -2401,13 +2417,21 @@ pg_stat_user_tables| SELECT relid,
     n_mod_since_analyze,
     n_ins_since_vacuum,
     last_vacuum,
+    last_skipped_vacuum,
     last_autovacuum,
+    last_skipped_autovacuum,
     last_analyze,
+    last_skipped_analyze,
     last_autoanalyze,
+    last_skipped_autoanalyze,
     vacuum_count,
+    skipped_vacuum_count,
     autovacuum_count,
+    skipped_autovacuum_count,
     analyze_count,
+    skipped_analyze_count,
     autoanalyze_count,
+    skipped_autoanalyze_count,
     total_vacuum_time,
     total_autovacuum_time,
     total_analyze_time,
-- 
2.43.0


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* [PATCH v4] Track skipped vacuum and analyze activity per relation
@ 2026-03-24 04:09 Yugo Nagata <[email protected]>
  0 siblings, 0 replies; 374+ messages in thread

From: Yugo Nagata @ 2026-03-24 04:09 UTC (permalink / raw)

This commit adds eight fields to the relation statistics that track
the last time vacuum or analyze has been attempted but skipped due to
lock unavailability, along with their counts:

-    last_skipped_vacuum
-    last_skipped_autovacuum
-    last_skipped_analyze
-    last_skipped_autoanalyze
-    skipped_vacuum_count
-    skipped_autovacuum_count
-    skipped_analyze_count
-    skipped_autoanalyze_count

These field can help users confirm that autovacuum is actively attempting
to run on a table that has not been vacuumed or analyzed for a long time,
and that the lack of progress is due to repeated skips rather than inactivity.
---
 doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml                 |  88 ++++++++++++++++
 src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql         |   8 ++
 src/backend/commands/vacuum.c                | 102 ++++++++++++++-----
 src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c |  64 ++++++++++++
 src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c          |  24 +++++
 src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat              |  32 ++++++
 src/include/pgstat.h                         |  16 +++
 src/test/regress/expected/rules.out          |  24 +++++
 8 files changed, 335 insertions(+), 23 deletions(-)

diff --git a/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml b/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml
index 08d5b824552..a9b579d87a9 100644
--- a/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml
+++ b/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml
@@ -4387,6 +4387,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_vacuum</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time a manual vacuum on this table was attempted but skipped due to
+       lock unavailability (not counting <command>VACUUM FULL</command>)
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>last_autovacuum</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
@@ -4397,6 +4407,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_autovacuum</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time a vacuum on this table by the autovacuum daemon was attempted
+       but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>last_analyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
@@ -4406,6 +4426,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_analyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time a manual analyze on this table was attempted but skipped due to
+       lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>last_autoanalyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
@@ -4416,6 +4446,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_autoanalyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time at which an analyze on this table by the autovacuum was
+       attempted but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>vacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4426,6 +4466,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_vacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times manual vacuums on this table have been attempted but skipped
+       due to lock unavailability (not counting <command>VACUUM FULL</command>)
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>autovacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4436,6 +4486,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_autovacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times vacuums on this table by the autovacuum daemon have been
+       attempted but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>analyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4445,6 +4505,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_analyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times manual analyzes on this table have been attempted but
+       skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>autoanalyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4455,6 +4525,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_autoanalyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times analyzes on this table by the autovacuum daemon have
+       been attempted but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>total_vacuum_time</structfield> <type>double precision</type>
@@ -4510,6 +4590,14 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
    </tgroup>
   </table>
 
+  <note>
+   <para>
+    When a manual vacuum or analyze on a parent table in an inheritance or
+    partitioning hierarchy is skipped, the statistics are recorded only for
+    the parent table, not for its children.
+   </para>
+  </note>
+
  </sect2>
 
  <sect2 id="monitoring-pg-stat-autovacuum-scores-view">
diff --git a/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql b/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql
index 73a1c1c4670..f509fc7876b 100644
--- a/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql
+++ b/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql
@@ -736,13 +736,21 @@ CREATE VIEW pg_stat_all_tables AS
             pg_stat_get_mod_since_analyze(C.oid) AS n_mod_since_analyze,
             pg_stat_get_ins_since_vacuum(C.oid) AS n_ins_since_vacuum,
             pg_stat_get_last_vacuum_time(C.oid) as last_vacuum,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_vacuum,
             pg_stat_get_last_autovacuum_time(C.oid) as last_autovacuum,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_autovacuum,
             pg_stat_get_last_analyze_time(C.oid) as last_analyze,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_analyze,
             pg_stat_get_last_autoanalyze_time(C.oid) as last_autoanalyze,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_autoanalyze,
             pg_stat_get_vacuum_count(C.oid) AS vacuum_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count(C.oid) AS skipped_vacuum_count,
             pg_stat_get_autovacuum_count(C.oid) AS autovacuum_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count(C.oid) AS skipped_autovacuum_count,
             pg_stat_get_analyze_count(C.oid) AS analyze_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count(C.oid) AS skipped_analyze_count,
             pg_stat_get_autoanalyze_count(C.oid) AS autoanalyze_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count(C.oid) AS skipped_autoanalyze_count,
             pg_stat_get_total_vacuum_time(C.oid) AS total_vacuum_time,
             pg_stat_get_total_autovacuum_time(C.oid) AS total_autovacuum_time,
             pg_stat_get_total_analyze_time(C.oid) AS total_analyze_time,
diff --git a/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c b/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c
index 99d0db82ed7..97cd5ea8d10 100644
--- a/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c
+++ b/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c
@@ -793,8 +793,25 @@ vacuum_open_relation(Oid relid, RangeVar *relation, uint32 options,
 		rel = try_relation_open(relid, NoLock);
 	else
 	{
+		int flags = 0;
 		rel = NULL;
 		rel_lock = false;
+
+		if ((options & VACOPT_VACUUM) != 0)
+		{
+			if (AmAutoVacuumWorkerProcess())
+				flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOVACUUM;
+			else
+				flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM;
+		}
+		if ((options & VACOPT_ANALYZE) != 0)
+		{
+			if (AmAutoVacuumWorkerProcess())
+				flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOANALYZE;
+			else
+				flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE;
+		}
+		pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(relid, flags);
 	}
 
 	/* if relation is opened, leave */
@@ -802,7 +819,7 @@ vacuum_open_relation(Oid relid, RangeVar *relation, uint32 options,
 		return rel;
 
 	/*
-	 * Relation could not be opened, hence generate if possible a log
+	 * Relation could not be opened hence generate if possible a log
 	 * informing on the situation.
 	 *
 	 * If the RangeVar is not defined, we do not have enough information to
@@ -905,7 +922,6 @@ expand_vacuum_rel(VacuumRelation *vrel, MemoryContext vac_context,
 		Form_pg_class classForm;
 		bool		include_children;
 		bool		is_partitioned_table;
-		int			rvr_opts;
 
 		/*
 		 * Since autovacuum workers supply OIDs when calling vacuum(), no
@@ -918,29 +934,69 @@ expand_vacuum_rel(VacuumRelation *vrel, MemoryContext vac_context,
 		 * below, as well as find_all_inheritors's expectation that the caller
 		 * holds some lock on the starting relation.
 		 */
-		rvr_opts = (options & VACOPT_SKIP_LOCKED) ? RVR_SKIP_LOCKED : 0;
-		relid = RangeVarGetRelidExtended(vrel->relation,
-										 AccessShareLock,
-										 rvr_opts,
-										 NULL, NULL);
-
-		/*
-		 * If the lock is unavailable, emit the same log statement that
-		 * vacuum_rel() and analyze_rel() would.
-		 */
-		if (!OidIsValid(relid))
+		if (!(options & VACOPT_SKIP_LOCKED))
 		{
-			if (options & VACOPT_VACUUM)
-				ereport(WARNING,
-						(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
-						 errmsg("skipping vacuum of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
-								vrel->relation->relname)));
-			else
-				ereport(WARNING,
-						(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
-						 errmsg("skipping analyze of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
+			relid = RangeVarGetRelidExtended(vrel->relation,
+											 AccessShareLock,
+											 0, NULL, NULL);
+			if (!OidIsValid(relid))
+				return vacrels;
+		}
+		else
+		{
+			/* Get relid for reporting before taking a lock */
+			relid = RangeVarGetRelid(vrel->relation, NoLock, false);
+
+			if (!ConditionalLockRelationOid(relid, AccessShareLock))
+			{
+				int	flags = 0;
+				/*
+				 * If the lock is unavailable, emit the same log statement that
+				 * vacuum_rel() and analyze_rel() would.
+				 */
+				if (options & VACOPT_VACUUM)
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping vacuum of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
 								vrel->relation->relname)));
-			return vacrels;
+				else
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping analyze of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
+									vrel->relation->relname)));
+
+				if ((options & VACOPT_VACUUM) != 0)
+					flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM;
+				if ((options & VACOPT_ANALYZE) != 0)
+					flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE;
+
+				pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(relid, flags);
+
+				return vacrels;
+			}
+
+			/*
+			 * Now that we have the lock, probe to see if the relation really
+			 * exists or not.
+			 */
+			if (!SearchSysCacheExists1(RELOID, ObjectIdGetDatum(relid)))
+			{
+				if (options & VACOPT_VACUUM)
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_UNDEFINED_TABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping vacuum of \"%s\" --- relation no longer exists",
+									vrel->relation->relname)));
+				else
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_UNDEFINED_TABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping analyze of \"%s\" --- relation no longer exists",
+									vrel->relation->relname)));
+
+				/* Release useless lock */
+				UnlockRelationOid(relid, AccessShareLock);
+
+				return vacrels;
+			}
 		}
 
 		/*
diff --git a/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c b/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c
index b2ca28f83ba..532d9023f8c 100644
--- a/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c
+++ b/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c
@@ -17,12 +17,14 @@
 
 #include "postgres.h"
 
+#include "access/htup_details.h"
 #include "access/twophase_rmgr.h"
 #include "access/xact.h"
 #include "catalog/catalog.h"
 #include "utils/memutils.h"
 #include "utils/pgstat_internal.h"
 #include "utils/rel.h"
+#include "utils/syscache.h"
 #include "utils/timestamp.h"
 
 
@@ -367,6 +369,68 @@ pgstat_report_analyze(Relation rel,
 	(void) pgstat_flush_backend(false, PGSTAT_BACKEND_FLUSH_IO);
 }
 
+/*
+ * Report that the table was skipped during vacuum or/and analyze.
+ */
+void
+pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(Oid relid, int flags)
+{
+	PgStat_EntryRef *entry_ref;
+	PgStatShared_Relation *shtabentry;
+	PgStat_StatTabEntry *tabentry;
+	TimestampTz ts;
+	HeapTuple	classTup;
+	bool		isshared;
+
+	if (!pgstat_track_counts || !flags)
+		return;
+
+	classTup = SearchSysCache1(RELOID, ObjectIdGetDatum(relid));
+	if (!HeapTupleIsValid(classTup))
+		return;			/* somebody deleted the rel, forget it */
+	isshared = ((Form_pg_class) GETSTRUCT(classTup))->relisshared;
+	ReleaseSysCache(classTup);
+
+	/* Store the data in the table's hash table entry. */
+	ts = GetCurrentTimestamp();
+
+	/* block acquiring lock for the same reason as pgstat_report_autovac() */
+	entry_ref = pgstat_get_entry_ref_locked(PGSTAT_KIND_RELATION,
+											isshared ? InvalidOid : MyDatabaseId,
+											relid, false);
+
+	shtabentry = (PgStatShared_Relation *) entry_ref->shared_stats;
+	tabentry = &shtabentry->stats;
+
+	if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM)
+	{
+		tabentry->last_skipped_vacuum_time = ts;
+		tabentry->skipped_vacuum_count++;
+	}
+	else if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOVACUUM)
+	{
+		tabentry->last_skipped_autovacuum_time = ts;
+		tabentry->skipped_autovacuum_count++;
+	}
+
+	if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE)
+	{
+		tabentry->last_skipped_analyze_time = ts;
+		tabentry->skipped_analyze_count++;
+	}
+	else if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOANALYZE)
+	{
+		tabentry->last_skipped_autoanalyze_time = ts;
+		tabentry->skipped_autoanalyze_count++;
+	}
+
+	pgstat_unlock_entry(entry_ref);
+
+	/* see pgstat_report_vacuum() */
+	pgstat_flush_io(false);
+	(void) pgstat_flush_backend(false, PGSTAT_BACKEND_FLUSH_IO);
+}
+
 /*
  * count a tuple insertion of n tuples
  */
diff --git a/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c b/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c
index 1408de387ea..90a8968faa0 100644
--- a/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c
+++ b/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c
@@ -84,6 +84,18 @@ PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(mod_since_analyze)
 /* pg_stat_get_numscans */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(numscans)
 
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_analyze_count)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_autoanalyze_count)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_autovacuum_count)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_vacuum_count)
+
 /* pg_stat_get_tuples_deleted */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(tuples_deleted)
 
@@ -170,6 +182,18 @@ PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_vacuum_time)
 /* pg_stat_get_lastscan */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(lastscan)
 
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_analyze_time)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_autoanalyze_time)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_autovacuum_time)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_vacuum_time)
+
 /* pg_stat_get_stat_reset_time */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(stat_reset_time)
 
diff --git a/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat b/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat
index fa9ae79082b..32debb34863 100644
--- a/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat
+++ b/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat
@@ -5680,6 +5680,38 @@
   proargmodes => '{o,o,o,o,o,o,o,o,o,o}',
   proargnames => '{oid,score,xid_score,mxid_score,vacuum_score,vacuum_insert_score,analyze_score,do_vacuum,do_analyze,for_wraparound}',
   prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_autovacuum_scores' },
+{ oid => '8142', descr => 'statistics: last skipped vacuum time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time' },
+{ oid => '8143', descr => 'statistics: last skipped auto vacuum time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time' },
+{ oid => '8144', descr => 'statistics: last skipped analyze time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time' },
+{ oid => '8145', descr => 'statistics: last skipped auto analyze time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time' },
+{ oid => '8146', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped vacuum for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count' },
+{ oid => '8147', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped auto vacuum for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count' },
+{ oid => '8148', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped analyzes for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count' },
+{ oid => '8149', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped auto analyzes for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count' },
 { oid => '1936', descr => 'statistics: currently active backend IDs',
   proname => 'pg_stat_get_backend_idset', prorows => '100', proretset => 't',
   provolatile => 's', proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int4',
diff --git a/src/include/pgstat.h b/src/include/pgstat.h
index dfa2e837638..98941f953d1 100644
--- a/src/include/pgstat.h
+++ b/src/include/pgstat.h
@@ -479,6 +479,15 @@ typedef struct PgStat_StatTabEntry
 	TimestampTz last_autoanalyze_time;	/* autovacuum initiated */
 	PgStat_Counter autoanalyze_count;
 
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_vacuum_time;	/* user initiated vacuum */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_vacuum_count;
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_autovacuum_time;	/* autovacuum initiated */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_autovacuum_count;
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_analyze_time;	/* user initiated */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_analyze_count;
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_autoanalyze_time;	/* autovacuum initiated */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_autoanalyze_count;
+
 	PgStat_Counter total_vacuum_time;	/* times in milliseconds */
 	PgStat_Counter total_autovacuum_time;
 	PgStat_Counter total_analyze_time;
@@ -703,6 +712,13 @@ extern void pgstat_report_analyze(Relation rel,
 								  PgStat_Counter livetuples, PgStat_Counter deadtuples,
 								  bool resetcounter, TimestampTz starttime);
 
+/* flags for pgstat_flush_backend() */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM		(1 << 0)	/* vacuum is skipped */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE		(1 << 1)	/* analyze is skipped */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOVACUUM	(1 << 2)	/* autovacuum is skipped */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOANALYZE	(1 << 3)	/* autoanalyze is skipped */
+extern void pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(Oid relid, int flags);
+
 /*
  * If stats are enabled, but pending data hasn't been prepared yet, call
  * pgstat_assoc_relation() to do so. See its comment for why this is done
diff --git a/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out b/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out
index a65a5bf0c4f..9b2075d3373 100644
--- a/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out
+++ b/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out
@@ -1835,13 +1835,21 @@ pg_stat_all_tables| SELECT c.oid AS relid,
     pg_stat_get_mod_since_analyze(c.oid) AS n_mod_since_analyze,
     pg_stat_get_ins_since_vacuum(c.oid) AS n_ins_since_vacuum,
     pg_stat_get_last_vacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_vacuum,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_vacuum,
     pg_stat_get_last_autovacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_autovacuum,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_autovacuum,
     pg_stat_get_last_analyze_time(c.oid) AS last_analyze,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_analyze,
     pg_stat_get_last_autoanalyze_time(c.oid) AS last_autoanalyze,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_autoanalyze,
     pg_stat_get_vacuum_count(c.oid) AS vacuum_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count(c.oid) AS skipped_vacuum_count,
     pg_stat_get_autovacuum_count(c.oid) AS autovacuum_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count(c.oid) AS skipped_autovacuum_count,
     pg_stat_get_analyze_count(c.oid) AS analyze_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count(c.oid) AS skipped_analyze_count,
     pg_stat_get_autoanalyze_count(c.oid) AS autoanalyze_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count(c.oid) AS skipped_autoanalyze_count,
     pg_stat_get_total_vacuum_time(c.oid) AS total_vacuum_time,
     pg_stat_get_total_autovacuum_time(c.oid) AS total_autovacuum_time,
     pg_stat_get_total_analyze_time(c.oid) AS total_analyze_time,
@@ -2346,13 +2354,21 @@ pg_stat_sys_tables| SELECT relid,
     n_mod_since_analyze,
     n_ins_since_vacuum,
     last_vacuum,
+    last_skipped_vacuum,
     last_autovacuum,
+    last_skipped_autovacuum,
     last_analyze,
+    last_skipped_analyze,
     last_autoanalyze,
+    last_skipped_autoanalyze,
     vacuum_count,
+    skipped_vacuum_count,
     autovacuum_count,
+    skipped_autovacuum_count,
     analyze_count,
+    skipped_analyze_count,
     autoanalyze_count,
+    skipped_autoanalyze_count,
     total_vacuum_time,
     total_autovacuum_time,
     total_analyze_time,
@@ -2401,13 +2417,21 @@ pg_stat_user_tables| SELECT relid,
     n_mod_since_analyze,
     n_ins_since_vacuum,
     last_vacuum,
+    last_skipped_vacuum,
     last_autovacuum,
+    last_skipped_autovacuum,
     last_analyze,
+    last_skipped_analyze,
     last_autoanalyze,
+    last_skipped_autoanalyze,
     vacuum_count,
+    skipped_vacuum_count,
     autovacuum_count,
+    skipped_autovacuum_count,
     analyze_count,
+    skipped_analyze_count,
     autoanalyze_count,
+    skipped_autoanalyze_count,
     total_vacuum_time,
     total_autovacuum_time,
     total_analyze_time,
-- 
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* [PATCH v4] Track skipped vacuum and analyze activity per relation
@ 2026-03-24 04:09 Yugo Nagata <[email protected]>
  0 siblings, 0 replies; 374+ messages in thread

From: Yugo Nagata @ 2026-03-24 04:09 UTC (permalink / raw)

This commit adds eight fields to the relation statistics that track
the last time vacuum or analyze has been attempted but skipped due to
lock unavailability, along with their counts:

-    last_skipped_vacuum
-    last_skipped_autovacuum
-    last_skipped_analyze
-    last_skipped_autoanalyze
-    skipped_vacuum_count
-    skipped_autovacuum_count
-    skipped_analyze_count
-    skipped_autoanalyze_count

These field can help users confirm that autovacuum is actively attempting
to run on a table that has not been vacuumed or analyzed for a long time,
and that the lack of progress is due to repeated skips rather than inactivity.
---
 doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml                 |  88 ++++++++++++++++
 src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql         |   8 ++
 src/backend/commands/vacuum.c                | 102 ++++++++++++++-----
 src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c |  64 ++++++++++++
 src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c          |  24 +++++
 src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat              |  32 ++++++
 src/include/pgstat.h                         |  16 +++
 src/test/regress/expected/rules.out          |  24 +++++
 8 files changed, 335 insertions(+), 23 deletions(-)

diff --git a/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml b/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml
index 08d5b824552..a9b579d87a9 100644
--- a/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml
+++ b/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml
@@ -4387,6 +4387,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_vacuum</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time a manual vacuum on this table was attempted but skipped due to
+       lock unavailability (not counting <command>VACUUM FULL</command>)
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>last_autovacuum</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
@@ -4397,6 +4407,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_autovacuum</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time a vacuum on this table by the autovacuum daemon was attempted
+       but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>last_analyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
@@ -4406,6 +4426,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_analyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time a manual analyze on this table was attempted but skipped due to
+       lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>last_autoanalyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
@@ -4416,6 +4446,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_autoanalyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time at which an analyze on this table by the autovacuum was
+       attempted but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>vacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4426,6 +4466,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_vacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times manual vacuums on this table have been attempted but skipped
+       due to lock unavailability (not counting <command>VACUUM FULL</command>)
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>autovacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4436,6 +4486,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_autovacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times vacuums on this table by the autovacuum daemon have been
+       attempted but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>analyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4445,6 +4505,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_analyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times manual analyzes on this table have been attempted but
+       skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>autoanalyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4455,6 +4525,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_autoanalyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times analyzes on this table by the autovacuum daemon have
+       been attempted but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>total_vacuum_time</structfield> <type>double precision</type>
@@ -4510,6 +4590,14 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
    </tgroup>
   </table>
 
+  <note>
+   <para>
+    When a manual vacuum or analyze on a parent table in an inheritance or
+    partitioning hierarchy is skipped, the statistics are recorded only for
+    the parent table, not for its children.
+   </para>
+  </note>
+
  </sect2>
 
  <sect2 id="monitoring-pg-stat-autovacuum-scores-view">
diff --git a/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql b/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql
index 73a1c1c4670..f509fc7876b 100644
--- a/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql
+++ b/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql
@@ -736,13 +736,21 @@ CREATE VIEW pg_stat_all_tables AS
             pg_stat_get_mod_since_analyze(C.oid) AS n_mod_since_analyze,
             pg_stat_get_ins_since_vacuum(C.oid) AS n_ins_since_vacuum,
             pg_stat_get_last_vacuum_time(C.oid) as last_vacuum,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_vacuum,
             pg_stat_get_last_autovacuum_time(C.oid) as last_autovacuum,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_autovacuum,
             pg_stat_get_last_analyze_time(C.oid) as last_analyze,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_analyze,
             pg_stat_get_last_autoanalyze_time(C.oid) as last_autoanalyze,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_autoanalyze,
             pg_stat_get_vacuum_count(C.oid) AS vacuum_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count(C.oid) AS skipped_vacuum_count,
             pg_stat_get_autovacuum_count(C.oid) AS autovacuum_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count(C.oid) AS skipped_autovacuum_count,
             pg_stat_get_analyze_count(C.oid) AS analyze_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count(C.oid) AS skipped_analyze_count,
             pg_stat_get_autoanalyze_count(C.oid) AS autoanalyze_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count(C.oid) AS skipped_autoanalyze_count,
             pg_stat_get_total_vacuum_time(C.oid) AS total_vacuum_time,
             pg_stat_get_total_autovacuum_time(C.oid) AS total_autovacuum_time,
             pg_stat_get_total_analyze_time(C.oid) AS total_analyze_time,
diff --git a/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c b/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c
index 99d0db82ed7..97cd5ea8d10 100644
--- a/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c
+++ b/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c
@@ -793,8 +793,25 @@ vacuum_open_relation(Oid relid, RangeVar *relation, uint32 options,
 		rel = try_relation_open(relid, NoLock);
 	else
 	{
+		int flags = 0;
 		rel = NULL;
 		rel_lock = false;
+
+		if ((options & VACOPT_VACUUM) != 0)
+		{
+			if (AmAutoVacuumWorkerProcess())
+				flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOVACUUM;
+			else
+				flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM;
+		}
+		if ((options & VACOPT_ANALYZE) != 0)
+		{
+			if (AmAutoVacuumWorkerProcess())
+				flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOANALYZE;
+			else
+				flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE;
+		}
+		pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(relid, flags);
 	}
 
 	/* if relation is opened, leave */
@@ -802,7 +819,7 @@ vacuum_open_relation(Oid relid, RangeVar *relation, uint32 options,
 		return rel;
 
 	/*
-	 * Relation could not be opened, hence generate if possible a log
+	 * Relation could not be opened hence generate if possible a log
 	 * informing on the situation.
 	 *
 	 * If the RangeVar is not defined, we do not have enough information to
@@ -905,7 +922,6 @@ expand_vacuum_rel(VacuumRelation *vrel, MemoryContext vac_context,
 		Form_pg_class classForm;
 		bool		include_children;
 		bool		is_partitioned_table;
-		int			rvr_opts;
 
 		/*
 		 * Since autovacuum workers supply OIDs when calling vacuum(), no
@@ -918,29 +934,69 @@ expand_vacuum_rel(VacuumRelation *vrel, MemoryContext vac_context,
 		 * below, as well as find_all_inheritors's expectation that the caller
 		 * holds some lock on the starting relation.
 		 */
-		rvr_opts = (options & VACOPT_SKIP_LOCKED) ? RVR_SKIP_LOCKED : 0;
-		relid = RangeVarGetRelidExtended(vrel->relation,
-										 AccessShareLock,
-										 rvr_opts,
-										 NULL, NULL);
-
-		/*
-		 * If the lock is unavailable, emit the same log statement that
-		 * vacuum_rel() and analyze_rel() would.
-		 */
-		if (!OidIsValid(relid))
+		if (!(options & VACOPT_SKIP_LOCKED))
 		{
-			if (options & VACOPT_VACUUM)
-				ereport(WARNING,
-						(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
-						 errmsg("skipping vacuum of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
-								vrel->relation->relname)));
-			else
-				ereport(WARNING,
-						(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
-						 errmsg("skipping analyze of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
+			relid = RangeVarGetRelidExtended(vrel->relation,
+											 AccessShareLock,
+											 0, NULL, NULL);
+			if (!OidIsValid(relid))
+				return vacrels;
+		}
+		else
+		{
+			/* Get relid for reporting before taking a lock */
+			relid = RangeVarGetRelid(vrel->relation, NoLock, false);
+
+			if (!ConditionalLockRelationOid(relid, AccessShareLock))
+			{
+				int	flags = 0;
+				/*
+				 * If the lock is unavailable, emit the same log statement that
+				 * vacuum_rel() and analyze_rel() would.
+				 */
+				if (options & VACOPT_VACUUM)
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping vacuum of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
 								vrel->relation->relname)));
-			return vacrels;
+				else
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping analyze of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
+									vrel->relation->relname)));
+
+				if ((options & VACOPT_VACUUM) != 0)
+					flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM;
+				if ((options & VACOPT_ANALYZE) != 0)
+					flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE;
+
+				pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(relid, flags);
+
+				return vacrels;
+			}
+
+			/*
+			 * Now that we have the lock, probe to see if the relation really
+			 * exists or not.
+			 */
+			if (!SearchSysCacheExists1(RELOID, ObjectIdGetDatum(relid)))
+			{
+				if (options & VACOPT_VACUUM)
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_UNDEFINED_TABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping vacuum of \"%s\" --- relation no longer exists",
+									vrel->relation->relname)));
+				else
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_UNDEFINED_TABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping analyze of \"%s\" --- relation no longer exists",
+									vrel->relation->relname)));
+
+				/* Release useless lock */
+				UnlockRelationOid(relid, AccessShareLock);
+
+				return vacrels;
+			}
 		}
 
 		/*
diff --git a/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c b/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c
index b2ca28f83ba..532d9023f8c 100644
--- a/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c
+++ b/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c
@@ -17,12 +17,14 @@
 
 #include "postgres.h"
 
+#include "access/htup_details.h"
 #include "access/twophase_rmgr.h"
 #include "access/xact.h"
 #include "catalog/catalog.h"
 #include "utils/memutils.h"
 #include "utils/pgstat_internal.h"
 #include "utils/rel.h"
+#include "utils/syscache.h"
 #include "utils/timestamp.h"
 
 
@@ -367,6 +369,68 @@ pgstat_report_analyze(Relation rel,
 	(void) pgstat_flush_backend(false, PGSTAT_BACKEND_FLUSH_IO);
 }
 
+/*
+ * Report that the table was skipped during vacuum or/and analyze.
+ */
+void
+pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(Oid relid, int flags)
+{
+	PgStat_EntryRef *entry_ref;
+	PgStatShared_Relation *shtabentry;
+	PgStat_StatTabEntry *tabentry;
+	TimestampTz ts;
+	HeapTuple	classTup;
+	bool		isshared;
+
+	if (!pgstat_track_counts || !flags)
+		return;
+
+	classTup = SearchSysCache1(RELOID, ObjectIdGetDatum(relid));
+	if (!HeapTupleIsValid(classTup))
+		return;			/* somebody deleted the rel, forget it */
+	isshared = ((Form_pg_class) GETSTRUCT(classTup))->relisshared;
+	ReleaseSysCache(classTup);
+
+	/* Store the data in the table's hash table entry. */
+	ts = GetCurrentTimestamp();
+
+	/* block acquiring lock for the same reason as pgstat_report_autovac() */
+	entry_ref = pgstat_get_entry_ref_locked(PGSTAT_KIND_RELATION,
+											isshared ? InvalidOid : MyDatabaseId,
+											relid, false);
+
+	shtabentry = (PgStatShared_Relation *) entry_ref->shared_stats;
+	tabentry = &shtabentry->stats;
+
+	if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM)
+	{
+		tabentry->last_skipped_vacuum_time = ts;
+		tabentry->skipped_vacuum_count++;
+	}
+	else if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOVACUUM)
+	{
+		tabentry->last_skipped_autovacuum_time = ts;
+		tabentry->skipped_autovacuum_count++;
+	}
+
+	if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE)
+	{
+		tabentry->last_skipped_analyze_time = ts;
+		tabentry->skipped_analyze_count++;
+	}
+	else if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOANALYZE)
+	{
+		tabentry->last_skipped_autoanalyze_time = ts;
+		tabentry->skipped_autoanalyze_count++;
+	}
+
+	pgstat_unlock_entry(entry_ref);
+
+	/* see pgstat_report_vacuum() */
+	pgstat_flush_io(false);
+	(void) pgstat_flush_backend(false, PGSTAT_BACKEND_FLUSH_IO);
+}
+
 /*
  * count a tuple insertion of n tuples
  */
diff --git a/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c b/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c
index 1408de387ea..90a8968faa0 100644
--- a/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c
+++ b/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c
@@ -84,6 +84,18 @@ PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(mod_since_analyze)
 /* pg_stat_get_numscans */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(numscans)
 
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_analyze_count)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_autoanalyze_count)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_autovacuum_count)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_vacuum_count)
+
 /* pg_stat_get_tuples_deleted */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(tuples_deleted)
 
@@ -170,6 +182,18 @@ PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_vacuum_time)
 /* pg_stat_get_lastscan */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(lastscan)
 
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_analyze_time)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_autoanalyze_time)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_autovacuum_time)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_vacuum_time)
+
 /* pg_stat_get_stat_reset_time */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(stat_reset_time)
 
diff --git a/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat b/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat
index fa9ae79082b..32debb34863 100644
--- a/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat
+++ b/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat
@@ -5680,6 +5680,38 @@
   proargmodes => '{o,o,o,o,o,o,o,o,o,o}',
   proargnames => '{oid,score,xid_score,mxid_score,vacuum_score,vacuum_insert_score,analyze_score,do_vacuum,do_analyze,for_wraparound}',
   prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_autovacuum_scores' },
+{ oid => '8142', descr => 'statistics: last skipped vacuum time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time' },
+{ oid => '8143', descr => 'statistics: last skipped auto vacuum time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time' },
+{ oid => '8144', descr => 'statistics: last skipped analyze time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time' },
+{ oid => '8145', descr => 'statistics: last skipped auto analyze time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time' },
+{ oid => '8146', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped vacuum for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count' },
+{ oid => '8147', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped auto vacuum for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count' },
+{ oid => '8148', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped analyzes for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count' },
+{ oid => '8149', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped auto analyzes for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count' },
 { oid => '1936', descr => 'statistics: currently active backend IDs',
   proname => 'pg_stat_get_backend_idset', prorows => '100', proretset => 't',
   provolatile => 's', proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int4',
diff --git a/src/include/pgstat.h b/src/include/pgstat.h
index dfa2e837638..98941f953d1 100644
--- a/src/include/pgstat.h
+++ b/src/include/pgstat.h
@@ -479,6 +479,15 @@ typedef struct PgStat_StatTabEntry
 	TimestampTz last_autoanalyze_time;	/* autovacuum initiated */
 	PgStat_Counter autoanalyze_count;
 
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_vacuum_time;	/* user initiated vacuum */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_vacuum_count;
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_autovacuum_time;	/* autovacuum initiated */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_autovacuum_count;
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_analyze_time;	/* user initiated */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_analyze_count;
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_autoanalyze_time;	/* autovacuum initiated */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_autoanalyze_count;
+
 	PgStat_Counter total_vacuum_time;	/* times in milliseconds */
 	PgStat_Counter total_autovacuum_time;
 	PgStat_Counter total_analyze_time;
@@ -703,6 +712,13 @@ extern void pgstat_report_analyze(Relation rel,
 								  PgStat_Counter livetuples, PgStat_Counter deadtuples,
 								  bool resetcounter, TimestampTz starttime);
 
+/* flags for pgstat_flush_backend() */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM		(1 << 0)	/* vacuum is skipped */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE		(1 << 1)	/* analyze is skipped */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOVACUUM	(1 << 2)	/* autovacuum is skipped */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOANALYZE	(1 << 3)	/* autoanalyze is skipped */
+extern void pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(Oid relid, int flags);
+
 /*
  * If stats are enabled, but pending data hasn't been prepared yet, call
  * pgstat_assoc_relation() to do so. See its comment for why this is done
diff --git a/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out b/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out
index a65a5bf0c4f..9b2075d3373 100644
--- a/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out
+++ b/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out
@@ -1835,13 +1835,21 @@ pg_stat_all_tables| SELECT c.oid AS relid,
     pg_stat_get_mod_since_analyze(c.oid) AS n_mod_since_analyze,
     pg_stat_get_ins_since_vacuum(c.oid) AS n_ins_since_vacuum,
     pg_stat_get_last_vacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_vacuum,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_vacuum,
     pg_stat_get_last_autovacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_autovacuum,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_autovacuum,
     pg_stat_get_last_analyze_time(c.oid) AS last_analyze,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_analyze,
     pg_stat_get_last_autoanalyze_time(c.oid) AS last_autoanalyze,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_autoanalyze,
     pg_stat_get_vacuum_count(c.oid) AS vacuum_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count(c.oid) AS skipped_vacuum_count,
     pg_stat_get_autovacuum_count(c.oid) AS autovacuum_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count(c.oid) AS skipped_autovacuum_count,
     pg_stat_get_analyze_count(c.oid) AS analyze_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count(c.oid) AS skipped_analyze_count,
     pg_stat_get_autoanalyze_count(c.oid) AS autoanalyze_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count(c.oid) AS skipped_autoanalyze_count,
     pg_stat_get_total_vacuum_time(c.oid) AS total_vacuum_time,
     pg_stat_get_total_autovacuum_time(c.oid) AS total_autovacuum_time,
     pg_stat_get_total_analyze_time(c.oid) AS total_analyze_time,
@@ -2346,13 +2354,21 @@ pg_stat_sys_tables| SELECT relid,
     n_mod_since_analyze,
     n_ins_since_vacuum,
     last_vacuum,
+    last_skipped_vacuum,
     last_autovacuum,
+    last_skipped_autovacuum,
     last_analyze,
+    last_skipped_analyze,
     last_autoanalyze,
+    last_skipped_autoanalyze,
     vacuum_count,
+    skipped_vacuum_count,
     autovacuum_count,
+    skipped_autovacuum_count,
     analyze_count,
+    skipped_analyze_count,
     autoanalyze_count,
+    skipped_autoanalyze_count,
     total_vacuum_time,
     total_autovacuum_time,
     total_analyze_time,
@@ -2401,13 +2417,21 @@ pg_stat_user_tables| SELECT relid,
     n_mod_since_analyze,
     n_ins_since_vacuum,
     last_vacuum,
+    last_skipped_vacuum,
     last_autovacuum,
+    last_skipped_autovacuum,
     last_analyze,
+    last_skipped_analyze,
     last_autoanalyze,
+    last_skipped_autoanalyze,
     vacuum_count,
+    skipped_vacuum_count,
     autovacuum_count,
+    skipped_autovacuum_count,
     analyze_count,
+    skipped_analyze_count,
     autoanalyze_count,
+    skipped_autoanalyze_count,
     total_vacuum_time,
     total_autovacuum_time,
     total_analyze_time,
-- 
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* [PATCH v5] Track skipped vacuum and analyze activity per relation
@ 2026-03-24 04:09 Yugo Nagata <[email protected]>
  0 siblings, 0 replies; 374+ messages in thread

From: Yugo Nagata @ 2026-03-24 04:09 UTC (permalink / raw)

This commit adds eight fields to the relation statistics that track
the last time vacuum or analyze has been attempted but skipped due to
lock unavailability, along with their counts:

-    last_skipped_vacuum
-    last_skipped_autovacuum
-    last_skipped_analyze
-    last_skipped_autoanalyze
-    skipped_vacuum_count
-    skipped_autovacuum_count
-    skipped_analyze_count
-    skipped_autoanalyze_count

These field can help users confirm that autovacuum is actively attempting
to run on a table that has not been vacuumed or analyzed for a long time,
and that the lack of progress is due to repeated skips rather than inactivity.
---
 doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml                  |  88 ++++++
 src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql          |   8 +
 src/backend/commands/vacuum.c                 | 100 +++++--
 src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c  |  64 +++++
 src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c           |  24 ++
 src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat               |  32 +++
 src/include/pgstat.h                          |  16 ++
 .../isolation/expected/vacuum-skip-locked.out | 260 ++++++++++++++++--
 .../isolation/specs/vacuum-skip-locked.spec   |  41 +--
 src/test/regress/expected/rules.out           |  24 ++
 10 files changed, 601 insertions(+), 56 deletions(-)

diff --git a/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml b/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml
index 08d5b824552..a9b579d87a9 100644
--- a/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml
+++ b/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml
@@ -4387,6 +4387,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_vacuum</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time a manual vacuum on this table was attempted but skipped due to
+       lock unavailability (not counting <command>VACUUM FULL</command>)
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>last_autovacuum</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
@@ -4397,6 +4407,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_autovacuum</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time a vacuum on this table by the autovacuum daemon was attempted
+       but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>last_analyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
@@ -4406,6 +4426,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_analyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time a manual analyze on this table was attempted but skipped due to
+       lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>last_autoanalyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
@@ -4416,6 +4446,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_autoanalyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time at which an analyze on this table by the autovacuum was
+       attempted but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>vacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4426,6 +4466,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_vacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times manual vacuums on this table have been attempted but skipped
+       due to lock unavailability (not counting <command>VACUUM FULL</command>)
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>autovacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4436,6 +4486,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_autovacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times vacuums on this table by the autovacuum daemon have been
+       attempted but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>analyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4445,6 +4505,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_analyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times manual analyzes on this table have been attempted but
+       skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>autoanalyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4455,6 +4525,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_autoanalyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times analyzes on this table by the autovacuum daemon have
+       been attempted but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>total_vacuum_time</structfield> <type>double precision</type>
@@ -4510,6 +4590,14 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
    </tgroup>
   </table>
 
+  <note>
+   <para>
+    When a manual vacuum or analyze on a parent table in an inheritance or
+    partitioning hierarchy is skipped, the statistics are recorded only for
+    the parent table, not for its children.
+   </para>
+  </note>
+
  </sect2>
 
  <sect2 id="monitoring-pg-stat-autovacuum-scores-view">
diff --git a/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql b/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql
index 73a1c1c4670..f509fc7876b 100644
--- a/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql
+++ b/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql
@@ -736,13 +736,21 @@ CREATE VIEW pg_stat_all_tables AS
             pg_stat_get_mod_since_analyze(C.oid) AS n_mod_since_analyze,
             pg_stat_get_ins_since_vacuum(C.oid) AS n_ins_since_vacuum,
             pg_stat_get_last_vacuum_time(C.oid) as last_vacuum,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_vacuum,
             pg_stat_get_last_autovacuum_time(C.oid) as last_autovacuum,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_autovacuum,
             pg_stat_get_last_analyze_time(C.oid) as last_analyze,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_analyze,
             pg_stat_get_last_autoanalyze_time(C.oid) as last_autoanalyze,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_autoanalyze,
             pg_stat_get_vacuum_count(C.oid) AS vacuum_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count(C.oid) AS skipped_vacuum_count,
             pg_stat_get_autovacuum_count(C.oid) AS autovacuum_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count(C.oid) AS skipped_autovacuum_count,
             pg_stat_get_analyze_count(C.oid) AS analyze_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count(C.oid) AS skipped_analyze_count,
             pg_stat_get_autoanalyze_count(C.oid) AS autoanalyze_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count(C.oid) AS skipped_autoanalyze_count,
             pg_stat_get_total_vacuum_time(C.oid) AS total_vacuum_time,
             pg_stat_get_total_autovacuum_time(C.oid) AS total_autovacuum_time,
             pg_stat_get_total_analyze_time(C.oid) AS total_analyze_time,
diff --git a/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c b/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c
index 99d0db82ed7..df6526225e4 100644
--- a/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c
+++ b/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c
@@ -793,8 +793,25 @@ vacuum_open_relation(Oid relid, RangeVar *relation, uint32 options,
 		rel = try_relation_open(relid, NoLock);
 	else
 	{
+		int flags = 0;
 		rel = NULL;
 		rel_lock = false;
+
+		if ((options & VACOPT_VACUUM) != 0 && (options & VACOPT_FULL) == 0)
+		{
+			if (AmAutoVacuumWorkerProcess())
+				flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOVACUUM;
+			else
+				flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM;
+		}
+		if ((options & VACOPT_ANALYZE) != 0)
+		{
+			if (AmAutoVacuumWorkerProcess())
+				flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOANALYZE;
+			else
+				flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE;
+		}
+		pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(relid, flags);
 	}
 
 	/* if relation is opened, leave */
@@ -905,7 +922,6 @@ expand_vacuum_rel(VacuumRelation *vrel, MemoryContext vac_context,
 		Form_pg_class classForm;
 		bool		include_children;
 		bool		is_partitioned_table;
-		int			rvr_opts;
 
 		/*
 		 * Since autovacuum workers supply OIDs when calling vacuum(), no
@@ -918,29 +934,69 @@ expand_vacuum_rel(VacuumRelation *vrel, MemoryContext vac_context,
 		 * below, as well as find_all_inheritors's expectation that the caller
 		 * holds some lock on the starting relation.
 		 */
-		rvr_opts = (options & VACOPT_SKIP_LOCKED) ? RVR_SKIP_LOCKED : 0;
-		relid = RangeVarGetRelidExtended(vrel->relation,
-										 AccessShareLock,
-										 rvr_opts,
-										 NULL, NULL);
-
-		/*
-		 * If the lock is unavailable, emit the same log statement that
-		 * vacuum_rel() and analyze_rel() would.
-		 */
-		if (!OidIsValid(relid))
+		if (!(options & VACOPT_SKIP_LOCKED))
 		{
-			if (options & VACOPT_VACUUM)
-				ereport(WARNING,
-						(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
-						 errmsg("skipping vacuum of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
-								vrel->relation->relname)));
-			else
-				ereport(WARNING,
-						(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
-						 errmsg("skipping analyze of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
+			relid = RangeVarGetRelidExtended(vrel->relation,
+											 AccessShareLock,
+											 0, NULL, NULL);
+			if (!OidIsValid(relid))
+				return vacrels;
+		}
+		else
+		{
+			/* Get relid for reporting before taking a lock */
+			relid = RangeVarGetRelid(vrel->relation, NoLock, false);
+
+			if (!ConditionalLockRelationOid(relid, AccessShareLock))
+			{
+				int	flags = 0;
+				/*
+				 * If the lock is unavailable, emit the same log statement that
+				 * vacuum_rel() and analyze_rel() would.
+				 */
+				if (options & VACOPT_VACUUM)
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping vacuum of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
 								vrel->relation->relname)));
-			return vacrels;
+				else
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping analyze of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
+									vrel->relation->relname)));
+
+				if ((options & VACOPT_VACUUM) != 0 && (options & VACOPT_FULL) == 0)
+					flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM;
+				if ((options & VACOPT_ANALYZE) != 0)
+					flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE;
+
+				pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(relid, flags);
+
+				return vacrels;
+			}
+
+			/*
+			 * Now that we have the lock, probe to see if the relation really
+			 * exists or not.
+			 */
+			if (!SearchSysCacheExists1(RELOID, ObjectIdGetDatum(relid)))
+			{
+				if (options & VACOPT_VACUUM)
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_UNDEFINED_TABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping vacuum of \"%s\" --- relation no longer exists",
+									vrel->relation->relname)));
+				else
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_UNDEFINED_TABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping analyze of \"%s\" --- relation no longer exists",
+									vrel->relation->relname)));
+
+				/* Release useless lock */
+				UnlockRelationOid(relid, AccessShareLock);
+
+				return vacrels;
+			}
 		}
 
 		/*
diff --git a/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c b/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c
index b2ca28f83ba..532d9023f8c 100644
--- a/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c
+++ b/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c
@@ -17,12 +17,14 @@
 
 #include "postgres.h"
 
+#include "access/htup_details.h"
 #include "access/twophase_rmgr.h"
 #include "access/xact.h"
 #include "catalog/catalog.h"
 #include "utils/memutils.h"
 #include "utils/pgstat_internal.h"
 #include "utils/rel.h"
+#include "utils/syscache.h"
 #include "utils/timestamp.h"
 
 
@@ -367,6 +369,68 @@ pgstat_report_analyze(Relation rel,
 	(void) pgstat_flush_backend(false, PGSTAT_BACKEND_FLUSH_IO);
 }
 
+/*
+ * Report that the table was skipped during vacuum or/and analyze.
+ */
+void
+pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(Oid relid, int flags)
+{
+	PgStat_EntryRef *entry_ref;
+	PgStatShared_Relation *shtabentry;
+	PgStat_StatTabEntry *tabentry;
+	TimestampTz ts;
+	HeapTuple	classTup;
+	bool		isshared;
+
+	if (!pgstat_track_counts || !flags)
+		return;
+
+	classTup = SearchSysCache1(RELOID, ObjectIdGetDatum(relid));
+	if (!HeapTupleIsValid(classTup))
+		return;			/* somebody deleted the rel, forget it */
+	isshared = ((Form_pg_class) GETSTRUCT(classTup))->relisshared;
+	ReleaseSysCache(classTup);
+
+	/* Store the data in the table's hash table entry. */
+	ts = GetCurrentTimestamp();
+
+	/* block acquiring lock for the same reason as pgstat_report_autovac() */
+	entry_ref = pgstat_get_entry_ref_locked(PGSTAT_KIND_RELATION,
+											isshared ? InvalidOid : MyDatabaseId,
+											relid, false);
+
+	shtabentry = (PgStatShared_Relation *) entry_ref->shared_stats;
+	tabentry = &shtabentry->stats;
+
+	if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM)
+	{
+		tabentry->last_skipped_vacuum_time = ts;
+		tabentry->skipped_vacuum_count++;
+	}
+	else if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOVACUUM)
+	{
+		tabentry->last_skipped_autovacuum_time = ts;
+		tabentry->skipped_autovacuum_count++;
+	}
+
+	if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE)
+	{
+		tabentry->last_skipped_analyze_time = ts;
+		tabentry->skipped_analyze_count++;
+	}
+	else if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOANALYZE)
+	{
+		tabentry->last_skipped_autoanalyze_time = ts;
+		tabentry->skipped_autoanalyze_count++;
+	}
+
+	pgstat_unlock_entry(entry_ref);
+
+	/* see pgstat_report_vacuum() */
+	pgstat_flush_io(false);
+	(void) pgstat_flush_backend(false, PGSTAT_BACKEND_FLUSH_IO);
+}
+
 /*
  * count a tuple insertion of n tuples
  */
diff --git a/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c b/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c
index 1408de387ea..90a8968faa0 100644
--- a/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c
+++ b/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c
@@ -84,6 +84,18 @@ PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(mod_since_analyze)
 /* pg_stat_get_numscans */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(numscans)
 
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_analyze_count)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_autoanalyze_count)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_autovacuum_count)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_vacuum_count)
+
 /* pg_stat_get_tuples_deleted */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(tuples_deleted)
 
@@ -170,6 +182,18 @@ PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_vacuum_time)
 /* pg_stat_get_lastscan */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(lastscan)
 
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_analyze_time)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_autoanalyze_time)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_autovacuum_time)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_vacuum_time)
+
 /* pg_stat_get_stat_reset_time */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(stat_reset_time)
 
diff --git a/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat b/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat
index fa9ae79082b..32debb34863 100644
--- a/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat
+++ b/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat
@@ -5680,6 +5680,38 @@
   proargmodes => '{o,o,o,o,o,o,o,o,o,o}',
   proargnames => '{oid,score,xid_score,mxid_score,vacuum_score,vacuum_insert_score,analyze_score,do_vacuum,do_analyze,for_wraparound}',
   prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_autovacuum_scores' },
+{ oid => '8142', descr => 'statistics: last skipped vacuum time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time' },
+{ oid => '8143', descr => 'statistics: last skipped auto vacuum time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time' },
+{ oid => '8144', descr => 'statistics: last skipped analyze time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time' },
+{ oid => '8145', descr => 'statistics: last skipped auto analyze time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time' },
+{ oid => '8146', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped vacuum for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count' },
+{ oid => '8147', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped auto vacuum for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count' },
+{ oid => '8148', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped analyzes for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count' },
+{ oid => '8149', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped auto analyzes for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count' },
 { oid => '1936', descr => 'statistics: currently active backend IDs',
   proname => 'pg_stat_get_backend_idset', prorows => '100', proretset => 't',
   provolatile => 's', proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int4',
diff --git a/src/include/pgstat.h b/src/include/pgstat.h
index dfa2e837638..98941f953d1 100644
--- a/src/include/pgstat.h
+++ b/src/include/pgstat.h
@@ -479,6 +479,15 @@ typedef struct PgStat_StatTabEntry
 	TimestampTz last_autoanalyze_time;	/* autovacuum initiated */
 	PgStat_Counter autoanalyze_count;
 
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_vacuum_time;	/* user initiated vacuum */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_vacuum_count;
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_autovacuum_time;	/* autovacuum initiated */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_autovacuum_count;
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_analyze_time;	/* user initiated */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_analyze_count;
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_autoanalyze_time;	/* autovacuum initiated */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_autoanalyze_count;
+
 	PgStat_Counter total_vacuum_time;	/* times in milliseconds */
 	PgStat_Counter total_autovacuum_time;
 	PgStat_Counter total_analyze_time;
@@ -703,6 +712,13 @@ extern void pgstat_report_analyze(Relation rel,
 								  PgStat_Counter livetuples, PgStat_Counter deadtuples,
 								  bool resetcounter, TimestampTz starttime);
 
+/* flags for pgstat_flush_backend() */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM		(1 << 0)	/* vacuum is skipped */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE		(1 << 1)	/* analyze is skipped */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOVACUUM	(1 << 2)	/* autovacuum is skipped */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOANALYZE	(1 << 3)	/* autoanalyze is skipped */
+extern void pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(Oid relid, int flags);
+
 /*
  * If stats are enabled, but pending data hasn't been prepared yet, call
  * pgstat_assoc_relation() to do so. See its comment for why this is done
diff --git a/src/test/isolation/expected/vacuum-skip-locked.out b/src/test/isolation/expected/vacuum-skip-locked.out
index 99db281a159..e2cff175b7c 100644
--- a/src/test/isolation/expected/vacuum-skip-locked.out
+++ b/src/test/isolation/expected/vacuum-skip-locked.out
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 Parsed test spec with 2 sessions
 
-starting permutation: lock_share vac_specified commit
+starting permutation: lock_share vac_specified commit check_stat
 step lock_share: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN SHARE MODE;
@@ -10,8 +10,22 @@ step vac_specified: VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED) part1, part2;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
 
-starting permutation: lock_share vac_all_parts commit
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   1|            0|                    0
+part2  |           1|                   0|            0|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
+
+starting permutation: lock_share vac_all_parts commit check_stat
 step lock_share: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN SHARE MODE;
@@ -20,8 +34,22 @@ step vac_all_parts: VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED) parted;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   1|            0|                    0
+part2  |           1|                   0|            0|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
 
-starting permutation: lock_share analyze_specified commit
+starting permutation: lock_share analyze_specified commit check_stat
 step lock_share: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN SHARE MODE;
@@ -31,8 +59,22 @@ step analyze_specified: ANALYZE (SKIP_LOCKED) part1, part2;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
 
-starting permutation: lock_share analyze_all_parts commit
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   0|            0|                    1
+part2  |           0|                   0|            1|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
+
+starting permutation: lock_share analyze_all_parts commit check_stat
 step lock_share: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN SHARE MODE;
@@ -41,8 +83,22 @@ step analyze_all_parts: ANALYZE (SKIP_LOCKED) parted;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            1|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   0|            0|                    1
+part2  |           0|                   0|            1|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
 
-starting permutation: lock_share vac_analyze_specified commit
+starting permutation: lock_share vac_analyze_specified commit check_stat
 step lock_share: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN SHARE MODE;
@@ -52,8 +108,22 @@ step vac_analyze_specified: VACUUM (ANALYZE, SKIP_LOCKED) part1, part2;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
 
-starting permutation: lock_share vac_analyze_all_parts commit
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   1|            0|                    1
+part2  |           1|                   0|            1|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
+
+starting permutation: lock_share vac_analyze_all_parts commit check_stat
 step lock_share: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN SHARE MODE;
@@ -62,8 +132,22 @@ step vac_analyze_all_parts: VACUUM (ANALYZE, SKIP_LOCKED) parted;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            1|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   1|            0|                    1
+part2  |           1|                   0|            1|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
 
-starting permutation: lock_share vac_full_specified commit
+starting permutation: lock_share vac_full_specified commit check_stat
 step lock_share: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN SHARE MODE;
@@ -73,8 +157,22 @@ step vac_full_specified: VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED, FULL) part1, part2;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
 
-starting permutation: lock_share vac_full_all_parts commit
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part2  |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
+
+starting permutation: lock_share vac_full_all_parts commit check_stat
 step lock_share: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN SHARE MODE;
@@ -83,8 +181,22 @@ step vac_full_all_parts: VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED, FULL) parted;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part2  |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+(3 rows)
 
-starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_specified commit
+
+starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_specified commit check_stat
 step lock_access_exclusive: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN ACCESS EXCLUSIVE MODE;
@@ -94,8 +206,22 @@ step vac_specified: VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED) part1, part2;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   1|            0|                    0
+part2  |           1|                   0|            0|                    0
+(3 rows)
 
-starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_all_parts commit
+
+starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_all_parts commit check_stat
 step lock_access_exclusive: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN ACCESS EXCLUSIVE MODE;
@@ -104,8 +230,22 @@ step vac_all_parts: VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED) parted;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   1|            0|                    0
+part2  |           1|                   0|            0|                    0
+(3 rows)
 
-starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive analyze_specified commit
+
+starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive analyze_specified commit check_stat
 step lock_access_exclusive: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN ACCESS EXCLUSIVE MODE;
@@ -115,8 +255,22 @@ step analyze_specified: ANALYZE (SKIP_LOCKED) part1, part2;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   0|            0|                    1
+part2  |           0|                   0|            1|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
 
-starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive analyze_all_parts commit
+starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive analyze_all_parts commit check_stat
 step lock_access_exclusive: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN ACCESS EXCLUSIVE MODE;
@@ -126,8 +280,22 @@ step commit:
 	COMMIT;
 
 step analyze_all_parts: <... completed>
-
-starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_analyze_specified commit
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            1|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   0|            1|                    0
+part2  |           0|                   0|            1|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
+
+starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_analyze_specified commit check_stat
 step lock_access_exclusive: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN ACCESS EXCLUSIVE MODE;
@@ -137,8 +305,22 @@ step vac_analyze_specified: VACUUM (ANALYZE, SKIP_LOCKED) part1, part2;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   1|            0|                    1
+part2  |           1|                   0|            1|                    0
+(3 rows)
 
-starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_analyze_all_parts commit
+
+starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_analyze_all_parts commit check_stat
 step lock_access_exclusive: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN ACCESS EXCLUSIVE MODE;
@@ -148,8 +330,22 @@ step commit:
 	COMMIT;
 
 step vac_analyze_all_parts: <... completed>
-
-starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_full_specified commit
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            1|                    0
+part1  |           1|                   0|            1|                    0
+part2  |           1|                   0|            1|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
+
+starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_full_specified commit check_stat
 step lock_access_exclusive: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN ACCESS EXCLUSIVE MODE;
@@ -159,8 +355,22 @@ step vac_full_specified: VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED, FULL) part1, part2;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
 
-starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_full_all_parts commit
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part2  |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
+
+starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_full_all_parts commit check_stat
 step lock_access_exclusive: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN ACCESS EXCLUSIVE MODE;
@@ -169,3 +379,17 @@ step vac_full_all_parts: VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED, FULL) parted;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part2  |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
diff --git a/src/test/isolation/specs/vacuum-skip-locked.spec b/src/test/isolation/specs/vacuum-skip-locked.spec
index 3fad6e1c92a..b0da75d4b6d 100644
--- a/src/test/isolation/specs/vacuum-skip-locked.spec
+++ b/src/test/isolation/specs/vacuum-skip-locked.spec
@@ -33,6 +33,15 @@ step commit
 	COMMIT;
 }
 
+step check_stat
+{
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+}
+
 session s2
 step vac_specified			{ VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED) part1, part2; }
 step vac_all_parts			{ VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED) parted; }
@@ -43,19 +52,19 @@ step vac_analyze_all_parts	{ VACUUM (ANALYZE, SKIP_LOCKED) parted; }
 step vac_full_specified		{ VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED, FULL) part1, part2; }
 step vac_full_all_parts		{ VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED, FULL) parted; }
 
-permutation lock_share vac_specified commit
-permutation lock_share vac_all_parts commit
-permutation lock_share analyze_specified commit
-permutation lock_share analyze_all_parts commit
-permutation lock_share vac_analyze_specified commit
-permutation lock_share vac_analyze_all_parts commit
-permutation lock_share vac_full_specified commit
-permutation lock_share vac_full_all_parts commit
-permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_specified commit
-permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_all_parts commit
-permutation lock_access_exclusive analyze_specified commit
-permutation lock_access_exclusive analyze_all_parts commit
-permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_analyze_specified commit
-permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_analyze_all_parts commit
-permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_full_specified commit
-permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_full_all_parts commit
+permutation lock_share vac_specified commit check_stat
+permutation lock_share vac_all_parts commit check_stat
+permutation lock_share analyze_specified commit check_stat
+permutation lock_share analyze_all_parts commit check_stat
+permutation lock_share vac_analyze_specified commit check_stat
+permutation lock_share vac_analyze_all_parts commit check_stat
+permutation lock_share vac_full_specified commit check_stat
+permutation lock_share vac_full_all_parts commit check_stat
+permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_specified commit check_stat
+permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_all_parts commit check_stat
+permutation lock_access_exclusive analyze_specified commit check_stat
+permutation lock_access_exclusive analyze_all_parts commit check_stat
+permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_analyze_specified commit check_stat
+permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_analyze_all_parts commit check_stat
+permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_full_specified commit check_stat
+permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_full_all_parts commit check_stat
diff --git a/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out b/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out
index a65a5bf0c4f..9b2075d3373 100644
--- a/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out
+++ b/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out
@@ -1835,13 +1835,21 @@ pg_stat_all_tables| SELECT c.oid AS relid,
     pg_stat_get_mod_since_analyze(c.oid) AS n_mod_since_analyze,
     pg_stat_get_ins_since_vacuum(c.oid) AS n_ins_since_vacuum,
     pg_stat_get_last_vacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_vacuum,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_vacuum,
     pg_stat_get_last_autovacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_autovacuum,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_autovacuum,
     pg_stat_get_last_analyze_time(c.oid) AS last_analyze,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_analyze,
     pg_stat_get_last_autoanalyze_time(c.oid) AS last_autoanalyze,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_autoanalyze,
     pg_stat_get_vacuum_count(c.oid) AS vacuum_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count(c.oid) AS skipped_vacuum_count,
     pg_stat_get_autovacuum_count(c.oid) AS autovacuum_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count(c.oid) AS skipped_autovacuum_count,
     pg_stat_get_analyze_count(c.oid) AS analyze_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count(c.oid) AS skipped_analyze_count,
     pg_stat_get_autoanalyze_count(c.oid) AS autoanalyze_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count(c.oid) AS skipped_autoanalyze_count,
     pg_stat_get_total_vacuum_time(c.oid) AS total_vacuum_time,
     pg_stat_get_total_autovacuum_time(c.oid) AS total_autovacuum_time,
     pg_stat_get_total_analyze_time(c.oid) AS total_analyze_time,
@@ -2346,13 +2354,21 @@ pg_stat_sys_tables| SELECT relid,
     n_mod_since_analyze,
     n_ins_since_vacuum,
     last_vacuum,
+    last_skipped_vacuum,
     last_autovacuum,
+    last_skipped_autovacuum,
     last_analyze,
+    last_skipped_analyze,
     last_autoanalyze,
+    last_skipped_autoanalyze,
     vacuum_count,
+    skipped_vacuum_count,
     autovacuum_count,
+    skipped_autovacuum_count,
     analyze_count,
+    skipped_analyze_count,
     autoanalyze_count,
+    skipped_autoanalyze_count,
     total_vacuum_time,
     total_autovacuum_time,
     total_analyze_time,
@@ -2401,13 +2417,21 @@ pg_stat_user_tables| SELECT relid,
     n_mod_since_analyze,
     n_ins_since_vacuum,
     last_vacuum,
+    last_skipped_vacuum,
     last_autovacuum,
+    last_skipped_autovacuum,
     last_analyze,
+    last_skipped_analyze,
     last_autoanalyze,
+    last_skipped_autoanalyze,
     vacuum_count,
+    skipped_vacuum_count,
     autovacuum_count,
+    skipped_autovacuum_count,
     analyze_count,
+    skipped_analyze_count,
     autoanalyze_count,
+    skipped_autoanalyze_count,
     total_vacuum_time,
     total_autovacuum_time,
     total_analyze_time,
-- 
2.43.0


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* [PATCH v4] Track skipped vacuum and analyze activity per relation
@ 2026-03-24 04:09 Yugo Nagata <[email protected]>
  0 siblings, 0 replies; 374+ messages in thread

From: Yugo Nagata @ 2026-03-24 04:09 UTC (permalink / raw)

This commit adds eight fields to the relation statistics that track
the last time vacuum or analyze has been attempted but skipped due to
lock unavailability, along with their counts:

-    last_skipped_vacuum
-    last_skipped_autovacuum
-    last_skipped_analyze
-    last_skipped_autoanalyze
-    skipped_vacuum_count
-    skipped_autovacuum_count
-    skipped_analyze_count
-    skipped_autoanalyze_count

These field can help users confirm that autovacuum is actively attempting
to run on a table that has not been vacuumed or analyzed for a long time,
and that the lack of progress is due to repeated skips rather than inactivity.
---
 doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml                 |  88 ++++++++++++++++
 src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql         |   8 ++
 src/backend/commands/vacuum.c                | 102 ++++++++++++++-----
 src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c |  64 ++++++++++++
 src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c          |  24 +++++
 src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat              |  32 ++++++
 src/include/pgstat.h                         |  16 +++
 src/test/regress/expected/rules.out          |  24 +++++
 8 files changed, 335 insertions(+), 23 deletions(-)

diff --git a/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml b/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml
index 08d5b824552..a9b579d87a9 100644
--- a/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml
+++ b/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml
@@ -4387,6 +4387,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_vacuum</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time a manual vacuum on this table was attempted but skipped due to
+       lock unavailability (not counting <command>VACUUM FULL</command>)
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>last_autovacuum</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
@@ -4397,6 +4407,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_autovacuum</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time a vacuum on this table by the autovacuum daemon was attempted
+       but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>last_analyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
@@ -4406,6 +4426,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_analyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time a manual analyze on this table was attempted but skipped due to
+       lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>last_autoanalyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
@@ -4416,6 +4446,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_autoanalyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time at which an analyze on this table by the autovacuum was
+       attempted but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>vacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4426,6 +4466,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_vacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times manual vacuums on this table have been attempted but skipped
+       due to lock unavailability (not counting <command>VACUUM FULL</command>)
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>autovacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4436,6 +4486,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_autovacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times vacuums on this table by the autovacuum daemon have been
+       attempted but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>analyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4445,6 +4505,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_analyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times manual analyzes on this table have been attempted but
+       skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>autoanalyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4455,6 +4525,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_autoanalyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times analyzes on this table by the autovacuum daemon have
+       been attempted but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>total_vacuum_time</structfield> <type>double precision</type>
@@ -4510,6 +4590,14 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
    </tgroup>
   </table>
 
+  <note>
+   <para>
+    When a manual vacuum or analyze on a parent table in an inheritance or
+    partitioning hierarchy is skipped, the statistics are recorded only for
+    the parent table, not for its children.
+   </para>
+  </note>
+
  </sect2>
 
  <sect2 id="monitoring-pg-stat-autovacuum-scores-view">
diff --git a/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql b/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql
index 73a1c1c4670..f509fc7876b 100644
--- a/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql
+++ b/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql
@@ -736,13 +736,21 @@ CREATE VIEW pg_stat_all_tables AS
             pg_stat_get_mod_since_analyze(C.oid) AS n_mod_since_analyze,
             pg_stat_get_ins_since_vacuum(C.oid) AS n_ins_since_vacuum,
             pg_stat_get_last_vacuum_time(C.oid) as last_vacuum,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_vacuum,
             pg_stat_get_last_autovacuum_time(C.oid) as last_autovacuum,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_autovacuum,
             pg_stat_get_last_analyze_time(C.oid) as last_analyze,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_analyze,
             pg_stat_get_last_autoanalyze_time(C.oid) as last_autoanalyze,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_autoanalyze,
             pg_stat_get_vacuum_count(C.oid) AS vacuum_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count(C.oid) AS skipped_vacuum_count,
             pg_stat_get_autovacuum_count(C.oid) AS autovacuum_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count(C.oid) AS skipped_autovacuum_count,
             pg_stat_get_analyze_count(C.oid) AS analyze_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count(C.oid) AS skipped_analyze_count,
             pg_stat_get_autoanalyze_count(C.oid) AS autoanalyze_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count(C.oid) AS skipped_autoanalyze_count,
             pg_stat_get_total_vacuum_time(C.oid) AS total_vacuum_time,
             pg_stat_get_total_autovacuum_time(C.oid) AS total_autovacuum_time,
             pg_stat_get_total_analyze_time(C.oid) AS total_analyze_time,
diff --git a/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c b/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c
index 99d0db82ed7..97cd5ea8d10 100644
--- a/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c
+++ b/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c
@@ -793,8 +793,25 @@ vacuum_open_relation(Oid relid, RangeVar *relation, uint32 options,
 		rel = try_relation_open(relid, NoLock);
 	else
 	{
+		int flags = 0;
 		rel = NULL;
 		rel_lock = false;
+
+		if ((options & VACOPT_VACUUM) != 0)
+		{
+			if (AmAutoVacuumWorkerProcess())
+				flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOVACUUM;
+			else
+				flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM;
+		}
+		if ((options & VACOPT_ANALYZE) != 0)
+		{
+			if (AmAutoVacuumWorkerProcess())
+				flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOANALYZE;
+			else
+				flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE;
+		}
+		pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(relid, flags);
 	}
 
 	/* if relation is opened, leave */
@@ -802,7 +819,7 @@ vacuum_open_relation(Oid relid, RangeVar *relation, uint32 options,
 		return rel;
 
 	/*
-	 * Relation could not be opened, hence generate if possible a log
+	 * Relation could not be opened hence generate if possible a log
 	 * informing on the situation.
 	 *
 	 * If the RangeVar is not defined, we do not have enough information to
@@ -905,7 +922,6 @@ expand_vacuum_rel(VacuumRelation *vrel, MemoryContext vac_context,
 		Form_pg_class classForm;
 		bool		include_children;
 		bool		is_partitioned_table;
-		int			rvr_opts;
 
 		/*
 		 * Since autovacuum workers supply OIDs when calling vacuum(), no
@@ -918,29 +934,69 @@ expand_vacuum_rel(VacuumRelation *vrel, MemoryContext vac_context,
 		 * below, as well as find_all_inheritors's expectation that the caller
 		 * holds some lock on the starting relation.
 		 */
-		rvr_opts = (options & VACOPT_SKIP_LOCKED) ? RVR_SKIP_LOCKED : 0;
-		relid = RangeVarGetRelidExtended(vrel->relation,
-										 AccessShareLock,
-										 rvr_opts,
-										 NULL, NULL);
-
-		/*
-		 * If the lock is unavailable, emit the same log statement that
-		 * vacuum_rel() and analyze_rel() would.
-		 */
-		if (!OidIsValid(relid))
+		if (!(options & VACOPT_SKIP_LOCKED))
 		{
-			if (options & VACOPT_VACUUM)
-				ereport(WARNING,
-						(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
-						 errmsg("skipping vacuum of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
-								vrel->relation->relname)));
-			else
-				ereport(WARNING,
-						(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
-						 errmsg("skipping analyze of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
+			relid = RangeVarGetRelidExtended(vrel->relation,
+											 AccessShareLock,
+											 0, NULL, NULL);
+			if (!OidIsValid(relid))
+				return vacrels;
+		}
+		else
+		{
+			/* Get relid for reporting before taking a lock */
+			relid = RangeVarGetRelid(vrel->relation, NoLock, false);
+
+			if (!ConditionalLockRelationOid(relid, AccessShareLock))
+			{
+				int	flags = 0;
+				/*
+				 * If the lock is unavailable, emit the same log statement that
+				 * vacuum_rel() and analyze_rel() would.
+				 */
+				if (options & VACOPT_VACUUM)
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping vacuum of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
 								vrel->relation->relname)));
-			return vacrels;
+				else
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping analyze of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
+									vrel->relation->relname)));
+
+				if ((options & VACOPT_VACUUM) != 0)
+					flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM;
+				if ((options & VACOPT_ANALYZE) != 0)
+					flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE;
+
+				pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(relid, flags);
+
+				return vacrels;
+			}
+
+			/*
+			 * Now that we have the lock, probe to see if the relation really
+			 * exists or not.
+			 */
+			if (!SearchSysCacheExists1(RELOID, ObjectIdGetDatum(relid)))
+			{
+				if (options & VACOPT_VACUUM)
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_UNDEFINED_TABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping vacuum of \"%s\" --- relation no longer exists",
+									vrel->relation->relname)));
+				else
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_UNDEFINED_TABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping analyze of \"%s\" --- relation no longer exists",
+									vrel->relation->relname)));
+
+				/* Release useless lock */
+				UnlockRelationOid(relid, AccessShareLock);
+
+				return vacrels;
+			}
 		}
 
 		/*
diff --git a/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c b/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c
index b2ca28f83ba..532d9023f8c 100644
--- a/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c
+++ b/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c
@@ -17,12 +17,14 @@
 
 #include "postgres.h"
 
+#include "access/htup_details.h"
 #include "access/twophase_rmgr.h"
 #include "access/xact.h"
 #include "catalog/catalog.h"
 #include "utils/memutils.h"
 #include "utils/pgstat_internal.h"
 #include "utils/rel.h"
+#include "utils/syscache.h"
 #include "utils/timestamp.h"
 
 
@@ -367,6 +369,68 @@ pgstat_report_analyze(Relation rel,
 	(void) pgstat_flush_backend(false, PGSTAT_BACKEND_FLUSH_IO);
 }
 
+/*
+ * Report that the table was skipped during vacuum or/and analyze.
+ */
+void
+pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(Oid relid, int flags)
+{
+	PgStat_EntryRef *entry_ref;
+	PgStatShared_Relation *shtabentry;
+	PgStat_StatTabEntry *tabentry;
+	TimestampTz ts;
+	HeapTuple	classTup;
+	bool		isshared;
+
+	if (!pgstat_track_counts || !flags)
+		return;
+
+	classTup = SearchSysCache1(RELOID, ObjectIdGetDatum(relid));
+	if (!HeapTupleIsValid(classTup))
+		return;			/* somebody deleted the rel, forget it */
+	isshared = ((Form_pg_class) GETSTRUCT(classTup))->relisshared;
+	ReleaseSysCache(classTup);
+
+	/* Store the data in the table's hash table entry. */
+	ts = GetCurrentTimestamp();
+
+	/* block acquiring lock for the same reason as pgstat_report_autovac() */
+	entry_ref = pgstat_get_entry_ref_locked(PGSTAT_KIND_RELATION,
+											isshared ? InvalidOid : MyDatabaseId,
+											relid, false);
+
+	shtabentry = (PgStatShared_Relation *) entry_ref->shared_stats;
+	tabentry = &shtabentry->stats;
+
+	if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM)
+	{
+		tabentry->last_skipped_vacuum_time = ts;
+		tabentry->skipped_vacuum_count++;
+	}
+	else if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOVACUUM)
+	{
+		tabentry->last_skipped_autovacuum_time = ts;
+		tabentry->skipped_autovacuum_count++;
+	}
+
+	if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE)
+	{
+		tabentry->last_skipped_analyze_time = ts;
+		tabentry->skipped_analyze_count++;
+	}
+	else if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOANALYZE)
+	{
+		tabentry->last_skipped_autoanalyze_time = ts;
+		tabentry->skipped_autoanalyze_count++;
+	}
+
+	pgstat_unlock_entry(entry_ref);
+
+	/* see pgstat_report_vacuum() */
+	pgstat_flush_io(false);
+	(void) pgstat_flush_backend(false, PGSTAT_BACKEND_FLUSH_IO);
+}
+
 /*
  * count a tuple insertion of n tuples
  */
diff --git a/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c b/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c
index 1408de387ea..90a8968faa0 100644
--- a/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c
+++ b/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c
@@ -84,6 +84,18 @@ PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(mod_since_analyze)
 /* pg_stat_get_numscans */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(numscans)
 
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_analyze_count)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_autoanalyze_count)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_autovacuum_count)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_vacuum_count)
+
 /* pg_stat_get_tuples_deleted */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(tuples_deleted)
 
@@ -170,6 +182,18 @@ PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_vacuum_time)
 /* pg_stat_get_lastscan */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(lastscan)
 
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_analyze_time)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_autoanalyze_time)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_autovacuum_time)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_vacuum_time)
+
 /* pg_stat_get_stat_reset_time */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(stat_reset_time)
 
diff --git a/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat b/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat
index fa9ae79082b..32debb34863 100644
--- a/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat
+++ b/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat
@@ -5680,6 +5680,38 @@
   proargmodes => '{o,o,o,o,o,o,o,o,o,o}',
   proargnames => '{oid,score,xid_score,mxid_score,vacuum_score,vacuum_insert_score,analyze_score,do_vacuum,do_analyze,for_wraparound}',
   prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_autovacuum_scores' },
+{ oid => '8142', descr => 'statistics: last skipped vacuum time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time' },
+{ oid => '8143', descr => 'statistics: last skipped auto vacuum time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time' },
+{ oid => '8144', descr => 'statistics: last skipped analyze time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time' },
+{ oid => '8145', descr => 'statistics: last skipped auto analyze time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time' },
+{ oid => '8146', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped vacuum for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count' },
+{ oid => '8147', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped auto vacuum for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count' },
+{ oid => '8148', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped analyzes for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count' },
+{ oid => '8149', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped auto analyzes for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count' },
 { oid => '1936', descr => 'statistics: currently active backend IDs',
   proname => 'pg_stat_get_backend_idset', prorows => '100', proretset => 't',
   provolatile => 's', proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int4',
diff --git a/src/include/pgstat.h b/src/include/pgstat.h
index dfa2e837638..98941f953d1 100644
--- a/src/include/pgstat.h
+++ b/src/include/pgstat.h
@@ -479,6 +479,15 @@ typedef struct PgStat_StatTabEntry
 	TimestampTz last_autoanalyze_time;	/* autovacuum initiated */
 	PgStat_Counter autoanalyze_count;
 
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_vacuum_time;	/* user initiated vacuum */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_vacuum_count;
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_autovacuum_time;	/* autovacuum initiated */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_autovacuum_count;
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_analyze_time;	/* user initiated */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_analyze_count;
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_autoanalyze_time;	/* autovacuum initiated */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_autoanalyze_count;
+
 	PgStat_Counter total_vacuum_time;	/* times in milliseconds */
 	PgStat_Counter total_autovacuum_time;
 	PgStat_Counter total_analyze_time;
@@ -703,6 +712,13 @@ extern void pgstat_report_analyze(Relation rel,
 								  PgStat_Counter livetuples, PgStat_Counter deadtuples,
 								  bool resetcounter, TimestampTz starttime);
 
+/* flags for pgstat_flush_backend() */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM		(1 << 0)	/* vacuum is skipped */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE		(1 << 1)	/* analyze is skipped */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOVACUUM	(1 << 2)	/* autovacuum is skipped */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOANALYZE	(1 << 3)	/* autoanalyze is skipped */
+extern void pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(Oid relid, int flags);
+
 /*
  * If stats are enabled, but pending data hasn't been prepared yet, call
  * pgstat_assoc_relation() to do so. See its comment for why this is done
diff --git a/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out b/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out
index a65a5bf0c4f..9b2075d3373 100644
--- a/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out
+++ b/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out
@@ -1835,13 +1835,21 @@ pg_stat_all_tables| SELECT c.oid AS relid,
     pg_stat_get_mod_since_analyze(c.oid) AS n_mod_since_analyze,
     pg_stat_get_ins_since_vacuum(c.oid) AS n_ins_since_vacuum,
     pg_stat_get_last_vacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_vacuum,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_vacuum,
     pg_stat_get_last_autovacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_autovacuum,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_autovacuum,
     pg_stat_get_last_analyze_time(c.oid) AS last_analyze,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_analyze,
     pg_stat_get_last_autoanalyze_time(c.oid) AS last_autoanalyze,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_autoanalyze,
     pg_stat_get_vacuum_count(c.oid) AS vacuum_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count(c.oid) AS skipped_vacuum_count,
     pg_stat_get_autovacuum_count(c.oid) AS autovacuum_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count(c.oid) AS skipped_autovacuum_count,
     pg_stat_get_analyze_count(c.oid) AS analyze_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count(c.oid) AS skipped_analyze_count,
     pg_stat_get_autoanalyze_count(c.oid) AS autoanalyze_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count(c.oid) AS skipped_autoanalyze_count,
     pg_stat_get_total_vacuum_time(c.oid) AS total_vacuum_time,
     pg_stat_get_total_autovacuum_time(c.oid) AS total_autovacuum_time,
     pg_stat_get_total_analyze_time(c.oid) AS total_analyze_time,
@@ -2346,13 +2354,21 @@ pg_stat_sys_tables| SELECT relid,
     n_mod_since_analyze,
     n_ins_since_vacuum,
     last_vacuum,
+    last_skipped_vacuum,
     last_autovacuum,
+    last_skipped_autovacuum,
     last_analyze,
+    last_skipped_analyze,
     last_autoanalyze,
+    last_skipped_autoanalyze,
     vacuum_count,
+    skipped_vacuum_count,
     autovacuum_count,
+    skipped_autovacuum_count,
     analyze_count,
+    skipped_analyze_count,
     autoanalyze_count,
+    skipped_autoanalyze_count,
     total_vacuum_time,
     total_autovacuum_time,
     total_analyze_time,
@@ -2401,13 +2417,21 @@ pg_stat_user_tables| SELECT relid,
     n_mod_since_analyze,
     n_ins_since_vacuum,
     last_vacuum,
+    last_skipped_vacuum,
     last_autovacuum,
+    last_skipped_autovacuum,
     last_analyze,
+    last_skipped_analyze,
     last_autoanalyze,
+    last_skipped_autoanalyze,
     vacuum_count,
+    skipped_vacuum_count,
     autovacuum_count,
+    skipped_autovacuum_count,
     analyze_count,
+    skipped_analyze_count,
     autoanalyze_count,
+    skipped_autoanalyze_count,
     total_vacuum_time,
     total_autovacuum_time,
     total_analyze_time,
-- 
2.43.0


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* [PATCH v5] Track skipped vacuum and analyze activity per relation
@ 2026-03-24 04:09 Yugo Nagata <[email protected]>
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From: Yugo Nagata @ 2026-03-24 04:09 UTC (permalink / raw)

This commit adds eight fields to the relation statistics that track
the last time vacuum or analyze has been attempted but skipped due to
lock unavailability, along with their counts:

-    last_skipped_vacuum
-    last_skipped_autovacuum
-    last_skipped_analyze
-    last_skipped_autoanalyze
-    skipped_vacuum_count
-    skipped_autovacuum_count
-    skipped_analyze_count
-    skipped_autoanalyze_count

These field can help users confirm that autovacuum is actively attempting
to run on a table that has not been vacuumed or analyzed for a long time,
and that the lack of progress is due to repeated skips rather than inactivity.
---
 doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml                  |  88 ++++++
 src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql          |   8 +
 src/backend/commands/vacuum.c                 | 100 +++++--
 src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c  |  64 +++++
 src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c           |  24 ++
 src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat               |  32 +++
 src/include/pgstat.h                          |  16 ++
 .../isolation/expected/vacuum-skip-locked.out | 260 ++++++++++++++++--
 .../isolation/specs/vacuum-skip-locked.spec   |  41 +--
 src/test/regress/expected/rules.out           |  24 ++
 10 files changed, 601 insertions(+), 56 deletions(-)

diff --git a/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml b/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml
index 08d5b824552..a9b579d87a9 100644
--- a/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml
+++ b/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml
@@ -4387,6 +4387,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_vacuum</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time a manual vacuum on this table was attempted but skipped due to
+       lock unavailability (not counting <command>VACUUM FULL</command>)
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>last_autovacuum</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
@@ -4397,6 +4407,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_autovacuum</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time a vacuum on this table by the autovacuum daemon was attempted
+       but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>last_analyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
@@ -4406,6 +4426,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_analyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time a manual analyze on this table was attempted but skipped due to
+       lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>last_autoanalyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
@@ -4416,6 +4446,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_autoanalyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time at which an analyze on this table by the autovacuum was
+       attempted but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>vacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4426,6 +4466,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_vacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times manual vacuums on this table have been attempted but skipped
+       due to lock unavailability (not counting <command>VACUUM FULL</command>)
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>autovacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4436,6 +4486,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_autovacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times vacuums on this table by the autovacuum daemon have been
+       attempted but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>analyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4445,6 +4505,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_analyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times manual analyzes on this table have been attempted but
+       skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>autoanalyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4455,6 +4525,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_autoanalyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times analyzes on this table by the autovacuum daemon have
+       been attempted but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>total_vacuum_time</structfield> <type>double precision</type>
@@ -4510,6 +4590,14 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
    </tgroup>
   </table>
 
+  <note>
+   <para>
+    When a manual vacuum or analyze on a parent table in an inheritance or
+    partitioning hierarchy is skipped, the statistics are recorded only for
+    the parent table, not for its children.
+   </para>
+  </note>
+
  </sect2>
 
  <sect2 id="monitoring-pg-stat-autovacuum-scores-view">
diff --git a/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql b/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql
index 73a1c1c4670..f509fc7876b 100644
--- a/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql
+++ b/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql
@@ -736,13 +736,21 @@ CREATE VIEW pg_stat_all_tables AS
             pg_stat_get_mod_since_analyze(C.oid) AS n_mod_since_analyze,
             pg_stat_get_ins_since_vacuum(C.oid) AS n_ins_since_vacuum,
             pg_stat_get_last_vacuum_time(C.oid) as last_vacuum,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_vacuum,
             pg_stat_get_last_autovacuum_time(C.oid) as last_autovacuum,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_autovacuum,
             pg_stat_get_last_analyze_time(C.oid) as last_analyze,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_analyze,
             pg_stat_get_last_autoanalyze_time(C.oid) as last_autoanalyze,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_autoanalyze,
             pg_stat_get_vacuum_count(C.oid) AS vacuum_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count(C.oid) AS skipped_vacuum_count,
             pg_stat_get_autovacuum_count(C.oid) AS autovacuum_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count(C.oid) AS skipped_autovacuum_count,
             pg_stat_get_analyze_count(C.oid) AS analyze_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count(C.oid) AS skipped_analyze_count,
             pg_stat_get_autoanalyze_count(C.oid) AS autoanalyze_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count(C.oid) AS skipped_autoanalyze_count,
             pg_stat_get_total_vacuum_time(C.oid) AS total_vacuum_time,
             pg_stat_get_total_autovacuum_time(C.oid) AS total_autovacuum_time,
             pg_stat_get_total_analyze_time(C.oid) AS total_analyze_time,
diff --git a/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c b/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c
index 99d0db82ed7..df6526225e4 100644
--- a/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c
+++ b/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c
@@ -793,8 +793,25 @@ vacuum_open_relation(Oid relid, RangeVar *relation, uint32 options,
 		rel = try_relation_open(relid, NoLock);
 	else
 	{
+		int flags = 0;
 		rel = NULL;
 		rel_lock = false;
+
+		if ((options & VACOPT_VACUUM) != 0 && (options & VACOPT_FULL) == 0)
+		{
+			if (AmAutoVacuumWorkerProcess())
+				flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOVACUUM;
+			else
+				flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM;
+		}
+		if ((options & VACOPT_ANALYZE) != 0)
+		{
+			if (AmAutoVacuumWorkerProcess())
+				flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOANALYZE;
+			else
+				flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE;
+		}
+		pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(relid, flags);
 	}
 
 	/* if relation is opened, leave */
@@ -905,7 +922,6 @@ expand_vacuum_rel(VacuumRelation *vrel, MemoryContext vac_context,
 		Form_pg_class classForm;
 		bool		include_children;
 		bool		is_partitioned_table;
-		int			rvr_opts;
 
 		/*
 		 * Since autovacuum workers supply OIDs when calling vacuum(), no
@@ -918,29 +934,69 @@ expand_vacuum_rel(VacuumRelation *vrel, MemoryContext vac_context,
 		 * below, as well as find_all_inheritors's expectation that the caller
 		 * holds some lock on the starting relation.
 		 */
-		rvr_opts = (options & VACOPT_SKIP_LOCKED) ? RVR_SKIP_LOCKED : 0;
-		relid = RangeVarGetRelidExtended(vrel->relation,
-										 AccessShareLock,
-										 rvr_opts,
-										 NULL, NULL);
-
-		/*
-		 * If the lock is unavailable, emit the same log statement that
-		 * vacuum_rel() and analyze_rel() would.
-		 */
-		if (!OidIsValid(relid))
+		if (!(options & VACOPT_SKIP_LOCKED))
 		{
-			if (options & VACOPT_VACUUM)
-				ereport(WARNING,
-						(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
-						 errmsg("skipping vacuum of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
-								vrel->relation->relname)));
-			else
-				ereport(WARNING,
-						(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
-						 errmsg("skipping analyze of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
+			relid = RangeVarGetRelidExtended(vrel->relation,
+											 AccessShareLock,
+											 0, NULL, NULL);
+			if (!OidIsValid(relid))
+				return vacrels;
+		}
+		else
+		{
+			/* Get relid for reporting before taking a lock */
+			relid = RangeVarGetRelid(vrel->relation, NoLock, false);
+
+			if (!ConditionalLockRelationOid(relid, AccessShareLock))
+			{
+				int	flags = 0;
+				/*
+				 * If the lock is unavailable, emit the same log statement that
+				 * vacuum_rel() and analyze_rel() would.
+				 */
+				if (options & VACOPT_VACUUM)
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping vacuum of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
 								vrel->relation->relname)));
-			return vacrels;
+				else
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping analyze of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
+									vrel->relation->relname)));
+
+				if ((options & VACOPT_VACUUM) != 0 && (options & VACOPT_FULL) == 0)
+					flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM;
+				if ((options & VACOPT_ANALYZE) != 0)
+					flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE;
+
+				pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(relid, flags);
+
+				return vacrels;
+			}
+
+			/*
+			 * Now that we have the lock, probe to see if the relation really
+			 * exists or not.
+			 */
+			if (!SearchSysCacheExists1(RELOID, ObjectIdGetDatum(relid)))
+			{
+				if (options & VACOPT_VACUUM)
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_UNDEFINED_TABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping vacuum of \"%s\" --- relation no longer exists",
+									vrel->relation->relname)));
+				else
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_UNDEFINED_TABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping analyze of \"%s\" --- relation no longer exists",
+									vrel->relation->relname)));
+
+				/* Release useless lock */
+				UnlockRelationOid(relid, AccessShareLock);
+
+				return vacrels;
+			}
 		}
 
 		/*
diff --git a/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c b/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c
index b2ca28f83ba..532d9023f8c 100644
--- a/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c
+++ b/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c
@@ -17,12 +17,14 @@
 
 #include "postgres.h"
 
+#include "access/htup_details.h"
 #include "access/twophase_rmgr.h"
 #include "access/xact.h"
 #include "catalog/catalog.h"
 #include "utils/memutils.h"
 #include "utils/pgstat_internal.h"
 #include "utils/rel.h"
+#include "utils/syscache.h"
 #include "utils/timestamp.h"
 
 
@@ -367,6 +369,68 @@ pgstat_report_analyze(Relation rel,
 	(void) pgstat_flush_backend(false, PGSTAT_BACKEND_FLUSH_IO);
 }
 
+/*
+ * Report that the table was skipped during vacuum or/and analyze.
+ */
+void
+pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(Oid relid, int flags)
+{
+	PgStat_EntryRef *entry_ref;
+	PgStatShared_Relation *shtabentry;
+	PgStat_StatTabEntry *tabentry;
+	TimestampTz ts;
+	HeapTuple	classTup;
+	bool		isshared;
+
+	if (!pgstat_track_counts || !flags)
+		return;
+
+	classTup = SearchSysCache1(RELOID, ObjectIdGetDatum(relid));
+	if (!HeapTupleIsValid(classTup))
+		return;			/* somebody deleted the rel, forget it */
+	isshared = ((Form_pg_class) GETSTRUCT(classTup))->relisshared;
+	ReleaseSysCache(classTup);
+
+	/* Store the data in the table's hash table entry. */
+	ts = GetCurrentTimestamp();
+
+	/* block acquiring lock for the same reason as pgstat_report_autovac() */
+	entry_ref = pgstat_get_entry_ref_locked(PGSTAT_KIND_RELATION,
+											isshared ? InvalidOid : MyDatabaseId,
+											relid, false);
+
+	shtabentry = (PgStatShared_Relation *) entry_ref->shared_stats;
+	tabentry = &shtabentry->stats;
+
+	if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM)
+	{
+		tabentry->last_skipped_vacuum_time = ts;
+		tabentry->skipped_vacuum_count++;
+	}
+	else if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOVACUUM)
+	{
+		tabentry->last_skipped_autovacuum_time = ts;
+		tabentry->skipped_autovacuum_count++;
+	}
+
+	if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE)
+	{
+		tabentry->last_skipped_analyze_time = ts;
+		tabentry->skipped_analyze_count++;
+	}
+	else if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOANALYZE)
+	{
+		tabentry->last_skipped_autoanalyze_time = ts;
+		tabentry->skipped_autoanalyze_count++;
+	}
+
+	pgstat_unlock_entry(entry_ref);
+
+	/* see pgstat_report_vacuum() */
+	pgstat_flush_io(false);
+	(void) pgstat_flush_backend(false, PGSTAT_BACKEND_FLUSH_IO);
+}
+
 /*
  * count a tuple insertion of n tuples
  */
diff --git a/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c b/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c
index 1408de387ea..90a8968faa0 100644
--- a/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c
+++ b/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c
@@ -84,6 +84,18 @@ PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(mod_since_analyze)
 /* pg_stat_get_numscans */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(numscans)
 
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_analyze_count)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_autoanalyze_count)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_autovacuum_count)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_vacuum_count)
+
 /* pg_stat_get_tuples_deleted */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(tuples_deleted)
 
@@ -170,6 +182,18 @@ PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_vacuum_time)
 /* pg_stat_get_lastscan */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(lastscan)
 
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_analyze_time)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_autoanalyze_time)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_autovacuum_time)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_vacuum_time)
+
 /* pg_stat_get_stat_reset_time */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(stat_reset_time)
 
diff --git a/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat b/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat
index fa9ae79082b..32debb34863 100644
--- a/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat
+++ b/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat
@@ -5680,6 +5680,38 @@
   proargmodes => '{o,o,o,o,o,o,o,o,o,o}',
   proargnames => '{oid,score,xid_score,mxid_score,vacuum_score,vacuum_insert_score,analyze_score,do_vacuum,do_analyze,for_wraparound}',
   prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_autovacuum_scores' },
+{ oid => '8142', descr => 'statistics: last skipped vacuum time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time' },
+{ oid => '8143', descr => 'statistics: last skipped auto vacuum time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time' },
+{ oid => '8144', descr => 'statistics: last skipped analyze time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time' },
+{ oid => '8145', descr => 'statistics: last skipped auto analyze time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time' },
+{ oid => '8146', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped vacuum for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count' },
+{ oid => '8147', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped auto vacuum for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count' },
+{ oid => '8148', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped analyzes for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count' },
+{ oid => '8149', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped auto analyzes for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count' },
 { oid => '1936', descr => 'statistics: currently active backend IDs',
   proname => 'pg_stat_get_backend_idset', prorows => '100', proretset => 't',
   provolatile => 's', proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int4',
diff --git a/src/include/pgstat.h b/src/include/pgstat.h
index dfa2e837638..98941f953d1 100644
--- a/src/include/pgstat.h
+++ b/src/include/pgstat.h
@@ -479,6 +479,15 @@ typedef struct PgStat_StatTabEntry
 	TimestampTz last_autoanalyze_time;	/* autovacuum initiated */
 	PgStat_Counter autoanalyze_count;
 
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_vacuum_time;	/* user initiated vacuum */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_vacuum_count;
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_autovacuum_time;	/* autovacuum initiated */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_autovacuum_count;
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_analyze_time;	/* user initiated */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_analyze_count;
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_autoanalyze_time;	/* autovacuum initiated */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_autoanalyze_count;
+
 	PgStat_Counter total_vacuum_time;	/* times in milliseconds */
 	PgStat_Counter total_autovacuum_time;
 	PgStat_Counter total_analyze_time;
@@ -703,6 +712,13 @@ extern void pgstat_report_analyze(Relation rel,
 								  PgStat_Counter livetuples, PgStat_Counter deadtuples,
 								  bool resetcounter, TimestampTz starttime);
 
+/* flags for pgstat_flush_backend() */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM		(1 << 0)	/* vacuum is skipped */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE		(1 << 1)	/* analyze is skipped */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOVACUUM	(1 << 2)	/* autovacuum is skipped */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOANALYZE	(1 << 3)	/* autoanalyze is skipped */
+extern void pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(Oid relid, int flags);
+
 /*
  * If stats are enabled, but pending data hasn't been prepared yet, call
  * pgstat_assoc_relation() to do so. See its comment for why this is done
diff --git a/src/test/isolation/expected/vacuum-skip-locked.out b/src/test/isolation/expected/vacuum-skip-locked.out
index 99db281a159..e2cff175b7c 100644
--- a/src/test/isolation/expected/vacuum-skip-locked.out
+++ b/src/test/isolation/expected/vacuum-skip-locked.out
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 Parsed test spec with 2 sessions
 
-starting permutation: lock_share vac_specified commit
+starting permutation: lock_share vac_specified commit check_stat
 step lock_share: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN SHARE MODE;
@@ -10,8 +10,22 @@ step vac_specified: VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED) part1, part2;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
 
-starting permutation: lock_share vac_all_parts commit
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   1|            0|                    0
+part2  |           1|                   0|            0|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
+
+starting permutation: lock_share vac_all_parts commit check_stat
 step lock_share: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN SHARE MODE;
@@ -20,8 +34,22 @@ step vac_all_parts: VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED) parted;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   1|            0|                    0
+part2  |           1|                   0|            0|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
 
-starting permutation: lock_share analyze_specified commit
+starting permutation: lock_share analyze_specified commit check_stat
 step lock_share: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN SHARE MODE;
@@ -31,8 +59,22 @@ step analyze_specified: ANALYZE (SKIP_LOCKED) part1, part2;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
 
-starting permutation: lock_share analyze_all_parts commit
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   0|            0|                    1
+part2  |           0|                   0|            1|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
+
+starting permutation: lock_share analyze_all_parts commit check_stat
 step lock_share: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN SHARE MODE;
@@ -41,8 +83,22 @@ step analyze_all_parts: ANALYZE (SKIP_LOCKED) parted;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            1|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   0|            0|                    1
+part2  |           0|                   0|            1|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
 
-starting permutation: lock_share vac_analyze_specified commit
+starting permutation: lock_share vac_analyze_specified commit check_stat
 step lock_share: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN SHARE MODE;
@@ -52,8 +108,22 @@ step vac_analyze_specified: VACUUM (ANALYZE, SKIP_LOCKED) part1, part2;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
 
-starting permutation: lock_share vac_analyze_all_parts commit
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   1|            0|                    1
+part2  |           1|                   0|            1|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
+
+starting permutation: lock_share vac_analyze_all_parts commit check_stat
 step lock_share: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN SHARE MODE;
@@ -62,8 +132,22 @@ step vac_analyze_all_parts: VACUUM (ANALYZE, SKIP_LOCKED) parted;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            1|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   1|            0|                    1
+part2  |           1|                   0|            1|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
 
-starting permutation: lock_share vac_full_specified commit
+starting permutation: lock_share vac_full_specified commit check_stat
 step lock_share: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN SHARE MODE;
@@ -73,8 +157,22 @@ step vac_full_specified: VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED, FULL) part1, part2;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
 
-starting permutation: lock_share vac_full_all_parts commit
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part2  |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
+
+starting permutation: lock_share vac_full_all_parts commit check_stat
 step lock_share: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN SHARE MODE;
@@ -83,8 +181,22 @@ step vac_full_all_parts: VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED, FULL) parted;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part2  |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+(3 rows)
 
-starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_specified commit
+
+starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_specified commit check_stat
 step lock_access_exclusive: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN ACCESS EXCLUSIVE MODE;
@@ -94,8 +206,22 @@ step vac_specified: VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED) part1, part2;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   1|            0|                    0
+part2  |           1|                   0|            0|                    0
+(3 rows)
 
-starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_all_parts commit
+
+starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_all_parts commit check_stat
 step lock_access_exclusive: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN ACCESS EXCLUSIVE MODE;
@@ -104,8 +230,22 @@ step vac_all_parts: VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED) parted;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   1|            0|                    0
+part2  |           1|                   0|            0|                    0
+(3 rows)
 
-starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive analyze_specified commit
+
+starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive analyze_specified commit check_stat
 step lock_access_exclusive: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN ACCESS EXCLUSIVE MODE;
@@ -115,8 +255,22 @@ step analyze_specified: ANALYZE (SKIP_LOCKED) part1, part2;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   0|            0|                    1
+part2  |           0|                   0|            1|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
 
-starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive analyze_all_parts commit
+starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive analyze_all_parts commit check_stat
 step lock_access_exclusive: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN ACCESS EXCLUSIVE MODE;
@@ -126,8 +280,22 @@ step commit:
 	COMMIT;
 
 step analyze_all_parts: <... completed>
-
-starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_analyze_specified commit
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            1|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   0|            1|                    0
+part2  |           0|                   0|            1|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
+
+starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_analyze_specified commit check_stat
 step lock_access_exclusive: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN ACCESS EXCLUSIVE MODE;
@@ -137,8 +305,22 @@ step vac_analyze_specified: VACUUM (ANALYZE, SKIP_LOCKED) part1, part2;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   1|            0|                    1
+part2  |           1|                   0|            1|                    0
+(3 rows)
 
-starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_analyze_all_parts commit
+
+starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_analyze_all_parts commit check_stat
 step lock_access_exclusive: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN ACCESS EXCLUSIVE MODE;
@@ -148,8 +330,22 @@ step commit:
 	COMMIT;
 
 step vac_analyze_all_parts: <... completed>
-
-starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_full_specified commit
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            1|                    0
+part1  |           1|                   0|            1|                    0
+part2  |           1|                   0|            1|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
+
+starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_full_specified commit check_stat
 step lock_access_exclusive: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN ACCESS EXCLUSIVE MODE;
@@ -159,8 +355,22 @@ step vac_full_specified: VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED, FULL) part1, part2;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
 
-starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_full_all_parts commit
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part2  |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
+
+starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_full_all_parts commit check_stat
 step lock_access_exclusive: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN ACCESS EXCLUSIVE MODE;
@@ -169,3 +379,17 @@ step vac_full_all_parts: VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED, FULL) parted;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part2  |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
diff --git a/src/test/isolation/specs/vacuum-skip-locked.spec b/src/test/isolation/specs/vacuum-skip-locked.spec
index 3fad6e1c92a..b0da75d4b6d 100644
--- a/src/test/isolation/specs/vacuum-skip-locked.spec
+++ b/src/test/isolation/specs/vacuum-skip-locked.spec
@@ -33,6 +33,15 @@ step commit
 	COMMIT;
 }
 
+step check_stat
+{
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+}
+
 session s2
 step vac_specified			{ VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED) part1, part2; }
 step vac_all_parts			{ VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED) parted; }
@@ -43,19 +52,19 @@ step vac_analyze_all_parts	{ VACUUM (ANALYZE, SKIP_LOCKED) parted; }
 step vac_full_specified		{ VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED, FULL) part1, part2; }
 step vac_full_all_parts		{ VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED, FULL) parted; }
 
-permutation lock_share vac_specified commit
-permutation lock_share vac_all_parts commit
-permutation lock_share analyze_specified commit
-permutation lock_share analyze_all_parts commit
-permutation lock_share vac_analyze_specified commit
-permutation lock_share vac_analyze_all_parts commit
-permutation lock_share vac_full_specified commit
-permutation lock_share vac_full_all_parts commit
-permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_specified commit
-permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_all_parts commit
-permutation lock_access_exclusive analyze_specified commit
-permutation lock_access_exclusive analyze_all_parts commit
-permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_analyze_specified commit
-permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_analyze_all_parts commit
-permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_full_specified commit
-permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_full_all_parts commit
+permutation lock_share vac_specified commit check_stat
+permutation lock_share vac_all_parts commit check_stat
+permutation lock_share analyze_specified commit check_stat
+permutation lock_share analyze_all_parts commit check_stat
+permutation lock_share vac_analyze_specified commit check_stat
+permutation lock_share vac_analyze_all_parts commit check_stat
+permutation lock_share vac_full_specified commit check_stat
+permutation lock_share vac_full_all_parts commit check_stat
+permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_specified commit check_stat
+permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_all_parts commit check_stat
+permutation lock_access_exclusive analyze_specified commit check_stat
+permutation lock_access_exclusive analyze_all_parts commit check_stat
+permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_analyze_specified commit check_stat
+permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_analyze_all_parts commit check_stat
+permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_full_specified commit check_stat
+permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_full_all_parts commit check_stat
diff --git a/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out b/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out
index a65a5bf0c4f..9b2075d3373 100644
--- a/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out
+++ b/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out
@@ -1835,13 +1835,21 @@ pg_stat_all_tables| SELECT c.oid AS relid,
     pg_stat_get_mod_since_analyze(c.oid) AS n_mod_since_analyze,
     pg_stat_get_ins_since_vacuum(c.oid) AS n_ins_since_vacuum,
     pg_stat_get_last_vacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_vacuum,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_vacuum,
     pg_stat_get_last_autovacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_autovacuum,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_autovacuum,
     pg_stat_get_last_analyze_time(c.oid) AS last_analyze,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_analyze,
     pg_stat_get_last_autoanalyze_time(c.oid) AS last_autoanalyze,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_autoanalyze,
     pg_stat_get_vacuum_count(c.oid) AS vacuum_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count(c.oid) AS skipped_vacuum_count,
     pg_stat_get_autovacuum_count(c.oid) AS autovacuum_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count(c.oid) AS skipped_autovacuum_count,
     pg_stat_get_analyze_count(c.oid) AS analyze_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count(c.oid) AS skipped_analyze_count,
     pg_stat_get_autoanalyze_count(c.oid) AS autoanalyze_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count(c.oid) AS skipped_autoanalyze_count,
     pg_stat_get_total_vacuum_time(c.oid) AS total_vacuum_time,
     pg_stat_get_total_autovacuum_time(c.oid) AS total_autovacuum_time,
     pg_stat_get_total_analyze_time(c.oid) AS total_analyze_time,
@@ -2346,13 +2354,21 @@ pg_stat_sys_tables| SELECT relid,
     n_mod_since_analyze,
     n_ins_since_vacuum,
     last_vacuum,
+    last_skipped_vacuum,
     last_autovacuum,
+    last_skipped_autovacuum,
     last_analyze,
+    last_skipped_analyze,
     last_autoanalyze,
+    last_skipped_autoanalyze,
     vacuum_count,
+    skipped_vacuum_count,
     autovacuum_count,
+    skipped_autovacuum_count,
     analyze_count,
+    skipped_analyze_count,
     autoanalyze_count,
+    skipped_autoanalyze_count,
     total_vacuum_time,
     total_autovacuum_time,
     total_analyze_time,
@@ -2401,13 +2417,21 @@ pg_stat_user_tables| SELECT relid,
     n_mod_since_analyze,
     n_ins_since_vacuum,
     last_vacuum,
+    last_skipped_vacuum,
     last_autovacuum,
+    last_skipped_autovacuum,
     last_analyze,
+    last_skipped_analyze,
     last_autoanalyze,
+    last_skipped_autoanalyze,
     vacuum_count,
+    skipped_vacuum_count,
     autovacuum_count,
+    skipped_autovacuum_count,
     analyze_count,
+    skipped_analyze_count,
     autoanalyze_count,
+    skipped_autoanalyze_count,
     total_vacuum_time,
     total_autovacuum_time,
     total_analyze_time,
-- 
2.43.0


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* [PATCH v4] Track skipped vacuum and analyze activity per relation
@ 2026-03-24 04:09 Yugo Nagata <[email protected]>
  0 siblings, 0 replies; 374+ messages in thread

From: Yugo Nagata @ 2026-03-24 04:09 UTC (permalink / raw)

This commit adds eight fields to the relation statistics that track
the last time vacuum or analyze has been attempted but skipped due to
lock unavailability, along with their counts:

-    last_skipped_vacuum
-    last_skipped_autovacuum
-    last_skipped_analyze
-    last_skipped_autoanalyze
-    skipped_vacuum_count
-    skipped_autovacuum_count
-    skipped_analyze_count
-    skipped_autoanalyze_count

These field can help users confirm that autovacuum is actively attempting
to run on a table that has not been vacuumed or analyzed for a long time,
and that the lack of progress is due to repeated skips rather than inactivity.
---
 doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml                 |  88 ++++++++++++++++
 src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql         |   8 ++
 src/backend/commands/vacuum.c                | 102 ++++++++++++++-----
 src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c |  64 ++++++++++++
 src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c          |  24 +++++
 src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat              |  32 ++++++
 src/include/pgstat.h                         |  16 +++
 src/test/regress/expected/rules.out          |  24 +++++
 8 files changed, 335 insertions(+), 23 deletions(-)

diff --git a/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml b/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml
index 08d5b824552..a9b579d87a9 100644
--- a/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml
+++ b/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml
@@ -4387,6 +4387,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_vacuum</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time a manual vacuum on this table was attempted but skipped due to
+       lock unavailability (not counting <command>VACUUM FULL</command>)
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>last_autovacuum</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
@@ -4397,6 +4407,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_autovacuum</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time a vacuum on this table by the autovacuum daemon was attempted
+       but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>last_analyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
@@ -4406,6 +4426,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_analyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time a manual analyze on this table was attempted but skipped due to
+       lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>last_autoanalyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
@@ -4416,6 +4446,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_autoanalyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time at which an analyze on this table by the autovacuum was
+       attempted but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>vacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4426,6 +4466,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_vacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times manual vacuums on this table have been attempted but skipped
+       due to lock unavailability (not counting <command>VACUUM FULL</command>)
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>autovacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4436,6 +4486,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_autovacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times vacuums on this table by the autovacuum daemon have been
+       attempted but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>analyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4445,6 +4505,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_analyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times manual analyzes on this table have been attempted but
+       skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>autoanalyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4455,6 +4525,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_autoanalyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times analyzes on this table by the autovacuum daemon have
+       been attempted but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>total_vacuum_time</structfield> <type>double precision</type>
@@ -4510,6 +4590,14 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
    </tgroup>
   </table>
 
+  <note>
+   <para>
+    When a manual vacuum or analyze on a parent table in an inheritance or
+    partitioning hierarchy is skipped, the statistics are recorded only for
+    the parent table, not for its children.
+   </para>
+  </note>
+
  </sect2>
 
  <sect2 id="monitoring-pg-stat-autovacuum-scores-view">
diff --git a/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql b/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql
index 73a1c1c4670..f509fc7876b 100644
--- a/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql
+++ b/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql
@@ -736,13 +736,21 @@ CREATE VIEW pg_stat_all_tables AS
             pg_stat_get_mod_since_analyze(C.oid) AS n_mod_since_analyze,
             pg_stat_get_ins_since_vacuum(C.oid) AS n_ins_since_vacuum,
             pg_stat_get_last_vacuum_time(C.oid) as last_vacuum,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_vacuum,
             pg_stat_get_last_autovacuum_time(C.oid) as last_autovacuum,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_autovacuum,
             pg_stat_get_last_analyze_time(C.oid) as last_analyze,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_analyze,
             pg_stat_get_last_autoanalyze_time(C.oid) as last_autoanalyze,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_autoanalyze,
             pg_stat_get_vacuum_count(C.oid) AS vacuum_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count(C.oid) AS skipped_vacuum_count,
             pg_stat_get_autovacuum_count(C.oid) AS autovacuum_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count(C.oid) AS skipped_autovacuum_count,
             pg_stat_get_analyze_count(C.oid) AS analyze_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count(C.oid) AS skipped_analyze_count,
             pg_stat_get_autoanalyze_count(C.oid) AS autoanalyze_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count(C.oid) AS skipped_autoanalyze_count,
             pg_stat_get_total_vacuum_time(C.oid) AS total_vacuum_time,
             pg_stat_get_total_autovacuum_time(C.oid) AS total_autovacuum_time,
             pg_stat_get_total_analyze_time(C.oid) AS total_analyze_time,
diff --git a/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c b/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c
index 99d0db82ed7..97cd5ea8d10 100644
--- a/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c
+++ b/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c
@@ -793,8 +793,25 @@ vacuum_open_relation(Oid relid, RangeVar *relation, uint32 options,
 		rel = try_relation_open(relid, NoLock);
 	else
 	{
+		int flags = 0;
 		rel = NULL;
 		rel_lock = false;
+
+		if ((options & VACOPT_VACUUM) != 0)
+		{
+			if (AmAutoVacuumWorkerProcess())
+				flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOVACUUM;
+			else
+				flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM;
+		}
+		if ((options & VACOPT_ANALYZE) != 0)
+		{
+			if (AmAutoVacuumWorkerProcess())
+				flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOANALYZE;
+			else
+				flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE;
+		}
+		pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(relid, flags);
 	}
 
 	/* if relation is opened, leave */
@@ -802,7 +819,7 @@ vacuum_open_relation(Oid relid, RangeVar *relation, uint32 options,
 		return rel;
 
 	/*
-	 * Relation could not be opened, hence generate if possible a log
+	 * Relation could not be opened hence generate if possible a log
 	 * informing on the situation.
 	 *
 	 * If the RangeVar is not defined, we do not have enough information to
@@ -905,7 +922,6 @@ expand_vacuum_rel(VacuumRelation *vrel, MemoryContext vac_context,
 		Form_pg_class classForm;
 		bool		include_children;
 		bool		is_partitioned_table;
-		int			rvr_opts;
 
 		/*
 		 * Since autovacuum workers supply OIDs when calling vacuum(), no
@@ -918,29 +934,69 @@ expand_vacuum_rel(VacuumRelation *vrel, MemoryContext vac_context,
 		 * below, as well as find_all_inheritors's expectation that the caller
 		 * holds some lock on the starting relation.
 		 */
-		rvr_opts = (options & VACOPT_SKIP_LOCKED) ? RVR_SKIP_LOCKED : 0;
-		relid = RangeVarGetRelidExtended(vrel->relation,
-										 AccessShareLock,
-										 rvr_opts,
-										 NULL, NULL);
-
-		/*
-		 * If the lock is unavailable, emit the same log statement that
-		 * vacuum_rel() and analyze_rel() would.
-		 */
-		if (!OidIsValid(relid))
+		if (!(options & VACOPT_SKIP_LOCKED))
 		{
-			if (options & VACOPT_VACUUM)
-				ereport(WARNING,
-						(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
-						 errmsg("skipping vacuum of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
-								vrel->relation->relname)));
-			else
-				ereport(WARNING,
-						(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
-						 errmsg("skipping analyze of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
+			relid = RangeVarGetRelidExtended(vrel->relation,
+											 AccessShareLock,
+											 0, NULL, NULL);
+			if (!OidIsValid(relid))
+				return vacrels;
+		}
+		else
+		{
+			/* Get relid for reporting before taking a lock */
+			relid = RangeVarGetRelid(vrel->relation, NoLock, false);
+
+			if (!ConditionalLockRelationOid(relid, AccessShareLock))
+			{
+				int	flags = 0;
+				/*
+				 * If the lock is unavailable, emit the same log statement that
+				 * vacuum_rel() and analyze_rel() would.
+				 */
+				if (options & VACOPT_VACUUM)
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping vacuum of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
 								vrel->relation->relname)));
-			return vacrels;
+				else
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping analyze of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
+									vrel->relation->relname)));
+
+				if ((options & VACOPT_VACUUM) != 0)
+					flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM;
+				if ((options & VACOPT_ANALYZE) != 0)
+					flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE;
+
+				pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(relid, flags);
+
+				return vacrels;
+			}
+
+			/*
+			 * Now that we have the lock, probe to see if the relation really
+			 * exists or not.
+			 */
+			if (!SearchSysCacheExists1(RELOID, ObjectIdGetDatum(relid)))
+			{
+				if (options & VACOPT_VACUUM)
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_UNDEFINED_TABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping vacuum of \"%s\" --- relation no longer exists",
+									vrel->relation->relname)));
+				else
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_UNDEFINED_TABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping analyze of \"%s\" --- relation no longer exists",
+									vrel->relation->relname)));
+
+				/* Release useless lock */
+				UnlockRelationOid(relid, AccessShareLock);
+
+				return vacrels;
+			}
 		}
 
 		/*
diff --git a/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c b/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c
index b2ca28f83ba..532d9023f8c 100644
--- a/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c
+++ b/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c
@@ -17,12 +17,14 @@
 
 #include "postgres.h"
 
+#include "access/htup_details.h"
 #include "access/twophase_rmgr.h"
 #include "access/xact.h"
 #include "catalog/catalog.h"
 #include "utils/memutils.h"
 #include "utils/pgstat_internal.h"
 #include "utils/rel.h"
+#include "utils/syscache.h"
 #include "utils/timestamp.h"
 
 
@@ -367,6 +369,68 @@ pgstat_report_analyze(Relation rel,
 	(void) pgstat_flush_backend(false, PGSTAT_BACKEND_FLUSH_IO);
 }
 
+/*
+ * Report that the table was skipped during vacuum or/and analyze.
+ */
+void
+pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(Oid relid, int flags)
+{
+	PgStat_EntryRef *entry_ref;
+	PgStatShared_Relation *shtabentry;
+	PgStat_StatTabEntry *tabentry;
+	TimestampTz ts;
+	HeapTuple	classTup;
+	bool		isshared;
+
+	if (!pgstat_track_counts || !flags)
+		return;
+
+	classTup = SearchSysCache1(RELOID, ObjectIdGetDatum(relid));
+	if (!HeapTupleIsValid(classTup))
+		return;			/* somebody deleted the rel, forget it */
+	isshared = ((Form_pg_class) GETSTRUCT(classTup))->relisshared;
+	ReleaseSysCache(classTup);
+
+	/* Store the data in the table's hash table entry. */
+	ts = GetCurrentTimestamp();
+
+	/* block acquiring lock for the same reason as pgstat_report_autovac() */
+	entry_ref = pgstat_get_entry_ref_locked(PGSTAT_KIND_RELATION,
+											isshared ? InvalidOid : MyDatabaseId,
+											relid, false);
+
+	shtabentry = (PgStatShared_Relation *) entry_ref->shared_stats;
+	tabentry = &shtabentry->stats;
+
+	if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM)
+	{
+		tabentry->last_skipped_vacuum_time = ts;
+		tabentry->skipped_vacuum_count++;
+	}
+	else if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOVACUUM)
+	{
+		tabentry->last_skipped_autovacuum_time = ts;
+		tabentry->skipped_autovacuum_count++;
+	}
+
+	if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE)
+	{
+		tabentry->last_skipped_analyze_time = ts;
+		tabentry->skipped_analyze_count++;
+	}
+	else if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOANALYZE)
+	{
+		tabentry->last_skipped_autoanalyze_time = ts;
+		tabentry->skipped_autoanalyze_count++;
+	}
+
+	pgstat_unlock_entry(entry_ref);
+
+	/* see pgstat_report_vacuum() */
+	pgstat_flush_io(false);
+	(void) pgstat_flush_backend(false, PGSTAT_BACKEND_FLUSH_IO);
+}
+
 /*
  * count a tuple insertion of n tuples
  */
diff --git a/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c b/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c
index 1408de387ea..90a8968faa0 100644
--- a/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c
+++ b/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c
@@ -84,6 +84,18 @@ PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(mod_since_analyze)
 /* pg_stat_get_numscans */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(numscans)
 
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_analyze_count)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_autoanalyze_count)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_autovacuum_count)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_vacuum_count)
+
 /* pg_stat_get_tuples_deleted */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(tuples_deleted)
 
@@ -170,6 +182,18 @@ PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_vacuum_time)
 /* pg_stat_get_lastscan */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(lastscan)
 
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_analyze_time)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_autoanalyze_time)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_autovacuum_time)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_vacuum_time)
+
 /* pg_stat_get_stat_reset_time */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(stat_reset_time)
 
diff --git a/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat b/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat
index fa9ae79082b..32debb34863 100644
--- a/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat
+++ b/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat
@@ -5680,6 +5680,38 @@
   proargmodes => '{o,o,o,o,o,o,o,o,o,o}',
   proargnames => '{oid,score,xid_score,mxid_score,vacuum_score,vacuum_insert_score,analyze_score,do_vacuum,do_analyze,for_wraparound}',
   prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_autovacuum_scores' },
+{ oid => '8142', descr => 'statistics: last skipped vacuum time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time' },
+{ oid => '8143', descr => 'statistics: last skipped auto vacuum time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time' },
+{ oid => '8144', descr => 'statistics: last skipped analyze time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time' },
+{ oid => '8145', descr => 'statistics: last skipped auto analyze time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time' },
+{ oid => '8146', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped vacuum for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count' },
+{ oid => '8147', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped auto vacuum for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count' },
+{ oid => '8148', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped analyzes for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count' },
+{ oid => '8149', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped auto analyzes for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count' },
 { oid => '1936', descr => 'statistics: currently active backend IDs',
   proname => 'pg_stat_get_backend_idset', prorows => '100', proretset => 't',
   provolatile => 's', proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int4',
diff --git a/src/include/pgstat.h b/src/include/pgstat.h
index dfa2e837638..98941f953d1 100644
--- a/src/include/pgstat.h
+++ b/src/include/pgstat.h
@@ -479,6 +479,15 @@ typedef struct PgStat_StatTabEntry
 	TimestampTz last_autoanalyze_time;	/* autovacuum initiated */
 	PgStat_Counter autoanalyze_count;
 
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_vacuum_time;	/* user initiated vacuum */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_vacuum_count;
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_autovacuum_time;	/* autovacuum initiated */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_autovacuum_count;
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_analyze_time;	/* user initiated */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_analyze_count;
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_autoanalyze_time;	/* autovacuum initiated */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_autoanalyze_count;
+
 	PgStat_Counter total_vacuum_time;	/* times in milliseconds */
 	PgStat_Counter total_autovacuum_time;
 	PgStat_Counter total_analyze_time;
@@ -703,6 +712,13 @@ extern void pgstat_report_analyze(Relation rel,
 								  PgStat_Counter livetuples, PgStat_Counter deadtuples,
 								  bool resetcounter, TimestampTz starttime);
 
+/* flags for pgstat_flush_backend() */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM		(1 << 0)	/* vacuum is skipped */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE		(1 << 1)	/* analyze is skipped */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOVACUUM	(1 << 2)	/* autovacuum is skipped */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOANALYZE	(1 << 3)	/* autoanalyze is skipped */
+extern void pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(Oid relid, int flags);
+
 /*
  * If stats are enabled, but pending data hasn't been prepared yet, call
  * pgstat_assoc_relation() to do so. See its comment for why this is done
diff --git a/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out b/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out
index a65a5bf0c4f..9b2075d3373 100644
--- a/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out
+++ b/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out
@@ -1835,13 +1835,21 @@ pg_stat_all_tables| SELECT c.oid AS relid,
     pg_stat_get_mod_since_analyze(c.oid) AS n_mod_since_analyze,
     pg_stat_get_ins_since_vacuum(c.oid) AS n_ins_since_vacuum,
     pg_stat_get_last_vacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_vacuum,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_vacuum,
     pg_stat_get_last_autovacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_autovacuum,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_autovacuum,
     pg_stat_get_last_analyze_time(c.oid) AS last_analyze,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_analyze,
     pg_stat_get_last_autoanalyze_time(c.oid) AS last_autoanalyze,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_autoanalyze,
     pg_stat_get_vacuum_count(c.oid) AS vacuum_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count(c.oid) AS skipped_vacuum_count,
     pg_stat_get_autovacuum_count(c.oid) AS autovacuum_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count(c.oid) AS skipped_autovacuum_count,
     pg_stat_get_analyze_count(c.oid) AS analyze_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count(c.oid) AS skipped_analyze_count,
     pg_stat_get_autoanalyze_count(c.oid) AS autoanalyze_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count(c.oid) AS skipped_autoanalyze_count,
     pg_stat_get_total_vacuum_time(c.oid) AS total_vacuum_time,
     pg_stat_get_total_autovacuum_time(c.oid) AS total_autovacuum_time,
     pg_stat_get_total_analyze_time(c.oid) AS total_analyze_time,
@@ -2346,13 +2354,21 @@ pg_stat_sys_tables| SELECT relid,
     n_mod_since_analyze,
     n_ins_since_vacuum,
     last_vacuum,
+    last_skipped_vacuum,
     last_autovacuum,
+    last_skipped_autovacuum,
     last_analyze,
+    last_skipped_analyze,
     last_autoanalyze,
+    last_skipped_autoanalyze,
     vacuum_count,
+    skipped_vacuum_count,
     autovacuum_count,
+    skipped_autovacuum_count,
     analyze_count,
+    skipped_analyze_count,
     autoanalyze_count,
+    skipped_autoanalyze_count,
     total_vacuum_time,
     total_autovacuum_time,
     total_analyze_time,
@@ -2401,13 +2417,21 @@ pg_stat_user_tables| SELECT relid,
     n_mod_since_analyze,
     n_ins_since_vacuum,
     last_vacuum,
+    last_skipped_vacuum,
     last_autovacuum,
+    last_skipped_autovacuum,
     last_analyze,
+    last_skipped_analyze,
     last_autoanalyze,
+    last_skipped_autoanalyze,
     vacuum_count,
+    skipped_vacuum_count,
     autovacuum_count,
+    skipped_autovacuum_count,
     analyze_count,
+    skipped_analyze_count,
     autoanalyze_count,
+    skipped_autoanalyze_count,
     total_vacuum_time,
     total_autovacuum_time,
     total_analyze_time,
-- 
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* [PATCH v5] Track skipped vacuum and analyze activity per relation
@ 2026-03-24 04:09 Yugo Nagata <[email protected]>
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From: Yugo Nagata @ 2026-03-24 04:09 UTC (permalink / raw)

This commit adds eight fields to the relation statistics that track
the last time vacuum or analyze has been attempted but skipped due to
lock unavailability, along with their counts:

-    last_skipped_vacuum
-    last_skipped_autovacuum
-    last_skipped_analyze
-    last_skipped_autoanalyze
-    skipped_vacuum_count
-    skipped_autovacuum_count
-    skipped_analyze_count
-    skipped_autoanalyze_count

These field can help users confirm that autovacuum is actively attempting
to run on a table that has not been vacuumed or analyzed for a long time,
and that the lack of progress is due to repeated skips rather than inactivity.
---
 doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml                  |  88 ++++++
 src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql          |   8 +
 src/backend/commands/vacuum.c                 | 100 +++++--
 src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c  |  64 +++++
 src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c           |  24 ++
 src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat               |  32 +++
 src/include/pgstat.h                          |  16 ++
 .../isolation/expected/vacuum-skip-locked.out | 260 ++++++++++++++++--
 .../isolation/specs/vacuum-skip-locked.spec   |  41 +--
 src/test/regress/expected/rules.out           |  24 ++
 10 files changed, 601 insertions(+), 56 deletions(-)

diff --git a/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml b/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml
index 08d5b824552..a9b579d87a9 100644
--- a/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml
+++ b/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml
@@ -4387,6 +4387,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_vacuum</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time a manual vacuum on this table was attempted but skipped due to
+       lock unavailability (not counting <command>VACUUM FULL</command>)
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>last_autovacuum</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
@@ -4397,6 +4407,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_autovacuum</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time a vacuum on this table by the autovacuum daemon was attempted
+       but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>last_analyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
@@ -4406,6 +4426,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_analyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time a manual analyze on this table was attempted but skipped due to
+       lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>last_autoanalyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
@@ -4416,6 +4446,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_autoanalyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time at which an analyze on this table by the autovacuum was
+       attempted but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>vacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4426,6 +4466,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_vacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times manual vacuums on this table have been attempted but skipped
+       due to lock unavailability (not counting <command>VACUUM FULL</command>)
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>autovacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4436,6 +4486,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_autovacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times vacuums on this table by the autovacuum daemon have been
+       attempted but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>analyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4445,6 +4505,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_analyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times manual analyzes on this table have been attempted but
+       skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>autoanalyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4455,6 +4525,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_autoanalyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times analyzes on this table by the autovacuum daemon have
+       been attempted but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>total_vacuum_time</structfield> <type>double precision</type>
@@ -4510,6 +4590,14 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
    </tgroup>
   </table>
 
+  <note>
+   <para>
+    When a manual vacuum or analyze on a parent table in an inheritance or
+    partitioning hierarchy is skipped, the statistics are recorded only for
+    the parent table, not for its children.
+   </para>
+  </note>
+
  </sect2>
 
  <sect2 id="monitoring-pg-stat-autovacuum-scores-view">
diff --git a/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql b/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql
index 73a1c1c4670..f509fc7876b 100644
--- a/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql
+++ b/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql
@@ -736,13 +736,21 @@ CREATE VIEW pg_stat_all_tables AS
             pg_stat_get_mod_since_analyze(C.oid) AS n_mod_since_analyze,
             pg_stat_get_ins_since_vacuum(C.oid) AS n_ins_since_vacuum,
             pg_stat_get_last_vacuum_time(C.oid) as last_vacuum,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_vacuum,
             pg_stat_get_last_autovacuum_time(C.oid) as last_autovacuum,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_autovacuum,
             pg_stat_get_last_analyze_time(C.oid) as last_analyze,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_analyze,
             pg_stat_get_last_autoanalyze_time(C.oid) as last_autoanalyze,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_autoanalyze,
             pg_stat_get_vacuum_count(C.oid) AS vacuum_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count(C.oid) AS skipped_vacuum_count,
             pg_stat_get_autovacuum_count(C.oid) AS autovacuum_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count(C.oid) AS skipped_autovacuum_count,
             pg_stat_get_analyze_count(C.oid) AS analyze_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count(C.oid) AS skipped_analyze_count,
             pg_stat_get_autoanalyze_count(C.oid) AS autoanalyze_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count(C.oid) AS skipped_autoanalyze_count,
             pg_stat_get_total_vacuum_time(C.oid) AS total_vacuum_time,
             pg_stat_get_total_autovacuum_time(C.oid) AS total_autovacuum_time,
             pg_stat_get_total_analyze_time(C.oid) AS total_analyze_time,
diff --git a/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c b/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c
index 99d0db82ed7..df6526225e4 100644
--- a/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c
+++ b/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c
@@ -793,8 +793,25 @@ vacuum_open_relation(Oid relid, RangeVar *relation, uint32 options,
 		rel = try_relation_open(relid, NoLock);
 	else
 	{
+		int flags = 0;
 		rel = NULL;
 		rel_lock = false;
+
+		if ((options & VACOPT_VACUUM) != 0 && (options & VACOPT_FULL) == 0)
+		{
+			if (AmAutoVacuumWorkerProcess())
+				flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOVACUUM;
+			else
+				flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM;
+		}
+		if ((options & VACOPT_ANALYZE) != 0)
+		{
+			if (AmAutoVacuumWorkerProcess())
+				flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOANALYZE;
+			else
+				flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE;
+		}
+		pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(relid, flags);
 	}
 
 	/* if relation is opened, leave */
@@ -905,7 +922,6 @@ expand_vacuum_rel(VacuumRelation *vrel, MemoryContext vac_context,
 		Form_pg_class classForm;
 		bool		include_children;
 		bool		is_partitioned_table;
-		int			rvr_opts;
 
 		/*
 		 * Since autovacuum workers supply OIDs when calling vacuum(), no
@@ -918,29 +934,69 @@ expand_vacuum_rel(VacuumRelation *vrel, MemoryContext vac_context,
 		 * below, as well as find_all_inheritors's expectation that the caller
 		 * holds some lock on the starting relation.
 		 */
-		rvr_opts = (options & VACOPT_SKIP_LOCKED) ? RVR_SKIP_LOCKED : 0;
-		relid = RangeVarGetRelidExtended(vrel->relation,
-										 AccessShareLock,
-										 rvr_opts,
-										 NULL, NULL);
-
-		/*
-		 * If the lock is unavailable, emit the same log statement that
-		 * vacuum_rel() and analyze_rel() would.
-		 */
-		if (!OidIsValid(relid))
+		if (!(options & VACOPT_SKIP_LOCKED))
 		{
-			if (options & VACOPT_VACUUM)
-				ereport(WARNING,
-						(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
-						 errmsg("skipping vacuum of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
-								vrel->relation->relname)));
-			else
-				ereport(WARNING,
-						(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
-						 errmsg("skipping analyze of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
+			relid = RangeVarGetRelidExtended(vrel->relation,
+											 AccessShareLock,
+											 0, NULL, NULL);
+			if (!OidIsValid(relid))
+				return vacrels;
+		}
+		else
+		{
+			/* Get relid for reporting before taking a lock */
+			relid = RangeVarGetRelid(vrel->relation, NoLock, false);
+
+			if (!ConditionalLockRelationOid(relid, AccessShareLock))
+			{
+				int	flags = 0;
+				/*
+				 * If the lock is unavailable, emit the same log statement that
+				 * vacuum_rel() and analyze_rel() would.
+				 */
+				if (options & VACOPT_VACUUM)
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping vacuum of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
 								vrel->relation->relname)));
-			return vacrels;
+				else
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping analyze of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
+									vrel->relation->relname)));
+
+				if ((options & VACOPT_VACUUM) != 0 && (options & VACOPT_FULL) == 0)
+					flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM;
+				if ((options & VACOPT_ANALYZE) != 0)
+					flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE;
+
+				pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(relid, flags);
+
+				return vacrels;
+			}
+
+			/*
+			 * Now that we have the lock, probe to see if the relation really
+			 * exists or not.
+			 */
+			if (!SearchSysCacheExists1(RELOID, ObjectIdGetDatum(relid)))
+			{
+				if (options & VACOPT_VACUUM)
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_UNDEFINED_TABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping vacuum of \"%s\" --- relation no longer exists",
+									vrel->relation->relname)));
+				else
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_UNDEFINED_TABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping analyze of \"%s\" --- relation no longer exists",
+									vrel->relation->relname)));
+
+				/* Release useless lock */
+				UnlockRelationOid(relid, AccessShareLock);
+
+				return vacrels;
+			}
 		}
 
 		/*
diff --git a/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c b/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c
index b2ca28f83ba..532d9023f8c 100644
--- a/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c
+++ b/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c
@@ -17,12 +17,14 @@
 
 #include "postgres.h"
 
+#include "access/htup_details.h"
 #include "access/twophase_rmgr.h"
 #include "access/xact.h"
 #include "catalog/catalog.h"
 #include "utils/memutils.h"
 #include "utils/pgstat_internal.h"
 #include "utils/rel.h"
+#include "utils/syscache.h"
 #include "utils/timestamp.h"
 
 
@@ -367,6 +369,68 @@ pgstat_report_analyze(Relation rel,
 	(void) pgstat_flush_backend(false, PGSTAT_BACKEND_FLUSH_IO);
 }
 
+/*
+ * Report that the table was skipped during vacuum or/and analyze.
+ */
+void
+pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(Oid relid, int flags)
+{
+	PgStat_EntryRef *entry_ref;
+	PgStatShared_Relation *shtabentry;
+	PgStat_StatTabEntry *tabentry;
+	TimestampTz ts;
+	HeapTuple	classTup;
+	bool		isshared;
+
+	if (!pgstat_track_counts || !flags)
+		return;
+
+	classTup = SearchSysCache1(RELOID, ObjectIdGetDatum(relid));
+	if (!HeapTupleIsValid(classTup))
+		return;			/* somebody deleted the rel, forget it */
+	isshared = ((Form_pg_class) GETSTRUCT(classTup))->relisshared;
+	ReleaseSysCache(classTup);
+
+	/* Store the data in the table's hash table entry. */
+	ts = GetCurrentTimestamp();
+
+	/* block acquiring lock for the same reason as pgstat_report_autovac() */
+	entry_ref = pgstat_get_entry_ref_locked(PGSTAT_KIND_RELATION,
+											isshared ? InvalidOid : MyDatabaseId,
+											relid, false);
+
+	shtabentry = (PgStatShared_Relation *) entry_ref->shared_stats;
+	tabentry = &shtabentry->stats;
+
+	if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM)
+	{
+		tabentry->last_skipped_vacuum_time = ts;
+		tabentry->skipped_vacuum_count++;
+	}
+	else if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOVACUUM)
+	{
+		tabentry->last_skipped_autovacuum_time = ts;
+		tabentry->skipped_autovacuum_count++;
+	}
+
+	if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE)
+	{
+		tabentry->last_skipped_analyze_time = ts;
+		tabentry->skipped_analyze_count++;
+	}
+	else if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOANALYZE)
+	{
+		tabentry->last_skipped_autoanalyze_time = ts;
+		tabentry->skipped_autoanalyze_count++;
+	}
+
+	pgstat_unlock_entry(entry_ref);
+
+	/* see pgstat_report_vacuum() */
+	pgstat_flush_io(false);
+	(void) pgstat_flush_backend(false, PGSTAT_BACKEND_FLUSH_IO);
+}
+
 /*
  * count a tuple insertion of n tuples
  */
diff --git a/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c b/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c
index 1408de387ea..90a8968faa0 100644
--- a/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c
+++ b/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c
@@ -84,6 +84,18 @@ PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(mod_since_analyze)
 /* pg_stat_get_numscans */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(numscans)
 
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_analyze_count)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_autoanalyze_count)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_autovacuum_count)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_vacuum_count)
+
 /* pg_stat_get_tuples_deleted */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(tuples_deleted)
 
@@ -170,6 +182,18 @@ PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_vacuum_time)
 /* pg_stat_get_lastscan */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(lastscan)
 
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_analyze_time)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_autoanalyze_time)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_autovacuum_time)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_vacuum_time)
+
 /* pg_stat_get_stat_reset_time */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(stat_reset_time)
 
diff --git a/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat b/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat
index fa9ae79082b..32debb34863 100644
--- a/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat
+++ b/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat
@@ -5680,6 +5680,38 @@
   proargmodes => '{o,o,o,o,o,o,o,o,o,o}',
   proargnames => '{oid,score,xid_score,mxid_score,vacuum_score,vacuum_insert_score,analyze_score,do_vacuum,do_analyze,for_wraparound}',
   prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_autovacuum_scores' },
+{ oid => '8142', descr => 'statistics: last skipped vacuum time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time' },
+{ oid => '8143', descr => 'statistics: last skipped auto vacuum time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time' },
+{ oid => '8144', descr => 'statistics: last skipped analyze time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time' },
+{ oid => '8145', descr => 'statistics: last skipped auto analyze time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time' },
+{ oid => '8146', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped vacuum for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count' },
+{ oid => '8147', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped auto vacuum for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count' },
+{ oid => '8148', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped analyzes for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count' },
+{ oid => '8149', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped auto analyzes for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count' },
 { oid => '1936', descr => 'statistics: currently active backend IDs',
   proname => 'pg_stat_get_backend_idset', prorows => '100', proretset => 't',
   provolatile => 's', proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int4',
diff --git a/src/include/pgstat.h b/src/include/pgstat.h
index dfa2e837638..98941f953d1 100644
--- a/src/include/pgstat.h
+++ b/src/include/pgstat.h
@@ -479,6 +479,15 @@ typedef struct PgStat_StatTabEntry
 	TimestampTz last_autoanalyze_time;	/* autovacuum initiated */
 	PgStat_Counter autoanalyze_count;
 
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_vacuum_time;	/* user initiated vacuum */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_vacuum_count;
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_autovacuum_time;	/* autovacuum initiated */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_autovacuum_count;
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_analyze_time;	/* user initiated */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_analyze_count;
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_autoanalyze_time;	/* autovacuum initiated */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_autoanalyze_count;
+
 	PgStat_Counter total_vacuum_time;	/* times in milliseconds */
 	PgStat_Counter total_autovacuum_time;
 	PgStat_Counter total_analyze_time;
@@ -703,6 +712,13 @@ extern void pgstat_report_analyze(Relation rel,
 								  PgStat_Counter livetuples, PgStat_Counter deadtuples,
 								  bool resetcounter, TimestampTz starttime);
 
+/* flags for pgstat_flush_backend() */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM		(1 << 0)	/* vacuum is skipped */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE		(1 << 1)	/* analyze is skipped */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOVACUUM	(1 << 2)	/* autovacuum is skipped */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOANALYZE	(1 << 3)	/* autoanalyze is skipped */
+extern void pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(Oid relid, int flags);
+
 /*
  * If stats are enabled, but pending data hasn't been prepared yet, call
  * pgstat_assoc_relation() to do so. See its comment for why this is done
diff --git a/src/test/isolation/expected/vacuum-skip-locked.out b/src/test/isolation/expected/vacuum-skip-locked.out
index 99db281a159..e2cff175b7c 100644
--- a/src/test/isolation/expected/vacuum-skip-locked.out
+++ b/src/test/isolation/expected/vacuum-skip-locked.out
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 Parsed test spec with 2 sessions
 
-starting permutation: lock_share vac_specified commit
+starting permutation: lock_share vac_specified commit check_stat
 step lock_share: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN SHARE MODE;
@@ -10,8 +10,22 @@ step vac_specified: VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED) part1, part2;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
 
-starting permutation: lock_share vac_all_parts commit
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   1|            0|                    0
+part2  |           1|                   0|            0|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
+
+starting permutation: lock_share vac_all_parts commit check_stat
 step lock_share: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN SHARE MODE;
@@ -20,8 +34,22 @@ step vac_all_parts: VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED) parted;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   1|            0|                    0
+part2  |           1|                   0|            0|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
 
-starting permutation: lock_share analyze_specified commit
+starting permutation: lock_share analyze_specified commit check_stat
 step lock_share: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN SHARE MODE;
@@ -31,8 +59,22 @@ step analyze_specified: ANALYZE (SKIP_LOCKED) part1, part2;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
 
-starting permutation: lock_share analyze_all_parts commit
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   0|            0|                    1
+part2  |           0|                   0|            1|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
+
+starting permutation: lock_share analyze_all_parts commit check_stat
 step lock_share: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN SHARE MODE;
@@ -41,8 +83,22 @@ step analyze_all_parts: ANALYZE (SKIP_LOCKED) parted;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            1|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   0|            0|                    1
+part2  |           0|                   0|            1|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
 
-starting permutation: lock_share vac_analyze_specified commit
+starting permutation: lock_share vac_analyze_specified commit check_stat
 step lock_share: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN SHARE MODE;
@@ -52,8 +108,22 @@ step vac_analyze_specified: VACUUM (ANALYZE, SKIP_LOCKED) part1, part2;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
 
-starting permutation: lock_share vac_analyze_all_parts commit
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   1|            0|                    1
+part2  |           1|                   0|            1|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
+
+starting permutation: lock_share vac_analyze_all_parts commit check_stat
 step lock_share: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN SHARE MODE;
@@ -62,8 +132,22 @@ step vac_analyze_all_parts: VACUUM (ANALYZE, SKIP_LOCKED) parted;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            1|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   1|            0|                    1
+part2  |           1|                   0|            1|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
 
-starting permutation: lock_share vac_full_specified commit
+starting permutation: lock_share vac_full_specified commit check_stat
 step lock_share: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN SHARE MODE;
@@ -73,8 +157,22 @@ step vac_full_specified: VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED, FULL) part1, part2;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
 
-starting permutation: lock_share vac_full_all_parts commit
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part2  |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
+
+starting permutation: lock_share vac_full_all_parts commit check_stat
 step lock_share: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN SHARE MODE;
@@ -83,8 +181,22 @@ step vac_full_all_parts: VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED, FULL) parted;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part2  |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+(3 rows)
 
-starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_specified commit
+
+starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_specified commit check_stat
 step lock_access_exclusive: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN ACCESS EXCLUSIVE MODE;
@@ -94,8 +206,22 @@ step vac_specified: VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED) part1, part2;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   1|            0|                    0
+part2  |           1|                   0|            0|                    0
+(3 rows)
 
-starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_all_parts commit
+
+starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_all_parts commit check_stat
 step lock_access_exclusive: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN ACCESS EXCLUSIVE MODE;
@@ -104,8 +230,22 @@ step vac_all_parts: VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED) parted;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   1|            0|                    0
+part2  |           1|                   0|            0|                    0
+(3 rows)
 
-starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive analyze_specified commit
+
+starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive analyze_specified commit check_stat
 step lock_access_exclusive: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN ACCESS EXCLUSIVE MODE;
@@ -115,8 +255,22 @@ step analyze_specified: ANALYZE (SKIP_LOCKED) part1, part2;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   0|            0|                    1
+part2  |           0|                   0|            1|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
 
-starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive analyze_all_parts commit
+starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive analyze_all_parts commit check_stat
 step lock_access_exclusive: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN ACCESS EXCLUSIVE MODE;
@@ -126,8 +280,22 @@ step commit:
 	COMMIT;
 
 step analyze_all_parts: <... completed>
-
-starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_analyze_specified commit
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            1|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   0|            1|                    0
+part2  |           0|                   0|            1|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
+
+starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_analyze_specified commit check_stat
 step lock_access_exclusive: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN ACCESS EXCLUSIVE MODE;
@@ -137,8 +305,22 @@ step vac_analyze_specified: VACUUM (ANALYZE, SKIP_LOCKED) part1, part2;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   1|            0|                    1
+part2  |           1|                   0|            1|                    0
+(3 rows)
 
-starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_analyze_all_parts commit
+
+starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_analyze_all_parts commit check_stat
 step lock_access_exclusive: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN ACCESS EXCLUSIVE MODE;
@@ -148,8 +330,22 @@ step commit:
 	COMMIT;
 
 step vac_analyze_all_parts: <... completed>
-
-starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_full_specified commit
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            1|                    0
+part1  |           1|                   0|            1|                    0
+part2  |           1|                   0|            1|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
+
+starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_full_specified commit check_stat
 step lock_access_exclusive: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN ACCESS EXCLUSIVE MODE;
@@ -159,8 +355,22 @@ step vac_full_specified: VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED, FULL) part1, part2;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
 
-starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_full_all_parts commit
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part2  |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
+
+starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_full_all_parts commit check_stat
 step lock_access_exclusive: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN ACCESS EXCLUSIVE MODE;
@@ -169,3 +379,17 @@ step vac_full_all_parts: VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED, FULL) parted;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part2  |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
diff --git a/src/test/isolation/specs/vacuum-skip-locked.spec b/src/test/isolation/specs/vacuum-skip-locked.spec
index 3fad6e1c92a..b0da75d4b6d 100644
--- a/src/test/isolation/specs/vacuum-skip-locked.spec
+++ b/src/test/isolation/specs/vacuum-skip-locked.spec
@@ -33,6 +33,15 @@ step commit
 	COMMIT;
 }
 
+step check_stat
+{
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+}
+
 session s2
 step vac_specified			{ VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED) part1, part2; }
 step vac_all_parts			{ VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED) parted; }
@@ -43,19 +52,19 @@ step vac_analyze_all_parts	{ VACUUM (ANALYZE, SKIP_LOCKED) parted; }
 step vac_full_specified		{ VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED, FULL) part1, part2; }
 step vac_full_all_parts		{ VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED, FULL) parted; }
 
-permutation lock_share vac_specified commit
-permutation lock_share vac_all_parts commit
-permutation lock_share analyze_specified commit
-permutation lock_share analyze_all_parts commit
-permutation lock_share vac_analyze_specified commit
-permutation lock_share vac_analyze_all_parts commit
-permutation lock_share vac_full_specified commit
-permutation lock_share vac_full_all_parts commit
-permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_specified commit
-permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_all_parts commit
-permutation lock_access_exclusive analyze_specified commit
-permutation lock_access_exclusive analyze_all_parts commit
-permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_analyze_specified commit
-permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_analyze_all_parts commit
-permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_full_specified commit
-permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_full_all_parts commit
+permutation lock_share vac_specified commit check_stat
+permutation lock_share vac_all_parts commit check_stat
+permutation lock_share analyze_specified commit check_stat
+permutation lock_share analyze_all_parts commit check_stat
+permutation lock_share vac_analyze_specified commit check_stat
+permutation lock_share vac_analyze_all_parts commit check_stat
+permutation lock_share vac_full_specified commit check_stat
+permutation lock_share vac_full_all_parts commit check_stat
+permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_specified commit check_stat
+permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_all_parts commit check_stat
+permutation lock_access_exclusive analyze_specified commit check_stat
+permutation lock_access_exclusive analyze_all_parts commit check_stat
+permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_analyze_specified commit check_stat
+permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_analyze_all_parts commit check_stat
+permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_full_specified commit check_stat
+permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_full_all_parts commit check_stat
diff --git a/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out b/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out
index a65a5bf0c4f..9b2075d3373 100644
--- a/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out
+++ b/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out
@@ -1835,13 +1835,21 @@ pg_stat_all_tables| SELECT c.oid AS relid,
     pg_stat_get_mod_since_analyze(c.oid) AS n_mod_since_analyze,
     pg_stat_get_ins_since_vacuum(c.oid) AS n_ins_since_vacuum,
     pg_stat_get_last_vacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_vacuum,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_vacuum,
     pg_stat_get_last_autovacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_autovacuum,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_autovacuum,
     pg_stat_get_last_analyze_time(c.oid) AS last_analyze,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_analyze,
     pg_stat_get_last_autoanalyze_time(c.oid) AS last_autoanalyze,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_autoanalyze,
     pg_stat_get_vacuum_count(c.oid) AS vacuum_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count(c.oid) AS skipped_vacuum_count,
     pg_stat_get_autovacuum_count(c.oid) AS autovacuum_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count(c.oid) AS skipped_autovacuum_count,
     pg_stat_get_analyze_count(c.oid) AS analyze_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count(c.oid) AS skipped_analyze_count,
     pg_stat_get_autoanalyze_count(c.oid) AS autoanalyze_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count(c.oid) AS skipped_autoanalyze_count,
     pg_stat_get_total_vacuum_time(c.oid) AS total_vacuum_time,
     pg_stat_get_total_autovacuum_time(c.oid) AS total_autovacuum_time,
     pg_stat_get_total_analyze_time(c.oid) AS total_analyze_time,
@@ -2346,13 +2354,21 @@ pg_stat_sys_tables| SELECT relid,
     n_mod_since_analyze,
     n_ins_since_vacuum,
     last_vacuum,
+    last_skipped_vacuum,
     last_autovacuum,
+    last_skipped_autovacuum,
     last_analyze,
+    last_skipped_analyze,
     last_autoanalyze,
+    last_skipped_autoanalyze,
     vacuum_count,
+    skipped_vacuum_count,
     autovacuum_count,
+    skipped_autovacuum_count,
     analyze_count,
+    skipped_analyze_count,
     autoanalyze_count,
+    skipped_autoanalyze_count,
     total_vacuum_time,
     total_autovacuum_time,
     total_analyze_time,
@@ -2401,13 +2417,21 @@ pg_stat_user_tables| SELECT relid,
     n_mod_since_analyze,
     n_ins_since_vacuum,
     last_vacuum,
+    last_skipped_vacuum,
     last_autovacuum,
+    last_skipped_autovacuum,
     last_analyze,
+    last_skipped_analyze,
     last_autoanalyze,
+    last_skipped_autoanalyze,
     vacuum_count,
+    skipped_vacuum_count,
     autovacuum_count,
+    skipped_autovacuum_count,
     analyze_count,
+    skipped_analyze_count,
     autoanalyze_count,
+    skipped_autoanalyze_count,
     total_vacuum_time,
     total_autovacuum_time,
     total_analyze_time,
-- 
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* [PATCH v4] Track skipped vacuum and analyze activity per relation
@ 2026-03-24 04:09 Yugo Nagata <[email protected]>
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From: Yugo Nagata @ 2026-03-24 04:09 UTC (permalink / raw)

This commit adds eight fields to the relation statistics that track
the last time vacuum or analyze has been attempted but skipped due to
lock unavailability, along with their counts:

-    last_skipped_vacuum
-    last_skipped_autovacuum
-    last_skipped_analyze
-    last_skipped_autoanalyze
-    skipped_vacuum_count
-    skipped_autovacuum_count
-    skipped_analyze_count
-    skipped_autoanalyze_count

These field can help users confirm that autovacuum is actively attempting
to run on a table that has not been vacuumed or analyzed for a long time,
and that the lack of progress is due to repeated skips rather than inactivity.
---
 doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml                 |  88 ++++++++++++++++
 src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql         |   8 ++
 src/backend/commands/vacuum.c                | 102 ++++++++++++++-----
 src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c |  64 ++++++++++++
 src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c          |  24 +++++
 src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat              |  32 ++++++
 src/include/pgstat.h                         |  16 +++
 src/test/regress/expected/rules.out          |  24 +++++
 8 files changed, 335 insertions(+), 23 deletions(-)

diff --git a/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml b/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml
index 08d5b824552..a9b579d87a9 100644
--- a/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml
+++ b/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml
@@ -4387,6 +4387,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_vacuum</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time a manual vacuum on this table was attempted but skipped due to
+       lock unavailability (not counting <command>VACUUM FULL</command>)
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>last_autovacuum</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
@@ -4397,6 +4407,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_autovacuum</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time a vacuum on this table by the autovacuum daemon was attempted
+       but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>last_analyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
@@ -4406,6 +4426,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_analyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time a manual analyze on this table was attempted but skipped due to
+       lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>last_autoanalyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
@@ -4416,6 +4446,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_autoanalyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time at which an analyze on this table by the autovacuum was
+       attempted but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>vacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4426,6 +4466,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_vacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times manual vacuums on this table have been attempted but skipped
+       due to lock unavailability (not counting <command>VACUUM FULL</command>)
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>autovacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4436,6 +4486,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_autovacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times vacuums on this table by the autovacuum daemon have been
+       attempted but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>analyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4445,6 +4505,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_analyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times manual analyzes on this table have been attempted but
+       skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>autoanalyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4455,6 +4525,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_autoanalyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times analyzes on this table by the autovacuum daemon have
+       been attempted but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>total_vacuum_time</structfield> <type>double precision</type>
@@ -4510,6 +4590,14 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
    </tgroup>
   </table>
 
+  <note>
+   <para>
+    When a manual vacuum or analyze on a parent table in an inheritance or
+    partitioning hierarchy is skipped, the statistics are recorded only for
+    the parent table, not for its children.
+   </para>
+  </note>
+
  </sect2>
 
  <sect2 id="monitoring-pg-stat-autovacuum-scores-view">
diff --git a/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql b/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql
index 73a1c1c4670..f509fc7876b 100644
--- a/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql
+++ b/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql
@@ -736,13 +736,21 @@ CREATE VIEW pg_stat_all_tables AS
             pg_stat_get_mod_since_analyze(C.oid) AS n_mod_since_analyze,
             pg_stat_get_ins_since_vacuum(C.oid) AS n_ins_since_vacuum,
             pg_stat_get_last_vacuum_time(C.oid) as last_vacuum,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_vacuum,
             pg_stat_get_last_autovacuum_time(C.oid) as last_autovacuum,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_autovacuum,
             pg_stat_get_last_analyze_time(C.oid) as last_analyze,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_analyze,
             pg_stat_get_last_autoanalyze_time(C.oid) as last_autoanalyze,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_autoanalyze,
             pg_stat_get_vacuum_count(C.oid) AS vacuum_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count(C.oid) AS skipped_vacuum_count,
             pg_stat_get_autovacuum_count(C.oid) AS autovacuum_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count(C.oid) AS skipped_autovacuum_count,
             pg_stat_get_analyze_count(C.oid) AS analyze_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count(C.oid) AS skipped_analyze_count,
             pg_stat_get_autoanalyze_count(C.oid) AS autoanalyze_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count(C.oid) AS skipped_autoanalyze_count,
             pg_stat_get_total_vacuum_time(C.oid) AS total_vacuum_time,
             pg_stat_get_total_autovacuum_time(C.oid) AS total_autovacuum_time,
             pg_stat_get_total_analyze_time(C.oid) AS total_analyze_time,
diff --git a/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c b/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c
index 99d0db82ed7..97cd5ea8d10 100644
--- a/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c
+++ b/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c
@@ -793,8 +793,25 @@ vacuum_open_relation(Oid relid, RangeVar *relation, uint32 options,
 		rel = try_relation_open(relid, NoLock);
 	else
 	{
+		int flags = 0;
 		rel = NULL;
 		rel_lock = false;
+
+		if ((options & VACOPT_VACUUM) != 0)
+		{
+			if (AmAutoVacuumWorkerProcess())
+				flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOVACUUM;
+			else
+				flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM;
+		}
+		if ((options & VACOPT_ANALYZE) != 0)
+		{
+			if (AmAutoVacuumWorkerProcess())
+				flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOANALYZE;
+			else
+				flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE;
+		}
+		pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(relid, flags);
 	}
 
 	/* if relation is opened, leave */
@@ -802,7 +819,7 @@ vacuum_open_relation(Oid relid, RangeVar *relation, uint32 options,
 		return rel;
 
 	/*
-	 * Relation could not be opened, hence generate if possible a log
+	 * Relation could not be opened hence generate if possible a log
 	 * informing on the situation.
 	 *
 	 * If the RangeVar is not defined, we do not have enough information to
@@ -905,7 +922,6 @@ expand_vacuum_rel(VacuumRelation *vrel, MemoryContext vac_context,
 		Form_pg_class classForm;
 		bool		include_children;
 		bool		is_partitioned_table;
-		int			rvr_opts;
 
 		/*
 		 * Since autovacuum workers supply OIDs when calling vacuum(), no
@@ -918,29 +934,69 @@ expand_vacuum_rel(VacuumRelation *vrel, MemoryContext vac_context,
 		 * below, as well as find_all_inheritors's expectation that the caller
 		 * holds some lock on the starting relation.
 		 */
-		rvr_opts = (options & VACOPT_SKIP_LOCKED) ? RVR_SKIP_LOCKED : 0;
-		relid = RangeVarGetRelidExtended(vrel->relation,
-										 AccessShareLock,
-										 rvr_opts,
-										 NULL, NULL);
-
-		/*
-		 * If the lock is unavailable, emit the same log statement that
-		 * vacuum_rel() and analyze_rel() would.
-		 */
-		if (!OidIsValid(relid))
+		if (!(options & VACOPT_SKIP_LOCKED))
 		{
-			if (options & VACOPT_VACUUM)
-				ereport(WARNING,
-						(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
-						 errmsg("skipping vacuum of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
-								vrel->relation->relname)));
-			else
-				ereport(WARNING,
-						(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
-						 errmsg("skipping analyze of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
+			relid = RangeVarGetRelidExtended(vrel->relation,
+											 AccessShareLock,
+											 0, NULL, NULL);
+			if (!OidIsValid(relid))
+				return vacrels;
+		}
+		else
+		{
+			/* Get relid for reporting before taking a lock */
+			relid = RangeVarGetRelid(vrel->relation, NoLock, false);
+
+			if (!ConditionalLockRelationOid(relid, AccessShareLock))
+			{
+				int	flags = 0;
+				/*
+				 * If the lock is unavailable, emit the same log statement that
+				 * vacuum_rel() and analyze_rel() would.
+				 */
+				if (options & VACOPT_VACUUM)
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping vacuum of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
 								vrel->relation->relname)));
-			return vacrels;
+				else
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping analyze of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
+									vrel->relation->relname)));
+
+				if ((options & VACOPT_VACUUM) != 0)
+					flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM;
+				if ((options & VACOPT_ANALYZE) != 0)
+					flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE;
+
+				pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(relid, flags);
+
+				return vacrels;
+			}
+
+			/*
+			 * Now that we have the lock, probe to see if the relation really
+			 * exists or not.
+			 */
+			if (!SearchSysCacheExists1(RELOID, ObjectIdGetDatum(relid)))
+			{
+				if (options & VACOPT_VACUUM)
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_UNDEFINED_TABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping vacuum of \"%s\" --- relation no longer exists",
+									vrel->relation->relname)));
+				else
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_UNDEFINED_TABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping analyze of \"%s\" --- relation no longer exists",
+									vrel->relation->relname)));
+
+				/* Release useless lock */
+				UnlockRelationOid(relid, AccessShareLock);
+
+				return vacrels;
+			}
 		}
 
 		/*
diff --git a/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c b/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c
index b2ca28f83ba..532d9023f8c 100644
--- a/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c
+++ b/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c
@@ -17,12 +17,14 @@
 
 #include "postgres.h"
 
+#include "access/htup_details.h"
 #include "access/twophase_rmgr.h"
 #include "access/xact.h"
 #include "catalog/catalog.h"
 #include "utils/memutils.h"
 #include "utils/pgstat_internal.h"
 #include "utils/rel.h"
+#include "utils/syscache.h"
 #include "utils/timestamp.h"
 
 
@@ -367,6 +369,68 @@ pgstat_report_analyze(Relation rel,
 	(void) pgstat_flush_backend(false, PGSTAT_BACKEND_FLUSH_IO);
 }
 
+/*
+ * Report that the table was skipped during vacuum or/and analyze.
+ */
+void
+pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(Oid relid, int flags)
+{
+	PgStat_EntryRef *entry_ref;
+	PgStatShared_Relation *shtabentry;
+	PgStat_StatTabEntry *tabentry;
+	TimestampTz ts;
+	HeapTuple	classTup;
+	bool		isshared;
+
+	if (!pgstat_track_counts || !flags)
+		return;
+
+	classTup = SearchSysCache1(RELOID, ObjectIdGetDatum(relid));
+	if (!HeapTupleIsValid(classTup))
+		return;			/* somebody deleted the rel, forget it */
+	isshared = ((Form_pg_class) GETSTRUCT(classTup))->relisshared;
+	ReleaseSysCache(classTup);
+
+	/* Store the data in the table's hash table entry. */
+	ts = GetCurrentTimestamp();
+
+	/* block acquiring lock for the same reason as pgstat_report_autovac() */
+	entry_ref = pgstat_get_entry_ref_locked(PGSTAT_KIND_RELATION,
+											isshared ? InvalidOid : MyDatabaseId,
+											relid, false);
+
+	shtabentry = (PgStatShared_Relation *) entry_ref->shared_stats;
+	tabentry = &shtabentry->stats;
+
+	if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM)
+	{
+		tabentry->last_skipped_vacuum_time = ts;
+		tabentry->skipped_vacuum_count++;
+	}
+	else if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOVACUUM)
+	{
+		tabentry->last_skipped_autovacuum_time = ts;
+		tabentry->skipped_autovacuum_count++;
+	}
+
+	if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE)
+	{
+		tabentry->last_skipped_analyze_time = ts;
+		tabentry->skipped_analyze_count++;
+	}
+	else if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOANALYZE)
+	{
+		tabentry->last_skipped_autoanalyze_time = ts;
+		tabentry->skipped_autoanalyze_count++;
+	}
+
+	pgstat_unlock_entry(entry_ref);
+
+	/* see pgstat_report_vacuum() */
+	pgstat_flush_io(false);
+	(void) pgstat_flush_backend(false, PGSTAT_BACKEND_FLUSH_IO);
+}
+
 /*
  * count a tuple insertion of n tuples
  */
diff --git a/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c b/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c
index 1408de387ea..90a8968faa0 100644
--- a/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c
+++ b/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c
@@ -84,6 +84,18 @@ PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(mod_since_analyze)
 /* pg_stat_get_numscans */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(numscans)
 
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_analyze_count)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_autoanalyze_count)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_autovacuum_count)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_vacuum_count)
+
 /* pg_stat_get_tuples_deleted */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(tuples_deleted)
 
@@ -170,6 +182,18 @@ PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_vacuum_time)
 /* pg_stat_get_lastscan */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(lastscan)
 
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_analyze_time)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_autoanalyze_time)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_autovacuum_time)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_vacuum_time)
+
 /* pg_stat_get_stat_reset_time */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(stat_reset_time)
 
diff --git a/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat b/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat
index fa9ae79082b..32debb34863 100644
--- a/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat
+++ b/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat
@@ -5680,6 +5680,38 @@
   proargmodes => '{o,o,o,o,o,o,o,o,o,o}',
   proargnames => '{oid,score,xid_score,mxid_score,vacuum_score,vacuum_insert_score,analyze_score,do_vacuum,do_analyze,for_wraparound}',
   prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_autovacuum_scores' },
+{ oid => '8142', descr => 'statistics: last skipped vacuum time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time' },
+{ oid => '8143', descr => 'statistics: last skipped auto vacuum time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time' },
+{ oid => '8144', descr => 'statistics: last skipped analyze time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time' },
+{ oid => '8145', descr => 'statistics: last skipped auto analyze time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time' },
+{ oid => '8146', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped vacuum for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count' },
+{ oid => '8147', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped auto vacuum for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count' },
+{ oid => '8148', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped analyzes for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count' },
+{ oid => '8149', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped auto analyzes for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count' },
 { oid => '1936', descr => 'statistics: currently active backend IDs',
   proname => 'pg_stat_get_backend_idset', prorows => '100', proretset => 't',
   provolatile => 's', proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int4',
diff --git a/src/include/pgstat.h b/src/include/pgstat.h
index dfa2e837638..98941f953d1 100644
--- a/src/include/pgstat.h
+++ b/src/include/pgstat.h
@@ -479,6 +479,15 @@ typedef struct PgStat_StatTabEntry
 	TimestampTz last_autoanalyze_time;	/* autovacuum initiated */
 	PgStat_Counter autoanalyze_count;
 
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_vacuum_time;	/* user initiated vacuum */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_vacuum_count;
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_autovacuum_time;	/* autovacuum initiated */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_autovacuum_count;
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_analyze_time;	/* user initiated */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_analyze_count;
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_autoanalyze_time;	/* autovacuum initiated */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_autoanalyze_count;
+
 	PgStat_Counter total_vacuum_time;	/* times in milliseconds */
 	PgStat_Counter total_autovacuum_time;
 	PgStat_Counter total_analyze_time;
@@ -703,6 +712,13 @@ extern void pgstat_report_analyze(Relation rel,
 								  PgStat_Counter livetuples, PgStat_Counter deadtuples,
 								  bool resetcounter, TimestampTz starttime);
 
+/* flags for pgstat_flush_backend() */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM		(1 << 0)	/* vacuum is skipped */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE		(1 << 1)	/* analyze is skipped */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOVACUUM	(1 << 2)	/* autovacuum is skipped */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOANALYZE	(1 << 3)	/* autoanalyze is skipped */
+extern void pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(Oid relid, int flags);
+
 /*
  * If stats are enabled, but pending data hasn't been prepared yet, call
  * pgstat_assoc_relation() to do so. See its comment for why this is done
diff --git a/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out b/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out
index a65a5bf0c4f..9b2075d3373 100644
--- a/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out
+++ b/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out
@@ -1835,13 +1835,21 @@ pg_stat_all_tables| SELECT c.oid AS relid,
     pg_stat_get_mod_since_analyze(c.oid) AS n_mod_since_analyze,
     pg_stat_get_ins_since_vacuum(c.oid) AS n_ins_since_vacuum,
     pg_stat_get_last_vacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_vacuum,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_vacuum,
     pg_stat_get_last_autovacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_autovacuum,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_autovacuum,
     pg_stat_get_last_analyze_time(c.oid) AS last_analyze,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_analyze,
     pg_stat_get_last_autoanalyze_time(c.oid) AS last_autoanalyze,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_autoanalyze,
     pg_stat_get_vacuum_count(c.oid) AS vacuum_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count(c.oid) AS skipped_vacuum_count,
     pg_stat_get_autovacuum_count(c.oid) AS autovacuum_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count(c.oid) AS skipped_autovacuum_count,
     pg_stat_get_analyze_count(c.oid) AS analyze_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count(c.oid) AS skipped_analyze_count,
     pg_stat_get_autoanalyze_count(c.oid) AS autoanalyze_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count(c.oid) AS skipped_autoanalyze_count,
     pg_stat_get_total_vacuum_time(c.oid) AS total_vacuum_time,
     pg_stat_get_total_autovacuum_time(c.oid) AS total_autovacuum_time,
     pg_stat_get_total_analyze_time(c.oid) AS total_analyze_time,
@@ -2346,13 +2354,21 @@ pg_stat_sys_tables| SELECT relid,
     n_mod_since_analyze,
     n_ins_since_vacuum,
     last_vacuum,
+    last_skipped_vacuum,
     last_autovacuum,
+    last_skipped_autovacuum,
     last_analyze,
+    last_skipped_analyze,
     last_autoanalyze,
+    last_skipped_autoanalyze,
     vacuum_count,
+    skipped_vacuum_count,
     autovacuum_count,
+    skipped_autovacuum_count,
     analyze_count,
+    skipped_analyze_count,
     autoanalyze_count,
+    skipped_autoanalyze_count,
     total_vacuum_time,
     total_autovacuum_time,
     total_analyze_time,
@@ -2401,13 +2417,21 @@ pg_stat_user_tables| SELECT relid,
     n_mod_since_analyze,
     n_ins_since_vacuum,
     last_vacuum,
+    last_skipped_vacuum,
     last_autovacuum,
+    last_skipped_autovacuum,
     last_analyze,
+    last_skipped_analyze,
     last_autoanalyze,
+    last_skipped_autoanalyze,
     vacuum_count,
+    skipped_vacuum_count,
     autovacuum_count,
+    skipped_autovacuum_count,
     analyze_count,
+    skipped_analyze_count,
     autoanalyze_count,
+    skipped_autoanalyze_count,
     total_vacuum_time,
     total_autovacuum_time,
     total_analyze_time,
-- 
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* [PATCH v4] Track skipped vacuum and analyze activity per relation
@ 2026-03-24 04:09 Yugo Nagata <[email protected]>
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From: Yugo Nagata @ 2026-03-24 04:09 UTC (permalink / raw)

This commit adds eight fields to the relation statistics that track
the last time vacuum or analyze has been attempted but skipped due to
lock unavailability, along with their counts:

-    last_skipped_vacuum
-    last_skipped_autovacuum
-    last_skipped_analyze
-    last_skipped_autoanalyze
-    skipped_vacuum_count
-    skipped_autovacuum_count
-    skipped_analyze_count
-    skipped_autoanalyze_count

These field can help users confirm that autovacuum is actively attempting
to run on a table that has not been vacuumed or analyzed for a long time,
and that the lack of progress is due to repeated skips rather than inactivity.
---
 doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml                 |  88 ++++++++++++++++
 src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql         |   8 ++
 src/backend/commands/vacuum.c                | 102 ++++++++++++++-----
 src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c |  64 ++++++++++++
 src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c          |  24 +++++
 src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat              |  32 ++++++
 src/include/pgstat.h                         |  16 +++
 src/test/regress/expected/rules.out          |  24 +++++
 8 files changed, 335 insertions(+), 23 deletions(-)

diff --git a/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml b/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml
index 08d5b824552..a9b579d87a9 100644
--- a/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml
+++ b/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml
@@ -4387,6 +4387,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_vacuum</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time a manual vacuum on this table was attempted but skipped due to
+       lock unavailability (not counting <command>VACUUM FULL</command>)
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>last_autovacuum</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
@@ -4397,6 +4407,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_autovacuum</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time a vacuum on this table by the autovacuum daemon was attempted
+       but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>last_analyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
@@ -4406,6 +4426,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_analyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time a manual analyze on this table was attempted but skipped due to
+       lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>last_autoanalyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
@@ -4416,6 +4446,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_autoanalyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time at which an analyze on this table by the autovacuum was
+       attempted but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>vacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4426,6 +4466,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_vacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times manual vacuums on this table have been attempted but skipped
+       due to lock unavailability (not counting <command>VACUUM FULL</command>)
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>autovacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4436,6 +4486,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_autovacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times vacuums on this table by the autovacuum daemon have been
+       attempted but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>analyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4445,6 +4505,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_analyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times manual analyzes on this table have been attempted but
+       skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>autoanalyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4455,6 +4525,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_autoanalyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times analyzes on this table by the autovacuum daemon have
+       been attempted but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>total_vacuum_time</structfield> <type>double precision</type>
@@ -4510,6 +4590,14 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
    </tgroup>
   </table>
 
+  <note>
+   <para>
+    When a manual vacuum or analyze on a parent table in an inheritance or
+    partitioning hierarchy is skipped, the statistics are recorded only for
+    the parent table, not for its children.
+   </para>
+  </note>
+
  </sect2>
 
  <sect2 id="monitoring-pg-stat-autovacuum-scores-view">
diff --git a/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql b/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql
index 73a1c1c4670..f509fc7876b 100644
--- a/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql
+++ b/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql
@@ -736,13 +736,21 @@ CREATE VIEW pg_stat_all_tables AS
             pg_stat_get_mod_since_analyze(C.oid) AS n_mod_since_analyze,
             pg_stat_get_ins_since_vacuum(C.oid) AS n_ins_since_vacuum,
             pg_stat_get_last_vacuum_time(C.oid) as last_vacuum,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_vacuum,
             pg_stat_get_last_autovacuum_time(C.oid) as last_autovacuum,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_autovacuum,
             pg_stat_get_last_analyze_time(C.oid) as last_analyze,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_analyze,
             pg_stat_get_last_autoanalyze_time(C.oid) as last_autoanalyze,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_autoanalyze,
             pg_stat_get_vacuum_count(C.oid) AS vacuum_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count(C.oid) AS skipped_vacuum_count,
             pg_stat_get_autovacuum_count(C.oid) AS autovacuum_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count(C.oid) AS skipped_autovacuum_count,
             pg_stat_get_analyze_count(C.oid) AS analyze_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count(C.oid) AS skipped_analyze_count,
             pg_stat_get_autoanalyze_count(C.oid) AS autoanalyze_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count(C.oid) AS skipped_autoanalyze_count,
             pg_stat_get_total_vacuum_time(C.oid) AS total_vacuum_time,
             pg_stat_get_total_autovacuum_time(C.oid) AS total_autovacuum_time,
             pg_stat_get_total_analyze_time(C.oid) AS total_analyze_time,
diff --git a/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c b/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c
index 99d0db82ed7..97cd5ea8d10 100644
--- a/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c
+++ b/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c
@@ -793,8 +793,25 @@ vacuum_open_relation(Oid relid, RangeVar *relation, uint32 options,
 		rel = try_relation_open(relid, NoLock);
 	else
 	{
+		int flags = 0;
 		rel = NULL;
 		rel_lock = false;
+
+		if ((options & VACOPT_VACUUM) != 0)
+		{
+			if (AmAutoVacuumWorkerProcess())
+				flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOVACUUM;
+			else
+				flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM;
+		}
+		if ((options & VACOPT_ANALYZE) != 0)
+		{
+			if (AmAutoVacuumWorkerProcess())
+				flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOANALYZE;
+			else
+				flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE;
+		}
+		pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(relid, flags);
 	}
 
 	/* if relation is opened, leave */
@@ -802,7 +819,7 @@ vacuum_open_relation(Oid relid, RangeVar *relation, uint32 options,
 		return rel;
 
 	/*
-	 * Relation could not be opened, hence generate if possible a log
+	 * Relation could not be opened hence generate if possible a log
 	 * informing on the situation.
 	 *
 	 * If the RangeVar is not defined, we do not have enough information to
@@ -905,7 +922,6 @@ expand_vacuum_rel(VacuumRelation *vrel, MemoryContext vac_context,
 		Form_pg_class classForm;
 		bool		include_children;
 		bool		is_partitioned_table;
-		int			rvr_opts;
 
 		/*
 		 * Since autovacuum workers supply OIDs when calling vacuum(), no
@@ -918,29 +934,69 @@ expand_vacuum_rel(VacuumRelation *vrel, MemoryContext vac_context,
 		 * below, as well as find_all_inheritors's expectation that the caller
 		 * holds some lock on the starting relation.
 		 */
-		rvr_opts = (options & VACOPT_SKIP_LOCKED) ? RVR_SKIP_LOCKED : 0;
-		relid = RangeVarGetRelidExtended(vrel->relation,
-										 AccessShareLock,
-										 rvr_opts,
-										 NULL, NULL);
-
-		/*
-		 * If the lock is unavailable, emit the same log statement that
-		 * vacuum_rel() and analyze_rel() would.
-		 */
-		if (!OidIsValid(relid))
+		if (!(options & VACOPT_SKIP_LOCKED))
 		{
-			if (options & VACOPT_VACUUM)
-				ereport(WARNING,
-						(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
-						 errmsg("skipping vacuum of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
-								vrel->relation->relname)));
-			else
-				ereport(WARNING,
-						(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
-						 errmsg("skipping analyze of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
+			relid = RangeVarGetRelidExtended(vrel->relation,
+											 AccessShareLock,
+											 0, NULL, NULL);
+			if (!OidIsValid(relid))
+				return vacrels;
+		}
+		else
+		{
+			/* Get relid for reporting before taking a lock */
+			relid = RangeVarGetRelid(vrel->relation, NoLock, false);
+
+			if (!ConditionalLockRelationOid(relid, AccessShareLock))
+			{
+				int	flags = 0;
+				/*
+				 * If the lock is unavailable, emit the same log statement that
+				 * vacuum_rel() and analyze_rel() would.
+				 */
+				if (options & VACOPT_VACUUM)
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping vacuum of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
 								vrel->relation->relname)));
-			return vacrels;
+				else
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping analyze of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
+									vrel->relation->relname)));
+
+				if ((options & VACOPT_VACUUM) != 0)
+					flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM;
+				if ((options & VACOPT_ANALYZE) != 0)
+					flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE;
+
+				pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(relid, flags);
+
+				return vacrels;
+			}
+
+			/*
+			 * Now that we have the lock, probe to see if the relation really
+			 * exists or not.
+			 */
+			if (!SearchSysCacheExists1(RELOID, ObjectIdGetDatum(relid)))
+			{
+				if (options & VACOPT_VACUUM)
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_UNDEFINED_TABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping vacuum of \"%s\" --- relation no longer exists",
+									vrel->relation->relname)));
+				else
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_UNDEFINED_TABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping analyze of \"%s\" --- relation no longer exists",
+									vrel->relation->relname)));
+
+				/* Release useless lock */
+				UnlockRelationOid(relid, AccessShareLock);
+
+				return vacrels;
+			}
 		}
 
 		/*
diff --git a/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c b/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c
index b2ca28f83ba..532d9023f8c 100644
--- a/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c
+++ b/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c
@@ -17,12 +17,14 @@
 
 #include "postgres.h"
 
+#include "access/htup_details.h"
 #include "access/twophase_rmgr.h"
 #include "access/xact.h"
 #include "catalog/catalog.h"
 #include "utils/memutils.h"
 #include "utils/pgstat_internal.h"
 #include "utils/rel.h"
+#include "utils/syscache.h"
 #include "utils/timestamp.h"
 
 
@@ -367,6 +369,68 @@ pgstat_report_analyze(Relation rel,
 	(void) pgstat_flush_backend(false, PGSTAT_BACKEND_FLUSH_IO);
 }
 
+/*
+ * Report that the table was skipped during vacuum or/and analyze.
+ */
+void
+pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(Oid relid, int flags)
+{
+	PgStat_EntryRef *entry_ref;
+	PgStatShared_Relation *shtabentry;
+	PgStat_StatTabEntry *tabentry;
+	TimestampTz ts;
+	HeapTuple	classTup;
+	bool		isshared;
+
+	if (!pgstat_track_counts || !flags)
+		return;
+
+	classTup = SearchSysCache1(RELOID, ObjectIdGetDatum(relid));
+	if (!HeapTupleIsValid(classTup))
+		return;			/* somebody deleted the rel, forget it */
+	isshared = ((Form_pg_class) GETSTRUCT(classTup))->relisshared;
+	ReleaseSysCache(classTup);
+
+	/* Store the data in the table's hash table entry. */
+	ts = GetCurrentTimestamp();
+
+	/* block acquiring lock for the same reason as pgstat_report_autovac() */
+	entry_ref = pgstat_get_entry_ref_locked(PGSTAT_KIND_RELATION,
+											isshared ? InvalidOid : MyDatabaseId,
+											relid, false);
+
+	shtabentry = (PgStatShared_Relation *) entry_ref->shared_stats;
+	tabentry = &shtabentry->stats;
+
+	if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM)
+	{
+		tabentry->last_skipped_vacuum_time = ts;
+		tabentry->skipped_vacuum_count++;
+	}
+	else if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOVACUUM)
+	{
+		tabentry->last_skipped_autovacuum_time = ts;
+		tabentry->skipped_autovacuum_count++;
+	}
+
+	if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE)
+	{
+		tabentry->last_skipped_analyze_time = ts;
+		tabentry->skipped_analyze_count++;
+	}
+	else if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOANALYZE)
+	{
+		tabentry->last_skipped_autoanalyze_time = ts;
+		tabentry->skipped_autoanalyze_count++;
+	}
+
+	pgstat_unlock_entry(entry_ref);
+
+	/* see pgstat_report_vacuum() */
+	pgstat_flush_io(false);
+	(void) pgstat_flush_backend(false, PGSTAT_BACKEND_FLUSH_IO);
+}
+
 /*
  * count a tuple insertion of n tuples
  */
diff --git a/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c b/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c
index 1408de387ea..90a8968faa0 100644
--- a/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c
+++ b/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c
@@ -84,6 +84,18 @@ PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(mod_since_analyze)
 /* pg_stat_get_numscans */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(numscans)
 
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_analyze_count)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_autoanalyze_count)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_autovacuum_count)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_vacuum_count)
+
 /* pg_stat_get_tuples_deleted */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(tuples_deleted)
 
@@ -170,6 +182,18 @@ PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_vacuum_time)
 /* pg_stat_get_lastscan */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(lastscan)
 
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_analyze_time)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_autoanalyze_time)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_autovacuum_time)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_vacuum_time)
+
 /* pg_stat_get_stat_reset_time */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(stat_reset_time)
 
diff --git a/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat b/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat
index fa9ae79082b..32debb34863 100644
--- a/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat
+++ b/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat
@@ -5680,6 +5680,38 @@
   proargmodes => '{o,o,o,o,o,o,o,o,o,o}',
   proargnames => '{oid,score,xid_score,mxid_score,vacuum_score,vacuum_insert_score,analyze_score,do_vacuum,do_analyze,for_wraparound}',
   prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_autovacuum_scores' },
+{ oid => '8142', descr => 'statistics: last skipped vacuum time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time' },
+{ oid => '8143', descr => 'statistics: last skipped auto vacuum time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time' },
+{ oid => '8144', descr => 'statistics: last skipped analyze time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time' },
+{ oid => '8145', descr => 'statistics: last skipped auto analyze time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time' },
+{ oid => '8146', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped vacuum for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count' },
+{ oid => '8147', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped auto vacuum for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count' },
+{ oid => '8148', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped analyzes for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count' },
+{ oid => '8149', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped auto analyzes for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count' },
 { oid => '1936', descr => 'statistics: currently active backend IDs',
   proname => 'pg_stat_get_backend_idset', prorows => '100', proretset => 't',
   provolatile => 's', proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int4',
diff --git a/src/include/pgstat.h b/src/include/pgstat.h
index dfa2e837638..98941f953d1 100644
--- a/src/include/pgstat.h
+++ b/src/include/pgstat.h
@@ -479,6 +479,15 @@ typedef struct PgStat_StatTabEntry
 	TimestampTz last_autoanalyze_time;	/* autovacuum initiated */
 	PgStat_Counter autoanalyze_count;
 
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_vacuum_time;	/* user initiated vacuum */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_vacuum_count;
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_autovacuum_time;	/* autovacuum initiated */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_autovacuum_count;
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_analyze_time;	/* user initiated */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_analyze_count;
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_autoanalyze_time;	/* autovacuum initiated */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_autoanalyze_count;
+
 	PgStat_Counter total_vacuum_time;	/* times in milliseconds */
 	PgStat_Counter total_autovacuum_time;
 	PgStat_Counter total_analyze_time;
@@ -703,6 +712,13 @@ extern void pgstat_report_analyze(Relation rel,
 								  PgStat_Counter livetuples, PgStat_Counter deadtuples,
 								  bool resetcounter, TimestampTz starttime);
 
+/* flags for pgstat_flush_backend() */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM		(1 << 0)	/* vacuum is skipped */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE		(1 << 1)	/* analyze is skipped */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOVACUUM	(1 << 2)	/* autovacuum is skipped */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOANALYZE	(1 << 3)	/* autoanalyze is skipped */
+extern void pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(Oid relid, int flags);
+
 /*
  * If stats are enabled, but pending data hasn't been prepared yet, call
  * pgstat_assoc_relation() to do so. See its comment for why this is done
diff --git a/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out b/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out
index a65a5bf0c4f..9b2075d3373 100644
--- a/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out
+++ b/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out
@@ -1835,13 +1835,21 @@ pg_stat_all_tables| SELECT c.oid AS relid,
     pg_stat_get_mod_since_analyze(c.oid) AS n_mod_since_analyze,
     pg_stat_get_ins_since_vacuum(c.oid) AS n_ins_since_vacuum,
     pg_stat_get_last_vacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_vacuum,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_vacuum,
     pg_stat_get_last_autovacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_autovacuum,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_autovacuum,
     pg_stat_get_last_analyze_time(c.oid) AS last_analyze,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_analyze,
     pg_stat_get_last_autoanalyze_time(c.oid) AS last_autoanalyze,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_autoanalyze,
     pg_stat_get_vacuum_count(c.oid) AS vacuum_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count(c.oid) AS skipped_vacuum_count,
     pg_stat_get_autovacuum_count(c.oid) AS autovacuum_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count(c.oid) AS skipped_autovacuum_count,
     pg_stat_get_analyze_count(c.oid) AS analyze_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count(c.oid) AS skipped_analyze_count,
     pg_stat_get_autoanalyze_count(c.oid) AS autoanalyze_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count(c.oid) AS skipped_autoanalyze_count,
     pg_stat_get_total_vacuum_time(c.oid) AS total_vacuum_time,
     pg_stat_get_total_autovacuum_time(c.oid) AS total_autovacuum_time,
     pg_stat_get_total_analyze_time(c.oid) AS total_analyze_time,
@@ -2346,13 +2354,21 @@ pg_stat_sys_tables| SELECT relid,
     n_mod_since_analyze,
     n_ins_since_vacuum,
     last_vacuum,
+    last_skipped_vacuum,
     last_autovacuum,
+    last_skipped_autovacuum,
     last_analyze,
+    last_skipped_analyze,
     last_autoanalyze,
+    last_skipped_autoanalyze,
     vacuum_count,
+    skipped_vacuum_count,
     autovacuum_count,
+    skipped_autovacuum_count,
     analyze_count,
+    skipped_analyze_count,
     autoanalyze_count,
+    skipped_autoanalyze_count,
     total_vacuum_time,
     total_autovacuum_time,
     total_analyze_time,
@@ -2401,13 +2417,21 @@ pg_stat_user_tables| SELECT relid,
     n_mod_since_analyze,
     n_ins_since_vacuum,
     last_vacuum,
+    last_skipped_vacuum,
     last_autovacuum,
+    last_skipped_autovacuum,
     last_analyze,
+    last_skipped_analyze,
     last_autoanalyze,
+    last_skipped_autoanalyze,
     vacuum_count,
+    skipped_vacuum_count,
     autovacuum_count,
+    skipped_autovacuum_count,
     analyze_count,
+    skipped_analyze_count,
     autoanalyze_count,
+    skipped_autoanalyze_count,
     total_vacuum_time,
     total_autovacuum_time,
     total_analyze_time,
-- 
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* [PATCH v5] Track skipped vacuum and analyze activity per relation
@ 2026-03-24 04:09 Yugo Nagata <[email protected]>
  0 siblings, 0 replies; 374+ messages in thread

From: Yugo Nagata @ 2026-03-24 04:09 UTC (permalink / raw)

This commit adds eight fields to the relation statistics that track
the last time vacuum or analyze has been attempted but skipped due to
lock unavailability, along with their counts:

-    last_skipped_vacuum
-    last_skipped_autovacuum
-    last_skipped_analyze
-    last_skipped_autoanalyze
-    skipped_vacuum_count
-    skipped_autovacuum_count
-    skipped_analyze_count
-    skipped_autoanalyze_count

These field can help users confirm that autovacuum is actively attempting
to run on a table that has not been vacuumed or analyzed for a long time,
and that the lack of progress is due to repeated skips rather than inactivity.
---
 doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml                  |  88 ++++++
 src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql          |   8 +
 src/backend/commands/vacuum.c                 | 100 +++++--
 src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c  |  64 +++++
 src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c           |  24 ++
 src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat               |  32 +++
 src/include/pgstat.h                          |  16 ++
 .../isolation/expected/vacuum-skip-locked.out | 260 ++++++++++++++++--
 .../isolation/specs/vacuum-skip-locked.spec   |  41 +--
 src/test/regress/expected/rules.out           |  24 ++
 10 files changed, 601 insertions(+), 56 deletions(-)

diff --git a/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml b/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml
index 08d5b824552..a9b579d87a9 100644
--- a/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml
+++ b/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml
@@ -4387,6 +4387,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_vacuum</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time a manual vacuum on this table was attempted but skipped due to
+       lock unavailability (not counting <command>VACUUM FULL</command>)
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>last_autovacuum</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
@@ -4397,6 +4407,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_autovacuum</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time a vacuum on this table by the autovacuum daemon was attempted
+       but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>last_analyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
@@ -4406,6 +4426,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_analyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time a manual analyze on this table was attempted but skipped due to
+       lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>last_autoanalyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
@@ -4416,6 +4446,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_autoanalyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time at which an analyze on this table by the autovacuum was
+       attempted but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>vacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4426,6 +4466,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_vacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times manual vacuums on this table have been attempted but skipped
+       due to lock unavailability (not counting <command>VACUUM FULL</command>)
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>autovacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4436,6 +4486,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_autovacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times vacuums on this table by the autovacuum daemon have been
+       attempted but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>analyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4445,6 +4505,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_analyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times manual analyzes on this table have been attempted but
+       skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>autoanalyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4455,6 +4525,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_autoanalyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times analyzes on this table by the autovacuum daemon have
+       been attempted but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>total_vacuum_time</structfield> <type>double precision</type>
@@ -4510,6 +4590,14 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
    </tgroup>
   </table>
 
+  <note>
+   <para>
+    When a manual vacuum or analyze on a parent table in an inheritance or
+    partitioning hierarchy is skipped, the statistics are recorded only for
+    the parent table, not for its children.
+   </para>
+  </note>
+
  </sect2>
 
  <sect2 id="monitoring-pg-stat-autovacuum-scores-view">
diff --git a/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql b/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql
index 73a1c1c4670..f509fc7876b 100644
--- a/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql
+++ b/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql
@@ -736,13 +736,21 @@ CREATE VIEW pg_stat_all_tables AS
             pg_stat_get_mod_since_analyze(C.oid) AS n_mod_since_analyze,
             pg_stat_get_ins_since_vacuum(C.oid) AS n_ins_since_vacuum,
             pg_stat_get_last_vacuum_time(C.oid) as last_vacuum,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_vacuum,
             pg_stat_get_last_autovacuum_time(C.oid) as last_autovacuum,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_autovacuum,
             pg_stat_get_last_analyze_time(C.oid) as last_analyze,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_analyze,
             pg_stat_get_last_autoanalyze_time(C.oid) as last_autoanalyze,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_autoanalyze,
             pg_stat_get_vacuum_count(C.oid) AS vacuum_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count(C.oid) AS skipped_vacuum_count,
             pg_stat_get_autovacuum_count(C.oid) AS autovacuum_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count(C.oid) AS skipped_autovacuum_count,
             pg_stat_get_analyze_count(C.oid) AS analyze_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count(C.oid) AS skipped_analyze_count,
             pg_stat_get_autoanalyze_count(C.oid) AS autoanalyze_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count(C.oid) AS skipped_autoanalyze_count,
             pg_stat_get_total_vacuum_time(C.oid) AS total_vacuum_time,
             pg_stat_get_total_autovacuum_time(C.oid) AS total_autovacuum_time,
             pg_stat_get_total_analyze_time(C.oid) AS total_analyze_time,
diff --git a/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c b/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c
index 99d0db82ed7..df6526225e4 100644
--- a/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c
+++ b/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c
@@ -793,8 +793,25 @@ vacuum_open_relation(Oid relid, RangeVar *relation, uint32 options,
 		rel = try_relation_open(relid, NoLock);
 	else
 	{
+		int flags = 0;
 		rel = NULL;
 		rel_lock = false;
+
+		if ((options & VACOPT_VACUUM) != 0 && (options & VACOPT_FULL) == 0)
+		{
+			if (AmAutoVacuumWorkerProcess())
+				flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOVACUUM;
+			else
+				flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM;
+		}
+		if ((options & VACOPT_ANALYZE) != 0)
+		{
+			if (AmAutoVacuumWorkerProcess())
+				flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOANALYZE;
+			else
+				flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE;
+		}
+		pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(relid, flags);
 	}
 
 	/* if relation is opened, leave */
@@ -905,7 +922,6 @@ expand_vacuum_rel(VacuumRelation *vrel, MemoryContext vac_context,
 		Form_pg_class classForm;
 		bool		include_children;
 		bool		is_partitioned_table;
-		int			rvr_opts;
 
 		/*
 		 * Since autovacuum workers supply OIDs when calling vacuum(), no
@@ -918,29 +934,69 @@ expand_vacuum_rel(VacuumRelation *vrel, MemoryContext vac_context,
 		 * below, as well as find_all_inheritors's expectation that the caller
 		 * holds some lock on the starting relation.
 		 */
-		rvr_opts = (options & VACOPT_SKIP_LOCKED) ? RVR_SKIP_LOCKED : 0;
-		relid = RangeVarGetRelidExtended(vrel->relation,
-										 AccessShareLock,
-										 rvr_opts,
-										 NULL, NULL);
-
-		/*
-		 * If the lock is unavailable, emit the same log statement that
-		 * vacuum_rel() and analyze_rel() would.
-		 */
-		if (!OidIsValid(relid))
+		if (!(options & VACOPT_SKIP_LOCKED))
 		{
-			if (options & VACOPT_VACUUM)
-				ereport(WARNING,
-						(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
-						 errmsg("skipping vacuum of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
-								vrel->relation->relname)));
-			else
-				ereport(WARNING,
-						(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
-						 errmsg("skipping analyze of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
+			relid = RangeVarGetRelidExtended(vrel->relation,
+											 AccessShareLock,
+											 0, NULL, NULL);
+			if (!OidIsValid(relid))
+				return vacrels;
+		}
+		else
+		{
+			/* Get relid for reporting before taking a lock */
+			relid = RangeVarGetRelid(vrel->relation, NoLock, false);
+
+			if (!ConditionalLockRelationOid(relid, AccessShareLock))
+			{
+				int	flags = 0;
+				/*
+				 * If the lock is unavailable, emit the same log statement that
+				 * vacuum_rel() and analyze_rel() would.
+				 */
+				if (options & VACOPT_VACUUM)
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping vacuum of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
 								vrel->relation->relname)));
-			return vacrels;
+				else
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping analyze of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
+									vrel->relation->relname)));
+
+				if ((options & VACOPT_VACUUM) != 0 && (options & VACOPT_FULL) == 0)
+					flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM;
+				if ((options & VACOPT_ANALYZE) != 0)
+					flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE;
+
+				pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(relid, flags);
+
+				return vacrels;
+			}
+
+			/*
+			 * Now that we have the lock, probe to see if the relation really
+			 * exists or not.
+			 */
+			if (!SearchSysCacheExists1(RELOID, ObjectIdGetDatum(relid)))
+			{
+				if (options & VACOPT_VACUUM)
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_UNDEFINED_TABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping vacuum of \"%s\" --- relation no longer exists",
+									vrel->relation->relname)));
+				else
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_UNDEFINED_TABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping analyze of \"%s\" --- relation no longer exists",
+									vrel->relation->relname)));
+
+				/* Release useless lock */
+				UnlockRelationOid(relid, AccessShareLock);
+
+				return vacrels;
+			}
 		}
 
 		/*
diff --git a/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c b/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c
index b2ca28f83ba..532d9023f8c 100644
--- a/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c
+++ b/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c
@@ -17,12 +17,14 @@
 
 #include "postgres.h"
 
+#include "access/htup_details.h"
 #include "access/twophase_rmgr.h"
 #include "access/xact.h"
 #include "catalog/catalog.h"
 #include "utils/memutils.h"
 #include "utils/pgstat_internal.h"
 #include "utils/rel.h"
+#include "utils/syscache.h"
 #include "utils/timestamp.h"
 
 
@@ -367,6 +369,68 @@ pgstat_report_analyze(Relation rel,
 	(void) pgstat_flush_backend(false, PGSTAT_BACKEND_FLUSH_IO);
 }
 
+/*
+ * Report that the table was skipped during vacuum or/and analyze.
+ */
+void
+pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(Oid relid, int flags)
+{
+	PgStat_EntryRef *entry_ref;
+	PgStatShared_Relation *shtabentry;
+	PgStat_StatTabEntry *tabentry;
+	TimestampTz ts;
+	HeapTuple	classTup;
+	bool		isshared;
+
+	if (!pgstat_track_counts || !flags)
+		return;
+
+	classTup = SearchSysCache1(RELOID, ObjectIdGetDatum(relid));
+	if (!HeapTupleIsValid(classTup))
+		return;			/* somebody deleted the rel, forget it */
+	isshared = ((Form_pg_class) GETSTRUCT(classTup))->relisshared;
+	ReleaseSysCache(classTup);
+
+	/* Store the data in the table's hash table entry. */
+	ts = GetCurrentTimestamp();
+
+	/* block acquiring lock for the same reason as pgstat_report_autovac() */
+	entry_ref = pgstat_get_entry_ref_locked(PGSTAT_KIND_RELATION,
+											isshared ? InvalidOid : MyDatabaseId,
+											relid, false);
+
+	shtabentry = (PgStatShared_Relation *) entry_ref->shared_stats;
+	tabentry = &shtabentry->stats;
+
+	if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM)
+	{
+		tabentry->last_skipped_vacuum_time = ts;
+		tabentry->skipped_vacuum_count++;
+	}
+	else if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOVACUUM)
+	{
+		tabentry->last_skipped_autovacuum_time = ts;
+		tabentry->skipped_autovacuum_count++;
+	}
+
+	if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE)
+	{
+		tabentry->last_skipped_analyze_time = ts;
+		tabentry->skipped_analyze_count++;
+	}
+	else if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOANALYZE)
+	{
+		tabentry->last_skipped_autoanalyze_time = ts;
+		tabentry->skipped_autoanalyze_count++;
+	}
+
+	pgstat_unlock_entry(entry_ref);
+
+	/* see pgstat_report_vacuum() */
+	pgstat_flush_io(false);
+	(void) pgstat_flush_backend(false, PGSTAT_BACKEND_FLUSH_IO);
+}
+
 /*
  * count a tuple insertion of n tuples
  */
diff --git a/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c b/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c
index 1408de387ea..90a8968faa0 100644
--- a/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c
+++ b/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c
@@ -84,6 +84,18 @@ PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(mod_since_analyze)
 /* pg_stat_get_numscans */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(numscans)
 
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_analyze_count)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_autoanalyze_count)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_autovacuum_count)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_vacuum_count)
+
 /* pg_stat_get_tuples_deleted */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(tuples_deleted)
 
@@ -170,6 +182,18 @@ PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_vacuum_time)
 /* pg_stat_get_lastscan */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(lastscan)
 
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_analyze_time)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_autoanalyze_time)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_autovacuum_time)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_vacuum_time)
+
 /* pg_stat_get_stat_reset_time */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(stat_reset_time)
 
diff --git a/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat b/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat
index fa9ae79082b..32debb34863 100644
--- a/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat
+++ b/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat
@@ -5680,6 +5680,38 @@
   proargmodes => '{o,o,o,o,o,o,o,o,o,o}',
   proargnames => '{oid,score,xid_score,mxid_score,vacuum_score,vacuum_insert_score,analyze_score,do_vacuum,do_analyze,for_wraparound}',
   prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_autovacuum_scores' },
+{ oid => '8142', descr => 'statistics: last skipped vacuum time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time' },
+{ oid => '8143', descr => 'statistics: last skipped auto vacuum time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time' },
+{ oid => '8144', descr => 'statistics: last skipped analyze time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time' },
+{ oid => '8145', descr => 'statistics: last skipped auto analyze time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time' },
+{ oid => '8146', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped vacuum for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count' },
+{ oid => '8147', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped auto vacuum for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count' },
+{ oid => '8148', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped analyzes for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count' },
+{ oid => '8149', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped auto analyzes for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count' },
 { oid => '1936', descr => 'statistics: currently active backend IDs',
   proname => 'pg_stat_get_backend_idset', prorows => '100', proretset => 't',
   provolatile => 's', proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int4',
diff --git a/src/include/pgstat.h b/src/include/pgstat.h
index dfa2e837638..98941f953d1 100644
--- a/src/include/pgstat.h
+++ b/src/include/pgstat.h
@@ -479,6 +479,15 @@ typedef struct PgStat_StatTabEntry
 	TimestampTz last_autoanalyze_time;	/* autovacuum initiated */
 	PgStat_Counter autoanalyze_count;
 
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_vacuum_time;	/* user initiated vacuum */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_vacuum_count;
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_autovacuum_time;	/* autovacuum initiated */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_autovacuum_count;
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_analyze_time;	/* user initiated */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_analyze_count;
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_autoanalyze_time;	/* autovacuum initiated */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_autoanalyze_count;
+
 	PgStat_Counter total_vacuum_time;	/* times in milliseconds */
 	PgStat_Counter total_autovacuum_time;
 	PgStat_Counter total_analyze_time;
@@ -703,6 +712,13 @@ extern void pgstat_report_analyze(Relation rel,
 								  PgStat_Counter livetuples, PgStat_Counter deadtuples,
 								  bool resetcounter, TimestampTz starttime);
 
+/* flags for pgstat_flush_backend() */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM		(1 << 0)	/* vacuum is skipped */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE		(1 << 1)	/* analyze is skipped */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOVACUUM	(1 << 2)	/* autovacuum is skipped */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOANALYZE	(1 << 3)	/* autoanalyze is skipped */
+extern void pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(Oid relid, int flags);
+
 /*
  * If stats are enabled, but pending data hasn't been prepared yet, call
  * pgstat_assoc_relation() to do so. See its comment for why this is done
diff --git a/src/test/isolation/expected/vacuum-skip-locked.out b/src/test/isolation/expected/vacuum-skip-locked.out
index 99db281a159..e2cff175b7c 100644
--- a/src/test/isolation/expected/vacuum-skip-locked.out
+++ b/src/test/isolation/expected/vacuum-skip-locked.out
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 Parsed test spec with 2 sessions
 
-starting permutation: lock_share vac_specified commit
+starting permutation: lock_share vac_specified commit check_stat
 step lock_share: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN SHARE MODE;
@@ -10,8 +10,22 @@ step vac_specified: VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED) part1, part2;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
 
-starting permutation: lock_share vac_all_parts commit
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   1|            0|                    0
+part2  |           1|                   0|            0|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
+
+starting permutation: lock_share vac_all_parts commit check_stat
 step lock_share: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN SHARE MODE;
@@ -20,8 +34,22 @@ step vac_all_parts: VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED) parted;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   1|            0|                    0
+part2  |           1|                   0|            0|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
 
-starting permutation: lock_share analyze_specified commit
+starting permutation: lock_share analyze_specified commit check_stat
 step lock_share: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN SHARE MODE;
@@ -31,8 +59,22 @@ step analyze_specified: ANALYZE (SKIP_LOCKED) part1, part2;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
 
-starting permutation: lock_share analyze_all_parts commit
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   0|            0|                    1
+part2  |           0|                   0|            1|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
+
+starting permutation: lock_share analyze_all_parts commit check_stat
 step lock_share: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN SHARE MODE;
@@ -41,8 +83,22 @@ step analyze_all_parts: ANALYZE (SKIP_LOCKED) parted;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            1|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   0|            0|                    1
+part2  |           0|                   0|            1|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
 
-starting permutation: lock_share vac_analyze_specified commit
+starting permutation: lock_share vac_analyze_specified commit check_stat
 step lock_share: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN SHARE MODE;
@@ -52,8 +108,22 @@ step vac_analyze_specified: VACUUM (ANALYZE, SKIP_LOCKED) part1, part2;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
 
-starting permutation: lock_share vac_analyze_all_parts commit
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   1|            0|                    1
+part2  |           1|                   0|            1|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
+
+starting permutation: lock_share vac_analyze_all_parts commit check_stat
 step lock_share: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN SHARE MODE;
@@ -62,8 +132,22 @@ step vac_analyze_all_parts: VACUUM (ANALYZE, SKIP_LOCKED) parted;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            1|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   1|            0|                    1
+part2  |           1|                   0|            1|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
 
-starting permutation: lock_share vac_full_specified commit
+starting permutation: lock_share vac_full_specified commit check_stat
 step lock_share: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN SHARE MODE;
@@ -73,8 +157,22 @@ step vac_full_specified: VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED, FULL) part1, part2;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
 
-starting permutation: lock_share vac_full_all_parts commit
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part2  |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
+
+starting permutation: lock_share vac_full_all_parts commit check_stat
 step lock_share: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN SHARE MODE;
@@ -83,8 +181,22 @@ step vac_full_all_parts: VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED, FULL) parted;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part2  |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+(3 rows)
 
-starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_specified commit
+
+starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_specified commit check_stat
 step lock_access_exclusive: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN ACCESS EXCLUSIVE MODE;
@@ -94,8 +206,22 @@ step vac_specified: VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED) part1, part2;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   1|            0|                    0
+part2  |           1|                   0|            0|                    0
+(3 rows)
 
-starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_all_parts commit
+
+starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_all_parts commit check_stat
 step lock_access_exclusive: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN ACCESS EXCLUSIVE MODE;
@@ -104,8 +230,22 @@ step vac_all_parts: VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED) parted;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   1|            0|                    0
+part2  |           1|                   0|            0|                    0
+(3 rows)
 
-starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive analyze_specified commit
+
+starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive analyze_specified commit check_stat
 step lock_access_exclusive: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN ACCESS EXCLUSIVE MODE;
@@ -115,8 +255,22 @@ step analyze_specified: ANALYZE (SKIP_LOCKED) part1, part2;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   0|            0|                    1
+part2  |           0|                   0|            1|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
 
-starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive analyze_all_parts commit
+starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive analyze_all_parts commit check_stat
 step lock_access_exclusive: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN ACCESS EXCLUSIVE MODE;
@@ -126,8 +280,22 @@ step commit:
 	COMMIT;
 
 step analyze_all_parts: <... completed>
-
-starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_analyze_specified commit
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            1|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   0|            1|                    0
+part2  |           0|                   0|            1|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
+
+starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_analyze_specified commit check_stat
 step lock_access_exclusive: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN ACCESS EXCLUSIVE MODE;
@@ -137,8 +305,22 @@ step vac_analyze_specified: VACUUM (ANALYZE, SKIP_LOCKED) part1, part2;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   1|            0|                    1
+part2  |           1|                   0|            1|                    0
+(3 rows)
 
-starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_analyze_all_parts commit
+
+starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_analyze_all_parts commit check_stat
 step lock_access_exclusive: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN ACCESS EXCLUSIVE MODE;
@@ -148,8 +330,22 @@ step commit:
 	COMMIT;
 
 step vac_analyze_all_parts: <... completed>
-
-starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_full_specified commit
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            1|                    0
+part1  |           1|                   0|            1|                    0
+part2  |           1|                   0|            1|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
+
+starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_full_specified commit check_stat
 step lock_access_exclusive: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN ACCESS EXCLUSIVE MODE;
@@ -159,8 +355,22 @@ step vac_full_specified: VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED, FULL) part1, part2;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
 
-starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_full_all_parts commit
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part2  |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
+
+starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_full_all_parts commit check_stat
 step lock_access_exclusive: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN ACCESS EXCLUSIVE MODE;
@@ -169,3 +379,17 @@ step vac_full_all_parts: VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED, FULL) parted;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part2  |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
diff --git a/src/test/isolation/specs/vacuum-skip-locked.spec b/src/test/isolation/specs/vacuum-skip-locked.spec
index 3fad6e1c92a..b0da75d4b6d 100644
--- a/src/test/isolation/specs/vacuum-skip-locked.spec
+++ b/src/test/isolation/specs/vacuum-skip-locked.spec
@@ -33,6 +33,15 @@ step commit
 	COMMIT;
 }
 
+step check_stat
+{
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+}
+
 session s2
 step vac_specified			{ VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED) part1, part2; }
 step vac_all_parts			{ VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED) parted; }
@@ -43,19 +52,19 @@ step vac_analyze_all_parts	{ VACUUM (ANALYZE, SKIP_LOCKED) parted; }
 step vac_full_specified		{ VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED, FULL) part1, part2; }
 step vac_full_all_parts		{ VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED, FULL) parted; }
 
-permutation lock_share vac_specified commit
-permutation lock_share vac_all_parts commit
-permutation lock_share analyze_specified commit
-permutation lock_share analyze_all_parts commit
-permutation lock_share vac_analyze_specified commit
-permutation lock_share vac_analyze_all_parts commit
-permutation lock_share vac_full_specified commit
-permutation lock_share vac_full_all_parts commit
-permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_specified commit
-permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_all_parts commit
-permutation lock_access_exclusive analyze_specified commit
-permutation lock_access_exclusive analyze_all_parts commit
-permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_analyze_specified commit
-permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_analyze_all_parts commit
-permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_full_specified commit
-permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_full_all_parts commit
+permutation lock_share vac_specified commit check_stat
+permutation lock_share vac_all_parts commit check_stat
+permutation lock_share analyze_specified commit check_stat
+permutation lock_share analyze_all_parts commit check_stat
+permutation lock_share vac_analyze_specified commit check_stat
+permutation lock_share vac_analyze_all_parts commit check_stat
+permutation lock_share vac_full_specified commit check_stat
+permutation lock_share vac_full_all_parts commit check_stat
+permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_specified commit check_stat
+permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_all_parts commit check_stat
+permutation lock_access_exclusive analyze_specified commit check_stat
+permutation lock_access_exclusive analyze_all_parts commit check_stat
+permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_analyze_specified commit check_stat
+permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_analyze_all_parts commit check_stat
+permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_full_specified commit check_stat
+permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_full_all_parts commit check_stat
diff --git a/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out b/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out
index a65a5bf0c4f..9b2075d3373 100644
--- a/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out
+++ b/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out
@@ -1835,13 +1835,21 @@ pg_stat_all_tables| SELECT c.oid AS relid,
     pg_stat_get_mod_since_analyze(c.oid) AS n_mod_since_analyze,
     pg_stat_get_ins_since_vacuum(c.oid) AS n_ins_since_vacuum,
     pg_stat_get_last_vacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_vacuum,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_vacuum,
     pg_stat_get_last_autovacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_autovacuum,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_autovacuum,
     pg_stat_get_last_analyze_time(c.oid) AS last_analyze,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_analyze,
     pg_stat_get_last_autoanalyze_time(c.oid) AS last_autoanalyze,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_autoanalyze,
     pg_stat_get_vacuum_count(c.oid) AS vacuum_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count(c.oid) AS skipped_vacuum_count,
     pg_stat_get_autovacuum_count(c.oid) AS autovacuum_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count(c.oid) AS skipped_autovacuum_count,
     pg_stat_get_analyze_count(c.oid) AS analyze_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count(c.oid) AS skipped_analyze_count,
     pg_stat_get_autoanalyze_count(c.oid) AS autoanalyze_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count(c.oid) AS skipped_autoanalyze_count,
     pg_stat_get_total_vacuum_time(c.oid) AS total_vacuum_time,
     pg_stat_get_total_autovacuum_time(c.oid) AS total_autovacuum_time,
     pg_stat_get_total_analyze_time(c.oid) AS total_analyze_time,
@@ -2346,13 +2354,21 @@ pg_stat_sys_tables| SELECT relid,
     n_mod_since_analyze,
     n_ins_since_vacuum,
     last_vacuum,
+    last_skipped_vacuum,
     last_autovacuum,
+    last_skipped_autovacuum,
     last_analyze,
+    last_skipped_analyze,
     last_autoanalyze,
+    last_skipped_autoanalyze,
     vacuum_count,
+    skipped_vacuum_count,
     autovacuum_count,
+    skipped_autovacuum_count,
     analyze_count,
+    skipped_analyze_count,
     autoanalyze_count,
+    skipped_autoanalyze_count,
     total_vacuum_time,
     total_autovacuum_time,
     total_analyze_time,
@@ -2401,13 +2417,21 @@ pg_stat_user_tables| SELECT relid,
     n_mod_since_analyze,
     n_ins_since_vacuum,
     last_vacuum,
+    last_skipped_vacuum,
     last_autovacuum,
+    last_skipped_autovacuum,
     last_analyze,
+    last_skipped_analyze,
     last_autoanalyze,
+    last_skipped_autoanalyze,
     vacuum_count,
+    skipped_vacuum_count,
     autovacuum_count,
+    skipped_autovacuum_count,
     analyze_count,
+    skipped_analyze_count,
     autoanalyze_count,
+    skipped_autoanalyze_count,
     total_vacuum_time,
     total_autovacuum_time,
     total_analyze_time,
-- 
2.43.0


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* [PATCH v5] Track skipped vacuum and analyze activity per relation
@ 2026-03-24 04:09 Yugo Nagata <[email protected]>
  0 siblings, 0 replies; 374+ messages in thread

From: Yugo Nagata @ 2026-03-24 04:09 UTC (permalink / raw)

This commit adds eight fields to the relation statistics that track
the last time vacuum or analyze has been attempted but skipped due to
lock unavailability, along with their counts:

-    last_skipped_vacuum
-    last_skipped_autovacuum
-    last_skipped_analyze
-    last_skipped_autoanalyze
-    skipped_vacuum_count
-    skipped_autovacuum_count
-    skipped_analyze_count
-    skipped_autoanalyze_count

These field can help users confirm that autovacuum is actively attempting
to run on a table that has not been vacuumed or analyzed for a long time,
and that the lack of progress is due to repeated skips rather than inactivity.
---
 doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml                  |  88 ++++++
 src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql          |   8 +
 src/backend/commands/vacuum.c                 | 100 +++++--
 src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c  |  64 +++++
 src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c           |  24 ++
 src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat               |  32 +++
 src/include/pgstat.h                          |  16 ++
 .../isolation/expected/vacuum-skip-locked.out | 260 ++++++++++++++++--
 .../isolation/specs/vacuum-skip-locked.spec   |  41 +--
 src/test/regress/expected/rules.out           |  24 ++
 10 files changed, 601 insertions(+), 56 deletions(-)

diff --git a/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml b/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml
index 08d5b824552..a9b579d87a9 100644
--- a/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml
+++ b/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml
@@ -4387,6 +4387,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_vacuum</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time a manual vacuum on this table was attempted but skipped due to
+       lock unavailability (not counting <command>VACUUM FULL</command>)
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>last_autovacuum</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
@@ -4397,6 +4407,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_autovacuum</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time a vacuum on this table by the autovacuum daemon was attempted
+       but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>last_analyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
@@ -4406,6 +4426,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_analyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time a manual analyze on this table was attempted but skipped due to
+       lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>last_autoanalyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
@@ -4416,6 +4446,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_autoanalyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time at which an analyze on this table by the autovacuum was
+       attempted but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>vacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4426,6 +4466,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_vacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times manual vacuums on this table have been attempted but skipped
+       due to lock unavailability (not counting <command>VACUUM FULL</command>)
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>autovacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4436,6 +4486,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_autovacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times vacuums on this table by the autovacuum daemon have been
+       attempted but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>analyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4445,6 +4505,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_analyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times manual analyzes on this table have been attempted but
+       skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>autoanalyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4455,6 +4525,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_autoanalyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times analyzes on this table by the autovacuum daemon have
+       been attempted but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>total_vacuum_time</structfield> <type>double precision</type>
@@ -4510,6 +4590,14 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
    </tgroup>
   </table>
 
+  <note>
+   <para>
+    When a manual vacuum or analyze on a parent table in an inheritance or
+    partitioning hierarchy is skipped, the statistics are recorded only for
+    the parent table, not for its children.
+   </para>
+  </note>
+
  </sect2>
 
  <sect2 id="monitoring-pg-stat-autovacuum-scores-view">
diff --git a/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql b/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql
index 73a1c1c4670..f509fc7876b 100644
--- a/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql
+++ b/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql
@@ -736,13 +736,21 @@ CREATE VIEW pg_stat_all_tables AS
             pg_stat_get_mod_since_analyze(C.oid) AS n_mod_since_analyze,
             pg_stat_get_ins_since_vacuum(C.oid) AS n_ins_since_vacuum,
             pg_stat_get_last_vacuum_time(C.oid) as last_vacuum,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_vacuum,
             pg_stat_get_last_autovacuum_time(C.oid) as last_autovacuum,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_autovacuum,
             pg_stat_get_last_analyze_time(C.oid) as last_analyze,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_analyze,
             pg_stat_get_last_autoanalyze_time(C.oid) as last_autoanalyze,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_autoanalyze,
             pg_stat_get_vacuum_count(C.oid) AS vacuum_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count(C.oid) AS skipped_vacuum_count,
             pg_stat_get_autovacuum_count(C.oid) AS autovacuum_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count(C.oid) AS skipped_autovacuum_count,
             pg_stat_get_analyze_count(C.oid) AS analyze_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count(C.oid) AS skipped_analyze_count,
             pg_stat_get_autoanalyze_count(C.oid) AS autoanalyze_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count(C.oid) AS skipped_autoanalyze_count,
             pg_stat_get_total_vacuum_time(C.oid) AS total_vacuum_time,
             pg_stat_get_total_autovacuum_time(C.oid) AS total_autovacuum_time,
             pg_stat_get_total_analyze_time(C.oid) AS total_analyze_time,
diff --git a/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c b/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c
index 99d0db82ed7..df6526225e4 100644
--- a/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c
+++ b/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c
@@ -793,8 +793,25 @@ vacuum_open_relation(Oid relid, RangeVar *relation, uint32 options,
 		rel = try_relation_open(relid, NoLock);
 	else
 	{
+		int flags = 0;
 		rel = NULL;
 		rel_lock = false;
+
+		if ((options & VACOPT_VACUUM) != 0 && (options & VACOPT_FULL) == 0)
+		{
+			if (AmAutoVacuumWorkerProcess())
+				flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOVACUUM;
+			else
+				flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM;
+		}
+		if ((options & VACOPT_ANALYZE) != 0)
+		{
+			if (AmAutoVacuumWorkerProcess())
+				flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOANALYZE;
+			else
+				flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE;
+		}
+		pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(relid, flags);
 	}
 
 	/* if relation is opened, leave */
@@ -905,7 +922,6 @@ expand_vacuum_rel(VacuumRelation *vrel, MemoryContext vac_context,
 		Form_pg_class classForm;
 		bool		include_children;
 		bool		is_partitioned_table;
-		int			rvr_opts;
 
 		/*
 		 * Since autovacuum workers supply OIDs when calling vacuum(), no
@@ -918,29 +934,69 @@ expand_vacuum_rel(VacuumRelation *vrel, MemoryContext vac_context,
 		 * below, as well as find_all_inheritors's expectation that the caller
 		 * holds some lock on the starting relation.
 		 */
-		rvr_opts = (options & VACOPT_SKIP_LOCKED) ? RVR_SKIP_LOCKED : 0;
-		relid = RangeVarGetRelidExtended(vrel->relation,
-										 AccessShareLock,
-										 rvr_opts,
-										 NULL, NULL);
-
-		/*
-		 * If the lock is unavailable, emit the same log statement that
-		 * vacuum_rel() and analyze_rel() would.
-		 */
-		if (!OidIsValid(relid))
+		if (!(options & VACOPT_SKIP_LOCKED))
 		{
-			if (options & VACOPT_VACUUM)
-				ereport(WARNING,
-						(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
-						 errmsg("skipping vacuum of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
-								vrel->relation->relname)));
-			else
-				ereport(WARNING,
-						(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
-						 errmsg("skipping analyze of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
+			relid = RangeVarGetRelidExtended(vrel->relation,
+											 AccessShareLock,
+											 0, NULL, NULL);
+			if (!OidIsValid(relid))
+				return vacrels;
+		}
+		else
+		{
+			/* Get relid for reporting before taking a lock */
+			relid = RangeVarGetRelid(vrel->relation, NoLock, false);
+
+			if (!ConditionalLockRelationOid(relid, AccessShareLock))
+			{
+				int	flags = 0;
+				/*
+				 * If the lock is unavailable, emit the same log statement that
+				 * vacuum_rel() and analyze_rel() would.
+				 */
+				if (options & VACOPT_VACUUM)
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping vacuum of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
 								vrel->relation->relname)));
-			return vacrels;
+				else
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping analyze of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
+									vrel->relation->relname)));
+
+				if ((options & VACOPT_VACUUM) != 0 && (options & VACOPT_FULL) == 0)
+					flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM;
+				if ((options & VACOPT_ANALYZE) != 0)
+					flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE;
+
+				pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(relid, flags);
+
+				return vacrels;
+			}
+
+			/*
+			 * Now that we have the lock, probe to see if the relation really
+			 * exists or not.
+			 */
+			if (!SearchSysCacheExists1(RELOID, ObjectIdGetDatum(relid)))
+			{
+				if (options & VACOPT_VACUUM)
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_UNDEFINED_TABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping vacuum of \"%s\" --- relation no longer exists",
+									vrel->relation->relname)));
+				else
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_UNDEFINED_TABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping analyze of \"%s\" --- relation no longer exists",
+									vrel->relation->relname)));
+
+				/* Release useless lock */
+				UnlockRelationOid(relid, AccessShareLock);
+
+				return vacrels;
+			}
 		}
 
 		/*
diff --git a/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c b/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c
index b2ca28f83ba..532d9023f8c 100644
--- a/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c
+++ b/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c
@@ -17,12 +17,14 @@
 
 #include "postgres.h"
 
+#include "access/htup_details.h"
 #include "access/twophase_rmgr.h"
 #include "access/xact.h"
 #include "catalog/catalog.h"
 #include "utils/memutils.h"
 #include "utils/pgstat_internal.h"
 #include "utils/rel.h"
+#include "utils/syscache.h"
 #include "utils/timestamp.h"
 
 
@@ -367,6 +369,68 @@ pgstat_report_analyze(Relation rel,
 	(void) pgstat_flush_backend(false, PGSTAT_BACKEND_FLUSH_IO);
 }
 
+/*
+ * Report that the table was skipped during vacuum or/and analyze.
+ */
+void
+pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(Oid relid, int flags)
+{
+	PgStat_EntryRef *entry_ref;
+	PgStatShared_Relation *shtabentry;
+	PgStat_StatTabEntry *tabentry;
+	TimestampTz ts;
+	HeapTuple	classTup;
+	bool		isshared;
+
+	if (!pgstat_track_counts || !flags)
+		return;
+
+	classTup = SearchSysCache1(RELOID, ObjectIdGetDatum(relid));
+	if (!HeapTupleIsValid(classTup))
+		return;			/* somebody deleted the rel, forget it */
+	isshared = ((Form_pg_class) GETSTRUCT(classTup))->relisshared;
+	ReleaseSysCache(classTup);
+
+	/* Store the data in the table's hash table entry. */
+	ts = GetCurrentTimestamp();
+
+	/* block acquiring lock for the same reason as pgstat_report_autovac() */
+	entry_ref = pgstat_get_entry_ref_locked(PGSTAT_KIND_RELATION,
+											isshared ? InvalidOid : MyDatabaseId,
+											relid, false);
+
+	shtabentry = (PgStatShared_Relation *) entry_ref->shared_stats;
+	tabentry = &shtabentry->stats;
+
+	if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM)
+	{
+		tabentry->last_skipped_vacuum_time = ts;
+		tabentry->skipped_vacuum_count++;
+	}
+	else if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOVACUUM)
+	{
+		tabentry->last_skipped_autovacuum_time = ts;
+		tabentry->skipped_autovacuum_count++;
+	}
+
+	if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE)
+	{
+		tabentry->last_skipped_analyze_time = ts;
+		tabentry->skipped_analyze_count++;
+	}
+	else if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOANALYZE)
+	{
+		tabentry->last_skipped_autoanalyze_time = ts;
+		tabentry->skipped_autoanalyze_count++;
+	}
+
+	pgstat_unlock_entry(entry_ref);
+
+	/* see pgstat_report_vacuum() */
+	pgstat_flush_io(false);
+	(void) pgstat_flush_backend(false, PGSTAT_BACKEND_FLUSH_IO);
+}
+
 /*
  * count a tuple insertion of n tuples
  */
diff --git a/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c b/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c
index 1408de387ea..90a8968faa0 100644
--- a/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c
+++ b/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c
@@ -84,6 +84,18 @@ PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(mod_since_analyze)
 /* pg_stat_get_numscans */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(numscans)
 
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_analyze_count)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_autoanalyze_count)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_autovacuum_count)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_vacuum_count)
+
 /* pg_stat_get_tuples_deleted */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(tuples_deleted)
 
@@ -170,6 +182,18 @@ PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_vacuum_time)
 /* pg_stat_get_lastscan */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(lastscan)
 
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_analyze_time)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_autoanalyze_time)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_autovacuum_time)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_vacuum_time)
+
 /* pg_stat_get_stat_reset_time */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(stat_reset_time)
 
diff --git a/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat b/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat
index fa9ae79082b..32debb34863 100644
--- a/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat
+++ b/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat
@@ -5680,6 +5680,38 @@
   proargmodes => '{o,o,o,o,o,o,o,o,o,o}',
   proargnames => '{oid,score,xid_score,mxid_score,vacuum_score,vacuum_insert_score,analyze_score,do_vacuum,do_analyze,for_wraparound}',
   prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_autovacuum_scores' },
+{ oid => '8142', descr => 'statistics: last skipped vacuum time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time' },
+{ oid => '8143', descr => 'statistics: last skipped auto vacuum time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time' },
+{ oid => '8144', descr => 'statistics: last skipped analyze time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time' },
+{ oid => '8145', descr => 'statistics: last skipped auto analyze time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time' },
+{ oid => '8146', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped vacuum for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count' },
+{ oid => '8147', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped auto vacuum for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count' },
+{ oid => '8148', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped analyzes for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count' },
+{ oid => '8149', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped auto analyzes for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count' },
 { oid => '1936', descr => 'statistics: currently active backend IDs',
   proname => 'pg_stat_get_backend_idset', prorows => '100', proretset => 't',
   provolatile => 's', proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int4',
diff --git a/src/include/pgstat.h b/src/include/pgstat.h
index dfa2e837638..98941f953d1 100644
--- a/src/include/pgstat.h
+++ b/src/include/pgstat.h
@@ -479,6 +479,15 @@ typedef struct PgStat_StatTabEntry
 	TimestampTz last_autoanalyze_time;	/* autovacuum initiated */
 	PgStat_Counter autoanalyze_count;
 
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_vacuum_time;	/* user initiated vacuum */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_vacuum_count;
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_autovacuum_time;	/* autovacuum initiated */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_autovacuum_count;
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_analyze_time;	/* user initiated */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_analyze_count;
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_autoanalyze_time;	/* autovacuum initiated */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_autoanalyze_count;
+
 	PgStat_Counter total_vacuum_time;	/* times in milliseconds */
 	PgStat_Counter total_autovacuum_time;
 	PgStat_Counter total_analyze_time;
@@ -703,6 +712,13 @@ extern void pgstat_report_analyze(Relation rel,
 								  PgStat_Counter livetuples, PgStat_Counter deadtuples,
 								  bool resetcounter, TimestampTz starttime);
 
+/* flags for pgstat_flush_backend() */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM		(1 << 0)	/* vacuum is skipped */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE		(1 << 1)	/* analyze is skipped */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOVACUUM	(1 << 2)	/* autovacuum is skipped */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOANALYZE	(1 << 3)	/* autoanalyze is skipped */
+extern void pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(Oid relid, int flags);
+
 /*
  * If stats are enabled, but pending data hasn't been prepared yet, call
  * pgstat_assoc_relation() to do so. See its comment for why this is done
diff --git a/src/test/isolation/expected/vacuum-skip-locked.out b/src/test/isolation/expected/vacuum-skip-locked.out
index 99db281a159..e2cff175b7c 100644
--- a/src/test/isolation/expected/vacuum-skip-locked.out
+++ b/src/test/isolation/expected/vacuum-skip-locked.out
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 Parsed test spec with 2 sessions
 
-starting permutation: lock_share vac_specified commit
+starting permutation: lock_share vac_specified commit check_stat
 step lock_share: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN SHARE MODE;
@@ -10,8 +10,22 @@ step vac_specified: VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED) part1, part2;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
 
-starting permutation: lock_share vac_all_parts commit
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   1|            0|                    0
+part2  |           1|                   0|            0|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
+
+starting permutation: lock_share vac_all_parts commit check_stat
 step lock_share: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN SHARE MODE;
@@ -20,8 +34,22 @@ step vac_all_parts: VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED) parted;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   1|            0|                    0
+part2  |           1|                   0|            0|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
 
-starting permutation: lock_share analyze_specified commit
+starting permutation: lock_share analyze_specified commit check_stat
 step lock_share: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN SHARE MODE;
@@ -31,8 +59,22 @@ step analyze_specified: ANALYZE (SKIP_LOCKED) part1, part2;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
 
-starting permutation: lock_share analyze_all_parts commit
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   0|            0|                    1
+part2  |           0|                   0|            1|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
+
+starting permutation: lock_share analyze_all_parts commit check_stat
 step lock_share: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN SHARE MODE;
@@ -41,8 +83,22 @@ step analyze_all_parts: ANALYZE (SKIP_LOCKED) parted;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            1|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   0|            0|                    1
+part2  |           0|                   0|            1|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
 
-starting permutation: lock_share vac_analyze_specified commit
+starting permutation: lock_share vac_analyze_specified commit check_stat
 step lock_share: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN SHARE MODE;
@@ -52,8 +108,22 @@ step vac_analyze_specified: VACUUM (ANALYZE, SKIP_LOCKED) part1, part2;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
 
-starting permutation: lock_share vac_analyze_all_parts commit
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   1|            0|                    1
+part2  |           1|                   0|            1|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
+
+starting permutation: lock_share vac_analyze_all_parts commit check_stat
 step lock_share: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN SHARE MODE;
@@ -62,8 +132,22 @@ step vac_analyze_all_parts: VACUUM (ANALYZE, SKIP_LOCKED) parted;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            1|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   1|            0|                    1
+part2  |           1|                   0|            1|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
 
-starting permutation: lock_share vac_full_specified commit
+starting permutation: lock_share vac_full_specified commit check_stat
 step lock_share: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN SHARE MODE;
@@ -73,8 +157,22 @@ step vac_full_specified: VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED, FULL) part1, part2;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
 
-starting permutation: lock_share vac_full_all_parts commit
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part2  |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
+
+starting permutation: lock_share vac_full_all_parts commit check_stat
 step lock_share: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN SHARE MODE;
@@ -83,8 +181,22 @@ step vac_full_all_parts: VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED, FULL) parted;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part2  |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+(3 rows)
 
-starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_specified commit
+
+starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_specified commit check_stat
 step lock_access_exclusive: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN ACCESS EXCLUSIVE MODE;
@@ -94,8 +206,22 @@ step vac_specified: VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED) part1, part2;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   1|            0|                    0
+part2  |           1|                   0|            0|                    0
+(3 rows)
 
-starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_all_parts commit
+
+starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_all_parts commit check_stat
 step lock_access_exclusive: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN ACCESS EXCLUSIVE MODE;
@@ -104,8 +230,22 @@ step vac_all_parts: VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED) parted;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   1|            0|                    0
+part2  |           1|                   0|            0|                    0
+(3 rows)
 
-starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive analyze_specified commit
+
+starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive analyze_specified commit check_stat
 step lock_access_exclusive: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN ACCESS EXCLUSIVE MODE;
@@ -115,8 +255,22 @@ step analyze_specified: ANALYZE (SKIP_LOCKED) part1, part2;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   0|            0|                    1
+part2  |           0|                   0|            1|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
 
-starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive analyze_all_parts commit
+starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive analyze_all_parts commit check_stat
 step lock_access_exclusive: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN ACCESS EXCLUSIVE MODE;
@@ -126,8 +280,22 @@ step commit:
 	COMMIT;
 
 step analyze_all_parts: <... completed>
-
-starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_analyze_specified commit
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            1|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   0|            1|                    0
+part2  |           0|                   0|            1|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
+
+starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_analyze_specified commit check_stat
 step lock_access_exclusive: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN ACCESS EXCLUSIVE MODE;
@@ -137,8 +305,22 @@ step vac_analyze_specified: VACUUM (ANALYZE, SKIP_LOCKED) part1, part2;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   1|            0|                    1
+part2  |           1|                   0|            1|                    0
+(3 rows)
 
-starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_analyze_all_parts commit
+
+starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_analyze_all_parts commit check_stat
 step lock_access_exclusive: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN ACCESS EXCLUSIVE MODE;
@@ -148,8 +330,22 @@ step commit:
 	COMMIT;
 
 step vac_analyze_all_parts: <... completed>
-
-starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_full_specified commit
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            1|                    0
+part1  |           1|                   0|            1|                    0
+part2  |           1|                   0|            1|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
+
+starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_full_specified commit check_stat
 step lock_access_exclusive: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN ACCESS EXCLUSIVE MODE;
@@ -159,8 +355,22 @@ step vac_full_specified: VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED, FULL) part1, part2;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
 
-starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_full_all_parts commit
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part2  |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
+
+starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_full_all_parts commit check_stat
 step lock_access_exclusive: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN ACCESS EXCLUSIVE MODE;
@@ -169,3 +379,17 @@ step vac_full_all_parts: VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED, FULL) parted;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part2  |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
diff --git a/src/test/isolation/specs/vacuum-skip-locked.spec b/src/test/isolation/specs/vacuum-skip-locked.spec
index 3fad6e1c92a..b0da75d4b6d 100644
--- a/src/test/isolation/specs/vacuum-skip-locked.spec
+++ b/src/test/isolation/specs/vacuum-skip-locked.spec
@@ -33,6 +33,15 @@ step commit
 	COMMIT;
 }
 
+step check_stat
+{
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+}
+
 session s2
 step vac_specified			{ VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED) part1, part2; }
 step vac_all_parts			{ VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED) parted; }
@@ -43,19 +52,19 @@ step vac_analyze_all_parts	{ VACUUM (ANALYZE, SKIP_LOCKED) parted; }
 step vac_full_specified		{ VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED, FULL) part1, part2; }
 step vac_full_all_parts		{ VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED, FULL) parted; }
 
-permutation lock_share vac_specified commit
-permutation lock_share vac_all_parts commit
-permutation lock_share analyze_specified commit
-permutation lock_share analyze_all_parts commit
-permutation lock_share vac_analyze_specified commit
-permutation lock_share vac_analyze_all_parts commit
-permutation lock_share vac_full_specified commit
-permutation lock_share vac_full_all_parts commit
-permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_specified commit
-permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_all_parts commit
-permutation lock_access_exclusive analyze_specified commit
-permutation lock_access_exclusive analyze_all_parts commit
-permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_analyze_specified commit
-permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_analyze_all_parts commit
-permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_full_specified commit
-permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_full_all_parts commit
+permutation lock_share vac_specified commit check_stat
+permutation lock_share vac_all_parts commit check_stat
+permutation lock_share analyze_specified commit check_stat
+permutation lock_share analyze_all_parts commit check_stat
+permutation lock_share vac_analyze_specified commit check_stat
+permutation lock_share vac_analyze_all_parts commit check_stat
+permutation lock_share vac_full_specified commit check_stat
+permutation lock_share vac_full_all_parts commit check_stat
+permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_specified commit check_stat
+permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_all_parts commit check_stat
+permutation lock_access_exclusive analyze_specified commit check_stat
+permutation lock_access_exclusive analyze_all_parts commit check_stat
+permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_analyze_specified commit check_stat
+permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_analyze_all_parts commit check_stat
+permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_full_specified commit check_stat
+permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_full_all_parts commit check_stat
diff --git a/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out b/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out
index a65a5bf0c4f..9b2075d3373 100644
--- a/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out
+++ b/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out
@@ -1835,13 +1835,21 @@ pg_stat_all_tables| SELECT c.oid AS relid,
     pg_stat_get_mod_since_analyze(c.oid) AS n_mod_since_analyze,
     pg_stat_get_ins_since_vacuum(c.oid) AS n_ins_since_vacuum,
     pg_stat_get_last_vacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_vacuum,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_vacuum,
     pg_stat_get_last_autovacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_autovacuum,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_autovacuum,
     pg_stat_get_last_analyze_time(c.oid) AS last_analyze,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_analyze,
     pg_stat_get_last_autoanalyze_time(c.oid) AS last_autoanalyze,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_autoanalyze,
     pg_stat_get_vacuum_count(c.oid) AS vacuum_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count(c.oid) AS skipped_vacuum_count,
     pg_stat_get_autovacuum_count(c.oid) AS autovacuum_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count(c.oid) AS skipped_autovacuum_count,
     pg_stat_get_analyze_count(c.oid) AS analyze_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count(c.oid) AS skipped_analyze_count,
     pg_stat_get_autoanalyze_count(c.oid) AS autoanalyze_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count(c.oid) AS skipped_autoanalyze_count,
     pg_stat_get_total_vacuum_time(c.oid) AS total_vacuum_time,
     pg_stat_get_total_autovacuum_time(c.oid) AS total_autovacuum_time,
     pg_stat_get_total_analyze_time(c.oid) AS total_analyze_time,
@@ -2346,13 +2354,21 @@ pg_stat_sys_tables| SELECT relid,
     n_mod_since_analyze,
     n_ins_since_vacuum,
     last_vacuum,
+    last_skipped_vacuum,
     last_autovacuum,
+    last_skipped_autovacuum,
     last_analyze,
+    last_skipped_analyze,
     last_autoanalyze,
+    last_skipped_autoanalyze,
     vacuum_count,
+    skipped_vacuum_count,
     autovacuum_count,
+    skipped_autovacuum_count,
     analyze_count,
+    skipped_analyze_count,
     autoanalyze_count,
+    skipped_autoanalyze_count,
     total_vacuum_time,
     total_autovacuum_time,
     total_analyze_time,
@@ -2401,13 +2417,21 @@ pg_stat_user_tables| SELECT relid,
     n_mod_since_analyze,
     n_ins_since_vacuum,
     last_vacuum,
+    last_skipped_vacuum,
     last_autovacuum,
+    last_skipped_autovacuum,
     last_analyze,
+    last_skipped_analyze,
     last_autoanalyze,
+    last_skipped_autoanalyze,
     vacuum_count,
+    skipped_vacuum_count,
     autovacuum_count,
+    skipped_autovacuum_count,
     analyze_count,
+    skipped_analyze_count,
     autoanalyze_count,
+    skipped_autoanalyze_count,
     total_vacuum_time,
     total_autovacuum_time,
     total_analyze_time,
-- 
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* [PATCH v4] Track skipped vacuum and analyze activity per relation
@ 2026-03-24 04:09 Yugo Nagata <[email protected]>
  0 siblings, 0 replies; 374+ messages in thread

From: Yugo Nagata @ 2026-03-24 04:09 UTC (permalink / raw)

This commit adds eight fields to the relation statistics that track
the last time vacuum or analyze has been attempted but skipped due to
lock unavailability, along with their counts:

-    last_skipped_vacuum
-    last_skipped_autovacuum
-    last_skipped_analyze
-    last_skipped_autoanalyze
-    skipped_vacuum_count
-    skipped_autovacuum_count
-    skipped_analyze_count
-    skipped_autoanalyze_count

These field can help users confirm that autovacuum is actively attempting
to run on a table that has not been vacuumed or analyzed for a long time,
and that the lack of progress is due to repeated skips rather than inactivity.
---
 doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml                 |  88 ++++++++++++++++
 src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql         |   8 ++
 src/backend/commands/vacuum.c                | 102 ++++++++++++++-----
 src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c |  64 ++++++++++++
 src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c          |  24 +++++
 src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat              |  32 ++++++
 src/include/pgstat.h                         |  16 +++
 src/test/regress/expected/rules.out          |  24 +++++
 8 files changed, 335 insertions(+), 23 deletions(-)

diff --git a/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml b/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml
index 08d5b824552..a9b579d87a9 100644
--- a/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml
+++ b/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml
@@ -4387,6 +4387,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_vacuum</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time a manual vacuum on this table was attempted but skipped due to
+       lock unavailability (not counting <command>VACUUM FULL</command>)
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>last_autovacuum</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
@@ -4397,6 +4407,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_autovacuum</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time a vacuum on this table by the autovacuum daemon was attempted
+       but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>last_analyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
@@ -4406,6 +4426,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_analyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time a manual analyze on this table was attempted but skipped due to
+       lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>last_autoanalyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
@@ -4416,6 +4446,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_autoanalyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time at which an analyze on this table by the autovacuum was
+       attempted but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>vacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4426,6 +4466,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_vacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times manual vacuums on this table have been attempted but skipped
+       due to lock unavailability (not counting <command>VACUUM FULL</command>)
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>autovacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4436,6 +4486,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_autovacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times vacuums on this table by the autovacuum daemon have been
+       attempted but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>analyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4445,6 +4505,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_analyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times manual analyzes on this table have been attempted but
+       skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>autoanalyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4455,6 +4525,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_autoanalyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times analyzes on this table by the autovacuum daemon have
+       been attempted but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>total_vacuum_time</structfield> <type>double precision</type>
@@ -4510,6 +4590,14 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
    </tgroup>
   </table>
 
+  <note>
+   <para>
+    When a manual vacuum or analyze on a parent table in an inheritance or
+    partitioning hierarchy is skipped, the statistics are recorded only for
+    the parent table, not for its children.
+   </para>
+  </note>
+
  </sect2>
 
  <sect2 id="monitoring-pg-stat-autovacuum-scores-view">
diff --git a/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql b/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql
index 73a1c1c4670..f509fc7876b 100644
--- a/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql
+++ b/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql
@@ -736,13 +736,21 @@ CREATE VIEW pg_stat_all_tables AS
             pg_stat_get_mod_since_analyze(C.oid) AS n_mod_since_analyze,
             pg_stat_get_ins_since_vacuum(C.oid) AS n_ins_since_vacuum,
             pg_stat_get_last_vacuum_time(C.oid) as last_vacuum,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_vacuum,
             pg_stat_get_last_autovacuum_time(C.oid) as last_autovacuum,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_autovacuum,
             pg_stat_get_last_analyze_time(C.oid) as last_analyze,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_analyze,
             pg_stat_get_last_autoanalyze_time(C.oid) as last_autoanalyze,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_autoanalyze,
             pg_stat_get_vacuum_count(C.oid) AS vacuum_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count(C.oid) AS skipped_vacuum_count,
             pg_stat_get_autovacuum_count(C.oid) AS autovacuum_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count(C.oid) AS skipped_autovacuum_count,
             pg_stat_get_analyze_count(C.oid) AS analyze_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count(C.oid) AS skipped_analyze_count,
             pg_stat_get_autoanalyze_count(C.oid) AS autoanalyze_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count(C.oid) AS skipped_autoanalyze_count,
             pg_stat_get_total_vacuum_time(C.oid) AS total_vacuum_time,
             pg_stat_get_total_autovacuum_time(C.oid) AS total_autovacuum_time,
             pg_stat_get_total_analyze_time(C.oid) AS total_analyze_time,
diff --git a/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c b/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c
index 99d0db82ed7..97cd5ea8d10 100644
--- a/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c
+++ b/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c
@@ -793,8 +793,25 @@ vacuum_open_relation(Oid relid, RangeVar *relation, uint32 options,
 		rel = try_relation_open(relid, NoLock);
 	else
 	{
+		int flags = 0;
 		rel = NULL;
 		rel_lock = false;
+
+		if ((options & VACOPT_VACUUM) != 0)
+		{
+			if (AmAutoVacuumWorkerProcess())
+				flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOVACUUM;
+			else
+				flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM;
+		}
+		if ((options & VACOPT_ANALYZE) != 0)
+		{
+			if (AmAutoVacuumWorkerProcess())
+				flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOANALYZE;
+			else
+				flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE;
+		}
+		pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(relid, flags);
 	}
 
 	/* if relation is opened, leave */
@@ -802,7 +819,7 @@ vacuum_open_relation(Oid relid, RangeVar *relation, uint32 options,
 		return rel;
 
 	/*
-	 * Relation could not be opened, hence generate if possible a log
+	 * Relation could not be opened hence generate if possible a log
 	 * informing on the situation.
 	 *
 	 * If the RangeVar is not defined, we do not have enough information to
@@ -905,7 +922,6 @@ expand_vacuum_rel(VacuumRelation *vrel, MemoryContext vac_context,
 		Form_pg_class classForm;
 		bool		include_children;
 		bool		is_partitioned_table;
-		int			rvr_opts;
 
 		/*
 		 * Since autovacuum workers supply OIDs when calling vacuum(), no
@@ -918,29 +934,69 @@ expand_vacuum_rel(VacuumRelation *vrel, MemoryContext vac_context,
 		 * below, as well as find_all_inheritors's expectation that the caller
 		 * holds some lock on the starting relation.
 		 */
-		rvr_opts = (options & VACOPT_SKIP_LOCKED) ? RVR_SKIP_LOCKED : 0;
-		relid = RangeVarGetRelidExtended(vrel->relation,
-										 AccessShareLock,
-										 rvr_opts,
-										 NULL, NULL);
-
-		/*
-		 * If the lock is unavailable, emit the same log statement that
-		 * vacuum_rel() and analyze_rel() would.
-		 */
-		if (!OidIsValid(relid))
+		if (!(options & VACOPT_SKIP_LOCKED))
 		{
-			if (options & VACOPT_VACUUM)
-				ereport(WARNING,
-						(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
-						 errmsg("skipping vacuum of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
-								vrel->relation->relname)));
-			else
-				ereport(WARNING,
-						(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
-						 errmsg("skipping analyze of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
+			relid = RangeVarGetRelidExtended(vrel->relation,
+											 AccessShareLock,
+											 0, NULL, NULL);
+			if (!OidIsValid(relid))
+				return vacrels;
+		}
+		else
+		{
+			/* Get relid for reporting before taking a lock */
+			relid = RangeVarGetRelid(vrel->relation, NoLock, false);
+
+			if (!ConditionalLockRelationOid(relid, AccessShareLock))
+			{
+				int	flags = 0;
+				/*
+				 * If the lock is unavailable, emit the same log statement that
+				 * vacuum_rel() and analyze_rel() would.
+				 */
+				if (options & VACOPT_VACUUM)
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping vacuum of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
 								vrel->relation->relname)));
-			return vacrels;
+				else
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping analyze of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
+									vrel->relation->relname)));
+
+				if ((options & VACOPT_VACUUM) != 0)
+					flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM;
+				if ((options & VACOPT_ANALYZE) != 0)
+					flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE;
+
+				pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(relid, flags);
+
+				return vacrels;
+			}
+
+			/*
+			 * Now that we have the lock, probe to see if the relation really
+			 * exists or not.
+			 */
+			if (!SearchSysCacheExists1(RELOID, ObjectIdGetDatum(relid)))
+			{
+				if (options & VACOPT_VACUUM)
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_UNDEFINED_TABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping vacuum of \"%s\" --- relation no longer exists",
+									vrel->relation->relname)));
+				else
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_UNDEFINED_TABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping analyze of \"%s\" --- relation no longer exists",
+									vrel->relation->relname)));
+
+				/* Release useless lock */
+				UnlockRelationOid(relid, AccessShareLock);
+
+				return vacrels;
+			}
 		}
 
 		/*
diff --git a/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c b/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c
index b2ca28f83ba..532d9023f8c 100644
--- a/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c
+++ b/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c
@@ -17,12 +17,14 @@
 
 #include "postgres.h"
 
+#include "access/htup_details.h"
 #include "access/twophase_rmgr.h"
 #include "access/xact.h"
 #include "catalog/catalog.h"
 #include "utils/memutils.h"
 #include "utils/pgstat_internal.h"
 #include "utils/rel.h"
+#include "utils/syscache.h"
 #include "utils/timestamp.h"
 
 
@@ -367,6 +369,68 @@ pgstat_report_analyze(Relation rel,
 	(void) pgstat_flush_backend(false, PGSTAT_BACKEND_FLUSH_IO);
 }
 
+/*
+ * Report that the table was skipped during vacuum or/and analyze.
+ */
+void
+pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(Oid relid, int flags)
+{
+	PgStat_EntryRef *entry_ref;
+	PgStatShared_Relation *shtabentry;
+	PgStat_StatTabEntry *tabentry;
+	TimestampTz ts;
+	HeapTuple	classTup;
+	bool		isshared;
+
+	if (!pgstat_track_counts || !flags)
+		return;
+
+	classTup = SearchSysCache1(RELOID, ObjectIdGetDatum(relid));
+	if (!HeapTupleIsValid(classTup))
+		return;			/* somebody deleted the rel, forget it */
+	isshared = ((Form_pg_class) GETSTRUCT(classTup))->relisshared;
+	ReleaseSysCache(classTup);
+
+	/* Store the data in the table's hash table entry. */
+	ts = GetCurrentTimestamp();
+
+	/* block acquiring lock for the same reason as pgstat_report_autovac() */
+	entry_ref = pgstat_get_entry_ref_locked(PGSTAT_KIND_RELATION,
+											isshared ? InvalidOid : MyDatabaseId,
+											relid, false);
+
+	shtabentry = (PgStatShared_Relation *) entry_ref->shared_stats;
+	tabentry = &shtabentry->stats;
+
+	if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM)
+	{
+		tabentry->last_skipped_vacuum_time = ts;
+		tabentry->skipped_vacuum_count++;
+	}
+	else if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOVACUUM)
+	{
+		tabentry->last_skipped_autovacuum_time = ts;
+		tabentry->skipped_autovacuum_count++;
+	}
+
+	if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE)
+	{
+		tabentry->last_skipped_analyze_time = ts;
+		tabentry->skipped_analyze_count++;
+	}
+	else if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOANALYZE)
+	{
+		tabentry->last_skipped_autoanalyze_time = ts;
+		tabentry->skipped_autoanalyze_count++;
+	}
+
+	pgstat_unlock_entry(entry_ref);
+
+	/* see pgstat_report_vacuum() */
+	pgstat_flush_io(false);
+	(void) pgstat_flush_backend(false, PGSTAT_BACKEND_FLUSH_IO);
+}
+
 /*
  * count a tuple insertion of n tuples
  */
diff --git a/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c b/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c
index 1408de387ea..90a8968faa0 100644
--- a/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c
+++ b/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c
@@ -84,6 +84,18 @@ PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(mod_since_analyze)
 /* pg_stat_get_numscans */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(numscans)
 
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_analyze_count)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_autoanalyze_count)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_autovacuum_count)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_vacuum_count)
+
 /* pg_stat_get_tuples_deleted */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(tuples_deleted)
 
@@ -170,6 +182,18 @@ PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_vacuum_time)
 /* pg_stat_get_lastscan */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(lastscan)
 
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_analyze_time)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_autoanalyze_time)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_autovacuum_time)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_vacuum_time)
+
 /* pg_stat_get_stat_reset_time */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(stat_reset_time)
 
diff --git a/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat b/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat
index fa9ae79082b..32debb34863 100644
--- a/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat
+++ b/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat
@@ -5680,6 +5680,38 @@
   proargmodes => '{o,o,o,o,o,o,o,o,o,o}',
   proargnames => '{oid,score,xid_score,mxid_score,vacuum_score,vacuum_insert_score,analyze_score,do_vacuum,do_analyze,for_wraparound}',
   prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_autovacuum_scores' },
+{ oid => '8142', descr => 'statistics: last skipped vacuum time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time' },
+{ oid => '8143', descr => 'statistics: last skipped auto vacuum time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time' },
+{ oid => '8144', descr => 'statistics: last skipped analyze time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time' },
+{ oid => '8145', descr => 'statistics: last skipped auto analyze time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time' },
+{ oid => '8146', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped vacuum for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count' },
+{ oid => '8147', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped auto vacuum for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count' },
+{ oid => '8148', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped analyzes for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count' },
+{ oid => '8149', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped auto analyzes for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count' },
 { oid => '1936', descr => 'statistics: currently active backend IDs',
   proname => 'pg_stat_get_backend_idset', prorows => '100', proretset => 't',
   provolatile => 's', proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int4',
diff --git a/src/include/pgstat.h b/src/include/pgstat.h
index dfa2e837638..98941f953d1 100644
--- a/src/include/pgstat.h
+++ b/src/include/pgstat.h
@@ -479,6 +479,15 @@ typedef struct PgStat_StatTabEntry
 	TimestampTz last_autoanalyze_time;	/* autovacuum initiated */
 	PgStat_Counter autoanalyze_count;
 
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_vacuum_time;	/* user initiated vacuum */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_vacuum_count;
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_autovacuum_time;	/* autovacuum initiated */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_autovacuum_count;
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_analyze_time;	/* user initiated */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_analyze_count;
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_autoanalyze_time;	/* autovacuum initiated */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_autoanalyze_count;
+
 	PgStat_Counter total_vacuum_time;	/* times in milliseconds */
 	PgStat_Counter total_autovacuum_time;
 	PgStat_Counter total_analyze_time;
@@ -703,6 +712,13 @@ extern void pgstat_report_analyze(Relation rel,
 								  PgStat_Counter livetuples, PgStat_Counter deadtuples,
 								  bool resetcounter, TimestampTz starttime);
 
+/* flags for pgstat_flush_backend() */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM		(1 << 0)	/* vacuum is skipped */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE		(1 << 1)	/* analyze is skipped */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOVACUUM	(1 << 2)	/* autovacuum is skipped */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOANALYZE	(1 << 3)	/* autoanalyze is skipped */
+extern void pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(Oid relid, int flags);
+
 /*
  * If stats are enabled, but pending data hasn't been prepared yet, call
  * pgstat_assoc_relation() to do so. See its comment for why this is done
diff --git a/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out b/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out
index a65a5bf0c4f..9b2075d3373 100644
--- a/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out
+++ b/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out
@@ -1835,13 +1835,21 @@ pg_stat_all_tables| SELECT c.oid AS relid,
     pg_stat_get_mod_since_analyze(c.oid) AS n_mod_since_analyze,
     pg_stat_get_ins_since_vacuum(c.oid) AS n_ins_since_vacuum,
     pg_stat_get_last_vacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_vacuum,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_vacuum,
     pg_stat_get_last_autovacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_autovacuum,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_autovacuum,
     pg_stat_get_last_analyze_time(c.oid) AS last_analyze,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_analyze,
     pg_stat_get_last_autoanalyze_time(c.oid) AS last_autoanalyze,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_autoanalyze,
     pg_stat_get_vacuum_count(c.oid) AS vacuum_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count(c.oid) AS skipped_vacuum_count,
     pg_stat_get_autovacuum_count(c.oid) AS autovacuum_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count(c.oid) AS skipped_autovacuum_count,
     pg_stat_get_analyze_count(c.oid) AS analyze_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count(c.oid) AS skipped_analyze_count,
     pg_stat_get_autoanalyze_count(c.oid) AS autoanalyze_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count(c.oid) AS skipped_autoanalyze_count,
     pg_stat_get_total_vacuum_time(c.oid) AS total_vacuum_time,
     pg_stat_get_total_autovacuum_time(c.oid) AS total_autovacuum_time,
     pg_stat_get_total_analyze_time(c.oid) AS total_analyze_time,
@@ -2346,13 +2354,21 @@ pg_stat_sys_tables| SELECT relid,
     n_mod_since_analyze,
     n_ins_since_vacuum,
     last_vacuum,
+    last_skipped_vacuum,
     last_autovacuum,
+    last_skipped_autovacuum,
     last_analyze,
+    last_skipped_analyze,
     last_autoanalyze,
+    last_skipped_autoanalyze,
     vacuum_count,
+    skipped_vacuum_count,
     autovacuum_count,
+    skipped_autovacuum_count,
     analyze_count,
+    skipped_analyze_count,
     autoanalyze_count,
+    skipped_autoanalyze_count,
     total_vacuum_time,
     total_autovacuum_time,
     total_analyze_time,
@@ -2401,13 +2417,21 @@ pg_stat_user_tables| SELECT relid,
     n_mod_since_analyze,
     n_ins_since_vacuum,
     last_vacuum,
+    last_skipped_vacuum,
     last_autovacuum,
+    last_skipped_autovacuum,
     last_analyze,
+    last_skipped_analyze,
     last_autoanalyze,
+    last_skipped_autoanalyze,
     vacuum_count,
+    skipped_vacuum_count,
     autovacuum_count,
+    skipped_autovacuum_count,
     analyze_count,
+    skipped_analyze_count,
     autoanalyze_count,
+    skipped_autoanalyze_count,
     total_vacuum_time,
     total_autovacuum_time,
     total_analyze_time,
-- 
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* [PATCH v5] Track skipped vacuum and analyze activity per relation
@ 2026-03-24 04:09 Yugo Nagata <[email protected]>
  0 siblings, 0 replies; 374+ messages in thread

From: Yugo Nagata @ 2026-03-24 04:09 UTC (permalink / raw)

This commit adds eight fields to the relation statistics that track
the last time vacuum or analyze has been attempted but skipped due to
lock unavailability, along with their counts:

-    last_skipped_vacuum
-    last_skipped_autovacuum
-    last_skipped_analyze
-    last_skipped_autoanalyze
-    skipped_vacuum_count
-    skipped_autovacuum_count
-    skipped_analyze_count
-    skipped_autoanalyze_count

These field can help users confirm that autovacuum is actively attempting
to run on a table that has not been vacuumed or analyzed for a long time,
and that the lack of progress is due to repeated skips rather than inactivity.
---
 doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml                  |  88 ++++++
 src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql          |   8 +
 src/backend/commands/vacuum.c                 | 100 +++++--
 src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c  |  64 +++++
 src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c           |  24 ++
 src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat               |  32 +++
 src/include/pgstat.h                          |  16 ++
 .../isolation/expected/vacuum-skip-locked.out | 260 ++++++++++++++++--
 .../isolation/specs/vacuum-skip-locked.spec   |  41 +--
 src/test/regress/expected/rules.out           |  24 ++
 10 files changed, 601 insertions(+), 56 deletions(-)

diff --git a/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml b/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml
index 08d5b824552..a9b579d87a9 100644
--- a/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml
+++ b/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml
@@ -4387,6 +4387,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_vacuum</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time a manual vacuum on this table was attempted but skipped due to
+       lock unavailability (not counting <command>VACUUM FULL</command>)
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>last_autovacuum</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
@@ -4397,6 +4407,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_autovacuum</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time a vacuum on this table by the autovacuum daemon was attempted
+       but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>last_analyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
@@ -4406,6 +4426,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_analyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time a manual analyze on this table was attempted but skipped due to
+       lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>last_autoanalyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
@@ -4416,6 +4446,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_autoanalyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time at which an analyze on this table by the autovacuum was
+       attempted but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>vacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4426,6 +4466,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_vacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times manual vacuums on this table have been attempted but skipped
+       due to lock unavailability (not counting <command>VACUUM FULL</command>)
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>autovacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4436,6 +4486,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_autovacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times vacuums on this table by the autovacuum daemon have been
+       attempted but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>analyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4445,6 +4505,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_analyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times manual analyzes on this table have been attempted but
+       skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>autoanalyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4455,6 +4525,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_autoanalyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times analyzes on this table by the autovacuum daemon have
+       been attempted but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>total_vacuum_time</structfield> <type>double precision</type>
@@ -4510,6 +4590,14 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
    </tgroup>
   </table>
 
+  <note>
+   <para>
+    When a manual vacuum or analyze on a parent table in an inheritance or
+    partitioning hierarchy is skipped, the statistics are recorded only for
+    the parent table, not for its children.
+   </para>
+  </note>
+
  </sect2>
 
  <sect2 id="monitoring-pg-stat-autovacuum-scores-view">
diff --git a/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql b/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql
index 73a1c1c4670..f509fc7876b 100644
--- a/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql
+++ b/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql
@@ -736,13 +736,21 @@ CREATE VIEW pg_stat_all_tables AS
             pg_stat_get_mod_since_analyze(C.oid) AS n_mod_since_analyze,
             pg_stat_get_ins_since_vacuum(C.oid) AS n_ins_since_vacuum,
             pg_stat_get_last_vacuum_time(C.oid) as last_vacuum,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_vacuum,
             pg_stat_get_last_autovacuum_time(C.oid) as last_autovacuum,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_autovacuum,
             pg_stat_get_last_analyze_time(C.oid) as last_analyze,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_analyze,
             pg_stat_get_last_autoanalyze_time(C.oid) as last_autoanalyze,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_autoanalyze,
             pg_stat_get_vacuum_count(C.oid) AS vacuum_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count(C.oid) AS skipped_vacuum_count,
             pg_stat_get_autovacuum_count(C.oid) AS autovacuum_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count(C.oid) AS skipped_autovacuum_count,
             pg_stat_get_analyze_count(C.oid) AS analyze_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count(C.oid) AS skipped_analyze_count,
             pg_stat_get_autoanalyze_count(C.oid) AS autoanalyze_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count(C.oid) AS skipped_autoanalyze_count,
             pg_stat_get_total_vacuum_time(C.oid) AS total_vacuum_time,
             pg_stat_get_total_autovacuum_time(C.oid) AS total_autovacuum_time,
             pg_stat_get_total_analyze_time(C.oid) AS total_analyze_time,
diff --git a/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c b/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c
index 99d0db82ed7..df6526225e4 100644
--- a/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c
+++ b/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c
@@ -793,8 +793,25 @@ vacuum_open_relation(Oid relid, RangeVar *relation, uint32 options,
 		rel = try_relation_open(relid, NoLock);
 	else
 	{
+		int flags = 0;
 		rel = NULL;
 		rel_lock = false;
+
+		if ((options & VACOPT_VACUUM) != 0 && (options & VACOPT_FULL) == 0)
+		{
+			if (AmAutoVacuumWorkerProcess())
+				flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOVACUUM;
+			else
+				flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM;
+		}
+		if ((options & VACOPT_ANALYZE) != 0)
+		{
+			if (AmAutoVacuumWorkerProcess())
+				flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOANALYZE;
+			else
+				flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE;
+		}
+		pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(relid, flags);
 	}
 
 	/* if relation is opened, leave */
@@ -905,7 +922,6 @@ expand_vacuum_rel(VacuumRelation *vrel, MemoryContext vac_context,
 		Form_pg_class classForm;
 		bool		include_children;
 		bool		is_partitioned_table;
-		int			rvr_opts;
 
 		/*
 		 * Since autovacuum workers supply OIDs when calling vacuum(), no
@@ -918,29 +934,69 @@ expand_vacuum_rel(VacuumRelation *vrel, MemoryContext vac_context,
 		 * below, as well as find_all_inheritors's expectation that the caller
 		 * holds some lock on the starting relation.
 		 */
-		rvr_opts = (options & VACOPT_SKIP_LOCKED) ? RVR_SKIP_LOCKED : 0;
-		relid = RangeVarGetRelidExtended(vrel->relation,
-										 AccessShareLock,
-										 rvr_opts,
-										 NULL, NULL);
-
-		/*
-		 * If the lock is unavailable, emit the same log statement that
-		 * vacuum_rel() and analyze_rel() would.
-		 */
-		if (!OidIsValid(relid))
+		if (!(options & VACOPT_SKIP_LOCKED))
 		{
-			if (options & VACOPT_VACUUM)
-				ereport(WARNING,
-						(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
-						 errmsg("skipping vacuum of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
-								vrel->relation->relname)));
-			else
-				ereport(WARNING,
-						(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
-						 errmsg("skipping analyze of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
+			relid = RangeVarGetRelidExtended(vrel->relation,
+											 AccessShareLock,
+											 0, NULL, NULL);
+			if (!OidIsValid(relid))
+				return vacrels;
+		}
+		else
+		{
+			/* Get relid for reporting before taking a lock */
+			relid = RangeVarGetRelid(vrel->relation, NoLock, false);
+
+			if (!ConditionalLockRelationOid(relid, AccessShareLock))
+			{
+				int	flags = 0;
+				/*
+				 * If the lock is unavailable, emit the same log statement that
+				 * vacuum_rel() and analyze_rel() would.
+				 */
+				if (options & VACOPT_VACUUM)
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping vacuum of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
 								vrel->relation->relname)));
-			return vacrels;
+				else
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping analyze of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
+									vrel->relation->relname)));
+
+				if ((options & VACOPT_VACUUM) != 0 && (options & VACOPT_FULL) == 0)
+					flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM;
+				if ((options & VACOPT_ANALYZE) != 0)
+					flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE;
+
+				pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(relid, flags);
+
+				return vacrels;
+			}
+
+			/*
+			 * Now that we have the lock, probe to see if the relation really
+			 * exists or not.
+			 */
+			if (!SearchSysCacheExists1(RELOID, ObjectIdGetDatum(relid)))
+			{
+				if (options & VACOPT_VACUUM)
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_UNDEFINED_TABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping vacuum of \"%s\" --- relation no longer exists",
+									vrel->relation->relname)));
+				else
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_UNDEFINED_TABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping analyze of \"%s\" --- relation no longer exists",
+									vrel->relation->relname)));
+
+				/* Release useless lock */
+				UnlockRelationOid(relid, AccessShareLock);
+
+				return vacrels;
+			}
 		}
 
 		/*
diff --git a/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c b/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c
index b2ca28f83ba..532d9023f8c 100644
--- a/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c
+++ b/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c
@@ -17,12 +17,14 @@
 
 #include "postgres.h"
 
+#include "access/htup_details.h"
 #include "access/twophase_rmgr.h"
 #include "access/xact.h"
 #include "catalog/catalog.h"
 #include "utils/memutils.h"
 #include "utils/pgstat_internal.h"
 #include "utils/rel.h"
+#include "utils/syscache.h"
 #include "utils/timestamp.h"
 
 
@@ -367,6 +369,68 @@ pgstat_report_analyze(Relation rel,
 	(void) pgstat_flush_backend(false, PGSTAT_BACKEND_FLUSH_IO);
 }
 
+/*
+ * Report that the table was skipped during vacuum or/and analyze.
+ */
+void
+pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(Oid relid, int flags)
+{
+	PgStat_EntryRef *entry_ref;
+	PgStatShared_Relation *shtabentry;
+	PgStat_StatTabEntry *tabentry;
+	TimestampTz ts;
+	HeapTuple	classTup;
+	bool		isshared;
+
+	if (!pgstat_track_counts || !flags)
+		return;
+
+	classTup = SearchSysCache1(RELOID, ObjectIdGetDatum(relid));
+	if (!HeapTupleIsValid(classTup))
+		return;			/* somebody deleted the rel, forget it */
+	isshared = ((Form_pg_class) GETSTRUCT(classTup))->relisshared;
+	ReleaseSysCache(classTup);
+
+	/* Store the data in the table's hash table entry. */
+	ts = GetCurrentTimestamp();
+
+	/* block acquiring lock for the same reason as pgstat_report_autovac() */
+	entry_ref = pgstat_get_entry_ref_locked(PGSTAT_KIND_RELATION,
+											isshared ? InvalidOid : MyDatabaseId,
+											relid, false);
+
+	shtabentry = (PgStatShared_Relation *) entry_ref->shared_stats;
+	tabentry = &shtabentry->stats;
+
+	if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM)
+	{
+		tabentry->last_skipped_vacuum_time = ts;
+		tabentry->skipped_vacuum_count++;
+	}
+	else if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOVACUUM)
+	{
+		tabentry->last_skipped_autovacuum_time = ts;
+		tabentry->skipped_autovacuum_count++;
+	}
+
+	if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE)
+	{
+		tabentry->last_skipped_analyze_time = ts;
+		tabentry->skipped_analyze_count++;
+	}
+	else if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOANALYZE)
+	{
+		tabentry->last_skipped_autoanalyze_time = ts;
+		tabentry->skipped_autoanalyze_count++;
+	}
+
+	pgstat_unlock_entry(entry_ref);
+
+	/* see pgstat_report_vacuum() */
+	pgstat_flush_io(false);
+	(void) pgstat_flush_backend(false, PGSTAT_BACKEND_FLUSH_IO);
+}
+
 /*
  * count a tuple insertion of n tuples
  */
diff --git a/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c b/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c
index 1408de387ea..90a8968faa0 100644
--- a/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c
+++ b/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c
@@ -84,6 +84,18 @@ PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(mod_since_analyze)
 /* pg_stat_get_numscans */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(numscans)
 
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_analyze_count)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_autoanalyze_count)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_autovacuum_count)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_vacuum_count)
+
 /* pg_stat_get_tuples_deleted */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(tuples_deleted)
 
@@ -170,6 +182,18 @@ PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_vacuum_time)
 /* pg_stat_get_lastscan */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(lastscan)
 
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_analyze_time)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_autoanalyze_time)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_autovacuum_time)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_vacuum_time)
+
 /* pg_stat_get_stat_reset_time */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(stat_reset_time)
 
diff --git a/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat b/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat
index fa9ae79082b..32debb34863 100644
--- a/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat
+++ b/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat
@@ -5680,6 +5680,38 @@
   proargmodes => '{o,o,o,o,o,o,o,o,o,o}',
   proargnames => '{oid,score,xid_score,mxid_score,vacuum_score,vacuum_insert_score,analyze_score,do_vacuum,do_analyze,for_wraparound}',
   prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_autovacuum_scores' },
+{ oid => '8142', descr => 'statistics: last skipped vacuum time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time' },
+{ oid => '8143', descr => 'statistics: last skipped auto vacuum time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time' },
+{ oid => '8144', descr => 'statistics: last skipped analyze time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time' },
+{ oid => '8145', descr => 'statistics: last skipped auto analyze time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time' },
+{ oid => '8146', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped vacuum for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count' },
+{ oid => '8147', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped auto vacuum for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count' },
+{ oid => '8148', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped analyzes for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count' },
+{ oid => '8149', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped auto analyzes for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count' },
 { oid => '1936', descr => 'statistics: currently active backend IDs',
   proname => 'pg_stat_get_backend_idset', prorows => '100', proretset => 't',
   provolatile => 's', proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int4',
diff --git a/src/include/pgstat.h b/src/include/pgstat.h
index dfa2e837638..98941f953d1 100644
--- a/src/include/pgstat.h
+++ b/src/include/pgstat.h
@@ -479,6 +479,15 @@ typedef struct PgStat_StatTabEntry
 	TimestampTz last_autoanalyze_time;	/* autovacuum initiated */
 	PgStat_Counter autoanalyze_count;
 
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_vacuum_time;	/* user initiated vacuum */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_vacuum_count;
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_autovacuum_time;	/* autovacuum initiated */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_autovacuum_count;
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_analyze_time;	/* user initiated */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_analyze_count;
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_autoanalyze_time;	/* autovacuum initiated */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_autoanalyze_count;
+
 	PgStat_Counter total_vacuum_time;	/* times in milliseconds */
 	PgStat_Counter total_autovacuum_time;
 	PgStat_Counter total_analyze_time;
@@ -703,6 +712,13 @@ extern void pgstat_report_analyze(Relation rel,
 								  PgStat_Counter livetuples, PgStat_Counter deadtuples,
 								  bool resetcounter, TimestampTz starttime);
 
+/* flags for pgstat_flush_backend() */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM		(1 << 0)	/* vacuum is skipped */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE		(1 << 1)	/* analyze is skipped */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOVACUUM	(1 << 2)	/* autovacuum is skipped */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOANALYZE	(1 << 3)	/* autoanalyze is skipped */
+extern void pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(Oid relid, int flags);
+
 /*
  * If stats are enabled, but pending data hasn't been prepared yet, call
  * pgstat_assoc_relation() to do so. See its comment for why this is done
diff --git a/src/test/isolation/expected/vacuum-skip-locked.out b/src/test/isolation/expected/vacuum-skip-locked.out
index 99db281a159..e2cff175b7c 100644
--- a/src/test/isolation/expected/vacuum-skip-locked.out
+++ b/src/test/isolation/expected/vacuum-skip-locked.out
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 Parsed test spec with 2 sessions
 
-starting permutation: lock_share vac_specified commit
+starting permutation: lock_share vac_specified commit check_stat
 step lock_share: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN SHARE MODE;
@@ -10,8 +10,22 @@ step vac_specified: VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED) part1, part2;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
 
-starting permutation: lock_share vac_all_parts commit
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   1|            0|                    0
+part2  |           1|                   0|            0|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
+
+starting permutation: lock_share vac_all_parts commit check_stat
 step lock_share: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN SHARE MODE;
@@ -20,8 +34,22 @@ step vac_all_parts: VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED) parted;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   1|            0|                    0
+part2  |           1|                   0|            0|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
 
-starting permutation: lock_share analyze_specified commit
+starting permutation: lock_share analyze_specified commit check_stat
 step lock_share: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN SHARE MODE;
@@ -31,8 +59,22 @@ step analyze_specified: ANALYZE (SKIP_LOCKED) part1, part2;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
 
-starting permutation: lock_share analyze_all_parts commit
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   0|            0|                    1
+part2  |           0|                   0|            1|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
+
+starting permutation: lock_share analyze_all_parts commit check_stat
 step lock_share: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN SHARE MODE;
@@ -41,8 +83,22 @@ step analyze_all_parts: ANALYZE (SKIP_LOCKED) parted;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            1|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   0|            0|                    1
+part2  |           0|                   0|            1|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
 
-starting permutation: lock_share vac_analyze_specified commit
+starting permutation: lock_share vac_analyze_specified commit check_stat
 step lock_share: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN SHARE MODE;
@@ -52,8 +108,22 @@ step vac_analyze_specified: VACUUM (ANALYZE, SKIP_LOCKED) part1, part2;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
 
-starting permutation: lock_share vac_analyze_all_parts commit
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   1|            0|                    1
+part2  |           1|                   0|            1|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
+
+starting permutation: lock_share vac_analyze_all_parts commit check_stat
 step lock_share: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN SHARE MODE;
@@ -62,8 +132,22 @@ step vac_analyze_all_parts: VACUUM (ANALYZE, SKIP_LOCKED) parted;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            1|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   1|            0|                    1
+part2  |           1|                   0|            1|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
 
-starting permutation: lock_share vac_full_specified commit
+starting permutation: lock_share vac_full_specified commit check_stat
 step lock_share: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN SHARE MODE;
@@ -73,8 +157,22 @@ step vac_full_specified: VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED, FULL) part1, part2;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
 
-starting permutation: lock_share vac_full_all_parts commit
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part2  |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
+
+starting permutation: lock_share vac_full_all_parts commit check_stat
 step lock_share: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN SHARE MODE;
@@ -83,8 +181,22 @@ step vac_full_all_parts: VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED, FULL) parted;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part2  |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+(3 rows)
 
-starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_specified commit
+
+starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_specified commit check_stat
 step lock_access_exclusive: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN ACCESS EXCLUSIVE MODE;
@@ -94,8 +206,22 @@ step vac_specified: VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED) part1, part2;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   1|            0|                    0
+part2  |           1|                   0|            0|                    0
+(3 rows)
 
-starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_all_parts commit
+
+starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_all_parts commit check_stat
 step lock_access_exclusive: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN ACCESS EXCLUSIVE MODE;
@@ -104,8 +230,22 @@ step vac_all_parts: VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED) parted;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   1|            0|                    0
+part2  |           1|                   0|            0|                    0
+(3 rows)
 
-starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive analyze_specified commit
+
+starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive analyze_specified commit check_stat
 step lock_access_exclusive: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN ACCESS EXCLUSIVE MODE;
@@ -115,8 +255,22 @@ step analyze_specified: ANALYZE (SKIP_LOCKED) part1, part2;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   0|            0|                    1
+part2  |           0|                   0|            1|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
 
-starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive analyze_all_parts commit
+starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive analyze_all_parts commit check_stat
 step lock_access_exclusive: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN ACCESS EXCLUSIVE MODE;
@@ -126,8 +280,22 @@ step commit:
 	COMMIT;
 
 step analyze_all_parts: <... completed>
-
-starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_analyze_specified commit
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            1|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   0|            1|                    0
+part2  |           0|                   0|            1|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
+
+starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_analyze_specified commit check_stat
 step lock_access_exclusive: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN ACCESS EXCLUSIVE MODE;
@@ -137,8 +305,22 @@ step vac_analyze_specified: VACUUM (ANALYZE, SKIP_LOCKED) part1, part2;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   1|            0|                    1
+part2  |           1|                   0|            1|                    0
+(3 rows)
 
-starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_analyze_all_parts commit
+
+starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_analyze_all_parts commit check_stat
 step lock_access_exclusive: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN ACCESS EXCLUSIVE MODE;
@@ -148,8 +330,22 @@ step commit:
 	COMMIT;
 
 step vac_analyze_all_parts: <... completed>
-
-starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_full_specified commit
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            1|                    0
+part1  |           1|                   0|            1|                    0
+part2  |           1|                   0|            1|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
+
+starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_full_specified commit check_stat
 step lock_access_exclusive: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN ACCESS EXCLUSIVE MODE;
@@ -159,8 +355,22 @@ step vac_full_specified: VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED, FULL) part1, part2;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
 
-starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_full_all_parts commit
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part2  |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
+
+starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_full_all_parts commit check_stat
 step lock_access_exclusive: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN ACCESS EXCLUSIVE MODE;
@@ -169,3 +379,17 @@ step vac_full_all_parts: VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED, FULL) parted;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part2  |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
diff --git a/src/test/isolation/specs/vacuum-skip-locked.spec b/src/test/isolation/specs/vacuum-skip-locked.spec
index 3fad6e1c92a..b0da75d4b6d 100644
--- a/src/test/isolation/specs/vacuum-skip-locked.spec
+++ b/src/test/isolation/specs/vacuum-skip-locked.spec
@@ -33,6 +33,15 @@ step commit
 	COMMIT;
 }
 
+step check_stat
+{
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+}
+
 session s2
 step vac_specified			{ VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED) part1, part2; }
 step vac_all_parts			{ VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED) parted; }
@@ -43,19 +52,19 @@ step vac_analyze_all_parts	{ VACUUM (ANALYZE, SKIP_LOCKED) parted; }
 step vac_full_specified		{ VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED, FULL) part1, part2; }
 step vac_full_all_parts		{ VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED, FULL) parted; }
 
-permutation lock_share vac_specified commit
-permutation lock_share vac_all_parts commit
-permutation lock_share analyze_specified commit
-permutation lock_share analyze_all_parts commit
-permutation lock_share vac_analyze_specified commit
-permutation lock_share vac_analyze_all_parts commit
-permutation lock_share vac_full_specified commit
-permutation lock_share vac_full_all_parts commit
-permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_specified commit
-permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_all_parts commit
-permutation lock_access_exclusive analyze_specified commit
-permutation lock_access_exclusive analyze_all_parts commit
-permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_analyze_specified commit
-permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_analyze_all_parts commit
-permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_full_specified commit
-permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_full_all_parts commit
+permutation lock_share vac_specified commit check_stat
+permutation lock_share vac_all_parts commit check_stat
+permutation lock_share analyze_specified commit check_stat
+permutation lock_share analyze_all_parts commit check_stat
+permutation lock_share vac_analyze_specified commit check_stat
+permutation lock_share vac_analyze_all_parts commit check_stat
+permutation lock_share vac_full_specified commit check_stat
+permutation lock_share vac_full_all_parts commit check_stat
+permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_specified commit check_stat
+permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_all_parts commit check_stat
+permutation lock_access_exclusive analyze_specified commit check_stat
+permutation lock_access_exclusive analyze_all_parts commit check_stat
+permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_analyze_specified commit check_stat
+permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_analyze_all_parts commit check_stat
+permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_full_specified commit check_stat
+permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_full_all_parts commit check_stat
diff --git a/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out b/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out
index a65a5bf0c4f..9b2075d3373 100644
--- a/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out
+++ b/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out
@@ -1835,13 +1835,21 @@ pg_stat_all_tables| SELECT c.oid AS relid,
     pg_stat_get_mod_since_analyze(c.oid) AS n_mod_since_analyze,
     pg_stat_get_ins_since_vacuum(c.oid) AS n_ins_since_vacuum,
     pg_stat_get_last_vacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_vacuum,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_vacuum,
     pg_stat_get_last_autovacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_autovacuum,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_autovacuum,
     pg_stat_get_last_analyze_time(c.oid) AS last_analyze,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_analyze,
     pg_stat_get_last_autoanalyze_time(c.oid) AS last_autoanalyze,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_autoanalyze,
     pg_stat_get_vacuum_count(c.oid) AS vacuum_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count(c.oid) AS skipped_vacuum_count,
     pg_stat_get_autovacuum_count(c.oid) AS autovacuum_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count(c.oid) AS skipped_autovacuum_count,
     pg_stat_get_analyze_count(c.oid) AS analyze_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count(c.oid) AS skipped_analyze_count,
     pg_stat_get_autoanalyze_count(c.oid) AS autoanalyze_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count(c.oid) AS skipped_autoanalyze_count,
     pg_stat_get_total_vacuum_time(c.oid) AS total_vacuum_time,
     pg_stat_get_total_autovacuum_time(c.oid) AS total_autovacuum_time,
     pg_stat_get_total_analyze_time(c.oid) AS total_analyze_time,
@@ -2346,13 +2354,21 @@ pg_stat_sys_tables| SELECT relid,
     n_mod_since_analyze,
     n_ins_since_vacuum,
     last_vacuum,
+    last_skipped_vacuum,
     last_autovacuum,
+    last_skipped_autovacuum,
     last_analyze,
+    last_skipped_analyze,
     last_autoanalyze,
+    last_skipped_autoanalyze,
     vacuum_count,
+    skipped_vacuum_count,
     autovacuum_count,
+    skipped_autovacuum_count,
     analyze_count,
+    skipped_analyze_count,
     autoanalyze_count,
+    skipped_autoanalyze_count,
     total_vacuum_time,
     total_autovacuum_time,
     total_analyze_time,
@@ -2401,13 +2417,21 @@ pg_stat_user_tables| SELECT relid,
     n_mod_since_analyze,
     n_ins_since_vacuum,
     last_vacuum,
+    last_skipped_vacuum,
     last_autovacuum,
+    last_skipped_autovacuum,
     last_analyze,
+    last_skipped_analyze,
     last_autoanalyze,
+    last_skipped_autoanalyze,
     vacuum_count,
+    skipped_vacuum_count,
     autovacuum_count,
+    skipped_autovacuum_count,
     analyze_count,
+    skipped_analyze_count,
     autoanalyze_count,
+    skipped_autoanalyze_count,
     total_vacuum_time,
     total_autovacuum_time,
     total_analyze_time,
-- 
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* [PATCH v3] Track skipped vacuum and analyze activity per relation
@ 2026-03-24 04:09 Yugo Nagata <[email protected]>
  0 siblings, 0 replies; 374+ messages in thread

From: Yugo Nagata @ 2026-03-24 04:09 UTC (permalink / raw)

This commit adds eight fields to the relation statistics that track
the last time vacuum or analyze has been attempted but skipped due to
lock unavailability, along with their counts:

-    last_skipped_vacuum
-    last_skipped_autovacuum
-    last_skipped_analyze
-    last_skipped_autoanalyze
-    skipped_vacuum_count
-    skipped_autovacuum_count
-    skipped_analyze_count
-    skipped_autoanalyze_count

These field can help users confirm that autovacuum is actively attempting
to run on a table that has not been vacuumed or analyzed for a long time,
and that the lack of progress is due to repeated skips rather than inactivity.
---
 doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml                 | 80 +++++++++++++++++
 src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql         |  8 ++
 src/backend/commands/vacuum.c                | 95 +++++++++++++++-----
 src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c | 68 ++++++++++++++
 src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c          | 24 +++++
 src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat              | 32 +++++++
 src/include/pgstat.h                         | 16 ++++
 src/test/regress/expected/rules.out          | 24 +++++
 8 files changed, 324 insertions(+), 23 deletions(-)

diff --git a/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml b/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml
index bb75ed1069b..9ec8070b2fc 100644
--- a/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml
+++ b/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml
@@ -4372,6 +4372,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_vacuum</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time a manual vacuum on this table was attempted but skipped due to
+       lock unavailability (not counting <command>VACUUM FULL</command>)
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>last_autovacuum</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
@@ -4382,6 +4392,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_autovacuum</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time a vacuum on this table by the autovacuum daemon was attempted
+       but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>last_analyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
@@ -4391,6 +4411,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_analyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time a manual analyze on this table was attempted but skipped due to
+       lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>last_autoanalyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
@@ -4401,6 +4431,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_autoanalyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time at which an analyze on this table by the autovacuum was
+       attempted but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>vacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4411,6 +4451,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_vacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times vacuums on this table have been attempted but skipped
+       due to lock unavailability (not counting <command>VACUUM FULL</command>)
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>autovacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4421,6 +4471,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_autovacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times vacuums on this table by the autovacuum daemon have been
+       attempted but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>analyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4430,6 +4490,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_analyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times manual analyzes on this table have been attempted but
+       skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>autoanalyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4440,6 +4510,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_autoanalyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times analyzes on this table by the autovacuum daemon have
+       been attempted but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>total_vacuum_time</structfield> <type>double precision</type>
diff --git a/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql b/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql
index e54018004db..2ca02a0354c 100644
--- a/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql
+++ b/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql
@@ -736,13 +736,21 @@ CREATE VIEW pg_stat_all_tables AS
             pg_stat_get_mod_since_analyze(C.oid) AS n_mod_since_analyze,
             pg_stat_get_ins_since_vacuum(C.oid) AS n_ins_since_vacuum,
             pg_stat_get_last_vacuum_time(C.oid) as last_vacuum,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_vacuum,
             pg_stat_get_last_autovacuum_time(C.oid) as last_autovacuum,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_autovacuum,
             pg_stat_get_last_analyze_time(C.oid) as last_analyze,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_analyze,
             pg_stat_get_last_autoanalyze_time(C.oid) as last_autoanalyze,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_autoanalyze,
             pg_stat_get_vacuum_count(C.oid) AS vacuum_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count(C.oid) AS skipped_vacuum_count,
             pg_stat_get_autovacuum_count(C.oid) AS autovacuum_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count(C.oid) AS skipped_autovacuum_count,
             pg_stat_get_analyze_count(C.oid) AS analyze_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count(C.oid) AS skipped_analyze_count,
             pg_stat_get_autoanalyze_count(C.oid) AS autoanalyze_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count(C.oid) AS skipped_autoanalyze_count,
             pg_stat_get_total_vacuum_time(C.oid) AS total_vacuum_time,
             pg_stat_get_total_autovacuum_time(C.oid) AS total_autovacuum_time,
             pg_stat_get_total_analyze_time(C.oid) AS total_analyze_time,
diff --git a/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c b/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c
index bce3a2daa24..ce83b3171be 100644
--- a/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c
+++ b/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c
@@ -792,8 +792,18 @@ vacuum_open_relation(Oid relid, RangeVar *relation, bits32 options,
 		rel = try_relation_open(relid, NoLock);
 	else
 	{
+		bits8 flags = 0;
 		rel = NULL;
 		rel_lock = false;
+
+		if ((options & VACOPT_VACUUM) != 0)
+			flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM;
+		if ((options & VACOPT_ANALYZE) != 0)
+			flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE;
+		if (AmAutoVacuumWorkerProcess())
+			flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOVAC;
+
+		pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(relid, flags);
 	}
 
 	/* if relation is opened, leave */
@@ -801,7 +811,7 @@ vacuum_open_relation(Oid relid, RangeVar *relation, bits32 options,
 		return rel;
 
 	/*
-	 * Relation could not be opened, hence generate if possible a log
+	 * Relation could not be opened hence generate if possible a log
 	 * informing on the situation.
 	 *
 	 * If the RangeVar is not defined, we do not have enough information to
@@ -904,7 +914,6 @@ expand_vacuum_rel(VacuumRelation *vrel, MemoryContext vac_context,
 		Form_pg_class classForm;
 		bool		include_children;
 		bool		is_partitioned_table;
-		int			rvr_opts;
 
 		/*
 		 * Since autovacuum workers supply OIDs when calling vacuum(), no
@@ -917,29 +926,69 @@ expand_vacuum_rel(VacuumRelation *vrel, MemoryContext vac_context,
 		 * below, as well as find_all_inheritors's expectation that the caller
 		 * holds some lock on the starting relation.
 		 */
-		rvr_opts = (options & VACOPT_SKIP_LOCKED) ? RVR_SKIP_LOCKED : 0;
-		relid = RangeVarGetRelidExtended(vrel->relation,
-										 AccessShareLock,
-										 rvr_opts,
-										 NULL, NULL);
-
-		/*
-		 * If the lock is unavailable, emit the same log statement that
-		 * vacuum_rel() and analyze_rel() would.
-		 */
-		if (!OidIsValid(relid))
+		if (!(options & VACOPT_SKIP_LOCKED))
 		{
-			if (options & VACOPT_VACUUM)
-				ereport(WARNING,
-						(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
-						 errmsg("skipping vacuum of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
-								vrel->relation->relname)));
-			else
-				ereport(WARNING,
-						(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
-						 errmsg("skipping analyze of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
+			relid = RangeVarGetRelidExtended(vrel->relation,
+											 AccessShareLock,
+											 0, NULL, NULL);
+			if (!OidIsValid(relid))
+				return vacrels;
+		}
+		else
+		{
+			/* Get relid for reporting before taking a lock */
+			relid = RangeVarGetRelid(vrel->relation, NoLock, false);
+
+			if (!ConditionalLockRelationOid(relid, AccessShareLock))
+			{
+				bits8	flags = 0;
+				/*
+				 * If the lock is unavailable, emit the same log statement that
+				 * vacuum_rel() and analyze_rel() would.
+				 */
+				if (options & VACOPT_VACUUM)
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping vacuum of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
 								vrel->relation->relname)));
-			return vacrels;
+				else
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping analyze of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
+									vrel->relation->relname)));
+
+				if ((options & VACOPT_VACUUM) != 0)
+					flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM;
+				if ((options & VACOPT_ANALYZE) != 0)
+					flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE;
+
+				pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(relid, flags);
+
+				return vacrels;
+			}
+
+			/*
+			 * Now that we have the lock, probe to see if the relation really
+			 * exists or not.
+			 */
+			if (!SearchSysCacheExists1(RELOID, ObjectIdGetDatum(relid)))
+			{
+				if (options & VACOPT_VACUUM)
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_UNDEFINED_TABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping vacuum of \"%s\" --- relation no longer exists",
+									vrel->relation->relname)));
+				else
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_UNDEFINED_TABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping analyze of \"%s\" --- relation no longer exists",
+									vrel->relation->relname)));
+
+				/* Release useless lock */
+				UnlockRelationOid(relid, AccessShareLock);
+
+				return vacrels;
+			}
 		}
 
 		/*
diff --git a/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c b/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c
index bc8c43b96aa..cec4c88980e 100644
--- a/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c
+++ b/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c
@@ -17,6 +17,7 @@
 
 #include "postgres.h"
 
+#include "access/htup_details.h"
 #include "access/twophase_rmgr.h"
 #include "access/xact.h"
 #include "catalog/catalog.h"
@@ -366,6 +367,73 @@ pgstat_report_analyze(Relation rel,
 	(void) pgstat_flush_backend(false, PGSTAT_BACKEND_FLUSH_IO);
 }
 
+/*
+ * Report that the table was skipped during vacuum or/and analyze.
+ */
+void
+pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(Oid relid, bits8 flags)
+{
+	PgStat_EntryRef *entry_ref;
+	PgStatShared_Relation *shtabentry;
+	PgStat_StatTabEntry *tabentry;
+	TimestampTz ts;
+	HeapTuple	classTup;
+	bool		isshared;
+
+	if (!pgstat_track_counts || !(flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANY))
+		return;
+
+	classTup = SearchSysCache1(RELOID, ObjectIdGetDatum(relid));
+	if (!HeapTupleIsValid(classTup))
+		return;			/* somebody deleted the rel, forget it */
+	isshared = ((Form_pg_class) GETSTRUCT(classTup))->relisshared;
+	ReleaseSysCache(classTup);
+
+	/* Store the data in the table's hash table entry. */
+	ts = GetCurrentTimestamp();
+
+	/* block acquiring lock for the same reason as pgstat_report_autovac() */
+	entry_ref = pgstat_get_entry_ref_locked(PGSTAT_KIND_RELATION,
+											isshared ? InvalidOid : MyDatabaseId,
+											relid, false);
+
+	shtabentry = (PgStatShared_Relation *) entry_ref->shared_stats;
+	tabentry = &shtabentry->stats;
+
+	if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOVAC)
+	{
+		if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM)
+		{
+			tabentry->last_skipped_autovacuum_time = ts;
+			tabentry->skipped_autovacuum_count++;
+		}
+		if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE)
+		{
+			tabentry->last_skipped_autoanalyze_time = ts;
+			tabentry->skipped_autoanalyze_count++;
+		}
+	}
+	else
+	{
+		if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM)
+		{
+			tabentry->last_skipped_vacuum_time = ts;
+			tabentry->skipped_vacuum_count++;
+		}
+		if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE)
+		{
+			tabentry->last_skipped_analyze_time = ts;
+			tabentry->skipped_analyze_count++;
+		}
+	}
+
+	pgstat_unlock_entry(entry_ref);
+
+	/* see pgstat_report_vacuum() */
+	pgstat_flush_io(false);
+	(void) pgstat_flush_backend(false, PGSTAT_BACKEND_FLUSH_IO);
+}
+
 /*
  * count a tuple insertion of n tuples
  */
diff --git a/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c b/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c
index 9185a8e6b83..18aaa3996e1 100644
--- a/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c
+++ b/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c
@@ -84,6 +84,18 @@ PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(mod_since_analyze)
 /* pg_stat_get_numscans */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(numscans)
 
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_analyze_count)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_autoanalyze_count)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_autovacuum_count)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_vacuum_count)
+
 /* pg_stat_get_tuples_deleted */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(tuples_deleted)
 
@@ -170,6 +182,18 @@ PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_vacuum_time)
 /* pg_stat_get_lastscan */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(lastscan)
 
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_analyze_time)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_autoanalyze_time)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_autovacuum_time)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_vacuum_time)
+
 /* pg_stat_get_stat_reset_time */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(stat_reset_time)
 
diff --git a/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat b/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat
index 0118e970dda..ccfe3d9e02a 100644
--- a/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat
+++ b/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat
@@ -5667,6 +5667,38 @@
   proname => 'pg_stat_get_total_autoanalyze_time', provolatile => 's',
   proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'float8', proargtypes => 'oid',
   prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_total_autoanalyze_time' },
+{ oid => '8142', descr => 'statistics: last skipped vacuum time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time' },
+{ oid => '8143', descr => 'statistics: last skipped auto vacuum time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time' },
+{ oid => '8144', descr => 'statistics: last skipped analyze time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time' },
+{ oid => '8145', descr => 'statistics: last skipped auto analyze time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time' },
+{ oid => '8146', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped vacuum for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count' },
+{ oid => '8147', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped auto vacuum for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count' },
+{ oid => '8148', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped analyzes for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count' },
+{ oid => '8149', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped auto analyzes for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count' },
 { oid => '1936', descr => 'statistics: currently active backend IDs',
   proname => 'pg_stat_get_backend_idset', prorows => '100', proretset => 't',
   provolatile => 's', proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int4',
diff --git a/src/include/pgstat.h b/src/include/pgstat.h
index 8e3549c3752..343081a7a25 100644
--- a/src/include/pgstat.h
+++ b/src/include/pgstat.h
@@ -479,6 +479,15 @@ typedef struct PgStat_StatTabEntry
 	TimestampTz last_autoanalyze_time;	/* autovacuum initiated */
 	PgStat_Counter autoanalyze_count;
 
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_vacuum_time;	/* user initiated vacuum */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_vacuum_count;
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_autovacuum_time;	/* autovacuum initiated */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_autovacuum_count;
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_analyze_time;	/* user initiated */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_analyze_count;
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_autoanalyze_time;	/* autovacuum initiated */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_autoanalyze_count;
+
 	PgStat_Counter total_vacuum_time;	/* times in milliseconds */
 	PgStat_Counter total_autovacuum_time;
 	PgStat_Counter total_analyze_time;
@@ -707,6 +716,13 @@ extern void pgstat_report_analyze(Relation rel,
 								  PgStat_Counter livetuples, PgStat_Counter deadtuples,
 								  bool resetcounter, TimestampTz starttime);
 
+/* flags for pgstat_flush_backend() */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM	(1 << 0)	/* vacuum is skipped */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE	(1 << 1)	/* analyze is skipped */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOVAC	(1 << 2)	/* skipped during autovacuum/autoanalyze */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANY   (PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM | PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE)
+extern void pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(Oid relid, bits8 flags);
+
 /*
  * If stats are enabled, but pending data hasn't been prepared yet, call
  * pgstat_assoc_relation() to do so. See its comment for why this is done
diff --git a/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out b/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out
index 2b3cf6d8569..4ccfc43e903 100644
--- a/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out
+++ b/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out
@@ -1835,13 +1835,21 @@ pg_stat_all_tables| SELECT c.oid AS relid,
     pg_stat_get_mod_since_analyze(c.oid) AS n_mod_since_analyze,
     pg_stat_get_ins_since_vacuum(c.oid) AS n_ins_since_vacuum,
     pg_stat_get_last_vacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_vacuum,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_vacuum,
     pg_stat_get_last_autovacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_autovacuum,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_autovacuum,
     pg_stat_get_last_analyze_time(c.oid) AS last_analyze,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_analyze,
     pg_stat_get_last_autoanalyze_time(c.oid) AS last_autoanalyze,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_autoanalyze,
     pg_stat_get_vacuum_count(c.oid) AS vacuum_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count(c.oid) AS skipped_vacuum_count,
     pg_stat_get_autovacuum_count(c.oid) AS autovacuum_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count(c.oid) AS skipped_autovacuum_count,
     pg_stat_get_analyze_count(c.oid) AS analyze_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count(c.oid) AS skipped_analyze_count,
     pg_stat_get_autoanalyze_count(c.oid) AS autoanalyze_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count(c.oid) AS skipped_autoanalyze_count,
     pg_stat_get_total_vacuum_time(c.oid) AS total_vacuum_time,
     pg_stat_get_total_autovacuum_time(c.oid) AS total_autovacuum_time,
     pg_stat_get_total_analyze_time(c.oid) AS total_analyze_time,
@@ -2293,13 +2301,21 @@ pg_stat_sys_tables| SELECT relid,
     n_mod_since_analyze,
     n_ins_since_vacuum,
     last_vacuum,
+    last_skipped_vacuum,
     last_autovacuum,
+    last_skipped_autovacuum,
     last_analyze,
+    last_skipped_analyze,
     last_autoanalyze,
+    last_skipped_autoanalyze,
     vacuum_count,
+    skipped_vacuum_count,
     autovacuum_count,
+    skipped_autovacuum_count,
     analyze_count,
+    skipped_analyze_count,
     autoanalyze_count,
+    skipped_autoanalyze_count,
     total_vacuum_time,
     total_autovacuum_time,
     total_analyze_time,
@@ -2348,13 +2364,21 @@ pg_stat_user_tables| SELECT relid,
     n_mod_since_analyze,
     n_ins_since_vacuum,
     last_vacuum,
+    last_skipped_vacuum,
     last_autovacuum,
+    last_skipped_autovacuum,
     last_analyze,
+    last_skipped_analyze,
     last_autoanalyze,
+    last_skipped_autoanalyze,
     vacuum_count,
+    skipped_vacuum_count,
     autovacuum_count,
+    skipped_autovacuum_count,
     analyze_count,
+    skipped_analyze_count,
     autoanalyze_count,
+    skipped_autoanalyze_count,
     total_vacuum_time,
     total_autovacuum_time,
     total_analyze_time,
-- 
2.43.0


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* [PATCH v4] Track skipped vacuum and analyze activity per relation
@ 2026-03-24 04:09 Yugo Nagata <[email protected]>
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From: Yugo Nagata @ 2026-03-24 04:09 UTC (permalink / raw)

This commit adds eight fields to the relation statistics that track
the last time vacuum or analyze has been attempted but skipped due to
lock unavailability, along with their counts:

-    last_skipped_vacuum
-    last_skipped_autovacuum
-    last_skipped_analyze
-    last_skipped_autoanalyze
-    skipped_vacuum_count
-    skipped_autovacuum_count
-    skipped_analyze_count
-    skipped_autoanalyze_count

These field can help users confirm that autovacuum is actively attempting
to run on a table that has not been vacuumed or analyzed for a long time,
and that the lack of progress is due to repeated skips rather than inactivity.
---
 doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml                 |  88 ++++++++++++++++
 src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql         |   8 ++
 src/backend/commands/vacuum.c                | 102 ++++++++++++++-----
 src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c |  64 ++++++++++++
 src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c          |  24 +++++
 src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat              |  32 ++++++
 src/include/pgstat.h                         |  16 +++
 src/test/regress/expected/rules.out          |  24 +++++
 8 files changed, 335 insertions(+), 23 deletions(-)

diff --git a/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml b/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml
index 08d5b824552..a9b579d87a9 100644
--- a/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml
+++ b/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml
@@ -4387,6 +4387,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_vacuum</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time a manual vacuum on this table was attempted but skipped due to
+       lock unavailability (not counting <command>VACUUM FULL</command>)
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>last_autovacuum</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
@@ -4397,6 +4407,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_autovacuum</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time a vacuum on this table by the autovacuum daemon was attempted
+       but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>last_analyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
@@ -4406,6 +4426,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_analyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time a manual analyze on this table was attempted but skipped due to
+       lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>last_autoanalyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
@@ -4416,6 +4446,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_autoanalyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time at which an analyze on this table by the autovacuum was
+       attempted but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>vacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4426,6 +4466,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_vacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times manual vacuums on this table have been attempted but skipped
+       due to lock unavailability (not counting <command>VACUUM FULL</command>)
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>autovacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4436,6 +4486,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_autovacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times vacuums on this table by the autovacuum daemon have been
+       attempted but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>analyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4445,6 +4505,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_analyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times manual analyzes on this table have been attempted but
+       skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>autoanalyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4455,6 +4525,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_autoanalyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times analyzes on this table by the autovacuum daemon have
+       been attempted but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>total_vacuum_time</structfield> <type>double precision</type>
@@ -4510,6 +4590,14 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
    </tgroup>
   </table>
 
+  <note>
+   <para>
+    When a manual vacuum or analyze on a parent table in an inheritance or
+    partitioning hierarchy is skipped, the statistics are recorded only for
+    the parent table, not for its children.
+   </para>
+  </note>
+
  </sect2>
 
  <sect2 id="monitoring-pg-stat-autovacuum-scores-view">
diff --git a/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql b/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql
index 73a1c1c4670..f509fc7876b 100644
--- a/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql
+++ b/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql
@@ -736,13 +736,21 @@ CREATE VIEW pg_stat_all_tables AS
             pg_stat_get_mod_since_analyze(C.oid) AS n_mod_since_analyze,
             pg_stat_get_ins_since_vacuum(C.oid) AS n_ins_since_vacuum,
             pg_stat_get_last_vacuum_time(C.oid) as last_vacuum,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_vacuum,
             pg_stat_get_last_autovacuum_time(C.oid) as last_autovacuum,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_autovacuum,
             pg_stat_get_last_analyze_time(C.oid) as last_analyze,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_analyze,
             pg_stat_get_last_autoanalyze_time(C.oid) as last_autoanalyze,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_autoanalyze,
             pg_stat_get_vacuum_count(C.oid) AS vacuum_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count(C.oid) AS skipped_vacuum_count,
             pg_stat_get_autovacuum_count(C.oid) AS autovacuum_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count(C.oid) AS skipped_autovacuum_count,
             pg_stat_get_analyze_count(C.oid) AS analyze_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count(C.oid) AS skipped_analyze_count,
             pg_stat_get_autoanalyze_count(C.oid) AS autoanalyze_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count(C.oid) AS skipped_autoanalyze_count,
             pg_stat_get_total_vacuum_time(C.oid) AS total_vacuum_time,
             pg_stat_get_total_autovacuum_time(C.oid) AS total_autovacuum_time,
             pg_stat_get_total_analyze_time(C.oid) AS total_analyze_time,
diff --git a/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c b/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c
index 99d0db82ed7..97cd5ea8d10 100644
--- a/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c
+++ b/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c
@@ -793,8 +793,25 @@ vacuum_open_relation(Oid relid, RangeVar *relation, uint32 options,
 		rel = try_relation_open(relid, NoLock);
 	else
 	{
+		int flags = 0;
 		rel = NULL;
 		rel_lock = false;
+
+		if ((options & VACOPT_VACUUM) != 0)
+		{
+			if (AmAutoVacuumWorkerProcess())
+				flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOVACUUM;
+			else
+				flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM;
+		}
+		if ((options & VACOPT_ANALYZE) != 0)
+		{
+			if (AmAutoVacuumWorkerProcess())
+				flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOANALYZE;
+			else
+				flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE;
+		}
+		pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(relid, flags);
 	}
 
 	/* if relation is opened, leave */
@@ -802,7 +819,7 @@ vacuum_open_relation(Oid relid, RangeVar *relation, uint32 options,
 		return rel;
 
 	/*
-	 * Relation could not be opened, hence generate if possible a log
+	 * Relation could not be opened hence generate if possible a log
 	 * informing on the situation.
 	 *
 	 * If the RangeVar is not defined, we do not have enough information to
@@ -905,7 +922,6 @@ expand_vacuum_rel(VacuumRelation *vrel, MemoryContext vac_context,
 		Form_pg_class classForm;
 		bool		include_children;
 		bool		is_partitioned_table;
-		int			rvr_opts;
 
 		/*
 		 * Since autovacuum workers supply OIDs when calling vacuum(), no
@@ -918,29 +934,69 @@ expand_vacuum_rel(VacuumRelation *vrel, MemoryContext vac_context,
 		 * below, as well as find_all_inheritors's expectation that the caller
 		 * holds some lock on the starting relation.
 		 */
-		rvr_opts = (options & VACOPT_SKIP_LOCKED) ? RVR_SKIP_LOCKED : 0;
-		relid = RangeVarGetRelidExtended(vrel->relation,
-										 AccessShareLock,
-										 rvr_opts,
-										 NULL, NULL);
-
-		/*
-		 * If the lock is unavailable, emit the same log statement that
-		 * vacuum_rel() and analyze_rel() would.
-		 */
-		if (!OidIsValid(relid))
+		if (!(options & VACOPT_SKIP_LOCKED))
 		{
-			if (options & VACOPT_VACUUM)
-				ereport(WARNING,
-						(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
-						 errmsg("skipping vacuum of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
-								vrel->relation->relname)));
-			else
-				ereport(WARNING,
-						(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
-						 errmsg("skipping analyze of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
+			relid = RangeVarGetRelidExtended(vrel->relation,
+											 AccessShareLock,
+											 0, NULL, NULL);
+			if (!OidIsValid(relid))
+				return vacrels;
+		}
+		else
+		{
+			/* Get relid for reporting before taking a lock */
+			relid = RangeVarGetRelid(vrel->relation, NoLock, false);
+
+			if (!ConditionalLockRelationOid(relid, AccessShareLock))
+			{
+				int	flags = 0;
+				/*
+				 * If the lock is unavailable, emit the same log statement that
+				 * vacuum_rel() and analyze_rel() would.
+				 */
+				if (options & VACOPT_VACUUM)
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping vacuum of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
 								vrel->relation->relname)));
-			return vacrels;
+				else
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping analyze of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
+									vrel->relation->relname)));
+
+				if ((options & VACOPT_VACUUM) != 0)
+					flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM;
+				if ((options & VACOPT_ANALYZE) != 0)
+					flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE;
+
+				pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(relid, flags);
+
+				return vacrels;
+			}
+
+			/*
+			 * Now that we have the lock, probe to see if the relation really
+			 * exists or not.
+			 */
+			if (!SearchSysCacheExists1(RELOID, ObjectIdGetDatum(relid)))
+			{
+				if (options & VACOPT_VACUUM)
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_UNDEFINED_TABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping vacuum of \"%s\" --- relation no longer exists",
+									vrel->relation->relname)));
+				else
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_UNDEFINED_TABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping analyze of \"%s\" --- relation no longer exists",
+									vrel->relation->relname)));
+
+				/* Release useless lock */
+				UnlockRelationOid(relid, AccessShareLock);
+
+				return vacrels;
+			}
 		}
 
 		/*
diff --git a/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c b/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c
index b2ca28f83ba..532d9023f8c 100644
--- a/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c
+++ b/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c
@@ -17,12 +17,14 @@
 
 #include "postgres.h"
 
+#include "access/htup_details.h"
 #include "access/twophase_rmgr.h"
 #include "access/xact.h"
 #include "catalog/catalog.h"
 #include "utils/memutils.h"
 #include "utils/pgstat_internal.h"
 #include "utils/rel.h"
+#include "utils/syscache.h"
 #include "utils/timestamp.h"
 
 
@@ -367,6 +369,68 @@ pgstat_report_analyze(Relation rel,
 	(void) pgstat_flush_backend(false, PGSTAT_BACKEND_FLUSH_IO);
 }
 
+/*
+ * Report that the table was skipped during vacuum or/and analyze.
+ */
+void
+pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(Oid relid, int flags)
+{
+	PgStat_EntryRef *entry_ref;
+	PgStatShared_Relation *shtabentry;
+	PgStat_StatTabEntry *tabentry;
+	TimestampTz ts;
+	HeapTuple	classTup;
+	bool		isshared;
+
+	if (!pgstat_track_counts || !flags)
+		return;
+
+	classTup = SearchSysCache1(RELOID, ObjectIdGetDatum(relid));
+	if (!HeapTupleIsValid(classTup))
+		return;			/* somebody deleted the rel, forget it */
+	isshared = ((Form_pg_class) GETSTRUCT(classTup))->relisshared;
+	ReleaseSysCache(classTup);
+
+	/* Store the data in the table's hash table entry. */
+	ts = GetCurrentTimestamp();
+
+	/* block acquiring lock for the same reason as pgstat_report_autovac() */
+	entry_ref = pgstat_get_entry_ref_locked(PGSTAT_KIND_RELATION,
+											isshared ? InvalidOid : MyDatabaseId,
+											relid, false);
+
+	shtabentry = (PgStatShared_Relation *) entry_ref->shared_stats;
+	tabentry = &shtabentry->stats;
+
+	if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM)
+	{
+		tabentry->last_skipped_vacuum_time = ts;
+		tabentry->skipped_vacuum_count++;
+	}
+	else if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOVACUUM)
+	{
+		tabentry->last_skipped_autovacuum_time = ts;
+		tabentry->skipped_autovacuum_count++;
+	}
+
+	if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE)
+	{
+		tabentry->last_skipped_analyze_time = ts;
+		tabentry->skipped_analyze_count++;
+	}
+	else if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOANALYZE)
+	{
+		tabentry->last_skipped_autoanalyze_time = ts;
+		tabentry->skipped_autoanalyze_count++;
+	}
+
+	pgstat_unlock_entry(entry_ref);
+
+	/* see pgstat_report_vacuum() */
+	pgstat_flush_io(false);
+	(void) pgstat_flush_backend(false, PGSTAT_BACKEND_FLUSH_IO);
+}
+
 /*
  * count a tuple insertion of n tuples
  */
diff --git a/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c b/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c
index 1408de387ea..90a8968faa0 100644
--- a/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c
+++ b/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c
@@ -84,6 +84,18 @@ PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(mod_since_analyze)
 /* pg_stat_get_numscans */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(numscans)
 
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_analyze_count)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_autoanalyze_count)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_autovacuum_count)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_vacuum_count)
+
 /* pg_stat_get_tuples_deleted */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(tuples_deleted)
 
@@ -170,6 +182,18 @@ PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_vacuum_time)
 /* pg_stat_get_lastscan */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(lastscan)
 
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_analyze_time)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_autoanalyze_time)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_autovacuum_time)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_vacuum_time)
+
 /* pg_stat_get_stat_reset_time */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(stat_reset_time)
 
diff --git a/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat b/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat
index fa9ae79082b..32debb34863 100644
--- a/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat
+++ b/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat
@@ -5680,6 +5680,38 @@
   proargmodes => '{o,o,o,o,o,o,o,o,o,o}',
   proargnames => '{oid,score,xid_score,mxid_score,vacuum_score,vacuum_insert_score,analyze_score,do_vacuum,do_analyze,for_wraparound}',
   prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_autovacuum_scores' },
+{ oid => '8142', descr => 'statistics: last skipped vacuum time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time' },
+{ oid => '8143', descr => 'statistics: last skipped auto vacuum time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time' },
+{ oid => '8144', descr => 'statistics: last skipped analyze time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time' },
+{ oid => '8145', descr => 'statistics: last skipped auto analyze time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time' },
+{ oid => '8146', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped vacuum for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count' },
+{ oid => '8147', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped auto vacuum for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count' },
+{ oid => '8148', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped analyzes for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count' },
+{ oid => '8149', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped auto analyzes for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count' },
 { oid => '1936', descr => 'statistics: currently active backend IDs',
   proname => 'pg_stat_get_backend_idset', prorows => '100', proretset => 't',
   provolatile => 's', proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int4',
diff --git a/src/include/pgstat.h b/src/include/pgstat.h
index dfa2e837638..98941f953d1 100644
--- a/src/include/pgstat.h
+++ b/src/include/pgstat.h
@@ -479,6 +479,15 @@ typedef struct PgStat_StatTabEntry
 	TimestampTz last_autoanalyze_time;	/* autovacuum initiated */
 	PgStat_Counter autoanalyze_count;
 
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_vacuum_time;	/* user initiated vacuum */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_vacuum_count;
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_autovacuum_time;	/* autovacuum initiated */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_autovacuum_count;
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_analyze_time;	/* user initiated */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_analyze_count;
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_autoanalyze_time;	/* autovacuum initiated */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_autoanalyze_count;
+
 	PgStat_Counter total_vacuum_time;	/* times in milliseconds */
 	PgStat_Counter total_autovacuum_time;
 	PgStat_Counter total_analyze_time;
@@ -703,6 +712,13 @@ extern void pgstat_report_analyze(Relation rel,
 								  PgStat_Counter livetuples, PgStat_Counter deadtuples,
 								  bool resetcounter, TimestampTz starttime);
 
+/* flags for pgstat_flush_backend() */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM		(1 << 0)	/* vacuum is skipped */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE		(1 << 1)	/* analyze is skipped */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOVACUUM	(1 << 2)	/* autovacuum is skipped */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOANALYZE	(1 << 3)	/* autoanalyze is skipped */
+extern void pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(Oid relid, int flags);
+
 /*
  * If stats are enabled, but pending data hasn't been prepared yet, call
  * pgstat_assoc_relation() to do so. See its comment for why this is done
diff --git a/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out b/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out
index a65a5bf0c4f..9b2075d3373 100644
--- a/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out
+++ b/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out
@@ -1835,13 +1835,21 @@ pg_stat_all_tables| SELECT c.oid AS relid,
     pg_stat_get_mod_since_analyze(c.oid) AS n_mod_since_analyze,
     pg_stat_get_ins_since_vacuum(c.oid) AS n_ins_since_vacuum,
     pg_stat_get_last_vacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_vacuum,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_vacuum,
     pg_stat_get_last_autovacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_autovacuum,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_autovacuum,
     pg_stat_get_last_analyze_time(c.oid) AS last_analyze,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_analyze,
     pg_stat_get_last_autoanalyze_time(c.oid) AS last_autoanalyze,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_autoanalyze,
     pg_stat_get_vacuum_count(c.oid) AS vacuum_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count(c.oid) AS skipped_vacuum_count,
     pg_stat_get_autovacuum_count(c.oid) AS autovacuum_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count(c.oid) AS skipped_autovacuum_count,
     pg_stat_get_analyze_count(c.oid) AS analyze_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count(c.oid) AS skipped_analyze_count,
     pg_stat_get_autoanalyze_count(c.oid) AS autoanalyze_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count(c.oid) AS skipped_autoanalyze_count,
     pg_stat_get_total_vacuum_time(c.oid) AS total_vacuum_time,
     pg_stat_get_total_autovacuum_time(c.oid) AS total_autovacuum_time,
     pg_stat_get_total_analyze_time(c.oid) AS total_analyze_time,
@@ -2346,13 +2354,21 @@ pg_stat_sys_tables| SELECT relid,
     n_mod_since_analyze,
     n_ins_since_vacuum,
     last_vacuum,
+    last_skipped_vacuum,
     last_autovacuum,
+    last_skipped_autovacuum,
     last_analyze,
+    last_skipped_analyze,
     last_autoanalyze,
+    last_skipped_autoanalyze,
     vacuum_count,
+    skipped_vacuum_count,
     autovacuum_count,
+    skipped_autovacuum_count,
     analyze_count,
+    skipped_analyze_count,
     autoanalyze_count,
+    skipped_autoanalyze_count,
     total_vacuum_time,
     total_autovacuum_time,
     total_analyze_time,
@@ -2401,13 +2417,21 @@ pg_stat_user_tables| SELECT relid,
     n_mod_since_analyze,
     n_ins_since_vacuum,
     last_vacuum,
+    last_skipped_vacuum,
     last_autovacuum,
+    last_skipped_autovacuum,
     last_analyze,
+    last_skipped_analyze,
     last_autoanalyze,
+    last_skipped_autoanalyze,
     vacuum_count,
+    skipped_vacuum_count,
     autovacuum_count,
+    skipped_autovacuum_count,
     analyze_count,
+    skipped_analyze_count,
     autoanalyze_count,
+    skipped_autoanalyze_count,
     total_vacuum_time,
     total_autovacuum_time,
     total_analyze_time,
-- 
2.43.0


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* [PATCH v5] Track skipped vacuum and analyze activity per relation
@ 2026-03-24 04:09 Yugo Nagata <[email protected]>
  0 siblings, 0 replies; 374+ messages in thread

From: Yugo Nagata @ 2026-03-24 04:09 UTC (permalink / raw)

This commit adds eight fields to the relation statistics that track
the last time vacuum or analyze has been attempted but skipped due to
lock unavailability, along with their counts:

-    last_skipped_vacuum
-    last_skipped_autovacuum
-    last_skipped_analyze
-    last_skipped_autoanalyze
-    skipped_vacuum_count
-    skipped_autovacuum_count
-    skipped_analyze_count
-    skipped_autoanalyze_count

These field can help users confirm that autovacuum is actively attempting
to run on a table that has not been vacuumed or analyzed for a long time,
and that the lack of progress is due to repeated skips rather than inactivity.
---
 doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml                  |  88 ++++++
 src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql          |   8 +
 src/backend/commands/vacuum.c                 | 100 +++++--
 src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c  |  64 +++++
 src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c           |  24 ++
 src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat               |  32 +++
 src/include/pgstat.h                          |  16 ++
 .../isolation/expected/vacuum-skip-locked.out | 260 ++++++++++++++++--
 .../isolation/specs/vacuum-skip-locked.spec   |  41 +--
 src/test/regress/expected/rules.out           |  24 ++
 10 files changed, 601 insertions(+), 56 deletions(-)

diff --git a/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml b/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml
index 08d5b824552..a9b579d87a9 100644
--- a/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml
+++ b/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml
@@ -4387,6 +4387,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_vacuum</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time a manual vacuum on this table was attempted but skipped due to
+       lock unavailability (not counting <command>VACUUM FULL</command>)
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>last_autovacuum</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
@@ -4397,6 +4407,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_autovacuum</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time a vacuum on this table by the autovacuum daemon was attempted
+       but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>last_analyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
@@ -4406,6 +4426,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_analyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time a manual analyze on this table was attempted but skipped due to
+       lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>last_autoanalyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
@@ -4416,6 +4446,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_autoanalyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time at which an analyze on this table by the autovacuum was
+       attempted but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>vacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4426,6 +4466,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_vacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times manual vacuums on this table have been attempted but skipped
+       due to lock unavailability (not counting <command>VACUUM FULL</command>)
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>autovacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4436,6 +4486,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_autovacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times vacuums on this table by the autovacuum daemon have been
+       attempted but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>analyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4445,6 +4505,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_analyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times manual analyzes on this table have been attempted but
+       skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>autoanalyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4455,6 +4525,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_autoanalyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times analyzes on this table by the autovacuum daemon have
+       been attempted but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>total_vacuum_time</structfield> <type>double precision</type>
@@ -4510,6 +4590,14 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
    </tgroup>
   </table>
 
+  <note>
+   <para>
+    When a manual vacuum or analyze on a parent table in an inheritance or
+    partitioning hierarchy is skipped, the statistics are recorded only for
+    the parent table, not for its children.
+   </para>
+  </note>
+
  </sect2>
 
  <sect2 id="monitoring-pg-stat-autovacuum-scores-view">
diff --git a/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql b/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql
index 73a1c1c4670..f509fc7876b 100644
--- a/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql
+++ b/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql
@@ -736,13 +736,21 @@ CREATE VIEW pg_stat_all_tables AS
             pg_stat_get_mod_since_analyze(C.oid) AS n_mod_since_analyze,
             pg_stat_get_ins_since_vacuum(C.oid) AS n_ins_since_vacuum,
             pg_stat_get_last_vacuum_time(C.oid) as last_vacuum,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_vacuum,
             pg_stat_get_last_autovacuum_time(C.oid) as last_autovacuum,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_autovacuum,
             pg_stat_get_last_analyze_time(C.oid) as last_analyze,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_analyze,
             pg_stat_get_last_autoanalyze_time(C.oid) as last_autoanalyze,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_autoanalyze,
             pg_stat_get_vacuum_count(C.oid) AS vacuum_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count(C.oid) AS skipped_vacuum_count,
             pg_stat_get_autovacuum_count(C.oid) AS autovacuum_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count(C.oid) AS skipped_autovacuum_count,
             pg_stat_get_analyze_count(C.oid) AS analyze_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count(C.oid) AS skipped_analyze_count,
             pg_stat_get_autoanalyze_count(C.oid) AS autoanalyze_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count(C.oid) AS skipped_autoanalyze_count,
             pg_stat_get_total_vacuum_time(C.oid) AS total_vacuum_time,
             pg_stat_get_total_autovacuum_time(C.oid) AS total_autovacuum_time,
             pg_stat_get_total_analyze_time(C.oid) AS total_analyze_time,
diff --git a/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c b/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c
index 99d0db82ed7..df6526225e4 100644
--- a/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c
+++ b/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c
@@ -793,8 +793,25 @@ vacuum_open_relation(Oid relid, RangeVar *relation, uint32 options,
 		rel = try_relation_open(relid, NoLock);
 	else
 	{
+		int flags = 0;
 		rel = NULL;
 		rel_lock = false;
+
+		if ((options & VACOPT_VACUUM) != 0 && (options & VACOPT_FULL) == 0)
+		{
+			if (AmAutoVacuumWorkerProcess())
+				flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOVACUUM;
+			else
+				flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM;
+		}
+		if ((options & VACOPT_ANALYZE) != 0)
+		{
+			if (AmAutoVacuumWorkerProcess())
+				flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOANALYZE;
+			else
+				flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE;
+		}
+		pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(relid, flags);
 	}
 
 	/* if relation is opened, leave */
@@ -905,7 +922,6 @@ expand_vacuum_rel(VacuumRelation *vrel, MemoryContext vac_context,
 		Form_pg_class classForm;
 		bool		include_children;
 		bool		is_partitioned_table;
-		int			rvr_opts;
 
 		/*
 		 * Since autovacuum workers supply OIDs when calling vacuum(), no
@@ -918,29 +934,69 @@ expand_vacuum_rel(VacuumRelation *vrel, MemoryContext vac_context,
 		 * below, as well as find_all_inheritors's expectation that the caller
 		 * holds some lock on the starting relation.
 		 */
-		rvr_opts = (options & VACOPT_SKIP_LOCKED) ? RVR_SKIP_LOCKED : 0;
-		relid = RangeVarGetRelidExtended(vrel->relation,
-										 AccessShareLock,
-										 rvr_opts,
-										 NULL, NULL);
-
-		/*
-		 * If the lock is unavailable, emit the same log statement that
-		 * vacuum_rel() and analyze_rel() would.
-		 */
-		if (!OidIsValid(relid))
+		if (!(options & VACOPT_SKIP_LOCKED))
 		{
-			if (options & VACOPT_VACUUM)
-				ereport(WARNING,
-						(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
-						 errmsg("skipping vacuum of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
-								vrel->relation->relname)));
-			else
-				ereport(WARNING,
-						(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
-						 errmsg("skipping analyze of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
+			relid = RangeVarGetRelidExtended(vrel->relation,
+											 AccessShareLock,
+											 0, NULL, NULL);
+			if (!OidIsValid(relid))
+				return vacrels;
+		}
+		else
+		{
+			/* Get relid for reporting before taking a lock */
+			relid = RangeVarGetRelid(vrel->relation, NoLock, false);
+
+			if (!ConditionalLockRelationOid(relid, AccessShareLock))
+			{
+				int	flags = 0;
+				/*
+				 * If the lock is unavailable, emit the same log statement that
+				 * vacuum_rel() and analyze_rel() would.
+				 */
+				if (options & VACOPT_VACUUM)
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping vacuum of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
 								vrel->relation->relname)));
-			return vacrels;
+				else
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping analyze of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
+									vrel->relation->relname)));
+
+				if ((options & VACOPT_VACUUM) != 0 && (options & VACOPT_FULL) == 0)
+					flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM;
+				if ((options & VACOPT_ANALYZE) != 0)
+					flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE;
+
+				pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(relid, flags);
+
+				return vacrels;
+			}
+
+			/*
+			 * Now that we have the lock, probe to see if the relation really
+			 * exists or not.
+			 */
+			if (!SearchSysCacheExists1(RELOID, ObjectIdGetDatum(relid)))
+			{
+				if (options & VACOPT_VACUUM)
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_UNDEFINED_TABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping vacuum of \"%s\" --- relation no longer exists",
+									vrel->relation->relname)));
+				else
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_UNDEFINED_TABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping analyze of \"%s\" --- relation no longer exists",
+									vrel->relation->relname)));
+
+				/* Release useless lock */
+				UnlockRelationOid(relid, AccessShareLock);
+
+				return vacrels;
+			}
 		}
 
 		/*
diff --git a/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c b/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c
index b2ca28f83ba..532d9023f8c 100644
--- a/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c
+++ b/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c
@@ -17,12 +17,14 @@
 
 #include "postgres.h"
 
+#include "access/htup_details.h"
 #include "access/twophase_rmgr.h"
 #include "access/xact.h"
 #include "catalog/catalog.h"
 #include "utils/memutils.h"
 #include "utils/pgstat_internal.h"
 #include "utils/rel.h"
+#include "utils/syscache.h"
 #include "utils/timestamp.h"
 
 
@@ -367,6 +369,68 @@ pgstat_report_analyze(Relation rel,
 	(void) pgstat_flush_backend(false, PGSTAT_BACKEND_FLUSH_IO);
 }
 
+/*
+ * Report that the table was skipped during vacuum or/and analyze.
+ */
+void
+pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(Oid relid, int flags)
+{
+	PgStat_EntryRef *entry_ref;
+	PgStatShared_Relation *shtabentry;
+	PgStat_StatTabEntry *tabentry;
+	TimestampTz ts;
+	HeapTuple	classTup;
+	bool		isshared;
+
+	if (!pgstat_track_counts || !flags)
+		return;
+
+	classTup = SearchSysCache1(RELOID, ObjectIdGetDatum(relid));
+	if (!HeapTupleIsValid(classTup))
+		return;			/* somebody deleted the rel, forget it */
+	isshared = ((Form_pg_class) GETSTRUCT(classTup))->relisshared;
+	ReleaseSysCache(classTup);
+
+	/* Store the data in the table's hash table entry. */
+	ts = GetCurrentTimestamp();
+
+	/* block acquiring lock for the same reason as pgstat_report_autovac() */
+	entry_ref = pgstat_get_entry_ref_locked(PGSTAT_KIND_RELATION,
+											isshared ? InvalidOid : MyDatabaseId,
+											relid, false);
+
+	shtabentry = (PgStatShared_Relation *) entry_ref->shared_stats;
+	tabentry = &shtabentry->stats;
+
+	if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM)
+	{
+		tabentry->last_skipped_vacuum_time = ts;
+		tabentry->skipped_vacuum_count++;
+	}
+	else if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOVACUUM)
+	{
+		tabentry->last_skipped_autovacuum_time = ts;
+		tabentry->skipped_autovacuum_count++;
+	}
+
+	if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE)
+	{
+		tabentry->last_skipped_analyze_time = ts;
+		tabentry->skipped_analyze_count++;
+	}
+	else if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOANALYZE)
+	{
+		tabentry->last_skipped_autoanalyze_time = ts;
+		tabentry->skipped_autoanalyze_count++;
+	}
+
+	pgstat_unlock_entry(entry_ref);
+
+	/* see pgstat_report_vacuum() */
+	pgstat_flush_io(false);
+	(void) pgstat_flush_backend(false, PGSTAT_BACKEND_FLUSH_IO);
+}
+
 /*
  * count a tuple insertion of n tuples
  */
diff --git a/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c b/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c
index 1408de387ea..90a8968faa0 100644
--- a/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c
+++ b/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c
@@ -84,6 +84,18 @@ PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(mod_since_analyze)
 /* pg_stat_get_numscans */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(numscans)
 
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_analyze_count)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_autoanalyze_count)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_autovacuum_count)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_vacuum_count)
+
 /* pg_stat_get_tuples_deleted */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(tuples_deleted)
 
@@ -170,6 +182,18 @@ PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_vacuum_time)
 /* pg_stat_get_lastscan */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(lastscan)
 
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_analyze_time)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_autoanalyze_time)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_autovacuum_time)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_vacuum_time)
+
 /* pg_stat_get_stat_reset_time */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(stat_reset_time)
 
diff --git a/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat b/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat
index fa9ae79082b..32debb34863 100644
--- a/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat
+++ b/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat
@@ -5680,6 +5680,38 @@
   proargmodes => '{o,o,o,o,o,o,o,o,o,o}',
   proargnames => '{oid,score,xid_score,mxid_score,vacuum_score,vacuum_insert_score,analyze_score,do_vacuum,do_analyze,for_wraparound}',
   prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_autovacuum_scores' },
+{ oid => '8142', descr => 'statistics: last skipped vacuum time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time' },
+{ oid => '8143', descr => 'statistics: last skipped auto vacuum time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time' },
+{ oid => '8144', descr => 'statistics: last skipped analyze time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time' },
+{ oid => '8145', descr => 'statistics: last skipped auto analyze time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time' },
+{ oid => '8146', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped vacuum for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count' },
+{ oid => '8147', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped auto vacuum for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count' },
+{ oid => '8148', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped analyzes for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count' },
+{ oid => '8149', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped auto analyzes for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count' },
 { oid => '1936', descr => 'statistics: currently active backend IDs',
   proname => 'pg_stat_get_backend_idset', prorows => '100', proretset => 't',
   provolatile => 's', proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int4',
diff --git a/src/include/pgstat.h b/src/include/pgstat.h
index dfa2e837638..98941f953d1 100644
--- a/src/include/pgstat.h
+++ b/src/include/pgstat.h
@@ -479,6 +479,15 @@ typedef struct PgStat_StatTabEntry
 	TimestampTz last_autoanalyze_time;	/* autovacuum initiated */
 	PgStat_Counter autoanalyze_count;
 
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_vacuum_time;	/* user initiated vacuum */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_vacuum_count;
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_autovacuum_time;	/* autovacuum initiated */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_autovacuum_count;
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_analyze_time;	/* user initiated */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_analyze_count;
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_autoanalyze_time;	/* autovacuum initiated */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_autoanalyze_count;
+
 	PgStat_Counter total_vacuum_time;	/* times in milliseconds */
 	PgStat_Counter total_autovacuum_time;
 	PgStat_Counter total_analyze_time;
@@ -703,6 +712,13 @@ extern void pgstat_report_analyze(Relation rel,
 								  PgStat_Counter livetuples, PgStat_Counter deadtuples,
 								  bool resetcounter, TimestampTz starttime);
 
+/* flags for pgstat_flush_backend() */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM		(1 << 0)	/* vacuum is skipped */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE		(1 << 1)	/* analyze is skipped */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOVACUUM	(1 << 2)	/* autovacuum is skipped */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOANALYZE	(1 << 3)	/* autoanalyze is skipped */
+extern void pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(Oid relid, int flags);
+
 /*
  * If stats are enabled, but pending data hasn't been prepared yet, call
  * pgstat_assoc_relation() to do so. See its comment for why this is done
diff --git a/src/test/isolation/expected/vacuum-skip-locked.out b/src/test/isolation/expected/vacuum-skip-locked.out
index 99db281a159..e2cff175b7c 100644
--- a/src/test/isolation/expected/vacuum-skip-locked.out
+++ b/src/test/isolation/expected/vacuum-skip-locked.out
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 Parsed test spec with 2 sessions
 
-starting permutation: lock_share vac_specified commit
+starting permutation: lock_share vac_specified commit check_stat
 step lock_share: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN SHARE MODE;
@@ -10,8 +10,22 @@ step vac_specified: VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED) part1, part2;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
 
-starting permutation: lock_share vac_all_parts commit
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   1|            0|                    0
+part2  |           1|                   0|            0|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
+
+starting permutation: lock_share vac_all_parts commit check_stat
 step lock_share: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN SHARE MODE;
@@ -20,8 +34,22 @@ step vac_all_parts: VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED) parted;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   1|            0|                    0
+part2  |           1|                   0|            0|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
 
-starting permutation: lock_share analyze_specified commit
+starting permutation: lock_share analyze_specified commit check_stat
 step lock_share: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN SHARE MODE;
@@ -31,8 +59,22 @@ step analyze_specified: ANALYZE (SKIP_LOCKED) part1, part2;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
 
-starting permutation: lock_share analyze_all_parts commit
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   0|            0|                    1
+part2  |           0|                   0|            1|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
+
+starting permutation: lock_share analyze_all_parts commit check_stat
 step lock_share: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN SHARE MODE;
@@ -41,8 +83,22 @@ step analyze_all_parts: ANALYZE (SKIP_LOCKED) parted;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            1|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   0|            0|                    1
+part2  |           0|                   0|            1|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
 
-starting permutation: lock_share vac_analyze_specified commit
+starting permutation: lock_share vac_analyze_specified commit check_stat
 step lock_share: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN SHARE MODE;
@@ -52,8 +108,22 @@ step vac_analyze_specified: VACUUM (ANALYZE, SKIP_LOCKED) part1, part2;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
 
-starting permutation: lock_share vac_analyze_all_parts commit
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   1|            0|                    1
+part2  |           1|                   0|            1|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
+
+starting permutation: lock_share vac_analyze_all_parts commit check_stat
 step lock_share: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN SHARE MODE;
@@ -62,8 +132,22 @@ step vac_analyze_all_parts: VACUUM (ANALYZE, SKIP_LOCKED) parted;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            1|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   1|            0|                    1
+part2  |           1|                   0|            1|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
 
-starting permutation: lock_share vac_full_specified commit
+starting permutation: lock_share vac_full_specified commit check_stat
 step lock_share: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN SHARE MODE;
@@ -73,8 +157,22 @@ step vac_full_specified: VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED, FULL) part1, part2;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
 
-starting permutation: lock_share vac_full_all_parts commit
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part2  |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
+
+starting permutation: lock_share vac_full_all_parts commit check_stat
 step lock_share: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN SHARE MODE;
@@ -83,8 +181,22 @@ step vac_full_all_parts: VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED, FULL) parted;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part2  |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+(3 rows)
 
-starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_specified commit
+
+starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_specified commit check_stat
 step lock_access_exclusive: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN ACCESS EXCLUSIVE MODE;
@@ -94,8 +206,22 @@ step vac_specified: VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED) part1, part2;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   1|            0|                    0
+part2  |           1|                   0|            0|                    0
+(3 rows)
 
-starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_all_parts commit
+
+starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_all_parts commit check_stat
 step lock_access_exclusive: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN ACCESS EXCLUSIVE MODE;
@@ -104,8 +230,22 @@ step vac_all_parts: VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED) parted;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   1|            0|                    0
+part2  |           1|                   0|            0|                    0
+(3 rows)
 
-starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive analyze_specified commit
+
+starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive analyze_specified commit check_stat
 step lock_access_exclusive: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN ACCESS EXCLUSIVE MODE;
@@ -115,8 +255,22 @@ step analyze_specified: ANALYZE (SKIP_LOCKED) part1, part2;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   0|            0|                    1
+part2  |           0|                   0|            1|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
 
-starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive analyze_all_parts commit
+starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive analyze_all_parts commit check_stat
 step lock_access_exclusive: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN ACCESS EXCLUSIVE MODE;
@@ -126,8 +280,22 @@ step commit:
 	COMMIT;
 
 step analyze_all_parts: <... completed>
-
-starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_analyze_specified commit
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            1|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   0|            1|                    0
+part2  |           0|                   0|            1|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
+
+starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_analyze_specified commit check_stat
 step lock_access_exclusive: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN ACCESS EXCLUSIVE MODE;
@@ -137,8 +305,22 @@ step vac_analyze_specified: VACUUM (ANALYZE, SKIP_LOCKED) part1, part2;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   1|            0|                    1
+part2  |           1|                   0|            1|                    0
+(3 rows)
 
-starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_analyze_all_parts commit
+
+starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_analyze_all_parts commit check_stat
 step lock_access_exclusive: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN ACCESS EXCLUSIVE MODE;
@@ -148,8 +330,22 @@ step commit:
 	COMMIT;
 
 step vac_analyze_all_parts: <... completed>
-
-starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_full_specified commit
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            1|                    0
+part1  |           1|                   0|            1|                    0
+part2  |           1|                   0|            1|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
+
+starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_full_specified commit check_stat
 step lock_access_exclusive: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN ACCESS EXCLUSIVE MODE;
@@ -159,8 +355,22 @@ step vac_full_specified: VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED, FULL) part1, part2;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
 
-starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_full_all_parts commit
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part2  |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
+
+starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_full_all_parts commit check_stat
 step lock_access_exclusive: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN ACCESS EXCLUSIVE MODE;
@@ -169,3 +379,17 @@ step vac_full_all_parts: VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED, FULL) parted;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part2  |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
diff --git a/src/test/isolation/specs/vacuum-skip-locked.spec b/src/test/isolation/specs/vacuum-skip-locked.spec
index 3fad6e1c92a..b0da75d4b6d 100644
--- a/src/test/isolation/specs/vacuum-skip-locked.spec
+++ b/src/test/isolation/specs/vacuum-skip-locked.spec
@@ -33,6 +33,15 @@ step commit
 	COMMIT;
 }
 
+step check_stat
+{
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+}
+
 session s2
 step vac_specified			{ VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED) part1, part2; }
 step vac_all_parts			{ VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED) parted; }
@@ -43,19 +52,19 @@ step vac_analyze_all_parts	{ VACUUM (ANALYZE, SKIP_LOCKED) parted; }
 step vac_full_specified		{ VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED, FULL) part1, part2; }
 step vac_full_all_parts		{ VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED, FULL) parted; }
 
-permutation lock_share vac_specified commit
-permutation lock_share vac_all_parts commit
-permutation lock_share analyze_specified commit
-permutation lock_share analyze_all_parts commit
-permutation lock_share vac_analyze_specified commit
-permutation lock_share vac_analyze_all_parts commit
-permutation lock_share vac_full_specified commit
-permutation lock_share vac_full_all_parts commit
-permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_specified commit
-permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_all_parts commit
-permutation lock_access_exclusive analyze_specified commit
-permutation lock_access_exclusive analyze_all_parts commit
-permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_analyze_specified commit
-permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_analyze_all_parts commit
-permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_full_specified commit
-permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_full_all_parts commit
+permutation lock_share vac_specified commit check_stat
+permutation lock_share vac_all_parts commit check_stat
+permutation lock_share analyze_specified commit check_stat
+permutation lock_share analyze_all_parts commit check_stat
+permutation lock_share vac_analyze_specified commit check_stat
+permutation lock_share vac_analyze_all_parts commit check_stat
+permutation lock_share vac_full_specified commit check_stat
+permutation lock_share vac_full_all_parts commit check_stat
+permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_specified commit check_stat
+permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_all_parts commit check_stat
+permutation lock_access_exclusive analyze_specified commit check_stat
+permutation lock_access_exclusive analyze_all_parts commit check_stat
+permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_analyze_specified commit check_stat
+permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_analyze_all_parts commit check_stat
+permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_full_specified commit check_stat
+permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_full_all_parts commit check_stat
diff --git a/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out b/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out
index a65a5bf0c4f..9b2075d3373 100644
--- a/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out
+++ b/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out
@@ -1835,13 +1835,21 @@ pg_stat_all_tables| SELECT c.oid AS relid,
     pg_stat_get_mod_since_analyze(c.oid) AS n_mod_since_analyze,
     pg_stat_get_ins_since_vacuum(c.oid) AS n_ins_since_vacuum,
     pg_stat_get_last_vacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_vacuum,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_vacuum,
     pg_stat_get_last_autovacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_autovacuum,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_autovacuum,
     pg_stat_get_last_analyze_time(c.oid) AS last_analyze,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_analyze,
     pg_stat_get_last_autoanalyze_time(c.oid) AS last_autoanalyze,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_autoanalyze,
     pg_stat_get_vacuum_count(c.oid) AS vacuum_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count(c.oid) AS skipped_vacuum_count,
     pg_stat_get_autovacuum_count(c.oid) AS autovacuum_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count(c.oid) AS skipped_autovacuum_count,
     pg_stat_get_analyze_count(c.oid) AS analyze_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count(c.oid) AS skipped_analyze_count,
     pg_stat_get_autoanalyze_count(c.oid) AS autoanalyze_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count(c.oid) AS skipped_autoanalyze_count,
     pg_stat_get_total_vacuum_time(c.oid) AS total_vacuum_time,
     pg_stat_get_total_autovacuum_time(c.oid) AS total_autovacuum_time,
     pg_stat_get_total_analyze_time(c.oid) AS total_analyze_time,
@@ -2346,13 +2354,21 @@ pg_stat_sys_tables| SELECT relid,
     n_mod_since_analyze,
     n_ins_since_vacuum,
     last_vacuum,
+    last_skipped_vacuum,
     last_autovacuum,
+    last_skipped_autovacuum,
     last_analyze,
+    last_skipped_analyze,
     last_autoanalyze,
+    last_skipped_autoanalyze,
     vacuum_count,
+    skipped_vacuum_count,
     autovacuum_count,
+    skipped_autovacuum_count,
     analyze_count,
+    skipped_analyze_count,
     autoanalyze_count,
+    skipped_autoanalyze_count,
     total_vacuum_time,
     total_autovacuum_time,
     total_analyze_time,
@@ -2401,13 +2417,21 @@ pg_stat_user_tables| SELECT relid,
     n_mod_since_analyze,
     n_ins_since_vacuum,
     last_vacuum,
+    last_skipped_vacuum,
     last_autovacuum,
+    last_skipped_autovacuum,
     last_analyze,
+    last_skipped_analyze,
     last_autoanalyze,
+    last_skipped_autoanalyze,
     vacuum_count,
+    skipped_vacuum_count,
     autovacuum_count,
+    skipped_autovacuum_count,
     analyze_count,
+    skipped_analyze_count,
     autoanalyze_count,
+    skipped_autoanalyze_count,
     total_vacuum_time,
     total_autovacuum_time,
     total_analyze_time,
-- 
2.43.0


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* [PATCH v4] Track skipped vacuum and analyze activity per relation
@ 2026-03-24 04:09 Yugo Nagata <[email protected]>
  0 siblings, 0 replies; 374+ messages in thread

From: Yugo Nagata @ 2026-03-24 04:09 UTC (permalink / raw)

This commit adds eight fields to the relation statistics that track
the last time vacuum or analyze has been attempted but skipped due to
lock unavailability, along with their counts:

-    last_skipped_vacuum
-    last_skipped_autovacuum
-    last_skipped_analyze
-    last_skipped_autoanalyze
-    skipped_vacuum_count
-    skipped_autovacuum_count
-    skipped_analyze_count
-    skipped_autoanalyze_count

These field can help users confirm that autovacuum is actively attempting
to run on a table that has not been vacuumed or analyzed for a long time,
and that the lack of progress is due to repeated skips rather than inactivity.
---
 doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml                 |  88 ++++++++++++++++
 src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql         |   8 ++
 src/backend/commands/vacuum.c                | 102 ++++++++++++++-----
 src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c |  64 ++++++++++++
 src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c          |  24 +++++
 src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat              |  32 ++++++
 src/include/pgstat.h                         |  16 +++
 src/test/regress/expected/rules.out          |  24 +++++
 8 files changed, 335 insertions(+), 23 deletions(-)

diff --git a/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml b/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml
index 08d5b824552..a9b579d87a9 100644
--- a/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml
+++ b/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml
@@ -4387,6 +4387,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_vacuum</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time a manual vacuum on this table was attempted but skipped due to
+       lock unavailability (not counting <command>VACUUM FULL</command>)
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>last_autovacuum</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
@@ -4397,6 +4407,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_autovacuum</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time a vacuum on this table by the autovacuum daemon was attempted
+       but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>last_analyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
@@ -4406,6 +4426,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_analyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time a manual analyze on this table was attempted but skipped due to
+       lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>last_autoanalyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
@@ -4416,6 +4446,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_autoanalyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time at which an analyze on this table by the autovacuum was
+       attempted but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>vacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4426,6 +4466,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_vacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times manual vacuums on this table have been attempted but skipped
+       due to lock unavailability (not counting <command>VACUUM FULL</command>)
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>autovacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4436,6 +4486,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_autovacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times vacuums on this table by the autovacuum daemon have been
+       attempted but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>analyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4445,6 +4505,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_analyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times manual analyzes on this table have been attempted but
+       skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>autoanalyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4455,6 +4525,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_autoanalyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times analyzes on this table by the autovacuum daemon have
+       been attempted but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>total_vacuum_time</structfield> <type>double precision</type>
@@ -4510,6 +4590,14 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
    </tgroup>
   </table>
 
+  <note>
+   <para>
+    When a manual vacuum or analyze on a parent table in an inheritance or
+    partitioning hierarchy is skipped, the statistics are recorded only for
+    the parent table, not for its children.
+   </para>
+  </note>
+
  </sect2>
 
  <sect2 id="monitoring-pg-stat-autovacuum-scores-view">
diff --git a/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql b/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql
index 73a1c1c4670..f509fc7876b 100644
--- a/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql
+++ b/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql
@@ -736,13 +736,21 @@ CREATE VIEW pg_stat_all_tables AS
             pg_stat_get_mod_since_analyze(C.oid) AS n_mod_since_analyze,
             pg_stat_get_ins_since_vacuum(C.oid) AS n_ins_since_vacuum,
             pg_stat_get_last_vacuum_time(C.oid) as last_vacuum,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_vacuum,
             pg_stat_get_last_autovacuum_time(C.oid) as last_autovacuum,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_autovacuum,
             pg_stat_get_last_analyze_time(C.oid) as last_analyze,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_analyze,
             pg_stat_get_last_autoanalyze_time(C.oid) as last_autoanalyze,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_autoanalyze,
             pg_stat_get_vacuum_count(C.oid) AS vacuum_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count(C.oid) AS skipped_vacuum_count,
             pg_stat_get_autovacuum_count(C.oid) AS autovacuum_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count(C.oid) AS skipped_autovacuum_count,
             pg_stat_get_analyze_count(C.oid) AS analyze_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count(C.oid) AS skipped_analyze_count,
             pg_stat_get_autoanalyze_count(C.oid) AS autoanalyze_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count(C.oid) AS skipped_autoanalyze_count,
             pg_stat_get_total_vacuum_time(C.oid) AS total_vacuum_time,
             pg_stat_get_total_autovacuum_time(C.oid) AS total_autovacuum_time,
             pg_stat_get_total_analyze_time(C.oid) AS total_analyze_time,
diff --git a/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c b/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c
index 99d0db82ed7..97cd5ea8d10 100644
--- a/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c
+++ b/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c
@@ -793,8 +793,25 @@ vacuum_open_relation(Oid relid, RangeVar *relation, uint32 options,
 		rel = try_relation_open(relid, NoLock);
 	else
 	{
+		int flags = 0;
 		rel = NULL;
 		rel_lock = false;
+
+		if ((options & VACOPT_VACUUM) != 0)
+		{
+			if (AmAutoVacuumWorkerProcess())
+				flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOVACUUM;
+			else
+				flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM;
+		}
+		if ((options & VACOPT_ANALYZE) != 0)
+		{
+			if (AmAutoVacuumWorkerProcess())
+				flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOANALYZE;
+			else
+				flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE;
+		}
+		pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(relid, flags);
 	}
 
 	/* if relation is opened, leave */
@@ -802,7 +819,7 @@ vacuum_open_relation(Oid relid, RangeVar *relation, uint32 options,
 		return rel;
 
 	/*
-	 * Relation could not be opened, hence generate if possible a log
+	 * Relation could not be opened hence generate if possible a log
 	 * informing on the situation.
 	 *
 	 * If the RangeVar is not defined, we do not have enough information to
@@ -905,7 +922,6 @@ expand_vacuum_rel(VacuumRelation *vrel, MemoryContext vac_context,
 		Form_pg_class classForm;
 		bool		include_children;
 		bool		is_partitioned_table;
-		int			rvr_opts;
 
 		/*
 		 * Since autovacuum workers supply OIDs when calling vacuum(), no
@@ -918,29 +934,69 @@ expand_vacuum_rel(VacuumRelation *vrel, MemoryContext vac_context,
 		 * below, as well as find_all_inheritors's expectation that the caller
 		 * holds some lock on the starting relation.
 		 */
-		rvr_opts = (options & VACOPT_SKIP_LOCKED) ? RVR_SKIP_LOCKED : 0;
-		relid = RangeVarGetRelidExtended(vrel->relation,
-										 AccessShareLock,
-										 rvr_opts,
-										 NULL, NULL);
-
-		/*
-		 * If the lock is unavailable, emit the same log statement that
-		 * vacuum_rel() and analyze_rel() would.
-		 */
-		if (!OidIsValid(relid))
+		if (!(options & VACOPT_SKIP_LOCKED))
 		{
-			if (options & VACOPT_VACUUM)
-				ereport(WARNING,
-						(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
-						 errmsg("skipping vacuum of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
-								vrel->relation->relname)));
-			else
-				ereport(WARNING,
-						(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
-						 errmsg("skipping analyze of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
+			relid = RangeVarGetRelidExtended(vrel->relation,
+											 AccessShareLock,
+											 0, NULL, NULL);
+			if (!OidIsValid(relid))
+				return vacrels;
+		}
+		else
+		{
+			/* Get relid for reporting before taking a lock */
+			relid = RangeVarGetRelid(vrel->relation, NoLock, false);
+
+			if (!ConditionalLockRelationOid(relid, AccessShareLock))
+			{
+				int	flags = 0;
+				/*
+				 * If the lock is unavailable, emit the same log statement that
+				 * vacuum_rel() and analyze_rel() would.
+				 */
+				if (options & VACOPT_VACUUM)
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping vacuum of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
 								vrel->relation->relname)));
-			return vacrels;
+				else
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping analyze of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
+									vrel->relation->relname)));
+
+				if ((options & VACOPT_VACUUM) != 0)
+					flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM;
+				if ((options & VACOPT_ANALYZE) != 0)
+					flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE;
+
+				pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(relid, flags);
+
+				return vacrels;
+			}
+
+			/*
+			 * Now that we have the lock, probe to see if the relation really
+			 * exists or not.
+			 */
+			if (!SearchSysCacheExists1(RELOID, ObjectIdGetDatum(relid)))
+			{
+				if (options & VACOPT_VACUUM)
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_UNDEFINED_TABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping vacuum of \"%s\" --- relation no longer exists",
+									vrel->relation->relname)));
+				else
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_UNDEFINED_TABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping analyze of \"%s\" --- relation no longer exists",
+									vrel->relation->relname)));
+
+				/* Release useless lock */
+				UnlockRelationOid(relid, AccessShareLock);
+
+				return vacrels;
+			}
 		}
 
 		/*
diff --git a/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c b/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c
index b2ca28f83ba..532d9023f8c 100644
--- a/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c
+++ b/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c
@@ -17,12 +17,14 @@
 
 #include "postgres.h"
 
+#include "access/htup_details.h"
 #include "access/twophase_rmgr.h"
 #include "access/xact.h"
 #include "catalog/catalog.h"
 #include "utils/memutils.h"
 #include "utils/pgstat_internal.h"
 #include "utils/rel.h"
+#include "utils/syscache.h"
 #include "utils/timestamp.h"
 
 
@@ -367,6 +369,68 @@ pgstat_report_analyze(Relation rel,
 	(void) pgstat_flush_backend(false, PGSTAT_BACKEND_FLUSH_IO);
 }
 
+/*
+ * Report that the table was skipped during vacuum or/and analyze.
+ */
+void
+pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(Oid relid, int flags)
+{
+	PgStat_EntryRef *entry_ref;
+	PgStatShared_Relation *shtabentry;
+	PgStat_StatTabEntry *tabentry;
+	TimestampTz ts;
+	HeapTuple	classTup;
+	bool		isshared;
+
+	if (!pgstat_track_counts || !flags)
+		return;
+
+	classTup = SearchSysCache1(RELOID, ObjectIdGetDatum(relid));
+	if (!HeapTupleIsValid(classTup))
+		return;			/* somebody deleted the rel, forget it */
+	isshared = ((Form_pg_class) GETSTRUCT(classTup))->relisshared;
+	ReleaseSysCache(classTup);
+
+	/* Store the data in the table's hash table entry. */
+	ts = GetCurrentTimestamp();
+
+	/* block acquiring lock for the same reason as pgstat_report_autovac() */
+	entry_ref = pgstat_get_entry_ref_locked(PGSTAT_KIND_RELATION,
+											isshared ? InvalidOid : MyDatabaseId,
+											relid, false);
+
+	shtabentry = (PgStatShared_Relation *) entry_ref->shared_stats;
+	tabentry = &shtabentry->stats;
+
+	if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM)
+	{
+		tabentry->last_skipped_vacuum_time = ts;
+		tabentry->skipped_vacuum_count++;
+	}
+	else if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOVACUUM)
+	{
+		tabentry->last_skipped_autovacuum_time = ts;
+		tabentry->skipped_autovacuum_count++;
+	}
+
+	if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE)
+	{
+		tabentry->last_skipped_analyze_time = ts;
+		tabentry->skipped_analyze_count++;
+	}
+	else if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOANALYZE)
+	{
+		tabentry->last_skipped_autoanalyze_time = ts;
+		tabentry->skipped_autoanalyze_count++;
+	}
+
+	pgstat_unlock_entry(entry_ref);
+
+	/* see pgstat_report_vacuum() */
+	pgstat_flush_io(false);
+	(void) pgstat_flush_backend(false, PGSTAT_BACKEND_FLUSH_IO);
+}
+
 /*
  * count a tuple insertion of n tuples
  */
diff --git a/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c b/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c
index 1408de387ea..90a8968faa0 100644
--- a/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c
+++ b/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c
@@ -84,6 +84,18 @@ PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(mod_since_analyze)
 /* pg_stat_get_numscans */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(numscans)
 
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_analyze_count)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_autoanalyze_count)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_autovacuum_count)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_vacuum_count)
+
 /* pg_stat_get_tuples_deleted */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(tuples_deleted)
 
@@ -170,6 +182,18 @@ PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_vacuum_time)
 /* pg_stat_get_lastscan */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(lastscan)
 
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_analyze_time)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_autoanalyze_time)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_autovacuum_time)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_vacuum_time)
+
 /* pg_stat_get_stat_reset_time */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(stat_reset_time)
 
diff --git a/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat b/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat
index fa9ae79082b..32debb34863 100644
--- a/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat
+++ b/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat
@@ -5680,6 +5680,38 @@
   proargmodes => '{o,o,o,o,o,o,o,o,o,o}',
   proargnames => '{oid,score,xid_score,mxid_score,vacuum_score,vacuum_insert_score,analyze_score,do_vacuum,do_analyze,for_wraparound}',
   prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_autovacuum_scores' },
+{ oid => '8142', descr => 'statistics: last skipped vacuum time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time' },
+{ oid => '8143', descr => 'statistics: last skipped auto vacuum time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time' },
+{ oid => '8144', descr => 'statistics: last skipped analyze time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time' },
+{ oid => '8145', descr => 'statistics: last skipped auto analyze time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time' },
+{ oid => '8146', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped vacuum for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count' },
+{ oid => '8147', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped auto vacuum for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count' },
+{ oid => '8148', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped analyzes for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count' },
+{ oid => '8149', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped auto analyzes for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count' },
 { oid => '1936', descr => 'statistics: currently active backend IDs',
   proname => 'pg_stat_get_backend_idset', prorows => '100', proretset => 't',
   provolatile => 's', proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int4',
diff --git a/src/include/pgstat.h b/src/include/pgstat.h
index dfa2e837638..98941f953d1 100644
--- a/src/include/pgstat.h
+++ b/src/include/pgstat.h
@@ -479,6 +479,15 @@ typedef struct PgStat_StatTabEntry
 	TimestampTz last_autoanalyze_time;	/* autovacuum initiated */
 	PgStat_Counter autoanalyze_count;
 
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_vacuum_time;	/* user initiated vacuum */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_vacuum_count;
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_autovacuum_time;	/* autovacuum initiated */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_autovacuum_count;
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_analyze_time;	/* user initiated */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_analyze_count;
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_autoanalyze_time;	/* autovacuum initiated */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_autoanalyze_count;
+
 	PgStat_Counter total_vacuum_time;	/* times in milliseconds */
 	PgStat_Counter total_autovacuum_time;
 	PgStat_Counter total_analyze_time;
@@ -703,6 +712,13 @@ extern void pgstat_report_analyze(Relation rel,
 								  PgStat_Counter livetuples, PgStat_Counter deadtuples,
 								  bool resetcounter, TimestampTz starttime);
 
+/* flags for pgstat_flush_backend() */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM		(1 << 0)	/* vacuum is skipped */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE		(1 << 1)	/* analyze is skipped */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOVACUUM	(1 << 2)	/* autovacuum is skipped */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOANALYZE	(1 << 3)	/* autoanalyze is skipped */
+extern void pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(Oid relid, int flags);
+
 /*
  * If stats are enabled, but pending data hasn't been prepared yet, call
  * pgstat_assoc_relation() to do so. See its comment for why this is done
diff --git a/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out b/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out
index a65a5bf0c4f..9b2075d3373 100644
--- a/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out
+++ b/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out
@@ -1835,13 +1835,21 @@ pg_stat_all_tables| SELECT c.oid AS relid,
     pg_stat_get_mod_since_analyze(c.oid) AS n_mod_since_analyze,
     pg_stat_get_ins_since_vacuum(c.oid) AS n_ins_since_vacuum,
     pg_stat_get_last_vacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_vacuum,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_vacuum,
     pg_stat_get_last_autovacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_autovacuum,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_autovacuum,
     pg_stat_get_last_analyze_time(c.oid) AS last_analyze,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_analyze,
     pg_stat_get_last_autoanalyze_time(c.oid) AS last_autoanalyze,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_autoanalyze,
     pg_stat_get_vacuum_count(c.oid) AS vacuum_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count(c.oid) AS skipped_vacuum_count,
     pg_stat_get_autovacuum_count(c.oid) AS autovacuum_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count(c.oid) AS skipped_autovacuum_count,
     pg_stat_get_analyze_count(c.oid) AS analyze_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count(c.oid) AS skipped_analyze_count,
     pg_stat_get_autoanalyze_count(c.oid) AS autoanalyze_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count(c.oid) AS skipped_autoanalyze_count,
     pg_stat_get_total_vacuum_time(c.oid) AS total_vacuum_time,
     pg_stat_get_total_autovacuum_time(c.oid) AS total_autovacuum_time,
     pg_stat_get_total_analyze_time(c.oid) AS total_analyze_time,
@@ -2346,13 +2354,21 @@ pg_stat_sys_tables| SELECT relid,
     n_mod_since_analyze,
     n_ins_since_vacuum,
     last_vacuum,
+    last_skipped_vacuum,
     last_autovacuum,
+    last_skipped_autovacuum,
     last_analyze,
+    last_skipped_analyze,
     last_autoanalyze,
+    last_skipped_autoanalyze,
     vacuum_count,
+    skipped_vacuum_count,
     autovacuum_count,
+    skipped_autovacuum_count,
     analyze_count,
+    skipped_analyze_count,
     autoanalyze_count,
+    skipped_autoanalyze_count,
     total_vacuum_time,
     total_autovacuum_time,
     total_analyze_time,
@@ -2401,13 +2417,21 @@ pg_stat_user_tables| SELECT relid,
     n_mod_since_analyze,
     n_ins_since_vacuum,
     last_vacuum,
+    last_skipped_vacuum,
     last_autovacuum,
+    last_skipped_autovacuum,
     last_analyze,
+    last_skipped_analyze,
     last_autoanalyze,
+    last_skipped_autoanalyze,
     vacuum_count,
+    skipped_vacuum_count,
     autovacuum_count,
+    skipped_autovacuum_count,
     analyze_count,
+    skipped_analyze_count,
     autoanalyze_count,
+    skipped_autoanalyze_count,
     total_vacuum_time,
     total_autovacuum_time,
     total_analyze_time,
-- 
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* [PATCH v3] Track skipped vacuum and analyze activity per relation
@ 2026-03-24 04:09 Yugo Nagata <[email protected]>
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From: Yugo Nagata @ 2026-03-24 04:09 UTC (permalink / raw)

This commit adds eight fields to the relation statistics that track
the last time vacuum or analyze has been attempted but skipped due to
lock unavailability, along with their counts:

-    last_skipped_vacuum
-    last_skipped_autovacuum
-    last_skipped_analyze
-    last_skipped_autoanalyze
-    skipped_vacuum_count
-    skipped_autovacuum_count
-    skipped_analyze_count
-    skipped_autoanalyze_count

These field can help users confirm that autovacuum is actively attempting
to run on a table that has not been vacuumed or analyzed for a long time,
and that the lack of progress is due to repeated skips rather than inactivity.
---
 doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml                 | 80 +++++++++++++++++
 src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql         |  8 ++
 src/backend/commands/vacuum.c                | 95 +++++++++++++++-----
 src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c | 68 ++++++++++++++
 src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c          | 24 +++++
 src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat              | 32 +++++++
 src/include/pgstat.h                         | 16 ++++
 src/test/regress/expected/rules.out          | 24 +++++
 8 files changed, 324 insertions(+), 23 deletions(-)

diff --git a/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml b/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml
index bb75ed1069b..9ec8070b2fc 100644
--- a/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml
+++ b/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml
@@ -4372,6 +4372,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_vacuum</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time a manual vacuum on this table was attempted but skipped due to
+       lock unavailability (not counting <command>VACUUM FULL</command>)
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>last_autovacuum</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
@@ -4382,6 +4392,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_autovacuum</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time a vacuum on this table by the autovacuum daemon was attempted
+       but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>last_analyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
@@ -4391,6 +4411,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_analyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time a manual analyze on this table was attempted but skipped due to
+       lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>last_autoanalyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
@@ -4401,6 +4431,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_autoanalyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time at which an analyze on this table by the autovacuum was
+       attempted but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>vacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4411,6 +4451,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_vacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times vacuums on this table have been attempted but skipped
+       due to lock unavailability (not counting <command>VACUUM FULL</command>)
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>autovacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4421,6 +4471,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_autovacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times vacuums on this table by the autovacuum daemon have been
+       attempted but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>analyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4430,6 +4490,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_analyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times manual analyzes on this table have been attempted but
+       skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>autoanalyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4440,6 +4510,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_autoanalyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times analyzes on this table by the autovacuum daemon have
+       been attempted but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>total_vacuum_time</structfield> <type>double precision</type>
diff --git a/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql b/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql
index e54018004db..2ca02a0354c 100644
--- a/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql
+++ b/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql
@@ -736,13 +736,21 @@ CREATE VIEW pg_stat_all_tables AS
             pg_stat_get_mod_since_analyze(C.oid) AS n_mod_since_analyze,
             pg_stat_get_ins_since_vacuum(C.oid) AS n_ins_since_vacuum,
             pg_stat_get_last_vacuum_time(C.oid) as last_vacuum,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_vacuum,
             pg_stat_get_last_autovacuum_time(C.oid) as last_autovacuum,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_autovacuum,
             pg_stat_get_last_analyze_time(C.oid) as last_analyze,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_analyze,
             pg_stat_get_last_autoanalyze_time(C.oid) as last_autoanalyze,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_autoanalyze,
             pg_stat_get_vacuum_count(C.oid) AS vacuum_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count(C.oid) AS skipped_vacuum_count,
             pg_stat_get_autovacuum_count(C.oid) AS autovacuum_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count(C.oid) AS skipped_autovacuum_count,
             pg_stat_get_analyze_count(C.oid) AS analyze_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count(C.oid) AS skipped_analyze_count,
             pg_stat_get_autoanalyze_count(C.oid) AS autoanalyze_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count(C.oid) AS skipped_autoanalyze_count,
             pg_stat_get_total_vacuum_time(C.oid) AS total_vacuum_time,
             pg_stat_get_total_autovacuum_time(C.oid) AS total_autovacuum_time,
             pg_stat_get_total_analyze_time(C.oid) AS total_analyze_time,
diff --git a/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c b/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c
index bce3a2daa24..ce83b3171be 100644
--- a/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c
+++ b/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c
@@ -792,8 +792,18 @@ vacuum_open_relation(Oid relid, RangeVar *relation, bits32 options,
 		rel = try_relation_open(relid, NoLock);
 	else
 	{
+		bits8 flags = 0;
 		rel = NULL;
 		rel_lock = false;
+
+		if ((options & VACOPT_VACUUM) != 0)
+			flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM;
+		if ((options & VACOPT_ANALYZE) != 0)
+			flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE;
+		if (AmAutoVacuumWorkerProcess())
+			flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOVAC;
+
+		pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(relid, flags);
 	}
 
 	/* if relation is opened, leave */
@@ -801,7 +811,7 @@ vacuum_open_relation(Oid relid, RangeVar *relation, bits32 options,
 		return rel;
 
 	/*
-	 * Relation could not be opened, hence generate if possible a log
+	 * Relation could not be opened hence generate if possible a log
 	 * informing on the situation.
 	 *
 	 * If the RangeVar is not defined, we do not have enough information to
@@ -904,7 +914,6 @@ expand_vacuum_rel(VacuumRelation *vrel, MemoryContext vac_context,
 		Form_pg_class classForm;
 		bool		include_children;
 		bool		is_partitioned_table;
-		int			rvr_opts;
 
 		/*
 		 * Since autovacuum workers supply OIDs when calling vacuum(), no
@@ -917,29 +926,69 @@ expand_vacuum_rel(VacuumRelation *vrel, MemoryContext vac_context,
 		 * below, as well as find_all_inheritors's expectation that the caller
 		 * holds some lock on the starting relation.
 		 */
-		rvr_opts = (options & VACOPT_SKIP_LOCKED) ? RVR_SKIP_LOCKED : 0;
-		relid = RangeVarGetRelidExtended(vrel->relation,
-										 AccessShareLock,
-										 rvr_opts,
-										 NULL, NULL);
-
-		/*
-		 * If the lock is unavailable, emit the same log statement that
-		 * vacuum_rel() and analyze_rel() would.
-		 */
-		if (!OidIsValid(relid))
+		if (!(options & VACOPT_SKIP_LOCKED))
 		{
-			if (options & VACOPT_VACUUM)
-				ereport(WARNING,
-						(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
-						 errmsg("skipping vacuum of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
-								vrel->relation->relname)));
-			else
-				ereport(WARNING,
-						(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
-						 errmsg("skipping analyze of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
+			relid = RangeVarGetRelidExtended(vrel->relation,
+											 AccessShareLock,
+											 0, NULL, NULL);
+			if (!OidIsValid(relid))
+				return vacrels;
+		}
+		else
+		{
+			/* Get relid for reporting before taking a lock */
+			relid = RangeVarGetRelid(vrel->relation, NoLock, false);
+
+			if (!ConditionalLockRelationOid(relid, AccessShareLock))
+			{
+				bits8	flags = 0;
+				/*
+				 * If the lock is unavailable, emit the same log statement that
+				 * vacuum_rel() and analyze_rel() would.
+				 */
+				if (options & VACOPT_VACUUM)
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping vacuum of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
 								vrel->relation->relname)));
-			return vacrels;
+				else
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping analyze of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
+									vrel->relation->relname)));
+
+				if ((options & VACOPT_VACUUM) != 0)
+					flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM;
+				if ((options & VACOPT_ANALYZE) != 0)
+					flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE;
+
+				pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(relid, flags);
+
+				return vacrels;
+			}
+
+			/*
+			 * Now that we have the lock, probe to see if the relation really
+			 * exists or not.
+			 */
+			if (!SearchSysCacheExists1(RELOID, ObjectIdGetDatum(relid)))
+			{
+				if (options & VACOPT_VACUUM)
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_UNDEFINED_TABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping vacuum of \"%s\" --- relation no longer exists",
+									vrel->relation->relname)));
+				else
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_UNDEFINED_TABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping analyze of \"%s\" --- relation no longer exists",
+									vrel->relation->relname)));
+
+				/* Release useless lock */
+				UnlockRelationOid(relid, AccessShareLock);
+
+				return vacrels;
+			}
 		}
 
 		/*
diff --git a/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c b/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c
index bc8c43b96aa..cec4c88980e 100644
--- a/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c
+++ b/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c
@@ -17,6 +17,7 @@
 
 #include "postgres.h"
 
+#include "access/htup_details.h"
 #include "access/twophase_rmgr.h"
 #include "access/xact.h"
 #include "catalog/catalog.h"
@@ -366,6 +367,73 @@ pgstat_report_analyze(Relation rel,
 	(void) pgstat_flush_backend(false, PGSTAT_BACKEND_FLUSH_IO);
 }
 
+/*
+ * Report that the table was skipped during vacuum or/and analyze.
+ */
+void
+pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(Oid relid, bits8 flags)
+{
+	PgStat_EntryRef *entry_ref;
+	PgStatShared_Relation *shtabentry;
+	PgStat_StatTabEntry *tabentry;
+	TimestampTz ts;
+	HeapTuple	classTup;
+	bool		isshared;
+
+	if (!pgstat_track_counts || !(flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANY))
+		return;
+
+	classTup = SearchSysCache1(RELOID, ObjectIdGetDatum(relid));
+	if (!HeapTupleIsValid(classTup))
+		return;			/* somebody deleted the rel, forget it */
+	isshared = ((Form_pg_class) GETSTRUCT(classTup))->relisshared;
+	ReleaseSysCache(classTup);
+
+	/* Store the data in the table's hash table entry. */
+	ts = GetCurrentTimestamp();
+
+	/* block acquiring lock for the same reason as pgstat_report_autovac() */
+	entry_ref = pgstat_get_entry_ref_locked(PGSTAT_KIND_RELATION,
+											isshared ? InvalidOid : MyDatabaseId,
+											relid, false);
+
+	shtabentry = (PgStatShared_Relation *) entry_ref->shared_stats;
+	tabentry = &shtabentry->stats;
+
+	if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOVAC)
+	{
+		if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM)
+		{
+			tabentry->last_skipped_autovacuum_time = ts;
+			tabentry->skipped_autovacuum_count++;
+		}
+		if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE)
+		{
+			tabentry->last_skipped_autoanalyze_time = ts;
+			tabentry->skipped_autoanalyze_count++;
+		}
+	}
+	else
+	{
+		if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM)
+		{
+			tabentry->last_skipped_vacuum_time = ts;
+			tabentry->skipped_vacuum_count++;
+		}
+		if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE)
+		{
+			tabentry->last_skipped_analyze_time = ts;
+			tabentry->skipped_analyze_count++;
+		}
+	}
+
+	pgstat_unlock_entry(entry_ref);
+
+	/* see pgstat_report_vacuum() */
+	pgstat_flush_io(false);
+	(void) pgstat_flush_backend(false, PGSTAT_BACKEND_FLUSH_IO);
+}
+
 /*
  * count a tuple insertion of n tuples
  */
diff --git a/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c b/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c
index 9185a8e6b83..18aaa3996e1 100644
--- a/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c
+++ b/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c
@@ -84,6 +84,18 @@ PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(mod_since_analyze)
 /* pg_stat_get_numscans */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(numscans)
 
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_analyze_count)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_autoanalyze_count)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_autovacuum_count)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_vacuum_count)
+
 /* pg_stat_get_tuples_deleted */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(tuples_deleted)
 
@@ -170,6 +182,18 @@ PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_vacuum_time)
 /* pg_stat_get_lastscan */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(lastscan)
 
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_analyze_time)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_autoanalyze_time)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_autovacuum_time)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_vacuum_time)
+
 /* pg_stat_get_stat_reset_time */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(stat_reset_time)
 
diff --git a/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat b/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat
index 0118e970dda..ccfe3d9e02a 100644
--- a/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat
+++ b/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat
@@ -5667,6 +5667,38 @@
   proname => 'pg_stat_get_total_autoanalyze_time', provolatile => 's',
   proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'float8', proargtypes => 'oid',
   prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_total_autoanalyze_time' },
+{ oid => '8142', descr => 'statistics: last skipped vacuum time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time' },
+{ oid => '8143', descr => 'statistics: last skipped auto vacuum time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time' },
+{ oid => '8144', descr => 'statistics: last skipped analyze time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time' },
+{ oid => '8145', descr => 'statistics: last skipped auto analyze time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time' },
+{ oid => '8146', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped vacuum for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count' },
+{ oid => '8147', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped auto vacuum for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count' },
+{ oid => '8148', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped analyzes for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count' },
+{ oid => '8149', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped auto analyzes for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count' },
 { oid => '1936', descr => 'statistics: currently active backend IDs',
   proname => 'pg_stat_get_backend_idset', prorows => '100', proretset => 't',
   provolatile => 's', proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int4',
diff --git a/src/include/pgstat.h b/src/include/pgstat.h
index 8e3549c3752..343081a7a25 100644
--- a/src/include/pgstat.h
+++ b/src/include/pgstat.h
@@ -479,6 +479,15 @@ typedef struct PgStat_StatTabEntry
 	TimestampTz last_autoanalyze_time;	/* autovacuum initiated */
 	PgStat_Counter autoanalyze_count;
 
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_vacuum_time;	/* user initiated vacuum */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_vacuum_count;
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_autovacuum_time;	/* autovacuum initiated */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_autovacuum_count;
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_analyze_time;	/* user initiated */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_analyze_count;
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_autoanalyze_time;	/* autovacuum initiated */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_autoanalyze_count;
+
 	PgStat_Counter total_vacuum_time;	/* times in milliseconds */
 	PgStat_Counter total_autovacuum_time;
 	PgStat_Counter total_analyze_time;
@@ -707,6 +716,13 @@ extern void pgstat_report_analyze(Relation rel,
 								  PgStat_Counter livetuples, PgStat_Counter deadtuples,
 								  bool resetcounter, TimestampTz starttime);
 
+/* flags for pgstat_flush_backend() */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM	(1 << 0)	/* vacuum is skipped */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE	(1 << 1)	/* analyze is skipped */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOVAC	(1 << 2)	/* skipped during autovacuum/autoanalyze */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANY   (PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM | PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE)
+extern void pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(Oid relid, bits8 flags);
+
 /*
  * If stats are enabled, but pending data hasn't been prepared yet, call
  * pgstat_assoc_relation() to do so. See its comment for why this is done
diff --git a/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out b/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out
index 2b3cf6d8569..4ccfc43e903 100644
--- a/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out
+++ b/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out
@@ -1835,13 +1835,21 @@ pg_stat_all_tables| SELECT c.oid AS relid,
     pg_stat_get_mod_since_analyze(c.oid) AS n_mod_since_analyze,
     pg_stat_get_ins_since_vacuum(c.oid) AS n_ins_since_vacuum,
     pg_stat_get_last_vacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_vacuum,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_vacuum,
     pg_stat_get_last_autovacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_autovacuum,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_autovacuum,
     pg_stat_get_last_analyze_time(c.oid) AS last_analyze,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_analyze,
     pg_stat_get_last_autoanalyze_time(c.oid) AS last_autoanalyze,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_autoanalyze,
     pg_stat_get_vacuum_count(c.oid) AS vacuum_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count(c.oid) AS skipped_vacuum_count,
     pg_stat_get_autovacuum_count(c.oid) AS autovacuum_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count(c.oid) AS skipped_autovacuum_count,
     pg_stat_get_analyze_count(c.oid) AS analyze_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count(c.oid) AS skipped_analyze_count,
     pg_stat_get_autoanalyze_count(c.oid) AS autoanalyze_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count(c.oid) AS skipped_autoanalyze_count,
     pg_stat_get_total_vacuum_time(c.oid) AS total_vacuum_time,
     pg_stat_get_total_autovacuum_time(c.oid) AS total_autovacuum_time,
     pg_stat_get_total_analyze_time(c.oid) AS total_analyze_time,
@@ -2293,13 +2301,21 @@ pg_stat_sys_tables| SELECT relid,
     n_mod_since_analyze,
     n_ins_since_vacuum,
     last_vacuum,
+    last_skipped_vacuum,
     last_autovacuum,
+    last_skipped_autovacuum,
     last_analyze,
+    last_skipped_analyze,
     last_autoanalyze,
+    last_skipped_autoanalyze,
     vacuum_count,
+    skipped_vacuum_count,
     autovacuum_count,
+    skipped_autovacuum_count,
     analyze_count,
+    skipped_analyze_count,
     autoanalyze_count,
+    skipped_autoanalyze_count,
     total_vacuum_time,
     total_autovacuum_time,
     total_analyze_time,
@@ -2348,13 +2364,21 @@ pg_stat_user_tables| SELECT relid,
     n_mod_since_analyze,
     n_ins_since_vacuum,
     last_vacuum,
+    last_skipped_vacuum,
     last_autovacuum,
+    last_skipped_autovacuum,
     last_analyze,
+    last_skipped_analyze,
     last_autoanalyze,
+    last_skipped_autoanalyze,
     vacuum_count,
+    skipped_vacuum_count,
     autovacuum_count,
+    skipped_autovacuum_count,
     analyze_count,
+    skipped_analyze_count,
     autoanalyze_count,
+    skipped_autoanalyze_count,
     total_vacuum_time,
     total_autovacuum_time,
     total_analyze_time,
-- 
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* [PATCH v3] Track skipped vacuum and analyze activity per relation
@ 2026-03-24 04:09 Yugo Nagata <[email protected]>
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From: Yugo Nagata @ 2026-03-24 04:09 UTC (permalink / raw)

This commit adds eight fields to the relation statistics that track
the last time vacuum or analyze has been attempted but skipped due to
lock unavailability, along with their counts:

-    last_skipped_vacuum
-    last_skipped_autovacuum
-    last_skipped_analyze
-    last_skipped_autoanalyze
-    skipped_vacuum_count
-    skipped_autovacuum_count
-    skipped_analyze_count
-    skipped_autoanalyze_count

These field can help users confirm that autovacuum is actively attempting
to run on a table that has not been vacuumed or analyzed for a long time,
and that the lack of progress is due to repeated skips rather than inactivity.
---
 doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml                 | 80 +++++++++++++++++
 src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql         |  8 ++
 src/backend/commands/vacuum.c                | 95 +++++++++++++++-----
 src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c | 68 ++++++++++++++
 src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c          | 24 +++++
 src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat              | 32 +++++++
 src/include/pgstat.h                         | 16 ++++
 src/test/regress/expected/rules.out          | 24 +++++
 8 files changed, 324 insertions(+), 23 deletions(-)

diff --git a/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml b/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml
index bb75ed1069b..9ec8070b2fc 100644
--- a/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml
+++ b/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml
@@ -4372,6 +4372,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_vacuum</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time a manual vacuum on this table was attempted but skipped due to
+       lock unavailability (not counting <command>VACUUM FULL</command>)
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>last_autovacuum</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
@@ -4382,6 +4392,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_autovacuum</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time a vacuum on this table by the autovacuum daemon was attempted
+       but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>last_analyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
@@ -4391,6 +4411,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_analyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time a manual analyze on this table was attempted but skipped due to
+       lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>last_autoanalyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
@@ -4401,6 +4431,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_autoanalyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time at which an analyze on this table by the autovacuum was
+       attempted but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>vacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4411,6 +4451,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_vacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times vacuums on this table have been attempted but skipped
+       due to lock unavailability (not counting <command>VACUUM FULL</command>)
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>autovacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4421,6 +4471,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_autovacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times vacuums on this table by the autovacuum daemon have been
+       attempted but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>analyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4430,6 +4490,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_analyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times manual analyzes on this table have been attempted but
+       skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>autoanalyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4440,6 +4510,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_autoanalyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times analyzes on this table by the autovacuum daemon have
+       been attempted but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>total_vacuum_time</structfield> <type>double precision</type>
diff --git a/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql b/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql
index e54018004db..2ca02a0354c 100644
--- a/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql
+++ b/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql
@@ -736,13 +736,21 @@ CREATE VIEW pg_stat_all_tables AS
             pg_stat_get_mod_since_analyze(C.oid) AS n_mod_since_analyze,
             pg_stat_get_ins_since_vacuum(C.oid) AS n_ins_since_vacuum,
             pg_stat_get_last_vacuum_time(C.oid) as last_vacuum,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_vacuum,
             pg_stat_get_last_autovacuum_time(C.oid) as last_autovacuum,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_autovacuum,
             pg_stat_get_last_analyze_time(C.oid) as last_analyze,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_analyze,
             pg_stat_get_last_autoanalyze_time(C.oid) as last_autoanalyze,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_autoanalyze,
             pg_stat_get_vacuum_count(C.oid) AS vacuum_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count(C.oid) AS skipped_vacuum_count,
             pg_stat_get_autovacuum_count(C.oid) AS autovacuum_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count(C.oid) AS skipped_autovacuum_count,
             pg_stat_get_analyze_count(C.oid) AS analyze_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count(C.oid) AS skipped_analyze_count,
             pg_stat_get_autoanalyze_count(C.oid) AS autoanalyze_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count(C.oid) AS skipped_autoanalyze_count,
             pg_stat_get_total_vacuum_time(C.oid) AS total_vacuum_time,
             pg_stat_get_total_autovacuum_time(C.oid) AS total_autovacuum_time,
             pg_stat_get_total_analyze_time(C.oid) AS total_analyze_time,
diff --git a/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c b/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c
index bce3a2daa24..ce83b3171be 100644
--- a/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c
+++ b/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c
@@ -792,8 +792,18 @@ vacuum_open_relation(Oid relid, RangeVar *relation, bits32 options,
 		rel = try_relation_open(relid, NoLock);
 	else
 	{
+		bits8 flags = 0;
 		rel = NULL;
 		rel_lock = false;
+
+		if ((options & VACOPT_VACUUM) != 0)
+			flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM;
+		if ((options & VACOPT_ANALYZE) != 0)
+			flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE;
+		if (AmAutoVacuumWorkerProcess())
+			flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOVAC;
+
+		pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(relid, flags);
 	}
 
 	/* if relation is opened, leave */
@@ -801,7 +811,7 @@ vacuum_open_relation(Oid relid, RangeVar *relation, bits32 options,
 		return rel;
 
 	/*
-	 * Relation could not be opened, hence generate if possible a log
+	 * Relation could not be opened hence generate if possible a log
 	 * informing on the situation.
 	 *
 	 * If the RangeVar is not defined, we do not have enough information to
@@ -904,7 +914,6 @@ expand_vacuum_rel(VacuumRelation *vrel, MemoryContext vac_context,
 		Form_pg_class classForm;
 		bool		include_children;
 		bool		is_partitioned_table;
-		int			rvr_opts;
 
 		/*
 		 * Since autovacuum workers supply OIDs when calling vacuum(), no
@@ -917,29 +926,69 @@ expand_vacuum_rel(VacuumRelation *vrel, MemoryContext vac_context,
 		 * below, as well as find_all_inheritors's expectation that the caller
 		 * holds some lock on the starting relation.
 		 */
-		rvr_opts = (options & VACOPT_SKIP_LOCKED) ? RVR_SKIP_LOCKED : 0;
-		relid = RangeVarGetRelidExtended(vrel->relation,
-										 AccessShareLock,
-										 rvr_opts,
-										 NULL, NULL);
-
-		/*
-		 * If the lock is unavailable, emit the same log statement that
-		 * vacuum_rel() and analyze_rel() would.
-		 */
-		if (!OidIsValid(relid))
+		if (!(options & VACOPT_SKIP_LOCKED))
 		{
-			if (options & VACOPT_VACUUM)
-				ereport(WARNING,
-						(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
-						 errmsg("skipping vacuum of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
-								vrel->relation->relname)));
-			else
-				ereport(WARNING,
-						(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
-						 errmsg("skipping analyze of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
+			relid = RangeVarGetRelidExtended(vrel->relation,
+											 AccessShareLock,
+											 0, NULL, NULL);
+			if (!OidIsValid(relid))
+				return vacrels;
+		}
+		else
+		{
+			/* Get relid for reporting before taking a lock */
+			relid = RangeVarGetRelid(vrel->relation, NoLock, false);
+
+			if (!ConditionalLockRelationOid(relid, AccessShareLock))
+			{
+				bits8	flags = 0;
+				/*
+				 * If the lock is unavailable, emit the same log statement that
+				 * vacuum_rel() and analyze_rel() would.
+				 */
+				if (options & VACOPT_VACUUM)
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping vacuum of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
 								vrel->relation->relname)));
-			return vacrels;
+				else
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping analyze of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
+									vrel->relation->relname)));
+
+				if ((options & VACOPT_VACUUM) != 0)
+					flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM;
+				if ((options & VACOPT_ANALYZE) != 0)
+					flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE;
+
+				pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(relid, flags);
+
+				return vacrels;
+			}
+
+			/*
+			 * Now that we have the lock, probe to see if the relation really
+			 * exists or not.
+			 */
+			if (!SearchSysCacheExists1(RELOID, ObjectIdGetDatum(relid)))
+			{
+				if (options & VACOPT_VACUUM)
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_UNDEFINED_TABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping vacuum of \"%s\" --- relation no longer exists",
+									vrel->relation->relname)));
+				else
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_UNDEFINED_TABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping analyze of \"%s\" --- relation no longer exists",
+									vrel->relation->relname)));
+
+				/* Release useless lock */
+				UnlockRelationOid(relid, AccessShareLock);
+
+				return vacrels;
+			}
 		}
 
 		/*
diff --git a/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c b/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c
index bc8c43b96aa..cec4c88980e 100644
--- a/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c
+++ b/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c
@@ -17,6 +17,7 @@
 
 #include "postgres.h"
 
+#include "access/htup_details.h"
 #include "access/twophase_rmgr.h"
 #include "access/xact.h"
 #include "catalog/catalog.h"
@@ -366,6 +367,73 @@ pgstat_report_analyze(Relation rel,
 	(void) pgstat_flush_backend(false, PGSTAT_BACKEND_FLUSH_IO);
 }
 
+/*
+ * Report that the table was skipped during vacuum or/and analyze.
+ */
+void
+pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(Oid relid, bits8 flags)
+{
+	PgStat_EntryRef *entry_ref;
+	PgStatShared_Relation *shtabentry;
+	PgStat_StatTabEntry *tabentry;
+	TimestampTz ts;
+	HeapTuple	classTup;
+	bool		isshared;
+
+	if (!pgstat_track_counts || !(flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANY))
+		return;
+
+	classTup = SearchSysCache1(RELOID, ObjectIdGetDatum(relid));
+	if (!HeapTupleIsValid(classTup))
+		return;			/* somebody deleted the rel, forget it */
+	isshared = ((Form_pg_class) GETSTRUCT(classTup))->relisshared;
+	ReleaseSysCache(classTup);
+
+	/* Store the data in the table's hash table entry. */
+	ts = GetCurrentTimestamp();
+
+	/* block acquiring lock for the same reason as pgstat_report_autovac() */
+	entry_ref = pgstat_get_entry_ref_locked(PGSTAT_KIND_RELATION,
+											isshared ? InvalidOid : MyDatabaseId,
+											relid, false);
+
+	shtabentry = (PgStatShared_Relation *) entry_ref->shared_stats;
+	tabentry = &shtabentry->stats;
+
+	if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOVAC)
+	{
+		if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM)
+		{
+			tabentry->last_skipped_autovacuum_time = ts;
+			tabentry->skipped_autovacuum_count++;
+		}
+		if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE)
+		{
+			tabentry->last_skipped_autoanalyze_time = ts;
+			tabentry->skipped_autoanalyze_count++;
+		}
+	}
+	else
+	{
+		if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM)
+		{
+			tabentry->last_skipped_vacuum_time = ts;
+			tabentry->skipped_vacuum_count++;
+		}
+		if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE)
+		{
+			tabentry->last_skipped_analyze_time = ts;
+			tabentry->skipped_analyze_count++;
+		}
+	}
+
+	pgstat_unlock_entry(entry_ref);
+
+	/* see pgstat_report_vacuum() */
+	pgstat_flush_io(false);
+	(void) pgstat_flush_backend(false, PGSTAT_BACKEND_FLUSH_IO);
+}
+
 /*
  * count a tuple insertion of n tuples
  */
diff --git a/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c b/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c
index 9185a8e6b83..18aaa3996e1 100644
--- a/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c
+++ b/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c
@@ -84,6 +84,18 @@ PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(mod_since_analyze)
 /* pg_stat_get_numscans */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(numscans)
 
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_analyze_count)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_autoanalyze_count)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_autovacuum_count)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_vacuum_count)
+
 /* pg_stat_get_tuples_deleted */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(tuples_deleted)
 
@@ -170,6 +182,18 @@ PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_vacuum_time)
 /* pg_stat_get_lastscan */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(lastscan)
 
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_analyze_time)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_autoanalyze_time)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_autovacuum_time)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_vacuum_time)
+
 /* pg_stat_get_stat_reset_time */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(stat_reset_time)
 
diff --git a/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat b/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat
index 0118e970dda..ccfe3d9e02a 100644
--- a/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat
+++ b/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat
@@ -5667,6 +5667,38 @@
   proname => 'pg_stat_get_total_autoanalyze_time', provolatile => 's',
   proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'float8', proargtypes => 'oid',
   prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_total_autoanalyze_time' },
+{ oid => '8142', descr => 'statistics: last skipped vacuum time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time' },
+{ oid => '8143', descr => 'statistics: last skipped auto vacuum time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time' },
+{ oid => '8144', descr => 'statistics: last skipped analyze time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time' },
+{ oid => '8145', descr => 'statistics: last skipped auto analyze time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time' },
+{ oid => '8146', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped vacuum for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count' },
+{ oid => '8147', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped auto vacuum for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count' },
+{ oid => '8148', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped analyzes for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count' },
+{ oid => '8149', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped auto analyzes for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count' },
 { oid => '1936', descr => 'statistics: currently active backend IDs',
   proname => 'pg_stat_get_backend_idset', prorows => '100', proretset => 't',
   provolatile => 's', proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int4',
diff --git a/src/include/pgstat.h b/src/include/pgstat.h
index 8e3549c3752..343081a7a25 100644
--- a/src/include/pgstat.h
+++ b/src/include/pgstat.h
@@ -479,6 +479,15 @@ typedef struct PgStat_StatTabEntry
 	TimestampTz last_autoanalyze_time;	/* autovacuum initiated */
 	PgStat_Counter autoanalyze_count;
 
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_vacuum_time;	/* user initiated vacuum */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_vacuum_count;
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_autovacuum_time;	/* autovacuum initiated */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_autovacuum_count;
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_analyze_time;	/* user initiated */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_analyze_count;
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_autoanalyze_time;	/* autovacuum initiated */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_autoanalyze_count;
+
 	PgStat_Counter total_vacuum_time;	/* times in milliseconds */
 	PgStat_Counter total_autovacuum_time;
 	PgStat_Counter total_analyze_time;
@@ -707,6 +716,13 @@ extern void pgstat_report_analyze(Relation rel,
 								  PgStat_Counter livetuples, PgStat_Counter deadtuples,
 								  bool resetcounter, TimestampTz starttime);
 
+/* flags for pgstat_flush_backend() */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM	(1 << 0)	/* vacuum is skipped */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE	(1 << 1)	/* analyze is skipped */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOVAC	(1 << 2)	/* skipped during autovacuum/autoanalyze */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANY   (PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM | PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE)
+extern void pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(Oid relid, bits8 flags);
+
 /*
  * If stats are enabled, but pending data hasn't been prepared yet, call
  * pgstat_assoc_relation() to do so. See its comment for why this is done
diff --git a/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out b/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out
index 2b3cf6d8569..4ccfc43e903 100644
--- a/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out
+++ b/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out
@@ -1835,13 +1835,21 @@ pg_stat_all_tables| SELECT c.oid AS relid,
     pg_stat_get_mod_since_analyze(c.oid) AS n_mod_since_analyze,
     pg_stat_get_ins_since_vacuum(c.oid) AS n_ins_since_vacuum,
     pg_stat_get_last_vacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_vacuum,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_vacuum,
     pg_stat_get_last_autovacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_autovacuum,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_autovacuum,
     pg_stat_get_last_analyze_time(c.oid) AS last_analyze,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_analyze,
     pg_stat_get_last_autoanalyze_time(c.oid) AS last_autoanalyze,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_autoanalyze,
     pg_stat_get_vacuum_count(c.oid) AS vacuum_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count(c.oid) AS skipped_vacuum_count,
     pg_stat_get_autovacuum_count(c.oid) AS autovacuum_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count(c.oid) AS skipped_autovacuum_count,
     pg_stat_get_analyze_count(c.oid) AS analyze_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count(c.oid) AS skipped_analyze_count,
     pg_stat_get_autoanalyze_count(c.oid) AS autoanalyze_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count(c.oid) AS skipped_autoanalyze_count,
     pg_stat_get_total_vacuum_time(c.oid) AS total_vacuum_time,
     pg_stat_get_total_autovacuum_time(c.oid) AS total_autovacuum_time,
     pg_stat_get_total_analyze_time(c.oid) AS total_analyze_time,
@@ -2293,13 +2301,21 @@ pg_stat_sys_tables| SELECT relid,
     n_mod_since_analyze,
     n_ins_since_vacuum,
     last_vacuum,
+    last_skipped_vacuum,
     last_autovacuum,
+    last_skipped_autovacuum,
     last_analyze,
+    last_skipped_analyze,
     last_autoanalyze,
+    last_skipped_autoanalyze,
     vacuum_count,
+    skipped_vacuum_count,
     autovacuum_count,
+    skipped_autovacuum_count,
     analyze_count,
+    skipped_analyze_count,
     autoanalyze_count,
+    skipped_autoanalyze_count,
     total_vacuum_time,
     total_autovacuum_time,
     total_analyze_time,
@@ -2348,13 +2364,21 @@ pg_stat_user_tables| SELECT relid,
     n_mod_since_analyze,
     n_ins_since_vacuum,
     last_vacuum,
+    last_skipped_vacuum,
     last_autovacuum,
+    last_skipped_autovacuum,
     last_analyze,
+    last_skipped_analyze,
     last_autoanalyze,
+    last_skipped_autoanalyze,
     vacuum_count,
+    skipped_vacuum_count,
     autovacuum_count,
+    skipped_autovacuum_count,
     analyze_count,
+    skipped_analyze_count,
     autoanalyze_count,
+    skipped_autoanalyze_count,
     total_vacuum_time,
     total_autovacuum_time,
     total_analyze_time,
-- 
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* [PATCH v4] Track skipped vacuum and analyze activity per relation
@ 2026-03-24 04:09 Yugo Nagata <[email protected]>
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From: Yugo Nagata @ 2026-03-24 04:09 UTC (permalink / raw)

This commit adds eight fields to the relation statistics that track
the last time vacuum or analyze has been attempted but skipped due to
lock unavailability, along with their counts:

-    last_skipped_vacuum
-    last_skipped_autovacuum
-    last_skipped_analyze
-    last_skipped_autoanalyze
-    skipped_vacuum_count
-    skipped_autovacuum_count
-    skipped_analyze_count
-    skipped_autoanalyze_count

These field can help users confirm that autovacuum is actively attempting
to run on a table that has not been vacuumed or analyzed for a long time,
and that the lack of progress is due to repeated skips rather than inactivity.
---
 doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml                 |  88 ++++++++++++++++
 src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql         |   8 ++
 src/backend/commands/vacuum.c                | 102 ++++++++++++++-----
 src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c |  64 ++++++++++++
 src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c          |  24 +++++
 src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat              |  32 ++++++
 src/include/pgstat.h                         |  16 +++
 src/test/regress/expected/rules.out          |  24 +++++
 8 files changed, 335 insertions(+), 23 deletions(-)

diff --git a/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml b/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml
index 08d5b824552..a9b579d87a9 100644
--- a/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml
+++ b/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml
@@ -4387,6 +4387,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_vacuum</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time a manual vacuum on this table was attempted but skipped due to
+       lock unavailability (not counting <command>VACUUM FULL</command>)
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>last_autovacuum</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
@@ -4397,6 +4407,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_autovacuum</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time a vacuum on this table by the autovacuum daemon was attempted
+       but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>last_analyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
@@ -4406,6 +4426,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_analyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time a manual analyze on this table was attempted but skipped due to
+       lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>last_autoanalyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
@@ -4416,6 +4446,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_autoanalyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time at which an analyze on this table by the autovacuum was
+       attempted but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>vacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4426,6 +4466,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_vacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times manual vacuums on this table have been attempted but skipped
+       due to lock unavailability (not counting <command>VACUUM FULL</command>)
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>autovacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4436,6 +4486,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_autovacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times vacuums on this table by the autovacuum daemon have been
+       attempted but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>analyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4445,6 +4505,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_analyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times manual analyzes on this table have been attempted but
+       skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>autoanalyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4455,6 +4525,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_autoanalyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times analyzes on this table by the autovacuum daemon have
+       been attempted but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>total_vacuum_time</structfield> <type>double precision</type>
@@ -4510,6 +4590,14 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
    </tgroup>
   </table>
 
+  <note>
+   <para>
+    When a manual vacuum or analyze on a parent table in an inheritance or
+    partitioning hierarchy is skipped, the statistics are recorded only for
+    the parent table, not for its children.
+   </para>
+  </note>
+
  </sect2>
 
  <sect2 id="monitoring-pg-stat-autovacuum-scores-view">
diff --git a/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql b/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql
index 73a1c1c4670..f509fc7876b 100644
--- a/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql
+++ b/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql
@@ -736,13 +736,21 @@ CREATE VIEW pg_stat_all_tables AS
             pg_stat_get_mod_since_analyze(C.oid) AS n_mod_since_analyze,
             pg_stat_get_ins_since_vacuum(C.oid) AS n_ins_since_vacuum,
             pg_stat_get_last_vacuum_time(C.oid) as last_vacuum,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_vacuum,
             pg_stat_get_last_autovacuum_time(C.oid) as last_autovacuum,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_autovacuum,
             pg_stat_get_last_analyze_time(C.oid) as last_analyze,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_analyze,
             pg_stat_get_last_autoanalyze_time(C.oid) as last_autoanalyze,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_autoanalyze,
             pg_stat_get_vacuum_count(C.oid) AS vacuum_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count(C.oid) AS skipped_vacuum_count,
             pg_stat_get_autovacuum_count(C.oid) AS autovacuum_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count(C.oid) AS skipped_autovacuum_count,
             pg_stat_get_analyze_count(C.oid) AS analyze_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count(C.oid) AS skipped_analyze_count,
             pg_stat_get_autoanalyze_count(C.oid) AS autoanalyze_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count(C.oid) AS skipped_autoanalyze_count,
             pg_stat_get_total_vacuum_time(C.oid) AS total_vacuum_time,
             pg_stat_get_total_autovacuum_time(C.oid) AS total_autovacuum_time,
             pg_stat_get_total_analyze_time(C.oid) AS total_analyze_time,
diff --git a/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c b/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c
index 99d0db82ed7..97cd5ea8d10 100644
--- a/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c
+++ b/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c
@@ -793,8 +793,25 @@ vacuum_open_relation(Oid relid, RangeVar *relation, uint32 options,
 		rel = try_relation_open(relid, NoLock);
 	else
 	{
+		int flags = 0;
 		rel = NULL;
 		rel_lock = false;
+
+		if ((options & VACOPT_VACUUM) != 0)
+		{
+			if (AmAutoVacuumWorkerProcess())
+				flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOVACUUM;
+			else
+				flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM;
+		}
+		if ((options & VACOPT_ANALYZE) != 0)
+		{
+			if (AmAutoVacuumWorkerProcess())
+				flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOANALYZE;
+			else
+				flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE;
+		}
+		pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(relid, flags);
 	}
 
 	/* if relation is opened, leave */
@@ -802,7 +819,7 @@ vacuum_open_relation(Oid relid, RangeVar *relation, uint32 options,
 		return rel;
 
 	/*
-	 * Relation could not be opened, hence generate if possible a log
+	 * Relation could not be opened hence generate if possible a log
 	 * informing on the situation.
 	 *
 	 * If the RangeVar is not defined, we do not have enough information to
@@ -905,7 +922,6 @@ expand_vacuum_rel(VacuumRelation *vrel, MemoryContext vac_context,
 		Form_pg_class classForm;
 		bool		include_children;
 		bool		is_partitioned_table;
-		int			rvr_opts;
 
 		/*
 		 * Since autovacuum workers supply OIDs when calling vacuum(), no
@@ -918,29 +934,69 @@ expand_vacuum_rel(VacuumRelation *vrel, MemoryContext vac_context,
 		 * below, as well as find_all_inheritors's expectation that the caller
 		 * holds some lock on the starting relation.
 		 */
-		rvr_opts = (options & VACOPT_SKIP_LOCKED) ? RVR_SKIP_LOCKED : 0;
-		relid = RangeVarGetRelidExtended(vrel->relation,
-										 AccessShareLock,
-										 rvr_opts,
-										 NULL, NULL);
-
-		/*
-		 * If the lock is unavailable, emit the same log statement that
-		 * vacuum_rel() and analyze_rel() would.
-		 */
-		if (!OidIsValid(relid))
+		if (!(options & VACOPT_SKIP_LOCKED))
 		{
-			if (options & VACOPT_VACUUM)
-				ereport(WARNING,
-						(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
-						 errmsg("skipping vacuum of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
-								vrel->relation->relname)));
-			else
-				ereport(WARNING,
-						(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
-						 errmsg("skipping analyze of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
+			relid = RangeVarGetRelidExtended(vrel->relation,
+											 AccessShareLock,
+											 0, NULL, NULL);
+			if (!OidIsValid(relid))
+				return vacrels;
+		}
+		else
+		{
+			/* Get relid for reporting before taking a lock */
+			relid = RangeVarGetRelid(vrel->relation, NoLock, false);
+
+			if (!ConditionalLockRelationOid(relid, AccessShareLock))
+			{
+				int	flags = 0;
+				/*
+				 * If the lock is unavailable, emit the same log statement that
+				 * vacuum_rel() and analyze_rel() would.
+				 */
+				if (options & VACOPT_VACUUM)
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping vacuum of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
 								vrel->relation->relname)));
-			return vacrels;
+				else
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping analyze of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
+									vrel->relation->relname)));
+
+				if ((options & VACOPT_VACUUM) != 0)
+					flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM;
+				if ((options & VACOPT_ANALYZE) != 0)
+					flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE;
+
+				pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(relid, flags);
+
+				return vacrels;
+			}
+
+			/*
+			 * Now that we have the lock, probe to see if the relation really
+			 * exists or not.
+			 */
+			if (!SearchSysCacheExists1(RELOID, ObjectIdGetDatum(relid)))
+			{
+				if (options & VACOPT_VACUUM)
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_UNDEFINED_TABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping vacuum of \"%s\" --- relation no longer exists",
+									vrel->relation->relname)));
+				else
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_UNDEFINED_TABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping analyze of \"%s\" --- relation no longer exists",
+									vrel->relation->relname)));
+
+				/* Release useless lock */
+				UnlockRelationOid(relid, AccessShareLock);
+
+				return vacrels;
+			}
 		}
 
 		/*
diff --git a/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c b/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c
index b2ca28f83ba..532d9023f8c 100644
--- a/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c
+++ b/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c
@@ -17,12 +17,14 @@
 
 #include "postgres.h"
 
+#include "access/htup_details.h"
 #include "access/twophase_rmgr.h"
 #include "access/xact.h"
 #include "catalog/catalog.h"
 #include "utils/memutils.h"
 #include "utils/pgstat_internal.h"
 #include "utils/rel.h"
+#include "utils/syscache.h"
 #include "utils/timestamp.h"
 
 
@@ -367,6 +369,68 @@ pgstat_report_analyze(Relation rel,
 	(void) pgstat_flush_backend(false, PGSTAT_BACKEND_FLUSH_IO);
 }
 
+/*
+ * Report that the table was skipped during vacuum or/and analyze.
+ */
+void
+pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(Oid relid, int flags)
+{
+	PgStat_EntryRef *entry_ref;
+	PgStatShared_Relation *shtabentry;
+	PgStat_StatTabEntry *tabentry;
+	TimestampTz ts;
+	HeapTuple	classTup;
+	bool		isshared;
+
+	if (!pgstat_track_counts || !flags)
+		return;
+
+	classTup = SearchSysCache1(RELOID, ObjectIdGetDatum(relid));
+	if (!HeapTupleIsValid(classTup))
+		return;			/* somebody deleted the rel, forget it */
+	isshared = ((Form_pg_class) GETSTRUCT(classTup))->relisshared;
+	ReleaseSysCache(classTup);
+
+	/* Store the data in the table's hash table entry. */
+	ts = GetCurrentTimestamp();
+
+	/* block acquiring lock for the same reason as pgstat_report_autovac() */
+	entry_ref = pgstat_get_entry_ref_locked(PGSTAT_KIND_RELATION,
+											isshared ? InvalidOid : MyDatabaseId,
+											relid, false);
+
+	shtabentry = (PgStatShared_Relation *) entry_ref->shared_stats;
+	tabentry = &shtabentry->stats;
+
+	if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM)
+	{
+		tabentry->last_skipped_vacuum_time = ts;
+		tabentry->skipped_vacuum_count++;
+	}
+	else if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOVACUUM)
+	{
+		tabentry->last_skipped_autovacuum_time = ts;
+		tabentry->skipped_autovacuum_count++;
+	}
+
+	if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE)
+	{
+		tabentry->last_skipped_analyze_time = ts;
+		tabentry->skipped_analyze_count++;
+	}
+	else if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOANALYZE)
+	{
+		tabentry->last_skipped_autoanalyze_time = ts;
+		tabentry->skipped_autoanalyze_count++;
+	}
+
+	pgstat_unlock_entry(entry_ref);
+
+	/* see pgstat_report_vacuum() */
+	pgstat_flush_io(false);
+	(void) pgstat_flush_backend(false, PGSTAT_BACKEND_FLUSH_IO);
+}
+
 /*
  * count a tuple insertion of n tuples
  */
diff --git a/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c b/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c
index 1408de387ea..90a8968faa0 100644
--- a/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c
+++ b/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c
@@ -84,6 +84,18 @@ PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(mod_since_analyze)
 /* pg_stat_get_numscans */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(numscans)
 
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_analyze_count)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_autoanalyze_count)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_autovacuum_count)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_vacuum_count)
+
 /* pg_stat_get_tuples_deleted */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(tuples_deleted)
 
@@ -170,6 +182,18 @@ PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_vacuum_time)
 /* pg_stat_get_lastscan */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(lastscan)
 
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_analyze_time)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_autoanalyze_time)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_autovacuum_time)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_vacuum_time)
+
 /* pg_stat_get_stat_reset_time */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(stat_reset_time)
 
diff --git a/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat b/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat
index fa9ae79082b..32debb34863 100644
--- a/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat
+++ b/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat
@@ -5680,6 +5680,38 @@
   proargmodes => '{o,o,o,o,o,o,o,o,o,o}',
   proargnames => '{oid,score,xid_score,mxid_score,vacuum_score,vacuum_insert_score,analyze_score,do_vacuum,do_analyze,for_wraparound}',
   prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_autovacuum_scores' },
+{ oid => '8142', descr => 'statistics: last skipped vacuum time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time' },
+{ oid => '8143', descr => 'statistics: last skipped auto vacuum time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time' },
+{ oid => '8144', descr => 'statistics: last skipped analyze time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time' },
+{ oid => '8145', descr => 'statistics: last skipped auto analyze time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time' },
+{ oid => '8146', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped vacuum for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count' },
+{ oid => '8147', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped auto vacuum for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count' },
+{ oid => '8148', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped analyzes for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count' },
+{ oid => '8149', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped auto analyzes for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count' },
 { oid => '1936', descr => 'statistics: currently active backend IDs',
   proname => 'pg_stat_get_backend_idset', prorows => '100', proretset => 't',
   provolatile => 's', proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int4',
diff --git a/src/include/pgstat.h b/src/include/pgstat.h
index dfa2e837638..98941f953d1 100644
--- a/src/include/pgstat.h
+++ b/src/include/pgstat.h
@@ -479,6 +479,15 @@ typedef struct PgStat_StatTabEntry
 	TimestampTz last_autoanalyze_time;	/* autovacuum initiated */
 	PgStat_Counter autoanalyze_count;
 
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_vacuum_time;	/* user initiated vacuum */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_vacuum_count;
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_autovacuum_time;	/* autovacuum initiated */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_autovacuum_count;
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_analyze_time;	/* user initiated */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_analyze_count;
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_autoanalyze_time;	/* autovacuum initiated */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_autoanalyze_count;
+
 	PgStat_Counter total_vacuum_time;	/* times in milliseconds */
 	PgStat_Counter total_autovacuum_time;
 	PgStat_Counter total_analyze_time;
@@ -703,6 +712,13 @@ extern void pgstat_report_analyze(Relation rel,
 								  PgStat_Counter livetuples, PgStat_Counter deadtuples,
 								  bool resetcounter, TimestampTz starttime);
 
+/* flags for pgstat_flush_backend() */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM		(1 << 0)	/* vacuum is skipped */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE		(1 << 1)	/* analyze is skipped */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOVACUUM	(1 << 2)	/* autovacuum is skipped */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOANALYZE	(1 << 3)	/* autoanalyze is skipped */
+extern void pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(Oid relid, int flags);
+
 /*
  * If stats are enabled, but pending data hasn't been prepared yet, call
  * pgstat_assoc_relation() to do so. See its comment for why this is done
diff --git a/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out b/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out
index a65a5bf0c4f..9b2075d3373 100644
--- a/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out
+++ b/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out
@@ -1835,13 +1835,21 @@ pg_stat_all_tables| SELECT c.oid AS relid,
     pg_stat_get_mod_since_analyze(c.oid) AS n_mod_since_analyze,
     pg_stat_get_ins_since_vacuum(c.oid) AS n_ins_since_vacuum,
     pg_stat_get_last_vacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_vacuum,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_vacuum,
     pg_stat_get_last_autovacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_autovacuum,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_autovacuum,
     pg_stat_get_last_analyze_time(c.oid) AS last_analyze,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_analyze,
     pg_stat_get_last_autoanalyze_time(c.oid) AS last_autoanalyze,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_autoanalyze,
     pg_stat_get_vacuum_count(c.oid) AS vacuum_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count(c.oid) AS skipped_vacuum_count,
     pg_stat_get_autovacuum_count(c.oid) AS autovacuum_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count(c.oid) AS skipped_autovacuum_count,
     pg_stat_get_analyze_count(c.oid) AS analyze_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count(c.oid) AS skipped_analyze_count,
     pg_stat_get_autoanalyze_count(c.oid) AS autoanalyze_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count(c.oid) AS skipped_autoanalyze_count,
     pg_stat_get_total_vacuum_time(c.oid) AS total_vacuum_time,
     pg_stat_get_total_autovacuum_time(c.oid) AS total_autovacuum_time,
     pg_stat_get_total_analyze_time(c.oid) AS total_analyze_time,
@@ -2346,13 +2354,21 @@ pg_stat_sys_tables| SELECT relid,
     n_mod_since_analyze,
     n_ins_since_vacuum,
     last_vacuum,
+    last_skipped_vacuum,
     last_autovacuum,
+    last_skipped_autovacuum,
     last_analyze,
+    last_skipped_analyze,
     last_autoanalyze,
+    last_skipped_autoanalyze,
     vacuum_count,
+    skipped_vacuum_count,
     autovacuum_count,
+    skipped_autovacuum_count,
     analyze_count,
+    skipped_analyze_count,
     autoanalyze_count,
+    skipped_autoanalyze_count,
     total_vacuum_time,
     total_autovacuum_time,
     total_analyze_time,
@@ -2401,13 +2417,21 @@ pg_stat_user_tables| SELECT relid,
     n_mod_since_analyze,
     n_ins_since_vacuum,
     last_vacuum,
+    last_skipped_vacuum,
     last_autovacuum,
+    last_skipped_autovacuum,
     last_analyze,
+    last_skipped_analyze,
     last_autoanalyze,
+    last_skipped_autoanalyze,
     vacuum_count,
+    skipped_vacuum_count,
     autovacuum_count,
+    skipped_autovacuum_count,
     analyze_count,
+    skipped_analyze_count,
     autoanalyze_count,
+    skipped_autoanalyze_count,
     total_vacuum_time,
     total_autovacuum_time,
     total_analyze_time,
-- 
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* [PATCH v4] Track skipped vacuum and analyze activity per relation
@ 2026-03-24 04:09 Yugo Nagata <[email protected]>
  0 siblings, 0 replies; 374+ messages in thread

From: Yugo Nagata @ 2026-03-24 04:09 UTC (permalink / raw)

This commit adds eight fields to the relation statistics that track
the last time vacuum or analyze has been attempted but skipped due to
lock unavailability, along with their counts:

-    last_skipped_vacuum
-    last_skipped_autovacuum
-    last_skipped_analyze
-    last_skipped_autoanalyze
-    skipped_vacuum_count
-    skipped_autovacuum_count
-    skipped_analyze_count
-    skipped_autoanalyze_count

These field can help users confirm that autovacuum is actively attempting
to run on a table that has not been vacuumed or analyzed for a long time,
and that the lack of progress is due to repeated skips rather than inactivity.
---
 doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml                 |  88 ++++++++++++++++
 src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql         |   8 ++
 src/backend/commands/vacuum.c                | 102 ++++++++++++++-----
 src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c |  64 ++++++++++++
 src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c          |  24 +++++
 src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat              |  32 ++++++
 src/include/pgstat.h                         |  16 +++
 src/test/regress/expected/rules.out          |  24 +++++
 8 files changed, 335 insertions(+), 23 deletions(-)

diff --git a/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml b/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml
index 08d5b824552..a9b579d87a9 100644
--- a/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml
+++ b/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml
@@ -4387,6 +4387,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_vacuum</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time a manual vacuum on this table was attempted but skipped due to
+       lock unavailability (not counting <command>VACUUM FULL</command>)
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>last_autovacuum</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
@@ -4397,6 +4407,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_autovacuum</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time a vacuum on this table by the autovacuum daemon was attempted
+       but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>last_analyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
@@ -4406,6 +4426,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_analyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time a manual analyze on this table was attempted but skipped due to
+       lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>last_autoanalyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
@@ -4416,6 +4446,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_autoanalyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time at which an analyze on this table by the autovacuum was
+       attempted but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>vacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4426,6 +4466,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_vacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times manual vacuums on this table have been attempted but skipped
+       due to lock unavailability (not counting <command>VACUUM FULL</command>)
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>autovacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4436,6 +4486,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_autovacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times vacuums on this table by the autovacuum daemon have been
+       attempted but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>analyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4445,6 +4505,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_analyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times manual analyzes on this table have been attempted but
+       skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>autoanalyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4455,6 +4525,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_autoanalyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times analyzes on this table by the autovacuum daemon have
+       been attempted but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>total_vacuum_time</structfield> <type>double precision</type>
@@ -4510,6 +4590,14 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
    </tgroup>
   </table>
 
+  <note>
+   <para>
+    When a manual vacuum or analyze on a parent table in an inheritance or
+    partitioning hierarchy is skipped, the statistics are recorded only for
+    the parent table, not for its children.
+   </para>
+  </note>
+
  </sect2>
 
  <sect2 id="monitoring-pg-stat-autovacuum-scores-view">
diff --git a/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql b/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql
index 73a1c1c4670..f509fc7876b 100644
--- a/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql
+++ b/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql
@@ -736,13 +736,21 @@ CREATE VIEW pg_stat_all_tables AS
             pg_stat_get_mod_since_analyze(C.oid) AS n_mod_since_analyze,
             pg_stat_get_ins_since_vacuum(C.oid) AS n_ins_since_vacuum,
             pg_stat_get_last_vacuum_time(C.oid) as last_vacuum,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_vacuum,
             pg_stat_get_last_autovacuum_time(C.oid) as last_autovacuum,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_autovacuum,
             pg_stat_get_last_analyze_time(C.oid) as last_analyze,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_analyze,
             pg_stat_get_last_autoanalyze_time(C.oid) as last_autoanalyze,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_autoanalyze,
             pg_stat_get_vacuum_count(C.oid) AS vacuum_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count(C.oid) AS skipped_vacuum_count,
             pg_stat_get_autovacuum_count(C.oid) AS autovacuum_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count(C.oid) AS skipped_autovacuum_count,
             pg_stat_get_analyze_count(C.oid) AS analyze_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count(C.oid) AS skipped_analyze_count,
             pg_stat_get_autoanalyze_count(C.oid) AS autoanalyze_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count(C.oid) AS skipped_autoanalyze_count,
             pg_stat_get_total_vacuum_time(C.oid) AS total_vacuum_time,
             pg_stat_get_total_autovacuum_time(C.oid) AS total_autovacuum_time,
             pg_stat_get_total_analyze_time(C.oid) AS total_analyze_time,
diff --git a/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c b/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c
index 99d0db82ed7..97cd5ea8d10 100644
--- a/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c
+++ b/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c
@@ -793,8 +793,25 @@ vacuum_open_relation(Oid relid, RangeVar *relation, uint32 options,
 		rel = try_relation_open(relid, NoLock);
 	else
 	{
+		int flags = 0;
 		rel = NULL;
 		rel_lock = false;
+
+		if ((options & VACOPT_VACUUM) != 0)
+		{
+			if (AmAutoVacuumWorkerProcess())
+				flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOVACUUM;
+			else
+				flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM;
+		}
+		if ((options & VACOPT_ANALYZE) != 0)
+		{
+			if (AmAutoVacuumWorkerProcess())
+				flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOANALYZE;
+			else
+				flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE;
+		}
+		pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(relid, flags);
 	}
 
 	/* if relation is opened, leave */
@@ -802,7 +819,7 @@ vacuum_open_relation(Oid relid, RangeVar *relation, uint32 options,
 		return rel;
 
 	/*
-	 * Relation could not be opened, hence generate if possible a log
+	 * Relation could not be opened hence generate if possible a log
 	 * informing on the situation.
 	 *
 	 * If the RangeVar is not defined, we do not have enough information to
@@ -905,7 +922,6 @@ expand_vacuum_rel(VacuumRelation *vrel, MemoryContext vac_context,
 		Form_pg_class classForm;
 		bool		include_children;
 		bool		is_partitioned_table;
-		int			rvr_opts;
 
 		/*
 		 * Since autovacuum workers supply OIDs when calling vacuum(), no
@@ -918,29 +934,69 @@ expand_vacuum_rel(VacuumRelation *vrel, MemoryContext vac_context,
 		 * below, as well as find_all_inheritors's expectation that the caller
 		 * holds some lock on the starting relation.
 		 */
-		rvr_opts = (options & VACOPT_SKIP_LOCKED) ? RVR_SKIP_LOCKED : 0;
-		relid = RangeVarGetRelidExtended(vrel->relation,
-										 AccessShareLock,
-										 rvr_opts,
-										 NULL, NULL);
-
-		/*
-		 * If the lock is unavailable, emit the same log statement that
-		 * vacuum_rel() and analyze_rel() would.
-		 */
-		if (!OidIsValid(relid))
+		if (!(options & VACOPT_SKIP_LOCKED))
 		{
-			if (options & VACOPT_VACUUM)
-				ereport(WARNING,
-						(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
-						 errmsg("skipping vacuum of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
-								vrel->relation->relname)));
-			else
-				ereport(WARNING,
-						(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
-						 errmsg("skipping analyze of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
+			relid = RangeVarGetRelidExtended(vrel->relation,
+											 AccessShareLock,
+											 0, NULL, NULL);
+			if (!OidIsValid(relid))
+				return vacrels;
+		}
+		else
+		{
+			/* Get relid for reporting before taking a lock */
+			relid = RangeVarGetRelid(vrel->relation, NoLock, false);
+
+			if (!ConditionalLockRelationOid(relid, AccessShareLock))
+			{
+				int	flags = 0;
+				/*
+				 * If the lock is unavailable, emit the same log statement that
+				 * vacuum_rel() and analyze_rel() would.
+				 */
+				if (options & VACOPT_VACUUM)
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping vacuum of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
 								vrel->relation->relname)));
-			return vacrels;
+				else
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping analyze of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
+									vrel->relation->relname)));
+
+				if ((options & VACOPT_VACUUM) != 0)
+					flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM;
+				if ((options & VACOPT_ANALYZE) != 0)
+					flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE;
+
+				pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(relid, flags);
+
+				return vacrels;
+			}
+
+			/*
+			 * Now that we have the lock, probe to see if the relation really
+			 * exists or not.
+			 */
+			if (!SearchSysCacheExists1(RELOID, ObjectIdGetDatum(relid)))
+			{
+				if (options & VACOPT_VACUUM)
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_UNDEFINED_TABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping vacuum of \"%s\" --- relation no longer exists",
+									vrel->relation->relname)));
+				else
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_UNDEFINED_TABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping analyze of \"%s\" --- relation no longer exists",
+									vrel->relation->relname)));
+
+				/* Release useless lock */
+				UnlockRelationOid(relid, AccessShareLock);
+
+				return vacrels;
+			}
 		}
 
 		/*
diff --git a/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c b/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c
index b2ca28f83ba..532d9023f8c 100644
--- a/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c
+++ b/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c
@@ -17,12 +17,14 @@
 
 #include "postgres.h"
 
+#include "access/htup_details.h"
 #include "access/twophase_rmgr.h"
 #include "access/xact.h"
 #include "catalog/catalog.h"
 #include "utils/memutils.h"
 #include "utils/pgstat_internal.h"
 #include "utils/rel.h"
+#include "utils/syscache.h"
 #include "utils/timestamp.h"
 
 
@@ -367,6 +369,68 @@ pgstat_report_analyze(Relation rel,
 	(void) pgstat_flush_backend(false, PGSTAT_BACKEND_FLUSH_IO);
 }
 
+/*
+ * Report that the table was skipped during vacuum or/and analyze.
+ */
+void
+pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(Oid relid, int flags)
+{
+	PgStat_EntryRef *entry_ref;
+	PgStatShared_Relation *shtabentry;
+	PgStat_StatTabEntry *tabentry;
+	TimestampTz ts;
+	HeapTuple	classTup;
+	bool		isshared;
+
+	if (!pgstat_track_counts || !flags)
+		return;
+
+	classTup = SearchSysCache1(RELOID, ObjectIdGetDatum(relid));
+	if (!HeapTupleIsValid(classTup))
+		return;			/* somebody deleted the rel, forget it */
+	isshared = ((Form_pg_class) GETSTRUCT(classTup))->relisshared;
+	ReleaseSysCache(classTup);
+
+	/* Store the data in the table's hash table entry. */
+	ts = GetCurrentTimestamp();
+
+	/* block acquiring lock for the same reason as pgstat_report_autovac() */
+	entry_ref = pgstat_get_entry_ref_locked(PGSTAT_KIND_RELATION,
+											isshared ? InvalidOid : MyDatabaseId,
+											relid, false);
+
+	shtabentry = (PgStatShared_Relation *) entry_ref->shared_stats;
+	tabentry = &shtabentry->stats;
+
+	if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM)
+	{
+		tabentry->last_skipped_vacuum_time = ts;
+		tabentry->skipped_vacuum_count++;
+	}
+	else if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOVACUUM)
+	{
+		tabentry->last_skipped_autovacuum_time = ts;
+		tabentry->skipped_autovacuum_count++;
+	}
+
+	if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE)
+	{
+		tabentry->last_skipped_analyze_time = ts;
+		tabentry->skipped_analyze_count++;
+	}
+	else if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOANALYZE)
+	{
+		tabentry->last_skipped_autoanalyze_time = ts;
+		tabentry->skipped_autoanalyze_count++;
+	}
+
+	pgstat_unlock_entry(entry_ref);
+
+	/* see pgstat_report_vacuum() */
+	pgstat_flush_io(false);
+	(void) pgstat_flush_backend(false, PGSTAT_BACKEND_FLUSH_IO);
+}
+
 /*
  * count a tuple insertion of n tuples
  */
diff --git a/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c b/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c
index 1408de387ea..90a8968faa0 100644
--- a/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c
+++ b/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c
@@ -84,6 +84,18 @@ PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(mod_since_analyze)
 /* pg_stat_get_numscans */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(numscans)
 
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_analyze_count)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_autoanalyze_count)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_autovacuum_count)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_vacuum_count)
+
 /* pg_stat_get_tuples_deleted */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(tuples_deleted)
 
@@ -170,6 +182,18 @@ PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_vacuum_time)
 /* pg_stat_get_lastscan */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(lastscan)
 
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_analyze_time)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_autoanalyze_time)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_autovacuum_time)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_vacuum_time)
+
 /* pg_stat_get_stat_reset_time */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(stat_reset_time)
 
diff --git a/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat b/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat
index fa9ae79082b..32debb34863 100644
--- a/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat
+++ b/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat
@@ -5680,6 +5680,38 @@
   proargmodes => '{o,o,o,o,o,o,o,o,o,o}',
   proargnames => '{oid,score,xid_score,mxid_score,vacuum_score,vacuum_insert_score,analyze_score,do_vacuum,do_analyze,for_wraparound}',
   prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_autovacuum_scores' },
+{ oid => '8142', descr => 'statistics: last skipped vacuum time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time' },
+{ oid => '8143', descr => 'statistics: last skipped auto vacuum time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time' },
+{ oid => '8144', descr => 'statistics: last skipped analyze time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time' },
+{ oid => '8145', descr => 'statistics: last skipped auto analyze time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time' },
+{ oid => '8146', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped vacuum for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count' },
+{ oid => '8147', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped auto vacuum for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count' },
+{ oid => '8148', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped analyzes for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count' },
+{ oid => '8149', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped auto analyzes for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count' },
 { oid => '1936', descr => 'statistics: currently active backend IDs',
   proname => 'pg_stat_get_backend_idset', prorows => '100', proretset => 't',
   provolatile => 's', proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int4',
diff --git a/src/include/pgstat.h b/src/include/pgstat.h
index dfa2e837638..98941f953d1 100644
--- a/src/include/pgstat.h
+++ b/src/include/pgstat.h
@@ -479,6 +479,15 @@ typedef struct PgStat_StatTabEntry
 	TimestampTz last_autoanalyze_time;	/* autovacuum initiated */
 	PgStat_Counter autoanalyze_count;
 
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_vacuum_time;	/* user initiated vacuum */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_vacuum_count;
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_autovacuum_time;	/* autovacuum initiated */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_autovacuum_count;
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_analyze_time;	/* user initiated */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_analyze_count;
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_autoanalyze_time;	/* autovacuum initiated */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_autoanalyze_count;
+
 	PgStat_Counter total_vacuum_time;	/* times in milliseconds */
 	PgStat_Counter total_autovacuum_time;
 	PgStat_Counter total_analyze_time;
@@ -703,6 +712,13 @@ extern void pgstat_report_analyze(Relation rel,
 								  PgStat_Counter livetuples, PgStat_Counter deadtuples,
 								  bool resetcounter, TimestampTz starttime);
 
+/* flags for pgstat_flush_backend() */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM		(1 << 0)	/* vacuum is skipped */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE		(1 << 1)	/* analyze is skipped */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOVACUUM	(1 << 2)	/* autovacuum is skipped */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOANALYZE	(1 << 3)	/* autoanalyze is skipped */
+extern void pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(Oid relid, int flags);
+
 /*
  * If stats are enabled, but pending data hasn't been prepared yet, call
  * pgstat_assoc_relation() to do so. See its comment for why this is done
diff --git a/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out b/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out
index a65a5bf0c4f..9b2075d3373 100644
--- a/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out
+++ b/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out
@@ -1835,13 +1835,21 @@ pg_stat_all_tables| SELECT c.oid AS relid,
     pg_stat_get_mod_since_analyze(c.oid) AS n_mod_since_analyze,
     pg_stat_get_ins_since_vacuum(c.oid) AS n_ins_since_vacuum,
     pg_stat_get_last_vacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_vacuum,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_vacuum,
     pg_stat_get_last_autovacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_autovacuum,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_autovacuum,
     pg_stat_get_last_analyze_time(c.oid) AS last_analyze,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_analyze,
     pg_stat_get_last_autoanalyze_time(c.oid) AS last_autoanalyze,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_autoanalyze,
     pg_stat_get_vacuum_count(c.oid) AS vacuum_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count(c.oid) AS skipped_vacuum_count,
     pg_stat_get_autovacuum_count(c.oid) AS autovacuum_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count(c.oid) AS skipped_autovacuum_count,
     pg_stat_get_analyze_count(c.oid) AS analyze_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count(c.oid) AS skipped_analyze_count,
     pg_stat_get_autoanalyze_count(c.oid) AS autoanalyze_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count(c.oid) AS skipped_autoanalyze_count,
     pg_stat_get_total_vacuum_time(c.oid) AS total_vacuum_time,
     pg_stat_get_total_autovacuum_time(c.oid) AS total_autovacuum_time,
     pg_stat_get_total_analyze_time(c.oid) AS total_analyze_time,
@@ -2346,13 +2354,21 @@ pg_stat_sys_tables| SELECT relid,
     n_mod_since_analyze,
     n_ins_since_vacuum,
     last_vacuum,
+    last_skipped_vacuum,
     last_autovacuum,
+    last_skipped_autovacuum,
     last_analyze,
+    last_skipped_analyze,
     last_autoanalyze,
+    last_skipped_autoanalyze,
     vacuum_count,
+    skipped_vacuum_count,
     autovacuum_count,
+    skipped_autovacuum_count,
     analyze_count,
+    skipped_analyze_count,
     autoanalyze_count,
+    skipped_autoanalyze_count,
     total_vacuum_time,
     total_autovacuum_time,
     total_analyze_time,
@@ -2401,13 +2417,21 @@ pg_stat_user_tables| SELECT relid,
     n_mod_since_analyze,
     n_ins_since_vacuum,
     last_vacuum,
+    last_skipped_vacuum,
     last_autovacuum,
+    last_skipped_autovacuum,
     last_analyze,
+    last_skipped_analyze,
     last_autoanalyze,
+    last_skipped_autoanalyze,
     vacuum_count,
+    skipped_vacuum_count,
     autovacuum_count,
+    skipped_autovacuum_count,
     analyze_count,
+    skipped_analyze_count,
     autoanalyze_count,
+    skipped_autoanalyze_count,
     total_vacuum_time,
     total_autovacuum_time,
     total_analyze_time,
-- 
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* [PATCH v3] Track skipped vacuum and analyze activity per relation
@ 2026-03-24 04:09 Yugo Nagata <[email protected]>
  0 siblings, 0 replies; 374+ messages in thread

From: Yugo Nagata @ 2026-03-24 04:09 UTC (permalink / raw)

This commit adds eight fields to the relation statistics that track
the last time vacuum or analyze has been attempted but skipped due to
lock unavailability, along with their counts:

-    last_skipped_vacuum
-    last_skipped_autovacuum
-    last_skipped_analyze
-    last_skipped_autoanalyze
-    skipped_vacuum_count
-    skipped_autovacuum_count
-    skipped_analyze_count
-    skipped_autoanalyze_count

These field can help users confirm that autovacuum is actively attempting
to run on a table that has not been vacuumed or analyzed for a long time,
and that the lack of progress is due to repeated skips rather than inactivity.
---
 doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml                 | 80 +++++++++++++++++
 src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql         |  8 ++
 src/backend/commands/vacuum.c                | 95 +++++++++++++++-----
 src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c | 68 ++++++++++++++
 src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c          | 24 +++++
 src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat              | 32 +++++++
 src/include/pgstat.h                         | 16 ++++
 src/test/regress/expected/rules.out          | 24 +++++
 8 files changed, 324 insertions(+), 23 deletions(-)

diff --git a/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml b/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml
index bb75ed1069b..9ec8070b2fc 100644
--- a/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml
+++ b/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml
@@ -4372,6 +4372,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_vacuum</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time a manual vacuum on this table was attempted but skipped due to
+       lock unavailability (not counting <command>VACUUM FULL</command>)
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>last_autovacuum</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
@@ -4382,6 +4392,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_autovacuum</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time a vacuum on this table by the autovacuum daemon was attempted
+       but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>last_analyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
@@ -4391,6 +4411,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_analyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time a manual analyze on this table was attempted but skipped due to
+       lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>last_autoanalyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
@@ -4401,6 +4431,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_autoanalyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time at which an analyze on this table by the autovacuum was
+       attempted but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>vacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4411,6 +4451,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_vacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times vacuums on this table have been attempted but skipped
+       due to lock unavailability (not counting <command>VACUUM FULL</command>)
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>autovacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4421,6 +4471,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_autovacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times vacuums on this table by the autovacuum daemon have been
+       attempted but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>analyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4430,6 +4490,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_analyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times manual analyzes on this table have been attempted but
+       skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>autoanalyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4440,6 +4510,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_autoanalyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times analyzes on this table by the autovacuum daemon have
+       been attempted but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>total_vacuum_time</structfield> <type>double precision</type>
diff --git a/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql b/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql
index e54018004db..2ca02a0354c 100644
--- a/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql
+++ b/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql
@@ -736,13 +736,21 @@ CREATE VIEW pg_stat_all_tables AS
             pg_stat_get_mod_since_analyze(C.oid) AS n_mod_since_analyze,
             pg_stat_get_ins_since_vacuum(C.oid) AS n_ins_since_vacuum,
             pg_stat_get_last_vacuum_time(C.oid) as last_vacuum,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_vacuum,
             pg_stat_get_last_autovacuum_time(C.oid) as last_autovacuum,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_autovacuum,
             pg_stat_get_last_analyze_time(C.oid) as last_analyze,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_analyze,
             pg_stat_get_last_autoanalyze_time(C.oid) as last_autoanalyze,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_autoanalyze,
             pg_stat_get_vacuum_count(C.oid) AS vacuum_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count(C.oid) AS skipped_vacuum_count,
             pg_stat_get_autovacuum_count(C.oid) AS autovacuum_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count(C.oid) AS skipped_autovacuum_count,
             pg_stat_get_analyze_count(C.oid) AS analyze_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count(C.oid) AS skipped_analyze_count,
             pg_stat_get_autoanalyze_count(C.oid) AS autoanalyze_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count(C.oid) AS skipped_autoanalyze_count,
             pg_stat_get_total_vacuum_time(C.oid) AS total_vacuum_time,
             pg_stat_get_total_autovacuum_time(C.oid) AS total_autovacuum_time,
             pg_stat_get_total_analyze_time(C.oid) AS total_analyze_time,
diff --git a/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c b/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c
index bce3a2daa24..ce83b3171be 100644
--- a/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c
+++ b/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c
@@ -792,8 +792,18 @@ vacuum_open_relation(Oid relid, RangeVar *relation, bits32 options,
 		rel = try_relation_open(relid, NoLock);
 	else
 	{
+		bits8 flags = 0;
 		rel = NULL;
 		rel_lock = false;
+
+		if ((options & VACOPT_VACUUM) != 0)
+			flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM;
+		if ((options & VACOPT_ANALYZE) != 0)
+			flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE;
+		if (AmAutoVacuumWorkerProcess())
+			flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOVAC;
+
+		pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(relid, flags);
 	}
 
 	/* if relation is opened, leave */
@@ -801,7 +811,7 @@ vacuum_open_relation(Oid relid, RangeVar *relation, bits32 options,
 		return rel;
 
 	/*
-	 * Relation could not be opened, hence generate if possible a log
+	 * Relation could not be opened hence generate if possible a log
 	 * informing on the situation.
 	 *
 	 * If the RangeVar is not defined, we do not have enough information to
@@ -904,7 +914,6 @@ expand_vacuum_rel(VacuumRelation *vrel, MemoryContext vac_context,
 		Form_pg_class classForm;
 		bool		include_children;
 		bool		is_partitioned_table;
-		int			rvr_opts;
 
 		/*
 		 * Since autovacuum workers supply OIDs when calling vacuum(), no
@@ -917,29 +926,69 @@ expand_vacuum_rel(VacuumRelation *vrel, MemoryContext vac_context,
 		 * below, as well as find_all_inheritors's expectation that the caller
 		 * holds some lock on the starting relation.
 		 */
-		rvr_opts = (options & VACOPT_SKIP_LOCKED) ? RVR_SKIP_LOCKED : 0;
-		relid = RangeVarGetRelidExtended(vrel->relation,
-										 AccessShareLock,
-										 rvr_opts,
-										 NULL, NULL);
-
-		/*
-		 * If the lock is unavailable, emit the same log statement that
-		 * vacuum_rel() and analyze_rel() would.
-		 */
-		if (!OidIsValid(relid))
+		if (!(options & VACOPT_SKIP_LOCKED))
 		{
-			if (options & VACOPT_VACUUM)
-				ereport(WARNING,
-						(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
-						 errmsg("skipping vacuum of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
-								vrel->relation->relname)));
-			else
-				ereport(WARNING,
-						(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
-						 errmsg("skipping analyze of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
+			relid = RangeVarGetRelidExtended(vrel->relation,
+											 AccessShareLock,
+											 0, NULL, NULL);
+			if (!OidIsValid(relid))
+				return vacrels;
+		}
+		else
+		{
+			/* Get relid for reporting before taking a lock */
+			relid = RangeVarGetRelid(vrel->relation, NoLock, false);
+
+			if (!ConditionalLockRelationOid(relid, AccessShareLock))
+			{
+				bits8	flags = 0;
+				/*
+				 * If the lock is unavailable, emit the same log statement that
+				 * vacuum_rel() and analyze_rel() would.
+				 */
+				if (options & VACOPT_VACUUM)
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping vacuum of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
 								vrel->relation->relname)));
-			return vacrels;
+				else
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping analyze of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
+									vrel->relation->relname)));
+
+				if ((options & VACOPT_VACUUM) != 0)
+					flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM;
+				if ((options & VACOPT_ANALYZE) != 0)
+					flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE;
+
+				pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(relid, flags);
+
+				return vacrels;
+			}
+
+			/*
+			 * Now that we have the lock, probe to see if the relation really
+			 * exists or not.
+			 */
+			if (!SearchSysCacheExists1(RELOID, ObjectIdGetDatum(relid)))
+			{
+				if (options & VACOPT_VACUUM)
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_UNDEFINED_TABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping vacuum of \"%s\" --- relation no longer exists",
+									vrel->relation->relname)));
+				else
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_UNDEFINED_TABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping analyze of \"%s\" --- relation no longer exists",
+									vrel->relation->relname)));
+
+				/* Release useless lock */
+				UnlockRelationOid(relid, AccessShareLock);
+
+				return vacrels;
+			}
 		}
 
 		/*
diff --git a/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c b/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c
index bc8c43b96aa..cec4c88980e 100644
--- a/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c
+++ b/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c
@@ -17,6 +17,7 @@
 
 #include "postgres.h"
 
+#include "access/htup_details.h"
 #include "access/twophase_rmgr.h"
 #include "access/xact.h"
 #include "catalog/catalog.h"
@@ -366,6 +367,73 @@ pgstat_report_analyze(Relation rel,
 	(void) pgstat_flush_backend(false, PGSTAT_BACKEND_FLUSH_IO);
 }
 
+/*
+ * Report that the table was skipped during vacuum or/and analyze.
+ */
+void
+pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(Oid relid, bits8 flags)
+{
+	PgStat_EntryRef *entry_ref;
+	PgStatShared_Relation *shtabentry;
+	PgStat_StatTabEntry *tabentry;
+	TimestampTz ts;
+	HeapTuple	classTup;
+	bool		isshared;
+
+	if (!pgstat_track_counts || !(flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANY))
+		return;
+
+	classTup = SearchSysCache1(RELOID, ObjectIdGetDatum(relid));
+	if (!HeapTupleIsValid(classTup))
+		return;			/* somebody deleted the rel, forget it */
+	isshared = ((Form_pg_class) GETSTRUCT(classTup))->relisshared;
+	ReleaseSysCache(classTup);
+
+	/* Store the data in the table's hash table entry. */
+	ts = GetCurrentTimestamp();
+
+	/* block acquiring lock for the same reason as pgstat_report_autovac() */
+	entry_ref = pgstat_get_entry_ref_locked(PGSTAT_KIND_RELATION,
+											isshared ? InvalidOid : MyDatabaseId,
+											relid, false);
+
+	shtabentry = (PgStatShared_Relation *) entry_ref->shared_stats;
+	tabentry = &shtabentry->stats;
+
+	if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOVAC)
+	{
+		if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM)
+		{
+			tabentry->last_skipped_autovacuum_time = ts;
+			tabentry->skipped_autovacuum_count++;
+		}
+		if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE)
+		{
+			tabentry->last_skipped_autoanalyze_time = ts;
+			tabentry->skipped_autoanalyze_count++;
+		}
+	}
+	else
+	{
+		if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM)
+		{
+			tabentry->last_skipped_vacuum_time = ts;
+			tabentry->skipped_vacuum_count++;
+		}
+		if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE)
+		{
+			tabentry->last_skipped_analyze_time = ts;
+			tabentry->skipped_analyze_count++;
+		}
+	}
+
+	pgstat_unlock_entry(entry_ref);
+
+	/* see pgstat_report_vacuum() */
+	pgstat_flush_io(false);
+	(void) pgstat_flush_backend(false, PGSTAT_BACKEND_FLUSH_IO);
+}
+
 /*
  * count a tuple insertion of n tuples
  */
diff --git a/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c b/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c
index 9185a8e6b83..18aaa3996e1 100644
--- a/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c
+++ b/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c
@@ -84,6 +84,18 @@ PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(mod_since_analyze)
 /* pg_stat_get_numscans */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(numscans)
 
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_analyze_count)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_autoanalyze_count)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_autovacuum_count)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_vacuum_count)
+
 /* pg_stat_get_tuples_deleted */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(tuples_deleted)
 
@@ -170,6 +182,18 @@ PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_vacuum_time)
 /* pg_stat_get_lastscan */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(lastscan)
 
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_analyze_time)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_autoanalyze_time)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_autovacuum_time)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_vacuum_time)
+
 /* pg_stat_get_stat_reset_time */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(stat_reset_time)
 
diff --git a/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat b/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat
index 0118e970dda..ccfe3d9e02a 100644
--- a/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat
+++ b/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat
@@ -5667,6 +5667,38 @@
   proname => 'pg_stat_get_total_autoanalyze_time', provolatile => 's',
   proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'float8', proargtypes => 'oid',
   prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_total_autoanalyze_time' },
+{ oid => '8142', descr => 'statistics: last skipped vacuum time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time' },
+{ oid => '8143', descr => 'statistics: last skipped auto vacuum time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time' },
+{ oid => '8144', descr => 'statistics: last skipped analyze time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time' },
+{ oid => '8145', descr => 'statistics: last skipped auto analyze time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time' },
+{ oid => '8146', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped vacuum for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count' },
+{ oid => '8147', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped auto vacuum for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count' },
+{ oid => '8148', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped analyzes for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count' },
+{ oid => '8149', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped auto analyzes for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count' },
 { oid => '1936', descr => 'statistics: currently active backend IDs',
   proname => 'pg_stat_get_backend_idset', prorows => '100', proretset => 't',
   provolatile => 's', proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int4',
diff --git a/src/include/pgstat.h b/src/include/pgstat.h
index 8e3549c3752..343081a7a25 100644
--- a/src/include/pgstat.h
+++ b/src/include/pgstat.h
@@ -479,6 +479,15 @@ typedef struct PgStat_StatTabEntry
 	TimestampTz last_autoanalyze_time;	/* autovacuum initiated */
 	PgStat_Counter autoanalyze_count;
 
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_vacuum_time;	/* user initiated vacuum */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_vacuum_count;
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_autovacuum_time;	/* autovacuum initiated */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_autovacuum_count;
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_analyze_time;	/* user initiated */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_analyze_count;
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_autoanalyze_time;	/* autovacuum initiated */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_autoanalyze_count;
+
 	PgStat_Counter total_vacuum_time;	/* times in milliseconds */
 	PgStat_Counter total_autovacuum_time;
 	PgStat_Counter total_analyze_time;
@@ -707,6 +716,13 @@ extern void pgstat_report_analyze(Relation rel,
 								  PgStat_Counter livetuples, PgStat_Counter deadtuples,
 								  bool resetcounter, TimestampTz starttime);
 
+/* flags for pgstat_flush_backend() */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM	(1 << 0)	/* vacuum is skipped */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE	(1 << 1)	/* analyze is skipped */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOVAC	(1 << 2)	/* skipped during autovacuum/autoanalyze */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANY   (PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM | PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE)
+extern void pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(Oid relid, bits8 flags);
+
 /*
  * If stats are enabled, but pending data hasn't been prepared yet, call
  * pgstat_assoc_relation() to do so. See its comment for why this is done
diff --git a/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out b/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out
index 2b3cf6d8569..4ccfc43e903 100644
--- a/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out
+++ b/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out
@@ -1835,13 +1835,21 @@ pg_stat_all_tables| SELECT c.oid AS relid,
     pg_stat_get_mod_since_analyze(c.oid) AS n_mod_since_analyze,
     pg_stat_get_ins_since_vacuum(c.oid) AS n_ins_since_vacuum,
     pg_stat_get_last_vacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_vacuum,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_vacuum,
     pg_stat_get_last_autovacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_autovacuum,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_autovacuum,
     pg_stat_get_last_analyze_time(c.oid) AS last_analyze,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_analyze,
     pg_stat_get_last_autoanalyze_time(c.oid) AS last_autoanalyze,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_autoanalyze,
     pg_stat_get_vacuum_count(c.oid) AS vacuum_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count(c.oid) AS skipped_vacuum_count,
     pg_stat_get_autovacuum_count(c.oid) AS autovacuum_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count(c.oid) AS skipped_autovacuum_count,
     pg_stat_get_analyze_count(c.oid) AS analyze_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count(c.oid) AS skipped_analyze_count,
     pg_stat_get_autoanalyze_count(c.oid) AS autoanalyze_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count(c.oid) AS skipped_autoanalyze_count,
     pg_stat_get_total_vacuum_time(c.oid) AS total_vacuum_time,
     pg_stat_get_total_autovacuum_time(c.oid) AS total_autovacuum_time,
     pg_stat_get_total_analyze_time(c.oid) AS total_analyze_time,
@@ -2293,13 +2301,21 @@ pg_stat_sys_tables| SELECT relid,
     n_mod_since_analyze,
     n_ins_since_vacuum,
     last_vacuum,
+    last_skipped_vacuum,
     last_autovacuum,
+    last_skipped_autovacuum,
     last_analyze,
+    last_skipped_analyze,
     last_autoanalyze,
+    last_skipped_autoanalyze,
     vacuum_count,
+    skipped_vacuum_count,
     autovacuum_count,
+    skipped_autovacuum_count,
     analyze_count,
+    skipped_analyze_count,
     autoanalyze_count,
+    skipped_autoanalyze_count,
     total_vacuum_time,
     total_autovacuum_time,
     total_analyze_time,
@@ -2348,13 +2364,21 @@ pg_stat_user_tables| SELECT relid,
     n_mod_since_analyze,
     n_ins_since_vacuum,
     last_vacuum,
+    last_skipped_vacuum,
     last_autovacuum,
+    last_skipped_autovacuum,
     last_analyze,
+    last_skipped_analyze,
     last_autoanalyze,
+    last_skipped_autoanalyze,
     vacuum_count,
+    skipped_vacuum_count,
     autovacuum_count,
+    skipped_autovacuum_count,
     analyze_count,
+    skipped_analyze_count,
     autoanalyze_count,
+    skipped_autoanalyze_count,
     total_vacuum_time,
     total_autovacuum_time,
     total_analyze_time,
-- 
2.43.0


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* [PATCH v5] Track skipped vacuum and analyze activity per relation
@ 2026-03-24 04:09 Yugo Nagata <[email protected]>
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From: Yugo Nagata @ 2026-03-24 04:09 UTC (permalink / raw)

This commit adds eight fields to the relation statistics that track
the last time vacuum or analyze has been attempted but skipped due to
lock unavailability, along with their counts:

-    last_skipped_vacuum
-    last_skipped_autovacuum
-    last_skipped_analyze
-    last_skipped_autoanalyze
-    skipped_vacuum_count
-    skipped_autovacuum_count
-    skipped_analyze_count
-    skipped_autoanalyze_count

These field can help users confirm that autovacuum is actively attempting
to run on a table that has not been vacuumed or analyzed for a long time,
and that the lack of progress is due to repeated skips rather than inactivity.
---
 doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml                  |  88 ++++++
 src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql          |   8 +
 src/backend/commands/vacuum.c                 | 100 +++++--
 src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c  |  64 +++++
 src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c           |  24 ++
 src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat               |  32 +++
 src/include/pgstat.h                          |  16 ++
 .../isolation/expected/vacuum-skip-locked.out | 260 ++++++++++++++++--
 .../isolation/specs/vacuum-skip-locked.spec   |  41 +--
 src/test/regress/expected/rules.out           |  24 ++
 10 files changed, 601 insertions(+), 56 deletions(-)

diff --git a/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml b/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml
index 08d5b824552..a9b579d87a9 100644
--- a/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml
+++ b/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml
@@ -4387,6 +4387,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_vacuum</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time a manual vacuum on this table was attempted but skipped due to
+       lock unavailability (not counting <command>VACUUM FULL</command>)
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>last_autovacuum</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
@@ -4397,6 +4407,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_autovacuum</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time a vacuum on this table by the autovacuum daemon was attempted
+       but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>last_analyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
@@ -4406,6 +4426,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_analyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time a manual analyze on this table was attempted but skipped due to
+       lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>last_autoanalyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
@@ -4416,6 +4446,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_autoanalyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time at which an analyze on this table by the autovacuum was
+       attempted but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>vacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4426,6 +4466,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_vacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times manual vacuums on this table have been attempted but skipped
+       due to lock unavailability (not counting <command>VACUUM FULL</command>)
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>autovacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4436,6 +4486,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_autovacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times vacuums on this table by the autovacuum daemon have been
+       attempted but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>analyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4445,6 +4505,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_analyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times manual analyzes on this table have been attempted but
+       skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>autoanalyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4455,6 +4525,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_autoanalyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times analyzes on this table by the autovacuum daemon have
+       been attempted but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>total_vacuum_time</structfield> <type>double precision</type>
@@ -4510,6 +4590,14 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
    </tgroup>
   </table>
 
+  <note>
+   <para>
+    When a manual vacuum or analyze on a parent table in an inheritance or
+    partitioning hierarchy is skipped, the statistics are recorded only for
+    the parent table, not for its children.
+   </para>
+  </note>
+
  </sect2>
 
  <sect2 id="monitoring-pg-stat-autovacuum-scores-view">
diff --git a/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql b/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql
index 73a1c1c4670..f509fc7876b 100644
--- a/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql
+++ b/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql
@@ -736,13 +736,21 @@ CREATE VIEW pg_stat_all_tables AS
             pg_stat_get_mod_since_analyze(C.oid) AS n_mod_since_analyze,
             pg_stat_get_ins_since_vacuum(C.oid) AS n_ins_since_vacuum,
             pg_stat_get_last_vacuum_time(C.oid) as last_vacuum,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_vacuum,
             pg_stat_get_last_autovacuum_time(C.oid) as last_autovacuum,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_autovacuum,
             pg_stat_get_last_analyze_time(C.oid) as last_analyze,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_analyze,
             pg_stat_get_last_autoanalyze_time(C.oid) as last_autoanalyze,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_autoanalyze,
             pg_stat_get_vacuum_count(C.oid) AS vacuum_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count(C.oid) AS skipped_vacuum_count,
             pg_stat_get_autovacuum_count(C.oid) AS autovacuum_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count(C.oid) AS skipped_autovacuum_count,
             pg_stat_get_analyze_count(C.oid) AS analyze_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count(C.oid) AS skipped_analyze_count,
             pg_stat_get_autoanalyze_count(C.oid) AS autoanalyze_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count(C.oid) AS skipped_autoanalyze_count,
             pg_stat_get_total_vacuum_time(C.oid) AS total_vacuum_time,
             pg_stat_get_total_autovacuum_time(C.oid) AS total_autovacuum_time,
             pg_stat_get_total_analyze_time(C.oid) AS total_analyze_time,
diff --git a/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c b/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c
index 99d0db82ed7..df6526225e4 100644
--- a/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c
+++ b/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c
@@ -793,8 +793,25 @@ vacuum_open_relation(Oid relid, RangeVar *relation, uint32 options,
 		rel = try_relation_open(relid, NoLock);
 	else
 	{
+		int flags = 0;
 		rel = NULL;
 		rel_lock = false;
+
+		if ((options & VACOPT_VACUUM) != 0 && (options & VACOPT_FULL) == 0)
+		{
+			if (AmAutoVacuumWorkerProcess())
+				flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOVACUUM;
+			else
+				flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM;
+		}
+		if ((options & VACOPT_ANALYZE) != 0)
+		{
+			if (AmAutoVacuumWorkerProcess())
+				flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOANALYZE;
+			else
+				flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE;
+		}
+		pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(relid, flags);
 	}
 
 	/* if relation is opened, leave */
@@ -905,7 +922,6 @@ expand_vacuum_rel(VacuumRelation *vrel, MemoryContext vac_context,
 		Form_pg_class classForm;
 		bool		include_children;
 		bool		is_partitioned_table;
-		int			rvr_opts;
 
 		/*
 		 * Since autovacuum workers supply OIDs when calling vacuum(), no
@@ -918,29 +934,69 @@ expand_vacuum_rel(VacuumRelation *vrel, MemoryContext vac_context,
 		 * below, as well as find_all_inheritors's expectation that the caller
 		 * holds some lock on the starting relation.
 		 */
-		rvr_opts = (options & VACOPT_SKIP_LOCKED) ? RVR_SKIP_LOCKED : 0;
-		relid = RangeVarGetRelidExtended(vrel->relation,
-										 AccessShareLock,
-										 rvr_opts,
-										 NULL, NULL);
-
-		/*
-		 * If the lock is unavailable, emit the same log statement that
-		 * vacuum_rel() and analyze_rel() would.
-		 */
-		if (!OidIsValid(relid))
+		if (!(options & VACOPT_SKIP_LOCKED))
 		{
-			if (options & VACOPT_VACUUM)
-				ereport(WARNING,
-						(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
-						 errmsg("skipping vacuum of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
-								vrel->relation->relname)));
-			else
-				ereport(WARNING,
-						(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
-						 errmsg("skipping analyze of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
+			relid = RangeVarGetRelidExtended(vrel->relation,
+											 AccessShareLock,
+											 0, NULL, NULL);
+			if (!OidIsValid(relid))
+				return vacrels;
+		}
+		else
+		{
+			/* Get relid for reporting before taking a lock */
+			relid = RangeVarGetRelid(vrel->relation, NoLock, false);
+
+			if (!ConditionalLockRelationOid(relid, AccessShareLock))
+			{
+				int	flags = 0;
+				/*
+				 * If the lock is unavailable, emit the same log statement that
+				 * vacuum_rel() and analyze_rel() would.
+				 */
+				if (options & VACOPT_VACUUM)
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping vacuum of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
 								vrel->relation->relname)));
-			return vacrels;
+				else
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping analyze of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
+									vrel->relation->relname)));
+
+				if ((options & VACOPT_VACUUM) != 0 && (options & VACOPT_FULL) == 0)
+					flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM;
+				if ((options & VACOPT_ANALYZE) != 0)
+					flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE;
+
+				pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(relid, flags);
+
+				return vacrels;
+			}
+
+			/*
+			 * Now that we have the lock, probe to see if the relation really
+			 * exists or not.
+			 */
+			if (!SearchSysCacheExists1(RELOID, ObjectIdGetDatum(relid)))
+			{
+				if (options & VACOPT_VACUUM)
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_UNDEFINED_TABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping vacuum of \"%s\" --- relation no longer exists",
+									vrel->relation->relname)));
+				else
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_UNDEFINED_TABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping analyze of \"%s\" --- relation no longer exists",
+									vrel->relation->relname)));
+
+				/* Release useless lock */
+				UnlockRelationOid(relid, AccessShareLock);
+
+				return vacrels;
+			}
 		}
 
 		/*
diff --git a/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c b/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c
index b2ca28f83ba..532d9023f8c 100644
--- a/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c
+++ b/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c
@@ -17,12 +17,14 @@
 
 #include "postgres.h"
 
+#include "access/htup_details.h"
 #include "access/twophase_rmgr.h"
 #include "access/xact.h"
 #include "catalog/catalog.h"
 #include "utils/memutils.h"
 #include "utils/pgstat_internal.h"
 #include "utils/rel.h"
+#include "utils/syscache.h"
 #include "utils/timestamp.h"
 
 
@@ -367,6 +369,68 @@ pgstat_report_analyze(Relation rel,
 	(void) pgstat_flush_backend(false, PGSTAT_BACKEND_FLUSH_IO);
 }
 
+/*
+ * Report that the table was skipped during vacuum or/and analyze.
+ */
+void
+pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(Oid relid, int flags)
+{
+	PgStat_EntryRef *entry_ref;
+	PgStatShared_Relation *shtabentry;
+	PgStat_StatTabEntry *tabentry;
+	TimestampTz ts;
+	HeapTuple	classTup;
+	bool		isshared;
+
+	if (!pgstat_track_counts || !flags)
+		return;
+
+	classTup = SearchSysCache1(RELOID, ObjectIdGetDatum(relid));
+	if (!HeapTupleIsValid(classTup))
+		return;			/* somebody deleted the rel, forget it */
+	isshared = ((Form_pg_class) GETSTRUCT(classTup))->relisshared;
+	ReleaseSysCache(classTup);
+
+	/* Store the data in the table's hash table entry. */
+	ts = GetCurrentTimestamp();
+
+	/* block acquiring lock for the same reason as pgstat_report_autovac() */
+	entry_ref = pgstat_get_entry_ref_locked(PGSTAT_KIND_RELATION,
+											isshared ? InvalidOid : MyDatabaseId,
+											relid, false);
+
+	shtabentry = (PgStatShared_Relation *) entry_ref->shared_stats;
+	tabentry = &shtabentry->stats;
+
+	if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM)
+	{
+		tabentry->last_skipped_vacuum_time = ts;
+		tabentry->skipped_vacuum_count++;
+	}
+	else if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOVACUUM)
+	{
+		tabentry->last_skipped_autovacuum_time = ts;
+		tabentry->skipped_autovacuum_count++;
+	}
+
+	if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE)
+	{
+		tabentry->last_skipped_analyze_time = ts;
+		tabentry->skipped_analyze_count++;
+	}
+	else if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOANALYZE)
+	{
+		tabentry->last_skipped_autoanalyze_time = ts;
+		tabentry->skipped_autoanalyze_count++;
+	}
+
+	pgstat_unlock_entry(entry_ref);
+
+	/* see pgstat_report_vacuum() */
+	pgstat_flush_io(false);
+	(void) pgstat_flush_backend(false, PGSTAT_BACKEND_FLUSH_IO);
+}
+
 /*
  * count a tuple insertion of n tuples
  */
diff --git a/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c b/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c
index 1408de387ea..90a8968faa0 100644
--- a/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c
+++ b/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c
@@ -84,6 +84,18 @@ PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(mod_since_analyze)
 /* pg_stat_get_numscans */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(numscans)
 
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_analyze_count)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_autoanalyze_count)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_autovacuum_count)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_vacuum_count)
+
 /* pg_stat_get_tuples_deleted */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(tuples_deleted)
 
@@ -170,6 +182,18 @@ PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_vacuum_time)
 /* pg_stat_get_lastscan */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(lastscan)
 
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_analyze_time)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_autoanalyze_time)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_autovacuum_time)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_vacuum_time)
+
 /* pg_stat_get_stat_reset_time */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(stat_reset_time)
 
diff --git a/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat b/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat
index fa9ae79082b..32debb34863 100644
--- a/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat
+++ b/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat
@@ -5680,6 +5680,38 @@
   proargmodes => '{o,o,o,o,o,o,o,o,o,o}',
   proargnames => '{oid,score,xid_score,mxid_score,vacuum_score,vacuum_insert_score,analyze_score,do_vacuum,do_analyze,for_wraparound}',
   prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_autovacuum_scores' },
+{ oid => '8142', descr => 'statistics: last skipped vacuum time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time' },
+{ oid => '8143', descr => 'statistics: last skipped auto vacuum time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time' },
+{ oid => '8144', descr => 'statistics: last skipped analyze time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time' },
+{ oid => '8145', descr => 'statistics: last skipped auto analyze time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time' },
+{ oid => '8146', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped vacuum for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count' },
+{ oid => '8147', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped auto vacuum for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count' },
+{ oid => '8148', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped analyzes for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count' },
+{ oid => '8149', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped auto analyzes for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count' },
 { oid => '1936', descr => 'statistics: currently active backend IDs',
   proname => 'pg_stat_get_backend_idset', prorows => '100', proretset => 't',
   provolatile => 's', proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int4',
diff --git a/src/include/pgstat.h b/src/include/pgstat.h
index dfa2e837638..98941f953d1 100644
--- a/src/include/pgstat.h
+++ b/src/include/pgstat.h
@@ -479,6 +479,15 @@ typedef struct PgStat_StatTabEntry
 	TimestampTz last_autoanalyze_time;	/* autovacuum initiated */
 	PgStat_Counter autoanalyze_count;
 
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_vacuum_time;	/* user initiated vacuum */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_vacuum_count;
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_autovacuum_time;	/* autovacuum initiated */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_autovacuum_count;
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_analyze_time;	/* user initiated */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_analyze_count;
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_autoanalyze_time;	/* autovacuum initiated */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_autoanalyze_count;
+
 	PgStat_Counter total_vacuum_time;	/* times in milliseconds */
 	PgStat_Counter total_autovacuum_time;
 	PgStat_Counter total_analyze_time;
@@ -703,6 +712,13 @@ extern void pgstat_report_analyze(Relation rel,
 								  PgStat_Counter livetuples, PgStat_Counter deadtuples,
 								  bool resetcounter, TimestampTz starttime);
 
+/* flags for pgstat_flush_backend() */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM		(1 << 0)	/* vacuum is skipped */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE		(1 << 1)	/* analyze is skipped */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOVACUUM	(1 << 2)	/* autovacuum is skipped */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOANALYZE	(1 << 3)	/* autoanalyze is skipped */
+extern void pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(Oid relid, int flags);
+
 /*
  * If stats are enabled, but pending data hasn't been prepared yet, call
  * pgstat_assoc_relation() to do so. See its comment for why this is done
diff --git a/src/test/isolation/expected/vacuum-skip-locked.out b/src/test/isolation/expected/vacuum-skip-locked.out
index 99db281a159..e2cff175b7c 100644
--- a/src/test/isolation/expected/vacuum-skip-locked.out
+++ b/src/test/isolation/expected/vacuum-skip-locked.out
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 Parsed test spec with 2 sessions
 
-starting permutation: lock_share vac_specified commit
+starting permutation: lock_share vac_specified commit check_stat
 step lock_share: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN SHARE MODE;
@@ -10,8 +10,22 @@ step vac_specified: VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED) part1, part2;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
 
-starting permutation: lock_share vac_all_parts commit
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   1|            0|                    0
+part2  |           1|                   0|            0|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
+
+starting permutation: lock_share vac_all_parts commit check_stat
 step lock_share: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN SHARE MODE;
@@ -20,8 +34,22 @@ step vac_all_parts: VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED) parted;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   1|            0|                    0
+part2  |           1|                   0|            0|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
 
-starting permutation: lock_share analyze_specified commit
+starting permutation: lock_share analyze_specified commit check_stat
 step lock_share: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN SHARE MODE;
@@ -31,8 +59,22 @@ step analyze_specified: ANALYZE (SKIP_LOCKED) part1, part2;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
 
-starting permutation: lock_share analyze_all_parts commit
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   0|            0|                    1
+part2  |           0|                   0|            1|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
+
+starting permutation: lock_share analyze_all_parts commit check_stat
 step lock_share: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN SHARE MODE;
@@ -41,8 +83,22 @@ step analyze_all_parts: ANALYZE (SKIP_LOCKED) parted;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            1|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   0|            0|                    1
+part2  |           0|                   0|            1|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
 
-starting permutation: lock_share vac_analyze_specified commit
+starting permutation: lock_share vac_analyze_specified commit check_stat
 step lock_share: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN SHARE MODE;
@@ -52,8 +108,22 @@ step vac_analyze_specified: VACUUM (ANALYZE, SKIP_LOCKED) part1, part2;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
 
-starting permutation: lock_share vac_analyze_all_parts commit
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   1|            0|                    1
+part2  |           1|                   0|            1|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
+
+starting permutation: lock_share vac_analyze_all_parts commit check_stat
 step lock_share: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN SHARE MODE;
@@ -62,8 +132,22 @@ step vac_analyze_all_parts: VACUUM (ANALYZE, SKIP_LOCKED) parted;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            1|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   1|            0|                    1
+part2  |           1|                   0|            1|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
 
-starting permutation: lock_share vac_full_specified commit
+starting permutation: lock_share vac_full_specified commit check_stat
 step lock_share: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN SHARE MODE;
@@ -73,8 +157,22 @@ step vac_full_specified: VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED, FULL) part1, part2;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
 
-starting permutation: lock_share vac_full_all_parts commit
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part2  |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
+
+starting permutation: lock_share vac_full_all_parts commit check_stat
 step lock_share: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN SHARE MODE;
@@ -83,8 +181,22 @@ step vac_full_all_parts: VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED, FULL) parted;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part2  |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+(3 rows)
 
-starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_specified commit
+
+starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_specified commit check_stat
 step lock_access_exclusive: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN ACCESS EXCLUSIVE MODE;
@@ -94,8 +206,22 @@ step vac_specified: VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED) part1, part2;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   1|            0|                    0
+part2  |           1|                   0|            0|                    0
+(3 rows)
 
-starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_all_parts commit
+
+starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_all_parts commit check_stat
 step lock_access_exclusive: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN ACCESS EXCLUSIVE MODE;
@@ -104,8 +230,22 @@ step vac_all_parts: VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED) parted;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   1|            0|                    0
+part2  |           1|                   0|            0|                    0
+(3 rows)
 
-starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive analyze_specified commit
+
+starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive analyze_specified commit check_stat
 step lock_access_exclusive: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN ACCESS EXCLUSIVE MODE;
@@ -115,8 +255,22 @@ step analyze_specified: ANALYZE (SKIP_LOCKED) part1, part2;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   0|            0|                    1
+part2  |           0|                   0|            1|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
 
-starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive analyze_all_parts commit
+starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive analyze_all_parts commit check_stat
 step lock_access_exclusive: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN ACCESS EXCLUSIVE MODE;
@@ -126,8 +280,22 @@ step commit:
 	COMMIT;
 
 step analyze_all_parts: <... completed>
-
-starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_analyze_specified commit
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            1|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   0|            1|                    0
+part2  |           0|                   0|            1|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
+
+starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_analyze_specified commit check_stat
 step lock_access_exclusive: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN ACCESS EXCLUSIVE MODE;
@@ -137,8 +305,22 @@ step vac_analyze_specified: VACUUM (ANALYZE, SKIP_LOCKED) part1, part2;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   1|            0|                    1
+part2  |           1|                   0|            1|                    0
+(3 rows)
 
-starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_analyze_all_parts commit
+
+starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_analyze_all_parts commit check_stat
 step lock_access_exclusive: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN ACCESS EXCLUSIVE MODE;
@@ -148,8 +330,22 @@ step commit:
 	COMMIT;
 
 step vac_analyze_all_parts: <... completed>
-
-starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_full_specified commit
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            1|                    0
+part1  |           1|                   0|            1|                    0
+part2  |           1|                   0|            1|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
+
+starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_full_specified commit check_stat
 step lock_access_exclusive: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN ACCESS EXCLUSIVE MODE;
@@ -159,8 +355,22 @@ step vac_full_specified: VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED, FULL) part1, part2;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
 
-starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_full_all_parts commit
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part2  |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
+
+starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_full_all_parts commit check_stat
 step lock_access_exclusive: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN ACCESS EXCLUSIVE MODE;
@@ -169,3 +379,17 @@ step vac_full_all_parts: VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED, FULL) parted;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part2  |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
diff --git a/src/test/isolation/specs/vacuum-skip-locked.spec b/src/test/isolation/specs/vacuum-skip-locked.spec
index 3fad6e1c92a..b0da75d4b6d 100644
--- a/src/test/isolation/specs/vacuum-skip-locked.spec
+++ b/src/test/isolation/specs/vacuum-skip-locked.spec
@@ -33,6 +33,15 @@ step commit
 	COMMIT;
 }
 
+step check_stat
+{
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+}
+
 session s2
 step vac_specified			{ VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED) part1, part2; }
 step vac_all_parts			{ VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED) parted; }
@@ -43,19 +52,19 @@ step vac_analyze_all_parts	{ VACUUM (ANALYZE, SKIP_LOCKED) parted; }
 step vac_full_specified		{ VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED, FULL) part1, part2; }
 step vac_full_all_parts		{ VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED, FULL) parted; }
 
-permutation lock_share vac_specified commit
-permutation lock_share vac_all_parts commit
-permutation lock_share analyze_specified commit
-permutation lock_share analyze_all_parts commit
-permutation lock_share vac_analyze_specified commit
-permutation lock_share vac_analyze_all_parts commit
-permutation lock_share vac_full_specified commit
-permutation lock_share vac_full_all_parts commit
-permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_specified commit
-permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_all_parts commit
-permutation lock_access_exclusive analyze_specified commit
-permutation lock_access_exclusive analyze_all_parts commit
-permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_analyze_specified commit
-permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_analyze_all_parts commit
-permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_full_specified commit
-permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_full_all_parts commit
+permutation lock_share vac_specified commit check_stat
+permutation lock_share vac_all_parts commit check_stat
+permutation lock_share analyze_specified commit check_stat
+permutation lock_share analyze_all_parts commit check_stat
+permutation lock_share vac_analyze_specified commit check_stat
+permutation lock_share vac_analyze_all_parts commit check_stat
+permutation lock_share vac_full_specified commit check_stat
+permutation lock_share vac_full_all_parts commit check_stat
+permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_specified commit check_stat
+permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_all_parts commit check_stat
+permutation lock_access_exclusive analyze_specified commit check_stat
+permutation lock_access_exclusive analyze_all_parts commit check_stat
+permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_analyze_specified commit check_stat
+permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_analyze_all_parts commit check_stat
+permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_full_specified commit check_stat
+permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_full_all_parts commit check_stat
diff --git a/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out b/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out
index a65a5bf0c4f..9b2075d3373 100644
--- a/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out
+++ b/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out
@@ -1835,13 +1835,21 @@ pg_stat_all_tables| SELECT c.oid AS relid,
     pg_stat_get_mod_since_analyze(c.oid) AS n_mod_since_analyze,
     pg_stat_get_ins_since_vacuum(c.oid) AS n_ins_since_vacuum,
     pg_stat_get_last_vacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_vacuum,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_vacuum,
     pg_stat_get_last_autovacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_autovacuum,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_autovacuum,
     pg_stat_get_last_analyze_time(c.oid) AS last_analyze,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_analyze,
     pg_stat_get_last_autoanalyze_time(c.oid) AS last_autoanalyze,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_autoanalyze,
     pg_stat_get_vacuum_count(c.oid) AS vacuum_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count(c.oid) AS skipped_vacuum_count,
     pg_stat_get_autovacuum_count(c.oid) AS autovacuum_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count(c.oid) AS skipped_autovacuum_count,
     pg_stat_get_analyze_count(c.oid) AS analyze_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count(c.oid) AS skipped_analyze_count,
     pg_stat_get_autoanalyze_count(c.oid) AS autoanalyze_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count(c.oid) AS skipped_autoanalyze_count,
     pg_stat_get_total_vacuum_time(c.oid) AS total_vacuum_time,
     pg_stat_get_total_autovacuum_time(c.oid) AS total_autovacuum_time,
     pg_stat_get_total_analyze_time(c.oid) AS total_analyze_time,
@@ -2346,13 +2354,21 @@ pg_stat_sys_tables| SELECT relid,
     n_mod_since_analyze,
     n_ins_since_vacuum,
     last_vacuum,
+    last_skipped_vacuum,
     last_autovacuum,
+    last_skipped_autovacuum,
     last_analyze,
+    last_skipped_analyze,
     last_autoanalyze,
+    last_skipped_autoanalyze,
     vacuum_count,
+    skipped_vacuum_count,
     autovacuum_count,
+    skipped_autovacuum_count,
     analyze_count,
+    skipped_analyze_count,
     autoanalyze_count,
+    skipped_autoanalyze_count,
     total_vacuum_time,
     total_autovacuum_time,
     total_analyze_time,
@@ -2401,13 +2417,21 @@ pg_stat_user_tables| SELECT relid,
     n_mod_since_analyze,
     n_ins_since_vacuum,
     last_vacuum,
+    last_skipped_vacuum,
     last_autovacuum,
+    last_skipped_autovacuum,
     last_analyze,
+    last_skipped_analyze,
     last_autoanalyze,
+    last_skipped_autoanalyze,
     vacuum_count,
+    skipped_vacuum_count,
     autovacuum_count,
+    skipped_autovacuum_count,
     analyze_count,
+    skipped_analyze_count,
     autoanalyze_count,
+    skipped_autoanalyze_count,
     total_vacuum_time,
     total_autovacuum_time,
     total_analyze_time,
-- 
2.43.0


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* [PATCH v3] Track skipped vacuum and analyze activity per relation
@ 2026-03-24 04:09 Yugo Nagata <[email protected]>
  0 siblings, 0 replies; 374+ messages in thread

From: Yugo Nagata @ 2026-03-24 04:09 UTC (permalink / raw)

This commit adds eight fields to the relation statistics that track
the last time vacuum or analyze has been attempted but skipped due to
lock unavailability, along with their counts:

-    last_skipped_vacuum
-    last_skipped_autovacuum
-    last_skipped_analyze
-    last_skipped_autoanalyze
-    skipped_vacuum_count
-    skipped_autovacuum_count
-    skipped_analyze_count
-    skipped_autoanalyze_count

These field can help users confirm that autovacuum is actively attempting
to run on a table that has not been vacuumed or analyzed for a long time,
and that the lack of progress is due to repeated skips rather than inactivity.
---
 doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml                 | 80 +++++++++++++++++
 src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql         |  8 ++
 src/backend/commands/vacuum.c                | 95 +++++++++++++++-----
 src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c | 68 ++++++++++++++
 src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c          | 24 +++++
 src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat              | 32 +++++++
 src/include/pgstat.h                         | 16 ++++
 src/test/regress/expected/rules.out          | 24 +++++
 8 files changed, 324 insertions(+), 23 deletions(-)

diff --git a/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml b/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml
index bb75ed1069b..9ec8070b2fc 100644
--- a/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml
+++ b/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml
@@ -4372,6 +4372,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_vacuum</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time a manual vacuum on this table was attempted but skipped due to
+       lock unavailability (not counting <command>VACUUM FULL</command>)
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>last_autovacuum</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
@@ -4382,6 +4392,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_autovacuum</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time a vacuum on this table by the autovacuum daemon was attempted
+       but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>last_analyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
@@ -4391,6 +4411,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_analyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time a manual analyze on this table was attempted but skipped due to
+       lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>last_autoanalyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
@@ -4401,6 +4431,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_autoanalyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time at which an analyze on this table by the autovacuum was
+       attempted but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>vacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4411,6 +4451,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_vacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times vacuums on this table have been attempted but skipped
+       due to lock unavailability (not counting <command>VACUUM FULL</command>)
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>autovacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4421,6 +4471,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_autovacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times vacuums on this table by the autovacuum daemon have been
+       attempted but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>analyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4430,6 +4490,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_analyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times manual analyzes on this table have been attempted but
+       skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>autoanalyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4440,6 +4510,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_autoanalyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times analyzes on this table by the autovacuum daemon have
+       been attempted but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>total_vacuum_time</structfield> <type>double precision</type>
diff --git a/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql b/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql
index e54018004db..2ca02a0354c 100644
--- a/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql
+++ b/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql
@@ -736,13 +736,21 @@ CREATE VIEW pg_stat_all_tables AS
             pg_stat_get_mod_since_analyze(C.oid) AS n_mod_since_analyze,
             pg_stat_get_ins_since_vacuum(C.oid) AS n_ins_since_vacuum,
             pg_stat_get_last_vacuum_time(C.oid) as last_vacuum,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_vacuum,
             pg_stat_get_last_autovacuum_time(C.oid) as last_autovacuum,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_autovacuum,
             pg_stat_get_last_analyze_time(C.oid) as last_analyze,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_analyze,
             pg_stat_get_last_autoanalyze_time(C.oid) as last_autoanalyze,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_autoanalyze,
             pg_stat_get_vacuum_count(C.oid) AS vacuum_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count(C.oid) AS skipped_vacuum_count,
             pg_stat_get_autovacuum_count(C.oid) AS autovacuum_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count(C.oid) AS skipped_autovacuum_count,
             pg_stat_get_analyze_count(C.oid) AS analyze_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count(C.oid) AS skipped_analyze_count,
             pg_stat_get_autoanalyze_count(C.oid) AS autoanalyze_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count(C.oid) AS skipped_autoanalyze_count,
             pg_stat_get_total_vacuum_time(C.oid) AS total_vacuum_time,
             pg_stat_get_total_autovacuum_time(C.oid) AS total_autovacuum_time,
             pg_stat_get_total_analyze_time(C.oid) AS total_analyze_time,
diff --git a/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c b/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c
index bce3a2daa24..ce83b3171be 100644
--- a/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c
+++ b/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c
@@ -792,8 +792,18 @@ vacuum_open_relation(Oid relid, RangeVar *relation, bits32 options,
 		rel = try_relation_open(relid, NoLock);
 	else
 	{
+		bits8 flags = 0;
 		rel = NULL;
 		rel_lock = false;
+
+		if ((options & VACOPT_VACUUM) != 0)
+			flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM;
+		if ((options & VACOPT_ANALYZE) != 0)
+			flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE;
+		if (AmAutoVacuumWorkerProcess())
+			flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOVAC;
+
+		pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(relid, flags);
 	}
 
 	/* if relation is opened, leave */
@@ -801,7 +811,7 @@ vacuum_open_relation(Oid relid, RangeVar *relation, bits32 options,
 		return rel;
 
 	/*
-	 * Relation could not be opened, hence generate if possible a log
+	 * Relation could not be opened hence generate if possible a log
 	 * informing on the situation.
 	 *
 	 * If the RangeVar is not defined, we do not have enough information to
@@ -904,7 +914,6 @@ expand_vacuum_rel(VacuumRelation *vrel, MemoryContext vac_context,
 		Form_pg_class classForm;
 		bool		include_children;
 		bool		is_partitioned_table;
-		int			rvr_opts;
 
 		/*
 		 * Since autovacuum workers supply OIDs when calling vacuum(), no
@@ -917,29 +926,69 @@ expand_vacuum_rel(VacuumRelation *vrel, MemoryContext vac_context,
 		 * below, as well as find_all_inheritors's expectation that the caller
 		 * holds some lock on the starting relation.
 		 */
-		rvr_opts = (options & VACOPT_SKIP_LOCKED) ? RVR_SKIP_LOCKED : 0;
-		relid = RangeVarGetRelidExtended(vrel->relation,
-										 AccessShareLock,
-										 rvr_opts,
-										 NULL, NULL);
-
-		/*
-		 * If the lock is unavailable, emit the same log statement that
-		 * vacuum_rel() and analyze_rel() would.
-		 */
-		if (!OidIsValid(relid))
+		if (!(options & VACOPT_SKIP_LOCKED))
 		{
-			if (options & VACOPT_VACUUM)
-				ereport(WARNING,
-						(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
-						 errmsg("skipping vacuum of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
-								vrel->relation->relname)));
-			else
-				ereport(WARNING,
-						(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
-						 errmsg("skipping analyze of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
+			relid = RangeVarGetRelidExtended(vrel->relation,
+											 AccessShareLock,
+											 0, NULL, NULL);
+			if (!OidIsValid(relid))
+				return vacrels;
+		}
+		else
+		{
+			/* Get relid for reporting before taking a lock */
+			relid = RangeVarGetRelid(vrel->relation, NoLock, false);
+
+			if (!ConditionalLockRelationOid(relid, AccessShareLock))
+			{
+				bits8	flags = 0;
+				/*
+				 * If the lock is unavailable, emit the same log statement that
+				 * vacuum_rel() and analyze_rel() would.
+				 */
+				if (options & VACOPT_VACUUM)
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping vacuum of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
 								vrel->relation->relname)));
-			return vacrels;
+				else
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping analyze of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
+									vrel->relation->relname)));
+
+				if ((options & VACOPT_VACUUM) != 0)
+					flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM;
+				if ((options & VACOPT_ANALYZE) != 0)
+					flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE;
+
+				pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(relid, flags);
+
+				return vacrels;
+			}
+
+			/*
+			 * Now that we have the lock, probe to see if the relation really
+			 * exists or not.
+			 */
+			if (!SearchSysCacheExists1(RELOID, ObjectIdGetDatum(relid)))
+			{
+				if (options & VACOPT_VACUUM)
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_UNDEFINED_TABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping vacuum of \"%s\" --- relation no longer exists",
+									vrel->relation->relname)));
+				else
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_UNDEFINED_TABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping analyze of \"%s\" --- relation no longer exists",
+									vrel->relation->relname)));
+
+				/* Release useless lock */
+				UnlockRelationOid(relid, AccessShareLock);
+
+				return vacrels;
+			}
 		}
 
 		/*
diff --git a/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c b/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c
index bc8c43b96aa..cec4c88980e 100644
--- a/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c
+++ b/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c
@@ -17,6 +17,7 @@
 
 #include "postgres.h"
 
+#include "access/htup_details.h"
 #include "access/twophase_rmgr.h"
 #include "access/xact.h"
 #include "catalog/catalog.h"
@@ -366,6 +367,73 @@ pgstat_report_analyze(Relation rel,
 	(void) pgstat_flush_backend(false, PGSTAT_BACKEND_FLUSH_IO);
 }
 
+/*
+ * Report that the table was skipped during vacuum or/and analyze.
+ */
+void
+pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(Oid relid, bits8 flags)
+{
+	PgStat_EntryRef *entry_ref;
+	PgStatShared_Relation *shtabentry;
+	PgStat_StatTabEntry *tabentry;
+	TimestampTz ts;
+	HeapTuple	classTup;
+	bool		isshared;
+
+	if (!pgstat_track_counts || !(flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANY))
+		return;
+
+	classTup = SearchSysCache1(RELOID, ObjectIdGetDatum(relid));
+	if (!HeapTupleIsValid(classTup))
+		return;			/* somebody deleted the rel, forget it */
+	isshared = ((Form_pg_class) GETSTRUCT(classTup))->relisshared;
+	ReleaseSysCache(classTup);
+
+	/* Store the data in the table's hash table entry. */
+	ts = GetCurrentTimestamp();
+
+	/* block acquiring lock for the same reason as pgstat_report_autovac() */
+	entry_ref = pgstat_get_entry_ref_locked(PGSTAT_KIND_RELATION,
+											isshared ? InvalidOid : MyDatabaseId,
+											relid, false);
+
+	shtabentry = (PgStatShared_Relation *) entry_ref->shared_stats;
+	tabentry = &shtabentry->stats;
+
+	if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOVAC)
+	{
+		if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM)
+		{
+			tabentry->last_skipped_autovacuum_time = ts;
+			tabentry->skipped_autovacuum_count++;
+		}
+		if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE)
+		{
+			tabentry->last_skipped_autoanalyze_time = ts;
+			tabentry->skipped_autoanalyze_count++;
+		}
+	}
+	else
+	{
+		if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM)
+		{
+			tabentry->last_skipped_vacuum_time = ts;
+			tabentry->skipped_vacuum_count++;
+		}
+		if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE)
+		{
+			tabentry->last_skipped_analyze_time = ts;
+			tabentry->skipped_analyze_count++;
+		}
+	}
+
+	pgstat_unlock_entry(entry_ref);
+
+	/* see pgstat_report_vacuum() */
+	pgstat_flush_io(false);
+	(void) pgstat_flush_backend(false, PGSTAT_BACKEND_FLUSH_IO);
+}
+
 /*
  * count a tuple insertion of n tuples
  */
diff --git a/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c b/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c
index 9185a8e6b83..18aaa3996e1 100644
--- a/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c
+++ b/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c
@@ -84,6 +84,18 @@ PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(mod_since_analyze)
 /* pg_stat_get_numscans */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(numscans)
 
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_analyze_count)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_autoanalyze_count)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_autovacuum_count)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_vacuum_count)
+
 /* pg_stat_get_tuples_deleted */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(tuples_deleted)
 
@@ -170,6 +182,18 @@ PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_vacuum_time)
 /* pg_stat_get_lastscan */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(lastscan)
 
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_analyze_time)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_autoanalyze_time)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_autovacuum_time)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_vacuum_time)
+
 /* pg_stat_get_stat_reset_time */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(stat_reset_time)
 
diff --git a/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat b/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat
index 0118e970dda..ccfe3d9e02a 100644
--- a/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat
+++ b/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat
@@ -5667,6 +5667,38 @@
   proname => 'pg_stat_get_total_autoanalyze_time', provolatile => 's',
   proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'float8', proargtypes => 'oid',
   prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_total_autoanalyze_time' },
+{ oid => '8142', descr => 'statistics: last skipped vacuum time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time' },
+{ oid => '8143', descr => 'statistics: last skipped auto vacuum time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time' },
+{ oid => '8144', descr => 'statistics: last skipped analyze time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time' },
+{ oid => '8145', descr => 'statistics: last skipped auto analyze time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time' },
+{ oid => '8146', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped vacuum for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count' },
+{ oid => '8147', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped auto vacuum for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count' },
+{ oid => '8148', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped analyzes for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count' },
+{ oid => '8149', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped auto analyzes for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count' },
 { oid => '1936', descr => 'statistics: currently active backend IDs',
   proname => 'pg_stat_get_backend_idset', prorows => '100', proretset => 't',
   provolatile => 's', proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int4',
diff --git a/src/include/pgstat.h b/src/include/pgstat.h
index 8e3549c3752..343081a7a25 100644
--- a/src/include/pgstat.h
+++ b/src/include/pgstat.h
@@ -479,6 +479,15 @@ typedef struct PgStat_StatTabEntry
 	TimestampTz last_autoanalyze_time;	/* autovacuum initiated */
 	PgStat_Counter autoanalyze_count;
 
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_vacuum_time;	/* user initiated vacuum */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_vacuum_count;
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_autovacuum_time;	/* autovacuum initiated */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_autovacuum_count;
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_analyze_time;	/* user initiated */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_analyze_count;
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_autoanalyze_time;	/* autovacuum initiated */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_autoanalyze_count;
+
 	PgStat_Counter total_vacuum_time;	/* times in milliseconds */
 	PgStat_Counter total_autovacuum_time;
 	PgStat_Counter total_analyze_time;
@@ -707,6 +716,13 @@ extern void pgstat_report_analyze(Relation rel,
 								  PgStat_Counter livetuples, PgStat_Counter deadtuples,
 								  bool resetcounter, TimestampTz starttime);
 
+/* flags for pgstat_flush_backend() */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM	(1 << 0)	/* vacuum is skipped */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE	(1 << 1)	/* analyze is skipped */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOVAC	(1 << 2)	/* skipped during autovacuum/autoanalyze */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANY   (PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM | PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE)
+extern void pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(Oid relid, bits8 flags);
+
 /*
  * If stats are enabled, but pending data hasn't been prepared yet, call
  * pgstat_assoc_relation() to do so. See its comment for why this is done
diff --git a/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out b/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out
index 2b3cf6d8569..4ccfc43e903 100644
--- a/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out
+++ b/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out
@@ -1835,13 +1835,21 @@ pg_stat_all_tables| SELECT c.oid AS relid,
     pg_stat_get_mod_since_analyze(c.oid) AS n_mod_since_analyze,
     pg_stat_get_ins_since_vacuum(c.oid) AS n_ins_since_vacuum,
     pg_stat_get_last_vacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_vacuum,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_vacuum,
     pg_stat_get_last_autovacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_autovacuum,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_autovacuum,
     pg_stat_get_last_analyze_time(c.oid) AS last_analyze,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_analyze,
     pg_stat_get_last_autoanalyze_time(c.oid) AS last_autoanalyze,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_autoanalyze,
     pg_stat_get_vacuum_count(c.oid) AS vacuum_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count(c.oid) AS skipped_vacuum_count,
     pg_stat_get_autovacuum_count(c.oid) AS autovacuum_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count(c.oid) AS skipped_autovacuum_count,
     pg_stat_get_analyze_count(c.oid) AS analyze_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count(c.oid) AS skipped_analyze_count,
     pg_stat_get_autoanalyze_count(c.oid) AS autoanalyze_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count(c.oid) AS skipped_autoanalyze_count,
     pg_stat_get_total_vacuum_time(c.oid) AS total_vacuum_time,
     pg_stat_get_total_autovacuum_time(c.oid) AS total_autovacuum_time,
     pg_stat_get_total_analyze_time(c.oid) AS total_analyze_time,
@@ -2293,13 +2301,21 @@ pg_stat_sys_tables| SELECT relid,
     n_mod_since_analyze,
     n_ins_since_vacuum,
     last_vacuum,
+    last_skipped_vacuum,
     last_autovacuum,
+    last_skipped_autovacuum,
     last_analyze,
+    last_skipped_analyze,
     last_autoanalyze,
+    last_skipped_autoanalyze,
     vacuum_count,
+    skipped_vacuum_count,
     autovacuum_count,
+    skipped_autovacuum_count,
     analyze_count,
+    skipped_analyze_count,
     autoanalyze_count,
+    skipped_autoanalyze_count,
     total_vacuum_time,
     total_autovacuum_time,
     total_analyze_time,
@@ -2348,13 +2364,21 @@ pg_stat_user_tables| SELECT relid,
     n_mod_since_analyze,
     n_ins_since_vacuum,
     last_vacuum,
+    last_skipped_vacuum,
     last_autovacuum,
+    last_skipped_autovacuum,
     last_analyze,
+    last_skipped_analyze,
     last_autoanalyze,
+    last_skipped_autoanalyze,
     vacuum_count,
+    skipped_vacuum_count,
     autovacuum_count,
+    skipped_autovacuum_count,
     analyze_count,
+    skipped_analyze_count,
     autoanalyze_count,
+    skipped_autoanalyze_count,
     total_vacuum_time,
     total_autovacuum_time,
     total_analyze_time,
-- 
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* [PATCH v5] Track skipped vacuum and analyze activity per relation
@ 2026-03-24 04:09 Yugo Nagata <[email protected]>
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From: Yugo Nagata @ 2026-03-24 04:09 UTC (permalink / raw)

This commit adds eight fields to the relation statistics that track
the last time vacuum or analyze has been attempted but skipped due to
lock unavailability, along with their counts:

-    last_skipped_vacuum
-    last_skipped_autovacuum
-    last_skipped_analyze
-    last_skipped_autoanalyze
-    skipped_vacuum_count
-    skipped_autovacuum_count
-    skipped_analyze_count
-    skipped_autoanalyze_count

These field can help users confirm that autovacuum is actively attempting
to run on a table that has not been vacuumed or analyzed for a long time,
and that the lack of progress is due to repeated skips rather than inactivity.
---
 doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml                  |  88 ++++++
 src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql          |   8 +
 src/backend/commands/vacuum.c                 | 100 +++++--
 src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c  |  64 +++++
 src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c           |  24 ++
 src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat               |  32 +++
 src/include/pgstat.h                          |  16 ++
 .../isolation/expected/vacuum-skip-locked.out | 260 ++++++++++++++++--
 .../isolation/specs/vacuum-skip-locked.spec   |  41 +--
 src/test/regress/expected/rules.out           |  24 ++
 10 files changed, 601 insertions(+), 56 deletions(-)

diff --git a/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml b/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml
index 08d5b824552..a9b579d87a9 100644
--- a/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml
+++ b/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml
@@ -4387,6 +4387,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_vacuum</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time a manual vacuum on this table was attempted but skipped due to
+       lock unavailability (not counting <command>VACUUM FULL</command>)
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>last_autovacuum</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
@@ -4397,6 +4407,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_autovacuum</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time a vacuum on this table by the autovacuum daemon was attempted
+       but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>last_analyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
@@ -4406,6 +4426,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_analyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time a manual analyze on this table was attempted but skipped due to
+       lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>last_autoanalyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
@@ -4416,6 +4446,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_autoanalyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time at which an analyze on this table by the autovacuum was
+       attempted but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>vacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4426,6 +4466,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_vacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times manual vacuums on this table have been attempted but skipped
+       due to lock unavailability (not counting <command>VACUUM FULL</command>)
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>autovacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4436,6 +4486,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_autovacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times vacuums on this table by the autovacuum daemon have been
+       attempted but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>analyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4445,6 +4505,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_analyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times manual analyzes on this table have been attempted but
+       skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>autoanalyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4455,6 +4525,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_autoanalyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times analyzes on this table by the autovacuum daemon have
+       been attempted but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>total_vacuum_time</structfield> <type>double precision</type>
@@ -4510,6 +4590,14 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
    </tgroup>
   </table>
 
+  <note>
+   <para>
+    When a manual vacuum or analyze on a parent table in an inheritance or
+    partitioning hierarchy is skipped, the statistics are recorded only for
+    the parent table, not for its children.
+   </para>
+  </note>
+
  </sect2>
 
  <sect2 id="monitoring-pg-stat-autovacuum-scores-view">
diff --git a/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql b/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql
index 73a1c1c4670..f509fc7876b 100644
--- a/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql
+++ b/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql
@@ -736,13 +736,21 @@ CREATE VIEW pg_stat_all_tables AS
             pg_stat_get_mod_since_analyze(C.oid) AS n_mod_since_analyze,
             pg_stat_get_ins_since_vacuum(C.oid) AS n_ins_since_vacuum,
             pg_stat_get_last_vacuum_time(C.oid) as last_vacuum,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_vacuum,
             pg_stat_get_last_autovacuum_time(C.oid) as last_autovacuum,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_autovacuum,
             pg_stat_get_last_analyze_time(C.oid) as last_analyze,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_analyze,
             pg_stat_get_last_autoanalyze_time(C.oid) as last_autoanalyze,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_autoanalyze,
             pg_stat_get_vacuum_count(C.oid) AS vacuum_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count(C.oid) AS skipped_vacuum_count,
             pg_stat_get_autovacuum_count(C.oid) AS autovacuum_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count(C.oid) AS skipped_autovacuum_count,
             pg_stat_get_analyze_count(C.oid) AS analyze_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count(C.oid) AS skipped_analyze_count,
             pg_stat_get_autoanalyze_count(C.oid) AS autoanalyze_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count(C.oid) AS skipped_autoanalyze_count,
             pg_stat_get_total_vacuum_time(C.oid) AS total_vacuum_time,
             pg_stat_get_total_autovacuum_time(C.oid) AS total_autovacuum_time,
             pg_stat_get_total_analyze_time(C.oid) AS total_analyze_time,
diff --git a/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c b/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c
index 99d0db82ed7..df6526225e4 100644
--- a/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c
+++ b/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c
@@ -793,8 +793,25 @@ vacuum_open_relation(Oid relid, RangeVar *relation, uint32 options,
 		rel = try_relation_open(relid, NoLock);
 	else
 	{
+		int flags = 0;
 		rel = NULL;
 		rel_lock = false;
+
+		if ((options & VACOPT_VACUUM) != 0 && (options & VACOPT_FULL) == 0)
+		{
+			if (AmAutoVacuumWorkerProcess())
+				flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOVACUUM;
+			else
+				flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM;
+		}
+		if ((options & VACOPT_ANALYZE) != 0)
+		{
+			if (AmAutoVacuumWorkerProcess())
+				flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOANALYZE;
+			else
+				flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE;
+		}
+		pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(relid, flags);
 	}
 
 	/* if relation is opened, leave */
@@ -905,7 +922,6 @@ expand_vacuum_rel(VacuumRelation *vrel, MemoryContext vac_context,
 		Form_pg_class classForm;
 		bool		include_children;
 		bool		is_partitioned_table;
-		int			rvr_opts;
 
 		/*
 		 * Since autovacuum workers supply OIDs when calling vacuum(), no
@@ -918,29 +934,69 @@ expand_vacuum_rel(VacuumRelation *vrel, MemoryContext vac_context,
 		 * below, as well as find_all_inheritors's expectation that the caller
 		 * holds some lock on the starting relation.
 		 */
-		rvr_opts = (options & VACOPT_SKIP_LOCKED) ? RVR_SKIP_LOCKED : 0;
-		relid = RangeVarGetRelidExtended(vrel->relation,
-										 AccessShareLock,
-										 rvr_opts,
-										 NULL, NULL);
-
-		/*
-		 * If the lock is unavailable, emit the same log statement that
-		 * vacuum_rel() and analyze_rel() would.
-		 */
-		if (!OidIsValid(relid))
+		if (!(options & VACOPT_SKIP_LOCKED))
 		{
-			if (options & VACOPT_VACUUM)
-				ereport(WARNING,
-						(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
-						 errmsg("skipping vacuum of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
-								vrel->relation->relname)));
-			else
-				ereport(WARNING,
-						(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
-						 errmsg("skipping analyze of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
+			relid = RangeVarGetRelidExtended(vrel->relation,
+											 AccessShareLock,
+											 0, NULL, NULL);
+			if (!OidIsValid(relid))
+				return vacrels;
+		}
+		else
+		{
+			/* Get relid for reporting before taking a lock */
+			relid = RangeVarGetRelid(vrel->relation, NoLock, false);
+
+			if (!ConditionalLockRelationOid(relid, AccessShareLock))
+			{
+				int	flags = 0;
+				/*
+				 * If the lock is unavailable, emit the same log statement that
+				 * vacuum_rel() and analyze_rel() would.
+				 */
+				if (options & VACOPT_VACUUM)
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping vacuum of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
 								vrel->relation->relname)));
-			return vacrels;
+				else
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping analyze of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
+									vrel->relation->relname)));
+
+				if ((options & VACOPT_VACUUM) != 0 && (options & VACOPT_FULL) == 0)
+					flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM;
+				if ((options & VACOPT_ANALYZE) != 0)
+					flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE;
+
+				pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(relid, flags);
+
+				return vacrels;
+			}
+
+			/*
+			 * Now that we have the lock, probe to see if the relation really
+			 * exists or not.
+			 */
+			if (!SearchSysCacheExists1(RELOID, ObjectIdGetDatum(relid)))
+			{
+				if (options & VACOPT_VACUUM)
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_UNDEFINED_TABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping vacuum of \"%s\" --- relation no longer exists",
+									vrel->relation->relname)));
+				else
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_UNDEFINED_TABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping analyze of \"%s\" --- relation no longer exists",
+									vrel->relation->relname)));
+
+				/* Release useless lock */
+				UnlockRelationOid(relid, AccessShareLock);
+
+				return vacrels;
+			}
 		}
 
 		/*
diff --git a/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c b/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c
index b2ca28f83ba..532d9023f8c 100644
--- a/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c
+++ b/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c
@@ -17,12 +17,14 @@
 
 #include "postgres.h"
 
+#include "access/htup_details.h"
 #include "access/twophase_rmgr.h"
 #include "access/xact.h"
 #include "catalog/catalog.h"
 #include "utils/memutils.h"
 #include "utils/pgstat_internal.h"
 #include "utils/rel.h"
+#include "utils/syscache.h"
 #include "utils/timestamp.h"
 
 
@@ -367,6 +369,68 @@ pgstat_report_analyze(Relation rel,
 	(void) pgstat_flush_backend(false, PGSTAT_BACKEND_FLUSH_IO);
 }
 
+/*
+ * Report that the table was skipped during vacuum or/and analyze.
+ */
+void
+pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(Oid relid, int flags)
+{
+	PgStat_EntryRef *entry_ref;
+	PgStatShared_Relation *shtabentry;
+	PgStat_StatTabEntry *tabentry;
+	TimestampTz ts;
+	HeapTuple	classTup;
+	bool		isshared;
+
+	if (!pgstat_track_counts || !flags)
+		return;
+
+	classTup = SearchSysCache1(RELOID, ObjectIdGetDatum(relid));
+	if (!HeapTupleIsValid(classTup))
+		return;			/* somebody deleted the rel, forget it */
+	isshared = ((Form_pg_class) GETSTRUCT(classTup))->relisshared;
+	ReleaseSysCache(classTup);
+
+	/* Store the data in the table's hash table entry. */
+	ts = GetCurrentTimestamp();
+
+	/* block acquiring lock for the same reason as pgstat_report_autovac() */
+	entry_ref = pgstat_get_entry_ref_locked(PGSTAT_KIND_RELATION,
+											isshared ? InvalidOid : MyDatabaseId,
+											relid, false);
+
+	shtabentry = (PgStatShared_Relation *) entry_ref->shared_stats;
+	tabentry = &shtabentry->stats;
+
+	if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM)
+	{
+		tabentry->last_skipped_vacuum_time = ts;
+		tabentry->skipped_vacuum_count++;
+	}
+	else if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOVACUUM)
+	{
+		tabentry->last_skipped_autovacuum_time = ts;
+		tabentry->skipped_autovacuum_count++;
+	}
+
+	if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE)
+	{
+		tabentry->last_skipped_analyze_time = ts;
+		tabentry->skipped_analyze_count++;
+	}
+	else if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOANALYZE)
+	{
+		tabentry->last_skipped_autoanalyze_time = ts;
+		tabentry->skipped_autoanalyze_count++;
+	}
+
+	pgstat_unlock_entry(entry_ref);
+
+	/* see pgstat_report_vacuum() */
+	pgstat_flush_io(false);
+	(void) pgstat_flush_backend(false, PGSTAT_BACKEND_FLUSH_IO);
+}
+
 /*
  * count a tuple insertion of n tuples
  */
diff --git a/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c b/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c
index 1408de387ea..90a8968faa0 100644
--- a/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c
+++ b/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c
@@ -84,6 +84,18 @@ PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(mod_since_analyze)
 /* pg_stat_get_numscans */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(numscans)
 
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_analyze_count)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_autoanalyze_count)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_autovacuum_count)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_vacuum_count)
+
 /* pg_stat_get_tuples_deleted */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(tuples_deleted)
 
@@ -170,6 +182,18 @@ PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_vacuum_time)
 /* pg_stat_get_lastscan */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(lastscan)
 
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_analyze_time)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_autoanalyze_time)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_autovacuum_time)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_vacuum_time)
+
 /* pg_stat_get_stat_reset_time */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(stat_reset_time)
 
diff --git a/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat b/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat
index fa9ae79082b..32debb34863 100644
--- a/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat
+++ b/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat
@@ -5680,6 +5680,38 @@
   proargmodes => '{o,o,o,o,o,o,o,o,o,o}',
   proargnames => '{oid,score,xid_score,mxid_score,vacuum_score,vacuum_insert_score,analyze_score,do_vacuum,do_analyze,for_wraparound}',
   prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_autovacuum_scores' },
+{ oid => '8142', descr => 'statistics: last skipped vacuum time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time' },
+{ oid => '8143', descr => 'statistics: last skipped auto vacuum time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time' },
+{ oid => '8144', descr => 'statistics: last skipped analyze time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time' },
+{ oid => '8145', descr => 'statistics: last skipped auto analyze time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time' },
+{ oid => '8146', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped vacuum for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count' },
+{ oid => '8147', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped auto vacuum for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count' },
+{ oid => '8148', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped analyzes for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count' },
+{ oid => '8149', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped auto analyzes for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count' },
 { oid => '1936', descr => 'statistics: currently active backend IDs',
   proname => 'pg_stat_get_backend_idset', prorows => '100', proretset => 't',
   provolatile => 's', proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int4',
diff --git a/src/include/pgstat.h b/src/include/pgstat.h
index dfa2e837638..98941f953d1 100644
--- a/src/include/pgstat.h
+++ b/src/include/pgstat.h
@@ -479,6 +479,15 @@ typedef struct PgStat_StatTabEntry
 	TimestampTz last_autoanalyze_time;	/* autovacuum initiated */
 	PgStat_Counter autoanalyze_count;
 
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_vacuum_time;	/* user initiated vacuum */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_vacuum_count;
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_autovacuum_time;	/* autovacuum initiated */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_autovacuum_count;
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_analyze_time;	/* user initiated */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_analyze_count;
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_autoanalyze_time;	/* autovacuum initiated */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_autoanalyze_count;
+
 	PgStat_Counter total_vacuum_time;	/* times in milliseconds */
 	PgStat_Counter total_autovacuum_time;
 	PgStat_Counter total_analyze_time;
@@ -703,6 +712,13 @@ extern void pgstat_report_analyze(Relation rel,
 								  PgStat_Counter livetuples, PgStat_Counter deadtuples,
 								  bool resetcounter, TimestampTz starttime);
 
+/* flags for pgstat_flush_backend() */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM		(1 << 0)	/* vacuum is skipped */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE		(1 << 1)	/* analyze is skipped */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOVACUUM	(1 << 2)	/* autovacuum is skipped */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOANALYZE	(1 << 3)	/* autoanalyze is skipped */
+extern void pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(Oid relid, int flags);
+
 /*
  * If stats are enabled, but pending data hasn't been prepared yet, call
  * pgstat_assoc_relation() to do so. See its comment for why this is done
diff --git a/src/test/isolation/expected/vacuum-skip-locked.out b/src/test/isolation/expected/vacuum-skip-locked.out
index 99db281a159..e2cff175b7c 100644
--- a/src/test/isolation/expected/vacuum-skip-locked.out
+++ b/src/test/isolation/expected/vacuum-skip-locked.out
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 Parsed test spec with 2 sessions
 
-starting permutation: lock_share vac_specified commit
+starting permutation: lock_share vac_specified commit check_stat
 step lock_share: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN SHARE MODE;
@@ -10,8 +10,22 @@ step vac_specified: VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED) part1, part2;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
 
-starting permutation: lock_share vac_all_parts commit
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   1|            0|                    0
+part2  |           1|                   0|            0|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
+
+starting permutation: lock_share vac_all_parts commit check_stat
 step lock_share: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN SHARE MODE;
@@ -20,8 +34,22 @@ step vac_all_parts: VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED) parted;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   1|            0|                    0
+part2  |           1|                   0|            0|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
 
-starting permutation: lock_share analyze_specified commit
+starting permutation: lock_share analyze_specified commit check_stat
 step lock_share: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN SHARE MODE;
@@ -31,8 +59,22 @@ step analyze_specified: ANALYZE (SKIP_LOCKED) part1, part2;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
 
-starting permutation: lock_share analyze_all_parts commit
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   0|            0|                    1
+part2  |           0|                   0|            1|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
+
+starting permutation: lock_share analyze_all_parts commit check_stat
 step lock_share: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN SHARE MODE;
@@ -41,8 +83,22 @@ step analyze_all_parts: ANALYZE (SKIP_LOCKED) parted;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            1|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   0|            0|                    1
+part2  |           0|                   0|            1|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
 
-starting permutation: lock_share vac_analyze_specified commit
+starting permutation: lock_share vac_analyze_specified commit check_stat
 step lock_share: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN SHARE MODE;
@@ -52,8 +108,22 @@ step vac_analyze_specified: VACUUM (ANALYZE, SKIP_LOCKED) part1, part2;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
 
-starting permutation: lock_share vac_analyze_all_parts commit
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   1|            0|                    1
+part2  |           1|                   0|            1|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
+
+starting permutation: lock_share vac_analyze_all_parts commit check_stat
 step lock_share: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN SHARE MODE;
@@ -62,8 +132,22 @@ step vac_analyze_all_parts: VACUUM (ANALYZE, SKIP_LOCKED) parted;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            1|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   1|            0|                    1
+part2  |           1|                   0|            1|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
 
-starting permutation: lock_share vac_full_specified commit
+starting permutation: lock_share vac_full_specified commit check_stat
 step lock_share: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN SHARE MODE;
@@ -73,8 +157,22 @@ step vac_full_specified: VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED, FULL) part1, part2;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
 
-starting permutation: lock_share vac_full_all_parts commit
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part2  |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
+
+starting permutation: lock_share vac_full_all_parts commit check_stat
 step lock_share: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN SHARE MODE;
@@ -83,8 +181,22 @@ step vac_full_all_parts: VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED, FULL) parted;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part2  |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+(3 rows)
 
-starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_specified commit
+
+starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_specified commit check_stat
 step lock_access_exclusive: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN ACCESS EXCLUSIVE MODE;
@@ -94,8 +206,22 @@ step vac_specified: VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED) part1, part2;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   1|            0|                    0
+part2  |           1|                   0|            0|                    0
+(3 rows)
 
-starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_all_parts commit
+
+starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_all_parts commit check_stat
 step lock_access_exclusive: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN ACCESS EXCLUSIVE MODE;
@@ -104,8 +230,22 @@ step vac_all_parts: VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED) parted;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   1|            0|                    0
+part2  |           1|                   0|            0|                    0
+(3 rows)
 
-starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive analyze_specified commit
+
+starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive analyze_specified commit check_stat
 step lock_access_exclusive: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN ACCESS EXCLUSIVE MODE;
@@ -115,8 +255,22 @@ step analyze_specified: ANALYZE (SKIP_LOCKED) part1, part2;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   0|            0|                    1
+part2  |           0|                   0|            1|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
 
-starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive analyze_all_parts commit
+starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive analyze_all_parts commit check_stat
 step lock_access_exclusive: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN ACCESS EXCLUSIVE MODE;
@@ -126,8 +280,22 @@ step commit:
 	COMMIT;
 
 step analyze_all_parts: <... completed>
-
-starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_analyze_specified commit
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            1|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   0|            1|                    0
+part2  |           0|                   0|            1|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
+
+starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_analyze_specified commit check_stat
 step lock_access_exclusive: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN ACCESS EXCLUSIVE MODE;
@@ -137,8 +305,22 @@ step vac_analyze_specified: VACUUM (ANALYZE, SKIP_LOCKED) part1, part2;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   1|            0|                    1
+part2  |           1|                   0|            1|                    0
+(3 rows)
 
-starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_analyze_all_parts commit
+
+starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_analyze_all_parts commit check_stat
 step lock_access_exclusive: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN ACCESS EXCLUSIVE MODE;
@@ -148,8 +330,22 @@ step commit:
 	COMMIT;
 
 step vac_analyze_all_parts: <... completed>
-
-starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_full_specified commit
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            1|                    0
+part1  |           1|                   0|            1|                    0
+part2  |           1|                   0|            1|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
+
+starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_full_specified commit check_stat
 step lock_access_exclusive: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN ACCESS EXCLUSIVE MODE;
@@ -159,8 +355,22 @@ step vac_full_specified: VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED, FULL) part1, part2;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
 
-starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_full_all_parts commit
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part2  |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
+
+starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_full_all_parts commit check_stat
 step lock_access_exclusive: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN ACCESS EXCLUSIVE MODE;
@@ -169,3 +379,17 @@ step vac_full_all_parts: VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED, FULL) parted;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part2  |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
diff --git a/src/test/isolation/specs/vacuum-skip-locked.spec b/src/test/isolation/specs/vacuum-skip-locked.spec
index 3fad6e1c92a..b0da75d4b6d 100644
--- a/src/test/isolation/specs/vacuum-skip-locked.spec
+++ b/src/test/isolation/specs/vacuum-skip-locked.spec
@@ -33,6 +33,15 @@ step commit
 	COMMIT;
 }
 
+step check_stat
+{
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+}
+
 session s2
 step vac_specified			{ VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED) part1, part2; }
 step vac_all_parts			{ VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED) parted; }
@@ -43,19 +52,19 @@ step vac_analyze_all_parts	{ VACUUM (ANALYZE, SKIP_LOCKED) parted; }
 step vac_full_specified		{ VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED, FULL) part1, part2; }
 step vac_full_all_parts		{ VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED, FULL) parted; }
 
-permutation lock_share vac_specified commit
-permutation lock_share vac_all_parts commit
-permutation lock_share analyze_specified commit
-permutation lock_share analyze_all_parts commit
-permutation lock_share vac_analyze_specified commit
-permutation lock_share vac_analyze_all_parts commit
-permutation lock_share vac_full_specified commit
-permutation lock_share vac_full_all_parts commit
-permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_specified commit
-permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_all_parts commit
-permutation lock_access_exclusive analyze_specified commit
-permutation lock_access_exclusive analyze_all_parts commit
-permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_analyze_specified commit
-permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_analyze_all_parts commit
-permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_full_specified commit
-permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_full_all_parts commit
+permutation lock_share vac_specified commit check_stat
+permutation lock_share vac_all_parts commit check_stat
+permutation lock_share analyze_specified commit check_stat
+permutation lock_share analyze_all_parts commit check_stat
+permutation lock_share vac_analyze_specified commit check_stat
+permutation lock_share vac_analyze_all_parts commit check_stat
+permutation lock_share vac_full_specified commit check_stat
+permutation lock_share vac_full_all_parts commit check_stat
+permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_specified commit check_stat
+permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_all_parts commit check_stat
+permutation lock_access_exclusive analyze_specified commit check_stat
+permutation lock_access_exclusive analyze_all_parts commit check_stat
+permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_analyze_specified commit check_stat
+permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_analyze_all_parts commit check_stat
+permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_full_specified commit check_stat
+permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_full_all_parts commit check_stat
diff --git a/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out b/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out
index a65a5bf0c4f..9b2075d3373 100644
--- a/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out
+++ b/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out
@@ -1835,13 +1835,21 @@ pg_stat_all_tables| SELECT c.oid AS relid,
     pg_stat_get_mod_since_analyze(c.oid) AS n_mod_since_analyze,
     pg_stat_get_ins_since_vacuum(c.oid) AS n_ins_since_vacuum,
     pg_stat_get_last_vacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_vacuum,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_vacuum,
     pg_stat_get_last_autovacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_autovacuum,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_autovacuum,
     pg_stat_get_last_analyze_time(c.oid) AS last_analyze,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_analyze,
     pg_stat_get_last_autoanalyze_time(c.oid) AS last_autoanalyze,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_autoanalyze,
     pg_stat_get_vacuum_count(c.oid) AS vacuum_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count(c.oid) AS skipped_vacuum_count,
     pg_stat_get_autovacuum_count(c.oid) AS autovacuum_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count(c.oid) AS skipped_autovacuum_count,
     pg_stat_get_analyze_count(c.oid) AS analyze_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count(c.oid) AS skipped_analyze_count,
     pg_stat_get_autoanalyze_count(c.oid) AS autoanalyze_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count(c.oid) AS skipped_autoanalyze_count,
     pg_stat_get_total_vacuum_time(c.oid) AS total_vacuum_time,
     pg_stat_get_total_autovacuum_time(c.oid) AS total_autovacuum_time,
     pg_stat_get_total_analyze_time(c.oid) AS total_analyze_time,
@@ -2346,13 +2354,21 @@ pg_stat_sys_tables| SELECT relid,
     n_mod_since_analyze,
     n_ins_since_vacuum,
     last_vacuum,
+    last_skipped_vacuum,
     last_autovacuum,
+    last_skipped_autovacuum,
     last_analyze,
+    last_skipped_analyze,
     last_autoanalyze,
+    last_skipped_autoanalyze,
     vacuum_count,
+    skipped_vacuum_count,
     autovacuum_count,
+    skipped_autovacuum_count,
     analyze_count,
+    skipped_analyze_count,
     autoanalyze_count,
+    skipped_autoanalyze_count,
     total_vacuum_time,
     total_autovacuum_time,
     total_analyze_time,
@@ -2401,13 +2417,21 @@ pg_stat_user_tables| SELECT relid,
     n_mod_since_analyze,
     n_ins_since_vacuum,
     last_vacuum,
+    last_skipped_vacuum,
     last_autovacuum,
+    last_skipped_autovacuum,
     last_analyze,
+    last_skipped_analyze,
     last_autoanalyze,
+    last_skipped_autoanalyze,
     vacuum_count,
+    skipped_vacuum_count,
     autovacuum_count,
+    skipped_autovacuum_count,
     analyze_count,
+    skipped_analyze_count,
     autoanalyze_count,
+    skipped_autoanalyze_count,
     total_vacuum_time,
     total_autovacuum_time,
     total_analyze_time,
-- 
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* [PATCH v4] Track skipped vacuum and analyze activity per relation
@ 2026-03-24 04:09 Yugo Nagata <[email protected]>
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From: Yugo Nagata @ 2026-03-24 04:09 UTC (permalink / raw)

This commit adds eight fields to the relation statistics that track
the last time vacuum or analyze has been attempted but skipped due to
lock unavailability, along with their counts:

-    last_skipped_vacuum
-    last_skipped_autovacuum
-    last_skipped_analyze
-    last_skipped_autoanalyze
-    skipped_vacuum_count
-    skipped_autovacuum_count
-    skipped_analyze_count
-    skipped_autoanalyze_count

These field can help users confirm that autovacuum is actively attempting
to run on a table that has not been vacuumed or analyzed for a long time,
and that the lack of progress is due to repeated skips rather than inactivity.
---
 doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml                 |  88 ++++++++++++++++
 src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql         |   8 ++
 src/backend/commands/vacuum.c                | 102 ++++++++++++++-----
 src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c |  64 ++++++++++++
 src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c          |  24 +++++
 src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat              |  32 ++++++
 src/include/pgstat.h                         |  16 +++
 src/test/regress/expected/rules.out          |  24 +++++
 8 files changed, 335 insertions(+), 23 deletions(-)

diff --git a/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml b/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml
index 08d5b824552..a9b579d87a9 100644
--- a/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml
+++ b/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml
@@ -4387,6 +4387,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_vacuum</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time a manual vacuum on this table was attempted but skipped due to
+       lock unavailability (not counting <command>VACUUM FULL</command>)
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>last_autovacuum</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
@@ -4397,6 +4407,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_autovacuum</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time a vacuum on this table by the autovacuum daemon was attempted
+       but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>last_analyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
@@ -4406,6 +4426,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_analyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time a manual analyze on this table was attempted but skipped due to
+       lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>last_autoanalyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
@@ -4416,6 +4446,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_autoanalyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time at which an analyze on this table by the autovacuum was
+       attempted but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>vacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4426,6 +4466,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_vacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times manual vacuums on this table have been attempted but skipped
+       due to lock unavailability (not counting <command>VACUUM FULL</command>)
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>autovacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4436,6 +4486,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_autovacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times vacuums on this table by the autovacuum daemon have been
+       attempted but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>analyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4445,6 +4505,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_analyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times manual analyzes on this table have been attempted but
+       skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>autoanalyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4455,6 +4525,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_autoanalyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times analyzes on this table by the autovacuum daemon have
+       been attempted but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>total_vacuum_time</structfield> <type>double precision</type>
@@ -4510,6 +4590,14 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
    </tgroup>
   </table>
 
+  <note>
+   <para>
+    When a manual vacuum or analyze on a parent table in an inheritance or
+    partitioning hierarchy is skipped, the statistics are recorded only for
+    the parent table, not for its children.
+   </para>
+  </note>
+
  </sect2>
 
  <sect2 id="monitoring-pg-stat-autovacuum-scores-view">
diff --git a/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql b/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql
index 73a1c1c4670..f509fc7876b 100644
--- a/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql
+++ b/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql
@@ -736,13 +736,21 @@ CREATE VIEW pg_stat_all_tables AS
             pg_stat_get_mod_since_analyze(C.oid) AS n_mod_since_analyze,
             pg_stat_get_ins_since_vacuum(C.oid) AS n_ins_since_vacuum,
             pg_stat_get_last_vacuum_time(C.oid) as last_vacuum,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_vacuum,
             pg_stat_get_last_autovacuum_time(C.oid) as last_autovacuum,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_autovacuum,
             pg_stat_get_last_analyze_time(C.oid) as last_analyze,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_analyze,
             pg_stat_get_last_autoanalyze_time(C.oid) as last_autoanalyze,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_autoanalyze,
             pg_stat_get_vacuum_count(C.oid) AS vacuum_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count(C.oid) AS skipped_vacuum_count,
             pg_stat_get_autovacuum_count(C.oid) AS autovacuum_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count(C.oid) AS skipped_autovacuum_count,
             pg_stat_get_analyze_count(C.oid) AS analyze_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count(C.oid) AS skipped_analyze_count,
             pg_stat_get_autoanalyze_count(C.oid) AS autoanalyze_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count(C.oid) AS skipped_autoanalyze_count,
             pg_stat_get_total_vacuum_time(C.oid) AS total_vacuum_time,
             pg_stat_get_total_autovacuum_time(C.oid) AS total_autovacuum_time,
             pg_stat_get_total_analyze_time(C.oid) AS total_analyze_time,
diff --git a/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c b/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c
index 99d0db82ed7..97cd5ea8d10 100644
--- a/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c
+++ b/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c
@@ -793,8 +793,25 @@ vacuum_open_relation(Oid relid, RangeVar *relation, uint32 options,
 		rel = try_relation_open(relid, NoLock);
 	else
 	{
+		int flags = 0;
 		rel = NULL;
 		rel_lock = false;
+
+		if ((options & VACOPT_VACUUM) != 0)
+		{
+			if (AmAutoVacuumWorkerProcess())
+				flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOVACUUM;
+			else
+				flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM;
+		}
+		if ((options & VACOPT_ANALYZE) != 0)
+		{
+			if (AmAutoVacuumWorkerProcess())
+				flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOANALYZE;
+			else
+				flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE;
+		}
+		pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(relid, flags);
 	}
 
 	/* if relation is opened, leave */
@@ -802,7 +819,7 @@ vacuum_open_relation(Oid relid, RangeVar *relation, uint32 options,
 		return rel;
 
 	/*
-	 * Relation could not be opened, hence generate if possible a log
+	 * Relation could not be opened hence generate if possible a log
 	 * informing on the situation.
 	 *
 	 * If the RangeVar is not defined, we do not have enough information to
@@ -905,7 +922,6 @@ expand_vacuum_rel(VacuumRelation *vrel, MemoryContext vac_context,
 		Form_pg_class classForm;
 		bool		include_children;
 		bool		is_partitioned_table;
-		int			rvr_opts;
 
 		/*
 		 * Since autovacuum workers supply OIDs when calling vacuum(), no
@@ -918,29 +934,69 @@ expand_vacuum_rel(VacuumRelation *vrel, MemoryContext vac_context,
 		 * below, as well as find_all_inheritors's expectation that the caller
 		 * holds some lock on the starting relation.
 		 */
-		rvr_opts = (options & VACOPT_SKIP_LOCKED) ? RVR_SKIP_LOCKED : 0;
-		relid = RangeVarGetRelidExtended(vrel->relation,
-										 AccessShareLock,
-										 rvr_opts,
-										 NULL, NULL);
-
-		/*
-		 * If the lock is unavailable, emit the same log statement that
-		 * vacuum_rel() and analyze_rel() would.
-		 */
-		if (!OidIsValid(relid))
+		if (!(options & VACOPT_SKIP_LOCKED))
 		{
-			if (options & VACOPT_VACUUM)
-				ereport(WARNING,
-						(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
-						 errmsg("skipping vacuum of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
-								vrel->relation->relname)));
-			else
-				ereport(WARNING,
-						(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
-						 errmsg("skipping analyze of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
+			relid = RangeVarGetRelidExtended(vrel->relation,
+											 AccessShareLock,
+											 0, NULL, NULL);
+			if (!OidIsValid(relid))
+				return vacrels;
+		}
+		else
+		{
+			/* Get relid for reporting before taking a lock */
+			relid = RangeVarGetRelid(vrel->relation, NoLock, false);
+
+			if (!ConditionalLockRelationOid(relid, AccessShareLock))
+			{
+				int	flags = 0;
+				/*
+				 * If the lock is unavailable, emit the same log statement that
+				 * vacuum_rel() and analyze_rel() would.
+				 */
+				if (options & VACOPT_VACUUM)
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping vacuum of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
 								vrel->relation->relname)));
-			return vacrels;
+				else
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping analyze of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
+									vrel->relation->relname)));
+
+				if ((options & VACOPT_VACUUM) != 0)
+					flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM;
+				if ((options & VACOPT_ANALYZE) != 0)
+					flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE;
+
+				pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(relid, flags);
+
+				return vacrels;
+			}
+
+			/*
+			 * Now that we have the lock, probe to see if the relation really
+			 * exists or not.
+			 */
+			if (!SearchSysCacheExists1(RELOID, ObjectIdGetDatum(relid)))
+			{
+				if (options & VACOPT_VACUUM)
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_UNDEFINED_TABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping vacuum of \"%s\" --- relation no longer exists",
+									vrel->relation->relname)));
+				else
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_UNDEFINED_TABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping analyze of \"%s\" --- relation no longer exists",
+									vrel->relation->relname)));
+
+				/* Release useless lock */
+				UnlockRelationOid(relid, AccessShareLock);
+
+				return vacrels;
+			}
 		}
 
 		/*
diff --git a/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c b/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c
index b2ca28f83ba..532d9023f8c 100644
--- a/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c
+++ b/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c
@@ -17,12 +17,14 @@
 
 #include "postgres.h"
 
+#include "access/htup_details.h"
 #include "access/twophase_rmgr.h"
 #include "access/xact.h"
 #include "catalog/catalog.h"
 #include "utils/memutils.h"
 #include "utils/pgstat_internal.h"
 #include "utils/rel.h"
+#include "utils/syscache.h"
 #include "utils/timestamp.h"
 
 
@@ -367,6 +369,68 @@ pgstat_report_analyze(Relation rel,
 	(void) pgstat_flush_backend(false, PGSTAT_BACKEND_FLUSH_IO);
 }
 
+/*
+ * Report that the table was skipped during vacuum or/and analyze.
+ */
+void
+pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(Oid relid, int flags)
+{
+	PgStat_EntryRef *entry_ref;
+	PgStatShared_Relation *shtabentry;
+	PgStat_StatTabEntry *tabentry;
+	TimestampTz ts;
+	HeapTuple	classTup;
+	bool		isshared;
+
+	if (!pgstat_track_counts || !flags)
+		return;
+
+	classTup = SearchSysCache1(RELOID, ObjectIdGetDatum(relid));
+	if (!HeapTupleIsValid(classTup))
+		return;			/* somebody deleted the rel, forget it */
+	isshared = ((Form_pg_class) GETSTRUCT(classTup))->relisshared;
+	ReleaseSysCache(classTup);
+
+	/* Store the data in the table's hash table entry. */
+	ts = GetCurrentTimestamp();
+
+	/* block acquiring lock for the same reason as pgstat_report_autovac() */
+	entry_ref = pgstat_get_entry_ref_locked(PGSTAT_KIND_RELATION,
+											isshared ? InvalidOid : MyDatabaseId,
+											relid, false);
+
+	shtabentry = (PgStatShared_Relation *) entry_ref->shared_stats;
+	tabentry = &shtabentry->stats;
+
+	if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM)
+	{
+		tabentry->last_skipped_vacuum_time = ts;
+		tabentry->skipped_vacuum_count++;
+	}
+	else if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOVACUUM)
+	{
+		tabentry->last_skipped_autovacuum_time = ts;
+		tabentry->skipped_autovacuum_count++;
+	}
+
+	if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE)
+	{
+		tabentry->last_skipped_analyze_time = ts;
+		tabentry->skipped_analyze_count++;
+	}
+	else if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOANALYZE)
+	{
+		tabentry->last_skipped_autoanalyze_time = ts;
+		tabentry->skipped_autoanalyze_count++;
+	}
+
+	pgstat_unlock_entry(entry_ref);
+
+	/* see pgstat_report_vacuum() */
+	pgstat_flush_io(false);
+	(void) pgstat_flush_backend(false, PGSTAT_BACKEND_FLUSH_IO);
+}
+
 /*
  * count a tuple insertion of n tuples
  */
diff --git a/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c b/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c
index 1408de387ea..90a8968faa0 100644
--- a/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c
+++ b/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c
@@ -84,6 +84,18 @@ PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(mod_since_analyze)
 /* pg_stat_get_numscans */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(numscans)
 
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_analyze_count)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_autoanalyze_count)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_autovacuum_count)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_vacuum_count)
+
 /* pg_stat_get_tuples_deleted */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(tuples_deleted)
 
@@ -170,6 +182,18 @@ PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_vacuum_time)
 /* pg_stat_get_lastscan */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(lastscan)
 
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_analyze_time)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_autoanalyze_time)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_autovacuum_time)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_vacuum_time)
+
 /* pg_stat_get_stat_reset_time */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(stat_reset_time)
 
diff --git a/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat b/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat
index fa9ae79082b..32debb34863 100644
--- a/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat
+++ b/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat
@@ -5680,6 +5680,38 @@
   proargmodes => '{o,o,o,o,o,o,o,o,o,o}',
   proargnames => '{oid,score,xid_score,mxid_score,vacuum_score,vacuum_insert_score,analyze_score,do_vacuum,do_analyze,for_wraparound}',
   prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_autovacuum_scores' },
+{ oid => '8142', descr => 'statistics: last skipped vacuum time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time' },
+{ oid => '8143', descr => 'statistics: last skipped auto vacuum time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time' },
+{ oid => '8144', descr => 'statistics: last skipped analyze time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time' },
+{ oid => '8145', descr => 'statistics: last skipped auto analyze time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time' },
+{ oid => '8146', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped vacuum for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count' },
+{ oid => '8147', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped auto vacuum for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count' },
+{ oid => '8148', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped analyzes for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count' },
+{ oid => '8149', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped auto analyzes for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count' },
 { oid => '1936', descr => 'statistics: currently active backend IDs',
   proname => 'pg_stat_get_backend_idset', prorows => '100', proretset => 't',
   provolatile => 's', proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int4',
diff --git a/src/include/pgstat.h b/src/include/pgstat.h
index dfa2e837638..98941f953d1 100644
--- a/src/include/pgstat.h
+++ b/src/include/pgstat.h
@@ -479,6 +479,15 @@ typedef struct PgStat_StatTabEntry
 	TimestampTz last_autoanalyze_time;	/* autovacuum initiated */
 	PgStat_Counter autoanalyze_count;
 
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_vacuum_time;	/* user initiated vacuum */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_vacuum_count;
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_autovacuum_time;	/* autovacuum initiated */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_autovacuum_count;
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_analyze_time;	/* user initiated */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_analyze_count;
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_autoanalyze_time;	/* autovacuum initiated */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_autoanalyze_count;
+
 	PgStat_Counter total_vacuum_time;	/* times in milliseconds */
 	PgStat_Counter total_autovacuum_time;
 	PgStat_Counter total_analyze_time;
@@ -703,6 +712,13 @@ extern void pgstat_report_analyze(Relation rel,
 								  PgStat_Counter livetuples, PgStat_Counter deadtuples,
 								  bool resetcounter, TimestampTz starttime);
 
+/* flags for pgstat_flush_backend() */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM		(1 << 0)	/* vacuum is skipped */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE		(1 << 1)	/* analyze is skipped */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOVACUUM	(1 << 2)	/* autovacuum is skipped */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOANALYZE	(1 << 3)	/* autoanalyze is skipped */
+extern void pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(Oid relid, int flags);
+
 /*
  * If stats are enabled, but pending data hasn't been prepared yet, call
  * pgstat_assoc_relation() to do so. See its comment for why this is done
diff --git a/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out b/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out
index a65a5bf0c4f..9b2075d3373 100644
--- a/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out
+++ b/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out
@@ -1835,13 +1835,21 @@ pg_stat_all_tables| SELECT c.oid AS relid,
     pg_stat_get_mod_since_analyze(c.oid) AS n_mod_since_analyze,
     pg_stat_get_ins_since_vacuum(c.oid) AS n_ins_since_vacuum,
     pg_stat_get_last_vacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_vacuum,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_vacuum,
     pg_stat_get_last_autovacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_autovacuum,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_autovacuum,
     pg_stat_get_last_analyze_time(c.oid) AS last_analyze,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_analyze,
     pg_stat_get_last_autoanalyze_time(c.oid) AS last_autoanalyze,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_autoanalyze,
     pg_stat_get_vacuum_count(c.oid) AS vacuum_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count(c.oid) AS skipped_vacuum_count,
     pg_stat_get_autovacuum_count(c.oid) AS autovacuum_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count(c.oid) AS skipped_autovacuum_count,
     pg_stat_get_analyze_count(c.oid) AS analyze_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count(c.oid) AS skipped_analyze_count,
     pg_stat_get_autoanalyze_count(c.oid) AS autoanalyze_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count(c.oid) AS skipped_autoanalyze_count,
     pg_stat_get_total_vacuum_time(c.oid) AS total_vacuum_time,
     pg_stat_get_total_autovacuum_time(c.oid) AS total_autovacuum_time,
     pg_stat_get_total_analyze_time(c.oid) AS total_analyze_time,
@@ -2346,13 +2354,21 @@ pg_stat_sys_tables| SELECT relid,
     n_mod_since_analyze,
     n_ins_since_vacuum,
     last_vacuum,
+    last_skipped_vacuum,
     last_autovacuum,
+    last_skipped_autovacuum,
     last_analyze,
+    last_skipped_analyze,
     last_autoanalyze,
+    last_skipped_autoanalyze,
     vacuum_count,
+    skipped_vacuum_count,
     autovacuum_count,
+    skipped_autovacuum_count,
     analyze_count,
+    skipped_analyze_count,
     autoanalyze_count,
+    skipped_autoanalyze_count,
     total_vacuum_time,
     total_autovacuum_time,
     total_analyze_time,
@@ -2401,13 +2417,21 @@ pg_stat_user_tables| SELECT relid,
     n_mod_since_analyze,
     n_ins_since_vacuum,
     last_vacuum,
+    last_skipped_vacuum,
     last_autovacuum,
+    last_skipped_autovacuum,
     last_analyze,
+    last_skipped_analyze,
     last_autoanalyze,
+    last_skipped_autoanalyze,
     vacuum_count,
+    skipped_vacuum_count,
     autovacuum_count,
+    skipped_autovacuum_count,
     analyze_count,
+    skipped_analyze_count,
     autoanalyze_count,
+    skipped_autoanalyze_count,
     total_vacuum_time,
     total_autovacuum_time,
     total_analyze_time,
-- 
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* [PATCH v3] Track skipped vacuum and analyze activity per relation
@ 2026-03-24 04:09 Yugo Nagata <[email protected]>
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From: Yugo Nagata @ 2026-03-24 04:09 UTC (permalink / raw)

This commit adds eight fields to the relation statistics that track
the last time vacuum or analyze has been attempted but skipped due to
lock unavailability, along with their counts:

-    last_skipped_vacuum
-    last_skipped_autovacuum
-    last_skipped_analyze
-    last_skipped_autoanalyze
-    skipped_vacuum_count
-    skipped_autovacuum_count
-    skipped_analyze_count
-    skipped_autoanalyze_count

These field can help users confirm that autovacuum is actively attempting
to run on a table that has not been vacuumed or analyzed for a long time,
and that the lack of progress is due to repeated skips rather than inactivity.
---
 doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml                 | 80 +++++++++++++++++
 src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql         |  8 ++
 src/backend/commands/vacuum.c                | 95 +++++++++++++++-----
 src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c | 68 ++++++++++++++
 src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c          | 24 +++++
 src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat              | 32 +++++++
 src/include/pgstat.h                         | 16 ++++
 src/test/regress/expected/rules.out          | 24 +++++
 8 files changed, 324 insertions(+), 23 deletions(-)

diff --git a/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml b/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml
index bb75ed1069b..9ec8070b2fc 100644
--- a/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml
+++ b/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml
@@ -4372,6 +4372,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_vacuum</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time a manual vacuum on this table was attempted but skipped due to
+       lock unavailability (not counting <command>VACUUM FULL</command>)
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>last_autovacuum</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
@@ -4382,6 +4392,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_autovacuum</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time a vacuum on this table by the autovacuum daemon was attempted
+       but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>last_analyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
@@ -4391,6 +4411,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_analyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time a manual analyze on this table was attempted but skipped due to
+       lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>last_autoanalyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
@@ -4401,6 +4431,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_autoanalyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time at which an analyze on this table by the autovacuum was
+       attempted but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>vacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4411,6 +4451,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_vacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times vacuums on this table have been attempted but skipped
+       due to lock unavailability (not counting <command>VACUUM FULL</command>)
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>autovacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4421,6 +4471,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_autovacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times vacuums on this table by the autovacuum daemon have been
+       attempted but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>analyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4430,6 +4490,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_analyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times manual analyzes on this table have been attempted but
+       skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>autoanalyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4440,6 +4510,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_autoanalyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times analyzes on this table by the autovacuum daemon have
+       been attempted but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>total_vacuum_time</structfield> <type>double precision</type>
diff --git a/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql b/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql
index e54018004db..2ca02a0354c 100644
--- a/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql
+++ b/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql
@@ -736,13 +736,21 @@ CREATE VIEW pg_stat_all_tables AS
             pg_stat_get_mod_since_analyze(C.oid) AS n_mod_since_analyze,
             pg_stat_get_ins_since_vacuum(C.oid) AS n_ins_since_vacuum,
             pg_stat_get_last_vacuum_time(C.oid) as last_vacuum,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_vacuum,
             pg_stat_get_last_autovacuum_time(C.oid) as last_autovacuum,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_autovacuum,
             pg_stat_get_last_analyze_time(C.oid) as last_analyze,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_analyze,
             pg_stat_get_last_autoanalyze_time(C.oid) as last_autoanalyze,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_autoanalyze,
             pg_stat_get_vacuum_count(C.oid) AS vacuum_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count(C.oid) AS skipped_vacuum_count,
             pg_stat_get_autovacuum_count(C.oid) AS autovacuum_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count(C.oid) AS skipped_autovacuum_count,
             pg_stat_get_analyze_count(C.oid) AS analyze_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count(C.oid) AS skipped_analyze_count,
             pg_stat_get_autoanalyze_count(C.oid) AS autoanalyze_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count(C.oid) AS skipped_autoanalyze_count,
             pg_stat_get_total_vacuum_time(C.oid) AS total_vacuum_time,
             pg_stat_get_total_autovacuum_time(C.oid) AS total_autovacuum_time,
             pg_stat_get_total_analyze_time(C.oid) AS total_analyze_time,
diff --git a/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c b/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c
index bce3a2daa24..ce83b3171be 100644
--- a/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c
+++ b/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c
@@ -792,8 +792,18 @@ vacuum_open_relation(Oid relid, RangeVar *relation, bits32 options,
 		rel = try_relation_open(relid, NoLock);
 	else
 	{
+		bits8 flags = 0;
 		rel = NULL;
 		rel_lock = false;
+
+		if ((options & VACOPT_VACUUM) != 0)
+			flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM;
+		if ((options & VACOPT_ANALYZE) != 0)
+			flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE;
+		if (AmAutoVacuumWorkerProcess())
+			flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOVAC;
+
+		pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(relid, flags);
 	}
 
 	/* if relation is opened, leave */
@@ -801,7 +811,7 @@ vacuum_open_relation(Oid relid, RangeVar *relation, bits32 options,
 		return rel;
 
 	/*
-	 * Relation could not be opened, hence generate if possible a log
+	 * Relation could not be opened hence generate if possible a log
 	 * informing on the situation.
 	 *
 	 * If the RangeVar is not defined, we do not have enough information to
@@ -904,7 +914,6 @@ expand_vacuum_rel(VacuumRelation *vrel, MemoryContext vac_context,
 		Form_pg_class classForm;
 		bool		include_children;
 		bool		is_partitioned_table;
-		int			rvr_opts;
 
 		/*
 		 * Since autovacuum workers supply OIDs when calling vacuum(), no
@@ -917,29 +926,69 @@ expand_vacuum_rel(VacuumRelation *vrel, MemoryContext vac_context,
 		 * below, as well as find_all_inheritors's expectation that the caller
 		 * holds some lock on the starting relation.
 		 */
-		rvr_opts = (options & VACOPT_SKIP_LOCKED) ? RVR_SKIP_LOCKED : 0;
-		relid = RangeVarGetRelidExtended(vrel->relation,
-										 AccessShareLock,
-										 rvr_opts,
-										 NULL, NULL);
-
-		/*
-		 * If the lock is unavailable, emit the same log statement that
-		 * vacuum_rel() and analyze_rel() would.
-		 */
-		if (!OidIsValid(relid))
+		if (!(options & VACOPT_SKIP_LOCKED))
 		{
-			if (options & VACOPT_VACUUM)
-				ereport(WARNING,
-						(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
-						 errmsg("skipping vacuum of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
-								vrel->relation->relname)));
-			else
-				ereport(WARNING,
-						(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
-						 errmsg("skipping analyze of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
+			relid = RangeVarGetRelidExtended(vrel->relation,
+											 AccessShareLock,
+											 0, NULL, NULL);
+			if (!OidIsValid(relid))
+				return vacrels;
+		}
+		else
+		{
+			/* Get relid for reporting before taking a lock */
+			relid = RangeVarGetRelid(vrel->relation, NoLock, false);
+
+			if (!ConditionalLockRelationOid(relid, AccessShareLock))
+			{
+				bits8	flags = 0;
+				/*
+				 * If the lock is unavailable, emit the same log statement that
+				 * vacuum_rel() and analyze_rel() would.
+				 */
+				if (options & VACOPT_VACUUM)
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping vacuum of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
 								vrel->relation->relname)));
-			return vacrels;
+				else
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping analyze of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
+									vrel->relation->relname)));
+
+				if ((options & VACOPT_VACUUM) != 0)
+					flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM;
+				if ((options & VACOPT_ANALYZE) != 0)
+					flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE;
+
+				pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(relid, flags);
+
+				return vacrels;
+			}
+
+			/*
+			 * Now that we have the lock, probe to see if the relation really
+			 * exists or not.
+			 */
+			if (!SearchSysCacheExists1(RELOID, ObjectIdGetDatum(relid)))
+			{
+				if (options & VACOPT_VACUUM)
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_UNDEFINED_TABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping vacuum of \"%s\" --- relation no longer exists",
+									vrel->relation->relname)));
+				else
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_UNDEFINED_TABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping analyze of \"%s\" --- relation no longer exists",
+									vrel->relation->relname)));
+
+				/* Release useless lock */
+				UnlockRelationOid(relid, AccessShareLock);
+
+				return vacrels;
+			}
 		}
 
 		/*
diff --git a/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c b/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c
index bc8c43b96aa..cec4c88980e 100644
--- a/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c
+++ b/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c
@@ -17,6 +17,7 @@
 
 #include "postgres.h"
 
+#include "access/htup_details.h"
 #include "access/twophase_rmgr.h"
 #include "access/xact.h"
 #include "catalog/catalog.h"
@@ -366,6 +367,73 @@ pgstat_report_analyze(Relation rel,
 	(void) pgstat_flush_backend(false, PGSTAT_BACKEND_FLUSH_IO);
 }
 
+/*
+ * Report that the table was skipped during vacuum or/and analyze.
+ */
+void
+pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(Oid relid, bits8 flags)
+{
+	PgStat_EntryRef *entry_ref;
+	PgStatShared_Relation *shtabentry;
+	PgStat_StatTabEntry *tabentry;
+	TimestampTz ts;
+	HeapTuple	classTup;
+	bool		isshared;
+
+	if (!pgstat_track_counts || !(flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANY))
+		return;
+
+	classTup = SearchSysCache1(RELOID, ObjectIdGetDatum(relid));
+	if (!HeapTupleIsValid(classTup))
+		return;			/* somebody deleted the rel, forget it */
+	isshared = ((Form_pg_class) GETSTRUCT(classTup))->relisshared;
+	ReleaseSysCache(classTup);
+
+	/* Store the data in the table's hash table entry. */
+	ts = GetCurrentTimestamp();
+
+	/* block acquiring lock for the same reason as pgstat_report_autovac() */
+	entry_ref = pgstat_get_entry_ref_locked(PGSTAT_KIND_RELATION,
+											isshared ? InvalidOid : MyDatabaseId,
+											relid, false);
+
+	shtabentry = (PgStatShared_Relation *) entry_ref->shared_stats;
+	tabentry = &shtabentry->stats;
+
+	if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOVAC)
+	{
+		if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM)
+		{
+			tabentry->last_skipped_autovacuum_time = ts;
+			tabentry->skipped_autovacuum_count++;
+		}
+		if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE)
+		{
+			tabentry->last_skipped_autoanalyze_time = ts;
+			tabentry->skipped_autoanalyze_count++;
+		}
+	}
+	else
+	{
+		if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM)
+		{
+			tabentry->last_skipped_vacuum_time = ts;
+			tabentry->skipped_vacuum_count++;
+		}
+		if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE)
+		{
+			tabentry->last_skipped_analyze_time = ts;
+			tabentry->skipped_analyze_count++;
+		}
+	}
+
+	pgstat_unlock_entry(entry_ref);
+
+	/* see pgstat_report_vacuum() */
+	pgstat_flush_io(false);
+	(void) pgstat_flush_backend(false, PGSTAT_BACKEND_FLUSH_IO);
+}
+
 /*
  * count a tuple insertion of n tuples
  */
diff --git a/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c b/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c
index 9185a8e6b83..18aaa3996e1 100644
--- a/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c
+++ b/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c
@@ -84,6 +84,18 @@ PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(mod_since_analyze)
 /* pg_stat_get_numscans */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(numscans)
 
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_analyze_count)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_autoanalyze_count)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_autovacuum_count)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_vacuum_count)
+
 /* pg_stat_get_tuples_deleted */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(tuples_deleted)
 
@@ -170,6 +182,18 @@ PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_vacuum_time)
 /* pg_stat_get_lastscan */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(lastscan)
 
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_analyze_time)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_autoanalyze_time)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_autovacuum_time)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_vacuum_time)
+
 /* pg_stat_get_stat_reset_time */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(stat_reset_time)
 
diff --git a/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat b/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat
index 0118e970dda..ccfe3d9e02a 100644
--- a/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat
+++ b/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat
@@ -5667,6 +5667,38 @@
   proname => 'pg_stat_get_total_autoanalyze_time', provolatile => 's',
   proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'float8', proargtypes => 'oid',
   prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_total_autoanalyze_time' },
+{ oid => '8142', descr => 'statistics: last skipped vacuum time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time' },
+{ oid => '8143', descr => 'statistics: last skipped auto vacuum time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time' },
+{ oid => '8144', descr => 'statistics: last skipped analyze time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time' },
+{ oid => '8145', descr => 'statistics: last skipped auto analyze time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time' },
+{ oid => '8146', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped vacuum for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count' },
+{ oid => '8147', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped auto vacuum for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count' },
+{ oid => '8148', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped analyzes for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count' },
+{ oid => '8149', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped auto analyzes for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count' },
 { oid => '1936', descr => 'statistics: currently active backend IDs',
   proname => 'pg_stat_get_backend_idset', prorows => '100', proretset => 't',
   provolatile => 's', proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int4',
diff --git a/src/include/pgstat.h b/src/include/pgstat.h
index 8e3549c3752..343081a7a25 100644
--- a/src/include/pgstat.h
+++ b/src/include/pgstat.h
@@ -479,6 +479,15 @@ typedef struct PgStat_StatTabEntry
 	TimestampTz last_autoanalyze_time;	/* autovacuum initiated */
 	PgStat_Counter autoanalyze_count;
 
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_vacuum_time;	/* user initiated vacuum */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_vacuum_count;
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_autovacuum_time;	/* autovacuum initiated */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_autovacuum_count;
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_analyze_time;	/* user initiated */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_analyze_count;
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_autoanalyze_time;	/* autovacuum initiated */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_autoanalyze_count;
+
 	PgStat_Counter total_vacuum_time;	/* times in milliseconds */
 	PgStat_Counter total_autovacuum_time;
 	PgStat_Counter total_analyze_time;
@@ -707,6 +716,13 @@ extern void pgstat_report_analyze(Relation rel,
 								  PgStat_Counter livetuples, PgStat_Counter deadtuples,
 								  bool resetcounter, TimestampTz starttime);
 
+/* flags for pgstat_flush_backend() */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM	(1 << 0)	/* vacuum is skipped */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE	(1 << 1)	/* analyze is skipped */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOVAC	(1 << 2)	/* skipped during autovacuum/autoanalyze */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANY   (PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM | PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE)
+extern void pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(Oid relid, bits8 flags);
+
 /*
  * If stats are enabled, but pending data hasn't been prepared yet, call
  * pgstat_assoc_relation() to do so. See its comment for why this is done
diff --git a/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out b/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out
index 2b3cf6d8569..4ccfc43e903 100644
--- a/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out
+++ b/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out
@@ -1835,13 +1835,21 @@ pg_stat_all_tables| SELECT c.oid AS relid,
     pg_stat_get_mod_since_analyze(c.oid) AS n_mod_since_analyze,
     pg_stat_get_ins_since_vacuum(c.oid) AS n_ins_since_vacuum,
     pg_stat_get_last_vacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_vacuum,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_vacuum,
     pg_stat_get_last_autovacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_autovacuum,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_autovacuum,
     pg_stat_get_last_analyze_time(c.oid) AS last_analyze,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_analyze,
     pg_stat_get_last_autoanalyze_time(c.oid) AS last_autoanalyze,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_autoanalyze,
     pg_stat_get_vacuum_count(c.oid) AS vacuum_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count(c.oid) AS skipped_vacuum_count,
     pg_stat_get_autovacuum_count(c.oid) AS autovacuum_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count(c.oid) AS skipped_autovacuum_count,
     pg_stat_get_analyze_count(c.oid) AS analyze_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count(c.oid) AS skipped_analyze_count,
     pg_stat_get_autoanalyze_count(c.oid) AS autoanalyze_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count(c.oid) AS skipped_autoanalyze_count,
     pg_stat_get_total_vacuum_time(c.oid) AS total_vacuum_time,
     pg_stat_get_total_autovacuum_time(c.oid) AS total_autovacuum_time,
     pg_stat_get_total_analyze_time(c.oid) AS total_analyze_time,
@@ -2293,13 +2301,21 @@ pg_stat_sys_tables| SELECT relid,
     n_mod_since_analyze,
     n_ins_since_vacuum,
     last_vacuum,
+    last_skipped_vacuum,
     last_autovacuum,
+    last_skipped_autovacuum,
     last_analyze,
+    last_skipped_analyze,
     last_autoanalyze,
+    last_skipped_autoanalyze,
     vacuum_count,
+    skipped_vacuum_count,
     autovacuum_count,
+    skipped_autovacuum_count,
     analyze_count,
+    skipped_analyze_count,
     autoanalyze_count,
+    skipped_autoanalyze_count,
     total_vacuum_time,
     total_autovacuum_time,
     total_analyze_time,
@@ -2348,13 +2364,21 @@ pg_stat_user_tables| SELECT relid,
     n_mod_since_analyze,
     n_ins_since_vacuum,
     last_vacuum,
+    last_skipped_vacuum,
     last_autovacuum,
+    last_skipped_autovacuum,
     last_analyze,
+    last_skipped_analyze,
     last_autoanalyze,
+    last_skipped_autoanalyze,
     vacuum_count,
+    skipped_vacuum_count,
     autovacuum_count,
+    skipped_autovacuum_count,
     analyze_count,
+    skipped_analyze_count,
     autoanalyze_count,
+    skipped_autoanalyze_count,
     total_vacuum_time,
     total_autovacuum_time,
     total_analyze_time,
-- 
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* [PATCH v4] Track skipped vacuum and analyze activity per relation
@ 2026-03-24 04:09 Yugo Nagata <[email protected]>
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From: Yugo Nagata @ 2026-03-24 04:09 UTC (permalink / raw)

This commit adds eight fields to the relation statistics that track
the last time vacuum or analyze has been attempted but skipped due to
lock unavailability, along with their counts:

-    last_skipped_vacuum
-    last_skipped_autovacuum
-    last_skipped_analyze
-    last_skipped_autoanalyze
-    skipped_vacuum_count
-    skipped_autovacuum_count
-    skipped_analyze_count
-    skipped_autoanalyze_count

These field can help users confirm that autovacuum is actively attempting
to run on a table that has not been vacuumed or analyzed for a long time,
and that the lack of progress is due to repeated skips rather than inactivity.
---
 doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml                 |  88 ++++++++++++++++
 src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql         |   8 ++
 src/backend/commands/vacuum.c                | 102 ++++++++++++++-----
 src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c |  64 ++++++++++++
 src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c          |  24 +++++
 src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat              |  32 ++++++
 src/include/pgstat.h                         |  16 +++
 src/test/regress/expected/rules.out          |  24 +++++
 8 files changed, 335 insertions(+), 23 deletions(-)

diff --git a/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml b/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml
index 08d5b824552..a9b579d87a9 100644
--- a/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml
+++ b/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml
@@ -4387,6 +4387,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_vacuum</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time a manual vacuum on this table was attempted but skipped due to
+       lock unavailability (not counting <command>VACUUM FULL</command>)
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>last_autovacuum</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
@@ -4397,6 +4407,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_autovacuum</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time a vacuum on this table by the autovacuum daemon was attempted
+       but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>last_analyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
@@ -4406,6 +4426,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_analyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time a manual analyze on this table was attempted but skipped due to
+       lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>last_autoanalyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
@@ -4416,6 +4446,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_autoanalyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time at which an analyze on this table by the autovacuum was
+       attempted but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>vacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4426,6 +4466,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_vacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times manual vacuums on this table have been attempted but skipped
+       due to lock unavailability (not counting <command>VACUUM FULL</command>)
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>autovacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4436,6 +4486,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_autovacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times vacuums on this table by the autovacuum daemon have been
+       attempted but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>analyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4445,6 +4505,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_analyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times manual analyzes on this table have been attempted but
+       skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>autoanalyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4455,6 +4525,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_autoanalyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times analyzes on this table by the autovacuum daemon have
+       been attempted but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>total_vacuum_time</structfield> <type>double precision</type>
@@ -4510,6 +4590,14 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
    </tgroup>
   </table>
 
+  <note>
+   <para>
+    When a manual vacuum or analyze on a parent table in an inheritance or
+    partitioning hierarchy is skipped, the statistics are recorded only for
+    the parent table, not for its children.
+   </para>
+  </note>
+
  </sect2>
 
  <sect2 id="monitoring-pg-stat-autovacuum-scores-view">
diff --git a/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql b/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql
index 73a1c1c4670..f509fc7876b 100644
--- a/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql
+++ b/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql
@@ -736,13 +736,21 @@ CREATE VIEW pg_stat_all_tables AS
             pg_stat_get_mod_since_analyze(C.oid) AS n_mod_since_analyze,
             pg_stat_get_ins_since_vacuum(C.oid) AS n_ins_since_vacuum,
             pg_stat_get_last_vacuum_time(C.oid) as last_vacuum,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_vacuum,
             pg_stat_get_last_autovacuum_time(C.oid) as last_autovacuum,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_autovacuum,
             pg_stat_get_last_analyze_time(C.oid) as last_analyze,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_analyze,
             pg_stat_get_last_autoanalyze_time(C.oid) as last_autoanalyze,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_autoanalyze,
             pg_stat_get_vacuum_count(C.oid) AS vacuum_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count(C.oid) AS skipped_vacuum_count,
             pg_stat_get_autovacuum_count(C.oid) AS autovacuum_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count(C.oid) AS skipped_autovacuum_count,
             pg_stat_get_analyze_count(C.oid) AS analyze_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count(C.oid) AS skipped_analyze_count,
             pg_stat_get_autoanalyze_count(C.oid) AS autoanalyze_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count(C.oid) AS skipped_autoanalyze_count,
             pg_stat_get_total_vacuum_time(C.oid) AS total_vacuum_time,
             pg_stat_get_total_autovacuum_time(C.oid) AS total_autovacuum_time,
             pg_stat_get_total_analyze_time(C.oid) AS total_analyze_time,
diff --git a/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c b/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c
index 99d0db82ed7..97cd5ea8d10 100644
--- a/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c
+++ b/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c
@@ -793,8 +793,25 @@ vacuum_open_relation(Oid relid, RangeVar *relation, uint32 options,
 		rel = try_relation_open(relid, NoLock);
 	else
 	{
+		int flags = 0;
 		rel = NULL;
 		rel_lock = false;
+
+		if ((options & VACOPT_VACUUM) != 0)
+		{
+			if (AmAutoVacuumWorkerProcess())
+				flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOVACUUM;
+			else
+				flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM;
+		}
+		if ((options & VACOPT_ANALYZE) != 0)
+		{
+			if (AmAutoVacuumWorkerProcess())
+				flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOANALYZE;
+			else
+				flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE;
+		}
+		pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(relid, flags);
 	}
 
 	/* if relation is opened, leave */
@@ -802,7 +819,7 @@ vacuum_open_relation(Oid relid, RangeVar *relation, uint32 options,
 		return rel;
 
 	/*
-	 * Relation could not be opened, hence generate if possible a log
+	 * Relation could not be opened hence generate if possible a log
 	 * informing on the situation.
 	 *
 	 * If the RangeVar is not defined, we do not have enough information to
@@ -905,7 +922,6 @@ expand_vacuum_rel(VacuumRelation *vrel, MemoryContext vac_context,
 		Form_pg_class classForm;
 		bool		include_children;
 		bool		is_partitioned_table;
-		int			rvr_opts;
 
 		/*
 		 * Since autovacuum workers supply OIDs when calling vacuum(), no
@@ -918,29 +934,69 @@ expand_vacuum_rel(VacuumRelation *vrel, MemoryContext vac_context,
 		 * below, as well as find_all_inheritors's expectation that the caller
 		 * holds some lock on the starting relation.
 		 */
-		rvr_opts = (options & VACOPT_SKIP_LOCKED) ? RVR_SKIP_LOCKED : 0;
-		relid = RangeVarGetRelidExtended(vrel->relation,
-										 AccessShareLock,
-										 rvr_opts,
-										 NULL, NULL);
-
-		/*
-		 * If the lock is unavailable, emit the same log statement that
-		 * vacuum_rel() and analyze_rel() would.
-		 */
-		if (!OidIsValid(relid))
+		if (!(options & VACOPT_SKIP_LOCKED))
 		{
-			if (options & VACOPT_VACUUM)
-				ereport(WARNING,
-						(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
-						 errmsg("skipping vacuum of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
-								vrel->relation->relname)));
-			else
-				ereport(WARNING,
-						(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
-						 errmsg("skipping analyze of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
+			relid = RangeVarGetRelidExtended(vrel->relation,
+											 AccessShareLock,
+											 0, NULL, NULL);
+			if (!OidIsValid(relid))
+				return vacrels;
+		}
+		else
+		{
+			/* Get relid for reporting before taking a lock */
+			relid = RangeVarGetRelid(vrel->relation, NoLock, false);
+
+			if (!ConditionalLockRelationOid(relid, AccessShareLock))
+			{
+				int	flags = 0;
+				/*
+				 * If the lock is unavailable, emit the same log statement that
+				 * vacuum_rel() and analyze_rel() would.
+				 */
+				if (options & VACOPT_VACUUM)
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping vacuum of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
 								vrel->relation->relname)));
-			return vacrels;
+				else
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping analyze of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
+									vrel->relation->relname)));
+
+				if ((options & VACOPT_VACUUM) != 0)
+					flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM;
+				if ((options & VACOPT_ANALYZE) != 0)
+					flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE;
+
+				pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(relid, flags);
+
+				return vacrels;
+			}
+
+			/*
+			 * Now that we have the lock, probe to see if the relation really
+			 * exists or not.
+			 */
+			if (!SearchSysCacheExists1(RELOID, ObjectIdGetDatum(relid)))
+			{
+				if (options & VACOPT_VACUUM)
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_UNDEFINED_TABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping vacuum of \"%s\" --- relation no longer exists",
+									vrel->relation->relname)));
+				else
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_UNDEFINED_TABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping analyze of \"%s\" --- relation no longer exists",
+									vrel->relation->relname)));
+
+				/* Release useless lock */
+				UnlockRelationOid(relid, AccessShareLock);
+
+				return vacrels;
+			}
 		}
 
 		/*
diff --git a/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c b/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c
index b2ca28f83ba..532d9023f8c 100644
--- a/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c
+++ b/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c
@@ -17,12 +17,14 @@
 
 #include "postgres.h"
 
+#include "access/htup_details.h"
 #include "access/twophase_rmgr.h"
 #include "access/xact.h"
 #include "catalog/catalog.h"
 #include "utils/memutils.h"
 #include "utils/pgstat_internal.h"
 #include "utils/rel.h"
+#include "utils/syscache.h"
 #include "utils/timestamp.h"
 
 
@@ -367,6 +369,68 @@ pgstat_report_analyze(Relation rel,
 	(void) pgstat_flush_backend(false, PGSTAT_BACKEND_FLUSH_IO);
 }
 
+/*
+ * Report that the table was skipped during vacuum or/and analyze.
+ */
+void
+pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(Oid relid, int flags)
+{
+	PgStat_EntryRef *entry_ref;
+	PgStatShared_Relation *shtabentry;
+	PgStat_StatTabEntry *tabentry;
+	TimestampTz ts;
+	HeapTuple	classTup;
+	bool		isshared;
+
+	if (!pgstat_track_counts || !flags)
+		return;
+
+	classTup = SearchSysCache1(RELOID, ObjectIdGetDatum(relid));
+	if (!HeapTupleIsValid(classTup))
+		return;			/* somebody deleted the rel, forget it */
+	isshared = ((Form_pg_class) GETSTRUCT(classTup))->relisshared;
+	ReleaseSysCache(classTup);
+
+	/* Store the data in the table's hash table entry. */
+	ts = GetCurrentTimestamp();
+
+	/* block acquiring lock for the same reason as pgstat_report_autovac() */
+	entry_ref = pgstat_get_entry_ref_locked(PGSTAT_KIND_RELATION,
+											isshared ? InvalidOid : MyDatabaseId,
+											relid, false);
+
+	shtabentry = (PgStatShared_Relation *) entry_ref->shared_stats;
+	tabentry = &shtabentry->stats;
+
+	if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM)
+	{
+		tabentry->last_skipped_vacuum_time = ts;
+		tabentry->skipped_vacuum_count++;
+	}
+	else if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOVACUUM)
+	{
+		tabentry->last_skipped_autovacuum_time = ts;
+		tabentry->skipped_autovacuum_count++;
+	}
+
+	if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE)
+	{
+		tabentry->last_skipped_analyze_time = ts;
+		tabentry->skipped_analyze_count++;
+	}
+	else if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOANALYZE)
+	{
+		tabentry->last_skipped_autoanalyze_time = ts;
+		tabentry->skipped_autoanalyze_count++;
+	}
+
+	pgstat_unlock_entry(entry_ref);
+
+	/* see pgstat_report_vacuum() */
+	pgstat_flush_io(false);
+	(void) pgstat_flush_backend(false, PGSTAT_BACKEND_FLUSH_IO);
+}
+
 /*
  * count a tuple insertion of n tuples
  */
diff --git a/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c b/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c
index 1408de387ea..90a8968faa0 100644
--- a/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c
+++ b/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c
@@ -84,6 +84,18 @@ PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(mod_since_analyze)
 /* pg_stat_get_numscans */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(numscans)
 
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_analyze_count)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_autoanalyze_count)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_autovacuum_count)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_vacuum_count)
+
 /* pg_stat_get_tuples_deleted */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(tuples_deleted)
 
@@ -170,6 +182,18 @@ PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_vacuum_time)
 /* pg_stat_get_lastscan */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(lastscan)
 
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_analyze_time)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_autoanalyze_time)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_autovacuum_time)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_vacuum_time)
+
 /* pg_stat_get_stat_reset_time */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(stat_reset_time)
 
diff --git a/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat b/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat
index fa9ae79082b..32debb34863 100644
--- a/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat
+++ b/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat
@@ -5680,6 +5680,38 @@
   proargmodes => '{o,o,o,o,o,o,o,o,o,o}',
   proargnames => '{oid,score,xid_score,mxid_score,vacuum_score,vacuum_insert_score,analyze_score,do_vacuum,do_analyze,for_wraparound}',
   prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_autovacuum_scores' },
+{ oid => '8142', descr => 'statistics: last skipped vacuum time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time' },
+{ oid => '8143', descr => 'statistics: last skipped auto vacuum time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time' },
+{ oid => '8144', descr => 'statistics: last skipped analyze time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time' },
+{ oid => '8145', descr => 'statistics: last skipped auto analyze time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time' },
+{ oid => '8146', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped vacuum for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count' },
+{ oid => '8147', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped auto vacuum for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count' },
+{ oid => '8148', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped analyzes for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count' },
+{ oid => '8149', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped auto analyzes for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count' },
 { oid => '1936', descr => 'statistics: currently active backend IDs',
   proname => 'pg_stat_get_backend_idset', prorows => '100', proretset => 't',
   provolatile => 's', proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int4',
diff --git a/src/include/pgstat.h b/src/include/pgstat.h
index dfa2e837638..98941f953d1 100644
--- a/src/include/pgstat.h
+++ b/src/include/pgstat.h
@@ -479,6 +479,15 @@ typedef struct PgStat_StatTabEntry
 	TimestampTz last_autoanalyze_time;	/* autovacuum initiated */
 	PgStat_Counter autoanalyze_count;
 
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_vacuum_time;	/* user initiated vacuum */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_vacuum_count;
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_autovacuum_time;	/* autovacuum initiated */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_autovacuum_count;
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_analyze_time;	/* user initiated */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_analyze_count;
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_autoanalyze_time;	/* autovacuum initiated */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_autoanalyze_count;
+
 	PgStat_Counter total_vacuum_time;	/* times in milliseconds */
 	PgStat_Counter total_autovacuum_time;
 	PgStat_Counter total_analyze_time;
@@ -703,6 +712,13 @@ extern void pgstat_report_analyze(Relation rel,
 								  PgStat_Counter livetuples, PgStat_Counter deadtuples,
 								  bool resetcounter, TimestampTz starttime);
 
+/* flags for pgstat_flush_backend() */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM		(1 << 0)	/* vacuum is skipped */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE		(1 << 1)	/* analyze is skipped */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOVACUUM	(1 << 2)	/* autovacuum is skipped */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOANALYZE	(1 << 3)	/* autoanalyze is skipped */
+extern void pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(Oid relid, int flags);
+
 /*
  * If stats are enabled, but pending data hasn't been prepared yet, call
  * pgstat_assoc_relation() to do so. See its comment for why this is done
diff --git a/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out b/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out
index a65a5bf0c4f..9b2075d3373 100644
--- a/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out
+++ b/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out
@@ -1835,13 +1835,21 @@ pg_stat_all_tables| SELECT c.oid AS relid,
     pg_stat_get_mod_since_analyze(c.oid) AS n_mod_since_analyze,
     pg_stat_get_ins_since_vacuum(c.oid) AS n_ins_since_vacuum,
     pg_stat_get_last_vacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_vacuum,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_vacuum,
     pg_stat_get_last_autovacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_autovacuum,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_autovacuum,
     pg_stat_get_last_analyze_time(c.oid) AS last_analyze,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_analyze,
     pg_stat_get_last_autoanalyze_time(c.oid) AS last_autoanalyze,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_autoanalyze,
     pg_stat_get_vacuum_count(c.oid) AS vacuum_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count(c.oid) AS skipped_vacuum_count,
     pg_stat_get_autovacuum_count(c.oid) AS autovacuum_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count(c.oid) AS skipped_autovacuum_count,
     pg_stat_get_analyze_count(c.oid) AS analyze_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count(c.oid) AS skipped_analyze_count,
     pg_stat_get_autoanalyze_count(c.oid) AS autoanalyze_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count(c.oid) AS skipped_autoanalyze_count,
     pg_stat_get_total_vacuum_time(c.oid) AS total_vacuum_time,
     pg_stat_get_total_autovacuum_time(c.oid) AS total_autovacuum_time,
     pg_stat_get_total_analyze_time(c.oid) AS total_analyze_time,
@@ -2346,13 +2354,21 @@ pg_stat_sys_tables| SELECT relid,
     n_mod_since_analyze,
     n_ins_since_vacuum,
     last_vacuum,
+    last_skipped_vacuum,
     last_autovacuum,
+    last_skipped_autovacuum,
     last_analyze,
+    last_skipped_analyze,
     last_autoanalyze,
+    last_skipped_autoanalyze,
     vacuum_count,
+    skipped_vacuum_count,
     autovacuum_count,
+    skipped_autovacuum_count,
     analyze_count,
+    skipped_analyze_count,
     autoanalyze_count,
+    skipped_autoanalyze_count,
     total_vacuum_time,
     total_autovacuum_time,
     total_analyze_time,
@@ -2401,13 +2417,21 @@ pg_stat_user_tables| SELECT relid,
     n_mod_since_analyze,
     n_ins_since_vacuum,
     last_vacuum,
+    last_skipped_vacuum,
     last_autovacuum,
+    last_skipped_autovacuum,
     last_analyze,
+    last_skipped_analyze,
     last_autoanalyze,
+    last_skipped_autoanalyze,
     vacuum_count,
+    skipped_vacuum_count,
     autovacuum_count,
+    skipped_autovacuum_count,
     analyze_count,
+    skipped_analyze_count,
     autoanalyze_count,
+    skipped_autoanalyze_count,
     total_vacuum_time,
     total_autovacuum_time,
     total_analyze_time,
-- 
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* [PATCH v5] Track skipped vacuum and analyze activity per relation
@ 2026-03-24 04:09 Yugo Nagata <[email protected]>
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From: Yugo Nagata @ 2026-03-24 04:09 UTC (permalink / raw)

This commit adds eight fields to the relation statistics that track
the last time vacuum or analyze has been attempted but skipped due to
lock unavailability, along with their counts:

-    last_skipped_vacuum
-    last_skipped_autovacuum
-    last_skipped_analyze
-    last_skipped_autoanalyze
-    skipped_vacuum_count
-    skipped_autovacuum_count
-    skipped_analyze_count
-    skipped_autoanalyze_count

These field can help users confirm that autovacuum is actively attempting
to run on a table that has not been vacuumed or analyzed for a long time,
and that the lack of progress is due to repeated skips rather than inactivity.
---
 doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml                  |  88 ++++++
 src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql          |   8 +
 src/backend/commands/vacuum.c                 | 100 +++++--
 src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c  |  64 +++++
 src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c           |  24 ++
 src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat               |  32 +++
 src/include/pgstat.h                          |  16 ++
 .../isolation/expected/vacuum-skip-locked.out | 260 ++++++++++++++++--
 .../isolation/specs/vacuum-skip-locked.spec   |  41 +--
 src/test/regress/expected/rules.out           |  24 ++
 10 files changed, 601 insertions(+), 56 deletions(-)

diff --git a/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml b/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml
index 08d5b824552..a9b579d87a9 100644
--- a/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml
+++ b/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml
@@ -4387,6 +4387,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_vacuum</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time a manual vacuum on this table was attempted but skipped due to
+       lock unavailability (not counting <command>VACUUM FULL</command>)
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>last_autovacuum</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
@@ -4397,6 +4407,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_autovacuum</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time a vacuum on this table by the autovacuum daemon was attempted
+       but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>last_analyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
@@ -4406,6 +4426,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_analyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time a manual analyze on this table was attempted but skipped due to
+       lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>last_autoanalyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
@@ -4416,6 +4446,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_autoanalyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time at which an analyze on this table by the autovacuum was
+       attempted but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>vacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4426,6 +4466,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_vacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times manual vacuums on this table have been attempted but skipped
+       due to lock unavailability (not counting <command>VACUUM FULL</command>)
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>autovacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4436,6 +4486,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_autovacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times vacuums on this table by the autovacuum daemon have been
+       attempted but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>analyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4445,6 +4505,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_analyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times manual analyzes on this table have been attempted but
+       skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>autoanalyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4455,6 +4525,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_autoanalyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times analyzes on this table by the autovacuum daemon have
+       been attempted but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>total_vacuum_time</structfield> <type>double precision</type>
@@ -4510,6 +4590,14 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
    </tgroup>
   </table>
 
+  <note>
+   <para>
+    When a manual vacuum or analyze on a parent table in an inheritance or
+    partitioning hierarchy is skipped, the statistics are recorded only for
+    the parent table, not for its children.
+   </para>
+  </note>
+
  </sect2>
 
  <sect2 id="monitoring-pg-stat-autovacuum-scores-view">
diff --git a/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql b/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql
index 73a1c1c4670..f509fc7876b 100644
--- a/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql
+++ b/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql
@@ -736,13 +736,21 @@ CREATE VIEW pg_stat_all_tables AS
             pg_stat_get_mod_since_analyze(C.oid) AS n_mod_since_analyze,
             pg_stat_get_ins_since_vacuum(C.oid) AS n_ins_since_vacuum,
             pg_stat_get_last_vacuum_time(C.oid) as last_vacuum,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_vacuum,
             pg_stat_get_last_autovacuum_time(C.oid) as last_autovacuum,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_autovacuum,
             pg_stat_get_last_analyze_time(C.oid) as last_analyze,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_analyze,
             pg_stat_get_last_autoanalyze_time(C.oid) as last_autoanalyze,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_autoanalyze,
             pg_stat_get_vacuum_count(C.oid) AS vacuum_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count(C.oid) AS skipped_vacuum_count,
             pg_stat_get_autovacuum_count(C.oid) AS autovacuum_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count(C.oid) AS skipped_autovacuum_count,
             pg_stat_get_analyze_count(C.oid) AS analyze_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count(C.oid) AS skipped_analyze_count,
             pg_stat_get_autoanalyze_count(C.oid) AS autoanalyze_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count(C.oid) AS skipped_autoanalyze_count,
             pg_stat_get_total_vacuum_time(C.oid) AS total_vacuum_time,
             pg_stat_get_total_autovacuum_time(C.oid) AS total_autovacuum_time,
             pg_stat_get_total_analyze_time(C.oid) AS total_analyze_time,
diff --git a/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c b/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c
index 99d0db82ed7..df6526225e4 100644
--- a/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c
+++ b/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c
@@ -793,8 +793,25 @@ vacuum_open_relation(Oid relid, RangeVar *relation, uint32 options,
 		rel = try_relation_open(relid, NoLock);
 	else
 	{
+		int flags = 0;
 		rel = NULL;
 		rel_lock = false;
+
+		if ((options & VACOPT_VACUUM) != 0 && (options & VACOPT_FULL) == 0)
+		{
+			if (AmAutoVacuumWorkerProcess())
+				flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOVACUUM;
+			else
+				flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM;
+		}
+		if ((options & VACOPT_ANALYZE) != 0)
+		{
+			if (AmAutoVacuumWorkerProcess())
+				flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOANALYZE;
+			else
+				flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE;
+		}
+		pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(relid, flags);
 	}
 
 	/* if relation is opened, leave */
@@ -905,7 +922,6 @@ expand_vacuum_rel(VacuumRelation *vrel, MemoryContext vac_context,
 		Form_pg_class classForm;
 		bool		include_children;
 		bool		is_partitioned_table;
-		int			rvr_opts;
 
 		/*
 		 * Since autovacuum workers supply OIDs when calling vacuum(), no
@@ -918,29 +934,69 @@ expand_vacuum_rel(VacuumRelation *vrel, MemoryContext vac_context,
 		 * below, as well as find_all_inheritors's expectation that the caller
 		 * holds some lock on the starting relation.
 		 */
-		rvr_opts = (options & VACOPT_SKIP_LOCKED) ? RVR_SKIP_LOCKED : 0;
-		relid = RangeVarGetRelidExtended(vrel->relation,
-										 AccessShareLock,
-										 rvr_opts,
-										 NULL, NULL);
-
-		/*
-		 * If the lock is unavailable, emit the same log statement that
-		 * vacuum_rel() and analyze_rel() would.
-		 */
-		if (!OidIsValid(relid))
+		if (!(options & VACOPT_SKIP_LOCKED))
 		{
-			if (options & VACOPT_VACUUM)
-				ereport(WARNING,
-						(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
-						 errmsg("skipping vacuum of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
-								vrel->relation->relname)));
-			else
-				ereport(WARNING,
-						(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
-						 errmsg("skipping analyze of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
+			relid = RangeVarGetRelidExtended(vrel->relation,
+											 AccessShareLock,
+											 0, NULL, NULL);
+			if (!OidIsValid(relid))
+				return vacrels;
+		}
+		else
+		{
+			/* Get relid for reporting before taking a lock */
+			relid = RangeVarGetRelid(vrel->relation, NoLock, false);
+
+			if (!ConditionalLockRelationOid(relid, AccessShareLock))
+			{
+				int	flags = 0;
+				/*
+				 * If the lock is unavailable, emit the same log statement that
+				 * vacuum_rel() and analyze_rel() would.
+				 */
+				if (options & VACOPT_VACUUM)
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping vacuum of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
 								vrel->relation->relname)));
-			return vacrels;
+				else
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping analyze of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
+									vrel->relation->relname)));
+
+				if ((options & VACOPT_VACUUM) != 0 && (options & VACOPT_FULL) == 0)
+					flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM;
+				if ((options & VACOPT_ANALYZE) != 0)
+					flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE;
+
+				pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(relid, flags);
+
+				return vacrels;
+			}
+
+			/*
+			 * Now that we have the lock, probe to see if the relation really
+			 * exists or not.
+			 */
+			if (!SearchSysCacheExists1(RELOID, ObjectIdGetDatum(relid)))
+			{
+				if (options & VACOPT_VACUUM)
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_UNDEFINED_TABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping vacuum of \"%s\" --- relation no longer exists",
+									vrel->relation->relname)));
+				else
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_UNDEFINED_TABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping analyze of \"%s\" --- relation no longer exists",
+									vrel->relation->relname)));
+
+				/* Release useless lock */
+				UnlockRelationOid(relid, AccessShareLock);
+
+				return vacrels;
+			}
 		}
 
 		/*
diff --git a/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c b/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c
index b2ca28f83ba..532d9023f8c 100644
--- a/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c
+++ b/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c
@@ -17,12 +17,14 @@
 
 #include "postgres.h"
 
+#include "access/htup_details.h"
 #include "access/twophase_rmgr.h"
 #include "access/xact.h"
 #include "catalog/catalog.h"
 #include "utils/memutils.h"
 #include "utils/pgstat_internal.h"
 #include "utils/rel.h"
+#include "utils/syscache.h"
 #include "utils/timestamp.h"
 
 
@@ -367,6 +369,68 @@ pgstat_report_analyze(Relation rel,
 	(void) pgstat_flush_backend(false, PGSTAT_BACKEND_FLUSH_IO);
 }
 
+/*
+ * Report that the table was skipped during vacuum or/and analyze.
+ */
+void
+pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(Oid relid, int flags)
+{
+	PgStat_EntryRef *entry_ref;
+	PgStatShared_Relation *shtabentry;
+	PgStat_StatTabEntry *tabentry;
+	TimestampTz ts;
+	HeapTuple	classTup;
+	bool		isshared;
+
+	if (!pgstat_track_counts || !flags)
+		return;
+
+	classTup = SearchSysCache1(RELOID, ObjectIdGetDatum(relid));
+	if (!HeapTupleIsValid(classTup))
+		return;			/* somebody deleted the rel, forget it */
+	isshared = ((Form_pg_class) GETSTRUCT(classTup))->relisshared;
+	ReleaseSysCache(classTup);
+
+	/* Store the data in the table's hash table entry. */
+	ts = GetCurrentTimestamp();
+
+	/* block acquiring lock for the same reason as pgstat_report_autovac() */
+	entry_ref = pgstat_get_entry_ref_locked(PGSTAT_KIND_RELATION,
+											isshared ? InvalidOid : MyDatabaseId,
+											relid, false);
+
+	shtabentry = (PgStatShared_Relation *) entry_ref->shared_stats;
+	tabentry = &shtabentry->stats;
+
+	if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM)
+	{
+		tabentry->last_skipped_vacuum_time = ts;
+		tabentry->skipped_vacuum_count++;
+	}
+	else if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOVACUUM)
+	{
+		tabentry->last_skipped_autovacuum_time = ts;
+		tabentry->skipped_autovacuum_count++;
+	}
+
+	if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE)
+	{
+		tabentry->last_skipped_analyze_time = ts;
+		tabentry->skipped_analyze_count++;
+	}
+	else if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOANALYZE)
+	{
+		tabentry->last_skipped_autoanalyze_time = ts;
+		tabentry->skipped_autoanalyze_count++;
+	}
+
+	pgstat_unlock_entry(entry_ref);
+
+	/* see pgstat_report_vacuum() */
+	pgstat_flush_io(false);
+	(void) pgstat_flush_backend(false, PGSTAT_BACKEND_FLUSH_IO);
+}
+
 /*
  * count a tuple insertion of n tuples
  */
diff --git a/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c b/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c
index 1408de387ea..90a8968faa0 100644
--- a/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c
+++ b/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c
@@ -84,6 +84,18 @@ PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(mod_since_analyze)
 /* pg_stat_get_numscans */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(numscans)
 
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_analyze_count)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_autoanalyze_count)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_autovacuum_count)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_vacuum_count)
+
 /* pg_stat_get_tuples_deleted */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(tuples_deleted)
 
@@ -170,6 +182,18 @@ PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_vacuum_time)
 /* pg_stat_get_lastscan */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(lastscan)
 
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_analyze_time)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_autoanalyze_time)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_autovacuum_time)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_vacuum_time)
+
 /* pg_stat_get_stat_reset_time */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(stat_reset_time)
 
diff --git a/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat b/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat
index fa9ae79082b..32debb34863 100644
--- a/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat
+++ b/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat
@@ -5680,6 +5680,38 @@
   proargmodes => '{o,o,o,o,o,o,o,o,o,o}',
   proargnames => '{oid,score,xid_score,mxid_score,vacuum_score,vacuum_insert_score,analyze_score,do_vacuum,do_analyze,for_wraparound}',
   prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_autovacuum_scores' },
+{ oid => '8142', descr => 'statistics: last skipped vacuum time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time' },
+{ oid => '8143', descr => 'statistics: last skipped auto vacuum time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time' },
+{ oid => '8144', descr => 'statistics: last skipped analyze time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time' },
+{ oid => '8145', descr => 'statistics: last skipped auto analyze time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time' },
+{ oid => '8146', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped vacuum for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count' },
+{ oid => '8147', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped auto vacuum for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count' },
+{ oid => '8148', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped analyzes for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count' },
+{ oid => '8149', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped auto analyzes for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count' },
 { oid => '1936', descr => 'statistics: currently active backend IDs',
   proname => 'pg_stat_get_backend_idset', prorows => '100', proretset => 't',
   provolatile => 's', proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int4',
diff --git a/src/include/pgstat.h b/src/include/pgstat.h
index dfa2e837638..98941f953d1 100644
--- a/src/include/pgstat.h
+++ b/src/include/pgstat.h
@@ -479,6 +479,15 @@ typedef struct PgStat_StatTabEntry
 	TimestampTz last_autoanalyze_time;	/* autovacuum initiated */
 	PgStat_Counter autoanalyze_count;
 
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_vacuum_time;	/* user initiated vacuum */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_vacuum_count;
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_autovacuum_time;	/* autovacuum initiated */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_autovacuum_count;
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_analyze_time;	/* user initiated */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_analyze_count;
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_autoanalyze_time;	/* autovacuum initiated */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_autoanalyze_count;
+
 	PgStat_Counter total_vacuum_time;	/* times in milliseconds */
 	PgStat_Counter total_autovacuum_time;
 	PgStat_Counter total_analyze_time;
@@ -703,6 +712,13 @@ extern void pgstat_report_analyze(Relation rel,
 								  PgStat_Counter livetuples, PgStat_Counter deadtuples,
 								  bool resetcounter, TimestampTz starttime);
 
+/* flags for pgstat_flush_backend() */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM		(1 << 0)	/* vacuum is skipped */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE		(1 << 1)	/* analyze is skipped */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOVACUUM	(1 << 2)	/* autovacuum is skipped */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOANALYZE	(1 << 3)	/* autoanalyze is skipped */
+extern void pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(Oid relid, int flags);
+
 /*
  * If stats are enabled, but pending data hasn't been prepared yet, call
  * pgstat_assoc_relation() to do so. See its comment for why this is done
diff --git a/src/test/isolation/expected/vacuum-skip-locked.out b/src/test/isolation/expected/vacuum-skip-locked.out
index 99db281a159..e2cff175b7c 100644
--- a/src/test/isolation/expected/vacuum-skip-locked.out
+++ b/src/test/isolation/expected/vacuum-skip-locked.out
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 Parsed test spec with 2 sessions
 
-starting permutation: lock_share vac_specified commit
+starting permutation: lock_share vac_specified commit check_stat
 step lock_share: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN SHARE MODE;
@@ -10,8 +10,22 @@ step vac_specified: VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED) part1, part2;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
 
-starting permutation: lock_share vac_all_parts commit
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   1|            0|                    0
+part2  |           1|                   0|            0|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
+
+starting permutation: lock_share vac_all_parts commit check_stat
 step lock_share: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN SHARE MODE;
@@ -20,8 +34,22 @@ step vac_all_parts: VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED) parted;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   1|            0|                    0
+part2  |           1|                   0|            0|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
 
-starting permutation: lock_share analyze_specified commit
+starting permutation: lock_share analyze_specified commit check_stat
 step lock_share: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN SHARE MODE;
@@ -31,8 +59,22 @@ step analyze_specified: ANALYZE (SKIP_LOCKED) part1, part2;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
 
-starting permutation: lock_share analyze_all_parts commit
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   0|            0|                    1
+part2  |           0|                   0|            1|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
+
+starting permutation: lock_share analyze_all_parts commit check_stat
 step lock_share: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN SHARE MODE;
@@ -41,8 +83,22 @@ step analyze_all_parts: ANALYZE (SKIP_LOCKED) parted;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            1|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   0|            0|                    1
+part2  |           0|                   0|            1|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
 
-starting permutation: lock_share vac_analyze_specified commit
+starting permutation: lock_share vac_analyze_specified commit check_stat
 step lock_share: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN SHARE MODE;
@@ -52,8 +108,22 @@ step vac_analyze_specified: VACUUM (ANALYZE, SKIP_LOCKED) part1, part2;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
 
-starting permutation: lock_share vac_analyze_all_parts commit
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   1|            0|                    1
+part2  |           1|                   0|            1|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
+
+starting permutation: lock_share vac_analyze_all_parts commit check_stat
 step lock_share: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN SHARE MODE;
@@ -62,8 +132,22 @@ step vac_analyze_all_parts: VACUUM (ANALYZE, SKIP_LOCKED) parted;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            1|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   1|            0|                    1
+part2  |           1|                   0|            1|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
 
-starting permutation: lock_share vac_full_specified commit
+starting permutation: lock_share vac_full_specified commit check_stat
 step lock_share: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN SHARE MODE;
@@ -73,8 +157,22 @@ step vac_full_specified: VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED, FULL) part1, part2;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
 
-starting permutation: lock_share vac_full_all_parts commit
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part2  |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
+
+starting permutation: lock_share vac_full_all_parts commit check_stat
 step lock_share: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN SHARE MODE;
@@ -83,8 +181,22 @@ step vac_full_all_parts: VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED, FULL) parted;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part2  |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+(3 rows)
 
-starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_specified commit
+
+starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_specified commit check_stat
 step lock_access_exclusive: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN ACCESS EXCLUSIVE MODE;
@@ -94,8 +206,22 @@ step vac_specified: VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED) part1, part2;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   1|            0|                    0
+part2  |           1|                   0|            0|                    0
+(3 rows)
 
-starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_all_parts commit
+
+starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_all_parts commit check_stat
 step lock_access_exclusive: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN ACCESS EXCLUSIVE MODE;
@@ -104,8 +230,22 @@ step vac_all_parts: VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED) parted;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   1|            0|                    0
+part2  |           1|                   0|            0|                    0
+(3 rows)
 
-starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive analyze_specified commit
+
+starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive analyze_specified commit check_stat
 step lock_access_exclusive: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN ACCESS EXCLUSIVE MODE;
@@ -115,8 +255,22 @@ step analyze_specified: ANALYZE (SKIP_LOCKED) part1, part2;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   0|            0|                    1
+part2  |           0|                   0|            1|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
 
-starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive analyze_all_parts commit
+starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive analyze_all_parts commit check_stat
 step lock_access_exclusive: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN ACCESS EXCLUSIVE MODE;
@@ -126,8 +280,22 @@ step commit:
 	COMMIT;
 
 step analyze_all_parts: <... completed>
-
-starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_analyze_specified commit
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            1|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   0|            1|                    0
+part2  |           0|                   0|            1|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
+
+starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_analyze_specified commit check_stat
 step lock_access_exclusive: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN ACCESS EXCLUSIVE MODE;
@@ -137,8 +305,22 @@ step vac_analyze_specified: VACUUM (ANALYZE, SKIP_LOCKED) part1, part2;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   1|            0|                    1
+part2  |           1|                   0|            1|                    0
+(3 rows)
 
-starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_analyze_all_parts commit
+
+starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_analyze_all_parts commit check_stat
 step lock_access_exclusive: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN ACCESS EXCLUSIVE MODE;
@@ -148,8 +330,22 @@ step commit:
 	COMMIT;
 
 step vac_analyze_all_parts: <... completed>
-
-starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_full_specified commit
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            1|                    0
+part1  |           1|                   0|            1|                    0
+part2  |           1|                   0|            1|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
+
+starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_full_specified commit check_stat
 step lock_access_exclusive: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN ACCESS EXCLUSIVE MODE;
@@ -159,8 +355,22 @@ step vac_full_specified: VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED, FULL) part1, part2;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
 
-starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_full_all_parts commit
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part2  |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
+
+starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_full_all_parts commit check_stat
 step lock_access_exclusive: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN ACCESS EXCLUSIVE MODE;
@@ -169,3 +379,17 @@ step vac_full_all_parts: VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED, FULL) parted;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part2  |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
diff --git a/src/test/isolation/specs/vacuum-skip-locked.spec b/src/test/isolation/specs/vacuum-skip-locked.spec
index 3fad6e1c92a..b0da75d4b6d 100644
--- a/src/test/isolation/specs/vacuum-skip-locked.spec
+++ b/src/test/isolation/specs/vacuum-skip-locked.spec
@@ -33,6 +33,15 @@ step commit
 	COMMIT;
 }
 
+step check_stat
+{
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+}
+
 session s2
 step vac_specified			{ VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED) part1, part2; }
 step vac_all_parts			{ VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED) parted; }
@@ -43,19 +52,19 @@ step vac_analyze_all_parts	{ VACUUM (ANALYZE, SKIP_LOCKED) parted; }
 step vac_full_specified		{ VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED, FULL) part1, part2; }
 step vac_full_all_parts		{ VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED, FULL) parted; }
 
-permutation lock_share vac_specified commit
-permutation lock_share vac_all_parts commit
-permutation lock_share analyze_specified commit
-permutation lock_share analyze_all_parts commit
-permutation lock_share vac_analyze_specified commit
-permutation lock_share vac_analyze_all_parts commit
-permutation lock_share vac_full_specified commit
-permutation lock_share vac_full_all_parts commit
-permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_specified commit
-permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_all_parts commit
-permutation lock_access_exclusive analyze_specified commit
-permutation lock_access_exclusive analyze_all_parts commit
-permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_analyze_specified commit
-permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_analyze_all_parts commit
-permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_full_specified commit
-permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_full_all_parts commit
+permutation lock_share vac_specified commit check_stat
+permutation lock_share vac_all_parts commit check_stat
+permutation lock_share analyze_specified commit check_stat
+permutation lock_share analyze_all_parts commit check_stat
+permutation lock_share vac_analyze_specified commit check_stat
+permutation lock_share vac_analyze_all_parts commit check_stat
+permutation lock_share vac_full_specified commit check_stat
+permutation lock_share vac_full_all_parts commit check_stat
+permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_specified commit check_stat
+permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_all_parts commit check_stat
+permutation lock_access_exclusive analyze_specified commit check_stat
+permutation lock_access_exclusive analyze_all_parts commit check_stat
+permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_analyze_specified commit check_stat
+permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_analyze_all_parts commit check_stat
+permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_full_specified commit check_stat
+permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_full_all_parts commit check_stat
diff --git a/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out b/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out
index a65a5bf0c4f..9b2075d3373 100644
--- a/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out
+++ b/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out
@@ -1835,13 +1835,21 @@ pg_stat_all_tables| SELECT c.oid AS relid,
     pg_stat_get_mod_since_analyze(c.oid) AS n_mod_since_analyze,
     pg_stat_get_ins_since_vacuum(c.oid) AS n_ins_since_vacuum,
     pg_stat_get_last_vacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_vacuum,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_vacuum,
     pg_stat_get_last_autovacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_autovacuum,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_autovacuum,
     pg_stat_get_last_analyze_time(c.oid) AS last_analyze,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_analyze,
     pg_stat_get_last_autoanalyze_time(c.oid) AS last_autoanalyze,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_autoanalyze,
     pg_stat_get_vacuum_count(c.oid) AS vacuum_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count(c.oid) AS skipped_vacuum_count,
     pg_stat_get_autovacuum_count(c.oid) AS autovacuum_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count(c.oid) AS skipped_autovacuum_count,
     pg_stat_get_analyze_count(c.oid) AS analyze_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count(c.oid) AS skipped_analyze_count,
     pg_stat_get_autoanalyze_count(c.oid) AS autoanalyze_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count(c.oid) AS skipped_autoanalyze_count,
     pg_stat_get_total_vacuum_time(c.oid) AS total_vacuum_time,
     pg_stat_get_total_autovacuum_time(c.oid) AS total_autovacuum_time,
     pg_stat_get_total_analyze_time(c.oid) AS total_analyze_time,
@@ -2346,13 +2354,21 @@ pg_stat_sys_tables| SELECT relid,
     n_mod_since_analyze,
     n_ins_since_vacuum,
     last_vacuum,
+    last_skipped_vacuum,
     last_autovacuum,
+    last_skipped_autovacuum,
     last_analyze,
+    last_skipped_analyze,
     last_autoanalyze,
+    last_skipped_autoanalyze,
     vacuum_count,
+    skipped_vacuum_count,
     autovacuum_count,
+    skipped_autovacuum_count,
     analyze_count,
+    skipped_analyze_count,
     autoanalyze_count,
+    skipped_autoanalyze_count,
     total_vacuum_time,
     total_autovacuum_time,
     total_analyze_time,
@@ -2401,13 +2417,21 @@ pg_stat_user_tables| SELECT relid,
     n_mod_since_analyze,
     n_ins_since_vacuum,
     last_vacuum,
+    last_skipped_vacuum,
     last_autovacuum,
+    last_skipped_autovacuum,
     last_analyze,
+    last_skipped_analyze,
     last_autoanalyze,
+    last_skipped_autoanalyze,
     vacuum_count,
+    skipped_vacuum_count,
     autovacuum_count,
+    skipped_autovacuum_count,
     analyze_count,
+    skipped_analyze_count,
     autoanalyze_count,
+    skipped_autoanalyze_count,
     total_vacuum_time,
     total_autovacuum_time,
     total_analyze_time,
-- 
2.43.0


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* [PATCH v3] Track skipped vacuum and analyze activity per relation
@ 2026-03-24 04:09 Yugo Nagata <[email protected]>
  0 siblings, 0 replies; 374+ messages in thread

From: Yugo Nagata @ 2026-03-24 04:09 UTC (permalink / raw)

This commit adds eight fields to the relation statistics that track
the last time vacuum or analyze has been attempted but skipped due to
lock unavailability, along with their counts:

-    last_skipped_vacuum
-    last_skipped_autovacuum
-    last_skipped_analyze
-    last_skipped_autoanalyze
-    skipped_vacuum_count
-    skipped_autovacuum_count
-    skipped_analyze_count
-    skipped_autoanalyze_count

These field can help users confirm that autovacuum is actively attempting
to run on a table that has not been vacuumed or analyzed for a long time,
and that the lack of progress is due to repeated skips rather than inactivity.
---
 doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml                 | 80 +++++++++++++++++
 src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql         |  8 ++
 src/backend/commands/vacuum.c                | 95 +++++++++++++++-----
 src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c | 68 ++++++++++++++
 src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c          | 24 +++++
 src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat              | 32 +++++++
 src/include/pgstat.h                         | 16 ++++
 src/test/regress/expected/rules.out          | 24 +++++
 8 files changed, 324 insertions(+), 23 deletions(-)

diff --git a/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml b/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml
index bb75ed1069b..9ec8070b2fc 100644
--- a/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml
+++ b/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml
@@ -4372,6 +4372,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_vacuum</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time a manual vacuum on this table was attempted but skipped due to
+       lock unavailability (not counting <command>VACUUM FULL</command>)
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>last_autovacuum</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
@@ -4382,6 +4392,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_autovacuum</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time a vacuum on this table by the autovacuum daemon was attempted
+       but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>last_analyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
@@ -4391,6 +4411,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_analyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time a manual analyze on this table was attempted but skipped due to
+       lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>last_autoanalyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
@@ -4401,6 +4431,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_autoanalyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time at which an analyze on this table by the autovacuum was
+       attempted but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>vacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4411,6 +4451,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_vacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times vacuums on this table have been attempted but skipped
+       due to lock unavailability (not counting <command>VACUUM FULL</command>)
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>autovacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4421,6 +4471,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_autovacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times vacuums on this table by the autovacuum daemon have been
+       attempted but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>analyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4430,6 +4490,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_analyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times manual analyzes on this table have been attempted but
+       skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>autoanalyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4440,6 +4510,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_autoanalyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times analyzes on this table by the autovacuum daemon have
+       been attempted but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>total_vacuum_time</structfield> <type>double precision</type>
diff --git a/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql b/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql
index e54018004db..2ca02a0354c 100644
--- a/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql
+++ b/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql
@@ -736,13 +736,21 @@ CREATE VIEW pg_stat_all_tables AS
             pg_stat_get_mod_since_analyze(C.oid) AS n_mod_since_analyze,
             pg_stat_get_ins_since_vacuum(C.oid) AS n_ins_since_vacuum,
             pg_stat_get_last_vacuum_time(C.oid) as last_vacuum,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_vacuum,
             pg_stat_get_last_autovacuum_time(C.oid) as last_autovacuum,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_autovacuum,
             pg_stat_get_last_analyze_time(C.oid) as last_analyze,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_analyze,
             pg_stat_get_last_autoanalyze_time(C.oid) as last_autoanalyze,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_autoanalyze,
             pg_stat_get_vacuum_count(C.oid) AS vacuum_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count(C.oid) AS skipped_vacuum_count,
             pg_stat_get_autovacuum_count(C.oid) AS autovacuum_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count(C.oid) AS skipped_autovacuum_count,
             pg_stat_get_analyze_count(C.oid) AS analyze_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count(C.oid) AS skipped_analyze_count,
             pg_stat_get_autoanalyze_count(C.oid) AS autoanalyze_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count(C.oid) AS skipped_autoanalyze_count,
             pg_stat_get_total_vacuum_time(C.oid) AS total_vacuum_time,
             pg_stat_get_total_autovacuum_time(C.oid) AS total_autovacuum_time,
             pg_stat_get_total_analyze_time(C.oid) AS total_analyze_time,
diff --git a/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c b/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c
index bce3a2daa24..ce83b3171be 100644
--- a/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c
+++ b/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c
@@ -792,8 +792,18 @@ vacuum_open_relation(Oid relid, RangeVar *relation, bits32 options,
 		rel = try_relation_open(relid, NoLock);
 	else
 	{
+		bits8 flags = 0;
 		rel = NULL;
 		rel_lock = false;
+
+		if ((options & VACOPT_VACUUM) != 0)
+			flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM;
+		if ((options & VACOPT_ANALYZE) != 0)
+			flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE;
+		if (AmAutoVacuumWorkerProcess())
+			flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOVAC;
+
+		pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(relid, flags);
 	}
 
 	/* if relation is opened, leave */
@@ -801,7 +811,7 @@ vacuum_open_relation(Oid relid, RangeVar *relation, bits32 options,
 		return rel;
 
 	/*
-	 * Relation could not be opened, hence generate if possible a log
+	 * Relation could not be opened hence generate if possible a log
 	 * informing on the situation.
 	 *
 	 * If the RangeVar is not defined, we do not have enough information to
@@ -904,7 +914,6 @@ expand_vacuum_rel(VacuumRelation *vrel, MemoryContext vac_context,
 		Form_pg_class classForm;
 		bool		include_children;
 		bool		is_partitioned_table;
-		int			rvr_opts;
 
 		/*
 		 * Since autovacuum workers supply OIDs when calling vacuum(), no
@@ -917,29 +926,69 @@ expand_vacuum_rel(VacuumRelation *vrel, MemoryContext vac_context,
 		 * below, as well as find_all_inheritors's expectation that the caller
 		 * holds some lock on the starting relation.
 		 */
-		rvr_opts = (options & VACOPT_SKIP_LOCKED) ? RVR_SKIP_LOCKED : 0;
-		relid = RangeVarGetRelidExtended(vrel->relation,
-										 AccessShareLock,
-										 rvr_opts,
-										 NULL, NULL);
-
-		/*
-		 * If the lock is unavailable, emit the same log statement that
-		 * vacuum_rel() and analyze_rel() would.
-		 */
-		if (!OidIsValid(relid))
+		if (!(options & VACOPT_SKIP_LOCKED))
 		{
-			if (options & VACOPT_VACUUM)
-				ereport(WARNING,
-						(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
-						 errmsg("skipping vacuum of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
-								vrel->relation->relname)));
-			else
-				ereport(WARNING,
-						(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
-						 errmsg("skipping analyze of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
+			relid = RangeVarGetRelidExtended(vrel->relation,
+											 AccessShareLock,
+											 0, NULL, NULL);
+			if (!OidIsValid(relid))
+				return vacrels;
+		}
+		else
+		{
+			/* Get relid for reporting before taking a lock */
+			relid = RangeVarGetRelid(vrel->relation, NoLock, false);
+
+			if (!ConditionalLockRelationOid(relid, AccessShareLock))
+			{
+				bits8	flags = 0;
+				/*
+				 * If the lock is unavailable, emit the same log statement that
+				 * vacuum_rel() and analyze_rel() would.
+				 */
+				if (options & VACOPT_VACUUM)
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping vacuum of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
 								vrel->relation->relname)));
-			return vacrels;
+				else
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping analyze of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
+									vrel->relation->relname)));
+
+				if ((options & VACOPT_VACUUM) != 0)
+					flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM;
+				if ((options & VACOPT_ANALYZE) != 0)
+					flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE;
+
+				pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(relid, flags);
+
+				return vacrels;
+			}
+
+			/*
+			 * Now that we have the lock, probe to see if the relation really
+			 * exists or not.
+			 */
+			if (!SearchSysCacheExists1(RELOID, ObjectIdGetDatum(relid)))
+			{
+				if (options & VACOPT_VACUUM)
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_UNDEFINED_TABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping vacuum of \"%s\" --- relation no longer exists",
+									vrel->relation->relname)));
+				else
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_UNDEFINED_TABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping analyze of \"%s\" --- relation no longer exists",
+									vrel->relation->relname)));
+
+				/* Release useless lock */
+				UnlockRelationOid(relid, AccessShareLock);
+
+				return vacrels;
+			}
 		}
 
 		/*
diff --git a/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c b/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c
index bc8c43b96aa..cec4c88980e 100644
--- a/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c
+++ b/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c
@@ -17,6 +17,7 @@
 
 #include "postgres.h"
 
+#include "access/htup_details.h"
 #include "access/twophase_rmgr.h"
 #include "access/xact.h"
 #include "catalog/catalog.h"
@@ -366,6 +367,73 @@ pgstat_report_analyze(Relation rel,
 	(void) pgstat_flush_backend(false, PGSTAT_BACKEND_FLUSH_IO);
 }
 
+/*
+ * Report that the table was skipped during vacuum or/and analyze.
+ */
+void
+pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(Oid relid, bits8 flags)
+{
+	PgStat_EntryRef *entry_ref;
+	PgStatShared_Relation *shtabentry;
+	PgStat_StatTabEntry *tabentry;
+	TimestampTz ts;
+	HeapTuple	classTup;
+	bool		isshared;
+
+	if (!pgstat_track_counts || !(flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANY))
+		return;
+
+	classTup = SearchSysCache1(RELOID, ObjectIdGetDatum(relid));
+	if (!HeapTupleIsValid(classTup))
+		return;			/* somebody deleted the rel, forget it */
+	isshared = ((Form_pg_class) GETSTRUCT(classTup))->relisshared;
+	ReleaseSysCache(classTup);
+
+	/* Store the data in the table's hash table entry. */
+	ts = GetCurrentTimestamp();
+
+	/* block acquiring lock for the same reason as pgstat_report_autovac() */
+	entry_ref = pgstat_get_entry_ref_locked(PGSTAT_KIND_RELATION,
+											isshared ? InvalidOid : MyDatabaseId,
+											relid, false);
+
+	shtabentry = (PgStatShared_Relation *) entry_ref->shared_stats;
+	tabentry = &shtabentry->stats;
+
+	if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOVAC)
+	{
+		if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM)
+		{
+			tabentry->last_skipped_autovacuum_time = ts;
+			tabentry->skipped_autovacuum_count++;
+		}
+		if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE)
+		{
+			tabentry->last_skipped_autoanalyze_time = ts;
+			tabentry->skipped_autoanalyze_count++;
+		}
+	}
+	else
+	{
+		if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM)
+		{
+			tabentry->last_skipped_vacuum_time = ts;
+			tabentry->skipped_vacuum_count++;
+		}
+		if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE)
+		{
+			tabentry->last_skipped_analyze_time = ts;
+			tabentry->skipped_analyze_count++;
+		}
+	}
+
+	pgstat_unlock_entry(entry_ref);
+
+	/* see pgstat_report_vacuum() */
+	pgstat_flush_io(false);
+	(void) pgstat_flush_backend(false, PGSTAT_BACKEND_FLUSH_IO);
+}
+
 /*
  * count a tuple insertion of n tuples
  */
diff --git a/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c b/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c
index 9185a8e6b83..18aaa3996e1 100644
--- a/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c
+++ b/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c
@@ -84,6 +84,18 @@ PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(mod_since_analyze)
 /* pg_stat_get_numscans */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(numscans)
 
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_analyze_count)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_autoanalyze_count)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_autovacuum_count)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_vacuum_count)
+
 /* pg_stat_get_tuples_deleted */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(tuples_deleted)
 
@@ -170,6 +182,18 @@ PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_vacuum_time)
 /* pg_stat_get_lastscan */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(lastscan)
 
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_analyze_time)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_autoanalyze_time)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_autovacuum_time)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_vacuum_time)
+
 /* pg_stat_get_stat_reset_time */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(stat_reset_time)
 
diff --git a/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat b/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat
index 0118e970dda..ccfe3d9e02a 100644
--- a/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat
+++ b/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat
@@ -5667,6 +5667,38 @@
   proname => 'pg_stat_get_total_autoanalyze_time', provolatile => 's',
   proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'float8', proargtypes => 'oid',
   prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_total_autoanalyze_time' },
+{ oid => '8142', descr => 'statistics: last skipped vacuum time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time' },
+{ oid => '8143', descr => 'statistics: last skipped auto vacuum time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time' },
+{ oid => '8144', descr => 'statistics: last skipped analyze time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time' },
+{ oid => '8145', descr => 'statistics: last skipped auto analyze time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time' },
+{ oid => '8146', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped vacuum for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count' },
+{ oid => '8147', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped auto vacuum for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count' },
+{ oid => '8148', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped analyzes for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count' },
+{ oid => '8149', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped auto analyzes for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count' },
 { oid => '1936', descr => 'statistics: currently active backend IDs',
   proname => 'pg_stat_get_backend_idset', prorows => '100', proretset => 't',
   provolatile => 's', proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int4',
diff --git a/src/include/pgstat.h b/src/include/pgstat.h
index 8e3549c3752..343081a7a25 100644
--- a/src/include/pgstat.h
+++ b/src/include/pgstat.h
@@ -479,6 +479,15 @@ typedef struct PgStat_StatTabEntry
 	TimestampTz last_autoanalyze_time;	/* autovacuum initiated */
 	PgStat_Counter autoanalyze_count;
 
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_vacuum_time;	/* user initiated vacuum */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_vacuum_count;
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_autovacuum_time;	/* autovacuum initiated */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_autovacuum_count;
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_analyze_time;	/* user initiated */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_analyze_count;
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_autoanalyze_time;	/* autovacuum initiated */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_autoanalyze_count;
+
 	PgStat_Counter total_vacuum_time;	/* times in milliseconds */
 	PgStat_Counter total_autovacuum_time;
 	PgStat_Counter total_analyze_time;
@@ -707,6 +716,13 @@ extern void pgstat_report_analyze(Relation rel,
 								  PgStat_Counter livetuples, PgStat_Counter deadtuples,
 								  bool resetcounter, TimestampTz starttime);
 
+/* flags for pgstat_flush_backend() */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM	(1 << 0)	/* vacuum is skipped */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE	(1 << 1)	/* analyze is skipped */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOVAC	(1 << 2)	/* skipped during autovacuum/autoanalyze */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANY   (PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM | PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE)
+extern void pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(Oid relid, bits8 flags);
+
 /*
  * If stats are enabled, but pending data hasn't been prepared yet, call
  * pgstat_assoc_relation() to do so. See its comment for why this is done
diff --git a/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out b/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out
index 2b3cf6d8569..4ccfc43e903 100644
--- a/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out
+++ b/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out
@@ -1835,13 +1835,21 @@ pg_stat_all_tables| SELECT c.oid AS relid,
     pg_stat_get_mod_since_analyze(c.oid) AS n_mod_since_analyze,
     pg_stat_get_ins_since_vacuum(c.oid) AS n_ins_since_vacuum,
     pg_stat_get_last_vacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_vacuum,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_vacuum,
     pg_stat_get_last_autovacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_autovacuum,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_autovacuum,
     pg_stat_get_last_analyze_time(c.oid) AS last_analyze,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_analyze,
     pg_stat_get_last_autoanalyze_time(c.oid) AS last_autoanalyze,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_autoanalyze,
     pg_stat_get_vacuum_count(c.oid) AS vacuum_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count(c.oid) AS skipped_vacuum_count,
     pg_stat_get_autovacuum_count(c.oid) AS autovacuum_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count(c.oid) AS skipped_autovacuum_count,
     pg_stat_get_analyze_count(c.oid) AS analyze_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count(c.oid) AS skipped_analyze_count,
     pg_stat_get_autoanalyze_count(c.oid) AS autoanalyze_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count(c.oid) AS skipped_autoanalyze_count,
     pg_stat_get_total_vacuum_time(c.oid) AS total_vacuum_time,
     pg_stat_get_total_autovacuum_time(c.oid) AS total_autovacuum_time,
     pg_stat_get_total_analyze_time(c.oid) AS total_analyze_time,
@@ -2293,13 +2301,21 @@ pg_stat_sys_tables| SELECT relid,
     n_mod_since_analyze,
     n_ins_since_vacuum,
     last_vacuum,
+    last_skipped_vacuum,
     last_autovacuum,
+    last_skipped_autovacuum,
     last_analyze,
+    last_skipped_analyze,
     last_autoanalyze,
+    last_skipped_autoanalyze,
     vacuum_count,
+    skipped_vacuum_count,
     autovacuum_count,
+    skipped_autovacuum_count,
     analyze_count,
+    skipped_analyze_count,
     autoanalyze_count,
+    skipped_autoanalyze_count,
     total_vacuum_time,
     total_autovacuum_time,
     total_analyze_time,
@@ -2348,13 +2364,21 @@ pg_stat_user_tables| SELECT relid,
     n_mod_since_analyze,
     n_ins_since_vacuum,
     last_vacuum,
+    last_skipped_vacuum,
     last_autovacuum,
+    last_skipped_autovacuum,
     last_analyze,
+    last_skipped_analyze,
     last_autoanalyze,
+    last_skipped_autoanalyze,
     vacuum_count,
+    skipped_vacuum_count,
     autovacuum_count,
+    skipped_autovacuum_count,
     analyze_count,
+    skipped_analyze_count,
     autoanalyze_count,
+    skipped_autoanalyze_count,
     total_vacuum_time,
     total_autovacuum_time,
     total_analyze_time,
-- 
2.43.0


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* [PATCH v3] Track skipped vacuum and analyze activity per relation
@ 2026-03-24 04:09 Yugo Nagata <[email protected]>
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From: Yugo Nagata @ 2026-03-24 04:09 UTC (permalink / raw)

This commit adds eight fields to the relation statistics that track
the last time vacuum or analyze has been attempted but skipped due to
lock unavailability, along with their counts:

-    last_skipped_vacuum
-    last_skipped_autovacuum
-    last_skipped_analyze
-    last_skipped_autoanalyze
-    skipped_vacuum_count
-    skipped_autovacuum_count
-    skipped_analyze_count
-    skipped_autoanalyze_count

These field can help users confirm that autovacuum is actively attempting
to run on a table that has not been vacuumed or analyzed for a long time,
and that the lack of progress is due to repeated skips rather than inactivity.
---
 doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml                 | 80 +++++++++++++++++
 src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql         |  8 ++
 src/backend/commands/vacuum.c                | 95 +++++++++++++++-----
 src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c | 68 ++++++++++++++
 src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c          | 24 +++++
 src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat              | 32 +++++++
 src/include/pgstat.h                         | 16 ++++
 src/test/regress/expected/rules.out          | 24 +++++
 8 files changed, 324 insertions(+), 23 deletions(-)

diff --git a/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml b/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml
index bb75ed1069b..9ec8070b2fc 100644
--- a/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml
+++ b/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml
@@ -4372,6 +4372,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_vacuum</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time a manual vacuum on this table was attempted but skipped due to
+       lock unavailability (not counting <command>VACUUM FULL</command>)
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>last_autovacuum</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
@@ -4382,6 +4392,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_autovacuum</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time a vacuum on this table by the autovacuum daemon was attempted
+       but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>last_analyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
@@ -4391,6 +4411,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_analyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time a manual analyze on this table was attempted but skipped due to
+       lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>last_autoanalyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
@@ -4401,6 +4431,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_autoanalyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time at which an analyze on this table by the autovacuum was
+       attempted but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>vacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4411,6 +4451,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_vacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times vacuums on this table have been attempted but skipped
+       due to lock unavailability (not counting <command>VACUUM FULL</command>)
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>autovacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4421,6 +4471,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_autovacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times vacuums on this table by the autovacuum daemon have been
+       attempted but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>analyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4430,6 +4490,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_analyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times manual analyzes on this table have been attempted but
+       skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>autoanalyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4440,6 +4510,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_autoanalyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times analyzes on this table by the autovacuum daemon have
+       been attempted but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>total_vacuum_time</structfield> <type>double precision</type>
diff --git a/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql b/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql
index e54018004db..2ca02a0354c 100644
--- a/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql
+++ b/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql
@@ -736,13 +736,21 @@ CREATE VIEW pg_stat_all_tables AS
             pg_stat_get_mod_since_analyze(C.oid) AS n_mod_since_analyze,
             pg_stat_get_ins_since_vacuum(C.oid) AS n_ins_since_vacuum,
             pg_stat_get_last_vacuum_time(C.oid) as last_vacuum,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_vacuum,
             pg_stat_get_last_autovacuum_time(C.oid) as last_autovacuum,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_autovacuum,
             pg_stat_get_last_analyze_time(C.oid) as last_analyze,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_analyze,
             pg_stat_get_last_autoanalyze_time(C.oid) as last_autoanalyze,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_autoanalyze,
             pg_stat_get_vacuum_count(C.oid) AS vacuum_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count(C.oid) AS skipped_vacuum_count,
             pg_stat_get_autovacuum_count(C.oid) AS autovacuum_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count(C.oid) AS skipped_autovacuum_count,
             pg_stat_get_analyze_count(C.oid) AS analyze_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count(C.oid) AS skipped_analyze_count,
             pg_stat_get_autoanalyze_count(C.oid) AS autoanalyze_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count(C.oid) AS skipped_autoanalyze_count,
             pg_stat_get_total_vacuum_time(C.oid) AS total_vacuum_time,
             pg_stat_get_total_autovacuum_time(C.oid) AS total_autovacuum_time,
             pg_stat_get_total_analyze_time(C.oid) AS total_analyze_time,
diff --git a/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c b/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c
index bce3a2daa24..ce83b3171be 100644
--- a/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c
+++ b/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c
@@ -792,8 +792,18 @@ vacuum_open_relation(Oid relid, RangeVar *relation, bits32 options,
 		rel = try_relation_open(relid, NoLock);
 	else
 	{
+		bits8 flags = 0;
 		rel = NULL;
 		rel_lock = false;
+
+		if ((options & VACOPT_VACUUM) != 0)
+			flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM;
+		if ((options & VACOPT_ANALYZE) != 0)
+			flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE;
+		if (AmAutoVacuumWorkerProcess())
+			flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOVAC;
+
+		pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(relid, flags);
 	}
 
 	/* if relation is opened, leave */
@@ -801,7 +811,7 @@ vacuum_open_relation(Oid relid, RangeVar *relation, bits32 options,
 		return rel;
 
 	/*
-	 * Relation could not be opened, hence generate if possible a log
+	 * Relation could not be opened hence generate if possible a log
 	 * informing on the situation.
 	 *
 	 * If the RangeVar is not defined, we do not have enough information to
@@ -904,7 +914,6 @@ expand_vacuum_rel(VacuumRelation *vrel, MemoryContext vac_context,
 		Form_pg_class classForm;
 		bool		include_children;
 		bool		is_partitioned_table;
-		int			rvr_opts;
 
 		/*
 		 * Since autovacuum workers supply OIDs when calling vacuum(), no
@@ -917,29 +926,69 @@ expand_vacuum_rel(VacuumRelation *vrel, MemoryContext vac_context,
 		 * below, as well as find_all_inheritors's expectation that the caller
 		 * holds some lock on the starting relation.
 		 */
-		rvr_opts = (options & VACOPT_SKIP_LOCKED) ? RVR_SKIP_LOCKED : 0;
-		relid = RangeVarGetRelidExtended(vrel->relation,
-										 AccessShareLock,
-										 rvr_opts,
-										 NULL, NULL);
-
-		/*
-		 * If the lock is unavailable, emit the same log statement that
-		 * vacuum_rel() and analyze_rel() would.
-		 */
-		if (!OidIsValid(relid))
+		if (!(options & VACOPT_SKIP_LOCKED))
 		{
-			if (options & VACOPT_VACUUM)
-				ereport(WARNING,
-						(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
-						 errmsg("skipping vacuum of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
-								vrel->relation->relname)));
-			else
-				ereport(WARNING,
-						(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
-						 errmsg("skipping analyze of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
+			relid = RangeVarGetRelidExtended(vrel->relation,
+											 AccessShareLock,
+											 0, NULL, NULL);
+			if (!OidIsValid(relid))
+				return vacrels;
+		}
+		else
+		{
+			/* Get relid for reporting before taking a lock */
+			relid = RangeVarGetRelid(vrel->relation, NoLock, false);
+
+			if (!ConditionalLockRelationOid(relid, AccessShareLock))
+			{
+				bits8	flags = 0;
+				/*
+				 * If the lock is unavailable, emit the same log statement that
+				 * vacuum_rel() and analyze_rel() would.
+				 */
+				if (options & VACOPT_VACUUM)
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping vacuum of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
 								vrel->relation->relname)));
-			return vacrels;
+				else
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping analyze of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
+									vrel->relation->relname)));
+
+				if ((options & VACOPT_VACUUM) != 0)
+					flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM;
+				if ((options & VACOPT_ANALYZE) != 0)
+					flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE;
+
+				pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(relid, flags);
+
+				return vacrels;
+			}
+
+			/*
+			 * Now that we have the lock, probe to see if the relation really
+			 * exists or not.
+			 */
+			if (!SearchSysCacheExists1(RELOID, ObjectIdGetDatum(relid)))
+			{
+				if (options & VACOPT_VACUUM)
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_UNDEFINED_TABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping vacuum of \"%s\" --- relation no longer exists",
+									vrel->relation->relname)));
+				else
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_UNDEFINED_TABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping analyze of \"%s\" --- relation no longer exists",
+									vrel->relation->relname)));
+
+				/* Release useless lock */
+				UnlockRelationOid(relid, AccessShareLock);
+
+				return vacrels;
+			}
 		}
 
 		/*
diff --git a/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c b/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c
index bc8c43b96aa..cec4c88980e 100644
--- a/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c
+++ b/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c
@@ -17,6 +17,7 @@
 
 #include "postgres.h"
 
+#include "access/htup_details.h"
 #include "access/twophase_rmgr.h"
 #include "access/xact.h"
 #include "catalog/catalog.h"
@@ -366,6 +367,73 @@ pgstat_report_analyze(Relation rel,
 	(void) pgstat_flush_backend(false, PGSTAT_BACKEND_FLUSH_IO);
 }
 
+/*
+ * Report that the table was skipped during vacuum or/and analyze.
+ */
+void
+pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(Oid relid, bits8 flags)
+{
+	PgStat_EntryRef *entry_ref;
+	PgStatShared_Relation *shtabentry;
+	PgStat_StatTabEntry *tabentry;
+	TimestampTz ts;
+	HeapTuple	classTup;
+	bool		isshared;
+
+	if (!pgstat_track_counts || !(flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANY))
+		return;
+
+	classTup = SearchSysCache1(RELOID, ObjectIdGetDatum(relid));
+	if (!HeapTupleIsValid(classTup))
+		return;			/* somebody deleted the rel, forget it */
+	isshared = ((Form_pg_class) GETSTRUCT(classTup))->relisshared;
+	ReleaseSysCache(classTup);
+
+	/* Store the data in the table's hash table entry. */
+	ts = GetCurrentTimestamp();
+
+	/* block acquiring lock for the same reason as pgstat_report_autovac() */
+	entry_ref = pgstat_get_entry_ref_locked(PGSTAT_KIND_RELATION,
+											isshared ? InvalidOid : MyDatabaseId,
+											relid, false);
+
+	shtabentry = (PgStatShared_Relation *) entry_ref->shared_stats;
+	tabentry = &shtabentry->stats;
+
+	if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOVAC)
+	{
+		if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM)
+		{
+			tabentry->last_skipped_autovacuum_time = ts;
+			tabentry->skipped_autovacuum_count++;
+		}
+		if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE)
+		{
+			tabentry->last_skipped_autoanalyze_time = ts;
+			tabentry->skipped_autoanalyze_count++;
+		}
+	}
+	else
+	{
+		if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM)
+		{
+			tabentry->last_skipped_vacuum_time = ts;
+			tabentry->skipped_vacuum_count++;
+		}
+		if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE)
+		{
+			tabentry->last_skipped_analyze_time = ts;
+			tabentry->skipped_analyze_count++;
+		}
+	}
+
+	pgstat_unlock_entry(entry_ref);
+
+	/* see pgstat_report_vacuum() */
+	pgstat_flush_io(false);
+	(void) pgstat_flush_backend(false, PGSTAT_BACKEND_FLUSH_IO);
+}
+
 /*
  * count a tuple insertion of n tuples
  */
diff --git a/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c b/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c
index 9185a8e6b83..18aaa3996e1 100644
--- a/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c
+++ b/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c
@@ -84,6 +84,18 @@ PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(mod_since_analyze)
 /* pg_stat_get_numscans */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(numscans)
 
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_analyze_count)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_autoanalyze_count)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_autovacuum_count)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_vacuum_count)
+
 /* pg_stat_get_tuples_deleted */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(tuples_deleted)
 
@@ -170,6 +182,18 @@ PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_vacuum_time)
 /* pg_stat_get_lastscan */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(lastscan)
 
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_analyze_time)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_autoanalyze_time)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_autovacuum_time)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_vacuum_time)
+
 /* pg_stat_get_stat_reset_time */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(stat_reset_time)
 
diff --git a/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat b/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat
index 0118e970dda..ccfe3d9e02a 100644
--- a/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat
+++ b/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat
@@ -5667,6 +5667,38 @@
   proname => 'pg_stat_get_total_autoanalyze_time', provolatile => 's',
   proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'float8', proargtypes => 'oid',
   prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_total_autoanalyze_time' },
+{ oid => '8142', descr => 'statistics: last skipped vacuum time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time' },
+{ oid => '8143', descr => 'statistics: last skipped auto vacuum time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time' },
+{ oid => '8144', descr => 'statistics: last skipped analyze time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time' },
+{ oid => '8145', descr => 'statistics: last skipped auto analyze time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time' },
+{ oid => '8146', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped vacuum for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count' },
+{ oid => '8147', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped auto vacuum for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count' },
+{ oid => '8148', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped analyzes for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count' },
+{ oid => '8149', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped auto analyzes for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count' },
 { oid => '1936', descr => 'statistics: currently active backend IDs',
   proname => 'pg_stat_get_backend_idset', prorows => '100', proretset => 't',
   provolatile => 's', proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int4',
diff --git a/src/include/pgstat.h b/src/include/pgstat.h
index 8e3549c3752..343081a7a25 100644
--- a/src/include/pgstat.h
+++ b/src/include/pgstat.h
@@ -479,6 +479,15 @@ typedef struct PgStat_StatTabEntry
 	TimestampTz last_autoanalyze_time;	/* autovacuum initiated */
 	PgStat_Counter autoanalyze_count;
 
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_vacuum_time;	/* user initiated vacuum */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_vacuum_count;
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_autovacuum_time;	/* autovacuum initiated */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_autovacuum_count;
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_analyze_time;	/* user initiated */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_analyze_count;
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_autoanalyze_time;	/* autovacuum initiated */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_autoanalyze_count;
+
 	PgStat_Counter total_vacuum_time;	/* times in milliseconds */
 	PgStat_Counter total_autovacuum_time;
 	PgStat_Counter total_analyze_time;
@@ -707,6 +716,13 @@ extern void pgstat_report_analyze(Relation rel,
 								  PgStat_Counter livetuples, PgStat_Counter deadtuples,
 								  bool resetcounter, TimestampTz starttime);
 
+/* flags for pgstat_flush_backend() */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM	(1 << 0)	/* vacuum is skipped */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE	(1 << 1)	/* analyze is skipped */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOVAC	(1 << 2)	/* skipped during autovacuum/autoanalyze */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANY   (PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM | PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE)
+extern void pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(Oid relid, bits8 flags);
+
 /*
  * If stats are enabled, but pending data hasn't been prepared yet, call
  * pgstat_assoc_relation() to do so. See its comment for why this is done
diff --git a/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out b/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out
index 2b3cf6d8569..4ccfc43e903 100644
--- a/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out
+++ b/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out
@@ -1835,13 +1835,21 @@ pg_stat_all_tables| SELECT c.oid AS relid,
     pg_stat_get_mod_since_analyze(c.oid) AS n_mod_since_analyze,
     pg_stat_get_ins_since_vacuum(c.oid) AS n_ins_since_vacuum,
     pg_stat_get_last_vacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_vacuum,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_vacuum,
     pg_stat_get_last_autovacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_autovacuum,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_autovacuum,
     pg_stat_get_last_analyze_time(c.oid) AS last_analyze,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_analyze,
     pg_stat_get_last_autoanalyze_time(c.oid) AS last_autoanalyze,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_autoanalyze,
     pg_stat_get_vacuum_count(c.oid) AS vacuum_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count(c.oid) AS skipped_vacuum_count,
     pg_stat_get_autovacuum_count(c.oid) AS autovacuum_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count(c.oid) AS skipped_autovacuum_count,
     pg_stat_get_analyze_count(c.oid) AS analyze_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count(c.oid) AS skipped_analyze_count,
     pg_stat_get_autoanalyze_count(c.oid) AS autoanalyze_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count(c.oid) AS skipped_autoanalyze_count,
     pg_stat_get_total_vacuum_time(c.oid) AS total_vacuum_time,
     pg_stat_get_total_autovacuum_time(c.oid) AS total_autovacuum_time,
     pg_stat_get_total_analyze_time(c.oid) AS total_analyze_time,
@@ -2293,13 +2301,21 @@ pg_stat_sys_tables| SELECT relid,
     n_mod_since_analyze,
     n_ins_since_vacuum,
     last_vacuum,
+    last_skipped_vacuum,
     last_autovacuum,
+    last_skipped_autovacuum,
     last_analyze,
+    last_skipped_analyze,
     last_autoanalyze,
+    last_skipped_autoanalyze,
     vacuum_count,
+    skipped_vacuum_count,
     autovacuum_count,
+    skipped_autovacuum_count,
     analyze_count,
+    skipped_analyze_count,
     autoanalyze_count,
+    skipped_autoanalyze_count,
     total_vacuum_time,
     total_autovacuum_time,
     total_analyze_time,
@@ -2348,13 +2364,21 @@ pg_stat_user_tables| SELECT relid,
     n_mod_since_analyze,
     n_ins_since_vacuum,
     last_vacuum,
+    last_skipped_vacuum,
     last_autovacuum,
+    last_skipped_autovacuum,
     last_analyze,
+    last_skipped_analyze,
     last_autoanalyze,
+    last_skipped_autoanalyze,
     vacuum_count,
+    skipped_vacuum_count,
     autovacuum_count,
+    skipped_autovacuum_count,
     analyze_count,
+    skipped_analyze_count,
     autoanalyze_count,
+    skipped_autoanalyze_count,
     total_vacuum_time,
     total_autovacuum_time,
     total_analyze_time,
-- 
2.43.0


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* [PATCH v4] Track skipped vacuum and analyze activity per relation
@ 2026-03-24 04:09 Yugo Nagata <[email protected]>
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From: Yugo Nagata @ 2026-03-24 04:09 UTC (permalink / raw)

This commit adds eight fields to the relation statistics that track
the last time vacuum or analyze has been attempted but skipped due to
lock unavailability, along with their counts:

-    last_skipped_vacuum
-    last_skipped_autovacuum
-    last_skipped_analyze
-    last_skipped_autoanalyze
-    skipped_vacuum_count
-    skipped_autovacuum_count
-    skipped_analyze_count
-    skipped_autoanalyze_count

These field can help users confirm that autovacuum is actively attempting
to run on a table that has not been vacuumed or analyzed for a long time,
and that the lack of progress is due to repeated skips rather than inactivity.
---
 doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml                 |  88 ++++++++++++++++
 src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql         |   8 ++
 src/backend/commands/vacuum.c                | 102 ++++++++++++++-----
 src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c |  64 ++++++++++++
 src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c          |  24 +++++
 src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat              |  32 ++++++
 src/include/pgstat.h                         |  16 +++
 src/test/regress/expected/rules.out          |  24 +++++
 8 files changed, 335 insertions(+), 23 deletions(-)

diff --git a/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml b/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml
index 08d5b824552..a9b579d87a9 100644
--- a/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml
+++ b/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml
@@ -4387,6 +4387,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_vacuum</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time a manual vacuum on this table was attempted but skipped due to
+       lock unavailability (not counting <command>VACUUM FULL</command>)
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>last_autovacuum</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
@@ -4397,6 +4407,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_autovacuum</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time a vacuum on this table by the autovacuum daemon was attempted
+       but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>last_analyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
@@ -4406,6 +4426,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_analyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time a manual analyze on this table was attempted but skipped due to
+       lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>last_autoanalyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
@@ -4416,6 +4446,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_autoanalyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time at which an analyze on this table by the autovacuum was
+       attempted but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>vacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4426,6 +4466,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_vacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times manual vacuums on this table have been attempted but skipped
+       due to lock unavailability (not counting <command>VACUUM FULL</command>)
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>autovacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4436,6 +4486,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_autovacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times vacuums on this table by the autovacuum daemon have been
+       attempted but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>analyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4445,6 +4505,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_analyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times manual analyzes on this table have been attempted but
+       skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>autoanalyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4455,6 +4525,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_autoanalyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times analyzes on this table by the autovacuum daemon have
+       been attempted but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>total_vacuum_time</structfield> <type>double precision</type>
@@ -4510,6 +4590,14 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
    </tgroup>
   </table>
 
+  <note>
+   <para>
+    When a manual vacuum or analyze on a parent table in an inheritance or
+    partitioning hierarchy is skipped, the statistics are recorded only for
+    the parent table, not for its children.
+   </para>
+  </note>
+
  </sect2>
 
  <sect2 id="monitoring-pg-stat-autovacuum-scores-view">
diff --git a/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql b/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql
index 73a1c1c4670..f509fc7876b 100644
--- a/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql
+++ b/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql
@@ -736,13 +736,21 @@ CREATE VIEW pg_stat_all_tables AS
             pg_stat_get_mod_since_analyze(C.oid) AS n_mod_since_analyze,
             pg_stat_get_ins_since_vacuum(C.oid) AS n_ins_since_vacuum,
             pg_stat_get_last_vacuum_time(C.oid) as last_vacuum,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_vacuum,
             pg_stat_get_last_autovacuum_time(C.oid) as last_autovacuum,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_autovacuum,
             pg_stat_get_last_analyze_time(C.oid) as last_analyze,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_analyze,
             pg_stat_get_last_autoanalyze_time(C.oid) as last_autoanalyze,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_autoanalyze,
             pg_stat_get_vacuum_count(C.oid) AS vacuum_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count(C.oid) AS skipped_vacuum_count,
             pg_stat_get_autovacuum_count(C.oid) AS autovacuum_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count(C.oid) AS skipped_autovacuum_count,
             pg_stat_get_analyze_count(C.oid) AS analyze_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count(C.oid) AS skipped_analyze_count,
             pg_stat_get_autoanalyze_count(C.oid) AS autoanalyze_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count(C.oid) AS skipped_autoanalyze_count,
             pg_stat_get_total_vacuum_time(C.oid) AS total_vacuum_time,
             pg_stat_get_total_autovacuum_time(C.oid) AS total_autovacuum_time,
             pg_stat_get_total_analyze_time(C.oid) AS total_analyze_time,
diff --git a/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c b/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c
index 99d0db82ed7..97cd5ea8d10 100644
--- a/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c
+++ b/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c
@@ -793,8 +793,25 @@ vacuum_open_relation(Oid relid, RangeVar *relation, uint32 options,
 		rel = try_relation_open(relid, NoLock);
 	else
 	{
+		int flags = 0;
 		rel = NULL;
 		rel_lock = false;
+
+		if ((options & VACOPT_VACUUM) != 0)
+		{
+			if (AmAutoVacuumWorkerProcess())
+				flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOVACUUM;
+			else
+				flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM;
+		}
+		if ((options & VACOPT_ANALYZE) != 0)
+		{
+			if (AmAutoVacuumWorkerProcess())
+				flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOANALYZE;
+			else
+				flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE;
+		}
+		pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(relid, flags);
 	}
 
 	/* if relation is opened, leave */
@@ -802,7 +819,7 @@ vacuum_open_relation(Oid relid, RangeVar *relation, uint32 options,
 		return rel;
 
 	/*
-	 * Relation could not be opened, hence generate if possible a log
+	 * Relation could not be opened hence generate if possible a log
 	 * informing on the situation.
 	 *
 	 * If the RangeVar is not defined, we do not have enough information to
@@ -905,7 +922,6 @@ expand_vacuum_rel(VacuumRelation *vrel, MemoryContext vac_context,
 		Form_pg_class classForm;
 		bool		include_children;
 		bool		is_partitioned_table;
-		int			rvr_opts;
 
 		/*
 		 * Since autovacuum workers supply OIDs when calling vacuum(), no
@@ -918,29 +934,69 @@ expand_vacuum_rel(VacuumRelation *vrel, MemoryContext vac_context,
 		 * below, as well as find_all_inheritors's expectation that the caller
 		 * holds some lock on the starting relation.
 		 */
-		rvr_opts = (options & VACOPT_SKIP_LOCKED) ? RVR_SKIP_LOCKED : 0;
-		relid = RangeVarGetRelidExtended(vrel->relation,
-										 AccessShareLock,
-										 rvr_opts,
-										 NULL, NULL);
-
-		/*
-		 * If the lock is unavailable, emit the same log statement that
-		 * vacuum_rel() and analyze_rel() would.
-		 */
-		if (!OidIsValid(relid))
+		if (!(options & VACOPT_SKIP_LOCKED))
 		{
-			if (options & VACOPT_VACUUM)
-				ereport(WARNING,
-						(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
-						 errmsg("skipping vacuum of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
-								vrel->relation->relname)));
-			else
-				ereport(WARNING,
-						(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
-						 errmsg("skipping analyze of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
+			relid = RangeVarGetRelidExtended(vrel->relation,
+											 AccessShareLock,
+											 0, NULL, NULL);
+			if (!OidIsValid(relid))
+				return vacrels;
+		}
+		else
+		{
+			/* Get relid for reporting before taking a lock */
+			relid = RangeVarGetRelid(vrel->relation, NoLock, false);
+
+			if (!ConditionalLockRelationOid(relid, AccessShareLock))
+			{
+				int	flags = 0;
+				/*
+				 * If the lock is unavailable, emit the same log statement that
+				 * vacuum_rel() and analyze_rel() would.
+				 */
+				if (options & VACOPT_VACUUM)
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping vacuum of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
 								vrel->relation->relname)));
-			return vacrels;
+				else
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping analyze of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
+									vrel->relation->relname)));
+
+				if ((options & VACOPT_VACUUM) != 0)
+					flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM;
+				if ((options & VACOPT_ANALYZE) != 0)
+					flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE;
+
+				pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(relid, flags);
+
+				return vacrels;
+			}
+
+			/*
+			 * Now that we have the lock, probe to see if the relation really
+			 * exists or not.
+			 */
+			if (!SearchSysCacheExists1(RELOID, ObjectIdGetDatum(relid)))
+			{
+				if (options & VACOPT_VACUUM)
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_UNDEFINED_TABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping vacuum of \"%s\" --- relation no longer exists",
+									vrel->relation->relname)));
+				else
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_UNDEFINED_TABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping analyze of \"%s\" --- relation no longer exists",
+									vrel->relation->relname)));
+
+				/* Release useless lock */
+				UnlockRelationOid(relid, AccessShareLock);
+
+				return vacrels;
+			}
 		}
 
 		/*
diff --git a/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c b/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c
index b2ca28f83ba..532d9023f8c 100644
--- a/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c
+++ b/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c
@@ -17,12 +17,14 @@
 
 #include "postgres.h"
 
+#include "access/htup_details.h"
 #include "access/twophase_rmgr.h"
 #include "access/xact.h"
 #include "catalog/catalog.h"
 #include "utils/memutils.h"
 #include "utils/pgstat_internal.h"
 #include "utils/rel.h"
+#include "utils/syscache.h"
 #include "utils/timestamp.h"
 
 
@@ -367,6 +369,68 @@ pgstat_report_analyze(Relation rel,
 	(void) pgstat_flush_backend(false, PGSTAT_BACKEND_FLUSH_IO);
 }
 
+/*
+ * Report that the table was skipped during vacuum or/and analyze.
+ */
+void
+pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(Oid relid, int flags)
+{
+	PgStat_EntryRef *entry_ref;
+	PgStatShared_Relation *shtabentry;
+	PgStat_StatTabEntry *tabentry;
+	TimestampTz ts;
+	HeapTuple	classTup;
+	bool		isshared;
+
+	if (!pgstat_track_counts || !flags)
+		return;
+
+	classTup = SearchSysCache1(RELOID, ObjectIdGetDatum(relid));
+	if (!HeapTupleIsValid(classTup))
+		return;			/* somebody deleted the rel, forget it */
+	isshared = ((Form_pg_class) GETSTRUCT(classTup))->relisshared;
+	ReleaseSysCache(classTup);
+
+	/* Store the data in the table's hash table entry. */
+	ts = GetCurrentTimestamp();
+
+	/* block acquiring lock for the same reason as pgstat_report_autovac() */
+	entry_ref = pgstat_get_entry_ref_locked(PGSTAT_KIND_RELATION,
+											isshared ? InvalidOid : MyDatabaseId,
+											relid, false);
+
+	shtabentry = (PgStatShared_Relation *) entry_ref->shared_stats;
+	tabentry = &shtabentry->stats;
+
+	if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM)
+	{
+		tabentry->last_skipped_vacuum_time = ts;
+		tabentry->skipped_vacuum_count++;
+	}
+	else if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOVACUUM)
+	{
+		tabentry->last_skipped_autovacuum_time = ts;
+		tabentry->skipped_autovacuum_count++;
+	}
+
+	if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE)
+	{
+		tabentry->last_skipped_analyze_time = ts;
+		tabentry->skipped_analyze_count++;
+	}
+	else if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOANALYZE)
+	{
+		tabentry->last_skipped_autoanalyze_time = ts;
+		tabentry->skipped_autoanalyze_count++;
+	}
+
+	pgstat_unlock_entry(entry_ref);
+
+	/* see pgstat_report_vacuum() */
+	pgstat_flush_io(false);
+	(void) pgstat_flush_backend(false, PGSTAT_BACKEND_FLUSH_IO);
+}
+
 /*
  * count a tuple insertion of n tuples
  */
diff --git a/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c b/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c
index 1408de387ea..90a8968faa0 100644
--- a/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c
+++ b/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c
@@ -84,6 +84,18 @@ PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(mod_since_analyze)
 /* pg_stat_get_numscans */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(numscans)
 
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_analyze_count)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_autoanalyze_count)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_autovacuum_count)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_vacuum_count)
+
 /* pg_stat_get_tuples_deleted */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(tuples_deleted)
 
@@ -170,6 +182,18 @@ PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_vacuum_time)
 /* pg_stat_get_lastscan */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(lastscan)
 
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_analyze_time)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_autoanalyze_time)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_autovacuum_time)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_vacuum_time)
+
 /* pg_stat_get_stat_reset_time */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(stat_reset_time)
 
diff --git a/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat b/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat
index fa9ae79082b..32debb34863 100644
--- a/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat
+++ b/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat
@@ -5680,6 +5680,38 @@
   proargmodes => '{o,o,o,o,o,o,o,o,o,o}',
   proargnames => '{oid,score,xid_score,mxid_score,vacuum_score,vacuum_insert_score,analyze_score,do_vacuum,do_analyze,for_wraparound}',
   prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_autovacuum_scores' },
+{ oid => '8142', descr => 'statistics: last skipped vacuum time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time' },
+{ oid => '8143', descr => 'statistics: last skipped auto vacuum time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time' },
+{ oid => '8144', descr => 'statistics: last skipped analyze time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time' },
+{ oid => '8145', descr => 'statistics: last skipped auto analyze time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time' },
+{ oid => '8146', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped vacuum for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count' },
+{ oid => '8147', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped auto vacuum for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count' },
+{ oid => '8148', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped analyzes for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count' },
+{ oid => '8149', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped auto analyzes for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count' },
 { oid => '1936', descr => 'statistics: currently active backend IDs',
   proname => 'pg_stat_get_backend_idset', prorows => '100', proretset => 't',
   provolatile => 's', proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int4',
diff --git a/src/include/pgstat.h b/src/include/pgstat.h
index dfa2e837638..98941f953d1 100644
--- a/src/include/pgstat.h
+++ b/src/include/pgstat.h
@@ -479,6 +479,15 @@ typedef struct PgStat_StatTabEntry
 	TimestampTz last_autoanalyze_time;	/* autovacuum initiated */
 	PgStat_Counter autoanalyze_count;
 
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_vacuum_time;	/* user initiated vacuum */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_vacuum_count;
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_autovacuum_time;	/* autovacuum initiated */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_autovacuum_count;
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_analyze_time;	/* user initiated */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_analyze_count;
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_autoanalyze_time;	/* autovacuum initiated */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_autoanalyze_count;
+
 	PgStat_Counter total_vacuum_time;	/* times in milliseconds */
 	PgStat_Counter total_autovacuum_time;
 	PgStat_Counter total_analyze_time;
@@ -703,6 +712,13 @@ extern void pgstat_report_analyze(Relation rel,
 								  PgStat_Counter livetuples, PgStat_Counter deadtuples,
 								  bool resetcounter, TimestampTz starttime);
 
+/* flags for pgstat_flush_backend() */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM		(1 << 0)	/* vacuum is skipped */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE		(1 << 1)	/* analyze is skipped */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOVACUUM	(1 << 2)	/* autovacuum is skipped */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOANALYZE	(1 << 3)	/* autoanalyze is skipped */
+extern void pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(Oid relid, int flags);
+
 /*
  * If stats are enabled, but pending data hasn't been prepared yet, call
  * pgstat_assoc_relation() to do so. See its comment for why this is done
diff --git a/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out b/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out
index a65a5bf0c4f..9b2075d3373 100644
--- a/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out
+++ b/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out
@@ -1835,13 +1835,21 @@ pg_stat_all_tables| SELECT c.oid AS relid,
     pg_stat_get_mod_since_analyze(c.oid) AS n_mod_since_analyze,
     pg_stat_get_ins_since_vacuum(c.oid) AS n_ins_since_vacuum,
     pg_stat_get_last_vacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_vacuum,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_vacuum,
     pg_stat_get_last_autovacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_autovacuum,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_autovacuum,
     pg_stat_get_last_analyze_time(c.oid) AS last_analyze,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_analyze,
     pg_stat_get_last_autoanalyze_time(c.oid) AS last_autoanalyze,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_autoanalyze,
     pg_stat_get_vacuum_count(c.oid) AS vacuum_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count(c.oid) AS skipped_vacuum_count,
     pg_stat_get_autovacuum_count(c.oid) AS autovacuum_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count(c.oid) AS skipped_autovacuum_count,
     pg_stat_get_analyze_count(c.oid) AS analyze_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count(c.oid) AS skipped_analyze_count,
     pg_stat_get_autoanalyze_count(c.oid) AS autoanalyze_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count(c.oid) AS skipped_autoanalyze_count,
     pg_stat_get_total_vacuum_time(c.oid) AS total_vacuum_time,
     pg_stat_get_total_autovacuum_time(c.oid) AS total_autovacuum_time,
     pg_stat_get_total_analyze_time(c.oid) AS total_analyze_time,
@@ -2346,13 +2354,21 @@ pg_stat_sys_tables| SELECT relid,
     n_mod_since_analyze,
     n_ins_since_vacuum,
     last_vacuum,
+    last_skipped_vacuum,
     last_autovacuum,
+    last_skipped_autovacuum,
     last_analyze,
+    last_skipped_analyze,
     last_autoanalyze,
+    last_skipped_autoanalyze,
     vacuum_count,
+    skipped_vacuum_count,
     autovacuum_count,
+    skipped_autovacuum_count,
     analyze_count,
+    skipped_analyze_count,
     autoanalyze_count,
+    skipped_autoanalyze_count,
     total_vacuum_time,
     total_autovacuum_time,
     total_analyze_time,
@@ -2401,13 +2417,21 @@ pg_stat_user_tables| SELECT relid,
     n_mod_since_analyze,
     n_ins_since_vacuum,
     last_vacuum,
+    last_skipped_vacuum,
     last_autovacuum,
+    last_skipped_autovacuum,
     last_analyze,
+    last_skipped_analyze,
     last_autoanalyze,
+    last_skipped_autoanalyze,
     vacuum_count,
+    skipped_vacuum_count,
     autovacuum_count,
+    skipped_autovacuum_count,
     analyze_count,
+    skipped_analyze_count,
     autoanalyze_count,
+    skipped_autoanalyze_count,
     total_vacuum_time,
     total_autovacuum_time,
     total_analyze_time,
-- 
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* [PATCH v5] Track skipped vacuum and analyze activity per relation
@ 2026-03-24 04:09 Yugo Nagata <[email protected]>
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From: Yugo Nagata @ 2026-03-24 04:09 UTC (permalink / raw)

This commit adds eight fields to the relation statistics that track
the last time vacuum or analyze has been attempted but skipped due to
lock unavailability, along with their counts:

-    last_skipped_vacuum
-    last_skipped_autovacuum
-    last_skipped_analyze
-    last_skipped_autoanalyze
-    skipped_vacuum_count
-    skipped_autovacuum_count
-    skipped_analyze_count
-    skipped_autoanalyze_count

These field can help users confirm that autovacuum is actively attempting
to run on a table that has not been vacuumed or analyzed for a long time,
and that the lack of progress is due to repeated skips rather than inactivity.
---
 doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml                  |  88 ++++++
 src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql          |   8 +
 src/backend/commands/vacuum.c                 | 100 +++++--
 src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c  |  64 +++++
 src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c           |  24 ++
 src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat               |  32 +++
 src/include/pgstat.h                          |  16 ++
 .../isolation/expected/vacuum-skip-locked.out | 260 ++++++++++++++++--
 .../isolation/specs/vacuum-skip-locked.spec   |  41 +--
 src/test/regress/expected/rules.out           |  24 ++
 10 files changed, 601 insertions(+), 56 deletions(-)

diff --git a/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml b/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml
index 08d5b824552..a9b579d87a9 100644
--- a/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml
+++ b/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml
@@ -4387,6 +4387,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_vacuum</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time a manual vacuum on this table was attempted but skipped due to
+       lock unavailability (not counting <command>VACUUM FULL</command>)
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>last_autovacuum</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
@@ -4397,6 +4407,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_autovacuum</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time a vacuum on this table by the autovacuum daemon was attempted
+       but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>last_analyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
@@ -4406,6 +4426,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_analyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time a manual analyze on this table was attempted but skipped due to
+       lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>last_autoanalyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
@@ -4416,6 +4446,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_autoanalyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time at which an analyze on this table by the autovacuum was
+       attempted but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>vacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4426,6 +4466,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_vacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times manual vacuums on this table have been attempted but skipped
+       due to lock unavailability (not counting <command>VACUUM FULL</command>)
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>autovacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4436,6 +4486,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_autovacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times vacuums on this table by the autovacuum daemon have been
+       attempted but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>analyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4445,6 +4505,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_analyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times manual analyzes on this table have been attempted but
+       skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>autoanalyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4455,6 +4525,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_autoanalyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times analyzes on this table by the autovacuum daemon have
+       been attempted but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>total_vacuum_time</structfield> <type>double precision</type>
@@ -4510,6 +4590,14 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
    </tgroup>
   </table>
 
+  <note>
+   <para>
+    When a manual vacuum or analyze on a parent table in an inheritance or
+    partitioning hierarchy is skipped, the statistics are recorded only for
+    the parent table, not for its children.
+   </para>
+  </note>
+
  </sect2>
 
  <sect2 id="monitoring-pg-stat-autovacuum-scores-view">
diff --git a/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql b/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql
index 73a1c1c4670..f509fc7876b 100644
--- a/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql
+++ b/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql
@@ -736,13 +736,21 @@ CREATE VIEW pg_stat_all_tables AS
             pg_stat_get_mod_since_analyze(C.oid) AS n_mod_since_analyze,
             pg_stat_get_ins_since_vacuum(C.oid) AS n_ins_since_vacuum,
             pg_stat_get_last_vacuum_time(C.oid) as last_vacuum,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_vacuum,
             pg_stat_get_last_autovacuum_time(C.oid) as last_autovacuum,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_autovacuum,
             pg_stat_get_last_analyze_time(C.oid) as last_analyze,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_analyze,
             pg_stat_get_last_autoanalyze_time(C.oid) as last_autoanalyze,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_autoanalyze,
             pg_stat_get_vacuum_count(C.oid) AS vacuum_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count(C.oid) AS skipped_vacuum_count,
             pg_stat_get_autovacuum_count(C.oid) AS autovacuum_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count(C.oid) AS skipped_autovacuum_count,
             pg_stat_get_analyze_count(C.oid) AS analyze_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count(C.oid) AS skipped_analyze_count,
             pg_stat_get_autoanalyze_count(C.oid) AS autoanalyze_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count(C.oid) AS skipped_autoanalyze_count,
             pg_stat_get_total_vacuum_time(C.oid) AS total_vacuum_time,
             pg_stat_get_total_autovacuum_time(C.oid) AS total_autovacuum_time,
             pg_stat_get_total_analyze_time(C.oid) AS total_analyze_time,
diff --git a/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c b/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c
index 99d0db82ed7..df6526225e4 100644
--- a/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c
+++ b/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c
@@ -793,8 +793,25 @@ vacuum_open_relation(Oid relid, RangeVar *relation, uint32 options,
 		rel = try_relation_open(relid, NoLock);
 	else
 	{
+		int flags = 0;
 		rel = NULL;
 		rel_lock = false;
+
+		if ((options & VACOPT_VACUUM) != 0 && (options & VACOPT_FULL) == 0)
+		{
+			if (AmAutoVacuumWorkerProcess())
+				flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOVACUUM;
+			else
+				flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM;
+		}
+		if ((options & VACOPT_ANALYZE) != 0)
+		{
+			if (AmAutoVacuumWorkerProcess())
+				flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOANALYZE;
+			else
+				flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE;
+		}
+		pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(relid, flags);
 	}
 
 	/* if relation is opened, leave */
@@ -905,7 +922,6 @@ expand_vacuum_rel(VacuumRelation *vrel, MemoryContext vac_context,
 		Form_pg_class classForm;
 		bool		include_children;
 		bool		is_partitioned_table;
-		int			rvr_opts;
 
 		/*
 		 * Since autovacuum workers supply OIDs when calling vacuum(), no
@@ -918,29 +934,69 @@ expand_vacuum_rel(VacuumRelation *vrel, MemoryContext vac_context,
 		 * below, as well as find_all_inheritors's expectation that the caller
 		 * holds some lock on the starting relation.
 		 */
-		rvr_opts = (options & VACOPT_SKIP_LOCKED) ? RVR_SKIP_LOCKED : 0;
-		relid = RangeVarGetRelidExtended(vrel->relation,
-										 AccessShareLock,
-										 rvr_opts,
-										 NULL, NULL);
-
-		/*
-		 * If the lock is unavailable, emit the same log statement that
-		 * vacuum_rel() and analyze_rel() would.
-		 */
-		if (!OidIsValid(relid))
+		if (!(options & VACOPT_SKIP_LOCKED))
 		{
-			if (options & VACOPT_VACUUM)
-				ereport(WARNING,
-						(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
-						 errmsg("skipping vacuum of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
-								vrel->relation->relname)));
-			else
-				ereport(WARNING,
-						(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
-						 errmsg("skipping analyze of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
+			relid = RangeVarGetRelidExtended(vrel->relation,
+											 AccessShareLock,
+											 0, NULL, NULL);
+			if (!OidIsValid(relid))
+				return vacrels;
+		}
+		else
+		{
+			/* Get relid for reporting before taking a lock */
+			relid = RangeVarGetRelid(vrel->relation, NoLock, false);
+
+			if (!ConditionalLockRelationOid(relid, AccessShareLock))
+			{
+				int	flags = 0;
+				/*
+				 * If the lock is unavailable, emit the same log statement that
+				 * vacuum_rel() and analyze_rel() would.
+				 */
+				if (options & VACOPT_VACUUM)
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping vacuum of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
 								vrel->relation->relname)));
-			return vacrels;
+				else
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping analyze of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
+									vrel->relation->relname)));
+
+				if ((options & VACOPT_VACUUM) != 0 && (options & VACOPT_FULL) == 0)
+					flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM;
+				if ((options & VACOPT_ANALYZE) != 0)
+					flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE;
+
+				pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(relid, flags);
+
+				return vacrels;
+			}
+
+			/*
+			 * Now that we have the lock, probe to see if the relation really
+			 * exists or not.
+			 */
+			if (!SearchSysCacheExists1(RELOID, ObjectIdGetDatum(relid)))
+			{
+				if (options & VACOPT_VACUUM)
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_UNDEFINED_TABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping vacuum of \"%s\" --- relation no longer exists",
+									vrel->relation->relname)));
+				else
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_UNDEFINED_TABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping analyze of \"%s\" --- relation no longer exists",
+									vrel->relation->relname)));
+
+				/* Release useless lock */
+				UnlockRelationOid(relid, AccessShareLock);
+
+				return vacrels;
+			}
 		}
 
 		/*
diff --git a/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c b/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c
index b2ca28f83ba..532d9023f8c 100644
--- a/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c
+++ b/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c
@@ -17,12 +17,14 @@
 
 #include "postgres.h"
 
+#include "access/htup_details.h"
 #include "access/twophase_rmgr.h"
 #include "access/xact.h"
 #include "catalog/catalog.h"
 #include "utils/memutils.h"
 #include "utils/pgstat_internal.h"
 #include "utils/rel.h"
+#include "utils/syscache.h"
 #include "utils/timestamp.h"
 
 
@@ -367,6 +369,68 @@ pgstat_report_analyze(Relation rel,
 	(void) pgstat_flush_backend(false, PGSTAT_BACKEND_FLUSH_IO);
 }
 
+/*
+ * Report that the table was skipped during vacuum or/and analyze.
+ */
+void
+pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(Oid relid, int flags)
+{
+	PgStat_EntryRef *entry_ref;
+	PgStatShared_Relation *shtabentry;
+	PgStat_StatTabEntry *tabentry;
+	TimestampTz ts;
+	HeapTuple	classTup;
+	bool		isshared;
+
+	if (!pgstat_track_counts || !flags)
+		return;
+
+	classTup = SearchSysCache1(RELOID, ObjectIdGetDatum(relid));
+	if (!HeapTupleIsValid(classTup))
+		return;			/* somebody deleted the rel, forget it */
+	isshared = ((Form_pg_class) GETSTRUCT(classTup))->relisshared;
+	ReleaseSysCache(classTup);
+
+	/* Store the data in the table's hash table entry. */
+	ts = GetCurrentTimestamp();
+
+	/* block acquiring lock for the same reason as pgstat_report_autovac() */
+	entry_ref = pgstat_get_entry_ref_locked(PGSTAT_KIND_RELATION,
+											isshared ? InvalidOid : MyDatabaseId,
+											relid, false);
+
+	shtabentry = (PgStatShared_Relation *) entry_ref->shared_stats;
+	tabentry = &shtabentry->stats;
+
+	if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM)
+	{
+		tabentry->last_skipped_vacuum_time = ts;
+		tabentry->skipped_vacuum_count++;
+	}
+	else if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOVACUUM)
+	{
+		tabentry->last_skipped_autovacuum_time = ts;
+		tabentry->skipped_autovacuum_count++;
+	}
+
+	if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE)
+	{
+		tabentry->last_skipped_analyze_time = ts;
+		tabentry->skipped_analyze_count++;
+	}
+	else if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOANALYZE)
+	{
+		tabentry->last_skipped_autoanalyze_time = ts;
+		tabentry->skipped_autoanalyze_count++;
+	}
+
+	pgstat_unlock_entry(entry_ref);
+
+	/* see pgstat_report_vacuum() */
+	pgstat_flush_io(false);
+	(void) pgstat_flush_backend(false, PGSTAT_BACKEND_FLUSH_IO);
+}
+
 /*
  * count a tuple insertion of n tuples
  */
diff --git a/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c b/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c
index 1408de387ea..90a8968faa0 100644
--- a/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c
+++ b/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c
@@ -84,6 +84,18 @@ PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(mod_since_analyze)
 /* pg_stat_get_numscans */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(numscans)
 
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_analyze_count)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_autoanalyze_count)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_autovacuum_count)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_vacuum_count)
+
 /* pg_stat_get_tuples_deleted */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(tuples_deleted)
 
@@ -170,6 +182,18 @@ PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_vacuum_time)
 /* pg_stat_get_lastscan */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(lastscan)
 
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_analyze_time)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_autoanalyze_time)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_autovacuum_time)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_vacuum_time)
+
 /* pg_stat_get_stat_reset_time */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(stat_reset_time)
 
diff --git a/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat b/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat
index fa9ae79082b..32debb34863 100644
--- a/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat
+++ b/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat
@@ -5680,6 +5680,38 @@
   proargmodes => '{o,o,o,o,o,o,o,o,o,o}',
   proargnames => '{oid,score,xid_score,mxid_score,vacuum_score,vacuum_insert_score,analyze_score,do_vacuum,do_analyze,for_wraparound}',
   prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_autovacuum_scores' },
+{ oid => '8142', descr => 'statistics: last skipped vacuum time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time' },
+{ oid => '8143', descr => 'statistics: last skipped auto vacuum time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time' },
+{ oid => '8144', descr => 'statistics: last skipped analyze time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time' },
+{ oid => '8145', descr => 'statistics: last skipped auto analyze time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time' },
+{ oid => '8146', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped vacuum for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count' },
+{ oid => '8147', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped auto vacuum for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count' },
+{ oid => '8148', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped analyzes for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count' },
+{ oid => '8149', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped auto analyzes for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count' },
 { oid => '1936', descr => 'statistics: currently active backend IDs',
   proname => 'pg_stat_get_backend_idset', prorows => '100', proretset => 't',
   provolatile => 's', proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int4',
diff --git a/src/include/pgstat.h b/src/include/pgstat.h
index dfa2e837638..98941f953d1 100644
--- a/src/include/pgstat.h
+++ b/src/include/pgstat.h
@@ -479,6 +479,15 @@ typedef struct PgStat_StatTabEntry
 	TimestampTz last_autoanalyze_time;	/* autovacuum initiated */
 	PgStat_Counter autoanalyze_count;
 
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_vacuum_time;	/* user initiated vacuum */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_vacuum_count;
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_autovacuum_time;	/* autovacuum initiated */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_autovacuum_count;
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_analyze_time;	/* user initiated */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_analyze_count;
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_autoanalyze_time;	/* autovacuum initiated */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_autoanalyze_count;
+
 	PgStat_Counter total_vacuum_time;	/* times in milliseconds */
 	PgStat_Counter total_autovacuum_time;
 	PgStat_Counter total_analyze_time;
@@ -703,6 +712,13 @@ extern void pgstat_report_analyze(Relation rel,
 								  PgStat_Counter livetuples, PgStat_Counter deadtuples,
 								  bool resetcounter, TimestampTz starttime);
 
+/* flags for pgstat_flush_backend() */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM		(1 << 0)	/* vacuum is skipped */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE		(1 << 1)	/* analyze is skipped */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOVACUUM	(1 << 2)	/* autovacuum is skipped */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOANALYZE	(1 << 3)	/* autoanalyze is skipped */
+extern void pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(Oid relid, int flags);
+
 /*
  * If stats are enabled, but pending data hasn't been prepared yet, call
  * pgstat_assoc_relation() to do so. See its comment for why this is done
diff --git a/src/test/isolation/expected/vacuum-skip-locked.out b/src/test/isolation/expected/vacuum-skip-locked.out
index 99db281a159..e2cff175b7c 100644
--- a/src/test/isolation/expected/vacuum-skip-locked.out
+++ b/src/test/isolation/expected/vacuum-skip-locked.out
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 Parsed test spec with 2 sessions
 
-starting permutation: lock_share vac_specified commit
+starting permutation: lock_share vac_specified commit check_stat
 step lock_share: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN SHARE MODE;
@@ -10,8 +10,22 @@ step vac_specified: VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED) part1, part2;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
 
-starting permutation: lock_share vac_all_parts commit
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   1|            0|                    0
+part2  |           1|                   0|            0|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
+
+starting permutation: lock_share vac_all_parts commit check_stat
 step lock_share: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN SHARE MODE;
@@ -20,8 +34,22 @@ step vac_all_parts: VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED) parted;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   1|            0|                    0
+part2  |           1|                   0|            0|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
 
-starting permutation: lock_share analyze_specified commit
+starting permutation: lock_share analyze_specified commit check_stat
 step lock_share: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN SHARE MODE;
@@ -31,8 +59,22 @@ step analyze_specified: ANALYZE (SKIP_LOCKED) part1, part2;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
 
-starting permutation: lock_share analyze_all_parts commit
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   0|            0|                    1
+part2  |           0|                   0|            1|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
+
+starting permutation: lock_share analyze_all_parts commit check_stat
 step lock_share: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN SHARE MODE;
@@ -41,8 +83,22 @@ step analyze_all_parts: ANALYZE (SKIP_LOCKED) parted;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            1|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   0|            0|                    1
+part2  |           0|                   0|            1|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
 
-starting permutation: lock_share vac_analyze_specified commit
+starting permutation: lock_share vac_analyze_specified commit check_stat
 step lock_share: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN SHARE MODE;
@@ -52,8 +108,22 @@ step vac_analyze_specified: VACUUM (ANALYZE, SKIP_LOCKED) part1, part2;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
 
-starting permutation: lock_share vac_analyze_all_parts commit
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   1|            0|                    1
+part2  |           1|                   0|            1|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
+
+starting permutation: lock_share vac_analyze_all_parts commit check_stat
 step lock_share: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN SHARE MODE;
@@ -62,8 +132,22 @@ step vac_analyze_all_parts: VACUUM (ANALYZE, SKIP_LOCKED) parted;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            1|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   1|            0|                    1
+part2  |           1|                   0|            1|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
 
-starting permutation: lock_share vac_full_specified commit
+starting permutation: lock_share vac_full_specified commit check_stat
 step lock_share: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN SHARE MODE;
@@ -73,8 +157,22 @@ step vac_full_specified: VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED, FULL) part1, part2;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
 
-starting permutation: lock_share vac_full_all_parts commit
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part2  |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
+
+starting permutation: lock_share vac_full_all_parts commit check_stat
 step lock_share: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN SHARE MODE;
@@ -83,8 +181,22 @@ step vac_full_all_parts: VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED, FULL) parted;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part2  |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+(3 rows)
 
-starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_specified commit
+
+starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_specified commit check_stat
 step lock_access_exclusive: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN ACCESS EXCLUSIVE MODE;
@@ -94,8 +206,22 @@ step vac_specified: VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED) part1, part2;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   1|            0|                    0
+part2  |           1|                   0|            0|                    0
+(3 rows)
 
-starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_all_parts commit
+
+starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_all_parts commit check_stat
 step lock_access_exclusive: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN ACCESS EXCLUSIVE MODE;
@@ -104,8 +230,22 @@ step vac_all_parts: VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED) parted;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   1|            0|                    0
+part2  |           1|                   0|            0|                    0
+(3 rows)
 
-starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive analyze_specified commit
+
+starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive analyze_specified commit check_stat
 step lock_access_exclusive: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN ACCESS EXCLUSIVE MODE;
@@ -115,8 +255,22 @@ step analyze_specified: ANALYZE (SKIP_LOCKED) part1, part2;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   0|            0|                    1
+part2  |           0|                   0|            1|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
 
-starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive analyze_all_parts commit
+starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive analyze_all_parts commit check_stat
 step lock_access_exclusive: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN ACCESS EXCLUSIVE MODE;
@@ -126,8 +280,22 @@ step commit:
 	COMMIT;
 
 step analyze_all_parts: <... completed>
-
-starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_analyze_specified commit
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            1|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   0|            1|                    0
+part2  |           0|                   0|            1|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
+
+starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_analyze_specified commit check_stat
 step lock_access_exclusive: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN ACCESS EXCLUSIVE MODE;
@@ -137,8 +305,22 @@ step vac_analyze_specified: VACUUM (ANALYZE, SKIP_LOCKED) part1, part2;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   1|            0|                    1
+part2  |           1|                   0|            1|                    0
+(3 rows)
 
-starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_analyze_all_parts commit
+
+starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_analyze_all_parts commit check_stat
 step lock_access_exclusive: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN ACCESS EXCLUSIVE MODE;
@@ -148,8 +330,22 @@ step commit:
 	COMMIT;
 
 step vac_analyze_all_parts: <... completed>
-
-starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_full_specified commit
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            1|                    0
+part1  |           1|                   0|            1|                    0
+part2  |           1|                   0|            1|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
+
+starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_full_specified commit check_stat
 step lock_access_exclusive: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN ACCESS EXCLUSIVE MODE;
@@ -159,8 +355,22 @@ step vac_full_specified: VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED, FULL) part1, part2;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
 
-starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_full_all_parts commit
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part2  |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
+
+starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_full_all_parts commit check_stat
 step lock_access_exclusive: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN ACCESS EXCLUSIVE MODE;
@@ -169,3 +379,17 @@ step vac_full_all_parts: VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED, FULL) parted;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part2  |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
diff --git a/src/test/isolation/specs/vacuum-skip-locked.spec b/src/test/isolation/specs/vacuum-skip-locked.spec
index 3fad6e1c92a..b0da75d4b6d 100644
--- a/src/test/isolation/specs/vacuum-skip-locked.spec
+++ b/src/test/isolation/specs/vacuum-skip-locked.spec
@@ -33,6 +33,15 @@ step commit
 	COMMIT;
 }
 
+step check_stat
+{
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+}
+
 session s2
 step vac_specified			{ VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED) part1, part2; }
 step vac_all_parts			{ VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED) parted; }
@@ -43,19 +52,19 @@ step vac_analyze_all_parts	{ VACUUM (ANALYZE, SKIP_LOCKED) parted; }
 step vac_full_specified		{ VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED, FULL) part1, part2; }
 step vac_full_all_parts		{ VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED, FULL) parted; }
 
-permutation lock_share vac_specified commit
-permutation lock_share vac_all_parts commit
-permutation lock_share analyze_specified commit
-permutation lock_share analyze_all_parts commit
-permutation lock_share vac_analyze_specified commit
-permutation lock_share vac_analyze_all_parts commit
-permutation lock_share vac_full_specified commit
-permutation lock_share vac_full_all_parts commit
-permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_specified commit
-permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_all_parts commit
-permutation lock_access_exclusive analyze_specified commit
-permutation lock_access_exclusive analyze_all_parts commit
-permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_analyze_specified commit
-permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_analyze_all_parts commit
-permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_full_specified commit
-permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_full_all_parts commit
+permutation lock_share vac_specified commit check_stat
+permutation lock_share vac_all_parts commit check_stat
+permutation lock_share analyze_specified commit check_stat
+permutation lock_share analyze_all_parts commit check_stat
+permutation lock_share vac_analyze_specified commit check_stat
+permutation lock_share vac_analyze_all_parts commit check_stat
+permutation lock_share vac_full_specified commit check_stat
+permutation lock_share vac_full_all_parts commit check_stat
+permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_specified commit check_stat
+permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_all_parts commit check_stat
+permutation lock_access_exclusive analyze_specified commit check_stat
+permutation lock_access_exclusive analyze_all_parts commit check_stat
+permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_analyze_specified commit check_stat
+permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_analyze_all_parts commit check_stat
+permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_full_specified commit check_stat
+permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_full_all_parts commit check_stat
diff --git a/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out b/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out
index a65a5bf0c4f..9b2075d3373 100644
--- a/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out
+++ b/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out
@@ -1835,13 +1835,21 @@ pg_stat_all_tables| SELECT c.oid AS relid,
     pg_stat_get_mod_since_analyze(c.oid) AS n_mod_since_analyze,
     pg_stat_get_ins_since_vacuum(c.oid) AS n_ins_since_vacuum,
     pg_stat_get_last_vacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_vacuum,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_vacuum,
     pg_stat_get_last_autovacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_autovacuum,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_autovacuum,
     pg_stat_get_last_analyze_time(c.oid) AS last_analyze,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_analyze,
     pg_stat_get_last_autoanalyze_time(c.oid) AS last_autoanalyze,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_autoanalyze,
     pg_stat_get_vacuum_count(c.oid) AS vacuum_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count(c.oid) AS skipped_vacuum_count,
     pg_stat_get_autovacuum_count(c.oid) AS autovacuum_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count(c.oid) AS skipped_autovacuum_count,
     pg_stat_get_analyze_count(c.oid) AS analyze_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count(c.oid) AS skipped_analyze_count,
     pg_stat_get_autoanalyze_count(c.oid) AS autoanalyze_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count(c.oid) AS skipped_autoanalyze_count,
     pg_stat_get_total_vacuum_time(c.oid) AS total_vacuum_time,
     pg_stat_get_total_autovacuum_time(c.oid) AS total_autovacuum_time,
     pg_stat_get_total_analyze_time(c.oid) AS total_analyze_time,
@@ -2346,13 +2354,21 @@ pg_stat_sys_tables| SELECT relid,
     n_mod_since_analyze,
     n_ins_since_vacuum,
     last_vacuum,
+    last_skipped_vacuum,
     last_autovacuum,
+    last_skipped_autovacuum,
     last_analyze,
+    last_skipped_analyze,
     last_autoanalyze,
+    last_skipped_autoanalyze,
     vacuum_count,
+    skipped_vacuum_count,
     autovacuum_count,
+    skipped_autovacuum_count,
     analyze_count,
+    skipped_analyze_count,
     autoanalyze_count,
+    skipped_autoanalyze_count,
     total_vacuum_time,
     total_autovacuum_time,
     total_analyze_time,
@@ -2401,13 +2417,21 @@ pg_stat_user_tables| SELECT relid,
     n_mod_since_analyze,
     n_ins_since_vacuum,
     last_vacuum,
+    last_skipped_vacuum,
     last_autovacuum,
+    last_skipped_autovacuum,
     last_analyze,
+    last_skipped_analyze,
     last_autoanalyze,
+    last_skipped_autoanalyze,
     vacuum_count,
+    skipped_vacuum_count,
     autovacuum_count,
+    skipped_autovacuum_count,
     analyze_count,
+    skipped_analyze_count,
     autoanalyze_count,
+    skipped_autoanalyze_count,
     total_vacuum_time,
     total_autovacuum_time,
     total_analyze_time,
-- 
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* [PATCH v3] Track skipped vacuum and analyze activity per relation
@ 2026-03-24 04:09 Yugo Nagata <[email protected]>
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From: Yugo Nagata @ 2026-03-24 04:09 UTC (permalink / raw)

This commit adds eight fields to the relation statistics that track
the last time vacuum or analyze has been attempted but skipped due to
lock unavailability, along with their counts:

-    last_skipped_vacuum
-    last_skipped_autovacuum
-    last_skipped_analyze
-    last_skipped_autoanalyze
-    skipped_vacuum_count
-    skipped_autovacuum_count
-    skipped_analyze_count
-    skipped_autoanalyze_count

These field can help users confirm that autovacuum is actively attempting
to run on a table that has not been vacuumed or analyzed for a long time,
and that the lack of progress is due to repeated skips rather than inactivity.
---
 doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml                 | 80 +++++++++++++++++
 src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql         |  8 ++
 src/backend/commands/vacuum.c                | 95 +++++++++++++++-----
 src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c | 68 ++++++++++++++
 src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c          | 24 +++++
 src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat              | 32 +++++++
 src/include/pgstat.h                         | 16 ++++
 src/test/regress/expected/rules.out          | 24 +++++
 8 files changed, 324 insertions(+), 23 deletions(-)

diff --git a/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml b/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml
index bb75ed1069b..9ec8070b2fc 100644
--- a/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml
+++ b/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml
@@ -4372,6 +4372,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_vacuum</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time a manual vacuum on this table was attempted but skipped due to
+       lock unavailability (not counting <command>VACUUM FULL</command>)
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>last_autovacuum</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
@@ -4382,6 +4392,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_autovacuum</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time a vacuum on this table by the autovacuum daemon was attempted
+       but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>last_analyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
@@ -4391,6 +4411,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_analyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time a manual analyze on this table was attempted but skipped due to
+       lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>last_autoanalyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
@@ -4401,6 +4431,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_autoanalyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time at which an analyze on this table by the autovacuum was
+       attempted but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>vacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4411,6 +4451,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_vacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times vacuums on this table have been attempted but skipped
+       due to lock unavailability (not counting <command>VACUUM FULL</command>)
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>autovacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4421,6 +4471,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_autovacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times vacuums on this table by the autovacuum daemon have been
+       attempted but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>analyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4430,6 +4490,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_analyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times manual analyzes on this table have been attempted but
+       skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>autoanalyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4440,6 +4510,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_autoanalyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times analyzes on this table by the autovacuum daemon have
+       been attempted but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>total_vacuum_time</structfield> <type>double precision</type>
diff --git a/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql b/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql
index e54018004db..2ca02a0354c 100644
--- a/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql
+++ b/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql
@@ -736,13 +736,21 @@ CREATE VIEW pg_stat_all_tables AS
             pg_stat_get_mod_since_analyze(C.oid) AS n_mod_since_analyze,
             pg_stat_get_ins_since_vacuum(C.oid) AS n_ins_since_vacuum,
             pg_stat_get_last_vacuum_time(C.oid) as last_vacuum,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_vacuum,
             pg_stat_get_last_autovacuum_time(C.oid) as last_autovacuum,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_autovacuum,
             pg_stat_get_last_analyze_time(C.oid) as last_analyze,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_analyze,
             pg_stat_get_last_autoanalyze_time(C.oid) as last_autoanalyze,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_autoanalyze,
             pg_stat_get_vacuum_count(C.oid) AS vacuum_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count(C.oid) AS skipped_vacuum_count,
             pg_stat_get_autovacuum_count(C.oid) AS autovacuum_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count(C.oid) AS skipped_autovacuum_count,
             pg_stat_get_analyze_count(C.oid) AS analyze_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count(C.oid) AS skipped_analyze_count,
             pg_stat_get_autoanalyze_count(C.oid) AS autoanalyze_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count(C.oid) AS skipped_autoanalyze_count,
             pg_stat_get_total_vacuum_time(C.oid) AS total_vacuum_time,
             pg_stat_get_total_autovacuum_time(C.oid) AS total_autovacuum_time,
             pg_stat_get_total_analyze_time(C.oid) AS total_analyze_time,
diff --git a/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c b/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c
index bce3a2daa24..ce83b3171be 100644
--- a/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c
+++ b/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c
@@ -792,8 +792,18 @@ vacuum_open_relation(Oid relid, RangeVar *relation, bits32 options,
 		rel = try_relation_open(relid, NoLock);
 	else
 	{
+		bits8 flags = 0;
 		rel = NULL;
 		rel_lock = false;
+
+		if ((options & VACOPT_VACUUM) != 0)
+			flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM;
+		if ((options & VACOPT_ANALYZE) != 0)
+			flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE;
+		if (AmAutoVacuumWorkerProcess())
+			flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOVAC;
+
+		pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(relid, flags);
 	}
 
 	/* if relation is opened, leave */
@@ -801,7 +811,7 @@ vacuum_open_relation(Oid relid, RangeVar *relation, bits32 options,
 		return rel;
 
 	/*
-	 * Relation could not be opened, hence generate if possible a log
+	 * Relation could not be opened hence generate if possible a log
 	 * informing on the situation.
 	 *
 	 * If the RangeVar is not defined, we do not have enough information to
@@ -904,7 +914,6 @@ expand_vacuum_rel(VacuumRelation *vrel, MemoryContext vac_context,
 		Form_pg_class classForm;
 		bool		include_children;
 		bool		is_partitioned_table;
-		int			rvr_opts;
 
 		/*
 		 * Since autovacuum workers supply OIDs when calling vacuum(), no
@@ -917,29 +926,69 @@ expand_vacuum_rel(VacuumRelation *vrel, MemoryContext vac_context,
 		 * below, as well as find_all_inheritors's expectation that the caller
 		 * holds some lock on the starting relation.
 		 */
-		rvr_opts = (options & VACOPT_SKIP_LOCKED) ? RVR_SKIP_LOCKED : 0;
-		relid = RangeVarGetRelidExtended(vrel->relation,
-										 AccessShareLock,
-										 rvr_opts,
-										 NULL, NULL);
-
-		/*
-		 * If the lock is unavailable, emit the same log statement that
-		 * vacuum_rel() and analyze_rel() would.
-		 */
-		if (!OidIsValid(relid))
+		if (!(options & VACOPT_SKIP_LOCKED))
 		{
-			if (options & VACOPT_VACUUM)
-				ereport(WARNING,
-						(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
-						 errmsg("skipping vacuum of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
-								vrel->relation->relname)));
-			else
-				ereport(WARNING,
-						(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
-						 errmsg("skipping analyze of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
+			relid = RangeVarGetRelidExtended(vrel->relation,
+											 AccessShareLock,
+											 0, NULL, NULL);
+			if (!OidIsValid(relid))
+				return vacrels;
+		}
+		else
+		{
+			/* Get relid for reporting before taking a lock */
+			relid = RangeVarGetRelid(vrel->relation, NoLock, false);
+
+			if (!ConditionalLockRelationOid(relid, AccessShareLock))
+			{
+				bits8	flags = 0;
+				/*
+				 * If the lock is unavailable, emit the same log statement that
+				 * vacuum_rel() and analyze_rel() would.
+				 */
+				if (options & VACOPT_VACUUM)
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping vacuum of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
 								vrel->relation->relname)));
-			return vacrels;
+				else
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping analyze of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
+									vrel->relation->relname)));
+
+				if ((options & VACOPT_VACUUM) != 0)
+					flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM;
+				if ((options & VACOPT_ANALYZE) != 0)
+					flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE;
+
+				pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(relid, flags);
+
+				return vacrels;
+			}
+
+			/*
+			 * Now that we have the lock, probe to see if the relation really
+			 * exists or not.
+			 */
+			if (!SearchSysCacheExists1(RELOID, ObjectIdGetDatum(relid)))
+			{
+				if (options & VACOPT_VACUUM)
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_UNDEFINED_TABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping vacuum of \"%s\" --- relation no longer exists",
+									vrel->relation->relname)));
+				else
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_UNDEFINED_TABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping analyze of \"%s\" --- relation no longer exists",
+									vrel->relation->relname)));
+
+				/* Release useless lock */
+				UnlockRelationOid(relid, AccessShareLock);
+
+				return vacrels;
+			}
 		}
 
 		/*
diff --git a/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c b/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c
index bc8c43b96aa..cec4c88980e 100644
--- a/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c
+++ b/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c
@@ -17,6 +17,7 @@
 
 #include "postgres.h"
 
+#include "access/htup_details.h"
 #include "access/twophase_rmgr.h"
 #include "access/xact.h"
 #include "catalog/catalog.h"
@@ -366,6 +367,73 @@ pgstat_report_analyze(Relation rel,
 	(void) pgstat_flush_backend(false, PGSTAT_BACKEND_FLUSH_IO);
 }
 
+/*
+ * Report that the table was skipped during vacuum or/and analyze.
+ */
+void
+pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(Oid relid, bits8 flags)
+{
+	PgStat_EntryRef *entry_ref;
+	PgStatShared_Relation *shtabentry;
+	PgStat_StatTabEntry *tabentry;
+	TimestampTz ts;
+	HeapTuple	classTup;
+	bool		isshared;
+
+	if (!pgstat_track_counts || !(flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANY))
+		return;
+
+	classTup = SearchSysCache1(RELOID, ObjectIdGetDatum(relid));
+	if (!HeapTupleIsValid(classTup))
+		return;			/* somebody deleted the rel, forget it */
+	isshared = ((Form_pg_class) GETSTRUCT(classTup))->relisshared;
+	ReleaseSysCache(classTup);
+
+	/* Store the data in the table's hash table entry. */
+	ts = GetCurrentTimestamp();
+
+	/* block acquiring lock for the same reason as pgstat_report_autovac() */
+	entry_ref = pgstat_get_entry_ref_locked(PGSTAT_KIND_RELATION,
+											isshared ? InvalidOid : MyDatabaseId,
+											relid, false);
+
+	shtabentry = (PgStatShared_Relation *) entry_ref->shared_stats;
+	tabentry = &shtabentry->stats;
+
+	if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOVAC)
+	{
+		if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM)
+		{
+			tabentry->last_skipped_autovacuum_time = ts;
+			tabentry->skipped_autovacuum_count++;
+		}
+		if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE)
+		{
+			tabentry->last_skipped_autoanalyze_time = ts;
+			tabentry->skipped_autoanalyze_count++;
+		}
+	}
+	else
+	{
+		if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM)
+		{
+			tabentry->last_skipped_vacuum_time = ts;
+			tabentry->skipped_vacuum_count++;
+		}
+		if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE)
+		{
+			tabentry->last_skipped_analyze_time = ts;
+			tabentry->skipped_analyze_count++;
+		}
+	}
+
+	pgstat_unlock_entry(entry_ref);
+
+	/* see pgstat_report_vacuum() */
+	pgstat_flush_io(false);
+	(void) pgstat_flush_backend(false, PGSTAT_BACKEND_FLUSH_IO);
+}
+
 /*
  * count a tuple insertion of n tuples
  */
diff --git a/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c b/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c
index 9185a8e6b83..18aaa3996e1 100644
--- a/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c
+++ b/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c
@@ -84,6 +84,18 @@ PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(mod_since_analyze)
 /* pg_stat_get_numscans */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(numscans)
 
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_analyze_count)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_autoanalyze_count)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_autovacuum_count)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_vacuum_count)
+
 /* pg_stat_get_tuples_deleted */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(tuples_deleted)
 
@@ -170,6 +182,18 @@ PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_vacuum_time)
 /* pg_stat_get_lastscan */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(lastscan)
 
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_analyze_time)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_autoanalyze_time)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_autovacuum_time)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_vacuum_time)
+
 /* pg_stat_get_stat_reset_time */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(stat_reset_time)
 
diff --git a/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat b/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat
index 0118e970dda..ccfe3d9e02a 100644
--- a/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat
+++ b/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat
@@ -5667,6 +5667,38 @@
   proname => 'pg_stat_get_total_autoanalyze_time', provolatile => 's',
   proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'float8', proargtypes => 'oid',
   prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_total_autoanalyze_time' },
+{ oid => '8142', descr => 'statistics: last skipped vacuum time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time' },
+{ oid => '8143', descr => 'statistics: last skipped auto vacuum time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time' },
+{ oid => '8144', descr => 'statistics: last skipped analyze time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time' },
+{ oid => '8145', descr => 'statistics: last skipped auto analyze time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time' },
+{ oid => '8146', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped vacuum for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count' },
+{ oid => '8147', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped auto vacuum for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count' },
+{ oid => '8148', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped analyzes for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count' },
+{ oid => '8149', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped auto analyzes for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count' },
 { oid => '1936', descr => 'statistics: currently active backend IDs',
   proname => 'pg_stat_get_backend_idset', prorows => '100', proretset => 't',
   provolatile => 's', proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int4',
diff --git a/src/include/pgstat.h b/src/include/pgstat.h
index 8e3549c3752..343081a7a25 100644
--- a/src/include/pgstat.h
+++ b/src/include/pgstat.h
@@ -479,6 +479,15 @@ typedef struct PgStat_StatTabEntry
 	TimestampTz last_autoanalyze_time;	/* autovacuum initiated */
 	PgStat_Counter autoanalyze_count;
 
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_vacuum_time;	/* user initiated vacuum */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_vacuum_count;
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_autovacuum_time;	/* autovacuum initiated */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_autovacuum_count;
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_analyze_time;	/* user initiated */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_analyze_count;
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_autoanalyze_time;	/* autovacuum initiated */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_autoanalyze_count;
+
 	PgStat_Counter total_vacuum_time;	/* times in milliseconds */
 	PgStat_Counter total_autovacuum_time;
 	PgStat_Counter total_analyze_time;
@@ -707,6 +716,13 @@ extern void pgstat_report_analyze(Relation rel,
 								  PgStat_Counter livetuples, PgStat_Counter deadtuples,
 								  bool resetcounter, TimestampTz starttime);
 
+/* flags for pgstat_flush_backend() */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM	(1 << 0)	/* vacuum is skipped */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE	(1 << 1)	/* analyze is skipped */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOVAC	(1 << 2)	/* skipped during autovacuum/autoanalyze */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANY   (PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM | PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE)
+extern void pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(Oid relid, bits8 flags);
+
 /*
  * If stats are enabled, but pending data hasn't been prepared yet, call
  * pgstat_assoc_relation() to do so. See its comment for why this is done
diff --git a/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out b/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out
index 2b3cf6d8569..4ccfc43e903 100644
--- a/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out
+++ b/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out
@@ -1835,13 +1835,21 @@ pg_stat_all_tables| SELECT c.oid AS relid,
     pg_stat_get_mod_since_analyze(c.oid) AS n_mod_since_analyze,
     pg_stat_get_ins_since_vacuum(c.oid) AS n_ins_since_vacuum,
     pg_stat_get_last_vacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_vacuum,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_vacuum,
     pg_stat_get_last_autovacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_autovacuum,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_autovacuum,
     pg_stat_get_last_analyze_time(c.oid) AS last_analyze,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_analyze,
     pg_stat_get_last_autoanalyze_time(c.oid) AS last_autoanalyze,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_autoanalyze,
     pg_stat_get_vacuum_count(c.oid) AS vacuum_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count(c.oid) AS skipped_vacuum_count,
     pg_stat_get_autovacuum_count(c.oid) AS autovacuum_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count(c.oid) AS skipped_autovacuum_count,
     pg_stat_get_analyze_count(c.oid) AS analyze_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count(c.oid) AS skipped_analyze_count,
     pg_stat_get_autoanalyze_count(c.oid) AS autoanalyze_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count(c.oid) AS skipped_autoanalyze_count,
     pg_stat_get_total_vacuum_time(c.oid) AS total_vacuum_time,
     pg_stat_get_total_autovacuum_time(c.oid) AS total_autovacuum_time,
     pg_stat_get_total_analyze_time(c.oid) AS total_analyze_time,
@@ -2293,13 +2301,21 @@ pg_stat_sys_tables| SELECT relid,
     n_mod_since_analyze,
     n_ins_since_vacuum,
     last_vacuum,
+    last_skipped_vacuum,
     last_autovacuum,
+    last_skipped_autovacuum,
     last_analyze,
+    last_skipped_analyze,
     last_autoanalyze,
+    last_skipped_autoanalyze,
     vacuum_count,
+    skipped_vacuum_count,
     autovacuum_count,
+    skipped_autovacuum_count,
     analyze_count,
+    skipped_analyze_count,
     autoanalyze_count,
+    skipped_autoanalyze_count,
     total_vacuum_time,
     total_autovacuum_time,
     total_analyze_time,
@@ -2348,13 +2364,21 @@ pg_stat_user_tables| SELECT relid,
     n_mod_since_analyze,
     n_ins_since_vacuum,
     last_vacuum,
+    last_skipped_vacuum,
     last_autovacuum,
+    last_skipped_autovacuum,
     last_analyze,
+    last_skipped_analyze,
     last_autoanalyze,
+    last_skipped_autoanalyze,
     vacuum_count,
+    skipped_vacuum_count,
     autovacuum_count,
+    skipped_autovacuum_count,
     analyze_count,
+    skipped_analyze_count,
     autoanalyze_count,
+    skipped_autoanalyze_count,
     total_vacuum_time,
     total_autovacuum_time,
     total_analyze_time,
-- 
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* [PATCH v3] Track skipped vacuum and analyze activity per relation
@ 2026-03-24 04:09 Yugo Nagata <[email protected]>
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From: Yugo Nagata @ 2026-03-24 04:09 UTC (permalink / raw)

This commit adds eight fields to the relation statistics that track
the last time vacuum or analyze has been attempted but skipped due to
lock unavailability, along with their counts:

-    last_skipped_vacuum
-    last_skipped_autovacuum
-    last_skipped_analyze
-    last_skipped_autoanalyze
-    skipped_vacuum_count
-    skipped_autovacuum_count
-    skipped_analyze_count
-    skipped_autoanalyze_count

These field can help users confirm that autovacuum is actively attempting
to run on a table that has not been vacuumed or analyzed for a long time,
and that the lack of progress is due to repeated skips rather than inactivity.
---
 doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml                 | 80 +++++++++++++++++
 src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql         |  8 ++
 src/backend/commands/vacuum.c                | 95 +++++++++++++++-----
 src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c | 68 ++++++++++++++
 src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c          | 24 +++++
 src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat              | 32 +++++++
 src/include/pgstat.h                         | 16 ++++
 src/test/regress/expected/rules.out          | 24 +++++
 8 files changed, 324 insertions(+), 23 deletions(-)

diff --git a/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml b/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml
index bb75ed1069b..9ec8070b2fc 100644
--- a/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml
+++ b/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml
@@ -4372,6 +4372,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_vacuum</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time a manual vacuum on this table was attempted but skipped due to
+       lock unavailability (not counting <command>VACUUM FULL</command>)
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>last_autovacuum</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
@@ -4382,6 +4392,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_autovacuum</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time a vacuum on this table by the autovacuum daemon was attempted
+       but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>last_analyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
@@ -4391,6 +4411,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_analyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time a manual analyze on this table was attempted but skipped due to
+       lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>last_autoanalyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
@@ -4401,6 +4431,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_autoanalyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time at which an analyze on this table by the autovacuum was
+       attempted but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>vacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4411,6 +4451,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_vacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times vacuums on this table have been attempted but skipped
+       due to lock unavailability (not counting <command>VACUUM FULL</command>)
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>autovacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4421,6 +4471,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_autovacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times vacuums on this table by the autovacuum daemon have been
+       attempted but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>analyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4430,6 +4490,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_analyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times manual analyzes on this table have been attempted but
+       skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>autoanalyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4440,6 +4510,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_autoanalyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times analyzes on this table by the autovacuum daemon have
+       been attempted but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>total_vacuum_time</structfield> <type>double precision</type>
diff --git a/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql b/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql
index e54018004db..2ca02a0354c 100644
--- a/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql
+++ b/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql
@@ -736,13 +736,21 @@ CREATE VIEW pg_stat_all_tables AS
             pg_stat_get_mod_since_analyze(C.oid) AS n_mod_since_analyze,
             pg_stat_get_ins_since_vacuum(C.oid) AS n_ins_since_vacuum,
             pg_stat_get_last_vacuum_time(C.oid) as last_vacuum,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_vacuum,
             pg_stat_get_last_autovacuum_time(C.oid) as last_autovacuum,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_autovacuum,
             pg_stat_get_last_analyze_time(C.oid) as last_analyze,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_analyze,
             pg_stat_get_last_autoanalyze_time(C.oid) as last_autoanalyze,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_autoanalyze,
             pg_stat_get_vacuum_count(C.oid) AS vacuum_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count(C.oid) AS skipped_vacuum_count,
             pg_stat_get_autovacuum_count(C.oid) AS autovacuum_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count(C.oid) AS skipped_autovacuum_count,
             pg_stat_get_analyze_count(C.oid) AS analyze_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count(C.oid) AS skipped_analyze_count,
             pg_stat_get_autoanalyze_count(C.oid) AS autoanalyze_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count(C.oid) AS skipped_autoanalyze_count,
             pg_stat_get_total_vacuum_time(C.oid) AS total_vacuum_time,
             pg_stat_get_total_autovacuum_time(C.oid) AS total_autovacuum_time,
             pg_stat_get_total_analyze_time(C.oid) AS total_analyze_time,
diff --git a/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c b/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c
index bce3a2daa24..ce83b3171be 100644
--- a/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c
+++ b/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c
@@ -792,8 +792,18 @@ vacuum_open_relation(Oid relid, RangeVar *relation, bits32 options,
 		rel = try_relation_open(relid, NoLock);
 	else
 	{
+		bits8 flags = 0;
 		rel = NULL;
 		rel_lock = false;
+
+		if ((options & VACOPT_VACUUM) != 0)
+			flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM;
+		if ((options & VACOPT_ANALYZE) != 0)
+			flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE;
+		if (AmAutoVacuumWorkerProcess())
+			flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOVAC;
+
+		pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(relid, flags);
 	}
 
 	/* if relation is opened, leave */
@@ -801,7 +811,7 @@ vacuum_open_relation(Oid relid, RangeVar *relation, bits32 options,
 		return rel;
 
 	/*
-	 * Relation could not be opened, hence generate if possible a log
+	 * Relation could not be opened hence generate if possible a log
 	 * informing on the situation.
 	 *
 	 * If the RangeVar is not defined, we do not have enough information to
@@ -904,7 +914,6 @@ expand_vacuum_rel(VacuumRelation *vrel, MemoryContext vac_context,
 		Form_pg_class classForm;
 		bool		include_children;
 		bool		is_partitioned_table;
-		int			rvr_opts;
 
 		/*
 		 * Since autovacuum workers supply OIDs when calling vacuum(), no
@@ -917,29 +926,69 @@ expand_vacuum_rel(VacuumRelation *vrel, MemoryContext vac_context,
 		 * below, as well as find_all_inheritors's expectation that the caller
 		 * holds some lock on the starting relation.
 		 */
-		rvr_opts = (options & VACOPT_SKIP_LOCKED) ? RVR_SKIP_LOCKED : 0;
-		relid = RangeVarGetRelidExtended(vrel->relation,
-										 AccessShareLock,
-										 rvr_opts,
-										 NULL, NULL);
-
-		/*
-		 * If the lock is unavailable, emit the same log statement that
-		 * vacuum_rel() and analyze_rel() would.
-		 */
-		if (!OidIsValid(relid))
+		if (!(options & VACOPT_SKIP_LOCKED))
 		{
-			if (options & VACOPT_VACUUM)
-				ereport(WARNING,
-						(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
-						 errmsg("skipping vacuum of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
-								vrel->relation->relname)));
-			else
-				ereport(WARNING,
-						(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
-						 errmsg("skipping analyze of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
+			relid = RangeVarGetRelidExtended(vrel->relation,
+											 AccessShareLock,
+											 0, NULL, NULL);
+			if (!OidIsValid(relid))
+				return vacrels;
+		}
+		else
+		{
+			/* Get relid for reporting before taking a lock */
+			relid = RangeVarGetRelid(vrel->relation, NoLock, false);
+
+			if (!ConditionalLockRelationOid(relid, AccessShareLock))
+			{
+				bits8	flags = 0;
+				/*
+				 * If the lock is unavailable, emit the same log statement that
+				 * vacuum_rel() and analyze_rel() would.
+				 */
+				if (options & VACOPT_VACUUM)
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping vacuum of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
 								vrel->relation->relname)));
-			return vacrels;
+				else
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping analyze of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
+									vrel->relation->relname)));
+
+				if ((options & VACOPT_VACUUM) != 0)
+					flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM;
+				if ((options & VACOPT_ANALYZE) != 0)
+					flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE;
+
+				pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(relid, flags);
+
+				return vacrels;
+			}
+
+			/*
+			 * Now that we have the lock, probe to see if the relation really
+			 * exists or not.
+			 */
+			if (!SearchSysCacheExists1(RELOID, ObjectIdGetDatum(relid)))
+			{
+				if (options & VACOPT_VACUUM)
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_UNDEFINED_TABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping vacuum of \"%s\" --- relation no longer exists",
+									vrel->relation->relname)));
+				else
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_UNDEFINED_TABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping analyze of \"%s\" --- relation no longer exists",
+									vrel->relation->relname)));
+
+				/* Release useless lock */
+				UnlockRelationOid(relid, AccessShareLock);
+
+				return vacrels;
+			}
 		}
 
 		/*
diff --git a/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c b/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c
index bc8c43b96aa..cec4c88980e 100644
--- a/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c
+++ b/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c
@@ -17,6 +17,7 @@
 
 #include "postgres.h"
 
+#include "access/htup_details.h"
 #include "access/twophase_rmgr.h"
 #include "access/xact.h"
 #include "catalog/catalog.h"
@@ -366,6 +367,73 @@ pgstat_report_analyze(Relation rel,
 	(void) pgstat_flush_backend(false, PGSTAT_BACKEND_FLUSH_IO);
 }
 
+/*
+ * Report that the table was skipped during vacuum or/and analyze.
+ */
+void
+pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(Oid relid, bits8 flags)
+{
+	PgStat_EntryRef *entry_ref;
+	PgStatShared_Relation *shtabentry;
+	PgStat_StatTabEntry *tabentry;
+	TimestampTz ts;
+	HeapTuple	classTup;
+	bool		isshared;
+
+	if (!pgstat_track_counts || !(flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANY))
+		return;
+
+	classTup = SearchSysCache1(RELOID, ObjectIdGetDatum(relid));
+	if (!HeapTupleIsValid(classTup))
+		return;			/* somebody deleted the rel, forget it */
+	isshared = ((Form_pg_class) GETSTRUCT(classTup))->relisshared;
+	ReleaseSysCache(classTup);
+
+	/* Store the data in the table's hash table entry. */
+	ts = GetCurrentTimestamp();
+
+	/* block acquiring lock for the same reason as pgstat_report_autovac() */
+	entry_ref = pgstat_get_entry_ref_locked(PGSTAT_KIND_RELATION,
+											isshared ? InvalidOid : MyDatabaseId,
+											relid, false);
+
+	shtabentry = (PgStatShared_Relation *) entry_ref->shared_stats;
+	tabentry = &shtabentry->stats;
+
+	if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOVAC)
+	{
+		if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM)
+		{
+			tabentry->last_skipped_autovacuum_time = ts;
+			tabentry->skipped_autovacuum_count++;
+		}
+		if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE)
+		{
+			tabentry->last_skipped_autoanalyze_time = ts;
+			tabentry->skipped_autoanalyze_count++;
+		}
+	}
+	else
+	{
+		if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM)
+		{
+			tabentry->last_skipped_vacuum_time = ts;
+			tabentry->skipped_vacuum_count++;
+		}
+		if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE)
+		{
+			tabentry->last_skipped_analyze_time = ts;
+			tabentry->skipped_analyze_count++;
+		}
+	}
+
+	pgstat_unlock_entry(entry_ref);
+
+	/* see pgstat_report_vacuum() */
+	pgstat_flush_io(false);
+	(void) pgstat_flush_backend(false, PGSTAT_BACKEND_FLUSH_IO);
+}
+
 /*
  * count a tuple insertion of n tuples
  */
diff --git a/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c b/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c
index 9185a8e6b83..18aaa3996e1 100644
--- a/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c
+++ b/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c
@@ -84,6 +84,18 @@ PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(mod_since_analyze)
 /* pg_stat_get_numscans */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(numscans)
 
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_analyze_count)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_autoanalyze_count)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_autovacuum_count)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_vacuum_count)
+
 /* pg_stat_get_tuples_deleted */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(tuples_deleted)
 
@@ -170,6 +182,18 @@ PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_vacuum_time)
 /* pg_stat_get_lastscan */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(lastscan)
 
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_analyze_time)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_autoanalyze_time)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_autovacuum_time)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_vacuum_time)
+
 /* pg_stat_get_stat_reset_time */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(stat_reset_time)
 
diff --git a/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat b/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat
index 0118e970dda..ccfe3d9e02a 100644
--- a/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat
+++ b/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat
@@ -5667,6 +5667,38 @@
   proname => 'pg_stat_get_total_autoanalyze_time', provolatile => 's',
   proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'float8', proargtypes => 'oid',
   prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_total_autoanalyze_time' },
+{ oid => '8142', descr => 'statistics: last skipped vacuum time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time' },
+{ oid => '8143', descr => 'statistics: last skipped auto vacuum time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time' },
+{ oid => '8144', descr => 'statistics: last skipped analyze time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time' },
+{ oid => '8145', descr => 'statistics: last skipped auto analyze time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time' },
+{ oid => '8146', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped vacuum for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count' },
+{ oid => '8147', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped auto vacuum for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count' },
+{ oid => '8148', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped analyzes for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count' },
+{ oid => '8149', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped auto analyzes for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count' },
 { oid => '1936', descr => 'statistics: currently active backend IDs',
   proname => 'pg_stat_get_backend_idset', prorows => '100', proretset => 't',
   provolatile => 's', proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int4',
diff --git a/src/include/pgstat.h b/src/include/pgstat.h
index 8e3549c3752..343081a7a25 100644
--- a/src/include/pgstat.h
+++ b/src/include/pgstat.h
@@ -479,6 +479,15 @@ typedef struct PgStat_StatTabEntry
 	TimestampTz last_autoanalyze_time;	/* autovacuum initiated */
 	PgStat_Counter autoanalyze_count;
 
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_vacuum_time;	/* user initiated vacuum */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_vacuum_count;
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_autovacuum_time;	/* autovacuum initiated */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_autovacuum_count;
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_analyze_time;	/* user initiated */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_analyze_count;
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_autoanalyze_time;	/* autovacuum initiated */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_autoanalyze_count;
+
 	PgStat_Counter total_vacuum_time;	/* times in milliseconds */
 	PgStat_Counter total_autovacuum_time;
 	PgStat_Counter total_analyze_time;
@@ -707,6 +716,13 @@ extern void pgstat_report_analyze(Relation rel,
 								  PgStat_Counter livetuples, PgStat_Counter deadtuples,
 								  bool resetcounter, TimestampTz starttime);
 
+/* flags for pgstat_flush_backend() */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM	(1 << 0)	/* vacuum is skipped */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE	(1 << 1)	/* analyze is skipped */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOVAC	(1 << 2)	/* skipped during autovacuum/autoanalyze */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANY   (PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM | PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE)
+extern void pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(Oid relid, bits8 flags);
+
 /*
  * If stats are enabled, but pending data hasn't been prepared yet, call
  * pgstat_assoc_relation() to do so. See its comment for why this is done
diff --git a/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out b/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out
index 2b3cf6d8569..4ccfc43e903 100644
--- a/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out
+++ b/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out
@@ -1835,13 +1835,21 @@ pg_stat_all_tables| SELECT c.oid AS relid,
     pg_stat_get_mod_since_analyze(c.oid) AS n_mod_since_analyze,
     pg_stat_get_ins_since_vacuum(c.oid) AS n_ins_since_vacuum,
     pg_stat_get_last_vacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_vacuum,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_vacuum,
     pg_stat_get_last_autovacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_autovacuum,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_autovacuum,
     pg_stat_get_last_analyze_time(c.oid) AS last_analyze,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_analyze,
     pg_stat_get_last_autoanalyze_time(c.oid) AS last_autoanalyze,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_autoanalyze,
     pg_stat_get_vacuum_count(c.oid) AS vacuum_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count(c.oid) AS skipped_vacuum_count,
     pg_stat_get_autovacuum_count(c.oid) AS autovacuum_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count(c.oid) AS skipped_autovacuum_count,
     pg_stat_get_analyze_count(c.oid) AS analyze_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count(c.oid) AS skipped_analyze_count,
     pg_stat_get_autoanalyze_count(c.oid) AS autoanalyze_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count(c.oid) AS skipped_autoanalyze_count,
     pg_stat_get_total_vacuum_time(c.oid) AS total_vacuum_time,
     pg_stat_get_total_autovacuum_time(c.oid) AS total_autovacuum_time,
     pg_stat_get_total_analyze_time(c.oid) AS total_analyze_time,
@@ -2293,13 +2301,21 @@ pg_stat_sys_tables| SELECT relid,
     n_mod_since_analyze,
     n_ins_since_vacuum,
     last_vacuum,
+    last_skipped_vacuum,
     last_autovacuum,
+    last_skipped_autovacuum,
     last_analyze,
+    last_skipped_analyze,
     last_autoanalyze,
+    last_skipped_autoanalyze,
     vacuum_count,
+    skipped_vacuum_count,
     autovacuum_count,
+    skipped_autovacuum_count,
     analyze_count,
+    skipped_analyze_count,
     autoanalyze_count,
+    skipped_autoanalyze_count,
     total_vacuum_time,
     total_autovacuum_time,
     total_analyze_time,
@@ -2348,13 +2364,21 @@ pg_stat_user_tables| SELECT relid,
     n_mod_since_analyze,
     n_ins_since_vacuum,
     last_vacuum,
+    last_skipped_vacuum,
     last_autovacuum,
+    last_skipped_autovacuum,
     last_analyze,
+    last_skipped_analyze,
     last_autoanalyze,
+    last_skipped_autoanalyze,
     vacuum_count,
+    skipped_vacuum_count,
     autovacuum_count,
+    skipped_autovacuum_count,
     analyze_count,
+    skipped_analyze_count,
     autoanalyze_count,
+    skipped_autoanalyze_count,
     total_vacuum_time,
     total_autovacuum_time,
     total_analyze_time,
-- 
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* [PATCH v4] Track skipped vacuum and analyze activity per relation
@ 2026-03-24 04:09 Yugo Nagata <[email protected]>
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From: Yugo Nagata @ 2026-03-24 04:09 UTC (permalink / raw)

This commit adds eight fields to the relation statistics that track
the last time vacuum or analyze has been attempted but skipped due to
lock unavailability, along with their counts:

-    last_skipped_vacuum
-    last_skipped_autovacuum
-    last_skipped_analyze
-    last_skipped_autoanalyze
-    skipped_vacuum_count
-    skipped_autovacuum_count
-    skipped_analyze_count
-    skipped_autoanalyze_count

These field can help users confirm that autovacuum is actively attempting
to run on a table that has not been vacuumed or analyzed for a long time,
and that the lack of progress is due to repeated skips rather than inactivity.
---
 doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml                 |  88 ++++++++++++++++
 src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql         |   8 ++
 src/backend/commands/vacuum.c                | 102 ++++++++++++++-----
 src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c |  64 ++++++++++++
 src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c          |  24 +++++
 src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat              |  32 ++++++
 src/include/pgstat.h                         |  16 +++
 src/test/regress/expected/rules.out          |  24 +++++
 8 files changed, 335 insertions(+), 23 deletions(-)

diff --git a/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml b/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml
index 08d5b824552..a9b579d87a9 100644
--- a/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml
+++ b/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml
@@ -4387,6 +4387,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_vacuum</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time a manual vacuum on this table was attempted but skipped due to
+       lock unavailability (not counting <command>VACUUM FULL</command>)
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>last_autovacuum</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
@@ -4397,6 +4407,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_autovacuum</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time a vacuum on this table by the autovacuum daemon was attempted
+       but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>last_analyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
@@ -4406,6 +4426,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_analyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time a manual analyze on this table was attempted but skipped due to
+       lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>last_autoanalyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
@@ -4416,6 +4446,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_autoanalyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time at which an analyze on this table by the autovacuum was
+       attempted but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>vacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4426,6 +4466,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_vacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times manual vacuums on this table have been attempted but skipped
+       due to lock unavailability (not counting <command>VACUUM FULL</command>)
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>autovacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4436,6 +4486,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_autovacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times vacuums on this table by the autovacuum daemon have been
+       attempted but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>analyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4445,6 +4505,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_analyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times manual analyzes on this table have been attempted but
+       skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>autoanalyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4455,6 +4525,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_autoanalyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times analyzes on this table by the autovacuum daemon have
+       been attempted but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>total_vacuum_time</structfield> <type>double precision</type>
@@ -4510,6 +4590,14 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
    </tgroup>
   </table>
 
+  <note>
+   <para>
+    When a manual vacuum or analyze on a parent table in an inheritance or
+    partitioning hierarchy is skipped, the statistics are recorded only for
+    the parent table, not for its children.
+   </para>
+  </note>
+
  </sect2>
 
  <sect2 id="monitoring-pg-stat-autovacuum-scores-view">
diff --git a/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql b/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql
index 73a1c1c4670..f509fc7876b 100644
--- a/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql
+++ b/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql
@@ -736,13 +736,21 @@ CREATE VIEW pg_stat_all_tables AS
             pg_stat_get_mod_since_analyze(C.oid) AS n_mod_since_analyze,
             pg_stat_get_ins_since_vacuum(C.oid) AS n_ins_since_vacuum,
             pg_stat_get_last_vacuum_time(C.oid) as last_vacuum,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_vacuum,
             pg_stat_get_last_autovacuum_time(C.oid) as last_autovacuum,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_autovacuum,
             pg_stat_get_last_analyze_time(C.oid) as last_analyze,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_analyze,
             pg_stat_get_last_autoanalyze_time(C.oid) as last_autoanalyze,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_autoanalyze,
             pg_stat_get_vacuum_count(C.oid) AS vacuum_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count(C.oid) AS skipped_vacuum_count,
             pg_stat_get_autovacuum_count(C.oid) AS autovacuum_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count(C.oid) AS skipped_autovacuum_count,
             pg_stat_get_analyze_count(C.oid) AS analyze_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count(C.oid) AS skipped_analyze_count,
             pg_stat_get_autoanalyze_count(C.oid) AS autoanalyze_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count(C.oid) AS skipped_autoanalyze_count,
             pg_stat_get_total_vacuum_time(C.oid) AS total_vacuum_time,
             pg_stat_get_total_autovacuum_time(C.oid) AS total_autovacuum_time,
             pg_stat_get_total_analyze_time(C.oid) AS total_analyze_time,
diff --git a/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c b/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c
index 99d0db82ed7..97cd5ea8d10 100644
--- a/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c
+++ b/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c
@@ -793,8 +793,25 @@ vacuum_open_relation(Oid relid, RangeVar *relation, uint32 options,
 		rel = try_relation_open(relid, NoLock);
 	else
 	{
+		int flags = 0;
 		rel = NULL;
 		rel_lock = false;
+
+		if ((options & VACOPT_VACUUM) != 0)
+		{
+			if (AmAutoVacuumWorkerProcess())
+				flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOVACUUM;
+			else
+				flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM;
+		}
+		if ((options & VACOPT_ANALYZE) != 0)
+		{
+			if (AmAutoVacuumWorkerProcess())
+				flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOANALYZE;
+			else
+				flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE;
+		}
+		pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(relid, flags);
 	}
 
 	/* if relation is opened, leave */
@@ -802,7 +819,7 @@ vacuum_open_relation(Oid relid, RangeVar *relation, uint32 options,
 		return rel;
 
 	/*
-	 * Relation could not be opened, hence generate if possible a log
+	 * Relation could not be opened hence generate if possible a log
 	 * informing on the situation.
 	 *
 	 * If the RangeVar is not defined, we do not have enough information to
@@ -905,7 +922,6 @@ expand_vacuum_rel(VacuumRelation *vrel, MemoryContext vac_context,
 		Form_pg_class classForm;
 		bool		include_children;
 		bool		is_partitioned_table;
-		int			rvr_opts;
 
 		/*
 		 * Since autovacuum workers supply OIDs when calling vacuum(), no
@@ -918,29 +934,69 @@ expand_vacuum_rel(VacuumRelation *vrel, MemoryContext vac_context,
 		 * below, as well as find_all_inheritors's expectation that the caller
 		 * holds some lock on the starting relation.
 		 */
-		rvr_opts = (options & VACOPT_SKIP_LOCKED) ? RVR_SKIP_LOCKED : 0;
-		relid = RangeVarGetRelidExtended(vrel->relation,
-										 AccessShareLock,
-										 rvr_opts,
-										 NULL, NULL);
-
-		/*
-		 * If the lock is unavailable, emit the same log statement that
-		 * vacuum_rel() and analyze_rel() would.
-		 */
-		if (!OidIsValid(relid))
+		if (!(options & VACOPT_SKIP_LOCKED))
 		{
-			if (options & VACOPT_VACUUM)
-				ereport(WARNING,
-						(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
-						 errmsg("skipping vacuum of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
-								vrel->relation->relname)));
-			else
-				ereport(WARNING,
-						(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
-						 errmsg("skipping analyze of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
+			relid = RangeVarGetRelidExtended(vrel->relation,
+											 AccessShareLock,
+											 0, NULL, NULL);
+			if (!OidIsValid(relid))
+				return vacrels;
+		}
+		else
+		{
+			/* Get relid for reporting before taking a lock */
+			relid = RangeVarGetRelid(vrel->relation, NoLock, false);
+
+			if (!ConditionalLockRelationOid(relid, AccessShareLock))
+			{
+				int	flags = 0;
+				/*
+				 * If the lock is unavailable, emit the same log statement that
+				 * vacuum_rel() and analyze_rel() would.
+				 */
+				if (options & VACOPT_VACUUM)
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping vacuum of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
 								vrel->relation->relname)));
-			return vacrels;
+				else
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping analyze of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
+									vrel->relation->relname)));
+
+				if ((options & VACOPT_VACUUM) != 0)
+					flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM;
+				if ((options & VACOPT_ANALYZE) != 0)
+					flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE;
+
+				pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(relid, flags);
+
+				return vacrels;
+			}
+
+			/*
+			 * Now that we have the lock, probe to see if the relation really
+			 * exists or not.
+			 */
+			if (!SearchSysCacheExists1(RELOID, ObjectIdGetDatum(relid)))
+			{
+				if (options & VACOPT_VACUUM)
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_UNDEFINED_TABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping vacuum of \"%s\" --- relation no longer exists",
+									vrel->relation->relname)));
+				else
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_UNDEFINED_TABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping analyze of \"%s\" --- relation no longer exists",
+									vrel->relation->relname)));
+
+				/* Release useless lock */
+				UnlockRelationOid(relid, AccessShareLock);
+
+				return vacrels;
+			}
 		}
 
 		/*
diff --git a/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c b/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c
index b2ca28f83ba..532d9023f8c 100644
--- a/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c
+++ b/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c
@@ -17,12 +17,14 @@
 
 #include "postgres.h"
 
+#include "access/htup_details.h"
 #include "access/twophase_rmgr.h"
 #include "access/xact.h"
 #include "catalog/catalog.h"
 #include "utils/memutils.h"
 #include "utils/pgstat_internal.h"
 #include "utils/rel.h"
+#include "utils/syscache.h"
 #include "utils/timestamp.h"
 
 
@@ -367,6 +369,68 @@ pgstat_report_analyze(Relation rel,
 	(void) pgstat_flush_backend(false, PGSTAT_BACKEND_FLUSH_IO);
 }
 
+/*
+ * Report that the table was skipped during vacuum or/and analyze.
+ */
+void
+pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(Oid relid, int flags)
+{
+	PgStat_EntryRef *entry_ref;
+	PgStatShared_Relation *shtabentry;
+	PgStat_StatTabEntry *tabentry;
+	TimestampTz ts;
+	HeapTuple	classTup;
+	bool		isshared;
+
+	if (!pgstat_track_counts || !flags)
+		return;
+
+	classTup = SearchSysCache1(RELOID, ObjectIdGetDatum(relid));
+	if (!HeapTupleIsValid(classTup))
+		return;			/* somebody deleted the rel, forget it */
+	isshared = ((Form_pg_class) GETSTRUCT(classTup))->relisshared;
+	ReleaseSysCache(classTup);
+
+	/* Store the data in the table's hash table entry. */
+	ts = GetCurrentTimestamp();
+
+	/* block acquiring lock for the same reason as pgstat_report_autovac() */
+	entry_ref = pgstat_get_entry_ref_locked(PGSTAT_KIND_RELATION,
+											isshared ? InvalidOid : MyDatabaseId,
+											relid, false);
+
+	shtabentry = (PgStatShared_Relation *) entry_ref->shared_stats;
+	tabentry = &shtabentry->stats;
+
+	if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM)
+	{
+		tabentry->last_skipped_vacuum_time = ts;
+		tabentry->skipped_vacuum_count++;
+	}
+	else if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOVACUUM)
+	{
+		tabentry->last_skipped_autovacuum_time = ts;
+		tabentry->skipped_autovacuum_count++;
+	}
+
+	if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE)
+	{
+		tabentry->last_skipped_analyze_time = ts;
+		tabentry->skipped_analyze_count++;
+	}
+	else if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOANALYZE)
+	{
+		tabentry->last_skipped_autoanalyze_time = ts;
+		tabentry->skipped_autoanalyze_count++;
+	}
+
+	pgstat_unlock_entry(entry_ref);
+
+	/* see pgstat_report_vacuum() */
+	pgstat_flush_io(false);
+	(void) pgstat_flush_backend(false, PGSTAT_BACKEND_FLUSH_IO);
+}
+
 /*
  * count a tuple insertion of n tuples
  */
diff --git a/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c b/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c
index 1408de387ea..90a8968faa0 100644
--- a/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c
+++ b/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c
@@ -84,6 +84,18 @@ PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(mod_since_analyze)
 /* pg_stat_get_numscans */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(numscans)
 
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_analyze_count)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_autoanalyze_count)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_autovacuum_count)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_vacuum_count)
+
 /* pg_stat_get_tuples_deleted */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(tuples_deleted)
 
@@ -170,6 +182,18 @@ PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_vacuum_time)
 /* pg_stat_get_lastscan */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(lastscan)
 
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_analyze_time)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_autoanalyze_time)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_autovacuum_time)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_vacuum_time)
+
 /* pg_stat_get_stat_reset_time */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(stat_reset_time)
 
diff --git a/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat b/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat
index fa9ae79082b..32debb34863 100644
--- a/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat
+++ b/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat
@@ -5680,6 +5680,38 @@
   proargmodes => '{o,o,o,o,o,o,o,o,o,o}',
   proargnames => '{oid,score,xid_score,mxid_score,vacuum_score,vacuum_insert_score,analyze_score,do_vacuum,do_analyze,for_wraparound}',
   prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_autovacuum_scores' },
+{ oid => '8142', descr => 'statistics: last skipped vacuum time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time' },
+{ oid => '8143', descr => 'statistics: last skipped auto vacuum time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time' },
+{ oid => '8144', descr => 'statistics: last skipped analyze time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time' },
+{ oid => '8145', descr => 'statistics: last skipped auto analyze time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time' },
+{ oid => '8146', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped vacuum for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count' },
+{ oid => '8147', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped auto vacuum for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count' },
+{ oid => '8148', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped analyzes for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count' },
+{ oid => '8149', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped auto analyzes for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count' },
 { oid => '1936', descr => 'statistics: currently active backend IDs',
   proname => 'pg_stat_get_backend_idset', prorows => '100', proretset => 't',
   provolatile => 's', proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int4',
diff --git a/src/include/pgstat.h b/src/include/pgstat.h
index dfa2e837638..98941f953d1 100644
--- a/src/include/pgstat.h
+++ b/src/include/pgstat.h
@@ -479,6 +479,15 @@ typedef struct PgStat_StatTabEntry
 	TimestampTz last_autoanalyze_time;	/* autovacuum initiated */
 	PgStat_Counter autoanalyze_count;
 
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_vacuum_time;	/* user initiated vacuum */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_vacuum_count;
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_autovacuum_time;	/* autovacuum initiated */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_autovacuum_count;
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_analyze_time;	/* user initiated */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_analyze_count;
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_autoanalyze_time;	/* autovacuum initiated */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_autoanalyze_count;
+
 	PgStat_Counter total_vacuum_time;	/* times in milliseconds */
 	PgStat_Counter total_autovacuum_time;
 	PgStat_Counter total_analyze_time;
@@ -703,6 +712,13 @@ extern void pgstat_report_analyze(Relation rel,
 								  PgStat_Counter livetuples, PgStat_Counter deadtuples,
 								  bool resetcounter, TimestampTz starttime);
 
+/* flags for pgstat_flush_backend() */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM		(1 << 0)	/* vacuum is skipped */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE		(1 << 1)	/* analyze is skipped */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOVACUUM	(1 << 2)	/* autovacuum is skipped */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOANALYZE	(1 << 3)	/* autoanalyze is skipped */
+extern void pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(Oid relid, int flags);
+
 /*
  * If stats are enabled, but pending data hasn't been prepared yet, call
  * pgstat_assoc_relation() to do so. See its comment for why this is done
diff --git a/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out b/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out
index a65a5bf0c4f..9b2075d3373 100644
--- a/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out
+++ b/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out
@@ -1835,13 +1835,21 @@ pg_stat_all_tables| SELECT c.oid AS relid,
     pg_stat_get_mod_since_analyze(c.oid) AS n_mod_since_analyze,
     pg_stat_get_ins_since_vacuum(c.oid) AS n_ins_since_vacuum,
     pg_stat_get_last_vacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_vacuum,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_vacuum,
     pg_stat_get_last_autovacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_autovacuum,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_autovacuum,
     pg_stat_get_last_analyze_time(c.oid) AS last_analyze,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_analyze,
     pg_stat_get_last_autoanalyze_time(c.oid) AS last_autoanalyze,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_autoanalyze,
     pg_stat_get_vacuum_count(c.oid) AS vacuum_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count(c.oid) AS skipped_vacuum_count,
     pg_stat_get_autovacuum_count(c.oid) AS autovacuum_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count(c.oid) AS skipped_autovacuum_count,
     pg_stat_get_analyze_count(c.oid) AS analyze_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count(c.oid) AS skipped_analyze_count,
     pg_stat_get_autoanalyze_count(c.oid) AS autoanalyze_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count(c.oid) AS skipped_autoanalyze_count,
     pg_stat_get_total_vacuum_time(c.oid) AS total_vacuum_time,
     pg_stat_get_total_autovacuum_time(c.oid) AS total_autovacuum_time,
     pg_stat_get_total_analyze_time(c.oid) AS total_analyze_time,
@@ -2346,13 +2354,21 @@ pg_stat_sys_tables| SELECT relid,
     n_mod_since_analyze,
     n_ins_since_vacuum,
     last_vacuum,
+    last_skipped_vacuum,
     last_autovacuum,
+    last_skipped_autovacuum,
     last_analyze,
+    last_skipped_analyze,
     last_autoanalyze,
+    last_skipped_autoanalyze,
     vacuum_count,
+    skipped_vacuum_count,
     autovacuum_count,
+    skipped_autovacuum_count,
     analyze_count,
+    skipped_analyze_count,
     autoanalyze_count,
+    skipped_autoanalyze_count,
     total_vacuum_time,
     total_autovacuum_time,
     total_analyze_time,
@@ -2401,13 +2417,21 @@ pg_stat_user_tables| SELECT relid,
     n_mod_since_analyze,
     n_ins_since_vacuum,
     last_vacuum,
+    last_skipped_vacuum,
     last_autovacuum,
+    last_skipped_autovacuum,
     last_analyze,
+    last_skipped_analyze,
     last_autoanalyze,
+    last_skipped_autoanalyze,
     vacuum_count,
+    skipped_vacuum_count,
     autovacuum_count,
+    skipped_autovacuum_count,
     analyze_count,
+    skipped_analyze_count,
     autoanalyze_count,
+    skipped_autoanalyze_count,
     total_vacuum_time,
     total_autovacuum_time,
     total_analyze_time,
-- 
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* [PATCH v3] Track skipped vacuum and analyze activity per relation
@ 2026-03-24 04:09 Yugo Nagata <[email protected]>
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From: Yugo Nagata @ 2026-03-24 04:09 UTC (permalink / raw)

This commit adds eight fields to the relation statistics that track
the last time vacuum or analyze has been attempted but skipped due to
lock unavailability, along with their counts:

-    last_skipped_vacuum
-    last_skipped_autovacuum
-    last_skipped_analyze
-    last_skipped_autoanalyze
-    skipped_vacuum_count
-    skipped_autovacuum_count
-    skipped_analyze_count
-    skipped_autoanalyze_count

These field can help users confirm that autovacuum is actively attempting
to run on a table that has not been vacuumed or analyzed for a long time,
and that the lack of progress is due to repeated skips rather than inactivity.
---
 doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml                 | 80 +++++++++++++++++
 src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql         |  8 ++
 src/backend/commands/vacuum.c                | 95 +++++++++++++++-----
 src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c | 68 ++++++++++++++
 src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c          | 24 +++++
 src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat              | 32 +++++++
 src/include/pgstat.h                         | 16 ++++
 src/test/regress/expected/rules.out          | 24 +++++
 8 files changed, 324 insertions(+), 23 deletions(-)

diff --git a/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml b/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml
index bb75ed1069b..9ec8070b2fc 100644
--- a/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml
+++ b/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml
@@ -4372,6 +4372,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_vacuum</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time a manual vacuum on this table was attempted but skipped due to
+       lock unavailability (not counting <command>VACUUM FULL</command>)
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>last_autovacuum</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
@@ -4382,6 +4392,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_autovacuum</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time a vacuum on this table by the autovacuum daemon was attempted
+       but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>last_analyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
@@ -4391,6 +4411,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_analyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time a manual analyze on this table was attempted but skipped due to
+       lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>last_autoanalyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
@@ -4401,6 +4431,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_autoanalyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time at which an analyze on this table by the autovacuum was
+       attempted but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>vacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4411,6 +4451,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_vacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times vacuums on this table have been attempted but skipped
+       due to lock unavailability (not counting <command>VACUUM FULL</command>)
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>autovacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4421,6 +4471,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_autovacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times vacuums on this table by the autovacuum daemon have been
+       attempted but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>analyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4430,6 +4490,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_analyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times manual analyzes on this table have been attempted but
+       skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>autoanalyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4440,6 +4510,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_autoanalyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times analyzes on this table by the autovacuum daemon have
+       been attempted but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>total_vacuum_time</structfield> <type>double precision</type>
diff --git a/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql b/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql
index e54018004db..2ca02a0354c 100644
--- a/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql
+++ b/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql
@@ -736,13 +736,21 @@ CREATE VIEW pg_stat_all_tables AS
             pg_stat_get_mod_since_analyze(C.oid) AS n_mod_since_analyze,
             pg_stat_get_ins_since_vacuum(C.oid) AS n_ins_since_vacuum,
             pg_stat_get_last_vacuum_time(C.oid) as last_vacuum,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_vacuum,
             pg_stat_get_last_autovacuum_time(C.oid) as last_autovacuum,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_autovacuum,
             pg_stat_get_last_analyze_time(C.oid) as last_analyze,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_analyze,
             pg_stat_get_last_autoanalyze_time(C.oid) as last_autoanalyze,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_autoanalyze,
             pg_stat_get_vacuum_count(C.oid) AS vacuum_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count(C.oid) AS skipped_vacuum_count,
             pg_stat_get_autovacuum_count(C.oid) AS autovacuum_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count(C.oid) AS skipped_autovacuum_count,
             pg_stat_get_analyze_count(C.oid) AS analyze_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count(C.oid) AS skipped_analyze_count,
             pg_stat_get_autoanalyze_count(C.oid) AS autoanalyze_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count(C.oid) AS skipped_autoanalyze_count,
             pg_stat_get_total_vacuum_time(C.oid) AS total_vacuum_time,
             pg_stat_get_total_autovacuum_time(C.oid) AS total_autovacuum_time,
             pg_stat_get_total_analyze_time(C.oid) AS total_analyze_time,
diff --git a/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c b/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c
index bce3a2daa24..ce83b3171be 100644
--- a/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c
+++ b/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c
@@ -792,8 +792,18 @@ vacuum_open_relation(Oid relid, RangeVar *relation, bits32 options,
 		rel = try_relation_open(relid, NoLock);
 	else
 	{
+		bits8 flags = 0;
 		rel = NULL;
 		rel_lock = false;
+
+		if ((options & VACOPT_VACUUM) != 0)
+			flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM;
+		if ((options & VACOPT_ANALYZE) != 0)
+			flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE;
+		if (AmAutoVacuumWorkerProcess())
+			flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOVAC;
+
+		pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(relid, flags);
 	}
 
 	/* if relation is opened, leave */
@@ -801,7 +811,7 @@ vacuum_open_relation(Oid relid, RangeVar *relation, bits32 options,
 		return rel;
 
 	/*
-	 * Relation could not be opened, hence generate if possible a log
+	 * Relation could not be opened hence generate if possible a log
 	 * informing on the situation.
 	 *
 	 * If the RangeVar is not defined, we do not have enough information to
@@ -904,7 +914,6 @@ expand_vacuum_rel(VacuumRelation *vrel, MemoryContext vac_context,
 		Form_pg_class classForm;
 		bool		include_children;
 		bool		is_partitioned_table;
-		int			rvr_opts;
 
 		/*
 		 * Since autovacuum workers supply OIDs when calling vacuum(), no
@@ -917,29 +926,69 @@ expand_vacuum_rel(VacuumRelation *vrel, MemoryContext vac_context,
 		 * below, as well as find_all_inheritors's expectation that the caller
 		 * holds some lock on the starting relation.
 		 */
-		rvr_opts = (options & VACOPT_SKIP_LOCKED) ? RVR_SKIP_LOCKED : 0;
-		relid = RangeVarGetRelidExtended(vrel->relation,
-										 AccessShareLock,
-										 rvr_opts,
-										 NULL, NULL);
-
-		/*
-		 * If the lock is unavailable, emit the same log statement that
-		 * vacuum_rel() and analyze_rel() would.
-		 */
-		if (!OidIsValid(relid))
+		if (!(options & VACOPT_SKIP_LOCKED))
 		{
-			if (options & VACOPT_VACUUM)
-				ereport(WARNING,
-						(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
-						 errmsg("skipping vacuum of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
-								vrel->relation->relname)));
-			else
-				ereport(WARNING,
-						(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
-						 errmsg("skipping analyze of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
+			relid = RangeVarGetRelidExtended(vrel->relation,
+											 AccessShareLock,
+											 0, NULL, NULL);
+			if (!OidIsValid(relid))
+				return vacrels;
+		}
+		else
+		{
+			/* Get relid for reporting before taking a lock */
+			relid = RangeVarGetRelid(vrel->relation, NoLock, false);
+
+			if (!ConditionalLockRelationOid(relid, AccessShareLock))
+			{
+				bits8	flags = 0;
+				/*
+				 * If the lock is unavailable, emit the same log statement that
+				 * vacuum_rel() and analyze_rel() would.
+				 */
+				if (options & VACOPT_VACUUM)
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping vacuum of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
 								vrel->relation->relname)));
-			return vacrels;
+				else
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping analyze of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
+									vrel->relation->relname)));
+
+				if ((options & VACOPT_VACUUM) != 0)
+					flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM;
+				if ((options & VACOPT_ANALYZE) != 0)
+					flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE;
+
+				pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(relid, flags);
+
+				return vacrels;
+			}
+
+			/*
+			 * Now that we have the lock, probe to see if the relation really
+			 * exists or not.
+			 */
+			if (!SearchSysCacheExists1(RELOID, ObjectIdGetDatum(relid)))
+			{
+				if (options & VACOPT_VACUUM)
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_UNDEFINED_TABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping vacuum of \"%s\" --- relation no longer exists",
+									vrel->relation->relname)));
+				else
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_UNDEFINED_TABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping analyze of \"%s\" --- relation no longer exists",
+									vrel->relation->relname)));
+
+				/* Release useless lock */
+				UnlockRelationOid(relid, AccessShareLock);
+
+				return vacrels;
+			}
 		}
 
 		/*
diff --git a/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c b/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c
index bc8c43b96aa..cec4c88980e 100644
--- a/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c
+++ b/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c
@@ -17,6 +17,7 @@
 
 #include "postgres.h"
 
+#include "access/htup_details.h"
 #include "access/twophase_rmgr.h"
 #include "access/xact.h"
 #include "catalog/catalog.h"
@@ -366,6 +367,73 @@ pgstat_report_analyze(Relation rel,
 	(void) pgstat_flush_backend(false, PGSTAT_BACKEND_FLUSH_IO);
 }
 
+/*
+ * Report that the table was skipped during vacuum or/and analyze.
+ */
+void
+pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(Oid relid, bits8 flags)
+{
+	PgStat_EntryRef *entry_ref;
+	PgStatShared_Relation *shtabentry;
+	PgStat_StatTabEntry *tabentry;
+	TimestampTz ts;
+	HeapTuple	classTup;
+	bool		isshared;
+
+	if (!pgstat_track_counts || !(flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANY))
+		return;
+
+	classTup = SearchSysCache1(RELOID, ObjectIdGetDatum(relid));
+	if (!HeapTupleIsValid(classTup))
+		return;			/* somebody deleted the rel, forget it */
+	isshared = ((Form_pg_class) GETSTRUCT(classTup))->relisshared;
+	ReleaseSysCache(classTup);
+
+	/* Store the data in the table's hash table entry. */
+	ts = GetCurrentTimestamp();
+
+	/* block acquiring lock for the same reason as pgstat_report_autovac() */
+	entry_ref = pgstat_get_entry_ref_locked(PGSTAT_KIND_RELATION,
+											isshared ? InvalidOid : MyDatabaseId,
+											relid, false);
+
+	shtabentry = (PgStatShared_Relation *) entry_ref->shared_stats;
+	tabentry = &shtabentry->stats;
+
+	if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOVAC)
+	{
+		if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM)
+		{
+			tabentry->last_skipped_autovacuum_time = ts;
+			tabentry->skipped_autovacuum_count++;
+		}
+		if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE)
+		{
+			tabentry->last_skipped_autoanalyze_time = ts;
+			tabentry->skipped_autoanalyze_count++;
+		}
+	}
+	else
+	{
+		if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM)
+		{
+			tabentry->last_skipped_vacuum_time = ts;
+			tabentry->skipped_vacuum_count++;
+		}
+		if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE)
+		{
+			tabentry->last_skipped_analyze_time = ts;
+			tabentry->skipped_analyze_count++;
+		}
+	}
+
+	pgstat_unlock_entry(entry_ref);
+
+	/* see pgstat_report_vacuum() */
+	pgstat_flush_io(false);
+	(void) pgstat_flush_backend(false, PGSTAT_BACKEND_FLUSH_IO);
+}
+
 /*
  * count a tuple insertion of n tuples
  */
diff --git a/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c b/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c
index 9185a8e6b83..18aaa3996e1 100644
--- a/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c
+++ b/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c
@@ -84,6 +84,18 @@ PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(mod_since_analyze)
 /* pg_stat_get_numscans */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(numscans)
 
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_analyze_count)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_autoanalyze_count)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_autovacuum_count)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_vacuum_count)
+
 /* pg_stat_get_tuples_deleted */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(tuples_deleted)
 
@@ -170,6 +182,18 @@ PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_vacuum_time)
 /* pg_stat_get_lastscan */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(lastscan)
 
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_analyze_time)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_autoanalyze_time)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_autovacuum_time)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_vacuum_time)
+
 /* pg_stat_get_stat_reset_time */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(stat_reset_time)
 
diff --git a/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat b/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat
index 0118e970dda..ccfe3d9e02a 100644
--- a/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat
+++ b/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat
@@ -5667,6 +5667,38 @@
   proname => 'pg_stat_get_total_autoanalyze_time', provolatile => 's',
   proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'float8', proargtypes => 'oid',
   prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_total_autoanalyze_time' },
+{ oid => '8142', descr => 'statistics: last skipped vacuum time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time' },
+{ oid => '8143', descr => 'statistics: last skipped auto vacuum time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time' },
+{ oid => '8144', descr => 'statistics: last skipped analyze time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time' },
+{ oid => '8145', descr => 'statistics: last skipped auto analyze time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time' },
+{ oid => '8146', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped vacuum for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count' },
+{ oid => '8147', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped auto vacuum for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count' },
+{ oid => '8148', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped analyzes for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count' },
+{ oid => '8149', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped auto analyzes for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count' },
 { oid => '1936', descr => 'statistics: currently active backend IDs',
   proname => 'pg_stat_get_backend_idset', prorows => '100', proretset => 't',
   provolatile => 's', proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int4',
diff --git a/src/include/pgstat.h b/src/include/pgstat.h
index 8e3549c3752..343081a7a25 100644
--- a/src/include/pgstat.h
+++ b/src/include/pgstat.h
@@ -479,6 +479,15 @@ typedef struct PgStat_StatTabEntry
 	TimestampTz last_autoanalyze_time;	/* autovacuum initiated */
 	PgStat_Counter autoanalyze_count;
 
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_vacuum_time;	/* user initiated vacuum */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_vacuum_count;
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_autovacuum_time;	/* autovacuum initiated */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_autovacuum_count;
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_analyze_time;	/* user initiated */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_analyze_count;
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_autoanalyze_time;	/* autovacuum initiated */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_autoanalyze_count;
+
 	PgStat_Counter total_vacuum_time;	/* times in milliseconds */
 	PgStat_Counter total_autovacuum_time;
 	PgStat_Counter total_analyze_time;
@@ -707,6 +716,13 @@ extern void pgstat_report_analyze(Relation rel,
 								  PgStat_Counter livetuples, PgStat_Counter deadtuples,
 								  bool resetcounter, TimestampTz starttime);
 
+/* flags for pgstat_flush_backend() */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM	(1 << 0)	/* vacuum is skipped */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE	(1 << 1)	/* analyze is skipped */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOVAC	(1 << 2)	/* skipped during autovacuum/autoanalyze */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANY   (PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM | PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE)
+extern void pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(Oid relid, bits8 flags);
+
 /*
  * If stats are enabled, but pending data hasn't been prepared yet, call
  * pgstat_assoc_relation() to do so. See its comment for why this is done
diff --git a/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out b/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out
index 2b3cf6d8569..4ccfc43e903 100644
--- a/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out
+++ b/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out
@@ -1835,13 +1835,21 @@ pg_stat_all_tables| SELECT c.oid AS relid,
     pg_stat_get_mod_since_analyze(c.oid) AS n_mod_since_analyze,
     pg_stat_get_ins_since_vacuum(c.oid) AS n_ins_since_vacuum,
     pg_stat_get_last_vacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_vacuum,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_vacuum,
     pg_stat_get_last_autovacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_autovacuum,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_autovacuum,
     pg_stat_get_last_analyze_time(c.oid) AS last_analyze,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_analyze,
     pg_stat_get_last_autoanalyze_time(c.oid) AS last_autoanalyze,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_autoanalyze,
     pg_stat_get_vacuum_count(c.oid) AS vacuum_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count(c.oid) AS skipped_vacuum_count,
     pg_stat_get_autovacuum_count(c.oid) AS autovacuum_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count(c.oid) AS skipped_autovacuum_count,
     pg_stat_get_analyze_count(c.oid) AS analyze_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count(c.oid) AS skipped_analyze_count,
     pg_stat_get_autoanalyze_count(c.oid) AS autoanalyze_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count(c.oid) AS skipped_autoanalyze_count,
     pg_stat_get_total_vacuum_time(c.oid) AS total_vacuum_time,
     pg_stat_get_total_autovacuum_time(c.oid) AS total_autovacuum_time,
     pg_stat_get_total_analyze_time(c.oid) AS total_analyze_time,
@@ -2293,13 +2301,21 @@ pg_stat_sys_tables| SELECT relid,
     n_mod_since_analyze,
     n_ins_since_vacuum,
     last_vacuum,
+    last_skipped_vacuum,
     last_autovacuum,
+    last_skipped_autovacuum,
     last_analyze,
+    last_skipped_analyze,
     last_autoanalyze,
+    last_skipped_autoanalyze,
     vacuum_count,
+    skipped_vacuum_count,
     autovacuum_count,
+    skipped_autovacuum_count,
     analyze_count,
+    skipped_analyze_count,
     autoanalyze_count,
+    skipped_autoanalyze_count,
     total_vacuum_time,
     total_autovacuum_time,
     total_analyze_time,
@@ -2348,13 +2364,21 @@ pg_stat_user_tables| SELECT relid,
     n_mod_since_analyze,
     n_ins_since_vacuum,
     last_vacuum,
+    last_skipped_vacuum,
     last_autovacuum,
+    last_skipped_autovacuum,
     last_analyze,
+    last_skipped_analyze,
     last_autoanalyze,
+    last_skipped_autoanalyze,
     vacuum_count,
+    skipped_vacuum_count,
     autovacuum_count,
+    skipped_autovacuum_count,
     analyze_count,
+    skipped_analyze_count,
     autoanalyze_count,
+    skipped_autoanalyze_count,
     total_vacuum_time,
     total_autovacuum_time,
     total_analyze_time,
-- 
2.43.0


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* [PATCH v4] Track skipped vacuum and analyze activity per relation
@ 2026-03-24 04:09 Yugo Nagata <[email protected]>
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From: Yugo Nagata @ 2026-03-24 04:09 UTC (permalink / raw)

This commit adds eight fields to the relation statistics that track
the last time vacuum or analyze has been attempted but skipped due to
lock unavailability, along with their counts:

-    last_skipped_vacuum
-    last_skipped_autovacuum
-    last_skipped_analyze
-    last_skipped_autoanalyze
-    skipped_vacuum_count
-    skipped_autovacuum_count
-    skipped_analyze_count
-    skipped_autoanalyze_count

These field can help users confirm that autovacuum is actively attempting
to run on a table that has not been vacuumed or analyzed for a long time,
and that the lack of progress is due to repeated skips rather than inactivity.
---
 doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml                 |  88 ++++++++++++++++
 src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql         |   8 ++
 src/backend/commands/vacuum.c                | 102 ++++++++++++++-----
 src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c |  64 ++++++++++++
 src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c          |  24 +++++
 src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat              |  32 ++++++
 src/include/pgstat.h                         |  16 +++
 src/test/regress/expected/rules.out          |  24 +++++
 8 files changed, 335 insertions(+), 23 deletions(-)

diff --git a/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml b/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml
index 08d5b824552..a9b579d87a9 100644
--- a/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml
+++ b/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml
@@ -4387,6 +4387,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_vacuum</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time a manual vacuum on this table was attempted but skipped due to
+       lock unavailability (not counting <command>VACUUM FULL</command>)
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>last_autovacuum</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
@@ -4397,6 +4407,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_autovacuum</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time a vacuum on this table by the autovacuum daemon was attempted
+       but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>last_analyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
@@ -4406,6 +4426,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_analyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time a manual analyze on this table was attempted but skipped due to
+       lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>last_autoanalyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
@@ -4416,6 +4446,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_autoanalyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time at which an analyze on this table by the autovacuum was
+       attempted but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>vacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4426,6 +4466,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_vacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times manual vacuums on this table have been attempted but skipped
+       due to lock unavailability (not counting <command>VACUUM FULL</command>)
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>autovacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4436,6 +4486,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_autovacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times vacuums on this table by the autovacuum daemon have been
+       attempted but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>analyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4445,6 +4505,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_analyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times manual analyzes on this table have been attempted but
+       skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>autoanalyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4455,6 +4525,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_autoanalyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times analyzes on this table by the autovacuum daemon have
+       been attempted but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>total_vacuum_time</structfield> <type>double precision</type>
@@ -4510,6 +4590,14 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
    </tgroup>
   </table>
 
+  <note>
+   <para>
+    When a manual vacuum or analyze on a parent table in an inheritance or
+    partitioning hierarchy is skipped, the statistics are recorded only for
+    the parent table, not for its children.
+   </para>
+  </note>
+
  </sect2>
 
  <sect2 id="monitoring-pg-stat-autovacuum-scores-view">
diff --git a/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql b/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql
index 73a1c1c4670..f509fc7876b 100644
--- a/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql
+++ b/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql
@@ -736,13 +736,21 @@ CREATE VIEW pg_stat_all_tables AS
             pg_stat_get_mod_since_analyze(C.oid) AS n_mod_since_analyze,
             pg_stat_get_ins_since_vacuum(C.oid) AS n_ins_since_vacuum,
             pg_stat_get_last_vacuum_time(C.oid) as last_vacuum,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_vacuum,
             pg_stat_get_last_autovacuum_time(C.oid) as last_autovacuum,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_autovacuum,
             pg_stat_get_last_analyze_time(C.oid) as last_analyze,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_analyze,
             pg_stat_get_last_autoanalyze_time(C.oid) as last_autoanalyze,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_autoanalyze,
             pg_stat_get_vacuum_count(C.oid) AS vacuum_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count(C.oid) AS skipped_vacuum_count,
             pg_stat_get_autovacuum_count(C.oid) AS autovacuum_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count(C.oid) AS skipped_autovacuum_count,
             pg_stat_get_analyze_count(C.oid) AS analyze_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count(C.oid) AS skipped_analyze_count,
             pg_stat_get_autoanalyze_count(C.oid) AS autoanalyze_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count(C.oid) AS skipped_autoanalyze_count,
             pg_stat_get_total_vacuum_time(C.oid) AS total_vacuum_time,
             pg_stat_get_total_autovacuum_time(C.oid) AS total_autovacuum_time,
             pg_stat_get_total_analyze_time(C.oid) AS total_analyze_time,
diff --git a/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c b/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c
index 99d0db82ed7..97cd5ea8d10 100644
--- a/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c
+++ b/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c
@@ -793,8 +793,25 @@ vacuum_open_relation(Oid relid, RangeVar *relation, uint32 options,
 		rel = try_relation_open(relid, NoLock);
 	else
 	{
+		int flags = 0;
 		rel = NULL;
 		rel_lock = false;
+
+		if ((options & VACOPT_VACUUM) != 0)
+		{
+			if (AmAutoVacuumWorkerProcess())
+				flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOVACUUM;
+			else
+				flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM;
+		}
+		if ((options & VACOPT_ANALYZE) != 0)
+		{
+			if (AmAutoVacuumWorkerProcess())
+				flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOANALYZE;
+			else
+				flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE;
+		}
+		pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(relid, flags);
 	}
 
 	/* if relation is opened, leave */
@@ -802,7 +819,7 @@ vacuum_open_relation(Oid relid, RangeVar *relation, uint32 options,
 		return rel;
 
 	/*
-	 * Relation could not be opened, hence generate if possible a log
+	 * Relation could not be opened hence generate if possible a log
 	 * informing on the situation.
 	 *
 	 * If the RangeVar is not defined, we do not have enough information to
@@ -905,7 +922,6 @@ expand_vacuum_rel(VacuumRelation *vrel, MemoryContext vac_context,
 		Form_pg_class classForm;
 		bool		include_children;
 		bool		is_partitioned_table;
-		int			rvr_opts;
 
 		/*
 		 * Since autovacuum workers supply OIDs when calling vacuum(), no
@@ -918,29 +934,69 @@ expand_vacuum_rel(VacuumRelation *vrel, MemoryContext vac_context,
 		 * below, as well as find_all_inheritors's expectation that the caller
 		 * holds some lock on the starting relation.
 		 */
-		rvr_opts = (options & VACOPT_SKIP_LOCKED) ? RVR_SKIP_LOCKED : 0;
-		relid = RangeVarGetRelidExtended(vrel->relation,
-										 AccessShareLock,
-										 rvr_opts,
-										 NULL, NULL);
-
-		/*
-		 * If the lock is unavailable, emit the same log statement that
-		 * vacuum_rel() and analyze_rel() would.
-		 */
-		if (!OidIsValid(relid))
+		if (!(options & VACOPT_SKIP_LOCKED))
 		{
-			if (options & VACOPT_VACUUM)
-				ereport(WARNING,
-						(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
-						 errmsg("skipping vacuum of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
-								vrel->relation->relname)));
-			else
-				ereport(WARNING,
-						(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
-						 errmsg("skipping analyze of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
+			relid = RangeVarGetRelidExtended(vrel->relation,
+											 AccessShareLock,
+											 0, NULL, NULL);
+			if (!OidIsValid(relid))
+				return vacrels;
+		}
+		else
+		{
+			/* Get relid for reporting before taking a lock */
+			relid = RangeVarGetRelid(vrel->relation, NoLock, false);
+
+			if (!ConditionalLockRelationOid(relid, AccessShareLock))
+			{
+				int	flags = 0;
+				/*
+				 * If the lock is unavailable, emit the same log statement that
+				 * vacuum_rel() and analyze_rel() would.
+				 */
+				if (options & VACOPT_VACUUM)
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping vacuum of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
 								vrel->relation->relname)));
-			return vacrels;
+				else
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping analyze of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
+									vrel->relation->relname)));
+
+				if ((options & VACOPT_VACUUM) != 0)
+					flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM;
+				if ((options & VACOPT_ANALYZE) != 0)
+					flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE;
+
+				pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(relid, flags);
+
+				return vacrels;
+			}
+
+			/*
+			 * Now that we have the lock, probe to see if the relation really
+			 * exists or not.
+			 */
+			if (!SearchSysCacheExists1(RELOID, ObjectIdGetDatum(relid)))
+			{
+				if (options & VACOPT_VACUUM)
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_UNDEFINED_TABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping vacuum of \"%s\" --- relation no longer exists",
+									vrel->relation->relname)));
+				else
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_UNDEFINED_TABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping analyze of \"%s\" --- relation no longer exists",
+									vrel->relation->relname)));
+
+				/* Release useless lock */
+				UnlockRelationOid(relid, AccessShareLock);
+
+				return vacrels;
+			}
 		}
 
 		/*
diff --git a/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c b/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c
index b2ca28f83ba..532d9023f8c 100644
--- a/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c
+++ b/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c
@@ -17,12 +17,14 @@
 
 #include "postgres.h"
 
+#include "access/htup_details.h"
 #include "access/twophase_rmgr.h"
 #include "access/xact.h"
 #include "catalog/catalog.h"
 #include "utils/memutils.h"
 #include "utils/pgstat_internal.h"
 #include "utils/rel.h"
+#include "utils/syscache.h"
 #include "utils/timestamp.h"
 
 
@@ -367,6 +369,68 @@ pgstat_report_analyze(Relation rel,
 	(void) pgstat_flush_backend(false, PGSTAT_BACKEND_FLUSH_IO);
 }
 
+/*
+ * Report that the table was skipped during vacuum or/and analyze.
+ */
+void
+pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(Oid relid, int flags)
+{
+	PgStat_EntryRef *entry_ref;
+	PgStatShared_Relation *shtabentry;
+	PgStat_StatTabEntry *tabentry;
+	TimestampTz ts;
+	HeapTuple	classTup;
+	bool		isshared;
+
+	if (!pgstat_track_counts || !flags)
+		return;
+
+	classTup = SearchSysCache1(RELOID, ObjectIdGetDatum(relid));
+	if (!HeapTupleIsValid(classTup))
+		return;			/* somebody deleted the rel, forget it */
+	isshared = ((Form_pg_class) GETSTRUCT(classTup))->relisshared;
+	ReleaseSysCache(classTup);
+
+	/* Store the data in the table's hash table entry. */
+	ts = GetCurrentTimestamp();
+
+	/* block acquiring lock for the same reason as pgstat_report_autovac() */
+	entry_ref = pgstat_get_entry_ref_locked(PGSTAT_KIND_RELATION,
+											isshared ? InvalidOid : MyDatabaseId,
+											relid, false);
+
+	shtabentry = (PgStatShared_Relation *) entry_ref->shared_stats;
+	tabentry = &shtabentry->stats;
+
+	if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM)
+	{
+		tabentry->last_skipped_vacuum_time = ts;
+		tabentry->skipped_vacuum_count++;
+	}
+	else if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOVACUUM)
+	{
+		tabentry->last_skipped_autovacuum_time = ts;
+		tabentry->skipped_autovacuum_count++;
+	}
+
+	if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE)
+	{
+		tabentry->last_skipped_analyze_time = ts;
+		tabentry->skipped_analyze_count++;
+	}
+	else if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOANALYZE)
+	{
+		tabentry->last_skipped_autoanalyze_time = ts;
+		tabentry->skipped_autoanalyze_count++;
+	}
+
+	pgstat_unlock_entry(entry_ref);
+
+	/* see pgstat_report_vacuum() */
+	pgstat_flush_io(false);
+	(void) pgstat_flush_backend(false, PGSTAT_BACKEND_FLUSH_IO);
+}
+
 /*
  * count a tuple insertion of n tuples
  */
diff --git a/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c b/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c
index 1408de387ea..90a8968faa0 100644
--- a/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c
+++ b/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c
@@ -84,6 +84,18 @@ PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(mod_since_analyze)
 /* pg_stat_get_numscans */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(numscans)
 
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_analyze_count)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_autoanalyze_count)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_autovacuum_count)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_vacuum_count)
+
 /* pg_stat_get_tuples_deleted */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(tuples_deleted)
 
@@ -170,6 +182,18 @@ PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_vacuum_time)
 /* pg_stat_get_lastscan */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(lastscan)
 
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_analyze_time)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_autoanalyze_time)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_autovacuum_time)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_vacuum_time)
+
 /* pg_stat_get_stat_reset_time */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(stat_reset_time)
 
diff --git a/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat b/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat
index fa9ae79082b..32debb34863 100644
--- a/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat
+++ b/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat
@@ -5680,6 +5680,38 @@
   proargmodes => '{o,o,o,o,o,o,o,o,o,o}',
   proargnames => '{oid,score,xid_score,mxid_score,vacuum_score,vacuum_insert_score,analyze_score,do_vacuum,do_analyze,for_wraparound}',
   prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_autovacuum_scores' },
+{ oid => '8142', descr => 'statistics: last skipped vacuum time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time' },
+{ oid => '8143', descr => 'statistics: last skipped auto vacuum time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time' },
+{ oid => '8144', descr => 'statistics: last skipped analyze time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time' },
+{ oid => '8145', descr => 'statistics: last skipped auto analyze time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time' },
+{ oid => '8146', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped vacuum for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count' },
+{ oid => '8147', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped auto vacuum for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count' },
+{ oid => '8148', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped analyzes for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count' },
+{ oid => '8149', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped auto analyzes for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count' },
 { oid => '1936', descr => 'statistics: currently active backend IDs',
   proname => 'pg_stat_get_backend_idset', prorows => '100', proretset => 't',
   provolatile => 's', proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int4',
diff --git a/src/include/pgstat.h b/src/include/pgstat.h
index dfa2e837638..98941f953d1 100644
--- a/src/include/pgstat.h
+++ b/src/include/pgstat.h
@@ -479,6 +479,15 @@ typedef struct PgStat_StatTabEntry
 	TimestampTz last_autoanalyze_time;	/* autovacuum initiated */
 	PgStat_Counter autoanalyze_count;
 
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_vacuum_time;	/* user initiated vacuum */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_vacuum_count;
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_autovacuum_time;	/* autovacuum initiated */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_autovacuum_count;
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_analyze_time;	/* user initiated */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_analyze_count;
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_autoanalyze_time;	/* autovacuum initiated */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_autoanalyze_count;
+
 	PgStat_Counter total_vacuum_time;	/* times in milliseconds */
 	PgStat_Counter total_autovacuum_time;
 	PgStat_Counter total_analyze_time;
@@ -703,6 +712,13 @@ extern void pgstat_report_analyze(Relation rel,
 								  PgStat_Counter livetuples, PgStat_Counter deadtuples,
 								  bool resetcounter, TimestampTz starttime);
 
+/* flags for pgstat_flush_backend() */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM		(1 << 0)	/* vacuum is skipped */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE		(1 << 1)	/* analyze is skipped */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOVACUUM	(1 << 2)	/* autovacuum is skipped */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOANALYZE	(1 << 3)	/* autoanalyze is skipped */
+extern void pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(Oid relid, int flags);
+
 /*
  * If stats are enabled, but pending data hasn't been prepared yet, call
  * pgstat_assoc_relation() to do so. See its comment for why this is done
diff --git a/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out b/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out
index a65a5bf0c4f..9b2075d3373 100644
--- a/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out
+++ b/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out
@@ -1835,13 +1835,21 @@ pg_stat_all_tables| SELECT c.oid AS relid,
     pg_stat_get_mod_since_analyze(c.oid) AS n_mod_since_analyze,
     pg_stat_get_ins_since_vacuum(c.oid) AS n_ins_since_vacuum,
     pg_stat_get_last_vacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_vacuum,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_vacuum,
     pg_stat_get_last_autovacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_autovacuum,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_autovacuum,
     pg_stat_get_last_analyze_time(c.oid) AS last_analyze,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_analyze,
     pg_stat_get_last_autoanalyze_time(c.oid) AS last_autoanalyze,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_autoanalyze,
     pg_stat_get_vacuum_count(c.oid) AS vacuum_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count(c.oid) AS skipped_vacuum_count,
     pg_stat_get_autovacuum_count(c.oid) AS autovacuum_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count(c.oid) AS skipped_autovacuum_count,
     pg_stat_get_analyze_count(c.oid) AS analyze_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count(c.oid) AS skipped_analyze_count,
     pg_stat_get_autoanalyze_count(c.oid) AS autoanalyze_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count(c.oid) AS skipped_autoanalyze_count,
     pg_stat_get_total_vacuum_time(c.oid) AS total_vacuum_time,
     pg_stat_get_total_autovacuum_time(c.oid) AS total_autovacuum_time,
     pg_stat_get_total_analyze_time(c.oid) AS total_analyze_time,
@@ -2346,13 +2354,21 @@ pg_stat_sys_tables| SELECT relid,
     n_mod_since_analyze,
     n_ins_since_vacuum,
     last_vacuum,
+    last_skipped_vacuum,
     last_autovacuum,
+    last_skipped_autovacuum,
     last_analyze,
+    last_skipped_analyze,
     last_autoanalyze,
+    last_skipped_autoanalyze,
     vacuum_count,
+    skipped_vacuum_count,
     autovacuum_count,
+    skipped_autovacuum_count,
     analyze_count,
+    skipped_analyze_count,
     autoanalyze_count,
+    skipped_autoanalyze_count,
     total_vacuum_time,
     total_autovacuum_time,
     total_analyze_time,
@@ -2401,13 +2417,21 @@ pg_stat_user_tables| SELECT relid,
     n_mod_since_analyze,
     n_ins_since_vacuum,
     last_vacuum,
+    last_skipped_vacuum,
     last_autovacuum,
+    last_skipped_autovacuum,
     last_analyze,
+    last_skipped_analyze,
     last_autoanalyze,
+    last_skipped_autoanalyze,
     vacuum_count,
+    skipped_vacuum_count,
     autovacuum_count,
+    skipped_autovacuum_count,
     analyze_count,
+    skipped_analyze_count,
     autoanalyze_count,
+    skipped_autoanalyze_count,
     total_vacuum_time,
     total_autovacuum_time,
     total_analyze_time,
-- 
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* [PATCH v5] Track skipped vacuum and analyze activity per relation
@ 2026-03-24 04:09 Yugo Nagata <[email protected]>
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From: Yugo Nagata @ 2026-03-24 04:09 UTC (permalink / raw)

This commit adds eight fields to the relation statistics that track
the last time vacuum or analyze has been attempted but skipped due to
lock unavailability, along with their counts:

-    last_skipped_vacuum
-    last_skipped_autovacuum
-    last_skipped_analyze
-    last_skipped_autoanalyze
-    skipped_vacuum_count
-    skipped_autovacuum_count
-    skipped_analyze_count
-    skipped_autoanalyze_count

These field can help users confirm that autovacuum is actively attempting
to run on a table that has not been vacuumed or analyzed for a long time,
and that the lack of progress is due to repeated skips rather than inactivity.
---
 doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml                  |  88 ++++++
 src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql          |   8 +
 src/backend/commands/vacuum.c                 | 100 +++++--
 src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c  |  64 +++++
 src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c           |  24 ++
 src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat               |  32 +++
 src/include/pgstat.h                          |  16 ++
 .../isolation/expected/vacuum-skip-locked.out | 260 ++++++++++++++++--
 .../isolation/specs/vacuum-skip-locked.spec   |  41 +--
 src/test/regress/expected/rules.out           |  24 ++
 10 files changed, 601 insertions(+), 56 deletions(-)

diff --git a/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml b/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml
index 08d5b824552..a9b579d87a9 100644
--- a/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml
+++ b/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml
@@ -4387,6 +4387,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_vacuum</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time a manual vacuum on this table was attempted but skipped due to
+       lock unavailability (not counting <command>VACUUM FULL</command>)
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>last_autovacuum</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
@@ -4397,6 +4407,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_autovacuum</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time a vacuum on this table by the autovacuum daemon was attempted
+       but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>last_analyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
@@ -4406,6 +4426,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_analyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time a manual analyze on this table was attempted but skipped due to
+       lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>last_autoanalyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
@@ -4416,6 +4446,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_autoanalyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time at which an analyze on this table by the autovacuum was
+       attempted but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>vacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4426,6 +4466,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_vacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times manual vacuums on this table have been attempted but skipped
+       due to lock unavailability (not counting <command>VACUUM FULL</command>)
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>autovacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4436,6 +4486,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_autovacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times vacuums on this table by the autovacuum daemon have been
+       attempted but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>analyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4445,6 +4505,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_analyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times manual analyzes on this table have been attempted but
+       skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>autoanalyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4455,6 +4525,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_autoanalyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times analyzes on this table by the autovacuum daemon have
+       been attempted but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>total_vacuum_time</structfield> <type>double precision</type>
@@ -4510,6 +4590,14 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
    </tgroup>
   </table>
 
+  <note>
+   <para>
+    When a manual vacuum or analyze on a parent table in an inheritance or
+    partitioning hierarchy is skipped, the statistics are recorded only for
+    the parent table, not for its children.
+   </para>
+  </note>
+
  </sect2>
 
  <sect2 id="monitoring-pg-stat-autovacuum-scores-view">
diff --git a/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql b/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql
index 73a1c1c4670..f509fc7876b 100644
--- a/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql
+++ b/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql
@@ -736,13 +736,21 @@ CREATE VIEW pg_stat_all_tables AS
             pg_stat_get_mod_since_analyze(C.oid) AS n_mod_since_analyze,
             pg_stat_get_ins_since_vacuum(C.oid) AS n_ins_since_vacuum,
             pg_stat_get_last_vacuum_time(C.oid) as last_vacuum,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_vacuum,
             pg_stat_get_last_autovacuum_time(C.oid) as last_autovacuum,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_autovacuum,
             pg_stat_get_last_analyze_time(C.oid) as last_analyze,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_analyze,
             pg_stat_get_last_autoanalyze_time(C.oid) as last_autoanalyze,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_autoanalyze,
             pg_stat_get_vacuum_count(C.oid) AS vacuum_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count(C.oid) AS skipped_vacuum_count,
             pg_stat_get_autovacuum_count(C.oid) AS autovacuum_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count(C.oid) AS skipped_autovacuum_count,
             pg_stat_get_analyze_count(C.oid) AS analyze_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count(C.oid) AS skipped_analyze_count,
             pg_stat_get_autoanalyze_count(C.oid) AS autoanalyze_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count(C.oid) AS skipped_autoanalyze_count,
             pg_stat_get_total_vacuum_time(C.oid) AS total_vacuum_time,
             pg_stat_get_total_autovacuum_time(C.oid) AS total_autovacuum_time,
             pg_stat_get_total_analyze_time(C.oid) AS total_analyze_time,
diff --git a/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c b/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c
index 99d0db82ed7..df6526225e4 100644
--- a/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c
+++ b/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c
@@ -793,8 +793,25 @@ vacuum_open_relation(Oid relid, RangeVar *relation, uint32 options,
 		rel = try_relation_open(relid, NoLock);
 	else
 	{
+		int flags = 0;
 		rel = NULL;
 		rel_lock = false;
+
+		if ((options & VACOPT_VACUUM) != 0 && (options & VACOPT_FULL) == 0)
+		{
+			if (AmAutoVacuumWorkerProcess())
+				flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOVACUUM;
+			else
+				flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM;
+		}
+		if ((options & VACOPT_ANALYZE) != 0)
+		{
+			if (AmAutoVacuumWorkerProcess())
+				flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOANALYZE;
+			else
+				flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE;
+		}
+		pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(relid, flags);
 	}
 
 	/* if relation is opened, leave */
@@ -905,7 +922,6 @@ expand_vacuum_rel(VacuumRelation *vrel, MemoryContext vac_context,
 		Form_pg_class classForm;
 		bool		include_children;
 		bool		is_partitioned_table;
-		int			rvr_opts;
 
 		/*
 		 * Since autovacuum workers supply OIDs when calling vacuum(), no
@@ -918,29 +934,69 @@ expand_vacuum_rel(VacuumRelation *vrel, MemoryContext vac_context,
 		 * below, as well as find_all_inheritors's expectation that the caller
 		 * holds some lock on the starting relation.
 		 */
-		rvr_opts = (options & VACOPT_SKIP_LOCKED) ? RVR_SKIP_LOCKED : 0;
-		relid = RangeVarGetRelidExtended(vrel->relation,
-										 AccessShareLock,
-										 rvr_opts,
-										 NULL, NULL);
-
-		/*
-		 * If the lock is unavailable, emit the same log statement that
-		 * vacuum_rel() and analyze_rel() would.
-		 */
-		if (!OidIsValid(relid))
+		if (!(options & VACOPT_SKIP_LOCKED))
 		{
-			if (options & VACOPT_VACUUM)
-				ereport(WARNING,
-						(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
-						 errmsg("skipping vacuum of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
-								vrel->relation->relname)));
-			else
-				ereport(WARNING,
-						(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
-						 errmsg("skipping analyze of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
+			relid = RangeVarGetRelidExtended(vrel->relation,
+											 AccessShareLock,
+											 0, NULL, NULL);
+			if (!OidIsValid(relid))
+				return vacrels;
+		}
+		else
+		{
+			/* Get relid for reporting before taking a lock */
+			relid = RangeVarGetRelid(vrel->relation, NoLock, false);
+
+			if (!ConditionalLockRelationOid(relid, AccessShareLock))
+			{
+				int	flags = 0;
+				/*
+				 * If the lock is unavailable, emit the same log statement that
+				 * vacuum_rel() and analyze_rel() would.
+				 */
+				if (options & VACOPT_VACUUM)
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping vacuum of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
 								vrel->relation->relname)));
-			return vacrels;
+				else
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping analyze of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
+									vrel->relation->relname)));
+
+				if ((options & VACOPT_VACUUM) != 0 && (options & VACOPT_FULL) == 0)
+					flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM;
+				if ((options & VACOPT_ANALYZE) != 0)
+					flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE;
+
+				pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(relid, flags);
+
+				return vacrels;
+			}
+
+			/*
+			 * Now that we have the lock, probe to see if the relation really
+			 * exists or not.
+			 */
+			if (!SearchSysCacheExists1(RELOID, ObjectIdGetDatum(relid)))
+			{
+				if (options & VACOPT_VACUUM)
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_UNDEFINED_TABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping vacuum of \"%s\" --- relation no longer exists",
+									vrel->relation->relname)));
+				else
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_UNDEFINED_TABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping analyze of \"%s\" --- relation no longer exists",
+									vrel->relation->relname)));
+
+				/* Release useless lock */
+				UnlockRelationOid(relid, AccessShareLock);
+
+				return vacrels;
+			}
 		}
 
 		/*
diff --git a/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c b/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c
index b2ca28f83ba..532d9023f8c 100644
--- a/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c
+++ b/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c
@@ -17,12 +17,14 @@
 
 #include "postgres.h"
 
+#include "access/htup_details.h"
 #include "access/twophase_rmgr.h"
 #include "access/xact.h"
 #include "catalog/catalog.h"
 #include "utils/memutils.h"
 #include "utils/pgstat_internal.h"
 #include "utils/rel.h"
+#include "utils/syscache.h"
 #include "utils/timestamp.h"
 
 
@@ -367,6 +369,68 @@ pgstat_report_analyze(Relation rel,
 	(void) pgstat_flush_backend(false, PGSTAT_BACKEND_FLUSH_IO);
 }
 
+/*
+ * Report that the table was skipped during vacuum or/and analyze.
+ */
+void
+pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(Oid relid, int flags)
+{
+	PgStat_EntryRef *entry_ref;
+	PgStatShared_Relation *shtabentry;
+	PgStat_StatTabEntry *tabentry;
+	TimestampTz ts;
+	HeapTuple	classTup;
+	bool		isshared;
+
+	if (!pgstat_track_counts || !flags)
+		return;
+
+	classTup = SearchSysCache1(RELOID, ObjectIdGetDatum(relid));
+	if (!HeapTupleIsValid(classTup))
+		return;			/* somebody deleted the rel, forget it */
+	isshared = ((Form_pg_class) GETSTRUCT(classTup))->relisshared;
+	ReleaseSysCache(classTup);
+
+	/* Store the data in the table's hash table entry. */
+	ts = GetCurrentTimestamp();
+
+	/* block acquiring lock for the same reason as pgstat_report_autovac() */
+	entry_ref = pgstat_get_entry_ref_locked(PGSTAT_KIND_RELATION,
+											isshared ? InvalidOid : MyDatabaseId,
+											relid, false);
+
+	shtabentry = (PgStatShared_Relation *) entry_ref->shared_stats;
+	tabentry = &shtabentry->stats;
+
+	if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM)
+	{
+		tabentry->last_skipped_vacuum_time = ts;
+		tabentry->skipped_vacuum_count++;
+	}
+	else if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOVACUUM)
+	{
+		tabentry->last_skipped_autovacuum_time = ts;
+		tabentry->skipped_autovacuum_count++;
+	}
+
+	if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE)
+	{
+		tabentry->last_skipped_analyze_time = ts;
+		tabentry->skipped_analyze_count++;
+	}
+	else if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOANALYZE)
+	{
+		tabentry->last_skipped_autoanalyze_time = ts;
+		tabentry->skipped_autoanalyze_count++;
+	}
+
+	pgstat_unlock_entry(entry_ref);
+
+	/* see pgstat_report_vacuum() */
+	pgstat_flush_io(false);
+	(void) pgstat_flush_backend(false, PGSTAT_BACKEND_FLUSH_IO);
+}
+
 /*
  * count a tuple insertion of n tuples
  */
diff --git a/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c b/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c
index 1408de387ea..90a8968faa0 100644
--- a/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c
+++ b/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c
@@ -84,6 +84,18 @@ PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(mod_since_analyze)
 /* pg_stat_get_numscans */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(numscans)
 
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_analyze_count)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_autoanalyze_count)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_autovacuum_count)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_vacuum_count)
+
 /* pg_stat_get_tuples_deleted */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(tuples_deleted)
 
@@ -170,6 +182,18 @@ PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_vacuum_time)
 /* pg_stat_get_lastscan */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(lastscan)
 
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_analyze_time)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_autoanalyze_time)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_autovacuum_time)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_vacuum_time)
+
 /* pg_stat_get_stat_reset_time */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(stat_reset_time)
 
diff --git a/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat b/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat
index fa9ae79082b..32debb34863 100644
--- a/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat
+++ b/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat
@@ -5680,6 +5680,38 @@
   proargmodes => '{o,o,o,o,o,o,o,o,o,o}',
   proargnames => '{oid,score,xid_score,mxid_score,vacuum_score,vacuum_insert_score,analyze_score,do_vacuum,do_analyze,for_wraparound}',
   prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_autovacuum_scores' },
+{ oid => '8142', descr => 'statistics: last skipped vacuum time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time' },
+{ oid => '8143', descr => 'statistics: last skipped auto vacuum time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time' },
+{ oid => '8144', descr => 'statistics: last skipped analyze time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time' },
+{ oid => '8145', descr => 'statistics: last skipped auto analyze time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time' },
+{ oid => '8146', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped vacuum for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count' },
+{ oid => '8147', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped auto vacuum for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count' },
+{ oid => '8148', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped analyzes for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count' },
+{ oid => '8149', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped auto analyzes for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count' },
 { oid => '1936', descr => 'statistics: currently active backend IDs',
   proname => 'pg_stat_get_backend_idset', prorows => '100', proretset => 't',
   provolatile => 's', proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int4',
diff --git a/src/include/pgstat.h b/src/include/pgstat.h
index dfa2e837638..98941f953d1 100644
--- a/src/include/pgstat.h
+++ b/src/include/pgstat.h
@@ -479,6 +479,15 @@ typedef struct PgStat_StatTabEntry
 	TimestampTz last_autoanalyze_time;	/* autovacuum initiated */
 	PgStat_Counter autoanalyze_count;
 
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_vacuum_time;	/* user initiated vacuum */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_vacuum_count;
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_autovacuum_time;	/* autovacuum initiated */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_autovacuum_count;
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_analyze_time;	/* user initiated */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_analyze_count;
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_autoanalyze_time;	/* autovacuum initiated */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_autoanalyze_count;
+
 	PgStat_Counter total_vacuum_time;	/* times in milliseconds */
 	PgStat_Counter total_autovacuum_time;
 	PgStat_Counter total_analyze_time;
@@ -703,6 +712,13 @@ extern void pgstat_report_analyze(Relation rel,
 								  PgStat_Counter livetuples, PgStat_Counter deadtuples,
 								  bool resetcounter, TimestampTz starttime);
 
+/* flags for pgstat_flush_backend() */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM		(1 << 0)	/* vacuum is skipped */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE		(1 << 1)	/* analyze is skipped */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOVACUUM	(1 << 2)	/* autovacuum is skipped */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOANALYZE	(1 << 3)	/* autoanalyze is skipped */
+extern void pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(Oid relid, int flags);
+
 /*
  * If stats are enabled, but pending data hasn't been prepared yet, call
  * pgstat_assoc_relation() to do so. See its comment for why this is done
diff --git a/src/test/isolation/expected/vacuum-skip-locked.out b/src/test/isolation/expected/vacuum-skip-locked.out
index 99db281a159..e2cff175b7c 100644
--- a/src/test/isolation/expected/vacuum-skip-locked.out
+++ b/src/test/isolation/expected/vacuum-skip-locked.out
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 Parsed test spec with 2 sessions
 
-starting permutation: lock_share vac_specified commit
+starting permutation: lock_share vac_specified commit check_stat
 step lock_share: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN SHARE MODE;
@@ -10,8 +10,22 @@ step vac_specified: VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED) part1, part2;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
 
-starting permutation: lock_share vac_all_parts commit
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   1|            0|                    0
+part2  |           1|                   0|            0|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
+
+starting permutation: lock_share vac_all_parts commit check_stat
 step lock_share: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN SHARE MODE;
@@ -20,8 +34,22 @@ step vac_all_parts: VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED) parted;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   1|            0|                    0
+part2  |           1|                   0|            0|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
 
-starting permutation: lock_share analyze_specified commit
+starting permutation: lock_share analyze_specified commit check_stat
 step lock_share: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN SHARE MODE;
@@ -31,8 +59,22 @@ step analyze_specified: ANALYZE (SKIP_LOCKED) part1, part2;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
 
-starting permutation: lock_share analyze_all_parts commit
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   0|            0|                    1
+part2  |           0|                   0|            1|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
+
+starting permutation: lock_share analyze_all_parts commit check_stat
 step lock_share: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN SHARE MODE;
@@ -41,8 +83,22 @@ step analyze_all_parts: ANALYZE (SKIP_LOCKED) parted;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            1|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   0|            0|                    1
+part2  |           0|                   0|            1|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
 
-starting permutation: lock_share vac_analyze_specified commit
+starting permutation: lock_share vac_analyze_specified commit check_stat
 step lock_share: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN SHARE MODE;
@@ -52,8 +108,22 @@ step vac_analyze_specified: VACUUM (ANALYZE, SKIP_LOCKED) part1, part2;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
 
-starting permutation: lock_share vac_analyze_all_parts commit
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   1|            0|                    1
+part2  |           1|                   0|            1|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
+
+starting permutation: lock_share vac_analyze_all_parts commit check_stat
 step lock_share: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN SHARE MODE;
@@ -62,8 +132,22 @@ step vac_analyze_all_parts: VACUUM (ANALYZE, SKIP_LOCKED) parted;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            1|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   1|            0|                    1
+part2  |           1|                   0|            1|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
 
-starting permutation: lock_share vac_full_specified commit
+starting permutation: lock_share vac_full_specified commit check_stat
 step lock_share: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN SHARE MODE;
@@ -73,8 +157,22 @@ step vac_full_specified: VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED, FULL) part1, part2;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
 
-starting permutation: lock_share vac_full_all_parts commit
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part2  |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
+
+starting permutation: lock_share vac_full_all_parts commit check_stat
 step lock_share: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN SHARE MODE;
@@ -83,8 +181,22 @@ step vac_full_all_parts: VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED, FULL) parted;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part2  |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+(3 rows)
 
-starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_specified commit
+
+starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_specified commit check_stat
 step lock_access_exclusive: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN ACCESS EXCLUSIVE MODE;
@@ -94,8 +206,22 @@ step vac_specified: VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED) part1, part2;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   1|            0|                    0
+part2  |           1|                   0|            0|                    0
+(3 rows)
 
-starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_all_parts commit
+
+starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_all_parts commit check_stat
 step lock_access_exclusive: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN ACCESS EXCLUSIVE MODE;
@@ -104,8 +230,22 @@ step vac_all_parts: VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED) parted;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   1|            0|                    0
+part2  |           1|                   0|            0|                    0
+(3 rows)
 
-starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive analyze_specified commit
+
+starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive analyze_specified commit check_stat
 step lock_access_exclusive: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN ACCESS EXCLUSIVE MODE;
@@ -115,8 +255,22 @@ step analyze_specified: ANALYZE (SKIP_LOCKED) part1, part2;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   0|            0|                    1
+part2  |           0|                   0|            1|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
 
-starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive analyze_all_parts commit
+starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive analyze_all_parts commit check_stat
 step lock_access_exclusive: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN ACCESS EXCLUSIVE MODE;
@@ -126,8 +280,22 @@ step commit:
 	COMMIT;
 
 step analyze_all_parts: <... completed>
-
-starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_analyze_specified commit
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            1|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   0|            1|                    0
+part2  |           0|                   0|            1|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
+
+starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_analyze_specified commit check_stat
 step lock_access_exclusive: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN ACCESS EXCLUSIVE MODE;
@@ -137,8 +305,22 @@ step vac_analyze_specified: VACUUM (ANALYZE, SKIP_LOCKED) part1, part2;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   1|            0|                    1
+part2  |           1|                   0|            1|                    0
+(3 rows)
 
-starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_analyze_all_parts commit
+
+starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_analyze_all_parts commit check_stat
 step lock_access_exclusive: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN ACCESS EXCLUSIVE MODE;
@@ -148,8 +330,22 @@ step commit:
 	COMMIT;
 
 step vac_analyze_all_parts: <... completed>
-
-starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_full_specified commit
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            1|                    0
+part1  |           1|                   0|            1|                    0
+part2  |           1|                   0|            1|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
+
+starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_full_specified commit check_stat
 step lock_access_exclusive: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN ACCESS EXCLUSIVE MODE;
@@ -159,8 +355,22 @@ step vac_full_specified: VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED, FULL) part1, part2;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
 
-starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_full_all_parts commit
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part2  |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
+
+starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_full_all_parts commit check_stat
 step lock_access_exclusive: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN ACCESS EXCLUSIVE MODE;
@@ -169,3 +379,17 @@ step vac_full_all_parts: VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED, FULL) parted;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part2  |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
diff --git a/src/test/isolation/specs/vacuum-skip-locked.spec b/src/test/isolation/specs/vacuum-skip-locked.spec
index 3fad6e1c92a..b0da75d4b6d 100644
--- a/src/test/isolation/specs/vacuum-skip-locked.spec
+++ b/src/test/isolation/specs/vacuum-skip-locked.spec
@@ -33,6 +33,15 @@ step commit
 	COMMIT;
 }
 
+step check_stat
+{
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+}
+
 session s2
 step vac_specified			{ VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED) part1, part2; }
 step vac_all_parts			{ VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED) parted; }
@@ -43,19 +52,19 @@ step vac_analyze_all_parts	{ VACUUM (ANALYZE, SKIP_LOCKED) parted; }
 step vac_full_specified		{ VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED, FULL) part1, part2; }
 step vac_full_all_parts		{ VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED, FULL) parted; }
 
-permutation lock_share vac_specified commit
-permutation lock_share vac_all_parts commit
-permutation lock_share analyze_specified commit
-permutation lock_share analyze_all_parts commit
-permutation lock_share vac_analyze_specified commit
-permutation lock_share vac_analyze_all_parts commit
-permutation lock_share vac_full_specified commit
-permutation lock_share vac_full_all_parts commit
-permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_specified commit
-permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_all_parts commit
-permutation lock_access_exclusive analyze_specified commit
-permutation lock_access_exclusive analyze_all_parts commit
-permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_analyze_specified commit
-permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_analyze_all_parts commit
-permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_full_specified commit
-permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_full_all_parts commit
+permutation lock_share vac_specified commit check_stat
+permutation lock_share vac_all_parts commit check_stat
+permutation lock_share analyze_specified commit check_stat
+permutation lock_share analyze_all_parts commit check_stat
+permutation lock_share vac_analyze_specified commit check_stat
+permutation lock_share vac_analyze_all_parts commit check_stat
+permutation lock_share vac_full_specified commit check_stat
+permutation lock_share vac_full_all_parts commit check_stat
+permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_specified commit check_stat
+permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_all_parts commit check_stat
+permutation lock_access_exclusive analyze_specified commit check_stat
+permutation lock_access_exclusive analyze_all_parts commit check_stat
+permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_analyze_specified commit check_stat
+permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_analyze_all_parts commit check_stat
+permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_full_specified commit check_stat
+permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_full_all_parts commit check_stat
diff --git a/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out b/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out
index a65a5bf0c4f..9b2075d3373 100644
--- a/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out
+++ b/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out
@@ -1835,13 +1835,21 @@ pg_stat_all_tables| SELECT c.oid AS relid,
     pg_stat_get_mod_since_analyze(c.oid) AS n_mod_since_analyze,
     pg_stat_get_ins_since_vacuum(c.oid) AS n_ins_since_vacuum,
     pg_stat_get_last_vacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_vacuum,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_vacuum,
     pg_stat_get_last_autovacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_autovacuum,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_autovacuum,
     pg_stat_get_last_analyze_time(c.oid) AS last_analyze,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_analyze,
     pg_stat_get_last_autoanalyze_time(c.oid) AS last_autoanalyze,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_autoanalyze,
     pg_stat_get_vacuum_count(c.oid) AS vacuum_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count(c.oid) AS skipped_vacuum_count,
     pg_stat_get_autovacuum_count(c.oid) AS autovacuum_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count(c.oid) AS skipped_autovacuum_count,
     pg_stat_get_analyze_count(c.oid) AS analyze_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count(c.oid) AS skipped_analyze_count,
     pg_stat_get_autoanalyze_count(c.oid) AS autoanalyze_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count(c.oid) AS skipped_autoanalyze_count,
     pg_stat_get_total_vacuum_time(c.oid) AS total_vacuum_time,
     pg_stat_get_total_autovacuum_time(c.oid) AS total_autovacuum_time,
     pg_stat_get_total_analyze_time(c.oid) AS total_analyze_time,
@@ -2346,13 +2354,21 @@ pg_stat_sys_tables| SELECT relid,
     n_mod_since_analyze,
     n_ins_since_vacuum,
     last_vacuum,
+    last_skipped_vacuum,
     last_autovacuum,
+    last_skipped_autovacuum,
     last_analyze,
+    last_skipped_analyze,
     last_autoanalyze,
+    last_skipped_autoanalyze,
     vacuum_count,
+    skipped_vacuum_count,
     autovacuum_count,
+    skipped_autovacuum_count,
     analyze_count,
+    skipped_analyze_count,
     autoanalyze_count,
+    skipped_autoanalyze_count,
     total_vacuum_time,
     total_autovacuum_time,
     total_analyze_time,
@@ -2401,13 +2417,21 @@ pg_stat_user_tables| SELECT relid,
     n_mod_since_analyze,
     n_ins_since_vacuum,
     last_vacuum,
+    last_skipped_vacuum,
     last_autovacuum,
+    last_skipped_autovacuum,
     last_analyze,
+    last_skipped_analyze,
     last_autoanalyze,
+    last_skipped_autoanalyze,
     vacuum_count,
+    skipped_vacuum_count,
     autovacuum_count,
+    skipped_autovacuum_count,
     analyze_count,
+    skipped_analyze_count,
     autoanalyze_count,
+    skipped_autoanalyze_count,
     total_vacuum_time,
     total_autovacuum_time,
     total_analyze_time,
-- 
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* [PATCH v4] Track skipped vacuum and analyze activity per relation
@ 2026-03-24 04:09 Yugo Nagata <[email protected]>
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From: Yugo Nagata @ 2026-03-24 04:09 UTC (permalink / raw)

This commit adds eight fields to the relation statistics that track
the last time vacuum or analyze has been attempted but skipped due to
lock unavailability, along with their counts:

-    last_skipped_vacuum
-    last_skipped_autovacuum
-    last_skipped_analyze
-    last_skipped_autoanalyze
-    skipped_vacuum_count
-    skipped_autovacuum_count
-    skipped_analyze_count
-    skipped_autoanalyze_count

These field can help users confirm that autovacuum is actively attempting
to run on a table that has not been vacuumed or analyzed for a long time,
and that the lack of progress is due to repeated skips rather than inactivity.
---
 doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml                 |  88 ++++++++++++++++
 src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql         |   8 ++
 src/backend/commands/vacuum.c                | 102 ++++++++++++++-----
 src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c |  64 ++++++++++++
 src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c          |  24 +++++
 src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat              |  32 ++++++
 src/include/pgstat.h                         |  16 +++
 src/test/regress/expected/rules.out          |  24 +++++
 8 files changed, 335 insertions(+), 23 deletions(-)

diff --git a/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml b/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml
index 08d5b824552..a9b579d87a9 100644
--- a/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml
+++ b/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml
@@ -4387,6 +4387,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_vacuum</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time a manual vacuum on this table was attempted but skipped due to
+       lock unavailability (not counting <command>VACUUM FULL</command>)
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>last_autovacuum</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
@@ -4397,6 +4407,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_autovacuum</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time a vacuum on this table by the autovacuum daemon was attempted
+       but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>last_analyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
@@ -4406,6 +4426,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_analyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time a manual analyze on this table was attempted but skipped due to
+       lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>last_autoanalyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
@@ -4416,6 +4446,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_autoanalyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time at which an analyze on this table by the autovacuum was
+       attempted but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>vacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4426,6 +4466,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_vacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times manual vacuums on this table have been attempted but skipped
+       due to lock unavailability (not counting <command>VACUUM FULL</command>)
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>autovacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4436,6 +4486,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_autovacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times vacuums on this table by the autovacuum daemon have been
+       attempted but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>analyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4445,6 +4505,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_analyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times manual analyzes on this table have been attempted but
+       skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>autoanalyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4455,6 +4525,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_autoanalyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times analyzes on this table by the autovacuum daemon have
+       been attempted but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>total_vacuum_time</structfield> <type>double precision</type>
@@ -4510,6 +4590,14 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
    </tgroup>
   </table>
 
+  <note>
+   <para>
+    When a manual vacuum or analyze on a parent table in an inheritance or
+    partitioning hierarchy is skipped, the statistics are recorded only for
+    the parent table, not for its children.
+   </para>
+  </note>
+
  </sect2>
 
  <sect2 id="monitoring-pg-stat-autovacuum-scores-view">
diff --git a/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql b/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql
index 73a1c1c4670..f509fc7876b 100644
--- a/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql
+++ b/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql
@@ -736,13 +736,21 @@ CREATE VIEW pg_stat_all_tables AS
             pg_stat_get_mod_since_analyze(C.oid) AS n_mod_since_analyze,
             pg_stat_get_ins_since_vacuum(C.oid) AS n_ins_since_vacuum,
             pg_stat_get_last_vacuum_time(C.oid) as last_vacuum,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_vacuum,
             pg_stat_get_last_autovacuum_time(C.oid) as last_autovacuum,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_autovacuum,
             pg_stat_get_last_analyze_time(C.oid) as last_analyze,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_analyze,
             pg_stat_get_last_autoanalyze_time(C.oid) as last_autoanalyze,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_autoanalyze,
             pg_stat_get_vacuum_count(C.oid) AS vacuum_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count(C.oid) AS skipped_vacuum_count,
             pg_stat_get_autovacuum_count(C.oid) AS autovacuum_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count(C.oid) AS skipped_autovacuum_count,
             pg_stat_get_analyze_count(C.oid) AS analyze_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count(C.oid) AS skipped_analyze_count,
             pg_stat_get_autoanalyze_count(C.oid) AS autoanalyze_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count(C.oid) AS skipped_autoanalyze_count,
             pg_stat_get_total_vacuum_time(C.oid) AS total_vacuum_time,
             pg_stat_get_total_autovacuum_time(C.oid) AS total_autovacuum_time,
             pg_stat_get_total_analyze_time(C.oid) AS total_analyze_time,
diff --git a/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c b/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c
index 99d0db82ed7..97cd5ea8d10 100644
--- a/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c
+++ b/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c
@@ -793,8 +793,25 @@ vacuum_open_relation(Oid relid, RangeVar *relation, uint32 options,
 		rel = try_relation_open(relid, NoLock);
 	else
 	{
+		int flags = 0;
 		rel = NULL;
 		rel_lock = false;
+
+		if ((options & VACOPT_VACUUM) != 0)
+		{
+			if (AmAutoVacuumWorkerProcess())
+				flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOVACUUM;
+			else
+				flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM;
+		}
+		if ((options & VACOPT_ANALYZE) != 0)
+		{
+			if (AmAutoVacuumWorkerProcess())
+				flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOANALYZE;
+			else
+				flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE;
+		}
+		pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(relid, flags);
 	}
 
 	/* if relation is opened, leave */
@@ -802,7 +819,7 @@ vacuum_open_relation(Oid relid, RangeVar *relation, uint32 options,
 		return rel;
 
 	/*
-	 * Relation could not be opened, hence generate if possible a log
+	 * Relation could not be opened hence generate if possible a log
 	 * informing on the situation.
 	 *
 	 * If the RangeVar is not defined, we do not have enough information to
@@ -905,7 +922,6 @@ expand_vacuum_rel(VacuumRelation *vrel, MemoryContext vac_context,
 		Form_pg_class classForm;
 		bool		include_children;
 		bool		is_partitioned_table;
-		int			rvr_opts;
 
 		/*
 		 * Since autovacuum workers supply OIDs when calling vacuum(), no
@@ -918,29 +934,69 @@ expand_vacuum_rel(VacuumRelation *vrel, MemoryContext vac_context,
 		 * below, as well as find_all_inheritors's expectation that the caller
 		 * holds some lock on the starting relation.
 		 */
-		rvr_opts = (options & VACOPT_SKIP_LOCKED) ? RVR_SKIP_LOCKED : 0;
-		relid = RangeVarGetRelidExtended(vrel->relation,
-										 AccessShareLock,
-										 rvr_opts,
-										 NULL, NULL);
-
-		/*
-		 * If the lock is unavailable, emit the same log statement that
-		 * vacuum_rel() and analyze_rel() would.
-		 */
-		if (!OidIsValid(relid))
+		if (!(options & VACOPT_SKIP_LOCKED))
 		{
-			if (options & VACOPT_VACUUM)
-				ereport(WARNING,
-						(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
-						 errmsg("skipping vacuum of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
-								vrel->relation->relname)));
-			else
-				ereport(WARNING,
-						(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
-						 errmsg("skipping analyze of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
+			relid = RangeVarGetRelidExtended(vrel->relation,
+											 AccessShareLock,
+											 0, NULL, NULL);
+			if (!OidIsValid(relid))
+				return vacrels;
+		}
+		else
+		{
+			/* Get relid for reporting before taking a lock */
+			relid = RangeVarGetRelid(vrel->relation, NoLock, false);
+
+			if (!ConditionalLockRelationOid(relid, AccessShareLock))
+			{
+				int	flags = 0;
+				/*
+				 * If the lock is unavailable, emit the same log statement that
+				 * vacuum_rel() and analyze_rel() would.
+				 */
+				if (options & VACOPT_VACUUM)
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping vacuum of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
 								vrel->relation->relname)));
-			return vacrels;
+				else
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping analyze of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
+									vrel->relation->relname)));
+
+				if ((options & VACOPT_VACUUM) != 0)
+					flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM;
+				if ((options & VACOPT_ANALYZE) != 0)
+					flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE;
+
+				pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(relid, flags);
+
+				return vacrels;
+			}
+
+			/*
+			 * Now that we have the lock, probe to see if the relation really
+			 * exists or not.
+			 */
+			if (!SearchSysCacheExists1(RELOID, ObjectIdGetDatum(relid)))
+			{
+				if (options & VACOPT_VACUUM)
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_UNDEFINED_TABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping vacuum of \"%s\" --- relation no longer exists",
+									vrel->relation->relname)));
+				else
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_UNDEFINED_TABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping analyze of \"%s\" --- relation no longer exists",
+									vrel->relation->relname)));
+
+				/* Release useless lock */
+				UnlockRelationOid(relid, AccessShareLock);
+
+				return vacrels;
+			}
 		}
 
 		/*
diff --git a/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c b/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c
index b2ca28f83ba..532d9023f8c 100644
--- a/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c
+++ b/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c
@@ -17,12 +17,14 @@
 
 #include "postgres.h"
 
+#include "access/htup_details.h"
 #include "access/twophase_rmgr.h"
 #include "access/xact.h"
 #include "catalog/catalog.h"
 #include "utils/memutils.h"
 #include "utils/pgstat_internal.h"
 #include "utils/rel.h"
+#include "utils/syscache.h"
 #include "utils/timestamp.h"
 
 
@@ -367,6 +369,68 @@ pgstat_report_analyze(Relation rel,
 	(void) pgstat_flush_backend(false, PGSTAT_BACKEND_FLUSH_IO);
 }
 
+/*
+ * Report that the table was skipped during vacuum or/and analyze.
+ */
+void
+pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(Oid relid, int flags)
+{
+	PgStat_EntryRef *entry_ref;
+	PgStatShared_Relation *shtabentry;
+	PgStat_StatTabEntry *tabentry;
+	TimestampTz ts;
+	HeapTuple	classTup;
+	bool		isshared;
+
+	if (!pgstat_track_counts || !flags)
+		return;
+
+	classTup = SearchSysCache1(RELOID, ObjectIdGetDatum(relid));
+	if (!HeapTupleIsValid(classTup))
+		return;			/* somebody deleted the rel, forget it */
+	isshared = ((Form_pg_class) GETSTRUCT(classTup))->relisshared;
+	ReleaseSysCache(classTup);
+
+	/* Store the data in the table's hash table entry. */
+	ts = GetCurrentTimestamp();
+
+	/* block acquiring lock for the same reason as pgstat_report_autovac() */
+	entry_ref = pgstat_get_entry_ref_locked(PGSTAT_KIND_RELATION,
+											isshared ? InvalidOid : MyDatabaseId,
+											relid, false);
+
+	shtabentry = (PgStatShared_Relation *) entry_ref->shared_stats;
+	tabentry = &shtabentry->stats;
+
+	if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM)
+	{
+		tabentry->last_skipped_vacuum_time = ts;
+		tabentry->skipped_vacuum_count++;
+	}
+	else if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOVACUUM)
+	{
+		tabentry->last_skipped_autovacuum_time = ts;
+		tabentry->skipped_autovacuum_count++;
+	}
+
+	if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE)
+	{
+		tabentry->last_skipped_analyze_time = ts;
+		tabentry->skipped_analyze_count++;
+	}
+	else if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOANALYZE)
+	{
+		tabentry->last_skipped_autoanalyze_time = ts;
+		tabentry->skipped_autoanalyze_count++;
+	}
+
+	pgstat_unlock_entry(entry_ref);
+
+	/* see pgstat_report_vacuum() */
+	pgstat_flush_io(false);
+	(void) pgstat_flush_backend(false, PGSTAT_BACKEND_FLUSH_IO);
+}
+
 /*
  * count a tuple insertion of n tuples
  */
diff --git a/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c b/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c
index 1408de387ea..90a8968faa0 100644
--- a/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c
+++ b/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c
@@ -84,6 +84,18 @@ PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(mod_since_analyze)
 /* pg_stat_get_numscans */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(numscans)
 
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_analyze_count)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_autoanalyze_count)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_autovacuum_count)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_vacuum_count)
+
 /* pg_stat_get_tuples_deleted */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(tuples_deleted)
 
@@ -170,6 +182,18 @@ PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_vacuum_time)
 /* pg_stat_get_lastscan */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(lastscan)
 
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_analyze_time)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_autoanalyze_time)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_autovacuum_time)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_vacuum_time)
+
 /* pg_stat_get_stat_reset_time */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(stat_reset_time)
 
diff --git a/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat b/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat
index fa9ae79082b..32debb34863 100644
--- a/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat
+++ b/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat
@@ -5680,6 +5680,38 @@
   proargmodes => '{o,o,o,o,o,o,o,o,o,o}',
   proargnames => '{oid,score,xid_score,mxid_score,vacuum_score,vacuum_insert_score,analyze_score,do_vacuum,do_analyze,for_wraparound}',
   prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_autovacuum_scores' },
+{ oid => '8142', descr => 'statistics: last skipped vacuum time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time' },
+{ oid => '8143', descr => 'statistics: last skipped auto vacuum time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time' },
+{ oid => '8144', descr => 'statistics: last skipped analyze time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time' },
+{ oid => '8145', descr => 'statistics: last skipped auto analyze time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time' },
+{ oid => '8146', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped vacuum for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count' },
+{ oid => '8147', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped auto vacuum for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count' },
+{ oid => '8148', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped analyzes for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count' },
+{ oid => '8149', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped auto analyzes for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count' },
 { oid => '1936', descr => 'statistics: currently active backend IDs',
   proname => 'pg_stat_get_backend_idset', prorows => '100', proretset => 't',
   provolatile => 's', proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int4',
diff --git a/src/include/pgstat.h b/src/include/pgstat.h
index dfa2e837638..98941f953d1 100644
--- a/src/include/pgstat.h
+++ b/src/include/pgstat.h
@@ -479,6 +479,15 @@ typedef struct PgStat_StatTabEntry
 	TimestampTz last_autoanalyze_time;	/* autovacuum initiated */
 	PgStat_Counter autoanalyze_count;
 
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_vacuum_time;	/* user initiated vacuum */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_vacuum_count;
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_autovacuum_time;	/* autovacuum initiated */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_autovacuum_count;
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_analyze_time;	/* user initiated */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_analyze_count;
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_autoanalyze_time;	/* autovacuum initiated */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_autoanalyze_count;
+
 	PgStat_Counter total_vacuum_time;	/* times in milliseconds */
 	PgStat_Counter total_autovacuum_time;
 	PgStat_Counter total_analyze_time;
@@ -703,6 +712,13 @@ extern void pgstat_report_analyze(Relation rel,
 								  PgStat_Counter livetuples, PgStat_Counter deadtuples,
 								  bool resetcounter, TimestampTz starttime);
 
+/* flags for pgstat_flush_backend() */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM		(1 << 0)	/* vacuum is skipped */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE		(1 << 1)	/* analyze is skipped */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOVACUUM	(1 << 2)	/* autovacuum is skipped */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOANALYZE	(1 << 3)	/* autoanalyze is skipped */
+extern void pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(Oid relid, int flags);
+
 /*
  * If stats are enabled, but pending data hasn't been prepared yet, call
  * pgstat_assoc_relation() to do so. See its comment for why this is done
diff --git a/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out b/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out
index a65a5bf0c4f..9b2075d3373 100644
--- a/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out
+++ b/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out
@@ -1835,13 +1835,21 @@ pg_stat_all_tables| SELECT c.oid AS relid,
     pg_stat_get_mod_since_analyze(c.oid) AS n_mod_since_analyze,
     pg_stat_get_ins_since_vacuum(c.oid) AS n_ins_since_vacuum,
     pg_stat_get_last_vacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_vacuum,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_vacuum,
     pg_stat_get_last_autovacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_autovacuum,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_autovacuum,
     pg_stat_get_last_analyze_time(c.oid) AS last_analyze,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_analyze,
     pg_stat_get_last_autoanalyze_time(c.oid) AS last_autoanalyze,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_autoanalyze,
     pg_stat_get_vacuum_count(c.oid) AS vacuum_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count(c.oid) AS skipped_vacuum_count,
     pg_stat_get_autovacuum_count(c.oid) AS autovacuum_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count(c.oid) AS skipped_autovacuum_count,
     pg_stat_get_analyze_count(c.oid) AS analyze_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count(c.oid) AS skipped_analyze_count,
     pg_stat_get_autoanalyze_count(c.oid) AS autoanalyze_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count(c.oid) AS skipped_autoanalyze_count,
     pg_stat_get_total_vacuum_time(c.oid) AS total_vacuum_time,
     pg_stat_get_total_autovacuum_time(c.oid) AS total_autovacuum_time,
     pg_stat_get_total_analyze_time(c.oid) AS total_analyze_time,
@@ -2346,13 +2354,21 @@ pg_stat_sys_tables| SELECT relid,
     n_mod_since_analyze,
     n_ins_since_vacuum,
     last_vacuum,
+    last_skipped_vacuum,
     last_autovacuum,
+    last_skipped_autovacuum,
     last_analyze,
+    last_skipped_analyze,
     last_autoanalyze,
+    last_skipped_autoanalyze,
     vacuum_count,
+    skipped_vacuum_count,
     autovacuum_count,
+    skipped_autovacuum_count,
     analyze_count,
+    skipped_analyze_count,
     autoanalyze_count,
+    skipped_autoanalyze_count,
     total_vacuum_time,
     total_autovacuum_time,
     total_analyze_time,
@@ -2401,13 +2417,21 @@ pg_stat_user_tables| SELECT relid,
     n_mod_since_analyze,
     n_ins_since_vacuum,
     last_vacuum,
+    last_skipped_vacuum,
     last_autovacuum,
+    last_skipped_autovacuum,
     last_analyze,
+    last_skipped_analyze,
     last_autoanalyze,
+    last_skipped_autoanalyze,
     vacuum_count,
+    skipped_vacuum_count,
     autovacuum_count,
+    skipped_autovacuum_count,
     analyze_count,
+    skipped_analyze_count,
     autoanalyze_count,
+    skipped_autoanalyze_count,
     total_vacuum_time,
     total_autovacuum_time,
     total_analyze_time,
-- 
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* [PATCH v4] Track skipped vacuum and analyze activity per relation
@ 2026-03-24 04:09 Yugo Nagata <[email protected]>
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From: Yugo Nagata @ 2026-03-24 04:09 UTC (permalink / raw)

This commit adds eight fields to the relation statistics that track
the last time vacuum or analyze has been attempted but skipped due to
lock unavailability, along with their counts:

-    last_skipped_vacuum
-    last_skipped_autovacuum
-    last_skipped_analyze
-    last_skipped_autoanalyze
-    skipped_vacuum_count
-    skipped_autovacuum_count
-    skipped_analyze_count
-    skipped_autoanalyze_count

These field can help users confirm that autovacuum is actively attempting
to run on a table that has not been vacuumed or analyzed for a long time,
and that the lack of progress is due to repeated skips rather than inactivity.
---
 doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml                 |  88 ++++++++++++++++
 src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql         |   8 ++
 src/backend/commands/vacuum.c                | 102 ++++++++++++++-----
 src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c |  64 ++++++++++++
 src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c          |  24 +++++
 src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat              |  32 ++++++
 src/include/pgstat.h                         |  16 +++
 src/test/regress/expected/rules.out          |  24 +++++
 8 files changed, 335 insertions(+), 23 deletions(-)

diff --git a/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml b/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml
index 08d5b824552..a9b579d87a9 100644
--- a/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml
+++ b/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml
@@ -4387,6 +4387,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_vacuum</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time a manual vacuum on this table was attempted but skipped due to
+       lock unavailability (not counting <command>VACUUM FULL</command>)
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>last_autovacuum</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
@@ -4397,6 +4407,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_autovacuum</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time a vacuum on this table by the autovacuum daemon was attempted
+       but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>last_analyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
@@ -4406,6 +4426,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_analyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time a manual analyze on this table was attempted but skipped due to
+       lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>last_autoanalyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
@@ -4416,6 +4446,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_autoanalyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time at which an analyze on this table by the autovacuum was
+       attempted but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>vacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4426,6 +4466,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_vacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times manual vacuums on this table have been attempted but skipped
+       due to lock unavailability (not counting <command>VACUUM FULL</command>)
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>autovacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4436,6 +4486,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_autovacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times vacuums on this table by the autovacuum daemon have been
+       attempted but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>analyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4445,6 +4505,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_analyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times manual analyzes on this table have been attempted but
+       skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>autoanalyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4455,6 +4525,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_autoanalyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times analyzes on this table by the autovacuum daemon have
+       been attempted but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>total_vacuum_time</structfield> <type>double precision</type>
@@ -4510,6 +4590,14 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
    </tgroup>
   </table>
 
+  <note>
+   <para>
+    When a manual vacuum or analyze on a parent table in an inheritance or
+    partitioning hierarchy is skipped, the statistics are recorded only for
+    the parent table, not for its children.
+   </para>
+  </note>
+
  </sect2>
 
  <sect2 id="monitoring-pg-stat-autovacuum-scores-view">
diff --git a/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql b/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql
index 73a1c1c4670..f509fc7876b 100644
--- a/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql
+++ b/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql
@@ -736,13 +736,21 @@ CREATE VIEW pg_stat_all_tables AS
             pg_stat_get_mod_since_analyze(C.oid) AS n_mod_since_analyze,
             pg_stat_get_ins_since_vacuum(C.oid) AS n_ins_since_vacuum,
             pg_stat_get_last_vacuum_time(C.oid) as last_vacuum,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_vacuum,
             pg_stat_get_last_autovacuum_time(C.oid) as last_autovacuum,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_autovacuum,
             pg_stat_get_last_analyze_time(C.oid) as last_analyze,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_analyze,
             pg_stat_get_last_autoanalyze_time(C.oid) as last_autoanalyze,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_autoanalyze,
             pg_stat_get_vacuum_count(C.oid) AS vacuum_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count(C.oid) AS skipped_vacuum_count,
             pg_stat_get_autovacuum_count(C.oid) AS autovacuum_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count(C.oid) AS skipped_autovacuum_count,
             pg_stat_get_analyze_count(C.oid) AS analyze_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count(C.oid) AS skipped_analyze_count,
             pg_stat_get_autoanalyze_count(C.oid) AS autoanalyze_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count(C.oid) AS skipped_autoanalyze_count,
             pg_stat_get_total_vacuum_time(C.oid) AS total_vacuum_time,
             pg_stat_get_total_autovacuum_time(C.oid) AS total_autovacuum_time,
             pg_stat_get_total_analyze_time(C.oid) AS total_analyze_time,
diff --git a/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c b/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c
index 99d0db82ed7..97cd5ea8d10 100644
--- a/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c
+++ b/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c
@@ -793,8 +793,25 @@ vacuum_open_relation(Oid relid, RangeVar *relation, uint32 options,
 		rel = try_relation_open(relid, NoLock);
 	else
 	{
+		int flags = 0;
 		rel = NULL;
 		rel_lock = false;
+
+		if ((options & VACOPT_VACUUM) != 0)
+		{
+			if (AmAutoVacuumWorkerProcess())
+				flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOVACUUM;
+			else
+				flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM;
+		}
+		if ((options & VACOPT_ANALYZE) != 0)
+		{
+			if (AmAutoVacuumWorkerProcess())
+				flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOANALYZE;
+			else
+				flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE;
+		}
+		pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(relid, flags);
 	}
 
 	/* if relation is opened, leave */
@@ -802,7 +819,7 @@ vacuum_open_relation(Oid relid, RangeVar *relation, uint32 options,
 		return rel;
 
 	/*
-	 * Relation could not be opened, hence generate if possible a log
+	 * Relation could not be opened hence generate if possible a log
 	 * informing on the situation.
 	 *
 	 * If the RangeVar is not defined, we do not have enough information to
@@ -905,7 +922,6 @@ expand_vacuum_rel(VacuumRelation *vrel, MemoryContext vac_context,
 		Form_pg_class classForm;
 		bool		include_children;
 		bool		is_partitioned_table;
-		int			rvr_opts;
 
 		/*
 		 * Since autovacuum workers supply OIDs when calling vacuum(), no
@@ -918,29 +934,69 @@ expand_vacuum_rel(VacuumRelation *vrel, MemoryContext vac_context,
 		 * below, as well as find_all_inheritors's expectation that the caller
 		 * holds some lock on the starting relation.
 		 */
-		rvr_opts = (options & VACOPT_SKIP_LOCKED) ? RVR_SKIP_LOCKED : 0;
-		relid = RangeVarGetRelidExtended(vrel->relation,
-										 AccessShareLock,
-										 rvr_opts,
-										 NULL, NULL);
-
-		/*
-		 * If the lock is unavailable, emit the same log statement that
-		 * vacuum_rel() and analyze_rel() would.
-		 */
-		if (!OidIsValid(relid))
+		if (!(options & VACOPT_SKIP_LOCKED))
 		{
-			if (options & VACOPT_VACUUM)
-				ereport(WARNING,
-						(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
-						 errmsg("skipping vacuum of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
-								vrel->relation->relname)));
-			else
-				ereport(WARNING,
-						(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
-						 errmsg("skipping analyze of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
+			relid = RangeVarGetRelidExtended(vrel->relation,
+											 AccessShareLock,
+											 0, NULL, NULL);
+			if (!OidIsValid(relid))
+				return vacrels;
+		}
+		else
+		{
+			/* Get relid for reporting before taking a lock */
+			relid = RangeVarGetRelid(vrel->relation, NoLock, false);
+
+			if (!ConditionalLockRelationOid(relid, AccessShareLock))
+			{
+				int	flags = 0;
+				/*
+				 * If the lock is unavailable, emit the same log statement that
+				 * vacuum_rel() and analyze_rel() would.
+				 */
+				if (options & VACOPT_VACUUM)
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping vacuum of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
 								vrel->relation->relname)));
-			return vacrels;
+				else
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping analyze of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
+									vrel->relation->relname)));
+
+				if ((options & VACOPT_VACUUM) != 0)
+					flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM;
+				if ((options & VACOPT_ANALYZE) != 0)
+					flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE;
+
+				pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(relid, flags);
+
+				return vacrels;
+			}
+
+			/*
+			 * Now that we have the lock, probe to see if the relation really
+			 * exists or not.
+			 */
+			if (!SearchSysCacheExists1(RELOID, ObjectIdGetDatum(relid)))
+			{
+				if (options & VACOPT_VACUUM)
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_UNDEFINED_TABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping vacuum of \"%s\" --- relation no longer exists",
+									vrel->relation->relname)));
+				else
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_UNDEFINED_TABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping analyze of \"%s\" --- relation no longer exists",
+									vrel->relation->relname)));
+
+				/* Release useless lock */
+				UnlockRelationOid(relid, AccessShareLock);
+
+				return vacrels;
+			}
 		}
 
 		/*
diff --git a/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c b/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c
index b2ca28f83ba..532d9023f8c 100644
--- a/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c
+++ b/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c
@@ -17,12 +17,14 @@
 
 #include "postgres.h"
 
+#include "access/htup_details.h"
 #include "access/twophase_rmgr.h"
 #include "access/xact.h"
 #include "catalog/catalog.h"
 #include "utils/memutils.h"
 #include "utils/pgstat_internal.h"
 #include "utils/rel.h"
+#include "utils/syscache.h"
 #include "utils/timestamp.h"
 
 
@@ -367,6 +369,68 @@ pgstat_report_analyze(Relation rel,
 	(void) pgstat_flush_backend(false, PGSTAT_BACKEND_FLUSH_IO);
 }
 
+/*
+ * Report that the table was skipped during vacuum or/and analyze.
+ */
+void
+pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(Oid relid, int flags)
+{
+	PgStat_EntryRef *entry_ref;
+	PgStatShared_Relation *shtabentry;
+	PgStat_StatTabEntry *tabentry;
+	TimestampTz ts;
+	HeapTuple	classTup;
+	bool		isshared;
+
+	if (!pgstat_track_counts || !flags)
+		return;
+
+	classTup = SearchSysCache1(RELOID, ObjectIdGetDatum(relid));
+	if (!HeapTupleIsValid(classTup))
+		return;			/* somebody deleted the rel, forget it */
+	isshared = ((Form_pg_class) GETSTRUCT(classTup))->relisshared;
+	ReleaseSysCache(classTup);
+
+	/* Store the data in the table's hash table entry. */
+	ts = GetCurrentTimestamp();
+
+	/* block acquiring lock for the same reason as pgstat_report_autovac() */
+	entry_ref = pgstat_get_entry_ref_locked(PGSTAT_KIND_RELATION,
+											isshared ? InvalidOid : MyDatabaseId,
+											relid, false);
+
+	shtabentry = (PgStatShared_Relation *) entry_ref->shared_stats;
+	tabentry = &shtabentry->stats;
+
+	if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM)
+	{
+		tabentry->last_skipped_vacuum_time = ts;
+		tabentry->skipped_vacuum_count++;
+	}
+	else if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOVACUUM)
+	{
+		tabentry->last_skipped_autovacuum_time = ts;
+		tabentry->skipped_autovacuum_count++;
+	}
+
+	if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE)
+	{
+		tabentry->last_skipped_analyze_time = ts;
+		tabentry->skipped_analyze_count++;
+	}
+	else if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOANALYZE)
+	{
+		tabentry->last_skipped_autoanalyze_time = ts;
+		tabentry->skipped_autoanalyze_count++;
+	}
+
+	pgstat_unlock_entry(entry_ref);
+
+	/* see pgstat_report_vacuum() */
+	pgstat_flush_io(false);
+	(void) pgstat_flush_backend(false, PGSTAT_BACKEND_FLUSH_IO);
+}
+
 /*
  * count a tuple insertion of n tuples
  */
diff --git a/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c b/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c
index 1408de387ea..90a8968faa0 100644
--- a/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c
+++ b/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c
@@ -84,6 +84,18 @@ PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(mod_since_analyze)
 /* pg_stat_get_numscans */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(numscans)
 
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_analyze_count)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_autoanalyze_count)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_autovacuum_count)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_vacuum_count)
+
 /* pg_stat_get_tuples_deleted */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(tuples_deleted)
 
@@ -170,6 +182,18 @@ PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_vacuum_time)
 /* pg_stat_get_lastscan */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(lastscan)
 
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_analyze_time)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_autoanalyze_time)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_autovacuum_time)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_vacuum_time)
+
 /* pg_stat_get_stat_reset_time */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(stat_reset_time)
 
diff --git a/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat b/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat
index fa9ae79082b..32debb34863 100644
--- a/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat
+++ b/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat
@@ -5680,6 +5680,38 @@
   proargmodes => '{o,o,o,o,o,o,o,o,o,o}',
   proargnames => '{oid,score,xid_score,mxid_score,vacuum_score,vacuum_insert_score,analyze_score,do_vacuum,do_analyze,for_wraparound}',
   prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_autovacuum_scores' },
+{ oid => '8142', descr => 'statistics: last skipped vacuum time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time' },
+{ oid => '8143', descr => 'statistics: last skipped auto vacuum time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time' },
+{ oid => '8144', descr => 'statistics: last skipped analyze time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time' },
+{ oid => '8145', descr => 'statistics: last skipped auto analyze time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time' },
+{ oid => '8146', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped vacuum for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count' },
+{ oid => '8147', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped auto vacuum for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count' },
+{ oid => '8148', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped analyzes for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count' },
+{ oid => '8149', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped auto analyzes for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count' },
 { oid => '1936', descr => 'statistics: currently active backend IDs',
   proname => 'pg_stat_get_backend_idset', prorows => '100', proretset => 't',
   provolatile => 's', proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int4',
diff --git a/src/include/pgstat.h b/src/include/pgstat.h
index dfa2e837638..98941f953d1 100644
--- a/src/include/pgstat.h
+++ b/src/include/pgstat.h
@@ -479,6 +479,15 @@ typedef struct PgStat_StatTabEntry
 	TimestampTz last_autoanalyze_time;	/* autovacuum initiated */
 	PgStat_Counter autoanalyze_count;
 
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_vacuum_time;	/* user initiated vacuum */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_vacuum_count;
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_autovacuum_time;	/* autovacuum initiated */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_autovacuum_count;
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_analyze_time;	/* user initiated */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_analyze_count;
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_autoanalyze_time;	/* autovacuum initiated */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_autoanalyze_count;
+
 	PgStat_Counter total_vacuum_time;	/* times in milliseconds */
 	PgStat_Counter total_autovacuum_time;
 	PgStat_Counter total_analyze_time;
@@ -703,6 +712,13 @@ extern void pgstat_report_analyze(Relation rel,
 								  PgStat_Counter livetuples, PgStat_Counter deadtuples,
 								  bool resetcounter, TimestampTz starttime);
 
+/* flags for pgstat_flush_backend() */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM		(1 << 0)	/* vacuum is skipped */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE		(1 << 1)	/* analyze is skipped */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOVACUUM	(1 << 2)	/* autovacuum is skipped */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOANALYZE	(1 << 3)	/* autoanalyze is skipped */
+extern void pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(Oid relid, int flags);
+
 /*
  * If stats are enabled, but pending data hasn't been prepared yet, call
  * pgstat_assoc_relation() to do so. See its comment for why this is done
diff --git a/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out b/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out
index a65a5bf0c4f..9b2075d3373 100644
--- a/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out
+++ b/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out
@@ -1835,13 +1835,21 @@ pg_stat_all_tables| SELECT c.oid AS relid,
     pg_stat_get_mod_since_analyze(c.oid) AS n_mod_since_analyze,
     pg_stat_get_ins_since_vacuum(c.oid) AS n_ins_since_vacuum,
     pg_stat_get_last_vacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_vacuum,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_vacuum,
     pg_stat_get_last_autovacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_autovacuum,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_autovacuum,
     pg_stat_get_last_analyze_time(c.oid) AS last_analyze,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_analyze,
     pg_stat_get_last_autoanalyze_time(c.oid) AS last_autoanalyze,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_autoanalyze,
     pg_stat_get_vacuum_count(c.oid) AS vacuum_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count(c.oid) AS skipped_vacuum_count,
     pg_stat_get_autovacuum_count(c.oid) AS autovacuum_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count(c.oid) AS skipped_autovacuum_count,
     pg_stat_get_analyze_count(c.oid) AS analyze_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count(c.oid) AS skipped_analyze_count,
     pg_stat_get_autoanalyze_count(c.oid) AS autoanalyze_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count(c.oid) AS skipped_autoanalyze_count,
     pg_stat_get_total_vacuum_time(c.oid) AS total_vacuum_time,
     pg_stat_get_total_autovacuum_time(c.oid) AS total_autovacuum_time,
     pg_stat_get_total_analyze_time(c.oid) AS total_analyze_time,
@@ -2346,13 +2354,21 @@ pg_stat_sys_tables| SELECT relid,
     n_mod_since_analyze,
     n_ins_since_vacuum,
     last_vacuum,
+    last_skipped_vacuum,
     last_autovacuum,
+    last_skipped_autovacuum,
     last_analyze,
+    last_skipped_analyze,
     last_autoanalyze,
+    last_skipped_autoanalyze,
     vacuum_count,
+    skipped_vacuum_count,
     autovacuum_count,
+    skipped_autovacuum_count,
     analyze_count,
+    skipped_analyze_count,
     autoanalyze_count,
+    skipped_autoanalyze_count,
     total_vacuum_time,
     total_autovacuum_time,
     total_analyze_time,
@@ -2401,13 +2417,21 @@ pg_stat_user_tables| SELECT relid,
     n_mod_since_analyze,
     n_ins_since_vacuum,
     last_vacuum,
+    last_skipped_vacuum,
     last_autovacuum,
+    last_skipped_autovacuum,
     last_analyze,
+    last_skipped_analyze,
     last_autoanalyze,
+    last_skipped_autoanalyze,
     vacuum_count,
+    skipped_vacuum_count,
     autovacuum_count,
+    skipped_autovacuum_count,
     analyze_count,
+    skipped_analyze_count,
     autoanalyze_count,
+    skipped_autoanalyze_count,
     total_vacuum_time,
     total_autovacuum_time,
     total_analyze_time,
-- 
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* [PATCH v3] Track skipped vacuum and analyze activity per relation
@ 2026-03-24 04:09 Yugo Nagata <[email protected]>
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From: Yugo Nagata @ 2026-03-24 04:09 UTC (permalink / raw)

This commit adds eight fields to the relation statistics that track
the last time vacuum or analyze has been attempted but skipped due to
lock unavailability, along with their counts:

-    last_skipped_vacuum
-    last_skipped_autovacuum
-    last_skipped_analyze
-    last_skipped_autoanalyze
-    skipped_vacuum_count
-    skipped_autovacuum_count
-    skipped_analyze_count
-    skipped_autoanalyze_count

These field can help users confirm that autovacuum is actively attempting
to run on a table that has not been vacuumed or analyzed for a long time,
and that the lack of progress is due to repeated skips rather than inactivity.
---
 doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml                 | 80 +++++++++++++++++
 src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql         |  8 ++
 src/backend/commands/vacuum.c                | 95 +++++++++++++++-----
 src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c | 68 ++++++++++++++
 src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c          | 24 +++++
 src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat              | 32 +++++++
 src/include/pgstat.h                         | 16 ++++
 src/test/regress/expected/rules.out          | 24 +++++
 8 files changed, 324 insertions(+), 23 deletions(-)

diff --git a/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml b/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml
index bb75ed1069b..9ec8070b2fc 100644
--- a/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml
+++ b/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml
@@ -4372,6 +4372,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_vacuum</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time a manual vacuum on this table was attempted but skipped due to
+       lock unavailability (not counting <command>VACUUM FULL</command>)
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>last_autovacuum</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
@@ -4382,6 +4392,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_autovacuum</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time a vacuum on this table by the autovacuum daemon was attempted
+       but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>last_analyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
@@ -4391,6 +4411,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_analyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time a manual analyze on this table was attempted but skipped due to
+       lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>last_autoanalyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
@@ -4401,6 +4431,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_autoanalyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time at which an analyze on this table by the autovacuum was
+       attempted but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>vacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4411,6 +4451,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_vacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times vacuums on this table have been attempted but skipped
+       due to lock unavailability (not counting <command>VACUUM FULL</command>)
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>autovacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4421,6 +4471,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_autovacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times vacuums on this table by the autovacuum daemon have been
+       attempted but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>analyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4430,6 +4490,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_analyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times manual analyzes on this table have been attempted but
+       skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>autoanalyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4440,6 +4510,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_autoanalyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times analyzes on this table by the autovacuum daemon have
+       been attempted but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>total_vacuum_time</structfield> <type>double precision</type>
diff --git a/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql b/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql
index e54018004db..2ca02a0354c 100644
--- a/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql
+++ b/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql
@@ -736,13 +736,21 @@ CREATE VIEW pg_stat_all_tables AS
             pg_stat_get_mod_since_analyze(C.oid) AS n_mod_since_analyze,
             pg_stat_get_ins_since_vacuum(C.oid) AS n_ins_since_vacuum,
             pg_stat_get_last_vacuum_time(C.oid) as last_vacuum,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_vacuum,
             pg_stat_get_last_autovacuum_time(C.oid) as last_autovacuum,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_autovacuum,
             pg_stat_get_last_analyze_time(C.oid) as last_analyze,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_analyze,
             pg_stat_get_last_autoanalyze_time(C.oid) as last_autoanalyze,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_autoanalyze,
             pg_stat_get_vacuum_count(C.oid) AS vacuum_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count(C.oid) AS skipped_vacuum_count,
             pg_stat_get_autovacuum_count(C.oid) AS autovacuum_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count(C.oid) AS skipped_autovacuum_count,
             pg_stat_get_analyze_count(C.oid) AS analyze_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count(C.oid) AS skipped_analyze_count,
             pg_stat_get_autoanalyze_count(C.oid) AS autoanalyze_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count(C.oid) AS skipped_autoanalyze_count,
             pg_stat_get_total_vacuum_time(C.oid) AS total_vacuum_time,
             pg_stat_get_total_autovacuum_time(C.oid) AS total_autovacuum_time,
             pg_stat_get_total_analyze_time(C.oid) AS total_analyze_time,
diff --git a/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c b/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c
index bce3a2daa24..ce83b3171be 100644
--- a/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c
+++ b/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c
@@ -792,8 +792,18 @@ vacuum_open_relation(Oid relid, RangeVar *relation, bits32 options,
 		rel = try_relation_open(relid, NoLock);
 	else
 	{
+		bits8 flags = 0;
 		rel = NULL;
 		rel_lock = false;
+
+		if ((options & VACOPT_VACUUM) != 0)
+			flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM;
+		if ((options & VACOPT_ANALYZE) != 0)
+			flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE;
+		if (AmAutoVacuumWorkerProcess())
+			flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOVAC;
+
+		pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(relid, flags);
 	}
 
 	/* if relation is opened, leave */
@@ -801,7 +811,7 @@ vacuum_open_relation(Oid relid, RangeVar *relation, bits32 options,
 		return rel;
 
 	/*
-	 * Relation could not be opened, hence generate if possible a log
+	 * Relation could not be opened hence generate if possible a log
 	 * informing on the situation.
 	 *
 	 * If the RangeVar is not defined, we do not have enough information to
@@ -904,7 +914,6 @@ expand_vacuum_rel(VacuumRelation *vrel, MemoryContext vac_context,
 		Form_pg_class classForm;
 		bool		include_children;
 		bool		is_partitioned_table;
-		int			rvr_opts;
 
 		/*
 		 * Since autovacuum workers supply OIDs when calling vacuum(), no
@@ -917,29 +926,69 @@ expand_vacuum_rel(VacuumRelation *vrel, MemoryContext vac_context,
 		 * below, as well as find_all_inheritors's expectation that the caller
 		 * holds some lock on the starting relation.
 		 */
-		rvr_opts = (options & VACOPT_SKIP_LOCKED) ? RVR_SKIP_LOCKED : 0;
-		relid = RangeVarGetRelidExtended(vrel->relation,
-										 AccessShareLock,
-										 rvr_opts,
-										 NULL, NULL);
-
-		/*
-		 * If the lock is unavailable, emit the same log statement that
-		 * vacuum_rel() and analyze_rel() would.
-		 */
-		if (!OidIsValid(relid))
+		if (!(options & VACOPT_SKIP_LOCKED))
 		{
-			if (options & VACOPT_VACUUM)
-				ereport(WARNING,
-						(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
-						 errmsg("skipping vacuum of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
-								vrel->relation->relname)));
-			else
-				ereport(WARNING,
-						(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
-						 errmsg("skipping analyze of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
+			relid = RangeVarGetRelidExtended(vrel->relation,
+											 AccessShareLock,
+											 0, NULL, NULL);
+			if (!OidIsValid(relid))
+				return vacrels;
+		}
+		else
+		{
+			/* Get relid for reporting before taking a lock */
+			relid = RangeVarGetRelid(vrel->relation, NoLock, false);
+
+			if (!ConditionalLockRelationOid(relid, AccessShareLock))
+			{
+				bits8	flags = 0;
+				/*
+				 * If the lock is unavailable, emit the same log statement that
+				 * vacuum_rel() and analyze_rel() would.
+				 */
+				if (options & VACOPT_VACUUM)
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping vacuum of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
 								vrel->relation->relname)));
-			return vacrels;
+				else
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping analyze of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
+									vrel->relation->relname)));
+
+				if ((options & VACOPT_VACUUM) != 0)
+					flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM;
+				if ((options & VACOPT_ANALYZE) != 0)
+					flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE;
+
+				pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(relid, flags);
+
+				return vacrels;
+			}
+
+			/*
+			 * Now that we have the lock, probe to see if the relation really
+			 * exists or not.
+			 */
+			if (!SearchSysCacheExists1(RELOID, ObjectIdGetDatum(relid)))
+			{
+				if (options & VACOPT_VACUUM)
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_UNDEFINED_TABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping vacuum of \"%s\" --- relation no longer exists",
+									vrel->relation->relname)));
+				else
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_UNDEFINED_TABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping analyze of \"%s\" --- relation no longer exists",
+									vrel->relation->relname)));
+
+				/* Release useless lock */
+				UnlockRelationOid(relid, AccessShareLock);
+
+				return vacrels;
+			}
 		}
 
 		/*
diff --git a/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c b/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c
index bc8c43b96aa..cec4c88980e 100644
--- a/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c
+++ b/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c
@@ -17,6 +17,7 @@
 
 #include "postgres.h"
 
+#include "access/htup_details.h"
 #include "access/twophase_rmgr.h"
 #include "access/xact.h"
 #include "catalog/catalog.h"
@@ -366,6 +367,73 @@ pgstat_report_analyze(Relation rel,
 	(void) pgstat_flush_backend(false, PGSTAT_BACKEND_FLUSH_IO);
 }
 
+/*
+ * Report that the table was skipped during vacuum or/and analyze.
+ */
+void
+pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(Oid relid, bits8 flags)
+{
+	PgStat_EntryRef *entry_ref;
+	PgStatShared_Relation *shtabentry;
+	PgStat_StatTabEntry *tabentry;
+	TimestampTz ts;
+	HeapTuple	classTup;
+	bool		isshared;
+
+	if (!pgstat_track_counts || !(flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANY))
+		return;
+
+	classTup = SearchSysCache1(RELOID, ObjectIdGetDatum(relid));
+	if (!HeapTupleIsValid(classTup))
+		return;			/* somebody deleted the rel, forget it */
+	isshared = ((Form_pg_class) GETSTRUCT(classTup))->relisshared;
+	ReleaseSysCache(classTup);
+
+	/* Store the data in the table's hash table entry. */
+	ts = GetCurrentTimestamp();
+
+	/* block acquiring lock for the same reason as pgstat_report_autovac() */
+	entry_ref = pgstat_get_entry_ref_locked(PGSTAT_KIND_RELATION,
+											isshared ? InvalidOid : MyDatabaseId,
+											relid, false);
+
+	shtabentry = (PgStatShared_Relation *) entry_ref->shared_stats;
+	tabentry = &shtabentry->stats;
+
+	if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOVAC)
+	{
+		if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM)
+		{
+			tabentry->last_skipped_autovacuum_time = ts;
+			tabentry->skipped_autovacuum_count++;
+		}
+		if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE)
+		{
+			tabentry->last_skipped_autoanalyze_time = ts;
+			tabentry->skipped_autoanalyze_count++;
+		}
+	}
+	else
+	{
+		if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM)
+		{
+			tabentry->last_skipped_vacuum_time = ts;
+			tabentry->skipped_vacuum_count++;
+		}
+		if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE)
+		{
+			tabentry->last_skipped_analyze_time = ts;
+			tabentry->skipped_analyze_count++;
+		}
+	}
+
+	pgstat_unlock_entry(entry_ref);
+
+	/* see pgstat_report_vacuum() */
+	pgstat_flush_io(false);
+	(void) pgstat_flush_backend(false, PGSTAT_BACKEND_FLUSH_IO);
+}
+
 /*
  * count a tuple insertion of n tuples
  */
diff --git a/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c b/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c
index 9185a8e6b83..18aaa3996e1 100644
--- a/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c
+++ b/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c
@@ -84,6 +84,18 @@ PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(mod_since_analyze)
 /* pg_stat_get_numscans */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(numscans)
 
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_analyze_count)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_autoanalyze_count)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_autovacuum_count)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_vacuum_count)
+
 /* pg_stat_get_tuples_deleted */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(tuples_deleted)
 
@@ -170,6 +182,18 @@ PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_vacuum_time)
 /* pg_stat_get_lastscan */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(lastscan)
 
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_analyze_time)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_autoanalyze_time)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_autovacuum_time)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_vacuum_time)
+
 /* pg_stat_get_stat_reset_time */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(stat_reset_time)
 
diff --git a/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat b/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat
index 0118e970dda..ccfe3d9e02a 100644
--- a/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat
+++ b/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat
@@ -5667,6 +5667,38 @@
   proname => 'pg_stat_get_total_autoanalyze_time', provolatile => 's',
   proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'float8', proargtypes => 'oid',
   prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_total_autoanalyze_time' },
+{ oid => '8142', descr => 'statistics: last skipped vacuum time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time' },
+{ oid => '8143', descr => 'statistics: last skipped auto vacuum time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time' },
+{ oid => '8144', descr => 'statistics: last skipped analyze time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time' },
+{ oid => '8145', descr => 'statistics: last skipped auto analyze time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time' },
+{ oid => '8146', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped vacuum for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count' },
+{ oid => '8147', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped auto vacuum for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count' },
+{ oid => '8148', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped analyzes for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count' },
+{ oid => '8149', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped auto analyzes for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count' },
 { oid => '1936', descr => 'statistics: currently active backend IDs',
   proname => 'pg_stat_get_backend_idset', prorows => '100', proretset => 't',
   provolatile => 's', proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int4',
diff --git a/src/include/pgstat.h b/src/include/pgstat.h
index 8e3549c3752..343081a7a25 100644
--- a/src/include/pgstat.h
+++ b/src/include/pgstat.h
@@ -479,6 +479,15 @@ typedef struct PgStat_StatTabEntry
 	TimestampTz last_autoanalyze_time;	/* autovacuum initiated */
 	PgStat_Counter autoanalyze_count;
 
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_vacuum_time;	/* user initiated vacuum */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_vacuum_count;
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_autovacuum_time;	/* autovacuum initiated */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_autovacuum_count;
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_analyze_time;	/* user initiated */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_analyze_count;
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_autoanalyze_time;	/* autovacuum initiated */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_autoanalyze_count;
+
 	PgStat_Counter total_vacuum_time;	/* times in milliseconds */
 	PgStat_Counter total_autovacuum_time;
 	PgStat_Counter total_analyze_time;
@@ -707,6 +716,13 @@ extern void pgstat_report_analyze(Relation rel,
 								  PgStat_Counter livetuples, PgStat_Counter deadtuples,
 								  bool resetcounter, TimestampTz starttime);
 
+/* flags for pgstat_flush_backend() */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM	(1 << 0)	/* vacuum is skipped */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE	(1 << 1)	/* analyze is skipped */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOVAC	(1 << 2)	/* skipped during autovacuum/autoanalyze */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANY   (PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM | PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE)
+extern void pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(Oid relid, bits8 flags);
+
 /*
  * If stats are enabled, but pending data hasn't been prepared yet, call
  * pgstat_assoc_relation() to do so. See its comment for why this is done
diff --git a/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out b/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out
index 2b3cf6d8569..4ccfc43e903 100644
--- a/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out
+++ b/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out
@@ -1835,13 +1835,21 @@ pg_stat_all_tables| SELECT c.oid AS relid,
     pg_stat_get_mod_since_analyze(c.oid) AS n_mod_since_analyze,
     pg_stat_get_ins_since_vacuum(c.oid) AS n_ins_since_vacuum,
     pg_stat_get_last_vacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_vacuum,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_vacuum,
     pg_stat_get_last_autovacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_autovacuum,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_autovacuum,
     pg_stat_get_last_analyze_time(c.oid) AS last_analyze,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_analyze,
     pg_stat_get_last_autoanalyze_time(c.oid) AS last_autoanalyze,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_autoanalyze,
     pg_stat_get_vacuum_count(c.oid) AS vacuum_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count(c.oid) AS skipped_vacuum_count,
     pg_stat_get_autovacuum_count(c.oid) AS autovacuum_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count(c.oid) AS skipped_autovacuum_count,
     pg_stat_get_analyze_count(c.oid) AS analyze_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count(c.oid) AS skipped_analyze_count,
     pg_stat_get_autoanalyze_count(c.oid) AS autoanalyze_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count(c.oid) AS skipped_autoanalyze_count,
     pg_stat_get_total_vacuum_time(c.oid) AS total_vacuum_time,
     pg_stat_get_total_autovacuum_time(c.oid) AS total_autovacuum_time,
     pg_stat_get_total_analyze_time(c.oid) AS total_analyze_time,
@@ -2293,13 +2301,21 @@ pg_stat_sys_tables| SELECT relid,
     n_mod_since_analyze,
     n_ins_since_vacuum,
     last_vacuum,
+    last_skipped_vacuum,
     last_autovacuum,
+    last_skipped_autovacuum,
     last_analyze,
+    last_skipped_analyze,
     last_autoanalyze,
+    last_skipped_autoanalyze,
     vacuum_count,
+    skipped_vacuum_count,
     autovacuum_count,
+    skipped_autovacuum_count,
     analyze_count,
+    skipped_analyze_count,
     autoanalyze_count,
+    skipped_autoanalyze_count,
     total_vacuum_time,
     total_autovacuum_time,
     total_analyze_time,
@@ -2348,13 +2364,21 @@ pg_stat_user_tables| SELECT relid,
     n_mod_since_analyze,
     n_ins_since_vacuum,
     last_vacuum,
+    last_skipped_vacuum,
     last_autovacuum,
+    last_skipped_autovacuum,
     last_analyze,
+    last_skipped_analyze,
     last_autoanalyze,
+    last_skipped_autoanalyze,
     vacuum_count,
+    skipped_vacuum_count,
     autovacuum_count,
+    skipped_autovacuum_count,
     analyze_count,
+    skipped_analyze_count,
     autoanalyze_count,
+    skipped_autoanalyze_count,
     total_vacuum_time,
     total_autovacuum_time,
     total_analyze_time,
-- 
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* [PATCH v3] Track skipped vacuum and analyze activity per relation
@ 2026-03-24 04:09 Yugo Nagata <[email protected]>
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From: Yugo Nagata @ 2026-03-24 04:09 UTC (permalink / raw)

This commit adds eight fields to the relation statistics that track
the last time vacuum or analyze has been attempted but skipped due to
lock unavailability, along with their counts:

-    last_skipped_vacuum
-    last_skipped_autovacuum
-    last_skipped_analyze
-    last_skipped_autoanalyze
-    skipped_vacuum_count
-    skipped_autovacuum_count
-    skipped_analyze_count
-    skipped_autoanalyze_count

These field can help users confirm that autovacuum is actively attempting
to run on a table that has not been vacuumed or analyzed for a long time,
and that the lack of progress is due to repeated skips rather than inactivity.
---
 doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml                 | 80 +++++++++++++++++
 src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql         |  8 ++
 src/backend/commands/vacuum.c                | 95 +++++++++++++++-----
 src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c | 68 ++++++++++++++
 src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c          | 24 +++++
 src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat              | 32 +++++++
 src/include/pgstat.h                         | 16 ++++
 src/test/regress/expected/rules.out          | 24 +++++
 8 files changed, 324 insertions(+), 23 deletions(-)

diff --git a/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml b/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml
index bb75ed1069b..9ec8070b2fc 100644
--- a/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml
+++ b/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml
@@ -4372,6 +4372,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_vacuum</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time a manual vacuum on this table was attempted but skipped due to
+       lock unavailability (not counting <command>VACUUM FULL</command>)
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>last_autovacuum</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
@@ -4382,6 +4392,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_autovacuum</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time a vacuum on this table by the autovacuum daemon was attempted
+       but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>last_analyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
@@ -4391,6 +4411,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_analyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time a manual analyze on this table was attempted but skipped due to
+       lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>last_autoanalyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
@@ -4401,6 +4431,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_autoanalyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time at which an analyze on this table by the autovacuum was
+       attempted but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>vacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4411,6 +4451,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_vacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times vacuums on this table have been attempted but skipped
+       due to lock unavailability (not counting <command>VACUUM FULL</command>)
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>autovacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4421,6 +4471,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_autovacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times vacuums on this table by the autovacuum daemon have been
+       attempted but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>analyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4430,6 +4490,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_analyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times manual analyzes on this table have been attempted but
+       skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>autoanalyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4440,6 +4510,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_autoanalyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times analyzes on this table by the autovacuum daemon have
+       been attempted but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>total_vacuum_time</structfield> <type>double precision</type>
diff --git a/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql b/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql
index e54018004db..2ca02a0354c 100644
--- a/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql
+++ b/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql
@@ -736,13 +736,21 @@ CREATE VIEW pg_stat_all_tables AS
             pg_stat_get_mod_since_analyze(C.oid) AS n_mod_since_analyze,
             pg_stat_get_ins_since_vacuum(C.oid) AS n_ins_since_vacuum,
             pg_stat_get_last_vacuum_time(C.oid) as last_vacuum,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_vacuum,
             pg_stat_get_last_autovacuum_time(C.oid) as last_autovacuum,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_autovacuum,
             pg_stat_get_last_analyze_time(C.oid) as last_analyze,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_analyze,
             pg_stat_get_last_autoanalyze_time(C.oid) as last_autoanalyze,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_autoanalyze,
             pg_stat_get_vacuum_count(C.oid) AS vacuum_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count(C.oid) AS skipped_vacuum_count,
             pg_stat_get_autovacuum_count(C.oid) AS autovacuum_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count(C.oid) AS skipped_autovacuum_count,
             pg_stat_get_analyze_count(C.oid) AS analyze_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count(C.oid) AS skipped_analyze_count,
             pg_stat_get_autoanalyze_count(C.oid) AS autoanalyze_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count(C.oid) AS skipped_autoanalyze_count,
             pg_stat_get_total_vacuum_time(C.oid) AS total_vacuum_time,
             pg_stat_get_total_autovacuum_time(C.oid) AS total_autovacuum_time,
             pg_stat_get_total_analyze_time(C.oid) AS total_analyze_time,
diff --git a/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c b/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c
index bce3a2daa24..ce83b3171be 100644
--- a/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c
+++ b/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c
@@ -792,8 +792,18 @@ vacuum_open_relation(Oid relid, RangeVar *relation, bits32 options,
 		rel = try_relation_open(relid, NoLock);
 	else
 	{
+		bits8 flags = 0;
 		rel = NULL;
 		rel_lock = false;
+
+		if ((options & VACOPT_VACUUM) != 0)
+			flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM;
+		if ((options & VACOPT_ANALYZE) != 0)
+			flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE;
+		if (AmAutoVacuumWorkerProcess())
+			flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOVAC;
+
+		pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(relid, flags);
 	}
 
 	/* if relation is opened, leave */
@@ -801,7 +811,7 @@ vacuum_open_relation(Oid relid, RangeVar *relation, bits32 options,
 		return rel;
 
 	/*
-	 * Relation could not be opened, hence generate if possible a log
+	 * Relation could not be opened hence generate if possible a log
 	 * informing on the situation.
 	 *
 	 * If the RangeVar is not defined, we do not have enough information to
@@ -904,7 +914,6 @@ expand_vacuum_rel(VacuumRelation *vrel, MemoryContext vac_context,
 		Form_pg_class classForm;
 		bool		include_children;
 		bool		is_partitioned_table;
-		int			rvr_opts;
 
 		/*
 		 * Since autovacuum workers supply OIDs when calling vacuum(), no
@@ -917,29 +926,69 @@ expand_vacuum_rel(VacuumRelation *vrel, MemoryContext vac_context,
 		 * below, as well as find_all_inheritors's expectation that the caller
 		 * holds some lock on the starting relation.
 		 */
-		rvr_opts = (options & VACOPT_SKIP_LOCKED) ? RVR_SKIP_LOCKED : 0;
-		relid = RangeVarGetRelidExtended(vrel->relation,
-										 AccessShareLock,
-										 rvr_opts,
-										 NULL, NULL);
-
-		/*
-		 * If the lock is unavailable, emit the same log statement that
-		 * vacuum_rel() and analyze_rel() would.
-		 */
-		if (!OidIsValid(relid))
+		if (!(options & VACOPT_SKIP_LOCKED))
 		{
-			if (options & VACOPT_VACUUM)
-				ereport(WARNING,
-						(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
-						 errmsg("skipping vacuum of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
-								vrel->relation->relname)));
-			else
-				ereport(WARNING,
-						(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
-						 errmsg("skipping analyze of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
+			relid = RangeVarGetRelidExtended(vrel->relation,
+											 AccessShareLock,
+											 0, NULL, NULL);
+			if (!OidIsValid(relid))
+				return vacrels;
+		}
+		else
+		{
+			/* Get relid for reporting before taking a lock */
+			relid = RangeVarGetRelid(vrel->relation, NoLock, false);
+
+			if (!ConditionalLockRelationOid(relid, AccessShareLock))
+			{
+				bits8	flags = 0;
+				/*
+				 * If the lock is unavailable, emit the same log statement that
+				 * vacuum_rel() and analyze_rel() would.
+				 */
+				if (options & VACOPT_VACUUM)
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping vacuum of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
 								vrel->relation->relname)));
-			return vacrels;
+				else
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping analyze of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
+									vrel->relation->relname)));
+
+				if ((options & VACOPT_VACUUM) != 0)
+					flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM;
+				if ((options & VACOPT_ANALYZE) != 0)
+					flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE;
+
+				pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(relid, flags);
+
+				return vacrels;
+			}
+
+			/*
+			 * Now that we have the lock, probe to see if the relation really
+			 * exists or not.
+			 */
+			if (!SearchSysCacheExists1(RELOID, ObjectIdGetDatum(relid)))
+			{
+				if (options & VACOPT_VACUUM)
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_UNDEFINED_TABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping vacuum of \"%s\" --- relation no longer exists",
+									vrel->relation->relname)));
+				else
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_UNDEFINED_TABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping analyze of \"%s\" --- relation no longer exists",
+									vrel->relation->relname)));
+
+				/* Release useless lock */
+				UnlockRelationOid(relid, AccessShareLock);
+
+				return vacrels;
+			}
 		}
 
 		/*
diff --git a/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c b/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c
index bc8c43b96aa..cec4c88980e 100644
--- a/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c
+++ b/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c
@@ -17,6 +17,7 @@
 
 #include "postgres.h"
 
+#include "access/htup_details.h"
 #include "access/twophase_rmgr.h"
 #include "access/xact.h"
 #include "catalog/catalog.h"
@@ -366,6 +367,73 @@ pgstat_report_analyze(Relation rel,
 	(void) pgstat_flush_backend(false, PGSTAT_BACKEND_FLUSH_IO);
 }
 
+/*
+ * Report that the table was skipped during vacuum or/and analyze.
+ */
+void
+pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(Oid relid, bits8 flags)
+{
+	PgStat_EntryRef *entry_ref;
+	PgStatShared_Relation *shtabentry;
+	PgStat_StatTabEntry *tabentry;
+	TimestampTz ts;
+	HeapTuple	classTup;
+	bool		isshared;
+
+	if (!pgstat_track_counts || !(flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANY))
+		return;
+
+	classTup = SearchSysCache1(RELOID, ObjectIdGetDatum(relid));
+	if (!HeapTupleIsValid(classTup))
+		return;			/* somebody deleted the rel, forget it */
+	isshared = ((Form_pg_class) GETSTRUCT(classTup))->relisshared;
+	ReleaseSysCache(classTup);
+
+	/* Store the data in the table's hash table entry. */
+	ts = GetCurrentTimestamp();
+
+	/* block acquiring lock for the same reason as pgstat_report_autovac() */
+	entry_ref = pgstat_get_entry_ref_locked(PGSTAT_KIND_RELATION,
+											isshared ? InvalidOid : MyDatabaseId,
+											relid, false);
+
+	shtabentry = (PgStatShared_Relation *) entry_ref->shared_stats;
+	tabentry = &shtabentry->stats;
+
+	if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOVAC)
+	{
+		if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM)
+		{
+			tabentry->last_skipped_autovacuum_time = ts;
+			tabentry->skipped_autovacuum_count++;
+		}
+		if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE)
+		{
+			tabentry->last_skipped_autoanalyze_time = ts;
+			tabentry->skipped_autoanalyze_count++;
+		}
+	}
+	else
+	{
+		if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM)
+		{
+			tabentry->last_skipped_vacuum_time = ts;
+			tabentry->skipped_vacuum_count++;
+		}
+		if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE)
+		{
+			tabentry->last_skipped_analyze_time = ts;
+			tabentry->skipped_analyze_count++;
+		}
+	}
+
+	pgstat_unlock_entry(entry_ref);
+
+	/* see pgstat_report_vacuum() */
+	pgstat_flush_io(false);
+	(void) pgstat_flush_backend(false, PGSTAT_BACKEND_FLUSH_IO);
+}
+
 /*
  * count a tuple insertion of n tuples
  */
diff --git a/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c b/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c
index 9185a8e6b83..18aaa3996e1 100644
--- a/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c
+++ b/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c
@@ -84,6 +84,18 @@ PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(mod_since_analyze)
 /* pg_stat_get_numscans */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(numscans)
 
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_analyze_count)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_autoanalyze_count)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_autovacuum_count)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_vacuum_count)
+
 /* pg_stat_get_tuples_deleted */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(tuples_deleted)
 
@@ -170,6 +182,18 @@ PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_vacuum_time)
 /* pg_stat_get_lastscan */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(lastscan)
 
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_analyze_time)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_autoanalyze_time)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_autovacuum_time)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_vacuum_time)
+
 /* pg_stat_get_stat_reset_time */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(stat_reset_time)
 
diff --git a/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat b/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat
index 0118e970dda..ccfe3d9e02a 100644
--- a/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat
+++ b/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat
@@ -5667,6 +5667,38 @@
   proname => 'pg_stat_get_total_autoanalyze_time', provolatile => 's',
   proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'float8', proargtypes => 'oid',
   prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_total_autoanalyze_time' },
+{ oid => '8142', descr => 'statistics: last skipped vacuum time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time' },
+{ oid => '8143', descr => 'statistics: last skipped auto vacuum time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time' },
+{ oid => '8144', descr => 'statistics: last skipped analyze time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time' },
+{ oid => '8145', descr => 'statistics: last skipped auto analyze time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time' },
+{ oid => '8146', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped vacuum for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count' },
+{ oid => '8147', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped auto vacuum for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count' },
+{ oid => '8148', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped analyzes for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count' },
+{ oid => '8149', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped auto analyzes for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count' },
 { oid => '1936', descr => 'statistics: currently active backend IDs',
   proname => 'pg_stat_get_backend_idset', prorows => '100', proretset => 't',
   provolatile => 's', proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int4',
diff --git a/src/include/pgstat.h b/src/include/pgstat.h
index 8e3549c3752..343081a7a25 100644
--- a/src/include/pgstat.h
+++ b/src/include/pgstat.h
@@ -479,6 +479,15 @@ typedef struct PgStat_StatTabEntry
 	TimestampTz last_autoanalyze_time;	/* autovacuum initiated */
 	PgStat_Counter autoanalyze_count;
 
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_vacuum_time;	/* user initiated vacuum */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_vacuum_count;
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_autovacuum_time;	/* autovacuum initiated */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_autovacuum_count;
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_analyze_time;	/* user initiated */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_analyze_count;
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_autoanalyze_time;	/* autovacuum initiated */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_autoanalyze_count;
+
 	PgStat_Counter total_vacuum_time;	/* times in milliseconds */
 	PgStat_Counter total_autovacuum_time;
 	PgStat_Counter total_analyze_time;
@@ -707,6 +716,13 @@ extern void pgstat_report_analyze(Relation rel,
 								  PgStat_Counter livetuples, PgStat_Counter deadtuples,
 								  bool resetcounter, TimestampTz starttime);
 
+/* flags for pgstat_flush_backend() */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM	(1 << 0)	/* vacuum is skipped */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE	(1 << 1)	/* analyze is skipped */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOVAC	(1 << 2)	/* skipped during autovacuum/autoanalyze */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANY   (PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM | PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE)
+extern void pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(Oid relid, bits8 flags);
+
 /*
  * If stats are enabled, but pending data hasn't been prepared yet, call
  * pgstat_assoc_relation() to do so. See its comment for why this is done
diff --git a/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out b/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out
index 2b3cf6d8569..4ccfc43e903 100644
--- a/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out
+++ b/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out
@@ -1835,13 +1835,21 @@ pg_stat_all_tables| SELECT c.oid AS relid,
     pg_stat_get_mod_since_analyze(c.oid) AS n_mod_since_analyze,
     pg_stat_get_ins_since_vacuum(c.oid) AS n_ins_since_vacuum,
     pg_stat_get_last_vacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_vacuum,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_vacuum,
     pg_stat_get_last_autovacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_autovacuum,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_autovacuum,
     pg_stat_get_last_analyze_time(c.oid) AS last_analyze,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_analyze,
     pg_stat_get_last_autoanalyze_time(c.oid) AS last_autoanalyze,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_autoanalyze,
     pg_stat_get_vacuum_count(c.oid) AS vacuum_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count(c.oid) AS skipped_vacuum_count,
     pg_stat_get_autovacuum_count(c.oid) AS autovacuum_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count(c.oid) AS skipped_autovacuum_count,
     pg_stat_get_analyze_count(c.oid) AS analyze_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count(c.oid) AS skipped_analyze_count,
     pg_stat_get_autoanalyze_count(c.oid) AS autoanalyze_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count(c.oid) AS skipped_autoanalyze_count,
     pg_stat_get_total_vacuum_time(c.oid) AS total_vacuum_time,
     pg_stat_get_total_autovacuum_time(c.oid) AS total_autovacuum_time,
     pg_stat_get_total_analyze_time(c.oid) AS total_analyze_time,
@@ -2293,13 +2301,21 @@ pg_stat_sys_tables| SELECT relid,
     n_mod_since_analyze,
     n_ins_since_vacuum,
     last_vacuum,
+    last_skipped_vacuum,
     last_autovacuum,
+    last_skipped_autovacuum,
     last_analyze,
+    last_skipped_analyze,
     last_autoanalyze,
+    last_skipped_autoanalyze,
     vacuum_count,
+    skipped_vacuum_count,
     autovacuum_count,
+    skipped_autovacuum_count,
     analyze_count,
+    skipped_analyze_count,
     autoanalyze_count,
+    skipped_autoanalyze_count,
     total_vacuum_time,
     total_autovacuum_time,
     total_analyze_time,
@@ -2348,13 +2364,21 @@ pg_stat_user_tables| SELECT relid,
     n_mod_since_analyze,
     n_ins_since_vacuum,
     last_vacuum,
+    last_skipped_vacuum,
     last_autovacuum,
+    last_skipped_autovacuum,
     last_analyze,
+    last_skipped_analyze,
     last_autoanalyze,
+    last_skipped_autoanalyze,
     vacuum_count,
+    skipped_vacuum_count,
     autovacuum_count,
+    skipped_autovacuum_count,
     analyze_count,
+    skipped_analyze_count,
     autoanalyze_count,
+    skipped_autoanalyze_count,
     total_vacuum_time,
     total_autovacuum_time,
     total_analyze_time,
-- 
2.43.0


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* [PATCH v5] Track skipped vacuum and analyze activity per relation
@ 2026-03-24 04:09 Yugo Nagata <[email protected]>
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From: Yugo Nagata @ 2026-03-24 04:09 UTC (permalink / raw)

This commit adds eight fields to the relation statistics that track
the last time vacuum or analyze has been attempted but skipped due to
lock unavailability, along with their counts:

-    last_skipped_vacuum
-    last_skipped_autovacuum
-    last_skipped_analyze
-    last_skipped_autoanalyze
-    skipped_vacuum_count
-    skipped_autovacuum_count
-    skipped_analyze_count
-    skipped_autoanalyze_count

These field can help users confirm that autovacuum is actively attempting
to run on a table that has not been vacuumed or analyzed for a long time,
and that the lack of progress is due to repeated skips rather than inactivity.
---
 doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml                  |  88 ++++++
 src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql          |   8 +
 src/backend/commands/vacuum.c                 | 100 +++++--
 src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c  |  64 +++++
 src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c           |  24 ++
 src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat               |  32 +++
 src/include/pgstat.h                          |  16 ++
 .../isolation/expected/vacuum-skip-locked.out | 260 ++++++++++++++++--
 .../isolation/specs/vacuum-skip-locked.spec   |  41 +--
 src/test/regress/expected/rules.out           |  24 ++
 10 files changed, 601 insertions(+), 56 deletions(-)

diff --git a/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml b/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml
index 08d5b824552..a9b579d87a9 100644
--- a/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml
+++ b/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml
@@ -4387,6 +4387,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_vacuum</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time a manual vacuum on this table was attempted but skipped due to
+       lock unavailability (not counting <command>VACUUM FULL</command>)
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>last_autovacuum</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
@@ -4397,6 +4407,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_autovacuum</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time a vacuum on this table by the autovacuum daemon was attempted
+       but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>last_analyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
@@ -4406,6 +4426,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_analyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time a manual analyze on this table was attempted but skipped due to
+       lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>last_autoanalyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
@@ -4416,6 +4446,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_autoanalyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time at which an analyze on this table by the autovacuum was
+       attempted but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>vacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4426,6 +4466,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_vacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times manual vacuums on this table have been attempted but skipped
+       due to lock unavailability (not counting <command>VACUUM FULL</command>)
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>autovacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4436,6 +4486,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_autovacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times vacuums on this table by the autovacuum daemon have been
+       attempted but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>analyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4445,6 +4505,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_analyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times manual analyzes on this table have been attempted but
+       skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>autoanalyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4455,6 +4525,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_autoanalyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times analyzes on this table by the autovacuum daemon have
+       been attempted but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>total_vacuum_time</structfield> <type>double precision</type>
@@ -4510,6 +4590,14 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
    </tgroup>
   </table>
 
+  <note>
+   <para>
+    When a manual vacuum or analyze on a parent table in an inheritance or
+    partitioning hierarchy is skipped, the statistics are recorded only for
+    the parent table, not for its children.
+   </para>
+  </note>
+
  </sect2>
 
  <sect2 id="monitoring-pg-stat-autovacuum-scores-view">
diff --git a/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql b/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql
index 73a1c1c4670..f509fc7876b 100644
--- a/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql
+++ b/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql
@@ -736,13 +736,21 @@ CREATE VIEW pg_stat_all_tables AS
             pg_stat_get_mod_since_analyze(C.oid) AS n_mod_since_analyze,
             pg_stat_get_ins_since_vacuum(C.oid) AS n_ins_since_vacuum,
             pg_stat_get_last_vacuum_time(C.oid) as last_vacuum,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_vacuum,
             pg_stat_get_last_autovacuum_time(C.oid) as last_autovacuum,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_autovacuum,
             pg_stat_get_last_analyze_time(C.oid) as last_analyze,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_analyze,
             pg_stat_get_last_autoanalyze_time(C.oid) as last_autoanalyze,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_autoanalyze,
             pg_stat_get_vacuum_count(C.oid) AS vacuum_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count(C.oid) AS skipped_vacuum_count,
             pg_stat_get_autovacuum_count(C.oid) AS autovacuum_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count(C.oid) AS skipped_autovacuum_count,
             pg_stat_get_analyze_count(C.oid) AS analyze_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count(C.oid) AS skipped_analyze_count,
             pg_stat_get_autoanalyze_count(C.oid) AS autoanalyze_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count(C.oid) AS skipped_autoanalyze_count,
             pg_stat_get_total_vacuum_time(C.oid) AS total_vacuum_time,
             pg_stat_get_total_autovacuum_time(C.oid) AS total_autovacuum_time,
             pg_stat_get_total_analyze_time(C.oid) AS total_analyze_time,
diff --git a/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c b/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c
index 99d0db82ed7..df6526225e4 100644
--- a/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c
+++ b/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c
@@ -793,8 +793,25 @@ vacuum_open_relation(Oid relid, RangeVar *relation, uint32 options,
 		rel = try_relation_open(relid, NoLock);
 	else
 	{
+		int flags = 0;
 		rel = NULL;
 		rel_lock = false;
+
+		if ((options & VACOPT_VACUUM) != 0 && (options & VACOPT_FULL) == 0)
+		{
+			if (AmAutoVacuumWorkerProcess())
+				flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOVACUUM;
+			else
+				flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM;
+		}
+		if ((options & VACOPT_ANALYZE) != 0)
+		{
+			if (AmAutoVacuumWorkerProcess())
+				flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOANALYZE;
+			else
+				flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE;
+		}
+		pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(relid, flags);
 	}
 
 	/* if relation is opened, leave */
@@ -905,7 +922,6 @@ expand_vacuum_rel(VacuumRelation *vrel, MemoryContext vac_context,
 		Form_pg_class classForm;
 		bool		include_children;
 		bool		is_partitioned_table;
-		int			rvr_opts;
 
 		/*
 		 * Since autovacuum workers supply OIDs when calling vacuum(), no
@@ -918,29 +934,69 @@ expand_vacuum_rel(VacuumRelation *vrel, MemoryContext vac_context,
 		 * below, as well as find_all_inheritors's expectation that the caller
 		 * holds some lock on the starting relation.
 		 */
-		rvr_opts = (options & VACOPT_SKIP_LOCKED) ? RVR_SKIP_LOCKED : 0;
-		relid = RangeVarGetRelidExtended(vrel->relation,
-										 AccessShareLock,
-										 rvr_opts,
-										 NULL, NULL);
-
-		/*
-		 * If the lock is unavailable, emit the same log statement that
-		 * vacuum_rel() and analyze_rel() would.
-		 */
-		if (!OidIsValid(relid))
+		if (!(options & VACOPT_SKIP_LOCKED))
 		{
-			if (options & VACOPT_VACUUM)
-				ereport(WARNING,
-						(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
-						 errmsg("skipping vacuum of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
-								vrel->relation->relname)));
-			else
-				ereport(WARNING,
-						(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
-						 errmsg("skipping analyze of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
+			relid = RangeVarGetRelidExtended(vrel->relation,
+											 AccessShareLock,
+											 0, NULL, NULL);
+			if (!OidIsValid(relid))
+				return vacrels;
+		}
+		else
+		{
+			/* Get relid for reporting before taking a lock */
+			relid = RangeVarGetRelid(vrel->relation, NoLock, false);
+
+			if (!ConditionalLockRelationOid(relid, AccessShareLock))
+			{
+				int	flags = 0;
+				/*
+				 * If the lock is unavailable, emit the same log statement that
+				 * vacuum_rel() and analyze_rel() would.
+				 */
+				if (options & VACOPT_VACUUM)
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping vacuum of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
 								vrel->relation->relname)));
-			return vacrels;
+				else
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping analyze of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
+									vrel->relation->relname)));
+
+				if ((options & VACOPT_VACUUM) != 0 && (options & VACOPT_FULL) == 0)
+					flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM;
+				if ((options & VACOPT_ANALYZE) != 0)
+					flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE;
+
+				pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(relid, flags);
+
+				return vacrels;
+			}
+
+			/*
+			 * Now that we have the lock, probe to see if the relation really
+			 * exists or not.
+			 */
+			if (!SearchSysCacheExists1(RELOID, ObjectIdGetDatum(relid)))
+			{
+				if (options & VACOPT_VACUUM)
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_UNDEFINED_TABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping vacuum of \"%s\" --- relation no longer exists",
+									vrel->relation->relname)));
+				else
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_UNDEFINED_TABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping analyze of \"%s\" --- relation no longer exists",
+									vrel->relation->relname)));
+
+				/* Release useless lock */
+				UnlockRelationOid(relid, AccessShareLock);
+
+				return vacrels;
+			}
 		}
 
 		/*
diff --git a/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c b/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c
index b2ca28f83ba..532d9023f8c 100644
--- a/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c
+++ b/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c
@@ -17,12 +17,14 @@
 
 #include "postgres.h"
 
+#include "access/htup_details.h"
 #include "access/twophase_rmgr.h"
 #include "access/xact.h"
 #include "catalog/catalog.h"
 #include "utils/memutils.h"
 #include "utils/pgstat_internal.h"
 #include "utils/rel.h"
+#include "utils/syscache.h"
 #include "utils/timestamp.h"
 
 
@@ -367,6 +369,68 @@ pgstat_report_analyze(Relation rel,
 	(void) pgstat_flush_backend(false, PGSTAT_BACKEND_FLUSH_IO);
 }
 
+/*
+ * Report that the table was skipped during vacuum or/and analyze.
+ */
+void
+pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(Oid relid, int flags)
+{
+	PgStat_EntryRef *entry_ref;
+	PgStatShared_Relation *shtabentry;
+	PgStat_StatTabEntry *tabentry;
+	TimestampTz ts;
+	HeapTuple	classTup;
+	bool		isshared;
+
+	if (!pgstat_track_counts || !flags)
+		return;
+
+	classTup = SearchSysCache1(RELOID, ObjectIdGetDatum(relid));
+	if (!HeapTupleIsValid(classTup))
+		return;			/* somebody deleted the rel, forget it */
+	isshared = ((Form_pg_class) GETSTRUCT(classTup))->relisshared;
+	ReleaseSysCache(classTup);
+
+	/* Store the data in the table's hash table entry. */
+	ts = GetCurrentTimestamp();
+
+	/* block acquiring lock for the same reason as pgstat_report_autovac() */
+	entry_ref = pgstat_get_entry_ref_locked(PGSTAT_KIND_RELATION,
+											isshared ? InvalidOid : MyDatabaseId,
+											relid, false);
+
+	shtabentry = (PgStatShared_Relation *) entry_ref->shared_stats;
+	tabentry = &shtabentry->stats;
+
+	if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM)
+	{
+		tabentry->last_skipped_vacuum_time = ts;
+		tabentry->skipped_vacuum_count++;
+	}
+	else if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOVACUUM)
+	{
+		tabentry->last_skipped_autovacuum_time = ts;
+		tabentry->skipped_autovacuum_count++;
+	}
+
+	if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE)
+	{
+		tabentry->last_skipped_analyze_time = ts;
+		tabentry->skipped_analyze_count++;
+	}
+	else if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOANALYZE)
+	{
+		tabentry->last_skipped_autoanalyze_time = ts;
+		tabentry->skipped_autoanalyze_count++;
+	}
+
+	pgstat_unlock_entry(entry_ref);
+
+	/* see pgstat_report_vacuum() */
+	pgstat_flush_io(false);
+	(void) pgstat_flush_backend(false, PGSTAT_BACKEND_FLUSH_IO);
+}
+
 /*
  * count a tuple insertion of n tuples
  */
diff --git a/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c b/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c
index 1408de387ea..90a8968faa0 100644
--- a/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c
+++ b/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c
@@ -84,6 +84,18 @@ PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(mod_since_analyze)
 /* pg_stat_get_numscans */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(numscans)
 
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_analyze_count)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_autoanalyze_count)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_autovacuum_count)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_vacuum_count)
+
 /* pg_stat_get_tuples_deleted */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(tuples_deleted)
 
@@ -170,6 +182,18 @@ PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_vacuum_time)
 /* pg_stat_get_lastscan */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(lastscan)
 
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_analyze_time)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_autoanalyze_time)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_autovacuum_time)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_vacuum_time)
+
 /* pg_stat_get_stat_reset_time */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(stat_reset_time)
 
diff --git a/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat b/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat
index fa9ae79082b..32debb34863 100644
--- a/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat
+++ b/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat
@@ -5680,6 +5680,38 @@
   proargmodes => '{o,o,o,o,o,o,o,o,o,o}',
   proargnames => '{oid,score,xid_score,mxid_score,vacuum_score,vacuum_insert_score,analyze_score,do_vacuum,do_analyze,for_wraparound}',
   prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_autovacuum_scores' },
+{ oid => '8142', descr => 'statistics: last skipped vacuum time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time' },
+{ oid => '8143', descr => 'statistics: last skipped auto vacuum time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time' },
+{ oid => '8144', descr => 'statistics: last skipped analyze time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time' },
+{ oid => '8145', descr => 'statistics: last skipped auto analyze time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time' },
+{ oid => '8146', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped vacuum for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count' },
+{ oid => '8147', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped auto vacuum for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count' },
+{ oid => '8148', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped analyzes for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count' },
+{ oid => '8149', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped auto analyzes for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count' },
 { oid => '1936', descr => 'statistics: currently active backend IDs',
   proname => 'pg_stat_get_backend_idset', prorows => '100', proretset => 't',
   provolatile => 's', proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int4',
diff --git a/src/include/pgstat.h b/src/include/pgstat.h
index dfa2e837638..98941f953d1 100644
--- a/src/include/pgstat.h
+++ b/src/include/pgstat.h
@@ -479,6 +479,15 @@ typedef struct PgStat_StatTabEntry
 	TimestampTz last_autoanalyze_time;	/* autovacuum initiated */
 	PgStat_Counter autoanalyze_count;
 
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_vacuum_time;	/* user initiated vacuum */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_vacuum_count;
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_autovacuum_time;	/* autovacuum initiated */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_autovacuum_count;
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_analyze_time;	/* user initiated */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_analyze_count;
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_autoanalyze_time;	/* autovacuum initiated */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_autoanalyze_count;
+
 	PgStat_Counter total_vacuum_time;	/* times in milliseconds */
 	PgStat_Counter total_autovacuum_time;
 	PgStat_Counter total_analyze_time;
@@ -703,6 +712,13 @@ extern void pgstat_report_analyze(Relation rel,
 								  PgStat_Counter livetuples, PgStat_Counter deadtuples,
 								  bool resetcounter, TimestampTz starttime);
 
+/* flags for pgstat_flush_backend() */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM		(1 << 0)	/* vacuum is skipped */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE		(1 << 1)	/* analyze is skipped */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOVACUUM	(1 << 2)	/* autovacuum is skipped */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOANALYZE	(1 << 3)	/* autoanalyze is skipped */
+extern void pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(Oid relid, int flags);
+
 /*
  * If stats are enabled, but pending data hasn't been prepared yet, call
  * pgstat_assoc_relation() to do so. See its comment for why this is done
diff --git a/src/test/isolation/expected/vacuum-skip-locked.out b/src/test/isolation/expected/vacuum-skip-locked.out
index 99db281a159..e2cff175b7c 100644
--- a/src/test/isolation/expected/vacuum-skip-locked.out
+++ b/src/test/isolation/expected/vacuum-skip-locked.out
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 Parsed test spec with 2 sessions
 
-starting permutation: lock_share vac_specified commit
+starting permutation: lock_share vac_specified commit check_stat
 step lock_share: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN SHARE MODE;
@@ -10,8 +10,22 @@ step vac_specified: VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED) part1, part2;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
 
-starting permutation: lock_share vac_all_parts commit
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   1|            0|                    0
+part2  |           1|                   0|            0|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
+
+starting permutation: lock_share vac_all_parts commit check_stat
 step lock_share: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN SHARE MODE;
@@ -20,8 +34,22 @@ step vac_all_parts: VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED) parted;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   1|            0|                    0
+part2  |           1|                   0|            0|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
 
-starting permutation: lock_share analyze_specified commit
+starting permutation: lock_share analyze_specified commit check_stat
 step lock_share: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN SHARE MODE;
@@ -31,8 +59,22 @@ step analyze_specified: ANALYZE (SKIP_LOCKED) part1, part2;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
 
-starting permutation: lock_share analyze_all_parts commit
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   0|            0|                    1
+part2  |           0|                   0|            1|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
+
+starting permutation: lock_share analyze_all_parts commit check_stat
 step lock_share: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN SHARE MODE;
@@ -41,8 +83,22 @@ step analyze_all_parts: ANALYZE (SKIP_LOCKED) parted;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            1|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   0|            0|                    1
+part2  |           0|                   0|            1|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
 
-starting permutation: lock_share vac_analyze_specified commit
+starting permutation: lock_share vac_analyze_specified commit check_stat
 step lock_share: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN SHARE MODE;
@@ -52,8 +108,22 @@ step vac_analyze_specified: VACUUM (ANALYZE, SKIP_LOCKED) part1, part2;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
 
-starting permutation: lock_share vac_analyze_all_parts commit
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   1|            0|                    1
+part2  |           1|                   0|            1|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
+
+starting permutation: lock_share vac_analyze_all_parts commit check_stat
 step lock_share: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN SHARE MODE;
@@ -62,8 +132,22 @@ step vac_analyze_all_parts: VACUUM (ANALYZE, SKIP_LOCKED) parted;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            1|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   1|            0|                    1
+part2  |           1|                   0|            1|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
 
-starting permutation: lock_share vac_full_specified commit
+starting permutation: lock_share vac_full_specified commit check_stat
 step lock_share: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN SHARE MODE;
@@ -73,8 +157,22 @@ step vac_full_specified: VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED, FULL) part1, part2;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
 
-starting permutation: lock_share vac_full_all_parts commit
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part2  |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
+
+starting permutation: lock_share vac_full_all_parts commit check_stat
 step lock_share: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN SHARE MODE;
@@ -83,8 +181,22 @@ step vac_full_all_parts: VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED, FULL) parted;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part2  |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+(3 rows)
 
-starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_specified commit
+
+starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_specified commit check_stat
 step lock_access_exclusive: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN ACCESS EXCLUSIVE MODE;
@@ -94,8 +206,22 @@ step vac_specified: VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED) part1, part2;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   1|            0|                    0
+part2  |           1|                   0|            0|                    0
+(3 rows)
 
-starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_all_parts commit
+
+starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_all_parts commit check_stat
 step lock_access_exclusive: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN ACCESS EXCLUSIVE MODE;
@@ -104,8 +230,22 @@ step vac_all_parts: VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED) parted;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   1|            0|                    0
+part2  |           1|                   0|            0|                    0
+(3 rows)
 
-starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive analyze_specified commit
+
+starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive analyze_specified commit check_stat
 step lock_access_exclusive: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN ACCESS EXCLUSIVE MODE;
@@ -115,8 +255,22 @@ step analyze_specified: ANALYZE (SKIP_LOCKED) part1, part2;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   0|            0|                    1
+part2  |           0|                   0|            1|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
 
-starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive analyze_all_parts commit
+starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive analyze_all_parts commit check_stat
 step lock_access_exclusive: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN ACCESS EXCLUSIVE MODE;
@@ -126,8 +280,22 @@ step commit:
 	COMMIT;
 
 step analyze_all_parts: <... completed>
-
-starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_analyze_specified commit
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            1|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   0|            1|                    0
+part2  |           0|                   0|            1|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
+
+starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_analyze_specified commit check_stat
 step lock_access_exclusive: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN ACCESS EXCLUSIVE MODE;
@@ -137,8 +305,22 @@ step vac_analyze_specified: VACUUM (ANALYZE, SKIP_LOCKED) part1, part2;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   1|            0|                    1
+part2  |           1|                   0|            1|                    0
+(3 rows)
 
-starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_analyze_all_parts commit
+
+starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_analyze_all_parts commit check_stat
 step lock_access_exclusive: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN ACCESS EXCLUSIVE MODE;
@@ -148,8 +330,22 @@ step commit:
 	COMMIT;
 
 step vac_analyze_all_parts: <... completed>
-
-starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_full_specified commit
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            1|                    0
+part1  |           1|                   0|            1|                    0
+part2  |           1|                   0|            1|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
+
+starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_full_specified commit check_stat
 step lock_access_exclusive: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN ACCESS EXCLUSIVE MODE;
@@ -159,8 +355,22 @@ step vac_full_specified: VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED, FULL) part1, part2;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
 
-starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_full_all_parts commit
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part2  |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
+
+starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_full_all_parts commit check_stat
 step lock_access_exclusive: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN ACCESS EXCLUSIVE MODE;
@@ -169,3 +379,17 @@ step vac_full_all_parts: VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED, FULL) parted;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part2  |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
diff --git a/src/test/isolation/specs/vacuum-skip-locked.spec b/src/test/isolation/specs/vacuum-skip-locked.spec
index 3fad6e1c92a..b0da75d4b6d 100644
--- a/src/test/isolation/specs/vacuum-skip-locked.spec
+++ b/src/test/isolation/specs/vacuum-skip-locked.spec
@@ -33,6 +33,15 @@ step commit
 	COMMIT;
 }
 
+step check_stat
+{
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+}
+
 session s2
 step vac_specified			{ VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED) part1, part2; }
 step vac_all_parts			{ VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED) parted; }
@@ -43,19 +52,19 @@ step vac_analyze_all_parts	{ VACUUM (ANALYZE, SKIP_LOCKED) parted; }
 step vac_full_specified		{ VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED, FULL) part1, part2; }
 step vac_full_all_parts		{ VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED, FULL) parted; }
 
-permutation lock_share vac_specified commit
-permutation lock_share vac_all_parts commit
-permutation lock_share analyze_specified commit
-permutation lock_share analyze_all_parts commit
-permutation lock_share vac_analyze_specified commit
-permutation lock_share vac_analyze_all_parts commit
-permutation lock_share vac_full_specified commit
-permutation lock_share vac_full_all_parts commit
-permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_specified commit
-permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_all_parts commit
-permutation lock_access_exclusive analyze_specified commit
-permutation lock_access_exclusive analyze_all_parts commit
-permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_analyze_specified commit
-permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_analyze_all_parts commit
-permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_full_specified commit
-permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_full_all_parts commit
+permutation lock_share vac_specified commit check_stat
+permutation lock_share vac_all_parts commit check_stat
+permutation lock_share analyze_specified commit check_stat
+permutation lock_share analyze_all_parts commit check_stat
+permutation lock_share vac_analyze_specified commit check_stat
+permutation lock_share vac_analyze_all_parts commit check_stat
+permutation lock_share vac_full_specified commit check_stat
+permutation lock_share vac_full_all_parts commit check_stat
+permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_specified commit check_stat
+permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_all_parts commit check_stat
+permutation lock_access_exclusive analyze_specified commit check_stat
+permutation lock_access_exclusive analyze_all_parts commit check_stat
+permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_analyze_specified commit check_stat
+permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_analyze_all_parts commit check_stat
+permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_full_specified commit check_stat
+permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_full_all_parts commit check_stat
diff --git a/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out b/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out
index a65a5bf0c4f..9b2075d3373 100644
--- a/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out
+++ b/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out
@@ -1835,13 +1835,21 @@ pg_stat_all_tables| SELECT c.oid AS relid,
     pg_stat_get_mod_since_analyze(c.oid) AS n_mod_since_analyze,
     pg_stat_get_ins_since_vacuum(c.oid) AS n_ins_since_vacuum,
     pg_stat_get_last_vacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_vacuum,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_vacuum,
     pg_stat_get_last_autovacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_autovacuum,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_autovacuum,
     pg_stat_get_last_analyze_time(c.oid) AS last_analyze,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_analyze,
     pg_stat_get_last_autoanalyze_time(c.oid) AS last_autoanalyze,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_autoanalyze,
     pg_stat_get_vacuum_count(c.oid) AS vacuum_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count(c.oid) AS skipped_vacuum_count,
     pg_stat_get_autovacuum_count(c.oid) AS autovacuum_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count(c.oid) AS skipped_autovacuum_count,
     pg_stat_get_analyze_count(c.oid) AS analyze_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count(c.oid) AS skipped_analyze_count,
     pg_stat_get_autoanalyze_count(c.oid) AS autoanalyze_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count(c.oid) AS skipped_autoanalyze_count,
     pg_stat_get_total_vacuum_time(c.oid) AS total_vacuum_time,
     pg_stat_get_total_autovacuum_time(c.oid) AS total_autovacuum_time,
     pg_stat_get_total_analyze_time(c.oid) AS total_analyze_time,
@@ -2346,13 +2354,21 @@ pg_stat_sys_tables| SELECT relid,
     n_mod_since_analyze,
     n_ins_since_vacuum,
     last_vacuum,
+    last_skipped_vacuum,
     last_autovacuum,
+    last_skipped_autovacuum,
     last_analyze,
+    last_skipped_analyze,
     last_autoanalyze,
+    last_skipped_autoanalyze,
     vacuum_count,
+    skipped_vacuum_count,
     autovacuum_count,
+    skipped_autovacuum_count,
     analyze_count,
+    skipped_analyze_count,
     autoanalyze_count,
+    skipped_autoanalyze_count,
     total_vacuum_time,
     total_autovacuum_time,
     total_analyze_time,
@@ -2401,13 +2417,21 @@ pg_stat_user_tables| SELECT relid,
     n_mod_since_analyze,
     n_ins_since_vacuum,
     last_vacuum,
+    last_skipped_vacuum,
     last_autovacuum,
+    last_skipped_autovacuum,
     last_analyze,
+    last_skipped_analyze,
     last_autoanalyze,
+    last_skipped_autoanalyze,
     vacuum_count,
+    skipped_vacuum_count,
     autovacuum_count,
+    skipped_autovacuum_count,
     analyze_count,
+    skipped_analyze_count,
     autoanalyze_count,
+    skipped_autoanalyze_count,
     total_vacuum_time,
     total_autovacuum_time,
     total_analyze_time,
-- 
2.43.0


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* [PATCH v4] Track skipped vacuum and analyze activity per relation
@ 2026-03-24 04:09 Yugo Nagata <[email protected]>
  0 siblings, 0 replies; 374+ messages in thread

From: Yugo Nagata @ 2026-03-24 04:09 UTC (permalink / raw)

This commit adds eight fields to the relation statistics that track
the last time vacuum or analyze has been attempted but skipped due to
lock unavailability, along with their counts:

-    last_skipped_vacuum
-    last_skipped_autovacuum
-    last_skipped_analyze
-    last_skipped_autoanalyze
-    skipped_vacuum_count
-    skipped_autovacuum_count
-    skipped_analyze_count
-    skipped_autoanalyze_count

These field can help users confirm that autovacuum is actively attempting
to run on a table that has not been vacuumed or analyzed for a long time,
and that the lack of progress is due to repeated skips rather than inactivity.
---
 doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml                 |  88 ++++++++++++++++
 src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql         |   8 ++
 src/backend/commands/vacuum.c                | 102 ++++++++++++++-----
 src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c |  64 ++++++++++++
 src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c          |  24 +++++
 src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat              |  32 ++++++
 src/include/pgstat.h                         |  16 +++
 src/test/regress/expected/rules.out          |  24 +++++
 8 files changed, 335 insertions(+), 23 deletions(-)

diff --git a/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml b/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml
index 08d5b824552..a9b579d87a9 100644
--- a/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml
+++ b/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml
@@ -4387,6 +4387,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_vacuum</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time a manual vacuum on this table was attempted but skipped due to
+       lock unavailability (not counting <command>VACUUM FULL</command>)
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>last_autovacuum</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
@@ -4397,6 +4407,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_autovacuum</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time a vacuum on this table by the autovacuum daemon was attempted
+       but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>last_analyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
@@ -4406,6 +4426,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_analyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time a manual analyze on this table was attempted but skipped due to
+       lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>last_autoanalyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
@@ -4416,6 +4446,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_autoanalyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time at which an analyze on this table by the autovacuum was
+       attempted but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>vacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4426,6 +4466,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_vacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times manual vacuums on this table have been attempted but skipped
+       due to lock unavailability (not counting <command>VACUUM FULL</command>)
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>autovacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4436,6 +4486,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_autovacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times vacuums on this table by the autovacuum daemon have been
+       attempted but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>analyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4445,6 +4505,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_analyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times manual analyzes on this table have been attempted but
+       skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>autoanalyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4455,6 +4525,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_autoanalyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times analyzes on this table by the autovacuum daemon have
+       been attempted but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>total_vacuum_time</structfield> <type>double precision</type>
@@ -4510,6 +4590,14 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
    </tgroup>
   </table>
 
+  <note>
+   <para>
+    When a manual vacuum or analyze on a parent table in an inheritance or
+    partitioning hierarchy is skipped, the statistics are recorded only for
+    the parent table, not for its children.
+   </para>
+  </note>
+
  </sect2>
 
  <sect2 id="monitoring-pg-stat-autovacuum-scores-view">
diff --git a/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql b/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql
index 73a1c1c4670..f509fc7876b 100644
--- a/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql
+++ b/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql
@@ -736,13 +736,21 @@ CREATE VIEW pg_stat_all_tables AS
             pg_stat_get_mod_since_analyze(C.oid) AS n_mod_since_analyze,
             pg_stat_get_ins_since_vacuum(C.oid) AS n_ins_since_vacuum,
             pg_stat_get_last_vacuum_time(C.oid) as last_vacuum,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_vacuum,
             pg_stat_get_last_autovacuum_time(C.oid) as last_autovacuum,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_autovacuum,
             pg_stat_get_last_analyze_time(C.oid) as last_analyze,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_analyze,
             pg_stat_get_last_autoanalyze_time(C.oid) as last_autoanalyze,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_autoanalyze,
             pg_stat_get_vacuum_count(C.oid) AS vacuum_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count(C.oid) AS skipped_vacuum_count,
             pg_stat_get_autovacuum_count(C.oid) AS autovacuum_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count(C.oid) AS skipped_autovacuum_count,
             pg_stat_get_analyze_count(C.oid) AS analyze_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count(C.oid) AS skipped_analyze_count,
             pg_stat_get_autoanalyze_count(C.oid) AS autoanalyze_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count(C.oid) AS skipped_autoanalyze_count,
             pg_stat_get_total_vacuum_time(C.oid) AS total_vacuum_time,
             pg_stat_get_total_autovacuum_time(C.oid) AS total_autovacuum_time,
             pg_stat_get_total_analyze_time(C.oid) AS total_analyze_time,
diff --git a/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c b/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c
index 99d0db82ed7..97cd5ea8d10 100644
--- a/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c
+++ b/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c
@@ -793,8 +793,25 @@ vacuum_open_relation(Oid relid, RangeVar *relation, uint32 options,
 		rel = try_relation_open(relid, NoLock);
 	else
 	{
+		int flags = 0;
 		rel = NULL;
 		rel_lock = false;
+
+		if ((options & VACOPT_VACUUM) != 0)
+		{
+			if (AmAutoVacuumWorkerProcess())
+				flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOVACUUM;
+			else
+				flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM;
+		}
+		if ((options & VACOPT_ANALYZE) != 0)
+		{
+			if (AmAutoVacuumWorkerProcess())
+				flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOANALYZE;
+			else
+				flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE;
+		}
+		pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(relid, flags);
 	}
 
 	/* if relation is opened, leave */
@@ -802,7 +819,7 @@ vacuum_open_relation(Oid relid, RangeVar *relation, uint32 options,
 		return rel;
 
 	/*
-	 * Relation could not be opened, hence generate if possible a log
+	 * Relation could not be opened hence generate if possible a log
 	 * informing on the situation.
 	 *
 	 * If the RangeVar is not defined, we do not have enough information to
@@ -905,7 +922,6 @@ expand_vacuum_rel(VacuumRelation *vrel, MemoryContext vac_context,
 		Form_pg_class classForm;
 		bool		include_children;
 		bool		is_partitioned_table;
-		int			rvr_opts;
 
 		/*
 		 * Since autovacuum workers supply OIDs when calling vacuum(), no
@@ -918,29 +934,69 @@ expand_vacuum_rel(VacuumRelation *vrel, MemoryContext vac_context,
 		 * below, as well as find_all_inheritors's expectation that the caller
 		 * holds some lock on the starting relation.
 		 */
-		rvr_opts = (options & VACOPT_SKIP_LOCKED) ? RVR_SKIP_LOCKED : 0;
-		relid = RangeVarGetRelidExtended(vrel->relation,
-										 AccessShareLock,
-										 rvr_opts,
-										 NULL, NULL);
-
-		/*
-		 * If the lock is unavailable, emit the same log statement that
-		 * vacuum_rel() and analyze_rel() would.
-		 */
-		if (!OidIsValid(relid))
+		if (!(options & VACOPT_SKIP_LOCKED))
 		{
-			if (options & VACOPT_VACUUM)
-				ereport(WARNING,
-						(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
-						 errmsg("skipping vacuum of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
-								vrel->relation->relname)));
-			else
-				ereport(WARNING,
-						(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
-						 errmsg("skipping analyze of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
+			relid = RangeVarGetRelidExtended(vrel->relation,
+											 AccessShareLock,
+											 0, NULL, NULL);
+			if (!OidIsValid(relid))
+				return vacrels;
+		}
+		else
+		{
+			/* Get relid for reporting before taking a lock */
+			relid = RangeVarGetRelid(vrel->relation, NoLock, false);
+
+			if (!ConditionalLockRelationOid(relid, AccessShareLock))
+			{
+				int	flags = 0;
+				/*
+				 * If the lock is unavailable, emit the same log statement that
+				 * vacuum_rel() and analyze_rel() would.
+				 */
+				if (options & VACOPT_VACUUM)
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping vacuum of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
 								vrel->relation->relname)));
-			return vacrels;
+				else
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping analyze of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
+									vrel->relation->relname)));
+
+				if ((options & VACOPT_VACUUM) != 0)
+					flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM;
+				if ((options & VACOPT_ANALYZE) != 0)
+					flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE;
+
+				pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(relid, flags);
+
+				return vacrels;
+			}
+
+			/*
+			 * Now that we have the lock, probe to see if the relation really
+			 * exists or not.
+			 */
+			if (!SearchSysCacheExists1(RELOID, ObjectIdGetDatum(relid)))
+			{
+				if (options & VACOPT_VACUUM)
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_UNDEFINED_TABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping vacuum of \"%s\" --- relation no longer exists",
+									vrel->relation->relname)));
+				else
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_UNDEFINED_TABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping analyze of \"%s\" --- relation no longer exists",
+									vrel->relation->relname)));
+
+				/* Release useless lock */
+				UnlockRelationOid(relid, AccessShareLock);
+
+				return vacrels;
+			}
 		}
 
 		/*
diff --git a/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c b/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c
index b2ca28f83ba..532d9023f8c 100644
--- a/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c
+++ b/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c
@@ -17,12 +17,14 @@
 
 #include "postgres.h"
 
+#include "access/htup_details.h"
 #include "access/twophase_rmgr.h"
 #include "access/xact.h"
 #include "catalog/catalog.h"
 #include "utils/memutils.h"
 #include "utils/pgstat_internal.h"
 #include "utils/rel.h"
+#include "utils/syscache.h"
 #include "utils/timestamp.h"
 
 
@@ -367,6 +369,68 @@ pgstat_report_analyze(Relation rel,
 	(void) pgstat_flush_backend(false, PGSTAT_BACKEND_FLUSH_IO);
 }
 
+/*
+ * Report that the table was skipped during vacuum or/and analyze.
+ */
+void
+pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(Oid relid, int flags)
+{
+	PgStat_EntryRef *entry_ref;
+	PgStatShared_Relation *shtabentry;
+	PgStat_StatTabEntry *tabentry;
+	TimestampTz ts;
+	HeapTuple	classTup;
+	bool		isshared;
+
+	if (!pgstat_track_counts || !flags)
+		return;
+
+	classTup = SearchSysCache1(RELOID, ObjectIdGetDatum(relid));
+	if (!HeapTupleIsValid(classTup))
+		return;			/* somebody deleted the rel, forget it */
+	isshared = ((Form_pg_class) GETSTRUCT(classTup))->relisshared;
+	ReleaseSysCache(classTup);
+
+	/* Store the data in the table's hash table entry. */
+	ts = GetCurrentTimestamp();
+
+	/* block acquiring lock for the same reason as pgstat_report_autovac() */
+	entry_ref = pgstat_get_entry_ref_locked(PGSTAT_KIND_RELATION,
+											isshared ? InvalidOid : MyDatabaseId,
+											relid, false);
+
+	shtabentry = (PgStatShared_Relation *) entry_ref->shared_stats;
+	tabentry = &shtabentry->stats;
+
+	if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM)
+	{
+		tabentry->last_skipped_vacuum_time = ts;
+		tabentry->skipped_vacuum_count++;
+	}
+	else if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOVACUUM)
+	{
+		tabentry->last_skipped_autovacuum_time = ts;
+		tabentry->skipped_autovacuum_count++;
+	}
+
+	if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE)
+	{
+		tabentry->last_skipped_analyze_time = ts;
+		tabentry->skipped_analyze_count++;
+	}
+	else if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOANALYZE)
+	{
+		tabentry->last_skipped_autoanalyze_time = ts;
+		tabentry->skipped_autoanalyze_count++;
+	}
+
+	pgstat_unlock_entry(entry_ref);
+
+	/* see pgstat_report_vacuum() */
+	pgstat_flush_io(false);
+	(void) pgstat_flush_backend(false, PGSTAT_BACKEND_FLUSH_IO);
+}
+
 /*
  * count a tuple insertion of n tuples
  */
diff --git a/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c b/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c
index 1408de387ea..90a8968faa0 100644
--- a/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c
+++ b/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c
@@ -84,6 +84,18 @@ PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(mod_since_analyze)
 /* pg_stat_get_numscans */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(numscans)
 
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_analyze_count)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_autoanalyze_count)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_autovacuum_count)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_vacuum_count)
+
 /* pg_stat_get_tuples_deleted */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(tuples_deleted)
 
@@ -170,6 +182,18 @@ PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_vacuum_time)
 /* pg_stat_get_lastscan */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(lastscan)
 
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_analyze_time)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_autoanalyze_time)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_autovacuum_time)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_vacuum_time)
+
 /* pg_stat_get_stat_reset_time */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(stat_reset_time)
 
diff --git a/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat b/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat
index fa9ae79082b..32debb34863 100644
--- a/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat
+++ b/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat
@@ -5680,6 +5680,38 @@
   proargmodes => '{o,o,o,o,o,o,o,o,o,o}',
   proargnames => '{oid,score,xid_score,mxid_score,vacuum_score,vacuum_insert_score,analyze_score,do_vacuum,do_analyze,for_wraparound}',
   prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_autovacuum_scores' },
+{ oid => '8142', descr => 'statistics: last skipped vacuum time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time' },
+{ oid => '8143', descr => 'statistics: last skipped auto vacuum time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time' },
+{ oid => '8144', descr => 'statistics: last skipped analyze time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time' },
+{ oid => '8145', descr => 'statistics: last skipped auto analyze time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time' },
+{ oid => '8146', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped vacuum for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count' },
+{ oid => '8147', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped auto vacuum for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count' },
+{ oid => '8148', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped analyzes for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count' },
+{ oid => '8149', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped auto analyzes for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count' },
 { oid => '1936', descr => 'statistics: currently active backend IDs',
   proname => 'pg_stat_get_backend_idset', prorows => '100', proretset => 't',
   provolatile => 's', proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int4',
diff --git a/src/include/pgstat.h b/src/include/pgstat.h
index dfa2e837638..98941f953d1 100644
--- a/src/include/pgstat.h
+++ b/src/include/pgstat.h
@@ -479,6 +479,15 @@ typedef struct PgStat_StatTabEntry
 	TimestampTz last_autoanalyze_time;	/* autovacuum initiated */
 	PgStat_Counter autoanalyze_count;
 
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_vacuum_time;	/* user initiated vacuum */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_vacuum_count;
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_autovacuum_time;	/* autovacuum initiated */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_autovacuum_count;
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_analyze_time;	/* user initiated */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_analyze_count;
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_autoanalyze_time;	/* autovacuum initiated */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_autoanalyze_count;
+
 	PgStat_Counter total_vacuum_time;	/* times in milliseconds */
 	PgStat_Counter total_autovacuum_time;
 	PgStat_Counter total_analyze_time;
@@ -703,6 +712,13 @@ extern void pgstat_report_analyze(Relation rel,
 								  PgStat_Counter livetuples, PgStat_Counter deadtuples,
 								  bool resetcounter, TimestampTz starttime);
 
+/* flags for pgstat_flush_backend() */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM		(1 << 0)	/* vacuum is skipped */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE		(1 << 1)	/* analyze is skipped */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOVACUUM	(1 << 2)	/* autovacuum is skipped */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOANALYZE	(1 << 3)	/* autoanalyze is skipped */
+extern void pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(Oid relid, int flags);
+
 /*
  * If stats are enabled, but pending data hasn't been prepared yet, call
  * pgstat_assoc_relation() to do so. See its comment for why this is done
diff --git a/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out b/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out
index a65a5bf0c4f..9b2075d3373 100644
--- a/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out
+++ b/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out
@@ -1835,13 +1835,21 @@ pg_stat_all_tables| SELECT c.oid AS relid,
     pg_stat_get_mod_since_analyze(c.oid) AS n_mod_since_analyze,
     pg_stat_get_ins_since_vacuum(c.oid) AS n_ins_since_vacuum,
     pg_stat_get_last_vacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_vacuum,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_vacuum,
     pg_stat_get_last_autovacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_autovacuum,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_autovacuum,
     pg_stat_get_last_analyze_time(c.oid) AS last_analyze,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_analyze,
     pg_stat_get_last_autoanalyze_time(c.oid) AS last_autoanalyze,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_autoanalyze,
     pg_stat_get_vacuum_count(c.oid) AS vacuum_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count(c.oid) AS skipped_vacuum_count,
     pg_stat_get_autovacuum_count(c.oid) AS autovacuum_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count(c.oid) AS skipped_autovacuum_count,
     pg_stat_get_analyze_count(c.oid) AS analyze_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count(c.oid) AS skipped_analyze_count,
     pg_stat_get_autoanalyze_count(c.oid) AS autoanalyze_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count(c.oid) AS skipped_autoanalyze_count,
     pg_stat_get_total_vacuum_time(c.oid) AS total_vacuum_time,
     pg_stat_get_total_autovacuum_time(c.oid) AS total_autovacuum_time,
     pg_stat_get_total_analyze_time(c.oid) AS total_analyze_time,
@@ -2346,13 +2354,21 @@ pg_stat_sys_tables| SELECT relid,
     n_mod_since_analyze,
     n_ins_since_vacuum,
     last_vacuum,
+    last_skipped_vacuum,
     last_autovacuum,
+    last_skipped_autovacuum,
     last_analyze,
+    last_skipped_analyze,
     last_autoanalyze,
+    last_skipped_autoanalyze,
     vacuum_count,
+    skipped_vacuum_count,
     autovacuum_count,
+    skipped_autovacuum_count,
     analyze_count,
+    skipped_analyze_count,
     autoanalyze_count,
+    skipped_autoanalyze_count,
     total_vacuum_time,
     total_autovacuum_time,
     total_analyze_time,
@@ -2401,13 +2417,21 @@ pg_stat_user_tables| SELECT relid,
     n_mod_since_analyze,
     n_ins_since_vacuum,
     last_vacuum,
+    last_skipped_vacuum,
     last_autovacuum,
+    last_skipped_autovacuum,
     last_analyze,
+    last_skipped_analyze,
     last_autoanalyze,
+    last_skipped_autoanalyze,
     vacuum_count,
+    skipped_vacuum_count,
     autovacuum_count,
+    skipped_autovacuum_count,
     analyze_count,
+    skipped_analyze_count,
     autoanalyze_count,
+    skipped_autoanalyze_count,
     total_vacuum_time,
     total_autovacuum_time,
     total_analyze_time,
-- 
2.43.0


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* [PATCH v3] Track skipped vacuum and analyze activity per relation
@ 2026-03-24 04:09 Yugo Nagata <[email protected]>
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From: Yugo Nagata @ 2026-03-24 04:09 UTC (permalink / raw)

This commit adds eight fields to the relation statistics that track
the last time vacuum or analyze has been attempted but skipped due to
lock unavailability, along with their counts:

-    last_skipped_vacuum
-    last_skipped_autovacuum
-    last_skipped_analyze
-    last_skipped_autoanalyze
-    skipped_vacuum_count
-    skipped_autovacuum_count
-    skipped_analyze_count
-    skipped_autoanalyze_count

These field can help users confirm that autovacuum is actively attempting
to run on a table that has not been vacuumed or analyzed for a long time,
and that the lack of progress is due to repeated skips rather than inactivity.
---
 doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml                 | 80 +++++++++++++++++
 src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql         |  8 ++
 src/backend/commands/vacuum.c                | 95 +++++++++++++++-----
 src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c | 68 ++++++++++++++
 src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c          | 24 +++++
 src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat              | 32 +++++++
 src/include/pgstat.h                         | 16 ++++
 src/test/regress/expected/rules.out          | 24 +++++
 8 files changed, 324 insertions(+), 23 deletions(-)

diff --git a/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml b/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml
index bb75ed1069b..9ec8070b2fc 100644
--- a/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml
+++ b/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml
@@ -4372,6 +4372,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_vacuum</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time a manual vacuum on this table was attempted but skipped due to
+       lock unavailability (not counting <command>VACUUM FULL</command>)
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>last_autovacuum</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
@@ -4382,6 +4392,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_autovacuum</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time a vacuum on this table by the autovacuum daemon was attempted
+       but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>last_analyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
@@ -4391,6 +4411,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_analyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time a manual analyze on this table was attempted but skipped due to
+       lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>last_autoanalyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
@@ -4401,6 +4431,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_autoanalyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time at which an analyze on this table by the autovacuum was
+       attempted but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>vacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4411,6 +4451,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_vacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times vacuums on this table have been attempted but skipped
+       due to lock unavailability (not counting <command>VACUUM FULL</command>)
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>autovacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4421,6 +4471,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_autovacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times vacuums on this table by the autovacuum daemon have been
+       attempted but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>analyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4430,6 +4490,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_analyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times manual analyzes on this table have been attempted but
+       skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>autoanalyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4440,6 +4510,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_autoanalyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times analyzes on this table by the autovacuum daemon have
+       been attempted but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>total_vacuum_time</structfield> <type>double precision</type>
diff --git a/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql b/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql
index e54018004db..2ca02a0354c 100644
--- a/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql
+++ b/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql
@@ -736,13 +736,21 @@ CREATE VIEW pg_stat_all_tables AS
             pg_stat_get_mod_since_analyze(C.oid) AS n_mod_since_analyze,
             pg_stat_get_ins_since_vacuum(C.oid) AS n_ins_since_vacuum,
             pg_stat_get_last_vacuum_time(C.oid) as last_vacuum,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_vacuum,
             pg_stat_get_last_autovacuum_time(C.oid) as last_autovacuum,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_autovacuum,
             pg_stat_get_last_analyze_time(C.oid) as last_analyze,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_analyze,
             pg_stat_get_last_autoanalyze_time(C.oid) as last_autoanalyze,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_autoanalyze,
             pg_stat_get_vacuum_count(C.oid) AS vacuum_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count(C.oid) AS skipped_vacuum_count,
             pg_stat_get_autovacuum_count(C.oid) AS autovacuum_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count(C.oid) AS skipped_autovacuum_count,
             pg_stat_get_analyze_count(C.oid) AS analyze_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count(C.oid) AS skipped_analyze_count,
             pg_stat_get_autoanalyze_count(C.oid) AS autoanalyze_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count(C.oid) AS skipped_autoanalyze_count,
             pg_stat_get_total_vacuum_time(C.oid) AS total_vacuum_time,
             pg_stat_get_total_autovacuum_time(C.oid) AS total_autovacuum_time,
             pg_stat_get_total_analyze_time(C.oid) AS total_analyze_time,
diff --git a/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c b/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c
index bce3a2daa24..ce83b3171be 100644
--- a/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c
+++ b/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c
@@ -792,8 +792,18 @@ vacuum_open_relation(Oid relid, RangeVar *relation, bits32 options,
 		rel = try_relation_open(relid, NoLock);
 	else
 	{
+		bits8 flags = 0;
 		rel = NULL;
 		rel_lock = false;
+
+		if ((options & VACOPT_VACUUM) != 0)
+			flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM;
+		if ((options & VACOPT_ANALYZE) != 0)
+			flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE;
+		if (AmAutoVacuumWorkerProcess())
+			flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOVAC;
+
+		pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(relid, flags);
 	}
 
 	/* if relation is opened, leave */
@@ -801,7 +811,7 @@ vacuum_open_relation(Oid relid, RangeVar *relation, bits32 options,
 		return rel;
 
 	/*
-	 * Relation could not be opened, hence generate if possible a log
+	 * Relation could not be opened hence generate if possible a log
 	 * informing on the situation.
 	 *
 	 * If the RangeVar is not defined, we do not have enough information to
@@ -904,7 +914,6 @@ expand_vacuum_rel(VacuumRelation *vrel, MemoryContext vac_context,
 		Form_pg_class classForm;
 		bool		include_children;
 		bool		is_partitioned_table;
-		int			rvr_opts;
 
 		/*
 		 * Since autovacuum workers supply OIDs when calling vacuum(), no
@@ -917,29 +926,69 @@ expand_vacuum_rel(VacuumRelation *vrel, MemoryContext vac_context,
 		 * below, as well as find_all_inheritors's expectation that the caller
 		 * holds some lock on the starting relation.
 		 */
-		rvr_opts = (options & VACOPT_SKIP_LOCKED) ? RVR_SKIP_LOCKED : 0;
-		relid = RangeVarGetRelidExtended(vrel->relation,
-										 AccessShareLock,
-										 rvr_opts,
-										 NULL, NULL);
-
-		/*
-		 * If the lock is unavailable, emit the same log statement that
-		 * vacuum_rel() and analyze_rel() would.
-		 */
-		if (!OidIsValid(relid))
+		if (!(options & VACOPT_SKIP_LOCKED))
 		{
-			if (options & VACOPT_VACUUM)
-				ereport(WARNING,
-						(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
-						 errmsg("skipping vacuum of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
-								vrel->relation->relname)));
-			else
-				ereport(WARNING,
-						(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
-						 errmsg("skipping analyze of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
+			relid = RangeVarGetRelidExtended(vrel->relation,
+											 AccessShareLock,
+											 0, NULL, NULL);
+			if (!OidIsValid(relid))
+				return vacrels;
+		}
+		else
+		{
+			/* Get relid for reporting before taking a lock */
+			relid = RangeVarGetRelid(vrel->relation, NoLock, false);
+
+			if (!ConditionalLockRelationOid(relid, AccessShareLock))
+			{
+				bits8	flags = 0;
+				/*
+				 * If the lock is unavailable, emit the same log statement that
+				 * vacuum_rel() and analyze_rel() would.
+				 */
+				if (options & VACOPT_VACUUM)
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping vacuum of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
 								vrel->relation->relname)));
-			return vacrels;
+				else
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping analyze of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
+									vrel->relation->relname)));
+
+				if ((options & VACOPT_VACUUM) != 0)
+					flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM;
+				if ((options & VACOPT_ANALYZE) != 0)
+					flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE;
+
+				pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(relid, flags);
+
+				return vacrels;
+			}
+
+			/*
+			 * Now that we have the lock, probe to see if the relation really
+			 * exists or not.
+			 */
+			if (!SearchSysCacheExists1(RELOID, ObjectIdGetDatum(relid)))
+			{
+				if (options & VACOPT_VACUUM)
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_UNDEFINED_TABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping vacuum of \"%s\" --- relation no longer exists",
+									vrel->relation->relname)));
+				else
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_UNDEFINED_TABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping analyze of \"%s\" --- relation no longer exists",
+									vrel->relation->relname)));
+
+				/* Release useless lock */
+				UnlockRelationOid(relid, AccessShareLock);
+
+				return vacrels;
+			}
 		}
 
 		/*
diff --git a/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c b/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c
index bc8c43b96aa..cec4c88980e 100644
--- a/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c
+++ b/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c
@@ -17,6 +17,7 @@
 
 #include "postgres.h"
 
+#include "access/htup_details.h"
 #include "access/twophase_rmgr.h"
 #include "access/xact.h"
 #include "catalog/catalog.h"
@@ -366,6 +367,73 @@ pgstat_report_analyze(Relation rel,
 	(void) pgstat_flush_backend(false, PGSTAT_BACKEND_FLUSH_IO);
 }
 
+/*
+ * Report that the table was skipped during vacuum or/and analyze.
+ */
+void
+pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(Oid relid, bits8 flags)
+{
+	PgStat_EntryRef *entry_ref;
+	PgStatShared_Relation *shtabentry;
+	PgStat_StatTabEntry *tabentry;
+	TimestampTz ts;
+	HeapTuple	classTup;
+	bool		isshared;
+
+	if (!pgstat_track_counts || !(flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANY))
+		return;
+
+	classTup = SearchSysCache1(RELOID, ObjectIdGetDatum(relid));
+	if (!HeapTupleIsValid(classTup))
+		return;			/* somebody deleted the rel, forget it */
+	isshared = ((Form_pg_class) GETSTRUCT(classTup))->relisshared;
+	ReleaseSysCache(classTup);
+
+	/* Store the data in the table's hash table entry. */
+	ts = GetCurrentTimestamp();
+
+	/* block acquiring lock for the same reason as pgstat_report_autovac() */
+	entry_ref = pgstat_get_entry_ref_locked(PGSTAT_KIND_RELATION,
+											isshared ? InvalidOid : MyDatabaseId,
+											relid, false);
+
+	shtabentry = (PgStatShared_Relation *) entry_ref->shared_stats;
+	tabentry = &shtabentry->stats;
+
+	if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOVAC)
+	{
+		if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM)
+		{
+			tabentry->last_skipped_autovacuum_time = ts;
+			tabentry->skipped_autovacuum_count++;
+		}
+		if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE)
+		{
+			tabentry->last_skipped_autoanalyze_time = ts;
+			tabentry->skipped_autoanalyze_count++;
+		}
+	}
+	else
+	{
+		if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM)
+		{
+			tabentry->last_skipped_vacuum_time = ts;
+			tabentry->skipped_vacuum_count++;
+		}
+		if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE)
+		{
+			tabentry->last_skipped_analyze_time = ts;
+			tabentry->skipped_analyze_count++;
+		}
+	}
+
+	pgstat_unlock_entry(entry_ref);
+
+	/* see pgstat_report_vacuum() */
+	pgstat_flush_io(false);
+	(void) pgstat_flush_backend(false, PGSTAT_BACKEND_FLUSH_IO);
+}
+
 /*
  * count a tuple insertion of n tuples
  */
diff --git a/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c b/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c
index 9185a8e6b83..18aaa3996e1 100644
--- a/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c
+++ b/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c
@@ -84,6 +84,18 @@ PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(mod_since_analyze)
 /* pg_stat_get_numscans */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(numscans)
 
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_analyze_count)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_autoanalyze_count)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_autovacuum_count)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_vacuum_count)
+
 /* pg_stat_get_tuples_deleted */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(tuples_deleted)
 
@@ -170,6 +182,18 @@ PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_vacuum_time)
 /* pg_stat_get_lastscan */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(lastscan)
 
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_analyze_time)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_autoanalyze_time)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_autovacuum_time)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_vacuum_time)
+
 /* pg_stat_get_stat_reset_time */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(stat_reset_time)
 
diff --git a/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat b/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat
index 0118e970dda..ccfe3d9e02a 100644
--- a/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat
+++ b/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat
@@ -5667,6 +5667,38 @@
   proname => 'pg_stat_get_total_autoanalyze_time', provolatile => 's',
   proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'float8', proargtypes => 'oid',
   prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_total_autoanalyze_time' },
+{ oid => '8142', descr => 'statistics: last skipped vacuum time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time' },
+{ oid => '8143', descr => 'statistics: last skipped auto vacuum time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time' },
+{ oid => '8144', descr => 'statistics: last skipped analyze time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time' },
+{ oid => '8145', descr => 'statistics: last skipped auto analyze time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time' },
+{ oid => '8146', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped vacuum for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count' },
+{ oid => '8147', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped auto vacuum for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count' },
+{ oid => '8148', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped analyzes for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count' },
+{ oid => '8149', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped auto analyzes for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count' },
 { oid => '1936', descr => 'statistics: currently active backend IDs',
   proname => 'pg_stat_get_backend_idset', prorows => '100', proretset => 't',
   provolatile => 's', proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int4',
diff --git a/src/include/pgstat.h b/src/include/pgstat.h
index 8e3549c3752..343081a7a25 100644
--- a/src/include/pgstat.h
+++ b/src/include/pgstat.h
@@ -479,6 +479,15 @@ typedef struct PgStat_StatTabEntry
 	TimestampTz last_autoanalyze_time;	/* autovacuum initiated */
 	PgStat_Counter autoanalyze_count;
 
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_vacuum_time;	/* user initiated vacuum */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_vacuum_count;
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_autovacuum_time;	/* autovacuum initiated */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_autovacuum_count;
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_analyze_time;	/* user initiated */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_analyze_count;
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_autoanalyze_time;	/* autovacuum initiated */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_autoanalyze_count;
+
 	PgStat_Counter total_vacuum_time;	/* times in milliseconds */
 	PgStat_Counter total_autovacuum_time;
 	PgStat_Counter total_analyze_time;
@@ -707,6 +716,13 @@ extern void pgstat_report_analyze(Relation rel,
 								  PgStat_Counter livetuples, PgStat_Counter deadtuples,
 								  bool resetcounter, TimestampTz starttime);
 
+/* flags for pgstat_flush_backend() */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM	(1 << 0)	/* vacuum is skipped */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE	(1 << 1)	/* analyze is skipped */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOVAC	(1 << 2)	/* skipped during autovacuum/autoanalyze */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANY   (PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM | PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE)
+extern void pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(Oid relid, bits8 flags);
+
 /*
  * If stats are enabled, but pending data hasn't been prepared yet, call
  * pgstat_assoc_relation() to do so. See its comment for why this is done
diff --git a/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out b/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out
index 2b3cf6d8569..4ccfc43e903 100644
--- a/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out
+++ b/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out
@@ -1835,13 +1835,21 @@ pg_stat_all_tables| SELECT c.oid AS relid,
     pg_stat_get_mod_since_analyze(c.oid) AS n_mod_since_analyze,
     pg_stat_get_ins_since_vacuum(c.oid) AS n_ins_since_vacuum,
     pg_stat_get_last_vacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_vacuum,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_vacuum,
     pg_stat_get_last_autovacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_autovacuum,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_autovacuum,
     pg_stat_get_last_analyze_time(c.oid) AS last_analyze,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_analyze,
     pg_stat_get_last_autoanalyze_time(c.oid) AS last_autoanalyze,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_autoanalyze,
     pg_stat_get_vacuum_count(c.oid) AS vacuum_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count(c.oid) AS skipped_vacuum_count,
     pg_stat_get_autovacuum_count(c.oid) AS autovacuum_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count(c.oid) AS skipped_autovacuum_count,
     pg_stat_get_analyze_count(c.oid) AS analyze_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count(c.oid) AS skipped_analyze_count,
     pg_stat_get_autoanalyze_count(c.oid) AS autoanalyze_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count(c.oid) AS skipped_autoanalyze_count,
     pg_stat_get_total_vacuum_time(c.oid) AS total_vacuum_time,
     pg_stat_get_total_autovacuum_time(c.oid) AS total_autovacuum_time,
     pg_stat_get_total_analyze_time(c.oid) AS total_analyze_time,
@@ -2293,13 +2301,21 @@ pg_stat_sys_tables| SELECT relid,
     n_mod_since_analyze,
     n_ins_since_vacuum,
     last_vacuum,
+    last_skipped_vacuum,
     last_autovacuum,
+    last_skipped_autovacuum,
     last_analyze,
+    last_skipped_analyze,
     last_autoanalyze,
+    last_skipped_autoanalyze,
     vacuum_count,
+    skipped_vacuum_count,
     autovacuum_count,
+    skipped_autovacuum_count,
     analyze_count,
+    skipped_analyze_count,
     autoanalyze_count,
+    skipped_autoanalyze_count,
     total_vacuum_time,
     total_autovacuum_time,
     total_analyze_time,
@@ -2348,13 +2364,21 @@ pg_stat_user_tables| SELECT relid,
     n_mod_since_analyze,
     n_ins_since_vacuum,
     last_vacuum,
+    last_skipped_vacuum,
     last_autovacuum,
+    last_skipped_autovacuum,
     last_analyze,
+    last_skipped_analyze,
     last_autoanalyze,
+    last_skipped_autoanalyze,
     vacuum_count,
+    skipped_vacuum_count,
     autovacuum_count,
+    skipped_autovacuum_count,
     analyze_count,
+    skipped_analyze_count,
     autoanalyze_count,
+    skipped_autoanalyze_count,
     total_vacuum_time,
     total_autovacuum_time,
     total_analyze_time,
-- 
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* [PATCH v4] Track skipped vacuum and analyze activity per relation
@ 2026-03-24 04:09 Yugo Nagata <[email protected]>
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From: Yugo Nagata @ 2026-03-24 04:09 UTC (permalink / raw)

This commit adds eight fields to the relation statistics that track
the last time vacuum or analyze has been attempted but skipped due to
lock unavailability, along with their counts:

-    last_skipped_vacuum
-    last_skipped_autovacuum
-    last_skipped_analyze
-    last_skipped_autoanalyze
-    skipped_vacuum_count
-    skipped_autovacuum_count
-    skipped_analyze_count
-    skipped_autoanalyze_count

These field can help users confirm that autovacuum is actively attempting
to run on a table that has not been vacuumed or analyzed for a long time,
and that the lack of progress is due to repeated skips rather than inactivity.
---
 doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml                 |  88 ++++++++++++++++
 src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql         |   8 ++
 src/backend/commands/vacuum.c                | 102 ++++++++++++++-----
 src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c |  64 ++++++++++++
 src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c          |  24 +++++
 src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat              |  32 ++++++
 src/include/pgstat.h                         |  16 +++
 src/test/regress/expected/rules.out          |  24 +++++
 8 files changed, 335 insertions(+), 23 deletions(-)

diff --git a/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml b/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml
index 08d5b824552..a9b579d87a9 100644
--- a/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml
+++ b/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml
@@ -4387,6 +4387,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_vacuum</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time a manual vacuum on this table was attempted but skipped due to
+       lock unavailability (not counting <command>VACUUM FULL</command>)
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>last_autovacuum</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
@@ -4397,6 +4407,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_autovacuum</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time a vacuum on this table by the autovacuum daemon was attempted
+       but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>last_analyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
@@ -4406,6 +4426,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_analyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time a manual analyze on this table was attempted but skipped due to
+       lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>last_autoanalyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
@@ -4416,6 +4446,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_autoanalyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time at which an analyze on this table by the autovacuum was
+       attempted but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>vacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4426,6 +4466,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_vacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times manual vacuums on this table have been attempted but skipped
+       due to lock unavailability (not counting <command>VACUUM FULL</command>)
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>autovacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4436,6 +4486,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_autovacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times vacuums on this table by the autovacuum daemon have been
+       attempted but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>analyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4445,6 +4505,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_analyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times manual analyzes on this table have been attempted but
+       skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>autoanalyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4455,6 +4525,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_autoanalyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times analyzes on this table by the autovacuum daemon have
+       been attempted but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>total_vacuum_time</structfield> <type>double precision</type>
@@ -4510,6 +4590,14 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
    </tgroup>
   </table>
 
+  <note>
+   <para>
+    When a manual vacuum or analyze on a parent table in an inheritance or
+    partitioning hierarchy is skipped, the statistics are recorded only for
+    the parent table, not for its children.
+   </para>
+  </note>
+
  </sect2>
 
  <sect2 id="monitoring-pg-stat-autovacuum-scores-view">
diff --git a/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql b/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql
index 73a1c1c4670..f509fc7876b 100644
--- a/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql
+++ b/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql
@@ -736,13 +736,21 @@ CREATE VIEW pg_stat_all_tables AS
             pg_stat_get_mod_since_analyze(C.oid) AS n_mod_since_analyze,
             pg_stat_get_ins_since_vacuum(C.oid) AS n_ins_since_vacuum,
             pg_stat_get_last_vacuum_time(C.oid) as last_vacuum,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_vacuum,
             pg_stat_get_last_autovacuum_time(C.oid) as last_autovacuum,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_autovacuum,
             pg_stat_get_last_analyze_time(C.oid) as last_analyze,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_analyze,
             pg_stat_get_last_autoanalyze_time(C.oid) as last_autoanalyze,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_autoanalyze,
             pg_stat_get_vacuum_count(C.oid) AS vacuum_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count(C.oid) AS skipped_vacuum_count,
             pg_stat_get_autovacuum_count(C.oid) AS autovacuum_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count(C.oid) AS skipped_autovacuum_count,
             pg_stat_get_analyze_count(C.oid) AS analyze_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count(C.oid) AS skipped_analyze_count,
             pg_stat_get_autoanalyze_count(C.oid) AS autoanalyze_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count(C.oid) AS skipped_autoanalyze_count,
             pg_stat_get_total_vacuum_time(C.oid) AS total_vacuum_time,
             pg_stat_get_total_autovacuum_time(C.oid) AS total_autovacuum_time,
             pg_stat_get_total_analyze_time(C.oid) AS total_analyze_time,
diff --git a/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c b/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c
index 99d0db82ed7..97cd5ea8d10 100644
--- a/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c
+++ b/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c
@@ -793,8 +793,25 @@ vacuum_open_relation(Oid relid, RangeVar *relation, uint32 options,
 		rel = try_relation_open(relid, NoLock);
 	else
 	{
+		int flags = 0;
 		rel = NULL;
 		rel_lock = false;
+
+		if ((options & VACOPT_VACUUM) != 0)
+		{
+			if (AmAutoVacuumWorkerProcess())
+				flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOVACUUM;
+			else
+				flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM;
+		}
+		if ((options & VACOPT_ANALYZE) != 0)
+		{
+			if (AmAutoVacuumWorkerProcess())
+				flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOANALYZE;
+			else
+				flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE;
+		}
+		pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(relid, flags);
 	}
 
 	/* if relation is opened, leave */
@@ -802,7 +819,7 @@ vacuum_open_relation(Oid relid, RangeVar *relation, uint32 options,
 		return rel;
 
 	/*
-	 * Relation could not be opened, hence generate if possible a log
+	 * Relation could not be opened hence generate if possible a log
 	 * informing on the situation.
 	 *
 	 * If the RangeVar is not defined, we do not have enough information to
@@ -905,7 +922,6 @@ expand_vacuum_rel(VacuumRelation *vrel, MemoryContext vac_context,
 		Form_pg_class classForm;
 		bool		include_children;
 		bool		is_partitioned_table;
-		int			rvr_opts;
 
 		/*
 		 * Since autovacuum workers supply OIDs when calling vacuum(), no
@@ -918,29 +934,69 @@ expand_vacuum_rel(VacuumRelation *vrel, MemoryContext vac_context,
 		 * below, as well as find_all_inheritors's expectation that the caller
 		 * holds some lock on the starting relation.
 		 */
-		rvr_opts = (options & VACOPT_SKIP_LOCKED) ? RVR_SKIP_LOCKED : 0;
-		relid = RangeVarGetRelidExtended(vrel->relation,
-										 AccessShareLock,
-										 rvr_opts,
-										 NULL, NULL);
-
-		/*
-		 * If the lock is unavailable, emit the same log statement that
-		 * vacuum_rel() and analyze_rel() would.
-		 */
-		if (!OidIsValid(relid))
+		if (!(options & VACOPT_SKIP_LOCKED))
 		{
-			if (options & VACOPT_VACUUM)
-				ereport(WARNING,
-						(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
-						 errmsg("skipping vacuum of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
-								vrel->relation->relname)));
-			else
-				ereport(WARNING,
-						(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
-						 errmsg("skipping analyze of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
+			relid = RangeVarGetRelidExtended(vrel->relation,
+											 AccessShareLock,
+											 0, NULL, NULL);
+			if (!OidIsValid(relid))
+				return vacrels;
+		}
+		else
+		{
+			/* Get relid for reporting before taking a lock */
+			relid = RangeVarGetRelid(vrel->relation, NoLock, false);
+
+			if (!ConditionalLockRelationOid(relid, AccessShareLock))
+			{
+				int	flags = 0;
+				/*
+				 * If the lock is unavailable, emit the same log statement that
+				 * vacuum_rel() and analyze_rel() would.
+				 */
+				if (options & VACOPT_VACUUM)
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping vacuum of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
 								vrel->relation->relname)));
-			return vacrels;
+				else
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping analyze of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
+									vrel->relation->relname)));
+
+				if ((options & VACOPT_VACUUM) != 0)
+					flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM;
+				if ((options & VACOPT_ANALYZE) != 0)
+					flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE;
+
+				pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(relid, flags);
+
+				return vacrels;
+			}
+
+			/*
+			 * Now that we have the lock, probe to see if the relation really
+			 * exists or not.
+			 */
+			if (!SearchSysCacheExists1(RELOID, ObjectIdGetDatum(relid)))
+			{
+				if (options & VACOPT_VACUUM)
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_UNDEFINED_TABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping vacuum of \"%s\" --- relation no longer exists",
+									vrel->relation->relname)));
+				else
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_UNDEFINED_TABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping analyze of \"%s\" --- relation no longer exists",
+									vrel->relation->relname)));
+
+				/* Release useless lock */
+				UnlockRelationOid(relid, AccessShareLock);
+
+				return vacrels;
+			}
 		}
 
 		/*
diff --git a/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c b/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c
index b2ca28f83ba..532d9023f8c 100644
--- a/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c
+++ b/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c
@@ -17,12 +17,14 @@
 
 #include "postgres.h"
 
+#include "access/htup_details.h"
 #include "access/twophase_rmgr.h"
 #include "access/xact.h"
 #include "catalog/catalog.h"
 #include "utils/memutils.h"
 #include "utils/pgstat_internal.h"
 #include "utils/rel.h"
+#include "utils/syscache.h"
 #include "utils/timestamp.h"
 
 
@@ -367,6 +369,68 @@ pgstat_report_analyze(Relation rel,
 	(void) pgstat_flush_backend(false, PGSTAT_BACKEND_FLUSH_IO);
 }
 
+/*
+ * Report that the table was skipped during vacuum or/and analyze.
+ */
+void
+pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(Oid relid, int flags)
+{
+	PgStat_EntryRef *entry_ref;
+	PgStatShared_Relation *shtabentry;
+	PgStat_StatTabEntry *tabentry;
+	TimestampTz ts;
+	HeapTuple	classTup;
+	bool		isshared;
+
+	if (!pgstat_track_counts || !flags)
+		return;
+
+	classTup = SearchSysCache1(RELOID, ObjectIdGetDatum(relid));
+	if (!HeapTupleIsValid(classTup))
+		return;			/* somebody deleted the rel, forget it */
+	isshared = ((Form_pg_class) GETSTRUCT(classTup))->relisshared;
+	ReleaseSysCache(classTup);
+
+	/* Store the data in the table's hash table entry. */
+	ts = GetCurrentTimestamp();
+
+	/* block acquiring lock for the same reason as pgstat_report_autovac() */
+	entry_ref = pgstat_get_entry_ref_locked(PGSTAT_KIND_RELATION,
+											isshared ? InvalidOid : MyDatabaseId,
+											relid, false);
+
+	shtabentry = (PgStatShared_Relation *) entry_ref->shared_stats;
+	tabentry = &shtabentry->stats;
+
+	if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM)
+	{
+		tabentry->last_skipped_vacuum_time = ts;
+		tabentry->skipped_vacuum_count++;
+	}
+	else if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOVACUUM)
+	{
+		tabentry->last_skipped_autovacuum_time = ts;
+		tabentry->skipped_autovacuum_count++;
+	}
+
+	if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE)
+	{
+		tabentry->last_skipped_analyze_time = ts;
+		tabentry->skipped_analyze_count++;
+	}
+	else if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOANALYZE)
+	{
+		tabentry->last_skipped_autoanalyze_time = ts;
+		tabentry->skipped_autoanalyze_count++;
+	}
+
+	pgstat_unlock_entry(entry_ref);
+
+	/* see pgstat_report_vacuum() */
+	pgstat_flush_io(false);
+	(void) pgstat_flush_backend(false, PGSTAT_BACKEND_FLUSH_IO);
+}
+
 /*
  * count a tuple insertion of n tuples
  */
diff --git a/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c b/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c
index 1408de387ea..90a8968faa0 100644
--- a/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c
+++ b/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c
@@ -84,6 +84,18 @@ PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(mod_since_analyze)
 /* pg_stat_get_numscans */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(numscans)
 
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_analyze_count)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_autoanalyze_count)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_autovacuum_count)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_vacuum_count)
+
 /* pg_stat_get_tuples_deleted */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(tuples_deleted)
 
@@ -170,6 +182,18 @@ PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_vacuum_time)
 /* pg_stat_get_lastscan */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(lastscan)
 
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_analyze_time)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_autoanalyze_time)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_autovacuum_time)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_vacuum_time)
+
 /* pg_stat_get_stat_reset_time */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(stat_reset_time)
 
diff --git a/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat b/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat
index fa9ae79082b..32debb34863 100644
--- a/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat
+++ b/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat
@@ -5680,6 +5680,38 @@
   proargmodes => '{o,o,o,o,o,o,o,o,o,o}',
   proargnames => '{oid,score,xid_score,mxid_score,vacuum_score,vacuum_insert_score,analyze_score,do_vacuum,do_analyze,for_wraparound}',
   prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_autovacuum_scores' },
+{ oid => '8142', descr => 'statistics: last skipped vacuum time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time' },
+{ oid => '8143', descr => 'statistics: last skipped auto vacuum time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time' },
+{ oid => '8144', descr => 'statistics: last skipped analyze time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time' },
+{ oid => '8145', descr => 'statistics: last skipped auto analyze time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time' },
+{ oid => '8146', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped vacuum for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count' },
+{ oid => '8147', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped auto vacuum for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count' },
+{ oid => '8148', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped analyzes for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count' },
+{ oid => '8149', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped auto analyzes for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count' },
 { oid => '1936', descr => 'statistics: currently active backend IDs',
   proname => 'pg_stat_get_backend_idset', prorows => '100', proretset => 't',
   provolatile => 's', proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int4',
diff --git a/src/include/pgstat.h b/src/include/pgstat.h
index dfa2e837638..98941f953d1 100644
--- a/src/include/pgstat.h
+++ b/src/include/pgstat.h
@@ -479,6 +479,15 @@ typedef struct PgStat_StatTabEntry
 	TimestampTz last_autoanalyze_time;	/* autovacuum initiated */
 	PgStat_Counter autoanalyze_count;
 
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_vacuum_time;	/* user initiated vacuum */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_vacuum_count;
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_autovacuum_time;	/* autovacuum initiated */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_autovacuum_count;
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_analyze_time;	/* user initiated */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_analyze_count;
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_autoanalyze_time;	/* autovacuum initiated */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_autoanalyze_count;
+
 	PgStat_Counter total_vacuum_time;	/* times in milliseconds */
 	PgStat_Counter total_autovacuum_time;
 	PgStat_Counter total_analyze_time;
@@ -703,6 +712,13 @@ extern void pgstat_report_analyze(Relation rel,
 								  PgStat_Counter livetuples, PgStat_Counter deadtuples,
 								  bool resetcounter, TimestampTz starttime);
 
+/* flags for pgstat_flush_backend() */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM		(1 << 0)	/* vacuum is skipped */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE		(1 << 1)	/* analyze is skipped */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOVACUUM	(1 << 2)	/* autovacuum is skipped */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOANALYZE	(1 << 3)	/* autoanalyze is skipped */
+extern void pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(Oid relid, int flags);
+
 /*
  * If stats are enabled, but pending data hasn't been prepared yet, call
  * pgstat_assoc_relation() to do so. See its comment for why this is done
diff --git a/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out b/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out
index a65a5bf0c4f..9b2075d3373 100644
--- a/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out
+++ b/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out
@@ -1835,13 +1835,21 @@ pg_stat_all_tables| SELECT c.oid AS relid,
     pg_stat_get_mod_since_analyze(c.oid) AS n_mod_since_analyze,
     pg_stat_get_ins_since_vacuum(c.oid) AS n_ins_since_vacuum,
     pg_stat_get_last_vacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_vacuum,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_vacuum,
     pg_stat_get_last_autovacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_autovacuum,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_autovacuum,
     pg_stat_get_last_analyze_time(c.oid) AS last_analyze,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_analyze,
     pg_stat_get_last_autoanalyze_time(c.oid) AS last_autoanalyze,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_autoanalyze,
     pg_stat_get_vacuum_count(c.oid) AS vacuum_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count(c.oid) AS skipped_vacuum_count,
     pg_stat_get_autovacuum_count(c.oid) AS autovacuum_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count(c.oid) AS skipped_autovacuum_count,
     pg_stat_get_analyze_count(c.oid) AS analyze_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count(c.oid) AS skipped_analyze_count,
     pg_stat_get_autoanalyze_count(c.oid) AS autoanalyze_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count(c.oid) AS skipped_autoanalyze_count,
     pg_stat_get_total_vacuum_time(c.oid) AS total_vacuum_time,
     pg_stat_get_total_autovacuum_time(c.oid) AS total_autovacuum_time,
     pg_stat_get_total_analyze_time(c.oid) AS total_analyze_time,
@@ -2346,13 +2354,21 @@ pg_stat_sys_tables| SELECT relid,
     n_mod_since_analyze,
     n_ins_since_vacuum,
     last_vacuum,
+    last_skipped_vacuum,
     last_autovacuum,
+    last_skipped_autovacuum,
     last_analyze,
+    last_skipped_analyze,
     last_autoanalyze,
+    last_skipped_autoanalyze,
     vacuum_count,
+    skipped_vacuum_count,
     autovacuum_count,
+    skipped_autovacuum_count,
     analyze_count,
+    skipped_analyze_count,
     autoanalyze_count,
+    skipped_autoanalyze_count,
     total_vacuum_time,
     total_autovacuum_time,
     total_analyze_time,
@@ -2401,13 +2417,21 @@ pg_stat_user_tables| SELECT relid,
     n_mod_since_analyze,
     n_ins_since_vacuum,
     last_vacuum,
+    last_skipped_vacuum,
     last_autovacuum,
+    last_skipped_autovacuum,
     last_analyze,
+    last_skipped_analyze,
     last_autoanalyze,
+    last_skipped_autoanalyze,
     vacuum_count,
+    skipped_vacuum_count,
     autovacuum_count,
+    skipped_autovacuum_count,
     analyze_count,
+    skipped_analyze_count,
     autoanalyze_count,
+    skipped_autoanalyze_count,
     total_vacuum_time,
     total_autovacuum_time,
     total_analyze_time,
-- 
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* [PATCH v3] Track skipped vacuum and analyze activity per relation
@ 2026-03-24 04:09 Yugo Nagata <[email protected]>
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From: Yugo Nagata @ 2026-03-24 04:09 UTC (permalink / raw)

This commit adds eight fields to the relation statistics that track
the last time vacuum or analyze has been attempted but skipped due to
lock unavailability, along with their counts:

-    last_skipped_vacuum
-    last_skipped_autovacuum
-    last_skipped_analyze
-    last_skipped_autoanalyze
-    skipped_vacuum_count
-    skipped_autovacuum_count
-    skipped_analyze_count
-    skipped_autoanalyze_count

These field can help users confirm that autovacuum is actively attempting
to run on a table that has not been vacuumed or analyzed for a long time,
and that the lack of progress is due to repeated skips rather than inactivity.
---
 doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml                 | 80 +++++++++++++++++
 src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql         |  8 ++
 src/backend/commands/vacuum.c                | 95 +++++++++++++++-----
 src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c | 68 ++++++++++++++
 src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c          | 24 +++++
 src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat              | 32 +++++++
 src/include/pgstat.h                         | 16 ++++
 src/test/regress/expected/rules.out          | 24 +++++
 8 files changed, 324 insertions(+), 23 deletions(-)

diff --git a/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml b/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml
index bb75ed1069b..9ec8070b2fc 100644
--- a/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml
+++ b/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml
@@ -4372,6 +4372,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_vacuum</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time a manual vacuum on this table was attempted but skipped due to
+       lock unavailability (not counting <command>VACUUM FULL</command>)
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>last_autovacuum</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
@@ -4382,6 +4392,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_autovacuum</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time a vacuum on this table by the autovacuum daemon was attempted
+       but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>last_analyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
@@ -4391,6 +4411,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_analyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time a manual analyze on this table was attempted but skipped due to
+       lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>last_autoanalyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
@@ -4401,6 +4431,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_autoanalyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time at which an analyze on this table by the autovacuum was
+       attempted but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>vacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4411,6 +4451,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_vacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times vacuums on this table have been attempted but skipped
+       due to lock unavailability (not counting <command>VACUUM FULL</command>)
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>autovacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4421,6 +4471,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_autovacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times vacuums on this table by the autovacuum daemon have been
+       attempted but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>analyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4430,6 +4490,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_analyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times manual analyzes on this table have been attempted but
+       skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>autoanalyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4440,6 +4510,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_autoanalyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times analyzes on this table by the autovacuum daemon have
+       been attempted but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>total_vacuum_time</structfield> <type>double precision</type>
diff --git a/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql b/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql
index e54018004db..2ca02a0354c 100644
--- a/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql
+++ b/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql
@@ -736,13 +736,21 @@ CREATE VIEW pg_stat_all_tables AS
             pg_stat_get_mod_since_analyze(C.oid) AS n_mod_since_analyze,
             pg_stat_get_ins_since_vacuum(C.oid) AS n_ins_since_vacuum,
             pg_stat_get_last_vacuum_time(C.oid) as last_vacuum,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_vacuum,
             pg_stat_get_last_autovacuum_time(C.oid) as last_autovacuum,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_autovacuum,
             pg_stat_get_last_analyze_time(C.oid) as last_analyze,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_analyze,
             pg_stat_get_last_autoanalyze_time(C.oid) as last_autoanalyze,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_autoanalyze,
             pg_stat_get_vacuum_count(C.oid) AS vacuum_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count(C.oid) AS skipped_vacuum_count,
             pg_stat_get_autovacuum_count(C.oid) AS autovacuum_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count(C.oid) AS skipped_autovacuum_count,
             pg_stat_get_analyze_count(C.oid) AS analyze_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count(C.oid) AS skipped_analyze_count,
             pg_stat_get_autoanalyze_count(C.oid) AS autoanalyze_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count(C.oid) AS skipped_autoanalyze_count,
             pg_stat_get_total_vacuum_time(C.oid) AS total_vacuum_time,
             pg_stat_get_total_autovacuum_time(C.oid) AS total_autovacuum_time,
             pg_stat_get_total_analyze_time(C.oid) AS total_analyze_time,
diff --git a/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c b/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c
index bce3a2daa24..ce83b3171be 100644
--- a/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c
+++ b/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c
@@ -792,8 +792,18 @@ vacuum_open_relation(Oid relid, RangeVar *relation, bits32 options,
 		rel = try_relation_open(relid, NoLock);
 	else
 	{
+		bits8 flags = 0;
 		rel = NULL;
 		rel_lock = false;
+
+		if ((options & VACOPT_VACUUM) != 0)
+			flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM;
+		if ((options & VACOPT_ANALYZE) != 0)
+			flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE;
+		if (AmAutoVacuumWorkerProcess())
+			flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOVAC;
+
+		pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(relid, flags);
 	}
 
 	/* if relation is opened, leave */
@@ -801,7 +811,7 @@ vacuum_open_relation(Oid relid, RangeVar *relation, bits32 options,
 		return rel;
 
 	/*
-	 * Relation could not be opened, hence generate if possible a log
+	 * Relation could not be opened hence generate if possible a log
 	 * informing on the situation.
 	 *
 	 * If the RangeVar is not defined, we do not have enough information to
@@ -904,7 +914,6 @@ expand_vacuum_rel(VacuumRelation *vrel, MemoryContext vac_context,
 		Form_pg_class classForm;
 		bool		include_children;
 		bool		is_partitioned_table;
-		int			rvr_opts;
 
 		/*
 		 * Since autovacuum workers supply OIDs when calling vacuum(), no
@@ -917,29 +926,69 @@ expand_vacuum_rel(VacuumRelation *vrel, MemoryContext vac_context,
 		 * below, as well as find_all_inheritors's expectation that the caller
 		 * holds some lock on the starting relation.
 		 */
-		rvr_opts = (options & VACOPT_SKIP_LOCKED) ? RVR_SKIP_LOCKED : 0;
-		relid = RangeVarGetRelidExtended(vrel->relation,
-										 AccessShareLock,
-										 rvr_opts,
-										 NULL, NULL);
-
-		/*
-		 * If the lock is unavailable, emit the same log statement that
-		 * vacuum_rel() and analyze_rel() would.
-		 */
-		if (!OidIsValid(relid))
+		if (!(options & VACOPT_SKIP_LOCKED))
 		{
-			if (options & VACOPT_VACUUM)
-				ereport(WARNING,
-						(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
-						 errmsg("skipping vacuum of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
-								vrel->relation->relname)));
-			else
-				ereport(WARNING,
-						(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
-						 errmsg("skipping analyze of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
+			relid = RangeVarGetRelidExtended(vrel->relation,
+											 AccessShareLock,
+											 0, NULL, NULL);
+			if (!OidIsValid(relid))
+				return vacrels;
+		}
+		else
+		{
+			/* Get relid for reporting before taking a lock */
+			relid = RangeVarGetRelid(vrel->relation, NoLock, false);
+
+			if (!ConditionalLockRelationOid(relid, AccessShareLock))
+			{
+				bits8	flags = 0;
+				/*
+				 * If the lock is unavailable, emit the same log statement that
+				 * vacuum_rel() and analyze_rel() would.
+				 */
+				if (options & VACOPT_VACUUM)
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping vacuum of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
 								vrel->relation->relname)));
-			return vacrels;
+				else
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping analyze of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
+									vrel->relation->relname)));
+
+				if ((options & VACOPT_VACUUM) != 0)
+					flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM;
+				if ((options & VACOPT_ANALYZE) != 0)
+					flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE;
+
+				pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(relid, flags);
+
+				return vacrels;
+			}
+
+			/*
+			 * Now that we have the lock, probe to see if the relation really
+			 * exists or not.
+			 */
+			if (!SearchSysCacheExists1(RELOID, ObjectIdGetDatum(relid)))
+			{
+				if (options & VACOPT_VACUUM)
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_UNDEFINED_TABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping vacuum of \"%s\" --- relation no longer exists",
+									vrel->relation->relname)));
+				else
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_UNDEFINED_TABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping analyze of \"%s\" --- relation no longer exists",
+									vrel->relation->relname)));
+
+				/* Release useless lock */
+				UnlockRelationOid(relid, AccessShareLock);
+
+				return vacrels;
+			}
 		}
 
 		/*
diff --git a/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c b/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c
index bc8c43b96aa..cec4c88980e 100644
--- a/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c
+++ b/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c
@@ -17,6 +17,7 @@
 
 #include "postgres.h"
 
+#include "access/htup_details.h"
 #include "access/twophase_rmgr.h"
 #include "access/xact.h"
 #include "catalog/catalog.h"
@@ -366,6 +367,73 @@ pgstat_report_analyze(Relation rel,
 	(void) pgstat_flush_backend(false, PGSTAT_BACKEND_FLUSH_IO);
 }
 
+/*
+ * Report that the table was skipped during vacuum or/and analyze.
+ */
+void
+pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(Oid relid, bits8 flags)
+{
+	PgStat_EntryRef *entry_ref;
+	PgStatShared_Relation *shtabentry;
+	PgStat_StatTabEntry *tabentry;
+	TimestampTz ts;
+	HeapTuple	classTup;
+	bool		isshared;
+
+	if (!pgstat_track_counts || !(flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANY))
+		return;
+
+	classTup = SearchSysCache1(RELOID, ObjectIdGetDatum(relid));
+	if (!HeapTupleIsValid(classTup))
+		return;			/* somebody deleted the rel, forget it */
+	isshared = ((Form_pg_class) GETSTRUCT(classTup))->relisshared;
+	ReleaseSysCache(classTup);
+
+	/* Store the data in the table's hash table entry. */
+	ts = GetCurrentTimestamp();
+
+	/* block acquiring lock for the same reason as pgstat_report_autovac() */
+	entry_ref = pgstat_get_entry_ref_locked(PGSTAT_KIND_RELATION,
+											isshared ? InvalidOid : MyDatabaseId,
+											relid, false);
+
+	shtabentry = (PgStatShared_Relation *) entry_ref->shared_stats;
+	tabentry = &shtabentry->stats;
+
+	if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOVAC)
+	{
+		if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM)
+		{
+			tabentry->last_skipped_autovacuum_time = ts;
+			tabentry->skipped_autovacuum_count++;
+		}
+		if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE)
+		{
+			tabentry->last_skipped_autoanalyze_time = ts;
+			tabentry->skipped_autoanalyze_count++;
+		}
+	}
+	else
+	{
+		if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM)
+		{
+			tabentry->last_skipped_vacuum_time = ts;
+			tabentry->skipped_vacuum_count++;
+		}
+		if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE)
+		{
+			tabentry->last_skipped_analyze_time = ts;
+			tabentry->skipped_analyze_count++;
+		}
+	}
+
+	pgstat_unlock_entry(entry_ref);
+
+	/* see pgstat_report_vacuum() */
+	pgstat_flush_io(false);
+	(void) pgstat_flush_backend(false, PGSTAT_BACKEND_FLUSH_IO);
+}
+
 /*
  * count a tuple insertion of n tuples
  */
diff --git a/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c b/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c
index 9185a8e6b83..18aaa3996e1 100644
--- a/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c
+++ b/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c
@@ -84,6 +84,18 @@ PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(mod_since_analyze)
 /* pg_stat_get_numscans */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(numscans)
 
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_analyze_count)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_autoanalyze_count)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_autovacuum_count)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_vacuum_count)
+
 /* pg_stat_get_tuples_deleted */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(tuples_deleted)
 
@@ -170,6 +182,18 @@ PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_vacuum_time)
 /* pg_stat_get_lastscan */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(lastscan)
 
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_analyze_time)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_autoanalyze_time)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_autovacuum_time)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_vacuum_time)
+
 /* pg_stat_get_stat_reset_time */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(stat_reset_time)
 
diff --git a/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat b/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat
index 0118e970dda..ccfe3d9e02a 100644
--- a/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat
+++ b/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat
@@ -5667,6 +5667,38 @@
   proname => 'pg_stat_get_total_autoanalyze_time', provolatile => 's',
   proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'float8', proargtypes => 'oid',
   prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_total_autoanalyze_time' },
+{ oid => '8142', descr => 'statistics: last skipped vacuum time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time' },
+{ oid => '8143', descr => 'statistics: last skipped auto vacuum time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time' },
+{ oid => '8144', descr => 'statistics: last skipped analyze time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time' },
+{ oid => '8145', descr => 'statistics: last skipped auto analyze time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time' },
+{ oid => '8146', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped vacuum for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count' },
+{ oid => '8147', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped auto vacuum for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count' },
+{ oid => '8148', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped analyzes for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count' },
+{ oid => '8149', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped auto analyzes for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count' },
 { oid => '1936', descr => 'statistics: currently active backend IDs',
   proname => 'pg_stat_get_backend_idset', prorows => '100', proretset => 't',
   provolatile => 's', proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int4',
diff --git a/src/include/pgstat.h b/src/include/pgstat.h
index 8e3549c3752..343081a7a25 100644
--- a/src/include/pgstat.h
+++ b/src/include/pgstat.h
@@ -479,6 +479,15 @@ typedef struct PgStat_StatTabEntry
 	TimestampTz last_autoanalyze_time;	/* autovacuum initiated */
 	PgStat_Counter autoanalyze_count;
 
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_vacuum_time;	/* user initiated vacuum */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_vacuum_count;
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_autovacuum_time;	/* autovacuum initiated */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_autovacuum_count;
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_analyze_time;	/* user initiated */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_analyze_count;
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_autoanalyze_time;	/* autovacuum initiated */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_autoanalyze_count;
+
 	PgStat_Counter total_vacuum_time;	/* times in milliseconds */
 	PgStat_Counter total_autovacuum_time;
 	PgStat_Counter total_analyze_time;
@@ -707,6 +716,13 @@ extern void pgstat_report_analyze(Relation rel,
 								  PgStat_Counter livetuples, PgStat_Counter deadtuples,
 								  bool resetcounter, TimestampTz starttime);
 
+/* flags for pgstat_flush_backend() */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM	(1 << 0)	/* vacuum is skipped */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE	(1 << 1)	/* analyze is skipped */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOVAC	(1 << 2)	/* skipped during autovacuum/autoanalyze */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANY   (PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM | PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE)
+extern void pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(Oid relid, bits8 flags);
+
 /*
  * If stats are enabled, but pending data hasn't been prepared yet, call
  * pgstat_assoc_relation() to do so. See its comment for why this is done
diff --git a/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out b/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out
index 2b3cf6d8569..4ccfc43e903 100644
--- a/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out
+++ b/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out
@@ -1835,13 +1835,21 @@ pg_stat_all_tables| SELECT c.oid AS relid,
     pg_stat_get_mod_since_analyze(c.oid) AS n_mod_since_analyze,
     pg_stat_get_ins_since_vacuum(c.oid) AS n_ins_since_vacuum,
     pg_stat_get_last_vacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_vacuum,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_vacuum,
     pg_stat_get_last_autovacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_autovacuum,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_autovacuum,
     pg_stat_get_last_analyze_time(c.oid) AS last_analyze,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_analyze,
     pg_stat_get_last_autoanalyze_time(c.oid) AS last_autoanalyze,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_autoanalyze,
     pg_stat_get_vacuum_count(c.oid) AS vacuum_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count(c.oid) AS skipped_vacuum_count,
     pg_stat_get_autovacuum_count(c.oid) AS autovacuum_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count(c.oid) AS skipped_autovacuum_count,
     pg_stat_get_analyze_count(c.oid) AS analyze_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count(c.oid) AS skipped_analyze_count,
     pg_stat_get_autoanalyze_count(c.oid) AS autoanalyze_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count(c.oid) AS skipped_autoanalyze_count,
     pg_stat_get_total_vacuum_time(c.oid) AS total_vacuum_time,
     pg_stat_get_total_autovacuum_time(c.oid) AS total_autovacuum_time,
     pg_stat_get_total_analyze_time(c.oid) AS total_analyze_time,
@@ -2293,13 +2301,21 @@ pg_stat_sys_tables| SELECT relid,
     n_mod_since_analyze,
     n_ins_since_vacuum,
     last_vacuum,
+    last_skipped_vacuum,
     last_autovacuum,
+    last_skipped_autovacuum,
     last_analyze,
+    last_skipped_analyze,
     last_autoanalyze,
+    last_skipped_autoanalyze,
     vacuum_count,
+    skipped_vacuum_count,
     autovacuum_count,
+    skipped_autovacuum_count,
     analyze_count,
+    skipped_analyze_count,
     autoanalyze_count,
+    skipped_autoanalyze_count,
     total_vacuum_time,
     total_autovacuum_time,
     total_analyze_time,
@@ -2348,13 +2364,21 @@ pg_stat_user_tables| SELECT relid,
     n_mod_since_analyze,
     n_ins_since_vacuum,
     last_vacuum,
+    last_skipped_vacuum,
     last_autovacuum,
+    last_skipped_autovacuum,
     last_analyze,
+    last_skipped_analyze,
     last_autoanalyze,
+    last_skipped_autoanalyze,
     vacuum_count,
+    skipped_vacuum_count,
     autovacuum_count,
+    skipped_autovacuum_count,
     analyze_count,
+    skipped_analyze_count,
     autoanalyze_count,
+    skipped_autoanalyze_count,
     total_vacuum_time,
     total_autovacuum_time,
     total_analyze_time,
-- 
2.43.0


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* [PATCH v5] Track skipped vacuum and analyze activity per relation
@ 2026-03-24 04:09 Yugo Nagata <[email protected]>
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From: Yugo Nagata @ 2026-03-24 04:09 UTC (permalink / raw)

This commit adds eight fields to the relation statistics that track
the last time vacuum or analyze has been attempted but skipped due to
lock unavailability, along with their counts:

-    last_skipped_vacuum
-    last_skipped_autovacuum
-    last_skipped_analyze
-    last_skipped_autoanalyze
-    skipped_vacuum_count
-    skipped_autovacuum_count
-    skipped_analyze_count
-    skipped_autoanalyze_count

These field can help users confirm that autovacuum is actively attempting
to run on a table that has not been vacuumed or analyzed for a long time,
and that the lack of progress is due to repeated skips rather than inactivity.
---
 doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml                  |  88 ++++++
 src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql          |   8 +
 src/backend/commands/vacuum.c                 | 100 +++++--
 src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c  |  64 +++++
 src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c           |  24 ++
 src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat               |  32 +++
 src/include/pgstat.h                          |  16 ++
 .../isolation/expected/vacuum-skip-locked.out | 260 ++++++++++++++++--
 .../isolation/specs/vacuum-skip-locked.spec   |  41 +--
 src/test/regress/expected/rules.out           |  24 ++
 10 files changed, 601 insertions(+), 56 deletions(-)

diff --git a/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml b/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml
index 08d5b824552..a9b579d87a9 100644
--- a/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml
+++ b/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml
@@ -4387,6 +4387,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_vacuum</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time a manual vacuum on this table was attempted but skipped due to
+       lock unavailability (not counting <command>VACUUM FULL</command>)
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>last_autovacuum</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
@@ -4397,6 +4407,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_autovacuum</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time a vacuum on this table by the autovacuum daemon was attempted
+       but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>last_analyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
@@ -4406,6 +4426,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_analyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time a manual analyze on this table was attempted but skipped due to
+       lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>last_autoanalyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
@@ -4416,6 +4446,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_autoanalyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time at which an analyze on this table by the autovacuum was
+       attempted but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>vacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4426,6 +4466,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_vacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times manual vacuums on this table have been attempted but skipped
+       due to lock unavailability (not counting <command>VACUUM FULL</command>)
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>autovacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4436,6 +4486,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_autovacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times vacuums on this table by the autovacuum daemon have been
+       attempted but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>analyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4445,6 +4505,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_analyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times manual analyzes on this table have been attempted but
+       skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>autoanalyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4455,6 +4525,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_autoanalyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times analyzes on this table by the autovacuum daemon have
+       been attempted but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>total_vacuum_time</structfield> <type>double precision</type>
@@ -4510,6 +4590,14 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
    </tgroup>
   </table>
 
+  <note>
+   <para>
+    When a manual vacuum or analyze on a parent table in an inheritance or
+    partitioning hierarchy is skipped, the statistics are recorded only for
+    the parent table, not for its children.
+   </para>
+  </note>
+
  </sect2>
 
  <sect2 id="monitoring-pg-stat-autovacuum-scores-view">
diff --git a/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql b/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql
index 73a1c1c4670..f509fc7876b 100644
--- a/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql
+++ b/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql
@@ -736,13 +736,21 @@ CREATE VIEW pg_stat_all_tables AS
             pg_stat_get_mod_since_analyze(C.oid) AS n_mod_since_analyze,
             pg_stat_get_ins_since_vacuum(C.oid) AS n_ins_since_vacuum,
             pg_stat_get_last_vacuum_time(C.oid) as last_vacuum,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_vacuum,
             pg_stat_get_last_autovacuum_time(C.oid) as last_autovacuum,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_autovacuum,
             pg_stat_get_last_analyze_time(C.oid) as last_analyze,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_analyze,
             pg_stat_get_last_autoanalyze_time(C.oid) as last_autoanalyze,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_autoanalyze,
             pg_stat_get_vacuum_count(C.oid) AS vacuum_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count(C.oid) AS skipped_vacuum_count,
             pg_stat_get_autovacuum_count(C.oid) AS autovacuum_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count(C.oid) AS skipped_autovacuum_count,
             pg_stat_get_analyze_count(C.oid) AS analyze_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count(C.oid) AS skipped_analyze_count,
             pg_stat_get_autoanalyze_count(C.oid) AS autoanalyze_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count(C.oid) AS skipped_autoanalyze_count,
             pg_stat_get_total_vacuum_time(C.oid) AS total_vacuum_time,
             pg_stat_get_total_autovacuum_time(C.oid) AS total_autovacuum_time,
             pg_stat_get_total_analyze_time(C.oid) AS total_analyze_time,
diff --git a/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c b/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c
index 99d0db82ed7..df6526225e4 100644
--- a/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c
+++ b/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c
@@ -793,8 +793,25 @@ vacuum_open_relation(Oid relid, RangeVar *relation, uint32 options,
 		rel = try_relation_open(relid, NoLock);
 	else
 	{
+		int flags = 0;
 		rel = NULL;
 		rel_lock = false;
+
+		if ((options & VACOPT_VACUUM) != 0 && (options & VACOPT_FULL) == 0)
+		{
+			if (AmAutoVacuumWorkerProcess())
+				flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOVACUUM;
+			else
+				flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM;
+		}
+		if ((options & VACOPT_ANALYZE) != 0)
+		{
+			if (AmAutoVacuumWorkerProcess())
+				flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOANALYZE;
+			else
+				flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE;
+		}
+		pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(relid, flags);
 	}
 
 	/* if relation is opened, leave */
@@ -905,7 +922,6 @@ expand_vacuum_rel(VacuumRelation *vrel, MemoryContext vac_context,
 		Form_pg_class classForm;
 		bool		include_children;
 		bool		is_partitioned_table;
-		int			rvr_opts;
 
 		/*
 		 * Since autovacuum workers supply OIDs when calling vacuum(), no
@@ -918,29 +934,69 @@ expand_vacuum_rel(VacuumRelation *vrel, MemoryContext vac_context,
 		 * below, as well as find_all_inheritors's expectation that the caller
 		 * holds some lock on the starting relation.
 		 */
-		rvr_opts = (options & VACOPT_SKIP_LOCKED) ? RVR_SKIP_LOCKED : 0;
-		relid = RangeVarGetRelidExtended(vrel->relation,
-										 AccessShareLock,
-										 rvr_opts,
-										 NULL, NULL);
-
-		/*
-		 * If the lock is unavailable, emit the same log statement that
-		 * vacuum_rel() and analyze_rel() would.
-		 */
-		if (!OidIsValid(relid))
+		if (!(options & VACOPT_SKIP_LOCKED))
 		{
-			if (options & VACOPT_VACUUM)
-				ereport(WARNING,
-						(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
-						 errmsg("skipping vacuum of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
-								vrel->relation->relname)));
-			else
-				ereport(WARNING,
-						(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
-						 errmsg("skipping analyze of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
+			relid = RangeVarGetRelidExtended(vrel->relation,
+											 AccessShareLock,
+											 0, NULL, NULL);
+			if (!OidIsValid(relid))
+				return vacrels;
+		}
+		else
+		{
+			/* Get relid for reporting before taking a lock */
+			relid = RangeVarGetRelid(vrel->relation, NoLock, false);
+
+			if (!ConditionalLockRelationOid(relid, AccessShareLock))
+			{
+				int	flags = 0;
+				/*
+				 * If the lock is unavailable, emit the same log statement that
+				 * vacuum_rel() and analyze_rel() would.
+				 */
+				if (options & VACOPT_VACUUM)
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping vacuum of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
 								vrel->relation->relname)));
-			return vacrels;
+				else
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping analyze of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
+									vrel->relation->relname)));
+
+				if ((options & VACOPT_VACUUM) != 0 && (options & VACOPT_FULL) == 0)
+					flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM;
+				if ((options & VACOPT_ANALYZE) != 0)
+					flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE;
+
+				pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(relid, flags);
+
+				return vacrels;
+			}
+
+			/*
+			 * Now that we have the lock, probe to see if the relation really
+			 * exists or not.
+			 */
+			if (!SearchSysCacheExists1(RELOID, ObjectIdGetDatum(relid)))
+			{
+				if (options & VACOPT_VACUUM)
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_UNDEFINED_TABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping vacuum of \"%s\" --- relation no longer exists",
+									vrel->relation->relname)));
+				else
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_UNDEFINED_TABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping analyze of \"%s\" --- relation no longer exists",
+									vrel->relation->relname)));
+
+				/* Release useless lock */
+				UnlockRelationOid(relid, AccessShareLock);
+
+				return vacrels;
+			}
 		}
 
 		/*
diff --git a/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c b/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c
index b2ca28f83ba..532d9023f8c 100644
--- a/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c
+++ b/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c
@@ -17,12 +17,14 @@
 
 #include "postgres.h"
 
+#include "access/htup_details.h"
 #include "access/twophase_rmgr.h"
 #include "access/xact.h"
 #include "catalog/catalog.h"
 #include "utils/memutils.h"
 #include "utils/pgstat_internal.h"
 #include "utils/rel.h"
+#include "utils/syscache.h"
 #include "utils/timestamp.h"
 
 
@@ -367,6 +369,68 @@ pgstat_report_analyze(Relation rel,
 	(void) pgstat_flush_backend(false, PGSTAT_BACKEND_FLUSH_IO);
 }
 
+/*
+ * Report that the table was skipped during vacuum or/and analyze.
+ */
+void
+pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(Oid relid, int flags)
+{
+	PgStat_EntryRef *entry_ref;
+	PgStatShared_Relation *shtabentry;
+	PgStat_StatTabEntry *tabentry;
+	TimestampTz ts;
+	HeapTuple	classTup;
+	bool		isshared;
+
+	if (!pgstat_track_counts || !flags)
+		return;
+
+	classTup = SearchSysCache1(RELOID, ObjectIdGetDatum(relid));
+	if (!HeapTupleIsValid(classTup))
+		return;			/* somebody deleted the rel, forget it */
+	isshared = ((Form_pg_class) GETSTRUCT(classTup))->relisshared;
+	ReleaseSysCache(classTup);
+
+	/* Store the data in the table's hash table entry. */
+	ts = GetCurrentTimestamp();
+
+	/* block acquiring lock for the same reason as pgstat_report_autovac() */
+	entry_ref = pgstat_get_entry_ref_locked(PGSTAT_KIND_RELATION,
+											isshared ? InvalidOid : MyDatabaseId,
+											relid, false);
+
+	shtabentry = (PgStatShared_Relation *) entry_ref->shared_stats;
+	tabentry = &shtabentry->stats;
+
+	if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM)
+	{
+		tabentry->last_skipped_vacuum_time = ts;
+		tabentry->skipped_vacuum_count++;
+	}
+	else if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOVACUUM)
+	{
+		tabentry->last_skipped_autovacuum_time = ts;
+		tabentry->skipped_autovacuum_count++;
+	}
+
+	if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE)
+	{
+		tabentry->last_skipped_analyze_time = ts;
+		tabentry->skipped_analyze_count++;
+	}
+	else if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOANALYZE)
+	{
+		tabentry->last_skipped_autoanalyze_time = ts;
+		tabentry->skipped_autoanalyze_count++;
+	}
+
+	pgstat_unlock_entry(entry_ref);
+
+	/* see pgstat_report_vacuum() */
+	pgstat_flush_io(false);
+	(void) pgstat_flush_backend(false, PGSTAT_BACKEND_FLUSH_IO);
+}
+
 /*
  * count a tuple insertion of n tuples
  */
diff --git a/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c b/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c
index 1408de387ea..90a8968faa0 100644
--- a/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c
+++ b/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c
@@ -84,6 +84,18 @@ PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(mod_since_analyze)
 /* pg_stat_get_numscans */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(numscans)
 
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_analyze_count)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_autoanalyze_count)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_autovacuum_count)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_vacuum_count)
+
 /* pg_stat_get_tuples_deleted */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(tuples_deleted)
 
@@ -170,6 +182,18 @@ PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_vacuum_time)
 /* pg_stat_get_lastscan */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(lastscan)
 
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_analyze_time)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_autoanalyze_time)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_autovacuum_time)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_vacuum_time)
+
 /* pg_stat_get_stat_reset_time */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(stat_reset_time)
 
diff --git a/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat b/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat
index fa9ae79082b..32debb34863 100644
--- a/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat
+++ b/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat
@@ -5680,6 +5680,38 @@
   proargmodes => '{o,o,o,o,o,o,o,o,o,o}',
   proargnames => '{oid,score,xid_score,mxid_score,vacuum_score,vacuum_insert_score,analyze_score,do_vacuum,do_analyze,for_wraparound}',
   prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_autovacuum_scores' },
+{ oid => '8142', descr => 'statistics: last skipped vacuum time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time' },
+{ oid => '8143', descr => 'statistics: last skipped auto vacuum time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time' },
+{ oid => '8144', descr => 'statistics: last skipped analyze time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time' },
+{ oid => '8145', descr => 'statistics: last skipped auto analyze time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time' },
+{ oid => '8146', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped vacuum for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count' },
+{ oid => '8147', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped auto vacuum for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count' },
+{ oid => '8148', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped analyzes for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count' },
+{ oid => '8149', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped auto analyzes for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count' },
 { oid => '1936', descr => 'statistics: currently active backend IDs',
   proname => 'pg_stat_get_backend_idset', prorows => '100', proretset => 't',
   provolatile => 's', proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int4',
diff --git a/src/include/pgstat.h b/src/include/pgstat.h
index dfa2e837638..98941f953d1 100644
--- a/src/include/pgstat.h
+++ b/src/include/pgstat.h
@@ -479,6 +479,15 @@ typedef struct PgStat_StatTabEntry
 	TimestampTz last_autoanalyze_time;	/* autovacuum initiated */
 	PgStat_Counter autoanalyze_count;
 
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_vacuum_time;	/* user initiated vacuum */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_vacuum_count;
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_autovacuum_time;	/* autovacuum initiated */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_autovacuum_count;
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_analyze_time;	/* user initiated */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_analyze_count;
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_autoanalyze_time;	/* autovacuum initiated */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_autoanalyze_count;
+
 	PgStat_Counter total_vacuum_time;	/* times in milliseconds */
 	PgStat_Counter total_autovacuum_time;
 	PgStat_Counter total_analyze_time;
@@ -703,6 +712,13 @@ extern void pgstat_report_analyze(Relation rel,
 								  PgStat_Counter livetuples, PgStat_Counter deadtuples,
 								  bool resetcounter, TimestampTz starttime);
 
+/* flags for pgstat_flush_backend() */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM		(1 << 0)	/* vacuum is skipped */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE		(1 << 1)	/* analyze is skipped */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOVACUUM	(1 << 2)	/* autovacuum is skipped */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOANALYZE	(1 << 3)	/* autoanalyze is skipped */
+extern void pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(Oid relid, int flags);
+
 /*
  * If stats are enabled, but pending data hasn't been prepared yet, call
  * pgstat_assoc_relation() to do so. See its comment for why this is done
diff --git a/src/test/isolation/expected/vacuum-skip-locked.out b/src/test/isolation/expected/vacuum-skip-locked.out
index 99db281a159..e2cff175b7c 100644
--- a/src/test/isolation/expected/vacuum-skip-locked.out
+++ b/src/test/isolation/expected/vacuum-skip-locked.out
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 Parsed test spec with 2 sessions
 
-starting permutation: lock_share vac_specified commit
+starting permutation: lock_share vac_specified commit check_stat
 step lock_share: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN SHARE MODE;
@@ -10,8 +10,22 @@ step vac_specified: VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED) part1, part2;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
 
-starting permutation: lock_share vac_all_parts commit
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   1|            0|                    0
+part2  |           1|                   0|            0|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
+
+starting permutation: lock_share vac_all_parts commit check_stat
 step lock_share: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN SHARE MODE;
@@ -20,8 +34,22 @@ step vac_all_parts: VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED) parted;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   1|            0|                    0
+part2  |           1|                   0|            0|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
 
-starting permutation: lock_share analyze_specified commit
+starting permutation: lock_share analyze_specified commit check_stat
 step lock_share: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN SHARE MODE;
@@ -31,8 +59,22 @@ step analyze_specified: ANALYZE (SKIP_LOCKED) part1, part2;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
 
-starting permutation: lock_share analyze_all_parts commit
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   0|            0|                    1
+part2  |           0|                   0|            1|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
+
+starting permutation: lock_share analyze_all_parts commit check_stat
 step lock_share: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN SHARE MODE;
@@ -41,8 +83,22 @@ step analyze_all_parts: ANALYZE (SKIP_LOCKED) parted;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            1|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   0|            0|                    1
+part2  |           0|                   0|            1|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
 
-starting permutation: lock_share vac_analyze_specified commit
+starting permutation: lock_share vac_analyze_specified commit check_stat
 step lock_share: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN SHARE MODE;
@@ -52,8 +108,22 @@ step vac_analyze_specified: VACUUM (ANALYZE, SKIP_LOCKED) part1, part2;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
 
-starting permutation: lock_share vac_analyze_all_parts commit
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   1|            0|                    1
+part2  |           1|                   0|            1|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
+
+starting permutation: lock_share vac_analyze_all_parts commit check_stat
 step lock_share: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN SHARE MODE;
@@ -62,8 +132,22 @@ step vac_analyze_all_parts: VACUUM (ANALYZE, SKIP_LOCKED) parted;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            1|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   1|            0|                    1
+part2  |           1|                   0|            1|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
 
-starting permutation: lock_share vac_full_specified commit
+starting permutation: lock_share vac_full_specified commit check_stat
 step lock_share: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN SHARE MODE;
@@ -73,8 +157,22 @@ step vac_full_specified: VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED, FULL) part1, part2;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
 
-starting permutation: lock_share vac_full_all_parts commit
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part2  |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
+
+starting permutation: lock_share vac_full_all_parts commit check_stat
 step lock_share: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN SHARE MODE;
@@ -83,8 +181,22 @@ step vac_full_all_parts: VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED, FULL) parted;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part2  |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+(3 rows)
 
-starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_specified commit
+
+starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_specified commit check_stat
 step lock_access_exclusive: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN ACCESS EXCLUSIVE MODE;
@@ -94,8 +206,22 @@ step vac_specified: VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED) part1, part2;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   1|            0|                    0
+part2  |           1|                   0|            0|                    0
+(3 rows)
 
-starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_all_parts commit
+
+starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_all_parts commit check_stat
 step lock_access_exclusive: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN ACCESS EXCLUSIVE MODE;
@@ -104,8 +230,22 @@ step vac_all_parts: VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED) parted;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   1|            0|                    0
+part2  |           1|                   0|            0|                    0
+(3 rows)
 
-starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive analyze_specified commit
+
+starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive analyze_specified commit check_stat
 step lock_access_exclusive: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN ACCESS EXCLUSIVE MODE;
@@ -115,8 +255,22 @@ step analyze_specified: ANALYZE (SKIP_LOCKED) part1, part2;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   0|            0|                    1
+part2  |           0|                   0|            1|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
 
-starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive analyze_all_parts commit
+starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive analyze_all_parts commit check_stat
 step lock_access_exclusive: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN ACCESS EXCLUSIVE MODE;
@@ -126,8 +280,22 @@ step commit:
 	COMMIT;
 
 step analyze_all_parts: <... completed>
-
-starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_analyze_specified commit
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            1|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   0|            1|                    0
+part2  |           0|                   0|            1|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
+
+starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_analyze_specified commit check_stat
 step lock_access_exclusive: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN ACCESS EXCLUSIVE MODE;
@@ -137,8 +305,22 @@ step vac_analyze_specified: VACUUM (ANALYZE, SKIP_LOCKED) part1, part2;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   1|            0|                    1
+part2  |           1|                   0|            1|                    0
+(3 rows)
 
-starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_analyze_all_parts commit
+
+starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_analyze_all_parts commit check_stat
 step lock_access_exclusive: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN ACCESS EXCLUSIVE MODE;
@@ -148,8 +330,22 @@ step commit:
 	COMMIT;
 
 step vac_analyze_all_parts: <... completed>
-
-starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_full_specified commit
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            1|                    0
+part1  |           1|                   0|            1|                    0
+part2  |           1|                   0|            1|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
+
+starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_full_specified commit check_stat
 step lock_access_exclusive: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN ACCESS EXCLUSIVE MODE;
@@ -159,8 +355,22 @@ step vac_full_specified: VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED, FULL) part1, part2;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
 
-starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_full_all_parts commit
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part2  |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
+
+starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_full_all_parts commit check_stat
 step lock_access_exclusive: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN ACCESS EXCLUSIVE MODE;
@@ -169,3 +379,17 @@ step vac_full_all_parts: VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED, FULL) parted;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part2  |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
diff --git a/src/test/isolation/specs/vacuum-skip-locked.spec b/src/test/isolation/specs/vacuum-skip-locked.spec
index 3fad6e1c92a..b0da75d4b6d 100644
--- a/src/test/isolation/specs/vacuum-skip-locked.spec
+++ b/src/test/isolation/specs/vacuum-skip-locked.spec
@@ -33,6 +33,15 @@ step commit
 	COMMIT;
 }
 
+step check_stat
+{
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+}
+
 session s2
 step vac_specified			{ VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED) part1, part2; }
 step vac_all_parts			{ VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED) parted; }
@@ -43,19 +52,19 @@ step vac_analyze_all_parts	{ VACUUM (ANALYZE, SKIP_LOCKED) parted; }
 step vac_full_specified		{ VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED, FULL) part1, part2; }
 step vac_full_all_parts		{ VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED, FULL) parted; }
 
-permutation lock_share vac_specified commit
-permutation lock_share vac_all_parts commit
-permutation lock_share analyze_specified commit
-permutation lock_share analyze_all_parts commit
-permutation lock_share vac_analyze_specified commit
-permutation lock_share vac_analyze_all_parts commit
-permutation lock_share vac_full_specified commit
-permutation lock_share vac_full_all_parts commit
-permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_specified commit
-permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_all_parts commit
-permutation lock_access_exclusive analyze_specified commit
-permutation lock_access_exclusive analyze_all_parts commit
-permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_analyze_specified commit
-permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_analyze_all_parts commit
-permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_full_specified commit
-permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_full_all_parts commit
+permutation lock_share vac_specified commit check_stat
+permutation lock_share vac_all_parts commit check_stat
+permutation lock_share analyze_specified commit check_stat
+permutation lock_share analyze_all_parts commit check_stat
+permutation lock_share vac_analyze_specified commit check_stat
+permutation lock_share vac_analyze_all_parts commit check_stat
+permutation lock_share vac_full_specified commit check_stat
+permutation lock_share vac_full_all_parts commit check_stat
+permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_specified commit check_stat
+permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_all_parts commit check_stat
+permutation lock_access_exclusive analyze_specified commit check_stat
+permutation lock_access_exclusive analyze_all_parts commit check_stat
+permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_analyze_specified commit check_stat
+permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_analyze_all_parts commit check_stat
+permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_full_specified commit check_stat
+permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_full_all_parts commit check_stat
diff --git a/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out b/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out
index a65a5bf0c4f..9b2075d3373 100644
--- a/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out
+++ b/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out
@@ -1835,13 +1835,21 @@ pg_stat_all_tables| SELECT c.oid AS relid,
     pg_stat_get_mod_since_analyze(c.oid) AS n_mod_since_analyze,
     pg_stat_get_ins_since_vacuum(c.oid) AS n_ins_since_vacuum,
     pg_stat_get_last_vacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_vacuum,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_vacuum,
     pg_stat_get_last_autovacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_autovacuum,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_autovacuum,
     pg_stat_get_last_analyze_time(c.oid) AS last_analyze,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_analyze,
     pg_stat_get_last_autoanalyze_time(c.oid) AS last_autoanalyze,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_autoanalyze,
     pg_stat_get_vacuum_count(c.oid) AS vacuum_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count(c.oid) AS skipped_vacuum_count,
     pg_stat_get_autovacuum_count(c.oid) AS autovacuum_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count(c.oid) AS skipped_autovacuum_count,
     pg_stat_get_analyze_count(c.oid) AS analyze_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count(c.oid) AS skipped_analyze_count,
     pg_stat_get_autoanalyze_count(c.oid) AS autoanalyze_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count(c.oid) AS skipped_autoanalyze_count,
     pg_stat_get_total_vacuum_time(c.oid) AS total_vacuum_time,
     pg_stat_get_total_autovacuum_time(c.oid) AS total_autovacuum_time,
     pg_stat_get_total_analyze_time(c.oid) AS total_analyze_time,
@@ -2346,13 +2354,21 @@ pg_stat_sys_tables| SELECT relid,
     n_mod_since_analyze,
     n_ins_since_vacuum,
     last_vacuum,
+    last_skipped_vacuum,
     last_autovacuum,
+    last_skipped_autovacuum,
     last_analyze,
+    last_skipped_analyze,
     last_autoanalyze,
+    last_skipped_autoanalyze,
     vacuum_count,
+    skipped_vacuum_count,
     autovacuum_count,
+    skipped_autovacuum_count,
     analyze_count,
+    skipped_analyze_count,
     autoanalyze_count,
+    skipped_autoanalyze_count,
     total_vacuum_time,
     total_autovacuum_time,
     total_analyze_time,
@@ -2401,13 +2417,21 @@ pg_stat_user_tables| SELECT relid,
     n_mod_since_analyze,
     n_ins_since_vacuum,
     last_vacuum,
+    last_skipped_vacuum,
     last_autovacuum,
+    last_skipped_autovacuum,
     last_analyze,
+    last_skipped_analyze,
     last_autoanalyze,
+    last_skipped_autoanalyze,
     vacuum_count,
+    skipped_vacuum_count,
     autovacuum_count,
+    skipped_autovacuum_count,
     analyze_count,
+    skipped_analyze_count,
     autoanalyze_count,
+    skipped_autoanalyze_count,
     total_vacuum_time,
     total_autovacuum_time,
     total_analyze_time,
-- 
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* [PATCH v5] Track skipped vacuum and analyze activity per relation
@ 2026-03-24 04:09 Yugo Nagata <[email protected]>
  0 siblings, 0 replies; 374+ messages in thread

From: Yugo Nagata @ 2026-03-24 04:09 UTC (permalink / raw)

This commit adds eight fields to the relation statistics that track
the last time vacuum or analyze has been attempted but skipped due to
lock unavailability, along with their counts:

-    last_skipped_vacuum
-    last_skipped_autovacuum
-    last_skipped_analyze
-    last_skipped_autoanalyze
-    skipped_vacuum_count
-    skipped_autovacuum_count
-    skipped_analyze_count
-    skipped_autoanalyze_count

These field can help users confirm that autovacuum is actively attempting
to run on a table that has not been vacuumed or analyzed for a long time,
and that the lack of progress is due to repeated skips rather than inactivity.
---
 doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml                  |  88 ++++++
 src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql          |   8 +
 src/backend/commands/vacuum.c                 | 100 +++++--
 src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c  |  64 +++++
 src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c           |  24 ++
 src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat               |  32 +++
 src/include/pgstat.h                          |  16 ++
 .../isolation/expected/vacuum-skip-locked.out | 260 ++++++++++++++++--
 .../isolation/specs/vacuum-skip-locked.spec   |  41 +--
 src/test/regress/expected/rules.out           |  24 ++
 10 files changed, 601 insertions(+), 56 deletions(-)

diff --git a/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml b/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml
index 08d5b824552..a9b579d87a9 100644
--- a/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml
+++ b/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml
@@ -4387,6 +4387,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_vacuum</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time a manual vacuum on this table was attempted but skipped due to
+       lock unavailability (not counting <command>VACUUM FULL</command>)
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>last_autovacuum</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
@@ -4397,6 +4407,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_autovacuum</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time a vacuum on this table by the autovacuum daemon was attempted
+       but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>last_analyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
@@ -4406,6 +4426,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_analyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time a manual analyze on this table was attempted but skipped due to
+       lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>last_autoanalyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
@@ -4416,6 +4446,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_autoanalyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time at which an analyze on this table by the autovacuum was
+       attempted but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>vacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4426,6 +4466,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_vacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times manual vacuums on this table have been attempted but skipped
+       due to lock unavailability (not counting <command>VACUUM FULL</command>)
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>autovacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4436,6 +4486,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_autovacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times vacuums on this table by the autovacuum daemon have been
+       attempted but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>analyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4445,6 +4505,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_analyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times manual analyzes on this table have been attempted but
+       skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>autoanalyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4455,6 +4525,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_autoanalyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times analyzes on this table by the autovacuum daemon have
+       been attempted but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>total_vacuum_time</structfield> <type>double precision</type>
@@ -4510,6 +4590,14 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
    </tgroup>
   </table>
 
+  <note>
+   <para>
+    When a manual vacuum or analyze on a parent table in an inheritance or
+    partitioning hierarchy is skipped, the statistics are recorded only for
+    the parent table, not for its children.
+   </para>
+  </note>
+
  </sect2>
 
  <sect2 id="monitoring-pg-stat-autovacuum-scores-view">
diff --git a/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql b/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql
index 73a1c1c4670..f509fc7876b 100644
--- a/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql
+++ b/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql
@@ -736,13 +736,21 @@ CREATE VIEW pg_stat_all_tables AS
             pg_stat_get_mod_since_analyze(C.oid) AS n_mod_since_analyze,
             pg_stat_get_ins_since_vacuum(C.oid) AS n_ins_since_vacuum,
             pg_stat_get_last_vacuum_time(C.oid) as last_vacuum,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_vacuum,
             pg_stat_get_last_autovacuum_time(C.oid) as last_autovacuum,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_autovacuum,
             pg_stat_get_last_analyze_time(C.oid) as last_analyze,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_analyze,
             pg_stat_get_last_autoanalyze_time(C.oid) as last_autoanalyze,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_autoanalyze,
             pg_stat_get_vacuum_count(C.oid) AS vacuum_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count(C.oid) AS skipped_vacuum_count,
             pg_stat_get_autovacuum_count(C.oid) AS autovacuum_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count(C.oid) AS skipped_autovacuum_count,
             pg_stat_get_analyze_count(C.oid) AS analyze_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count(C.oid) AS skipped_analyze_count,
             pg_stat_get_autoanalyze_count(C.oid) AS autoanalyze_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count(C.oid) AS skipped_autoanalyze_count,
             pg_stat_get_total_vacuum_time(C.oid) AS total_vacuum_time,
             pg_stat_get_total_autovacuum_time(C.oid) AS total_autovacuum_time,
             pg_stat_get_total_analyze_time(C.oid) AS total_analyze_time,
diff --git a/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c b/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c
index 99d0db82ed7..df6526225e4 100644
--- a/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c
+++ b/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c
@@ -793,8 +793,25 @@ vacuum_open_relation(Oid relid, RangeVar *relation, uint32 options,
 		rel = try_relation_open(relid, NoLock);
 	else
 	{
+		int flags = 0;
 		rel = NULL;
 		rel_lock = false;
+
+		if ((options & VACOPT_VACUUM) != 0 && (options & VACOPT_FULL) == 0)
+		{
+			if (AmAutoVacuumWorkerProcess())
+				flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOVACUUM;
+			else
+				flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM;
+		}
+		if ((options & VACOPT_ANALYZE) != 0)
+		{
+			if (AmAutoVacuumWorkerProcess())
+				flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOANALYZE;
+			else
+				flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE;
+		}
+		pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(relid, flags);
 	}
 
 	/* if relation is opened, leave */
@@ -905,7 +922,6 @@ expand_vacuum_rel(VacuumRelation *vrel, MemoryContext vac_context,
 		Form_pg_class classForm;
 		bool		include_children;
 		bool		is_partitioned_table;
-		int			rvr_opts;
 
 		/*
 		 * Since autovacuum workers supply OIDs when calling vacuum(), no
@@ -918,29 +934,69 @@ expand_vacuum_rel(VacuumRelation *vrel, MemoryContext vac_context,
 		 * below, as well as find_all_inheritors's expectation that the caller
 		 * holds some lock on the starting relation.
 		 */
-		rvr_opts = (options & VACOPT_SKIP_LOCKED) ? RVR_SKIP_LOCKED : 0;
-		relid = RangeVarGetRelidExtended(vrel->relation,
-										 AccessShareLock,
-										 rvr_opts,
-										 NULL, NULL);
-
-		/*
-		 * If the lock is unavailable, emit the same log statement that
-		 * vacuum_rel() and analyze_rel() would.
-		 */
-		if (!OidIsValid(relid))
+		if (!(options & VACOPT_SKIP_LOCKED))
 		{
-			if (options & VACOPT_VACUUM)
-				ereport(WARNING,
-						(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
-						 errmsg("skipping vacuum of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
-								vrel->relation->relname)));
-			else
-				ereport(WARNING,
-						(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
-						 errmsg("skipping analyze of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
+			relid = RangeVarGetRelidExtended(vrel->relation,
+											 AccessShareLock,
+											 0, NULL, NULL);
+			if (!OidIsValid(relid))
+				return vacrels;
+		}
+		else
+		{
+			/* Get relid for reporting before taking a lock */
+			relid = RangeVarGetRelid(vrel->relation, NoLock, false);
+
+			if (!ConditionalLockRelationOid(relid, AccessShareLock))
+			{
+				int	flags = 0;
+				/*
+				 * If the lock is unavailable, emit the same log statement that
+				 * vacuum_rel() and analyze_rel() would.
+				 */
+				if (options & VACOPT_VACUUM)
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping vacuum of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
 								vrel->relation->relname)));
-			return vacrels;
+				else
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping analyze of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
+									vrel->relation->relname)));
+
+				if ((options & VACOPT_VACUUM) != 0 && (options & VACOPT_FULL) == 0)
+					flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM;
+				if ((options & VACOPT_ANALYZE) != 0)
+					flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE;
+
+				pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(relid, flags);
+
+				return vacrels;
+			}
+
+			/*
+			 * Now that we have the lock, probe to see if the relation really
+			 * exists or not.
+			 */
+			if (!SearchSysCacheExists1(RELOID, ObjectIdGetDatum(relid)))
+			{
+				if (options & VACOPT_VACUUM)
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_UNDEFINED_TABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping vacuum of \"%s\" --- relation no longer exists",
+									vrel->relation->relname)));
+				else
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_UNDEFINED_TABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping analyze of \"%s\" --- relation no longer exists",
+									vrel->relation->relname)));
+
+				/* Release useless lock */
+				UnlockRelationOid(relid, AccessShareLock);
+
+				return vacrels;
+			}
 		}
 
 		/*
diff --git a/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c b/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c
index b2ca28f83ba..532d9023f8c 100644
--- a/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c
+++ b/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c
@@ -17,12 +17,14 @@
 
 #include "postgres.h"
 
+#include "access/htup_details.h"
 #include "access/twophase_rmgr.h"
 #include "access/xact.h"
 #include "catalog/catalog.h"
 #include "utils/memutils.h"
 #include "utils/pgstat_internal.h"
 #include "utils/rel.h"
+#include "utils/syscache.h"
 #include "utils/timestamp.h"
 
 
@@ -367,6 +369,68 @@ pgstat_report_analyze(Relation rel,
 	(void) pgstat_flush_backend(false, PGSTAT_BACKEND_FLUSH_IO);
 }
 
+/*
+ * Report that the table was skipped during vacuum or/and analyze.
+ */
+void
+pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(Oid relid, int flags)
+{
+	PgStat_EntryRef *entry_ref;
+	PgStatShared_Relation *shtabentry;
+	PgStat_StatTabEntry *tabentry;
+	TimestampTz ts;
+	HeapTuple	classTup;
+	bool		isshared;
+
+	if (!pgstat_track_counts || !flags)
+		return;
+
+	classTup = SearchSysCache1(RELOID, ObjectIdGetDatum(relid));
+	if (!HeapTupleIsValid(classTup))
+		return;			/* somebody deleted the rel, forget it */
+	isshared = ((Form_pg_class) GETSTRUCT(classTup))->relisshared;
+	ReleaseSysCache(classTup);
+
+	/* Store the data in the table's hash table entry. */
+	ts = GetCurrentTimestamp();
+
+	/* block acquiring lock for the same reason as pgstat_report_autovac() */
+	entry_ref = pgstat_get_entry_ref_locked(PGSTAT_KIND_RELATION,
+											isshared ? InvalidOid : MyDatabaseId,
+											relid, false);
+
+	shtabentry = (PgStatShared_Relation *) entry_ref->shared_stats;
+	tabentry = &shtabentry->stats;
+
+	if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM)
+	{
+		tabentry->last_skipped_vacuum_time = ts;
+		tabentry->skipped_vacuum_count++;
+	}
+	else if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOVACUUM)
+	{
+		tabentry->last_skipped_autovacuum_time = ts;
+		tabentry->skipped_autovacuum_count++;
+	}
+
+	if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE)
+	{
+		tabentry->last_skipped_analyze_time = ts;
+		tabentry->skipped_analyze_count++;
+	}
+	else if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOANALYZE)
+	{
+		tabentry->last_skipped_autoanalyze_time = ts;
+		tabentry->skipped_autoanalyze_count++;
+	}
+
+	pgstat_unlock_entry(entry_ref);
+
+	/* see pgstat_report_vacuum() */
+	pgstat_flush_io(false);
+	(void) pgstat_flush_backend(false, PGSTAT_BACKEND_FLUSH_IO);
+}
+
 /*
  * count a tuple insertion of n tuples
  */
diff --git a/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c b/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c
index 1408de387ea..90a8968faa0 100644
--- a/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c
+++ b/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c
@@ -84,6 +84,18 @@ PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(mod_since_analyze)
 /* pg_stat_get_numscans */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(numscans)
 
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_analyze_count)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_autoanalyze_count)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_autovacuum_count)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_vacuum_count)
+
 /* pg_stat_get_tuples_deleted */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(tuples_deleted)
 
@@ -170,6 +182,18 @@ PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_vacuum_time)
 /* pg_stat_get_lastscan */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(lastscan)
 
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_analyze_time)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_autoanalyze_time)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_autovacuum_time)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_vacuum_time)
+
 /* pg_stat_get_stat_reset_time */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(stat_reset_time)
 
diff --git a/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat b/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat
index fa9ae79082b..32debb34863 100644
--- a/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat
+++ b/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat
@@ -5680,6 +5680,38 @@
   proargmodes => '{o,o,o,o,o,o,o,o,o,o}',
   proargnames => '{oid,score,xid_score,mxid_score,vacuum_score,vacuum_insert_score,analyze_score,do_vacuum,do_analyze,for_wraparound}',
   prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_autovacuum_scores' },
+{ oid => '8142', descr => 'statistics: last skipped vacuum time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time' },
+{ oid => '8143', descr => 'statistics: last skipped auto vacuum time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time' },
+{ oid => '8144', descr => 'statistics: last skipped analyze time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time' },
+{ oid => '8145', descr => 'statistics: last skipped auto analyze time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time' },
+{ oid => '8146', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped vacuum for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count' },
+{ oid => '8147', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped auto vacuum for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count' },
+{ oid => '8148', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped analyzes for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count' },
+{ oid => '8149', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped auto analyzes for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count' },
 { oid => '1936', descr => 'statistics: currently active backend IDs',
   proname => 'pg_stat_get_backend_idset', prorows => '100', proretset => 't',
   provolatile => 's', proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int4',
diff --git a/src/include/pgstat.h b/src/include/pgstat.h
index dfa2e837638..98941f953d1 100644
--- a/src/include/pgstat.h
+++ b/src/include/pgstat.h
@@ -479,6 +479,15 @@ typedef struct PgStat_StatTabEntry
 	TimestampTz last_autoanalyze_time;	/* autovacuum initiated */
 	PgStat_Counter autoanalyze_count;
 
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_vacuum_time;	/* user initiated vacuum */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_vacuum_count;
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_autovacuum_time;	/* autovacuum initiated */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_autovacuum_count;
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_analyze_time;	/* user initiated */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_analyze_count;
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_autoanalyze_time;	/* autovacuum initiated */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_autoanalyze_count;
+
 	PgStat_Counter total_vacuum_time;	/* times in milliseconds */
 	PgStat_Counter total_autovacuum_time;
 	PgStat_Counter total_analyze_time;
@@ -703,6 +712,13 @@ extern void pgstat_report_analyze(Relation rel,
 								  PgStat_Counter livetuples, PgStat_Counter deadtuples,
 								  bool resetcounter, TimestampTz starttime);
 
+/* flags for pgstat_flush_backend() */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM		(1 << 0)	/* vacuum is skipped */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE		(1 << 1)	/* analyze is skipped */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOVACUUM	(1 << 2)	/* autovacuum is skipped */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOANALYZE	(1 << 3)	/* autoanalyze is skipped */
+extern void pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(Oid relid, int flags);
+
 /*
  * If stats are enabled, but pending data hasn't been prepared yet, call
  * pgstat_assoc_relation() to do so. See its comment for why this is done
diff --git a/src/test/isolation/expected/vacuum-skip-locked.out b/src/test/isolation/expected/vacuum-skip-locked.out
index 99db281a159..e2cff175b7c 100644
--- a/src/test/isolation/expected/vacuum-skip-locked.out
+++ b/src/test/isolation/expected/vacuum-skip-locked.out
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 Parsed test spec with 2 sessions
 
-starting permutation: lock_share vac_specified commit
+starting permutation: lock_share vac_specified commit check_stat
 step lock_share: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN SHARE MODE;
@@ -10,8 +10,22 @@ step vac_specified: VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED) part1, part2;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
 
-starting permutation: lock_share vac_all_parts commit
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   1|            0|                    0
+part2  |           1|                   0|            0|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
+
+starting permutation: lock_share vac_all_parts commit check_stat
 step lock_share: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN SHARE MODE;
@@ -20,8 +34,22 @@ step vac_all_parts: VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED) parted;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   1|            0|                    0
+part2  |           1|                   0|            0|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
 
-starting permutation: lock_share analyze_specified commit
+starting permutation: lock_share analyze_specified commit check_stat
 step lock_share: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN SHARE MODE;
@@ -31,8 +59,22 @@ step analyze_specified: ANALYZE (SKIP_LOCKED) part1, part2;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
 
-starting permutation: lock_share analyze_all_parts commit
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   0|            0|                    1
+part2  |           0|                   0|            1|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
+
+starting permutation: lock_share analyze_all_parts commit check_stat
 step lock_share: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN SHARE MODE;
@@ -41,8 +83,22 @@ step analyze_all_parts: ANALYZE (SKIP_LOCKED) parted;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            1|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   0|            0|                    1
+part2  |           0|                   0|            1|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
 
-starting permutation: lock_share vac_analyze_specified commit
+starting permutation: lock_share vac_analyze_specified commit check_stat
 step lock_share: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN SHARE MODE;
@@ -52,8 +108,22 @@ step vac_analyze_specified: VACUUM (ANALYZE, SKIP_LOCKED) part1, part2;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
 
-starting permutation: lock_share vac_analyze_all_parts commit
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   1|            0|                    1
+part2  |           1|                   0|            1|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
+
+starting permutation: lock_share vac_analyze_all_parts commit check_stat
 step lock_share: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN SHARE MODE;
@@ -62,8 +132,22 @@ step vac_analyze_all_parts: VACUUM (ANALYZE, SKIP_LOCKED) parted;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            1|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   1|            0|                    1
+part2  |           1|                   0|            1|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
 
-starting permutation: lock_share vac_full_specified commit
+starting permutation: lock_share vac_full_specified commit check_stat
 step lock_share: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN SHARE MODE;
@@ -73,8 +157,22 @@ step vac_full_specified: VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED, FULL) part1, part2;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
 
-starting permutation: lock_share vac_full_all_parts commit
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part2  |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
+
+starting permutation: lock_share vac_full_all_parts commit check_stat
 step lock_share: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN SHARE MODE;
@@ -83,8 +181,22 @@ step vac_full_all_parts: VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED, FULL) parted;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part2  |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+(3 rows)
 
-starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_specified commit
+
+starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_specified commit check_stat
 step lock_access_exclusive: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN ACCESS EXCLUSIVE MODE;
@@ -94,8 +206,22 @@ step vac_specified: VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED) part1, part2;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   1|            0|                    0
+part2  |           1|                   0|            0|                    0
+(3 rows)
 
-starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_all_parts commit
+
+starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_all_parts commit check_stat
 step lock_access_exclusive: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN ACCESS EXCLUSIVE MODE;
@@ -104,8 +230,22 @@ step vac_all_parts: VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED) parted;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   1|            0|                    0
+part2  |           1|                   0|            0|                    0
+(3 rows)
 
-starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive analyze_specified commit
+
+starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive analyze_specified commit check_stat
 step lock_access_exclusive: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN ACCESS EXCLUSIVE MODE;
@@ -115,8 +255,22 @@ step analyze_specified: ANALYZE (SKIP_LOCKED) part1, part2;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   0|            0|                    1
+part2  |           0|                   0|            1|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
 
-starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive analyze_all_parts commit
+starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive analyze_all_parts commit check_stat
 step lock_access_exclusive: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN ACCESS EXCLUSIVE MODE;
@@ -126,8 +280,22 @@ step commit:
 	COMMIT;
 
 step analyze_all_parts: <... completed>
-
-starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_analyze_specified commit
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            1|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   0|            1|                    0
+part2  |           0|                   0|            1|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
+
+starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_analyze_specified commit check_stat
 step lock_access_exclusive: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN ACCESS EXCLUSIVE MODE;
@@ -137,8 +305,22 @@ step vac_analyze_specified: VACUUM (ANALYZE, SKIP_LOCKED) part1, part2;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   1|            0|                    1
+part2  |           1|                   0|            1|                    0
+(3 rows)
 
-starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_analyze_all_parts commit
+
+starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_analyze_all_parts commit check_stat
 step lock_access_exclusive: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN ACCESS EXCLUSIVE MODE;
@@ -148,8 +330,22 @@ step commit:
 	COMMIT;
 
 step vac_analyze_all_parts: <... completed>
-
-starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_full_specified commit
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            1|                    0
+part1  |           1|                   0|            1|                    0
+part2  |           1|                   0|            1|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
+
+starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_full_specified commit check_stat
 step lock_access_exclusive: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN ACCESS EXCLUSIVE MODE;
@@ -159,8 +355,22 @@ step vac_full_specified: VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED, FULL) part1, part2;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
 
-starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_full_all_parts commit
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part2  |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
+
+starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_full_all_parts commit check_stat
 step lock_access_exclusive: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN ACCESS EXCLUSIVE MODE;
@@ -169,3 +379,17 @@ step vac_full_all_parts: VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED, FULL) parted;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part2  |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
diff --git a/src/test/isolation/specs/vacuum-skip-locked.spec b/src/test/isolation/specs/vacuum-skip-locked.spec
index 3fad6e1c92a..b0da75d4b6d 100644
--- a/src/test/isolation/specs/vacuum-skip-locked.spec
+++ b/src/test/isolation/specs/vacuum-skip-locked.spec
@@ -33,6 +33,15 @@ step commit
 	COMMIT;
 }
 
+step check_stat
+{
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+}
+
 session s2
 step vac_specified			{ VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED) part1, part2; }
 step vac_all_parts			{ VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED) parted; }
@@ -43,19 +52,19 @@ step vac_analyze_all_parts	{ VACUUM (ANALYZE, SKIP_LOCKED) parted; }
 step vac_full_specified		{ VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED, FULL) part1, part2; }
 step vac_full_all_parts		{ VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED, FULL) parted; }
 
-permutation lock_share vac_specified commit
-permutation lock_share vac_all_parts commit
-permutation lock_share analyze_specified commit
-permutation lock_share analyze_all_parts commit
-permutation lock_share vac_analyze_specified commit
-permutation lock_share vac_analyze_all_parts commit
-permutation lock_share vac_full_specified commit
-permutation lock_share vac_full_all_parts commit
-permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_specified commit
-permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_all_parts commit
-permutation lock_access_exclusive analyze_specified commit
-permutation lock_access_exclusive analyze_all_parts commit
-permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_analyze_specified commit
-permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_analyze_all_parts commit
-permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_full_specified commit
-permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_full_all_parts commit
+permutation lock_share vac_specified commit check_stat
+permutation lock_share vac_all_parts commit check_stat
+permutation lock_share analyze_specified commit check_stat
+permutation lock_share analyze_all_parts commit check_stat
+permutation lock_share vac_analyze_specified commit check_stat
+permutation lock_share vac_analyze_all_parts commit check_stat
+permutation lock_share vac_full_specified commit check_stat
+permutation lock_share vac_full_all_parts commit check_stat
+permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_specified commit check_stat
+permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_all_parts commit check_stat
+permutation lock_access_exclusive analyze_specified commit check_stat
+permutation lock_access_exclusive analyze_all_parts commit check_stat
+permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_analyze_specified commit check_stat
+permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_analyze_all_parts commit check_stat
+permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_full_specified commit check_stat
+permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_full_all_parts commit check_stat
diff --git a/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out b/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out
index a65a5bf0c4f..9b2075d3373 100644
--- a/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out
+++ b/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out
@@ -1835,13 +1835,21 @@ pg_stat_all_tables| SELECT c.oid AS relid,
     pg_stat_get_mod_since_analyze(c.oid) AS n_mod_since_analyze,
     pg_stat_get_ins_since_vacuum(c.oid) AS n_ins_since_vacuum,
     pg_stat_get_last_vacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_vacuum,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_vacuum,
     pg_stat_get_last_autovacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_autovacuum,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_autovacuum,
     pg_stat_get_last_analyze_time(c.oid) AS last_analyze,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_analyze,
     pg_stat_get_last_autoanalyze_time(c.oid) AS last_autoanalyze,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_autoanalyze,
     pg_stat_get_vacuum_count(c.oid) AS vacuum_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count(c.oid) AS skipped_vacuum_count,
     pg_stat_get_autovacuum_count(c.oid) AS autovacuum_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count(c.oid) AS skipped_autovacuum_count,
     pg_stat_get_analyze_count(c.oid) AS analyze_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count(c.oid) AS skipped_analyze_count,
     pg_stat_get_autoanalyze_count(c.oid) AS autoanalyze_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count(c.oid) AS skipped_autoanalyze_count,
     pg_stat_get_total_vacuum_time(c.oid) AS total_vacuum_time,
     pg_stat_get_total_autovacuum_time(c.oid) AS total_autovacuum_time,
     pg_stat_get_total_analyze_time(c.oid) AS total_analyze_time,
@@ -2346,13 +2354,21 @@ pg_stat_sys_tables| SELECT relid,
     n_mod_since_analyze,
     n_ins_since_vacuum,
     last_vacuum,
+    last_skipped_vacuum,
     last_autovacuum,
+    last_skipped_autovacuum,
     last_analyze,
+    last_skipped_analyze,
     last_autoanalyze,
+    last_skipped_autoanalyze,
     vacuum_count,
+    skipped_vacuum_count,
     autovacuum_count,
+    skipped_autovacuum_count,
     analyze_count,
+    skipped_analyze_count,
     autoanalyze_count,
+    skipped_autoanalyze_count,
     total_vacuum_time,
     total_autovacuum_time,
     total_analyze_time,
@@ -2401,13 +2417,21 @@ pg_stat_user_tables| SELECT relid,
     n_mod_since_analyze,
     n_ins_since_vacuum,
     last_vacuum,
+    last_skipped_vacuum,
     last_autovacuum,
+    last_skipped_autovacuum,
     last_analyze,
+    last_skipped_analyze,
     last_autoanalyze,
+    last_skipped_autoanalyze,
     vacuum_count,
+    skipped_vacuum_count,
     autovacuum_count,
+    skipped_autovacuum_count,
     analyze_count,
+    skipped_analyze_count,
     autoanalyze_count,
+    skipped_autoanalyze_count,
     total_vacuum_time,
     total_autovacuum_time,
     total_analyze_time,
-- 
2.43.0


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* [PATCH v5] Track skipped vacuum and analyze activity per relation
@ 2026-03-24 04:09 Yugo Nagata <[email protected]>
  0 siblings, 0 replies; 374+ messages in thread

From: Yugo Nagata @ 2026-03-24 04:09 UTC (permalink / raw)

This commit adds eight fields to the relation statistics that track
the last time vacuum or analyze has been attempted but skipped due to
lock unavailability, along with their counts:

-    last_skipped_vacuum
-    last_skipped_autovacuum
-    last_skipped_analyze
-    last_skipped_autoanalyze
-    skipped_vacuum_count
-    skipped_autovacuum_count
-    skipped_analyze_count
-    skipped_autoanalyze_count

These field can help users confirm that autovacuum is actively attempting
to run on a table that has not been vacuumed or analyzed for a long time,
and that the lack of progress is due to repeated skips rather than inactivity.
---
 doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml                  |  88 ++++++
 src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql          |   8 +
 src/backend/commands/vacuum.c                 | 100 +++++--
 src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c  |  64 +++++
 src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c           |  24 ++
 src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat               |  32 +++
 src/include/pgstat.h                          |  16 ++
 .../isolation/expected/vacuum-skip-locked.out | 260 ++++++++++++++++--
 .../isolation/specs/vacuum-skip-locked.spec   |  41 +--
 src/test/regress/expected/rules.out           |  24 ++
 10 files changed, 601 insertions(+), 56 deletions(-)

diff --git a/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml b/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml
index 08d5b824552..a9b579d87a9 100644
--- a/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml
+++ b/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml
@@ -4387,6 +4387,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_vacuum</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time a manual vacuum on this table was attempted but skipped due to
+       lock unavailability (not counting <command>VACUUM FULL</command>)
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>last_autovacuum</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
@@ -4397,6 +4407,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_autovacuum</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time a vacuum on this table by the autovacuum daemon was attempted
+       but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>last_analyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
@@ -4406,6 +4426,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_analyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time a manual analyze on this table was attempted but skipped due to
+       lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>last_autoanalyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
@@ -4416,6 +4446,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_autoanalyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time at which an analyze on this table by the autovacuum was
+       attempted but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>vacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4426,6 +4466,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_vacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times manual vacuums on this table have been attempted but skipped
+       due to lock unavailability (not counting <command>VACUUM FULL</command>)
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>autovacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4436,6 +4486,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_autovacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times vacuums on this table by the autovacuum daemon have been
+       attempted but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>analyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4445,6 +4505,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_analyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times manual analyzes on this table have been attempted but
+       skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>autoanalyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4455,6 +4525,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_autoanalyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times analyzes on this table by the autovacuum daemon have
+       been attempted but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>total_vacuum_time</structfield> <type>double precision</type>
@@ -4510,6 +4590,14 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
    </tgroup>
   </table>
 
+  <note>
+   <para>
+    When a manual vacuum or analyze on a parent table in an inheritance or
+    partitioning hierarchy is skipped, the statistics are recorded only for
+    the parent table, not for its children.
+   </para>
+  </note>
+
  </sect2>
 
  <sect2 id="monitoring-pg-stat-autovacuum-scores-view">
diff --git a/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql b/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql
index 73a1c1c4670..f509fc7876b 100644
--- a/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql
+++ b/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql
@@ -736,13 +736,21 @@ CREATE VIEW pg_stat_all_tables AS
             pg_stat_get_mod_since_analyze(C.oid) AS n_mod_since_analyze,
             pg_stat_get_ins_since_vacuum(C.oid) AS n_ins_since_vacuum,
             pg_stat_get_last_vacuum_time(C.oid) as last_vacuum,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_vacuum,
             pg_stat_get_last_autovacuum_time(C.oid) as last_autovacuum,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_autovacuum,
             pg_stat_get_last_analyze_time(C.oid) as last_analyze,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_analyze,
             pg_stat_get_last_autoanalyze_time(C.oid) as last_autoanalyze,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_autoanalyze,
             pg_stat_get_vacuum_count(C.oid) AS vacuum_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count(C.oid) AS skipped_vacuum_count,
             pg_stat_get_autovacuum_count(C.oid) AS autovacuum_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count(C.oid) AS skipped_autovacuum_count,
             pg_stat_get_analyze_count(C.oid) AS analyze_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count(C.oid) AS skipped_analyze_count,
             pg_stat_get_autoanalyze_count(C.oid) AS autoanalyze_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count(C.oid) AS skipped_autoanalyze_count,
             pg_stat_get_total_vacuum_time(C.oid) AS total_vacuum_time,
             pg_stat_get_total_autovacuum_time(C.oid) AS total_autovacuum_time,
             pg_stat_get_total_analyze_time(C.oid) AS total_analyze_time,
diff --git a/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c b/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c
index 99d0db82ed7..df6526225e4 100644
--- a/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c
+++ b/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c
@@ -793,8 +793,25 @@ vacuum_open_relation(Oid relid, RangeVar *relation, uint32 options,
 		rel = try_relation_open(relid, NoLock);
 	else
 	{
+		int flags = 0;
 		rel = NULL;
 		rel_lock = false;
+
+		if ((options & VACOPT_VACUUM) != 0 && (options & VACOPT_FULL) == 0)
+		{
+			if (AmAutoVacuumWorkerProcess())
+				flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOVACUUM;
+			else
+				flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM;
+		}
+		if ((options & VACOPT_ANALYZE) != 0)
+		{
+			if (AmAutoVacuumWorkerProcess())
+				flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOANALYZE;
+			else
+				flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE;
+		}
+		pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(relid, flags);
 	}
 
 	/* if relation is opened, leave */
@@ -905,7 +922,6 @@ expand_vacuum_rel(VacuumRelation *vrel, MemoryContext vac_context,
 		Form_pg_class classForm;
 		bool		include_children;
 		bool		is_partitioned_table;
-		int			rvr_opts;
 
 		/*
 		 * Since autovacuum workers supply OIDs when calling vacuum(), no
@@ -918,29 +934,69 @@ expand_vacuum_rel(VacuumRelation *vrel, MemoryContext vac_context,
 		 * below, as well as find_all_inheritors's expectation that the caller
 		 * holds some lock on the starting relation.
 		 */
-		rvr_opts = (options & VACOPT_SKIP_LOCKED) ? RVR_SKIP_LOCKED : 0;
-		relid = RangeVarGetRelidExtended(vrel->relation,
-										 AccessShareLock,
-										 rvr_opts,
-										 NULL, NULL);
-
-		/*
-		 * If the lock is unavailable, emit the same log statement that
-		 * vacuum_rel() and analyze_rel() would.
-		 */
-		if (!OidIsValid(relid))
+		if (!(options & VACOPT_SKIP_LOCKED))
 		{
-			if (options & VACOPT_VACUUM)
-				ereport(WARNING,
-						(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
-						 errmsg("skipping vacuum of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
-								vrel->relation->relname)));
-			else
-				ereport(WARNING,
-						(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
-						 errmsg("skipping analyze of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
+			relid = RangeVarGetRelidExtended(vrel->relation,
+											 AccessShareLock,
+											 0, NULL, NULL);
+			if (!OidIsValid(relid))
+				return vacrels;
+		}
+		else
+		{
+			/* Get relid for reporting before taking a lock */
+			relid = RangeVarGetRelid(vrel->relation, NoLock, false);
+
+			if (!ConditionalLockRelationOid(relid, AccessShareLock))
+			{
+				int	flags = 0;
+				/*
+				 * If the lock is unavailable, emit the same log statement that
+				 * vacuum_rel() and analyze_rel() would.
+				 */
+				if (options & VACOPT_VACUUM)
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping vacuum of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
 								vrel->relation->relname)));
-			return vacrels;
+				else
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping analyze of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
+									vrel->relation->relname)));
+
+				if ((options & VACOPT_VACUUM) != 0 && (options & VACOPT_FULL) == 0)
+					flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM;
+				if ((options & VACOPT_ANALYZE) != 0)
+					flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE;
+
+				pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(relid, flags);
+
+				return vacrels;
+			}
+
+			/*
+			 * Now that we have the lock, probe to see if the relation really
+			 * exists or not.
+			 */
+			if (!SearchSysCacheExists1(RELOID, ObjectIdGetDatum(relid)))
+			{
+				if (options & VACOPT_VACUUM)
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_UNDEFINED_TABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping vacuum of \"%s\" --- relation no longer exists",
+									vrel->relation->relname)));
+				else
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_UNDEFINED_TABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping analyze of \"%s\" --- relation no longer exists",
+									vrel->relation->relname)));
+
+				/* Release useless lock */
+				UnlockRelationOid(relid, AccessShareLock);
+
+				return vacrels;
+			}
 		}
 
 		/*
diff --git a/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c b/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c
index b2ca28f83ba..532d9023f8c 100644
--- a/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c
+++ b/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c
@@ -17,12 +17,14 @@
 
 #include "postgres.h"
 
+#include "access/htup_details.h"
 #include "access/twophase_rmgr.h"
 #include "access/xact.h"
 #include "catalog/catalog.h"
 #include "utils/memutils.h"
 #include "utils/pgstat_internal.h"
 #include "utils/rel.h"
+#include "utils/syscache.h"
 #include "utils/timestamp.h"
 
 
@@ -367,6 +369,68 @@ pgstat_report_analyze(Relation rel,
 	(void) pgstat_flush_backend(false, PGSTAT_BACKEND_FLUSH_IO);
 }
 
+/*
+ * Report that the table was skipped during vacuum or/and analyze.
+ */
+void
+pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(Oid relid, int flags)
+{
+	PgStat_EntryRef *entry_ref;
+	PgStatShared_Relation *shtabentry;
+	PgStat_StatTabEntry *tabentry;
+	TimestampTz ts;
+	HeapTuple	classTup;
+	bool		isshared;
+
+	if (!pgstat_track_counts || !flags)
+		return;
+
+	classTup = SearchSysCache1(RELOID, ObjectIdGetDatum(relid));
+	if (!HeapTupleIsValid(classTup))
+		return;			/* somebody deleted the rel, forget it */
+	isshared = ((Form_pg_class) GETSTRUCT(classTup))->relisshared;
+	ReleaseSysCache(classTup);
+
+	/* Store the data in the table's hash table entry. */
+	ts = GetCurrentTimestamp();
+
+	/* block acquiring lock for the same reason as pgstat_report_autovac() */
+	entry_ref = pgstat_get_entry_ref_locked(PGSTAT_KIND_RELATION,
+											isshared ? InvalidOid : MyDatabaseId,
+											relid, false);
+
+	shtabentry = (PgStatShared_Relation *) entry_ref->shared_stats;
+	tabentry = &shtabentry->stats;
+
+	if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM)
+	{
+		tabentry->last_skipped_vacuum_time = ts;
+		tabentry->skipped_vacuum_count++;
+	}
+	else if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOVACUUM)
+	{
+		tabentry->last_skipped_autovacuum_time = ts;
+		tabentry->skipped_autovacuum_count++;
+	}
+
+	if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE)
+	{
+		tabentry->last_skipped_analyze_time = ts;
+		tabentry->skipped_analyze_count++;
+	}
+	else if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOANALYZE)
+	{
+		tabentry->last_skipped_autoanalyze_time = ts;
+		tabentry->skipped_autoanalyze_count++;
+	}
+
+	pgstat_unlock_entry(entry_ref);
+
+	/* see pgstat_report_vacuum() */
+	pgstat_flush_io(false);
+	(void) pgstat_flush_backend(false, PGSTAT_BACKEND_FLUSH_IO);
+}
+
 /*
  * count a tuple insertion of n tuples
  */
diff --git a/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c b/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c
index 1408de387ea..90a8968faa0 100644
--- a/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c
+++ b/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c
@@ -84,6 +84,18 @@ PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(mod_since_analyze)
 /* pg_stat_get_numscans */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(numscans)
 
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_analyze_count)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_autoanalyze_count)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_autovacuum_count)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_vacuum_count)
+
 /* pg_stat_get_tuples_deleted */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(tuples_deleted)
 
@@ -170,6 +182,18 @@ PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_vacuum_time)
 /* pg_stat_get_lastscan */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(lastscan)
 
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_analyze_time)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_autoanalyze_time)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_autovacuum_time)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_vacuum_time)
+
 /* pg_stat_get_stat_reset_time */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(stat_reset_time)
 
diff --git a/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat b/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat
index fa9ae79082b..32debb34863 100644
--- a/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat
+++ b/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat
@@ -5680,6 +5680,38 @@
   proargmodes => '{o,o,o,o,o,o,o,o,o,o}',
   proargnames => '{oid,score,xid_score,mxid_score,vacuum_score,vacuum_insert_score,analyze_score,do_vacuum,do_analyze,for_wraparound}',
   prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_autovacuum_scores' },
+{ oid => '8142', descr => 'statistics: last skipped vacuum time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time' },
+{ oid => '8143', descr => 'statistics: last skipped auto vacuum time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time' },
+{ oid => '8144', descr => 'statistics: last skipped analyze time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time' },
+{ oid => '8145', descr => 'statistics: last skipped auto analyze time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time' },
+{ oid => '8146', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped vacuum for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count' },
+{ oid => '8147', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped auto vacuum for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count' },
+{ oid => '8148', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped analyzes for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count' },
+{ oid => '8149', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped auto analyzes for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count' },
 { oid => '1936', descr => 'statistics: currently active backend IDs',
   proname => 'pg_stat_get_backend_idset', prorows => '100', proretset => 't',
   provolatile => 's', proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int4',
diff --git a/src/include/pgstat.h b/src/include/pgstat.h
index dfa2e837638..98941f953d1 100644
--- a/src/include/pgstat.h
+++ b/src/include/pgstat.h
@@ -479,6 +479,15 @@ typedef struct PgStat_StatTabEntry
 	TimestampTz last_autoanalyze_time;	/* autovacuum initiated */
 	PgStat_Counter autoanalyze_count;
 
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_vacuum_time;	/* user initiated vacuum */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_vacuum_count;
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_autovacuum_time;	/* autovacuum initiated */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_autovacuum_count;
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_analyze_time;	/* user initiated */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_analyze_count;
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_autoanalyze_time;	/* autovacuum initiated */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_autoanalyze_count;
+
 	PgStat_Counter total_vacuum_time;	/* times in milliseconds */
 	PgStat_Counter total_autovacuum_time;
 	PgStat_Counter total_analyze_time;
@@ -703,6 +712,13 @@ extern void pgstat_report_analyze(Relation rel,
 								  PgStat_Counter livetuples, PgStat_Counter deadtuples,
 								  bool resetcounter, TimestampTz starttime);
 
+/* flags for pgstat_flush_backend() */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM		(1 << 0)	/* vacuum is skipped */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE		(1 << 1)	/* analyze is skipped */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOVACUUM	(1 << 2)	/* autovacuum is skipped */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOANALYZE	(1 << 3)	/* autoanalyze is skipped */
+extern void pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(Oid relid, int flags);
+
 /*
  * If stats are enabled, but pending data hasn't been prepared yet, call
  * pgstat_assoc_relation() to do so. See its comment for why this is done
diff --git a/src/test/isolation/expected/vacuum-skip-locked.out b/src/test/isolation/expected/vacuum-skip-locked.out
index 99db281a159..e2cff175b7c 100644
--- a/src/test/isolation/expected/vacuum-skip-locked.out
+++ b/src/test/isolation/expected/vacuum-skip-locked.out
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 Parsed test spec with 2 sessions
 
-starting permutation: lock_share vac_specified commit
+starting permutation: lock_share vac_specified commit check_stat
 step lock_share: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN SHARE MODE;
@@ -10,8 +10,22 @@ step vac_specified: VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED) part1, part2;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
 
-starting permutation: lock_share vac_all_parts commit
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   1|            0|                    0
+part2  |           1|                   0|            0|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
+
+starting permutation: lock_share vac_all_parts commit check_stat
 step lock_share: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN SHARE MODE;
@@ -20,8 +34,22 @@ step vac_all_parts: VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED) parted;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   1|            0|                    0
+part2  |           1|                   0|            0|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
 
-starting permutation: lock_share analyze_specified commit
+starting permutation: lock_share analyze_specified commit check_stat
 step lock_share: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN SHARE MODE;
@@ -31,8 +59,22 @@ step analyze_specified: ANALYZE (SKIP_LOCKED) part1, part2;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
 
-starting permutation: lock_share analyze_all_parts commit
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   0|            0|                    1
+part2  |           0|                   0|            1|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
+
+starting permutation: lock_share analyze_all_parts commit check_stat
 step lock_share: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN SHARE MODE;
@@ -41,8 +83,22 @@ step analyze_all_parts: ANALYZE (SKIP_LOCKED) parted;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            1|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   0|            0|                    1
+part2  |           0|                   0|            1|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
 
-starting permutation: lock_share vac_analyze_specified commit
+starting permutation: lock_share vac_analyze_specified commit check_stat
 step lock_share: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN SHARE MODE;
@@ -52,8 +108,22 @@ step vac_analyze_specified: VACUUM (ANALYZE, SKIP_LOCKED) part1, part2;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
 
-starting permutation: lock_share vac_analyze_all_parts commit
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   1|            0|                    1
+part2  |           1|                   0|            1|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
+
+starting permutation: lock_share vac_analyze_all_parts commit check_stat
 step lock_share: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN SHARE MODE;
@@ -62,8 +132,22 @@ step vac_analyze_all_parts: VACUUM (ANALYZE, SKIP_LOCKED) parted;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            1|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   1|            0|                    1
+part2  |           1|                   0|            1|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
 
-starting permutation: lock_share vac_full_specified commit
+starting permutation: lock_share vac_full_specified commit check_stat
 step lock_share: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN SHARE MODE;
@@ -73,8 +157,22 @@ step vac_full_specified: VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED, FULL) part1, part2;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
 
-starting permutation: lock_share vac_full_all_parts commit
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part2  |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
+
+starting permutation: lock_share vac_full_all_parts commit check_stat
 step lock_share: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN SHARE MODE;
@@ -83,8 +181,22 @@ step vac_full_all_parts: VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED, FULL) parted;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part2  |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+(3 rows)
 
-starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_specified commit
+
+starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_specified commit check_stat
 step lock_access_exclusive: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN ACCESS EXCLUSIVE MODE;
@@ -94,8 +206,22 @@ step vac_specified: VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED) part1, part2;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   1|            0|                    0
+part2  |           1|                   0|            0|                    0
+(3 rows)
 
-starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_all_parts commit
+
+starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_all_parts commit check_stat
 step lock_access_exclusive: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN ACCESS EXCLUSIVE MODE;
@@ -104,8 +230,22 @@ step vac_all_parts: VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED) parted;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   1|            0|                    0
+part2  |           1|                   0|            0|                    0
+(3 rows)
 
-starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive analyze_specified commit
+
+starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive analyze_specified commit check_stat
 step lock_access_exclusive: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN ACCESS EXCLUSIVE MODE;
@@ -115,8 +255,22 @@ step analyze_specified: ANALYZE (SKIP_LOCKED) part1, part2;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   0|            0|                    1
+part2  |           0|                   0|            1|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
 
-starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive analyze_all_parts commit
+starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive analyze_all_parts commit check_stat
 step lock_access_exclusive: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN ACCESS EXCLUSIVE MODE;
@@ -126,8 +280,22 @@ step commit:
 	COMMIT;
 
 step analyze_all_parts: <... completed>
-
-starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_analyze_specified commit
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            1|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   0|            1|                    0
+part2  |           0|                   0|            1|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
+
+starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_analyze_specified commit check_stat
 step lock_access_exclusive: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN ACCESS EXCLUSIVE MODE;
@@ -137,8 +305,22 @@ step vac_analyze_specified: VACUUM (ANALYZE, SKIP_LOCKED) part1, part2;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   1|            0|                    1
+part2  |           1|                   0|            1|                    0
+(3 rows)
 
-starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_analyze_all_parts commit
+
+starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_analyze_all_parts commit check_stat
 step lock_access_exclusive: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN ACCESS EXCLUSIVE MODE;
@@ -148,8 +330,22 @@ step commit:
 	COMMIT;
 
 step vac_analyze_all_parts: <... completed>
-
-starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_full_specified commit
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            1|                    0
+part1  |           1|                   0|            1|                    0
+part2  |           1|                   0|            1|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
+
+starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_full_specified commit check_stat
 step lock_access_exclusive: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN ACCESS EXCLUSIVE MODE;
@@ -159,8 +355,22 @@ step vac_full_specified: VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED, FULL) part1, part2;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
 
-starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_full_all_parts commit
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part2  |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
+
+starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_full_all_parts commit check_stat
 step lock_access_exclusive: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN ACCESS EXCLUSIVE MODE;
@@ -169,3 +379,17 @@ step vac_full_all_parts: VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED, FULL) parted;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part2  |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
diff --git a/src/test/isolation/specs/vacuum-skip-locked.spec b/src/test/isolation/specs/vacuum-skip-locked.spec
index 3fad6e1c92a..b0da75d4b6d 100644
--- a/src/test/isolation/specs/vacuum-skip-locked.spec
+++ b/src/test/isolation/specs/vacuum-skip-locked.spec
@@ -33,6 +33,15 @@ step commit
 	COMMIT;
 }
 
+step check_stat
+{
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+}
+
 session s2
 step vac_specified			{ VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED) part1, part2; }
 step vac_all_parts			{ VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED) parted; }
@@ -43,19 +52,19 @@ step vac_analyze_all_parts	{ VACUUM (ANALYZE, SKIP_LOCKED) parted; }
 step vac_full_specified		{ VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED, FULL) part1, part2; }
 step vac_full_all_parts		{ VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED, FULL) parted; }
 
-permutation lock_share vac_specified commit
-permutation lock_share vac_all_parts commit
-permutation lock_share analyze_specified commit
-permutation lock_share analyze_all_parts commit
-permutation lock_share vac_analyze_specified commit
-permutation lock_share vac_analyze_all_parts commit
-permutation lock_share vac_full_specified commit
-permutation lock_share vac_full_all_parts commit
-permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_specified commit
-permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_all_parts commit
-permutation lock_access_exclusive analyze_specified commit
-permutation lock_access_exclusive analyze_all_parts commit
-permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_analyze_specified commit
-permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_analyze_all_parts commit
-permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_full_specified commit
-permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_full_all_parts commit
+permutation lock_share vac_specified commit check_stat
+permutation lock_share vac_all_parts commit check_stat
+permutation lock_share analyze_specified commit check_stat
+permutation lock_share analyze_all_parts commit check_stat
+permutation lock_share vac_analyze_specified commit check_stat
+permutation lock_share vac_analyze_all_parts commit check_stat
+permutation lock_share vac_full_specified commit check_stat
+permutation lock_share vac_full_all_parts commit check_stat
+permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_specified commit check_stat
+permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_all_parts commit check_stat
+permutation lock_access_exclusive analyze_specified commit check_stat
+permutation lock_access_exclusive analyze_all_parts commit check_stat
+permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_analyze_specified commit check_stat
+permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_analyze_all_parts commit check_stat
+permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_full_specified commit check_stat
+permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_full_all_parts commit check_stat
diff --git a/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out b/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out
index a65a5bf0c4f..9b2075d3373 100644
--- a/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out
+++ b/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out
@@ -1835,13 +1835,21 @@ pg_stat_all_tables| SELECT c.oid AS relid,
     pg_stat_get_mod_since_analyze(c.oid) AS n_mod_since_analyze,
     pg_stat_get_ins_since_vacuum(c.oid) AS n_ins_since_vacuum,
     pg_stat_get_last_vacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_vacuum,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_vacuum,
     pg_stat_get_last_autovacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_autovacuum,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_autovacuum,
     pg_stat_get_last_analyze_time(c.oid) AS last_analyze,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_analyze,
     pg_stat_get_last_autoanalyze_time(c.oid) AS last_autoanalyze,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_autoanalyze,
     pg_stat_get_vacuum_count(c.oid) AS vacuum_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count(c.oid) AS skipped_vacuum_count,
     pg_stat_get_autovacuum_count(c.oid) AS autovacuum_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count(c.oid) AS skipped_autovacuum_count,
     pg_stat_get_analyze_count(c.oid) AS analyze_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count(c.oid) AS skipped_analyze_count,
     pg_stat_get_autoanalyze_count(c.oid) AS autoanalyze_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count(c.oid) AS skipped_autoanalyze_count,
     pg_stat_get_total_vacuum_time(c.oid) AS total_vacuum_time,
     pg_stat_get_total_autovacuum_time(c.oid) AS total_autovacuum_time,
     pg_stat_get_total_analyze_time(c.oid) AS total_analyze_time,
@@ -2346,13 +2354,21 @@ pg_stat_sys_tables| SELECT relid,
     n_mod_since_analyze,
     n_ins_since_vacuum,
     last_vacuum,
+    last_skipped_vacuum,
     last_autovacuum,
+    last_skipped_autovacuum,
     last_analyze,
+    last_skipped_analyze,
     last_autoanalyze,
+    last_skipped_autoanalyze,
     vacuum_count,
+    skipped_vacuum_count,
     autovacuum_count,
+    skipped_autovacuum_count,
     analyze_count,
+    skipped_analyze_count,
     autoanalyze_count,
+    skipped_autoanalyze_count,
     total_vacuum_time,
     total_autovacuum_time,
     total_analyze_time,
@@ -2401,13 +2417,21 @@ pg_stat_user_tables| SELECT relid,
     n_mod_since_analyze,
     n_ins_since_vacuum,
     last_vacuum,
+    last_skipped_vacuum,
     last_autovacuum,
+    last_skipped_autovacuum,
     last_analyze,
+    last_skipped_analyze,
     last_autoanalyze,
+    last_skipped_autoanalyze,
     vacuum_count,
+    skipped_vacuum_count,
     autovacuum_count,
+    skipped_autovacuum_count,
     analyze_count,
+    skipped_analyze_count,
     autoanalyze_count,
+    skipped_autoanalyze_count,
     total_vacuum_time,
     total_autovacuum_time,
     total_analyze_time,
-- 
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* [PATCH v3] Track skipped vacuum and analyze activity per relation
@ 2026-03-24 04:09 Yugo Nagata <[email protected]>
  0 siblings, 0 replies; 374+ messages in thread

From: Yugo Nagata @ 2026-03-24 04:09 UTC (permalink / raw)

This commit adds eight fields to the relation statistics that track
the last time vacuum or analyze has been attempted but skipped due to
lock unavailability, along with their counts:

-    last_skipped_vacuum
-    last_skipped_autovacuum
-    last_skipped_analyze
-    last_skipped_autoanalyze
-    skipped_vacuum_count
-    skipped_autovacuum_count
-    skipped_analyze_count
-    skipped_autoanalyze_count

These field can help users confirm that autovacuum is actively attempting
to run on a table that has not been vacuumed or analyzed for a long time,
and that the lack of progress is due to repeated skips rather than inactivity.
---
 doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml                 | 80 +++++++++++++++++
 src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql         |  8 ++
 src/backend/commands/vacuum.c                | 95 +++++++++++++++-----
 src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c | 68 ++++++++++++++
 src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c          | 24 +++++
 src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat              | 32 +++++++
 src/include/pgstat.h                         | 16 ++++
 src/test/regress/expected/rules.out          | 24 +++++
 8 files changed, 324 insertions(+), 23 deletions(-)

diff --git a/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml b/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml
index bb75ed1069b..9ec8070b2fc 100644
--- a/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml
+++ b/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml
@@ -4372,6 +4372,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_vacuum</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time a manual vacuum on this table was attempted but skipped due to
+       lock unavailability (not counting <command>VACUUM FULL</command>)
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>last_autovacuum</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
@@ -4382,6 +4392,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_autovacuum</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time a vacuum on this table by the autovacuum daemon was attempted
+       but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>last_analyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
@@ -4391,6 +4411,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_analyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time a manual analyze on this table was attempted but skipped due to
+       lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>last_autoanalyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
@@ -4401,6 +4431,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_autoanalyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time at which an analyze on this table by the autovacuum was
+       attempted but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>vacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4411,6 +4451,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_vacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times vacuums on this table have been attempted but skipped
+       due to lock unavailability (not counting <command>VACUUM FULL</command>)
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>autovacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4421,6 +4471,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_autovacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times vacuums on this table by the autovacuum daemon have been
+       attempted but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>analyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4430,6 +4490,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_analyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times manual analyzes on this table have been attempted but
+       skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>autoanalyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4440,6 +4510,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_autoanalyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times analyzes on this table by the autovacuum daemon have
+       been attempted but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>total_vacuum_time</structfield> <type>double precision</type>
diff --git a/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql b/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql
index e54018004db..2ca02a0354c 100644
--- a/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql
+++ b/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql
@@ -736,13 +736,21 @@ CREATE VIEW pg_stat_all_tables AS
             pg_stat_get_mod_since_analyze(C.oid) AS n_mod_since_analyze,
             pg_stat_get_ins_since_vacuum(C.oid) AS n_ins_since_vacuum,
             pg_stat_get_last_vacuum_time(C.oid) as last_vacuum,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_vacuum,
             pg_stat_get_last_autovacuum_time(C.oid) as last_autovacuum,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_autovacuum,
             pg_stat_get_last_analyze_time(C.oid) as last_analyze,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_analyze,
             pg_stat_get_last_autoanalyze_time(C.oid) as last_autoanalyze,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_autoanalyze,
             pg_stat_get_vacuum_count(C.oid) AS vacuum_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count(C.oid) AS skipped_vacuum_count,
             pg_stat_get_autovacuum_count(C.oid) AS autovacuum_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count(C.oid) AS skipped_autovacuum_count,
             pg_stat_get_analyze_count(C.oid) AS analyze_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count(C.oid) AS skipped_analyze_count,
             pg_stat_get_autoanalyze_count(C.oid) AS autoanalyze_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count(C.oid) AS skipped_autoanalyze_count,
             pg_stat_get_total_vacuum_time(C.oid) AS total_vacuum_time,
             pg_stat_get_total_autovacuum_time(C.oid) AS total_autovacuum_time,
             pg_stat_get_total_analyze_time(C.oid) AS total_analyze_time,
diff --git a/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c b/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c
index bce3a2daa24..ce83b3171be 100644
--- a/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c
+++ b/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c
@@ -792,8 +792,18 @@ vacuum_open_relation(Oid relid, RangeVar *relation, bits32 options,
 		rel = try_relation_open(relid, NoLock);
 	else
 	{
+		bits8 flags = 0;
 		rel = NULL;
 		rel_lock = false;
+
+		if ((options & VACOPT_VACUUM) != 0)
+			flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM;
+		if ((options & VACOPT_ANALYZE) != 0)
+			flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE;
+		if (AmAutoVacuumWorkerProcess())
+			flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOVAC;
+
+		pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(relid, flags);
 	}
 
 	/* if relation is opened, leave */
@@ -801,7 +811,7 @@ vacuum_open_relation(Oid relid, RangeVar *relation, bits32 options,
 		return rel;
 
 	/*
-	 * Relation could not be opened, hence generate if possible a log
+	 * Relation could not be opened hence generate if possible a log
 	 * informing on the situation.
 	 *
 	 * If the RangeVar is not defined, we do not have enough information to
@@ -904,7 +914,6 @@ expand_vacuum_rel(VacuumRelation *vrel, MemoryContext vac_context,
 		Form_pg_class classForm;
 		bool		include_children;
 		bool		is_partitioned_table;
-		int			rvr_opts;
 
 		/*
 		 * Since autovacuum workers supply OIDs when calling vacuum(), no
@@ -917,29 +926,69 @@ expand_vacuum_rel(VacuumRelation *vrel, MemoryContext vac_context,
 		 * below, as well as find_all_inheritors's expectation that the caller
 		 * holds some lock on the starting relation.
 		 */
-		rvr_opts = (options & VACOPT_SKIP_LOCKED) ? RVR_SKIP_LOCKED : 0;
-		relid = RangeVarGetRelidExtended(vrel->relation,
-										 AccessShareLock,
-										 rvr_opts,
-										 NULL, NULL);
-
-		/*
-		 * If the lock is unavailable, emit the same log statement that
-		 * vacuum_rel() and analyze_rel() would.
-		 */
-		if (!OidIsValid(relid))
+		if (!(options & VACOPT_SKIP_LOCKED))
 		{
-			if (options & VACOPT_VACUUM)
-				ereport(WARNING,
-						(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
-						 errmsg("skipping vacuum of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
-								vrel->relation->relname)));
-			else
-				ereport(WARNING,
-						(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
-						 errmsg("skipping analyze of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
+			relid = RangeVarGetRelidExtended(vrel->relation,
+											 AccessShareLock,
+											 0, NULL, NULL);
+			if (!OidIsValid(relid))
+				return vacrels;
+		}
+		else
+		{
+			/* Get relid for reporting before taking a lock */
+			relid = RangeVarGetRelid(vrel->relation, NoLock, false);
+
+			if (!ConditionalLockRelationOid(relid, AccessShareLock))
+			{
+				bits8	flags = 0;
+				/*
+				 * If the lock is unavailable, emit the same log statement that
+				 * vacuum_rel() and analyze_rel() would.
+				 */
+				if (options & VACOPT_VACUUM)
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping vacuum of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
 								vrel->relation->relname)));
-			return vacrels;
+				else
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping analyze of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
+									vrel->relation->relname)));
+
+				if ((options & VACOPT_VACUUM) != 0)
+					flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM;
+				if ((options & VACOPT_ANALYZE) != 0)
+					flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE;
+
+				pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(relid, flags);
+
+				return vacrels;
+			}
+
+			/*
+			 * Now that we have the lock, probe to see if the relation really
+			 * exists or not.
+			 */
+			if (!SearchSysCacheExists1(RELOID, ObjectIdGetDatum(relid)))
+			{
+				if (options & VACOPT_VACUUM)
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_UNDEFINED_TABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping vacuum of \"%s\" --- relation no longer exists",
+									vrel->relation->relname)));
+				else
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_UNDEFINED_TABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping analyze of \"%s\" --- relation no longer exists",
+									vrel->relation->relname)));
+
+				/* Release useless lock */
+				UnlockRelationOid(relid, AccessShareLock);
+
+				return vacrels;
+			}
 		}
 
 		/*
diff --git a/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c b/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c
index bc8c43b96aa..cec4c88980e 100644
--- a/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c
+++ b/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c
@@ -17,6 +17,7 @@
 
 #include "postgres.h"
 
+#include "access/htup_details.h"
 #include "access/twophase_rmgr.h"
 #include "access/xact.h"
 #include "catalog/catalog.h"
@@ -366,6 +367,73 @@ pgstat_report_analyze(Relation rel,
 	(void) pgstat_flush_backend(false, PGSTAT_BACKEND_FLUSH_IO);
 }
 
+/*
+ * Report that the table was skipped during vacuum or/and analyze.
+ */
+void
+pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(Oid relid, bits8 flags)
+{
+	PgStat_EntryRef *entry_ref;
+	PgStatShared_Relation *shtabentry;
+	PgStat_StatTabEntry *tabentry;
+	TimestampTz ts;
+	HeapTuple	classTup;
+	bool		isshared;
+
+	if (!pgstat_track_counts || !(flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANY))
+		return;
+
+	classTup = SearchSysCache1(RELOID, ObjectIdGetDatum(relid));
+	if (!HeapTupleIsValid(classTup))
+		return;			/* somebody deleted the rel, forget it */
+	isshared = ((Form_pg_class) GETSTRUCT(classTup))->relisshared;
+	ReleaseSysCache(classTup);
+
+	/* Store the data in the table's hash table entry. */
+	ts = GetCurrentTimestamp();
+
+	/* block acquiring lock for the same reason as pgstat_report_autovac() */
+	entry_ref = pgstat_get_entry_ref_locked(PGSTAT_KIND_RELATION,
+											isshared ? InvalidOid : MyDatabaseId,
+											relid, false);
+
+	shtabentry = (PgStatShared_Relation *) entry_ref->shared_stats;
+	tabentry = &shtabentry->stats;
+
+	if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOVAC)
+	{
+		if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM)
+		{
+			tabentry->last_skipped_autovacuum_time = ts;
+			tabentry->skipped_autovacuum_count++;
+		}
+		if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE)
+		{
+			tabentry->last_skipped_autoanalyze_time = ts;
+			tabentry->skipped_autoanalyze_count++;
+		}
+	}
+	else
+	{
+		if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM)
+		{
+			tabentry->last_skipped_vacuum_time = ts;
+			tabentry->skipped_vacuum_count++;
+		}
+		if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE)
+		{
+			tabentry->last_skipped_analyze_time = ts;
+			tabentry->skipped_analyze_count++;
+		}
+	}
+
+	pgstat_unlock_entry(entry_ref);
+
+	/* see pgstat_report_vacuum() */
+	pgstat_flush_io(false);
+	(void) pgstat_flush_backend(false, PGSTAT_BACKEND_FLUSH_IO);
+}
+
 /*
  * count a tuple insertion of n tuples
  */
diff --git a/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c b/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c
index 9185a8e6b83..18aaa3996e1 100644
--- a/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c
+++ b/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c
@@ -84,6 +84,18 @@ PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(mod_since_analyze)
 /* pg_stat_get_numscans */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(numscans)
 
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_analyze_count)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_autoanalyze_count)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_autovacuum_count)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_vacuum_count)
+
 /* pg_stat_get_tuples_deleted */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(tuples_deleted)
 
@@ -170,6 +182,18 @@ PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_vacuum_time)
 /* pg_stat_get_lastscan */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(lastscan)
 
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_analyze_time)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_autoanalyze_time)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_autovacuum_time)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_vacuum_time)
+
 /* pg_stat_get_stat_reset_time */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(stat_reset_time)
 
diff --git a/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat b/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat
index 0118e970dda..ccfe3d9e02a 100644
--- a/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat
+++ b/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat
@@ -5667,6 +5667,38 @@
   proname => 'pg_stat_get_total_autoanalyze_time', provolatile => 's',
   proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'float8', proargtypes => 'oid',
   prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_total_autoanalyze_time' },
+{ oid => '8142', descr => 'statistics: last skipped vacuum time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time' },
+{ oid => '8143', descr => 'statistics: last skipped auto vacuum time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time' },
+{ oid => '8144', descr => 'statistics: last skipped analyze time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time' },
+{ oid => '8145', descr => 'statistics: last skipped auto analyze time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time' },
+{ oid => '8146', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped vacuum for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count' },
+{ oid => '8147', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped auto vacuum for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count' },
+{ oid => '8148', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped analyzes for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count' },
+{ oid => '8149', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped auto analyzes for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count' },
 { oid => '1936', descr => 'statistics: currently active backend IDs',
   proname => 'pg_stat_get_backend_idset', prorows => '100', proretset => 't',
   provolatile => 's', proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int4',
diff --git a/src/include/pgstat.h b/src/include/pgstat.h
index 8e3549c3752..343081a7a25 100644
--- a/src/include/pgstat.h
+++ b/src/include/pgstat.h
@@ -479,6 +479,15 @@ typedef struct PgStat_StatTabEntry
 	TimestampTz last_autoanalyze_time;	/* autovacuum initiated */
 	PgStat_Counter autoanalyze_count;
 
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_vacuum_time;	/* user initiated vacuum */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_vacuum_count;
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_autovacuum_time;	/* autovacuum initiated */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_autovacuum_count;
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_analyze_time;	/* user initiated */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_analyze_count;
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_autoanalyze_time;	/* autovacuum initiated */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_autoanalyze_count;
+
 	PgStat_Counter total_vacuum_time;	/* times in milliseconds */
 	PgStat_Counter total_autovacuum_time;
 	PgStat_Counter total_analyze_time;
@@ -707,6 +716,13 @@ extern void pgstat_report_analyze(Relation rel,
 								  PgStat_Counter livetuples, PgStat_Counter deadtuples,
 								  bool resetcounter, TimestampTz starttime);
 
+/* flags for pgstat_flush_backend() */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM	(1 << 0)	/* vacuum is skipped */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE	(1 << 1)	/* analyze is skipped */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOVAC	(1 << 2)	/* skipped during autovacuum/autoanalyze */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANY   (PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM | PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE)
+extern void pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(Oid relid, bits8 flags);
+
 /*
  * If stats are enabled, but pending data hasn't been prepared yet, call
  * pgstat_assoc_relation() to do so. See its comment for why this is done
diff --git a/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out b/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out
index 2b3cf6d8569..4ccfc43e903 100644
--- a/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out
+++ b/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out
@@ -1835,13 +1835,21 @@ pg_stat_all_tables| SELECT c.oid AS relid,
     pg_stat_get_mod_since_analyze(c.oid) AS n_mod_since_analyze,
     pg_stat_get_ins_since_vacuum(c.oid) AS n_ins_since_vacuum,
     pg_stat_get_last_vacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_vacuum,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_vacuum,
     pg_stat_get_last_autovacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_autovacuum,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_autovacuum,
     pg_stat_get_last_analyze_time(c.oid) AS last_analyze,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_analyze,
     pg_stat_get_last_autoanalyze_time(c.oid) AS last_autoanalyze,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_autoanalyze,
     pg_stat_get_vacuum_count(c.oid) AS vacuum_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count(c.oid) AS skipped_vacuum_count,
     pg_stat_get_autovacuum_count(c.oid) AS autovacuum_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count(c.oid) AS skipped_autovacuum_count,
     pg_stat_get_analyze_count(c.oid) AS analyze_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count(c.oid) AS skipped_analyze_count,
     pg_stat_get_autoanalyze_count(c.oid) AS autoanalyze_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count(c.oid) AS skipped_autoanalyze_count,
     pg_stat_get_total_vacuum_time(c.oid) AS total_vacuum_time,
     pg_stat_get_total_autovacuum_time(c.oid) AS total_autovacuum_time,
     pg_stat_get_total_analyze_time(c.oid) AS total_analyze_time,
@@ -2293,13 +2301,21 @@ pg_stat_sys_tables| SELECT relid,
     n_mod_since_analyze,
     n_ins_since_vacuum,
     last_vacuum,
+    last_skipped_vacuum,
     last_autovacuum,
+    last_skipped_autovacuum,
     last_analyze,
+    last_skipped_analyze,
     last_autoanalyze,
+    last_skipped_autoanalyze,
     vacuum_count,
+    skipped_vacuum_count,
     autovacuum_count,
+    skipped_autovacuum_count,
     analyze_count,
+    skipped_analyze_count,
     autoanalyze_count,
+    skipped_autoanalyze_count,
     total_vacuum_time,
     total_autovacuum_time,
     total_analyze_time,
@@ -2348,13 +2364,21 @@ pg_stat_user_tables| SELECT relid,
     n_mod_since_analyze,
     n_ins_since_vacuum,
     last_vacuum,
+    last_skipped_vacuum,
     last_autovacuum,
+    last_skipped_autovacuum,
     last_analyze,
+    last_skipped_analyze,
     last_autoanalyze,
+    last_skipped_autoanalyze,
     vacuum_count,
+    skipped_vacuum_count,
     autovacuum_count,
+    skipped_autovacuum_count,
     analyze_count,
+    skipped_analyze_count,
     autoanalyze_count,
+    skipped_autoanalyze_count,
     total_vacuum_time,
     total_autovacuum_time,
     total_analyze_time,
-- 
2.43.0


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* [PATCH v5] Track skipped vacuum and analyze activity per relation
@ 2026-03-24 04:09 Yugo Nagata <[email protected]>
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From: Yugo Nagata @ 2026-03-24 04:09 UTC (permalink / raw)

This commit adds eight fields to the relation statistics that track
the last time vacuum or analyze has been attempted but skipped due to
lock unavailability, along with their counts:

-    last_skipped_vacuum
-    last_skipped_autovacuum
-    last_skipped_analyze
-    last_skipped_autoanalyze
-    skipped_vacuum_count
-    skipped_autovacuum_count
-    skipped_analyze_count
-    skipped_autoanalyze_count

These field can help users confirm that autovacuum is actively attempting
to run on a table that has not been vacuumed or analyzed for a long time,
and that the lack of progress is due to repeated skips rather than inactivity.
---
 doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml                  |  88 ++++++
 src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql          |   8 +
 src/backend/commands/vacuum.c                 | 100 +++++--
 src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c  |  64 +++++
 src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c           |  24 ++
 src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat               |  32 +++
 src/include/pgstat.h                          |  16 ++
 .../isolation/expected/vacuum-skip-locked.out | 260 ++++++++++++++++--
 .../isolation/specs/vacuum-skip-locked.spec   |  41 +--
 src/test/regress/expected/rules.out           |  24 ++
 10 files changed, 601 insertions(+), 56 deletions(-)

diff --git a/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml b/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml
index 08d5b824552..a9b579d87a9 100644
--- a/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml
+++ b/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml
@@ -4387,6 +4387,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_vacuum</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time a manual vacuum on this table was attempted but skipped due to
+       lock unavailability (not counting <command>VACUUM FULL</command>)
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>last_autovacuum</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
@@ -4397,6 +4407,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_autovacuum</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time a vacuum on this table by the autovacuum daemon was attempted
+       but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>last_analyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
@@ -4406,6 +4426,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_analyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time a manual analyze on this table was attempted but skipped due to
+       lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>last_autoanalyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
@@ -4416,6 +4446,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_autoanalyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time at which an analyze on this table by the autovacuum was
+       attempted but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>vacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4426,6 +4466,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_vacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times manual vacuums on this table have been attempted but skipped
+       due to lock unavailability (not counting <command>VACUUM FULL</command>)
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>autovacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4436,6 +4486,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_autovacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times vacuums on this table by the autovacuum daemon have been
+       attempted but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>analyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4445,6 +4505,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_analyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times manual analyzes on this table have been attempted but
+       skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>autoanalyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4455,6 +4525,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_autoanalyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times analyzes on this table by the autovacuum daemon have
+       been attempted but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>total_vacuum_time</structfield> <type>double precision</type>
@@ -4510,6 +4590,14 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
    </tgroup>
   </table>
 
+  <note>
+   <para>
+    When a manual vacuum or analyze on a parent table in an inheritance or
+    partitioning hierarchy is skipped, the statistics are recorded only for
+    the parent table, not for its children.
+   </para>
+  </note>
+
  </sect2>
 
  <sect2 id="monitoring-pg-stat-autovacuum-scores-view">
diff --git a/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql b/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql
index 73a1c1c4670..f509fc7876b 100644
--- a/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql
+++ b/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql
@@ -736,13 +736,21 @@ CREATE VIEW pg_stat_all_tables AS
             pg_stat_get_mod_since_analyze(C.oid) AS n_mod_since_analyze,
             pg_stat_get_ins_since_vacuum(C.oid) AS n_ins_since_vacuum,
             pg_stat_get_last_vacuum_time(C.oid) as last_vacuum,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_vacuum,
             pg_stat_get_last_autovacuum_time(C.oid) as last_autovacuum,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_autovacuum,
             pg_stat_get_last_analyze_time(C.oid) as last_analyze,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_analyze,
             pg_stat_get_last_autoanalyze_time(C.oid) as last_autoanalyze,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_autoanalyze,
             pg_stat_get_vacuum_count(C.oid) AS vacuum_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count(C.oid) AS skipped_vacuum_count,
             pg_stat_get_autovacuum_count(C.oid) AS autovacuum_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count(C.oid) AS skipped_autovacuum_count,
             pg_stat_get_analyze_count(C.oid) AS analyze_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count(C.oid) AS skipped_analyze_count,
             pg_stat_get_autoanalyze_count(C.oid) AS autoanalyze_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count(C.oid) AS skipped_autoanalyze_count,
             pg_stat_get_total_vacuum_time(C.oid) AS total_vacuum_time,
             pg_stat_get_total_autovacuum_time(C.oid) AS total_autovacuum_time,
             pg_stat_get_total_analyze_time(C.oid) AS total_analyze_time,
diff --git a/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c b/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c
index 99d0db82ed7..df6526225e4 100644
--- a/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c
+++ b/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c
@@ -793,8 +793,25 @@ vacuum_open_relation(Oid relid, RangeVar *relation, uint32 options,
 		rel = try_relation_open(relid, NoLock);
 	else
 	{
+		int flags = 0;
 		rel = NULL;
 		rel_lock = false;
+
+		if ((options & VACOPT_VACUUM) != 0 && (options & VACOPT_FULL) == 0)
+		{
+			if (AmAutoVacuumWorkerProcess())
+				flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOVACUUM;
+			else
+				flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM;
+		}
+		if ((options & VACOPT_ANALYZE) != 0)
+		{
+			if (AmAutoVacuumWorkerProcess())
+				flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOANALYZE;
+			else
+				flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE;
+		}
+		pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(relid, flags);
 	}
 
 	/* if relation is opened, leave */
@@ -905,7 +922,6 @@ expand_vacuum_rel(VacuumRelation *vrel, MemoryContext vac_context,
 		Form_pg_class classForm;
 		bool		include_children;
 		bool		is_partitioned_table;
-		int			rvr_opts;
 
 		/*
 		 * Since autovacuum workers supply OIDs when calling vacuum(), no
@@ -918,29 +934,69 @@ expand_vacuum_rel(VacuumRelation *vrel, MemoryContext vac_context,
 		 * below, as well as find_all_inheritors's expectation that the caller
 		 * holds some lock on the starting relation.
 		 */
-		rvr_opts = (options & VACOPT_SKIP_LOCKED) ? RVR_SKIP_LOCKED : 0;
-		relid = RangeVarGetRelidExtended(vrel->relation,
-										 AccessShareLock,
-										 rvr_opts,
-										 NULL, NULL);
-
-		/*
-		 * If the lock is unavailable, emit the same log statement that
-		 * vacuum_rel() and analyze_rel() would.
-		 */
-		if (!OidIsValid(relid))
+		if (!(options & VACOPT_SKIP_LOCKED))
 		{
-			if (options & VACOPT_VACUUM)
-				ereport(WARNING,
-						(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
-						 errmsg("skipping vacuum of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
-								vrel->relation->relname)));
-			else
-				ereport(WARNING,
-						(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
-						 errmsg("skipping analyze of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
+			relid = RangeVarGetRelidExtended(vrel->relation,
+											 AccessShareLock,
+											 0, NULL, NULL);
+			if (!OidIsValid(relid))
+				return vacrels;
+		}
+		else
+		{
+			/* Get relid for reporting before taking a lock */
+			relid = RangeVarGetRelid(vrel->relation, NoLock, false);
+
+			if (!ConditionalLockRelationOid(relid, AccessShareLock))
+			{
+				int	flags = 0;
+				/*
+				 * If the lock is unavailable, emit the same log statement that
+				 * vacuum_rel() and analyze_rel() would.
+				 */
+				if (options & VACOPT_VACUUM)
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping vacuum of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
 								vrel->relation->relname)));
-			return vacrels;
+				else
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping analyze of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
+									vrel->relation->relname)));
+
+				if ((options & VACOPT_VACUUM) != 0 && (options & VACOPT_FULL) == 0)
+					flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM;
+				if ((options & VACOPT_ANALYZE) != 0)
+					flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE;
+
+				pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(relid, flags);
+
+				return vacrels;
+			}
+
+			/*
+			 * Now that we have the lock, probe to see if the relation really
+			 * exists or not.
+			 */
+			if (!SearchSysCacheExists1(RELOID, ObjectIdGetDatum(relid)))
+			{
+				if (options & VACOPT_VACUUM)
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_UNDEFINED_TABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping vacuum of \"%s\" --- relation no longer exists",
+									vrel->relation->relname)));
+				else
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_UNDEFINED_TABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping analyze of \"%s\" --- relation no longer exists",
+									vrel->relation->relname)));
+
+				/* Release useless lock */
+				UnlockRelationOid(relid, AccessShareLock);
+
+				return vacrels;
+			}
 		}
 
 		/*
diff --git a/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c b/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c
index b2ca28f83ba..532d9023f8c 100644
--- a/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c
+++ b/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c
@@ -17,12 +17,14 @@
 
 #include "postgres.h"
 
+#include "access/htup_details.h"
 #include "access/twophase_rmgr.h"
 #include "access/xact.h"
 #include "catalog/catalog.h"
 #include "utils/memutils.h"
 #include "utils/pgstat_internal.h"
 #include "utils/rel.h"
+#include "utils/syscache.h"
 #include "utils/timestamp.h"
 
 
@@ -367,6 +369,68 @@ pgstat_report_analyze(Relation rel,
 	(void) pgstat_flush_backend(false, PGSTAT_BACKEND_FLUSH_IO);
 }
 
+/*
+ * Report that the table was skipped during vacuum or/and analyze.
+ */
+void
+pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(Oid relid, int flags)
+{
+	PgStat_EntryRef *entry_ref;
+	PgStatShared_Relation *shtabentry;
+	PgStat_StatTabEntry *tabentry;
+	TimestampTz ts;
+	HeapTuple	classTup;
+	bool		isshared;
+
+	if (!pgstat_track_counts || !flags)
+		return;
+
+	classTup = SearchSysCache1(RELOID, ObjectIdGetDatum(relid));
+	if (!HeapTupleIsValid(classTup))
+		return;			/* somebody deleted the rel, forget it */
+	isshared = ((Form_pg_class) GETSTRUCT(classTup))->relisshared;
+	ReleaseSysCache(classTup);
+
+	/* Store the data in the table's hash table entry. */
+	ts = GetCurrentTimestamp();
+
+	/* block acquiring lock for the same reason as pgstat_report_autovac() */
+	entry_ref = pgstat_get_entry_ref_locked(PGSTAT_KIND_RELATION,
+											isshared ? InvalidOid : MyDatabaseId,
+											relid, false);
+
+	shtabentry = (PgStatShared_Relation *) entry_ref->shared_stats;
+	tabentry = &shtabentry->stats;
+
+	if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM)
+	{
+		tabentry->last_skipped_vacuum_time = ts;
+		tabentry->skipped_vacuum_count++;
+	}
+	else if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOVACUUM)
+	{
+		tabentry->last_skipped_autovacuum_time = ts;
+		tabentry->skipped_autovacuum_count++;
+	}
+
+	if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE)
+	{
+		tabentry->last_skipped_analyze_time = ts;
+		tabentry->skipped_analyze_count++;
+	}
+	else if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOANALYZE)
+	{
+		tabentry->last_skipped_autoanalyze_time = ts;
+		tabentry->skipped_autoanalyze_count++;
+	}
+
+	pgstat_unlock_entry(entry_ref);
+
+	/* see pgstat_report_vacuum() */
+	pgstat_flush_io(false);
+	(void) pgstat_flush_backend(false, PGSTAT_BACKEND_FLUSH_IO);
+}
+
 /*
  * count a tuple insertion of n tuples
  */
diff --git a/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c b/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c
index 1408de387ea..90a8968faa0 100644
--- a/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c
+++ b/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c
@@ -84,6 +84,18 @@ PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(mod_since_analyze)
 /* pg_stat_get_numscans */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(numscans)
 
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_analyze_count)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_autoanalyze_count)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_autovacuum_count)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_vacuum_count)
+
 /* pg_stat_get_tuples_deleted */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(tuples_deleted)
 
@@ -170,6 +182,18 @@ PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_vacuum_time)
 /* pg_stat_get_lastscan */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(lastscan)
 
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_analyze_time)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_autoanalyze_time)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_autovacuum_time)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_vacuum_time)
+
 /* pg_stat_get_stat_reset_time */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(stat_reset_time)
 
diff --git a/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat b/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat
index fa9ae79082b..32debb34863 100644
--- a/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat
+++ b/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat
@@ -5680,6 +5680,38 @@
   proargmodes => '{o,o,o,o,o,o,o,o,o,o}',
   proargnames => '{oid,score,xid_score,mxid_score,vacuum_score,vacuum_insert_score,analyze_score,do_vacuum,do_analyze,for_wraparound}',
   prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_autovacuum_scores' },
+{ oid => '8142', descr => 'statistics: last skipped vacuum time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time' },
+{ oid => '8143', descr => 'statistics: last skipped auto vacuum time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time' },
+{ oid => '8144', descr => 'statistics: last skipped analyze time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time' },
+{ oid => '8145', descr => 'statistics: last skipped auto analyze time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time' },
+{ oid => '8146', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped vacuum for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count' },
+{ oid => '8147', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped auto vacuum for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count' },
+{ oid => '8148', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped analyzes for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count' },
+{ oid => '8149', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped auto analyzes for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count' },
 { oid => '1936', descr => 'statistics: currently active backend IDs',
   proname => 'pg_stat_get_backend_idset', prorows => '100', proretset => 't',
   provolatile => 's', proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int4',
diff --git a/src/include/pgstat.h b/src/include/pgstat.h
index dfa2e837638..98941f953d1 100644
--- a/src/include/pgstat.h
+++ b/src/include/pgstat.h
@@ -479,6 +479,15 @@ typedef struct PgStat_StatTabEntry
 	TimestampTz last_autoanalyze_time;	/* autovacuum initiated */
 	PgStat_Counter autoanalyze_count;
 
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_vacuum_time;	/* user initiated vacuum */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_vacuum_count;
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_autovacuum_time;	/* autovacuum initiated */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_autovacuum_count;
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_analyze_time;	/* user initiated */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_analyze_count;
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_autoanalyze_time;	/* autovacuum initiated */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_autoanalyze_count;
+
 	PgStat_Counter total_vacuum_time;	/* times in milliseconds */
 	PgStat_Counter total_autovacuum_time;
 	PgStat_Counter total_analyze_time;
@@ -703,6 +712,13 @@ extern void pgstat_report_analyze(Relation rel,
 								  PgStat_Counter livetuples, PgStat_Counter deadtuples,
 								  bool resetcounter, TimestampTz starttime);
 
+/* flags for pgstat_flush_backend() */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM		(1 << 0)	/* vacuum is skipped */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE		(1 << 1)	/* analyze is skipped */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOVACUUM	(1 << 2)	/* autovacuum is skipped */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOANALYZE	(1 << 3)	/* autoanalyze is skipped */
+extern void pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(Oid relid, int flags);
+
 /*
  * If stats are enabled, but pending data hasn't been prepared yet, call
  * pgstat_assoc_relation() to do so. See its comment for why this is done
diff --git a/src/test/isolation/expected/vacuum-skip-locked.out b/src/test/isolation/expected/vacuum-skip-locked.out
index 99db281a159..e2cff175b7c 100644
--- a/src/test/isolation/expected/vacuum-skip-locked.out
+++ b/src/test/isolation/expected/vacuum-skip-locked.out
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 Parsed test spec with 2 sessions
 
-starting permutation: lock_share vac_specified commit
+starting permutation: lock_share vac_specified commit check_stat
 step lock_share: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN SHARE MODE;
@@ -10,8 +10,22 @@ step vac_specified: VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED) part1, part2;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
 
-starting permutation: lock_share vac_all_parts commit
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   1|            0|                    0
+part2  |           1|                   0|            0|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
+
+starting permutation: lock_share vac_all_parts commit check_stat
 step lock_share: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN SHARE MODE;
@@ -20,8 +34,22 @@ step vac_all_parts: VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED) parted;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   1|            0|                    0
+part2  |           1|                   0|            0|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
 
-starting permutation: lock_share analyze_specified commit
+starting permutation: lock_share analyze_specified commit check_stat
 step lock_share: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN SHARE MODE;
@@ -31,8 +59,22 @@ step analyze_specified: ANALYZE (SKIP_LOCKED) part1, part2;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
 
-starting permutation: lock_share analyze_all_parts commit
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   0|            0|                    1
+part2  |           0|                   0|            1|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
+
+starting permutation: lock_share analyze_all_parts commit check_stat
 step lock_share: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN SHARE MODE;
@@ -41,8 +83,22 @@ step analyze_all_parts: ANALYZE (SKIP_LOCKED) parted;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            1|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   0|            0|                    1
+part2  |           0|                   0|            1|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
 
-starting permutation: lock_share vac_analyze_specified commit
+starting permutation: lock_share vac_analyze_specified commit check_stat
 step lock_share: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN SHARE MODE;
@@ -52,8 +108,22 @@ step vac_analyze_specified: VACUUM (ANALYZE, SKIP_LOCKED) part1, part2;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
 
-starting permutation: lock_share vac_analyze_all_parts commit
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   1|            0|                    1
+part2  |           1|                   0|            1|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
+
+starting permutation: lock_share vac_analyze_all_parts commit check_stat
 step lock_share: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN SHARE MODE;
@@ -62,8 +132,22 @@ step vac_analyze_all_parts: VACUUM (ANALYZE, SKIP_LOCKED) parted;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            1|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   1|            0|                    1
+part2  |           1|                   0|            1|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
 
-starting permutation: lock_share vac_full_specified commit
+starting permutation: lock_share vac_full_specified commit check_stat
 step lock_share: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN SHARE MODE;
@@ -73,8 +157,22 @@ step vac_full_specified: VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED, FULL) part1, part2;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
 
-starting permutation: lock_share vac_full_all_parts commit
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part2  |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
+
+starting permutation: lock_share vac_full_all_parts commit check_stat
 step lock_share: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN SHARE MODE;
@@ -83,8 +181,22 @@ step vac_full_all_parts: VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED, FULL) parted;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part2  |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+(3 rows)
 
-starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_specified commit
+
+starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_specified commit check_stat
 step lock_access_exclusive: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN ACCESS EXCLUSIVE MODE;
@@ -94,8 +206,22 @@ step vac_specified: VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED) part1, part2;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   1|            0|                    0
+part2  |           1|                   0|            0|                    0
+(3 rows)
 
-starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_all_parts commit
+
+starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_all_parts commit check_stat
 step lock_access_exclusive: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN ACCESS EXCLUSIVE MODE;
@@ -104,8 +230,22 @@ step vac_all_parts: VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED) parted;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   1|            0|                    0
+part2  |           1|                   0|            0|                    0
+(3 rows)
 
-starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive analyze_specified commit
+
+starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive analyze_specified commit check_stat
 step lock_access_exclusive: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN ACCESS EXCLUSIVE MODE;
@@ -115,8 +255,22 @@ step analyze_specified: ANALYZE (SKIP_LOCKED) part1, part2;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   0|            0|                    1
+part2  |           0|                   0|            1|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
 
-starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive analyze_all_parts commit
+starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive analyze_all_parts commit check_stat
 step lock_access_exclusive: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN ACCESS EXCLUSIVE MODE;
@@ -126,8 +280,22 @@ step commit:
 	COMMIT;
 
 step analyze_all_parts: <... completed>
-
-starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_analyze_specified commit
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            1|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   0|            1|                    0
+part2  |           0|                   0|            1|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
+
+starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_analyze_specified commit check_stat
 step lock_access_exclusive: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN ACCESS EXCLUSIVE MODE;
@@ -137,8 +305,22 @@ step vac_analyze_specified: VACUUM (ANALYZE, SKIP_LOCKED) part1, part2;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   1|            0|                    1
+part2  |           1|                   0|            1|                    0
+(3 rows)
 
-starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_analyze_all_parts commit
+
+starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_analyze_all_parts commit check_stat
 step lock_access_exclusive: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN ACCESS EXCLUSIVE MODE;
@@ -148,8 +330,22 @@ step commit:
 	COMMIT;
 
 step vac_analyze_all_parts: <... completed>
-
-starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_full_specified commit
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            1|                    0
+part1  |           1|                   0|            1|                    0
+part2  |           1|                   0|            1|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
+
+starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_full_specified commit check_stat
 step lock_access_exclusive: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN ACCESS EXCLUSIVE MODE;
@@ -159,8 +355,22 @@ step vac_full_specified: VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED, FULL) part1, part2;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
 
-starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_full_all_parts commit
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part2  |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
+
+starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_full_all_parts commit check_stat
 step lock_access_exclusive: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN ACCESS EXCLUSIVE MODE;
@@ -169,3 +379,17 @@ step vac_full_all_parts: VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED, FULL) parted;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part2  |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
diff --git a/src/test/isolation/specs/vacuum-skip-locked.spec b/src/test/isolation/specs/vacuum-skip-locked.spec
index 3fad6e1c92a..b0da75d4b6d 100644
--- a/src/test/isolation/specs/vacuum-skip-locked.spec
+++ b/src/test/isolation/specs/vacuum-skip-locked.spec
@@ -33,6 +33,15 @@ step commit
 	COMMIT;
 }
 
+step check_stat
+{
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+}
+
 session s2
 step vac_specified			{ VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED) part1, part2; }
 step vac_all_parts			{ VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED) parted; }
@@ -43,19 +52,19 @@ step vac_analyze_all_parts	{ VACUUM (ANALYZE, SKIP_LOCKED) parted; }
 step vac_full_specified		{ VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED, FULL) part1, part2; }
 step vac_full_all_parts		{ VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED, FULL) parted; }
 
-permutation lock_share vac_specified commit
-permutation lock_share vac_all_parts commit
-permutation lock_share analyze_specified commit
-permutation lock_share analyze_all_parts commit
-permutation lock_share vac_analyze_specified commit
-permutation lock_share vac_analyze_all_parts commit
-permutation lock_share vac_full_specified commit
-permutation lock_share vac_full_all_parts commit
-permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_specified commit
-permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_all_parts commit
-permutation lock_access_exclusive analyze_specified commit
-permutation lock_access_exclusive analyze_all_parts commit
-permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_analyze_specified commit
-permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_analyze_all_parts commit
-permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_full_specified commit
-permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_full_all_parts commit
+permutation lock_share vac_specified commit check_stat
+permutation lock_share vac_all_parts commit check_stat
+permutation lock_share analyze_specified commit check_stat
+permutation lock_share analyze_all_parts commit check_stat
+permutation lock_share vac_analyze_specified commit check_stat
+permutation lock_share vac_analyze_all_parts commit check_stat
+permutation lock_share vac_full_specified commit check_stat
+permutation lock_share vac_full_all_parts commit check_stat
+permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_specified commit check_stat
+permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_all_parts commit check_stat
+permutation lock_access_exclusive analyze_specified commit check_stat
+permutation lock_access_exclusive analyze_all_parts commit check_stat
+permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_analyze_specified commit check_stat
+permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_analyze_all_parts commit check_stat
+permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_full_specified commit check_stat
+permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_full_all_parts commit check_stat
diff --git a/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out b/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out
index a65a5bf0c4f..9b2075d3373 100644
--- a/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out
+++ b/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out
@@ -1835,13 +1835,21 @@ pg_stat_all_tables| SELECT c.oid AS relid,
     pg_stat_get_mod_since_analyze(c.oid) AS n_mod_since_analyze,
     pg_stat_get_ins_since_vacuum(c.oid) AS n_ins_since_vacuum,
     pg_stat_get_last_vacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_vacuum,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_vacuum,
     pg_stat_get_last_autovacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_autovacuum,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_autovacuum,
     pg_stat_get_last_analyze_time(c.oid) AS last_analyze,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_analyze,
     pg_stat_get_last_autoanalyze_time(c.oid) AS last_autoanalyze,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_autoanalyze,
     pg_stat_get_vacuum_count(c.oid) AS vacuum_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count(c.oid) AS skipped_vacuum_count,
     pg_stat_get_autovacuum_count(c.oid) AS autovacuum_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count(c.oid) AS skipped_autovacuum_count,
     pg_stat_get_analyze_count(c.oid) AS analyze_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count(c.oid) AS skipped_analyze_count,
     pg_stat_get_autoanalyze_count(c.oid) AS autoanalyze_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count(c.oid) AS skipped_autoanalyze_count,
     pg_stat_get_total_vacuum_time(c.oid) AS total_vacuum_time,
     pg_stat_get_total_autovacuum_time(c.oid) AS total_autovacuum_time,
     pg_stat_get_total_analyze_time(c.oid) AS total_analyze_time,
@@ -2346,13 +2354,21 @@ pg_stat_sys_tables| SELECT relid,
     n_mod_since_analyze,
     n_ins_since_vacuum,
     last_vacuum,
+    last_skipped_vacuum,
     last_autovacuum,
+    last_skipped_autovacuum,
     last_analyze,
+    last_skipped_analyze,
     last_autoanalyze,
+    last_skipped_autoanalyze,
     vacuum_count,
+    skipped_vacuum_count,
     autovacuum_count,
+    skipped_autovacuum_count,
     analyze_count,
+    skipped_analyze_count,
     autoanalyze_count,
+    skipped_autoanalyze_count,
     total_vacuum_time,
     total_autovacuum_time,
     total_analyze_time,
@@ -2401,13 +2417,21 @@ pg_stat_user_tables| SELECT relid,
     n_mod_since_analyze,
     n_ins_since_vacuum,
     last_vacuum,
+    last_skipped_vacuum,
     last_autovacuum,
+    last_skipped_autovacuum,
     last_analyze,
+    last_skipped_analyze,
     last_autoanalyze,
+    last_skipped_autoanalyze,
     vacuum_count,
+    skipped_vacuum_count,
     autovacuum_count,
+    skipped_autovacuum_count,
     analyze_count,
+    skipped_analyze_count,
     autoanalyze_count,
+    skipped_autoanalyze_count,
     total_vacuum_time,
     total_autovacuum_time,
     total_analyze_time,
-- 
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* [PATCH v4] Track skipped vacuum and analyze activity per relation
@ 2026-03-24 04:09 Yugo Nagata <[email protected]>
  0 siblings, 0 replies; 374+ messages in thread

From: Yugo Nagata @ 2026-03-24 04:09 UTC (permalink / raw)

This commit adds eight fields to the relation statistics that track
the last time vacuum or analyze has been attempted but skipped due to
lock unavailability, along with their counts:

-    last_skipped_vacuum
-    last_skipped_autovacuum
-    last_skipped_analyze
-    last_skipped_autoanalyze
-    skipped_vacuum_count
-    skipped_autovacuum_count
-    skipped_analyze_count
-    skipped_autoanalyze_count

These field can help users confirm that autovacuum is actively attempting
to run on a table that has not been vacuumed or analyzed for a long time,
and that the lack of progress is due to repeated skips rather than inactivity.
---
 doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml                 |  88 ++++++++++++++++
 src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql         |   8 ++
 src/backend/commands/vacuum.c                | 102 ++++++++++++++-----
 src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c |  64 ++++++++++++
 src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c          |  24 +++++
 src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat              |  32 ++++++
 src/include/pgstat.h                         |  16 +++
 src/test/regress/expected/rules.out          |  24 +++++
 8 files changed, 335 insertions(+), 23 deletions(-)

diff --git a/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml b/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml
index 08d5b824552..a9b579d87a9 100644
--- a/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml
+++ b/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml
@@ -4387,6 +4387,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_vacuum</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time a manual vacuum on this table was attempted but skipped due to
+       lock unavailability (not counting <command>VACUUM FULL</command>)
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>last_autovacuum</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
@@ -4397,6 +4407,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_autovacuum</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time a vacuum on this table by the autovacuum daemon was attempted
+       but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>last_analyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
@@ -4406,6 +4426,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_analyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time a manual analyze on this table was attempted but skipped due to
+       lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>last_autoanalyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
@@ -4416,6 +4446,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_autoanalyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time at which an analyze on this table by the autovacuum was
+       attempted but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>vacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4426,6 +4466,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_vacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times manual vacuums on this table have been attempted but skipped
+       due to lock unavailability (not counting <command>VACUUM FULL</command>)
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>autovacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4436,6 +4486,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_autovacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times vacuums on this table by the autovacuum daemon have been
+       attempted but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>analyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4445,6 +4505,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_analyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times manual analyzes on this table have been attempted but
+       skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>autoanalyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4455,6 +4525,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_autoanalyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times analyzes on this table by the autovacuum daemon have
+       been attempted but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>total_vacuum_time</structfield> <type>double precision</type>
@@ -4510,6 +4590,14 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
    </tgroup>
   </table>
 
+  <note>
+   <para>
+    When a manual vacuum or analyze on a parent table in an inheritance or
+    partitioning hierarchy is skipped, the statistics are recorded only for
+    the parent table, not for its children.
+   </para>
+  </note>
+
  </sect2>
 
  <sect2 id="monitoring-pg-stat-autovacuum-scores-view">
diff --git a/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql b/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql
index 73a1c1c4670..f509fc7876b 100644
--- a/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql
+++ b/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql
@@ -736,13 +736,21 @@ CREATE VIEW pg_stat_all_tables AS
             pg_stat_get_mod_since_analyze(C.oid) AS n_mod_since_analyze,
             pg_stat_get_ins_since_vacuum(C.oid) AS n_ins_since_vacuum,
             pg_stat_get_last_vacuum_time(C.oid) as last_vacuum,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_vacuum,
             pg_stat_get_last_autovacuum_time(C.oid) as last_autovacuum,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_autovacuum,
             pg_stat_get_last_analyze_time(C.oid) as last_analyze,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_analyze,
             pg_stat_get_last_autoanalyze_time(C.oid) as last_autoanalyze,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_autoanalyze,
             pg_stat_get_vacuum_count(C.oid) AS vacuum_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count(C.oid) AS skipped_vacuum_count,
             pg_stat_get_autovacuum_count(C.oid) AS autovacuum_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count(C.oid) AS skipped_autovacuum_count,
             pg_stat_get_analyze_count(C.oid) AS analyze_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count(C.oid) AS skipped_analyze_count,
             pg_stat_get_autoanalyze_count(C.oid) AS autoanalyze_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count(C.oid) AS skipped_autoanalyze_count,
             pg_stat_get_total_vacuum_time(C.oid) AS total_vacuum_time,
             pg_stat_get_total_autovacuum_time(C.oid) AS total_autovacuum_time,
             pg_stat_get_total_analyze_time(C.oid) AS total_analyze_time,
diff --git a/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c b/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c
index 99d0db82ed7..97cd5ea8d10 100644
--- a/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c
+++ b/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c
@@ -793,8 +793,25 @@ vacuum_open_relation(Oid relid, RangeVar *relation, uint32 options,
 		rel = try_relation_open(relid, NoLock);
 	else
 	{
+		int flags = 0;
 		rel = NULL;
 		rel_lock = false;
+
+		if ((options & VACOPT_VACUUM) != 0)
+		{
+			if (AmAutoVacuumWorkerProcess())
+				flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOVACUUM;
+			else
+				flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM;
+		}
+		if ((options & VACOPT_ANALYZE) != 0)
+		{
+			if (AmAutoVacuumWorkerProcess())
+				flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOANALYZE;
+			else
+				flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE;
+		}
+		pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(relid, flags);
 	}
 
 	/* if relation is opened, leave */
@@ -802,7 +819,7 @@ vacuum_open_relation(Oid relid, RangeVar *relation, uint32 options,
 		return rel;
 
 	/*
-	 * Relation could not be opened, hence generate if possible a log
+	 * Relation could not be opened hence generate if possible a log
 	 * informing on the situation.
 	 *
 	 * If the RangeVar is not defined, we do not have enough information to
@@ -905,7 +922,6 @@ expand_vacuum_rel(VacuumRelation *vrel, MemoryContext vac_context,
 		Form_pg_class classForm;
 		bool		include_children;
 		bool		is_partitioned_table;
-		int			rvr_opts;
 
 		/*
 		 * Since autovacuum workers supply OIDs when calling vacuum(), no
@@ -918,29 +934,69 @@ expand_vacuum_rel(VacuumRelation *vrel, MemoryContext vac_context,
 		 * below, as well as find_all_inheritors's expectation that the caller
 		 * holds some lock on the starting relation.
 		 */
-		rvr_opts = (options & VACOPT_SKIP_LOCKED) ? RVR_SKIP_LOCKED : 0;
-		relid = RangeVarGetRelidExtended(vrel->relation,
-										 AccessShareLock,
-										 rvr_opts,
-										 NULL, NULL);
-
-		/*
-		 * If the lock is unavailable, emit the same log statement that
-		 * vacuum_rel() and analyze_rel() would.
-		 */
-		if (!OidIsValid(relid))
+		if (!(options & VACOPT_SKIP_LOCKED))
 		{
-			if (options & VACOPT_VACUUM)
-				ereport(WARNING,
-						(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
-						 errmsg("skipping vacuum of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
-								vrel->relation->relname)));
-			else
-				ereport(WARNING,
-						(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
-						 errmsg("skipping analyze of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
+			relid = RangeVarGetRelidExtended(vrel->relation,
+											 AccessShareLock,
+											 0, NULL, NULL);
+			if (!OidIsValid(relid))
+				return vacrels;
+		}
+		else
+		{
+			/* Get relid for reporting before taking a lock */
+			relid = RangeVarGetRelid(vrel->relation, NoLock, false);
+
+			if (!ConditionalLockRelationOid(relid, AccessShareLock))
+			{
+				int	flags = 0;
+				/*
+				 * If the lock is unavailable, emit the same log statement that
+				 * vacuum_rel() and analyze_rel() would.
+				 */
+				if (options & VACOPT_VACUUM)
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping vacuum of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
 								vrel->relation->relname)));
-			return vacrels;
+				else
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping analyze of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
+									vrel->relation->relname)));
+
+				if ((options & VACOPT_VACUUM) != 0)
+					flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM;
+				if ((options & VACOPT_ANALYZE) != 0)
+					flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE;
+
+				pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(relid, flags);
+
+				return vacrels;
+			}
+
+			/*
+			 * Now that we have the lock, probe to see if the relation really
+			 * exists or not.
+			 */
+			if (!SearchSysCacheExists1(RELOID, ObjectIdGetDatum(relid)))
+			{
+				if (options & VACOPT_VACUUM)
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_UNDEFINED_TABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping vacuum of \"%s\" --- relation no longer exists",
+									vrel->relation->relname)));
+				else
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_UNDEFINED_TABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping analyze of \"%s\" --- relation no longer exists",
+									vrel->relation->relname)));
+
+				/* Release useless lock */
+				UnlockRelationOid(relid, AccessShareLock);
+
+				return vacrels;
+			}
 		}
 
 		/*
diff --git a/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c b/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c
index b2ca28f83ba..532d9023f8c 100644
--- a/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c
+++ b/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c
@@ -17,12 +17,14 @@
 
 #include "postgres.h"
 
+#include "access/htup_details.h"
 #include "access/twophase_rmgr.h"
 #include "access/xact.h"
 #include "catalog/catalog.h"
 #include "utils/memutils.h"
 #include "utils/pgstat_internal.h"
 #include "utils/rel.h"
+#include "utils/syscache.h"
 #include "utils/timestamp.h"
 
 
@@ -367,6 +369,68 @@ pgstat_report_analyze(Relation rel,
 	(void) pgstat_flush_backend(false, PGSTAT_BACKEND_FLUSH_IO);
 }
 
+/*
+ * Report that the table was skipped during vacuum or/and analyze.
+ */
+void
+pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(Oid relid, int flags)
+{
+	PgStat_EntryRef *entry_ref;
+	PgStatShared_Relation *shtabentry;
+	PgStat_StatTabEntry *tabentry;
+	TimestampTz ts;
+	HeapTuple	classTup;
+	bool		isshared;
+
+	if (!pgstat_track_counts || !flags)
+		return;
+
+	classTup = SearchSysCache1(RELOID, ObjectIdGetDatum(relid));
+	if (!HeapTupleIsValid(classTup))
+		return;			/* somebody deleted the rel, forget it */
+	isshared = ((Form_pg_class) GETSTRUCT(classTup))->relisshared;
+	ReleaseSysCache(classTup);
+
+	/* Store the data in the table's hash table entry. */
+	ts = GetCurrentTimestamp();
+
+	/* block acquiring lock for the same reason as pgstat_report_autovac() */
+	entry_ref = pgstat_get_entry_ref_locked(PGSTAT_KIND_RELATION,
+											isshared ? InvalidOid : MyDatabaseId,
+											relid, false);
+
+	shtabentry = (PgStatShared_Relation *) entry_ref->shared_stats;
+	tabentry = &shtabentry->stats;
+
+	if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM)
+	{
+		tabentry->last_skipped_vacuum_time = ts;
+		tabentry->skipped_vacuum_count++;
+	}
+	else if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOVACUUM)
+	{
+		tabentry->last_skipped_autovacuum_time = ts;
+		tabentry->skipped_autovacuum_count++;
+	}
+
+	if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE)
+	{
+		tabentry->last_skipped_analyze_time = ts;
+		tabentry->skipped_analyze_count++;
+	}
+	else if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOANALYZE)
+	{
+		tabentry->last_skipped_autoanalyze_time = ts;
+		tabentry->skipped_autoanalyze_count++;
+	}
+
+	pgstat_unlock_entry(entry_ref);
+
+	/* see pgstat_report_vacuum() */
+	pgstat_flush_io(false);
+	(void) pgstat_flush_backend(false, PGSTAT_BACKEND_FLUSH_IO);
+}
+
 /*
  * count a tuple insertion of n tuples
  */
diff --git a/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c b/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c
index 1408de387ea..90a8968faa0 100644
--- a/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c
+++ b/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c
@@ -84,6 +84,18 @@ PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(mod_since_analyze)
 /* pg_stat_get_numscans */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(numscans)
 
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_analyze_count)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_autoanalyze_count)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_autovacuum_count)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_vacuum_count)
+
 /* pg_stat_get_tuples_deleted */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(tuples_deleted)
 
@@ -170,6 +182,18 @@ PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_vacuum_time)
 /* pg_stat_get_lastscan */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(lastscan)
 
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_analyze_time)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_autoanalyze_time)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_autovacuum_time)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_vacuum_time)
+
 /* pg_stat_get_stat_reset_time */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(stat_reset_time)
 
diff --git a/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat b/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat
index fa9ae79082b..32debb34863 100644
--- a/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat
+++ b/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat
@@ -5680,6 +5680,38 @@
   proargmodes => '{o,o,o,o,o,o,o,o,o,o}',
   proargnames => '{oid,score,xid_score,mxid_score,vacuum_score,vacuum_insert_score,analyze_score,do_vacuum,do_analyze,for_wraparound}',
   prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_autovacuum_scores' },
+{ oid => '8142', descr => 'statistics: last skipped vacuum time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time' },
+{ oid => '8143', descr => 'statistics: last skipped auto vacuum time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time' },
+{ oid => '8144', descr => 'statistics: last skipped analyze time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time' },
+{ oid => '8145', descr => 'statistics: last skipped auto analyze time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time' },
+{ oid => '8146', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped vacuum for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count' },
+{ oid => '8147', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped auto vacuum for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count' },
+{ oid => '8148', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped analyzes for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count' },
+{ oid => '8149', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped auto analyzes for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count' },
 { oid => '1936', descr => 'statistics: currently active backend IDs',
   proname => 'pg_stat_get_backend_idset', prorows => '100', proretset => 't',
   provolatile => 's', proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int4',
diff --git a/src/include/pgstat.h b/src/include/pgstat.h
index dfa2e837638..98941f953d1 100644
--- a/src/include/pgstat.h
+++ b/src/include/pgstat.h
@@ -479,6 +479,15 @@ typedef struct PgStat_StatTabEntry
 	TimestampTz last_autoanalyze_time;	/* autovacuum initiated */
 	PgStat_Counter autoanalyze_count;
 
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_vacuum_time;	/* user initiated vacuum */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_vacuum_count;
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_autovacuum_time;	/* autovacuum initiated */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_autovacuum_count;
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_analyze_time;	/* user initiated */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_analyze_count;
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_autoanalyze_time;	/* autovacuum initiated */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_autoanalyze_count;
+
 	PgStat_Counter total_vacuum_time;	/* times in milliseconds */
 	PgStat_Counter total_autovacuum_time;
 	PgStat_Counter total_analyze_time;
@@ -703,6 +712,13 @@ extern void pgstat_report_analyze(Relation rel,
 								  PgStat_Counter livetuples, PgStat_Counter deadtuples,
 								  bool resetcounter, TimestampTz starttime);
 
+/* flags for pgstat_flush_backend() */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM		(1 << 0)	/* vacuum is skipped */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE		(1 << 1)	/* analyze is skipped */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOVACUUM	(1 << 2)	/* autovacuum is skipped */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOANALYZE	(1 << 3)	/* autoanalyze is skipped */
+extern void pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(Oid relid, int flags);
+
 /*
  * If stats are enabled, but pending data hasn't been prepared yet, call
  * pgstat_assoc_relation() to do so. See its comment for why this is done
diff --git a/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out b/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out
index a65a5bf0c4f..9b2075d3373 100644
--- a/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out
+++ b/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out
@@ -1835,13 +1835,21 @@ pg_stat_all_tables| SELECT c.oid AS relid,
     pg_stat_get_mod_since_analyze(c.oid) AS n_mod_since_analyze,
     pg_stat_get_ins_since_vacuum(c.oid) AS n_ins_since_vacuum,
     pg_stat_get_last_vacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_vacuum,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_vacuum,
     pg_stat_get_last_autovacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_autovacuum,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_autovacuum,
     pg_stat_get_last_analyze_time(c.oid) AS last_analyze,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_analyze,
     pg_stat_get_last_autoanalyze_time(c.oid) AS last_autoanalyze,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_autoanalyze,
     pg_stat_get_vacuum_count(c.oid) AS vacuum_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count(c.oid) AS skipped_vacuum_count,
     pg_stat_get_autovacuum_count(c.oid) AS autovacuum_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count(c.oid) AS skipped_autovacuum_count,
     pg_stat_get_analyze_count(c.oid) AS analyze_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count(c.oid) AS skipped_analyze_count,
     pg_stat_get_autoanalyze_count(c.oid) AS autoanalyze_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count(c.oid) AS skipped_autoanalyze_count,
     pg_stat_get_total_vacuum_time(c.oid) AS total_vacuum_time,
     pg_stat_get_total_autovacuum_time(c.oid) AS total_autovacuum_time,
     pg_stat_get_total_analyze_time(c.oid) AS total_analyze_time,
@@ -2346,13 +2354,21 @@ pg_stat_sys_tables| SELECT relid,
     n_mod_since_analyze,
     n_ins_since_vacuum,
     last_vacuum,
+    last_skipped_vacuum,
     last_autovacuum,
+    last_skipped_autovacuum,
     last_analyze,
+    last_skipped_analyze,
     last_autoanalyze,
+    last_skipped_autoanalyze,
     vacuum_count,
+    skipped_vacuum_count,
     autovacuum_count,
+    skipped_autovacuum_count,
     analyze_count,
+    skipped_analyze_count,
     autoanalyze_count,
+    skipped_autoanalyze_count,
     total_vacuum_time,
     total_autovacuum_time,
     total_analyze_time,
@@ -2401,13 +2417,21 @@ pg_stat_user_tables| SELECT relid,
     n_mod_since_analyze,
     n_ins_since_vacuum,
     last_vacuum,
+    last_skipped_vacuum,
     last_autovacuum,
+    last_skipped_autovacuum,
     last_analyze,
+    last_skipped_analyze,
     last_autoanalyze,
+    last_skipped_autoanalyze,
     vacuum_count,
+    skipped_vacuum_count,
     autovacuum_count,
+    skipped_autovacuum_count,
     analyze_count,
+    skipped_analyze_count,
     autoanalyze_count,
+    skipped_autoanalyze_count,
     total_vacuum_time,
     total_autovacuum_time,
     total_analyze_time,
-- 
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* [PATCH v4] Track skipped vacuum and analyze activity per relation
@ 2026-03-24 04:09 Yugo Nagata <[email protected]>
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From: Yugo Nagata @ 2026-03-24 04:09 UTC (permalink / raw)

This commit adds eight fields to the relation statistics that track
the last time vacuum or analyze has been attempted but skipped due to
lock unavailability, along with their counts:

-    last_skipped_vacuum
-    last_skipped_autovacuum
-    last_skipped_analyze
-    last_skipped_autoanalyze
-    skipped_vacuum_count
-    skipped_autovacuum_count
-    skipped_analyze_count
-    skipped_autoanalyze_count

These field can help users confirm that autovacuum is actively attempting
to run on a table that has not been vacuumed or analyzed for a long time,
and that the lack of progress is due to repeated skips rather than inactivity.
---
 doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml                 |  88 ++++++++++++++++
 src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql         |   8 ++
 src/backend/commands/vacuum.c                | 102 ++++++++++++++-----
 src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c |  64 ++++++++++++
 src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c          |  24 +++++
 src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat              |  32 ++++++
 src/include/pgstat.h                         |  16 +++
 src/test/regress/expected/rules.out          |  24 +++++
 8 files changed, 335 insertions(+), 23 deletions(-)

diff --git a/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml b/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml
index 08d5b824552..a9b579d87a9 100644
--- a/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml
+++ b/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml
@@ -4387,6 +4387,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_vacuum</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time a manual vacuum on this table was attempted but skipped due to
+       lock unavailability (not counting <command>VACUUM FULL</command>)
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>last_autovacuum</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
@@ -4397,6 +4407,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_autovacuum</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time a vacuum on this table by the autovacuum daemon was attempted
+       but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>last_analyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
@@ -4406,6 +4426,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_analyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time a manual analyze on this table was attempted but skipped due to
+       lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>last_autoanalyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
@@ -4416,6 +4446,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_autoanalyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time at which an analyze on this table by the autovacuum was
+       attempted but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>vacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4426,6 +4466,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_vacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times manual vacuums on this table have been attempted but skipped
+       due to lock unavailability (not counting <command>VACUUM FULL</command>)
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>autovacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4436,6 +4486,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_autovacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times vacuums on this table by the autovacuum daemon have been
+       attempted but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>analyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4445,6 +4505,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_analyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times manual analyzes on this table have been attempted but
+       skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>autoanalyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4455,6 +4525,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_autoanalyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times analyzes on this table by the autovacuum daemon have
+       been attempted but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>total_vacuum_time</structfield> <type>double precision</type>
@@ -4510,6 +4590,14 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
    </tgroup>
   </table>
 
+  <note>
+   <para>
+    When a manual vacuum or analyze on a parent table in an inheritance or
+    partitioning hierarchy is skipped, the statistics are recorded only for
+    the parent table, not for its children.
+   </para>
+  </note>
+
  </sect2>
 
  <sect2 id="monitoring-pg-stat-autovacuum-scores-view">
diff --git a/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql b/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql
index 73a1c1c4670..f509fc7876b 100644
--- a/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql
+++ b/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql
@@ -736,13 +736,21 @@ CREATE VIEW pg_stat_all_tables AS
             pg_stat_get_mod_since_analyze(C.oid) AS n_mod_since_analyze,
             pg_stat_get_ins_since_vacuum(C.oid) AS n_ins_since_vacuum,
             pg_stat_get_last_vacuum_time(C.oid) as last_vacuum,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_vacuum,
             pg_stat_get_last_autovacuum_time(C.oid) as last_autovacuum,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_autovacuum,
             pg_stat_get_last_analyze_time(C.oid) as last_analyze,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_analyze,
             pg_stat_get_last_autoanalyze_time(C.oid) as last_autoanalyze,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_autoanalyze,
             pg_stat_get_vacuum_count(C.oid) AS vacuum_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count(C.oid) AS skipped_vacuum_count,
             pg_stat_get_autovacuum_count(C.oid) AS autovacuum_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count(C.oid) AS skipped_autovacuum_count,
             pg_stat_get_analyze_count(C.oid) AS analyze_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count(C.oid) AS skipped_analyze_count,
             pg_stat_get_autoanalyze_count(C.oid) AS autoanalyze_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count(C.oid) AS skipped_autoanalyze_count,
             pg_stat_get_total_vacuum_time(C.oid) AS total_vacuum_time,
             pg_stat_get_total_autovacuum_time(C.oid) AS total_autovacuum_time,
             pg_stat_get_total_analyze_time(C.oid) AS total_analyze_time,
diff --git a/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c b/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c
index 99d0db82ed7..97cd5ea8d10 100644
--- a/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c
+++ b/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c
@@ -793,8 +793,25 @@ vacuum_open_relation(Oid relid, RangeVar *relation, uint32 options,
 		rel = try_relation_open(relid, NoLock);
 	else
 	{
+		int flags = 0;
 		rel = NULL;
 		rel_lock = false;
+
+		if ((options & VACOPT_VACUUM) != 0)
+		{
+			if (AmAutoVacuumWorkerProcess())
+				flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOVACUUM;
+			else
+				flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM;
+		}
+		if ((options & VACOPT_ANALYZE) != 0)
+		{
+			if (AmAutoVacuumWorkerProcess())
+				flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOANALYZE;
+			else
+				flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE;
+		}
+		pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(relid, flags);
 	}
 
 	/* if relation is opened, leave */
@@ -802,7 +819,7 @@ vacuum_open_relation(Oid relid, RangeVar *relation, uint32 options,
 		return rel;
 
 	/*
-	 * Relation could not be opened, hence generate if possible a log
+	 * Relation could not be opened hence generate if possible a log
 	 * informing on the situation.
 	 *
 	 * If the RangeVar is not defined, we do not have enough information to
@@ -905,7 +922,6 @@ expand_vacuum_rel(VacuumRelation *vrel, MemoryContext vac_context,
 		Form_pg_class classForm;
 		bool		include_children;
 		bool		is_partitioned_table;
-		int			rvr_opts;
 
 		/*
 		 * Since autovacuum workers supply OIDs when calling vacuum(), no
@@ -918,29 +934,69 @@ expand_vacuum_rel(VacuumRelation *vrel, MemoryContext vac_context,
 		 * below, as well as find_all_inheritors's expectation that the caller
 		 * holds some lock on the starting relation.
 		 */
-		rvr_opts = (options & VACOPT_SKIP_LOCKED) ? RVR_SKIP_LOCKED : 0;
-		relid = RangeVarGetRelidExtended(vrel->relation,
-										 AccessShareLock,
-										 rvr_opts,
-										 NULL, NULL);
-
-		/*
-		 * If the lock is unavailable, emit the same log statement that
-		 * vacuum_rel() and analyze_rel() would.
-		 */
-		if (!OidIsValid(relid))
+		if (!(options & VACOPT_SKIP_LOCKED))
 		{
-			if (options & VACOPT_VACUUM)
-				ereport(WARNING,
-						(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
-						 errmsg("skipping vacuum of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
-								vrel->relation->relname)));
-			else
-				ereport(WARNING,
-						(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
-						 errmsg("skipping analyze of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
+			relid = RangeVarGetRelidExtended(vrel->relation,
+											 AccessShareLock,
+											 0, NULL, NULL);
+			if (!OidIsValid(relid))
+				return vacrels;
+		}
+		else
+		{
+			/* Get relid for reporting before taking a lock */
+			relid = RangeVarGetRelid(vrel->relation, NoLock, false);
+
+			if (!ConditionalLockRelationOid(relid, AccessShareLock))
+			{
+				int	flags = 0;
+				/*
+				 * If the lock is unavailable, emit the same log statement that
+				 * vacuum_rel() and analyze_rel() would.
+				 */
+				if (options & VACOPT_VACUUM)
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping vacuum of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
 								vrel->relation->relname)));
-			return vacrels;
+				else
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping analyze of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
+									vrel->relation->relname)));
+
+				if ((options & VACOPT_VACUUM) != 0)
+					flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM;
+				if ((options & VACOPT_ANALYZE) != 0)
+					flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE;
+
+				pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(relid, flags);
+
+				return vacrels;
+			}
+
+			/*
+			 * Now that we have the lock, probe to see if the relation really
+			 * exists or not.
+			 */
+			if (!SearchSysCacheExists1(RELOID, ObjectIdGetDatum(relid)))
+			{
+				if (options & VACOPT_VACUUM)
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_UNDEFINED_TABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping vacuum of \"%s\" --- relation no longer exists",
+									vrel->relation->relname)));
+				else
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_UNDEFINED_TABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping analyze of \"%s\" --- relation no longer exists",
+									vrel->relation->relname)));
+
+				/* Release useless lock */
+				UnlockRelationOid(relid, AccessShareLock);
+
+				return vacrels;
+			}
 		}
 
 		/*
diff --git a/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c b/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c
index b2ca28f83ba..532d9023f8c 100644
--- a/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c
+++ b/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c
@@ -17,12 +17,14 @@
 
 #include "postgres.h"
 
+#include "access/htup_details.h"
 #include "access/twophase_rmgr.h"
 #include "access/xact.h"
 #include "catalog/catalog.h"
 #include "utils/memutils.h"
 #include "utils/pgstat_internal.h"
 #include "utils/rel.h"
+#include "utils/syscache.h"
 #include "utils/timestamp.h"
 
 
@@ -367,6 +369,68 @@ pgstat_report_analyze(Relation rel,
 	(void) pgstat_flush_backend(false, PGSTAT_BACKEND_FLUSH_IO);
 }
 
+/*
+ * Report that the table was skipped during vacuum or/and analyze.
+ */
+void
+pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(Oid relid, int flags)
+{
+	PgStat_EntryRef *entry_ref;
+	PgStatShared_Relation *shtabentry;
+	PgStat_StatTabEntry *tabentry;
+	TimestampTz ts;
+	HeapTuple	classTup;
+	bool		isshared;
+
+	if (!pgstat_track_counts || !flags)
+		return;
+
+	classTup = SearchSysCache1(RELOID, ObjectIdGetDatum(relid));
+	if (!HeapTupleIsValid(classTup))
+		return;			/* somebody deleted the rel, forget it */
+	isshared = ((Form_pg_class) GETSTRUCT(classTup))->relisshared;
+	ReleaseSysCache(classTup);
+
+	/* Store the data in the table's hash table entry. */
+	ts = GetCurrentTimestamp();
+
+	/* block acquiring lock for the same reason as pgstat_report_autovac() */
+	entry_ref = pgstat_get_entry_ref_locked(PGSTAT_KIND_RELATION,
+											isshared ? InvalidOid : MyDatabaseId,
+											relid, false);
+
+	shtabentry = (PgStatShared_Relation *) entry_ref->shared_stats;
+	tabentry = &shtabentry->stats;
+
+	if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM)
+	{
+		tabentry->last_skipped_vacuum_time = ts;
+		tabentry->skipped_vacuum_count++;
+	}
+	else if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOVACUUM)
+	{
+		tabentry->last_skipped_autovacuum_time = ts;
+		tabentry->skipped_autovacuum_count++;
+	}
+
+	if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE)
+	{
+		tabentry->last_skipped_analyze_time = ts;
+		tabentry->skipped_analyze_count++;
+	}
+	else if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOANALYZE)
+	{
+		tabentry->last_skipped_autoanalyze_time = ts;
+		tabentry->skipped_autoanalyze_count++;
+	}
+
+	pgstat_unlock_entry(entry_ref);
+
+	/* see pgstat_report_vacuum() */
+	pgstat_flush_io(false);
+	(void) pgstat_flush_backend(false, PGSTAT_BACKEND_FLUSH_IO);
+}
+
 /*
  * count a tuple insertion of n tuples
  */
diff --git a/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c b/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c
index 1408de387ea..90a8968faa0 100644
--- a/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c
+++ b/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c
@@ -84,6 +84,18 @@ PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(mod_since_analyze)
 /* pg_stat_get_numscans */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(numscans)
 
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_analyze_count)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_autoanalyze_count)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_autovacuum_count)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_vacuum_count)
+
 /* pg_stat_get_tuples_deleted */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(tuples_deleted)
 
@@ -170,6 +182,18 @@ PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_vacuum_time)
 /* pg_stat_get_lastscan */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(lastscan)
 
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_analyze_time)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_autoanalyze_time)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_autovacuum_time)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_vacuum_time)
+
 /* pg_stat_get_stat_reset_time */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(stat_reset_time)
 
diff --git a/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat b/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat
index fa9ae79082b..32debb34863 100644
--- a/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat
+++ b/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat
@@ -5680,6 +5680,38 @@
   proargmodes => '{o,o,o,o,o,o,o,o,o,o}',
   proargnames => '{oid,score,xid_score,mxid_score,vacuum_score,vacuum_insert_score,analyze_score,do_vacuum,do_analyze,for_wraparound}',
   prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_autovacuum_scores' },
+{ oid => '8142', descr => 'statistics: last skipped vacuum time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time' },
+{ oid => '8143', descr => 'statistics: last skipped auto vacuum time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time' },
+{ oid => '8144', descr => 'statistics: last skipped analyze time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time' },
+{ oid => '8145', descr => 'statistics: last skipped auto analyze time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time' },
+{ oid => '8146', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped vacuum for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count' },
+{ oid => '8147', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped auto vacuum for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count' },
+{ oid => '8148', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped analyzes for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count' },
+{ oid => '8149', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped auto analyzes for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count' },
 { oid => '1936', descr => 'statistics: currently active backend IDs',
   proname => 'pg_stat_get_backend_idset', prorows => '100', proretset => 't',
   provolatile => 's', proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int4',
diff --git a/src/include/pgstat.h b/src/include/pgstat.h
index dfa2e837638..98941f953d1 100644
--- a/src/include/pgstat.h
+++ b/src/include/pgstat.h
@@ -479,6 +479,15 @@ typedef struct PgStat_StatTabEntry
 	TimestampTz last_autoanalyze_time;	/* autovacuum initiated */
 	PgStat_Counter autoanalyze_count;
 
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_vacuum_time;	/* user initiated vacuum */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_vacuum_count;
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_autovacuum_time;	/* autovacuum initiated */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_autovacuum_count;
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_analyze_time;	/* user initiated */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_analyze_count;
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_autoanalyze_time;	/* autovacuum initiated */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_autoanalyze_count;
+
 	PgStat_Counter total_vacuum_time;	/* times in milliseconds */
 	PgStat_Counter total_autovacuum_time;
 	PgStat_Counter total_analyze_time;
@@ -703,6 +712,13 @@ extern void pgstat_report_analyze(Relation rel,
 								  PgStat_Counter livetuples, PgStat_Counter deadtuples,
 								  bool resetcounter, TimestampTz starttime);
 
+/* flags for pgstat_flush_backend() */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM		(1 << 0)	/* vacuum is skipped */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE		(1 << 1)	/* analyze is skipped */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOVACUUM	(1 << 2)	/* autovacuum is skipped */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOANALYZE	(1 << 3)	/* autoanalyze is skipped */
+extern void pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(Oid relid, int flags);
+
 /*
  * If stats are enabled, but pending data hasn't been prepared yet, call
  * pgstat_assoc_relation() to do so. See its comment for why this is done
diff --git a/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out b/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out
index a65a5bf0c4f..9b2075d3373 100644
--- a/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out
+++ b/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out
@@ -1835,13 +1835,21 @@ pg_stat_all_tables| SELECT c.oid AS relid,
     pg_stat_get_mod_since_analyze(c.oid) AS n_mod_since_analyze,
     pg_stat_get_ins_since_vacuum(c.oid) AS n_ins_since_vacuum,
     pg_stat_get_last_vacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_vacuum,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_vacuum,
     pg_stat_get_last_autovacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_autovacuum,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_autovacuum,
     pg_stat_get_last_analyze_time(c.oid) AS last_analyze,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_analyze,
     pg_stat_get_last_autoanalyze_time(c.oid) AS last_autoanalyze,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_autoanalyze,
     pg_stat_get_vacuum_count(c.oid) AS vacuum_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count(c.oid) AS skipped_vacuum_count,
     pg_stat_get_autovacuum_count(c.oid) AS autovacuum_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count(c.oid) AS skipped_autovacuum_count,
     pg_stat_get_analyze_count(c.oid) AS analyze_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count(c.oid) AS skipped_analyze_count,
     pg_stat_get_autoanalyze_count(c.oid) AS autoanalyze_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count(c.oid) AS skipped_autoanalyze_count,
     pg_stat_get_total_vacuum_time(c.oid) AS total_vacuum_time,
     pg_stat_get_total_autovacuum_time(c.oid) AS total_autovacuum_time,
     pg_stat_get_total_analyze_time(c.oid) AS total_analyze_time,
@@ -2346,13 +2354,21 @@ pg_stat_sys_tables| SELECT relid,
     n_mod_since_analyze,
     n_ins_since_vacuum,
     last_vacuum,
+    last_skipped_vacuum,
     last_autovacuum,
+    last_skipped_autovacuum,
     last_analyze,
+    last_skipped_analyze,
     last_autoanalyze,
+    last_skipped_autoanalyze,
     vacuum_count,
+    skipped_vacuum_count,
     autovacuum_count,
+    skipped_autovacuum_count,
     analyze_count,
+    skipped_analyze_count,
     autoanalyze_count,
+    skipped_autoanalyze_count,
     total_vacuum_time,
     total_autovacuum_time,
     total_analyze_time,
@@ -2401,13 +2417,21 @@ pg_stat_user_tables| SELECT relid,
     n_mod_since_analyze,
     n_ins_since_vacuum,
     last_vacuum,
+    last_skipped_vacuum,
     last_autovacuum,
+    last_skipped_autovacuum,
     last_analyze,
+    last_skipped_analyze,
     last_autoanalyze,
+    last_skipped_autoanalyze,
     vacuum_count,
+    skipped_vacuum_count,
     autovacuum_count,
+    skipped_autovacuum_count,
     analyze_count,
+    skipped_analyze_count,
     autoanalyze_count,
+    skipped_autoanalyze_count,
     total_vacuum_time,
     total_autovacuum_time,
     total_analyze_time,
-- 
2.43.0


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* [PATCH v3] Track skipped vacuum and analyze activity per relation
@ 2026-03-24 04:09 Yugo Nagata <[email protected]>
  0 siblings, 0 replies; 374+ messages in thread

From: Yugo Nagata @ 2026-03-24 04:09 UTC (permalink / raw)

This commit adds eight fields to the relation statistics that track
the last time vacuum or analyze has been attempted but skipped due to
lock unavailability, along with their counts:

-    last_skipped_vacuum
-    last_skipped_autovacuum
-    last_skipped_analyze
-    last_skipped_autoanalyze
-    skipped_vacuum_count
-    skipped_autovacuum_count
-    skipped_analyze_count
-    skipped_autoanalyze_count

These field can help users confirm that autovacuum is actively attempting
to run on a table that has not been vacuumed or analyzed for a long time,
and that the lack of progress is due to repeated skips rather than inactivity.
---
 doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml                 | 80 +++++++++++++++++
 src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql         |  8 ++
 src/backend/commands/vacuum.c                | 95 +++++++++++++++-----
 src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c | 68 ++++++++++++++
 src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c          | 24 +++++
 src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat              | 32 +++++++
 src/include/pgstat.h                         | 16 ++++
 src/test/regress/expected/rules.out          | 24 +++++
 8 files changed, 324 insertions(+), 23 deletions(-)

diff --git a/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml b/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml
index bb75ed1069b..9ec8070b2fc 100644
--- a/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml
+++ b/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml
@@ -4372,6 +4372,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_vacuum</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time a manual vacuum on this table was attempted but skipped due to
+       lock unavailability (not counting <command>VACUUM FULL</command>)
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>last_autovacuum</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
@@ -4382,6 +4392,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_autovacuum</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time a vacuum on this table by the autovacuum daemon was attempted
+       but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>last_analyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
@@ -4391,6 +4411,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_analyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time a manual analyze on this table was attempted but skipped due to
+       lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>last_autoanalyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
@@ -4401,6 +4431,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_autoanalyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time at which an analyze on this table by the autovacuum was
+       attempted but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>vacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4411,6 +4451,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_vacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times vacuums on this table have been attempted but skipped
+       due to lock unavailability (not counting <command>VACUUM FULL</command>)
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>autovacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4421,6 +4471,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_autovacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times vacuums on this table by the autovacuum daemon have been
+       attempted but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>analyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4430,6 +4490,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_analyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times manual analyzes on this table have been attempted but
+       skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>autoanalyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4440,6 +4510,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_autoanalyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times analyzes on this table by the autovacuum daemon have
+       been attempted but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>total_vacuum_time</structfield> <type>double precision</type>
diff --git a/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql b/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql
index e54018004db..2ca02a0354c 100644
--- a/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql
+++ b/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql
@@ -736,13 +736,21 @@ CREATE VIEW pg_stat_all_tables AS
             pg_stat_get_mod_since_analyze(C.oid) AS n_mod_since_analyze,
             pg_stat_get_ins_since_vacuum(C.oid) AS n_ins_since_vacuum,
             pg_stat_get_last_vacuum_time(C.oid) as last_vacuum,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_vacuum,
             pg_stat_get_last_autovacuum_time(C.oid) as last_autovacuum,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_autovacuum,
             pg_stat_get_last_analyze_time(C.oid) as last_analyze,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_analyze,
             pg_stat_get_last_autoanalyze_time(C.oid) as last_autoanalyze,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_autoanalyze,
             pg_stat_get_vacuum_count(C.oid) AS vacuum_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count(C.oid) AS skipped_vacuum_count,
             pg_stat_get_autovacuum_count(C.oid) AS autovacuum_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count(C.oid) AS skipped_autovacuum_count,
             pg_stat_get_analyze_count(C.oid) AS analyze_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count(C.oid) AS skipped_analyze_count,
             pg_stat_get_autoanalyze_count(C.oid) AS autoanalyze_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count(C.oid) AS skipped_autoanalyze_count,
             pg_stat_get_total_vacuum_time(C.oid) AS total_vacuum_time,
             pg_stat_get_total_autovacuum_time(C.oid) AS total_autovacuum_time,
             pg_stat_get_total_analyze_time(C.oid) AS total_analyze_time,
diff --git a/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c b/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c
index bce3a2daa24..ce83b3171be 100644
--- a/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c
+++ b/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c
@@ -792,8 +792,18 @@ vacuum_open_relation(Oid relid, RangeVar *relation, bits32 options,
 		rel = try_relation_open(relid, NoLock);
 	else
 	{
+		bits8 flags = 0;
 		rel = NULL;
 		rel_lock = false;
+
+		if ((options & VACOPT_VACUUM) != 0)
+			flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM;
+		if ((options & VACOPT_ANALYZE) != 0)
+			flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE;
+		if (AmAutoVacuumWorkerProcess())
+			flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOVAC;
+
+		pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(relid, flags);
 	}
 
 	/* if relation is opened, leave */
@@ -801,7 +811,7 @@ vacuum_open_relation(Oid relid, RangeVar *relation, bits32 options,
 		return rel;
 
 	/*
-	 * Relation could not be opened, hence generate if possible a log
+	 * Relation could not be opened hence generate if possible a log
 	 * informing on the situation.
 	 *
 	 * If the RangeVar is not defined, we do not have enough information to
@@ -904,7 +914,6 @@ expand_vacuum_rel(VacuumRelation *vrel, MemoryContext vac_context,
 		Form_pg_class classForm;
 		bool		include_children;
 		bool		is_partitioned_table;
-		int			rvr_opts;
 
 		/*
 		 * Since autovacuum workers supply OIDs when calling vacuum(), no
@@ -917,29 +926,69 @@ expand_vacuum_rel(VacuumRelation *vrel, MemoryContext vac_context,
 		 * below, as well as find_all_inheritors's expectation that the caller
 		 * holds some lock on the starting relation.
 		 */
-		rvr_opts = (options & VACOPT_SKIP_LOCKED) ? RVR_SKIP_LOCKED : 0;
-		relid = RangeVarGetRelidExtended(vrel->relation,
-										 AccessShareLock,
-										 rvr_opts,
-										 NULL, NULL);
-
-		/*
-		 * If the lock is unavailable, emit the same log statement that
-		 * vacuum_rel() and analyze_rel() would.
-		 */
-		if (!OidIsValid(relid))
+		if (!(options & VACOPT_SKIP_LOCKED))
 		{
-			if (options & VACOPT_VACUUM)
-				ereport(WARNING,
-						(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
-						 errmsg("skipping vacuum of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
-								vrel->relation->relname)));
-			else
-				ereport(WARNING,
-						(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
-						 errmsg("skipping analyze of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
+			relid = RangeVarGetRelidExtended(vrel->relation,
+											 AccessShareLock,
+											 0, NULL, NULL);
+			if (!OidIsValid(relid))
+				return vacrels;
+		}
+		else
+		{
+			/* Get relid for reporting before taking a lock */
+			relid = RangeVarGetRelid(vrel->relation, NoLock, false);
+
+			if (!ConditionalLockRelationOid(relid, AccessShareLock))
+			{
+				bits8	flags = 0;
+				/*
+				 * If the lock is unavailable, emit the same log statement that
+				 * vacuum_rel() and analyze_rel() would.
+				 */
+				if (options & VACOPT_VACUUM)
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping vacuum of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
 								vrel->relation->relname)));
-			return vacrels;
+				else
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping analyze of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
+									vrel->relation->relname)));
+
+				if ((options & VACOPT_VACUUM) != 0)
+					flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM;
+				if ((options & VACOPT_ANALYZE) != 0)
+					flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE;
+
+				pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(relid, flags);
+
+				return vacrels;
+			}
+
+			/*
+			 * Now that we have the lock, probe to see if the relation really
+			 * exists or not.
+			 */
+			if (!SearchSysCacheExists1(RELOID, ObjectIdGetDatum(relid)))
+			{
+				if (options & VACOPT_VACUUM)
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_UNDEFINED_TABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping vacuum of \"%s\" --- relation no longer exists",
+									vrel->relation->relname)));
+				else
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_UNDEFINED_TABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping analyze of \"%s\" --- relation no longer exists",
+									vrel->relation->relname)));
+
+				/* Release useless lock */
+				UnlockRelationOid(relid, AccessShareLock);
+
+				return vacrels;
+			}
 		}
 
 		/*
diff --git a/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c b/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c
index bc8c43b96aa..cec4c88980e 100644
--- a/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c
+++ b/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c
@@ -17,6 +17,7 @@
 
 #include "postgres.h"
 
+#include "access/htup_details.h"
 #include "access/twophase_rmgr.h"
 #include "access/xact.h"
 #include "catalog/catalog.h"
@@ -366,6 +367,73 @@ pgstat_report_analyze(Relation rel,
 	(void) pgstat_flush_backend(false, PGSTAT_BACKEND_FLUSH_IO);
 }
 
+/*
+ * Report that the table was skipped during vacuum or/and analyze.
+ */
+void
+pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(Oid relid, bits8 flags)
+{
+	PgStat_EntryRef *entry_ref;
+	PgStatShared_Relation *shtabentry;
+	PgStat_StatTabEntry *tabentry;
+	TimestampTz ts;
+	HeapTuple	classTup;
+	bool		isshared;
+
+	if (!pgstat_track_counts || !(flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANY))
+		return;
+
+	classTup = SearchSysCache1(RELOID, ObjectIdGetDatum(relid));
+	if (!HeapTupleIsValid(classTup))
+		return;			/* somebody deleted the rel, forget it */
+	isshared = ((Form_pg_class) GETSTRUCT(classTup))->relisshared;
+	ReleaseSysCache(classTup);
+
+	/* Store the data in the table's hash table entry. */
+	ts = GetCurrentTimestamp();
+
+	/* block acquiring lock for the same reason as pgstat_report_autovac() */
+	entry_ref = pgstat_get_entry_ref_locked(PGSTAT_KIND_RELATION,
+											isshared ? InvalidOid : MyDatabaseId,
+											relid, false);
+
+	shtabentry = (PgStatShared_Relation *) entry_ref->shared_stats;
+	tabentry = &shtabentry->stats;
+
+	if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOVAC)
+	{
+		if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM)
+		{
+			tabentry->last_skipped_autovacuum_time = ts;
+			tabentry->skipped_autovacuum_count++;
+		}
+		if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE)
+		{
+			tabentry->last_skipped_autoanalyze_time = ts;
+			tabentry->skipped_autoanalyze_count++;
+		}
+	}
+	else
+	{
+		if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM)
+		{
+			tabentry->last_skipped_vacuum_time = ts;
+			tabentry->skipped_vacuum_count++;
+		}
+		if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE)
+		{
+			tabentry->last_skipped_analyze_time = ts;
+			tabentry->skipped_analyze_count++;
+		}
+	}
+
+	pgstat_unlock_entry(entry_ref);
+
+	/* see pgstat_report_vacuum() */
+	pgstat_flush_io(false);
+	(void) pgstat_flush_backend(false, PGSTAT_BACKEND_FLUSH_IO);
+}
+
 /*
  * count a tuple insertion of n tuples
  */
diff --git a/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c b/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c
index 9185a8e6b83..18aaa3996e1 100644
--- a/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c
+++ b/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c
@@ -84,6 +84,18 @@ PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(mod_since_analyze)
 /* pg_stat_get_numscans */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(numscans)
 
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_analyze_count)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_autoanalyze_count)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_autovacuum_count)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_vacuum_count)
+
 /* pg_stat_get_tuples_deleted */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(tuples_deleted)
 
@@ -170,6 +182,18 @@ PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_vacuum_time)
 /* pg_stat_get_lastscan */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(lastscan)
 
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_analyze_time)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_autoanalyze_time)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_autovacuum_time)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_vacuum_time)
+
 /* pg_stat_get_stat_reset_time */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(stat_reset_time)
 
diff --git a/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat b/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat
index 0118e970dda..ccfe3d9e02a 100644
--- a/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat
+++ b/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat
@@ -5667,6 +5667,38 @@
   proname => 'pg_stat_get_total_autoanalyze_time', provolatile => 's',
   proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'float8', proargtypes => 'oid',
   prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_total_autoanalyze_time' },
+{ oid => '8142', descr => 'statistics: last skipped vacuum time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time' },
+{ oid => '8143', descr => 'statistics: last skipped auto vacuum time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time' },
+{ oid => '8144', descr => 'statistics: last skipped analyze time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time' },
+{ oid => '8145', descr => 'statistics: last skipped auto analyze time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time' },
+{ oid => '8146', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped vacuum for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count' },
+{ oid => '8147', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped auto vacuum for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count' },
+{ oid => '8148', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped analyzes for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count' },
+{ oid => '8149', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped auto analyzes for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count' },
 { oid => '1936', descr => 'statistics: currently active backend IDs',
   proname => 'pg_stat_get_backend_idset', prorows => '100', proretset => 't',
   provolatile => 's', proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int4',
diff --git a/src/include/pgstat.h b/src/include/pgstat.h
index 8e3549c3752..343081a7a25 100644
--- a/src/include/pgstat.h
+++ b/src/include/pgstat.h
@@ -479,6 +479,15 @@ typedef struct PgStat_StatTabEntry
 	TimestampTz last_autoanalyze_time;	/* autovacuum initiated */
 	PgStat_Counter autoanalyze_count;
 
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_vacuum_time;	/* user initiated vacuum */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_vacuum_count;
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_autovacuum_time;	/* autovacuum initiated */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_autovacuum_count;
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_analyze_time;	/* user initiated */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_analyze_count;
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_autoanalyze_time;	/* autovacuum initiated */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_autoanalyze_count;
+
 	PgStat_Counter total_vacuum_time;	/* times in milliseconds */
 	PgStat_Counter total_autovacuum_time;
 	PgStat_Counter total_analyze_time;
@@ -707,6 +716,13 @@ extern void pgstat_report_analyze(Relation rel,
 								  PgStat_Counter livetuples, PgStat_Counter deadtuples,
 								  bool resetcounter, TimestampTz starttime);
 
+/* flags for pgstat_flush_backend() */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM	(1 << 0)	/* vacuum is skipped */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE	(1 << 1)	/* analyze is skipped */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOVAC	(1 << 2)	/* skipped during autovacuum/autoanalyze */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANY   (PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM | PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE)
+extern void pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(Oid relid, bits8 flags);
+
 /*
  * If stats are enabled, but pending data hasn't been prepared yet, call
  * pgstat_assoc_relation() to do so. See its comment for why this is done
diff --git a/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out b/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out
index 2b3cf6d8569..4ccfc43e903 100644
--- a/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out
+++ b/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out
@@ -1835,13 +1835,21 @@ pg_stat_all_tables| SELECT c.oid AS relid,
     pg_stat_get_mod_since_analyze(c.oid) AS n_mod_since_analyze,
     pg_stat_get_ins_since_vacuum(c.oid) AS n_ins_since_vacuum,
     pg_stat_get_last_vacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_vacuum,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_vacuum,
     pg_stat_get_last_autovacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_autovacuum,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_autovacuum,
     pg_stat_get_last_analyze_time(c.oid) AS last_analyze,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_analyze,
     pg_stat_get_last_autoanalyze_time(c.oid) AS last_autoanalyze,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_autoanalyze,
     pg_stat_get_vacuum_count(c.oid) AS vacuum_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count(c.oid) AS skipped_vacuum_count,
     pg_stat_get_autovacuum_count(c.oid) AS autovacuum_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count(c.oid) AS skipped_autovacuum_count,
     pg_stat_get_analyze_count(c.oid) AS analyze_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count(c.oid) AS skipped_analyze_count,
     pg_stat_get_autoanalyze_count(c.oid) AS autoanalyze_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count(c.oid) AS skipped_autoanalyze_count,
     pg_stat_get_total_vacuum_time(c.oid) AS total_vacuum_time,
     pg_stat_get_total_autovacuum_time(c.oid) AS total_autovacuum_time,
     pg_stat_get_total_analyze_time(c.oid) AS total_analyze_time,
@@ -2293,13 +2301,21 @@ pg_stat_sys_tables| SELECT relid,
     n_mod_since_analyze,
     n_ins_since_vacuum,
     last_vacuum,
+    last_skipped_vacuum,
     last_autovacuum,
+    last_skipped_autovacuum,
     last_analyze,
+    last_skipped_analyze,
     last_autoanalyze,
+    last_skipped_autoanalyze,
     vacuum_count,
+    skipped_vacuum_count,
     autovacuum_count,
+    skipped_autovacuum_count,
     analyze_count,
+    skipped_analyze_count,
     autoanalyze_count,
+    skipped_autoanalyze_count,
     total_vacuum_time,
     total_autovacuum_time,
     total_analyze_time,
@@ -2348,13 +2364,21 @@ pg_stat_user_tables| SELECT relid,
     n_mod_since_analyze,
     n_ins_since_vacuum,
     last_vacuum,
+    last_skipped_vacuum,
     last_autovacuum,
+    last_skipped_autovacuum,
     last_analyze,
+    last_skipped_analyze,
     last_autoanalyze,
+    last_skipped_autoanalyze,
     vacuum_count,
+    skipped_vacuum_count,
     autovacuum_count,
+    skipped_autovacuum_count,
     analyze_count,
+    skipped_analyze_count,
     autoanalyze_count,
+    skipped_autoanalyze_count,
     total_vacuum_time,
     total_autovacuum_time,
     total_analyze_time,
-- 
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* [PATCH v3] Track skipped vacuum and analyze activity per relation
@ 2026-03-24 04:09 Yugo Nagata <[email protected]>
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From: Yugo Nagata @ 2026-03-24 04:09 UTC (permalink / raw)

This commit adds eight fields to the relation statistics that track
the last time vacuum or analyze has been attempted but skipped due to
lock unavailability, along with their counts:

-    last_skipped_vacuum
-    last_skipped_autovacuum
-    last_skipped_analyze
-    last_skipped_autoanalyze
-    skipped_vacuum_count
-    skipped_autovacuum_count
-    skipped_analyze_count
-    skipped_autoanalyze_count

These field can help users confirm that autovacuum is actively attempting
to run on a table that has not been vacuumed or analyzed for a long time,
and that the lack of progress is due to repeated skips rather than inactivity.
---
 doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml                 | 80 +++++++++++++++++
 src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql         |  8 ++
 src/backend/commands/vacuum.c                | 95 +++++++++++++++-----
 src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c | 68 ++++++++++++++
 src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c          | 24 +++++
 src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat              | 32 +++++++
 src/include/pgstat.h                         | 16 ++++
 src/test/regress/expected/rules.out          | 24 +++++
 8 files changed, 324 insertions(+), 23 deletions(-)

diff --git a/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml b/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml
index bb75ed1069b..9ec8070b2fc 100644
--- a/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml
+++ b/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml
@@ -4372,6 +4372,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_vacuum</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time a manual vacuum on this table was attempted but skipped due to
+       lock unavailability (not counting <command>VACUUM FULL</command>)
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>last_autovacuum</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
@@ -4382,6 +4392,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_autovacuum</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time a vacuum on this table by the autovacuum daemon was attempted
+       but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>last_analyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
@@ -4391,6 +4411,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_analyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time a manual analyze on this table was attempted but skipped due to
+       lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>last_autoanalyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
@@ -4401,6 +4431,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_autoanalyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time at which an analyze on this table by the autovacuum was
+       attempted but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>vacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4411,6 +4451,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_vacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times vacuums on this table have been attempted but skipped
+       due to lock unavailability (not counting <command>VACUUM FULL</command>)
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>autovacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4421,6 +4471,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_autovacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times vacuums on this table by the autovacuum daemon have been
+       attempted but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>analyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4430,6 +4490,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_analyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times manual analyzes on this table have been attempted but
+       skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>autoanalyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4440,6 +4510,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_autoanalyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times analyzes on this table by the autovacuum daemon have
+       been attempted but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>total_vacuum_time</structfield> <type>double precision</type>
diff --git a/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql b/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql
index e54018004db..2ca02a0354c 100644
--- a/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql
+++ b/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql
@@ -736,13 +736,21 @@ CREATE VIEW pg_stat_all_tables AS
             pg_stat_get_mod_since_analyze(C.oid) AS n_mod_since_analyze,
             pg_stat_get_ins_since_vacuum(C.oid) AS n_ins_since_vacuum,
             pg_stat_get_last_vacuum_time(C.oid) as last_vacuum,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_vacuum,
             pg_stat_get_last_autovacuum_time(C.oid) as last_autovacuum,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_autovacuum,
             pg_stat_get_last_analyze_time(C.oid) as last_analyze,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_analyze,
             pg_stat_get_last_autoanalyze_time(C.oid) as last_autoanalyze,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_autoanalyze,
             pg_stat_get_vacuum_count(C.oid) AS vacuum_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count(C.oid) AS skipped_vacuum_count,
             pg_stat_get_autovacuum_count(C.oid) AS autovacuum_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count(C.oid) AS skipped_autovacuum_count,
             pg_stat_get_analyze_count(C.oid) AS analyze_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count(C.oid) AS skipped_analyze_count,
             pg_stat_get_autoanalyze_count(C.oid) AS autoanalyze_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count(C.oid) AS skipped_autoanalyze_count,
             pg_stat_get_total_vacuum_time(C.oid) AS total_vacuum_time,
             pg_stat_get_total_autovacuum_time(C.oid) AS total_autovacuum_time,
             pg_stat_get_total_analyze_time(C.oid) AS total_analyze_time,
diff --git a/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c b/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c
index bce3a2daa24..ce83b3171be 100644
--- a/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c
+++ b/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c
@@ -792,8 +792,18 @@ vacuum_open_relation(Oid relid, RangeVar *relation, bits32 options,
 		rel = try_relation_open(relid, NoLock);
 	else
 	{
+		bits8 flags = 0;
 		rel = NULL;
 		rel_lock = false;
+
+		if ((options & VACOPT_VACUUM) != 0)
+			flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM;
+		if ((options & VACOPT_ANALYZE) != 0)
+			flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE;
+		if (AmAutoVacuumWorkerProcess())
+			flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOVAC;
+
+		pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(relid, flags);
 	}
 
 	/* if relation is opened, leave */
@@ -801,7 +811,7 @@ vacuum_open_relation(Oid relid, RangeVar *relation, bits32 options,
 		return rel;
 
 	/*
-	 * Relation could not be opened, hence generate if possible a log
+	 * Relation could not be opened hence generate if possible a log
 	 * informing on the situation.
 	 *
 	 * If the RangeVar is not defined, we do not have enough information to
@@ -904,7 +914,6 @@ expand_vacuum_rel(VacuumRelation *vrel, MemoryContext vac_context,
 		Form_pg_class classForm;
 		bool		include_children;
 		bool		is_partitioned_table;
-		int			rvr_opts;
 
 		/*
 		 * Since autovacuum workers supply OIDs when calling vacuum(), no
@@ -917,29 +926,69 @@ expand_vacuum_rel(VacuumRelation *vrel, MemoryContext vac_context,
 		 * below, as well as find_all_inheritors's expectation that the caller
 		 * holds some lock on the starting relation.
 		 */
-		rvr_opts = (options & VACOPT_SKIP_LOCKED) ? RVR_SKIP_LOCKED : 0;
-		relid = RangeVarGetRelidExtended(vrel->relation,
-										 AccessShareLock,
-										 rvr_opts,
-										 NULL, NULL);
-
-		/*
-		 * If the lock is unavailable, emit the same log statement that
-		 * vacuum_rel() and analyze_rel() would.
-		 */
-		if (!OidIsValid(relid))
+		if (!(options & VACOPT_SKIP_LOCKED))
 		{
-			if (options & VACOPT_VACUUM)
-				ereport(WARNING,
-						(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
-						 errmsg("skipping vacuum of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
-								vrel->relation->relname)));
-			else
-				ereport(WARNING,
-						(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
-						 errmsg("skipping analyze of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
+			relid = RangeVarGetRelidExtended(vrel->relation,
+											 AccessShareLock,
+											 0, NULL, NULL);
+			if (!OidIsValid(relid))
+				return vacrels;
+		}
+		else
+		{
+			/* Get relid for reporting before taking a lock */
+			relid = RangeVarGetRelid(vrel->relation, NoLock, false);
+
+			if (!ConditionalLockRelationOid(relid, AccessShareLock))
+			{
+				bits8	flags = 0;
+				/*
+				 * If the lock is unavailable, emit the same log statement that
+				 * vacuum_rel() and analyze_rel() would.
+				 */
+				if (options & VACOPT_VACUUM)
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping vacuum of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
 								vrel->relation->relname)));
-			return vacrels;
+				else
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping analyze of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
+									vrel->relation->relname)));
+
+				if ((options & VACOPT_VACUUM) != 0)
+					flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM;
+				if ((options & VACOPT_ANALYZE) != 0)
+					flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE;
+
+				pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(relid, flags);
+
+				return vacrels;
+			}
+
+			/*
+			 * Now that we have the lock, probe to see if the relation really
+			 * exists or not.
+			 */
+			if (!SearchSysCacheExists1(RELOID, ObjectIdGetDatum(relid)))
+			{
+				if (options & VACOPT_VACUUM)
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_UNDEFINED_TABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping vacuum of \"%s\" --- relation no longer exists",
+									vrel->relation->relname)));
+				else
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_UNDEFINED_TABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping analyze of \"%s\" --- relation no longer exists",
+									vrel->relation->relname)));
+
+				/* Release useless lock */
+				UnlockRelationOid(relid, AccessShareLock);
+
+				return vacrels;
+			}
 		}
 
 		/*
diff --git a/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c b/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c
index bc8c43b96aa..cec4c88980e 100644
--- a/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c
+++ b/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c
@@ -17,6 +17,7 @@
 
 #include "postgres.h"
 
+#include "access/htup_details.h"
 #include "access/twophase_rmgr.h"
 #include "access/xact.h"
 #include "catalog/catalog.h"
@@ -366,6 +367,73 @@ pgstat_report_analyze(Relation rel,
 	(void) pgstat_flush_backend(false, PGSTAT_BACKEND_FLUSH_IO);
 }
 
+/*
+ * Report that the table was skipped during vacuum or/and analyze.
+ */
+void
+pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(Oid relid, bits8 flags)
+{
+	PgStat_EntryRef *entry_ref;
+	PgStatShared_Relation *shtabentry;
+	PgStat_StatTabEntry *tabentry;
+	TimestampTz ts;
+	HeapTuple	classTup;
+	bool		isshared;
+
+	if (!pgstat_track_counts || !(flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANY))
+		return;
+
+	classTup = SearchSysCache1(RELOID, ObjectIdGetDatum(relid));
+	if (!HeapTupleIsValid(classTup))
+		return;			/* somebody deleted the rel, forget it */
+	isshared = ((Form_pg_class) GETSTRUCT(classTup))->relisshared;
+	ReleaseSysCache(classTup);
+
+	/* Store the data in the table's hash table entry. */
+	ts = GetCurrentTimestamp();
+
+	/* block acquiring lock for the same reason as pgstat_report_autovac() */
+	entry_ref = pgstat_get_entry_ref_locked(PGSTAT_KIND_RELATION,
+											isshared ? InvalidOid : MyDatabaseId,
+											relid, false);
+
+	shtabentry = (PgStatShared_Relation *) entry_ref->shared_stats;
+	tabentry = &shtabentry->stats;
+
+	if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOVAC)
+	{
+		if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM)
+		{
+			tabentry->last_skipped_autovacuum_time = ts;
+			tabentry->skipped_autovacuum_count++;
+		}
+		if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE)
+		{
+			tabentry->last_skipped_autoanalyze_time = ts;
+			tabentry->skipped_autoanalyze_count++;
+		}
+	}
+	else
+	{
+		if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM)
+		{
+			tabentry->last_skipped_vacuum_time = ts;
+			tabentry->skipped_vacuum_count++;
+		}
+		if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE)
+		{
+			tabentry->last_skipped_analyze_time = ts;
+			tabentry->skipped_analyze_count++;
+		}
+	}
+
+	pgstat_unlock_entry(entry_ref);
+
+	/* see pgstat_report_vacuum() */
+	pgstat_flush_io(false);
+	(void) pgstat_flush_backend(false, PGSTAT_BACKEND_FLUSH_IO);
+}
+
 /*
  * count a tuple insertion of n tuples
  */
diff --git a/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c b/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c
index 9185a8e6b83..18aaa3996e1 100644
--- a/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c
+++ b/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c
@@ -84,6 +84,18 @@ PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(mod_since_analyze)
 /* pg_stat_get_numscans */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(numscans)
 
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_analyze_count)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_autoanalyze_count)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_autovacuum_count)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_vacuum_count)
+
 /* pg_stat_get_tuples_deleted */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(tuples_deleted)
 
@@ -170,6 +182,18 @@ PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_vacuum_time)
 /* pg_stat_get_lastscan */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(lastscan)
 
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_analyze_time)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_autoanalyze_time)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_autovacuum_time)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_vacuum_time)
+
 /* pg_stat_get_stat_reset_time */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(stat_reset_time)
 
diff --git a/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat b/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat
index 0118e970dda..ccfe3d9e02a 100644
--- a/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat
+++ b/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat
@@ -5667,6 +5667,38 @@
   proname => 'pg_stat_get_total_autoanalyze_time', provolatile => 's',
   proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'float8', proargtypes => 'oid',
   prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_total_autoanalyze_time' },
+{ oid => '8142', descr => 'statistics: last skipped vacuum time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time' },
+{ oid => '8143', descr => 'statistics: last skipped auto vacuum time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time' },
+{ oid => '8144', descr => 'statistics: last skipped analyze time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time' },
+{ oid => '8145', descr => 'statistics: last skipped auto analyze time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time' },
+{ oid => '8146', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped vacuum for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count' },
+{ oid => '8147', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped auto vacuum for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count' },
+{ oid => '8148', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped analyzes for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count' },
+{ oid => '8149', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped auto analyzes for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count' },
 { oid => '1936', descr => 'statistics: currently active backend IDs',
   proname => 'pg_stat_get_backend_idset', prorows => '100', proretset => 't',
   provolatile => 's', proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int4',
diff --git a/src/include/pgstat.h b/src/include/pgstat.h
index 8e3549c3752..343081a7a25 100644
--- a/src/include/pgstat.h
+++ b/src/include/pgstat.h
@@ -479,6 +479,15 @@ typedef struct PgStat_StatTabEntry
 	TimestampTz last_autoanalyze_time;	/* autovacuum initiated */
 	PgStat_Counter autoanalyze_count;
 
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_vacuum_time;	/* user initiated vacuum */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_vacuum_count;
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_autovacuum_time;	/* autovacuum initiated */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_autovacuum_count;
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_analyze_time;	/* user initiated */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_analyze_count;
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_autoanalyze_time;	/* autovacuum initiated */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_autoanalyze_count;
+
 	PgStat_Counter total_vacuum_time;	/* times in milliseconds */
 	PgStat_Counter total_autovacuum_time;
 	PgStat_Counter total_analyze_time;
@@ -707,6 +716,13 @@ extern void pgstat_report_analyze(Relation rel,
 								  PgStat_Counter livetuples, PgStat_Counter deadtuples,
 								  bool resetcounter, TimestampTz starttime);
 
+/* flags for pgstat_flush_backend() */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM	(1 << 0)	/* vacuum is skipped */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE	(1 << 1)	/* analyze is skipped */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOVAC	(1 << 2)	/* skipped during autovacuum/autoanalyze */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANY   (PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM | PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE)
+extern void pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(Oid relid, bits8 flags);
+
 /*
  * If stats are enabled, but pending data hasn't been prepared yet, call
  * pgstat_assoc_relation() to do so. See its comment for why this is done
diff --git a/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out b/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out
index 2b3cf6d8569..4ccfc43e903 100644
--- a/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out
+++ b/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out
@@ -1835,13 +1835,21 @@ pg_stat_all_tables| SELECT c.oid AS relid,
     pg_stat_get_mod_since_analyze(c.oid) AS n_mod_since_analyze,
     pg_stat_get_ins_since_vacuum(c.oid) AS n_ins_since_vacuum,
     pg_stat_get_last_vacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_vacuum,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_vacuum,
     pg_stat_get_last_autovacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_autovacuum,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_autovacuum,
     pg_stat_get_last_analyze_time(c.oid) AS last_analyze,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_analyze,
     pg_stat_get_last_autoanalyze_time(c.oid) AS last_autoanalyze,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_autoanalyze,
     pg_stat_get_vacuum_count(c.oid) AS vacuum_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count(c.oid) AS skipped_vacuum_count,
     pg_stat_get_autovacuum_count(c.oid) AS autovacuum_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count(c.oid) AS skipped_autovacuum_count,
     pg_stat_get_analyze_count(c.oid) AS analyze_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count(c.oid) AS skipped_analyze_count,
     pg_stat_get_autoanalyze_count(c.oid) AS autoanalyze_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count(c.oid) AS skipped_autoanalyze_count,
     pg_stat_get_total_vacuum_time(c.oid) AS total_vacuum_time,
     pg_stat_get_total_autovacuum_time(c.oid) AS total_autovacuum_time,
     pg_stat_get_total_analyze_time(c.oid) AS total_analyze_time,
@@ -2293,13 +2301,21 @@ pg_stat_sys_tables| SELECT relid,
     n_mod_since_analyze,
     n_ins_since_vacuum,
     last_vacuum,
+    last_skipped_vacuum,
     last_autovacuum,
+    last_skipped_autovacuum,
     last_analyze,
+    last_skipped_analyze,
     last_autoanalyze,
+    last_skipped_autoanalyze,
     vacuum_count,
+    skipped_vacuum_count,
     autovacuum_count,
+    skipped_autovacuum_count,
     analyze_count,
+    skipped_analyze_count,
     autoanalyze_count,
+    skipped_autoanalyze_count,
     total_vacuum_time,
     total_autovacuum_time,
     total_analyze_time,
@@ -2348,13 +2364,21 @@ pg_stat_user_tables| SELECT relid,
     n_mod_since_analyze,
     n_ins_since_vacuum,
     last_vacuum,
+    last_skipped_vacuum,
     last_autovacuum,
+    last_skipped_autovacuum,
     last_analyze,
+    last_skipped_analyze,
     last_autoanalyze,
+    last_skipped_autoanalyze,
     vacuum_count,
+    skipped_vacuum_count,
     autovacuum_count,
+    skipped_autovacuum_count,
     analyze_count,
+    skipped_analyze_count,
     autoanalyze_count,
+    skipped_autoanalyze_count,
     total_vacuum_time,
     total_autovacuum_time,
     total_analyze_time,
-- 
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* [PATCH v3] Track skipped vacuum and analyze activity per relation
@ 2026-03-24 04:09 Yugo Nagata <[email protected]>
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From: Yugo Nagata @ 2026-03-24 04:09 UTC (permalink / raw)

This commit adds eight fields to the relation statistics that track
the last time vacuum or analyze has been attempted but skipped due to
lock unavailability, along with their counts:

-    last_skipped_vacuum
-    last_skipped_autovacuum
-    last_skipped_analyze
-    last_skipped_autoanalyze
-    skipped_vacuum_count
-    skipped_autovacuum_count
-    skipped_analyze_count
-    skipped_autoanalyze_count

These field can help users confirm that autovacuum is actively attempting
to run on a table that has not been vacuumed or analyzed for a long time,
and that the lack of progress is due to repeated skips rather than inactivity.
---
 doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml                 | 80 +++++++++++++++++
 src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql         |  8 ++
 src/backend/commands/vacuum.c                | 95 +++++++++++++++-----
 src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c | 68 ++++++++++++++
 src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c          | 24 +++++
 src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat              | 32 +++++++
 src/include/pgstat.h                         | 16 ++++
 src/test/regress/expected/rules.out          | 24 +++++
 8 files changed, 324 insertions(+), 23 deletions(-)

diff --git a/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml b/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml
index bb75ed1069b..9ec8070b2fc 100644
--- a/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml
+++ b/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml
@@ -4372,6 +4372,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_vacuum</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time a manual vacuum on this table was attempted but skipped due to
+       lock unavailability (not counting <command>VACUUM FULL</command>)
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>last_autovacuum</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
@@ -4382,6 +4392,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_autovacuum</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time a vacuum on this table by the autovacuum daemon was attempted
+       but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>last_analyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
@@ -4391,6 +4411,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_analyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time a manual analyze on this table was attempted but skipped due to
+       lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>last_autoanalyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
@@ -4401,6 +4431,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_autoanalyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time at which an analyze on this table by the autovacuum was
+       attempted but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>vacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4411,6 +4451,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_vacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times vacuums on this table have been attempted but skipped
+       due to lock unavailability (not counting <command>VACUUM FULL</command>)
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>autovacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4421,6 +4471,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_autovacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times vacuums on this table by the autovacuum daemon have been
+       attempted but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>analyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4430,6 +4490,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_analyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times manual analyzes on this table have been attempted but
+       skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>autoanalyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4440,6 +4510,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_autoanalyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times analyzes on this table by the autovacuum daemon have
+       been attempted but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>total_vacuum_time</structfield> <type>double precision</type>
diff --git a/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql b/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql
index e54018004db..2ca02a0354c 100644
--- a/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql
+++ b/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql
@@ -736,13 +736,21 @@ CREATE VIEW pg_stat_all_tables AS
             pg_stat_get_mod_since_analyze(C.oid) AS n_mod_since_analyze,
             pg_stat_get_ins_since_vacuum(C.oid) AS n_ins_since_vacuum,
             pg_stat_get_last_vacuum_time(C.oid) as last_vacuum,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_vacuum,
             pg_stat_get_last_autovacuum_time(C.oid) as last_autovacuum,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_autovacuum,
             pg_stat_get_last_analyze_time(C.oid) as last_analyze,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_analyze,
             pg_stat_get_last_autoanalyze_time(C.oid) as last_autoanalyze,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_autoanalyze,
             pg_stat_get_vacuum_count(C.oid) AS vacuum_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count(C.oid) AS skipped_vacuum_count,
             pg_stat_get_autovacuum_count(C.oid) AS autovacuum_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count(C.oid) AS skipped_autovacuum_count,
             pg_stat_get_analyze_count(C.oid) AS analyze_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count(C.oid) AS skipped_analyze_count,
             pg_stat_get_autoanalyze_count(C.oid) AS autoanalyze_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count(C.oid) AS skipped_autoanalyze_count,
             pg_stat_get_total_vacuum_time(C.oid) AS total_vacuum_time,
             pg_stat_get_total_autovacuum_time(C.oid) AS total_autovacuum_time,
             pg_stat_get_total_analyze_time(C.oid) AS total_analyze_time,
diff --git a/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c b/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c
index bce3a2daa24..ce83b3171be 100644
--- a/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c
+++ b/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c
@@ -792,8 +792,18 @@ vacuum_open_relation(Oid relid, RangeVar *relation, bits32 options,
 		rel = try_relation_open(relid, NoLock);
 	else
 	{
+		bits8 flags = 0;
 		rel = NULL;
 		rel_lock = false;
+
+		if ((options & VACOPT_VACUUM) != 0)
+			flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM;
+		if ((options & VACOPT_ANALYZE) != 0)
+			flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE;
+		if (AmAutoVacuumWorkerProcess())
+			flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOVAC;
+
+		pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(relid, flags);
 	}
 
 	/* if relation is opened, leave */
@@ -801,7 +811,7 @@ vacuum_open_relation(Oid relid, RangeVar *relation, bits32 options,
 		return rel;
 
 	/*
-	 * Relation could not be opened, hence generate if possible a log
+	 * Relation could not be opened hence generate if possible a log
 	 * informing on the situation.
 	 *
 	 * If the RangeVar is not defined, we do not have enough information to
@@ -904,7 +914,6 @@ expand_vacuum_rel(VacuumRelation *vrel, MemoryContext vac_context,
 		Form_pg_class classForm;
 		bool		include_children;
 		bool		is_partitioned_table;
-		int			rvr_opts;
 
 		/*
 		 * Since autovacuum workers supply OIDs when calling vacuum(), no
@@ -917,29 +926,69 @@ expand_vacuum_rel(VacuumRelation *vrel, MemoryContext vac_context,
 		 * below, as well as find_all_inheritors's expectation that the caller
 		 * holds some lock on the starting relation.
 		 */
-		rvr_opts = (options & VACOPT_SKIP_LOCKED) ? RVR_SKIP_LOCKED : 0;
-		relid = RangeVarGetRelidExtended(vrel->relation,
-										 AccessShareLock,
-										 rvr_opts,
-										 NULL, NULL);
-
-		/*
-		 * If the lock is unavailable, emit the same log statement that
-		 * vacuum_rel() and analyze_rel() would.
-		 */
-		if (!OidIsValid(relid))
+		if (!(options & VACOPT_SKIP_LOCKED))
 		{
-			if (options & VACOPT_VACUUM)
-				ereport(WARNING,
-						(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
-						 errmsg("skipping vacuum of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
-								vrel->relation->relname)));
-			else
-				ereport(WARNING,
-						(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
-						 errmsg("skipping analyze of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
+			relid = RangeVarGetRelidExtended(vrel->relation,
+											 AccessShareLock,
+											 0, NULL, NULL);
+			if (!OidIsValid(relid))
+				return vacrels;
+		}
+		else
+		{
+			/* Get relid for reporting before taking a lock */
+			relid = RangeVarGetRelid(vrel->relation, NoLock, false);
+
+			if (!ConditionalLockRelationOid(relid, AccessShareLock))
+			{
+				bits8	flags = 0;
+				/*
+				 * If the lock is unavailable, emit the same log statement that
+				 * vacuum_rel() and analyze_rel() would.
+				 */
+				if (options & VACOPT_VACUUM)
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping vacuum of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
 								vrel->relation->relname)));
-			return vacrels;
+				else
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping analyze of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
+									vrel->relation->relname)));
+
+				if ((options & VACOPT_VACUUM) != 0)
+					flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM;
+				if ((options & VACOPT_ANALYZE) != 0)
+					flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE;
+
+				pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(relid, flags);
+
+				return vacrels;
+			}
+
+			/*
+			 * Now that we have the lock, probe to see if the relation really
+			 * exists or not.
+			 */
+			if (!SearchSysCacheExists1(RELOID, ObjectIdGetDatum(relid)))
+			{
+				if (options & VACOPT_VACUUM)
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_UNDEFINED_TABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping vacuum of \"%s\" --- relation no longer exists",
+									vrel->relation->relname)));
+				else
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_UNDEFINED_TABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping analyze of \"%s\" --- relation no longer exists",
+									vrel->relation->relname)));
+
+				/* Release useless lock */
+				UnlockRelationOid(relid, AccessShareLock);
+
+				return vacrels;
+			}
 		}
 
 		/*
diff --git a/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c b/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c
index bc8c43b96aa..cec4c88980e 100644
--- a/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c
+++ b/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c
@@ -17,6 +17,7 @@
 
 #include "postgres.h"
 
+#include "access/htup_details.h"
 #include "access/twophase_rmgr.h"
 #include "access/xact.h"
 #include "catalog/catalog.h"
@@ -366,6 +367,73 @@ pgstat_report_analyze(Relation rel,
 	(void) pgstat_flush_backend(false, PGSTAT_BACKEND_FLUSH_IO);
 }
 
+/*
+ * Report that the table was skipped during vacuum or/and analyze.
+ */
+void
+pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(Oid relid, bits8 flags)
+{
+	PgStat_EntryRef *entry_ref;
+	PgStatShared_Relation *shtabentry;
+	PgStat_StatTabEntry *tabentry;
+	TimestampTz ts;
+	HeapTuple	classTup;
+	bool		isshared;
+
+	if (!pgstat_track_counts || !(flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANY))
+		return;
+
+	classTup = SearchSysCache1(RELOID, ObjectIdGetDatum(relid));
+	if (!HeapTupleIsValid(classTup))
+		return;			/* somebody deleted the rel, forget it */
+	isshared = ((Form_pg_class) GETSTRUCT(classTup))->relisshared;
+	ReleaseSysCache(classTup);
+
+	/* Store the data in the table's hash table entry. */
+	ts = GetCurrentTimestamp();
+
+	/* block acquiring lock for the same reason as pgstat_report_autovac() */
+	entry_ref = pgstat_get_entry_ref_locked(PGSTAT_KIND_RELATION,
+											isshared ? InvalidOid : MyDatabaseId,
+											relid, false);
+
+	shtabentry = (PgStatShared_Relation *) entry_ref->shared_stats;
+	tabentry = &shtabentry->stats;
+
+	if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOVAC)
+	{
+		if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM)
+		{
+			tabentry->last_skipped_autovacuum_time = ts;
+			tabentry->skipped_autovacuum_count++;
+		}
+		if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE)
+		{
+			tabentry->last_skipped_autoanalyze_time = ts;
+			tabentry->skipped_autoanalyze_count++;
+		}
+	}
+	else
+	{
+		if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM)
+		{
+			tabentry->last_skipped_vacuum_time = ts;
+			tabentry->skipped_vacuum_count++;
+		}
+		if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE)
+		{
+			tabentry->last_skipped_analyze_time = ts;
+			tabentry->skipped_analyze_count++;
+		}
+	}
+
+	pgstat_unlock_entry(entry_ref);
+
+	/* see pgstat_report_vacuum() */
+	pgstat_flush_io(false);
+	(void) pgstat_flush_backend(false, PGSTAT_BACKEND_FLUSH_IO);
+}
+
 /*
  * count a tuple insertion of n tuples
  */
diff --git a/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c b/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c
index 9185a8e6b83..18aaa3996e1 100644
--- a/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c
+++ b/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c
@@ -84,6 +84,18 @@ PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(mod_since_analyze)
 /* pg_stat_get_numscans */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(numscans)
 
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_analyze_count)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_autoanalyze_count)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_autovacuum_count)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_vacuum_count)
+
 /* pg_stat_get_tuples_deleted */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(tuples_deleted)
 
@@ -170,6 +182,18 @@ PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_vacuum_time)
 /* pg_stat_get_lastscan */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(lastscan)
 
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_analyze_time)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_autoanalyze_time)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_autovacuum_time)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_vacuum_time)
+
 /* pg_stat_get_stat_reset_time */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(stat_reset_time)
 
diff --git a/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat b/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat
index 0118e970dda..ccfe3d9e02a 100644
--- a/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat
+++ b/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat
@@ -5667,6 +5667,38 @@
   proname => 'pg_stat_get_total_autoanalyze_time', provolatile => 's',
   proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'float8', proargtypes => 'oid',
   prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_total_autoanalyze_time' },
+{ oid => '8142', descr => 'statistics: last skipped vacuum time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time' },
+{ oid => '8143', descr => 'statistics: last skipped auto vacuum time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time' },
+{ oid => '8144', descr => 'statistics: last skipped analyze time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time' },
+{ oid => '8145', descr => 'statistics: last skipped auto analyze time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time' },
+{ oid => '8146', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped vacuum for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count' },
+{ oid => '8147', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped auto vacuum for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count' },
+{ oid => '8148', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped analyzes for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count' },
+{ oid => '8149', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped auto analyzes for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count' },
 { oid => '1936', descr => 'statistics: currently active backend IDs',
   proname => 'pg_stat_get_backend_idset', prorows => '100', proretset => 't',
   provolatile => 's', proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int4',
diff --git a/src/include/pgstat.h b/src/include/pgstat.h
index 8e3549c3752..343081a7a25 100644
--- a/src/include/pgstat.h
+++ b/src/include/pgstat.h
@@ -479,6 +479,15 @@ typedef struct PgStat_StatTabEntry
 	TimestampTz last_autoanalyze_time;	/* autovacuum initiated */
 	PgStat_Counter autoanalyze_count;
 
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_vacuum_time;	/* user initiated vacuum */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_vacuum_count;
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_autovacuum_time;	/* autovacuum initiated */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_autovacuum_count;
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_analyze_time;	/* user initiated */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_analyze_count;
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_autoanalyze_time;	/* autovacuum initiated */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_autoanalyze_count;
+
 	PgStat_Counter total_vacuum_time;	/* times in milliseconds */
 	PgStat_Counter total_autovacuum_time;
 	PgStat_Counter total_analyze_time;
@@ -707,6 +716,13 @@ extern void pgstat_report_analyze(Relation rel,
 								  PgStat_Counter livetuples, PgStat_Counter deadtuples,
 								  bool resetcounter, TimestampTz starttime);
 
+/* flags for pgstat_flush_backend() */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM	(1 << 0)	/* vacuum is skipped */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE	(1 << 1)	/* analyze is skipped */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOVAC	(1 << 2)	/* skipped during autovacuum/autoanalyze */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANY   (PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM | PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE)
+extern void pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(Oid relid, bits8 flags);
+
 /*
  * If stats are enabled, but pending data hasn't been prepared yet, call
  * pgstat_assoc_relation() to do so. See its comment for why this is done
diff --git a/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out b/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out
index 2b3cf6d8569..4ccfc43e903 100644
--- a/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out
+++ b/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out
@@ -1835,13 +1835,21 @@ pg_stat_all_tables| SELECT c.oid AS relid,
     pg_stat_get_mod_since_analyze(c.oid) AS n_mod_since_analyze,
     pg_stat_get_ins_since_vacuum(c.oid) AS n_ins_since_vacuum,
     pg_stat_get_last_vacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_vacuum,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_vacuum,
     pg_stat_get_last_autovacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_autovacuum,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_autovacuum,
     pg_stat_get_last_analyze_time(c.oid) AS last_analyze,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_analyze,
     pg_stat_get_last_autoanalyze_time(c.oid) AS last_autoanalyze,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_autoanalyze,
     pg_stat_get_vacuum_count(c.oid) AS vacuum_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count(c.oid) AS skipped_vacuum_count,
     pg_stat_get_autovacuum_count(c.oid) AS autovacuum_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count(c.oid) AS skipped_autovacuum_count,
     pg_stat_get_analyze_count(c.oid) AS analyze_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count(c.oid) AS skipped_analyze_count,
     pg_stat_get_autoanalyze_count(c.oid) AS autoanalyze_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count(c.oid) AS skipped_autoanalyze_count,
     pg_stat_get_total_vacuum_time(c.oid) AS total_vacuum_time,
     pg_stat_get_total_autovacuum_time(c.oid) AS total_autovacuum_time,
     pg_stat_get_total_analyze_time(c.oid) AS total_analyze_time,
@@ -2293,13 +2301,21 @@ pg_stat_sys_tables| SELECT relid,
     n_mod_since_analyze,
     n_ins_since_vacuum,
     last_vacuum,
+    last_skipped_vacuum,
     last_autovacuum,
+    last_skipped_autovacuum,
     last_analyze,
+    last_skipped_analyze,
     last_autoanalyze,
+    last_skipped_autoanalyze,
     vacuum_count,
+    skipped_vacuum_count,
     autovacuum_count,
+    skipped_autovacuum_count,
     analyze_count,
+    skipped_analyze_count,
     autoanalyze_count,
+    skipped_autoanalyze_count,
     total_vacuum_time,
     total_autovacuum_time,
     total_analyze_time,
@@ -2348,13 +2364,21 @@ pg_stat_user_tables| SELECT relid,
     n_mod_since_analyze,
     n_ins_since_vacuum,
     last_vacuum,
+    last_skipped_vacuum,
     last_autovacuum,
+    last_skipped_autovacuum,
     last_analyze,
+    last_skipped_analyze,
     last_autoanalyze,
+    last_skipped_autoanalyze,
     vacuum_count,
+    skipped_vacuum_count,
     autovacuum_count,
+    skipped_autovacuum_count,
     analyze_count,
+    skipped_analyze_count,
     autoanalyze_count,
+    skipped_autoanalyze_count,
     total_vacuum_time,
     total_autovacuum_time,
     total_analyze_time,
-- 
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* [PATCH v4] Track skipped vacuum and analyze activity per relation
@ 2026-03-24 04:09 Yugo Nagata <[email protected]>
  0 siblings, 0 replies; 374+ messages in thread

From: Yugo Nagata @ 2026-03-24 04:09 UTC (permalink / raw)

This commit adds eight fields to the relation statistics that track
the last time vacuum or analyze has been attempted but skipped due to
lock unavailability, along with their counts:

-    last_skipped_vacuum
-    last_skipped_autovacuum
-    last_skipped_analyze
-    last_skipped_autoanalyze
-    skipped_vacuum_count
-    skipped_autovacuum_count
-    skipped_analyze_count
-    skipped_autoanalyze_count

These field can help users confirm that autovacuum is actively attempting
to run on a table that has not been vacuumed or analyzed for a long time,
and that the lack of progress is due to repeated skips rather than inactivity.
---
 doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml                 |  88 ++++++++++++++++
 src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql         |   8 ++
 src/backend/commands/vacuum.c                | 102 ++++++++++++++-----
 src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c |  64 ++++++++++++
 src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c          |  24 +++++
 src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat              |  32 ++++++
 src/include/pgstat.h                         |  16 +++
 src/test/regress/expected/rules.out          |  24 +++++
 8 files changed, 335 insertions(+), 23 deletions(-)

diff --git a/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml b/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml
index 08d5b824552..a9b579d87a9 100644
--- a/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml
+++ b/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml
@@ -4387,6 +4387,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_vacuum</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time a manual vacuum on this table was attempted but skipped due to
+       lock unavailability (not counting <command>VACUUM FULL</command>)
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>last_autovacuum</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
@@ -4397,6 +4407,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_autovacuum</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time a vacuum on this table by the autovacuum daemon was attempted
+       but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>last_analyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
@@ -4406,6 +4426,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_analyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time a manual analyze on this table was attempted but skipped due to
+       lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>last_autoanalyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
@@ -4416,6 +4446,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_autoanalyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time at which an analyze on this table by the autovacuum was
+       attempted but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>vacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4426,6 +4466,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_vacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times manual vacuums on this table have been attempted but skipped
+       due to lock unavailability (not counting <command>VACUUM FULL</command>)
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>autovacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4436,6 +4486,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_autovacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times vacuums on this table by the autovacuum daemon have been
+       attempted but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>analyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4445,6 +4505,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_analyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times manual analyzes on this table have been attempted but
+       skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>autoanalyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4455,6 +4525,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_autoanalyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times analyzes on this table by the autovacuum daemon have
+       been attempted but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>total_vacuum_time</structfield> <type>double precision</type>
@@ -4510,6 +4590,14 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
    </tgroup>
   </table>
 
+  <note>
+   <para>
+    When a manual vacuum or analyze on a parent table in an inheritance or
+    partitioning hierarchy is skipped, the statistics are recorded only for
+    the parent table, not for its children.
+   </para>
+  </note>
+
  </sect2>
 
  <sect2 id="monitoring-pg-stat-autovacuum-scores-view">
diff --git a/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql b/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql
index 73a1c1c4670..f509fc7876b 100644
--- a/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql
+++ b/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql
@@ -736,13 +736,21 @@ CREATE VIEW pg_stat_all_tables AS
             pg_stat_get_mod_since_analyze(C.oid) AS n_mod_since_analyze,
             pg_stat_get_ins_since_vacuum(C.oid) AS n_ins_since_vacuum,
             pg_stat_get_last_vacuum_time(C.oid) as last_vacuum,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_vacuum,
             pg_stat_get_last_autovacuum_time(C.oid) as last_autovacuum,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_autovacuum,
             pg_stat_get_last_analyze_time(C.oid) as last_analyze,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_analyze,
             pg_stat_get_last_autoanalyze_time(C.oid) as last_autoanalyze,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_autoanalyze,
             pg_stat_get_vacuum_count(C.oid) AS vacuum_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count(C.oid) AS skipped_vacuum_count,
             pg_stat_get_autovacuum_count(C.oid) AS autovacuum_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count(C.oid) AS skipped_autovacuum_count,
             pg_stat_get_analyze_count(C.oid) AS analyze_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count(C.oid) AS skipped_analyze_count,
             pg_stat_get_autoanalyze_count(C.oid) AS autoanalyze_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count(C.oid) AS skipped_autoanalyze_count,
             pg_stat_get_total_vacuum_time(C.oid) AS total_vacuum_time,
             pg_stat_get_total_autovacuum_time(C.oid) AS total_autovacuum_time,
             pg_stat_get_total_analyze_time(C.oid) AS total_analyze_time,
diff --git a/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c b/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c
index 99d0db82ed7..97cd5ea8d10 100644
--- a/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c
+++ b/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c
@@ -793,8 +793,25 @@ vacuum_open_relation(Oid relid, RangeVar *relation, uint32 options,
 		rel = try_relation_open(relid, NoLock);
 	else
 	{
+		int flags = 0;
 		rel = NULL;
 		rel_lock = false;
+
+		if ((options & VACOPT_VACUUM) != 0)
+		{
+			if (AmAutoVacuumWorkerProcess())
+				flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOVACUUM;
+			else
+				flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM;
+		}
+		if ((options & VACOPT_ANALYZE) != 0)
+		{
+			if (AmAutoVacuumWorkerProcess())
+				flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOANALYZE;
+			else
+				flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE;
+		}
+		pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(relid, flags);
 	}
 
 	/* if relation is opened, leave */
@@ -802,7 +819,7 @@ vacuum_open_relation(Oid relid, RangeVar *relation, uint32 options,
 		return rel;
 
 	/*
-	 * Relation could not be opened, hence generate if possible a log
+	 * Relation could not be opened hence generate if possible a log
 	 * informing on the situation.
 	 *
 	 * If the RangeVar is not defined, we do not have enough information to
@@ -905,7 +922,6 @@ expand_vacuum_rel(VacuumRelation *vrel, MemoryContext vac_context,
 		Form_pg_class classForm;
 		bool		include_children;
 		bool		is_partitioned_table;
-		int			rvr_opts;
 
 		/*
 		 * Since autovacuum workers supply OIDs when calling vacuum(), no
@@ -918,29 +934,69 @@ expand_vacuum_rel(VacuumRelation *vrel, MemoryContext vac_context,
 		 * below, as well as find_all_inheritors's expectation that the caller
 		 * holds some lock on the starting relation.
 		 */
-		rvr_opts = (options & VACOPT_SKIP_LOCKED) ? RVR_SKIP_LOCKED : 0;
-		relid = RangeVarGetRelidExtended(vrel->relation,
-										 AccessShareLock,
-										 rvr_opts,
-										 NULL, NULL);
-
-		/*
-		 * If the lock is unavailable, emit the same log statement that
-		 * vacuum_rel() and analyze_rel() would.
-		 */
-		if (!OidIsValid(relid))
+		if (!(options & VACOPT_SKIP_LOCKED))
 		{
-			if (options & VACOPT_VACUUM)
-				ereport(WARNING,
-						(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
-						 errmsg("skipping vacuum of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
-								vrel->relation->relname)));
-			else
-				ereport(WARNING,
-						(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
-						 errmsg("skipping analyze of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
+			relid = RangeVarGetRelidExtended(vrel->relation,
+											 AccessShareLock,
+											 0, NULL, NULL);
+			if (!OidIsValid(relid))
+				return vacrels;
+		}
+		else
+		{
+			/* Get relid for reporting before taking a lock */
+			relid = RangeVarGetRelid(vrel->relation, NoLock, false);
+
+			if (!ConditionalLockRelationOid(relid, AccessShareLock))
+			{
+				int	flags = 0;
+				/*
+				 * If the lock is unavailable, emit the same log statement that
+				 * vacuum_rel() and analyze_rel() would.
+				 */
+				if (options & VACOPT_VACUUM)
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping vacuum of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
 								vrel->relation->relname)));
-			return vacrels;
+				else
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping analyze of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
+									vrel->relation->relname)));
+
+				if ((options & VACOPT_VACUUM) != 0)
+					flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM;
+				if ((options & VACOPT_ANALYZE) != 0)
+					flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE;
+
+				pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(relid, flags);
+
+				return vacrels;
+			}
+
+			/*
+			 * Now that we have the lock, probe to see if the relation really
+			 * exists or not.
+			 */
+			if (!SearchSysCacheExists1(RELOID, ObjectIdGetDatum(relid)))
+			{
+				if (options & VACOPT_VACUUM)
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_UNDEFINED_TABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping vacuum of \"%s\" --- relation no longer exists",
+									vrel->relation->relname)));
+				else
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_UNDEFINED_TABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping analyze of \"%s\" --- relation no longer exists",
+									vrel->relation->relname)));
+
+				/* Release useless lock */
+				UnlockRelationOid(relid, AccessShareLock);
+
+				return vacrels;
+			}
 		}
 
 		/*
diff --git a/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c b/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c
index b2ca28f83ba..532d9023f8c 100644
--- a/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c
+++ b/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c
@@ -17,12 +17,14 @@
 
 #include "postgres.h"
 
+#include "access/htup_details.h"
 #include "access/twophase_rmgr.h"
 #include "access/xact.h"
 #include "catalog/catalog.h"
 #include "utils/memutils.h"
 #include "utils/pgstat_internal.h"
 #include "utils/rel.h"
+#include "utils/syscache.h"
 #include "utils/timestamp.h"
 
 
@@ -367,6 +369,68 @@ pgstat_report_analyze(Relation rel,
 	(void) pgstat_flush_backend(false, PGSTAT_BACKEND_FLUSH_IO);
 }
 
+/*
+ * Report that the table was skipped during vacuum or/and analyze.
+ */
+void
+pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(Oid relid, int flags)
+{
+	PgStat_EntryRef *entry_ref;
+	PgStatShared_Relation *shtabentry;
+	PgStat_StatTabEntry *tabentry;
+	TimestampTz ts;
+	HeapTuple	classTup;
+	bool		isshared;
+
+	if (!pgstat_track_counts || !flags)
+		return;
+
+	classTup = SearchSysCache1(RELOID, ObjectIdGetDatum(relid));
+	if (!HeapTupleIsValid(classTup))
+		return;			/* somebody deleted the rel, forget it */
+	isshared = ((Form_pg_class) GETSTRUCT(classTup))->relisshared;
+	ReleaseSysCache(classTup);
+
+	/* Store the data in the table's hash table entry. */
+	ts = GetCurrentTimestamp();
+
+	/* block acquiring lock for the same reason as pgstat_report_autovac() */
+	entry_ref = pgstat_get_entry_ref_locked(PGSTAT_KIND_RELATION,
+											isshared ? InvalidOid : MyDatabaseId,
+											relid, false);
+
+	shtabentry = (PgStatShared_Relation *) entry_ref->shared_stats;
+	tabentry = &shtabentry->stats;
+
+	if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM)
+	{
+		tabentry->last_skipped_vacuum_time = ts;
+		tabentry->skipped_vacuum_count++;
+	}
+	else if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOVACUUM)
+	{
+		tabentry->last_skipped_autovacuum_time = ts;
+		tabentry->skipped_autovacuum_count++;
+	}
+
+	if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE)
+	{
+		tabentry->last_skipped_analyze_time = ts;
+		tabentry->skipped_analyze_count++;
+	}
+	else if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOANALYZE)
+	{
+		tabentry->last_skipped_autoanalyze_time = ts;
+		tabentry->skipped_autoanalyze_count++;
+	}
+
+	pgstat_unlock_entry(entry_ref);
+
+	/* see pgstat_report_vacuum() */
+	pgstat_flush_io(false);
+	(void) pgstat_flush_backend(false, PGSTAT_BACKEND_FLUSH_IO);
+}
+
 /*
  * count a tuple insertion of n tuples
  */
diff --git a/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c b/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c
index 1408de387ea..90a8968faa0 100644
--- a/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c
+++ b/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c
@@ -84,6 +84,18 @@ PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(mod_since_analyze)
 /* pg_stat_get_numscans */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(numscans)
 
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_analyze_count)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_autoanalyze_count)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_autovacuum_count)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_vacuum_count)
+
 /* pg_stat_get_tuples_deleted */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(tuples_deleted)
 
@@ -170,6 +182,18 @@ PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_vacuum_time)
 /* pg_stat_get_lastscan */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(lastscan)
 
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_analyze_time)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_autoanalyze_time)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_autovacuum_time)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_vacuum_time)
+
 /* pg_stat_get_stat_reset_time */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(stat_reset_time)
 
diff --git a/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat b/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat
index fa9ae79082b..32debb34863 100644
--- a/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat
+++ b/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat
@@ -5680,6 +5680,38 @@
   proargmodes => '{o,o,o,o,o,o,o,o,o,o}',
   proargnames => '{oid,score,xid_score,mxid_score,vacuum_score,vacuum_insert_score,analyze_score,do_vacuum,do_analyze,for_wraparound}',
   prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_autovacuum_scores' },
+{ oid => '8142', descr => 'statistics: last skipped vacuum time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time' },
+{ oid => '8143', descr => 'statistics: last skipped auto vacuum time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time' },
+{ oid => '8144', descr => 'statistics: last skipped analyze time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time' },
+{ oid => '8145', descr => 'statistics: last skipped auto analyze time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time' },
+{ oid => '8146', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped vacuum for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count' },
+{ oid => '8147', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped auto vacuum for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count' },
+{ oid => '8148', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped analyzes for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count' },
+{ oid => '8149', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped auto analyzes for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count' },
 { oid => '1936', descr => 'statistics: currently active backend IDs',
   proname => 'pg_stat_get_backend_idset', prorows => '100', proretset => 't',
   provolatile => 's', proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int4',
diff --git a/src/include/pgstat.h b/src/include/pgstat.h
index dfa2e837638..98941f953d1 100644
--- a/src/include/pgstat.h
+++ b/src/include/pgstat.h
@@ -479,6 +479,15 @@ typedef struct PgStat_StatTabEntry
 	TimestampTz last_autoanalyze_time;	/* autovacuum initiated */
 	PgStat_Counter autoanalyze_count;
 
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_vacuum_time;	/* user initiated vacuum */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_vacuum_count;
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_autovacuum_time;	/* autovacuum initiated */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_autovacuum_count;
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_analyze_time;	/* user initiated */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_analyze_count;
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_autoanalyze_time;	/* autovacuum initiated */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_autoanalyze_count;
+
 	PgStat_Counter total_vacuum_time;	/* times in milliseconds */
 	PgStat_Counter total_autovacuum_time;
 	PgStat_Counter total_analyze_time;
@@ -703,6 +712,13 @@ extern void pgstat_report_analyze(Relation rel,
 								  PgStat_Counter livetuples, PgStat_Counter deadtuples,
 								  bool resetcounter, TimestampTz starttime);
 
+/* flags for pgstat_flush_backend() */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM		(1 << 0)	/* vacuum is skipped */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE		(1 << 1)	/* analyze is skipped */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOVACUUM	(1 << 2)	/* autovacuum is skipped */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOANALYZE	(1 << 3)	/* autoanalyze is skipped */
+extern void pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(Oid relid, int flags);
+
 /*
  * If stats are enabled, but pending data hasn't been prepared yet, call
  * pgstat_assoc_relation() to do so. See its comment for why this is done
diff --git a/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out b/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out
index a65a5bf0c4f..9b2075d3373 100644
--- a/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out
+++ b/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out
@@ -1835,13 +1835,21 @@ pg_stat_all_tables| SELECT c.oid AS relid,
     pg_stat_get_mod_since_analyze(c.oid) AS n_mod_since_analyze,
     pg_stat_get_ins_since_vacuum(c.oid) AS n_ins_since_vacuum,
     pg_stat_get_last_vacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_vacuum,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_vacuum,
     pg_stat_get_last_autovacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_autovacuum,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_autovacuum,
     pg_stat_get_last_analyze_time(c.oid) AS last_analyze,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_analyze,
     pg_stat_get_last_autoanalyze_time(c.oid) AS last_autoanalyze,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_autoanalyze,
     pg_stat_get_vacuum_count(c.oid) AS vacuum_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count(c.oid) AS skipped_vacuum_count,
     pg_stat_get_autovacuum_count(c.oid) AS autovacuum_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count(c.oid) AS skipped_autovacuum_count,
     pg_stat_get_analyze_count(c.oid) AS analyze_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count(c.oid) AS skipped_analyze_count,
     pg_stat_get_autoanalyze_count(c.oid) AS autoanalyze_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count(c.oid) AS skipped_autoanalyze_count,
     pg_stat_get_total_vacuum_time(c.oid) AS total_vacuum_time,
     pg_stat_get_total_autovacuum_time(c.oid) AS total_autovacuum_time,
     pg_stat_get_total_analyze_time(c.oid) AS total_analyze_time,
@@ -2346,13 +2354,21 @@ pg_stat_sys_tables| SELECT relid,
     n_mod_since_analyze,
     n_ins_since_vacuum,
     last_vacuum,
+    last_skipped_vacuum,
     last_autovacuum,
+    last_skipped_autovacuum,
     last_analyze,
+    last_skipped_analyze,
     last_autoanalyze,
+    last_skipped_autoanalyze,
     vacuum_count,
+    skipped_vacuum_count,
     autovacuum_count,
+    skipped_autovacuum_count,
     analyze_count,
+    skipped_analyze_count,
     autoanalyze_count,
+    skipped_autoanalyze_count,
     total_vacuum_time,
     total_autovacuum_time,
     total_analyze_time,
@@ -2401,13 +2417,21 @@ pg_stat_user_tables| SELECT relid,
     n_mod_since_analyze,
     n_ins_since_vacuum,
     last_vacuum,
+    last_skipped_vacuum,
     last_autovacuum,
+    last_skipped_autovacuum,
     last_analyze,
+    last_skipped_analyze,
     last_autoanalyze,
+    last_skipped_autoanalyze,
     vacuum_count,
+    skipped_vacuum_count,
     autovacuum_count,
+    skipped_autovacuum_count,
     analyze_count,
+    skipped_analyze_count,
     autoanalyze_count,
+    skipped_autoanalyze_count,
     total_vacuum_time,
     total_autovacuum_time,
     total_analyze_time,
-- 
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* [PATCH v3] Track skipped vacuum and analyze activity per relation
@ 2026-03-24 04:09 Yugo Nagata <[email protected]>
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From: Yugo Nagata @ 2026-03-24 04:09 UTC (permalink / raw)

This commit adds eight fields to the relation statistics that track
the last time vacuum or analyze has been attempted but skipped due to
lock unavailability, along with their counts:

-    last_skipped_vacuum
-    last_skipped_autovacuum
-    last_skipped_analyze
-    last_skipped_autoanalyze
-    skipped_vacuum_count
-    skipped_autovacuum_count
-    skipped_analyze_count
-    skipped_autoanalyze_count

These field can help users confirm that autovacuum is actively attempting
to run on a table that has not been vacuumed or analyzed for a long time,
and that the lack of progress is due to repeated skips rather than inactivity.
---
 doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml                 | 80 +++++++++++++++++
 src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql         |  8 ++
 src/backend/commands/vacuum.c                | 95 +++++++++++++++-----
 src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c | 68 ++++++++++++++
 src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c          | 24 +++++
 src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat              | 32 +++++++
 src/include/pgstat.h                         | 16 ++++
 src/test/regress/expected/rules.out          | 24 +++++
 8 files changed, 324 insertions(+), 23 deletions(-)

diff --git a/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml b/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml
index bb75ed1069b..9ec8070b2fc 100644
--- a/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml
+++ b/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml
@@ -4372,6 +4372,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_vacuum</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time a manual vacuum on this table was attempted but skipped due to
+       lock unavailability (not counting <command>VACUUM FULL</command>)
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>last_autovacuum</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
@@ -4382,6 +4392,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_autovacuum</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time a vacuum on this table by the autovacuum daemon was attempted
+       but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>last_analyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
@@ -4391,6 +4411,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_analyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time a manual analyze on this table was attempted but skipped due to
+       lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>last_autoanalyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
@@ -4401,6 +4431,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_autoanalyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time at which an analyze on this table by the autovacuum was
+       attempted but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>vacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4411,6 +4451,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_vacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times vacuums on this table have been attempted but skipped
+       due to lock unavailability (not counting <command>VACUUM FULL</command>)
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>autovacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4421,6 +4471,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_autovacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times vacuums on this table by the autovacuum daemon have been
+       attempted but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>analyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4430,6 +4490,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_analyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times manual analyzes on this table have been attempted but
+       skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>autoanalyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4440,6 +4510,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_autoanalyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times analyzes on this table by the autovacuum daemon have
+       been attempted but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>total_vacuum_time</structfield> <type>double precision</type>
diff --git a/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql b/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql
index e54018004db..2ca02a0354c 100644
--- a/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql
+++ b/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql
@@ -736,13 +736,21 @@ CREATE VIEW pg_stat_all_tables AS
             pg_stat_get_mod_since_analyze(C.oid) AS n_mod_since_analyze,
             pg_stat_get_ins_since_vacuum(C.oid) AS n_ins_since_vacuum,
             pg_stat_get_last_vacuum_time(C.oid) as last_vacuum,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_vacuum,
             pg_stat_get_last_autovacuum_time(C.oid) as last_autovacuum,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_autovacuum,
             pg_stat_get_last_analyze_time(C.oid) as last_analyze,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_analyze,
             pg_stat_get_last_autoanalyze_time(C.oid) as last_autoanalyze,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_autoanalyze,
             pg_stat_get_vacuum_count(C.oid) AS vacuum_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count(C.oid) AS skipped_vacuum_count,
             pg_stat_get_autovacuum_count(C.oid) AS autovacuum_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count(C.oid) AS skipped_autovacuum_count,
             pg_stat_get_analyze_count(C.oid) AS analyze_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count(C.oid) AS skipped_analyze_count,
             pg_stat_get_autoanalyze_count(C.oid) AS autoanalyze_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count(C.oid) AS skipped_autoanalyze_count,
             pg_stat_get_total_vacuum_time(C.oid) AS total_vacuum_time,
             pg_stat_get_total_autovacuum_time(C.oid) AS total_autovacuum_time,
             pg_stat_get_total_analyze_time(C.oid) AS total_analyze_time,
diff --git a/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c b/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c
index bce3a2daa24..ce83b3171be 100644
--- a/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c
+++ b/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c
@@ -792,8 +792,18 @@ vacuum_open_relation(Oid relid, RangeVar *relation, bits32 options,
 		rel = try_relation_open(relid, NoLock);
 	else
 	{
+		bits8 flags = 0;
 		rel = NULL;
 		rel_lock = false;
+
+		if ((options & VACOPT_VACUUM) != 0)
+			flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM;
+		if ((options & VACOPT_ANALYZE) != 0)
+			flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE;
+		if (AmAutoVacuumWorkerProcess())
+			flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOVAC;
+
+		pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(relid, flags);
 	}
 
 	/* if relation is opened, leave */
@@ -801,7 +811,7 @@ vacuum_open_relation(Oid relid, RangeVar *relation, bits32 options,
 		return rel;
 
 	/*
-	 * Relation could not be opened, hence generate if possible a log
+	 * Relation could not be opened hence generate if possible a log
 	 * informing on the situation.
 	 *
 	 * If the RangeVar is not defined, we do not have enough information to
@@ -904,7 +914,6 @@ expand_vacuum_rel(VacuumRelation *vrel, MemoryContext vac_context,
 		Form_pg_class classForm;
 		bool		include_children;
 		bool		is_partitioned_table;
-		int			rvr_opts;
 
 		/*
 		 * Since autovacuum workers supply OIDs when calling vacuum(), no
@@ -917,29 +926,69 @@ expand_vacuum_rel(VacuumRelation *vrel, MemoryContext vac_context,
 		 * below, as well as find_all_inheritors's expectation that the caller
 		 * holds some lock on the starting relation.
 		 */
-		rvr_opts = (options & VACOPT_SKIP_LOCKED) ? RVR_SKIP_LOCKED : 0;
-		relid = RangeVarGetRelidExtended(vrel->relation,
-										 AccessShareLock,
-										 rvr_opts,
-										 NULL, NULL);
-
-		/*
-		 * If the lock is unavailable, emit the same log statement that
-		 * vacuum_rel() and analyze_rel() would.
-		 */
-		if (!OidIsValid(relid))
+		if (!(options & VACOPT_SKIP_LOCKED))
 		{
-			if (options & VACOPT_VACUUM)
-				ereport(WARNING,
-						(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
-						 errmsg("skipping vacuum of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
-								vrel->relation->relname)));
-			else
-				ereport(WARNING,
-						(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
-						 errmsg("skipping analyze of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
+			relid = RangeVarGetRelidExtended(vrel->relation,
+											 AccessShareLock,
+											 0, NULL, NULL);
+			if (!OidIsValid(relid))
+				return vacrels;
+		}
+		else
+		{
+			/* Get relid for reporting before taking a lock */
+			relid = RangeVarGetRelid(vrel->relation, NoLock, false);
+
+			if (!ConditionalLockRelationOid(relid, AccessShareLock))
+			{
+				bits8	flags = 0;
+				/*
+				 * If the lock is unavailable, emit the same log statement that
+				 * vacuum_rel() and analyze_rel() would.
+				 */
+				if (options & VACOPT_VACUUM)
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping vacuum of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
 								vrel->relation->relname)));
-			return vacrels;
+				else
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping analyze of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
+									vrel->relation->relname)));
+
+				if ((options & VACOPT_VACUUM) != 0)
+					flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM;
+				if ((options & VACOPT_ANALYZE) != 0)
+					flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE;
+
+				pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(relid, flags);
+
+				return vacrels;
+			}
+
+			/*
+			 * Now that we have the lock, probe to see if the relation really
+			 * exists or not.
+			 */
+			if (!SearchSysCacheExists1(RELOID, ObjectIdGetDatum(relid)))
+			{
+				if (options & VACOPT_VACUUM)
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_UNDEFINED_TABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping vacuum of \"%s\" --- relation no longer exists",
+									vrel->relation->relname)));
+				else
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_UNDEFINED_TABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping analyze of \"%s\" --- relation no longer exists",
+									vrel->relation->relname)));
+
+				/* Release useless lock */
+				UnlockRelationOid(relid, AccessShareLock);
+
+				return vacrels;
+			}
 		}
 
 		/*
diff --git a/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c b/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c
index bc8c43b96aa..cec4c88980e 100644
--- a/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c
+++ b/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c
@@ -17,6 +17,7 @@
 
 #include "postgres.h"
 
+#include "access/htup_details.h"
 #include "access/twophase_rmgr.h"
 #include "access/xact.h"
 #include "catalog/catalog.h"
@@ -366,6 +367,73 @@ pgstat_report_analyze(Relation rel,
 	(void) pgstat_flush_backend(false, PGSTAT_BACKEND_FLUSH_IO);
 }
 
+/*
+ * Report that the table was skipped during vacuum or/and analyze.
+ */
+void
+pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(Oid relid, bits8 flags)
+{
+	PgStat_EntryRef *entry_ref;
+	PgStatShared_Relation *shtabentry;
+	PgStat_StatTabEntry *tabentry;
+	TimestampTz ts;
+	HeapTuple	classTup;
+	bool		isshared;
+
+	if (!pgstat_track_counts || !(flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANY))
+		return;
+
+	classTup = SearchSysCache1(RELOID, ObjectIdGetDatum(relid));
+	if (!HeapTupleIsValid(classTup))
+		return;			/* somebody deleted the rel, forget it */
+	isshared = ((Form_pg_class) GETSTRUCT(classTup))->relisshared;
+	ReleaseSysCache(classTup);
+
+	/* Store the data in the table's hash table entry. */
+	ts = GetCurrentTimestamp();
+
+	/* block acquiring lock for the same reason as pgstat_report_autovac() */
+	entry_ref = pgstat_get_entry_ref_locked(PGSTAT_KIND_RELATION,
+											isshared ? InvalidOid : MyDatabaseId,
+											relid, false);
+
+	shtabentry = (PgStatShared_Relation *) entry_ref->shared_stats;
+	tabentry = &shtabentry->stats;
+
+	if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOVAC)
+	{
+		if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM)
+		{
+			tabentry->last_skipped_autovacuum_time = ts;
+			tabentry->skipped_autovacuum_count++;
+		}
+		if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE)
+		{
+			tabentry->last_skipped_autoanalyze_time = ts;
+			tabentry->skipped_autoanalyze_count++;
+		}
+	}
+	else
+	{
+		if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM)
+		{
+			tabentry->last_skipped_vacuum_time = ts;
+			tabentry->skipped_vacuum_count++;
+		}
+		if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE)
+		{
+			tabentry->last_skipped_analyze_time = ts;
+			tabentry->skipped_analyze_count++;
+		}
+	}
+
+	pgstat_unlock_entry(entry_ref);
+
+	/* see pgstat_report_vacuum() */
+	pgstat_flush_io(false);
+	(void) pgstat_flush_backend(false, PGSTAT_BACKEND_FLUSH_IO);
+}
+
 /*
  * count a tuple insertion of n tuples
  */
diff --git a/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c b/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c
index 9185a8e6b83..18aaa3996e1 100644
--- a/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c
+++ b/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c
@@ -84,6 +84,18 @@ PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(mod_since_analyze)
 /* pg_stat_get_numscans */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(numscans)
 
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_analyze_count)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_autoanalyze_count)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_autovacuum_count)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_vacuum_count)
+
 /* pg_stat_get_tuples_deleted */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(tuples_deleted)
 
@@ -170,6 +182,18 @@ PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_vacuum_time)
 /* pg_stat_get_lastscan */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(lastscan)
 
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_analyze_time)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_autoanalyze_time)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_autovacuum_time)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_vacuum_time)
+
 /* pg_stat_get_stat_reset_time */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(stat_reset_time)
 
diff --git a/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat b/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat
index 0118e970dda..ccfe3d9e02a 100644
--- a/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat
+++ b/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat
@@ -5667,6 +5667,38 @@
   proname => 'pg_stat_get_total_autoanalyze_time', provolatile => 's',
   proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'float8', proargtypes => 'oid',
   prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_total_autoanalyze_time' },
+{ oid => '8142', descr => 'statistics: last skipped vacuum time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time' },
+{ oid => '8143', descr => 'statistics: last skipped auto vacuum time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time' },
+{ oid => '8144', descr => 'statistics: last skipped analyze time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time' },
+{ oid => '8145', descr => 'statistics: last skipped auto analyze time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time' },
+{ oid => '8146', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped vacuum for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count' },
+{ oid => '8147', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped auto vacuum for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count' },
+{ oid => '8148', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped analyzes for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count' },
+{ oid => '8149', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped auto analyzes for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count' },
 { oid => '1936', descr => 'statistics: currently active backend IDs',
   proname => 'pg_stat_get_backend_idset', prorows => '100', proretset => 't',
   provolatile => 's', proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int4',
diff --git a/src/include/pgstat.h b/src/include/pgstat.h
index 8e3549c3752..343081a7a25 100644
--- a/src/include/pgstat.h
+++ b/src/include/pgstat.h
@@ -479,6 +479,15 @@ typedef struct PgStat_StatTabEntry
 	TimestampTz last_autoanalyze_time;	/* autovacuum initiated */
 	PgStat_Counter autoanalyze_count;
 
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_vacuum_time;	/* user initiated vacuum */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_vacuum_count;
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_autovacuum_time;	/* autovacuum initiated */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_autovacuum_count;
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_analyze_time;	/* user initiated */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_analyze_count;
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_autoanalyze_time;	/* autovacuum initiated */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_autoanalyze_count;
+
 	PgStat_Counter total_vacuum_time;	/* times in milliseconds */
 	PgStat_Counter total_autovacuum_time;
 	PgStat_Counter total_analyze_time;
@@ -707,6 +716,13 @@ extern void pgstat_report_analyze(Relation rel,
 								  PgStat_Counter livetuples, PgStat_Counter deadtuples,
 								  bool resetcounter, TimestampTz starttime);
 
+/* flags for pgstat_flush_backend() */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM	(1 << 0)	/* vacuum is skipped */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE	(1 << 1)	/* analyze is skipped */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOVAC	(1 << 2)	/* skipped during autovacuum/autoanalyze */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANY   (PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM | PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE)
+extern void pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(Oid relid, bits8 flags);
+
 /*
  * If stats are enabled, but pending data hasn't been prepared yet, call
  * pgstat_assoc_relation() to do so. See its comment for why this is done
diff --git a/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out b/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out
index 2b3cf6d8569..4ccfc43e903 100644
--- a/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out
+++ b/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out
@@ -1835,13 +1835,21 @@ pg_stat_all_tables| SELECT c.oid AS relid,
     pg_stat_get_mod_since_analyze(c.oid) AS n_mod_since_analyze,
     pg_stat_get_ins_since_vacuum(c.oid) AS n_ins_since_vacuum,
     pg_stat_get_last_vacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_vacuum,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_vacuum,
     pg_stat_get_last_autovacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_autovacuum,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_autovacuum,
     pg_stat_get_last_analyze_time(c.oid) AS last_analyze,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_analyze,
     pg_stat_get_last_autoanalyze_time(c.oid) AS last_autoanalyze,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_autoanalyze,
     pg_stat_get_vacuum_count(c.oid) AS vacuum_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count(c.oid) AS skipped_vacuum_count,
     pg_stat_get_autovacuum_count(c.oid) AS autovacuum_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count(c.oid) AS skipped_autovacuum_count,
     pg_stat_get_analyze_count(c.oid) AS analyze_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count(c.oid) AS skipped_analyze_count,
     pg_stat_get_autoanalyze_count(c.oid) AS autoanalyze_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count(c.oid) AS skipped_autoanalyze_count,
     pg_stat_get_total_vacuum_time(c.oid) AS total_vacuum_time,
     pg_stat_get_total_autovacuum_time(c.oid) AS total_autovacuum_time,
     pg_stat_get_total_analyze_time(c.oid) AS total_analyze_time,
@@ -2293,13 +2301,21 @@ pg_stat_sys_tables| SELECT relid,
     n_mod_since_analyze,
     n_ins_since_vacuum,
     last_vacuum,
+    last_skipped_vacuum,
     last_autovacuum,
+    last_skipped_autovacuum,
     last_analyze,
+    last_skipped_analyze,
     last_autoanalyze,
+    last_skipped_autoanalyze,
     vacuum_count,
+    skipped_vacuum_count,
     autovacuum_count,
+    skipped_autovacuum_count,
     analyze_count,
+    skipped_analyze_count,
     autoanalyze_count,
+    skipped_autoanalyze_count,
     total_vacuum_time,
     total_autovacuum_time,
     total_analyze_time,
@@ -2348,13 +2364,21 @@ pg_stat_user_tables| SELECT relid,
     n_mod_since_analyze,
     n_ins_since_vacuum,
     last_vacuum,
+    last_skipped_vacuum,
     last_autovacuum,
+    last_skipped_autovacuum,
     last_analyze,
+    last_skipped_analyze,
     last_autoanalyze,
+    last_skipped_autoanalyze,
     vacuum_count,
+    skipped_vacuum_count,
     autovacuum_count,
+    skipped_autovacuum_count,
     analyze_count,
+    skipped_analyze_count,
     autoanalyze_count,
+    skipped_autoanalyze_count,
     total_vacuum_time,
     total_autovacuum_time,
     total_analyze_time,
-- 
2.43.0


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* [PATCH v3] Track skipped vacuum and analyze activity per relation
@ 2026-03-24 04:09 Yugo Nagata <[email protected]>
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From: Yugo Nagata @ 2026-03-24 04:09 UTC (permalink / raw)

This commit adds eight fields to the relation statistics that track
the last time vacuum or analyze has been attempted but skipped due to
lock unavailability, along with their counts:

-    last_skipped_vacuum
-    last_skipped_autovacuum
-    last_skipped_analyze
-    last_skipped_autoanalyze
-    skipped_vacuum_count
-    skipped_autovacuum_count
-    skipped_analyze_count
-    skipped_autoanalyze_count

These field can help users confirm that autovacuum is actively attempting
to run on a table that has not been vacuumed or analyzed for a long time,
and that the lack of progress is due to repeated skips rather than inactivity.
---
 doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml                 | 80 +++++++++++++++++
 src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql         |  8 ++
 src/backend/commands/vacuum.c                | 95 +++++++++++++++-----
 src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c | 68 ++++++++++++++
 src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c          | 24 +++++
 src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat              | 32 +++++++
 src/include/pgstat.h                         | 16 ++++
 src/test/regress/expected/rules.out          | 24 +++++
 8 files changed, 324 insertions(+), 23 deletions(-)

diff --git a/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml b/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml
index bb75ed1069b..9ec8070b2fc 100644
--- a/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml
+++ b/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml
@@ -4372,6 +4372,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_vacuum</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time a manual vacuum on this table was attempted but skipped due to
+       lock unavailability (not counting <command>VACUUM FULL</command>)
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>last_autovacuum</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
@@ -4382,6 +4392,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_autovacuum</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time a vacuum on this table by the autovacuum daemon was attempted
+       but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>last_analyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
@@ -4391,6 +4411,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_analyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time a manual analyze on this table was attempted but skipped due to
+       lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>last_autoanalyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
@@ -4401,6 +4431,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_autoanalyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time at which an analyze on this table by the autovacuum was
+       attempted but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>vacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4411,6 +4451,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_vacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times vacuums on this table have been attempted but skipped
+       due to lock unavailability (not counting <command>VACUUM FULL</command>)
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>autovacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4421,6 +4471,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_autovacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times vacuums on this table by the autovacuum daemon have been
+       attempted but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>analyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4430,6 +4490,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_analyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times manual analyzes on this table have been attempted but
+       skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>autoanalyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4440,6 +4510,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_autoanalyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times analyzes on this table by the autovacuum daemon have
+       been attempted but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>total_vacuum_time</structfield> <type>double precision</type>
diff --git a/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql b/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql
index e54018004db..2ca02a0354c 100644
--- a/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql
+++ b/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql
@@ -736,13 +736,21 @@ CREATE VIEW pg_stat_all_tables AS
             pg_stat_get_mod_since_analyze(C.oid) AS n_mod_since_analyze,
             pg_stat_get_ins_since_vacuum(C.oid) AS n_ins_since_vacuum,
             pg_stat_get_last_vacuum_time(C.oid) as last_vacuum,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_vacuum,
             pg_stat_get_last_autovacuum_time(C.oid) as last_autovacuum,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_autovacuum,
             pg_stat_get_last_analyze_time(C.oid) as last_analyze,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_analyze,
             pg_stat_get_last_autoanalyze_time(C.oid) as last_autoanalyze,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_autoanalyze,
             pg_stat_get_vacuum_count(C.oid) AS vacuum_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count(C.oid) AS skipped_vacuum_count,
             pg_stat_get_autovacuum_count(C.oid) AS autovacuum_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count(C.oid) AS skipped_autovacuum_count,
             pg_stat_get_analyze_count(C.oid) AS analyze_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count(C.oid) AS skipped_analyze_count,
             pg_stat_get_autoanalyze_count(C.oid) AS autoanalyze_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count(C.oid) AS skipped_autoanalyze_count,
             pg_stat_get_total_vacuum_time(C.oid) AS total_vacuum_time,
             pg_stat_get_total_autovacuum_time(C.oid) AS total_autovacuum_time,
             pg_stat_get_total_analyze_time(C.oid) AS total_analyze_time,
diff --git a/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c b/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c
index bce3a2daa24..ce83b3171be 100644
--- a/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c
+++ b/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c
@@ -792,8 +792,18 @@ vacuum_open_relation(Oid relid, RangeVar *relation, bits32 options,
 		rel = try_relation_open(relid, NoLock);
 	else
 	{
+		bits8 flags = 0;
 		rel = NULL;
 		rel_lock = false;
+
+		if ((options & VACOPT_VACUUM) != 0)
+			flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM;
+		if ((options & VACOPT_ANALYZE) != 0)
+			flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE;
+		if (AmAutoVacuumWorkerProcess())
+			flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOVAC;
+
+		pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(relid, flags);
 	}
 
 	/* if relation is opened, leave */
@@ -801,7 +811,7 @@ vacuum_open_relation(Oid relid, RangeVar *relation, bits32 options,
 		return rel;
 
 	/*
-	 * Relation could not be opened, hence generate if possible a log
+	 * Relation could not be opened hence generate if possible a log
 	 * informing on the situation.
 	 *
 	 * If the RangeVar is not defined, we do not have enough information to
@@ -904,7 +914,6 @@ expand_vacuum_rel(VacuumRelation *vrel, MemoryContext vac_context,
 		Form_pg_class classForm;
 		bool		include_children;
 		bool		is_partitioned_table;
-		int			rvr_opts;
 
 		/*
 		 * Since autovacuum workers supply OIDs when calling vacuum(), no
@@ -917,29 +926,69 @@ expand_vacuum_rel(VacuumRelation *vrel, MemoryContext vac_context,
 		 * below, as well as find_all_inheritors's expectation that the caller
 		 * holds some lock on the starting relation.
 		 */
-		rvr_opts = (options & VACOPT_SKIP_LOCKED) ? RVR_SKIP_LOCKED : 0;
-		relid = RangeVarGetRelidExtended(vrel->relation,
-										 AccessShareLock,
-										 rvr_opts,
-										 NULL, NULL);
-
-		/*
-		 * If the lock is unavailable, emit the same log statement that
-		 * vacuum_rel() and analyze_rel() would.
-		 */
-		if (!OidIsValid(relid))
+		if (!(options & VACOPT_SKIP_LOCKED))
 		{
-			if (options & VACOPT_VACUUM)
-				ereport(WARNING,
-						(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
-						 errmsg("skipping vacuum of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
-								vrel->relation->relname)));
-			else
-				ereport(WARNING,
-						(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
-						 errmsg("skipping analyze of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
+			relid = RangeVarGetRelidExtended(vrel->relation,
+											 AccessShareLock,
+											 0, NULL, NULL);
+			if (!OidIsValid(relid))
+				return vacrels;
+		}
+		else
+		{
+			/* Get relid for reporting before taking a lock */
+			relid = RangeVarGetRelid(vrel->relation, NoLock, false);
+
+			if (!ConditionalLockRelationOid(relid, AccessShareLock))
+			{
+				bits8	flags = 0;
+				/*
+				 * If the lock is unavailable, emit the same log statement that
+				 * vacuum_rel() and analyze_rel() would.
+				 */
+				if (options & VACOPT_VACUUM)
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping vacuum of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
 								vrel->relation->relname)));
-			return vacrels;
+				else
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping analyze of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
+									vrel->relation->relname)));
+
+				if ((options & VACOPT_VACUUM) != 0)
+					flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM;
+				if ((options & VACOPT_ANALYZE) != 0)
+					flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE;
+
+				pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(relid, flags);
+
+				return vacrels;
+			}
+
+			/*
+			 * Now that we have the lock, probe to see if the relation really
+			 * exists or not.
+			 */
+			if (!SearchSysCacheExists1(RELOID, ObjectIdGetDatum(relid)))
+			{
+				if (options & VACOPT_VACUUM)
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_UNDEFINED_TABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping vacuum of \"%s\" --- relation no longer exists",
+									vrel->relation->relname)));
+				else
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_UNDEFINED_TABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping analyze of \"%s\" --- relation no longer exists",
+									vrel->relation->relname)));
+
+				/* Release useless lock */
+				UnlockRelationOid(relid, AccessShareLock);
+
+				return vacrels;
+			}
 		}
 
 		/*
diff --git a/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c b/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c
index bc8c43b96aa..cec4c88980e 100644
--- a/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c
+++ b/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c
@@ -17,6 +17,7 @@
 
 #include "postgres.h"
 
+#include "access/htup_details.h"
 #include "access/twophase_rmgr.h"
 #include "access/xact.h"
 #include "catalog/catalog.h"
@@ -366,6 +367,73 @@ pgstat_report_analyze(Relation rel,
 	(void) pgstat_flush_backend(false, PGSTAT_BACKEND_FLUSH_IO);
 }
 
+/*
+ * Report that the table was skipped during vacuum or/and analyze.
+ */
+void
+pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(Oid relid, bits8 flags)
+{
+	PgStat_EntryRef *entry_ref;
+	PgStatShared_Relation *shtabentry;
+	PgStat_StatTabEntry *tabentry;
+	TimestampTz ts;
+	HeapTuple	classTup;
+	bool		isshared;
+
+	if (!pgstat_track_counts || !(flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANY))
+		return;
+
+	classTup = SearchSysCache1(RELOID, ObjectIdGetDatum(relid));
+	if (!HeapTupleIsValid(classTup))
+		return;			/* somebody deleted the rel, forget it */
+	isshared = ((Form_pg_class) GETSTRUCT(classTup))->relisshared;
+	ReleaseSysCache(classTup);
+
+	/* Store the data in the table's hash table entry. */
+	ts = GetCurrentTimestamp();
+
+	/* block acquiring lock for the same reason as pgstat_report_autovac() */
+	entry_ref = pgstat_get_entry_ref_locked(PGSTAT_KIND_RELATION,
+											isshared ? InvalidOid : MyDatabaseId,
+											relid, false);
+
+	shtabentry = (PgStatShared_Relation *) entry_ref->shared_stats;
+	tabentry = &shtabentry->stats;
+
+	if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOVAC)
+	{
+		if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM)
+		{
+			tabentry->last_skipped_autovacuum_time = ts;
+			tabentry->skipped_autovacuum_count++;
+		}
+		if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE)
+		{
+			tabentry->last_skipped_autoanalyze_time = ts;
+			tabentry->skipped_autoanalyze_count++;
+		}
+	}
+	else
+	{
+		if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM)
+		{
+			tabentry->last_skipped_vacuum_time = ts;
+			tabentry->skipped_vacuum_count++;
+		}
+		if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE)
+		{
+			tabentry->last_skipped_analyze_time = ts;
+			tabentry->skipped_analyze_count++;
+		}
+	}
+
+	pgstat_unlock_entry(entry_ref);
+
+	/* see pgstat_report_vacuum() */
+	pgstat_flush_io(false);
+	(void) pgstat_flush_backend(false, PGSTAT_BACKEND_FLUSH_IO);
+}
+
 /*
  * count a tuple insertion of n tuples
  */
diff --git a/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c b/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c
index 9185a8e6b83..18aaa3996e1 100644
--- a/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c
+++ b/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c
@@ -84,6 +84,18 @@ PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(mod_since_analyze)
 /* pg_stat_get_numscans */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(numscans)
 
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_analyze_count)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_autoanalyze_count)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_autovacuum_count)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_vacuum_count)
+
 /* pg_stat_get_tuples_deleted */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(tuples_deleted)
 
@@ -170,6 +182,18 @@ PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_vacuum_time)
 /* pg_stat_get_lastscan */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(lastscan)
 
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_analyze_time)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_autoanalyze_time)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_autovacuum_time)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_vacuum_time)
+
 /* pg_stat_get_stat_reset_time */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(stat_reset_time)
 
diff --git a/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat b/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat
index 0118e970dda..ccfe3d9e02a 100644
--- a/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat
+++ b/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat
@@ -5667,6 +5667,38 @@
   proname => 'pg_stat_get_total_autoanalyze_time', provolatile => 's',
   proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'float8', proargtypes => 'oid',
   prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_total_autoanalyze_time' },
+{ oid => '8142', descr => 'statistics: last skipped vacuum time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time' },
+{ oid => '8143', descr => 'statistics: last skipped auto vacuum time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time' },
+{ oid => '8144', descr => 'statistics: last skipped analyze time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time' },
+{ oid => '8145', descr => 'statistics: last skipped auto analyze time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time' },
+{ oid => '8146', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped vacuum for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count' },
+{ oid => '8147', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped auto vacuum for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count' },
+{ oid => '8148', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped analyzes for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count' },
+{ oid => '8149', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped auto analyzes for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count' },
 { oid => '1936', descr => 'statistics: currently active backend IDs',
   proname => 'pg_stat_get_backend_idset', prorows => '100', proretset => 't',
   provolatile => 's', proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int4',
diff --git a/src/include/pgstat.h b/src/include/pgstat.h
index 8e3549c3752..343081a7a25 100644
--- a/src/include/pgstat.h
+++ b/src/include/pgstat.h
@@ -479,6 +479,15 @@ typedef struct PgStat_StatTabEntry
 	TimestampTz last_autoanalyze_time;	/* autovacuum initiated */
 	PgStat_Counter autoanalyze_count;
 
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_vacuum_time;	/* user initiated vacuum */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_vacuum_count;
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_autovacuum_time;	/* autovacuum initiated */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_autovacuum_count;
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_analyze_time;	/* user initiated */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_analyze_count;
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_autoanalyze_time;	/* autovacuum initiated */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_autoanalyze_count;
+
 	PgStat_Counter total_vacuum_time;	/* times in milliseconds */
 	PgStat_Counter total_autovacuum_time;
 	PgStat_Counter total_analyze_time;
@@ -707,6 +716,13 @@ extern void pgstat_report_analyze(Relation rel,
 								  PgStat_Counter livetuples, PgStat_Counter deadtuples,
 								  bool resetcounter, TimestampTz starttime);
 
+/* flags for pgstat_flush_backend() */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM	(1 << 0)	/* vacuum is skipped */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE	(1 << 1)	/* analyze is skipped */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOVAC	(1 << 2)	/* skipped during autovacuum/autoanalyze */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANY   (PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM | PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE)
+extern void pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(Oid relid, bits8 flags);
+
 /*
  * If stats are enabled, but pending data hasn't been prepared yet, call
  * pgstat_assoc_relation() to do so. See its comment for why this is done
diff --git a/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out b/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out
index 2b3cf6d8569..4ccfc43e903 100644
--- a/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out
+++ b/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out
@@ -1835,13 +1835,21 @@ pg_stat_all_tables| SELECT c.oid AS relid,
     pg_stat_get_mod_since_analyze(c.oid) AS n_mod_since_analyze,
     pg_stat_get_ins_since_vacuum(c.oid) AS n_ins_since_vacuum,
     pg_stat_get_last_vacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_vacuum,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_vacuum,
     pg_stat_get_last_autovacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_autovacuum,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_autovacuum,
     pg_stat_get_last_analyze_time(c.oid) AS last_analyze,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_analyze,
     pg_stat_get_last_autoanalyze_time(c.oid) AS last_autoanalyze,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_autoanalyze,
     pg_stat_get_vacuum_count(c.oid) AS vacuum_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count(c.oid) AS skipped_vacuum_count,
     pg_stat_get_autovacuum_count(c.oid) AS autovacuum_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count(c.oid) AS skipped_autovacuum_count,
     pg_stat_get_analyze_count(c.oid) AS analyze_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count(c.oid) AS skipped_analyze_count,
     pg_stat_get_autoanalyze_count(c.oid) AS autoanalyze_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count(c.oid) AS skipped_autoanalyze_count,
     pg_stat_get_total_vacuum_time(c.oid) AS total_vacuum_time,
     pg_stat_get_total_autovacuum_time(c.oid) AS total_autovacuum_time,
     pg_stat_get_total_analyze_time(c.oid) AS total_analyze_time,
@@ -2293,13 +2301,21 @@ pg_stat_sys_tables| SELECT relid,
     n_mod_since_analyze,
     n_ins_since_vacuum,
     last_vacuum,
+    last_skipped_vacuum,
     last_autovacuum,
+    last_skipped_autovacuum,
     last_analyze,
+    last_skipped_analyze,
     last_autoanalyze,
+    last_skipped_autoanalyze,
     vacuum_count,
+    skipped_vacuum_count,
     autovacuum_count,
+    skipped_autovacuum_count,
     analyze_count,
+    skipped_analyze_count,
     autoanalyze_count,
+    skipped_autoanalyze_count,
     total_vacuum_time,
     total_autovacuum_time,
     total_analyze_time,
@@ -2348,13 +2364,21 @@ pg_stat_user_tables| SELECT relid,
     n_mod_since_analyze,
     n_ins_since_vacuum,
     last_vacuum,
+    last_skipped_vacuum,
     last_autovacuum,
+    last_skipped_autovacuum,
     last_analyze,
+    last_skipped_analyze,
     last_autoanalyze,
+    last_skipped_autoanalyze,
     vacuum_count,
+    skipped_vacuum_count,
     autovacuum_count,
+    skipped_autovacuum_count,
     analyze_count,
+    skipped_analyze_count,
     autoanalyze_count,
+    skipped_autoanalyze_count,
     total_vacuum_time,
     total_autovacuum_time,
     total_analyze_time,
-- 
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* [PATCH v3] Track skipped vacuum and analyze activity per relation
@ 2026-03-24 04:09 Yugo Nagata <[email protected]>
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From: Yugo Nagata @ 2026-03-24 04:09 UTC (permalink / raw)

This commit adds eight fields to the relation statistics that track
the last time vacuum or analyze has been attempted but skipped due to
lock unavailability, along with their counts:

-    last_skipped_vacuum
-    last_skipped_autovacuum
-    last_skipped_analyze
-    last_skipped_autoanalyze
-    skipped_vacuum_count
-    skipped_autovacuum_count
-    skipped_analyze_count
-    skipped_autoanalyze_count

These field can help users confirm that autovacuum is actively attempting
to run on a table that has not been vacuumed or analyzed for a long time,
and that the lack of progress is due to repeated skips rather than inactivity.
---
 doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml                 | 80 +++++++++++++++++
 src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql         |  8 ++
 src/backend/commands/vacuum.c                | 95 +++++++++++++++-----
 src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c | 68 ++++++++++++++
 src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c          | 24 +++++
 src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat              | 32 +++++++
 src/include/pgstat.h                         | 16 ++++
 src/test/regress/expected/rules.out          | 24 +++++
 8 files changed, 324 insertions(+), 23 deletions(-)

diff --git a/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml b/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml
index bb75ed1069b..9ec8070b2fc 100644
--- a/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml
+++ b/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml
@@ -4372,6 +4372,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_vacuum</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time a manual vacuum on this table was attempted but skipped due to
+       lock unavailability (not counting <command>VACUUM FULL</command>)
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>last_autovacuum</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
@@ -4382,6 +4392,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_autovacuum</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time a vacuum on this table by the autovacuum daemon was attempted
+       but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>last_analyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
@@ -4391,6 +4411,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_analyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time a manual analyze on this table was attempted but skipped due to
+       lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>last_autoanalyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
@@ -4401,6 +4431,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_autoanalyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time at which an analyze on this table by the autovacuum was
+       attempted but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>vacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4411,6 +4451,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_vacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times vacuums on this table have been attempted but skipped
+       due to lock unavailability (not counting <command>VACUUM FULL</command>)
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>autovacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4421,6 +4471,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_autovacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times vacuums on this table by the autovacuum daemon have been
+       attempted but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>analyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4430,6 +4490,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_analyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times manual analyzes on this table have been attempted but
+       skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>autoanalyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4440,6 +4510,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_autoanalyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times analyzes on this table by the autovacuum daemon have
+       been attempted but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>total_vacuum_time</structfield> <type>double precision</type>
diff --git a/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql b/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql
index e54018004db..2ca02a0354c 100644
--- a/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql
+++ b/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql
@@ -736,13 +736,21 @@ CREATE VIEW pg_stat_all_tables AS
             pg_stat_get_mod_since_analyze(C.oid) AS n_mod_since_analyze,
             pg_stat_get_ins_since_vacuum(C.oid) AS n_ins_since_vacuum,
             pg_stat_get_last_vacuum_time(C.oid) as last_vacuum,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_vacuum,
             pg_stat_get_last_autovacuum_time(C.oid) as last_autovacuum,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_autovacuum,
             pg_stat_get_last_analyze_time(C.oid) as last_analyze,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_analyze,
             pg_stat_get_last_autoanalyze_time(C.oid) as last_autoanalyze,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_autoanalyze,
             pg_stat_get_vacuum_count(C.oid) AS vacuum_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count(C.oid) AS skipped_vacuum_count,
             pg_stat_get_autovacuum_count(C.oid) AS autovacuum_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count(C.oid) AS skipped_autovacuum_count,
             pg_stat_get_analyze_count(C.oid) AS analyze_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count(C.oid) AS skipped_analyze_count,
             pg_stat_get_autoanalyze_count(C.oid) AS autoanalyze_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count(C.oid) AS skipped_autoanalyze_count,
             pg_stat_get_total_vacuum_time(C.oid) AS total_vacuum_time,
             pg_stat_get_total_autovacuum_time(C.oid) AS total_autovacuum_time,
             pg_stat_get_total_analyze_time(C.oid) AS total_analyze_time,
diff --git a/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c b/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c
index bce3a2daa24..ce83b3171be 100644
--- a/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c
+++ b/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c
@@ -792,8 +792,18 @@ vacuum_open_relation(Oid relid, RangeVar *relation, bits32 options,
 		rel = try_relation_open(relid, NoLock);
 	else
 	{
+		bits8 flags = 0;
 		rel = NULL;
 		rel_lock = false;
+
+		if ((options & VACOPT_VACUUM) != 0)
+			flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM;
+		if ((options & VACOPT_ANALYZE) != 0)
+			flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE;
+		if (AmAutoVacuumWorkerProcess())
+			flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOVAC;
+
+		pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(relid, flags);
 	}
 
 	/* if relation is opened, leave */
@@ -801,7 +811,7 @@ vacuum_open_relation(Oid relid, RangeVar *relation, bits32 options,
 		return rel;
 
 	/*
-	 * Relation could not be opened, hence generate if possible a log
+	 * Relation could not be opened hence generate if possible a log
 	 * informing on the situation.
 	 *
 	 * If the RangeVar is not defined, we do not have enough information to
@@ -904,7 +914,6 @@ expand_vacuum_rel(VacuumRelation *vrel, MemoryContext vac_context,
 		Form_pg_class classForm;
 		bool		include_children;
 		bool		is_partitioned_table;
-		int			rvr_opts;
 
 		/*
 		 * Since autovacuum workers supply OIDs when calling vacuum(), no
@@ -917,29 +926,69 @@ expand_vacuum_rel(VacuumRelation *vrel, MemoryContext vac_context,
 		 * below, as well as find_all_inheritors's expectation that the caller
 		 * holds some lock on the starting relation.
 		 */
-		rvr_opts = (options & VACOPT_SKIP_LOCKED) ? RVR_SKIP_LOCKED : 0;
-		relid = RangeVarGetRelidExtended(vrel->relation,
-										 AccessShareLock,
-										 rvr_opts,
-										 NULL, NULL);
-
-		/*
-		 * If the lock is unavailable, emit the same log statement that
-		 * vacuum_rel() and analyze_rel() would.
-		 */
-		if (!OidIsValid(relid))
+		if (!(options & VACOPT_SKIP_LOCKED))
 		{
-			if (options & VACOPT_VACUUM)
-				ereport(WARNING,
-						(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
-						 errmsg("skipping vacuum of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
-								vrel->relation->relname)));
-			else
-				ereport(WARNING,
-						(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
-						 errmsg("skipping analyze of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
+			relid = RangeVarGetRelidExtended(vrel->relation,
+											 AccessShareLock,
+											 0, NULL, NULL);
+			if (!OidIsValid(relid))
+				return vacrels;
+		}
+		else
+		{
+			/* Get relid for reporting before taking a lock */
+			relid = RangeVarGetRelid(vrel->relation, NoLock, false);
+
+			if (!ConditionalLockRelationOid(relid, AccessShareLock))
+			{
+				bits8	flags = 0;
+				/*
+				 * If the lock is unavailable, emit the same log statement that
+				 * vacuum_rel() and analyze_rel() would.
+				 */
+				if (options & VACOPT_VACUUM)
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping vacuum of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
 								vrel->relation->relname)));
-			return vacrels;
+				else
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping analyze of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
+									vrel->relation->relname)));
+
+				if ((options & VACOPT_VACUUM) != 0)
+					flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM;
+				if ((options & VACOPT_ANALYZE) != 0)
+					flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE;
+
+				pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(relid, flags);
+
+				return vacrels;
+			}
+
+			/*
+			 * Now that we have the lock, probe to see if the relation really
+			 * exists or not.
+			 */
+			if (!SearchSysCacheExists1(RELOID, ObjectIdGetDatum(relid)))
+			{
+				if (options & VACOPT_VACUUM)
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_UNDEFINED_TABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping vacuum of \"%s\" --- relation no longer exists",
+									vrel->relation->relname)));
+				else
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_UNDEFINED_TABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping analyze of \"%s\" --- relation no longer exists",
+									vrel->relation->relname)));
+
+				/* Release useless lock */
+				UnlockRelationOid(relid, AccessShareLock);
+
+				return vacrels;
+			}
 		}
 
 		/*
diff --git a/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c b/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c
index bc8c43b96aa..cec4c88980e 100644
--- a/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c
+++ b/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c
@@ -17,6 +17,7 @@
 
 #include "postgres.h"
 
+#include "access/htup_details.h"
 #include "access/twophase_rmgr.h"
 #include "access/xact.h"
 #include "catalog/catalog.h"
@@ -366,6 +367,73 @@ pgstat_report_analyze(Relation rel,
 	(void) pgstat_flush_backend(false, PGSTAT_BACKEND_FLUSH_IO);
 }
 
+/*
+ * Report that the table was skipped during vacuum or/and analyze.
+ */
+void
+pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(Oid relid, bits8 flags)
+{
+	PgStat_EntryRef *entry_ref;
+	PgStatShared_Relation *shtabentry;
+	PgStat_StatTabEntry *tabentry;
+	TimestampTz ts;
+	HeapTuple	classTup;
+	bool		isshared;
+
+	if (!pgstat_track_counts || !(flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANY))
+		return;
+
+	classTup = SearchSysCache1(RELOID, ObjectIdGetDatum(relid));
+	if (!HeapTupleIsValid(classTup))
+		return;			/* somebody deleted the rel, forget it */
+	isshared = ((Form_pg_class) GETSTRUCT(classTup))->relisshared;
+	ReleaseSysCache(classTup);
+
+	/* Store the data in the table's hash table entry. */
+	ts = GetCurrentTimestamp();
+
+	/* block acquiring lock for the same reason as pgstat_report_autovac() */
+	entry_ref = pgstat_get_entry_ref_locked(PGSTAT_KIND_RELATION,
+											isshared ? InvalidOid : MyDatabaseId,
+											relid, false);
+
+	shtabentry = (PgStatShared_Relation *) entry_ref->shared_stats;
+	tabentry = &shtabentry->stats;
+
+	if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOVAC)
+	{
+		if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM)
+		{
+			tabentry->last_skipped_autovacuum_time = ts;
+			tabentry->skipped_autovacuum_count++;
+		}
+		if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE)
+		{
+			tabentry->last_skipped_autoanalyze_time = ts;
+			tabentry->skipped_autoanalyze_count++;
+		}
+	}
+	else
+	{
+		if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM)
+		{
+			tabentry->last_skipped_vacuum_time = ts;
+			tabentry->skipped_vacuum_count++;
+		}
+		if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE)
+		{
+			tabentry->last_skipped_analyze_time = ts;
+			tabentry->skipped_analyze_count++;
+		}
+	}
+
+	pgstat_unlock_entry(entry_ref);
+
+	/* see pgstat_report_vacuum() */
+	pgstat_flush_io(false);
+	(void) pgstat_flush_backend(false, PGSTAT_BACKEND_FLUSH_IO);
+}
+
 /*
  * count a tuple insertion of n tuples
  */
diff --git a/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c b/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c
index 9185a8e6b83..18aaa3996e1 100644
--- a/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c
+++ b/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c
@@ -84,6 +84,18 @@ PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(mod_since_analyze)
 /* pg_stat_get_numscans */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(numscans)
 
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_analyze_count)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_autoanalyze_count)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_autovacuum_count)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_vacuum_count)
+
 /* pg_stat_get_tuples_deleted */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(tuples_deleted)
 
@@ -170,6 +182,18 @@ PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_vacuum_time)
 /* pg_stat_get_lastscan */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(lastscan)
 
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_analyze_time)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_autoanalyze_time)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_autovacuum_time)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_vacuum_time)
+
 /* pg_stat_get_stat_reset_time */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(stat_reset_time)
 
diff --git a/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat b/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat
index 0118e970dda..ccfe3d9e02a 100644
--- a/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat
+++ b/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat
@@ -5667,6 +5667,38 @@
   proname => 'pg_stat_get_total_autoanalyze_time', provolatile => 's',
   proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'float8', proargtypes => 'oid',
   prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_total_autoanalyze_time' },
+{ oid => '8142', descr => 'statistics: last skipped vacuum time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time' },
+{ oid => '8143', descr => 'statistics: last skipped auto vacuum time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time' },
+{ oid => '8144', descr => 'statistics: last skipped analyze time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time' },
+{ oid => '8145', descr => 'statistics: last skipped auto analyze time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time' },
+{ oid => '8146', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped vacuum for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count' },
+{ oid => '8147', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped auto vacuum for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count' },
+{ oid => '8148', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped analyzes for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count' },
+{ oid => '8149', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped auto analyzes for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count' },
 { oid => '1936', descr => 'statistics: currently active backend IDs',
   proname => 'pg_stat_get_backend_idset', prorows => '100', proretset => 't',
   provolatile => 's', proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int4',
diff --git a/src/include/pgstat.h b/src/include/pgstat.h
index 8e3549c3752..343081a7a25 100644
--- a/src/include/pgstat.h
+++ b/src/include/pgstat.h
@@ -479,6 +479,15 @@ typedef struct PgStat_StatTabEntry
 	TimestampTz last_autoanalyze_time;	/* autovacuum initiated */
 	PgStat_Counter autoanalyze_count;
 
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_vacuum_time;	/* user initiated vacuum */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_vacuum_count;
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_autovacuum_time;	/* autovacuum initiated */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_autovacuum_count;
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_analyze_time;	/* user initiated */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_analyze_count;
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_autoanalyze_time;	/* autovacuum initiated */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_autoanalyze_count;
+
 	PgStat_Counter total_vacuum_time;	/* times in milliseconds */
 	PgStat_Counter total_autovacuum_time;
 	PgStat_Counter total_analyze_time;
@@ -707,6 +716,13 @@ extern void pgstat_report_analyze(Relation rel,
 								  PgStat_Counter livetuples, PgStat_Counter deadtuples,
 								  bool resetcounter, TimestampTz starttime);
 
+/* flags for pgstat_flush_backend() */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM	(1 << 0)	/* vacuum is skipped */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE	(1 << 1)	/* analyze is skipped */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOVAC	(1 << 2)	/* skipped during autovacuum/autoanalyze */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANY   (PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM | PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE)
+extern void pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(Oid relid, bits8 flags);
+
 /*
  * If stats are enabled, but pending data hasn't been prepared yet, call
  * pgstat_assoc_relation() to do so. See its comment for why this is done
diff --git a/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out b/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out
index 2b3cf6d8569..4ccfc43e903 100644
--- a/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out
+++ b/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out
@@ -1835,13 +1835,21 @@ pg_stat_all_tables| SELECT c.oid AS relid,
     pg_stat_get_mod_since_analyze(c.oid) AS n_mod_since_analyze,
     pg_stat_get_ins_since_vacuum(c.oid) AS n_ins_since_vacuum,
     pg_stat_get_last_vacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_vacuum,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_vacuum,
     pg_stat_get_last_autovacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_autovacuum,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_autovacuum,
     pg_stat_get_last_analyze_time(c.oid) AS last_analyze,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_analyze,
     pg_stat_get_last_autoanalyze_time(c.oid) AS last_autoanalyze,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_autoanalyze,
     pg_stat_get_vacuum_count(c.oid) AS vacuum_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count(c.oid) AS skipped_vacuum_count,
     pg_stat_get_autovacuum_count(c.oid) AS autovacuum_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count(c.oid) AS skipped_autovacuum_count,
     pg_stat_get_analyze_count(c.oid) AS analyze_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count(c.oid) AS skipped_analyze_count,
     pg_stat_get_autoanalyze_count(c.oid) AS autoanalyze_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count(c.oid) AS skipped_autoanalyze_count,
     pg_stat_get_total_vacuum_time(c.oid) AS total_vacuum_time,
     pg_stat_get_total_autovacuum_time(c.oid) AS total_autovacuum_time,
     pg_stat_get_total_analyze_time(c.oid) AS total_analyze_time,
@@ -2293,13 +2301,21 @@ pg_stat_sys_tables| SELECT relid,
     n_mod_since_analyze,
     n_ins_since_vacuum,
     last_vacuum,
+    last_skipped_vacuum,
     last_autovacuum,
+    last_skipped_autovacuum,
     last_analyze,
+    last_skipped_analyze,
     last_autoanalyze,
+    last_skipped_autoanalyze,
     vacuum_count,
+    skipped_vacuum_count,
     autovacuum_count,
+    skipped_autovacuum_count,
     analyze_count,
+    skipped_analyze_count,
     autoanalyze_count,
+    skipped_autoanalyze_count,
     total_vacuum_time,
     total_autovacuum_time,
     total_analyze_time,
@@ -2348,13 +2364,21 @@ pg_stat_user_tables| SELECT relid,
     n_mod_since_analyze,
     n_ins_since_vacuum,
     last_vacuum,
+    last_skipped_vacuum,
     last_autovacuum,
+    last_skipped_autovacuum,
     last_analyze,
+    last_skipped_analyze,
     last_autoanalyze,
+    last_skipped_autoanalyze,
     vacuum_count,
+    skipped_vacuum_count,
     autovacuum_count,
+    skipped_autovacuum_count,
     analyze_count,
+    skipped_analyze_count,
     autoanalyze_count,
+    skipped_autoanalyze_count,
     total_vacuum_time,
     total_autovacuum_time,
     total_analyze_time,
-- 
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* [PATCH v4] Track skipped vacuum and analyze activity per relation
@ 2026-03-24 04:09 Yugo Nagata <[email protected]>
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From: Yugo Nagata @ 2026-03-24 04:09 UTC (permalink / raw)

This commit adds eight fields to the relation statistics that track
the last time vacuum or analyze has been attempted but skipped due to
lock unavailability, along with their counts:

-    last_skipped_vacuum
-    last_skipped_autovacuum
-    last_skipped_analyze
-    last_skipped_autoanalyze
-    skipped_vacuum_count
-    skipped_autovacuum_count
-    skipped_analyze_count
-    skipped_autoanalyze_count

These field can help users confirm that autovacuum is actively attempting
to run on a table that has not been vacuumed or analyzed for a long time,
and that the lack of progress is due to repeated skips rather than inactivity.
---
 doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml                 |  88 ++++++++++++++++
 src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql         |   8 ++
 src/backend/commands/vacuum.c                | 102 ++++++++++++++-----
 src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c |  64 ++++++++++++
 src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c          |  24 +++++
 src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat              |  32 ++++++
 src/include/pgstat.h                         |  16 +++
 src/test/regress/expected/rules.out          |  24 +++++
 8 files changed, 335 insertions(+), 23 deletions(-)

diff --git a/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml b/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml
index 08d5b824552..a9b579d87a9 100644
--- a/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml
+++ b/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml
@@ -4387,6 +4387,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_vacuum</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time a manual vacuum on this table was attempted but skipped due to
+       lock unavailability (not counting <command>VACUUM FULL</command>)
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>last_autovacuum</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
@@ -4397,6 +4407,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_autovacuum</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time a vacuum on this table by the autovacuum daemon was attempted
+       but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>last_analyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
@@ -4406,6 +4426,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_analyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time a manual analyze on this table was attempted but skipped due to
+       lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>last_autoanalyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
@@ -4416,6 +4446,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_autoanalyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time at which an analyze on this table by the autovacuum was
+       attempted but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>vacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4426,6 +4466,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_vacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times manual vacuums on this table have been attempted but skipped
+       due to lock unavailability (not counting <command>VACUUM FULL</command>)
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>autovacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4436,6 +4486,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_autovacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times vacuums on this table by the autovacuum daemon have been
+       attempted but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>analyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4445,6 +4505,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_analyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times manual analyzes on this table have been attempted but
+       skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>autoanalyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4455,6 +4525,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_autoanalyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times analyzes on this table by the autovacuum daemon have
+       been attempted but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>total_vacuum_time</structfield> <type>double precision</type>
@@ -4510,6 +4590,14 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
    </tgroup>
   </table>
 
+  <note>
+   <para>
+    When a manual vacuum or analyze on a parent table in an inheritance or
+    partitioning hierarchy is skipped, the statistics are recorded only for
+    the parent table, not for its children.
+   </para>
+  </note>
+
  </sect2>
 
  <sect2 id="monitoring-pg-stat-autovacuum-scores-view">
diff --git a/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql b/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql
index 73a1c1c4670..f509fc7876b 100644
--- a/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql
+++ b/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql
@@ -736,13 +736,21 @@ CREATE VIEW pg_stat_all_tables AS
             pg_stat_get_mod_since_analyze(C.oid) AS n_mod_since_analyze,
             pg_stat_get_ins_since_vacuum(C.oid) AS n_ins_since_vacuum,
             pg_stat_get_last_vacuum_time(C.oid) as last_vacuum,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_vacuum,
             pg_stat_get_last_autovacuum_time(C.oid) as last_autovacuum,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_autovacuum,
             pg_stat_get_last_analyze_time(C.oid) as last_analyze,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_analyze,
             pg_stat_get_last_autoanalyze_time(C.oid) as last_autoanalyze,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_autoanalyze,
             pg_stat_get_vacuum_count(C.oid) AS vacuum_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count(C.oid) AS skipped_vacuum_count,
             pg_stat_get_autovacuum_count(C.oid) AS autovacuum_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count(C.oid) AS skipped_autovacuum_count,
             pg_stat_get_analyze_count(C.oid) AS analyze_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count(C.oid) AS skipped_analyze_count,
             pg_stat_get_autoanalyze_count(C.oid) AS autoanalyze_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count(C.oid) AS skipped_autoanalyze_count,
             pg_stat_get_total_vacuum_time(C.oid) AS total_vacuum_time,
             pg_stat_get_total_autovacuum_time(C.oid) AS total_autovacuum_time,
             pg_stat_get_total_analyze_time(C.oid) AS total_analyze_time,
diff --git a/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c b/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c
index 99d0db82ed7..97cd5ea8d10 100644
--- a/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c
+++ b/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c
@@ -793,8 +793,25 @@ vacuum_open_relation(Oid relid, RangeVar *relation, uint32 options,
 		rel = try_relation_open(relid, NoLock);
 	else
 	{
+		int flags = 0;
 		rel = NULL;
 		rel_lock = false;
+
+		if ((options & VACOPT_VACUUM) != 0)
+		{
+			if (AmAutoVacuumWorkerProcess())
+				flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOVACUUM;
+			else
+				flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM;
+		}
+		if ((options & VACOPT_ANALYZE) != 0)
+		{
+			if (AmAutoVacuumWorkerProcess())
+				flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOANALYZE;
+			else
+				flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE;
+		}
+		pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(relid, flags);
 	}
 
 	/* if relation is opened, leave */
@@ -802,7 +819,7 @@ vacuum_open_relation(Oid relid, RangeVar *relation, uint32 options,
 		return rel;
 
 	/*
-	 * Relation could not be opened, hence generate if possible a log
+	 * Relation could not be opened hence generate if possible a log
 	 * informing on the situation.
 	 *
 	 * If the RangeVar is not defined, we do not have enough information to
@@ -905,7 +922,6 @@ expand_vacuum_rel(VacuumRelation *vrel, MemoryContext vac_context,
 		Form_pg_class classForm;
 		bool		include_children;
 		bool		is_partitioned_table;
-		int			rvr_opts;
 
 		/*
 		 * Since autovacuum workers supply OIDs when calling vacuum(), no
@@ -918,29 +934,69 @@ expand_vacuum_rel(VacuumRelation *vrel, MemoryContext vac_context,
 		 * below, as well as find_all_inheritors's expectation that the caller
 		 * holds some lock on the starting relation.
 		 */
-		rvr_opts = (options & VACOPT_SKIP_LOCKED) ? RVR_SKIP_LOCKED : 0;
-		relid = RangeVarGetRelidExtended(vrel->relation,
-										 AccessShareLock,
-										 rvr_opts,
-										 NULL, NULL);
-
-		/*
-		 * If the lock is unavailable, emit the same log statement that
-		 * vacuum_rel() and analyze_rel() would.
-		 */
-		if (!OidIsValid(relid))
+		if (!(options & VACOPT_SKIP_LOCKED))
 		{
-			if (options & VACOPT_VACUUM)
-				ereport(WARNING,
-						(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
-						 errmsg("skipping vacuum of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
-								vrel->relation->relname)));
-			else
-				ereport(WARNING,
-						(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
-						 errmsg("skipping analyze of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
+			relid = RangeVarGetRelidExtended(vrel->relation,
+											 AccessShareLock,
+											 0, NULL, NULL);
+			if (!OidIsValid(relid))
+				return vacrels;
+		}
+		else
+		{
+			/* Get relid for reporting before taking a lock */
+			relid = RangeVarGetRelid(vrel->relation, NoLock, false);
+
+			if (!ConditionalLockRelationOid(relid, AccessShareLock))
+			{
+				int	flags = 0;
+				/*
+				 * If the lock is unavailable, emit the same log statement that
+				 * vacuum_rel() and analyze_rel() would.
+				 */
+				if (options & VACOPT_VACUUM)
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping vacuum of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
 								vrel->relation->relname)));
-			return vacrels;
+				else
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping analyze of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
+									vrel->relation->relname)));
+
+				if ((options & VACOPT_VACUUM) != 0)
+					flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM;
+				if ((options & VACOPT_ANALYZE) != 0)
+					flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE;
+
+				pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(relid, flags);
+
+				return vacrels;
+			}
+
+			/*
+			 * Now that we have the lock, probe to see if the relation really
+			 * exists or not.
+			 */
+			if (!SearchSysCacheExists1(RELOID, ObjectIdGetDatum(relid)))
+			{
+				if (options & VACOPT_VACUUM)
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_UNDEFINED_TABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping vacuum of \"%s\" --- relation no longer exists",
+									vrel->relation->relname)));
+				else
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_UNDEFINED_TABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping analyze of \"%s\" --- relation no longer exists",
+									vrel->relation->relname)));
+
+				/* Release useless lock */
+				UnlockRelationOid(relid, AccessShareLock);
+
+				return vacrels;
+			}
 		}
 
 		/*
diff --git a/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c b/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c
index b2ca28f83ba..532d9023f8c 100644
--- a/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c
+++ b/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c
@@ -17,12 +17,14 @@
 
 #include "postgres.h"
 
+#include "access/htup_details.h"
 #include "access/twophase_rmgr.h"
 #include "access/xact.h"
 #include "catalog/catalog.h"
 #include "utils/memutils.h"
 #include "utils/pgstat_internal.h"
 #include "utils/rel.h"
+#include "utils/syscache.h"
 #include "utils/timestamp.h"
 
 
@@ -367,6 +369,68 @@ pgstat_report_analyze(Relation rel,
 	(void) pgstat_flush_backend(false, PGSTAT_BACKEND_FLUSH_IO);
 }
 
+/*
+ * Report that the table was skipped during vacuum or/and analyze.
+ */
+void
+pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(Oid relid, int flags)
+{
+	PgStat_EntryRef *entry_ref;
+	PgStatShared_Relation *shtabentry;
+	PgStat_StatTabEntry *tabentry;
+	TimestampTz ts;
+	HeapTuple	classTup;
+	bool		isshared;
+
+	if (!pgstat_track_counts || !flags)
+		return;
+
+	classTup = SearchSysCache1(RELOID, ObjectIdGetDatum(relid));
+	if (!HeapTupleIsValid(classTup))
+		return;			/* somebody deleted the rel, forget it */
+	isshared = ((Form_pg_class) GETSTRUCT(classTup))->relisshared;
+	ReleaseSysCache(classTup);
+
+	/* Store the data in the table's hash table entry. */
+	ts = GetCurrentTimestamp();
+
+	/* block acquiring lock for the same reason as pgstat_report_autovac() */
+	entry_ref = pgstat_get_entry_ref_locked(PGSTAT_KIND_RELATION,
+											isshared ? InvalidOid : MyDatabaseId,
+											relid, false);
+
+	shtabentry = (PgStatShared_Relation *) entry_ref->shared_stats;
+	tabentry = &shtabentry->stats;
+
+	if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM)
+	{
+		tabentry->last_skipped_vacuum_time = ts;
+		tabentry->skipped_vacuum_count++;
+	}
+	else if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOVACUUM)
+	{
+		tabentry->last_skipped_autovacuum_time = ts;
+		tabentry->skipped_autovacuum_count++;
+	}
+
+	if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE)
+	{
+		tabentry->last_skipped_analyze_time = ts;
+		tabentry->skipped_analyze_count++;
+	}
+	else if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOANALYZE)
+	{
+		tabentry->last_skipped_autoanalyze_time = ts;
+		tabentry->skipped_autoanalyze_count++;
+	}
+
+	pgstat_unlock_entry(entry_ref);
+
+	/* see pgstat_report_vacuum() */
+	pgstat_flush_io(false);
+	(void) pgstat_flush_backend(false, PGSTAT_BACKEND_FLUSH_IO);
+}
+
 /*
  * count a tuple insertion of n tuples
  */
diff --git a/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c b/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c
index 1408de387ea..90a8968faa0 100644
--- a/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c
+++ b/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c
@@ -84,6 +84,18 @@ PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(mod_since_analyze)
 /* pg_stat_get_numscans */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(numscans)
 
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_analyze_count)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_autoanalyze_count)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_autovacuum_count)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_vacuum_count)
+
 /* pg_stat_get_tuples_deleted */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(tuples_deleted)
 
@@ -170,6 +182,18 @@ PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_vacuum_time)
 /* pg_stat_get_lastscan */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(lastscan)
 
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_analyze_time)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_autoanalyze_time)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_autovacuum_time)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_vacuum_time)
+
 /* pg_stat_get_stat_reset_time */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(stat_reset_time)
 
diff --git a/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat b/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat
index fa9ae79082b..32debb34863 100644
--- a/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat
+++ b/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat
@@ -5680,6 +5680,38 @@
   proargmodes => '{o,o,o,o,o,o,o,o,o,o}',
   proargnames => '{oid,score,xid_score,mxid_score,vacuum_score,vacuum_insert_score,analyze_score,do_vacuum,do_analyze,for_wraparound}',
   prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_autovacuum_scores' },
+{ oid => '8142', descr => 'statistics: last skipped vacuum time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time' },
+{ oid => '8143', descr => 'statistics: last skipped auto vacuum time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time' },
+{ oid => '8144', descr => 'statistics: last skipped analyze time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time' },
+{ oid => '8145', descr => 'statistics: last skipped auto analyze time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time' },
+{ oid => '8146', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped vacuum for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count' },
+{ oid => '8147', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped auto vacuum for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count' },
+{ oid => '8148', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped analyzes for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count' },
+{ oid => '8149', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped auto analyzes for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count' },
 { oid => '1936', descr => 'statistics: currently active backend IDs',
   proname => 'pg_stat_get_backend_idset', prorows => '100', proretset => 't',
   provolatile => 's', proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int4',
diff --git a/src/include/pgstat.h b/src/include/pgstat.h
index dfa2e837638..98941f953d1 100644
--- a/src/include/pgstat.h
+++ b/src/include/pgstat.h
@@ -479,6 +479,15 @@ typedef struct PgStat_StatTabEntry
 	TimestampTz last_autoanalyze_time;	/* autovacuum initiated */
 	PgStat_Counter autoanalyze_count;
 
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_vacuum_time;	/* user initiated vacuum */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_vacuum_count;
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_autovacuum_time;	/* autovacuum initiated */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_autovacuum_count;
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_analyze_time;	/* user initiated */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_analyze_count;
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_autoanalyze_time;	/* autovacuum initiated */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_autoanalyze_count;
+
 	PgStat_Counter total_vacuum_time;	/* times in milliseconds */
 	PgStat_Counter total_autovacuum_time;
 	PgStat_Counter total_analyze_time;
@@ -703,6 +712,13 @@ extern void pgstat_report_analyze(Relation rel,
 								  PgStat_Counter livetuples, PgStat_Counter deadtuples,
 								  bool resetcounter, TimestampTz starttime);
 
+/* flags for pgstat_flush_backend() */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM		(1 << 0)	/* vacuum is skipped */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE		(1 << 1)	/* analyze is skipped */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOVACUUM	(1 << 2)	/* autovacuum is skipped */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOANALYZE	(1 << 3)	/* autoanalyze is skipped */
+extern void pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(Oid relid, int flags);
+
 /*
  * If stats are enabled, but pending data hasn't been prepared yet, call
  * pgstat_assoc_relation() to do so. See its comment for why this is done
diff --git a/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out b/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out
index a65a5bf0c4f..9b2075d3373 100644
--- a/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out
+++ b/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out
@@ -1835,13 +1835,21 @@ pg_stat_all_tables| SELECT c.oid AS relid,
     pg_stat_get_mod_since_analyze(c.oid) AS n_mod_since_analyze,
     pg_stat_get_ins_since_vacuum(c.oid) AS n_ins_since_vacuum,
     pg_stat_get_last_vacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_vacuum,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_vacuum,
     pg_stat_get_last_autovacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_autovacuum,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_autovacuum,
     pg_stat_get_last_analyze_time(c.oid) AS last_analyze,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_analyze,
     pg_stat_get_last_autoanalyze_time(c.oid) AS last_autoanalyze,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_autoanalyze,
     pg_stat_get_vacuum_count(c.oid) AS vacuum_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count(c.oid) AS skipped_vacuum_count,
     pg_stat_get_autovacuum_count(c.oid) AS autovacuum_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count(c.oid) AS skipped_autovacuum_count,
     pg_stat_get_analyze_count(c.oid) AS analyze_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count(c.oid) AS skipped_analyze_count,
     pg_stat_get_autoanalyze_count(c.oid) AS autoanalyze_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count(c.oid) AS skipped_autoanalyze_count,
     pg_stat_get_total_vacuum_time(c.oid) AS total_vacuum_time,
     pg_stat_get_total_autovacuum_time(c.oid) AS total_autovacuum_time,
     pg_stat_get_total_analyze_time(c.oid) AS total_analyze_time,
@@ -2346,13 +2354,21 @@ pg_stat_sys_tables| SELECT relid,
     n_mod_since_analyze,
     n_ins_since_vacuum,
     last_vacuum,
+    last_skipped_vacuum,
     last_autovacuum,
+    last_skipped_autovacuum,
     last_analyze,
+    last_skipped_analyze,
     last_autoanalyze,
+    last_skipped_autoanalyze,
     vacuum_count,
+    skipped_vacuum_count,
     autovacuum_count,
+    skipped_autovacuum_count,
     analyze_count,
+    skipped_analyze_count,
     autoanalyze_count,
+    skipped_autoanalyze_count,
     total_vacuum_time,
     total_autovacuum_time,
     total_analyze_time,
@@ -2401,13 +2417,21 @@ pg_stat_user_tables| SELECT relid,
     n_mod_since_analyze,
     n_ins_since_vacuum,
     last_vacuum,
+    last_skipped_vacuum,
     last_autovacuum,
+    last_skipped_autovacuum,
     last_analyze,
+    last_skipped_analyze,
     last_autoanalyze,
+    last_skipped_autoanalyze,
     vacuum_count,
+    skipped_vacuum_count,
     autovacuum_count,
+    skipped_autovacuum_count,
     analyze_count,
+    skipped_analyze_count,
     autoanalyze_count,
+    skipped_autoanalyze_count,
     total_vacuum_time,
     total_autovacuum_time,
     total_analyze_time,
-- 
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* [PATCH v3] Track skipped vacuum and analyze activity per relation
@ 2026-03-24 04:09 Yugo Nagata <[email protected]>
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From: Yugo Nagata @ 2026-03-24 04:09 UTC (permalink / raw)

This commit adds eight fields to the relation statistics that track
the last time vacuum or analyze has been attempted but skipped due to
lock unavailability, along with their counts:

-    last_skipped_vacuum
-    last_skipped_autovacuum
-    last_skipped_analyze
-    last_skipped_autoanalyze
-    skipped_vacuum_count
-    skipped_autovacuum_count
-    skipped_analyze_count
-    skipped_autoanalyze_count

These field can help users confirm that autovacuum is actively attempting
to run on a table that has not been vacuumed or analyzed for a long time,
and that the lack of progress is due to repeated skips rather than inactivity.
---
 doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml                 | 80 +++++++++++++++++
 src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql         |  8 ++
 src/backend/commands/vacuum.c                | 95 +++++++++++++++-----
 src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c | 68 ++++++++++++++
 src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c          | 24 +++++
 src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat              | 32 +++++++
 src/include/pgstat.h                         | 16 ++++
 src/test/regress/expected/rules.out          | 24 +++++
 8 files changed, 324 insertions(+), 23 deletions(-)

diff --git a/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml b/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml
index bb75ed1069b..9ec8070b2fc 100644
--- a/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml
+++ b/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml
@@ -4372,6 +4372,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_vacuum</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time a manual vacuum on this table was attempted but skipped due to
+       lock unavailability (not counting <command>VACUUM FULL</command>)
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>last_autovacuum</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
@@ -4382,6 +4392,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_autovacuum</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time a vacuum on this table by the autovacuum daemon was attempted
+       but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>last_analyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
@@ -4391,6 +4411,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_analyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time a manual analyze on this table was attempted but skipped due to
+       lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>last_autoanalyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
@@ -4401,6 +4431,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_autoanalyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time at which an analyze on this table by the autovacuum was
+       attempted but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>vacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4411,6 +4451,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_vacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times vacuums on this table have been attempted but skipped
+       due to lock unavailability (not counting <command>VACUUM FULL</command>)
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>autovacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4421,6 +4471,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_autovacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times vacuums on this table by the autovacuum daemon have been
+       attempted but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>analyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4430,6 +4490,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_analyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times manual analyzes on this table have been attempted but
+       skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>autoanalyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4440,6 +4510,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_autoanalyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times analyzes on this table by the autovacuum daemon have
+       been attempted but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>total_vacuum_time</structfield> <type>double precision</type>
diff --git a/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql b/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql
index e54018004db..2ca02a0354c 100644
--- a/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql
+++ b/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql
@@ -736,13 +736,21 @@ CREATE VIEW pg_stat_all_tables AS
             pg_stat_get_mod_since_analyze(C.oid) AS n_mod_since_analyze,
             pg_stat_get_ins_since_vacuum(C.oid) AS n_ins_since_vacuum,
             pg_stat_get_last_vacuum_time(C.oid) as last_vacuum,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_vacuum,
             pg_stat_get_last_autovacuum_time(C.oid) as last_autovacuum,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_autovacuum,
             pg_stat_get_last_analyze_time(C.oid) as last_analyze,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_analyze,
             pg_stat_get_last_autoanalyze_time(C.oid) as last_autoanalyze,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_autoanalyze,
             pg_stat_get_vacuum_count(C.oid) AS vacuum_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count(C.oid) AS skipped_vacuum_count,
             pg_stat_get_autovacuum_count(C.oid) AS autovacuum_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count(C.oid) AS skipped_autovacuum_count,
             pg_stat_get_analyze_count(C.oid) AS analyze_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count(C.oid) AS skipped_analyze_count,
             pg_stat_get_autoanalyze_count(C.oid) AS autoanalyze_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count(C.oid) AS skipped_autoanalyze_count,
             pg_stat_get_total_vacuum_time(C.oid) AS total_vacuum_time,
             pg_stat_get_total_autovacuum_time(C.oid) AS total_autovacuum_time,
             pg_stat_get_total_analyze_time(C.oid) AS total_analyze_time,
diff --git a/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c b/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c
index bce3a2daa24..ce83b3171be 100644
--- a/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c
+++ b/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c
@@ -792,8 +792,18 @@ vacuum_open_relation(Oid relid, RangeVar *relation, bits32 options,
 		rel = try_relation_open(relid, NoLock);
 	else
 	{
+		bits8 flags = 0;
 		rel = NULL;
 		rel_lock = false;
+
+		if ((options & VACOPT_VACUUM) != 0)
+			flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM;
+		if ((options & VACOPT_ANALYZE) != 0)
+			flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE;
+		if (AmAutoVacuumWorkerProcess())
+			flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOVAC;
+
+		pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(relid, flags);
 	}
 
 	/* if relation is opened, leave */
@@ -801,7 +811,7 @@ vacuum_open_relation(Oid relid, RangeVar *relation, bits32 options,
 		return rel;
 
 	/*
-	 * Relation could not be opened, hence generate if possible a log
+	 * Relation could not be opened hence generate if possible a log
 	 * informing on the situation.
 	 *
 	 * If the RangeVar is not defined, we do not have enough information to
@@ -904,7 +914,6 @@ expand_vacuum_rel(VacuumRelation *vrel, MemoryContext vac_context,
 		Form_pg_class classForm;
 		bool		include_children;
 		bool		is_partitioned_table;
-		int			rvr_opts;
 
 		/*
 		 * Since autovacuum workers supply OIDs when calling vacuum(), no
@@ -917,29 +926,69 @@ expand_vacuum_rel(VacuumRelation *vrel, MemoryContext vac_context,
 		 * below, as well as find_all_inheritors's expectation that the caller
 		 * holds some lock on the starting relation.
 		 */
-		rvr_opts = (options & VACOPT_SKIP_LOCKED) ? RVR_SKIP_LOCKED : 0;
-		relid = RangeVarGetRelidExtended(vrel->relation,
-										 AccessShareLock,
-										 rvr_opts,
-										 NULL, NULL);
-
-		/*
-		 * If the lock is unavailable, emit the same log statement that
-		 * vacuum_rel() and analyze_rel() would.
-		 */
-		if (!OidIsValid(relid))
+		if (!(options & VACOPT_SKIP_LOCKED))
 		{
-			if (options & VACOPT_VACUUM)
-				ereport(WARNING,
-						(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
-						 errmsg("skipping vacuum of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
-								vrel->relation->relname)));
-			else
-				ereport(WARNING,
-						(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
-						 errmsg("skipping analyze of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
+			relid = RangeVarGetRelidExtended(vrel->relation,
+											 AccessShareLock,
+											 0, NULL, NULL);
+			if (!OidIsValid(relid))
+				return vacrels;
+		}
+		else
+		{
+			/* Get relid for reporting before taking a lock */
+			relid = RangeVarGetRelid(vrel->relation, NoLock, false);
+
+			if (!ConditionalLockRelationOid(relid, AccessShareLock))
+			{
+				bits8	flags = 0;
+				/*
+				 * If the lock is unavailable, emit the same log statement that
+				 * vacuum_rel() and analyze_rel() would.
+				 */
+				if (options & VACOPT_VACUUM)
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping vacuum of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
 								vrel->relation->relname)));
-			return vacrels;
+				else
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping analyze of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
+									vrel->relation->relname)));
+
+				if ((options & VACOPT_VACUUM) != 0)
+					flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM;
+				if ((options & VACOPT_ANALYZE) != 0)
+					flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE;
+
+				pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(relid, flags);
+
+				return vacrels;
+			}
+
+			/*
+			 * Now that we have the lock, probe to see if the relation really
+			 * exists or not.
+			 */
+			if (!SearchSysCacheExists1(RELOID, ObjectIdGetDatum(relid)))
+			{
+				if (options & VACOPT_VACUUM)
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_UNDEFINED_TABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping vacuum of \"%s\" --- relation no longer exists",
+									vrel->relation->relname)));
+				else
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_UNDEFINED_TABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping analyze of \"%s\" --- relation no longer exists",
+									vrel->relation->relname)));
+
+				/* Release useless lock */
+				UnlockRelationOid(relid, AccessShareLock);
+
+				return vacrels;
+			}
 		}
 
 		/*
diff --git a/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c b/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c
index bc8c43b96aa..cec4c88980e 100644
--- a/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c
+++ b/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c
@@ -17,6 +17,7 @@
 
 #include "postgres.h"
 
+#include "access/htup_details.h"
 #include "access/twophase_rmgr.h"
 #include "access/xact.h"
 #include "catalog/catalog.h"
@@ -366,6 +367,73 @@ pgstat_report_analyze(Relation rel,
 	(void) pgstat_flush_backend(false, PGSTAT_BACKEND_FLUSH_IO);
 }
 
+/*
+ * Report that the table was skipped during vacuum or/and analyze.
+ */
+void
+pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(Oid relid, bits8 flags)
+{
+	PgStat_EntryRef *entry_ref;
+	PgStatShared_Relation *shtabentry;
+	PgStat_StatTabEntry *tabentry;
+	TimestampTz ts;
+	HeapTuple	classTup;
+	bool		isshared;
+
+	if (!pgstat_track_counts || !(flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANY))
+		return;
+
+	classTup = SearchSysCache1(RELOID, ObjectIdGetDatum(relid));
+	if (!HeapTupleIsValid(classTup))
+		return;			/* somebody deleted the rel, forget it */
+	isshared = ((Form_pg_class) GETSTRUCT(classTup))->relisshared;
+	ReleaseSysCache(classTup);
+
+	/* Store the data in the table's hash table entry. */
+	ts = GetCurrentTimestamp();
+
+	/* block acquiring lock for the same reason as pgstat_report_autovac() */
+	entry_ref = pgstat_get_entry_ref_locked(PGSTAT_KIND_RELATION,
+											isshared ? InvalidOid : MyDatabaseId,
+											relid, false);
+
+	shtabentry = (PgStatShared_Relation *) entry_ref->shared_stats;
+	tabentry = &shtabentry->stats;
+
+	if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOVAC)
+	{
+		if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM)
+		{
+			tabentry->last_skipped_autovacuum_time = ts;
+			tabentry->skipped_autovacuum_count++;
+		}
+		if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE)
+		{
+			tabentry->last_skipped_autoanalyze_time = ts;
+			tabentry->skipped_autoanalyze_count++;
+		}
+	}
+	else
+	{
+		if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM)
+		{
+			tabentry->last_skipped_vacuum_time = ts;
+			tabentry->skipped_vacuum_count++;
+		}
+		if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE)
+		{
+			tabentry->last_skipped_analyze_time = ts;
+			tabentry->skipped_analyze_count++;
+		}
+	}
+
+	pgstat_unlock_entry(entry_ref);
+
+	/* see pgstat_report_vacuum() */
+	pgstat_flush_io(false);
+	(void) pgstat_flush_backend(false, PGSTAT_BACKEND_FLUSH_IO);
+}
+
 /*
  * count a tuple insertion of n tuples
  */
diff --git a/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c b/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c
index 9185a8e6b83..18aaa3996e1 100644
--- a/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c
+++ b/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c
@@ -84,6 +84,18 @@ PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(mod_since_analyze)
 /* pg_stat_get_numscans */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(numscans)
 
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_analyze_count)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_autoanalyze_count)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_autovacuum_count)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_vacuum_count)
+
 /* pg_stat_get_tuples_deleted */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(tuples_deleted)
 
@@ -170,6 +182,18 @@ PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_vacuum_time)
 /* pg_stat_get_lastscan */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(lastscan)
 
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_analyze_time)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_autoanalyze_time)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_autovacuum_time)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_vacuum_time)
+
 /* pg_stat_get_stat_reset_time */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(stat_reset_time)
 
diff --git a/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat b/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat
index 0118e970dda..ccfe3d9e02a 100644
--- a/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat
+++ b/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat
@@ -5667,6 +5667,38 @@
   proname => 'pg_stat_get_total_autoanalyze_time', provolatile => 's',
   proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'float8', proargtypes => 'oid',
   prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_total_autoanalyze_time' },
+{ oid => '8142', descr => 'statistics: last skipped vacuum time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time' },
+{ oid => '8143', descr => 'statistics: last skipped auto vacuum time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time' },
+{ oid => '8144', descr => 'statistics: last skipped analyze time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time' },
+{ oid => '8145', descr => 'statistics: last skipped auto analyze time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time' },
+{ oid => '8146', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped vacuum for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count' },
+{ oid => '8147', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped auto vacuum for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count' },
+{ oid => '8148', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped analyzes for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count' },
+{ oid => '8149', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped auto analyzes for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count' },
 { oid => '1936', descr => 'statistics: currently active backend IDs',
   proname => 'pg_stat_get_backend_idset', prorows => '100', proretset => 't',
   provolatile => 's', proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int4',
diff --git a/src/include/pgstat.h b/src/include/pgstat.h
index 8e3549c3752..343081a7a25 100644
--- a/src/include/pgstat.h
+++ b/src/include/pgstat.h
@@ -479,6 +479,15 @@ typedef struct PgStat_StatTabEntry
 	TimestampTz last_autoanalyze_time;	/* autovacuum initiated */
 	PgStat_Counter autoanalyze_count;
 
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_vacuum_time;	/* user initiated vacuum */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_vacuum_count;
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_autovacuum_time;	/* autovacuum initiated */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_autovacuum_count;
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_analyze_time;	/* user initiated */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_analyze_count;
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_autoanalyze_time;	/* autovacuum initiated */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_autoanalyze_count;
+
 	PgStat_Counter total_vacuum_time;	/* times in milliseconds */
 	PgStat_Counter total_autovacuum_time;
 	PgStat_Counter total_analyze_time;
@@ -707,6 +716,13 @@ extern void pgstat_report_analyze(Relation rel,
 								  PgStat_Counter livetuples, PgStat_Counter deadtuples,
 								  bool resetcounter, TimestampTz starttime);
 
+/* flags for pgstat_flush_backend() */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM	(1 << 0)	/* vacuum is skipped */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE	(1 << 1)	/* analyze is skipped */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOVAC	(1 << 2)	/* skipped during autovacuum/autoanalyze */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANY   (PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM | PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE)
+extern void pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(Oid relid, bits8 flags);
+
 /*
  * If stats are enabled, but pending data hasn't been prepared yet, call
  * pgstat_assoc_relation() to do so. See its comment for why this is done
diff --git a/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out b/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out
index 2b3cf6d8569..4ccfc43e903 100644
--- a/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out
+++ b/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out
@@ -1835,13 +1835,21 @@ pg_stat_all_tables| SELECT c.oid AS relid,
     pg_stat_get_mod_since_analyze(c.oid) AS n_mod_since_analyze,
     pg_stat_get_ins_since_vacuum(c.oid) AS n_ins_since_vacuum,
     pg_stat_get_last_vacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_vacuum,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_vacuum,
     pg_stat_get_last_autovacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_autovacuum,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_autovacuum,
     pg_stat_get_last_analyze_time(c.oid) AS last_analyze,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_analyze,
     pg_stat_get_last_autoanalyze_time(c.oid) AS last_autoanalyze,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_autoanalyze,
     pg_stat_get_vacuum_count(c.oid) AS vacuum_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count(c.oid) AS skipped_vacuum_count,
     pg_stat_get_autovacuum_count(c.oid) AS autovacuum_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count(c.oid) AS skipped_autovacuum_count,
     pg_stat_get_analyze_count(c.oid) AS analyze_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count(c.oid) AS skipped_analyze_count,
     pg_stat_get_autoanalyze_count(c.oid) AS autoanalyze_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count(c.oid) AS skipped_autoanalyze_count,
     pg_stat_get_total_vacuum_time(c.oid) AS total_vacuum_time,
     pg_stat_get_total_autovacuum_time(c.oid) AS total_autovacuum_time,
     pg_stat_get_total_analyze_time(c.oid) AS total_analyze_time,
@@ -2293,13 +2301,21 @@ pg_stat_sys_tables| SELECT relid,
     n_mod_since_analyze,
     n_ins_since_vacuum,
     last_vacuum,
+    last_skipped_vacuum,
     last_autovacuum,
+    last_skipped_autovacuum,
     last_analyze,
+    last_skipped_analyze,
     last_autoanalyze,
+    last_skipped_autoanalyze,
     vacuum_count,
+    skipped_vacuum_count,
     autovacuum_count,
+    skipped_autovacuum_count,
     analyze_count,
+    skipped_analyze_count,
     autoanalyze_count,
+    skipped_autoanalyze_count,
     total_vacuum_time,
     total_autovacuum_time,
     total_analyze_time,
@@ -2348,13 +2364,21 @@ pg_stat_user_tables| SELECT relid,
     n_mod_since_analyze,
     n_ins_since_vacuum,
     last_vacuum,
+    last_skipped_vacuum,
     last_autovacuum,
+    last_skipped_autovacuum,
     last_analyze,
+    last_skipped_analyze,
     last_autoanalyze,
+    last_skipped_autoanalyze,
     vacuum_count,
+    skipped_vacuum_count,
     autovacuum_count,
+    skipped_autovacuum_count,
     analyze_count,
+    skipped_analyze_count,
     autoanalyze_count,
+    skipped_autoanalyze_count,
     total_vacuum_time,
     total_autovacuum_time,
     total_analyze_time,
-- 
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* [PATCH v4] Track skipped vacuum and analyze activity per relation
@ 2026-03-24 04:09 Yugo Nagata <[email protected]>
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From: Yugo Nagata @ 2026-03-24 04:09 UTC (permalink / raw)

This commit adds eight fields to the relation statistics that track
the last time vacuum or analyze has been attempted but skipped due to
lock unavailability, along with their counts:

-    last_skipped_vacuum
-    last_skipped_autovacuum
-    last_skipped_analyze
-    last_skipped_autoanalyze
-    skipped_vacuum_count
-    skipped_autovacuum_count
-    skipped_analyze_count
-    skipped_autoanalyze_count

These field can help users confirm that autovacuum is actively attempting
to run on a table that has not been vacuumed or analyzed for a long time,
and that the lack of progress is due to repeated skips rather than inactivity.
---
 doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml                 |  88 ++++++++++++++++
 src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql         |   8 ++
 src/backend/commands/vacuum.c                | 102 ++++++++++++++-----
 src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c |  64 ++++++++++++
 src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c          |  24 +++++
 src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat              |  32 ++++++
 src/include/pgstat.h                         |  16 +++
 src/test/regress/expected/rules.out          |  24 +++++
 8 files changed, 335 insertions(+), 23 deletions(-)

diff --git a/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml b/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml
index 08d5b824552..a9b579d87a9 100644
--- a/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml
+++ b/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml
@@ -4387,6 +4387,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_vacuum</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time a manual vacuum on this table was attempted but skipped due to
+       lock unavailability (not counting <command>VACUUM FULL</command>)
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>last_autovacuum</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
@@ -4397,6 +4407,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_autovacuum</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time a vacuum on this table by the autovacuum daemon was attempted
+       but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>last_analyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
@@ -4406,6 +4426,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_analyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time a manual analyze on this table was attempted but skipped due to
+       lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>last_autoanalyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
@@ -4416,6 +4446,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_autoanalyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time at which an analyze on this table by the autovacuum was
+       attempted but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>vacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4426,6 +4466,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_vacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times manual vacuums on this table have been attempted but skipped
+       due to lock unavailability (not counting <command>VACUUM FULL</command>)
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>autovacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4436,6 +4486,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_autovacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times vacuums on this table by the autovacuum daemon have been
+       attempted but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>analyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4445,6 +4505,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_analyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times manual analyzes on this table have been attempted but
+       skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>autoanalyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4455,6 +4525,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_autoanalyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times analyzes on this table by the autovacuum daemon have
+       been attempted but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>total_vacuum_time</structfield> <type>double precision</type>
@@ -4510,6 +4590,14 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
    </tgroup>
   </table>
 
+  <note>
+   <para>
+    When a manual vacuum or analyze on a parent table in an inheritance or
+    partitioning hierarchy is skipped, the statistics are recorded only for
+    the parent table, not for its children.
+   </para>
+  </note>
+
  </sect2>
 
  <sect2 id="monitoring-pg-stat-autovacuum-scores-view">
diff --git a/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql b/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql
index 73a1c1c4670..f509fc7876b 100644
--- a/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql
+++ b/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql
@@ -736,13 +736,21 @@ CREATE VIEW pg_stat_all_tables AS
             pg_stat_get_mod_since_analyze(C.oid) AS n_mod_since_analyze,
             pg_stat_get_ins_since_vacuum(C.oid) AS n_ins_since_vacuum,
             pg_stat_get_last_vacuum_time(C.oid) as last_vacuum,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_vacuum,
             pg_stat_get_last_autovacuum_time(C.oid) as last_autovacuum,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_autovacuum,
             pg_stat_get_last_analyze_time(C.oid) as last_analyze,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_analyze,
             pg_stat_get_last_autoanalyze_time(C.oid) as last_autoanalyze,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_autoanalyze,
             pg_stat_get_vacuum_count(C.oid) AS vacuum_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count(C.oid) AS skipped_vacuum_count,
             pg_stat_get_autovacuum_count(C.oid) AS autovacuum_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count(C.oid) AS skipped_autovacuum_count,
             pg_stat_get_analyze_count(C.oid) AS analyze_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count(C.oid) AS skipped_analyze_count,
             pg_stat_get_autoanalyze_count(C.oid) AS autoanalyze_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count(C.oid) AS skipped_autoanalyze_count,
             pg_stat_get_total_vacuum_time(C.oid) AS total_vacuum_time,
             pg_stat_get_total_autovacuum_time(C.oid) AS total_autovacuum_time,
             pg_stat_get_total_analyze_time(C.oid) AS total_analyze_time,
diff --git a/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c b/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c
index 99d0db82ed7..97cd5ea8d10 100644
--- a/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c
+++ b/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c
@@ -793,8 +793,25 @@ vacuum_open_relation(Oid relid, RangeVar *relation, uint32 options,
 		rel = try_relation_open(relid, NoLock);
 	else
 	{
+		int flags = 0;
 		rel = NULL;
 		rel_lock = false;
+
+		if ((options & VACOPT_VACUUM) != 0)
+		{
+			if (AmAutoVacuumWorkerProcess())
+				flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOVACUUM;
+			else
+				flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM;
+		}
+		if ((options & VACOPT_ANALYZE) != 0)
+		{
+			if (AmAutoVacuumWorkerProcess())
+				flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOANALYZE;
+			else
+				flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE;
+		}
+		pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(relid, flags);
 	}
 
 	/* if relation is opened, leave */
@@ -802,7 +819,7 @@ vacuum_open_relation(Oid relid, RangeVar *relation, uint32 options,
 		return rel;
 
 	/*
-	 * Relation could not be opened, hence generate if possible a log
+	 * Relation could not be opened hence generate if possible a log
 	 * informing on the situation.
 	 *
 	 * If the RangeVar is not defined, we do not have enough information to
@@ -905,7 +922,6 @@ expand_vacuum_rel(VacuumRelation *vrel, MemoryContext vac_context,
 		Form_pg_class classForm;
 		bool		include_children;
 		bool		is_partitioned_table;
-		int			rvr_opts;
 
 		/*
 		 * Since autovacuum workers supply OIDs when calling vacuum(), no
@@ -918,29 +934,69 @@ expand_vacuum_rel(VacuumRelation *vrel, MemoryContext vac_context,
 		 * below, as well as find_all_inheritors's expectation that the caller
 		 * holds some lock on the starting relation.
 		 */
-		rvr_opts = (options & VACOPT_SKIP_LOCKED) ? RVR_SKIP_LOCKED : 0;
-		relid = RangeVarGetRelidExtended(vrel->relation,
-										 AccessShareLock,
-										 rvr_opts,
-										 NULL, NULL);
-
-		/*
-		 * If the lock is unavailable, emit the same log statement that
-		 * vacuum_rel() and analyze_rel() would.
-		 */
-		if (!OidIsValid(relid))
+		if (!(options & VACOPT_SKIP_LOCKED))
 		{
-			if (options & VACOPT_VACUUM)
-				ereport(WARNING,
-						(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
-						 errmsg("skipping vacuum of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
-								vrel->relation->relname)));
-			else
-				ereport(WARNING,
-						(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
-						 errmsg("skipping analyze of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
+			relid = RangeVarGetRelidExtended(vrel->relation,
+											 AccessShareLock,
+											 0, NULL, NULL);
+			if (!OidIsValid(relid))
+				return vacrels;
+		}
+		else
+		{
+			/* Get relid for reporting before taking a lock */
+			relid = RangeVarGetRelid(vrel->relation, NoLock, false);
+
+			if (!ConditionalLockRelationOid(relid, AccessShareLock))
+			{
+				int	flags = 0;
+				/*
+				 * If the lock is unavailable, emit the same log statement that
+				 * vacuum_rel() and analyze_rel() would.
+				 */
+				if (options & VACOPT_VACUUM)
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping vacuum of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
 								vrel->relation->relname)));
-			return vacrels;
+				else
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping analyze of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
+									vrel->relation->relname)));
+
+				if ((options & VACOPT_VACUUM) != 0)
+					flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM;
+				if ((options & VACOPT_ANALYZE) != 0)
+					flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE;
+
+				pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(relid, flags);
+
+				return vacrels;
+			}
+
+			/*
+			 * Now that we have the lock, probe to see if the relation really
+			 * exists or not.
+			 */
+			if (!SearchSysCacheExists1(RELOID, ObjectIdGetDatum(relid)))
+			{
+				if (options & VACOPT_VACUUM)
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_UNDEFINED_TABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping vacuum of \"%s\" --- relation no longer exists",
+									vrel->relation->relname)));
+				else
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_UNDEFINED_TABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping analyze of \"%s\" --- relation no longer exists",
+									vrel->relation->relname)));
+
+				/* Release useless lock */
+				UnlockRelationOid(relid, AccessShareLock);
+
+				return vacrels;
+			}
 		}
 
 		/*
diff --git a/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c b/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c
index b2ca28f83ba..532d9023f8c 100644
--- a/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c
+++ b/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c
@@ -17,12 +17,14 @@
 
 #include "postgres.h"
 
+#include "access/htup_details.h"
 #include "access/twophase_rmgr.h"
 #include "access/xact.h"
 #include "catalog/catalog.h"
 #include "utils/memutils.h"
 #include "utils/pgstat_internal.h"
 #include "utils/rel.h"
+#include "utils/syscache.h"
 #include "utils/timestamp.h"
 
 
@@ -367,6 +369,68 @@ pgstat_report_analyze(Relation rel,
 	(void) pgstat_flush_backend(false, PGSTAT_BACKEND_FLUSH_IO);
 }
 
+/*
+ * Report that the table was skipped during vacuum or/and analyze.
+ */
+void
+pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(Oid relid, int flags)
+{
+	PgStat_EntryRef *entry_ref;
+	PgStatShared_Relation *shtabentry;
+	PgStat_StatTabEntry *tabentry;
+	TimestampTz ts;
+	HeapTuple	classTup;
+	bool		isshared;
+
+	if (!pgstat_track_counts || !flags)
+		return;
+
+	classTup = SearchSysCache1(RELOID, ObjectIdGetDatum(relid));
+	if (!HeapTupleIsValid(classTup))
+		return;			/* somebody deleted the rel, forget it */
+	isshared = ((Form_pg_class) GETSTRUCT(classTup))->relisshared;
+	ReleaseSysCache(classTup);
+
+	/* Store the data in the table's hash table entry. */
+	ts = GetCurrentTimestamp();
+
+	/* block acquiring lock for the same reason as pgstat_report_autovac() */
+	entry_ref = pgstat_get_entry_ref_locked(PGSTAT_KIND_RELATION,
+											isshared ? InvalidOid : MyDatabaseId,
+											relid, false);
+
+	shtabentry = (PgStatShared_Relation *) entry_ref->shared_stats;
+	tabentry = &shtabentry->stats;
+
+	if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM)
+	{
+		tabentry->last_skipped_vacuum_time = ts;
+		tabentry->skipped_vacuum_count++;
+	}
+	else if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOVACUUM)
+	{
+		tabentry->last_skipped_autovacuum_time = ts;
+		tabentry->skipped_autovacuum_count++;
+	}
+
+	if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE)
+	{
+		tabentry->last_skipped_analyze_time = ts;
+		tabentry->skipped_analyze_count++;
+	}
+	else if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOANALYZE)
+	{
+		tabentry->last_skipped_autoanalyze_time = ts;
+		tabentry->skipped_autoanalyze_count++;
+	}
+
+	pgstat_unlock_entry(entry_ref);
+
+	/* see pgstat_report_vacuum() */
+	pgstat_flush_io(false);
+	(void) pgstat_flush_backend(false, PGSTAT_BACKEND_FLUSH_IO);
+}
+
 /*
  * count a tuple insertion of n tuples
  */
diff --git a/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c b/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c
index 1408de387ea..90a8968faa0 100644
--- a/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c
+++ b/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c
@@ -84,6 +84,18 @@ PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(mod_since_analyze)
 /* pg_stat_get_numscans */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(numscans)
 
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_analyze_count)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_autoanalyze_count)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_autovacuum_count)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_vacuum_count)
+
 /* pg_stat_get_tuples_deleted */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(tuples_deleted)
 
@@ -170,6 +182,18 @@ PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_vacuum_time)
 /* pg_stat_get_lastscan */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(lastscan)
 
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_analyze_time)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_autoanalyze_time)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_autovacuum_time)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_vacuum_time)
+
 /* pg_stat_get_stat_reset_time */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(stat_reset_time)
 
diff --git a/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat b/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat
index fa9ae79082b..32debb34863 100644
--- a/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat
+++ b/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat
@@ -5680,6 +5680,38 @@
   proargmodes => '{o,o,o,o,o,o,o,o,o,o}',
   proargnames => '{oid,score,xid_score,mxid_score,vacuum_score,vacuum_insert_score,analyze_score,do_vacuum,do_analyze,for_wraparound}',
   prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_autovacuum_scores' },
+{ oid => '8142', descr => 'statistics: last skipped vacuum time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time' },
+{ oid => '8143', descr => 'statistics: last skipped auto vacuum time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time' },
+{ oid => '8144', descr => 'statistics: last skipped analyze time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time' },
+{ oid => '8145', descr => 'statistics: last skipped auto analyze time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time' },
+{ oid => '8146', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped vacuum for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count' },
+{ oid => '8147', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped auto vacuum for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count' },
+{ oid => '8148', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped analyzes for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count' },
+{ oid => '8149', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped auto analyzes for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count' },
 { oid => '1936', descr => 'statistics: currently active backend IDs',
   proname => 'pg_stat_get_backend_idset', prorows => '100', proretset => 't',
   provolatile => 's', proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int4',
diff --git a/src/include/pgstat.h b/src/include/pgstat.h
index dfa2e837638..98941f953d1 100644
--- a/src/include/pgstat.h
+++ b/src/include/pgstat.h
@@ -479,6 +479,15 @@ typedef struct PgStat_StatTabEntry
 	TimestampTz last_autoanalyze_time;	/* autovacuum initiated */
 	PgStat_Counter autoanalyze_count;
 
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_vacuum_time;	/* user initiated vacuum */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_vacuum_count;
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_autovacuum_time;	/* autovacuum initiated */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_autovacuum_count;
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_analyze_time;	/* user initiated */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_analyze_count;
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_autoanalyze_time;	/* autovacuum initiated */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_autoanalyze_count;
+
 	PgStat_Counter total_vacuum_time;	/* times in milliseconds */
 	PgStat_Counter total_autovacuum_time;
 	PgStat_Counter total_analyze_time;
@@ -703,6 +712,13 @@ extern void pgstat_report_analyze(Relation rel,
 								  PgStat_Counter livetuples, PgStat_Counter deadtuples,
 								  bool resetcounter, TimestampTz starttime);
 
+/* flags for pgstat_flush_backend() */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM		(1 << 0)	/* vacuum is skipped */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE		(1 << 1)	/* analyze is skipped */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOVACUUM	(1 << 2)	/* autovacuum is skipped */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOANALYZE	(1 << 3)	/* autoanalyze is skipped */
+extern void pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(Oid relid, int flags);
+
 /*
  * If stats are enabled, but pending data hasn't been prepared yet, call
  * pgstat_assoc_relation() to do so. See its comment for why this is done
diff --git a/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out b/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out
index a65a5bf0c4f..9b2075d3373 100644
--- a/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out
+++ b/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out
@@ -1835,13 +1835,21 @@ pg_stat_all_tables| SELECT c.oid AS relid,
     pg_stat_get_mod_since_analyze(c.oid) AS n_mod_since_analyze,
     pg_stat_get_ins_since_vacuum(c.oid) AS n_ins_since_vacuum,
     pg_stat_get_last_vacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_vacuum,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_vacuum,
     pg_stat_get_last_autovacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_autovacuum,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_autovacuum,
     pg_stat_get_last_analyze_time(c.oid) AS last_analyze,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_analyze,
     pg_stat_get_last_autoanalyze_time(c.oid) AS last_autoanalyze,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_autoanalyze,
     pg_stat_get_vacuum_count(c.oid) AS vacuum_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count(c.oid) AS skipped_vacuum_count,
     pg_stat_get_autovacuum_count(c.oid) AS autovacuum_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count(c.oid) AS skipped_autovacuum_count,
     pg_stat_get_analyze_count(c.oid) AS analyze_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count(c.oid) AS skipped_analyze_count,
     pg_stat_get_autoanalyze_count(c.oid) AS autoanalyze_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count(c.oid) AS skipped_autoanalyze_count,
     pg_stat_get_total_vacuum_time(c.oid) AS total_vacuum_time,
     pg_stat_get_total_autovacuum_time(c.oid) AS total_autovacuum_time,
     pg_stat_get_total_analyze_time(c.oid) AS total_analyze_time,
@@ -2346,13 +2354,21 @@ pg_stat_sys_tables| SELECT relid,
     n_mod_since_analyze,
     n_ins_since_vacuum,
     last_vacuum,
+    last_skipped_vacuum,
     last_autovacuum,
+    last_skipped_autovacuum,
     last_analyze,
+    last_skipped_analyze,
     last_autoanalyze,
+    last_skipped_autoanalyze,
     vacuum_count,
+    skipped_vacuum_count,
     autovacuum_count,
+    skipped_autovacuum_count,
     analyze_count,
+    skipped_analyze_count,
     autoanalyze_count,
+    skipped_autoanalyze_count,
     total_vacuum_time,
     total_autovacuum_time,
     total_analyze_time,
@@ -2401,13 +2417,21 @@ pg_stat_user_tables| SELECT relid,
     n_mod_since_analyze,
     n_ins_since_vacuum,
     last_vacuum,
+    last_skipped_vacuum,
     last_autovacuum,
+    last_skipped_autovacuum,
     last_analyze,
+    last_skipped_analyze,
     last_autoanalyze,
+    last_skipped_autoanalyze,
     vacuum_count,
+    skipped_vacuum_count,
     autovacuum_count,
+    skipped_autovacuum_count,
     analyze_count,
+    skipped_analyze_count,
     autoanalyze_count,
+    skipped_autoanalyze_count,
     total_vacuum_time,
     total_autovacuum_time,
     total_analyze_time,
-- 
2.43.0


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* [PATCH v5] Track skipped vacuum and analyze activity per relation
@ 2026-03-24 04:09 Yugo Nagata <[email protected]>
  0 siblings, 0 replies; 374+ messages in thread

From: Yugo Nagata @ 2026-03-24 04:09 UTC (permalink / raw)

This commit adds eight fields to the relation statistics that track
the last time vacuum or analyze has been attempted but skipped due to
lock unavailability, along with their counts:

-    last_skipped_vacuum
-    last_skipped_autovacuum
-    last_skipped_analyze
-    last_skipped_autoanalyze
-    skipped_vacuum_count
-    skipped_autovacuum_count
-    skipped_analyze_count
-    skipped_autoanalyze_count

These field can help users confirm that autovacuum is actively attempting
to run on a table that has not been vacuumed or analyzed for a long time,
and that the lack of progress is due to repeated skips rather than inactivity.
---
 doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml                  |  88 ++++++
 src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql          |   8 +
 src/backend/commands/vacuum.c                 | 100 +++++--
 src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c  |  64 +++++
 src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c           |  24 ++
 src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat               |  32 +++
 src/include/pgstat.h                          |  16 ++
 .../isolation/expected/vacuum-skip-locked.out | 260 ++++++++++++++++--
 .../isolation/specs/vacuum-skip-locked.spec   |  41 +--
 src/test/regress/expected/rules.out           |  24 ++
 10 files changed, 601 insertions(+), 56 deletions(-)

diff --git a/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml b/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml
index 08d5b824552..a9b579d87a9 100644
--- a/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml
+++ b/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml
@@ -4387,6 +4387,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_vacuum</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time a manual vacuum on this table was attempted but skipped due to
+       lock unavailability (not counting <command>VACUUM FULL</command>)
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>last_autovacuum</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
@@ -4397,6 +4407,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_autovacuum</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time a vacuum on this table by the autovacuum daemon was attempted
+       but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>last_analyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
@@ -4406,6 +4426,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_analyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time a manual analyze on this table was attempted but skipped due to
+       lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>last_autoanalyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
@@ -4416,6 +4446,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_autoanalyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time at which an analyze on this table by the autovacuum was
+       attempted but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>vacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4426,6 +4466,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_vacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times manual vacuums on this table have been attempted but skipped
+       due to lock unavailability (not counting <command>VACUUM FULL</command>)
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>autovacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4436,6 +4486,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_autovacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times vacuums on this table by the autovacuum daemon have been
+       attempted but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>analyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4445,6 +4505,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_analyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times manual analyzes on this table have been attempted but
+       skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>autoanalyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4455,6 +4525,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_autoanalyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times analyzes on this table by the autovacuum daemon have
+       been attempted but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>total_vacuum_time</structfield> <type>double precision</type>
@@ -4510,6 +4590,14 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
    </tgroup>
   </table>
 
+  <note>
+   <para>
+    When a manual vacuum or analyze on a parent table in an inheritance or
+    partitioning hierarchy is skipped, the statistics are recorded only for
+    the parent table, not for its children.
+   </para>
+  </note>
+
  </sect2>
 
  <sect2 id="monitoring-pg-stat-autovacuum-scores-view">
diff --git a/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql b/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql
index 73a1c1c4670..f509fc7876b 100644
--- a/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql
+++ b/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql
@@ -736,13 +736,21 @@ CREATE VIEW pg_stat_all_tables AS
             pg_stat_get_mod_since_analyze(C.oid) AS n_mod_since_analyze,
             pg_stat_get_ins_since_vacuum(C.oid) AS n_ins_since_vacuum,
             pg_stat_get_last_vacuum_time(C.oid) as last_vacuum,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_vacuum,
             pg_stat_get_last_autovacuum_time(C.oid) as last_autovacuum,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_autovacuum,
             pg_stat_get_last_analyze_time(C.oid) as last_analyze,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_analyze,
             pg_stat_get_last_autoanalyze_time(C.oid) as last_autoanalyze,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_autoanalyze,
             pg_stat_get_vacuum_count(C.oid) AS vacuum_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count(C.oid) AS skipped_vacuum_count,
             pg_stat_get_autovacuum_count(C.oid) AS autovacuum_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count(C.oid) AS skipped_autovacuum_count,
             pg_stat_get_analyze_count(C.oid) AS analyze_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count(C.oid) AS skipped_analyze_count,
             pg_stat_get_autoanalyze_count(C.oid) AS autoanalyze_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count(C.oid) AS skipped_autoanalyze_count,
             pg_stat_get_total_vacuum_time(C.oid) AS total_vacuum_time,
             pg_stat_get_total_autovacuum_time(C.oid) AS total_autovacuum_time,
             pg_stat_get_total_analyze_time(C.oid) AS total_analyze_time,
diff --git a/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c b/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c
index 99d0db82ed7..df6526225e4 100644
--- a/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c
+++ b/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c
@@ -793,8 +793,25 @@ vacuum_open_relation(Oid relid, RangeVar *relation, uint32 options,
 		rel = try_relation_open(relid, NoLock);
 	else
 	{
+		int flags = 0;
 		rel = NULL;
 		rel_lock = false;
+
+		if ((options & VACOPT_VACUUM) != 0 && (options & VACOPT_FULL) == 0)
+		{
+			if (AmAutoVacuumWorkerProcess())
+				flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOVACUUM;
+			else
+				flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM;
+		}
+		if ((options & VACOPT_ANALYZE) != 0)
+		{
+			if (AmAutoVacuumWorkerProcess())
+				flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOANALYZE;
+			else
+				flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE;
+		}
+		pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(relid, flags);
 	}
 
 	/* if relation is opened, leave */
@@ -905,7 +922,6 @@ expand_vacuum_rel(VacuumRelation *vrel, MemoryContext vac_context,
 		Form_pg_class classForm;
 		bool		include_children;
 		bool		is_partitioned_table;
-		int			rvr_opts;
 
 		/*
 		 * Since autovacuum workers supply OIDs when calling vacuum(), no
@@ -918,29 +934,69 @@ expand_vacuum_rel(VacuumRelation *vrel, MemoryContext vac_context,
 		 * below, as well as find_all_inheritors's expectation that the caller
 		 * holds some lock on the starting relation.
 		 */
-		rvr_opts = (options & VACOPT_SKIP_LOCKED) ? RVR_SKIP_LOCKED : 0;
-		relid = RangeVarGetRelidExtended(vrel->relation,
-										 AccessShareLock,
-										 rvr_opts,
-										 NULL, NULL);
-
-		/*
-		 * If the lock is unavailable, emit the same log statement that
-		 * vacuum_rel() and analyze_rel() would.
-		 */
-		if (!OidIsValid(relid))
+		if (!(options & VACOPT_SKIP_LOCKED))
 		{
-			if (options & VACOPT_VACUUM)
-				ereport(WARNING,
-						(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
-						 errmsg("skipping vacuum of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
-								vrel->relation->relname)));
-			else
-				ereport(WARNING,
-						(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
-						 errmsg("skipping analyze of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
+			relid = RangeVarGetRelidExtended(vrel->relation,
+											 AccessShareLock,
+											 0, NULL, NULL);
+			if (!OidIsValid(relid))
+				return vacrels;
+		}
+		else
+		{
+			/* Get relid for reporting before taking a lock */
+			relid = RangeVarGetRelid(vrel->relation, NoLock, false);
+
+			if (!ConditionalLockRelationOid(relid, AccessShareLock))
+			{
+				int	flags = 0;
+				/*
+				 * If the lock is unavailable, emit the same log statement that
+				 * vacuum_rel() and analyze_rel() would.
+				 */
+				if (options & VACOPT_VACUUM)
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping vacuum of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
 								vrel->relation->relname)));
-			return vacrels;
+				else
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping analyze of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
+									vrel->relation->relname)));
+
+				if ((options & VACOPT_VACUUM) != 0 && (options & VACOPT_FULL) == 0)
+					flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM;
+				if ((options & VACOPT_ANALYZE) != 0)
+					flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE;
+
+				pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(relid, flags);
+
+				return vacrels;
+			}
+
+			/*
+			 * Now that we have the lock, probe to see if the relation really
+			 * exists or not.
+			 */
+			if (!SearchSysCacheExists1(RELOID, ObjectIdGetDatum(relid)))
+			{
+				if (options & VACOPT_VACUUM)
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_UNDEFINED_TABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping vacuum of \"%s\" --- relation no longer exists",
+									vrel->relation->relname)));
+				else
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_UNDEFINED_TABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping analyze of \"%s\" --- relation no longer exists",
+									vrel->relation->relname)));
+
+				/* Release useless lock */
+				UnlockRelationOid(relid, AccessShareLock);
+
+				return vacrels;
+			}
 		}
 
 		/*
diff --git a/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c b/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c
index b2ca28f83ba..532d9023f8c 100644
--- a/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c
+++ b/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c
@@ -17,12 +17,14 @@
 
 #include "postgres.h"
 
+#include "access/htup_details.h"
 #include "access/twophase_rmgr.h"
 #include "access/xact.h"
 #include "catalog/catalog.h"
 #include "utils/memutils.h"
 #include "utils/pgstat_internal.h"
 #include "utils/rel.h"
+#include "utils/syscache.h"
 #include "utils/timestamp.h"
 
 
@@ -367,6 +369,68 @@ pgstat_report_analyze(Relation rel,
 	(void) pgstat_flush_backend(false, PGSTAT_BACKEND_FLUSH_IO);
 }
 
+/*
+ * Report that the table was skipped during vacuum or/and analyze.
+ */
+void
+pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(Oid relid, int flags)
+{
+	PgStat_EntryRef *entry_ref;
+	PgStatShared_Relation *shtabentry;
+	PgStat_StatTabEntry *tabentry;
+	TimestampTz ts;
+	HeapTuple	classTup;
+	bool		isshared;
+
+	if (!pgstat_track_counts || !flags)
+		return;
+
+	classTup = SearchSysCache1(RELOID, ObjectIdGetDatum(relid));
+	if (!HeapTupleIsValid(classTup))
+		return;			/* somebody deleted the rel, forget it */
+	isshared = ((Form_pg_class) GETSTRUCT(classTup))->relisshared;
+	ReleaseSysCache(classTup);
+
+	/* Store the data in the table's hash table entry. */
+	ts = GetCurrentTimestamp();
+
+	/* block acquiring lock for the same reason as pgstat_report_autovac() */
+	entry_ref = pgstat_get_entry_ref_locked(PGSTAT_KIND_RELATION,
+											isshared ? InvalidOid : MyDatabaseId,
+											relid, false);
+
+	shtabentry = (PgStatShared_Relation *) entry_ref->shared_stats;
+	tabentry = &shtabentry->stats;
+
+	if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM)
+	{
+		tabentry->last_skipped_vacuum_time = ts;
+		tabentry->skipped_vacuum_count++;
+	}
+	else if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOVACUUM)
+	{
+		tabentry->last_skipped_autovacuum_time = ts;
+		tabentry->skipped_autovacuum_count++;
+	}
+
+	if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE)
+	{
+		tabentry->last_skipped_analyze_time = ts;
+		tabentry->skipped_analyze_count++;
+	}
+	else if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOANALYZE)
+	{
+		tabentry->last_skipped_autoanalyze_time = ts;
+		tabentry->skipped_autoanalyze_count++;
+	}
+
+	pgstat_unlock_entry(entry_ref);
+
+	/* see pgstat_report_vacuum() */
+	pgstat_flush_io(false);
+	(void) pgstat_flush_backend(false, PGSTAT_BACKEND_FLUSH_IO);
+}
+
 /*
  * count a tuple insertion of n tuples
  */
diff --git a/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c b/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c
index 1408de387ea..90a8968faa0 100644
--- a/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c
+++ b/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c
@@ -84,6 +84,18 @@ PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(mod_since_analyze)
 /* pg_stat_get_numscans */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(numscans)
 
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_analyze_count)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_autoanalyze_count)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_autovacuum_count)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_vacuum_count)
+
 /* pg_stat_get_tuples_deleted */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(tuples_deleted)
 
@@ -170,6 +182,18 @@ PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_vacuum_time)
 /* pg_stat_get_lastscan */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(lastscan)
 
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_analyze_time)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_autoanalyze_time)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_autovacuum_time)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_vacuum_time)
+
 /* pg_stat_get_stat_reset_time */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(stat_reset_time)
 
diff --git a/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat b/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat
index fa9ae79082b..32debb34863 100644
--- a/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat
+++ b/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat
@@ -5680,6 +5680,38 @@
   proargmodes => '{o,o,o,o,o,o,o,o,o,o}',
   proargnames => '{oid,score,xid_score,mxid_score,vacuum_score,vacuum_insert_score,analyze_score,do_vacuum,do_analyze,for_wraparound}',
   prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_autovacuum_scores' },
+{ oid => '8142', descr => 'statistics: last skipped vacuum time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time' },
+{ oid => '8143', descr => 'statistics: last skipped auto vacuum time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time' },
+{ oid => '8144', descr => 'statistics: last skipped analyze time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time' },
+{ oid => '8145', descr => 'statistics: last skipped auto analyze time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time' },
+{ oid => '8146', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped vacuum for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count' },
+{ oid => '8147', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped auto vacuum for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count' },
+{ oid => '8148', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped analyzes for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count' },
+{ oid => '8149', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped auto analyzes for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count' },
 { oid => '1936', descr => 'statistics: currently active backend IDs',
   proname => 'pg_stat_get_backend_idset', prorows => '100', proretset => 't',
   provolatile => 's', proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int4',
diff --git a/src/include/pgstat.h b/src/include/pgstat.h
index dfa2e837638..98941f953d1 100644
--- a/src/include/pgstat.h
+++ b/src/include/pgstat.h
@@ -479,6 +479,15 @@ typedef struct PgStat_StatTabEntry
 	TimestampTz last_autoanalyze_time;	/* autovacuum initiated */
 	PgStat_Counter autoanalyze_count;
 
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_vacuum_time;	/* user initiated vacuum */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_vacuum_count;
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_autovacuum_time;	/* autovacuum initiated */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_autovacuum_count;
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_analyze_time;	/* user initiated */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_analyze_count;
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_autoanalyze_time;	/* autovacuum initiated */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_autoanalyze_count;
+
 	PgStat_Counter total_vacuum_time;	/* times in milliseconds */
 	PgStat_Counter total_autovacuum_time;
 	PgStat_Counter total_analyze_time;
@@ -703,6 +712,13 @@ extern void pgstat_report_analyze(Relation rel,
 								  PgStat_Counter livetuples, PgStat_Counter deadtuples,
 								  bool resetcounter, TimestampTz starttime);
 
+/* flags for pgstat_flush_backend() */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM		(1 << 0)	/* vacuum is skipped */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE		(1 << 1)	/* analyze is skipped */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOVACUUM	(1 << 2)	/* autovacuum is skipped */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOANALYZE	(1 << 3)	/* autoanalyze is skipped */
+extern void pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(Oid relid, int flags);
+
 /*
  * If stats are enabled, but pending data hasn't been prepared yet, call
  * pgstat_assoc_relation() to do so. See its comment for why this is done
diff --git a/src/test/isolation/expected/vacuum-skip-locked.out b/src/test/isolation/expected/vacuum-skip-locked.out
index 99db281a159..e2cff175b7c 100644
--- a/src/test/isolation/expected/vacuum-skip-locked.out
+++ b/src/test/isolation/expected/vacuum-skip-locked.out
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 Parsed test spec with 2 sessions
 
-starting permutation: lock_share vac_specified commit
+starting permutation: lock_share vac_specified commit check_stat
 step lock_share: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN SHARE MODE;
@@ -10,8 +10,22 @@ step vac_specified: VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED) part1, part2;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
 
-starting permutation: lock_share vac_all_parts commit
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   1|            0|                    0
+part2  |           1|                   0|            0|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
+
+starting permutation: lock_share vac_all_parts commit check_stat
 step lock_share: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN SHARE MODE;
@@ -20,8 +34,22 @@ step vac_all_parts: VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED) parted;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   1|            0|                    0
+part2  |           1|                   0|            0|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
 
-starting permutation: lock_share analyze_specified commit
+starting permutation: lock_share analyze_specified commit check_stat
 step lock_share: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN SHARE MODE;
@@ -31,8 +59,22 @@ step analyze_specified: ANALYZE (SKIP_LOCKED) part1, part2;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
 
-starting permutation: lock_share analyze_all_parts commit
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   0|            0|                    1
+part2  |           0|                   0|            1|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
+
+starting permutation: lock_share analyze_all_parts commit check_stat
 step lock_share: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN SHARE MODE;
@@ -41,8 +83,22 @@ step analyze_all_parts: ANALYZE (SKIP_LOCKED) parted;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            1|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   0|            0|                    1
+part2  |           0|                   0|            1|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
 
-starting permutation: lock_share vac_analyze_specified commit
+starting permutation: lock_share vac_analyze_specified commit check_stat
 step lock_share: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN SHARE MODE;
@@ -52,8 +108,22 @@ step vac_analyze_specified: VACUUM (ANALYZE, SKIP_LOCKED) part1, part2;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
 
-starting permutation: lock_share vac_analyze_all_parts commit
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   1|            0|                    1
+part2  |           1|                   0|            1|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
+
+starting permutation: lock_share vac_analyze_all_parts commit check_stat
 step lock_share: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN SHARE MODE;
@@ -62,8 +132,22 @@ step vac_analyze_all_parts: VACUUM (ANALYZE, SKIP_LOCKED) parted;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            1|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   1|            0|                    1
+part2  |           1|                   0|            1|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
 
-starting permutation: lock_share vac_full_specified commit
+starting permutation: lock_share vac_full_specified commit check_stat
 step lock_share: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN SHARE MODE;
@@ -73,8 +157,22 @@ step vac_full_specified: VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED, FULL) part1, part2;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
 
-starting permutation: lock_share vac_full_all_parts commit
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part2  |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
+
+starting permutation: lock_share vac_full_all_parts commit check_stat
 step lock_share: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN SHARE MODE;
@@ -83,8 +181,22 @@ step vac_full_all_parts: VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED, FULL) parted;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part2  |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+(3 rows)
 
-starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_specified commit
+
+starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_specified commit check_stat
 step lock_access_exclusive: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN ACCESS EXCLUSIVE MODE;
@@ -94,8 +206,22 @@ step vac_specified: VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED) part1, part2;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   1|            0|                    0
+part2  |           1|                   0|            0|                    0
+(3 rows)
 
-starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_all_parts commit
+
+starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_all_parts commit check_stat
 step lock_access_exclusive: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN ACCESS EXCLUSIVE MODE;
@@ -104,8 +230,22 @@ step vac_all_parts: VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED) parted;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   1|            0|                    0
+part2  |           1|                   0|            0|                    0
+(3 rows)
 
-starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive analyze_specified commit
+
+starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive analyze_specified commit check_stat
 step lock_access_exclusive: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN ACCESS EXCLUSIVE MODE;
@@ -115,8 +255,22 @@ step analyze_specified: ANALYZE (SKIP_LOCKED) part1, part2;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   0|            0|                    1
+part2  |           0|                   0|            1|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
 
-starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive analyze_all_parts commit
+starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive analyze_all_parts commit check_stat
 step lock_access_exclusive: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN ACCESS EXCLUSIVE MODE;
@@ -126,8 +280,22 @@ step commit:
 	COMMIT;
 
 step analyze_all_parts: <... completed>
-
-starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_analyze_specified commit
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            1|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   0|            1|                    0
+part2  |           0|                   0|            1|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
+
+starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_analyze_specified commit check_stat
 step lock_access_exclusive: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN ACCESS EXCLUSIVE MODE;
@@ -137,8 +305,22 @@ step vac_analyze_specified: VACUUM (ANALYZE, SKIP_LOCKED) part1, part2;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   1|            0|                    1
+part2  |           1|                   0|            1|                    0
+(3 rows)
 
-starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_analyze_all_parts commit
+
+starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_analyze_all_parts commit check_stat
 step lock_access_exclusive: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN ACCESS EXCLUSIVE MODE;
@@ -148,8 +330,22 @@ step commit:
 	COMMIT;
 
 step vac_analyze_all_parts: <... completed>
-
-starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_full_specified commit
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            1|                    0
+part1  |           1|                   0|            1|                    0
+part2  |           1|                   0|            1|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
+
+starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_full_specified commit check_stat
 step lock_access_exclusive: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN ACCESS EXCLUSIVE MODE;
@@ -159,8 +355,22 @@ step vac_full_specified: VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED, FULL) part1, part2;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
 
-starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_full_all_parts commit
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part2  |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
+
+starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_full_all_parts commit check_stat
 step lock_access_exclusive: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN ACCESS EXCLUSIVE MODE;
@@ -169,3 +379,17 @@ step vac_full_all_parts: VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED, FULL) parted;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part2  |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
diff --git a/src/test/isolation/specs/vacuum-skip-locked.spec b/src/test/isolation/specs/vacuum-skip-locked.spec
index 3fad6e1c92a..b0da75d4b6d 100644
--- a/src/test/isolation/specs/vacuum-skip-locked.spec
+++ b/src/test/isolation/specs/vacuum-skip-locked.spec
@@ -33,6 +33,15 @@ step commit
 	COMMIT;
 }
 
+step check_stat
+{
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+}
+
 session s2
 step vac_specified			{ VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED) part1, part2; }
 step vac_all_parts			{ VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED) parted; }
@@ -43,19 +52,19 @@ step vac_analyze_all_parts	{ VACUUM (ANALYZE, SKIP_LOCKED) parted; }
 step vac_full_specified		{ VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED, FULL) part1, part2; }
 step vac_full_all_parts		{ VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED, FULL) parted; }
 
-permutation lock_share vac_specified commit
-permutation lock_share vac_all_parts commit
-permutation lock_share analyze_specified commit
-permutation lock_share analyze_all_parts commit
-permutation lock_share vac_analyze_specified commit
-permutation lock_share vac_analyze_all_parts commit
-permutation lock_share vac_full_specified commit
-permutation lock_share vac_full_all_parts commit
-permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_specified commit
-permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_all_parts commit
-permutation lock_access_exclusive analyze_specified commit
-permutation lock_access_exclusive analyze_all_parts commit
-permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_analyze_specified commit
-permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_analyze_all_parts commit
-permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_full_specified commit
-permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_full_all_parts commit
+permutation lock_share vac_specified commit check_stat
+permutation lock_share vac_all_parts commit check_stat
+permutation lock_share analyze_specified commit check_stat
+permutation lock_share analyze_all_parts commit check_stat
+permutation lock_share vac_analyze_specified commit check_stat
+permutation lock_share vac_analyze_all_parts commit check_stat
+permutation lock_share vac_full_specified commit check_stat
+permutation lock_share vac_full_all_parts commit check_stat
+permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_specified commit check_stat
+permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_all_parts commit check_stat
+permutation lock_access_exclusive analyze_specified commit check_stat
+permutation lock_access_exclusive analyze_all_parts commit check_stat
+permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_analyze_specified commit check_stat
+permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_analyze_all_parts commit check_stat
+permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_full_specified commit check_stat
+permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_full_all_parts commit check_stat
diff --git a/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out b/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out
index a65a5bf0c4f..9b2075d3373 100644
--- a/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out
+++ b/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out
@@ -1835,13 +1835,21 @@ pg_stat_all_tables| SELECT c.oid AS relid,
     pg_stat_get_mod_since_analyze(c.oid) AS n_mod_since_analyze,
     pg_stat_get_ins_since_vacuum(c.oid) AS n_ins_since_vacuum,
     pg_stat_get_last_vacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_vacuum,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_vacuum,
     pg_stat_get_last_autovacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_autovacuum,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_autovacuum,
     pg_stat_get_last_analyze_time(c.oid) AS last_analyze,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_analyze,
     pg_stat_get_last_autoanalyze_time(c.oid) AS last_autoanalyze,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_autoanalyze,
     pg_stat_get_vacuum_count(c.oid) AS vacuum_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count(c.oid) AS skipped_vacuum_count,
     pg_stat_get_autovacuum_count(c.oid) AS autovacuum_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count(c.oid) AS skipped_autovacuum_count,
     pg_stat_get_analyze_count(c.oid) AS analyze_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count(c.oid) AS skipped_analyze_count,
     pg_stat_get_autoanalyze_count(c.oid) AS autoanalyze_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count(c.oid) AS skipped_autoanalyze_count,
     pg_stat_get_total_vacuum_time(c.oid) AS total_vacuum_time,
     pg_stat_get_total_autovacuum_time(c.oid) AS total_autovacuum_time,
     pg_stat_get_total_analyze_time(c.oid) AS total_analyze_time,
@@ -2346,13 +2354,21 @@ pg_stat_sys_tables| SELECT relid,
     n_mod_since_analyze,
     n_ins_since_vacuum,
     last_vacuum,
+    last_skipped_vacuum,
     last_autovacuum,
+    last_skipped_autovacuum,
     last_analyze,
+    last_skipped_analyze,
     last_autoanalyze,
+    last_skipped_autoanalyze,
     vacuum_count,
+    skipped_vacuum_count,
     autovacuum_count,
+    skipped_autovacuum_count,
     analyze_count,
+    skipped_analyze_count,
     autoanalyze_count,
+    skipped_autoanalyze_count,
     total_vacuum_time,
     total_autovacuum_time,
     total_analyze_time,
@@ -2401,13 +2417,21 @@ pg_stat_user_tables| SELECT relid,
     n_mod_since_analyze,
     n_ins_since_vacuum,
     last_vacuum,
+    last_skipped_vacuum,
     last_autovacuum,
+    last_skipped_autovacuum,
     last_analyze,
+    last_skipped_analyze,
     last_autoanalyze,
+    last_skipped_autoanalyze,
     vacuum_count,
+    skipped_vacuum_count,
     autovacuum_count,
+    skipped_autovacuum_count,
     analyze_count,
+    skipped_analyze_count,
     autoanalyze_count,
+    skipped_autoanalyze_count,
     total_vacuum_time,
     total_autovacuum_time,
     total_analyze_time,
-- 
2.43.0


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* [PATCH v3] Track skipped vacuum and analyze activity per relation
@ 2026-03-24 04:09 Yugo Nagata <[email protected]>
  0 siblings, 0 replies; 374+ messages in thread

From: Yugo Nagata @ 2026-03-24 04:09 UTC (permalink / raw)

This commit adds eight fields to the relation statistics that track
the last time vacuum or analyze has been attempted but skipped due to
lock unavailability, along with their counts:

-    last_skipped_vacuum
-    last_skipped_autovacuum
-    last_skipped_analyze
-    last_skipped_autoanalyze
-    skipped_vacuum_count
-    skipped_autovacuum_count
-    skipped_analyze_count
-    skipped_autoanalyze_count

These field can help users confirm that autovacuum is actively attempting
to run on a table that has not been vacuumed or analyzed for a long time,
and that the lack of progress is due to repeated skips rather than inactivity.
---
 doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml                 | 80 +++++++++++++++++
 src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql         |  8 ++
 src/backend/commands/vacuum.c                | 95 +++++++++++++++-----
 src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c | 68 ++++++++++++++
 src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c          | 24 +++++
 src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat              | 32 +++++++
 src/include/pgstat.h                         | 16 ++++
 src/test/regress/expected/rules.out          | 24 +++++
 8 files changed, 324 insertions(+), 23 deletions(-)

diff --git a/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml b/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml
index bb75ed1069b..9ec8070b2fc 100644
--- a/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml
+++ b/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml
@@ -4372,6 +4372,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_vacuum</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time a manual vacuum on this table was attempted but skipped due to
+       lock unavailability (not counting <command>VACUUM FULL</command>)
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>last_autovacuum</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
@@ -4382,6 +4392,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_autovacuum</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time a vacuum on this table by the autovacuum daemon was attempted
+       but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>last_analyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
@@ -4391,6 +4411,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_analyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time a manual analyze on this table was attempted but skipped due to
+       lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>last_autoanalyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
@@ -4401,6 +4431,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_autoanalyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time at which an analyze on this table by the autovacuum was
+       attempted but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>vacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4411,6 +4451,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_vacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times vacuums on this table have been attempted but skipped
+       due to lock unavailability (not counting <command>VACUUM FULL</command>)
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>autovacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4421,6 +4471,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_autovacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times vacuums on this table by the autovacuum daemon have been
+       attempted but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>analyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4430,6 +4490,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_analyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times manual analyzes on this table have been attempted but
+       skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>autoanalyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4440,6 +4510,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_autoanalyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times analyzes on this table by the autovacuum daemon have
+       been attempted but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>total_vacuum_time</structfield> <type>double precision</type>
diff --git a/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql b/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql
index e54018004db..2ca02a0354c 100644
--- a/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql
+++ b/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql
@@ -736,13 +736,21 @@ CREATE VIEW pg_stat_all_tables AS
             pg_stat_get_mod_since_analyze(C.oid) AS n_mod_since_analyze,
             pg_stat_get_ins_since_vacuum(C.oid) AS n_ins_since_vacuum,
             pg_stat_get_last_vacuum_time(C.oid) as last_vacuum,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_vacuum,
             pg_stat_get_last_autovacuum_time(C.oid) as last_autovacuum,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_autovacuum,
             pg_stat_get_last_analyze_time(C.oid) as last_analyze,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_analyze,
             pg_stat_get_last_autoanalyze_time(C.oid) as last_autoanalyze,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_autoanalyze,
             pg_stat_get_vacuum_count(C.oid) AS vacuum_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count(C.oid) AS skipped_vacuum_count,
             pg_stat_get_autovacuum_count(C.oid) AS autovacuum_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count(C.oid) AS skipped_autovacuum_count,
             pg_stat_get_analyze_count(C.oid) AS analyze_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count(C.oid) AS skipped_analyze_count,
             pg_stat_get_autoanalyze_count(C.oid) AS autoanalyze_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count(C.oid) AS skipped_autoanalyze_count,
             pg_stat_get_total_vacuum_time(C.oid) AS total_vacuum_time,
             pg_stat_get_total_autovacuum_time(C.oid) AS total_autovacuum_time,
             pg_stat_get_total_analyze_time(C.oid) AS total_analyze_time,
diff --git a/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c b/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c
index bce3a2daa24..ce83b3171be 100644
--- a/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c
+++ b/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c
@@ -792,8 +792,18 @@ vacuum_open_relation(Oid relid, RangeVar *relation, bits32 options,
 		rel = try_relation_open(relid, NoLock);
 	else
 	{
+		bits8 flags = 0;
 		rel = NULL;
 		rel_lock = false;
+
+		if ((options & VACOPT_VACUUM) != 0)
+			flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM;
+		if ((options & VACOPT_ANALYZE) != 0)
+			flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE;
+		if (AmAutoVacuumWorkerProcess())
+			flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOVAC;
+
+		pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(relid, flags);
 	}
 
 	/* if relation is opened, leave */
@@ -801,7 +811,7 @@ vacuum_open_relation(Oid relid, RangeVar *relation, bits32 options,
 		return rel;
 
 	/*
-	 * Relation could not be opened, hence generate if possible a log
+	 * Relation could not be opened hence generate if possible a log
 	 * informing on the situation.
 	 *
 	 * If the RangeVar is not defined, we do not have enough information to
@@ -904,7 +914,6 @@ expand_vacuum_rel(VacuumRelation *vrel, MemoryContext vac_context,
 		Form_pg_class classForm;
 		bool		include_children;
 		bool		is_partitioned_table;
-		int			rvr_opts;
 
 		/*
 		 * Since autovacuum workers supply OIDs when calling vacuum(), no
@@ -917,29 +926,69 @@ expand_vacuum_rel(VacuumRelation *vrel, MemoryContext vac_context,
 		 * below, as well as find_all_inheritors's expectation that the caller
 		 * holds some lock on the starting relation.
 		 */
-		rvr_opts = (options & VACOPT_SKIP_LOCKED) ? RVR_SKIP_LOCKED : 0;
-		relid = RangeVarGetRelidExtended(vrel->relation,
-										 AccessShareLock,
-										 rvr_opts,
-										 NULL, NULL);
-
-		/*
-		 * If the lock is unavailable, emit the same log statement that
-		 * vacuum_rel() and analyze_rel() would.
-		 */
-		if (!OidIsValid(relid))
+		if (!(options & VACOPT_SKIP_LOCKED))
 		{
-			if (options & VACOPT_VACUUM)
-				ereport(WARNING,
-						(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
-						 errmsg("skipping vacuum of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
-								vrel->relation->relname)));
-			else
-				ereport(WARNING,
-						(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
-						 errmsg("skipping analyze of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
+			relid = RangeVarGetRelidExtended(vrel->relation,
+											 AccessShareLock,
+											 0, NULL, NULL);
+			if (!OidIsValid(relid))
+				return vacrels;
+		}
+		else
+		{
+			/* Get relid for reporting before taking a lock */
+			relid = RangeVarGetRelid(vrel->relation, NoLock, false);
+
+			if (!ConditionalLockRelationOid(relid, AccessShareLock))
+			{
+				bits8	flags = 0;
+				/*
+				 * If the lock is unavailable, emit the same log statement that
+				 * vacuum_rel() and analyze_rel() would.
+				 */
+				if (options & VACOPT_VACUUM)
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping vacuum of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
 								vrel->relation->relname)));
-			return vacrels;
+				else
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping analyze of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
+									vrel->relation->relname)));
+
+				if ((options & VACOPT_VACUUM) != 0)
+					flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM;
+				if ((options & VACOPT_ANALYZE) != 0)
+					flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE;
+
+				pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(relid, flags);
+
+				return vacrels;
+			}
+
+			/*
+			 * Now that we have the lock, probe to see if the relation really
+			 * exists or not.
+			 */
+			if (!SearchSysCacheExists1(RELOID, ObjectIdGetDatum(relid)))
+			{
+				if (options & VACOPT_VACUUM)
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_UNDEFINED_TABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping vacuum of \"%s\" --- relation no longer exists",
+									vrel->relation->relname)));
+				else
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_UNDEFINED_TABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping analyze of \"%s\" --- relation no longer exists",
+									vrel->relation->relname)));
+
+				/* Release useless lock */
+				UnlockRelationOid(relid, AccessShareLock);
+
+				return vacrels;
+			}
 		}
 
 		/*
diff --git a/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c b/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c
index bc8c43b96aa..cec4c88980e 100644
--- a/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c
+++ b/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c
@@ -17,6 +17,7 @@
 
 #include "postgres.h"
 
+#include "access/htup_details.h"
 #include "access/twophase_rmgr.h"
 #include "access/xact.h"
 #include "catalog/catalog.h"
@@ -366,6 +367,73 @@ pgstat_report_analyze(Relation rel,
 	(void) pgstat_flush_backend(false, PGSTAT_BACKEND_FLUSH_IO);
 }
 
+/*
+ * Report that the table was skipped during vacuum or/and analyze.
+ */
+void
+pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(Oid relid, bits8 flags)
+{
+	PgStat_EntryRef *entry_ref;
+	PgStatShared_Relation *shtabentry;
+	PgStat_StatTabEntry *tabentry;
+	TimestampTz ts;
+	HeapTuple	classTup;
+	bool		isshared;
+
+	if (!pgstat_track_counts || !(flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANY))
+		return;
+
+	classTup = SearchSysCache1(RELOID, ObjectIdGetDatum(relid));
+	if (!HeapTupleIsValid(classTup))
+		return;			/* somebody deleted the rel, forget it */
+	isshared = ((Form_pg_class) GETSTRUCT(classTup))->relisshared;
+	ReleaseSysCache(classTup);
+
+	/* Store the data in the table's hash table entry. */
+	ts = GetCurrentTimestamp();
+
+	/* block acquiring lock for the same reason as pgstat_report_autovac() */
+	entry_ref = pgstat_get_entry_ref_locked(PGSTAT_KIND_RELATION,
+											isshared ? InvalidOid : MyDatabaseId,
+											relid, false);
+
+	shtabentry = (PgStatShared_Relation *) entry_ref->shared_stats;
+	tabentry = &shtabentry->stats;
+
+	if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOVAC)
+	{
+		if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM)
+		{
+			tabentry->last_skipped_autovacuum_time = ts;
+			tabentry->skipped_autovacuum_count++;
+		}
+		if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE)
+		{
+			tabentry->last_skipped_autoanalyze_time = ts;
+			tabentry->skipped_autoanalyze_count++;
+		}
+	}
+	else
+	{
+		if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM)
+		{
+			tabentry->last_skipped_vacuum_time = ts;
+			tabentry->skipped_vacuum_count++;
+		}
+		if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE)
+		{
+			tabentry->last_skipped_analyze_time = ts;
+			tabentry->skipped_analyze_count++;
+		}
+	}
+
+	pgstat_unlock_entry(entry_ref);
+
+	/* see pgstat_report_vacuum() */
+	pgstat_flush_io(false);
+	(void) pgstat_flush_backend(false, PGSTAT_BACKEND_FLUSH_IO);
+}
+
 /*
  * count a tuple insertion of n tuples
  */
diff --git a/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c b/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c
index 9185a8e6b83..18aaa3996e1 100644
--- a/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c
+++ b/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c
@@ -84,6 +84,18 @@ PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(mod_since_analyze)
 /* pg_stat_get_numscans */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(numscans)
 
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_analyze_count)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_autoanalyze_count)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_autovacuum_count)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_vacuum_count)
+
 /* pg_stat_get_tuples_deleted */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(tuples_deleted)
 
@@ -170,6 +182,18 @@ PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_vacuum_time)
 /* pg_stat_get_lastscan */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(lastscan)
 
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_analyze_time)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_autoanalyze_time)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_autovacuum_time)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_vacuum_time)
+
 /* pg_stat_get_stat_reset_time */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(stat_reset_time)
 
diff --git a/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat b/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat
index 0118e970dda..ccfe3d9e02a 100644
--- a/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat
+++ b/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat
@@ -5667,6 +5667,38 @@
   proname => 'pg_stat_get_total_autoanalyze_time', provolatile => 's',
   proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'float8', proargtypes => 'oid',
   prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_total_autoanalyze_time' },
+{ oid => '8142', descr => 'statistics: last skipped vacuum time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time' },
+{ oid => '8143', descr => 'statistics: last skipped auto vacuum time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time' },
+{ oid => '8144', descr => 'statistics: last skipped analyze time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time' },
+{ oid => '8145', descr => 'statistics: last skipped auto analyze time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time' },
+{ oid => '8146', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped vacuum for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count' },
+{ oid => '8147', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped auto vacuum for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count' },
+{ oid => '8148', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped analyzes for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count' },
+{ oid => '8149', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped auto analyzes for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count' },
 { oid => '1936', descr => 'statistics: currently active backend IDs',
   proname => 'pg_stat_get_backend_idset', prorows => '100', proretset => 't',
   provolatile => 's', proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int4',
diff --git a/src/include/pgstat.h b/src/include/pgstat.h
index 8e3549c3752..343081a7a25 100644
--- a/src/include/pgstat.h
+++ b/src/include/pgstat.h
@@ -479,6 +479,15 @@ typedef struct PgStat_StatTabEntry
 	TimestampTz last_autoanalyze_time;	/* autovacuum initiated */
 	PgStat_Counter autoanalyze_count;
 
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_vacuum_time;	/* user initiated vacuum */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_vacuum_count;
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_autovacuum_time;	/* autovacuum initiated */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_autovacuum_count;
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_analyze_time;	/* user initiated */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_analyze_count;
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_autoanalyze_time;	/* autovacuum initiated */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_autoanalyze_count;
+
 	PgStat_Counter total_vacuum_time;	/* times in milliseconds */
 	PgStat_Counter total_autovacuum_time;
 	PgStat_Counter total_analyze_time;
@@ -707,6 +716,13 @@ extern void pgstat_report_analyze(Relation rel,
 								  PgStat_Counter livetuples, PgStat_Counter deadtuples,
 								  bool resetcounter, TimestampTz starttime);
 
+/* flags for pgstat_flush_backend() */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM	(1 << 0)	/* vacuum is skipped */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE	(1 << 1)	/* analyze is skipped */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOVAC	(1 << 2)	/* skipped during autovacuum/autoanalyze */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANY   (PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM | PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE)
+extern void pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(Oid relid, bits8 flags);
+
 /*
  * If stats are enabled, but pending data hasn't been prepared yet, call
  * pgstat_assoc_relation() to do so. See its comment for why this is done
diff --git a/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out b/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out
index 2b3cf6d8569..4ccfc43e903 100644
--- a/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out
+++ b/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out
@@ -1835,13 +1835,21 @@ pg_stat_all_tables| SELECT c.oid AS relid,
     pg_stat_get_mod_since_analyze(c.oid) AS n_mod_since_analyze,
     pg_stat_get_ins_since_vacuum(c.oid) AS n_ins_since_vacuum,
     pg_stat_get_last_vacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_vacuum,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_vacuum,
     pg_stat_get_last_autovacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_autovacuum,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_autovacuum,
     pg_stat_get_last_analyze_time(c.oid) AS last_analyze,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_analyze,
     pg_stat_get_last_autoanalyze_time(c.oid) AS last_autoanalyze,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_autoanalyze,
     pg_stat_get_vacuum_count(c.oid) AS vacuum_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count(c.oid) AS skipped_vacuum_count,
     pg_stat_get_autovacuum_count(c.oid) AS autovacuum_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count(c.oid) AS skipped_autovacuum_count,
     pg_stat_get_analyze_count(c.oid) AS analyze_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count(c.oid) AS skipped_analyze_count,
     pg_stat_get_autoanalyze_count(c.oid) AS autoanalyze_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count(c.oid) AS skipped_autoanalyze_count,
     pg_stat_get_total_vacuum_time(c.oid) AS total_vacuum_time,
     pg_stat_get_total_autovacuum_time(c.oid) AS total_autovacuum_time,
     pg_stat_get_total_analyze_time(c.oid) AS total_analyze_time,
@@ -2293,13 +2301,21 @@ pg_stat_sys_tables| SELECT relid,
     n_mod_since_analyze,
     n_ins_since_vacuum,
     last_vacuum,
+    last_skipped_vacuum,
     last_autovacuum,
+    last_skipped_autovacuum,
     last_analyze,
+    last_skipped_analyze,
     last_autoanalyze,
+    last_skipped_autoanalyze,
     vacuum_count,
+    skipped_vacuum_count,
     autovacuum_count,
+    skipped_autovacuum_count,
     analyze_count,
+    skipped_analyze_count,
     autoanalyze_count,
+    skipped_autoanalyze_count,
     total_vacuum_time,
     total_autovacuum_time,
     total_analyze_time,
@@ -2348,13 +2364,21 @@ pg_stat_user_tables| SELECT relid,
     n_mod_since_analyze,
     n_ins_since_vacuum,
     last_vacuum,
+    last_skipped_vacuum,
     last_autovacuum,
+    last_skipped_autovacuum,
     last_analyze,
+    last_skipped_analyze,
     last_autoanalyze,
+    last_skipped_autoanalyze,
     vacuum_count,
+    skipped_vacuum_count,
     autovacuum_count,
+    skipped_autovacuum_count,
     analyze_count,
+    skipped_analyze_count,
     autoanalyze_count,
+    skipped_autoanalyze_count,
     total_vacuum_time,
     total_autovacuum_time,
     total_analyze_time,
-- 
2.43.0


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* [PATCH v4] Track skipped vacuum and analyze activity per relation
@ 2026-03-24 04:09 Yugo Nagata <[email protected]>
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From: Yugo Nagata @ 2026-03-24 04:09 UTC (permalink / raw)

This commit adds eight fields to the relation statistics that track
the last time vacuum or analyze has been attempted but skipped due to
lock unavailability, along with their counts:

-    last_skipped_vacuum
-    last_skipped_autovacuum
-    last_skipped_analyze
-    last_skipped_autoanalyze
-    skipped_vacuum_count
-    skipped_autovacuum_count
-    skipped_analyze_count
-    skipped_autoanalyze_count

These field can help users confirm that autovacuum is actively attempting
to run on a table that has not been vacuumed or analyzed for a long time,
and that the lack of progress is due to repeated skips rather than inactivity.
---
 doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml                 |  88 ++++++++++++++++
 src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql         |   8 ++
 src/backend/commands/vacuum.c                | 102 ++++++++++++++-----
 src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c |  64 ++++++++++++
 src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c          |  24 +++++
 src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat              |  32 ++++++
 src/include/pgstat.h                         |  16 +++
 src/test/regress/expected/rules.out          |  24 +++++
 8 files changed, 335 insertions(+), 23 deletions(-)

diff --git a/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml b/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml
index 08d5b824552..a9b579d87a9 100644
--- a/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml
+++ b/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml
@@ -4387,6 +4387,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_vacuum</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time a manual vacuum on this table was attempted but skipped due to
+       lock unavailability (not counting <command>VACUUM FULL</command>)
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>last_autovacuum</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
@@ -4397,6 +4407,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_autovacuum</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time a vacuum on this table by the autovacuum daemon was attempted
+       but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>last_analyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
@@ -4406,6 +4426,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_analyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time a manual analyze on this table was attempted but skipped due to
+       lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>last_autoanalyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
@@ -4416,6 +4446,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_autoanalyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time at which an analyze on this table by the autovacuum was
+       attempted but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>vacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4426,6 +4466,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_vacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times manual vacuums on this table have been attempted but skipped
+       due to lock unavailability (not counting <command>VACUUM FULL</command>)
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>autovacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4436,6 +4486,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_autovacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times vacuums on this table by the autovacuum daemon have been
+       attempted but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>analyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4445,6 +4505,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_analyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times manual analyzes on this table have been attempted but
+       skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>autoanalyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4455,6 +4525,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_autoanalyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times analyzes on this table by the autovacuum daemon have
+       been attempted but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>total_vacuum_time</structfield> <type>double precision</type>
@@ -4510,6 +4590,14 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
    </tgroup>
   </table>
 
+  <note>
+   <para>
+    When a manual vacuum or analyze on a parent table in an inheritance or
+    partitioning hierarchy is skipped, the statistics are recorded only for
+    the parent table, not for its children.
+   </para>
+  </note>
+
  </sect2>
 
  <sect2 id="monitoring-pg-stat-autovacuum-scores-view">
diff --git a/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql b/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql
index 73a1c1c4670..f509fc7876b 100644
--- a/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql
+++ b/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql
@@ -736,13 +736,21 @@ CREATE VIEW pg_stat_all_tables AS
             pg_stat_get_mod_since_analyze(C.oid) AS n_mod_since_analyze,
             pg_stat_get_ins_since_vacuum(C.oid) AS n_ins_since_vacuum,
             pg_stat_get_last_vacuum_time(C.oid) as last_vacuum,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_vacuum,
             pg_stat_get_last_autovacuum_time(C.oid) as last_autovacuum,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_autovacuum,
             pg_stat_get_last_analyze_time(C.oid) as last_analyze,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_analyze,
             pg_stat_get_last_autoanalyze_time(C.oid) as last_autoanalyze,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_autoanalyze,
             pg_stat_get_vacuum_count(C.oid) AS vacuum_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count(C.oid) AS skipped_vacuum_count,
             pg_stat_get_autovacuum_count(C.oid) AS autovacuum_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count(C.oid) AS skipped_autovacuum_count,
             pg_stat_get_analyze_count(C.oid) AS analyze_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count(C.oid) AS skipped_analyze_count,
             pg_stat_get_autoanalyze_count(C.oid) AS autoanalyze_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count(C.oid) AS skipped_autoanalyze_count,
             pg_stat_get_total_vacuum_time(C.oid) AS total_vacuum_time,
             pg_stat_get_total_autovacuum_time(C.oid) AS total_autovacuum_time,
             pg_stat_get_total_analyze_time(C.oid) AS total_analyze_time,
diff --git a/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c b/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c
index 99d0db82ed7..97cd5ea8d10 100644
--- a/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c
+++ b/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c
@@ -793,8 +793,25 @@ vacuum_open_relation(Oid relid, RangeVar *relation, uint32 options,
 		rel = try_relation_open(relid, NoLock);
 	else
 	{
+		int flags = 0;
 		rel = NULL;
 		rel_lock = false;
+
+		if ((options & VACOPT_VACUUM) != 0)
+		{
+			if (AmAutoVacuumWorkerProcess())
+				flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOVACUUM;
+			else
+				flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM;
+		}
+		if ((options & VACOPT_ANALYZE) != 0)
+		{
+			if (AmAutoVacuumWorkerProcess())
+				flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOANALYZE;
+			else
+				flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE;
+		}
+		pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(relid, flags);
 	}
 
 	/* if relation is opened, leave */
@@ -802,7 +819,7 @@ vacuum_open_relation(Oid relid, RangeVar *relation, uint32 options,
 		return rel;
 
 	/*
-	 * Relation could not be opened, hence generate if possible a log
+	 * Relation could not be opened hence generate if possible a log
 	 * informing on the situation.
 	 *
 	 * If the RangeVar is not defined, we do not have enough information to
@@ -905,7 +922,6 @@ expand_vacuum_rel(VacuumRelation *vrel, MemoryContext vac_context,
 		Form_pg_class classForm;
 		bool		include_children;
 		bool		is_partitioned_table;
-		int			rvr_opts;
 
 		/*
 		 * Since autovacuum workers supply OIDs when calling vacuum(), no
@@ -918,29 +934,69 @@ expand_vacuum_rel(VacuumRelation *vrel, MemoryContext vac_context,
 		 * below, as well as find_all_inheritors's expectation that the caller
 		 * holds some lock on the starting relation.
 		 */
-		rvr_opts = (options & VACOPT_SKIP_LOCKED) ? RVR_SKIP_LOCKED : 0;
-		relid = RangeVarGetRelidExtended(vrel->relation,
-										 AccessShareLock,
-										 rvr_opts,
-										 NULL, NULL);
-
-		/*
-		 * If the lock is unavailable, emit the same log statement that
-		 * vacuum_rel() and analyze_rel() would.
-		 */
-		if (!OidIsValid(relid))
+		if (!(options & VACOPT_SKIP_LOCKED))
 		{
-			if (options & VACOPT_VACUUM)
-				ereport(WARNING,
-						(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
-						 errmsg("skipping vacuum of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
-								vrel->relation->relname)));
-			else
-				ereport(WARNING,
-						(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
-						 errmsg("skipping analyze of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
+			relid = RangeVarGetRelidExtended(vrel->relation,
+											 AccessShareLock,
+											 0, NULL, NULL);
+			if (!OidIsValid(relid))
+				return vacrels;
+		}
+		else
+		{
+			/* Get relid for reporting before taking a lock */
+			relid = RangeVarGetRelid(vrel->relation, NoLock, false);
+
+			if (!ConditionalLockRelationOid(relid, AccessShareLock))
+			{
+				int	flags = 0;
+				/*
+				 * If the lock is unavailable, emit the same log statement that
+				 * vacuum_rel() and analyze_rel() would.
+				 */
+				if (options & VACOPT_VACUUM)
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping vacuum of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
 								vrel->relation->relname)));
-			return vacrels;
+				else
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping analyze of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
+									vrel->relation->relname)));
+
+				if ((options & VACOPT_VACUUM) != 0)
+					flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM;
+				if ((options & VACOPT_ANALYZE) != 0)
+					flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE;
+
+				pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(relid, flags);
+
+				return vacrels;
+			}
+
+			/*
+			 * Now that we have the lock, probe to see if the relation really
+			 * exists or not.
+			 */
+			if (!SearchSysCacheExists1(RELOID, ObjectIdGetDatum(relid)))
+			{
+				if (options & VACOPT_VACUUM)
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_UNDEFINED_TABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping vacuum of \"%s\" --- relation no longer exists",
+									vrel->relation->relname)));
+				else
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_UNDEFINED_TABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping analyze of \"%s\" --- relation no longer exists",
+									vrel->relation->relname)));
+
+				/* Release useless lock */
+				UnlockRelationOid(relid, AccessShareLock);
+
+				return vacrels;
+			}
 		}
 
 		/*
diff --git a/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c b/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c
index b2ca28f83ba..532d9023f8c 100644
--- a/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c
+++ b/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c
@@ -17,12 +17,14 @@
 
 #include "postgres.h"
 
+#include "access/htup_details.h"
 #include "access/twophase_rmgr.h"
 #include "access/xact.h"
 #include "catalog/catalog.h"
 #include "utils/memutils.h"
 #include "utils/pgstat_internal.h"
 #include "utils/rel.h"
+#include "utils/syscache.h"
 #include "utils/timestamp.h"
 
 
@@ -367,6 +369,68 @@ pgstat_report_analyze(Relation rel,
 	(void) pgstat_flush_backend(false, PGSTAT_BACKEND_FLUSH_IO);
 }
 
+/*
+ * Report that the table was skipped during vacuum or/and analyze.
+ */
+void
+pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(Oid relid, int flags)
+{
+	PgStat_EntryRef *entry_ref;
+	PgStatShared_Relation *shtabentry;
+	PgStat_StatTabEntry *tabentry;
+	TimestampTz ts;
+	HeapTuple	classTup;
+	bool		isshared;
+
+	if (!pgstat_track_counts || !flags)
+		return;
+
+	classTup = SearchSysCache1(RELOID, ObjectIdGetDatum(relid));
+	if (!HeapTupleIsValid(classTup))
+		return;			/* somebody deleted the rel, forget it */
+	isshared = ((Form_pg_class) GETSTRUCT(classTup))->relisshared;
+	ReleaseSysCache(classTup);
+
+	/* Store the data in the table's hash table entry. */
+	ts = GetCurrentTimestamp();
+
+	/* block acquiring lock for the same reason as pgstat_report_autovac() */
+	entry_ref = pgstat_get_entry_ref_locked(PGSTAT_KIND_RELATION,
+											isshared ? InvalidOid : MyDatabaseId,
+											relid, false);
+
+	shtabentry = (PgStatShared_Relation *) entry_ref->shared_stats;
+	tabentry = &shtabentry->stats;
+
+	if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM)
+	{
+		tabentry->last_skipped_vacuum_time = ts;
+		tabentry->skipped_vacuum_count++;
+	}
+	else if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOVACUUM)
+	{
+		tabentry->last_skipped_autovacuum_time = ts;
+		tabentry->skipped_autovacuum_count++;
+	}
+
+	if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE)
+	{
+		tabentry->last_skipped_analyze_time = ts;
+		tabentry->skipped_analyze_count++;
+	}
+	else if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOANALYZE)
+	{
+		tabentry->last_skipped_autoanalyze_time = ts;
+		tabentry->skipped_autoanalyze_count++;
+	}
+
+	pgstat_unlock_entry(entry_ref);
+
+	/* see pgstat_report_vacuum() */
+	pgstat_flush_io(false);
+	(void) pgstat_flush_backend(false, PGSTAT_BACKEND_FLUSH_IO);
+}
+
 /*
  * count a tuple insertion of n tuples
  */
diff --git a/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c b/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c
index 1408de387ea..90a8968faa0 100644
--- a/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c
+++ b/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c
@@ -84,6 +84,18 @@ PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(mod_since_analyze)
 /* pg_stat_get_numscans */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(numscans)
 
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_analyze_count)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_autoanalyze_count)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_autovacuum_count)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_vacuum_count)
+
 /* pg_stat_get_tuples_deleted */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(tuples_deleted)
 
@@ -170,6 +182,18 @@ PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_vacuum_time)
 /* pg_stat_get_lastscan */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(lastscan)
 
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_analyze_time)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_autoanalyze_time)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_autovacuum_time)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_vacuum_time)
+
 /* pg_stat_get_stat_reset_time */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(stat_reset_time)
 
diff --git a/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat b/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat
index fa9ae79082b..32debb34863 100644
--- a/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat
+++ b/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat
@@ -5680,6 +5680,38 @@
   proargmodes => '{o,o,o,o,o,o,o,o,o,o}',
   proargnames => '{oid,score,xid_score,mxid_score,vacuum_score,vacuum_insert_score,analyze_score,do_vacuum,do_analyze,for_wraparound}',
   prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_autovacuum_scores' },
+{ oid => '8142', descr => 'statistics: last skipped vacuum time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time' },
+{ oid => '8143', descr => 'statistics: last skipped auto vacuum time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time' },
+{ oid => '8144', descr => 'statistics: last skipped analyze time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time' },
+{ oid => '8145', descr => 'statistics: last skipped auto analyze time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time' },
+{ oid => '8146', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped vacuum for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count' },
+{ oid => '8147', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped auto vacuum for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count' },
+{ oid => '8148', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped analyzes for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count' },
+{ oid => '8149', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped auto analyzes for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count' },
 { oid => '1936', descr => 'statistics: currently active backend IDs',
   proname => 'pg_stat_get_backend_idset', prorows => '100', proretset => 't',
   provolatile => 's', proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int4',
diff --git a/src/include/pgstat.h b/src/include/pgstat.h
index dfa2e837638..98941f953d1 100644
--- a/src/include/pgstat.h
+++ b/src/include/pgstat.h
@@ -479,6 +479,15 @@ typedef struct PgStat_StatTabEntry
 	TimestampTz last_autoanalyze_time;	/* autovacuum initiated */
 	PgStat_Counter autoanalyze_count;
 
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_vacuum_time;	/* user initiated vacuum */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_vacuum_count;
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_autovacuum_time;	/* autovacuum initiated */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_autovacuum_count;
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_analyze_time;	/* user initiated */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_analyze_count;
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_autoanalyze_time;	/* autovacuum initiated */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_autoanalyze_count;
+
 	PgStat_Counter total_vacuum_time;	/* times in milliseconds */
 	PgStat_Counter total_autovacuum_time;
 	PgStat_Counter total_analyze_time;
@@ -703,6 +712,13 @@ extern void pgstat_report_analyze(Relation rel,
 								  PgStat_Counter livetuples, PgStat_Counter deadtuples,
 								  bool resetcounter, TimestampTz starttime);
 
+/* flags for pgstat_flush_backend() */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM		(1 << 0)	/* vacuum is skipped */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE		(1 << 1)	/* analyze is skipped */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOVACUUM	(1 << 2)	/* autovacuum is skipped */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOANALYZE	(1 << 3)	/* autoanalyze is skipped */
+extern void pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(Oid relid, int flags);
+
 /*
  * If stats are enabled, but pending data hasn't been prepared yet, call
  * pgstat_assoc_relation() to do so. See its comment for why this is done
diff --git a/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out b/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out
index a65a5bf0c4f..9b2075d3373 100644
--- a/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out
+++ b/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out
@@ -1835,13 +1835,21 @@ pg_stat_all_tables| SELECT c.oid AS relid,
     pg_stat_get_mod_since_analyze(c.oid) AS n_mod_since_analyze,
     pg_stat_get_ins_since_vacuum(c.oid) AS n_ins_since_vacuum,
     pg_stat_get_last_vacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_vacuum,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_vacuum,
     pg_stat_get_last_autovacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_autovacuum,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_autovacuum,
     pg_stat_get_last_analyze_time(c.oid) AS last_analyze,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_analyze,
     pg_stat_get_last_autoanalyze_time(c.oid) AS last_autoanalyze,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_autoanalyze,
     pg_stat_get_vacuum_count(c.oid) AS vacuum_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count(c.oid) AS skipped_vacuum_count,
     pg_stat_get_autovacuum_count(c.oid) AS autovacuum_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count(c.oid) AS skipped_autovacuum_count,
     pg_stat_get_analyze_count(c.oid) AS analyze_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count(c.oid) AS skipped_analyze_count,
     pg_stat_get_autoanalyze_count(c.oid) AS autoanalyze_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count(c.oid) AS skipped_autoanalyze_count,
     pg_stat_get_total_vacuum_time(c.oid) AS total_vacuum_time,
     pg_stat_get_total_autovacuum_time(c.oid) AS total_autovacuum_time,
     pg_stat_get_total_analyze_time(c.oid) AS total_analyze_time,
@@ -2346,13 +2354,21 @@ pg_stat_sys_tables| SELECT relid,
     n_mod_since_analyze,
     n_ins_since_vacuum,
     last_vacuum,
+    last_skipped_vacuum,
     last_autovacuum,
+    last_skipped_autovacuum,
     last_analyze,
+    last_skipped_analyze,
     last_autoanalyze,
+    last_skipped_autoanalyze,
     vacuum_count,
+    skipped_vacuum_count,
     autovacuum_count,
+    skipped_autovacuum_count,
     analyze_count,
+    skipped_analyze_count,
     autoanalyze_count,
+    skipped_autoanalyze_count,
     total_vacuum_time,
     total_autovacuum_time,
     total_analyze_time,
@@ -2401,13 +2417,21 @@ pg_stat_user_tables| SELECT relid,
     n_mod_since_analyze,
     n_ins_since_vacuum,
     last_vacuum,
+    last_skipped_vacuum,
     last_autovacuum,
+    last_skipped_autovacuum,
     last_analyze,
+    last_skipped_analyze,
     last_autoanalyze,
+    last_skipped_autoanalyze,
     vacuum_count,
+    skipped_vacuum_count,
     autovacuum_count,
+    skipped_autovacuum_count,
     analyze_count,
+    skipped_analyze_count,
     autoanalyze_count,
+    skipped_autoanalyze_count,
     total_vacuum_time,
     total_autovacuum_time,
     total_analyze_time,
-- 
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* [PATCH v5] Track skipped vacuum and analyze activity per relation
@ 2026-03-24 04:09 Yugo Nagata <[email protected]>
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From: Yugo Nagata @ 2026-03-24 04:09 UTC (permalink / raw)

This commit adds eight fields to the relation statistics that track
the last time vacuum or analyze has been attempted but skipped due to
lock unavailability, along with their counts:

-    last_skipped_vacuum
-    last_skipped_autovacuum
-    last_skipped_analyze
-    last_skipped_autoanalyze
-    skipped_vacuum_count
-    skipped_autovacuum_count
-    skipped_analyze_count
-    skipped_autoanalyze_count

These field can help users confirm that autovacuum is actively attempting
to run on a table that has not been vacuumed or analyzed for a long time,
and that the lack of progress is due to repeated skips rather than inactivity.
---
 doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml                  |  88 ++++++
 src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql          |   8 +
 src/backend/commands/vacuum.c                 | 100 +++++--
 src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c  |  64 +++++
 src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c           |  24 ++
 src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat               |  32 +++
 src/include/pgstat.h                          |  16 ++
 .../isolation/expected/vacuum-skip-locked.out | 260 ++++++++++++++++--
 .../isolation/specs/vacuum-skip-locked.spec   |  41 +--
 src/test/regress/expected/rules.out           |  24 ++
 10 files changed, 601 insertions(+), 56 deletions(-)

diff --git a/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml b/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml
index 08d5b824552..a9b579d87a9 100644
--- a/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml
+++ b/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml
@@ -4387,6 +4387,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_vacuum</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time a manual vacuum on this table was attempted but skipped due to
+       lock unavailability (not counting <command>VACUUM FULL</command>)
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>last_autovacuum</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
@@ -4397,6 +4407,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_autovacuum</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time a vacuum on this table by the autovacuum daemon was attempted
+       but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>last_analyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
@@ -4406,6 +4426,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_analyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time a manual analyze on this table was attempted but skipped due to
+       lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>last_autoanalyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
@@ -4416,6 +4446,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_autoanalyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time at which an analyze on this table by the autovacuum was
+       attempted but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>vacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4426,6 +4466,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_vacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times manual vacuums on this table have been attempted but skipped
+       due to lock unavailability (not counting <command>VACUUM FULL</command>)
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>autovacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4436,6 +4486,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_autovacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times vacuums on this table by the autovacuum daemon have been
+       attempted but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>analyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4445,6 +4505,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_analyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times manual analyzes on this table have been attempted but
+       skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>autoanalyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4455,6 +4525,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_autoanalyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times analyzes on this table by the autovacuum daemon have
+       been attempted but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>total_vacuum_time</structfield> <type>double precision</type>
@@ -4510,6 +4590,14 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
    </tgroup>
   </table>
 
+  <note>
+   <para>
+    When a manual vacuum or analyze on a parent table in an inheritance or
+    partitioning hierarchy is skipped, the statistics are recorded only for
+    the parent table, not for its children.
+   </para>
+  </note>
+
  </sect2>
 
  <sect2 id="monitoring-pg-stat-autovacuum-scores-view">
diff --git a/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql b/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql
index 73a1c1c4670..f509fc7876b 100644
--- a/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql
+++ b/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql
@@ -736,13 +736,21 @@ CREATE VIEW pg_stat_all_tables AS
             pg_stat_get_mod_since_analyze(C.oid) AS n_mod_since_analyze,
             pg_stat_get_ins_since_vacuum(C.oid) AS n_ins_since_vacuum,
             pg_stat_get_last_vacuum_time(C.oid) as last_vacuum,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_vacuum,
             pg_stat_get_last_autovacuum_time(C.oid) as last_autovacuum,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_autovacuum,
             pg_stat_get_last_analyze_time(C.oid) as last_analyze,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_analyze,
             pg_stat_get_last_autoanalyze_time(C.oid) as last_autoanalyze,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_autoanalyze,
             pg_stat_get_vacuum_count(C.oid) AS vacuum_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count(C.oid) AS skipped_vacuum_count,
             pg_stat_get_autovacuum_count(C.oid) AS autovacuum_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count(C.oid) AS skipped_autovacuum_count,
             pg_stat_get_analyze_count(C.oid) AS analyze_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count(C.oid) AS skipped_analyze_count,
             pg_stat_get_autoanalyze_count(C.oid) AS autoanalyze_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count(C.oid) AS skipped_autoanalyze_count,
             pg_stat_get_total_vacuum_time(C.oid) AS total_vacuum_time,
             pg_stat_get_total_autovacuum_time(C.oid) AS total_autovacuum_time,
             pg_stat_get_total_analyze_time(C.oid) AS total_analyze_time,
diff --git a/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c b/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c
index 99d0db82ed7..df6526225e4 100644
--- a/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c
+++ b/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c
@@ -793,8 +793,25 @@ vacuum_open_relation(Oid relid, RangeVar *relation, uint32 options,
 		rel = try_relation_open(relid, NoLock);
 	else
 	{
+		int flags = 0;
 		rel = NULL;
 		rel_lock = false;
+
+		if ((options & VACOPT_VACUUM) != 0 && (options & VACOPT_FULL) == 0)
+		{
+			if (AmAutoVacuumWorkerProcess())
+				flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOVACUUM;
+			else
+				flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM;
+		}
+		if ((options & VACOPT_ANALYZE) != 0)
+		{
+			if (AmAutoVacuumWorkerProcess())
+				flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOANALYZE;
+			else
+				flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE;
+		}
+		pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(relid, flags);
 	}
 
 	/* if relation is opened, leave */
@@ -905,7 +922,6 @@ expand_vacuum_rel(VacuumRelation *vrel, MemoryContext vac_context,
 		Form_pg_class classForm;
 		bool		include_children;
 		bool		is_partitioned_table;
-		int			rvr_opts;
 
 		/*
 		 * Since autovacuum workers supply OIDs when calling vacuum(), no
@@ -918,29 +934,69 @@ expand_vacuum_rel(VacuumRelation *vrel, MemoryContext vac_context,
 		 * below, as well as find_all_inheritors's expectation that the caller
 		 * holds some lock on the starting relation.
 		 */
-		rvr_opts = (options & VACOPT_SKIP_LOCKED) ? RVR_SKIP_LOCKED : 0;
-		relid = RangeVarGetRelidExtended(vrel->relation,
-										 AccessShareLock,
-										 rvr_opts,
-										 NULL, NULL);
-
-		/*
-		 * If the lock is unavailable, emit the same log statement that
-		 * vacuum_rel() and analyze_rel() would.
-		 */
-		if (!OidIsValid(relid))
+		if (!(options & VACOPT_SKIP_LOCKED))
 		{
-			if (options & VACOPT_VACUUM)
-				ereport(WARNING,
-						(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
-						 errmsg("skipping vacuum of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
-								vrel->relation->relname)));
-			else
-				ereport(WARNING,
-						(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
-						 errmsg("skipping analyze of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
+			relid = RangeVarGetRelidExtended(vrel->relation,
+											 AccessShareLock,
+											 0, NULL, NULL);
+			if (!OidIsValid(relid))
+				return vacrels;
+		}
+		else
+		{
+			/* Get relid for reporting before taking a lock */
+			relid = RangeVarGetRelid(vrel->relation, NoLock, false);
+
+			if (!ConditionalLockRelationOid(relid, AccessShareLock))
+			{
+				int	flags = 0;
+				/*
+				 * If the lock is unavailable, emit the same log statement that
+				 * vacuum_rel() and analyze_rel() would.
+				 */
+				if (options & VACOPT_VACUUM)
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping vacuum of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
 								vrel->relation->relname)));
-			return vacrels;
+				else
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping analyze of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
+									vrel->relation->relname)));
+
+				if ((options & VACOPT_VACUUM) != 0 && (options & VACOPT_FULL) == 0)
+					flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM;
+				if ((options & VACOPT_ANALYZE) != 0)
+					flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE;
+
+				pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(relid, flags);
+
+				return vacrels;
+			}
+
+			/*
+			 * Now that we have the lock, probe to see if the relation really
+			 * exists or not.
+			 */
+			if (!SearchSysCacheExists1(RELOID, ObjectIdGetDatum(relid)))
+			{
+				if (options & VACOPT_VACUUM)
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_UNDEFINED_TABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping vacuum of \"%s\" --- relation no longer exists",
+									vrel->relation->relname)));
+				else
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_UNDEFINED_TABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping analyze of \"%s\" --- relation no longer exists",
+									vrel->relation->relname)));
+
+				/* Release useless lock */
+				UnlockRelationOid(relid, AccessShareLock);
+
+				return vacrels;
+			}
 		}
 
 		/*
diff --git a/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c b/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c
index b2ca28f83ba..532d9023f8c 100644
--- a/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c
+++ b/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c
@@ -17,12 +17,14 @@
 
 #include "postgres.h"
 
+#include "access/htup_details.h"
 #include "access/twophase_rmgr.h"
 #include "access/xact.h"
 #include "catalog/catalog.h"
 #include "utils/memutils.h"
 #include "utils/pgstat_internal.h"
 #include "utils/rel.h"
+#include "utils/syscache.h"
 #include "utils/timestamp.h"
 
 
@@ -367,6 +369,68 @@ pgstat_report_analyze(Relation rel,
 	(void) pgstat_flush_backend(false, PGSTAT_BACKEND_FLUSH_IO);
 }
 
+/*
+ * Report that the table was skipped during vacuum or/and analyze.
+ */
+void
+pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(Oid relid, int flags)
+{
+	PgStat_EntryRef *entry_ref;
+	PgStatShared_Relation *shtabentry;
+	PgStat_StatTabEntry *tabentry;
+	TimestampTz ts;
+	HeapTuple	classTup;
+	bool		isshared;
+
+	if (!pgstat_track_counts || !flags)
+		return;
+
+	classTup = SearchSysCache1(RELOID, ObjectIdGetDatum(relid));
+	if (!HeapTupleIsValid(classTup))
+		return;			/* somebody deleted the rel, forget it */
+	isshared = ((Form_pg_class) GETSTRUCT(classTup))->relisshared;
+	ReleaseSysCache(classTup);
+
+	/* Store the data in the table's hash table entry. */
+	ts = GetCurrentTimestamp();
+
+	/* block acquiring lock for the same reason as pgstat_report_autovac() */
+	entry_ref = pgstat_get_entry_ref_locked(PGSTAT_KIND_RELATION,
+											isshared ? InvalidOid : MyDatabaseId,
+											relid, false);
+
+	shtabentry = (PgStatShared_Relation *) entry_ref->shared_stats;
+	tabentry = &shtabentry->stats;
+
+	if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM)
+	{
+		tabentry->last_skipped_vacuum_time = ts;
+		tabentry->skipped_vacuum_count++;
+	}
+	else if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOVACUUM)
+	{
+		tabentry->last_skipped_autovacuum_time = ts;
+		tabentry->skipped_autovacuum_count++;
+	}
+
+	if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE)
+	{
+		tabentry->last_skipped_analyze_time = ts;
+		tabentry->skipped_analyze_count++;
+	}
+	else if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOANALYZE)
+	{
+		tabentry->last_skipped_autoanalyze_time = ts;
+		tabentry->skipped_autoanalyze_count++;
+	}
+
+	pgstat_unlock_entry(entry_ref);
+
+	/* see pgstat_report_vacuum() */
+	pgstat_flush_io(false);
+	(void) pgstat_flush_backend(false, PGSTAT_BACKEND_FLUSH_IO);
+}
+
 /*
  * count a tuple insertion of n tuples
  */
diff --git a/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c b/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c
index 1408de387ea..90a8968faa0 100644
--- a/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c
+++ b/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c
@@ -84,6 +84,18 @@ PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(mod_since_analyze)
 /* pg_stat_get_numscans */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(numscans)
 
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_analyze_count)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_autoanalyze_count)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_autovacuum_count)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_vacuum_count)
+
 /* pg_stat_get_tuples_deleted */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(tuples_deleted)
 
@@ -170,6 +182,18 @@ PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_vacuum_time)
 /* pg_stat_get_lastscan */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(lastscan)
 
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_analyze_time)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_autoanalyze_time)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_autovacuum_time)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_vacuum_time)
+
 /* pg_stat_get_stat_reset_time */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(stat_reset_time)
 
diff --git a/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat b/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat
index fa9ae79082b..32debb34863 100644
--- a/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat
+++ b/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat
@@ -5680,6 +5680,38 @@
   proargmodes => '{o,o,o,o,o,o,o,o,o,o}',
   proargnames => '{oid,score,xid_score,mxid_score,vacuum_score,vacuum_insert_score,analyze_score,do_vacuum,do_analyze,for_wraparound}',
   prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_autovacuum_scores' },
+{ oid => '8142', descr => 'statistics: last skipped vacuum time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time' },
+{ oid => '8143', descr => 'statistics: last skipped auto vacuum time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time' },
+{ oid => '8144', descr => 'statistics: last skipped analyze time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time' },
+{ oid => '8145', descr => 'statistics: last skipped auto analyze time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time' },
+{ oid => '8146', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped vacuum for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count' },
+{ oid => '8147', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped auto vacuum for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count' },
+{ oid => '8148', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped analyzes for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count' },
+{ oid => '8149', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped auto analyzes for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count' },
 { oid => '1936', descr => 'statistics: currently active backend IDs',
   proname => 'pg_stat_get_backend_idset', prorows => '100', proretset => 't',
   provolatile => 's', proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int4',
diff --git a/src/include/pgstat.h b/src/include/pgstat.h
index dfa2e837638..98941f953d1 100644
--- a/src/include/pgstat.h
+++ b/src/include/pgstat.h
@@ -479,6 +479,15 @@ typedef struct PgStat_StatTabEntry
 	TimestampTz last_autoanalyze_time;	/* autovacuum initiated */
 	PgStat_Counter autoanalyze_count;
 
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_vacuum_time;	/* user initiated vacuum */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_vacuum_count;
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_autovacuum_time;	/* autovacuum initiated */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_autovacuum_count;
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_analyze_time;	/* user initiated */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_analyze_count;
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_autoanalyze_time;	/* autovacuum initiated */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_autoanalyze_count;
+
 	PgStat_Counter total_vacuum_time;	/* times in milliseconds */
 	PgStat_Counter total_autovacuum_time;
 	PgStat_Counter total_analyze_time;
@@ -703,6 +712,13 @@ extern void pgstat_report_analyze(Relation rel,
 								  PgStat_Counter livetuples, PgStat_Counter deadtuples,
 								  bool resetcounter, TimestampTz starttime);
 
+/* flags for pgstat_flush_backend() */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM		(1 << 0)	/* vacuum is skipped */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE		(1 << 1)	/* analyze is skipped */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOVACUUM	(1 << 2)	/* autovacuum is skipped */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOANALYZE	(1 << 3)	/* autoanalyze is skipped */
+extern void pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(Oid relid, int flags);
+
 /*
  * If stats are enabled, but pending data hasn't been prepared yet, call
  * pgstat_assoc_relation() to do so. See its comment for why this is done
diff --git a/src/test/isolation/expected/vacuum-skip-locked.out b/src/test/isolation/expected/vacuum-skip-locked.out
index 99db281a159..e2cff175b7c 100644
--- a/src/test/isolation/expected/vacuum-skip-locked.out
+++ b/src/test/isolation/expected/vacuum-skip-locked.out
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 Parsed test spec with 2 sessions
 
-starting permutation: lock_share vac_specified commit
+starting permutation: lock_share vac_specified commit check_stat
 step lock_share: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN SHARE MODE;
@@ -10,8 +10,22 @@ step vac_specified: VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED) part1, part2;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
 
-starting permutation: lock_share vac_all_parts commit
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   1|            0|                    0
+part2  |           1|                   0|            0|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
+
+starting permutation: lock_share vac_all_parts commit check_stat
 step lock_share: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN SHARE MODE;
@@ -20,8 +34,22 @@ step vac_all_parts: VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED) parted;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   1|            0|                    0
+part2  |           1|                   0|            0|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
 
-starting permutation: lock_share analyze_specified commit
+starting permutation: lock_share analyze_specified commit check_stat
 step lock_share: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN SHARE MODE;
@@ -31,8 +59,22 @@ step analyze_specified: ANALYZE (SKIP_LOCKED) part1, part2;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
 
-starting permutation: lock_share analyze_all_parts commit
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   0|            0|                    1
+part2  |           0|                   0|            1|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
+
+starting permutation: lock_share analyze_all_parts commit check_stat
 step lock_share: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN SHARE MODE;
@@ -41,8 +83,22 @@ step analyze_all_parts: ANALYZE (SKIP_LOCKED) parted;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            1|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   0|            0|                    1
+part2  |           0|                   0|            1|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
 
-starting permutation: lock_share vac_analyze_specified commit
+starting permutation: lock_share vac_analyze_specified commit check_stat
 step lock_share: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN SHARE MODE;
@@ -52,8 +108,22 @@ step vac_analyze_specified: VACUUM (ANALYZE, SKIP_LOCKED) part1, part2;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
 
-starting permutation: lock_share vac_analyze_all_parts commit
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   1|            0|                    1
+part2  |           1|                   0|            1|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
+
+starting permutation: lock_share vac_analyze_all_parts commit check_stat
 step lock_share: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN SHARE MODE;
@@ -62,8 +132,22 @@ step vac_analyze_all_parts: VACUUM (ANALYZE, SKIP_LOCKED) parted;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            1|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   1|            0|                    1
+part2  |           1|                   0|            1|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
 
-starting permutation: lock_share vac_full_specified commit
+starting permutation: lock_share vac_full_specified commit check_stat
 step lock_share: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN SHARE MODE;
@@ -73,8 +157,22 @@ step vac_full_specified: VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED, FULL) part1, part2;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
 
-starting permutation: lock_share vac_full_all_parts commit
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part2  |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
+
+starting permutation: lock_share vac_full_all_parts commit check_stat
 step lock_share: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN SHARE MODE;
@@ -83,8 +181,22 @@ step vac_full_all_parts: VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED, FULL) parted;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part2  |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+(3 rows)
 
-starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_specified commit
+
+starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_specified commit check_stat
 step lock_access_exclusive: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN ACCESS EXCLUSIVE MODE;
@@ -94,8 +206,22 @@ step vac_specified: VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED) part1, part2;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   1|            0|                    0
+part2  |           1|                   0|            0|                    0
+(3 rows)
 
-starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_all_parts commit
+
+starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_all_parts commit check_stat
 step lock_access_exclusive: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN ACCESS EXCLUSIVE MODE;
@@ -104,8 +230,22 @@ step vac_all_parts: VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED) parted;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   1|            0|                    0
+part2  |           1|                   0|            0|                    0
+(3 rows)
 
-starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive analyze_specified commit
+
+starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive analyze_specified commit check_stat
 step lock_access_exclusive: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN ACCESS EXCLUSIVE MODE;
@@ -115,8 +255,22 @@ step analyze_specified: ANALYZE (SKIP_LOCKED) part1, part2;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   0|            0|                    1
+part2  |           0|                   0|            1|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
 
-starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive analyze_all_parts commit
+starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive analyze_all_parts commit check_stat
 step lock_access_exclusive: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN ACCESS EXCLUSIVE MODE;
@@ -126,8 +280,22 @@ step commit:
 	COMMIT;
 
 step analyze_all_parts: <... completed>
-
-starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_analyze_specified commit
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            1|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   0|            1|                    0
+part2  |           0|                   0|            1|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
+
+starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_analyze_specified commit check_stat
 step lock_access_exclusive: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN ACCESS EXCLUSIVE MODE;
@@ -137,8 +305,22 @@ step vac_analyze_specified: VACUUM (ANALYZE, SKIP_LOCKED) part1, part2;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   1|            0|                    1
+part2  |           1|                   0|            1|                    0
+(3 rows)
 
-starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_analyze_all_parts commit
+
+starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_analyze_all_parts commit check_stat
 step lock_access_exclusive: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN ACCESS EXCLUSIVE MODE;
@@ -148,8 +330,22 @@ step commit:
 	COMMIT;
 
 step vac_analyze_all_parts: <... completed>
-
-starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_full_specified commit
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            1|                    0
+part1  |           1|                   0|            1|                    0
+part2  |           1|                   0|            1|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
+
+starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_full_specified commit check_stat
 step lock_access_exclusive: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN ACCESS EXCLUSIVE MODE;
@@ -159,8 +355,22 @@ step vac_full_specified: VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED, FULL) part1, part2;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
 
-starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_full_all_parts commit
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part2  |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
+
+starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_full_all_parts commit check_stat
 step lock_access_exclusive: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN ACCESS EXCLUSIVE MODE;
@@ -169,3 +379,17 @@ step vac_full_all_parts: VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED, FULL) parted;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part2  |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
diff --git a/src/test/isolation/specs/vacuum-skip-locked.spec b/src/test/isolation/specs/vacuum-skip-locked.spec
index 3fad6e1c92a..b0da75d4b6d 100644
--- a/src/test/isolation/specs/vacuum-skip-locked.spec
+++ b/src/test/isolation/specs/vacuum-skip-locked.spec
@@ -33,6 +33,15 @@ step commit
 	COMMIT;
 }
 
+step check_stat
+{
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+}
+
 session s2
 step vac_specified			{ VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED) part1, part2; }
 step vac_all_parts			{ VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED) parted; }
@@ -43,19 +52,19 @@ step vac_analyze_all_parts	{ VACUUM (ANALYZE, SKIP_LOCKED) parted; }
 step vac_full_specified		{ VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED, FULL) part1, part2; }
 step vac_full_all_parts		{ VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED, FULL) parted; }
 
-permutation lock_share vac_specified commit
-permutation lock_share vac_all_parts commit
-permutation lock_share analyze_specified commit
-permutation lock_share analyze_all_parts commit
-permutation lock_share vac_analyze_specified commit
-permutation lock_share vac_analyze_all_parts commit
-permutation lock_share vac_full_specified commit
-permutation lock_share vac_full_all_parts commit
-permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_specified commit
-permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_all_parts commit
-permutation lock_access_exclusive analyze_specified commit
-permutation lock_access_exclusive analyze_all_parts commit
-permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_analyze_specified commit
-permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_analyze_all_parts commit
-permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_full_specified commit
-permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_full_all_parts commit
+permutation lock_share vac_specified commit check_stat
+permutation lock_share vac_all_parts commit check_stat
+permutation lock_share analyze_specified commit check_stat
+permutation lock_share analyze_all_parts commit check_stat
+permutation lock_share vac_analyze_specified commit check_stat
+permutation lock_share vac_analyze_all_parts commit check_stat
+permutation lock_share vac_full_specified commit check_stat
+permutation lock_share vac_full_all_parts commit check_stat
+permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_specified commit check_stat
+permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_all_parts commit check_stat
+permutation lock_access_exclusive analyze_specified commit check_stat
+permutation lock_access_exclusive analyze_all_parts commit check_stat
+permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_analyze_specified commit check_stat
+permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_analyze_all_parts commit check_stat
+permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_full_specified commit check_stat
+permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_full_all_parts commit check_stat
diff --git a/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out b/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out
index a65a5bf0c4f..9b2075d3373 100644
--- a/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out
+++ b/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out
@@ -1835,13 +1835,21 @@ pg_stat_all_tables| SELECT c.oid AS relid,
     pg_stat_get_mod_since_analyze(c.oid) AS n_mod_since_analyze,
     pg_stat_get_ins_since_vacuum(c.oid) AS n_ins_since_vacuum,
     pg_stat_get_last_vacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_vacuum,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_vacuum,
     pg_stat_get_last_autovacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_autovacuum,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_autovacuum,
     pg_stat_get_last_analyze_time(c.oid) AS last_analyze,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_analyze,
     pg_stat_get_last_autoanalyze_time(c.oid) AS last_autoanalyze,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_autoanalyze,
     pg_stat_get_vacuum_count(c.oid) AS vacuum_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count(c.oid) AS skipped_vacuum_count,
     pg_stat_get_autovacuum_count(c.oid) AS autovacuum_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count(c.oid) AS skipped_autovacuum_count,
     pg_stat_get_analyze_count(c.oid) AS analyze_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count(c.oid) AS skipped_analyze_count,
     pg_stat_get_autoanalyze_count(c.oid) AS autoanalyze_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count(c.oid) AS skipped_autoanalyze_count,
     pg_stat_get_total_vacuum_time(c.oid) AS total_vacuum_time,
     pg_stat_get_total_autovacuum_time(c.oid) AS total_autovacuum_time,
     pg_stat_get_total_analyze_time(c.oid) AS total_analyze_time,
@@ -2346,13 +2354,21 @@ pg_stat_sys_tables| SELECT relid,
     n_mod_since_analyze,
     n_ins_since_vacuum,
     last_vacuum,
+    last_skipped_vacuum,
     last_autovacuum,
+    last_skipped_autovacuum,
     last_analyze,
+    last_skipped_analyze,
     last_autoanalyze,
+    last_skipped_autoanalyze,
     vacuum_count,
+    skipped_vacuum_count,
     autovacuum_count,
+    skipped_autovacuum_count,
     analyze_count,
+    skipped_analyze_count,
     autoanalyze_count,
+    skipped_autoanalyze_count,
     total_vacuum_time,
     total_autovacuum_time,
     total_analyze_time,
@@ -2401,13 +2417,21 @@ pg_stat_user_tables| SELECT relid,
     n_mod_since_analyze,
     n_ins_since_vacuum,
     last_vacuum,
+    last_skipped_vacuum,
     last_autovacuum,
+    last_skipped_autovacuum,
     last_analyze,
+    last_skipped_analyze,
     last_autoanalyze,
+    last_skipped_autoanalyze,
     vacuum_count,
+    skipped_vacuum_count,
     autovacuum_count,
+    skipped_autovacuum_count,
     analyze_count,
+    skipped_analyze_count,
     autoanalyze_count,
+    skipped_autoanalyze_count,
     total_vacuum_time,
     total_autovacuum_time,
     total_analyze_time,
-- 
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* [PATCH v3] Track skipped vacuum and analyze activity per relation
@ 2026-03-24 04:09 Yugo Nagata <[email protected]>
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From: Yugo Nagata @ 2026-03-24 04:09 UTC (permalink / raw)

This commit adds eight fields to the relation statistics that track
the last time vacuum or analyze has been attempted but skipped due to
lock unavailability, along with their counts:

-    last_skipped_vacuum
-    last_skipped_autovacuum
-    last_skipped_analyze
-    last_skipped_autoanalyze
-    skipped_vacuum_count
-    skipped_autovacuum_count
-    skipped_analyze_count
-    skipped_autoanalyze_count

These field can help users confirm that autovacuum is actively attempting
to run on a table that has not been vacuumed or analyzed for a long time,
and that the lack of progress is due to repeated skips rather than inactivity.
---
 doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml                 | 80 +++++++++++++++++
 src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql         |  8 ++
 src/backend/commands/vacuum.c                | 95 +++++++++++++++-----
 src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c | 68 ++++++++++++++
 src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c          | 24 +++++
 src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat              | 32 +++++++
 src/include/pgstat.h                         | 16 ++++
 src/test/regress/expected/rules.out          | 24 +++++
 8 files changed, 324 insertions(+), 23 deletions(-)

diff --git a/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml b/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml
index bb75ed1069b..9ec8070b2fc 100644
--- a/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml
+++ b/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml
@@ -4372,6 +4372,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_vacuum</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time a manual vacuum on this table was attempted but skipped due to
+       lock unavailability (not counting <command>VACUUM FULL</command>)
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>last_autovacuum</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
@@ -4382,6 +4392,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_autovacuum</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time a vacuum on this table by the autovacuum daemon was attempted
+       but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>last_analyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
@@ -4391,6 +4411,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_analyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time a manual analyze on this table was attempted but skipped due to
+       lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>last_autoanalyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
@@ -4401,6 +4431,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_autoanalyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time at which an analyze on this table by the autovacuum was
+       attempted but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>vacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4411,6 +4451,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_vacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times vacuums on this table have been attempted but skipped
+       due to lock unavailability (not counting <command>VACUUM FULL</command>)
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>autovacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4421,6 +4471,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_autovacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times vacuums on this table by the autovacuum daemon have been
+       attempted but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>analyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4430,6 +4490,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_analyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times manual analyzes on this table have been attempted but
+       skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>autoanalyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4440,6 +4510,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_autoanalyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times analyzes on this table by the autovacuum daemon have
+       been attempted but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>total_vacuum_time</structfield> <type>double precision</type>
diff --git a/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql b/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql
index e54018004db..2ca02a0354c 100644
--- a/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql
+++ b/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql
@@ -736,13 +736,21 @@ CREATE VIEW pg_stat_all_tables AS
             pg_stat_get_mod_since_analyze(C.oid) AS n_mod_since_analyze,
             pg_stat_get_ins_since_vacuum(C.oid) AS n_ins_since_vacuum,
             pg_stat_get_last_vacuum_time(C.oid) as last_vacuum,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_vacuum,
             pg_stat_get_last_autovacuum_time(C.oid) as last_autovacuum,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_autovacuum,
             pg_stat_get_last_analyze_time(C.oid) as last_analyze,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_analyze,
             pg_stat_get_last_autoanalyze_time(C.oid) as last_autoanalyze,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_autoanalyze,
             pg_stat_get_vacuum_count(C.oid) AS vacuum_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count(C.oid) AS skipped_vacuum_count,
             pg_stat_get_autovacuum_count(C.oid) AS autovacuum_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count(C.oid) AS skipped_autovacuum_count,
             pg_stat_get_analyze_count(C.oid) AS analyze_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count(C.oid) AS skipped_analyze_count,
             pg_stat_get_autoanalyze_count(C.oid) AS autoanalyze_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count(C.oid) AS skipped_autoanalyze_count,
             pg_stat_get_total_vacuum_time(C.oid) AS total_vacuum_time,
             pg_stat_get_total_autovacuum_time(C.oid) AS total_autovacuum_time,
             pg_stat_get_total_analyze_time(C.oid) AS total_analyze_time,
diff --git a/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c b/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c
index bce3a2daa24..ce83b3171be 100644
--- a/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c
+++ b/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c
@@ -792,8 +792,18 @@ vacuum_open_relation(Oid relid, RangeVar *relation, bits32 options,
 		rel = try_relation_open(relid, NoLock);
 	else
 	{
+		bits8 flags = 0;
 		rel = NULL;
 		rel_lock = false;
+
+		if ((options & VACOPT_VACUUM) != 0)
+			flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM;
+		if ((options & VACOPT_ANALYZE) != 0)
+			flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE;
+		if (AmAutoVacuumWorkerProcess())
+			flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOVAC;
+
+		pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(relid, flags);
 	}
 
 	/* if relation is opened, leave */
@@ -801,7 +811,7 @@ vacuum_open_relation(Oid relid, RangeVar *relation, bits32 options,
 		return rel;
 
 	/*
-	 * Relation could not be opened, hence generate if possible a log
+	 * Relation could not be opened hence generate if possible a log
 	 * informing on the situation.
 	 *
 	 * If the RangeVar is not defined, we do not have enough information to
@@ -904,7 +914,6 @@ expand_vacuum_rel(VacuumRelation *vrel, MemoryContext vac_context,
 		Form_pg_class classForm;
 		bool		include_children;
 		bool		is_partitioned_table;
-		int			rvr_opts;
 
 		/*
 		 * Since autovacuum workers supply OIDs when calling vacuum(), no
@@ -917,29 +926,69 @@ expand_vacuum_rel(VacuumRelation *vrel, MemoryContext vac_context,
 		 * below, as well as find_all_inheritors's expectation that the caller
 		 * holds some lock on the starting relation.
 		 */
-		rvr_opts = (options & VACOPT_SKIP_LOCKED) ? RVR_SKIP_LOCKED : 0;
-		relid = RangeVarGetRelidExtended(vrel->relation,
-										 AccessShareLock,
-										 rvr_opts,
-										 NULL, NULL);
-
-		/*
-		 * If the lock is unavailable, emit the same log statement that
-		 * vacuum_rel() and analyze_rel() would.
-		 */
-		if (!OidIsValid(relid))
+		if (!(options & VACOPT_SKIP_LOCKED))
 		{
-			if (options & VACOPT_VACUUM)
-				ereport(WARNING,
-						(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
-						 errmsg("skipping vacuum of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
-								vrel->relation->relname)));
-			else
-				ereport(WARNING,
-						(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
-						 errmsg("skipping analyze of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
+			relid = RangeVarGetRelidExtended(vrel->relation,
+											 AccessShareLock,
+											 0, NULL, NULL);
+			if (!OidIsValid(relid))
+				return vacrels;
+		}
+		else
+		{
+			/* Get relid for reporting before taking a lock */
+			relid = RangeVarGetRelid(vrel->relation, NoLock, false);
+
+			if (!ConditionalLockRelationOid(relid, AccessShareLock))
+			{
+				bits8	flags = 0;
+				/*
+				 * If the lock is unavailable, emit the same log statement that
+				 * vacuum_rel() and analyze_rel() would.
+				 */
+				if (options & VACOPT_VACUUM)
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping vacuum of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
 								vrel->relation->relname)));
-			return vacrels;
+				else
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping analyze of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
+									vrel->relation->relname)));
+
+				if ((options & VACOPT_VACUUM) != 0)
+					flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM;
+				if ((options & VACOPT_ANALYZE) != 0)
+					flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE;
+
+				pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(relid, flags);
+
+				return vacrels;
+			}
+
+			/*
+			 * Now that we have the lock, probe to see if the relation really
+			 * exists or not.
+			 */
+			if (!SearchSysCacheExists1(RELOID, ObjectIdGetDatum(relid)))
+			{
+				if (options & VACOPT_VACUUM)
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_UNDEFINED_TABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping vacuum of \"%s\" --- relation no longer exists",
+									vrel->relation->relname)));
+				else
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_UNDEFINED_TABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping analyze of \"%s\" --- relation no longer exists",
+									vrel->relation->relname)));
+
+				/* Release useless lock */
+				UnlockRelationOid(relid, AccessShareLock);
+
+				return vacrels;
+			}
 		}
 
 		/*
diff --git a/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c b/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c
index bc8c43b96aa..cec4c88980e 100644
--- a/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c
+++ b/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c
@@ -17,6 +17,7 @@
 
 #include "postgres.h"
 
+#include "access/htup_details.h"
 #include "access/twophase_rmgr.h"
 #include "access/xact.h"
 #include "catalog/catalog.h"
@@ -366,6 +367,73 @@ pgstat_report_analyze(Relation rel,
 	(void) pgstat_flush_backend(false, PGSTAT_BACKEND_FLUSH_IO);
 }
 
+/*
+ * Report that the table was skipped during vacuum or/and analyze.
+ */
+void
+pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(Oid relid, bits8 flags)
+{
+	PgStat_EntryRef *entry_ref;
+	PgStatShared_Relation *shtabentry;
+	PgStat_StatTabEntry *tabentry;
+	TimestampTz ts;
+	HeapTuple	classTup;
+	bool		isshared;
+
+	if (!pgstat_track_counts || !(flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANY))
+		return;
+
+	classTup = SearchSysCache1(RELOID, ObjectIdGetDatum(relid));
+	if (!HeapTupleIsValid(classTup))
+		return;			/* somebody deleted the rel, forget it */
+	isshared = ((Form_pg_class) GETSTRUCT(classTup))->relisshared;
+	ReleaseSysCache(classTup);
+
+	/* Store the data in the table's hash table entry. */
+	ts = GetCurrentTimestamp();
+
+	/* block acquiring lock for the same reason as pgstat_report_autovac() */
+	entry_ref = pgstat_get_entry_ref_locked(PGSTAT_KIND_RELATION,
+											isshared ? InvalidOid : MyDatabaseId,
+											relid, false);
+
+	shtabentry = (PgStatShared_Relation *) entry_ref->shared_stats;
+	tabentry = &shtabentry->stats;
+
+	if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOVAC)
+	{
+		if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM)
+		{
+			tabentry->last_skipped_autovacuum_time = ts;
+			tabentry->skipped_autovacuum_count++;
+		}
+		if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE)
+		{
+			tabentry->last_skipped_autoanalyze_time = ts;
+			tabentry->skipped_autoanalyze_count++;
+		}
+	}
+	else
+	{
+		if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM)
+		{
+			tabentry->last_skipped_vacuum_time = ts;
+			tabentry->skipped_vacuum_count++;
+		}
+		if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE)
+		{
+			tabentry->last_skipped_analyze_time = ts;
+			tabentry->skipped_analyze_count++;
+		}
+	}
+
+	pgstat_unlock_entry(entry_ref);
+
+	/* see pgstat_report_vacuum() */
+	pgstat_flush_io(false);
+	(void) pgstat_flush_backend(false, PGSTAT_BACKEND_FLUSH_IO);
+}
+
 /*
  * count a tuple insertion of n tuples
  */
diff --git a/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c b/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c
index 9185a8e6b83..18aaa3996e1 100644
--- a/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c
+++ b/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c
@@ -84,6 +84,18 @@ PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(mod_since_analyze)
 /* pg_stat_get_numscans */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(numscans)
 
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_analyze_count)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_autoanalyze_count)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_autovacuum_count)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_vacuum_count)
+
 /* pg_stat_get_tuples_deleted */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(tuples_deleted)
 
@@ -170,6 +182,18 @@ PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_vacuum_time)
 /* pg_stat_get_lastscan */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(lastscan)
 
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_analyze_time)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_autoanalyze_time)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_autovacuum_time)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_vacuum_time)
+
 /* pg_stat_get_stat_reset_time */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(stat_reset_time)
 
diff --git a/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat b/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat
index 0118e970dda..ccfe3d9e02a 100644
--- a/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat
+++ b/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat
@@ -5667,6 +5667,38 @@
   proname => 'pg_stat_get_total_autoanalyze_time', provolatile => 's',
   proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'float8', proargtypes => 'oid',
   prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_total_autoanalyze_time' },
+{ oid => '8142', descr => 'statistics: last skipped vacuum time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time' },
+{ oid => '8143', descr => 'statistics: last skipped auto vacuum time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time' },
+{ oid => '8144', descr => 'statistics: last skipped analyze time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time' },
+{ oid => '8145', descr => 'statistics: last skipped auto analyze time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time' },
+{ oid => '8146', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped vacuum for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count' },
+{ oid => '8147', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped auto vacuum for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count' },
+{ oid => '8148', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped analyzes for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count' },
+{ oid => '8149', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped auto analyzes for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count' },
 { oid => '1936', descr => 'statistics: currently active backend IDs',
   proname => 'pg_stat_get_backend_idset', prorows => '100', proretset => 't',
   provolatile => 's', proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int4',
diff --git a/src/include/pgstat.h b/src/include/pgstat.h
index 8e3549c3752..343081a7a25 100644
--- a/src/include/pgstat.h
+++ b/src/include/pgstat.h
@@ -479,6 +479,15 @@ typedef struct PgStat_StatTabEntry
 	TimestampTz last_autoanalyze_time;	/* autovacuum initiated */
 	PgStat_Counter autoanalyze_count;
 
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_vacuum_time;	/* user initiated vacuum */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_vacuum_count;
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_autovacuum_time;	/* autovacuum initiated */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_autovacuum_count;
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_analyze_time;	/* user initiated */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_analyze_count;
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_autoanalyze_time;	/* autovacuum initiated */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_autoanalyze_count;
+
 	PgStat_Counter total_vacuum_time;	/* times in milliseconds */
 	PgStat_Counter total_autovacuum_time;
 	PgStat_Counter total_analyze_time;
@@ -707,6 +716,13 @@ extern void pgstat_report_analyze(Relation rel,
 								  PgStat_Counter livetuples, PgStat_Counter deadtuples,
 								  bool resetcounter, TimestampTz starttime);
 
+/* flags for pgstat_flush_backend() */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM	(1 << 0)	/* vacuum is skipped */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE	(1 << 1)	/* analyze is skipped */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOVAC	(1 << 2)	/* skipped during autovacuum/autoanalyze */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANY   (PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM | PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE)
+extern void pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(Oid relid, bits8 flags);
+
 /*
  * If stats are enabled, but pending data hasn't been prepared yet, call
  * pgstat_assoc_relation() to do so. See its comment for why this is done
diff --git a/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out b/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out
index 2b3cf6d8569..4ccfc43e903 100644
--- a/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out
+++ b/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out
@@ -1835,13 +1835,21 @@ pg_stat_all_tables| SELECT c.oid AS relid,
     pg_stat_get_mod_since_analyze(c.oid) AS n_mod_since_analyze,
     pg_stat_get_ins_since_vacuum(c.oid) AS n_ins_since_vacuum,
     pg_stat_get_last_vacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_vacuum,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_vacuum,
     pg_stat_get_last_autovacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_autovacuum,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_autovacuum,
     pg_stat_get_last_analyze_time(c.oid) AS last_analyze,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_analyze,
     pg_stat_get_last_autoanalyze_time(c.oid) AS last_autoanalyze,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_autoanalyze,
     pg_stat_get_vacuum_count(c.oid) AS vacuum_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count(c.oid) AS skipped_vacuum_count,
     pg_stat_get_autovacuum_count(c.oid) AS autovacuum_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count(c.oid) AS skipped_autovacuum_count,
     pg_stat_get_analyze_count(c.oid) AS analyze_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count(c.oid) AS skipped_analyze_count,
     pg_stat_get_autoanalyze_count(c.oid) AS autoanalyze_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count(c.oid) AS skipped_autoanalyze_count,
     pg_stat_get_total_vacuum_time(c.oid) AS total_vacuum_time,
     pg_stat_get_total_autovacuum_time(c.oid) AS total_autovacuum_time,
     pg_stat_get_total_analyze_time(c.oid) AS total_analyze_time,
@@ -2293,13 +2301,21 @@ pg_stat_sys_tables| SELECT relid,
     n_mod_since_analyze,
     n_ins_since_vacuum,
     last_vacuum,
+    last_skipped_vacuum,
     last_autovacuum,
+    last_skipped_autovacuum,
     last_analyze,
+    last_skipped_analyze,
     last_autoanalyze,
+    last_skipped_autoanalyze,
     vacuum_count,
+    skipped_vacuum_count,
     autovacuum_count,
+    skipped_autovacuum_count,
     analyze_count,
+    skipped_analyze_count,
     autoanalyze_count,
+    skipped_autoanalyze_count,
     total_vacuum_time,
     total_autovacuum_time,
     total_analyze_time,
@@ -2348,13 +2364,21 @@ pg_stat_user_tables| SELECT relid,
     n_mod_since_analyze,
     n_ins_since_vacuum,
     last_vacuum,
+    last_skipped_vacuum,
     last_autovacuum,
+    last_skipped_autovacuum,
     last_analyze,
+    last_skipped_analyze,
     last_autoanalyze,
+    last_skipped_autoanalyze,
     vacuum_count,
+    skipped_vacuum_count,
     autovacuum_count,
+    skipped_autovacuum_count,
     analyze_count,
+    skipped_analyze_count,
     autoanalyze_count,
+    skipped_autoanalyze_count,
     total_vacuum_time,
     total_autovacuum_time,
     total_analyze_time,
-- 
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* [PATCH v4] Track skipped vacuum and analyze activity per relation
@ 2026-03-24 04:09 Yugo Nagata <[email protected]>
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From: Yugo Nagata @ 2026-03-24 04:09 UTC (permalink / raw)

This commit adds eight fields to the relation statistics that track
the last time vacuum or analyze has been attempted but skipped due to
lock unavailability, along with their counts:

-    last_skipped_vacuum
-    last_skipped_autovacuum
-    last_skipped_analyze
-    last_skipped_autoanalyze
-    skipped_vacuum_count
-    skipped_autovacuum_count
-    skipped_analyze_count
-    skipped_autoanalyze_count

These field can help users confirm that autovacuum is actively attempting
to run on a table that has not been vacuumed or analyzed for a long time,
and that the lack of progress is due to repeated skips rather than inactivity.
---
 doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml                 |  88 ++++++++++++++++
 src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql         |   8 ++
 src/backend/commands/vacuum.c                | 102 ++++++++++++++-----
 src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c |  64 ++++++++++++
 src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c          |  24 +++++
 src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat              |  32 ++++++
 src/include/pgstat.h                         |  16 +++
 src/test/regress/expected/rules.out          |  24 +++++
 8 files changed, 335 insertions(+), 23 deletions(-)

diff --git a/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml b/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml
index 08d5b824552..a9b579d87a9 100644
--- a/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml
+++ b/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml
@@ -4387,6 +4387,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_vacuum</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time a manual vacuum on this table was attempted but skipped due to
+       lock unavailability (not counting <command>VACUUM FULL</command>)
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>last_autovacuum</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
@@ -4397,6 +4407,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_autovacuum</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time a vacuum on this table by the autovacuum daemon was attempted
+       but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>last_analyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
@@ -4406,6 +4426,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_analyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time a manual analyze on this table was attempted but skipped due to
+       lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>last_autoanalyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
@@ -4416,6 +4446,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_autoanalyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time at which an analyze on this table by the autovacuum was
+       attempted but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>vacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4426,6 +4466,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_vacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times manual vacuums on this table have been attempted but skipped
+       due to lock unavailability (not counting <command>VACUUM FULL</command>)
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>autovacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4436,6 +4486,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_autovacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times vacuums on this table by the autovacuum daemon have been
+       attempted but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>analyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4445,6 +4505,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_analyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times manual analyzes on this table have been attempted but
+       skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>autoanalyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4455,6 +4525,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_autoanalyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times analyzes on this table by the autovacuum daemon have
+       been attempted but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>total_vacuum_time</structfield> <type>double precision</type>
@@ -4510,6 +4590,14 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
    </tgroup>
   </table>
 
+  <note>
+   <para>
+    When a manual vacuum or analyze on a parent table in an inheritance or
+    partitioning hierarchy is skipped, the statistics are recorded only for
+    the parent table, not for its children.
+   </para>
+  </note>
+
  </sect2>
 
  <sect2 id="monitoring-pg-stat-autovacuum-scores-view">
diff --git a/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql b/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql
index 73a1c1c4670..f509fc7876b 100644
--- a/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql
+++ b/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql
@@ -736,13 +736,21 @@ CREATE VIEW pg_stat_all_tables AS
             pg_stat_get_mod_since_analyze(C.oid) AS n_mod_since_analyze,
             pg_stat_get_ins_since_vacuum(C.oid) AS n_ins_since_vacuum,
             pg_stat_get_last_vacuum_time(C.oid) as last_vacuum,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_vacuum,
             pg_stat_get_last_autovacuum_time(C.oid) as last_autovacuum,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_autovacuum,
             pg_stat_get_last_analyze_time(C.oid) as last_analyze,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_analyze,
             pg_stat_get_last_autoanalyze_time(C.oid) as last_autoanalyze,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_autoanalyze,
             pg_stat_get_vacuum_count(C.oid) AS vacuum_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count(C.oid) AS skipped_vacuum_count,
             pg_stat_get_autovacuum_count(C.oid) AS autovacuum_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count(C.oid) AS skipped_autovacuum_count,
             pg_stat_get_analyze_count(C.oid) AS analyze_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count(C.oid) AS skipped_analyze_count,
             pg_stat_get_autoanalyze_count(C.oid) AS autoanalyze_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count(C.oid) AS skipped_autoanalyze_count,
             pg_stat_get_total_vacuum_time(C.oid) AS total_vacuum_time,
             pg_stat_get_total_autovacuum_time(C.oid) AS total_autovacuum_time,
             pg_stat_get_total_analyze_time(C.oid) AS total_analyze_time,
diff --git a/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c b/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c
index 99d0db82ed7..97cd5ea8d10 100644
--- a/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c
+++ b/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c
@@ -793,8 +793,25 @@ vacuum_open_relation(Oid relid, RangeVar *relation, uint32 options,
 		rel = try_relation_open(relid, NoLock);
 	else
 	{
+		int flags = 0;
 		rel = NULL;
 		rel_lock = false;
+
+		if ((options & VACOPT_VACUUM) != 0)
+		{
+			if (AmAutoVacuumWorkerProcess())
+				flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOVACUUM;
+			else
+				flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM;
+		}
+		if ((options & VACOPT_ANALYZE) != 0)
+		{
+			if (AmAutoVacuumWorkerProcess())
+				flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOANALYZE;
+			else
+				flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE;
+		}
+		pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(relid, flags);
 	}
 
 	/* if relation is opened, leave */
@@ -802,7 +819,7 @@ vacuum_open_relation(Oid relid, RangeVar *relation, uint32 options,
 		return rel;
 
 	/*
-	 * Relation could not be opened, hence generate if possible a log
+	 * Relation could not be opened hence generate if possible a log
 	 * informing on the situation.
 	 *
 	 * If the RangeVar is not defined, we do not have enough information to
@@ -905,7 +922,6 @@ expand_vacuum_rel(VacuumRelation *vrel, MemoryContext vac_context,
 		Form_pg_class classForm;
 		bool		include_children;
 		bool		is_partitioned_table;
-		int			rvr_opts;
 
 		/*
 		 * Since autovacuum workers supply OIDs when calling vacuum(), no
@@ -918,29 +934,69 @@ expand_vacuum_rel(VacuumRelation *vrel, MemoryContext vac_context,
 		 * below, as well as find_all_inheritors's expectation that the caller
 		 * holds some lock on the starting relation.
 		 */
-		rvr_opts = (options & VACOPT_SKIP_LOCKED) ? RVR_SKIP_LOCKED : 0;
-		relid = RangeVarGetRelidExtended(vrel->relation,
-										 AccessShareLock,
-										 rvr_opts,
-										 NULL, NULL);
-
-		/*
-		 * If the lock is unavailable, emit the same log statement that
-		 * vacuum_rel() and analyze_rel() would.
-		 */
-		if (!OidIsValid(relid))
+		if (!(options & VACOPT_SKIP_LOCKED))
 		{
-			if (options & VACOPT_VACUUM)
-				ereport(WARNING,
-						(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
-						 errmsg("skipping vacuum of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
-								vrel->relation->relname)));
-			else
-				ereport(WARNING,
-						(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
-						 errmsg("skipping analyze of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
+			relid = RangeVarGetRelidExtended(vrel->relation,
+											 AccessShareLock,
+											 0, NULL, NULL);
+			if (!OidIsValid(relid))
+				return vacrels;
+		}
+		else
+		{
+			/* Get relid for reporting before taking a lock */
+			relid = RangeVarGetRelid(vrel->relation, NoLock, false);
+
+			if (!ConditionalLockRelationOid(relid, AccessShareLock))
+			{
+				int	flags = 0;
+				/*
+				 * If the lock is unavailable, emit the same log statement that
+				 * vacuum_rel() and analyze_rel() would.
+				 */
+				if (options & VACOPT_VACUUM)
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping vacuum of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
 								vrel->relation->relname)));
-			return vacrels;
+				else
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping analyze of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
+									vrel->relation->relname)));
+
+				if ((options & VACOPT_VACUUM) != 0)
+					flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM;
+				if ((options & VACOPT_ANALYZE) != 0)
+					flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE;
+
+				pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(relid, flags);
+
+				return vacrels;
+			}
+
+			/*
+			 * Now that we have the lock, probe to see if the relation really
+			 * exists or not.
+			 */
+			if (!SearchSysCacheExists1(RELOID, ObjectIdGetDatum(relid)))
+			{
+				if (options & VACOPT_VACUUM)
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_UNDEFINED_TABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping vacuum of \"%s\" --- relation no longer exists",
+									vrel->relation->relname)));
+				else
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_UNDEFINED_TABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping analyze of \"%s\" --- relation no longer exists",
+									vrel->relation->relname)));
+
+				/* Release useless lock */
+				UnlockRelationOid(relid, AccessShareLock);
+
+				return vacrels;
+			}
 		}
 
 		/*
diff --git a/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c b/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c
index b2ca28f83ba..532d9023f8c 100644
--- a/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c
+++ b/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c
@@ -17,12 +17,14 @@
 
 #include "postgres.h"
 
+#include "access/htup_details.h"
 #include "access/twophase_rmgr.h"
 #include "access/xact.h"
 #include "catalog/catalog.h"
 #include "utils/memutils.h"
 #include "utils/pgstat_internal.h"
 #include "utils/rel.h"
+#include "utils/syscache.h"
 #include "utils/timestamp.h"
 
 
@@ -367,6 +369,68 @@ pgstat_report_analyze(Relation rel,
 	(void) pgstat_flush_backend(false, PGSTAT_BACKEND_FLUSH_IO);
 }
 
+/*
+ * Report that the table was skipped during vacuum or/and analyze.
+ */
+void
+pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(Oid relid, int flags)
+{
+	PgStat_EntryRef *entry_ref;
+	PgStatShared_Relation *shtabentry;
+	PgStat_StatTabEntry *tabentry;
+	TimestampTz ts;
+	HeapTuple	classTup;
+	bool		isshared;
+
+	if (!pgstat_track_counts || !flags)
+		return;
+
+	classTup = SearchSysCache1(RELOID, ObjectIdGetDatum(relid));
+	if (!HeapTupleIsValid(classTup))
+		return;			/* somebody deleted the rel, forget it */
+	isshared = ((Form_pg_class) GETSTRUCT(classTup))->relisshared;
+	ReleaseSysCache(classTup);
+
+	/* Store the data in the table's hash table entry. */
+	ts = GetCurrentTimestamp();
+
+	/* block acquiring lock for the same reason as pgstat_report_autovac() */
+	entry_ref = pgstat_get_entry_ref_locked(PGSTAT_KIND_RELATION,
+											isshared ? InvalidOid : MyDatabaseId,
+											relid, false);
+
+	shtabentry = (PgStatShared_Relation *) entry_ref->shared_stats;
+	tabentry = &shtabentry->stats;
+
+	if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM)
+	{
+		tabentry->last_skipped_vacuum_time = ts;
+		tabentry->skipped_vacuum_count++;
+	}
+	else if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOVACUUM)
+	{
+		tabentry->last_skipped_autovacuum_time = ts;
+		tabentry->skipped_autovacuum_count++;
+	}
+
+	if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE)
+	{
+		tabentry->last_skipped_analyze_time = ts;
+		tabentry->skipped_analyze_count++;
+	}
+	else if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOANALYZE)
+	{
+		tabentry->last_skipped_autoanalyze_time = ts;
+		tabentry->skipped_autoanalyze_count++;
+	}
+
+	pgstat_unlock_entry(entry_ref);
+
+	/* see pgstat_report_vacuum() */
+	pgstat_flush_io(false);
+	(void) pgstat_flush_backend(false, PGSTAT_BACKEND_FLUSH_IO);
+}
+
 /*
  * count a tuple insertion of n tuples
  */
diff --git a/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c b/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c
index 1408de387ea..90a8968faa0 100644
--- a/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c
+++ b/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c
@@ -84,6 +84,18 @@ PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(mod_since_analyze)
 /* pg_stat_get_numscans */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(numscans)
 
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_analyze_count)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_autoanalyze_count)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_autovacuum_count)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_vacuum_count)
+
 /* pg_stat_get_tuples_deleted */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(tuples_deleted)
 
@@ -170,6 +182,18 @@ PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_vacuum_time)
 /* pg_stat_get_lastscan */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(lastscan)
 
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_analyze_time)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_autoanalyze_time)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_autovacuum_time)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_vacuum_time)
+
 /* pg_stat_get_stat_reset_time */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(stat_reset_time)
 
diff --git a/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat b/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat
index fa9ae79082b..32debb34863 100644
--- a/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat
+++ b/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat
@@ -5680,6 +5680,38 @@
   proargmodes => '{o,o,o,o,o,o,o,o,o,o}',
   proargnames => '{oid,score,xid_score,mxid_score,vacuum_score,vacuum_insert_score,analyze_score,do_vacuum,do_analyze,for_wraparound}',
   prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_autovacuum_scores' },
+{ oid => '8142', descr => 'statistics: last skipped vacuum time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time' },
+{ oid => '8143', descr => 'statistics: last skipped auto vacuum time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time' },
+{ oid => '8144', descr => 'statistics: last skipped analyze time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time' },
+{ oid => '8145', descr => 'statistics: last skipped auto analyze time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time' },
+{ oid => '8146', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped vacuum for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count' },
+{ oid => '8147', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped auto vacuum for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count' },
+{ oid => '8148', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped analyzes for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count' },
+{ oid => '8149', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped auto analyzes for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count' },
 { oid => '1936', descr => 'statistics: currently active backend IDs',
   proname => 'pg_stat_get_backend_idset', prorows => '100', proretset => 't',
   provolatile => 's', proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int4',
diff --git a/src/include/pgstat.h b/src/include/pgstat.h
index dfa2e837638..98941f953d1 100644
--- a/src/include/pgstat.h
+++ b/src/include/pgstat.h
@@ -479,6 +479,15 @@ typedef struct PgStat_StatTabEntry
 	TimestampTz last_autoanalyze_time;	/* autovacuum initiated */
 	PgStat_Counter autoanalyze_count;
 
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_vacuum_time;	/* user initiated vacuum */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_vacuum_count;
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_autovacuum_time;	/* autovacuum initiated */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_autovacuum_count;
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_analyze_time;	/* user initiated */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_analyze_count;
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_autoanalyze_time;	/* autovacuum initiated */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_autoanalyze_count;
+
 	PgStat_Counter total_vacuum_time;	/* times in milliseconds */
 	PgStat_Counter total_autovacuum_time;
 	PgStat_Counter total_analyze_time;
@@ -703,6 +712,13 @@ extern void pgstat_report_analyze(Relation rel,
 								  PgStat_Counter livetuples, PgStat_Counter deadtuples,
 								  bool resetcounter, TimestampTz starttime);
 
+/* flags for pgstat_flush_backend() */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM		(1 << 0)	/* vacuum is skipped */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE		(1 << 1)	/* analyze is skipped */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOVACUUM	(1 << 2)	/* autovacuum is skipped */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOANALYZE	(1 << 3)	/* autoanalyze is skipped */
+extern void pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(Oid relid, int flags);
+
 /*
  * If stats are enabled, but pending data hasn't been prepared yet, call
  * pgstat_assoc_relation() to do so. See its comment for why this is done
diff --git a/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out b/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out
index a65a5bf0c4f..9b2075d3373 100644
--- a/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out
+++ b/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out
@@ -1835,13 +1835,21 @@ pg_stat_all_tables| SELECT c.oid AS relid,
     pg_stat_get_mod_since_analyze(c.oid) AS n_mod_since_analyze,
     pg_stat_get_ins_since_vacuum(c.oid) AS n_ins_since_vacuum,
     pg_stat_get_last_vacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_vacuum,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_vacuum,
     pg_stat_get_last_autovacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_autovacuum,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_autovacuum,
     pg_stat_get_last_analyze_time(c.oid) AS last_analyze,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_analyze,
     pg_stat_get_last_autoanalyze_time(c.oid) AS last_autoanalyze,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_autoanalyze,
     pg_stat_get_vacuum_count(c.oid) AS vacuum_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count(c.oid) AS skipped_vacuum_count,
     pg_stat_get_autovacuum_count(c.oid) AS autovacuum_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count(c.oid) AS skipped_autovacuum_count,
     pg_stat_get_analyze_count(c.oid) AS analyze_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count(c.oid) AS skipped_analyze_count,
     pg_stat_get_autoanalyze_count(c.oid) AS autoanalyze_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count(c.oid) AS skipped_autoanalyze_count,
     pg_stat_get_total_vacuum_time(c.oid) AS total_vacuum_time,
     pg_stat_get_total_autovacuum_time(c.oid) AS total_autovacuum_time,
     pg_stat_get_total_analyze_time(c.oid) AS total_analyze_time,
@@ -2346,13 +2354,21 @@ pg_stat_sys_tables| SELECT relid,
     n_mod_since_analyze,
     n_ins_since_vacuum,
     last_vacuum,
+    last_skipped_vacuum,
     last_autovacuum,
+    last_skipped_autovacuum,
     last_analyze,
+    last_skipped_analyze,
     last_autoanalyze,
+    last_skipped_autoanalyze,
     vacuum_count,
+    skipped_vacuum_count,
     autovacuum_count,
+    skipped_autovacuum_count,
     analyze_count,
+    skipped_analyze_count,
     autoanalyze_count,
+    skipped_autoanalyze_count,
     total_vacuum_time,
     total_autovacuum_time,
     total_analyze_time,
@@ -2401,13 +2417,21 @@ pg_stat_user_tables| SELECT relid,
     n_mod_since_analyze,
     n_ins_since_vacuum,
     last_vacuum,
+    last_skipped_vacuum,
     last_autovacuum,
+    last_skipped_autovacuum,
     last_analyze,
+    last_skipped_analyze,
     last_autoanalyze,
+    last_skipped_autoanalyze,
     vacuum_count,
+    skipped_vacuum_count,
     autovacuum_count,
+    skipped_autovacuum_count,
     analyze_count,
+    skipped_analyze_count,
     autoanalyze_count,
+    skipped_autoanalyze_count,
     total_vacuum_time,
     total_autovacuum_time,
     total_analyze_time,
-- 
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* [PATCH v3] Track skipped vacuum and analyze activity per relation
@ 2026-03-24 04:09 Yugo Nagata <[email protected]>
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From: Yugo Nagata @ 2026-03-24 04:09 UTC (permalink / raw)

This commit adds eight fields to the relation statistics that track
the last time vacuum or analyze has been attempted but skipped due to
lock unavailability, along with their counts:

-    last_skipped_vacuum
-    last_skipped_autovacuum
-    last_skipped_analyze
-    last_skipped_autoanalyze
-    skipped_vacuum_count
-    skipped_autovacuum_count
-    skipped_analyze_count
-    skipped_autoanalyze_count

These field can help users confirm that autovacuum is actively attempting
to run on a table that has not been vacuumed or analyzed for a long time,
and that the lack of progress is due to repeated skips rather than inactivity.
---
 doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml                 | 80 +++++++++++++++++
 src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql         |  8 ++
 src/backend/commands/vacuum.c                | 95 +++++++++++++++-----
 src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c | 68 ++++++++++++++
 src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c          | 24 +++++
 src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat              | 32 +++++++
 src/include/pgstat.h                         | 16 ++++
 src/test/regress/expected/rules.out          | 24 +++++
 8 files changed, 324 insertions(+), 23 deletions(-)

diff --git a/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml b/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml
index bb75ed1069b..9ec8070b2fc 100644
--- a/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml
+++ b/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml
@@ -4372,6 +4372,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_vacuum</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time a manual vacuum on this table was attempted but skipped due to
+       lock unavailability (not counting <command>VACUUM FULL</command>)
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>last_autovacuum</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
@@ -4382,6 +4392,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_autovacuum</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time a vacuum on this table by the autovacuum daemon was attempted
+       but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>last_analyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
@@ -4391,6 +4411,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_analyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time a manual analyze on this table was attempted but skipped due to
+       lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>last_autoanalyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
@@ -4401,6 +4431,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_autoanalyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time at which an analyze on this table by the autovacuum was
+       attempted but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>vacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4411,6 +4451,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_vacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times vacuums on this table have been attempted but skipped
+       due to lock unavailability (not counting <command>VACUUM FULL</command>)
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>autovacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4421,6 +4471,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_autovacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times vacuums on this table by the autovacuum daemon have been
+       attempted but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>analyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4430,6 +4490,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_analyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times manual analyzes on this table have been attempted but
+       skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>autoanalyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4440,6 +4510,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_autoanalyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times analyzes on this table by the autovacuum daemon have
+       been attempted but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>total_vacuum_time</structfield> <type>double precision</type>
diff --git a/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql b/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql
index e54018004db..2ca02a0354c 100644
--- a/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql
+++ b/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql
@@ -736,13 +736,21 @@ CREATE VIEW pg_stat_all_tables AS
             pg_stat_get_mod_since_analyze(C.oid) AS n_mod_since_analyze,
             pg_stat_get_ins_since_vacuum(C.oid) AS n_ins_since_vacuum,
             pg_stat_get_last_vacuum_time(C.oid) as last_vacuum,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_vacuum,
             pg_stat_get_last_autovacuum_time(C.oid) as last_autovacuum,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_autovacuum,
             pg_stat_get_last_analyze_time(C.oid) as last_analyze,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_analyze,
             pg_stat_get_last_autoanalyze_time(C.oid) as last_autoanalyze,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_autoanalyze,
             pg_stat_get_vacuum_count(C.oid) AS vacuum_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count(C.oid) AS skipped_vacuum_count,
             pg_stat_get_autovacuum_count(C.oid) AS autovacuum_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count(C.oid) AS skipped_autovacuum_count,
             pg_stat_get_analyze_count(C.oid) AS analyze_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count(C.oid) AS skipped_analyze_count,
             pg_stat_get_autoanalyze_count(C.oid) AS autoanalyze_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count(C.oid) AS skipped_autoanalyze_count,
             pg_stat_get_total_vacuum_time(C.oid) AS total_vacuum_time,
             pg_stat_get_total_autovacuum_time(C.oid) AS total_autovacuum_time,
             pg_stat_get_total_analyze_time(C.oid) AS total_analyze_time,
diff --git a/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c b/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c
index bce3a2daa24..ce83b3171be 100644
--- a/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c
+++ b/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c
@@ -792,8 +792,18 @@ vacuum_open_relation(Oid relid, RangeVar *relation, bits32 options,
 		rel = try_relation_open(relid, NoLock);
 	else
 	{
+		bits8 flags = 0;
 		rel = NULL;
 		rel_lock = false;
+
+		if ((options & VACOPT_VACUUM) != 0)
+			flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM;
+		if ((options & VACOPT_ANALYZE) != 0)
+			flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE;
+		if (AmAutoVacuumWorkerProcess())
+			flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOVAC;
+
+		pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(relid, flags);
 	}
 
 	/* if relation is opened, leave */
@@ -801,7 +811,7 @@ vacuum_open_relation(Oid relid, RangeVar *relation, bits32 options,
 		return rel;
 
 	/*
-	 * Relation could not be opened, hence generate if possible a log
+	 * Relation could not be opened hence generate if possible a log
 	 * informing on the situation.
 	 *
 	 * If the RangeVar is not defined, we do not have enough information to
@@ -904,7 +914,6 @@ expand_vacuum_rel(VacuumRelation *vrel, MemoryContext vac_context,
 		Form_pg_class classForm;
 		bool		include_children;
 		bool		is_partitioned_table;
-		int			rvr_opts;
 
 		/*
 		 * Since autovacuum workers supply OIDs when calling vacuum(), no
@@ -917,29 +926,69 @@ expand_vacuum_rel(VacuumRelation *vrel, MemoryContext vac_context,
 		 * below, as well as find_all_inheritors's expectation that the caller
 		 * holds some lock on the starting relation.
 		 */
-		rvr_opts = (options & VACOPT_SKIP_LOCKED) ? RVR_SKIP_LOCKED : 0;
-		relid = RangeVarGetRelidExtended(vrel->relation,
-										 AccessShareLock,
-										 rvr_opts,
-										 NULL, NULL);
-
-		/*
-		 * If the lock is unavailable, emit the same log statement that
-		 * vacuum_rel() and analyze_rel() would.
-		 */
-		if (!OidIsValid(relid))
+		if (!(options & VACOPT_SKIP_LOCKED))
 		{
-			if (options & VACOPT_VACUUM)
-				ereport(WARNING,
-						(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
-						 errmsg("skipping vacuum of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
-								vrel->relation->relname)));
-			else
-				ereport(WARNING,
-						(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
-						 errmsg("skipping analyze of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
+			relid = RangeVarGetRelidExtended(vrel->relation,
+											 AccessShareLock,
+											 0, NULL, NULL);
+			if (!OidIsValid(relid))
+				return vacrels;
+		}
+		else
+		{
+			/* Get relid for reporting before taking a lock */
+			relid = RangeVarGetRelid(vrel->relation, NoLock, false);
+
+			if (!ConditionalLockRelationOid(relid, AccessShareLock))
+			{
+				bits8	flags = 0;
+				/*
+				 * If the lock is unavailable, emit the same log statement that
+				 * vacuum_rel() and analyze_rel() would.
+				 */
+				if (options & VACOPT_VACUUM)
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping vacuum of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
 								vrel->relation->relname)));
-			return vacrels;
+				else
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping analyze of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
+									vrel->relation->relname)));
+
+				if ((options & VACOPT_VACUUM) != 0)
+					flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM;
+				if ((options & VACOPT_ANALYZE) != 0)
+					flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE;
+
+				pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(relid, flags);
+
+				return vacrels;
+			}
+
+			/*
+			 * Now that we have the lock, probe to see if the relation really
+			 * exists or not.
+			 */
+			if (!SearchSysCacheExists1(RELOID, ObjectIdGetDatum(relid)))
+			{
+				if (options & VACOPT_VACUUM)
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_UNDEFINED_TABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping vacuum of \"%s\" --- relation no longer exists",
+									vrel->relation->relname)));
+				else
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_UNDEFINED_TABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping analyze of \"%s\" --- relation no longer exists",
+									vrel->relation->relname)));
+
+				/* Release useless lock */
+				UnlockRelationOid(relid, AccessShareLock);
+
+				return vacrels;
+			}
 		}
 
 		/*
diff --git a/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c b/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c
index bc8c43b96aa..cec4c88980e 100644
--- a/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c
+++ b/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c
@@ -17,6 +17,7 @@
 
 #include "postgres.h"
 
+#include "access/htup_details.h"
 #include "access/twophase_rmgr.h"
 #include "access/xact.h"
 #include "catalog/catalog.h"
@@ -366,6 +367,73 @@ pgstat_report_analyze(Relation rel,
 	(void) pgstat_flush_backend(false, PGSTAT_BACKEND_FLUSH_IO);
 }
 
+/*
+ * Report that the table was skipped during vacuum or/and analyze.
+ */
+void
+pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(Oid relid, bits8 flags)
+{
+	PgStat_EntryRef *entry_ref;
+	PgStatShared_Relation *shtabentry;
+	PgStat_StatTabEntry *tabentry;
+	TimestampTz ts;
+	HeapTuple	classTup;
+	bool		isshared;
+
+	if (!pgstat_track_counts || !(flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANY))
+		return;
+
+	classTup = SearchSysCache1(RELOID, ObjectIdGetDatum(relid));
+	if (!HeapTupleIsValid(classTup))
+		return;			/* somebody deleted the rel, forget it */
+	isshared = ((Form_pg_class) GETSTRUCT(classTup))->relisshared;
+	ReleaseSysCache(classTup);
+
+	/* Store the data in the table's hash table entry. */
+	ts = GetCurrentTimestamp();
+
+	/* block acquiring lock for the same reason as pgstat_report_autovac() */
+	entry_ref = pgstat_get_entry_ref_locked(PGSTAT_KIND_RELATION,
+											isshared ? InvalidOid : MyDatabaseId,
+											relid, false);
+
+	shtabentry = (PgStatShared_Relation *) entry_ref->shared_stats;
+	tabentry = &shtabentry->stats;
+
+	if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOVAC)
+	{
+		if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM)
+		{
+			tabentry->last_skipped_autovacuum_time = ts;
+			tabentry->skipped_autovacuum_count++;
+		}
+		if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE)
+		{
+			tabentry->last_skipped_autoanalyze_time = ts;
+			tabentry->skipped_autoanalyze_count++;
+		}
+	}
+	else
+	{
+		if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM)
+		{
+			tabentry->last_skipped_vacuum_time = ts;
+			tabentry->skipped_vacuum_count++;
+		}
+		if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE)
+		{
+			tabentry->last_skipped_analyze_time = ts;
+			tabentry->skipped_analyze_count++;
+		}
+	}
+
+	pgstat_unlock_entry(entry_ref);
+
+	/* see pgstat_report_vacuum() */
+	pgstat_flush_io(false);
+	(void) pgstat_flush_backend(false, PGSTAT_BACKEND_FLUSH_IO);
+}
+
 /*
  * count a tuple insertion of n tuples
  */
diff --git a/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c b/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c
index 9185a8e6b83..18aaa3996e1 100644
--- a/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c
+++ b/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c
@@ -84,6 +84,18 @@ PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(mod_since_analyze)
 /* pg_stat_get_numscans */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(numscans)
 
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_analyze_count)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_autoanalyze_count)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_autovacuum_count)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_vacuum_count)
+
 /* pg_stat_get_tuples_deleted */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(tuples_deleted)
 
@@ -170,6 +182,18 @@ PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_vacuum_time)
 /* pg_stat_get_lastscan */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(lastscan)
 
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_analyze_time)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_autoanalyze_time)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_autovacuum_time)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_vacuum_time)
+
 /* pg_stat_get_stat_reset_time */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(stat_reset_time)
 
diff --git a/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat b/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat
index 0118e970dda..ccfe3d9e02a 100644
--- a/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat
+++ b/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat
@@ -5667,6 +5667,38 @@
   proname => 'pg_stat_get_total_autoanalyze_time', provolatile => 's',
   proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'float8', proargtypes => 'oid',
   prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_total_autoanalyze_time' },
+{ oid => '8142', descr => 'statistics: last skipped vacuum time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time' },
+{ oid => '8143', descr => 'statistics: last skipped auto vacuum time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time' },
+{ oid => '8144', descr => 'statistics: last skipped analyze time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time' },
+{ oid => '8145', descr => 'statistics: last skipped auto analyze time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time' },
+{ oid => '8146', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped vacuum for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count' },
+{ oid => '8147', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped auto vacuum for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count' },
+{ oid => '8148', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped analyzes for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count' },
+{ oid => '8149', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped auto analyzes for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count' },
 { oid => '1936', descr => 'statistics: currently active backend IDs',
   proname => 'pg_stat_get_backend_idset', prorows => '100', proretset => 't',
   provolatile => 's', proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int4',
diff --git a/src/include/pgstat.h b/src/include/pgstat.h
index 8e3549c3752..343081a7a25 100644
--- a/src/include/pgstat.h
+++ b/src/include/pgstat.h
@@ -479,6 +479,15 @@ typedef struct PgStat_StatTabEntry
 	TimestampTz last_autoanalyze_time;	/* autovacuum initiated */
 	PgStat_Counter autoanalyze_count;
 
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_vacuum_time;	/* user initiated vacuum */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_vacuum_count;
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_autovacuum_time;	/* autovacuum initiated */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_autovacuum_count;
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_analyze_time;	/* user initiated */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_analyze_count;
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_autoanalyze_time;	/* autovacuum initiated */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_autoanalyze_count;
+
 	PgStat_Counter total_vacuum_time;	/* times in milliseconds */
 	PgStat_Counter total_autovacuum_time;
 	PgStat_Counter total_analyze_time;
@@ -707,6 +716,13 @@ extern void pgstat_report_analyze(Relation rel,
 								  PgStat_Counter livetuples, PgStat_Counter deadtuples,
 								  bool resetcounter, TimestampTz starttime);
 
+/* flags for pgstat_flush_backend() */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM	(1 << 0)	/* vacuum is skipped */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE	(1 << 1)	/* analyze is skipped */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOVAC	(1 << 2)	/* skipped during autovacuum/autoanalyze */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANY   (PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM | PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE)
+extern void pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(Oid relid, bits8 flags);
+
 /*
  * If stats are enabled, but pending data hasn't been prepared yet, call
  * pgstat_assoc_relation() to do so. See its comment for why this is done
diff --git a/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out b/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out
index 2b3cf6d8569..4ccfc43e903 100644
--- a/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out
+++ b/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out
@@ -1835,13 +1835,21 @@ pg_stat_all_tables| SELECT c.oid AS relid,
     pg_stat_get_mod_since_analyze(c.oid) AS n_mod_since_analyze,
     pg_stat_get_ins_since_vacuum(c.oid) AS n_ins_since_vacuum,
     pg_stat_get_last_vacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_vacuum,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_vacuum,
     pg_stat_get_last_autovacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_autovacuum,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_autovacuum,
     pg_stat_get_last_analyze_time(c.oid) AS last_analyze,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_analyze,
     pg_stat_get_last_autoanalyze_time(c.oid) AS last_autoanalyze,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_autoanalyze,
     pg_stat_get_vacuum_count(c.oid) AS vacuum_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count(c.oid) AS skipped_vacuum_count,
     pg_stat_get_autovacuum_count(c.oid) AS autovacuum_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count(c.oid) AS skipped_autovacuum_count,
     pg_stat_get_analyze_count(c.oid) AS analyze_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count(c.oid) AS skipped_analyze_count,
     pg_stat_get_autoanalyze_count(c.oid) AS autoanalyze_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count(c.oid) AS skipped_autoanalyze_count,
     pg_stat_get_total_vacuum_time(c.oid) AS total_vacuum_time,
     pg_stat_get_total_autovacuum_time(c.oid) AS total_autovacuum_time,
     pg_stat_get_total_analyze_time(c.oid) AS total_analyze_time,
@@ -2293,13 +2301,21 @@ pg_stat_sys_tables| SELECT relid,
     n_mod_since_analyze,
     n_ins_since_vacuum,
     last_vacuum,
+    last_skipped_vacuum,
     last_autovacuum,
+    last_skipped_autovacuum,
     last_analyze,
+    last_skipped_analyze,
     last_autoanalyze,
+    last_skipped_autoanalyze,
     vacuum_count,
+    skipped_vacuum_count,
     autovacuum_count,
+    skipped_autovacuum_count,
     analyze_count,
+    skipped_analyze_count,
     autoanalyze_count,
+    skipped_autoanalyze_count,
     total_vacuum_time,
     total_autovacuum_time,
     total_analyze_time,
@@ -2348,13 +2364,21 @@ pg_stat_user_tables| SELECT relid,
     n_mod_since_analyze,
     n_ins_since_vacuum,
     last_vacuum,
+    last_skipped_vacuum,
     last_autovacuum,
+    last_skipped_autovacuum,
     last_analyze,
+    last_skipped_analyze,
     last_autoanalyze,
+    last_skipped_autoanalyze,
     vacuum_count,
+    skipped_vacuum_count,
     autovacuum_count,
+    skipped_autovacuum_count,
     analyze_count,
+    skipped_analyze_count,
     autoanalyze_count,
+    skipped_autoanalyze_count,
     total_vacuum_time,
     total_autovacuum_time,
     total_analyze_time,
-- 
2.43.0


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* [PATCH v5] Track skipped vacuum and analyze activity per relation
@ 2026-03-24 04:09 Yugo Nagata <[email protected]>
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From: Yugo Nagata @ 2026-03-24 04:09 UTC (permalink / raw)

This commit adds eight fields to the relation statistics that track
the last time vacuum or analyze has been attempted but skipped due to
lock unavailability, along with their counts:

-    last_skipped_vacuum
-    last_skipped_autovacuum
-    last_skipped_analyze
-    last_skipped_autoanalyze
-    skipped_vacuum_count
-    skipped_autovacuum_count
-    skipped_analyze_count
-    skipped_autoanalyze_count

These field can help users confirm that autovacuum is actively attempting
to run on a table that has not been vacuumed or analyzed for a long time,
and that the lack of progress is due to repeated skips rather than inactivity.
---
 doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml                  |  88 ++++++
 src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql          |   8 +
 src/backend/commands/vacuum.c                 | 100 +++++--
 src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c  |  64 +++++
 src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c           |  24 ++
 src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat               |  32 +++
 src/include/pgstat.h                          |  16 ++
 .../isolation/expected/vacuum-skip-locked.out | 260 ++++++++++++++++--
 .../isolation/specs/vacuum-skip-locked.spec   |  41 +--
 src/test/regress/expected/rules.out           |  24 ++
 10 files changed, 601 insertions(+), 56 deletions(-)

diff --git a/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml b/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml
index 08d5b824552..a9b579d87a9 100644
--- a/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml
+++ b/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml
@@ -4387,6 +4387,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_vacuum</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time a manual vacuum on this table was attempted but skipped due to
+       lock unavailability (not counting <command>VACUUM FULL</command>)
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>last_autovacuum</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
@@ -4397,6 +4407,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_autovacuum</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time a vacuum on this table by the autovacuum daemon was attempted
+       but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>last_analyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
@@ -4406,6 +4426,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_analyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time a manual analyze on this table was attempted but skipped due to
+       lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>last_autoanalyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
@@ -4416,6 +4446,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_autoanalyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time at which an analyze on this table by the autovacuum was
+       attempted but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>vacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4426,6 +4466,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_vacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times manual vacuums on this table have been attempted but skipped
+       due to lock unavailability (not counting <command>VACUUM FULL</command>)
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>autovacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4436,6 +4486,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_autovacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times vacuums on this table by the autovacuum daemon have been
+       attempted but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>analyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4445,6 +4505,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_analyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times manual analyzes on this table have been attempted but
+       skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>autoanalyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4455,6 +4525,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_autoanalyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times analyzes on this table by the autovacuum daemon have
+       been attempted but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>total_vacuum_time</structfield> <type>double precision</type>
@@ -4510,6 +4590,14 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
    </tgroup>
   </table>
 
+  <note>
+   <para>
+    When a manual vacuum or analyze on a parent table in an inheritance or
+    partitioning hierarchy is skipped, the statistics are recorded only for
+    the parent table, not for its children.
+   </para>
+  </note>
+
  </sect2>
 
  <sect2 id="monitoring-pg-stat-autovacuum-scores-view">
diff --git a/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql b/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql
index 73a1c1c4670..f509fc7876b 100644
--- a/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql
+++ b/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql
@@ -736,13 +736,21 @@ CREATE VIEW pg_stat_all_tables AS
             pg_stat_get_mod_since_analyze(C.oid) AS n_mod_since_analyze,
             pg_stat_get_ins_since_vacuum(C.oid) AS n_ins_since_vacuum,
             pg_stat_get_last_vacuum_time(C.oid) as last_vacuum,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_vacuum,
             pg_stat_get_last_autovacuum_time(C.oid) as last_autovacuum,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_autovacuum,
             pg_stat_get_last_analyze_time(C.oid) as last_analyze,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_analyze,
             pg_stat_get_last_autoanalyze_time(C.oid) as last_autoanalyze,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_autoanalyze,
             pg_stat_get_vacuum_count(C.oid) AS vacuum_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count(C.oid) AS skipped_vacuum_count,
             pg_stat_get_autovacuum_count(C.oid) AS autovacuum_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count(C.oid) AS skipped_autovacuum_count,
             pg_stat_get_analyze_count(C.oid) AS analyze_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count(C.oid) AS skipped_analyze_count,
             pg_stat_get_autoanalyze_count(C.oid) AS autoanalyze_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count(C.oid) AS skipped_autoanalyze_count,
             pg_stat_get_total_vacuum_time(C.oid) AS total_vacuum_time,
             pg_stat_get_total_autovacuum_time(C.oid) AS total_autovacuum_time,
             pg_stat_get_total_analyze_time(C.oid) AS total_analyze_time,
diff --git a/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c b/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c
index 99d0db82ed7..df6526225e4 100644
--- a/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c
+++ b/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c
@@ -793,8 +793,25 @@ vacuum_open_relation(Oid relid, RangeVar *relation, uint32 options,
 		rel = try_relation_open(relid, NoLock);
 	else
 	{
+		int flags = 0;
 		rel = NULL;
 		rel_lock = false;
+
+		if ((options & VACOPT_VACUUM) != 0 && (options & VACOPT_FULL) == 0)
+		{
+			if (AmAutoVacuumWorkerProcess())
+				flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOVACUUM;
+			else
+				flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM;
+		}
+		if ((options & VACOPT_ANALYZE) != 0)
+		{
+			if (AmAutoVacuumWorkerProcess())
+				flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOANALYZE;
+			else
+				flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE;
+		}
+		pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(relid, flags);
 	}
 
 	/* if relation is opened, leave */
@@ -905,7 +922,6 @@ expand_vacuum_rel(VacuumRelation *vrel, MemoryContext vac_context,
 		Form_pg_class classForm;
 		bool		include_children;
 		bool		is_partitioned_table;
-		int			rvr_opts;
 
 		/*
 		 * Since autovacuum workers supply OIDs when calling vacuum(), no
@@ -918,29 +934,69 @@ expand_vacuum_rel(VacuumRelation *vrel, MemoryContext vac_context,
 		 * below, as well as find_all_inheritors's expectation that the caller
 		 * holds some lock on the starting relation.
 		 */
-		rvr_opts = (options & VACOPT_SKIP_LOCKED) ? RVR_SKIP_LOCKED : 0;
-		relid = RangeVarGetRelidExtended(vrel->relation,
-										 AccessShareLock,
-										 rvr_opts,
-										 NULL, NULL);
-
-		/*
-		 * If the lock is unavailable, emit the same log statement that
-		 * vacuum_rel() and analyze_rel() would.
-		 */
-		if (!OidIsValid(relid))
+		if (!(options & VACOPT_SKIP_LOCKED))
 		{
-			if (options & VACOPT_VACUUM)
-				ereport(WARNING,
-						(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
-						 errmsg("skipping vacuum of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
-								vrel->relation->relname)));
-			else
-				ereport(WARNING,
-						(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
-						 errmsg("skipping analyze of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
+			relid = RangeVarGetRelidExtended(vrel->relation,
+											 AccessShareLock,
+											 0, NULL, NULL);
+			if (!OidIsValid(relid))
+				return vacrels;
+		}
+		else
+		{
+			/* Get relid for reporting before taking a lock */
+			relid = RangeVarGetRelid(vrel->relation, NoLock, false);
+
+			if (!ConditionalLockRelationOid(relid, AccessShareLock))
+			{
+				int	flags = 0;
+				/*
+				 * If the lock is unavailable, emit the same log statement that
+				 * vacuum_rel() and analyze_rel() would.
+				 */
+				if (options & VACOPT_VACUUM)
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping vacuum of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
 								vrel->relation->relname)));
-			return vacrels;
+				else
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping analyze of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
+									vrel->relation->relname)));
+
+				if ((options & VACOPT_VACUUM) != 0 && (options & VACOPT_FULL) == 0)
+					flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM;
+				if ((options & VACOPT_ANALYZE) != 0)
+					flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE;
+
+				pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(relid, flags);
+
+				return vacrels;
+			}
+
+			/*
+			 * Now that we have the lock, probe to see if the relation really
+			 * exists or not.
+			 */
+			if (!SearchSysCacheExists1(RELOID, ObjectIdGetDatum(relid)))
+			{
+				if (options & VACOPT_VACUUM)
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_UNDEFINED_TABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping vacuum of \"%s\" --- relation no longer exists",
+									vrel->relation->relname)));
+				else
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_UNDEFINED_TABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping analyze of \"%s\" --- relation no longer exists",
+									vrel->relation->relname)));
+
+				/* Release useless lock */
+				UnlockRelationOid(relid, AccessShareLock);
+
+				return vacrels;
+			}
 		}
 
 		/*
diff --git a/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c b/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c
index b2ca28f83ba..532d9023f8c 100644
--- a/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c
+++ b/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c
@@ -17,12 +17,14 @@
 
 #include "postgres.h"
 
+#include "access/htup_details.h"
 #include "access/twophase_rmgr.h"
 #include "access/xact.h"
 #include "catalog/catalog.h"
 #include "utils/memutils.h"
 #include "utils/pgstat_internal.h"
 #include "utils/rel.h"
+#include "utils/syscache.h"
 #include "utils/timestamp.h"
 
 
@@ -367,6 +369,68 @@ pgstat_report_analyze(Relation rel,
 	(void) pgstat_flush_backend(false, PGSTAT_BACKEND_FLUSH_IO);
 }
 
+/*
+ * Report that the table was skipped during vacuum or/and analyze.
+ */
+void
+pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(Oid relid, int flags)
+{
+	PgStat_EntryRef *entry_ref;
+	PgStatShared_Relation *shtabentry;
+	PgStat_StatTabEntry *tabentry;
+	TimestampTz ts;
+	HeapTuple	classTup;
+	bool		isshared;
+
+	if (!pgstat_track_counts || !flags)
+		return;
+
+	classTup = SearchSysCache1(RELOID, ObjectIdGetDatum(relid));
+	if (!HeapTupleIsValid(classTup))
+		return;			/* somebody deleted the rel, forget it */
+	isshared = ((Form_pg_class) GETSTRUCT(classTup))->relisshared;
+	ReleaseSysCache(classTup);
+
+	/* Store the data in the table's hash table entry. */
+	ts = GetCurrentTimestamp();
+
+	/* block acquiring lock for the same reason as pgstat_report_autovac() */
+	entry_ref = pgstat_get_entry_ref_locked(PGSTAT_KIND_RELATION,
+											isshared ? InvalidOid : MyDatabaseId,
+											relid, false);
+
+	shtabentry = (PgStatShared_Relation *) entry_ref->shared_stats;
+	tabentry = &shtabentry->stats;
+
+	if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM)
+	{
+		tabentry->last_skipped_vacuum_time = ts;
+		tabentry->skipped_vacuum_count++;
+	}
+	else if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOVACUUM)
+	{
+		tabentry->last_skipped_autovacuum_time = ts;
+		tabentry->skipped_autovacuum_count++;
+	}
+
+	if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE)
+	{
+		tabentry->last_skipped_analyze_time = ts;
+		tabentry->skipped_analyze_count++;
+	}
+	else if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOANALYZE)
+	{
+		tabentry->last_skipped_autoanalyze_time = ts;
+		tabentry->skipped_autoanalyze_count++;
+	}
+
+	pgstat_unlock_entry(entry_ref);
+
+	/* see pgstat_report_vacuum() */
+	pgstat_flush_io(false);
+	(void) pgstat_flush_backend(false, PGSTAT_BACKEND_FLUSH_IO);
+}
+
 /*
  * count a tuple insertion of n tuples
  */
diff --git a/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c b/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c
index 1408de387ea..90a8968faa0 100644
--- a/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c
+++ b/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c
@@ -84,6 +84,18 @@ PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(mod_since_analyze)
 /* pg_stat_get_numscans */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(numscans)
 
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_analyze_count)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_autoanalyze_count)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_autovacuum_count)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_vacuum_count)
+
 /* pg_stat_get_tuples_deleted */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(tuples_deleted)
 
@@ -170,6 +182,18 @@ PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_vacuum_time)
 /* pg_stat_get_lastscan */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(lastscan)
 
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_analyze_time)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_autoanalyze_time)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_autovacuum_time)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_vacuum_time)
+
 /* pg_stat_get_stat_reset_time */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(stat_reset_time)
 
diff --git a/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat b/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat
index fa9ae79082b..32debb34863 100644
--- a/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat
+++ b/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat
@@ -5680,6 +5680,38 @@
   proargmodes => '{o,o,o,o,o,o,o,o,o,o}',
   proargnames => '{oid,score,xid_score,mxid_score,vacuum_score,vacuum_insert_score,analyze_score,do_vacuum,do_analyze,for_wraparound}',
   prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_autovacuum_scores' },
+{ oid => '8142', descr => 'statistics: last skipped vacuum time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time' },
+{ oid => '8143', descr => 'statistics: last skipped auto vacuum time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time' },
+{ oid => '8144', descr => 'statistics: last skipped analyze time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time' },
+{ oid => '8145', descr => 'statistics: last skipped auto analyze time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time' },
+{ oid => '8146', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped vacuum for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count' },
+{ oid => '8147', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped auto vacuum for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count' },
+{ oid => '8148', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped analyzes for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count' },
+{ oid => '8149', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped auto analyzes for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count' },
 { oid => '1936', descr => 'statistics: currently active backend IDs',
   proname => 'pg_stat_get_backend_idset', prorows => '100', proretset => 't',
   provolatile => 's', proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int4',
diff --git a/src/include/pgstat.h b/src/include/pgstat.h
index dfa2e837638..98941f953d1 100644
--- a/src/include/pgstat.h
+++ b/src/include/pgstat.h
@@ -479,6 +479,15 @@ typedef struct PgStat_StatTabEntry
 	TimestampTz last_autoanalyze_time;	/* autovacuum initiated */
 	PgStat_Counter autoanalyze_count;
 
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_vacuum_time;	/* user initiated vacuum */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_vacuum_count;
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_autovacuum_time;	/* autovacuum initiated */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_autovacuum_count;
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_analyze_time;	/* user initiated */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_analyze_count;
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_autoanalyze_time;	/* autovacuum initiated */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_autoanalyze_count;
+
 	PgStat_Counter total_vacuum_time;	/* times in milliseconds */
 	PgStat_Counter total_autovacuum_time;
 	PgStat_Counter total_analyze_time;
@@ -703,6 +712,13 @@ extern void pgstat_report_analyze(Relation rel,
 								  PgStat_Counter livetuples, PgStat_Counter deadtuples,
 								  bool resetcounter, TimestampTz starttime);
 
+/* flags for pgstat_flush_backend() */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM		(1 << 0)	/* vacuum is skipped */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE		(1 << 1)	/* analyze is skipped */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOVACUUM	(1 << 2)	/* autovacuum is skipped */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOANALYZE	(1 << 3)	/* autoanalyze is skipped */
+extern void pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(Oid relid, int flags);
+
 /*
  * If stats are enabled, but pending data hasn't been prepared yet, call
  * pgstat_assoc_relation() to do so. See its comment for why this is done
diff --git a/src/test/isolation/expected/vacuum-skip-locked.out b/src/test/isolation/expected/vacuum-skip-locked.out
index 99db281a159..e2cff175b7c 100644
--- a/src/test/isolation/expected/vacuum-skip-locked.out
+++ b/src/test/isolation/expected/vacuum-skip-locked.out
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 Parsed test spec with 2 sessions
 
-starting permutation: lock_share vac_specified commit
+starting permutation: lock_share vac_specified commit check_stat
 step lock_share: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN SHARE MODE;
@@ -10,8 +10,22 @@ step vac_specified: VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED) part1, part2;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
 
-starting permutation: lock_share vac_all_parts commit
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   1|            0|                    0
+part2  |           1|                   0|            0|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
+
+starting permutation: lock_share vac_all_parts commit check_stat
 step lock_share: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN SHARE MODE;
@@ -20,8 +34,22 @@ step vac_all_parts: VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED) parted;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   1|            0|                    0
+part2  |           1|                   0|            0|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
 
-starting permutation: lock_share analyze_specified commit
+starting permutation: lock_share analyze_specified commit check_stat
 step lock_share: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN SHARE MODE;
@@ -31,8 +59,22 @@ step analyze_specified: ANALYZE (SKIP_LOCKED) part1, part2;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
 
-starting permutation: lock_share analyze_all_parts commit
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   0|            0|                    1
+part2  |           0|                   0|            1|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
+
+starting permutation: lock_share analyze_all_parts commit check_stat
 step lock_share: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN SHARE MODE;
@@ -41,8 +83,22 @@ step analyze_all_parts: ANALYZE (SKIP_LOCKED) parted;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            1|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   0|            0|                    1
+part2  |           0|                   0|            1|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
 
-starting permutation: lock_share vac_analyze_specified commit
+starting permutation: lock_share vac_analyze_specified commit check_stat
 step lock_share: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN SHARE MODE;
@@ -52,8 +108,22 @@ step vac_analyze_specified: VACUUM (ANALYZE, SKIP_LOCKED) part1, part2;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
 
-starting permutation: lock_share vac_analyze_all_parts commit
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   1|            0|                    1
+part2  |           1|                   0|            1|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
+
+starting permutation: lock_share vac_analyze_all_parts commit check_stat
 step lock_share: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN SHARE MODE;
@@ -62,8 +132,22 @@ step vac_analyze_all_parts: VACUUM (ANALYZE, SKIP_LOCKED) parted;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            1|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   1|            0|                    1
+part2  |           1|                   0|            1|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
 
-starting permutation: lock_share vac_full_specified commit
+starting permutation: lock_share vac_full_specified commit check_stat
 step lock_share: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN SHARE MODE;
@@ -73,8 +157,22 @@ step vac_full_specified: VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED, FULL) part1, part2;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
 
-starting permutation: lock_share vac_full_all_parts commit
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part2  |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
+
+starting permutation: lock_share vac_full_all_parts commit check_stat
 step lock_share: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN SHARE MODE;
@@ -83,8 +181,22 @@ step vac_full_all_parts: VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED, FULL) parted;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part2  |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+(3 rows)
 
-starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_specified commit
+
+starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_specified commit check_stat
 step lock_access_exclusive: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN ACCESS EXCLUSIVE MODE;
@@ -94,8 +206,22 @@ step vac_specified: VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED) part1, part2;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   1|            0|                    0
+part2  |           1|                   0|            0|                    0
+(3 rows)
 
-starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_all_parts commit
+
+starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_all_parts commit check_stat
 step lock_access_exclusive: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN ACCESS EXCLUSIVE MODE;
@@ -104,8 +230,22 @@ step vac_all_parts: VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED) parted;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   1|            0|                    0
+part2  |           1|                   0|            0|                    0
+(3 rows)
 
-starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive analyze_specified commit
+
+starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive analyze_specified commit check_stat
 step lock_access_exclusive: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN ACCESS EXCLUSIVE MODE;
@@ -115,8 +255,22 @@ step analyze_specified: ANALYZE (SKIP_LOCKED) part1, part2;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   0|            0|                    1
+part2  |           0|                   0|            1|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
 
-starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive analyze_all_parts commit
+starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive analyze_all_parts commit check_stat
 step lock_access_exclusive: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN ACCESS EXCLUSIVE MODE;
@@ -126,8 +280,22 @@ step commit:
 	COMMIT;
 
 step analyze_all_parts: <... completed>
-
-starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_analyze_specified commit
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            1|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   0|            1|                    0
+part2  |           0|                   0|            1|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
+
+starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_analyze_specified commit check_stat
 step lock_access_exclusive: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN ACCESS EXCLUSIVE MODE;
@@ -137,8 +305,22 @@ step vac_analyze_specified: VACUUM (ANALYZE, SKIP_LOCKED) part1, part2;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   1|            0|                    1
+part2  |           1|                   0|            1|                    0
+(3 rows)
 
-starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_analyze_all_parts commit
+
+starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_analyze_all_parts commit check_stat
 step lock_access_exclusive: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN ACCESS EXCLUSIVE MODE;
@@ -148,8 +330,22 @@ step commit:
 	COMMIT;
 
 step vac_analyze_all_parts: <... completed>
-
-starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_full_specified commit
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            1|                    0
+part1  |           1|                   0|            1|                    0
+part2  |           1|                   0|            1|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
+
+starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_full_specified commit check_stat
 step lock_access_exclusive: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN ACCESS EXCLUSIVE MODE;
@@ -159,8 +355,22 @@ step vac_full_specified: VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED, FULL) part1, part2;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
 
-starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_full_all_parts commit
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part2  |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
+
+starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_full_all_parts commit check_stat
 step lock_access_exclusive: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN ACCESS EXCLUSIVE MODE;
@@ -169,3 +379,17 @@ step vac_full_all_parts: VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED, FULL) parted;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part2  |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
diff --git a/src/test/isolation/specs/vacuum-skip-locked.spec b/src/test/isolation/specs/vacuum-skip-locked.spec
index 3fad6e1c92a..b0da75d4b6d 100644
--- a/src/test/isolation/specs/vacuum-skip-locked.spec
+++ b/src/test/isolation/specs/vacuum-skip-locked.spec
@@ -33,6 +33,15 @@ step commit
 	COMMIT;
 }
 
+step check_stat
+{
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+}
+
 session s2
 step vac_specified			{ VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED) part1, part2; }
 step vac_all_parts			{ VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED) parted; }
@@ -43,19 +52,19 @@ step vac_analyze_all_parts	{ VACUUM (ANALYZE, SKIP_LOCKED) parted; }
 step vac_full_specified		{ VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED, FULL) part1, part2; }
 step vac_full_all_parts		{ VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED, FULL) parted; }
 
-permutation lock_share vac_specified commit
-permutation lock_share vac_all_parts commit
-permutation lock_share analyze_specified commit
-permutation lock_share analyze_all_parts commit
-permutation lock_share vac_analyze_specified commit
-permutation lock_share vac_analyze_all_parts commit
-permutation lock_share vac_full_specified commit
-permutation lock_share vac_full_all_parts commit
-permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_specified commit
-permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_all_parts commit
-permutation lock_access_exclusive analyze_specified commit
-permutation lock_access_exclusive analyze_all_parts commit
-permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_analyze_specified commit
-permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_analyze_all_parts commit
-permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_full_specified commit
-permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_full_all_parts commit
+permutation lock_share vac_specified commit check_stat
+permutation lock_share vac_all_parts commit check_stat
+permutation lock_share analyze_specified commit check_stat
+permutation lock_share analyze_all_parts commit check_stat
+permutation lock_share vac_analyze_specified commit check_stat
+permutation lock_share vac_analyze_all_parts commit check_stat
+permutation lock_share vac_full_specified commit check_stat
+permutation lock_share vac_full_all_parts commit check_stat
+permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_specified commit check_stat
+permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_all_parts commit check_stat
+permutation lock_access_exclusive analyze_specified commit check_stat
+permutation lock_access_exclusive analyze_all_parts commit check_stat
+permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_analyze_specified commit check_stat
+permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_analyze_all_parts commit check_stat
+permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_full_specified commit check_stat
+permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_full_all_parts commit check_stat
diff --git a/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out b/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out
index a65a5bf0c4f..9b2075d3373 100644
--- a/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out
+++ b/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out
@@ -1835,13 +1835,21 @@ pg_stat_all_tables| SELECT c.oid AS relid,
     pg_stat_get_mod_since_analyze(c.oid) AS n_mod_since_analyze,
     pg_stat_get_ins_since_vacuum(c.oid) AS n_ins_since_vacuum,
     pg_stat_get_last_vacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_vacuum,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_vacuum,
     pg_stat_get_last_autovacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_autovacuum,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_autovacuum,
     pg_stat_get_last_analyze_time(c.oid) AS last_analyze,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_analyze,
     pg_stat_get_last_autoanalyze_time(c.oid) AS last_autoanalyze,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_autoanalyze,
     pg_stat_get_vacuum_count(c.oid) AS vacuum_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count(c.oid) AS skipped_vacuum_count,
     pg_stat_get_autovacuum_count(c.oid) AS autovacuum_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count(c.oid) AS skipped_autovacuum_count,
     pg_stat_get_analyze_count(c.oid) AS analyze_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count(c.oid) AS skipped_analyze_count,
     pg_stat_get_autoanalyze_count(c.oid) AS autoanalyze_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count(c.oid) AS skipped_autoanalyze_count,
     pg_stat_get_total_vacuum_time(c.oid) AS total_vacuum_time,
     pg_stat_get_total_autovacuum_time(c.oid) AS total_autovacuum_time,
     pg_stat_get_total_analyze_time(c.oid) AS total_analyze_time,
@@ -2346,13 +2354,21 @@ pg_stat_sys_tables| SELECT relid,
     n_mod_since_analyze,
     n_ins_since_vacuum,
     last_vacuum,
+    last_skipped_vacuum,
     last_autovacuum,
+    last_skipped_autovacuum,
     last_analyze,
+    last_skipped_analyze,
     last_autoanalyze,
+    last_skipped_autoanalyze,
     vacuum_count,
+    skipped_vacuum_count,
     autovacuum_count,
+    skipped_autovacuum_count,
     analyze_count,
+    skipped_analyze_count,
     autoanalyze_count,
+    skipped_autoanalyze_count,
     total_vacuum_time,
     total_autovacuum_time,
     total_analyze_time,
@@ -2401,13 +2417,21 @@ pg_stat_user_tables| SELECT relid,
     n_mod_since_analyze,
     n_ins_since_vacuum,
     last_vacuum,
+    last_skipped_vacuum,
     last_autovacuum,
+    last_skipped_autovacuum,
     last_analyze,
+    last_skipped_analyze,
     last_autoanalyze,
+    last_skipped_autoanalyze,
     vacuum_count,
+    skipped_vacuum_count,
     autovacuum_count,
+    skipped_autovacuum_count,
     analyze_count,
+    skipped_analyze_count,
     autoanalyze_count,
+    skipped_autoanalyze_count,
     total_vacuum_time,
     total_autovacuum_time,
     total_analyze_time,
-- 
2.43.0


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* [PATCH v4] Track skipped vacuum and analyze activity per relation
@ 2026-03-24 04:09 Yugo Nagata <[email protected]>
  0 siblings, 0 replies; 374+ messages in thread

From: Yugo Nagata @ 2026-03-24 04:09 UTC (permalink / raw)

This commit adds eight fields to the relation statistics that track
the last time vacuum or analyze has been attempted but skipped due to
lock unavailability, along with their counts:

-    last_skipped_vacuum
-    last_skipped_autovacuum
-    last_skipped_analyze
-    last_skipped_autoanalyze
-    skipped_vacuum_count
-    skipped_autovacuum_count
-    skipped_analyze_count
-    skipped_autoanalyze_count

These field can help users confirm that autovacuum is actively attempting
to run on a table that has not been vacuumed or analyzed for a long time,
and that the lack of progress is due to repeated skips rather than inactivity.
---
 doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml                 |  88 ++++++++++++++++
 src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql         |   8 ++
 src/backend/commands/vacuum.c                | 102 ++++++++++++++-----
 src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c |  64 ++++++++++++
 src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c          |  24 +++++
 src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat              |  32 ++++++
 src/include/pgstat.h                         |  16 +++
 src/test/regress/expected/rules.out          |  24 +++++
 8 files changed, 335 insertions(+), 23 deletions(-)

diff --git a/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml b/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml
index 08d5b824552..a9b579d87a9 100644
--- a/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml
+++ b/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml
@@ -4387,6 +4387,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_vacuum</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time a manual vacuum on this table was attempted but skipped due to
+       lock unavailability (not counting <command>VACUUM FULL</command>)
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>last_autovacuum</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
@@ -4397,6 +4407,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_autovacuum</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time a vacuum on this table by the autovacuum daemon was attempted
+       but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>last_analyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
@@ -4406,6 +4426,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_analyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time a manual analyze on this table was attempted but skipped due to
+       lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>last_autoanalyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
@@ -4416,6 +4446,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_autoanalyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time at which an analyze on this table by the autovacuum was
+       attempted but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>vacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4426,6 +4466,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_vacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times manual vacuums on this table have been attempted but skipped
+       due to lock unavailability (not counting <command>VACUUM FULL</command>)
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>autovacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4436,6 +4486,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_autovacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times vacuums on this table by the autovacuum daemon have been
+       attempted but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>analyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4445,6 +4505,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_analyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times manual analyzes on this table have been attempted but
+       skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>autoanalyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4455,6 +4525,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_autoanalyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times analyzes on this table by the autovacuum daemon have
+       been attempted but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>total_vacuum_time</structfield> <type>double precision</type>
@@ -4510,6 +4590,14 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
    </tgroup>
   </table>
 
+  <note>
+   <para>
+    When a manual vacuum or analyze on a parent table in an inheritance or
+    partitioning hierarchy is skipped, the statistics are recorded only for
+    the parent table, not for its children.
+   </para>
+  </note>
+
  </sect2>
 
  <sect2 id="monitoring-pg-stat-autovacuum-scores-view">
diff --git a/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql b/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql
index 73a1c1c4670..f509fc7876b 100644
--- a/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql
+++ b/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql
@@ -736,13 +736,21 @@ CREATE VIEW pg_stat_all_tables AS
             pg_stat_get_mod_since_analyze(C.oid) AS n_mod_since_analyze,
             pg_stat_get_ins_since_vacuum(C.oid) AS n_ins_since_vacuum,
             pg_stat_get_last_vacuum_time(C.oid) as last_vacuum,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_vacuum,
             pg_stat_get_last_autovacuum_time(C.oid) as last_autovacuum,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_autovacuum,
             pg_stat_get_last_analyze_time(C.oid) as last_analyze,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_analyze,
             pg_stat_get_last_autoanalyze_time(C.oid) as last_autoanalyze,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_autoanalyze,
             pg_stat_get_vacuum_count(C.oid) AS vacuum_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count(C.oid) AS skipped_vacuum_count,
             pg_stat_get_autovacuum_count(C.oid) AS autovacuum_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count(C.oid) AS skipped_autovacuum_count,
             pg_stat_get_analyze_count(C.oid) AS analyze_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count(C.oid) AS skipped_analyze_count,
             pg_stat_get_autoanalyze_count(C.oid) AS autoanalyze_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count(C.oid) AS skipped_autoanalyze_count,
             pg_stat_get_total_vacuum_time(C.oid) AS total_vacuum_time,
             pg_stat_get_total_autovacuum_time(C.oid) AS total_autovacuum_time,
             pg_stat_get_total_analyze_time(C.oid) AS total_analyze_time,
diff --git a/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c b/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c
index 99d0db82ed7..97cd5ea8d10 100644
--- a/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c
+++ b/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c
@@ -793,8 +793,25 @@ vacuum_open_relation(Oid relid, RangeVar *relation, uint32 options,
 		rel = try_relation_open(relid, NoLock);
 	else
 	{
+		int flags = 0;
 		rel = NULL;
 		rel_lock = false;
+
+		if ((options & VACOPT_VACUUM) != 0)
+		{
+			if (AmAutoVacuumWorkerProcess())
+				flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOVACUUM;
+			else
+				flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM;
+		}
+		if ((options & VACOPT_ANALYZE) != 0)
+		{
+			if (AmAutoVacuumWorkerProcess())
+				flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOANALYZE;
+			else
+				flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE;
+		}
+		pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(relid, flags);
 	}
 
 	/* if relation is opened, leave */
@@ -802,7 +819,7 @@ vacuum_open_relation(Oid relid, RangeVar *relation, uint32 options,
 		return rel;
 
 	/*
-	 * Relation could not be opened, hence generate if possible a log
+	 * Relation could not be opened hence generate if possible a log
 	 * informing on the situation.
 	 *
 	 * If the RangeVar is not defined, we do not have enough information to
@@ -905,7 +922,6 @@ expand_vacuum_rel(VacuumRelation *vrel, MemoryContext vac_context,
 		Form_pg_class classForm;
 		bool		include_children;
 		bool		is_partitioned_table;
-		int			rvr_opts;
 
 		/*
 		 * Since autovacuum workers supply OIDs when calling vacuum(), no
@@ -918,29 +934,69 @@ expand_vacuum_rel(VacuumRelation *vrel, MemoryContext vac_context,
 		 * below, as well as find_all_inheritors's expectation that the caller
 		 * holds some lock on the starting relation.
 		 */
-		rvr_opts = (options & VACOPT_SKIP_LOCKED) ? RVR_SKIP_LOCKED : 0;
-		relid = RangeVarGetRelidExtended(vrel->relation,
-										 AccessShareLock,
-										 rvr_opts,
-										 NULL, NULL);
-
-		/*
-		 * If the lock is unavailable, emit the same log statement that
-		 * vacuum_rel() and analyze_rel() would.
-		 */
-		if (!OidIsValid(relid))
+		if (!(options & VACOPT_SKIP_LOCKED))
 		{
-			if (options & VACOPT_VACUUM)
-				ereport(WARNING,
-						(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
-						 errmsg("skipping vacuum of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
-								vrel->relation->relname)));
-			else
-				ereport(WARNING,
-						(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
-						 errmsg("skipping analyze of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
+			relid = RangeVarGetRelidExtended(vrel->relation,
+											 AccessShareLock,
+											 0, NULL, NULL);
+			if (!OidIsValid(relid))
+				return vacrels;
+		}
+		else
+		{
+			/* Get relid for reporting before taking a lock */
+			relid = RangeVarGetRelid(vrel->relation, NoLock, false);
+
+			if (!ConditionalLockRelationOid(relid, AccessShareLock))
+			{
+				int	flags = 0;
+				/*
+				 * If the lock is unavailable, emit the same log statement that
+				 * vacuum_rel() and analyze_rel() would.
+				 */
+				if (options & VACOPT_VACUUM)
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping vacuum of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
 								vrel->relation->relname)));
-			return vacrels;
+				else
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping analyze of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
+									vrel->relation->relname)));
+
+				if ((options & VACOPT_VACUUM) != 0)
+					flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM;
+				if ((options & VACOPT_ANALYZE) != 0)
+					flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE;
+
+				pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(relid, flags);
+
+				return vacrels;
+			}
+
+			/*
+			 * Now that we have the lock, probe to see if the relation really
+			 * exists or not.
+			 */
+			if (!SearchSysCacheExists1(RELOID, ObjectIdGetDatum(relid)))
+			{
+				if (options & VACOPT_VACUUM)
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_UNDEFINED_TABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping vacuum of \"%s\" --- relation no longer exists",
+									vrel->relation->relname)));
+				else
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_UNDEFINED_TABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping analyze of \"%s\" --- relation no longer exists",
+									vrel->relation->relname)));
+
+				/* Release useless lock */
+				UnlockRelationOid(relid, AccessShareLock);
+
+				return vacrels;
+			}
 		}
 
 		/*
diff --git a/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c b/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c
index b2ca28f83ba..532d9023f8c 100644
--- a/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c
+++ b/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c
@@ -17,12 +17,14 @@
 
 #include "postgres.h"
 
+#include "access/htup_details.h"
 #include "access/twophase_rmgr.h"
 #include "access/xact.h"
 #include "catalog/catalog.h"
 #include "utils/memutils.h"
 #include "utils/pgstat_internal.h"
 #include "utils/rel.h"
+#include "utils/syscache.h"
 #include "utils/timestamp.h"
 
 
@@ -367,6 +369,68 @@ pgstat_report_analyze(Relation rel,
 	(void) pgstat_flush_backend(false, PGSTAT_BACKEND_FLUSH_IO);
 }
 
+/*
+ * Report that the table was skipped during vacuum or/and analyze.
+ */
+void
+pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(Oid relid, int flags)
+{
+	PgStat_EntryRef *entry_ref;
+	PgStatShared_Relation *shtabentry;
+	PgStat_StatTabEntry *tabentry;
+	TimestampTz ts;
+	HeapTuple	classTup;
+	bool		isshared;
+
+	if (!pgstat_track_counts || !flags)
+		return;
+
+	classTup = SearchSysCache1(RELOID, ObjectIdGetDatum(relid));
+	if (!HeapTupleIsValid(classTup))
+		return;			/* somebody deleted the rel, forget it */
+	isshared = ((Form_pg_class) GETSTRUCT(classTup))->relisshared;
+	ReleaseSysCache(classTup);
+
+	/* Store the data in the table's hash table entry. */
+	ts = GetCurrentTimestamp();
+
+	/* block acquiring lock for the same reason as pgstat_report_autovac() */
+	entry_ref = pgstat_get_entry_ref_locked(PGSTAT_KIND_RELATION,
+											isshared ? InvalidOid : MyDatabaseId,
+											relid, false);
+
+	shtabentry = (PgStatShared_Relation *) entry_ref->shared_stats;
+	tabentry = &shtabentry->stats;
+
+	if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM)
+	{
+		tabentry->last_skipped_vacuum_time = ts;
+		tabentry->skipped_vacuum_count++;
+	}
+	else if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOVACUUM)
+	{
+		tabentry->last_skipped_autovacuum_time = ts;
+		tabentry->skipped_autovacuum_count++;
+	}
+
+	if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE)
+	{
+		tabentry->last_skipped_analyze_time = ts;
+		tabentry->skipped_analyze_count++;
+	}
+	else if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOANALYZE)
+	{
+		tabentry->last_skipped_autoanalyze_time = ts;
+		tabentry->skipped_autoanalyze_count++;
+	}
+
+	pgstat_unlock_entry(entry_ref);
+
+	/* see pgstat_report_vacuum() */
+	pgstat_flush_io(false);
+	(void) pgstat_flush_backend(false, PGSTAT_BACKEND_FLUSH_IO);
+}
+
 /*
  * count a tuple insertion of n tuples
  */
diff --git a/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c b/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c
index 1408de387ea..90a8968faa0 100644
--- a/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c
+++ b/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c
@@ -84,6 +84,18 @@ PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(mod_since_analyze)
 /* pg_stat_get_numscans */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(numscans)
 
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_analyze_count)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_autoanalyze_count)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_autovacuum_count)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_vacuum_count)
+
 /* pg_stat_get_tuples_deleted */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(tuples_deleted)
 
@@ -170,6 +182,18 @@ PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_vacuum_time)
 /* pg_stat_get_lastscan */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(lastscan)
 
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_analyze_time)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_autoanalyze_time)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_autovacuum_time)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_vacuum_time)
+
 /* pg_stat_get_stat_reset_time */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(stat_reset_time)
 
diff --git a/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat b/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat
index fa9ae79082b..32debb34863 100644
--- a/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat
+++ b/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat
@@ -5680,6 +5680,38 @@
   proargmodes => '{o,o,o,o,o,o,o,o,o,o}',
   proargnames => '{oid,score,xid_score,mxid_score,vacuum_score,vacuum_insert_score,analyze_score,do_vacuum,do_analyze,for_wraparound}',
   prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_autovacuum_scores' },
+{ oid => '8142', descr => 'statistics: last skipped vacuum time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time' },
+{ oid => '8143', descr => 'statistics: last skipped auto vacuum time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time' },
+{ oid => '8144', descr => 'statistics: last skipped analyze time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time' },
+{ oid => '8145', descr => 'statistics: last skipped auto analyze time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time' },
+{ oid => '8146', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped vacuum for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count' },
+{ oid => '8147', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped auto vacuum for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count' },
+{ oid => '8148', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped analyzes for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count' },
+{ oid => '8149', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped auto analyzes for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count' },
 { oid => '1936', descr => 'statistics: currently active backend IDs',
   proname => 'pg_stat_get_backend_idset', prorows => '100', proretset => 't',
   provolatile => 's', proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int4',
diff --git a/src/include/pgstat.h b/src/include/pgstat.h
index dfa2e837638..98941f953d1 100644
--- a/src/include/pgstat.h
+++ b/src/include/pgstat.h
@@ -479,6 +479,15 @@ typedef struct PgStat_StatTabEntry
 	TimestampTz last_autoanalyze_time;	/* autovacuum initiated */
 	PgStat_Counter autoanalyze_count;
 
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_vacuum_time;	/* user initiated vacuum */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_vacuum_count;
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_autovacuum_time;	/* autovacuum initiated */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_autovacuum_count;
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_analyze_time;	/* user initiated */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_analyze_count;
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_autoanalyze_time;	/* autovacuum initiated */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_autoanalyze_count;
+
 	PgStat_Counter total_vacuum_time;	/* times in milliseconds */
 	PgStat_Counter total_autovacuum_time;
 	PgStat_Counter total_analyze_time;
@@ -703,6 +712,13 @@ extern void pgstat_report_analyze(Relation rel,
 								  PgStat_Counter livetuples, PgStat_Counter deadtuples,
 								  bool resetcounter, TimestampTz starttime);
 
+/* flags for pgstat_flush_backend() */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM		(1 << 0)	/* vacuum is skipped */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE		(1 << 1)	/* analyze is skipped */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOVACUUM	(1 << 2)	/* autovacuum is skipped */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOANALYZE	(1 << 3)	/* autoanalyze is skipped */
+extern void pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(Oid relid, int flags);
+
 /*
  * If stats are enabled, but pending data hasn't been prepared yet, call
  * pgstat_assoc_relation() to do so. See its comment for why this is done
diff --git a/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out b/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out
index a65a5bf0c4f..9b2075d3373 100644
--- a/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out
+++ b/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out
@@ -1835,13 +1835,21 @@ pg_stat_all_tables| SELECT c.oid AS relid,
     pg_stat_get_mod_since_analyze(c.oid) AS n_mod_since_analyze,
     pg_stat_get_ins_since_vacuum(c.oid) AS n_ins_since_vacuum,
     pg_stat_get_last_vacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_vacuum,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_vacuum,
     pg_stat_get_last_autovacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_autovacuum,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_autovacuum,
     pg_stat_get_last_analyze_time(c.oid) AS last_analyze,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_analyze,
     pg_stat_get_last_autoanalyze_time(c.oid) AS last_autoanalyze,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_autoanalyze,
     pg_stat_get_vacuum_count(c.oid) AS vacuum_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count(c.oid) AS skipped_vacuum_count,
     pg_stat_get_autovacuum_count(c.oid) AS autovacuum_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count(c.oid) AS skipped_autovacuum_count,
     pg_stat_get_analyze_count(c.oid) AS analyze_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count(c.oid) AS skipped_analyze_count,
     pg_stat_get_autoanalyze_count(c.oid) AS autoanalyze_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count(c.oid) AS skipped_autoanalyze_count,
     pg_stat_get_total_vacuum_time(c.oid) AS total_vacuum_time,
     pg_stat_get_total_autovacuum_time(c.oid) AS total_autovacuum_time,
     pg_stat_get_total_analyze_time(c.oid) AS total_analyze_time,
@@ -2346,13 +2354,21 @@ pg_stat_sys_tables| SELECT relid,
     n_mod_since_analyze,
     n_ins_since_vacuum,
     last_vacuum,
+    last_skipped_vacuum,
     last_autovacuum,
+    last_skipped_autovacuum,
     last_analyze,
+    last_skipped_analyze,
     last_autoanalyze,
+    last_skipped_autoanalyze,
     vacuum_count,
+    skipped_vacuum_count,
     autovacuum_count,
+    skipped_autovacuum_count,
     analyze_count,
+    skipped_analyze_count,
     autoanalyze_count,
+    skipped_autoanalyze_count,
     total_vacuum_time,
     total_autovacuum_time,
     total_analyze_time,
@@ -2401,13 +2417,21 @@ pg_stat_user_tables| SELECT relid,
     n_mod_since_analyze,
     n_ins_since_vacuum,
     last_vacuum,
+    last_skipped_vacuum,
     last_autovacuum,
+    last_skipped_autovacuum,
     last_analyze,
+    last_skipped_analyze,
     last_autoanalyze,
+    last_skipped_autoanalyze,
     vacuum_count,
+    skipped_vacuum_count,
     autovacuum_count,
+    skipped_autovacuum_count,
     analyze_count,
+    skipped_analyze_count,
     autoanalyze_count,
+    skipped_autoanalyze_count,
     total_vacuum_time,
     total_autovacuum_time,
     total_analyze_time,
-- 
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* [PATCH v4] Track skipped vacuum and analyze activity per relation
@ 2026-03-24 04:09 Yugo Nagata <[email protected]>
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From: Yugo Nagata @ 2026-03-24 04:09 UTC (permalink / raw)

This commit adds eight fields to the relation statistics that track
the last time vacuum or analyze has been attempted but skipped due to
lock unavailability, along with their counts:

-    last_skipped_vacuum
-    last_skipped_autovacuum
-    last_skipped_analyze
-    last_skipped_autoanalyze
-    skipped_vacuum_count
-    skipped_autovacuum_count
-    skipped_analyze_count
-    skipped_autoanalyze_count

These field can help users confirm that autovacuum is actively attempting
to run on a table that has not been vacuumed or analyzed for a long time,
and that the lack of progress is due to repeated skips rather than inactivity.
---
 doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml                 |  88 ++++++++++++++++
 src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql         |   8 ++
 src/backend/commands/vacuum.c                | 102 ++++++++++++++-----
 src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c |  64 ++++++++++++
 src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c          |  24 +++++
 src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat              |  32 ++++++
 src/include/pgstat.h                         |  16 +++
 src/test/regress/expected/rules.out          |  24 +++++
 8 files changed, 335 insertions(+), 23 deletions(-)

diff --git a/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml b/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml
index 08d5b824552..a9b579d87a9 100644
--- a/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml
+++ b/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml
@@ -4387,6 +4387,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_vacuum</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time a manual vacuum on this table was attempted but skipped due to
+       lock unavailability (not counting <command>VACUUM FULL</command>)
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>last_autovacuum</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
@@ -4397,6 +4407,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_autovacuum</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time a vacuum on this table by the autovacuum daemon was attempted
+       but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>last_analyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
@@ -4406,6 +4426,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_analyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time a manual analyze on this table was attempted but skipped due to
+       lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>last_autoanalyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
@@ -4416,6 +4446,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_autoanalyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time at which an analyze on this table by the autovacuum was
+       attempted but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>vacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4426,6 +4466,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_vacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times manual vacuums on this table have been attempted but skipped
+       due to lock unavailability (not counting <command>VACUUM FULL</command>)
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>autovacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4436,6 +4486,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_autovacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times vacuums on this table by the autovacuum daemon have been
+       attempted but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>analyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4445,6 +4505,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_analyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times manual analyzes on this table have been attempted but
+       skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>autoanalyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4455,6 +4525,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_autoanalyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times analyzes on this table by the autovacuum daemon have
+       been attempted but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>total_vacuum_time</structfield> <type>double precision</type>
@@ -4510,6 +4590,14 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
    </tgroup>
   </table>
 
+  <note>
+   <para>
+    When a manual vacuum or analyze on a parent table in an inheritance or
+    partitioning hierarchy is skipped, the statistics are recorded only for
+    the parent table, not for its children.
+   </para>
+  </note>
+
  </sect2>
 
  <sect2 id="monitoring-pg-stat-autovacuum-scores-view">
diff --git a/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql b/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql
index 73a1c1c4670..f509fc7876b 100644
--- a/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql
+++ b/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql
@@ -736,13 +736,21 @@ CREATE VIEW pg_stat_all_tables AS
             pg_stat_get_mod_since_analyze(C.oid) AS n_mod_since_analyze,
             pg_stat_get_ins_since_vacuum(C.oid) AS n_ins_since_vacuum,
             pg_stat_get_last_vacuum_time(C.oid) as last_vacuum,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_vacuum,
             pg_stat_get_last_autovacuum_time(C.oid) as last_autovacuum,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_autovacuum,
             pg_stat_get_last_analyze_time(C.oid) as last_analyze,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_analyze,
             pg_stat_get_last_autoanalyze_time(C.oid) as last_autoanalyze,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_autoanalyze,
             pg_stat_get_vacuum_count(C.oid) AS vacuum_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count(C.oid) AS skipped_vacuum_count,
             pg_stat_get_autovacuum_count(C.oid) AS autovacuum_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count(C.oid) AS skipped_autovacuum_count,
             pg_stat_get_analyze_count(C.oid) AS analyze_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count(C.oid) AS skipped_analyze_count,
             pg_stat_get_autoanalyze_count(C.oid) AS autoanalyze_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count(C.oid) AS skipped_autoanalyze_count,
             pg_stat_get_total_vacuum_time(C.oid) AS total_vacuum_time,
             pg_stat_get_total_autovacuum_time(C.oid) AS total_autovacuum_time,
             pg_stat_get_total_analyze_time(C.oid) AS total_analyze_time,
diff --git a/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c b/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c
index 99d0db82ed7..97cd5ea8d10 100644
--- a/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c
+++ b/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c
@@ -793,8 +793,25 @@ vacuum_open_relation(Oid relid, RangeVar *relation, uint32 options,
 		rel = try_relation_open(relid, NoLock);
 	else
 	{
+		int flags = 0;
 		rel = NULL;
 		rel_lock = false;
+
+		if ((options & VACOPT_VACUUM) != 0)
+		{
+			if (AmAutoVacuumWorkerProcess())
+				flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOVACUUM;
+			else
+				flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM;
+		}
+		if ((options & VACOPT_ANALYZE) != 0)
+		{
+			if (AmAutoVacuumWorkerProcess())
+				flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOANALYZE;
+			else
+				flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE;
+		}
+		pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(relid, flags);
 	}
 
 	/* if relation is opened, leave */
@@ -802,7 +819,7 @@ vacuum_open_relation(Oid relid, RangeVar *relation, uint32 options,
 		return rel;
 
 	/*
-	 * Relation could not be opened, hence generate if possible a log
+	 * Relation could not be opened hence generate if possible a log
 	 * informing on the situation.
 	 *
 	 * If the RangeVar is not defined, we do not have enough information to
@@ -905,7 +922,6 @@ expand_vacuum_rel(VacuumRelation *vrel, MemoryContext vac_context,
 		Form_pg_class classForm;
 		bool		include_children;
 		bool		is_partitioned_table;
-		int			rvr_opts;
 
 		/*
 		 * Since autovacuum workers supply OIDs when calling vacuum(), no
@@ -918,29 +934,69 @@ expand_vacuum_rel(VacuumRelation *vrel, MemoryContext vac_context,
 		 * below, as well as find_all_inheritors's expectation that the caller
 		 * holds some lock on the starting relation.
 		 */
-		rvr_opts = (options & VACOPT_SKIP_LOCKED) ? RVR_SKIP_LOCKED : 0;
-		relid = RangeVarGetRelidExtended(vrel->relation,
-										 AccessShareLock,
-										 rvr_opts,
-										 NULL, NULL);
-
-		/*
-		 * If the lock is unavailable, emit the same log statement that
-		 * vacuum_rel() and analyze_rel() would.
-		 */
-		if (!OidIsValid(relid))
+		if (!(options & VACOPT_SKIP_LOCKED))
 		{
-			if (options & VACOPT_VACUUM)
-				ereport(WARNING,
-						(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
-						 errmsg("skipping vacuum of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
-								vrel->relation->relname)));
-			else
-				ereport(WARNING,
-						(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
-						 errmsg("skipping analyze of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
+			relid = RangeVarGetRelidExtended(vrel->relation,
+											 AccessShareLock,
+											 0, NULL, NULL);
+			if (!OidIsValid(relid))
+				return vacrels;
+		}
+		else
+		{
+			/* Get relid for reporting before taking a lock */
+			relid = RangeVarGetRelid(vrel->relation, NoLock, false);
+
+			if (!ConditionalLockRelationOid(relid, AccessShareLock))
+			{
+				int	flags = 0;
+				/*
+				 * If the lock is unavailable, emit the same log statement that
+				 * vacuum_rel() and analyze_rel() would.
+				 */
+				if (options & VACOPT_VACUUM)
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping vacuum of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
 								vrel->relation->relname)));
-			return vacrels;
+				else
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping analyze of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
+									vrel->relation->relname)));
+
+				if ((options & VACOPT_VACUUM) != 0)
+					flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM;
+				if ((options & VACOPT_ANALYZE) != 0)
+					flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE;
+
+				pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(relid, flags);
+
+				return vacrels;
+			}
+
+			/*
+			 * Now that we have the lock, probe to see if the relation really
+			 * exists or not.
+			 */
+			if (!SearchSysCacheExists1(RELOID, ObjectIdGetDatum(relid)))
+			{
+				if (options & VACOPT_VACUUM)
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_UNDEFINED_TABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping vacuum of \"%s\" --- relation no longer exists",
+									vrel->relation->relname)));
+				else
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_UNDEFINED_TABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping analyze of \"%s\" --- relation no longer exists",
+									vrel->relation->relname)));
+
+				/* Release useless lock */
+				UnlockRelationOid(relid, AccessShareLock);
+
+				return vacrels;
+			}
 		}
 
 		/*
diff --git a/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c b/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c
index b2ca28f83ba..532d9023f8c 100644
--- a/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c
+++ b/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c
@@ -17,12 +17,14 @@
 
 #include "postgres.h"
 
+#include "access/htup_details.h"
 #include "access/twophase_rmgr.h"
 #include "access/xact.h"
 #include "catalog/catalog.h"
 #include "utils/memutils.h"
 #include "utils/pgstat_internal.h"
 #include "utils/rel.h"
+#include "utils/syscache.h"
 #include "utils/timestamp.h"
 
 
@@ -367,6 +369,68 @@ pgstat_report_analyze(Relation rel,
 	(void) pgstat_flush_backend(false, PGSTAT_BACKEND_FLUSH_IO);
 }
 
+/*
+ * Report that the table was skipped during vacuum or/and analyze.
+ */
+void
+pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(Oid relid, int flags)
+{
+	PgStat_EntryRef *entry_ref;
+	PgStatShared_Relation *shtabentry;
+	PgStat_StatTabEntry *tabentry;
+	TimestampTz ts;
+	HeapTuple	classTup;
+	bool		isshared;
+
+	if (!pgstat_track_counts || !flags)
+		return;
+
+	classTup = SearchSysCache1(RELOID, ObjectIdGetDatum(relid));
+	if (!HeapTupleIsValid(classTup))
+		return;			/* somebody deleted the rel, forget it */
+	isshared = ((Form_pg_class) GETSTRUCT(classTup))->relisshared;
+	ReleaseSysCache(classTup);
+
+	/* Store the data in the table's hash table entry. */
+	ts = GetCurrentTimestamp();
+
+	/* block acquiring lock for the same reason as pgstat_report_autovac() */
+	entry_ref = pgstat_get_entry_ref_locked(PGSTAT_KIND_RELATION,
+											isshared ? InvalidOid : MyDatabaseId,
+											relid, false);
+
+	shtabentry = (PgStatShared_Relation *) entry_ref->shared_stats;
+	tabentry = &shtabentry->stats;
+
+	if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM)
+	{
+		tabentry->last_skipped_vacuum_time = ts;
+		tabentry->skipped_vacuum_count++;
+	}
+	else if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOVACUUM)
+	{
+		tabentry->last_skipped_autovacuum_time = ts;
+		tabentry->skipped_autovacuum_count++;
+	}
+
+	if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE)
+	{
+		tabentry->last_skipped_analyze_time = ts;
+		tabentry->skipped_analyze_count++;
+	}
+	else if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOANALYZE)
+	{
+		tabentry->last_skipped_autoanalyze_time = ts;
+		tabentry->skipped_autoanalyze_count++;
+	}
+
+	pgstat_unlock_entry(entry_ref);
+
+	/* see pgstat_report_vacuum() */
+	pgstat_flush_io(false);
+	(void) pgstat_flush_backend(false, PGSTAT_BACKEND_FLUSH_IO);
+}
+
 /*
  * count a tuple insertion of n tuples
  */
diff --git a/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c b/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c
index 1408de387ea..90a8968faa0 100644
--- a/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c
+++ b/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c
@@ -84,6 +84,18 @@ PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(mod_since_analyze)
 /* pg_stat_get_numscans */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(numscans)
 
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_analyze_count)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_autoanalyze_count)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_autovacuum_count)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_vacuum_count)
+
 /* pg_stat_get_tuples_deleted */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(tuples_deleted)
 
@@ -170,6 +182,18 @@ PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_vacuum_time)
 /* pg_stat_get_lastscan */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(lastscan)
 
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_analyze_time)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_autoanalyze_time)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_autovacuum_time)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_vacuum_time)
+
 /* pg_stat_get_stat_reset_time */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(stat_reset_time)
 
diff --git a/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat b/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat
index fa9ae79082b..32debb34863 100644
--- a/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat
+++ b/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat
@@ -5680,6 +5680,38 @@
   proargmodes => '{o,o,o,o,o,o,o,o,o,o}',
   proargnames => '{oid,score,xid_score,mxid_score,vacuum_score,vacuum_insert_score,analyze_score,do_vacuum,do_analyze,for_wraparound}',
   prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_autovacuum_scores' },
+{ oid => '8142', descr => 'statistics: last skipped vacuum time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time' },
+{ oid => '8143', descr => 'statistics: last skipped auto vacuum time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time' },
+{ oid => '8144', descr => 'statistics: last skipped analyze time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time' },
+{ oid => '8145', descr => 'statistics: last skipped auto analyze time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time' },
+{ oid => '8146', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped vacuum for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count' },
+{ oid => '8147', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped auto vacuum for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count' },
+{ oid => '8148', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped analyzes for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count' },
+{ oid => '8149', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped auto analyzes for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count' },
 { oid => '1936', descr => 'statistics: currently active backend IDs',
   proname => 'pg_stat_get_backend_idset', prorows => '100', proretset => 't',
   provolatile => 's', proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int4',
diff --git a/src/include/pgstat.h b/src/include/pgstat.h
index dfa2e837638..98941f953d1 100644
--- a/src/include/pgstat.h
+++ b/src/include/pgstat.h
@@ -479,6 +479,15 @@ typedef struct PgStat_StatTabEntry
 	TimestampTz last_autoanalyze_time;	/* autovacuum initiated */
 	PgStat_Counter autoanalyze_count;
 
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_vacuum_time;	/* user initiated vacuum */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_vacuum_count;
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_autovacuum_time;	/* autovacuum initiated */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_autovacuum_count;
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_analyze_time;	/* user initiated */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_analyze_count;
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_autoanalyze_time;	/* autovacuum initiated */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_autoanalyze_count;
+
 	PgStat_Counter total_vacuum_time;	/* times in milliseconds */
 	PgStat_Counter total_autovacuum_time;
 	PgStat_Counter total_analyze_time;
@@ -703,6 +712,13 @@ extern void pgstat_report_analyze(Relation rel,
 								  PgStat_Counter livetuples, PgStat_Counter deadtuples,
 								  bool resetcounter, TimestampTz starttime);
 
+/* flags for pgstat_flush_backend() */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM		(1 << 0)	/* vacuum is skipped */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE		(1 << 1)	/* analyze is skipped */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOVACUUM	(1 << 2)	/* autovacuum is skipped */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOANALYZE	(1 << 3)	/* autoanalyze is skipped */
+extern void pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(Oid relid, int flags);
+
 /*
  * If stats are enabled, but pending data hasn't been prepared yet, call
  * pgstat_assoc_relation() to do so. See its comment for why this is done
diff --git a/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out b/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out
index a65a5bf0c4f..9b2075d3373 100644
--- a/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out
+++ b/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out
@@ -1835,13 +1835,21 @@ pg_stat_all_tables| SELECT c.oid AS relid,
     pg_stat_get_mod_since_analyze(c.oid) AS n_mod_since_analyze,
     pg_stat_get_ins_since_vacuum(c.oid) AS n_ins_since_vacuum,
     pg_stat_get_last_vacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_vacuum,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_vacuum,
     pg_stat_get_last_autovacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_autovacuum,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_autovacuum,
     pg_stat_get_last_analyze_time(c.oid) AS last_analyze,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_analyze,
     pg_stat_get_last_autoanalyze_time(c.oid) AS last_autoanalyze,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_autoanalyze,
     pg_stat_get_vacuum_count(c.oid) AS vacuum_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count(c.oid) AS skipped_vacuum_count,
     pg_stat_get_autovacuum_count(c.oid) AS autovacuum_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count(c.oid) AS skipped_autovacuum_count,
     pg_stat_get_analyze_count(c.oid) AS analyze_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count(c.oid) AS skipped_analyze_count,
     pg_stat_get_autoanalyze_count(c.oid) AS autoanalyze_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count(c.oid) AS skipped_autoanalyze_count,
     pg_stat_get_total_vacuum_time(c.oid) AS total_vacuum_time,
     pg_stat_get_total_autovacuum_time(c.oid) AS total_autovacuum_time,
     pg_stat_get_total_analyze_time(c.oid) AS total_analyze_time,
@@ -2346,13 +2354,21 @@ pg_stat_sys_tables| SELECT relid,
     n_mod_since_analyze,
     n_ins_since_vacuum,
     last_vacuum,
+    last_skipped_vacuum,
     last_autovacuum,
+    last_skipped_autovacuum,
     last_analyze,
+    last_skipped_analyze,
     last_autoanalyze,
+    last_skipped_autoanalyze,
     vacuum_count,
+    skipped_vacuum_count,
     autovacuum_count,
+    skipped_autovacuum_count,
     analyze_count,
+    skipped_analyze_count,
     autoanalyze_count,
+    skipped_autoanalyze_count,
     total_vacuum_time,
     total_autovacuum_time,
     total_analyze_time,
@@ -2401,13 +2417,21 @@ pg_stat_user_tables| SELECT relid,
     n_mod_since_analyze,
     n_ins_since_vacuum,
     last_vacuum,
+    last_skipped_vacuum,
     last_autovacuum,
+    last_skipped_autovacuum,
     last_analyze,
+    last_skipped_analyze,
     last_autoanalyze,
+    last_skipped_autoanalyze,
     vacuum_count,
+    skipped_vacuum_count,
     autovacuum_count,
+    skipped_autovacuum_count,
     analyze_count,
+    skipped_analyze_count,
     autoanalyze_count,
+    skipped_autoanalyze_count,
     total_vacuum_time,
     total_autovacuum_time,
     total_analyze_time,
-- 
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* [PATCH v4] Track skipped vacuum and analyze activity per relation
@ 2026-03-24 04:09 Yugo Nagata <[email protected]>
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From: Yugo Nagata @ 2026-03-24 04:09 UTC (permalink / raw)

This commit adds eight fields to the relation statistics that track
the last time vacuum or analyze has been attempted but skipped due to
lock unavailability, along with their counts:

-    last_skipped_vacuum
-    last_skipped_autovacuum
-    last_skipped_analyze
-    last_skipped_autoanalyze
-    skipped_vacuum_count
-    skipped_autovacuum_count
-    skipped_analyze_count
-    skipped_autoanalyze_count

These field can help users confirm that autovacuum is actively attempting
to run on a table that has not been vacuumed or analyzed for a long time,
and that the lack of progress is due to repeated skips rather than inactivity.
---
 doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml                 |  88 ++++++++++++++++
 src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql         |   8 ++
 src/backend/commands/vacuum.c                | 102 ++++++++++++++-----
 src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c |  64 ++++++++++++
 src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c          |  24 +++++
 src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat              |  32 ++++++
 src/include/pgstat.h                         |  16 +++
 src/test/regress/expected/rules.out          |  24 +++++
 8 files changed, 335 insertions(+), 23 deletions(-)

diff --git a/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml b/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml
index 08d5b824552..a9b579d87a9 100644
--- a/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml
+++ b/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml
@@ -4387,6 +4387,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_vacuum</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time a manual vacuum on this table was attempted but skipped due to
+       lock unavailability (not counting <command>VACUUM FULL</command>)
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>last_autovacuum</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
@@ -4397,6 +4407,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_autovacuum</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time a vacuum on this table by the autovacuum daemon was attempted
+       but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>last_analyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
@@ -4406,6 +4426,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_analyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time a manual analyze on this table was attempted but skipped due to
+       lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>last_autoanalyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
@@ -4416,6 +4446,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_autoanalyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time at which an analyze on this table by the autovacuum was
+       attempted but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>vacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4426,6 +4466,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_vacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times manual vacuums on this table have been attempted but skipped
+       due to lock unavailability (not counting <command>VACUUM FULL</command>)
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>autovacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4436,6 +4486,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_autovacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times vacuums on this table by the autovacuum daemon have been
+       attempted but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>analyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4445,6 +4505,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_analyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times manual analyzes on this table have been attempted but
+       skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>autoanalyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4455,6 +4525,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_autoanalyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times analyzes on this table by the autovacuum daemon have
+       been attempted but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>total_vacuum_time</structfield> <type>double precision</type>
@@ -4510,6 +4590,14 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
    </tgroup>
   </table>
 
+  <note>
+   <para>
+    When a manual vacuum or analyze on a parent table in an inheritance or
+    partitioning hierarchy is skipped, the statistics are recorded only for
+    the parent table, not for its children.
+   </para>
+  </note>
+
  </sect2>
 
  <sect2 id="monitoring-pg-stat-autovacuum-scores-view">
diff --git a/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql b/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql
index 73a1c1c4670..f509fc7876b 100644
--- a/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql
+++ b/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql
@@ -736,13 +736,21 @@ CREATE VIEW pg_stat_all_tables AS
             pg_stat_get_mod_since_analyze(C.oid) AS n_mod_since_analyze,
             pg_stat_get_ins_since_vacuum(C.oid) AS n_ins_since_vacuum,
             pg_stat_get_last_vacuum_time(C.oid) as last_vacuum,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_vacuum,
             pg_stat_get_last_autovacuum_time(C.oid) as last_autovacuum,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_autovacuum,
             pg_stat_get_last_analyze_time(C.oid) as last_analyze,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_analyze,
             pg_stat_get_last_autoanalyze_time(C.oid) as last_autoanalyze,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_autoanalyze,
             pg_stat_get_vacuum_count(C.oid) AS vacuum_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count(C.oid) AS skipped_vacuum_count,
             pg_stat_get_autovacuum_count(C.oid) AS autovacuum_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count(C.oid) AS skipped_autovacuum_count,
             pg_stat_get_analyze_count(C.oid) AS analyze_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count(C.oid) AS skipped_analyze_count,
             pg_stat_get_autoanalyze_count(C.oid) AS autoanalyze_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count(C.oid) AS skipped_autoanalyze_count,
             pg_stat_get_total_vacuum_time(C.oid) AS total_vacuum_time,
             pg_stat_get_total_autovacuum_time(C.oid) AS total_autovacuum_time,
             pg_stat_get_total_analyze_time(C.oid) AS total_analyze_time,
diff --git a/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c b/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c
index 99d0db82ed7..97cd5ea8d10 100644
--- a/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c
+++ b/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c
@@ -793,8 +793,25 @@ vacuum_open_relation(Oid relid, RangeVar *relation, uint32 options,
 		rel = try_relation_open(relid, NoLock);
 	else
 	{
+		int flags = 0;
 		rel = NULL;
 		rel_lock = false;
+
+		if ((options & VACOPT_VACUUM) != 0)
+		{
+			if (AmAutoVacuumWorkerProcess())
+				flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOVACUUM;
+			else
+				flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM;
+		}
+		if ((options & VACOPT_ANALYZE) != 0)
+		{
+			if (AmAutoVacuumWorkerProcess())
+				flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOANALYZE;
+			else
+				flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE;
+		}
+		pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(relid, flags);
 	}
 
 	/* if relation is opened, leave */
@@ -802,7 +819,7 @@ vacuum_open_relation(Oid relid, RangeVar *relation, uint32 options,
 		return rel;
 
 	/*
-	 * Relation could not be opened, hence generate if possible a log
+	 * Relation could not be opened hence generate if possible a log
 	 * informing on the situation.
 	 *
 	 * If the RangeVar is not defined, we do not have enough information to
@@ -905,7 +922,6 @@ expand_vacuum_rel(VacuumRelation *vrel, MemoryContext vac_context,
 		Form_pg_class classForm;
 		bool		include_children;
 		bool		is_partitioned_table;
-		int			rvr_opts;
 
 		/*
 		 * Since autovacuum workers supply OIDs when calling vacuum(), no
@@ -918,29 +934,69 @@ expand_vacuum_rel(VacuumRelation *vrel, MemoryContext vac_context,
 		 * below, as well as find_all_inheritors's expectation that the caller
 		 * holds some lock on the starting relation.
 		 */
-		rvr_opts = (options & VACOPT_SKIP_LOCKED) ? RVR_SKIP_LOCKED : 0;
-		relid = RangeVarGetRelidExtended(vrel->relation,
-										 AccessShareLock,
-										 rvr_opts,
-										 NULL, NULL);
-
-		/*
-		 * If the lock is unavailable, emit the same log statement that
-		 * vacuum_rel() and analyze_rel() would.
-		 */
-		if (!OidIsValid(relid))
+		if (!(options & VACOPT_SKIP_LOCKED))
 		{
-			if (options & VACOPT_VACUUM)
-				ereport(WARNING,
-						(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
-						 errmsg("skipping vacuum of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
-								vrel->relation->relname)));
-			else
-				ereport(WARNING,
-						(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
-						 errmsg("skipping analyze of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
+			relid = RangeVarGetRelidExtended(vrel->relation,
+											 AccessShareLock,
+											 0, NULL, NULL);
+			if (!OidIsValid(relid))
+				return vacrels;
+		}
+		else
+		{
+			/* Get relid for reporting before taking a lock */
+			relid = RangeVarGetRelid(vrel->relation, NoLock, false);
+
+			if (!ConditionalLockRelationOid(relid, AccessShareLock))
+			{
+				int	flags = 0;
+				/*
+				 * If the lock is unavailable, emit the same log statement that
+				 * vacuum_rel() and analyze_rel() would.
+				 */
+				if (options & VACOPT_VACUUM)
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping vacuum of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
 								vrel->relation->relname)));
-			return vacrels;
+				else
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping analyze of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
+									vrel->relation->relname)));
+
+				if ((options & VACOPT_VACUUM) != 0)
+					flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM;
+				if ((options & VACOPT_ANALYZE) != 0)
+					flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE;
+
+				pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(relid, flags);
+
+				return vacrels;
+			}
+
+			/*
+			 * Now that we have the lock, probe to see if the relation really
+			 * exists or not.
+			 */
+			if (!SearchSysCacheExists1(RELOID, ObjectIdGetDatum(relid)))
+			{
+				if (options & VACOPT_VACUUM)
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_UNDEFINED_TABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping vacuum of \"%s\" --- relation no longer exists",
+									vrel->relation->relname)));
+				else
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_UNDEFINED_TABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping analyze of \"%s\" --- relation no longer exists",
+									vrel->relation->relname)));
+
+				/* Release useless lock */
+				UnlockRelationOid(relid, AccessShareLock);
+
+				return vacrels;
+			}
 		}
 
 		/*
diff --git a/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c b/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c
index b2ca28f83ba..532d9023f8c 100644
--- a/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c
+++ b/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c
@@ -17,12 +17,14 @@
 
 #include "postgres.h"
 
+#include "access/htup_details.h"
 #include "access/twophase_rmgr.h"
 #include "access/xact.h"
 #include "catalog/catalog.h"
 #include "utils/memutils.h"
 #include "utils/pgstat_internal.h"
 #include "utils/rel.h"
+#include "utils/syscache.h"
 #include "utils/timestamp.h"
 
 
@@ -367,6 +369,68 @@ pgstat_report_analyze(Relation rel,
 	(void) pgstat_flush_backend(false, PGSTAT_BACKEND_FLUSH_IO);
 }
 
+/*
+ * Report that the table was skipped during vacuum or/and analyze.
+ */
+void
+pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(Oid relid, int flags)
+{
+	PgStat_EntryRef *entry_ref;
+	PgStatShared_Relation *shtabentry;
+	PgStat_StatTabEntry *tabentry;
+	TimestampTz ts;
+	HeapTuple	classTup;
+	bool		isshared;
+
+	if (!pgstat_track_counts || !flags)
+		return;
+
+	classTup = SearchSysCache1(RELOID, ObjectIdGetDatum(relid));
+	if (!HeapTupleIsValid(classTup))
+		return;			/* somebody deleted the rel, forget it */
+	isshared = ((Form_pg_class) GETSTRUCT(classTup))->relisshared;
+	ReleaseSysCache(classTup);
+
+	/* Store the data in the table's hash table entry. */
+	ts = GetCurrentTimestamp();
+
+	/* block acquiring lock for the same reason as pgstat_report_autovac() */
+	entry_ref = pgstat_get_entry_ref_locked(PGSTAT_KIND_RELATION,
+											isshared ? InvalidOid : MyDatabaseId,
+											relid, false);
+
+	shtabentry = (PgStatShared_Relation *) entry_ref->shared_stats;
+	tabentry = &shtabentry->stats;
+
+	if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM)
+	{
+		tabentry->last_skipped_vacuum_time = ts;
+		tabentry->skipped_vacuum_count++;
+	}
+	else if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOVACUUM)
+	{
+		tabentry->last_skipped_autovacuum_time = ts;
+		tabentry->skipped_autovacuum_count++;
+	}
+
+	if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE)
+	{
+		tabentry->last_skipped_analyze_time = ts;
+		tabentry->skipped_analyze_count++;
+	}
+	else if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOANALYZE)
+	{
+		tabentry->last_skipped_autoanalyze_time = ts;
+		tabentry->skipped_autoanalyze_count++;
+	}
+
+	pgstat_unlock_entry(entry_ref);
+
+	/* see pgstat_report_vacuum() */
+	pgstat_flush_io(false);
+	(void) pgstat_flush_backend(false, PGSTAT_BACKEND_FLUSH_IO);
+}
+
 /*
  * count a tuple insertion of n tuples
  */
diff --git a/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c b/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c
index 1408de387ea..90a8968faa0 100644
--- a/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c
+++ b/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c
@@ -84,6 +84,18 @@ PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(mod_since_analyze)
 /* pg_stat_get_numscans */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(numscans)
 
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_analyze_count)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_autoanalyze_count)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_autovacuum_count)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_vacuum_count)
+
 /* pg_stat_get_tuples_deleted */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(tuples_deleted)
 
@@ -170,6 +182,18 @@ PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_vacuum_time)
 /* pg_stat_get_lastscan */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(lastscan)
 
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_analyze_time)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_autoanalyze_time)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_autovacuum_time)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_vacuum_time)
+
 /* pg_stat_get_stat_reset_time */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(stat_reset_time)
 
diff --git a/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat b/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat
index fa9ae79082b..32debb34863 100644
--- a/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat
+++ b/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat
@@ -5680,6 +5680,38 @@
   proargmodes => '{o,o,o,o,o,o,o,o,o,o}',
   proargnames => '{oid,score,xid_score,mxid_score,vacuum_score,vacuum_insert_score,analyze_score,do_vacuum,do_analyze,for_wraparound}',
   prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_autovacuum_scores' },
+{ oid => '8142', descr => 'statistics: last skipped vacuum time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time' },
+{ oid => '8143', descr => 'statistics: last skipped auto vacuum time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time' },
+{ oid => '8144', descr => 'statistics: last skipped analyze time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time' },
+{ oid => '8145', descr => 'statistics: last skipped auto analyze time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time' },
+{ oid => '8146', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped vacuum for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count' },
+{ oid => '8147', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped auto vacuum for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count' },
+{ oid => '8148', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped analyzes for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count' },
+{ oid => '8149', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped auto analyzes for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count' },
 { oid => '1936', descr => 'statistics: currently active backend IDs',
   proname => 'pg_stat_get_backend_idset', prorows => '100', proretset => 't',
   provolatile => 's', proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int4',
diff --git a/src/include/pgstat.h b/src/include/pgstat.h
index dfa2e837638..98941f953d1 100644
--- a/src/include/pgstat.h
+++ b/src/include/pgstat.h
@@ -479,6 +479,15 @@ typedef struct PgStat_StatTabEntry
 	TimestampTz last_autoanalyze_time;	/* autovacuum initiated */
 	PgStat_Counter autoanalyze_count;
 
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_vacuum_time;	/* user initiated vacuum */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_vacuum_count;
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_autovacuum_time;	/* autovacuum initiated */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_autovacuum_count;
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_analyze_time;	/* user initiated */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_analyze_count;
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_autoanalyze_time;	/* autovacuum initiated */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_autoanalyze_count;
+
 	PgStat_Counter total_vacuum_time;	/* times in milliseconds */
 	PgStat_Counter total_autovacuum_time;
 	PgStat_Counter total_analyze_time;
@@ -703,6 +712,13 @@ extern void pgstat_report_analyze(Relation rel,
 								  PgStat_Counter livetuples, PgStat_Counter deadtuples,
 								  bool resetcounter, TimestampTz starttime);
 
+/* flags for pgstat_flush_backend() */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM		(1 << 0)	/* vacuum is skipped */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE		(1 << 1)	/* analyze is skipped */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOVACUUM	(1 << 2)	/* autovacuum is skipped */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOANALYZE	(1 << 3)	/* autoanalyze is skipped */
+extern void pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(Oid relid, int flags);
+
 /*
  * If stats are enabled, but pending data hasn't been prepared yet, call
  * pgstat_assoc_relation() to do so. See its comment for why this is done
diff --git a/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out b/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out
index a65a5bf0c4f..9b2075d3373 100644
--- a/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out
+++ b/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out
@@ -1835,13 +1835,21 @@ pg_stat_all_tables| SELECT c.oid AS relid,
     pg_stat_get_mod_since_analyze(c.oid) AS n_mod_since_analyze,
     pg_stat_get_ins_since_vacuum(c.oid) AS n_ins_since_vacuum,
     pg_stat_get_last_vacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_vacuum,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_vacuum,
     pg_stat_get_last_autovacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_autovacuum,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_autovacuum,
     pg_stat_get_last_analyze_time(c.oid) AS last_analyze,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_analyze,
     pg_stat_get_last_autoanalyze_time(c.oid) AS last_autoanalyze,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_autoanalyze,
     pg_stat_get_vacuum_count(c.oid) AS vacuum_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count(c.oid) AS skipped_vacuum_count,
     pg_stat_get_autovacuum_count(c.oid) AS autovacuum_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count(c.oid) AS skipped_autovacuum_count,
     pg_stat_get_analyze_count(c.oid) AS analyze_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count(c.oid) AS skipped_analyze_count,
     pg_stat_get_autoanalyze_count(c.oid) AS autoanalyze_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count(c.oid) AS skipped_autoanalyze_count,
     pg_stat_get_total_vacuum_time(c.oid) AS total_vacuum_time,
     pg_stat_get_total_autovacuum_time(c.oid) AS total_autovacuum_time,
     pg_stat_get_total_analyze_time(c.oid) AS total_analyze_time,
@@ -2346,13 +2354,21 @@ pg_stat_sys_tables| SELECT relid,
     n_mod_since_analyze,
     n_ins_since_vacuum,
     last_vacuum,
+    last_skipped_vacuum,
     last_autovacuum,
+    last_skipped_autovacuum,
     last_analyze,
+    last_skipped_analyze,
     last_autoanalyze,
+    last_skipped_autoanalyze,
     vacuum_count,
+    skipped_vacuum_count,
     autovacuum_count,
+    skipped_autovacuum_count,
     analyze_count,
+    skipped_analyze_count,
     autoanalyze_count,
+    skipped_autoanalyze_count,
     total_vacuum_time,
     total_autovacuum_time,
     total_analyze_time,
@@ -2401,13 +2417,21 @@ pg_stat_user_tables| SELECT relid,
     n_mod_since_analyze,
     n_ins_since_vacuum,
     last_vacuum,
+    last_skipped_vacuum,
     last_autovacuum,
+    last_skipped_autovacuum,
     last_analyze,
+    last_skipped_analyze,
     last_autoanalyze,
+    last_skipped_autoanalyze,
     vacuum_count,
+    skipped_vacuum_count,
     autovacuum_count,
+    skipped_autovacuum_count,
     analyze_count,
+    skipped_analyze_count,
     autoanalyze_count,
+    skipped_autoanalyze_count,
     total_vacuum_time,
     total_autovacuum_time,
     total_analyze_time,
-- 
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* [PATCH v4] Track skipped vacuum and analyze activity per relation
@ 2026-03-24 04:09 Yugo Nagata <[email protected]>
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From: Yugo Nagata @ 2026-03-24 04:09 UTC (permalink / raw)

This commit adds eight fields to the relation statistics that track
the last time vacuum or analyze has been attempted but skipped due to
lock unavailability, along with their counts:

-    last_skipped_vacuum
-    last_skipped_autovacuum
-    last_skipped_analyze
-    last_skipped_autoanalyze
-    skipped_vacuum_count
-    skipped_autovacuum_count
-    skipped_analyze_count
-    skipped_autoanalyze_count

These field can help users confirm that autovacuum is actively attempting
to run on a table that has not been vacuumed or analyzed for a long time,
and that the lack of progress is due to repeated skips rather than inactivity.
---
 doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml                 |  88 ++++++++++++++++
 src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql         |   8 ++
 src/backend/commands/vacuum.c                | 102 ++++++++++++++-----
 src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c |  64 ++++++++++++
 src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c          |  24 +++++
 src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat              |  32 ++++++
 src/include/pgstat.h                         |  16 +++
 src/test/regress/expected/rules.out          |  24 +++++
 8 files changed, 335 insertions(+), 23 deletions(-)

diff --git a/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml b/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml
index 08d5b824552..a9b579d87a9 100644
--- a/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml
+++ b/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml
@@ -4387,6 +4387,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_vacuum</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time a manual vacuum on this table was attempted but skipped due to
+       lock unavailability (not counting <command>VACUUM FULL</command>)
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>last_autovacuum</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
@@ -4397,6 +4407,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_autovacuum</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time a vacuum on this table by the autovacuum daemon was attempted
+       but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>last_analyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
@@ -4406,6 +4426,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_analyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time a manual analyze on this table was attempted but skipped due to
+       lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>last_autoanalyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
@@ -4416,6 +4446,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_autoanalyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time at which an analyze on this table by the autovacuum was
+       attempted but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>vacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4426,6 +4466,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_vacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times manual vacuums on this table have been attempted but skipped
+       due to lock unavailability (not counting <command>VACUUM FULL</command>)
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>autovacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4436,6 +4486,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_autovacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times vacuums on this table by the autovacuum daemon have been
+       attempted but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>analyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4445,6 +4505,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_analyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times manual analyzes on this table have been attempted but
+       skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>autoanalyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4455,6 +4525,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_autoanalyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times analyzes on this table by the autovacuum daemon have
+       been attempted but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>total_vacuum_time</structfield> <type>double precision</type>
@@ -4510,6 +4590,14 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
    </tgroup>
   </table>
 
+  <note>
+   <para>
+    When a manual vacuum or analyze on a parent table in an inheritance or
+    partitioning hierarchy is skipped, the statistics are recorded only for
+    the parent table, not for its children.
+   </para>
+  </note>
+
  </sect2>
 
  <sect2 id="monitoring-pg-stat-autovacuum-scores-view">
diff --git a/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql b/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql
index 73a1c1c4670..f509fc7876b 100644
--- a/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql
+++ b/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql
@@ -736,13 +736,21 @@ CREATE VIEW pg_stat_all_tables AS
             pg_stat_get_mod_since_analyze(C.oid) AS n_mod_since_analyze,
             pg_stat_get_ins_since_vacuum(C.oid) AS n_ins_since_vacuum,
             pg_stat_get_last_vacuum_time(C.oid) as last_vacuum,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_vacuum,
             pg_stat_get_last_autovacuum_time(C.oid) as last_autovacuum,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_autovacuum,
             pg_stat_get_last_analyze_time(C.oid) as last_analyze,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_analyze,
             pg_stat_get_last_autoanalyze_time(C.oid) as last_autoanalyze,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_autoanalyze,
             pg_stat_get_vacuum_count(C.oid) AS vacuum_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count(C.oid) AS skipped_vacuum_count,
             pg_stat_get_autovacuum_count(C.oid) AS autovacuum_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count(C.oid) AS skipped_autovacuum_count,
             pg_stat_get_analyze_count(C.oid) AS analyze_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count(C.oid) AS skipped_analyze_count,
             pg_stat_get_autoanalyze_count(C.oid) AS autoanalyze_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count(C.oid) AS skipped_autoanalyze_count,
             pg_stat_get_total_vacuum_time(C.oid) AS total_vacuum_time,
             pg_stat_get_total_autovacuum_time(C.oid) AS total_autovacuum_time,
             pg_stat_get_total_analyze_time(C.oid) AS total_analyze_time,
diff --git a/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c b/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c
index 99d0db82ed7..97cd5ea8d10 100644
--- a/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c
+++ b/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c
@@ -793,8 +793,25 @@ vacuum_open_relation(Oid relid, RangeVar *relation, uint32 options,
 		rel = try_relation_open(relid, NoLock);
 	else
 	{
+		int flags = 0;
 		rel = NULL;
 		rel_lock = false;
+
+		if ((options & VACOPT_VACUUM) != 0)
+		{
+			if (AmAutoVacuumWorkerProcess())
+				flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOVACUUM;
+			else
+				flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM;
+		}
+		if ((options & VACOPT_ANALYZE) != 0)
+		{
+			if (AmAutoVacuumWorkerProcess())
+				flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOANALYZE;
+			else
+				flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE;
+		}
+		pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(relid, flags);
 	}
 
 	/* if relation is opened, leave */
@@ -802,7 +819,7 @@ vacuum_open_relation(Oid relid, RangeVar *relation, uint32 options,
 		return rel;
 
 	/*
-	 * Relation could not be opened, hence generate if possible a log
+	 * Relation could not be opened hence generate if possible a log
 	 * informing on the situation.
 	 *
 	 * If the RangeVar is not defined, we do not have enough information to
@@ -905,7 +922,6 @@ expand_vacuum_rel(VacuumRelation *vrel, MemoryContext vac_context,
 		Form_pg_class classForm;
 		bool		include_children;
 		bool		is_partitioned_table;
-		int			rvr_opts;
 
 		/*
 		 * Since autovacuum workers supply OIDs when calling vacuum(), no
@@ -918,29 +934,69 @@ expand_vacuum_rel(VacuumRelation *vrel, MemoryContext vac_context,
 		 * below, as well as find_all_inheritors's expectation that the caller
 		 * holds some lock on the starting relation.
 		 */
-		rvr_opts = (options & VACOPT_SKIP_LOCKED) ? RVR_SKIP_LOCKED : 0;
-		relid = RangeVarGetRelidExtended(vrel->relation,
-										 AccessShareLock,
-										 rvr_opts,
-										 NULL, NULL);
-
-		/*
-		 * If the lock is unavailable, emit the same log statement that
-		 * vacuum_rel() and analyze_rel() would.
-		 */
-		if (!OidIsValid(relid))
+		if (!(options & VACOPT_SKIP_LOCKED))
 		{
-			if (options & VACOPT_VACUUM)
-				ereport(WARNING,
-						(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
-						 errmsg("skipping vacuum of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
-								vrel->relation->relname)));
-			else
-				ereport(WARNING,
-						(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
-						 errmsg("skipping analyze of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
+			relid = RangeVarGetRelidExtended(vrel->relation,
+											 AccessShareLock,
+											 0, NULL, NULL);
+			if (!OidIsValid(relid))
+				return vacrels;
+		}
+		else
+		{
+			/* Get relid for reporting before taking a lock */
+			relid = RangeVarGetRelid(vrel->relation, NoLock, false);
+
+			if (!ConditionalLockRelationOid(relid, AccessShareLock))
+			{
+				int	flags = 0;
+				/*
+				 * If the lock is unavailable, emit the same log statement that
+				 * vacuum_rel() and analyze_rel() would.
+				 */
+				if (options & VACOPT_VACUUM)
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping vacuum of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
 								vrel->relation->relname)));
-			return vacrels;
+				else
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping analyze of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
+									vrel->relation->relname)));
+
+				if ((options & VACOPT_VACUUM) != 0)
+					flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM;
+				if ((options & VACOPT_ANALYZE) != 0)
+					flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE;
+
+				pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(relid, flags);
+
+				return vacrels;
+			}
+
+			/*
+			 * Now that we have the lock, probe to see if the relation really
+			 * exists or not.
+			 */
+			if (!SearchSysCacheExists1(RELOID, ObjectIdGetDatum(relid)))
+			{
+				if (options & VACOPT_VACUUM)
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_UNDEFINED_TABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping vacuum of \"%s\" --- relation no longer exists",
+									vrel->relation->relname)));
+				else
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_UNDEFINED_TABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping analyze of \"%s\" --- relation no longer exists",
+									vrel->relation->relname)));
+
+				/* Release useless lock */
+				UnlockRelationOid(relid, AccessShareLock);
+
+				return vacrels;
+			}
 		}
 
 		/*
diff --git a/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c b/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c
index b2ca28f83ba..532d9023f8c 100644
--- a/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c
+++ b/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c
@@ -17,12 +17,14 @@
 
 #include "postgres.h"
 
+#include "access/htup_details.h"
 #include "access/twophase_rmgr.h"
 #include "access/xact.h"
 #include "catalog/catalog.h"
 #include "utils/memutils.h"
 #include "utils/pgstat_internal.h"
 #include "utils/rel.h"
+#include "utils/syscache.h"
 #include "utils/timestamp.h"
 
 
@@ -367,6 +369,68 @@ pgstat_report_analyze(Relation rel,
 	(void) pgstat_flush_backend(false, PGSTAT_BACKEND_FLUSH_IO);
 }
 
+/*
+ * Report that the table was skipped during vacuum or/and analyze.
+ */
+void
+pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(Oid relid, int flags)
+{
+	PgStat_EntryRef *entry_ref;
+	PgStatShared_Relation *shtabentry;
+	PgStat_StatTabEntry *tabentry;
+	TimestampTz ts;
+	HeapTuple	classTup;
+	bool		isshared;
+
+	if (!pgstat_track_counts || !flags)
+		return;
+
+	classTup = SearchSysCache1(RELOID, ObjectIdGetDatum(relid));
+	if (!HeapTupleIsValid(classTup))
+		return;			/* somebody deleted the rel, forget it */
+	isshared = ((Form_pg_class) GETSTRUCT(classTup))->relisshared;
+	ReleaseSysCache(classTup);
+
+	/* Store the data in the table's hash table entry. */
+	ts = GetCurrentTimestamp();
+
+	/* block acquiring lock for the same reason as pgstat_report_autovac() */
+	entry_ref = pgstat_get_entry_ref_locked(PGSTAT_KIND_RELATION,
+											isshared ? InvalidOid : MyDatabaseId,
+											relid, false);
+
+	shtabentry = (PgStatShared_Relation *) entry_ref->shared_stats;
+	tabentry = &shtabentry->stats;
+
+	if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM)
+	{
+		tabentry->last_skipped_vacuum_time = ts;
+		tabentry->skipped_vacuum_count++;
+	}
+	else if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOVACUUM)
+	{
+		tabentry->last_skipped_autovacuum_time = ts;
+		tabentry->skipped_autovacuum_count++;
+	}
+
+	if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE)
+	{
+		tabentry->last_skipped_analyze_time = ts;
+		tabentry->skipped_analyze_count++;
+	}
+	else if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOANALYZE)
+	{
+		tabentry->last_skipped_autoanalyze_time = ts;
+		tabentry->skipped_autoanalyze_count++;
+	}
+
+	pgstat_unlock_entry(entry_ref);
+
+	/* see pgstat_report_vacuum() */
+	pgstat_flush_io(false);
+	(void) pgstat_flush_backend(false, PGSTAT_BACKEND_FLUSH_IO);
+}
+
 /*
  * count a tuple insertion of n tuples
  */
diff --git a/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c b/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c
index 1408de387ea..90a8968faa0 100644
--- a/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c
+++ b/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c
@@ -84,6 +84,18 @@ PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(mod_since_analyze)
 /* pg_stat_get_numscans */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(numscans)
 
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_analyze_count)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_autoanalyze_count)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_autovacuum_count)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_vacuum_count)
+
 /* pg_stat_get_tuples_deleted */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(tuples_deleted)
 
@@ -170,6 +182,18 @@ PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_vacuum_time)
 /* pg_stat_get_lastscan */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(lastscan)
 
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_analyze_time)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_autoanalyze_time)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_autovacuum_time)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_vacuum_time)
+
 /* pg_stat_get_stat_reset_time */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(stat_reset_time)
 
diff --git a/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat b/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat
index fa9ae79082b..32debb34863 100644
--- a/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat
+++ b/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat
@@ -5680,6 +5680,38 @@
   proargmodes => '{o,o,o,o,o,o,o,o,o,o}',
   proargnames => '{oid,score,xid_score,mxid_score,vacuum_score,vacuum_insert_score,analyze_score,do_vacuum,do_analyze,for_wraparound}',
   prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_autovacuum_scores' },
+{ oid => '8142', descr => 'statistics: last skipped vacuum time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time' },
+{ oid => '8143', descr => 'statistics: last skipped auto vacuum time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time' },
+{ oid => '8144', descr => 'statistics: last skipped analyze time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time' },
+{ oid => '8145', descr => 'statistics: last skipped auto analyze time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time' },
+{ oid => '8146', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped vacuum for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count' },
+{ oid => '8147', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped auto vacuum for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count' },
+{ oid => '8148', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped analyzes for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count' },
+{ oid => '8149', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped auto analyzes for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count' },
 { oid => '1936', descr => 'statistics: currently active backend IDs',
   proname => 'pg_stat_get_backend_idset', prorows => '100', proretset => 't',
   provolatile => 's', proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int4',
diff --git a/src/include/pgstat.h b/src/include/pgstat.h
index dfa2e837638..98941f953d1 100644
--- a/src/include/pgstat.h
+++ b/src/include/pgstat.h
@@ -479,6 +479,15 @@ typedef struct PgStat_StatTabEntry
 	TimestampTz last_autoanalyze_time;	/* autovacuum initiated */
 	PgStat_Counter autoanalyze_count;
 
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_vacuum_time;	/* user initiated vacuum */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_vacuum_count;
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_autovacuum_time;	/* autovacuum initiated */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_autovacuum_count;
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_analyze_time;	/* user initiated */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_analyze_count;
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_autoanalyze_time;	/* autovacuum initiated */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_autoanalyze_count;
+
 	PgStat_Counter total_vacuum_time;	/* times in milliseconds */
 	PgStat_Counter total_autovacuum_time;
 	PgStat_Counter total_analyze_time;
@@ -703,6 +712,13 @@ extern void pgstat_report_analyze(Relation rel,
 								  PgStat_Counter livetuples, PgStat_Counter deadtuples,
 								  bool resetcounter, TimestampTz starttime);
 
+/* flags for pgstat_flush_backend() */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM		(1 << 0)	/* vacuum is skipped */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE		(1 << 1)	/* analyze is skipped */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOVACUUM	(1 << 2)	/* autovacuum is skipped */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOANALYZE	(1 << 3)	/* autoanalyze is skipped */
+extern void pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(Oid relid, int flags);
+
 /*
  * If stats are enabled, but pending data hasn't been prepared yet, call
  * pgstat_assoc_relation() to do so. See its comment for why this is done
diff --git a/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out b/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out
index a65a5bf0c4f..9b2075d3373 100644
--- a/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out
+++ b/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out
@@ -1835,13 +1835,21 @@ pg_stat_all_tables| SELECT c.oid AS relid,
     pg_stat_get_mod_since_analyze(c.oid) AS n_mod_since_analyze,
     pg_stat_get_ins_since_vacuum(c.oid) AS n_ins_since_vacuum,
     pg_stat_get_last_vacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_vacuum,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_vacuum,
     pg_stat_get_last_autovacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_autovacuum,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_autovacuum,
     pg_stat_get_last_analyze_time(c.oid) AS last_analyze,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_analyze,
     pg_stat_get_last_autoanalyze_time(c.oid) AS last_autoanalyze,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_autoanalyze,
     pg_stat_get_vacuum_count(c.oid) AS vacuum_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count(c.oid) AS skipped_vacuum_count,
     pg_stat_get_autovacuum_count(c.oid) AS autovacuum_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count(c.oid) AS skipped_autovacuum_count,
     pg_stat_get_analyze_count(c.oid) AS analyze_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count(c.oid) AS skipped_analyze_count,
     pg_stat_get_autoanalyze_count(c.oid) AS autoanalyze_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count(c.oid) AS skipped_autoanalyze_count,
     pg_stat_get_total_vacuum_time(c.oid) AS total_vacuum_time,
     pg_stat_get_total_autovacuum_time(c.oid) AS total_autovacuum_time,
     pg_stat_get_total_analyze_time(c.oid) AS total_analyze_time,
@@ -2346,13 +2354,21 @@ pg_stat_sys_tables| SELECT relid,
     n_mod_since_analyze,
     n_ins_since_vacuum,
     last_vacuum,
+    last_skipped_vacuum,
     last_autovacuum,
+    last_skipped_autovacuum,
     last_analyze,
+    last_skipped_analyze,
     last_autoanalyze,
+    last_skipped_autoanalyze,
     vacuum_count,
+    skipped_vacuum_count,
     autovacuum_count,
+    skipped_autovacuum_count,
     analyze_count,
+    skipped_analyze_count,
     autoanalyze_count,
+    skipped_autoanalyze_count,
     total_vacuum_time,
     total_autovacuum_time,
     total_analyze_time,
@@ -2401,13 +2417,21 @@ pg_stat_user_tables| SELECT relid,
     n_mod_since_analyze,
     n_ins_since_vacuum,
     last_vacuum,
+    last_skipped_vacuum,
     last_autovacuum,
+    last_skipped_autovacuum,
     last_analyze,
+    last_skipped_analyze,
     last_autoanalyze,
+    last_skipped_autoanalyze,
     vacuum_count,
+    skipped_vacuum_count,
     autovacuum_count,
+    skipped_autovacuum_count,
     analyze_count,
+    skipped_analyze_count,
     autoanalyze_count,
+    skipped_autoanalyze_count,
     total_vacuum_time,
     total_autovacuum_time,
     total_analyze_time,
-- 
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* [PATCH v4] Track skipped vacuum and analyze activity per relation
@ 2026-03-24 04:09 Yugo Nagata <[email protected]>
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From: Yugo Nagata @ 2026-03-24 04:09 UTC (permalink / raw)

This commit adds eight fields to the relation statistics that track
the last time vacuum or analyze has been attempted but skipped due to
lock unavailability, along with their counts:

-    last_skipped_vacuum
-    last_skipped_autovacuum
-    last_skipped_analyze
-    last_skipped_autoanalyze
-    skipped_vacuum_count
-    skipped_autovacuum_count
-    skipped_analyze_count
-    skipped_autoanalyze_count

These field can help users confirm that autovacuum is actively attempting
to run on a table that has not been vacuumed or analyzed for a long time,
and that the lack of progress is due to repeated skips rather than inactivity.
---
 doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml                 |  88 ++++++++++++++++
 src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql         |   8 ++
 src/backend/commands/vacuum.c                | 102 ++++++++++++++-----
 src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c |  64 ++++++++++++
 src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c          |  24 +++++
 src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat              |  32 ++++++
 src/include/pgstat.h                         |  16 +++
 src/test/regress/expected/rules.out          |  24 +++++
 8 files changed, 335 insertions(+), 23 deletions(-)

diff --git a/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml b/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml
index 08d5b824552..a9b579d87a9 100644
--- a/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml
+++ b/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml
@@ -4387,6 +4387,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_vacuum</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time a manual vacuum on this table was attempted but skipped due to
+       lock unavailability (not counting <command>VACUUM FULL</command>)
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>last_autovacuum</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
@@ -4397,6 +4407,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_autovacuum</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time a vacuum on this table by the autovacuum daemon was attempted
+       but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>last_analyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
@@ -4406,6 +4426,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_analyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time a manual analyze on this table was attempted but skipped due to
+       lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>last_autoanalyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
@@ -4416,6 +4446,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_autoanalyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time at which an analyze on this table by the autovacuum was
+       attempted but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>vacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4426,6 +4466,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_vacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times manual vacuums on this table have been attempted but skipped
+       due to lock unavailability (not counting <command>VACUUM FULL</command>)
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>autovacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4436,6 +4486,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_autovacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times vacuums on this table by the autovacuum daemon have been
+       attempted but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>analyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4445,6 +4505,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_analyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times manual analyzes on this table have been attempted but
+       skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>autoanalyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4455,6 +4525,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_autoanalyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times analyzes on this table by the autovacuum daemon have
+       been attempted but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>total_vacuum_time</structfield> <type>double precision</type>
@@ -4510,6 +4590,14 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
    </tgroup>
   </table>
 
+  <note>
+   <para>
+    When a manual vacuum or analyze on a parent table in an inheritance or
+    partitioning hierarchy is skipped, the statistics are recorded only for
+    the parent table, not for its children.
+   </para>
+  </note>
+
  </sect2>
 
  <sect2 id="monitoring-pg-stat-autovacuum-scores-view">
diff --git a/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql b/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql
index 73a1c1c4670..f509fc7876b 100644
--- a/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql
+++ b/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql
@@ -736,13 +736,21 @@ CREATE VIEW pg_stat_all_tables AS
             pg_stat_get_mod_since_analyze(C.oid) AS n_mod_since_analyze,
             pg_stat_get_ins_since_vacuum(C.oid) AS n_ins_since_vacuum,
             pg_stat_get_last_vacuum_time(C.oid) as last_vacuum,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_vacuum,
             pg_stat_get_last_autovacuum_time(C.oid) as last_autovacuum,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_autovacuum,
             pg_stat_get_last_analyze_time(C.oid) as last_analyze,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_analyze,
             pg_stat_get_last_autoanalyze_time(C.oid) as last_autoanalyze,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_autoanalyze,
             pg_stat_get_vacuum_count(C.oid) AS vacuum_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count(C.oid) AS skipped_vacuum_count,
             pg_stat_get_autovacuum_count(C.oid) AS autovacuum_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count(C.oid) AS skipped_autovacuum_count,
             pg_stat_get_analyze_count(C.oid) AS analyze_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count(C.oid) AS skipped_analyze_count,
             pg_stat_get_autoanalyze_count(C.oid) AS autoanalyze_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count(C.oid) AS skipped_autoanalyze_count,
             pg_stat_get_total_vacuum_time(C.oid) AS total_vacuum_time,
             pg_stat_get_total_autovacuum_time(C.oid) AS total_autovacuum_time,
             pg_stat_get_total_analyze_time(C.oid) AS total_analyze_time,
diff --git a/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c b/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c
index 99d0db82ed7..97cd5ea8d10 100644
--- a/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c
+++ b/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c
@@ -793,8 +793,25 @@ vacuum_open_relation(Oid relid, RangeVar *relation, uint32 options,
 		rel = try_relation_open(relid, NoLock);
 	else
 	{
+		int flags = 0;
 		rel = NULL;
 		rel_lock = false;
+
+		if ((options & VACOPT_VACUUM) != 0)
+		{
+			if (AmAutoVacuumWorkerProcess())
+				flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOVACUUM;
+			else
+				flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM;
+		}
+		if ((options & VACOPT_ANALYZE) != 0)
+		{
+			if (AmAutoVacuumWorkerProcess())
+				flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOANALYZE;
+			else
+				flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE;
+		}
+		pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(relid, flags);
 	}
 
 	/* if relation is opened, leave */
@@ -802,7 +819,7 @@ vacuum_open_relation(Oid relid, RangeVar *relation, uint32 options,
 		return rel;
 
 	/*
-	 * Relation could not be opened, hence generate if possible a log
+	 * Relation could not be opened hence generate if possible a log
 	 * informing on the situation.
 	 *
 	 * If the RangeVar is not defined, we do not have enough information to
@@ -905,7 +922,6 @@ expand_vacuum_rel(VacuumRelation *vrel, MemoryContext vac_context,
 		Form_pg_class classForm;
 		bool		include_children;
 		bool		is_partitioned_table;
-		int			rvr_opts;
 
 		/*
 		 * Since autovacuum workers supply OIDs when calling vacuum(), no
@@ -918,29 +934,69 @@ expand_vacuum_rel(VacuumRelation *vrel, MemoryContext vac_context,
 		 * below, as well as find_all_inheritors's expectation that the caller
 		 * holds some lock on the starting relation.
 		 */
-		rvr_opts = (options & VACOPT_SKIP_LOCKED) ? RVR_SKIP_LOCKED : 0;
-		relid = RangeVarGetRelidExtended(vrel->relation,
-										 AccessShareLock,
-										 rvr_opts,
-										 NULL, NULL);
-
-		/*
-		 * If the lock is unavailable, emit the same log statement that
-		 * vacuum_rel() and analyze_rel() would.
-		 */
-		if (!OidIsValid(relid))
+		if (!(options & VACOPT_SKIP_LOCKED))
 		{
-			if (options & VACOPT_VACUUM)
-				ereport(WARNING,
-						(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
-						 errmsg("skipping vacuum of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
-								vrel->relation->relname)));
-			else
-				ereport(WARNING,
-						(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
-						 errmsg("skipping analyze of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
+			relid = RangeVarGetRelidExtended(vrel->relation,
+											 AccessShareLock,
+											 0, NULL, NULL);
+			if (!OidIsValid(relid))
+				return vacrels;
+		}
+		else
+		{
+			/* Get relid for reporting before taking a lock */
+			relid = RangeVarGetRelid(vrel->relation, NoLock, false);
+
+			if (!ConditionalLockRelationOid(relid, AccessShareLock))
+			{
+				int	flags = 0;
+				/*
+				 * If the lock is unavailable, emit the same log statement that
+				 * vacuum_rel() and analyze_rel() would.
+				 */
+				if (options & VACOPT_VACUUM)
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping vacuum of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
 								vrel->relation->relname)));
-			return vacrels;
+				else
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping analyze of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
+									vrel->relation->relname)));
+
+				if ((options & VACOPT_VACUUM) != 0)
+					flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM;
+				if ((options & VACOPT_ANALYZE) != 0)
+					flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE;
+
+				pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(relid, flags);
+
+				return vacrels;
+			}
+
+			/*
+			 * Now that we have the lock, probe to see if the relation really
+			 * exists or not.
+			 */
+			if (!SearchSysCacheExists1(RELOID, ObjectIdGetDatum(relid)))
+			{
+				if (options & VACOPT_VACUUM)
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_UNDEFINED_TABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping vacuum of \"%s\" --- relation no longer exists",
+									vrel->relation->relname)));
+				else
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_UNDEFINED_TABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping analyze of \"%s\" --- relation no longer exists",
+									vrel->relation->relname)));
+
+				/* Release useless lock */
+				UnlockRelationOid(relid, AccessShareLock);
+
+				return vacrels;
+			}
 		}
 
 		/*
diff --git a/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c b/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c
index b2ca28f83ba..532d9023f8c 100644
--- a/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c
+++ b/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c
@@ -17,12 +17,14 @@
 
 #include "postgres.h"
 
+#include "access/htup_details.h"
 #include "access/twophase_rmgr.h"
 #include "access/xact.h"
 #include "catalog/catalog.h"
 #include "utils/memutils.h"
 #include "utils/pgstat_internal.h"
 #include "utils/rel.h"
+#include "utils/syscache.h"
 #include "utils/timestamp.h"
 
 
@@ -367,6 +369,68 @@ pgstat_report_analyze(Relation rel,
 	(void) pgstat_flush_backend(false, PGSTAT_BACKEND_FLUSH_IO);
 }
 
+/*
+ * Report that the table was skipped during vacuum or/and analyze.
+ */
+void
+pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(Oid relid, int flags)
+{
+	PgStat_EntryRef *entry_ref;
+	PgStatShared_Relation *shtabentry;
+	PgStat_StatTabEntry *tabentry;
+	TimestampTz ts;
+	HeapTuple	classTup;
+	bool		isshared;
+
+	if (!pgstat_track_counts || !flags)
+		return;
+
+	classTup = SearchSysCache1(RELOID, ObjectIdGetDatum(relid));
+	if (!HeapTupleIsValid(classTup))
+		return;			/* somebody deleted the rel, forget it */
+	isshared = ((Form_pg_class) GETSTRUCT(classTup))->relisshared;
+	ReleaseSysCache(classTup);
+
+	/* Store the data in the table's hash table entry. */
+	ts = GetCurrentTimestamp();
+
+	/* block acquiring lock for the same reason as pgstat_report_autovac() */
+	entry_ref = pgstat_get_entry_ref_locked(PGSTAT_KIND_RELATION,
+											isshared ? InvalidOid : MyDatabaseId,
+											relid, false);
+
+	shtabentry = (PgStatShared_Relation *) entry_ref->shared_stats;
+	tabentry = &shtabentry->stats;
+
+	if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM)
+	{
+		tabentry->last_skipped_vacuum_time = ts;
+		tabentry->skipped_vacuum_count++;
+	}
+	else if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOVACUUM)
+	{
+		tabentry->last_skipped_autovacuum_time = ts;
+		tabentry->skipped_autovacuum_count++;
+	}
+
+	if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE)
+	{
+		tabentry->last_skipped_analyze_time = ts;
+		tabentry->skipped_analyze_count++;
+	}
+	else if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOANALYZE)
+	{
+		tabentry->last_skipped_autoanalyze_time = ts;
+		tabentry->skipped_autoanalyze_count++;
+	}
+
+	pgstat_unlock_entry(entry_ref);
+
+	/* see pgstat_report_vacuum() */
+	pgstat_flush_io(false);
+	(void) pgstat_flush_backend(false, PGSTAT_BACKEND_FLUSH_IO);
+}
+
 /*
  * count a tuple insertion of n tuples
  */
diff --git a/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c b/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c
index 1408de387ea..90a8968faa0 100644
--- a/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c
+++ b/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c
@@ -84,6 +84,18 @@ PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(mod_since_analyze)
 /* pg_stat_get_numscans */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(numscans)
 
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_analyze_count)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_autoanalyze_count)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_autovacuum_count)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_vacuum_count)
+
 /* pg_stat_get_tuples_deleted */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(tuples_deleted)
 
@@ -170,6 +182,18 @@ PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_vacuum_time)
 /* pg_stat_get_lastscan */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(lastscan)
 
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_analyze_time)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_autoanalyze_time)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_autovacuum_time)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_vacuum_time)
+
 /* pg_stat_get_stat_reset_time */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(stat_reset_time)
 
diff --git a/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat b/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat
index fa9ae79082b..32debb34863 100644
--- a/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat
+++ b/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat
@@ -5680,6 +5680,38 @@
   proargmodes => '{o,o,o,o,o,o,o,o,o,o}',
   proargnames => '{oid,score,xid_score,mxid_score,vacuum_score,vacuum_insert_score,analyze_score,do_vacuum,do_analyze,for_wraparound}',
   prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_autovacuum_scores' },
+{ oid => '8142', descr => 'statistics: last skipped vacuum time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time' },
+{ oid => '8143', descr => 'statistics: last skipped auto vacuum time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time' },
+{ oid => '8144', descr => 'statistics: last skipped analyze time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time' },
+{ oid => '8145', descr => 'statistics: last skipped auto analyze time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time' },
+{ oid => '8146', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped vacuum for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count' },
+{ oid => '8147', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped auto vacuum for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count' },
+{ oid => '8148', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped analyzes for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count' },
+{ oid => '8149', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped auto analyzes for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count' },
 { oid => '1936', descr => 'statistics: currently active backend IDs',
   proname => 'pg_stat_get_backend_idset', prorows => '100', proretset => 't',
   provolatile => 's', proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int4',
diff --git a/src/include/pgstat.h b/src/include/pgstat.h
index dfa2e837638..98941f953d1 100644
--- a/src/include/pgstat.h
+++ b/src/include/pgstat.h
@@ -479,6 +479,15 @@ typedef struct PgStat_StatTabEntry
 	TimestampTz last_autoanalyze_time;	/* autovacuum initiated */
 	PgStat_Counter autoanalyze_count;
 
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_vacuum_time;	/* user initiated vacuum */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_vacuum_count;
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_autovacuum_time;	/* autovacuum initiated */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_autovacuum_count;
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_analyze_time;	/* user initiated */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_analyze_count;
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_autoanalyze_time;	/* autovacuum initiated */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_autoanalyze_count;
+
 	PgStat_Counter total_vacuum_time;	/* times in milliseconds */
 	PgStat_Counter total_autovacuum_time;
 	PgStat_Counter total_analyze_time;
@@ -703,6 +712,13 @@ extern void pgstat_report_analyze(Relation rel,
 								  PgStat_Counter livetuples, PgStat_Counter deadtuples,
 								  bool resetcounter, TimestampTz starttime);
 
+/* flags for pgstat_flush_backend() */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM		(1 << 0)	/* vacuum is skipped */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE		(1 << 1)	/* analyze is skipped */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOVACUUM	(1 << 2)	/* autovacuum is skipped */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOANALYZE	(1 << 3)	/* autoanalyze is skipped */
+extern void pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(Oid relid, int flags);
+
 /*
  * If stats are enabled, but pending data hasn't been prepared yet, call
  * pgstat_assoc_relation() to do so. See its comment for why this is done
diff --git a/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out b/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out
index a65a5bf0c4f..9b2075d3373 100644
--- a/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out
+++ b/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out
@@ -1835,13 +1835,21 @@ pg_stat_all_tables| SELECT c.oid AS relid,
     pg_stat_get_mod_since_analyze(c.oid) AS n_mod_since_analyze,
     pg_stat_get_ins_since_vacuum(c.oid) AS n_ins_since_vacuum,
     pg_stat_get_last_vacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_vacuum,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_vacuum,
     pg_stat_get_last_autovacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_autovacuum,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_autovacuum,
     pg_stat_get_last_analyze_time(c.oid) AS last_analyze,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_analyze,
     pg_stat_get_last_autoanalyze_time(c.oid) AS last_autoanalyze,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_autoanalyze,
     pg_stat_get_vacuum_count(c.oid) AS vacuum_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count(c.oid) AS skipped_vacuum_count,
     pg_stat_get_autovacuum_count(c.oid) AS autovacuum_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count(c.oid) AS skipped_autovacuum_count,
     pg_stat_get_analyze_count(c.oid) AS analyze_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count(c.oid) AS skipped_analyze_count,
     pg_stat_get_autoanalyze_count(c.oid) AS autoanalyze_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count(c.oid) AS skipped_autoanalyze_count,
     pg_stat_get_total_vacuum_time(c.oid) AS total_vacuum_time,
     pg_stat_get_total_autovacuum_time(c.oid) AS total_autovacuum_time,
     pg_stat_get_total_analyze_time(c.oid) AS total_analyze_time,
@@ -2346,13 +2354,21 @@ pg_stat_sys_tables| SELECT relid,
     n_mod_since_analyze,
     n_ins_since_vacuum,
     last_vacuum,
+    last_skipped_vacuum,
     last_autovacuum,
+    last_skipped_autovacuum,
     last_analyze,
+    last_skipped_analyze,
     last_autoanalyze,
+    last_skipped_autoanalyze,
     vacuum_count,
+    skipped_vacuum_count,
     autovacuum_count,
+    skipped_autovacuum_count,
     analyze_count,
+    skipped_analyze_count,
     autoanalyze_count,
+    skipped_autoanalyze_count,
     total_vacuum_time,
     total_autovacuum_time,
     total_analyze_time,
@@ -2401,13 +2417,21 @@ pg_stat_user_tables| SELECT relid,
     n_mod_since_analyze,
     n_ins_since_vacuum,
     last_vacuum,
+    last_skipped_vacuum,
     last_autovacuum,
+    last_skipped_autovacuum,
     last_analyze,
+    last_skipped_analyze,
     last_autoanalyze,
+    last_skipped_autoanalyze,
     vacuum_count,
+    skipped_vacuum_count,
     autovacuum_count,
+    skipped_autovacuum_count,
     analyze_count,
+    skipped_analyze_count,
     autoanalyze_count,
+    skipped_autoanalyze_count,
     total_vacuum_time,
     total_autovacuum_time,
     total_analyze_time,
-- 
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* [PATCH v3] Track skipped vacuum and analyze activity per relation
@ 2026-03-24 04:09 Yugo Nagata <[email protected]>
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From: Yugo Nagata @ 2026-03-24 04:09 UTC (permalink / raw)

This commit adds eight fields to the relation statistics that track
the last time vacuum or analyze has been attempted but skipped due to
lock unavailability, along with their counts:

-    last_skipped_vacuum
-    last_skipped_autovacuum
-    last_skipped_analyze
-    last_skipped_autoanalyze
-    skipped_vacuum_count
-    skipped_autovacuum_count
-    skipped_analyze_count
-    skipped_autoanalyze_count

These field can help users confirm that autovacuum is actively attempting
to run on a table that has not been vacuumed or analyzed for a long time,
and that the lack of progress is due to repeated skips rather than inactivity.
---
 doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml                 | 80 +++++++++++++++++
 src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql         |  8 ++
 src/backend/commands/vacuum.c                | 95 +++++++++++++++-----
 src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c | 68 ++++++++++++++
 src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c          | 24 +++++
 src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat              | 32 +++++++
 src/include/pgstat.h                         | 16 ++++
 src/test/regress/expected/rules.out          | 24 +++++
 8 files changed, 324 insertions(+), 23 deletions(-)

diff --git a/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml b/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml
index bb75ed1069b..9ec8070b2fc 100644
--- a/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml
+++ b/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml
@@ -4372,6 +4372,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_vacuum</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time a manual vacuum on this table was attempted but skipped due to
+       lock unavailability (not counting <command>VACUUM FULL</command>)
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>last_autovacuum</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
@@ -4382,6 +4392,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_autovacuum</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time a vacuum on this table by the autovacuum daemon was attempted
+       but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>last_analyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
@@ -4391,6 +4411,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_analyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time a manual analyze on this table was attempted but skipped due to
+       lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>last_autoanalyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
@@ -4401,6 +4431,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_autoanalyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time at which an analyze on this table by the autovacuum was
+       attempted but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>vacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4411,6 +4451,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_vacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times vacuums on this table have been attempted but skipped
+       due to lock unavailability (not counting <command>VACUUM FULL</command>)
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>autovacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4421,6 +4471,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_autovacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times vacuums on this table by the autovacuum daemon have been
+       attempted but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>analyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4430,6 +4490,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_analyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times manual analyzes on this table have been attempted but
+       skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>autoanalyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4440,6 +4510,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_autoanalyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times analyzes on this table by the autovacuum daemon have
+       been attempted but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>total_vacuum_time</structfield> <type>double precision</type>
diff --git a/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql b/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql
index e54018004db..2ca02a0354c 100644
--- a/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql
+++ b/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql
@@ -736,13 +736,21 @@ CREATE VIEW pg_stat_all_tables AS
             pg_stat_get_mod_since_analyze(C.oid) AS n_mod_since_analyze,
             pg_stat_get_ins_since_vacuum(C.oid) AS n_ins_since_vacuum,
             pg_stat_get_last_vacuum_time(C.oid) as last_vacuum,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_vacuum,
             pg_stat_get_last_autovacuum_time(C.oid) as last_autovacuum,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_autovacuum,
             pg_stat_get_last_analyze_time(C.oid) as last_analyze,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_analyze,
             pg_stat_get_last_autoanalyze_time(C.oid) as last_autoanalyze,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_autoanalyze,
             pg_stat_get_vacuum_count(C.oid) AS vacuum_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count(C.oid) AS skipped_vacuum_count,
             pg_stat_get_autovacuum_count(C.oid) AS autovacuum_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count(C.oid) AS skipped_autovacuum_count,
             pg_stat_get_analyze_count(C.oid) AS analyze_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count(C.oid) AS skipped_analyze_count,
             pg_stat_get_autoanalyze_count(C.oid) AS autoanalyze_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count(C.oid) AS skipped_autoanalyze_count,
             pg_stat_get_total_vacuum_time(C.oid) AS total_vacuum_time,
             pg_stat_get_total_autovacuum_time(C.oid) AS total_autovacuum_time,
             pg_stat_get_total_analyze_time(C.oid) AS total_analyze_time,
diff --git a/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c b/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c
index bce3a2daa24..ce83b3171be 100644
--- a/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c
+++ b/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c
@@ -792,8 +792,18 @@ vacuum_open_relation(Oid relid, RangeVar *relation, bits32 options,
 		rel = try_relation_open(relid, NoLock);
 	else
 	{
+		bits8 flags = 0;
 		rel = NULL;
 		rel_lock = false;
+
+		if ((options & VACOPT_VACUUM) != 0)
+			flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM;
+		if ((options & VACOPT_ANALYZE) != 0)
+			flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE;
+		if (AmAutoVacuumWorkerProcess())
+			flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOVAC;
+
+		pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(relid, flags);
 	}
 
 	/* if relation is opened, leave */
@@ -801,7 +811,7 @@ vacuum_open_relation(Oid relid, RangeVar *relation, bits32 options,
 		return rel;
 
 	/*
-	 * Relation could not be opened, hence generate if possible a log
+	 * Relation could not be opened hence generate if possible a log
 	 * informing on the situation.
 	 *
 	 * If the RangeVar is not defined, we do not have enough information to
@@ -904,7 +914,6 @@ expand_vacuum_rel(VacuumRelation *vrel, MemoryContext vac_context,
 		Form_pg_class classForm;
 		bool		include_children;
 		bool		is_partitioned_table;
-		int			rvr_opts;
 
 		/*
 		 * Since autovacuum workers supply OIDs when calling vacuum(), no
@@ -917,29 +926,69 @@ expand_vacuum_rel(VacuumRelation *vrel, MemoryContext vac_context,
 		 * below, as well as find_all_inheritors's expectation that the caller
 		 * holds some lock on the starting relation.
 		 */
-		rvr_opts = (options & VACOPT_SKIP_LOCKED) ? RVR_SKIP_LOCKED : 0;
-		relid = RangeVarGetRelidExtended(vrel->relation,
-										 AccessShareLock,
-										 rvr_opts,
-										 NULL, NULL);
-
-		/*
-		 * If the lock is unavailable, emit the same log statement that
-		 * vacuum_rel() and analyze_rel() would.
-		 */
-		if (!OidIsValid(relid))
+		if (!(options & VACOPT_SKIP_LOCKED))
 		{
-			if (options & VACOPT_VACUUM)
-				ereport(WARNING,
-						(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
-						 errmsg("skipping vacuum of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
-								vrel->relation->relname)));
-			else
-				ereport(WARNING,
-						(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
-						 errmsg("skipping analyze of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
+			relid = RangeVarGetRelidExtended(vrel->relation,
+											 AccessShareLock,
+											 0, NULL, NULL);
+			if (!OidIsValid(relid))
+				return vacrels;
+		}
+		else
+		{
+			/* Get relid for reporting before taking a lock */
+			relid = RangeVarGetRelid(vrel->relation, NoLock, false);
+
+			if (!ConditionalLockRelationOid(relid, AccessShareLock))
+			{
+				bits8	flags = 0;
+				/*
+				 * If the lock is unavailable, emit the same log statement that
+				 * vacuum_rel() and analyze_rel() would.
+				 */
+				if (options & VACOPT_VACUUM)
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping vacuum of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
 								vrel->relation->relname)));
-			return vacrels;
+				else
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping analyze of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
+									vrel->relation->relname)));
+
+				if ((options & VACOPT_VACUUM) != 0)
+					flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM;
+				if ((options & VACOPT_ANALYZE) != 0)
+					flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE;
+
+				pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(relid, flags);
+
+				return vacrels;
+			}
+
+			/*
+			 * Now that we have the lock, probe to see if the relation really
+			 * exists or not.
+			 */
+			if (!SearchSysCacheExists1(RELOID, ObjectIdGetDatum(relid)))
+			{
+				if (options & VACOPT_VACUUM)
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_UNDEFINED_TABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping vacuum of \"%s\" --- relation no longer exists",
+									vrel->relation->relname)));
+				else
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_UNDEFINED_TABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping analyze of \"%s\" --- relation no longer exists",
+									vrel->relation->relname)));
+
+				/* Release useless lock */
+				UnlockRelationOid(relid, AccessShareLock);
+
+				return vacrels;
+			}
 		}
 
 		/*
diff --git a/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c b/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c
index bc8c43b96aa..cec4c88980e 100644
--- a/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c
+++ b/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c
@@ -17,6 +17,7 @@
 
 #include "postgres.h"
 
+#include "access/htup_details.h"
 #include "access/twophase_rmgr.h"
 #include "access/xact.h"
 #include "catalog/catalog.h"
@@ -366,6 +367,73 @@ pgstat_report_analyze(Relation rel,
 	(void) pgstat_flush_backend(false, PGSTAT_BACKEND_FLUSH_IO);
 }
 
+/*
+ * Report that the table was skipped during vacuum or/and analyze.
+ */
+void
+pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(Oid relid, bits8 flags)
+{
+	PgStat_EntryRef *entry_ref;
+	PgStatShared_Relation *shtabentry;
+	PgStat_StatTabEntry *tabentry;
+	TimestampTz ts;
+	HeapTuple	classTup;
+	bool		isshared;
+
+	if (!pgstat_track_counts || !(flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANY))
+		return;
+
+	classTup = SearchSysCache1(RELOID, ObjectIdGetDatum(relid));
+	if (!HeapTupleIsValid(classTup))
+		return;			/* somebody deleted the rel, forget it */
+	isshared = ((Form_pg_class) GETSTRUCT(classTup))->relisshared;
+	ReleaseSysCache(classTup);
+
+	/* Store the data in the table's hash table entry. */
+	ts = GetCurrentTimestamp();
+
+	/* block acquiring lock for the same reason as pgstat_report_autovac() */
+	entry_ref = pgstat_get_entry_ref_locked(PGSTAT_KIND_RELATION,
+											isshared ? InvalidOid : MyDatabaseId,
+											relid, false);
+
+	shtabentry = (PgStatShared_Relation *) entry_ref->shared_stats;
+	tabentry = &shtabentry->stats;
+
+	if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOVAC)
+	{
+		if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM)
+		{
+			tabentry->last_skipped_autovacuum_time = ts;
+			tabentry->skipped_autovacuum_count++;
+		}
+		if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE)
+		{
+			tabentry->last_skipped_autoanalyze_time = ts;
+			tabentry->skipped_autoanalyze_count++;
+		}
+	}
+	else
+	{
+		if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM)
+		{
+			tabentry->last_skipped_vacuum_time = ts;
+			tabentry->skipped_vacuum_count++;
+		}
+		if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE)
+		{
+			tabentry->last_skipped_analyze_time = ts;
+			tabentry->skipped_analyze_count++;
+		}
+	}
+
+	pgstat_unlock_entry(entry_ref);
+
+	/* see pgstat_report_vacuum() */
+	pgstat_flush_io(false);
+	(void) pgstat_flush_backend(false, PGSTAT_BACKEND_FLUSH_IO);
+}
+
 /*
  * count a tuple insertion of n tuples
  */
diff --git a/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c b/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c
index 9185a8e6b83..18aaa3996e1 100644
--- a/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c
+++ b/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c
@@ -84,6 +84,18 @@ PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(mod_since_analyze)
 /* pg_stat_get_numscans */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(numscans)
 
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_analyze_count)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_autoanalyze_count)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_autovacuum_count)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_vacuum_count)
+
 /* pg_stat_get_tuples_deleted */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(tuples_deleted)
 
@@ -170,6 +182,18 @@ PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_vacuum_time)
 /* pg_stat_get_lastscan */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(lastscan)
 
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_analyze_time)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_autoanalyze_time)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_autovacuum_time)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_vacuum_time)
+
 /* pg_stat_get_stat_reset_time */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(stat_reset_time)
 
diff --git a/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat b/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat
index 0118e970dda..ccfe3d9e02a 100644
--- a/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat
+++ b/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat
@@ -5667,6 +5667,38 @@
   proname => 'pg_stat_get_total_autoanalyze_time', provolatile => 's',
   proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'float8', proargtypes => 'oid',
   prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_total_autoanalyze_time' },
+{ oid => '8142', descr => 'statistics: last skipped vacuum time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time' },
+{ oid => '8143', descr => 'statistics: last skipped auto vacuum time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time' },
+{ oid => '8144', descr => 'statistics: last skipped analyze time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time' },
+{ oid => '8145', descr => 'statistics: last skipped auto analyze time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time' },
+{ oid => '8146', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped vacuum for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count' },
+{ oid => '8147', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped auto vacuum for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count' },
+{ oid => '8148', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped analyzes for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count' },
+{ oid => '8149', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped auto analyzes for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count' },
 { oid => '1936', descr => 'statistics: currently active backend IDs',
   proname => 'pg_stat_get_backend_idset', prorows => '100', proretset => 't',
   provolatile => 's', proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int4',
diff --git a/src/include/pgstat.h b/src/include/pgstat.h
index 8e3549c3752..343081a7a25 100644
--- a/src/include/pgstat.h
+++ b/src/include/pgstat.h
@@ -479,6 +479,15 @@ typedef struct PgStat_StatTabEntry
 	TimestampTz last_autoanalyze_time;	/* autovacuum initiated */
 	PgStat_Counter autoanalyze_count;
 
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_vacuum_time;	/* user initiated vacuum */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_vacuum_count;
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_autovacuum_time;	/* autovacuum initiated */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_autovacuum_count;
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_analyze_time;	/* user initiated */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_analyze_count;
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_autoanalyze_time;	/* autovacuum initiated */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_autoanalyze_count;
+
 	PgStat_Counter total_vacuum_time;	/* times in milliseconds */
 	PgStat_Counter total_autovacuum_time;
 	PgStat_Counter total_analyze_time;
@@ -707,6 +716,13 @@ extern void pgstat_report_analyze(Relation rel,
 								  PgStat_Counter livetuples, PgStat_Counter deadtuples,
 								  bool resetcounter, TimestampTz starttime);
 
+/* flags for pgstat_flush_backend() */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM	(1 << 0)	/* vacuum is skipped */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE	(1 << 1)	/* analyze is skipped */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOVAC	(1 << 2)	/* skipped during autovacuum/autoanalyze */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANY   (PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM | PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE)
+extern void pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(Oid relid, bits8 flags);
+
 /*
  * If stats are enabled, but pending data hasn't been prepared yet, call
  * pgstat_assoc_relation() to do so. See its comment for why this is done
diff --git a/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out b/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out
index 2b3cf6d8569..4ccfc43e903 100644
--- a/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out
+++ b/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out
@@ -1835,13 +1835,21 @@ pg_stat_all_tables| SELECT c.oid AS relid,
     pg_stat_get_mod_since_analyze(c.oid) AS n_mod_since_analyze,
     pg_stat_get_ins_since_vacuum(c.oid) AS n_ins_since_vacuum,
     pg_stat_get_last_vacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_vacuum,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_vacuum,
     pg_stat_get_last_autovacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_autovacuum,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_autovacuum,
     pg_stat_get_last_analyze_time(c.oid) AS last_analyze,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_analyze,
     pg_stat_get_last_autoanalyze_time(c.oid) AS last_autoanalyze,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_autoanalyze,
     pg_stat_get_vacuum_count(c.oid) AS vacuum_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count(c.oid) AS skipped_vacuum_count,
     pg_stat_get_autovacuum_count(c.oid) AS autovacuum_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count(c.oid) AS skipped_autovacuum_count,
     pg_stat_get_analyze_count(c.oid) AS analyze_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count(c.oid) AS skipped_analyze_count,
     pg_stat_get_autoanalyze_count(c.oid) AS autoanalyze_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count(c.oid) AS skipped_autoanalyze_count,
     pg_stat_get_total_vacuum_time(c.oid) AS total_vacuum_time,
     pg_stat_get_total_autovacuum_time(c.oid) AS total_autovacuum_time,
     pg_stat_get_total_analyze_time(c.oid) AS total_analyze_time,
@@ -2293,13 +2301,21 @@ pg_stat_sys_tables| SELECT relid,
     n_mod_since_analyze,
     n_ins_since_vacuum,
     last_vacuum,
+    last_skipped_vacuum,
     last_autovacuum,
+    last_skipped_autovacuum,
     last_analyze,
+    last_skipped_analyze,
     last_autoanalyze,
+    last_skipped_autoanalyze,
     vacuum_count,
+    skipped_vacuum_count,
     autovacuum_count,
+    skipped_autovacuum_count,
     analyze_count,
+    skipped_analyze_count,
     autoanalyze_count,
+    skipped_autoanalyze_count,
     total_vacuum_time,
     total_autovacuum_time,
     total_analyze_time,
@@ -2348,13 +2364,21 @@ pg_stat_user_tables| SELECT relid,
     n_mod_since_analyze,
     n_ins_since_vacuum,
     last_vacuum,
+    last_skipped_vacuum,
     last_autovacuum,
+    last_skipped_autovacuum,
     last_analyze,
+    last_skipped_analyze,
     last_autoanalyze,
+    last_skipped_autoanalyze,
     vacuum_count,
+    skipped_vacuum_count,
     autovacuum_count,
+    skipped_autovacuum_count,
     analyze_count,
+    skipped_analyze_count,
     autoanalyze_count,
+    skipped_autoanalyze_count,
     total_vacuum_time,
     total_autovacuum_time,
     total_analyze_time,
-- 
2.43.0


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* [PATCH v3] Track skipped vacuum and analyze activity per relation
@ 2026-03-24 04:09 Yugo Nagata <[email protected]>
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From: Yugo Nagata @ 2026-03-24 04:09 UTC (permalink / raw)

This commit adds eight fields to the relation statistics that track
the last time vacuum or analyze has been attempted but skipped due to
lock unavailability, along with their counts:

-    last_skipped_vacuum
-    last_skipped_autovacuum
-    last_skipped_analyze
-    last_skipped_autoanalyze
-    skipped_vacuum_count
-    skipped_autovacuum_count
-    skipped_analyze_count
-    skipped_autoanalyze_count

These field can help users confirm that autovacuum is actively attempting
to run on a table that has not been vacuumed or analyzed for a long time,
and that the lack of progress is due to repeated skips rather than inactivity.
---
 doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml                 | 80 +++++++++++++++++
 src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql         |  8 ++
 src/backend/commands/vacuum.c                | 95 +++++++++++++++-----
 src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c | 68 ++++++++++++++
 src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c          | 24 +++++
 src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat              | 32 +++++++
 src/include/pgstat.h                         | 16 ++++
 src/test/regress/expected/rules.out          | 24 +++++
 8 files changed, 324 insertions(+), 23 deletions(-)

diff --git a/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml b/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml
index bb75ed1069b..9ec8070b2fc 100644
--- a/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml
+++ b/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml
@@ -4372,6 +4372,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_vacuum</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time a manual vacuum on this table was attempted but skipped due to
+       lock unavailability (not counting <command>VACUUM FULL</command>)
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>last_autovacuum</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
@@ -4382,6 +4392,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_autovacuum</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time a vacuum on this table by the autovacuum daemon was attempted
+       but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>last_analyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
@@ -4391,6 +4411,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_analyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time a manual analyze on this table was attempted but skipped due to
+       lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>last_autoanalyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
@@ -4401,6 +4431,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_autoanalyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time at which an analyze on this table by the autovacuum was
+       attempted but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>vacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4411,6 +4451,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_vacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times vacuums on this table have been attempted but skipped
+       due to lock unavailability (not counting <command>VACUUM FULL</command>)
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>autovacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4421,6 +4471,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_autovacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times vacuums on this table by the autovacuum daemon have been
+       attempted but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>analyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4430,6 +4490,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_analyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times manual analyzes on this table have been attempted but
+       skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>autoanalyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4440,6 +4510,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_autoanalyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times analyzes on this table by the autovacuum daemon have
+       been attempted but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>total_vacuum_time</structfield> <type>double precision</type>
diff --git a/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql b/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql
index e54018004db..2ca02a0354c 100644
--- a/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql
+++ b/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql
@@ -736,13 +736,21 @@ CREATE VIEW pg_stat_all_tables AS
             pg_stat_get_mod_since_analyze(C.oid) AS n_mod_since_analyze,
             pg_stat_get_ins_since_vacuum(C.oid) AS n_ins_since_vacuum,
             pg_stat_get_last_vacuum_time(C.oid) as last_vacuum,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_vacuum,
             pg_stat_get_last_autovacuum_time(C.oid) as last_autovacuum,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_autovacuum,
             pg_stat_get_last_analyze_time(C.oid) as last_analyze,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_analyze,
             pg_stat_get_last_autoanalyze_time(C.oid) as last_autoanalyze,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_autoanalyze,
             pg_stat_get_vacuum_count(C.oid) AS vacuum_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count(C.oid) AS skipped_vacuum_count,
             pg_stat_get_autovacuum_count(C.oid) AS autovacuum_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count(C.oid) AS skipped_autovacuum_count,
             pg_stat_get_analyze_count(C.oid) AS analyze_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count(C.oid) AS skipped_analyze_count,
             pg_stat_get_autoanalyze_count(C.oid) AS autoanalyze_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count(C.oid) AS skipped_autoanalyze_count,
             pg_stat_get_total_vacuum_time(C.oid) AS total_vacuum_time,
             pg_stat_get_total_autovacuum_time(C.oid) AS total_autovacuum_time,
             pg_stat_get_total_analyze_time(C.oid) AS total_analyze_time,
diff --git a/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c b/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c
index bce3a2daa24..ce83b3171be 100644
--- a/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c
+++ b/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c
@@ -792,8 +792,18 @@ vacuum_open_relation(Oid relid, RangeVar *relation, bits32 options,
 		rel = try_relation_open(relid, NoLock);
 	else
 	{
+		bits8 flags = 0;
 		rel = NULL;
 		rel_lock = false;
+
+		if ((options & VACOPT_VACUUM) != 0)
+			flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM;
+		if ((options & VACOPT_ANALYZE) != 0)
+			flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE;
+		if (AmAutoVacuumWorkerProcess())
+			flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOVAC;
+
+		pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(relid, flags);
 	}
 
 	/* if relation is opened, leave */
@@ -801,7 +811,7 @@ vacuum_open_relation(Oid relid, RangeVar *relation, bits32 options,
 		return rel;
 
 	/*
-	 * Relation could not be opened, hence generate if possible a log
+	 * Relation could not be opened hence generate if possible a log
 	 * informing on the situation.
 	 *
 	 * If the RangeVar is not defined, we do not have enough information to
@@ -904,7 +914,6 @@ expand_vacuum_rel(VacuumRelation *vrel, MemoryContext vac_context,
 		Form_pg_class classForm;
 		bool		include_children;
 		bool		is_partitioned_table;
-		int			rvr_opts;
 
 		/*
 		 * Since autovacuum workers supply OIDs when calling vacuum(), no
@@ -917,29 +926,69 @@ expand_vacuum_rel(VacuumRelation *vrel, MemoryContext vac_context,
 		 * below, as well as find_all_inheritors's expectation that the caller
 		 * holds some lock on the starting relation.
 		 */
-		rvr_opts = (options & VACOPT_SKIP_LOCKED) ? RVR_SKIP_LOCKED : 0;
-		relid = RangeVarGetRelidExtended(vrel->relation,
-										 AccessShareLock,
-										 rvr_opts,
-										 NULL, NULL);
-
-		/*
-		 * If the lock is unavailable, emit the same log statement that
-		 * vacuum_rel() and analyze_rel() would.
-		 */
-		if (!OidIsValid(relid))
+		if (!(options & VACOPT_SKIP_LOCKED))
 		{
-			if (options & VACOPT_VACUUM)
-				ereport(WARNING,
-						(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
-						 errmsg("skipping vacuum of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
-								vrel->relation->relname)));
-			else
-				ereport(WARNING,
-						(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
-						 errmsg("skipping analyze of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
+			relid = RangeVarGetRelidExtended(vrel->relation,
+											 AccessShareLock,
+											 0, NULL, NULL);
+			if (!OidIsValid(relid))
+				return vacrels;
+		}
+		else
+		{
+			/* Get relid for reporting before taking a lock */
+			relid = RangeVarGetRelid(vrel->relation, NoLock, false);
+
+			if (!ConditionalLockRelationOid(relid, AccessShareLock))
+			{
+				bits8	flags = 0;
+				/*
+				 * If the lock is unavailable, emit the same log statement that
+				 * vacuum_rel() and analyze_rel() would.
+				 */
+				if (options & VACOPT_VACUUM)
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping vacuum of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
 								vrel->relation->relname)));
-			return vacrels;
+				else
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping analyze of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
+									vrel->relation->relname)));
+
+				if ((options & VACOPT_VACUUM) != 0)
+					flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM;
+				if ((options & VACOPT_ANALYZE) != 0)
+					flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE;
+
+				pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(relid, flags);
+
+				return vacrels;
+			}
+
+			/*
+			 * Now that we have the lock, probe to see if the relation really
+			 * exists or not.
+			 */
+			if (!SearchSysCacheExists1(RELOID, ObjectIdGetDatum(relid)))
+			{
+				if (options & VACOPT_VACUUM)
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_UNDEFINED_TABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping vacuum of \"%s\" --- relation no longer exists",
+									vrel->relation->relname)));
+				else
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_UNDEFINED_TABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping analyze of \"%s\" --- relation no longer exists",
+									vrel->relation->relname)));
+
+				/* Release useless lock */
+				UnlockRelationOid(relid, AccessShareLock);
+
+				return vacrels;
+			}
 		}
 
 		/*
diff --git a/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c b/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c
index bc8c43b96aa..cec4c88980e 100644
--- a/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c
+++ b/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c
@@ -17,6 +17,7 @@
 
 #include "postgres.h"
 
+#include "access/htup_details.h"
 #include "access/twophase_rmgr.h"
 #include "access/xact.h"
 #include "catalog/catalog.h"
@@ -366,6 +367,73 @@ pgstat_report_analyze(Relation rel,
 	(void) pgstat_flush_backend(false, PGSTAT_BACKEND_FLUSH_IO);
 }
 
+/*
+ * Report that the table was skipped during vacuum or/and analyze.
+ */
+void
+pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(Oid relid, bits8 flags)
+{
+	PgStat_EntryRef *entry_ref;
+	PgStatShared_Relation *shtabentry;
+	PgStat_StatTabEntry *tabentry;
+	TimestampTz ts;
+	HeapTuple	classTup;
+	bool		isshared;
+
+	if (!pgstat_track_counts || !(flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANY))
+		return;
+
+	classTup = SearchSysCache1(RELOID, ObjectIdGetDatum(relid));
+	if (!HeapTupleIsValid(classTup))
+		return;			/* somebody deleted the rel, forget it */
+	isshared = ((Form_pg_class) GETSTRUCT(classTup))->relisshared;
+	ReleaseSysCache(classTup);
+
+	/* Store the data in the table's hash table entry. */
+	ts = GetCurrentTimestamp();
+
+	/* block acquiring lock for the same reason as pgstat_report_autovac() */
+	entry_ref = pgstat_get_entry_ref_locked(PGSTAT_KIND_RELATION,
+											isshared ? InvalidOid : MyDatabaseId,
+											relid, false);
+
+	shtabentry = (PgStatShared_Relation *) entry_ref->shared_stats;
+	tabentry = &shtabentry->stats;
+
+	if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOVAC)
+	{
+		if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM)
+		{
+			tabentry->last_skipped_autovacuum_time = ts;
+			tabentry->skipped_autovacuum_count++;
+		}
+		if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE)
+		{
+			tabentry->last_skipped_autoanalyze_time = ts;
+			tabentry->skipped_autoanalyze_count++;
+		}
+	}
+	else
+	{
+		if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM)
+		{
+			tabentry->last_skipped_vacuum_time = ts;
+			tabentry->skipped_vacuum_count++;
+		}
+		if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE)
+		{
+			tabentry->last_skipped_analyze_time = ts;
+			tabentry->skipped_analyze_count++;
+		}
+	}
+
+	pgstat_unlock_entry(entry_ref);
+
+	/* see pgstat_report_vacuum() */
+	pgstat_flush_io(false);
+	(void) pgstat_flush_backend(false, PGSTAT_BACKEND_FLUSH_IO);
+}
+
 /*
  * count a tuple insertion of n tuples
  */
diff --git a/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c b/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c
index 9185a8e6b83..18aaa3996e1 100644
--- a/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c
+++ b/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c
@@ -84,6 +84,18 @@ PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(mod_since_analyze)
 /* pg_stat_get_numscans */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(numscans)
 
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_analyze_count)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_autoanalyze_count)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_autovacuum_count)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_vacuum_count)
+
 /* pg_stat_get_tuples_deleted */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(tuples_deleted)
 
@@ -170,6 +182,18 @@ PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_vacuum_time)
 /* pg_stat_get_lastscan */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(lastscan)
 
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_analyze_time)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_autoanalyze_time)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_autovacuum_time)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_vacuum_time)
+
 /* pg_stat_get_stat_reset_time */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(stat_reset_time)
 
diff --git a/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat b/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat
index 0118e970dda..ccfe3d9e02a 100644
--- a/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat
+++ b/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat
@@ -5667,6 +5667,38 @@
   proname => 'pg_stat_get_total_autoanalyze_time', provolatile => 's',
   proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'float8', proargtypes => 'oid',
   prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_total_autoanalyze_time' },
+{ oid => '8142', descr => 'statistics: last skipped vacuum time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time' },
+{ oid => '8143', descr => 'statistics: last skipped auto vacuum time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time' },
+{ oid => '8144', descr => 'statistics: last skipped analyze time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time' },
+{ oid => '8145', descr => 'statistics: last skipped auto analyze time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time' },
+{ oid => '8146', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped vacuum for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count' },
+{ oid => '8147', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped auto vacuum for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count' },
+{ oid => '8148', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped analyzes for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count' },
+{ oid => '8149', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped auto analyzes for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count' },
 { oid => '1936', descr => 'statistics: currently active backend IDs',
   proname => 'pg_stat_get_backend_idset', prorows => '100', proretset => 't',
   provolatile => 's', proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int4',
diff --git a/src/include/pgstat.h b/src/include/pgstat.h
index 8e3549c3752..343081a7a25 100644
--- a/src/include/pgstat.h
+++ b/src/include/pgstat.h
@@ -479,6 +479,15 @@ typedef struct PgStat_StatTabEntry
 	TimestampTz last_autoanalyze_time;	/* autovacuum initiated */
 	PgStat_Counter autoanalyze_count;
 
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_vacuum_time;	/* user initiated vacuum */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_vacuum_count;
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_autovacuum_time;	/* autovacuum initiated */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_autovacuum_count;
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_analyze_time;	/* user initiated */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_analyze_count;
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_autoanalyze_time;	/* autovacuum initiated */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_autoanalyze_count;
+
 	PgStat_Counter total_vacuum_time;	/* times in milliseconds */
 	PgStat_Counter total_autovacuum_time;
 	PgStat_Counter total_analyze_time;
@@ -707,6 +716,13 @@ extern void pgstat_report_analyze(Relation rel,
 								  PgStat_Counter livetuples, PgStat_Counter deadtuples,
 								  bool resetcounter, TimestampTz starttime);
 
+/* flags for pgstat_flush_backend() */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM	(1 << 0)	/* vacuum is skipped */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE	(1 << 1)	/* analyze is skipped */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOVAC	(1 << 2)	/* skipped during autovacuum/autoanalyze */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANY   (PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM | PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE)
+extern void pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(Oid relid, bits8 flags);
+
 /*
  * If stats are enabled, but pending data hasn't been prepared yet, call
  * pgstat_assoc_relation() to do so. See its comment for why this is done
diff --git a/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out b/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out
index 2b3cf6d8569..4ccfc43e903 100644
--- a/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out
+++ b/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out
@@ -1835,13 +1835,21 @@ pg_stat_all_tables| SELECT c.oid AS relid,
     pg_stat_get_mod_since_analyze(c.oid) AS n_mod_since_analyze,
     pg_stat_get_ins_since_vacuum(c.oid) AS n_ins_since_vacuum,
     pg_stat_get_last_vacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_vacuum,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_vacuum,
     pg_stat_get_last_autovacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_autovacuum,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_autovacuum,
     pg_stat_get_last_analyze_time(c.oid) AS last_analyze,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_analyze,
     pg_stat_get_last_autoanalyze_time(c.oid) AS last_autoanalyze,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_autoanalyze,
     pg_stat_get_vacuum_count(c.oid) AS vacuum_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count(c.oid) AS skipped_vacuum_count,
     pg_stat_get_autovacuum_count(c.oid) AS autovacuum_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count(c.oid) AS skipped_autovacuum_count,
     pg_stat_get_analyze_count(c.oid) AS analyze_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count(c.oid) AS skipped_analyze_count,
     pg_stat_get_autoanalyze_count(c.oid) AS autoanalyze_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count(c.oid) AS skipped_autoanalyze_count,
     pg_stat_get_total_vacuum_time(c.oid) AS total_vacuum_time,
     pg_stat_get_total_autovacuum_time(c.oid) AS total_autovacuum_time,
     pg_stat_get_total_analyze_time(c.oid) AS total_analyze_time,
@@ -2293,13 +2301,21 @@ pg_stat_sys_tables| SELECT relid,
     n_mod_since_analyze,
     n_ins_since_vacuum,
     last_vacuum,
+    last_skipped_vacuum,
     last_autovacuum,
+    last_skipped_autovacuum,
     last_analyze,
+    last_skipped_analyze,
     last_autoanalyze,
+    last_skipped_autoanalyze,
     vacuum_count,
+    skipped_vacuum_count,
     autovacuum_count,
+    skipped_autovacuum_count,
     analyze_count,
+    skipped_analyze_count,
     autoanalyze_count,
+    skipped_autoanalyze_count,
     total_vacuum_time,
     total_autovacuum_time,
     total_analyze_time,
@@ -2348,13 +2364,21 @@ pg_stat_user_tables| SELECT relid,
     n_mod_since_analyze,
     n_ins_since_vacuum,
     last_vacuum,
+    last_skipped_vacuum,
     last_autovacuum,
+    last_skipped_autovacuum,
     last_analyze,
+    last_skipped_analyze,
     last_autoanalyze,
+    last_skipped_autoanalyze,
     vacuum_count,
+    skipped_vacuum_count,
     autovacuum_count,
+    skipped_autovacuum_count,
     analyze_count,
+    skipped_analyze_count,
     autoanalyze_count,
+    skipped_autoanalyze_count,
     total_vacuum_time,
     total_autovacuum_time,
     total_analyze_time,
-- 
2.43.0


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* [PATCH v5] Track skipped vacuum and analyze activity per relation
@ 2026-03-24 04:09 Yugo Nagata <[email protected]>
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From: Yugo Nagata @ 2026-03-24 04:09 UTC (permalink / raw)

This commit adds eight fields to the relation statistics that track
the last time vacuum or analyze has been attempted but skipped due to
lock unavailability, along with their counts:

-    last_skipped_vacuum
-    last_skipped_autovacuum
-    last_skipped_analyze
-    last_skipped_autoanalyze
-    skipped_vacuum_count
-    skipped_autovacuum_count
-    skipped_analyze_count
-    skipped_autoanalyze_count

These field can help users confirm that autovacuum is actively attempting
to run on a table that has not been vacuumed or analyzed for a long time,
and that the lack of progress is due to repeated skips rather than inactivity.
---
 doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml                  |  88 ++++++
 src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql          |   8 +
 src/backend/commands/vacuum.c                 | 100 +++++--
 src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c  |  64 +++++
 src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c           |  24 ++
 src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat               |  32 +++
 src/include/pgstat.h                          |  16 ++
 .../isolation/expected/vacuum-skip-locked.out | 260 ++++++++++++++++--
 .../isolation/specs/vacuum-skip-locked.spec   |  41 +--
 src/test/regress/expected/rules.out           |  24 ++
 10 files changed, 601 insertions(+), 56 deletions(-)

diff --git a/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml b/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml
index 08d5b824552..a9b579d87a9 100644
--- a/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml
+++ b/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml
@@ -4387,6 +4387,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_vacuum</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time a manual vacuum on this table was attempted but skipped due to
+       lock unavailability (not counting <command>VACUUM FULL</command>)
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>last_autovacuum</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
@@ -4397,6 +4407,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_autovacuum</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time a vacuum on this table by the autovacuum daemon was attempted
+       but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>last_analyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
@@ -4406,6 +4426,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_analyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time a manual analyze on this table was attempted but skipped due to
+       lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>last_autoanalyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
@@ -4416,6 +4446,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_autoanalyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time at which an analyze on this table by the autovacuum was
+       attempted but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>vacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4426,6 +4466,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_vacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times manual vacuums on this table have been attempted but skipped
+       due to lock unavailability (not counting <command>VACUUM FULL</command>)
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>autovacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4436,6 +4486,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_autovacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times vacuums on this table by the autovacuum daemon have been
+       attempted but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>analyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4445,6 +4505,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_analyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times manual analyzes on this table have been attempted but
+       skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>autoanalyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4455,6 +4525,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_autoanalyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times analyzes on this table by the autovacuum daemon have
+       been attempted but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>total_vacuum_time</structfield> <type>double precision</type>
@@ -4510,6 +4590,14 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
    </tgroup>
   </table>
 
+  <note>
+   <para>
+    When a manual vacuum or analyze on a parent table in an inheritance or
+    partitioning hierarchy is skipped, the statistics are recorded only for
+    the parent table, not for its children.
+   </para>
+  </note>
+
  </sect2>
 
  <sect2 id="monitoring-pg-stat-autovacuum-scores-view">
diff --git a/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql b/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql
index 73a1c1c4670..f509fc7876b 100644
--- a/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql
+++ b/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql
@@ -736,13 +736,21 @@ CREATE VIEW pg_stat_all_tables AS
             pg_stat_get_mod_since_analyze(C.oid) AS n_mod_since_analyze,
             pg_stat_get_ins_since_vacuum(C.oid) AS n_ins_since_vacuum,
             pg_stat_get_last_vacuum_time(C.oid) as last_vacuum,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_vacuum,
             pg_stat_get_last_autovacuum_time(C.oid) as last_autovacuum,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_autovacuum,
             pg_stat_get_last_analyze_time(C.oid) as last_analyze,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_analyze,
             pg_stat_get_last_autoanalyze_time(C.oid) as last_autoanalyze,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_autoanalyze,
             pg_stat_get_vacuum_count(C.oid) AS vacuum_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count(C.oid) AS skipped_vacuum_count,
             pg_stat_get_autovacuum_count(C.oid) AS autovacuum_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count(C.oid) AS skipped_autovacuum_count,
             pg_stat_get_analyze_count(C.oid) AS analyze_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count(C.oid) AS skipped_analyze_count,
             pg_stat_get_autoanalyze_count(C.oid) AS autoanalyze_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count(C.oid) AS skipped_autoanalyze_count,
             pg_stat_get_total_vacuum_time(C.oid) AS total_vacuum_time,
             pg_stat_get_total_autovacuum_time(C.oid) AS total_autovacuum_time,
             pg_stat_get_total_analyze_time(C.oid) AS total_analyze_time,
diff --git a/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c b/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c
index 99d0db82ed7..df6526225e4 100644
--- a/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c
+++ b/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c
@@ -793,8 +793,25 @@ vacuum_open_relation(Oid relid, RangeVar *relation, uint32 options,
 		rel = try_relation_open(relid, NoLock);
 	else
 	{
+		int flags = 0;
 		rel = NULL;
 		rel_lock = false;
+
+		if ((options & VACOPT_VACUUM) != 0 && (options & VACOPT_FULL) == 0)
+		{
+			if (AmAutoVacuumWorkerProcess())
+				flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOVACUUM;
+			else
+				flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM;
+		}
+		if ((options & VACOPT_ANALYZE) != 0)
+		{
+			if (AmAutoVacuumWorkerProcess())
+				flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOANALYZE;
+			else
+				flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE;
+		}
+		pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(relid, flags);
 	}
 
 	/* if relation is opened, leave */
@@ -905,7 +922,6 @@ expand_vacuum_rel(VacuumRelation *vrel, MemoryContext vac_context,
 		Form_pg_class classForm;
 		bool		include_children;
 		bool		is_partitioned_table;
-		int			rvr_opts;
 
 		/*
 		 * Since autovacuum workers supply OIDs when calling vacuum(), no
@@ -918,29 +934,69 @@ expand_vacuum_rel(VacuumRelation *vrel, MemoryContext vac_context,
 		 * below, as well as find_all_inheritors's expectation that the caller
 		 * holds some lock on the starting relation.
 		 */
-		rvr_opts = (options & VACOPT_SKIP_LOCKED) ? RVR_SKIP_LOCKED : 0;
-		relid = RangeVarGetRelidExtended(vrel->relation,
-										 AccessShareLock,
-										 rvr_opts,
-										 NULL, NULL);
-
-		/*
-		 * If the lock is unavailable, emit the same log statement that
-		 * vacuum_rel() and analyze_rel() would.
-		 */
-		if (!OidIsValid(relid))
+		if (!(options & VACOPT_SKIP_LOCKED))
 		{
-			if (options & VACOPT_VACUUM)
-				ereport(WARNING,
-						(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
-						 errmsg("skipping vacuum of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
-								vrel->relation->relname)));
-			else
-				ereport(WARNING,
-						(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
-						 errmsg("skipping analyze of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
+			relid = RangeVarGetRelidExtended(vrel->relation,
+											 AccessShareLock,
+											 0, NULL, NULL);
+			if (!OidIsValid(relid))
+				return vacrels;
+		}
+		else
+		{
+			/* Get relid for reporting before taking a lock */
+			relid = RangeVarGetRelid(vrel->relation, NoLock, false);
+
+			if (!ConditionalLockRelationOid(relid, AccessShareLock))
+			{
+				int	flags = 0;
+				/*
+				 * If the lock is unavailable, emit the same log statement that
+				 * vacuum_rel() and analyze_rel() would.
+				 */
+				if (options & VACOPT_VACUUM)
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping vacuum of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
 								vrel->relation->relname)));
-			return vacrels;
+				else
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping analyze of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
+									vrel->relation->relname)));
+
+				if ((options & VACOPT_VACUUM) != 0 && (options & VACOPT_FULL) == 0)
+					flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM;
+				if ((options & VACOPT_ANALYZE) != 0)
+					flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE;
+
+				pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(relid, flags);
+
+				return vacrels;
+			}
+
+			/*
+			 * Now that we have the lock, probe to see if the relation really
+			 * exists or not.
+			 */
+			if (!SearchSysCacheExists1(RELOID, ObjectIdGetDatum(relid)))
+			{
+				if (options & VACOPT_VACUUM)
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_UNDEFINED_TABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping vacuum of \"%s\" --- relation no longer exists",
+									vrel->relation->relname)));
+				else
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_UNDEFINED_TABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping analyze of \"%s\" --- relation no longer exists",
+									vrel->relation->relname)));
+
+				/* Release useless lock */
+				UnlockRelationOid(relid, AccessShareLock);
+
+				return vacrels;
+			}
 		}
 
 		/*
diff --git a/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c b/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c
index b2ca28f83ba..532d9023f8c 100644
--- a/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c
+++ b/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c
@@ -17,12 +17,14 @@
 
 #include "postgres.h"
 
+#include "access/htup_details.h"
 #include "access/twophase_rmgr.h"
 #include "access/xact.h"
 #include "catalog/catalog.h"
 #include "utils/memutils.h"
 #include "utils/pgstat_internal.h"
 #include "utils/rel.h"
+#include "utils/syscache.h"
 #include "utils/timestamp.h"
 
 
@@ -367,6 +369,68 @@ pgstat_report_analyze(Relation rel,
 	(void) pgstat_flush_backend(false, PGSTAT_BACKEND_FLUSH_IO);
 }
 
+/*
+ * Report that the table was skipped during vacuum or/and analyze.
+ */
+void
+pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(Oid relid, int flags)
+{
+	PgStat_EntryRef *entry_ref;
+	PgStatShared_Relation *shtabentry;
+	PgStat_StatTabEntry *tabentry;
+	TimestampTz ts;
+	HeapTuple	classTup;
+	bool		isshared;
+
+	if (!pgstat_track_counts || !flags)
+		return;
+
+	classTup = SearchSysCache1(RELOID, ObjectIdGetDatum(relid));
+	if (!HeapTupleIsValid(classTup))
+		return;			/* somebody deleted the rel, forget it */
+	isshared = ((Form_pg_class) GETSTRUCT(classTup))->relisshared;
+	ReleaseSysCache(classTup);
+
+	/* Store the data in the table's hash table entry. */
+	ts = GetCurrentTimestamp();
+
+	/* block acquiring lock for the same reason as pgstat_report_autovac() */
+	entry_ref = pgstat_get_entry_ref_locked(PGSTAT_KIND_RELATION,
+											isshared ? InvalidOid : MyDatabaseId,
+											relid, false);
+
+	shtabentry = (PgStatShared_Relation *) entry_ref->shared_stats;
+	tabentry = &shtabentry->stats;
+
+	if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM)
+	{
+		tabentry->last_skipped_vacuum_time = ts;
+		tabentry->skipped_vacuum_count++;
+	}
+	else if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOVACUUM)
+	{
+		tabentry->last_skipped_autovacuum_time = ts;
+		tabentry->skipped_autovacuum_count++;
+	}
+
+	if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE)
+	{
+		tabentry->last_skipped_analyze_time = ts;
+		tabentry->skipped_analyze_count++;
+	}
+	else if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOANALYZE)
+	{
+		tabentry->last_skipped_autoanalyze_time = ts;
+		tabentry->skipped_autoanalyze_count++;
+	}
+
+	pgstat_unlock_entry(entry_ref);
+
+	/* see pgstat_report_vacuum() */
+	pgstat_flush_io(false);
+	(void) pgstat_flush_backend(false, PGSTAT_BACKEND_FLUSH_IO);
+}
+
 /*
  * count a tuple insertion of n tuples
  */
diff --git a/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c b/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c
index 1408de387ea..90a8968faa0 100644
--- a/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c
+++ b/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c
@@ -84,6 +84,18 @@ PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(mod_since_analyze)
 /* pg_stat_get_numscans */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(numscans)
 
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_analyze_count)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_autoanalyze_count)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_autovacuum_count)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_vacuum_count)
+
 /* pg_stat_get_tuples_deleted */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(tuples_deleted)
 
@@ -170,6 +182,18 @@ PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_vacuum_time)
 /* pg_stat_get_lastscan */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(lastscan)
 
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_analyze_time)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_autoanalyze_time)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_autovacuum_time)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_vacuum_time)
+
 /* pg_stat_get_stat_reset_time */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(stat_reset_time)
 
diff --git a/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat b/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat
index fa9ae79082b..32debb34863 100644
--- a/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat
+++ b/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat
@@ -5680,6 +5680,38 @@
   proargmodes => '{o,o,o,o,o,o,o,o,o,o}',
   proargnames => '{oid,score,xid_score,mxid_score,vacuum_score,vacuum_insert_score,analyze_score,do_vacuum,do_analyze,for_wraparound}',
   prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_autovacuum_scores' },
+{ oid => '8142', descr => 'statistics: last skipped vacuum time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time' },
+{ oid => '8143', descr => 'statistics: last skipped auto vacuum time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time' },
+{ oid => '8144', descr => 'statistics: last skipped analyze time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time' },
+{ oid => '8145', descr => 'statistics: last skipped auto analyze time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time' },
+{ oid => '8146', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped vacuum for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count' },
+{ oid => '8147', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped auto vacuum for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count' },
+{ oid => '8148', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped analyzes for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count' },
+{ oid => '8149', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped auto analyzes for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count' },
 { oid => '1936', descr => 'statistics: currently active backend IDs',
   proname => 'pg_stat_get_backend_idset', prorows => '100', proretset => 't',
   provolatile => 's', proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int4',
diff --git a/src/include/pgstat.h b/src/include/pgstat.h
index dfa2e837638..98941f953d1 100644
--- a/src/include/pgstat.h
+++ b/src/include/pgstat.h
@@ -479,6 +479,15 @@ typedef struct PgStat_StatTabEntry
 	TimestampTz last_autoanalyze_time;	/* autovacuum initiated */
 	PgStat_Counter autoanalyze_count;
 
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_vacuum_time;	/* user initiated vacuum */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_vacuum_count;
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_autovacuum_time;	/* autovacuum initiated */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_autovacuum_count;
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_analyze_time;	/* user initiated */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_analyze_count;
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_autoanalyze_time;	/* autovacuum initiated */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_autoanalyze_count;
+
 	PgStat_Counter total_vacuum_time;	/* times in milliseconds */
 	PgStat_Counter total_autovacuum_time;
 	PgStat_Counter total_analyze_time;
@@ -703,6 +712,13 @@ extern void pgstat_report_analyze(Relation rel,
 								  PgStat_Counter livetuples, PgStat_Counter deadtuples,
 								  bool resetcounter, TimestampTz starttime);
 
+/* flags for pgstat_flush_backend() */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM		(1 << 0)	/* vacuum is skipped */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE		(1 << 1)	/* analyze is skipped */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOVACUUM	(1 << 2)	/* autovacuum is skipped */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOANALYZE	(1 << 3)	/* autoanalyze is skipped */
+extern void pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(Oid relid, int flags);
+
 /*
  * If stats are enabled, but pending data hasn't been prepared yet, call
  * pgstat_assoc_relation() to do so. See its comment for why this is done
diff --git a/src/test/isolation/expected/vacuum-skip-locked.out b/src/test/isolation/expected/vacuum-skip-locked.out
index 99db281a159..e2cff175b7c 100644
--- a/src/test/isolation/expected/vacuum-skip-locked.out
+++ b/src/test/isolation/expected/vacuum-skip-locked.out
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 Parsed test spec with 2 sessions
 
-starting permutation: lock_share vac_specified commit
+starting permutation: lock_share vac_specified commit check_stat
 step lock_share: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN SHARE MODE;
@@ -10,8 +10,22 @@ step vac_specified: VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED) part1, part2;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
 
-starting permutation: lock_share vac_all_parts commit
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   1|            0|                    0
+part2  |           1|                   0|            0|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
+
+starting permutation: lock_share vac_all_parts commit check_stat
 step lock_share: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN SHARE MODE;
@@ -20,8 +34,22 @@ step vac_all_parts: VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED) parted;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   1|            0|                    0
+part2  |           1|                   0|            0|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
 
-starting permutation: lock_share analyze_specified commit
+starting permutation: lock_share analyze_specified commit check_stat
 step lock_share: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN SHARE MODE;
@@ -31,8 +59,22 @@ step analyze_specified: ANALYZE (SKIP_LOCKED) part1, part2;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
 
-starting permutation: lock_share analyze_all_parts commit
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   0|            0|                    1
+part2  |           0|                   0|            1|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
+
+starting permutation: lock_share analyze_all_parts commit check_stat
 step lock_share: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN SHARE MODE;
@@ -41,8 +83,22 @@ step analyze_all_parts: ANALYZE (SKIP_LOCKED) parted;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            1|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   0|            0|                    1
+part2  |           0|                   0|            1|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
 
-starting permutation: lock_share vac_analyze_specified commit
+starting permutation: lock_share vac_analyze_specified commit check_stat
 step lock_share: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN SHARE MODE;
@@ -52,8 +108,22 @@ step vac_analyze_specified: VACUUM (ANALYZE, SKIP_LOCKED) part1, part2;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
 
-starting permutation: lock_share vac_analyze_all_parts commit
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   1|            0|                    1
+part2  |           1|                   0|            1|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
+
+starting permutation: lock_share vac_analyze_all_parts commit check_stat
 step lock_share: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN SHARE MODE;
@@ -62,8 +132,22 @@ step vac_analyze_all_parts: VACUUM (ANALYZE, SKIP_LOCKED) parted;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            1|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   1|            0|                    1
+part2  |           1|                   0|            1|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
 
-starting permutation: lock_share vac_full_specified commit
+starting permutation: lock_share vac_full_specified commit check_stat
 step lock_share: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN SHARE MODE;
@@ -73,8 +157,22 @@ step vac_full_specified: VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED, FULL) part1, part2;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
 
-starting permutation: lock_share vac_full_all_parts commit
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part2  |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
+
+starting permutation: lock_share vac_full_all_parts commit check_stat
 step lock_share: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN SHARE MODE;
@@ -83,8 +181,22 @@ step vac_full_all_parts: VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED, FULL) parted;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part2  |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+(3 rows)
 
-starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_specified commit
+
+starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_specified commit check_stat
 step lock_access_exclusive: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN ACCESS EXCLUSIVE MODE;
@@ -94,8 +206,22 @@ step vac_specified: VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED) part1, part2;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   1|            0|                    0
+part2  |           1|                   0|            0|                    0
+(3 rows)
 
-starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_all_parts commit
+
+starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_all_parts commit check_stat
 step lock_access_exclusive: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN ACCESS EXCLUSIVE MODE;
@@ -104,8 +230,22 @@ step vac_all_parts: VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED) parted;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   1|            0|                    0
+part2  |           1|                   0|            0|                    0
+(3 rows)
 
-starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive analyze_specified commit
+
+starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive analyze_specified commit check_stat
 step lock_access_exclusive: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN ACCESS EXCLUSIVE MODE;
@@ -115,8 +255,22 @@ step analyze_specified: ANALYZE (SKIP_LOCKED) part1, part2;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   0|            0|                    1
+part2  |           0|                   0|            1|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
 
-starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive analyze_all_parts commit
+starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive analyze_all_parts commit check_stat
 step lock_access_exclusive: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN ACCESS EXCLUSIVE MODE;
@@ -126,8 +280,22 @@ step commit:
 	COMMIT;
 
 step analyze_all_parts: <... completed>
-
-starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_analyze_specified commit
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            1|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   0|            1|                    0
+part2  |           0|                   0|            1|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
+
+starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_analyze_specified commit check_stat
 step lock_access_exclusive: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN ACCESS EXCLUSIVE MODE;
@@ -137,8 +305,22 @@ step vac_analyze_specified: VACUUM (ANALYZE, SKIP_LOCKED) part1, part2;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   1|            0|                    1
+part2  |           1|                   0|            1|                    0
+(3 rows)
 
-starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_analyze_all_parts commit
+
+starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_analyze_all_parts commit check_stat
 step lock_access_exclusive: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN ACCESS EXCLUSIVE MODE;
@@ -148,8 +330,22 @@ step commit:
 	COMMIT;
 
 step vac_analyze_all_parts: <... completed>
-
-starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_full_specified commit
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            1|                    0
+part1  |           1|                   0|            1|                    0
+part2  |           1|                   0|            1|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
+
+starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_full_specified commit check_stat
 step lock_access_exclusive: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN ACCESS EXCLUSIVE MODE;
@@ -159,8 +355,22 @@ step vac_full_specified: VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED, FULL) part1, part2;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
 
-starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_full_all_parts commit
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part2  |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
+
+starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_full_all_parts commit check_stat
 step lock_access_exclusive: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN ACCESS EXCLUSIVE MODE;
@@ -169,3 +379,17 @@ step vac_full_all_parts: VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED, FULL) parted;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part2  |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
diff --git a/src/test/isolation/specs/vacuum-skip-locked.spec b/src/test/isolation/specs/vacuum-skip-locked.spec
index 3fad6e1c92a..b0da75d4b6d 100644
--- a/src/test/isolation/specs/vacuum-skip-locked.spec
+++ b/src/test/isolation/specs/vacuum-skip-locked.spec
@@ -33,6 +33,15 @@ step commit
 	COMMIT;
 }
 
+step check_stat
+{
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+}
+
 session s2
 step vac_specified			{ VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED) part1, part2; }
 step vac_all_parts			{ VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED) parted; }
@@ -43,19 +52,19 @@ step vac_analyze_all_parts	{ VACUUM (ANALYZE, SKIP_LOCKED) parted; }
 step vac_full_specified		{ VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED, FULL) part1, part2; }
 step vac_full_all_parts		{ VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED, FULL) parted; }
 
-permutation lock_share vac_specified commit
-permutation lock_share vac_all_parts commit
-permutation lock_share analyze_specified commit
-permutation lock_share analyze_all_parts commit
-permutation lock_share vac_analyze_specified commit
-permutation lock_share vac_analyze_all_parts commit
-permutation lock_share vac_full_specified commit
-permutation lock_share vac_full_all_parts commit
-permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_specified commit
-permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_all_parts commit
-permutation lock_access_exclusive analyze_specified commit
-permutation lock_access_exclusive analyze_all_parts commit
-permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_analyze_specified commit
-permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_analyze_all_parts commit
-permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_full_specified commit
-permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_full_all_parts commit
+permutation lock_share vac_specified commit check_stat
+permutation lock_share vac_all_parts commit check_stat
+permutation lock_share analyze_specified commit check_stat
+permutation lock_share analyze_all_parts commit check_stat
+permutation lock_share vac_analyze_specified commit check_stat
+permutation lock_share vac_analyze_all_parts commit check_stat
+permutation lock_share vac_full_specified commit check_stat
+permutation lock_share vac_full_all_parts commit check_stat
+permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_specified commit check_stat
+permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_all_parts commit check_stat
+permutation lock_access_exclusive analyze_specified commit check_stat
+permutation lock_access_exclusive analyze_all_parts commit check_stat
+permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_analyze_specified commit check_stat
+permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_analyze_all_parts commit check_stat
+permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_full_specified commit check_stat
+permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_full_all_parts commit check_stat
diff --git a/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out b/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out
index a65a5bf0c4f..9b2075d3373 100644
--- a/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out
+++ b/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out
@@ -1835,13 +1835,21 @@ pg_stat_all_tables| SELECT c.oid AS relid,
     pg_stat_get_mod_since_analyze(c.oid) AS n_mod_since_analyze,
     pg_stat_get_ins_since_vacuum(c.oid) AS n_ins_since_vacuum,
     pg_stat_get_last_vacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_vacuum,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_vacuum,
     pg_stat_get_last_autovacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_autovacuum,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_autovacuum,
     pg_stat_get_last_analyze_time(c.oid) AS last_analyze,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_analyze,
     pg_stat_get_last_autoanalyze_time(c.oid) AS last_autoanalyze,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_autoanalyze,
     pg_stat_get_vacuum_count(c.oid) AS vacuum_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count(c.oid) AS skipped_vacuum_count,
     pg_stat_get_autovacuum_count(c.oid) AS autovacuum_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count(c.oid) AS skipped_autovacuum_count,
     pg_stat_get_analyze_count(c.oid) AS analyze_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count(c.oid) AS skipped_analyze_count,
     pg_stat_get_autoanalyze_count(c.oid) AS autoanalyze_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count(c.oid) AS skipped_autoanalyze_count,
     pg_stat_get_total_vacuum_time(c.oid) AS total_vacuum_time,
     pg_stat_get_total_autovacuum_time(c.oid) AS total_autovacuum_time,
     pg_stat_get_total_analyze_time(c.oid) AS total_analyze_time,
@@ -2346,13 +2354,21 @@ pg_stat_sys_tables| SELECT relid,
     n_mod_since_analyze,
     n_ins_since_vacuum,
     last_vacuum,
+    last_skipped_vacuum,
     last_autovacuum,
+    last_skipped_autovacuum,
     last_analyze,
+    last_skipped_analyze,
     last_autoanalyze,
+    last_skipped_autoanalyze,
     vacuum_count,
+    skipped_vacuum_count,
     autovacuum_count,
+    skipped_autovacuum_count,
     analyze_count,
+    skipped_analyze_count,
     autoanalyze_count,
+    skipped_autoanalyze_count,
     total_vacuum_time,
     total_autovacuum_time,
     total_analyze_time,
@@ -2401,13 +2417,21 @@ pg_stat_user_tables| SELECT relid,
     n_mod_since_analyze,
     n_ins_since_vacuum,
     last_vacuum,
+    last_skipped_vacuum,
     last_autovacuum,
+    last_skipped_autovacuum,
     last_analyze,
+    last_skipped_analyze,
     last_autoanalyze,
+    last_skipped_autoanalyze,
     vacuum_count,
+    skipped_vacuum_count,
     autovacuum_count,
+    skipped_autovacuum_count,
     analyze_count,
+    skipped_analyze_count,
     autoanalyze_count,
+    skipped_autoanalyze_count,
     total_vacuum_time,
     total_autovacuum_time,
     total_analyze_time,
-- 
2.43.0


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From: Yugo Nagata @ 2026-03-24 04:09 UTC (permalink / raw)

This commit adds eight fields to the relation statistics that track
the last time vacuum or analyze has been attempted but skipped due to
lock unavailability, along with their counts:

-    last_skipped_vacuum
-    last_skipped_autovacuum
-    last_skipped_analyze
-    last_skipped_autoanalyze
-    skipped_vacuum_count
-    skipped_autovacuum_count
-    skipped_analyze_count
-    skipped_autoanalyze_count

These field can help users confirm that autovacuum is actively attempting
to run on a table that has not been vacuumed or analyzed for a long time,
and that the lack of progress is due to repeated skips rather than inactivity.
---
 doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml                  |  88 ++++++
 src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql          |   8 +
 src/backend/commands/vacuum.c                 | 100 +++++--
 src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c  |  64 +++++
 src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c           |  24 ++
 src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat               |  32 +++
 src/include/pgstat.h                          |  16 ++
 .../isolation/expected/vacuum-skip-locked.out | 260 ++++++++++++++++--
 .../isolation/specs/vacuum-skip-locked.spec   |  41 +--
 src/test/regress/expected/rules.out           |  24 ++
 10 files changed, 601 insertions(+), 56 deletions(-)

diff --git a/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml b/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml
index 08d5b824552..a9b579d87a9 100644
--- a/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml
+++ b/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml
@@ -4387,6 +4387,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_vacuum</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time a manual vacuum on this table was attempted but skipped due to
+       lock unavailability (not counting <command>VACUUM FULL</command>)
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>last_autovacuum</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
@@ -4397,6 +4407,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_autovacuum</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time a vacuum on this table by the autovacuum daemon was attempted
+       but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>last_analyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
@@ -4406,6 +4426,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_analyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time a manual analyze on this table was attempted but skipped due to
+       lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>last_autoanalyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
@@ -4416,6 +4446,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_autoanalyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time at which an analyze on this table by the autovacuum was
+       attempted but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>vacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4426,6 +4466,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_vacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times manual vacuums on this table have been attempted but skipped
+       due to lock unavailability (not counting <command>VACUUM FULL</command>)
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>autovacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4436,6 +4486,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_autovacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times vacuums on this table by the autovacuum daemon have been
+       attempted but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>analyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4445,6 +4505,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_analyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times manual analyzes on this table have been attempted but
+       skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>autoanalyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4455,6 +4525,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_autoanalyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times analyzes on this table by the autovacuum daemon have
+       been attempted but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>total_vacuum_time</structfield> <type>double precision</type>
@@ -4510,6 +4590,14 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
    </tgroup>
   </table>
 
+  <note>
+   <para>
+    When a manual vacuum or analyze on a parent table in an inheritance or
+    partitioning hierarchy is skipped, the statistics are recorded only for
+    the parent table, not for its children.
+   </para>
+  </note>
+
  </sect2>
 
  <sect2 id="monitoring-pg-stat-autovacuum-scores-view">
diff --git a/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql b/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql
index 73a1c1c4670..f509fc7876b 100644
--- a/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql
+++ b/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql
@@ -736,13 +736,21 @@ CREATE VIEW pg_stat_all_tables AS
             pg_stat_get_mod_since_analyze(C.oid) AS n_mod_since_analyze,
             pg_stat_get_ins_since_vacuum(C.oid) AS n_ins_since_vacuum,
             pg_stat_get_last_vacuum_time(C.oid) as last_vacuum,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_vacuum,
             pg_stat_get_last_autovacuum_time(C.oid) as last_autovacuum,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_autovacuum,
             pg_stat_get_last_analyze_time(C.oid) as last_analyze,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_analyze,
             pg_stat_get_last_autoanalyze_time(C.oid) as last_autoanalyze,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_autoanalyze,
             pg_stat_get_vacuum_count(C.oid) AS vacuum_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count(C.oid) AS skipped_vacuum_count,
             pg_stat_get_autovacuum_count(C.oid) AS autovacuum_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count(C.oid) AS skipped_autovacuum_count,
             pg_stat_get_analyze_count(C.oid) AS analyze_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count(C.oid) AS skipped_analyze_count,
             pg_stat_get_autoanalyze_count(C.oid) AS autoanalyze_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count(C.oid) AS skipped_autoanalyze_count,
             pg_stat_get_total_vacuum_time(C.oid) AS total_vacuum_time,
             pg_stat_get_total_autovacuum_time(C.oid) AS total_autovacuum_time,
             pg_stat_get_total_analyze_time(C.oid) AS total_analyze_time,
diff --git a/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c b/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c
index 99d0db82ed7..df6526225e4 100644
--- a/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c
+++ b/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c
@@ -793,8 +793,25 @@ vacuum_open_relation(Oid relid, RangeVar *relation, uint32 options,
 		rel = try_relation_open(relid, NoLock);
 	else
 	{
+		int flags = 0;
 		rel = NULL;
 		rel_lock = false;
+
+		if ((options & VACOPT_VACUUM) != 0 && (options & VACOPT_FULL) == 0)
+		{
+			if (AmAutoVacuumWorkerProcess())
+				flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOVACUUM;
+			else
+				flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM;
+		}
+		if ((options & VACOPT_ANALYZE) != 0)
+		{
+			if (AmAutoVacuumWorkerProcess())
+				flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOANALYZE;
+			else
+				flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE;
+		}
+		pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(relid, flags);
 	}
 
 	/* if relation is opened, leave */
@@ -905,7 +922,6 @@ expand_vacuum_rel(VacuumRelation *vrel, MemoryContext vac_context,
 		Form_pg_class classForm;
 		bool		include_children;
 		bool		is_partitioned_table;
-		int			rvr_opts;
 
 		/*
 		 * Since autovacuum workers supply OIDs when calling vacuum(), no
@@ -918,29 +934,69 @@ expand_vacuum_rel(VacuumRelation *vrel, MemoryContext vac_context,
 		 * below, as well as find_all_inheritors's expectation that the caller
 		 * holds some lock on the starting relation.
 		 */
-		rvr_opts = (options & VACOPT_SKIP_LOCKED) ? RVR_SKIP_LOCKED : 0;
-		relid = RangeVarGetRelidExtended(vrel->relation,
-										 AccessShareLock,
-										 rvr_opts,
-										 NULL, NULL);
-
-		/*
-		 * If the lock is unavailable, emit the same log statement that
-		 * vacuum_rel() and analyze_rel() would.
-		 */
-		if (!OidIsValid(relid))
+		if (!(options & VACOPT_SKIP_LOCKED))
 		{
-			if (options & VACOPT_VACUUM)
-				ereport(WARNING,
-						(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
-						 errmsg("skipping vacuum of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
-								vrel->relation->relname)));
-			else
-				ereport(WARNING,
-						(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
-						 errmsg("skipping analyze of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
+			relid = RangeVarGetRelidExtended(vrel->relation,
+											 AccessShareLock,
+											 0, NULL, NULL);
+			if (!OidIsValid(relid))
+				return vacrels;
+		}
+		else
+		{
+			/* Get relid for reporting before taking a lock */
+			relid = RangeVarGetRelid(vrel->relation, NoLock, false);
+
+			if (!ConditionalLockRelationOid(relid, AccessShareLock))
+			{
+				int	flags = 0;
+				/*
+				 * If the lock is unavailable, emit the same log statement that
+				 * vacuum_rel() and analyze_rel() would.
+				 */
+				if (options & VACOPT_VACUUM)
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping vacuum of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
 								vrel->relation->relname)));
-			return vacrels;
+				else
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping analyze of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
+									vrel->relation->relname)));
+
+				if ((options & VACOPT_VACUUM) != 0 && (options & VACOPT_FULL) == 0)
+					flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM;
+				if ((options & VACOPT_ANALYZE) != 0)
+					flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE;
+
+				pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(relid, flags);
+
+				return vacrels;
+			}
+
+			/*
+			 * Now that we have the lock, probe to see if the relation really
+			 * exists or not.
+			 */
+			if (!SearchSysCacheExists1(RELOID, ObjectIdGetDatum(relid)))
+			{
+				if (options & VACOPT_VACUUM)
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_UNDEFINED_TABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping vacuum of \"%s\" --- relation no longer exists",
+									vrel->relation->relname)));
+				else
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_UNDEFINED_TABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping analyze of \"%s\" --- relation no longer exists",
+									vrel->relation->relname)));
+
+				/* Release useless lock */
+				UnlockRelationOid(relid, AccessShareLock);
+
+				return vacrels;
+			}
 		}
 
 		/*
diff --git a/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c b/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c
index b2ca28f83ba..532d9023f8c 100644
--- a/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c
+++ b/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c
@@ -17,12 +17,14 @@
 
 #include "postgres.h"
 
+#include "access/htup_details.h"
 #include "access/twophase_rmgr.h"
 #include "access/xact.h"
 #include "catalog/catalog.h"
 #include "utils/memutils.h"
 #include "utils/pgstat_internal.h"
 #include "utils/rel.h"
+#include "utils/syscache.h"
 #include "utils/timestamp.h"
 
 
@@ -367,6 +369,68 @@ pgstat_report_analyze(Relation rel,
 	(void) pgstat_flush_backend(false, PGSTAT_BACKEND_FLUSH_IO);
 }
 
+/*
+ * Report that the table was skipped during vacuum or/and analyze.
+ */
+void
+pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(Oid relid, int flags)
+{
+	PgStat_EntryRef *entry_ref;
+	PgStatShared_Relation *shtabentry;
+	PgStat_StatTabEntry *tabentry;
+	TimestampTz ts;
+	HeapTuple	classTup;
+	bool		isshared;
+
+	if (!pgstat_track_counts || !flags)
+		return;
+
+	classTup = SearchSysCache1(RELOID, ObjectIdGetDatum(relid));
+	if (!HeapTupleIsValid(classTup))
+		return;			/* somebody deleted the rel, forget it */
+	isshared = ((Form_pg_class) GETSTRUCT(classTup))->relisshared;
+	ReleaseSysCache(classTup);
+
+	/* Store the data in the table's hash table entry. */
+	ts = GetCurrentTimestamp();
+
+	/* block acquiring lock for the same reason as pgstat_report_autovac() */
+	entry_ref = pgstat_get_entry_ref_locked(PGSTAT_KIND_RELATION,
+											isshared ? InvalidOid : MyDatabaseId,
+											relid, false);
+
+	shtabentry = (PgStatShared_Relation *) entry_ref->shared_stats;
+	tabentry = &shtabentry->stats;
+
+	if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM)
+	{
+		tabentry->last_skipped_vacuum_time = ts;
+		tabentry->skipped_vacuum_count++;
+	}
+	else if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOVACUUM)
+	{
+		tabentry->last_skipped_autovacuum_time = ts;
+		tabentry->skipped_autovacuum_count++;
+	}
+
+	if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE)
+	{
+		tabentry->last_skipped_analyze_time = ts;
+		tabentry->skipped_analyze_count++;
+	}
+	else if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOANALYZE)
+	{
+		tabentry->last_skipped_autoanalyze_time = ts;
+		tabentry->skipped_autoanalyze_count++;
+	}
+
+	pgstat_unlock_entry(entry_ref);
+
+	/* see pgstat_report_vacuum() */
+	pgstat_flush_io(false);
+	(void) pgstat_flush_backend(false, PGSTAT_BACKEND_FLUSH_IO);
+}
+
 /*
  * count a tuple insertion of n tuples
  */
diff --git a/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c b/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c
index 1408de387ea..90a8968faa0 100644
--- a/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c
+++ b/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c
@@ -84,6 +84,18 @@ PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(mod_since_analyze)
 /* pg_stat_get_numscans */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(numscans)
 
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_analyze_count)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_autoanalyze_count)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_autovacuum_count)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_vacuum_count)
+
 /* pg_stat_get_tuples_deleted */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(tuples_deleted)
 
@@ -170,6 +182,18 @@ PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_vacuum_time)
 /* pg_stat_get_lastscan */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(lastscan)
 
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_analyze_time)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_autoanalyze_time)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_autovacuum_time)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_vacuum_time)
+
 /* pg_stat_get_stat_reset_time */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(stat_reset_time)
 
diff --git a/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat b/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat
index fa9ae79082b..32debb34863 100644
--- a/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat
+++ b/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat
@@ -5680,6 +5680,38 @@
   proargmodes => '{o,o,o,o,o,o,o,o,o,o}',
   proargnames => '{oid,score,xid_score,mxid_score,vacuum_score,vacuum_insert_score,analyze_score,do_vacuum,do_analyze,for_wraparound}',
   prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_autovacuum_scores' },
+{ oid => '8142', descr => 'statistics: last skipped vacuum time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time' },
+{ oid => '8143', descr => 'statistics: last skipped auto vacuum time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time' },
+{ oid => '8144', descr => 'statistics: last skipped analyze time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time' },
+{ oid => '8145', descr => 'statistics: last skipped auto analyze time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time' },
+{ oid => '8146', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped vacuum for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count' },
+{ oid => '8147', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped auto vacuum for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count' },
+{ oid => '8148', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped analyzes for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count' },
+{ oid => '8149', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped auto analyzes for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count' },
 { oid => '1936', descr => 'statistics: currently active backend IDs',
   proname => 'pg_stat_get_backend_idset', prorows => '100', proretset => 't',
   provolatile => 's', proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int4',
diff --git a/src/include/pgstat.h b/src/include/pgstat.h
index dfa2e837638..98941f953d1 100644
--- a/src/include/pgstat.h
+++ b/src/include/pgstat.h
@@ -479,6 +479,15 @@ typedef struct PgStat_StatTabEntry
 	TimestampTz last_autoanalyze_time;	/* autovacuum initiated */
 	PgStat_Counter autoanalyze_count;
 
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_vacuum_time;	/* user initiated vacuum */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_vacuum_count;
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_autovacuum_time;	/* autovacuum initiated */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_autovacuum_count;
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_analyze_time;	/* user initiated */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_analyze_count;
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_autoanalyze_time;	/* autovacuum initiated */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_autoanalyze_count;
+
 	PgStat_Counter total_vacuum_time;	/* times in milliseconds */
 	PgStat_Counter total_autovacuum_time;
 	PgStat_Counter total_analyze_time;
@@ -703,6 +712,13 @@ extern void pgstat_report_analyze(Relation rel,
 								  PgStat_Counter livetuples, PgStat_Counter deadtuples,
 								  bool resetcounter, TimestampTz starttime);
 
+/* flags for pgstat_flush_backend() */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM		(1 << 0)	/* vacuum is skipped */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE		(1 << 1)	/* analyze is skipped */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOVACUUM	(1 << 2)	/* autovacuum is skipped */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOANALYZE	(1 << 3)	/* autoanalyze is skipped */
+extern void pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(Oid relid, int flags);
+
 /*
  * If stats are enabled, but pending data hasn't been prepared yet, call
  * pgstat_assoc_relation() to do so. See its comment for why this is done
diff --git a/src/test/isolation/expected/vacuum-skip-locked.out b/src/test/isolation/expected/vacuum-skip-locked.out
index 99db281a159..e2cff175b7c 100644
--- a/src/test/isolation/expected/vacuum-skip-locked.out
+++ b/src/test/isolation/expected/vacuum-skip-locked.out
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 Parsed test spec with 2 sessions
 
-starting permutation: lock_share vac_specified commit
+starting permutation: lock_share vac_specified commit check_stat
 step lock_share: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN SHARE MODE;
@@ -10,8 +10,22 @@ step vac_specified: VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED) part1, part2;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
 
-starting permutation: lock_share vac_all_parts commit
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   1|            0|                    0
+part2  |           1|                   0|            0|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
+
+starting permutation: lock_share vac_all_parts commit check_stat
 step lock_share: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN SHARE MODE;
@@ -20,8 +34,22 @@ step vac_all_parts: VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED) parted;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   1|            0|                    0
+part2  |           1|                   0|            0|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
 
-starting permutation: lock_share analyze_specified commit
+starting permutation: lock_share analyze_specified commit check_stat
 step lock_share: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN SHARE MODE;
@@ -31,8 +59,22 @@ step analyze_specified: ANALYZE (SKIP_LOCKED) part1, part2;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
 
-starting permutation: lock_share analyze_all_parts commit
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   0|            0|                    1
+part2  |           0|                   0|            1|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
+
+starting permutation: lock_share analyze_all_parts commit check_stat
 step lock_share: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN SHARE MODE;
@@ -41,8 +83,22 @@ step analyze_all_parts: ANALYZE (SKIP_LOCKED) parted;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            1|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   0|            0|                    1
+part2  |           0|                   0|            1|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
 
-starting permutation: lock_share vac_analyze_specified commit
+starting permutation: lock_share vac_analyze_specified commit check_stat
 step lock_share: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN SHARE MODE;
@@ -52,8 +108,22 @@ step vac_analyze_specified: VACUUM (ANALYZE, SKIP_LOCKED) part1, part2;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
 
-starting permutation: lock_share vac_analyze_all_parts commit
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   1|            0|                    1
+part2  |           1|                   0|            1|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
+
+starting permutation: lock_share vac_analyze_all_parts commit check_stat
 step lock_share: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN SHARE MODE;
@@ -62,8 +132,22 @@ step vac_analyze_all_parts: VACUUM (ANALYZE, SKIP_LOCKED) parted;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            1|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   1|            0|                    1
+part2  |           1|                   0|            1|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
 
-starting permutation: lock_share vac_full_specified commit
+starting permutation: lock_share vac_full_specified commit check_stat
 step lock_share: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN SHARE MODE;
@@ -73,8 +157,22 @@ step vac_full_specified: VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED, FULL) part1, part2;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
 
-starting permutation: lock_share vac_full_all_parts commit
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part2  |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
+
+starting permutation: lock_share vac_full_all_parts commit check_stat
 step lock_share: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN SHARE MODE;
@@ -83,8 +181,22 @@ step vac_full_all_parts: VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED, FULL) parted;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part2  |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+(3 rows)
 
-starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_specified commit
+
+starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_specified commit check_stat
 step lock_access_exclusive: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN ACCESS EXCLUSIVE MODE;
@@ -94,8 +206,22 @@ step vac_specified: VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED) part1, part2;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   1|            0|                    0
+part2  |           1|                   0|            0|                    0
+(3 rows)
 
-starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_all_parts commit
+
+starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_all_parts commit check_stat
 step lock_access_exclusive: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN ACCESS EXCLUSIVE MODE;
@@ -104,8 +230,22 @@ step vac_all_parts: VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED) parted;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   1|            0|                    0
+part2  |           1|                   0|            0|                    0
+(3 rows)
 
-starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive analyze_specified commit
+
+starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive analyze_specified commit check_stat
 step lock_access_exclusive: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN ACCESS EXCLUSIVE MODE;
@@ -115,8 +255,22 @@ step analyze_specified: ANALYZE (SKIP_LOCKED) part1, part2;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   0|            0|                    1
+part2  |           0|                   0|            1|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
 
-starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive analyze_all_parts commit
+starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive analyze_all_parts commit check_stat
 step lock_access_exclusive: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN ACCESS EXCLUSIVE MODE;
@@ -126,8 +280,22 @@ step commit:
 	COMMIT;
 
 step analyze_all_parts: <... completed>
-
-starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_analyze_specified commit
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            1|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   0|            1|                    0
+part2  |           0|                   0|            1|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
+
+starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_analyze_specified commit check_stat
 step lock_access_exclusive: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN ACCESS EXCLUSIVE MODE;
@@ -137,8 +305,22 @@ step vac_analyze_specified: VACUUM (ANALYZE, SKIP_LOCKED) part1, part2;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   1|            0|                    1
+part2  |           1|                   0|            1|                    0
+(3 rows)
 
-starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_analyze_all_parts commit
+
+starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_analyze_all_parts commit check_stat
 step lock_access_exclusive: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN ACCESS EXCLUSIVE MODE;
@@ -148,8 +330,22 @@ step commit:
 	COMMIT;
 
 step vac_analyze_all_parts: <... completed>
-
-starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_full_specified commit
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            1|                    0
+part1  |           1|                   0|            1|                    0
+part2  |           1|                   0|            1|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
+
+starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_full_specified commit check_stat
 step lock_access_exclusive: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN ACCESS EXCLUSIVE MODE;
@@ -159,8 +355,22 @@ step vac_full_specified: VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED, FULL) part1, part2;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
 
-starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_full_all_parts commit
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part2  |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
+
+starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_full_all_parts commit check_stat
 step lock_access_exclusive: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN ACCESS EXCLUSIVE MODE;
@@ -169,3 +379,17 @@ step vac_full_all_parts: VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED, FULL) parted;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part2  |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
diff --git a/src/test/isolation/specs/vacuum-skip-locked.spec b/src/test/isolation/specs/vacuum-skip-locked.spec
index 3fad6e1c92a..b0da75d4b6d 100644
--- a/src/test/isolation/specs/vacuum-skip-locked.spec
+++ b/src/test/isolation/specs/vacuum-skip-locked.spec
@@ -33,6 +33,15 @@ step commit
 	COMMIT;
 }
 
+step check_stat
+{
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+}
+
 session s2
 step vac_specified			{ VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED) part1, part2; }
 step vac_all_parts			{ VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED) parted; }
@@ -43,19 +52,19 @@ step vac_analyze_all_parts	{ VACUUM (ANALYZE, SKIP_LOCKED) parted; }
 step vac_full_specified		{ VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED, FULL) part1, part2; }
 step vac_full_all_parts		{ VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED, FULL) parted; }
 
-permutation lock_share vac_specified commit
-permutation lock_share vac_all_parts commit
-permutation lock_share analyze_specified commit
-permutation lock_share analyze_all_parts commit
-permutation lock_share vac_analyze_specified commit
-permutation lock_share vac_analyze_all_parts commit
-permutation lock_share vac_full_specified commit
-permutation lock_share vac_full_all_parts commit
-permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_specified commit
-permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_all_parts commit
-permutation lock_access_exclusive analyze_specified commit
-permutation lock_access_exclusive analyze_all_parts commit
-permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_analyze_specified commit
-permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_analyze_all_parts commit
-permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_full_specified commit
-permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_full_all_parts commit
+permutation lock_share vac_specified commit check_stat
+permutation lock_share vac_all_parts commit check_stat
+permutation lock_share analyze_specified commit check_stat
+permutation lock_share analyze_all_parts commit check_stat
+permutation lock_share vac_analyze_specified commit check_stat
+permutation lock_share vac_analyze_all_parts commit check_stat
+permutation lock_share vac_full_specified commit check_stat
+permutation lock_share vac_full_all_parts commit check_stat
+permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_specified commit check_stat
+permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_all_parts commit check_stat
+permutation lock_access_exclusive analyze_specified commit check_stat
+permutation lock_access_exclusive analyze_all_parts commit check_stat
+permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_analyze_specified commit check_stat
+permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_analyze_all_parts commit check_stat
+permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_full_specified commit check_stat
+permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_full_all_parts commit check_stat
diff --git a/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out b/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out
index a65a5bf0c4f..9b2075d3373 100644
--- a/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out
+++ b/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out
@@ -1835,13 +1835,21 @@ pg_stat_all_tables| SELECT c.oid AS relid,
     pg_stat_get_mod_since_analyze(c.oid) AS n_mod_since_analyze,
     pg_stat_get_ins_since_vacuum(c.oid) AS n_ins_since_vacuum,
     pg_stat_get_last_vacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_vacuum,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_vacuum,
     pg_stat_get_last_autovacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_autovacuum,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_autovacuum,
     pg_stat_get_last_analyze_time(c.oid) AS last_analyze,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_analyze,
     pg_stat_get_last_autoanalyze_time(c.oid) AS last_autoanalyze,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_autoanalyze,
     pg_stat_get_vacuum_count(c.oid) AS vacuum_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count(c.oid) AS skipped_vacuum_count,
     pg_stat_get_autovacuum_count(c.oid) AS autovacuum_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count(c.oid) AS skipped_autovacuum_count,
     pg_stat_get_analyze_count(c.oid) AS analyze_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count(c.oid) AS skipped_analyze_count,
     pg_stat_get_autoanalyze_count(c.oid) AS autoanalyze_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count(c.oid) AS skipped_autoanalyze_count,
     pg_stat_get_total_vacuum_time(c.oid) AS total_vacuum_time,
     pg_stat_get_total_autovacuum_time(c.oid) AS total_autovacuum_time,
     pg_stat_get_total_analyze_time(c.oid) AS total_analyze_time,
@@ -2346,13 +2354,21 @@ pg_stat_sys_tables| SELECT relid,
     n_mod_since_analyze,
     n_ins_since_vacuum,
     last_vacuum,
+    last_skipped_vacuum,
     last_autovacuum,
+    last_skipped_autovacuum,
     last_analyze,
+    last_skipped_analyze,
     last_autoanalyze,
+    last_skipped_autoanalyze,
     vacuum_count,
+    skipped_vacuum_count,
     autovacuum_count,
+    skipped_autovacuum_count,
     analyze_count,
+    skipped_analyze_count,
     autoanalyze_count,
+    skipped_autoanalyze_count,
     total_vacuum_time,
     total_autovacuum_time,
     total_analyze_time,
@@ -2401,13 +2417,21 @@ pg_stat_user_tables| SELECT relid,
     n_mod_since_analyze,
     n_ins_since_vacuum,
     last_vacuum,
+    last_skipped_vacuum,
     last_autovacuum,
+    last_skipped_autovacuum,
     last_analyze,
+    last_skipped_analyze,
     last_autoanalyze,
+    last_skipped_autoanalyze,
     vacuum_count,
+    skipped_vacuum_count,
     autovacuum_count,
+    skipped_autovacuum_count,
     analyze_count,
+    skipped_analyze_count,
     autoanalyze_count,
+    skipped_autoanalyze_count,
     total_vacuum_time,
     total_autovacuum_time,
     total_analyze_time,
-- 
2.43.0


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* [PATCH v4] Track skipped vacuum and analyze activity per relation
@ 2026-03-24 04:09 Yugo Nagata <[email protected]>
  0 siblings, 0 replies; 374+ messages in thread

From: Yugo Nagata @ 2026-03-24 04:09 UTC (permalink / raw)

This commit adds eight fields to the relation statistics that track
the last time vacuum or analyze has been attempted but skipped due to
lock unavailability, along with their counts:

-    last_skipped_vacuum
-    last_skipped_autovacuum
-    last_skipped_analyze
-    last_skipped_autoanalyze
-    skipped_vacuum_count
-    skipped_autovacuum_count
-    skipped_analyze_count
-    skipped_autoanalyze_count

These field can help users confirm that autovacuum is actively attempting
to run on a table that has not been vacuumed or analyzed for a long time,
and that the lack of progress is due to repeated skips rather than inactivity.
---
 doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml                 |  88 ++++++++++++++++
 src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql         |   8 ++
 src/backend/commands/vacuum.c                | 102 ++++++++++++++-----
 src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c |  64 ++++++++++++
 src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c          |  24 +++++
 src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat              |  32 ++++++
 src/include/pgstat.h                         |  16 +++
 src/test/regress/expected/rules.out          |  24 +++++
 8 files changed, 335 insertions(+), 23 deletions(-)

diff --git a/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml b/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml
index 08d5b824552..a9b579d87a9 100644
--- a/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml
+++ b/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml
@@ -4387,6 +4387,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_vacuum</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time a manual vacuum on this table was attempted but skipped due to
+       lock unavailability (not counting <command>VACUUM FULL</command>)
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>last_autovacuum</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
@@ -4397,6 +4407,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_autovacuum</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time a vacuum on this table by the autovacuum daemon was attempted
+       but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>last_analyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
@@ -4406,6 +4426,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_analyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time a manual analyze on this table was attempted but skipped due to
+       lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>last_autoanalyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
@@ -4416,6 +4446,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_autoanalyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time at which an analyze on this table by the autovacuum was
+       attempted but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>vacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4426,6 +4466,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_vacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times manual vacuums on this table have been attempted but skipped
+       due to lock unavailability (not counting <command>VACUUM FULL</command>)
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>autovacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4436,6 +4486,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_autovacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times vacuums on this table by the autovacuum daemon have been
+       attempted but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>analyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4445,6 +4505,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_analyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times manual analyzes on this table have been attempted but
+       skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>autoanalyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4455,6 +4525,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_autoanalyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times analyzes on this table by the autovacuum daemon have
+       been attempted but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>total_vacuum_time</structfield> <type>double precision</type>
@@ -4510,6 +4590,14 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
    </tgroup>
   </table>
 
+  <note>
+   <para>
+    When a manual vacuum or analyze on a parent table in an inheritance or
+    partitioning hierarchy is skipped, the statistics are recorded only for
+    the parent table, not for its children.
+   </para>
+  </note>
+
  </sect2>
 
  <sect2 id="monitoring-pg-stat-autovacuum-scores-view">
diff --git a/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql b/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql
index 73a1c1c4670..f509fc7876b 100644
--- a/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql
+++ b/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql
@@ -736,13 +736,21 @@ CREATE VIEW pg_stat_all_tables AS
             pg_stat_get_mod_since_analyze(C.oid) AS n_mod_since_analyze,
             pg_stat_get_ins_since_vacuum(C.oid) AS n_ins_since_vacuum,
             pg_stat_get_last_vacuum_time(C.oid) as last_vacuum,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_vacuum,
             pg_stat_get_last_autovacuum_time(C.oid) as last_autovacuum,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_autovacuum,
             pg_stat_get_last_analyze_time(C.oid) as last_analyze,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_analyze,
             pg_stat_get_last_autoanalyze_time(C.oid) as last_autoanalyze,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_autoanalyze,
             pg_stat_get_vacuum_count(C.oid) AS vacuum_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count(C.oid) AS skipped_vacuum_count,
             pg_stat_get_autovacuum_count(C.oid) AS autovacuum_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count(C.oid) AS skipped_autovacuum_count,
             pg_stat_get_analyze_count(C.oid) AS analyze_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count(C.oid) AS skipped_analyze_count,
             pg_stat_get_autoanalyze_count(C.oid) AS autoanalyze_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count(C.oid) AS skipped_autoanalyze_count,
             pg_stat_get_total_vacuum_time(C.oid) AS total_vacuum_time,
             pg_stat_get_total_autovacuum_time(C.oid) AS total_autovacuum_time,
             pg_stat_get_total_analyze_time(C.oid) AS total_analyze_time,
diff --git a/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c b/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c
index 99d0db82ed7..97cd5ea8d10 100644
--- a/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c
+++ b/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c
@@ -793,8 +793,25 @@ vacuum_open_relation(Oid relid, RangeVar *relation, uint32 options,
 		rel = try_relation_open(relid, NoLock);
 	else
 	{
+		int flags = 0;
 		rel = NULL;
 		rel_lock = false;
+
+		if ((options & VACOPT_VACUUM) != 0)
+		{
+			if (AmAutoVacuumWorkerProcess())
+				flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOVACUUM;
+			else
+				flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM;
+		}
+		if ((options & VACOPT_ANALYZE) != 0)
+		{
+			if (AmAutoVacuumWorkerProcess())
+				flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOANALYZE;
+			else
+				flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE;
+		}
+		pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(relid, flags);
 	}
 
 	/* if relation is opened, leave */
@@ -802,7 +819,7 @@ vacuum_open_relation(Oid relid, RangeVar *relation, uint32 options,
 		return rel;
 
 	/*
-	 * Relation could not be opened, hence generate if possible a log
+	 * Relation could not be opened hence generate if possible a log
 	 * informing on the situation.
 	 *
 	 * If the RangeVar is not defined, we do not have enough information to
@@ -905,7 +922,6 @@ expand_vacuum_rel(VacuumRelation *vrel, MemoryContext vac_context,
 		Form_pg_class classForm;
 		bool		include_children;
 		bool		is_partitioned_table;
-		int			rvr_opts;
 
 		/*
 		 * Since autovacuum workers supply OIDs when calling vacuum(), no
@@ -918,29 +934,69 @@ expand_vacuum_rel(VacuumRelation *vrel, MemoryContext vac_context,
 		 * below, as well as find_all_inheritors's expectation that the caller
 		 * holds some lock on the starting relation.
 		 */
-		rvr_opts = (options & VACOPT_SKIP_LOCKED) ? RVR_SKIP_LOCKED : 0;
-		relid = RangeVarGetRelidExtended(vrel->relation,
-										 AccessShareLock,
-										 rvr_opts,
-										 NULL, NULL);
-
-		/*
-		 * If the lock is unavailable, emit the same log statement that
-		 * vacuum_rel() and analyze_rel() would.
-		 */
-		if (!OidIsValid(relid))
+		if (!(options & VACOPT_SKIP_LOCKED))
 		{
-			if (options & VACOPT_VACUUM)
-				ereport(WARNING,
-						(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
-						 errmsg("skipping vacuum of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
-								vrel->relation->relname)));
-			else
-				ereport(WARNING,
-						(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
-						 errmsg("skipping analyze of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
+			relid = RangeVarGetRelidExtended(vrel->relation,
+											 AccessShareLock,
+											 0, NULL, NULL);
+			if (!OidIsValid(relid))
+				return vacrels;
+		}
+		else
+		{
+			/* Get relid for reporting before taking a lock */
+			relid = RangeVarGetRelid(vrel->relation, NoLock, false);
+
+			if (!ConditionalLockRelationOid(relid, AccessShareLock))
+			{
+				int	flags = 0;
+				/*
+				 * If the lock is unavailable, emit the same log statement that
+				 * vacuum_rel() and analyze_rel() would.
+				 */
+				if (options & VACOPT_VACUUM)
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping vacuum of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
 								vrel->relation->relname)));
-			return vacrels;
+				else
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping analyze of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
+									vrel->relation->relname)));
+
+				if ((options & VACOPT_VACUUM) != 0)
+					flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM;
+				if ((options & VACOPT_ANALYZE) != 0)
+					flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE;
+
+				pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(relid, flags);
+
+				return vacrels;
+			}
+
+			/*
+			 * Now that we have the lock, probe to see if the relation really
+			 * exists or not.
+			 */
+			if (!SearchSysCacheExists1(RELOID, ObjectIdGetDatum(relid)))
+			{
+				if (options & VACOPT_VACUUM)
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_UNDEFINED_TABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping vacuum of \"%s\" --- relation no longer exists",
+									vrel->relation->relname)));
+				else
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_UNDEFINED_TABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping analyze of \"%s\" --- relation no longer exists",
+									vrel->relation->relname)));
+
+				/* Release useless lock */
+				UnlockRelationOid(relid, AccessShareLock);
+
+				return vacrels;
+			}
 		}
 
 		/*
diff --git a/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c b/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c
index b2ca28f83ba..532d9023f8c 100644
--- a/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c
+++ b/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c
@@ -17,12 +17,14 @@
 
 #include "postgres.h"
 
+#include "access/htup_details.h"
 #include "access/twophase_rmgr.h"
 #include "access/xact.h"
 #include "catalog/catalog.h"
 #include "utils/memutils.h"
 #include "utils/pgstat_internal.h"
 #include "utils/rel.h"
+#include "utils/syscache.h"
 #include "utils/timestamp.h"
 
 
@@ -367,6 +369,68 @@ pgstat_report_analyze(Relation rel,
 	(void) pgstat_flush_backend(false, PGSTAT_BACKEND_FLUSH_IO);
 }
 
+/*
+ * Report that the table was skipped during vacuum or/and analyze.
+ */
+void
+pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(Oid relid, int flags)
+{
+	PgStat_EntryRef *entry_ref;
+	PgStatShared_Relation *shtabentry;
+	PgStat_StatTabEntry *tabentry;
+	TimestampTz ts;
+	HeapTuple	classTup;
+	bool		isshared;
+
+	if (!pgstat_track_counts || !flags)
+		return;
+
+	classTup = SearchSysCache1(RELOID, ObjectIdGetDatum(relid));
+	if (!HeapTupleIsValid(classTup))
+		return;			/* somebody deleted the rel, forget it */
+	isshared = ((Form_pg_class) GETSTRUCT(classTup))->relisshared;
+	ReleaseSysCache(classTup);
+
+	/* Store the data in the table's hash table entry. */
+	ts = GetCurrentTimestamp();
+
+	/* block acquiring lock for the same reason as pgstat_report_autovac() */
+	entry_ref = pgstat_get_entry_ref_locked(PGSTAT_KIND_RELATION,
+											isshared ? InvalidOid : MyDatabaseId,
+											relid, false);
+
+	shtabentry = (PgStatShared_Relation *) entry_ref->shared_stats;
+	tabentry = &shtabentry->stats;
+
+	if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM)
+	{
+		tabentry->last_skipped_vacuum_time = ts;
+		tabentry->skipped_vacuum_count++;
+	}
+	else if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOVACUUM)
+	{
+		tabentry->last_skipped_autovacuum_time = ts;
+		tabentry->skipped_autovacuum_count++;
+	}
+
+	if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE)
+	{
+		tabentry->last_skipped_analyze_time = ts;
+		tabentry->skipped_analyze_count++;
+	}
+	else if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOANALYZE)
+	{
+		tabentry->last_skipped_autoanalyze_time = ts;
+		tabentry->skipped_autoanalyze_count++;
+	}
+
+	pgstat_unlock_entry(entry_ref);
+
+	/* see pgstat_report_vacuum() */
+	pgstat_flush_io(false);
+	(void) pgstat_flush_backend(false, PGSTAT_BACKEND_FLUSH_IO);
+}
+
 /*
  * count a tuple insertion of n tuples
  */
diff --git a/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c b/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c
index 1408de387ea..90a8968faa0 100644
--- a/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c
+++ b/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c
@@ -84,6 +84,18 @@ PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(mod_since_analyze)
 /* pg_stat_get_numscans */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(numscans)
 
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_analyze_count)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_autoanalyze_count)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_autovacuum_count)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_vacuum_count)
+
 /* pg_stat_get_tuples_deleted */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(tuples_deleted)
 
@@ -170,6 +182,18 @@ PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_vacuum_time)
 /* pg_stat_get_lastscan */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(lastscan)
 
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_analyze_time)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_autoanalyze_time)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_autovacuum_time)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_vacuum_time)
+
 /* pg_stat_get_stat_reset_time */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(stat_reset_time)
 
diff --git a/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat b/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat
index fa9ae79082b..32debb34863 100644
--- a/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat
+++ b/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat
@@ -5680,6 +5680,38 @@
   proargmodes => '{o,o,o,o,o,o,o,o,o,o}',
   proargnames => '{oid,score,xid_score,mxid_score,vacuum_score,vacuum_insert_score,analyze_score,do_vacuum,do_analyze,for_wraparound}',
   prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_autovacuum_scores' },
+{ oid => '8142', descr => 'statistics: last skipped vacuum time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time' },
+{ oid => '8143', descr => 'statistics: last skipped auto vacuum time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time' },
+{ oid => '8144', descr => 'statistics: last skipped analyze time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time' },
+{ oid => '8145', descr => 'statistics: last skipped auto analyze time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time' },
+{ oid => '8146', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped vacuum for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count' },
+{ oid => '8147', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped auto vacuum for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count' },
+{ oid => '8148', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped analyzes for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count' },
+{ oid => '8149', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped auto analyzes for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count' },
 { oid => '1936', descr => 'statistics: currently active backend IDs',
   proname => 'pg_stat_get_backend_idset', prorows => '100', proretset => 't',
   provolatile => 's', proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int4',
diff --git a/src/include/pgstat.h b/src/include/pgstat.h
index dfa2e837638..98941f953d1 100644
--- a/src/include/pgstat.h
+++ b/src/include/pgstat.h
@@ -479,6 +479,15 @@ typedef struct PgStat_StatTabEntry
 	TimestampTz last_autoanalyze_time;	/* autovacuum initiated */
 	PgStat_Counter autoanalyze_count;
 
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_vacuum_time;	/* user initiated vacuum */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_vacuum_count;
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_autovacuum_time;	/* autovacuum initiated */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_autovacuum_count;
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_analyze_time;	/* user initiated */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_analyze_count;
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_autoanalyze_time;	/* autovacuum initiated */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_autoanalyze_count;
+
 	PgStat_Counter total_vacuum_time;	/* times in milliseconds */
 	PgStat_Counter total_autovacuum_time;
 	PgStat_Counter total_analyze_time;
@@ -703,6 +712,13 @@ extern void pgstat_report_analyze(Relation rel,
 								  PgStat_Counter livetuples, PgStat_Counter deadtuples,
 								  bool resetcounter, TimestampTz starttime);
 
+/* flags for pgstat_flush_backend() */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM		(1 << 0)	/* vacuum is skipped */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE		(1 << 1)	/* analyze is skipped */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOVACUUM	(1 << 2)	/* autovacuum is skipped */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOANALYZE	(1 << 3)	/* autoanalyze is skipped */
+extern void pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(Oid relid, int flags);
+
 /*
  * If stats are enabled, but pending data hasn't been prepared yet, call
  * pgstat_assoc_relation() to do so. See its comment for why this is done
diff --git a/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out b/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out
index a65a5bf0c4f..9b2075d3373 100644
--- a/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out
+++ b/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out
@@ -1835,13 +1835,21 @@ pg_stat_all_tables| SELECT c.oid AS relid,
     pg_stat_get_mod_since_analyze(c.oid) AS n_mod_since_analyze,
     pg_stat_get_ins_since_vacuum(c.oid) AS n_ins_since_vacuum,
     pg_stat_get_last_vacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_vacuum,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_vacuum,
     pg_stat_get_last_autovacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_autovacuum,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_autovacuum,
     pg_stat_get_last_analyze_time(c.oid) AS last_analyze,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_analyze,
     pg_stat_get_last_autoanalyze_time(c.oid) AS last_autoanalyze,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_autoanalyze,
     pg_stat_get_vacuum_count(c.oid) AS vacuum_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count(c.oid) AS skipped_vacuum_count,
     pg_stat_get_autovacuum_count(c.oid) AS autovacuum_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count(c.oid) AS skipped_autovacuum_count,
     pg_stat_get_analyze_count(c.oid) AS analyze_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count(c.oid) AS skipped_analyze_count,
     pg_stat_get_autoanalyze_count(c.oid) AS autoanalyze_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count(c.oid) AS skipped_autoanalyze_count,
     pg_stat_get_total_vacuum_time(c.oid) AS total_vacuum_time,
     pg_stat_get_total_autovacuum_time(c.oid) AS total_autovacuum_time,
     pg_stat_get_total_analyze_time(c.oid) AS total_analyze_time,
@@ -2346,13 +2354,21 @@ pg_stat_sys_tables| SELECT relid,
     n_mod_since_analyze,
     n_ins_since_vacuum,
     last_vacuum,
+    last_skipped_vacuum,
     last_autovacuum,
+    last_skipped_autovacuum,
     last_analyze,
+    last_skipped_analyze,
     last_autoanalyze,
+    last_skipped_autoanalyze,
     vacuum_count,
+    skipped_vacuum_count,
     autovacuum_count,
+    skipped_autovacuum_count,
     analyze_count,
+    skipped_analyze_count,
     autoanalyze_count,
+    skipped_autoanalyze_count,
     total_vacuum_time,
     total_autovacuum_time,
     total_analyze_time,
@@ -2401,13 +2417,21 @@ pg_stat_user_tables| SELECT relid,
     n_mod_since_analyze,
     n_ins_since_vacuum,
     last_vacuum,
+    last_skipped_vacuum,
     last_autovacuum,
+    last_skipped_autovacuum,
     last_analyze,
+    last_skipped_analyze,
     last_autoanalyze,
+    last_skipped_autoanalyze,
     vacuum_count,
+    skipped_vacuum_count,
     autovacuum_count,
+    skipped_autovacuum_count,
     analyze_count,
+    skipped_analyze_count,
     autoanalyze_count,
+    skipped_autoanalyze_count,
     total_vacuum_time,
     total_autovacuum_time,
     total_analyze_time,
-- 
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* [PATCH v3] Track skipped vacuum and analyze activity per relation
@ 2026-03-24 04:09 Yugo Nagata <[email protected]>
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From: Yugo Nagata @ 2026-03-24 04:09 UTC (permalink / raw)

This commit adds eight fields to the relation statistics that track
the last time vacuum or analyze has been attempted but skipped due to
lock unavailability, along with their counts:

-    last_skipped_vacuum
-    last_skipped_autovacuum
-    last_skipped_analyze
-    last_skipped_autoanalyze
-    skipped_vacuum_count
-    skipped_autovacuum_count
-    skipped_analyze_count
-    skipped_autoanalyze_count

These field can help users confirm that autovacuum is actively attempting
to run on a table that has not been vacuumed or analyzed for a long time,
and that the lack of progress is due to repeated skips rather than inactivity.
---
 doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml                 | 80 +++++++++++++++++
 src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql         |  8 ++
 src/backend/commands/vacuum.c                | 95 +++++++++++++++-----
 src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c | 68 ++++++++++++++
 src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c          | 24 +++++
 src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat              | 32 +++++++
 src/include/pgstat.h                         | 16 ++++
 src/test/regress/expected/rules.out          | 24 +++++
 8 files changed, 324 insertions(+), 23 deletions(-)

diff --git a/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml b/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml
index bb75ed1069b..9ec8070b2fc 100644
--- a/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml
+++ b/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml
@@ -4372,6 +4372,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_vacuum</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time a manual vacuum on this table was attempted but skipped due to
+       lock unavailability (not counting <command>VACUUM FULL</command>)
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>last_autovacuum</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
@@ -4382,6 +4392,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_autovacuum</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time a vacuum on this table by the autovacuum daemon was attempted
+       but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>last_analyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
@@ -4391,6 +4411,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_analyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time a manual analyze on this table was attempted but skipped due to
+       lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>last_autoanalyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
@@ -4401,6 +4431,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_autoanalyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time at which an analyze on this table by the autovacuum was
+       attempted but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>vacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4411,6 +4451,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_vacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times vacuums on this table have been attempted but skipped
+       due to lock unavailability (not counting <command>VACUUM FULL</command>)
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>autovacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4421,6 +4471,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_autovacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times vacuums on this table by the autovacuum daemon have been
+       attempted but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>analyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4430,6 +4490,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_analyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times manual analyzes on this table have been attempted but
+       skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>autoanalyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4440,6 +4510,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_autoanalyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times analyzes on this table by the autovacuum daemon have
+       been attempted but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>total_vacuum_time</structfield> <type>double precision</type>
diff --git a/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql b/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql
index e54018004db..2ca02a0354c 100644
--- a/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql
+++ b/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql
@@ -736,13 +736,21 @@ CREATE VIEW pg_stat_all_tables AS
             pg_stat_get_mod_since_analyze(C.oid) AS n_mod_since_analyze,
             pg_stat_get_ins_since_vacuum(C.oid) AS n_ins_since_vacuum,
             pg_stat_get_last_vacuum_time(C.oid) as last_vacuum,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_vacuum,
             pg_stat_get_last_autovacuum_time(C.oid) as last_autovacuum,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_autovacuum,
             pg_stat_get_last_analyze_time(C.oid) as last_analyze,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_analyze,
             pg_stat_get_last_autoanalyze_time(C.oid) as last_autoanalyze,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_autoanalyze,
             pg_stat_get_vacuum_count(C.oid) AS vacuum_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count(C.oid) AS skipped_vacuum_count,
             pg_stat_get_autovacuum_count(C.oid) AS autovacuum_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count(C.oid) AS skipped_autovacuum_count,
             pg_stat_get_analyze_count(C.oid) AS analyze_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count(C.oid) AS skipped_analyze_count,
             pg_stat_get_autoanalyze_count(C.oid) AS autoanalyze_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count(C.oid) AS skipped_autoanalyze_count,
             pg_stat_get_total_vacuum_time(C.oid) AS total_vacuum_time,
             pg_stat_get_total_autovacuum_time(C.oid) AS total_autovacuum_time,
             pg_stat_get_total_analyze_time(C.oid) AS total_analyze_time,
diff --git a/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c b/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c
index bce3a2daa24..ce83b3171be 100644
--- a/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c
+++ b/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c
@@ -792,8 +792,18 @@ vacuum_open_relation(Oid relid, RangeVar *relation, bits32 options,
 		rel = try_relation_open(relid, NoLock);
 	else
 	{
+		bits8 flags = 0;
 		rel = NULL;
 		rel_lock = false;
+
+		if ((options & VACOPT_VACUUM) != 0)
+			flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM;
+		if ((options & VACOPT_ANALYZE) != 0)
+			flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE;
+		if (AmAutoVacuumWorkerProcess())
+			flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOVAC;
+
+		pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(relid, flags);
 	}
 
 	/* if relation is opened, leave */
@@ -801,7 +811,7 @@ vacuum_open_relation(Oid relid, RangeVar *relation, bits32 options,
 		return rel;
 
 	/*
-	 * Relation could not be opened, hence generate if possible a log
+	 * Relation could not be opened hence generate if possible a log
 	 * informing on the situation.
 	 *
 	 * If the RangeVar is not defined, we do not have enough information to
@@ -904,7 +914,6 @@ expand_vacuum_rel(VacuumRelation *vrel, MemoryContext vac_context,
 		Form_pg_class classForm;
 		bool		include_children;
 		bool		is_partitioned_table;
-		int			rvr_opts;
 
 		/*
 		 * Since autovacuum workers supply OIDs when calling vacuum(), no
@@ -917,29 +926,69 @@ expand_vacuum_rel(VacuumRelation *vrel, MemoryContext vac_context,
 		 * below, as well as find_all_inheritors's expectation that the caller
 		 * holds some lock on the starting relation.
 		 */
-		rvr_opts = (options & VACOPT_SKIP_LOCKED) ? RVR_SKIP_LOCKED : 0;
-		relid = RangeVarGetRelidExtended(vrel->relation,
-										 AccessShareLock,
-										 rvr_opts,
-										 NULL, NULL);
-
-		/*
-		 * If the lock is unavailable, emit the same log statement that
-		 * vacuum_rel() and analyze_rel() would.
-		 */
-		if (!OidIsValid(relid))
+		if (!(options & VACOPT_SKIP_LOCKED))
 		{
-			if (options & VACOPT_VACUUM)
-				ereport(WARNING,
-						(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
-						 errmsg("skipping vacuum of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
-								vrel->relation->relname)));
-			else
-				ereport(WARNING,
-						(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
-						 errmsg("skipping analyze of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
+			relid = RangeVarGetRelidExtended(vrel->relation,
+											 AccessShareLock,
+											 0, NULL, NULL);
+			if (!OidIsValid(relid))
+				return vacrels;
+		}
+		else
+		{
+			/* Get relid for reporting before taking a lock */
+			relid = RangeVarGetRelid(vrel->relation, NoLock, false);
+
+			if (!ConditionalLockRelationOid(relid, AccessShareLock))
+			{
+				bits8	flags = 0;
+				/*
+				 * If the lock is unavailable, emit the same log statement that
+				 * vacuum_rel() and analyze_rel() would.
+				 */
+				if (options & VACOPT_VACUUM)
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping vacuum of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
 								vrel->relation->relname)));
-			return vacrels;
+				else
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping analyze of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
+									vrel->relation->relname)));
+
+				if ((options & VACOPT_VACUUM) != 0)
+					flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM;
+				if ((options & VACOPT_ANALYZE) != 0)
+					flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE;
+
+				pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(relid, flags);
+
+				return vacrels;
+			}
+
+			/*
+			 * Now that we have the lock, probe to see if the relation really
+			 * exists or not.
+			 */
+			if (!SearchSysCacheExists1(RELOID, ObjectIdGetDatum(relid)))
+			{
+				if (options & VACOPT_VACUUM)
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_UNDEFINED_TABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping vacuum of \"%s\" --- relation no longer exists",
+									vrel->relation->relname)));
+				else
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_UNDEFINED_TABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping analyze of \"%s\" --- relation no longer exists",
+									vrel->relation->relname)));
+
+				/* Release useless lock */
+				UnlockRelationOid(relid, AccessShareLock);
+
+				return vacrels;
+			}
 		}
 
 		/*
diff --git a/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c b/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c
index bc8c43b96aa..cec4c88980e 100644
--- a/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c
+++ b/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c
@@ -17,6 +17,7 @@
 
 #include "postgres.h"
 
+#include "access/htup_details.h"
 #include "access/twophase_rmgr.h"
 #include "access/xact.h"
 #include "catalog/catalog.h"
@@ -366,6 +367,73 @@ pgstat_report_analyze(Relation rel,
 	(void) pgstat_flush_backend(false, PGSTAT_BACKEND_FLUSH_IO);
 }
 
+/*
+ * Report that the table was skipped during vacuum or/and analyze.
+ */
+void
+pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(Oid relid, bits8 flags)
+{
+	PgStat_EntryRef *entry_ref;
+	PgStatShared_Relation *shtabentry;
+	PgStat_StatTabEntry *tabentry;
+	TimestampTz ts;
+	HeapTuple	classTup;
+	bool		isshared;
+
+	if (!pgstat_track_counts || !(flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANY))
+		return;
+
+	classTup = SearchSysCache1(RELOID, ObjectIdGetDatum(relid));
+	if (!HeapTupleIsValid(classTup))
+		return;			/* somebody deleted the rel, forget it */
+	isshared = ((Form_pg_class) GETSTRUCT(classTup))->relisshared;
+	ReleaseSysCache(classTup);
+
+	/* Store the data in the table's hash table entry. */
+	ts = GetCurrentTimestamp();
+
+	/* block acquiring lock for the same reason as pgstat_report_autovac() */
+	entry_ref = pgstat_get_entry_ref_locked(PGSTAT_KIND_RELATION,
+											isshared ? InvalidOid : MyDatabaseId,
+											relid, false);
+
+	shtabentry = (PgStatShared_Relation *) entry_ref->shared_stats;
+	tabentry = &shtabentry->stats;
+
+	if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOVAC)
+	{
+		if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM)
+		{
+			tabentry->last_skipped_autovacuum_time = ts;
+			tabentry->skipped_autovacuum_count++;
+		}
+		if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE)
+		{
+			tabentry->last_skipped_autoanalyze_time = ts;
+			tabentry->skipped_autoanalyze_count++;
+		}
+	}
+	else
+	{
+		if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM)
+		{
+			tabentry->last_skipped_vacuum_time = ts;
+			tabentry->skipped_vacuum_count++;
+		}
+		if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE)
+		{
+			tabentry->last_skipped_analyze_time = ts;
+			tabentry->skipped_analyze_count++;
+		}
+	}
+
+	pgstat_unlock_entry(entry_ref);
+
+	/* see pgstat_report_vacuum() */
+	pgstat_flush_io(false);
+	(void) pgstat_flush_backend(false, PGSTAT_BACKEND_FLUSH_IO);
+}
+
 /*
  * count a tuple insertion of n tuples
  */
diff --git a/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c b/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c
index 9185a8e6b83..18aaa3996e1 100644
--- a/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c
+++ b/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c
@@ -84,6 +84,18 @@ PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(mod_since_analyze)
 /* pg_stat_get_numscans */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(numscans)
 
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_analyze_count)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_autoanalyze_count)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_autovacuum_count)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_vacuum_count)
+
 /* pg_stat_get_tuples_deleted */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(tuples_deleted)
 
@@ -170,6 +182,18 @@ PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_vacuum_time)
 /* pg_stat_get_lastscan */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(lastscan)
 
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_analyze_time)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_autoanalyze_time)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_autovacuum_time)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_vacuum_time)
+
 /* pg_stat_get_stat_reset_time */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(stat_reset_time)
 
diff --git a/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat b/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat
index 0118e970dda..ccfe3d9e02a 100644
--- a/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat
+++ b/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat
@@ -5667,6 +5667,38 @@
   proname => 'pg_stat_get_total_autoanalyze_time', provolatile => 's',
   proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'float8', proargtypes => 'oid',
   prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_total_autoanalyze_time' },
+{ oid => '8142', descr => 'statistics: last skipped vacuum time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time' },
+{ oid => '8143', descr => 'statistics: last skipped auto vacuum time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time' },
+{ oid => '8144', descr => 'statistics: last skipped analyze time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time' },
+{ oid => '8145', descr => 'statistics: last skipped auto analyze time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time' },
+{ oid => '8146', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped vacuum for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count' },
+{ oid => '8147', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped auto vacuum for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count' },
+{ oid => '8148', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped analyzes for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count' },
+{ oid => '8149', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped auto analyzes for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count' },
 { oid => '1936', descr => 'statistics: currently active backend IDs',
   proname => 'pg_stat_get_backend_idset', prorows => '100', proretset => 't',
   provolatile => 's', proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int4',
diff --git a/src/include/pgstat.h b/src/include/pgstat.h
index 8e3549c3752..343081a7a25 100644
--- a/src/include/pgstat.h
+++ b/src/include/pgstat.h
@@ -479,6 +479,15 @@ typedef struct PgStat_StatTabEntry
 	TimestampTz last_autoanalyze_time;	/* autovacuum initiated */
 	PgStat_Counter autoanalyze_count;
 
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_vacuum_time;	/* user initiated vacuum */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_vacuum_count;
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_autovacuum_time;	/* autovacuum initiated */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_autovacuum_count;
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_analyze_time;	/* user initiated */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_analyze_count;
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_autoanalyze_time;	/* autovacuum initiated */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_autoanalyze_count;
+
 	PgStat_Counter total_vacuum_time;	/* times in milliseconds */
 	PgStat_Counter total_autovacuum_time;
 	PgStat_Counter total_analyze_time;
@@ -707,6 +716,13 @@ extern void pgstat_report_analyze(Relation rel,
 								  PgStat_Counter livetuples, PgStat_Counter deadtuples,
 								  bool resetcounter, TimestampTz starttime);
 
+/* flags for pgstat_flush_backend() */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM	(1 << 0)	/* vacuum is skipped */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE	(1 << 1)	/* analyze is skipped */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOVAC	(1 << 2)	/* skipped during autovacuum/autoanalyze */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANY   (PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM | PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE)
+extern void pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(Oid relid, bits8 flags);
+
 /*
  * If stats are enabled, but pending data hasn't been prepared yet, call
  * pgstat_assoc_relation() to do so. See its comment for why this is done
diff --git a/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out b/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out
index 2b3cf6d8569..4ccfc43e903 100644
--- a/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out
+++ b/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out
@@ -1835,13 +1835,21 @@ pg_stat_all_tables| SELECT c.oid AS relid,
     pg_stat_get_mod_since_analyze(c.oid) AS n_mod_since_analyze,
     pg_stat_get_ins_since_vacuum(c.oid) AS n_ins_since_vacuum,
     pg_stat_get_last_vacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_vacuum,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_vacuum,
     pg_stat_get_last_autovacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_autovacuum,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_autovacuum,
     pg_stat_get_last_analyze_time(c.oid) AS last_analyze,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_analyze,
     pg_stat_get_last_autoanalyze_time(c.oid) AS last_autoanalyze,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_autoanalyze,
     pg_stat_get_vacuum_count(c.oid) AS vacuum_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count(c.oid) AS skipped_vacuum_count,
     pg_stat_get_autovacuum_count(c.oid) AS autovacuum_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count(c.oid) AS skipped_autovacuum_count,
     pg_stat_get_analyze_count(c.oid) AS analyze_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count(c.oid) AS skipped_analyze_count,
     pg_stat_get_autoanalyze_count(c.oid) AS autoanalyze_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count(c.oid) AS skipped_autoanalyze_count,
     pg_stat_get_total_vacuum_time(c.oid) AS total_vacuum_time,
     pg_stat_get_total_autovacuum_time(c.oid) AS total_autovacuum_time,
     pg_stat_get_total_analyze_time(c.oid) AS total_analyze_time,
@@ -2293,13 +2301,21 @@ pg_stat_sys_tables| SELECT relid,
     n_mod_since_analyze,
     n_ins_since_vacuum,
     last_vacuum,
+    last_skipped_vacuum,
     last_autovacuum,
+    last_skipped_autovacuum,
     last_analyze,
+    last_skipped_analyze,
     last_autoanalyze,
+    last_skipped_autoanalyze,
     vacuum_count,
+    skipped_vacuum_count,
     autovacuum_count,
+    skipped_autovacuum_count,
     analyze_count,
+    skipped_analyze_count,
     autoanalyze_count,
+    skipped_autoanalyze_count,
     total_vacuum_time,
     total_autovacuum_time,
     total_analyze_time,
@@ -2348,13 +2364,21 @@ pg_stat_user_tables| SELECT relid,
     n_mod_since_analyze,
     n_ins_since_vacuum,
     last_vacuum,
+    last_skipped_vacuum,
     last_autovacuum,
+    last_skipped_autovacuum,
     last_analyze,
+    last_skipped_analyze,
     last_autoanalyze,
+    last_skipped_autoanalyze,
     vacuum_count,
+    skipped_vacuum_count,
     autovacuum_count,
+    skipped_autovacuum_count,
     analyze_count,
+    skipped_analyze_count,
     autoanalyze_count,
+    skipped_autoanalyze_count,
     total_vacuum_time,
     total_autovacuum_time,
     total_analyze_time,
-- 
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* [PATCH v4] Track skipped vacuum and analyze activity per relation
@ 2026-03-24 04:09 Yugo Nagata <[email protected]>
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From: Yugo Nagata @ 2026-03-24 04:09 UTC (permalink / raw)

This commit adds eight fields to the relation statistics that track
the last time vacuum or analyze has been attempted but skipped due to
lock unavailability, along with their counts:

-    last_skipped_vacuum
-    last_skipped_autovacuum
-    last_skipped_analyze
-    last_skipped_autoanalyze
-    skipped_vacuum_count
-    skipped_autovacuum_count
-    skipped_analyze_count
-    skipped_autoanalyze_count

These field can help users confirm that autovacuum is actively attempting
to run on a table that has not been vacuumed or analyzed for a long time,
and that the lack of progress is due to repeated skips rather than inactivity.
---
 doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml                 |  88 ++++++++++++++++
 src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql         |   8 ++
 src/backend/commands/vacuum.c                | 102 ++++++++++++++-----
 src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c |  64 ++++++++++++
 src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c          |  24 +++++
 src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat              |  32 ++++++
 src/include/pgstat.h                         |  16 +++
 src/test/regress/expected/rules.out          |  24 +++++
 8 files changed, 335 insertions(+), 23 deletions(-)

diff --git a/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml b/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml
index 08d5b824552..a9b579d87a9 100644
--- a/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml
+++ b/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml
@@ -4387,6 +4387,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_vacuum</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time a manual vacuum on this table was attempted but skipped due to
+       lock unavailability (not counting <command>VACUUM FULL</command>)
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>last_autovacuum</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
@@ -4397,6 +4407,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_autovacuum</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time a vacuum on this table by the autovacuum daemon was attempted
+       but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>last_analyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
@@ -4406,6 +4426,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_analyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time a manual analyze on this table was attempted but skipped due to
+       lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>last_autoanalyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
@@ -4416,6 +4446,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_autoanalyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time at which an analyze on this table by the autovacuum was
+       attempted but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>vacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4426,6 +4466,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_vacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times manual vacuums on this table have been attempted but skipped
+       due to lock unavailability (not counting <command>VACUUM FULL</command>)
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>autovacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4436,6 +4486,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_autovacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times vacuums on this table by the autovacuum daemon have been
+       attempted but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>analyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4445,6 +4505,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_analyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times manual analyzes on this table have been attempted but
+       skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>autoanalyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4455,6 +4525,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_autoanalyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times analyzes on this table by the autovacuum daemon have
+       been attempted but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>total_vacuum_time</structfield> <type>double precision</type>
@@ -4510,6 +4590,14 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
    </tgroup>
   </table>
 
+  <note>
+   <para>
+    When a manual vacuum or analyze on a parent table in an inheritance or
+    partitioning hierarchy is skipped, the statistics are recorded only for
+    the parent table, not for its children.
+   </para>
+  </note>
+
  </sect2>
 
  <sect2 id="monitoring-pg-stat-autovacuum-scores-view">
diff --git a/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql b/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql
index 73a1c1c4670..f509fc7876b 100644
--- a/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql
+++ b/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql
@@ -736,13 +736,21 @@ CREATE VIEW pg_stat_all_tables AS
             pg_stat_get_mod_since_analyze(C.oid) AS n_mod_since_analyze,
             pg_stat_get_ins_since_vacuum(C.oid) AS n_ins_since_vacuum,
             pg_stat_get_last_vacuum_time(C.oid) as last_vacuum,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_vacuum,
             pg_stat_get_last_autovacuum_time(C.oid) as last_autovacuum,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_autovacuum,
             pg_stat_get_last_analyze_time(C.oid) as last_analyze,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_analyze,
             pg_stat_get_last_autoanalyze_time(C.oid) as last_autoanalyze,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_autoanalyze,
             pg_stat_get_vacuum_count(C.oid) AS vacuum_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count(C.oid) AS skipped_vacuum_count,
             pg_stat_get_autovacuum_count(C.oid) AS autovacuum_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count(C.oid) AS skipped_autovacuum_count,
             pg_stat_get_analyze_count(C.oid) AS analyze_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count(C.oid) AS skipped_analyze_count,
             pg_stat_get_autoanalyze_count(C.oid) AS autoanalyze_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count(C.oid) AS skipped_autoanalyze_count,
             pg_stat_get_total_vacuum_time(C.oid) AS total_vacuum_time,
             pg_stat_get_total_autovacuum_time(C.oid) AS total_autovacuum_time,
             pg_stat_get_total_analyze_time(C.oid) AS total_analyze_time,
diff --git a/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c b/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c
index 99d0db82ed7..97cd5ea8d10 100644
--- a/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c
+++ b/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c
@@ -793,8 +793,25 @@ vacuum_open_relation(Oid relid, RangeVar *relation, uint32 options,
 		rel = try_relation_open(relid, NoLock);
 	else
 	{
+		int flags = 0;
 		rel = NULL;
 		rel_lock = false;
+
+		if ((options & VACOPT_VACUUM) != 0)
+		{
+			if (AmAutoVacuumWorkerProcess())
+				flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOVACUUM;
+			else
+				flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM;
+		}
+		if ((options & VACOPT_ANALYZE) != 0)
+		{
+			if (AmAutoVacuumWorkerProcess())
+				flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOANALYZE;
+			else
+				flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE;
+		}
+		pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(relid, flags);
 	}
 
 	/* if relation is opened, leave */
@@ -802,7 +819,7 @@ vacuum_open_relation(Oid relid, RangeVar *relation, uint32 options,
 		return rel;
 
 	/*
-	 * Relation could not be opened, hence generate if possible a log
+	 * Relation could not be opened hence generate if possible a log
 	 * informing on the situation.
 	 *
 	 * If the RangeVar is not defined, we do not have enough information to
@@ -905,7 +922,6 @@ expand_vacuum_rel(VacuumRelation *vrel, MemoryContext vac_context,
 		Form_pg_class classForm;
 		bool		include_children;
 		bool		is_partitioned_table;
-		int			rvr_opts;
 
 		/*
 		 * Since autovacuum workers supply OIDs when calling vacuum(), no
@@ -918,29 +934,69 @@ expand_vacuum_rel(VacuumRelation *vrel, MemoryContext vac_context,
 		 * below, as well as find_all_inheritors's expectation that the caller
 		 * holds some lock on the starting relation.
 		 */
-		rvr_opts = (options & VACOPT_SKIP_LOCKED) ? RVR_SKIP_LOCKED : 0;
-		relid = RangeVarGetRelidExtended(vrel->relation,
-										 AccessShareLock,
-										 rvr_opts,
-										 NULL, NULL);
-
-		/*
-		 * If the lock is unavailable, emit the same log statement that
-		 * vacuum_rel() and analyze_rel() would.
-		 */
-		if (!OidIsValid(relid))
+		if (!(options & VACOPT_SKIP_LOCKED))
 		{
-			if (options & VACOPT_VACUUM)
-				ereport(WARNING,
-						(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
-						 errmsg("skipping vacuum of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
-								vrel->relation->relname)));
-			else
-				ereport(WARNING,
-						(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
-						 errmsg("skipping analyze of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
+			relid = RangeVarGetRelidExtended(vrel->relation,
+											 AccessShareLock,
+											 0, NULL, NULL);
+			if (!OidIsValid(relid))
+				return vacrels;
+		}
+		else
+		{
+			/* Get relid for reporting before taking a lock */
+			relid = RangeVarGetRelid(vrel->relation, NoLock, false);
+
+			if (!ConditionalLockRelationOid(relid, AccessShareLock))
+			{
+				int	flags = 0;
+				/*
+				 * If the lock is unavailable, emit the same log statement that
+				 * vacuum_rel() and analyze_rel() would.
+				 */
+				if (options & VACOPT_VACUUM)
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping vacuum of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
 								vrel->relation->relname)));
-			return vacrels;
+				else
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping analyze of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
+									vrel->relation->relname)));
+
+				if ((options & VACOPT_VACUUM) != 0)
+					flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM;
+				if ((options & VACOPT_ANALYZE) != 0)
+					flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE;
+
+				pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(relid, flags);
+
+				return vacrels;
+			}
+
+			/*
+			 * Now that we have the lock, probe to see if the relation really
+			 * exists or not.
+			 */
+			if (!SearchSysCacheExists1(RELOID, ObjectIdGetDatum(relid)))
+			{
+				if (options & VACOPT_VACUUM)
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_UNDEFINED_TABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping vacuum of \"%s\" --- relation no longer exists",
+									vrel->relation->relname)));
+				else
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_UNDEFINED_TABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping analyze of \"%s\" --- relation no longer exists",
+									vrel->relation->relname)));
+
+				/* Release useless lock */
+				UnlockRelationOid(relid, AccessShareLock);
+
+				return vacrels;
+			}
 		}
 
 		/*
diff --git a/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c b/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c
index b2ca28f83ba..532d9023f8c 100644
--- a/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c
+++ b/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c
@@ -17,12 +17,14 @@
 
 #include "postgres.h"
 
+#include "access/htup_details.h"
 #include "access/twophase_rmgr.h"
 #include "access/xact.h"
 #include "catalog/catalog.h"
 #include "utils/memutils.h"
 #include "utils/pgstat_internal.h"
 #include "utils/rel.h"
+#include "utils/syscache.h"
 #include "utils/timestamp.h"
 
 
@@ -367,6 +369,68 @@ pgstat_report_analyze(Relation rel,
 	(void) pgstat_flush_backend(false, PGSTAT_BACKEND_FLUSH_IO);
 }
 
+/*
+ * Report that the table was skipped during vacuum or/and analyze.
+ */
+void
+pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(Oid relid, int flags)
+{
+	PgStat_EntryRef *entry_ref;
+	PgStatShared_Relation *shtabentry;
+	PgStat_StatTabEntry *tabentry;
+	TimestampTz ts;
+	HeapTuple	classTup;
+	bool		isshared;
+
+	if (!pgstat_track_counts || !flags)
+		return;
+
+	classTup = SearchSysCache1(RELOID, ObjectIdGetDatum(relid));
+	if (!HeapTupleIsValid(classTup))
+		return;			/* somebody deleted the rel, forget it */
+	isshared = ((Form_pg_class) GETSTRUCT(classTup))->relisshared;
+	ReleaseSysCache(classTup);
+
+	/* Store the data in the table's hash table entry. */
+	ts = GetCurrentTimestamp();
+
+	/* block acquiring lock for the same reason as pgstat_report_autovac() */
+	entry_ref = pgstat_get_entry_ref_locked(PGSTAT_KIND_RELATION,
+											isshared ? InvalidOid : MyDatabaseId,
+											relid, false);
+
+	shtabentry = (PgStatShared_Relation *) entry_ref->shared_stats;
+	tabentry = &shtabentry->stats;
+
+	if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM)
+	{
+		tabentry->last_skipped_vacuum_time = ts;
+		tabentry->skipped_vacuum_count++;
+	}
+	else if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOVACUUM)
+	{
+		tabentry->last_skipped_autovacuum_time = ts;
+		tabentry->skipped_autovacuum_count++;
+	}
+
+	if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE)
+	{
+		tabentry->last_skipped_analyze_time = ts;
+		tabentry->skipped_analyze_count++;
+	}
+	else if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOANALYZE)
+	{
+		tabentry->last_skipped_autoanalyze_time = ts;
+		tabentry->skipped_autoanalyze_count++;
+	}
+
+	pgstat_unlock_entry(entry_ref);
+
+	/* see pgstat_report_vacuum() */
+	pgstat_flush_io(false);
+	(void) pgstat_flush_backend(false, PGSTAT_BACKEND_FLUSH_IO);
+}
+
 /*
  * count a tuple insertion of n tuples
  */
diff --git a/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c b/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c
index 1408de387ea..90a8968faa0 100644
--- a/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c
+++ b/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c
@@ -84,6 +84,18 @@ PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(mod_since_analyze)
 /* pg_stat_get_numscans */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(numscans)
 
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_analyze_count)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_autoanalyze_count)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_autovacuum_count)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_vacuum_count)
+
 /* pg_stat_get_tuples_deleted */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(tuples_deleted)
 
@@ -170,6 +182,18 @@ PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_vacuum_time)
 /* pg_stat_get_lastscan */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(lastscan)
 
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_analyze_time)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_autoanalyze_time)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_autovacuum_time)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_vacuum_time)
+
 /* pg_stat_get_stat_reset_time */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(stat_reset_time)
 
diff --git a/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat b/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat
index fa9ae79082b..32debb34863 100644
--- a/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat
+++ b/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat
@@ -5680,6 +5680,38 @@
   proargmodes => '{o,o,o,o,o,o,o,o,o,o}',
   proargnames => '{oid,score,xid_score,mxid_score,vacuum_score,vacuum_insert_score,analyze_score,do_vacuum,do_analyze,for_wraparound}',
   prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_autovacuum_scores' },
+{ oid => '8142', descr => 'statistics: last skipped vacuum time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time' },
+{ oid => '8143', descr => 'statistics: last skipped auto vacuum time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time' },
+{ oid => '8144', descr => 'statistics: last skipped analyze time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time' },
+{ oid => '8145', descr => 'statistics: last skipped auto analyze time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time' },
+{ oid => '8146', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped vacuum for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count' },
+{ oid => '8147', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped auto vacuum for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count' },
+{ oid => '8148', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped analyzes for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count' },
+{ oid => '8149', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped auto analyzes for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count' },
 { oid => '1936', descr => 'statistics: currently active backend IDs',
   proname => 'pg_stat_get_backend_idset', prorows => '100', proretset => 't',
   provolatile => 's', proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int4',
diff --git a/src/include/pgstat.h b/src/include/pgstat.h
index dfa2e837638..98941f953d1 100644
--- a/src/include/pgstat.h
+++ b/src/include/pgstat.h
@@ -479,6 +479,15 @@ typedef struct PgStat_StatTabEntry
 	TimestampTz last_autoanalyze_time;	/* autovacuum initiated */
 	PgStat_Counter autoanalyze_count;
 
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_vacuum_time;	/* user initiated vacuum */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_vacuum_count;
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_autovacuum_time;	/* autovacuum initiated */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_autovacuum_count;
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_analyze_time;	/* user initiated */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_analyze_count;
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_autoanalyze_time;	/* autovacuum initiated */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_autoanalyze_count;
+
 	PgStat_Counter total_vacuum_time;	/* times in milliseconds */
 	PgStat_Counter total_autovacuum_time;
 	PgStat_Counter total_analyze_time;
@@ -703,6 +712,13 @@ extern void pgstat_report_analyze(Relation rel,
 								  PgStat_Counter livetuples, PgStat_Counter deadtuples,
 								  bool resetcounter, TimestampTz starttime);
 
+/* flags for pgstat_flush_backend() */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM		(1 << 0)	/* vacuum is skipped */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE		(1 << 1)	/* analyze is skipped */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOVACUUM	(1 << 2)	/* autovacuum is skipped */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOANALYZE	(1 << 3)	/* autoanalyze is skipped */
+extern void pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(Oid relid, int flags);
+
 /*
  * If stats are enabled, but pending data hasn't been prepared yet, call
  * pgstat_assoc_relation() to do so. See its comment for why this is done
diff --git a/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out b/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out
index a65a5bf0c4f..9b2075d3373 100644
--- a/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out
+++ b/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out
@@ -1835,13 +1835,21 @@ pg_stat_all_tables| SELECT c.oid AS relid,
     pg_stat_get_mod_since_analyze(c.oid) AS n_mod_since_analyze,
     pg_stat_get_ins_since_vacuum(c.oid) AS n_ins_since_vacuum,
     pg_stat_get_last_vacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_vacuum,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_vacuum,
     pg_stat_get_last_autovacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_autovacuum,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_autovacuum,
     pg_stat_get_last_analyze_time(c.oid) AS last_analyze,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_analyze,
     pg_stat_get_last_autoanalyze_time(c.oid) AS last_autoanalyze,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_autoanalyze,
     pg_stat_get_vacuum_count(c.oid) AS vacuum_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count(c.oid) AS skipped_vacuum_count,
     pg_stat_get_autovacuum_count(c.oid) AS autovacuum_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count(c.oid) AS skipped_autovacuum_count,
     pg_stat_get_analyze_count(c.oid) AS analyze_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count(c.oid) AS skipped_analyze_count,
     pg_stat_get_autoanalyze_count(c.oid) AS autoanalyze_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count(c.oid) AS skipped_autoanalyze_count,
     pg_stat_get_total_vacuum_time(c.oid) AS total_vacuum_time,
     pg_stat_get_total_autovacuum_time(c.oid) AS total_autovacuum_time,
     pg_stat_get_total_analyze_time(c.oid) AS total_analyze_time,
@@ -2346,13 +2354,21 @@ pg_stat_sys_tables| SELECT relid,
     n_mod_since_analyze,
     n_ins_since_vacuum,
     last_vacuum,
+    last_skipped_vacuum,
     last_autovacuum,
+    last_skipped_autovacuum,
     last_analyze,
+    last_skipped_analyze,
     last_autoanalyze,
+    last_skipped_autoanalyze,
     vacuum_count,
+    skipped_vacuum_count,
     autovacuum_count,
+    skipped_autovacuum_count,
     analyze_count,
+    skipped_analyze_count,
     autoanalyze_count,
+    skipped_autoanalyze_count,
     total_vacuum_time,
     total_autovacuum_time,
     total_analyze_time,
@@ -2401,13 +2417,21 @@ pg_stat_user_tables| SELECT relid,
     n_mod_since_analyze,
     n_ins_since_vacuum,
     last_vacuum,
+    last_skipped_vacuum,
     last_autovacuum,
+    last_skipped_autovacuum,
     last_analyze,
+    last_skipped_analyze,
     last_autoanalyze,
+    last_skipped_autoanalyze,
     vacuum_count,
+    skipped_vacuum_count,
     autovacuum_count,
+    skipped_autovacuum_count,
     analyze_count,
+    skipped_analyze_count,
     autoanalyze_count,
+    skipped_autoanalyze_count,
     total_vacuum_time,
     total_autovacuum_time,
     total_analyze_time,
-- 
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* [PATCH v4] Track skipped vacuum and analyze activity per relation
@ 2026-03-24 04:09 Yugo Nagata <[email protected]>
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From: Yugo Nagata @ 2026-03-24 04:09 UTC (permalink / raw)

This commit adds eight fields to the relation statistics that track
the last time vacuum or analyze has been attempted but skipped due to
lock unavailability, along with their counts:

-    last_skipped_vacuum
-    last_skipped_autovacuum
-    last_skipped_analyze
-    last_skipped_autoanalyze
-    skipped_vacuum_count
-    skipped_autovacuum_count
-    skipped_analyze_count
-    skipped_autoanalyze_count

These field can help users confirm that autovacuum is actively attempting
to run on a table that has not been vacuumed or analyzed for a long time,
and that the lack of progress is due to repeated skips rather than inactivity.
---
 doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml                 |  88 ++++++++++++++++
 src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql         |   8 ++
 src/backend/commands/vacuum.c                | 102 ++++++++++++++-----
 src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c |  64 ++++++++++++
 src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c          |  24 +++++
 src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat              |  32 ++++++
 src/include/pgstat.h                         |  16 +++
 src/test/regress/expected/rules.out          |  24 +++++
 8 files changed, 335 insertions(+), 23 deletions(-)

diff --git a/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml b/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml
index 08d5b824552..a9b579d87a9 100644
--- a/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml
+++ b/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml
@@ -4387,6 +4387,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_vacuum</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time a manual vacuum on this table was attempted but skipped due to
+       lock unavailability (not counting <command>VACUUM FULL</command>)
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>last_autovacuum</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
@@ -4397,6 +4407,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_autovacuum</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time a vacuum on this table by the autovacuum daemon was attempted
+       but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>last_analyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
@@ -4406,6 +4426,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_analyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time a manual analyze on this table was attempted but skipped due to
+       lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>last_autoanalyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
@@ -4416,6 +4446,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_autoanalyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time at which an analyze on this table by the autovacuum was
+       attempted but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>vacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4426,6 +4466,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_vacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times manual vacuums on this table have been attempted but skipped
+       due to lock unavailability (not counting <command>VACUUM FULL</command>)
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>autovacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4436,6 +4486,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_autovacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times vacuums on this table by the autovacuum daemon have been
+       attempted but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>analyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4445,6 +4505,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_analyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times manual analyzes on this table have been attempted but
+       skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>autoanalyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4455,6 +4525,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_autoanalyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times analyzes on this table by the autovacuum daemon have
+       been attempted but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>total_vacuum_time</structfield> <type>double precision</type>
@@ -4510,6 +4590,14 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
    </tgroup>
   </table>
 
+  <note>
+   <para>
+    When a manual vacuum or analyze on a parent table in an inheritance or
+    partitioning hierarchy is skipped, the statistics are recorded only for
+    the parent table, not for its children.
+   </para>
+  </note>
+
  </sect2>
 
  <sect2 id="monitoring-pg-stat-autovacuum-scores-view">
diff --git a/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql b/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql
index 73a1c1c4670..f509fc7876b 100644
--- a/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql
+++ b/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql
@@ -736,13 +736,21 @@ CREATE VIEW pg_stat_all_tables AS
             pg_stat_get_mod_since_analyze(C.oid) AS n_mod_since_analyze,
             pg_stat_get_ins_since_vacuum(C.oid) AS n_ins_since_vacuum,
             pg_stat_get_last_vacuum_time(C.oid) as last_vacuum,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_vacuum,
             pg_stat_get_last_autovacuum_time(C.oid) as last_autovacuum,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_autovacuum,
             pg_stat_get_last_analyze_time(C.oid) as last_analyze,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_analyze,
             pg_stat_get_last_autoanalyze_time(C.oid) as last_autoanalyze,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_autoanalyze,
             pg_stat_get_vacuum_count(C.oid) AS vacuum_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count(C.oid) AS skipped_vacuum_count,
             pg_stat_get_autovacuum_count(C.oid) AS autovacuum_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count(C.oid) AS skipped_autovacuum_count,
             pg_stat_get_analyze_count(C.oid) AS analyze_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count(C.oid) AS skipped_analyze_count,
             pg_stat_get_autoanalyze_count(C.oid) AS autoanalyze_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count(C.oid) AS skipped_autoanalyze_count,
             pg_stat_get_total_vacuum_time(C.oid) AS total_vacuum_time,
             pg_stat_get_total_autovacuum_time(C.oid) AS total_autovacuum_time,
             pg_stat_get_total_analyze_time(C.oid) AS total_analyze_time,
diff --git a/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c b/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c
index 99d0db82ed7..97cd5ea8d10 100644
--- a/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c
+++ b/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c
@@ -793,8 +793,25 @@ vacuum_open_relation(Oid relid, RangeVar *relation, uint32 options,
 		rel = try_relation_open(relid, NoLock);
 	else
 	{
+		int flags = 0;
 		rel = NULL;
 		rel_lock = false;
+
+		if ((options & VACOPT_VACUUM) != 0)
+		{
+			if (AmAutoVacuumWorkerProcess())
+				flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOVACUUM;
+			else
+				flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM;
+		}
+		if ((options & VACOPT_ANALYZE) != 0)
+		{
+			if (AmAutoVacuumWorkerProcess())
+				flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOANALYZE;
+			else
+				flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE;
+		}
+		pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(relid, flags);
 	}
 
 	/* if relation is opened, leave */
@@ -802,7 +819,7 @@ vacuum_open_relation(Oid relid, RangeVar *relation, uint32 options,
 		return rel;
 
 	/*
-	 * Relation could not be opened, hence generate if possible a log
+	 * Relation could not be opened hence generate if possible a log
 	 * informing on the situation.
 	 *
 	 * If the RangeVar is not defined, we do not have enough information to
@@ -905,7 +922,6 @@ expand_vacuum_rel(VacuumRelation *vrel, MemoryContext vac_context,
 		Form_pg_class classForm;
 		bool		include_children;
 		bool		is_partitioned_table;
-		int			rvr_opts;
 
 		/*
 		 * Since autovacuum workers supply OIDs when calling vacuum(), no
@@ -918,29 +934,69 @@ expand_vacuum_rel(VacuumRelation *vrel, MemoryContext vac_context,
 		 * below, as well as find_all_inheritors's expectation that the caller
 		 * holds some lock on the starting relation.
 		 */
-		rvr_opts = (options & VACOPT_SKIP_LOCKED) ? RVR_SKIP_LOCKED : 0;
-		relid = RangeVarGetRelidExtended(vrel->relation,
-										 AccessShareLock,
-										 rvr_opts,
-										 NULL, NULL);
-
-		/*
-		 * If the lock is unavailable, emit the same log statement that
-		 * vacuum_rel() and analyze_rel() would.
-		 */
-		if (!OidIsValid(relid))
+		if (!(options & VACOPT_SKIP_LOCKED))
 		{
-			if (options & VACOPT_VACUUM)
-				ereport(WARNING,
-						(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
-						 errmsg("skipping vacuum of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
-								vrel->relation->relname)));
-			else
-				ereport(WARNING,
-						(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
-						 errmsg("skipping analyze of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
+			relid = RangeVarGetRelidExtended(vrel->relation,
+											 AccessShareLock,
+											 0, NULL, NULL);
+			if (!OidIsValid(relid))
+				return vacrels;
+		}
+		else
+		{
+			/* Get relid for reporting before taking a lock */
+			relid = RangeVarGetRelid(vrel->relation, NoLock, false);
+
+			if (!ConditionalLockRelationOid(relid, AccessShareLock))
+			{
+				int	flags = 0;
+				/*
+				 * If the lock is unavailable, emit the same log statement that
+				 * vacuum_rel() and analyze_rel() would.
+				 */
+				if (options & VACOPT_VACUUM)
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping vacuum of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
 								vrel->relation->relname)));
-			return vacrels;
+				else
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping analyze of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
+									vrel->relation->relname)));
+
+				if ((options & VACOPT_VACUUM) != 0)
+					flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM;
+				if ((options & VACOPT_ANALYZE) != 0)
+					flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE;
+
+				pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(relid, flags);
+
+				return vacrels;
+			}
+
+			/*
+			 * Now that we have the lock, probe to see if the relation really
+			 * exists or not.
+			 */
+			if (!SearchSysCacheExists1(RELOID, ObjectIdGetDatum(relid)))
+			{
+				if (options & VACOPT_VACUUM)
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_UNDEFINED_TABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping vacuum of \"%s\" --- relation no longer exists",
+									vrel->relation->relname)));
+				else
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_UNDEFINED_TABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping analyze of \"%s\" --- relation no longer exists",
+									vrel->relation->relname)));
+
+				/* Release useless lock */
+				UnlockRelationOid(relid, AccessShareLock);
+
+				return vacrels;
+			}
 		}
 
 		/*
diff --git a/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c b/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c
index b2ca28f83ba..532d9023f8c 100644
--- a/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c
+++ b/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c
@@ -17,12 +17,14 @@
 
 #include "postgres.h"
 
+#include "access/htup_details.h"
 #include "access/twophase_rmgr.h"
 #include "access/xact.h"
 #include "catalog/catalog.h"
 #include "utils/memutils.h"
 #include "utils/pgstat_internal.h"
 #include "utils/rel.h"
+#include "utils/syscache.h"
 #include "utils/timestamp.h"
 
 
@@ -367,6 +369,68 @@ pgstat_report_analyze(Relation rel,
 	(void) pgstat_flush_backend(false, PGSTAT_BACKEND_FLUSH_IO);
 }
 
+/*
+ * Report that the table was skipped during vacuum or/and analyze.
+ */
+void
+pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(Oid relid, int flags)
+{
+	PgStat_EntryRef *entry_ref;
+	PgStatShared_Relation *shtabentry;
+	PgStat_StatTabEntry *tabentry;
+	TimestampTz ts;
+	HeapTuple	classTup;
+	bool		isshared;
+
+	if (!pgstat_track_counts || !flags)
+		return;
+
+	classTup = SearchSysCache1(RELOID, ObjectIdGetDatum(relid));
+	if (!HeapTupleIsValid(classTup))
+		return;			/* somebody deleted the rel, forget it */
+	isshared = ((Form_pg_class) GETSTRUCT(classTup))->relisshared;
+	ReleaseSysCache(classTup);
+
+	/* Store the data in the table's hash table entry. */
+	ts = GetCurrentTimestamp();
+
+	/* block acquiring lock for the same reason as pgstat_report_autovac() */
+	entry_ref = pgstat_get_entry_ref_locked(PGSTAT_KIND_RELATION,
+											isshared ? InvalidOid : MyDatabaseId,
+											relid, false);
+
+	shtabentry = (PgStatShared_Relation *) entry_ref->shared_stats;
+	tabentry = &shtabentry->stats;
+
+	if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM)
+	{
+		tabentry->last_skipped_vacuum_time = ts;
+		tabentry->skipped_vacuum_count++;
+	}
+	else if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOVACUUM)
+	{
+		tabentry->last_skipped_autovacuum_time = ts;
+		tabentry->skipped_autovacuum_count++;
+	}
+
+	if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE)
+	{
+		tabentry->last_skipped_analyze_time = ts;
+		tabentry->skipped_analyze_count++;
+	}
+	else if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOANALYZE)
+	{
+		tabentry->last_skipped_autoanalyze_time = ts;
+		tabentry->skipped_autoanalyze_count++;
+	}
+
+	pgstat_unlock_entry(entry_ref);
+
+	/* see pgstat_report_vacuum() */
+	pgstat_flush_io(false);
+	(void) pgstat_flush_backend(false, PGSTAT_BACKEND_FLUSH_IO);
+}
+
 /*
  * count a tuple insertion of n tuples
  */
diff --git a/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c b/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c
index 1408de387ea..90a8968faa0 100644
--- a/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c
+++ b/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c
@@ -84,6 +84,18 @@ PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(mod_since_analyze)
 /* pg_stat_get_numscans */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(numscans)
 
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_analyze_count)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_autoanalyze_count)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_autovacuum_count)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_vacuum_count)
+
 /* pg_stat_get_tuples_deleted */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(tuples_deleted)
 
@@ -170,6 +182,18 @@ PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_vacuum_time)
 /* pg_stat_get_lastscan */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(lastscan)
 
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_analyze_time)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_autoanalyze_time)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_autovacuum_time)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_vacuum_time)
+
 /* pg_stat_get_stat_reset_time */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(stat_reset_time)
 
diff --git a/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat b/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat
index fa9ae79082b..32debb34863 100644
--- a/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat
+++ b/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat
@@ -5680,6 +5680,38 @@
   proargmodes => '{o,o,o,o,o,o,o,o,o,o}',
   proargnames => '{oid,score,xid_score,mxid_score,vacuum_score,vacuum_insert_score,analyze_score,do_vacuum,do_analyze,for_wraparound}',
   prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_autovacuum_scores' },
+{ oid => '8142', descr => 'statistics: last skipped vacuum time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time' },
+{ oid => '8143', descr => 'statistics: last skipped auto vacuum time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time' },
+{ oid => '8144', descr => 'statistics: last skipped analyze time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time' },
+{ oid => '8145', descr => 'statistics: last skipped auto analyze time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time' },
+{ oid => '8146', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped vacuum for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count' },
+{ oid => '8147', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped auto vacuum for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count' },
+{ oid => '8148', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped analyzes for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count' },
+{ oid => '8149', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped auto analyzes for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count' },
 { oid => '1936', descr => 'statistics: currently active backend IDs',
   proname => 'pg_stat_get_backend_idset', prorows => '100', proretset => 't',
   provolatile => 's', proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int4',
diff --git a/src/include/pgstat.h b/src/include/pgstat.h
index dfa2e837638..98941f953d1 100644
--- a/src/include/pgstat.h
+++ b/src/include/pgstat.h
@@ -479,6 +479,15 @@ typedef struct PgStat_StatTabEntry
 	TimestampTz last_autoanalyze_time;	/* autovacuum initiated */
 	PgStat_Counter autoanalyze_count;
 
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_vacuum_time;	/* user initiated vacuum */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_vacuum_count;
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_autovacuum_time;	/* autovacuum initiated */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_autovacuum_count;
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_analyze_time;	/* user initiated */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_analyze_count;
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_autoanalyze_time;	/* autovacuum initiated */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_autoanalyze_count;
+
 	PgStat_Counter total_vacuum_time;	/* times in milliseconds */
 	PgStat_Counter total_autovacuum_time;
 	PgStat_Counter total_analyze_time;
@@ -703,6 +712,13 @@ extern void pgstat_report_analyze(Relation rel,
 								  PgStat_Counter livetuples, PgStat_Counter deadtuples,
 								  bool resetcounter, TimestampTz starttime);
 
+/* flags for pgstat_flush_backend() */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM		(1 << 0)	/* vacuum is skipped */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE		(1 << 1)	/* analyze is skipped */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOVACUUM	(1 << 2)	/* autovacuum is skipped */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOANALYZE	(1 << 3)	/* autoanalyze is skipped */
+extern void pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(Oid relid, int flags);
+
 /*
  * If stats are enabled, but pending data hasn't been prepared yet, call
  * pgstat_assoc_relation() to do so. See its comment for why this is done
diff --git a/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out b/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out
index a65a5bf0c4f..9b2075d3373 100644
--- a/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out
+++ b/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out
@@ -1835,13 +1835,21 @@ pg_stat_all_tables| SELECT c.oid AS relid,
     pg_stat_get_mod_since_analyze(c.oid) AS n_mod_since_analyze,
     pg_stat_get_ins_since_vacuum(c.oid) AS n_ins_since_vacuum,
     pg_stat_get_last_vacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_vacuum,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_vacuum,
     pg_stat_get_last_autovacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_autovacuum,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_autovacuum,
     pg_stat_get_last_analyze_time(c.oid) AS last_analyze,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_analyze,
     pg_stat_get_last_autoanalyze_time(c.oid) AS last_autoanalyze,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_autoanalyze,
     pg_stat_get_vacuum_count(c.oid) AS vacuum_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count(c.oid) AS skipped_vacuum_count,
     pg_stat_get_autovacuum_count(c.oid) AS autovacuum_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count(c.oid) AS skipped_autovacuum_count,
     pg_stat_get_analyze_count(c.oid) AS analyze_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count(c.oid) AS skipped_analyze_count,
     pg_stat_get_autoanalyze_count(c.oid) AS autoanalyze_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count(c.oid) AS skipped_autoanalyze_count,
     pg_stat_get_total_vacuum_time(c.oid) AS total_vacuum_time,
     pg_stat_get_total_autovacuum_time(c.oid) AS total_autovacuum_time,
     pg_stat_get_total_analyze_time(c.oid) AS total_analyze_time,
@@ -2346,13 +2354,21 @@ pg_stat_sys_tables| SELECT relid,
     n_mod_since_analyze,
     n_ins_since_vacuum,
     last_vacuum,
+    last_skipped_vacuum,
     last_autovacuum,
+    last_skipped_autovacuum,
     last_analyze,
+    last_skipped_analyze,
     last_autoanalyze,
+    last_skipped_autoanalyze,
     vacuum_count,
+    skipped_vacuum_count,
     autovacuum_count,
+    skipped_autovacuum_count,
     analyze_count,
+    skipped_analyze_count,
     autoanalyze_count,
+    skipped_autoanalyze_count,
     total_vacuum_time,
     total_autovacuum_time,
     total_analyze_time,
@@ -2401,13 +2417,21 @@ pg_stat_user_tables| SELECT relid,
     n_mod_since_analyze,
     n_ins_since_vacuum,
     last_vacuum,
+    last_skipped_vacuum,
     last_autovacuum,
+    last_skipped_autovacuum,
     last_analyze,
+    last_skipped_analyze,
     last_autoanalyze,
+    last_skipped_autoanalyze,
     vacuum_count,
+    skipped_vacuum_count,
     autovacuum_count,
+    skipped_autovacuum_count,
     analyze_count,
+    skipped_analyze_count,
     autoanalyze_count,
+    skipped_autoanalyze_count,
     total_vacuum_time,
     total_autovacuum_time,
     total_analyze_time,
-- 
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* [PATCH v5] Track skipped vacuum and analyze activity per relation
@ 2026-03-24 04:09 Yugo Nagata <[email protected]>
  0 siblings, 0 replies; 374+ messages in thread

From: Yugo Nagata @ 2026-03-24 04:09 UTC (permalink / raw)

This commit adds eight fields to the relation statistics that track
the last time vacuum or analyze has been attempted but skipped due to
lock unavailability, along with their counts:

-    last_skipped_vacuum
-    last_skipped_autovacuum
-    last_skipped_analyze
-    last_skipped_autoanalyze
-    skipped_vacuum_count
-    skipped_autovacuum_count
-    skipped_analyze_count
-    skipped_autoanalyze_count

These field can help users confirm that autovacuum is actively attempting
to run on a table that has not been vacuumed or analyzed for a long time,
and that the lack of progress is due to repeated skips rather than inactivity.
---
 doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml                  |  88 ++++++
 src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql          |   8 +
 src/backend/commands/vacuum.c                 | 100 +++++--
 src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c  |  64 +++++
 src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c           |  24 ++
 src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat               |  32 +++
 src/include/pgstat.h                          |  16 ++
 .../isolation/expected/vacuum-skip-locked.out | 260 ++++++++++++++++--
 .../isolation/specs/vacuum-skip-locked.spec   |  41 +--
 src/test/regress/expected/rules.out           |  24 ++
 10 files changed, 601 insertions(+), 56 deletions(-)

diff --git a/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml b/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml
index 08d5b824552..a9b579d87a9 100644
--- a/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml
+++ b/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml
@@ -4387,6 +4387,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_vacuum</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time a manual vacuum on this table was attempted but skipped due to
+       lock unavailability (not counting <command>VACUUM FULL</command>)
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>last_autovacuum</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
@@ -4397,6 +4407,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_autovacuum</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time a vacuum on this table by the autovacuum daemon was attempted
+       but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>last_analyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
@@ -4406,6 +4426,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_analyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time a manual analyze on this table was attempted but skipped due to
+       lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>last_autoanalyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
@@ -4416,6 +4446,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_autoanalyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time at which an analyze on this table by the autovacuum was
+       attempted but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>vacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4426,6 +4466,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_vacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times manual vacuums on this table have been attempted but skipped
+       due to lock unavailability (not counting <command>VACUUM FULL</command>)
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>autovacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4436,6 +4486,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_autovacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times vacuums on this table by the autovacuum daemon have been
+       attempted but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>analyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4445,6 +4505,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_analyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times manual analyzes on this table have been attempted but
+       skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>autoanalyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4455,6 +4525,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_autoanalyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times analyzes on this table by the autovacuum daemon have
+       been attempted but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>total_vacuum_time</structfield> <type>double precision</type>
@@ -4510,6 +4590,14 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
    </tgroup>
   </table>
 
+  <note>
+   <para>
+    When a manual vacuum or analyze on a parent table in an inheritance or
+    partitioning hierarchy is skipped, the statistics are recorded only for
+    the parent table, not for its children.
+   </para>
+  </note>
+
  </sect2>
 
  <sect2 id="monitoring-pg-stat-autovacuum-scores-view">
diff --git a/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql b/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql
index 73a1c1c4670..f509fc7876b 100644
--- a/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql
+++ b/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql
@@ -736,13 +736,21 @@ CREATE VIEW pg_stat_all_tables AS
             pg_stat_get_mod_since_analyze(C.oid) AS n_mod_since_analyze,
             pg_stat_get_ins_since_vacuum(C.oid) AS n_ins_since_vacuum,
             pg_stat_get_last_vacuum_time(C.oid) as last_vacuum,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_vacuum,
             pg_stat_get_last_autovacuum_time(C.oid) as last_autovacuum,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_autovacuum,
             pg_stat_get_last_analyze_time(C.oid) as last_analyze,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_analyze,
             pg_stat_get_last_autoanalyze_time(C.oid) as last_autoanalyze,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_autoanalyze,
             pg_stat_get_vacuum_count(C.oid) AS vacuum_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count(C.oid) AS skipped_vacuum_count,
             pg_stat_get_autovacuum_count(C.oid) AS autovacuum_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count(C.oid) AS skipped_autovacuum_count,
             pg_stat_get_analyze_count(C.oid) AS analyze_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count(C.oid) AS skipped_analyze_count,
             pg_stat_get_autoanalyze_count(C.oid) AS autoanalyze_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count(C.oid) AS skipped_autoanalyze_count,
             pg_stat_get_total_vacuum_time(C.oid) AS total_vacuum_time,
             pg_stat_get_total_autovacuum_time(C.oid) AS total_autovacuum_time,
             pg_stat_get_total_analyze_time(C.oid) AS total_analyze_time,
diff --git a/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c b/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c
index 99d0db82ed7..df6526225e4 100644
--- a/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c
+++ b/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c
@@ -793,8 +793,25 @@ vacuum_open_relation(Oid relid, RangeVar *relation, uint32 options,
 		rel = try_relation_open(relid, NoLock);
 	else
 	{
+		int flags = 0;
 		rel = NULL;
 		rel_lock = false;
+
+		if ((options & VACOPT_VACUUM) != 0 && (options & VACOPT_FULL) == 0)
+		{
+			if (AmAutoVacuumWorkerProcess())
+				flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOVACUUM;
+			else
+				flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM;
+		}
+		if ((options & VACOPT_ANALYZE) != 0)
+		{
+			if (AmAutoVacuumWorkerProcess())
+				flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOANALYZE;
+			else
+				flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE;
+		}
+		pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(relid, flags);
 	}
 
 	/* if relation is opened, leave */
@@ -905,7 +922,6 @@ expand_vacuum_rel(VacuumRelation *vrel, MemoryContext vac_context,
 		Form_pg_class classForm;
 		bool		include_children;
 		bool		is_partitioned_table;
-		int			rvr_opts;
 
 		/*
 		 * Since autovacuum workers supply OIDs when calling vacuum(), no
@@ -918,29 +934,69 @@ expand_vacuum_rel(VacuumRelation *vrel, MemoryContext vac_context,
 		 * below, as well as find_all_inheritors's expectation that the caller
 		 * holds some lock on the starting relation.
 		 */
-		rvr_opts = (options & VACOPT_SKIP_LOCKED) ? RVR_SKIP_LOCKED : 0;
-		relid = RangeVarGetRelidExtended(vrel->relation,
-										 AccessShareLock,
-										 rvr_opts,
-										 NULL, NULL);
-
-		/*
-		 * If the lock is unavailable, emit the same log statement that
-		 * vacuum_rel() and analyze_rel() would.
-		 */
-		if (!OidIsValid(relid))
+		if (!(options & VACOPT_SKIP_LOCKED))
 		{
-			if (options & VACOPT_VACUUM)
-				ereport(WARNING,
-						(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
-						 errmsg("skipping vacuum of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
-								vrel->relation->relname)));
-			else
-				ereport(WARNING,
-						(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
-						 errmsg("skipping analyze of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
+			relid = RangeVarGetRelidExtended(vrel->relation,
+											 AccessShareLock,
+											 0, NULL, NULL);
+			if (!OidIsValid(relid))
+				return vacrels;
+		}
+		else
+		{
+			/* Get relid for reporting before taking a lock */
+			relid = RangeVarGetRelid(vrel->relation, NoLock, false);
+
+			if (!ConditionalLockRelationOid(relid, AccessShareLock))
+			{
+				int	flags = 0;
+				/*
+				 * If the lock is unavailable, emit the same log statement that
+				 * vacuum_rel() and analyze_rel() would.
+				 */
+				if (options & VACOPT_VACUUM)
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping vacuum of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
 								vrel->relation->relname)));
-			return vacrels;
+				else
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping analyze of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
+									vrel->relation->relname)));
+
+				if ((options & VACOPT_VACUUM) != 0 && (options & VACOPT_FULL) == 0)
+					flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM;
+				if ((options & VACOPT_ANALYZE) != 0)
+					flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE;
+
+				pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(relid, flags);
+
+				return vacrels;
+			}
+
+			/*
+			 * Now that we have the lock, probe to see if the relation really
+			 * exists or not.
+			 */
+			if (!SearchSysCacheExists1(RELOID, ObjectIdGetDatum(relid)))
+			{
+				if (options & VACOPT_VACUUM)
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_UNDEFINED_TABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping vacuum of \"%s\" --- relation no longer exists",
+									vrel->relation->relname)));
+				else
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_UNDEFINED_TABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping analyze of \"%s\" --- relation no longer exists",
+									vrel->relation->relname)));
+
+				/* Release useless lock */
+				UnlockRelationOid(relid, AccessShareLock);
+
+				return vacrels;
+			}
 		}
 
 		/*
diff --git a/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c b/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c
index b2ca28f83ba..532d9023f8c 100644
--- a/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c
+++ b/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c
@@ -17,12 +17,14 @@
 
 #include "postgres.h"
 
+#include "access/htup_details.h"
 #include "access/twophase_rmgr.h"
 #include "access/xact.h"
 #include "catalog/catalog.h"
 #include "utils/memutils.h"
 #include "utils/pgstat_internal.h"
 #include "utils/rel.h"
+#include "utils/syscache.h"
 #include "utils/timestamp.h"
 
 
@@ -367,6 +369,68 @@ pgstat_report_analyze(Relation rel,
 	(void) pgstat_flush_backend(false, PGSTAT_BACKEND_FLUSH_IO);
 }
 
+/*
+ * Report that the table was skipped during vacuum or/and analyze.
+ */
+void
+pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(Oid relid, int flags)
+{
+	PgStat_EntryRef *entry_ref;
+	PgStatShared_Relation *shtabentry;
+	PgStat_StatTabEntry *tabentry;
+	TimestampTz ts;
+	HeapTuple	classTup;
+	bool		isshared;
+
+	if (!pgstat_track_counts || !flags)
+		return;
+
+	classTup = SearchSysCache1(RELOID, ObjectIdGetDatum(relid));
+	if (!HeapTupleIsValid(classTup))
+		return;			/* somebody deleted the rel, forget it */
+	isshared = ((Form_pg_class) GETSTRUCT(classTup))->relisshared;
+	ReleaseSysCache(classTup);
+
+	/* Store the data in the table's hash table entry. */
+	ts = GetCurrentTimestamp();
+
+	/* block acquiring lock for the same reason as pgstat_report_autovac() */
+	entry_ref = pgstat_get_entry_ref_locked(PGSTAT_KIND_RELATION,
+											isshared ? InvalidOid : MyDatabaseId,
+											relid, false);
+
+	shtabentry = (PgStatShared_Relation *) entry_ref->shared_stats;
+	tabentry = &shtabentry->stats;
+
+	if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM)
+	{
+		tabentry->last_skipped_vacuum_time = ts;
+		tabentry->skipped_vacuum_count++;
+	}
+	else if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOVACUUM)
+	{
+		tabentry->last_skipped_autovacuum_time = ts;
+		tabentry->skipped_autovacuum_count++;
+	}
+
+	if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE)
+	{
+		tabentry->last_skipped_analyze_time = ts;
+		tabentry->skipped_analyze_count++;
+	}
+	else if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOANALYZE)
+	{
+		tabentry->last_skipped_autoanalyze_time = ts;
+		tabentry->skipped_autoanalyze_count++;
+	}
+
+	pgstat_unlock_entry(entry_ref);
+
+	/* see pgstat_report_vacuum() */
+	pgstat_flush_io(false);
+	(void) pgstat_flush_backend(false, PGSTAT_BACKEND_FLUSH_IO);
+}
+
 /*
  * count a tuple insertion of n tuples
  */
diff --git a/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c b/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c
index 1408de387ea..90a8968faa0 100644
--- a/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c
+++ b/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c
@@ -84,6 +84,18 @@ PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(mod_since_analyze)
 /* pg_stat_get_numscans */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(numscans)
 
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_analyze_count)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_autoanalyze_count)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_autovacuum_count)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_vacuum_count)
+
 /* pg_stat_get_tuples_deleted */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(tuples_deleted)
 
@@ -170,6 +182,18 @@ PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_vacuum_time)
 /* pg_stat_get_lastscan */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(lastscan)
 
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_analyze_time)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_autoanalyze_time)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_autovacuum_time)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_vacuum_time)
+
 /* pg_stat_get_stat_reset_time */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(stat_reset_time)
 
diff --git a/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat b/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat
index fa9ae79082b..32debb34863 100644
--- a/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat
+++ b/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat
@@ -5680,6 +5680,38 @@
   proargmodes => '{o,o,o,o,o,o,o,o,o,o}',
   proargnames => '{oid,score,xid_score,mxid_score,vacuum_score,vacuum_insert_score,analyze_score,do_vacuum,do_analyze,for_wraparound}',
   prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_autovacuum_scores' },
+{ oid => '8142', descr => 'statistics: last skipped vacuum time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time' },
+{ oid => '8143', descr => 'statistics: last skipped auto vacuum time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time' },
+{ oid => '8144', descr => 'statistics: last skipped analyze time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time' },
+{ oid => '8145', descr => 'statistics: last skipped auto analyze time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time' },
+{ oid => '8146', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped vacuum for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count' },
+{ oid => '8147', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped auto vacuum for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count' },
+{ oid => '8148', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped analyzes for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count' },
+{ oid => '8149', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped auto analyzes for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count' },
 { oid => '1936', descr => 'statistics: currently active backend IDs',
   proname => 'pg_stat_get_backend_idset', prorows => '100', proretset => 't',
   provolatile => 's', proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int4',
diff --git a/src/include/pgstat.h b/src/include/pgstat.h
index dfa2e837638..98941f953d1 100644
--- a/src/include/pgstat.h
+++ b/src/include/pgstat.h
@@ -479,6 +479,15 @@ typedef struct PgStat_StatTabEntry
 	TimestampTz last_autoanalyze_time;	/* autovacuum initiated */
 	PgStat_Counter autoanalyze_count;
 
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_vacuum_time;	/* user initiated vacuum */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_vacuum_count;
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_autovacuum_time;	/* autovacuum initiated */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_autovacuum_count;
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_analyze_time;	/* user initiated */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_analyze_count;
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_autoanalyze_time;	/* autovacuum initiated */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_autoanalyze_count;
+
 	PgStat_Counter total_vacuum_time;	/* times in milliseconds */
 	PgStat_Counter total_autovacuum_time;
 	PgStat_Counter total_analyze_time;
@@ -703,6 +712,13 @@ extern void pgstat_report_analyze(Relation rel,
 								  PgStat_Counter livetuples, PgStat_Counter deadtuples,
 								  bool resetcounter, TimestampTz starttime);
 
+/* flags for pgstat_flush_backend() */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM		(1 << 0)	/* vacuum is skipped */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE		(1 << 1)	/* analyze is skipped */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOVACUUM	(1 << 2)	/* autovacuum is skipped */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOANALYZE	(1 << 3)	/* autoanalyze is skipped */
+extern void pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(Oid relid, int flags);
+
 /*
  * If stats are enabled, but pending data hasn't been prepared yet, call
  * pgstat_assoc_relation() to do so. See its comment for why this is done
diff --git a/src/test/isolation/expected/vacuum-skip-locked.out b/src/test/isolation/expected/vacuum-skip-locked.out
index 99db281a159..e2cff175b7c 100644
--- a/src/test/isolation/expected/vacuum-skip-locked.out
+++ b/src/test/isolation/expected/vacuum-skip-locked.out
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 Parsed test spec with 2 sessions
 
-starting permutation: lock_share vac_specified commit
+starting permutation: lock_share vac_specified commit check_stat
 step lock_share: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN SHARE MODE;
@@ -10,8 +10,22 @@ step vac_specified: VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED) part1, part2;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
 
-starting permutation: lock_share vac_all_parts commit
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   1|            0|                    0
+part2  |           1|                   0|            0|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
+
+starting permutation: lock_share vac_all_parts commit check_stat
 step lock_share: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN SHARE MODE;
@@ -20,8 +34,22 @@ step vac_all_parts: VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED) parted;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   1|            0|                    0
+part2  |           1|                   0|            0|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
 
-starting permutation: lock_share analyze_specified commit
+starting permutation: lock_share analyze_specified commit check_stat
 step lock_share: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN SHARE MODE;
@@ -31,8 +59,22 @@ step analyze_specified: ANALYZE (SKIP_LOCKED) part1, part2;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
 
-starting permutation: lock_share analyze_all_parts commit
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   0|            0|                    1
+part2  |           0|                   0|            1|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
+
+starting permutation: lock_share analyze_all_parts commit check_stat
 step lock_share: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN SHARE MODE;
@@ -41,8 +83,22 @@ step analyze_all_parts: ANALYZE (SKIP_LOCKED) parted;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            1|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   0|            0|                    1
+part2  |           0|                   0|            1|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
 
-starting permutation: lock_share vac_analyze_specified commit
+starting permutation: lock_share vac_analyze_specified commit check_stat
 step lock_share: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN SHARE MODE;
@@ -52,8 +108,22 @@ step vac_analyze_specified: VACUUM (ANALYZE, SKIP_LOCKED) part1, part2;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
 
-starting permutation: lock_share vac_analyze_all_parts commit
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   1|            0|                    1
+part2  |           1|                   0|            1|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
+
+starting permutation: lock_share vac_analyze_all_parts commit check_stat
 step lock_share: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN SHARE MODE;
@@ -62,8 +132,22 @@ step vac_analyze_all_parts: VACUUM (ANALYZE, SKIP_LOCKED) parted;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            1|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   1|            0|                    1
+part2  |           1|                   0|            1|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
 
-starting permutation: lock_share vac_full_specified commit
+starting permutation: lock_share vac_full_specified commit check_stat
 step lock_share: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN SHARE MODE;
@@ -73,8 +157,22 @@ step vac_full_specified: VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED, FULL) part1, part2;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
 
-starting permutation: lock_share vac_full_all_parts commit
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part2  |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
+
+starting permutation: lock_share vac_full_all_parts commit check_stat
 step lock_share: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN SHARE MODE;
@@ -83,8 +181,22 @@ step vac_full_all_parts: VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED, FULL) parted;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part2  |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+(3 rows)
 
-starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_specified commit
+
+starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_specified commit check_stat
 step lock_access_exclusive: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN ACCESS EXCLUSIVE MODE;
@@ -94,8 +206,22 @@ step vac_specified: VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED) part1, part2;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   1|            0|                    0
+part2  |           1|                   0|            0|                    0
+(3 rows)
 
-starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_all_parts commit
+
+starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_all_parts commit check_stat
 step lock_access_exclusive: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN ACCESS EXCLUSIVE MODE;
@@ -104,8 +230,22 @@ step vac_all_parts: VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED) parted;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   1|            0|                    0
+part2  |           1|                   0|            0|                    0
+(3 rows)
 
-starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive analyze_specified commit
+
+starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive analyze_specified commit check_stat
 step lock_access_exclusive: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN ACCESS EXCLUSIVE MODE;
@@ -115,8 +255,22 @@ step analyze_specified: ANALYZE (SKIP_LOCKED) part1, part2;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   0|            0|                    1
+part2  |           0|                   0|            1|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
 
-starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive analyze_all_parts commit
+starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive analyze_all_parts commit check_stat
 step lock_access_exclusive: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN ACCESS EXCLUSIVE MODE;
@@ -126,8 +280,22 @@ step commit:
 	COMMIT;
 
 step analyze_all_parts: <... completed>
-
-starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_analyze_specified commit
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            1|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   0|            1|                    0
+part2  |           0|                   0|            1|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
+
+starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_analyze_specified commit check_stat
 step lock_access_exclusive: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN ACCESS EXCLUSIVE MODE;
@@ -137,8 +305,22 @@ step vac_analyze_specified: VACUUM (ANALYZE, SKIP_LOCKED) part1, part2;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   1|            0|                    1
+part2  |           1|                   0|            1|                    0
+(3 rows)
 
-starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_analyze_all_parts commit
+
+starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_analyze_all_parts commit check_stat
 step lock_access_exclusive: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN ACCESS EXCLUSIVE MODE;
@@ -148,8 +330,22 @@ step commit:
 	COMMIT;
 
 step vac_analyze_all_parts: <... completed>
-
-starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_full_specified commit
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            1|                    0
+part1  |           1|                   0|            1|                    0
+part2  |           1|                   0|            1|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
+
+starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_full_specified commit check_stat
 step lock_access_exclusive: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN ACCESS EXCLUSIVE MODE;
@@ -159,8 +355,22 @@ step vac_full_specified: VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED, FULL) part1, part2;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
 
-starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_full_all_parts commit
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part2  |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
+
+starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_full_all_parts commit check_stat
 step lock_access_exclusive: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN ACCESS EXCLUSIVE MODE;
@@ -169,3 +379,17 @@ step vac_full_all_parts: VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED, FULL) parted;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part2  |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
diff --git a/src/test/isolation/specs/vacuum-skip-locked.spec b/src/test/isolation/specs/vacuum-skip-locked.spec
index 3fad6e1c92a..b0da75d4b6d 100644
--- a/src/test/isolation/specs/vacuum-skip-locked.spec
+++ b/src/test/isolation/specs/vacuum-skip-locked.spec
@@ -33,6 +33,15 @@ step commit
 	COMMIT;
 }
 
+step check_stat
+{
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+}
+
 session s2
 step vac_specified			{ VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED) part1, part2; }
 step vac_all_parts			{ VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED) parted; }
@@ -43,19 +52,19 @@ step vac_analyze_all_parts	{ VACUUM (ANALYZE, SKIP_LOCKED) parted; }
 step vac_full_specified		{ VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED, FULL) part1, part2; }
 step vac_full_all_parts		{ VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED, FULL) parted; }
 
-permutation lock_share vac_specified commit
-permutation lock_share vac_all_parts commit
-permutation lock_share analyze_specified commit
-permutation lock_share analyze_all_parts commit
-permutation lock_share vac_analyze_specified commit
-permutation lock_share vac_analyze_all_parts commit
-permutation lock_share vac_full_specified commit
-permutation lock_share vac_full_all_parts commit
-permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_specified commit
-permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_all_parts commit
-permutation lock_access_exclusive analyze_specified commit
-permutation lock_access_exclusive analyze_all_parts commit
-permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_analyze_specified commit
-permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_analyze_all_parts commit
-permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_full_specified commit
-permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_full_all_parts commit
+permutation lock_share vac_specified commit check_stat
+permutation lock_share vac_all_parts commit check_stat
+permutation lock_share analyze_specified commit check_stat
+permutation lock_share analyze_all_parts commit check_stat
+permutation lock_share vac_analyze_specified commit check_stat
+permutation lock_share vac_analyze_all_parts commit check_stat
+permutation lock_share vac_full_specified commit check_stat
+permutation lock_share vac_full_all_parts commit check_stat
+permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_specified commit check_stat
+permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_all_parts commit check_stat
+permutation lock_access_exclusive analyze_specified commit check_stat
+permutation lock_access_exclusive analyze_all_parts commit check_stat
+permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_analyze_specified commit check_stat
+permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_analyze_all_parts commit check_stat
+permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_full_specified commit check_stat
+permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_full_all_parts commit check_stat
diff --git a/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out b/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out
index a65a5bf0c4f..9b2075d3373 100644
--- a/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out
+++ b/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out
@@ -1835,13 +1835,21 @@ pg_stat_all_tables| SELECT c.oid AS relid,
     pg_stat_get_mod_since_analyze(c.oid) AS n_mod_since_analyze,
     pg_stat_get_ins_since_vacuum(c.oid) AS n_ins_since_vacuum,
     pg_stat_get_last_vacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_vacuum,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_vacuum,
     pg_stat_get_last_autovacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_autovacuum,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_autovacuum,
     pg_stat_get_last_analyze_time(c.oid) AS last_analyze,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_analyze,
     pg_stat_get_last_autoanalyze_time(c.oid) AS last_autoanalyze,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_autoanalyze,
     pg_stat_get_vacuum_count(c.oid) AS vacuum_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count(c.oid) AS skipped_vacuum_count,
     pg_stat_get_autovacuum_count(c.oid) AS autovacuum_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count(c.oid) AS skipped_autovacuum_count,
     pg_stat_get_analyze_count(c.oid) AS analyze_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count(c.oid) AS skipped_analyze_count,
     pg_stat_get_autoanalyze_count(c.oid) AS autoanalyze_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count(c.oid) AS skipped_autoanalyze_count,
     pg_stat_get_total_vacuum_time(c.oid) AS total_vacuum_time,
     pg_stat_get_total_autovacuum_time(c.oid) AS total_autovacuum_time,
     pg_stat_get_total_analyze_time(c.oid) AS total_analyze_time,
@@ -2346,13 +2354,21 @@ pg_stat_sys_tables| SELECT relid,
     n_mod_since_analyze,
     n_ins_since_vacuum,
     last_vacuum,
+    last_skipped_vacuum,
     last_autovacuum,
+    last_skipped_autovacuum,
     last_analyze,
+    last_skipped_analyze,
     last_autoanalyze,
+    last_skipped_autoanalyze,
     vacuum_count,
+    skipped_vacuum_count,
     autovacuum_count,
+    skipped_autovacuum_count,
     analyze_count,
+    skipped_analyze_count,
     autoanalyze_count,
+    skipped_autoanalyze_count,
     total_vacuum_time,
     total_autovacuum_time,
     total_analyze_time,
@@ -2401,13 +2417,21 @@ pg_stat_user_tables| SELECT relid,
     n_mod_since_analyze,
     n_ins_since_vacuum,
     last_vacuum,
+    last_skipped_vacuum,
     last_autovacuum,
+    last_skipped_autovacuum,
     last_analyze,
+    last_skipped_analyze,
     last_autoanalyze,
+    last_skipped_autoanalyze,
     vacuum_count,
+    skipped_vacuum_count,
     autovacuum_count,
+    skipped_autovacuum_count,
     analyze_count,
+    skipped_analyze_count,
     autoanalyze_count,
+    skipped_autoanalyze_count,
     total_vacuum_time,
     total_autovacuum_time,
     total_analyze_time,
-- 
2.43.0


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* [PATCH v5] Track skipped vacuum and analyze activity per relation
@ 2026-03-24 04:09 Yugo Nagata <[email protected]>
  0 siblings, 0 replies; 374+ messages in thread

From: Yugo Nagata @ 2026-03-24 04:09 UTC (permalink / raw)

This commit adds eight fields to the relation statistics that track
the last time vacuum or analyze has been attempted but skipped due to
lock unavailability, along with their counts:

-    last_skipped_vacuum
-    last_skipped_autovacuum
-    last_skipped_analyze
-    last_skipped_autoanalyze
-    skipped_vacuum_count
-    skipped_autovacuum_count
-    skipped_analyze_count
-    skipped_autoanalyze_count

These field can help users confirm that autovacuum is actively attempting
to run on a table that has not been vacuumed or analyzed for a long time,
and that the lack of progress is due to repeated skips rather than inactivity.
---
 doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml                  |  88 ++++++
 src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql          |   8 +
 src/backend/commands/vacuum.c                 | 100 +++++--
 src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c  |  64 +++++
 src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c           |  24 ++
 src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat               |  32 +++
 src/include/pgstat.h                          |  16 ++
 .../isolation/expected/vacuum-skip-locked.out | 260 ++++++++++++++++--
 .../isolation/specs/vacuum-skip-locked.spec   |  41 +--
 src/test/regress/expected/rules.out           |  24 ++
 10 files changed, 601 insertions(+), 56 deletions(-)

diff --git a/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml b/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml
index 08d5b824552..a9b579d87a9 100644
--- a/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml
+++ b/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml
@@ -4387,6 +4387,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_vacuum</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time a manual vacuum on this table was attempted but skipped due to
+       lock unavailability (not counting <command>VACUUM FULL</command>)
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>last_autovacuum</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
@@ -4397,6 +4407,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_autovacuum</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time a vacuum on this table by the autovacuum daemon was attempted
+       but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>last_analyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
@@ -4406,6 +4426,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_analyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time a manual analyze on this table was attempted but skipped due to
+       lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>last_autoanalyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
@@ -4416,6 +4446,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_autoanalyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time at which an analyze on this table by the autovacuum was
+       attempted but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>vacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4426,6 +4466,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_vacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times manual vacuums on this table have been attempted but skipped
+       due to lock unavailability (not counting <command>VACUUM FULL</command>)
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>autovacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4436,6 +4486,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_autovacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times vacuums on this table by the autovacuum daemon have been
+       attempted but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>analyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4445,6 +4505,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_analyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times manual analyzes on this table have been attempted but
+       skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>autoanalyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4455,6 +4525,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_autoanalyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times analyzes on this table by the autovacuum daemon have
+       been attempted but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>total_vacuum_time</structfield> <type>double precision</type>
@@ -4510,6 +4590,14 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
    </tgroup>
   </table>
 
+  <note>
+   <para>
+    When a manual vacuum or analyze on a parent table in an inheritance or
+    partitioning hierarchy is skipped, the statistics are recorded only for
+    the parent table, not for its children.
+   </para>
+  </note>
+
  </sect2>
 
  <sect2 id="monitoring-pg-stat-autovacuum-scores-view">
diff --git a/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql b/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql
index 73a1c1c4670..f509fc7876b 100644
--- a/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql
+++ b/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql
@@ -736,13 +736,21 @@ CREATE VIEW pg_stat_all_tables AS
             pg_stat_get_mod_since_analyze(C.oid) AS n_mod_since_analyze,
             pg_stat_get_ins_since_vacuum(C.oid) AS n_ins_since_vacuum,
             pg_stat_get_last_vacuum_time(C.oid) as last_vacuum,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_vacuum,
             pg_stat_get_last_autovacuum_time(C.oid) as last_autovacuum,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_autovacuum,
             pg_stat_get_last_analyze_time(C.oid) as last_analyze,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_analyze,
             pg_stat_get_last_autoanalyze_time(C.oid) as last_autoanalyze,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_autoanalyze,
             pg_stat_get_vacuum_count(C.oid) AS vacuum_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count(C.oid) AS skipped_vacuum_count,
             pg_stat_get_autovacuum_count(C.oid) AS autovacuum_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count(C.oid) AS skipped_autovacuum_count,
             pg_stat_get_analyze_count(C.oid) AS analyze_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count(C.oid) AS skipped_analyze_count,
             pg_stat_get_autoanalyze_count(C.oid) AS autoanalyze_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count(C.oid) AS skipped_autoanalyze_count,
             pg_stat_get_total_vacuum_time(C.oid) AS total_vacuum_time,
             pg_stat_get_total_autovacuum_time(C.oid) AS total_autovacuum_time,
             pg_stat_get_total_analyze_time(C.oid) AS total_analyze_time,
diff --git a/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c b/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c
index 99d0db82ed7..df6526225e4 100644
--- a/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c
+++ b/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c
@@ -793,8 +793,25 @@ vacuum_open_relation(Oid relid, RangeVar *relation, uint32 options,
 		rel = try_relation_open(relid, NoLock);
 	else
 	{
+		int flags = 0;
 		rel = NULL;
 		rel_lock = false;
+
+		if ((options & VACOPT_VACUUM) != 0 && (options & VACOPT_FULL) == 0)
+		{
+			if (AmAutoVacuumWorkerProcess())
+				flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOVACUUM;
+			else
+				flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM;
+		}
+		if ((options & VACOPT_ANALYZE) != 0)
+		{
+			if (AmAutoVacuumWorkerProcess())
+				flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOANALYZE;
+			else
+				flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE;
+		}
+		pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(relid, flags);
 	}
 
 	/* if relation is opened, leave */
@@ -905,7 +922,6 @@ expand_vacuum_rel(VacuumRelation *vrel, MemoryContext vac_context,
 		Form_pg_class classForm;
 		bool		include_children;
 		bool		is_partitioned_table;
-		int			rvr_opts;
 
 		/*
 		 * Since autovacuum workers supply OIDs when calling vacuum(), no
@@ -918,29 +934,69 @@ expand_vacuum_rel(VacuumRelation *vrel, MemoryContext vac_context,
 		 * below, as well as find_all_inheritors's expectation that the caller
 		 * holds some lock on the starting relation.
 		 */
-		rvr_opts = (options & VACOPT_SKIP_LOCKED) ? RVR_SKIP_LOCKED : 0;
-		relid = RangeVarGetRelidExtended(vrel->relation,
-										 AccessShareLock,
-										 rvr_opts,
-										 NULL, NULL);
-
-		/*
-		 * If the lock is unavailable, emit the same log statement that
-		 * vacuum_rel() and analyze_rel() would.
-		 */
-		if (!OidIsValid(relid))
+		if (!(options & VACOPT_SKIP_LOCKED))
 		{
-			if (options & VACOPT_VACUUM)
-				ereport(WARNING,
-						(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
-						 errmsg("skipping vacuum of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
-								vrel->relation->relname)));
-			else
-				ereport(WARNING,
-						(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
-						 errmsg("skipping analyze of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
+			relid = RangeVarGetRelidExtended(vrel->relation,
+											 AccessShareLock,
+											 0, NULL, NULL);
+			if (!OidIsValid(relid))
+				return vacrels;
+		}
+		else
+		{
+			/* Get relid for reporting before taking a lock */
+			relid = RangeVarGetRelid(vrel->relation, NoLock, false);
+
+			if (!ConditionalLockRelationOid(relid, AccessShareLock))
+			{
+				int	flags = 0;
+				/*
+				 * If the lock is unavailable, emit the same log statement that
+				 * vacuum_rel() and analyze_rel() would.
+				 */
+				if (options & VACOPT_VACUUM)
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping vacuum of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
 								vrel->relation->relname)));
-			return vacrels;
+				else
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping analyze of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
+									vrel->relation->relname)));
+
+				if ((options & VACOPT_VACUUM) != 0 && (options & VACOPT_FULL) == 0)
+					flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM;
+				if ((options & VACOPT_ANALYZE) != 0)
+					flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE;
+
+				pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(relid, flags);
+
+				return vacrels;
+			}
+
+			/*
+			 * Now that we have the lock, probe to see if the relation really
+			 * exists or not.
+			 */
+			if (!SearchSysCacheExists1(RELOID, ObjectIdGetDatum(relid)))
+			{
+				if (options & VACOPT_VACUUM)
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_UNDEFINED_TABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping vacuum of \"%s\" --- relation no longer exists",
+									vrel->relation->relname)));
+				else
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_UNDEFINED_TABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping analyze of \"%s\" --- relation no longer exists",
+									vrel->relation->relname)));
+
+				/* Release useless lock */
+				UnlockRelationOid(relid, AccessShareLock);
+
+				return vacrels;
+			}
 		}
 
 		/*
diff --git a/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c b/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c
index b2ca28f83ba..532d9023f8c 100644
--- a/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c
+++ b/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c
@@ -17,12 +17,14 @@
 
 #include "postgres.h"
 
+#include "access/htup_details.h"
 #include "access/twophase_rmgr.h"
 #include "access/xact.h"
 #include "catalog/catalog.h"
 #include "utils/memutils.h"
 #include "utils/pgstat_internal.h"
 #include "utils/rel.h"
+#include "utils/syscache.h"
 #include "utils/timestamp.h"
 
 
@@ -367,6 +369,68 @@ pgstat_report_analyze(Relation rel,
 	(void) pgstat_flush_backend(false, PGSTAT_BACKEND_FLUSH_IO);
 }
 
+/*
+ * Report that the table was skipped during vacuum or/and analyze.
+ */
+void
+pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(Oid relid, int flags)
+{
+	PgStat_EntryRef *entry_ref;
+	PgStatShared_Relation *shtabentry;
+	PgStat_StatTabEntry *tabentry;
+	TimestampTz ts;
+	HeapTuple	classTup;
+	bool		isshared;
+
+	if (!pgstat_track_counts || !flags)
+		return;
+
+	classTup = SearchSysCache1(RELOID, ObjectIdGetDatum(relid));
+	if (!HeapTupleIsValid(classTup))
+		return;			/* somebody deleted the rel, forget it */
+	isshared = ((Form_pg_class) GETSTRUCT(classTup))->relisshared;
+	ReleaseSysCache(classTup);
+
+	/* Store the data in the table's hash table entry. */
+	ts = GetCurrentTimestamp();
+
+	/* block acquiring lock for the same reason as pgstat_report_autovac() */
+	entry_ref = pgstat_get_entry_ref_locked(PGSTAT_KIND_RELATION,
+											isshared ? InvalidOid : MyDatabaseId,
+											relid, false);
+
+	shtabentry = (PgStatShared_Relation *) entry_ref->shared_stats;
+	tabentry = &shtabentry->stats;
+
+	if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM)
+	{
+		tabentry->last_skipped_vacuum_time = ts;
+		tabentry->skipped_vacuum_count++;
+	}
+	else if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOVACUUM)
+	{
+		tabentry->last_skipped_autovacuum_time = ts;
+		tabentry->skipped_autovacuum_count++;
+	}
+
+	if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE)
+	{
+		tabentry->last_skipped_analyze_time = ts;
+		tabentry->skipped_analyze_count++;
+	}
+	else if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOANALYZE)
+	{
+		tabentry->last_skipped_autoanalyze_time = ts;
+		tabentry->skipped_autoanalyze_count++;
+	}
+
+	pgstat_unlock_entry(entry_ref);
+
+	/* see pgstat_report_vacuum() */
+	pgstat_flush_io(false);
+	(void) pgstat_flush_backend(false, PGSTAT_BACKEND_FLUSH_IO);
+}
+
 /*
  * count a tuple insertion of n tuples
  */
diff --git a/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c b/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c
index 1408de387ea..90a8968faa0 100644
--- a/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c
+++ b/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c
@@ -84,6 +84,18 @@ PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(mod_since_analyze)
 /* pg_stat_get_numscans */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(numscans)
 
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_analyze_count)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_autoanalyze_count)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_autovacuum_count)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_vacuum_count)
+
 /* pg_stat_get_tuples_deleted */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(tuples_deleted)
 
@@ -170,6 +182,18 @@ PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_vacuum_time)
 /* pg_stat_get_lastscan */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(lastscan)
 
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_analyze_time)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_autoanalyze_time)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_autovacuum_time)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_vacuum_time)
+
 /* pg_stat_get_stat_reset_time */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(stat_reset_time)
 
diff --git a/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat b/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat
index fa9ae79082b..32debb34863 100644
--- a/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat
+++ b/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat
@@ -5680,6 +5680,38 @@
   proargmodes => '{o,o,o,o,o,o,o,o,o,o}',
   proargnames => '{oid,score,xid_score,mxid_score,vacuum_score,vacuum_insert_score,analyze_score,do_vacuum,do_analyze,for_wraparound}',
   prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_autovacuum_scores' },
+{ oid => '8142', descr => 'statistics: last skipped vacuum time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time' },
+{ oid => '8143', descr => 'statistics: last skipped auto vacuum time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time' },
+{ oid => '8144', descr => 'statistics: last skipped analyze time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time' },
+{ oid => '8145', descr => 'statistics: last skipped auto analyze time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time' },
+{ oid => '8146', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped vacuum for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count' },
+{ oid => '8147', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped auto vacuum for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count' },
+{ oid => '8148', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped analyzes for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count' },
+{ oid => '8149', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped auto analyzes for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count' },
 { oid => '1936', descr => 'statistics: currently active backend IDs',
   proname => 'pg_stat_get_backend_idset', prorows => '100', proretset => 't',
   provolatile => 's', proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int4',
diff --git a/src/include/pgstat.h b/src/include/pgstat.h
index dfa2e837638..98941f953d1 100644
--- a/src/include/pgstat.h
+++ b/src/include/pgstat.h
@@ -479,6 +479,15 @@ typedef struct PgStat_StatTabEntry
 	TimestampTz last_autoanalyze_time;	/* autovacuum initiated */
 	PgStat_Counter autoanalyze_count;
 
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_vacuum_time;	/* user initiated vacuum */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_vacuum_count;
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_autovacuum_time;	/* autovacuum initiated */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_autovacuum_count;
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_analyze_time;	/* user initiated */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_analyze_count;
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_autoanalyze_time;	/* autovacuum initiated */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_autoanalyze_count;
+
 	PgStat_Counter total_vacuum_time;	/* times in milliseconds */
 	PgStat_Counter total_autovacuum_time;
 	PgStat_Counter total_analyze_time;
@@ -703,6 +712,13 @@ extern void pgstat_report_analyze(Relation rel,
 								  PgStat_Counter livetuples, PgStat_Counter deadtuples,
 								  bool resetcounter, TimestampTz starttime);
 
+/* flags for pgstat_flush_backend() */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM		(1 << 0)	/* vacuum is skipped */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE		(1 << 1)	/* analyze is skipped */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOVACUUM	(1 << 2)	/* autovacuum is skipped */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOANALYZE	(1 << 3)	/* autoanalyze is skipped */
+extern void pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(Oid relid, int flags);
+
 /*
  * If stats are enabled, but pending data hasn't been prepared yet, call
  * pgstat_assoc_relation() to do so. See its comment for why this is done
diff --git a/src/test/isolation/expected/vacuum-skip-locked.out b/src/test/isolation/expected/vacuum-skip-locked.out
index 99db281a159..e2cff175b7c 100644
--- a/src/test/isolation/expected/vacuum-skip-locked.out
+++ b/src/test/isolation/expected/vacuum-skip-locked.out
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 Parsed test spec with 2 sessions
 
-starting permutation: lock_share vac_specified commit
+starting permutation: lock_share vac_specified commit check_stat
 step lock_share: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN SHARE MODE;
@@ -10,8 +10,22 @@ step vac_specified: VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED) part1, part2;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
 
-starting permutation: lock_share vac_all_parts commit
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   1|            0|                    0
+part2  |           1|                   0|            0|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
+
+starting permutation: lock_share vac_all_parts commit check_stat
 step lock_share: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN SHARE MODE;
@@ -20,8 +34,22 @@ step vac_all_parts: VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED) parted;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   1|            0|                    0
+part2  |           1|                   0|            0|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
 
-starting permutation: lock_share analyze_specified commit
+starting permutation: lock_share analyze_specified commit check_stat
 step lock_share: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN SHARE MODE;
@@ -31,8 +59,22 @@ step analyze_specified: ANALYZE (SKIP_LOCKED) part1, part2;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
 
-starting permutation: lock_share analyze_all_parts commit
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   0|            0|                    1
+part2  |           0|                   0|            1|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
+
+starting permutation: lock_share analyze_all_parts commit check_stat
 step lock_share: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN SHARE MODE;
@@ -41,8 +83,22 @@ step analyze_all_parts: ANALYZE (SKIP_LOCKED) parted;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            1|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   0|            0|                    1
+part2  |           0|                   0|            1|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
 
-starting permutation: lock_share vac_analyze_specified commit
+starting permutation: lock_share vac_analyze_specified commit check_stat
 step lock_share: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN SHARE MODE;
@@ -52,8 +108,22 @@ step vac_analyze_specified: VACUUM (ANALYZE, SKIP_LOCKED) part1, part2;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
 
-starting permutation: lock_share vac_analyze_all_parts commit
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   1|            0|                    1
+part2  |           1|                   0|            1|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
+
+starting permutation: lock_share vac_analyze_all_parts commit check_stat
 step lock_share: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN SHARE MODE;
@@ -62,8 +132,22 @@ step vac_analyze_all_parts: VACUUM (ANALYZE, SKIP_LOCKED) parted;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            1|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   1|            0|                    1
+part2  |           1|                   0|            1|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
 
-starting permutation: lock_share vac_full_specified commit
+starting permutation: lock_share vac_full_specified commit check_stat
 step lock_share: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN SHARE MODE;
@@ -73,8 +157,22 @@ step vac_full_specified: VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED, FULL) part1, part2;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
 
-starting permutation: lock_share vac_full_all_parts commit
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part2  |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
+
+starting permutation: lock_share vac_full_all_parts commit check_stat
 step lock_share: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN SHARE MODE;
@@ -83,8 +181,22 @@ step vac_full_all_parts: VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED, FULL) parted;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part2  |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+(3 rows)
 
-starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_specified commit
+
+starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_specified commit check_stat
 step lock_access_exclusive: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN ACCESS EXCLUSIVE MODE;
@@ -94,8 +206,22 @@ step vac_specified: VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED) part1, part2;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   1|            0|                    0
+part2  |           1|                   0|            0|                    0
+(3 rows)
 
-starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_all_parts commit
+
+starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_all_parts commit check_stat
 step lock_access_exclusive: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN ACCESS EXCLUSIVE MODE;
@@ -104,8 +230,22 @@ step vac_all_parts: VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED) parted;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   1|            0|                    0
+part2  |           1|                   0|            0|                    0
+(3 rows)
 
-starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive analyze_specified commit
+
+starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive analyze_specified commit check_stat
 step lock_access_exclusive: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN ACCESS EXCLUSIVE MODE;
@@ -115,8 +255,22 @@ step analyze_specified: ANALYZE (SKIP_LOCKED) part1, part2;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   0|            0|                    1
+part2  |           0|                   0|            1|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
 
-starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive analyze_all_parts commit
+starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive analyze_all_parts commit check_stat
 step lock_access_exclusive: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN ACCESS EXCLUSIVE MODE;
@@ -126,8 +280,22 @@ step commit:
 	COMMIT;
 
 step analyze_all_parts: <... completed>
-
-starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_analyze_specified commit
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            1|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   0|            1|                    0
+part2  |           0|                   0|            1|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
+
+starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_analyze_specified commit check_stat
 step lock_access_exclusive: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN ACCESS EXCLUSIVE MODE;
@@ -137,8 +305,22 @@ step vac_analyze_specified: VACUUM (ANALYZE, SKIP_LOCKED) part1, part2;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   1|            0|                    1
+part2  |           1|                   0|            1|                    0
+(3 rows)
 
-starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_analyze_all_parts commit
+
+starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_analyze_all_parts commit check_stat
 step lock_access_exclusive: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN ACCESS EXCLUSIVE MODE;
@@ -148,8 +330,22 @@ step commit:
 	COMMIT;
 
 step vac_analyze_all_parts: <... completed>
-
-starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_full_specified commit
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            1|                    0
+part1  |           1|                   0|            1|                    0
+part2  |           1|                   0|            1|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
+
+starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_full_specified commit check_stat
 step lock_access_exclusive: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN ACCESS EXCLUSIVE MODE;
@@ -159,8 +355,22 @@ step vac_full_specified: VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED, FULL) part1, part2;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
 
-starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_full_all_parts commit
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part2  |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
+
+starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_full_all_parts commit check_stat
 step lock_access_exclusive: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN ACCESS EXCLUSIVE MODE;
@@ -169,3 +379,17 @@ step vac_full_all_parts: VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED, FULL) parted;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part2  |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
diff --git a/src/test/isolation/specs/vacuum-skip-locked.spec b/src/test/isolation/specs/vacuum-skip-locked.spec
index 3fad6e1c92a..b0da75d4b6d 100644
--- a/src/test/isolation/specs/vacuum-skip-locked.spec
+++ b/src/test/isolation/specs/vacuum-skip-locked.spec
@@ -33,6 +33,15 @@ step commit
 	COMMIT;
 }
 
+step check_stat
+{
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+}
+
 session s2
 step vac_specified			{ VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED) part1, part2; }
 step vac_all_parts			{ VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED) parted; }
@@ -43,19 +52,19 @@ step vac_analyze_all_parts	{ VACUUM (ANALYZE, SKIP_LOCKED) parted; }
 step vac_full_specified		{ VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED, FULL) part1, part2; }
 step vac_full_all_parts		{ VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED, FULL) parted; }
 
-permutation lock_share vac_specified commit
-permutation lock_share vac_all_parts commit
-permutation lock_share analyze_specified commit
-permutation lock_share analyze_all_parts commit
-permutation lock_share vac_analyze_specified commit
-permutation lock_share vac_analyze_all_parts commit
-permutation lock_share vac_full_specified commit
-permutation lock_share vac_full_all_parts commit
-permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_specified commit
-permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_all_parts commit
-permutation lock_access_exclusive analyze_specified commit
-permutation lock_access_exclusive analyze_all_parts commit
-permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_analyze_specified commit
-permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_analyze_all_parts commit
-permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_full_specified commit
-permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_full_all_parts commit
+permutation lock_share vac_specified commit check_stat
+permutation lock_share vac_all_parts commit check_stat
+permutation lock_share analyze_specified commit check_stat
+permutation lock_share analyze_all_parts commit check_stat
+permutation lock_share vac_analyze_specified commit check_stat
+permutation lock_share vac_analyze_all_parts commit check_stat
+permutation lock_share vac_full_specified commit check_stat
+permutation lock_share vac_full_all_parts commit check_stat
+permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_specified commit check_stat
+permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_all_parts commit check_stat
+permutation lock_access_exclusive analyze_specified commit check_stat
+permutation lock_access_exclusive analyze_all_parts commit check_stat
+permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_analyze_specified commit check_stat
+permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_analyze_all_parts commit check_stat
+permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_full_specified commit check_stat
+permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_full_all_parts commit check_stat
diff --git a/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out b/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out
index a65a5bf0c4f..9b2075d3373 100644
--- a/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out
+++ b/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out
@@ -1835,13 +1835,21 @@ pg_stat_all_tables| SELECT c.oid AS relid,
     pg_stat_get_mod_since_analyze(c.oid) AS n_mod_since_analyze,
     pg_stat_get_ins_since_vacuum(c.oid) AS n_ins_since_vacuum,
     pg_stat_get_last_vacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_vacuum,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_vacuum,
     pg_stat_get_last_autovacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_autovacuum,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_autovacuum,
     pg_stat_get_last_analyze_time(c.oid) AS last_analyze,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_analyze,
     pg_stat_get_last_autoanalyze_time(c.oid) AS last_autoanalyze,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_autoanalyze,
     pg_stat_get_vacuum_count(c.oid) AS vacuum_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count(c.oid) AS skipped_vacuum_count,
     pg_stat_get_autovacuum_count(c.oid) AS autovacuum_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count(c.oid) AS skipped_autovacuum_count,
     pg_stat_get_analyze_count(c.oid) AS analyze_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count(c.oid) AS skipped_analyze_count,
     pg_stat_get_autoanalyze_count(c.oid) AS autoanalyze_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count(c.oid) AS skipped_autoanalyze_count,
     pg_stat_get_total_vacuum_time(c.oid) AS total_vacuum_time,
     pg_stat_get_total_autovacuum_time(c.oid) AS total_autovacuum_time,
     pg_stat_get_total_analyze_time(c.oid) AS total_analyze_time,
@@ -2346,13 +2354,21 @@ pg_stat_sys_tables| SELECT relid,
     n_mod_since_analyze,
     n_ins_since_vacuum,
     last_vacuum,
+    last_skipped_vacuum,
     last_autovacuum,
+    last_skipped_autovacuum,
     last_analyze,
+    last_skipped_analyze,
     last_autoanalyze,
+    last_skipped_autoanalyze,
     vacuum_count,
+    skipped_vacuum_count,
     autovacuum_count,
+    skipped_autovacuum_count,
     analyze_count,
+    skipped_analyze_count,
     autoanalyze_count,
+    skipped_autoanalyze_count,
     total_vacuum_time,
     total_autovacuum_time,
     total_analyze_time,
@@ -2401,13 +2417,21 @@ pg_stat_user_tables| SELECT relid,
     n_mod_since_analyze,
     n_ins_since_vacuum,
     last_vacuum,
+    last_skipped_vacuum,
     last_autovacuum,
+    last_skipped_autovacuum,
     last_analyze,
+    last_skipped_analyze,
     last_autoanalyze,
+    last_skipped_autoanalyze,
     vacuum_count,
+    skipped_vacuum_count,
     autovacuum_count,
+    skipped_autovacuum_count,
     analyze_count,
+    skipped_analyze_count,
     autoanalyze_count,
+    skipped_autoanalyze_count,
     total_vacuum_time,
     total_autovacuum_time,
     total_analyze_time,
-- 
2.43.0


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* [PATCH v4] Track skipped vacuum and analyze activity per relation
@ 2026-03-24 04:09 Yugo Nagata <[email protected]>
  0 siblings, 0 replies; 374+ messages in thread

From: Yugo Nagata @ 2026-03-24 04:09 UTC (permalink / raw)

This commit adds eight fields to the relation statistics that track
the last time vacuum or analyze has been attempted but skipped due to
lock unavailability, along with their counts:

-    last_skipped_vacuum
-    last_skipped_autovacuum
-    last_skipped_analyze
-    last_skipped_autoanalyze
-    skipped_vacuum_count
-    skipped_autovacuum_count
-    skipped_analyze_count
-    skipped_autoanalyze_count

These field can help users confirm that autovacuum is actively attempting
to run on a table that has not been vacuumed or analyzed for a long time,
and that the lack of progress is due to repeated skips rather than inactivity.
---
 doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml                 |  88 ++++++++++++++++
 src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql         |   8 ++
 src/backend/commands/vacuum.c                | 102 ++++++++++++++-----
 src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c |  64 ++++++++++++
 src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c          |  24 +++++
 src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat              |  32 ++++++
 src/include/pgstat.h                         |  16 +++
 src/test/regress/expected/rules.out          |  24 +++++
 8 files changed, 335 insertions(+), 23 deletions(-)

diff --git a/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml b/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml
index 08d5b824552..a9b579d87a9 100644
--- a/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml
+++ b/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml
@@ -4387,6 +4387,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_vacuum</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time a manual vacuum on this table was attempted but skipped due to
+       lock unavailability (not counting <command>VACUUM FULL</command>)
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>last_autovacuum</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
@@ -4397,6 +4407,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_autovacuum</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time a vacuum on this table by the autovacuum daemon was attempted
+       but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>last_analyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
@@ -4406,6 +4426,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_analyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time a manual analyze on this table was attempted but skipped due to
+       lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>last_autoanalyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
@@ -4416,6 +4446,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_autoanalyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time at which an analyze on this table by the autovacuum was
+       attempted but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>vacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4426,6 +4466,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_vacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times manual vacuums on this table have been attempted but skipped
+       due to lock unavailability (not counting <command>VACUUM FULL</command>)
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>autovacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4436,6 +4486,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_autovacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times vacuums on this table by the autovacuum daemon have been
+       attempted but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>analyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4445,6 +4505,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_analyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times manual analyzes on this table have been attempted but
+       skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>autoanalyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4455,6 +4525,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_autoanalyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times analyzes on this table by the autovacuum daemon have
+       been attempted but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>total_vacuum_time</structfield> <type>double precision</type>
@@ -4510,6 +4590,14 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
    </tgroup>
   </table>
 
+  <note>
+   <para>
+    When a manual vacuum or analyze on a parent table in an inheritance or
+    partitioning hierarchy is skipped, the statistics are recorded only for
+    the parent table, not for its children.
+   </para>
+  </note>
+
  </sect2>
 
  <sect2 id="monitoring-pg-stat-autovacuum-scores-view">
diff --git a/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql b/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql
index 73a1c1c4670..f509fc7876b 100644
--- a/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql
+++ b/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql
@@ -736,13 +736,21 @@ CREATE VIEW pg_stat_all_tables AS
             pg_stat_get_mod_since_analyze(C.oid) AS n_mod_since_analyze,
             pg_stat_get_ins_since_vacuum(C.oid) AS n_ins_since_vacuum,
             pg_stat_get_last_vacuum_time(C.oid) as last_vacuum,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_vacuum,
             pg_stat_get_last_autovacuum_time(C.oid) as last_autovacuum,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_autovacuum,
             pg_stat_get_last_analyze_time(C.oid) as last_analyze,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_analyze,
             pg_stat_get_last_autoanalyze_time(C.oid) as last_autoanalyze,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_autoanalyze,
             pg_stat_get_vacuum_count(C.oid) AS vacuum_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count(C.oid) AS skipped_vacuum_count,
             pg_stat_get_autovacuum_count(C.oid) AS autovacuum_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count(C.oid) AS skipped_autovacuum_count,
             pg_stat_get_analyze_count(C.oid) AS analyze_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count(C.oid) AS skipped_analyze_count,
             pg_stat_get_autoanalyze_count(C.oid) AS autoanalyze_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count(C.oid) AS skipped_autoanalyze_count,
             pg_stat_get_total_vacuum_time(C.oid) AS total_vacuum_time,
             pg_stat_get_total_autovacuum_time(C.oid) AS total_autovacuum_time,
             pg_stat_get_total_analyze_time(C.oid) AS total_analyze_time,
diff --git a/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c b/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c
index 99d0db82ed7..97cd5ea8d10 100644
--- a/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c
+++ b/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c
@@ -793,8 +793,25 @@ vacuum_open_relation(Oid relid, RangeVar *relation, uint32 options,
 		rel = try_relation_open(relid, NoLock);
 	else
 	{
+		int flags = 0;
 		rel = NULL;
 		rel_lock = false;
+
+		if ((options & VACOPT_VACUUM) != 0)
+		{
+			if (AmAutoVacuumWorkerProcess())
+				flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOVACUUM;
+			else
+				flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM;
+		}
+		if ((options & VACOPT_ANALYZE) != 0)
+		{
+			if (AmAutoVacuumWorkerProcess())
+				flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOANALYZE;
+			else
+				flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE;
+		}
+		pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(relid, flags);
 	}
 
 	/* if relation is opened, leave */
@@ -802,7 +819,7 @@ vacuum_open_relation(Oid relid, RangeVar *relation, uint32 options,
 		return rel;
 
 	/*
-	 * Relation could not be opened, hence generate if possible a log
+	 * Relation could not be opened hence generate if possible a log
 	 * informing on the situation.
 	 *
 	 * If the RangeVar is not defined, we do not have enough information to
@@ -905,7 +922,6 @@ expand_vacuum_rel(VacuumRelation *vrel, MemoryContext vac_context,
 		Form_pg_class classForm;
 		bool		include_children;
 		bool		is_partitioned_table;
-		int			rvr_opts;
 
 		/*
 		 * Since autovacuum workers supply OIDs when calling vacuum(), no
@@ -918,29 +934,69 @@ expand_vacuum_rel(VacuumRelation *vrel, MemoryContext vac_context,
 		 * below, as well as find_all_inheritors's expectation that the caller
 		 * holds some lock on the starting relation.
 		 */
-		rvr_opts = (options & VACOPT_SKIP_LOCKED) ? RVR_SKIP_LOCKED : 0;
-		relid = RangeVarGetRelidExtended(vrel->relation,
-										 AccessShareLock,
-										 rvr_opts,
-										 NULL, NULL);
-
-		/*
-		 * If the lock is unavailable, emit the same log statement that
-		 * vacuum_rel() and analyze_rel() would.
-		 */
-		if (!OidIsValid(relid))
+		if (!(options & VACOPT_SKIP_LOCKED))
 		{
-			if (options & VACOPT_VACUUM)
-				ereport(WARNING,
-						(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
-						 errmsg("skipping vacuum of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
-								vrel->relation->relname)));
-			else
-				ereport(WARNING,
-						(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
-						 errmsg("skipping analyze of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
+			relid = RangeVarGetRelidExtended(vrel->relation,
+											 AccessShareLock,
+											 0, NULL, NULL);
+			if (!OidIsValid(relid))
+				return vacrels;
+		}
+		else
+		{
+			/* Get relid for reporting before taking a lock */
+			relid = RangeVarGetRelid(vrel->relation, NoLock, false);
+
+			if (!ConditionalLockRelationOid(relid, AccessShareLock))
+			{
+				int	flags = 0;
+				/*
+				 * If the lock is unavailable, emit the same log statement that
+				 * vacuum_rel() and analyze_rel() would.
+				 */
+				if (options & VACOPT_VACUUM)
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping vacuum of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
 								vrel->relation->relname)));
-			return vacrels;
+				else
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping analyze of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
+									vrel->relation->relname)));
+
+				if ((options & VACOPT_VACUUM) != 0)
+					flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM;
+				if ((options & VACOPT_ANALYZE) != 0)
+					flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE;
+
+				pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(relid, flags);
+
+				return vacrels;
+			}
+
+			/*
+			 * Now that we have the lock, probe to see if the relation really
+			 * exists or not.
+			 */
+			if (!SearchSysCacheExists1(RELOID, ObjectIdGetDatum(relid)))
+			{
+				if (options & VACOPT_VACUUM)
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_UNDEFINED_TABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping vacuum of \"%s\" --- relation no longer exists",
+									vrel->relation->relname)));
+				else
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_UNDEFINED_TABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping analyze of \"%s\" --- relation no longer exists",
+									vrel->relation->relname)));
+
+				/* Release useless lock */
+				UnlockRelationOid(relid, AccessShareLock);
+
+				return vacrels;
+			}
 		}
 
 		/*
diff --git a/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c b/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c
index b2ca28f83ba..532d9023f8c 100644
--- a/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c
+++ b/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c
@@ -17,12 +17,14 @@
 
 #include "postgres.h"
 
+#include "access/htup_details.h"
 #include "access/twophase_rmgr.h"
 #include "access/xact.h"
 #include "catalog/catalog.h"
 #include "utils/memutils.h"
 #include "utils/pgstat_internal.h"
 #include "utils/rel.h"
+#include "utils/syscache.h"
 #include "utils/timestamp.h"
 
 
@@ -367,6 +369,68 @@ pgstat_report_analyze(Relation rel,
 	(void) pgstat_flush_backend(false, PGSTAT_BACKEND_FLUSH_IO);
 }
 
+/*
+ * Report that the table was skipped during vacuum or/and analyze.
+ */
+void
+pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(Oid relid, int flags)
+{
+	PgStat_EntryRef *entry_ref;
+	PgStatShared_Relation *shtabentry;
+	PgStat_StatTabEntry *tabentry;
+	TimestampTz ts;
+	HeapTuple	classTup;
+	bool		isshared;
+
+	if (!pgstat_track_counts || !flags)
+		return;
+
+	classTup = SearchSysCache1(RELOID, ObjectIdGetDatum(relid));
+	if (!HeapTupleIsValid(classTup))
+		return;			/* somebody deleted the rel, forget it */
+	isshared = ((Form_pg_class) GETSTRUCT(classTup))->relisshared;
+	ReleaseSysCache(classTup);
+
+	/* Store the data in the table's hash table entry. */
+	ts = GetCurrentTimestamp();
+
+	/* block acquiring lock for the same reason as pgstat_report_autovac() */
+	entry_ref = pgstat_get_entry_ref_locked(PGSTAT_KIND_RELATION,
+											isshared ? InvalidOid : MyDatabaseId,
+											relid, false);
+
+	shtabentry = (PgStatShared_Relation *) entry_ref->shared_stats;
+	tabentry = &shtabentry->stats;
+
+	if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM)
+	{
+		tabentry->last_skipped_vacuum_time = ts;
+		tabentry->skipped_vacuum_count++;
+	}
+	else if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOVACUUM)
+	{
+		tabentry->last_skipped_autovacuum_time = ts;
+		tabentry->skipped_autovacuum_count++;
+	}
+
+	if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE)
+	{
+		tabentry->last_skipped_analyze_time = ts;
+		tabentry->skipped_analyze_count++;
+	}
+	else if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOANALYZE)
+	{
+		tabentry->last_skipped_autoanalyze_time = ts;
+		tabentry->skipped_autoanalyze_count++;
+	}
+
+	pgstat_unlock_entry(entry_ref);
+
+	/* see pgstat_report_vacuum() */
+	pgstat_flush_io(false);
+	(void) pgstat_flush_backend(false, PGSTAT_BACKEND_FLUSH_IO);
+}
+
 /*
  * count a tuple insertion of n tuples
  */
diff --git a/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c b/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c
index 1408de387ea..90a8968faa0 100644
--- a/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c
+++ b/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c
@@ -84,6 +84,18 @@ PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(mod_since_analyze)
 /* pg_stat_get_numscans */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(numscans)
 
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_analyze_count)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_autoanalyze_count)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_autovacuum_count)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_vacuum_count)
+
 /* pg_stat_get_tuples_deleted */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(tuples_deleted)
 
@@ -170,6 +182,18 @@ PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_vacuum_time)
 /* pg_stat_get_lastscan */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(lastscan)
 
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_analyze_time)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_autoanalyze_time)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_autovacuum_time)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_vacuum_time)
+
 /* pg_stat_get_stat_reset_time */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(stat_reset_time)
 
diff --git a/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat b/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat
index fa9ae79082b..32debb34863 100644
--- a/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat
+++ b/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat
@@ -5680,6 +5680,38 @@
   proargmodes => '{o,o,o,o,o,o,o,o,o,o}',
   proargnames => '{oid,score,xid_score,mxid_score,vacuum_score,vacuum_insert_score,analyze_score,do_vacuum,do_analyze,for_wraparound}',
   prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_autovacuum_scores' },
+{ oid => '8142', descr => 'statistics: last skipped vacuum time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time' },
+{ oid => '8143', descr => 'statistics: last skipped auto vacuum time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time' },
+{ oid => '8144', descr => 'statistics: last skipped analyze time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time' },
+{ oid => '8145', descr => 'statistics: last skipped auto analyze time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time' },
+{ oid => '8146', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped vacuum for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count' },
+{ oid => '8147', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped auto vacuum for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count' },
+{ oid => '8148', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped analyzes for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count' },
+{ oid => '8149', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped auto analyzes for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count' },
 { oid => '1936', descr => 'statistics: currently active backend IDs',
   proname => 'pg_stat_get_backend_idset', prorows => '100', proretset => 't',
   provolatile => 's', proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int4',
diff --git a/src/include/pgstat.h b/src/include/pgstat.h
index dfa2e837638..98941f953d1 100644
--- a/src/include/pgstat.h
+++ b/src/include/pgstat.h
@@ -479,6 +479,15 @@ typedef struct PgStat_StatTabEntry
 	TimestampTz last_autoanalyze_time;	/* autovacuum initiated */
 	PgStat_Counter autoanalyze_count;
 
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_vacuum_time;	/* user initiated vacuum */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_vacuum_count;
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_autovacuum_time;	/* autovacuum initiated */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_autovacuum_count;
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_analyze_time;	/* user initiated */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_analyze_count;
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_autoanalyze_time;	/* autovacuum initiated */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_autoanalyze_count;
+
 	PgStat_Counter total_vacuum_time;	/* times in milliseconds */
 	PgStat_Counter total_autovacuum_time;
 	PgStat_Counter total_analyze_time;
@@ -703,6 +712,13 @@ extern void pgstat_report_analyze(Relation rel,
 								  PgStat_Counter livetuples, PgStat_Counter deadtuples,
 								  bool resetcounter, TimestampTz starttime);
 
+/* flags for pgstat_flush_backend() */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM		(1 << 0)	/* vacuum is skipped */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE		(1 << 1)	/* analyze is skipped */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOVACUUM	(1 << 2)	/* autovacuum is skipped */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOANALYZE	(1 << 3)	/* autoanalyze is skipped */
+extern void pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(Oid relid, int flags);
+
 /*
  * If stats are enabled, but pending data hasn't been prepared yet, call
  * pgstat_assoc_relation() to do so. See its comment for why this is done
diff --git a/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out b/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out
index a65a5bf0c4f..9b2075d3373 100644
--- a/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out
+++ b/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out
@@ -1835,13 +1835,21 @@ pg_stat_all_tables| SELECT c.oid AS relid,
     pg_stat_get_mod_since_analyze(c.oid) AS n_mod_since_analyze,
     pg_stat_get_ins_since_vacuum(c.oid) AS n_ins_since_vacuum,
     pg_stat_get_last_vacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_vacuum,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_vacuum,
     pg_stat_get_last_autovacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_autovacuum,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_autovacuum,
     pg_stat_get_last_analyze_time(c.oid) AS last_analyze,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_analyze,
     pg_stat_get_last_autoanalyze_time(c.oid) AS last_autoanalyze,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_autoanalyze,
     pg_stat_get_vacuum_count(c.oid) AS vacuum_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count(c.oid) AS skipped_vacuum_count,
     pg_stat_get_autovacuum_count(c.oid) AS autovacuum_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count(c.oid) AS skipped_autovacuum_count,
     pg_stat_get_analyze_count(c.oid) AS analyze_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count(c.oid) AS skipped_analyze_count,
     pg_stat_get_autoanalyze_count(c.oid) AS autoanalyze_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count(c.oid) AS skipped_autoanalyze_count,
     pg_stat_get_total_vacuum_time(c.oid) AS total_vacuum_time,
     pg_stat_get_total_autovacuum_time(c.oid) AS total_autovacuum_time,
     pg_stat_get_total_analyze_time(c.oid) AS total_analyze_time,
@@ -2346,13 +2354,21 @@ pg_stat_sys_tables| SELECT relid,
     n_mod_since_analyze,
     n_ins_since_vacuum,
     last_vacuum,
+    last_skipped_vacuum,
     last_autovacuum,
+    last_skipped_autovacuum,
     last_analyze,
+    last_skipped_analyze,
     last_autoanalyze,
+    last_skipped_autoanalyze,
     vacuum_count,
+    skipped_vacuum_count,
     autovacuum_count,
+    skipped_autovacuum_count,
     analyze_count,
+    skipped_analyze_count,
     autoanalyze_count,
+    skipped_autoanalyze_count,
     total_vacuum_time,
     total_autovacuum_time,
     total_analyze_time,
@@ -2401,13 +2417,21 @@ pg_stat_user_tables| SELECT relid,
     n_mod_since_analyze,
     n_ins_since_vacuum,
     last_vacuum,
+    last_skipped_vacuum,
     last_autovacuum,
+    last_skipped_autovacuum,
     last_analyze,
+    last_skipped_analyze,
     last_autoanalyze,
+    last_skipped_autoanalyze,
     vacuum_count,
+    skipped_vacuum_count,
     autovacuum_count,
+    skipped_autovacuum_count,
     analyze_count,
+    skipped_analyze_count,
     autoanalyze_count,
+    skipped_autoanalyze_count,
     total_vacuum_time,
     total_autovacuum_time,
     total_analyze_time,
-- 
2.43.0


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* [PATCH v5] Track skipped vacuum and analyze activity per relation
@ 2026-03-24 04:09 Yugo Nagata <[email protected]>
  0 siblings, 0 replies; 374+ messages in thread

From: Yugo Nagata @ 2026-03-24 04:09 UTC (permalink / raw)

This commit adds eight fields to the relation statistics that track
the last time vacuum or analyze has been attempted but skipped due to
lock unavailability, along with their counts:

-    last_skipped_vacuum
-    last_skipped_autovacuum
-    last_skipped_analyze
-    last_skipped_autoanalyze
-    skipped_vacuum_count
-    skipped_autovacuum_count
-    skipped_analyze_count
-    skipped_autoanalyze_count

These field can help users confirm that autovacuum is actively attempting
to run on a table that has not been vacuumed or analyzed for a long time,
and that the lack of progress is due to repeated skips rather than inactivity.
---
 doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml                  |  88 ++++++
 src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql          |   8 +
 src/backend/commands/vacuum.c                 | 100 +++++--
 src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c  |  64 +++++
 src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c           |  24 ++
 src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat               |  32 +++
 src/include/pgstat.h                          |  16 ++
 .../isolation/expected/vacuum-skip-locked.out | 260 ++++++++++++++++--
 .../isolation/specs/vacuum-skip-locked.spec   |  41 +--
 src/test/regress/expected/rules.out           |  24 ++
 10 files changed, 601 insertions(+), 56 deletions(-)

diff --git a/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml b/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml
index 08d5b824552..a9b579d87a9 100644
--- a/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml
+++ b/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml
@@ -4387,6 +4387,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_vacuum</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time a manual vacuum on this table was attempted but skipped due to
+       lock unavailability (not counting <command>VACUUM FULL</command>)
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>last_autovacuum</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
@@ -4397,6 +4407,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_autovacuum</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time a vacuum on this table by the autovacuum daemon was attempted
+       but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>last_analyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
@@ -4406,6 +4426,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_analyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time a manual analyze on this table was attempted but skipped due to
+       lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>last_autoanalyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
@@ -4416,6 +4446,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_autoanalyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time at which an analyze on this table by the autovacuum was
+       attempted but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>vacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4426,6 +4466,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_vacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times manual vacuums on this table have been attempted but skipped
+       due to lock unavailability (not counting <command>VACUUM FULL</command>)
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>autovacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4436,6 +4486,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_autovacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times vacuums on this table by the autovacuum daemon have been
+       attempted but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>analyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4445,6 +4505,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_analyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times manual analyzes on this table have been attempted but
+       skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>autoanalyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4455,6 +4525,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_autoanalyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times analyzes on this table by the autovacuum daemon have
+       been attempted but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>total_vacuum_time</structfield> <type>double precision</type>
@@ -4510,6 +4590,14 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
    </tgroup>
   </table>
 
+  <note>
+   <para>
+    When a manual vacuum or analyze on a parent table in an inheritance or
+    partitioning hierarchy is skipped, the statistics are recorded only for
+    the parent table, not for its children.
+   </para>
+  </note>
+
  </sect2>
 
  <sect2 id="monitoring-pg-stat-autovacuum-scores-view">
diff --git a/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql b/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql
index 73a1c1c4670..f509fc7876b 100644
--- a/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql
+++ b/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql
@@ -736,13 +736,21 @@ CREATE VIEW pg_stat_all_tables AS
             pg_stat_get_mod_since_analyze(C.oid) AS n_mod_since_analyze,
             pg_stat_get_ins_since_vacuum(C.oid) AS n_ins_since_vacuum,
             pg_stat_get_last_vacuum_time(C.oid) as last_vacuum,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_vacuum,
             pg_stat_get_last_autovacuum_time(C.oid) as last_autovacuum,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_autovacuum,
             pg_stat_get_last_analyze_time(C.oid) as last_analyze,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_analyze,
             pg_stat_get_last_autoanalyze_time(C.oid) as last_autoanalyze,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_autoanalyze,
             pg_stat_get_vacuum_count(C.oid) AS vacuum_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count(C.oid) AS skipped_vacuum_count,
             pg_stat_get_autovacuum_count(C.oid) AS autovacuum_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count(C.oid) AS skipped_autovacuum_count,
             pg_stat_get_analyze_count(C.oid) AS analyze_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count(C.oid) AS skipped_analyze_count,
             pg_stat_get_autoanalyze_count(C.oid) AS autoanalyze_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count(C.oid) AS skipped_autoanalyze_count,
             pg_stat_get_total_vacuum_time(C.oid) AS total_vacuum_time,
             pg_stat_get_total_autovacuum_time(C.oid) AS total_autovacuum_time,
             pg_stat_get_total_analyze_time(C.oid) AS total_analyze_time,
diff --git a/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c b/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c
index 99d0db82ed7..df6526225e4 100644
--- a/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c
+++ b/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c
@@ -793,8 +793,25 @@ vacuum_open_relation(Oid relid, RangeVar *relation, uint32 options,
 		rel = try_relation_open(relid, NoLock);
 	else
 	{
+		int flags = 0;
 		rel = NULL;
 		rel_lock = false;
+
+		if ((options & VACOPT_VACUUM) != 0 && (options & VACOPT_FULL) == 0)
+		{
+			if (AmAutoVacuumWorkerProcess())
+				flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOVACUUM;
+			else
+				flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM;
+		}
+		if ((options & VACOPT_ANALYZE) != 0)
+		{
+			if (AmAutoVacuumWorkerProcess())
+				flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOANALYZE;
+			else
+				flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE;
+		}
+		pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(relid, flags);
 	}
 
 	/* if relation is opened, leave */
@@ -905,7 +922,6 @@ expand_vacuum_rel(VacuumRelation *vrel, MemoryContext vac_context,
 		Form_pg_class classForm;
 		bool		include_children;
 		bool		is_partitioned_table;
-		int			rvr_opts;
 
 		/*
 		 * Since autovacuum workers supply OIDs when calling vacuum(), no
@@ -918,29 +934,69 @@ expand_vacuum_rel(VacuumRelation *vrel, MemoryContext vac_context,
 		 * below, as well as find_all_inheritors's expectation that the caller
 		 * holds some lock on the starting relation.
 		 */
-		rvr_opts = (options & VACOPT_SKIP_LOCKED) ? RVR_SKIP_LOCKED : 0;
-		relid = RangeVarGetRelidExtended(vrel->relation,
-										 AccessShareLock,
-										 rvr_opts,
-										 NULL, NULL);
-
-		/*
-		 * If the lock is unavailable, emit the same log statement that
-		 * vacuum_rel() and analyze_rel() would.
-		 */
-		if (!OidIsValid(relid))
+		if (!(options & VACOPT_SKIP_LOCKED))
 		{
-			if (options & VACOPT_VACUUM)
-				ereport(WARNING,
-						(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
-						 errmsg("skipping vacuum of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
-								vrel->relation->relname)));
-			else
-				ereport(WARNING,
-						(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
-						 errmsg("skipping analyze of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
+			relid = RangeVarGetRelidExtended(vrel->relation,
+											 AccessShareLock,
+											 0, NULL, NULL);
+			if (!OidIsValid(relid))
+				return vacrels;
+		}
+		else
+		{
+			/* Get relid for reporting before taking a lock */
+			relid = RangeVarGetRelid(vrel->relation, NoLock, false);
+
+			if (!ConditionalLockRelationOid(relid, AccessShareLock))
+			{
+				int	flags = 0;
+				/*
+				 * If the lock is unavailable, emit the same log statement that
+				 * vacuum_rel() and analyze_rel() would.
+				 */
+				if (options & VACOPT_VACUUM)
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping vacuum of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
 								vrel->relation->relname)));
-			return vacrels;
+				else
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping analyze of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
+									vrel->relation->relname)));
+
+				if ((options & VACOPT_VACUUM) != 0 && (options & VACOPT_FULL) == 0)
+					flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM;
+				if ((options & VACOPT_ANALYZE) != 0)
+					flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE;
+
+				pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(relid, flags);
+
+				return vacrels;
+			}
+
+			/*
+			 * Now that we have the lock, probe to see if the relation really
+			 * exists or not.
+			 */
+			if (!SearchSysCacheExists1(RELOID, ObjectIdGetDatum(relid)))
+			{
+				if (options & VACOPT_VACUUM)
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_UNDEFINED_TABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping vacuum of \"%s\" --- relation no longer exists",
+									vrel->relation->relname)));
+				else
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_UNDEFINED_TABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping analyze of \"%s\" --- relation no longer exists",
+									vrel->relation->relname)));
+
+				/* Release useless lock */
+				UnlockRelationOid(relid, AccessShareLock);
+
+				return vacrels;
+			}
 		}
 
 		/*
diff --git a/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c b/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c
index b2ca28f83ba..532d9023f8c 100644
--- a/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c
+++ b/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c
@@ -17,12 +17,14 @@
 
 #include "postgres.h"
 
+#include "access/htup_details.h"
 #include "access/twophase_rmgr.h"
 #include "access/xact.h"
 #include "catalog/catalog.h"
 #include "utils/memutils.h"
 #include "utils/pgstat_internal.h"
 #include "utils/rel.h"
+#include "utils/syscache.h"
 #include "utils/timestamp.h"
 
 
@@ -367,6 +369,68 @@ pgstat_report_analyze(Relation rel,
 	(void) pgstat_flush_backend(false, PGSTAT_BACKEND_FLUSH_IO);
 }
 
+/*
+ * Report that the table was skipped during vacuum or/and analyze.
+ */
+void
+pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(Oid relid, int flags)
+{
+	PgStat_EntryRef *entry_ref;
+	PgStatShared_Relation *shtabentry;
+	PgStat_StatTabEntry *tabentry;
+	TimestampTz ts;
+	HeapTuple	classTup;
+	bool		isshared;
+
+	if (!pgstat_track_counts || !flags)
+		return;
+
+	classTup = SearchSysCache1(RELOID, ObjectIdGetDatum(relid));
+	if (!HeapTupleIsValid(classTup))
+		return;			/* somebody deleted the rel, forget it */
+	isshared = ((Form_pg_class) GETSTRUCT(classTup))->relisshared;
+	ReleaseSysCache(classTup);
+
+	/* Store the data in the table's hash table entry. */
+	ts = GetCurrentTimestamp();
+
+	/* block acquiring lock for the same reason as pgstat_report_autovac() */
+	entry_ref = pgstat_get_entry_ref_locked(PGSTAT_KIND_RELATION,
+											isshared ? InvalidOid : MyDatabaseId,
+											relid, false);
+
+	shtabentry = (PgStatShared_Relation *) entry_ref->shared_stats;
+	tabentry = &shtabentry->stats;
+
+	if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM)
+	{
+		tabentry->last_skipped_vacuum_time = ts;
+		tabentry->skipped_vacuum_count++;
+	}
+	else if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOVACUUM)
+	{
+		tabentry->last_skipped_autovacuum_time = ts;
+		tabentry->skipped_autovacuum_count++;
+	}
+
+	if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE)
+	{
+		tabentry->last_skipped_analyze_time = ts;
+		tabentry->skipped_analyze_count++;
+	}
+	else if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOANALYZE)
+	{
+		tabentry->last_skipped_autoanalyze_time = ts;
+		tabentry->skipped_autoanalyze_count++;
+	}
+
+	pgstat_unlock_entry(entry_ref);
+
+	/* see pgstat_report_vacuum() */
+	pgstat_flush_io(false);
+	(void) pgstat_flush_backend(false, PGSTAT_BACKEND_FLUSH_IO);
+}
+
 /*
  * count a tuple insertion of n tuples
  */
diff --git a/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c b/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c
index 1408de387ea..90a8968faa0 100644
--- a/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c
+++ b/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c
@@ -84,6 +84,18 @@ PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(mod_since_analyze)
 /* pg_stat_get_numscans */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(numscans)
 
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_analyze_count)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_autoanalyze_count)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_autovacuum_count)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_vacuum_count)
+
 /* pg_stat_get_tuples_deleted */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(tuples_deleted)
 
@@ -170,6 +182,18 @@ PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_vacuum_time)
 /* pg_stat_get_lastscan */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(lastscan)
 
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_analyze_time)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_autoanalyze_time)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_autovacuum_time)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_vacuum_time)
+
 /* pg_stat_get_stat_reset_time */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(stat_reset_time)
 
diff --git a/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat b/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat
index fa9ae79082b..32debb34863 100644
--- a/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat
+++ b/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat
@@ -5680,6 +5680,38 @@
   proargmodes => '{o,o,o,o,o,o,o,o,o,o}',
   proargnames => '{oid,score,xid_score,mxid_score,vacuum_score,vacuum_insert_score,analyze_score,do_vacuum,do_analyze,for_wraparound}',
   prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_autovacuum_scores' },
+{ oid => '8142', descr => 'statistics: last skipped vacuum time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time' },
+{ oid => '8143', descr => 'statistics: last skipped auto vacuum time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time' },
+{ oid => '8144', descr => 'statistics: last skipped analyze time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time' },
+{ oid => '8145', descr => 'statistics: last skipped auto analyze time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time' },
+{ oid => '8146', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped vacuum for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count' },
+{ oid => '8147', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped auto vacuum for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count' },
+{ oid => '8148', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped analyzes for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count' },
+{ oid => '8149', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped auto analyzes for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count' },
 { oid => '1936', descr => 'statistics: currently active backend IDs',
   proname => 'pg_stat_get_backend_idset', prorows => '100', proretset => 't',
   provolatile => 's', proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int4',
diff --git a/src/include/pgstat.h b/src/include/pgstat.h
index dfa2e837638..98941f953d1 100644
--- a/src/include/pgstat.h
+++ b/src/include/pgstat.h
@@ -479,6 +479,15 @@ typedef struct PgStat_StatTabEntry
 	TimestampTz last_autoanalyze_time;	/* autovacuum initiated */
 	PgStat_Counter autoanalyze_count;
 
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_vacuum_time;	/* user initiated vacuum */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_vacuum_count;
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_autovacuum_time;	/* autovacuum initiated */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_autovacuum_count;
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_analyze_time;	/* user initiated */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_analyze_count;
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_autoanalyze_time;	/* autovacuum initiated */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_autoanalyze_count;
+
 	PgStat_Counter total_vacuum_time;	/* times in milliseconds */
 	PgStat_Counter total_autovacuum_time;
 	PgStat_Counter total_analyze_time;
@@ -703,6 +712,13 @@ extern void pgstat_report_analyze(Relation rel,
 								  PgStat_Counter livetuples, PgStat_Counter deadtuples,
 								  bool resetcounter, TimestampTz starttime);
 
+/* flags for pgstat_flush_backend() */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM		(1 << 0)	/* vacuum is skipped */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE		(1 << 1)	/* analyze is skipped */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOVACUUM	(1 << 2)	/* autovacuum is skipped */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOANALYZE	(1 << 3)	/* autoanalyze is skipped */
+extern void pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(Oid relid, int flags);
+
 /*
  * If stats are enabled, but pending data hasn't been prepared yet, call
  * pgstat_assoc_relation() to do so. See its comment for why this is done
diff --git a/src/test/isolation/expected/vacuum-skip-locked.out b/src/test/isolation/expected/vacuum-skip-locked.out
index 99db281a159..e2cff175b7c 100644
--- a/src/test/isolation/expected/vacuum-skip-locked.out
+++ b/src/test/isolation/expected/vacuum-skip-locked.out
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 Parsed test spec with 2 sessions
 
-starting permutation: lock_share vac_specified commit
+starting permutation: lock_share vac_specified commit check_stat
 step lock_share: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN SHARE MODE;
@@ -10,8 +10,22 @@ step vac_specified: VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED) part1, part2;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
 
-starting permutation: lock_share vac_all_parts commit
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   1|            0|                    0
+part2  |           1|                   0|            0|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
+
+starting permutation: lock_share vac_all_parts commit check_stat
 step lock_share: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN SHARE MODE;
@@ -20,8 +34,22 @@ step vac_all_parts: VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED) parted;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   1|            0|                    0
+part2  |           1|                   0|            0|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
 
-starting permutation: lock_share analyze_specified commit
+starting permutation: lock_share analyze_specified commit check_stat
 step lock_share: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN SHARE MODE;
@@ -31,8 +59,22 @@ step analyze_specified: ANALYZE (SKIP_LOCKED) part1, part2;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
 
-starting permutation: lock_share analyze_all_parts commit
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   0|            0|                    1
+part2  |           0|                   0|            1|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
+
+starting permutation: lock_share analyze_all_parts commit check_stat
 step lock_share: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN SHARE MODE;
@@ -41,8 +83,22 @@ step analyze_all_parts: ANALYZE (SKIP_LOCKED) parted;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            1|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   0|            0|                    1
+part2  |           0|                   0|            1|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
 
-starting permutation: lock_share vac_analyze_specified commit
+starting permutation: lock_share vac_analyze_specified commit check_stat
 step lock_share: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN SHARE MODE;
@@ -52,8 +108,22 @@ step vac_analyze_specified: VACUUM (ANALYZE, SKIP_LOCKED) part1, part2;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
 
-starting permutation: lock_share vac_analyze_all_parts commit
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   1|            0|                    1
+part2  |           1|                   0|            1|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
+
+starting permutation: lock_share vac_analyze_all_parts commit check_stat
 step lock_share: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN SHARE MODE;
@@ -62,8 +132,22 @@ step vac_analyze_all_parts: VACUUM (ANALYZE, SKIP_LOCKED) parted;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            1|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   1|            0|                    1
+part2  |           1|                   0|            1|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
 
-starting permutation: lock_share vac_full_specified commit
+starting permutation: lock_share vac_full_specified commit check_stat
 step lock_share: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN SHARE MODE;
@@ -73,8 +157,22 @@ step vac_full_specified: VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED, FULL) part1, part2;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
 
-starting permutation: lock_share vac_full_all_parts commit
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part2  |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
+
+starting permutation: lock_share vac_full_all_parts commit check_stat
 step lock_share: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN SHARE MODE;
@@ -83,8 +181,22 @@ step vac_full_all_parts: VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED, FULL) parted;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part2  |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+(3 rows)
 
-starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_specified commit
+
+starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_specified commit check_stat
 step lock_access_exclusive: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN ACCESS EXCLUSIVE MODE;
@@ -94,8 +206,22 @@ step vac_specified: VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED) part1, part2;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   1|            0|                    0
+part2  |           1|                   0|            0|                    0
+(3 rows)
 
-starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_all_parts commit
+
+starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_all_parts commit check_stat
 step lock_access_exclusive: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN ACCESS EXCLUSIVE MODE;
@@ -104,8 +230,22 @@ step vac_all_parts: VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED) parted;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   1|            0|                    0
+part2  |           1|                   0|            0|                    0
+(3 rows)
 
-starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive analyze_specified commit
+
+starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive analyze_specified commit check_stat
 step lock_access_exclusive: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN ACCESS EXCLUSIVE MODE;
@@ -115,8 +255,22 @@ step analyze_specified: ANALYZE (SKIP_LOCKED) part1, part2;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   0|            0|                    1
+part2  |           0|                   0|            1|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
 
-starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive analyze_all_parts commit
+starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive analyze_all_parts commit check_stat
 step lock_access_exclusive: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN ACCESS EXCLUSIVE MODE;
@@ -126,8 +280,22 @@ step commit:
 	COMMIT;
 
 step analyze_all_parts: <... completed>
-
-starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_analyze_specified commit
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            1|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   0|            1|                    0
+part2  |           0|                   0|            1|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
+
+starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_analyze_specified commit check_stat
 step lock_access_exclusive: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN ACCESS EXCLUSIVE MODE;
@@ -137,8 +305,22 @@ step vac_analyze_specified: VACUUM (ANALYZE, SKIP_LOCKED) part1, part2;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   1|            0|                    1
+part2  |           1|                   0|            1|                    0
+(3 rows)
 
-starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_analyze_all_parts commit
+
+starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_analyze_all_parts commit check_stat
 step lock_access_exclusive: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN ACCESS EXCLUSIVE MODE;
@@ -148,8 +330,22 @@ step commit:
 	COMMIT;
 
 step vac_analyze_all_parts: <... completed>
-
-starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_full_specified commit
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            1|                    0
+part1  |           1|                   0|            1|                    0
+part2  |           1|                   0|            1|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
+
+starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_full_specified commit check_stat
 step lock_access_exclusive: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN ACCESS EXCLUSIVE MODE;
@@ -159,8 +355,22 @@ step vac_full_specified: VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED, FULL) part1, part2;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
 
-starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_full_all_parts commit
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part2  |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
+
+starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_full_all_parts commit check_stat
 step lock_access_exclusive: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN ACCESS EXCLUSIVE MODE;
@@ -169,3 +379,17 @@ step vac_full_all_parts: VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED, FULL) parted;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part2  |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
diff --git a/src/test/isolation/specs/vacuum-skip-locked.spec b/src/test/isolation/specs/vacuum-skip-locked.spec
index 3fad6e1c92a..b0da75d4b6d 100644
--- a/src/test/isolation/specs/vacuum-skip-locked.spec
+++ b/src/test/isolation/specs/vacuum-skip-locked.spec
@@ -33,6 +33,15 @@ step commit
 	COMMIT;
 }
 
+step check_stat
+{
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+}
+
 session s2
 step vac_specified			{ VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED) part1, part2; }
 step vac_all_parts			{ VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED) parted; }
@@ -43,19 +52,19 @@ step vac_analyze_all_parts	{ VACUUM (ANALYZE, SKIP_LOCKED) parted; }
 step vac_full_specified		{ VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED, FULL) part1, part2; }
 step vac_full_all_parts		{ VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED, FULL) parted; }
 
-permutation lock_share vac_specified commit
-permutation lock_share vac_all_parts commit
-permutation lock_share analyze_specified commit
-permutation lock_share analyze_all_parts commit
-permutation lock_share vac_analyze_specified commit
-permutation lock_share vac_analyze_all_parts commit
-permutation lock_share vac_full_specified commit
-permutation lock_share vac_full_all_parts commit
-permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_specified commit
-permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_all_parts commit
-permutation lock_access_exclusive analyze_specified commit
-permutation lock_access_exclusive analyze_all_parts commit
-permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_analyze_specified commit
-permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_analyze_all_parts commit
-permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_full_specified commit
-permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_full_all_parts commit
+permutation lock_share vac_specified commit check_stat
+permutation lock_share vac_all_parts commit check_stat
+permutation lock_share analyze_specified commit check_stat
+permutation lock_share analyze_all_parts commit check_stat
+permutation lock_share vac_analyze_specified commit check_stat
+permutation lock_share vac_analyze_all_parts commit check_stat
+permutation lock_share vac_full_specified commit check_stat
+permutation lock_share vac_full_all_parts commit check_stat
+permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_specified commit check_stat
+permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_all_parts commit check_stat
+permutation lock_access_exclusive analyze_specified commit check_stat
+permutation lock_access_exclusive analyze_all_parts commit check_stat
+permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_analyze_specified commit check_stat
+permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_analyze_all_parts commit check_stat
+permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_full_specified commit check_stat
+permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_full_all_parts commit check_stat
diff --git a/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out b/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out
index a65a5bf0c4f..9b2075d3373 100644
--- a/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out
+++ b/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out
@@ -1835,13 +1835,21 @@ pg_stat_all_tables| SELECT c.oid AS relid,
     pg_stat_get_mod_since_analyze(c.oid) AS n_mod_since_analyze,
     pg_stat_get_ins_since_vacuum(c.oid) AS n_ins_since_vacuum,
     pg_stat_get_last_vacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_vacuum,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_vacuum,
     pg_stat_get_last_autovacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_autovacuum,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_autovacuum,
     pg_stat_get_last_analyze_time(c.oid) AS last_analyze,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_analyze,
     pg_stat_get_last_autoanalyze_time(c.oid) AS last_autoanalyze,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_autoanalyze,
     pg_stat_get_vacuum_count(c.oid) AS vacuum_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count(c.oid) AS skipped_vacuum_count,
     pg_stat_get_autovacuum_count(c.oid) AS autovacuum_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count(c.oid) AS skipped_autovacuum_count,
     pg_stat_get_analyze_count(c.oid) AS analyze_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count(c.oid) AS skipped_analyze_count,
     pg_stat_get_autoanalyze_count(c.oid) AS autoanalyze_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count(c.oid) AS skipped_autoanalyze_count,
     pg_stat_get_total_vacuum_time(c.oid) AS total_vacuum_time,
     pg_stat_get_total_autovacuum_time(c.oid) AS total_autovacuum_time,
     pg_stat_get_total_analyze_time(c.oid) AS total_analyze_time,
@@ -2346,13 +2354,21 @@ pg_stat_sys_tables| SELECT relid,
     n_mod_since_analyze,
     n_ins_since_vacuum,
     last_vacuum,
+    last_skipped_vacuum,
     last_autovacuum,
+    last_skipped_autovacuum,
     last_analyze,
+    last_skipped_analyze,
     last_autoanalyze,
+    last_skipped_autoanalyze,
     vacuum_count,
+    skipped_vacuum_count,
     autovacuum_count,
+    skipped_autovacuum_count,
     analyze_count,
+    skipped_analyze_count,
     autoanalyze_count,
+    skipped_autoanalyze_count,
     total_vacuum_time,
     total_autovacuum_time,
     total_analyze_time,
@@ -2401,13 +2417,21 @@ pg_stat_user_tables| SELECT relid,
     n_mod_since_analyze,
     n_ins_since_vacuum,
     last_vacuum,
+    last_skipped_vacuum,
     last_autovacuum,
+    last_skipped_autovacuum,
     last_analyze,
+    last_skipped_analyze,
     last_autoanalyze,
+    last_skipped_autoanalyze,
     vacuum_count,
+    skipped_vacuum_count,
     autovacuum_count,
+    skipped_autovacuum_count,
     analyze_count,
+    skipped_analyze_count,
     autoanalyze_count,
+    skipped_autoanalyze_count,
     total_vacuum_time,
     total_autovacuum_time,
     total_analyze_time,
-- 
2.43.0


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* [PATCH v3] Track skipped vacuum and analyze activity per relation
@ 2026-03-24 04:09 Yugo Nagata <[email protected]>
  0 siblings, 0 replies; 374+ messages in thread

From: Yugo Nagata @ 2026-03-24 04:09 UTC (permalink / raw)

This commit adds eight fields to the relation statistics that track
the last time vacuum or analyze has been attempted but skipped due to
lock unavailability, along with their counts:

-    last_skipped_vacuum
-    last_skipped_autovacuum
-    last_skipped_analyze
-    last_skipped_autoanalyze
-    skipped_vacuum_count
-    skipped_autovacuum_count
-    skipped_analyze_count
-    skipped_autoanalyze_count

These field can help users confirm that autovacuum is actively attempting
to run on a table that has not been vacuumed or analyzed for a long time,
and that the lack of progress is due to repeated skips rather than inactivity.
---
 doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml                 | 80 +++++++++++++++++
 src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql         |  8 ++
 src/backend/commands/vacuum.c                | 95 +++++++++++++++-----
 src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c | 68 ++++++++++++++
 src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c          | 24 +++++
 src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat              | 32 +++++++
 src/include/pgstat.h                         | 16 ++++
 src/test/regress/expected/rules.out          | 24 +++++
 8 files changed, 324 insertions(+), 23 deletions(-)

diff --git a/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml b/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml
index bb75ed1069b..9ec8070b2fc 100644
--- a/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml
+++ b/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml
@@ -4372,6 +4372,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_vacuum</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time a manual vacuum on this table was attempted but skipped due to
+       lock unavailability (not counting <command>VACUUM FULL</command>)
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>last_autovacuum</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
@@ -4382,6 +4392,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_autovacuum</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time a vacuum on this table by the autovacuum daemon was attempted
+       but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>last_analyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
@@ -4391,6 +4411,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_analyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time a manual analyze on this table was attempted but skipped due to
+       lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>last_autoanalyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
@@ -4401,6 +4431,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_autoanalyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time at which an analyze on this table by the autovacuum was
+       attempted but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>vacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4411,6 +4451,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_vacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times vacuums on this table have been attempted but skipped
+       due to lock unavailability (not counting <command>VACUUM FULL</command>)
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>autovacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4421,6 +4471,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_autovacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times vacuums on this table by the autovacuum daemon have been
+       attempted but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>analyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4430,6 +4490,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_analyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times manual analyzes on this table have been attempted but
+       skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>autoanalyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4440,6 +4510,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_autoanalyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times analyzes on this table by the autovacuum daemon have
+       been attempted but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>total_vacuum_time</structfield> <type>double precision</type>
diff --git a/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql b/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql
index e54018004db..2ca02a0354c 100644
--- a/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql
+++ b/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql
@@ -736,13 +736,21 @@ CREATE VIEW pg_stat_all_tables AS
             pg_stat_get_mod_since_analyze(C.oid) AS n_mod_since_analyze,
             pg_stat_get_ins_since_vacuum(C.oid) AS n_ins_since_vacuum,
             pg_stat_get_last_vacuum_time(C.oid) as last_vacuum,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_vacuum,
             pg_stat_get_last_autovacuum_time(C.oid) as last_autovacuum,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_autovacuum,
             pg_stat_get_last_analyze_time(C.oid) as last_analyze,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_analyze,
             pg_stat_get_last_autoanalyze_time(C.oid) as last_autoanalyze,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_autoanalyze,
             pg_stat_get_vacuum_count(C.oid) AS vacuum_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count(C.oid) AS skipped_vacuum_count,
             pg_stat_get_autovacuum_count(C.oid) AS autovacuum_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count(C.oid) AS skipped_autovacuum_count,
             pg_stat_get_analyze_count(C.oid) AS analyze_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count(C.oid) AS skipped_analyze_count,
             pg_stat_get_autoanalyze_count(C.oid) AS autoanalyze_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count(C.oid) AS skipped_autoanalyze_count,
             pg_stat_get_total_vacuum_time(C.oid) AS total_vacuum_time,
             pg_stat_get_total_autovacuum_time(C.oid) AS total_autovacuum_time,
             pg_stat_get_total_analyze_time(C.oid) AS total_analyze_time,
diff --git a/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c b/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c
index bce3a2daa24..ce83b3171be 100644
--- a/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c
+++ b/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c
@@ -792,8 +792,18 @@ vacuum_open_relation(Oid relid, RangeVar *relation, bits32 options,
 		rel = try_relation_open(relid, NoLock);
 	else
 	{
+		bits8 flags = 0;
 		rel = NULL;
 		rel_lock = false;
+
+		if ((options & VACOPT_VACUUM) != 0)
+			flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM;
+		if ((options & VACOPT_ANALYZE) != 0)
+			flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE;
+		if (AmAutoVacuumWorkerProcess())
+			flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOVAC;
+
+		pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(relid, flags);
 	}
 
 	/* if relation is opened, leave */
@@ -801,7 +811,7 @@ vacuum_open_relation(Oid relid, RangeVar *relation, bits32 options,
 		return rel;
 
 	/*
-	 * Relation could not be opened, hence generate if possible a log
+	 * Relation could not be opened hence generate if possible a log
 	 * informing on the situation.
 	 *
 	 * If the RangeVar is not defined, we do not have enough information to
@@ -904,7 +914,6 @@ expand_vacuum_rel(VacuumRelation *vrel, MemoryContext vac_context,
 		Form_pg_class classForm;
 		bool		include_children;
 		bool		is_partitioned_table;
-		int			rvr_opts;
 
 		/*
 		 * Since autovacuum workers supply OIDs when calling vacuum(), no
@@ -917,29 +926,69 @@ expand_vacuum_rel(VacuumRelation *vrel, MemoryContext vac_context,
 		 * below, as well as find_all_inheritors's expectation that the caller
 		 * holds some lock on the starting relation.
 		 */
-		rvr_opts = (options & VACOPT_SKIP_LOCKED) ? RVR_SKIP_LOCKED : 0;
-		relid = RangeVarGetRelidExtended(vrel->relation,
-										 AccessShareLock,
-										 rvr_opts,
-										 NULL, NULL);
-
-		/*
-		 * If the lock is unavailable, emit the same log statement that
-		 * vacuum_rel() and analyze_rel() would.
-		 */
-		if (!OidIsValid(relid))
+		if (!(options & VACOPT_SKIP_LOCKED))
 		{
-			if (options & VACOPT_VACUUM)
-				ereport(WARNING,
-						(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
-						 errmsg("skipping vacuum of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
-								vrel->relation->relname)));
-			else
-				ereport(WARNING,
-						(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
-						 errmsg("skipping analyze of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
+			relid = RangeVarGetRelidExtended(vrel->relation,
+											 AccessShareLock,
+											 0, NULL, NULL);
+			if (!OidIsValid(relid))
+				return vacrels;
+		}
+		else
+		{
+			/* Get relid for reporting before taking a lock */
+			relid = RangeVarGetRelid(vrel->relation, NoLock, false);
+
+			if (!ConditionalLockRelationOid(relid, AccessShareLock))
+			{
+				bits8	flags = 0;
+				/*
+				 * If the lock is unavailable, emit the same log statement that
+				 * vacuum_rel() and analyze_rel() would.
+				 */
+				if (options & VACOPT_VACUUM)
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping vacuum of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
 								vrel->relation->relname)));
-			return vacrels;
+				else
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping analyze of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
+									vrel->relation->relname)));
+
+				if ((options & VACOPT_VACUUM) != 0)
+					flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM;
+				if ((options & VACOPT_ANALYZE) != 0)
+					flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE;
+
+				pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(relid, flags);
+
+				return vacrels;
+			}
+
+			/*
+			 * Now that we have the lock, probe to see if the relation really
+			 * exists or not.
+			 */
+			if (!SearchSysCacheExists1(RELOID, ObjectIdGetDatum(relid)))
+			{
+				if (options & VACOPT_VACUUM)
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_UNDEFINED_TABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping vacuum of \"%s\" --- relation no longer exists",
+									vrel->relation->relname)));
+				else
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_UNDEFINED_TABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping analyze of \"%s\" --- relation no longer exists",
+									vrel->relation->relname)));
+
+				/* Release useless lock */
+				UnlockRelationOid(relid, AccessShareLock);
+
+				return vacrels;
+			}
 		}
 
 		/*
diff --git a/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c b/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c
index bc8c43b96aa..cec4c88980e 100644
--- a/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c
+++ b/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c
@@ -17,6 +17,7 @@
 
 #include "postgres.h"
 
+#include "access/htup_details.h"
 #include "access/twophase_rmgr.h"
 #include "access/xact.h"
 #include "catalog/catalog.h"
@@ -366,6 +367,73 @@ pgstat_report_analyze(Relation rel,
 	(void) pgstat_flush_backend(false, PGSTAT_BACKEND_FLUSH_IO);
 }
 
+/*
+ * Report that the table was skipped during vacuum or/and analyze.
+ */
+void
+pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(Oid relid, bits8 flags)
+{
+	PgStat_EntryRef *entry_ref;
+	PgStatShared_Relation *shtabentry;
+	PgStat_StatTabEntry *tabentry;
+	TimestampTz ts;
+	HeapTuple	classTup;
+	bool		isshared;
+
+	if (!pgstat_track_counts || !(flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANY))
+		return;
+
+	classTup = SearchSysCache1(RELOID, ObjectIdGetDatum(relid));
+	if (!HeapTupleIsValid(classTup))
+		return;			/* somebody deleted the rel, forget it */
+	isshared = ((Form_pg_class) GETSTRUCT(classTup))->relisshared;
+	ReleaseSysCache(classTup);
+
+	/* Store the data in the table's hash table entry. */
+	ts = GetCurrentTimestamp();
+
+	/* block acquiring lock for the same reason as pgstat_report_autovac() */
+	entry_ref = pgstat_get_entry_ref_locked(PGSTAT_KIND_RELATION,
+											isshared ? InvalidOid : MyDatabaseId,
+											relid, false);
+
+	shtabentry = (PgStatShared_Relation *) entry_ref->shared_stats;
+	tabentry = &shtabentry->stats;
+
+	if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOVAC)
+	{
+		if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM)
+		{
+			tabentry->last_skipped_autovacuum_time = ts;
+			tabentry->skipped_autovacuum_count++;
+		}
+		if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE)
+		{
+			tabentry->last_skipped_autoanalyze_time = ts;
+			tabentry->skipped_autoanalyze_count++;
+		}
+	}
+	else
+	{
+		if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM)
+		{
+			tabentry->last_skipped_vacuum_time = ts;
+			tabentry->skipped_vacuum_count++;
+		}
+		if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE)
+		{
+			tabentry->last_skipped_analyze_time = ts;
+			tabentry->skipped_analyze_count++;
+		}
+	}
+
+	pgstat_unlock_entry(entry_ref);
+
+	/* see pgstat_report_vacuum() */
+	pgstat_flush_io(false);
+	(void) pgstat_flush_backend(false, PGSTAT_BACKEND_FLUSH_IO);
+}
+
 /*
  * count a tuple insertion of n tuples
  */
diff --git a/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c b/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c
index 9185a8e6b83..18aaa3996e1 100644
--- a/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c
+++ b/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c
@@ -84,6 +84,18 @@ PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(mod_since_analyze)
 /* pg_stat_get_numscans */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(numscans)
 
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_analyze_count)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_autoanalyze_count)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_autovacuum_count)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_vacuum_count)
+
 /* pg_stat_get_tuples_deleted */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(tuples_deleted)
 
@@ -170,6 +182,18 @@ PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_vacuum_time)
 /* pg_stat_get_lastscan */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(lastscan)
 
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_analyze_time)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_autoanalyze_time)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_autovacuum_time)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_vacuum_time)
+
 /* pg_stat_get_stat_reset_time */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(stat_reset_time)
 
diff --git a/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat b/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat
index 0118e970dda..ccfe3d9e02a 100644
--- a/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat
+++ b/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat
@@ -5667,6 +5667,38 @@
   proname => 'pg_stat_get_total_autoanalyze_time', provolatile => 's',
   proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'float8', proargtypes => 'oid',
   prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_total_autoanalyze_time' },
+{ oid => '8142', descr => 'statistics: last skipped vacuum time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time' },
+{ oid => '8143', descr => 'statistics: last skipped auto vacuum time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time' },
+{ oid => '8144', descr => 'statistics: last skipped analyze time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time' },
+{ oid => '8145', descr => 'statistics: last skipped auto analyze time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time' },
+{ oid => '8146', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped vacuum for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count' },
+{ oid => '8147', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped auto vacuum for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count' },
+{ oid => '8148', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped analyzes for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count' },
+{ oid => '8149', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped auto analyzes for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count' },
 { oid => '1936', descr => 'statistics: currently active backend IDs',
   proname => 'pg_stat_get_backend_idset', prorows => '100', proretset => 't',
   provolatile => 's', proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int4',
diff --git a/src/include/pgstat.h b/src/include/pgstat.h
index 8e3549c3752..343081a7a25 100644
--- a/src/include/pgstat.h
+++ b/src/include/pgstat.h
@@ -479,6 +479,15 @@ typedef struct PgStat_StatTabEntry
 	TimestampTz last_autoanalyze_time;	/* autovacuum initiated */
 	PgStat_Counter autoanalyze_count;
 
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_vacuum_time;	/* user initiated vacuum */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_vacuum_count;
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_autovacuum_time;	/* autovacuum initiated */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_autovacuum_count;
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_analyze_time;	/* user initiated */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_analyze_count;
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_autoanalyze_time;	/* autovacuum initiated */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_autoanalyze_count;
+
 	PgStat_Counter total_vacuum_time;	/* times in milliseconds */
 	PgStat_Counter total_autovacuum_time;
 	PgStat_Counter total_analyze_time;
@@ -707,6 +716,13 @@ extern void pgstat_report_analyze(Relation rel,
 								  PgStat_Counter livetuples, PgStat_Counter deadtuples,
 								  bool resetcounter, TimestampTz starttime);
 
+/* flags for pgstat_flush_backend() */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM	(1 << 0)	/* vacuum is skipped */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE	(1 << 1)	/* analyze is skipped */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOVAC	(1 << 2)	/* skipped during autovacuum/autoanalyze */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANY   (PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM | PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE)
+extern void pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(Oid relid, bits8 flags);
+
 /*
  * If stats are enabled, but pending data hasn't been prepared yet, call
  * pgstat_assoc_relation() to do so. See its comment for why this is done
diff --git a/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out b/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out
index 2b3cf6d8569..4ccfc43e903 100644
--- a/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out
+++ b/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out
@@ -1835,13 +1835,21 @@ pg_stat_all_tables| SELECT c.oid AS relid,
     pg_stat_get_mod_since_analyze(c.oid) AS n_mod_since_analyze,
     pg_stat_get_ins_since_vacuum(c.oid) AS n_ins_since_vacuum,
     pg_stat_get_last_vacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_vacuum,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_vacuum,
     pg_stat_get_last_autovacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_autovacuum,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_autovacuum,
     pg_stat_get_last_analyze_time(c.oid) AS last_analyze,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_analyze,
     pg_stat_get_last_autoanalyze_time(c.oid) AS last_autoanalyze,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_autoanalyze,
     pg_stat_get_vacuum_count(c.oid) AS vacuum_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count(c.oid) AS skipped_vacuum_count,
     pg_stat_get_autovacuum_count(c.oid) AS autovacuum_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count(c.oid) AS skipped_autovacuum_count,
     pg_stat_get_analyze_count(c.oid) AS analyze_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count(c.oid) AS skipped_analyze_count,
     pg_stat_get_autoanalyze_count(c.oid) AS autoanalyze_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count(c.oid) AS skipped_autoanalyze_count,
     pg_stat_get_total_vacuum_time(c.oid) AS total_vacuum_time,
     pg_stat_get_total_autovacuum_time(c.oid) AS total_autovacuum_time,
     pg_stat_get_total_analyze_time(c.oid) AS total_analyze_time,
@@ -2293,13 +2301,21 @@ pg_stat_sys_tables| SELECT relid,
     n_mod_since_analyze,
     n_ins_since_vacuum,
     last_vacuum,
+    last_skipped_vacuum,
     last_autovacuum,
+    last_skipped_autovacuum,
     last_analyze,
+    last_skipped_analyze,
     last_autoanalyze,
+    last_skipped_autoanalyze,
     vacuum_count,
+    skipped_vacuum_count,
     autovacuum_count,
+    skipped_autovacuum_count,
     analyze_count,
+    skipped_analyze_count,
     autoanalyze_count,
+    skipped_autoanalyze_count,
     total_vacuum_time,
     total_autovacuum_time,
     total_analyze_time,
@@ -2348,13 +2364,21 @@ pg_stat_user_tables| SELECT relid,
     n_mod_since_analyze,
     n_ins_since_vacuum,
     last_vacuum,
+    last_skipped_vacuum,
     last_autovacuum,
+    last_skipped_autovacuum,
     last_analyze,
+    last_skipped_analyze,
     last_autoanalyze,
+    last_skipped_autoanalyze,
     vacuum_count,
+    skipped_vacuum_count,
     autovacuum_count,
+    skipped_autovacuum_count,
     analyze_count,
+    skipped_analyze_count,
     autoanalyze_count,
+    skipped_autoanalyze_count,
     total_vacuum_time,
     total_autovacuum_time,
     total_analyze_time,
-- 
2.43.0


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* [PATCH v5] Track skipped vacuum and analyze activity per relation
@ 2026-03-24 04:09 Yugo Nagata <[email protected]>
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From: Yugo Nagata @ 2026-03-24 04:09 UTC (permalink / raw)

This commit adds eight fields to the relation statistics that track
the last time vacuum or analyze has been attempted but skipped due to
lock unavailability, along with their counts:

-    last_skipped_vacuum
-    last_skipped_autovacuum
-    last_skipped_analyze
-    last_skipped_autoanalyze
-    skipped_vacuum_count
-    skipped_autovacuum_count
-    skipped_analyze_count
-    skipped_autoanalyze_count

These field can help users confirm that autovacuum is actively attempting
to run on a table that has not been vacuumed or analyzed for a long time,
and that the lack of progress is due to repeated skips rather than inactivity.
---
 doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml                  |  88 ++++++
 src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql          |   8 +
 src/backend/commands/vacuum.c                 | 100 +++++--
 src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c  |  64 +++++
 src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c           |  24 ++
 src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat               |  32 +++
 src/include/pgstat.h                          |  16 ++
 .../isolation/expected/vacuum-skip-locked.out | 260 ++++++++++++++++--
 .../isolation/specs/vacuum-skip-locked.spec   |  41 +--
 src/test/regress/expected/rules.out           |  24 ++
 10 files changed, 601 insertions(+), 56 deletions(-)

diff --git a/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml b/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml
index 08d5b824552..a9b579d87a9 100644
--- a/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml
+++ b/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml
@@ -4387,6 +4387,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_vacuum</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time a manual vacuum on this table was attempted but skipped due to
+       lock unavailability (not counting <command>VACUUM FULL</command>)
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>last_autovacuum</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
@@ -4397,6 +4407,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_autovacuum</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time a vacuum on this table by the autovacuum daemon was attempted
+       but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>last_analyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
@@ -4406,6 +4426,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_analyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time a manual analyze on this table was attempted but skipped due to
+       lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>last_autoanalyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
@@ -4416,6 +4446,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_autoanalyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time at which an analyze on this table by the autovacuum was
+       attempted but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>vacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4426,6 +4466,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_vacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times manual vacuums on this table have been attempted but skipped
+       due to lock unavailability (not counting <command>VACUUM FULL</command>)
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>autovacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4436,6 +4486,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_autovacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times vacuums on this table by the autovacuum daemon have been
+       attempted but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>analyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4445,6 +4505,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_analyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times manual analyzes on this table have been attempted but
+       skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>autoanalyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4455,6 +4525,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_autoanalyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times analyzes on this table by the autovacuum daemon have
+       been attempted but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>total_vacuum_time</structfield> <type>double precision</type>
@@ -4510,6 +4590,14 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
    </tgroup>
   </table>
 
+  <note>
+   <para>
+    When a manual vacuum or analyze on a parent table in an inheritance or
+    partitioning hierarchy is skipped, the statistics are recorded only for
+    the parent table, not for its children.
+   </para>
+  </note>
+
  </sect2>
 
  <sect2 id="monitoring-pg-stat-autovacuum-scores-view">
diff --git a/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql b/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql
index 73a1c1c4670..f509fc7876b 100644
--- a/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql
+++ b/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql
@@ -736,13 +736,21 @@ CREATE VIEW pg_stat_all_tables AS
             pg_stat_get_mod_since_analyze(C.oid) AS n_mod_since_analyze,
             pg_stat_get_ins_since_vacuum(C.oid) AS n_ins_since_vacuum,
             pg_stat_get_last_vacuum_time(C.oid) as last_vacuum,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_vacuum,
             pg_stat_get_last_autovacuum_time(C.oid) as last_autovacuum,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_autovacuum,
             pg_stat_get_last_analyze_time(C.oid) as last_analyze,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_analyze,
             pg_stat_get_last_autoanalyze_time(C.oid) as last_autoanalyze,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_autoanalyze,
             pg_stat_get_vacuum_count(C.oid) AS vacuum_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count(C.oid) AS skipped_vacuum_count,
             pg_stat_get_autovacuum_count(C.oid) AS autovacuum_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count(C.oid) AS skipped_autovacuum_count,
             pg_stat_get_analyze_count(C.oid) AS analyze_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count(C.oid) AS skipped_analyze_count,
             pg_stat_get_autoanalyze_count(C.oid) AS autoanalyze_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count(C.oid) AS skipped_autoanalyze_count,
             pg_stat_get_total_vacuum_time(C.oid) AS total_vacuum_time,
             pg_stat_get_total_autovacuum_time(C.oid) AS total_autovacuum_time,
             pg_stat_get_total_analyze_time(C.oid) AS total_analyze_time,
diff --git a/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c b/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c
index 99d0db82ed7..df6526225e4 100644
--- a/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c
+++ b/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c
@@ -793,8 +793,25 @@ vacuum_open_relation(Oid relid, RangeVar *relation, uint32 options,
 		rel = try_relation_open(relid, NoLock);
 	else
 	{
+		int flags = 0;
 		rel = NULL;
 		rel_lock = false;
+
+		if ((options & VACOPT_VACUUM) != 0 && (options & VACOPT_FULL) == 0)
+		{
+			if (AmAutoVacuumWorkerProcess())
+				flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOVACUUM;
+			else
+				flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM;
+		}
+		if ((options & VACOPT_ANALYZE) != 0)
+		{
+			if (AmAutoVacuumWorkerProcess())
+				flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOANALYZE;
+			else
+				flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE;
+		}
+		pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(relid, flags);
 	}
 
 	/* if relation is opened, leave */
@@ -905,7 +922,6 @@ expand_vacuum_rel(VacuumRelation *vrel, MemoryContext vac_context,
 		Form_pg_class classForm;
 		bool		include_children;
 		bool		is_partitioned_table;
-		int			rvr_opts;
 
 		/*
 		 * Since autovacuum workers supply OIDs when calling vacuum(), no
@@ -918,29 +934,69 @@ expand_vacuum_rel(VacuumRelation *vrel, MemoryContext vac_context,
 		 * below, as well as find_all_inheritors's expectation that the caller
 		 * holds some lock on the starting relation.
 		 */
-		rvr_opts = (options & VACOPT_SKIP_LOCKED) ? RVR_SKIP_LOCKED : 0;
-		relid = RangeVarGetRelidExtended(vrel->relation,
-										 AccessShareLock,
-										 rvr_opts,
-										 NULL, NULL);
-
-		/*
-		 * If the lock is unavailable, emit the same log statement that
-		 * vacuum_rel() and analyze_rel() would.
-		 */
-		if (!OidIsValid(relid))
+		if (!(options & VACOPT_SKIP_LOCKED))
 		{
-			if (options & VACOPT_VACUUM)
-				ereport(WARNING,
-						(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
-						 errmsg("skipping vacuum of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
-								vrel->relation->relname)));
-			else
-				ereport(WARNING,
-						(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
-						 errmsg("skipping analyze of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
+			relid = RangeVarGetRelidExtended(vrel->relation,
+											 AccessShareLock,
+											 0, NULL, NULL);
+			if (!OidIsValid(relid))
+				return vacrels;
+		}
+		else
+		{
+			/* Get relid for reporting before taking a lock */
+			relid = RangeVarGetRelid(vrel->relation, NoLock, false);
+
+			if (!ConditionalLockRelationOid(relid, AccessShareLock))
+			{
+				int	flags = 0;
+				/*
+				 * If the lock is unavailable, emit the same log statement that
+				 * vacuum_rel() and analyze_rel() would.
+				 */
+				if (options & VACOPT_VACUUM)
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping vacuum of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
 								vrel->relation->relname)));
-			return vacrels;
+				else
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping analyze of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
+									vrel->relation->relname)));
+
+				if ((options & VACOPT_VACUUM) != 0 && (options & VACOPT_FULL) == 0)
+					flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM;
+				if ((options & VACOPT_ANALYZE) != 0)
+					flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE;
+
+				pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(relid, flags);
+
+				return vacrels;
+			}
+
+			/*
+			 * Now that we have the lock, probe to see if the relation really
+			 * exists or not.
+			 */
+			if (!SearchSysCacheExists1(RELOID, ObjectIdGetDatum(relid)))
+			{
+				if (options & VACOPT_VACUUM)
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_UNDEFINED_TABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping vacuum of \"%s\" --- relation no longer exists",
+									vrel->relation->relname)));
+				else
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_UNDEFINED_TABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping analyze of \"%s\" --- relation no longer exists",
+									vrel->relation->relname)));
+
+				/* Release useless lock */
+				UnlockRelationOid(relid, AccessShareLock);
+
+				return vacrels;
+			}
 		}
 
 		/*
diff --git a/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c b/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c
index b2ca28f83ba..532d9023f8c 100644
--- a/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c
+++ b/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c
@@ -17,12 +17,14 @@
 
 #include "postgres.h"
 
+#include "access/htup_details.h"
 #include "access/twophase_rmgr.h"
 #include "access/xact.h"
 #include "catalog/catalog.h"
 #include "utils/memutils.h"
 #include "utils/pgstat_internal.h"
 #include "utils/rel.h"
+#include "utils/syscache.h"
 #include "utils/timestamp.h"
 
 
@@ -367,6 +369,68 @@ pgstat_report_analyze(Relation rel,
 	(void) pgstat_flush_backend(false, PGSTAT_BACKEND_FLUSH_IO);
 }
 
+/*
+ * Report that the table was skipped during vacuum or/and analyze.
+ */
+void
+pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(Oid relid, int flags)
+{
+	PgStat_EntryRef *entry_ref;
+	PgStatShared_Relation *shtabentry;
+	PgStat_StatTabEntry *tabentry;
+	TimestampTz ts;
+	HeapTuple	classTup;
+	bool		isshared;
+
+	if (!pgstat_track_counts || !flags)
+		return;
+
+	classTup = SearchSysCache1(RELOID, ObjectIdGetDatum(relid));
+	if (!HeapTupleIsValid(classTup))
+		return;			/* somebody deleted the rel, forget it */
+	isshared = ((Form_pg_class) GETSTRUCT(classTup))->relisshared;
+	ReleaseSysCache(classTup);
+
+	/* Store the data in the table's hash table entry. */
+	ts = GetCurrentTimestamp();
+
+	/* block acquiring lock for the same reason as pgstat_report_autovac() */
+	entry_ref = pgstat_get_entry_ref_locked(PGSTAT_KIND_RELATION,
+											isshared ? InvalidOid : MyDatabaseId,
+											relid, false);
+
+	shtabentry = (PgStatShared_Relation *) entry_ref->shared_stats;
+	tabentry = &shtabentry->stats;
+
+	if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM)
+	{
+		tabentry->last_skipped_vacuum_time = ts;
+		tabentry->skipped_vacuum_count++;
+	}
+	else if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOVACUUM)
+	{
+		tabentry->last_skipped_autovacuum_time = ts;
+		tabentry->skipped_autovacuum_count++;
+	}
+
+	if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE)
+	{
+		tabentry->last_skipped_analyze_time = ts;
+		tabentry->skipped_analyze_count++;
+	}
+	else if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOANALYZE)
+	{
+		tabentry->last_skipped_autoanalyze_time = ts;
+		tabentry->skipped_autoanalyze_count++;
+	}
+
+	pgstat_unlock_entry(entry_ref);
+
+	/* see pgstat_report_vacuum() */
+	pgstat_flush_io(false);
+	(void) pgstat_flush_backend(false, PGSTAT_BACKEND_FLUSH_IO);
+}
+
 /*
  * count a tuple insertion of n tuples
  */
diff --git a/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c b/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c
index 1408de387ea..90a8968faa0 100644
--- a/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c
+++ b/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c
@@ -84,6 +84,18 @@ PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(mod_since_analyze)
 /* pg_stat_get_numscans */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(numscans)
 
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_analyze_count)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_autoanalyze_count)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_autovacuum_count)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_vacuum_count)
+
 /* pg_stat_get_tuples_deleted */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(tuples_deleted)
 
@@ -170,6 +182,18 @@ PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_vacuum_time)
 /* pg_stat_get_lastscan */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(lastscan)
 
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_analyze_time)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_autoanalyze_time)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_autovacuum_time)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_vacuum_time)
+
 /* pg_stat_get_stat_reset_time */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(stat_reset_time)
 
diff --git a/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat b/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat
index fa9ae79082b..32debb34863 100644
--- a/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat
+++ b/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat
@@ -5680,6 +5680,38 @@
   proargmodes => '{o,o,o,o,o,o,o,o,o,o}',
   proargnames => '{oid,score,xid_score,mxid_score,vacuum_score,vacuum_insert_score,analyze_score,do_vacuum,do_analyze,for_wraparound}',
   prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_autovacuum_scores' },
+{ oid => '8142', descr => 'statistics: last skipped vacuum time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time' },
+{ oid => '8143', descr => 'statistics: last skipped auto vacuum time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time' },
+{ oid => '8144', descr => 'statistics: last skipped analyze time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time' },
+{ oid => '8145', descr => 'statistics: last skipped auto analyze time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time' },
+{ oid => '8146', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped vacuum for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count' },
+{ oid => '8147', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped auto vacuum for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count' },
+{ oid => '8148', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped analyzes for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count' },
+{ oid => '8149', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped auto analyzes for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count' },
 { oid => '1936', descr => 'statistics: currently active backend IDs',
   proname => 'pg_stat_get_backend_idset', prorows => '100', proretset => 't',
   provolatile => 's', proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int4',
diff --git a/src/include/pgstat.h b/src/include/pgstat.h
index dfa2e837638..98941f953d1 100644
--- a/src/include/pgstat.h
+++ b/src/include/pgstat.h
@@ -479,6 +479,15 @@ typedef struct PgStat_StatTabEntry
 	TimestampTz last_autoanalyze_time;	/* autovacuum initiated */
 	PgStat_Counter autoanalyze_count;
 
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_vacuum_time;	/* user initiated vacuum */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_vacuum_count;
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_autovacuum_time;	/* autovacuum initiated */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_autovacuum_count;
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_analyze_time;	/* user initiated */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_analyze_count;
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_autoanalyze_time;	/* autovacuum initiated */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_autoanalyze_count;
+
 	PgStat_Counter total_vacuum_time;	/* times in milliseconds */
 	PgStat_Counter total_autovacuum_time;
 	PgStat_Counter total_analyze_time;
@@ -703,6 +712,13 @@ extern void pgstat_report_analyze(Relation rel,
 								  PgStat_Counter livetuples, PgStat_Counter deadtuples,
 								  bool resetcounter, TimestampTz starttime);
 
+/* flags for pgstat_flush_backend() */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM		(1 << 0)	/* vacuum is skipped */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE		(1 << 1)	/* analyze is skipped */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOVACUUM	(1 << 2)	/* autovacuum is skipped */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOANALYZE	(1 << 3)	/* autoanalyze is skipped */
+extern void pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(Oid relid, int flags);
+
 /*
  * If stats are enabled, but pending data hasn't been prepared yet, call
  * pgstat_assoc_relation() to do so. See its comment for why this is done
diff --git a/src/test/isolation/expected/vacuum-skip-locked.out b/src/test/isolation/expected/vacuum-skip-locked.out
index 99db281a159..e2cff175b7c 100644
--- a/src/test/isolation/expected/vacuum-skip-locked.out
+++ b/src/test/isolation/expected/vacuum-skip-locked.out
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 Parsed test spec with 2 sessions
 
-starting permutation: lock_share vac_specified commit
+starting permutation: lock_share vac_specified commit check_stat
 step lock_share: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN SHARE MODE;
@@ -10,8 +10,22 @@ step vac_specified: VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED) part1, part2;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
 
-starting permutation: lock_share vac_all_parts commit
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   1|            0|                    0
+part2  |           1|                   0|            0|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
+
+starting permutation: lock_share vac_all_parts commit check_stat
 step lock_share: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN SHARE MODE;
@@ -20,8 +34,22 @@ step vac_all_parts: VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED) parted;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   1|            0|                    0
+part2  |           1|                   0|            0|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
 
-starting permutation: lock_share analyze_specified commit
+starting permutation: lock_share analyze_specified commit check_stat
 step lock_share: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN SHARE MODE;
@@ -31,8 +59,22 @@ step analyze_specified: ANALYZE (SKIP_LOCKED) part1, part2;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
 
-starting permutation: lock_share analyze_all_parts commit
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   0|            0|                    1
+part2  |           0|                   0|            1|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
+
+starting permutation: lock_share analyze_all_parts commit check_stat
 step lock_share: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN SHARE MODE;
@@ -41,8 +83,22 @@ step analyze_all_parts: ANALYZE (SKIP_LOCKED) parted;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            1|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   0|            0|                    1
+part2  |           0|                   0|            1|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
 
-starting permutation: lock_share vac_analyze_specified commit
+starting permutation: lock_share vac_analyze_specified commit check_stat
 step lock_share: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN SHARE MODE;
@@ -52,8 +108,22 @@ step vac_analyze_specified: VACUUM (ANALYZE, SKIP_LOCKED) part1, part2;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
 
-starting permutation: lock_share vac_analyze_all_parts commit
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   1|            0|                    1
+part2  |           1|                   0|            1|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
+
+starting permutation: lock_share vac_analyze_all_parts commit check_stat
 step lock_share: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN SHARE MODE;
@@ -62,8 +132,22 @@ step vac_analyze_all_parts: VACUUM (ANALYZE, SKIP_LOCKED) parted;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            1|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   1|            0|                    1
+part2  |           1|                   0|            1|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
 
-starting permutation: lock_share vac_full_specified commit
+starting permutation: lock_share vac_full_specified commit check_stat
 step lock_share: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN SHARE MODE;
@@ -73,8 +157,22 @@ step vac_full_specified: VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED, FULL) part1, part2;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
 
-starting permutation: lock_share vac_full_all_parts commit
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part2  |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
+
+starting permutation: lock_share vac_full_all_parts commit check_stat
 step lock_share: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN SHARE MODE;
@@ -83,8 +181,22 @@ step vac_full_all_parts: VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED, FULL) parted;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part2  |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+(3 rows)
 
-starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_specified commit
+
+starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_specified commit check_stat
 step lock_access_exclusive: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN ACCESS EXCLUSIVE MODE;
@@ -94,8 +206,22 @@ step vac_specified: VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED) part1, part2;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   1|            0|                    0
+part2  |           1|                   0|            0|                    0
+(3 rows)
 
-starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_all_parts commit
+
+starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_all_parts commit check_stat
 step lock_access_exclusive: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN ACCESS EXCLUSIVE MODE;
@@ -104,8 +230,22 @@ step vac_all_parts: VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED) parted;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   1|            0|                    0
+part2  |           1|                   0|            0|                    0
+(3 rows)
 
-starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive analyze_specified commit
+
+starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive analyze_specified commit check_stat
 step lock_access_exclusive: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN ACCESS EXCLUSIVE MODE;
@@ -115,8 +255,22 @@ step analyze_specified: ANALYZE (SKIP_LOCKED) part1, part2;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   0|            0|                    1
+part2  |           0|                   0|            1|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
 
-starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive analyze_all_parts commit
+starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive analyze_all_parts commit check_stat
 step lock_access_exclusive: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN ACCESS EXCLUSIVE MODE;
@@ -126,8 +280,22 @@ step commit:
 	COMMIT;
 
 step analyze_all_parts: <... completed>
-
-starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_analyze_specified commit
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            1|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   0|            1|                    0
+part2  |           0|                   0|            1|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
+
+starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_analyze_specified commit check_stat
 step lock_access_exclusive: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN ACCESS EXCLUSIVE MODE;
@@ -137,8 +305,22 @@ step vac_analyze_specified: VACUUM (ANALYZE, SKIP_LOCKED) part1, part2;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   1|            0|                    1
+part2  |           1|                   0|            1|                    0
+(3 rows)
 
-starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_analyze_all_parts commit
+
+starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_analyze_all_parts commit check_stat
 step lock_access_exclusive: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN ACCESS EXCLUSIVE MODE;
@@ -148,8 +330,22 @@ step commit:
 	COMMIT;
 
 step vac_analyze_all_parts: <... completed>
-
-starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_full_specified commit
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            1|                    0
+part1  |           1|                   0|            1|                    0
+part2  |           1|                   0|            1|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
+
+starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_full_specified commit check_stat
 step lock_access_exclusive: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN ACCESS EXCLUSIVE MODE;
@@ -159,8 +355,22 @@ step vac_full_specified: VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED, FULL) part1, part2;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
 
-starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_full_all_parts commit
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part2  |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
+
+starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_full_all_parts commit check_stat
 step lock_access_exclusive: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN ACCESS EXCLUSIVE MODE;
@@ -169,3 +379,17 @@ step vac_full_all_parts: VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED, FULL) parted;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part2  |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
diff --git a/src/test/isolation/specs/vacuum-skip-locked.spec b/src/test/isolation/specs/vacuum-skip-locked.spec
index 3fad6e1c92a..b0da75d4b6d 100644
--- a/src/test/isolation/specs/vacuum-skip-locked.spec
+++ b/src/test/isolation/specs/vacuum-skip-locked.spec
@@ -33,6 +33,15 @@ step commit
 	COMMIT;
 }
 
+step check_stat
+{
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+}
+
 session s2
 step vac_specified			{ VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED) part1, part2; }
 step vac_all_parts			{ VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED) parted; }
@@ -43,19 +52,19 @@ step vac_analyze_all_parts	{ VACUUM (ANALYZE, SKIP_LOCKED) parted; }
 step vac_full_specified		{ VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED, FULL) part1, part2; }
 step vac_full_all_parts		{ VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED, FULL) parted; }
 
-permutation lock_share vac_specified commit
-permutation lock_share vac_all_parts commit
-permutation lock_share analyze_specified commit
-permutation lock_share analyze_all_parts commit
-permutation lock_share vac_analyze_specified commit
-permutation lock_share vac_analyze_all_parts commit
-permutation lock_share vac_full_specified commit
-permutation lock_share vac_full_all_parts commit
-permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_specified commit
-permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_all_parts commit
-permutation lock_access_exclusive analyze_specified commit
-permutation lock_access_exclusive analyze_all_parts commit
-permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_analyze_specified commit
-permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_analyze_all_parts commit
-permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_full_specified commit
-permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_full_all_parts commit
+permutation lock_share vac_specified commit check_stat
+permutation lock_share vac_all_parts commit check_stat
+permutation lock_share analyze_specified commit check_stat
+permutation lock_share analyze_all_parts commit check_stat
+permutation lock_share vac_analyze_specified commit check_stat
+permutation lock_share vac_analyze_all_parts commit check_stat
+permutation lock_share vac_full_specified commit check_stat
+permutation lock_share vac_full_all_parts commit check_stat
+permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_specified commit check_stat
+permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_all_parts commit check_stat
+permutation lock_access_exclusive analyze_specified commit check_stat
+permutation lock_access_exclusive analyze_all_parts commit check_stat
+permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_analyze_specified commit check_stat
+permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_analyze_all_parts commit check_stat
+permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_full_specified commit check_stat
+permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_full_all_parts commit check_stat
diff --git a/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out b/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out
index a65a5bf0c4f..9b2075d3373 100644
--- a/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out
+++ b/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out
@@ -1835,13 +1835,21 @@ pg_stat_all_tables| SELECT c.oid AS relid,
     pg_stat_get_mod_since_analyze(c.oid) AS n_mod_since_analyze,
     pg_stat_get_ins_since_vacuum(c.oid) AS n_ins_since_vacuum,
     pg_stat_get_last_vacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_vacuum,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_vacuum,
     pg_stat_get_last_autovacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_autovacuum,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_autovacuum,
     pg_stat_get_last_analyze_time(c.oid) AS last_analyze,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_analyze,
     pg_stat_get_last_autoanalyze_time(c.oid) AS last_autoanalyze,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_autoanalyze,
     pg_stat_get_vacuum_count(c.oid) AS vacuum_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count(c.oid) AS skipped_vacuum_count,
     pg_stat_get_autovacuum_count(c.oid) AS autovacuum_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count(c.oid) AS skipped_autovacuum_count,
     pg_stat_get_analyze_count(c.oid) AS analyze_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count(c.oid) AS skipped_analyze_count,
     pg_stat_get_autoanalyze_count(c.oid) AS autoanalyze_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count(c.oid) AS skipped_autoanalyze_count,
     pg_stat_get_total_vacuum_time(c.oid) AS total_vacuum_time,
     pg_stat_get_total_autovacuum_time(c.oid) AS total_autovacuum_time,
     pg_stat_get_total_analyze_time(c.oid) AS total_analyze_time,
@@ -2346,13 +2354,21 @@ pg_stat_sys_tables| SELECT relid,
     n_mod_since_analyze,
     n_ins_since_vacuum,
     last_vacuum,
+    last_skipped_vacuum,
     last_autovacuum,
+    last_skipped_autovacuum,
     last_analyze,
+    last_skipped_analyze,
     last_autoanalyze,
+    last_skipped_autoanalyze,
     vacuum_count,
+    skipped_vacuum_count,
     autovacuum_count,
+    skipped_autovacuum_count,
     analyze_count,
+    skipped_analyze_count,
     autoanalyze_count,
+    skipped_autoanalyze_count,
     total_vacuum_time,
     total_autovacuum_time,
     total_analyze_time,
@@ -2401,13 +2417,21 @@ pg_stat_user_tables| SELECT relid,
     n_mod_since_analyze,
     n_ins_since_vacuum,
     last_vacuum,
+    last_skipped_vacuum,
     last_autovacuum,
+    last_skipped_autovacuum,
     last_analyze,
+    last_skipped_analyze,
     last_autoanalyze,
+    last_skipped_autoanalyze,
     vacuum_count,
+    skipped_vacuum_count,
     autovacuum_count,
+    skipped_autovacuum_count,
     analyze_count,
+    skipped_analyze_count,
     autoanalyze_count,
+    skipped_autoanalyze_count,
     total_vacuum_time,
     total_autovacuum_time,
     total_analyze_time,
-- 
2.43.0


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* [PATCH v4] Track skipped vacuum and analyze activity per relation
@ 2026-03-24 04:09 Yugo Nagata <[email protected]>
  0 siblings, 0 replies; 374+ messages in thread

From: Yugo Nagata @ 2026-03-24 04:09 UTC (permalink / raw)

This commit adds eight fields to the relation statistics that track
the last time vacuum or analyze has been attempted but skipped due to
lock unavailability, along with their counts:

-    last_skipped_vacuum
-    last_skipped_autovacuum
-    last_skipped_analyze
-    last_skipped_autoanalyze
-    skipped_vacuum_count
-    skipped_autovacuum_count
-    skipped_analyze_count
-    skipped_autoanalyze_count

These field can help users confirm that autovacuum is actively attempting
to run on a table that has not been vacuumed or analyzed for a long time,
and that the lack of progress is due to repeated skips rather than inactivity.
---
 doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml                 |  88 ++++++++++++++++
 src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql         |   8 ++
 src/backend/commands/vacuum.c                | 102 ++++++++++++++-----
 src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c |  64 ++++++++++++
 src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c          |  24 +++++
 src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat              |  32 ++++++
 src/include/pgstat.h                         |  16 +++
 src/test/regress/expected/rules.out          |  24 +++++
 8 files changed, 335 insertions(+), 23 deletions(-)

diff --git a/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml b/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml
index 08d5b824552..a9b579d87a9 100644
--- a/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml
+++ b/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml
@@ -4387,6 +4387,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_vacuum</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time a manual vacuum on this table was attempted but skipped due to
+       lock unavailability (not counting <command>VACUUM FULL</command>)
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>last_autovacuum</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
@@ -4397,6 +4407,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_autovacuum</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time a vacuum on this table by the autovacuum daemon was attempted
+       but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>last_analyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
@@ -4406,6 +4426,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_analyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time a manual analyze on this table was attempted but skipped due to
+       lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>last_autoanalyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
@@ -4416,6 +4446,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_autoanalyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time at which an analyze on this table by the autovacuum was
+       attempted but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>vacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4426,6 +4466,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_vacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times manual vacuums on this table have been attempted but skipped
+       due to lock unavailability (not counting <command>VACUUM FULL</command>)
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>autovacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4436,6 +4486,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_autovacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times vacuums on this table by the autovacuum daemon have been
+       attempted but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>analyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4445,6 +4505,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_analyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times manual analyzes on this table have been attempted but
+       skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>autoanalyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4455,6 +4525,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_autoanalyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times analyzes on this table by the autovacuum daemon have
+       been attempted but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>total_vacuum_time</structfield> <type>double precision</type>
@@ -4510,6 +4590,14 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
    </tgroup>
   </table>
 
+  <note>
+   <para>
+    When a manual vacuum or analyze on a parent table in an inheritance or
+    partitioning hierarchy is skipped, the statistics are recorded only for
+    the parent table, not for its children.
+   </para>
+  </note>
+
  </sect2>
 
  <sect2 id="monitoring-pg-stat-autovacuum-scores-view">
diff --git a/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql b/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql
index 73a1c1c4670..f509fc7876b 100644
--- a/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql
+++ b/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql
@@ -736,13 +736,21 @@ CREATE VIEW pg_stat_all_tables AS
             pg_stat_get_mod_since_analyze(C.oid) AS n_mod_since_analyze,
             pg_stat_get_ins_since_vacuum(C.oid) AS n_ins_since_vacuum,
             pg_stat_get_last_vacuum_time(C.oid) as last_vacuum,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_vacuum,
             pg_stat_get_last_autovacuum_time(C.oid) as last_autovacuum,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_autovacuum,
             pg_stat_get_last_analyze_time(C.oid) as last_analyze,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_analyze,
             pg_stat_get_last_autoanalyze_time(C.oid) as last_autoanalyze,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_autoanalyze,
             pg_stat_get_vacuum_count(C.oid) AS vacuum_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count(C.oid) AS skipped_vacuum_count,
             pg_stat_get_autovacuum_count(C.oid) AS autovacuum_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count(C.oid) AS skipped_autovacuum_count,
             pg_stat_get_analyze_count(C.oid) AS analyze_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count(C.oid) AS skipped_analyze_count,
             pg_stat_get_autoanalyze_count(C.oid) AS autoanalyze_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count(C.oid) AS skipped_autoanalyze_count,
             pg_stat_get_total_vacuum_time(C.oid) AS total_vacuum_time,
             pg_stat_get_total_autovacuum_time(C.oid) AS total_autovacuum_time,
             pg_stat_get_total_analyze_time(C.oid) AS total_analyze_time,
diff --git a/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c b/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c
index 99d0db82ed7..97cd5ea8d10 100644
--- a/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c
+++ b/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c
@@ -793,8 +793,25 @@ vacuum_open_relation(Oid relid, RangeVar *relation, uint32 options,
 		rel = try_relation_open(relid, NoLock);
 	else
 	{
+		int flags = 0;
 		rel = NULL;
 		rel_lock = false;
+
+		if ((options & VACOPT_VACUUM) != 0)
+		{
+			if (AmAutoVacuumWorkerProcess())
+				flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOVACUUM;
+			else
+				flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM;
+		}
+		if ((options & VACOPT_ANALYZE) != 0)
+		{
+			if (AmAutoVacuumWorkerProcess())
+				flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOANALYZE;
+			else
+				flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE;
+		}
+		pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(relid, flags);
 	}
 
 	/* if relation is opened, leave */
@@ -802,7 +819,7 @@ vacuum_open_relation(Oid relid, RangeVar *relation, uint32 options,
 		return rel;
 
 	/*
-	 * Relation could not be opened, hence generate if possible a log
+	 * Relation could not be opened hence generate if possible a log
 	 * informing on the situation.
 	 *
 	 * If the RangeVar is not defined, we do not have enough information to
@@ -905,7 +922,6 @@ expand_vacuum_rel(VacuumRelation *vrel, MemoryContext vac_context,
 		Form_pg_class classForm;
 		bool		include_children;
 		bool		is_partitioned_table;
-		int			rvr_opts;
 
 		/*
 		 * Since autovacuum workers supply OIDs when calling vacuum(), no
@@ -918,29 +934,69 @@ expand_vacuum_rel(VacuumRelation *vrel, MemoryContext vac_context,
 		 * below, as well as find_all_inheritors's expectation that the caller
 		 * holds some lock on the starting relation.
 		 */
-		rvr_opts = (options & VACOPT_SKIP_LOCKED) ? RVR_SKIP_LOCKED : 0;
-		relid = RangeVarGetRelidExtended(vrel->relation,
-										 AccessShareLock,
-										 rvr_opts,
-										 NULL, NULL);
-
-		/*
-		 * If the lock is unavailable, emit the same log statement that
-		 * vacuum_rel() and analyze_rel() would.
-		 */
-		if (!OidIsValid(relid))
+		if (!(options & VACOPT_SKIP_LOCKED))
 		{
-			if (options & VACOPT_VACUUM)
-				ereport(WARNING,
-						(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
-						 errmsg("skipping vacuum of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
-								vrel->relation->relname)));
-			else
-				ereport(WARNING,
-						(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
-						 errmsg("skipping analyze of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
+			relid = RangeVarGetRelidExtended(vrel->relation,
+											 AccessShareLock,
+											 0, NULL, NULL);
+			if (!OidIsValid(relid))
+				return vacrels;
+		}
+		else
+		{
+			/* Get relid for reporting before taking a lock */
+			relid = RangeVarGetRelid(vrel->relation, NoLock, false);
+
+			if (!ConditionalLockRelationOid(relid, AccessShareLock))
+			{
+				int	flags = 0;
+				/*
+				 * If the lock is unavailable, emit the same log statement that
+				 * vacuum_rel() and analyze_rel() would.
+				 */
+				if (options & VACOPT_VACUUM)
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping vacuum of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
 								vrel->relation->relname)));
-			return vacrels;
+				else
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping analyze of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
+									vrel->relation->relname)));
+
+				if ((options & VACOPT_VACUUM) != 0)
+					flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM;
+				if ((options & VACOPT_ANALYZE) != 0)
+					flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE;
+
+				pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(relid, flags);
+
+				return vacrels;
+			}
+
+			/*
+			 * Now that we have the lock, probe to see if the relation really
+			 * exists or not.
+			 */
+			if (!SearchSysCacheExists1(RELOID, ObjectIdGetDatum(relid)))
+			{
+				if (options & VACOPT_VACUUM)
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_UNDEFINED_TABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping vacuum of \"%s\" --- relation no longer exists",
+									vrel->relation->relname)));
+				else
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_UNDEFINED_TABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping analyze of \"%s\" --- relation no longer exists",
+									vrel->relation->relname)));
+
+				/* Release useless lock */
+				UnlockRelationOid(relid, AccessShareLock);
+
+				return vacrels;
+			}
 		}
 
 		/*
diff --git a/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c b/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c
index b2ca28f83ba..532d9023f8c 100644
--- a/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c
+++ b/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c
@@ -17,12 +17,14 @@
 
 #include "postgres.h"
 
+#include "access/htup_details.h"
 #include "access/twophase_rmgr.h"
 #include "access/xact.h"
 #include "catalog/catalog.h"
 #include "utils/memutils.h"
 #include "utils/pgstat_internal.h"
 #include "utils/rel.h"
+#include "utils/syscache.h"
 #include "utils/timestamp.h"
 
 
@@ -367,6 +369,68 @@ pgstat_report_analyze(Relation rel,
 	(void) pgstat_flush_backend(false, PGSTAT_BACKEND_FLUSH_IO);
 }
 
+/*
+ * Report that the table was skipped during vacuum or/and analyze.
+ */
+void
+pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(Oid relid, int flags)
+{
+	PgStat_EntryRef *entry_ref;
+	PgStatShared_Relation *shtabentry;
+	PgStat_StatTabEntry *tabentry;
+	TimestampTz ts;
+	HeapTuple	classTup;
+	bool		isshared;
+
+	if (!pgstat_track_counts || !flags)
+		return;
+
+	classTup = SearchSysCache1(RELOID, ObjectIdGetDatum(relid));
+	if (!HeapTupleIsValid(classTup))
+		return;			/* somebody deleted the rel, forget it */
+	isshared = ((Form_pg_class) GETSTRUCT(classTup))->relisshared;
+	ReleaseSysCache(classTup);
+
+	/* Store the data in the table's hash table entry. */
+	ts = GetCurrentTimestamp();
+
+	/* block acquiring lock for the same reason as pgstat_report_autovac() */
+	entry_ref = pgstat_get_entry_ref_locked(PGSTAT_KIND_RELATION,
+											isshared ? InvalidOid : MyDatabaseId,
+											relid, false);
+
+	shtabentry = (PgStatShared_Relation *) entry_ref->shared_stats;
+	tabentry = &shtabentry->stats;
+
+	if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM)
+	{
+		tabentry->last_skipped_vacuum_time = ts;
+		tabentry->skipped_vacuum_count++;
+	}
+	else if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOVACUUM)
+	{
+		tabentry->last_skipped_autovacuum_time = ts;
+		tabentry->skipped_autovacuum_count++;
+	}
+
+	if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE)
+	{
+		tabentry->last_skipped_analyze_time = ts;
+		tabentry->skipped_analyze_count++;
+	}
+	else if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOANALYZE)
+	{
+		tabentry->last_skipped_autoanalyze_time = ts;
+		tabentry->skipped_autoanalyze_count++;
+	}
+
+	pgstat_unlock_entry(entry_ref);
+
+	/* see pgstat_report_vacuum() */
+	pgstat_flush_io(false);
+	(void) pgstat_flush_backend(false, PGSTAT_BACKEND_FLUSH_IO);
+}
+
 /*
  * count a tuple insertion of n tuples
  */
diff --git a/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c b/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c
index 1408de387ea..90a8968faa0 100644
--- a/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c
+++ b/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c
@@ -84,6 +84,18 @@ PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(mod_since_analyze)
 /* pg_stat_get_numscans */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(numscans)
 
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_analyze_count)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_autoanalyze_count)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_autovacuum_count)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_vacuum_count)
+
 /* pg_stat_get_tuples_deleted */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(tuples_deleted)
 
@@ -170,6 +182,18 @@ PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_vacuum_time)
 /* pg_stat_get_lastscan */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(lastscan)
 
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_analyze_time)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_autoanalyze_time)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_autovacuum_time)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_vacuum_time)
+
 /* pg_stat_get_stat_reset_time */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(stat_reset_time)
 
diff --git a/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat b/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat
index fa9ae79082b..32debb34863 100644
--- a/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat
+++ b/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat
@@ -5680,6 +5680,38 @@
   proargmodes => '{o,o,o,o,o,o,o,o,o,o}',
   proargnames => '{oid,score,xid_score,mxid_score,vacuum_score,vacuum_insert_score,analyze_score,do_vacuum,do_analyze,for_wraparound}',
   prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_autovacuum_scores' },
+{ oid => '8142', descr => 'statistics: last skipped vacuum time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time' },
+{ oid => '8143', descr => 'statistics: last skipped auto vacuum time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time' },
+{ oid => '8144', descr => 'statistics: last skipped analyze time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time' },
+{ oid => '8145', descr => 'statistics: last skipped auto analyze time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time' },
+{ oid => '8146', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped vacuum for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count' },
+{ oid => '8147', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped auto vacuum for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count' },
+{ oid => '8148', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped analyzes for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count' },
+{ oid => '8149', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped auto analyzes for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count' },
 { oid => '1936', descr => 'statistics: currently active backend IDs',
   proname => 'pg_stat_get_backend_idset', prorows => '100', proretset => 't',
   provolatile => 's', proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int4',
diff --git a/src/include/pgstat.h b/src/include/pgstat.h
index dfa2e837638..98941f953d1 100644
--- a/src/include/pgstat.h
+++ b/src/include/pgstat.h
@@ -479,6 +479,15 @@ typedef struct PgStat_StatTabEntry
 	TimestampTz last_autoanalyze_time;	/* autovacuum initiated */
 	PgStat_Counter autoanalyze_count;
 
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_vacuum_time;	/* user initiated vacuum */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_vacuum_count;
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_autovacuum_time;	/* autovacuum initiated */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_autovacuum_count;
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_analyze_time;	/* user initiated */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_analyze_count;
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_autoanalyze_time;	/* autovacuum initiated */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_autoanalyze_count;
+
 	PgStat_Counter total_vacuum_time;	/* times in milliseconds */
 	PgStat_Counter total_autovacuum_time;
 	PgStat_Counter total_analyze_time;
@@ -703,6 +712,13 @@ extern void pgstat_report_analyze(Relation rel,
 								  PgStat_Counter livetuples, PgStat_Counter deadtuples,
 								  bool resetcounter, TimestampTz starttime);
 
+/* flags for pgstat_flush_backend() */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM		(1 << 0)	/* vacuum is skipped */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE		(1 << 1)	/* analyze is skipped */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOVACUUM	(1 << 2)	/* autovacuum is skipped */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOANALYZE	(1 << 3)	/* autoanalyze is skipped */
+extern void pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(Oid relid, int flags);
+
 /*
  * If stats are enabled, but pending data hasn't been prepared yet, call
  * pgstat_assoc_relation() to do so. See its comment for why this is done
diff --git a/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out b/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out
index a65a5bf0c4f..9b2075d3373 100644
--- a/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out
+++ b/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out
@@ -1835,13 +1835,21 @@ pg_stat_all_tables| SELECT c.oid AS relid,
     pg_stat_get_mod_since_analyze(c.oid) AS n_mod_since_analyze,
     pg_stat_get_ins_since_vacuum(c.oid) AS n_ins_since_vacuum,
     pg_stat_get_last_vacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_vacuum,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_vacuum,
     pg_stat_get_last_autovacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_autovacuum,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_autovacuum,
     pg_stat_get_last_analyze_time(c.oid) AS last_analyze,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_analyze,
     pg_stat_get_last_autoanalyze_time(c.oid) AS last_autoanalyze,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_autoanalyze,
     pg_stat_get_vacuum_count(c.oid) AS vacuum_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count(c.oid) AS skipped_vacuum_count,
     pg_stat_get_autovacuum_count(c.oid) AS autovacuum_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count(c.oid) AS skipped_autovacuum_count,
     pg_stat_get_analyze_count(c.oid) AS analyze_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count(c.oid) AS skipped_analyze_count,
     pg_stat_get_autoanalyze_count(c.oid) AS autoanalyze_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count(c.oid) AS skipped_autoanalyze_count,
     pg_stat_get_total_vacuum_time(c.oid) AS total_vacuum_time,
     pg_stat_get_total_autovacuum_time(c.oid) AS total_autovacuum_time,
     pg_stat_get_total_analyze_time(c.oid) AS total_analyze_time,
@@ -2346,13 +2354,21 @@ pg_stat_sys_tables| SELECT relid,
     n_mod_since_analyze,
     n_ins_since_vacuum,
     last_vacuum,
+    last_skipped_vacuum,
     last_autovacuum,
+    last_skipped_autovacuum,
     last_analyze,
+    last_skipped_analyze,
     last_autoanalyze,
+    last_skipped_autoanalyze,
     vacuum_count,
+    skipped_vacuum_count,
     autovacuum_count,
+    skipped_autovacuum_count,
     analyze_count,
+    skipped_analyze_count,
     autoanalyze_count,
+    skipped_autoanalyze_count,
     total_vacuum_time,
     total_autovacuum_time,
     total_analyze_time,
@@ -2401,13 +2417,21 @@ pg_stat_user_tables| SELECT relid,
     n_mod_since_analyze,
     n_ins_since_vacuum,
     last_vacuum,
+    last_skipped_vacuum,
     last_autovacuum,
+    last_skipped_autovacuum,
     last_analyze,
+    last_skipped_analyze,
     last_autoanalyze,
+    last_skipped_autoanalyze,
     vacuum_count,
+    skipped_vacuum_count,
     autovacuum_count,
+    skipped_autovacuum_count,
     analyze_count,
+    skipped_analyze_count,
     autoanalyze_count,
+    skipped_autoanalyze_count,
     total_vacuum_time,
     total_autovacuum_time,
     total_analyze_time,
-- 
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* [PATCH v3] Track skipped vacuum and analyze activity per relation
@ 2026-03-24 04:09 Yugo Nagata <[email protected]>
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From: Yugo Nagata @ 2026-03-24 04:09 UTC (permalink / raw)

This commit adds eight fields to the relation statistics that track
the last time vacuum or analyze has been attempted but skipped due to
lock unavailability, along with their counts:

-    last_skipped_vacuum
-    last_skipped_autovacuum
-    last_skipped_analyze
-    last_skipped_autoanalyze
-    skipped_vacuum_count
-    skipped_autovacuum_count
-    skipped_analyze_count
-    skipped_autoanalyze_count

These field can help users confirm that autovacuum is actively attempting
to run on a table that has not been vacuumed or analyzed for a long time,
and that the lack of progress is due to repeated skips rather than inactivity.
---
 doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml                 | 80 +++++++++++++++++
 src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql         |  8 ++
 src/backend/commands/vacuum.c                | 95 +++++++++++++++-----
 src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c | 68 ++++++++++++++
 src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c          | 24 +++++
 src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat              | 32 +++++++
 src/include/pgstat.h                         | 16 ++++
 src/test/regress/expected/rules.out          | 24 +++++
 8 files changed, 324 insertions(+), 23 deletions(-)

diff --git a/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml b/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml
index bb75ed1069b..9ec8070b2fc 100644
--- a/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml
+++ b/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml
@@ -4372,6 +4372,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_vacuum</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time a manual vacuum on this table was attempted but skipped due to
+       lock unavailability (not counting <command>VACUUM FULL</command>)
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>last_autovacuum</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
@@ -4382,6 +4392,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_autovacuum</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time a vacuum on this table by the autovacuum daemon was attempted
+       but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>last_analyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
@@ -4391,6 +4411,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_analyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time a manual analyze on this table was attempted but skipped due to
+       lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>last_autoanalyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
@@ -4401,6 +4431,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_autoanalyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time at which an analyze on this table by the autovacuum was
+       attempted but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>vacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4411,6 +4451,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_vacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times vacuums on this table have been attempted but skipped
+       due to lock unavailability (not counting <command>VACUUM FULL</command>)
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>autovacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4421,6 +4471,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_autovacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times vacuums on this table by the autovacuum daemon have been
+       attempted but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>analyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4430,6 +4490,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_analyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times manual analyzes on this table have been attempted but
+       skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>autoanalyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4440,6 +4510,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_autoanalyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times analyzes on this table by the autovacuum daemon have
+       been attempted but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>total_vacuum_time</structfield> <type>double precision</type>
diff --git a/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql b/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql
index e54018004db..2ca02a0354c 100644
--- a/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql
+++ b/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql
@@ -736,13 +736,21 @@ CREATE VIEW pg_stat_all_tables AS
             pg_stat_get_mod_since_analyze(C.oid) AS n_mod_since_analyze,
             pg_stat_get_ins_since_vacuum(C.oid) AS n_ins_since_vacuum,
             pg_stat_get_last_vacuum_time(C.oid) as last_vacuum,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_vacuum,
             pg_stat_get_last_autovacuum_time(C.oid) as last_autovacuum,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_autovacuum,
             pg_stat_get_last_analyze_time(C.oid) as last_analyze,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_analyze,
             pg_stat_get_last_autoanalyze_time(C.oid) as last_autoanalyze,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_autoanalyze,
             pg_stat_get_vacuum_count(C.oid) AS vacuum_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count(C.oid) AS skipped_vacuum_count,
             pg_stat_get_autovacuum_count(C.oid) AS autovacuum_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count(C.oid) AS skipped_autovacuum_count,
             pg_stat_get_analyze_count(C.oid) AS analyze_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count(C.oid) AS skipped_analyze_count,
             pg_stat_get_autoanalyze_count(C.oid) AS autoanalyze_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count(C.oid) AS skipped_autoanalyze_count,
             pg_stat_get_total_vacuum_time(C.oid) AS total_vacuum_time,
             pg_stat_get_total_autovacuum_time(C.oid) AS total_autovacuum_time,
             pg_stat_get_total_analyze_time(C.oid) AS total_analyze_time,
diff --git a/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c b/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c
index bce3a2daa24..ce83b3171be 100644
--- a/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c
+++ b/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c
@@ -792,8 +792,18 @@ vacuum_open_relation(Oid relid, RangeVar *relation, bits32 options,
 		rel = try_relation_open(relid, NoLock);
 	else
 	{
+		bits8 flags = 0;
 		rel = NULL;
 		rel_lock = false;
+
+		if ((options & VACOPT_VACUUM) != 0)
+			flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM;
+		if ((options & VACOPT_ANALYZE) != 0)
+			flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE;
+		if (AmAutoVacuumWorkerProcess())
+			flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOVAC;
+
+		pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(relid, flags);
 	}
 
 	/* if relation is opened, leave */
@@ -801,7 +811,7 @@ vacuum_open_relation(Oid relid, RangeVar *relation, bits32 options,
 		return rel;
 
 	/*
-	 * Relation could not be opened, hence generate if possible a log
+	 * Relation could not be opened hence generate if possible a log
 	 * informing on the situation.
 	 *
 	 * If the RangeVar is not defined, we do not have enough information to
@@ -904,7 +914,6 @@ expand_vacuum_rel(VacuumRelation *vrel, MemoryContext vac_context,
 		Form_pg_class classForm;
 		bool		include_children;
 		bool		is_partitioned_table;
-		int			rvr_opts;
 
 		/*
 		 * Since autovacuum workers supply OIDs when calling vacuum(), no
@@ -917,29 +926,69 @@ expand_vacuum_rel(VacuumRelation *vrel, MemoryContext vac_context,
 		 * below, as well as find_all_inheritors's expectation that the caller
 		 * holds some lock on the starting relation.
 		 */
-		rvr_opts = (options & VACOPT_SKIP_LOCKED) ? RVR_SKIP_LOCKED : 0;
-		relid = RangeVarGetRelidExtended(vrel->relation,
-										 AccessShareLock,
-										 rvr_opts,
-										 NULL, NULL);
-
-		/*
-		 * If the lock is unavailable, emit the same log statement that
-		 * vacuum_rel() and analyze_rel() would.
-		 */
-		if (!OidIsValid(relid))
+		if (!(options & VACOPT_SKIP_LOCKED))
 		{
-			if (options & VACOPT_VACUUM)
-				ereport(WARNING,
-						(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
-						 errmsg("skipping vacuum of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
-								vrel->relation->relname)));
-			else
-				ereport(WARNING,
-						(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
-						 errmsg("skipping analyze of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
+			relid = RangeVarGetRelidExtended(vrel->relation,
+											 AccessShareLock,
+											 0, NULL, NULL);
+			if (!OidIsValid(relid))
+				return vacrels;
+		}
+		else
+		{
+			/* Get relid for reporting before taking a lock */
+			relid = RangeVarGetRelid(vrel->relation, NoLock, false);
+
+			if (!ConditionalLockRelationOid(relid, AccessShareLock))
+			{
+				bits8	flags = 0;
+				/*
+				 * If the lock is unavailable, emit the same log statement that
+				 * vacuum_rel() and analyze_rel() would.
+				 */
+				if (options & VACOPT_VACUUM)
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping vacuum of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
 								vrel->relation->relname)));
-			return vacrels;
+				else
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping analyze of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
+									vrel->relation->relname)));
+
+				if ((options & VACOPT_VACUUM) != 0)
+					flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM;
+				if ((options & VACOPT_ANALYZE) != 0)
+					flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE;
+
+				pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(relid, flags);
+
+				return vacrels;
+			}
+
+			/*
+			 * Now that we have the lock, probe to see if the relation really
+			 * exists or not.
+			 */
+			if (!SearchSysCacheExists1(RELOID, ObjectIdGetDatum(relid)))
+			{
+				if (options & VACOPT_VACUUM)
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_UNDEFINED_TABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping vacuum of \"%s\" --- relation no longer exists",
+									vrel->relation->relname)));
+				else
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_UNDEFINED_TABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping analyze of \"%s\" --- relation no longer exists",
+									vrel->relation->relname)));
+
+				/* Release useless lock */
+				UnlockRelationOid(relid, AccessShareLock);
+
+				return vacrels;
+			}
 		}
 
 		/*
diff --git a/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c b/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c
index bc8c43b96aa..cec4c88980e 100644
--- a/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c
+++ b/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c
@@ -17,6 +17,7 @@
 
 #include "postgres.h"
 
+#include "access/htup_details.h"
 #include "access/twophase_rmgr.h"
 #include "access/xact.h"
 #include "catalog/catalog.h"
@@ -366,6 +367,73 @@ pgstat_report_analyze(Relation rel,
 	(void) pgstat_flush_backend(false, PGSTAT_BACKEND_FLUSH_IO);
 }
 
+/*
+ * Report that the table was skipped during vacuum or/and analyze.
+ */
+void
+pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(Oid relid, bits8 flags)
+{
+	PgStat_EntryRef *entry_ref;
+	PgStatShared_Relation *shtabentry;
+	PgStat_StatTabEntry *tabentry;
+	TimestampTz ts;
+	HeapTuple	classTup;
+	bool		isshared;
+
+	if (!pgstat_track_counts || !(flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANY))
+		return;
+
+	classTup = SearchSysCache1(RELOID, ObjectIdGetDatum(relid));
+	if (!HeapTupleIsValid(classTup))
+		return;			/* somebody deleted the rel, forget it */
+	isshared = ((Form_pg_class) GETSTRUCT(classTup))->relisshared;
+	ReleaseSysCache(classTup);
+
+	/* Store the data in the table's hash table entry. */
+	ts = GetCurrentTimestamp();
+
+	/* block acquiring lock for the same reason as pgstat_report_autovac() */
+	entry_ref = pgstat_get_entry_ref_locked(PGSTAT_KIND_RELATION,
+											isshared ? InvalidOid : MyDatabaseId,
+											relid, false);
+
+	shtabentry = (PgStatShared_Relation *) entry_ref->shared_stats;
+	tabentry = &shtabentry->stats;
+
+	if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOVAC)
+	{
+		if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM)
+		{
+			tabentry->last_skipped_autovacuum_time = ts;
+			tabentry->skipped_autovacuum_count++;
+		}
+		if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE)
+		{
+			tabentry->last_skipped_autoanalyze_time = ts;
+			tabentry->skipped_autoanalyze_count++;
+		}
+	}
+	else
+	{
+		if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM)
+		{
+			tabentry->last_skipped_vacuum_time = ts;
+			tabentry->skipped_vacuum_count++;
+		}
+		if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE)
+		{
+			tabentry->last_skipped_analyze_time = ts;
+			tabentry->skipped_analyze_count++;
+		}
+	}
+
+	pgstat_unlock_entry(entry_ref);
+
+	/* see pgstat_report_vacuum() */
+	pgstat_flush_io(false);
+	(void) pgstat_flush_backend(false, PGSTAT_BACKEND_FLUSH_IO);
+}
+
 /*
  * count a tuple insertion of n tuples
  */
diff --git a/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c b/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c
index 9185a8e6b83..18aaa3996e1 100644
--- a/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c
+++ b/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c
@@ -84,6 +84,18 @@ PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(mod_since_analyze)
 /* pg_stat_get_numscans */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(numscans)
 
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_analyze_count)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_autoanalyze_count)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_autovacuum_count)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_vacuum_count)
+
 /* pg_stat_get_tuples_deleted */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(tuples_deleted)
 
@@ -170,6 +182,18 @@ PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_vacuum_time)
 /* pg_stat_get_lastscan */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(lastscan)
 
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_analyze_time)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_autoanalyze_time)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_autovacuum_time)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_vacuum_time)
+
 /* pg_stat_get_stat_reset_time */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(stat_reset_time)
 
diff --git a/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat b/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat
index 0118e970dda..ccfe3d9e02a 100644
--- a/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat
+++ b/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat
@@ -5667,6 +5667,38 @@
   proname => 'pg_stat_get_total_autoanalyze_time', provolatile => 's',
   proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'float8', proargtypes => 'oid',
   prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_total_autoanalyze_time' },
+{ oid => '8142', descr => 'statistics: last skipped vacuum time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time' },
+{ oid => '8143', descr => 'statistics: last skipped auto vacuum time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time' },
+{ oid => '8144', descr => 'statistics: last skipped analyze time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time' },
+{ oid => '8145', descr => 'statistics: last skipped auto analyze time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time' },
+{ oid => '8146', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped vacuum for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count' },
+{ oid => '8147', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped auto vacuum for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count' },
+{ oid => '8148', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped analyzes for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count' },
+{ oid => '8149', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped auto analyzes for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count' },
 { oid => '1936', descr => 'statistics: currently active backend IDs',
   proname => 'pg_stat_get_backend_idset', prorows => '100', proretset => 't',
   provolatile => 's', proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int4',
diff --git a/src/include/pgstat.h b/src/include/pgstat.h
index 8e3549c3752..343081a7a25 100644
--- a/src/include/pgstat.h
+++ b/src/include/pgstat.h
@@ -479,6 +479,15 @@ typedef struct PgStat_StatTabEntry
 	TimestampTz last_autoanalyze_time;	/* autovacuum initiated */
 	PgStat_Counter autoanalyze_count;
 
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_vacuum_time;	/* user initiated vacuum */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_vacuum_count;
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_autovacuum_time;	/* autovacuum initiated */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_autovacuum_count;
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_analyze_time;	/* user initiated */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_analyze_count;
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_autoanalyze_time;	/* autovacuum initiated */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_autoanalyze_count;
+
 	PgStat_Counter total_vacuum_time;	/* times in milliseconds */
 	PgStat_Counter total_autovacuum_time;
 	PgStat_Counter total_analyze_time;
@@ -707,6 +716,13 @@ extern void pgstat_report_analyze(Relation rel,
 								  PgStat_Counter livetuples, PgStat_Counter deadtuples,
 								  bool resetcounter, TimestampTz starttime);
 
+/* flags for pgstat_flush_backend() */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM	(1 << 0)	/* vacuum is skipped */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE	(1 << 1)	/* analyze is skipped */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOVAC	(1 << 2)	/* skipped during autovacuum/autoanalyze */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANY   (PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM | PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE)
+extern void pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(Oid relid, bits8 flags);
+
 /*
  * If stats are enabled, but pending data hasn't been prepared yet, call
  * pgstat_assoc_relation() to do so. See its comment for why this is done
diff --git a/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out b/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out
index 2b3cf6d8569..4ccfc43e903 100644
--- a/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out
+++ b/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out
@@ -1835,13 +1835,21 @@ pg_stat_all_tables| SELECT c.oid AS relid,
     pg_stat_get_mod_since_analyze(c.oid) AS n_mod_since_analyze,
     pg_stat_get_ins_since_vacuum(c.oid) AS n_ins_since_vacuum,
     pg_stat_get_last_vacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_vacuum,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_vacuum,
     pg_stat_get_last_autovacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_autovacuum,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_autovacuum,
     pg_stat_get_last_analyze_time(c.oid) AS last_analyze,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_analyze,
     pg_stat_get_last_autoanalyze_time(c.oid) AS last_autoanalyze,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_autoanalyze,
     pg_stat_get_vacuum_count(c.oid) AS vacuum_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count(c.oid) AS skipped_vacuum_count,
     pg_stat_get_autovacuum_count(c.oid) AS autovacuum_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count(c.oid) AS skipped_autovacuum_count,
     pg_stat_get_analyze_count(c.oid) AS analyze_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count(c.oid) AS skipped_analyze_count,
     pg_stat_get_autoanalyze_count(c.oid) AS autoanalyze_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count(c.oid) AS skipped_autoanalyze_count,
     pg_stat_get_total_vacuum_time(c.oid) AS total_vacuum_time,
     pg_stat_get_total_autovacuum_time(c.oid) AS total_autovacuum_time,
     pg_stat_get_total_analyze_time(c.oid) AS total_analyze_time,
@@ -2293,13 +2301,21 @@ pg_stat_sys_tables| SELECT relid,
     n_mod_since_analyze,
     n_ins_since_vacuum,
     last_vacuum,
+    last_skipped_vacuum,
     last_autovacuum,
+    last_skipped_autovacuum,
     last_analyze,
+    last_skipped_analyze,
     last_autoanalyze,
+    last_skipped_autoanalyze,
     vacuum_count,
+    skipped_vacuum_count,
     autovacuum_count,
+    skipped_autovacuum_count,
     analyze_count,
+    skipped_analyze_count,
     autoanalyze_count,
+    skipped_autoanalyze_count,
     total_vacuum_time,
     total_autovacuum_time,
     total_analyze_time,
@@ -2348,13 +2364,21 @@ pg_stat_user_tables| SELECT relid,
     n_mod_since_analyze,
     n_ins_since_vacuum,
     last_vacuum,
+    last_skipped_vacuum,
     last_autovacuum,
+    last_skipped_autovacuum,
     last_analyze,
+    last_skipped_analyze,
     last_autoanalyze,
+    last_skipped_autoanalyze,
     vacuum_count,
+    skipped_vacuum_count,
     autovacuum_count,
+    skipped_autovacuum_count,
     analyze_count,
+    skipped_analyze_count,
     autoanalyze_count,
+    skipped_autoanalyze_count,
     total_vacuum_time,
     total_autovacuum_time,
     total_analyze_time,
-- 
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* [PATCH v4] Track skipped vacuum and analyze activity per relation
@ 2026-03-24 04:09 Yugo Nagata <[email protected]>
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From: Yugo Nagata @ 2026-03-24 04:09 UTC (permalink / raw)

This commit adds eight fields to the relation statistics that track
the last time vacuum or analyze has been attempted but skipped due to
lock unavailability, along with their counts:

-    last_skipped_vacuum
-    last_skipped_autovacuum
-    last_skipped_analyze
-    last_skipped_autoanalyze
-    skipped_vacuum_count
-    skipped_autovacuum_count
-    skipped_analyze_count
-    skipped_autoanalyze_count

These field can help users confirm that autovacuum is actively attempting
to run on a table that has not been vacuumed or analyzed for a long time,
and that the lack of progress is due to repeated skips rather than inactivity.
---
 doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml                 |  88 ++++++++++++++++
 src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql         |   8 ++
 src/backend/commands/vacuum.c                | 102 ++++++++++++++-----
 src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c |  64 ++++++++++++
 src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c          |  24 +++++
 src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat              |  32 ++++++
 src/include/pgstat.h                         |  16 +++
 src/test/regress/expected/rules.out          |  24 +++++
 8 files changed, 335 insertions(+), 23 deletions(-)

diff --git a/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml b/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml
index 08d5b824552..a9b579d87a9 100644
--- a/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml
+++ b/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml
@@ -4387,6 +4387,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_vacuum</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time a manual vacuum on this table was attempted but skipped due to
+       lock unavailability (not counting <command>VACUUM FULL</command>)
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>last_autovacuum</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
@@ -4397,6 +4407,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_autovacuum</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time a vacuum on this table by the autovacuum daemon was attempted
+       but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>last_analyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
@@ -4406,6 +4426,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_analyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time a manual analyze on this table was attempted but skipped due to
+       lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>last_autoanalyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
@@ -4416,6 +4446,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_autoanalyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time at which an analyze on this table by the autovacuum was
+       attempted but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>vacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4426,6 +4466,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_vacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times manual vacuums on this table have been attempted but skipped
+       due to lock unavailability (not counting <command>VACUUM FULL</command>)
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>autovacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4436,6 +4486,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_autovacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times vacuums on this table by the autovacuum daemon have been
+       attempted but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>analyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4445,6 +4505,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_analyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times manual analyzes on this table have been attempted but
+       skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>autoanalyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4455,6 +4525,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_autoanalyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times analyzes on this table by the autovacuum daemon have
+       been attempted but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>total_vacuum_time</structfield> <type>double precision</type>
@@ -4510,6 +4590,14 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
    </tgroup>
   </table>
 
+  <note>
+   <para>
+    When a manual vacuum or analyze on a parent table in an inheritance or
+    partitioning hierarchy is skipped, the statistics are recorded only for
+    the parent table, not for its children.
+   </para>
+  </note>
+
  </sect2>
 
  <sect2 id="monitoring-pg-stat-autovacuum-scores-view">
diff --git a/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql b/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql
index 73a1c1c4670..f509fc7876b 100644
--- a/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql
+++ b/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql
@@ -736,13 +736,21 @@ CREATE VIEW pg_stat_all_tables AS
             pg_stat_get_mod_since_analyze(C.oid) AS n_mod_since_analyze,
             pg_stat_get_ins_since_vacuum(C.oid) AS n_ins_since_vacuum,
             pg_stat_get_last_vacuum_time(C.oid) as last_vacuum,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_vacuum,
             pg_stat_get_last_autovacuum_time(C.oid) as last_autovacuum,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_autovacuum,
             pg_stat_get_last_analyze_time(C.oid) as last_analyze,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_analyze,
             pg_stat_get_last_autoanalyze_time(C.oid) as last_autoanalyze,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_autoanalyze,
             pg_stat_get_vacuum_count(C.oid) AS vacuum_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count(C.oid) AS skipped_vacuum_count,
             pg_stat_get_autovacuum_count(C.oid) AS autovacuum_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count(C.oid) AS skipped_autovacuum_count,
             pg_stat_get_analyze_count(C.oid) AS analyze_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count(C.oid) AS skipped_analyze_count,
             pg_stat_get_autoanalyze_count(C.oid) AS autoanalyze_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count(C.oid) AS skipped_autoanalyze_count,
             pg_stat_get_total_vacuum_time(C.oid) AS total_vacuum_time,
             pg_stat_get_total_autovacuum_time(C.oid) AS total_autovacuum_time,
             pg_stat_get_total_analyze_time(C.oid) AS total_analyze_time,
diff --git a/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c b/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c
index 99d0db82ed7..97cd5ea8d10 100644
--- a/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c
+++ b/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c
@@ -793,8 +793,25 @@ vacuum_open_relation(Oid relid, RangeVar *relation, uint32 options,
 		rel = try_relation_open(relid, NoLock);
 	else
 	{
+		int flags = 0;
 		rel = NULL;
 		rel_lock = false;
+
+		if ((options & VACOPT_VACUUM) != 0)
+		{
+			if (AmAutoVacuumWorkerProcess())
+				flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOVACUUM;
+			else
+				flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM;
+		}
+		if ((options & VACOPT_ANALYZE) != 0)
+		{
+			if (AmAutoVacuumWorkerProcess())
+				flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOANALYZE;
+			else
+				flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE;
+		}
+		pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(relid, flags);
 	}
 
 	/* if relation is opened, leave */
@@ -802,7 +819,7 @@ vacuum_open_relation(Oid relid, RangeVar *relation, uint32 options,
 		return rel;
 
 	/*
-	 * Relation could not be opened, hence generate if possible a log
+	 * Relation could not be opened hence generate if possible a log
 	 * informing on the situation.
 	 *
 	 * If the RangeVar is not defined, we do not have enough information to
@@ -905,7 +922,6 @@ expand_vacuum_rel(VacuumRelation *vrel, MemoryContext vac_context,
 		Form_pg_class classForm;
 		bool		include_children;
 		bool		is_partitioned_table;
-		int			rvr_opts;
 
 		/*
 		 * Since autovacuum workers supply OIDs when calling vacuum(), no
@@ -918,29 +934,69 @@ expand_vacuum_rel(VacuumRelation *vrel, MemoryContext vac_context,
 		 * below, as well as find_all_inheritors's expectation that the caller
 		 * holds some lock on the starting relation.
 		 */
-		rvr_opts = (options & VACOPT_SKIP_LOCKED) ? RVR_SKIP_LOCKED : 0;
-		relid = RangeVarGetRelidExtended(vrel->relation,
-										 AccessShareLock,
-										 rvr_opts,
-										 NULL, NULL);
-
-		/*
-		 * If the lock is unavailable, emit the same log statement that
-		 * vacuum_rel() and analyze_rel() would.
-		 */
-		if (!OidIsValid(relid))
+		if (!(options & VACOPT_SKIP_LOCKED))
 		{
-			if (options & VACOPT_VACUUM)
-				ereport(WARNING,
-						(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
-						 errmsg("skipping vacuum of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
-								vrel->relation->relname)));
-			else
-				ereport(WARNING,
-						(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
-						 errmsg("skipping analyze of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
+			relid = RangeVarGetRelidExtended(vrel->relation,
+											 AccessShareLock,
+											 0, NULL, NULL);
+			if (!OidIsValid(relid))
+				return vacrels;
+		}
+		else
+		{
+			/* Get relid for reporting before taking a lock */
+			relid = RangeVarGetRelid(vrel->relation, NoLock, false);
+
+			if (!ConditionalLockRelationOid(relid, AccessShareLock))
+			{
+				int	flags = 0;
+				/*
+				 * If the lock is unavailable, emit the same log statement that
+				 * vacuum_rel() and analyze_rel() would.
+				 */
+				if (options & VACOPT_VACUUM)
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping vacuum of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
 								vrel->relation->relname)));
-			return vacrels;
+				else
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping analyze of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
+									vrel->relation->relname)));
+
+				if ((options & VACOPT_VACUUM) != 0)
+					flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM;
+				if ((options & VACOPT_ANALYZE) != 0)
+					flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE;
+
+				pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(relid, flags);
+
+				return vacrels;
+			}
+
+			/*
+			 * Now that we have the lock, probe to see if the relation really
+			 * exists or not.
+			 */
+			if (!SearchSysCacheExists1(RELOID, ObjectIdGetDatum(relid)))
+			{
+				if (options & VACOPT_VACUUM)
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_UNDEFINED_TABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping vacuum of \"%s\" --- relation no longer exists",
+									vrel->relation->relname)));
+				else
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_UNDEFINED_TABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping analyze of \"%s\" --- relation no longer exists",
+									vrel->relation->relname)));
+
+				/* Release useless lock */
+				UnlockRelationOid(relid, AccessShareLock);
+
+				return vacrels;
+			}
 		}
 
 		/*
diff --git a/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c b/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c
index b2ca28f83ba..532d9023f8c 100644
--- a/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c
+++ b/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c
@@ -17,12 +17,14 @@
 
 #include "postgres.h"
 
+#include "access/htup_details.h"
 #include "access/twophase_rmgr.h"
 #include "access/xact.h"
 #include "catalog/catalog.h"
 #include "utils/memutils.h"
 #include "utils/pgstat_internal.h"
 #include "utils/rel.h"
+#include "utils/syscache.h"
 #include "utils/timestamp.h"
 
 
@@ -367,6 +369,68 @@ pgstat_report_analyze(Relation rel,
 	(void) pgstat_flush_backend(false, PGSTAT_BACKEND_FLUSH_IO);
 }
 
+/*
+ * Report that the table was skipped during vacuum or/and analyze.
+ */
+void
+pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(Oid relid, int flags)
+{
+	PgStat_EntryRef *entry_ref;
+	PgStatShared_Relation *shtabentry;
+	PgStat_StatTabEntry *tabentry;
+	TimestampTz ts;
+	HeapTuple	classTup;
+	bool		isshared;
+
+	if (!pgstat_track_counts || !flags)
+		return;
+
+	classTup = SearchSysCache1(RELOID, ObjectIdGetDatum(relid));
+	if (!HeapTupleIsValid(classTup))
+		return;			/* somebody deleted the rel, forget it */
+	isshared = ((Form_pg_class) GETSTRUCT(classTup))->relisshared;
+	ReleaseSysCache(classTup);
+
+	/* Store the data in the table's hash table entry. */
+	ts = GetCurrentTimestamp();
+
+	/* block acquiring lock for the same reason as pgstat_report_autovac() */
+	entry_ref = pgstat_get_entry_ref_locked(PGSTAT_KIND_RELATION,
+											isshared ? InvalidOid : MyDatabaseId,
+											relid, false);
+
+	shtabentry = (PgStatShared_Relation *) entry_ref->shared_stats;
+	tabentry = &shtabentry->stats;
+
+	if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM)
+	{
+		tabentry->last_skipped_vacuum_time = ts;
+		tabentry->skipped_vacuum_count++;
+	}
+	else if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOVACUUM)
+	{
+		tabentry->last_skipped_autovacuum_time = ts;
+		tabentry->skipped_autovacuum_count++;
+	}
+
+	if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE)
+	{
+		tabentry->last_skipped_analyze_time = ts;
+		tabentry->skipped_analyze_count++;
+	}
+	else if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOANALYZE)
+	{
+		tabentry->last_skipped_autoanalyze_time = ts;
+		tabentry->skipped_autoanalyze_count++;
+	}
+
+	pgstat_unlock_entry(entry_ref);
+
+	/* see pgstat_report_vacuum() */
+	pgstat_flush_io(false);
+	(void) pgstat_flush_backend(false, PGSTAT_BACKEND_FLUSH_IO);
+}
+
 /*
  * count a tuple insertion of n tuples
  */
diff --git a/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c b/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c
index 1408de387ea..90a8968faa0 100644
--- a/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c
+++ b/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c
@@ -84,6 +84,18 @@ PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(mod_since_analyze)
 /* pg_stat_get_numscans */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(numscans)
 
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_analyze_count)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_autoanalyze_count)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_autovacuum_count)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_vacuum_count)
+
 /* pg_stat_get_tuples_deleted */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(tuples_deleted)
 
@@ -170,6 +182,18 @@ PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_vacuum_time)
 /* pg_stat_get_lastscan */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(lastscan)
 
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_analyze_time)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_autoanalyze_time)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_autovacuum_time)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_vacuum_time)
+
 /* pg_stat_get_stat_reset_time */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(stat_reset_time)
 
diff --git a/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat b/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat
index fa9ae79082b..32debb34863 100644
--- a/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat
+++ b/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat
@@ -5680,6 +5680,38 @@
   proargmodes => '{o,o,o,o,o,o,o,o,o,o}',
   proargnames => '{oid,score,xid_score,mxid_score,vacuum_score,vacuum_insert_score,analyze_score,do_vacuum,do_analyze,for_wraparound}',
   prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_autovacuum_scores' },
+{ oid => '8142', descr => 'statistics: last skipped vacuum time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time' },
+{ oid => '8143', descr => 'statistics: last skipped auto vacuum time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time' },
+{ oid => '8144', descr => 'statistics: last skipped analyze time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time' },
+{ oid => '8145', descr => 'statistics: last skipped auto analyze time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time' },
+{ oid => '8146', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped vacuum for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count' },
+{ oid => '8147', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped auto vacuum for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count' },
+{ oid => '8148', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped analyzes for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count' },
+{ oid => '8149', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped auto analyzes for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count' },
 { oid => '1936', descr => 'statistics: currently active backend IDs',
   proname => 'pg_stat_get_backend_idset', prorows => '100', proretset => 't',
   provolatile => 's', proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int4',
diff --git a/src/include/pgstat.h b/src/include/pgstat.h
index dfa2e837638..98941f953d1 100644
--- a/src/include/pgstat.h
+++ b/src/include/pgstat.h
@@ -479,6 +479,15 @@ typedef struct PgStat_StatTabEntry
 	TimestampTz last_autoanalyze_time;	/* autovacuum initiated */
 	PgStat_Counter autoanalyze_count;
 
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_vacuum_time;	/* user initiated vacuum */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_vacuum_count;
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_autovacuum_time;	/* autovacuum initiated */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_autovacuum_count;
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_analyze_time;	/* user initiated */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_analyze_count;
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_autoanalyze_time;	/* autovacuum initiated */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_autoanalyze_count;
+
 	PgStat_Counter total_vacuum_time;	/* times in milliseconds */
 	PgStat_Counter total_autovacuum_time;
 	PgStat_Counter total_analyze_time;
@@ -703,6 +712,13 @@ extern void pgstat_report_analyze(Relation rel,
 								  PgStat_Counter livetuples, PgStat_Counter deadtuples,
 								  bool resetcounter, TimestampTz starttime);
 
+/* flags for pgstat_flush_backend() */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM		(1 << 0)	/* vacuum is skipped */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE		(1 << 1)	/* analyze is skipped */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOVACUUM	(1 << 2)	/* autovacuum is skipped */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOANALYZE	(1 << 3)	/* autoanalyze is skipped */
+extern void pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(Oid relid, int flags);
+
 /*
  * If stats are enabled, but pending data hasn't been prepared yet, call
  * pgstat_assoc_relation() to do so. See its comment for why this is done
diff --git a/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out b/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out
index a65a5bf0c4f..9b2075d3373 100644
--- a/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out
+++ b/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out
@@ -1835,13 +1835,21 @@ pg_stat_all_tables| SELECT c.oid AS relid,
     pg_stat_get_mod_since_analyze(c.oid) AS n_mod_since_analyze,
     pg_stat_get_ins_since_vacuum(c.oid) AS n_ins_since_vacuum,
     pg_stat_get_last_vacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_vacuum,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_vacuum,
     pg_stat_get_last_autovacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_autovacuum,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_autovacuum,
     pg_stat_get_last_analyze_time(c.oid) AS last_analyze,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_analyze,
     pg_stat_get_last_autoanalyze_time(c.oid) AS last_autoanalyze,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_autoanalyze,
     pg_stat_get_vacuum_count(c.oid) AS vacuum_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count(c.oid) AS skipped_vacuum_count,
     pg_stat_get_autovacuum_count(c.oid) AS autovacuum_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count(c.oid) AS skipped_autovacuum_count,
     pg_stat_get_analyze_count(c.oid) AS analyze_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count(c.oid) AS skipped_analyze_count,
     pg_stat_get_autoanalyze_count(c.oid) AS autoanalyze_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count(c.oid) AS skipped_autoanalyze_count,
     pg_stat_get_total_vacuum_time(c.oid) AS total_vacuum_time,
     pg_stat_get_total_autovacuum_time(c.oid) AS total_autovacuum_time,
     pg_stat_get_total_analyze_time(c.oid) AS total_analyze_time,
@@ -2346,13 +2354,21 @@ pg_stat_sys_tables| SELECT relid,
     n_mod_since_analyze,
     n_ins_since_vacuum,
     last_vacuum,
+    last_skipped_vacuum,
     last_autovacuum,
+    last_skipped_autovacuum,
     last_analyze,
+    last_skipped_analyze,
     last_autoanalyze,
+    last_skipped_autoanalyze,
     vacuum_count,
+    skipped_vacuum_count,
     autovacuum_count,
+    skipped_autovacuum_count,
     analyze_count,
+    skipped_analyze_count,
     autoanalyze_count,
+    skipped_autoanalyze_count,
     total_vacuum_time,
     total_autovacuum_time,
     total_analyze_time,
@@ -2401,13 +2417,21 @@ pg_stat_user_tables| SELECT relid,
     n_mod_since_analyze,
     n_ins_since_vacuum,
     last_vacuum,
+    last_skipped_vacuum,
     last_autovacuum,
+    last_skipped_autovacuum,
     last_analyze,
+    last_skipped_analyze,
     last_autoanalyze,
+    last_skipped_autoanalyze,
     vacuum_count,
+    skipped_vacuum_count,
     autovacuum_count,
+    skipped_autovacuum_count,
     analyze_count,
+    skipped_analyze_count,
     autoanalyze_count,
+    skipped_autoanalyze_count,
     total_vacuum_time,
     total_autovacuum_time,
     total_analyze_time,
-- 
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* [PATCH v5] Track skipped vacuum and analyze activity per relation
@ 2026-03-24 04:09 Yugo Nagata <[email protected]>
  0 siblings, 0 replies; 374+ messages in thread

From: Yugo Nagata @ 2026-03-24 04:09 UTC (permalink / raw)

This commit adds eight fields to the relation statistics that track
the last time vacuum or analyze has been attempted but skipped due to
lock unavailability, along with their counts:

-    last_skipped_vacuum
-    last_skipped_autovacuum
-    last_skipped_analyze
-    last_skipped_autoanalyze
-    skipped_vacuum_count
-    skipped_autovacuum_count
-    skipped_analyze_count
-    skipped_autoanalyze_count

These field can help users confirm that autovacuum is actively attempting
to run on a table that has not been vacuumed or analyzed for a long time,
and that the lack of progress is due to repeated skips rather than inactivity.
---
 doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml                  |  88 ++++++
 src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql          |   8 +
 src/backend/commands/vacuum.c                 | 100 +++++--
 src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c  |  64 +++++
 src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c           |  24 ++
 src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat               |  32 +++
 src/include/pgstat.h                          |  16 ++
 .../isolation/expected/vacuum-skip-locked.out | 260 ++++++++++++++++--
 .../isolation/specs/vacuum-skip-locked.spec   |  41 +--
 src/test/regress/expected/rules.out           |  24 ++
 10 files changed, 601 insertions(+), 56 deletions(-)

diff --git a/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml b/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml
index 08d5b824552..a9b579d87a9 100644
--- a/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml
+++ b/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml
@@ -4387,6 +4387,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_vacuum</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time a manual vacuum on this table was attempted but skipped due to
+       lock unavailability (not counting <command>VACUUM FULL</command>)
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>last_autovacuum</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
@@ -4397,6 +4407,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_autovacuum</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time a vacuum on this table by the autovacuum daemon was attempted
+       but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>last_analyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
@@ -4406,6 +4426,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_analyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time a manual analyze on this table was attempted but skipped due to
+       lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>last_autoanalyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
@@ -4416,6 +4446,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_autoanalyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time at which an analyze on this table by the autovacuum was
+       attempted but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>vacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4426,6 +4466,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_vacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times manual vacuums on this table have been attempted but skipped
+       due to lock unavailability (not counting <command>VACUUM FULL</command>)
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>autovacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4436,6 +4486,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_autovacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times vacuums on this table by the autovacuum daemon have been
+       attempted but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>analyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4445,6 +4505,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_analyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times manual analyzes on this table have been attempted but
+       skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>autoanalyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4455,6 +4525,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_autoanalyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times analyzes on this table by the autovacuum daemon have
+       been attempted but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>total_vacuum_time</structfield> <type>double precision</type>
@@ -4510,6 +4590,14 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
    </tgroup>
   </table>
 
+  <note>
+   <para>
+    When a manual vacuum or analyze on a parent table in an inheritance or
+    partitioning hierarchy is skipped, the statistics are recorded only for
+    the parent table, not for its children.
+   </para>
+  </note>
+
  </sect2>
 
  <sect2 id="monitoring-pg-stat-autovacuum-scores-view">
diff --git a/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql b/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql
index 73a1c1c4670..f509fc7876b 100644
--- a/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql
+++ b/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql
@@ -736,13 +736,21 @@ CREATE VIEW pg_stat_all_tables AS
             pg_stat_get_mod_since_analyze(C.oid) AS n_mod_since_analyze,
             pg_stat_get_ins_since_vacuum(C.oid) AS n_ins_since_vacuum,
             pg_stat_get_last_vacuum_time(C.oid) as last_vacuum,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_vacuum,
             pg_stat_get_last_autovacuum_time(C.oid) as last_autovacuum,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_autovacuum,
             pg_stat_get_last_analyze_time(C.oid) as last_analyze,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_analyze,
             pg_stat_get_last_autoanalyze_time(C.oid) as last_autoanalyze,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_autoanalyze,
             pg_stat_get_vacuum_count(C.oid) AS vacuum_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count(C.oid) AS skipped_vacuum_count,
             pg_stat_get_autovacuum_count(C.oid) AS autovacuum_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count(C.oid) AS skipped_autovacuum_count,
             pg_stat_get_analyze_count(C.oid) AS analyze_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count(C.oid) AS skipped_analyze_count,
             pg_stat_get_autoanalyze_count(C.oid) AS autoanalyze_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count(C.oid) AS skipped_autoanalyze_count,
             pg_stat_get_total_vacuum_time(C.oid) AS total_vacuum_time,
             pg_stat_get_total_autovacuum_time(C.oid) AS total_autovacuum_time,
             pg_stat_get_total_analyze_time(C.oid) AS total_analyze_time,
diff --git a/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c b/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c
index 99d0db82ed7..df6526225e4 100644
--- a/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c
+++ b/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c
@@ -793,8 +793,25 @@ vacuum_open_relation(Oid relid, RangeVar *relation, uint32 options,
 		rel = try_relation_open(relid, NoLock);
 	else
 	{
+		int flags = 0;
 		rel = NULL;
 		rel_lock = false;
+
+		if ((options & VACOPT_VACUUM) != 0 && (options & VACOPT_FULL) == 0)
+		{
+			if (AmAutoVacuumWorkerProcess())
+				flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOVACUUM;
+			else
+				flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM;
+		}
+		if ((options & VACOPT_ANALYZE) != 0)
+		{
+			if (AmAutoVacuumWorkerProcess())
+				flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOANALYZE;
+			else
+				flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE;
+		}
+		pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(relid, flags);
 	}
 
 	/* if relation is opened, leave */
@@ -905,7 +922,6 @@ expand_vacuum_rel(VacuumRelation *vrel, MemoryContext vac_context,
 		Form_pg_class classForm;
 		bool		include_children;
 		bool		is_partitioned_table;
-		int			rvr_opts;
 
 		/*
 		 * Since autovacuum workers supply OIDs when calling vacuum(), no
@@ -918,29 +934,69 @@ expand_vacuum_rel(VacuumRelation *vrel, MemoryContext vac_context,
 		 * below, as well as find_all_inheritors's expectation that the caller
 		 * holds some lock on the starting relation.
 		 */
-		rvr_opts = (options & VACOPT_SKIP_LOCKED) ? RVR_SKIP_LOCKED : 0;
-		relid = RangeVarGetRelidExtended(vrel->relation,
-										 AccessShareLock,
-										 rvr_opts,
-										 NULL, NULL);
-
-		/*
-		 * If the lock is unavailable, emit the same log statement that
-		 * vacuum_rel() and analyze_rel() would.
-		 */
-		if (!OidIsValid(relid))
+		if (!(options & VACOPT_SKIP_LOCKED))
 		{
-			if (options & VACOPT_VACUUM)
-				ereport(WARNING,
-						(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
-						 errmsg("skipping vacuum of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
-								vrel->relation->relname)));
-			else
-				ereport(WARNING,
-						(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
-						 errmsg("skipping analyze of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
+			relid = RangeVarGetRelidExtended(vrel->relation,
+											 AccessShareLock,
+											 0, NULL, NULL);
+			if (!OidIsValid(relid))
+				return vacrels;
+		}
+		else
+		{
+			/* Get relid for reporting before taking a lock */
+			relid = RangeVarGetRelid(vrel->relation, NoLock, false);
+
+			if (!ConditionalLockRelationOid(relid, AccessShareLock))
+			{
+				int	flags = 0;
+				/*
+				 * If the lock is unavailable, emit the same log statement that
+				 * vacuum_rel() and analyze_rel() would.
+				 */
+				if (options & VACOPT_VACUUM)
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping vacuum of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
 								vrel->relation->relname)));
-			return vacrels;
+				else
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping analyze of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
+									vrel->relation->relname)));
+
+				if ((options & VACOPT_VACUUM) != 0 && (options & VACOPT_FULL) == 0)
+					flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM;
+				if ((options & VACOPT_ANALYZE) != 0)
+					flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE;
+
+				pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(relid, flags);
+
+				return vacrels;
+			}
+
+			/*
+			 * Now that we have the lock, probe to see if the relation really
+			 * exists or not.
+			 */
+			if (!SearchSysCacheExists1(RELOID, ObjectIdGetDatum(relid)))
+			{
+				if (options & VACOPT_VACUUM)
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_UNDEFINED_TABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping vacuum of \"%s\" --- relation no longer exists",
+									vrel->relation->relname)));
+				else
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_UNDEFINED_TABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping analyze of \"%s\" --- relation no longer exists",
+									vrel->relation->relname)));
+
+				/* Release useless lock */
+				UnlockRelationOid(relid, AccessShareLock);
+
+				return vacrels;
+			}
 		}
 
 		/*
diff --git a/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c b/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c
index b2ca28f83ba..532d9023f8c 100644
--- a/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c
+++ b/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c
@@ -17,12 +17,14 @@
 
 #include "postgres.h"
 
+#include "access/htup_details.h"
 #include "access/twophase_rmgr.h"
 #include "access/xact.h"
 #include "catalog/catalog.h"
 #include "utils/memutils.h"
 #include "utils/pgstat_internal.h"
 #include "utils/rel.h"
+#include "utils/syscache.h"
 #include "utils/timestamp.h"
 
 
@@ -367,6 +369,68 @@ pgstat_report_analyze(Relation rel,
 	(void) pgstat_flush_backend(false, PGSTAT_BACKEND_FLUSH_IO);
 }
 
+/*
+ * Report that the table was skipped during vacuum or/and analyze.
+ */
+void
+pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(Oid relid, int flags)
+{
+	PgStat_EntryRef *entry_ref;
+	PgStatShared_Relation *shtabentry;
+	PgStat_StatTabEntry *tabentry;
+	TimestampTz ts;
+	HeapTuple	classTup;
+	bool		isshared;
+
+	if (!pgstat_track_counts || !flags)
+		return;
+
+	classTup = SearchSysCache1(RELOID, ObjectIdGetDatum(relid));
+	if (!HeapTupleIsValid(classTup))
+		return;			/* somebody deleted the rel, forget it */
+	isshared = ((Form_pg_class) GETSTRUCT(classTup))->relisshared;
+	ReleaseSysCache(classTup);
+
+	/* Store the data in the table's hash table entry. */
+	ts = GetCurrentTimestamp();
+
+	/* block acquiring lock for the same reason as pgstat_report_autovac() */
+	entry_ref = pgstat_get_entry_ref_locked(PGSTAT_KIND_RELATION,
+											isshared ? InvalidOid : MyDatabaseId,
+											relid, false);
+
+	shtabentry = (PgStatShared_Relation *) entry_ref->shared_stats;
+	tabentry = &shtabentry->stats;
+
+	if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM)
+	{
+		tabentry->last_skipped_vacuum_time = ts;
+		tabentry->skipped_vacuum_count++;
+	}
+	else if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOVACUUM)
+	{
+		tabentry->last_skipped_autovacuum_time = ts;
+		tabentry->skipped_autovacuum_count++;
+	}
+
+	if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE)
+	{
+		tabentry->last_skipped_analyze_time = ts;
+		tabentry->skipped_analyze_count++;
+	}
+	else if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOANALYZE)
+	{
+		tabentry->last_skipped_autoanalyze_time = ts;
+		tabentry->skipped_autoanalyze_count++;
+	}
+
+	pgstat_unlock_entry(entry_ref);
+
+	/* see pgstat_report_vacuum() */
+	pgstat_flush_io(false);
+	(void) pgstat_flush_backend(false, PGSTAT_BACKEND_FLUSH_IO);
+}
+
 /*
  * count a tuple insertion of n tuples
  */
diff --git a/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c b/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c
index 1408de387ea..90a8968faa0 100644
--- a/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c
+++ b/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c
@@ -84,6 +84,18 @@ PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(mod_since_analyze)
 /* pg_stat_get_numscans */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(numscans)
 
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_analyze_count)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_autoanalyze_count)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_autovacuum_count)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_vacuum_count)
+
 /* pg_stat_get_tuples_deleted */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(tuples_deleted)
 
@@ -170,6 +182,18 @@ PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_vacuum_time)
 /* pg_stat_get_lastscan */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(lastscan)
 
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_analyze_time)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_autoanalyze_time)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_autovacuum_time)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_vacuum_time)
+
 /* pg_stat_get_stat_reset_time */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(stat_reset_time)
 
diff --git a/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat b/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat
index fa9ae79082b..32debb34863 100644
--- a/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat
+++ b/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat
@@ -5680,6 +5680,38 @@
   proargmodes => '{o,o,o,o,o,o,o,o,o,o}',
   proargnames => '{oid,score,xid_score,mxid_score,vacuum_score,vacuum_insert_score,analyze_score,do_vacuum,do_analyze,for_wraparound}',
   prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_autovacuum_scores' },
+{ oid => '8142', descr => 'statistics: last skipped vacuum time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time' },
+{ oid => '8143', descr => 'statistics: last skipped auto vacuum time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time' },
+{ oid => '8144', descr => 'statistics: last skipped analyze time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time' },
+{ oid => '8145', descr => 'statistics: last skipped auto analyze time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time' },
+{ oid => '8146', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped vacuum for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count' },
+{ oid => '8147', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped auto vacuum for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count' },
+{ oid => '8148', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped analyzes for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count' },
+{ oid => '8149', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped auto analyzes for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count' },
 { oid => '1936', descr => 'statistics: currently active backend IDs',
   proname => 'pg_stat_get_backend_idset', prorows => '100', proretset => 't',
   provolatile => 's', proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int4',
diff --git a/src/include/pgstat.h b/src/include/pgstat.h
index dfa2e837638..98941f953d1 100644
--- a/src/include/pgstat.h
+++ b/src/include/pgstat.h
@@ -479,6 +479,15 @@ typedef struct PgStat_StatTabEntry
 	TimestampTz last_autoanalyze_time;	/* autovacuum initiated */
 	PgStat_Counter autoanalyze_count;
 
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_vacuum_time;	/* user initiated vacuum */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_vacuum_count;
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_autovacuum_time;	/* autovacuum initiated */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_autovacuum_count;
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_analyze_time;	/* user initiated */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_analyze_count;
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_autoanalyze_time;	/* autovacuum initiated */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_autoanalyze_count;
+
 	PgStat_Counter total_vacuum_time;	/* times in milliseconds */
 	PgStat_Counter total_autovacuum_time;
 	PgStat_Counter total_analyze_time;
@@ -703,6 +712,13 @@ extern void pgstat_report_analyze(Relation rel,
 								  PgStat_Counter livetuples, PgStat_Counter deadtuples,
 								  bool resetcounter, TimestampTz starttime);
 
+/* flags for pgstat_flush_backend() */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM		(1 << 0)	/* vacuum is skipped */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE		(1 << 1)	/* analyze is skipped */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOVACUUM	(1 << 2)	/* autovacuum is skipped */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOANALYZE	(1 << 3)	/* autoanalyze is skipped */
+extern void pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(Oid relid, int flags);
+
 /*
  * If stats are enabled, but pending data hasn't been prepared yet, call
  * pgstat_assoc_relation() to do so. See its comment for why this is done
diff --git a/src/test/isolation/expected/vacuum-skip-locked.out b/src/test/isolation/expected/vacuum-skip-locked.out
index 99db281a159..e2cff175b7c 100644
--- a/src/test/isolation/expected/vacuum-skip-locked.out
+++ b/src/test/isolation/expected/vacuum-skip-locked.out
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 Parsed test spec with 2 sessions
 
-starting permutation: lock_share vac_specified commit
+starting permutation: lock_share vac_specified commit check_stat
 step lock_share: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN SHARE MODE;
@@ -10,8 +10,22 @@ step vac_specified: VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED) part1, part2;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
 
-starting permutation: lock_share vac_all_parts commit
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   1|            0|                    0
+part2  |           1|                   0|            0|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
+
+starting permutation: lock_share vac_all_parts commit check_stat
 step lock_share: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN SHARE MODE;
@@ -20,8 +34,22 @@ step vac_all_parts: VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED) parted;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   1|            0|                    0
+part2  |           1|                   0|            0|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
 
-starting permutation: lock_share analyze_specified commit
+starting permutation: lock_share analyze_specified commit check_stat
 step lock_share: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN SHARE MODE;
@@ -31,8 +59,22 @@ step analyze_specified: ANALYZE (SKIP_LOCKED) part1, part2;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
 
-starting permutation: lock_share analyze_all_parts commit
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   0|            0|                    1
+part2  |           0|                   0|            1|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
+
+starting permutation: lock_share analyze_all_parts commit check_stat
 step lock_share: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN SHARE MODE;
@@ -41,8 +83,22 @@ step analyze_all_parts: ANALYZE (SKIP_LOCKED) parted;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            1|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   0|            0|                    1
+part2  |           0|                   0|            1|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
 
-starting permutation: lock_share vac_analyze_specified commit
+starting permutation: lock_share vac_analyze_specified commit check_stat
 step lock_share: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN SHARE MODE;
@@ -52,8 +108,22 @@ step vac_analyze_specified: VACUUM (ANALYZE, SKIP_LOCKED) part1, part2;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
 
-starting permutation: lock_share vac_analyze_all_parts commit
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   1|            0|                    1
+part2  |           1|                   0|            1|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
+
+starting permutation: lock_share vac_analyze_all_parts commit check_stat
 step lock_share: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN SHARE MODE;
@@ -62,8 +132,22 @@ step vac_analyze_all_parts: VACUUM (ANALYZE, SKIP_LOCKED) parted;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            1|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   1|            0|                    1
+part2  |           1|                   0|            1|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
 
-starting permutation: lock_share vac_full_specified commit
+starting permutation: lock_share vac_full_specified commit check_stat
 step lock_share: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN SHARE MODE;
@@ -73,8 +157,22 @@ step vac_full_specified: VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED, FULL) part1, part2;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
 
-starting permutation: lock_share vac_full_all_parts commit
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part2  |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
+
+starting permutation: lock_share vac_full_all_parts commit check_stat
 step lock_share: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN SHARE MODE;
@@ -83,8 +181,22 @@ step vac_full_all_parts: VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED, FULL) parted;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part2  |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+(3 rows)
 
-starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_specified commit
+
+starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_specified commit check_stat
 step lock_access_exclusive: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN ACCESS EXCLUSIVE MODE;
@@ -94,8 +206,22 @@ step vac_specified: VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED) part1, part2;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   1|            0|                    0
+part2  |           1|                   0|            0|                    0
+(3 rows)
 
-starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_all_parts commit
+
+starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_all_parts commit check_stat
 step lock_access_exclusive: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN ACCESS EXCLUSIVE MODE;
@@ -104,8 +230,22 @@ step vac_all_parts: VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED) parted;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   1|            0|                    0
+part2  |           1|                   0|            0|                    0
+(3 rows)
 
-starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive analyze_specified commit
+
+starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive analyze_specified commit check_stat
 step lock_access_exclusive: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN ACCESS EXCLUSIVE MODE;
@@ -115,8 +255,22 @@ step analyze_specified: ANALYZE (SKIP_LOCKED) part1, part2;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   0|            0|                    1
+part2  |           0|                   0|            1|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
 
-starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive analyze_all_parts commit
+starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive analyze_all_parts commit check_stat
 step lock_access_exclusive: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN ACCESS EXCLUSIVE MODE;
@@ -126,8 +280,22 @@ step commit:
 	COMMIT;
 
 step analyze_all_parts: <... completed>
-
-starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_analyze_specified commit
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            1|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   0|            1|                    0
+part2  |           0|                   0|            1|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
+
+starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_analyze_specified commit check_stat
 step lock_access_exclusive: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN ACCESS EXCLUSIVE MODE;
@@ -137,8 +305,22 @@ step vac_analyze_specified: VACUUM (ANALYZE, SKIP_LOCKED) part1, part2;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   1|            0|                    1
+part2  |           1|                   0|            1|                    0
+(3 rows)
 
-starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_analyze_all_parts commit
+
+starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_analyze_all_parts commit check_stat
 step lock_access_exclusive: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN ACCESS EXCLUSIVE MODE;
@@ -148,8 +330,22 @@ step commit:
 	COMMIT;
 
 step vac_analyze_all_parts: <... completed>
-
-starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_full_specified commit
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            1|                    0
+part1  |           1|                   0|            1|                    0
+part2  |           1|                   0|            1|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
+
+starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_full_specified commit check_stat
 step lock_access_exclusive: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN ACCESS EXCLUSIVE MODE;
@@ -159,8 +355,22 @@ step vac_full_specified: VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED, FULL) part1, part2;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
 
-starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_full_all_parts commit
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part2  |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
+
+starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_full_all_parts commit check_stat
 step lock_access_exclusive: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN ACCESS EXCLUSIVE MODE;
@@ -169,3 +379,17 @@ step vac_full_all_parts: VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED, FULL) parted;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part2  |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
diff --git a/src/test/isolation/specs/vacuum-skip-locked.spec b/src/test/isolation/specs/vacuum-skip-locked.spec
index 3fad6e1c92a..b0da75d4b6d 100644
--- a/src/test/isolation/specs/vacuum-skip-locked.spec
+++ b/src/test/isolation/specs/vacuum-skip-locked.spec
@@ -33,6 +33,15 @@ step commit
 	COMMIT;
 }
 
+step check_stat
+{
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+}
+
 session s2
 step vac_specified			{ VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED) part1, part2; }
 step vac_all_parts			{ VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED) parted; }
@@ -43,19 +52,19 @@ step vac_analyze_all_parts	{ VACUUM (ANALYZE, SKIP_LOCKED) parted; }
 step vac_full_specified		{ VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED, FULL) part1, part2; }
 step vac_full_all_parts		{ VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED, FULL) parted; }
 
-permutation lock_share vac_specified commit
-permutation lock_share vac_all_parts commit
-permutation lock_share analyze_specified commit
-permutation lock_share analyze_all_parts commit
-permutation lock_share vac_analyze_specified commit
-permutation lock_share vac_analyze_all_parts commit
-permutation lock_share vac_full_specified commit
-permutation lock_share vac_full_all_parts commit
-permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_specified commit
-permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_all_parts commit
-permutation lock_access_exclusive analyze_specified commit
-permutation lock_access_exclusive analyze_all_parts commit
-permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_analyze_specified commit
-permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_analyze_all_parts commit
-permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_full_specified commit
-permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_full_all_parts commit
+permutation lock_share vac_specified commit check_stat
+permutation lock_share vac_all_parts commit check_stat
+permutation lock_share analyze_specified commit check_stat
+permutation lock_share analyze_all_parts commit check_stat
+permutation lock_share vac_analyze_specified commit check_stat
+permutation lock_share vac_analyze_all_parts commit check_stat
+permutation lock_share vac_full_specified commit check_stat
+permutation lock_share vac_full_all_parts commit check_stat
+permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_specified commit check_stat
+permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_all_parts commit check_stat
+permutation lock_access_exclusive analyze_specified commit check_stat
+permutation lock_access_exclusive analyze_all_parts commit check_stat
+permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_analyze_specified commit check_stat
+permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_analyze_all_parts commit check_stat
+permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_full_specified commit check_stat
+permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_full_all_parts commit check_stat
diff --git a/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out b/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out
index a65a5bf0c4f..9b2075d3373 100644
--- a/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out
+++ b/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out
@@ -1835,13 +1835,21 @@ pg_stat_all_tables| SELECT c.oid AS relid,
     pg_stat_get_mod_since_analyze(c.oid) AS n_mod_since_analyze,
     pg_stat_get_ins_since_vacuum(c.oid) AS n_ins_since_vacuum,
     pg_stat_get_last_vacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_vacuum,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_vacuum,
     pg_stat_get_last_autovacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_autovacuum,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_autovacuum,
     pg_stat_get_last_analyze_time(c.oid) AS last_analyze,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_analyze,
     pg_stat_get_last_autoanalyze_time(c.oid) AS last_autoanalyze,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_autoanalyze,
     pg_stat_get_vacuum_count(c.oid) AS vacuum_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count(c.oid) AS skipped_vacuum_count,
     pg_stat_get_autovacuum_count(c.oid) AS autovacuum_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count(c.oid) AS skipped_autovacuum_count,
     pg_stat_get_analyze_count(c.oid) AS analyze_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count(c.oid) AS skipped_analyze_count,
     pg_stat_get_autoanalyze_count(c.oid) AS autoanalyze_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count(c.oid) AS skipped_autoanalyze_count,
     pg_stat_get_total_vacuum_time(c.oid) AS total_vacuum_time,
     pg_stat_get_total_autovacuum_time(c.oid) AS total_autovacuum_time,
     pg_stat_get_total_analyze_time(c.oid) AS total_analyze_time,
@@ -2346,13 +2354,21 @@ pg_stat_sys_tables| SELECT relid,
     n_mod_since_analyze,
     n_ins_since_vacuum,
     last_vacuum,
+    last_skipped_vacuum,
     last_autovacuum,
+    last_skipped_autovacuum,
     last_analyze,
+    last_skipped_analyze,
     last_autoanalyze,
+    last_skipped_autoanalyze,
     vacuum_count,
+    skipped_vacuum_count,
     autovacuum_count,
+    skipped_autovacuum_count,
     analyze_count,
+    skipped_analyze_count,
     autoanalyze_count,
+    skipped_autoanalyze_count,
     total_vacuum_time,
     total_autovacuum_time,
     total_analyze_time,
@@ -2401,13 +2417,21 @@ pg_stat_user_tables| SELECT relid,
     n_mod_since_analyze,
     n_ins_since_vacuum,
     last_vacuum,
+    last_skipped_vacuum,
     last_autovacuum,
+    last_skipped_autovacuum,
     last_analyze,
+    last_skipped_analyze,
     last_autoanalyze,
+    last_skipped_autoanalyze,
     vacuum_count,
+    skipped_vacuum_count,
     autovacuum_count,
+    skipped_autovacuum_count,
     analyze_count,
+    skipped_analyze_count,
     autoanalyze_count,
+    skipped_autoanalyze_count,
     total_vacuum_time,
     total_autovacuum_time,
     total_analyze_time,
-- 
2.43.0


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* [PATCH v4] Track skipped vacuum and analyze activity per relation
@ 2026-03-24 04:09 Yugo Nagata <[email protected]>
  0 siblings, 0 replies; 374+ messages in thread

From: Yugo Nagata @ 2026-03-24 04:09 UTC (permalink / raw)

This commit adds eight fields to the relation statistics that track
the last time vacuum or analyze has been attempted but skipped due to
lock unavailability, along with their counts:

-    last_skipped_vacuum
-    last_skipped_autovacuum
-    last_skipped_analyze
-    last_skipped_autoanalyze
-    skipped_vacuum_count
-    skipped_autovacuum_count
-    skipped_analyze_count
-    skipped_autoanalyze_count

These field can help users confirm that autovacuum is actively attempting
to run on a table that has not been vacuumed or analyzed for a long time,
and that the lack of progress is due to repeated skips rather than inactivity.
---
 doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml                 |  88 ++++++++++++++++
 src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql         |   8 ++
 src/backend/commands/vacuum.c                | 102 ++++++++++++++-----
 src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c |  64 ++++++++++++
 src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c          |  24 +++++
 src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat              |  32 ++++++
 src/include/pgstat.h                         |  16 +++
 src/test/regress/expected/rules.out          |  24 +++++
 8 files changed, 335 insertions(+), 23 deletions(-)

diff --git a/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml b/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml
index 08d5b824552..a9b579d87a9 100644
--- a/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml
+++ b/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml
@@ -4387,6 +4387,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_vacuum</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time a manual vacuum on this table was attempted but skipped due to
+       lock unavailability (not counting <command>VACUUM FULL</command>)
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>last_autovacuum</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
@@ -4397,6 +4407,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_autovacuum</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time a vacuum on this table by the autovacuum daemon was attempted
+       but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>last_analyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
@@ -4406,6 +4426,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_analyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time a manual analyze on this table was attempted but skipped due to
+       lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>last_autoanalyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
@@ -4416,6 +4446,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_autoanalyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time at which an analyze on this table by the autovacuum was
+       attempted but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>vacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4426,6 +4466,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_vacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times manual vacuums on this table have been attempted but skipped
+       due to lock unavailability (not counting <command>VACUUM FULL</command>)
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>autovacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4436,6 +4486,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_autovacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times vacuums on this table by the autovacuum daemon have been
+       attempted but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>analyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4445,6 +4505,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_analyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times manual analyzes on this table have been attempted but
+       skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>autoanalyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4455,6 +4525,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_autoanalyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times analyzes on this table by the autovacuum daemon have
+       been attempted but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>total_vacuum_time</structfield> <type>double precision</type>
@@ -4510,6 +4590,14 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
    </tgroup>
   </table>
 
+  <note>
+   <para>
+    When a manual vacuum or analyze on a parent table in an inheritance or
+    partitioning hierarchy is skipped, the statistics are recorded only for
+    the parent table, not for its children.
+   </para>
+  </note>
+
  </sect2>
 
  <sect2 id="monitoring-pg-stat-autovacuum-scores-view">
diff --git a/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql b/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql
index 73a1c1c4670..f509fc7876b 100644
--- a/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql
+++ b/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql
@@ -736,13 +736,21 @@ CREATE VIEW pg_stat_all_tables AS
             pg_stat_get_mod_since_analyze(C.oid) AS n_mod_since_analyze,
             pg_stat_get_ins_since_vacuum(C.oid) AS n_ins_since_vacuum,
             pg_stat_get_last_vacuum_time(C.oid) as last_vacuum,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_vacuum,
             pg_stat_get_last_autovacuum_time(C.oid) as last_autovacuum,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_autovacuum,
             pg_stat_get_last_analyze_time(C.oid) as last_analyze,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_analyze,
             pg_stat_get_last_autoanalyze_time(C.oid) as last_autoanalyze,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_autoanalyze,
             pg_stat_get_vacuum_count(C.oid) AS vacuum_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count(C.oid) AS skipped_vacuum_count,
             pg_stat_get_autovacuum_count(C.oid) AS autovacuum_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count(C.oid) AS skipped_autovacuum_count,
             pg_stat_get_analyze_count(C.oid) AS analyze_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count(C.oid) AS skipped_analyze_count,
             pg_stat_get_autoanalyze_count(C.oid) AS autoanalyze_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count(C.oid) AS skipped_autoanalyze_count,
             pg_stat_get_total_vacuum_time(C.oid) AS total_vacuum_time,
             pg_stat_get_total_autovacuum_time(C.oid) AS total_autovacuum_time,
             pg_stat_get_total_analyze_time(C.oid) AS total_analyze_time,
diff --git a/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c b/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c
index 99d0db82ed7..97cd5ea8d10 100644
--- a/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c
+++ b/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c
@@ -793,8 +793,25 @@ vacuum_open_relation(Oid relid, RangeVar *relation, uint32 options,
 		rel = try_relation_open(relid, NoLock);
 	else
 	{
+		int flags = 0;
 		rel = NULL;
 		rel_lock = false;
+
+		if ((options & VACOPT_VACUUM) != 0)
+		{
+			if (AmAutoVacuumWorkerProcess())
+				flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOVACUUM;
+			else
+				flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM;
+		}
+		if ((options & VACOPT_ANALYZE) != 0)
+		{
+			if (AmAutoVacuumWorkerProcess())
+				flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOANALYZE;
+			else
+				flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE;
+		}
+		pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(relid, flags);
 	}
 
 	/* if relation is opened, leave */
@@ -802,7 +819,7 @@ vacuum_open_relation(Oid relid, RangeVar *relation, uint32 options,
 		return rel;
 
 	/*
-	 * Relation could not be opened, hence generate if possible a log
+	 * Relation could not be opened hence generate if possible a log
 	 * informing on the situation.
 	 *
 	 * If the RangeVar is not defined, we do not have enough information to
@@ -905,7 +922,6 @@ expand_vacuum_rel(VacuumRelation *vrel, MemoryContext vac_context,
 		Form_pg_class classForm;
 		bool		include_children;
 		bool		is_partitioned_table;
-		int			rvr_opts;
 
 		/*
 		 * Since autovacuum workers supply OIDs when calling vacuum(), no
@@ -918,29 +934,69 @@ expand_vacuum_rel(VacuumRelation *vrel, MemoryContext vac_context,
 		 * below, as well as find_all_inheritors's expectation that the caller
 		 * holds some lock on the starting relation.
 		 */
-		rvr_opts = (options & VACOPT_SKIP_LOCKED) ? RVR_SKIP_LOCKED : 0;
-		relid = RangeVarGetRelidExtended(vrel->relation,
-										 AccessShareLock,
-										 rvr_opts,
-										 NULL, NULL);
-
-		/*
-		 * If the lock is unavailable, emit the same log statement that
-		 * vacuum_rel() and analyze_rel() would.
-		 */
-		if (!OidIsValid(relid))
+		if (!(options & VACOPT_SKIP_LOCKED))
 		{
-			if (options & VACOPT_VACUUM)
-				ereport(WARNING,
-						(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
-						 errmsg("skipping vacuum of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
-								vrel->relation->relname)));
-			else
-				ereport(WARNING,
-						(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
-						 errmsg("skipping analyze of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
+			relid = RangeVarGetRelidExtended(vrel->relation,
+											 AccessShareLock,
+											 0, NULL, NULL);
+			if (!OidIsValid(relid))
+				return vacrels;
+		}
+		else
+		{
+			/* Get relid for reporting before taking a lock */
+			relid = RangeVarGetRelid(vrel->relation, NoLock, false);
+
+			if (!ConditionalLockRelationOid(relid, AccessShareLock))
+			{
+				int	flags = 0;
+				/*
+				 * If the lock is unavailable, emit the same log statement that
+				 * vacuum_rel() and analyze_rel() would.
+				 */
+				if (options & VACOPT_VACUUM)
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping vacuum of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
 								vrel->relation->relname)));
-			return vacrels;
+				else
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping analyze of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
+									vrel->relation->relname)));
+
+				if ((options & VACOPT_VACUUM) != 0)
+					flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM;
+				if ((options & VACOPT_ANALYZE) != 0)
+					flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE;
+
+				pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(relid, flags);
+
+				return vacrels;
+			}
+
+			/*
+			 * Now that we have the lock, probe to see if the relation really
+			 * exists or not.
+			 */
+			if (!SearchSysCacheExists1(RELOID, ObjectIdGetDatum(relid)))
+			{
+				if (options & VACOPT_VACUUM)
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_UNDEFINED_TABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping vacuum of \"%s\" --- relation no longer exists",
+									vrel->relation->relname)));
+				else
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_UNDEFINED_TABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping analyze of \"%s\" --- relation no longer exists",
+									vrel->relation->relname)));
+
+				/* Release useless lock */
+				UnlockRelationOid(relid, AccessShareLock);
+
+				return vacrels;
+			}
 		}
 
 		/*
diff --git a/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c b/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c
index b2ca28f83ba..532d9023f8c 100644
--- a/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c
+++ b/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c
@@ -17,12 +17,14 @@
 
 #include "postgres.h"
 
+#include "access/htup_details.h"
 #include "access/twophase_rmgr.h"
 #include "access/xact.h"
 #include "catalog/catalog.h"
 #include "utils/memutils.h"
 #include "utils/pgstat_internal.h"
 #include "utils/rel.h"
+#include "utils/syscache.h"
 #include "utils/timestamp.h"
 
 
@@ -367,6 +369,68 @@ pgstat_report_analyze(Relation rel,
 	(void) pgstat_flush_backend(false, PGSTAT_BACKEND_FLUSH_IO);
 }
 
+/*
+ * Report that the table was skipped during vacuum or/and analyze.
+ */
+void
+pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(Oid relid, int flags)
+{
+	PgStat_EntryRef *entry_ref;
+	PgStatShared_Relation *shtabentry;
+	PgStat_StatTabEntry *tabentry;
+	TimestampTz ts;
+	HeapTuple	classTup;
+	bool		isshared;
+
+	if (!pgstat_track_counts || !flags)
+		return;
+
+	classTup = SearchSysCache1(RELOID, ObjectIdGetDatum(relid));
+	if (!HeapTupleIsValid(classTup))
+		return;			/* somebody deleted the rel, forget it */
+	isshared = ((Form_pg_class) GETSTRUCT(classTup))->relisshared;
+	ReleaseSysCache(classTup);
+
+	/* Store the data in the table's hash table entry. */
+	ts = GetCurrentTimestamp();
+
+	/* block acquiring lock for the same reason as pgstat_report_autovac() */
+	entry_ref = pgstat_get_entry_ref_locked(PGSTAT_KIND_RELATION,
+											isshared ? InvalidOid : MyDatabaseId,
+											relid, false);
+
+	shtabentry = (PgStatShared_Relation *) entry_ref->shared_stats;
+	tabentry = &shtabentry->stats;
+
+	if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM)
+	{
+		tabentry->last_skipped_vacuum_time = ts;
+		tabentry->skipped_vacuum_count++;
+	}
+	else if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOVACUUM)
+	{
+		tabentry->last_skipped_autovacuum_time = ts;
+		tabentry->skipped_autovacuum_count++;
+	}
+
+	if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE)
+	{
+		tabentry->last_skipped_analyze_time = ts;
+		tabentry->skipped_analyze_count++;
+	}
+	else if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOANALYZE)
+	{
+		tabentry->last_skipped_autoanalyze_time = ts;
+		tabentry->skipped_autoanalyze_count++;
+	}
+
+	pgstat_unlock_entry(entry_ref);
+
+	/* see pgstat_report_vacuum() */
+	pgstat_flush_io(false);
+	(void) pgstat_flush_backend(false, PGSTAT_BACKEND_FLUSH_IO);
+}
+
 /*
  * count a tuple insertion of n tuples
  */
diff --git a/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c b/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c
index 1408de387ea..90a8968faa0 100644
--- a/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c
+++ b/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c
@@ -84,6 +84,18 @@ PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(mod_since_analyze)
 /* pg_stat_get_numscans */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(numscans)
 
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_analyze_count)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_autoanalyze_count)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_autovacuum_count)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_vacuum_count)
+
 /* pg_stat_get_tuples_deleted */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(tuples_deleted)
 
@@ -170,6 +182,18 @@ PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_vacuum_time)
 /* pg_stat_get_lastscan */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(lastscan)
 
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_analyze_time)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_autoanalyze_time)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_autovacuum_time)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_vacuum_time)
+
 /* pg_stat_get_stat_reset_time */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(stat_reset_time)
 
diff --git a/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat b/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat
index fa9ae79082b..32debb34863 100644
--- a/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat
+++ b/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat
@@ -5680,6 +5680,38 @@
   proargmodes => '{o,o,o,o,o,o,o,o,o,o}',
   proargnames => '{oid,score,xid_score,mxid_score,vacuum_score,vacuum_insert_score,analyze_score,do_vacuum,do_analyze,for_wraparound}',
   prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_autovacuum_scores' },
+{ oid => '8142', descr => 'statistics: last skipped vacuum time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time' },
+{ oid => '8143', descr => 'statistics: last skipped auto vacuum time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time' },
+{ oid => '8144', descr => 'statistics: last skipped analyze time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time' },
+{ oid => '8145', descr => 'statistics: last skipped auto analyze time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time' },
+{ oid => '8146', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped vacuum for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count' },
+{ oid => '8147', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped auto vacuum for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count' },
+{ oid => '8148', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped analyzes for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count' },
+{ oid => '8149', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped auto analyzes for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count' },
 { oid => '1936', descr => 'statistics: currently active backend IDs',
   proname => 'pg_stat_get_backend_idset', prorows => '100', proretset => 't',
   provolatile => 's', proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int4',
diff --git a/src/include/pgstat.h b/src/include/pgstat.h
index dfa2e837638..98941f953d1 100644
--- a/src/include/pgstat.h
+++ b/src/include/pgstat.h
@@ -479,6 +479,15 @@ typedef struct PgStat_StatTabEntry
 	TimestampTz last_autoanalyze_time;	/* autovacuum initiated */
 	PgStat_Counter autoanalyze_count;
 
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_vacuum_time;	/* user initiated vacuum */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_vacuum_count;
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_autovacuum_time;	/* autovacuum initiated */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_autovacuum_count;
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_analyze_time;	/* user initiated */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_analyze_count;
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_autoanalyze_time;	/* autovacuum initiated */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_autoanalyze_count;
+
 	PgStat_Counter total_vacuum_time;	/* times in milliseconds */
 	PgStat_Counter total_autovacuum_time;
 	PgStat_Counter total_analyze_time;
@@ -703,6 +712,13 @@ extern void pgstat_report_analyze(Relation rel,
 								  PgStat_Counter livetuples, PgStat_Counter deadtuples,
 								  bool resetcounter, TimestampTz starttime);
 
+/* flags for pgstat_flush_backend() */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM		(1 << 0)	/* vacuum is skipped */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE		(1 << 1)	/* analyze is skipped */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOVACUUM	(1 << 2)	/* autovacuum is skipped */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOANALYZE	(1 << 3)	/* autoanalyze is skipped */
+extern void pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(Oid relid, int flags);
+
 /*
  * If stats are enabled, but pending data hasn't been prepared yet, call
  * pgstat_assoc_relation() to do so. See its comment for why this is done
diff --git a/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out b/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out
index a65a5bf0c4f..9b2075d3373 100644
--- a/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out
+++ b/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out
@@ -1835,13 +1835,21 @@ pg_stat_all_tables| SELECT c.oid AS relid,
     pg_stat_get_mod_since_analyze(c.oid) AS n_mod_since_analyze,
     pg_stat_get_ins_since_vacuum(c.oid) AS n_ins_since_vacuum,
     pg_stat_get_last_vacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_vacuum,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_vacuum,
     pg_stat_get_last_autovacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_autovacuum,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_autovacuum,
     pg_stat_get_last_analyze_time(c.oid) AS last_analyze,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_analyze,
     pg_stat_get_last_autoanalyze_time(c.oid) AS last_autoanalyze,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_autoanalyze,
     pg_stat_get_vacuum_count(c.oid) AS vacuum_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count(c.oid) AS skipped_vacuum_count,
     pg_stat_get_autovacuum_count(c.oid) AS autovacuum_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count(c.oid) AS skipped_autovacuum_count,
     pg_stat_get_analyze_count(c.oid) AS analyze_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count(c.oid) AS skipped_analyze_count,
     pg_stat_get_autoanalyze_count(c.oid) AS autoanalyze_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count(c.oid) AS skipped_autoanalyze_count,
     pg_stat_get_total_vacuum_time(c.oid) AS total_vacuum_time,
     pg_stat_get_total_autovacuum_time(c.oid) AS total_autovacuum_time,
     pg_stat_get_total_analyze_time(c.oid) AS total_analyze_time,
@@ -2346,13 +2354,21 @@ pg_stat_sys_tables| SELECT relid,
     n_mod_since_analyze,
     n_ins_since_vacuum,
     last_vacuum,
+    last_skipped_vacuum,
     last_autovacuum,
+    last_skipped_autovacuum,
     last_analyze,
+    last_skipped_analyze,
     last_autoanalyze,
+    last_skipped_autoanalyze,
     vacuum_count,
+    skipped_vacuum_count,
     autovacuum_count,
+    skipped_autovacuum_count,
     analyze_count,
+    skipped_analyze_count,
     autoanalyze_count,
+    skipped_autoanalyze_count,
     total_vacuum_time,
     total_autovacuum_time,
     total_analyze_time,
@@ -2401,13 +2417,21 @@ pg_stat_user_tables| SELECT relid,
     n_mod_since_analyze,
     n_ins_since_vacuum,
     last_vacuum,
+    last_skipped_vacuum,
     last_autovacuum,
+    last_skipped_autovacuum,
     last_analyze,
+    last_skipped_analyze,
     last_autoanalyze,
+    last_skipped_autoanalyze,
     vacuum_count,
+    skipped_vacuum_count,
     autovacuum_count,
+    skipped_autovacuum_count,
     analyze_count,
+    skipped_analyze_count,
     autoanalyze_count,
+    skipped_autoanalyze_count,
     total_vacuum_time,
     total_autovacuum_time,
     total_analyze_time,
-- 
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* [PATCH v5] Track skipped vacuum and analyze activity per relation
@ 2026-03-24 04:09 Yugo Nagata <[email protected]>
  0 siblings, 0 replies; 374+ messages in thread

From: Yugo Nagata @ 2026-03-24 04:09 UTC (permalink / raw)

This commit adds eight fields to the relation statistics that track
the last time vacuum or analyze has been attempted but skipped due to
lock unavailability, along with their counts:

-    last_skipped_vacuum
-    last_skipped_autovacuum
-    last_skipped_analyze
-    last_skipped_autoanalyze
-    skipped_vacuum_count
-    skipped_autovacuum_count
-    skipped_analyze_count
-    skipped_autoanalyze_count

These field can help users confirm that autovacuum is actively attempting
to run on a table that has not been vacuumed or analyzed for a long time,
and that the lack of progress is due to repeated skips rather than inactivity.
---
 doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml                  |  88 ++++++
 src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql          |   8 +
 src/backend/commands/vacuum.c                 | 100 +++++--
 src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c  |  64 +++++
 src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c           |  24 ++
 src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat               |  32 +++
 src/include/pgstat.h                          |  16 ++
 .../isolation/expected/vacuum-skip-locked.out | 260 ++++++++++++++++--
 .../isolation/specs/vacuum-skip-locked.spec   |  41 +--
 src/test/regress/expected/rules.out           |  24 ++
 10 files changed, 601 insertions(+), 56 deletions(-)

diff --git a/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml b/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml
index 08d5b824552..a9b579d87a9 100644
--- a/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml
+++ b/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml
@@ -4387,6 +4387,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_vacuum</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time a manual vacuum on this table was attempted but skipped due to
+       lock unavailability (not counting <command>VACUUM FULL</command>)
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>last_autovacuum</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
@@ -4397,6 +4407,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_autovacuum</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time a vacuum on this table by the autovacuum daemon was attempted
+       but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>last_analyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
@@ -4406,6 +4426,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_analyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time a manual analyze on this table was attempted but skipped due to
+       lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>last_autoanalyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
@@ -4416,6 +4446,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_autoanalyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time at which an analyze on this table by the autovacuum was
+       attempted but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>vacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4426,6 +4466,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_vacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times manual vacuums on this table have been attempted but skipped
+       due to lock unavailability (not counting <command>VACUUM FULL</command>)
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>autovacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4436,6 +4486,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_autovacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times vacuums on this table by the autovacuum daemon have been
+       attempted but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>analyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4445,6 +4505,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_analyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times manual analyzes on this table have been attempted but
+       skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>autoanalyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4455,6 +4525,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_autoanalyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times analyzes on this table by the autovacuum daemon have
+       been attempted but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>total_vacuum_time</structfield> <type>double precision</type>
@@ -4510,6 +4590,14 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
    </tgroup>
   </table>
 
+  <note>
+   <para>
+    When a manual vacuum or analyze on a parent table in an inheritance or
+    partitioning hierarchy is skipped, the statistics are recorded only for
+    the parent table, not for its children.
+   </para>
+  </note>
+
  </sect2>
 
  <sect2 id="monitoring-pg-stat-autovacuum-scores-view">
diff --git a/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql b/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql
index 73a1c1c4670..f509fc7876b 100644
--- a/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql
+++ b/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql
@@ -736,13 +736,21 @@ CREATE VIEW pg_stat_all_tables AS
             pg_stat_get_mod_since_analyze(C.oid) AS n_mod_since_analyze,
             pg_stat_get_ins_since_vacuum(C.oid) AS n_ins_since_vacuum,
             pg_stat_get_last_vacuum_time(C.oid) as last_vacuum,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_vacuum,
             pg_stat_get_last_autovacuum_time(C.oid) as last_autovacuum,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_autovacuum,
             pg_stat_get_last_analyze_time(C.oid) as last_analyze,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_analyze,
             pg_stat_get_last_autoanalyze_time(C.oid) as last_autoanalyze,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_autoanalyze,
             pg_stat_get_vacuum_count(C.oid) AS vacuum_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count(C.oid) AS skipped_vacuum_count,
             pg_stat_get_autovacuum_count(C.oid) AS autovacuum_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count(C.oid) AS skipped_autovacuum_count,
             pg_stat_get_analyze_count(C.oid) AS analyze_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count(C.oid) AS skipped_analyze_count,
             pg_stat_get_autoanalyze_count(C.oid) AS autoanalyze_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count(C.oid) AS skipped_autoanalyze_count,
             pg_stat_get_total_vacuum_time(C.oid) AS total_vacuum_time,
             pg_stat_get_total_autovacuum_time(C.oid) AS total_autovacuum_time,
             pg_stat_get_total_analyze_time(C.oid) AS total_analyze_time,
diff --git a/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c b/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c
index 99d0db82ed7..df6526225e4 100644
--- a/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c
+++ b/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c
@@ -793,8 +793,25 @@ vacuum_open_relation(Oid relid, RangeVar *relation, uint32 options,
 		rel = try_relation_open(relid, NoLock);
 	else
 	{
+		int flags = 0;
 		rel = NULL;
 		rel_lock = false;
+
+		if ((options & VACOPT_VACUUM) != 0 && (options & VACOPT_FULL) == 0)
+		{
+			if (AmAutoVacuumWorkerProcess())
+				flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOVACUUM;
+			else
+				flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM;
+		}
+		if ((options & VACOPT_ANALYZE) != 0)
+		{
+			if (AmAutoVacuumWorkerProcess())
+				flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOANALYZE;
+			else
+				flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE;
+		}
+		pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(relid, flags);
 	}
 
 	/* if relation is opened, leave */
@@ -905,7 +922,6 @@ expand_vacuum_rel(VacuumRelation *vrel, MemoryContext vac_context,
 		Form_pg_class classForm;
 		bool		include_children;
 		bool		is_partitioned_table;
-		int			rvr_opts;
 
 		/*
 		 * Since autovacuum workers supply OIDs when calling vacuum(), no
@@ -918,29 +934,69 @@ expand_vacuum_rel(VacuumRelation *vrel, MemoryContext vac_context,
 		 * below, as well as find_all_inheritors's expectation that the caller
 		 * holds some lock on the starting relation.
 		 */
-		rvr_opts = (options & VACOPT_SKIP_LOCKED) ? RVR_SKIP_LOCKED : 0;
-		relid = RangeVarGetRelidExtended(vrel->relation,
-										 AccessShareLock,
-										 rvr_opts,
-										 NULL, NULL);
-
-		/*
-		 * If the lock is unavailable, emit the same log statement that
-		 * vacuum_rel() and analyze_rel() would.
-		 */
-		if (!OidIsValid(relid))
+		if (!(options & VACOPT_SKIP_LOCKED))
 		{
-			if (options & VACOPT_VACUUM)
-				ereport(WARNING,
-						(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
-						 errmsg("skipping vacuum of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
-								vrel->relation->relname)));
-			else
-				ereport(WARNING,
-						(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
-						 errmsg("skipping analyze of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
+			relid = RangeVarGetRelidExtended(vrel->relation,
+											 AccessShareLock,
+											 0, NULL, NULL);
+			if (!OidIsValid(relid))
+				return vacrels;
+		}
+		else
+		{
+			/* Get relid for reporting before taking a lock */
+			relid = RangeVarGetRelid(vrel->relation, NoLock, false);
+
+			if (!ConditionalLockRelationOid(relid, AccessShareLock))
+			{
+				int	flags = 0;
+				/*
+				 * If the lock is unavailable, emit the same log statement that
+				 * vacuum_rel() and analyze_rel() would.
+				 */
+				if (options & VACOPT_VACUUM)
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping vacuum of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
 								vrel->relation->relname)));
-			return vacrels;
+				else
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping analyze of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
+									vrel->relation->relname)));
+
+				if ((options & VACOPT_VACUUM) != 0 && (options & VACOPT_FULL) == 0)
+					flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM;
+				if ((options & VACOPT_ANALYZE) != 0)
+					flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE;
+
+				pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(relid, flags);
+
+				return vacrels;
+			}
+
+			/*
+			 * Now that we have the lock, probe to see if the relation really
+			 * exists or not.
+			 */
+			if (!SearchSysCacheExists1(RELOID, ObjectIdGetDatum(relid)))
+			{
+				if (options & VACOPT_VACUUM)
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_UNDEFINED_TABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping vacuum of \"%s\" --- relation no longer exists",
+									vrel->relation->relname)));
+				else
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_UNDEFINED_TABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping analyze of \"%s\" --- relation no longer exists",
+									vrel->relation->relname)));
+
+				/* Release useless lock */
+				UnlockRelationOid(relid, AccessShareLock);
+
+				return vacrels;
+			}
 		}
 
 		/*
diff --git a/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c b/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c
index b2ca28f83ba..532d9023f8c 100644
--- a/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c
+++ b/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c
@@ -17,12 +17,14 @@
 
 #include "postgres.h"
 
+#include "access/htup_details.h"
 #include "access/twophase_rmgr.h"
 #include "access/xact.h"
 #include "catalog/catalog.h"
 #include "utils/memutils.h"
 #include "utils/pgstat_internal.h"
 #include "utils/rel.h"
+#include "utils/syscache.h"
 #include "utils/timestamp.h"
 
 
@@ -367,6 +369,68 @@ pgstat_report_analyze(Relation rel,
 	(void) pgstat_flush_backend(false, PGSTAT_BACKEND_FLUSH_IO);
 }
 
+/*
+ * Report that the table was skipped during vacuum or/and analyze.
+ */
+void
+pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(Oid relid, int flags)
+{
+	PgStat_EntryRef *entry_ref;
+	PgStatShared_Relation *shtabentry;
+	PgStat_StatTabEntry *tabentry;
+	TimestampTz ts;
+	HeapTuple	classTup;
+	bool		isshared;
+
+	if (!pgstat_track_counts || !flags)
+		return;
+
+	classTup = SearchSysCache1(RELOID, ObjectIdGetDatum(relid));
+	if (!HeapTupleIsValid(classTup))
+		return;			/* somebody deleted the rel, forget it */
+	isshared = ((Form_pg_class) GETSTRUCT(classTup))->relisshared;
+	ReleaseSysCache(classTup);
+
+	/* Store the data in the table's hash table entry. */
+	ts = GetCurrentTimestamp();
+
+	/* block acquiring lock for the same reason as pgstat_report_autovac() */
+	entry_ref = pgstat_get_entry_ref_locked(PGSTAT_KIND_RELATION,
+											isshared ? InvalidOid : MyDatabaseId,
+											relid, false);
+
+	shtabentry = (PgStatShared_Relation *) entry_ref->shared_stats;
+	tabentry = &shtabentry->stats;
+
+	if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM)
+	{
+		tabentry->last_skipped_vacuum_time = ts;
+		tabentry->skipped_vacuum_count++;
+	}
+	else if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOVACUUM)
+	{
+		tabentry->last_skipped_autovacuum_time = ts;
+		tabentry->skipped_autovacuum_count++;
+	}
+
+	if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE)
+	{
+		tabentry->last_skipped_analyze_time = ts;
+		tabentry->skipped_analyze_count++;
+	}
+	else if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOANALYZE)
+	{
+		tabentry->last_skipped_autoanalyze_time = ts;
+		tabentry->skipped_autoanalyze_count++;
+	}
+
+	pgstat_unlock_entry(entry_ref);
+
+	/* see pgstat_report_vacuum() */
+	pgstat_flush_io(false);
+	(void) pgstat_flush_backend(false, PGSTAT_BACKEND_FLUSH_IO);
+}
+
 /*
  * count a tuple insertion of n tuples
  */
diff --git a/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c b/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c
index 1408de387ea..90a8968faa0 100644
--- a/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c
+++ b/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c
@@ -84,6 +84,18 @@ PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(mod_since_analyze)
 /* pg_stat_get_numscans */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(numscans)
 
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_analyze_count)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_autoanalyze_count)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_autovacuum_count)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_vacuum_count)
+
 /* pg_stat_get_tuples_deleted */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(tuples_deleted)
 
@@ -170,6 +182,18 @@ PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_vacuum_time)
 /* pg_stat_get_lastscan */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(lastscan)
 
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_analyze_time)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_autoanalyze_time)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_autovacuum_time)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_vacuum_time)
+
 /* pg_stat_get_stat_reset_time */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(stat_reset_time)
 
diff --git a/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat b/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat
index fa9ae79082b..32debb34863 100644
--- a/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat
+++ b/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat
@@ -5680,6 +5680,38 @@
   proargmodes => '{o,o,o,o,o,o,o,o,o,o}',
   proargnames => '{oid,score,xid_score,mxid_score,vacuum_score,vacuum_insert_score,analyze_score,do_vacuum,do_analyze,for_wraparound}',
   prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_autovacuum_scores' },
+{ oid => '8142', descr => 'statistics: last skipped vacuum time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time' },
+{ oid => '8143', descr => 'statistics: last skipped auto vacuum time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time' },
+{ oid => '8144', descr => 'statistics: last skipped analyze time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time' },
+{ oid => '8145', descr => 'statistics: last skipped auto analyze time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time' },
+{ oid => '8146', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped vacuum for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count' },
+{ oid => '8147', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped auto vacuum for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count' },
+{ oid => '8148', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped analyzes for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count' },
+{ oid => '8149', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped auto analyzes for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count' },
 { oid => '1936', descr => 'statistics: currently active backend IDs',
   proname => 'pg_stat_get_backend_idset', prorows => '100', proretset => 't',
   provolatile => 's', proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int4',
diff --git a/src/include/pgstat.h b/src/include/pgstat.h
index dfa2e837638..98941f953d1 100644
--- a/src/include/pgstat.h
+++ b/src/include/pgstat.h
@@ -479,6 +479,15 @@ typedef struct PgStat_StatTabEntry
 	TimestampTz last_autoanalyze_time;	/* autovacuum initiated */
 	PgStat_Counter autoanalyze_count;
 
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_vacuum_time;	/* user initiated vacuum */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_vacuum_count;
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_autovacuum_time;	/* autovacuum initiated */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_autovacuum_count;
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_analyze_time;	/* user initiated */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_analyze_count;
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_autoanalyze_time;	/* autovacuum initiated */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_autoanalyze_count;
+
 	PgStat_Counter total_vacuum_time;	/* times in milliseconds */
 	PgStat_Counter total_autovacuum_time;
 	PgStat_Counter total_analyze_time;
@@ -703,6 +712,13 @@ extern void pgstat_report_analyze(Relation rel,
 								  PgStat_Counter livetuples, PgStat_Counter deadtuples,
 								  bool resetcounter, TimestampTz starttime);
 
+/* flags for pgstat_flush_backend() */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM		(1 << 0)	/* vacuum is skipped */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE		(1 << 1)	/* analyze is skipped */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOVACUUM	(1 << 2)	/* autovacuum is skipped */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOANALYZE	(1 << 3)	/* autoanalyze is skipped */
+extern void pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(Oid relid, int flags);
+
 /*
  * If stats are enabled, but pending data hasn't been prepared yet, call
  * pgstat_assoc_relation() to do so. See its comment for why this is done
diff --git a/src/test/isolation/expected/vacuum-skip-locked.out b/src/test/isolation/expected/vacuum-skip-locked.out
index 99db281a159..e2cff175b7c 100644
--- a/src/test/isolation/expected/vacuum-skip-locked.out
+++ b/src/test/isolation/expected/vacuum-skip-locked.out
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 Parsed test spec with 2 sessions
 
-starting permutation: lock_share vac_specified commit
+starting permutation: lock_share vac_specified commit check_stat
 step lock_share: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN SHARE MODE;
@@ -10,8 +10,22 @@ step vac_specified: VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED) part1, part2;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
 
-starting permutation: lock_share vac_all_parts commit
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   1|            0|                    0
+part2  |           1|                   0|            0|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
+
+starting permutation: lock_share vac_all_parts commit check_stat
 step lock_share: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN SHARE MODE;
@@ -20,8 +34,22 @@ step vac_all_parts: VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED) parted;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   1|            0|                    0
+part2  |           1|                   0|            0|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
 
-starting permutation: lock_share analyze_specified commit
+starting permutation: lock_share analyze_specified commit check_stat
 step lock_share: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN SHARE MODE;
@@ -31,8 +59,22 @@ step analyze_specified: ANALYZE (SKIP_LOCKED) part1, part2;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
 
-starting permutation: lock_share analyze_all_parts commit
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   0|            0|                    1
+part2  |           0|                   0|            1|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
+
+starting permutation: lock_share analyze_all_parts commit check_stat
 step lock_share: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN SHARE MODE;
@@ -41,8 +83,22 @@ step analyze_all_parts: ANALYZE (SKIP_LOCKED) parted;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            1|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   0|            0|                    1
+part2  |           0|                   0|            1|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
 
-starting permutation: lock_share vac_analyze_specified commit
+starting permutation: lock_share vac_analyze_specified commit check_stat
 step lock_share: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN SHARE MODE;
@@ -52,8 +108,22 @@ step vac_analyze_specified: VACUUM (ANALYZE, SKIP_LOCKED) part1, part2;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
 
-starting permutation: lock_share vac_analyze_all_parts commit
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   1|            0|                    1
+part2  |           1|                   0|            1|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
+
+starting permutation: lock_share vac_analyze_all_parts commit check_stat
 step lock_share: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN SHARE MODE;
@@ -62,8 +132,22 @@ step vac_analyze_all_parts: VACUUM (ANALYZE, SKIP_LOCKED) parted;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            1|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   1|            0|                    1
+part2  |           1|                   0|            1|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
 
-starting permutation: lock_share vac_full_specified commit
+starting permutation: lock_share vac_full_specified commit check_stat
 step lock_share: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN SHARE MODE;
@@ -73,8 +157,22 @@ step vac_full_specified: VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED, FULL) part1, part2;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
 
-starting permutation: lock_share vac_full_all_parts commit
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part2  |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
+
+starting permutation: lock_share vac_full_all_parts commit check_stat
 step lock_share: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN SHARE MODE;
@@ -83,8 +181,22 @@ step vac_full_all_parts: VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED, FULL) parted;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part2  |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+(3 rows)
 
-starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_specified commit
+
+starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_specified commit check_stat
 step lock_access_exclusive: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN ACCESS EXCLUSIVE MODE;
@@ -94,8 +206,22 @@ step vac_specified: VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED) part1, part2;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   1|            0|                    0
+part2  |           1|                   0|            0|                    0
+(3 rows)
 
-starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_all_parts commit
+
+starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_all_parts commit check_stat
 step lock_access_exclusive: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN ACCESS EXCLUSIVE MODE;
@@ -104,8 +230,22 @@ step vac_all_parts: VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED) parted;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   1|            0|                    0
+part2  |           1|                   0|            0|                    0
+(3 rows)
 
-starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive analyze_specified commit
+
+starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive analyze_specified commit check_stat
 step lock_access_exclusive: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN ACCESS EXCLUSIVE MODE;
@@ -115,8 +255,22 @@ step analyze_specified: ANALYZE (SKIP_LOCKED) part1, part2;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   0|            0|                    1
+part2  |           0|                   0|            1|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
 
-starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive analyze_all_parts commit
+starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive analyze_all_parts commit check_stat
 step lock_access_exclusive: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN ACCESS EXCLUSIVE MODE;
@@ -126,8 +280,22 @@ step commit:
 	COMMIT;
 
 step analyze_all_parts: <... completed>
-
-starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_analyze_specified commit
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            1|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   0|            1|                    0
+part2  |           0|                   0|            1|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
+
+starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_analyze_specified commit check_stat
 step lock_access_exclusive: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN ACCESS EXCLUSIVE MODE;
@@ -137,8 +305,22 @@ step vac_analyze_specified: VACUUM (ANALYZE, SKIP_LOCKED) part1, part2;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   1|            0|                    1
+part2  |           1|                   0|            1|                    0
+(3 rows)
 
-starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_analyze_all_parts commit
+
+starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_analyze_all_parts commit check_stat
 step lock_access_exclusive: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN ACCESS EXCLUSIVE MODE;
@@ -148,8 +330,22 @@ step commit:
 	COMMIT;
 
 step vac_analyze_all_parts: <... completed>
-
-starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_full_specified commit
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            1|                    0
+part1  |           1|                   0|            1|                    0
+part2  |           1|                   0|            1|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
+
+starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_full_specified commit check_stat
 step lock_access_exclusive: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN ACCESS EXCLUSIVE MODE;
@@ -159,8 +355,22 @@ step vac_full_specified: VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED, FULL) part1, part2;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
 
-starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_full_all_parts commit
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part2  |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
+
+starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_full_all_parts commit check_stat
 step lock_access_exclusive: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN ACCESS EXCLUSIVE MODE;
@@ -169,3 +379,17 @@ step vac_full_all_parts: VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED, FULL) parted;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part2  |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
diff --git a/src/test/isolation/specs/vacuum-skip-locked.spec b/src/test/isolation/specs/vacuum-skip-locked.spec
index 3fad6e1c92a..b0da75d4b6d 100644
--- a/src/test/isolation/specs/vacuum-skip-locked.spec
+++ b/src/test/isolation/specs/vacuum-skip-locked.spec
@@ -33,6 +33,15 @@ step commit
 	COMMIT;
 }
 
+step check_stat
+{
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+}
+
 session s2
 step vac_specified			{ VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED) part1, part2; }
 step vac_all_parts			{ VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED) parted; }
@@ -43,19 +52,19 @@ step vac_analyze_all_parts	{ VACUUM (ANALYZE, SKIP_LOCKED) parted; }
 step vac_full_specified		{ VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED, FULL) part1, part2; }
 step vac_full_all_parts		{ VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED, FULL) parted; }
 
-permutation lock_share vac_specified commit
-permutation lock_share vac_all_parts commit
-permutation lock_share analyze_specified commit
-permutation lock_share analyze_all_parts commit
-permutation lock_share vac_analyze_specified commit
-permutation lock_share vac_analyze_all_parts commit
-permutation lock_share vac_full_specified commit
-permutation lock_share vac_full_all_parts commit
-permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_specified commit
-permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_all_parts commit
-permutation lock_access_exclusive analyze_specified commit
-permutation lock_access_exclusive analyze_all_parts commit
-permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_analyze_specified commit
-permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_analyze_all_parts commit
-permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_full_specified commit
-permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_full_all_parts commit
+permutation lock_share vac_specified commit check_stat
+permutation lock_share vac_all_parts commit check_stat
+permutation lock_share analyze_specified commit check_stat
+permutation lock_share analyze_all_parts commit check_stat
+permutation lock_share vac_analyze_specified commit check_stat
+permutation lock_share vac_analyze_all_parts commit check_stat
+permutation lock_share vac_full_specified commit check_stat
+permutation lock_share vac_full_all_parts commit check_stat
+permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_specified commit check_stat
+permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_all_parts commit check_stat
+permutation lock_access_exclusive analyze_specified commit check_stat
+permutation lock_access_exclusive analyze_all_parts commit check_stat
+permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_analyze_specified commit check_stat
+permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_analyze_all_parts commit check_stat
+permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_full_specified commit check_stat
+permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_full_all_parts commit check_stat
diff --git a/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out b/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out
index a65a5bf0c4f..9b2075d3373 100644
--- a/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out
+++ b/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out
@@ -1835,13 +1835,21 @@ pg_stat_all_tables| SELECT c.oid AS relid,
     pg_stat_get_mod_since_analyze(c.oid) AS n_mod_since_analyze,
     pg_stat_get_ins_since_vacuum(c.oid) AS n_ins_since_vacuum,
     pg_stat_get_last_vacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_vacuum,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_vacuum,
     pg_stat_get_last_autovacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_autovacuum,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_autovacuum,
     pg_stat_get_last_analyze_time(c.oid) AS last_analyze,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_analyze,
     pg_stat_get_last_autoanalyze_time(c.oid) AS last_autoanalyze,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_autoanalyze,
     pg_stat_get_vacuum_count(c.oid) AS vacuum_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count(c.oid) AS skipped_vacuum_count,
     pg_stat_get_autovacuum_count(c.oid) AS autovacuum_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count(c.oid) AS skipped_autovacuum_count,
     pg_stat_get_analyze_count(c.oid) AS analyze_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count(c.oid) AS skipped_analyze_count,
     pg_stat_get_autoanalyze_count(c.oid) AS autoanalyze_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count(c.oid) AS skipped_autoanalyze_count,
     pg_stat_get_total_vacuum_time(c.oid) AS total_vacuum_time,
     pg_stat_get_total_autovacuum_time(c.oid) AS total_autovacuum_time,
     pg_stat_get_total_analyze_time(c.oid) AS total_analyze_time,
@@ -2346,13 +2354,21 @@ pg_stat_sys_tables| SELECT relid,
     n_mod_since_analyze,
     n_ins_since_vacuum,
     last_vacuum,
+    last_skipped_vacuum,
     last_autovacuum,
+    last_skipped_autovacuum,
     last_analyze,
+    last_skipped_analyze,
     last_autoanalyze,
+    last_skipped_autoanalyze,
     vacuum_count,
+    skipped_vacuum_count,
     autovacuum_count,
+    skipped_autovacuum_count,
     analyze_count,
+    skipped_analyze_count,
     autoanalyze_count,
+    skipped_autoanalyze_count,
     total_vacuum_time,
     total_autovacuum_time,
     total_analyze_time,
@@ -2401,13 +2417,21 @@ pg_stat_user_tables| SELECT relid,
     n_mod_since_analyze,
     n_ins_since_vacuum,
     last_vacuum,
+    last_skipped_vacuum,
     last_autovacuum,
+    last_skipped_autovacuum,
     last_analyze,
+    last_skipped_analyze,
     last_autoanalyze,
+    last_skipped_autoanalyze,
     vacuum_count,
+    skipped_vacuum_count,
     autovacuum_count,
+    skipped_autovacuum_count,
     analyze_count,
+    skipped_analyze_count,
     autoanalyze_count,
+    skipped_autoanalyze_count,
     total_vacuum_time,
     total_autovacuum_time,
     total_analyze_time,
-- 
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* [PATCH v21 2/3] Lock referenced objects before permission checks in DDL commands
@ 2026-04-27 14:19 Bertrand Drouvot <[email protected]>
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From: Bertrand Drouvot @ 2026-04-27 14:19 UTC (permalink / raw)

Add LockNotPinnedObjectById() calls before object_aclcheck() at all caller
sites where a permission check on a referenced object occurs before the
dependency on that object is recorded. This converts permission check before
lock to lock before permission check. It closes the TOCTOU window that could
allow a REVOKE to succeed between the permission check and the dependency
recording.

Author: Bertrand Drouvot <[email protected]>
Reviewed-by:
Discussion: https://postgr.es/m/[email protected]
---
 src/backend/catalog/dependency.c        | 22 ++++++++++++++++++++++
 src/backend/catalog/namespace.c         |  1 +
 src/backend/catalog/pg_aggregate.c      |  5 +++++
 src/backend/catalog/pg_cast.c           |  1 +
 src/backend/catalog/pg_operator.c       |  2 ++
 src/backend/commands/aggregatecmds.c    |  2 ++
 src/backend/commands/alter.c            |  3 +++
 src/backend/commands/collationcmds.c    |  2 ++
 src/backend/commands/conversioncmds.c   |  3 +++
 src/backend/commands/extension.c        |  1 +
 src/backend/commands/foreigncmds.c      |  5 +++++
 src/backend/commands/functioncmds.c     | 11 +++++++++++
 src/backend/commands/indexcmds.c        |  2 ++
 src/backend/commands/opclasscmds.c      |  2 ++
 src/backend/commands/operatorcmds.c     |  8 ++++++++
 src/backend/commands/statscmds.c        |  1 +
 src/backend/commands/subscriptioncmds.c |  4 ++++
 src/backend/commands/tablecmds.c        |  7 +++++++
 src/backend/commands/trigger.c          |  2 ++
 src/backend/commands/tsearchcmds.c      |  2 ++
 src/backend/commands/typecmds.c         |  9 +++++++++
 src/include/catalog/dependency.h        |  1 +
 22 files changed, 96 insertions(+)
  22.5% src/backend/catalog/
  76.2% src/backend/commands/

diff --git a/src/backend/catalog/dependency.c b/src/backend/catalog/dependency.c
index 7e26691393d..a41e6ee2175 100644
--- a/src/backend/catalog/dependency.c
+++ b/src/backend/catalog/dependency.c
@@ -1678,6 +1678,24 @@ LockNotPinnedObject(const ObjectAddress *object)
 	}
 }
 
+/*
+ * LockNotPinnedObjectById
+ *
+ * Lock the object if it is not pinned.  This is a convenience wrapper
+ * for callers that need to lock a referenced object before a permission
+ * check, converting permission check before lock to lock before permission
+ * check.
+ */
+void
+LockNotPinnedObjectById(Oid classid, Oid objid)
+{
+	ObjectAddress object;
+
+	ObjectAddressSet(object, classid, objid);
+
+	LockNotPinnedObject(&object);
+}
+
 /*
  * recordDependencyOnExpr - find expression dependencies
  *
@@ -1960,8 +1978,11 @@ find_expr_references_walker(Node *node,
 					objoid = DatumGetObjectId(con->constvalue);
 					if (SearchSysCacheExists1(PROCOID,
 											  ObjectIdGetDatum(objoid)))
+					{
+						LockNotPinnedObjectById(ProcedureRelationId, objoid);
 						add_object_address(ProcedureRelationId, objoid, 0,
 										   context->addrs);
+					}
 					break;
 				case REGOPEROID:
 				case REGOPERATOROID:
@@ -2057,6 +2078,7 @@ find_expr_references_walker(Node *node,
 	{
 		FuncExpr   *funcexpr = (FuncExpr *) node;
 
+		LockNotPinnedObjectById(ProcedureRelationId, funcexpr->funcid);
 		add_object_address(ProcedureRelationId, funcexpr->funcid, 0,
 						   context->addrs);
 		/* fall through to examine arguments */
diff --git a/src/backend/catalog/namespace.c b/src/backend/catalog/namespace.c
index 56b87d878e8..7dec076e111 100644
--- a/src/backend/catalog/namespace.c
+++ b/src/backend/catalog/namespace.c
@@ -3512,6 +3512,7 @@ LookupCreationNamespace(const char *nspname)
 
 	namespaceId = get_namespace_oid(nspname, false);
 
+	LockNotPinnedObjectById(NamespaceRelationId, namespaceId);
 	aclresult = object_aclcheck(NamespaceRelationId, namespaceId, GetUserId(), ACL_CREATE);
 	if (aclresult != ACLCHECK_OK)
 		aclcheck_error(aclresult, OBJECT_SCHEMA,
diff --git a/src/backend/catalog/pg_aggregate.c b/src/backend/catalog/pg_aggregate.c
index 243b952b9cc..41b390e8d96 100644
--- a/src/backend/catalog/pg_aggregate.c
+++ b/src/backend/catalog/pg_aggregate.c
@@ -586,22 +586,26 @@ AggregateCreate(const char *aggName,
 	 */
 	for (i = 0; i < numArgs; i++)
 	{
+		LockNotPinnedObjectById(TypeRelationId, aggArgTypes[i]);
 		aclresult = object_aclcheck(TypeRelationId, aggArgTypes[i], GetUserId(), ACL_USAGE);
 		if (aclresult != ACLCHECK_OK)
 			aclcheck_error_type(aclresult, aggArgTypes[i]);
 	}
 
+	LockNotPinnedObjectById(TypeRelationId, aggTransType);
 	aclresult = object_aclcheck(TypeRelationId, aggTransType, GetUserId(), ACL_USAGE);
 	if (aclresult != ACLCHECK_OK)
 		aclcheck_error_type(aclresult, aggTransType);
 
 	if (OidIsValid(aggmTransType))
 	{
+		LockNotPinnedObjectById(TypeRelationId, aggmTransType);
 		aclresult = object_aclcheck(TypeRelationId, aggmTransType, GetUserId(), ACL_USAGE);
 		if (aclresult != ACLCHECK_OK)
 			aclcheck_error_type(aclresult, aggmTransType);
 	}
 
+	LockNotPinnedObjectById(TypeRelationId, finaltype);
 	aclresult = object_aclcheck(TypeRelationId, finaltype, GetUserId(), ACL_USAGE);
 	if (aclresult != ACLCHECK_OK)
 		aclcheck_error_type(aclresult, finaltype);
@@ -909,6 +913,7 @@ lookup_agg_function(List *fnName,
 	}
 
 	/* Check aggregate creator has permission to call the function */
+	LockNotPinnedObjectById(ProcedureRelationId, fnOid);
 	aclresult = object_aclcheck(ProcedureRelationId, fnOid, GetUserId(), ACL_EXECUTE);
 	if (aclresult != ACLCHECK_OK)
 		aclcheck_error(aclresult, OBJECT_FUNCTION, get_func_name(fnOid));
diff --git a/src/backend/catalog/pg_cast.c b/src/backend/catalog/pg_cast.c
index 5119c2acda2..bb48e686f83 100644
--- a/src/backend/catalog/pg_cast.c
+++ b/src/backend/catalog/pg_cast.c
@@ -105,6 +105,7 @@ CastCreate(Oid sourcetypeid, Oid targettypeid,
 	/* dependency on function */
 	if (OidIsValid(funcid))
 	{
+		LockNotPinnedObjectById(ProcedureRelationId, funcid);
 		ObjectAddressSet(referenced, ProcedureRelationId, funcid);
 		add_exact_object_address(&referenced, addrs);
 	}
diff --git a/src/backend/catalog/pg_operator.c b/src/backend/catalog/pg_operator.c
index 6b90c774c18..a222358d081 100644
--- a/src/backend/catalog/pg_operator.c
+++ b/src/backend/catalog/pg_operator.c
@@ -654,6 +654,7 @@ get_other_operator(List *otherOp, Oid otherLeftTypeId, Oid otherRightTypeId,
 
 	/* not in catalogs, different from operator, so make shell */
 
+	LockNotPinnedObjectById(NamespaceRelationId, otherNamespace);
 	aclresult = object_aclcheck(NamespaceRelationId, otherNamespace, GetUserId(),
 								ACL_CREATE);
 	if (aclresult != ACLCHECK_OK)
@@ -876,6 +877,7 @@ makeOperatorDependencies(HeapTuple tuple,
 	/* Dependency on namespace */
 	if (OidIsValid(oper->oprnamespace))
 	{
+		LockNotPinnedObjectById(NamespaceRelationId, oper->oprnamespace);
 		ObjectAddressSet(referenced, NamespaceRelationId, oper->oprnamespace);
 		add_exact_object_address(&referenced, addrs);
 	}
diff --git a/src/backend/commands/aggregatecmds.c b/src/backend/commands/aggregatecmds.c
index 41b45dc6402..c2fb111daf3 100644
--- a/src/backend/commands/aggregatecmds.c
+++ b/src/backend/commands/aggregatecmds.c
@@ -22,6 +22,7 @@
  */
 #include "postgres.h"
 
+#include "catalog/dependency.h"
 #include "catalog/namespace.h"
 #include "catalog/pg_aggregate.h"
 #include "catalog/pg_namespace.h"
@@ -101,6 +102,7 @@ DefineAggregate(ParseState *pstate,
 	aggNamespace = QualifiedNameGetCreationNamespace(name, &aggName);
 
 	/* Check we have creation rights in target namespace */
+	LockNotPinnedObjectById(NamespaceRelationId, aggNamespace);
 	aclresult = object_aclcheck(NamespaceRelationId, aggNamespace, GetUserId(), ACL_CREATE);
 	if (aclresult != ACLCHECK_OK)
 		aclcheck_error(aclresult, OBJECT_SCHEMA,
diff --git a/src/backend/commands/alter.c b/src/backend/commands/alter.c
index 74ceb5fe20d..03516cb0d2e 100644
--- a/src/backend/commands/alter.c
+++ b/src/backend/commands/alter.c
@@ -221,6 +221,7 @@ AlterObjectRename_internal(Relation rel, Oid objectId, const char *new_name)
 		/* User must have CREATE privilege on the namespace */
 		if (OidIsValid(namespaceId))
 		{
+			LockNotPinnedObjectById(NamespaceRelationId, namespaceId);
 			aclresult = object_aclcheck(NamespaceRelationId, namespaceId, GetUserId(),
 										ACL_CREATE);
 			if (aclresult != ACLCHECK_OK)
@@ -752,6 +753,7 @@ AlterObjectNamespace_internal(Relation rel, Oid objid, Oid nspOid)
 						   NameStr(*(DatumGetName(name))));
 
 		/* User must have CREATE privilege on new namespace */
+		LockNotPinnedObjectById(NamespaceRelationId, nspOid);
 		aclresult = object_aclcheck(NamespaceRelationId, nspOid, GetUserId(), ACL_CREATE);
 		if (aclresult != ACLCHECK_OK)
 			aclcheck_error(aclresult, OBJECT_SCHEMA,
@@ -1014,6 +1016,7 @@ AlterObjectOwner_internal(Oid classId, Oid objectId, Oid new_ownerId)
 			{
 				AclResult	aclresult;
 
+				LockNotPinnedObjectById(NamespaceRelationId, namespaceId);
 				aclresult = object_aclcheck(NamespaceRelationId, namespaceId, new_ownerId,
 											ACL_CREATE);
 				if (aclresult != ACLCHECK_OK)
diff --git a/src/backend/commands/collationcmds.c b/src/backend/commands/collationcmds.c
index 0bc31ec2b6f..fa5dad1aa1f 100644
--- a/src/backend/commands/collationcmds.c
+++ b/src/backend/commands/collationcmds.c
@@ -21,6 +21,7 @@
 #include "access/htup_details.h"
 #include "access/table.h"
 #include "access/xact.h"
+#include "catalog/dependency.h"
 #include "catalog/indexing.h"
 #include "catalog/namespace.h"
 #include "catalog/objectaccess.h"
@@ -82,6 +83,7 @@ DefineCollation(ParseState *pstate, List *names, List *parameters, bool if_not_e
 
 	collNamespace = QualifiedNameGetCreationNamespace(names, &collName);
 
+	LockNotPinnedObjectById(NamespaceRelationId, collNamespace);
 	aclresult = object_aclcheck(NamespaceRelationId, collNamespace, GetUserId(), ACL_CREATE);
 	if (aclresult != ACLCHECK_OK)
 		aclcheck_error(aclresult, OBJECT_SCHEMA,
diff --git a/src/backend/commands/conversioncmds.c b/src/backend/commands/conversioncmds.c
index 5f2022d3072..d60ecdb711a 100644
--- a/src/backend/commands/conversioncmds.c
+++ b/src/backend/commands/conversioncmds.c
@@ -14,6 +14,7 @@
  */
 #include "postgres.h"
 
+#include "catalog/dependency.h"
 #include "catalog/pg_conversion.h"
 #include "catalog/pg_namespace.h"
 #include "catalog/pg_proc.h"
@@ -50,6 +51,7 @@ CreateConversionCommand(CreateConversionStmt *stmt)
 													&conversion_name);
 
 	/* Check we have creation rights in target namespace */
+	LockNotPinnedObjectById(NamespaceRelationId, namespaceId);
 	aclresult = object_aclcheck(NamespaceRelationId, namespaceId, GetUserId(), ACL_CREATE);
 	if (aclresult != ACLCHECK_OK)
 		aclcheck_error(aclresult, OBJECT_SCHEMA,
@@ -97,6 +99,7 @@ CreateConversionCommand(CreateConversionStmt *stmt)
 						NameListToString(func_name), "integer")));
 
 	/* Check we have EXECUTE rights for the function */
+	LockNotPinnedObjectById(ProcedureRelationId, funcoid);
 	aclresult = object_aclcheck(ProcedureRelationId, funcoid, GetUserId(), ACL_EXECUTE);
 	if (aclresult != ACLCHECK_OK)
 		aclcheck_error(aclresult, OBJECT_FUNCTION,
diff --git a/src/backend/commands/extension.c b/src/backend/commands/extension.c
index a330b5fd6ce..4e82a010788 100644
--- a/src/backend/commands/extension.c
+++ b/src/backend/commands/extension.c
@@ -3283,6 +3283,7 @@ AlterExtensionNamespace(const char *extensionName, const char *newschema, Oid *o
 					   extensionName);
 
 	/* Permission check: must have creation rights in target namespace */
+	LockNotPinnedObjectById(NamespaceRelationId, nspOid);
 	aclresult = object_aclcheck(NamespaceRelationId, nspOid, GetUserId(), ACL_CREATE);
 	if (aclresult != ACLCHECK_OK)
 		aclcheck_error(aclresult, OBJECT_SCHEMA, newschema);
diff --git a/src/backend/commands/foreigncmds.c b/src/backend/commands/foreigncmds.c
index c4852be2eb2..dd31e260739 100644
--- a/src/backend/commands/foreigncmds.c
+++ b/src/backend/commands/foreigncmds.c
@@ -377,6 +377,7 @@ AlterForeignServerOwner_internal(Relation rel, HeapTuple tup, Oid newOwnerId)
 			check_can_set_role(GetUserId(), newOwnerId);
 
 			/* New owner must have USAGE privilege on foreign-data wrapper */
+			LockNotPinnedObjectById(ForeignDataWrapperRelationId, form->srvfdw);
 			aclresult = object_aclcheck(ForeignDataWrapperRelationId, form->srvfdw, newOwnerId, ACL_USAGE);
 			if (aclresult != ACLCHECK_OK)
 			{
@@ -997,6 +998,7 @@ CreateForeignServer(CreateForeignServerStmt *stmt)
 	 */
 	fdw = GetForeignDataWrapperByName(stmt->fdwname, false);
 
+	LockNotPinnedObjectById(ForeignDataWrapperRelationId, fdw->fdwid);
 	aclresult = object_aclcheck(ForeignDataWrapperRelationId, fdw->fdwid, ownerId, ACL_USAGE);
 	if (aclresult != ACLCHECK_OK)
 		aclcheck_error(aclresult, OBJECT_FDW, fdw->fdwname);
@@ -1188,6 +1190,7 @@ user_mapping_ddl_aclcheck(Oid umuserid, Oid serverid, const char *servername)
 		{
 			AclResult	aclresult;
 
+			LockNotPinnedObjectById(ForeignServerRelationId, serverid);
 			aclresult = object_aclcheck(ForeignServerRelationId, serverid, curuserid, ACL_USAGE);
 			if (aclresult != ACLCHECK_OK)
 				aclcheck_error(aclresult, OBJECT_FOREIGN_SERVER, servername);
@@ -1539,6 +1542,7 @@ CreateForeignTable(CreateForeignTableStmt *stmt, Oid relid)
 	 * get the actual FDW for option validation etc.
 	 */
 	server = GetForeignServerByName(stmt->servername, false);
+	LockNotPinnedObjectById(ForeignServerRelationId, server->serverid);
 	aclresult = object_aclcheck(ForeignServerRelationId, server->serverid, ownerId, ACL_USAGE);
 	if (aclresult != ACLCHECK_OK)
 		aclcheck_error(aclresult, OBJECT_FOREIGN_SERVER, server->servername);
@@ -1598,6 +1602,7 @@ ImportForeignSchema(ImportForeignSchemaStmt *stmt)
 
 	/* Check that the foreign server exists and that we have USAGE on it */
 	server = GetForeignServerByName(stmt->server_name, false);
+	LockNotPinnedObjectById(ForeignServerRelationId, server->serverid);
 	aclresult = object_aclcheck(ForeignServerRelationId, server->serverid, GetUserId(), ACL_USAGE);
 	if (aclresult != ACLCHECK_OK)
 		aclcheck_error(aclresult, OBJECT_FOREIGN_SERVER, server->servername);
diff --git a/src/backend/commands/functioncmds.c b/src/backend/commands/functioncmds.c
index 3afd762e9dc..9aec534c390 100644
--- a/src/backend/commands/functioncmds.c
+++ b/src/backend/commands/functioncmds.c
@@ -146,6 +146,7 @@ compute_return_type(TypeName *returnType, Oid languageOid,
 				 errdetail("Creating a shell type definition.")));
 		namespaceId = QualifiedNameGetCreationNamespace(returnType->names,
 														&typname);
+		LockNotPinnedObjectById(NamespaceRelationId, namespaceId);
 		aclresult = object_aclcheck(NamespaceRelationId, namespaceId, GetUserId(),
 									ACL_CREATE);
 		if (aclresult != ACLCHECK_OK)
@@ -158,6 +159,7 @@ compute_return_type(TypeName *returnType, Oid languageOid,
 		CommandCounterIncrement();
 	}
 
+	LockNotPinnedObjectById(TypeRelationId, rettype);
 	aclresult = object_aclcheck(TypeRelationId, rettype, GetUserId(), ACL_USAGE);
 	if (aclresult != ACLCHECK_OK)
 		aclcheck_error_type(aclresult, rettype);
@@ -274,6 +276,7 @@ interpret_function_parameter_list(ParseState *pstate,
 			toid = InvalidOid;	/* keep compiler quiet */
 		}
 
+		LockNotPinnedObjectById(TypeRelationId, toid);
 		aclresult = object_aclcheck(TypeRelationId, toid, GetUserId(), ACL_USAGE);
 		if (aclresult != ACLCHECK_OK)
 			aclcheck_error_type(aclresult, toid);
@@ -1071,6 +1074,7 @@ CreateFunction(ParseState *pstate, CreateFunctionStmt *stmt)
 													&funcname);
 
 	/* Check we have creation rights in target namespace */
+	LockNotPinnedObjectById(NamespaceRelationId, namespaceId);
 	aclresult = object_aclcheck(NamespaceRelationId, namespaceId, GetUserId(), ACL_CREATE);
 	if (aclresult != ACLCHECK_OK)
 		aclcheck_error(aclresult, OBJECT_SCHEMA,
@@ -1125,6 +1129,7 @@ CreateFunction(ParseState *pstate, CreateFunctionStmt *stmt)
 	if (languageStruct->lanpltrusted)
 	{
 		/* if trusted language, need USAGE privilege */
+		LockNotPinnedObjectById(LanguageRelationId, languageOid);
 		aclresult = object_aclcheck(LanguageRelationId, languageOid, GetUserId(), ACL_USAGE);
 		if (aclresult != ACLCHECK_OK)
 			aclcheck_error(aclresult, OBJECT_LANGUAGE,
@@ -1582,10 +1587,12 @@ CreateCast(CreateCastStmt *stmt)
 						format_type_be(sourcetypeid),
 						format_type_be(targettypeid))));
 
+	LockNotPinnedObjectById(TypeRelationId, sourcetypeid);
 	aclresult = object_aclcheck(TypeRelationId, sourcetypeid, GetUserId(), ACL_USAGE);
 	if (aclresult != ACLCHECK_OK)
 		aclcheck_error_type(aclresult, sourcetypeid);
 
+	LockNotPinnedObjectById(TypeRelationId, targettypeid);
 	aclresult = object_aclcheck(TypeRelationId, targettypeid, GetUserId(), ACL_USAGE);
 	if (aclresult != ACLCHECK_OK)
 		aclcheck_error_type(aclresult, targettypeid);
@@ -1874,6 +1881,7 @@ CreateTransform(CreateTransformStmt *stmt)
 	if (!object_ownercheck(TypeRelationId, typeid, GetUserId()))
 		aclcheck_error_type(ACLCHECK_NOT_OWNER, typeid);
 
+	LockNotPinnedObjectById(TypeRelationId, typeid);
 	aclresult = object_aclcheck(TypeRelationId, typeid, GetUserId(), ACL_USAGE);
 	if (aclresult != ACLCHECK_OK)
 		aclcheck_error_type(aclresult, typeid);
@@ -1883,6 +1891,7 @@ CreateTransform(CreateTransformStmt *stmt)
 	 */
 	langid = get_language_oid(stmt->lang, false);
 
+	LockNotPinnedObjectById(LanguageRelationId, langid);
 	aclresult = object_aclcheck(LanguageRelationId, langid, GetUserId(), ACL_USAGE);
 	if (aclresult != ACLCHECK_OK)
 		aclcheck_error(aclresult, OBJECT_LANGUAGE, stmt->lang);
@@ -1897,6 +1906,7 @@ CreateTransform(CreateTransformStmt *stmt)
 		if (!object_ownercheck(ProcedureRelationId, fromsqlfuncid, GetUserId()))
 			aclcheck_error(ACLCHECK_NOT_OWNER, OBJECT_FUNCTION, NameListToString(stmt->fromsql->objname));
 
+		LockNotPinnedObjectById(ProcedureRelationId, fromsqlfuncid);
 		aclresult = object_aclcheck(ProcedureRelationId, fromsqlfuncid, GetUserId(), ACL_EXECUTE);
 		if (aclresult != ACLCHECK_OK)
 			aclcheck_error(aclresult, OBJECT_FUNCTION, NameListToString(stmt->fromsql->objname));
@@ -1923,6 +1933,7 @@ CreateTransform(CreateTransformStmt *stmt)
 		if (!object_ownercheck(ProcedureRelationId, tosqlfuncid, GetUserId()))
 			aclcheck_error(ACLCHECK_NOT_OWNER, OBJECT_FUNCTION, NameListToString(stmt->tosql->objname));
 
+		LockNotPinnedObjectById(ProcedureRelationId, tosqlfuncid);
 		aclresult = object_aclcheck(ProcedureRelationId, tosqlfuncid, GetUserId(), ACL_EXECUTE);
 		if (aclresult != ACLCHECK_OK)
 			aclcheck_error(aclresult, OBJECT_FUNCTION, NameListToString(stmt->tosql->objname));
diff --git a/src/backend/commands/indexcmds.c b/src/backend/commands/indexcmds.c
index 9ab74c8df0a..6216ab2a5f5 100644
--- a/src/backend/commands/indexcmds.c
+++ b/src/backend/commands/indexcmds.c
@@ -25,6 +25,7 @@
 #include "access/tableam.h"
 #include "access/xact.h"
 #include "catalog/catalog.h"
+#include "catalog/dependency.h"
 #include "catalog/index.h"
 #include "catalog/indexing.h"
 #include "catalog/namespace.h"
@@ -770,6 +771,7 @@ DefineIndex(ParseState *pstate,
 	{
 		AclResult	aclresult;
 
+		LockNotPinnedObjectById(NamespaceRelationId, namespaceId);
 		aclresult = object_aclcheck(NamespaceRelationId, namespaceId, root_save_userid,
 									ACL_CREATE);
 		if (aclresult != ACLCHECK_OK)
diff --git a/src/backend/commands/opclasscmds.c b/src/backend/commands/opclasscmds.c
index 7493a9ccc06..ad71ee53cb2 100644
--- a/src/backend/commands/opclasscmds.c
+++ b/src/backend/commands/opclasscmds.c
@@ -363,6 +363,7 @@ DefineOpClass(CreateOpClassStmt *stmt)
 													 &opcname);
 
 	/* Check we have creation rights in target namespace */
+	LockNotPinnedObjectById(NamespaceRelationId, namespaceoid);
 	aclresult = object_aclcheck(NamespaceRelationId, namespaceoid, GetUserId(), ACL_CREATE);
 	if (aclresult != ACLCHECK_OK)
 		aclcheck_error(aclresult, OBJECT_SCHEMA,
@@ -801,6 +802,7 @@ DefineOpFamily(CreateOpFamilyStmt *stmt)
 													 &opfname);
 
 	/* Check we have creation rights in target namespace */
+	LockNotPinnedObjectById(NamespaceRelationId, namespaceoid);
 	aclresult = object_aclcheck(NamespaceRelationId, namespaceoid, GetUserId(), ACL_CREATE);
 	if (aclresult != ACLCHECK_OK)
 		aclcheck_error(aclresult, OBJECT_SCHEMA,
diff --git a/src/backend/commands/operatorcmds.c b/src/backend/commands/operatorcmds.c
index 3e7b09b3494..bb2ce833bdd 100644
--- a/src/backend/commands/operatorcmds.c
+++ b/src/backend/commands/operatorcmds.c
@@ -33,6 +33,7 @@
 
 #include "access/htup_details.h"
 #include "access/table.h"
+#include "catalog/dependency.h"
 #include "catalog/indexing.h"
 #include "catalog/objectaccess.h"
 #include "catalog/pg_namespace.h"
@@ -92,6 +93,7 @@ DefineOperator(List *names, List *parameters)
 	oprNamespace = QualifiedNameGetCreationNamespace(names, &oprName);
 
 	/* Check we have creation rights in target namespace */
+	LockNotPinnedObjectById(NamespaceRelationId, oprNamespace);
 	aclresult = object_aclcheck(NamespaceRelationId, oprNamespace, GetUserId(), ACL_CREATE);
 	if (aclresult != ACLCHECK_OK)
 		aclcheck_error(aclresult, OBJECT_SCHEMA,
@@ -189,6 +191,7 @@ DefineOperator(List *names, List *parameters)
 
 	if (typeName1)
 	{
+		LockNotPinnedObjectById(TypeRelationId, typeId1);
 		aclresult = object_aclcheck(TypeRelationId, typeId1, GetUserId(), ACL_USAGE);
 		if (aclresult != ACLCHECK_OK)
 			aclcheck_error_type(aclresult, typeId1);
@@ -196,6 +199,7 @@ DefineOperator(List *names, List *parameters)
 
 	if (typeName2)
 	{
+		LockNotPinnedObjectById(TypeRelationId, typeId2);
 		aclresult = object_aclcheck(TypeRelationId, typeId2, GetUserId(), ACL_USAGE);
 		if (aclresult != ACLCHECK_OK)
 			aclcheck_error_type(aclresult, typeId2);
@@ -227,12 +231,14 @@ DefineOperator(List *names, List *parameters)
 	 * necessary, since EXECUTE will be checked at any attempted use of the
 	 * operator, but it seems like a good idea anyway.
 	 */
+	LockNotPinnedObjectById(ProcedureRelationId, functionOid);
 	aclresult = object_aclcheck(ProcedureRelationId, functionOid, GetUserId(), ACL_EXECUTE);
 	if (aclresult != ACLCHECK_OK)
 		aclcheck_error(aclresult, OBJECT_FUNCTION,
 					   NameListToString(functionName));
 
 	rettype = get_func_rettype(functionOid);
+	LockNotPinnedObjectById(TypeRelationId, rettype);
 	aclresult = object_aclcheck(TypeRelationId, rettype, GetUserId(), ACL_USAGE);
 	if (aclresult != ACLCHECK_OK)
 		aclcheck_error_type(aclresult, rettype);
@@ -312,6 +318,7 @@ ValidateRestrictionEstimator(List *restrictionName)
 	{
 		AclResult	aclresult;
 
+		LockNotPinnedObjectById(ProcedureRelationId, restrictionOid);
 		aclresult = object_aclcheck(ProcedureRelationId, restrictionOid,
 									GetUserId(), ACL_EXECUTE);
 		if (aclresult != ACLCHECK_OK)
@@ -382,6 +389,7 @@ ValidateJoinEstimator(List *joinName)
 	{
 		AclResult	aclresult;
 
+		LockNotPinnedObjectById(ProcedureRelationId, joinOid);
 		aclresult = object_aclcheck(ProcedureRelationId, joinOid,
 									GetUserId(), ACL_EXECUTE);
 		if (aclresult != ACLCHECK_OK)
diff --git a/src/backend/commands/statscmds.c b/src/backend/commands/statscmds.c
index b354723be44..6afef0f55c4 100644
--- a/src/backend/commands/statscmds.c
+++ b/src/backend/commands/statscmds.c
@@ -185,6 +185,7 @@ CreateStatistics(CreateStatsStmt *stmt, bool check_rights)
 	{
 		AclResult	aclresult;
 
+		LockNotPinnedObjectById(NamespaceRelationId, namespaceId);
 		aclresult = object_aclcheck(NamespaceRelationId, namespaceId,
 									GetUserId(), ACL_CREATE);
 		if (aclresult != ACLCHECK_OK)
diff --git a/src/backend/commands/subscriptioncmds.c b/src/backend/commands/subscriptioncmds.c
index 523959ba0ce..08dea4b67b3 100644
--- a/src/backend/commands/subscriptioncmds.c
+++ b/src/backend/commands/subscriptioncmds.c
@@ -745,6 +745,7 @@ CreateSubscription(ParseState *pstate, CreateSubscriptionStmt *stmt,
 		conninfo = NULL;
 
 		server = GetForeignServerByName(stmt->servername, false);
+		LockNotPinnedObjectById(ForeignServerRelationId, server->serverid);
 		aclresult = object_aclcheck(ForeignServerRelationId, server->serverid, owner, ACL_USAGE);
 		if (aclresult != ACLCHECK_OK)
 			aclcheck_error(aclresult, OBJECT_FOREIGN_SERVER, server->servername);
@@ -1833,6 +1834,7 @@ AlterSubscription(ParseState *pstate, AlterSubscriptionStmt *stmt,
 				 * the server.
 				 */
 				new_server = GetForeignServerByName(stmt->servername, false);
+				LockNotPinnedObjectById(ForeignServerRelationId, new_server->serverid);
 				aclresult = object_aclcheck(ForeignServerRelationId,
 											new_server->serverid,
 											form->subowner, ACL_USAGE);
@@ -2262,6 +2264,7 @@ DropSubscription(DropSubscriptionStmt *stmt, bool isTopLevel)
 		ForeignServer *server;
 
 		server = GetForeignServer(form->subserver);
+		LockNotPinnedObjectById(ForeignServerRelationId, form->subserver);
 		aclresult = object_aclcheck(ForeignServerRelationId, form->subserver,
 									form->subowner, ACL_USAGE);
 		if (aclresult != ACLCHECK_OK)
@@ -2606,6 +2609,7 @@ AlterSubscriptionOwner_internal(Relation rel, HeapTuple tup, Oid newOwnerId)
 	{
 		ForeignServer *server = GetForeignServer(form->subserver);
 
+		LockNotPinnedObjectById(ForeignServerRelationId, server->serverid);
 		aclresult = object_aclcheck(ForeignServerRelationId, server->serverid, newOwnerId, ACL_USAGE);
 		if (aclresult != ACLCHECK_OK)
 			ereport(ERROR,
diff --git a/src/backend/commands/tablecmds.c b/src/backend/commands/tablecmds.c
index 92b0f38c353..d95ef23a53f 100644
--- a/src/backend/commands/tablecmds.c
+++ b/src/backend/commands/tablecmds.c
@@ -30,6 +30,7 @@
 #include "access/xlog.h"
 #include "access/xloginsert.h"
 #include "catalog/catalog.h"
+#include "catalog/dependency.h"
 #include "catalog/heap.h"
 #include "catalog/index.h"
 #include "catalog/namespace.h"
@@ -997,6 +998,7 @@ DefineRelation(CreateStmt *stmt, char relkind, Oid ownerId,
 
 		ofTypeId = typenameTypeId(NULL, stmt->ofTypename);
 
+		LockNotPinnedObjectById(TypeRelationId, ofTypeId);
 		aclresult = object_aclcheck(TypeRelationId, ofTypeId, GetUserId(), ACL_USAGE);
 		if (aclresult != ACLCHECK_OK)
 			aclcheck_error_type(aclresult, ofTypeId);
@@ -1462,6 +1464,7 @@ BuildDescForRelation(const List *columns)
 		attname = entry->colname;
 		typenameTypeIdAndMod(NULL, entry->typeName, &atttypid, &atttypmod);
 
+		LockNotPinnedObjectById(TypeRelationId, atttypid);
 		aclresult = object_aclcheck(TypeRelationId, atttypid, GetUserId(), ACL_USAGE);
 		if (aclresult != ACLCHECK_OK)
 			aclcheck_error_type(aclresult, atttypid);
@@ -13941,6 +13944,7 @@ checkFkeyPermissions(Relation rel, int16 *attnums, int natts)
 	int			i;
 
 	/* Okay if we have relation-level REFERENCES permission */
+	LockNotPinnedObjectById(RelationRelationId, RelationGetRelid(rel));
 	aclresult = pg_class_aclcheck(RelationGetRelid(rel), roleid,
 								  ACL_REFERENCES);
 	if (aclresult == ACLCHECK_OK)
@@ -14724,6 +14728,7 @@ ATPrepAlterColumnType(List **wqueue,
 	/* Look up the target type */
 	typenameTypeIdAndMod(pstate, typeName, &targettype, &targettypmod);
 
+	LockNotPinnedObjectById(TypeRelationId, targettype);
 	aclresult = object_aclcheck(TypeRelationId, targettype, GetUserId(), ACL_USAGE);
 	if (aclresult != ACLCHECK_OK)
 		aclcheck_error_type(aclresult, targettype);
@@ -16476,6 +16481,7 @@ ATExecChangeOwner(Oid relationOid, Oid newOwnerId, bool recursing, LOCKMODE lock
 				check_can_set_role(GetUserId(), newOwnerId);
 
 				/* New owner must have CREATE privilege on namespace */
+				LockNotPinnedObjectById(NamespaceRelationId, namespaceOid);
 				aclresult = object_aclcheck(NamespaceRelationId, namespaceOid, newOwnerId,
 											ACL_CREATE);
 				if (aclresult != ACLCHECK_OK)
@@ -19882,6 +19888,7 @@ RangeVarCallbackForAlterRelation(const RangeVar *rv, Oid relid, Oid oldrelid,
 	 */
 	if (IsA(stmt, RenameStmt))
 	{
+		LockNotPinnedObjectById(NamespaceRelationId, classform->relnamespace);
 		aclresult = object_aclcheck(NamespaceRelationId, classform->relnamespace,
 									GetUserId(), ACL_CREATE);
 		if (aclresult != ACLCHECK_OK)
diff --git a/src/backend/commands/trigger.c b/src/backend/commands/trigger.c
index b87b4b40d07..3c5ca8fe7e3 100644
--- a/src/backend/commands/trigger.c
+++ b/src/backend/commands/trigger.c
@@ -350,6 +350,7 @@ CreateTriggerFiringOn(const CreateTrigStmt *stmt, const char *queryString,
 
 		if (OidIsValid(constrrelid))
 		{
+			LockNotPinnedObjectById(RelationRelationId, constrrelid);
 			aclresult = pg_class_aclcheck(constrrelid, GetUserId(),
 										  ACL_TRIGGER);
 			if (aclresult != ACLCHECK_OK)
@@ -695,6 +696,7 @@ CreateTriggerFiringOn(const CreateTrigStmt *stmt, const char *queryString,
 		funcoid = LookupFuncName(stmt->funcname, 0, NULL, false);
 	if (!isInternal)
 	{
+		LockNotPinnedObjectById(ProcedureRelationId, funcoid);
 		aclresult = object_aclcheck(ProcedureRelationId, funcoid, GetUserId(), ACL_EXECUTE);
 		if (aclresult != ACLCHECK_OK)
 			aclcheck_error(aclresult, OBJECT_FUNCTION,
diff --git a/src/backend/commands/tsearchcmds.c b/src/backend/commands/tsearchcmds.c
index a12ce33bae4..eb9e68bbb91 100644
--- a/src/backend/commands/tsearchcmds.c
+++ b/src/backend/commands/tsearchcmds.c
@@ -414,6 +414,7 @@ DefineTSDictionary(List *names, List *parameters)
 	namespaceoid = QualifiedNameGetCreationNamespace(names, &dictname);
 
 	/* Check we have creation rights in target namespace */
+	LockNotPinnedObjectById(NamespaceRelationId, namespaceoid);
 	aclresult = object_aclcheck(NamespaceRelationId, namespaceoid, GetUserId(), ACL_CREATE);
 	if (aclresult != ACLCHECK_OK)
 		aclcheck_error(aclresult, OBJECT_SCHEMA,
@@ -917,6 +918,7 @@ DefineTSConfiguration(List *names, List *parameters, ObjectAddress *copied)
 	namespaceoid = QualifiedNameGetCreationNamespace(names, &cfgname);
 
 	/* Check we have creation rights in target namespace */
+	LockNotPinnedObjectById(NamespaceRelationId, namespaceoid);
 	aclresult = object_aclcheck(NamespaceRelationId, namespaceoid, GetUserId(), ACL_CREATE);
 	if (aclresult != ACLCHECK_OK)
 		aclcheck_error(aclresult, OBJECT_SCHEMA,
diff --git a/src/backend/commands/typecmds.c b/src/backend/commands/typecmds.c
index c4c3cdb5461..0e01dda90ba 100644
--- a/src/backend/commands/typecmds.c
+++ b/src/backend/commands/typecmds.c
@@ -39,6 +39,7 @@
 #include "access/xact.h"
 #include "catalog/binary_upgrade.h"
 #include "catalog/catalog.h"
+#include "catalog/dependency.h"
 #include "catalog/heap.h"
 #include "catalog/objectaccess.h"
 #include "catalog/pg_am.h"
@@ -739,6 +740,7 @@ DefineDomain(ParseState *pstate, CreateDomainStmt *stmt)
 														&domainName);
 
 	/* Check we have creation rights in target namespace */
+	LockNotPinnedObjectById(NamespaceRelationId, domainNamespace);
 	aclresult = object_aclcheck(NamespaceRelationId, domainNamespace, GetUserId(),
 								ACL_CREATE);
 	if (aclresult != ACLCHECK_OK)
@@ -788,6 +790,7 @@ DefineDomain(ParseState *pstate, CreateDomainStmt *stmt)
 						TypeNameToString(stmt->typeName)),
 				 parser_errposition(pstate, stmt->typeName->location)));
 
+	LockNotPinnedObjectById(TypeRelationId, basetypeoid);
 	aclresult = object_aclcheck(TypeRelationId, basetypeoid, GetUserId(), ACL_USAGE);
 	if (aclresult != ACLCHECK_OK)
 		aclcheck_error_type(aclresult, basetypeoid);
@@ -1195,6 +1198,7 @@ DefineEnum(CreateEnumStmt *stmt)
 													  &enumName);
 
 	/* Check we have creation rights in target namespace */
+	LockNotPinnedObjectById(NamespaceRelationId, enumNamespace);
 	aclresult = object_aclcheck(NamespaceRelationId, enumNamespace, GetUserId(), ACL_CREATE);
 	if (aclresult != ACLCHECK_OK)
 		aclcheck_error(aclresult, OBJECT_SCHEMA,
@@ -1420,6 +1424,7 @@ DefineRange(ParseState *pstate, CreateRangeStmt *stmt)
 													  &typeName);
 
 	/* Check we have creation rights in target namespace */
+	LockNotPinnedObjectById(NamespaceRelationId, typeNamespace);
 	aclresult = object_aclcheck(NamespaceRelationId, typeNamespace, GetUserId(), ACL_CREATE);
 	if (aclresult != ACLCHECK_OK)
 		aclcheck_error(aclresult, OBJECT_SCHEMA,
@@ -1496,6 +1501,7 @@ DefineRange(ParseState *pstate, CreateRangeStmt *stmt)
 																	&multirangeTypeName);
 
 			/* Check we have creation rights in target namespace */
+			LockNotPinnedObjectById(NamespaceRelationId, multirangeNamespace);
 			aclresult = object_aclcheck(NamespaceRelationId, multirangeNamespace,
 										GetUserId(), ACL_CREATE);
 			if (aclresult != ACLCHECK_OK)
@@ -2421,6 +2427,7 @@ findRangeCanonicalFunction(List *procname, Oid typeOid)
 						func_signature_string(procname, 1, NIL, argList))));
 
 	/* Also, range type's creator must have permission to call function */
+	LockNotPinnedObjectById(ProcedureRelationId, procOid);
 	aclresult = object_aclcheck(ProcedureRelationId, procOid, GetUserId(), ACL_EXECUTE);
 	if (aclresult != ACLCHECK_OK)
 		aclcheck_error(aclresult, OBJECT_FUNCTION, get_func_name(procOid));
@@ -2464,6 +2471,7 @@ findRangeSubtypeDiffFunction(List *procname, Oid subtype)
 						func_signature_string(procname, 2, NIL, argList))));
 
 	/* Also, range type's creator must have permission to call function */
+	LockNotPinnedObjectById(ProcedureRelationId, procOid);
 	aclresult = object_aclcheck(ProcedureRelationId, procOid, GetUserId(), ACL_EXECUTE);
 	if (aclresult != ACLCHECK_OK)
 		aclcheck_error(aclresult, OBJECT_FUNCTION, get_func_name(procOid));
@@ -3963,6 +3971,7 @@ AlterTypeOwner(List *names, Oid newOwnerId, ObjectType objecttype)
 			check_can_set_role(GetUserId(), newOwnerId);
 
 			/* New owner must have CREATE privilege on namespace */
+			LockNotPinnedObjectById(NamespaceRelationId, typTup->typnamespace);
 			aclresult = object_aclcheck(NamespaceRelationId, typTup->typnamespace,
 										newOwnerId,
 										ACL_CREATE);
diff --git a/src/include/catalog/dependency.h b/src/include/catalog/dependency.h
index fa508ea70c6..ac1d902e912 100644
--- a/src/include/catalog/dependency.h
+++ b/src/include/catalog/dependency.h
@@ -102,6 +102,7 @@ typedef struct ObjectAddresses ObjectAddresses;
 
 extern void AcquireDeletionLock(const ObjectAddress *object, int flags);
 extern void LockNotPinnedObject(const ObjectAddress *object);
+extern void LockNotPinnedObjectById(Oid classid, Oid objid);
 extern bool isObjectPinned(const ObjectAddress *object);
 
 extern void ReleaseDeletionLock(const ObjectAddress *object);
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